The Sunday Gazetteer. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 6, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 5, 1892 Page: 1 of 4
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NUMBER 6.
_ Root hogg or die.
If • woman's face fi her fortune,
• man's cheek is frequently his.
!
The political panic* at perpetual
corporations are our monarch*.
Keep your eye to the windward
for Blaine.
The right man will be nominated
at Chicago irrespective of the num-
ber of ballots that may be taken.
The organized democracy of
Texaa ia rapidly gaining notoriety as
the boas bolting machine.
If • man waits until everything is
favorable to do his duty his duty will
never be done.
Every man has a forefinger with
which he is able to point out work
tor others to do.
"Why does time fly so fast?"
Because it feels the spar of the
moment ,
"I think I mistook my calling,"
said the young man when his
opponent laid down tour aces.
Raum may be a little embarrassed
by the late investigation, but he's
not much put out.
It is curious that when a man
drops his voice it makes less' noise
than when he raises it.
t:
A vote for Judge Clark is a vote
^for the best and most vital interests
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te vaulting ambition of Alger
ha. o'erleaped itself. His own state
does not indorse him as a unit.
The black eye received by Hill in
his march through Georgia makes
him the sickest irian in the demo-
cratic party.'
i The present year ia conspicuous
/ for the number of presidential king
/ bees that are buzzing around with-
; out making any honey.
Gov. Hogg's time-honored cus-
tom and all will be apt to hear some-
thing drop when the state conven-
tion meets.
It is peculiarly fit that the city of
the World's Fair should name the
preaident of the United States, who
aha" opes :t g<tua> 10 aii cue*nations.
Gov. Hogg has a mill, but the
farmers of Texas propose to have
their grinding done at Clark's Patent
Roller Mill.
"It I were-only in politics," mused
the bob-tailed-car horse, us he start-
ed up the hill, "what a lot I could
do with the pull I have."
with the pull I hav
''here will be So6 d
delegates in t he
National Democratic Convention.
lis number it will require two-
thirds^Nu^x^ i-3 votes to nominate
a candidate.
Iowa has done much to deserve
the csedit of being considered fair
fighting ground for the democrats
this year. She will roll up a sate
majority for the democratic ticket.
If the republicans of the house
could have their way about pension
appropriations it would be necessary
to increase the tariff at least 60 jper
cent in order to prevent natibnal
bankruptcy. 1
Our naval force will soon be in-
creased by the enlistment of 2500
men for service on the new ships of
war, a fact which our neighbors over
the sea will do well to consider.
It is said that Keeley's gold cure
cannot be analysed; and t he same
i-ten be said of the republican situa-
•tion concerning the presidentia
nomination at Minneapolis.
"Did you make a good impres-
sion, Annie?" asked her mother.
"Well, rather," returned Annie.
kiss me, and I lett the
finger-nails right aloifg
two cheeks."
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"Ije tried to
* print of ten f
At Louisville, Ky., a few days
* (since an oculist and a Cincinnati
drummer were put out in the river
tt and then pelted with
ggs. The men were pirob-
ected of having connection
Kansas City Sunday Sun.
alian government is con-
rith an empty treasury, and
iber of deputies are negoti-
r a six-months' loan. A
/ to solve the Italian finart-
y would be to send over a
e ot the 'Mafia society to
eans.
There is a screw loose somewhere
in the moral make-up of the man
who is indifferent to his financial
obligations. He cannot be too care-
ful on this point. "Owe no man
anything," is a scriptural precept
which everyone should heed.
One of the most striking things
about the modern methods of school
teaching is the immense amount oi
stationery required to run the pupil
in attendance. A few years ago
slates and pencils were used as long
aa there was any figuring to do, but
now, owing to the weak and tender
nerves of the high-salaried school
teachers, parents are compelled te
spend large sums annually for every
imaginable kind of stationery. In a
short time school children will be
required to have gold pens—diamond
printed and gilt-edged, perfumed
paper. NV
Could a people be guilty of a
greater folly than that of forbidding
the entrance of wealth into their
state from abroad? Could they be
more servile under any government
than under the one which fines them
for attempting to bring m wealth
from abroad? Could they become
impoverished quicker by any other
method than that of refuting to own
wealth produced abroad ? Common
sense must answer "no,"* with a big
N, to all of these questions, but
common sense does not seem to be
Hogg sense, in any sense of the
term.
