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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
STORM AT WASHINGTON.
Beautiful Shade Trees UprOoted and
Buildings UnrOOfed.

WASHINGTON, May ia terrific
storm of wind, rain and hail, which
passed over Washington between Il and
1 O'Clock to-day broke up the Cabinet
meeting in progress at the White House.
The President and his advisors went to
the windows of the Cabinet room to wit
ness the destruction. Several of the fine
old trees, both in front and rear Of the
White House, were blown down, while
wholesale destruction was worked
among the growing palms. All over the
city the record is one of similar dis
aster to arbor culture, the beautiful
shade trees for which Washington is
celebrated suffering greatly and many
buildings unroofed. Nevertheless the
damage was less than expected.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Schaeffer Defeats GARNER.

CHICAGO, May 19.-Schaeffer won
the second of the billiard tournament
games at Central Music Hall tonight,
defeating GARNER 500 to 275. The
playing of the Wizard" was below his
average performance, partly on account
CT the new game. Except for a brill
liant run OF % in the seventeenth inning,
Sehaeffer played slow and failed to get
his old-time stroke. Some fine bank
caroms were made by both players.
Score: Schaeffer, 500; high run, SO;
average, IL 21-43. GARNER, 275; high
run, 43: average, 6 23-42
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Entombed Timers Escape Uninjured.

RICHMOND (Va.), May 19.-In the
Midlothian coal mine, twenty miles
from this city, which took fire last
night, there We're eleven miners in the
Grove shaft, which is 600 feet deep,
when the fire broke out, and fears
were at first entertained that all Of
them would be lost. A cable was, how
ever, sent up from Richmond, and the
entombed miners were rescued unhurt
al an early hour this morning amid
scenes of much excitement. Their es-
cape was the more remarkable, as all
the buildings over the shaft were COM
pletely destroyed.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
A Number of Logging Camps and Saw
Mills Go Up in Flames.
City Visited by Terrific
Storm of Wind, Rain and Hail,
Causing Wholesale Destruction to
ArbOr Culture and the UnrOOfing of
Many Buildings-Two Hundred
Families at CrOOkStOn, Minnesota,
Forced to Vacate Their Homes on
Account of High Water.

BELFONTE CPa), May 19.-Never
in the history of Central Pennsylvania
has this section been overrun by such a
disastrous fire as has been raging in
Center and adjoining counties the last
three or four days. Hundreds of acres
of timber land have been burned en-
failing great loss.
The seven mountains to the south of
lance of fully twenty-five miles, at one
time the entire mountain being a sheet
of flames for fully ten miles. Fully
1000 men and boys have been hard at
work since Saturday night in the vain
endeavor to put out the fire. All that was
done, however, was to keep 1t confined
to the mountain sides.
In Clearfield County, adjoining Cen
ter, the fire has done equal damage, If
not more, in the destruction of not only
vast amount Of timber, but in the
burning Of number of logging camps
and saw mills, with thousands of feet
of saWn lumber
The most distressing feature is that
the end is not yet, as the fire continues
to rage with undated fury, and there
seems no possible way of combating 1T
without heavy rain.
FIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS.
SANDWICH, May ia terrible for
est fire which started at Kelly's saw
mill at fremont yesterday afternoon has
already done great damage to property.
Driven by a terrific northwest wind in
the direction of Parker's mills, and then
toward White Island Pond and Half
Way Pond, the most valuable cram
berry land in the world at present, it
has covered an area of land more than
twenty miles long and from three to six
miles in width, and totally destroying
an immense area of valuable wood land.
The loss cannot be estimated with any
degree of accuracy, as the men sent into
the cranberry district to float the boys
have not as yet returned, and it is
feared that they will have hard work to
escape from the fury of the flames with
their lives
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
MINISTER TAYLOR.
No Official Information That He is
Preparing to Return Home.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The State
Department has no official information
leading to the belief that our Minister
to Spain is preparing to return to the
United States, as might be inferred
from the Barcelona dispatch stating
that Mr.. Taylor was shipping furniture
from that point to New Orleans On
the contrary, the facts seem to be that
if any shipments of furniture are be
ing made by the Minister, as stated.
they have no connection with his mis-
sion further than as his position there
affords him opportunity to send to his
home in this country, free of duty, GER
tain curios, a privilege of which nearly
every foreign Minister avails himself
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
May Festival at Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, May 19.-The twelfth
May festival Of music was inaugurated
tonight at the new Springer Hall and
will continue through the week. When
Theordore Thomas raised his baton at
80 o'clock this evening the hall was
comfortably filled with a brilliant as
semblage of lovers of music. The solo
lists were Madame Lillian Nordica, Miss
Marie Barren, Ben Davis and Watkin
Miller. The selections were from Mo-
Fart, Beethoven and Wagner
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Acts Approved by the President.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The Pres
ident has approved the Act authorizing
the entry of foreign laborers at the Ten
nessee Centennial Exhibition in 1897.
to allow the free return of articles eX-
ported from the United States for ex-
hibition purposes; for the relief of A. P
Brown, late Postmaster at Lemars, Ia ;
to provide a life-saving station at Point
Bonita, California; authorizing Navajo
County, A. T., to issue bonds and do
mating cannon to the Mountain View
(Cal) Cemetery Association
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
DefauIting Bank Teller.

