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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
Tmaniai.
Houston and Texas Central
First Mortgage Bonds.
Notice Of Bonds Drawn for Payment.

The Houston and Texas Central Railroad
Company. having In It's possession cash proceeds
from sales OF lands covered by Trust Indenture
between Frederic p. Olcott. the Central Trust
Company OF New York and the Southern Pacific
Company. dated April I, $780, which are APP
plicable to the purchase Of The Houston and
Texas Central Railroad Company's First Mort
gage bonds secured by such Indenture to an
amount sufficient at the price limited In said
Trust Indenture to purchase and retire 300 Of
such bonds; and, It having been found that such
bonds cannot be purchased at or below 10 per
centum Of the par value thereof and accrued
interest thereon, there have been drawn. by lot,
under the provisions of such Trust Indenture.
bonds secured thereby bearing the distinguish
ing numbers hereinafter stated. TO be paid for
out Of such proceeds Of such land sales at ths
said rate of 10 per centum of the par value
thereof and accrued interest thereon.
The distinguishing numbers OF the bonds -
drawn are rs follows. viz:
II, 81 A. 90 149, 1885, 1885, 81, 413, AL. Az,
AGO. so. 524. 525 527 600, 500. 712, 100. T9l
$40, S22, $40 $50, SS3. 921. 939. 943 9S5 9Sd
1O6a, 1916 1905. 1923. 1869 1885, 1862 1920.
1922, 1892, 1888 1894, 1916, 1904, 1863, 1909,
1917. 1918. 1920, 1922, 204l, 2071, 2o72, 2197.
2l99, 22o0 22O1. 222O. 2221. 2276, 2277 2315.
1916. 2331 2444. 1854, 1858, 274O, 2775. 2791.
2S20. 1881. 2S45. $3.50, 29lS. 29l9. 2951. 31O3.
S104. 31O7 1853. 3160, 31I9. 3lS1. 1908. 3214.
1915 3277. 1904. 1905. 1906 1921, 1916 1923.
1882, 34S3, S443, 1851. 1913 3S45, aS46, 1891.
1921. 1920 1910. 1880. 1881. 1852. 1856 ALI.
412S. 4129. Aba 4141. 4l4S. 4l49. Alto, 426O.
1851. 4314 1918. 1920. 4441. 1855 44S4. 4497.
4GO1. 1850 1858, 1896. ALL ALP, 4130 476S.
400 4731, $3.50, 1885. 50l2. 5081, 5000, 800.
BILL 5112 5175, 5205. 1892, $780, SAL, 5471.
54S1, 54S3, 54S6, $685. 555S, 1919 1851, 1904,
1896, $685., 5697, 5e9S. 57S9, $780, 5791, 1893,
$685., 1896, $40. G059. 606O, 6151. 1852. 623a.
62S7, gas $685. 62S2, 62S3. 6314 6315 $3.50,
$685. 6376 6454. $685. 1858. 1854, $500. 697a,
1856 707S 71O4. 7129. 7140 71S3, 722S 7242.
7274 1907 7345. 74l7, 7439 1887. 1903. 77S1.
1853. 1855. 1851. 1862 1868. 1854. 1885, SOO0.
1904. S012 SOl3. s014. $780,
The bonds bearing such distinguishing num-
bers will be paid for at the rate above mem
toned viz, ITO per centum and accrued inter-
est upon presentation thereof with all unrnae
tured coupons attached thereto. at the once OF
the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Com
pany. Mills Building. New-York City.
The bonds 80 drawn will cease to bear interest
from and after sixty days published notice OF
such drawing viz. from and after the Slst day
Of December, 1897.
NEW YORK, October 20. 1897.
HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAIL.
ROAD COMPANY,
By THOS. II. HUBBARD,
President.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