Cleveland's nomination on the
first ballot at Chicago seems inevit-
able. Several states are yet* to
choose delegates, but most of them,
and prob«bly all of them, will de-
clare in, his favor. Scarcely any
one else is being mentioned in the
conventions. No state has followed
New York's example in putting Hill
forward. None has followed that
of Iowa. The 600 delegates which
Cleveland will require in order to
gain the nomination have not yet
been instructed for him, but since a
large majority of the uncommitted
delegates are favorable to him, he
wilj get there.
There is an old sinner not five
hundred miles away from Denison,
who is going to "shuffle off" from
the stage of life one of these days,
and when he does we want to be at
his funeral. He owes us; has owed
us a long time for subscription and,
although abundantly able' to pay,
refuses to do so, and cannot be
reached by due process of law.
When the coffin is opened for the
last time tor the relatives and friends
to take a farewell look at his face,
we want to be present with a linen
duster, a palm leaf fan, a thermome-
ter and a receipt for manufacturing
ice, for he's going where they have
no use for mow plows.
The rain and windstorm of Tues-
day and Tuesday night did great
damage all over the fctate. The little
town of Durangp, in central Texas,
was completely annihilated and
many people were killed. At Luf-
kin the new courthouse was de-
stroyed. Rosebut, a little inland
village south of Waco, sustained
heavy property damage, while some
six or eight citizens were killed. A
Wednesday's special from Houston
says: "Reports trom all south Texas
show the wind and rainstorm of last
night and this morning to have been
one ot the worst ever known here.
Telegraph lines were prostrated,
trees uprooted, houses blown down
and corn laid low. In several sec-
tions persons were injured, but no
fatalities so far as reported, although
some are expected."
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Wanted—3 experienced sales-
ladies. Apply at once to S. G.
Holmes.
gton, Kas., is in hard luck,
nly a republican town in a
c county^ but Within the
it has been visited by two
Ind a tearful rainstorm. In
ngtoh cemetery also rests
ns of Oklahoma Payne.
uestion before the Chicago
n should be one of biisi-
not of sentiment; of prin-
1 not of men. It should
ered in.a candid and tem-
.nner, and'such a selection
vill insure democratic suc-
e polls in November, and
the principles and policies
rty that has done more tor
ry than any otheT that ever
The Gazettkfr has .received an
invitation from the faculty to attend
the exercises attendant upon the
ninth commencement of the Uni-
versity of Texas, to be given at the
university hall in Austin from June
12 to 15 inclusive. The program
will be as follows: I '
Sunday, June 12, at nj a. m.
Baccalaureate sermon by the Rev.
\\ . 11. Black, D. L).. president of
the Missouri Valley College, Mar-
shall, Mo.
Monday, Tune 13, at 11 a. m.
Address before the Literary Socie-
ties by the Hon. H. M. Garwood,
of Bastrop, Texas.
Monday, June 13, at 4 p. m.
Annual meeting of the Alumni.
Monday, June 13, at 8:30 p. m.
Alumni address by Samuel B. Dab-
ney, Esq., of Victoria, Texas.
Tuesday, June 14, at 11 a. m.
Undergraduate honors announced
by the chairman of the faculty.
Master's address by Daniel A.
Penick, A. B. Faculty address by
Prot. Joseph Baldwin, LL. D.
Tuesday, June 14, at 4 p. m.
Address before the Ashbel Litjerary
Society by the Rev. Dr. G. W.
Briggs, of Austin, Texas.
Tuesday, June 14, at 8:30 p. m.
Anniversary exercises of the Literary
Societies. • ^
Wednesday, June 15, at 10 a. m.
Commencement exercises. Universi-
ty address by Gen. Thomas N.
Waul, of Galveston, Texas.
Wednesday, June 15s, at 8:30 p.
m. Annual meeting ot the Board
of Regents.
The bitter war being waged inside
the democratic party in Texas is
unfortunate for the party, but who
caiV say the same with reference to
the people?
HATTJBAL GAB AT SALT LAXij.
Natural gas has been discovered
on the shore of the Great Salt Lake,
within ten miles ot Salt Lake City,
and a large company has been
organized to utilize and develop the
fuel. Several wells have already
been put down to the depth ot 650
feet, and it is said that 50,000,000
cubic , feet of gas are now flowing
daily. A new town, to be named
Woodman, has been laid out on the
site of the wells, and a new railway
is to be extended to Salt Lake City.
A smelting establishment, to cost
from between $1,000,000 and $a,-
000,000, ia ahortly to be erected, and
a large glass factory ia also pro-
jected. '
The Largest Masonry Dam in the World.
The largest masonry dam in the
world has lately been completed in
India, in connection with the new
water-works lor the city of Bombay.
