Waco Evening News (Waco, Texas) Vol. 6 No. 196, Friday, March 2, 1894

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Vol. 6, No. 196. WACO, TEXAS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2, 1894. 50c. Per Month.
BY WIRE AND CABLE
A Full Report of the
Day’s Happenings.
A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION
Gladstone Will Resign
Trust Tomorrow;
His
CRUELTIES TO THE INSANE
From Which One Patient Dies.
Matters of Interest.
Guests of the Queen.
London, March 2.—By com-hi
and of the queen, Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone will proceed to Windsor
Ostle this afternoon and will re-main
as guests of her majesty until
tomorrow. At noon tomorrow the
privy council will be held at Wind-sor
Castle, and upon this ocoasion
Mr. Gladstone will tender his resig-nation
of the premiership. The
Earl of Kimberly, lord president of
the council, and Earl Spencer, first
lord of the admiralty, and the other
ministers, with the exception of
Lord Roseberry, will be present.
Mr. Gladstone is in excellent health
and spirits today, and spent the
forenoon quietly at home.
Tire Radicals, heaoed by La-bouchere,
have decided not to serve
under any peer, and state that if
Lord Roseberry is made premier
the existence of the new ministry
is limited to a week.
East indian Deficit.
London, March 2.—A Calcutta
dispatch to the Times says: Finance
Minister Westland announced at
yesterday’s vice regal council that
the deficit amounted to three and a
half crores (» crores is ten millions).
The new duties proposed would
leave two crores still unprovided for.
The minister said there was some
doubt about the actual proceeds
from duties, especially on silver.
Mr. Playfair, the commercial
member of the council, said a large
section of the commercial commu-nity
considered the duties on cotton
ought to be reimposed.
The bill proposed by Mr. West-land
was referred to a select oommit-tee,
which will sit daily and make a
report on the 10th of March.
There is no doubt public opiniqn
in India will strongly condemn the
omission of duty on cotton and the
export duty on ju'.e, and pandering
to the selfi»h interests of Lancashire
and Dundee.
They Want the Murderer.
Scranton, Pa., March 2—Two
hundred men attempted to force the
jail at Stroudsburg this morning,
with the purpose of lynching
Richard Prior, the negro who a
week ago murdered Christian
Eblers, the store keeper, and his
wife in Monroe county. The at-
Jack was made at 2 o’clock, but was
repulsed by the sheriff who held the
mwb at bay until the police ap-peared.
The mob retired in a sul-len
mood, and it is feared they will
be reinforced and will yet suooeed
in breaking in the jail and securing
the murderer.
Auditorium on Wheel^T
The Auditormn on Providenfc-'U**'^®
Wm. son, who- —
g buidling--^
oar line^„
An Investigation Needed.
St. Joseph, Mo., March 2.—T.
B. Williams, a patient at asylum
No. 2, is dead from the effects, it is
alleged, of injuries received at the
hands of W. S. Jackson, an attend-ant.
Williams said Jackson had
beaten him. An examination de-veloped
the fact that several of the
patient’s ribs were broken. Jackson
said Williams had attacked him and
he was forced to throw him down,
but used no other violence. In
subtantiation of this • statement he
showed a discolored eye and
scratches on his throat whioh
he said were caused by the patient.
The coroner is investigating the
matter.
takin
solution of-hanges
in.
north by
is now tu
around to ir
The object of
mer position
Coloord the c
Parrott Aven
story houses
tion seen
heights
the wa|6r question
the p«fr line, and the return of Mr
Golcord. Borne ot the foundations-being
built there look like for
tresses.
A Fearful Tragedy
Eugene, Ore., March 2.—A ter
rible tragedy occured last night at
a farm house a few miles from here
Albert Moss and his father quar
relied, and David Coleman, a far
mer living near by, took sides with
the father. Young Moss went to
Coleman’s house later and oommen-ced
shooting at the family. He
first attacked a married daughter of
Coleman’s, shooting her twice and
killing her instantly. He then
shot another daughter through the
arm, and finally attacked Coleman,
whom he shot through the abdomen
and fatally injured. Moss then
went home and blew out his brains.
Mr. Wilson Recovering.
City of Mexico, March 2.—Con-gressman
Wilson, who is ill a*
Guadalajara, is recovering so far as
to need only nursing and rest. D
Malet Provost says after ten to
fourteen days convalescence Mr.
