The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 27, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 20, 1884 Page: 2 of 8
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FBOli VA-
POINTS.
iwiaRmj
-A bnrgl ir en'ere 1 tho
11Mb nijbt an I lau-
only gettln* a lady's gold
U»«Me.
Ib) firemen's ball and
grand success
of wool are made daily
\ '
• are now moving to-
TJSJirtrir
April 10.—The residence of
> at a o'clock this raorn-
witb all Itsooutents; also
I with the contents. Total
», 1750. Mm Petit oama
being rescued in a badly
Martin.
of the Btato vs.
with tbatt of money over
«M tried before JnsUoe
discharged.
b»bs«» warm and showery
— t....
Are all
•
of Marlln but
iH visiting fo the city.
it night It
Farmers
ivyrtflf offour hours dura-
flooding every-
1
_ for Texas: A carload of
i water was shipped to Chicago
in telephone conneft-
Hearne and
April !».—It has rnhnrta-..
Ks wosie, (Maying Ovary ifreuiw-ot
»work as woU* that in town.
» adwfa* ttmk Baa. R. A. Btoford,
i of the eousty DemecraMo eaecutive
eaiVng of aoottvtation
w, sow county
year, and it is said
in pot forward.
_ claim the senator
O. Terrell will bethei
Lampasas, April 19.—Another rain, accom-
panied by hall, fell to-night The hall was
J%ht and did no damage.
Another Republican convention was held a
<■1; or to ago, electing another set of delegates
«the Fort Worth convention.
Last night a dwelling near the depot, occu-
pied by disorderly females, was burned—sup-
pored t& have been done by incendiaries. This
akes the third or fourth of that kind of
jractnre destroyed within the past six months.
A temperauee picnic ooenrred to day.
Marshall'
^abbhall, April 10!—The Lacy hotel at
(Carthage, Panola county, burned yesterday
evening. Hast of the furniture was saved,
bat in a damaged condition. No insurance.
General W. P. Lane, first vice-president of
tho Texas Veteran association, together with
several other old veterans, left for Paris this
evening.
(A terrible rainstorm prevailed all night
and most of the day, and the trains are all
krte in consequence.
Btaekbura, the young man injured by the
fall from the gallery, was burled this evening.
Helton.
Bei/tcw, April 19.—ff he jury in the Eckles
case, after being out twenty-four hours, came
In this evening and reported for the second time
that there was no possibility of their agreeing.
They were discharged and the defendant re-
manded to jail. * •
Mrs. Susie Morey, the mether of Mr. P. T.
Morey, died very suddenly this morning. She
isppsrently in the best of health at break-
', but was suddenly taken ill in the fore-
_ j and died in a short time.
The ladies are engaged to-night in decorating
tho opera-house for the ball to be given in a
few days to the visiting doctors.
GtttenvUIe.
lux. April 19.—It has been raining
t deal during the past week, which has
a great drawback to the farming inte-
jr..
The north bound train for the Iron Moun-
l through here this morning, on ac-
■ of wasbonts on that rood.
j Odd Fellows celebrate their sixty-fifth
anniversary on the 36th. Governor Hubbard
Earn I). Steneon are the orators of the day.
Judge J. H. Davis has withdrawn from tho
race for senator for this (the Fifth) district.
Judje A. B. Norton, of Dallas, waB in the
city this week, working among the Republi-
can* in the interest of Blaine anu Lincoln.
BrewimviUe. >
Bbownsville, April 10,—The steamer I. C.
Harris will arrive to-morrow morning.
Tbe weather is very warm and sultry.
Bni&a are much needed.
Seven -couples were joined in matrimony the
part week.
1y Tb« business for the past quarter done
' Brazos de Santiago pro-
Tbere Were $358,-
U value of: imports
W: i Tfils is for the quarter ending
le Moonry, one of Hie men Injured in
r explosion in t}ie garrison, died this
t "ibe imsin^s ior
_ through the port of
' tenia a very good showing. T
i ss8 worth of es ports, and the i
to #161,8}®, '1 Bis is for the
ColMMa.
GomitAir, April 19.—James Johnson, to-day,
cutting cattle froma round-up on Duck's
w as thrown from his horse and had his
botje broken. Be is doing well to-day.
' * * horses and t
Four large herds of
already
two of cattle
passed up the trail this season,
ool is coining in anil finds ready sale at
fair figures. The clip will be superior to that
«f any postseason.
It t egan raining here this morning about 6
o'clock and has continued all day, which in-
sures crops. The grass is fine and stock doing
■well. Wagons loaded with wheat passed here
> yesterday, en route for Baird, to be shipped
The opera-house is about completed.
~ ' lis good.
p Wichita Falls.
Wichita Falls, April 19.—Nearly 10,030
s " Jfcf cattle have been received hero this
r. . There were ten care of horses shipped from
l to Illinois by E. B. Harrod; to be bred to
is man t tall ions. This is a valuable expari
_jrt, if njccefsful.
A sharp norther has been blowing ever since
loot night, and it is now quite cold, with a
MOfpect of ' obt to-night.
Colonel J. H. Gardner, of Monana, Fla.,
who has been here for several days, left to day
for his family, being determined to locate at
this point.
-» Prospectors are numerous. Messrs. Harrod,
Given* owl Suggs, of Union county, Kentucky,
cetne here to-day, and are intending to invest
® lwigely in lands in this section.
/.. Midlothian. .j
Midlothian, April 19.—A severe windstorm
justed over Mountain Peak, a small villige
^UJte tix milea south of this place, last night,
rompletc-ly demolishing the blacksmith shop
end blowing six other dwellings from the
foucdati, us, tut, fortunately, no one wis
hurt. Midlothian is now experiencing the
hcaviott rains of the season, ami fears are eu-
tei taiced that the growing crops will be in-
theNewi,
ildejfcfc'ttot-
withstanding the inclemency of the weathsi
wasagi
Waxahaehle.
