Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, October 22, 1891 Page: 1 of 8
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DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO
HUBBARD TRIUMPHS
Our Own SilverTongued Ora-
tor at Omaha
HE CAPTURES THE CONGRESS
List c Xu Thirty Minutes He Speaks an Hour
2io a Quarter Before Time is Noted
fce unffr Congratulate Wla seo and
T xa on the Deep Water at the Hrazos
Mou h in Spite of Galveston and
Araui s Pais A Great Day
Hubbard Great Speech
i u ic Gazette
k rn Oct 21 Governor Hub
i > today delivered tho leading
congress Ho literally cap
f micros of the Western states
i uj this city His discussion
water harbors on the Gulf coast
no their relation to the trans-
it was tlie happiest and
t ilc f all his efforts in behalf of
e al in different conventions
t > > c considered this subject Hem
coveniim that at Galveston
m
a i as surelv coming and that
i nadv over seventeen feet
1 s was next in order
t Armsas Pass It was a great day
iti deep water
tvpos lion from Galveston
a tho congress on Governor
i iiiun congratulated Texas and
i i tt Brazos rivorcompany upon
11 seventeen and onehalf feet
no bar at the mouth of the
> iT
vet mado at tho convention
iiid smh interest and excited as
I it and commendation as that
ii 11 vcruor Hubbard Speaking
f iirtv minutes ho had spoken
in naarter before the president
ur any member of the con
< z any note of time
iErsolutlous Adopted
i m Oct 21 The debate on the
a siher in the TransMissis
utrn s was deferred until somu
ii aid ex Goenior Hubbard of
11 s < d the delegate oil a deep
w i < y i uu the gulf
> uu > k of Arkansas chairman of
i ut on resolutions stated that
> liug until midnight his coinmit
f nipV d its labors and was ready
A < ugthy discussion arose as to
± ii o imposing of the resolutions
x < > ai v decided to lead them at
t lieu adopt them section by sec
11 nsumed some time and tho-
r < i adopted
u tir s th innrest of mining creates
m is to I he wealth of this country
oockuiOO annually of gold and
i > e pi oiui ts whose scarcity means
i t ioa ot tho values of farms homes
j > i na projwity of tlie country as
jso Luat cotton and com pioduced by
< oils and whose abundance
l i isrfi oni fort and prosperity to
in s o car people
tiifnam millions of acres of
r a i vir bearing mineral lanas of the
> h there are lots of mining
nr uf i b > n patented and unpatented
iits of grants to the Pacific
> a < i hich are in imminent dan-
k f u r the pivpertv of tnose rail
it i kinf > now therefore be it
u laat this body earnestly asks of
< n legislation as will pi otect and
nimng interests and foreter
i unes and mineral lauds bear
Inj < r and copper or lead from be-
ta m iprty of these corporations
> > gianis that tnis body
delegation in this con-
fer the territories of Ari
ii N w Mexico and tho stales
ma Nevada Colorado Wjoming
s ti i Nmth Dakota and Montana
i a common interest in this sub
u liize tho president to select a
v f rccu members who shall
i j > n initjC for tho purpose of secur
c i in ted and efficient action as will
t ii miiies and mineral lands to the
< i that our naturalization laws
i i h n < > st i insreut and that the United
i s o should exercise the
if raiation
a > al as the necessities of the-
N iw npi states demand an ocean
n itc northwest coast of the
f i Mcxicn ml the commission of
i u J o uted iimcr theauthurity of
1 is itported that Galveston is the
a which sucli deep water ade
> d purposos i an lie secured
lico with tins report con
nhorued the secretary of
ntract for tho building
i iiUir at Galveston we would
11peon the honorable sccre
thi cirpletion of tho jetties
t iruetion as speedily as pos
a he Wistein trunk lines of
ii quested to extend their rail
< > Galveston as rapidly as
i > i > o jptties proceeds
eu t n a it is the sense of this eon
p s i nimitrrutoa liwi be so amended
i i murrains v ho both desire and
Aiierican ilizcnship shall be
ti md on oar shores and that
hoiild be more stringent
ivtnquestion thcie wero three
i of which were laid over for
i is cission
t moon tho members of tho con
i u driven about the eity fora couple
and then returned to work
i icshan of Texas took up tho dis
f the deep water problem and
i when a deep water harbor should
shed on ilie gulf a proli ablo
al bo established and much would
iuphshed toward building up an
< in merchant marine He spoko of-
t rress made in the work on Galvcs
rwr and expressed the belief that in
i vear there would be twenty feet of
i lie > o
Miauou was adopted urging congress
Ic for the further improvement of
ton harbor and also a resolution cou
t n the people of Velasco on having
and onehalf feet of water in
> i hor
Aii uiucd till tomorrow
Goiernor Hubbards Id a
T > e Omaha Bee says ExGovernorR
P M aobaiil was tho central figure in a
1 o of gentlemen at the Paxton last
Ho will assist in representing the
I i Lone titar state in the commercial
ess
j rnor Hubbard is one of the best
i nvu men in Die South Ho was minister
jpau during Clevelands administration-
< s a man of great personal force and is
mtor of more than ordinary ability
exgovernor tips the beam at 279
J ids and appears to be a man of great
r eutai and physical vigor
Tue tpjestion of ueep water harbors in
Wists the people of Texas said Governor
Iubnard lait night to u Bee leporter and-
S interests all these Western and central-
s ues What wa all need is more rapid and
