Waco Evening News (Waco, Texas) Vol. 6 No. 186, Monday, February 19, 1894

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THE CABLE BREAKS
On a Cable Car Line in
Knoxville, Tenn.
A DREADFUL ACCIDENT
Occurred Two Hundred
Feet Above the River.
fondant be imprisoned in Sing SiDg
state prison for six years.”
There was dead silence in court
for a moment, and then, amidst a
mnrmur of voices throughout the
chamber Judge Bartlett ordered the
court to be cleared.
MRS. HARRISON’S PICTURE
ONE PASSENGER IS KILLED
Others Were Rescued by De-scendlng
Ropes to a Tug.
Knoxville,Tenn., Feb.19.—One
man was killed and seven persons
narrowly esoaped a like fate in a
disaster here yesteidiy afternoon.
Jor several months a company has
had in operation a cable car line
across the Tennessee river to Long-street
Spriigs, and it has been ex-tensively
patronized. A large
erowd was present yesterday after-noon.
At 3:30 a car started on one
of the trips, having eight passen-gers.
When the car was six feet
from the landing point on the bluff,
suddenly and without warning the
drawing cable broke, the brakes on
the car failed to work, and the oar
dashed down the incline at a terrific
rate of speed.
Suddenly the broken cable wrap-ped
around the car, crushing it as
if it had been an egg shell, One
end struck Oliver Ledgewood, a
prominent young attorney of this
eity, killing him instantly. The
passengers were terror stricken in
their perilous position, two hundred
feet above the river, which is
seventy feet deep at that point.
When the cable fell a child was
struck by it and fatally injured.
The news spread with great
rapidity, and a tug was hastily sent
down the river and anchored under
the wrecked car. Then ropes were
gent down from the car to the tug
and orie by one the frightened occu-pants
of the car climbed down to
the tug.
All made the descent in safety.
The cable had been cut by a cold-chisel
in the hands of some unknown
culprit.
Important Anarchist Trial.
Vienna, Feb. 19 —[Copyrighted
1894 by the Associated Press ]—
The trial of the twelve Anarchists
arrested in September last, charged
with conspiracy against the life of
Emperor Francis Joseph, began
today. The court ruled that the
trial should take place in secret.
The proceedings promise to be
memorable in this oountry in the
history of anarchy, as the case is
one of the most sensational and
romantic on record. It is a matter
of regret that this important trial is
to be coaduoted behind closed doors
as revelations of a remarkable kind
are expected. Arrangements, how-ever,
have been made by the Asso-ciated
Press which, it is expected,
will enable it to furnish from day to
day the most important facts.
Killed Their Companions.
Morgantown, N. C-jFeb. 19.—
The body of William Cansby, one
of the best known young men in
town, was found yesterday five
miles from here with the throat cut
and the head mashed in. Among
the witnesses at the coroner’s in-quest
was Philip Williams, who
stands high in the estimation of the
community. Williams had bten
with Cansby early in the evening
and was put on the stand to tell of
their parting. When his eyes
rested on the horribly mutilated
face of his dead friend he sat trans-fixed
for a few minutes, then broke
down and confessed that he,had
killed Cansby. The scene was a
dramatic one. Cansby and Sylvanus
Morrow, while drank, had a falling
out, quarreled and fought and
Williams and Morrow killed their
friend.
To Have a Place on the Walls
of the White House.
Washington, D. C., Fab. 19 —
To the interesting portraits which
hang on the walls of the rooms of
state in the White House will be
added this week a fine picture of
Mrs. President Harrison. The
donors are members of the Patriotic
Order of Daughters of the American
Revolution, who will meet here for
their third annual congress the last
three days of the week, assembling
on Washington’s birthday.
Most of the former mistresses of
the White House have received
official recognition from the govern-ment
by permission given that their
portraits should ba hung in the
executive mansion. The Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union pre-sented
some years ago a painting of
Mrs. Hayes, one or the most dis-tingaished
exemplars of its prinoi,
pies. Mis. Harrison was a member
of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, holding its highest
office and presiding over its delibera-tions
while she was in the Whte
House. President Cleveland has
written the society, signifying his
willingness to accept the portrait.
