Galveston County Daily News, The (Newspaper) - September 23, 1889, Galveston, Texas s. It p. doubt that in the irf it. awl usli ii RUiru of your F. DRV ETC. TEX. MATINEE AT TO-NIGHT AT 8, LAST Two OF nm MUSICAL mm COMPANY In lha Irian Comedy Hearts of New Ktw Reel etc. How aud Appropriate f 210S VOL. 100. M AT TUB AT AS SEPTEMBER 2'i, 1843. Machinery AND I IR O 3ST O S 1'Jfth nnd No. TEX Orders executed promptly at reasonable NOTICE Notice Is hereby tho City Taxes for 1583 AU persons owing taxes for sold year are requested Io call ot tho City Col- but ore October to pay us interest at the rate of 8 per cent per will be chared after that City TO THE STATE interests because It you means of simplifying ibo work of your Trial un fraught droad by 0110 and all of the Tho signed by a of fn who are using UTILITY TRIAL BALANCE BOOK for and In plain language what is thought of It by them after giving It a thorough test. Head August 31, 1889. J. Dear Wo the undersigned cheerfully testify to the the UTILITY BALANCE Wo aro H and recommend it to our brother bookkeepers us a labor saving W. L. P. Bookkeeper for KIne C. W. PRESTON GWIN WILSON M. Bookkeeper for J. J. 8. W. Bookkeeper Landes B. BLUM R. W. M. Bookkeeper M. JO i. j. HAWLEY J. B. P. CANNON U. B. with A. J. Perkins The book Is adapted for fourteen trial name written bnt and the of are directly adjoining the in each The plan u simple and thoroughly As An Improvement on tbe old Trial Balance System It u day tq 1'ilco par half 7G, delusive of charges 76 Address all and make Draf Money Orders or Money Orders payable to J. K. P. O. Box 143, Tex Kcal B. E. Insurance H. T. i. Commercial ATTENTION I kave am RAILWAY MAP OF THE STATED ait to But 1, lift k all 1UU war Mfe i OB COTTON Don't that COTTON shipped to HOUSTON wilt NET to nny other market In the If you want tlic highest prompt and quick re- to CO c and Cotton WE ARE THE Galveston Agents WE HAVE IN STOCK AND TO Teni and Iho anil iMHt linn Si For A PAIR OF KIDS gent to to Meet Who Dons Appear to TaVe tbe east bound Tens and train pulled into Paris evening the tor put oil two liitle aged 8 and 4 which a woman at Fort Worth bad left in his saving that their mother would meet them at As tbe woman failed to thow up the commenced cot knowing what to do with asked Mr. J. M. Elliott of this place to take charge of which he and will ste after them until something further is Thor were taken to tbe hotel near tbe depot kept bv W. H. to be u ther dirty from though not boy at once became attached to Mrs. a desire to star with while the oldest went home with Mr. They were apparently of Irish and very After being talked to got In splendid gave their names Eddy and Tommy Mid had la a at Fort Worth tor several with a Mrs. woman put them on- train this Their mother's name is Katie whom ther said lace for a and who loft Fort Worth two weeks said tbat they bad no and had lived In Kanus City and Fort Tho following with no was found in the oldest boy's Koine to leave the children all tor with Mrs. 911 Cherry Fort From conversation with tha boys tbe re- porter learned that the note did not refer to but to children of who they said were to Kansas It seems that thcr were left with Mrs. their by their and that had enough dren of her own and ho put these two on the train to send They had a small of clothing with PRESIDENT AT DEER He K and Walks With nit Vonng DEEH Sept. Harrison's last Sunday in tbo mountains was passed very There was no church service nnd he spent tho taking n last walk with Benjamin Jr. The president and Mrs. Harrison will take final leave of Deer Park September 23. They wish to bo In ington In time for tho congress of the three The coming week they will have two Tuesday tho president's party will go to W. the minus of the West Virginia Central returning the same and day tho president has about decided to go to to the centennial Mr. nnd Mrs. McKee will leave here to-morrow night for Mrs. McKeo will not return to ington A STONECUTTER With u Combination of Proposes to Ciul In ST. Sept Bohemian stonecutter of this city Aug. Boor has discovered a combination of by the use of which thu hardest stone can bo dissolved and cast in finy desired the casting being us hard as flint and capable of taking on a brilliant It varies in color according to the stono and can bo had from n bright rod to azure While in the fluid It can bo used for coating anything having a stone or glossy Mr. claims that car whorls and rails unn bo miido iu this Ho will for tho cast in n few days to secure tho backing of wealthy THE J I A HI HI HI W M HA M HI SS si 88 ft -i 00 IU Trt .ID e I M e THE HEAL MAKES HIS OF THE ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION Of Paid to tho Delegates of of Fraud Will Take No Sept The opinion of Attorney-general In tho matter of the alleged misappropriation of money paid tp delegates tho Creek on account of the Oklahoma cession was made Tho facta la tho case are us Ia pursuance of a treaty into between the government nnd the Creek nation congress made an propriation by the act of March for tho payment of to the Creole tion for the release of their title to certain and by an act approved March 2 in pursuance of a similar treaty made a smaller appropriation for a like chase from tha The questions Involved aro substantially the same in both It will therefore bo sufficient to refer to the law as applicable to the Creek The act making tho appropriation the Creek purchase