The Post Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1896 Page: 8 of 10
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MUSIC HALU’OLLAPSE
T H K t.E MEN WERE KILLED AND
THIRTEEN WOUNDED.
T«fRt| (It« Hmi Worn Ml Wi*pk Tearing
tk« Mallillag WlH >1 Pell Fir* l»e-
**•-latBi ImUIwI lu the Work or Kesrne,
* -I* - tif 11.1 klrtail run Wiiuoilaa
Ai.n 18 Yester-
»<*nty-five -work-
Meu Claim, Wih
day; white a fevoe »f
inrb wee Rutghipmi u
Mupfc ban, s (curatory structure, It
collajpamd. The nwn wnac dalwn la th*
xuloe, toi: tbr«« were killed The dead
mini:
CUtof Oteeou ie*ves i widow sad
(our- cfxltiSret!; William Dean, contixp-
t<w; Nldhota* W>»ai h
lajurod- Joha Tfcorson, <:nv»h*d ‘try
f*IM#g tlnsben*. v-au not lira; Jama*
<1 Man, burled ujedtkr aia of Uirtbere,
can ,nub lira; Charles Agao, oedly
i-rushyd; Ole StflHrg, seriously crush •
•d; John Ler*o<- Gun Meyers, Ole
Johnson. wady Stodrum, H. H. Wal-
ler*, William Bate, W. E Evans. WU-
item Arnold atwHtert Ludwig.
The 'woifictnma wege o» the upper
flour* ‘When the W>- < IWffStl <r> :.iiV»
end UM tooforh *dy one could escape,
•nupt flrve. who r-tm-alaed on tfce roof
and were uutajisred The Are depart-
ment et once ‘begpes the work of rescue,
and alt tike dead aaJ injured were take*
frcm tW ruin* eteocpt Dean and Roach.
IW*l Prmialw Raploalati.
IAHetetAr P» Aug 18 -Three men
were killed, fifteen, t- more injured and
several bulletin** demolish.-.! toy 'hr ex-
plosion of towenty-Ave pounds of dyna-
mite at New 'Holfand yesterday morn-
lag. The Peuneytranta Telephone
company la fmUitMtg•e-maw line in that
vloaaity, and u*kl whored the explosive
In the ouloBiei kitchen or the Nagle
hotel. Marty yewterifav morning
ttharle# F. Coaiwu, an employe of the
I •WWWgBy, -mm.i p;"; jjasg Juat nbout to
»tnrt to 'work, wen* to t'he summer
hiwffiee to *6! enough d.i aarnite for the
day’* u»», A (ear moment i later there
waa a terrible explosion a no one side
of the kitwben 'w*s blown out. A big
ho*e J* smother wile hau blood and
fleet (U the ragged edge.a, and it is
supp—eil that ‘'Minn't 'body was een:
ClMlanll C«I1U| Affray
Cincinnati, O. :Aog 18, Frank
Rot-baker of t’tevstenl, broths; of iDr
Hothake e ho wa« hurled here last
Thursday, wee reported dying at tie
hospital at 8 oclook jtmieraey evsu-
ing from a knife wound 1® the obdo
liien He was found In the street lion
u«> night at 1h« head of (Mount Au-
burn Incline and taken to the taoapit-
a Before becoming iiuixvnscioue he
said that he toad a Quarrel with 'A'tor
nay Charles Lundey and that Uindey
| CHANG IS IN DANGER.
i LI HUNQ CHANO, THE AOtD
VICEROY, THREAIENhO.
a i win cai siMit aa amwiwn 'i>»r •*«
guiy Bvao a t.hmrgia with Tiwlt-
•rswkMdaal 1m PMaMtlua Wlta lb*
I at* War WMtt iaaa*
■earstig down | had sLcIbbcd htan.. Marly yesterday
aorlllns Lundey was arte Ft sd at hia
house sot far from where Hothsker
waa found. ! u ri out. of the house was
(Iharlsi tRolhaker of New York, a
brother of the Injured man. Ho was
abusing laindey and was also arrest-
ed. OLundey said the' he acted' In
self-defense, that the two 'Rotbakers
had abused Min on the street car un
til he left his seat and weut to the
platform, lit got. off at his street
and they followed and attacked him
anil knocked him down Then he used
lus knife in self-defense-. ills said
Rotihaker had had a grudge against
him ewer eloce fee defended him la
a divorce milt, which was compro-
mised.
