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iFFAIRS OF STATE
Introduces a Resolution Pro
Sing for a Public Building
at Fort Worth
rXrotiMrs Throughout iho Conn
fL Occupy lie Attention of
Many Congressmen
jtltodocMl In the Hon by Tbrock
Jjortop JUnp n < SnjrorsVoM
matters Confirmed
jnbor Trouble
Sjj lathe Gaiettc
rjjjajSOTOM March 22 As soon as
Skamllteo of agriculture is reached
JflhstMT call committees In the foe
kj turning hour tho bill authorizing a
Esjrtoirt of la > or and agriculture will
fcWd < P f ° r ra S There Is a
n tn0 labor and
4 e mHttalii ngrl
Sjtlstrcp t n a Ivca for this bill uud
thero
icpected tha will be hut little
t
airy to is through tho house
jlbor iroool 3 throughout tho coun
ire occui > yn g 110 serious attenilon of
jjmctnbi Ul particularly of the
r eornnn tee ItppnwuUtlvo Weuv
ddtoday tiar he > bmght our prs
LjKpaWleaU f mof gov rnment could
sjtiadmui I longer it the preseut condl
ml affairs tasted Ho says tho labor
jtton must no settled by legislation
ro tire < gnat monopolies that op
alabor Trie railroad tho land and
jiliroktira O monopolh s Congress can
aol the mlroad and public laud mat
wdcau correct the other by ghlug
fowl currency
fVBUC BllIDINQ AT FORT WOKTH
Hi Wellburns Mil providing for a pub
Inlldlog at Frt Worth authorizes the
cciueof a site for a building to con
kathepostofllco mid other government
Sstila the city uud carries with It nu
JrcprltUon of 75000 Tho building
Bio placed forty feet from any ndja
uUtrucfures Mr Wellboru Is quite
ideot of a favorable report from the
smlthc but expresses doubt as to Its
ittlatfle house owing to the lack of
to consider it
i xiirockmoktoxh nirx
Gov Throckmorton introduced a bill
ij to establish a commission to try
TlUua depredation claims and other
out of
fi
i wtlons arMug treaties
is commission Is to bavu power to sit
fuMujitou In tho Indian Territory or
Mtere If necessary and Its judgments
ilobc final
llKAOANs HILLS
Xr Jleagan Introduced a bill today
iJorWug tho postmastergeneral to
ist certain chums of Texas postmas
slot loss by burglary Uro or other un
iable casualties also a resolution
mdlns the l ules of the house so ns to
aire tho objection of at least two mtm
itoprevent action by the house on
Bitter requiring unanimous consent
Is a sling at Mr Ileach of New
Attho r llglausly objects to tho con
luitionof unv matter by unanimous
ant lie has reuderid hlmsclt
m to thu entire houso by this pro
SAYKKS HILLS
Ir Siyers lulr idnred today a bill
tirliltig tho purcliaso of a tract of
Jocar toati nimlo for military pur
el siso lulls for tho relief of Geoigt
Soapaun and liiijamln Hendricks of
illt
A KICK KKOM HOT sriUNOS
kit Walsh nioy r of Hot Springs
I ippearert before tii 6enalu com
SMlnpntiile lauds tlds morning and
ie a protest against tho passage Of
ITOSuro n quiring the rtino > nl of tho
Uonsis fiom the government reserva
I fOSTMlSTinw CONIIKMUI
1A McMans San Slarcos Charles
Chmbers Lulingi WIey V Collins
aesi F Y Goidsborougb Euuls
Tort of Delivery nt rorfWorlli
tliltotfeOanUB
Tiwisoton March 22 Tho follow
li the test of tho bill Introduced In
tasto by Air Maxuy to cstabllch u
10f delivery at Fort Worth In tho
Of Texas
felt enackd by tho senato and liouso
WsentaUvcH of the United States of
wca In congress nstemliled that the
J I Fort Worth In tho state of Texas
tad the amu Is hereby coustltnted a
Ql delhiry and that the privileges
Mediate transportation of dutiable
ftisndlv ci ufeired by the act of Juno
333 entitled An act to amend the
tot In relation to Immediate trans
ition cf Iutiabio goods and foroihr
Wtta be and tho same aru hereby
ttded to said port and there ball bo
Jilted a urv xor of customs for faid
ttaresldn at said port who shall re
Uealary to bodotermincd In amount
I
of the treasury not es
m j8100iperaimuiu
bill was read tw Ico and referred to
J committee on comuiorCo
ut > riitn < < > nrt l > rcl l > in
Jw himkon March 22 The supreme
flcl the United Slates today rendered
K Uon on the questions sulnuUtcd to
KjJjtiioilreulUourtlntho MackliiGil
Honsplracy cas Justice Gray de
fMthoopinion of tho court HoSitd
W cxpato ot NfUon It was
en o
t Tl court upon full coiuldiw
3 ittt a crl no punlsin d < by imprlson
Iora
t < rm of i ars at hard labor
gjjJUinious crime wlihin ino mcaiilug of
to rnfiioiuint to tho constitution
J United Mates winch dedans
