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THE STATESMAN.
AUSTIN : t i i TEXAS.
teujis :
82. (X) per year ; 81 lor tix months.
rCKLISHEl) BY
.STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
Austin Texas
w. p. uainf.s. i'kksikkxt. i
J NO. L. llAltTUW Manaukii. t
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We havn't
Courier yet.
attacked the Corsicana
Artijuk Is quietly
the race.
fading out of
The Kerrville Eve is a new one.
it. a tho iatPt. rassentrer for the
daisey patch.
Somehow the world seems brighter
ami warmer after one has had his
Handera Bugle.
Mr. Sterkett just gets up and
reads the Gazette a lesson on the two-
thirds rule which Is edifying indeed.
It would never do to give in to mob
law. but. as in the case of Adams jus
tice does fail terribly sometime by the
regular route.
If you want to understand all the
beauty there is in fits just get the San
Antouio Times to sling the classics at
you for a reason.
The Banner rajs the two-thirds
v rule must go. That settles it J Now
let us all get out of the way and
watch it going.
The Bandera Bugle says that even
Ireland's friends admit that Robs is
head and shoulders above the Sage of
Seguin as a statesman. !
The governor might crush out
fence-cutting by proclamation but
we'll be hanged entirely if he stops
pistol carrying in the frontier counties
in that way.
Baum will catch it in the Dallas
courts to atone in some way to out
raged justice for the easy way in
which Willis Adams slipped through
the fingers of justice.
The Iluntsville Item since the late
. scorching is a better paper than ever
before. Been purified eh? O! thou
blessed old Item Geordie? Fire stirs
them up. It does for a fact.
The News claims credit for
having first discovered Barney Gibbs.
Tt would bo well not to "hollor" until
it is "out of the woods." If Barney
succetds it will be the first instance
on record where the News' man "got
there."
Attorney General Temi-le-ton's
candidaov for re-election loses
none of its force by being modestly
and quietly urged. He has made an
excellent official record and is a
quiet modest gentleman of force and
character.
TnE vice of gambling is becoming
a dreadful one in the army and it is
workinsr wide spread injury to the
service by destroying the popular res
pect for the ollicers. Gen. Swaini's
troubles are gambling troubles and
he is not well out of them yet. He
ought to go to the penitentiary.
The county commissioners of Santa
Fe county JSew Mexico in their new
police regulations declare ;that it
shall be unlawful to throw stones or
other missels at lamposts. That's a wise
regulation truly and another ought
to follow to the effect that it shall be
unlawful to steal murdor commit
rape or carve a greaser.
TnE Gazette should never forget
that the Post is doing its level best to
bo democratic. It is a sharp paper
nnd knows that one of the very first
steps is to plant itself upon the fun
damentals. The Post supporting the
venerable old two-thirds rule exhibits
' better democracy than the Gazette
fighting it.
Wr are indebted to an attentive
correspondent at Mason for a Very
hearty letter of endorsement of the
" statesmah's course on the crime
problem which we publish elsewhere.
However we may not fully agree
with all the positions taken yet we
are glad to see the Interest awaken
ing which the letter indicates.
' Thk Piano Review is the latest
candidate. It Is bright and newsy
and looks as if it had come to star; as
well as the rest ol 'em. One thing
we like about it is the entire absence
of the "Hew to the line" statement
We have always noticed that papers
of that order do less line work than
any other sort and they are generally
the most truckling and time-serving
of all the lot.
TnE Dallas gambling cases now be-
fore the supreme court are watched
with much interest by the fraternity
as well as all who are opposed to the
green cloth business. It is hard
tell how it will go but there is a de-
cided disposition on the part of the
legal tribunals to step heavily upon
this industry from which the better
classes of the community expect the
test results.
We can say to the Times not even
to beat Ireland would The States-
man consent to see the democratic
. - rule of two-thirds tampered with
" We like some things and hate others
iit. tn at rvo the one or injure the
other we would not abrogate one jot
or tittle of either democratic principle
or usage. There now perhaps there
is too much Statesman logic in that
to suit your dainty but weak stomach
Judge Aldridge's refusal to set the
Willis Ad;im3 trial for this term of
"the court settles the case forever. We
thought before that the farco of
trial would have been added to the
ridiculous proceedings. Now how
ever we are tojbe spared that. Willis
Adams notwithstanding his hands
are red with the blood of poor Mike
Burns is as free a man as walks in
God's freo sunshine to-day. He'll
never be tried or if he is he'll never
receive justice. Shame I Shame
Shame 1 "
Gen. Stanley will shortly arrive
in Texas and take command of this
department. It is a subjettpf intense
satisfaction to many in Texas who
know and love the knightly soldier
the admirable gentleman and the
warm tender true friend. Stanley
comes from a race of soldiers is an
offshoot from that Illustrious family
which has done so much to place En-
eland at the forefront of civil-
ization by reason of the wonder-
ful achievements of its splendid army
splendid at Argincourt and Crecy a
at Waterloo and Lucknow. TnE
Statesman will warmly welcome
the general"and it trusts that it will
be long ere the war department will
find it necessary or deslreable to
change him. i
In Kentucky.
The expressions coming from all
over Kentucky regarding the
senti-
inents of the people on the tariff ques-
tion as well as to the popular choice I
of an exemplar of the proposed re-
f.wma jtftnciHtlltA Q 1 1 ritret &T A nrAllM
vindication of Mr. Watterson the able
j and devoted apostle of the new gospel
of reform. AVe are proud of the mat-
ter for his sake as well as its giving
the most abundant evidence of vital-
ity in a section of the country where
the simple announcement of tho ex
istence of such force is tantamount to
the announcement of its final tri
umph. Take Kentucky Illinois In-
diana Ohio and Tennessee and find
them into a unit on this or any other
question and finally they will have
their own way about it. Mr. Watter-
son like tho clear-headed able devo-
ted and determined man he is has led
in the west in this battle against
banded corruption which calls itself
protection. Like all such contests it
has been a dreadful one. Money cor
ruption and privilege do not give up
their hold do not abandon their posi-
tions unless they are crushed and it is
like crushing the granite foundations
of the Rockies when you attempt the
enterprise. This Watterson did. Sin.
gle-handed the brave editor of the
Courier-Journal fronted the foe
That he wrs not at once
crushed to powder is a wonder
while it is at the same time a tribute
to tho force of his fight. He may fail
to force the issue this campaign and
indeed at this writing it would seem
that he has but next time it will in
evitably be recognized and it will form
the basis of the struggle. We do not
dispair yet notwithstanding the woe
ful lack of nerve exhibited by con
gress and still hope that the national
convention will give us a square free
trade or tariff: for revenue only plat
form. If it is done the resultant bat
tle will bring out an amazing amount
of latent manhood which is as yet un
known. The broad discussion ot the
principles of immutable justice bound
up in this question will serve to es
tablish them beyond the possibility of
destruction.