dAilidey was arraigned In the police
court and his caae continued until
Aug. it7. T'he charge won cutting with
latent to kill. Rothaker’g wound la
a penetrating one, requiring an oper-
ation to secure the severed parts and !
the outcome Is accordingly verydouibt- I
fill
Helen*. Ark., Aug. 18. A game of
base ball played at ff'oplur CJrbve Sun-
day between colored teams for a stake
of -86 broke up In a pitched battle
between the opposing nines, in which
two boys were fatally shot and four
others more or less wouudeu. Negro
hoys frown the Polk and Lowdy plan-
tations <-ong;itut?<l the opposing
teams?. William OrHBn the umpire,
and an adherent of th# polk aide, held
the stakes. In the third Inning Grif-
fin gave the .Dowdy learn the hot end
of a close decision and the aggrieved
team, led toy Israel Ikdie. wade e rush
for the umpire and. Ms son, vrho was
tb/rougff thane Th» uofortanste man “-Un* *8 ',|B<'1*1 *c<;)rer’ 'rb,i
wMUot&nttuiaa. Hewtomach was I»r*I>»r1dd f»<- the atta**, how-
I ev er
ihia ‘FranotoH'o. Cal., Aug. IB dJ
Hsmg Chaag. Cfelaa’i aged viceroy, la
threatened wKJU depusluou if not
iVm«b A. few days ago a leleg^aoi non
veesdRJie lnteiUgeO'M that tto.J diplomat
had hoisad it uwcesMiry to cut »Wi . his
AsnsrioMi tour. The meseags says he
Is threatened with political intrigues
st home, asd after a whorl stony in
WhstoAngtoa he wl>l hurry home via
Victoria. That 14 (Hung Chang should
Avoid Man WAisolwco, the eastern Meo-
•» tof tods race, seemed strange, but it
is esgtoslasd
For several days the deed walls of
ObUKtotra harrs .been UknntaMKad with
bright potobers, proclaiming the pur-
poses of a nsw society, known as
"Hlng Cbung Wboy," sad osillng upon
all patrlottu Chinamen to Acquaint
thenusslTts* with th* principle* of the
*ew order pmd ft their uitAai. pb/-
Moal and isfthdiAl support The dreu-
h»f cotMUhl— te the jhiudreat ferine of
the IgA^toosto hvought to toear upon
Vbe «m&w* At corrupt cflkmld, et-4
epeolai raHcwge 3s made to the Tiberoy.
He Is Cfcwrsped wit* traitorous oon-
R'f0* *3 offoaecUo* with the 1st* war
with, depan, and incidents cited At
length td show that 14 Hung Chang’s
relations traded fehetr honor Dor Japan
8«H during the war.
Msusberr of the local Chinese coio-
ule* entertain a bitter hatred for LI
Hung «Ch»nig. The presect poUttcai
soorremtint has Increased this hatred,
and those -who protend to know the
Mate of affairs in Cfrlnatowiu declare
*fca er-l waw wevuM naeintnlw l.fll.4 4m
-vmbw t »ww» »• vain tjD* ks-£ i i* i J a* * it, i ttLA a*
he done here. 'It la baXswed that 14
Hung Chang h«a been fully advised of
thJV aad thus his purpoem to avoid
Rao f'r»acimx> (or tfeia rsssoa ar*
plausibiei
Ts rraiot Santt Lasviag.
flRrehhlogtOB, Aug. 15. -Tip to noon
yesterday nxj offlcial ioforsautlou has
been received toy the treasury otBcial#
bvsod two bwdka sway, rp to a
wur neit.hkr bia lagi i-or his isaad
beyB'fpurid.
