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ATTENTION7 woo*. GROWERS !!!| Full Assortment OK Sheep Shears. Wool Sacks' and Twine —a r— Horsfull & Cameron's ! SPECIAL I —TO — CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS. Something new that will interest you AT— HORSFULL & CAMERON’S. VOL. n. NO. 123. WACO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING," MARCH 30, 188G. PRICE 5 CENTS. Ovu Ci00l3. Wo Cannot and AC ill not Deny The fact that business is very quiet, and as soon as we find it in that state,we do not waste time trying to find out the WHY and WHEREFORE, but push right ahead using our old time melho.t to make business good, our method is some good and well timed Bargains, and they are a wonderful .incentive to draw the crowds to our Establishment. This W^ek This Week we are Knotirim the Bottom Out of Eastern Prices on. LADIES FINE SHOES. •EDWIN C. BURT'S celebrated fine shoes Are too well known t > need comment. Notice Cut Prices. Best American Km Button Ladies Shoes, '34 5° Best French Kid Button Ladies Shoes, 600 Sanger Bros. Unequaled Turned Shoes. WRIGHT GENUINE FRENCH K1I) LADIES AND PETERS , SOUTHERN LAST. Button Shoe, Hand T urned. We were quoting them last week as a special trader at $5.00. Our this week’s price is $4.50. 250 Pair of Ladies Button Shoes. Best American Kid Hand Fumed we offer This AVeek at 8B3.00 They are a Bargain at $4.00 a Tair. Ladies Kid Button Shoes Hand Turned at $2.50, worth $3*5®* Ladies Kid Button Shoes fine quality worked Button Holes at $2.00. sXnger BROTIIERSl —o— WARRANTED. Our New Lines of Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and Infants’ Low Quarter Shoes and Slippers are the most compiete in Waco. We have shoes to suit every purse and better values than ever before offered. SangeR Brothers. Sdrrlig. W. ffl. RAGLAND, (Established in 1871.) OLDEST & TjA. EGE ST JEWELRY HOUSE In the City. No. 860, Austin Avenue, Waco, Texas. CASTLES ipregcrfpfiou Ucufltjisis. & MORRISON Pro prietors of THE OLD CORNED DRUG STORE. Leading Prescription Drug Store in the City EUg.rt n» S CTA 1CUMA1N. Kiwrid t (lions FVLFTFd Cthtst nd jvre SODA and MINERAL WATERS. FINE TOILET ARTICLES, &c IIOXIE AND POWDEELY. PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF A PLAN OF SETTLEMENT. The Strikers Seem to Be Left Entirely Out of the ArrangementThe Blair Eill in the House —Steagall Sentenced to Hang. The following is the correspondence between Gould, Powderly and Hoxie, which led to an agreement to adjust grievances of employes of the Missouri Pacific, as stated below: Nf.w York, March 30.—H. M. Iloxie, vicepresident, St. Louis: Will you meet with the general executive board of the Knights of Labor, or with a committee of your employes who are Knights ot Labor, for the purpose of hearing what their complaints were, and for the purpose of making a settlement of present difficulties, alike honorable to both sides, either on a basis of arbitration, or by mutual agreement, and the same to be binding on all parties. A. L. Hopkins. Later in the day the following was reciived by Mr. Gould and a copy of it was transmitted to Mr. Powderly: St. Louis, March 30.—To A. L. Hopkins, New York: Replying to your inquiry for Mr. Powderly, of this date, I will say that yesterday I received from Mr. Gould the following, (Mr. Gould’s instructions to Mr. Hoxie are quoted) to which I sent the following: St. Louis, March 30—To Jay Gould, Esq., New York: I have yourmessage in relation to your interview with Mr. Powderly, also letter of instructions, and 1 will carry them out to the best of my ability. 1 am therefore willing to meet a committee of our employes, without discrimination, who are actually at work in the service of the company at the time such committee is appointed, to adjust with them any grievances they may have. FI. M. Hoxie. After having received Mr. Hoxic’s dispatch Mr. Powderly caused the following to be sent: New York March 30.—To Martin Irons, St. Louis: Have been in confercnce all day, with result that VicePresident Hoxie agrees to the following: (Re— peating Hoxie’s telegram.) Have your executive committee order the men to return to work and also select a special committee from the employes of the Missouri Pacific to wait on Mr. Hoxie to adjust any greivances. Do this as quickly as possible. • The board will leave for St. Louis tomorrrw. Frederick Turnf.r,' Secretary and Treasurer. St. Louis, March 31, 3 a. m.—Mr. Martin Irons, at 2 o’clock, refuses to say whether he will obey Mr. Powderly’s telegram to him and order the men back to work. It is known that up to his hour (3. a. m.) he has not done so. New York, March 30.—At an interview with a gentleman who was at today’s conference, it was learned that the committee of the Knights of Labor submitted a proposition for arbitration, which has been referred to Mr. Hoxie, of St. Louis, as Gould declined to act without the advice of Hoxie, and the meeting adjourned to await his answer. Should Hoxie reply this morning his views will be at once sent to Powderly and his associates, and should they desire they are at liberty to make them public. Gould and Hoxie both express themselves as willing to receive any statement of their troubles and to hear grievances; cmployees must, however, belong to the class making the complaint, but no question would be asked as to whether men are Knights of Labor or not. Kansas City, March 30.