ess Bxp nsive transportation for produce
to the open sea
Tne matter of reclaiming our Western
irid lands is another subject in which wo
fe interested but a very large section of
oar state heretofore supposed to be a bar-
ren desert is being reclaimed by means of
Mtesian wells In the region of Waco Dal
las and Torth Worth there are some of the
Host wonderful artesian wells in America
boine of them throw up hot water but
tot miough to cook nn egg Other wells
Mtj ji0g M iM
produce tho clearest purest water that over
gurgled from tho bo3om of the earth
A great deal of land of the Llano Esta
cado that was supposed to be utterly
worthless becomes as rich as tho valloy of
the Nile when water is let in upon it It is
rich in mineral salts and all it needed was
water to make it fertile
WAS THE TlRST PHESIDEXT
MrW M Fishback of Fort Smith Ark
who was the president of the first com-
mercial congress held at Galveston is here
Our people are deeply interested in tho
deep water question said Mr Fishback
last night and we are also interested in
the opening of tho Indian reservations and
in the free coinage of silver
Mr Norris L Gage of San Francisco is a
deegate present from tho Pacific coast
Ho said last nirrht that the fact that this
meeting came so soon after the Denver
meeting might keep some delegates away
The Pacific coast has never been repre-
sented in the congress before
Mr Alva Adams of Pueblo was one of
the first delegates to arrive
There are enough topics on the pro
gramme said Mr Adams to keep us
talking for three weeks We never shall be
able to dispose of that list of topics at this
session We Coloradoans are interested in
a number of the topics to be discussed but
the questions of silver coinage and irriga-
tion are of course the most interesting to
usMr
Mr Lee Burroughs of Houston Tex is
another delegate already on the ground
Just jot it down said Mr Burroughs
that I represent the best town in Texas
Mr S M Thompson of Duluth is at the
Millard He will take part in the proceed
LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS
They Will Make an Effort to Capture the
Mate While tho Democrat are
rightiii Among Themselves
Special to tbe Gazette
New OitLEtxs Li Oct 21 A confer-
ence of the Republican leaders was held
hero yesterday and today to dotermine
upon the course tho party would take The
leaders think there will be a split in the
Democratic convention and a bolt from it
on the lottery issue They believe
it will afford tho Republicans an
opportunity to step in and possibly secure
a victory The only thing lacking was or-
ganization and a committee of twentyone
was appointed to traTel through the state
pnd organize the paty and unite the Re
pub icans for one grand effort The com-
mittee will start to work at once It was
resolved to take no position on the lottery
question until the Democratic state conven-
tion acts when the Republican party will
probably take the opposite side and hope to
get some of the ballots
AFTER TRAIN ROBBERS
Officers Still in rurmit with tho Eipccta
tiou of Encountering Desperate
Kenistance
Spcrlal to tho Gazette
San Axtonio Tex Oct 21 Private
telegrams announce that tho ofliccrs are
still in pursuit of the train robbers and it
is beliocd that they are located between
the railroad track aud the great bend of tho
Rio Grande Oflicers are now seouriug
that territory with the hoi > e of catching the
outlaws aud are prepared forthe desperate
resistance it is supposed the men will make
to escape
BURNED TO DEATH
An Idlat Hushes Into a Burning Hoateat
Honey Groie
Special to the Gazette
Hoxcr Giove Fannin Couxtt Tex
Oct 21 The residence of Mrs Mulliken
was today destroyed by fire The fire
probably originated from a defective flue
No insurance Mrs Mulliken kept the
paupers of this locality and one of the in-
mates an idiot named Joe Davis1 while the
tire was at its worst ran into tho flames
aud was burned to death
Albanys Caudidato for Court of Appeal
tlOll C
Special to thesGazetie
AlIilXT SniCKELFOltD COUNTT TEX
Oct 21 The following petition was unani-
mously signed by the bar of Albany today
We the undersigned constituting tho bar
of Albany Tex hereby accord to our able
district judge T H Connorour unanimous
support for the oDlco of judge of the civil
court of appeals lor the sectien in which
the legislature may place our county In
recommending Judge Connor we regret his
loss as district judge but appreciative of
his sterling qualities and abilities as a judge
and jurist it is a source of indescribable
pleasure to accord him our undivided sup-
port Signedj TiiEononn Mackay
1 K WltENM
1 A King
James A Fostzk
Etjgak Rie
Ilonitons rrco Delivery Threatened
Special to the Gazette
Houston Tex Oct 21 Postoffice In-
spector Norton is here and is reported to
nave recommended to the postal depart-
ment tho inexpediency of longer continuing
tho freedelivery system in this city be-
cause of the aosenco of tho names of streets
and numbers upon the houses He contends
that efficient service cannot be rendered
uuder tho present condition and yet Hous-
ton is a city of 0000
Snlcldo at Houston
Special to the Gazette
Houston Tex Oct 21 At a lata hour
this afternoon the coroner wa3 summoned
to hold an inquest over tho remains
of W E Archer a carpenter
who committed suicide by jumping
into tho bayou There was nothing
on his person beyond a little loose change
He leaves a wifo and a family of grown
