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HTEPHENV1LLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1895.
VOLUME XAII1, NUMBER 42.
W. Q. GRESHAM DEAD.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
PASSES AWAY.
Eftlthfal Hand, and I.ovla* H.art IMd
All That Coaid Bo Don., but tha End
Oaaao—Tho Otar, Caw U Declared
ConstDutloual.
Washington, May 28. — Secretary
Gresham died at 1:16 o'dock this
morning at the Arlington hotel. All
bopo of hi* recovery »us practically
abandoned when his sinking spell oc-
curred shortly before 6 o'clock last
evening. The most powerful heart
stimulant* known to medical science,
nltro-glycerine and digitalis, were in-
jected periodically and an infusion of
normal aalloo solution was made
through an open vein In tbo arm. lie
recovered slightly, but owing to se-
vere rigors shortly before 11 o'clock
Jie began to fall rapidly and his vi-
tality began to ebb. The three phy-
sicians saw that the end was near,and
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WALTER Q. GRESHAM,
at 12 o'clock withdrew to the anteroom
leaving In the sick chamber only the
members of the family,Mrs. Gresham,
her daughter, Mrs. Andrews, and
son-in-law, Mr. Andrews, and the
nurses. Up to that time he had been
conscious and talked at Intervals.
His words were full of bravery. He
fully appreciated hit condition and
spoke words of hope and cheer to hiB
stricken wife and daughter. At 1:16
o'clock his breathing ceased, a peace-
ful shadow passed over his counte-
nance, hit pulse dickered and the sor-
rowing family were in the presence of
jdeath. One of the nurses conveyed
|the news that the end had come to
jtbe physcians in the next room und
'they in turn broke it to tho watchers
in the reception room. Walter (Juin-
Iton Gresham, the soldier, politician,
jurist and statesman, was born near
auesville. Harrison county, Indiana,
•March 17, 18.82, and was therefore 68
years of ago.
Cm* lJnd*r ion*id*r*ttou
Washington, May 22.—The affairs
of the American investment and Loan
company of New Orleans are again
being considered by the postoffice de-
partment Some time ago tho com-
ipany was debarrod tho use of the
{malls on the ground that they were
{Conducting an illegal bond investment
•scheme. On a promise from the at-
Itorney of the company that the ob-
jectionable features would be changed
the postollice department revoked tho
[order. Recently tho president of tho
•company has advertised that tho
postoffice department bad confessed
that it had mode a mistake in Issuing
•the order and had therefore revoked
it, and that all tho former business of
Itho company had been adjudged legal.
.Assistant Attorney General Thomas
.is indignant over this misrepresenta-
tion, and if it is found that the com-
pany has gone back to its illegal pro-
cesses tbo order will be promptly re-
newed.
G«*rjr Imw Con* t lint Ion *1.
Washington, May 28.—The su-
preme court of the United States has
[affirmed the constitutionality of the
‘Geary exclusion act in the case of
jLoni Moon Sing. Justice llarlan, in
the opinion, said that tbo statute en-
trusted to the collector the power of
.passing upon the facta in the oaso.
Lem Moon Sing contended that he
bad acquired a domlotlo as a citizen
of the United States before tho pass-
age of the exclusion act. Justice
Harlan said the remody of the appel-
lant was by appeal to the secretary
of the treasury.
Yellow Eever In Calm.
Washington, May 27__Advices re-
ceived from Havana by the surgeon
general are to tho effect that the sit-
uation in that city with roference to
A let-
the
yollow fevor is unchanged,
from Santiago states that in
city all regular hospitals aro crowded
and that in the country thereabouts
many hospitals havoJjften improvised
■and are also full.
D*b* to Go to Jail.
Washington, May 28.—The United
States supreme court yesterday de-
nied tho application of Eugone V.
[l)ebs, the strike leader, for a writ of
‘habeas carpus. This Is a victory for
the government.
The most unsafe place is trying to
'hide behind a lie.
Thortton Wiw Withdrawn.
Washington, May 28.-The state
department hut been officially Inform-
ed of the withdrawal of Mr. Thurston,
the Hawaiian minister. Notice wag
{received from United States Minister
Willie, who transmitted tho reply
made by the Hawaiian government to
hit note, informing them that Mr.
Thurston was persona non gratA
This consists of the mere announce-
ment that Mr. Thurston would not re-
turn to. Washington and does not en-
ter luto a discussion of the merits of
the case.
Gresham Won*
Washington, May 2J, —A decidedly
unfavorable chango in Secretary
Gresham's condition occurred Satur-
day night and for a time, It was said,
he was In a serious condition. This
chang*. U was said, was tho rosuU of
rrenco of stomach trouffles,
m which he suffered so acutely
A* Important Treats.
Washington, May J7v—New treat-
las of far-reauhlng importance have
recently been made between Nica-
ragua and Honduras and official
copies have Just been received here.
The treaties have been under nego-
tiation for some time, and were Anally
put into effeot by proclamation on the
11th of last month. They are the
first practical steps toward the forma-
tion of a Central American nation out
of tha several email republioa—Nica-
ragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Salva-
dor and Costa Rica. The flret treaty
le a defensive alliance against a com-
mon enemy. It obliterates commercial
frontiers, so that foreign good* once
admitted to one country are free to
enter the other. An express provis-
ion is made against the possibility of
war hetwoen the countries by an ar-
ticle requiring differences to bo ad-
justed by arbitration of some govern-
ment on the American continent.
