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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
TERRIBLE EXPLOSION.
Eleven Italians Killed and Thirty In
iureu.

jured.
NEWARK, y. j., Sept. 25.-An explosion
occurred here yesterday at celebration
held by Italians which killed eleven of the
persons present and wounded thirty,
ten of whom are very badly in
jured. A big copper casing mortar
was used for bombs These were filed
with colored fire and shot in the air,
where they burst, throwing out showers
of various colored SPARKS. 1t was this
mortar that exploded and caused all
the harm. The bomb casing is about five
inches in diameter and thirty inches long
About II p. m. a large bomb was put in the
mortar and lighted. 1t is supposed that the
bomb exploded in it. There We're
hundreds of men. women and
children standing around watching with
great expectancy when it exploded. The
air was filed with the shrieks of the in
jured and dying. Intense con-
police were on the scene and
they had great difficulty in preventing the
frightened multitude from tramping the in
jured to death. The explosion IS supposed to
be from an over-charge of powder
There is a city ordinance forbidding dis
plays of fireworks except on legal holidays
and military reviews.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Killed HIS Wife.

Special to the Gazette.
EUFAULA. I. T., Sept. 25.-Yesterday aft
ernoon in the neighborhood of Enterprise, a
small place in the Choctaw Nation, there
accidental, though some were considerably
agitated and talked freely of lynching.
c. Gregg killed his wife, who had
been living he asserts with an old man
named Minard, as his wife for the past few
years. Mr. Gregg is Texan and is tray
cling with a snake show. He pitched his
tent here Wednesday, and learning that
his wife lived only twenty miles from
Eufaula, he went over there yesterday to
see about getting his child. He says that
six years ago he was married TO this
woman in Sherman, Tex. and they
lived happily together for nearly three
years, when he went away on
business and sent his wife to visit near
Fort Smith, Ark This was the last of
their happy relationship. He wrote to her,
and soon ceased to get letters in return.
About eight months later he went to Fort
Smith, and among the first people he saw
was his wife dressed like she was going
somewhere. He approached her eagerly,
but she repulsed his affections and broke
away from him. This was the last he had
seen of her until he saw her Yesterday, but
he had learned her address and that she was
living with Minard near Enterprise,
and by correspondence he had opened nego-
tiations to receive his child. a bright
little daughter about five years old The
mother had agreed to release her TO him if
he would let her (the wife) alone.
Yesterday he went to get her.
He went over in farm wagon.
He had ! shotgun along, and
at Broken he got MIR. Pipkin, staunch
citizen. to drive and show him the way to
Minard's. Upon arrival he found the mother
would not give up the child. He
put the child into the wagon
Ind started off. The mother drew
a Winchester on Gregg. He took
it away from her, and she followed, holding
to the back of wagon, crying and beSeech-
ing for the return Of the daughter. All of
this while the shotgun way lying in the bot
tom of the wagon. The gun iolted about and
Gregg put his foot on the muzzle of it
and pushed it back. The hammer struck
the side of the wagon and discharged,
shooting his foot off and killing the woman.
The load took effect in her breast and she
died in an hour.
This is MIR. Gregg's story Of the killing,
and is substantiated by Mr. Pipkins and
the fact that he is minus a foot and the bot
tom of the wagon is powder burned. At
the inquest, however, woman in the
neighborhood says she saw Gregg take de-
liberate aim and shoot his wife.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Hester's Cotton Report.

NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. 25.-Secretary
Hester issued his report to-day for the first
twenty-five days of the cotton season. The
report shows that over 80, 900 bales have
come into sight during the past week
an increase of LA bales over the same
week last year. The movement since Sep
TENDER l shows receipts at al
United States ports of 504, 1872 bales
against 546,056 bales up to this
day last year. Overland across
the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers
to Northern mills and Canada "A, 1874 bales
against 20,541 bales. Interior stocks
held in excess of those held at the
close of the commercial year 52,31l
bales, against 52,539 bales. Southern
mill takings 4l.j39 bales against Al, so bales,
making the total amount of new CROP
brought into sight thus far 622, $50 bales
against go, 365 bales. Exports have been
las, sos against 24l III bales last year, de-
crease of 81 743 bales.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
AN AMERICAN TIN-MAUSER MAN.
MARTINS FERRY. ONO. Sept. Is, 1921.
Editor Gazette.