—As a Missouri Pacific freight train was passing the lumber yards on its way out this morning, two men ran forward and threw the switch open about midway the train, thus derailing a dozen cars and wrecking a number. A squad of police turned out and chased the two men, who proved to be strikers. One of them surrendered and the other refused to halt, when the officer fired in the air three times to frighten him. This was without effect and the man was about to get away, whereupon the officer brought him down with a bullet wound in the leg. The wound is not dangerous. The affair had an ugly effect on some of the strikers, but it rerriains to be seen whether it will intimidate them or incite them to further violence. St. Louis, March 30.—Notwithstanding the announcement made by Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, that he did not consider the condition of affairs in East St. Louis serious enough to warrant the issuing of orders calling out the militia, nevertheless AdjutantGeneral Vance has telegraphed from Springfield to Capt. Wells, Co. 1, Fifth National Guards, to instruct his men to equip themselves for active service and await further orders. Three freight trains started out this morning from the Missouri Pacific yards guarded by police. No crowds of any size congregated in the yards at the time, and none were assembled at any point along the route leading out of the city. Ft is stated that the company could now run out the regular number of trains if the necessary number of men could be procured to move them. St. Louis, March 30.—Officials of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railways today made formal announcements that their agents would receive freight for shipment to all points on their respective roads as before the strike. General Superintendent Kerrigan, of the Missouri Pacific, said this evening that business was progressing favorably upon the whole system. Full traffic is not yet resumed, of course, but every day shows an improvement. Fully 150 trains have been moved today on alt lines, and there was less interference than on any previous day. The men are applying for work at many points on the road and are being engaged as fast as their servi ces are required. Mr. Hoxie has been named by the board of directors Of the Missouri Pacific railway as its continuing representative in dealing with the strikes on its lines, and will adopt no course of action that will be inconsistent with the position that he has heretofore taken. Washington, March 30.—Reprcscntative George D. Wise, of Virginia, said to the members of the Virginia democratic association, in a speech recently, that he was a democrat, had worked for the democratic party, and wanted the fruits of his labor. He did not want a president ruled by republicans and mugwumps, and he did not believe in the sentimental nonsense about civil service reform. He said he would not recognize the existence of a democratic administration until there were more radical changes. Helena, Ark., March 30.—A tornado of unusual velocity swept over this section last evening, doing considerable damage in this city. The Atlantic Beer garden was blown down and on to the roof of a onestory frame house adjoining, crushing through the roof and setting fire to it from a cooking stove. By a great effort the fire was extinguished before it had time to spread. The walls of the Plcfora house and other large buildings, remnants of the late fire, were mown to the ground. The coal fleet was swept out into the river, and the distress signals of boats added to the confusion. The Phillip county court house was unroofed and stripped of its window blinds. Glass doors and windows were smashed into shells. The direction of the tornado was front west to east. Chicago, March 30.—Mr. P. D. Armour was asked if the threatened boycott on his packing house had seriously interfered with his business. Mr. Armour replied: “I can’t say that we have not been free from slight inconvenience on account of the boycott, but the fact is, that as yet we have not been seriously affected.. The future I do not care to refer to, as I never attempt to cross a river until I get to it.” New Orleans, March 30.—General Manager Wheelock, of the New Orleans division of the Texas Pacific railway, telegraphed from Marshall, Tex., to the mastermechanic in charge of the shops at Gouldsboro, La., af follows: “There will be a number of mechanics here, more than we can give employment to; if you need any let me know what kind and I will send them. Please inform all persons that all our shops arc to be conducted in the interests of the rcccivers as officers of the United States courts, and the rules and regulations of the Knights of Labor, or any other organization will not be permitted to cut any figure in conducting the business of this company. Any man not willing to accept this proviso must quit the company at once.” THE STATE. Henrietta, March 30.