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2 k SEE-SAW WITH BALLOTS EACH OK FLORIDA’S LEADERS HOLDING HIB OWN. Four More Ballots Taken in the Demo cratic Caucus Without Breaking' the Deadlock—Bloxham Leads on Three Out of the Four—The Old Tactics in the Legislature. Tallahassee. Fla., April 20.—1n the Souse this morning a majority of the Com nittee on Elections reported in favor of Mr. Davidson, th<j contestant for the seat from Dade county. The minority will make its report to-morrow, favoring the claims of Mr. Ewan, the contestee, when the case will be finally settled. Receiver Duval and General Superintend ent Maxwell, of the Florida Railway and Navigation Company, to-day appeared be fore the joint committee on railroads and made suggestions of a general nature rela tive to the provisions of the railroad com mission bill, which will surely pass in some chape. At 12 o'clock both houses met in joint ses sion in the Assembly hall and counted the rote taken yesterday separately in the two houses. No election having resulted the joint body proceeded to vote as required by law. No nomination was made. The Re publicans voted for Fred S. Goodrich and the Democrats voted for different persons so as to prevent an election until the caucus oould nominate. The vote was: W. B. Finjayson 1 William van Fleet.. 10 Thomas Costa IB .Dr. Judge 16 Steven Sparkman 1 Bloxham 2 D. S. Walker <1 D. E. Maxwell 4 J. A. Henderson 1 Nat Walker 3 0. A. Lamb 1 W L. Peeples 2 C. A. Smith 1 3. D. Cromwell 1 John Woods 1 The Republicans cast 19 votes for Mr. Goodrich. No election being made the houses sepa rated and then adjourned until to-morrow. balloting hkslmku. The Democrats in joint caucus to-night took four more ballots for Senator. The first resulted as follows; Perry 40 Hoxbam 43 Blank 2 Finley 1 cWhorter 1 The second was: ‘Bloxham 40 Perry 46 Blank 1 The third stood: Bloxham 41 Jwy 40 'McWhorter 2 Blank— l Finley 1 The fourth resulted: Bloxham 42 Perry 37 mBM 3 McWhorter 2 Finley l Blank. 1 APPOINTMENTS PENDING. There are several appointments of Judges and District Attorneys now pending, and ex- Goy. Bloxham .s friends, believing that their postponement operated to influence votes for Gov. Perry, asked that these appointments be made at once. This proposition was in definitely refused by Gov. Perry's friends, and the Breach between the two leading can didates is wider than ever. , The caucus decided to cast its vote to-mor , row for four persons, as to-day, to keep the ,electio(t from being made by aid of the Re i publicans, and then adjourned to to-morrow night. FLORIDA'S METROPOLIS. Sorrow at Mr Mitchell’s Death—A Marriage—A New Club. Jacksonville, Fla., April 20.—Alexan der Mitchell, the millionaire ex-president of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Bt. -Paul rail toad, whose sudden death in New York yes terday afternoon was announced this morn ing, was well known here, having spent, most of the winters of recent years here at his elegant villa Alexander, a short distance from the city, on the south side of the river. Mr. Mitchell left here for New York last Monday week in perfect health, and bis unexpected death is a great blow to his .wife, who was still here at the villa. Mrs. {Mjkcheli left here for New York this morn t|HL Mr. Mitohell was of a generous, phil dMkropjo turn and has done much to aid . Hm development and progress of Florida. HAPPILY MARRIED. 2' at 1:30 o’clock at St. John’s Epis urch. Rev. It. H. Weller officiating, ' John J. Williams, formerly of Tallahassee, limt now of Palatku, and w'ell known in St. John’s river steamboat circles, was united In marriage to Miss Pattie Dickson, the lovely and accomplished niece of Dr. Hy Rob inson, of this city. This marriage was one of the leading society events of the season and the church was crowded by the many friends of the popular young couple. THE SEMINOLE CLUB. The Seminole Club, a social organization comprising some of the leading society and business men of tho city, has just been or ganized with a charter membership of 54 member*. Dexter Hunter was chosen Presi dent, J. M. Barrs Vice President, A. C. Cowan Secretary, and W. R. Hunter Treas urer. Its aim is purely social. A NEW STEAMSHIP LINE. There will be a special meeting of the Board of Trade to-morrow afternoon to 'meet Capt. Haig, the promoter of anew steamship line between Jacksonville and Jamaiaa and the Bahama Islands. A num ber of prominent merchants talk of lending substantial aid to the enterprise, and there |s a decided likelihood that the lint will toon be established. GEORGIA’S MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. Beginning at Atlanta of the Thirty- Eighth Annual Convention. Atlanta, Ga., April 20.