Wilson can start home in his car.
Wyoming’s Quarantine.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 2.—Gov.
Osborne has issued a quarantine
proclamation againt the importation
into Wyoming of all cattle from in-fected
districts south of the thirty-seventh
parallel of north latitude,
between February 15 and December
2, unless clean bills of health can
be shown. The proclamation ex-the
Texas counties of Wil-barger,
Baylor, Throckmorton,
Wants a Report.
Washington, March 2.—The
comptroller of currency, has oalled
for a report of the condition of
national banks at the close of
business Wednesday, February 28,
1894.
Big Gold Shipment.
New York, March 2__Messrs.
Lazard & Freres have engaged
$1,250,000 of gold for shipment to-morrow.
Height&ii now in-transit, having--^Weford, Jones, Nolan, and the
already bfcpn moved a block further-north half of Pecos.
An Attack Feared.
St. Louis, March 2.—A special
from the fois-Jo the PosGDispatct from Powell
ive Mr. Samuel--ton, W. Va-, says the strikers are
preparing to attack the mines here.
They have assembled in such num-plaTeVnTh?
bers and in such a threatening man-ner
that Sheriff Banks has tele-graphed
Governor MacCorkle that
troops are needed at once.
WHAT Othe* Shoe
Ston in Texas
can s now their
custc mers
and Tends
,000
Terrific Explosion.
Philadelphia, March 2—A terri
fic explosion oocurred in the waste
seperating building of the Repauno
Chemical company at Gibbstown
N. J., this morning. The force of
the shook was so great that it was
felt in towns fifteen miles away.
Fortunately there was only one man
in the building at the time the ex-plosion
occured. Levi Levins, one
of the workmen, was blown to
atoms. The seperating building
was destroyed and surrounding
structures were damaged.
Quiet at the Mines.
St. Louis, March 2.—A special
to the Post-Dispatch from Eagle,
W. Va., says all is quiet at the
mines today. The night passed
without any event of importance
Some eight hundred strikers held a
secret meeting at Montgomery last
night, after which they separated
and went to their homes. The
troops may be withdrawn before
night.
Killed Himself
San Antonio, March 2.—[Special]
Charles Phillips, a baker, and a
well known and esteemed oitizen,
repaired to Milam park at 10 o’clock
this morniDg, took a seat on a bench
and shot himself through the brain.
He lived two hours. The cause is
not known, but it is thought he had
trouble with a woman.
TheTlmes on McKane.
London, March 2.—The Times
this morning prints a column arti-cle
on the history of Boss McKane.
It says eveverybody in position to
judge believes his downfall will
nave a deoided influence in the
way of purifying elections through-out
the states of the Union. It is
startling, however, to think such a
career as this is possible in the very
heart of the oldest and richest and
most highly eduoated section of the
nation.
Steele Mackaye’s Funeral.
New York, March 2.—Tne fun-eral
services over the remains of
Steele Mackaye, the playwright,
were held this morning in All Souls
ohuroh. The church was crowded
with friends of the deceased, most
of them of the theatrical and litera
ry world. There were many floral
offerings; Henry Iving sent a
wreath of flowers. Rev. Dr. Wil-liams
conducted the ceremony.
McNabb’s Victim Dead.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 2.—Mrs.
Louise Rockwell, the actress shot
by Pitcher McNabb Wednesday
night, at Hotel Eiffel, died at 3:40
o’clock this morning. Her husband
was notified yesterday and left
California for this city at once
McNabb’s body was shipped to his
old home at Mount Vernon, Ohio,
last evening. The funeral will
take place today.
re insurance..
Largest Opal In the World.
Aldwell, Idaho, March 2.—Word
comes from the opal mines, near
here, of the finding of the largest
opal in the world, ^t is said to be
as large as a hen’s egg and without
flaw. It is estimated the gem will
dress 323 karats and prove of the
highest quality and immense value.
The Cotton Markets.
New Orleans, March 2.—Glenny
& Co. say: Liverpool opened .3 64
higher, declined and closed par-tially
1 64 higher on futures, and
1-16 higher on spots; sales 12,000
bales; middling 4 3 16d.
New York opened 6 to 7 points
higher, declined, and at 1 p m.
was 4 points lower than yesterday’s
close.