childrou
5000 Gin Fire
Special to the Gazette
Maxoii Tkavis Cocntt Tex Oot 21
Tlie gin mill belonging to Ira P Johnson
about three miles from Manor was con-
sumed bj tire last night Tho entire mill
and thirty bales of cotton were burned
Tuo loss is estimated at about u000
Touud rianjrlnc In 11U Barn
Special to the Gazette
Waco Tex Oct 21 L Mayer a farmer
living at Moorcville near here was found
hanging in his barn It is no dubt suicide
He had been missing since yesterday
Child Burned to Death
Special to the Gazette
Beeville BeeCocntt TexOct 2L A
child of Alney Robertson five years old
was burned to death on its fathers ranch
twenty miles from town last Suuday
Appealed to tho Suprczuo Court
Special to the Gazette
Gkaham Yocno Cocntt Tex Oct 21
In the Federal court in the habeas corpus
caso of Morris in tho Greer count case
Judge McCormick refused the release but
committed the prisoner to the custody of
the marshal pending appeal to the United
States supreme court
Eampigas in Fort
Special to the Gazette
Galveston Tex Oct 2L Arrived
Steamship Lampasas from New York
with general merchandise
WORLD BEATERS
Yesterday the Most Memora-
ble in Race Annals
FOR THE PRESENT CENTURY
Sunol Easily Beats the Record Made by the
Famous Maud S
Belt Bird Arlon and Palo Alto alio Beat
the Worlds Best Record Direct Wins
From Hal Ioluter aud Tenuei
aeeans are BrokenHearted
Smashing Records
Stockton Cau Oct 21 Two more
world records were broken at Stockton
track today A Palo Alto yearling Bell-
Bird driven by Marvin went neinst her
record of 234J and mado the mile in
2215 Her quarters were 37 114
151 S2uJ
Tho filly did not make a skip in the mile
Marvin then drove Arion by Electioneer
against his record of 215y and made the
milo without a skip finishing strong in
214X Ibo quarters were 34J 107
141 214 > At the conclusion of Arions
trial the timers all agreed as to the time
and veteran horsemen said tho record
would never be beaten
Orrin Hiseock said ho nover saw such a
game finish He added That is the
horse that will make twominute work if
any horse ever does
Palo Alto came out lame but warmed up
well and went against his record of 2124
He made tho milo in 2114 thus lowering
his record His quarters were Mi 105 >
139 < 4 2H
Some of the watches made it 211 and
two of the timers were only a shade over
811 so It was called 2114
Directs Great Work
Nashville Tenn Oct 21 Thtiwfls
of broken Tennessee hearts and thou-
sands of empty pocketbooks wero carried
away from Cumberland park this even-
ing Hal Pointer their pride tho horse
that carried all their money had suffered
defeat in three straight heats the match-
less California pacer Direct showing him
his heels with comparative ease The time
of the second heat was the best over made
in a race lowering Pointers record a half
second Neither of the flying steeds broke
in either heat and moved like clockwork
all the way round
Hal Pointer had the pole in the first heat
and held it until the quarter pole was
reached when Direct who had been on al-
most even terms with him from the start
made a magnificent spurt and secured the
inside of tho track After that it was easy
sailing and Goers pulled up Pointer before
reaching the wire
The second heat saw Direct at the pole
ji 1 he held it throughout The best Pointer
could do was to stay abreast of him until
reaching tho half mile post where Direct
gradually drew away the Tennesseeans
fiuo burst of speed m the
stretch being of no avail It
was generally believed that tho champion
could have gone in 203 had Pointer pressed
him more closely he ruuning easily in
209J George Starr driving magnificently
The last heat was a repetition of the
others Direct leading clearly away
Time by quarters First heat 32
l0oU 13 210
Second heat S < i l OtJf ltSGJi 2004
Third heat 105 13SJ < 211
Hal Pointer was a big favoritu in the
pool3 in the first heat selling 100 against
S33 for Direct Even money and six to five
was obtainable against Direct at tho books
Betting in tho second heat was not materi-
ally changed from the first but tho third
found Direct selling at 100 to 5 for Pointer
The grand stand the lawn club hou c the
Dotting ring and every available space was
filled with crowding jostling humanity
Direct the Winner
CCMBEKLIND PlKK NlSIIVILLE TENN
Oct 21 First heat Direct won Hal
Pointer second Time 210 Direct won
the second heat Time 200
Sanol lowecA tho Record
Stockton Cau Oct 21 Sunol beat the
Worlds record on the Stockton track mak-
ing a miio in 20St4 beating Maud S s time
half a second It was a fast milo from the
start and was finished strong After warm-
ing her up in three miles jogging
and rubbing down Mr Marvin
came to go against the record
At the first attempt he nodded for the word
and she ran away alone the runner waiting
at tho half for her She went the first
quarter in dJi the half in 101 flat the
threequarters in 137 and came home
strong and scored in S OSJf There were
six timers aud every watch was the same
The crowd went wild when the timo was
made known
Dallas Races
Special to the Gazette
Dallas Tex Oct 21 Todays racos
were witnessed by a very large crowd of
people and those who expected to see good
events were not disappointed The tracks
are governed by a man who will allow no
foolishness and every jockey on the course
has to come to taw A number of fines
have already been booked against riders
and drivers and they are all finding out
