Galveston Daily News (Newspaper) - August 9, 1887, Galveston, Texas Successors to CO WHOLESALE OF Dry Notions Boots Shoot Hats Caps Eto Live Porpoise our b COTTON Wholesale Dealers b ami of t invite GUST HEYE CO Wu cordially to tho public und to Messrs Heye Co whoso card appears above TOBACCO and Wooden Boxes A Delicious Smoke at a erate Price SOLS AGENTS Wo again call your attention to our NELSON SIONE 81 Wo have a Large Lot of each on band Send us your in Business Persons about to start in the Grocery Business will it greatly to their interest to permit us to supply their first slock will find with us a class stock of well assorted voell arranged attractive fresh and desirable goods and in addition to that you will be waited upon by careful and courteous salesmen can you expect anything belter than this f D Cleveland Co HOUSTON TEXAS EXCELSIOR PATENT Cotton Hasket Light Strong and Chean SIMPSON HOUSTON AT Tr IE AT AS SECOND-CLASS OFFICE or Kos 181 ISO MECHANIC POWDER Absolutely aw San toe ordinary kinds and can uol tM sold m competition pi mw teSt weight or powders floid oo IPS Wall street THE WEATHER reports received at Galveston at S p m Observations taken at tlie same moment ot time at all stations i BarTher Wind j SO a6 Corpus 28.94 84 92 Snn Antonio 92 New Orleans 29 98 90 001 Fair 00 FaU COTTOM Maximum Minimum Galveston Houston Hearne Dallas Son 94 97 101 100 77 75 76 71 00 00 00 oo 00 00 Palestine Columbia 91 99 00 01 CO Tyler Helton 95 99 70 69 76 70 00 20 00 00 00 Weimar Orange 93 70 00 Means a 1 a For eastern Fair east to stationary INSTANTLY E H Horae is Instantly Killed While At to Separate Participants in a Fisticuff ATLANTA Ga August night In a private room In the House E H Home one the most prominent citizens or Atlanta was instantly and ally killed by Colonel Bud Vale equally as prominent Colonel Sam Vaneble and Vale were encaged in a over a personal when Home and attempted to separate them vale fell to tto floor with Vaneble on top but d to get ont his revolver and fired twice Home was shot through the brain THE FORESTS MILWAUKEE August special to the Wisconsin from says that village is enveloped in a dense smoke from forest fires which are much valuable timber in that vicinity Jhe drouth in that section has protracted and all vegetation has been burned up TOTAL LOSSES NEW YORK August S Daily Com- are record for July shows fire losses in the United States and Canada to have been against in July and in July This is just double the loss in July for the past twelve years The total loss for tie first seven months of ISSi was against for the cor- period in ABLAZE BRUSSELS August S The forost en and the German is ablaze A Land Syndicate Pa August A of New York and capitalists closed a transaction by which they become owners of nearly 1001000 acres of the finest pine forest In the south The lands are along the northern line of South Carolina and tbe southern boundary of Georgia most of it being in the latter state The Srice paid was In cash The deal was made through a prominent real estate firm in this city The intention of the chasers is not to develop the lands but to hold them as an Investment until an ad- vaice In the of lumber greatly In- creases their value Death ol a Brakeman Tex August Paul P Hardy a brake man on freight train No 17 on the Texas and Pacific railway was killed this evening near Vigo in attempting to jump from one car to another He missed his aim and fell to the ground and the waole train ran over him The body was terribly crusted His father is supposed to liva at Los Angeles Struck Coal Ark August town is alive with excitement over the ment this morning that coal of an excellent quality and in good quantities had been found by people engaged in driving ar- trills for the Oil company mills just of town Tbe strike was made at a distance of about ninety feet below the face end tbe beds are claimed by men in position to know to be extensive rich THE FISHERIES QUESTION LATEST SEIZURE IN WATERS The Violation of the Treaty of Interest Attaches to a Conference Between Officials NEW YORK August A Halifax special Considerable excitement prevailed here on Saturday over the latest seizure Bouris which is now reported to be not only for an offense against the custom laws but also for violation of the treaty of ISIS and to be such a serious case as to re- quire the immediate presence oE general Phelan Great also at- to the conference which took place that day between the minister of fisheries Bear Admiral Luce Consul general and Captain Boott The conference curred on board the United States ship Richmond and lasted over an hour It is understood the connected with the recent seizures under the administration of Canadian custom regulations