Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 323, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 3, 1891 Page: 1 of 8
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President Polk Says the Due
Talk is Nonsense
TELEGRAMS AND LETTERS
Lg 15 Him not to Fight Received From all
Parts of the Country
A s > < retaiv in the State Departments Says
the rumors ol an Impending Invo-
lution in 31exioo re ISosh
Iure and Simple
All Bosh
> The Gazette
i > rox Sept 2 President Polk of
Alliance has returned to
i > ufrom liis Southern campaign-
s as absurd the reports that a
> n himself and two North Care-
ers is imminent He said lI re
pacbes and letters from all over
i y begging me to show my moral
i refusing to fight a duel Some
tscainc from Vermont If any
lo light a duel with me I have
ii informed of it It i3 a lot of non
luk also said tlio Alliance was
st finger and that the man who
f it for thirty days was left
rear
Catching Views
tauve Catehings of Mississippi
i in Washington does not know
he Allianre is losing ground
ir > says the Alliance has made
i i m his state but has not been
i > orge whom Barksdale backed
m e lias been trying to defeat
i v of the legislature pledged to
i rollings says that he will be fe
me senate by an overwhelming
lurely Imagination
r Curtis of the state depart
1 lonight to a Gazette corre
tna the stories of threatened rev
ifiro were the utmost bosh
iu of American republics is in re
ws from Mexico that contradicts
reports of war and states that
f never in such a settled condi
i i v The masses of the people
ii up politics and settled down to
I lie country is peaceful and ru
rr oiution should not be heeded
Weather Crop Bulletin
IiNimv 1 CSept2 The follow
mom lily weather crop bulletin
ttie weather bureau The tem
during the month of August was
nan usual on the Atlantic coast in
r lake region in Michigan and all
mi the Pacific coast but it was
i m the average temperature for
irougliout the Central valley
i v urred in tho extreme Northwest
ut the usual time near the 20th
hiat crop was ro well advanced
light damage occurred in the ox
itlnin portions of Minnesota and
I > jlvita Tiie frost reached the north
i ir of Iowa but reports gener
i ie that no material injury ic
lie corn crop
i imiiU has been greater than usual
i nor of New England and Middle
Ms and was also in excess from
uviotis westward to the Pacific
i u i ne northern boundary of the
cs and among the states of the
Mississippi valley Portions of
ii i Colorado also reported limited
ess of rain Over tho greater
c t ne cotton region the rainfall was
siiuii usual On tho East Gulf
imI in Southern Louisiana the defi
liUgrd from four to sis inches
iEltI HEM AUKS
rn crop is late and will probably
alien two weeks more of favorable
r to put crops beyond injury of
i f course this does not apply to the
it the crop in Southern Kausas
ii ice eastward to Tennessee aud
k v here at this date the crop is
1 tUCId
s irom the cotton region indicate
vorable weather has resulted in
frit injury to crops in some sections
in Alabama where shedding will
icduco tho yield while in Texas
i i i remain the same as last year
v ii1 roased acreage
Treasury Circular
r s Sept 2 The secretary of
to day issued a circular cx
1 further notice tho time within
is of the 41 per cent loan will
1 for continuance at 2 per cent
WHAT IS IT
iwu Frichtencil by tlio Antics of a
s range Animal supposed to bean
I > caped Sea Lion
o the Gazette
4s i i iv Mo Sept 2 The people
tue Kas the little smelter city
n liaw river from this city are
h eereised over a mysterious
vwicli has spread terror among
ii children of the silver city
i is no oue has yet been able to
i i ilnle the menof the town were
cd to make light of the fears of
i ncinoers of their families they
s llii respect of tho thing-
s i nt only been heard but seen by
f thiir number who were bold
u natch for its coming after night
< le niouthspast wakeful people in
uii lave heard a most mysterious
it v iig noi apparently emanating
jigepond which lies in the town
is described as being between tho
t a freight train and the bellowing of
lieu it was first heard it wassup
to oe a combination of train and bull-
as i tvqucntly heard afterward and
togclier aud as no freight train
i to continue the noise the women
> speculate as to the probable source
i teiv > le sound Those who lived
poid asserted that the noise came
iwteror the bank of the poud It
an y came about the same hour every
i a last became so generally talked
iu it became a constant source of
is tinu among the women Some of
that they heard the bellow
en there would be an awful slosh
i the water as if some large animal
mg a bath It was also noticed
i it Kens uucks and geese disappeared
i reacr lrequency than the chicken
ug portion of the community would
c n lor Ihe disappearances being more
luenlinthc daytime than in the night
were laid to tho doors of the mysteri
at mat atd at last so great became the
mem certain of the men determined
t n lie monster The noise was
iooui twelve oclock every night and
iji Lis week four men armed thein
a iod for the moou to rise when
ill r wayto the edge of the pond
weal happened at the pond that
> u > oiwi i eer know AH that is
ii lur these four men came rushing
from that little body of water so
si ared i hat they could give no coherent
ount of what they saw They all agreed
one thing however They had seen
tnething that placed them in such deadly
f r that they waited not on the order of
er going but went at once One declared
at an animal as big as a horso came up
iut of the water and gave a bellow that
