Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896 Page: 5 of 12
twelve pages : b&w ; page 29 x 22 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY JUNE 4 180G.
HI THOUSAND K
I
FRIGHTFUL RESULTS OF A
PANIC WHICH TOOK PLACE
AT MOSCOW.
J If MILLION PEOPLE STAMPEDE.
I IT WAS THE OCCASION OF THE
1 POPULAR FEAST GIVEN BY
3 THE CZAR.
HUNGRY HORDES COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED.
The Idea of Getting a Square Meal Was
Too Much for the Poverty-stricken
Peasants The Aged Young and :
Weak Trampled to Death by
the Surging Mass.
Moscow May 30. (Copyrighted 1890
by the Associated Press.) A terrible
panic resulting from the great crush of
people at the popular feast here today in
honor of the czar caused the trampling
to death of many people including a
woman who delivered a child during the
excitement.
In anticipation of the grand holiday
and popular banquet on the Khodijonskje
plain tens of thousands of people began
trooping toward the Frovinsky palace
in front of which the. plain is situated
during the earliest hours this morning.
In fact so much interest was taken in
the open air banquet that thousands
reached the ground Inst evening and
camped there in the immediate vicinity
in order to make sure of obtaining good
positions today. The majority of these
people came on foot but some came in
the oddest kind of vehicles country carts
and turnouts of the most primitive de-
scription and others traveled on horse-
back. On the Khodijonskje plain long
lines of rough tables Hanked by rougher
benches had been erected. In the dis
tance these lines of tables looked like
immovable regiments of soldiers or the
trenches of an extensive series of forti-
fications. It was at first arranged to ac-
commodate 400000 people but in view of
the immense crowds assembled in and
about this city for the coronation fetes
extra benches and tables were hastily
erected and every effort was made to
provide seating room and a hearty meal
for 500000 people. Twice that number
were desirous of taking part in the
feast but the authorities decided that
there must be a limit to the number to
be entertained and so the figure was
fixed at 500.000. To feed this multitude
an ormy of cooks and waiters was cath-
." ered together the army bake houses were
taxed to their utmost capacity and EHK)-
00 mugs each liearing portraits of the
czar and czarina were ordered and man-
ufactured for presentation to the people
taking part in the great banquet. Thous-
ands of cattle train loads of provisions
and shiploads of liquor refreshments
were sent to Khodijonskje plain during
the week and this morning all were in
readiness for the gigantic meal.
In anticipation of the assembling of an
immense crowd and the possibility of dis-
order strong forces of police detailed
for duty were on the plain.
In nddition several detachments of in
fantry and cavalry were stationed in the
vicinity in order to support the police
should sucn a step be necessary.
By dawn today the mass of peasants
about the tables was enormous and they
were desperately hungry some of them
having fasted by choice or necessity for
nearly twenty-four hours. The police
had done everything possible to keep
back the crowd but suddenly the masses
controlled by some inexplicable impulse
or impatient to get at the food pressed
forward swept everything before them
and overturned the tnbles and benches
as if they were made of grass trampling
hundreds under foot and crushing the
life out of a great ninny people. The old-
ost naturally suffered the most. One
poor woman who gave birth to a child
during the excitement was trampled to
death. The fate of the infant is not
definitely known but it is believed to have
shared the fate of its mother. The exact
number of people killed is not ascertained
as this dispatch is sent for the police and
military evtntually succeeded in restor-
ing order and carted away the dead and
injured and preparations were made
to proceed with the banquet as if noth-
ing had happened.
The czar and czarina who were in-
formed of the disaster were very much
distressed and sent additional physicians
to the scene to care for the injured and
issued instructions that a full report of
the tragedy is to be made in order that
lucr moil irooiru Itlllii.liro muj' utr luiufcu.
'". As this is the Crst serious accident re-
ported since the" festivities commenced
ii mis a unified mucn attention anu uas
east quite a gloom over the city.
. The French ambassador Comte" de
Montebello is scheduled to give a ball
at the French embassy this evening but
it is reported that this feature of the
celebration may be abandoned although
a very large sum of money has been
spent upon the preparations France be-
ing very desirous of testifying to its
friendship for Russia by. making a dis-
play upon this occasion which would pass
into history. The decorations for the em-
bassy and ball room have cost a fortune;
miles of the most valuable carpets have
been laid; fruits flowers fishes and birds
from all hinds have been imported for the
supper and nothing has been spared to
make it one of the most striking fea-
tures of the coronation fetes.
