Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 39, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 5, 1889 Page: 1 of 8
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DEMOCRAT PUBLISHING CO
TEXAS OUT
yo AI < > re Candidates for Office
from ilie lone Star State
t r Itinncrat Ilolrlinjr a Place of any
tpvqueiice Must Ultimately
ie Way to a Republican
ir t t i ° Represented at the KnlghtsTem
5 r onclave Eugene Marshal Calls
on the AttorneyGeneral
Will Hold Her Own
< Mir Gazette
< ion Sept 2 It is believed
i in will be splendidly represented
i at conclave of the Knights
w be hold here jn Ootobor
preparations for the event are
on every side and Ponusyl
nuc the main thorough
ieceiving a brand nfew
i asphalt for the occasion
i i WSAPPOINTEI DEMOCRAT
l liam F Switzler chief
Trail of statistics He had an
r ie would bo allowed to retain
under the Harrison regimo
hopes were blasted to
iv learning that the
i been offered to a
f cpublican It is only n ques
ittle time when every Derao
i a position of any conseqonce
v i the bounce
itiit army orders it is raen
it a regiment of infantry will be
Im the department of the
> the Platte to take a station
> uni6 other changes affecting
iMmcnt of Texas will have to
i wional action
I I MDKM HARRISON
i c ist be bothered with any
i iates for office on his return
mtal So far as Texas is cou
i ramble is ended and all par
i in it are glad that it is over
1 RIO OF TEXANS
acity Eugene Marshal and
mt of Dallas and Walter T
< uston Mr Marshal called
irneysrenerai this morning to
i thanks for being made dis
iey of the northern district
1 f > Test Kmv Armament
< > Sept 2 Wednesday
lie a test at Annapolis of the
an mr designed by Chief En
ikof the navy This armor
the navy department bugbear
i vcars In 18SS congress ap
viim of inoney to defray the
tnsikmg and testing the ar
lie reason it was not doue
i uly drifted into the hands
i advisory bard and it was at
u noted by the bureau of
lid now it is to be
i im armor consists of a double
i iloback turret designed for
< ship to protect a gun and
ih lies thick The inventor
it will dellect a shot that
trite thirteen inches of iron
i oil will bo one of the new
i 1 oechloading rilles recently
t J nuu the ordnance factory in
U will bo plauted 2G0 yards
turret and loaded with
< lurge of powder suffi
diive the shot through
n inches specified Seven
be fired unless the
loiven before that point is
ilie inventor has requested
turret is intact after the seven
i i uck it that it will be fired at
> wd Some officers of the de
liero that the first shot will
matter In case the turret
i test it will probably bo
use oii some of tho new ves
permient and turret to be
liHaday cost nearly nineteen
llara
Array ChsMijjcs
i < > x Sept 2 Wi th th o ap
rotary Proctor Maj Gen
i Issued the following im
Mus of Fort Laramie Wyo
Kas and Fort Lyon Col
i lawn and the several posts
l > > ued and the troops thus
ul be assigned to other sta-
ll ivision commander
it of infantry will be ordered
1 irtfnent of the Missouri or
i t of the Platt < to take ac
lpartineut of Texas The
general of the division of
ive thu necessary orders to
< liimres into effect as soon as
j with due regard to ocon
n Appointment
i Sept 2 Edwin M
> VHiauco Ohio has been
iff of the miscellaneous di
cf the secretary of the treas
> i David Oivcy resigned
k l WILL BS
OJKDEKED
i s Maoafrtctarors lMusc to
the scale and Trouble
Will Begin
Sign
i Pa Sept 2 Saturday
it day which window glass
tit s had for signing the scale
as the time set for general
n < if work in case it was signeQv
ii < > resumption however as-
signed th scale Chambers
i Jeanette and they dlduot
the reason that they have
it in harmony with other
mi is Since the time has pass
< signing of the scale tho
mi order will be the issuing of
iIm national headquarters de
r ieral striko This has been
cr since tho last conference
ii < wag committees of tho two
is two weeks ago when they
reacu an agreement Wage
North and East have done
ail the same state of affairs
i i those districts How lomr
1 > < ut or strike will last
i > jcud much ou the state
I Window glass of all sizes and
l J pr >
grades is in demand now and the prob-
abilities are that the troubles will soon
end Two factories one in Tineland
N J and the other in Washington are
reported as having started up but no
report has been received at the window
glass workers headquarters as yet
Bottle blowers are nearly all going to
work Flints have been at work some-
time Several bottle factories on the
South Side will start up tomorrow
BOTE SIDES FIRM
ATo Material Change in the London
Strike Situation yesterday
The Great Dock Companies aro Better Satisfied
with tho Aspect of Affairs The Action
of the Ship Owners
TOE STRIKE ST1IX OX
A Split Sniil to Exist Amonc the Strikers
Mob Force
London Sept 2 The great strike is
still inforce but the situation of affairs
this morning is unchanged Neither side
has made a move yet today and it is
not easy to say what the day may bring
forth There are signs of grumbling
among the strikers over the division of
tho relief funds The stevedores com-
plain they are not receiving their proper
share of the funds but the men gener-
ally stand firm and there is nothing like
serious dissatisfaction in tho ranks
Three thousand tailors struck this morn-
ing and are parading the streets
Information lias been received by the
police and home Secretary Matthews to
the effect that Burns today urged the
strikers to proceed to the docks and expel
tho men working there
The dock companies express them-
selves as better satisfied with the aspoot
of affans They have increased tho
number of men at work composed of
strikers who have given up the fight and
hew men Officials of the companies
state that plenty of labor would
be obtained if the strikers
pickets were abolished It is
asserted that there is a split among tho
strikers and a committee has been ap-
pointed looking to the abandonment of
the strike The Rochester coal shippers
and barge men visited a large number of
vessels iu the river midway and forcibly
compelled the men at work thereon to
cease operations
A mob composed of about eight hun-
dred strikers invaded the Albert docks
this pfternoou and compelled the work-
men there to cease their labors There
was no damage to property
A deputation of ship ownprs waited ou
the officials of the dock companies today
and urgpji on them to give shippers
power to make their own arrangements
wite the men for the discharge and load-
ing of vessels Mr Xorwood chairman
of the joint dock committees appealed
to the shippers not jo press their request
as to loading It would be impossible
withoutconceding points which the com-
panies are fighting against
TgAt a meeting df wharfingers a resolu-
tion was adopted advising the stuikers to
accept tho dock companies off or
BixiCKniiJX Sept 2 Three thousand
lOoms havejbeeii stopped fii tuis city
owing to xdepression in trade
DtiNDrE Sept 2 A trades union
congress in session in this city has
adonted resolutions to the effectthat the
London strikers were justified iu their
demands and that the employers were
arbitrary in their actions The congress
aiso called uppu the various tratlos of tho
United Kingdoin to render the strkers all
possible financial support The mention
of John Burns name was loudly ap
applauded
The government is employing convicts
to unload vessels in Medway
Mr T P OConnors paper the Star
has collected 2500 for the strikers fund
A dispatch to the Star from Melbourne
says at a meeting there today the sum
of 1500 was collected in behalf of the
strikers
Mr Henry Lafont proposes that strik-
ers agree to work for the wharfingers at
the rate of Gd an hour ordinary time
and 7d ad hour over time Ho believes
that suck an agreement would force the
dock companies to surrender Mr
Burns is considering the proposal
A section ot the Salvation Army in
Australia has sent a donation of 200 to
tho strikers here
It is stated that the dock directors and
Sir Donald Curr will meet today and
discuss the situation The belief is en-
tertained that the meeting will result in
a settlement of the points at issue
London Sept 2 Mrs Gladstone
visited the scone of the strike yesterday
and gave a check for tho relief of tho
strikers
Cable Notes
Com Sept 2 William OBrien
member of parliament from Cork who
last week was sentenced to two months
imprisonment was removed from jail
here today and taken to Galway to serve
out his sentence The streets iu the
vicinity were crowded with his sup-
porters who cheered him durimr the
journey to the railway station and were
most enthusiastic in their demonstration
of affection
St Pktkksbcrg Sept 2 Under the
Count Tolstoi scheme Jewish advocates
will not be allowed to plead in the tri-
bunals of Lialties province
Stockholm Sept 2 King Oscar will
open the congress of orientalists wheu it
assembles in this city
Zanzibar
Jept
2 The sultan of
Zanzibar is ibout to send a mission to
Emperor William of Germany to con-
gratulate him on his accession to the
throne c-
It is reported members of Dr Peters
bifp tntion shotfour natives at Vitua
and that the inhaOitants are arming for
revenge
London Sept 2 Tho young king of
Servia has written to his mother ex
Queen Xatalio imploring her to return
to Belgrade V
London Sept 2 Mr Gladstone has
gone to Paris
>
Tho Austrian governm ht whiOTi pn
trols the tobacco trade made agreaj fi
nanciaMoss by raisingthe prictpof chfaVs
In Vienna alone 35000000 fjwer cigars
have been sold with a corresponding in-
crease in the consumptionsgJi cigarettes
and pipes In all the loss minounted to
710000 llorins
i r j is ari feu t
83J iBWIF lf
HUNTING A CAUSE
The Senate Committee Investi-
gating the Cattle Market
Cattle Have Steadily Declined Since
1883 But There has Been no
Decline to Consumers
Enilroads Make a Lower Bate on Dressed Beef
Than they do on Live Cattle Chicago
Controls the Market
Chicago III Sept 2 The senato-
rial committee with Senator George D
Vest of Missouri in the chair began an
interesting investigation in the value of
Chicagos meat products and the trans-
portation this morning Shortly after 10
oclock Senator Coke of Texas with his
snowwhite beard and ample form en-
tered the Grand Pacifio hotel to meet
Senators Vest ot Missouri Manderson of
Nebraska Cullom and Farwell of Illi-
nois and Plumb of Kansas Of the other
members of the select committee only
Senators Vest and Farwell had put in an
appourance by this time and the
trio went upstairs and took possession of
parlor twentythree where they will con
duet the examination of witnesses An
official summous had bseii sent out and
numbers ot cattlemen were observed
about the hotel lobby evidently waiting
their turn before tho examiners
The investigation will be a public affair
from the start and judging from to
days work a complete and thorough
examination into the relative prices of
beef both alive and dressed together
with the cost of transportation will
be made Managers of the different
trunk lines will be called upon
for testimony to throw light
on the transportation phase
of the case Tho object of the work will
bo to enlighten congress on a subject of
interest to consumers of meat and to
bring about possibly legislation which
may in the end have a tendency to regu-
late tho price per pound According to
the testimony gven today by Sylvana
Wilcox ot Elgin a man of large experi-
ence in buying and selling cattle as well
as the handling of dressed meat there
has been a steady decline in the value of
beef cattle during the past few years
without any decline in the price to tho
consumer This was the point the sena-
tors seemed deeply interested in
Senator Vest did not hesitate to show
his surprise when he learned that
although during the last ten years the
average price of beef cattle had fallen off
nearly 100 per cent the consumer was
still paying just as much for his sirloin
and rump steak as ever more if anything
in some cases Silas n Larkin also of
Elgin was called He had been engaged
in the cattle business in Texas and else-
where altogether having had about
thirty years experience Ho came
loaded with figures which ho gave to the
senators Prices of cattle in the years
named were as follows
In 1880 S3475 per cwt
In 1S81 S3051 per cwt
In 1S82 S3505 per cwt
In 1SS3 S3SCO per cwt
In 1881 S3025 per cwt
In 18S3 S3SGG per cwt
In 1884 S3025 per cwt
In 1885 S2840 per cwt
In 1887 82300 per cwt
In 1SSS 1988 per cwt
In 18S9 SiSO4 per cwt
After reading his figures which Mr
Larkin explained were more eloquent
than words he took a slap
at railroads He complained that
dealers throughout the country
were refusing to buy livestock prefer-
ring to order dressed beef from Chicago
The idea brought on was that the freight
tariff on livestock was higher than that
on dressed beef thus smaller dealers
considered it advantageous to buy m
Chicago This left Chicago tho control
of tho livestock market at least it had
a tendency in that direction according
to tho philosophy of Mr Larkin
Followiug him came Mr E T Jeffrey
of the Illuois Central railroad
You are tho general manager I be-
lieve said Senator Coke
Thats my position
Then began a system of questions aud
answers that were interesting Ho ad-
mitted that prices charged for delivery ot
live beef were greater than for dressed
beef Senator Vest drew out the gen-
eral manager on the subject of contracts
railroad companies might outer into
Mansfields First Kalo
Correspondence of the Gazette
Mansfikld TixAug 27 Mans-
field received her first bale of cotton to-
day It was raised and gathered by Mr
J n Grimsley classed middling and
bought by J H Wright for 10 l > cents
per pound Tho merchants of the town
gave a premium of Sl2
0
CAPITAL XOTES
Asylum Commissioners Appointed Charter
Filed Lands Leased
Special to the Gazette
Austin Tkx Sept 2 The governor
appointed tho following commissioners to
locate the South Texas insane asylum
W D Woods of Hays J S ForQ of
Bexar Thomas W Dodd of Laredo
The board meets on the 20th inst at
Austin when counties desiring to com-
pete can have their representatives pres-
ent
The following charters were filed in the
office of the secretaiy of state today
American cement and roof company of
Dallas Incorporators G W Hayden
William Reeves aud others capital stock
200000
The following foreign companies filed
certified copies of charters
American tube company of Pennsyl-
vania Capital Si000000
Mueller Bros furniture and carpet
company of St Louis Capital stock
75000
Rock Island plow company Capital
300000
The comptroller bought 3500 worth
of Tarrant county bridge bonds
Starr county redeemed 100 of her
bonds
The total sales of school lauds for Au
aBfiatiiaBMi
w m w ef s r TWl 1 SK r
FOUT WORTH TEXAS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5 1889
gust were 112653 acres Armstrong
county takes the lead with 15520 acres
and Scurry county a close second with
11360 acres while Wichita brings up the
rear with eightysix acres The average
price was about two dollars and twenty
five cents
Leases were as follows for August by
counties
Brewster 7GS0 acres
Collingsworth 56000 acres
Cooke l60 < > acres
Cottle K ° 4 acres
Crockett 7 + 0 acres
Donley 74173 acres
Encinal GiO acres
Glasscock 10225 acres
Gray 7040 acres
Howard 1120 acres
Jeff Davis 1 2700 acres
Kent 12S0 acres
Kerr 1 8C40 acres
Lubbock 1GG40 acres
Martin 13284 acres
Midland 10SS0 acres
Mitchell 44G0 acres
Nolan 1920 acres
Presidio 3791G acres
v
San Saba 192 acres
Schleicher 8540 acres
Scurry 7b80 acres
Stephens 520 acres
Sutton 3140 acros
Tom Green 3G 501 acres
Wheeler 4213 acres
Irvine G40 acres
Coke 1280 acres
About two hundred thousand acres
were released
KELIGrlOiN AND ITS WOKKEKS
Annua Summary of Statistics of tho Various
LDenominations of Christians
New York Independent
The net gain for tho year reported was
3S82 churches 38G5 ministers and S7G
995 communicants and the total number
of churches ministers and communi-
cants of all tho various denominations is
given in tabular form as follows
Minis Commu
Cliurches ters nicants
Adventists 1375 S40 100712
Baptists 4GG21 32017 4070VJ
Christian Union lotti 500 120000
Congrcgationalists 4561 42S < 475 < >
Friends 7G3 1017 106910
German Evangelical G73 500 12 > M0
Lutherans 0971 4 I51 S00S
Methodists 50680 29r 770 4723bol
Mennonites 420 C03 100000
Moravians US 111 11229
Presbyterians 13349 9GM5 1 ISO 113
Episcopalians 3159 4012 459032
Reformed 2l5S 1378 227342
Roman Catholic 7424 7996 7S i294
Umversalists 721 91 aS7b0
Mew Jerusalem 100 113 6000
Unitarians 1S1 491 G47SO
Totals 1427G7 93322 20067318
The relatively largo figures for the
Roman Catholic church are accounted
for by the fact that they include all the
adherents of that church as reported iu
Sadlers Catholic dictionary while in
the case of the other churches the figures
represent only the actual church mem-
bership
Certainly a net increase of nearly
eight hundred and seventyseven thous-
and Christians for the year is no insig-
nificant return The deaths among the
19790323 Christians last year must have
made a large figure This loss and all
other losses havo been made good by
conversions xnd immigration and nearly
nine hundred thousand gained in addi-
tion
We now have 142767 churches and
98322 ministers showing a net train of
3S82 churches and 38G5 ministers A
clear addition of an average of between
ten and eleven churches and as many
ministers every day in the year does not
seem to indicate a decline of nower or
growth A daily harvest of 240 souls is
not symptomatic of that decay which
certain skeptics profess to discover in
Christianity in this country
A BIG SCHEME
The Farmers Federation of the 3Ilsslssipp
Valley The Wheat Growers Convention
The Farmers federation of the Missis-
sippi valley has called a convention of
the wheat growers of tho Mississippi val-
ley for the purpose of forming a syndi-
cate which shall raise the price of wheat
to the Western farmer The Farmers
federation is a joint stock company with
a capital stock of 20000000 only
5000000 of which can be put on tne
market and sold of this 85000000 every
farmer and local shipper will have an
opportunity to buy at 10 cents on the
dollar or earn the stock in shipments to
the company and become an equal stock-
holder and have his iuteres t in the 15
000OQO of stock held in trust for
stockholders This company makes no
change in the rate of commissions
now charged foi selling grain and live-
stock but pronoses to make a reduc-
tion of 90 per cent in the force ot com-
mission men and by retaining 10 per-
cent as salaried ageuts save 9000000
annually The pledge of consignments
that farmers feeders and local shippers
are required to make before they can
purchase shares of stock is intended to
centralize a larce share of tho commis-
sion business and enable the company to
defy competition to begin with besides
it is said that it will soon havo control
of the stockyards and grain elevators
with power to establish rules andregula
tions that would give the company a
monopoly in the commission business and
power to control shipments and the reg-
ulation of the price of farm products in
the home markets
It is figured out that the farmers of the
northwestern States are paying 3000
000 annually in elevator and stock yard
charges and SlO OOOjOOO in commissions
for selling By concentration of ship-
ments of farm producfeto this company
it is calculated that the whole of this
business of selling can be done through
a system of salaried agents foj 1000
000 and thus save tho farmers S9000
000 annually It is proposed therefore
to get nearer the consumers by displac-
ing 90 per cent of these commission men
and then by one of thejatent powers of
this organization to wipe out 90 per cent
of the retail men It is expected to ac-
complish the object and purposes 6f the
charter through live bureaus or business
departments which wjll greatly simplify
the practical workings of the plan The
heads of these departments are to con-
stitute an executive board or advisory
council of the persident
2
3Iinncsofn Prairio Fire
Lacquiparlk Minn Sept 2 A
prairie fire ten miles wide is sweeping the
Minnesota bottom lands and the town of
Big Stone City is threatened Hundreds
of farmers liave lost all their bay and
stock and the fire which was started
two days ago by a party of hunters is
beyond control
COTTON BAGGING
The Bremen ExchangeFavors Granting
a Dinerence in Tare
What tho Largest Cotton Exchange on the Con-
tinent of Europe Fays of Cotton and
Jute Bagging
New Orleans TimesDemocrat
The following letter received from the
Bremen cotton exchange is in response to
the circular of tho New Orleans ex-
change issued in the latter part of May
last declaring in favor of an equitable
adjustment of the bagging question so
as to afford proper opportunity for v com-
petition of the different fabrics for coh-
ering cotton bales without prejudice to
buyer or seller of tho staple It is of
special interest in view of the approach-
ing convention of American exchanges
Ukumen Cotton Exchange
4 To the New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Gentllmkn I beg to acknow ledgi receipt of
your valued favor of May 23 inclosing vour circu-
lar entitled Cotton Bagging the contents of
which have had careful attention
The committee of the Bremen cotton ex-
change has no objection to present to the pro-
posed introduction of a new covering for cotton
bales made of cotton itself provided that there
by through the adoption of a heavier stuff a
bagging may be secured which will completely
cover the bale and besiies protecting the cotton
against country damage decrease the risk from
fire an end which is unquestionably desirable
Last season ssveral styles of bagging were
used the character of some of which was not al-
together satisfactory but this committee does
not doubt that you will be successful in securing
a coveiing which will meet all requirements as
regards durability and strength in which case
the new covering would be gladly welcomed as a
great improvement
According to your communication the new
bagging will be over 2 per cent lighter than the
old and its introduction is therefore hkelv to
meet with dilHeulties while cotton continues to
be sold by gross weight without regard to the
weight of the bagging used It becomes neces-
sary therefore to secure the adoption as far as
possible of the actual tare rule in selling
American cotton As long however as this
rule is not generally recognized it would seem
inadvisable iu tho opinion of the committee to
make a distinction between the lighter and
heavier covering when offering cotton c i f
by for instance allowing only 4 per cent for
loss in weight on the cotton covered bales while
deducting0 per cent as at present onthose
wrapped in the heavier material now in use
As soon as the committee shall be advised of
the adoption of the proposed changes it will not
fail to lay the matter immediately before the
Juembers of the exchange and acquaint you
promptly of their decision on the subject of
altering or amending the form of contract now
in use on the Bremen cotton exchange Very
resptctfully G B Buauer
President
A VOICB FROM RUROPK
We publish elsewhere the report of the
Bremen cotton exchange the largest on
the continent of Europe ou the subject
of cotton and jute bagging
Tho Bremen exchange shows a far
more liberal spirit in the matter than
that of Liverpool Not being interested
in jute as the Liverpudians are it does
not favor a policy that will discriminate
ana just tho Southern product cotton
bagging and is perfectly willing to give
the latter a trial aud determine ts value
All the Bremen exchange insists on is
that the cottou be well secured that the
bagging fully cover tho bale protecting
it against country damage and decreas-
ing the risk If this is doue it can see
no reasou why cotton bagging should not
be used as well a jute or in its place It
notes however that some of the several
varieties of bagging last year were not
altogether satisfactory but it does not
present this as a reason why cottou bag-
ging should be objected to as it should
rest on its own merits
Tho Bremen exchange unlike that of
Liverpool is wholly uninterested m jute
Jute is not a German product and there-
fore the German exchange is thoroughly
disinterested iu the matter and able to
decide between tho American claim for
cottou and the English claim for jute
and it decided very properly that the
material with which the cotton is covered
makes no difference provided it is serv-
iceable sate and advantageous and it is
willing therefore to make some arrange-
ment by which cottou bagging can be
used on terms of equality with jute
It is advisable in the opinion of the
committee it reports to make a
distinction between the lighter and the
heavier covering allowing only 4 per-
cent for the loss in weight on the cot
toncovered bales while deducting 6 per-
cent as at present on those wrapped in
the heavier material now in use As
soon as the committee shall be advised of
tne adoption of the proposed changes it
will not fail to lay the matter immedi-
ately before the members of tho ex-
change and acquaint you promptly
with their decision on the subject of al-
tering or amending tho form of contract
now in use on tho Bremen eottpn ex-
change
It will be noted that Bremen is favora-
bly disposed toward tho proDosed ex-
change All it asks is that tho bagging
shall be good it does not matter of what
material it is made
The cause of cotton bagging seems to
borrowing stronger every day It was
feared at first that the American ex-
changes would show an unf riendly dispo-
sition but they have come warmly to its
support it was then supposed that
the European exchanges would
take tho same position as Liverpool
This is now proved to be an error as the
most important exchange on the conti-
nent has shown the friendliest feeling
and a desire to be fully just in this mat-
ter
Without the farmer and planters the
factors and buyers arlcl the American
exchanges united and with the European
changes willing to deal fairly in this
matter it will be wonderful indeed if
Liverpool can carry jts point and com-
pel American farmers to bale thefF cot-
ton in British jute
IS lp CHAEMED
Henry Woods Fondness for a Beptlle Emitted
from His Stomach Hls Wife Guards It
as Tenderly as She would a Child
Cincinnati Enquirer
New Philadelphia OHiQsAug 27
A curious case and one probably with >
out a parallel exists near Trenton < thi3
countv in connection with ashaet A
few weeKs ago it will be remembered
mention was made in the Enquirer that
Henry Wood a wellknown farmer bad
drawn a live snake from his stomach
thathad been the burden of his lite for
years Mr Wood had been afflicted
with stomach trouble more or less from
J r
3F
the time bo hadfbeen jn the army
twentysix years agoiHe remembers
now that at one t me during a march
ho drank from a broo k in the marshy
and snake infested swamps that are so
numerous iu the South and tne reptile
being of such a tiny size be
1HINKS HE SWALL6WKD IT
at that time The snakehas been care-
fully taken care of in a large class jar
and wonder has been expressed that the
family should have such a deepiaffection
for it This is explained by tho eb that
the family and particularly Mrs v Wood
has an idea that should any accident be-
fall the snake or should it die that Mr
Wood will dio also At the time the lat-
ter drew the reptile from his stomach
aud held it up between his lingers his
wife screamed to him not
and notlilhg in tho v < orld
tc kill it
has sincetoeen sacredly takjm
v
The rternational congress of
It
caro of
could induce
tho faintly to allow violent fiands to bo
laid orr it
THEACTIONS OF TIU5 SNAKK
wjhen Mr Wctl is present and the
tendernesswTth which he Cares for it
aro some of the mysteries that cannot be
solved Many thiiik that it is a genuine
case of snake charm and that Mr
Wood is entirely under Is mysterious in
lluenco Hundreds have hilled at the
Wood household to see tlnv < eptile aud
the case seems to puifle the wisest
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
Beef Ten Brandy Coffee Opium nnU Other
Stimulants Better than the Elixir A
Physicians Opinion Damage Suit
Special to the Gazette
Galveston Tex Aug 31 Dr C
n Wilkinson chief surgeon in charge of
St Marys inlirmarj in this city and a
leading practitioner who has been
cautiously expernuentiug with tho
BrowuSequard elixir of life has
this to say of the results that havo at-
tended his operations I have experi-
mented with this thud on five or six
different persons of both sees usin r tho
glands of different animals and 1 am
forced to the conclusion that no reliance
can be placed in this agent as a youth
restorative remedy All my experiments
were performed a la mode while my
patients were most appropriately selected
and most thoroughly watched after-
wards In only one instance was a tem-
porary improvement noticeable aud that
occurred in a very nervous femalewhom
I am disposed to believe was biased in
favor of BrownSequard and Dr Ham-
mond There are many agents more
capable of stimulating the vital forces
such as beef tea brandy coffee
opium cocoaine etc besides be-
ing more devoid of accident such
as abcesses and infiammatiou than
tho BrownSequard ciixir and it is only
a question of a snort time bet ore the lat-
ter becomes a shadow of the past
Charles Kaukel has entered suit against
the Galveston bagging and cordage fac-
tory company to recover 10000 for in-
juries sustained while working in their
empoy
TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
The Tarrant County Instructors to Meet in Fort
Worth for General Improvement
County Superintendent Pool is a most
indefatigable worker for the good of the
public schools and is doing much to
raise the standard of excellence among
the teachers and through them o have
a good effect upon the pupils of Tarrant
county He has worked hard to have
organized in this county an association in
which the teachers could meet and by an
interchange of views be mutually profit-
ed The association will convene at Fort
Worth on Saturday September 7 at 10
a in at which time a full attendance is
desired Tho following interesting pro
gramme has been arranged for that day
Calling association to order
President V R Kimbrough
Invocation Rev J Morgan Wells
Address of Welcome
WelcomeE
E P Williams Fort Worth
Response H W Cummins Mansfield
Reading and adopting minutes Reception of
new members Election of officers for next
year Installation of officers Retiring address
of president
Civil Government class J D Matlock Edon
Language Lessons class
S P Render Arlington
Recitation George W Dale Fort Worth
Benefits of Summer Normals
Miss Julia Cannon Bedford
Physical Geography JSBrown Grapevine
Uniformity of Text Books short speeches by
Trustees and teachers
How Shall We Obtain Good School Houses
Short speeches by Trustees and teachers
Needs of the Country Schools
W H Pool Fort Worth
Psychology W H Kimbrough Arlington
Erfects of Narcoties on the Human System
J O Cannon Bedford
Miscellaneous business Adjourment
Tho members of the Teachers associa-
tion extend a special invitation to the
school trustees of Tarrant county to meet
with them and by their presence and
counsel assist in advancing tho cause of
education
t 31 ssissippi Alliance
Jackson Miss Aug 31 The com-
mittee on memorials and legislation made
their report to the state alliance yester-
day and it was adopted It contains
recommendations to the legislature ask-
ing that money be appropriated by the
state to encourage foreign immigration
That so much of convict labor as is nec-
essary be employed in running a bagging
factory as a state enterprise That rail-
roads banks etc be required to pay
an advalorem instead of a privilege tax
Urging a law establishing a state agri-
cultural bureau and providing for the
teaching of agriculture in the public
schools That the next legislature call a
constitutional convention tland that a law
requiring inspection on hoof of beef cattle
be passed
49
A Town Burned
Cinnabar Mont Sept 2 The town
of Gardiner on tho edge of the National
park was entirely destroyed Dy fire Sat-
urday Only one house was saved out of
about thirty in all All troops and other
government employes in the Yellowstone
national park had been engaged all last
week in fighting fires in the park Offi-
cers in command blame tho campers
who are careless about extinguishing
camp fires Fijgare reported rn tho
neighborhood of Jlmpire endangering
the mills of the Empire miningcompauy
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handlately sitting in Paris lias passed
a resolution condemning the introduction
of shorthand lntoprimary schools
To the Postmaster
Yon are authorized an
requested to take safcsrrlp
tlons to The Gazette We
allow liberal coinmlstfon
I jnn hare not oart riri t
send for them Send for
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in getting up a list
LABOR DAY
A YEAR
VOL XIX NO 39
How it was Celebratedin Some of-
f Large Cities of the Koctfi
Business Generally Suspended aud tho
tho
x
changes Closed Procossions and Picnics
the Order of tho Day
A Big TJruc at Fort Smith
Special to the Gazette
Four Smith ark Sept 2 Labor
day was observed hero today pretty
generally Not many of tho busi-
ness houses were olosed but many of
them were decorated and this attcr
noou thousands of people thronged the
SchntzenVerein park where tho celebra-
tion was held Tho procession movel
about half past 10 oulock There were
fully twentyfive hundred people in line
Trades unions and agricultural organiza-
tions were equally represented Tho
principal speakers were Governor J P
Eagle Hon John H Rogers and Mr
D P Thompson of
passed off without
cident Fireworks
in progress tonight
Texas Every thing
an unpleasant m
and a grand ball are
At Albany
Special to the Gazette
Albany N Y Sept 2 Labor day
was celebrated here by a parade in the
morning in which representatives of all
tho trades participated to the number o
3000 It was reviewed by Governor Hill
Mayor Maher aud Thomas J Dawling
president of the state trades assembly at
Delavan house A picnic at Pleasure
island is being bad this afternoon
In New Yorlc City
New York Sept 2 Labor day was
ushered In by bright sunshine From
early morning the streets were crowded
by the sturdy sons of toll It was no-
ticed however that large numbers of
working girls trudged along as usual with
lunch in hand In a majority of cases it
was found they worked in cigar factories
and other concerns the owners of which
had no respect for labor day On the
east side of town it was noticeable also
that many factories blew their 7 oclock
whistles All the exchanges were closed
and the oustom house was kept open
purely for clearance purposes from 9 to
10 oclock
The procession began to move from the
Washington parade grounds at 103f >
oclock There was an immense crowd
present and the paradors wore cheered to
the eoho but tho procession was not
nearly as largo as last year
At Philadelphia
Philadelphia Pa Sept 2 De-
lightful weather favored first observance
in this city of Labor day Tho banks
and exchanges closed and also nearly all
the mills and factories Nearly all tho
stores and other business establishments
iu the city closed in the afternoon
At St Louis
St Louis Mo Sept 2 Labor dny
was prettv generally observed here by
tho trades and labor unions A largo
procession of trade organizations marched
the streets for a couple of hours and then
repaired to Concordia park where an
immense picnic was held Speeches
were made by prominent men in the labor
ranks and other festivities indulged in
The weather was fine and the holiday
thoroughly enjoyed
At Boston
Boston Mass Sept 2 Observation
of Labor day is more general in Boston
today than in the past two years Busi-
ness is entirely suspended The weather
is cloudy and cool and the big proces-
sion which was the feature of the fore-
noon was viewed by thousands who
crowded the sidewalk s and windows along
the route
At rittsburff
Pittsburg Pa Sept 2 Labor day
was celebrated in Western Pennsylvania
today for the first time Business was
generally suspended but the only public
demonstration in this city was a parade
of the United carpenters and joiners
brotherhoods in which about two thou-
sand men participated Picnics were
held by the painters marble cutters
slate roofers and tilelayers unions and
were largely attendedIn the coke region
the works were generally idle and a
large mass meeting was held at Scott
dale
At Chicago
Chicago III Sept 2 Labor day
was honored in this city today by two
processions and numberless picnics The
largest procession was that of tho Trades
and labor assembly in which thousands
of men marched to tho music of numer-
ous bands At the elose6f the parade
the participants proceeded to Kuhns
park Tho Knights of Labor paraded to
picnic grounds at Willow Springs The
parade was in four divisions comprising
thirtyseven local assemblies
ALL QUIET AT GEEENWOOD
It is Believed the Danger of a Eace War Has
Been Averted
Jackson Miss Sept 2 Governor
Lowry arrived by special train from
Greenwood this morning at oclock
having succeeded before he left in get-
ting the armed whites who had assem-
bled at Greenwood to return to their
homes instead of going to the scene of the
threatened race war Three military
companies that left Greenwood by boat
last night at 12 oclock have not been
heard from but it is not believed there
will bo any conflict unless it should hap-
pen before the troops arrive A private
despatch from Greenwood was received
here late this afternoon which saidr
All quiet here Troops still up the
river
The governor has been trying ail day
to see Cromwell the negro loader who
arrived here last night but without suc-
cess
Hereafter each infantry regiment of
the French army will contain four veloci
pedists
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