ROCHESTER, IN. ", May 19.-F. A.
Cole, for many years employed in the
Monroe County Savings Bank as re-
ceiving teller, is a defaulter, and has
left the city Cole was an active mem
Der of the First Baptist Church. and
was teacher in the Sunday school.
He was also one of the directors of the
Y. NJ. G. A, and has confessed the de-
falcation. The amount of money Sc
cured is small
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Victims of the Sherman Cyclone.

SHERMAN CTexas), May 19.-Addi
tons to the long list of cyclone victims
are being made hourly as news from re-
mote districts arrive. Mrs. J. J. John
son, wife of a farmer, and John Tilden,
farm hand, were killed at Memo. AT
the same place a little girl named Da-
Wis was blown against a barbed-Wire
fence and cut in two. Her mother and
another child We're killed in the wreck
of their house.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Concession to an American Syndicate.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-John NJ. B.
Sill, United Minister to Corea. has re-
ported to the State Department that a
concession to build, operate and main
tain q. railway batwasa Seoul, the CAPT
tai, and Chemulpo, it's seaport, has been
granted James r. Morse for an Ameri-
can syndicate. Mr.. Sill says the Japan
csc Government put no difficulties in the
way of the scheme, and through it's for
eign officers Indicated to Mr.. Morse's
friends its willingness that the conces-
sion should fall to an American syndi-
cate
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Search for a Fiiibustering Vessel.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The reve-
nue. cutter Boutwell,, stationed at Sa-
vannah, Ga, has been ordered to pro-
coed to sea in search of the Laurada,
supposed to be on filibustering expedi-
ton to Cuba. 1t is reported that the
Laurada has safely landed her cargo,
which was one of the most valuable yet
started out from this country.
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RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL.
Comes Down in Torrents in Mis-
souri, and Illinois.

ST. LOUIS, May 19.-With intervals
of few hours of clear weather, rain
has fallen over a wide section around
st. Louis for three days, and is still
coming down at 10 p. m. At Odin Pana.
Vandalia, Duquoin and Hillsboro, ILL.,,
last night the storm was of the cloud
burst variety, and small streams be-
came torrents. This State was wholly
covered by the storm. AT Oregon, in
the northwest, and at Rich Hill, in the
southwest, the rainfall is unprece-
dented. AT the latter place Decynes
River is seven miles wide. Many rail-
road and wagon bridges have been
swept out and travel is impeded
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
NOW BEFORE THE HOUSE.
Bills Favorably Reported by the
Commerce Committee.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-The House
Commerce Committee to-day favorably
reported the following bills: Providing
that no telegraph or cable company
enjoying exclusive privileges or fran
chises from foreign Governments may
land their lines in this country without
the consent of Congress: for the APP
pointment of a Surveyor of Customs
at Des Moines, Ia.
Last week the committee passed a
resolution to withdraw from the House
the Sherman BILL which had been re-
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20

Sunol, Oneck Stable, 500; bay colt by
Calvados-T ourmaline, H. McCarren,
5000; chestnut colt by Torso-Trellis,
Burns & Waterhouse, $780, brown colt
by Calvos-Typhoon, Oneck Stable,
800; bay colt by Sir Modred- Tyr
rany, Cough Acres Stable, $1,000:
brown filly by Maxim-V Venture, Marcus
Daily, $500; bay filly by Maxim Veriny,
Marcus Daily, $1,000.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Benefits of Anti-TOxine Treatment.

ST. LOUIS, May 19-The City Board
of Health to-day made public the re-
suit of an official inquiry into the re-
suits of the trea of diphtheria
with anti-toxine. The report covers $50
cases treated, of which only fifteen were
fatal. This is percentage of as,
whereas the. percentage of deaths in
cases not treated with anti-toxine was
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Bayard Interviews Salisbury.

LONDON, May 19.-United States
ambassador Bayard had an important
interview at the Foreign Office this
afternoon with Lord Salisbury. The
conference lasted an hour. and at its
conclusion Mr.. Bayard left the Foreign
Office apparently greatly delighted.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20
Deaths From Cholera.

ALEXANDRIA, May 19-In this city
there were twenty-eight deaths from
cholera to-day. In Cairo there were SIX
deaths from the disease and in Old Cairo
ten deaths.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-05-20

and Speaker Reed laid before the House
the message from the President vetoing
the bill to pension Caroline D. Mowatt,
and it was referred to the Committee
on Invalid Pensions
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04

5000 yards Navy Blue Calico fast coos worth 10 for r.
Eiderdown 75c quality going for f2c
Outing Cloth 123c quality going ,..,.. 9c
Grayeand Sutng, 65c quality going for 39C
Fancy Cashmere Mixtures worth 4Oc, Tor
Black Brllautnes worth 65c for 40c M
Mohar Mixtures, worth 25c, for 5go
Black Cashmere 38 inch wide worth 4Oc or.,.' 52C
Ladies' Cloth "a inch wide, worth 85c, 500
Ladies Swiss Ribbed Vests worth 75c for or az:
Mems White Laundried Shirts worth $L5O tor,''' 90C
Black Lse Thread Hose worth 75c, for,....,.. ,4gc
Blankets II 4, $3.50 quality for.,,.,,.
Ladies Hats 81 so quality, for 80
70 Umbrellas worth ST "A each, for 9Vc
38 inch all wool Plaids worth 5Oc for. 3oc
-TJJRNTEE2 CC
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
Judge Gates Candidacy.

ga well-defned report reached
here tonight grom Jonesboro that
ex Congressman w. II, Cate of that
city had decided to enter the race
fot the Democratic nomination for
governor"
The above appeared in the Little
Rock department of The CONNER
cial Appeal of the 2lst,
A representative OF the Times
sought and obtained an interview
with Judge Cate, who, while he did
not say positively that he would not
be a candidate, intlmated that he
would not That he is endeayoring
to build up Jonesboro and Craig
head county by encouraging i'm
migration and locating factories
here. Should he decide 30 be candi-
date he would prove very strong
one. -Jonesboro Times.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
L[yGOLD.TURNER COMPANY'S
ShOv6I- 'En-Oub SAILS !
Talking at an End After Stock Taking.

More good bargains than you ever had offered you be-
fore. For this week see following bargains and
great MANY others we haven't space to mention:
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
Beware of 0intments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely
derange the whole system when
entering it through she mucous
surface. Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions from
reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good
you can,possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F.. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine,
1t is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by f. j. Cheney &
Co, Testimonials free. Sold by
Druggist, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
DIAMONDS,<
SILVERWARE,

Fine Jewelry. Pure IS KIT. Gold Rings
The Finest and Most Chmplete
Stock in the City.
LOUIS HEILBRON,
leading and Reliable Jsweler.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
16 TO Ia WINNER.
A Parrot and Monkey Time in the
Senate.

Senate.
All Arkansas is talking of Sena-
tor James X. Jones and his able
hacker, Isham G. Harris, of Tennes-
see, in their victorious fight for
silver, in the Senate, Saturday.
An agreement had been reached
that a vote should be taken at 2
o'clock on the Jones silver substi-
tute bill for the House bond bill and
when the hour arrived Harris de-
manded the vote. Chandler and
Lodge raised the question of the
permisibility of amendments. Harris
contended that under the agree
ment amendments there not in
order but admitted that the Vice
President, was bound to entertain
amendments.
Vice President Stevenson stated
he would entertain any amendments
offered, but the rule was to abide
by any agreement that the Sena-
tors had made.
Chandler and Lodge, at this, be-
gan to make technical objections.
Harris arose to his feet walked
over to where these two Senators
we're seated, and looked each square
in the eye, passed on back to the
Democratic side of house and sat
down.
Hoar made an appeal to Harris
to let the amendments be read,
and Harris was much affected but
said "The agreement was made
and must be adhered to.
The opposition was struck dumb
and this silence reigned supreme for
ten minutes, and was broken by the
vice president who declared the
vote would be taken, and the bill
was the read for passage.
1t was passed and Harris crossed
over to Jones and grasped his hand.
Jones was quickly surrounded by
his friends who congratulated him
him on his victory.
The bill makes the following
provisionis:
The United States mints shall be
opened to the coinage of silver, the
dollar shall be of the present weight
and fineness, and also provides for
certificates. 1t further provides
for the coinage Of the seigniorage
now in the treasury and authorizes
the immediate issue of certificates
upon tae same in advance of being
coined. One section of the bill pro-
vides that no bank note of less than
$40 shall hereafter be issued and
those outstanding of less amount
shall be taken up and Cancelled as
rapidly as possible. Section 4 pro-
vides that the greenbacks and
treasury notes shall be redeemed in
standard silver dollars or in gold
coinage, at the option of the treas
ury, and the greenbacks when so
redeemed shall be Immediately re-
issued.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
For Sale or Exchange.

One Remington, eight-drawer,
typewriter office desk; also one
Remington No. 2 Typewriter, in
perfect order, cheap. JOE ALLEN,
1928 Cotton Belt Block,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04

Go to the Texarkana Mnsic House
for low prices on piano tuning and
repairing. All work guaranteed.
II 20 JNo. w. LAsHLEY,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1896-02-04
v. c. SPEARMAN, N. D.
Physician and Surgeon.

Office, Front Rooms Over Smith Drug
Store. Office Hours--From 9 to 9
a NJ, 2 to 3 p. IN. and 8 to 8 p. N
Telephone at office and resdedco
Texarkana, ! Ark
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
A SOLAR STEREOPT|CON.
]. M. Hutchings, Yosemite's
Guardian, Strikes a
Clever Idea.
Utilizes Sunlight by Means of a Re-
fecting Glass, in Place of the
Expensive Calcium.

James Fl. Hutchings of Yosemite VAL
ley fame has perfected a very clever de-
vice for utilizing the light of the sun for
stereopticon purposes. He calls his in
vention "solar stereop.icon.'
1t consists of glass mirror. adjustable
by means of slide and thumbscrew to
any angle, and the regular lenses of q
stereopticon. Its operation is simplicity
itself.
The stereopticon is set in window, the
glass reflector extending outside in the
sunshine, while the lens end of it is in
the room. The window-sash is brought
down into the square groove on top of
the machine and serves to hold it steadily
in place. Curtains are drawn over the
window and about the stereopticon and.
with the light excluded from the windows
and sheet tackled upon the wall opposite
everything is ready for the entertainment
supposing that the lecturer or Snowman
with his slides and his audience be there.
Such were the conditions in Mr.. Hutch
ings' rooms on Sacramento street yester-
day afternoon. the audience being a few
invited friends.
The bright sunlight, flashed through the
lenses by the little reflector not much
larger than lady's hand-glass, did the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
office OF attorney." Jesse W. Lilianthal

office OF attorney" Jesse w. Lilienthal
was chosen in place of Sidney V. Smith.
1t was expected by parties interested in
the road, by reason of recent litigation in
which A. W. Foster and Sidney V. Smith
figured as opponents, that an effort would
be made to prevent the election, but no
move IN that direction was made.
The capital stock of the company is rep
resented by 10000 shares. OF this mum Der
o,l7o shares were, by the cumulative pro-
cess IN pursuance of an agreement run
ming for five years, voted for Foster, Mark
ham, Newhall and Lilienthal, and 9195
shares were voted for the other three.
The balance of the stock was not voted, for
the reason that the proxies were not
legal, not having been registered ten days
before election.
Sidney " Smith, who holds a little in
excess of Il, 600 shares, voted for himself,
but the chairman. Mr.. Foster, refused to
recognize the vote in view OF the tact that
under the agreement they had been under
the contract voted by Foster and Mark
ham. By reason of this action, Mr.. Smlth,
who could have become member OF the
minority portion OF the board, was de-
feated.
President Foster after the meeting said
he expects that steps will be taken to have
the election declared illegal, but believed
the action he had taken with regard 10
Mr. Smiths stock was correct. He said
also that there was no talk of consolida-
tion with the North Pacific Company.
Mr.. Smith said he was not disturbed by
the action taken at the meeting, for he an
ticipated the result. and in view of the re-
cent decision of Judge AngeIotti he had
prepared for future action. Judge Ange-
lotti of the Superior Court of Marin
County was applied TO some time ago by
Mr.. Smith for an Injunction to restrain
those who are parties to the agreement
from voting his stock, but the Judge de-
MED the prayer on the ground that the pc
titioner had ample remedy under the pro-
visions of section of the Civil Code, and
that remedy is to commence an action to
set the election aside. Mr.. Smith said this
would be done in the course of few days.
and in that proceeding the question of the
right to vote the stock according to con-
tract will be determined.
j. B. Stetson, one of the new directors,
is the general manager of the North Pa
cific Coast Railroad Company, and he and
others connected with the company own
$1,000 shares, and it is claimed that these
in conjunction with Mr.. Smith endeavored
to obtain control with view to consoli-
dating the North Pacific Coast and the San
Francisco and North Pacific Coast Railway
com panies.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
BIG RENT ATTACHMENT,
Hasiett & Bailey, the Big Warehouse
Firm, Levied On for $1O,545 by W.
III. Martin & Co.

Haslett & Bailey, proprietors of The
Beale-street, Hathaway, United States
Bonded, Humboldt and Pacific ware
houses, were yesterday attached for $10,-
545 by w. II. Martin and John Ballard of
the firm of w. H. Martin & Co., for unpaid
rent on property on Spear street, near
Harrison.
BY the terms of fve-year lease made
March 4, 1891, Haslett g. Bailey were to
pay $3.50 month as rent for the build
ings. Last Marcn 1t was mutually agreed
that the rent should thereafter be $25OO a
month. The complaint AYERS that from
April l, 1895. to February 1, 1896, the rent
amounted to $25, 900, but that only $14, 455
has been paid, leaving the amount for
which an attachment has been levied on
everything in San Francisco and Alameda
counties assessed to Haslett e. Bailey.
The property attached in this City in
cludes the different warehouses, while in
Alameda there are several pieces OF real
estate.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
THE ANNUAL MEETING.
Election of Majority of the Foster Combina.
tion Directors.

tion Directors.
The annual election for directors of the
San Francisco and North Pacific Railway
Company was held yesterday, and what is
known as the Foster combination sue
ceeded in electing the majority of the
board, while Sidney V. Smith, who repre-
sented the minority, was not only left out
in the cold, but was deposed as the attor-
ney for the company.
The directors chosen are A. w. Foster.
Andrew Markham, George E. Newhall. P.
N. Lilienthal, who compose the majority,
and A. Borel, j. B. Stetson, John L. How
ard, the minority.
After the result had been announced,
the gentlemen named with the exception
of Mr.. Howard, who is not in the City, or
ganized and elected the following officers
by the majority vote: A. w. Foster,
president; P. N. Lilienthal, yice-presi-
dent: Thomas Mellersh, secretary and
controller; III. C. Whiting, general mana
ger; the Anglo-California Bank, treasurer.
R. x. Ryan. general passenger and
freight agent; w. ]. McMullin, his assist
ant, and w. G. Corbaley. superintendent,
are continued in their respective positions,
and, as the president said. there will be
no change in the personnel, except in the
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-26
OPPOSED TO PAVING.
Mass-Meeting of Ninth-Avenue PROM
erty-Owners to Sidetrack Super
yisors, ReSOIutiou

Mass-M citing of Ninth-Avenue Prop-
erty-Owners to Sidetrack Super
visors' Resolution.
The property-owners on Ninth avenue,
between Fulton and Lake streets, do not
want bituminous pavement and granite
curbs with the expense incident to such
improvements.
A mass-meeting was held in Mohr-
mann's hall, on Clement street, last night
by members of the Point Lobos Club and
other real estate owners in that part of
the Richmond district to request the
Board of Supervisors to postpone indefn-
itely the boards recent resolution to pave
in bitumen and sewer Ninth avenue, in ac-
cordance with petition presented by the
Richmond District improvement Club.
The proposed pavement would be nearly
a mile long and, together with the granite
curbing, would necessitate an expense of
$3.50 each to each of the $50 lots along the
line, throughout the length of which there
are but twelve houses and three sheds.
That is why the property owners object.
Not long ago one style of street for which
they had contributed was supplanted by
the present macadam and wooden curbs.
and the suggestion of third change does