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sounded like a thunderclap and made di-
rectly towards them This was enough for
him and he went home Another says tho
beast looked like a big snake only it had
legs and came at them with wide open jaws
roaring like a train of heavily loaded cars
and he could not tell whether it was a ser-
pent or an animal
The third man saw nothing He was
looking the other way when theawfulsound
came and as he saw his companions run-
ning ho did not take time to look back The
fourth man has little to say He admits
that he was so badly scared that he cannot
tell what it was that came out of the water
He had never seen the like before It had a-
long body with low legs and a head like an
immense dog It had two big tusks which
hung low down from its mouth and when it
roared he did not look any further but
went home as fast as he could travel Since
then no one else has cared to watch for the
monster and the varying descriptions given
by those who saw it lead the people to have
many theories The most generally ac-
cepted idea is that it is one of the sea lions
which escaped from a car about two years
ago while beihg transported from San
Francisco to New York At that time the
sea lion was said to have become mad from
the heat and gave the express messenger a
terrible fright in the car and afterwards
escaped near n here this monster is said to
be seen
IT RAINED
BUT NATURAL CONDITIONS DID
NOT FAVOR IT
A Man Promises to Furnish Half an Inch
of itain Which Comes in Two
Show ers His Shop a larn
Special to the Ga7ctte
CnxTESXE Wv Sept 2 If Frank
Alberson did not produce rain here jester
day noon it must be conceded that he has
private and accurate advices from rainmak-
ing regions lie operated with his secret pro-
cess and there were twoshowers amounting
to nearly half an inchof rain Every condition
favored fair weather for the past four days
All instruments of the local signal ollice de-
clared that rain was hundreds of miles
away and no one complained of aching
corns CapL Ravenscraft weather bureau
agent here wont out on the
roof and reatcdly watched the barometer
and declare on his reputation and without
prejudice that if it rained today ho was no
prophet At2n p m this was the exact
condition with the streets Hooded in fifteen
minutes and with all weather indications
lving Kiiin set in clouds gathered light-
ning Dashed and thunder sounded hol-
low like counterfeit money In
twentv minutes the gauge showed
cleveiihundreths of an inch of rain The
clouds then floated away and it seemed as
thou h the weather had settled for the rest
of the dav but in two hours Alberson
started his mill again and the sharpest
shower of the season came up making the
total fall verv near the promised
half inch Capt Kavencraft a student
who has been years m the service is irmly
or the opinion that the precipitation was
due almost wholly to artificial causes
Every appearance and indication was
against tho visitation The heavy rain
was local Cheyenne being the storm
center of ninety miles in Circumference
Alberton aud his backers are simply
elated The wizard and his brother will
bet anvthiug and go anywhere If conclu-
sions are reached Alberton will be engaged
to furnish showers for large areas in this
state He keeps his secret well He works
in a barn and loafs very little There is a
hole in the roof for his use but its utility
cannot bo ascertained Opinions are
divided as to whether he uses chemical
gasses or electricity The two storms came
from different directions
AMERICAN SABBATH UNION
A Blietlneln Chicago to Discuss tho Best
Methods of Closing the Worlds
Fair on Sundays
Chicago 111 Sept 2 The delegation of
the American Sabbath union headed by
Col Elliott F Shepherd of the New York
Mail and Express as president
met with representatives of the Sabbath
school association in the auditorium this
morning to discuss the best methods
in presenting its memorial for closing the
AVorlds fair on Sunday The discussion
was informal and it was finally decided to
appoint a committee to arrange with the
national commission for an hour at which
it would receive the memorial The
memorial of the union to be presented to
the Columbian commission sets forth that
proper observance of Sunday at the fair
will Honor the law of God by
whom the Sabbath was made
fjr man That it will be
in harmonv with the letter and spirit of the
laws of the states and territories that it
will respect the conscientious convictions
of all christians that it will bo inline
wiih Sabbath observance at the Philadel-
phia exposition that it will follow the
example set by the Englishspeaking
nations at the Paris exposition of issjv ho
with the ofticial countenance of this gov-
ernment refused to uncover their displays
on Sunday that to open the expo-
sition on Sunday would unjustly
compel tho employes of the fair and tran-
sportation companies to labor on that day
that it would lead to excesses by virtu-
ous classes that a Saturday half holiday
and the generosity of the employers may be
depended on to grant all cmployesan oppor-
tunity to visit the fair that this govem
mentcaunot afford to set such an example
to the world that all foreigners should be
given an opportunity to see an American
Sunday as it is usually observed and
finally that the event which the fair
celebrates was the result of the supreme
inspiration of the Christian man who took
possession of the new world in the name
of tho Sonjof Man who is also Lord of SabbathS
Sabbath
S > eaking of the matter CoL Shepherd