—The Georgia Medical Association met in the Senate Chamber to-day in its thirty-eighth annua) session. The attendance was large. Dr. James E. Alexander made the welcome ad ftracs. IVegident Powell delivered the an nual addre. It was the subject of "He reditary Diseases.” He recommended the fstabluihmeut of a reformatory prison and Inebriate asylum. Those recommendations were submitted to a special committee this afternoon On Invitation of E. W. Marsh ihr association went to Salt. Springs on u special train, where the tnemlters were en tertained until night, returning ut9 o'clock. The association will adjourn Friday. The Governor to-day.issued two warrants for $l5O each for the arrest and delivery to the Sheriff of Bibb county of W. G. Ford by G. W. Shackleford, and H. C. Parker by N. ii. Goodsou. These men are two of the alleged to buve been engaged in the MapuJi lynching. A Message from the Sea. Ga. April ‘JO.—A slip of pa|>er was HjMßd sealed up lu a bottle flouting in St. •Cattnr)lie* sound yesterday !> BUjkly pul out by shipwrecked people. Thu ■HBhr lends as follows: MBf. Marlin**, Macon, (la., Dr. A. H. Motion, (la.: " William Cooper and wife lost April 12, M 7, Notify at Sparta, Tailit." Brunswick Brief*. riKt'xawi' k. Ga . April ’J!-The fair in tin of the Atlantic l<aiul was well attended up hi dosing la*t night, tlm rnit|>t* ■mourning to |I?U Tim it* is* very ro*is> t of a vary Tiaislsotit* sum Is lug maliwil, ae Ilia fair will la mfiiissal all tin* weak Tviisiram ■ m*w l'idf*"iu IlniMun of Mm JCuigbU <4 1* i ihias will bo formed Itere A LAND OF PROMISE. Three Negro Children Have a Narrow Escape from Death by Fire. Marianna, Fla., April 20.—At 1 o’clock yesterday an outhouse on the premises of Col. IV. C. Clifton* occupied by a negro ! woman and her three small children, was | burned to the ground. Th# children had I been left in the house and were rescues! with | difficulty, the baby being badly, if not fatally, burned. The windbeing favorable, the flames were with some difficulty pre vented from spreading, and the other out houses and the dwelling were not damaged. The burned building was a small one, not insured. Surveys are being made for railroads which will gridiron the county, and though their completion is not on immediate cer tainty, they give as that hope and confidence which will call forth our best efforts. Our citizens are forming a corporation— the"Chipola Hotel Company”—with a capi tal of $25,000, for the purpose of building a hotel in Marianna, and in all probability the building will be completed within a year. Except hotel accommodations, we have every facility for making our town the place to visit. Climate, scenery, hunt ing, fishing, etc., are all that heart could wish and our people, naturally hospitable, ore giving our visitors the welcome usually extended to invited guests, and wo are do ing everything in our power to make their stay pleasant. The resources of our county yet un developed are immense. For instance, in the last three years the poultry business, as yet managed exclusively by the farmers’ wives, has grown from barely enough for home consumption until the shipments of last year amounted to 840,000, and thiayear will probably exceed $50,000. And yet no one makes a business of raising poultry, it being as vet only a side issue with the women. This is undoubtedly the place to raise poultry, for truck farming and the like, and our new citizens are trying it this year. GAINESVILLE GLEANINGS. Sixteen Pretty Girls Going Through the Tactics and Smashing Hearts. Gainesville, Fla., April 20.— Prof. Caler, of the East Florida Seminary, is in attendance on the Legislature at Tallahas see in the interests of his school. Rev. J. F. Eden has charge of the professor’s classes during his absence. A strong effort will be made to have the new State Normal School located here. Our city government is now in the hands of anew and lietter administration through out. Mayor Scott has begun a work of re form and retrenchment. Marshal Hahu, who nearly had to contest his election has frightened ail the rogues out of town, and President of the Council Day has a keen eye for public improvements and progress, and the people are satisfied. The cadets of the seminary declined a challenge for a competitive drill from the sweet sixteen, young ladies comprising the "Lambeth Guards.” Mrs. Dr. Moore announces her intention to remove from Gainesville. The cabbage crop in this section is good; prices away up and the owners of big cab bage fields are happy. The entertainment at the Opera House last week, for the benefit of the Methodist church, was a success, both financially and artistically. The drill of the “Lambeth Guards”—sixteen young ladies—was superb, and reflected much credit on Capt. J. E. Lambeth, their instructor. Capt. John is a Savannah boy, and is without doubt one of the finest drill masters in the South. Negroes on the Cars. Green Cove Springs, Fla., April 20. A case tried before Justice Plummer at this place will probably reach the Supreme Court for final adjudication. The testimony showed that a colored woman was ejected from a first-class coach on the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West railroad in September last, and that no more force was used than was necessary to remove her froth one coach to another. Although the charge preferred was merely that of an assault on the part, of the conductor (who was promptly acquitted by the jury), the case is considered to lx* an ihitial step, toward com pelling railroads to furnish equal accommo dations when equal fare is charged. A Residence Burned. Covington,Ga., April2o.