The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. [35], Ed. 1 Thursday, September 27, 1900 Page: 1 of 6
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a Roifb Maimer Do Parties at
Vktsr, Col.
K WAS STRUCK BY A STICK,
TU® Wit
however, without serious Injury, and
it pulled out (if the place' witjjb the
rough"]riders on the rear platforto. f ^
Oor. Itoostvslt, while regretting the
occurrence, waa not disturbed by the
incident and wa ready to proceed with
kg* apeechee in Cripple Creek.
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Wasblngton, Sept. 27.—One belated
diapatch from Gen. Chaffee relative
to condltlona n Pekln on the Slat in-
stant has been made public. It 1ft ap-
parent Utatour forernment -.Jr again
in a waiting attitude after hp ring
made the. important move toward the
reduction of the American troupe fn
China announced Tuesday. Geu(. Chaf-
fee had pot received the department's
whin "toe sent htf mes-
sage; made public yesterday, but with-
out doubt has it now in hand. .His
offer to escourt U Hung CUong was
in conformity with the cxpreansd wish
of the state 4spartmcnt to Csdlttato a
every proper 'maimer the Journey of
It Chinese viceroy to Pekln. Still. .it
la now regarded jdst as well that the
effer was declined and the re*ponsiblll-
t ty for U'i safety left with the Ilua-
Jn ' ttians. . :
The instruction to Minister Conger
to establish relations with Bart U and
Prince Ching is still held up here. It
la beginning to appear thst thepuf
pose of the delsy Is to ascertain more
rJearly the plans of the powers, In
whose interest as well aa our own Mr.
Conger was endeavor to bring
abqgt the ttegotgtone for ft settlement
If K shall appear that there 1s any dla-
Tort. Richard Crok«r, upon who. you' '"f"
•hie proportion of them to reject in
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exciting expert-
ilies from Cnp-
crowd had sastemblsd. ':**
governor had a narrow escape
serious personal violence.— The
only one of the hind
the progress
tfwtthe
mallbody
organised and
> purpose of bre0ktng~up
tho meeting. The men engaged were
few 1A number, but were violent
their attack.
Gov. Roosevelt spoke at Armory hall,
which was filled. He hsrdly begun
speaking When he was interrupted by
noiay demonstrations. Ha said:
"In my state the men who were put
on the committee on platform to draw
np aa anti-trust platform at the Kan-
sas City convention had at .that time
their pockets stated with ies trust
The Democratic leader in New
|ft4|J«ftge* Gallty mt Mm Harder mi me
, Ute Oo*. OmM.
Frankfort, Ky., fjept, ST.—Jamea B.
oward, who on trial for
^the paat ten days, charged with being
in principal tn the ftftmipBBsffon of Wll-
liftm Ooftbel, was was Cop ad guilty by
the jury, which fixed
At death. The fact
deliberated all of
without reaching a
belief that it w;
and this fact
.to Howard
his acquittal.
oompofltirp
for the ex
aad In
puniahment
Jury had
afternoon
led to n
divided,
ehook
for
his
baee your only hope—and it |e a mighty
site hope, too—was another great
stockholder, snd if. in fact you were
ti rtnd thraugh the Ust of stockhold-
ers "in that truat It would eound like
reading the roll of the members of
Tammaay hall.**
~ A voice cried: " "What about the rot-
ten beerr
The governor replied:: "1 ate it and
you win never get near enough to be
felt with a bullet or within Ave miles
of It" . ^
Gov Rooaevdt eucreedrd In flnlthlag
hie remark a, though there was an evl'
dent Intention smong those preernt
that he should not do so. When the
gdvernor left the hall wltb hta party,
to go toward the tmln he was sur-
rounded by s rompftny of rough rid-
ers. commanded b< gbymau Bell, one
Of his own solmers In the 8y ntah
War. He wss also accompanied by
Oeuoral Irving Hsle of Colorado.
United State* Senator Wolcott Frank
C. Ooudy, candidate for governor of
Colorado, and eevornl others.
Gov. Roosevelt and hta party were
on foot A crowd dt boys and roe i
began throwing stonee sad about ln«
for Bryaa. The rough riders mount-
ed sad unmounted, etoeed la srvuad
the guis#^ |o |MUrl htm from * •
aaalt by the mob. One made a pereoi ai
attach on Oov. Rooeevelt and aucoeeu
ed la strlhlng him s blow In the
fcrssft with o stlek.
