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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
TRAGEDY ATA CHURCH
Two Men Are Killed and Another
MOrtally Wounded.
ALL WERE YOUNG MEN.
The shooting Was on Account Of the
wrohsing Of . Young woman BY
One Of the Dead Msn-Mueh
Excitement Prevailed

Dallas. June ga bloody battle
took place at 1850 o'clock yesterday
morning In a churchyard In Pleasant
Valley. five miles east OF Garland and
y miles northeast OF this city Two
young men we're shot to death and an
ether MORALLY injured In full view Of
the congregation. which had assembled
Il give praise 10 God on the peaceful
Sabbath morning.
Pleasant Valley Is one OF the most or
derby communities in Dallas county. It's
farmers are wtll-to-do, progressive and
law-abldlng. Saloons do not flourish
there. and Il Is said to be an ideal spot,
free from crime and the vicious classes.
The news OF the terrible tragedy was
brought to this city by J. T. Mccollum.
one Of Dallas county's best known far
mers and uncle OF Augustus A. Garri-
soE. one Of the chief actors In the af-
fray as well a. one OF the victims. lie
gave the following version Of the affair:
at 1880 yesterday morning the con-
gregation Of the Pleasant Valley Meth
Odlst church assembled for worship.
Rev. Mr.. Patterson OF Ellis county had
been advertised to preach and the at.
tendance was large. arrived shortly
before the shooting TOOK place and en-
tered the church. which was well filled.
A number OF young men were within
The churchyard and standing about the
main entrance 20 the church. Before
the preacher had begun the usual de-
votlonal exercises rapid firing was
heard without the church. did not
witness the shooting. but with others
rushed out TO ascertain the cause, We
found two young men dead and one dy.
ing. The latter was shot In the right
thigh and mortality injured. the physl.
clans state. Augustus A. Garrison and
Frank Jones we're dead and young Tom
Jones was thought to be dylu Gar
rlson was my nephew. He was 20 years
old. unmarried and a son Of Widow
Garrison. Frank Jones was 20 years
old. unmarried and the son Of Jesse
Jones Tom Jones Is IL years old and
a brother OF the dead man. Gus Gar.
rlson opened the battle by shooting
Frank Jones. killing him almost In.
stantly. Then young Tom Jones open.
ed IRE on Garrison. The latter returned
L. Garrison was shot and killed, but
tei0re dying he shot Tom Jones In the
throat, thus killing one and perhaps
both OF the brothers A young lady
lad been wronged by Frank Jones and
Augustus Garrison. meeting Jones IN
the churchyard. determined 20 avengt
the wrong lie killed Jones. was him.
self killed by a brother OF the man
whom he had slain. but sent a parting
shot az the second brother that lodged
In a vital part OF ais body The excite.
ment was Intense. and men. women and
children rushed thiiher and thlther. A
brother OF Garrison was an eye witness
20 the shooting. but was unarmed. After
HIS relative fell the young man seized
the revolver from his nerveless fingers.
but did not get 10 use lt"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
II. t. @. Time Card.

Uncle Watt Stewart was In town yes
terday.
E. W. Hutchinson Of Houston. is In
the city.
Dan Sims spent the pact few days in
the city.
Fred y hutchinson came up from Hous-
ton Sunday.
A. W. HOLMAN aud son Henry visited
Hearne Sunday.
Prof Q. 4. Bullock Of Reliance, was
here Yesterday.
Mrs. Ida Shepard left for Orange yes.
terday afternoon.
August Gufree and wife went TO
Galveston yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. b. shelburne went
TO Marlin Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Rohde and children went
10 Franklin Sunday.
Mrs. John Steele came up from Al.
leniarm Yesterday.
Jas II. Webb and family returned
from San Antonio yesterday.
Tho X. ofP. boys put ]. G. Gather
through the third last night
Dr. White aud Leonard Mcdonald
we're here from Macy yesterday.
Work on the cycle path has been
suspended on account OF the dry wealth.
en-.
supt. Flake Of the NavasotA public
school, passed through the city yesler.
day.
The TWEEN ty.drst annual catalogue Of
the A. and NJ. College has just been To-
sued.
w. b. Raysor Of Chapel Hin spent
sudnay With his brother, DR.. Panl Nj
Raysor.
Mics Leithio scroggins returned "a
Courtney Yesterday aner visit ID
Bryan friends.
Miss Lucille Davis leit for n Pasc
Sunday alter a visit to Col and Mrs NJ
W SINS
Miss Lille Burnett returned to Nava'
sofa yesterday afler visit 10 her sister
Mrs. W. X. Sanders.
Y. W. Foster and family and Ton
Franklin and family lefs yesterday foI
an overland trip 10 Marlin.
Mr.. john T. wyse writes from Boer
ne that his wife h very low and he he,
lost hope Of her rcovery.
Frank Clark, a social aidecamp on lhs
staff Of General Phelps a. the Nashvill,
reunion, has returned home.
McDuf simpson sent 10 the Eagle Of
Zee yesterday cabbage having tileer
small heads On the one stalk. lie alsl
cent two immense onions.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29

jamestown. Cal. June 2S.-H. o.
Conn. superintendent OF the Jumper
mine. and formerly a successful mine
manager IN Nevada. shot himself In the
temple while In the Jumper once. and
died In a few moments lie was be-
lleved 70 have been temporarily insane
having sustained severe injuries on his
head during a recent accldcn. In the
mine.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
FROM The BALLOON


A Bride Gets scared While Asesadlur
and Lads In River.
Chattanooga. June IS William
Robertson was married 20 Mlss Gym
thia Kenna, a beautiful Hm CITY belle.
suburb OF Chattanooga. The cere-
mony took place In the basket a a bal.
loon and as soon as the preacher spoke
the words that made them man and
wife, the ropes were cut and the couple
started on a bridal tour through mid.
air.
A stir breeze was blowing and when
the balloon had assembled over the Ten.
nossee river the woman became fright
ned and jumped out At height Of
about 100 feet She was quickly res
cued by bystanders In boat The
groom assembled 10 a distance OF 1000
feet when he safely made the descent
with his parachute. After the bride
had changed her wet garments In A
nearby boathouse. the couple held a
public reception on the River View ma
tlllion.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
nsn.. Republican. snmmnn.a.

Washington. June 2S.-In anticlpa-
ton OF the passage OF the tarin bin by
the senate this week. Mr. Grosvenor
chairman Of the Republican caucus
committee Of the house. has issued a
request TO an Republican members OF
The house 20 be In their seats next
Monday.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29

Annapolis. Md. June 2S.-James
Smith, eolored. a lad Il years old. Is In
JAN here charged with an attempt to
wreck the hay Ridge excursion trpln
from Washington yesterday Smith
was seen 10 place a railroad lie on he
track about a mile and a half from
this city. An employee OF tie road.
Isaac Tucker. also colored. saw the oc.
currence. After removing the obs,ruc.
ton Tucker pursued the boy. who was
arrested later ana locked up In default
OF bail. There were nine well oiled
coaches In the train.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
sac, I:In..if .. nah.

Chicago, June 2S,-Guy c. Ledyard
Jr, manager OF the American Starch
company, and a son Of Guy c. Led
yard, Sr.. the pioneer sugar broker Of
Chicago. shot himself through the
heart with a fowllng piece. lie died
Instantly III health caused him TO be
Respondent
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
The TeIal FraIt PaIaee ID Mo-

This year will he held July lith 10
2ith, and excursion rates will prevail on
the international q Great Northern X.
X. FOR the occasion. Under u new man.
agement Il Is asserted that the Fruit
Palace OF ~ will far surpass anything
before attempted In previous years. See
any Agent ON the line for iuriher par.
liculars. d. j. Price, q. +, &T.A.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
Teaehera EEenrsIon 10 Metleo--

Round trip tickets on sale 10 Monte
fey 10 Mexico City from al points on
the /. & @. n. r. r., July End, limited
20 days for Mexico City and 10 DAYS Tor
Monterey, AZ the popular lou excursion
rates. This will he the grandest Mexi.
co excursion this season. d. J, Prize
q. T. A.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29

Cons,an,lnonle. June 2S-A fresh at
tempt on the part Of the sultan to Sc
cure Germany's support OF retention OF
Thesaaly has met with a refusal and
VIII nov conform 10 Europe's wlshea
and Object
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
Enworth Learne. Tornntn. ON

Epworth League, Toronto, Ont
Round trip tickets on sale from all
points on the 1. 4 q. n X. H., July nth,
18th and 18th, limited good ior return
until July 10Th, at malt rates; privilege
Of extension ofTeturn limit until August
18th will be granted on these tickets
d. J. Price, q. p. A.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
n. M. WILSON
l. ~ G. n. Excursion Rates.
The Fonrlh ofJnlY.

The Fourth Of July.
The International and Great Northern
Railway will have on sale round TIP
excursion tickets between all point.
July 81, An and 5th, limited until July
Q for return. ID. J. Price, q. 7. At A.
Interstate Drill, San Antonio, Texas
Round trip excursion tickets on sac
irom u points on the /. 4 6. n. K. r.,
july l6th 10 oath inclusive. limited Ia
q IA for return, at very low rates. ID.
j. PIice, G. 2. A.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
National Educationn

National Educational Assn, Milwau.
kee, Wis
Round trip tickets on sale from all
poin,s on the /. x q. n. r. r., July 2nd
Bird aud 9TH, return limit July 18th at
halt rates privilege Of an extension OF
limit on these tickets a. August 3lst
will be granted. d. J. Price, e.. 4. A.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29

Washington, June 2S.-The house
vas In session today only long enou1h
to call the roll on a motion to adjourn
10 Thursday.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-29
A Swell Turnout

got at Jno. q. Tabor's IL "a thing
u beauty and a joy forever" just look
at the handsome and stylish stock Of
Faps, phwions, buok boards, suireys.
etc, that they are displaying iu the
greatest variety. The taste displayed
IN design, colors and styles Of these We.
hicles, besides the lowuess Of price for
such tne work, makes them very a..
ifactive.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

years later he was admitted to the bar,
but abandoned the practice of law the fol-
lowing autumn on account of failing
health, and moved to Grand Rapids,
Mich, where he engaged in the lumber
business, and where in 1861 he was mar
ried to Annette III. Henry.
In 1861 Alger enlisted in the Second
Michigan Cavalry, and was made captain
of Company G. He was wounded in the
battle of Bonneville, Miss. Owing to his
part in this engagement he was promoted
to the rank of major. In 1862 he became
lieutenant colonel of the Sixth Michigan
Cavalry. and in 1868 was made colonel of
the Fifth Michigan Cavalry, his regiment
being in Clusters famous brigade. In
1864 failing health induced him to retire
from the service. He was breveted brig
adler and major general ''for gallant and
meritorious services" and was on private
service in 1864, receiving orders per-
sonally from President Lincoln.
In 1865 he removed to Detroit, where he
has since been extensively engaged in
lumber and pine land business. Gen..
Alger was elected Governor of Michigan
in 1884, receiving n plurality of $3.50
votes over Begole (fusionist). His adj
ministration of State affairs was consid-
cred highly successful. In 1888 he was
one of the leading candidates for the Re
publican nomination for President. Gen.
Alger served one term as commander of
the G. A. r.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

A bicycle rider was run down and In
jured bySa street-car going In the d.
rection In which he was going. Hif
suit against the railway company to re
cover damages for personal injuries
was dismissed by the lower court Oh
the ground that his admitted, failure t.
look behind him was contributory neg
ligence on his part.
The appellate division of the Supreme
Court, after reviewing the case, decid
ed that person riding a wheel must
first Of all. keep good lookout In front
and on both sides; that IL this be done
the rider cannot keep watch behind
and that to require constant rear look
out would amount to prohibition of bi'
cycle-riding. Therefore, to say the
least, the question whether this rider
was guilty of contrlbut6ry negligence
In not seeing the oncoming car should
have been submitted to the jury. A
new trial was ordered.
The result Of the new trial will inter
est several millions of persons In the
United States. The bicycle has come to
stay, and the statutes and decisions re-
lating to its use will constitute an i'm
portant feature Of the lawNYOuth's
Companion. .u ts q 4 p'
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
AlGER GETS A PRIZE.
MICHIGAN MAN m M'klNLEY's
CABINET.
10 offered and Accepts the Position
Of War secretsry-Has an Honorable
War Record and Has Been Governor
Of HE State.


Gen. Russell A. Alger, of Michigan. is
to be Secretary Of War in Mckinley
cabinet. Gen. Alger was summoned to
Canton, where the portfolio was rendered
and accepted. In speaking of the matter
Gen. Alger said that not until the inter
view were there any overtures made to
him in connection with the cabinet. He
said also that none of the appointments of
his department had yet been disposed OF
or decided upon, and that it would be
some time before any announcements in
that line could be made,
Gen. Russell A. Alger was born in La
fayette township, Medina County Ohio,
Feb. 81, 1886. His grandfather served
in the revolutionary war and Is claimed to
have been a descendant of William the
Conqueror. When IL years of age both
his parents died. For the next seven
years he worked on q farm, earning money
to defray his expenses at the Richfeld,
O., academy during the winters. Suisse
quently he taught school, and in March,
1857, entered a law Office in Akron. Two
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
News of Minor Note.

Prince Alexander Of Oldenburg, accom-.
panied by two doctors, has left st. Peters
burg for Marseilles, en- route for Bombay
where he proposes to study the microbe OF
the Indian plague.
Fire destroyed the newly equipped -four
mill and elevator of the Consolidated
Milling Company and a large four-story
frame building at Peterboro, Ont. The
loss will be between 100000 and $4,000
Chief of Police Crowley of San Fran.
cisco is determined that If the Chinese
residents in that city will not regard the
laws of the State they shall forfeit all
the privileges heretofore granted to them
because of their native customs.
While a gang of workmen were repair
ing trestle on the Great Northern Rail
road near Butte, Mont, big iron truss
which was being put into position slipped,
carrying down with il Peter. Hisholm and
John O'Connell. The latter, was killed
outright. Hisholm lived an hour.
Miss Lillian Templeton, of Brooklyn, Is
dead as the result of taking n prescrip-
ton of a friend who meant TO cure her.
Miss Templeton had been suffering from
a cold. A friend gave her q prescription
which called for equal. parts of spirits. OF
camphor. peppermint, laudanum and bal
sam Of hr.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04
Current Coudeusat ions.


Mr.. and Mrs. Noise are Jasper Coun-
ty, Missouri, musicians.
A license is required In England to
sell ginger beer after 10 o'clock at
night.
In the domains of the British empire
alone some 5000 individuals vanish
every year.
Twenty-three hundred and seventy
two employees are engaged in handling
the annual output Of Chicago's post
office.
No tree has yet been measured which
was taller than the great eucalyptus in
Gipsland, Australia, which proved to
be 45O feet high.
The early Japanese swords were ex-
pected to be so keen that a blade sus-
pended horizontally beneath a tree
would sever any falling leaf that might
strike upon its edge.
1t is said that the highest point ever
reached by oil was in January, 1860,
when 1t went to $40 per barrel. The
lowest point, 8 cents per barrel, was
reached in November, 1861.
Maxim's cavalry gun, which fires 700
shots minute, weighs but thirty
pounds, and can be carried strapped to
a soldiers back. The gun he made for
the Sultan of Turkey fires no shots a
minute, but it is field piece on wheels.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer royal
for Ireland, is said to believe that the
time is approaching when posterity will
be able to construct machinery that will
be operated with heat obtained by the
direct action of the suns rays.
At recent State fair an inventor ex-
hibited machine that he had construct
ed for converting grapes into sugar and
syrup. Experts who witnessed the. OPP
Grafton and others affirm that the pro-
cess Is complete success. The expert
ments were mostly confined to Muscat
and other sweet grapes known to carry
large amount of saccharine matter.
Heretofore the difficulty has been In
graduating grape sugar. But by this
new process it is claimed that granula-
ton Is perfect.
Musicians in the United States navy
are fairly well paid class of enlisted
men. Only fagships have band, but
something in the way of official music
is provided on board all ships. Band
masters receive$25 per month; first mu-
sicians, $3.50; musicians Of the first-class,
$50; second-class, $50; drummers, $13 to
ho - Ia Nav- a I,<.x,
by provision of an act Of Congress, now
almost forty years In operation, receive
in addition to their pay an allowance Of
81 per month for playing at the White
House.
A small part Of the commerce of the
world Is still carried on by the use of
shells as a medium of exchange. The
Portuguese found this sort Of money
in use by, the natives of the eastern
coast of Africa when they opened up
trade in that region and have found 1t
to their advantage to continue the prac-
tice. Fortunes are said to have been
made by collecting the shells on one
part Of the African coast and putting
them In ejaculation at point only a
few hundred miles away. These shells
are sold by weight. The price varies
according as the supply compares with
the demand. Prices have been known
to double and even treble within few
months The prices also vary greatly
within short distances. What has cost
the merchant from 80 cents to 81 in the
market will often bring him 50 to So
worth of goods In another market"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

self. He said there was no ground for
the publication that he was gold Demo-
crat during the campaign, and that his
only utilization with the Democratic party
was in 1884, when he voted for Cleveland.
He also said that he and Major McKin-
ley substantially agree on the tariff ques-
ton.
The guests at the Mckinley residence
besides Mr.. Gage were National Commit
teeman Leland of Kansas, ex-Gov. Cor
nell and Col J. J. McCook of New York,
the latter a leading attorney; w. G. Beer
of the National Security Company of New
York and Gen Osborne, the secretary of
the national committee. Gov. Cornell said
that he was glad the country was to have
'learned his trade" before he enters upon
the duties of his Office.
Biographical Sketch of Mr.. Gage.
Lyman J. Gage was born at De Ruyter,
Madison County, n. Y, June %, 1886,
and was the son of Eli and Mary Judson
Gage. He earned his first salary as
clerk in the postoffice at Rome, n. T., and
later became route agent on the Rome and
WATERFOWL Railroad. In 1854 he was CIV
en- position in the Oneida Central Bank
in Rome, and retained it for year and
half at salary of 500 year. The close
of 1856 found him in Chicago, and his
first employment was in the capacity of
bookkeeper for a lumber firm. In connec-
ton with his duties as bookkeeper he
was also required to assist in loading and
unloading lumber wagons. He afterwards
accepted the position of bookkeeper for
the Merchants Savings, Loan and Trust
Company, and this was the beginning of
the career that led up to his presidency of
the First National Bank. In the spring of
1860 he had reached the position of assist
ant cashier, and shortly afterward was
advanced to that of cashier, and when in
1868 he went to the First National Bank
il was as cashier. The old charter of the
bank expired in 1882, and at the reorgan-
ization he was elected vice-president and
general manager. About this time he was
elected to the presidency of the American
Bankers Association. He was chosen
president of the First National Bank Jan.
"a, 1891, and has held that position since.
Mr.. Gage was moving spirit in the
Worlds Fair enterprise from the time it
was first proposed, and he demonstrated
his faith in Chicago's ability to manage
the affair and meet its obligations by be-
ing one with three others to guarantee
that Chicago would raise the $40, 100000
promised. Mr. Gage has been twice mar
ried; first in 1864 to Miss Sarah Ether
idge of Little Falls. n. Y. She died in
1874, and in 1887 he married Cornelia
Gage of Denver, Colo.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-02-04

The cases of cholera on board the Nu-
bia, at Plymouth, have been confined to
the troops.
Queen Victoria has donated $500 to the
India famine relief fund, which has been
opened by the Lord Mayor of London.
Serious foods have occurred in the ISL
and of Montserrat, resulting in the loss of
seventy-fve lives and the destruction of
roads and bridges.
The revenue of Newfoundland for the
fir,t six months of the fiscal year exceeds
that for the same period of the previous
year by 100000
Hungary has given formal notice to
Austria of its intention to terminate the
customs and commercial convention be-
tween Austria and Hungary.
The lighting of certain of the London
prisons by electricity is under considera-
| ton, and it is proposed to erect a special
description of tread wheel to supply the
motive power.
The Italian general medical council has
| just presented a request to the Govern
ment the effect of which is that all for
eign doctors shall be prohibited from prac-
ticing in Italy.
A great bush fire has been raging in the
| county of Montagu, in Tasmania, and the
| township of Pengana has been nearly de-
| stroyed. Hundreds of people have been
rendered homeless and the damage done
Is estimated at f15,OOO.
A few weeks ago the German firm of
Friedrich Krupp presented 10000 to the
workmen's pension fund of their works.
and now further donation of f25,OOO
has been made to the fund for the widows
and orphans of their officials.
1t is reported that Count Muravieff,
the newly appointed Russian minister of
foreign affairs. has been charged TO for
| mally invite President Faure to st. Pet
prsburg.
Gustaff Wolf. acting German consul at
| Tacoma, Wash, was married to Miss
Christiana Smith of Chicago, who arriv-
ed from the East few hours before the
ceremony.
Intimate friends of the late Alexander
Dumas, fills, have resolved to keep the re-
membrance of the dramatist alive in their
minds by special dinner every three
months in Paris.