Frsnk hammon 1 of Wknlsburg, waa
•igndtag Jd*‘. cutMidn far touUding. and
He opened a valise and passed j ^bwicerning the repot-led departure of
the Dan-dlee*
pedtnion $i‘owx i*« vicinity ot Biupa-
lft to i cv,-*.- » . ,
hf, f i pistol* to msntbers of the Poll; team.} tha D»uwUesw vlih a flltoKistering et-
and the batt'.ii- began. lirafl T*le
waa the only man on the Dowdy-team
who had >i gun. but he did effective
• very ooue in h/Stou ly -was torok*n anJ I work Ho emptied his pisiXiI Into me
fee w»* Instantly killed George Cross-
ings. <4 Skaoltws, was also standing
near iba -IvuHdiiig, ail wye so badly
Injured thati a* died wh !e l>e* 1 tif;
luoughl to thi* -it.y
Amoat thaw m«>a( aet-ious.y Irjured
are: hdlcfeae. Wade, iFraotc laswU.
Frank 'Pea'e, Onvid HofPtcnn. Joseph
MSub, Walter feNnisitf, Philip Lawrenc*,
John Cou'-m Jolcn White and Robert
Htoirk.
Other -bniMlngs • woe lo (he kitchen j
were WJIy wrtvrktxi, yras k1»o a part
-■r (he iwelel, while the Whole front of
a its.-** iuiip;en»eui atuire waa blown ou'.
1 I* roof* ■ »t a. number ot hous-ea were
raised and rulti.-l The damage to
property amounts ?o a (urge sum. The
'■suse of She eipluulon in not known,
-n >-i*nnoii was rn« only jiert-vu In the
building -w hoa it -vunt'ed.
A dnUr >VI»(prgpop|.
Now York. Aug 18 -As the steamer
Austria, «ro- Napla.i with 500 Italian
-munigrants, wag nearing this port on
-lay morning . gigantic waterapou*.
rwept the ahlp, white deafening ihun-
der clapa smut-' (the ears of the terrilled
Immigrants and flaab-ea of lightning
made tlie-aky apiv-ar like a liquid sheet
< •’ flame
A terrific ihuj; tAr storm raged Tor an
hour, ami thee, at 7 oYfliesk. there arose
on the oc«an't* .n.tfmr- two mife* wea:
of (he steameir i t>lg eoue of water,
with a j-eawty imu -*f foam at Its base,
die cone had forsMd directly beneat'h
•< txlack, overhanging cloud that seem-
'-■( tx-reach down towsrOs !t like a huge
Huger. Not a trop of rain tia(! fallen,
attduota breath rua*,! the ocean’* aur-
f«ce The pAsoeogoi* -were stricken
ilitinb With terror ea 'he;- -watched .'tie
g.-eal cone ic*eh upward and Join the
overhanging flugur of black mist,
forming a coin tun of awtrilng, seething
water fully thirty trdts In diameter
at lhe tom- and fom- 'we thick In the
renter of th» column \t the top It
*r-read out ’ Ve an. tturnr-ti-se umbrella.
1 hue it cwtne 'ire.riing tfvwtird the
ship, add the fearet-r, ken ptisaeneera
a. last Tound vol. ■< In one great wull
of despair Nf-any f-el! -hack on their
«re«s aud pr aye! others fainted .Still
ti e wakarapout CtiShrd toward them
w‘th» iti’.M tike that of a million lu-.i
•saws, 'but a* it n«,red the ship its
course changed slightly, and the mater .
■ !*oui, seotliing jnal bulling as it went
swwpt toy not tv«>ne than 200 yards off
i he startouard atd-n. \
Tb* psawr-ngors soreamed at\he im
mmmo column tvawwed (by, an-k then
augbed and cried and hugged .»X an
o-ttoer In Joy wh*m tisy r*sll*ed\hc
dADgor was past.
IPolk team, reloaded sixl emptied n
again. Ho Is credited with having
shot four u>*P.
Rati
Frasrlwoo, <Nil., Aug
II—Th*
t-.uk* Kitasg
Clarludale, Miss., Au*. i».—A ifttaMl*
t, *grdv oocurred ot? t-h*/Wkk Horn phot
tation yektorday «vaola«. i» which
Will K. (Woods »hot and IrlMod Ate
sthe. n law to I, Howard and tea
father-in-law. J. M Howard. WoteM
w-os himaeff ohot through th# hand,
fttid Howavd took part In th* affray,
In*, h* fled after flriug a tew shot*
around the house Bud Howard, It 1*
said, roegttn th* attaok u-pou Woods
with a il-rk Mra. Woods had b**tt
visiting u Aster in Bt Ipoui* Hh* w-a*
a widow Mr*. -B (ckerson — and
orought to her husbamk a la-ge e*tat*
Inherited fvam s-e» ft. »t hukl-and Her
brothers and fathe' were ave:** to the
marriage Hlnce Mr*. Wood* visit to
»t Louis they ln<hko*d her to ugrae U>
a aepki-Htlou and lake the proputy Out
of her husband* hands. It waa when
tbit proved tit* waa atlnuhptsd by tih*
agent of (Mr*. Wood* that the affray
took place, ooLlde the iftoal door of
til* Howard reaidient-e.
