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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
M1N3rrAcTURE. ct coTrdN GOODS.

1ataAt ks3e. Sa4EsBT; and even at Ahe West,
so that-flie New England manufacturers
find themspiteSSBresse with Competition
from which trey we're formerly free.
Assuming, as there IS abspdgnt reason to
Go, that factories viii continue to in
crease in the Southern states, what are
the Northern mills TO do to hold theft
own? Two possibilities appear to
be open before them. One is
the giving OF more attention to the
production OF fine fabrics, in which so far
only moderate progress has been made in
the United States. The other is the Sc
curing OF foreign markets whether on the
American continent or elsewhere.
Many American cotton factories are
turning out coarse or mPQIum gOOdSGt IS
low cost as the mills OF Great Britain
The English still have the lead in the pro-
ductlou OF the finer atuffs. But with the
growth of the Industry at the South,
where nothing but the coarseT grades has
yet bee1s .iaItttesBpted, continued success
for the : New England industry
must apparently depend in great
measure 66, = further develop
ment in the dir6EtioR of fine fabrics.
This seems to be realizst; more gener-
ally than ever before by thg Eastf =,
fancy looms and for cotton of the
longest possible staple has been observed
of late, and in some of the New En-
gland factories goods fully equal to the
best foreign productions are now turned
out. Those capitalists who thus i'm
prove the present period of prosperity
to prepare for more successful compe-
tition with the English mills when hard
times come around again, viii unqUes-
tiouably find that they have done wisely.
> / Bradstreet s.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
ST. louis WOOL MARKET.

KANSAS, CITY, Mo-. July 25.-Wheat-No. 2
red cash, 67G67llc; July, 66lgc; August, 655sc.
Corn-Quiet. No. 2, cash, 2I94c asked.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

s. j. HooT, janitor of a bank building,
has been elected mayor of Waterloo, Iowa,
creating much disgust in certain quarters.
The funeral of Newt Watt the brake
man who died in prison, took place from
the Langley avenue Methodist Church,
Chicago. The pastor bitterly reproached
the detective system for securing the con-
viction of Watt whom he evidently
thought innocent of the murder of Ex-
press Messenger Nichols.
The trial of Robert Sigel, son of General
Franz Sigel, for Irregularities while a
clerk in the Pen sion Office at New York,
began on the 9Th. He admitted he might
have signed the check alleged to have been
forged. Sometimes ladies asked him to do
this when they had their gloves on.
DENVER, Col, is excited over the ex-
ploits of an individual who styles him.
self "Jack the Choker" Three women
garotted by the scoundrel are in a serious
condition.
THE failure of the Reading (Pa.) iron
works was announced on the 9Th. Twenty
five hundred men were thrown out of
work.
MANY coke ovens in the Connellsville
"a region have been closed, the slack
VIsCoUNT VAUDEVILLE, eldest son of the
Duke OF Manchester. is bankrupt for
5000 600. He was spendthrift.
The rolling mills at Naomi and Glib
raltar, Pa, have been closed because of the
failure of the Reading iron works.
The management of the Paris EXPOSE
ton has set apart space free of charge for
the proposed American exhibit of Indian
corn.
ROBERT 5. Chiffon, clerk in the State
Department, has been appointed private
secretary to Vice-President Morton.
HE three leading breweries of Roches.
ter, n. Y, have been bought up by the
English syndicate
HE employees of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation Company have struck because
OF an order for reduction of wages.
THERE was run on the Compton DIES
compile at Paris, following the suicide of
NJ. Rochereau the manager.
AN important conference of State Rail-
road Commissioners with the Interstate
Commissioners was held in Washington
recently.
HE citizens of Houston, Tex, have pre-
sented handsome gold medal to Annie
T. Downing, daughter of Captain Dick
Bowling, Confederate, who with forty
two men at Sabine Pass was said to have
held at bay 1,00O Union men September s.
1868
FIRE in New Orleans the other morning
destroyed fourteen small cottages, causing
$40, 900 losses.
DAVID and Joseph Nicely have been
identified and held for trial for numbering
Farmer Umberger near Jennerstown, Pa,
and robbing him of $4,000.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
DESTROYING FLAMES.

Burning of the Christian Orphan school at
Camden Point, Mo.-Destructive Fire at
Louisville.
PLATTE CITY, Mo-, March 9.-The Cam
den Point female orphan school was
burned at eight O'Clock yesterday MORN
ing. the fire originating in the laundry,
some distance from the main building. 1t
quickly communicated to the college
proper, and soon the entire building was
wrapped in flames, which efrctually put
to scorn the efforts of the bucket brigade.
This institution, which was so we'll and
favorably known throughout the State,
was founded in 1869 as a school for the
education of orphan girls by Alexander
Proctor, A. B. Jones, W. F. Perrin, A. L
Perrin, Aleck Breckenridge, w. C. Wells
and other prominent members of the
Christian Church, under which denomina-
ton the school had been exclusively man
aged. The major portion of the contents
of the building is total loss, five pianos.
comparatively new, being among the
property destroyed. The loss has not been
completely assessed but it is safe to say
that it will reach $4,000. 1t was insured
for S, 900.
GREAT FIRE IN LOUISVILLE
LOUISVILLE, KY, March 9.-FIre broke
out at noon yesterday In the basement OF
the Kleinhans & Simonson clothing house,
422 and 426 West Market street, and in
fifteen minutes the flames had spread
through Kleinhans & Simonson's three
large floors and was escaping through the
fourth floor to the roof. The rear OF
Strauss dry goods house went down and
the fire seemed beyond control strong
wind was blowing. After a hard fight,
however, the firemen gained control and
confined the flames to the upper floors or
Strauss place. The losses are: Klein
hans & Simonson's stock, $2s5, 900; Klein
hans & Simonson's building, $4,000; New
comb building, So, 5000; Strauss stock,
$40. 900; the Churchill building. $4,000.
The insurance: Klenhans & Simonson's
stock and fixtures, ST., 749; Kleinhans e.
Simonson's and the NewcOmb buildings,
SO, 100; Strauss stock, $4,000; Churchill
buildings, SIC 600.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
BRAOSTREET.
Kansas City, st. Joseph and Chicago Re
port Improved Business.

Kansas City, st. Joseph and Chicago He
port Improved Business.
New YORK, March 9.-Bradstreets, in
it's review of the week. says: Special tel
ezrams to Bradstreet's, while reporting
v ry generally improving weather, do not
record an increased movement In the vol
ume of business except at Kansas City,
st. Joseph and Chicago, where dry goods
and groceries and boots and shoes and
lumber have been in better request
At Boston wool is inclined to-
ward weakness; at New York
fruit and furniture are in quite
active sale, and Western centers report an
demand for hardware and
lumber. Stock speculation at New York
is narrowed by fears of financial compli-
cations arising from the copper situation
and talk of further rate troubles Bear
manipulation has been rife and prices
tend to weakness. Bonds are strong and
prime investments scarce. Reports from
9. TIA correspondents at 8, 449 towns in the
cotton States show a total stock held on
February &c, 1889, at 937 enumer-
ated towns, of 162, 353 bales Of cotton
against stocks at the same towns on Feb
ruary 1, 1889, of 260, 900 bales. At 1,512
towns no stocks are reported At 424
towns, on February 26. 1889, there were
1Os, 900 bales held, against $4,000 bales
wear ago. Business failures reported to
Bradstreet's numbered 221 in the United
States this week, against 43 last week.
16S this week last year. Canada had thir-
ty-six this week, against sixty-seyen last
week.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14