the rights oE American men in Canadian waters a statement of questions by Admiral Luce and Captain Scott's replies thereto and other matters were freely and frankly though of tbe Gloucester Argonaut and French Minister Foster declared It to be the intention of Canadian authorities to capture inose spia wherever could find them inside the Canada limit or on seas the territorial waters of United States He argued that the upon ot their crews had been guily of violating tha treaty and therefore liable to and a forfeited vessel could bo taken where onulde the territorial waters OL an- other power Both Admiral Laos and strongly from tufa view and emphatically expressed their opinion the United States woald never permit these vessels to be taken out- sid e of the territorial waters of Canada the ol necessaries of lite to in from the bonks destitute the minister explained that while no would be permitted to suffer or food i was not his intention to allow vessels to fish until all their were and then play upon Canadian sympathy for a fresh ply The minister said he had not received the details of the seizures but it toe men were shipped outside the limit as by tbe skipper of the Perkins ha thought the matter could be amicably ad- far the greatest interest centered in tbe current report that Seer o f the Saw telegraphed Admiral Luce to withdraw all circulars or memoranda of Instructions that he may have authorized or issued to American fishermen Admiral Luce authorized the following statement In regard to the circular which te Issued giving instructions By American ES la easily defined It is on- by common report that the United States government and that ot Britain are now negotiating for the settlement ot on T are now n fishery question Tending t tions it Is the part at the United States vessels of war In Canadian waters to avoid doing anything that might even aVs onr government or add to the tion of various questions at issue Ships of he north Atlantic squadron were not sent the gulf of St Lawrence to prevent by jorce tEe seizure of American fishermen by dominion cruisers for alleged violation of laws for the protection of inshore fisheries rather to render such moral support as onr ships might afford In the event of seizure of an American fishing vessel for alleged violation of the laws oi the dominion the case must be fought out In the courts not by the ion and vessel ol war of the United States This is not abating one Jot or one tittle on the American side of the for if the dominion courts find an opposition to tbe claim of the United States tie case can be taken up bv oar government and submitted it necessary to arbitration An appeal to arms as some of our news papers suggest is to be a measure of last resort Had the entire United States navy been present in September it could not have prevented the seizures by veri small dominion cruiser off the Highland light for fishing within the mile limit However tenaciously we the justice of the American the question it has not saved cases of the David J Adams and tha Ellen M Doughty from dragging through the courts EOW for over a year and whatever may bo e in those cases the fact remains that a voyage in each case was broken up aro the parties most concerned subjected to much Inconvenience lie British warships now in North ican waters are to take a hand in settling be troubles This announcement was made late Saturday night and haa genuine surprise on all sides It is ite first time that tbe British authorities have interfered in the fisheries fight and TLe unexpected change In the policy oo tions no little anxiety among Americans here They do not know what make of it The men-of-war will not act to keep American fishermen of waterf but will make seizures y cross the line are turee the ana sela tow in harbor The present is to eend tue ships early next of St Lawrence to re force the five Canadian cruisers already It is not likely that more than thrae will be put at tbe work of seizing tie but if it should ba considered advisable as many more can be ordered into these waters from Newfoundland and Bermuda at a few notice by Tex August W J ley living about twenty miles from here awakened last night by three men ing him was down On going to his pasture he was shot from behind eight shots and killing him instantly Be has foremost in the prosecution of a band of in the neighborhood and it is supposed they are responsible for the deed Grapeland Tei August The first bale of cotton for this season was brought in this morning by Mr and sold to Hickey for 50 atd a premium of The cotton weighed pounds and classed mid- dling and was shipped to Wallie Lindes ia this section badly as cotton is dying Tyler Ter convened to-day Judge McCord