There bus been more or less conjec-
ture as to tbo formation of a Central
American nation, but this treaty ap-
pears to bo the first practical step to-
ward its accomplishment. The text
of anotbor Nicaragua-Honduras treaty
has also been received. It provides
for the arbitration of the boundary
question by a commission tp be chosen
by tha two countries, and if an agree-
ment on the commission is not made
then Spain is constituted Dual arbi-
trator.
Important P*n*lon Hut I tig.
Washington, May 24__A decision
of considerable importance has been
made by Assistant Secretary Reynolds
of the interior department in tho pen-
sion case of John Barloyoung, late of
company E. thirteenth United States
infantry, liarleyoung served from
April 19, 1886, to April 19, 1869, and
claimed a pension under the pension
law on the ground that tbo war did
not ond until the issuance of Presi-
dent Johnson's proclamation of Au-
gust 20, 1866, declaring it was at an
end. The assistant secretary holds
that the actual termination of hostili-
ties was in July, 1866, and adds:
••it is not believed that congress
intended to pension those v. hose ren-
dition of service, military or naval,
had no connection with the belliger-
ent operations of the war, not upon
the theater of conflict, and had noth-
ing to do with the objects and pur-
poses of the war/’ lie ruled that
services rendered after July, 1866,
will be presumed to have not been in
said war; service rendered after April
2, 1866, must be showu to have been
rendered In some connection with the
war as existing in the state of Texas.
Service rendered within the state of
Tennessee after Juno 13, 1366, will
likewise be presumed not to havo
been in said war, unless shown to
have had some necossary connection
with the war elsewhere.
Hill on th** liicumn Tai.
Washington, May 26,—-Senator 1).
B. Hill addressed the Democratic edi-
tors of New York, while in session
there yesterday, says a dispatch, on
tho income tax. He said: “The most
important rocent event in national af-
fairs is the decision by tho supreme
court that a federal tax on rents or
the income of personal property laid
by tho last congress is a direct tax
and must be apportioned among the
states according to tho census. For
that even we should congratulate our-
selves and render hearty thauks. I
am glad tho administration strove
with bo much learning und vigor to
uphold tho tax before the court.
That was due to tho congress which
enacted it and to tho court which was
to give judgment A fedoral income
tax was nover approved by
any Democratic national convention
and should nover have been regarded
or tolerated as a Democratic tnoas-
To Act Mediators
Washington, May 23__The United
State* has been again called on to act
as mediator in an international com-
plication. This time the trouble is
between France and Venezuela, re-
sulting in a complete termination of
diplomatic relations between them.
Tho F'rench minister at Caracas was
recently given his passport, where-
upon F'ranco sont two war ships to
take away her minister and ail the
legation archives. At the same time
F'rance handed to the Venezuelan
minister at I’aris his passports and he
summarily departed. The request of
the mediation of tho United States is
now made by the Venezuelan govern-
ment through its minister at Wash-
ington.
AffMnat Mil v*r.
Washington, May 25.—A dispatch
from Now York.says: Yesterday’s ses-
sion of the Democratic FMitor’s asso-
ciation of the state of New York a res-
olution was adopted, “that the Dem-
ocratic press of this state pledge it-
self to oppose any legislation looking
to tho free and unlimited coinage of
silver." There was only one negative
vote. The convention, which lasted
two days, closed last night with a
banquet at Delmonicos at which
ooveri were laid for 260. Among
thoso present wore Senator 1II1I, ex-
Mayor Gilroy, John Boyd Thatcher,
Collector Kilbreth, Cha*. 8. F'airchlld,
Comptroller of the Currency Eukels
and ex-Gov. F'lower.
Marti** Death ContlrtneU.
Washington, May 24.— Official con-
firmation has neon received here of
the death of Gen. Marti, the Cuban
leader. In a battle with the govern-
ment troops. Marti’* death Is regard-
ed es the most important event since
Gen. Cempos began his campaign.
The other Cuban leaders, Gomez,
Maceo and liorreo, were known only
by name in this oountry, but Marti’*
personality was known throughout
the United States, ns he had loog
served as president of the Cuban
party In this country.
1 IK»«tlng« rr*«*nu Credential*.
•Washington, May 22.—The offioial
service of Lorin M. Thurston as Ha-
waiian minister to the United States
closed yesterday when Mr. F'rank P.
Hastings presented to the department
bis credentials, which had just been
rccoivod a* oharge d'affaires.
Tro*«ury lUlanrO.
34—Yesterday's
the condition of
BATTLE IN COLORADO.
CATTLE AND SHEEPMEN FIGHT
IN ROUTT COUNTY.
Cost •( tha Brooklyn Troll*/ Strlko to
tha Hulghla of Labor—Th* Gunboat
Uaaalagtoa Ordered to Houolalat
Coaapoaaatloa (or Castigation.
Red Cliff, Col., May 28.—The
first open rupture in the much-talked-
oi sheep and cattle men's war in
Routt county has occurred at last
and four msu were badly wounded in
tho fight, two of whom may die of
their injuries. The news was brought
by a messenger who came for medical
assistance. The shoepmen, princi-
pally from Wyoming and Montana,
insist upon driving their herds
through Routt county us far south as
Wolcott, where they expect to ship
the sheep by rail to eastern markets.
Cattlemen oppose this drive, saying
it ia a ruse to get sheep into Routt
county for grazing purposes. Last
week, cattlemen, 850 in number,
met at Steamboat Springs and unani-
mously resolved to keep the sheep
men out, by force if necessary.
