The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-07-14
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED TRAIN DIS
PATCHER-A MOURNING CITY.

PATCHER-A MOURNING CITY.
Palestine, July I3.-The funeral services Of
D. J.. lIealy. chief dispatcher at Taylor, kill
ed by conductor Cook, took place here to day.
The International workshops were closed and
the general office. draped in mourning. All
business in the city SUI pended, and the stores
closed. There was l.rge funeral concourse
Telegraph operators were the pall-bearers
The service was conducted by Rev DR.. Falls
1t was generally the most i'm! ressive ceremony
that ever took place here. Intense feeling ex-
lists over the killing and there is deep and uni
versal sorrow.
GRAND SUCCESS OF THE FRUIT EXHIBIT-FIRST
IRAIN-A DANGEROUS TRAMP.
Houston, July I3.-The final clio ing of the
took place to-day. lt.was the greatest exhibi-
ton of fruits ever made here from all parts OF
the state. 1t was an immense success.
The first regular passenger train over the
Western Texas narrow guage. to Sealy, ran
through to-day, taking large number OF ex-
cursionistS.
Conductor John Gray, of the International
& Great Northern railroad, was shot at three
times by tramp he had put the train. He
received no serious injury.
Little Rock, July I3.-A special from Tex
arkana has the following details of the storm
yesterday: The storm began about 6:3o p.
m, with heavy wind and rain and lightning.
AT about o'clock p. m. Ghio's new binding,
large three story brick, almost completed,
was struck by lightning, and fell in a mass on
top of frame building known as the Paragon
saloon, burying everything beneath the ruins.
1t was raining in torrents at the time, and there
were heavy showers until about 10 o'clock p.
IN. The lamps in the ParasOn saloon set fire
70 the ruins from underneath. Every man
add water bucket in town was brought into
use, and water was thrown on the fire, but ii
finally broke out beyond all control, and
burned two fame buildings next to the Para
gon. II is Impossible to give the exact num-
Der OF person burned in the ruins. Two or
three different parties who came out of the
Paragon to,J few minutes before the acct
dent So; ~, there were at least thirty persons
10 The b"jlJ.ng. The remains of Mayfeld,
one Of ne pruprietors, and another man and
boy, ha.. been taken out of the ruins.
ihe P"ragon saloon was a one-story frame
structure VIA bar in front and gambling saloon
to the rear, whore keno, faro and the general
games Of the gambling class were conducted.
Generally, alter nigh, the place is crowded
with spt ring cha a@iers and persons looking
on the g mes. lad the storm been an hour
or two later, instead cf twenty-five or thirty
persons, it is probable that two or three times
that number " ou!d have been buried in the
ruins. ]. w. Markham was the proprietor of
the saloon, and Mike Mavheld, who is report
ed to have been kille !, was one of his partners
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS
St. Louis, July "a special from Texar-
recovered from the buildings wrecked by the
storm. Col. Mayfeld, Ferd. Smith, Johnnie
Way and others, whose names are not learn
ed, are wounded seriously, and will probably
die. Great crowds of excited people are
around there. Only seven or eight more
bodies are in the ruins.
SENATORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
Washington July I3.-The senate in execu-
tive session To-Day confirmed the following
nominations: Louis Wallace, envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary to Turkey;
Henry c. Hall, envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to Central America; John
a Helderman, of Missouri, minister resident
and consul general to siam; N X. Sawyer, of
Florida, consul at Turkestar; J. P. Wicker
sham. of Pennsylvania, minister resident and
consul general to Denmark; N. X Cramer, of
Kentucky, minister resident and consul gen.
eral TO Switzerland; S. B. Axtell, of Ohio,
chief Justice of the supreme court of New
Mexico; !. A. Mckee, to be marshal of the
northern district of Texas; J. c. Bigger, United
States attorney for the northern district of
Texas, and J. II. Dean, postmaster at Win
chester, Virginia.