It is situated 65 miles north trom
Bombay, and stretches across the
Tanaa valley. The dam is about
two miles in length ; 118 feet high ;
100 feet thick at its greatest depth;
1 $*4 feet at the top. The lake
which will be formed when the val-
ley is full covers an area of eight
square miles, and it ia expected will
turnish a supply of 100,000,000 gal-
lons per day throughout the year.
The dam has been five years and a
halt In process of construction, and
from 9000 to 12,000 men and 800
carts and animals have been em-
ployed upon it during each working
season from October to May. The
difficulties of construction were very
great. The sand and cement of
which it is composed had to be cart-
ed for many miles. Over 14,700,-
000 cubic feet of rubble stone were
used, over 2,200,000 cubic feet,of
lime, and over 3,300,000 cubic feet
of washed sand. The excavations
ot rock amounted to over 6,700,-
000 cubic feet. The contractors
were Glover & Co., of Edinburgh.
The executive engineer was Jf. B.
Clarke. The water is conducted
from the dam to Bombay in iron
pipes 48 inches diameter, laid above
ground. Each length weighs about
four tons. The aggregate weight of
the pipes is 50,000 tons, supplied by
Macfarlane, Strange & Co., of Glas-
gow.—Scientific American.
When two extremes meet usually
there is an awful crash. Last week
at Wellington, Kas., a Texas hot
wind met a Dakota blizzard, and as
a consequence there are seventeen
newly made giaves in the Welling-
ton cemetery, something over one
hundred wounded men and women
scattered about the city and a prop-
erty loss of over half a million.
A Clerks' Mutual Aid association
has been organized at Galveston. It
has no connection with the recent
county primaries ift the Oleander
City.
The dining-room; is the pulse, the
thermometer,the power builder, both
physical and mental, of the home.
It regulates to a great extent and
gives its tone to the atmosphere that
makes the daily circling around the
board a continual feast or gloomy
meeting of shadows.—Ex.
No better foundation can be laid
for life's social relations than the
habit of traternal honor and affec-
tion. The good brother will be a
good citizen and a good friend. He
has learned in his youth the lessons
needed for maturity; he has ac-
quired the same habit of self-con-
trol, the same tendencies to sympa-
thetic feelings, to kind and generous
actions, to courteous and gentle
manners, that form the essence of
social happiness. In like manner
the maiden who has been a true and
noble sister will be eaually true and
noble in her other relations of life.
She has learned the secrets of influ-
ence;: she has obtained the key to
the human heart, and her wholfe life
will attest the value of the experi-
ence.—Hutchinson (Kas.) Clipper.
The doctrine of passive obedience
should receive more consideration.
It has been a question for centuries,
and apparently it is as far from solu-
tion now as in the earliest ages.
From the cradle to the grave it en-
ters into the life of every person, and
while its observance may be better
in some instances it is by no means
certain to be the better in. all. Pas-
sive obediencc does not necessarily
imply non-resistance, tor it is often
the case that the greatest of changes
are the result of quiet obedience.
With reference to political law the
question is still unsettled, and hence
it is that the law of custom is more
powerful than that of statutory en-
actment. However, few are they
who will approve! of a child's diso-
bedience to its j parent. Yet the
parent who forced a child to obedi-
ence at all times/and under all cir-
cumstances is certainly an enemy to
society and the immediate cause of
cowardice.and servile manhood.
According to the computation of
the Fort Woith Gazette Gov. Hogg
has 207, and Hon.George Clark 156
instructed Votes. According to the
two-thirds rule it will require 632 t,o
nominate.
It is, indeed, unfortunate that
democratic politics in Texas are so
personal. Not only personal, but
indecent and immoral.
'' Caste and class are two of the
ugliest words in the English lan-
guage—when used with reference to
political government.
&
irs for sale at the Gazkt-
A high tariff is the outcome of the
political doctrine that people are in-
competent of sell-government.
\
At R-ichmond, Va., Monday a
monument erected to the memory of
Gen. A. P. Hill, of confederate
fame, was unveiled in the presence
of thousands of people trom all
parts off the state. One of the ora-
tors of/the day was Gen. Jirr^s A.
Walker, commander of Stonewall
Jackson's brigade.
KEEP QUIET, "OEHTLEREl,
Monthly Meeting of the Oity Oonnoil.
Mayor Yocom, together with all
the aldermen except Davis and
councilman elect Mosse from the
Second ward, were present Thurs-
day night at the regular monthly
meeting of the council. Secretary
Scott, Judge Hause, Attorney Har-
ris, Street Commissioner Moreland,
Chief of Police James, Engineer
McWillie, two reporters and about
a dozen spectators were in the hall.