Carried tv Jail.
London, May 27.—Oscar Wilde
and Albert Taylor were after tho con-
clusion of the trial on Saturday
conveyed without relay to the New-
gate jail, where they waited until the
warrant* were signed for their de-
tention. Both men were conveyed in
the prison van to I’entonville, where
they will serve out their sentences,
unless pardoned or transferred
to another prison before tho expira-
tion of their sentences. Wilde and
Taylor, who were sentenced yester-
day for heinous crimes, attended the
prison chapel at Pebtonville Satur-
day. Their hair was cropped and they
were in the prison garb. The two
prisoners will only bo allowod to see
their friends four times a year on
condition of their good conduct
Coat o( One Strike.
New York, May 28.—The executive
board of district assembly No. 76,
Knights of Labor, has made public
tho amount of money that the late
trolly Btrike cost their organization.
It is in the form of an Itemized state-
ment, and will bo presented to tho
delegates at the next meeting by Dis-
trict Master Workman Connelly. Al-
together tho sum of 113,739 was ex-
pended. One of tho largest items was
the expenditure of 84010 to send non-
union mon to the cities from which
they came. This was kept up until
the constant and increasing drain
made it impossible to continue that
method of warfare any longer.
Compensation for Castigation*
New York, May 28.—A special
from Guatemala says: Although the
castigation of Argle, an American
citizen, was not ordered by the Amer-
ican government, the latter has an-
swered fully and cheerfully tho de-
mand for reparation made by Minis-
ter Young. Ample compensation has
been made by President Barrios for
the punishment inflicted upon Argle
and two other Americans by tho pris-
on guard. Minister Young will leave
for the United States next Thursday.
Ord*r*d to Uonolulu*
New York, May 28.—A special
from Washington says: Orders have
been issued by the navy department
to Commander Thomas, commanding
tho United States gunboat Benning-
ton. to sail for Honolulu as soon as
his vessel is ready for sea. Rear Ad-
miral Beardsloc, oommander-in-chief
of the Pacific station, who is now in
Hawaiian waters with his flagship,
the Philadelphia, lias been ordered to
return to tho United States if in his
opinion the presence of two mon-of-
war is unnecessary.
Father and Bon Hound Over.
London, May 23.—At the Marl-
borough streot police court yesterday
morning the Marquis of Queensberry
and his son. Lord Douglas, were
bound over each In |500 to koop tho
peace. Their appearance in tho
police court was the result of their
encounter Tuesday afternoon in Picca-
dilly. ___
Bpanlah Official* Rejoice.
Havana, May 28—There was a
great deal of rejoicing yosterday in
official circles over the news of the
defeat of the rebels in eastern Cuba
and the reported death of Jose Marti,
who had been proclaimed president of
the Caban republic by the revolu-
tionary party, and Col. Salcedo is re-
ceiving groat praiso for tho manner
in which ho routed the insurgents.
The rebel loss in the engagement is
placed at twenty killed and many
more wounded. The Spaniards are
reported to have captured a number
of important documents.
Murder and Suicide.
Chicago, 111., May 27.—Joseph Ka-
nerka, a sailor, shot his wife, Anna,
and then to avoid capture by the
police, who were pursuing him, out
his own throat It is thought both
will die. The wife had refused to
live with her husband for two years.
T*rm* of th* Trent/.
Buenos Atres, May 22.—The treaty
of peace and friendship concluded be-
tween Chill and Bolivia, by whioh
Chili cedes to Bolivia a small strip of
territory and a port on the Paclfio
midway between Iququo and Plsgua,
has been confirmed, and the docu-
ments in the oase have been signed.
Chill In return gets commercial ad-
vantages, and Bolivia thus becomes
onoe more a country having an outlet
for her commerce from tho interior
to the Pacific.
German Currans/ Kaaolatlon.
Berlin, May 22.—The lower house
of the Prussian diet yesterday by a
vote of 167 to 92 adopted the motioa
of Dr. Otto Arendt, urging tho gov-
ernment to take steps In favor of an
international settlement of the our-
rency question with a view of secur-
ing international blmotalism. The
house also adopted an amendment
posed by Baron .(.a /.edlltz, a mem-
of the privy oouncll to the effect
srinany is only to apt. in the
in connection with (Jr oil Brlt-
‘ -
Th*/ Mar Go to Wax
New Yoke, May 26.—A spoelal
from San Jose, Costa Rica, says:
Nicaragua ha* been provoking thi*
country so persistently that war
teems inevitable. The government
here supposed the relations between
the two states were frlondlv until
Nicaragua suddouly stopped all com-
munication. It went so far ** to take
away th* telegraph office at th#front,
thereby violating a troaty. The gov-,
ernment sent several telegram* to th*
Nicaraguan government, but the lat-
ter refused to answer. When Great
Britain'* ultimatum was received by
Nicaragua, Costa Rica offered to as-
sist in arranging matter* peaceably.
Nicaragua did not deign to even re-
turn a polite word of thank*. Presi-
dent Iglesia* I* getting ready to re-
sist un invasion from Nicaragua, but
the army will not ho called out uutil
circumstance* forou him to 1L Only
a few men havo been sent to watch
tho border. Nicaragua, it is reported
here, has several thousand mon roady
for an attack. The cabinet ministers
here wish no war, but if It mustcomo
they claim to huvo better soldiers and
arms and to bo able to whip Nica-
ragua. ___
In If* Bead or Not.
