Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - February 28, 1887, Galveston, Texas F HALIT j g Successors to Mcllhenny Wholesale In Dry Goods Notions Boots Huts Etc Tho Attention nf the COUNTRY AMU CITS TRADE respectfully called to tlie fact that our Stock of Dry etc in Hirer ar- riving nod we are prepared to fill promptly all orderu for Goods An inspection ol our full IM TREMONT OPERA HOUSE Sun I a j 1 OF KOS 184 ISO AT THE AT AS f VOL 308 MONDAY 28 1887 ESTABLISHED HAVING PURCHASED TEE i Block Co clock will the Clothing ness and therefore offer for upon liberal terms our Block of Boys and Children's either in bulk or lots to juit This is a rare chance iJi in- secure Fni M i i j KICKS SAWYER'S MINSTRELS She Cream of the Colored Celebrities 25 PICKED ARTISTS 85 Singera the Greatest Dancers jr March 7 J RAYMOND March 10 BliOS FREE TO ALL A Sample Plug of Our SILVER BELL Tobacco The Finest Chew in the World P friends for whom are holding back orders please be patient The great demand has run oar stock down bnt have large ments on the road NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS THE SUBSIDIZING OF STEAMSHIP LINES POWDER Absolutely Pure never varies A marvel or purity strength and More cal than tlie ordinary kinds Sold only In cans BO'S AL CO 106 Wall Y IMPORTANT NOTICE TO Interior Merchants I lav bought the entire stock of tho lato of ot Notions Valises We propose to continue the business of Staple and Fancy Dry Goods Notions and Furnishing Goods and are now ready to fill orders Irom friends ol tbe j ate firm and cordially solicit the trade of all Merchants dealing in these lines We a re offering special Inducements In to OLC tUo following Stock ol Men's Youths Boya and Stock Boots Shoes Stock ol Hats Caps etc We assure buyers that It wilt pay to examine Oiu liberal Special c il fit 110 WEIS How the Matter Stands Between Senate and for the Other Current Items WASHINGTON February There is no foundation for the or in- that the bouse conferees on the will appropriate toward subsidizing steamship lines to Central and As the sole be- tween the two houses is over ment the senate conferees have only the alternative of withdrawing it or defeating the complete in Itself simply because tbo will to it The Senate will therefore withdraw its amend menr just as it did last and more thait once before but Senate should choose to be obstinate Blonnt of the committee de- the senate amendment last has the House well in hand that body standing to support him and lei tne fail rather than accept it with the subsidy FORECAST FOR THE WEEK the the report says is not even en lo tLe defense of being entirely im sad harmless Impotent tor all pur poses ot a good and orderly government tut it hos on extraordinary vigor for evil It establishes unwarranted over matters ex- to the jurisdiction of the It invites and encourages and discontented persons to sutler tbe conduct of their neighbors to investigation by a tribunal before which persons thus slandered have no op- of appearing or summoning It is Irre the tribunal ban no power to judgment against thorn which will affect their lives their liberty or their property but it has power in an inquisitorial way of giving official form anil body and substance to accusations which there has been no opportunity to to destroy character and to blacken names of citizens who are not heard in their own to stamp as genuine and true slanders and libels to give currency to blackguardism and perjury It destroys the whole scheme of the constitution JACKSON'S RESIGNATION Prompt Shipment Prices SIMPSON 10 AND 12 COMMERCE ST Ta A OX ALL TliE LEADING TOPICS OF DAT Are to be found in the of WEEKLY We make a Specialty of this lice of goods and carry a full ment Onr BOUQUET is a First Class Smoke Send us trial Order Wholesale Grocers anil Dealers In Cigars aaU Tobacco A BIG ROAD to consignments of cotton she coining season 1687 S are now prepared to liberal advanced Applications from merchants and solicited STATE CAPITAL CHIPS of the Northern is Croing to Be Pushed Lo CHICAGO HI Times cial from Fargo T It is learned from reliable that three of the great railroad building firing have combined and More Witnesses in the Washington County a ing Judge Willis AUSTIS Tex February the train this afternoon another large batch of witnesses mostly colored ar- rived to testify in the Washington taken the contract for the St election cases pending United and railroad 700 miles of road between Mouse river in northern Dakota and Great in Montana From Falls the rosd continues south to RS the Montana Central con- is to be pushed as few lines ever been Fifty thousand men if they can be had will be pnt on as soon as spring opens It is claimed this line will be in operation before fall from St Paul to Helena and wiil have branches to Butte and all leading places with the Northern It will have the advantage of the latter in grades none exceeding forty-one feet to the mile It will also be at much less expense as it is through a more level country and not troubled by snow blockades will be so much straighter than the ern that its from St Paul to Helena will be but little longer It goes north of the Badlands and will have a country nearly the entire distance As this road operates with tte Canada Pacific it will be a formidable competitor of the Northern Pacific for not only Montana business but that of the coast HAVANA WEEKLY MARKETS to news from abroad the market the continued quiet anil buyers held Little business was dono prices gradually declined and