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'e ic : Dr. and: Mrs. F.
i/:. T^;. Bi. dFest and two children of Detroit,
III,/~1 '[ ]ich., Thos. J: Allen of Philadelpha
' ;':;- '.and August Yates of San Antonio,
; .;- , .:.comprised a party of excursionists who
' ',on March_22, Mr. 'ates in charge, left
" ' Mobile on the schoner Walter Summer
J . :for the purpose of investigating some
Honduras properties which had been
*~ ..0 C-offered to a northern syndicate.
At Ceiban the party transferred to
-he sloop yacht Mystic for a cruise to
,s . Port, Burchard, where. the syndicate
was to operate, April 6 the Mystic was
:'0 shipwrecked in a terrible storm.
:..; It was pitch dark and everybody was
thrown into the boiling water. The
- ~two children were seized by Mr. Yates
*. ' and Mr. Allen and they managed to
i' :s - swim with them to the beach. Dr.
'Fest succeeded in rescuing his wife.* .' They found themselves on a wild
and desolate coast that subsequently
proved to be between Bremer's lagoon
and the mouth of the Patuca river.
It is probably the least civilized portion
of Honduras and is inhabited almost
by roving bands of Indians, who
live in a state of savagery. On the following
day the castaways pushed up
the coast and discovered an abandoned
Indian village, consisting of a cluster
of palm leaf huts.
They were by that time almost starving,
and the condition of Mrs. Fest and
the children was especially distressing.
' The Indians fed them on cocoanuts and
bananas.
At Port Burchard the youngest Fest
child died from the effects of the terrible
journey overland. Dr. and Mrs.
Fest with surviving child and Freiberger
remained at the settlement,
while Yates, Holz and Allen pushed on
to Celban, where they eventually obtained
passage for New Orleans on
the Foxhall, which arrived yesterday.
Curtis Bill.dispatch has .been, recei ,lt t th war
dApartment:. ' . .
'Manila, May 17.-Adjutant general,
Washington: Situation as follows:
Lawton, with tact and ability, has
covered Bulacan province with his
column and driven insurgent troops
northward into San Isidor. Second insurgent
capital was captured this
morning; is now driving enemy northward
into the mountains. He has constant
fighting, inflicting heavy losses
and suffering few casualties; the appearance
of his troops on the flanks
of the enemy behind entrenchments
which are thrown up at every strategic
point and town, demoralizing the insurgents
and has given them no opportunity
to reconcentrate troops. Koble's
column with gunboats preceding up
the Rio Grande. * *'* OTIS.
Portions of the dispatch which have
not been made public relate to further
movements of the trops.Against Sunday Work.
New Orleans, La., May 18.-The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen reelected
Grand Master Morrissey.
Editor Close was reappointed. Milwaukee
was named as the next place of
meeting. Resolutions of thanks were
adopted.
The following resolutions were
adopted: Against the/age limit by the
railways which will throw men out of
employment who are still able to
work at their usual occupation.
Against the maintenance of large
standing armies. Opposing the running
of trains on Sunday and urging
that the working people be allowed
that day for rest.
These resolutions are to be sent to
the president of the United States and
the senate nad house of representatives.Large Blaze.
million dollars' worth of property was
destroyed last night by a fierce fire inSouth McAlester, I. T., May 18.- mte lumber district. The flames were
Much interest is felt here in the de-confined to the block bound by Loomis
cislon by the supreme court of the and Leflin streets and Twenty-first
United States, declaring the Curtis bill place and Twenty-second street. Four
constitutional. The decision, which in- large lumber firms suffered by the fire
volves 115 different cases, covers ev- and the combined loss will probably
ery contention presented in citizenshipamount to over $400.000. The firms
contests Drought up from the Cherokee, damaged are S. T. Gunderson & Son,
Choctaw, Chicasaw, Creek and Semi- $250,00; John A. Gauger & Co., $30nole
nations. Q00; Ratherbone, Hair and Ridgeway
The decision declares that congress company, $120,000; Pilsen Lumber
Intended that appeals from the Dawes company, $20,000.
commission on Indian citizenship cases
'could only be taken to the territorial Tennessee Tragedy,
courts. J
courts. i Union City, Tenn., May 18.-A
This means that persons who claim 1 U , T y
This means that persons who claim meager acount of a tragedy at Haynes
citizenship in the Indian Territory, but Mill, near Tiptonville, reached here.
who were denied citizenship by the Three women, a Mrs. Martox, Mrs. EdDawes
commission and the territorial wards and Miss Bragdon, waylaid a
courts, cannot appeal their cases to Mrs. Cvnon and ataced her with
Mrs. Covington and tacked hier with
the supreme court, but will have to ubs, whereupon the latter drew a
clubs, whereupon the latter drew a
abide th,e decision of the lower courts. knife and stabbed Mrs. Mattox through
These decisions will affect thousands the heart, killing her instantly. Mrs.
of claimants for citizenship. Covington then plunged the weapon
into the back and lungs of Mrs. EdTroop,
Wante. wards, inflicting fatal injuries. The
Washington, May 18.-Secretary Al- tragedy grew out of a quarrel among
ger has received the following tele- the children of the women.gram from Gen. Merriam in explanation
of the situation in the Coeur Desperale Man.
d'Alene: -'d
Washington, May 18.-Humphrey
Wardner, Ida.. May 17.-Adjutant WashingtonMay S-Hurphrey
Warde Ida.. May 17.Adjutant Taylor, a colored man, suspected of the
General, Washington: The governor i
, Rosenstein murder at Siddell, Md., yesof
Idaho has carefully reviewed the .
terday shot and killed Police Sergt.
situation here and deems it necessary Fritz Passau ded Policeman Gow
b Fritz Passau, wounded Policeman Gow
to place troops at Burke and Mullen to
and kept a posse of half a dozen offlavoid
further disorder. I request two
troops of cavalry. Referring to the cers at bay from the loft of a house
press criticisms, I have made no order.for nearly two hours. Dozens of shots
were exchanged between the officers
My action is limited strictly to thewere exchanged tween the officers
support of the state authorities. Thereand the fugitive who rendered
when preparations were made to burn
are -395 prisoners still in custody. then pre .to were made to burn
MERIRIAM, Brigadier General. the premises. Taylor is charged with
killing his wife.Adjourned.
Montgomery, Ala., May 18.-After being
in session fourteen days the legislature
adjourned yesterday.
The body was convened in extra session
by the governor to repeal the call
for a constitutional convention and to
propose amendments to the constitution,
to be voted on at the next general
-election and to pass primary election
laws. The only act passed during the
fourteen days was to repeal tke call for
thd convention and appropriate money
to pay their salaries and mileage.
Kol)bes' Progress.
Manila, May 18.-Maj. Kobbes' reached
San Luis, eight miles up the Rio
-Grande, meeting with but sight resistance.
One man was wounded during
a brush with the rebels. At daybreak
the Americans began a further advance
toward Sanaba, about six miles up the
river beyond San Luis. The insurgents
along Gen. MacArthur's front !
evacuated their positions during the
-night, presumably moving further up
-the railway.Return ilg.
Manila, May 18.-Although the rebels
still threaten San Fernando in considerable
force, large numbers of natives,
a majority of them being familes with.
their household goods, are, returning
daily to the towns inside the American
lines. Many of the richer Filipinos are
coming to Manila and laborers are resuming
work in the rice fields. The
latter show their respect for American
sovereignty by removing their hats to
the passing trains.
Going East.
Washington, May 18.-Admiral Farragut's
famous old flagship Hartford,
which for many years has been on the
Pacific coast. is coming east. She has
been selected as a training ship for
landsmen, and will be placed under
comand of Capt. Hawley, at present
attached to the navigation bureau of
the Navy department. The landsmen
to be trained on the Hartford will be
recruited almost entirely in the central
west and lake states. The vessel has
been completely modernized. Istrikefi,"'air^me: iwtby i ... -
mite, raided- two0.a . . .ises in
Huntingt6n -anid n 'm which
is-a mile and a half ou
As a result John WEig;, one of the
strikers, is dead with 'a" bil'et hole
through his body, and tinn-ey C.ampbell,
a guard, who was' on duty at
mine 53 in the employ of the Kansas
and Texas Coal company,'has a bullet
hole through his head and another
through his shoulder.
The three attacks were made simultaneously.Yesterday morning there was found
near where the dead man fell a: sack
containing thirty masks and a quantity
of dynamite.
At one of the boarding houses
which was attacked an attempt was
made to throw a bomb in a window,
but it fell short and exploded on the
ground, blowing out one side of the
house.
At the other one shots were fired,
but without effect.
The miners are desperate and excitement
runs high.
Mr. Brown, superintendent for the
Kansas and Texas Coal company, came
to this city and applied at the sheriff's
office for protection to the company's
property, which he declared to be in
imminent danger of destruction.
.Sheriff Harrell being absent from the
county, Chief Deputy Rector cited the
superintendent to the injunction issued
by the Federal court enjoining
all persons, the sheriff in particular,
from entering upon the property of
the coal company, but upon conferring
with Gov. Jones by telephone, the governor
gave a peremptory order to the
sheriff to go to Huntington and disarm
all persons found with arms and protect
the property of the coal company
at all hazards.
Accordingly, Deputy Sheriff Rector
with twelve deputies went to Huntington
yesterday, determined to preserve
order.
The wounded guard, Kinney, is not
a citizen of Sebastian county. His
wounds are not fatal.
The dead miner leaves a wife and
three children.t3isr'tty yfleray publishes a dispatch
from: Pretoria~, capital of the
Transvaal South African republic, saying
that P .W. Reitd, the secretary of
state, confirms the report that a number
of unusual arrests have been made
there and that it is rumored the prisoners
are British officers. /
Johnnesburg, May 17.-A number of
men have been arrested here on the
charge of high treason.
According to advices from Pretoria
the charge against the prisoners is that
while staying in the Rand privately
they were really engaged in enlisting
men for the purpose of rebellion when
they were ready to give the signal.
It is said that the enlistment roster
included 2000 men and that a number
of incriminating documents were found
at the time the arrests were made.
Impregnable.
London, May 17.-The Filipino junta
here says that on receipt of the news
saying all foreigners had been ordered
from the Filipino lines, a cable
message was sent to Aguinaldo, who
replied that this announcement was
due to the statements of Mr: Higgins,
the manager of the railroad, on his
return to Manila after several months'
residence in the Filipino lines.
The Filipinos, it is added,ridicule the
statement that Aguinaldo is a fugitive
and declare his retirement to the Carballos
mountains Is part of his strategic
plans, as the mountains are almost
inaccessible and are inhabited by
savages who use poisoned arrows, and
that it is absolutely impossible for the
Americans to follow him there.
Explained.
Jacksonville, Fla., May 17.-A special
from Tallahassee says:
"The alleged slighting of Gen.
Joseph Wheeler at Charleston on Wednesday
last is explained by Col. Fred
Robison of the adjutant general's staff
as follows:
"Gen. Wheeler was not in the parade
because the negro boy who was sent
to carry his horse to him, through inattention
or natural stupidity, took the
horse to the wrong number and remained
there holding the horse till the
procession was over."released. Earl Kil'ed.
Manila, May 17.-Messrs. Carrick London, May 17.-The earl of Strafand
Holmes, the American and Cana- ford, who married Mrs. Samuel J.
dian civilians captured at the Calum- Colgate in Grace church, New York
pit rice mill, have been released by city, last December, was instantly killthe
rebel general, Luna, who saw them ed at Potter Bar by the Cambridge
through his lines with several En- express.
glishmen who received forty-eight The earl was seen standing upon the
hours' notice to leave rebel territory. platform awaiting a train from LonThe
United States cruiser Charleston don. When the express approached at
has arrived here from Hong Kong. a high rate of speed he suddenly fell
She touched at Aparri, communicating forwardupon the rails. The body was
with the United States gunboat Con- decapitated and mangled.
cord, stationed at the mouth of the
harbor. Rlubber Company,
Some native archers shot arrows at New York, May 17.-The seventh anthe
man-of-war's boat, which was sent nual meeting of the United States
ashore for sand, and no further, at- Rubber company was held at New
tempt to land was made. Brunswick, N. J., yesterday. The reThe
Charleston also spoke the Unit- port of Charles R. Flint, the treasurer,
ed States gunboat Wheeling at Linga- showed that the dividend earnings in
yan. All was quiet there. the manufacturing companies comGen.
Lawton's advance force has left posing the concern now amounted to
San Miguel, moving in the direction of $2,788,364. The surplus for the year
San Isidor. A rainstorm impeded the was $823,522 as compared with $108,progress
of the troops and severed the 913 on March 31, 1898.
line of communication when the force
was within several miles of its des- Louisville, Ky., May 17.-The ntertination.
national union of Journeymen Horseshoers
convened here yesterday with
Watson Sails.
San arncso SCals, 'ay , R er _ 125 delegates in attendance, the largest
San Francisco, Cal., May 17.-Rear ever known in the history of the orAdmiral
J. C. Watson, sailed for Man-n w con i he rila
vi Hon Kon o th te Ct der. The session was consumed in hearila
via Hong Kong on the the City of
a ing appeals and grievances, discussion
Peking yesterday. Aboutan hour before of the secretary and treasurer's report
* I ,, - - of the secretary and treasurer's report
the steamer sailed a small crowd as- and the appointment of various comsembled
on the dock to bid farewell
to Admiral Watson. The gallant lit-
tle ,admiral ran down the gang plank The comptroller of the currency has
as gaily as a lieutenant of 25 to bid authorized ..the Grayson County Nafarewell
to his -friends. He shook tional bai of Sherman to begin busihands
warmly with several men, but
hands warmly th several men, but ness with a capital of $100,000. Presion
the fair cheeks of a dozen pretty dent, John P. Withers; cashier, . W.
girls he imprinted kisses that would Ble.
have made Hobson tremble for his
laurels could he have been present.
Texas pensions-increase: William
A message has been received by the B Thomas, Emblem, $6 to $8. Original
London Filipino junta from Aguinaldo widows: Emma C. Noyes, Dallas, $8
saying the war will be continued. dows Idia wars: Mary Parker,
Smithwick, $8.Will Not Last.
Chicago, Ill., May 17-Capt. JohnB 11oycott Threatened.
Chicago, Ill., wMay 17.-Capt. John Kansas City, Mo., May 17.-A special
C. Dent of the twentieth United States from Guthrie, Ok., says the cattlemen
infantry arrived in Chicago from Man- of western Oklahoma are organizing
ila on sick leave. Capt. Dent said: a boycott on Kansas City and threat"I
do not think the war in the Phil- en to ship all their cattle to Chicago
ippines will last long;. The impression and South Omaha because of the reseems
to be here that the Filipinos cent action of the Kansas quarantine
may return to the mountains and board in requiring the inspection of adl
maintain some sort 9f a war for a Oklahoma cattle entering the state.
long time to come. But the truth ls This rule was approved by the Misthe
mountain people are. our friends souri board, making the shipment to
and have even offered to raise regi- Kansas City a difficult and expensitove
mezts to help put down Aguinaldo." matter.nd expense
I ~~~~~~~~~~atrA scientific dem'instration -'Wh:l
caused some amusement Is descrbe4
in a recent number of the Criteiion:
"A certain physician had a large
Toepler-Holtz machine which gave a
spark like a young streak of lightning.
His wife was much interested in it
and watched the doctor manipulate it
until she fancied herself master of the
apparatus. One day a party of friends
called when the doctor was out, and
the good wife seized the opportunity
;of paralyzing them with her knowledge
of science. She was a very dignified
woman of portly presence, and,
after leading them into the office, she
began her explanation with all the
impressiveness of a lecturer. She
spoke briefly of the preliminary ma'nipulation
of the machine. 'And then,'
she said, laying her hand upon one
,connection, 'the electricity goes from
here to here,' whereupon an angry
white spark leaped out from the brass
ball indicated, with a report like a
horse pistol, and smote her upon the
extended finger, causing her to sit
upon the floor with a violence that
shook the window panes. The guests
stood around in expectant attitudes,
looking at their fallen hostess in pardonable
surprise. Only for a moment
did that capable woman leave them in
doubt. 'There!' said she, in the most
matter-of-fact manner, as though
events had simply followed the usual
course, 'You see how it works. Now
let's go into the garden and look at the
chrysanthemums!"
HERE IS SIXTEEN TO ONE.
That Numbeel of Daughters Call Thomas
Norman "Father."
Thomas H. Norman is a colored
*man employed as a laborer in the general
postoffice at Washington. He is
not remarkable for that, however, but
for being able to announce himself at
the age of 54 years the proud father
of sixteen girls. The eldest daughter
is nearly 25, while the youngest is
barely 19 months. The sixteen girls
are not "all the daughters of their father's
house," but the sons as well,
for the large family has never -been
enlivened by the presence of a' boy.
The father is a very youthful-looking
man and his wife is only 43 and both
are light quadroons, with a decidedly
Caucasian cast of countenance. Contrary
to the usual laws of heredity,
several of the children are muleh drker
than the parents and all havl
strongly marked African features.
;Formerly the large family lived in the
small- mountain settlement of Montgomery,
W. Va., where the members
;were regarded as one of the sights of
the village. Since their removal, to the
capital interest has increased rather
than diminished and the laborer in the
postoffice is frequently pointed out to
inquisitive visitors. In fact part of
his daily revenue is derived from the
sale of a family photograph to the
curious throngs that wander through
the great public institution, money,
,which, added to his salary of $55 a
month, manages to support his mam<
,moth collection of girls. . .
TABLET FOR WINNIE DAVIS.
Second Memorial to Be Raised in
Richmond.
Besides the artistic monument to be
erected in the cemetery in Richmond
by which the women of the south propose
to commemorate the virtues of
,the "daughter of the confederacy" a
second beautiful tablet in memory of
Miss Winnie Davis is to be placed oel
one of the walls of St. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal church in Richmond,
Va., and is the gift of Ambrose A.
Maginnis, a prominent and wealthy
citizen of New Orleans, who has always
been a warm friend of the Davis
family. The modeling of the tablet in
plaster has just been completed by
George J. Zolney in his New York
studio. The tablet, which is five feet:
long and three feet wide, is at once to
be cast in bronze by the Henry Bonnard
Company. The vestrymen of St.
Paul's church and Mrs. Davis, acting
for Mr. Maginnis, have formally accepted
the work. Mrs. Davis considers
the portrait of her daughter a faithful
likeness and is highly pleased with the
sculptor's artistic conception. The design
shows a bas-relief encircled with,
palms, the center of a decorated niche.
A cherub's head is placed in tympanum
and the base bears the memorial,
inscription.A Day of 3,552 Hours.
At Berlin and London the longest
lay has sixteen hours and a half; at
Stockholm, the longest day eighteen
hours and a half; at Hamburg,the longst
day has seventeen hours, and the
hortest seven; at St. Petersburg, the
longest day has nineteen, and the,
hortest five hours; at Torena, in F;nafid,
the longest day has twenty-one
ours and a half and the shortest two
hours and a half; at Wanderhus, inI
Norway, the day lasts from the 21st;
f May to the 22d of July, without in-l
erruption; and at Spitbergen, thea
longest day la three mouhs and a aI
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 36, Saturday, May 20, 1899, newspaper, May 20, 1899; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46768/m1/3/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Ferris Public Library.