The assailant wsp Immediately
ftnorted Sown by Daniel M Sullivan,
postmaster of Cripple Creek. c,
H ^ssit Wto than made by the mob J
to drag the mounted men In khaki unl-
forma from their hcree*. The m n on
foot^lso In khaki, aloeed la around the
governor, nuking s wedge whlrhJjbosh-
ed •mash fee eroOV and they finally
succeeded In gaining the train, which
waa eurroundrd by the mob
By tbia time there were prohab'y
1000 or iftoo eicited people In the vl-
clnlty nnd §S|leut> v ftrs e*rh nged on
nil sides, lluuy of the mob were arm• ;sountry vory quiet; good order IS Po-
ndranee the well-meant efforts Of the
Lnlted States government to bring
shout cotifeionees and negotiations in
V hk-h they could participate on equal
terms with our own government with
the puropoae of terminating the Chin-
ese difficulties, then Mr. Oonger*a In-
ttructiotts amy require runs sting 1ft
tony be regsrdsd us uneleun tor him to
MTsture for a meeting of the powers
with China which the former do not
care to nttend. owing to entirely dif-
ferent pitfpoeee from those aaimotlng
the United Stntee. nnd there probuMy
ta no disposition to subject our minis-
ter to humiliation, by n Sat failure
which might be anticipated
it is slso possible that the news re-
lating to the ndvnnee of Prince Tunn
to a poaltloo where be might InSnnnce
the negotiations la regarded as worthy
of attention, and that our government
may delay prooeedlaga aa long ftn he
Mnndn In the way. The elate depart-
ment hne not been ottcinlly informed
of Prince Tunn's promotion. ^
As to the mlliury plnns slfsndy
laid down, they will remnln unchnng-
ed. it la aald here. If the belligerent
power ur powers eetnt upon Pekln the i
American minisser will still remain ;
there nnd Oen. Chaffee a legstlon
Kunrd .will atay with hlVt, but tghlng
t< pert ta the war The pow*r Ig poe- '
ereeion can Snd no vniM n||rrtmn to
the preeeuce qf this iegutlon guard.
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Washington, ton. 7 —The Ml ?-
Ing hne been received from Oen Chaf-
fee: * % ft?
Taku, Sept ZS. Adjntaat Ueqeral.
mhingfon: SeptetgBer 21. No., (ft—
Acknowfedge yob No. to laeve for
Tien Tutu tkis afternoon Will ba ab-
eent eeveral day* Oen Wllaog re-
maiaa here. U Hong Chnng nt Tien
Tain. Understand marts here noon:
have Nhi ii Mm aacorl. declined;
room.
Ho glanced nt rhis attomayer'Who ant
beside him, and smiled, but said noth-
ing, After the jury had been di -
^|mftgnd Howftrg was Iqkmtlbaek to
Jail, and hero'for thft first time he be-
trayed emotion. called for a pen
and paper nnd wrote a- long letter to
his wife, during which teers coursed
down his cheeks. He was Joined later
by bin attorneys. :who>'ijjjHfii- n good
port of the day in coufsrenes with,
him in regard to the motion tor n new
trinl. ____ 1 ' ' .' •
One of the jurom, after the Jury had
been discharged, stated to the Asso-
ciated Prefs that a,number of ballotn
Were taken, but the first bnllot re-
sulted In* a unanimous vote for a ver-
dict of guilty. After thnt the bnllote
were as to the degree of ponMunent
nnd on the bellots ten members voted
for the deuth pennlty, while two voted
for life Imprisonment .This was white
the Jurors were in the Jury room
Tuendny afternoon. The first ballot
Wsdneeday reunited In a verdict tha
two Jurors who hud voted for life im-
prisonment tfviug In to the majority
and voting tor the death peaalty.
The verdict of tho Jury, It in bnlteve^,
waa based largely upon the duutractfon
of Howard's alibi, upon which hn de-
pended sqlsly. , L. ...