said I believe firmly that if the fair is
not closed on Sundays tho Lord will
put his curse upon the enterprise and
on the nation He will send plagues
and pestilence as he did in the day of
Pharoh If on the contrary the gates
are closed on Sundays the Lord will bless
the fair and make it the grandest success
jHissible You have no idea of the in-
tense feeling of the Christian world on the
subject It is with us to a man Should
we wish it it will rejoice as one man Here
it is an imperative question and should be
decided at once and not put off till a late
date
Kicklns Against tho McKinlcy BUL
Cmcifio III Sept 2 L S Thurston
exminister of the interior in the cabinet of
King Kalakaua who is stopping in the city
says that r 0XXOCO of American capital
invested in the sugar business of Hawaii
on the strength of the existing treaty with
the United States has been without a mo-
ments warning rendered almost worthless
by the McKinley bill
ltussian Jew Kefujjees
CniCAGO III Sept 2 About twenty
Russian Jewish refugees have arrived in
this city and are being cared for by the
Hebrews of this city Many more are ex-
pected to follow them They tell a
pitiful story of outrage and abuse
in the laud from which they were
driven without time or opportunity to real-
ize on any of their projierty Most of them
are without means though some of them
were wealthy before the edict of expulsion
was issued They expect many mt
follow them Sbt
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In the Hoube of Commons
Ottawa Ont Sept 2 The sjieaker of
the house of commons ordered the arrest of
Andre Seneeal superintendent of the gov-
ernment printing bureau for failing to ap-
pear During his term of office Seneeal re-
ceived 30000 from those who supplied
goods to the government
Germany Celebrating
Berlin Sept 2 In many parts of Ger-
many today the twentieth anniversary of
the battle of Sedan fought Sept 21ST0 is
being celebrated in an appropriate manner
with prayer and thanksgiving with
festivity and general rejoicing
Twentyone years ago today at
Sedan a frontier fortress of France in the
department of Ardennes Napoleon III with
an army of 90000 men surrendered to the
army commanded by King AVilliam of Prus-
sia and the fall of the second empire of
France was an accomplished fact
Crops Hair Kulned
Edixburg Sept 2 Recent storms which
have swept over the British isles have half
ruined the crops throughout Scotland and
harvest is at a complete standstill
Think a Serious Dvpute Improbable
London Sept 2 A high official of the
foreUm office thinks it improbable that an
immediate serious dispute will arise over
Itans permitting the Moscowa to pass
ragh the Dardanelles Official dispatches
record the fact that the Moscowas stop-
page at the entrance to the straits
was due to a breach of i emulation
FOET WOETH TEXAS THTJESDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1891
BALMACEDA KILLED
An Unconfirmed Report of the
ExPresidents Death
MURDERED BY A MULETEER
Two Regiments of Government Troops Revolt
Actions Fiendish in the Extreme
Order Kestored in Santiago and Valpar-
aiso Business Resuming Disastrous
Storm News Crop Jtuined
3Zuch feulleriu Imminent
Italmareda Shot
New York Sept 2 An unconfirmed re-
port from Santiago Chili reached here
yesterday that Balmaceda had been shot
and killed in the mountains while striving
to reach Buenos Ayres After leaving his
family at Los Audis he started to cross the
mountains with a companion and two
muleteers The weather became severe
and the muleteers wanted to turn back
but Balmaceda refused and struck one of
the men He drew a pistol and shot the
expresident and tho other muleteer killed
the companion They then rilled the bodies
and escaped
No confirmation of the story is received
yet
Minister lOsran Heard From
WisniXGTOjc Sept 2 Secretary Blaine
received tho following official dis-
patch from Valparaiso The revolution
is e ntirely successful President Balma
ceda resigned on the 29th The revolution-
ists are entirely installed Everything
tranquil Signed Eoix
The delay in receiving the report has
been solved by the department Tele-
graphic connection between Santiago and
Valparaiso western cable terminus had
been cut and has just been restored and
the line eastward from Santiago to Buenos
Ayres has bpen interrupted by heavy snow
in the Andes The department will proba-
bly await further detailed information from
the minister before according formal recog-
nition to the new government
Troops Iteyolt
New York Sept 2 The Herald this
morning prints this dispatch
Vai1akai o Sept 1 Exciting news is
brought today from the south by a straits
steamer which came up from Talcahuano
Two regiments of government troops
which were taken to that port
recently from Coquimbo by the transport
Impcrialc revolted when they heard of the
defeat of Balmaceda at Placilla last Friday
They shot to death all of their officers aud
disbanded Nearly four thousand coal miners
joined them and together they have prac-
tically taken possession of the town of
Coronet on tho coast about thirtyfive
miles south of Coneepeion
All sorts of excesses have been committed
by mem Houses have been sacked aud
burned The slightest protest against
their actions is met by rifle shots
Women have been abused and subjected to
brutalities of the most revolting character
In fact mob rule
IS ITS WORST FORM
prevails Some outrages have been com-
mitted in Coneepeion and Talcahuano but
tho force at the disposal of the authorities
there has ceen sufficient to save them
from the fate which has overtaken 0000