New Orleans opened 3 points
higher, declined 10 points, and re-aoting
was 3 points lower than yes-terday’s
close at noon. The oourse
of Liverpool at the closing today
was a great disappointment and oar
market became weak in consequence,
with large selling by those who
had been buyers during the past
few days. The cables report the
decline in Liverpool due to heavy
selling from America and to lower
silver and rumors of a small failure
in Manchester.
Chicago Markets.
Chicago, M »rch 2.—Wheat easier
on gold exports; May 60fc.
Corn firm; 37c.
Oats firm,29£c.
Provisions steady, May pork,
$11.75; May lard, $6 97^.
At New York.
New York, March 2.—Bar silver
59o; Mexican hollars 48c.
The Silver Market.
London, March 2.—Bar silver,
per ounce.
Now Is the Time to Improve.
The Manufacturers’ Record, of
Baltimore, says:
Hundreds of towns in the South
need improvements. Some of them
have little or no drainage, and as a
consequence the health of the popu-lation
is menaced. Others have
streets which are rough,unimproved,
thus affeoting the business and
general prosperity of the place.
Others have no water supply, and as
a consequence the people have to
pay double insurance rates or run
the risk of losing their all by fire,
saying nothing of the inconvenience
of depending on wells and the town
pump. Others are without suitable
buildings for municipal and county
purposes. In many sections the
bridges are old and dangerous to
travel. Not a few cities still de-pend
on the oil street lamp, or no
lamp at all, for illumination, taking
the chances of having a full moon
and a clear night about iour days in
a month.
This state of affairs is found all
over the country, perhaps no t as
much in the Sjuih as in the West,
but it is needless to say that where-ever
possible it should be remedied.
To increase its population, the num-ber
of factories aad its other bnsi-ness
ventures a city or town must
offer some advantages. Advertis
ing is a good thing; it is, in fact, a
vital necessity; bat you must have
some feature to advertise. If your
city is well lighted, has low insur-ance
rates on account of ample water
supply; if the streets are properly
payed, and it has a high standard
for health because it is properly
drained, tue man with common sense
who has the money and the business
push—the man you want to help
build np the town—will locate with-in
your limits and become one of
your people in nine cases out of ten,
passing by the place next to you be-oause
it hasn’t these improvements,
although it may possess more nat-ural
advantages. No one can esti
mate the public benefits secured by
money judiciously expended in im
provements suoh as we have men-tinned.
They are of the lasting
worth of well
selected Shoes,
at far and
honest prices?
SLEEPER,
CLIFTON
& DUKE
Invite You.
kind, and increase in value as the
years pass by.
Now is the time to secure funds
to make needed improvements; also
to refund debts at a lower rate of
interest. The financial condition of
stmc Southern towns wh’ch are in
need of these improvements is so
sound that they can float long-time
bonds if the negotiations are oon-
.ducted through the proper channels.
A town has to be heavily burdened
with debt that can cot dispose of 6
per cent improvement bonds. But
such a town should not inorease its
debt, and we do not advocate any
bond issues where the indebtedness
would exceed a reasonable assess-ment
on the valuation of taxable
property. Judgment and caution
should be used and no sale made
without the securities being adver-tised
exclusively so as to secure the
highest market price.
The sale of southern bonds in the
North and elsewhere will also have
the merit of attracting outside in-terest
to the sections where invest-ments
are to be made through per-sonal
examinations of the communi-ties
soliciting such aid. It will be
the means of not only securing
money for public improvements,
but money for private enterprises,
for the enlargement of factories,
etc. A man who thinks his money
is safe in improvements for a oity
will have faith in private ventures
in that city. instances which
prove this are found all the way
from Maryland to Texas.
If you are thinking of issuing
bonds of any kind and wish to ob-tain
the highest price the Manu-faoturers’
Record will put you in
communication with the men who
have the money and who want to
loan it.
ance
your favor every time you make a pur-ase
from our stock. Some people think it
funny that we can draw trade three blocks
from Austin street. It’s as simple as a. b. c.
make PRICES, and when a dollar’s in
sight, most people will walk and not a few
will RUN. When we say solid oak bedroom
strong, at $12.50, we mean to save you $3.50. and if you
)alance of humanity, you are willing to walk for the saving.
Waco Furniture Company.