One of the Jurors admitted that tha
mihire of Howard to bring nay of the
oa Jnn. to to tentlfy thnt ho waa not
there wan oonaldered by the Jury as «n
indication thnt ho won there. The ten-
tllnoay of Onians an to
rua*oot of .the grounds
StnbblsSsid, who swore thnt Hoomrd
eenfsnnsd the hilling n few dnyft nfter
the mnrder, were the other prlndpnl
fnlnm upon which the Jury relied.
Howsrd's nttorneys will nt ones npply
tor n new trial, nning the motion on
ullage* ezpreeutons of nevernl of the
jrtor to the trlul, which
to the defoadnnt
After Howard went nek to JuJt Rog-
ert Noaken. who wan one of the pria-
dpal witneaaaa for the etete la the
Powers cnon, but who did not tentlfy
In the Howard caae. waa paaelaa
through tho Jail corridor*. Howard
saw him. and poked kle band through
the gmting to shuke bande. He eald.
"Wall Hob. good-bye. If I don't nee
yon again on earth. I gueee 1 will meet
you ia h—t"
The Jury which tried the cane waa
politically—nine Democrats.
Republioen and two untl-Ooebnl
Austin, Tns^ flept St.—A rOpotlUOS
of tho floode which wrought ruin sad
destruction throughout tain broad val-
leys of the Braaos aad Colorado river*
U little ovnr a yeur ago U in prospOct,
unless the fioods in the upper streams
subside. Tho rnino which hnvo iMM
throughout the Panhandle nnd oeotthl
Tfxaa, where theae ntreams nnd thelv
tributaries have their source, have
caused record-breaking overflows along
tbe upper couraee, and thee* floods of
water are sweeping toward the gulf.
While the averflowa of the trfbutarloft
aad along the headwaters of Jjjthi
streams are many feet higher than ev-
er known before, there Is hops
at the absence of rain in the water
Author down the rivers viB
cauao the flood to tone much of ite force
before tt has renched the thickly pop-
uluted aad highly cuttivated valtftfEfif
southern Texas. —:
The Colorado rivar at this* point had
a rise of about twenty-two feet, but
It begun subsiding nnd went down alx
feet, L_ ' '' ' '••• ■
Pears are entertained It la the big
overflow that ia aow beginning to reach
here from jlbove. The rise last night
came from the Perdaneleu river, whicu
was suddenly filled to overflowing by
n cloudburst resulting In much dam-
nge being dona along Its eouree.
The reports received from the points
In tho great water shed of tho Colora-
do and its tributerle above here are for
from reassuring. Tho South Concho
tho Little Ned. the San Saba, the LlunO
nnd other ntrenmn, which empty Into
the COlomdo north of Auntln, are still
out of thtir bnnkn nnd hare been pour-
ing terriflc floode of wuter Into the
Colorado for tho punt fifteen honrs. All1
thsns streams were higher thaa ever
before recorded.
Adrieea worn received her from
camping partleu who were on the
Nueoso river near its upper oourse
when tho flood In that atream occurreJ
loot Saturday aad Sunday. They utete
" Tftirbeult Minn.. Sost H.—ftfuafler
dotal In have Just reidMd here of a ter-
rible catastrophe which «Wtod tho vtl-
lage of Morrlstown, ten ftalloft west of
hora, shortly befoia • o'clock Monday.
The village waa struck by n cyclone
and a barn was rained In tho air snd
tapped directly on bop ofJPhnl Oato
he's saloon, where alxteun peftSftftHraMI
Mite refuge from the storm. Thms^
loon oollapeed and nU ooenpante wore
hurled ia tbe debrla. At present It to
oatt that eight dead bodlon and tkroo
Injured persons have been taken from
lite ruins.
The dead—Juke Miller. Jake Weaver
tfntnk Pitman of-^Tntorvtllo Otto
Gatskti, John Rohrer, Jr., BlmOr Broka
puirm S. waito. • - - ,
The injured—Frank Wilder, Paul Oot-
zke. Porter White and Lewis Pltmau
Tbe storm came without warning
from a aouthweeterly drectlon, pass-
ing over to the northeast The length
of its path on the village was less thsp
a mile. The storm made Jumpa of one
block, but whenever it came dawn or-
ovrythlng wss crumbled by tho pow-
er of the wind. . ^
The barn belonging to Vt• Da-gu-v
I el J, which la on the outskirts of the
village, waa the first etructure destroy-
*"• and this wag one of the freak fea-
tvtta of ths storm. The barn was
picked up and carried a block, leaving
tbe floor unnjured, with two horses
bunding on it. The building was
(rushed. Prom hero, the storm Jumped
« I lock to tho saloon of Paul GktsM.
be'ore reaching the Uatske saloon
t:,tre is a two-story building which
was left untouched.