that honest races alone will bo allowed It
is safe to say that the horses win purely on
their merits and this fact is very gratifying
to the spectators
First race trotting 240 class purse
000
Auburn H 6 5 S
Lady Llghtfoot 1 1 1
Claytonlan Chief 4 4 6
Henry Leman 5 d 0
BenH 3 3 2
JlmDurm 8 S 3
Hat Sprague 7 6 4
Time 2X82W523IJ
Second race trotting 227 class purse
600
Oliver 4 3 4 0
Oean t 6 5 0
cifcey d
Mamurino Belle 5 4 2 2
lice rm Lewis Huffaker Helena
Mont 3 2 3 3
Birdie Sprague 3 ill
Time 227281827ii 206
Third race running twoyearolds sell-
ing seven furlongs purso 400 L > ottie
Mills won Glencoo second Littlo Baltic
third Time 132
Fourth race running all ages one milo
and threesixteenths railroad stake Sym-
pathetic Last won Bonnio Byrd second
Mary Sue third Time 209
GarOeld Park Races
Cnicioo III Oct 2L First race three
fourths of a milo Resolve won Major No-
lan second Red Fox third Time 117
Second race one milo and fifty yards
Folsom won Churchill Clark second Bob
IV third lime l Stf
Third race one mile and onesixteenth
Duke of Milpitao won Innocence second
Martin Russell third Time 14S
Fourth race threefourths or a mile Lit-
tle Billy won Gulerda second Falero
third Time 115
Fifth race threequarters of a mile Re-
nounce won Videtta second Lord Lonsdale
third Time 115
Sixth race one and oneeighth miles Bob
Thomas won Long Shot second Aristocrat
third Time 205
ritxslmmons After Mitchell
Sis Fbincisco Cal Oct 21 Bob Fitz
simmons champion middlewoicht pugilist
said today that the California athletic club
would give a purse of 5000 for a tenround
contest between young Mitchell and him
M ttt rMMSS S i
FORT WOETH TEXAS THURSDAY OCTOBER 22
self Fitzsiramons said he would back him-
self to any amount to stop Mitchell within
ten rounds at any weight the latter might
desire f
Lexington Races
Lexisgton Kt Oct 21 First race
fivesixteenths of a mile for maiden two
yearolds Clini won Donald second Altavo
third Time 5S
Second race one mile Ed Shelby won
Mean Enough second Bad Thomas third
Time 148 Jf
Third race one and onesixteenth miles
Mariette won Long Sen second Virgin
third Time J54
Fourth race one and oneeighth miles
Annie won Donnell second Dr Nave third
Timo 15S
Fifth race five furlongs dentine won
Parol E second Stfathmeath third Time
103
Declared a Draw
New York Oct 21 The tenround box-
ing match between Bill Dunn the champion
heavy weight of Now Jersey and Jim
Glvnn of Brooklyn was stopped by tho
police last night in the third round The
referee declarod the fight a draw
Heavywelcht Dead
Ciiioago III Oct 21 Pat Killen a
noted heavyweight pugilist died tonight
at 845 oclock Tho causo of death as
stated by his physicians is erysipelas
Killen a fortnight ago defeated Bob Fergu-
son in a sanguinary ring encounter near
this city but thouh securing tho victory
he has not been a well man since
Iivo rigoon Shoot
Special to the Gazctte
Hemfstead Waller Cocntt Tex Oct
21 At the live pigeon shoot today thirty
yards rise John Ellis of St Joe won de-
feating Ed Brown of Burton for a purse of
S500 Ellis killed eightyeijht birds and
Brown eightytwo
Trlsco Sports
San Francisco Cal Oct 21 Jack
Dempsey and young Mitchell tho well
known pugilists have signed a contract
with H H Williams of Pittsburg to make
a sparring tour of the East and will leave
for Pittsburg in about two weeks
in regard to tho Fitzsimtnons challenge
young Mitchell said he would be willing on
his return to meet the latter in a ten
round go
William OConnor tho Canadian oars-
man left hero for the East to-
night to supervise tho building of
some new racing boats Beforo leav-
ing he offered to meet Henry
Patterson of this city whom ho once de-
feated in a race over a threemile course
cither at Alamoda Cal or Pullman 111
for 1000 a side any time within six months
OConnor expects to get a match with Stans
bury on the latters arrival hero from Aus-
tralia
THE RAINMAKERS
NEW YORK POST ON THE TEXAS
EXPERIMENTS
The Editor Oncht to Come and Bathe In
the Artiliclal Lakes Formed by the
Delude at Cump Edward
Special to the Gazette
New YorK Oct 21 Tlie Evening Post
editorially says Tho more fully tho his-
tory of the government rainmaking expe-
dition to Texas develops itself the
more ridiculous does it become
Now that tho inner facts have
leaked out our readors can
draw instructionreproor or amusmont from
tho spectacle as thov eloose The project
of sending a special cxp dition all tho way
to Texas to go throui the ordinary Fourth
of July celebration for the solo purpose of
bringing down rain upon tho parched
fields of that stite looks theatrical
enough in itself taken in con-
nection with tho fact that a few
hours examination by a competent person
would have shown that the great battles had
been without influence tin the weather
vaguo surmises to the contrary notwith-
standing It becomes ludicrous to
have asked a mathematical export to
calculate for us the probable weight
and force of an aerial current such
as the explosion of a few balloons
was expected to start or guide He says in
substance that the weight of tho air is such
as to press upon every square inch with a
force of about fourteen pounds This makes
a weight of a littlo less than a ton to
every squaro foot and about 25
000000 tons to every square mile
Multiplying by tho area of a Texas
we find that tho aerial current over Texas
weighs more that fivo millions of millions of