Two years ago Herman Clark, a well.
known contractor, preached a scheme for
great system of tunnels under New Y rk
City and the East and North rivers, con-
Meeting the city with suburban points.
Little attention was paid to the plan, as it
was considered too expensive to be prac-
ticable Recently Mr.. Clark announced
the completion of arrangements for carry
ing out the great work. A capital of
S15O, 1000, 900 has been guaranteed, of which
~, DOC, 900 is considered sufficient to do the
tunneling. The tunnels will be $50 feet
below the surface, thus avoiding ali
buried water, gas pipes, ETC., and avoid
ing any difficulty with the rivers. The
main tunnel will extend from the City
Hall in New York to Fleetwood park
on the north, under Brooklyn to
Coney Island on the east, and under Jer-
sey City to Newark. There will be four
tracks. Freight and passengers will be
carried. Elevators will convey freight
and passengers between street stations
and the tunnel. The plan for carrying
freight will relieve the city streets of much
trucking. Cars will run under larger stores
and freight can be lowered directly to them.
The incorporators Of the enterprise are
about to organize, and when the organiza-
ion is perfected it will be backed by
arge number of railroad men and capital
SITS. Mr.. Clark has studied the feasibility
Of the scheme for many months, and feels
satisfied that within a year and q half q
tunnel with four tracks can be put in
operation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
BOILER EXPLOSION.
A st. Louis Mill Destroyed With the Loss
of Two Lives.

A st. Louis Mill Destroyed With the Loss
of Two Lives.
ST LOUIS, March 1l-About five O'Clock
yesterday morning terrific explosionltook
place in the boiler house of tue Victoria
Touring mill, located at Main and Brook
lyn streets. One boiler was hurled bodily
fifty feet in the air and fell in the stone
quarry of Mr.. Hinsman. 1000 feet away.
The other boiler was badly broken and
pieces sea tered about, one part of it
breaking hole in brick house 400 feet
distant. The mill was just about to shut
down for the day when the explosion oc-
Cured. Seven mon were present at
the time, five of whom escaped,
but Patrick Mcmahon, the fireman,
who was drawing the fire, was liter ally
blown to pieces his head being taken off,
his limbs torn away and his body terribly
crushed Neill Brown, former employee
of the mill, was also in the engine room
and was instantly killed. his head being
badly crushed by falling bricks and his
body badly bruised. Fred Fishback, the
head miller in charge, was scalded in the
face and hands by steam. but the other
employ es escaped injury. The boiler
house was completely demolished, but the
mill itself was but slightly damaged. Ten
thousand dollars will more than cover the
loss; fully insured.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
FRENCH PEOPLE MURDERED.
Strange Story Told BY Hank Ferry, q Yell
loWstone Park Guide.

loWstOne Park Guide.
CHEYENNE. Wyo., March IA half
breed trapper and hunter who arrived
here from the extreme northwestern
quarter of the Territory brings tidings of
the strocious massacre of a party of five
French tourists in Yellowstone National
Park, from Canyon City, q new mining
town near the park, where Hank Ferry,
the guide and sole survivor, reported the
slaughter.
Ferry said his charge included N. Le-
clare and wife, j. Vincent and wife and
Paul Geret, father of Nine Vincent. He
entered the service of the sight-seers at
Virginia City, Mont, contracting to show
them through the park in violation of the
United States statutes.
The guides story of the murder. which
he says was committed by Indians, was a
most graphic recital. Just before dawn
on the day of the murder blood curdling
yells and fusilade OF shots were heard
and aroused him He realized the situa-
ton, and crawling through the brush took
refuge in the mouth of a sleeping geyser.
He heard piteous groans and begging
mingled with the yelling of the redskins.
The latter killed old Geret just as the sun
was rising.
The slaughter was most brutal. Wound
after wound was inflicted before the death
blow was given. No body contained less
than ten bullets and the remains of Vim
cent, WHO made a desperate struggle tor
life were completely riddled.
The savages passed the morning in
further mutilatihg the bodies and pillag-
ing their outfit. The women We're neatly
scalped and their long tresses, matted
with blood, dangled from the belt of the
chief of the Indians. The heads of the
men were hacked and th-ir bodies fright
fully disfigured. The Indians found a
store of liquors carried by the Frenchmen,
but the quantity was not sufficient to in
toxicate them all, else they would doubtless
have fought among them selves. The
clothes of the victims were donned by the
fiends, who, as they ran from one wagon
to another, would halt an instant to give
one of the bodies a kick or a cash with a
knife. Finally the marauders wearied of
their bloody feast, and. packing the effects
of the dead people on their ponies, set fire
! to wagons and left
Ferry, who was nearly dead with fright,
| emerged from his hiding place when the
Indians had departed and at once started
for Canyon City, the nearest settlement
He avoided the hunters in the National
Park and must have suffered from hunger
and exposure, as he was weak. emaciated
and seemed slightly demenlei when re-
lating the terrible story.
The guide was placed in the care of a
physician, but he disappeared the second
night after his arrival and has not been
seen since. 1t is pre- umed that he is crazy
as he started TO the scene of the massacre.
Ferry is tough character, but his story
is believed, although some of the miners
think that the hide hunters, who are
mostly outlaws, may have murdered the
tourists for robbery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
French Finances.

PARIS, March 10-A meeting of bankers
presided over by NJ. Rouvier, sat at the
Ministry of Finance from one p. m. FRI
day till three p. m. yesterday. Several
speeches were made. III. Rouvier, losing
patience, protested against the unwilling
ness Of the bankers to guarantee the loan
and the refusal to recognize their own
personal liability in the question, and he
threatened to announce to Parliament that
the Government alone was ready to do its
duty. The speech produced a great i'm
preston and a syndicate, including Roths-
child, Laled, Andre & Girod, Heine, Hot
tinguer, the Credit Foncier and the Marque
d'Escompte, was formed to guarantee the
loan. The Credit LYonnais and the Soci-
etc Generate did not join the syndicate be-
cause they require funds themselves in
view of the crisis. The panic is now prac-
tically ended, the sums withdrawn being
re-deposited in London.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
The Northwestern Miller.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, March S-The
Northwestern Miller says: Both ice and
low water hindered the mills during all Of
last week and, although there were four
teen running part of the time, the -four
output fell off somewhat. The aggregate
production was So, 200 barrels. averaging
IA, $50 barrels daily, against 30, go barrels
the week before and 12s, 100 barrels for the
week in 1883 The heavy
decline in wheat has affected the hour
market unfavorably and the moderate de-
mand reported by some mills previous to
Saturday has been cut off. Prices OF Hour
have been reduced 20 cents per barrel, but
apparently without effect in inducing buy
ers to take hold"
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
LAND DECISION.
No Authority For an Unlawful Reservs'
ton of 1000, 900 Acres in Arizona.

No Authority For an Unlawful Reserva-
ton of 3, 900, 900 Acres in Arizona
WASHINGTON, March S.-Commissioner
Stockslager, of the General Land office,
has rendered an important decision in the
Tumacacori and Calabazel private land
claim in Arizona. He holds that there is
no authority for the reservation of 5000
acres of land included within the prelimi-
nary survey of said claim, for two rea-
sons:
First-That the land, being within the
''Gadsden purchase" of 1858. is not oper-
ated upon by the act of July y, 1904, in
aid of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
of 1S4S.
Second-That the preliminary survey"
of private claim does not of itself oper-
ate as withdrawal of the surveyed lands
from settlement and entry even in cases
covered by said act of 1854, the legal with
drawal being only of lands actually
claimed or which could be legally claimed.
Under this holding nearly 1900, 900 acres
of land in New Mexico and Arizona are
in state of unlawful reservation from
settlement, by reason of excessive sur
veys made for the benefit of grant claim
ants, irrespective OF the question as to the
val dity or inyalidity of the claims them
selves. Nearly all the private claims in
Arizona are within the Gadsden purchase.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
CHEROKEE COMMISSIONERS.
Warner, of Kansas City, Appointed as One
of the Three Commissioners.

Warner, of Kansas City, Appointed as One
of the Three Commissioners.
WASHINGTON, March S.-Great interest
has been developed here concerning the
selection of the commissioners provided
for in the appropriation bill to negotiate
with the Cherokees for the sale to the
Government of the Cherokee outlet Sen
ator Plumb and others have presented
the claims of Hon. Milt Rey-
nolds, of Geuda Springs, Kan,
but the appointment is hard
ly probable since ex-Congressman
Warner, of Missouri, has been rendered
one of the Cherokee commissionerships
and the other two will be rendered to gen.
tlemen from other localities-probably
one to Illinois and one to the New England
section. 1t is possible that one Of these
places will be rendered to Ex-Governor
Long, of Massachusetts,. since both the
President and Secretary Noble state that
the commission must be composed of gen.
tlemen Of high National reputation.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
A Measly Monarch.

LONDON, March 8.-The news of King
Milan's abdication from the Servian
throne does not cause much comment in
London. This act of the dissolute King
has been long foreshadowed, and the chief
interest the abdication excites is found In
the speculation as to what recent event or
chain of events caused Milan to relinquish
the throne at this peculiar time. The
Pail Mall Gazette congratulates Russia
upon the abdication and boldly as
serts that Milan's principal object in thus
abandoning his rights was that he might
with more freedom indulge in his unholy
passion for Mime. Cristitch, the wife OF
the Servian Minister at Berlin. Milan's
intrigues with this woman are we'll known
and have been retailed in every European
capital.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
TROUBLE FEARED.
Naval Forces Preparing For Trouble on the
Isthmus of Panama

Naval Forces Preparing For Trouble on the
Isthmus of Panama
New YORK, March S.-A letter from As
pinwall says that trouble can hardly be
averted when work on the Panama canal
is actually stopped, as it will be March 10.
There are about 10, 600 men living in camps
along the line of the canal They are
negroes and foreigners of various nations.
1t is feared that they will not only try to
take possession of the Panama railroad
but the revolution, which is reported
to be brewing in the interior, will
break out at the same time. The
marines and sailors on the American,
British and French vessels stationed there
are being drilled at small arms and with
the gatling gun every day. The pro-
gramme is to take possession of the line OF
the railroad at the entrance of the town OF
Asplnwall and protect the various con-
sulates. The Colombian authorities have
also good force under good discipline
and drill, and assert that they are able to
cope with any instruction that may be
started.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1889-03-14
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.

a MALIGNANT form or dIpntnerla Is re-
ported in Venango County, Pa.
c. c. WATTS. United States Attorney,
Charleston, w. Va. has been requested to
send in his resignation.
A SENSATION has been caused in Calcutta
by the discovery of plot in Cashmere
against the life of the British Resident.
The discovery was made through letters
left by the late Premier of Cashmere.
These letters revealed design on the part
of the Maharajah to poison the British
Resident, besides other treasona able plot
tings. The Maharajah offered to abdicate.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended March 9showed an average increase
of 1873 compared with the corresponding
week of last year. In New York the in
crease was 13.4.
THE financial panic in Paris had de-
pressing effect on the London Exchange
and the Continental bourses during the
week ended March 9. The London Econ
omist said the liquidation of the Compton
d'Escompte was inevitable.
SAN FRANCISCO was greatly excited on
the 9th by rumors of an impending war
over the troubles in Samoa. On the de-
NAL of sensational rumors the excitement
quieted down. but the feeling would be
apprehensive until the arrival of the Iea-
landia bringing advices from Samoa to
March l.
r. w. TowNsHEND, the we'll known Con-
gresham from the Eighteenth Illinois
district died at the Riggs House, Wash
ington, on the 9th of pneumonia.
THE Mexican Government will declare
martial law in Lower California if trouble
over the gold find increases.
Dong KHAN, the ruler of AMMAN, is
dead.
PASSENGER train on the Trans-Caspian
railway was recently thrown from the
track in tunnel, owing to the removal OF
rails by train wreckers. The result of the
derailment was frightfuL The killed and
injured numbered fifty. The band of
robbers who tore up the track were
captured.
A TRACT of land contain ing 52S acres, in
the rear of New Orleans, has been seized
by the, United States Marshal to satisfy a
Judgment against the city obtained in the
United States Court by III. Stewart The
land seized is owned by the city.
THE new Italian Cabinet is announced
as follows: Crispi Premier and Minister
for Home Affairs; Zanardelli. Justice;
Seismist Dorla, Finance; Gioiitti, Treas
urer; Cremona, Public Works; Bertol
Viale, War; Admiral Brin, Marine; Bac-
cell, Instruction; Micelli, Agriculture.
JOHN GREEDY. John Costigan, William
McGinnis and Fred Schrank stole a can of
blasting powder at Akron, o., the other
day and filled their pockets with it. 1t be-
came ignited and all four of the boys
were terribly burned.
JOSEPH l. HALL. proprietor of the inn
mense iron safe factory of Cincinnati, died
on the 10th of heart disease, aged sixty
Eve years.