Kansas Citv, May 24.—A sensation-
al story is printed hero to the effect
that Dr. U. W. Fake, who was sup-
posed to havo been drowned at Flx-
celsior Springs, Mo., in 1898 and who
bad 868,000 insurance polices which
tho companies iiave since been order-
ed by tho court to pay his heirs, has
been located in Marshvillc, Miss.,
where he has been living under an as-
sumed name with a family ho claim*
to be his. Something in his actions
created doubt in the minds of his
neighbors, and finally Chas. H. Davis
of that plgce conceived the idea of
connecting tho stranger with the Mis-
sourian. He communicated with the
insurance companies with the result,
it is said, that ho has almost positive-
ly proved tho identity of tho man.
The most startling resemblance is
shown, it is said, and active steps
will at once bo taken to capture the
man, who as yet is unaware of tho
(act that ho is under survelllanco.
Two Llv*« Went Oat*
Nashville, Tenn., May 27. —News
has reached this city of a frightful
tragedy near Chestnut Mound, Smith
county, on Friday last, as a result ol
which two youug daughters of Sam
McKinney are dead, while his baby is
slightly wounded. Mr. McKinney had
been out on his (arm with a Winches-
ter ritte, and approaching the house
handed the gun to his 13-year-old son,
Henry, requesting him to take it in
the house. Approaching the front
room he decided to unload the gun,
and thinking he had drawn all the
loads he let the hammer fall, only to
hear a report and felt the gun recoil
in his hands. Through the door the
bullet sped und through the bodies of
the two sisters who were close to-
gether just inside the door. The
older was 8 years, the other 2 years
younger, and both were instantly
killed, while a 9-months-old infant
was slightly wounded.
HE WAS OVERJOYED.
SCENE IN THE GONZALES TEM-
PLE OP JUSTICE.
A Maa Being Acquitted Fall* from III*
Chair—An A|*d Ladjr Accidentally
Poisoned *a Lockhart—Ton’Hour* In
Water—A Kasor Play.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
latereetlag Calling* on Tarloa* Habject*
Taken from th* Dally Free#.
Von Holienloh* lalterl.
New York, May 24. —A dispatch
from Borlin says: A report is circu-
lated that I’rince Von Hohenlohc
wishes to resign the chancellorship.
Count Wallersee is mentioned as bis
successor and Baron Von Kadowitz is
also spoken of. It is understood that
Russia will claim tho fruits of Japan’s
victories by demanding a protectorate
over Corea. The government is ac-
tively preparing to rosist Finland's
designs in annexing Amatongatland,
which would have the effect of cut-
ting off tho Transvaal republic from
obtaining access to the sea. A novel
feature in tho action that is being
taken is that Germany hopes for
France’s help to accomplish her pur-
pose.
HaUla to th* I>*ath.
St. Joseph, Mo., May 25.—A battle
to tho death occurred at the farm ol
F'ritz Klute, near Rookport, Wednes-
day night, in which James Owens, an
escaped murderer, under sentence ol
death, was shot to death. Owens es-
caped from the St. Joseph jail on New
Year’s morning, at the time I’at
Crowo, the notorious train robber and
bandit, liberated two murderort and a
half dozen other oriminais. Owens
murdered Seneca Noble in cold blood
last fall and was under sentence of
doath. His wife lived at Klute's
house and he made his way there
Wednesday night. He was betrayed
by a neighbor, and when the deputies
surrounded him he opened fire and
only stopped when ho was riddled
with bullets.
Gunzai.es, Tex., May 28__Joy sel-
dom kills a man but It frequently
come* near it, as was exhibited by an
Incident which occurred in Judge
Conway's court yesterday. A. J.
Alexander, a member a medicine
company which exhibited in Gun -ales,
was un trial charged with an aggra-
vated assault on a small hoy of this
city who had boon creating a distur-
bance at tho show. 'The ease was
warmly contested on both sides, ami
when the jury returned a verdict of
not guilty, the defendant fell from his
chair with a dangerous attack of
heart disease, and it , w as sometime
before medical skill could restore bis
pulse and tbo patient recovered con-
sciousness. At a late hour Alexander
had fully recovered, und will at once
join the company.
Accidentally I’oiaoned
Lockhart, Tux , May 28. —M. A.
Collins, mother of A. li. Storey of this
place and F‘. K Collins of Sun An-
tonio, aged about GO, was accidentally
poisoned yesterday. She has been
suffering long with asthma and re-
quested Mrs. Wentworth, better
known as Grandma Head, to give her
a dose of medicine, directing her
where to find the bottle. Mrs. Went-
worth found a bottle of corrosive
sublimate and by mistake gave her a
drink of it. This occurred at lo a.
m. Three physicians havd been in
attendance and at 8 p. in. they say
there is no hope of her recovery.
A Alan Found Dead.
Dallas, Tex., May 23.— Last night
about 8 o'clock tho dead body of
Henry Love, a colored laborer, was
found in his room nt 222 South Crow-
dus street. Love had been working
on the new compress and had been
seen daily by tho colored pcoplo in
the neighborhood until yesterday.
Failing to see him during tho day the
neighbors wont over to his house and
found him dead. Love’s wife went to
Marshall about ten days ago. There
were no marks of violence on his per-
son, and tho condition of tho kitchen
showed that ho hud eaten supper
Thursduy night.
Hill Ito Lively.
Shkicman, Tex., May 25.—J. II.
