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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Feast 20 Maceo,s SLAYER.

Havana, Dec. 2o.-The CORES.
pondent of the Associated Press
left Havana at an early hour this
morning by rail for Mariana and
thence by coach, to attend the
grand FEAST, rendered to Major
Cirujeda at Punta Bra "a, in honor
of his part in the killing of Maceo.
1t was like a summer day, and the
coai vas lined with troops, the
fentire distance, to protect the per.
SONS attenning the feast from the
city.
Before the feast there was a
grand pageant, which was wit
messed with great enthusiasm.
The feast was inaugurated with a
military mass, Major Cirujeda's
column, and the guerilla forces,
under Peral, which fought at
Punta Bravo when Maceo was
killed, being the participants, and
the chaplain of the San Quintin
battalion officiating.
After the mass and the feast, the
correspondent visited the spot at
at Conception where the fight
with Maceo occurred. He was
accompanied by the guide who
led the troops OH that occasion,
and was shown the exact spot
where the clash between the OPP
posing sides took place. The
conversation Of the guide fully
confirmed the reports Of the oc-
curence already cabled.
The feast to Major Cirujeda
was given under the auspices !
the Central CALICO, and was "a
splendid banquet, r,2oo plates be.
ing laid. Major Cirujeda, his
officers, and the men Of the col
umn were the honored guests.
The Havana Groeers' Exchange
sent to Major Cirujeda and to the
three wounded officers of his staff
splendid watches. The Havana
Casino and the Civieo Militar sent
thousands Of cigarettesland cigars
as a present to the soldiers.
The feast passed off in the best
order, cheers being given fol
Spain, the Queen Regent, the
Minister Of War, Captain General
Wey,er, the Marquis Of Ahumada,
he army and navy, and Major
Cirujetla. II was voted u "a ii
mously by the participants in the
feast ~ petition the town .ouncil
to change tie name o. AZ &.
Bravo to San Quintin, In honor u
'!aior Cirujeda's battalion. A
telegram of felicitation was sent
to Major cirujcda's wife, and be.
fore the feast broke M a message
was received from IT,. Queen Re
gent, through the Marquis o.
Afumada. congratulating hei
sois1n, the young Alfonso, Mar
quis dc Grijalba, who came vol
UNFAIRLY 10 serve as a corporal I'M
der Major Cirujeia.
Il was noticed along the rout,
to Punta Bravo that many house.
had been destroyed within sight
of the roadside.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

Subscribers 10 the BeII Telephone will
take notice that the exchange will oh
serve ~ Iday hours tomorrow Christ.
masj This IL done so that each oi the
employees may observe tie dsy. Beai
this fact In mind
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
Special scrrices.

Tbrfe will be special services al tie
mission church al Five Points tomof.
row. The frst service will be held atAfi
o'clock: She second uneat 4 o'clock and
the third one At 7'5o o'eock. The pub
c 4 cordially Invited 10 attend.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
FL. L5GEN & JONES.
Do Not Read This.

Only for those interested in bargains his CHEAP cash store aud lad
or 81 low prices on Of making change in business will sell
Cahng cheaper than will quote you few Of my bargas
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

The Christmas servicssof Main Street
Sunday school will take place At the
chutci, this evening II 6;so O'Clock. All
are cordially invited 10 attend.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24
SHOES REDUCED

sSsAny Other Goods in Proportion.NCC
~> MORRIS HASKELL.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

We are offering, at Manufacturers
prices A large and select line of
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1896-12-24

mcloyef HiIl,, Brand butter isguafan.
leed fresh, pure, and delicions.
E o. PATTERsoN.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Declined to be Paid TwIce.

Congress at the last session made an
appropriation of $41, 701. 95 with which
to pay the assignees of the New York
and New Orleans Steamship company,
from which the government, in 1861,
purchased the steamships De Soto and
Bienville for war purposes. The Sec
retary of the navy few days ago
began sending out drafts to the differ
ent bene6Ciaries named in the appro-
priation. About $1,000 or more were
paid out when Secretary Herbert re-
ceived a communication from Mr.. X.
FL. Lewis, of Raleigh. N. c., one of
the persons included in the bill, In
which the recipient of the government
money returned it to the secretary of
the navy with the statement !hat he
had been paid the AMOUNT about twenty
years ago. and for this reason did not
want to take payment twice for the
same claim. An investigation was at
once set on foot, when the discovery
was made that the statement of tho
gentleman from Raleigh was but too
true. The mistake in paying the claim
a second time is being explained away
by the statement that it was an error
in bookkeeping, but it is very probable
that Uncle Sam will have to whistle
for the money already paid out.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
- 4. ST. JOSEPH La, FRIDAY, JULY "a, 1896.

claims is brought out in the report of
the annual inspection of the files of the
pension bureau. This tedious exami-
nation by large corps of clerks has
just been completed, and the result
shows the effect of the policy of Sec
rotary Hoke Smith and Commissioner
Murphy in urging the expedition of all
claims ready for final action, SO that
the pensions may inure to the inme-
diate benefit of the claimants. Since
July 1, 1925, the total number Of pen
sion claims Of all kinds and classes
pending before the office has decreased
56,546. This leaves the aggregate
number now awaiting action 495, ,664.
The number on the pension rolls is
steadily decreasing, and the forthcom-
ing report of the commissioner of PEN
sions, which will be submitted within
six weeks, will show the total number
of pensions everywhere to be little
over $40, 900, slight decline. Official
estimates place the number of deaths
of pensioners during the fiscal year
Just closed at about 10000.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Someone's Commuted.

President Cleveland has commuted
to imprisonment for life the death SEN
teDces imposed upon three Texans,
John g. Ball, Tom Davis and Taylor
Hickman. They were to be hanged
September 4th next. In the case Of
Ball, the president says that while no
has been twice convicted of murder,
the judge and district-attorney both
urge the Communication on the ground
of the youth of the convict and for
other cogent reasons. Davis and
Hickman are full-blooded Indian boys
of IA and 13 respectively, without
any appreciation of the enormitY of
the brutal and cold-blooded homicide
committed by them, and in their cases
also the judge and district-attorney
strongly urge the Communication.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Car Barns Destrored.

The car barns of the Chicago City
Railway Company, at Cottage Grove
Avenue, near Thirty ninth street, were
destroyed by fire Saturday night. The
barns occupied three -fourths OF square.
They we're filed with cars, being the
stable for the entire system. The COM
pany lost 554 cars, 100 Of them being
grip oars. Not thing in the building
was saved. The loss is estimated at
fully $500, 900, the buildings and con-
tents being insured for S311, 900. The
fire, once started, burned with great
rapidity. and the firemen experienced
great difficulty in preserving many Of
the adjoining buildings They man.
aged, however, TO confine the fire to the
barns. Pipeman Samuel Sullivan, was
badly hurt by portion of the front wall
when it toppled over, but his injuries
will not prove fatal A fire engine was
smashed the same wall. It is
thought the IRE originated from the
crossing Of two electric light wires.
OF thirty horses in the barn, sixteen,
were saved and fourteen we're burned
in their stalls.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Levee Board Meeting.

The Fifth Louisiana Levee Board
met at Delta, Wednesday, when the
new board was organized. the old hav-
ing adjourned sine die. Col. F. L..
Maxwell was reelected president, and
A. Il. Lane, of Tallulah, secretary,
succeeding w. H. Shields. of Vidalia.
The president was instructed to adver-
tise Immediately for bids for $3.50, 900
of enlargement work in the district,
payable two-thirds out of the revenues
OF the present year and the remainder
out OF next years receipts. Contrac-
tors were notified by resolution that
the board would advance interest on
all expenditures in the district by
United States engineers out of allot-
ments by the government not available
until the winter of 1S97-9S. 1t was
agreed that bitches should be cut to
drain Diamond Island and Hard Times,
Wilson levees. Taxes were levied as
follows for the current year: Fifty
cents on each bale of cotton and an
additional five cents on every acre of
land, and an advalorem tax of ten mills
on all taxable property in the district.
The Lake Providence and Tallulah
Telegraph Company was granted right
of way over the levees. Much routine
business was transacted during the So.
sion. Capt @. Med. Townsend, of
United States engineers, was in at
tendance, and gave the board to un-
derstand that the funds at his disposal
would be required for levee work north
of Arkansas City.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24

A cloudburst in the mountains Sat
urday afternoon north of old Fort
Bliss, swept several hundred feet Of
the Santa Fe track into the Rio
Grande. The Rio Grandet has been
entirely dry for the past two months
aud now is filed with raging torrent
fed by rushing streams descending
from hundred arroyos and canous.
A number of animalsand several per-
sons had narrow escapes from drown
ing. A Mexican was crossing the dry
bed of the river in q buggy when he
saw a mighty wave of water coming
and he barely escaped being washed
away.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
swa9 Recovered.

With the exception of $12,O in
bonds. the proceeds Of. the robbery of
''the Jefferson street miser," Christie
pher Schrage. which occurred last
March, have been recovered through
the confession of John Mclean who
has been undergoing severe cross ex-
animation at the hands of the police
for several days. Saturday morning
Mclean weakened and consented to
lead the detectives to house in Shields
avenue, Chicago, where, neatly wrapped
in tin box, All but Sl2, 600 Of the sto-
len securities we're found buried in the
cellar. The victim of the robbery. an
old man with the habit of hermit, lived
in little shsnty at Il South Jefferson
street. Each night after supper IL was
his custom to take out the hoardings
and count them over. While he was
thus engaged. March "a. two men called
at .he house and told the old man they
were in quest of room. When the
old mans back was turned the bandits
threw him to the floor, bound and
gagged him and leisurely made of ~sith
the $40, 725 in money and bonds.
Over SIC, 900 worth Of mortgages were,
however, overlooked. Six men are
now under arrest charged with COM
plicity In the robbery. They are: Ed.
II. Smith, proprietor Of the Road
House on fifty-frst street, who, it is
alleged, had $40. 900 worth Of the stolen
bonds. which he claims tc have bought,
in Lis possession; John McLesn,
Joseph Gordon, notorious crscksmen;
Chris s. Strook, Sleepy" Burke,
Barney Hunt, the latter five charged
with being implicated in the robbery,
Chief Badenoch is said to have $4,000
Of the recovered securities safe at the
central station
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Suit Against David ). Ferris.

Messrs. Meyer & Weinberg, mer-
chants of Lamourie postoffice. near
Alexandria, through their attorneys,
White & Thornton, filed a suit Satur-
day against David s. Ferris, accom-
panied with an application for trial
of sequestration, for the sum of 1926,
money and supplies alleged to have
been advanced him by said firm in the
cultivation and production of sugar on
his Ashton plantation during the year
1895. In pursuance of this trial Dep
uty Sheriff M. W. Baillio sc questered
and took into his possession sixty-four
barrels of sugar and 154 cars of cane
in process of manufacture.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Shot by a Negro.

Sunday night about 9 o'clock some
negroes were engaged in drunken
row on the plantation Of Major F. NJ.
Roxsdale, about two and half miles
above Alexandria, and his son, Sidney
Roxdale, a young man about eighteen
years of age, went to the quarters to
quiet them, when one of the number,
Horace Collins, aged twenty years, Sc
cured double -barrelled shot gun and
stepping behind the house fired both
barrels at Mr.. Roxsdale, but fortu-
nately neither of the loads took effect.
Collins bears a very bad reputation,
having already served sentences in the
parish Jail for larceny and other Of
lenses. After the shooting he made
his escape and has not yet been cap
tured.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
ALabor Riot I'm massachusetts,.

Trouble which has been brewin 6 for
some time between Contractor Evelin,
who is constructings a sewer in Melrose,
Mass, and his Italian employees, cul-
minuted in q riot early Wednesday
morning, IN which Mr.. Evelin was at
tackled by several Italians and injuries
considered serious were inflicted upon
him. The arrival of citizens and the
police prevented greater disturbance.
The trouble, which was originally stir
red up by a.few turbulent members OF
Mr.. Evelin's force, was augmented by
the alleged failure of the contractor to
pay the men the full amount Of wages
due them. Mr.. Evelin claims that the
men have all received the full amount
due them, except such part of their
wages as he is entitled to retain under
the law.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
family, to whom the deceased was in
deed loyal SON and brother.


Sugar House and Residence Burned.
Sunday morning about o'clock the
sugar house and one residence on Mr..
Leon Godchaux's Souvenir" planta-
tion, about three miles west of Dom
aldsonville, was totally destroyed by
FIRE. Sugar drying was just being
completed, and people were in the mill
at the time the fire started, but
as it originated in q part of the
mill used only for storage purposes, it
was not discovered until too late to
save anything. The loss on buildings
and machinery is about S77, 900.
There were 500 barrels of sugar in the
storeroom and two very large tanks of
molasses, ell of which was destroyed.
1t is supposed that the mill was set on
fire, as parts of the building had been
saturated with oil.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Perry's Expedition.

Lieut.. r. E. Perry Thursday tsle-
graphed the navy department from
Sydney, Cape Breton Island, as fol-
lows: my steamer, Hope, sails at
noon Thursday. Expect to remain until
the last of September" The officer is
understood to be in search of a vast
meteorite, discovered by him on his
last polar expedition. butwhich he was
not then able to bring away.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Bond Issues Investigation.

Senator Harris, chairman OF the SEN
ate committee to investigate the recent
bond issues, says he has not yet de-
termined whether the committee will
wait until fall before going on with its
investigation, or will complete the
work, frame the report and make it
public this summer. The last meeting
adjourned subject to the call of the
chairman, and the present purpose is
TO wit until fall before continuing the
inquiry, but Senator Harris says that
conditions may arise, incident to the
campaign, that would make it desir-
able to present all the facts and the re-
port to the public at once In doing
this. he added, no political motives
would be involved, aud the only pur-
pose would be to clear up doubts and
unfounded charges growing ont of the
excitement arising from national con-
test. The chairman says that If public
misrepresentation should arise on the
bond question, it would be proper to
1--WE the public the amplest information
without reference to whom it would
benefit or injure.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Brakeman McDougal Dies.

The unfortunate brakeman. T. E.
McDougal, who met with the sad acci-
dent at Nstalbany, near Hammond,
Friday, died Saturday morning at 5
o'clock His remains were taken to
Grand Junction Saturday night, where
a grief stricken father and two sisters
await them. The deceased stood high
IN the estimation Of all who knew him,
and all attest to his worth as railroad
man and citizen. The sad affair has
ELECTED more than ordinary interest,
and the sympathy of the community
in general and of his fellow-lsborers in
particular. goes out to his bsresyed
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
wholesale Murder.

A. J. Call and Nettle Call, his daugh-
ter. were killed in shanty boat six
miles east of Huntington, w. Va,
Monday morning. Lollie Call viii also
die and several small children are at
the point of death. Eta Robbins is in
Jail accused of the murder of all Of
them, using as q weapon a double BIZ
ak. Call and daughter. who ,nrc dead,
have their heads severed, ansI all the
children are slashed in horrible man.
ner. One woman leaped into the river
and saved her life. The greatest ex-
citement prevails. No cause is assigned
for the deed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24

Judge Yerkes, of Philadelphia, Pa,
has filed his reasons for refusing to
grant o new trial for James B. Gentry,
the convicted murderer Of Actress
Madqe Yorke. Counsel for the con-
demned man at once took an appeal to
the supreme court The judge says
the only question in the case was the
degree of murder and the court finds
no substantial reason to disturb the
verdict.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Foundation Laid for a Refinery.

The Rose Hill Planting and Refining
Company have laid the foundation of
their large refinery, to be built four
miles south of Abbeville. 1t will in a
few days break dirt on their three
miles of railroad, which will connect
the refinery with the 1. and V. Rail-
road. This work will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible. 1t
will be ready to take off the present
crop. When completed it will be one
of the finest plants in the State.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
school Teacher Dlsappear..

Considerable excitement was created
in Carencro Thursday morning when
it was learned that Prof. Claude Mar
tin had disappeared from his home.
leaving letter merely announcing his
intended departure. Prof. Martin is
connected with the best families of that
parish, and much alarm is felt over his
peculiar action. He has been princi-
pals of one of the public schools and is
strictly moral and upright. The most
diligent inquiry can discover no cause
for his act nor clue as to his where
abouts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Murderers Arrested.

Sheriff Kilbourne has Ed. Higgin-
bothsm and NUM- Alphonse in jail at
Clinton. Ed Higginbotham killed
Archy johnson near Slaughter, on the
plantation of B. F. Appleby. Justice
of the Peace Carter held the inquest
on Johnson's body, and the jury found
that johnson came to his death by a
cut in the back from knife in the
hands of Ed Higginbotham. NUM- Al
phonse was incarcerated with Higgin-
botham as accessory to the killing. All
the parties are colored.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
MIR. Beard to Replace DIR. Knapp

Minister Terrell telegraphed Secre-
tary Olney Saturday that in accord
ance with his understanding with the
sultan, that when missionary left an
other should takehis place. Mr.. Beard
has gone to Bitlis to replace DR..
Knapp, who was ordered to Constan-
tinople for trial upon s-charge of en-
.eopraging reAeAion. United States
Consul Bergholz is at Erzeroum, with
partial recognition by the government.
The sultan declares the report that he
ever ordered the expulsion of Ameri-
can missionaries to be false.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Paymaster webster Dismissed.

Judge-Advocate General Lemley,
of the navy, has received the report of
the court-martial in the case of Past
Assistant Paymaster E. b. Webster,
stationed at Mare Island, Cal. The
charge was that the paymaster took
cash instead of a bond from clerk, as
q means of indemnity and did not re-
turn the money when the clerk left the
service. The court finds Webster gull
ty and sentences him to dismissal. The
papers are being prepared for final
submission to Secretary Herbert.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24

An engine and freight train collided
on the incline on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy main line six miles
from Quincy, III. Both engines we're
demolished, and the engineer and fire.
man of the freight train, S. Hammer
and Louis Athy, respectively, were
killed. Fred. Smith, fireman on the
engine, was fatally injured. His en-
gineer, Vanstenberg, jumped and
escaped with slight injuries.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Preparing Another Cuban Expedition.

The New York Herald Friday morn
ing said: ''Much activity has been
observed ct the Cuban headquarters
during the last three days, due to prep
srations for an expedition which is to
sail very soon on the steamer Bermuda.
The steamers machiney has all been
overhsuled at Philadelphia and her
speed has been Increased. The expe-
dition, which has been ordered to leave
Philadelphia on the Bermuda, will be
led by Col. Csbrers, an old veteran
of the ten years war. Twenty cases OF
rifles and nearly two hundred sealed
cases of cartridges have been sent to
Philadelphia within the last three days,
but these are not one. quarter of the
war material which will be shipped or
has been shipped aboard the steamer. "
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
Yellow Fever Among Cuban Troops.

NeiOW rctcF AuohS OuOau ANoopS'
Reports published at Havana from the
province of Pinar del Rio assert that
yellow fever has attacked the foreigners
amongst the bands of Antonio Maceo
and that the disease has even extended
amongst the Cubans, especially those
who have been absent for time from
Cuba end have recently returned.
The insurgent leader Zayas was en-
camped Friday only two miles from
Guira Melena, in Havana province.
Many persons have presented them
selves to inscribe their name in the
special register book for foreigners ac-
cording to the decree of Captain-Gen-
eral Weyler that foreigners not in
scribed within thirty days will forfeit
their privileges as foreign citizens. Un-
til the present time none of those who
have presented themselves have COM
piled with the formalities of the law re-
quiring them to exhibit document JUS
tifying their claim to foreign citizen
ship. A law will be passed soon pro-
viding that those in the army and navy
who die of yellow fever shall have a
pension conferred upon their orphans
and widows.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1896-07-24
A Decision Reopening Pool Rooms.

Under q decision made by Judge
Wooford. of the criminal court at
Kansas City, on Saturday, gambling
In horse races outside of that State
may be resumed in Kansas City. BY
virtue Of this decision pool rooms
which closed in 1891, when the Stone
anti-pool room law went into effect,
will speedily reopen. Judge Wooford
held that the law which made il q felony
to make book or accept bets on q
race, except on the course where the
race is run, is unconstitutional, be-
cause it was special Legislation which
did not bear equally On all citizens.