Among the dead found on Khodijon-
skje plain were Indies evidently of high
rank dressed in the finest silk and
adorned with the rechest jewels.
The police barracks to which the bod-
ies were taken by the authorities are
besieged with persons beseeching for
news of friends and relatives. The
scenes at the barracks where the process
of identification is going on are terrible
in the extreme. The remains of the dead
will nil be conveyed during the course of
the night to the cemetery where a large
morgue is located.
The disnster it is now explained was
due mainly to the absence of the police
who had not arrived at so early on hour
in the morning at tlie scene where the
festivities were scheduled to take place.
Fully 200000 persons of all grades of
society had gathered together on the
Kohodijonskye plain nt the time the dis-
aster occurred. Only about a thousand
attendants were In charge and they
seemed to be unable to control the mob.
Hoping to lessen the pressure of the as-
sembled hundreds of thousands all mov-
ing toward a common center they tossed
the packages and presents into the midst
of the crowd. .. This seemingly precipi-
tated the panic since a scramble to ob-
tain posssesNion of the gifts ensued and
the hollow piece of ground near the cen-
ter formed a death trap for the thou-
sands. The buildings on all sides of
the plain where by the way Napoleon
concentrated his troops before moving
upon this city are in many cases being
used as temporory hospitals and the
soldiers havq been rendering great serv-
ice in removing the dead and caring for
the wounded.
. Further time must elapse before accu-
rate figures as to the number actually
killed and the number of persons who
are victims .of the disnster but who are
only suffering from injuries is ascer-
tained; but there is no doubt that the
official estimate of 1000 victims can not
be far from right and this may lie said
to have put an end to all coronation fes-
tivities certainly so far as the general
public is concerned.
The disaster occurred between 5 and
0 o'clock this morning. It was intended
that the banquet should commence be-
fore noon but the immense throng which
had gathered around the sheds where
the mugs were to be presented and the
food distributed became so dense that the
attendants were overpowered and thrown
to the ground in the mad struggles which
commenced for food and gifts muny of
these attendants being numbered among
the dead. The police made desperate
attempts to control the people but all
their efforts were futile and men women
and children were trampled upon by hun-
dreds the shrieks and groans of the vic-
tims being heard afar. For the time
the officials in charge of the banquet lost
their heads entirely. The crowds
seemed to have gone mad with rage and
excitement shouting cursing and yelling
as they pressed onward over a path
strewn with dead and dying human
beings. .
Eventually however some show of
order was restored by the troops and
firemen who were hastily summoned to
the scene and then the latter began the
work of extricating the dead and in-
jured arranging them on the ground in
groups of ten twenty and thirty at every
hundred yards or so and despatching to
the city as speedily as possible iu the
military transport wagons furniture
vans fort wagons etc. the injured giv-
ing preference io women.
The scene was most terribly heart-
rending among the relatives of the vic-
tims. The latter were mostly peasants
and few of them have as yet oeen identi-
fied. They were lying in heaps as they
had been extricated during tne after-
noon their crushed blood-stained and
terribly distorted faces turned upward in
the scorching sun. Gray-haired women
and men lay alongside children and
sturdy men all crushed as if beneath
heavy rollers some Of the heads being
trampled into a shapeless mass.
The crowd was so great upon the plain
that hundreds of thousands were not
aware for a long time that a disaster had
occurred for there were no noises caused
by the excitement that could be heard
above the music of the theatres all the
entertainments provided for the people
being in full swing at mid-day and yet
the work of gathering up hundreds of
crushed dead was in progress in another
part of the plain and the work of tend-
ing many hundreds of injured people was
being carried on by a large force.
It was not until nearly 10 o'clock to-
night thnt the first official statement of
the disnster was made public some peo-
ple claiming that this was done to avoid
putting a sudden stop to the festivities
of the plain which might have resulted
in n panic and a still more serious loss
of life. Even now the people in this
city refuse to believe that the disaster is
nearly as great as tne officials declare.
A bulletin given out about 10 o'clock
said thnt up to 4 o'clock this afternoon
331 bodies hnd been recovered and that
470 persons hnd been injured. But very
shortly afterwards at 11 o'clock an
official notice was posted saying that the
list of dead totalled up 13S0 persons in-
cluding those who had died from their
injuries after having been removed from
the plain.