The great masses of the people are
honest and fair-minded. They hate
corruption unfairness and class priv
ilege. They would never underwrite
the scheme by which the farmers
the agricultural worker? and all
the vast interests dependent upon
it are made the servant of a few a
mere handful of lordly manufacturers
The philosophical discussion: of the
question is a sealed book to the masses
of voters because it is necessarilv
technical and obscure. But the
adoption . ot the question of tariff
as an issue in the national struggle
would force its consideration in tha
common language with all its idioms
and popularize it in such way and in
so many ways that the most ignorant
laborer would be able fully to under
stand it before the hour of decisive
action arrived. That is all that is
needed. It needs only that the people
know what is involved to enable
them to reach a proper conclusion.
No fear of their tailing to vote right
when - they vote intelligently.
When the people of the west
awake to the truth that
thej are taxed annually to the extent
of many hundreds of millions of dol
lars only ror tne benefit of a mere
handful "of beneficiaries in the east
because the laborers and trading poor
do not share with the rich manufac-
turerthey will refuse to advance
further in; the cause. They will at
once reverse action and such a wave
of free-trade sentiment sweep oyer
thecountry as will finally engulph
and destroy protection with all of its
dishonest and corrupt tendencies and
give the w est that wholesome ascen
dancy in the councils and general
policies of the nation she is enti
tled to no less by her numerical snperi
orlty than by the greater value in dol
lars and cents of her productions.
This nucleus of the states named
formed by . Watterson we may say
because he has lead in all this latter
day discussion will eventually and
splendidlywork out its logically result
as we said before if not at Chicago
this summer at least by the time we
are called upon to make the next race.
The expressions from the Kentucky
conventions are very significant of a
very deep seated feeling and also of
a deliberate and fixed purpose
to battle to the death. for the most
sacred cause for which men ever con
tended. McDonald's name is an en
thusiasm wherever the discussion has
penetrated in Kentucky and the mere
mention of it is quite sufficient to
raise high the active hopes of the
brave free traders there. In this con-
nection it may be well to say that all
over the south and wherever else free
sentiments have penetrated the name
of McDonald has grown to be a house
hold word and that of Henry Watter-
son only second.
Mob Law.
Of course there can never be any se-
rious or even tolerable argument in
favor of mob law but when the senti-
ment upon which a single mob acts is
a general sentiment and held by the
people all over the country and In all
communities the act of the mob be
comes revolutionary devolutions
are praiseworthy or otherwise as their
principles are good or bad. There is a
growing and very general feeling in
this country but more especially in
the west that our courts are inade
quate to the impartial administration
of jujtice. . We have no . time and
less inclination to go elaborately
into the examination of the causes of
this failure in - function. They are
many and intricate and their full and
satisfactory examination would re-
quire a treatise. This is rather the
task of the essayist than of the daily
paper and yet it ia a grave duty of the
paper to point public atteution to the
condition to invite discussion to the
end that a proper degree of Interest
may be awakened. ' i . -
There is one thing of which the
courts as well as all other adjuncts of
civil administration may be assured.
The people are fast approaching that
condition where if proper ; legal! :
Tirtoit tnn t -a nnf. f ti rT- i hv '
the administration they will sup-
ilv it themselves. Protection from
the assaults of the bloody murderer f
or
the dishonest Is tho. first con-
elderation. This Is why governments
are organized and if they fail in this
the one all-important function they
are useless. If one form of civil ad-
ministration demonstrates its incapac
ity to protect another will be tried.
To effect the substitution revolution
is necessary. The mob is but revolu-
tion in its atomical state.. It is but
the germ of revolution. So long as-
our courts are so perfectly under the
dominion of money as they are jus j understand how tight the rein
so long will the mob hold over them is diawn in this present in-
the continual threat of blood and so stance witness the condition pointed
long will revolution
anarchy and
!
The late mob action in Cincinnnti
was a loud bloody and flame-illus-
I
I
trated argument establishing fully ( It is said daily and boasted of that
the existence of the abuses of which the governor is serene and self-pos-we
write of the almost ent're incom- sessed. Well indeed may he be. He
petencyof our courts to protect the knows well and understands why all
interests lives ana property or tne
citizens. This mob will be repeated.
The wide existence of the evils
against which the Cincinnati mob
struck gives baleful promise that we
are to have it applied as a general j
principle all over the country if some
earnest and common sense reforms
are not very promptly undertaken
and fearlessly carried out. People
will not longer consent to robbery
and rnurder.libertinism and seduction
and the immunity so cheaply purchas
ed by the rich. They will hang
if the courts do not. We would
see the general application of this
mob principle only with extreme re
gret and with dreadful apprehensions
as to the final result. But we satn
our courts and the oflicers that the
situation grows hourly more serious
and threatening.
Think of it: there are within the
boundaries of Texas to-day thousands
of murderers who have escaped the
rope and who live absolutely without
apprehension as to the future. Every
day but adds to the number as it adds
to the disgustful resentment of the
people. Soon this indignation will
grow to be an uncontrolable force
ana then the murderer the se
ducer and the robber will find
the inexorable justice which is now
regarded as the exclusive property at
taching to horse and cattle thieving
Is it not better far safer and will it
not be done at far less cost if the
courts attempt earnestly their own
reformation ' To force this there m ust
be a public sentiment built up power
ful enough to aiove the courts. Such
a sentiment as "would have made
Judge Aldridge of the Dallas district
court afraid to refuse to fix a day for
the trial of Adams at this term. This
sentiment the press and the pulpit
must work up. Politicians will never
atttmpt it because the money behind
the courts has too much power. When
will editors and preachers posess the
requisite tervo to enter upon the nec
essary work y
The Jus: Handle.
Tho present campaign for the dem
ocratic nomination for governor is
almost if not entirely without a prece-
dent. As yet nothing like a compr-
tent or even a plausible opposition to
the incumbent has been offered. It is
an anomalous condition truly and we
are not to jump to the conclusion that
there are no democrats other than
Ireland who want the place. In this
case appearances are very deceptive
indeed. " The woods are full " of the
willing patriots but they are conscious
that they are outside the ring
and it is no use trying to
cross its charmed boundaries
until the political planets are pro
pitious. Interests supposed to be all-
powerfuliboth at Washington and at
home have discouraged the bringing
out of perhaps the only two men who
could enter the race against the gov
ernor at present with any show of
success Ross and the 'old Alcalde.