peopla of Coronet
As soon as the news was received here
this morning the German warship Sophie
and British gunboat Dolphin wore ordered
at once to Coronet to protect the interests
of foreign residents there
Government oilieials here have also taken
steps to beat tho mob iuto subjection
Senor Jorge Montt Gen Canto and
others of the Congressioualists arrived m
Santiago this morning They were re-
ceived with the greatest enthusiasm by tho
people of the capital Gen Baquedano
acting president
RECEIVED THEM OFKICALLY
Other members of tho Junta DoBierno
are expected to arrive here from Iquiquo
tomorrow These will at once proceed to
Santiago when the question of a new elec-
tion and reorganizing of the government will
be considered
On August IS it is said President Bal
maceda ordered eighteen young men to be
shot to death They were charged with
tcarintr up railroad bridges and thus
prevent the movement of government
troops One of them was whipped in
order to make him confess the plot It is
charged and from records appears to be
true that ouy a small portion of the crnel
tics perpetrated by the late government has
been published
Congressionalists are giving trials to all
against whom oflenses are charged and ex-
ecutions up to this time have been remark-
ably few
Within a month arrangements will be
made to hold elections in all sections of tho
country and as soon as tho result of
these elections is knovn the Junta will
turn over the country to the
lnorni constituted authorities
Order has been restored in Santiago and
Valparaiso The mobs have been gotten
under control in those cities and there is
no likelihood of the authorities being unable
to preserve order from this out
Mercantile establishments have been
reopened in this city and the business sec-
tion is gradually resuming its customary
api > earance
An Injunction Clrantcd
Loxdox Sept 2 Au injunction was
granted in behalf of the agentof the Chilian
junta restraining the City bank from pay
ins until the case is decided by trial the
bill of exchange drawu on the National
Bank of Chili payable to Balmacedas
agent Senor Joaquin Goodlcy
Disastrous Floods
Dublin Sept 2 Floods in Barrow river
are ruining thousands of acres of crops and
sweeping away houses and barns causing
immense damage
requiring that a notice be sent to the porto
and the sultans finnan obtained be-
fore making the passage The Russian
governor replied that the customary notico
was unnecessary as the military
alioard were soldiers who had been
discharged having served their
time A similar case occurred in
April when a Russian ship under the
commercial flag carrying soldiers and war
material was permitted to pass through
the Dardanelles The British ambas-
sador then advised the sultan that
Great Britain and other signatory
powers would take united action in the
event of any material cnauge in the portes
IHilicyin regard to the Dardanelles The
signatory powers were cognizant of the
Moscowa incident but do not consider it
such a breach of the treaty as to require a
formal protest
Emperor Williams Departure
Berlin Sept 2 Apropos of the depart-
ure of Emperor William tonight for the
scene of the Austrian army maneuvers the
North German Gazette says The emperor
will again bear testimony to the serious im-
port attached to the consolidation of the al-
liance between Austria and Germany The
meeting ought to be welcomed as a sign of
the indissoluble nature of the alliance and
should roinspire the hope that peace will ba
maintained
in ltontp to Meet Francis Joseph
Berlin Sept 2 Emperor William and
Chancellor Von Caprivi have started for
Horn to meet Emperor Francis Joseph
Will Try to Satisly Uncle Sam
San Salvador Sept 2 The feeling
growing out of the City of Panama incident
is dying out Everything consistent with
honor to satisfy the United States will be
done
Celebrating Sedau Hay
Berlin Sept 2 Sedan day was cele-
brated according to custom by the schools
services in church parties to veterans and
banquets to soldiers of the various garrisons
The principal monuments were decorated
with wreathes and publie buildings and
many pritate houses were covered with
Hags aud the large imperial crown wrought
of copper surmounting the dome
of tho new reiehstag building
was exposed to view for tho
first time The crown forms an imposing
ornament and drew a large crowd
The UeichsAuzeiger says With recol-
lections of Sedau is bound up a feeling of
gratitude for the spirit of selfsacrifice by
which so brilliant results were gained
aud satisfaction at the progress since
made in the sentiment of solidarity
leading us to vow to hold and protect tho
blessings won
The Post says It is a great error to
dissimulate on the idea that our position
is becoming worse We celebrate
a victory from which is said to
arise the aurora of the German
empire in recalling Count Von Moltkes
saying that Germany must remain fifty
years under arms in order to keep what she
had u on at Sedan We have no desire to
trouble peace but if others provoke war
Germany will be resolute and will fight as
courageously as twenty years ago confi-
dent in Gods aid
The Freisiuge Zeitung says Germany
after Sedau will remain one in spite of
differences between German politi-
cal parties All are resolved to
maintain what was won at the cost
of much carnage More liberal
institutions would further strengthen our
country
Pastor Stoeckcr in a letter to Das Volk
says The men of Germany may soon be
summoned to defend the privileges won on
bloody fields of lbTO and to fight for unity
honor and liberty At the critical moment