The czar has given orders that the
sum of 1000 roubles (about $250) be
given to each bereaved family and that
the victims be buried at his expense.
Despite the disnster a popular demon-
stration took place this afternoon. In
spite of the gloom caused by the terri-
ble accident of the morning the multi-
tudes participated heartily in the cele-
bration the members of the imperial fam-
ily being accorded an ovation. Later in
the day the cznr addressed the village
elders. He said that he hoped he would
prove ns solicitous for the welfare of the
peasantry as his father and grandfather
had been anxious for their well being.
A SOUND LIVER MAKES A WELL
MAN.
Are you bilious constipated or troubled
with jaundice sick headache bad taste
in mouth foul breath coated tongue
dyspepisa iidigestion hot dry skin pain
in back and between shoulders chills
and fever etc.? If you have any of these
symptoms your liver is out of order
and your blood is slowly being
poisoned because your liver does not act
promptly. Herbine will cure any dis-
order of the liver stomach or bowels. 1
has no equal as a liver medicine. Prict
75 cents. Free bottles at C. 0. Yates.
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
Georgetown Tex. May 30. (Special.)
Commencement exercises continue in
interest nnd the attendance is perhaps
larger than at any previous year. At 11
a. m. today Judge Sam Streetman of
Cnmeron delivered nn address before
the nlumni association of the Southwest-
ern University. The chapel was crowd-
ed and the closest attention was given
the speoker throughout.
At 8:30 p. m. Friday Rev. W. D.
Bradfield of Wcntherford addressed the
Alothenn and Clio societies on the sub-
ject "The Inspiration of Opportunity."
Bishop Key will preach the commence-
ment sermon tomorrow at 11 a. m.
Among the prominent visitors present
are Hon. D. B. Orgoin of Bastrop Mr.
Asa Holt of Abilene Revs. Seth Ward of
Galveston Wright Taylor W. L. Nelms
of Waco J. W. Story of Bartlett and
many others.
WANTED IN HOUSTON.
San Antonio Tex. May 30. (Special.)
Detective Ellison of Houston arrested
Tat Gavan here today charged with theft
of property from the Lnwlor hotel in
Houston and left for thnt city with his
prisoner tonight.
SCHOOL BONDS CARRY.
Hutto Tex. May 30. (Special.) In
the school house bond election today the
bonds won (10 for and 32 against.
j
CLINTON. MISSOURI.
Mr. A. L. Armstrong an old druggist.
and a prominent citizen of this enter-
prising town says: "I sell some forty
different kinds of cough medicines but
have never in my experience sold so
mucn or any one orticie as 1 nave or
Ballard's Horehound Syrup. All who
use it say it is the most perfect remedy
for cough cold consumption and all dis
eases of the throat and lungs they have
ever tried." It is a specific for croup
and wuooping cough. It will relieve a
couch in one minute. Contains no
opiates. Sold by C. O. Yates 219 East
sixtn street.
MOSCOW'S MT DISASTER
THE . NUMBER OF FATALITIES
FROM THE TANIC SAID TO
REACH OVER 2000.
THE SEARCH FOB MISSING FINDS
Grief-Stricken Crowds Pass Among the
Dead and Dying The Czar and .
Czarina Visit the Injured in;'
the Hospital.
Moscow May 31. The disaster on the
Khodijonskje plain yesterday is con-
stantly gaining in proportion as the in-
vestigations by the authorities continue.
They are made under difficulties as the
recovery of the victims was conducted
by hundreds of volunteers and many
were caried away before they were
enunmernted. Mm' additional deaths of
the injured who were carried away are
occurring which are only added to the
enumeration after some time. It is now
said that the fatalities will amount to
between 2000 nnd 3000 but it is impos-
sible yet to ascertain accurately the ex-
tent of the disaster. An official state-
ment issued this morning places the dead
at 1353 and the fatally injured at 280
but in contrast with this official state-
ment there are 1282 corpses lying this
afternoon at the cemetery besides the
many dead and dying thnt arc known
to hnve been recovered from the ill-futed
field by friends.
This evening after receiving deputa-
tions the czar and czarina attended and
danced at the brilliant ball at the French
embassy. Preparations hnd been made
on a most elaborate scale for this ball
and it is asserted that $70000 was ex-
pended on the supper alone. The czar-
ina was not informed yesterday of the
disaster owing to her delicate condi-
tion. While the dance within the French
embassy continued amid all the ac-
companiments of luxury and gaiety dis-
consolate friends and relatives wandered
over the desolate plain among the dead
and the dying looking iu vain for their
missing.