Truett of \\ hitowright presided and
J. I*. Leslie of Sherman acted as sec*
rotary of an enthusiastic convention
of 1‘rohitmionists in tho district court
room last night. Mom hors of the
executivo committee were selected
from twenty voting boxes, and the
committee was instructed to ir.eot
Saturday, June 1, to fill tho vacancies,
elect a chairman und attend to other
necessary matters, and to get ready
to make an earnest and determined
light when the question is submitted
to the voters, which will he in the
latter part of August or September 1.
T«M«8 <11! lie.
Memphis, Tex., May 24.
live
I he
stock interests in this section are
prospering, (tiles, tho common ship-
ping point, is a small station seven
miles north of Memphis. The record
shows that thirty-two trains of cattle,
with an average of fourteen cars to
the train, and an average of thirty-
one caltle to the car, havo been ship-
ped to points in Kansas und Missouri
since tho spring round-ups began.
Tills is a total shipment of 1J.HHK
head of cattle, contributed principally
by the .Shoo-liar ami Diamond-Tail
ranches.
Ten llourN In Water.
Brownsville, Tox., May 28. — C.
Jotms utirl H Johnson of Lavaca with
a Mexican, Jose Durate, had a narrow
escape from drowning at the mouth of
the ltio Gr&ndo Saturday afternoon.
They woro crossing tho river bar in
tho sloop Buffalo Bill when she cap
sized, and being carried to sea by the
curront, soon sank. Her cabin floated,
however, und tho men clung to it.
They were carried out to soa ten
milos, when a tug brought thorn
back. They had been out over ten
hours.
Sherman
Wilson, colored, has
ll*isor Play.
Tex., May 28.—Tilda
gash three
A man who recently arrived at
Crockett from th* Neelies river, twon-
ty live miles east of there, tell* a
horrible story. He *aya two young
white meu, name* unknown, accom-
panied by the mother of ono of them,
came from Cherokee county on a fish-
ing expedition While fishing from a
canoe In tho middle of the river they
were attacked by three alligators, tho
canoe was broken up, and the young
men were torn to pieces by the brutes,
the woman standing on the bank and
witnessing the awful sight.
Tho Dallas commercial club declares
that “according to the offioial reports,
cotton is shipped from St. I.ouia to
Now York, about llWJO miles, and
from New York to Liverpool, 2300
miles, rehandled in New York, com-
pruss charges included, for |3 por
hale: and from north Texas to Gal-
veston it costs f.'l to f I per halo, The
fact is that grain and cotton are
shipped from St. Louis to Liverpool
for less than it costs us for transpor-
tation to Galveston on the same prod-
I ucts.”
In the county court of DuWitt
county, rocently, in a suit by a widow
j lady to recover tho sum of 8600 liqui-
dated damages from a saloon keeper
for allowing her miner child to re-
| main in tho saloou, County Judge Kd
| Koenig held that the part of section
j 9, article 3226, of tho civil statutes,
that fixes the amount of duinagos,
was unconstitutional and sustained
deraurres to that effeot. Tho plain-
tiff gave notice of appeal and it will
; bo tested In the higher courts.
The commissioners' court of l.d-
wards county, has revoked a former
i issuo of #600) jail bonds and made a
[ new order for samo amount to eon-
[ form technically to tho point of defi-
ciency raised by the attorney goneral.
The treasurer’s report shows a cash
I balance of some 81000. County script
was redoomed to the amount ol 81000,
j This action of the court assures a
j speedy approval of the bonds and im-
mediate work thereafter ou tho now
i J»>1.
It is stated on high authority at
J Austin that lion. John 11. Reagan
will soon resign from the railroad
[ commission. This statement has set
| the tongues of tho politicians to ivug-
^ging, and the prediction is freely
'made that lie will enter tho field
against uli comers early in next year.
[ Of course this is merely a speculation
f so far as the motives prompting Judge
j Reagan to take this step are cun-
]corned.
j The state department of education
has. on an appeal from \ lcloria
county, ruled that nuns cannot teach
in tho public schools of Texas, und
that everything o' a sectarian nature
must be absolutely elimiuatcu from
the public schools. Catholic nuns
havo been conducting free schools in
southwest Texas, and this decision
puts an end lo it.
J. 11. Gadberry and II. C. I merson,
who claim Rock wall as their home,
were arrested recently at Terrell
charged with passing counterfeit
money. When arrested nine >!
counterfeit pieces were recovered
from the person of ono of them ami
six 81 pieces and two 26-cont pieces
from tho other. 'They were taken to
1 'alias.
Tho moeting of the trustees of the
F'ort Worth university recently re-
sulted in a decision to double the cu
pacity of the medical department of
the institution, and also to erect some
additional and much needed buildings.
Rev. Dr. W. A. (Juaylo of Kansas
City, concluded tbo commencement
exercises with an eloquent address.
At San Antonio recontly an un-
identified American, about 85 years
old and in tho last stages of consump-
tion, entered a pawnshop and asked
to bo shown a pistol. Upon getting
tho loaded weapon ho deliberately
placed the muzzle to his forehead and
firod a bullet through his brain. Ho
was destitute.
At Center l’oint, Kerr county, a few
days sitico, tho most torrifie storm of
hail, wind and rain known in twenty-
Hvo years fell. Crops in tho path Of
the storm wore utterly ruined. 'Tho
hail was followed by a very heavy
rain, raising tho Guadalupe river
twenty-two feet.