—The jury in the case of A. A. Steagall, for the murder of his infant child, at this place, last February, after being out twentysix hours returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and assessed his punishment at death. The verdict appears to meet with general approval. This is the case in which Steagall an excounty attorney, was arrested on the death of his daughter, whose dying statement was to the effect that he had compelled her to submit to his brutalities for three years. The body of the child was found where Steagall was known to have concealed it, and on the examining trial the testimony of the physician who attended the dying girl, and concerning the dead infant, was such as to arouse public indignation to an almost uncontrollable degree. Two attempts at lynching were ouly frustrated by the prompt action ot the authorities, the last time Sheriff Wright cutting Steagall down in an apparently lifeless condition, and standing the crowd off" with a cocked Winchester rifle held to his shoulder by one hand, the fingers of which were menacingly pressing the trigger. Steagall was removed to Tacksboro jail to save him from mob fury and vengeance, and was brought to this place for trial at the present term oncourt. Adams’ Tutti Frutti Is a fine during gum and aids digestion. LOCAL POLITICS. DRAWING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY ON MR. STURGIS, As to His AntiPerquisite Views—Mr. H. M. Thompson Responds to the Second Warders Maj Hinchman to the Front. LET Tin: RECORD SPEAK. To lac Editor of The Day. During the present canvass for mayor, the Hon. F2. A. Sturgis has arraigned the “perquisite system” on every street corner and alley, and his tirade of abuse has found its way into the court house, before the Municipal Reform party, in such language as this: “The perquisite system is rotten to the core;” and on last Saturday night, at the court house, Mr. Sturgis, in his reply to Mr. Baker, being anxious to show the consistency of his record, after paying his respects to the “rotten system” declared to his hearers that the first thing he did when he went into office in 1878, was to agitate the question of “perquisites” and succeeded in abolishing it, so far as the city a/torney's office was concerned, and he had Mr. l’rathcr, then city attorney, placed on a salary of fifty dollars per month. If Mr. Sturgis will retrace his steps about eight years ago he will find in possession of Recorder llrinkcrhoff, among the city records, the following facts: In city record, page 76, that on the 5th day of July, 1878, an ordinance was passed fixing the city attorney’s salary at fifty dollars per month. This was under tho administration of Mayor A. J. Iiyrd and before Mr. Sturgis went into office. As the records further show, on page 82, Mr. Sturgis went into office on August 1 st, 1878. Instead of putting Mr. Prather on a salary; on the 8th day of September, A. D. 1879, Mr. Prather’s salary was dropped, and he was placed back on perquisites of two dollars and fifty cents for every conviction. This was done under the administration of Mr. Sturgis, who, at the same time approved the ordinance, allowing all the city officers perquisites. Later, towit, on the 21st day of Decernber, A. D. 1882, on page 349 of the city records we find Mr. Sturgis, on the last night he presided as mayor, and as one of his last official acts, increasing the perquisites of the city attorney from two dollars and fifty cents to a larger sum in some cases. It is not my purpose to criticise Mr. Sturgis for unintentionally misleading the people, but, to show how much better it is to keep a record of everything; and how much safer it is to rely upon the record than the memory. For proof of the statements I have made I refer any one to the official records of the city, which are open, at all times, to the inspection of any reputable citizen. Respectfully, Waeo,March 31. Fair Play. CARD FROM MAJ. HINCHMAN. To the Editor of The Day: I am asked daily whether I will be a candidate for mayor this year. I take this method of imforming my friends and the public that I will not. Numbers of my friends have importuned me to allow the use of my name. I must decline doing so, first, on account of the feeble health of my aged mother, who has urged me to have nothing to do with politics; and second, because my business demands so much of my time. The solicitations 1 have had induces me to believe I could make a successful race, but I have no intention of departing from my determination above expressed. I am actively interested in Waco’s welfare and want to see firstclass citizens elected as mayor and councilmen. 