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The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
DEATH MET IN A WRECK,
Five Young Men Lose Their
Lives While Stealing a
Ride TO Chicago.
With a Carload of Sheep They Are
Mangled in Most Shocking
Manner.

DES MONIES, Iowa, Aug. Five men
were killed in e wreck on the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific Railroad at
Leighton this morning. They were all
residents OF Des Moines. trying to steal a
ride to Chicago.
They are: Wilbur Kuehner, Ed Garry,
Robert Garry, William Shea and an un-
known man.
They were all young men out of work and
had boarded a fast freight train bound
eastward, trying to get to Chicago to get
work there.
Just as the train was entering Leighton
an axle broke on the twelfth car from the
engine. This was double deck sheep car
and in it the men were riding. The car
was thrown across the track and broke in
two. There were nine cars in the rear and
they were piled on top in fearful wreck.
The train had been running forty miles an
hour. The coupling broke on the wrecked
car and the forward part OF the train was
not injured. The five men were crushed
horribly under it. One deck of the car
was loaded with sheep and the men were
thrown in with the sheep and all crushed
to death. Shea had both legs and one arm
broken and has since died.
It was several hours before the wreck
could be so cleared away that the men
could be reached. The main line of the
Rock Island was blocked and trains were
run around the wreck on other lines.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
Was Drawing Himself Up Hand
Over Hand When the Rock
Gave Way.
HIS BODY AT LAST RECOVERED
Wrapped in Blankets and Slid Down
the Steep Side of the
Mountain.

VICTORIA, B. O., Aug. Full particu.
lars of Mondays tragedy at the Canadian
National Park, when Philips. Abbott, as
sistant solicitor of the Wisconsin Central
Railroad, lost his life by falling over
precipice, were received here to-day. Alb
bott and three other American tourists
left their hotel at Banff on Monday morn
ing fully equipped for long days noun
tain clim bing. They drove to Lake
Louise, beautiful resort among the peaks
of the Rockies, about sixteen miles from
Banff.
Taking ropes and other necessary equip
ments, they started early in the day to
climb one of the highest mountain peaks
in the neighborhood. They reached
point about 1000 feet above the lake, when
further ascent becoming dangerous, the
four adventurers tied themselves together
with ropes. They climbed another 100
feet until they arrived at difficult spot,
which 1t was impossible for the four to
pass together. The rope was therefore un-
| tied, and Abbott, being the best climber,
volunteered to lead the way.
All went we'll with him for few yards,
as he cautiously picked his way, inch by
inch, up the steep and pathiess declivity.
At last reaching upward to what appeared
to be solid projecting bowlder, he
grasped it with both hands and had almost
succeeded in pulling himself up when the
rotten bowlder gave way. and, with cry
of horror, he wildly clutched at the air and
tell into the abyss below. His body
bounded from rock to rock until it was
stopped by narrow iuttine crag. which
W as all that prevented a fall OF 1000 feet
more.
1t took the three survivors four hours to
descend to where the body rested. The
ropes having fallen with him they were
compelled to use the utmost care. Abbott
was breathing but unconscious when they
reached him. An endeavor was made to
bring him down, but he expired IN a few
moments. and they were obliged to tenn
porarily leave his body where he died, at
point over 10000 feet above sea level.
There it was recovered on Thursday
afternoon, the rescuers being obliged to
wrap it in blankets and let it slide for a
distance of 1000 feet down the mountain
side. 1t was conveyed with difficulty to
Laggan, whence it will be shipped to Bos.
ton for interment.
The present is the first year since the
establishment of .Canada's National Park
| in the heart of the Rockies that peak
clim bing has been made the fad by the
many tourists spending midsummer
weeks along the line of the Canadian
Pacific. although Fred Remington and
Julian Ralph as long ago as 1888 scaled
some of the most formidable OF the snow
covered peaks.
To-day a telegram from Glacier an
nounces that the summit of Rogers Peak,
the monarch of the hermit range OF Sell
kinks, has been reached by the Appalach-
ian Club party of Boston, one of whose
members was the unfortunate Abbott.
Both Rogers and LEROY are very rugged.
and the altitude exceeds even that of the
Swiss peak scaled by Pulzen in $780,
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
It Is Also Assured That the
Next Congress Will Be
Quite Safe.
BRYAN FURoR IS DYING OUT.
In the Boy Orators Home County
the Democrats Will Be Badly
Beaten.

CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 7.-senator Bur-
rows of Michigan called at Republican
headquarters to-day and announced his
readiness to begin work at once He was
assigned dates for speeches at points in
Illinois and Indiana this month. In an
interview Senator Burrows said that
Michigan will give Mckinley from 25 ,oOC
to $4,000 majority. and Mayor Pingree OF
Detroit will be the next Governor.
Congressman Babcock of Wisconsin,
chairman of the Republican Congressional
Committee, said to-day that Judging
by reports so far received, he had no
doubt the Republicans will have a ma.
jority in the next Congress.
Congressman Hull of Iowa said that
State will go Republican.
E. B. Stevenson, chairman of the Lam
caster County Republican Committee, Mr..
Bryan's home county, was visitor at
headquarters. He told Mr.. Dawes that
the local pride enthusiasm over Bryan's
nomination had died and that the county
would go Republican by 1000 majority.
He said big Mckinley clubs had been
formed in every precinct.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
Discovered in Time to Prevent
a Disaster and Possible
Loss Of Life.
PROBABLE WORK OF TRAMPs.
Believed to Be Bent on Revenge for
Being Prevented From Stealing
Rides.

RENO, New, Aug. 7-For the second
time within twenty-four hours an attempt
has been made to wreck train on the
Central Pacific Railroad near this place.
While the excitement over the first at
tempt, detailed in The CALLS dispatches
yesterday. was at its height, news of the
second was received. Both were made al
the same place-a culvert on the main
track about a mile west of this place. 1t
is believed that revenge is the motive OF
the would-be traln-wreckers.
As soon as the news of yesterdays mar
rowly averted tragedy reached Reno. off,
GERS went to the scene and searched
the neighborhood, but without success.
Word was also sent to the railroad
headquarters at Sacramento. The search
had scarcely been abandoned when word
arrived that the wreckers had again placed
distractions on the track. As the freight
train running between Truckee and Reno
reached the spot the engine almost ran
into lot of loose ties that had been piled
on the track. Fortunately Engineer
Cronin saw them in time and succeeded
in stopping his train before ne reached
them. From the way the ties had been
placed on the track it was evident the
train wreckers had worked very hurriedly,
evidently fearing interruption.
The first attempt was discovered last
night, when passenger train 1 reached
the spot. The train was going along at a
lively rate, when the engineer saw big
iron pulley wheel, weighing 1000 pounds,
on the track, right ahead, 1t lay over and
partly between two of the ties of the cul-
vert, and when the engineer saw it he be-
lieved that wreck was inevitable. He re-
versed the engine and succeeded in check
ing the speed of the train, but was not
able to completely stop it.
The engine struck the obstruction with
crash that completely smashed the pilot.
but fortunately the pulley wheel was lifted
out of the hole. Before the train could be
stopped the ponderous mass of iron had
been pushed along the track for several
hundred feet.
An investigation of the circumstances
showed that there could be no doubt that
deliberate attempt at train-wrecking had
been made The wheel which had been
placed on the track was an old one that
had for at least a year laid alongside of the
track. Whoever was concerned in the crime
had with much labor placed it on the track
and had then rolled it for fully half mile
to the culvert, where it was found. The
wheel could never have reached the cul'
vert by any conceivable accident. More
over, the way it was laced in the culveri
precluded any theory of accident, as it had
evidently been placed in way that the
wreckers thought would surely derail the
train.
As the wreckers seemed to like that par
ticular part of the track watchers were
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08

ELOPE FROM SILVERTON.
Flight and Capture of Married Wonsa
and Youth.

Flight and Capture of a Married Woman
and Youth.
OREGON CITY, Or, Aug. Henry
BalIer and Mrs. Lizzie Froede were
arrested here this evening on telegram
from SiIverton, which said they had run
away with livery team from Given's
stable of that place. They hired the team
yesterday morning to drive to Salem, the
understanding being that they would re-
turn to Silverton the same day. Instead
of returning they came to this city.
When they drove to Noblitt's stable to
put up the team they were identified by
the description that had preceded them,
and were at once turned over to Deputy
Sheriff, who happened to be near.
Baller is country boy. 10 years old,
and is apparently enamored OF the
woman, who is 80. The woman is the
mother of three children and ner husband
is thrifty man who always has well pro-
vlded for her. 1t is not believed that Mrs.
Froede will be criminally prosecuted, but
a divorce suit will result.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
The Man for the Masses.

were quiet at Republican headquarters to-
day. Among the callers was Senator
Shoup of Idaho. He declared that the
Republicans would surely carry Idaho in
the Presidential campaign. Senator
Elkins of West Virginia visited head
quarters to day with Mr.. Wise and Gen.
eral Powell Clayton. who was also caller.
The Senator expressed himself as conf
dent the Republicans will win in this
cam naion.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
FREED BIZ TEMPE CITIZENS.

