Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 14, 1900, Page 2

The Mevala-Review. E. C. Kiley. T, J, Austed, KILEY & AUSTED, Editors and Publishers, GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. If the government wants any armor Plate Carnegie and Frick are once more in the field. Power sometimes forgets itself so far as to imagine that it exists for it- self, and not for the service of hu- manity. The world’s noblest work is in re- claiming the fallen, in strengthening the weak, in gaining victory over temptation and in creating virtue. If there’s a right thing to be done, and we seem to pass through a wrong, thing on our way to it, depend upon it there’s another way to it, and a better one, and it is our own fault, and not God’s, that we do not find it. Gov. Roosevelt expressed a great truth and urged a much-needed lesson when he said, in a recent speech, that while the commandment, “Thou shalt not steal,” should be enforced upon politicians, another commandment, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor,” should in equal me re be enforced upon the critics of politicians. There are forty George Washingtons in Baltimore, of whom thirty-nine are colored and one is white. This recalls the story of the aged colored man who remarked, on hearing his son read from ent history of Pompey and that all the great men of an- must have been negroes, as those names were not commonly borne by white people. Weather terms are elastic. Havana was full of shivering people, and the visitation was called a cold wave, when the ure lately fell to 53 de- Cuban style of wintry would be popular in regions real gales have no inclination to mercy. The West Indian cold wave is almost matched by the London hot , reported each summer, when as risen only to a point ive to Americans of seasonable tempe me of the experiments with wire- elegraph apparatus for the use the British army in South Africa are id to indicate that the operation of uments is interrupted by veins of iron ore in the hills. This lls the recent report of the United States Naval Board on Marconi’s sys- n, to the effect that communication might be entirely interrupted when tall buildings with an iron framework intervened between the transmitting and receiving stations. A writer in a medical publication of the Johns Hopkins University de- scribes a case which, he says, “is in- teresting because it sugests a new op- eration—hepaticocholecystostochol cy- stenterostomy, or hepaticocholecystos- tenterostomy.” Every one will be re- lieved to know that the treatment so eloquently described is only an ad- vanced method of dealing with colic, by which it will be seen that science in its march is encumbered by the bag- gage it carries. Caesar called it im- pedimenta, which has taken a modern sense that seems appropriate in this case. The average loss by fire in the United States has been reduzsed in ten years from $6,922 to $1,860. The insurance loss in the same period was reduced trom $3,993 to $1,056. The prevailing use of electricity has unexpectedly brought about a large increase in fires, owing to crossed wires. Ten years ago there were only sixty-six such fires and last year there was 958. Defective flues are responsible for over 11 per cent of the fires and incendiarism is next as a cause. Last year 6,891 in- cendiary fires occurred. Lightning caused 3,479, spontaneous combustion, 1,179, friction in machinery 295, nat- ural gas 94, dust explosions 14, and five were caused by the sun’s rays passing through window glass. There was no assignable cause for 12,204 fires of last year. ‘There is visible in the night sky, un- der favorable circumstances, a faint light, rounded in outline, and situated always exactly opposite to the place of the sun. It is called “gegenschein,” and is one of the most inexplicable objects known to astronomers. Re- cently Prof. W. H. Pickering has sug- gested a new explanation of the gegen- schein. According to him it may be “a sort of cometary or meteoric satellite” attending the earth. He sup- poses it to be composed of a cloud of meteors, situated about 1,000,000 miles from the earth, and revolving round it in a period of just one year, so that the sun and the meteors are always on opposite sides of the earth. He es- timates that the size of this ghostly satellite may be nearly the same as that of the planet Jupiter} viz., about 86,000 miles in diameter. The regular soldier is expected to be a model of obedience, patience, cour- age; but it appears he is also a pat- tern as regards thrift. The statement is credited to the chief paymaster of the forces in the Philippines that 65 per cent of all the money sent there to pay the regulars is either deposited with the paymaster, to be kept until the end of the soldier’s enlistment, or is sent back to the United States in the form of paymaster’s checks. Our Tom- my Atkins is clearly not absent-mind- ed. He does not forget home connec- inna ang obligations (P10 THE HILT 1S THE DAGGER OF INHARMONY IN THE G. O. P. CORPOROSITY. Big Demand For Tariff Powders and “Plain Duty” Pills—The C. K. Davis Anti-McKinley Move a Cloud Bigger Thana Man's Hand—Non-Ripple Mak- ing Capacity of the Dewey Announce- ment—The Democratic Position. Stated by Chairmen O’Brien and Rosing—Other National Political Points — State and Twin City Points—Judge Willis’ Honor- able Course in the Saintly City Muddle. The Week's Roundup. Reform Press Bureau, St. Paul, April 9, 1900. The week has seen consummation, so far as the senate could do, and lacking only the assured concurrence of the house, of the iniquity of laying a tax R poor Puerto Rico—that mere fly spe on the map of the country, but which promises to be, in the full application of the principle involved, a. veritable na- tion of power for arousing the American conscience to the dangers which beset the country. But there has been such a protest from within the party being used to consummate the iniquity of tax- ation without representation, as prom- ises a widespread revolt in its ranks. The knife of inharmony is in clear up to the hilt. The best promise of effec- tive revolt, is in the boom for C. K. Dayis as anti-McKinley candidate, and which movement it should surprise no one to seein progress in the open in the near future, as it is being now care- fully nursed in secret. And the play will deepen, as the conventions come on for nomination of congressmen, here the free trader, and there the 85 per cent liberty man. Then will follow the state convention to set its sea-dog can- didate on a platform which will suit both sentiments, and which will have for its particular work the endorsement of Senator Nelson with his uncompro- mising free trade attitude. Altogether it isa situation calling for tariff pow- ders and “plain duty’’ pills in vast quantities. And, speaking of the sea-dog candi- date, what an opportunity there is go- ing to be for Commodore Van Sant of the Winona flotilla to show his states- manship and his ability as acrobat. Be- sides covering the inconsistencies above mentioned, all of which the astute com- modore will undoubtedly be able to ex- plain, we shall see him calling for the support of the veterans who fought for freedom for black men, while Van’s party stands for the war against the men who are brown. Van will explain how he once stood for the Declaration of Independence, but now stands with his party for taxation without represen- tation; that he stands for the Constitu- ; tion and for the flag wherever it waves, put does not stand for rights for those who have been brought in under the protection of the Constitution and the flag. The commodore will-undoubtedly do this, at least to his own satisfaction, but there are those who think he will find troubles worse than river snags or the festive steamboat mosquito. The Dewey presidential ‘‘boom’’ fell upon Minnesota with not so much asa ripple on the political waters. It was almost impossible to find people taking the announcement seriously. Pressed home to some of our leaders, by requests for their views by the Eastern papers, the general sentiment of all was ex- pressed by the following telegrams sent respectively by National Committeeman O’Brien and State Chairman Rosing: “The Minnesota Democracy is united on William J. Bryan. The party is bound to him by all the ties of confidence, re- spect and loyalty. Democracy demands as a candidate for the presidency one who stands for a definite national policy. “THos. D. O'BRIEN, “Member National Committee of Minne- sota.’ “Minnesota Democrats desire to win the coming campaign upon Democratic principles. The candidate must repre- sent Americanism in its broadest sense, the Americanism of Washington, Jeffer- son, Jackson and Lincoln, and opposition to the Imperial, Military and Trust pro- tecting policy of McKinley and Hanna, W.J. Bryan represents these views and Democrats trust him, The political views of Admiral Dewey are unknown in this state. L. A. Rosine, “Chairman Democratic State Committee.” The above sentiments were also un- questionably those of the other allies, Lincoln Republicans and Populists. The persistency with which the “temperancers”’ are after Brother Mc- Kinley, leads to the suspicion that they have better proofs that the president is areal “‘tippler’’ than is generally sup- posed. On this point we may give some testimony that, if we dare give names, would be absolutely convincing. Re- cently a national politician was in St. Paul who is in intimate relations with a Western United States senator whose wife, a rabid temperance woman, is a member of McKinley’s church, and who has been nota little distressed at the reports of the president’s drink habit. Ona recent occasion this sen- ator and wife dined at the White House, and the lady determined to see for her- self whether or not the:president drank wine, or, as he had informed church of- ficials and friends, simply went through the motions. So when wine was reached she watched narrowly, and this is what she told the senator when they reached their carriage returning: “That hypocrite. Why he not only went th the motions with his glass, but drained each and every one to the very bottom.” Apropos a friend tells very tonchingly of how one of the Minneapolis clergy of MoKiagley’s denomination, satisfied him- legis- lature. He told his friend how he had agonized over the reports which had come to be believed by so of his pled. He said that he had asked a church friend of prominence to go direct to Mr. McKinley with the charge. He did so, said the Minnesota preacher, and the president with tears in his eyes, thanked him for his kind- ness. In public life, said the president, we cannot make denials of charges like this. Then the president threw his arm about the neck of the visitor and with his voice full of emotion, the tears increasing in size as-they coursed down the Napoleonic visage, assured his friend that he had on the certain occa- sion referred to, only drank Appolinaris water! ‘And so,” said the devout and unsophisticated Minnesotan, ‘I thank God for this convincing proof of the in- tegrity of our president.’’ And, asa minister once wrote into a report of his sermon—“here he wept a little.” “Eow do you find trade this spring?’’ we asked of one of the best known of the Twin City traveling men—one of the monuments still standing to show what traveling men were before the trusts fell upon them. ‘Rotten, rot- ten,’’ was the reply. And the salesman, whose line is hardware and building materials, went on to explain that deal- ers are now overstocked with the “‘boom’’ purchases of last year, and the continued high trust prices have checked all kinds of building. On the same point Old Pease, in the oft-misguided Anoka Union, tells the actual truth as to Twin City conditions in the following: “Things ain’t just right yet in Minne- sota,and Idon’t know but what it will apply to the nation. Every blamed thing that enters into the construction of a building has gone skyward in price, and yet you can buy store buildings and houses in St. Paul, im Minneapolis, An- oka, Mankato, Winona and many other towns for less than the raw material is worth. Ina St. Paul daily recently I saw residences offered in good localities for several hundred dollars less than they could be built for today, and the lot was thrown in the bargain. There’s some- thing wrong when such a state of affairs exist, and I’d just like to know what’s the matter? That’s not prosperity bya long shot.” The annual statistics of the state’s various charities show rather small in- creases in such charges. Of insane the increase is 147, the present total being 8,542. Total of all the institutions, in- sane, soldiers’ home, deaf, blind, feeble minded, state public school, training, reformatory and state prison, 6,158; in- crease, 221. Soldiers’ home has de- creased 8, and the public school de- creased 29. The reformatory has in- creased 48, while the prison has increased but 2. And speaking of state dopartments, the dairy and food keeps up its record, with fines collected for March amount- ing to $888. The Democratic state central commit- tee has been called by Chairman Ros- ing to meet on April 18 at St. Paul, 2 p. m., for the purpose of calling the state convention to select delegates to the coming national convention. The meet- ing takes place at the Merchants hotel headquarters. Eighteen delegates and the same number of alternates are to be selected. Speaking of which call, it is surpris- ing how little mention there has "Best of candidates for delegates, going to show how much less men are thinking of themselves and personal ambitions, than of principles, issues, and the most effective line of action to secure their success. : The unfortunate situation in St. Paul, with two factional candidates for mayor, has been reduced to one of great hope, by the patriotic and self-sacrificing withdrawal of one of the candidates, Hon. J. W. Willis. The judge’s noble action well illustrates the sentiment of consecration and the determination to let nothing stand in the way of party success, which so largely prevailsin the reform ranks. Judge Willis’ act should be commended all over the state. The great Democratic victory scored in Milwaukee is a pointer for that which the united Democracy will score in St. Paul soon, and Minneapolis a little later. Watch the prediction. Fighting Jack Mullen’s fight for scal- ing fees, ended just as he promised it would. Closing that long case the state has received in cash the full amount claimed against the boom com- panies, for which the state reimbursed- Captain Mullen for his fees, so that the state is repaid every dollar, some $15,- 000. ; Since his return from Texas, our great national leader, Mr. Bryan, has been on an extended tour of the Pacific slope, including Washington, Oregon and in- terior portions of California, returning via Southern Kansas. Since his great campaign of 1896 it is said that Mr. Bryan has traveled over 100,000 miles. He has addressed more people by far than any other man in the world. And as to popularity and enthusiastic recep- tion he excels all others, even Grant, in his time of greatest hold on the country. Strikes, lockouts and all the various ways in which labor is obliged to struggle for existence, the like of which was not known even in panic times, mark the continued gold standard pros- Score one for ex-Assistant i Secretary .of State Davis, who found in his visit to South Africa so much to condemn the un-Americanism of the administra- tion that he has resigned, upon deter- mining to lecture, that his course might not subject himself to criticism. A mountain in California, solid gran- ite, has suddenly sunk out of sight, What warning to the G. O. P. G. 8. 0, church people, that the president tip-. BRITISH DEFEATED LOSE 600 KILLED AND WOUNDED AND 800 PRISONERS, News of the Rattle Comes From Pre- toria — Nothing From Lord Rob- erts in Three Days—Gen. Dewet’s Third Defeat of the British in a Week-—Severe Fighting at Wep- “ener, in Which Boers Receive a Cnheck—Unexpected Rallying of Free Staters Leaves the Public in a Nervous Condition. London, April 11—The Daily News has the following from Pretoria, dated Monday, by way of Delagoa Bay: “It is officially announced that a bat- tle has been fought south of Brandfort in which 600 British troops were killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoners. Lord Re*erts is declared to be finding great difficulty owing to scarcity of water. Heavy cannon firing is re- ported at Fourteen Streams. The British are using a naval gun. Methuen is moving in the direction of Hopstad.” Third Defeat of British. Lordon, April 11.—A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Brandfort, dated Sunday, says: “Yesterday Gen. De- Wet inflicted the third defeat of the British within a week at Meekersfon- tein, killing and wounding 600. He captured 900 with with twelve Wagens, losing five Boers killed and nine wounded.” -0- London, April 11.—The Daily Mail publishes the following, dated April 10, from Lourenzo Marques: “The Netherlands Railway company pro- fesses to have received a telegram re- porting a Boer victory near Kroon- uate the Boers capturing 900 Brit- ish.” Commenting upon this the Daily Mail remarks: ‘“There- is a Meekers- fontein about five and a half miles southeast of Kroonstadt, but if the re- Dort be true, this can hardly be the place.” Boers Receive a Check. Aliwalnorthk, April 11. — An engage- ment took place yesterday at Wepener. The Boer Vickers-Maxim did consid- eral execution at first, but the British guns soon got the range and did great havoc. The Rouxville commando has gone to Wepener. The fighting at Wepener was severe and lasted all day long. The Boers received a check. The casualties were rather heavy on both sides. Another commando is ad- vancing toward Wepener from De- wet’s Drop. Heavy fighting was con- tinued at Wepener this morning. The result is not known. Three Boer com- mandoes are attacking the town. Mafeking Wants Food. London, April 11—The Daily Mail has the following from Lady Sarah Wilson, dated Mafeking, March 30: “Col. Plumer's column is now within twenty miles of us, but its advent is undesirable unless accompanied by food supplies. The opinion prevails here that young Cronje has returned to the ranks of the investing Boers. and is trying to avenge Paardeburg.” Looking for a Strategic Opening. London, April 11.—The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, telegraph- ing Monday, says: “The enemy is making a desperate attempt to dis- cover a strategic opening. Their num- bers are unknown to us, but are any- where between 3,000 and 6,000. They are moving cautiously.” Bombarded by Naval Guns. London, April 11.—The Durban cor- respordent of the Daily ‘Telegraph, telegraphing Tuesday, says: “Our na- val guns have commenced bombard- ing the Boer position between Sunday river and Biggarsberg.” PUBLIC IS NERVOUS On Account of the Unexpected Rally- ing of Free Staters. London, April 11—But that the war office has issued no news from Lord Roberts during the last three days there would be little disposition to place any credence in the Boer reports of arother British disaster. The unex- pected rallying of the Free State com- mandoes, however, leaves the public in a nervous condition, fearing every- thing. Dispatches from Pretoria as late as Monday did not mention any further Boer victory. On the contrary, they said all the commandoes were quiet and. as Lord Roberts has bith- erto not failed promptly to report any misckances as well as successes, be- fore waiting for the newspaper cor- respondents to report them, until there is some confirmation, there is justifi- cation In regarding the Meekertsfon- tein rumor as only an exaggerated ac- count of the Reddersburg affair. At the same time ‘Boer reports have so often proved correct that the greatest anxiety will be felt. No further news has been received of fighting either at Wepener or in Natal. Boer reports seem to indicate that Lord Metbuen is advancing from Boshof toward Hoopstadt. It is a bold and, apparent- ly dangerous move, since, although ft turns the right flank of the Boer posi- tion at Brandfort, it puts Lord Meth- uen’s forces between whatever garri- son there niay be at Bloemhof, in the Trarsvaal, and the Brandfort force. The Boer peace commissioners at Naples do not conceal the fact that they have no hope of obtaining peace with independence for the republics, but they will endeavor to save their an-cur propre, or to secure a truce for further negotiations. Mr. Fische* says the present Boer strength at the front is 38,000. WILL NOT RESIST. Wim Howard Ready if a Warrant of Arrest Is Issued. i Frankfort, Ky., April 11. — The re- port that it would take 1,000 men to arrest Jim Howard of Clay county, who is said to have fired the fatal shot that killed Gov. Goebel, was de- nied by Dr. H. B. Philbert of Clay county, who says that Howard told him that whenever a warrant was is- sued for his arrest he would go with the officer serving it, and would not attempt to resist the law in any way. Lord’ MANY HEARD CLEVELAND. Ex-President Delivers the Second of His Lectures at Princeton. Princeton, N. J., April 11—Ex-Pres- ident Grover Cleveland delivered his second lecture in Alexandria hall last night before a large number of stu- dents, members of the faculty, their families and many others. At'8 o’clock President Patton and Mr. Cleveland appeared on the rostrum and were greeted with prolonged applause. Throughout the lecture the ex-presi- dent was frequently interrupted by applause, and at its close the big hall rang with cheers of enthusiastic stu- dents and others present. Dr, Patton expressed the thanks of the university to Mr. Cleveland for delivering the Jectures and surprised the audience by announcing that Mr. Cleveland would deliver the Stafford Little lectures again next year, and he hoped for as many more years as the ex-president would have strength to deliver them. KILLED A.SICK MAN. Murderer Argued That the Man Was Going to Die Anyhow. Frankfort, Ky., April 11.—Bud Le- compte, a young farmer living in this county, walked into the home of his brother-in-law, Hiram Stafford, yes- terday afternoon and fired three bul- lets into Stafford, who had been sick in bed for a month past, killing him in- stantly. The murder is a mysterious one. The neighbors believe Lecompte is erazy, though he had showed no previous evidence of insanity. Le- conpte walked into the room where the sick man lay and said to him: “You are going to die anyway. I will just put you out of your misery.” With this he fired three bullets from a Winchester rifle into Stafford’s head. Albert Jefferson, on whose farm the shocting occurred, arrested Lecompte and lodged him in jail here. The mur- derer maintains that Stafford was hopelessly ill and he killed him only on that account. Stafford married Le- compte’s sister. STEAMERS TO TAHITI. Proposition of the Oceanie Company Has Been Accepted. San Francisco, April 11—News has been received from Tahiti, via Auck- land, N. Z., that the Tahitian govern- ment has accepted the Oceanic Steam- ship company’s proposition for a steam service from San Francisco to Tahiti. Heretofore the only connectien be- tween the Society islands and San Francisco has been- maintained by schooners sailing at intervals of about a month and occupying from thirty to thirty-six days in passage. According to the terms of the agreement entered into between the Tahitian government and the Oceanic company a steamship of about 3,000 tons register is to be placed in the service to make eleven round trips per annum, each round trip occupying about thirty-five days, which includes thirteen days in port. COAL FAMINE. Strike Causes a Serious Scarcity in the Pittsburg District. Pittsburg, April 11. -- With 1,000 miners on a strike and many of the mines operating on half-time and. with no immediate prospect of a complete resurcption, the condition in the coal trade locally has assumed alarming proportions. Coal yards in Pittsburg and Allegheny are short of fuel and yesterday domestie consumers were given only half of the amount they asked for in order that the supply may be made to go around until more is ob- tained. This condition exists not only in the two cities but in most of the important borroughs of the county, and has affected many towns farther away which depend on Pittsburg. for their supply. STUDENT KILLS THREE. Women the Victims of Medical Stu- dent’s Fatal Error. Vienna, April 11.—Three women lost their lives at the clinical institute of the Cracow university through an er- ror in dispensing a new remedy for softening of the bones—colchicito, a preparation made from the poisonous meadow saffron, a plant very common in Austria. Three died last night and four others are not yet out of danger. Experiments with the new prepara- tion were authorized by thé head of the clinical institute. Instead, how- ever of the medicine being prepared by the first assistant himself, that person confided the task to a medical student. who made a dose ten times too strong. INSANE MAN’S DEED. Shoots His Mother and Then Kills Himself. Kingston, Jam., April 11.—James O. Merritt, aged _ forty-six, one of the most successful dry goods merchants in this city, in a fit of temporary in- sanity. yesterday shot his mother through the head and then shot him- self, dying instantly. It is. thought Mrs. Merritt will die. Mr. Merritt was the owner of the dry goods house ot James O. Merritt & Co.. and was very wealthy. His father died while in- sane two years ago, and a niece on his father's side and two rephews on his mother's side, also killed themselves. He had heen complaining for two days of nervousness and pains in his head. NAVIGATION OPENED. Detroit and Cleveland in Communca- tiou by Boat. Detroit, April 11. — Navigation be- tween Detroit and Cleveland began yesterday when the Detroit & Cleve- land Navigation company’s steamer City of Detroit left for Cleveland with more than 100 passengers and a quan- tity of freight. No ice can be seen in Lake Erie either from Cleveland or from the Detroit river. The ice is still too heavy in the St. Clair river to permit navigation between Detroit and Port Huron.: Expulsion of Czech Miners. Berlin, April 11.—The expulsion of Czech miners has begun again. Mare than 100 have been expelled from the Waldenburg coal district. In the Aus- trian reichsrath the Czech delegates intend to take up these last cases. Claim Against Peru. Lima, Peru, April 11.—Mr. Cuthman Jones has filed at the United States le- gation a claim against the Peruvian government for 5,000,000 sols. The claim is said to grow out of a refusal HANGED BY FUNSTON. Summary Method of Dealing With Insurgents. Manila, April 11—An interesting top- ic of conversation in army circles is the investigation of Brig. Gen. Funston's execution of two Filipinos and the pos- sibility of a court martial resulting therefrom. The story is that the Filipinos cap- tured three Maccabebe scouts who were crossing the country near San Isidro, and were preparing to kill them .When one of the Maccabebes escaped and found Gen. Funston with a scout- ing party near. The man guided the Americans to the rescue of his com- panions, and when the troops ap- proached the Filipinos fled, leaving the Maccabebes. Several of the Filipinos were shot and Gen. Funston captured two of them, took them to the village square and hanged them without trial, as a warning to the Filipinos. The present method of warfare and stances of the mutilation of prisoners have incensed the American soldiers to such a degree that they feel justified in making reprisals. which has been done on several occasions lately. There is a strong feeling among the residents and friendly Filipinos that the Chinese general, Pana, who sur- rendered to Brig. Gen. Kobbe, after terrorizing the province of Panay, should be severely punished. It is pointed out that his career has been more that of 1 brigand than of a sol- dier, as he looted and extorted money by torture from the wealthy natives and burned alive some of his followers who intended to desert him. It is be- lieved Pana surrendered because he feared his own men, and that he ex- pected to be paroled like other office and enjoy the fruits of his brigandage. DEATH LIST GROWS. More Casualties Reported in the Flooded District. Austin, Tex., April 11.—The flood sit- uation here is ‘improving somewhat, but the reports from points below in- dicate that the full effect of the im- mense yolume of water is being felt in Wharton and Lafayette counties, everything being inundated and much loss of property and live stock being reported. In Bastrop county the flood has caused much damage to property interests, and something like fifty wash-outs of bridges are reported by the railways. Advices from tbe area surrounding the county seat of Bas- trop county are to the effect that there has been some loss of life among the farming class, as their homes were inundated without warning by the ti- dal wave, but outside of an uncon- firmed report that eight lives were lost nothing can be learned. In the southern part of this county several people are missing the number representing a family of six Italians and two negro families. It may be that they have escaped, but no infor- mation can be secured as to their whereabouts, and as their homes have been washed away, it is presumed that they perished in the rushing waters. The river is receding rapidly at this point and above notwithstanding the fact that another heavy rise was re- ported on the Chonco, 125 miles north of here. Reports from La Grange, in Fayette county, are to the effect that while much of the lower portion of the town Is Under Water, the property loss is small. No one is missing. The international and Great Northern railroad and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas have been seriously crippled by the floods. The first named road has had 500 washouts and lost bridges on its road from Hearne to tlie Rio Grande. The M., K. & T. is likewise a heavy loser, having to abandon much of its track altogether and use the International & Great Northern from Taylor to Milano and the Santa Fe track from here to North Texas points. It is not believed that the damage to the cotton crop will be of such extent as has been predicted, as the season is early and all the crop can be replant- ed. The citizens of this city held a mass meeting at. which the concensus of opinion was that it was not feasible to rebuild the dam and power house, al- thougli no definite action was taken thereon. Much fear is being enter- tained with regard to the sanitary sit- uation of Austin, as the city is now beginning to show the effects of lack of drainage. Gov. Sayers yesterday gave the city $500 out of the flood suf- ferers’ fund to be expended in behaif of the poor of the city who have been made homeless. All such have been well provided for and ‘there is no danger of their wanting. GULF STORM. f Several Vessels Wrecked and a Number of Lives Lost. Dallas, Tex., April 11. — E. H. R. Green, son of Hetty Green and presi- dent of the Tarpon club of the guif coast, has received telegrams from Rockport telling of heavy damage to club property on St. Joseph’s island. By a severe storm in Matagorda bay, along Matagorda peninsula and Mat- agorda island, a number of small ves- sels were wrecked and some lives are believed to have been lost. ‘Trinity river, at Dallas, continues to rise. The stream is nearly a mile wide here. No lives reported lost as yet. Gigantic Coal Trust. Pomeroy, Ohio, April Ti.—The coal operators of this section have consoli- dated into a gigantic trust known as the , Pomeroy Coal exchange. Five companies are consolidated. red. ipeg. April 11. — A letter has been received by Indian Agent J. F. Hodder from Long Lake giving intel- ligence of a tragedy which occurred in the Indian band at that place. Two Indians were murdered. There is no clue to the perpetrators of the crime. Sailing Ship Sinks. Yokohama, April 11, — The British _ sailing ship Iranian. from New York to Yokohama, has been wrecked. Six- teen of the crew were saved but the eaptain’s boat is missing.