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INDICATIONS.
Washington, May It.—tfor Eastern Texas:
Fair, preceded by showers to-night and in early
morning on eastern gulf coast; variable winds.
WEATHER SYNOPSIS-FORECAST.
Galveston, May 14.—The following daily
synopsis of tho weather and local forecast are
furnished by tho official in charge of tho
United States weather bureau at this place:
Tho barometer is below 30 in all parts of
the country to-night, except over northern
Minnesota, whore it is about 80 inches.
The lowest pressure is over Texas and a
trough of low pressure extends from Texas
northeast to the lower lakes, with higher
pressure over tho southeastern and northwest-
ern portions of the country.
Cloudy weather and rain prevail ovor tho
central and western portions of the ootton
belt.
Tho temperature is low over the central por-
tions of the cotton bolt and is about uormal
over other portions of the country.
local fohecast.
Galveston, May 14.—Local forecast for
Texas oast of the 100th meridian for twonty-
four hours onding at 12 midnight, May 15:
Fair, preceded by showers over the east por-
tion of tho coast district to-night and in oarly
morning; slight change in temperature,
galveston temfeitatuee.
As obtained from tho weather bureau, the
maximum temperature of Galveston yester-
day was 77 degrees; the minimum tompora-
turo was 70 degrees.
Weather Bulletin.
Galveston, May 14.—The following weath-
er bureau stations report current temperatu re
to-night at 8 o'clock, 75th meridian time, as
follows:
Abilene, Tex., 80; Amarillo, Tex., 84; At-
lanta, Ga., 50; Bismarck, N. D., 56; Cairo.
Iir., 70; Charlotte, N. C., 72; Chicago, 111., 54;
Cincinnati, O., 68; Corpus Christi, Tex., 72;
Denver, Col., 68; I)odgo City, Kan., 68; Da-
venport, la., —; Fort Smith, Ark., 60; El
Paso, Tex., 74; Dubuque, la., —; Galveston,
Tex.. 70; Jacksonville, Fla., 80; Kansas City,
Mo., 72; Little Rock, Ark., 68; Memphis,
Tenn., 70: Miles City, Mont., 70; Montgom-
ery, Ala., 72; Nashville, Tenn., 76; New Or-
leans, La., 72; North Platto, Neb., 68;
Omaha, Neb., 74; Palestine, Tex., 64: Pitts-
burg, Pa., 60; San Antonio, Tex., i0; Shrovo-
£ort, La., 66; St. Vincont, Minn.. 50; St.
iouis, Mo., 66; St. Paul, Minn., 60; Vicks-
burg, Miss., 66; Oklahoma City, Ok., 64.
Rainfall: Abilene, Tex., .02; Amarillo,Tex.,
.0-4; Chicago, HI., .08: Corpus Christi, Tex.,
1.74: Dodge City, Kan., trace; Fort Smith,
Ark, .10; Galvostou, Tex., .28; Kansas City,
Mo., .02; Little Rock, Ark., .26; Memphis,
Tenn., trace; New Orleans, La., .02; Pales-
tine, Tex., .72; Pittsburg, Pa., traco; San An-
tonio, Tex.,. .72; Shrovoport, La., .42; St.
Louis, Mo., .78; Vicksburg, Miss., .24.
Texas Cotton Region Ilulletln.
For the twonty-four hours ondiug at 6 p. m.,
75th meridian time, May 14: Galveston,
maximum temperature 77, minimum tompora-
ture 73, rainfall .10; Abileno,80,60,1.60; Bolton,
70, 52,1.07; Brenham, 76. 66, .31; Corsicaua,
76, 66, 1.44; Columbia, 80, 72, .30: Cuoro, 80,
68, .58; Dallas. —, —,.—; Hoarno, 84, 68, 1.00;
Houston*; 74, 72, 1.39: Huutsvillo, 80, 68, 1.05;
Longviow, 82, 66, 1.03; Luliny, 76, 64, .02;
Orange, —, —, .41; Palestine, 74, 64, .72;
San Antonio. 86, 70, .00; Sherman, 78, 64,
.13; Tyler, 66, 58, .04; Waco, 76, 62, .8-4;
Weatherlord. —. —, —.
Means: 77.4, 66.5, .67.
VOL. LII-NO. 53.
GALVESTON. TEXAS. MONDAY. MAY 15, 1893.
ESTABLISHED 1842.
A HEGRO'S LIFE SPARED,
COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH PEN-
ALTY FOE ISAAC BliUOE.
Statement by the Governor of Eoasons for
Entertaining Doubt as to the Guilt of
Bruce—Eloquent Bimplioity.
United States Cotton Region "Bulletin.
For twenty-four hours ending 6 p. m., May
14, 1893: Atlanta, 5 stations, maximum tem-
perature 86, minimum temperature 58, rain-
fall .00; Augusta, 9, 86, 60, .00; Charleston,
6, 88, 64, .00; Galvosion, 18, 71, 66, .67;
Little Roclc, 12, 76, 62, .40; Memphis, 14,
84, 60, .T; Mobile, 9, 86, 62, .03; Montgomery,
7,88, 64, .00; Now Orleans, 8, 82, 68, .45;
Savannah, 6, 90, 64, .00; Vicksburg, 6, 86, 64,
.16; Wilmington, 9, 78, 56, T. Moans: 83.9,
62.3, .14. _
A SUBSCRIBER PIFTY YEARS~
Bastrop, Tex., May 10.—A. H. Bolo & Co.—
Gentlemon: I inclose $10 in ronewal of my
subscription to The Galveston Daily New s.
I notice that old patrons when renewmg sub-
scriptions frequently stato that thoy have
taken The News for such and such a number
of yoars, but I think that nono have montioned
bo long a torm as fifty years. I paid my first
subscription to Willard Richardson in Janu-
ary, 1843. It has been coming rogularly to
tho Bastrop postoffice for mo all those long
years except for a short time during tho war,
when it was moved to Houston and t.iore
burned out. J. C. Higgii*s.
Austin, Tex., May 14.—Following is tho
governor's memorandum and ordor reducing
tho sentence of Isauc Bruce, a convict, from
death to lifo imprisonment:
The Stato of Texas vs. Isaac Bruce.—In
many respocts this is a remarkable case. Its
gravity domands moro than ordinary notice.
Tho defendant,^a negro, was convictod in the
district court of Hill county at tho fall tornf of
1892 for tho rapo of Miss Ella Shorrill, a whito
girl, was sontencod to death, and the court of
criminal appeals, on investigation, affirmed
tho judgmont. The condemned man, Bruco,
now in tho Waxahachio jail for safo keeping,
applies to me for executive clemoncy. No ono
ropresonts him or offers assistance in his bo-
half. Tho only writton application made to
mo was by himself in an illegible hand, but of
markod simplicity and forco, as follows:
Waxahaciiib, Tex., April 11. 1893.—Mr. J. S.
Hogg -Highly honored sir: I am liore in jail and
sentenced to hang, and now 1 liavo come to you
for mercy. Dear governor, I don't think I had a
fair trial at all. I provod whore I was at every
hour in tho day and provod whore 1 was thnt
night when they said tho crime was comraittod,
and she said tho man that done it had a knife
and a pistol, and the sheriff arrested another
inun with a knife and a pistol, and he was inuddy
and wot and suited tho description the woman
gave in to a tee. And when ho was arrested ho
ran from tho officers and tried to got away. And
there was a man got on tho stand and sworo they
saw tho otlior man with the woman's fathor tho
same ovoning and thoy woro drinking whiskoy to-
gether. And thoro was a man said tho girl
shuddered when sho came in at mo, but
dear governor tho girl did not shudder when sho
como in at mo, but sho did shnddor when sho
fceon all the men standing in a row. Sho looked
up and down the row of men I was in and looked
at mo and said tho negro had on a whito shirt,
and I think sho said it was mo bocauso I had on
a white shirt. Dear govornor. you know it is
hard for me to givo up my lifo for nothing. I say
mysolf tho man that comraittod the crime ought
to bo punished for it; but I say punish tho right
man. Some of the mon that wanted to mob mo
was on my jury. Now do you think that was a
fair trial? Now, dear governor, please holt) mo
for I am no more guilty than you aro, and why
should my life be taken from me? If it was so
that God could como down horo ho would toll
you tho same. So please master lioln mo if it is
in your powor. 1 will closo. Your humble ser-
vant, Isaac Buuce.
I have obtained and carefully examined the
statement of facts on which this negro was
convicted and sontencod to be executed. No
doubt that some negro committed rape on the
young lady, Miss Ella Shorrill, at tho time
statod in the bill of indictment, and there is
no quostion that whoever did it desorves and
should receive the death penalty legally ap-
plied. Whiio it is possible that tho negro,
Bruce, may have committod tho offense I en-
tertain
serious doubts OP it.
In fact I believe it is hardly probable that he
commited the crime. Tho whole case turnB
on the question of personal identity. No one
denies that the offense was committed by
brutal and outrageous methods. **
The proof shows that a man by the name of
C. L. Shorrill with his two daughters, Ella
aged 17 and Ola aged 13, on a Sunday morn-
ing in June camped about half a mile north-
east of Hillsboro. He wont to town in tho
morning, procured whisky, drank it freely, re-
turned to tho camp, took dinner, slept an hour
or so, and on awaking returned to town, leav-
ing his two daughters alone. About sundown
of that day he started back to camp but lost
his way. He met a negro whom he got to
show him tho way. Arriving at tho camp he
ordered his oldest daughter to give the negro
something to eat, which she did. After eat-
ing his supper, consisting of a piece of beef
and bread, tho negro asked Sherrill for a
piece of tobacco. It was given to him. He
romained at the camp not longer than fifteen
minutes and departod.
Between 1 and 2 o'clock that night this same
nogro returned to the camp and by the use of
a drawn knife and pistol drove Shorrill off
and raped tho young lady. There is no ques-
tion in my mind that the negro who piloted
ShorriU homo and shared his hospitalities is
tho oryb that committed the deed. Tho night
was di\rk, the clouds heavy and lev, the light-
ning^ivid and by its flashes J^iss Ella identi-
fied/the negro. A strongor incident occurred,
ho\/ovor, that moro conclusively establishes
his' identification. Before driving Sherrill
from tho camp tho negro asked him for some
moro of "that tobacco." This more than the
ability of the young lady by sight in the dark,
even in the lightning's flash, to identify tho
culprit convinces mo that
the one whom they had seen
about sundown is the criminal that ravished
hor. Immediately after sho was released from
tho fiendish hands she mado her way, accom-
panied by her little sister, toward the town
and met her father with a Mr. Rogers return-
ing to their rescue. In her distress she re-
lated tho torriblo ordeal through which she
had just passed. This was between 1 and 3
! o'clock at night and the news soon became
current, intensely excitmg and completely
arousing all the people of Hillsboro. At once
sho gave the following description of the man
who had ravished her:
"A tall, black, young, negro man, but not
coal black, with very little, fuzzy mustache,
wearing dark pants with a sort of a little
whito colored stripe in them, a dark vest,
white shirt, a little, dark or bluish colored hat
with a narrow brim turned up all around, with
his hair clipped or cut vory short and closo
round behind."
Taking this description along, young Mr.
Rogers, who seemed to be hcting in co-opera-
tion with the sheriff and the other officers, be-
gan diligent search for the criminal, and in
company with Deputy Sheriff Ballard about
sunrise mado tho arrest of a negro other than
tho dofondant and promptly placed him in
jail. While on this point I quote a part of
Mr. Rogers' testimony as to this negro while
on the witness stand:
"That about sunrise witness and Deputy
Shorilf Ballard saw a negro (not dofondant)
standing in the front door of an old dance
hall in Free Town (in the edge of Hillsboro),
and, as soon as said negro saw witness and
said Ballard, ho ran around the houso; that
witness and Ballard caught him behind the
houso and arrested him and tho said nogro
was wearing dark pants and a white shirt, no
vest, a long coat, which looked like an old
overcoat, and had on his head a littlo black
crush hat, turned up all around; his pants
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
AMOSl/TEDf PURE
woro muddy and wot nearly up to his knoos
and ho had on his porson
a pistol and a knife.
"That witness thought tho negro wiion thoy
arrested him answered tho description givon
him by said Ella and Ola Sherrill. "
After placing this nogro—who, according to
Mr. Honors' opinion, suited tho description
givon by tho young lady—in jail, tho tostimony
shows that a largo crowd of excited men
gathered around it, detorininod to summarily
cxocute him. Tho wholo town and commu-
nity were in a stato of groat excitement at
tho tirno.
As Sheriff Cox was passing from tho jail to
tho public square ho noticed a nogro quietly
sitting on a horse, without a saddle but on a
sack, in front of a feed storo. He asked tho
negro what ho was doing thoro. Ho ropliod
that ho had come to got some corn to feed his
horse. Tho sheriff told him to dismount, that
ho wanted him. Tho nogro did so. Tho
sheriff placod him in charge of another nogro
standing by, and finally put him in jail. It
Booms that many arrests of negroes woro
mado that day, and that as many as eight or
ten were imprisoned on suspicion of being
tho guilty one. The negro whom tho sheriff
arrosted and took from tho bare-backed
horso was tho dofondant Isaac Bruce.
No ono disputes that at tho timo tho dofond-
ant was arrosted excitement was vory high,
and the crowd of men oxtonded from the jail
within fifty or a hundrod foet of whore Bruce
was quietly sitting when arrosted. Tho noxt
morning Shorrill aud his two daughters were
carried to the jail for tho purpose of identify-
ing tho criminal. Tho young lady and hor
littlo sistor woro admittod into tho jail first.
Ail tho negroes were
standing up in line,
and she was called upon to identify the guilty
one. In the prcscnco of a number of repu-
table gentlemen sho solected tho defendant,
and was vory positive that ho was tho one who
raped hor. Hor little sister being present
probably saw hor pick out this nogro, and sho
also was quito as positive that ho was tho ono.
Shorrill himself was then brought into tho jail,
and looking ovor the crowd of negroes stat od
in tho prosonce of witnesses that ho could
not identify the negro. While on the stand
at the trial, however, ho positively
sworo that tho defendant Bruco was.
tho ono. He explained that the reason
why1 ho did not identify him at the jail was
that ho was afraid ho would bo attached as a
witness and imprisoned until tho trial. Tho
injured girl and her littlo sister also swore
positively on tho trial that Bruco committed
the crime. Aside from this proof there was
no circumstance in the slightest way implicat-
ing him. He did not fill the description given
by the young lady to the officers. Ho had no
knife or pistol on his person when arrested.
Ho woro a white and not a dark vest all day
Sunday. Although a hard rain followed soon
after tho rape and tho ground was very
muddy, tho shoos and clothes of
Bruce when arrested at about 8
o'clock in tho morning wero dry. There was
no sign of mud on him. Ho had no mustache
or whiskers of any kind, and the proof showed
by himself, and it was not controverted, that
ho did not use tobacco at all. Iudeod, I have
examined closoly to find a single feature in tho
wholo case that would criminate him, and have
failed, except as to the positive uncorroborated
proof of the three witnesses. The young'lady
evidently believed without doubt that ho was
the offender. The young girl may havo been
led into this belief by tho positive declarations
of her older sistor.
the father denied knowing bruce
when ho saw him in the jail He had the best
opportunity of knowing the negro that went
with him to the camp and ovidently raped his
daughter that night.
There is another circumstanco worthy of
mention here: Sherrill sworo that while
drinking in town that morning he found his
way to the camp all right, but that on his re-
turn to the camp that ovoning, when he lost
his way aod could not find tho camp, he was
strictly sober and had not been drinking. His
daughter swore, however, that when ho re-
turned to the camp with the nogro ho was
drinking. Evidently ho was drunk when ho
lost his way and got the negro to show him to
the camp. Nothing occurrod while the
negro remained that fifteen minutes at
tho camp to indolibly impress his features
upon either of the girls. He ate tho boof and
bread; asked foe tobacco, which was given
him, and left. This was about sundown on
Sunday evening. The girls sworo that when
tho rnpo was committed it was vory dark, but
they recognized tho nogro who committed the
deed by the llash of lightning. They wero all
very much alarmed when they discovered a
man standing there with a knifo and pistol
drawn. Their excitement did not abato for
sovoral hours. If the defendant is to bo exe-
cuted, it will be upon tho testimony of these
three poople, who had no other opportunities
than the ones described of knowing him.
If there wore no other proof whatever in
this case, is it clear beyond n reasonable
doubt to the mind of any impartial man that
Bruco committed this rape? Sum up tho
facts and incidents that wero proven by tho
dofonse on the trial and consider
them also. The defendant showed
that ho lived at West, in MoLon-
nan county. That on Friday evening in J une,
two days before the crime was committed, ho
left his homo in company with a negro man
and wife to attend an emancipation celebra-
tion at Hillsboro on Saturday, the next day.
That the throe put up with friends, A. Flour-
noy and wife, about half a mile south of the
Hillsboro court house, where they stayed from
friday night until monday morning.
Ho proved by Flournoy and wifo and his other
two friends who accompanied him thoro that
on Sunday morning in their company ho at-
tended Sunday school. That thoy attended
churah that day at noon and roturnod to
Flournoy's house after preaching and took
dinnor. That in the afternoon thoy wont back
to church, and aftor services returned to
Flournoy's house, where thoy remained to-
gether until aftor suppor about 8 o'clock.
That throughout tho whole day they
and others wore together from morning
until after night. That after eating suppor
Bruce went to Walker's hotel and carried "his
ijirl to and from preaching that night. That
mmediatoly after preaching, between 11 and
12 o'clock, ho returned to Flournoy's, and
later on went to bed. He was aroused next
morning about 7 o'clock and was sent to town
to got corn with which to feed tho horses of
himself and friends. Whilo on this mission,
having a sack with him, without a saddle,
sitting on horseback in front of the feed store
silently witnessing the commotion in and
around the jail, ho was arrested by tho sheriff.
On tho trial of tho case, besides proving this
alibi by his associates, who woro tho best wit-
nesses at his command and tho only ones upon
whom he could call by reason of his circum-
stances in lifo to establish his whereabouts, ho
aiso proved by two whito men from West who
had known him long that he bore a good
character in the community where ho livod.
Not ono of his witnesses was impeached, nor
their veracity questioned in any way. Their
testimony iu many rospocts was strongly cor-
roborated by other wituessos in and around
tho town. Therowas no proof or circumstanco
showing that ho had oither a knife or a
pistol. Ho woro a whito vost, did not chow
tobacco, nor had ho any beard at any timo.
Tho negro that committed tho deed woro a
dark vest, had a fuzzy mustacho, had a pistol
and knifo and also chewed tobacco. The
deputy shoriff arrested
a neoro filling this description
much hotter than Bruco and ho had a knifo
and pistol on his person and was wet and
muddy up to his Knees, Ho in no way ac-
counted for himsolf, On Booing tho approach
of tho two mon this wet negro ran and was
urrested. lie was the first one thoy put in jail,
ami was tho ono whom tho excited citizens
soomed bont on executing at the timo of tho
defendant's arrest. The defendant mado no
attempt to floo, but seemed surprised that
they wanted him for any purpose. So strong
was tho sheriff's opinion that the first negro
arrostod and whoso foet and legs were muddy,
and who was in chnrgo of a pistol and
knifo and whom tho deputy thought
filled tho description, was in fact tho
criminal, that he k nt him in custody
hi tho jail of another county for ovor
n month nftor the Shorrill family hail irlonti-
flod Bruco. It is my opinion that tho shoriff
thought, and now boliovos, that tho last do-
scribed nogro was tho guilty party. He wh*
a stranger in tho community, was arrosted nt
au outhouse about sunrise nnd gave no ac-
count of himsolf. Bruco horo a good reputa-
tion, was surrounded by good moral inllu-
cncos, was not shown to hiivo boen in pos-
session of a knifo or pistol at any timo and
the fact that ho was standing quietly in tho
midst of a largo crowd of whito men soeking
to avenge tho crime of rape on au innocent
girl while ho had full opportunity of escapo
oil horseback, convinces mo that in his heart
ho felt Becuro as an innocent man.
I am not prepared now to grant him a full
pardou, but under all the circumstances will
not permit his execution, but siinll sparo his
lifo ana await futuro developments. His son.
tenco is therefore commuted to a life term in
tho stato penitentiary, nnd his transportation
from tho Ellis county jail to that institution is
therefore hereby ordored. J. S. Hooo,
Govornor.
Governor Hogg Commuted a Sentence.
Waxaiiacuik, Tex., May 11.—Iko Bruoo, tho
Ilill county nocrro who was to havo been
liangou at Hillsboro next Friday for a crim-
inal assault on Ella Sherrill, has succeeded
in enlisting oxecutivotloui.jncy and instoad of
hanging ho was carriod from hero to-day to
tho penitentiary, Governor Hogg having coin-
muted his sentence to a lifo term. No ono
horo dreamed of this turn in tho ease until
Contractor lleeves arrived this morning nt tho
jail nnd presented tho governor's order
to Sheriff Meredith. Ilruco himself
was overjoyed and wetat away smiling, At-
tachod to Govornor Hogg'-i proclamation of
clomency was a copy of a lottor writton by
tho condemned man strongly assorting his in-
nocence of the crime and pleading that his
life bo not taken from him for tho criino of
another. Ho referred to another suspicious
negro and ascribod tho criino to him. Ho as-
sured tho govornor that the guilty man should
be punished. Governor Hogg refers to peti-
tions for commutation sent up from Hill coun-
ty and intimates that he bolievos tho negro
innoeont but in tho absoneo of more positivo
proofs ho doclinos to grant him absolute par-
don.
Elglit Foot Ilise in tlin Colorado.
Austin, Tex., May 14.—There is an 8-foot
riso coming down tho rivor und wator will run
ovor Austin's C0-foot dam Monday night or
Tuesday.
Palestine Ponoillngs.
Palestine, Tox., May 14.-Tho grand jury
for the presont term of tho district court ad-
journed yosterday for gool. having nothing
more bofore them for investigation.
Mr. P. K. Baker, agent of tho telophono
company at Dallas, has beon hero two days
talking to the business men about establish-
ing a toloohono system in this oity. Mr.
Bakor has met with eoi-'iderable encourage-
ment in the matter, and ins probabilities are
that Palestine will beforo many weeks havo
passed be in telophono connection with tho
outside world.
The particular business that brought to this
place two lawyers of Dallas, Colonel VV. N.
Cruwford and Mr. J. C. O'Counor, has not
been mado known to tho public. Thoy re-
mained here all day yesterday, and in a casual,
matter-of-fact way interviewed a numborof
leading citizens, but whether for tho purpose
of pnving the way for tho Texas Trunk road
to Palestine, or to induco the peopio to tako
stock in tho Trinity river navigation company,
it was difficult to decido, perhaps for both
purposos, for the two gentlemen woro enthusi-
astic for both enterprises and believe in their
ultimate and oarly completion,
Prisoners Escape.
Boerne, Tex., May 13.—Tho Boernoites were
startled Thursday morning by tho escapo of
threo prisoners from tho county jail. Only a
week ago district court was held nnd Harry
Chesoman, an English bov,' on a charge of
burglary, was sent to tho penitentiary for two
years; also Frank Bishop, on a charge of
cattlo theft^ was sent for livo years, and II. H.
Toeporwein was incarcerated on a charge of
cattle thoft and blotching Drands. These
threo prisonors made a successful escape.
They ovidently had in their possession a Hie,
with which they sawed two bars of the cago,
making an aporaturo of about 8x12 inches,
through which they thrust their bodies. Thoy
then cut tho cement floor nnd the iron ceiling
of the room below. This done, thoy tiod one
of their blankets to a stanchion of one of tho
windows of the cage room and lowered them-
selves down and got out by lifting ono of tho
lower windows. In the early part of tho nigiit
thoy kept up quite a rackut singing and shout-
ing, no doubt to drown the noise of thoir
escape proceedings. The messenger from
Huntsvillo was daily expected, but now his
services will not bo required.
Young Lady Accidentally Killed.
Gainesville, Tox., May 14.—A shocking ac-
cident occurrod near Era, twelve milos south-
west of Gainosvillo yosterday evening. A party
of young peopio woro out on Spring creek
hunting and fishing when Miss Amanda Hal-
lott, daughtor at Mr. L. I'. Hallett, was shot
and killed by S. F. Bottoms, son of another
farmer. Bottoms was loading a 22-calibor
target rifle whon it accidentally flrod, the ball
entering tho left side of ; ho youug lady. At
the crack of tho gun Miss Hallett exclaimed
"O, my God 1" aud fell dead. Young Bottoms
was recently appointed by Congressman
Bailey a cadet to West Point.
During the Christmas festivities of 1891 Mr.
Hallett had a son killed by the explosion of a
piece of gas pipe some boys had loadod with
powder.
Webb Kidd's Wound Bad,
Emma, Crosby Co., Tex., May 14.—Addi-
tional particulars show that Webb Kidd, who
was shot on Monday ovoning, was shot bohind
and below tho right shouhlor, ranging down-
ward and lodging in tho muscles of tho back
under the loft shoulder, grazing tho backbono.
Mr. Kidd is not doing well and may not livo.
Tho ball was extracted.
Mr. Harris who shot him gavo himsolf up
nnd stood his trial und was placed under bond
of $500 to await tho action of tho grand jury.
Tho tostimony brought out tho fact that
Harris was in his buggy when Kidd met him
nnd began to abuso him. Kidd was on hoi^o-
back and reached over and jerked Harris'
whip from its socket and hit him over tho
head w;ith it, whereupon Harris shot him.
A Lady Died of Grief.
San Antonio, Tex., May 14.—Tho body of a
Mexican was found near Juno, fifty miles
Bouth of San Angelo, with his skull fractured.
Thoro was nothing to bo found that would
load to his identity.
Mrs. ,J. W. Kiggsdied here last night from
grief over tho loss of hor husband twenty-four
hours bofore, who dropped dead as ho entered
his front door from heart disease.
THE FINANCIAL REVIEW.
PERSISTENT HUMOR MONGERS AT-
TACKING BACKS' CREDIT.
Business of the Country Beginning to Feel
the Strain—Heavy Receipts of Legal
Tenders in New York.
New York, May 14.—Though the strain
upon Wall stroot this wook has not beon as
groat as during tho six procoding businoas
days, it had, novortholoHS, boen sufficiently
intonso to cause a good deal of anxiety. Tho
declino in prices has been moro general than
lust week and has beon moro pronouncod in
tho railway sharo list han in the industrials
stocks. Still there has boon furthor liquida-
tion in that group, which has loft all members
of it, except sugar, materially lower than a
wook ago. Tho street is to bo congratulated
that it has not to make any confossious of any
insolvency this week, though a groat number
havo beon made throughout tho country.
It is not owing to a lack of industry on the
part of a cortain element in Wall street that
catastrophes havo not occurred, for rarely if
over havo tho rumor mongers beon so per-
sistent and outspoken in attacking the credit
of sovoral of tho oldest, largost and most
widely known houses reported on the stock
exchango. Ono firm in particular has boon
most maliciously persecuted, until Saturday
its friends both in tho stock oxchango and in
banking circles who aro cognizant of its af-
fairs advisod it to attempt to silenco current
attacks upon its credit by a formal statomont
to tho stock oxchango.
Thoadvico was taken but unfortunately tho
reassuring lottor of tho firm did not reach tho
chairman of tho oxchango until a fow minutes
boforo tho closing of business and whon tho
lottor was read tho market was
excited and demoralized.
In consequence many habitues of tho board
room did not hear tho tenor of the letter but
caught tho name of the writor and jumped to
tho conclusion that it was a notice of suspen-
sion, instead of a communication intended to
allay tho apprehensions of the stroet. Ono of
the nows agoncies in its anxiety to distanco its
competitors in the publication of nows, dis-
soiuinated a definite statement'to tho effoct
that the firm referred to had suspended. This
was deplorable, yet it may sorvo to illustrate
tho irrosponsibio manner in which Wall street
is furnished with what purports to bo nows,
and it may result in a correction of the morals
of tho stroet in tho manner of attacking and
damaging reputations.
Tho list of suspensions by institutions and
assignments by Arms and individuals this week
iB a long ono. As foreshadowed in this column
a week ago, tho effects of the operation of tho
Sherman silver law have reached a point
whore ovory weak and raismanagod business
concern is almost cortain to yield to tho pros-
suro which the business of the entire country
is beginning to feol. If that were tho only re-
sult of Senator Sherman's compromise act,
tho country could look on with equanimity,
but unfortunately, as long as business is con-
ducted moro largoly on credit than a cash
basis, meritorious and well managed enter-
prises aro compelled to suffer as well as those
that, do not belong to that category. In addi-
tion to domestic troubles, the stock market
this weok has rellectod
fresh financial disturbance ahead.
Tho London market for securities having
passed through the collapse of its industrial
crash and a frightful reaction from its infatu-
ation for South American enterprises has now
reached the period of retribution for its over-
speculation in African and Australian
schemes. In consequence the London money
market has become active and as usual for
somo years past the foreigners have turned to
this country with its hetoorogoneous money
system for the means to fortify themselvoa
ngainst furthor disaster. In other words Lon-
don, in spito of the low range of prices for
American railway securities, is now selling in
this markot tho stocks it recently bought, an
operation that, in connection with an adverse
trade balance, is almost certain to rosult in a
heavy elllux of gold in the near futuro.
This condition of alfairs ought to convince
tho most dogmatic theorists who havo advo-
cated a sale of government bonds abroad to
roplonish tho treasury gold resorvo of 1110 fal-
lacy of their viows.
Of the market in detail this wook it is hard-
ly necessary to speak. The course of prices
is still so vividly bofore everyone interested
in the stock market that it would seem like
reopening a wound
that has not yet begun to hoal to attompt an
analysis of tho serious shrinkage of values.
Saturday's markot was only fairly active but
woak throughout and thfo net doclines woro
out of all proportion to the transactions. The
heaviest trading was in the granger stocks,
sugar, Chicago gas and distilling and cattle
fooding, and they also sustained the greatest
net losses whioh averaged about 2% per cent.
Mauhattan railway closed 4% por cent
lower than Friday. Chicago was a conspicuous
soilor of stocks, presumably bocause of ru-
mors of impending disasters in the west and
northwest. Its sales woro supplemented by
local liquidation and also by sharp attacks
against the granger stocks by two or three of
tho larger room traders.
Tho weekly statomont of tho averages of
tho associated banks shows a further increaso
in their surplus reserve of nearly $5,000,000,
bringing them up to $17,750,000. This result
was brought about by heavy receipts of legal
tenders from the interior and moderate im-
ports of specie from Canada, which increased
the banks' supply of lawful money over
$5,000,000. In tho deposits this incroaso was
virtually offset by withdrawals to liquidate
loans. Tho closing of the market was weak at
about tho lowest prices.
Cuban Exiles Still Hone.
Key West, Fla., May 14.— Advices from
Cuba to tho insurgents here bid them not to
despair or givo up hope. The province of St.