1 am tm antiperquisite and an antibond (for any purpose) man. I want to see our streets opened, though, and I want to see some streets paved—the city to pay a portion and propertyowners on such streets the other portion of the paving. Thanking all my friends, white and colored, for their kindiy expreesions toward me, in connection with the mayoralty, I am very respectfully, Waco, March 31. A. Hinchman. CARD FROM MR. H. M. THOMPSON. To Messrs. Dickey, Fordtran, Ripley and Others: Gentlemen :—I notice your very flattcring call as citizens of the second ward for me to run for the office of alderman at the ensuing election to represent you in the council. While I am not an aspirant for political honors, I feel it my duty to accept your call, as 1 think it incumbent upon every good citizen to sacrificejhis personal interests to some extent to further the interest of his ward and the city generally. And in doing this I fully realize the fact that there is very much expected of the city council during the next two years. The streets should be opened and improved. A good system of sewerage should be constructed, and to this extent I am in favor of bonding the city' to a limited amount and only for specific purposes. I would persue a liberal, but firm policy towards all public enterprises. Such enterprises should not be hampered by unjust legislation, and it elected 1 promise you my best efforts towards a liberal, progressive and judicious management of the affairs of our city. Thanking you for the confidence resposed in my ability'. I am very truly yours, FI. M. Thompson. Waco, March 31, 1886. general notes". The antiperquisiters of the third ward meet at the hall of the athletic club tonight. Candidates for aldermen ought to let their constituents know how they stand on public issues. Speak out, gentlemen. The chances of the candidates for mayor seem to be so evenly balanced in the estimation of their adherents that men can be found to bet money on either'Sturgis or Baker. As will be seen from his card, Mr. FI. M. Thompson consents to run for alderman in the second ward. He takes a decided stand in favor of public improvements and tells exactly what he is in favor of. The people of the ward will do themselves and the whole city a service by electing him. Washington, March 30—The vote on the reference of the educational bill introducedby Mr. Willis yesterday is considcred a fair test of the sentiment on the question in the House. The bill is an exact copy of the Blair bill, now before the committee on education, which has refused to report it. When Mr. Willis moved the reference of his bill to the committee on labor, Mr. Miller moved as an amendment to refer it to the committee on education. The enemies of the bill voted for Mr. Miller’s amendment and its friends against. The result developed that the friends of the measure had a majority of eighteen. This will insure a report at an early 'day, "and then the only hope for its defeat will depend upon such dilatory tactics as may be resorted to after it comes before the house. The policy will be to have the committee on labor call it up when the turn of that committee is reached, then move to substitute the senate bill for it. Its opponents will, however, use all parliamenta* means to prevent a direct vote on it, and are still hopeful of preventing its passage. The Texas members all arrayed themselves against it today, except Mr. Mills, who was absent, but was paried against it. St. Louis, March 30.—Under the protection of the United States marshals at the Wabash railroad yards in north St. Louis, regular passenger and freight trains are arriving on time without any trouble. Strikers have offered no resistance to the regular business of the road at that point and none is expected. Washington, March 30.—There is nothing new to report in Secretary Manning’s case, said the physician, at 11 o’clock this morning. He is about the same as yesterday. Fie lost no ground and gained none. His improvement is very slow, and in all probability it will be sometime before any marked improvement takes place. Neither of the physicians spoke as confidently as they did yesterday. Vicksburg, March 30.—An armed mob visited the jail at 10 o’clock this morning, and after battering down the doors secured possession of Frank Villerosa, an Italian charged with rape. The man was taken to a tree in front of the jail and hanged. Adam’s Black Jack Chewing Gum, Is prepared from the finest chide, is an excellent remedy for a cold or sore throat, and aids digestion. As a tobacco substitute it has no equal, being soft and yielding to the teeth, cleaning and beautifying them, flavoring the breath, and making the voice clear. A trial convinces. Manufactured by Adams & Sons, New York. Sold by all dealers in Texas. # » # A Legal Engagement. Boston Record. Senator Jones, a man of the first Florida water, can set up the claim that he is engaged in legal business in Detroit. He is trying to set aside a young lady’s will. Fresh Arrivals of Seasonable Goods. Fat mess mackerel in kits. Fancy No. 2 mackerel in kits. Perfection mess mackerel in tins. Fresh mackerel in 1 pound cans. Fresh salmon in 1 pound cans. Fresh shrimps in 1 pound cans. Hamburg eels in jelly, F"resh lobsters in 1 pound cans. Anchovies in oil. Deviled crabs in 1 and 2 pound cans. Imported French and German sardines Bottom prices—Best goods. Marshall & Heaed. Every Toothsome Luxury In the way of fish, flesh and fowl is served daily to the patrons of the “White Elephant” restaurant, Alex Brule proprietor. The chef dc cuisine prepares dishes that will please any customer of, and at rates that are exceptionally cheap.—tf Stamping and embroidery at Mrs. Ball’s. Nothing made to equal Tucker’s Bed Bug Poison.