tons The effect of the jump of one vigorous
flea upon a thousandton steamship running
at a speed of twenty knots would bo vastly
greater than that of the explosion of a ten
foot balloon upon this current All
this may seem very funny but it has moro
than one serious side The uusophisticated
farmers of Texas cannot imagine that the
government of tho United States would
spend thousands of dollars in sending a
party 2000 miles away to indulge in as silly
a jierformanco as human ingenuity could
devise and they are contributing
freely of their hard earned
money to supplement the work
of the government What will they think
when they find out the true inwardness
of affairs If our government can be con-
ceived as having a soul should it not bo
ashamed of allowing such deception to bo
practiced upon its citizens The least it
should in honor do is to appropriate a fund
for tho reimbursement of tho farmers
TRAIN ROBBERS CAPTURED
Four of the Southern Pacific Highwaymen
Taken Last Friday One Prefers
Suicide to Sarronderinc
Special to the Gazette
SanAntonioTex Oct 21 D Lud
low Pacific express agent in this city re-
ceived a dispatch tonight from tho agent
at Langtry stating that the capture of four
of the Southern Pacific train robbers took
place at the 7D ranch on Live Oak creek
about one hundred miles north of Lang
try lastFriday evening The capture was
made by Capt Jones and posse None of
tho robbers offered any resistance except
John Mint who after a running fight of
several miles committed suicide in prefer-
ence to surrender The names of the other
three robbers are Jim Langstein Jack
Wellington and a man whose name is not
known The robbers had about 1800 when
captured
KalnMakinc a Failure
Special to the Gazette
Houston Tex Oct 21 One of the
ranchmen who put up his money to induce
the rainmakers to experiment in South-
west Texas says that the result wa3 a fail-
ure After three days and nights of con-
tinual bombardment only a small shower of
a few moments duration fellwhich was fol-
lowed by a cold norther and a clear sky
The test was made on the explosive theory
with dynamite common and combustible
balloons
Shot Throoth tbe Heart
Special to the Gazette
Hallbttsville Latam Coatxtt Tex
Oct 2L At a Bohemian dance in the upper
end of this county two young men became
enamored of the same tair damsel and
quarreled The result was that Frank
Nickell was shot through the heart The
murderer is in jail
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GRADYS STATUE
Atlanta Filled With People to
See it Unveiled
DAVID B HILL THE ORATOR
A Characteristic Letter of Regret from Henry
Watierson of the CourierJournal
Imposing Procession of Military and CiTlc
Organizations A Little Daughter of
the Lameuted Grady With-
draws the Vcllinc
Gradys Statae
Atlanta Ga Oct 21 The ceremonies
incident to the unveiling of the Grady
monument attracted an immense crowd of
strangers to the city today The city wore
her holiday attire and business was to a large
extent suspended The weather was clear
and cooL Ono of the principal
features of the unveiling ceremonies
was a procession which formed
on Mitchell and Washington streets and
moved in tho following order Mounted
police Mexican baud and Fourth battalion
Georgia volunteer infantry police bat-
talion Atlanta artillery without guns
Moreland Park cadets Adolph Brandt
division Knights of Pythias At-
lanta division Knights of Pythias
boys high school girls high
school Fourth artillery band Confederate
veterans O M Mitchell Post G A R
railroad league representatives of tho
press and newspaper mou newsboys gov-
ernors horseguards Governor Northen and
staff mayor and general council carriages
containing Governor David B Hill the dis-
tinguished guest aud tho family of
Mr Grady and the Gridy monument
committee fire department When the
procession reached a point opposite the
Grady statuo the Grady Cadets left the
column and took position around the statue
as a guard of nonor
Shortly after tho procession halted tho
exercises at the statuo began Governor
Charles S Northen presided After the
rendition of a selection of music bv thu
band a cord was pulled by Miss Gussie
Grady and tho veil fell from the statue
The sight of the statue was greeted with
manifestations of applause by the assem-
bled multitudes
Hon Fulton Colville delivered an ad-
dress in behalf of the Grady monument
After more music Hon Clark Howell in-
troduced Governor David B Hill of New
Yorkwho delivered the oration
Tonight Governor Hill and party were
entertained at a banquet by the Young
American Democratic club of Atlanta Gov-
ernor Hill will leave here for New York to-
morrow morning on tbe Richmond and
Danville vestibule
Tho monument was designed by Alex-
ander Doyle The statue is of heroio
size It represents Mr Grady with
uncovered head standing in an easy
attitude with the loft foot somewhat ad-
vanced The general pose is that of an or-
ator engaged in delivering a speech the
left arm hanging by tho side aud the
riirht crossing the breast and clasping
between the forefinger and thumb the lapel
of a full frock coat On the right and left
of tho statuo are tho allegorical
figures of memory and history
These figures surmount tho groat stone
pedestal the polished sides of
which bear inscriptions On ono side is
this quotation from Mr Gradys last speech
at Boston This hour little needs tho
loyalty that is loyal to one section and holds
