The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-04-06
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GALVESTON,
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came " blows Rlgney hndng he WIS over
matched drew knife and made two furou
lunges NJ Duilard, sticking him first In III,
left breast near tho nipple, and tho second II
the baek Just below tho shoulder blade, In
dieting two serious wounds Dulhrd WI
conveyed 10 tho Clly hospital, where hi
wounds we're dressed and pronounced mol
fatal. Rlgney came In tho morning md gave
himself up, and WINS placed under bonds Of
$500 TO appear before the Recorder nj 9i8C
to.murrow'-Dr llse, reporter Of the Ger
man Post aud City Auditor, was assaulted
this morning by Israel Clark, engineer OF
Fire Company No. 4, Al tho lust fro Isle
made some structures upon Clark'a defelictoH
Of duty by not being At his post when
his company ronchcd tho scene of tho con
llagrntlon, Clark took exception 10 the urti-
Gle, aud meeting In front Of tho city build
Ing on Mechanics street. ho called him 10 one
side, saying ho wanted TO SEQ him. Use com
piled aud when 10 came up 10 500 Clark the
latter struck nj him. lso wardcd of tho
blow ana struck back, Several blows passed,
Ilse all the time backing of and Clark iol-
lowing and striking ut him. llso's head
striking against projection In tho sidewalk,
no was thrown TO the ground, Clark jumping
upon him, but before ho could do any dam.
nge no WINS pulled OF by tho crow J.. Iso
sprnnge 10 his feet, when Clark rushed upon
him with brick and llso run as no did 80.
Clark threw the brick, cutting n severe scalp
wound In tho Drshoad. Clark WINS arrested
and charge was preferred of aisaulLnnd bat
terry and placed under 500 bond for his ap-
pearance before the Recorder In the morn
ing The steamship san Antonio sails in
tho morning for Now York. A
largo shipment Of hides WIS mudo up
on her --liusness In the who esao
grocery line was quito brisk today
Henry II. Knapp, civil engineer IN II com
muncation 10 the Galveston News Of this
morning, has laid proposition before the
Galveston public for improving and deepen.
Ing tho channel across tho outer bar. The
means by which he proposes to accomplish
this result are new, If not original, and he
feels confident they will DO effective. His
plan Is the construction of an artificial bar
of stone, located fer outside the natural bar,
and submerged below the surface 80 deep
that all vessels can freely pass over it. This
he claims will enable tho current to work q
permanent improvement Of the channels
depth of twenty feet through and over the
other bar and secure permanent channel
without dredging and jetties. The work
would lake some time to complete, but would
show no retrogNtion of results either by
delay or stoppage, every dollar expended
upon them showing and proving their Der
manency in results. He estimate s
tho cost of tho Improvements at
S2,350,000 lie desires, after a
full investigation of his plans, and their APP
proval by the people of Galveston, to secure
through their aid and their congressional
delegates corporation, q contract with the
general government under the jurisdiction of
the War Department to create the proposed
channel Of twenty feet, and that he will take
the entire risk of construction and results on
himself, and if no is successful to be reim-
buIsed by the federal government. Mr..
Knapp is willing to come to Galveston if in
viiation is extended him, and address them
more fully upon the subject, clearly eluci-
dating his plans and Of his ability physically
and financially to carry out his promises.
The amount required is almost equal to that
named by General Gilmore and Major Mans
field, now in charge of the work. But let tho
invitation be extended, and if Mr.. Knapp can
do all he promises and guarantees u substan-
tial and permanent improvement, lot Calves
ton enthusiastically and unitedly stand by
him. The bar removed, Galveston s fu-
ture is assured beyond all doubts
In consequence of the City Councils action
in reducing the effective strength of the Fire
Department it has created considerable COM
motion in insurance circles, A large number
of the insure nee companies doing business
IN the city have lost money, and many have
a Il ~ will f.lln,u 10
ton of the municipal authorities is insisted
upon. The companies that withdrew on the
first of the present year were the Scottish
Commercial, of Glasgow, Shaumat, of Bos.
ION, British America, of Philadelphia, and
the Union Marine and Fire, of Galveston
Within two years the number of companies
doing business here have decreased from
ffty-two to thirty-eight. The Secretary Of
the Board OF Underwriters stated yesterday
TO News reporter that If the council per
sisted rates would be advanced in Il very
large ratio at once-that this advance would
have taken place some time ago had they moi
relied upon the promise Of the City Council
to provide fire alarm telegraph and the
requisite necessares with which the Fire
Department could do efficient work, in the
wlv of hose and water. He thought it very
unwise to reduce the department, when !
,mparison of the losses for the first three
months of 1879 and the first three months OF
1880 showed as follows: From January l,ls79
to April 1st, 1879, losses, S4,5l1 49, from
January lst, 1880, to April lst, 1880, Si3,
20i 80. This action of the Council, if no
amended Mt the next meeting of that body
will result in complete DISCRIMINATION o
the fire department, and the raising of insur
ance rates from forty to fifty per cent
The funeral Of Henry Lowell to-day was yer,
slimly attended weather is tempestu
Gus and il is reported that severe gale i
blowing at Indanola, the wind havin,
attained the velocity of forty miles an hou
there. hotel arrivals embrace Morn
Connell, T. T Amber, Willism Sullivan
Charles Il Brown, New York; John + Gen
| try. Freeport. Illinois; Albert Sregory, Mem
| phis: Henry Saunders, Il X Forestall New
| Orleans; j A Woodward, Louisiana; Sila
Steam, Pensacola; Louis Miller, + Hickman
Philadelphia; John Pearson, l ID Master
st LOUIS; Samuel Graf, Fort Wayne, lndi
ana; S w Sidney, Indiana; Daniel Milnec
Laredo. police are still ip activ
search for Mclaughlin, the would-be muir
4 derer.-The storms throughout the Soutl
have interrupted the dispatching of news
and the Indications are that thi
will be the case Tonight
April A. A bold robbery was attempte,
to be perpetrated about o'clock last nigh
upon the wholesale liquor house of Nagal
s. Co., but was brought to sudden and dis
astrous termination by the vigilance an