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ID | tx-waco-nwp-day_1886-03-31 |
Title | The Day (Waco, Texas) Vol. 3 No. 123, Wednesday, March 31, 1886 |
Date | 1886-03-31 |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 123 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Publisher | The Day Publishing Company |
Language | English |
Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Resource Type | Text |
Format | Newspaper, 4 pages |
Collection Name | Baylor University - The Texas Collection - Historic Waco Newspapers |
Uniform Title | The Day (Waco, Texas) |
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Title | tx-waco-nwp-day_1886-03-31_01 |
OCR - Transcript | ATTENTION7 woo*. GROWERS !!!| Full Assortment OK Sheep Shears. Wool Sacks' and Twine —a r— Horsfull & Cameron's ! SPECIAL I —TO — CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS. Something new that will interest you AT— HORSFULL & CAMERON’S. VOL. n. NO. 123. WACO, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY EVENING," MARCH 30, 188G. PRICE 5 CENTS. Ovu Ci00l3. Wo Cannot and AC ill not Deny The fact that business is very quiet, and as soon as we find it in that state,we do not waste time trying to find out the WHY and WHEREFORE, but push right ahead using our old time melho.t to make business good, our method is some good and well timed Bargains, and they are a wonderful .incentive to draw the crowds to our Establishment. This W^ek This Week we are Knotirim the Bottom Out of Eastern Prices on. LADIES FINE SHOES. •EDWIN C. BURT'S celebrated fine shoes Are too well known t > need comment. Notice Cut Prices. Best American Km Button Ladies Shoes, '34 5° Best French Kid Button Ladies Shoes, 600 Sanger Bros. Unequaled Turned Shoes. WRIGHT GENUINE FRENCH K1I) LADIES AND PETERS , SOUTHERN LAST. Button Shoe, Hand T urned. We were quoting them last week as a special trader at $5.00. Our this week’s price is $4.50. 250 Pair of Ladies Button Shoes. Best American Kid Hand Fumed we offer This AVeek at 8B3.00 They are a Bargain at $4.00 a Tair. Ladies Kid Button Shoes Hand Turned at $2.50, worth $3*5®* Ladies Kid Button Shoes fine quality worked Button Holes at $2.00. sXnger BROTIIERSl —o— WARRANTED. Our New Lines of Ladies’, Misses’, Children’s and Infants’ Low Quarter Shoes and Slippers are the most compiete in Waco. We have shoes to suit every purse and better values than ever before offered. SangeR Brothers. Sdrrlig. W. ffl. RAGLAND, (Established in 1871.) OLDEST & TjA. EGE ST JEWELRY HOUSE In the City. No. 860, Austin Avenue, Waco, Texas. CASTLES ipregcrfpfiou Ucufltjisis. & MORRISON Pro prietors of THE OLD CORNED DRUG STORE. Leading Prescription Drug Store in the City EUg.rt n» S CTA 1CUMA1N. Kiwrid t (lions FVLFTFd Cthtst nd jvre SODA and MINERAL WATERS. FINE TOILET ARTICLES, &c IIOXIE AND POWDEELY. PROPOSAL AND ACCEPTANCE OF A PLAN OF SETTLEMENT. The Strikers Seem to Be Left Entirely Out of the ArrangementThe Blair Eill in the House —Steagall Sentenced to Hang. The following is the correspondence between Gould, Powderly and Hoxie, which led to an agreement to adjust grievances of employes of the Missouri Pacific, as stated below: Nf.w York, March 30.—H. M. Iloxie, vicepresident, St. Louis: Will you meet with the general executive board of the Knights of Labor, or with a committee of your employes who are Knights ot Labor, for the purpose of hearing what their complaints were, and for the purpose of making a settlement of present difficulties, alike honorable to both sides, either on a basis of arbitration, or by mutual agreement, and the same to be binding on all parties. A. L. Hopkins. Later in the day the following was reciived by Mr. Gould and a copy of it was transmitted to Mr. Powderly: St. Louis, March 30.—To A. L. Hopkins, New York: Replying to your inquiry for Mr. Powderly, of this date, I will say that yesterday I received from Mr. Gould the following, (Mr. Gould’s instructions to Mr. Hoxie are quoted) to which I sent the following: St. Louis, March 30—To Jay Gould, Esq., New York: I have yourmessage in relation to your interview with Mr. Powderly, also letter of instructions, and 1 will carry them out to the best of my ability. 1 am therefore willing to meet a committee of our employes, without discrimination, who are actually at work in the service of the company at the time such committee is appointed, to adjust with them any grievances they may have. FI. M. Hoxie. After having received Mr. Hoxic’s dispatch Mr. Powderly caused the following to be sent: New York March 30.—To Martin Irons, St. Louis: Have been in confercnce all day, with result that VicePresident Hoxie agrees to the following: (Re— peating Hoxie’s telegram.) Have your executive committee order the men to return to work and also select a special committee from the employes of the Missouri Pacific to wait on Mr. Hoxie to adjust any greivances. Do this as quickly as possible. • The board will leave for St. Louis tomorrrw. Frederick Turnf.r,' Secretary and Treasurer. St. Louis, March 31, 3 a. m.