Editor Gazette.
Editorially in your issue Of the 18th in
slant, you say that American TIM buttons
with Mckinley's profile imprinted on them,
were great rage among the Ohio Repub-
Icans. until it was discovered that they
were all made in Wales and shipped to this
country, etc.
This statement is wholly and absolutely
false in every particular, as has been proved
by four affidavits published in the papers
here, copy of which l send you. This
button is my own. and ! have it manufact-
ured here in the United States, of Ameri-
can material, and American labor, in an
American factory, and l am selling thou
sands of them. John ". CROOKS
We very readily give place TO this
correction of statement made in The
GAZETTE, to the effect that the Me-
Kinley button was made in Wales.
That statement was based on an article
in the Pittsburg Post, which said that
the boxes containing the manufactured
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

a COMMITTEE of the National butch
ers' association will be in Texas next
month to select place for the location
of Z large meat refrigerator plant in
Texas. Fort Worth is of course the
best place for the plant, but the COM
mittee don't know that, and they should
not be allowed to remain in ignorance.
Fort Worth is the center of the live
stock industry of the Southwest, and
offers advantages to refrigerating es-
tablishment that cannot be touched by
any other town in Texas. These things
must be shown up to the committee Of
investigation when it arrives.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
GLADSTONE'S WAY.
He vii! Announce His Policy
to the Federation.
IT WILL CREATE A STIR.
His Ideas Are Exactly Opposite to
Those of Lord Sa!ishury-The
Overflow of Gold to
This Country.
Gladstone.
Gladstone.
Copyrighted, 1891. by New York Assccia ted


Gladstone.
Copyrighted, 1884, by New York Associa ted
Press
LONDON, Sept. 25.-Gladstone's coming
deliverance at the Liberal Federal meeting
is invested with further importance
by the authorized announcement that
he intends 10 review Lord Salisbury
foreign policy, and declare what his Own
will be if he should again be placed in
power. Federation proceedings are not
likely to astonish the world with any
startling variation from cut-and.
dried programme, but if expectation proves
correct Gladstone will make the meeting
policy to the meeting of the Liberals, a line
OF action directly opposite to that of Lord
Salisbury's.
Morley has already declared that the next
Gladstone administration will accomplish
the evacuation of Egypt with the briefest
possible delay. Letters from Gladstone
TO the Servian politician Iovomoyitich,
which will appear in to-morrow's issue
OF the Speaker are likely to cause a Sensa-
ton in Europe, as they showed the widest
possible divergence between the Liberal
and present Conservative policy. Glad
stone advocates the closest harmony
among the Balkan states. repu-
didates Lord Salisbury's diplomacy
as tending towards the supremacy of Bull
EaTld over Otuer states, ana auGS tndl ne
feels warmly with the largely subjugated
population OF Southwestern Europe. As
the last phrase can only apply to
AuStria's taking possession of Bosnia
and Herzegovina, the latter is interpreted
to mean that Gladstone desires to Dust the
Austrians from Bosnia and to support the
formation of federation of the
Balkan states. Gladstone Liberals
continue to arrange for the future on the
supposed certainty of their being in power
by autumn, 1892.
Conservatives now talk of postponing the
general elections until the remotest period.
which will be April, 1893, in order to enable
the government to get the Irish local gov
eminent in working order.
Economic experts agree that the net ad-
dition to normal imports Of American grain
has not exceeded Sl00,0G0.000 of which a
part will be taken in luxuries and part in
gold.
If the extravagant buying of American
railroad securities continues, English III
debtedness will be further enhanced ard Will
lead to an increase of bullion shipments.
Geffen's recent estimate that 80, 900 in
gold would be the limit of export to New
York Is not disputed, but even this maxi
mum is expected to entail an increase of the
Bank Of England rate to ) or 6 per cent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Scoring for Another Rush.
,erial tn tho Ga2efta

GUTHRIE. o. T. Sept. 25.-A special
courier from Chandler tonight says that
the town will be declared open tomorrow
at noon. Five thousand people will join in
4 wild rush for town lot.
d. c. Wood OF this city wa, shot and
killed on his claim near Chandler by IN
known parties.
Misses AIaude Jones of Sioux county.
Iowa, Anna Kinney of Newton, Kan, and
Nellie ]. Sweet of this city, drove team of
little mules forty miles, beating nearly a
hundred men to three of the finest claims in
the territory.
The news frem Tecumseh is very depress-
ing. Three men are dead and twenty in
iured, lying in the hospital.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

Mr.. FRANK BURFoRD's return to
Bolton, and this fact taken in connec-
ton with letter received from Mex
leo by friend of his at Temple, Tex,
satisfactorily contradicts any deroga-
tory report in regard to Mr.. Burford
being accused OF forgery in Mexico, and
The GAZETTE on behalf of itself and
it's correspondent at Bolton desires to
make the amende honorable on account
OF the report that unintentionally crept
into its columns August the 10Th.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
THE MARINERS COMPASS.

The Floating Needle of tho Chinese.
When 1t Was First Used Shipbonrd.
The credit OF the discovery, both of the
polarity of magnetized needle and its
suitability for use by mariners at sea,
must, according to a writer in the North
China Herald, of Shanghai, be given to the
Chinese. 1t is China also that has the
credit of having first noticed that any iron
needle may be polarized by rubbing it with
a magnet. In the Thirteenth century the
Arabs used a floating compass on their
dhows. The needle was made to float on
the water by attaching it crosswise to a
cornstick or splinter of wood. A magnet
applied to it drew 1t into a north and south
direction. In the Chinese primitive mari
hers compass the notation is that of the
professors of geomancy, and rests ON the
old astrological division of the horizon into
twelve double hours.
The writer alluded to suggests how the
discovery came about. In China there are
boundless tracts Of iron stone and among
these no small portion is magnetic. Every
woman needs a needle and iron early took
the place of the old stone needles and were
commonly used before the time of Chin
Shih- hua1g-that is, more than twenty
one centuries ago. Whenever a needle
happened to be made of magnetic iron it
might reveal its quality by falling into
cup of water, when it happened to be at
tached to splinter of wood, for example
1t came in some such way to be known
commonly that certain needles had this
quality. The great producing center for
magnetic iron is T'szchou, in southern
Chilli. This city was very early call ed
the City Of Mercy. Later the Chinese be-
gan to speak of the city as the City OF the
Magnet. The polarity of the magnetic
needle would become known to the Chinese
OF that city and its neighborhood first.
The earliest author who mentions the
South pointing needle" lived in the
Fourth century B. C. There can be no
reasonable doubt that the polarity of the
needle was known at that time The dis
covery of the fact must have preceded the
invention of any myth embracing it. The
compass used by the professors of geomancy
for marking lanscape indication was first
made about the Eighth century. 1t was
of hard wood, about foot wide, and it had
Ia the center small well in which mag
netized needle foated on water
In 1922 an ambassador to Corea describes
the use of the floating needle on board ship
while he made the voyage. This is the first
instance, the earliest by more than a CEN
fury, of the use Of the mariners compass
OF board ship found as yet in any book,
rati'e or foreign. The existence of the
book in which this is recorded settles the
question of the first use OF the mariners
compass at sea in favor of the Chinese.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

THE GAZETTE will not undertake 10 return
rejected manuscripts. Persons wishing to pre-
serve their literary productions should retain
copies OF all communications sent this once
for publication.
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GAZETTE, whether on business or for pub!ica-
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Tex. and not TO any Individual.
All communications intended FOR publication
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and address-not for publication, but as an evi,
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ANONYMOUS communications.
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personal 10 themselves will please enclose
stamp for reply.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
TemporariIy Embarrassed.

Fort SCOTT. KAN, Sept. 25.-The estab-
lishment of Rice Bros, proprietors of the
Daily and Weekly Monitor and owners of
the Southwestern publishing company, en-
gagged in printing auxiliary sheets
here, was taken possession of under mort
gage to-day. The Monitor and auxiliary
publishing business will go on as hereto
fore. The assets of the company are equal
to the liabilities, and the firm hopes to be
able to, with reasonable indulgence, adjust
their affairs to the satisfaction of all par
ties. Their embarrassment in nowise eff
fects the Monitor book and printing COM
pany, under charge of w. X. Larkin as
manager.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Railway Bridge Superintendents

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Sept. 25,-In answer to
the call issued by L. j. Travis of the Iowa
Central railway, large number
of bridge superintendent from
different railroads throughout the
country met in this city this
morning for the purpose OF forming an Or
ganization. The meeting came to order at
10 o'clock H. NJ. Hall of the Ohio and
Mississippi was chosen temporary chair
man and c. Gooch temporary secretary.
Committees on constitution and bylaws
and organization were selected and the con-
vention adjourned until evening, pending a
report from the committees.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Railways Of the World.

According to statement published in a
German monthly the total mileage of rail-
ways on the globe on December 81, 1882
was sos, 767 kilometers 1864, 376 niles an e1-
tent which is equal to fifteen times the
circumference Of the earth at the equator,
and exceeds the medium distance of the
moon from the earth by more than 200, GOO
kilometers. At the close of the eighth dec
ade of this century, on December 81, 1879,
the length of the railways open for traffic,
and constructed during the first four dec
AIDES Of the railway age, was 35O0Sl kilo-
meters The increase in the mileage in a
single-the ninth-decade of the present
century was consequently 245, 73l kilo-
meters. OF the several continents Anleri-
ca has contributed to the 10000 kilome-
tiers Of railways created from the end of
1885 to the end Of 1889. by far the largest
portion (6s,679 kilometers). A kilometer
II equal to $3.50 feet or about .62 Of a1nH1
The Weekly G. 14fs the best adyer
tlSemepI-SGn ,L+SaS TO De had
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

The only travelling persons, male or female
at present authorized 10 receive and receipt for
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June l. 1891.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Yesterday,s Loca, weather
Weather Bulletin.


Special 70 the GaZette
GALVESTON, TEX, Sept. 25.-The anti
cyclonic conditions continue 70 the east OF
The Mississippi river; cyclonic
disturbance Of some intensity is APP
parently central TO the south
Of Brownwood, and another area
Of low pressure is apparently central TO the
northwest of Montana. Rain has fallen
from the gulf north 10 the central Rocky
Mountain slope. No changes III tempera-
ture of 10 degs. have occurred during the
past twenty-four hours, except at Chicago
and Rio Grande city. The temperature
has risen slightly from Nebraska to the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
The Manslin: Gins.
Special to the Gazette.

CoRsICANA, NAVARRO COUNTY, Tex,
Sept. "a young man named Story, one
of the employees at P. NJ Lees gin, had the
misfortune to get his right hand caught in
the gin saws this morning. Drs. Sloan and
Middleton were called in, amputated his
thumb at the first joint. took off portion
Of his forefnger and dressed the wound
He was resting easy at noon.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

WASHINGTON, Sept &c, l n. m.-For
Eastern Texas-Rain in the southern, local
rains in the northern portion, easterly
winds, brisk and high on the coast. danger
Gus to shipping, stationary temperature in
the southern portion. warmer in the north
west portion. a storm is apparently CEN
trail to the south of Brownsville.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
NOTICE.

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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

OKLAHOMA. o. T., Sept. Blowing to
the rush to the new lands opened to settle
meat this week only few delegates to the
Oklahoma state convention to have been
held here yesterday put in their appear
ance, and the convention was therefore in
definitely POSTPONED
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

IN parts of the Northwest the public
schools are closed on account of the
excessive heat, and in Il month the
children will have to dance to keep
their toes from being frost-bitten.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Assigned at New Boston.

Special to the Gazette.
New Boston, BOWIE COUNTY, TEX, Sept
&c. J. Helm OF this place made an as
signment to George I. Lemons of thy
place for the benefit of his creditors A
home creditors. amounting to about $500
are preferred. Assets about $500; labili
ties about 5000.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
Texans Abroad,

Special to the Gazette.
NEW YORK, Sept 25.-Corsieana-S. L.
Freedman, Colonnade. Houston-C. G.
Foster, Aston; II. Robinson, New York
hotel Llano-F'. K. Malone, ST. Dennis.
Austin-G. w. Littlefield, st. Dennis. Dial
las-W. G. Moray, Coleman. Texas.
Hutchins, Continental; W. Warton, Grand
Central
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

The 3 and per cent sharks are
sharpening their knives to bleed Texas
to financial death. And when those
who have built up Texas are bled to
death outside sharks will come in and
inherit the estates.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

THE longer justice is denied to
Western Texas, the more inclined will
West Texas be when in power to deny
justice to those who now deny justice
to the Western giant.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
THE DEATH RECORD.
The Indian Territory Furnishes
Several Killings.
THE ROCKY ROAD T0cHANDLER
Step-Ladders Necessary in Getting About
the Coming City-Wife Murder
Marshal KilleS-Dead in the
New Lands.
A Gin Accident.
Special to the Gazette.

CAppo, l. T, Sept. 25.-This morning at
c. A. Semple's gin, about one mile from
town, Kinsey Freeman fell in such a way
as to throw his hand on the gin saw. draw
ing his body upon the saw. One arm was
frightfully cut and was amputated just be-
low the shoulder. Chances for his recovery
are doubtful
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

IT was Galveston or nothing" with
the Galveston men, but all the same.
Velasco has deep water and no other
point on the Texas coast has.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

Advertisements for publica ton in the Sunday
edition OF THE GAZETTE should be handed in
before O'Clock Saturday evening. Advertisers
convenience, by needing this suggestion, as we
rannot guarantee the insertion Of advertise
ments received after that hour.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

HAS anybody heard anything of a
Mugwump lately? The breed seems to
have become extinct, and Theo Roose-
welt is about the only remaining speci-
mon
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

TEXAS has deep water. All that has
been promised of good to the state
should soon begin of fulfllment. Texas
has deep water at last at Velasco.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

Entered at the Postoi9ice in Fort Worth, Tex,
as Second-Class Matter.
For the benest Ct our patrons who desire 10
send single copies OF TIE GAZETTE through
the mail we give herewith the transient rate OF
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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-09-26

Col. PETER SMITHS plan of rail-
road to Velasco is now in order. Fort
Worth should have direct communica-
tiOn with deep water.