provides that 000 of the purchase price shall be made a permanent fund bearings per cent and that the remaining shall paid to the treasurer of the Creek to such person as shall bo duly to receive the same at time and in turns as shall be directed liy the tional council of As a ter of fact it ii represented to and be assumes It to ba that about of this sum of money was uwd in a compromise and payment of a note of about twice tbat amount held bv bank in and that tbe er part of tbe balance appropriated ia the payment of to persona who claimed to have rendered In forwarding the treaty and procuring the etc. On- behalf of certain members of the Creek nation It is claimed that especially of the ney were a fraud anon the ofthe people of the nation and in violation of the which that no ment shall be made by any pemon with anr tribe or Individual not ot the United Statee for tbe ment of any money In of rendered or to be tbe ume la made in writing and receives the approval of the of Indian affaire and the secretary of the In the matter under it it con- ceded that there wu no contract complying with tbe Another section for of moneys paid In tion is claimed by wiio have received thli money that the language of 4 of the act of 1, a purpose on the part of to put this smaller sum at the of the Creek council for such as to that body may The attorney-general this as a correct construction of the and that in dividing the appropriation Into two making a permanent m- of one and putting the other at th. disposal of the Creek It waa tho Intention of congress that that body should have full authority to deal with it iu its After the treaty wac made both houses of the Creet council passed acts the payment of the moneys by the United States to certain delegates who received and it has not that tho payments were made to the proper The attorney-general says that he does not see that he is authorized to disregard tbe discretion plainly granted to the Creek council fn the disposition of these or to attempt a recovery Ou of those who have received moneys it is insisted the five civilized in which are included tho Creeks aud the stand upon a footing from the uncivilized and therefore the statute docs not apply to In this view tho attorney-general ia inclined to His right to an action to re- cover the moneys so paid be so ful that he has determined not to do so. If these people he they can use the name of the States to recover whatever rights they may believe selves deprived without the tion of the In concluding the opinion the general says that he will at- tempt to control the action of the district who may conclude that It is his duty to have this matter investigated by the grand lie is determined that aa will not un- this He says that be has made no to the merits of the claim on one side or ou the This ho deems to be the proper in view of the fact that ho has no knowledge of the except by on one side or the For liy K ttttt O j Tlic Weekly News PLANS FOR THE A 4 Tor Cent Mortgage for tho Sept. street was busy witli and some in- gossip regarding tho future oi Uio system O. W. Peabody and Baring have been ft committee to consider the brond question of and general have been studying the tion of earning power and trying to increase Some fruits of their labor are seen and others nro to Tha problem before thorn is to bring to 0011 of not earnings Into with of If the will not to the level of tho charges she latter to meet tho It is not certain yet what advances the ings may hut it is believed to be dent to the that fixed charges will havo to bo reduced iu some Two schemes have been either or of which may bo It Is proposed cither to issue a bond or to extra If the first is considered tho moro feasible 11 blanket to the amount of paying 4 pur cent In- tercut and covering the entire will be but tho will depend upon tho permanent deficiency that exists be- Iho earnings and tho It is tho general however that no policy will ba adopted before tho ginning of tho He Delayed the K. of Dublin a preliminary hearing 1-ofnrn United States night on n of ami In of a three weeks nnd stopped ilia The mail Mug on train necessarily of NKW OA from THE OHIO ti. Ho Is Not hi the Unco for II at Sept. K. tho correspondent of the En- arrived here to-day to Ohio but it is also understood one of his missions is to officially state tbe position of JohM K. McLean ou the senatorial saying that iu Washington aud New Vork and many republicans there believe that Campbell will said in wply to tho Will a mean John 11. Lean for United States by any The talk about Lean for senator has got to bs a disease out McLean la nut It. Mr. to me over over just what he has frequently said iu that he was not a for tbo ship and would uot be under any circum- I was with him In New York last aud when I directed his attention to paragraph connecting his name with the senatorship he told me that he didn't flatter that tho of Ohio were for but bo added test if the legislature should he democratic by an overwhelming majority and he could gen the for the mere asking he would not have it. I have been with Mr. McLean for ten and iu the course of my work I been frequently In confidential relations to him aud he never deceived me. If ho were a candidate for the senate I know that he would not take the trouble to give a contrary There would be no sense in his doing Yon may bet your last dollar that J. It. will not be up for no matter which party is on much part