Today a requiem mass was said in a
chapel of the Kremlin at which the czar
and czarina and all the members of the
imperial family attended. .
The city is filled today " with grief-
stricken crowds. It is a striking evi-
dence of the vast multitude who took
part in yesterday's fetes that there
were large numbers who wjre totally
unaware of the number of lives among
them thnt had been crushed out and
who proceeded with their merry-making
throughout the day without having
grasped the fearful proportions of the
disaster. Even up to a late hour at
night people refused to believe that there
could nave been so many lives lost. But
today thousands of persons are crowding
to the Khodijonskje plain searching for
relatives and friends.
The work of identifying the dead is
most difficult lwth on account of the
large number of victims nnd the tram-
pled torn and mutilated condition of
many of the corpses some of whom were
crushed beyond the possibility of recog-
nition nnd almost beyond semblance to
humanity. The majority of the killed
were peasants from outlying villages
though the clothing of some indicated
that they were persons of wealth. The
bodies of n number of women clad in
silks nnd fine linen were among those
found. The strangeness to the surround-
ings so many survivors were seeking for
missing ones adds to the confusion.
All day yesterday the full force of the
police and firemen worked among the
dead pulling bodies from heaps of the
killed and injured nnd ranging "them on
the ground which was covered for hun-
dreds of yards with groups of ten and
twenty begrimmed bloodstained nnd dis-
figured corpses among which the
agonized friends of the missing wander-
ed in a pninful effort to indentify them.
The injured who were mixed with the;
dead suffered terribly from thirst and
the fever of their unattended injuries.
The work of carrying the bodies to the
cemetery where it is intended to inter
those who fail of indentification con-
tinued all night and yesterday and this
morning the forces nt work on the plain
discovered the mouth of nn unused well
in the middle of a field. In the well
there were thirty dead bodies and
wedged iu nmong them and held down
by their weight were found two men
olive and comparatively uninjured
physically but the hideous surroundings
of the night had proven too grent a
strain on their minds and they were
raving maniacs.
There are countless incidents of special
pathos one case being that of a party of
fifty-five humble peasants who hnd come
together from a single village for the
merry-making nt the czar's feast. Of
this party fifty-three or all but two
were killed.
Various versions as to the origin of
the stampede and crush are current
but the account to which the most cre-
dence is atntched is to the effect that the
wagons laden with the 500000 souvenirs
to be distributed among the people were
proceeding to the Khodijonskje plain
followed by a multitude of eager peas-
nnts when the attendants with a view
of pleasing the people threw a number of
souvenirs among the crowd. There was
a wild scramble towards the point where
these fell and the news spread like wild-
fire down the throngs of expectant peas-
ants that the distribution hnd com-
menced. This resulted in a hendling
pell mell rush for the booths where the
distribution of the souvenirs was to have
been made later. The arrangements
which it was intended to mnke to keep
the crowds in order during the distribu-
tion hnd not been completed nt that early
hour and the force on hand was power-
less to stem the tide of the crush of
humanity. What added greatly to the
gravity of the disaster was the circum-
stance that these booths were surround-
ed by ditches. The foremost iturMnnM in
the crowd fell nrostrate in tluu ilitel.nu
and the people following speedily
irumiiiiMi mem io dentil. Others
stumbled over their bodies and met the
same fate and so the horror grew. The
pressure was so great on the sides of the
booths from the struggles of the mass of
mad humanity that they gave way and
hundreds of neonle were oreed int
them through the walls. One mounted
gen d nrme near the booths was literally
crushed to death by the plungiug crowds.
There were no English people or Ameri-
cans among the victims. Many of those
who came for the coronation hud
already left the city and in nnv event
tourists attended the fete only "in the
afternoon.
Very few of the victims helmiL'eil tn
the well-to-do classes. Nearly rll are
peasants and a large proportion of the
dead are women and children.
The czar and czarina today after at
tending the requiem mass iu the chapel
of the Kremlin paid a visit to the injured
surrivors in the hospital passing from
cot.to.cot and addressing words of sym-
pathy (nnd comfort. Both of the im-
perial pair were deeply affected by the
scenes of suffering everywhere.