in Ibis charge to the grand jary called attention to the penal laws or by the last legislature nd to illegal voting reported to have curred here on the 4th At the solicitation of the bar the criminal docket was set for 20 the civil docket for tember 35 The business to come before this conit Is comparatively small and it la it can be disposed of In a shorter time than usual Between now and tie 20th instant the will be open for orders Since the election ia over the great excitement preceding It has abated A of more friendliness has token the place of the antagonism and while overwhelmed pros their failk the old arguments which lor several mouths have been rife are as KILLED HIS MAN A Quarrel Over Possession of a of land Results in tlie Death of One Disputant RAPIDS Mich August Charles and Michael O'Hara farmers have quarreled for over one year about the session of a piece of land Yesterday Macard was at his father's house when came along with shotgun on hW he habitually carried since tbe William Macard got a gun from the house and Charles crept down to the roadside and killing aim Instantly A WALL Injured While Patting along One O wall six feet Mgh at the edge of a sidewalk on Central avenue at the cathedral property was over upon the sidewalk to day by a Quantity of sand piled against it Three struck by the falling will and seriously Injured They W Younf Fred Wessel and Jesse Corcoran The last named will ably die A YACHT RACK CUT Haas August A fine northeast breexe was blowing this log and a magnificent race to Marblehead was promised Two-thirds of the war it beat to the windward It was ex- that the winning yacht would in about eighteen hours The stake is The signal gun was fired at 7 o'clock and the time ot the line of the big was as Puritan Atlantic 7 708 32 The Sid had their distance with wonderful precision and a Volunteer apparently neck and neck making wonderful time The was a beautiful By 8 o'clock sail had disappeared beneath tie Horizon a strong breeze which blew steadily and gave no sign of ont About five miles from shore the went ahead of the Puritan in fine and closed np on the Sachem which bad come down with the tide and was Steamer Island Home jost returned from the following squadron re- rorts the following positions ot the yachts off one mile bead and still Puritan Sachem Mayflower and Atlantic la the order named IHI RACES NEW August The weather at Brighton beach to day was fine the ance very large the track in good and tie racing good First selling of a mile Subaltern won Grade second Ci third Second seven furlongs Commander won Sweety second rial mer third Third Selling one mile Charley Russell won Effie Hardy second Hatband one mile Change won George Angus second Battledore third Fifth Handicap one and one- Florence M won Duplex second Garnet third Sixth One and one eighth miles Arnold won Adonis second Tattler third 1.66 V A DRAW NEW August The between Reagan and Tom Henry came ott this morning early mel f ought thirty-eight rounds The fight which was declared a draw was broken np by a mob SARATOGA RACES N Y August This was the day of the race meeting here The at- tendance was good for an extra the weather was magnificent and the track waa fast First Three quarters of a mile Jubilee won J J Healy second Tidal Wave third Second One and miles Orlando won Kensington second third Third One and miles Volante won Alario second Osceola third Fourth Selling race ters of a mile won Fred B Burton third 1.1 iX One mile ard a furlong over five hurdles Glenarm won with secord and George third ST LOOTS MO August St Louis 8 Cleveland August Philadelphia s I Indianapolis Pa August Md August 11 1 Baltimore Brooklyn 0 Athletics Another Tex August Another tragedy occurred here this evening W F Brantley a prominent merchant of this place shot and instantly killed W C ht here on the Instant are doing well It Is still Potter Anderson can not recover bis f pine being broken Can Antonio SAK Tex August General Stanley and Colonel Otis will attend the confederate reunion at Dallas on the Local politicians claim that Mills will succeed Coke as United states senator A petition ie circuited m ty for an election to local option DROUTH PRAIRIE CROPS RUINED AND STOCK SUFFERING Seventy-five Thousand of tory in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin Affected CHICAGO Augast paper np many reports received by it of drouth prairie fires ruined crops etc says this There is an area of perhaps square miles in the west where dust upon the earth The district is bounded by Madison on north Bloomington on the tooth lake Michigan on the east and the river on the west It Is within the limits or these boundaries that vegetation has loit its normal color and the earth its