evon speculators sparingly market closed and weak warm and dry Inst sugar regular to per quintal muscovado to ccn to polarization In and boxes lu nt Havana and Receipts of Uie SiCO boToa bags anil'5810 during the week and HCO hogsheads or which bags iii d for the Slates 50 American CO gold per per barrel for gold per Do for southern nogs gold In Status grand jury indictments have yet presented but it is slood that a good number are in tion A It is understood that a resolution will be introduced in to-morrow to oust one of the reporters who has ridiculed and caricatured members the as a whole Hut the re- quires legislative sessions to be open lo tbe public save of when in executive session THE CASE The impression prevails taat the H will pass the Judg Will s out of office BOBBER Harmless Pistol in a Lared Sunday law nigh about 10 o'clock fireworks commenced at tile Sanders in which eleven shots were fired and no blood that a grudge of long standing had ex- isted between Mr Sanders and Mariano who lives at New Laredo Mr WORK February the and eights of a fraction of Uie week to the present session of Con- giess Senate will give instant attention o the conference reports and propriation bills whenever any of them shall make their appearance and fort will be put forth to finish the legislation before next Friday noon tt is of the appropriations committee up- on whom the hardest work devolves are divided in opinion respecting their ability that of the Senate to creditably h oil that is expected bnt the majority Lope that barring accidents anil this wilful acts of obstruction it may still be found possible to avoid the necessity for a Sailed session of the Congress To this end the right of the Senate its committees to opportunity for deliberation upon important matters not yet brought be lore it will be waived and the Senate as done in previous instances will itself under amendments to as it can secure in hasty conference taking much for grunted and trusting much to luck To print and thoroughly examine the naval legislative and fortification appropriation bills in their several ordinary through the Senate up to the point of final action would require almost as many weeks as there remain days of the present session Miscellaneous subjects of lation which will probably fill np the spare moments put down the caucus programme are as The labor arbitration laud grant forfeiture relating to lottery ments passing through the mails bills to titles authorizing suits against the Slates bills tor the adjudication of land claims in certain states and ifs Mil for the monument to colored soldiers resolution to re Virginia and other states iu in the war of ISI2 and the niter copyright Senator Miller will call up probably on Monday or Tues day the house pneumonia the pending question being the motion to re- the vote by which the Edmunds substitute adopted Senator lasall will an opportunity to call up Jor ac tion the repealing the limitation to the arrears of pensions act and Senator v an will ask the Senate to pans the relating to the disposal of abandoned tary reservations under the homestead law A contest is pending in the session the nomination of Public Printer the British extradition treaty re main ished matters on the executive calendar but are not likely to be further pressed for action this session In the House the gramme is to push the appropriation bills 50 HOW 00 per quintal pnr quintal Quiet long shaved y of loading nt tint gold of suyar from ports on the outside ports for United States gofil SO Sanders got wind that was going to attack him and went iato tbe back room of his saloon and got his pistol As bere entered opened fire and both combatants emptied their pistols at OEO another at a distance ot ten feet but as the result proved without doing any damage Bv this time the police and stopped tho fan The authorities gave notice that the day Jaw would be enforced to day and business house saloons doors The latter have in fall all day It is understood that the will be prosecuted the Uw iu Laredo ILe norther which blew up yesterday subsided damage WAS done lo vegetation LITTLE Meeting cf the State Agricultural Subjects Under Discussion ROCK Ark February suant to a call of the ciety the Farmers convention met in this city yesterday convention was called to McRea of White Colonel P M Locke of Crawford ty was elected chairman the election unanimous The meeting was largely at- almost every county ia the stite being represented principal subject discussion was the reduction oE the area planted in cotton and increasing the acreage in cereals and grasses the raising of more and a better grade of advocating home production when possible and thereby lessening the need ot ready money by tie farmers and iu that way i doing away with the mortgage The meeting was most enthusiastic and was continued until a late hour to completion by giving them oyer all other business and little general legislation is expected during the ing of tbe session The legislative appropriation will again occupy the of the House oa Monday and w U be bv the deficiency which is to be put through under a sion of the rules During the four tive days remaining it will be iu order to pass any two-thirds vote under a sion of the rules Looking at this last chance members who are charged the of important measures such as the Pacific railroad inquiry resolution department of hill and will make every effort to speaker in order to get a vote on their bills Borne a very few of these efforts may succeed but ia most cases all chance for legislation will be cut off by the presentation and sion of conference reports and other matter It is understood that no at- tempt will be made to pass the fortification appropriation for this year is not in conference being intended to cover the remainder of the current year together with the nest fiscal year TBK DEVELOP WASHINGTON D C February In response to Senator Brown's resolution for all the correspondence relative to the Cutting affair the resignation of General Jackson minister to Mexico and matters the secretary of state day that it was not compatible with interests of the government to make public at present the correspondence The document was not read in the senate Mr Brown wag on the lookout howerer and he got hold of it took it to the tive clerk's office and there as he supposed secreted from the gaze of the curious read the reply bnt with of satisfaction In a short while the document was labeled act to be given to the but It did pet out ana foregoing are the facts in case as it now stands It is under- stood that Ur Brown is highly displeased over the refusal of the state department He is whetting a knife on the sole of his boot and it is expected he will endeavor bv speech in the Senate on Monday to take a few scalps He is said to have a deal of spicy information furnished by W Jackson and that some of the for Jackson's resignation will in this way probably be made public THE PRESIDENT'S QUANDARY COMMISSIONERS WASHINGTON The president is in a quandary as to th southern man for the interstate The four men of promt strongly backed for the place ar Indian Commissioner Attics of Tennessee Senator of Texas General Smith o Georgia and General of Alabama Ail aie recognized as men of capacity ant one of had ex in the line ot the duty proposed Uo was for six years at the head of the grate railroad commission and demonstrated high in that place Bis stats delegation in Congress however is not a unit in his favor General Bragg of Alabama on the other hand has not hit own state but alike the state of Florida him with enthusiasm for Ue office BERLIN'S WEEKLY BUDGET THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN GERMANY I The Teeling Against Russia Preparations in Cable western aal Colorado In all more than prior will this to i -i in will m-i tt public Its exact NEW TORPEDO BOAT HOnEL WASHINGTON February of a torpedo boat of novel design exhibited to members of the house raval committee yesterday by the inventor General Berdan The boat is intended to do effective service in cafes where other forms of torpedo hare is where the craft attacked is protected bv H work of chains suspended beyond the hall The model is that ot a vessel feet in length 20 feet in breadth 1C feet in and intended to attain a speed of knots an hoar A feature of this craft consists of a pair of brass tabes ar- ranged vertically on the sides and opening downward capable of firing torpedoes con- 200 pounds of dynamite or other Inch explosives RIVERS AND HARBORS After a short de- bate the lower house of the Prussian Diet passed to its second reading the estimates after the budget bills without discussion The papers continue to discuss of parties resulting in the formation of a majority strong enough to oppose the chancellor Among the possible groupings old Conservatives never close supporters of Bismarck may with the Clericals thus making a majority composed of he Krenz party Center and It is re ported that the old Conservative leaders nave made overtures to the Center with a view of having the two parties act together in the event of Herr attempt to carry out the reported design of overthrowing Minister It is im possible to predict the attitude of the er If the tone of their organ Germania is to be taken as an indicator they will be ready to continue the struggle It is that An- other papal manifesto will be issued pealing to Catholics to refrain from at lie lest ballots for Socialists In sixty districts in which new elections will be held here are IS Socialist candidates rew German Liberals 10 Centrists a Poles 2 1 14 Conservatives JU and Supporters of the septennate are hopeful of carrying twenty five Beats even against a coalition of their opponents War rumors are diverted toward Vienna ad- vices report incessant preparations in land The relations between Russia and two other empires are so strained that official circles no longer attempt to conceal their hostility In Poland the forts are be i rut rapidly armed with and and shell runs Tne rolling stock of the railways is being increased Tne lin Post in an article condemning the increase of iron duties The proposal sprang from animosity toward tee Germane such as appears in lie articles of The two railway arrested at on iad i I The Choice ot the Chicago Heights Platform cl CHICAGO 111 February Kelson master workman of District Assembly No 21 Knights of Lib jr was nominated last night for mayor at by the united labor party convention has a membership of over votes The convention adopted a platform the declaration ot of the United Labor parly at Cincinnati The platform also demands that railroads which cross the city streets ia every direction obstructing traffic and ejecting a daily sacrifice of life be concentrated into great und exit controlled by that all ordinances which give io street pas electric light telephone and telegraph com- the use of public tor private gains be repeated all local means or Transportation such strut elevated or underground be owned and operated by Uie local that the city shall manufacture acd supply gas for central use shall duce atd distribute electrical for motion or that all unoccupied land be taxed to full limit of the law and that all work for the city be done for the city cor- and by the legal hour ten was nominated on the first ballot and by an overwhelming majority Ho is an by trade and a native of consin The movement in bis favor was kept a profound until of the contention BOYCOTT lark City DUtrict Will Fight the NEW YORK February board of strikes and arbitration of District assembly Ko has passed a resolution to make opposition to the Third Avenue road company for refusing to grant a hair holiday to the mechanics In its employ They propose to have pickets along the road to report of labor organizations found on the cars of No who may lie found being a plentiful on the cars will be fined and the of fines Kill be devoted to paying the pickets The Owing to the war The pickets be instructed to report scare emigration to America has greatly increased the emigrants coming chiefly from Hesse and Baden A drama entitled ten bv the of Sweden is about to be produced in the German theater at ENGLAND THE WALKING MATCH LONDON February six day trian Corbet t Conner all whc may be seen riding oa the cart and a boycott will be them they desist from the road after carpenters atr I others em- ployed the of Uis surface rail load companies all belong to and the lias been endeavoring to for a Saturday Two com- panies have complied with till re- acd are pending with others sent a communication to its The of Socialists to St Pauls this afternoon attracted crowds of people and the cathedral crammed The arch- deacon preached Proverbs Tie rich acd poor meet together the Lord is the master of them alL When the it xt was announced there were shouts of Bravo and other exclamations of proval and some growls Otherwise there was no demonstration A large force of police was present In the evening an affray between tte police and a body of Socialists were to homes The was not of a nature tte Secretary leg the use uf platform instead of beam bottom scales by the United nt The WAI tte ot Chief Weigher Tte board claims thar at least men are thrown oat the ment ol the by tee OF TO HE HAD February con- on the river and harbor tion held their first meeting last and went over the entire laying aside for action the items on which they could not agree without consideration Another meeting will be held Monday and t is expected that an agreement will reached by the conference without ing back disagreement and receiving in- from the two houses QUITE A BIGAMIST How THE HOAR WASHINGTON February minority report prepared by Senator George and signed by all the Democratic members the senate committee on judiciary upon the to provide inquests tional declares it to be the ion that that measure is by the constitution and that its sage would be a grave and serious tion by Congress reserved to the states The report discusses at great the lations of the general to the state ment and the rights reserved to each under the constitution Congress it declares cia pass no the subject of personal between individuals ferent races and personal wrongs one between persons of different political parties or done by one party man on another because of opinions which the injured party may era ertain or express The authors of this t says have not been backward in Eg power in Congress over subjects cognate o those mentioned in independent f any support which they ma have given o many acts of Congress which may have een decided by the ireme Court They have introduced bills with decisions in their ases which contained associations of power over subjects It is defense uf the constitutionality of Ibis say the minority that it no jurisdiction no power over persona to or restrain thain directs the right to make inquisition concerning in a state and trial and punishment are solely in her jurisdiction The question for decision is ins power to pass the tainly The power is not among those ex pressly conferred in the constitution If it were claimed as incidental power then its advocates must point out the express power lor carrying out which this necessary This could not be done Bn Jewelry Agent Married and Sobbed and Them PITTSBURGH Pa February months ago a jewelry agent named Ernest Goodman married young Jewess living in this city and in a few deserted her taking with him about of her money and some articles of jewelry On day last week it was that Good man hnd been arrested in Baltimore oa charge of deserting a girl he had married there Knd the Pittsburgh wire let immediately for Baltimore to enter sni him for desertion To-day Chie of Police received a letter from a lady living at 102 Allen street New York who also claims to be Goodman's wife She says he left her a year ago that he took considerable money and a cold watch when he deserted her From al that can be learned the New Vork wife is No 3 After leaving his wife he went to Cincinnati Under an name he was engaged to a lady there and in trying to escape with some of her was arrested Detectives here notified the Cincinnati authorities to hold Goodman bnt before the message was re- he had settled the trouble and had been released This was four months ago He now turns up ia Baltimore working the same game The Pittsburgh wife she understands he also has a wife in phia The police authorities bere are of the opinion that Goodman makes n living numerous matrimonial alliances He is a smooth talker rather good looking find appears to have been wonderfully in his plans February details of disasters caused by earthquakes con- inne to arrive At to day a child of 12 vears and her father were from tie debris when the latter ex- upon the spot The survivors at say that the majority of the victims were killed by the second shock the people having houses to procure clothing The sum of bos been found in ruins there Bodies wrapped in shrouds lie in the middle of the streets At only the church steeple remains standing Soldiers there are searching the ruins have rescued twenty-seven people all of whom are more or less of the unsettled state of affairs in eastern Europe the session of Parliament will be prorogued to the of March The has asked an extra military credit of IT ALT Efforts Being Made to Have teace Commuted by tit Governor February pulpit to-day allusion made to the case of Mrs Druse who is to be hanged row and the hope vas generally expressed that proceeding would be averted Mrs Druse has passed most of day in the tears KLe contends that she is in reality innocent of the of her husbsnd Telegrams have been sent from heie by scores to-day requesting the governor to commute her Cyrtis A Ballon and Kinsley of Fomla who havi vrill adj jst the rope acd cap the trap ana cut the A In town to-morrow Mrs Druse made her final her to her llev Mr Powell and t to her daughter Mary who is in serving out a life sentence for her participation in father's murder Her eon George had a interview her yesterday and the wis affected service was hi her reit by llev Jlr Powell who will conduct services Druse nns had a simple black dress made the casion a small number of by law will BLOW AT Steamboat Sunk Crop Report CHICAGO February Farmers view crop summary for this week is as lows wheat excepting in Michigan and Wisconsin have been bare for two weeks and subjected to varying and cold weather excepting in Kansas the outlook for the crop continues to be reported as promising The best re- ports come from Obio Indiana Michigan Wisconsin and Missouri while the outlook in Illinois is fair and in Kansas is poor There is a very light corn movement in Illinois and in all states west and west of Illinois Folly one-half the counties of Iowa are Importing corn at from So to 40 cents per bushel and this is also to ne of scattering counties in eoto Wisconsin and Illinois The average price of corn is 1C to COMBINATION OF Kom February efforts to induce Count de to form a new ministry have failed A combination is now talked of PORTUGAL TO TREAT LONDON February government organs say that the Sultan of Zanzibar is suing for peace and is willing to negotiate with Portugal respecting the delineation of the frontiers Mozambique The previous refusal to negotiate led to the dispute LAND SALE The of a Grant Claimed to Have Conceded if Ago BT February the most extensive private laud purchase ever in this country was consummated ia this city a short time ago and within few weeks all the necessary papers will be pre- pated and formal claim for possession entered While Texas was still a province of the Mexican certain Dr Beales emigrated from England ami married a j native of Mexico becoming a citizen De- I siring to found a colony he obtained from the Mexican government an immense grant of consisting of acres known the Arkansas grant situated in what are now the states of Texas Colorado and tbe territory of New Mexico Just then the war of Texas independence broke out and Dr Beales found it impossible to his colony The grant was renewed however and the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo being so framed as to protect those the Mexi- can government Dr Reales before he was able to out his plan to locate the colony died the grant passed to bis children They did not however rials he value of the land and no part of t has ever been sold Now a company of American capitalists Kufus Hatch beins the number have obtained the title o tne land from the heirs and will it is take possession thereof in a short ime The graat covers a dif tu Minor Elver Ky February evening the wind commenced to blow bere heavily coming from the west It continued to perfect ctne at intervals 6 o'clock this ing Many accidents are reported minor ones though damage has done The steamboat Reindeer lying at the wharf was so roughly treated by the that she sprang a leak and sunk in four foet of water After tbe upon he bottom a much larger boat the which was tied to the wharf a few yards above was seized by the whirlwind Her three large cables snapped asunder like so much twins and she was cast the sunken vessels The latter were badly smashed and tks recovered her moorings with her side staved in The river is at the of two inches an hour and if the heavy of last week continue much suffering will follow Tuo water has already reached many The cane in feet of the western wsll of Southern tion hoMins the damage being about J M Tex February of Major G M were I to last resting place at cemetery by a funeral cession to-day and interred with Masonic Major was one of ten's oldest ard best citizens having lived in this county since lie a Arch Mason and Knight at one time held the position of most eminent grand high priest ot the M li Grand Koyal Arch Chapter of Texas He first in farming and stock raising and af in the mercantile business m both of pursuits he was successful retiring from the latter in lt-74 He leaves a handsome property to his family There leaves this world one with warmer friends and fewer enemies IT doesn't A quarter ot will buy a bottle Dr Hull's Cough