Catholics Soeialistsaud all Germans alike
will do their duty
MEXICAN DUTIES
A BIT OF HISTORY IN REGARD TO
THE ZONA LIBRA
Merchants In This Kelt Would Have
Adantao of Those Outside but
lor Local Taxation
Special to the Gazette
San Antovio Tix Sept 2 The in
creaso by the Mexican government of the
zona libra duties excites a good deal of at-
tention The zona libra is a strip extending
back sixty miles from the Ilio Grande
When the free zone was established some
eight years ago some goods entered it free
of duty Later a tax of 3 per cent was
levied This tax has now been increased
and it will be announced in the forthcom-
ing number f the Diaro official to be 10 per-
cent to take effect November 1 not 10 per-
cent advalorem but 10 per cent of the duty
levied on goods destined for ports of Mex-
ico beyond the free zone so that as regards
Federal taxation merchants inside of tho
free belt have still the advantage over
those outside of it to the extent
of 90 per cent This advantage
which other things being equal
would be an enormous one is neutralized
by the incidence of a corresponding local
taxation American merchants in this and
other cities in the Kio Grande country look
upon this addition to the zona duties
with peculiar satisfaction for be-
sides placing them nearer a competing
point withtheir rivals across the river they
think their see in it tho beginning of the
end of the free zone The latter was estab-
lished no for fiscal but for political rea-
sons the idea being to build prosper-
ous and therefore contented cities
on the frontier and so allay any stubborn
revolutionary spirit the political situation
might warrant and the commercial result
has been a comparative failure Tho re-
sult does not rest with the Federal govern-
ment but may be found in tho uncertain
inequitable and onerous principle of loca-
tion which is outside the jurisdiction of the
general government
A BOGUS NUN
A Woman with a History Before the To
lico Court in Sow York for Vagrancy
New York Sept 2 Sister Beatrice the
notorious bogus nun who has been fre-
quently exposed in newspapers was ar-
raigned in Jefferson Market police court
yesterday on a charge of vagrancy She
was committed for examination The wo-
man has a history She is the same woman
who sued the late Senator Simon Cameron
of Pennsylvania for 5000 for breach of
promise of marriage Gen B F Butler
was counsel for Cameron and the trial
which lasted about two weeks resulted in a
verdict against the woman She is said to
be married and tho wife of Thomas M
Oliver of Louisville Ky who discarded
her Senator Cameron first met her in
New Orleans in 1S70 She followed him to
Washington and he secured her a position
in tho treasury department While she was
living at the Trcmont house Cameron ad-
vanced her 1000
Come to Stay
Special to the Gazette
GurnniE O T Sept 2 About fifty
Cherokees staked off claims on the strip
north of Pouca today They announce
they have come to stay and will resist all
attempts at putting them off their claims
Accidentally Shot
Special to the Gazette
Denisox Gratsox Cocxtt Tex Sept
2 Yesterday a young man by the name of
Edwards living a short distance in the
country accidentally discharged his gun
while hunting a portion of the charge
taking effect in the leg The wound is
painful but not serious
GAZETTE
UP HOGG AND ATEM
Train Robbers at Work on the
Rio Grande
THEY TAKE ALL IN VIEW
The Famous J E Smith Makes a Fight but
is Outnumbered
He Compels tho Kobbsrs to Dlow Open
til Door with Dynamite Firing at
Them All the Time > eterul
Posses in Pursuit
Koail Agents Work
Special to the Gazette
San Antonio Trx Sept 2 Six men
stopi > ed train No 20 on the Southern Pa-
cific railway at 325 oclock aud held it until
525 a m twenty miles west of Langely
and one mile east of a side track called
Samuels which is about twelvo miles from
the Hio Grande The traiu left this city
yesterday afternoon for the West at 440
oclock The passengers were unmolested
as the men seemed to want only the con-
tents of the express car and of the mail-
bags They got all of the money in the ex-
press car which was a very small sum as
there is never a large amount carried west
They also took one registered package two
empty mail bags and the mail which was
made up for Drydcu postoflice After they
had got what they could from the mail car
and express car they leturned the money
they had taken lrom the mail clerk and ex-
press messenger and left the traiu
Tiie railroad company has offered 250 re-
ward for the capture of each man The
express company will give a reward of
about 1000 for each one captured and be-
sides this the government offers a standing
reward of about 500 for every train robber
making for each robber about 1750 A
posse under Hoy Beau of Langtry another
under Sheriff Kcofer of Del Uio and Capt
Jones with his rangers have been sent on a
sjiccial car to the si > ot Six men stopped
the train and all were armed with Win-
chester rides A great deal of firing was
indulged in by the robbers and the baggage
and mail cars weru well filled with bullet
shots
A small quantity of dynamite is said to
have been used to blow open the express
car door as the agent refused to open it
No one was hurt in the explosion I he ex-
press messenger was J E Smith of the
WellsFargo service who obtained national
fame by killing two train robbers near El
Paso a couple of years ago This time he
was outnumbered and though he stood off
the marauders as long as possible was
forced to give in
Another Account
Special to the Gazette
Del Rio Vai Vkriie County Trx Sept