the other in enduring suspicion and es-
trangement Give us a broad and perfect
loyalty that loves and trusts Georgia alike
with Massachusetts a loyalty that knows
no South no North No West no East but
endears with equal md patriotic love every
foot of our soil every state in our Union
Letter From Henry Watterson
Hon Clark Howell Etc Etc Etc
I regret that I am forbidden by duties
which claim mo elsewhere and are impera-
tive to accept the invitation with which
you have honored me to be present and to
participate in the ceremonies on the occa-
sion of the unvailing of the statue com-
memorative of Henry W Grady Whilst
ho lived he was a young colleague of whom
I was very proud and when he died I la-
mented him as a patriot prematurely
snatched from a great and noble work
which he had made his own If I preceded
him in that work it was but the accident
of seniority for in a single bound he meas-
ured the entire distance achieving by one
brief speech what I had not been able to
compass by fifteen years of constant speak-
ing and writing From that day December
21 lstO to the day of his death December
2318b9 he stood upon the signal heights of
American manhood and brotherhood self
poised and peerless Ho was a prose poet
and an orator of commanding power of ir-
resistible personality and his death which
brought so much sorrow to so many hearts
that knew and loved him became a public
and national bereavement
The conveyance of Gods message of
peace to America was fittingly reserved
for the coming of one so young in feeling
yet so old in wisdom so gentle yet so brave
so liko a child yet so truly a man He was
sent direct from heaven bringing with him
its light and the touch of the angels im-
pressed upon the sensibilities of his coun-
trymen bo was taken away leaving only a
blessed memory It was not for his radi-
ant spirit to be contaminated by long con-
tact with the unclean things and sad reali-
ties of thi3 world and his mission of
good will to men accomplished he was
called back to tho bosom of his Maker His
appointed work was done His race was
won His career wa complete
Ho pleaded as no other for the past the
present and the future He stood as it
were midway between two generations
and was at once a typo of the good that had
been and a sign of the good that might be
From him the South heard the voice of its
bestbeloved speaking for millions who
could not speak for themselves In him the
North saw a promise and a hope which it
was unable to see in party leaders whose
utterance was often identified with political
interest and contention and whose motives
were therefore always distrusted Even
tho openhearted and broadminded appeals
of a Lamar and a JJill came short of the
mark and fell outside tho breastworks of
sectional passion Grady took up the won-
drous tale of valor travail and despair and
by tho might of his presence and his word3
subdued the genius of war whilst he vital-
ized its heroes tho legions of Lee lived
again but no longer in martial array tho
camps of Stonewall Jackson shonfc anew
but on fames eternal campingground and
back of all wero pictured the living allied
to the dead in glory and in grief but Christ-
ian men and women still loving their dead
and true to them yet loving their country
and true to it The spell of prejudice was
broken On both sides the unreconciled
listened and a passage once made for
truth tho North began to realize equally
with the South tho need of something mort
than justice and to rejoice at a rivalry of
generous concession
It is easy now for all of us to join in this
Grant ahd Lee and Sherman and Johnston
and Grady comrades at last in immortality
walk together amid the light of the perfect
day and in a little while the rest of us
whom the war divided will be immortal
too and know the truth The ark of the
covenant is restored tho flag of the Union
waves on high Esto Perpetual It was a
politicians war It is a peoples peace
Let the North and the South alike rejoice
and give thanksto God sure that the final
verdict will not be a political or a sectional
verdict because it will be registered in
heaven where all is made right that so puz-
zles us here In the meanwhile let him be
J
E FORT worih gazette
esteemed the best American who least re-
members sectional bitterness let sectional-
ism be expunged from tho dictionaries let
it be blotted from tho geograpies so that
the living may do their duty to their coun-
try and tho dead and tho purpose and the
glory of the fathers may be fulfilled
I thank you dear sir for tho invitation
to be with you and with tho friends of our
dead friend In paying his memory this fit-
ting honor and again regretting my inabil-
ity personally to be presentwhere in that
despite my whole heart shall still attend
jou lam respectfully yours
Henkt Wattesson
Louisville October 14 ls91
Alliance Meetmc
Kansas Citt Mo Oct 21 The inter-
state Farmers Alliance composed of the
subAlliances in tne eastern counties of
Kansas and western counties of Missouri
met here today in secret session The Al-
liance decided to build a grain elovator and
a flouring mill at this place
Dropped Dead at Dinner
Special to the Gazette
Segcin GtftiiAiurE Cocntt Tex Oct
21 Yesterday J H Ileinentycr one of the
most prominent farmers of Guadalupe
county dropicd dead at his dinner table
The cause was apoplexy He was born
here aud left a family welltodo
Wanted or Kevins Sam Jones