A Lion lC»oftpoM.
Memphis, Teetin., At*. 16.—Thurs-
day morning at 2 o’clock -Romeo, *aid
to to* th* largest (male lloa In captiv-
ity, now quartered at tUsst Bnd park
and imnjng- part of Col Dsn tel E.
Boons’a aujma 1 show, broke from his
cage and dashed out of the park down
Poplar iborulevr.ini at a terrlfla pace.
(fortuAAtely no on* was astir In the
Aelphrboihood at so early an hour and
tbe ibeaet, soentiag tolood at Mauldin’s
*S*ught«r-<house, a few blocks away,
dashed into the pen* and attacked th*
oattl* there. The toiungry beast suc-
oeedlng in kylllng a steer and calf
when hte keeper, Jerry Cahill, came
upon the scene and after a sharp con-
fllot the lloa was -Mtally pltekforked
into sutbialesslou sad waa returned to
hi* cage at the park.
The citizens in the neighborhood of
the park last night held a mass meet-
ing and damnnHeU t-hsf. the lions to*
removed at once.
Aa Otom Wms<sA
Myrtle Springs, Ts*., Tsa , Aa«. ig
—TeeteHliy mernlng at «>cut 2 o’ckeuk
many of the citlsens and the oampers
on the AlHonce comp ground were
i awakened to* th* raport* ,»f gumi and
the runihlnc of foot-wen overe part* of
the grounds and park. After Uteamuke
cleared sway It was found that a
orowd of young men of eight or ten in
iun*b«r were on th* camp grounds
making threats that they were going to
do up som* ot the deputy sheriffs *0d
tne city marshal.
They commenced their work spoilt
th# hour named, and sibotu twenty or
thlrtv abuts were exchanged
M. Smart, deputy marehal, w*s dhot
through tha right teg, about four
Inches above the knee cap. tusking a
very ugly wound, but not breiking the
borne.
Seven of the disturber# were srrest-
td, and upon an examining trial wer*
placed under fltoh bonds each, which
they gave, and were released until th*
grand Jury meets (n Oetffber.
Bk«t (ruitt Anbuh.
AlexAudrla, I*., Aug. 15.—On Wed-
nesday sfterDOpa Dr. N, G Merrill was
returning to his home In Castor Creek,
fifteen miles -west of here, and when
hear tote house he wu shot at four
title* toy son** one -behind a tree, only
on* of '■rh.lqto struck him In the back,
from the effeyts of which he aoop died.
An inquest won held yesterday after-
ho*m Co rue. i r Layskeit. and from ths
wksk tihAll^ii illfi legatloe had hefor- j evidsnsn it was concluded that he was
mstloa that a Isige party of -Cubaca j ahnt by a whits man, who -mad* In* no-
ha <: left 'lanspa, f*!®., Her Jat-hron-rT'e, capi soon after. Sheriff Stafford WeuE
ariid H was supposed kite expedition ! In one dire- tleu lb yursult and Deputy
prevent aa expedition
•wwuM teavw ft ten- (Vat podtft. The cus-
tesaw tffcesw mud th* revenue marine
•dSnere were iosN'ilfited to keep « sharp
JsrJtouft Tee iSaptortmstte at justic*
. filA'HssfruotetS ihit ta4*rtrtoa4» end Oepu- !