The ordinance authorizing tho ar-
rest of boys under 16, found on tho
streets of Waco after 9 o’clbck p. m.,
without written permits from their
Cuban Landers,
New York, May 26__The Cuban
revolutionary leaders in this city aro
actively preparing for the departure of
the proclaimed president of the re-
public of Cuba, Senor Thomas Flstra-
da Talma. Others chosen to fill of-
fices of the proclaimed republic will
accompany him to Cuba. Their de-
parture will be secret and their arri-
val on the islands will be coincident
with the landing of a large expedition,
starting cither from a point near Gal-
veston or from Key West. Gen.
Rafaol de Quosday has gone to Gal-
veston accompatnod by hit aides.
London, May 24.—The marquis ol
Salisbury, adddressing a meeting ol
the Primrose league Wednesday nlghi
at Bradford, drew a gloomy picture
of the outlook for the country. He
attributed tho stagnation of capital to
the distrust of the present govern-
ment. He said there are sullen ranks
of half-starved laborers, who. If the
unemployed oapital be lovosted,
would enjoy an unrostrloted industry
and a happy home. But between the
overflowing ooffers and tho suffering
laborers there Hows a black, impass-
able stream of distrust.
Shootlns at Churoti.
Nicholasville, Ky., May 27__A
bad shooting scrape took place at the
Troy Presbyterian church on the line
between this county and Woodford al
12 o’olook yesterday between George
and John Montgomery, brothers, and
Arch D. Riley. Riley wae killed and
George Montgomery fatally wounded.
Five shots were exobanged, one tak-
ing effeot in Montgomery and three
‘“Ktlfly trouble grew out ol
Hiley deceiving a sitter ol the Mupt-
inches long on her loft cheek, another ! parents, will come up at tho noxt
meeting of the city council. Hon. C.
C. McCulloch, tho mayor, says he is
opposed to it.
At Yoakum, I'oWitt county, a pe-
culiar phenomenon was witnessed by
oarly risers tho other morning in tho
object of a largo hall of lire, which
appoared in the eastern sky, moving
rapidly toward the sun, where it
seemed to become absorbed by that
great body.
gash half severing the upper lip, nod
a clean cut on tho right side of tho
head. Charley Stone, colorod, is in a
cell at tho station house, and the
razor which did its part was left be-
hind on tho Itoor of Pete Kay's, wburo
the woman had run for protection.
Bitten l>y * Hattt o«nakc-
Greenville, Tex., May 28. —A 7-
ycnr-old daughter of L. K. Montgom-
ery, living eight miles north of town,
was bitten by a rattlesnake a few
days ago. She was brought here
when life was despaired of, and a mad
atono applied which drew the poison,
and tho child is now woll.
Rocki-out, Tex., May 23.—Tho
heaviest rain since since 1886, accom-
panied by hail and wind, visited this
place at 3 o'clock yesterday morning.
The Catholic church was blown to
pieces, the priest's residence ten feet
to tho rear escaped; the Commercial
hotel and 8u Mary's hotol wore badly
damagod. Rev. Scarbrough received
Injuries escaping from St. Mary's
hotel. Over twenty-fire residences
were blown from their foundations
and some badly wrecked. Loss esti-
mated at from #10, IKK) to $16,000.
Sovoral boats wero also damagod.
Itanawny Cart
Moulton, Tex., May 27__A severe
wind and rain storm visited this place
Friday night. Part of the roof of the
oil mill was torn off and the smoke-
stack blown down. 'The front of a
store was partly blown away. During
the storm a tank car blew out of the
San Antonio and Aransas Pass yards,
ran about two mils* south and
struck by a stock train going noi
the tauk car was wrecked and
engine pilot damaged some
The two best ships in the
At Naples, Morris county, tho othor
night, Aaron Moore, a negro farmer,
was shot and killed by another negro
while at prayer meeting. A pistol
was the weapon used. One shot took
effect in his breast and one in tho
hip. He lived only a few minutes.
In the fedoral court at San Antonio
recontly Joe M. Zozick, ox-postmaster
at St. Hclinis, pleaded guilty to a
oharge of embezzling money order
funds and was sentenced to two years
in the Kings county jienitentiary al
Brooklyn, N. Y., and lined 8300.
Mr. Joseph Schler, one of Victo-
ria county's oldest and most ro-
spocted German citizens, dropped
dead of heart disease at his home, re-
cently, just after returning from his
day's work in the field.
Work on tho two compresses and
roller mill at Dublin. F>ath county,
is progressing rapidly. Most of the
switches have been put in. There 1*
consldorablo improvements going on'
in that lively little oity.
At San Antonio, J. Lobort, mer-
chant tailor, has made an assignment.
At Richmond a robbery was corn-
fitted th* other night at a hotel, tho
being a traveling Saioaman
relieved of alibis wearing
itohel, jewelry aod 814 in
a and satchel were
arid, but the money
located.
" me j At Kichim
vards^ quitted the o
1 boln
"zjflKSsH re
Forty car loads of gravel have been
received at Greenville, shippeiLzfrom
Arkansas over tho Cotton Beit, to lie
used in graveling drlveB and waUcs in
the grounds of tho Cotton-Belt Mid-
land union depot
At Havana, Hidalgo county, Greg-
orio Chapa, a prominent young ranch-
man, committed suicide by ahootiug
himself lu the forehead one morning
recently. Sickness and troubio were
the cause.
Sain Graham, a negro bartender,
was killed by a negro named Hayes
at Peacock's store, in Falls county, a
few nights since. Tho trouble orig-
inated over a woman, llayes in cus-
tody.