Special to the Gazette
Houston Tex Oct 21 Wiiliam West
who was under arrest for throwing egs at
Sam Jones but who was released has been
indicted by the grand jury and has been re-
arrested West was brought back from
New Orleans
IN THE B I T
J H SLAUGHTER KILLED BY JIM
MEEK NEARARDMORE
A Descendant of Sam Houston Shot la u
Kow at Tahleqiiah Said to be Al
moKt Kntirely Unproroked
Shot 1IU Tenant
Spwiiai to the Gazette
AuniiOKE I TOct2 J n Slaughter
was shot and killed by Jim Meek last night
at the home of Meek on Rush crook this
Nation The killing is the result of a quar-
rel which arose over the division
of the seasons crop Slaughter being a ton
ant on Meeks fathers farm Yesterday
tho quarrel was renewed when Slaughter
shot into Meeks house at some distanco
with a Winchester Young Meek came out
Winchester in hand and returned tho tiro
Seven shots were exchanged by them
tho third shot from Meek taking effect in
his assailauts right side bringing him to
the ground Meek came to Ardmore last
night and surrendered to the authorities A
hearing will be had tomorrow
Fatal Shootinc at Tahleqoah
Special to the Gazette
Taiileqcau I T Oct 20 In a drunken
row in this place yesterday evening a car
pouter named Houston was fatally shot by
B W Foreman a merchant both living iu
this city Houston is a United States citi-
zen while Foreman is a Cherokee Indian
and was immediately arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal R M French Tho
shooting is said to have been almost en-
tirely unprovoked and indignation runs
high Houston was a lineal deeeudant of
Sam Houston the Texas patriot and has
numerous friends in the Cherokee country
Jlrecze In the Choctaw Cooncll
Special to the Gazette
Pakis Tex Oct 21 A breeze was
raised at tho Choctaw council now in ses-
sion at Tuskahoma by the passage yoster
day of a resolution firing Stanley
Ward and Harris tho delegates
appointed unaer the Smallwood
administration to effect tho sale of the
leased district to the United States Tho
new delegation appointed at the last session
consisting of McCuitain Governor Jones
and Ainesworth was continued with full
power to conduct the negotiations
Ardmoro Federal Conrt Adjourn
Special to tUa Gazette
Ardmore I T Oct 21 The United
States circuit court for tho Third judicial
district adjourned today till next March
owing to tlie serious illness of his honor
Judge James M Shackleford who is suffer-
ing with cold and foter
Store Indian Land
Little Rock Ark Oct 21 Negotia-
tions between the Cherokee commission and
the Pawnee Osage Otoe and Pouca In-
dians for the purchase of 2000000 acres of
land are progressing favorably The com-
mittee hope to have tho land ceded to the
government at 123 an acre
Gin Accident Killing
Special to the Gazette
Apdmobe I T Oct 21 A J Forbo a
mechanic working in Guy Lomays cotton
gin eighteen miles east of Ardmore had
his right arm caught in the gin
saw yesterday and so lacerated that it was
necessary to amputate the limb just below
tho elbow At last accounts he was resting
easy A man named Meek killed a man at
Pauls Valley last night
BEST IN THE WORLD
Thats What the Associated TreM na to
SayAbont ita News Service
A Statement
Office of tho New York Associated Press
New York October 211391 To the news-
paper press of the United States
The attention of tho New York Associ
ciated Press has been called to a circular
said to have been distributed by
telegraph throughout the country and
purporting to have been signed
by William LafBn vicepresident
and general manager of the National Asso-
ciated Press who is also understood to be
the owner of Laftins news agency contain-
ing some statements that require correction
There has been no severance of amicable
relations between the Western Union tele-
graph company and this association There
was a difference of opinion as to the charges
for certain leased wires which led to the
suspension of their use for a sin-
gle night but that service on conference
between the parties was at once restored
and no disastrous result attended the diffi-
culty or followed the settlement This as-
sociation has not received any
official notice of tho intended with-
drawal of any of its members Only
after six months notice could any such
withdrawal becomo effective Should any
member withdraw for any reason the
change in no way impairs tho efficiency of
our organization or the value of its service
to the public This association for a long
period of years has been faithful to its
trust and can assure all who are in any way
connected with it that they can depend on
it in the future as they have in the past for
tho best news service to be found in tho
world David M Stone
President
Hay Burned
Special to the Gazette
Waco Tex Oct 21 Six bales of hay
stored in the basement of the Gorman Meth-
odist church were burned at 2 p m today
There was no damage to the church build-
ing The hay was the property of the pas-
tor of tho church and was fired by children
at play
iaa
VOL XVI NO 7
A STATE OF THINGS
Judge McCord and Hon W S
Herndon Fight
CANES AND BRICKBATS USED
The Belligerents Separated Without Doing Each
Other Much Damare
Don Horace Chilton and Attorney Charlei
T tSonncr IlAchanRC Oppronrlonj
I Kpithct ramoo Tyler on
the War Path
Special to the Gazette
Tvlek Smith Cointt Tex Oot 21
A street fight occurred this evening uetween
Hon Felix 1 McCord u lge of the Soveuth