Ban nan* wtesmer City ot Furls hriage! ty atmftfhsl* iram ^teuldXtcm <De! to’
the story that Prince Lout* ot flsvoy j i«cii#A to <vepoc-a1fl wihh the <r#*«-
and *om- of the crew of the Italian j Ui.y ofifltuate to
ship Christopher Ooimuftw* wer* at- ]«stlag
tacked ou the ouweiis U Valparaiso on &<, isuformatiua tosu (been received as
the l«th -of last moeth i>y a Ohillan.| ja the wthaiwstoonts
mol- The Ittllsns would neve n»4
with the <,mi« vlolenc- a# did some of
the crew <\f the United Btate* crul-ser
Baltimore had not the Italian party
!,e* n armed. Thr-urinee sbaj hi* frlflctla
stood off Che mob until r »»:ucd !»J the
police. Although Vie mob used -sticks
and atones, none of tbe royal party was
seriously Injured. The i^oh vented It*
ragee on the prince toqcause of the Ital-
ian unpopularity since Ittoly sold the
two se<-ond-ha®d crulvens, to. the Ar-
ycn;in« RepnW!-- during the dfttculty
between the teller country and Chi!!.
The -L’bllan government profusely avo'-
oglxexl fo.r the ooourrenc-e, and all re.f
erenre to It in the -nowupapers -was tup-
pressed.
United site tea Marstes.l Lueketi In an-
ottoer. ioftii ariutiou w«» rew1 vei toer#
yesterday that Deputy Duckett c*vei
rook th* pccueed yoeturday near Boyo*
and waa forced to shoot him la order -to
capturd him, and the prisoner j* now
lying la a erltical oonditlon.
A rise lniilkua.
Washington, Aug. 15,- Cea. Whea-
! ton. ci«c3fl»3dln.g- -the United States
truo.ra in the deparltncn- ,f Colorado, j withdrawal nnd cacceHfttkiA ,of the
at -iSne Jjat’ttlda.'
whlfft has glrven the oIBcere so nofflto
teoutole Tpj i-eport that the cutter
Bout well, wfilcti live % been at Jacksoftr-
vlUe, eaip-d *ft«r the IWunCieto under
order* frtm WaShlngt-on lx domed, as
ths dwosrtment has had no lafonaatioA
of ‘ h* sailing of the Dauatlasrs Ths
eoumsonder of s.he Ilomweti fist a*r.
erei ontoera which were to pursue tihe i ,7 » ......7’ ‘
iv... , , . . u !“e the Anton* line from Mexico and raid-
iMjquiks, but th* opinion is pxcrDBapi] » , . .
- ' * ia3 American ranches and -then dodg-
lug, 'back a- iu» the border. Under the
provisions of the special !ren:y recent-
ly negotiated it will now be easier to
run these marauders ikjwn by follow*
in* them across Into Mexico.
(.'on tC M«fl>
Clarksville, Tex., Au^ W.—Johx a
Burks caasp United Veteraas holds ite
annual reunion os its grounds st ilhte
place on the 20th and itel d»ys oit
August. The grounds have toe**
cleaned off and the large shswly grone*
are pleasing to swery one, The «**-
agement ar* expectiftg lain# eresrtow
from adjacent couatlan, and «p till*
reunion has always been A
suiecrse & bigger crowd- is lnpelrsd f#
uiiU year than ever -tkijterA
An intereatlf^i progrtotomsa to** tooto*
arranged for the two Mkyft susftsjteAk-
eir from (Par!# End TsXAiMaah &toto
other places Will top a* toaste to diAtvfr
short addresses. 1»t-|yWtHI>W Rift
be Interspersed with vtoOtot Md UckA-
mentai mttelo toy l^CAl tslSBt.
Kciuadjr for IntolSia ,
Denton, Tex., Aug. l^.—HMsttef ite*
Go nubs, s resident -of ifitto OtMtoft, to**
dteevvered a .novel, twt topkteciou*
jnske-ibdte curs. >Cie iMc-keA gp «. veaw-
moui water moeicw^a, thltoMss It trim
a fish, and the rfft^" Tltt jflip Jll~
hand seven tinge*. Having fto yppPKHr
with him, Mr. MtoCtwatei feoilt a ftjto
ten about twwRty or hhm^ (pitouteP
held the wounded m-emaber pto-gioM to
It as be could bear. In t afiprtl white
blood connnenced Sewing drain the
punctures, followed -toy * gwonteto-
tlnged field, which cowWouOfl te; SgTJ
for several ruiautea. Alter wtolfh .1*
ceased, and ttoe pnta aMoiM PAftiyft-
vl he hand is now well, (but still shows
the seven wounds Inflicted toy tbs
snake.
a tniinst rwssfitftdiMwa. ,
Austin, Ten., a sag. onSirasd '
'-orntnltekin toer tesnefl*tdw Mlowtag:
In approval of Jei»t wppltestteto’Wt
the T*sue ssfl New? Or less* DattwiaC.