—The residence of T. W. Meadors, together with all his fur niture, was burned here this morning. The origin of the fire was accidental. The loss is about SI,OOO, exclusive of that on the fur niture. The houre was insured with the North American Company for $650. Tho man who has charge of the house lost all his household effects, valued at $l5O. No one was at the house when it caught. ON THE IJO-OPERATIVE PLAN. ClnAmatl Manufacturers to Share , roflts With Their Employes. Cincinnati, April 20.—The firm of Proc tor & Gamble, manufacturers, has made an elaborate proposition for allowing their em ployes to share in the profits of the firm. The plan is to appoint three trustees, the two bookkeepers and the superintendent in the firm’s employ, who shall twice a year ascertain the amount of the profits during the preceding six months, allowing as expenses 6 per cent, interest on the capital employed and rea sonable salaries to the members of the firm devoting their time to th4:r interests, and divide the profits between the firm and the employes in pro portion to the capital and wages earned. The employes have accepted the proposi tion with thanks, and resolved to allow no outside Influence to disturb the relations be tween them and their employers. STOVE PATTERN STRIKES. The War to be Carrtod Into the Trade's Second District. Rochester, N. Y., April 20.—A highly important meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the Second, Third and Fourth dis tricts of the Stove Founders’ National De fense Association was held here to-day at Power's Hotel, with sessions in the forenoon, afternoon and evening. After exhaustive discussion it was unanimously decided that the patterns of the foundry where strikes exist should be ordered into the Second district, which com prises the States of New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and that part of Pennsylvania east of the Alleghany mountains. In view of the fact that a gen eral strike is in progress in the Third and Fourth districts, which eqjnprise the West ern States, this action is of the greatest im portanceas it virtually means 'that the Western foundries are to be' closed and their work done in the East. STRIKERS' SUFFERING. Brass Workers in Want of the Ne cessities of Life. Newark, N. J., April 21.—A month ago the brass workers employed by Riley & Os lsrn went, on u strike at the instance of District Assembly No. 51, Knights of Ikihor. The firm rejected the denuinils of the strik ers.. and filled their places with new hands. The arbitration committee of the District Assembly hud eral innsultutinus with the members of the firm, but faih-d to secure any couc-uMtiona. The strikers are now in iinsit intense suffering for the neccNNuriex of life. They have lieeti unable to pris-iire employment in other ptu< <*>, nod id "Cling to their statements the District 1 A -cnilily lias failed u> give them financial j sup|sirt In only a few fintin i*s | U is money | l**n | so*l to lie* lie'll and limn only a sumfl sum the first wek. Tie* suffci nit; m mmi* of tile Isnulles is said to Isi estrone . Don't lwul>| iuiwU, and blow, blow, <ll** i la' i '\f **** y * U ’ **■*"'* •s* I THE MORNING NEWS: THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1887. FIRST MASS IN AMERICA. How, When, Where and by Whom it Was Celebrated. From the New York llerald. St. Augustine, Fla., April 14. It was j some envious Britisher —was it not? —who ! said that no town in America ever improved | or reached the dignity of a city until it had experienced "a first-class conflagration.” This cranky notion might possibly hold good of some of the "shanty towns” in the I Great West, but with the “Ancient City” the case is quite different. Here in St. Augustine all of the older portion of the town—and by for the largest portion of it is 300 years old—is built of coquina, a conglomerate of sea shell and sand, which hardens with age and with stands the ravages of time most admirably. However, we have had our first conflagra tion—the first big fire of any serious conse quence and of anything like respectable proportions since the founding of this city by the Spaniards in 1585. Nearly $500,000 worth of property has been destroyed aud j several old landmarks liave been swept away, which were not only the pride and joy of the modern St. Augustines, but which were also the veneration and admira tion of the country at large and of particu lar interest to the student and lovers of antiquity. THE OLD SPANISH CATHEDRAL. Chief among the losses by last Tuesday’s fire was the old Spanish Cathedral, built in 1793 upon the very spot where the first mass ever celebrated in America was chanted by monks, who came over with the Spanish conquerors under the command of Pedro Menendez de Avilers This occurred on Sept. 8,1565, on the day dedicated to the memory of St. Augustine, and the place was named in honor and