WaXAHACntp, April 19.—An election of
trustees to ccntrol the public schools has boon
ordered on the 29th ii.Btant.
lhe Ladles' Aid society give an elegaut sug-
per last nlgbt and dinni r to-day, which netted
thenrf ll,r>.
Cards ore out for th < ruarriago of Hon.
Charles It. Uibsoii, of this city, and MUs
Emma Drlskoll, of Austin, on the Ulltti iust tuc.
lhe heaviest rain of thoseasou began fallius
yesterday morning ami continued uutil ttn«
afternoon.
I' astrop.
Bastrop, April 19.—'lhjre has been very
little civil business in court this week, but tin
grand jury is busy. U|> t> the prasent timj
they have returned twenty-eight bills. They
will not adlouru for several days.
John Dickens, a very popular farmer living
near here,, died this morning. Ho .will bj
buried to-morrow.
A very hard rain and windstorm ocotirrel
last night. The farmers are now complaining
of too much rain. >
There are more people <ln town to-day tUdtt
there has been for a long time.
rmatll.
PkAXSAJLL, April 19,—A magnificent rain
fell here last night for abeat thres hours. Tin
prospects are splendid l^r^pard tacrope of all
kinds.
, Tom Hamilton, of this town, ha* received
notice from New Orleans of having drawn
175,000 in the Louiaiana.Btat^ lottery. Bvery-
bfitfyjn tb» country'»irow" after lottery tick-
ets, and Tom's time is principally devoted to
interview ng a host of warm friends, who
want to lo\e«t his money for him.
District Court commencafe here the day after
to-morrow with a crowded docket
There is going to be a mammoth hon-soo*
tarlan picnic two miles frpm Pearsali on the
1st of Hay. District Court will adjourn in
afternoon, and the bar Will deliver addresses
to the children.
ANTONIO'S BUDGET.
Gallant Veterans for the Reunion.
Bock 8*ll~PersonaU-LrA llirlr Traps B»liln<«-
The Waterworks-Leal Assoclatloa—
Dreadful Storm, Ktc.
[SPKCIAL TO THK NXWS.1
Ban Antonio, April 19.—The city collector's
receipt* from various sources for the week are
$316.
Twenty-three building permits have been
issued during the week, and 871 since the 1st of
January.
Manuel Lopez, a prominent Mexican citizen
ot Mason, reported as having died in this city
yesterday, is not only alive but better this
morning.
Surgeon A. L. Bnfflngton Is relieved fro u
further duty at Fort Clarke, and ordered to
proceed without delay to Fort Davis for duty.
Fine specimens of rock salt from Sierra
Blanco are on exhibition here. The beds are
said to be as fine, and the supply almost as in-
exhaustible, es any in the State.
The following veterans nave passed through
-ii-TJPt-
the city on their way to Paris to the San
cinto reunion: Elijah H. Dale and Pleasmt
McAnnally, of Guadalupe county; Eli Haw-
kins, Caldwell county; Wm. Caruthers and
Nathan Mitchell and wife, of Bexar county.
Yesterday T. J. James and wife, of Guadalupe
county, left this city for the same destination.
Messis. Dale and Mitchell are Spn Jacinto ve-
terans, the former being a comrade and mess-
mate of Mr. Edward Miles, of this city.
F. Harwood, United States quartermaster's
agent, came In this morning with a carload of
superb horses for the government service.
About 1COO animnls have been ordered pur-
chased, 250 of which will come to this post.
George McGovern, a popular Pacific express
messenger, rfcently from the Texarkan i and
Galveston route, nas been promoted to th;
office of chief clerk in the Pacific office at this
place.
Fifty-eight persons have been fined $318 in
the Recorder's Court this week.
Yesterday two men entered the town of
Kerrville with fifteen or twenty head of horses
in their possession. The inspector asked to see
their bills of sale to the horses and they sud-
denly skipped, leaving ail of the horses and
packs behind them.
On Monday next the veterans of San Anto-
nio propose meeting at the old Veramsndi
palace ar.d hoist the Texas flag on the spot
where Ben Milam fell in 1885. A procession
will be formed and will march from this pk
to tbefAlamo plaza, where tho,' (lag of 1S30 will
be raised under a salute of artillery.
Members of the City Council are discussing
tho expediency of purchasing tho present sys-
tem of waterworks at a reasonable figure or to
establish an entirely new system. The princi-
pal causes of the defeat of the sewerage ques-
tion were tlie want of drainage and tiis own-
ership of the waterworks by a corporation.
The San Antonio Laud and Commercial as-
sociation lias received its charter from Aus'.in.
The stockholders are principally colored citi-
zens of San Antonio who are at.work to im-
prove the condition of their race. Tho object
of this corporation is to accumulate the small
earnings of tho colored people, and to profit-
ably invest them in advantageous enterprises
—building homesteads for the homeless, open-
ing co-operative stores, etc. It will have
breach offices in other towns and cities in the
State.
Eagle Pass expects to Ship 1,000,000 pounds
of wool. The citizens of that place (ire
anxiously awaiting the Free Zone extension,
» hich commences next meoth.
A preliminary line of the Mexican extension
of the Sunset railway is be|ng run to Saltillo,
and as soon as the presidential election is over
construction is expected to commence in
earnest.
A terrific rain and wind storm swept over
the city about 4 o'clock this morning. The
recidtnce of W. G. Purkiss, on Dignomity
Hill, was lifted five feet from its foundation.
The framework remained intact, but every-
thing inside was smashed and broken. None
of the family were hurt. Tho piano was
turned np end down. The roof of the
residence of Mrs. C. Clark was taken
off and two other residences on Governmant
hill were badly damaged. A number of tre;s
in various portions of the city wei -> uprooted
and stripped of their limbs. The moneyed
value of damage is not ascertained, but will
exceed $3000. The streets of the city and irri-
gation ditches were flooded. Reports from tho
country are to the effect that the damage has
been extensive, but so far are lacking in details
and confirmation.
rcsT corrcEO.
Cistrlct Court—Will Stand by Blaine, Etc.