Sabin* and East Texas rtHMhny' safl
IuternsHosal ana Grant NotrtWm WAb-
road companies, submitted wddM-'Ne.
2 of the T. ud N G. »kllr«a4 «#i%A-
nv, amhority is hereby jfrAuted' HP#4the
bn* tt-lcgr&p-htxl t iou: Denver that
troops from Fort. Huschuaca sre now
out la pursuit of the Yaqul Indians,
who ms-te (the attack on the Mexican g,™ y,,
portion ot the town of -Nogiles. Aii- !
oithei detachment of- troops from Fort j and E. T. rallw-ay to Laredo.
Grant te also in the licia looking after : j„ Rt oner,
some Iml-lan* who have Im-ct crossing
rate# applying to crose-ties 9 jear-
load*, »pec-lfled tn G. "H. it i- MUFStiP
way commodity tariff USA, I. ft G. If.
15 to tariff 5*8, front ptotats
on line T, and N. O. t»1!ro#4 sod 4.
'JMfeut-
Anhaoptodor ,lp|jflln*Ml.
London, Aug. 18. -It Is officially an-
nounced that the Rt. Hon. Sir John
Munson. -British amtbassavlot at Vien-
na. hs-9 been nppolnted British a mua a -
aador at Faria, tn suocfealon to the
Marquis of Dufferln, whose lerm of
service expire*.
Kir Horace Rumllvobl bsrt., Kiltlsii
mlntetcr at The Hague, and formerly
attav-ho of the Rrltlati embassy h‘
Waahlngton, eu-cceedg Sir John Mon-
son a» Brill,sh amluasilur at Vl-rina.
Kir John Monsc.n is a brother o-f Vis-
count Oxentorldge, and was l>orn In
18J4
th«4 the .iatt,ei had aucto « start fhi?e
It would be impossible for the cutter
to overtake her until she was far out
At eea One of the <v>il*« :urB ot m.s
tom* has raised the polai hhet no mat-
ter If a vessel was (beyond the Lhree-
wfte,lt«MW. If she had «ailed from the
DxU?ld,Rtt.t'‘s she shou’d be considered
*s ap«rti United Gt-ntes eol! and triest-
•d. This view, however, U not sus-
tained toy the officials here.
of N«nor jHfltt*.
New York. Aug. 18. <A spec'sl from
Valparnls-o say*: Senor Matta. Chilian
minister to Bolivia, dleo os the result
of a wound in the spine Before he ex-
pired he declared that the aseauL upon
him was due to personal vengeance.
Jose -Oiicllsr, who shot him, delivered
tomeeSf up to 'the roller u» r«
killed Malta n aeUf-defeoav
Wight k-iiomd.
Havana, Aug. 18 Col.
Ports u hot light With tho band of
Aguirre and Mor.tbte at. tho Mora lit
plantation, near H»:, Joeo do Las L»-
1a and not tur from Havana The in-
Vlirgento Icat thirty-four killed and
Avlvailuia Artur Mistrawtad.
B*Mev!|le, HI, Aug. 15.—Violent
deuaonstratioaa by The turbulent ele-
ments of Belleville against the Salva -
tion Army, which have occurred at fre
q-jont inierviis ou tihe t>ubiic square
for a y-ar poet, cuisniiuted Wednesday
night in a xio*. There zi'S no sertou* 1 Juarez
casimitie* to chronicle. For over two i cutty
hours the mob surged around the tittle
bun-J of ahristlsus. cursics, shouting
Indecencies, pushing, strl-lung and cre-
ating s perfect bedlam of discord and
nolee. A* 9 o'clock Hans Gelt wart*,
editor of a little German annrahlit pa-
per. happen ad along, and it is raid im-
mediately assumed 1-eadensblp of the
crowd. Ruah efter rush waa made, and
the Galvntloaliu, men and women
alike, were thrown down with terrific
ftMK*.