All the people killed and wo.tndaJ 1a
Moi ristown were in the taloon having
turrledly taken refuge there when the
sturm wns seen on the outskirts of th)
\ "lage. There were alxteen people In
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. _ , Cslvestoa. Teg., Sept 'If.—'The Hst of
tamdnd. of bmt of nttlo ud m*ny | ^ (rom ^ >tornl „ g^,,. ,, prtnt.
itr. the additions which lure appeara
Sev-
raaek buildings were swept away.
many mast buildings wen
ami Mexican families were cuugbt ia
tho flood In Uvalde county and drown-
ed. Tfce flood was esnsed by cloud-
bursts. The water came down In enlid
sheets, convert ag dry amyss into Ms*
Howard | lag torrents In a few mlnutsa Some
and also of | of thsm dry bede were changed into
rivera
ed with eticka and dubs, some with kin.
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Manila. Sept 17-On Monday-night
vigorous insurgent attacks were ssade
upon ths United States outposts is the
district near Zepote brdge. las Plus*.
Parsneqne. IQpcoor snd Imus tweleve
Maaltta. 4e sMfOf
mmm it
Phltedelphio. Pa. Sept r.—ThOre is
! so Indiratkm of surrender Or rsmcsu-
aion on either side In fort, no otror-
tsrse looking to s settlement of the
differences hftvf been maga, by gltber
the etrlbe ieed^ts or |gls y|stators.
1 at*worthy feature of (bo etrfhe Is
W. H. Couiton, who is under tndkft-
ment ss sn ueeeesory to the (loebel
nod who gnve dsmsglng evl-
ugalnst both Howard nnd Caleb
Powers, waa released oa hall Wedaeu-
day afteraooa sad hie rase continued
until the January term His bond was
flted at llft.ftOft, aad bis brothsr-la-taw.
K. B. Hogg of Owsley couaty. aad 1,
P. Hal comb aad Joha Johnson of Jsek-
soa county berasss his an ret lea
In-
strlhsrs, especially when It Is coasMar-
1 ed thst the els I m la made that afward
J of "loo.000 mine workers sre Idle In tho
! anthracite region.
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they are armed with riflea The
hftbltente took refuge in tbe cl
Tha Amerieaaa hovs since saergeUcal-
ly dispersed the enemy, killing nnd
wounding fifty.
A party of scouts bstouglng to the
tWeaty-flfth United Steten Infaatry
Island of SaiStf.llteM^o^aS chureb Mte. m* vlcar g^eal
d fusel If Wits feeing to!,^ the United States, aanounced that
the mountelns. They mot with but.^ tho oysAnf-tho mrtto mmtlnnlnfl
blight roetetaatt* and hunted the town. | xmtil ftuffbrthg afld dodUtuM come he
Me* t—M.
Shamokln, Pa . Sept 17
K on stank levies, pastor of
Sept 17.—Bev. Joha
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firing at Paete, Pngaaajan and Saatu
CrtM. In Ufuaa proviaca
vaf^divioioaleft
Tuendny night there emu out poet {Knd his eougrsgutloa hud arranged
merge the whole of their church prop-
ftrty. valued at ttt.OOO. aad dlvltte tho
proceeds aasong the sufferers, afld In
the event of I he etrlkh being continued
for n long period the congregation win
leuva o.
Tho tlerman ' na
Shanghai for T^tu.
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Of dsnauetatlcm by
of a|l Jnrtlea, Mr. Crocker
his fagret most emphatically
sold hs thought tho incident would
M th«
Corsieana. Tim Sept >7.—Tuendny
nad Wednesday the north-bound Cea-
tral traiao brought la Dam eoeth! ^
Teaad large numbers of uagrusu ta- ! ^
crwitsd for the Nfvartro county cotton ^
fields On s promise of TSc per ISS J ^
pounde. Tbny were mot ot the depot
mWfc wugoan. and vUhOIKl. flfttay hnSr
tied to the cotton fields. Ths obortogs
of cotton ptehsrs has bosn tn n great,
extent relieved by thene I
still there to a demand tor
, Philadelphia. Pa, Sept M.—The
pMiot Interesting devslopment In ths
coal strike situation Tussdsy wns the
i request of Lunerne county for state
l oops to sssltt ths nuihoiltla la ma a.
lain ing order. On Priday last' ths
, sheriff of Schuylkill county asksd tho
governor tor troops snd ths rsgusnt
, ems granted, three regiments of tho
. Notional Guard being immedlutely sent
into that county.
| * The governor concluded that the elt-
ntOoa at present In Lussren county
did not Justify ths ssoding of state
troops there and he will not call oat
more troope until. In hla Judi
there Is sufficient cauae therefor.
The marching strikers la
county before dsyilght Tuesday
tag wore qnlte successful tn getting
mea-te qnlt work and Join th* ftrtlA
No overt acts ware committed by them
however, sd whan met by ths sheriff
nnd hie deputies aad ordered to dlo*
perse they obeyed the order. They did
so. though, la rather a sal lea mahasr,
aad eome of them somewhat aagrlly
disputed tho sheriff's authority to pre-
vent their moving along the highway.
Pour of their aumber were plseod
of
of the
War.
U.—The n
Indkatoe thnt crests are
drifting la tho direction of war
China nnd Oermaay. "There
tor betlevlag,'* says
the Shanghai correspondent of the
Borates Post "thst Const von Wnl-
rt! in Ths Sunduy News of Sept SI.
with tbe uddltlons which hive appear-
ed in tbe insues of Monday and Tues-
day, Sept. Si and Sfi. represents a tor
ud of SKftft aamea In tbe dead Hat
where it speaks of ons person aad fam
lly being loot ws count such a Ions un
three pe< pie, which, of courni. la tbe
minim un Ions, ns the family must coa-
Niat t.f husband, wife snd st Ienet ons
child. In ths esse of the Johnstown
fl(<xT the total number of dead wfts
never known within 600. It wai kuowa
that many perls bed whose names were
sum : auirOed. In the cam of tbe
Oalvesfm rataatrophe tbe Indications
urn that not more thaa 4000 poop's
will situ ally bs accounted for. The
News l.aa mads a diligent effort to get
us t9iai lit* a list of ths dead as pos-
sible. ( oirectloas sre comng In ev-
iry lay. In fact nt the present time
ulssost as many names are being
taken out of tbe dead I let curb day as
are I elng added to It It la fair to as-
same that M)0 or 100 people were loat
ahme names are not obtainable, wh cb
would make the total dead list on Onl-
VSeton lalard about S000
Saperlnteniisnt Duvld Hull of tbe
elty electric light system reports thai
te la.i mude arrangements wth ths
JBTlour tnins to nimlab sUset lights
tcmporsrily, and thst he has offers of
nmrhlnery *nd supplies which will
snails him to restore the city's plant
It an sftpenae of only |i000. and that
far labor Hs proffers hla services for
g year free of charge.
The detectives guarding the Chinese
minister'* resldencs st Washington
havs been dismissed, there being no
further need of f
risen flour-foods*
only this, it makes the food lighter,
sweeter, finer-flavored, more delicious.
It b worth while to exercise care in pur-
chasing baking powder to see that you get
die kind that makes die food more whole-
some and at the same time more palatable.
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Note.—There are many
♦fliCi tAKINO POWOCft CO,
' CHICAGO.
imitation qf baking povWer, wh
prudent to avoid. They are lowe
than pure powders, but they i
from alum. Alum in food is p
mixtures, made in
which H is
r in price
■y are made
food is poisonous
f ME SOLDIERS Of THE CZAR
The moat undent and moot populoua
of nations hss muds war agulnat tha
greatest military power of ssedara
times. *
Although1 much baa been told con-
cerning ths Chinese soldiery little te.
hpown concerning ths manner of mea
who animate tbe greet Ruastua mil-
itary machine. In attempting u de-
scription of the chursetsristlcs of the
Ruaslan army one nsturslly bsglns
with the raar, who Is at ones ths hsad
aad object of the whole organisation.
It la In Ruasift alone, of all elvlllsed
countriea. that at this day we Sad the
idea of personal alleglaace exlstlag la
Its prlmltivs purity, undlstarbsd by the
teadeaclee of modern representative
government Thia personal allegiance
la the cornerstone of the whole fabric
of society In Russls. snd It hss boon
etrengtbened rather than weakened by
the changes which havs taksa place la
the devflooment of the country slaca
tne days of Peter tbs Great In other
nations ths soldier lights for bis coun-
try, for ths Idsa thai Is so clsarly errs
tellined In the Oermen motto. "Pur
Oott und Vaterland;" but ths Russian
soldlsr Sghta for Ood and the esar. To
hta mlad the esar la especially appoint -1
ed by Ood as the viceroy to govern thst
terse portion of the earth called Rue j
ate, aad dsvotlon to the esar Inrlade*
vlvacioualy; there is mors of a grim so-
lemnity in his meaner aa he marchee
forward singing lustily ths national
hyma und thonghtlsss of his tete. He
la at first dull aad slow la laltiatlvs
aad sstf-reliases; sad It Is only after
hs bus psased through sevsral battles
that he learns the knack of looking out
for himself—of taking advantege of ev-
ery shelter, of qalckly protecting him-
self by Intrenching, aad all ths other
llttls tricks of war, which may ears a
man's lite without Impairing hla ef-
ficiency or detracting from his courage
He iastlactlvsly looks for ordsrs, aad
obeys them with a Mlad lastlaet with-
out stopping to question their merit:
left to his own reeourcoe hs Is almost
helpleee aad will often get hilled from
sheer stupidity In stasdlag still snd
waiting for aa ordsr whsn every one to
dead who has s right to give ana But
thsss same qualities, which are so dif-
ferent from thoee of oar own quick-
witted volunteei*. have thetr good ftlde.
Tbe Russian soldier's pat lanes Is
{KMindlsae: hla endurance, bis good hu-
mor usdsr hardship, hlft capacity for
fighting on aa empty stomach aad un-
der difficulties, sre beyond all praiee.
and will enuble s general wbo appre
elates these qualities to work woaders
with Ibem;
■tesdlest of
snd he Is probsbly the | tlon from which It to dra
all soldisrs under defeat
oil that no understood la lbs nsrd pa snd adrersltyi PopriTsd of ihsii nf
triotism. ! fleers, s body of Russian soldiers msy
The paaaant class or moothlka— 1 degenerate Into a helpless Inert mass,
which supplies the great body of Ran- , and be «laughtered by means of thetr
slsa soldiers, leads a bard lifts, la aa • very cohesivsness. but tbsy will never
atmoephere of lgnoranes and suprrstl- J taks a panic: their history affords none
mat# n*rs|
Oalvestoa. Tag., ftopt S7.—Ths ward
In ohmrfsof tts army of i^ur-
ln cleaning the city sad
besck of debris aad dlsposiag of dead
bodies 'are keeping a record of ths hot*
Isft fouhd aad how andjrhorp disposed
of. Ths rffpoiU for Wsdassdfty show
that twsnijr-Svs bodtes wore found, snd
that on Tueaday iHlrty lve dead were
reentered from wrorks^s, making a to*
tal for (he two days of slaty dlshDvor-
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At ths
Sir Henry Irving in his project
they havs worksd together with
YinCll f nWlmK t > r'
Arthur Collins, aaaa^ni dlrastor of
Drury Lono' Theater Soyol. offers his
bouse for tho henott. with ons set of
Cecil Kstolgh's drama "Tho PrMo of
Peoce." Sir Henry Irving will
in "Waterloo."
•Star
, Vsey WfMM.
Grahaas. Tsa, Sept S7^—Tho
#tSMSte AdM^ isa jTUnaa
s I Mini was* IWw
main ranch of the river In Toqig
ty ia vory great flel
ways above high water ia ve
floored and crops roMMrh ..
wheat wsrs lifted and corrted away,
tbe McCftn bridge On ths Inftaa was
Injured, ft to reported that ths
Mtlf g| H, ■ a|hi n % i| liiMl
Hill Hi UN innvliW, A ■WitliWiv
building, wont Into tho river.