It suits not the combination that
either of these two come up or that
Ireland be beaten. It is down on
the cards the other way and there is
ouse kicking. It does not matter
that t he "old Alcalde" is growing old
and will soon pass away; nor does it
matter that Ross is in tho prime of a
vigorous manhoodand although one of
the clearest headed brainiest statesman
of Texas and the times have needj of
him ; he must not offer because it
suits n t the little scheme of substitu
tion now so quietly going on and be
ing arranged for in tho Texas repre
sentation at Washington. In this
way is arranged the retirement of
Gen. Maxey and of Mr. Welborn two
years hence. It is no use for them to
kick against the arrangement any
more than it is for the governor to re
fuse to fulfill the high destiny marked
out for him in the same way. or the
people to object to either. It all de
pends upon the skill with which the
tne combination is made and the
geographical distribution of honors. It
suits the combination that the next
senator comes from the south-west
rather than the north-east. With both
of the senators to the north of the
center line the people may become
doubtless will become restive and
due provision must be made in time
Thus are we relieved kindly of the
trouble of arranging matters. Doubt-
less it is a heavy burden upon the
shoulders of the delegation at Wash-
ington but is it not proper they should
bear it ? are they not the servants of
the people ? They would not stop
there but would with equal devo-
tion to the service of their constitu-
ents arrange to bear also the bur-
den of the representation of Texas
in the national democratic con-
vention. The devotion of our no
ble delegation is as boundless as the
ocean and about as deep; we will not
say as "onsartin so tar as the hopes
of the new lot are concerned.
In this way comes it that his excel
lent excellency has tho delightful jugM
handle condition at his back. In this
way does Ross Oran M. Roberts J.
R. Fleming and the small army of
groomed expectants find themselves
absolutely without personal political
ambition this year. In this way is it
that Col. John Peter Smith finds it pa
triotic and congenial to repress his
soaring ambition to the extent that the
mayoralty of the obscure spot where
the panther did and the Gazette will
lay down fills him to overflowing
with the fullness of accomplished pur-
pose.' It is a comfortable state of
things for the men who are in the
combination but rather galling we
should Fay for Maxey and WellDorn
as for Ross and the others. Here we
would pause and make a prediction
only for the old proverb which de-
( clares t'at a prophet is not without
honor save in his own country. Other-
wise we should be inclined to predict
I if ever.the democratic party in Texas
overthrown ft will be by and through
the general: protest indignant and
hot which is sure sooner or later to
00116 UD &ainst cloS8 corpora-
iionrjusinesa in pounca. u -agin
natur" for human enthusiasm to re-
main thus at fever heat for years and
Sears' without naying an occasional
bone to gnaw at in the shape of party j
patronage or at least party recogni- j
tion. When they do kick out it will
be done with emphasis. ; There will
be no small or obscure words spoken.
The best and safest stted on earth
will become restive when reined too
tight or for too long a time. To
out above. So many ardent aspirants
respectable in talents strength sad
worthiness and yet not one of the lot
dare show his head above the surface.
avenues are closed against the ai-
proach of any or all possible rivals
He is safe until the shifting demands
again place him ouside the charmed
circle or the revolution against the
circle becomes uncontrollable and by
that time he will have been sated.
perhaps and will not care. Unless the
purpose of rebellion against the close
corporation is a veteran and a general
one any attempted opposition will
only prove ridiculous thi3 season.
A City Cemetery.
All civilized people are noted for
the care they take of the dead. The
higher the order of civilization the
tenderer the care taken of the last
resting place of the mourned and the
honored dead. Indeed it is altogether
to the credit of humanity that some
of the loveliest spots on earth have
been given to the sepulture of the si
lent hosts. Beautiful monuments
monoliths rear themselves above the
dark vaults where rest the loved and
the lost. Daily pilgrimages fire made
to the resting place and daily tears
bedew it. It is sacred ground. Sor-
did calculations ambitious purposes
or grovtlings are left by common con-
sent far from the sacred enclosure.
To silence to lovely flowers to the
bright sunshine and thd songs
of the birds are committed the com-
panionship of those who have passed
over the river. Austin is the proud
capital of tho proudest common-
wealth of this union. It is indeed a
lovely city. Within a radius of three
miles there are at least an hundred lo-
cations far more lovely;than Laural
Hill naturally. A glorious cemetery
could be had at the smallest cost
Lovely trees bright green sward and
a world of flowers could be made to
adorn the spot almost without cost
A good landscape gardener's heart
would swell with joy to be
called upon to adorn either one
of the hundred available localities
in the near neighborhood of Austin
Water for irrigating purposes could
be abundantly and cheaply supplied
from the city water works and a
deep darkly green shaded flower-be
decked grove consecrated to the holy
purpose of rest for the dead. The
civilization of the state and of A us
tin both demands that some such
step snouia be taken as will give us
at an early day a cemetery worthy
both the city and the great state of
which she is the capital. This could
owing to the favorable conditions
surrounding be had with such a tri-
vial outlay of either lime or money
that the only wonder is wo have not
had one already widely famed for its
beauty no less than its commanding
situation.
AVe would see a cemetery associ i-
tion formed with plenty of money to
purchase the most desirable placp of
at the very least a hundred acres;
seethi3 improved as highly as nature
and art would admit. Let the proper
resposibility of tho company to the
city be cared for by intelligent and
liberal regulations. Let the prices of
burial lots be fixed and as many
grades as is thought proper so that
the poor sa well as the rich would bo
secured sepulchre there when the
last dread moment camo. Such an
association would not only ac-
complish a . useful and necessary
work for Austin in increasing its im-
portance as well as its values but it
would prove a most profitable and
safe investment. Tho Statesman
has no other purpose in view than to
forward this laudable object and tor
the reasons and purposes above briefly
and imperfectly sketched. It now re-
mains for the property holders and
citizens interested in the permanent
good of the city as in its reputation
and standing as one of the centers of
grace and refinement to act in the
matter promptly and with an intelli-
gent apprehension of the vast impor-
tance of the matter.
In nothing else could an equal sum of
money be invested which would yield
nearly so great or so satiafactof y
return. This city is plainly des-
tined to have sixty thousand people
ere another quarter of a century of
time Is passed and anything done in
this matter should be done in the
light of that assured fact. We will
be glad to receive any suggestions
from citizens having this interest un
selfishly at heart.
J3T what arrangement was it that
Mr. Wellborn was assured of another
term without opposition? Where is
the charmed circle located which dis
poses of such nice things if
not in Washington? The same
arrangement gives John Ireland tho
next whack at the governorship and
is depended upon to seat him in Max-
ey's chair in the senate. It is a wha
ling comfortable thing if a man's for
tune happens to be jumping with it;
otherwise a fellow could grumble a
little with propriety. There is to be
a grand ripping up of matters some of
these days.