McLean going to take in Hamilton county politics this 1 only know that he be- in tbe success of the democratic represents him can buy on U anybody pretends to represent him is uu LONGVIEW Dies of Heart Disease and Two Sept. A prominent Jack nine of with heart Saturday while iu bis horse and vomited a large quantity of dying before kit clothes could be removed and placed iu Be had never been affected previously and appeared to be in perfect health that 1IU though certainly from natural wai a very Ed. Lockett a former boee east of and Jim were ar- for defrauding the Texas and Pacific company last in reporting a mule u having been killed by tbe and paid but resurrected and made a crop this Both gave bond lor their appearance at the of tbe district I Nft matter fur this that don not the of A member of the of 1 Sept. aro to look for one light bay or dark sorrel mare and Man hands branded T on left very mane and tail for her O. A. sheriff Lee or stolen on tho night of the 7th instant one sorrel horse branded ou left shoulder J S with bald hands Address O. A. sheriff rAYETTE Sept Look out for and arrest a Mexican by the name of described as spare about 5 foot C Inches black black a few pock marks iu rather good weight about 130 who shot and killed another Mexican last He was traced in the direction of Bistrop where he has friends All officers keep sharp look out for If found B. L. Who wants one alias D. L. about 5 feet S inches dark also eyes and age between 33 and SO Strayed or one brown mare ed half cirele 2 on the left shoulder and a a briar hoek right Teu dollars reward to any one delivering her to J. K. Hubbard Tex. DALLAS arrest a man 22 years of 5 feet 6 new wool pink stripped jeans Wire H. ST. Sept. Judgs Edward late justice of tho St. Louis court of died suddenly at his residence last the bursting of a blood vessel in his Judge Lewis was boni in D. February 22. and was a blood relation of Ho came to Missouri in 1S45 and to Louis in and was for a time editor of the Dally In he was on tho electoral and In 1S73 was a presidential and cost his vote for Seymour and Ho was elected judge of the court ot appeals in 1376, his term being twelve from January 1, Merrill Will Not Have It. KANSAS Sept. A special to the Times from says Con- E. X Merrill to-day received a dispatch from Hon. J. A. his congressional to tho effect that President desired him to consider a proposition looking his pointment as commissioner of Mr. Merrill replied that he would not mit his name to be used in connection with tho and recommended that if the choice wai to be among men it fell on Captain Henry department commander of Kansas G. A. H. I AFTER KILLING HIS A MADDENED HUSBAND SEEKS HIS And tier to tho the Did Not tho Idea of Distributing liar 23. burg aged 25, shot and hilled his wife and his and then an unsuccessful attempt to kill Hopkins was engaged in ous quarrels with his wife during the past two or three Two weeks he left returning They had another quarrel this in the course of which Hopkins pulled a revolver from his pocket and shot his wife This curred on the first floor of their and the frenzied maa after killing his wife rushed to the third where his in-law and aliot killing her He then loft the houso and went to a neighbor's where he attempted to kill firing two shots at his but neither of them did much damage be- yond ploughing a of grooves iu the top of his He confessed to killing his wife and Tho following letter was found upon which the probable motive for the Sept. written many statements of what I am going to Most of the people have hounded me to get me out of the way eo Edward Hughes and dear Eddie cracker can have own They have Used my wife Maggie as I love her to and these men can never have her I will die I want this directly I want my body eent to Robert 27 Stone N. Y. I hope we will both reach Whoever comet in my way when I meet Maggie will go down with Seft t is my time if everything Is all right Mind my I want my body home I hate to do a crime like bnt they have hounded me Ull to letter was to a with the that U be after tbe death ofthe who had been away from the town for a tew waa Saturday for and on bis a week He was tried and committed to jail In ot bell For reason tailed to take him to bat permitted bim to run at FOUND IN A KAN Sept. This the body ot Mrs. Clara Taurnat wai found on hut north of 8aa Ska lay in a task 800 yards from the and wu floating face When brought to thorn it was tbat then ware cnta under aad over each The was and the lips Tbe appearance of the wounds indicated that aha had been dragged to the tank face She was last seen on Saturday evening after the cows in an opposite direction to the who is a commissioner and a member of the pretent grand was absent at the On bla return late Saturday evening a vigorous search waa prosecuted throughout his large The tank in which the body wat subsequently found was The dead woman was 53 years of of habits and and was not subject to fits or any disease of the She was of a cheerful No noticed near the The for there is little doubt tout she was Is apparently an unsolvable Mr. Taurnat is a man of large means and will spare no effort to trace the ON A FORGED a A Scheme That Got a Tonne rleus Sept. J. W. Farrar was arrested here last night on a charge of for- He waived and his trial is wt for Friday Farrar filled ont a blank on tho Southern bank and after hanking hours tried to nse the which was drawn in payment for