0 o o thall bo bold to
r fir caplinl or otherwise
Won crlntc unless on the present
of aud imiictment of tho grind
id thi r fnrit c uld uot be prose
r laf rimitloulu any court of ihe
Jbcatra on which
Jiadneiis 0t these conclusions has
iff lmpugifi la in hiibsUnce > he
< Hbe < that cano
iu submitted on
notc nvuiiu 1 ns that there was
for in tiist decision Tllorao > t
Thjlre cvi < cne < of tho vlow of con
n > hls suMtct tbe court snjs Is
oondlu the act confeirlng at tho
court
of
iho District
Columhla orjglual and c
Jurisdiction of all rffeu s
jsttho TjnlUid committed In
Stales
et ol dteiiuil capital or othor
iuous to of
J crimes thai Is say
Pie asanlls nnd batteries and all
jJWsdu eanora not punishable by
anient lu tho penitentiary an ln
crluie lu the most explicit
Iliued to be ona puntshable by
intoeut In the penitentiary Tho
question submitted by th circuit
was
j >
was answered In
tfljg gAaairihjoay wotmi tjkxah Ttresi ay march 23
Sift Mw wlmes chared
Hon A11 Ja coort Inform
lt f0 lllmJ n crlniM within the
n
nennloR
ot tho fifth article o amendment
the affirmative Tho
li tho
o the umt States for tho
h
S JM c f Jon them otherwise
° f wwnraent ofan Indictment
aeWlvc The effect of ti Is decision will
Si reiM0 no > c en < lint5 from pttnWi
ment lntTcted by the United States courts
lor tampering with vl ctlon returns but
ltnas no Hict whatever
upon the pun
1 Innicte1 by lhc 6Mcs C0Drts t
perjury
Pnn Elrctrm Inrrntlcnllon
WABniNOTov March 22 Catey Vonng
continued his testimony before the tlo
phono Investigating comralttco tod y
Ho said Gen Aiklns was not n number of
tonsressattho lime thu 1atiKlrctrto con
tract was drawn Th wlmess was a con
greasinanelect but Gen Atkins went out
on iho4th of Match 18S3 while the con
tract was < nteied into March IS Mr
Junn of ArUausas talked with the wltuess
about tho slock He asked what he
thought about exchauglng a hou u for
t to which tho witness replied
by advising him to keep his houso and
let the stock go Thoio was never a bill
Introduced by him or any of his assocl
ntos that related in the remotest denr
to tlio enterprise Van Uenthnysen wrote
to the witness aud said ho was going to
luvo tho goeminent suit brougm If he
could tin ter tho law whether Garland
belonged to tho company or not He wa >
golug to mako Garland bring thu suit
aud if Garland would not do It ho wounl
go to tho provident about It Subse
quently tho witness took Uenthuysen nud
his counsel over to Inirodm o them to thf
attorneygeneral One of the counsel
stated what he cimu for nnd Garland
said hn was Interested In tho telephone
company nnd could not talk to them
about It Tho coun el Insisted and Gar
land said Gentlemen I am tho
attorney of a telephone comptny and
cannot taik to you Van Bentliuysen
said I bavo a rlaht to have thu mt
brought 11 the law requires you to
bring tho suit I will ho that it Is
brought Garland nrld 1 can not
talk to you and tho goitlctnen retired
Tho Interview lasted about tlvo minutes
Van Ilcntbuyscii said that he would go to
the White House about It Ho did wrlta
to tho prvsldent Ho said ho was not
going to havo his rights Imperiled by
Garland or anybody else The witness
in vcr wrote a letter to or spoku a word
to Girland about the government bring
Ingsult The company he said could
never get Garland to do anything
Adjourned until Wednisday
IlUliiiftttloii of Oiir MMjorririiFrnlii
Washington Mnrch 22 It Is under
stood that MsjGen Schodeld will bc
transferred to tho division of tho Atlantic
with headquarters at New York tint
MajGen Terry will bo assigned to llio
command of tho division of Missouri
with headquarters at Chicago and that
Gin Howard will bo islwn command
of tho division of the Iiclllc with head
quarters at San Frtnclco Tho promised
transfer of Gen Schollcld is Said to be In
strict accordance with his expressed de
sire
An Ailillllou ti > tlm Will If lluuio
Washington March 22 Tho senate
committee ou public buildings nnd
grounds has authorized a favorable report
to bo made on MdrriltV bill appropriat
ing 8300000 for tho election of an exten
sion to tho White House
niiiiinlni Krriinis tltn Siimlii
Wasiiinoton Sfnich 22 Two loiters
from Secretary Munnlng were mad In
executive session toulght dccllnlnu to
furnl h papers In the cases of Collector
Wells of Vei mont and Surveyor Morton
of San Francisco both suspended