2 The westbound passenger train on the
Southern Pacific was robbed this morning
two miles east of Samuels by six
men Tho messenger was J E Smith
who gave the robbers a hard deal near
El Paso four years ago This gang took
precaution to blow up the express car with
dynamite after having found Smith was
messenger Smith was stunned by the
shock The gang wanted to kill him for
the old score but the robber captain said
no they had done well let him go
The train was stopped by piling rocks on
the track The booty secured is thought to
be twenty thousand dollars Sheriff Keeper
and a posse of ten men left here at 10
o clock this morning horses and all in a
special train for the scene of the robbery
The robbers were traced to the Rio Grande
where they crossed into Mexico
And Still Another
Special to the Gazette
Vanuorn ElPaso County Tex Sept2
Reports received here today say that the
westbound express train on the Galveston
Harrisburg and San Antonio railway due
at Haymoni station at 743 a m was
held up near that place this morning Mes-
senger Smith who about three years ago
shot and killed two train robbers as they at-
tempted to rob the express ear was in
charge of this express ear He made a
strong resistance in this case but tho rob-
bers fired iuto the car so heavily
that he was compelled to open up
and surrender the companys money which
is said to be 3000 As yet no arrests havo
been reported and it is supposed the rob-
bers have made good their escape to Old
Mexico
The Conductors Jteport
Special to the Gazette
San Antonio Tex Sept 2 The fol-
lowing report was received today by Sup-
erintendent Innes from Conductor L CamH
bell of the train that was robbed The train
was stopped in the cut at the east
end of Horseshoe curve one mile east
of Samuels siding The first warning
the engineer saw when the engine
struck a rock which had been placed in the
center of the track On looking out he saw
another which had been similarly placed
and applied his air brake but before he had
come to realize what was the matter the
robbers had covered him with their
ritles firing several shots over the bank
which were evidently meant to intimidate
him They afterwards told him that they
did not intend to hurt him or any one else
unless resistance had been offered but if
resisted they would kill the whole party
They also said they did not intend to rob or
disturb the passengers or train crew but
Trere after the Wells Fargo Co money
They then took the engineer aud fixeman
about fifty yards from the train on the
south sido of the track and made
them hold up their hands leaving
one of the robbers to guard them The
leader of the robbers then gave orders to
his men to keep the train crew in the
coaches and to shoot them down if they
attempted to leave the train They
then took the fireman and tried
to force him to break the window
in the side door and unlatch the
door from the inside The fireman was un-
able to do so and told the messenger to
give him the keys and thus prevent his be-
ing killed All the time the robbers kept up a
continual fire from their Winchesters See-
ing this had no effect on Messenger Smith
they set off a stack of dynamite under the
car which jarred the train considerably
but did no damage
The robbers then remarked that they had
a whole jackass loaded with more of
the dynamite which they were de-
termined to discharge and blow the
train to pieces unless the messenger
opened up The messenger said he was
only stunned by tho discharge of the dyna-
mite but when ho knew the robbers were
preparing to set off a second blast he sur-
rendered
They made him open the safe and pro-
ceeded leisurely to help themselves to the
contents tearing open the envelopes and
putting the contents into a bag It took
nearly two hours to complete the task of the
robbery
There were five men in the party all of
whom were masked
Messenger Smith says he does not know
how much money was taken
The postal clerk had all his registered
mail except one registered package taken
The robbers also took two empty mail sacks
and the sack from Dryden They also took
money from the mes3enger and mail clerk
but they returned it saying they did not
want a worJdngmans money
They were no novices at their business
but did their work like men thoroughly ex-
perienced and said they would meet the
boys their victims at San Antonio in three
weeks and all would have a time
Three of them forced open the newsboys
box and helped themselves to fruit and
cigars an 1 10 in money Then they left
goiiigtouh and as nor any of the train-
men tould see what the robbers
were doing tho latter would blaze away
with their Winchesters and remark that the
first tune anyone should attempt to come
outside they would kill him
A Xeiv silver Mine
Special to the Gazette
Anderson Grime County Tkx Sept
2 A uew silver mine has been dscovered
in this county
George Brown colored today swallowed
a silver dollar Being unable to extract
it the attending physician pushed it down
Kidnaped the Child
Special to the Gazette
San Diego Divl County Tex Sept
2 Guda Loripe Villareal a ranchman sued
his wife Georgian for divorce alleging un-
faithfulness The divorce was granted and
Villareal was given custody of the seven
yearold boy His wife has kidnaped the
child and her relatives retain possesion of
him Officers are endeavoring to effect her
arrest
Itoltou lu Kl Fao
Special to the Gazette
El Paso El Pam > County Tex Sept
2 Dr W L Bolton who shot aud killed
L II Cavitt in Juareza earago and after-
wards escaped from the Mexican jail in
disguise is now in this city having been