Tsco Gypsy Girls Liberated by Force
From the Totcfs jail.
PHOENIX, AR1z., Aug. Forty lead
ing citizens of Tempe at noon to-day went
in body to the city Jail and liberated two
gypsy girls, one sentenced half hour be-
fore to fifteen days imprisonment for u.s.
half-breed Mexican girl, and the other
awaiting trial for the same offense. The
testimony showed great provocation, as
the daughter of Deputy Constable had
kicked dust into bread being baked by the
gypsies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
DEPEND UPos RER UBLrCAss.
Cuban Citizens 20 support Mckinley and
Hobart.

CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 7.-Prominent
members of the local Cuban colony have
received from New York and PHILADELPHIA
copies of resolutions adopted by the Amer
ican-Cuban League and the Cuban Ameri-
can League, urging all Cubans who are
citizens of the United States to aid in the
election of Mckinley and Hobart, on the
ground that these candidates are favor
ably disposed toward those who are strug-
Cling for the independence of the island.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
CANNOT GO 70 ToPEKA.
Major Mckinley VIII Renain IN Ohio
to Open the Cdmpaigu.

CANTON, ONO. Aug. 7.-Maior Nc
Kinley said this morning in reference TO
the report in many newspapers that he
would be present at the soldiers reunion
at Topeka the last week in September that
it would be impossible for him to go to
Topeka, nor can he attend the opening
meeting of the Ohio campaign at Column
bus on August 10.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
Brasip. Sovereignty 0vsr 7rsnsdad.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 7.-Senator A.
f. Xavier, the Brazilian Consul here, has
received dispatch from his Government
confirming the announcement that the
Government of Great Britain has ac-
knowledged the sovereignty of Brazil over
the island of Trinidad. This is according
to the award of the Portuguese Govern
ment, whose good offices were accepted by
Great Britain and Brazil in the matter in
dispute.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
ALL DIFFEBEa cEs SETTLED.

Therefore the Outlook for Mckinley IL
Very bright.
CLEVELAND, ONO. Aug. MARX
Hanna returned to-day from his Eastern
trip. and in an interview tonight said
that after making thorough canvass of
the situation in the East he had come to
the conclusion that the outlook for Nc
Kinley isvery hattering. Differences have
been settled and all Misunderstanding
explained.
The San Francisco call., 1896-08-08
Confident of sssccess.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 7.-Matters
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
THE TROOPERS THAT ATTACKED
THE MATABELES DID DEEDS
OF GALLANTRY.
WERE ONCE NEARLY SURROUNDED
But Fought Their Way Out-NIany
Were Killed While Aiding Their
Wounded Companions.
A British Reverse.

Cape Town. April 25.-(Copyrighted
1896. by the Associated Press.)-Every
additional item of news from Buluwayo
shows that the small body of British
troops of 300 men which SORTED Friday
morning from that town and engaged
q Matabele army occupying about four
miles of the north bank of the Unguzar
river, displayed the greatest gallantry.
Several remarkable examples of heroism
are recorded upon the part of officers
and troops in saving the lives of wounded
comrades at the risk of their own lives.
One officer gave his horse to badly
wounded comrade and soon afterwards
was killed while fighting his way back
to his corps.
The general result of the engagement
appears to have been the reverse of the
British, who were greatly outnumbered
and once were nearly surrounded. The
Matabeles showed much superior knowl-
edge of tactics than they did while fight
ing years back. The threw themselves
on the ground when they saw the ma
chine guns going into action and des-
perately tried to outhank the troops.
The evidence points to the Matabeles
having the intention of endeavoring to
surround the town and cut off commune
cation. A patrol was to have left Blu
luwayo on Thursday in order to ascer-
tain if the route to Salisbury was still
umn dispatches from Mafeking, upon
which body of men rests the hope of
relieving Buluwayo. The advance guard
of this column. is expected to reach the
outposts of Buluwayo during the first
week of May and the main body, it is
hoped, will reach the besieged town
afterwards.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
KILLED FIVE AND SUICIDED.
Deadly Work of a Young Man Supposed
to Have Been Insane.

Rockville. Ind, April 25.-Peter Egg
bert, carpenter, % years old. unmarried,
this morning, without apparent cause,
shot and killed Mrs. Herman Haske and
two children. next door neighbors. He
then reloaded his gun, and coming up to
town saw Sheriff Null and Deputy Sher-
iff Sweem in the national bank stairway.
Egbert pulled up his weapon and shot
the sheriff in the back of the head. kill
ing him instantly. Sweem faced the as
sassin and received charge of buckshot
in his neck, falling on the bank steps and
expiring instantly. Egbert then made
his escape to the fair grounds near town.
A posse Immediately organized and start
ed in pursuit. Fifty or more armed men
with shotguns, rifles and pistols surround.
ed the grounds. Egbert refused to sur
render and was fired on. He did not re-
turn the fire, but ran into a stall and sent
load of buckshot into his breast, dying
instantly. He was found to have been
slightly wounded in the fusilade.
Egbert's sister, at the same hour. died
at the family home of typhoid fever.
Young Egbert was once confined in n
lunatic asylum, but was discharged as
cured. No reason can he assigned for
the terrible killing, except that the man
was insane. No trouble of any kind had
ever occurred between the Egberts and
Haske.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
TEXAS PRESS GANG.
Opening of the Seventeenth Annual SEES
sion-Greenville Captured Next
Meeting

Ell Paso, Tex, April 27.-(Special.)-
The Texas Press association opened its
seventeenth annual session here today.
The morning hours were devoted to
speeches of welcome by Mayor Camp
bill and Capt. Beall, and the responses
were made by Acting President Cullom
of Garrison. The afternoon session was
spent in reading and discussing several
papers on questions that interested mem
bers of the association.
The first of these papers was by f. b.
Baillo of Cleburne on "Plate Matter and
Ready Prints" The second paper was
on "The Press Bulletin, "by Mrs. W. D..
Cox of Temple.
Railroad and transportation was then
thoroughly discussed and the matter be-
came interesting to the association from
the fact that some railroads had COM
planned that newspapers had failed to
comply with contracts made, after trans
portation had been issued. 1t was the
sense of the association that all con-
tracts with railroads should be lived up
to by members of the association.
After this discussion was over the Sc
lection of the next place of meeting came
up and Will Sargent of Greenville came
up with his town, and he carried 1t
through with whOop. Calvert and Hot
Springs were candidates for the next
meeting. but Greenville was the choice
of the association.
A resolution was passed requesting the
National Editorial association to meet
in Calvert next spring.
There are not as many of the Press as
ISOLATION present as the citizens here had
anticipated, but those present are having
Il grand time and are well pleased with
their visit.
From Z until o o'clock tonight the entire
associationwas entertained by the citi-
zens ~ 1T Il reception in the Mex
icar nd the MeXicans
did Il, ..,,nrS III such substantial style
that the editors will return home with
their minds entirely changed on Mexico
and NIeXicnnS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30

from his brother Ralph the latter's half
interest in a 5000-acre pasture in Coke
county and 1900 head of cattle. Terms
private.
Jackson & Richardson. the wool and
live stock commission merchants, have
sold the following fat muttons this
week: For M. Atkinson of Sutton coun-
ty, $50 head; Geo. w. Whitehead "
Sons, Val Verde county, 1850 head; y.
II. Word of Sutton county, 1850 head;
all to X. S. Campbell of Ohio.
1t is estimated by conservative sheep
men that there is not within the state
of Texas at present more than 4OO,OOO
muttons in condition TO ship this spring
1t is also estimated that there can not
be more than 100000 fed sheep to mar
ket from other states. 1t is generally
admitted that not until the list of June
is there any danger of westerns reach
ing the markets to enter into competl-
ton with Texans and fed sheep. This
gives a clear breathing space of six
weeks for Texas sheep to reach the cen
tiers without disastrous competition. 1t
is the observation of many that the
three markets of Chicago, st. Louis and
Kansas City can safely market 10000
sheep without affecting values to any Sc
rious extent Let us see, then, six
weeks or thirty-six selling days can dis
pose of 100000 sheep, or slightly more
than the estimated number in sight.
The moral to all of which is that it is
to your interest to spread your ship
ments out as much as possible and don't
rush them to market without regard to
what the market can assimilate. These
opinions the Standard has gathered from
level-headed sheep men away up in the
biz, and gives them for what they are
worth. We forgot to say that it is the
opinion of these men that with careful
shipping the price of good mutton ought
not to go much below 3 cents this sea-
son.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
Z G.. V. REUNION.
Program of the Exercises at Bessemer
Station May /.

Burnet, Tex, April 27.-(Special.) THE
following is the program for the day of
the Mountain Remnant Confederate
veterans reunion, to be held at Bessemer
station May /:
Llano people to arrive on the ground at
: n. m.
Marble Falls and Burnet people to ar
rive on the grounds by 9 a. m.
On arrival of train from Austin. song
of welcome by Llano Sunday schools and
address of welcome by Col. NJ. d. Slater.
One hour for dinner.
Assembling of veterans at stand, to be
addressed by Gov. f. r. Lubbock, Col.
Joel III. B. Miller and Fred Carleton.
Fifteen minutes reception.
Business session of Mountain Remnant
Confederate veterans to appoint dele
gates to attend the Sixth annual reunion
to be held at Richmond, June 80, and
July /, 2, and 3.
Sunday schools Immediately assemble
on ground near the river bank to elect
and crown the May queen.
Song by Llano Sunday schools.
Election to be held under the supervi-
sion of the sponsor of the Mountain Rem,
nant.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
SUICIDED IN TAFT.


y, Galveston, Tex, April 27.-(Speciol)-
oharies A. Schroeder at one time a
prominent real estate egent of this CITY.
was found dead in his cell in iail this
morning where he was confined the past
fourteen months. Schroeder was. in
January, 1873. sentenced to five years
IN IN the penltentiary for forgery. The case
WAS mmI "ppeaied TO the court of criminal APP
of his death. 'n' lilly
mere were also twenty-one other cases
pehdlng against him in the criminal court.
AZ the time of trial the forgeries were
ADMITTED and the defense of insanity set
up up, since his confinement his health
ta lie frequently expressed de-
termination to suicide. The past two
u r'Ts ne refused to partake of food, and
y n oot iouhu, 1y the jailer, was lying on
mouth. 'ns i'oii Ills
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
Il. NJ. IUUGHKIDGE,
JOHN w. DAVIS,
A. r. SHAW.
]. II. GRIGSBY.
A SOUND LIVER MAKES A WE'LL

Are you bilious, constipated or troubled
with iaundice sick headache, bad taste
in mouth, foul breath, coated tongue,
dyspepsia, Indigestion, hot, dry skin, pain
in back and between shoulders, chills
and fever, etc.? If you have any. OF these
svmntoms YOUR liver is out Of order,
and YOUR blood is slowly being
noisoned. because your liver does not act
promptly. Herbine will cure any dis
order of the liver, stomach or bowels. II
has no equal as a liver medicine. Prize
* cents. Free bottles at c. 0. Yates.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
FROM OVER THE RANGE.
Cattle and Sheep Notes That Will In
terest Stockmen.

San Angelo Standard: Mckenzie &
Richardson bought 300 shorn muttons
from Henry Laying. at p. t.
III. Brunig sold his half interest in
2600 shorn sheep to Richardson 4
Campbell at p. t.
Richardson Il Campbell bought from
muttons at 50 per head.
Hector Mckenzie bought from Mr..
Chipaugh of Sonora 1900 shorn muttons
at 50 and 160 old ewes. shorn, at 81.
The Bob Wylie cattle from Runnels
county sold in Chicago last week, aver
age 400 pounds, and brought S57.4O
per head.
NJ. B. Pullman sold to II. G.. bearing
for Jack Persse $50 cows. calves not
counted. They will be shipped to the
nation and marketed when fat. Terms
private.
Frank Harris of Coke county bought
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
SONS OLE HERMANN

; ran Antonio, Tex, April 27.-(Special.9
Tile seventh annual convention of the
srahd lodge of Texas of the Sons of Her
mann mann opened this morning at Mission
garden. Over 20 delegates have reached
one clty and were accorded a reception
'I T ine sons of Hermann headquarters.
O Inc convention was called to order at
IT,, o CLOCK sharp by Grand President Ju-
Gus Schutze of Austin, after which
o15 Secretary Bauer delivered the
4 thaIr OF welcome. New delegates were
w rnen enrolled and 40 out of 143 lodges
we're found to be represented. Reports
ua 'me various grand officers were then
on tL to committees. who will report
n pnss 'neln tomorrow. Most of the bust
teo too vi the session is done in commit
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-04-30
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