Iago is virtually hold by the insurgents, and
thoy can not bo dislodged. The Cubans to-
night had a parade and speech making. It
was stated 1500 of tho 3000 men in line woro
ready to ombark for Cuba. The Mascotto
arrived at 8 p. m. Sho brings news of raids
in the province of Havana by revolutionists,
notwithstanding the report of tho Spanish
authorities that overythiug is quiet. Tho fed-
eral officials hero havo reliable information
that there aro largo quantities of arms and
ammunition stored on this island, destined
for the Cuban insurgonts. Every precaution
wiil bo takon to prevent the shipment. Gen-
eral Marti, it is said, has collected $15,000
sinco last Monday in this city for tho Cuban
cause.
Smith of Vinton Not Guilty.
Vinton, la., May 14.—Tho Smith murdor
case, which occupied throe weoks, terminated
to-day by tho jury rendering a verdict of not
gui:ty. Tho homicide was tho result of tho
murdorod man's (lJerry) alleged intimacy
with Smith's wife. Tho case attractod great
intorost in this soction, and tho exciteniont
was intense when the verdict was rendered.
tho poople applauding in Hpito of the judge's
protont. Tho judge ordored the arrest of tho
murdered man's fathor for insulting tho jury
as thoy passed out, and reprimanded him.
DAMAGE BY FLOODS.
Report of General Overflow From Ish-
Demtng, Mich.
Detroit, Mich., May 14.—Tho Tribune's
Ishpommg, Mich., spocial says: Damage
from Hooded rivors is reported from nearly
ovory point in the upper peninsula. Tho Dead
rivor at Marquotte, Ontonagon, Sturgeon,
Cassols and othor streams aro over th6ir
banks and carrying away bridgos and adja-
cent buildings. Thoro was an average of
throo foet of snow in tho woods a weok ago,
and tho hot sun of tho first four days of this
week caused a heavy thaw. The weathor has
beon cooler tho past thirty-six hours, and a
lowering of tho Hooded stroams is hopod for.
Flood ut Ituflulo Gap.
Aijilene, Tex., May 14,—County Commis-
sioner Robert C, Lyon of Buffalo Gap camo
in from his homo to-day and reported a tor-
riblo flood in tho town of Buffalo Gap and tho
surrounding country on Thursday. Mr. Lyon
says a waterspout struck tho mountains and
tho wator rushed through tho streets iu groat
rolls, flooding everything and driving the resi-
dents from their houses to the hills for safety,
1 ho women and children wero hastily put in
vehicles, whilo the mon and boys mado thoir
escapo on horseback.
Tho families of Messrs. Costephons and
Whito mado very narrow escapes, whilo ono
man whoso namo could not be learned was
foutid by a rescuing party up to his arm pits
holding his littlo boy on his shoulders and
clinging to a post. No livos were lost and tho
dumago to property will bo comparativoly
small, as tho wator soon subsided.
Now Omvjihao nt Brooks' Mill.
Greenville, Miss., May 14.—The breaking
in of the lovoo at Lakoport Thursday morning
last was followod by auothor at Brooks' mill,
throe milos below, on tho Arkansas sido of the
rivor. At 7 a. m. the crovasso was about 200
foot wide and gradually spreading. Tho
wator will take the samo course as that takan
by tho water from tho Lakoport crovasso, and
do little damogo save to add to tho volume of
wator flowing ovor tho country.
Tho Lakoport crevasse this morning widened
to over G00 foot and the country around is
now all inundated. Tho rise in the rivor
reached 2 feet 10 inches tho past twonty-four
hours. Ram has boen falling, and it now ap-
pears as if it would contmuo to-night.
Tho Lakeport Crevasse.
Vicksburg, Miss., May 14.—Colonel John
S. Boatner of East Carroll parish, who loft
the crovasso near Lakeport at 2 p. m., having
crossed tho rivor and boarded a Valloy route
train, arrived here this evening. Ho estirnato
tho width of tho crovasso at fully 450 feet and
thinks it is about twenty foot doep in the cen-
ter. The current through it is very swift,oven
tearing up trees in its course. Nothing is be-
ing done to hold the end of the levee, on-
gineors considering it useless.
COMMERCIAL MATTERS.
A KlHHimpe itank.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 14.—A Kissimeo
special says: Much to the surpriso of every-
body, tho following notice appeared on the
door of the Kissimee City bank last evening:
"This bank is closed until further notice by
virtue of deed of assignment this day executed
and recorded in the clerk's office of Osceola
county. George R. Newell, Assignoe."
A short timo later the following notice was
also placed on tho door: "Under and by vir-
tue of cortain writs of attachments in my
hands I have lovied upon this building and its
contents and this lot on which it stands, to sat-
isfy creditors. P. J. W. Miller, Shoriff."
It is rumored on tho streots that tho liabil-
ities aro about $75,000 and assets $10,000. The
cause of the suspension was slow collections
and gonoral tightness of money.
Mnrlln Jail Contract.
Marlin, Tex., May 14.—Tho contract -for
building the annex to the jail was yesterday
evening awarded to the Pauly jail building
and manufacturing company of St. Louis,
Mo., represented by Messrs. Coffey & Young-
blood. Their bid was $3693.