OFFICE OF COUNTY CONTROLLER
OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY.
November 18th. 1897. Ptsburg. Pa,
NOTICE TO HOLDERS OF BONDS OF the
~ oounty OF Allegheny Pennsylvania
-r.. SinIinr Fund Commissioners OF the County OF
A.sheny' state OF Pennsylvania by virtue OF authority
~ - them by Act OF Assembly approved April :2nd.
vested "a 1saa 40 hereby notify the holders Of ALLIE
nauFEy COUNTY COMPROMISE BONDS. that bonds
ois.r.d ard dated as follows. to wit: COUPON COM-
ppIRnMTsb 1BoSps Nos $40 $50 sss soS :27 so
80 Sai nao 53y 534 $751; 53S. $780, $40. SAL 542 5aS.
SsS Ss0 S2 55s $780, SOL. all bearing date OF January
i ,t sSs and maturing january list 1913, will be paid,
r. ~ with interest January lst 1895 presen
t,n AZ The Office OF County Controller Ptttsburg.
ia' ~ " REUBEN MILLER,
JAS. J. DONNELLA
W. Il. THOMPSON.
Sinking Fund COMMISSIONER
The herald., 1897-01-03

Notions
Horn Bone, good quality, regu- Sr
lar price l-3c 4; reduced to. ....... w
Curling Irons, regular price SC; 2r
reduced to............... ........ w
Rome aCa asing, all colors, regular e.
price &c; reduced to. w
Bone Casing, extra quality, regu- a.
lar price l5c reduced to. .......... ~
Betting, silk and satin finish, 10r
regular price 2oc; reduced to-. lV~
Dress Shields. good quality, regu- e.
lar price loc; reduced to-. ....... "
Hose Supporters. side.
Hose supporters, side.
Hose supporters, belt.
Finishing Braid; regular G.
price l-3c; reduced to.."......... "
shopping Bags. good size; 2lr
regular price Soc; reduced to ..... OTS
Shopping Bags. good size; a.
regular price SIC; reduced to-. SOS
Pearl Buttons, regular e.
price SIC; reduced to. .............. w
The herald., 1897-01-03
His Many and Great Dangers
Still UnConquered
PERFECT SHIP YET A MYTH
But Travel in the Twentieth Century
viii Be Comparatively Safe
Marine Disasters Are Not as Frequent
as a Century or Two Ago-Hard-
ships of Old Time Travellers.
Don't Spend a Dollar Till You
Read these Prices

Every time new monarch of the
ocean is built and launched, columns are
written about her indestructibility; con-
vincing facts aresproGtlced, showing that
she is unsinkabfe; diagrams are drawn
proving that the mightiest waves tossed
up by Boss Neptune could not tilt her
over at ar afTgle of more than 80 degrees,
other things are exhibited to show that
in a collision she would be inVulnerable,
in fire impervious, in a hurricane, bliz-
Zard or fog Is safe as quiet seat by the
home fireside. Yet every little while new
disasters are added to the long list Of
ShipWrecks.
The other day the North German
Lloyd liner Salier went down off the coast
of Spain, within a few miles of the shore
line, with some 300 people on board
Twenty years ago, when the Salier was
launched, she was doubtless described
as non-sinkable fireproof. stormproof
and proof against every malignant effort
of old ocean. Twenty years hence ves-
sells will be launched, and they, too, will
be described as invincble against the
elements or the accidents of the sea. The
SalierS was the first great marine dis
aster of the winter, but before the spring
comes round, there will be many fresh
ones on the list. Some day, perhaps, the
perfect ocean c1Es& .-.ill be realized, and
when that happens the people of the for
of shipwreck of this generation and the
preceding half-dozen generations with
horror.
The most notable shipwrecks occurred
in the latter part the last century and
during the first half Of the present one.
In those years floating death traps were
generously used to transport thousands
of emigrants to this country and many
new colonies of the European nations.
Ocean courses imperfectly known by
navigators were boldly entered; marine
charts and Instruments We're unrelia-
BILE, ard seamanship was not the sci.
entific art that it is today.
One of the most narrowing disasters
was that which befel the ship Grosvenor
in the summer of 17S2. She was bound
from the island of Ceylor to England
with crew of about twenty five ami
passengers to the number of ITO. many
of the latter being women and children.
The Grosvenor was bowling along mer-
rily on the evening of August A. when
sailor in the fore gallant topInast called
out Breakers ahead" The skipper.
Captain Coxon. ordered the helmsnan
to put stiie ship about but the same in
stant she struck the rocks stiff wind
was Blowing off the island threatening
to hurl tho sliIsS ack into deep water
when she would be sure to go down in a
minute or two
Three of the ailors offered to swim
ashore with line by which the pas
sengers might be rescued. Two of their
reached the land. strong cable was
hauled in and made fast and the 1870 odd
souls on board. with the help Of a hastily
built raft wer~ safely landed
The herald., 1897-01-03