—Mr. Martin Irons, at 2 o’clock, refuses to say whether he will obey Mr. Powderly’s telegram to him and order the men back to work. It is known that up to his hour (3. a. m.) he has not done so. New York, March 30.—At an interview with a gentleman who was at today’s conference, it was learned that the committee of the Knights of Labor submitted a proposition for arbitration, which has been referred to Mr. Hoxie, of St. Louis, as Gould declined to act without the advice of Hoxie, and the meeting adjourned to await his answer. Should Hoxie reply this morning his views will be at once sent to Powderly and his associates, and should they desire they are at liberty to make them public. Gould and Hoxie both express themselves as willing to receive any statement of their troubles and to hear grievances; cmployees must, however, belong to the class making the complaint, but no question would be asked as to whether men are Knights of Labor or not. Kansas City, March 30.—As a Missouri Pacific freight train was passing the lumber yards on its way out this morning, two men ran forward and threw the switch open about midway the train, thus derailing a dozen cars and wrecking a number. A squad of police turned out and chased the two men, who proved to be strikers. One of them surrendered and the other refused to halt, when the officer fired in the air three times to frighten him. This was without effect and the man was about to get away, whereupon the officer brought him down with a bullet wound in the leg. The wound is not dangerous. The affair had an ugly effect on some of the strikers, but it rerriains to be seen whether it will intimidate them or incite them to further violence. St. Louis, March 30.—Notwithstanding the announcement made by Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, that he did not consider the condition of affairs in East St. Louis serious enough to warrant the issuing of orders calling out the militia, nevertheless AdjutantGeneral Vance has telegraphed from Springfield to Capt. Wells, Co. 1, Fifth National Guards, to instruct his men to equip themselves for active service and await further orders. Three freight trains started out this morning from the Missouri Pacific yards guarded by police. No crowds of any size congregated in the yards at the time, and none were assembled at any point along the route leading out of the city. Ft is stated that the company could now run out the regular number of trains if the necessary number of men could be procured to move them. St. Louis, March 30.—Officials of the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railways today made formal announcements that their agents would receive freight for shipment to all points on their respective roads as before the strike. General Superintendent Kerrigan, of the Missouri Pacific, said this evening that business was progressing favorably upon the whole system. Full traffic is not yet resumed, of course, but every day shows an improvement. Fully 150 trains have been moved today on alt lines, and there was less interference than on any previous day. The men are applying for work at many points on the road and are being engaged as fast as their servi ces are required. Mr. Hoxie has been named by the board of directors Of the Missouri Pacific railway as its continuing representative in dealing with the strikes on its lines, and will adopt no course of action that will be inconsistent with the position that he has heretofore taken. Washington, March 30.—Reprcscntative George D. Wise, of Virginia, said to the members of the Virginia democratic association, in a speech recently, that he was a democrat, had worked for the democratic party, and wanted the fruits of his labor. He did not want a president ruled by republicans and mugwumps, and he did not believe in the sentimental nonsense about civil service reform. He said he would not recognize the existence of a democratic administration until there were more radical changes. Helena, Ark., March 30.—A tornado of unusual velocity swept over this section last evening, doing considerable damage in this city. The Atlantic Beer garden was blown down and on to the roof of a onestory frame house adjoining, crushing through the roof and setting fire to it from a cooking stove. By a great effort the fire was extinguished before it had time to spread. The walls of the Plcfora house and other large buildings, remnants of the late fire, were mown to the ground. The coal fleet was swept out into the river, and the distress signals of boats added to the confusion. The Phillip county court house was unroofed and stripped of its window blinds. Glass doors and windows were smashed into shells. The direction of the tornado was front west to east. Chicago, March 30.