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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
SPECULATIVE
Congress- Probable Monetary Legisla-
ton Keeps Spectators Guessing.
The Stock Market Sagged TO the Close, the De-
clines Averaging 3 Per Cent-Resume
Of the VS. Deals.

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Dec. with the meet
ing of congress to-day a new and possi-
| bly, very grave factor in the financial sit
uation puts in its claim for considera-
ton. There is prevalent impression
measure Of the greatest Importance.
The financial crisis is still fresh in the
public mind. There is an idea of wide
prevalence that this crisis was largely
due to an infficient supply of currency.
Many believe also that the Republican
majority feels it incunb bent to vindicate
itself before the public. In secret many
believe that some measure will be passed
locking TO the expansion of our currency
by either the free coinage of silver or at
least by greater monopoly OF coinage
than we have. There Is also the bill al
lowing for the issue of national bank
notes to the par value of the government,
bonds de osited that, IL passed, would
cause a material initiation of the cur
reucy.
The chances of the passage of the ship
ping and subsidy bills and the Pacific
roads funding bill are also to be cousid-
cred. But all these things are only
possibilities.
The market opened weak to-day and
continued to sag during the morning.
The buying power seemed to have been
exhausted. Money rates advanced to 10
per cent. owing to the drawing in Of
funds 10 meet checks for dividend and
interest due to-day. The failure OF
Arthur s. Katcham had no effect on
prices. Lackawanna was q very weak
spot. The only assigned reason why
Lackawanua. per cent. stock, should
sell up above l40, as ii did until recently,
while good per cent. bonds sell below
par, and while its own per cent. mort
gage bonds, maturing in seventeen
years, sell at 1913. Ia that Deacon White
is behind il. "There ars evidences that
Deacon White is behind it pulling out
the plug.'' Apart from this fact, the
knowledge of which is sufficient to
squeeze q good many more quarts of
water out of the stock, the coal trade is
not in good condition. The output this
year exceeds that of the same per cent.
in 1889.
The demand is very light and retailers
have good sized stocks. There is d,sa-
greement among the companies. The
market sagIed 10 the close. Net de-
clines for the day averaged nearly per
cent. Silver offered to the government
amounted to s9l 200 ounces. The
amount purchased was 566 200 ounces at
81. 06 1891 .063.
The important declines were: Atcbi-
son, 234; Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago
and ST. Louis. 21a; Cleveland, CincIn-
natl, Chicago and st. Louis preferred, L;
ID
gas, 21s; st. Paul, g.; Rock Island, 25S;
Northwestern. ~; Delaware and Hud-
son, 4; Lackawanna, AZ; Lake Erie and
Western preferred, 2; Lake Shore, q;
lead trusts, l; Louisville and Nashville,
33s; Manhattan. as; Missouri Pacific.
Pa; Jersey Central. 211a; New York
Central. *; New England, 21La;
Northern Pacific preferred. 21s; Oregon
improvement, L; Oregon Short Line. 2;
Pacific mall. y; Pullman, 3; Reading,
~; Richmand terminal, /; Richmsnd
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
BASEBALL
A Novel Proi ct Which Includes Dallas and
Fort worth-A Joint Aggre-
CATION.

"There is going to be baseball lie ague
in Texas next year, and Fort Worth and
Dallas cannot be left out of it.
So spoke George Robinson yesterday.
MIR. Robinson has not been located in
Fort Worth long. He is connected with
the Greenwall opera house in Dallas and
Fort Worth. and for several years has
been an active and leading friend OF the
national game in Dallas.
1.-The most practical way 1 know of
for securing good ball in North Texas
is for the two cities, Fort Worth and
Dallas, to organize and maintain a joint
team, a team that will play alternately
in one city and the other, the games
played in Dallas TO count for Dallas
those played in Fort Worth to count for
Fort Worth. Thus you see the expenses
for salaries would only be half those
necessary to support two teams. and we
could get better men. The exhibitions
would be better and would therefore be
better patronized.
cit appears to me that this is the only
feasible plan upon whirh paying base
ball can be put on IN North Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

