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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-31

1t is claimed that John Rockefeller
could give every man. woman and child
in the nited States s. and still nave the
modest sum of 81, OOO, 200 with which to
start peanut stand. William Waldorf
Astor could do the same thing, while
our own dear Jay sGould could give
SLIGO each and have left S. 0O0, 900 with
which to sink well for more water. 1t
is also stated that Mr.. Jones and Mr.
Brown, who work ten hours each day,
can only give their wives S4.50 once a
year, and Mr.. Smith. who works from
i a. IN. to 4 p. m. upon section on the
railroad 10 per day, and supports a
wife and five small children. says he
would be financial wreck if he squan-
dered a cent.-Butfalo Truth.
Overheard at the school gates. -
"Dier 81 tup?' Nope. Failed in me
grammer en- got lief down numberwon.
Djou?" Yep. Got ninety feran aver
age en- me pop gimme dollar. "-khila,
delphia Record
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
Mills Candidacy.

WASHINGTON. July Roger O. Mills
of Texas will soon start out on his campaign
for the speakership aggressively on u
Western platform as opposed to the con-
sentative notions of the Eastern Demo
crazy He is to make a speech in AIissis-
sippi within two or three weeks. and it IS
said that he will then boldly announce his
platform. He will be in the fight with his
Western and Southwestern following until
it IS clearly shown that he cannot get
majority of the caucus. In that con-
tingency there will be a chance for
Springer to fall heir to Mills strength for
the Texas free traders will not permit the
prize to go to Crisp, Mcmillan, or any other
Southern man. In view of these POSSIBLE
ties some of the Western Democrats are
talking of healing the breach between
Springer ana Morrison. The latter still
has strong influence with the Democratic
congress men. aud he can do his fellow
lllinoisan great deal of good if he starts
in to mold Mills dough into Springer cake.
Springer's friends, however, will be ex-
pected TO do what they can towards shap-
ing the presidential sentiment for N1orri-
son. who is said to be The candidate of the
Carlisle wing of tariff reform.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
In Union There is strength.
Special 10 the Gazette.


SULPHUR SPRINGS, HOPKINS COUNTY,
Ten, July 2.-For sometime past there has
been difference between the Democrats of
this precinct. 1t grew ont of the heated
campaign of last summer, and as a result
two clubs of the Democratic kind have been
organized recently in this place All along
good Democrats on both sides seeing the
danger in this county of lack of harmony
on the part of the Democrats. have been
working hard for a reconciliation of the par
ties and a consolidation of the two clubs.
Saturday night al a meeting Of Democratic
club No. l. largely attended by members of
cluD No 2 the initiative was taken and all
agreed to come together under call of II.
E Henderson, chairman of the county
Democracy, to-day at p. m. At that hour
a large crowd assembled and was called TO
order. Then followed one OF those enthusj-
astic Democratic meetings for which Texas
is noted 1t was the coming together of the
Democracy under one head and en- al sides
there is rejoicing profound and sincere. The
bitterness of last year has vanished and the
Democracy of this precinct is now unit
for the fight against the third party heresy.
Ringing resolutions denunciatory of the
enemies of Democracy were adopted amid
applause, and fea.ty to the principles of
jefferson and jackson was avowed amid
great enthusiasm. 1t was Democratic
lovefeast over which the lovers of the party
rejoice, and before which its enemies
quake.
The town is full of laborites who have
come to be at the meeting of the Federation
of Labor tomorrow.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
The Bank of England Reduces
Its Rate to 2 10 Per Cent.
LONDON SCALPERS AT WORK.
The Treasury Department Issues Its Debt
Statement According to the New Form.
Some Facts to be Remembered When the
New York Bank Statement of
To-Day is Read The
Money World.
Discount Rate Reduced