The Trinity at Dallas was caught
flowing toward its sources the other
'day. We presume the cause is to be
found in the sick stomach the stream
must have from having carried so
much filth on its bosom for so many
years; and whenever a sufficient quan-
tity of pure water entered it from the
clouds to make the protest a safe one
it started back towards the source-
fountain in deep disgust at the dirty
territory stretching between Dallas
and its mouth. This ought to alarm
Dallas and induce her to attempt an
early reformation.
There is just no use. TnE States-
man is here to publish tho news and
it keeps out and suppresses nothing
which .is ... a ..matter of record
in tne courts i it . any . one
objects as one will naturally to tne
publicity. One . must not get ! into
these little shind3 you know i The
dL-grace if any attaches is in the fact
of the infraction not In the publicity
given to it by the paper. .
TnK Statesman manager must
have fallen in love with Ross when
he was running the Examiner.
Gainesville Register. ( . ;
We fell in love with Ross when we
first read of his knightly deeds on the
other siJe of the river during the
war. When we heard that the brav-
est soldier in the 1 exas contingent
w?s also the truest gentleman the
tendcrest friend the most unselfish
patriot of all the band. Tears ago
when we knew him in his riper and
more matured manhood and found
him a deep thinker a patriotic clean-
handed pure-hearted man of great
ability fine scholarship and of a very 1
high order of statesmanship we placed
a value upon him which every mo
ment of his life since and his every
act has most fully confirmed. Our
feeling for Ross aside from its ardent
affection is one of respect for his
commanding ability as it is venera-
tion for his pure patriotism and grand
devotion to Texas. Yes we do love
Ross as we love all that is pure and
good in the higher and better types of
manhood.
The hot weather times are here.
Hello ! Has summer come at
last ?
The "melish"
will "get thar" to
Houston.
Tiie late cold snap played the deuce
with the roses.
The copious rains
are too infern-
ally moist these days.
oterrett takes the road soon as
the latest case of the " boy preacher."
TnE last number of the American
Journalist was an
one.
exceptionally good
A special train from the city of
Mexico to New York is an expensive
affair.
The Gainesvile Register doesn't
object to a Ross boom when once it i3
started.
The San Antonio Light has been
enlarged. There is no such thing as
keeping "Old Griff" down.
The Meridian Blade certainly will
not dispose of the political fortunes of
the present office holders.
All the factions were at Fort
Worth yesterday. It was factional
work they did true enough.
The Galveston News is now im
proving ranidlv. To give the devil
his due the News is a strong paper.
A few more Clints in similar posi
tions and the crime problem would
soon simplify itself. He's a good one
to be sure.
That was a neat and gracefu
trasfer of the emblem of authority
made bv Mr. Sneaker Gibson to his
wife yesterday.
The congressional-representation-
to-the-Chicago-convention-craze ha
run its course. The congressmen are
not to be delegates.
Old Ulysses is the dark horse In
the republican race and U. has the
trick of "getting there" if ever
American patriot had it.
So far this has been a very re
markable season indeed for rains
cyclones and storms of all kinds. The
number grows truly apalling.
Some of tne new militia uniforms
are just ravishing. They are for
truth. Ah! the dear tender hearts they
will crush. It is dreadful to think of
If a man doesn t want the govern
orship we are not in favor of ravish
ing him with it either. We love Sull
Ross but not enough to make hini
governor against his wilL
The papers which are only hugging
the candidates Mr. Post and are not
interfering in that way with the can-
didates wives or daughters will do
pretty well in campaign times.
TnE little city of Taylor is coming
to the front rapidly. She put her na
tional bank up to a $100000 basis the
other day antl it. never made a ripple
on the surface. Hurrah for Taylor
The "melish." like a certain duke
of York are warriors who never saw
a battle sailors who never were
aboard ship and preachers who never
ascended a pulpit.
The Corn Hill Express puts ten
pica slugs between each editoria
parag r aph. They go farther that way
By the by one of those paragraphs
goes a "right smart" way without the
slugs. .
Mr. Speaker Gibson's marriage yes-
terday was an auspicious event. May
the god of love preside at his hearth-
stone for all time to come and he and
his fair bride be as happy as TnE
Statesman wishes them to be.
As the N ews becomes accustomed
to her new form she improves visibly.
AVe shouldn't be very greatly surprised
if the Post were to wake up some
morning and find that it was all a
mistake about the News being dead.
They are no nearer settling things
in Egypt than they were a month ago.
Thev ought to resurrect one of the
Ptolemies and dispose of matterp.
Even the Sphynx blushes for the in
competency of her men of affairs.
Now Uncle Dan'l will sw more
brass buttons next week than his
jokes will be able to dispose -of for a
year to come. The inter-state colo
nels majors and captains will fall on
Houston thicker than buffalo gnats
on the trail in May.
Our old friend Mr. Gail B. John
son has achieved notor iety ana we
sincerely trust he will make money
galore in JS ew York as a clipping form
the Sittings which we publish else
wheredndicates. His book seems an as
sured success already.
The News is jumping on the papers
which published the endorsement of
Ross by the veterans at Paris the oth
er day. The .News is ;the only paper
in the state so far which has said
word about it They must have some
of Imboden's cheek in the home force
sure enough.
TnE Fort Worth Gazette Is melted
to tears because Major "Buck" Wal
ton has written the life of Ben. Thomp
son and the Gazette wanted so
badly(?) to support him for attorney-
general. There isn't any of the croc-
odile about the briny flood now tumb
ling from the peepers of the Gazette.
It is shrewdly suspected in this
latitude that the Pike's Peak gold ex
citement is intended to offset the Cour
de Alene Idaho buzz. Those Colorado
fellows" are not accused of dullness
particularly A mining boom is one
of the easiest things engineered imag-
able but it looses its force very
promptly when once the gold or the
silver plays out.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
At about ' four o'clock Sunday af
ternoon as Mr. Tom Greeu. Chalmers
and a couple friends were near Oat-
manvme en route to Air. cnaimers
place on the-Perdinalice riding a a
rapid gate Mr. Chalmers horse
stumbled . and - felL throwing
him head first against a stump and
then rolled over on him.
Mr. Chalmers was very seriously hurt '
Quite a severe wt-und was inflicted
across the forehead the tlesh torn
from his nose ar.d right hand a g.ish
cut in his temple must of his teeth'
knocked out ;tud some iujury to his
breast-bone sustained. lie was
brought to the city at 3 o'clock yes-
terday morning and is now at the ;
Pearl house where he is receiving the
attention of physician". At last re-
ports he was doing iis well as could '
ne expected and ne is now thought
t3 be out of danger. Glenn Chalmers
his brother having bten apprised by
telegrapn ot tne accident came in
yesterday afternoon from Burnet.
HOME AGAIN.