compelled to leave New Mexico on account
of extradition papers His confcderateClay
ton is now ii Chihuahua condemned to be
shot
LABOR DAY
Governor Hogg Proclaims Sep-
tember 7 a Holiday
IN HONOR OF WORKINGMEN
It Is to lie a Day oT Kest Rejoicing aud
Tlianks lin Communion Work
Cotton Kates to lie 1nlilNhed
Friday Chartered
Special to the Gazette
Austix Tex Sept 2 A Houston dele-
gation consisting of Messrs Looscan Dick
Dollan and Lubbock talked to the commis-
sion today about a cotton differential to
Galveston As the two cities find it im-
possible to agree the commission will settle
the question by making Houston a basing
point for cotton rates and adjusting the
local and differential from Houston to Gal-
veston at the same figures The result as a
whole will bo a slight reduction in rates
Maj Looscau qualified today as a director
of the Confederate Home
Judge Reagan accompanied by his wife
went to Palestine last night
A PllOCLAMATION
Governor Hogg issued the following
proclamation today
Whereas the laooring cl asses of tho
civilized world have limited upon one day in
each year as a day of rest from labor and
to meet and counsel together for their
elevation and best interests and
Whereas the day of said meeting has
been designated as Labor day and is al-
most universally recognized as a day of
thanksgiving rejoicing and rest from labor
Now therefore 1 J S Hogg governor
of Texas do by virtue of the authority
vested in mo by the laws of this state aji
poiut Monday the 7th day of September
Is91 the same being Labor day as-
a fall festival of general thanksgiving and
rest from labor and I do earnestly request
that it be generally observed in the proper
spirit and as a recognition of the dignity
and merit of labor tiDd the just influence of
the laboring classes as a factor in the civil-
ization and material prosperity of the
world
In testimony whereof I hero sign my
name and cause the seal of the state of
Texas to be affixed at the city of Austin
this 2nd day of September lsJl
J S Hniiis Governor
By the governor G W Smith
Secretary of State
KATES GHINTED
The commission has granted the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad a rate
of 130 per cord on wood from West Point
to Shiner minimum ten cords per car
effective September 11 The same road was
disallowed a 25 per cent reduction in wagon
material rates ftom Lexington and allowed
a schedule of rates on such material from
that point to all stations on its line
collections
The comptroller collected for various
school and asylum funds 15045
Tax rolls increase Lubbock countv f240
022 Lynn 2144S Comanche W3313
Hockly county shows a decrease of fObG
< HARTEREP
The Davella Cooiierative Mercantile Al-
liance of Milau county capital i20000
AN ELECTRIC STRIKE
The conductors and motor men on the
electric cars struck this morning because of
a new regulation requiring them to deposit
10 with the company to secure any damages
or losses that may occur from carelessness
or wrongful acts
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Charles Ilicks for some years manager
of the Austin street railway company died
today at noon of consumption
The commission promulgates the cotton
tariff tomorrow giving it out to the press
for publication Friday morning
Professor Carlisle is here acquainting
himself with the duties of state suierin
tendent which he undertakes Septem-
ber 15
A fire destroyed a barn in the northern
part of the cit at daylight this morning
Loss about fi e hundred dollars
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
The London Press thinlis that if the re-
port that Turkey has yielded to Russia on
the Dardanelles question is true European
affairs will be terribly complicated
The transitory schedule of treaty with
Spain affecting productions of this country
exported to China and Porto Rico went into
effect Tuesday and caused rejoicing among
merchants
The mail which left Yokohama August
19 was delivered aboard City of New York
at New York at 5 oclock yesterday morn-
ing having Crosse s the continent in three
days via the Mexican Pacific railway
At Eckerty IntL John Snyder a con-
stable was shot by Henry Enlow a water-
melon thief whom he was trying to arrest
Snyder will die and his brother Saul who
was with him was badly wounded Enlow
is at large
Two strangers attempted to take liberties
with Susie Sims aged sixteen at Ply-
mouth Pa whose house they entered She
picked up a shotgun and fired at them fa-
tally wounding her sevenyearold brother
in the head The men escaped
New York Sept 2 Horatio Slater a
many times million lire aged sixtyfive is
engaged to Miss Mabel Hunt the younger
daughter of the late William Hunt artist
aged twenty Slaters son Samuel is en-
gaged to Miss Mabels elder sister Enid
Treasurer Morrow of Little Rock Ark
emphatically denies the statement in the
Alliance Patriot that he had been advised
by Governor Eagle to drop the investiga
tionjof the Woodruff big scrip steal He
says Governor Eagle jrorked harder than
anyone to sift the matftr
Marine Intelligence
Special to the Gazette
Galvestox Tex Sept 2 Arrived
Steamship Alamo from New York with
general merchandise
VOL XY NO 323
INDIAN POLITICS
Returns From National Creel
Election Favor Perryman
BUT THE RACE IS VERY CLOSE
Governor Steele Conferring With the Grea
Father on Territorial Matters
Full rilood Choctaw to lie Shot for Doubli
Murder A rsegro Arretted With a
Grip 1ul of Whlskj other
Tenitory Notes
In Conference with tho Iresideut
Special to the Gazette
GcTnitiE I T Sept 2 Word comes