Appeal* w»r* ntwdc for police pro
taction but lu vnln One -f the v.imv
Hags, tn which the stars x nl stripes
i were seen, »m tore from Us staff and
j “*>»“ <>n* <f The women
/m ial*s re- struck on, the ihsa-l with a mlasile.
K i>iu(] ,.t i g*ittsity « squad, of ,police Iu terferred
and shopped the uielee by driving the
SalratlMtets off to their halt.
An American In Trouble.
Kansas City, Mo . Aug. ir, \ iproiaJ
fro.ni St. joaefij say*: Inquiry ha* been
received here from the office* of th*
United States officiate at Juarez. Met,,
ooucernlBg James -F. Howard, a young
man well known here, who Is reported
to toe lying unconscious In a hospital
a* Jus res with two bullets In his body.
Private L c«r»ms received here say
that Howard etart-d from Juarez to the
Oily of Mexico, A short distance out of
he became involved !n a dlfll-
w»h *e.-crai Mexicans, who at-
tempted to a*H«u:t him. He sl ot three
of them dead and escaped Lute the
aa,ine night he was picked up by Mexi-
can Central trainmen. He was placed
osj Ths train and taken to Juarez
William H. Whitlock was hanged at
• -“tet.y-.s.viy*e>stem«W'iw»*-
wounded white the troop* are repo ted I 'r*n*- “ few flams age for
to have toat jitteen killed. tfe* mtr^Mr «< W- O. Holliday.
A OMUrilljr t rime.
Mobile, A Is ., Aug. 16 a horrible
sensation waa made known here yes-
leid.iv oa the arrival of Rev. Gardiner
C. Tucker of (Mobile, a promrloeut
Episcopal clergyman from Battle’s
"V\ba,if tin ;ho eaztern Wltr-ra.-where
The faitn ly had 'boeu for the summer,
l-ii-tt little i>-year-old dstsghi.er was ta-
ker! from 'her 'bed at midnight «rid
cRiricd, elril aateep. on the -broist of
* ',U!ln- swposed to -be white, rwho car
rled her !*to tbe woods and assaulted
her. afterwards torln«ing her book and
deposited his burden oh the porch
Two ttountle* nr* shocked toy the news
and flbe Mobile police have, been c»ij-
«d upon to v*ko Inqul-nes.
fiimsn' iMtuan,
Georgetown. Tex.. Aug. 15.—The
second day’s session of th* farmer*! in-
st ’.tute assembled with a-good audience
in the district court room, where th*
exhibits are displayed and the pro-
gramme of essays and discussions pre-
sented. The exhibits comprise the
following: Corn, cotton, sugar cane,
oats, etc., in farm products, all kind*
and varieties of vegetables, fruit* ty
many varieties, tanned fruits, tore-
nerves, Jellies, pickles, bread, cafttos,
etc. ’White the exhibits of -farm, gar-
den and oix-hard do cot coine up u» the
standard of lest year, they are vary
creditable, considering the ami ton,
which has been unusually dry and hot.
Not Oniltf
Narazota, Tex., Aug. lg.—The osa*
or the State against MtuH A. B.
Smith, charged as an accessory dn the
killing of O, W. tjsndry, has Been oft
irial in the district court at AndMsoft.
The Jury returned a verdict ot net
guilty This esse too* attracted mure
attention among negroes ttonh say
other case in thUi section on scoouht
of the prominence of the deed man
and his alleged slayers
The gold production of th* wine* of
Co1 • ior *>* month* wa*
Mvtlftft KUIinI by
Kaulnun, Tex, Aug lS.—iNanrs
roachct here from a reliable source
that Wednesday, during » tUu&fler-
Home several miles east of here lu
the elite of 1 an 15and't county, irso
rrnrlc* were etnuok toy Mgbtnlng, in-
Msntl-y killing totvern. The rope by
which the mules were befag led was
torn <sp, but the negro escaped tinh-urt.
I envy Ding* whene’er he sings.
8o much doe* he dmerva;
'Ha not hi* vole* makes me rejolee—
l *nv» fclna his nerve,
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Moffitt, D. J. The Post Mirror. (Pilot Point, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 21, 1896, newspaper, August 21, 1896; Pilot Point, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth982845/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .