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Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
LIE TEXAS EDITORS.

Ell PAsO, Tex, May 1.-The Texas edito-
rial convention concluded today with
great eclat The morning was devoted to
visit to the smelling establishment
which contributes so materially to FL
Paso's commercial prosperity. In the
afternoon a street parade was given in
honor OF the visiting editors, which was in
every way a complete success lt was par
ticipated in by the military and fire de-
partment OF Ii Paso and all the various
commercial and manufacturing interests
OF the city. Conspicuous in the
procession was large float representing
the Grand Central hotel, III which the
leading figures, typical of a genuine RIO
q aude border car0u~al. were sam Ecker
proprietor OF tue Grand CentraI hotel. for
~ riy Of ST. Lonls: William j. Sewell, "a
capitalist ami land owner of f. Pas1. j. II
MillIken, a prominent dealer III Mexican
mines and real estate, and J. II. Copeland,
the editor of the San Antonio Tribune.
This party tried their best. and with great
success to represent wild western life on
the border, and they were enthusiastically
cheered all along the route. In the even
ing the whole party took the Mexican Cen
trail train for the city Of Mexico. Elabor-
ate preparations have been made by the
people of the big cities ali along the route
OF the Mexican Central railroad TO receive
the editorial excursion IN d betting man
ner.
One of the notable incidents of the CON
vention was a meeting between Judge j.
i. Crosby, one of the earliest pioneers of
Ell PasO, and Hamilton Stuart, the vener-
able state Press" of the Galveston News.
Mr.. Stuart is one of the oldest American
inhabitants Of Texas, aud although he was
the first American collector of customs in
whose territory FL Paso was included, be
never until yesterday got sight of this
portion of his Dailiwick. He said that
when he was appointed to his office FL
mysterious border country, into which the
foot of white man had scarcely ever pen
etrated, and about which absolutely
nothing was known in the United
States The principal collectors Of
flee was a. Galveston, and he
was ordered by the treasury
department to appoint deputy at FL Paso,
as personal visit to that portion of bis
district would involve thousand miles of
horseback travel. Collector Stuart natur-
ally hesitated about undertaking such
trip through a hostile Indian country,
and, to his great relief, was Informed from
Washington that the appointment of a
wild Irishman named O'Bannon would be
acceptable to the government. He at once
followed this cue, and secured O'Bannon's
appointment; and the first thing State
Press" knew was that the wild Irishman
had got him into hot water by chasing
some American smugglers across the Rio
Graude into Mexican territory. Mr.. Stuart,
after the lapse of half a century, was
astounded at the progress Of HI Paso. lie
is now the honored father of the Texas
press, and reyered and esteemed wherever
ne goes.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
CHANGES IN THE RAILWAY MAIL
SERVICE.

WASHINGTON, May General Superin-
tendent Bell, of the railway mail service,
was questioned today as to the number of
changes which were made in that service
between March and May l, when the
civil service law was extended to it. He
replied he didn't know the exact number,
but good many changes had been made,
in fact he had made change wherever he
could improve the service by doing so. He
added: Gin the making of appointments
in the railway mail service since | became
Its general superintendent, the course has
been as far as possible, to weed out incom-
petents and probationers and of the first
condition TO bring back those whose rec
ords indicated proficiency and who were
removed mainly because they were Re
publicans. / think 80 per cent of the
appointments that have been made COM
prise The class mentioned and of the re-
maInder the aim has been to select from
those who have been recommended such
as are most likely to become
capable clerks alter serving the usual pro-
batIonary term As body the old men
seeking restoration were found to have
high records, land while they may not at the
commencement of their restored service be
as proficient as they were when they left,
it will require short time to recover their
old rating as good and fail clerks After
carefully reviewing the force in connec-
ton with the division superintendent l
feel confident that the service has, because
of the changes, been materially strength
ened and while should have been glad to
have had more time in which to bring back
more of the old high class men, have no
doubt but that which has been dom in the
past few weeks will speedily add to the
efficiency of the railway mail SERVICE"
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
PosroEE,cF FACILITIES.

DES MONIES, la, May 2.-Assistant Su-
per1ntendent Christian. OF the railway
mail service. arrived here this evening
direct from Oklahoma, where he had been
establishing postoflces. He left Guthrie
yesterday noon, and when he came away
he said 600 men were in line waiting for
their mail. On Tuesday, the day after the
opening, Guthrie posuofiice sent out {, 900
letters, and it averages about 5000 or 6 ZOO
letters day now.
I'VE have done the best we could" said
Mr.. Christian, land yet the mail facilities
are not at all adequate to the demand. The
postmaster at Guthrie has five assistants
but he can't begin to keep up with the
mail. The crowd stand in line for hours,
waiting for chance. Yesterday morning
IN order to ease them I'D q little, Postmas-
ter Flynn took large package of BIS out
doors, and standing on box he would call
off the names and the fellows whose names
began with 'B' would respond it they were
called. That did not expedite matters
very much, but it made the crowd think
slept in the postoffice tent every night
was there, and men came to it at 8
O'Clock in the morning to get a
patiently till s o'clock, when
the office was opened. They have been
DONG tnaG every nlght. yesterday we
started wooden building for the post
office. That will help relieve the crush
little. There are about 10000 people still at
Guthrie and they want their mail right
away. / have had guard of soldiers
around the office night and day, but there
has been no violence offered, though the
crowds get very impatient at times. There
is not much pressure at Lisbon and Okla
homa City, and we have cleared up the
mail there all right. The first day at
Guthrie we sold $50 worth of stamps.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
THREE GIGANTIC SUITS,

DALLAS, Tex, May 2.-The Houston &
Texas Central Railroad company was
made the defendant in three gigantic
suits filed u the district court OF Dallas
county today. The Lackawanua Iron
and Coal company, of Scranton, Pa, sues
on notes which aggregate S445, 1899,
bearing per cent interest, and which was
given IN payment of steel rails furnished
the detendent by the plaintiff for the bet
terment of the road. The Southern De- ell
opment company, of San Francisco, sues
for the recovery of s745 SCI %, which has
been loaned the defendant from time TO
time since November 49, 1856, at q
per cent interest; also the re-
covery Of 100000 10 renI-
bursr the plaintiff Tor the loan of 10 Cal
weston, Harrisburg Il san Antonio rail-
road first mortgage bonds of the denomI-
nation OF $4,000, each of which were
loaned on demand.
Morgan's Louisiana & Texas Railroad
and Steamship company sue on demand
notes which aggregate 81 ,343, sis. SO, exclu
sIve Of interest. secured by certain bonds
which the plaintiff holds as collateral Sc
curity. The petitioner prays Tor judy
ment for the full amount of the notes,
with per cent interest and for costs. The
aggregate OF the three suits is the sum Of
=, 7A, 5Sj. 10.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
ARKANSAS Election CASES.

LITTLE Rock, May I'm the federal
couat today Judge William Rose, Colonel
Terry ana Fletcher, attorneys for Charles
Reid and James Lucas, who were convict
ed on last Saturday for interfering with
an election supervisor at Plummerviile.
and who are in jail awaiting sentence,
filed a motion in arrest OF judgment in
their case, claiming that the indictment
under which defendants were convicted is
inadequate to sustain the verdict The
motion was deferred to suit convenience
of the court and counsel.
The court room was crowded with spec
tators and witnesses. among whom were
nearly $50 negro witnesses IN the case of
Rufus J. Martin, David II. Light and
Robert Anthony. election judges OF W bite
River township, Woodruff county, charg-
ed with making false returns OF election
and with changing ballots in the box.
Several witnesses were examined IN this
case, when the court adjourned until to-
morrow
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
a BANQUET GIVEN WALLER.

LONDON, May 2.-Ex-Governor Waller,
the retiring consul general Of the United
States, was rendered a testimonial ban
quet at the Hotel Metropole this evening.
Governor Waller. who was received with
the greatest enthusiasm, declared that the
honor was intended not for himself but
for the country of which he WAS repre-
sentative He dwelt upon the integrity OF
English merchants which, be said. was
not exceeded in the whole world and upon
the growing connection between England
and the United States II was impossible.
he said, to conceive of other than the
warmest feelings existing Mr.. Walters
speech was very witty and felictious. He
lauded Mr.. Robert I. Lincoln, the newly
appointed American minister 70 England.
At the conclusion OF his speech he was
eloudly chsered, Sir Lyon Flayfair and
. Hon. Justin Mccarthy paid high tributes
TO Mr.. Waller.
Colonel Fred Grant the new American
minister 10 Austria. was enthusiastically
welcomed He bowed his acknowledge
ments, but did not make any remarks.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
BLOOD FILLED THE CUTTERS.
Terrible Collision Between the Soldiers and
the Populace at Silao. Menca

ST. LOUIS, May 2-The following de-
scription of the mob and riot which occur
red dt Silao, near Guyanluato. Mexico,
few days ago over the incarceration of
five Jesuit priests, who were stirring up
the ignorant people against the govern
ment, is given by a prominent citizen of
Gunajuta, who reached Texas yesterday:
1t was nearly dark when the priests
were imprisoned but by the time the street
lamps were lighted Il, 600 men roared and
surged against the walls of the Jail. They
attacked its heavy doors with pick-axes,
stones, crow-bars ands heavy beams of
wood, and some of them in = wild frenzy
dashed their bleeding hands and heads
against the massive wall. Many OF them
were armed and in short while a heavy
fire was pouring into the windows. The
mayor of Guyanjuato, who was inside, W As
one of the first to fall Policemen who
rdshed up in squads of two and three
were remorselessiy butcG cred. and in a
short time more of them were lying dead.
A few scattered soldiers were treated in a
like manner. By this time the crowd was
utterly unmanageable. just as the in
mates were about TO surrender, two
double quick and formed across the
street. The mob answered the order to
disperse with yell and discharge of fire
arms The command to fire was at once
given. The bullets at fearfully short range
swept through the mass of men, women
and children like a sythe moving them
down in rows Still they came on and volley
after volley was fired into them, only cans
ing those behind to spurn the dead bodies
with their feet as they pressed forward.
The streets were sticky with blood and the
shallow cutters ran with it.
In the meantime a number of the insur-
gents aided with pistols and cutlasses had
climbed upon the adjoining houses and
the soldiers began to drop one by one.
\ fter half hours continued fighting a
charge with the bayonet was ordered.
When the front rank of the mob felt the
steel the entire concourse broke and diSap-
peared through the alley and byways.
Altogether more than $50 persons had
been injured, far the greater part of whom
were miners and other Mexican laborers.
The soldiers lost sixteen killed and
wounded. Among the slain was Geu-
tenant. The fire in the jail was quenched
and the five badly frightened. but deter
mined priests were taken TO Guyanajuato
for safe keeping. They are now confined
in the Costello de Grande. 1t is an i'm
mense pile in which the great Mexican
revolution had its birth, and IN which the
patriot Hidalgo was subsequently hanged.
1t is thought that had the recent riots
proven successful and had the priests been
rescued and the local au hority broken a
serious uprising might have developed.
AS it is the incipient revolution is nipped
in the bud.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. May at is re-
ported that during fight at Guyanjuato
Mexico, arising from the Imprisonment of
five Jesuit priests. who had been deliver
ing sedltious sermons, and an attempt by
the populace to rescue them, two hundred
people were killed by soldiers and police
men. The priests are still III jail.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
WEATHER BULLETIN.

SIGNAL OFFICE. WICHITA. Kan. May
2-The highest temperature was So
the lowest $50. and the mean Az, WITH
cool, generally cloudless weather, fresh to
brisk north winds and high barometer,
Maximum velocity of the wind: North
25 miles per hour at 200 p. m.
Reduced barometer at a. M oO.o"t
inches; at p. m. 30.2S3 inches.
Mean relative humidity 30 per cent.
Last year on May the temperature
was: At Z a. m. 65, at noon 81, at Z p. N.
-. mean 20: % degrees warmer than last
year.
FRED L. JOHNSON. Observer.
WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, ID. u,
Nav 1.-The indications for twenty-four
hours commencing Friday. May d al
"a. N.
For Missouri and Kansas: FAN, warmer
winds shifting to southerly.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
ARKANSAS G. A. r. ENCAMPMeNT.

EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark, May 1.-The
venth annual encampment of the G. A.
r. of Arkansas commenced here today.
There are twenty-seven posts represented
by delegates and all the department Off
GERS except adjutant general are present.
A camp fire was held in the opera house
this evening. The forenoon was devoted
to organization and the roll call This
afternoon Mayor Watkins welcomed the
veterans to Eureka Springs in d fitting
and appropriate address. Altogether 1t
promises to be the best q. A. r. encamp-
ment ever held in ARKANSAS.
The following officers were elected: A.
s. Fowler, Little Rock. department COM
mander; John Vaughn. Fort Smith,
senior vice commander; E. A. Ellis,
Springdale, junior vice commander; L. c.
Miller Vicksburg, medical director; T.
Il. Early. Mountain burg, chaplain: Ira a
Church, TeXarkana, delegate al large; II.
;. Stowe, Fort Smith, regular delegate; l..
S ROUGH, and G. H. L. Dodson. alternates;
A A Winston, Tom Boles W. Bartholo-
new, K. +. Bruner and |. B. Laughlin,
council of administration. 1t was de-
cided to hold the next encampment at
Little Rock
Tonight General Powell Clayton enter
tanned the veterans at the Crescent hotel
with a grand banquet.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
FOREIGN DRY GOODS.

MANCHESTER, May 1.-The Guardian, in
its commercial article. says
Producers have been forced by the rise
in cotton to attempt to advance quotations,
but have not been able to establish an ad-
vance. Buyers pay current rates for their
absolute requirements, often grudging
them, but business yesterday did not
reach the average of Tuesday, although
the advance asked was rarely proportion
ately equal to that in the raw material
The demand for India staples is less salts
factory than a fortnight ago. There
is small miscellaneous business
for China and the lesser eastern
markets. There is a quiet but steady de-
mand for trifing quantities for the smaller
foreign markets and the home trade. Bus
mess in yarn is light. The inquiry for In
dia, China and Japan is poor, but quota
tions are firm. Continental buyers are
cautious. They have apparently supplied
their wants far ahead Progress in cloth
is slow. Buyers and sellers are looking
anxiously to the distributing markets for
a response to the rise here, but they have
thus far been disappointed. meeting of
hosiery manufacturers held at Hinckley on
Tuesday resolved to advance the price of
hose 1@3d per dozen, according to weight.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
Mr.. llTTJER'S DENIAL.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, May Hon. ID. L.
Littler, of Springfield. has returned direct
from Guthrie and Oklahoma City. When
his attention was called to newspaper re-
ports concerning bloodshed and violence
and TO charges that he and other citizens
of Illinois had entered the territory in adj
vance of the opening under the guise of
deputy marshals and got possession of
town lots to the prejudice of settlers, he
said that the settlement there was made
wholly without violence or lawlessnesS.
There were no personal conflicts and no
more lawlessness than in any quiet COM
munity in the country. The only death
he knew of was one in which man was
struck by lightning in his tent. He said:
LAS TO the charges made against myself
and John r. Tanner, that we entered the
territory in advance for the purpose of Sc
Letting eligible lands for entry, they are
absolutely and unqualifiedly false, as is
also the statement that either of US ac-
quired any land by entry or otherwise
We both went into Oklahoma the Satur-
day before the opening, but we went in as
law-ablding citizens, and knowing that
by doing so we forfeited all right to enter
land. Neither of us had any idea of ac-
q uiring land by entry, and no interest of
the settlers was in any way preJudiced by
either Of US. Tanner devoted himself solely
TO aiding lot OF old army comrades in
getting quarter sections, and he proved
himself n most valuable friend TO them, as
they will testify | did buy one town lot,
the only land l have there, and Tanner
bought lot adjoining mine, giving his
check on his banker here for it. These
two lots are all the land that either he or |
got. or attempted to get, in the Oklahoma
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
THE SOUTHERN SOCIETY.
The New Home at New York City For
mally Opened.

NEW YORK, May 1.-The formal opening
of the new and sumptuoHsly appointed
home of the Southern society took place
tonight. There was grand banquet and
reception. all the southern people OF prom
inence called here by the centennial cele-
bration were present, in addition toa long
list of New York officials and prominent
men. AT the banquet at which the presi-
dent. John c. Calhoun, presided, the toast
list was entirely informal. 1t was arranged
to include IN address from the governor of
each southern state present, in the order
in which the states were admitted into the
union.
The order of speeches arranged were as
follows: Vice President Levi z. Morton,
Chauncey ". Depew, Henry W. Grady,
Governor Benjamin I. Briggs, of Della
ware. Governor jackson. OF MARYLAND
Governor John b. Gordon, of Geor2is,
Governor John Z. Richardson, ot South
Carolina. Governor Fitzhugh Lee. of Nir-
ginia. Governor Fowler. OF North Caro-
lima Governor Simon B. BuckneT of Ken
lucky. and Colonel Hancock, OF Texas.
President Calhoun in his opening address
said that he knew he expressed the senti-
ipent of every member of the society when
he said the one he would have been proud
10 welcome beyond all others at the house
warming was the honored president OF the
United States, who, however, was unable
TO be present in consequence of imperative
official duties; The president desire
me-" Mr.. Calhoun continued. ito convey
to YOU his regrets. and with it his earnest
and best wishes for the society's we'll
fare.'
The speaker concluded by introducing
Mr.. Depdw.
Mr. Depew made brief ard witty
speech and was followed by number OF
Others, among them Governor Gordon, of
Georgia, who said in part:
"Georgia's heart at this hour throbs
with the same proud memories that
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM
MISSION

WASHINGTON, May 1.-The interstate
commerce commission today heard the
cases of p. P Bishop VS.. Mr.. Duvall, re-
ceivsr Of the Florida Railway and Naviga-
ton company, and j. A. Harris vs. Mr..
Duvall. receiver of the Florida Railway
and Navigation company, and the Florida
Southern Railroad company. The COM
plants in both cases were similar, and, on
motion Of counsel, they were heard to-
cetber CompIainants are engaged in
growing oranges in Citra, Fla, and charge
here that the rates exacted by these
companies for the haul from Citra 70
Gainesville. and from Citra 70 Callahan
ali points in Florida are unreasonable and
njust and contrary 70 the rates establish
ed by the Florida states railway comTnis-
sion During the progress of the testi-
uony, il was developed that the unjust
charges complained CT were terminated
BY the companies early in January OF the
present wear
Mr.. John A Benders9n n. representing
the Florida Railway and Navigation COM
pany. then announced that the sale Of the
company he represented had today been
contaminated and that the mex company
would lie known By the name Of the
Florida Central and Peninsula com
panv. Ii was also developed tnAt
the ompziuants had made petition
to the court for relief and refund Of the
exorbitant charges made WIKI this IL
formation the commission retired for con-
slll;ation. After consuming about f5fteea
minutes discussing toe matter the COM
mission returned, and Chairman Cooley
announced that IN consideration Of the
fact that the remedy sought FOR a. regards
the rates had already been obtained by is5e
cessation Of the exscratscn Of unjust rates
by the railroad companies, aud that TIE
question rrrnainiag-tbaf OF refuadiEg the
duties illegally coliected-hzd been taken
20 the courts. Ehs commission d!8r't desire
20 hear the matter further The com
plants were, therefore, dismissed
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
A STRONG COMBINATION.

OTTAWA. Ont. May z-Tbe Canadian
Pacific and the ST. Paul, Minneapolis a;
Manitoba railways are making arrange
ments for q closer business connection, and
are about % form strong combination
James Hill. Of the latter road. il now in
Montreal having a conference with Mr.
Van Horne. president, Sir DonAid Smith
aud Sir George Stevens. Of the Cssadlsn
Pacific Hlli viii 20 90 the dssecioTT a
the Canadian Pacific at the mating - -
held Dext week. while Sir Gsofgs sad or
Donald viii become directors 81 the -
Paul rad. The western COST business
will 20 10 Vancouver. Is. e. via WINNIPEG.
while the eat bosnd bgsspsss VII IN
handled via SaGic Ste. Marie Ihhs ar
Tzngeraeot = besng Dsgotiatsd - re "a
salt g TIE agg.essvs pollcJ o. tas North
frss Par fse
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
7rRmANy SLOWLY GIVING WAY

DEBLIS, May at j. stated that the
liberation OF Malietoa. the disposed king
OF Samoa has been voluntarily announced
to the Samoan conference IL il supposed
that this action on the part OF Germany 10
the prelude Of his reinstatement.
4 subcommittee Of the Samoan confer
encs, consisting OF Delegates Kranel.
BRtes and Scott has prepared report on
the land question ia Samoa
IL ia stated that subcommittee OF the
Samoan conference has under coDsldera-
ton plan for the future government 0f
Samoa under a native ruler, with tribunal
TO adjudicate the question Of land tenure. IL
is considered probable that the conference
Will decide 10 appoint ir1umvirsts which
will act ar counsel 20 the native sovereign
and have a general supervision ever ga
moan AFFAIR."
While England atIitude Is not entirely
clear. there - nothing 20 show that the
British government leans toward Ger
many.
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
NEW YORK DRY GOODS.

NV Yo8R, May 1.-The dry goods mar
ket reopened after closing OF practically
three days with an accumulation OF mail
orders in the hands OF agents and numer-
Gus retail buyers in the johbing houses.
In the latter an active trade was developed
which was stimulated by special bargains
in ali departments and two or three small
drives IN prints, The market st first
hands was unchanged and few visiting
buyers were on hand, but some large con-
tracts were made for specialties- There
was firm tone 70 most descriptions OF
cotton good
Wichita eagle., 1889-05-03
LlouCR SELLERS SENTENCED.

SALINAgK Kan, May Judge Thompson
today passed sentence upon A. X. Jackson.
who was indicted at the present sitting of
the district court for selling intoxicating
drinks in the city of Salina contrary TO the
laws Of Kansas. A. h. jackson and his
brother, o. ID. jackson, were indicted
jointly on several counts and the plea If
guilty was entered only on one. o. ID.
Jpckson took continuance.
The case has become notorious, in that
it has passed three sittings of the grand
jury before an indictment was found
The sentence is fine Of 800 and thirty
days imprisonment