judicial district and Hon W S Herndoa
Canes and bricitbats were used but the
men were separated without doing each
other much damage The altercation
was the outcome of personal feel-
ings engendered by tin iontrovcrsy
over to the International and Gieat North-
ern receivership It is said that no worst
of it is not yet Yesterday vas set for lh
hearing of the case of the stocrihoulcrs of
the International and Great Northern rail-
way but it was postponed until toirorrow
to await the arrival of Hon Amv Cochran
of St Louis
lion Horace Chilton United States sena-
tor appointed by Governor Hogg to nil tha
unexpired term of Iud < n Koagan met
Charles T Bonner an attorney iIilj even-
ing and informed him that he Ronner
had sworn a damned ho while testiiyitig be
foro the International and Great Northern
investigation cmimittce at Galveston last
June Mr Bonner said Chilton was an-
other and after an exchange of compli
mentsthey separated and it is supposed
that settled it
Tyler is certainly on tho war path
STARVING IN MEXICO
The Situation Doeint Improro Materially
A Corn Speculator Lyuched by a
Hungry Mob
Special to tho Gazette
San Antonio Tex Oct 21 W F
Robertson the contractor for the construc-
tion of tho Duraugo extension of tho Mex-
ican International arrived hero to day
He states that the trouble between tho men
employed on tho road aud the thou
ands of halfstarved natives who am
seeking work is now all over and that the
construction work is progressing rapidly
The destitution among tho people of that
section of Mexico ho states is oven worse
than reported the dry weather not having
yet been broken There is no bean crop and
the natives are compelled to live on tho
bread plant the bulk of which was wasted
The government has removed tcmiwrarily
the duty on corn on account of tho famines
and largo quantities of it are boins
shipped from the United States
he famished hordes however receive but
little benefit in prices as tho corn falls in
the hands of speculators who have put the
price up to a bushel
A few days ago Jose Balcras a wealthy
land owner living near Torroon received a
big consignment of corn the price
of which he placed at t per busheL
When the poor starving cattle herders ot
the adjacent haciendas learned of his action
a mob of them got together and proceed-
ing to Balerashouse took him out and shot
him to death Cattle are in very poor con-
dition and sell for from 5 to 15 per head
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES
Tho Farmers Alliance of Florida yes-
terday indorsed the Ocala platfurm Pres-
ident Bowers said every Democrat could
indorse the Ocala demands
The engineers and firemen on tho belt
road in East St Louis threaten to strike
Attempts aro being made to sottle tho trou-
ble The men want higher wages
In the elections iu Chili the Liberals de-
feated tho Clericals electing thirty senators
to the Clericals two The chamber of depu-
ties will stand Liberals sixtytwo Clericals
thirtytwo The electoral college will elect
the president
At Pittsburg Pa the tenth annual con-
vention of the National street railway asso-
ciation is in session President Watson in
his speech favored electric roads above tho
cable system He said the horse and mule
had been electrocuted
Tho American public health association
at Kansas City was largely attended yester-
day Papers were read on Vaccination
Drainage of the City of Mexico Dis-
posal of Waste and Garbage Heights
and Weights of Children Rabies
American Climates and Their Physical
Effects and Animal Diseases
A Fatal Wreck
PiTTsrtntfi Pa Oct21 A Post special
says A frightful wreck occurred on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad near St
Johns station forty miles east of Cumber-
land Md this afternoon It resulted in
the instant killing of two persons and the
injuring of four others three of whom will
die Dcfad James Knucklc3 engineer Rodney
Richards fireman
Injured W H Lippincott postal clerk
IL Silver and Charles Craig postal clerks
will die J McDonald passenger Balti-
more crushed and bruised seriously but
will recover
The accident was caused by the spread-
ing of the rails
Married at San Antonio
Special to the Gazette
San Antonio Tex Oct 21 Ross E
Darling an employe of tho Southern Pa-
cific ofhee at Oirden Utah tonight married
Miss Nellie Miy Aden at St Marki
cathedral The couple go to San Francisco
Delta Connty Gin Unrueil
Special to tho Gazctte
Paki3 Tex Oct 21 Holton Harris
gin seven miles west of Cooper was
burned today There were also destroyec
fourteen wagons standing in the gin yard
and sixty bales of cotton Loss not known
Cottaco Corned at Waco
Special to the Gazette
Waco Tex Oct 2L Tho cottage ol
Jane Jason colored was destroyed by fire
tonight The loss is tlOO
Henrietta Celebrated
Special to the Gazette
HESErETTA Clay Cocntt Tkx Oct 31
Some of our citizens had a bonfire cele-
bration and speeches on the public square
last night in honor of the triumph of Clay
countys exhibit at tho Dallas fair
Capital Culline
Special to the Gazette
Acstin Tex Oct 21 Governor Hogg
has returned from Dallas
Chartered The Magnolia social and Mr
nevolent club of Houston assets 100
Gin Burned
Special to tho Gazette
t
Kemp Kaufman Cocntt Tex Oct 2a
At 1 oclock today a cotton gin owned by
Mr Alexander a man living six miles
south of this place was burned Origin oJ
nre unknown Loss about 1000
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