docks and passed out of sight of Eng
land on January /, 1886. Three days
later she ran into a hurricane. whien
swept her clear of masts and rigging.
The next day. when the storm eased up,
jury masts were rigged and her bow
turned homeward. Another gale swept
her before it until she was torn apart IN
the rocks under St. Adams Head. A
few of the crew managed to swim ashore
but when daylight came. and with it as
sstance, nothing was left of the ship or
The herald., 1897-01-03

vate soldiers, 20 officers, 43 women, 66
children, 20 private passengers and
crew of 14S men.
Nine days after sailing, and while the
ship was encountering a heavy gale in
the Atlantic, one of the officers went be-
low to secure spirit cask Which had got
adrift in the hold. The cask was stove
in, and probably from the light the Of
ficer carried, the escaping spirit caught
fire. In a moment the after-hold of the
ship was in flames.
The herald., 1897-01-03

eXpeditiously was this done that some of
the sick soldiers and women. who were
below, together with some of the chill
dren, were unable to reach the upper
deck in time and were drowned.
The flames were checked for awhile,
but the ship was water-logged and un-
managea BILE. The flames regained head
way and it was soon apparent that to
save the ship was impossible. A strong
gale was blowing and the outlook be-
The herald., 1897-01-03

In a letter to London newspaper r.
C. Lehman, the Oxford COACH who has
been teaching Harvard how to row, ex-
presses his astonishment at the train-
ing an American college football player
undergoes. "Lt is a. course of prepara-
ton OF which no English amateur, it
may safely be said, has ever had an ex-
perience. For football, as it is under
stood at an American university, is no
easy pastime to be lightly undertaken,
but a tough business involving serious
self-denial perfect discipline, rigid sub
ordination OF the individual and an alert
use of every faculty, whether of mind Or
body"
The herald., 1897-01-03
The spot where the ship struck was

The spot Where The Snip STRUCK was an
unknown part of the African coast.
Savages quickly surrounded them, took
their clothing and did everything bu.
Kill them. sThey Started on the long
journey to the Cape of Good Hope, but
only six Of the whole number survived
the trip through the unknown forests.
Wild beasts carried off some of them
other, died from eating poisonous ber-
ries, some were drowned in crossing the
many rivers. the hardships and fevers
The herald., 1897-01-03
NOTABLE DISASTERS OF THE SEA OF LONG AGO

Although streams of water were pour
ed upon the fire it spread rapidly, and
the order was given to scuttle the lower
decks and cut away the cor1ongs and
hatchways, so as to allow the sea to
r,,et ir$N thot ra~t ~ ma v~ss~f. In
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came so hopeless that some Of the SOL
diers wanted to touch off the powder
magazine and end the misery of all
hands at once. While affairs were in
this desperate condition a sail was
sighted on the lac how and the minute
The herald., 1897-01-03

passengers except some drifting wreck |
age.
Another East Indian, the $780, ton ship
Kent. had a tragic end. She sailed in
february. 1926, for Bengal, with 6551
-, M. ~ ~~--'~+t-~- - eA W.T.
The herald., 1897-01-03
DOmestjCs Slaughtered

TENNIS FLANNELS-I5 pieces fine Tennis
Flannes, all WOOL all oolors, pretty stripes, and
ehecks Reluced from 25c to, yard................"
FRENCH FLANNELS-A colors, browns,
blues, reds, grays, and with handsome patterns,
also stripes and checks; Reduced from SOC to, yd
WHITE FLANNELS-3o pieces white alI.woo
Flannel wide width, extra good quality; Re-
WHITE notwithstanding very fine, full
seveneighths wide, all wool, beauty, never
sold for less than 35e and 4oc; Reduced to, yd".
SHEETING-Io-4 Lockwood bleached sheet
ing, equals the Pequot brand soft finish, regu.
lar axe: Reduced to, yard .....................
MUSLINS-Frui of Loom, 36 in. wide, regular
price SIC; Reduced to, yard. rd.....................
Genuine Wamsutta, 36 in., bleached, regular
price I21ac; Reduced to, yard..................
The herald., 1897-01-03

My prIoes for wssIlpsgeT beat All the city.
The herald., 1897-01-03

Hosiery Bargains
IS doz. Misses Black Cotton Hose,
ribbed, double knees, warrant
ed stainless, an odd line: re- HE
duced from 25c to- pair .......
Also doz. French Isle Hose, re-
duced from SOC TO, pair. ...... ..loc
doz Black Cotton Hose, Maco feet,
extra fine quality, fast black; IL
rduced from soc to, nc
doz, Infants White All-Wool Cash
mere Hose, superior grade. IT,
slightly soilec: reduced from HC.
soc TO, pair.. Observation-Disclosures.
Ladies Fine All-Wool Cashmere Hose,
mostly small sizes, all colors, ~
regular price is 7jc and si.oo; /AC
reduced to, pair. ............. NV
so doz. La Black Cotton Hose, out
sizes spliced heel and toe, SUI ~
perior quality, 40 gauge, /AC
worth Soc; Sale Price. ...... sOS
10 dozen Ladies' All-Wool ~
Hose, colored heel and toe; /AC
reuuceu to.....-- --..............
The herald., 1897-01-03

pure linen beaced Damask 60c quality, .45c yd
90 in full width bleached Dam,sk, 4Oc quality now25c yd
% in wide linen bieached Damask 75c quality, yd
The record-union., 1897-04-16
CANS AND LEONARD.
Matched to Fight Under the Auspices
of the Olympic Club.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-The
Olympic Club of this city has succeed
ed in matching Joe Cans and Mike
Leonard for purse of $4,000, the con-
test to take place in this city early in
May. The men are to scale less than
1873 pounds on the eventful night. Cans
is we'll known in this city, and is justly
regarded as a ''phenom." Leonard is
an Eastern man.
An effort is also being made to bring
Jeffries and some other heavyweight
together for the same night. Stelzner
and Jeffries should make a capital con-
test and prove a great drawing card.
There is every probability that George
Green and Danny Needham will be
matched tomorrow. Green sitpulateS
that the contest shall be at 14o pounds.
There has been SO much talk about
my weight said Green tonight, that
l am anxious to demonstrate to the
public that I do not scale $50 pounds,
as has been claimed Green and Need
ham have met before, the former Sc
curing a decision. Needham has al
ways maintained that he was not in
condition ON the night of the fight,
and has steadily tried to get a return
match.
Sharkey has selected Jim Hall as his
trainer and sparring mentor.
The record-union., 1897-04-16
JUDGE JAMES A. STORROW.
A Prominent Lawyer Drops Dead a
Washington.

WASHINGTON, April 15.-James A.
Storrow, lawyer of Boston, dropped
dead while at the Congressional Lii
brary to-day.
Judge Storrow took an important
part in the proceedings incident to the
arbitration treaty between the Govern
ments of Great Britain and Venezuela
for the settlement of the boundary line
dispute. He was appointed special
counsel by the Venezuelan Government
to represent it, and his brief was con-
sidered one of the clearest and best
presentations on the boundary ques-
tions that was presented.
After Minister Andrade and Sir Ju-
liam Pauncefote had agreed upon the
terms of a treaty, Mr.. Storrow accom-
panied the former to Venezuela, when
the treaty was presented to the Presi-
dent of that country. Deceased re-
turned to the United States with Min
lister Andrade, and since then has spent
much of his time in Washington. He
appeared to be in good health and his
sudden death was a great shock to his
friends. Mr.. Storrow returned to the
city this morning from a visit to Old
Point Comfort, Va, where his widow
now is.
The body was late tonight taken to
the residence of Hon. Gardiner G.
Hubbard. Deceased was about 80 years
of age
The record-union., 1897-04-16
Seeding ATHLETES.
Proposition to Form an Independent
State Association.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-The
Olympic Club has started the secession
from the Pacific Athletic Association of
the American Athletic Union. The
Board of Directors of that club, at a
meeting held tonight, took positive ac-
ton and withdrew from the association.
The understanding is that the Univer-
sity of California, the Stanford Univer-
sity, the Reliance Club of Oakland, the
Fresno Athletic Club and other similar
organizations will follow the example
of the Olympics.
The purpose of the seceders is to form
an Independent State organization, vir-
tually a State Athletic Association.
They will ask amateur athletic clubs in
other States to do likewise, and then
have each State association send dele
gates to a Western Athletic Associa-
tion of all clubs of the Rocky Noun
tains, similar to the methods in vogue
in the East.
The record-union., 1897-04-16
BIG MITCHELL RANCH.
The Syndicate Which is to Purchase
1t Intend Growing Sugar Beets.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-The
English syndicate that is about to pur-
chase the big Mitchell ranch proposes
to incorporate under the laws of some
State where stock is unassessable, with
capital stock of $3,000,000 Shares
Will be 81 each, and fully paid up. An
effort Will be made to float the COM
pany in San Francisco. 1t was reported
that Baron Rothschild was behind the
plan, but that is denied emphatically
by those known to be interested in the
deal.
1t is intended to order sugar machin-
cry from Germany, and to build a fac
tory capable of crushing 1000 tons of
beets a day. From estimates already
received from Europe, the plant will
cost about S242, 900. In addition to rails
ing the beets and making sugar, the
company expects to be able to feed
about 10000 head of beef cattle on the
beet pulp, and to still further add to
their revenues by the sale of such crops
as it viii be necessary to raise in order
to keep the ground in proper condition
for beet growing.
The record-union., 1897-04-16
MRS. DORA s. CLARK.
Asks a Divorce From the rIan She
Once Declared Dead.

OAKLAND, April 15.-Mrs. Dora S.
Clark has commenced suit for divorce
against George r. Clark, the man
whom she once declared to be dead.
Recently when sued for money ex-
pended in the settlement of the estate
Of the man supposed to be dead she
raised the point that as he was not
dead there was no legal service for
the money demanded of her. Now she
says she has located her long-lost
spouse in Salem, Or, and asks to be
freed from him, because he cruelty de-
serted her. Her divorce complaint was
filed to-day, and in it she alleges that
Clark deserted her at Alameda fifteen
years ago, and he has in all that time
failed TO provide for her and has never
held any communication with him.
The record-union., 1897-04-16
Found Unconscious in Her Home by
Neighbors.
Was Bound and Gagged, and Had
Been ChlOrOformed-Ev of
Desperate Struggle With Her
AsSailauts, Whom She Succeeded
in Driving Off With the Aid of a
Butcher Knife.

ONTARIO (Cal), April 15.-Mrs. J.
w. McFetridge was found in an uncon-
scious condition in her home to-day by
neighbors. She was bound and gagged,
and had been chloroformed. Evidences
that a desperate struggle had taken
place were found, and a butcher knife
lay near her, covered with blood, which
she had evidently cut her assailants
with, and doubtless thus driven them
off.
No clew has yet been obtained to the
identity of the perpetrators of the out
rage, but citizeps and officers are using
every endeavor to track the men, and
there is talk of lynching.
The woman returned to conscious
ness for a sufficient length Of time to say
that two tramps came and asked for
dinner, and upon her telling them she
was too sick to get them anything they
began to assault her. She fought them
off with the knife, severely cutting one.
The woman is in a serious condition,
and no attempt will be made to get
further details of her story tonight.
The record-union., 1897-04-16
J. D. HYDE DIES SUDDENLY.
Was a Prominent Citizen of VisaIia
and a Large Land Owner.

SELMA, April ID. D. Hyde,
prominent citizen of Visalia, was found
in a dying condition in a buggy in this
place at 6 O'Clock this evening, and
died in few minutes after being
taken out.
Mr. Hyde, wife and one son left Visa
La this morning, his wife and son going
to Fresno, While Mr. Hyde stopped off
at Selma on business, he being a large
landowner here. He went into the
country three miles alone in a buggy
about ) O'Clock, intending to return and
meet his family on the 6:25 train Mr.
Caldwell, where Mr.. Hyde went, says
Mr.. Hyde left there in a rush to catch
the train ten minutes before 6. About
three blocks from where the horse was
stopped Mr. Hyde was seen urging the
animal and using the whip, as if in
great hurry. The supposition is that
death resulted from heart disease. The
Coroner will hold an inquest tonight
The record-union., 1897-04-16
INANIMATE TARGETS.
Committees of the California Associ.
alton Announced.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15.-Presi-
dent Merton G.. Allen of the California
Inanimate Target Association made an
nouncement to-day Of the committees
of the association for the coming year:
I. II. Barney of the Olympic Gun Club
of this city is named as Chairman of the
Tournament Committee which will
manage and control the big State
bluerock tournament which is to be held
at Alameda Junction on the Both and
DIST OF next month. Among other men,
bers Of the committee are George Ditz,
Jr., and f. d. Nicol Of Stockton; O. NJ.
Judge. San Joaquin Gun Club; Charles
Van Nalkenberg, Los Angeles. Com
mittee on Appeals and Grievances. e. E.
Mason, Los Angeles. Membership, A. H.
Wright, Stockton. Committee on Rec
ords, r. T.. McVeagh, Stockton (Chair-
mani; 5. ID. Crane, Stockton
The record-union., 1897-04-16
A BICYCLE SWINDLE.
2. S. Thompson Again in the
Clutches of the Law.

NEW YORK, April 15-William S.
Thompson, who was indicted in Chicago
last October for carrying on swindling
operations through the mails, has been
arrested here, and is held in S2,oOO bail
for hearing. Thompson, after having
been arrested in Chicago furnished 81
600 bail, and then fled from the city
The concern of which Thompson was
the head, sent out circulars Offering, a
prize to the person making the greatest
number of words out Of the letters in
the title Empress bicycle" Later on
circular letters were mailed to those
persons who had failed to win the prize,
offering them a 500 bicycle for $40,
and upon this offer many persons were
swindled.
Postoffice Inspector Mayor says that
Thompson and his associates obtained
about $50 900 by means Of the swim
die
The record-union., 1897-04-16
BIG FIRE AT NEW ORLEANS.
One of the rIost Picturesque Struc
lures in the City Burned.

NEW ORLEANS, April 15.-One of
the most picturesque structures in the
city, known as the MoreSque block,
owned by Gauch & Sons, was destroyed
by fire this afternoon. The fire broke
out about 1 o'clock, and at half-past 2
the edifce had collapsed, and upward of
$400.000 had gone up in smoke.
The Moresque building occupied an
entire block, bounded by Camp, Poy-
dras and Church streets and Lafayette
Square, and its walls were built entire
ly of iron, in a design known as the
Moorish. The Montgomery Furniture
Company and Gauch Sons & Co.,
crockery merchants, were the tenants
of the building, and both firms carried
full stocks.
The ffrcnnen, recognizing the hopeless
ness of their fight against the flames in
the Moresque building, directed their
efforts toward saving adjoining prop
erty. In this they were only partially
successful, for two newspaper offices,
the German Gazette and the Even
ing Telegram" were completely gut
ted, and several stores We're also de-
stroyed
The following is the estimate of the
losses: Gauch & Sons, 100000 on
building, 100000 on stock; Montgomery
Company, stock 100000; German Ga
zette," $4,000; Evening Telegram"
$4,000; Warren Hotel and saloon, Sl0,-
coo; James A. Aiken, plumber, $4,000;
Heath, Schwartz Sons, wall paper, etc.,
$4,000.
The damage to other adjacent prop
erty is estimated to be 100000 Total
loss, S400,000 with an insurance of
S293, 600.
The Daily States Publishing Company
have rendered the use of their plant to
the burnedaout German Gazette" and
that paper will be published tomorrow