Just one week ago last Sunday the
Statesman bade "God speed" to a
couple just starting out upon the
great sea or lire together; but at
the time it little thought it would
so soon be called upon to chron-
icle the washing ashore of cne of
the voyagers. Perhaps the step was
premature and ill-advised the twain
having been acquainted but a lew
days yet the fact still remains that an
honest trusting woman's heart risked
all upon the man of its choice.
and is now drinking the wormwood
and gall as its reward.
The Miss Meal Kamev of ten davs
ago is now tne uro ken-hearted wile ot
an unworthy man. Air. Tooke
and his bride left this beau-
tiful city of outs oa Sun
day April 20 reaching San Antonio
in tne evemner. i or tnree days all
moved smoothly and happily alon?.
but Thursday the old habit the old
temptation overcame the man and
proved more than he could reaist.
The weeping wire remonstrated gen
tly but firmly. She plead that she
had left father mother kindred
friends all who loved her for him
and that she had a right to expect
some iti3t return.
The husband promised much but
the night of the recent shooting af
fray at th3 Vaudeville there round
him prominent among the actors in
tne alia;r. men the police court bo-
came his scene of action. Finding
that her husband had abandoned him
self to drink and a d:s-olute life the
weeping woman ' has made her way
back to ner lathers h use and her
friends to live throughout the bat
ance of her days wifh a shadow in
here eyes and a sorrow in her heart.
And a day ot retribution may yet
come to him who is responsible lor all
this woman s woes
Impure Life.
Mason April 20 1881.
To the Editor ot The Statesman.
The statesman ot tne J4th mst
contained an editorial headed "Im.
pure Lile couched in language so
earnest honest fearless and feeling
that I feel an irresistible impulse to
respond.
The writer beyond doubt meant
every word he wrote and whoever he
is 1 for one feel proud to do him
honor as a brave true knight of the
highest type ef chivalry in any age ot
the Uhevaner jsayaru ciass witn tne
opportunity. And every true gentle
man on reading must ecno every sen
timent uttered and subscribe to the
penalty proposed in that article as
iusfr. But ah ! there's the rub
While the very nature of the crime
defies investigation while the
consent of the victim is essential
to the crime and a pervert-d
public opinion unmistakably enter
tained by woman herselt in the ag
gregate (to the shame ot the sex be it
said) it will continue to be classed
among the milder misdemeanors and
only the touehingly tragic cases like
the one in point will rouse a momen
tary indignation and cause a blush to
suffuse the mottled iace ot s-o-c-i
e-t-y! Faugh! No sir; I am only
sorry that that same society is not
ready for that extreme unction you
propose. God grant that it may be
ready soon and the work ot villain
slaying go on till this part of the
world at least will be ready for the
millennium iiut alas lor the Utopian
dream ! If vou are in your teens and
destined to live twice to the age of
Daddy Methuselah your great grand
child at the same age will not see the
b-gmning ot the end
An able lecture was recently deliv-
ered at one of your churches on the
"Six Shooter" by an eloquent divine ;
who though he presented nothing
new except to tho unthinking few.
gave aspects to the subject starthngly
novel to many well-meaning honest
readers. He plainly showed that in
the present state of society (whatever
that is) the anti-carrying and mur
derously-using pistol statutes are
worse than useless lint his remedy
it would make me smile iC 'twere not
a serious subject. To apply it requires
that every pistol carrier shall volun
tarily consign his cherished revolver
with its bibulous concomitant to ue
cay and oblivion ; put the knife to the
throat ot his long lnauigea propensi
ties. There must be some power with
omniscient eyes to find him out and
change his nature entirely and com
pel his acquiescence by moral force :
for hasn't he a voice and a potent one
in making the laws f
So with the vile cowardly seducer
While his name is legion as far as th
will or impulse under favoring cir
cumstances .goes nothing can affect
him but tho argumenturu ad homi
mini ; and two wrongs never made
one right nor converted a sinner and
least of all is the example and counte-
nance of the heartless world includ-
ing society women likely to effect
early and confirmed repentance. My
dear sir this hideous sin by impulse
takes root in the very cradle of the
human family in virgin soil so to
speak and is nurtured by countless
opportunities that no foresight could
avoid xne inaiiierence or parents
their ignorance or incapacity to gov
ern their children baietui associations
and animal ferocity furnishes
both the victim and her destroyer ; and
public opinion sooner or later either
pnrdonsor condones uani it is sick
ening: sickeningl
Now what are you going to do
about it ? It is plain that we cannot
entorce the death penalty for the
crime even though enacted since pub
lic pinion sitting as jurora would
forget their oath when contemplating
the) to them much more heinous
crime of murder in applying the let
ter of a statute they consider unjust
in itself and far too severe.
Hence but one means of fighting
this cancer on the Dody or society
which vou have cursorilly suggested
With social weapons. In this tho
ladies especially mothers should take
the lead; and not only deny libertines
the society ot their daughters or them
selves but take care in their rearing
to make the denial a severe punisn-
ment. Will all lady mothers do it?
Fathers must do their duty in
their peculiar sphere. Will they lay
aide thoughts of money getting
for the sake or their sons and daugh
terp a little hour or so each day. And
tirot hers: will they do th"ir part?
Yes. with dire thoughts of revenge
and the ghost of the word "craven
pursuing tiey are quick to seize the
Shot-gun or pistol ioo late luu laws to
Riivn their sister's honor when a time-
lv hint would have saved all. Min
isters of the gospel must do their duty
too not in hackneyed phrase enum
erating Paul's list ot social sins out
dealing mattock oiows at me very
root Of the matter and take care to
mfnro.n hia Dreceots by example. The
teacher in his field has a more prodig
ious work to do than all but he should
romonihAr that "the heavu r the cross
the briflrhter the crown." 11 he do
it forgetting l.i.i.s i ?
Dure minded m.m 4..i
:. t every
! their
duty and in tum- ti.i- ;
crime will go ot.t o: fa .:.
'. ..ocrving
The will of th 1 C
' a k W.
y his
Johnson as c.-nisnini
legal representative . -- '
. - ;nem
. .ttisible.
to nnhlish. at as earli ..a
a manuscript history of T . i-c which
he had prepared two-thirds of the
nmmwia nf which are to go to his
dautz-hter Marv Jane Teal for the sup
port of herself and children and the
other one-third to the Texas veteran
association of which the deceased was
president at the time of his death.
The will is d ited in this county De
cember 5 1879 and names as execu-
tors of the trust E. M. Pease Joseph
Lee A. W. Terrell and C. S. West.
FOILED !
A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT TO ASSAS 1
SINATE THE SHERIFF OF
LEE COUNTY.
John Owinjrs Loses His Life
An Effort to Take That of
Jim Iirown.
in
A tr.igedy occurred Saturday night
at Giddings the county seat of
Lee county in which a would-be
murderer was shot dead at the feet of
his intended victim. Jim Brown
sheriff of Lee county is known far
and wide for his pluck and
bravery and his name has
become a terror to desperadoes and
violators of law in his section.
