The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1883-03-03

signed. No preference. The iirm refuses
10 make any statement.
SUFFERERS BI IHE FIo Us.
EVANSVILLE, Ind. March Nj. Fr'd. .
H. W ,ues-. ot Springfield. illinois, sent by .
Governor Hamilton To Investigate and &C..
port upon the stat. of affair al ShgNnce- .
town, arrived here from that place 'u-lAy. .
and egrphed the governor th.t h,ii .
tor the distressed J, mper'tivelv demand
-t an THAI 10 be- N Give IL -huulI Dee inn
mediate. lie .ay> the situation t.cic I-
terrible beyond the power OF any one 10
describe. There arc between five and six
hundred houses IN the town. every one ut
which b. under water, only thirty of
which ARE inuabitab.r and those OILY In
the upper stories More than one nun.
drpd houses nave npatci from their ioun-
d4tiur-. Five hundred people are rrceiy-
Ing reiirt On,-halt to tNO-IhirI- 90 b.u-
latin county Is flooded. fences gone, corn .
destroyed, took drowned aul people /.
Dir ven from their home.. by, ntcry
pneumonia and malaria. igycr- prevail. /
and are increasing.
CLEyELARDs rIHsT VETO.
ALBANY, March Tile veto % the
five cent fare bill by Governor Cleveland
creates cousi ierablc excitement. In "a
message from the governor he says: The
stocks and bonds are he Il by u large
number Of citizens, and their Income
depends entirely upon the fares. The
reduction proposed Is a large one, and IL.
is claimed will Permit no div end to
investors 1t is nauifcstiy important
that invested capital he protected
and itH necessity and usefulness in the
development of euterurses valuable to
the people recognized 10y conservative
+ conduct on the part Of the state govern.
meut. He is not satisfied that the cir
cumstauccs exist to reduce fure ON Gle
waited roRds, and says 1t lis conceded that
no examination has been made to that
end.
THE LAKE FRONT Law SUIT
CHicAGo, March IA bill was file in
the circuit court to-day against the
United States by the city ~ Chicago
and llliuuia Central railroad company to
determine title to the lake front prop
crty, through which the railroad runs,
negotiations for the sale OF which TO tho
roads 10y the city have been II ing
many years. The property is worth sew
erul millions, includes ripar an nights
and all htrbor facilities. The claim in
the bill is that the property belongs to
the state Of linois and that the railruud
company has the right Of way to two
hundred feet wide through it.
G,op rmpANCE TO BAp RuBMsH.
CHCAGo. Nurch 2.-BrtNeer and 0
last night james Elliott the pugili-t. and
Jorc Dunn, the well known sporting man.
met In the saloon OF WIN. Llngdln, ahAs
Appleton, alias "Appctitr Biz eX bunko
confidence nan, aud began shOutng each
other. With iii, result Tint Euo't was
kil d and Duun wounded in two PAGES.
The trouble dated back 20 the tine wien
i.riy IN AID other. cine here from
New y orH O. m ct d IN Nacr ard Sladr
with Wow Ut -'r ng.ns q match " b
John ). sui van whose !ackcr WAS J,r
Dunn. Harry llI "a, ! r. pau -, Who
h''' ''. ',''o''' once S"o' " '""'' III "''"c'-
y ''''''
IHh III I"E'o ORD
Pm HuKG, H., Marh ?. The Chrun-
lclc'- MonOngahrIh { T. nnsY mia.
sp' clh say. the most "a hNrous NE lh. {
ever N.'t thr cny occurred ih,S nom
luE 'n'uE ~. ioIt ""S H-"H rue NE
s,Ilru III C""p'I "ol room On an
S,'se. anu si'l''.I p''." why ''|'i,' y con
o.r,','7, ,
n,,rL"t C"nn., nj '''i '' ,,hn ,
UrI,h ,,,IIn,, and tho lt.rnrI urirtin,, -
ii e. Ten other house, were badly dam
agcl. Loss $4,000; insurance about two
thirds.
r,,,,. Ram,
fhiLApi LPulA, Mhrch -CharleS Me
{ Donaln aud "ilIiam Mitchell fought a
prize hSht near me Richmond coal
wwhnrveS yesterday hoth are very yonng.
twenty rounIs were fought Mitchell
om,hShting Mcdonald. III, iather OF
Mcponal was bls second aud although
Tue son S''u'u sGaIceIy KEEP ms teet hiter
we leHtu iUuuu ttit oiI inau kept hlul Ia
We rug 'ii ne G""'u ua'''' Il" longer
hler 'ne nRht tue primer ais ana Nc
Donald Ia her were arrested.
THE Mi'llld\N AGONY OVER
DErRoIr, March 9.-rhe legislature
balloted until a late hour .nst night for
Tn ted States senator. On the fourth
ballot break WAS made in favor of Pal
mer S'ockbrdge's forces dlssolvlng,
Palmer = vote gong 10 ~. Tn the NTH
mos. W. IA mei, ot Detroit. received 20
vut and was declared elected. Stout
received - fusion votes, Ferry D The
contest ls unprecedented Ia the history
uf politics III this state, ~ vote in all be
ing cast
ALrprr srrr.
V,pprspr-,,s d. Mech D ~ L
McCmrr. o. the PLilnl, Inbin Times WINS
arrested TO dsy. ON "A cbarp, ~ ihrI ON
the oath Of John Gallagher. watchu.au nj
the capltol. The snlt /, the nutgrnwth
ot articles published in the Times in ref
creme to Irish Catholic rlrcular- DIS
trbuted during the recent gubernatorial
camuHign roputed to have been signed
by Gallagher and others, Mcclure was
bailed.