A judicial inquiry has been opened into
the'eanses of the disaster and an effort
will be made to fix the responsibility.
The bishop of I'etersborough preached
a sermon iu the English church today
in which a most feeling reference was
made to the sorrowful event and a col-
lection was taken in nid of the sufferers
which realized 300 roubles about $290.
Tho' Duke and 'Duchess of Counaught
were present the duke being the personal
representative of Queen Victoria at the
coronation.
The scene at the celebration of the
divine service at the cemetery today was
most impressive some 50000 persons
being iesent. The mnjoity of those
were seeking missing relatives in the
mortuary chambers and their grief nnd
despair were indescribable. As fast as
a body was identified a sacred icon
(image) was placed on the breast. Those
bodies which were claimed by relatives
por friends will be interred in the church
yards of the communes to which they
belong. The unidentified dead will be
buried in a common grave. Many of
the injured were discharged from the
hospital today their wounds being
slight.
One could gather a sufficient number
of Incidents of narrow escapes from
death and stories of heroic rescue to fill
a large volume out of the few minutes'
costly experience of that great throng of
individuals. One instnnce was that of
a poor servant girl who was in danger
of being trampled to death but a dozen
stalwart Moujiks surrounded her nnd
fought off the pressure nnd bore her
safely out of the crowd.
One visiting the plain 'nte today
found almost all traces of the disaster
removed. But it was also seen how
easily the accident could happen. Be-
hind the booths from which ihe souvenirs
were to be distributed is a deep broad
hollow in the lnnd fifty yards across
and full of irregular holes' from six to
eight feet deep. The shifting sandy
nature of the soil would make it difficult
to seeure a foothold there even under
ordinary circumstances and quite impos-
sible with thousands pressing on from
behind. Hundreds met their death in
this hollow.
Workmen are still searching the bot-
tom of the well in which thirty bodies and
two live men gone mad were found.
Everywhere in the city are excited
groups of people discussing the disnster
the significant proportions of which all
have nt last come to reulize. The scenes
presented some saddening contrasts in the
coronation decorations and the gaily
dressed populace who having escaped
with their friends continue their holiday
merriment while every few yards men are
carrying coffins on their shoulders. The
police and a force of soldiers with fixed
bayonets have been keeping order all day.
At the cemetery where a stream of peo-
ple lias been passing nil day there were
most affecting scenes wailing relatives
and priests praying here nnd there beside
tho dead ranged upon the ground sur-
rounded by still larger numbers of the un-
identified dead. Most of the remains of
humanity merely had a sheet for a cover-
ing to the mutilated and terribly disfigured
bodies. Some were in rough coliins left
half open to enable friends to identify
them. People came upon the ground
looking for missing ones only to find other
relatives engaged in dressing the bodies
of the lost while others were sitting sob-
bing and apparently helpless beside their
dead.
The funeral commenced at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon amid most demonstrative
scenes of grief. The famous John of
Ironstadt who attended the late czar in
his illness traversed the crowd in his
ecclesiastical garb blessing and 'consoling
the mourners.
Tho czarina sent a bottle of Madeira
to each of the injured persons in the hos-
pitals today.
A grand banquet was given tonight in
the Kremlin attended by the mobility
the provincial deputations nnd others.
THE CZAR SOBBED.
London. June 1. Special dispatches
from Moscow to the morning papers de
scribe the horrors of the Khodijonskje
plain ns being worse than those of n
battlefield.
The Daily News dispatched say:
The czar sobbed upon learning of the
disaster.
The chief of police of Moscow tried to
Commit suicide. It is probable that but
for the numerous foreign correspondents
here the whole affair would have been
hushed up. The newspapers were for-
bidden to publish any description of the
scenes.
There are fourteen booths on the plain
and some of them were crushed together
like inn teh boxes. Astonishing ns it
seems the people returned in the after-
noon nnd enjoyed the amusements as
if nothing had happened. Many com-
plain of their failure to get souvenirs
RICH DISCOVERIES OF GOLD
At ('ripple Creek Colo. nnd elsewhere
are being made daily and the production
for 1890 will be the largest ever known
estimated nt $200000000. Cripple Creek
nlone is producing over $1000000 a
month and steadily increasing. Mining
stocks ore advancing in price more rapid-
ly than any other stocks nnd ninny pay
dividends of 35 to 50 per cent. They
offer the best opportunity to mate n large
profit on a small investment.