Special 10 the Gazette.
New YORK, July 2.-London operators,
who are simply Scalping the American
market, sold stocks this morning and the
whole list declined.
The Bank Of England reduced its dis
count rate to D. per cent to-day.
The bank statement will be issued To-
! morrow at the usual hour, as Saturday Is
holiday. In figuring on it, it is well to re-
member that while the Sub-treasury has
been paying out TO the banks during the
past few weeks 81 800. 600 per week. this
week it has taken from the banks -, 800, 900.
Moreover the S4, $50, 600 gold export of last
Saturday will appear in the statement.
The reasons for the change of the sub
treasury from Il debtor TO the banks to
creditor are these: Pension payments have
not been nearly so heavy during the last
few weeks as they were during The first
week of June. Custom receipts, on the
contrary have been heavier Further. the
sub-treasury has received from the New
York banks portion of the s., COO. 900 of
government deposits called in recently.
Treasury officers expect that government
receipts will pick up from now on. and tnat
no succeeding month will show, as did last
month, the government disbursements
greater than its receipts.
The sterling exchange market WAS some
what firmer, owing to the fact that London
had ceased buying stocks and was mod
crate seller. The sterling exchange market
now seems to be governed almost entirely
by London speculation in our stock.
1t is still claimed that more gold viii go
out this week.
Distilling and cattle feeding shares were
strong and active to-day.
The return of Mr.. Willard did not seem
to stimulate dealings in any of the securi-
ties with which his name is associated ex-
cept North American, which was strong.
The weakness of Oregon Improvement
SIS has been very noticeable of late, even in
these days of general lack of confidence in
railway mortgages.
Railway bonds were dull and irregular.
Oregon improvement SIS We're notably
weak.
Final prices were below yesterday. The
buying movement seemed to have exhausted
itself
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
A st. Louis Failure.

ST: Louis, Mo-, July 2.-Joseph Baum &
Co., shoe dealers at Sixth and st. Charles
streets, fled confession of judgments
in the circuit court to-day for ST., 900.
The firm is composed of Joseph Baum and
Joseph Levy. With the exception of Lewis
Hackett of Boston the persons who OBJ
tanned the judgments are located in this
city Hackett got judgment for S14, 900.
In May, 1890. Mr.. Baum made statement
to his Eastern creditors showing assets of
$a32, 600, and liabilities of $l14.OOO. Since
then the credit of the firm has been i'm
paired by the disappearance of Joseph
Levy, who left behind him heavy losses at
cards. This, together with dull business,
caused the failure.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
A EMARKABLE ESCAPE.
Girl Caught on Bridge Saves Train.
She Hangs to the Ties While the
Train Passes Over Her
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
LAJUNTA, Col. July 2.-Engineer Roberts
of the Santa k'e received a shock on hislast
trip which almost turned his hair gray. As
the passenger train, which his engine was
pulling. approached j long trestle about
fifty miles east of La Junta, he saw girl
walking ON the cross ties of the bridge.
The train was going at full speed and it was
impossible to stop until the bridge had
been crossed.
As the train dashed forward the girl
looked back and gave startled glance at
the approaching death, and then with
shrek she disappeared and it was supposed
that she had fallen to the ground below, a
distance of fifty feet The train was
brought to standstill while the engineer
and conductor hurried back under the
trestle to get the body. A diligent search
failed to show trace of her and they We're
about to return believing that ghost had
crossed their path when they heard voice
above them, and there hanging to the
treStle saw the girl She had dropped to
the floor of the trestle and had hung TO the
ties while the train passed over.
The party made their way to the spot and
rescued the girl from her perilous position
But the most remarkable part of the affair
occurred after the girl had been attended
TO and the engineer got on his engine ready
to pull out. BY the glare of the headlight
he noticed some dark object on the track
ahead and started to investigate. After
crossing the treStle the road ran into a
small cut and into this cut there had been a
landslide so completely covering the track
that had the train one into il at full speed,
as 1t would have done had it not been for
the girl on the trestle, there would have
been fearful wreck
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
BARDSLEY SENT ENCED.
Fifteen Years of Solitary Confinement,
Also to Pay Fine Equal to the
Amount of His ENLIGHTENMENT.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, July John Bards-
ley, eX-City treasurer was brought into
court this morning before Judge Wilson TO
have sentence passed upon him for con
fesSed crimes committed. As upon previ-
Gus occasions that Bardley had faced the
court when he was brought in, this morning
he was not placed in the dock. but was
allowed 10 sit beside his counsel in the space
reserved for the members of the bar. The
district attorney spoke but briefly, but in
the course of his address he denied Bards-
ley's contention made in his statement to
the court week ago, that the eX-treaSUrer
had not misapprOpriatpd dollar Graham
showed that by Bardsley'S own statement
he must have al least appropriated
500 000 as that amount was required to be
made good by his sureties according to their
bond TO the state and county. Graham
practically admitted that Bardsley's declar
alton that ne placed 1915, 900 i'll the hey
stone bank, taking due-bills for the money,
was true, and that the money was depos-
tied in the bank. Although not able as yet
to specifically show where the money has
gone. Graham said that Bardsleys embez-
Elements would amount to between s400, 900
and 500, GOO
Alexander. counsel for Bardslev, re-
viewed the statements made by his client,
and appealed to the courts for mercy on
the grounds of Bardsley's plea of guilty
anu Ills past SSENlccS W luc Guy. AIeAaHucL
said that Bardsley did not get dollar of
the money he paid into the Keystone
bank, and that within six months it would
be shown who did.
While his counsel had been speaking
Bardsley had sat with bowed head, nerv-
ously tracing imaginary lines with the
back of a pen upon the table before him,
With the exception of his brother-in-law,
not one of the hundreds Of friends that
he had a year ago We're present when he
rose to receive sentence. As Bardsley got
up Judge Wilson motioned him to be seated
while he delivered a lecture of words of
admonition that judge usually prefaces
his sentence with. Judge Wilson'S severe
words caused Bardsley the most palpable
distress Nevertheless. before Judge
Wilson had concluded and ordered him to
rise and receive sentence Bardsley had
completely regained his composure, and
received the words that sends him 10
prison for fifteen years with stoicism that
was almost Indifference in its utter alb
sence Of any emotion. The sentence of
Judge Wilson was that Bardsley undergo
fifteen years solitary confinement in the
Eastern penitentiary, and that he pay 4
fine in the sum equal to the amount of his
embezzlement, arising from transactions to
which he pleaded guilty.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL ENCAMP MENT
Programme as Carried Out of the First
Annual Meeting of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Synod of Texas.
Special TO the Gazette.

~ S-As
WEATuRRroRD. PARKER COUNTY. TEX,
July The opening of the first annual
meeting of the Sunday school encampment
of the Cumberland Presbyterian synod of
Texas took place at o'clock last night at
the Chautauqua park in this city. Several
hundred people were in attendance, and
were well and proftably entertained. The
Harmony club. d musical club of this city
that cannot be surpassed anywhere. opened
the exercises by Il fine piece of instrumental
music
Mr.. r. W. Lewis. superintendent of
Sunday school work in Texas, with few
appropriate remarks opened the session, by
requesting B. c. Dewitt, D. D., of Nash
vile, superintendent of Sunday school
work for the church in the United States,
to lead in prayer.
Harmony club presented another splendid
piece of music, which was followed by
very nice and appropriate ad-
dress of welcome and presentation
Of the park, grounds, etc, TO the
encampment by Judge l. n Roach re-
spOnded to by Rev. K L. Phillips of TYLER
president of the board of Sunday-school
work in Texas. and his address was very
appropriate for the occasion and was well
received.
Rev W. H. Berry of Waxahachie, in be-
half of the synod of Texas. responded in a
very able address. giving some very valu-
church. He also gave some very interest
ing and valuable statistics of the Texas
synod, there being 321 ministers engaged in
active work, over twenty-five thousand
communicates, 10000 engaged in the fur
therance of the Sunday-school work
To-day the following interesting pro-
gl'amme was carried out:
FORENOON.
Devotional exercises from 9 to 10 O'Clock.
l. Minister'S class. . ''Homiletics. q" DR..
W. B. Far Dallas. Tex. 3 Woman's
class, Mrs. r. Z. Phillips, superintendent,
Tyler Tex, from 10 to 1890 o'clock.
Woman il the Home Mrs f. Boone
Honey Grove, Tex, from 30 to II O'clock
Woman in the Sunday School, Miss
Kate Spencer, Tehuacana, Tex, from II to
l. O'Clock.
AFTERNOON.
Advanced Normal Work" Rev. George
O. Bachman. superintendent of Sunday
school work of Missouri Moberly, Mo,
from to O'Clock
Bible Study" Professor r. v Foster,
d. d., Cumberland university, Lebanon,
Tenn, from to o'clock.
Lecture: What is Man, DR.. B. f.
Boiler, Sedalia, Mo, from to clock
EVENING.
Grand rally of Sunday-schools and Sun
day-school entertainment by certain Sun
day-schools of the synod from sto o'clock
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
A SENSATION
Created in Galveston Over the Alleged
Identity of the Body Pulled Out
of the Gulf Recently
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, Ten, July 2.-The Evening
Tribune caused quite a sensation to-day by
claiming that the man dragged out of the
gulf near the east END of the island, in the
seine of two fishermen, was the body of
Benton H. Thomas well-known painter,
and backing the verify of its claim by Civ
ing the names of several parties who have
identified the deceased by photographs
shown them. When the body was found
week ago it had, from all appearances, been
in the water short time, and from bruises
about his head and his pockets being
turned inside out, and not a yestige left by
which he could be identified, proved con-
clusively that he had been robbed and mur-
dered and thrown iutO the gulf. When the
body was found it was brought 10 the city
and viewed by ABOUT 2000 people,
among whom were quite It number
who knew Thomas but failed
to identify the body. The police
do not think the body is his, and are making
a searching inquiry. The lest seen of
Thomas was at the postoffice Wednesday
week He then said he was going to at
tend the teachers convention in Austin.
Inquiry has been instituted in that city and
other cities by Chief Of Police Jordan. and
until these inquiries are heard from the po-
lice are prone to believe that the body found
in the gulf is not that of Thomas, and the
question still remains, who is the murdered
man.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
THE YUMA LAKE.
The Water Comes from the Pacific Ocean
by a Communication Made by
Earthquakes.

NEw YORK. July 1.-The Worlds cor
respondent ii San Josef Cal, says the
water which is flooding the Yuma. or Col
orado. desert comes from the Pacific
ocean, and the communication was estab-
lished by great earthquakes in the noun
tains, which occurred last Monday MORN
ing. Great changes have been wrought
in the mountain ranges. and what the
engineers spoke of as being feasible wears
ago, nature has accomplished in one night
The water is still rising The great salt
mines are already under water. The lake,
or sea, IS from sixty TO eighty miles long
ana twenty to forty wide and from a few
inches to eight or ten feet deep
THE INDIANS FRIGHTENED.
Los ANGELES, CAL. June "A special
dispatch says the water around Salton is
now within 1000 feet of the main track u
gained 206 feet in two hours yesterday. II
II continues to come in as it has been doing
it will wash out the Southern Pacific track
in three days The deepest water found
was three feet, and the shallowest in the
current is fourteen inches. The superip-
tendent of the salt works has sent men TO
fix break in the new river The break is
thirteen miles below FL Rio and is about
seventy miles from SaltOn.
The Indians are badly scared, and all
deserving Indians have fed to the hills,
and even those as high up as Banning ara
leaving for the mountains. A week ago I.
medicine man came 20 the Banning reser-
walton and told the Indians that the
Messiah said there would be a big flood
by July 4th, that all the whites will be
swept away and only the Indians saved.
He said that the Indians who worked up tn
July would not have time to get away. All
the Indians are much excited, and even the
most intelligent are going to the mountains.
a special dispatch from Salton at IL
o'clock last night said the water was still
rising, out not so rapidly as III the after
noon.
Old residents OF this city say that while
the water is higher than ever known before,
the desert lake is not new thing and the
phenomenon has occurred frequently, but
from the fact that the desert is uninhab-
tied and no one ever ventures across IL, ie
has not been noticed.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
OPENING OF THEIR STATE FAIR
AT LAMPASAS.
Prominent People There From All Over
the State-A Fine Display of Fruit
and House Plants.
Special % the Gazette.

special % lne = dIette.
LAMPAsAs, TEX. July THE State Hor-
tlcultural fair was formally opened last
night in the Hanna Springs hall. The Lam
pasas band furnished music The Rever-
end and ilrepreSSible Marshall McIlhany
ID. D., delivered the address of welcome in
that happy and original manner so peculiar
10 that gentleman. Ifthe visitors did not
feel welcome when Mr. NIcilhany got
through il was not his fault. The welcome
address was responded to Dv j. NJ. Howell
OF Dallas. In the course of his remarks
Mr. Howell stated the object of the asso-
citation and the Importance of higher edu-
cation in this department.
+. W. kirkpatrick of Mckinney. presi-
dent OF the association, read an essay on
Horticulture. after which the association
proceeded with its regular business.
The attendance IS fine, out not what it
ought to be.
The following "ice-preSideuts were pres
eut last night: II. II. StringfCllow from
Hitchcock, Tex: g. OnderdOnk from
Nursery. Tex; Professor T. V. Munson
from Denison. Tex; j. T. Whitiker from
Tyler, and D. II. Watson, secretary, from
Brenham. Tex
The citizens of Lampasas have shown
considerable interest in the fair and the
hall was fairly filed last night with Lam
pasas people.
A number of visitors from "a distance are
expected to-day, among them PpofeSfOr j.
p. STEELE, agricultural editor of the Fort
Worth GAZETTE, who vii. address the asso-
citation.
The exhibits are good and among them
every variety of fruit The magnificent ex-
hibits of fruit here, would convince any
reasonable person that in the near future
Texas must lead any section of the United
States i'll this line. Every variety OF house
plant is represented. These fairs are great
educators, and fortunately. are well at
tended by the ladies, whose interest this
association ought to be particularly the
solicitor of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
Presidential Appointments.

WASHINGTON. July 2.-The president TO-
day made the following appointments:
William L. Simmouds OF Connecticut. com
missioner of patents, vice Charles f. Mitch
ell resigned: Joseph A. Scott, agent for the
Indians of the Pottawatommie and Great
Nemah agency in Kansas;
A. Loudon Snowden of Pennsylvania, TO
be envoy extraordinary and minister pleni-
potentiary 10 Greece, Roumania and Servia
Roumal Pachecc. California. to be envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary
10 Guatemala and Honduras; Richard
Labert. California, to be United States con-
sui At AIazatlan: Henry L. Arnold, TO be
United States consul al Clinton, Ont.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03

TO place the Asbury Park national bank OF
Asbury Park. y. j., in the hands of re-
ceiver TO wind up its affairs.
The Federation of Labor has informed
Secretary Foster that President GomperS
will probably confer with him to-day in re-
gard TO the plate-printers' controversy.
Ex-Alderman Michael Duffy. one of the
New York city boodlers of 1884. saws he is
preparing sensation more astonishing
than the Broadway fraud. II is considered
bluff
At Rochester, n y. Charles F. Under
hill president of the Flour City life associa-
ton, was indicted for forgery He was
arrested on bench warrant, ami gave 5000
bail.
A special meeting of the cabinet was held
yesterday for the purpose of clearing up
official business prior 10 the presidents de-
parture to-day for Cape May. Secretary
Blaine was the only absentee.
AT New Orleans yesterday the court de-
cided in favor of the Saloy heirs and the
intervention of the state and the public ad
ministration was dismissed, quoting the
heirs in possession of the estate.
a Berlin dispatch says the German GOV
eminent has promised 10 influence German
tinanciers to ASSIST Italy in her financial
difficulties. England's tacit support of the
dreibund Is recognized as valuable.
The London Posts correspondent says
the signatures to the dreibund treaty will
be attached in Berlin. The German-Italian
treaty will be made public. but thsa Aus
trian-1talian treaty will be kept secret.
The trouble which resulted in the fatal
wounding of B. F. Gears at Briartield, Ala,
yesterday. was caused by DR.. G.. r Grove
going to Glass house to demand 4 retrac-
traction. Glass fired with a Winchester
and Grove used a pistol.
Mr.. John Smith. a prominent farmer,
was driving out with his intended bride,
Miss Mary Dawson, near Franklin. Tenn.
The horse became frightened at boys shoot
ing frogs and ran away. capsizing the buggy.
Smiths neck was broken and Miss Dawson
was fatally injured
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-07-03
TELEGRAPHIC sREViTiES.

MIR. Gladstone's health is almost restored.
Everything was quiet at the coal mines
yesterday near Seattle, Wash.
At Columbus, Ohio, eighteen persons
were poisoned by eating cheese.
Thirty-five hundred more Clyde nironmeu
have struck against reduction in wages.
Advices from Naples give an account of
the falling into the crater of Mount Nesuv-
JUS of Brazilian traveller.
The Swansea tinplaters' union has decided
not TO strike for an advance of wages in
August in the face of American competi-
ton.
At Liverpool five second-cabin passengers
on the City of Paris were fined for SNUG
Cling tobacco. A woman had a quantity in
her hustle.
The press of Rome condemns the drei-
bund as disturbing the public mind, and
making Italy tine gensd 'armes of Germany
and Austria.
Andrew Row, q wealthy stockman and
mine owner of Wardner, Ohio, was taken
from train at Ivaseca, MINI, yesterday,
violently insane.
The Catholic bishops ,reaffirm their
declaration that Mr.. Parnell is unfit to be
the leader of the Irish people, and call upon
rishmen to repudiate him.
The comptroller Of currency has decided