Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1891-07-09

his hrSt speech Since Ills appoIht-
ment. His speech was in harmony
with the democratic platform adopt
ed at San Antonio.
IT was glorious Fourth. Almost
the entire Union celebrated, and
fewer tragedies are reported than
usual on the occasion of large
gatherings simultaneously through
out the country.
The Arbitrator, published at Cole,
man, is new bark launched upon
the sea of journalism, with Messrs.
Boom & Futch at the helm. It is a
seven column folio with a patient
outside and is devoted.
The Charleston has returned to
San Francisco harbor with the
Itata with her original crew. They
came direct from Iquique, being out
% days. She will be turned over
to the United States authorities.
The BANNER believes there ought
to be an extra session of the Legis-
1ature, but not for the sole purpose
of remedying the alleged evil that
some of our exchanges are claiming
that the alien land law will work.
The receivership investigation de-
veloped the fact that Judge McCord
is an advocate of high salaries Two
men at $4,000 each, two attorneys
at $500 each, and a number of
other soft snaps at equally high
salaries.
HANNIBAL HAMLN, the venerable
statesman, patriot and diplomat,
former governor of Maine, Unit
ed States Senator, Vlce-Presi-
dent from 1861 to 1864 and once
minister to Spain, died OF Bangor,
Me-, July 4th.
A FR1eHTFUL wreck occurred on
the Kanawa and Michigan railway
in West Virginia on Saturday last
when two heavily loaded excursion
coaches went over high trestle
that had burned the night before so
that the rails spread. One mans
head was completely severed from
his body, several killed and dozens
wounded.
If the International and Great
Northern railway investigation re-
suits in the total abolition of the
free pass system it will have ac-
compished some good, resulting in
a large saving to the Texas roads in
the way of transportation. The
BANNER believes that no one is en-
titled to ride on railways free.
There is no business in the propo-
sition.
THK 1 & G. n. receivership 1nves-
LEGATION at Galveston has at last
ended, and while the BANNER has
not had the time and patience to
read all that testimony carefully, in
what it has noticed there was no
developments worth the cost and
trouble of the investigation which
seems to have been inspired by
malace and pushed with the hope of
injury.
AT THE meeting of the Great Sou
thern Exposition at Raleigh, n. c.,
Get. 5, she Northern settlers of the
Southern States will assemble in
mass meeting aud state to their
Northern brethren how they are
pleased with their Southern homes.
What they say will be printed in
pamphlet form and circulated in the
North, and will doubtless result in
much good.
TIE Southern Cadets, of Macon,
Ga, at the interstate drill at India
napolis Monday had some trouble
on the street with negroes and two
of them got slightly hurt. The
trouble created considerable excite
ment and the Cadets marched to the
depot with fixed bayonets and car
tridges in their guns. Fears were
entertained that the Belknaps would
have trouble on their way home.
A TERRIBLE cyclone struck Baton
Rouge Monday, blew down the state
penitentiary and released ten unfor-
tupate prisoners of their servitude
by death and seriously injured thir-
ty-six others. The cyclone was 800
yards wide and scattered devasta-
ton as it went. Houses we're un-
rooted and blown down in the city
to the number of fifty or more and
scenes of greatest horror greeted
those engaged in the rescue of the
unfortunates all along its wake.
The weather service has recent
ly been put Sunder the super