At Houston, a few eveniugs since,
there was a cutliug affray in the
second ward botweon two nogro boys.
A follow named Young wus cut with
a pocket knife. His assailant escaped.
At Copevillo, Collin county, re-
cently, burglars pried open the back
door to J. K. Jones & Sons store and
carried off about 850 worth of pocket-
knives and silk handkerohlof*.
Two wolldiggers were overcome by
tho fumes from tbo dynamite while
blasting in a well in Shackleford
county rocently. They recovered
after several hours.
Tho Tyler fruit palace management
report things moving in good shape,
und that everything will bo ill roud-
Incss at the uppoiutud time for the
exhibition.
At Springtown, Parker county, re-
cently, Burt, tho 10-year-old son of
Frank Johnson, died of blood poison-
ing caused by getting his leg hurt in
a swing.
A Moxia darkey, so tho story goes,
tried to exchange ono gold dollar for
sixteen silver dollars, declaring him-
self in favor of 16 to 1.
Near Goodrich, Polk county, re-
cently, two meteors collided, making
a grout report and shaking tho sur-
rouuding country.
Hon. Kvan Jones, president of the
Stuto Alliance, is lecturing and or-
ganizing now Alliances in Lliis and
Hill couutios.
Two convicts recently overpowered
their guard in Hopkins county and
made their escape, but were soon
captured.
Xu - country under the sun is better
adapted to the growth of tho finer
grades of tobacco than is southwest
Texas.
Any erring girl can find a home by-
going to the Dallas liescuo homo, 3gg
l’cabody avonuo, ( hesinit Hilt, Dallas.
Mo ill Dawson recently shot anfi
killed Mack Farris ut Waxuhachic,
surrendered himself and went to jail.
There is talk of putting up a tele-
phone lino from Bryan, Brazos county,
to Mudisonvillo, Madison county.
A few days since Casey Bros, shipped
seven carloads of oornfcd beeves to
Kansas City, Mo., from Hillsboro.
'The electric light and gas men of
the state consumated a state organi-
zation at Houston the other day.
K, \V. Derow. a Medina county
farmer, claims that his Irish potato
crop will not hint 810" per acre,
Tbo state executivo committee of
the People's party met at Fort
Worth on the 28th.
A gust of wind overturned a church
building at F.l Cumpo, Wharton
county, recently.
Denison Is improving, tho main
thoroughfare, Main street, is being
macadamized.
Burglars havo boon giving their at-
tention of late to residences at F'.nnis,
Fillis county.
Work on tho oil mill at McGregor,
McLennan county, is progressing sat-
isfactorily.
Mrs. Mary Kilo it I.ease of Kansas is
coming to Texas to make some
speeches.
Plenty ot rain in Webb, Falls, La-
vaca, Washington and Guadalupe
counties.
In many portions of Toxas hogs
get fat enough for the smokehouse on
acorns.
J. A. Ocholtroe, dealer in hardware
at Weatherford, has filed a deed ot
trust.
Tho Fifth National bank of San An-
tonio has gono into voluntary liquida-
tion.
Very destructive rains, at Victoria,
Now Braunsfcls, Rockdale and Palos-
tino.
F'ort Wortli is again disturbed by
tho noiseless movements of the burg-
lar.
Waeoans aro already talking about
a monster Fourth of July celebration.
Local optiouists aro petitioning for
an oloctioh in Anderson county.
Local option is now in force in one-
fourth of the area of tho state.
Texas now has about 9000 miles of
railroad, and is still building.
Mad dogs aro reported troublesome
near Ladonia. Fannin county.
Crops in Lamar, Red River, F'an-
nin and Delta aro promising.
A lodge of colored Masons has just
been organized at Denison.
A luminous moteor was soen re-
cently in southwest Toxas.
Corn and cotton aro lino at Gal-
linas, Atascosa county.
’Throe divorce suits lilod in ona day
at Greenvillo recently.
Plenty of rain in Hays county and
the farmers rejoice.
La Grange is a pretty tittlo city and
is growing rapidly.
Crop prospects are flattering in
Smith county.
Smith county votes on local option
June 11.
An abundance of rain in Kendall
county.
Crockett is to be lighted by elec-
tricity.
.. Ten now sub-alliances in Bell coun-
ty.-
Coraanohe has an lee storage house.
Rockdale is improving very rapldiy
Corn is In tassle in Comal county.
Greenville is steadily improving.
Splendid rain in Wilson county.
Good rain ia Uvalde county.
or eye
do my oyts eay
saw. It D a sure core. Ians
Yours rmpeottaUy^
tie of von/
*11*1 I
AFTERTHIRTY YEARS.
THI BUCKEYE 8TATK CONTRIB.
UTE8 THIS STORY.
>*ew Fred Ta/lor, of th* Gallant ISttb
S. Y., Y. I„ Ftaall/ Faand
What Ha »ou*l,t.
(From th* Ashtabula, Ohio, H.-aoen.)
Mr. Fred Taylor was born and brought
up near Klmlra, N. Y., and from there
enlisted In the lg»th regiment. N. Y„ Y.