Tho rlvor haa gono'Jown. '
—
seat an ultimatum deowndteg the sur-
ra ndsr of tvo leaders of ths aati-for-
sign uprising After a few hours'
he will formally declare war;
tekiag advantage of Oormaa*y
nS S boiligeraat ho Will pro-
csed to eetee every thing a valla bio with
the German foreee and fleet
"The Preach will support Germaay.
Thto Is not rumor, but reliable Infor-
mation. and will probably be confirm-
ed at the Jbruign office. Prompt no-
tion is noosssary to pravsnt n coup,
which will constitute n ssiteus men*
noo to British lutsrssts.
"Russia hss husdod ovsr ths Taku-'
Pekln railway to
Siiri«W A>pi<*t«S-
Dnllsk Te*.. %>pt B —Atomey Oeu-
oral T. S Smith, who to In Dulten. Sled
ault In the fourteenth district court
gainst the Farmers' sad Merchants*
Insurance company of thto city, nuking
for an order reetralalng tt from el
a consolidation aad tor the
that the defeadaat bad absorbed the
Parmer* and Merehuntu' company of
flaa Antonio and tho State Ftn lasur
aace eompesy of Waco, thus securing
the aow compaav tho sosete of the oM
corporations without legal liability to
pfty lornas. A leuslesr woo eppotutsd.
The
Pli
hold
Brotherhood of Uijomctlve
In session nt Den Moines,
ant bteanlal meeting nt
T
ttou, amid dull, somber surroundings, n
ebeerlses climate and monotanona vil-
luge life, their ebsrseters. dispositions
und bsbits srs determined In sppear-
aaee ths Rumlsn soldlsr Is ua tslly ssl-
tew-eomplsaloned. isnk In flirjre. with
straight yellow heir snd s hssvy ss-
praoslon of fees. His disposition I*
gsotls und good-nstured, s.*en hl«
brawls being of the meadlln und fool'
toh rather than flghtlug kind, g nee
hla surrouadlngs from sarlleei child-
hood tend only to destroy bis Individ-
uality. hs to Incapable of adlng for
hlmeelf aad utterly dependent upon his
odeera. for whom, aatnrally eaough, h?
has great reeport He never meets or
ha iiupji odd!teoag on odker without steading at
"uttsatloa." with his huni at his csp
through tha wbols couvemstHfli; naff
until ths odlcsr bus passsd. Ho dons
not svsn snswsr a question with n di-
rect "Tss, sir.** or "No. sir." but with
"Quite so." or "Not exsctly so." Hi
always sddreesss aa oSrer by hla
tttte. "Your excellency" tor genera In
"Tour 111untflOUftuses" for princes an<t
to. "Tou^ high nobility" for fletd 1
The flbrth German Uoyd Hne will
re-enter Qui vest on trade. &
Mora thaa fllty flshlm
missiag from tt Johns, N. P.
Tho ox-Kentneklnns will hold their
third eonnul reunion October ft, on the
oft fossa State Pair nt Del*
orators from
tho peupla The
tofltho
BsM m SHMfto ban from U a. st to Sill
ft. ai.
nt Think
' ^dhtolMsihsi
psnaa Tex.: Mx Tsx-
Ammy ,
Onlvsston, Tsx., Sept Tbe
storm swept sway n greet muny of
fho cftsfco&o whtdr had been ftrhcbd tn
vautts In tho city cemetery. Some of
t^e cnokete flouted to the smfnlaad,
apd Informntlun has boon roeslvtd that
^ppe. of thorn woro picked up and
vufiM* ^ \
1M s trouble over ft peafowl Ooorgo
Owes wns kfllsd by Ooronsr MoCnt-
Sopt St.—Joe Ray*
wns Instantly killed
of those sxsmplss Is which a maae of
ctmay fugitives fly from e dunger con-
jured up by tbsir Imaginations
In the one pbress of "Ood nad tho
csur" Is summsd up nearly all of tbs
Rnselaa soldier's religion aad hla pkl-
loeophy of life. God will take care of
him hereafter, and the esar so long as
be livee. When hla battles result Is
defeat, when bts biscuits are full of
maggota. when his clothing is msds
of aboddy, be msy suapeet tkst his gen-
are fools, and be may be euro
thnt hit commissaries are rascals, hot
no thought of censure ever crosses
mind against ths c*ar He believes tbs
csnr to~be ktx bsst friend, who would
correct all these evils if he only knew
thesa. But. alaa! hs reaaooa, the exoff
caaaot know everything, and eo thorn
to no help, and he goes on doing his
duty faithfully. Loping that soum day
things will go better.