Tb llfinirt Nut Antlirnllrntrili
Washington Marcn 22 No luforma
Hon has been received nt tho war depart
ment In regard to the reported surrender
ol Geronlmo tpd bis followers to Tdeut
Maus near San Uernardluo
Aiiullicr lloml Onll
Washington March 22 The secretary
of tho treasury this afternoon Issued tho
135th call for tho redemption of bonds
The call la for 810000000 tho loan of
1882
SIIKKJIAX
Arraigned for Trlul A ll y Cuts n 3Inn lot
Mlitpiilui Him
Special to tho Gsuile
SitniMAv Tkx March 22 ShoiIH
McLean and se oral deputies from Mon
tague county woro arraigned for examin
ation trial today beforo CorainlSloiioi
Hlekutts on a Charge of forciblesolzuro of
goods and homicide In the Territory
They nro accused of robbing tho store ol
nilfWatklns at SpauMi Fort and taking
tho goods Into T xas where thoy Were
levied on under an attainment Uert nut
by Crow Uargadlno i Co of St Louis
to satlsiy a bt duo from ono Liforce
from whom Waiklm purchased the stool
Twomenln > defended the property art
charmd to havo been killed at the tlmn
G W Iasco appears > r tho United
States Tmlue Ilaro of Sherman witn
Huff rumlBon of Montague to defend It
will take severil days to tiy
Chulcs Cimke a youth ot fonrtccn
and U Lloyd had a dull mity to day that
ended in tho cutting of ihu latter across
knlfo The wouu i
tho arm with a pocket
was drisid by lr Gunby and Is ot
dangerous Uepurt says that Llojit
slapp d Clarko lu tbo faeo for tluiinlnu
him for COoHiiis Uoth weioarresUdbut
tho court difcharged the boy
UXfIK DVXlKIi
Hfijor U T iliOxtrSrnlisnCounty Oincer
nt llmituu
Special to the Oatclto
Houston TfX Match 22Thls after
noon Maj D h McGary of tho Evening
Age and T A Watlng deputy county
clerk ngageil In a dlllUulty in a coffee
wloon on IVistuii street Uluwa were
ntmH and MoGiry drew a pocket knife
and stab ltd Waring several tlms In the
fco and throat Tao wounds tt nut Con
sidered dangerous
llroko km Arm
apccJUolhe o
South Canadian I T March 22
Yestoia ye tiilngaout C oclock while
whlkiug beside h wagonit tenyearold
boy named Alford Sbaslaln struck hU
foot against n rock throwing him under
tJi wagon The wagon ran oyer one
arm breaking Hand bruising one of hs
legs slightly Dr Cutler drcsed his
wonndsaud says he will be all right In a
few days
5rTtr
WACO
Tho lfomdlnir Aealmt J Yl
Speight for llnldltur Too Mnuy
Omccs The Hrarir Rail
Summary ot l > rceHe XwcntW
CommltUe of Cclitrnt Tum It
Stork Aumxisilm
Special to ihaGaiMte
WacoIkx March 2i The tuce tlng
of
the tsvculhc committee of tho Ccnttnl
Texas Lho Stock asoclation lu this city
last
Saturday opening was held with
closed doors Members woro reticent
but It was Intimated that the meeting Waa
held to Investigate tbe alleged Healing
and Mlllug of cattle on a largo tcalo lu
the territory of the association To day
jour correspondent Avas able to obtain
the following summary of tho proceed
ings Tim meeting was called lo order
jt7S0 by tho president W W SeJti
Messrs A Ww filer W W St > v C W
While John II Oustolt W A Voggeand
1 11 liurucy answered to toll call Tho
president stated that tha objtctof the
mcettug was to tako Into cunsldcratlou
tho depiedatlons comuntcd on tho stock
of rueniicMln iho country around Uuu
bardClty Tbo secreuuy read n letur
from M rs Oi stott Allen llrynnt and
others acting thai abuut two bundled
head ot cattle had been stolen Ut Ihu
neighborhood of thu head of illg creek
und asking tho committee to take soino
action lu the case
Mr Ousiott stated that Sir 12 Bryants
suspicions being sutllclently stroug as to
tho depredator ho swore out a hoarch
warrant agalust Jim losoy and two othir
parties nud found In their possession In
outhouses about thirty hides in differ
cut brands Aluoug thesu brands were
those of II 1 Allen II Ilryaut F L
McGregor nud others osiy nnd thu
two other pirtles were arreted taken to
Old Mt Calm and put under i bond of
350 each for their appcarnuco b foro tho
giand jury of Liuiestono couuty Mr
Oantult further stated that two loads ot
hldus had been sent off previous to tho
arrests and thu supposition was that thu
hldus were sent to Wnoo or to Mart
After luliy dlsuusslug what steps to take
in order to assist tneuibcis to ferret out
and convict thy thieves Mr W
iV Ioage moved that tho stcretary
bo Instructed to inform tho members
of tho execution committee that the
expenses lucuncd by tho members ot tho