J. E. Morgan & Co. 43 Broadway New
York are financial agents for the Pruden-
tiul Gold Mining company and others in
the famous Cripple Creek district. They
will send you free interesting particulars
of the mining companies they represent
also their book on speculation in stocks
grain and cotton containing many new
and important features.
Send for these books at once if you are
interested iu any form of speculation or
investments. They may prove profitable
to you.
HE GOT RELIEF.
Temple Tex. May 30 (Special.)
Will Ray of the Stringtown neighbor-
hood a few miles below this city was
attacked with neurnlgia last night nnd
took a dose of morphine for relief.
Failing to receive any beneficial effects
he took another thnt proved fatal. Med-
ical aid was secured but could do noth-
ing i
i
WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOME-
WARD FLY.
People begin to ask themselves "Where
shall I spend the summerV" An ocean
voyage an inland jaunt or a coastwise
trip.' which shall it be? In either case
one i of the most useful traveling com-
panions one that never fails in an emer-
gency to which it is adapted is Hostet-
ter's Btomach Bitters which remedies
sea sickness nausea headache bilious-
ness and malarial complaints. Dyspep-
sia rheumatism nervousness and kid-
ney trouble nre also remedied by the
great alterative and preventive. Tour-
ists by sea and land mariners emigrants
und western pioneers all testify to its
defensive and remedial efficacy. Bodily
and mental fatigue are counteracted by
it. and it prevents maladies which would
otherwise be brought on by exposure.
No one should start on a summer outing
without it. It is the most genial and re-
liable of summer tonics and suits the
most fastidious palate.
VICTIMS OF THE MOSCOW TANIC
ARE PUT AWAY IN GREAT
TRENCHES.
THE KILLED AND INJURED LIST.
One Report Says Number of Killed Is
3ti00 While Number of Injured Will
Reach 12000-Sud Scenes
' Around the Graves.
Moscow June 1. There were 1277 vic-
tims of Saturday's disaster buried today.
The bodies of those identified nnd interred
iu private graves but at the expense of
the municipality. The grent number of
unidentified were buried in eleven grent
trenches each fifty yards long. The
trenches were deep nnd the mutilated
bodies had to be placed close together to
find room for them all.
There were 000 workmen engaged all
night long nt the Vnganvskoe cemetery
digging trenches. Many priests promi-
nent among them being John of Cron-
stadt famous for his piety and his power
to console and it is believed by the peas-
ants to heal and many miltnry chaplains
conducted the services " the friends
crowding around the graves.
Surviving friends and relatives are for
the most part of the ignorant and simple-
minded peasant class and their grief und
terror at the sudden calamity are ex-
pressed in very demonstrative fashion.
The scenes nt the cemetery were pitiful
and terrible in the extreme. Only about
half the bodies recovered have licen iden-
tified and ninny of those are men though
there nre many children and several
people 00 years old.
Most of the private graves of the vic-
tims have been marked today with wood-
en crosses placed there by relatives nnd
inscribed with texts of scripture. The
people also strewed flowers nmong the
graves. The clothes of the victims were
heaped in n huge pile in one corner of
the cemetery and in this the people rum-
aged nil day long seeking the slightest
trace that would afford a duo to the fate
of those missing.
The bedraggled torn blood-stained
heap of confused tatters thrown nil
together afforded little material for iden-
tification even if it hnd been syste-
matically sorted out and the appenrauee
of the pieces preserved.
But after being pulled over a few times
by the crowd of searchers there was no
semblance to the original appearance of
the garfhents left. The survivors have
the vaguest possible idea of what hap-
pened to them or how they escaped.
They only remember a terrible struggle
in the vortex of humnn muscular energy.
Mnny of them oscribe their escape to a
direct miracle. It is touching to wit-
ness how these poor ignorant people
help to console each other to dress the
dead and to care for the children.
This evening the czar gave a banquet
to the representatives of all the estates
in his realm. The foreign rcprcsenta
tives were also present. In the afternoon
the cznr nnd czarina visited the Marie
hospital where they spoke to and con-
soled the patients injured in Saturday's
crush.
ROYAL LEVEE.
London June 1. The Prince of Wales
in behalf of the queen held the final levee
of the season this nfternonu at St. James
palace.' The function was a brilliant one
nnd there wns the usual state procession
from Marlborough house to the palace.