ISl EC'IAl. TO THB NEWS.1
Fort Concho, April 19.—The District Court
concluded its session to-day, after rendering
two very important decisions, involving tho
title to some 200 acres of land in town. Mr.
Koenighein, of San Autonio, sued John Mills
and some fifty other defendants for a large
portion of the survey on which San Angela is
built, and Mr. Mills replied by a crow-bill,
claiming 150 acres held by Koenighein. The
district judge dismissed tho eases of both
claimants. ,
Wm. E. Ellis, at this term, sued H. B.
Lawer, the county surveyor, to forte him bv
mandamus to receive his file on 201 acres
within the town, which Ellis claimed a; va-
cant. The court, dismissed the application tor
a maudamuK Both cases are appealed.
G. n. Jacbfon and ('. T. Henderson, Hepub-
I'.t j ubiii an (ielegates to the State conv-enve i.
tip*, express their preference for Mr. Blain
Information hns been received here of tin
destruction of more than ton miles of fence be-
longing to Colonel Odolt, of Hunnell# county.
I!!h*>-h uf tlucen Vlrtrtfl*.
London, April 10.—It is reported from
Darmstadt that Oueen Victoria i- suffering
frcm lumbago. Khe is confined to the palace,
and rc-tcive daily visits from a physician.
DAILY
59BSB
AND FINANCE.
Telegrams from Leading Trade
Centers.
New York pally Report.
[Special to Tub News.]
Kkw Yob*, April 1!"—Sto.iks were exalted On
West Miore bonds, selling dowu to MJij, O'.uo ami
MI»?lMlppl slifnoj to IV4, Reading to and
Union Pacific to Ct ji,
It Is nnderstcod that Gould representatives were
cnnpptcuais in H'lllnir the latter, though the pre-
cise object, of these sales, us also of Missouri
l'uclflc and other Gould properties, tills week can
tu t he learned. It is doubtful whether the Union
Vooifle p«y» its July dividend. Tlie sales include:
$M00 International Arsis at 118; §19,000 rcootIs ot
8<Hi; 85110 Texas and l'uolllo Rios st 7I>£: 40A)
»linres at 1VM@I". The market cloned fevorlili
Pteillnir Arm but quiet, Brown drawing moder-
ately ot ft W less Mjc.
it Is reported thnt the government bom! call Is
delayed liy the continued heavy uold shipment'.
Cotton declined on KeUlaft out by weak holders
uml bearish efforts for lower prices, with a ute.v to
bovii'K for another upward turn. r
CMfee quiet st lO^c.
W ool dull, end holders are disposed t® pres<i
isles. The Halpplog Lt»t navs tK« prevailing feel.
I UK appears to be that Eastern markets will not
sextain the priees asked st producing scotlons.
Manufacturer* generally are undetermined regard-
ing the future, gules. lHO.mO pounds spring Tex**
algOQS&c; 7000 (ounds rail at lB®17c. A pretty-
full attendance ot new-oils bnyers has appeared In
Tixas without nccompli thing much bimlneiw. No
rales of Texas at Boston this week, and tD0 stock
< ffertng is considerably reduced.
Rides active, galee IMS-week M.OOO, lootudIn*
COCO dry Texas sud H00 dry salted Texas on private
term*. Leather quieter. ,
Sales are reported of ISOOOMexioan PdilRQ trata
•t
Covering by Igbtened sBdrts was a partial
cause of the advance ln train todaj^a
Ssw Yohs, AptII It.-Stocks rikd bonds' closed
attbefoUowme prlues bid:
.11#
a ter cents boods
U.a4M>.
u. 8. new 4§..
Paclfle As of 95...... 1»
CeMl,Phciaclst*....114
.104
74
.108
Erie 2nds..;_
Lehigh £ w;
La Contois..
Wo. Cs
St Joe.....
St Paul ti l
Teno. 6s, c
Tex^aclsnd griiti.! 18
Do. Bio Urande... 71 ^
IT.P: fits:..,11«^
«W. ... 15H
n 07t*
liar. & Cln. 1st pfd. 10
Do,adt........... *
Charleston.
i
i
Minn. & SI.
Do, pfd
N. J Central 8«
Norfolk pfd... tf
North'n Paclfle.....
Do, land grant—I07U
VaConf* Mt coup,
AllegheMr Cent]..... M
Alton AT. H ..Nil
Do, pfd •»!
American Ex 97
Bck A N M
Canada Psc. M
Canada Southern'... 41%
Central Pee....< Mte
Ches4 Ohio 11J|
Do. pfd lsts., 2H<,
Do, Sds 1054
C. &A 1»«H
Do, pld 146
C. B.&Q +!21«
C. St. L. & N. O »4}i
C. St. L. & Pitts 9$
Do, pfd 27
OliO 85 „...
CleveGol 6«MlSt. P., H. & M.
Del. & Hud 10.i!4>t. P. & O
I>el.L.&W 118H Do. pfd
IJe#. & ttlo Grande.. 15W Texas Poclflc..
Erie 19!
Do, pfd 60
East Tenn 6|
lio, pfd 11J
Ft. Wayne 1*1 J
Han. & St. Joe 38!
Do, pfd *88!
Harlem 197
Houston & l'exss... 38
Ills Cent! 1281
I. B. & W 161
Krnsss & Texas.... 17!
•Asked. tEx Blurhta.
OMb
Ohio,
Do,
Ont. & Western ...
Oregon Navigation..
Oregon Trans., j..,.
Oregon Imp
Pacific Mail,.....;..