—Mr. P. D. Armour was asked if the threatened boycott on his packing house had seriously interfered with his business. Mr. Armour replied: “I can’t say that we have not been free from slight inconvenience on account of the boycott, but the fact is, that as yet we have not been seriously affected.. The future I do not care to refer to, as I never attempt to cross a river until I get to it.” New Orleans, March 30.—General Manager Wheelock, of the New Orleans division of the Texas Pacific railway, telegraphed from Marshall, Tex., to the mastermechanic in charge of the shops at Gouldsboro, La., af follows: “There will be a number of mechanics here, more than we can give employment to; if you need any let me know what kind and I will send them. Please inform all persons that all our shops arc to be conducted in the interests of the rcccivers as officers of the United States courts, and the rules and regulations of the Knights of Labor, or any other organization will not be permitted to cut any figure in conducting the business of this company. Any man not willing to accept this proviso must quit the company at once.” THE STATE. Henrietta, March 30.—The jury in the case of A. A. Steagall, for the murder of his infant child, at this place, last February, after being out twentysix hours returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree and assessed his punishment at death. The verdict appears to meet with general approval. This is the case in which Steagall an excounty attorney, was arrested on the death of his daughter, whose dying statement was to the effect that he had compelled her to submit to his brutalities for three years. The body of the child was found where Steagall was known to have concealed it, and on the examining trial the testimony of the physician who attended the dying girl, and concerning the dead infant, was such as to arouse public indignation to an almost uncontrollable degree. Two attempts at lynching were ouly frustrated by the prompt action ot the authorities, the last time Sheriff Wright cutting Steagall down in an apparently lifeless condition, and standing the crowd off" with a cocked Winchester rifle held to his shoulder by one hand, the fingers of which were menacingly pressing the trigger. Steagall was removed to Tacksboro jail to save him from mob fury and vengeance, and was brought to this place for trial at the present term oncourt. Adams’ Tutti Frutti Is a fine during gum and aids digestion. LOCAL POLITICS. DRAWING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY ON MR. STURGIS, As to His AntiPerquisite Views—Mr. H. M. Thompson Responds to the Second Warders Maj Hinchman to the Front. LET Tin: RECORD SPEAK. To lac Editor of The Day. During the present canvass for mayor, the Hon. F2. A. Sturgis has arraigned the “perquisite system” on every street corner and alley, and his tirade of abuse has found its way into the court house, before the Municipal Reform party, in such language as this: “The perquisite system is rotten to the core;” and on last Saturday night, at the court house, Mr. Sturgis, in his reply to Mr. Baker, being anxious to show the consistency of his record, after paying his respects to the “rotten system” declared to his hearers that the first thing he did when he went into office in 1878, was to agitate the question of “perquisites” and succeeded in abolishing it, so far as the city a/torney's office was concerned, and he had Mr. l’rathcr, then city attorney, placed on a salary of fifty dollars per month. If Mr. Sturgis will retrace his steps about eight years ago he will find in possession of Recorder llrinkcrhoff, among the city records, the following facts: In city record, page 76, that on the 5th day of July, 1878, an ordinance was passed fixing the city attorney’s salary at fifty dollars per month. This was under tho administration of Mayor A. J. Iiyrd and before Mr. Sturgis went into office. As the records further show, on page 82, Mr. Sturgis went into office on August 1 st, 1878. Instead of putting Mr. Prather on a salary; on the 8th day of September, A. D. 1879, Mr. Prather’s salary was dropped, and he was placed back on perquisites of two dollars and fifty cents for every conviction. This was done under the administration of Mr. Sturgis, who, at the same time approved the ordinance, allowing all the city officers perquisites. Later, towit, on the 21st day of Decernber, A. D. 1882, on page 349 of the city records we find Mr. Sturgis, on the last night he presided as mayor, and as one of his last official acts, increasing the perquisites of the city attorney from two dollars and fifty cents to a larger sum in some cases. It is not my purpose to criticise Mr. Sturgis for unintentionally misleading the people, but, to show how much better it is to keep a record of everything; and how much safer it is to rely upon the record than the memory. For proof of the statements I have made I refer any one to the official records of the city, which are open, at all times, to the inspection of any reputable citizen. Respectfully, Waeo,March 31. Fair Play. CARD FROM MAJ. HINCHMAN. To the Editor of The Day: I am asked daily whether I will be a candidate for mayor this year. I take this method of imforming my friends and the public that I will not. Numbers of my friends have importuned me to allow the use of my name. I must decline doing so, first, on account of the feeble health of my aged mother, who has urged me to have nothing to do with politics; and second, because my business demands so much of my time. The solicitations 1 have had induces me to believe I could make a successful race, but I have no intention of departing from my determination above expressed. I am actively interested in Waco’s welfare and want to see firstclass citizens elected as mayor and councilmen. 