United States Minister Bnynrd and Prime
Minister Marquis of Salisbury and the
cabinet attended.
TROUBLE ON THE DREIBUND.
Buda Pest June 1. Emperor Francis
Joseph today received the Austrian-
Hungarian delegation nt the castle of
Buda. Replying to the address his ma-
jesty said that the firm and steadfast
attitude of the drelbnnd on nil question?
affecting Europe largely contributed to
the fact that the European pence had
not been disturlicd.
"In spite of disquieting symptoms in
the east" he added "the efforts of mv
government iu accord with my tried al-
lies have reached such on unanimity of
views among nil the powers in regard to
the maintenance of the statue quo in
the Balkan peninsula ns to justify me in
expecting n peaceful development of In-
ternational relations."
CUBAN WAR NEWS.
Havana June 1. A force of insurgents
under Allierto Roderiguez coming from
the plantation Neuvo three miles from
Gnirn where ore coneenfrotcd numerous:
bands of insurgents has succeeded in en-
tering the village of Pnerta de hi. Guira
situated near the military line where they
burned forty houses nnd sixty huts. The
village of Justinian has also been burned. '
The government has ordered the village
of Cnynja bo recently destroyed by fire
to be rebuilt. It is stilted that the insur-
gents prohibit the circulation of di:i!y
newspapers in the districts they control
threatening to punish with death any p?r-
son infringing tills order.
The insurgents under Zayns In their
march westward hnve according to offi-
cial report become demoralized nnd have
In in unable to collect additional bands in
consequence of the defeat sustained by
them nt Molina where they nre reported
to have lost 04 killed. The insurgents
near Bicnvicndo Sauchcs and Merejohu
have burned 2000 tons of cane on the plan-
tation of San Jose in the Matanzas dis-
trict i
An escorted train left Matanzas yes-
tcrday going in the direction of Jegnn in
order to place upon the rails another train
which hnd been derailed Is-tween Sabonil-
lo nnd Union. The insurgents wrecked
the relief train by throwing a liomb at it
from behind a house the missile explod-
ing beneath the engine nnd killing the en
gineer and wounding six mechanics. A
culvert near Bolonron hns been destroyed
with the use of dynamite by the enemy.
A dispatch from Snncti Spiritus says
thnt fifteen persons including seven musi-
cians belonging to a bnttallon of local
volunteers have joined the insurgents.
An insurgent force hns surprised band
of guerillas resulting in five of the latter
being killed.
Castillo the insurgent lender previous-
ly reported to have been wounded is said
to lie dying.
Alberto an important .insurgent leader
who woh second in command to Cristo
with the insurgent force nt Managua this
province assumed supreme command on
tho surrender of Cristo to the Spanish au-
fhorities. Cols. Tinn nnd Rutger In skirmishes
with tho insurgents in the province of
Santa Clara have inflicted a loss of eight
killed to the enemy.
The troops lost one mnn killed and und
four wounded.
A detachment of marine infantry ill the
province of Del Rio has had a skirmish
with the Insurgents during which six of
the lntter were killed twelve wounded and
I I
$ The Woman J
who uses
6HIRETTE
SOAP
has plenty of time to care
for her children to do other
things. Sold everywhere.
Made only by
The W. K. Fall bank Company
St. LouU.
two made prisoners. The troops had three
wounded.
Gen. Molina having been informed thnt
a force of insurgents whs encamped at
Hoyo Gunma in Mueeo s rear left with
a column of troops nnd engaged the ene-
my. Nine insurgents were killed and
three made prisoners.
Of the government troops one wns kill
ed and five wounded.
IF THE BABY IS CUTTING TEETH
Be sure and use that old and well-tried
remedy Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
for children teething. It soothes the
child softens the gums allays all pain
cures wind colic nnd is the best remedy .
for dinrrhoea. Twenty-five cents 1 bot-
tle. CIVIL AFPEALS FIFTH.
Dallas.. Tex. May 80. (SiieeiaU-Pro-'
ceedings in the court of civil appeals for
the -Fifth district:
Affirmed G.W.Throckinorton vs. Mis-
souri Kansas and Texas Railway Com-
pnny from Grayson; M. 8. Lockett vs.
Gulf Colorado nnd Santa Fe Railway
Company from Johnson; Kirkwood &'
Leed vs. Still well Bros. from Hunt;
V. H. Sims vs. .City of McKinlioy et a I.
from Collin; City of Dallas et al. vs. S.