Panama
P..D.&E 11X
Pittsburgh :...141
P.P. Car.... ill
Reading 43W5
Hock Island 110U
St L. & 8. P 81
Do, pfd 45
Do, 1st pfd 91U
St. Paul WVI
Po, pfd 1I3U
tstZ
31
U. P «S14
|M. S. Ex Hi
jW, St. L.J£ Pacific.. 10
Do. pfd 1«J4
W. &$\Ex.. lie
iW. U.Tel 0ii>fi
Homestake.. 8M>
Iron 8llver 85
Ontario (asked) 28
Quicksilver.. 4
I Do. pfd 27
jlSutro H
bljijje
Chicago Dally Report.
rSPECIAl. to thb n*.vs.l
Cnicioo, April 19.—From the opening of to dnfa
markets, which was arqpsed last night on ihg curb;
a weak feeling prevailed, but everything, except
oats and pi ovislons, rot legs and started up iritlt
a rush, corn showing the greatest advance, which
was 8c from the opening, and wheat 8c—all in ihfl
ehort space of one hour and a quarter. TJie ad"
vance is attributed to the report that a favored few
eut it that there was a cold wave cominr from
Manitoba, and that it was M degrees below z>ro,
and as soon as lhe few who hud this Information
were Ic aded up they circulated -it freely, an 1 wltlj
otl er causes, such as cold and heavy rains in the
West delaying ctirn-plantlnpr, and the insignificant
receipt;, togi-tlier with good shipping dem.tn I. th?
tears, who.hnre been getllng punished for the past
len days, got panic-stricken, and in their frantic
efforts to get out put up prices on themselves, and
the reaction that ctune on tbis advance showed
that many of them, if not nearly all, bad been
forced to cover. Wheat showed some sign of well-
ness on the openlog, as it has In tbe pait week
advanced more than ourn, and there Is a dijpssl
tlon among the conservative oporatcrs to solout
and wait for a break to buy on, as the aJVioae ten
checked the export demand. The market close I
with June wheat ut 8U9$c. It range 1 from
ffjjc. Receipts, 4 cars of nbeat; shipments, 101,-
8£0 bushels.
Corn was actively traded in for all montlw, M iy
and June being the favorite options. It la expect-d
that lhe receipts will grow lighter, as the delay and
the present ic*re will lend to make farmors hold
back I'neir surplus until they can see about w.'int
tri spects are p,oinpr to be for the coming crop,
Sent? corn ranired from 53% to 50$£c, closing at
64Hc— receipts, 150 cars; shipments, 211,765 bushels.
The opinion of tile conservative operators Is tint
the advance Is not over yet, and a purchase oa all
breaks will prove the safest. Provisions openort 1.5a
lower on pork from last night's doling, an t tin
general tone of the whole line was sluggish. Lat.'r
in lhe day there was a slight advance, and the mar-
ket closed sierdy. June pork, 810 113; lard, 8.17^;
for June. The weather is olear aad 52 degrees
aboto zero. Latest curb priees, at 3 d. m„ were
" er. June wheat, 90%c; Corn for June, r>5^j.
ie receipts of cattle nggrezatcd slbOO, alii un
market ruled slow and weak. Exports, SO 85^i>6 70;
good to choice shipping, $5 8J@S 10; commjn to
n cdinm, $5 25®0.75.
Sheep were of slow sale and prices were we lie,
hi.t all H e animals were sold. Inferior to tail-,
S4 C0@4 Tf>; medium to good, 85 00@5 50: choice
to extra, 60<5i(! 00. Receipts. 000.
Willi receipts of 8000 the market ruled for ho<9
brisk and firm. Rough packing. $5 59(®5 83 j pack-
ing and shfc'piug, 00,7^6 15; light bacju gr^de-t,
J8 45(&5 90.
St. Lonlii Dally Report.
[Speciag to Tub Nkws]
St. Louie, April 19.—To-day's market was active,
and the fluctuations were rapid and violent. Out-
side advices were strong, and prices during t'i3
lorecoon session advanced rapidly, as buyers were
e nxious to set In at anv figure. Prices reached the
top at 12 o'clock, and on the report of a panic in
Wall street and a decided • reaction In Chicago,
p.ices broke rapidly, closing weak. Tho crowd
here are bearish, soil oa a rule are disposed to fl/ht
any advance, but the light receipts of wheat and
coin are converting many to the bull side. Millers
are free buyers of all grades of casn wheat, and
lhe stock is 48O.405 bushel*, of which 117,037 bush,
els Is No. 3. Cash wheat, No. 8, red, $1 lir; June,
f 1 00; July, 9J^e; year, 91i^c. Receipts—17 curs;
shipments—11,4/4 imsheis. Corn in stock i< as
targets It was a year ago. It now being 2,410,00)
I,uf I,i]s. the stock being reduced in the but weak
307.000 bushels. The demand for cash la good, es
peclallyof white corn for millers and ne.v mlxe l
for shipping. Receipts—88 cars: shipments—71.812
bushels. The market closed at +,%,■. for May;
June. 41$£c. Weather cloudy and rainy; win I
1 roui ihe northwest, and prewp-ets of frost tj-nlg.it,
Htn>a> I'll; Dally Report.
[Spec ul to The Nrws.1
Kasfa.h City. April 1?.—There was a fair run of
cattle f, r Saturday, Ihe receipts amonntinj toovjr
liOO. 'ihe market was fairly active at steady
tr ees. Cool fo choice, 45 40©fl 10. Ho^s dull
bi t no low<r, under offerings of only 8300. Tua
bulk f old from $5 50©D 53. Sheep steady with r j
c, If ts of 1000. Good to choice, $1 60@,5 10. T.ie
gtaiu markets were ngain stronger but quiet. n j.
2 r» d ca*b wheat sold at 81c, le advance. Corn w.n
a!so stronger wilh lair life. No. a sol 1 at about
yesterday's closing prioe, at 43n for cash. O.its
sli er,geri 31c being bid, and 31^0 aslte l f >r N i 2
cjfh.. Floor unchanged. Bicon steidy at f">r,n>r
quotations—BJ^c for lon^ clear. 8>^'i roe short c'o ir.
i,ai d J.jc off at 8^c. Soot, lern euonrnb *rs or > l rut
}1 ::.rai 50 perdosen. No other neiv feature) of
ai.y p.i.iticulur Interest.
To-be Infavorafily Ke(»orte4.
VVarhinoton, April lit.—At a insstin ' t->-
dayofthe Iiouk" committeo on rofonn iu t'.ia
civil tervice, Kepresentativa Hoblitisll wu
oircctcd lo report .ttlversciy oa Ulb for t'ai
repeal of civil service law* A u unfavorable
icpor# wns also ordered ou Rspresontitlve
V.iiiren's I ill, lo reduce lite saluries of th)
irtridunt end cabinet nflicials, judges of tiio
i?ui'itnie Com t and congreaemeu.
latest Move of the Land Board.
Pcr«onal"OM»rilel to the DcpDt.-Wjnt (Ver nal
Sclioola-Kewaril Offered^Cha r:e re 1-
Legal Matter*, Ete.
• [Spkcui. to thb Nmrs.l
Austik, April 10.—The rartles who take
Issue with the land bjard oil the'r rnis ) of the
miciuiuiu rental of icbool lands, to-day made
tender of soruo SSO.COO for tho ftrat yew's pay-
ment on applications for lea*> at 4 to 5
cents. The secretary indorses tho rejection
of the leases and tender of payment ou the ap-
plication and the parties 1 uteres ted placed ou
tlie defense under,their bid *nd tender ot pay-
ment before the courts when proceedings are
instituted against tnem for uso of liuid UQder
the land inclosure act. This will tost the
validity of tho board's action, which, if iu-
valld, gives up a Urge portion pf the .school
lands to free grow.
Judgo Tlioman, of the civil service commU-
piop, visited Bat) Antonio to-^ay and from
there goes to Dallas to-morrow.
Judge James E. tthepparJ, of Brenham, is
here visiting relative! and friends.
Sr. Johnson, of Oniou Creek, representative
from this county i» the last legislature, says
he has had enough ot poll tin and won't run
again. In his vicinity—a fine ogrionltaral
district—owing to Incessant rates, the weeds
and grass have tt two-thirds majority ovef the
crops.
Representative Odom. after conferring with
company with a member ot the state police,
both armeds*itfcKM|bilM/ ON* looking sav-
" Mr. Fellman. of Oalveeton, Interested iu.the
land claim under the <>ibeon certificate^ was
here trvday to see the treoMMr, load^awab-
sioner and attorney-general. These state offi-
cers will not encourage anything more than
the compromise advised by the land frauds
board, whleh is that claimants may '
alternate sections located by the a
named by paying 90 dents an acre by reason of
their file made under the public-del
tittle
The comptroller paid lft,000 Into the treasu-
ry to the general revenue.
The treasurer '— "
number of payint
ofr which bad been sutpended.
Saledo, Bell cOtttlty.ewrWbltttey, H1U coun-
ty, apply for summer normal schools, promie-
ing loord at 13 perimfc
The governor offers a reward of ,i
U»- apprehension and conviction of
ties who but
oS£ 1100 addltfomtl. The paper-will reappear
Monday. . .
District Judge Walker to-day granted the
injunction restraining the city authorities
from interference with the construction of the
citt'railroad on Live Oak street. :. i '
Mr. Sterett, ot the Dallas Times, is here;
alfo, Judge Ooldthwalte, of Houston.
I'he'DaTlas gambling cases were argued in
the Court of Appeals to-day.
An attachment to the amount of $8000 was
— rj*aD.
yoertKS
reserva-
e general revenue.
treasurer issued receipts tors large
■ of payjneotr upon school lands, solus
h bad been suspended.
. Davis,
iue tuurii ui wwj i
judgment in the Elam case, from I
ing that the evidence tending to :
fense, upon which It waB Insisted a
issued against the clothing house of.
of tbis city, this evening.
Chartered to-day; The Home for the Insane
and for Treatment of NervoOa Diseases, of Gal-
veston; also, tho Brenham-Ice and Refriger-
ating company and Belton Ipe oompauy.
The comptroller has information from the
tax assessor of Dallal county that the taxable
values of the county will show an. increase of
Kl.OOO.WiO this year. This county will exhibit
a lair increase, and it is beginning to appear
that the conclusion by the cattlemen that tho
aggregate taxable values of tho State would
be reduced this year is unfounded.
LEGAL HATTERS.
The Court of Appeals to-day affirmed the
in the Elam case, from Dallas, hold-
' i raise the de]
HH 'a charge was
d( mended, was not of UiiMi nature which
would tiave probably influenced tho jury iu
finding tbeir verdict.
In tho case of Cleveland etal. vs. Andrew-
son, from Tarrant county, wliioh. arose out of
the coutract of Slaftery with the city Of Tort
Worth, and tho agreement Of Cleveland &
Cameron to go on Slattery's bond, the court
held the parties partners as between third par-
ties, and that Cleveland & Cameron were
liable as such. '
The gambling cases from Dallas were ar-
gued and submitted to the Court of Appeals
to-dny by C. F. Clint, Esq., for the State, and
11. E. Cowurt, Esq.,for defendants. It 19 not
probable that a decision will be had until
Judge White is able to sit again. He is still
confined to his bed from a relapse of an attack
of dengno fever.
The Commission of Appeals will meet Tues-
day, as Monday is San Jacinto day.
LIFEINLAREDO,
LasBoing a Turk in Old Mexico.
Reported Loss of S>toeh--Btfn the Gauntlet—
A Happy Mon-.l'ernonnl-KtrurU Dumb.
Special to Thb Nbws.1
Laredo, April 19.—A few days ago a couple
of Italians, dressed in the style of Turks, were
perambulating the streets of Laredo selling
glass-bead work, reprcsenting . it to be a relic
discovei'ed in the ancient city of Palestine.
After taking in a-goodly number of shekels,
they started' . hence ou the weary
foot , journey to the City of' Slejiico,
and 'progressed well in , 'the laud
pf God and Liberty until- they reached aud
passed the wild and lonely station of Renco-
nado, on the Mexican National railroad, about
2(10 miles from Laredo, when, without warn-
ing, one of the two who carried the,treasury
A- 4-^ >Alt I- «1l
department, aniounUne to <40 in all, was
lassoed around the neck and jerk
precipice and instantly killed. His companion
escaped bv outrunning his pursuers, and got
back to Rinconado. To-day it is reported that
the murderers have been captured aud turnel
over to the authorities of the State of Coa-
hulia.
It is reported that Captain Richard King,
owner of the celebrated Santa Gertrude ranch,
in Nueces county, lost 1000 head of cattlo out
of 15,000, between his ranch and Pepa station,
on the Texas Mexican railway, in hra attempt
to drive tbcm overland to Wichita Falls. The
railroad company was telegraphed to-day for
rates to seuil the stock by rail.
gome excitement was created on the rirer
front this morning in the successful escape of
a Mexican soldier to this side while under fire
of the Mexican guard.
Sixty carloads ot horse stock were shipped
out on the International and Great Northern
railroad this week.
The News reporter osoertained that the
tu o carloads of bulls shipped from here to
Chicago were intended to be converted into
cbi!i-con-carne.
Perhaps the happiest operator in all Texas
is the Vi. estern Union man at Laredo. Ho has
only beeu married four days.
Mrs. Ireland, wife of Governor Ireland, is
cn a visit to her brother, J. S. Peun, ut
Laredo.
A Mexican woman was struck suddenly
dumb in Laredo, this week, wlthoit auy ap-
parent cause and still so remains.
THE DYflAMITBHS.
Their Expulsion from Krnneo to lie Ilocom-
roeiuleil.
I'a rib, April 19.—The Gaulois says that the
police are disposed to recommend to the au-
thorities the expulsion of the dynamiters from
France if their actions become too olmoxio.i-.
A wan recently engaged iu the dynamite traffic
iu tho Avenue f'Optra has suddenly disip.
peered.
Italy Ilrkiinnded.
Liverpool, April 19.—Tho suspected dyna-
miter, John Daly, was brought into cuirt this
morning, but again remanded to jail to w lit;
until the authorities are fully prepare 1 to be-
gin his tiinl.
<'nr«* biik i.i the E»ist.
St. Petersburg, April 19,—A dispatch
frcm tho governor of tb < Transrawplan pro-
vinces soys thnt several trade caravans Uvi
left Mcrv for Bokhara, Khiva and Heshid.
'I lie Turcomans bought from the caravans
their entire stock of American cotton seel.
m
INGSJN THE SENATE
AND HOUSE.
'House.
WASH1NOTON, April 19.—Mr. Cox (N. C.),
from the committee on foreign affairs, re-
ported back the resolution calling on tbe
tecretory ot slate for a copy of Cie list of
certificates Issued by the bUp Venezuelan
mixed commission, and' tarjjjKrniatlon ai to
tbe amount of money <mM(Mi appliablu to the
payment of ntm^rwiM. Adopted.
The speaket aid before the Hduse the follow-
ing message from tbe president, which was
appropriately referred, transmitting a report
of the secretary'of state in regard to the final
awards made by the late French and Ameri-
en claims commission against the United
t-tales for $085,620, for payment af claims of
French cltlrens against the United States. The
piesldent recommends the appropriation of
that sum to enable the government to fulfill Its
obligations under treaty of January 15,1980.
Also transmitting a communication from tho
secretary of state relative to the ap-'
proaehing visit of a special embassy
from Blam.' The president recommends an
appropriation of *25,000 to defray the ex-
penses of tho embassy whilo ln this country.
Also transmitting a communication from th)
recretary of state, respecting the approaching
International conftreuoe at ^V^sUegtoB for
the p.urpose of fixing a meridian proper, to ba
Rude, and
employed or a common zero of '
a standard of reckoLnil
The president recornfaeiids ai
of #10.000 to defray the. expetMti
The kouse then went into committee of the
whole on bills reported from the committee on
labor. The first bill considered was that of
Mr. HrpkWfhe chairman ot tbe commit-
tee on labor,briefly called attention to tbe pro-
vitions of the bill, and to the advantages to be
dei Ired from its passage. The labor probbtn
was one of the most important questions
which demand and command the considera-
tion ot tho psepler and it was of the greatest
benefit to ^Jl that a department be established
which should furnish reltahwTaud authentic
data on the snQwt ; and the b'.ll was not In
the interest of any school of political eoonemy,
but was intended-jto (xnmpMe information ftir
the use ot protection lets and freertjraders alike.
A great dim of aWehtion had beat glven ta
the American Jwg and the American
steer. It Vres time Congress should
give mora attention to Um American man.
Capital always receives consideration here, but
legttlatldli in the interest Of tte laboring pec-
ge had been .rare and stinted. The present
ouse bad shown disposition to atone for past
neglect by creating a committee on labor, and
this action had Deen greatly appreciated by
the laboring classes all over the land. Ther
look upon the bill as one of immense benefit to
them, Wause it would bring to the atteutlon
cf the country a full and truthful statement of
tbeir condition.
Mr. O'Neill (Mo.) said tbe passage of this bill
was demanded by laboring men all over the
country. They realised the fact that, agricul-
ture bad been recognized by the creation of a
" ;nt "
, _ .. VP ipplng
meree -was benefited by a bureau to collect in-
department of agriculture; that the signal
vice protected the shipping interest; that c
ser-
com-
formation from consular officers, aud for the
past twenty years they hai l>een asking for a
bureau to compile information as to labor.
1 he statistical bureau of the treasury depart-
condition of that larger portion which toiled.
Mr. Young had no doubt-that when the re-
port of this discussion went out to tbe country,
the laboring classed would be startled at dis-
covering the v had so many ardent frionds on
this floor. Tbe tone and temper of the House
had not seemed so friendly a week ago, when
the committee on public buildings bad brought
in a number of bills, the effect of which would
have been to confer on laboring man more
practical good than would ever be accom-
plished by measures coming from a-oommittoe
on labor. Thousands of idle men and willing
workers would havo been given profitable em-
ployment. He proposed to give the ponding
bill his most cheerful and earnest supnort, but
hoped lhat it would be amended so ns to estab-
lish a bui eau of labor statistics as an adjunct
to tbe agricultural department. No question
which could be considered by this body was
rrore far-reaching in its influence than this;
none more earnestly demauded by the highest
considerations of public policy.
Mr. Woolford said if the object of the bill
was alone to show to the men engaged In labor
bow they could get better compensation for
their work, it would commend itself to every
man who loved bis country; but as he was "not
' confident that ttiat alone Was the
some hesitation in .giving his
support to the measure." If "the
object was to point out to., men of cupidity
where cheap labor could bo foumi and brought
into competition With the honest labor of the
American people, ho was utterly opposed to'it
Mr. Bftlfora spoke in. support of tho pro-
posed amendment prohibiting corporations
fiom importing foreign labor to compete with
American citizens. He reiterated the state
ment made by him some days ago—that the
riot in Cincinnati had been but the beginning
of communism in this country. The riot at
compete
men and in proveptiug tbe latter from having
a fair chance to earn their honest bread add
butter. . . i
Mr. Bland suggested,t!wt protection did not
protect American labpr. . ...
Mr. Belford replied that at a meeting of
operators at Pittsburgh a seties-of resolutions
was adopted declaring "thit while tho Rrotec-
irotected the iiiaruifaotilrar. th^
" oret. were constantly dimmish-
tive svstem
•wages'of the
ing.
Mr. Foran favored the bill and strongly an-
tagonized the proposition to nut the work df
collecting labor statistics In tbe hands of tbe
agricultural departim ut. - »
Mr. Blount said there rwa» not a single thing
in the bill to justify iho creat.tw of this de-
partment.
Mr. Hopk(ns replied to the arifoisin made
against the bill, tiud maintained thai, the peo-
ple, who would be vastly lieneflted by the com-
pilation of this information, did not mean to
fee the bureau buried in the agricultural or
treasury department.
Mr. fiayne, while he heartily supported the
general purport of the bill, thought the section
pioviding for the investigation of the religious
views of the laboring classes was in plain vio-
lation of the spirit of tbe constitution.
Tbe Ull then being opened . to amendment,
Mr. Kasfeon moved to change the word depart-
ment, wherever it occurs, toi bureap, so (is to
read bureau of labor statistics. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Kanson, an amendment
was also adopted, changing the Word religious
to moral, wherever it occurs.
lar. Bland offered an amendment providing
that the bureau shall be under the charge of
the president of the Knighls uf Labor.
Mr. Weller offered a* a substitute for this
amendment the propoeltioli tliat the commis-
sioner of the bureau shall lie appointed by tho
president from a list of names presented by a
cemmis sioner of tho Federation of Labor.
After a desultory discussion Mr. Weller
withdrew his substitute, and Mr. Bland's
amendment w as lost.
Mr. Aiken offered an amendment, striking
cut (he provision for a commissioner of labor
statistics and providing that information shull
be acquired by tbe commissioner of agricul-
ture tnrough a bureau of statistics. Lost—33
to 67.
On motion of Mr. Bland an amendment was
adopted requiring the bureau to collect full
statistics relating to immigration and impor-
tation of labor.
On motion of Mr. Cutcheon an amendment
was adopted requiring it to inquire into tho ef-
fect on the production of sliorteuiug hours of
labor.
On motion of Mr. Warner tho salary of ths
ccinmissiomr ol' labor statistics was reduced
to f ".m
A number of amendments were olferod and
severally verted down am! although n > deliale
was allti'wed upoBtl-ein tho commission was the
scene of a good deal of confusion. Fiuully
ibo bill was l eported-to the-House «ud passed
—y tas, 1S2; nays, 10. It provides for the es
tablislimoiit of a bureau of labor *lat.i«t,i"J. in
cbaipe of a commissioner, at a salary of 83500,
who shall acquire all useful information upon
tbe subject of labor, its relation to<
and#e means of promoting lb
cM, ItMlfcetael and mcfsP
lsborhig meB and women.
to employ such employee as _
for the successful working of the bur
slialli
vldei
ier t
employes es may bo ue
, ul workingnf tie 1
led the total expense shall not<
annum.
FOXiITICAI. POINTS.
Republican Convention* In Ohlo--l»rlft of Pvllt-
ic&l ftciitlment for lllaino.
Cikcinnatj, April 19.—Primary olectlo
were held in Hamilton county to-night to sa- , , .
Icot fiity-elght delegates to tho Cleveland Re- . |
publican Klato convention, to nominate state 1
officers, a t)d also delegates to the State con-
vention. The Commercial Gazette, at mid-
night, ' has reports of thirty-six dole
classified thus: For Arthur,
Sherman, with Blaine second cho ,,
IS; Blaine, with Sherman second choice, 4; un- >*
•known, 4. ' A■
County conventions, held In the State for •
similar purpose, as far as reported up ty mid-
night, were mostly for Blaine.
Delegates from New York,
t'.K«w Yo
gressional i
To tbe CUtcagO ]
Sixth <li»tri,ct—John J. O'Brien,, John It
Brady; Seventh district—John D. Ltweon,
Charles N. Tain ter; Eighth district—Robert
G. MeCord, John Collins; Ninth dis-
trict—George Hilllard, Jacob- M. Patterson:
Tenth Ilistriet—Michael Cregan and T
Biglin; Eleventh District—John R. L\
Anton McCook: Twelfth District— E
®*«ak"!fed^£3'ja,r. _
Tbe ninth assembly dUtHct bolted tbe Sixth
Congressional District oonvention and nonil-
named ana Mr. McCooke, In the eleventh
trlct, are alone claimed as antt-Arthar,-
the rest are Arthur men.
for Blaine and Lincoln.
St. Louis, April 19.—Reports from i
twenty Repttbllcsn County convonflonr
In Kansas to-day to ofcoose delegates I
gresstonliL'(District and.State conve
be held next week to elect delegates b
tional convention at OW6*go, snow thai when-
ever presidential preferences were expressed,
they were generally for Blaine and Lincoln,
although Logon bee moanr ftMftdfc i
Wea» Virginia Repal»Uru>. .r
CHARt*8T0ir, W. Vi., April 19.—The ®e-' ' •
publican county convention met to-day to send
delegates to tbe Republican State convention
at MartinsMSI'tf- Influential delegates fronj
tbe county say they are for B
first, lest and- all, tbe timet
press correspondent can learn front;
politician* the state delegates will be
ed for Blaine and Lincoln.
Delegate* to Chteag*.
Cleveland) O., April 19.-—The Republicans
of the Twenty-flrst (tbe Cleveland) district to-
day elected for delegates to Chicago: A. C.
Hord and Edwin Cowles; they arh for Blaine,
but are uninstructed.
"" TIMen InilorseJ.'
Keokuk, la., April 19.—Resolutions Indors-
ing Tilden for president were adopted by the
Lee Coonty Democratic convention to-day.
Favored the Old Ticket.
Iowa ClTT, la., April 19.—The Democratio
County convention was a stormy affair to-day.
Resolutions favoring the nomination of Tilden
were withdrawn, although the convention
largely favored the old ticket. *'
SVAIM'S BXPLANATIGIT.
The Betrman Chargei-Statement to the Seesea
tary of War.
Washington, April 19.—The letter of Mr.
A. Eateman to the secretary of war prater-
ring charges against General Swaim, which
had been referred to Qeneral Swaim by the
Secretary of War for' remarks and for such
application as be might desire to make, waa
returned to the secretary of war by Genorat'
Swaim with the following statement: .
Bespectfully returned to the secretary ot
war. I bad a bank account with Buteman
& Co., and, besides, I loaned them 85300 at 8
I
per rent j.interest, for which they gave ma au
instrument reading:
"Due D. G. Swaim, or order, $5000, value
received. Bateman & Co., Washington, July
15, 1882."
1 his is a negotiable promisory note accord-
ing to all authorities on the subject, aud i
transfeired in due course of busiueits and pay
ment demanded, but refused. Bateman & C
claimed a set-off to the note,
correctness of which I denied.
I endeavored to effect a settlement
with them, or to refer the matter to an arbi-
trator, but without effect. The note was put
in suit, but they now agree to refer the whole
subject to arbitration, and with that view the
suit has been withdrawn. The note (or doe
bill as it is incorrectly termed) is now in pos-
session of Bright, Humphrey & Co., indorsera
thereof. In regard to fraudulent pay-vouchers,
the facts are as follows: Lieutenant-Colonel A.
P. Morrow—at the time a member of General
Shei men's staff aud a comparative stranger to
me—came to my office in company with au-
• other officer, ana requested me to advance him
several months pay on his pay accounts. I
told him I did not do that kind of business,
but, in a friendly way, referred bim to brokers
in the city doing sueb business, nud named
Bateman &Co. with others. I may have given
him a note of instruction to that firm. I did
not know for some time, afterward that Bate-
man & Co. had advanced money, to Colonel
Morrow ou tils pay account. It will be seen,
that Ihad, no connection or interest iu these
pay . .sccounts whatever, and aU. I .did ,
was the friendly act of iutroduMjjg
a brother officer to those win
were in tbe habit of doing what I could nit*
do for bfm. I have no knowledge of any r "
ray account, transaction with Bateman SC <
The' only request I have to make is that t
statement rney receive' the same prompt pi
tho within false accusation
licity that
Ceived.
re-
Wi
CXtXXVTXSS AND 0A8tIALT X BS»
Defaulter Returned. ,
PrrTBiraltan, April 19.—R. H. Turner, de-
faulting ticket ngent of the Panhandle and'
Cleveland and Pittsburgh railways at Minga
Junction, O., has returned from Canada,
where he fled with some $10,000 Vieloqging.. to
tbe Pennsylvania company. He comes back
of his ow n free will, and Intends effecting a
compromise with tho railway officials by re-
turning the bonds, etc.
Inveitltealing the Police. - ■/"
New Yobk, April 19.—In the legislative In-
quiry into the police department and lottery
business to-day, F. A. Luthy, instrumental-la
breaking up the Simmous party, boasted he
used the district attorney's office to serve his
spite against Simmons. Lutny, on the stand,
called in a loud tone for a gloss of water,
ostentatiously gave the waiter a quarter, and
drank to Chairman Roosevelt's health. He
informed Roosevelt he intended to "shoot hie
white neck-tic, for when he wore it he was
trken for a sucker." He admitted he charged
8iirm< ns for " sums paid to the police," which
he pocketed himself.
Unraveling the Mystery.
Buffalo, N. Y., April 19.—A. J. Lucas,
chief of the detective force on the Paoiffo
ct ast, is at Niagara Falls, believed to be en-
reged in unraveling tbe mystery of the Pear-
tcns-Vedder affair. Lucas's opinion is that
Teai sous strangled Vedder, threw'htm over
the falls, and then deliberately removed his
own clcthing and shot himself. No traces have
jet leen found of the body. Vedder's rela-
tives are stationed on tho Canada shore, and
at intervals fire a cannon over tho water.
Itnningcd t»y lining.
Nl.w Ohlkanh, April 19.—The Times-Demo-
crat Mocon (Miss.) special says the uioafc dam-
ping lain slorms ever known here occurred
to-day, accompanied by lightning and bail
Great damage to crops by washing of lauds,
stock ul owned and also killed by lightuing.
iiidkiuii'iils Found.
C"n/r.t.KBTOK, K. Ci, April 19.—In the United
States Court to-day additional indictments
w i re fennel against ex-United States ilarsbal
Blythe.
IV«W Hank al Sliermau.
"™Tv Asmxt.TON, April 19.—The comptroller of
the currency has nuthorlzed the Merchant's
and Plenter's national bank of Mliorman,
Texas, to begin business—capital $100,005,
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