The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-23
ST. LOUIS STRAWS.
A Payne Under Mlsscurl's vest-riI-
den Iattllngs.
Tilley aud Companion Ia Crime--Inger-
soil and lIATrilch.
Miscellaneous Mound CITY Matters,

rtspoudenre. l-rhe political pot IS COM
meuo.ug TO boil here and Il bnbhled a week
ago when Senator Nest threw bomb.ehtll
into the camp Ol the Payne iollowere. III
you nominate Payne" said Veit.. you take
the party by the throat and trotle ~" Al
oil the democratic conventions held IN this
state tho voice OF Vest has been heard and
he has been noted tor his charity 20 all COM
pe'tors. Therefore his shot ~ Payne hits
yilal spot and Mislourigns think kills OIL
that leaders chance 20 far Oh his securing
any votes rom the Missouri delegation Ia
the national convention Is concerned. The
Missouri Republican, the oldest paper weet
Of tho Mississippi valley, champions I'll
denis cause but should no fatty decline the
honor creal ed by others this influence would
be cas-, for Morrison and should the lattei's
o. ise prove dead one Mcdonald would DO
the next In favor. The talk OF Gtnnding by
tho old ticket rs u whole IL all bosh so far az
the Missouri democracy ~ concerned. They
want no more OF Hendricks for they
say ne ruined the party In leso, when he
refused 10 take the second place on the
Hancock ticket. Morrison's friends are
working hard, both in Missouri and Illinois,
aud should rilden decline the nomination
there is no doubt but that the delegations
from lhese two states will vote solid Tor the
Illiuoi-ian. The appointment Of Rodney
ID. Wells az postmaster OF st. Louis has
srrnyed tho Filley influence against Arthur
aud Filley aud bis men from this time Tor
ward intend working for Logan. The
Globe Dsmccrat upholds the Arthur adj
ministraiion and will work for hts renomi-
nation, but should his chances seem low
when the time comes the Globe-Democrats
influence will go 30 Edmunds. McOullaSh,
the editor OF that paper claims that the
vote OF New York will settle the question
this year and says that either Elmunds or
A N..N faNF krrs
majority. General Grant IS wintering here
andduring the season has taken an active
part ia prominent events. He sat at the
head .of the table 10 ono of the big camp
fires; he spoke nt tao knights OF
ST. Patrick banquet aud he presided
az the opening Of The new custom-honse.
This shows that he has not lost his love oil
public life, Gao those who ought to know
say hs 10 the mos. likely OF al the dark
D orssB.
Gsorge II. MoFsddeu, tho young man
arrested AZ Sherman. Texas, aud who j.
charged with having assisted Prentice Til
Ter TO rob the Pacific Express company OF
100000, attempted suicide yesterday ei-
ternoon. McFadden IS qneer fellow:
When tho express company oldosrs called
az his clearinghouse IN sherman and
broke open his trunk, he IN turn called at
the express 0ttice and asked the officials
what they tuesnt by such an outrageous
proceeding. When told that he was
liable 70 be arrested TOR completely Ia
the robbery, he dared the officers 10
arrest him and when told by friends TO run
away he refused % make move, saying
that an innocent man etood his ground.
He put on q bold front ~ the oiGrt aud
never weakened until Yesterday afternoon,
whom Chiefof Police Harrigsn called upon
him ia his eel and advised him 10 plead
guilty, saying that Tiller had told every
thing and that a piua OF the KIND would
save him long term ia The penllentihry.
he replied lhai no would mover plead guilty
aud added that be would never be sent TO
the peniteDtlAry alive. j. was NOT known
at The time whit VAS meant ~ ilig latter
remark, but subsequent events proved all.
At diuner .ime, or an hour or jwo after bis
interview with HarIigGn, McPadden crush
I'D . pill bottle under his heel, and mixing
the oieces OF glas9 with his food, sws lowed
them. Tller shared his cell and few me
ments later noticed tbat McFadden was
very pale and apparently suffering from
the glass he had swallowed. He questioned
McFadden and the latter, some four hours
after svalloslng the glsso, sold Tlllof what
be had done, The latter informed Dr..
Dorse.t, the jsil physician, -1ho ed
ministered amet,cs bnt without rerlov.
ing the glass. AZ resuk, Lie J'ahsn
Is In most critical cond. aon. u the
company but Sl2,00 IL SIN missing. i
box containing lbs pounds OF silver vas
shipped by Tiller 10 Ssnsas City, he moi
wanting 20 drag such weight xronnd, nad
II Was found In the express oihce Were and
returned 10 the express company. 1t was
found by accident. the express driver who
took the box to the depot TOR shipment
remem boring the incident and reporting 1t
10 the express officers. 1t is thought that
other amounts were ahipped away from
here In the same way. 1t has developed
that Tiller passed the three days succeeding
the robbery In room four blocks from the
express Office and that he went out TO "A res.
t.urnnt for his meals during that TINE.
Warrants have been sworn out against both
Tiler ana hoFadden. The former is
charged with the larceny OF $4,000, while
McFadden is accused OF taking $4,000
Officers aud managers OF Insurance COM
pauies doing business In the west met here
on Wednesday last. During the session,
the Underwriters spoke OF tue heavy losses
nv Are IN 81 louie during the nest few
years aid the necessity OF raising rates IN
this neighborhood. A Chicago underwater
named Osborne denounced the manage
ment Of the St Louis fire department. do
SAID that tho apparatus used here waa bad,
aud the chief and his men incompetent.
st. Louis underwater protested against the
statement of tho Chicagoan and said the
fires here we're due more to lack Of water
than to the inerilciency OF the fire depart
ment. There is to be a heavy advance In
rates here, some stocks being charged 100
per cent. more than heretofore.
Bob Ingersoll preached here last Sunday
and called Harrison, the exhorter, fraud
and peddler of religion. Harrison retorts
by calling Ingersoll an expourder OF worm
out theories, and Ingersoll strikes back
again and says that Harrison should not
the fact that he gets oil Of
his pointers from the bible. A
we'll known merchant denounceH both Of
these men. saying that $500 a night guides
Ingersoll's idess while $500 week controls
the movements of Harrison. Last night
Harrison was In q wonderfully happy mood.
He was all over tho church, sometimes at
the altar, sometimes running mp aud down
the aisles and sometimes standing upon
seat, bu. always urging sinners to go to the
front, and Christians to assist him In sing
ing and sxhorting.
This has been quito lively week in
theatrical circles, and, Notwithstanding the
fact that thisis the Lenten season, business
has been .%s. SE ScGa AT has .n' played
Monte C,esto to crowded houses.
AT Pope's crowds have witnessed
the stranglers OF Paris and at the Grand,
Fanny Davenport In Fedora has proven =
regular lodc-sfone. Fanny has changed
greatly in her appearance during the past
wear. and instead Of being the fleshy, stout
person Of old, she is now a very thin built
,,ereop. more thin than plump. She says
she reduced herself by taking long walks,
sometimes going twelve miles In q single
stroIl. but she denies having used Indian
clubs or dumb bells. saying such exercise
would make the srm larger IL anything,
and that mu culsr arm would look very
had In abort sleeves. She sayt: Now that
/ have lost all that hesh, ! feel like butter
fiy IN chrysalis state. I feel . new power
In me, and strange TO say, serious Is the
I never felt jollier in my life. / have en-.