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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27
Nonru cAnoLiNA TRAGEDY.


Raleigh. N. c.. Feb. ga special TO
the Caucasian says there was n tragedy
IN the town OF Lexington, n. G.. today
winch grew out Of business rivalry
Dr. Lee Payne. Jr.. and Mr.. Baxter
tiemwell are both interested In ina
urug business. Payne is examiner for
some ne Insurance companies, and In
the general run OF rivalry, Hemwell
Wrote to some companies that the ex-
aminations by Payne We're no,
properly mnde. Payne charged
Hemwell with this on satur-
day night, and there were not
words which led 10 the drawing OF a
revolver by Hemwell. but there vas no
shooting.
This morning Or. II. L. Payne. the
rather or Lee Payne. saw Hemwell and
undertook to smooth matters over.
While talking about 1t Hemwell made
a remark which caused Dir. II. l..
Payne to call him liar. Hemweli
struck the doctor over the head with
a stick. inflicting an ugly wound.
DR.. Payne turned to get revolver.
when Hemwell opened fire upon him,
but without effect. Payne's revolvers
proved to be rusty from want OF use,
and would not FIRE.
Dr. Lee Payne, hearing the shooting,
came out OF his house and opened nre
on Hemwell and Hemwell returned the
fire. They shot until both revolvers
were empty. Later in che day Hem
well shot and killed DIR. r. l.. Payne.
and is said to have shot three other
men. He was arrested tonight and
Jailed, after having dehed the officers
of the town and nearly 80 citizens OF
several hours.
His wife is in jail with him. the event
having 50 completely unnerved her
that the officers could not resist her
pleadings to be allowed TO accompany
him.
The town is in the widest commotlon
and excitement.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Claude. Tex. Feb. 2G.--Distrlct court
convened here yesterday. There being
nothing on the docket ready for trial
all cases were continued and the petit
jury discharged.
A steady rain has been falling all
day, which Is very encouraging 10 those
intending TO plant feed crop. The
ground is now thoroughly wet for tine
first time In eight or ten months.
Business IL gradually improving.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Dallas Tex, Feb. 20. THE jury in the
Amos Brewer murder case were out
just ten minutes when they brought in
verdict of acquittal.
Brewer was indicted for the muir
der Of Ira b. oliver near Farmers
Branch last July.
Brewer and Oliver had been working
together and on the day OF the death
Of Oliver they separated, near where
the body was found Brewer to return
to his home near Paris, and oliver to
go to Fannin county in search OF
work.
Every one OF the states witnesses
corrObOrated Brewers statement in
detail, except Miss Minnie Williams.
who testified that Brewer told her he
killed Oliver. AT the inquest the only
wound found on oliver was where his
throat had been cut. But Miss Will
liams testified on the eNanttilng trial
OF Brewer that Brewer told her he
fiI..t shot oliver in the back OF the
head and then cut his throat. The
body of Oliver was then eNhumcd and
n bullet hole found In the back of his
head.
The state failed to prove any motive
for the murder
Brewer. a mere boy, was cool in de-
pertinent and straightforward and per-
iectiy consistent IN his statements
throughout. by which he made a most
favorable impression on the court and
jury and spectators.
Yet the mysterious part of the mat
ter to everybody is how Miss Williams
knew about the bullet hole in the back
Of divers head. Somebody that knew
must have told her about II.
Another mystery is how could a sui
eide deal two such deadly wounds to
himself with two different weapons Ia
0Snife.and a pistol with his own hands,
and If It was not suicide. who is
the murderer?
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Hannibal. o.. Feb. 25.--The eleventh
annual encampment of the Missouri
division Sons Of Veterans convened in
this city today and will remain in ses-
sion two days. The Missouri division
embraces the states OF Missouri. Ar
kansas and Texas, and large number
of delegates and representatives are
present. Nearly all ahe officers were
present at roll call, and they lmmed-
lately proceeded to business. The Of
iieers for the ensuing year will be elect
ed tomorrow,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Vienna. Feb. 2s.--crowds visited the
parish church OF Hofburg today TO view
the remains Of the late Field Marshal
Albrecht, where they have been lying
In state since their arrival here.
lin NJ IL O'Clock. and was received with
ceremony by Emperor Francis Joseph
and all the archdukes.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

In the Knights OF Honor for $1,000 also
carried Insurance In the Order OF Good
Fellows. Deceased came TO this city
carpenter 10y trade. Returning last
night on the II o'clock Rock island
traln from Bridgeport, he was seen In
the city. but II appears he never went
10 his home. His family meyer knew
ne had returned until his body was
found hanging by the neck In Inc
buggy shed this morning
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Rowie. Tex, Feb. 2s.-s. w. Atkin-
son suicided here last night by hang
ing himself. He left a letter to his
wife giving her advice as 10 now TO
manage TO support the family, and
fastened as the cause OF his act finan-
elaI embarrassments. Hs was insured
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

washington. Feb, ss-List of patents
for Texas; c Ansn DALLAS
t,ssv danger signal, Horatio q.
h IT. White Bah and J. L. White.
Aq p,asi attachments. VIM. =. Harmon
Ia l.. Garwood, Houston. two pat
ents.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Corslcana, Tex, Feb. 25.--sheriff
Weaver received a telegram from
sears & co. 10 the effect that their
storehouse was broken open last night
and burglarized. How much was stoi-
ON Is not stated.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Best typewriter linen, Just received.
r. w, WALKER, Printer and Sta
TONER. corner First and Main SITS.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Important. Salvation oil. the great
est cure on earth for pain. is only &c.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27
"Disfigured !
For Life"

Is the despairing cry of thousands
SM afflicted with
NJ Unsightly skin dis
o(SupiF0 eases.
%y I'4setg}Do you realize
4 ny what this disfigu-
= nj 3 ration means to
L z sensitive soulsi
1t means ISOLATION, seelusion.
1t lisa BAL to social and business success.
Do you wonder that despair seizes
upon these sufferers when
Doctors fail, standard remedies fail,
And nostrums prove worse than use
lessl
Skin diseases are most obstinate TO
cure or even relieve.
II is an easy matter to claim to cure
them, but quite another thing TO
do so.
CUTICURA REMEDIES
Have earned the right to be called
Skin Specifies,
Because for years they have met
with most remarkable success.
There are cases that they cannot cure,
but they are few indeed.
II is no long-drawn-out, expensive
experiment.
25c. invested in cake Of
CUTICURA SOAP
VIII prove more convincing than
apage Of advertisement.
In short
CUTICURA works wonders,
And its cures are simply marvellous.
$40 s.sryyh.rs; Pics. cyrsy... ,ss.s sss,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-27

Sod e~sry~hsre. Pnes, Curievss. ,se.i Seas,
ssc; HEsoLynar, s.. poTTrs DsUo Asp CsAn.
cssr.. seis Props. bo.saa- "Asisa The Ska fss.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
IN A FELLOWS CELL.
George O'Brien, Son OF Chicago
millionaire, Awaiting Trial
for Forgery.

The preliminary examination of George
O'Brien on the charge of forgery will be
held in Judge Joachimsen's court to-mor-
row. He is accused of forging the name of
j. B. Garland of the Globe Publishing
Company to a check for $40, which he
passed on J. P. Langdon, a saloon-keeper.
Every effort is being made by his friends
to save him from punishment, but the
parties interested are determined to push
the case against him.
O'Brlen's father is Martin O'Brien, a
Chicago capitalist, who made his fortune
as proprietor of fine art store on Wabash
avenue. After graduating from college
young o. Brien took up newspaper work in
Chicago and was for a time attached to
the staff of the Chicago Herald. Later
during the Worlds Fair he engaged in
business on his own account. He lived a
fast life and his father had heavy bills to
meet for his extravagant expenditures.
Some FEARS ago his father sent him to
Seattle where he engaged in newspaper
work, and when the northern real-estate
boom burst it left him penniless. He re-
turned to Chicago and continued his gay
life and finished up by eloplng with an
actress, which turned his father against
him. The actress left him in Mexico and
he arrived in this City recently almost
penniless. He soon wasted all his money
in drink.
He declares that if convicted he will
never go TO the penitent iacy alive.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30

been engaged in mining | have never seen
such a magnificent proposition before
The whole country seems to be alive with
gold. All of the theories of geology have
been exploded and laws that mining men
have always recognized are defied
''On the property recently purchased by
Hayward and Lane the prospects are mag
nificent. One of the best known mining
men in the State told me that they had
S120, 000, 900 in sight and that it would take
seventy years to work 1t out. The cost OF
bringing water in to work the gravel will
be $4,000. 1t is to be piped from Fish
Valley Creek, on the north branch of the
Carson River, near Silver King Mountain.
1t is by far the most wonderful mining dis
covery ever known and the proba bility of
a thriving town springing up in the dill
trict is not to be sneered at.
Carson City, the capital of the State,
has taken on new dress and property has
gone up 100 per cent. Houses that were
renting for $40 now bring $50, and real es-
tate is at a premium. There is a prospect
for Carson to become a much larger city
than any other in Nevada, and when the
owners of the Buckeye mines begin work,
there will be some lively times in ola
Nevada"
What is the theory regarding the pecu-
ha .rIT OF the formation ~ J, was asked.
eral. Personally l am inclined to the be-
lief that the richest gravel they have found
is but continuation of the lost river bed
which appeared to have given out near
Placerville. Itappears that the rich placer
mines around that section petered out sud
denly as though the old river channel had
been cut off and removed to some other
part of the country. Perhaps that was
OF hot hen a rfo
of Nevada, near the California line, shows
volcanic evidence, and it is possible that
the river bed was thrown on the side of the
Sierra Nevada range during some convul-
sion of nature. In that event, figuring on
the river bed following its known course,
the other end of it would have been cast off
in Nevada. Remember that is but theory
very much as though it was the most
reasona BILE conclusion.
1.-THE statement that there is $12O. 900 900
in sight is due to the belief that there is at
least three feet of placer ore covering a
great portion of the 100 acres of mineral
ground. This is putting it at low esti-
mate, as the recent prospects show. In sew
eral places they have sunk shafts forty feet
deep and have not yet come to bedrock. If
such conditions continue to develop, the
country will be the most marvellous ever
known in the history of mining.
.'All of the mining claims around the
Silver Lake district have gone up in the
market and are now being bonded. The
Schultz and Zirn group bonded by Chi
cago capital is about to be bought up.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars was to have
been paid in December and the rest in
June of the following year, but the parties
purchasing have agreed to pay the whole
amount, $4,000, in December and take
possession of the mines. The Monarch
group has been bonded for 100000 to cap
italists in Chicago. who are about prepar-
ing to close the deal. Miners who located
there when the excitement began some
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30

five years ago are now holding on to their
claims to see what the market brings forth.
''The result of the boom is that great
deal of unprospected country is being
worked by miners for all it is worth. The
stimulus, which appears to have got a
good start, is proving of considerable
worth to Nevada and in the spring great
many idle miners will find employment
in the Silver Lake district. 1t would be
bad policy for miners to go up there now,
as there are no cabins to speak of and little
timber from which to construct them.
Winter is coming on, and the man who
goes there now will find it difficult to do
very much substantial prospecting. [
would not care to spread fictitious reports
regarding the extent of the lode, and I'M
less miner can afford to grubstake him
self until he finds something it would be
unwise for him to operate there.
Willis Clarke, a resident of Carson,
arrived in San Francisco yesterday and
corroborated the statements made by Gen
eral Roberts. He says there never seemed
to be more favorable opportunity for
capital to come into Nevada than at the
present time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
NEW SCHEDULE OF FEES,
The County Clerk Now Does
Business Under the General
Law.
Very Material Changes Graduated
Rather Than Fixed
Rates.

Acting under the advice of his attorney
County Clerk Curry yesterday began to
assess fees under the general fee bill passed
by the last Legislature, the special law I'M
der which he has acted heretofore having
been declared by the Supreme Court IN
constitutional.
The changes in the fees required are
very material, and while in some instances
they are much reduced the Clerk is of the
opinion that on the whole the treasury
will be benefited.
The charge heretofore for bringing suit,
for instance, has been S. so, while under
the schedule of the new law it is but Sc.
The charge of 81 for the entry of Judgment
has been abolished.
On the other hand the charge for filing
answer and demurrer is 81, and should any
additional defendant file notice of his in
tention to defend the action he is charged
the sum of 81.
For filing notice of motion for a new
trial the charge is 81, which is an addition
to the former schedule, as is also the
charge of 81 for the issuance of writ of
execution or other order o., sale of property.
Under the old law the charge for atfix-
ing certificate to any document was
cents per folio. Formerly the Justice
Court clerks fee was so cents. It is now
25 cents. The price for filing remittitur
is now so cents and every claim against an
iasolvent has tax of Is cents attached to it.
In the Probate Court the fee OF So for
commencing proceedings is increased to S.,
and the fixed fee of $40 at the close is made
a graduated one of 81 on every $1,000 over
5000 of appraised valne. This schedule
will of course fall heavily upon the big
estates, while the smaller ones will come
off lightly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
CONCERT BY CHILDREN.
Little People of Tender Years
Give Their Services for
Charity.
Helen Dodd Distinguishes Herself as
Pianist A Baby
Dancer.

The children's concert, given in the AS
ISOLATION auditorium last night, was a
complete success artistically and, to jud &c
from the large house, very respectable
sum must have been raised toward start
ing building fund for the Kings Daugh-
ters' Home TO r Incurables.
More than twenty little girls under II
years of age took part in the performance,
which was under the direction of Miss Ida
Diserens, assisted by Miss Charlotte Ebbets
and Miss Joey Low.
Some of the little performers were only 4
and years old and those on the shady
side OF ten were quite in the minority.
Haydn's ''Toy" symphony, the allegro,
menuetto and finale, formed the overture.
1t was played with remarkable grace and
precision by the following little girls:
May Schlutler, Irene Muzzy, Iva Knowl-
ton, Stella Ford, Fernando Doria. Lucy
Jordan, Winnie Moody, Florence Mach
trieb, Barbara Partmann, Edith STANDARD
Annie Herbst. They were conducted by
MISS Dlserens and accompanied by Miss
Pratt
Helen Dodd, q wonderfully gifted little
pianist years of age, played four different
numbers during the course of the evening.
In the duo for two pianos, q sonatina bv
Clement, she was accompanied by Miss
Diserens, and young as she was little
Helen showed remarkable appreciation
for the quaint grace of the old masters
music. Her solos, all of which she PLAYED
charmingly, were "Nocturne" by Field
a Schumann album Leaf ana Smith 8
shepherd Boy
The Pasmore children DISTINGUISHED
themselves in trio for piano and strings
Little Dorothy, the ce1lisJ (6 years ofd1
phrased very artistlcally, and Susie showed
herself to be an able accompanist. Marv
Pasmore, in addition to playing in the
trio, also rendered we'll three solos, two of
which were by Schubert The other in
strumental1sts, who also won warm an
plause. were the little pianists, Elsie Gel
larius and Fernando Doria and Paula
Wolff, who played two harp solos. Theresa
Ehrman showed herself to be a finished
pianist for IL years old.
Stella Ford and Viola Samter were both
pleasing vocalists, Maud Muller recited
well and four-year-o old Zeala Cook danced
like an incipient Taglioni. The audience
was very enthusiastic, and all the little
performers had recalls and flowers.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
A Wonderful Tale of Gold Comes
From the State of
Nevada.
GENERAL ROBERTS RETURNS
He Brings Back Information About
Buckeye That Will Startle the
Mining World.

Some very startling mining news comes
from the State of Nevada, which, if true.
will result in the revival OF mining in that
State.
General Oliver Roberts, who owns sew
eral mining claims in the vicinity of Buck
eye, group of mines recently bought by
Messrs. Hayward and Lane for $3.50 1000,
has just returned from the district, and in
conversation with CALL reporter yester-
day said:
SIT is almost impossible of belief but it
is nevertheless true that the greatest de-
post of gold-bearing ore ever known of in
the United States has been discovered in
Silver Lake district. l went out to the
Buckeye mines and made close examine
tion of the whole district.
II am frank to admit that since have
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
Sad Little Boys and Girls.

The little girl and boy lovers of juvenile
literature, of the old fashioned sort, who
daily mourn the fact that the fairies are no
more, might find ground for comfort by
visiting the San Francisco Shoe House to.
day at 931 and 933 Market street, opposite
Mason. Only day before yesterday was
the new furniture received and placed in
position and the profuse and pretty decora-
tons so noticeable yesterday, and the i'm
mense throng of visitors last night, were
in honor of the formal opening. Critical
men and women who have travelled a bit
on both continents, pronounced the store
the most beautiful they had ever seen.
George E. Fairchild, the president and
general manager, is certainly to be con-
graduated on the reception his efforts have
met with in this CITY.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
A PUBLIC EVENING"
Entertainment of the Portia Law Gu
To-Nipht

Entertainment of the Portia Law Club
Tonight.
The fourth public evening of the Portia
Law Club will be held tonight in Beetho-
ven Hall, Post street, near Powell. The
following programme will be presented:
Two violin solos, introduction and valse
(Ch. Dancla). Miss Mamie Conlin and Miss An
ME Benson pupils of T. D. Herzogl; song, "Be-
loved Again" (Barri), Miss Fannie z. Ryan
either solo, "Old Folks at Home" with varia-
tionsl (Forster), Emil Bachman; address by
Mrs. Clara Shortrldge Foltz, dean of the Portia
Law Club; song, selected, J. w. wilkins; violin
duetists, ''Klange aus dem Thuringer Wald''
&c. GeipeD, Miss Mamie Conlin and Miss Annie
Benson; farce, "The Happy Pair" Mrs. Honey
ton, Mr.. Honeyton, Miss Agnes Noonan, Miss
May P. Andrew pupils of Jessie Calhoun An
derson); Martin Schultz, accompanist.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
G|BSON'S DRAWINGS,
Decorative Effect Of
Pen and Ink Sketches.

The original drawings of Gibson,
Sterner, Renouard and most of other
pen and ink artists are in immense
favor, but hard to obtain.
The demands of this new fad must
be satisfied, and mum berless artists and
amateurs have been obliged to copy IL
Illustrations of the masters or create
new cartoons.
For surprises, jokes and gifts, these
cartoons are very suitable and in ex-
cellent taste.
Prompt to realize the strength of the
new craze and it's peculiar require
ments, we have sought everywhere,
here and in Europe, the best, the latest
materials for framing these delightful
bits.
Mats of colors, asse-partouts of deli
cate tints were first secured-gray, ma
room. sage green and sepia. some forty
colors in all.
holdings. which for shape, color
and finish have been declared 'tup to
date" by popular artists, have been
made specially or imported. Warm
mahogany. delicate maple, severe oak
are the best, they say, and we have
them all in great variety of shapes,
sizes, colors, to suit the most exacting.
A great collection of holdings has
been added to our already large stock.
Green and gold, the latest fancy, is
well represented. In fact all that is
new, that is the latest in artistic franz
ing of pictures, is to be found here at
our usually popular prices.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
COMSTOCK'S ARREST.
Captain Lees Knows Nothing of FL i'm
and Did Not Order His
Detention.

The news conveyed from New Y ork that
Charles M. Comstock of this City had
been arrested there for stealing jewels
valued at $4,000 from Mrs. Caroline Cotton
Martin of Berkeley created much interest
and many inquiries were made as to his
connections here.
Captain Lees said last evening that he
knew nothing of the affair or of Comstock
except by hearsay, and that the young
man had not been arrested on any orders
from him.
He stated that he understood that a firm
of attorneys, employed by Mrs. Martin to
learn the whereabouts of the jewels which
she had given Comstock through mis-
representation, had wired to the New
York authorities, and that it was probably
through their efforts that he had been ap-
pretended. He knew of no steps that had
been taken to bring Comstock here.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
REPUBLICANS ORGANIZE.
The Forty-Third Distl let Formed Club
of Its Own.

The Forty-Third DistI let Formed Club
of It's Own.
Republicans of the Forty-third Assembly
District last night formed club Under the
direction of General &. w. Backus, the
representative of the Republican Executive
Council.
General Backus called the meeting to Or
der and stated the objects of the call to be
an effort to organize Republican clubs in
each Assembly district, not only in San
Francisco, but throughout the entire State,
to the end that a more perfect system be
established, and that harmony might be
promoted in the party.
A temporary organization was effected
by choosing c. L. Bonstell president and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-30
Frank NJ. Palmer Dead.

Frank NJ. Palmer of the firm of DuBary &
Co., the Mumm champagne representatives in
the United States, died recently in the East
from blood-poisoning, arising from a small
cerbuncle which appeared on his foot Mr..
Palmer was, perhaps, as well known in San
Francisco as any representative of the Eastern
houses who ever came TO San Francisco. He
had a host of friends in this City, as well as in
other places along the coast, who will be
grieved 10 hear that he has gone over to the
silent majority.