P. Emerson et al. from Dallas; Maud
Sawyer et nl. vs. Annie Ruiney et nl.
from Grayson.
Reversed and Remanded Wm. Lyoitfs
vs. Texas and Pacific Railway Company
from Dallas; St. Louis Southwestern
Railway Company vs. J. A. Fenlnw
from Upshur; John llarter vs. City of
Marshall from Harrison.
In the case of J. I). Peote & Co. vs.
Shotwell & Pitts judgment wns uflirmed
ns to II. B. Pitts and reversed as egainst
J. C. Shotwell.
WHEN NATURE
Needs assistance it may be best to render
it promptly but one should remember to
use even the most perfect remedies
only when needed. The best and most
simple nnd gentle remedy is the Syrup
of Figs manufactured by the California
Fig Syrup Company.
CIVIL APPEALS-SECOND. "
Fort Worth Tex. May 30.-(Specinl.)
Cases Decided A. B. Wilson et al. vs.
M. S. Houston et al.. from Wichita re-
versed and remanded with instructions
to court below ns to judgment to be
entered; Texas and ruclho Railway Com-
pany vs. C. A. Staggs et al. from Tar-
rant affirmed; J. R. Fleming vs. J. C.
Stansell from Erath reversed and ren-
dered; Western I'nion Telegraph Com-
pany vs. C. A. Drake from Tarrant
affirmed; J. nnd T. White vs. C. 0.
White et ni from Wichita affirmed;
C. W. Word vs. M. L. Elwood from
Wichita reversed and remanded; Peo-
ples Building nnd Loan Association vs.
Charlotte A. Pnrrin from Eastland af-
firmed ; B. N. Serkel vs. Wooldridge &
Bro from Baylor reversed and re-
manded. NOTICE TO SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
School trustees who have not filed the
scholastic census of their school districts
with me nre requested to do so nt once
as June 1 1800 is thelost day on which
said report can be received.
JNO. E. SHELTON
1 County Superintendent.'
Thousands of cases of rheumatism
have Itcen cured by Einier & Auiend's
fninous remedy known as "Prescription
No. 2851." Sufferers should try it.
Price 75 cents per bottle. C. W. Preston
& Co. agents Galveston
A TERRIBLE WRECK.
But It Was Done in the Interest of
j Science A Novel Sight.
! Columbus. Ohio. May 30. Twenty
thousand people witnessed a novtl
spoctncle this afternoon at Buckeye '
park on the Columbus Hocking Volley
and Toledo railway. Two forty-toa k
comomtives to ench of which was at-
fuelled three cool cars nnd a caboose
wcru run together at a speed of forty
miles an hour.
The immense crowd was silent with
awe at the engines steamed into sight.
There was a terrible crash and a ronr of
escaping stenin. As the engines came to-
gether they renred up in the nir and the
cars behind them were telescoped but
the enbooses were only partly wrecked.
As the clouds of dust and steam ob-
scured the wreck there was a tremen-
dous shout; then when the escaping
steam subsided the people clambered
over the wreckage and every loose piece
of iron thnt could be found wns carried
away as a relic. Both engines were a
complete wreck. KinetoscoK and eido-
loscope views of the exhibition were
token by experts.
BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT.
This wonderful liniment Is known from
the Atlnntic to the Pacific and from the
lakes to the gulf. It is the most pene-t-trting
liniment in the world. It will
cure rheumatism neuralgia cuts
sprains bruises wounds old sores
burns sciatica sore throat sore chest
and all Inflammation after all others have
fulled It will rnr hnrhpd wire CUtS
and heal all wounds where proud flesh '
has set in. It is equally efficient for
animals. Try it and you will not be
without it. Price 50 cents. Sold by
C. O. Yates. 21!) East Sixth street.
CHAPPELL HILL CHAT.
Chappell Hill Tex. May 31.-The po-
litical campaign was opened here this
evening by n speech by the Hon. Drink-
ard Populist of Missouri. He spoke to
a good sized audiences and was much ap-
plauded by the Populists present.
The weather is hot and dry. The
n ..... t..i- registered OS decrees here
todsy. Corn and cotton nre needing rain
badly and corn will be almost a .failure
if it docs not rain in a few days.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Austin Weekly Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1896, newspaper, June 4, 1896; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth278802/m1/5/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .