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Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-23
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES,


A sTREEr-CAR was run into by train
on the Baltimore &, Ohio railroad near
Chester, Pa, on the 18th. 1t was thrown
from the track and four lady passengers
and the driver Of the car were badly hurt.
THE cashier Of the Continental Oil Com
pany of Denver, Col, William E. Jones,
who took s., 900 of the company's money
and fed to Canada, was brought back q
prisoner, on the 14th. He had spent all
the stolen money.
THE lumber exported from the United
States to Havana, Cuba, in 1888, amounted
to $780, 722 cubic feet-S, Asa, ,943 feet white
pine and 1886, ia feet yellow pine.
AT Pittston, Pa, on the night Of the
14th, John Gray, a Scotchman, was shot
through the heart and killed while trying
to fire shanty occupied by three Italians,
to which he had been refused admittance.
ONE of the murderers of Paymaster Nc
Clure. near Wilkesbarre, Pa, some weeks
ago, named Giuseppe Villa, was arrested,
on the 10th, at his home in Italy. A con-
siderable part of the stolen money was
found in his possession.
MONTREAL, Can, was visited by de-
structive fire on the 10th, causing loss of
about $3.50, 900. The first reports sent out,
which placed the loss at upward of $2;0O0,-
coo, were erroneous.
GEORGE W. BADEN, a Baltimore g. Ohio
telegraph operator, residing at George
town. D. c., was killed in Baltimore, Md,
on the night of the 18th, by falling from
moving train. His neck was broken.
A REMARKABLE crash occurred in Chi
cago on the 17th--remarkable more for
what did not happen than for what did.
The interior of ten lower stories Of q four
teen story building dropped out-or rath-
er in-and nobody was killed or injured.
| The four upper stories remain intact.
Nobody seems to know the cause of the
collapse.
AT five O'Clock on the morning of the
| 18th the Park Hotel, of Hartford, Conn,
| collapsed, wrecking the entire ive-story
| front, and burying fifty Of the sleeping
| guests in the ruins heaped up in the cellar.
| The debris Immediately took fire, and
many of the victims of the catastrophe
| were burned. Up to a. m. of the 10Th,
| eighteen dead bodies had been recovered; /;
| ten persons had been taken out alive and
sent to the hospitals, and four were known
to be still in the ruins. The accident is
supposed to have been caused by the ex-
plosion of boiler.
On the 18th the Supreme Court Of Ten
nessee having unanimously decided that
the Governor could not be restrained
from issuing an election certificate to Mr..
Evans, the Republican candidate in the
Chattanooga district, Governor Taylor,
signed and sent the certificate to Mr..
Evans.
EARLY on the morning of the 18th the
fremont House at Owatonna, Mimi, was
destroyed by fire. The inmates escaped
with loss of personal effects.
In West Quincy, Mass, on the 18th, the
Willard School building was totally
destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000; no in
5urance.
Huntsville gazette., 1889-02-23

THE Democratic House caucus, which
was to have been held on the evening Of
the 18th, was indefinitely postponed.
AT its meeting on the 18th the Senate
committee on Territories authorized fa-
vorable report on the Oklahoma bill as it
came from the House. Senator Butler
gave notice that he would offer substi-
tute providing for negotiations with the
Indians in the Oklahoma country.
So LITTLE doubt is there that an extra
session of Congress will be called that
the Republicans are actively preparing
for it.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
Presidential Appointments.

/; WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The presl-
dent made the following among other
appointments to-day:
Edward F. Hobert of New Mexico, to
be suryeyor-g general of New Mexico.
Calvin G. Townsend of Michigan,
principal clerk of public lands in the gen.
eral land office.
Isaac R. ConweII of Indiana, principal
clerk on private land claims in the gen.
eral land office.
William A e May Of Arkansas, to be
register of the land office at Dardanelle.
Americas NJ. Neelly of Arkansas, to be
receiver of public moneys at Little Rock.
Z To be Indian agents: Thomas j. Moore
of Missouri at the Onawahaw agency,
Indian Territory.
Charles +. Adams of Maryland, at the
Kiowa agency, indian Territory.
William H Hart of Indiana third aud
itor of the treasury.
John T. Rankin of Pennsylvania, dep
uty auditor OF the treasury for the post
office department.
Walter II. johnson OF Georgia, collect
or of internal revenue for the district of
Georgia.
Eugene A. Webster of South Carolina,
collector of internal revenue for the dis
tucJ of South Carolina.
Columbus C. Wimbush of Georgia, sur
veyor of customs for the port of Atlanta.
John z. Patty of Louisiana, naval Off
Ger for the customs district of New Or
leans.
Joseph H. Kibbey of Arizona. associate
justice of the supreme court of Arizona.
George W. JoIley Of Kentucky, attOr-
ney for the district of Kentucky.
- William Grant of Louisiana, attorney
FOR the Eastern district OF Louisiana.
Peter 4. Williams of Florida, marshal
for the Southern district of Florida.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
Several Lives Lost.

PORTLAND OREGON Aug. 5.-The fire at
Spokane Falls started in a large frame
block opposite the Northern Pacific
depot, and under the influence of high
winds which scattered burning embers
and started fires on half a dozen differ
ent blocks at once. The whole district
was burned over in three hours. The
water supply proved totally inadequate
even for q small fire and the firemen as
well as the citizens became panic stricken.
Several people are known to have per-
ished in the flames and several more
were injured by leaping from the win
dOws.
Charles Davis of Chicago, a guest at
the Arlington house, was awakened by
the flames bursting through
the door of his room in
the third story. He jumped from
the window, was shockingly mangled
and died in a few minutes.
A woman whose name was unknown
leaped from the second story of the Pa
cific hotel and was killed.
The fire spread with such astonishing
rapidity that it is believed many were
shut off from escape before they were
even aware of their danger. A dozen
large buildings were blown up with giant
powder by order of the mayor, but even
this proved futile. The Northern Pa
cific Is probably the heaviest loser, the
passenger depot and a magnificent new
freight warehouse being destroyed.
Their loss, including the freight burned,
VIII reach about one million dollars.
All provisions and supplies were
burned, and there will necessarily be
much suffering for several days APP
peaIs for help have been sent out, and
Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and several
neighboring small towns have already
responded.
This disaster is undoubtedly twice as
great as that which overlook Seattle,
both on account of its great extent ana
the more substantial character OF the
| burned buildings. No account OF the
loss has yet been received.
The Western Union Office has burned
out and all the instruments were de-
stroyed, except one which an operator is
! now working on q dry goods box just
outside the city. Nothing could be sent
| last night because the fremen had cut
down all the wires.
The fire has exhausted itself for lack OF
material.
All the -four and lumber mills were
saved
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

8 BENJAMIN MIXED.
Further Texas Appointments In
definately Postponed.
The President Going Far from the Seat
Of Conflict to Mediate in Quiet +
for Few Days.
The Black Diamond People Believed to Have
Been Told to Go and Sin no More
Yesterdays Appointments
The Most Plausible solution.

Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Aug. st seems that
the enterprising captain of the United
States sloop that captured the Canadian
sealing vessel, the Black Diamond, the
other day on the ground that the latter
was engaged in the unlawful taking Of
seals, was overconfdent of the ability of
the single man put aboard the Canadian
to carry her on into some convenient port,
or else he CARED very little about eXecut-
ing his orders to their full extent. 1T is
even limited that after Selling the seals
carried by the Black Diamond, only one
man was transferred from the American
vessel i'll order to let the captured party
get away. Anyway, the Black Diamond
did get clear out of the hands of the
Americans, and nobody at the state de-
partment or the treasury department APP
pears to know just what was done. They
don t seem to care much, either. 1t is
probable from all the circumstances of
the case that the crew of the Black
Diamond were let off under promise
by them that they would go and sin no
more. That is, that they would abandon
the illegal and cruel practice of killing
the seals at time when the females were
breeding, thus rapidly Fastening the day
when the seals should meet the fate SUI
fered by the buffalo, determination.
THE REMAINING TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
appear to be in that delightful condition
expressed by the phrase chung up. -
That is to say they are indefinitely post
poned, and because OF the redhot war
the candidates for the various offices are
making on each other. The knife is be-
ing welded all around, and the carving
is something terrific, each operator using
it with that precision and fatal effect so
often noticed at colored festivals and
country dances. The upstart of the mat
ter is that Benjamin Is so mixed mp he
can't make up his mind what to do
about the Lone Star state, and he is go
ing far away from the seat of the conflict
TO mediate over it in quiet for the next
ten days.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
Business Portion Of Spokane Falls,
Washington Territory.
Twenty-Five Blocks, Mostly Of Massive
Structures, Reduced to ASheS-The
Loss S1+,OOO,00O.
The Fire Starts in q Lodging House and Owing
to tie Lack Of Water is Soon Beyond
COntrOESeveraI Lives Lost.
The City Wiped Out.

HELENA, NJ. T., Aug. 5.-The city OF
Spokane Falls was burned to the ground
By the fire which started last night. De-
tails OF the destruction were hard to OBJ
tain. This morning the news of the vIr-
tual wiping out of the city came through
the Western Union telegraph company's
officials here. They report the telegraph
office in Spokane as having been swept
out of existence. Every effort has been
made to restore communication, but when
success would be attained they could not
say.
Later information is that forty business
blocks have fallen q prey to the flames
1t has been definitely ascertaIned that the
Northern Pacific depot and all public
buildings III the city were carried away
in the general havoc. The first estimate
received placed the loss at $50 900 600.
Spokane was one of the most prominent
of the many new cities in infantine Wash
ington, situated on the line of the North
ern Pacific railway, close to the C9ur d
Alene mining region. The city has been
a site for many large industrial estab-
lishments, such as smelters and kindred
enterprises. Expensive public edifces
population was easily supporting two
prosperous daily papers.
The business district of Spokane was
in a strip between the Northern Pacific
railroad track and Spokane river. This
strip was five squares across and extended
about seven squares in length. It was
sOlidly built up with brick and stone
structures, the cost of which varied from
S25 200 TO Sl25 600. The ten banking
houses, five hotels, opera house and
many wholesale establishments doing a
business estimated at half million dol
lars each were situated within the district
described. The estimate of $50 900 200
loss is belived here to be exaggerated.
Half that amount is thought to be nearer
the actual figures. The reported complete
destruction of the city IS correct. The
population of Spokane was about 20 900.
The city possessed an excellent water
works modelled after the Holley system
with q capacity Of nine million gallons
daily. There were no fire engines, but
by the system in use five or six good sized
streams of water could be concentrated
upon any block IN case of fire. The de-
partment was a volunteer one.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
TEXARKANA.
Good Cotton Weather-Teachers for the Ensu-
ing Year-A Grand Benefit.

Good Cotton NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the Ensu-
ing Year-A Grand Benefit.
Special to the Gazette.
TEXARKANA, TEX. Aug. 1.-THE an
nuaI election for teachers of the public
schools of this city was held to-day by
the trustees. J.R. Wilson of New Bos-
ton was elected principal; R. A. Mckee
of Alabama, first assistant; Misses Ella
Shaw and J T. PIckens, primary de-
partment, and Misses L. E. Hayward
and Matte Owens, assistants.
At meeting OF the Confederate asso-
citation of Miller and Bowie counties on
Sat urday night aTrangements,were made
for a grand entertainment here to be
given early in September for the benefit
of the Confederate homes at Little Rock
and Austin.
H. Elliott left tonight for Paris,
Tex, to represent Bowie lodge at the
meeting of the grand lodge of the
Kntghfs.of Honor, which convenes to-
morrow,
The weather is exceedingly dry and
warm and has been for several weeks IA
vorabIe to the cotton crop.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
OUTRAGED BY WHITE MEN.

They Force Entrance to q Negro Girls Cabin.
One Arrested-Warrants Gut for Others.
Special to the Gazette.
PrTTsBURG, TEX, Aug. 5.-A shame
full crime came to light here this morn
ing which so far as can be ascertained
is assfollows: On the night of June a
,mo9Sf white men went to the house of
POD Guy, colored, in the western por-
ton of this county, and with drawn pis-
tolls demanded that they be admitted =,
claiming to be IN search of Dick Peels
After beng admitted and searching to
their satisfaction, they went to the
house of his daughter, in the same yard =,
who refused to admit them But they
claimed to be only in search of Dick
Peels, and the woman, knowing him
not to be present, and being pre-
vailed on by her mother, admit
ted them, when, instead OF
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

searching they overpowered her and
two of them ravished her while the
others defended them from the attacks
from the woman IS father and mother.
They threatened to kill the negroes if
they told it, but i'll spite Of their threats
they told 1t to q few, and on the night of
the 2Sth of June they went back again TO
whip the old negro, but he stood them of
with his gun. One party has been ar
rested and bound over to await the ac-
ton of the grand jury and warrants is
sued for several more.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
Fire at Spokane Falls.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug. "a
special from spokantFalls to the Exam
liner says IRE broke, ont in a lodging house
on Railroad avenue at o. clOck this af-
4ernoon,and is rapidly spreading and now
burning fierceIys The fire seems to be
beyond control OF the fremen and it is
thought the entire business portion Of the
city viii be burned. Already two blocks
of business houses have been destroyed.
- ALL WIRE CONNECTION BROKEN.
= PORTLAND. OREGON, Aug. All con-
nectioa with Spokane Falls was lost last
evening. All known is that the Northern
Pacific depot with two blocks north had
been burned and the Pacific hotel and
another block we're then in flames, the
wind tanning the fire towards the busI-
bess portion. IHquiries for information
are coming from all directions and every
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
CHEROKEE AFFAIRS.

The Downing Party Leads in the Election for
the National Council
Special to the Gazette.
TAHLEQUAH, I. T., Aug. 5.-HOn.
Luoius Fairch1ld was in receipt of dis
patch from the Cheyennes and Arrapa-
hoes, wanting to know if the commission
would visit their country, and urged their
immediate visit. He stated to-day that
the commission would not leave this place
until everything was fully settled with
the Cherokee nation, as the government
OF the United States seemed to think the
Cherokee nation should be consulted first.
1t is talked about town that if the Down
ing council is elected Chief Mayes will
call an extra session Of the council at
once. The election is going on now and
at present the Downing party is IN the
majority.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
BOND FIXED.

Bail in the Case of the Supposed Assassins Of
George Lindley Fixed at High Figure
Special to the Gazette.
GREENvILLE, Tex. Aug. 1.-Two of
the five defendants charged with the
assassination of George Lindley, colored,
namely, ". P. Mills and Dave Torrance,
who were denied bail by Magistrate Ell
der on Saturday had hearing on habeas
corpus before Hon. z. ". Terhune to-
day to determine the question of bail.
The applicants counsel and the states
attorney by agreement submitted the
testimony as taken by Judge Elder.
Judge Terhune granted Mills bail in the
sum OF SI2 GOO. Torrance bail is $40, -
coo. Mills has well to do kinsmen who viii
likely make bond for MIN; as to torrance
it is thought questionable whether he can
give the required bond.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
A Bridge Fails.
a bIIlI5O 4 t-AEss
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
JEFFERSON, TEX, Aug. 5.-IEoue
time during last night the PolkSstf rect
bridge at the foot of Folks street, which
spans the bayou, fell in, but fortunately
there was no one on it. 1t is a great
wonder thar it had not fallen with some
one. There. is some talk OF having an
iron bridge built there
The county court had been in session
all day on the criminal calendar.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
KNIGHTS Of Honor at Paris.

SpeClaI 20 inc NaLGIIc
PARIS, TEX, Aug. about one
hundred delegates to the grand lodge of
the knights OF Honor which convenes to-
morrow, arrived here to-day.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
THE TRANSFER IT ct. PAUL.

ST. PAUL, MINI, Aug. Burke,
the CrOnin suspect, arrived in this city in
charge of Chief Hubbard Of Chicago at
G:55 q m to-day over the Manitoba
road. After the rest of the passengers
had alighted the train was run back into
the yard and the Burke party were
quickly transferred TO the Milwaukee
train, which pulled out at 7:l5. Burke
was very carefully guarded. No one
was permitted to interview or even see
him. The report that he was chained to
the floor of the car is generally regarded
as canard.
CHANGE OF VENUE GRANTED.
CHICAGO, Ill, Aug. 5.-Judge Hor-
ton to-day settled the matter of change
of venue asked for by P. o Sullivan,
the ice man, by transferring o 'Sulli-
vans case, together with those of the
other prisoners, from bench No. l of the
criminal court, over whioh he presides :,
to bench No. ., presided over by Judge
Mcconnell In doing this Judge Horton
said the statute which gave o Sullivan
the right to ask for change Of venue
must not be USED for the purpose of
| securing q separate trial. lie trans
ferred all the cases to bench No. 2 in
| order that the prisoners might be tried
! together Judge Horton then OverTuled
| the motion to qUash the indictments in
| the cases of BeGgs, COughiin, Woodruff
| and Kunze. The prisoners were ar
raigned and each man pleaded mot
| guilty y
On motion of the states attorney the
case against all the prisoners was set for
| trial before Judge Mcconnell on Mon
| day, August 26.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06
BURKE'S TRIP.
The People of Dakota Flock to the Sta
tons to Catch a Glimpse Of Him.
Many Expressions in Favor OF Lynch ing-P.
OSulIivan and His Companions in Crime
Granted q Change of Venue.
BURKE s TRIP FROM CANADA

FARGO, d. T., Aug. 5.-Martin Burke
will probably never forget his trip through
Manitoba and Dakota. At every station
where the train stopped there was crowd
waiting to catch a glimpse of him. At
Grafton there were 300 men who boarded
the sleeper and demanded admittance.
Many were persistent in the demand to
get to the car, telling curious lies to see
if they could get q glimpse of the prison.
err. Some said they would kill him with
shot as they would a rat. DR.. Cronin,
said one of them. was cousin of mine.
would avenge his death if l
could get a chance. AS he spoke
he drew a revolver and peered into the
smoking compartment of the car, where
Burke was with two officers, but before
he had time TO distinguish the faces
Lieut.. Ross hustled him off the platform
and his place was taken by a curious
DakOtian. Burke heard the stranger
denunciation and threat, but he was as
cool as if he had been safe behind the
bars Of Sheriff MatsOn' 5 jail.
81 might as well be shot in Dakota as
hanged in Chicago, - he said, when he
heard the threats. Notwithstanding
this, he was, it is asserted, badly fright
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-06

The head roller in a Plttsburg iron mill
makes 500 day. His family rides be-
hind q spanking team.