moisture Day after day the sun sendi its burning rays upon the parched farms and fields Leaves are falling from the trees grass In meadows has grown yellow and witte and streams in which cattle 10 slake their thirst are as dry as I has been nearly Un weeks since a in tils district The big bull tuit pest of nearly every farm has at last sac to the fate of all other vegetation That big weed first wilted then turned black and finally fell upon the earth With not enough moisture in the ground to feed a thistle the condition of corn and tender RISES In may be in southern there are thousands of acres corn will not yield a peck to tbe acie The crop has been scorched and almost totally destroyed The of the cereal are yellow and brittle and droop most to the ground The loss of the corn crop serious us it is will not impoverish tie farmers They have lived In the tr v since the land was first tilled and have for the moat part laid by enough money to carry them through the winter But there other dangers to be con- fronted Wells have run dry and in so in a towns water are imminent inn water at u polluted and filled with poisonous germs Typhoid fever IB becoming more prevalent and dysentery snd other stomach disturbances are so common In some places to be almost epi demio Unless rain falls before many days the suffering will be greatly The has been a terrific strain tut its effect upon cattle has been simply appalling Without pools In which to stand during the hot the day the poor beasts have become so emaciated as to be wholly the dairy districts have ia come instances been compelled to feed and water their cows from their other places forest trees have been felled and dragged to pastures and cattle turned of cows are being and shipped to market for a mere pittance At Winslow 111 one farmer bought ten head oJ cattle last January at per head When he offered to tell the entire herd last week for f 100 be not find a purchaser Farmers in this district have already turned their cattle loose to feed upon the crops In some places fences have been run through cornfields starving cattle permitted to feed upon the leaves and stalks When these have been eaten the fences are extended until entire fields have miseries attending a great drouth is the constant fear of fires The tall grass of the prairies is dead fields are ready to burst into flames and leaves He in heaps In the forest Sparks starts fire and the wind fans the flame into a conflagration Already land encompassed by boundaries have been blackened by wild fires In some towns people are often called out three or Four times a day to fight flumes De- fires have been raging for many days at Kacine and counties in Wisconsin Thousands of acres have been swept by the flames and the loss to farmers in grain fencing and buildings Is very great Above son tbe bogs are burning fiercely and pungent smoke hangs over tha country for miles around In northern Illinois fires are so numerous that farmers have plowed ground about their buildings in order to check the speed of the flames Should the drouth remain unbroken much longer incalculable ruin will be wrought by these fires which spring up in unexpected places and in the most mysterious manner Sn some parts of the district the drouth is so terrible that butternuts and walnuts have fallen from the trees Potatoes when taken from their beds of ashes look like crab They are wrinkled and spongy and unfit for looi There is also a great of milt owing to the inability of cows to find nutritious food CHICAGO 111 August The house of Balrd Dillon US Wabash nue made an assignment this morning to F E Morse The liabilities are estimated from to assets are un- known WOOO The firm had been in business ten years and has done a business of a year Toe has several branch houses one at nati and Detroit and perhaps others Toe firm had been embarrassed for some time The Immediate cause of the failure was the closing in of several judgments on notes held by Thomas E Hill PAPER CHICAGO 111 August Toe W O Tyler Paper company 169 Adams strees Is In the bands of the sheriff The levy was made at noon under a confession of Judgment by the firm In favor of the Union National oing a heavy out west and the chief cause of its col- lapse is a number of bad debts ny Bashford Tenny lawyers of the de- firm estimate that the total liabilities are and the assets at the same this afternoon ap pointed Majority Ky August The official majority of Buckner over Bradley In nine counties heard from is The mated total majority is Twenty counties not yet officially reported give Cleveland a majority of A Sensational Elopement CHICAGO August A Wis special Great excitement has been caused by the elopement of Rev V Seymour pastor of the