The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 2

HAS FIQUHKO IN KUICllS'l'AG DEHA.TK3, MAS A CUMAX. ALLEGED IX AX AIITICLE PUBLISHED IX THE TAZKULAOH TO 11B Sl'lU HOL.MII.VC. UBII.UAKV automation or pin-Jury, imtler which It woa lo u-y MviwirJ, hl ut previous Miur viidihl. The result of decision was to Hvt Ilowurd froo utv ttppoul vun lukvii by Govtrmntmt. Thin, Altonwf Quiwral Knox to authorize, attu tn llowitrd WKB re- tutisod tonight.

1 lowura spent his Hi night of Iratdom nt tho thentor liore. Ho ho will go upon Lhu Icctura platform, und uftor Unit will en- tt--r newsyujjei- work hi Now York City. SUMMARY OF NEWS 1JH HOSTILE GBQUPH6 The Project De- Edwncil'. Snout TO THS Maws. April.

Isolation, so conspicuously in this week's Reichstag debates, reached a. sensational climax today with the. publication by ths Tageblatt of a circumstantial allega- tionthsit King EdwuhMias put himself at the head of a movement to.surround Ger' many with a hostile grouping of European Powers." The project.Is described as'Ed- ward's personal policy, born of Ions stand- lug, the Fatherland. The Anglo- French agreement is said to ba the last link In the chain that the iiritish'KlnK has forcing. According to the Tageblatt, Edward's wonderful personal influence is capable any day of orerrldlne the m0 re conservative policy of the British Ministry.

PANAMA CANAL TRANSFER. All Completed-Are Mow Being; Gone Over by tka Paris, April the papers necessary lor the transfer of the Panama Canal to the United States are now completed. They include inventories and schedules of the property belonging to the company, both in Panama, in Paris and elsewhere. These have been carefully gone over and checked up by A. Day and Charles W.

Russell, Assistant Attorney Generals who came from Washington to assist in the transfer of the property, and the officers of the company. The most important paper Is contract for" sale. This sets forth all the preliminary negotiations between the United and the company up to the transfer and the flnal ratlneatlcn "of the transfer by the stock- lioldtrs of the company. The coni wld to be The of "hi contract will occur immediately altar the meeting of stockholders next Saturday. Howe.ver, as the meeting probably will lait until late, signing may go over until Monday.

President Bo will sign for tho company. Is American Embassy' that the reports that the company ought to. Increase the purchase price are unwarranted. On the contrary, the American officers pay tribute to the straightforwardness shown py the officers of the company throughout the negotiations, and declare that there has' not.been.tlie slightest effort to make the United States pay more than originally agcnd upon. OPENING NAVIGATION.

Rliaatlim Ceremovy on the Bmnlca oC the Neva. St. Petersburg, April St. Petersburg-assembled on the banks ot the Neva this afternoon to see the picturesque traditional ceremonies connected with the opening of navigation. No steamer or other boat a right to cut the waters of the until the Governor of the fortress of St.

Peter and St. Paul has crossed the river In li gilded barge to the Winter Palace and presented to the the keys to the stronghold, which are returned to him with a nup full of gold coins. Thin ceremony is just, as solemnly observed as the marriage ot the Venetian Doges with the Adriatic. THHE.VTEKKD PRESIDENT I.OCI1ET. Arrcitcd nt That Marseilles, April 16-- Michael Giovanni and two other Italians have beeu arrested here In Connection with a supposed plot to kill President during Ills coming visit to -Italy.

Qlovannt Is said' to have made statement thai he intended to kill M. Loubet during the President's stay in Italy. The detectives searched a resort frequented uy Giovanni and found a lithograph of Loubet with the word "death" written across the face. '-The men arrested with Giovanni are named "respectively Carziole and Ro- inlni. Chvrch Stopped Trouble.

St. Petersburg, April It haa just developed that the powerful Influence of the Church was used In Bessarabia to prevent trouble between Christians and Jews. For first time, as known, the Church stepped in to avert another af- Kvents In connection with the meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee Monday. Tim Big mil gusher nowlim 10 to 15 per cent ull and ihu balance nr.ul und writer. Contentions of the railroads cattle raisers th.at are to be at red before, the Interstate Commerce Commission at fort Worth, '1'oxps University football team Is to play In St.

Louis and Chicago this fall. Telegraphic advices received ixt 'Dallas say that train-service to Memphis will be resumed Monday by the Cotton Belt. A terrlUc hailstorm visited Collln County, doln'K a laYge 'amount of dumngre. Cyclones are also reported in two sections ct' the county. By confessing judgment four tracts of land, aggregating 21,410 ucrea, and back reiitul totalling $23C, have been recovered by thd State in four Spanish land grant cases.

Wilson and W. E. FJtze were oon- vlcted In Llvingsion of selling liquor in local piecinct and each got twenty days and fine. mlllman near Timpson was sandbagged and robbed of $100. Railroad Commissioner Colquitt, In a reply to'im article hi the Christian Advocate, charging: him -with leaguing himself with military bill advocates, denies 'the charge.

The Hour mills at Holland were burned. Judge. Burns held a hearing'on applications for Interventions in the Kirby Lumber Company receivership. Because he robbed by assault a man from whom he begged a Arthur Bailey, colored, was given fifteen years In the penitentiary. Lockhart has a driving: club.

The loss in the Port Arthur is estimated at $125,000. At Waelder, Mrs. Jim Pullin and her sli- ter were shot and killed, and an attempt made on their mother. Offtcjra are after her husband. All ara colored.

A severe hailstorm in Mills County. DOMESTIC. An employe of Chemical National Bank at New York is reported to be a defaulter to the extent of snowstorm and good sleighing: ara reported at Schenectady, Y. The Adlrondacks are reported in tha of a blizzard. The Standard Oil Company is to place a fleet of steamers on the Great -Lakes for tha transportation of oil.

gunboat Nashville and destroyer Lawrence have reached Memphis. Judge Cleveland practically refuses to remove J. Bryan as administrator of P. 3. Bennett's estate.

The gunboat Petrel has arrived at San Francisco from Panama, where she made a great record at target practice. Admiral Cappn reports the keel of the battleship Missouri not injured by her recent collision and explosion. Rev. J. B.

Fisher, a Congregational mta- slonary of Ltke Charles, was killed at Crowley by a switch engine. Protest has been entered by a wireless telegraph- company at the Stata Department at Washington against the "Huula'n edict declaring correspondents who the wireless telegraph, It la thought no action will be taken until tome American Suffers under the order. Official announcement that the Frlsc-Q has purchased the Louisiana Arkansas Railway, to be utilized in system's entry Into New Orleans. Cotton cloyed: New crop months, 10 to 11 off; new crop positions, 1 point off to 7 points up. New York--Old crop months, 12 to IB points off; new crop positions, '2 points off to 2 points up.

Liverpool, 4 to 6 points off. Spots, middling closed-- Galveston, 149-ICc; New Orleans, '14 9-16c; New York, H.lOc; Liverpool, 3.06d. Today's receipts--Galveston, 3,402 bales; New Orleans, 1,775 bales; aU United States ports, 12,80 day last season, bales. Wheat at Chicago declined ostensibly on good growing weather In July closing lower. Corn declined in.

sympathy with wheat, closing lower for July, Oats held up well early, but declined near the close in sympathy with the other, grains, with July down, Provisions closed 7 to lower. Stocks at New York drifted sluggishly, and the trading was without Interest. The- prices generally clostd a fraction lower, after having been at one time higher. Call money was nominal and time money easy. Sterling: exchange continued strong.

'J1R TIME Prow Klrat Burvfa terms of service expired In ilHB left this civvnlns for Port Artimr t. replai-9 tho men lost oy the explosion on tho mig.shlp, and unotlw detachment will leave tomorrow. Huron Schilling, a torpedo expert, 1m gone to Vladivostok to tuke. charge of two there. Other are going out In sections.

The Admiralty admits buying four German steamships, wlilcli will be- converted into cruisers. It is believed tlmt tho Admiralty is nepotlatliitf 1'or the purchuse of four Blmllur from Hie United Statex. JAPANESE REPORT Ol I.ittc* Part Arthur ScrtuiliiaiCtfM, HoL'flvvd Juimiieae Leiftttluu Wn.MiiBto.. Washington, April Japanese Legation tonight.received the I'ollowint; cable dispatch, Toklo. April 1C: "Admiral TOKO reports that the combined nec-t, us prevlouyly planned, commenced on Api-ll 11 the eighth attack on Port Arthur.

The fourth and fifth flotillas and the fourteenth torpedo fleer and tna stpamer Keryo reached tho mouth of Port Arthur at midnight of the 15th und effected the laying of mines at several points outside the port, detylng the enemy's searchlights, Tlio second destroyer flotilla discovered at dawn of the lath one Russian destroyer trying to enter the harbor, and after ten minutes' attack sank her. Another Russian destroyer was discovered coming from the direction of L.lao Tlshaii and was attacked, but she managed to flee Into the harbor. On our side no casualties except two seamen on the, Tkazuchi slightly wounded. There, was no time to rescue the enemy's crew, which drowned, as the Bayan appeared. The third fleet arrived outside of Port Arthur at a.

when the liayan came out and opened lire, immediately afterward the Novik. Askuld, Diana, Peti-opavlovsk, Pobieda -and Polteva came out and made an offensive attack. Our third iieet, hardly -inswerlnsr ajid yradnally retiring, enticed the enemy fifteen miles southeast of the port, when our first fleet, informed through wireless telegraphy from the third fleet, suddenly appeared before the enemy, ami attacked them. While the enemy -was trying to regain the port a battleship of the Petropavlovsk type struck mines laid by us the previous evening and sunk at a. m.

Although another ship was observed to have lost freedom of movement, the confusion of the enemy's ships prevented us from identifying her. They flnally managed to regain Our third fleet suffered no damage, and the enemy's damage, besides above -mentioned, is but slight also. Our first did not reach firing-distance. Our-fleets retlred-at 1 p. m.

and prepared for another attack. The third sailed April 34 toward. Port Arthur. The fourth and fifth destroyer and the ninth torpedo flotilla also loined at 7.and 9 a. No ships was found outside the port.

Our flrst fleet arrived at the port- at 9 a. m. and discovered three mines laid by the enemy and destroyed them. The Kasuga and Nishln were dispatched to the west oJ Lalo Tishan and made indirect bombardment for two hours, it being their flrst action. The new forts on.

Lilao Tishan were finally silenced. Qur forces retired at p. m. The Kasuga and Nishin werp purchased from Argentina. ALONG THE YALl).

boats, which will ready tti ftuwUi. Bultlu aqutldrn far it known t.u*vt aovraiiunt iliTn ct subnuulM bulktam ttUont the Unto lubiuflntfj aduiiU'il by United taut jnuUu Uwn. thf uraferrlnc to wati'h of this class of vestal. SiitoieQuently tho Jnp a 11093 Goyeni merit ecu red all tie lulls for tho construction Hubmarlm boats ut their own yurtla. but tho ItutMi.ui notjotltittoii.H moved too fUst to th completion of tho bouts In time (or uctlv service Port Arthur.

ALKXIHFK'S FLAG 11A1SHO. lie HUM Tttkvit Commit ml ut ilie Pori St. Ptitui-tfbunr. April Atex took over the t'oinmiind of thy nusslim i at Port A today and ruined his fian buaj'U the bultk'Bhlij'Sevustupul. III NO Army, Purls, April Jounml publishes the following from ita St.

Petersburg curre- spumleiit undt-r yesU'rUuy's datv: A Chinese ofiluer who arrived here loday says that the northern army consists of lOQ.WO inyu jjm't-'etly fetiuippyd and fominandt'd by numerous I'orylxu and native oflleers, amontf whom are 130 disguised JaiJ atifife. Half of the troops are alone th Mum-hurian frontier, and IHC other half In tho Province of Pe Ohl JjJ. VeiM'Stehaartn probably Loaf. Moscow. April VeVestchfiKln has no Information to support her belief that her husband is at the Russku; headquarters ut Liao I'untf.

Her friends here do not doubt the accuracy of the ofllclal reports that tho painter was on board the Pctvo- pavlovsk when she Tonro's Report. Toklo, p. Togo reports tint in the attack on Port Art on Tuesday night the Japanese sunk mines at midnight and at 8 o'clock In the morning drew the Russian ships out fifteen miles from the port. The struck a Japanese mine and was sunk. Sevastopol Vat Sank.

Sty Petersburg-, April story of the sinking ot the battiushi'p Sevastopol and another vessel at Port Arthur, which was In circulation today, ofliolally denied. Alesicff'M Guard. Port Arthur, April Admiral Alexleff was accompanied here by SfiO men, intended to assist in the defense of Port Arthur. MISSISSIPPI'S ANTIC, It Cut Through Neck of Land ffeu and Relumed Its Old Channel. Vicksburg, April a roar that was heard for miles, tile Mississippi River last night cut through Kllllcrahkle neck.

In Davis bend, restored Davfa Island to the Mississippi mainland, and resumed Its old channel through what for forty years has known as Lake Piilmyra, Incidentally, several cotton plantations were practically ruined. The neclc of land through, which the river cut to regain possession of Its former was. about five hundred yards wide. Davis bend is twenty miles south of this city. Siromttlr Fortlltd Ham.

eavrlsiB FOREIGN. Seoul, April it--1 p. has bten fought at "Wlju. The Russians occupy, strongly' fortified positions at Chu Tien Chtng, on Manchurlan side of the river and about ten" miles north of Antunr, and on Tiger Hill, a rocky promontory Jumping out Into the Yilu. The forts and batteries are screened behind the hill between the railroad and Wlju.

A recent dispatch -from Lino Yanjr said the Russian entrenchments on YaTu had been completed. The center of-the line of fortified positions Is at Antung. The rlfht flank rests at about twenty-live miles southwest of Antung, and left'at Tung Heng. It Is reporttd that there are about 20,000 Byaalans, composed of Infantry, cavalry" and artillery, at Antung ready to oppose the Infantry If they attempt to croaa tha river, and a recent dispatch- from ToKlo says It known there that the Russians are in force ou the Alan- churlan sldeof the. 5falu.

major force, of the first Japanese' army to land in Korea is near Wlju. according to a dispatch from Korea, and the Japanese are said to be landing at Chaban, near tho mouth of the Talu. There have been frequent skirmishes betwjen. Russian and Japanese troops In the vicinity ot Wiju during the last' week. WAR TOPICS IN FRANCE.

to RJOT AT PENSACOLA. Jackets Attack Police to Release Arrested Companion--Aa Ar- Killed. Pensacola, April a short riot here" tonight between police and bluejack- ets from the warfhips and a few urtlllery- men from I''prt Barrancas, one man named Private BanHq of the Seventh Company of ArtiJIery, was killed and four from the Iowa and Alabama wounded, though not seriously. The riot started over the arrest of a blue- Jacket. Three officers were the patrol call box when a petty oftlcer one of ships blew a whistle signal In on the ships for the man to assemble.

Fully 1 three hundred gathered and rushed the policemen, separating them. Two ot the policemen becked away from the crowd, firing fist is possible at the advancing bluejackets, who were hurling stones, bottles nnd other missiles'at them. It was during this snooting that the artilleryman was killed. Helnforcemenis front the police station arrived at this Juncture and partly disbanded the bluejackets. Later, owing to many threats of men from the warships to kill the police.

Admiral Barker ordered marine from two the they quelled the riot prevented further trouble. MHMW.il. MUMDIBR. U. r'.

m. at HimM. In- itrMcllewi revived later fro" Atttrmy Oeiwral O. V. B.

Howard, a noted prtaontr, was niMujwl front. County tonight. Howard has'Man In nrtsflin for aliMMt fnuN- The Japanese have private advices of tha massing of 20.000 Kussiatts tb prevent their crossing the Yalu, but think they will get across when ready. The Japanese are anxiously awaiting Admiral Togo's report of the seventh attack on Port Arthur. Hussian papers have at last found time to discuss the Anglo-French agreement, "which they approve.

Two Japanese officers were captured and taken to Harbin from a point eighteen miles distant from, there. Their object was to destroy the railroad. Another 'batch of speculation as to how tho disaster to the Russian warships might have happened comes from St. A delayed telegram from Port Arthur confirms the bombardment of that place Frl- Oay, but adds nothing new. Two Italians were arrested at Marseilles In connection with a plot to sassinate President Loubsi, A rumor was current at St.

Petersburg Friday that the battleship Sebastupol had been lost. An earlier dispatch announced Admiral Alexleff had raised his flag on that vessel. Admiral Togo's report claims that the battleship disasters at Port Arthur were due to Japanese mines. Admiral Skrydleff's appointment as successor to Admiral Makaroff gives great satisfaction in Rusula. The negotiations for the purchase of Argentina warships have been suspended.

The Presidential campaign In Argentina Is In full blast. The Uruguayan revolutionists occupied the fortified town or and the central portion of Republic. Berlin Tageblatt alleges that Xing Sawaril at the of a movenwnt to surround with a cordon of hostile Powtrs, and thus her. A Che Foo dispatch It Is not Intention 'to storm Port Arthur, but to destroy anil Isolate place en the land British military attache 0.0*. not tot o( attack to until of Northern Ko- The Disaster Will tho War.

Paris, The Russian disaster of April 13 displaces all other topics. view is held In government quarters that It will have the effect of postponing peace. A lead- lust officer said today: "This is a further blow to Russian pres- tlfe, and every such blow will add to the length and bitterness of the war. Russia. ultimately vilng, as we.bellnve will, the loss of the Fftrbpavlovak is one of the largest items af the wv indemnity which Japan will havo to pay." The ofticer added hat the gradual wiping out of the Russian navy might, have the effect of reducing the naval armaments, which are now adjusted w(th reference to each othwr.

He pointed out that the British naval plan contemplated a strength equal to the combined navies of France, Germany and Russia, whereas the present I gradual elimination of the Russian navy would permit Greut Britain and other countries to reduce their naval program -without altering their relative 'i- The prospect of an Anglo-Russian accord is receiving serious attention in official and diplomatic circles, the trend of sentiment being that it will result in an Kusslan agreeme'nt. However, the view of the. highest French officers Is that this agreement ia not imminent, but it Is likely to be realized at the close the rtusiio- Jupanene war. The officers say tht certainly there will be no consummation of the accord so lont? as the war lasts. They specify Oreat Britain's relations with Japan as among the reasons why the acr-ord will not be'realteed-imnicdiately.

Thj effect of the Aiiglo'-Riisslan accord upon the United States is dlscunsed in diplomatic qimrtertf. An Ambassador remarked that Great Britain would -gain from Kussla all the United States had lost through le- cent misunderstandings. A'ITHOHITV Deolarei the Petroyavlovulc Was Destroyed by Duller. Petersburg, April 2:20 p. One of the highest authorities at the Admiralty.

makes the following statement to tnc Associated Press: "STou can deny absolute assurance the reports that the enemy Was In any way responsible for the destruction of the ropavlovk. Admiral Makaroff never left the' Harbor without druKglng for mints. We belleve-the Petropavlovsk's blew up They, were of tne old Scotch type, We also consider It quite llkeijr thit an unexploded Whitehead torpedo Hie Po- bleda's Injury, the explosion occurred jiint at her weather line." The Russ telegram from Moscow saying Its correepondsnf has noticed during three diys that the Chinese art i hurrMbr city, It Is Ip orders rscflysd froni China. The report Is ridiculed at the Chinese Legation here, where It said tne relations between, China are vood the last at Chlrttw liavlng been Jr as forth In thn April 14, WAHSHIl- STOPPED. Pdiitleal CaxDblga-- caaraa Rrvolativa.

By Mexican Cable to Galveston. Buenos Ayres, April (Copyright, 1904, 1 by the York 'Herald Negotiations for the pufchase of war vessels are suspended, as the European firm which made the. offer could ngt give satisfactory guarantees. the election of Qulntana- seems assured, other for Presidency don't desist- in their campaign, and hope to -obtain victory. A Montevideo dispatch says the, 1 revolutionists have occupied the fortlfled'town of Artlgas and 'dominate the center of the Republic.

impeding the- Government to go to 1 LIMA. Ome New CMC Mnea Better. BvMexIcan Cable to Oalvtstcn. Lima, Peru, J904, by New York Herald there was one new cage of bubohlff.piague Telegrams from Arequipa preslden Candamo is much better, Valparaiso Garrlsoa By Mexican Cable. to-Oalveston, Valparaiso, Chile, April (Copyright 1904, by the New York Herald addition to tha Infantry regiment, three lancers squadrons have reinforced the Vat paralso garrison forces already membltd There are to- quell any disturbance.

President Candaato at By Mexican Cable, to Lima, Peru, April bj the New York Herald At Are qulpa over 12,000 people welcomed Candamo, whose health was affeuted by fatlguts of the voyage from Lima, All art anxlous'for further news. Purges the Blood Strengthens the neroes Brings color to the cheeks A grand family medicine Ayer's Tested for sixty years of Br Ask your doctor Then do as he says We know he will approve JtOO. AH drufltsti J. C. Ayer Co, Lowell, Mass.

OLfl TELESCOPE OP MICHAEL RENNIE, WHO WAS FOVX0 DBAD fjf DALLAS. EFFECTSGDTO rtntlDHII SNOWKTOHM AT SCHBNKCTAPT. Tratas as ar In Winter. Schenecta'dy, N. April driving snowstorm is prevailing throughout this section today.

All trains on New York Central from the west are from one to two hours late, and the local trolley is badly hampered. Sleighing is as good as at any time In the winter. Billiard In the Glens Palls, N. April whole Adirondack country today ia in the grasp a blizzard, which for severity has not been equaled during the past winter. From ten tifteen Inches of snow fell during the night.

The country roads are blocked, and traffic on steam and''electrip lines in this section delayed. April tlvcly slotad II itavr that MM FIGHT IN Between the Herman: i and tlif Herrrroit Berlin, April dispatch from Col. Leutweln. Governor of German Southwest Africa, reports that a superior force of Hererros attacked his column, which wop advancing on Ovlumbo on April 13, The attacking force was -iYlth loss. Two otncers and seven troopers fcere killed In the light with the Hererros, which lasled ten hours.

Fourteen men German force were wounded. An Accident ua the Boston. Washington, April Hk-Sooretary attention today was palled to the fact that a serious scoldont occurred on tho Boston while engaged In practice off Panama two months ago, resulting In the dtath of one enlisted It js said this is.th* first heard of the accent. The man killed was named Kaln, anu the accident occurred about- middle of February. Kain killed, by pvemature explosion ofVa C-inch gun.

San Francisco, April H-duperlor Judge Cook today postponed for two formal Mntcmns of ImprlspnnMnt fpr life of Cgrdella Botkln for of Mrs. John P. Dunning, wiU granted to afford for of a transcript of fxeeptions br the' aefmw, which will ts for a rooftop for a Mitchell at April John MIUMI of UnM AMrtca to to His Will am Fir- Leaf of a Bible--Bad Btea a taaaaaa. incut TO Tai Kiwi, Dallas, April' flead body a man of- advanced age was found In his room at the -SalvatlQ Army Hotel -last night' about 10 o'doct L. Harris, Ciy clerk, who read to.go off No papers in any part the' effects of the man gave any clew as relatives or friends, except Father Ktrwln Oalvestpn, old.fellow larg telescope and, two and fo some time hits been exhibiting on thf street, usually at Lamar and Main or at Lama and was found lying" on his right hi an easy position and'was fully clothed his coat.

On kls'head was the small cap usually wpre: Clotteji.blood was. about thi mouth, and along the bed In the by the body. J. F. Mackey, nigh Clerk, says that Rennle wis last- oaeh Frl Jay mornint about 2:30 o'cloc'k when cams down stairs from hji room In his nigh clothea to tal(e some medicine.

When the door wag forced last night and the body found police were called and Justice, C. Cullen summoned. A gold watch and eome keys were found In his pockets- In a trunk, clothing and purse contain ing 19.79. window sill by the bed -a prayer book, a hymn book and. a Bible, IB the Bible was written: "Qlve.

thla book to Father Kirwin Michael Rennie. Galveston." Inside'the fly leaf was written; "It "anything should happen tp me. sudden death, "this Is my will. You will nnd enough money in the boos of my telescope to pay my expenses', and a mass for my soul, the remainder to be given- to- Fathei Kirwin- for the use of little orpliui the telescope 'and one' microscope. One microscope for Father Kirwin himself, a present from me, Michael Rennle." search to disclose the money referred to In the will.

Several discharge papers showed that In 1SS4 and 1SS5 he had enlisted as seaman at Aberdeen and at New Caatlp and that hod beeu given nt. Jyew Castle and at Sydney. body Was taken to ,1. E. Dunn tobllshment.

County Judgff will be asked to appoint a receiver for the effects, flre thought lo have considerable value. A TELEGRAM FROM BIG HILL, MATAGORDA COUNTY, "Condition of wall much Improved, land selling vapidly." Thla Is a wbn- 1 osrful gas flew, rwlth 100. feet oe solid sulphur and flowing hot sulphur well, and now that the Santa Fe Koad has decided to build into that point" and establish a Big Hill la certain to become-a resort and profitable oil field. Lands ean at per acre, and they are money, for townslte or seaside For plats and paAlculart, write-or call on GASH 8t UICKEL, WM. CASH, Bay City, Texas.

A. B. MATES, Matagorda, FHISONBH3 A WARSHIP, ICxtraordlnarr of ifcje Nlcai Concrenn CHlltU. Ir Mexican dble to Oalreaton. Panama, April JfiM, by Now York; Herald waruhlp Padilla returned this evening, bringing prisoners, alleged to be Clodomivo Castlilo, former Liberal revolutionist, and others, who were trying to disturb public order re- cen t)y pu of Parfcn, ne4r-the Colombian frontier.

Tho affair is of no Importance at all. All the American warshlpi have left tf- one for Awpulco A Managua dtapatcli Congress Is Bllnd in extrcnii-dlnarj- Hasion for Iln- portani matter an'f. apprpv'Bl of a recent icti'i ltli a syn- dlcate million 'dollars country Plb.Hl* PUfK. Outyaaiill, Mouador, April deht mquwlsy, Foreign Viil- verde inii.Wsr Aifarlo arrlvtA list night from Quito to IT WAS GOTTEN V1TOBR CONTP1OI, EARLY A-VP WAS Ol'T BY 11 O'CLOCK. Several and fix Im- Jnred Badlr and Xiaor i 1-.

SMCIU. TO ion Beaumont, Tex April 18. flre- which threatened to destroy the plant of the Gulf 'Heftning 'Company at Port Arthur las nigut was gotten under control at an early hour this forenqon and lit 11 o'clock it was practically, out. loss now estimated at about 1125,000. property destroyeC by the fire Includes steel, tanks, three, of 37,500 barrels capacity, containing- kerosene distillate; one tank of lO.QQO barrels Una distillate, one tank of tho, six agitators, three of which can be repaired.

The pump house roof and walls were burned, but the can be repaired. A chemical engine was sent down frprq here this mprnirig "and" preparations were being made-to send-more-assistance of the sort, when'word w'is -received- that it would hot be needed. Hardware Stock Sold. TO TM NSWI. Temple, April T.

Ij. Ilbl Ungsworth stock gf 'hardir-tre. that lias been In the hUnfls pf-a receiver for tin? last ten was yesterday sold at private to fc jlanipasm ancj Cures Grin and Dr, Humphrsys' Syateni oj SpecHlon cover malaay'that a iaymun give a. condensed many others No. No.

1 for Np- 4 No', No. 14 No. 15 HWdnchii, stock will be moved tin re and The terms the sale were not tends public. FLEET To STEAMKRS. Great Lukes andard Oil Cuuvauy.

April- The Chronicle today says: A neefof oil with, special dock facilities at all Important sorts on the Qreat I.akes.'ahd."airimmehse wh'arf at "Whiting, for the expeditious hanS- ling. of veasem- are improvements being placed in service by the Standard Oil Company. The purpose is to lessen shipment of oil by rail and avoid the. anti- rfbate laws. Five vessels for the oil fleet have already been constructed at a cost of 1260,000 each.

Each holds more: a Whole train of oil cars. By the. steamer route oil can be carried from Chicago to Buffalo at a cost -of about cents vVr mmiDLA mwt nan HOTEL, "THt MO.ST COMFUTC HOTIl IN EUIOK far ruiiioa, Kith hint. Ml 4H I.W.W.l.g IOOM Butt caa ikut all olkir porjian Tee, leoa, i mmami wtm' from Haaat 1 Ikt rriai-oa aaa Callatti foe WIIEI. Kfts.r:s ft: TOWLt, MAY-BBLL INN.

than a block of bathho furnishings ail new and Reference required. BRB. Hirlln, s)B Hotel, MAHL1N, iReopened and newly furnished throughout (under, fifst BverythTni Irst-clasa- and of service. Kates li. Special weekly rates for tourlatp.

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