livestock Agent Barblee of the Mis-
sour. Kansas and Texas was in Fort
"or'l yesterday from the Indian Terri
to-y.
.-u \. Miller, private secretary to
'.a--aI Manager Grant, was in town
Yesterday.
ID. Z. Thompson, general manager of
,-e candy cattle car company, was IN
'o'' Worth Yesterday.
L. Harris, livestock agent of the
wa. ash, WAS among the visiting railroad
Nsa ID town yesterday.
Tue IeNRs and Pacific will sell round
'H tickets to the lumbermens AMI
n'ah-tRrturers' convention in New Or
.saLs on December aud S, at one and
l;Ih.
'Obu L,aticau, the railroad contractor,
Wa gathering up his teams and scrn pers
~ fort Worth yesterday, preparatory 10
~ pI ing them TO Coman"he. This looks
axe tie Fort Worth and Rio Grande was
oe extended.
Inc contract for the stone and lumber
Ne used in the new round house and
Ia'AIne shops of the Denver road in this
ny has beeep let. The new yards will
:, pushed ahead and by spring, it 10
'1ought they Will be ready for occupancy -
= B. Poole, division superintendent Of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
The Pecos Valley Road.

General Manager 5. 7. Judy of the
Pecos Valley, was in Fort Worth vester-
day and told II reporter that work on
the road was being pushed rapidly, and
the grade would soon be completed 10
Eddy The road will be built on TO
=Rosewall just as fast as possible. The
Eddy Argus in speaking of this line
says: 'By tomorrow Saturday even
ing the track of the Pecos Valley rail-
way will be laid to Black river, seven
teen miles from Eddy. In less than a
week the bridge across that stream will
he finished, as the lower deck has been
completed and work is well advanced on
the upper one. Allowing for all prob
able delay, it is safe to calculate
that the road will be in full operation
between This place and Pecos within the
next thirty days;
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

Gently caused the mischief, seeing the
crowds making for the scene, decamped
and hid himself in the creek bottom
some distance away. He was easily
overtaken and brought back. He was
greatly agitated, but was very soon as
sured that no violence would befalI him,
whereupon he became the hero Of the
hour and was as jubilant as any of the
throng surrounding him. Until few
months since this magazine had been To-
Gated In the very midst of the city, and
it was only under the strongest pressure
brought about by the Daily News, that
the city council was induced to order it
removed TO the school section, on which
il was standing at the time of the explo-
sion. The loss falls upon the Dupont
powder company.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
Fort worth'- New Cannon Ball.

Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX. Dec. 1.-The following
pertaining to the new time card on the
Texas aud Pacific railway which goes
into effect on Sunday. December Z is
official, having been obtained from the
office of MIR. Thorne, superintendent OF
TRANSPORTATION:
The new cannon ball train will leave
Fort Worth going east at $500 ii. IN. :;
Dallas, 6:25 u. N. arrive at Texarkana
2:40 p. IN.
Gong west, leave Texarkara p IN. +,
Dallas sos p. IN. arrive at Fort Worth
1910 p. IN. This train will he known as
Nos and 6 and will have through
sleepers. Nos. l and 2 will also run
sleepers, while the sleeper service will
I've discontinued on Nos. and 4.
The cannon ball ain on the Transron-
tineutaI will leave Fort Worth at +: 55 q
IN -, Sherman at $40 a. N.
Going west tn train will pass Sher-
mau at 1906 p. IN. and arrive at Fort
Worth at 1915 p. III.
Transcontinental train No. 81 will ar
rive at Fort Worth at 7:l5 p. IN. and
leave For: Worth ut S:45 Il. IN. This
train will have through day coach TO and
from Memphis. Sleeping car service
will be discontinued OH this division.
The Wills Point train will leave that
place at S:lS II. M, Dallas l0:20 a. IN.
arrive at Fort Worth at 1885 a. IN.
Going east this train will have he same
schedule AS at present. Fort Worth will
now have the benefit OF seven daily
trains TO and from Texarkana. five via
Texas aud Pacific and two over the Cot
ton Belt.
Capt. II. c. Archer. travelling pas
senger agent of the Louisville aud Nash
vile has arrived in town.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
The Situation in the West.

The railroad situation to-day is most
interesting for Roswell and the Pecos
valley. Rumors OF railroads a-hy ing
thick and fast for the past few weeks,
and as the new year comes nearer we
can begin to see the heretofore talked of
plans of the big companies taking definite
shape. That which interests the Pecos
valley at this time is the Santa Fee,
which, it appears. is about TO make this
valley the gateway TO the Pacific from
both its eastern connections and from
the Gulf of Mexico. 1t is announced
that the Santa Fe has purchased the
Pecos Valley road, and almost
simultaneously with or soon after
that announcement the same COM
panv begins survey from
Panhandle City, Tex, west, with the
purpose of making connection with the
A. 2. at Albuquerque, n. NJ. =, so as
to have through road from ths east TO
California. The Pecos Valley s terminal
point is Albuquerque also. The survey
from Panhandle City is progressing. the
engineer corps having passed Amarillo.
leaving that town TO the north of the
road about six miles, herring directly
southeast. which will, if they continue,
bring them direct to Roswell. In any
event, they will cross the Pecos between
here and Fort Sumner. = Eddy Argus.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
sa1et cures old seEaAa etc.
POWDER EXPLOSION.
a Magazine Containing SIX Hundred and Fifty
Kegs Blown up Near Guthrie.
No One Killed.

Special to the Gazette.
GUTHRIE, o. T. Dec. 1.-The sound
of terrific explosion, accompanied by q
trembling of earth. scattered glass and
falling plaster from shaking houses at 2
O'Clock this afternoon announced the
blowing up of the powder magazine, sit
uated one mile from the heart of the
city. 1t was but moment until the en-
tire population was on the street to as
certain what had happened. The cloud
of smoke circling toward heaven told the
tale and we FASTENED toward the scene
to view the destruction. There were
stored in the building, constructed from
heavy, corrugated iron, $50 kegs of
powder aud the effect of the explosion
can be easier imagined than described.
AS soon as il was possible there
were fully 1000 people on the
ground, eager in their excitement to
ascertain the cause of the disaster and
the extent OF the damages wrought. 1t
was with a sigh of relief that 1t was de-
termined that no one was hurt. The ac-
cident was brought about by a soldier
named Syms firing load from his rifle
into the wall of the/building, the concus-
sion causing the dynamite TO explode.
1t seems he in company with number of
other soldiers was out practicing, and
foolishiy he concluded TO take a shot as
above stated tine results OF which he
will not very soon forget. 1t goes with
out saying that the wreck was complete.
The debris was scattered far and wide.
The building stood upon a massive ledge
OF lock, which was rent in boulders
ranging all the way from the smallest
size to twenty tons or more. Not
vestige of the walls remained to mark
the site on which the mad scene was To-
Gated, The city was practically de-
serted. Business suspended aud the leg
islative bodies adjourned to satisfy their
curiosity. The soldier who had inuo-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
Christmas Holiday Excursions TO the South
cast

Christmas Holiday Ercursions to the South
east.
The Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe rail-
way will sell excursion tickets from all
stations on its lines in Texas to the
Southeast, on December 20. 81, %,
and %. 1890. ut the very low rate OF
ONE FAIR FOR THE ROUND TRIP,
good to return within thirty days from
date of sale,
TICKETS WILL BE SOLD VIA ALL ROUTES.
A special excursion train will be run
from North Texas on December 20 +,
1890, through to New Orleans, La. 4,
without change OF cars via Rosan berg
aud the Southern Pacific company s rail-
way.
Evening trains will also run on the
main line and Dallas branch to Rosen-
berg December 20. 81 and %, making
close connection with the SopthsFn Pc.
cific railway, arriving Orleans
divergng iiness
For the thorough convenience of
patrons, O travelling agent of the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe railway will be in
charge of the special excursion train,
accompanying it through TO New Or
leans, that the comforts Of passengers
may be most fully aud satisfactorily
served.
For full information, rates, routes and
tickets, call on or address the nearest
ticket agent of the g., {. and S. F.
Ry., or w. A. TULEY.
Travelling Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Dallas, Tex.
II. G. THOMPSON,
G. 2. and I. A., Galveston, Tex.
WIN. DoUGHERTY,
Ticket Agent. SIG Houston street, Fort
Worth, Tex. G. ID. LUsk,
Ticket Agent Union Depot, Fort Worth,
Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
The g., ii. & :. A. Cut OFF.

Work is about to be commenced on the
Painted Cave cutoff of the Galveston.
Harrisburg and San Antonio, from
Shunda TO Flanders. which will involve
the construction across the PecoS river of
a cautilever bride 1900 feet long and 1873
feet high. This will avoid two long tun-
nels ana twenty-six dangerous bridges
on the old route FL Paso Herald.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

speaking OF the heavy passenger busi-
lsss Icing done By the railroads, q gem
tema9 from the Panhandle said yester-
Cav Thai that portion of the state WAS
E.i,.g The lions share of the immi-
tThA's. In his opinion there will be an
'.'e-Et 80 per cent. greater the coming
Year planted in grain than ever before.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
Death OF an Electric L,nemau.

ST. LOUIS, NO., Dec. l. = Alfred
Junior. lineman Of the Missouri electric
light and power company, lost his life
this morning on the Manchester road.
He was on pole at the time making a
connection. aud was pulling on what is
called PAIR of blocks to tighten the
wire when his hand came in con-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

the Texas ard Pacific, was In town yes
terday. and reports everything In a
fourishing condition in the western part
OF the state.
j. A. Ratcliff. passenger agent for the
Denver, left for the Northwest yester-
Gay. ~
One fare tickets for the round trip win
De sold to Seymour OF the l4th.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

preferred, IL; silver certificates, l2;sugar
trusts, ~; Texas Pacific, l; Southern
Pacific, 80: Denver and Gulf, /; West
ern Union. 2L; Wisconsin Central,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02
Tho Albuuuerque.

The committee having the Albuquer-
que In charge has had another meeting,
but 1t was thought advisable TO postpone
all efforts to put the road on its feet I'M
III after the present hotel scheme had
been settled. II begins to look like the
Albuquerque would make go of II and
that the old adage of :All things romes
to those who waltz would be verified.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

tact with the other wire of the same
connection, and the current passed
through his body.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-02

/ J. G. Evans, in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
drug store sskl@ssltsl mikes a
kengfavfng lantern globes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11

Mrs. W. A. Cochran, Of Shell.
byville, Ind, has placed her name anne
on the role with tbs great inventors
of the world, the result of her geniiiifs
being practical diswashing mach
in. She began experimenting ten
years ago. Her husband left her b.
aancilly unable for a number Of
years to complete her undertaking.
By the aid of frierds, however, she
finally succeeded, and has machine
designed to 10 the work now done
BY the thousands Of girls and women
The land over. The machine is
wFo lderful and intricate. Il Is
made in different sizes, for families
male both'for hand and steam pow.
er, and is capable Of Washing, seal.
ling, rinsing and drying from fve
twenty dozen dishes, Of all shapes
and sizes depending on the size If
the machine. Mrs. Cochran has.
recently disposed Of her Invention
TO an Illinois manufacturing hrthl
for large sum, ana viii receive, receive i
good royalty on ali machines aold.
Exchange.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
WHY I'lae sight Fails.

Bernard Fl. Blank, the Maidet
laue optician, has'just returned from
England, where be has been studying
the question of defective vision, and
has some pronounced views on the
subject.
I'VE are rapidly" said Mr.. Blank
to a New York Star reporter" be,
coming spectaeled nation like the
Germans, and presumably from tht.
came cause-too much reading
Walk along Broadway, from HE Bat
terry to Harlem, and you will find
every tenth young woman wearing
glasses. There are more of them
worn now than were wora ten yea s
hence. Indeed, no one who shall
live then need be surprised if in fifty
years from now people with glasses
will be as much the rule as they are;
at present the exception. The caust
for this has been stated in newspa
pers and magazines time and again:
1T is, in fact, told regularly once .,
week, and ret people will persist in;
reading in the cars, reading by gas
light and reading too much.
This eternal reading wears what
for plain taiking's sake, I shall cali
the sight, as well as tic brightness
Of tiie eyes. Kon don't sec savagesi
or ilTiterate nations with defectiveI
sight. 1t stands to reason that the
jogging and joltfhg Of the car-the,
street cars especially strain the
vision, which tries to grasp small
letters and keep thcff ! 10 view, and
It's absolute Iunacy to read on Fhe;
cars BY poor gAsrigsht Still people.
do it, md people at that who are.
sl,reWd and clever iu the ordinary
aff4irs of life."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
A CowardIy and AEnrdersous
outrage


Yesterday about II o'clock the
bells rangs out, calling the iremen
to Spanish Town. where an alarm
had been given from the residence
of Mr.. James Arbour. Upon the
arrival at the place oftile FIRST comes
it was discovered that me house had
been set on FIRE, and that Mrs. Ar
bour, an estinable lady, wife of the
proprietor, had come nesr perishing.
in the flames, aud who was then in
an UNCONSCIOUS condition.. The fire
was soon eztinguished and when the
lady recovered sufficiently she rela-
ted how a white tramp had come
into the house and demanded all
the money she possessed. The lady
informed him that she had no money
when the robber seized her, threw
her upon the floor and deliberately
cut her magnificent hair off close TO
her head, Mrs. Arbour fainting in
the meantime. The would. be mur.
derer then threw coal oil over her
and over the floor and setting it on
fire, departed. The fire from her
clothing burning the flesh Of her low
er limbs recalled her TO consciousness.
when with great presence Of MUD
she seized upon some bed quilts near
at hand and with them enyeloped
herself, at the same time screaming
for help. A search for the srmurde-
rons tramp who IS described'by Mrs.
Arbour as a rather stout man with3
reddish beard all over his face, was
at once Instituted throughout the
city without success. But npon tie
arrival Of the down train however.
4. N. Damn, eolored. stepped on
with prisoner some What answer.
ing the description given, Who he
had arrested. Dunn had heard Of the.
affair and at once jumped the up
train, stopping d At the Bayou Sara
crossing where Che road from this
city crosses the railroad. and arrest
ed the man who gave his name as
Mike Donnelly. DonneIly was ta-
ken before Mrs. Arbour for identific-
alton, but she said he was not the
party who assulied her, and he was
released. Baton Rouge Truth.
ns
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
Tfie H1'sarilp p Printer.


There Is no creature ii ali the
Universe Of God like tie tramp 't,!i priiu.
ter. He is just as happy and con.
tented when the wind Whistles
lhrosgh the gable end ST his pants
ana sings through bis fiiiiate day
heard, - il he we're dyked out il
the latest style. with -hftsea cont
shave smiling on his benign coGttiiate.
aadce.
he w8tld as soon be 4 'fsab'' as
to hoId ceases" and he spends his
money as freely as If It grew q ou
trees, instead 81 getting It 'by stick.
ing type in an in ventilated conpo.
sing room. He'll render aid aid :a to apy
tf0thor ii need Ofkelp, b6t be ex.
pecta the same treatment in |. return.
He's careless, lighthesrted, free
and easy, and don't give darn
whether his trousers are6ld or new.
He leads careless life, riding ont
Of one town IN Pullman car and
walking out Of the next. or hiding
away in some empty box car, per-
haps for many hours without d bite
Of food to appease his hunger. He
isas progical as he is good natured,
kor does he lack for general infor,
nation. lie can discuss the Issue
Of The last campaign with as much
ease as he can ,tell you where the
biggest free lunch goes with whole
yard OF beer He knows evey pa.
per ii the country and is on intimate
terms with every typo" in the land.
If his string is wosih s25 per week
he has tas little money at the close Of
The week as lie does when he gets t6
sui" Tor two days. he is eharita.
bic Rheneyef he has money, aeyer
Refusing cent to ! hungry beggar
or The trdiSbling inebriate whom
one drink will save from tile awful
attack Of the ''jim jams Take him
alt in allie is a singular fellow ; he
is d happy blending Of The best and
n6blest traits Of his race 8 CarroItoh
Conservative.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11

@
The Times-Democrat Of the 9th
inst, gives d luminous description OF
d gigantic scheme originated by
Capt. H. @. Parson, Of Virginia,
Hiefng no less than the construction
Of 4 railroad 10 the heart Of South
American, from tie Port of Cathag.
cna, on the Caribl can Sea which
the spaniards formed, many years
ago, into a noble harbor, by the
expenditure of $58.0oO,000, along
the eastern slope Of the Andcs and
across the Ravigable beadwaters Of
the Amazon and its tribdbaries, for
d distance Of over 1000 miles, to a
point where ii will be connected
with roads leading to the chief Chi
han and Pernvian ports Of Bneuos
Ayres Oh the South Atlantic; from
Cathagena to Florida, and New Or
leans BY steamship laies, making the
time from Lima on the Southern
Pacific to New York nine days
The company has been Incorporated
ut Richmond, Virginia, under the
title Of Tie Columbia Railway and
Navigation Company. with a pros.
peetive capital Of $lO0 ,0a0 900.
Lake Charles Echo.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1890-01-11
a Ceittahry .aas, a 'auarter ofEife.

-
The Pointe Goupee Banner gives
the iollowiog instance Of remarkable
longevity attained by 4 tolored wo.
man Of that parish:
On the Scott placein tlIis parish
there exists, in the person Of an old
colored woman, one of The most re-
markable cases of longevity on re-.
cord. She puts her age at 1875.
years That she slightly exagerales
It is possible, yet tic fact tEiut she
has children. and grandchildren,
great grandchildren and great.
grsat-graudchildren living present
and ready to bear her out u the
assertion, and the inloilie uuer
in which she Sdiseourse
ifl8f2 and IF otIles iEl
toricaI events anler
Of which she cIa
recollection is
Iier time, go to
that she must hare l6u
brated the centennial annl DE
her BIRTH. And yet the century
that she has lived weighs lightly on
her frame. which is comparatively