Who Owns the New York Herald P
New York, May 14.—A morning paper to-
day publishos tho following: Thero were re-
ports in circulation last night that the Herald
was no longer the sole property of Mr. Jainos
Gordon Bonnott. Color was givon to tho ro-
port by tho fact that for tho first time sinco
Mr. James Gordon Bennett inherited tho
editorship and proprietorship of the paper
from his father his namo did not appear at
tho head of tho editorial oago of the paper.
For some months past reports havo boo* in
circulation that John W. Mackay, the Cali-
fornia bonanza king, has advanced largo
sums of inonoy to Mr. Bonuett and as security
he had taken a mortgage on the plant of tho
Herald. The loans, it is said, woro advanced
to cover losses in connection with the estab-
lishment of tho Mackay-Bennett cable and
losses sustained by Mr. Bennett's European
edition of his papor in Paris and London.
Mr. Bonnett cume ovor to this country last
wook and yestorday ho sailed for Europe
again. William C. Reicko, city editor of tho
Herald, accompaniod him. Simultaneously
with his doparturo for Europe his name dis-
appeared from the editorial pago.
I'ist Fight Between Cadets.
West Point, N. Y., May 14.—A duel with
fists which lasted twenty-three minutes and
forty-five seconds took place in an inclosuro
of old Fort Clinton at an early hour this morn-
ing between two embryo soldiers. Cadets Dil-
laway of Boston, a mornber of tho third class,
aud Nolan of the fourth class decided to settle
a dispute by resorting to pugilism. It was a
rattling mill and in the eighth round Dillaway
got a knock-out blow. Ho failed to como to
time and his seconds threw up tho sponge.
Th6 Gunboat Alliance.
San Francisco, May 14.—The United
States steamship Alliance, for Nicaragua, only
went as far as San Pablo when some of hor
valves began leaking badly and sho was com-
pelled to return to Maro island navy yard.
Sho will make another start to-night.
Askod for Pay and No Work.
Cleveland, O., May 13.—Tho union moldors
of this city have asked for half-holiday on Sat-
urday with no reduction in pay- The foundry-
mon refused to grant tho request. Tho mold-
era will moot to-morrow and probably declare
a strike.
Could Not Agree.
San Francisco, Cal„ May 13.—Tho jury in
the caso of Wesley C. Rippoy, charged with
assault with intent to kill John W. Mackey,
was discharged this evoning, being unable to
ugroe. Tho socond trial occurs in Juno.
Elgin Items.
Elgin, Tex., May 14.—Tho Elgin lodge No.
56, Sons of Hermann, forwarded to Mayor
Graves of Cisco $10 for the Cisco sufferers.
Tho only child of Waiter Cams of this place
died yestorday.
Cheap Whiskies
1000 BARRELS, SPRING, 1890,
Whisky, fall Throo your* old; mnit bo sold at
a oHrunin an the 90 contu ifOTornmont tax ia
now duo. Write for brutidu. prices and to rum.
Wm. B. KINO & CO.
Wholesale Liquor and Cigar Dealers,
HOUSTON TEXAS
DOWN TO r^rri!]:qnH.
ACCIDENT IN 0ALr' .'ET AND HEOLA
MINE FATAL TO TEN.
The Oago Hoisted, a Broken Coupling Pin
and All Was Over for the Tim-
bermen.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 14.—A Houghton
spocial sayi: Ton timberinon wero dashed to
pieces in the Red Jacket perpendicular shaft
of tho Calumet and Hocla mine at noon to-
day. Tho minors were coming up in tho cago
to dinnor and tho engineer hoisted the cage
against tho timbers of tho shaft. The coup-
ling pin broke and tho mon and cage woro
dashod downward ovor 3000 foot to the bot-
tom, Tho namos of tho killed are: Alloa
Cameron, .Tamos Cocking, Joseph Popo, John
Odgors, John Hicks, Andrew Edno, Robert
Wuopia, Michaol Lcavitto, James Trevni,
Con S. Sullivan. Thousands of poople wero
around tho shaft all day. No inquest has
boen hold yet.
Tho mon wero aboard a skip usod in hoist-
ing rock and when tho load of human freight
reached the surface the engineer did not stop
in timo, but sont it to tho top of the derrick,
whon it broke loose and went back with a
crash to tho bottom of tho shaft.
Thoro was no way of roaching the bottom
nor gotting the dead mon out except by going
through anothor shaft half a mile away, so ifc
was noariy throo hours beforo tho true stato of
affairs could be ascertained and it will bo
toward morning beforo tho bodies can be
brought to the surface. It is neceseary to
hoist thorn 550 foot by ropes to roach the level
of tho next ahaft, thon to bo carriod nearly
half a milo through drifts and then hoisted by
a man car.
Tho wifo of Popo was standing in the shaft
houso with hor husband's dinner when tho
terrible accident occurrod. Twolve went down
this morning, but ono of them was attacked
by sickness and was sent up, accompanied by
one of his comrades.
The coroner and a jury aro now making an
investigation.
Whon a Paris restauranteur died ho left a
will stipulating that tho epitaph on his tomb-
stone should be a culinary recipe, to be ro-
newod annually.
GUIPERT BROS.'
Philadelphia Cigars.
I5REVIT0. CKEMONA,
EL MATALLO, EL ARCO,
SUM.ATRILLOS, BUI i ISM qi'EEN.
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