The regular hour of meeting is S
o'clock Dut it was full 8:30 when
Mayor Yocom said, "come to order,
gentlemen, come to order." Secre-
tary Scott began calling the roll but
the confusion was such that his
royal highness appealed three times
to the conscript lathers belore order
was secured. Cigars were in abund-
ance, and all except the gentleman
from the Third ward, Mr. Baker,
puffed away on their choice
Havanas,2-for-a-nickel,with genuine
delight.
The first business was that of
allowing bills and the following are
sums total appropriated:
General fund ... $1648.38
ft™ — — 357-51
Street and poll 414-37
Total $1420.28
This is the smallest monthly al-
lowment for many years, and shows
that the present council is doing
that which they were sent there
to do.
In compliance with a resolution
passed at - a former meeting the
secretary had prepared a statement
of the various funds up to the first
day of the month, which, in sub-
stance, is as follows: Overdraft on
general fund, $1091.24. Overdraft
on stieet and poll, $4515.30. Cash
on hand in fire fund, $1714 54
After deducting the bills allowed
for the month of May the funds
would stand as follows:
General, overdraft . $3739.62
Fire, cash on hand 1357.01
Street and poll, overdraft 4929.67
By taking the cash on hand in the
fire fund from the overdrafts it will
be seen that the city in these three
working funds is $6312.28 behind.
To this should be added the over-
draft of the school fund, about
$Sooo, making a total overdraft of
something near $14,312.
The report of street commissioner
James Moreland was read, showing
the collection of $51.25 for street
tax tor May. Report ordered filed.
Pending a motion to file the re-
port Councilman Tobin moved that
the commissioner be required to
keep his collections separate by the
ward in order that the street com-
mittee and the council would know
better how to proportion the work.
The matter was debated at some
length. Mr. Moreland stated that
such a separation was kept as nearly
as it well coulcl be, and that it was
very nearly if not quite impossible
to adhere absolutely to the idea of
every man working in his own ward.
The motion did not pass.
The report of N. S. Ernst, treas-
urer, for the month of May was read
and ordered filed. So also was that
of Joe Brutsche, assessor and col-
lector. The city judge also present-
ed a copy of the police docket for
the month of1 May, showing the
number ot fines assessed, amounts
collected and amounts still unpaid.
The report was referred to the po-
lice committee with instruction to
check up and report at next regular
meeting.
On motion of Councilman Cutler
W. P. Deering was appointed spe-
cial policeman without pay. Mr.
Deering is employed by a large
number of Main street businessmen
to watch their stores at night,] and
he (Mr. Deering) wished to be au-
thorized to make arrests in cases ot
necessity. His bond was placed at
$500.
Mr. Davis thought that special
policemen should receive pay for
actual work performed. These
views were put into the form of a
motion, but as no second was made
the council proceeded to other busi*
ness.
W. S. Baker—Mr. Mayor, I ask
for infprmation; have we got any
ordinance; levying a dog tax, or is
there any city law on the subject?
Mayor—Yes, I believe we have
something on the subject, but it
should be changed or improved, as
it is of no value in its present shape.
Messrs. Moreland, McWillie and
Deering were sworn in by the
mayor.
A petition from a number ot col-
ored people asking-that the use of
Forest Park on June 21 be granted
to the colored people on account ot
emancipation celebration was read.
The prayer ot the petitioners had
been granted at a former meeting,
and it was thought unnecessary to
take further action in the matte*.
Prof. D. W. Walton, of the col-
ored schools, who was present,
asked and was granted privilege of
addressing the council. Walton, in
substance, said: "Early in the year
the colored people of Denison in
mass meeting decided to hold an
emancipation celebration. An asso-
ciation was formed, officers elected
and active work looking toward the
proper observance of the occasion
had been going on for some time.
Some of the people wanted to go to
the Boulevard to celebrate, and a
divisiorpffi*f Now those w
split r
park and abut out the other aide.
All that he and his people wanted
waa that the council ptotect them
in the use ot the park as granted
some time since.
On motion of R. S. Legate the
former action of the council was
approved, with the proviso that the
date be changed trom June 19 to
June 21. -j j
. Councilman Davis stated that
complaint bad been made to him
that the hide house on Main and
Woodard streets, between Houston
and Austin avenues, was a nuisance,
and that it would probably be well
for the council to pass an ordinance
forbidding the erection or mainte-
nance in certain localities of a hide
house or wareroom. The matter
drew out a lengthy discussion, but
the general opinion seemed to be
that the individual should first at-
tempt to protect himself, and then
in the event ot failure let government
come in and help him out. The
city has an excellent nuisance ordi-
nance, and if the hide house is a
nuisance the keeper or proprietor
could be made to suffer the penalty.
A number of Fourth ward tax-
payers: petitioned for the opening of
an allejy in southeast Denison. Pe-
tition referred to street and alley
committee and engineer with instruc-
tion to report at next regular meet-
ing.
The secretary was instructed to
notify the owner or agent ot the old
brick building on West Main street,
corner ot Chandler avenue, to re-
move same, as it was in a dangerous
condition. .
Councilman Rhamy—Mr. Mayor,
East Main street is no longer Main
street. Ther Central railway has
erected a derrick across the road on
its property, and as there is a per-
pendicular wall across the street the
road is blocked, and people have to
go a good long way around to get
into town.
The street and alley committee
was instructed to visit the grounds
Friday and to confer with J. D.
Quinn, the contractor, with refer-
ence to the sale of the stone in Main
street to the Central. The matter
of the tumbled-down culvert on
Ciockett avenue was also incorpor-
ated in the instructions to the com-
mittee.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway company was requested to
move a quantity ot ties out of a
waterway in-Sugar Bottom, as they
were causing the water to damage a
street. ^
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Petition of L. Libbe asking for
the privilege of repairing an awning
in front of his saloon, refused.
Petition tor the repair of a resi-
dence at 418 West Chestnut street,
granted.
The ordinance re-establishing the
fire limits was taken ufc> and passed
to its second reading. Pending its
reading a donkey out in the jail yard
began braying and the mayor said:
"Keep order, gCDt'emen,kccp ordev,-
both in and out of the building."
The ordinance was then referred to
the ordinance committee and city
attorney with instruction to report at
next regular meeting.
The secretary was instructed to
advertise for bids for painting the
roof of the city hall.
The awnings in front of the Cul-
pepper grocery store and the build-
ing at 121 West Main street were
declared unsafe and Secretary Scott
was ordered to serve notice on the
owners or agents of said buildings
demanding their removal.
The matter of the overdraft in
the school fund was taken up and
discussed. It was moved and carried
that the secretary be instructed to
confer ;with the board of trustees
and find out when they could meet
with the council for conference on
school matters and to Report at next
meeting.
Adjourned to Friday evening.,
friday night's session.
Mayor Yocom and a full board of
aldermen, except Mosse, were pres-
ent Friday evening at the adjourned
meeting of the council. The first
business was that of opening the
poll box from the Second ward.
The ballots were counted, and A. J.
Mosse having received a majority
was declared elected.
The street and alley committee
were instructed to purchase 4000
feet of oak lumber to be used in coh-
ering culverts and brjdges on streets
and avenues within the city.
The street and alley committee
reported having visited Main street
east of the Central tracks, and also
the culvert on South Crockett ave-
nue. With reference to East Main
street it was recommended that the
street commissioner be instructed to
open a wagon and general passway
as quickly as possible. It was also
recommended that the culvert be re-
paired immediately.
Both of these recommendations
were accepted. The contract for
rebuilding the culvert was awarded
to Mr. Courtney. The chairman of
the street and alley committee was
instructed to see that Main street
was opened.
The matter of considering bids
tor the city printing was postponed
to the next adjourned meeting. So
also was the ordinance re-establish-
ing the fire limits.
3«^jMeeting adjourned to Monday
/^•e£t ot next week*
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TRAM B0BBER8.
A Santa Fe Passenger Train Looted by
Masked Men.
The south-bound Santa Fe pas-
senger train was held up by several
masked men Wednesday night at
10:30 for torty-five minutes near
Red Rock in Oklahoma Territory,
and the express car and messengers
robbed, but the amount taken can-
not be ascertained. The tallowing
particulars have been sent out by
telegraph from Guthrie, O. T.:
Details of the robbery last night
of the Wells-Fargo express car on
the Santa Fe passenger make a story
of unexampled outlawry on the part
of the bandits, and brave resistance
on the part of the custodians of the
express company's property. The
robbers were at work the best part
of an hour attempting to intimidate
the express messengers into sub-
mission, and during that time the
messengers were risking their lives
in defense ot the company's prop-
erty. The robbery was a unique
one in the Indian Territory out-
lawry. In the first place the rob-
bers got everything in sight. Again,
during the battle between the mesen-
gers and bandits, in which 200 shots
were fired, not a man was wounded.
Then again, the robbers' gentle-
manly appearance and depot tment
in their relations with the trainmen
who were no{ pressed into service
and several passengers who con-
versed with the robbers' leader.
Finally the robbery was doubtless
committed by the notorious Dalton
gang, for whom a large reward is
still standing, and who even then,
were being tracked by a detective's
posse, and who were behind them
not more than a day's journey on
horseback.
It was 1 o'clock when the train
reached Red Rock, in the northwest
corner of the Otoe and Mis-
souri reservation, in the Indian
strip. Just as it was pulling out a
few minutes later, two men with
black masks covering their faces
jumped suddenly into the engine's
cab from the tender and covering
the engineer and fireman with re-
volvers commanded them to run the
train down to the stockyards and
stop there at a given signal. The
engineer and fireman obeyed the
command—to have resisted meant
death. When the train stopped the
two robbers were joined by five
masked companions. The leader
commanded . the engineer and fire-
man to walk back to the express car
and commanded the fireman to
break open the door with a coal
pick.
F. C. Whittley, messenger, and
J. A. Reihl, guard, anticipated
what was going on when the train
came to a stand still and had blown
out the lights in the car and refused
to allow anyone to enter.
The bandits then opened fire upon
the car from all sides, and the two
men within it responded promptly,
aiming all shots at the door. The
highwaymen shot into the car from
all quarters, even getting under it
and shooting through the floor.
Their firing, however, was all to no
effect, tor the messengers bravely
stood their ground. In the mean-
time? one of the robbers chopped a
hileSjn the door ot the car large
eiougn* to admit a man's body, and
tha flrentan was told to crawl through
it into thK. car. This placed him
literally between two fires and Engi-
neer Mack, seeini^it meant death to
his comfi&T.ton, explained the posi-
tion to the messengers vjyithin and
told them to cease firing?~^Wheh
the robbers at last entered the ex^~
press :car they covered those within
with guns, and with sledge-ham-
mers . and chisel broke open both
the Way and through safes and
robbed them of everything of value.
They also took $50 and a gold
watch from the guard of the express
car. Messenger Whittley had hid-
den his money and watch and the
lobbers got nothing from him.
The robbers are described-by sev-
eral passengers who talked with
them, as being well-dressed and of
gentlemanly appearance and bear-
ing. This was especially true ot
the leader, who apologized to the
engineer for rough remaik made by
one of the crowd, and promised him
it should not occur again. The
leader, in. conversation with a pas-
senger, asked for some smoking
tobacco. The passenger reached
into his coat-tail pocket for it, when
the robber^ told him if it was in his
hip pocket he had better not attempt
to get it.
The amount secured by the rob-
bers is unknown, as the express
company made no statement.
After the robbery the men mount-
ed their horses and rode off to the
southwest.
The iMltons are charged with the
crime, and judging from the de-
scription given of the robbers by
those acquainted with the Daltons,
it was undoubtedly the notorious
gang-
Detectives and a posse have been
on the letter's track for some time.
Only a day or so ago one of the
gang bought eighteen boxes of
cartridges at Oklahoma City and
afterwards escaped the vigilance of
the pursuers.
MOIDAY AT KHJG'8.
You can buy a Lawn dress at 25
cents.
You can buy a Challie dress at
40 cento.
You can buy a Bedford Cord
dress at $1.
You can buy fine Domet Flannels
at 10 cents.
You can buy fine Indigo Blue
prints at 5 cents.
You can buy black Organdy
Lawn trom 10 to 15 cents.
Remember King's, "The Ameri-
can Dry Goods King."
Prince George, the eldest son of
the Prince of ^Vales, is coming to
the World's Fair; ditto the emperor
of Japan. If j Chicago could only
get Billy Hohenzollern she'd have a
circus.
The penalties and pains of per-
jury should be laid upon witnesses
who, not wishing to disclose damag-
ing facts, tail to remember facts in-
quired about.
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BEST COflHEflGIAh PRIflTIflC.
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HURRAY'S POWER PRINTING HOUSE
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JOB WORK
II WOMAl'8 WOULD.
St. Louis, Mo., May 27, 189a.
Dear Gazetteer :
I send you the advance sheets of
what would' be my forthcoming
book, if it were forthcoming,
"Noted Women I Have Met; or,
Greek and Greek." The bi-ennial
convention of the Federation of
Woman's Clubs sounded imposing
enough to begin With, but the reali-
zation ot the same at Central music
hall in Chicago June 11 was more
imposing yet, and the magnitude of
the enterprise stood revealed. The
federation is but two years old, yet
so widespread is the interest that
over three hundred delegates were
present. The Palmer house was
general headquarters for the dele-
gates, and the numerosity of the
women recalled Boston. An occa-
sional man would demand of an-
other man, as occasional as he, what
it was all about, but no man knew
whence came this sudden and tre-
mendous downpour of crinoline and
reticule—that women from Maine
grasped hands with women from
California, trom Massachusetts and
Texas.
