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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
FIRE AT READFIELD.
Mrs. Ryder's House Badly Damaged, Sunday
Loss Covered by Insurance.

Readfeld, Dec. 2.-(SpeciaD. Fire was
discovered in the house of Mrs. Ryder in
the center of our pleasant village, about
? O'Clock, Sunday afternoon, and had we
not some chemical fire extiDgushers and
many willing workers, 1t must have de-
stroyed more than her home, as this
house is i'll the thickest settled portion of
our village. As it was the house was
damaged to the extent of several hundred
dollars, but we learn that the loss is
covered by insurance. The cause of the
fire was from the burning out of the
chimney in the forenoon, woodwork being
near
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
MORAN ARRESTED.
Charged With Causing Death
of His Wife, Nov. 2.
mother-in-law Says Death Was Re-
suit of Runaway Accident.
Police Think There Was Family Row, Witc
Dying from Injuries.

Worcester, Mass, Dec. John Moran
OF Clinton, was arrested. this afternoon,
for the murder OF his wife Bridget, who
died, Nov. 2. At the time Of her death,
II was stated that she was driven into
town with her mother-in-law when the
horse ran away and both were thrown
out.
The older Mrs Moran was cut and
bruised on the forehead and about the
body. She told her story of the accident
and said she was dragged by the horse
The first report was that Mrs Moran died
of concussion of the brain. The autopsy
showed that she died of suffocation.
The theory of the police is there was
domestic quarrel In which Moran assaulted
both his mother and wife, the latter dying
from her injuries
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
IN The SENATE.
But Little Done Beyond the Usual Routine
Opening Formalities.

Washington, Dec. Elm the Senate,
with every seat in the gallery filed, MIR
Milburn, the blind chaplain, offered q
prayer. The Vice-Pres ident then re.
quested the senators elect to step to the
desk where the oath Of office was admin
istered. On motion of Cockrel of Mis-
souri,, it was voted the hour of the meet
ing be fixed at 10 clock
The assistant private secretary called
on the Vice President and the imprt ssion
received in the Senate chamber was that
he brought verbal statement from the
President that his message would not be
delivered to Congress until tomorrow On
motion of Sherman of Ohio, the Senate
adjourned until tomorrow
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
DIRECTORS ELECTED.
Meeting of Joint Executive Reorganization
Committee OF Atchison Road.

New York, Dec. = AT meeting to-
dav, of the joint executive reorganization
committee of the AtchiSon, the following
board of directors was elected Edward
=. Ripley, Aldace f. Walker. +. J. Bar
wyn. d. b. Cheney, II. r. Duval, f. n.
Gibbs, c. j. Gieed. &. g. Haven, r. Somes
Ouayes. G. A, Nickerson. Thomas H. Os-
b ,rne, VIM. Roth, c. X. Holiday Victor
Morawitz Aldace +. Walker is chairman
o. the board.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
Maine Persons.

Washington, Dec. 2. Pensions have
been granted residents Of Maine as fol
lows:
Original Isaac G.. Cross, Westbrook.
Additional, Peter Martin, Togus. Re
issue, William A. Chase, Saco. Original
widow $ reissue, Julia Brown, Ellsworth.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03

| was afflicted with ca
tarrh last autumn. Dur
ing the month OF October
1 could neither taste or
smell and could hear but
little. Ely's Cream Balm
cured it. - Marcus Geo.
shautz, Railway, y. j.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
Washington Forecast.

Washington. Dec. 2.-Forecast for Tues
day; For New England, much colder
falr; preceded by snow in the early morn
ing, In the northeast portions; brisk to
high northwesterly winds.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
CATARRH

no rs SREAM BALM opens and cleanses
n "u nasa =, Passages, Allays Pain and InHam-
br a,,on, Heals the Sores, Protects the Mem
ana S rom colds, Restores the Senses of Taste
gives reliefat once.
ag,a patSlole is applied into each nostril and is
NAL '""'e Price 50 cents at druggists or by
Ella BROTHERS, Sc Warren ST.. New York.
Tu Th&SAt&w
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
FAIR AND MUCH COLDER.

Boston, Dec. 2.-Local Forecast: Tues
day, generally fair and decidedly colder
freezing temperature, Tuesday evening
and night; west to northwest winds
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03
LOSES BOTH LEGS.
j. B. Marrsi|le Probably Fatally
Injured at Skowhegan.
Steward Rich of Steamer EmmeIine
Sues Company for $4,000.
Fire at Readfleid- Richmond Hotel Man Pre-
iers Iai 10 Fine.

Skowhegan, Dec. John B. MARI
slile, IS years old, formerly Of France,
had both legs crushed off below the knee
by train on the railroad bridge here, this
evening. He is supposed to have been in
t)xicatcd The injuries will probably
prove fatal
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-12-03

CONTINUED on page ?.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
ATTACKED BY A COYOTE.
Lively Experience of Ranchcr With a
Mad Prairie Wolf

David Paxton. who resides on a noun
tain about six miles northwest of Ukiah,
had a very narrow escape from being
bitten by mad coyote q short time since.
He was returning from the city to his
mountain home about 6 o'clock in the
evening, when the adventure occurred.
While passing through a deep redwood
canyon he was startled by the bowling of
a coyote in the woods a few yards from
the wagon road. Paxton stopped his
team in order to obtain view of the
animal. as it is a rare occurrence for q
coyote 10 openly approach human being
during the day time A moment there
after the coyote rushed from the under.
growth and sprang from the overhang,
ing bank directly into the wagon bed
Fortunately the bed of the wagon was
empty at the time and the seat was a
wagon bed.
"A single glance at the Infatuated animal
convinced Paxton that it was afflicted
with some form of hydrophobia. 1t was
foaming at the mouth and gave every
evidence of madness. AS soon as il
reached the bed of the wagon the coyote
began a furious assault upon Paxton,
who in the meantime had sprung upon
the seat, and was thus temporarily out
of the animals reach. A Mexican RATA
was lying upon the jockey-box of the
wagon, and Paxton. being otherwise un.
armed. determined to secure it and use
it as a weapon of offense. After con.
siderable difficulty he succeeded in reach.
ing it, the coyote i'm the meantime keep
ing up the assault ad endeavOring to
climb upon the wagon seat. 1T required
considerable maneuverng to throw the
moose over the coyotes head, but Paxton
finally succeeded in doing so; but even
then he was far from safe, as he had
not vet determined on what disposition
to make of the animal. He solved the
problem by passing the riaita through a
ring on the brake bar. and then spring.
ing from the wagon, he pulled the rope
with all his strength until he succeeded
in choking the rabid animal to death-San
Francisco Chronicle.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
BEAT THEIR ATTENDANTS.
Act of Two Female Inmates of an Asy-
lum for the Criminal Insane.

Poughkeepsie n. Y, Sept. 1.-The
facts about murderouS assault commit
ted by Mrs. Lizzie Halliday, the Month
cello murderess, on Miss Kate Ward, an
attendant at the Mattewan State asylum
for insane criminals, where Miss Halliday
is confined, on Friday last, have just
leaked out.
Mrs. Halliday was assisted in the as
sault on the attendant by Jane Shannon
another convict patient, who was com
mitted to the asylum, and who is consid'
cred the most dangerous of the female pa
tents in the institution. The assault
was the result of grudge which Mrs.
Halliday had held against the attendant.
Miss Ward went into the bath room, and
was seized by the murderess and thrown
to the floor.
Mrs. Shannon then jumped on Miss
Wards PROSTATE form, while Mns, Hal
liday crammed the towel which she had
brought to Miss Ward into the latter S
mouth. Then the two crazy women kick
ed and pounded the attendant, tearing out
her hair and scratching her face The
attendant, when help reached her, was
unconscious and it was thought she would
die. She rallied, however, ON Saturday
and though bruised quite badly was able
to resume her duties today. Her assail-
ants have been placed in solitary ,confne.
ment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
ACADEMY OF MUSIC FIRE.
Further Particulars of the Burning Of
the Historic Play House.

Buffalo, Sept. 1.-The academy of
Music, the oldest play house lin the city,
burned this morning. The fire is sup
posed to have started under the stairway
and smouldered for some time before it
was discovered. A still alarm was sent
in at 1: 80 O'Clock, but the chemical men
found the smoke too dense to locate the
fire and a fire box was pulled The fire
men broke their way into the ground
floor and CROPPED about for half an hour
to find the seat of the fire, playing sew
eral streams. but to MO avail. AT o'clock
the flames burst from the Comstock
store and the progress of the fire was
then rapid. In few minutes it had
gone Through the floor of the stage,
mounted the flies and envelOped the
scenery. The fire ate it's way through
the roof but did not advance to the front
of the house. The rear of the store of
z. @. Miller and the Offices which adj
Joined the building were not badly dam
aged. The COmstOck store on the other
side of the Main street entrance was prac-
ttically quilted, and.the loss will be about
$4,000.
The small stores of VIM. Vaughn &
Co. and Jacob Freid ON the Washington
street side were also Quilted. The loss
Of the Academy building will be about
$4,000; the loss of contents, however, is
more lamentable. 1t was storehouse of
theatre articles for the last 10 years Sew
eral people lose wardrobes. trunks and
scenery that had been stored there.
The Academy was erected in 1852 and
since 1870 has been managed by John H.
and Henry l.. Mersch. The theatre was
originally known as the Metropolitan.
but was changed to the Academy of
Music.
Ty,,o bouso u-os rarnodalad in 1900 Tho
Merschs were owners of the property
until year ago when business reverses
compelled them to sell it under fore
closure proceedings. The property was
heavilr mortgaged. The insurance rates
We're high and mot half enough was
placed TO raise the mortgages. 1t is IN
likely that the building will be rebuilt.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
AN ECLIPSE TONIGHT.
The Moon Will be Entirely Shut Out by
the Eearth.

Unless old mother earth changes her
mind before tonight she will pass over
the lace of the moon about O'Clock, and
what's more, the average citizen here in.
Austin who desires Ito see the old lady
conduct herself upon this suspicious occa-
sion can do so with very little trouble.
The eclipse, it is predicted, will last from
:. o'clock until II, being total about 10
O'Clock. 1t will be easily discernable any
where south of Saint Louis, according to
What the astronomers say. AT any rate
it would be we'll to be on the lookout
for the eclipse tonight. Get yourself
ready about 7:30 o'clock, and then
you can see every movement of the earth
as 1T passes over the surface of the
moon. 1t has been intimated that an
effort will be made to drop all the 16 to
l silver men off onto the moon as we pass
over, but it lis not known for certain that
this can be effected as yet.
The eclipse will be as follows here in
Austin:
Moon enters penumbra 10 minutes af-
ter s O'clock.
Moon enters shadow 9:26.
Total eclipse begins 1892.
Middle of eclipse Ii :23.
Total eclipse ends 1918.
Moon leaves shadow 1.20.
Moon leaves pernumbra 2:52.
1t will be an interesting sight and as
tronomers all over America will give 1t
special attention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
WILD ENGINE CRASHED INTO
A CROWDED EXCURSION
TRAIN.
FIFTY PEOPLE MORE OR LESS
INJURED.
THE Excitement Was Terrible-Many
Jumped and Saved Themselves-The
Cars Caught Fire-Several of
the Injured Will Die.

BROOKLYN. \. Y, Sept. Am appalling
railroad accident occurred at 3:40 O'Clock
mis- afternoon near Wood,awn station OF
yle Sea Beach railroad in which 90 PEG
ale were injured
While train No. 8, drawing II cars
which were crowded almost to suffoca'
zion by excursionists. was standing at
Ehe Woodlawn station, wild engine came
laundering along in its wake and crash
ed into the rear end, telescOping II. The
car was full of passengers, most OF them
5yho came from New York
Many people saw the engine tearing
along and jumped from the train and
thus saved their lives.
A colored porter yelled to the passen-
gers to jump The runaway engine dash
ed into the rear car, smashing it into
l1indling wood and burrying men, wom-
en and children beneath it. There was
a mad rush of surging humanity from the
train. Scarcely half a dozen people kept
their heads or were able to render as
sistance TO the injured.
Patrolman Kelly, who was on duty at
the station, turned in several ambulance
calls and five ambuances from the sur
rounding hospitals promptly responded.
In the meantime the wood of the wreck
sd car caught fire and was soon in a
3 blaze. -Four cars were completely de-
stroyed before the train hands were able
10 uncouple them, and four cars were tel
escoped by the collision. Most of the in
jured We're taken to hospitals and several
will probably die.
Tonight the police authorities, who have
Engineer Frank johnson and Frank Ross,
o. the runaway engine, under arrest, say
tlat Engine No. 6, while shunting on the
track, was in danger while going back
wards of collision with another engine.
The engineer, thinking it impossible to
avoid this collision, reversed the lever
and jumped from the train, followed by
his fireman. The engine, however, jumped
forward almost Immediately and started
down the track at a terrific rate of speed,
resulting in the disaster.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
FROM TAYLOR.

Taylor, Tex, Aug. 31.-(Special)-Up
to date Taylor's wagon receipts of cotton
will amount to 354 bales. During the
tons of the weather during the past eight
weeks has initiated greatly against the
growth of the plant, which at this time
is dwarfed and late by 10 or Is days.
On account of the decrease in acreage
the long continued drouth, the crop in
this Immediate section of Williamson
county will be 80 per cent short of last
year. Fully 5 per cent of the land planted
in cotton in this section has been 4G,
saken to the grass and weeds. Prese.sI
conditions of the opening staple are uni
favorable and a shortage of % per cent
as compared with last year would be a
low estimate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
TWO GAMES AT GALVESTON

~ o~hniiHo - oEAbN bSlO4N.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 2.-(Special.) J.
The Texas Southern league championship
series for the season of 1895 was CON
ciuded today, when Galveston and Dallas
played two games at Beach park in the
presence of about 1000 spectators. The
nome team scored runs in the third in
mng and that ended their run getting.
Dallas scored in the first, second, fourth
sand sixth. The following is the summary
Galveston ......O 0 6 OF 5000 o G
Dallas .........3 1 o 20 1O0x-
EARNED runs-Gaiveston 4.
Batteries-BriStow and Weckbecker.
Clark and Killackey.
Errors-Galveston 3, Dallas II.
Umpire-Mackey.
Ted Sullivan's pitching and home runs
10y Bristow and O'Connor We're the fea-
tunes of the second game.
Bristow pitched again for Galveston
and with better success than in the first
game, allowing the Steers but two hits
Galveston got on to Teddy and ham,
mered out 10 hits. The following is the
score:
Galveston-Run 3: hits, 10; errors, 8.
Earned runs, 3. Battery-Bristow and
Weckbecker
Dallas-Runs. 3: hits, .; errors, /.
Earned runs, 2. Battery-Sullivan and
hillackey.
Umpire-Mackey.
The Dallas team returned home tonight
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
THE REVIVAL MEETINGS.
Large Increase in Attendance at Tenth
Street Methodist Church Last Night.

There was a very marked increase in
attendance at the Tenth Street Methodist
church last night. DR.. Solomon preached
from the text, "Quench not the Holy Spir-
it," and his sermon was serious and inn
pressive from beginning to end. The trend
of his argument was the personality of
the Holy Spirit, and it is safe to say no
sermon ever delivered in the Tenth Street
Methodist church along that line has ex-
ceeded dts clearness, force and impress
siveness. He started out by saying: 81
believe in the personality of the Holy
Spirit. That is, l believe He is person.
All Christians in the congregation believe
this"
He then argued that it was necessary
for man to believe in the personality of
the Holy Spirit to be a Christian, and if
they did not so believe they were not
Christians. No man can call Jesus Lord
except by the Holy Spirit. If a man does
not know the operation of the Spirit upon
his heart he is not a Christian. He is
simply playing at Christian life, and in
his everyday life he soon grows weary and
faints by the wayside. The reason of
this is tn want of faith in the personality
and powers of the Holy Spirit. He urged
his hearers to- permit themselves to be led
by the Spirit, and scores of church mem
bers took the preacher by the hand as
token of their desire to be ever so led.
Tonight DIR. Solomon will precah upon
the "Moving of the Spirit upon the hearts
of the wicked" Services at o'clock
sharp. Also this afternoon at 4:30. All
are invited
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
A SENSATIONAL TURN.
Atlanta Police and Detectives Suspicioned
of Foul Murder.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 1.-The coroner's
jury called to pass upon the death of B.
A. Bass, the we'll known commission mer-
chant, found dying in the street Friday
morning with pistol wound in his head,
from which he died without regaining con-
seriousness, has sprung a sensation. The
jury found that Bass did not die by his
own hands as the police and detectives
have been insisting that he did, but that
he was assassinated and the open charge
was made in the course of the testimony
that Bass was the victim of conspiracy
formed by members of the city defective
department, with whom he had been on
bad terms.
1t is known that he dead man, who
had been charged by the detectives with
receiving stolen goods, expected to ap-
pear, before the grand jury Monday to pre-
ferchargesagainstlthe officers and one wit
ness testified that a certain city detective
whose name he could not give, had threat
ened Bass life the day before the trass
edy.
Further and more sensational devel-
opments are promised.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
CONDITION OF TEXAS COTTON
COMMISSIONER ROSE ISSUES HIS
QUARTERLY REPORT
SHOWING THE STATUS OF COT
TON AT PRESENT.
The Crop in East Texas Suffered Some
From Too Much Rain, While the
Crop Southwark From Bell
County is Drouth Stricken

Commissioner Rose yesterday issued
his September cotton report as follows
Cup to the present date reports have
been received at this department from the
assessors of 70 counties of this State,
giving the acreage planted in cotton in
their respective counties i'm the year
and these aggregate a total of 2,122,976
acres The total acreage in cotton of
the same counties in the year 1894 was
2,50S,927. The total decrease of acreage
i'm COTTON in said counties for 1895 is
over 10 per cent. These counties in the
year 1894 produced more than half of the
entire crop of the State. From per-
sonal observation and from reliable i'm
formation gathered from conversations
and correspondence with many farmers
throughout the State, l am convinced
that the decrease in the amount of cot
ton will not be less than 27 per cent. The
crop i'm East Texas suffered much i'm the
early part of the season from too much
rain, and the crop from Bell county south
ward has been materially cut off by the
long protracted and severe drouth.
1.-The reduction i'm acreage, the fact that
many acres that were planted have never
bne worked out, and that many others
We're worked too late, and the loss sus-
tanned from too much rain one section
and the protracted aridity in one section
ana absence of rain i'm OTHERS give me
serious apprehensions that the decrease
of the product may exceed 27 per cent,
and even under most favorable condi-
lions during the balance of the season l
do not see how DIT can be less.
Hon. Hector d. Lame, commissioner
OF Alabama, recently stated in my Office
that the falling off in the crop east of
Texas would not be less than 30 per cent,
and, 1T correct, as is probably the case,
me me COTTON crop of the entire South for
1898 will not perhaps exceed 66OO,OOO
bales.
"A. ]. ROSE,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
1T RAINED TOO LATE.

Georgetown, Tex, Aug. 31.-(Special.)
IA fine rain fell yesterday, but it is
thought too late to do cotton any good, as
ithas stopped growing. Rains two weeks
ago that it was supposed would make a top
crop came too late, and experienced cot
ton men claim there won't be any top
crop and the present will all be marketed
before the 18th of November. Conserva-
tive estimates place the amount of cotton
to be marketed here this season between
5000 and 5000 bales, against $1,000 bales
last season.. Receipts up to last night are
135 bales, A bales being marketed today,
commanding 3-4 to s cents.
MIR. Schulz, cotton buyer Of Liverpool,
arrived today,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
NEW JERSEY POPS.
YIN. 3. Ellis Nominated for Governor
Greetings for Debs.

Trenton, N. j., Sept. 2.-The guberna-
torial State convention of the Peoples
party of New Jersey was held here today.
VIM. 3. Ellis of Trenton was nominated
for governor after several others had de-
clined the honor. The platform reaffirms
in 1892 and demands THE election of the
president and vice president of the United
States and of United States senator's by
popular vote. The convention adopted a
separate resolution favorable to womans
suffrage, and the chairman sent the fol
lowing telegram to 70. V. Debs.
1.-The Peoples party, in convention as
Sembled at Trenton, on Labor day, sends
greetings to Eugene V. Debs, champion
of the oppressed aud the illustrious victim
of the violation of the constitutional right
If a trial by jury"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
AT BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham, Ala, Sept. 2.-Labor day
was celebrated today ON "a most elaborate
scale. Fully $4,000 miners and other
Aaborens came Ito the city and Joined in
the local clubs celebration. A big pa
rade and trades display took place in the
morning, and in the afternoon 10000
gathered at Lakeview, popular suburban
resort, where Mayor Van Horne delivered
an address of welcome. He was followed
by Thomas Wisdom of Pittsburg, vice
president of the International Iron Mould
topics. Resolutions were adopted, de-
nouncing President Cleveland and Judge
Woods for their action in connection with
the Chicago strike and expressing sympa-
thy for Debs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-05
WEATHER INDICATIONS.

Washington, Sept. 1.-For Tennessee
and Kentucky-Nair, except in the early
morning; local showers in extreme west
ern portion; northerly winds, becoming
variable. ....
Georgia-Sbowers in southeast, fair in
northwest portions; variable winds.
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana:
local rains and thunder storms, followed
by clearing weather, northery to easterly
winds; slight changes an temperature.
Eastern Texas-Fair in south, local
showers, followed by fair in northern
portion; southeasterly winds; warmer in
northern portion.
Western Texas-Warmer; southerly
winds.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory-Fair;
southerly winds.