It was painted by Huntington of
New York,is 5x7 feet and is regard-ded
by the critics as an exceptional-lv
fiue work. It represents Mrs.
Harrison at the age of thirty years,at-tired
in a brocaded gown of cerulean
blue; with a train held in her left
hand.
The congress of the society will
be called to order Thursday, Feb-ruary
22, by President-General Mrs.
Vice-President Stevenson, who will
deliver an address of welcome.
The response will be made by
Mrs. James Beck, state regent for
Wisconsin. The pioture of
Mrs.Vice-President Harrison will
be unveiled with appropriate cere-monies,
including music by the Na
tional Marine band and singing of
Rosa Wright Smith; historian
general Mrs. Henry Blount;chaplain
general, Mrs. E. T. Bullock; surgeon
general, Mrs. Mary Desha.
McKane Sentenced.
Brooklyn, N. Y., Feb. 19.—
“How long will he get?” was the
question whioh one heard every-where
in Brooklyn this morning.
On the elevated railroads, on the
street cars and on the sidewalks,
wherever two men could be seen
together, it is safe to say they were
talking about the McKane case. At
the court house crowds of anxious
men besieged the doors of the court
room, and the policemen had a
herculean task in keeping them from
breaking down the doors in their
anxiety to get in to secure good
positions from which they could
hear and see everything which took
place. At 10:20, when Judge
Bartlett took his seat on the bench,
the corridors were rendered almost
impassable and the crowd swarm-ed
on the stairs, in the hall-ways
and out into the street. Judge
Bartlett denied motion for anew
trial and also an arrest of judgment.
He then pioceeded to pass sentence
and said:
“I do not feel inclined to disre-gard
the recommendation of mercy
made by the jury. The crime for
which the defendant stands convict
ed was a serious one. That great
dime seems to be one that demands
an emphatic sentence. The penal-ty
should be so severe as to express
due consideration, while not so
severe as to exact sympathy. The
sentence of the court is that the de-
Boom Hotel for Sale.
Barboursville, Ky., Feb. 19 —
A million dollar hotel at Middles-borough,
Ky., constructed there a
few years since in the palmy days
of the “Magic City,” is advertised
by the receiver for sale on
March 13.
The Cotton Markets.
New Orleans, Feb. 19.—Glenny
& Co. say: Liverpool closed 1-64
lower than Saturday’s close, with
sales of spot 8000 bales; middling,
4Jd.
New York opened 3 points lower,
deolined, and at 1 p. m. was 6 points
lower than Saturday’s close.
Again Liverpool was disappoint-ing,
and instead of advancing in
response to the American markets
of Saturday, prices there marked
decline of 164, and private cables
reported a decline in futures due to
weakness of spots. In consequence
our market opened 2 to 5 points
lower, and gradually declined until
noon, when prices were 6 points
lower than Saturday’s close. Re-ceipts
here tomorrow are estimated
at 5500, possibly 7000 bales.
The American Woman.
Calve, the famous prima donna,
although sh e calls herself ‘ ‘Madame, ”
is not married. “I have been too
busy to marry,” she says. “In
Europe, a woman is called ‘madame’
when she ceases to look like a girl.
That is why I prefer to be called
Madame Calve.” The prima donna
dislikes very much the English title
for unmarried women. “ ‘Yes,
miss,’ for instance; is there any ex-pression
less pleasing to the ear?
In Franoe we say, ‘Yes, madame,’
with the first syllable slightly
accented, and if the voice is sweet
the ear is charmed.” Calve eon-aiders
the English woman the most
accomplished in the world of society;
the American lady comes next. In
none of the countries of continental
Europe will you meet as many
ladies who speak two languages as
in England or the United States.
Of all womankind, none are so hap-pily
situated as the Americans.
Their wealth, personal liberty and
individuality are astonishing. When
a European lady wishes to go on a
visit or make a purchase, the matter
is talked over with the family; here
she is free to do as she likes. She
buys what pleases her and goes and
does as she likes. To know the
American woman is to want to do
as she does, to be as she is.
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the original hymn, “Our Wester-land.”