Methodist pal church and Mrs Fanny J Henry wife of the editor of the Areas The lady has teen for years organist and a leading ber of the church She leaves a and two children while Seymour a wile acd three children They Could Hot La Angus F Klett commander of the fleet of government baats here to received a from Cap- WEIS BROS in Dry Hoods Boots Trunks Etc Hum of ell on SEASONABLE CLOTHING file In TK 41 with If wift pet tuft Guy on to Uic wrecked of the Bt roed at that point The twood in the negative a COOK COUNTY President Klehm of the tin Part of m Order to Himself CHICAGO 111 almost story of how Geo C dent of the county board played the part of spy upon his associates throughout the boodle trial Is made this morning Tbe gist of the story to save himself from the penitentiary agreed to act as detective for tbe state attorney serve him with all Information possible re- garding the plans of the boodlers and their lawyers during the trial After that attended all the meetings of the defendants and was a close observer everything said and dine State Attorney Grinnell re- notice oJ every plau ot much so In fact no evidence could be offered by the s During tlie examination of talesmen for the jury there was kept cp a system of cor- respondence right in the be- tween Klehm and by of most imperceptible by which the ttate attorney was able to detect whether was a gate of Grinnell would avail him nothing if jury were to him He therefore threw himself on the mercy ot the ESCAPE CHICAGO 111 the circum- stances attending McG escape are now BO completely known to the officials that indictment of every one who aided him to tet away Is In and it is announced to-day that n special grand Jory Is to be called dolny Its first business will be the Investigation of the conspiracy that ended in toe flight QC The paint and patty Job steal the county suffered In attT transaction engineered by the boodlers will then claim their attention Not a doubt is expressed John will indicted for his share in getting who known all tie against Dr St John is than it was gainst any of the Two sailors from the Blake rived here to-night to the doctor identifying him IN OAK AD A A Party Sn to Ohio Senator Interviewed as to Union train from the cant brought United Senator John General J 8 son secretary of of Ohio Charles H member of Townsend ei member of congress and Thompson of Portsmouth O The party also W H Scarth M F who joined the others at Sudbury on aay Senator it en ronta to Columbia and will continue his trip to senator Sherman commercial union between States and Canada was not in the It was a which would have to be settled Between Iceland and United States and he di I not believe England would agree tJ I- Being told It wonld make no England were willing or not Se and remarked that be understood the in many of Canada was almost unanimous for it bat that tbe Catholic clergy In would do in their power to prevent it and would doubtless Influence the politicians He the United States would be favorable to It when tbe i e came but at prerent the feeling was one of He was remarking to friend that he believed his chances for the nomination in were excellent The party leaves in the morning BT Move than lighty Destroyed bj a in Kansas Kas Over eighty houses were by a cyclone at brook night and the loss exceeds A relief committee has been formed and an appeal sent out tor aid for the less families Contributions mty bs sent to the mayor of the sheriff or to Revt Langley of the Methodist Episcopal house ot was de- The town Is a total wreck LABOR N J August The leather workers trouble culminated to-day when the manufacturers Issued orders that on snd after Saturday August 13 none but men would be employed In their shops This is the commencement of Utter fight between the Knights of snd manufacturers as the men In two shops have already been ordered oat by Knights of Labor tor Local Option Tex August Kalns county went thirteen majority against but this town and precinct voted for it by large majority As an outcome of this A petition signed by voters presented to Commissioners Court Ssy asking that an election on local option be permitted in precinct The petition wai granted and September 6 was ed as the day of an Flection Tex Austin Walker colored prohibition speaker who set upon and badly beaten and mangled by being thrown against a wire fence soon after he made a speech at Prairie Grove Sear In county died erday from the effects of his injuries His friends claim that he was badly beaten by known who were the individual assailants He died at ville Sherman Tex August J nes surrendered to the to-day on a filed against him before him assault to der a man Arnold near this city Hj waived an ana was to bail oa bond