Plainly the interest of the conven-
tion revolved about the president,
Mrs. Charlotte Emerson Brown.
She is a most graceful and queenly
presence, with an air of high finish
and gentlest courtesy. She is al-
ways irreproachably gowned, and to
look at her makes one think of pur-
ple velvet. Her voice is exquisitely
modulated and of a haunting musi-
cality. j The difficult ordeal ot pre-
siding^-Wfrjm eager lot of women,
with now ancTtlht.1^? turbulent spirit,
Mrs. Brown dischargeih-sWjth rare
tact, never-varying kindness an
patience that was simply angelic.
I think "Jennie June" was a sur-
prise to everyone. To me she did
not appear in the least Jennie-June-
like. She is distressingly near-
sighted, and remarked to me that
she felt as if she were wandering
about in a gray mist Now it I but
had the book-making and noted-
women-I-have-met instinct I suppose
I might amplify that remark into a
chapter. Later she read a report
upon which the audience followed
her into the gray mist. She has
that belauded thing, a low voice,
which in times like these is a debat-
ably excellent thing in women.
Mrs. Croly's talents and attain-
ments as an authoress made her an
interesting and conspicuous feature
ot the federation. Shi is the record-
ing secretary.
Much enthusiasm was manifested
over the presence of Julia Ward
Howe. She is a venerable and
placid figure. At the evening re-
ceptions she wore delightfully im-
modern gowns, the ancient lace cap
so seldom seen nowadays and a curi-
ous old lace shawl. To meet she
was lovely and gracious, her nimble
wit and snowy hair forming an odd
contrast. A college girl, noting her
fraternity pin, asked her if she
could give the Ka.ppa Kappa Gam-
ma grip. She whispered. back: "I
could give the Kappa Kappa Gam-
ma yell if I dared." Another time
she recited her famous Battle Hymn
to the Republic with such deep feel-
ing and emotion that it is forever set
apart in my mind as a thing "in-
spired and sainted."
Mrs. Florence Howe Hall of the
Daughters of Famous Women series
was present. She comes from New
Jersey, but was distinctly Bostoness.
Her mother, Tulia Ward Howe, is
set, but old and dear. Mrs. Hall is
set and young. An occasional word
skirmish between Mrs. Hall and
Mrs. May Wright Sewall enlivened
the rigid decorum that son^ehow en-
virons womans club meetings, and
that introduces May Wright Sewall,
a fascinating and perplexing charac-
ter to describe. Add to a fluent wit,
a handsome open face, a manner
keenly alive and alert, an intrepid
aggressiveness, a towering ambition,
a swell gown and then reflect on the
ensembly. Altogether she was a
woman to attract and detain the
eye and afterward the memory.
Another venerable and remarkable
woman was Edrah D. Cherey, the
Boston art critic. She delivered a
lecture on realism in art that was
not only deep but subterranean. A
thing to be remarked about the
speakers in the convention was their
carefully trained and petted pro-
nun ciations.
Frances Willard was present not
as a delegate, but by a fortunate
chosen for the Federation. She was
always warmly received, and her re-
marks contained their usual point
and pitch.
I suppose one would think my
ambition climaxed when I found
myself holding hands with Susan B.
Anthony. She has the most re-
markable and piercing eyes. She
looked so completely through and
beyond me I fancied she was talk-
ing to some one behind me. The
limitations' stood out in bold and
glaring relief. On the platform she
is a tidy figure. They say she
does not care for dress, but I think
she has a standard of plainness she
would not for worlds transcend.
After the careful speakers who had
preceded h«r—they of the immacu-
late pronunciation and metaphor—
her homely, everyday illustrations,
homspun anecdotes and practical
way of putting things, was an agree-
able effect in contrasts. She was in-
troduced as a thorough club woman,
one who had done more clubbing
and been clubbed more in return
than any woman present. She was
>t a delegate, however.
A power Ts the
much talked of president trom New
York, Sarois, Mrs. Jennie de la
Loyier, Doctor Loyier. She had a
quick, crisp way of speaking and a
fearless way ot pitching into the re-
porters which was cakes and ale to
them afterward for spicy comment.
She was not heard often, but she
made herself felt:
There was a Mrs. Judsh,
She came trom Tennessee,
A woman of whom one would say
She would be genial at sea.