While tbe regimental and compunp
officers possets msny of the aolld. Stub-
born qualltlss of tbe soldlere, yet ta tho
majority of Instances they urn deficient
In the higher uttutesaeate nimaary to
direct thene quntitles in such a way an
to dsrivs ths full beasflt of thsm. Ths
luck of Inltintlvs. which forms as great
demerit nmong soldiers If tkolr ofltooro
urn equal to every emergency, to ft ter-
rible defect among tbe officers them-
selvss. Tbe ready gtasp of s new prob-
lem, tbe energy snd "enterprinsT' SO
common In America, flnd no senator*
purl in Russia und hence, their offi-
cers. when placed In a novel sltuatloa. '
letting things tnks tketr eouree, re-
gard lesa of conssquenees. until at last
sxperieace teocbee tbem how te deal
wltb It
A ay large army must alsrupu repre-
sent wit A considerable fidelity the aa-
and Rus-
sia's geographical paattlon. backward-
iN <MM>^snifsl iskipaai as|J| I Ibdb
flPfll ITT W^nJin if HI 1 (i vchT nni, MOW tlfw
deaee Ignorance which perr%flea the
peas sat clam, constitute (llgkalttoo in
her wuy as a military nation, which It
ta Impoaeible to overcome by any
smount of number*, mutual organisa-
tion or bravery. Its only remedy lies
la time and the advenes of dvtl tun ttou.
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It to est]muted thai nearly SS.ftSO
Roumaalan Jews hsvs bssu sompolled
to lesvs their homes since tho begin-
ning of the year, on nccouat nf their $
treatment at tbe hands of tho Rou-
manluu unthorltles. Prom fifty to 000 .
hundred pass through Vleuau dully oa
their wuy to she raited Stetee or Can-
MISSISSIPPI'S NEW CAPITOL.;
odtosrs, an^tTour nobility" for com
puny oflloevq (all officers of the Rus-
Sten army belong ex-ofSdo to the no mi
Ity.) Tet deeplte this humility In oat-
wurd forms, U cannot be said thnt thi
SSMftrHsflftoerateo Into being servl e
•Ids by slds with ths nubunding din-
utpllnu there exists u feeling of gond-
fOUowsbtp between offkers snd mm.
tin men are jovial and good-natured
nmong themselves, und huve their own
glee eoags und duueeu. to which the of-
fleecs are dally spsctetoru. The oH-
osm wheo In good humor, are alwayu
offering uotne hunter or Jest snd re-
uslvtng In return quite us good as thoy
give—ths answer never betag dlsre-
upeotful but often frumed with great
wit und eieveruena, ead eo nptty potut-
0d ho to bring down sbouta of laughter
In buttle the Reeslna soldier la
la on ths staying qautittee
is|srJ in an tho vlvaslsua ones,
mssTn enthuelastleally snd with
IT flauy bo hnt not quite
He goes
Tbe new capitol which tbe stele Of
Mississippi la about to erect oa the att*
of the old penitentiary, aa eaa be sesa
by tbe perspective, will be a handsome
building. It will sarpaee In bounty, If
not in slss. all tho capitol buildings of
the oouthem statue, nad will coot It,-
000,©co Tha site ta coounandiag. being
cm ufl omisuiwiu u 01 kwliig ibe town
nnd country for a considerable dis-
tance. und ta tn full view of ths traias
oa tbe Illinois Central and the Queen
Crescent. The grounds ore 710
each way and the main entrance
1 be to tbe south.
It ta plaaoed with due regard to di-
rndl tioau every part ot It iwlog
well lighted and aired from tha eat-
terior. The pertlkma are provided With
portico aad arcadee to give grateful
abadea aad deep shadows.
monumental approach Is In tho
of the south facade, entrancss are
vided on nil of the tour aides
as ample rotuada
stairs or eotunma nnd opon to
dome. Currlagoa oaa pooa through n
ports oocnsru
Fro^49lW|B||
corridors lend to the and *i n
tho two tegtolatlvo
placed sn tho
oads of ths
time In ougy
trrsRAnv Tnountn.
to the
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