The proceedings on Friday and
Saturday will be devoted to the bus-iness
of the society.
□ On Friday afternoon Mrs. Steven-son
will give a reception at the
Normandie to the congress and
visitors. On the evening of
February 21 the National Society
will give a reception at the Ebbbtt
house to congress and resident
members of the society.
This is one of the largest patriotic
organizations of women in the
world, numbering 148 chapters and
4755 members and thirty-four states.
The banner state is Connecticut,
which has twenty three, regents and
630 members. The second on the
list is Pennsylvania with nineteen
regents and 145 members, and the
third is New York with ten chapters
and 500 members. The national offi
cers are: President general, Mrs.
Adlai Stevenson; vice-president in
charge of organization, Mrs. Ellen
Haram Wolworth; ■ recording seore-tary
general, Mrs. Eugene Wash-ington;
corresponding secretary
general, Mrs. Howard Clark;
treasurer general, Mrs. Margueite
Picki-s,; n registrar general, Mrs.
Charles Sweet Johnson and Mrs.
SHOES
Cheapest and
Best Shoe House
In Texas.
“More Facts” J>
Is a handsomely illustrated fifty-page
pamphlet, issued by the Chi-cago,
Milwaukee and §$ Paul Rail-way
company, giving valuable in-formation
regard!^ agriculture,
sheep raising, qjfmate, soil and
other resources /of South Dakota.
It also contains a correct map of
North as welj-as South Dakota.
Every fjtfmer, and in fact any
one interested in agriculture, etc.,
should have a copy of it. Sent free
to any/ address upon application to
D. C. Brady, southern passenger
agent, 237 Fourth avenue, Louis-ville,
Ky.
That the people an|freoiate the
effort of The News M making to
give Waco one of iU#b best evening
papers in the statjfus evidenced by
the way in wbpi new subscribers
are being enrolled.
If youj/paper is not delivered
promptlynotify the office and the
negligence will be promptly cor-rect
No Experiment,
In reaching Austin, Sa#Marcos,
San Antonio, etc., via International
and Great Northern railroad, Two
daily trains each waW” Insist upon
your ticket reading/wia Hearne oi
Taylor and the Jmternational and
Great Northern/railroad. Perfect
roadbed, magnMoent equiptment,
No compafiy writes a policy so
thorougfalwadapted to the practical,
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people the United States Life.
If you/don’t believe it talk with J.
W. Harris.
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Miss Abbott wjJP* not give th®
exhibition for/c/he benefit of the
college ugJaFFriday night.
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Quick and sure! One tjjird of a
bottle oures neuralgia am|Kackache.—
Mr. W. H Gill, Byeiwfiie, Guernsey
Co., O , write's: had a sever©
attack of neurajgpa and pains in my
back and sba*ffders, and after using
one-third or a bottle of Salvation Oi!
was ablp^fo go to work.”
For Sale.
1 pair of large horses,
harness, cheap, for
with good security
P. G,Kirkpatrick,
605 South 8th.
agon and
on time
The Weather.
Washington, Feb. 19.—Forecast
till 8 p.m. Tuesday: Eastern Texas
and Northwest Texas, generally
fair; colder tonight;' northwest
windH.
Ed. ClarJjCat 72.8 Austin avenue,
finest meats the market
affords/fresh fish and oysters, and
purj^ogs’ lard. Call and leave
your order. Goods delivered
hywhere in the city. Phone 91.
Candidate For Comptroller.
Austin, Feb. 19.—J. Wiggins, Comp-troller
McCall’s chief bookkeeper, is
candidate for state comptroller.
The Silver Market.
New York, Feb. 19.—
certificates 64 to 64jc. Bar
63§c. Mexican dollars. 51-Jo.
West
Silver
silver
Biiraaoe.
An Or ale.
An excellent —no second
hand affair. JSi News office. StMtc sprinc;
coming- and you will soon have to put
awj®’ winter things. Ten to one you haven’t a
suitable place to store your Blankets,
Wraps, heavy skirts, etc. Then you need
one of our new Wardrobe Couches. A sty-lish
Turkish Couch and a splendid storage
chest combined in one article of Furniture.
Waco Furniture Company.