LtamiLg that Mr. Brown was in the
city yesterday The Statesman
sought him out.
SHERIFF r.KOWN"
is somewhat lndow medium height is
squarely built wears lirht brown
beard and has a f nee -xcealingly mud
in its expression yet one cannot look
into tnoso grey eyes ot his without
tho impression being indellibly
stamped upon his mind that he is a
man or great nerve and absolutely
devoid of fear. Mr. Brown's account
is as follows :
As he was returning home at about
8:30 o'clock Saturday evening. h
nearu a noise in his stable in winch a
tw o-year-old colt was kept. He went
out to see what wa.3 the matter and
when near the stable door some one
THRUST OUT A TISTOL
and fired the ball striking a memoran
dum book in his left hand coat pocket.
grazin? nis leit breast and passing
through the back of his coat. This
shot was fired in such close
quarters that his clothes were
set on fire. After firing.
the would be assassin doubtless
thinking he had ilone his work seizxl
Mr. isrown ana drew him inside or
the stable lor the purpose of passing
him. a desperate struggle ensued
in which Sheriff Brown emptied
tho six chambers of his revolver.
three shots taking effect. The mn's
grip relaxed his hold was loosened
and he sank to the floor. When the
dull glare of a lantern was thrown
upon the scene "someone"
LAY DEAD UfON THE FLOOR
with a bullet in his brain one In his
left arm. and a holo through his right
hand.
Justice J. L. Rosseau was notified
and immediately impanneled a jury
ine dead man was identified as John
O wings who had been a convict guard
at the Rusk penitentiary for four or
live months but who had come
to Giddings about two weeks ago.
since which time he had been out of
employment. He had a mother and
other relatives in Giddings.
THE VERDICT.
The coroner's jury after hearing
the evidence returned a verdict of
justifiable homicide.
Sherilt iirown had only a casual
acquaintance with Owings and
does not believe that he
could have been actuated by per
sonal motives but is rather inclined
to the theory that he was acting as
th tool of an element which would
rest easier were he (Brown) out of the
way.
Mr. Brown left yesterday for Ar
kansas on private business.
Austin ISntcrprisc.
The Statesman is always pleased
to welcome the advent to this city of
any enterprise calculated to benefit
t he people or enhance the commercial
interests of Austin. And it is pecu
liarly pleaseil to-day to invite the spe
cial attention of this community to
the excellent project about 1 o be mau
gurated here by Mr. A. P. AVooldtidge
in the nature of a savings bank. If
there is any one thing more desira
ble than another in a city like Aus
tin it is just the institution contem-
plated. In all the northern and east
ern centres of poptdation savings
banks universally nourish and have
been found to be of the greatest ad
vantage to the general public. Here
it cannot fail to be an especial boom.as
wehaveamoncrus a large class otiru
tral citizens who are certain to take ail
vantage of tho opportunities offered
for thd investment of their spare earn
ings and the safe-keeping of their
surplus funds. In a locality like this
with its numerous department clerks
its sturdy business employees and its
large ilst of middle or persons of lim
ited means nearly every individual
will have his bank book under the
new plan proposed by Mr. Wooldridge.
Under the hnancial system now in
vogue in tho city none but those who
are comparatively wealthy can enjoy
the benefits of a bank and those who
would be economical have no place
for depositing the fruits of their in
dustry and frugality ; but we are glad
to think that on and after May 1
everybody who has the disposition so
to do may lay by their earnings where
they can always be got at and at same
time realize a large interest in the
moneys they place for safe keeping
The institution to be opened here May
1 will be an adjunct or Mr. Wool-
dridge's present . popular banking
house and under his prudeot miaiage-
ment a grand success is assured. We
observe by the prospectus which will
be found in another column and which
fully details the principles governing
the proposed savings institution that
its patrons will receive five and six
per cent interest on their deposits
while of our own knowledge we are
aware that in the north and eatt they
only pay three and four per cent. The
establishment of this new enterprise
therefore is a step which meets the
hearty approval of The Statesman.
and we feel pleasure in commending
It to the general public it supplies a
want long felt in Austin it encour-
ages economy and frugality it en
ables even the poorest in our midst to
add to his little Favings and irorn
and after the date of its opening one
of the highest testimonials the deserv
ing can show of their practical worth
is the regularity with which they add
to their savings at the new institution.
Every young man and young woman
in this section and its surrroundings
should have a bank book for there
are none so poor but what they can
save something and every dollar saved
is a dollar earned.
ANOTIIEI6 BOLD ROBBERY.
Early Sunday morning the Horse
Shoe saloon on the Avenue was
broken into by sneak thieves by
knocking in a glass of one of the front
doors. The till was not opened but
was found by the proprietors to be
hard to open showing that an attempt
had been made at least. After taking.
a3 lar as is Known a decanter of
whisky and one-of : blackberry wine
the thief departed as he came
through the hole he had made in the
front (loo it seems a little strange
that these robberies can be made un
der the very eyes of the night police
without detection.
DEPARTMENT NOTES.
Gov. Ireland has commissioned
John T. Dickinson on his staff with
the rank of colonel.
The governor is in receipt of copies
of the special laws passed at the extra
session of the Kansas legislature con-
taining some important enactments
relative to driving cattle through that
ct.ito
BVMUV. " ' '
Charters of the West Texas Land .
and Investment company.
ot Gates-
illn. ranir.al ! 50.000:
and San
i.T : T". nnr.v r.nini .
nciaiu lumuirauuumj.
820000 were filed yesterday with the :
sec ret ary of state. .t '
Drown county offers to sell the
board Of education Some bonds but
the school fund is not plethoric with
the cash at present to buy t hem. I
State Health Officer Swennngen .-
drew 80000 from the stife treasurer'
yesterday to make a p iyment on the
new quarantine steanit r 1 ryafa which
is expected to arrivi at. . G.itvtou
from New York al-out. ln U'tli f.f
May. and when it arri vis ill tonsti-
tute the Texas navy.
I The comptioller notifies drummers
.that they must pay one year's license
in advance and that it is a personal
tax. non-transferable.
Tne conxVx rolkr ia '.''i ving numer
ous letters irom pai lira w ho iiiivinir
paid up their taxes are surprised ti
find that the lands on which they paid
their taxes had been sold for the taxes
they paid. The trouble arises from
carelessness in some of the 11- ctors
in reporting sales. When lands
bought in are redeemed the i omptrol-
ler holds the costs so paid in should
be diviked between the county collec-
tor who advertised and sold in the
first place and never received costs or
commissions from the state and the
collector who finally received the
money for which the land was re
de meiL
TUE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Professor Ragsdale proctor of the
state university has been furnished
by the comptroller with the toiiowing
statement of the available funds to
the credit ol the institution:
Cash on hand including in
terest due by state on
on bonds 9 GJ.&t.'J
Bonds ljelonging to avail
able fund a.aus
Total available this year.
871.1)08
Rev availahlenext year. . .
812500
20.D71
Interest on land notes
Total for next year S39.074
Available for next year includ
ing amount on hand.. .... SllU.'J.'J
This amount will be increased by
whatever may be derived from lease
of university lands. So far only about
eighty sections of the lands have been
leased at 4 cents an acre.
Governor Ireland yesterday atten
ded the wedding of Hon. Charles 11.
Gibson to Miss Emma Driskillf this
city.
Adjutant-General King received ad
vices from the chief of ordinance at
Washington that the application of
the AVashington Guards of Galves-
ton was declined on the ground that
Texas has already overdrawn tne
state's quota of aims.
The state land board yesterday
passed upon some conflicting claims
ot alleged actual settlers. In one case
SutlUt and Sanderson both claimed to
be actual settlers upon the Fame section
in Tom Green county which section
Mr. Bates offers to buy at three times
the price an actual settler would be
supposed tojoffer producing volinnn-
ou3 documents to show that neitner
Sutliff nor Sanderson were actual set
tlers. Tho board postponed action
for further evidence.
Secretary Baker h;s received the
scholastic census of Sherman city
showing a scholastic population of
S2.158. about 30 per cent increase over
last year's census. Burnet applies for
a summer normal school ottering
board for 812 per month.
Comptroller swain is still aljsent
on his visit to his old home in Red
River county. In the meantime the
business of the office i very efficient
ly directed by his chief clerk Mr.
John D. McCall. The corresponding
clerk Mr. W. J. (Jhphant is kept pret
ty busy witn tne corresponuence ot
1. .Olrtrt Wtiram will .otnvn
LUG ULULC VUi. .JnOlU Tl AAA AbUU
Monday.
Another Cemetery.
To the Editor of the Statesman :
A petition is being circulated asking
the city council to purchase twenty
acres additional and adjoining on the
south to the cemetery. The price
asked for this twenty acres it is said
is 810000.
The petition is being signed not by
the property holders in that part of
the city but by persons who allix their
names without reflection.
The city is extent!. very rapidly
in a northeasterly direction and it
will not be many years before tho
present cemetery will be the center of
a populous neighborhood and its te-
moval will become a matter of neces-
sity. There are many healthful sites
within two or three miles of the city
which can be purcha ed at from twenty-live
to fifty dollars per acre and the
amount now asked for this twenty
acres would purchase inclose and im-
prove one hundred acres within a rea-
sonable distance from the capital.
In ten years at the present rate
of increase' Austin will contain over
thirty thousand souls and the twenty
acres additional burial ground will be
eventually inadequate unless indeed
the lots sold are made very small.
Another serious objection in enlarg-
ing the cemetery and attempting to
make it permanent is the injury and
damage sustained by property holders
in the vicinity. North eastern Aus-
tin is one of the most beautiful por-
tions of the city but the price of prop-
erty has been kept down on
account of proximity to the
cemetery and the taxable values
are and always will be low with fur-
ther extenssions there will be no
increase in values.
Rut outside of mere money it is ad-
mitted very generally that burial
grounds in or in close proximity to
cities are detrimental to health and
as the neighborhood becomes thickly
settiea tne public saiety demands
their removal.
It is to be hoped the city council
will very carefully consider their ac-
tion before making this proposed ex-
tension of cemeteries.
' Citizen.
A Texan's Invention.
From tho New York & Texas Sittings.
If the layer of butter and sugar on
Tommy's bread is a little thicker than
on Johnnie's the difference is
promptly noticed by Johnnie. This
watchfulness and suspicious nature
clings to Rome boys all their lives.
The New Vork Supreme Court calen-
dar present a case in point. It seems
that Mr. Gall li. Johnson whom we
know to be a young man of energy
hit upon a plan or form by which
commercial rating books could be
greatly improved and simplified. He
had Buflicient faith In his idea to in-
duce the firm of which he is a mem
berthe National Mercantile Pub
lishing Co. 254 Uroadway New York
to publish a book for the hardware
trade using this form bv means of
which the different branches of the
trade are separated and firms classi
fied according to their worth (the
whole running alphabetically. After
the b xik was printed R. G. Dun &
Co. saw at once that it possessed su-
perior merit and sued out an injunc-
tion against it. and we understand
the several commercial agencies have
combined to suppress it. We shall
watch this case with interest to see
wnetner mere was more 6ugar on
Tommy's bread than on Johnnie's.
Speaker Carlisle's Modesty
From a Washington Letter.
Waiting outside of the side door of
the itfggs House any weekday morn
ing before 10 o'clock'one .mav see i
wide roomy brougham drawn bv a
single norse. xne carriage is the
tpeaker i and It is different from any
other coupe m tho city wider and
hung lower. It is a modest equipage
periectiy in Keeping witn the unas
suming man who rides In it every day
anu wjtn uie unassuming nun lloor
apartments which he has occupied
ever since he first came to Washing-
ton. " Very few people appreciate the
modesty of this man but the truth is
that when he first came here he was
so extraordinarily quiet that Mr. Ran
dall who was then speaker did not
know of his exist ance and failed to
put him on a single standing commit
tee ot tne nouse. That was only six
years ago too and yet the quiet man
who was not deemed worthy of rec
ognition although he had been lieutenant-governor
of his state is now
j speaker and he has returned Mr. Ran-
.... . - I
uaus compliment oy making: me
Hn H'd AATn nli mint 1 . 1 r n.onn. rKA v
speaker chairman
of the committee
on appropriations.
........ "- J
From the New York Sun
th mniinwer. dnisv. marto-nlii Han-
delion and hedge roses with leaves are
the flowers most in faver for colored
nnttinA f-mhrniilnrv r.n nnn
on Doneree. crav and mnshrof m 4dnr-
ed cashmeres and woolen stuffs.
- . i
Excusable.
From Harper's Magazine
A gentleman in Richmond Va had
a servant named Joe. One morning
he lay in bed till U o clock but i o Joe
and no fire. The impossibility of-
shaving with water thirty degrees be-
low freezing point brought impreca-
tions on the tardy domestic's head
when the door opened and Aunt Polly
leisurely began to light the lire.
"Where in thunder" (the historian is
nothing if he is not cccurate) "is that
son of jour's? I've been waiting for
him two blessed hours."
"Now Marse Tray you must 'cuse
Joe." said his mother in her most con- .
ciliidory tones "you really must 'cuse
Joe dis mornin Joe dead."
M'RHtcd Information.
From the.l'ittsburg Telegraph.
A negro was recently seated on a
rail fence in Arkansas intently look
ing at the telegraph wires. A gen-
tleman passing said : "Watching the
wires?" "Yes sah." "Watching to
see a message go by hev?" The
negro smiled and said "Yeiah."
The gentleman kindly told lOrthat
messages were invisible and explain-
ed tho working of the electric current
to him at length. Concluding he said:
'Now you know something about
it." "Yes sah." "What do you work
at?" I'm a telegraph operator at tho
Hazel switch station sah."
Aymnrth.
Whore Asygnrth's arch spans Uro's resplon-
duul river
Where down tho roo'.c the shining cataract
leaps
And Hashing from Ixttwoon Its marble stoops.
From letlgu to ledKO tho silver li;htuingH
shiver
I ga.o o'orwhelmod with stress ot joyous
t houxht.
And b.-tckward trace the path of thwe sweet
Ioreu
Which from their homo among tho far hill-
sources This tumblluK wijilth ot beauty hero havo
brought.
Ravlne-boru. 'mltl the many-chasmed moun-
tains A thousand brooklets trfcklo Into life
MiiiKlint; their myriad murmurs In sweet
strifo.
And fill tho constant stream from lonely
fountains.
So spring thy truest peace and holiest power
O man I not from tlin tumult ol the hour t
The Austin Statesman.
Fiom the San Antonio Light.
The Austin Statesman under the
present management is a good paper
and is the one institution that saves
that place from the general inanity
peculiar to capital cities. The Light
recognized the great strides made by
The Statesman and took occasion
to say bo which leads that paper to
remark: "To win a journalistic
plaudit from the San Antonio Light
is a triumph indeed and The States .
nan fully appreciates it."
Compelled to Admire nay's Stylo.
From the Lancaster New Era Ind. ltep.
However much we may disapprove
of Mr. Quay's political methods and
the objects to accomplish which they
are used one cannot fail to admire the
generalship he displays in managing a
con v en tion.
The Copyright KCB Dldnt Hatch.
From the Chicago Herald.
We are deeply pained to hear that
the villain still pursues the unfortu
nate Henry watterson.
Shall One Skip Into a lion's Mouth T
From the (lalreston News.
Why don't O'Donovan Rossa go to
England and manipulate the dvna-
mite in person ?
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I?t Keifr IJelare for If ayes.
From the St. I-onls I'CHt-Iip-tch.
Robeson ha come out for Dlaine.
The country longs to hear from
Keifer. '
A Ills I tone of Contention.
From the Halt Imore American.
There is a nice little international
rumpus lurking in the Congo ques-
tion. Journalistic Recreation in Dakota.
From the I5ad I-ands Cowboy.
While out hunting the other day the
editor of tho Cowboy had the pleasure
of killing a cinnamon bear which
weighed 1200 pounds.
The Very Rest.
From tho Tyler fjourlcr.
At present TnE Statesman is tho
best paper that has ever been sent out
from Austin; and It is improving al-
most daily.
Tho Great "Walking . Match.
New Yokk April 28. In the great
pedestrian match commenced here
last night considerable interest is
manifested and much betting has been
placed on the result. The record
stood as follows at 10 o'clock a. m :
Rurrell 42 miles and 7 laps.
Sullivan 43 miles.
Noremac Co miles and 1 lap.
Vint 5(i miles and 7 laps.
Howell 68 miles and 5 laps.
Thompson 48 miles and 1 1;
NitawEbaw 46 miles and 7 laps.
j;ison ty mues and l lap.
Panchatt 53 miles and 3 laps.
Launsbery 45 miles and 3 laps.
Ilerty 58 miles and 5 laps.
Eitzgerald. (54 miles and 6 laps.
Canipani 42 miles and 3 laps.
Day 08 miles and 1 lap.
AT TURKU O'CLOCK P. M.
Day 07 miles; Unwell 4t; Nore-
mac 1)0; Fitzgerald 91; Ilerty 85;
Panchot 77; Vint 80; Thompson 05;
Nitaw 03: Campana 61; Uurrell 61:
Sullivan 61. In the afternoon the In-
dian recovered from his stiffness and
covered the ground in good style. Ret-
ting changed in the afternoon. In-
stead of even bets on Rowell against
the field the field was the favorite 100
to 70 Day had advanced frouu 1
against 0 to 1 against 2.
The first pedestrian to score one
hundred miles was Day followed by
Rowell twenty-six minutes later.
Fitzgerald continued his tramp and
at seven o'clock p. m. was two miles
ahead of Rowell. Jt was announced
early m the evening that Chicago's
representative Lounslery had with-
drawn being made sick by tobacco
smoke. At eight o'clock Howell's
score stood 113 miles; Fitzgerald's
113Jimilcs; Day's 111 miles.
General Patrick's Dilliciilty. .
Dayton Onio April 28. Tho
proposed congressional Investigation
of the action of Gen. M. R. Patrick
governor of the soldier's home in this
city excites considerable interest. Last
week he dismissed four inmates for
various reasons. There ifr a divpraitv
of opinion regarding the governor's
actions but he has certainly worked
several important reforms in the home.
in doing this he has. perhaps used ex
treme measures and while a kind
man at heart his manner has not al-
ways been so. Many complaints have
been mado against him since he took
charge of the institution and some
have even gone so far as to brine le
gal actions. Discontented inmates
are numerous but at some time there
are as many who uphold him and his
methods claiming that it was the only
way uj reiorm a certain class of sol-
diers. ; -
Important Pension Bill
WA.sniNGTeN April 28. Tho sub
committee of tho house committee on
public lands decided favorably to re-
port to the full committee Represen-
tative Townsend's bill granting a
bounty of lands to soldiers of the late
war. The bill provides every person
who served in the late war not less
than 14 days and honorably dischar-
ged shall be entitled to 80 acres
of land; those who served not less
than one year 120 acres; and those who
served not less than two years 100.
In the event of the death of such per-
son during the service or after an
honorable diicharge a patent shall
issue to his surviving wife child or
children if there be any and it none
to the father; and if no father to the
mother. . . t
CYCLONE IN OHIO.
Several People Killed and Great Damage
ICeported.
Cincinnati. Aoril 28.A terrililn
cyclone ttruck Jamestown above 5
o clock. Two-thirds of the town is
completely destroyed and six persons
killed namely Miss Stella Jones
aged fifteen of Esculapeas Springs;
Mrs. Ann Carpenter: Letetia Jenkins.
daughter of J. E. Jenkins Miss Katie
Duteler; Mrs. Stewart; a colored
woman; and a son -of James Pauls.
Several were badly wounded hun
dreds of people were turned out of
their houses. No estimate of the
damage is possible at this hour.
"Weather Report.
- Washington D. C April 28.-
Weatern gulf threatening weather
and rain east to south winds ; slight
change in temperature.
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