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IMPORTANT IS you desire city trade, udyo-
l Oh. iN" l.aUf. tI. u,.f Generally read
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DulLDlNG LOTS Two line building CORNER
ID lots, size llONliU feet, In % healthy portion
of the city. Price 500 Address an IS. H."
Light Office.
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Beached Domescs u Ionsdae
Brands Cambrcs at extre low price
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- two yards imported plymouth Rocks. ono
yard Light bruhmns, one yard liui Cuchins.
Fowls can bee seen 40 yurds, ll7i Nurth Flores
street. Eggs delivered anywhere loo city
Nio- A. H. lluWLEY.
Two ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Notice is
i hereby given that Jeremiah Bruwu hus
hrcu expelled from the Painters Union for
violation oi the oath of membership. lly or
dcrui the san Antonio Painters Union
jim W. ARMSTRONG, President pro tom.
Attest: HAIRY MCNuLLIN, Il. &.
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% Pieces "AOer Lace, % 30 %
cents less than before Figured Lawns % yards
OI Sheeting, 22
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DOOK BINDING AND RULING done at the lowest
- rates 40 the Light lob Olicc.
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GECOND HAND BOOKS bought AMI sold ut -
> Sulrdul street, opposite courthouse.
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These Goods Must and
Will Be Sold.
READ OUR PRICES!

100 Pieces White Swiss marked
Nainsook, II yards for SOOgood yard.
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small 70, in st. Lanrs., College.

New YORK, October PA Mon
treal special to the Post says: Small
pox has broken out in 81. Laurent
college, where several deaths have oc-
Cured. The American students left
In body to-day aud proceeded un-
der care of Rev. Father Gushing to
the 81. Michaels college at Toronto.
The students denounce the manner
In which the cases were concealed by
the authorities of the college, and say
they only discovered last night that
il had existed there for months past.
When they notified the superior yes
terday of their intention of leaving,
he became inccnsed and this morning
turned them out along with Father
Gushing, without breakfast or means
to obtain IL.
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WASHINGTON, October 26.-Last
week a letter was received at the pen
sion office from Connecticut wo-
man, inclosing an appeal for a
widows pension aud, In the regular
order If business, 1t went to the files,
A recording clerk glanced over the
list and noticed that man of the
same name given by the widow was
drawing a pension which had been
granted him in 1873, and was being
paid through California. II required
only few moments search to dis
cover that the record in the two cases
was identical The widow offered no
proof of death, but her affidavit stat
ed she had not seen her husband or
heard of him since the war, and sup
posed he had been killed In battle. A
letter was written to her stating that
her husband was already drawing o
pension for wounds received in the
war, and by return mail came an in
quiry for his whereabouts. She said
she had been mourning his death fol
twenty years, but was glad to hea'
that he was still living, and If thu
pension office would only assist he
In locating him, she would make /
lively for her recreant spouse.
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WINNIPEG, Mon. October 20 The
sleeper attached to the west-bound
express OH ihe.Canadian Pacific rail-
way, jumped the track near Swantra,
Friday night, nud was dragged u
quarter Of ,uile in the ditch. There
were eighteen passengers In the car
at the time and several were slightly
injured, but none seriously. just at
dayhghtthe following morning the
express ran into freight traiu with
considerable force, wrecking the en-
CINE and express car of the former,
and the caboose of the freight. which
caught fire and burned four cars OF
freight. The damage is estimated at
100000. A man named Joe Watson,
who was in the caboose, had his arm
smashed,
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CINCINNATI, October 26.-Judge
Buckwalter's court room was crowd
cd to its utmost capacity this morn
ing by attorneys, candidates and citi,
zens Interested in the result of legal
proceedings before him in connection
with the delivery of certificates Of
election to four candidates for sena-
tor from Hamilton county. The mat
ter had been argued aud submitted
to him on demurrer and to dissolve
the restraining order heretofore is
sued by him in favor of the four re-
publican candidates, on theirpeIilion,
he rendered his decision at considera-
BILE length, holding plaintiffs were en-.
Titled to an order 10 stay the hand Of
the Jerk until the merits OF the case
could be determined in another
court. The injunction was therefor,
conts n led in force and the mandamu'
case Involving the same points wgi
taken up by the circuit court.
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FROM GALVESTON.



GALVESTON, October 26.--G. l..
Clement, brakeman ON the Gulf,
Colorado a Santa Fe Railroad, goes
up ON record as one of the few men
who have been run over by freight
car and escaped with minor injury.
Clement, at late hour Saturday
night, was switching train when his
foot caught 10 the track, and just
then the tram backed. knocking him
down. Two wheels of freight car
passed over his left leg above the
knee, but instead of crushing that
membes to jelly, merely made
severe confused wound, which at
present gives no token of serious re.
suits.
A desperate attempt at suicide was
made this morning by John ID.
Poundstone, train dispatcher born
IN Rushville, Ind, though hailing from
Okean station, Arr, Poundstone
has been In the city two weeks and
falling to obtain employment gave
way to melancholy, which was In no
wise improved by the excessive use
of chloroform as stimulant. Home
less and poverty-stricken he deter
mined to die and with that object In
view sought the pavement near the
Texas Press aud then and there
plunged knife several times into his
throat. Poundstone's knife was dull
and only two OF the wounds were
penetrating. lie was pick up
for dead aud taken to the infirmary,
but subsequently recovered suiii-
ciently to tell of his attempt at sui
eide. His wounds::are severe but no.
fatal.
A meeting of the committees of
members Of the council and citizens
was held tonight with the object OF
furthering Galveston representation
ut the forthcoming New Orleans ex
position. Alderman Sherwood
chairman, presided. Mr.. George Seal!
was elected treasurer aud Colone
William ii. Sinclair, secretary. Ad
dresses were made by Professor 4.
Giradeau. commissioner for Calves
ton, and Captain w. &. Veal, stat
commissioner. A resolution wa
adopted authorizing the appointment
! of subcommittee to personally so
licit all possible exhibits. The ap
, pointments will be made tomorrow
AT the meeting Messrs. l.. and l
Blum announced that they woul
e spare neither labor or expense
!. make creditable showing of thei
Q immense establishment.
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THE wALKUP MURDER.
Opening of the Defcnse'. Evidence.

EsIPoRIA, KS, October 2G.-The
state having no further evidence to
offer In the Walkup case, at the open
ing of court this morning the defense
was commenced. Twenty-Five wit
nesses were called, including DIR.
Scott of Kansas City, Eben Baldwin
of Lawrence, and DIR. Conway Of
Toledo, Kansas.
Mr.. Scott, attorney for defendant,
then addressed the jury, saying he
depended more upon their honor as
men than upon their oaths for all i'm.
partial verdict. The state had charged
a conspiracy between the defendant
and mother to marry, rob and muir
der Mr.. Walkup. The defense pro-
posed to prove complete vindica-
ton from all the charges. He pictured
in glowing terms, the situation of
the young vile at the time OF her
husbands death, 1900 miles from
home and without friend in the
trying hour of suspicion. He related
the circumstauc of the courtship
and marriage, as going to show thai
the girl consented to the marriage
only upon the urgent and repeated
SOLICITATIONS tHc htCtuStus III
course of his address the attorney
stated that the defendant would be
put upon the stand, and also that evil
dence would be introduced 10 exhib-
bit the private character of j. X.
Walkup, his associations with lewd
women, the diseases he incurred and
the arsenical compound that he used.
They would show the Wits fidelity
during his illness, and would show
thai he told her to purchase arsenic for
her complexion.
At the conclusion of the address,
Eben Baldwin, of Lawrence, was
called to the witness stand. He re-
lated the history of his trip to New
Oriians with Mr.. Walkup. The lat
ter bought medicine In st. Loui'
drug store, witness did not know
what, aud afterward was sick on Tho
boat with vomiting and cramping
but Walkup said he knew what was
the matter aud would phil through
Walkup got drunk while they were il
| New Orleans; was evidently smiitei
with Miss Wallace, but she did mo-
put herself forward"
Most of the afternoon session wa
taken up with arguments over the adj
mission of testimony, as TO wha
Walkpp had said before his last i'll
ness, regarding his physical condition
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FROM ENGLAND.


LONDON, October 26.-The trial Of
NJ. Stead, editor of the Pail Mall Ga
zette. and the other prisoners in the
Armstrong abduction case, was re-
sumed to-day at the central criminal
court. Mrs. Broughton the neigh
Dor of Mrs. Armstrong, who intro
duced the latter TO Mrs. Jarrett, was
examined for the prosecution. She
repeatedly contradictod herself and
denied that Mrs. Armstrong had
asked her about the character OF
Mrs. Jarret. or that Mrs. Jarrett had
asked whether the girl was pure, as
was asserted by Mrs. Armstrong in
her testimony. II Is now believed
that the trial will come TO an carly
conclusion by the defendants accept.
ing verdict of guilty" o. technical
grounds.
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many of their employees, and on col
laterals that no other bank would
recognize. IL the bank cannot be
relieved of some oft, shall leave as
sure as anything In this world see
no prospect of Things getting better
with them. Yours.
I'D FISH.
Ward" the witness continued,
"often made deposits as tate as $3.50.
When heard that the $sl 900 check
had been used, though Ward had as
sured Inc that II had been Withdrawn
| rang him up on the phone aud said
sharply: How Is this that the 1891 900
has been used ? lilo replied: Il cart
understand IL, but II will be all
right believed Ward TO be
an honorable, truthful man, one
to whom trusted everything had
IN the world. On Monday, May 9TH,
| expected Ward to raise large
amOLnt of money. as much as $780,
900 or 100000. lie had been trying
to raise money for ten days before
that"
At this point the witness was ex-
cused until tomorrow TO allow coun-
sci for defense to examine the books
of the bank.
Benjamin Fish, a brother of the
previous witness, testified: "Ou May
srd | was paying teller Of the Marine
bank. On MAY 9th re.
ccived this $7l, 800 check over the
counter for certification. | passed ii
to the receiving teller, who showed
me non.certifled check deposited
check of $40, 900 deposited against it.
| then took the S7l 800 check to the
president, who then telcphoned TO
Ward, and heard Wards reply over
the phone. When received the $751;
900 on Monday, May 3, took it to
President Fish who 'phoned Ward
again and received reply that it
would be all right.
On cross-examination the wit ess
said: "On May 9Th, by direction
of the president, l certified
Wards check for 100000 though
his account had been overdrawn
April 2lst his account was over
drawn $4,000; April 22nd, $4,000;
April cath, $S,0O0.34; April 18th, $780,
3i5; April Goth, $4,000; April 29lh,
$4,000; May 2nd, Sl9,s36 IS; May Bird,
$li4,s30.65, and May 9th, 1859, 326 rs.
| certified all these checks without
knowing that Ward had overdrawn
his personal account as the president
had instructed me that Gran. Il
Wards checks were always good and
| believed them so. The SSl 900 check
which certified ON May 3rd showed
to tho president because there was
trouble at the exchange and their ac-
count was getting very low"
This closed the trial for to-day. 1t
will be resumed tomorrow.
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LOUISVILLE, October 26.-The Or
der of Railway Conductors in final
session to-day elected the following
officers: Second chief conductor;
Edward Toman, of the South Kansas
Il Missouri; grand senior conductor,
w. ]. Durbin, Chicago, Milwaukee Il
81. Paul road; grand junior conduc-
tor, w. Il. Lack, Of the Wabash & St.
Louis road; inside sentinel, Charles
w. Eyerts, OF the New York, fennsyl.
vania & Ohio; outside sentinel, John
Ii. Hall, ofthe Grand Trunk railway.
Z. Belknap was elected member OF
the executive committee and w. s
Jears of the insurance committee
The convention will meet again IL
1887 in New Orleans.
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the President and Mr.. Tnoman.

WASHINGTON, October 26.-The
following is the reply of the presi-
dent TO the resignation of Mr.. Tho
man:
EaRcurivR MANSION. wAsHisoros, p.o,l
October %. I
Hon. LEROY D Thoman. civil service commits.
sioner
MY DEAR SIR have received
your letter rendering your resigna-
ton rs member of the civil service
commission, which is In furtherance
of an inclination expressed by you
very soon after my Inauguration as
president. The resignation thus ton
dcred is hereby accepted to take effect
on the first day of November next. |
congratulate YOU upon the fact that in
the office which you relinquish you
have been able, by sincere and earn
est work and by steady devotion to
the cause which you had in charge,
TO do much in the interest of good
government and improved political
methods. GROVER CLEVELAND,
President,
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city In 1874 from Wermland, Sweden,
IL pronounced by several local phys ST.
clans TO be afflicted with genuiue
leprosy. Four years ago DIR. w. A.
Cain who was called to attend Sund-
sirom found one OF his legs LITERALLY
rotting of, aud ampulatcd IL. Four
or five months af,er he called upon
the physician and complained that his
thumb was looking the same as his
leg did, and the thumb was at once
amputated. Eight fingers have since
been amputated and DIR. Cain yester
day removed the big toe from the
mans remaining foo, without the use
of au9sthetics there being no
pain attending the operation. Con-
siderable excitement has been caused
among citizens NJ II is feared the dis
ease is contagious. and consultation
of doctors from 81. Paul. Minneapolis
and other citicsis to be held ON the
case this week.
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PARIS, October 26.--Grcat cnthusi-
asm exists here over the official all
nounccment of the French success Ia
AMMAN. Crowds of excited people
thropg the boulevard eagerly discuss
ing the news. A later dispatch re-
ccived from General De Courcy
states that the French troops gained
the victory, Notwithstanding that the
enemy were Immensely superior In
numbers, aud he indicted great
slaughter on the black flags. The
fighting was very severe and lasted
three days. The enemy fought stub
bornly, but were completely routed.
General De Courcy adds that the
enemy numbered 5000 men aud con-
sisted of black flags, deserters from
the Chinese army. Three of the
chiefs were killed during the en-
gagement and many prisoners were
taken by the French forces. General
Jaumont conducted tho operations
against the enemy which resulted In
the capture of the strongly fortified
town of Hanoi, one Of the last and
most formidable centres held by the
Black Flags. The French lost thir-
teen men killed and wounded. Gen
eral Negrier is pursuing pirates be.
tween the Bamboo rapids and the
canals In the province of Tonquin.
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Lamar Lose. III. Cotton Case.

WASHINGTON, October 26.-Thc
United States supreme court to-day
rend cred decision in the cotton ease
of T.. L. Lamar, of Georgia, against
Hugh Mccullough, ex-secretary of the
treasury. The suit was brought IN
1873 in the circuit court of the United
States for the southern district of
New York to recover moneys paid
into the treasury rs the proceeds OF
the sale of several hundred bales OF
captured or abandoned cotton. II
was decided for the defendant ON the
ground that the law gives to the
court of claims exclusive jurisdiction
in the class of cases to which this one
b ,longs. The supreme court affirmed
the decision of the circuit court.
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PITrsBURG, October 26.--Protes-
tants of all denomination have inau-
gurated an evangelical campaign here
and are holding daylight and night
revival services in nearly 100 church
es IN Pittsburg and Allegheny City.
the Moody and Sankey meetings held
here last spring.
The coal miners in the fourth pool.
In which work was resumed last week,
suspended operations again to-day
the strikers having persuaded the
non unionists TO como out for their
price. The strike Is solid once more
and the strikers now claim that VIC
tory Is certain.
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aeors,n Moon.n,ner. Kul omeer..

SAVANNAH, Ga October A.-Wm.
Clemens. the Neville, Ga, newly ap.
pointed revenue officer, went into
Montgomery county with two assis-
tants to capture an Illicit distillcry.
While passing along lonely part OF
the road the trio were suddenly fired
upon from ambush by moonshincrs.
Clemeps and one of his companions
were instantly killed, but Officer
Rose, the third of the trio, escaped
with bad wound in his side and his
coat riddled by bullets, ani reported
the affair at Lumber City. Great cx-
element prevails in that section aud
battle between moonshiners and u
posse of citizens is expected.
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LONDON, October 26.--Lord Sails
bury is confined TO his room to-day,
having undergone u surgical opera
ton, Tor an abcess IN the arm. Sur
geon Lawson burned the arm with
nitrate of silver. No dangerous re-
suits are anticipated, but the physi-
clans have issued an order that their
patient must not be disturbed for a
few days. Sir William Jenner and Sir
William Whitney Gull, the well-known
physicians, witnessed the operation.
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PROM AUSTIN.
Iron con,rae,-Another killing.

Speclal 70 The ENnmInet.
AUSTIN, October 26.-The peniten-
tiary board to-day perfected u con-
tract with Gus Wilke, contractor of
the new capitol, to furnish him with
all cast-iron to be used In the build
ing, conditioned however upon get
ting fair freight rates from Rusk to
Austin.
About ~ O'Clock 10 It night Frank
Coons (white) shot Alice Davis, (col-
ored) aud the latter will probably die.
j Jealousy is assigned as the probable
cause of the act Coons has been
placed under arrest.
Bids to lease lands are coming in
numerously. The board will make
the awards November 8.
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WASHINGTON, October 26.-Thc
president made the following ap-
pointmenis to day: To be United
States attorney, Joseph $. House, of
Arkansas, for the eastern district of
Arkansas; Mont, ii. Sandle, of Ar
kansas, for the western district of
Arkansas. To be United States mar
shall, Thos. ii. Fletcher, of Arkansas,
for the eastern district of Arkansas
Jno. Carroll, of Arkansas, for the
western district of Arkansas.
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WASHINGTON, October 26.-The
secretary of the interior has made the
following appointment of special ex-
amincfs in the pension office under
the civil service rules: Eben Il Clark,
of Maryland; Francis I Henstry, of
Missouri; Thos. A. Stockla, or, of
Kansas; John ii. Anthony, of Illinois;
Geo. p. Smith, of Kansas; T.. ID. Gal
lion, OF Virgin a; J. A. Edwards, of
Illinois; Jacob Il. Klunh, of Pennsyl-
vania; Archie McGinnis, of Indiana;
Q. f. Browning, of illinois, and
Howard S. McCondless, of Virginia
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WASHINGTON, October 26.-The
secretary of the treasury has appoint
ed Richard NJ. johnson, of Indiana.
to be chief of a division Of the sixth
auditors office, vice Mr.. Dickerson,
transferred 10 the office of the comp
troller OF the currency. The COM
mission of internal revenue to-day
appointed Godfrey Jaeger, of Gilmore,
o., to be an internal revenue agent
vice john w. Phelps, resigned.
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WASHINGTON, October 26.-The
court of claims re.assembled this
morning and resumed the considcra.
tion of the ease of the Choctaw ma
ton against the United States, a suit
involving large tracts of land In the
Indian territory. 1t is expected the
arguments in this case will occupy
three days.
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LONDON, October ga dispatch
from Wady Halfa says II is believed
believed that Mahomed Elkaio ko,
with large body of followers, in
tends to besiege Akashch aud II Is cx-
pccted that, with this end ia view, he
will occupy the Mohass district.
Egyptian troops are ascending the
Nile to protect Akasheh.
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In his will: To establish charitable
hospital ON the line of the Sunset
Route railroad in Texas, such sum
as his trustees may deem necessary,
providing II does not exceed $4,000.
To the follow ing named towns lying
along tho line of the Sunset Route
railway, as permanent fund, the in
come to be applied to public educa-
ton; Schulenburg, Marion, Flato-
mia, Weimar, Waelder and Columbus,
$4,000 each, aud TO HARDWOOD and Ei-
linger, 81 600 each.
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KusToHUK, October 20 The Rus.
sian officers ON the Bulgarian floatilla
on the Danube have resigned. Their
places have been filled by former ma.
val officers OF Russia, who have emf
grated to Bulgaria.
Six hundred Hungarian horses
have been landed at Tompatauka
This Is the first batch imported into
Bulgaria from Hungary.
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France Would No, A--I., Burmah.

PARIS, October 26.-The Voltaire
publishes an interview with the Bur-
mose delegate, In which the latter
says that iindiug NJ de Freycinet, the
French foreign minister, would re-
fuse assistance to Burmah in the
event of war between Burmah and
Great Britain, he advised King
Thcbau to submit to the demand of
England
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SPRINGFIELD, H.. October 26.--Ex-
Chief Justice w. A, Vincent, Of New
Mexico, arrived here Saturday night.
lie declined to be interviewed or to
make statement OF any kind until
afier his interview with President
Cleveland. Heleayes Tor Washington
this evening.
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PARIS, October 26.-Dispatches
from Peniguea, the capitol OF the de-
pariment of Dordogne, state that a
frightful accident occurred at the
Chane Eide quarries near that town,
where large body ofworkmen were
engaged in taking out stones. The
quarries suddenly foil In destroying
village situated on the ground
above the stone, and killing alarge
number of persons. Many were bur-
led in the ruins and II is doubtful If
any can be rescued in time to save
their lives.
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FROM BELGIUM.


BRUSSELS, October 26.-The INDIE
pendent Beige says, Austria has pro-
hibited the transit through her ter
ritory of u number Of krupp guns, re-
Gently purchased by the bulgarian
government.