from Washington that Governor Steele s hj
conference with the president and canFt
and that the date of oi > ening the new iu s-
will be decided upon at once Thelur n
of the new county lines ami counts w s-
will be absolutely fixed and other a
portant territorial matters considered
A v ttouo ia
Special to the Gazette
Vinita 1 T Sept 2 Fire was il scu
ered in a stabebackof the business pii >
of this town about 2 oclock this moii t
and within aMiort time a S201HW lo
resulted half of which fen upon W C i
ton Co Strango to say uo bti n
establishment waJ > nrncd out except
San Francisco hotel but there was a g
eral destruction to ware rooms ami it
time it seemed probable an eutiiv iv
new brick buildings incua i
the new Hotel Cobb would si
comb and they were badly dama
Pltton A Co who suflered the clue
owning most ol the property niciiu
were uninsured Dr Siakscales lost h
home adjoining the hotel
Creek National Klectiou
Special to the Gaette
KcruLi I T Sept 2 The Creek na-
tional election occurred yesterdav l e
contest botween the candidates l C IVrr v
iniii present chief judge E pirochcr < l
Judge John Ree 1 is very close with tho
returns so far in favor of Perryman
Sflltcllrid to bcMlot
Spccial to the Gazette
Caddo I T Sept 2 Yesterday in the
Choctaw district court Jackson Fletcher a
fullblooded Choctaw was convicted of
murder in the first degree and stitouivd to
be shot on September u > He killed an-
other Choctaw last winter for which in is
to pay the death petaltv as it is the law
when mi Indian is convicted of nttnttr
they are to oe shot He is a tough charac-
ter and is also wanted in the Federal court
in Paris Tot for the murder of old man
Stapletou a white mat last spring near
Boggy Ivpot of which mention was niado
in Tiie Gazette at the time Fletcher in
company with six other Indians went
where old man Stip eton and another man
were cantped and ordered them to leave
After they had gone a short distance they
shot Stairieton Thcyouiur man who was
with him identified J Fletcher as one of tho
murderers
Suits tin Description
Special to the Gazette
Caddo I T Sept 2 Today Sheriff
Hamilton arrested Horace Iied who was
arrested Sunday as being implicated in the
shooting of Mose Belviue the negro depury
sheriff A telegram was received from tho
sheriff of Waxahachic Texas charginghim
with traiu robbery The description and
name corresponds with the negro they havo
arrested here The sheriff will lie here to-
morrow night to take charge of him
A llagman Asleep
Special to the Gazette
Paris Tex Sept 2 The through pas-
senger St Louis to Galveston was an hour
and fifteen minutes late yesterday morning
the cause being reported as au accident
This morning it was learned that the acci-
dent occurred at Clayton seventylive miles
north in the Choctaw Nation Ed Carter
a llagman had gone to sleep on the track at
a place where he was hidden by the weeds
from view of an approaching train and
when he was discovered it was too late to
stop That he was not killed was wonder-
ful but he was only thrown from the track
and badly jammed about the back and hips
While he was seriously hurt it is believed
he will recover
PrNoners iteleaied
Special to the Gazeite
Paris Tex Sept 2 Tom Nceley of
Healdton IT charged with bigamy John
Johns Ardmore charged with horse theft
and Charlie Tow charged with assault to
kill all gave bonds in the Federal court
yesterday and were released
Amos Karey a member of the Chickasaw
house of representatives was brought hero
yesterday to answer a charge of opening
anothers letter lie waived examination
and gave boiuh
Had a Grip full or Whisky
Srccial to the Gazette
Marietta I T Sept 2 M Patterson
a negro was shot here this eveniia iy
Deputy Marshal W Ii Little Both par
tics arrived on the northbound pvssiiif r
train It seems the negro had a grip lul of
whisky and the marshal intended to am t
htm as soon as he arrived here The uar
shal followed him out of the coach wh a
the negro pulled his gun on him and ma
marshal shot him the ball striking him m
the side The negro cannot live
Guthries Wheat Train
Special to the Gazette
Guthrie Q T Sept 2 A special from
Chicago tonight states that Guthries big
decorated wheat train of twenty cars ar-
rived there today and was viewed by over
20000 peoule Iu addition to the wheat
contained in the train products of every
description arc artistically arranged
WANTS TO KEEP FRIENDLY
Kcclprocity Iletween Salvador and tho
United Mates Guatemala Ilnanres
City of Mexico Sept 2 Dr Galinflo
one of the ablest of Salvadors diplomats
and Minister to Mexico is expected to ar-
range a reciprocity treaty with the United
States and bring about an era of good
feeling between the two republics
The financial condition of the government
of Guatemala is very bad and troops
threaten to revolt unless paid President
Barillas claims the money will be forth-
coming soon and that he is arranging a
loan in Paris
A Cyclones Wort
Special to the Gazette
Bremiam Washington Countt Tex
Sept 2 A cyclone passed over Independ-
ence last night and much damage has been
done to cotton some fields being laid waste
The residence and outhouses of Mr More
man were demolished and Moremau blown
twenty feet through space Lightning
struck the house of Mrs Rankin knocking
the inmates senseless
To Convene at llttsburff
Haeeiseuro Pa Sept 1 At a meeting
of the executive committee of the Demo-
cratic colored league today it was decided
to hold the next convention of the league at
Pittsburg on September 20 An cxteasiv
programme is being prepare
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