1 am tm antiperquisite and an antibond (for any purpose) man. I want to see our streets opened, though, and I want to see some streets paved—the city to pay a portion and propertyowners on such streets the other portion of the paving. Thanking all my friends, white and colored, for their kindiy expreesions toward me, in connection with the mayoralty, I am very respectfully, Waco, March 31. A. Hinchman. CARD FROM MR. H. M. THOMPSON. To Messrs. Dickey, Fordtran, Ripley and Others: Gentlemen :—I notice your very flattcring call as citizens of the second ward for me to run for the office of alderman at the ensuing election to represent you in the council. While I am not an aspirant for political honors, I feel it my duty to accept your call, as 1 think it incumbent upon every good citizen to sacrificejhis personal interests to some extent to further the interest of his ward and the city generally. And in doing this I fully realize the fact that there is very much expected of the city council during the next two years. The streets should be opened and improved. A good system of sewerage should be constructed, and to this extent I am in favor of bonding the city' to a limited amount and only for specific purposes. I would persue a liberal, but firm policy towards all public enterprises. Such enterprises should not be hampered by unjust legislation, and it elected 1 promise you my best efforts towards a liberal, progressive and judicious management of the affairs of our city. Thanking you for the confidence resposed in my ability'. I am very truly yours, FI. M. Thompson. Waco, March 31, 1886. general notes". The antiperquisiters of the third ward meet at the hall of the athletic club tonight. Candidates for aldermen ought to let their constituents know how they stand on public issues. Speak out, gentlemen. The chances of the candidates for mayor seem to be so evenly balanced in the estimation of their adherents that men can be found to bet money on either'Sturgis or Baker. As will be seen from his card, Mr. FI. M. Thompson consents to run for alderman in the second ward. He takes a decided stand in favor of public improvements and tells exactly what he is in favor of. The people of the ward will do themselves and the whole city a service by electing him. Washington, March 30—The vote on the reference of the educational bill introducedby Mr. Willis yesterday is considcred a fair test of the sentiment on the question in the House. The bill is an exact copy of the Blair bill, now before the committee on education, which has refused to report it. When Mr. Willis moved the reference of his bill to the committee on labor, Mr. Miller moved as an amendment to refer it to the committee on education. The enemies of the bill voted for Mr. Miller’s amendment and its friends against. The result developed that the friends of the measure had a majority of eighteen. This will insure a report at an early 'day, "and then the only hope for its defeat will depend upon such dilatory tactics as may be resorted to after it comes before the house. The policy will be to have the committee on labor call it up when the turn of that committee is reached, then move to substitute the senate bill for it. Its opponents will, however, use all parliamenta* means to prevent a direct vote on it, and are still hopeful of preventing its passage. The Texas members all arrayed themselves against it today, except Mr. Mills, who was absent, but was paried against it. St. Louis, March 30.—Under the protection of the United States marshals at the Wabash railroad yards in north St. Louis, regular passenger and freight trains are arriving on time without any trouble. Strikers have offered no resistance to the regular business of the road at that point and none is expected. Washington, March 30.—There is nothing new to report in Secretary Manning’s case, said the physician, at 11 o’clock this morning. He is about the same as yesterday. Fie lost no ground and gained none. His improvement is very slow, and in all probability it will be sometime before any marked improvement takes place. Neither of the physicians spoke as confidently as they did yesterday. 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