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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-08-21

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
CUBAN WAR NEWS.

Havana. May 29.-The local guerrilla
of Camera, province of Pinal del Rio,
has captured Luciano Garcia, an insur-
gent captain. taking him by surprise in
his camp.
There are persistent rumors that An
tonic Maceo was wounded in the last
engagement in Pinal del Rio.
The report that Caper, the insurgent
leader was seriously wounded in the en-
gagement of May IL, is confirmed.
Capt. Hernandez has been engaged
with the insurgents under Acevedo at
Jesus farm. The enemy left three killed
and eleven prisoners were captured by
the troops. In pursuing the insurgents
another engagement took place between
the troops and bands commanded by
Bienvenido. Sanchez and Cepro in the
Matanzas district. The insurgents occu-
pied a position behind a parapeted stone
wall where short exchange of shots
was taken. The cavalry then charged
and completely routed the enemy, who
lost eighteen killed and carried away
their wounded. Heavy rain fell all over
the island today.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04

Workingmans bank and principal owner
OF the East ST. Louis Street railway. was
one of the fortunate ones who escaped.
His story is worth repeating.
=! was standing outside of my office =
said Mr.. Sexton, watching the storm
There were apparently two circuits of
air. A strong wind was blowing almost
directly from the north. while from the
direction of st. Louis | could see the
black clouds coming towards us. As
the north wind struck the clouds they
lifted momentarily and then down they
came. The wind however ceased and
it began to rain. Then the wind came
from the south. All of Il sudden one of
the big windows flew out and Just as it
did L saw the roof of building across
the street blown off and come towards
us. Run for your lives l shouted to
those inside, and with that | ran and
got under desk and remained there for
what appeared half an hour. but it was
really not more than five minutes. Soon.
by the aid of lightning, saw that the
street car pole in front of the office had
stopped the flying roof. If it had, not
been for that every one of us would prob
ably have been killed. As it was we es-
capped with a few scratches"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04

north of Choteau avenue was the nath
of the storm.
Longfellow boulevard, winding street,
lined with handsome homes. was left
with scarcely Il house standing I'M
harmed.
The restitution, misery and want here
have touched the hearts of the people in
all parts of the country, and as a result
ever since the storm of Wednesday
offers of help and contributions have
been pouring in. Up to late hour today
S45,OO0 was the total amount of dona-
tons received
The people of st. Louis who escaped
the ravages of the tornado will see that
their brethren do not suffer for the
necessities of life or for any needed as
slstance. The mayor of the jIound city
has uniformly returned thanks to
senders of all kilograms, and answered
that st. Louis can care for her own.
and while the kind offers of financial
assistance are appreciated, no outside
aid will be needed.
From far-off London, Sir Henry
Irving, Olga Nethersole and Wilson Bar
rett have cabled money, sympathy and
offers of benefit performances if needed.
Others are as generous, and no doubt
thousands of dollars could be raised in
Il few days if it were necessary.
Among those who have cent tele-
grams offering aid are: Mayors Murray
of Denver. Allen of Columbus. Ohio;
Swift of Chicago, Quincy cf Boston,
Hastings of Philadelphia, McKisson of
Cleveland and Strong of New York.
Governor Bushnell of Ohio, Capt. Duffy
,f Of
ing TO give an exhibition drill. and Sir
Henry Irving, who said he had mailed
$1,000.
From Chicago came a delegation who
called on the mayor and offered him any
assistance the city needed. His honor
thanked them. but declined their aid
Late tonight the following card in
answer to the hundreds of kilograms of
inquiry, was sent out by Mayor Wal
bridge:
1T is not practicable to make ind-
vidual answers to the vast number of
friends who have telegraphed sympathy
and offers of assistance. Through the
medium of the Associated Press | sin
cerely thank the city's many friends for
the interest they have shown and the
aid they have proffered. The citizens of
st. Louis are confident of their ability to
properly care for all the sufferers from
the recent tornado, and heroic efforts are
being, made to that end. No accurate
estimate of the loss of property can now
he made, but it is safe to say that the
loss as reported by the press outside of
st. Louis has been greatly overestimated.
sc. 7. WAL9RIDGE."
The revised list of total and partial
losses in the levee district include the
following, steamers: Dolphin No. .
Libby Conger, J. J. Odell, City of
Quincy, Henry Sackman, George A..
Madil, four Virgins ferry boats and
tug boat Baton Rouge Belle, steamer
Ballec and several barges, all total
losses, and the Providence, Nicksburg
Cairo, Exporter, Harvester, Monroe
Kansas City, Louis Houck and the city
harbor boat, all badly damaged.
Corrected reports from various sources
along the river front materially reduce
the estimate of the loss by drowning
How many roustabOuts went down will
probably never be known, as most of
them are nomads who move FROM one
mort to another.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
SPANISH TREACHERY

San Francisco, May 29.-Sandoval and
Valencia, aged Spaniards of this city
who are under Indictment for alleged
conspiracy with James Adde'S Peralta
Rivas, in the Infamous land fraud have
withdrawn their petition in the United
States district court for writ of habeas
corpus and have agreed on their own ac-
cord and contrary to the advice Of their
attorneys to go to New Mexico for trial.
1t comes from an official source that they
have confessed their part in the gigantic
conspiracy and have agreed to turn
states evidence against Peralta Rivas
whose trial takes place in Santa Fe dur
ing the latter part of June. For this
service it is stated, the government has
promised them immunity from Drosecu-
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
KILLED BY TRAMPS.
\ Katy Brakeman Shot at Temple by
Unknown Knights of the Road.

Temple, Tex, May 29.-(Special.) y
brakeman Tom Ryan of the Katy was
shot and instantly killed by two tramps
while in the discharge of his duty Thurs
day night The tramps had boarded the
train ut Taylor, but were discovered and
put off at this place. They boarded IL
again and went into box car. A negro,
/. ]. Parker. who was riding with Ryan,
saw them. and after notifying Ryan went
with him to eject them. The negro start
ed to crawl in at the end door and was
shot in the leg. He got on top again and
almost Immediately heard two shots and
saw Ryan throw up his hands and fall
The crime was not discovered until the
next station. Lorena. was reached. Tes-
timony was taken by Justice Sturdevant
substantiating the negro's statement. y
delegate of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen came down from Hillsboro to
escort the remains to the murdered man $
home ut Grand Saline.
Officers are working on the case.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY.
Indications Point to the Murder of
Negro Preacher at Wills Point.

Wills Point, Tex, May 29.-(Spccial)
"A mystery which the officials have as
yet been unable to solve occurred here
yesterday evening at about 9:15 o'clock.
A colored Methodist preacher by the
name of Goss has been living here for the
past few months. Yesterday afternoon
about o'clock DR.. A. G. Sisson received
note, signed 'Sol Dyer" which con
tanned very abusive language. The
preacher was suspected of writing the
note and forging Sol Dyer's signature to
1t. just after preaching time last
evening crowd of men. estimated to
have been about twelve or fifteen, took
the preacher down in Matthews pasture,
mile south of town, and thorough
search has failed to unearth the
preachers whereabouts so far. The
tracks, of the crowd indicate however,
that they were colOred people who took
him off, and it is thought by many that
the preacher has been murdered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
pOLCE ESTIMATES.

st. Louis, May 29.-The following list
was tabulatcd at police headquarters
this afternoon:
Known dead in St. Louis. 157: un,
known dead in st. Louis, "a; fatally in.
jured in st. Louis, 10; missing in st.
Louis. %.
Known dead in East st. Louis. 1873;
unknown dead in East st. Louis, 3; ia
tally injured in East st. Louis, 3. Total.
800.
This list. being prepared from police
headquarters is not accurate i'll detail.
but is said to be approximately correct.
The police believe with every one else
that the total is likely to be swelled when
the work on the ruins has been com
nlpted
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
CHARGED WITH SWINDLING

Waco. Tex, May 21.-lSpecial.)-J.
in Jail and the charge against him is
swindling. The negroes who caused his
arrest declare that he organized a local
lodge of the Grand United Order of the
Golden Fleece, collecting 81 from each
member, while he had no authority to
do so. Miller claims to possess the au-
thority, although there is dispute be-
tween him and some of the grand lodge
officers on that point He secured n
goodly number of dollars from would-be
members of that order.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
DELEGATES TO ELGIN.

Georgetown, Tex. May 2S.-(Special %
The Popullst executive committee of
Williamson county held a meeting at the
meeting was for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the popnlist convention at
Elgin on June 20. The same set of dele
gates who represented this county at
Lockhart were selected for the Elgin con
vention. No instructions were given, but
The Statesman reporter was informed by
Mr. Nj. M. Williams that DR.. Redden
Andrews of Bastrop would probably be
the choice of Williamson county and Of
the entire district as the substitute for
Judge Glasscock as a candidate for con-
prpSS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
FRENCH GAIN THEIR POINT

London, May pa Cairo dispatch to
the Times says: The decision of the
mixed tribunal is an open secret, al
though it will not be delivered until
Monday. 1t will support the French con
tention and thus virtually decide that
the powers can not make war against
the Khalifa without the consent of the
commission
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
A NEWSPAPER ESTJNJ

st. Louis, May 29.-The situation in
st. Louis tonight. as viewed from the
Republic standpoint. is as follows:
st; Louis identified dead 1856: unknown
dead. Is; missing, 80; fatally injured, g.:
seriously injured in hospitals. 401 esti-
property loss estimated at $2O.OOO.OOO.
Sast st. Louis identified dead. 40: un-
known, 6: dying, 6: missing. 10: seriously
injured in hospitals. 200 estimated in
jured outside of hospitals. 1000; property
loss estimated at $5.000,0O0.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
BIG FIGHT POSTPONED

Long Island, May 29.-At 9:35 Charley
Harvey, the Eureka Athletic club an
nouncer, entered the club and said that
owing to delay in the court room, where
the principals of the main attraction
scheduled were detained by the absence
of the compliments, the MaherA Slavin
bout would be postponed until next Fri
day, night. Return checks good for that
night were offered with the pledge that
if the bout did not then come off arrange
ments for the return of the money would
be made.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
EXPRESSED REGRETS.

Paris. May 29.-M. HanotauX. the
minister for foreign affairs, today called
upon United States Ambassador Eustis
and expressed the regrets of the govern
ment at the terrible disaster which has
befallen st. Louis and East st. Louis.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
SCOTT JACKSON SENTENCED

Newport, Ky. May 29-.Judge Helm
today overruel a motion for new trial
of Scott Jackson. convicted of the MUIR
der of Pearl Bryan and sentenced Jack
son to be hanged June 30. Subsequently
the court granted a motion for stay
of execution for sixty days to enable the
defendant to take the case before the
court of appeals.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
FORT WORTH SHOOTING AFFRAY.

FUK 7 NUKII1 NI1UUIINN AF KA1.
Fort Worth, Tex, May 29.-(Specal)-
At S o'clock tonight a serious shooting af
fray took place on Fourteenth street. Man
ley Cox it is said, had some words with
the wife of Fred Hangover, who. when
told of the affair, got Il gun and fired ut
Cox. hitting him in the forehead and in
the left hand. 1t is thought Cox will re-
cover. The men are brothers-in-law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
SCHOOL BUILDING TO BE BUILT.

CharIottesville, Va. May 29.-The
contract has been let for the erection of
fye. buildings Of the University of Vir-
ginla to take the place of those destroyed
by fre last October Charles III. Langley
& Co., of Richmond were the successful
bidders of little under 100000.
The buildings to be erected are the
rotunda, academical buildings, physical
laboratory, and boiler house. Work will
commence at once.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
WILL OPPOSE CHARLEY.

Dallas, Tex, May. 29.-(Special.)-- -
Delegates to the sound money Demo
cratic convention tomorrow say that the
convention will resolve to go into the
state convention and oppose the nomina
ton of Culberson.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
GOLD MOVING OUT AGAIN.

New York, May 29--L. Won Hoffman
& Co., will ship tomorrow 81 100000 ia
gold. BY order of the director of the
mint. the premium on assay Office gold
bars for shipments has been reduced from
3-16 per cent to Is
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
wEYLER WANTS A FREE HAND.

W u ITII W nv I = n ItIIII II-h-NI,'
New York, May pa special to the
World from Madrid says: Seen. Wey-
Ter has asked the Spanish government
for the liberty of action in political and
military affairs in Cuba, which was
promised to him when he accepted the
command and which was granted to all
his predecessors.
HE plainly put it that he has been
crippled by the repeated interference of
the government, and broadly limited that
he is not disposed to continue in office
much longer under such conditions;
"The government pacified Gen. Weyler
with a promise that he shall be provided
with all the resources he may deem
necessary"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
DROWNED IN DENTON CREEK.

Grapevine Tex. May 29.-(Special.)-
Eli jenkins. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Ieb
jenkins. was drowned in Denton creek
this evening about ) o'clock.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
WALLING'S TRIAL BEGINS.

Newport, Ky, May 29.-Testimony in
the trial of Alonzo NJ. Walling for the
murder of Pearl Bryan began today.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION.
Path Followed by the Storm in St Louis
County is Easily Located.

st. Louis. May 29-In st. Louis county
Wednesday the tornado left continuous
trail of destruction and desolation. The
storm apparently arose out of the Mis-
sissippi river near st. Charles. 1t passed
over Florissant and Bridgetown, and
sweeping down on West End park. COM
pletely destroyed that little village. In
pursuing its northeasterly course with a
velocity of more than sevcnty-five miles
an hour. it passed through the towns of
Stratman. Central. Clayton. Brentwood.
Barthold, Maplewood and Shrewsbury
Park.
Hundreds of houses. barns and out
buildings were blown away. Forest
trees a century old were uprootcd. The
casualties from the country were as fol-
lows:
Infant child of William Beckman, one
mile south of Clayton, crushed to death
under wrecked building.
William Beckman. badly injured.
Mrs. Icricher, mother-n-law of Judge
Philip Deuster Of Central. injured in
ternally.
Charles Dunn, badly bruised.
otto Schuman, proprietor Nile house,
seriously injured
William Dausman. 'liveryman, injured.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
NOMINATED FOR CONGRESS

Middlesboro Ky, May 2S-George Il.
Stone was renomnated today for con
gress by the Democrats of the Eleventh
district
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
CHARLES w. KNAPP.

Editor The Republlc.
''St. Louis. May 29.-St. Louis is pro-
foundly thankful for sympathy and prof
fered aid. but is amply able to care for
her sufferers. East ST. Louis. however.
is worse hurt than we are and help is
badly needed there.
"BERT LAWSON.
"Managing Editor The Post Dispatch"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
WOMEN IN SESSION.

Third Biennial Meeting of the General
Federation of Womens Clubs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04

Louisville, KY. May 27.-The third
biennial meeting of the general fedora
ton of women's clubs was formally in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-06-04
EAST ST. LOUIS NEEDS AID.

Chicago. May 29.-The following mes
sages were received by the general man
ager of the Associated Press:
''St. Louis. Mo-. May 29.-St. Louis
does not need assistance. East ST. Louis
is appealing for aid. The proportion of
destruction to population there is some
thing awful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
Floored by the "Dorkie Bird"

Last evening at one of the large Pres.
byterian churches on the south side, a
specially attractive service was held. 1t
had been widely advertised, and every
seat was filled. In one of the forward
pews sat young person who eagerly
waited for the proceedings to commence.
The opening number on the programme
was a voluntary beginning: "a day in
Thy courts is better than thousand.
had rather be a doorkeeper in the house
of my God than to dwell in the tents of
wckedness." But the young person
hadn't a programme and she didn know.
A woman's beautiful voice rang out
clear and strong, and the young person
taxed her ears to catch the words At
first they eluded her exasperatingly, but
by patience and close attention she finally
grasped the situation, The singer con-
sidered day in the courts Of the Lord to
a thousand spent elsewhere. So far, so
good But the next sentence staggered
the young person. The singer triled
forth that she had rather be "dorkie
bird" in the house of her God than to
occupy an elevated position in less
righteous place.
The young person pondered. Since her
early infancy she had been fed on verses
and chapters from the Bible, but some
how she couldn't seem to remember any
reference to "dorkie bird She must
be mistaken in the word, she thought,
and settled herself to listen to the tenor,
who was now warbling the sweet melody
Surely he would sing the words plainly
But no, the rendition was as before
"dorkie bird" The contraluo and bass
made no change in the version, but sang
it as the soprano and tenor had done.
The young PERSONS mind was per-
turbed. She could not fix her thoughts
on the prayer which followed, but bowed
her head and meditated on the various
Biblical combinations. No, she couldnot
recall the least reference to a "dorkie
bird, but if the choir sang about it surely
there must be such a thing. She Won
dered if it were anything like an English
sparrow. Evidently it was a humble
member Of the feathery tribe, for it was
used in an unimportant connection.
During a subsequent vocal number she
leaned toward her escort. "What is a
dorkie bird ?" she whispered softly.
"a what p he inquired.
"A dorkie bird"
He turned on her a pair of interested
eyes. "A what" he asked again.
ooh, never mind" she whispered ner-
vously. cts nothing. They are going
to pray" .
To the exclusion Of all else that idea OF
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
Sailors Superstitions.

"Speaking of sailors superstitons, 4"
remarked the veteran lighthouse keeper
Josh Reeves Of Sea Isle City, reminds
me of an incident that happened half a
century ago off the Five Fathom Bank
lightship, in which sailors prediction,
based on an omen, resulted fatally to
the prophet himself.
"a bright winter morning had caused
the crew Of the lightship to row a short
distance away in small boat in search
of Goldfish, which are very abundant Off
the capes in winter time. A few hours
fishing resulted in goodly catch and a
return was made to the lightship. The
fish were cleaned and the refuse thrown
overheard, but calm sea, with not a
breath Of air to disturb it, caused the
refuse to drift in circle around the
ship. Toward noon large flock of geese
came in sight and settled under the
lightship's very bows and commenced
to feed. The waterfowl became very
tame and swan chattering and kissing
close to the ships sides
Josh CroWell, a grlZzled old men,
Der of the crew, shook his head and pre-
dicted death to some one on board with
in "a hours. He said that whenever
geese became SO tame as to feed around
vessels bow or stern, it was an I'M
failing omen of impending death on
board. Crowell's companions laughed
at his fear, but he told them to bide
their time.
Toward noon strong gale came out
Of the nor east and kicked up heavy
sea. Crowell was on the forward or bow
watch.
Many of the crew were in the main
cabin below enjoying social game of
euchre, checkers or dominos, when
suddenly they heard the sound Of chain
running rapidly through the starboard
bow scuppers. We rushed on deck in
dismay, thinking the windlass gearing
had given way. The sight witnessed
will never be forgotten. Crowell had
been caught in the relief chain and
ground around the rapidly revolving
windlass. His death was instant. His
omen came true New York Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
"For that Tired Feeling"

Witherby-I understand that you had
birthday party at your honse the other
night. Who was there?
Plankinton-Two doctors and nurse.
Il New York Truth.
Hunker-Staggers has pretty easy
time Off
Spatts-ln what way?
Hvnker-His wife drives him to drink
and a cabman drives him home Town
Topics.
"Weli, here is the money you've been
tormenting me for" said a rich uncle to
his spendthrift nephew use it wisely
and remember that fool and his money
are Soon parted"
II don't know about that, replied the
young scapegrace, 1--WE been coaxing
you more than week for this. - Har-
pers Bazaar.
She-How much paint does it require
to paint the town."
He-1 guess you've got enough on
Town Topics.
'1'llbe awful glad when am old enough
to do as please" said Willy.
"Oh, certainly" said his father "And
about as soon as you get to that age
you'll get married. = Cincinnati Tri-
bune.
"a child" said the oracuar young per-
son, "can ask questions that wise man
cannot answer"
There's one satisfaction, said the man
of family. HE can't ask very many of
'em without getting sent to bed = Gin
cinnati Enquirer.
Il infer that you are bankrupt, Miss
Gotrocks ?"
How did you get thatimpression, Mr..
well, last night in the conservatory |
saw that you were in the hands Of
receiver, = Washington Times.
Teacher-Tommy, what is meant by
nutritious food?
Tommy-Something to eat that amt
got no taste to it indianapolis Journal.
Strange, but my wife always wants
me to remember her birthday, but to
forget her age."-[ Fliegende Blatter.
Teacher-Suppose you were a king,
Tommy, what would you do?
Tommy-rd never wash my face any
more Woonsocket Or, ~ Reporter.