goods at several business He would select small worth 73 or and then present the check and want the As the fellow was a stranger in the town this conduct aroused suspicion aud Farrar was He now confesses that he wrote the himself aud filled in his own The check was made payable to an unknown man by the name of J. W. or and signed by Joe W. under which were the by Farrar says he up the check to get some money and did not think there was anything wrong about it. Ho says he was IS years old lost February and grew up and lived all his life near in Mo. lie came here about a wet k ago and has worked a few days at the tery and on the waterworks He says his parents are Vat that ho has three brothers living with different families iu Econe A GUILTY Arrested on Own Confession for 1U> Sept. 22. -On his own I confession of having William his Dick arrested here to-day and held to await in- Gannon was in jail here a ago for killing a and when released he went to to collect some said to he owing him by his f Ou his return here this morning Gannon got drunk and companions that he and the old man had and that he had shot his stepfather When tho sheriff the matter ho put behind the THE SOUTHERN COTTON OIL CO HIGHEST PAID FOB Completed tha KANSAS September tary of the of ami parly atrived in city ing completed Inspection ot In Tho parly wiil ihc and in evening A started fram tha M ro tUy his journey by hs ta ju i a Oft y Manager Joliot when ho Martin down was another Now York thief named Joo alias who bad served three terras at Slug and who know that Martin was au escaped convict from that believing that Parsons had told that he wag an escaped determined to be revenged and this a few moments before he was to bo brought out aud turned over to the New York he picked up a shoemaker's hammer in the shop and rushing up to sous mude a murderous assault on the con- him several crushing blows in the head aim knocking the man The infuriated Martin meant murder would in his design had not the guards seized and disarmed Parsons was carried to the prison where it found that although he trad lost a great deal of blood aad had cral ugly wounds his chances of recovery were Martin was and started buck to Sins Binic on thi His sentence at SingSing isa ten-year one from which he escaped in 153T. has eight years yet to A BLACK AT no Barricades Himself to Resist but Finally KANSAS Sept. A special to the Journal from constable of this town was called upon last night to arrest Powell for ening to kill a white man with whom had Powell was known to be desperate and the swore in two deputies to assist him inp tho when the officers arrived at bouse they found the doon and They attempted to break but Powell fired several through door with a revolver mid drove the ThU morning the constable renewed the attack assisted by a of Powell opened 3n on them and held at bar for a wounding two of the Finally the front door of the barricaded house was broken In and ley of fired at the Two ot took one in the leg and OM In He wu arrested and locked A DIVORCED WIFE geeks the Quartan of Her OM awl Q. the divorced wife of Heery a fire department weal thr city when WM doty hut ud to en After waiting a considerable re- volver from her packet and ahot ta the left to pital amd BOW in Mull ot her It WM that the woman to ahoot Bantu lie ww and the w tkat the wound bean hnr in tie tko fenai it I tMed as Uwt of K. Brim a of the The kare gun by E. the ed blood an It tional to M BM der at who of It that the latter had Joat prior to kxi Tbe Boney baa not been Found R. Sept 33 body at Philip ft carpenter 35 yemn wai found flatting In the had been since was evidently robbed and and It Is that more than one concerned in the aa the oei the body wen made witb different lie waa six feet high and of fnl It Is that he got Into while under the influence Awaited by a Bis Sent 2i C. Q. Slaughter of Dallas waa assaulted by Tom a the loading of some and was knocked though not seriously Great Is felt In tbe community at unprovoked attack on a but fortunately assistance was at hand be- fore any serious damage waa Dallu Police a Sept. police nude ratal on the houses of prostitution and where 1s carried nnd arrested mare than thirty and who will be to before the city court to-morrow morning the charge of vagrancy or Not F. charged with the murder of K. uot Escaped Prisoner Sept. an escaped prisoner from the county has been BURNED TO A c Starr of Girl and a Can. A. Desperate 111. I the famous of Naw who is noted as the man that never j a face once At ihli morning with a tion of Tom a noted who I from Sing by being smuggled of the in a laundry his from Sing Sing Martin made hii way to was picked up a charge o' and con- tu for of Sept. the 13-year old of the Rev. Mr. about two aud a half miles from while attempting to build a by using was burned almost a front which she died in about four There was some firs In the and when pouring oil from tbe can blaze aud Ignited the caused the can to throwing thai burning oil all over the room and the one was at tbe except the who did all to extinguish the but before tear the clothes from the body the Injury wu ai abore A gentleman at work near by heard the and hastened to the relief and was just in time to care the houso from burning to OLIVER A of ST. Sept one of the known In tint n dying of having twin to kia bed tar eral weeka WiMman backet shop ia this of had making e. book at the Ilia well cai I au anV la eA leV