asoclatlou lu ferreting out theft would
be borne by tbo association carrlul
Mr A Wheeler moved that any member
of thu txecutlvo committee be authorized
in cases ot emergency to employ ail at
torney to prosecute cases of felouy car
ried W A Fougo moved that Mr A
Wheeler bo instructed to employ Ike
Fryor to Inspect hides In Wncot carried
A motion was made bj Mr C W While
which was carrkd that Mr C II Gasso
way of Falls county bo requested by tho
seoietiry to employ some ono In Marlln
to Inspect hides at that place Mr White
mouMl that tbe secretary bo lnsttuetcd to
farulsh acli uuiubir of tho exicutlM
c inmltiee a copy of these minutes car
ried The feasibility ot a deteetUe sjs
tem was discussed and It was tit elded to
bring thu maiier before ihu inxt conven
tion Ou motion oi Mr White tho meet
lug adjourned to mrct March 30 and lie
also moved that all tbo members of tho
executive committee bc notified to at
tend us liiifeliKSB ot Importance would
be before tho committee
The members ol the usoclatlon are de
termined that those forays on tho stock
ol tho intinbets shall cease uo matter
what It costs to break up thu gang und
convict thu thlovos
Tho quo warranto proceedings analnst
J W Speight camo up in the district
court today Mr Speight Is county sur
veyor notary public and un alderman of
the city of Waco Tho relator Wm Kd
moiids alleged thit In accepting tlio
ollku of county surveyor after hnlng
been elected alderman Mr Speight Air
tually vacated tho olllco of aldirman and
had no right to hold It Counsel for re
spondent llled a demurrer alleging lack
of jurisdiction and also that relators al
legation failed to represent that the oflji o
of alderman Is one ut emolument The
court ocrruled the point as to jurisdic
tion but sustained tho other so Mr
Speight Is au alderman yet Tho relator
his aiked leae to amend his allegations
and tho caso may possibly como up ngnlu
tomono w
Tho giaUd Iurlm ball took place to
ulght lu thu McClelland operaliouse and
was purhaps tho most brilliant and
hugely attended uvent In that Hue ever
known In Waco Tho maskeis were
iiuinuous tho costuming attractive and
many elegant prizes were awarded
A petitionnunieiously signed by caltle
meii Is bslng prepared to be forwarded
to Senator Coko requesting him to uo
his influcuco to check the discriminations
ninilo agalust shipments of live stock lu
favor of dressed meats In refrigerator
cars United Stutcs District Clerk John 11
Finks was thrown from his busuy the
horse being frightened and falling ou his
head was knocked unconscious sustain
ing c mcuslou of tho bralu Ho is now
considered ont of danger
The Mibcommlttee to f elect a location
for Bnjli > rWaco uulver > lty inspected all
tlo proposed sites today for lln l t
time ami will probably make heir decis
ion tomorrow Thiro Is considerable
Interest on tho subject
Tno crlmlual docket In tho dlslrlct
court was si t today Th ro aro Iho mur
der cases two t r manslaughter one for
ripe and one for Incest
A llaht frost fell this morning and thin
Ice formod hut ub damage has been done
to fruit or v egtables
TWO WKIIB SHOT
roarlliirEtnr llre li Into Slor i nuil It
ciitpii Mono Ilf > ccitlun
Special to the latette
SN Antonio Tkx March 23 News
has just been ricoived from lluisanton
in Atascosa couuty that on Saturday
night about 9 oclock four misked men
entered tho store of D J H Howard
which Is about twelve miles west ot
IJeasatiton lu iho Gates valley and at
tempted robbery Mr Howard heard tho
parties niiklue tbelr entry in tho store
and began flrlng upon them Two of tho
robbers wero sbot and Howard received a
tserlous wound In tho neck though It Is
thought that It will pot be fanl AH four
of iho robbers havo been cainsht
by Deputy Sheriff Van Trimble and are
Jack and Jim
now safely lodged In jail
Ioteet aro the names of tbe two men who
were shot ouu lu the hand tbe other In
tbe shoulder They are sons of a welltodo
farmer living about eight roues from
Fleasanton and were railed in tbU coun
ty The other two men an comparatively
1
Z7itVi si l > ii Z l w < 11 iilgciaV > en
atraucors aud hav only becuia M coun
Jf I10 Ty Pv heir nnr1e o
as trilt the others llu > ress Tho aBalr
ucossniljr creates considerable xcic
nif nt in the usually quiet old town itiul
Deputy Sheriff Van Trimble la rccIn n
inany comv ndatlons for o u ulcklv catcCt
Ing these it ti
AUSTIN
L 5C S II1iik ViiCtmrlrrt Kllsil y
lhr n Cumt > nul 9
Special t < r the Uacetto
AustinTbx Maixh S3 Many lessees
ot school lands who were about to be
sued by AttornejGcncral Tfsiplcton for
bits rental ore nullnrj up to save costs
Charters filed with Ihe ateieiHry of
state today wcrei Wcathorfont CaMor
Oil company t caplt JJOOndj Incor
porators Kfiutrl Dow UlillaidNolUe
aud O II Keudel Kleclrle Idght Mann
fteturlng Company Dallas capital 38V
000 lucvuporators Craddock tlnti
Cluwcr Slmpdln and Wmdelklu
llonevr Jtolllng Mills Com > aiiy ot Siu
Atigeto capital 9t0000 ineorvoratrtis
Le Sicwlt t Level C rll < dao Jackson
Harris Ornr Mills lauph C ip n
Johnson Huiiln Koiley lljatt Johuathaa
aud many others
1 I
Tlio htrllic
A man Is s andlug by and seeing his
friend going in tho wrong way Ho la a
cold mdlffarent friend airt he leU him
go along nod this man Is wniidlngby and
sua his frUml going in the wrung dlroo
tloh Ho Is n wanu frluud aud he Is
willing to risk something to save his
friend and ho grasps his hands upon both
shoulders ot his frieud and says hold on
ami tries to bold him This Is our tela
th n to tbo Knights ol Labor Slop the
sit ike Wo say You aro badly organiced
You cannot eoutrol your own mcu
W shall sty more In tho future
And now a word to Kccelvers it rami and
Sheldon Dont tell thu pit Id to and the
strikers you oauuot sell tho Texas Ia
actio railroad or that jou ennuot pur
chase another railroad for and on account
ol tho Texas Faclfli railroad Tell the
public 11 you can something wo dont
know And now upon the other side we
prulso you fcr suggesting that thu rase of
Mr Hall be decided by Judge lardio
Judge Iardcu will havo to decide tho caso
as a mill nud a mediator Uo Is not a
hired otllcer ot die Texas 1aclllc rail
road There Is another llttlo nutter that
your friends outsldo seo The boycott
wncel In your machine Is acting all tho
tlmcss a powerful brake It will either
have to be changed or lakeuout Watch
It and think It over and you will see
how It la acting
llease read our tidvertlscmont In au
o thcr column Thomas Family
Advertising Fdltor Chasu Iradlug Co
CHOCTAW UXOItlClllU
Hrtall tVlnlock Kllli Ilia WKoliut InIU On
lllniarir
Special to tlio latette
Four Smith Auk March 22 Intelli
gence reached bote today that nt Hed
Oak Choctaw notion on Thursday even
ing last llasll Wluloek an old aud highly
respected olilxcu of that place shot and
killed his wife It scorns they were alone
at their residency whui ho stmt her with
n pistol thiough the In ad after which ho
tired off his Winchester lille and whooped
which attracted some hands In a Held
near by who went to the hou puud found
ltebll with n gun agnln t bis lucast trying
lo pull ihe triRger They took It fiom
him aud ho appeared to be out ot his
mind but ufterivards became docllo
soon
und directed mat his wife who lay duad
in the room weltering lu her own blued
should be bulled nspcutahlj aud sail
I in ties to tho in arest store to obtatn tho
ueco nry clothts Wlnlock has ulwajs
stuod high lu thu community where ii
lived and has lots of slock Ills neigh
burs thluk he was crazy when ho com
nutted thu dead Ho has not been ur
rested but muains at home lie Is u
fullblooded ChoUaw Thonffilrcieatnl
quite a sensation In tho neighborhood
Wlnlock Is about llfty years of age nud
his wife about fortylive
m
SAN AMJKL0
A Itnllrund C mmli < i Appnlnled Te t
IiiB N w Unto
Special to the Uaiulto
San Anoki Trx March 22 A
rallrjad ineotlug was held hero touluhl
for thu purposu of sending a delegation
to a railroad meeting to be held at Abi
lene on the 23d lust to ntruugu for the
construction ot a railroad from Abilene
to San Augelo la ltunnells Dr Win
Yumlall was Called to the chair on motion
of Louis Schwatu Tho chnlr appointed
a di legation consisting ot W S Cun
iiliigham Kuguiu Cartledge Charles Ia
Mdsou Stuvo Sterruit Dr Wm Yandall
aud W D Cochrau
Thu Siu Anuelo Hose company tested
Its new hoso this evening The compauy
has suveu hundred feet of twoInch hosu
Tho test was made with two oiiehundn d
feet sections with ndlnct priissiuo of
only seventy pounds ol sivain though thu
maximum pleasure Is tliuo huuund
pounds Water was thiown over tho
hlgtiert business buuats aud on tbo rout
of thu courthouse Too hydrants niusu
nnauged that Ihno hose at one tune can
be brought to bear on any building m the
buslucsa portlou of thu town throwing
tbico hundred gallons each a mluute
IiUliiimn Vliol ihrir slinckln
London March 22 Tho Irish De
fense union has written n long lotttr to
Gladstoue giving Its iowa ou ihe Irish
quesllou Ihe union diclaresi
I Thit social ordtr does not exist lu
Ireland
2 That the Irish farmers have been en
couraged to repudiate thu ouu of ISHU
aud 1861
8 That the desire for selfgovernment
Is leally a desire for complete Judipnid
eiice
> olr rtum Ulilll
Vauauaiso March 22 A clerk be
longlugloawelJkuuwucoiumurclnlhoute
hero has absconded with 8U000
Thrto ongmeera from Kuiope are sur
veying the mute of the now railway be
tween Lima Culera nud Ovalle whloh
will be cousiructod shortly
ArtlJeiil lu a fnunel
Pottsvillk Fa March 22 A terri
ble accident occurred this morning In the
tunnel of tho lottsvlllo Mahome rail
road at Horso Shoe curve just outside the
city Shortly alier tho day shift went on
a trrmeudous fall otsloporock took place
burying about twenty workmen mostly
Italians James W Wright and a man
knuwn ns Mos H were killed outright
afti tit > WW
8Ma tSEMf M
rk
CONFLAGRATIONS
A Johir TnsllA Work en Iho
Iouls Ifon Xonntnln Rn
way Horned
St
XS n i Hundred nitd KlfiyTbotiiKndUot
> tar CooriIliiBi Ultimmnl >
toutas IK Humeri
Wood on 1r >
frito io the Miuctto
lUmn Tifx March re The woodrand
soirrh of Ucl 1laln lias been burning
sinew yntenlaybnt Mr 8am OntbltVi
a > s ao damage has been done but rath
t r goott h tho dead I removi it
mid tho gMunA warirx d si that new
grass wall mako Ha ppe ance at onco
Tlm lm
Special tPther rtajctts
S Aiixjnk Ttxt MmxIi Tho
lois bv mt > Jttist night nat aboqt 1400 on
tliu buildings ownod by Frask J BelteJ
C 30 on furnltnro of V V Ilsrou and
aOOou furobure Ot Mbeit Walhoe l d
tel his esiictHnsuramJM on his property
There Is it stuoiig susrHclon that It was
thu work ot ml Incendiary
T > w tl Umnevl
linrtu Rot Auk March lift About
cliHk this lmirulngtiio northbound
Iron Mountain railway passenger train
was stopped at n long tnwtlo two miles
smith of Mttlt lto U the dlKouvcrj
that thw tr jsllo wn burning It was
RoondestioKal aruUho tint bad not ar
rived nt 1 p nu It Is bellevod the llru
was ihe lesull ot tauemllailsui
1 lit Xnlirrnl tins rirri
Frrrsnumi Fa March SI The Mc
Wllllauis veil at Murraysvlllo Is still
burning ilercly Attempts to extinguish
the flames Ml Inr ha re heeh un ticcvr lul
It la thought however that all danger ot
thu llru spreading Is past
Later Tho tlio at the Murrysvlllo gas
well was iffeotludy extinguished about
noou toilay by means of an Immense
Smokeslack which was placed over thu
plpu nud Hie 11 lines smothered All about
tho Well Is Impregnated with gas hut uo
serious tesults tiru apprehended
A IrleVHlUn
Air Alfred Kent Is n KtiUht of Labor
belonging to Giant City assembly
Charges oi some kind for lolatlou of
ruleB of the order were preferred amvlnst
urn and a tllbuital ot three Judges
was heaiiiig tho testimony with closed
doois Mr Kent su j she was about to
tljwn his nccu > uis lu a fair way by the
csttmony produced when ho was
assaulted by time or four Knights
who were against him A chair
struck hi on iho back of the head aud
another lu tho back nnd ho was ubmtilted
ueneiully The mutter will ilgurti lu the
courts Mr K lit speaks hlahly ot
Giant City assemuly outsldo ot four or
flvo
A Coiilllliilinii lliirnnil
special to tlio intuitu
Nisw Oiiiuass La Maroh 22 The
coiirthousK ot Saint Landry parish
burned ut Opelonsas this morning The
tlrcmun had great dlilkulty In securing
Water and tho dllllculty was added to by
the Mot thai suveial thonsaiid untitlllo
onriildges of tlio Opelonsas guaids being
deposited lu tho olllpo of Iho nlerkilf tho
court which cxplodod olloys soatterlng
balls In daiigeinus proximity to tho llru
men and eltiens woiklng ou the lire
Somo of tin books wuro saved but all
the recoids of the statu supiuine
court tho assessors olllco und thu tax
colltclora olllco were dtStroyod There
was but n small amount of tuxes In the
snfu of the tax colliclor Tho turns ol
the OpuloUHiis gitHids wuro liurmid The
loss Is 6100000 beside the duStnuctlou ol
valuable papers and lecords thatTHmuit
bu repaired It Is thought that tho lift
was liifondl iry for thu purpose ot destroy
ing tho records
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A KinvbtiMnleiiliMit
Foiit Won in Tkx Match 22 Fdltor
GAntrriii It seems to be a common
tailing among mortals that tho less they
know about a subject the more they hawi
to say In reference thereto Since tho
commeucoiiinni of the piusunt rulltoad
strike much suuseless drivel nnd twaddle
liave been Indulged lu by men who pro
fess to be luiclliguut and should know
butter Tlio situation is a grave one no
matUrfiom wliutstiindpoluiltls judgtd
thu Issues and Interests nil Important to
both parties iho happiness nnd comfort
of thousands Involved Fiusumlng Igno
rance should eland abashed in the pres
nee ot such a crisis Prejudice passion
or MlllshhiSs should not date to distort
or mlnrepicsent the facts Wo waut the
case clean cut and clear presented The
taciH and nothing but tho facts Tho
writer Is a KnUhi ot Labor uud has been
for years understands Its pifndpleHaud
purpocs and am willing and able to
glvu till reiiMins why I support every
plault I if Its platform
The Knlghis of Labor is an organiza
tion fouuded In thu Interoxis ot humanity
fur the purpose of carrying lino opt ration
certain welldefluud and clearly expressed
reforms for thu > urpo e ot carrying lido
sUtutory effect utrtatu principles Tho
adoplluit of Untie measiiies we believe
Would pioduco litduslrloiisly auondttloii
of thlngri lu which strikes would bu un
necessary Tlii Knights of Labor are
working to abolish tho necessity of
strikes Hut the know as fully as they
sincerely deplore the fact that uudtrpres
cut Si steins ami thelrresultautcoadltlous
strikes will occur no matter how much
tho order may oppose or seek to prevent
Vi t day by day the assertion Is made thai
theKidghtsoi Labor uru rispoiistblefor
the present strike Nut only Is the as
sertion made but Is is r < ateU und reit
erated by gllbtonged effrouttry
aud prcdCioua folly until stupid
uouservatliiin has como lu the
conclusion that the fiolu end nnd
ulm of the order is to foment foster uud
defend strikes Such an ss > utiiptlon Is
foolish such un assertion Is l lu
Tbe men ou tho Could Southwestern
system ot railroads aro out on a strike
True they are Knight of Libor but It la
not because they aro Knights of I abor
tbat they are on a strite It is because
in tho capacity ot employes of thai
railroad corporation their grievances
aio pot as Knights ot Labor but as work
ers as men They would have struck
and probably soouer did no order of
Knights of Labor exist There are
hundreds of strikes nil over the country
today by men who aro not members ot
ihe order It is tnno tbat writers and
and Sam Hickir I ow Ilpber John Colkr speakers on the subject should mako this
ol St Clair all Americans and stem distinction It Is true the KnlgbU ot
drillers wore seriously hurt Labor give them their sympathy nod sur
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port moral and material birt that la hov
causo tho bellcro She sWkeru ftro
It HR > MilKt °
iho lalfchood
la clvcii MttrcssloH
to when H Is claimed that the Sera
were forced to utrlko by ont idC 1
IZIlfL Ths m Wf1k t 8t > most
worthier Ho ovrrfijveiitcti by Ua malice
ot hai Or the tolly of Ignorance What
outside ltifltifnet t What powlblu fnlcrost
could outsiders havo lu forcing the rail
road employe to ehler tato n suiVof Of
course it is mfant that th other
members
of tho prdenmislde ot thv ralirvad tin
ployea forced iho utrlkira to qnli work
How absanl I The o her meuburs
ot tho
ortkr ihe larmera ot thu tountry nnd
the nieehauloa and labutvrs of tho cltytor
ln tr > ncefirclng the rallrosuliM
to
strike In orter that hvy the tartntrs
tmehsnlcaasit laborers might huyp Uio
privilrsco of cwUilbutliig to tin
support
< f thu
> striker while the stnku lasicdl
HowuosclilshauamrlCtalng nunklnd Is
assnmnir p bu when faiwhood and
ophlstr7 may tmltservu a svlfth imrptiso
Tlds
naked tdlooy Ik purot
Iim r pvalrsl day tiy dy and
by owlWte wht orm mule tnu mk
forhomlls lnoiuwmblo un tbo Urannr
ot lubur PiKanlaOlniiH The fact is mi
del the rulefttif < ho rdfrout tdera could
not men if th wsshul tnilitcneu them
to strive nut it is an Insult to their In
Iniligantn to assert that they either uould
orwonidbobflucueMd into a eitvn in
olvlng ssi many naurUlcfN on tirolr pari
by ouNda opinion oryrtHttir
Why ifrtin will nna lusnlt ttuwi men
roisivprssent th faem mid tutor false
hood rlvliiwnitiriy ji nclon ly att ro