com memoration of that learned and pious saint. This was seventeen years prior to the set tlement of Santa Fe. N. M., forty-two years before the intrepid Capt. John Smith met Miss Pocahontas, or built his first log hut at Jamestown, Va., and fifty-five years previ ous to thoJanding of the Pilgrims on Plym outh Rock. So, you see, St. Augustine has a right to feel proud of the distinguished title she bears of the “Ancient City,” being the oldest European settlement in America. But her chief pride and glory* was. after nil, centred in aud around her old Cathedral, now a blackened mass of ruins. The walls still stand, and an effort is going to be made to save them; but the roof is gone and the entire interior is burned out. THE FIRST MASS IN AMERICA. Now the story connected with the found ing of this quaint old structure and its de struction last Tuesday forms such an inter esting narrative, and is so interwoven writh the history of Florida, and consequently with America, that I cannot refrain from rehearsing it. As stated above, the cathedral was erected on the spot where the first mass ever said in America was celebrated. As this “first mass in America” by this act there fore becomes part and parcel of the building itself, we cannot do lietter than let Fray Francisco Lopez de Mendoza, the chaplain of the expedition, tell the story in his own words. He says: “On Saturday, the Bth day of September, the day of the nativity or Our Lady, the General disembarked, with numerous ban ners displayed, trumpets and other martial music resounding and amid salvos of artil lery. “Carrying a cross, I proceeded at the head, chanting the hymn, ‘Te Deum Lau damus.’ The General marched straight up to the cross, together with all those who ac companied him; and, kneeling, they all kissed the cross. A great number of Indians looked upon these ceremonies and imitated whatever they saw done. Thereujxm the General took possesion of the country in the name of his, majesty. All the officers then took an oath of allegiance to him, as their General and as odelautado of the whole country.” A large oil painting illustrative of this scene was one of the most prominent at tractions in the cathedral and hung on the eastern wall, bearing the following inscrip tion: * * First mass in St. Augustine, Florida. Sept. 8, 1585, at the landing of the Spaniards under Pedro Menendez : With religion came to our shores civilization, ; art, science and industry. * * This picture, in drawing and color, was eminently artistic, and, although grown somewhat dark with age, was not only pleasing to look at, but most interesting to study. It measured about 8 feet in length by 6in width. Some loving hands, while the fire was at its height, rescued it from the walls, and it is now in a place of safety. Most of the other paraphernalia of the church—in fact, all that was movable—was also saved. “the bells! bells! bells!” The church to the casual observer was not architecturally great to look at, but for generations it had formed one of the most interesting objects for tourists in the “An cient City.” Indian prisoners and negro slaves performed most of the work in quar rying on Anastasia Island the great blocks of coquina of which it is built. It stood on the north side of the Plaza, and was in the Moorisli style, and cost at the time of its completion in 171*3. $16,ti50. The Moorish belfry contained a chime of four bells, and was surmounted hv a crow and weather vane. One of the Dells in this belfry is the oldest in this country, and on it could be found the following inscription: t SANCTE JOSEPH ORA ruo NOBIS. D. 1882. Of the four bells in the belfry this is the only one whose suppirts were eaten away by the fire. This bell fell to the ground, but was recovered the next day uninjured. The three other trails still swing in their arches, where they have hung for nigh 100 years. When the fire first broke out this old bell, which had not for generations been used for such a purpose, rang out its wild alarms in unison with its mates in the belfry. It was the tii-st bell that sounded the warn ing on Tuesday morning to the citizens. It summoned the citizens to the conflagra tion. It was the only bell that went down in the flames after pealing out its doleful cry forttaid. • As it fell the old clock, surrounded by flames, struck its last tin 1 f hour, as though saying “good-by”— at s:3o—the red devour ing flames kissing and eating up its bauds at tin* very moment of strikin'' OTUF.It ATTRACTIONS. On tho left, of the vwtilmlo of the church Was n oniclflx from the Chapel Ara Sm rio 1h 1/K'lw, which wa* located on the present site of the Catholic cemetery. Other objects, of interest in the church were the main altar, the silver lamp kept burniiiK constantly near it, the Virgin's altar and Ht. Joseph's nltar, tt pipe organ and the painting upon the eastern wall lieur hig the billowing inscription: ‘'The old church, wuich had hmi the refuge and religious sanctuary for the peo ple of si. Augustine in tunes of war and Indian uprisings, is no more." Its thick cixpmm walls now stand up gaunt and Ua'kcinsl by the tin*, but other wise upjHtreutly uninjured. All classes and conditions of our citlsens, irroMpective of creed, venerated the micks j old structure, and if the walls cannot la, ntllls| In rrcon*tni |a tlng the lanlding, enough money mu U> raised here in two hours to duplicate tile Ume-houoivsl Mjsuush pda. Mr Henry M. Hagler, the proprietor of tile lie w I'oll'S, .In I/s ill Hotel, was olio of the si Had w lei watch | the Ufa oat IU wai lute th nthdml A frier I .tool l.v his side, but not a word was exchanged be tween the two. When one of the bells in the belfry fell, Mr. Flagler turned and re marked: “I have made up my mind to reconstruct that building just as it stood an hour or so ago. It shall be identical with the old build ing in every particular. and if necessary I will bear all the expense.” Mr. Flagler’s resolution to restore one of the oldest landmarks in the country is a piece of generosity that will perpetuate his name in the history of St. Augustine, and the blessings of the community will certainly be bestowed upon the generous millionaire. The absolute necessity of an increased seating capacity in the cathedral caused Bishop Moore some months ago to decide to enlarge and restore the building, and plans for its enlargement to conform as nearly as possible to its original Moorish design were made a month ago by the famous architect of St. Patrick’s cathedral, Mr. James Ren wick, who was one of the guests at the St. Augustine Hotel at the time of the fire. Old Floridians were probably grieve* 1 most to hear of the destruction of the old Catholic cathedral. That building had been looked upon with veneration bv the natives und it was the pride of the citizens of the “Ancient City,” no matter what may have been their form of worship. St. Augustine, without the old Spanish cathedral, will be the St. Augustine of old no longer. By all means, if it be possible to recon struct the church by saving the old walls, lot them lie saved. Now walls will make anew ehureh, a du plicate it may be of the old one. but still a new one. Wliat we in St. Augustine want is the old one. The old walls must lie saved. GENERAL RAILWAY NEWS. Matters of Money and Management About Various Lines. The lino of the G., C. and N. has not as yet been located, but it will not be very long before sections will be ready for grading. The Goodwater and Birmingham exten sion is now completed to within eight miles of Syllacauga, and trains will be run ning to that place by June 1. The stockholders of the Atlantic, Birming ham and Western railroad met at Monte zuma Tuesday, and elected the following board of directors: Henry M. Herman, or New York, President, W. M. Tewksbury, W. J. Weeks, E. B. Lewis and H. D. Ca pers. The stockholders adjourned and the board of directors held a called meeting in the interest of the corporation. W. E. 11. Searcy announces in the Griffin Sun that the G. L. and W. Railroad Com pany will build a road from LaGrange or Greenville to Macon. It will cross some point on the Georgia Midland railroad be tween Concord and Warm Springs. Where it crosses will be an important place. Pres ident Searcy invites propositions to secure the road from all the towns within the scope of country named, as well as from individ uals and communities between the towns. Within two months, says the Banner- IVatehinan, unless some unexpected hin drance turns up, the fields around Athens will be alive with hands grading new rail roads. Squads will lx* at work between there and Elberton, Atlanta and Madison. Nearly every man on the streets of Athens has a desire to become a contractor, for they think there is big money in the business. Not only in Athens, but all over the country, lias the railroad fever spread, and both busi ness men and farmei-s are figuring on the cost of moving dirt. A meeting of the stockholders of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company will be held at Spartanburg, 8. C., on Tuesday, April 26, for the purpose of ratifying the consolidation which has been arranged with the Glenn Springs railroad. The proposed consolidation means simply this: The Orangeburg and Lewisdale road will run up to Prosperity and there unite with the Columbia. Newberry and Laurens and push on to Spartanburg, and the Columbia, Newberry aud Laurens road will start from Prosperty, not from Columbia. THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST. Cause of its Elevation—The Entire Country Once Old Ocean's Bed. An elevation of the coast of North Caro lina to the height of eight inches is supposed to have been effected by the late earth quakes. Examinations made by me induce the opinion that the ocean once covered the whole of Carolina from the Santee to the Savannah river, and that the bluff on which Savannah stands, the sand hills of Augusta and the high hills of Santee are the dunes of that great bay. Then a subsidence of the ocean lied, w hich in remote times sunk the island of Atlantis producing the Noahic deluge, prodyced a para Ik*l corrugation along the shore and made an inland sea like Pamlico and Albemarle sounds to the north. Other movements up and down gathered marine and land animals, their remains and the roosts of sea birds into the phosphatic guano beds, now being exploited, and finally left the surface of the land as it now is. This theory I think tenable, because in examining a canal of four miles out through the lowlands between the Edisto and the Ashepoo, known as Bear Island, to irrigate the rice fields, show an alteration of level more than once, and lasting long enough to produce a peat deposit, then a forest of large cypress, followed by one of pine. This seems to have perished by an influx of salt or brackish water depositing the present soil of the rice fields, interspersed with “hummock” of more sandv soil. The height of “Shell Bluff,” below Au gusta. would seem to indicate a long con tinued subsidence at that point, followed by a gradual equal elevation, while the alleged discovery in it of an elk’s skull with a flint arrow or lance head sticking in it, supports the idea that pre-Adamite man existed in Georgia as well as elsewhere, if anywhere. R. W. H. Land in Severalty. Huron, Dak., April 20.—T0-day the Sur veyor General of Dakota was notified te survey several township* in and on the Great Bend of the Missouri river, as well as elsewhere in that region. It is understood that these lunds are those from which white settlers are to be driven by troops under the “land in severalty” law. The Indians have chosen lAnds at these punts which they wish allotted to them. Most of the settlers on the two reservations are at Great Bend, where there is abundant timlier, grass and water. A Defaulter for Oyer SIOO,OOO Hobokkn, N. J., April 20.—An expert accountant is hupd at work overhauling the books of Water Hegistcr Michael H. Mur phy, who mysteriously disappeared a week ago. It is now believed that Murphy's de falcation will reach over JIOO.iXIO, and it is the opinion of several prominent lawyers that the Water Commissioners are liable for the whole amount. A Strike Averted. Milwaukee, wis , April 90.- Tb-threat ened strike of carpenters Ims been averted, the master car|s>nters agreeing to keep then shops open only nine hours after May 1, ami to pay the men the present prices j-r hour. The masters will not recognize a day’s work hereafter and will jiay by the hour. Election!! In Illinois. (Tileaqo, April 20. —Municipal election* were held in n large iiumlmr of Illinois cities und towns yesterday. The question of Inpior ws Hu* principal feature. A majority of the eitles declared for In-,, is,, hut in the smaller plmsw tic- anti Inen-e ti< ket ivto- uiutoi uuil.y Ntieciwsful. "Musky. tny d"ar young friend," said an elderly a,l< Iser, "Uoton 1 alono tiling hn|i|,itie*s In tin* world "I know II doesn't, sir,*' re- I no-'lit,! i|„. vising man. tun,kit "Ii only In mgs leirapm. mid omul Is,III* . ~nd trl|M u* Km i|*-. sn,l i.ujvas liai'ks, mid lying u lm| tut.- ill tin- morning, and •* k, “lf 111 .<l<, girl* to Il|e o|ier llltfltt*. Slid alt Ijijl sort ,*f grief and titksnt (live tits a ! ,■ intent,s| min,l and ssy ias', soar, aU wmielssll else ■ All have Him Inoiieir, Its via chi'led sith tuns n-i 1 ■/§. THOSE CORONADO COWBOYS. How it Was that They Freshened Up Things in a Funny Way. f'rom the New York World. Dodge City, Kan., April 11.—Wichita county is in a blaze of excitement over the writs for habeas corpus served a few days ago on the Supreme Court at Topeka, to ef fect the release of the fourteen citizens of Coronado confined here and at Garden City for the killing at their town, on Feb. 2b, of certain obnoxious citizens of Leoti. The fight was an outcome of politics, some what seasoned with local beverages. Be tween Coronado and Leoti the relations had for some time i>een severely strained, owing to a rivalry for county seat honors, and thoughtful and far-seeing citizens predicted bad weather ahead unless the differences could be adjusted. The cowboy’s interest in politics is lively, but narrow. He does not care which side has the best platform, or who the candidates are, or what they propose doing. All his interest in a campaign is to liven things up, dispense red paint and surgical maladies and have a red-hot time with the boys. To freshen up "this particular campaign, two playful cowboys of Leoti, Mr. Charley Coulter, his friend, Mr. Frank Haines, anil five festive friends got Into the habit of rid ing over to Coronado and '‘rounding-up” the town. To “round-up” a town is much funnier than to paint it red, and requires the exercise of more ingenuity and a more lavish flow of spirits “Rounding-up” is a term used to express the driving of a heard together, the cowboys riding around the cattle, yelling and cracking whips, until they gather in a mass and the beasts are docile. “Rounding-up,” in its social sense, means to gather the citizens of a town into a similarly frightened bunch and have fun with them Mr. Charley Coulter was the wit of Wichita county. He had a light and frolic some revolver, and his repartee with that facetious toy was famous throughout the section. He also was the inventive genius of Leoti, and most of the celebrated jokes of that cheerful town were the evolution of Mr. Coulter’s fancy. About one year ago the haughty and exclusive coteries of Hays City astonished the natives by getting up a skating rink. Mr. Coulter promptly or ganized a party. They rode over, entered the rink horseback, and shot the lights out with revolvers. He then intimated to the manager of the rink, who had just come to Kansas, that if the rink was opened again there would be something besides the lights shot out. The manager sold out the fol lowing morning at auction and went trav eling lor his health. He said there was too much humor in Hays City. Mr. Coulter then turned his attention to local politics, and wisely considered that if he and William Raines, with half a dozen others, would ride over to Coronado every night or so and either paint it red or green, with an occasional round-up by way of va riety, it would throw a spice into the cam paign and relieve the dullness which had prevailed. The plan was put into effect with excellent results of euiivemnent. Not even the most blase man could complain now that life in Coronado was monotonous. Sometimes an evening would be dull, and nothing stirring, perhaps only one or two common-place sbootings that day to discuss —and the knot of eminent citizens would be almost nodding bv the saloon fire, for lack of conversational material, when with a whoop Mr. Coulter would dash through the door, horseback, followed by his friends, and infuse an activity and life into the scene that was marvelous. Again, sometimes when he was least ex pected, Mr. Coulter and his gay party would ride at breakneck speed through the town at $t or 10 o’clock at night, shooting en passant through every window which displayed a light, and the citizen taking his annual bath or repeating his “Now I lay me,” would get suddeu and abnormal calibre-45 apertures in his vitals which were both surprising and unwelcome: and whereas the undertaker, who had boiler-iron shutters and slept in the back part of the house, smiled approvingly on Mr. Coulter’s frolics, the insurance com panies and the Widows’ Mutual Benefit As sociation began to complain. The campaign was now beginning to warm up, and the press began to take a hand. The editor of the Leoti Standard, a powerful journal devoted to the cause, gave a playful account of Mr. Coulter’s last red paint exploit in Coronado, and the Coro nado Star bristled next day with the points of an ironical reply. The Standard then paused to pleasantly remark that the editor of the Star was a chicken-livered jackass, who was too fond of shooting off his mouth, and the latter, without denying that he was the anatomical prodigy in question, replied that he would be quite willing to snoot something else off if occasion arose, and that the editor of the Standard was a pusillanimous baboon. These pleasantries naturally led to a further discussion of the question, and to the weekly issue of the two great sheets was attached an unusual inter est. Although not a professional journalist, Mr. Coulter bethought him it would lie funny to give the Coronado Star an ex clusive item of news—one of those things dear to the heart of an editor and some times called a “scoop.” With this kindly purpose in view, he rode over to Coronado in company with Raines and a mutual friend, dismounted at the Star office and in quired if Mr. Sykes, the editor, was in. Mr. Sykes was in. An urbane minion led the way to Mr. Sykes’ sanctum. Mr. Sykes was just writing a powerful leader on “The Progress of Civilization in Kansas” when his visitors entered. In a half minute he glanced up and found himself looking down the barrel of Mr. Coulter’s revolver with one eye and the barrel of Mr. Raine’s re volver with the other. The muzzles looked to be the size of a flour barrel, and away at the other end of each Mr. Sykes could see that the bullets were holding a caucus trying to make up their minds where they would hit him. Sir. Coulter courteously requested him to stand up. He stood. 'Mr. Raines requested him to throw up his hands. He threw them up. He would have thrown up his commission or his breakfast or his im mortal soul on the same invitation. Then the mutual friend drew out that variety of tickler known as a “black snake,” and pro ceeded to warm the editorial legs, stimulate the editorial spine and generally tickle the editorial anatomy from head to foot. Then, when weary of Mr. Sykes’ capers under this treatment, Mr. Coulter and his friends de parted, leaving him to the enjoyment of his exclusive news and to write up tjie long-de sired scoop on his envious contemporaries. Five days after this little episode came the Inst liurst of Mr. Coulter’s humor, in which, unfortunately, his brilliant and use ful career was brought to a close. On Sun day morning, Feb. SJB, Mr. Raines and a friend named Johnson rode over and in formed certain influential citizens of Coro nado that they would pay them a social call Iht tin the day, and would subsequently “round up” the town. Being gentlemen: of honor, they returned in the afternoon, and Mr. Coulter, ns usual, was leading the ger man, nr, rather, the Texan. Asa novelty they drove over from Leoti to Coronado in a spring wagon. The party was composed of Messrs. Coulter, Raines and Johnson, .Krank Jones, George Watkins, A. H. Rooney aniiJEjuiuet Denning. They brought with them a ease of beer and had sampled It lib erally en route. Arriving in Coronado thov first visited the drug store of u Mr. Schilling, who was sick ami in lied, and mail" a unanimous re quest that he arise and dance for them. Mr. Shilling was not in a tetimichorean humor, but he complied, and ns he danced they kept [ Ins spirits up bv sliisiting holes in the lloor and seeing how close they could come with out jwiriiiu liis tOOM U curving of this, liiey went to Dr. Wright's drug store and set up tree beer for every citiseti of (.'oronudo who hu|i|sans| along. If tho citiw n did not happen to Ist thirsty lie uua urged bv Mr, Coulter to U coioe mi, and the |>aily grew more frolic some and merry every minute. About 4 :jai p. in. ft was pr<i|Md that they go borne, aul climbing in the spring wagon they drove down bv the Wichita County Hank. itc I lock aouUi, and I h*u tuned info tiie I .eot I loud Mr. CouiterV tliir 4 fm tun, however, hid not been slaked. Glancing back he saw four men standing in front of the bank. He stopped the team, and, leaping out with Raines, returned and liegau to ruffle the four Coronadoans by strong language first and then by clipping one peaceful gentleman over the head with his revolver and kicking a third. Meanwhile Mr. Raines kept the four covered with his revolver. Mr. Coulter then shot one man in the leg and Raines shot another. Upon this a volley was fired from the buildings on the four corners of the street, and Mr. Raines was freckled from head to foot with aveng ing lead. He fell promptly. Mr. Coulter also got a dose and fell, grappling a man called Loomis, whom he had playfully shot in the leg. but was now determined to kill. Loomis struggled • desperately, but Mr. Coulter’s mind was made up and he had the pistol almost at Loomis’ head when a Win chester bullet from behind passed through his own and decided the fray against him. The shooting now became general. Volley after volley was fired at the of merry-makers. Two pitched out net-d first, another fell between the seats and the driver dropped across the dashboard. The fright ened and bleeding horses sped toward Leoti. The three wounded men on the ground got up to run. but were promptly shot down again. One man got away with five bullets in him. The “round-up” was over. When the firing was over the wounded were carried into adjacent buildings and ministered to by physicians. Raines and Coulter were picked out of the mud and laid on a mattress in front of the bank. Mean while the citizens hastened to dig rifle pits and otherwise prepared for an attack from Leoti. A little after dark a wagon appeared bear ing a flag of truce, and the driver isked to be permitted to take the dead and wounded back to Leoti. The request was granted, and by 11 o’clock the removal was effected. Then kegan the arming of both towns, and the virtual siege of Coronado. The Governor was appealed to, and two companies of the Second regiment, under < Col. Rieksecker, proceeded to Coronado, which they entered without resistance, and arrested N. Malsom, C. A. Hare, A. H. 'Wheat, W. A Frusk, J. W. Knappp, Frank S. Lilly, J. F. Ollinger, John B. Leahy, R. S. Howard, M. A. Walton, Charles Secrest, Wesley Moore, Charles Flack and James E. Secrest. Thfe first named four were locked up in jail at Garden City, the balance being incarcerated here. This allayed the excitement in a measure, except in the offices of tiie Standard and Star , which still continued to exchange lib eral allowances of editoral mud. Some Singular Suicides. From the Winston (N. C.) Sentinel. An incident occurred in Salem yesterday which likely will not be repeated in a half dozen centuries. An English sparrow was building a nest in the porch of Mr. A. E. Ebert's residence, and carried a string to the nest and had it par tially woven in when it attempted to fly. and by some means the other end of the string became entangled around its head and held it fast teth ered by the neck. The helpless little creature became frightened and fluttered and struggled in vain to free itself. The miniature noose only closed tighter about its throat till Anally it dropped dead—hung by the neck as neatly as a human hand could have done it. The incident, which probably has not a dupli cate in history, recalls one of the somewhat similar character with regard to a horse. He was grazing, and had on a halter with a short rein dangling from his head. The horse's tail was short and stubby, and in throwing his head around to scare off a fly the bridal rein got hitched over the tail. The horse finding his head fastened, became excited, gave a sudden and violent jerk of his head, which broke his neck and resulted in instant death. 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