I., with which he went through the war,
and saw much hard service. Owing to
exposure and hardships during the ser-
vice, Mr. Taylor contracted chronto
diarrhoea from which he ha« suffered
now over JO years, with absolutely no
help from physicians. By nature ha
was a wonderfully vigorous man. Had
he qot been hi* disease and the experi-
ments of the doctor* had killed him long
ago. Laudanum wa* the only thing
which afforded him relief. He had ter-
rible headachea, hla nerves were shat-
tered, he could not sleep an hour a day
on an average, and he was reduced to a
skeleton. A year ago, he and hla wife
Bought relief In a change of climate and
removed to Geneva, Ohio; hut the
change in health came not. Finally on
the recommendation of F. J. HofTner,
the leading druggist of Oeneva, who
we* cognizant of similar eases which
link Pills had cured. Mr. Taylor was
-rsuaded to try a box. "As a drown-
K man grasps a straw so I took th*
pills," Says Mr. Taylor, "hut with no
more holts of rescue. Ilut after thirty
years of suffering and fruitless search
for relief I at last found It In Dr. Will-
iams' Pink Pills. The day after I took
the first pills X commenced to feel better
and when I had taken the first box I
was in fact a new man." That was
two months ago. Mr. Tuylor haa since
taken more of the pilla and hla progress
la steady and he haa the utmost con-
fidence In them. He has regained full
control of his nerves and sleeps as well
us In hlB youth. Color Is coming back
to his parched veins and he Is gaining
flesh and strength rapidly. He la now
able to do considerable outdoor work.
As he concluded narrating his suffer*
Ings. experience and cure to a Beacon
reporter Mrs. Taylor said she
wished to add her testimony in
favor of Pink Pills. "To the pills alone
Is due the credit of raising Mr. Taylor
from a helpless Invalid to the man he Is
to-day," said Mrs. Taylor. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Taylor can not find words to
express the gratitude they feel or recom-
mend too highly Pink Pills to suffering
humanity. Any Inquiries addressed to
them at Geneva, Ohio, regarding Mr.
Taylor's case they will cheerfully an--
swer as they are anxious that the whole
world shall know what Pink Pills have
done for them.
X'r. Williams' Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They aro for sale by
all druggists, or may be had by mall
from Dr. Williams' Medlelne company,
Schenectady, N. Y,, for 60 cents per box,
or six boxes for 12.50.
It is claimed that there are fifty-
]fivo dogs in the United Kingdom to
every 1000 Inhabitants.
BROAD TIRE WAGONS.
There Is No )<r>*«on Why Th*y Hhoald
Not B*» t'aed Kv*rywh«r*.
Whl!<* tho Bubject of good road* Ik b«*-
Ing ngltnt<*d In every part of the country
those moat Interonted In the aubject are
doing their beat to make bad roada
utlll worae by UMlng narrow Urea on
their wagonn. Heavy loads are drawn
over our mud roada on theae narrow-
tired wagons and deep ruta cut Into
them, that In wet weather make them
almost, and •omettmes entirely, 1m-
pAMcnhlc. I have a aort of a pity for
a man who urged Ills team along a
muddy road, nil the time grumbling
about the hAdno** of It, when he might
reduce the labor of hln team from one-
third to one-hmlf by lining wide tired at
very little additional co«t to himself
nnd to the great saving of team and
temper. It in to he hoped that the first
legldlation looking to the improvement
of the roads of the country will be In the
way of encouraging the use of wide
tires, for one narrow-tired wagon will
do more damage than a dosen with
wide tires If the roads are at all soft.
No one disputes the philosophy of wide
tires, and no one seems to have any
good reason to offer why they should
not be used. Our farmers simply fol-
i low precedent and go on using narrow
j tires because their fathers did before
them. Lumbermen and freighters use
wide tins almost universally and save
money by doing so, but It seems that
! farmers do not rare to economise In
1 this direction. The condition of our
1 roads costs us more than any other
single Item of waste In this country,
• and the common use of wide tires
i would reduce this waste of energy to
a large extent.—American Farmer and
I Farm News.
A Confe««lon usury.
A curious point in Swedish crimi-
nal law is that confession is necessary
before a capital sentence can by car-
ried out. If, however, the culprit
(icrsist in protosting his innocence in
Uio face of overpowering evidence,
tho prison disciplin is made extremely
(trict and severe until tho desired
confession is obtained.
All a Notion.
Schlegel, who lectured in I,aUn at
tho age uf 72, had a peculiar stimu-
lant. Ho always had his snuff-box in
his hand, as without it ho fancied he
could not get on.
“Carbide o( Calcium. •*
“Carbido of Calcium," which can
now be produced by the ton, is a
Combination of coal (carbon) and lime.
The combination takes place when
the two substance are heated together,
if water is droppod on tho compound
io produced and a match applied the
resultant gas will burn until the water
is exhausted. It is feared by some
and hoped by others that the discov-
ery is revolutionary, as the gas burns
with a flame “which makes an eiic-
trlc light look a dull yellow,” and it*
cost is low.
A New Kind.
A new sort of a tramp has been
found in Washington. When ho was
taken before the court and asksd to
give an account of himself he said
that he was looking for work, and ex- SI
peeled to find it in a fo* days. The
court asked him how he managed
to get food to eat, and he replied that
he did not eat at all. This is most
extraordinary, for the average tramp
seems to havo no other business in
life, and is always ready for a meal,
oven though he has had one in the
last five minutes.
u
A < ustom KipUIncA
“To take F'rench lea/e" is to de-
part quietly from an evening party
without formal farewells, in order not
to set an example and ro spoil th#
pleasure of an entertainment Ia
Flnglaod it soon aoqulred an entirely
different meaning.
The pr-oductiool
creased from iAj
839,629 poundi
this lime the
89 a pound K
<•> nam.
i 6f al
■ timietm 1
pounds in
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