jhaUhi > r Or wiiy will they kmIo
wild Kiistird asertlons or
questions of
which tlus know uuthtugt
I may i t r have something to say ot
thoeansKH the cthl tho r snllT afiro
Into nud VMbable ol iho sirlko
Mi J ETDlUW
ii
Jlnw WWl l lliBiul a rllKtid
Wnisl0nrTicxMaich8Ii KtiiTOja
OwKrrKt nn soulcacu In iliu dlsplitoh
from Wills FAInt nude date nf the ttithi
lust In rvgarAtotho Mrlko has caused
some dlscusslbn hero amllncuiiseqimuco
a iietltlon was eliculated yi sterdsywhjchi
Is Inclosed TikIuii iis leportwrhcro
Is uctltig 11111011 print d1 and written lu
siiuetlons which are too pldn lo bu mis
undirstood and hud unv ono thought an
Injtitlcu was being dot to tin senti
ments or feeling of the people hem ho
could easily havo oxploiued had the
question been titled Thu sentence reada <
thvist The getioral sentiment still
being In favor ot tho Knlulits of Imuor
This lUrsnn wportir waaniy vpuiklng
ol ihosoinlnunt of the worklugmun at
will bu seen by reading nil thu dispatch
Ho has never lntvnluwed iho cltUens lit
general ou Ihu subject nor attempted to
give their vlows simply from the fnot >
that ho Inn had no institutions from
headquarters to do so He thought It
wounl bo nu net ot presumption uu his
part to request thu mayor lo call a mass
meuiliig lu ordur lo g < i an eipiussloii of
Ihu people or tako up m himself ihu task
ot circulating a petition to Hint etui
Tlnro was no Intention or desire to mis
represent tho people Sometimes too
reporters make uitMnkta or tne misin
formed hut they aru alwajn lastly and
anxious to make coireutions when called
upon Hoping this txplanailou will
piovosatlslsctory to the many lilentls of
Tun Gaktu here unit that thu repirter
will not be coudumnud unheard he re
mains us over Quibm Saiiitr
i > e p r it minimi
Omaha Nicii MalCh 22 Further at
temptHyisleidiiy to storm thu ham mar
Oakland In Jliitlio ichiiiIV whom tlm des
perado Kd Johnson Is ttitriituhcd re
sulted in tha death of auottiur man mimed
IMgar Uvnitt whom the iteip < nnH > shot
Several others wio ndgiitly wounded
duilugtheduy Last night a bright Arc
was seen southwest ot Oakland In tho
direction of the barn eight miles distant
A loportrvHubed hero that lbs burn had
been set ou llru The Muxlcan murderer
has killed tbico men wounded suvural
and has shot sin oral horsvs The barn
< > vlduh Is now burning was with Its cdu
tuiiUtiViilHed m 8C00O It belonged to C
V JuhusnnVoiW of the men lilllud
Later Tho uahi tnwhlch tho dcSpor
ado Kd Johnson had fiouciuleil himself
win Set on llro about halt pusl fwtfieloek
last night A lire was opened on MWrn i
son and ho was killed falling In the
names When the llro hud subsided his
body was found In n luigu pllu ot oats
The body was found rldulcd with hulluta
IllK Murine
Cnrrcspondcnro of llm uaiotlo
llm HfiiiNUH Tux March 20 Wo
learu that Hoadmaaier Ilyruu Is slowly ro
coverlng from the vlftcts of tho Mirglcal
Operation peiformed on his arm nud that
ho will return homo shoitly
Work bus commenced In variieat ou our
new artesian well nnd Is progressing
rapidly Somo of thu nlost sutigutnopre
dict a good supply of wider atBOO or 1000
feet and It Is to bu hoped they am right
Mr Jones the coinrncu comiuaiids the
udmltutlou of all by his btislni tsllko
inuYuuioiitH uiidnlthou ha stranger now
he will hm u host of liiends when his
work Is completed
News ol tho sad death of Knglneer Met
calfe nnd Flromuu Clitrkthn victims of tho
lonn accident was rccidvtd with deep re
gret by their many friends In lula city
All engines aro draptd out of risput to
their memory
Wlii Ilia Xr lllnl trl Will II
LoNiioi March 22Hlr II O llatnlt
ton midersccietary for Ireland hnsbetii
summoned U > Loudon by tJlaiHtouo or
consultation In mHtrd to Ihubo rule
The Observor says Lord Dalhuule aud
H niy Fowler will 11 Is considered cer
tain bo appointed to fill the forthcoming
vacancies In the rablmt All approaches
to Chamberlain have been without effect
Ifelsdoturnilned to quit Ihe cabinet If
Gladstone perse vena with his Irish
scheme us Imparled to his colleagues
llcmewbar our priced on coil oil 20
routs fur Hrllllnit and BO osqts for
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is only a part of bcaCity
but it isa part Every lady
may have it at least Vhat
looks like it Magriolia
Balm both freshens ami
beautifies
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