She had a smile that would beguile
A cloistered arlm ascetic
Which did inspire this road desire
To flaunt prose and wax poetic;
For quick, nervous energy, and
"let us stop this talk about being
Americans and come to the point,"
commend me to Celia D. Woolley,
of Chicago. Through the devious
parliamentary maze that threatened
even that august body, she saw the
point and went straight to it Har-
riette Shattuck, of Halden, Mass.,
the acknowledged law-giver and
Federation authority, author of the
Woman's Parliamentary Manuel,
was present to disembroil the as-
sembly if a crisis arrived. It would
be impossible to catalogue the other
noted women present. The con-
vention presented a curious com-
pound of spectacle and longrette, ot
old-fashioned bombazine and tailor-
made gown, of miraculous amateur
millinery Parisian importations.
And now the much -discussed
object of all this feminine commo-
tion. Certainly it was not as was
unkindly hinted, merely an occasion
of gratnlation for being born women
instead of men. The idea is to
unify and concentrate the dub
movement with the promotion ot
culture for its dominant impulse.
It is expected that the club move-
ment will receive such an impetus
trom the late convention as will be
astonishing for even these evolution-
ary times. And as Frances Willard
said, "It is not all in your mind's
yee, Horatio—and Horatia."
8EWEB AID water OOIIEOTIOI8.
Campbell & Co., plumbers, are
prepared to put in sewer or water
connections on short notice. They
keep in stock the very best material,
and every job is fully guaranted.
germ ai-amerioai ab800iati01
The first meeting of the German-
American association ot Texas waa
held Monday at Turner hail la
Houston. The meeting waa called
to order by Julius Schuetze, of
Austin, and twenty countiea, maatgL
which are in south central Texas
were represented. Mr. Schwetse
stated that the object of the meeting
was for the preservation of their
personal liberty and for the prevail-
tion of the passage of such laws as
restrict the personal rights of .private
people. In the declaration of prin-
ciples as set forth by the meeting,
one plank opposes the Sunday ?aw,
another pledges the members to
withhold their support from any
' candidate tor any legislative branch
of the government who does not
pledge himself to have all objection-
able laws infringing upon the per-
sonal liberties of the citizens prompt-
ly repealed. A dispatch from
Houston says:
"This is one of the most import-
ant meetings ever held in Texaa. It
means the consolidation of 80,000
voters, who will make their influ-
ence felt, particularly as political
leaders say the democracy is so split
there will be a bolt and two conven-
tions held, with Hogg and Clark
turned loose."
It is not at all in keeping with Mr.
Porter's census to accredit the Ger-
man people ot Texas wuh. 80,000
votes. Indeed, this vast numtar ia
probably greater than all the foreign-
born voting population in the state.
That there are a number of counties
in southwest Texas in which the
German element predominates no
one will dispute, but 80,000 men
represent nearly one-fourth
g'strengtn 01 t(Te~state. It
would sound more reasonable to say
8000.
water meters.
The famous Pasteur Water Meet-
ers are for sale in Deniaon by Pettit
& Waltz. They are the best made.
suBaoRiraoi laws. .
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Carefully.
Dr. Tuckermsn, editor of the
Workman, Cleveland, has taken
some pains to collect and compile the
decisions of the United States court
on this subject, and gives the result
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considered as wishing to renew their
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until all arrearages are paid.
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to take their periodicals from the
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settled their bills and order them dis-
continued.
4. If subscribers move to other
places without informing the pub-
lisher, and the papers are sent to the
former address, they are held re-
sponsible.
5. The court* have decided diet
refusing to take periodicals from the
office, or removing and leaving diem
uncalled for, is prima facie evidence
of intentional fraud.
6. It subscribers pay ia advance
they are bound to give notice at the
end of the time; otherwise the pub-
lisher is authorized to send it, and
the subscriber will be responsible
until an express notice, with pay-
ment of all arrearages, is sent to the
publisher.
7. The latest postal laws are i
that newspaper publishers can arrest
anyone tor fraud who takes a paper
and refuses to pay. for it Under
this law the man who allows his sub-
scription to run along for some time
unpaid and then orders it discon-
tinued, or orders the postmaster to
mark it "refused," and haa a postal
card sent notifying the publisher,
leaves himself liable to arrest and
fine, the same as theft.
FLUMBUG.
' Messrs. Campbell & Co. are pre-
pared to do first-class work on short
notice. The only exclusive plumb-
ing house in North Texas.
The first duty in political warfare
i is to carry elections.
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