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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN THURSDAY JANUARY 7 1897.
Austin Statesman.
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LAX LAWS IX REGARD TO Tll'5
TREATMENT OF THE INSANE.
Uiifoituliatcly the delicate n;id mi Idle
htrkacicN of psychological olli'it. lutvv In-trad-a
into the courts and tire disturbing
the rmulion of the criminal law. Jt
hm become a common tliin- to 'xeuse
uB men charged with crime who un n I -mlttedly
niornl perverts or who hnve
exhibited by their liven a tenden-
cy to crime. Thia In going entirely
too far. A tendency to crime will be-
come universal nnd criiniiml law entirely
unnecessary If thia defenxc is tillowid.
It la the fcnr of the law nnd the rig-
roaa execution of Ita penalties alone that
detent these iicoplc who have a natural
tendency to crime from committing It.
Science may not In? advancing too rap-
idly but the pride of rival experta In
availed of in criminal trial- to such an
extent that If the evil In not corrected
the criminal lawn of the state will stand
aa a dead letter on the atatute liookx.
There In a ixilnt where the tendency to
crime getx the better of n man but when
he la ao fur ndvnncod In the development
of that tendency ax not to fear and to-
tully dlxrcgard the penal laws he In n
fit anbject for the lunatic itwy lvuu. It
is a very rare and extraordinary caxe
for a niun wlio ix eotiHiderd mi no and linn
given no evidences of liiHiinity to break
out auddenly into Home unnatural crime.
When the tendency to crime pusses the
line of wildly ita innnifcstntiniiH are xeen
in xniiill thlngii ami itx development into
a frenzy of madness Iiiih nlwn.vx given
!rforchaiiil the warning of Itx approach.
Of courxe when n man paxsex the line
be can not be held respoiiKililc.
More ktringctit buvx Imwever Minuld
be enacted In regard to nil persons giv-
ing any kind of evidences of insanity.
Their coniliietncnt iu lunatic asylums u ti
er the present laws Is left to the tlis-
... .
crelKTW nl.iiioir inimciuaie reianves iiihi
if they linvenirsniiiily It does not seem
to bo the special Ininess of anyone else
eveu the peace ofllecV to institute pro-
ceedings against thcinln order to send
them to insane nsylnni for the protec-
tion of the eiiiimunlllcsln which they
live. It is a most unwise lliing to leave
the disposition of insnue persons to the
discretion of their relative dependant
upon the whim or convenience of their
fellow citizens or the discretion of the
officers of tlie- law. II siiould be uiiide
the duty of tb jsence officer of every
eonaty to deal with inxahe 'oi!e just
aa aoon ax they are informed officially
"4r otherwise that they are Insane. The
relatives of (he insane tire too tender of
Jhc feelings of member of t ho family.
An asylum provided for the Insane by
wine legislation is the only proper place
for them. If they are curable they will
reeelve better medical treatment nnd en-
'joy more comforts in everyway in an
Insane asylum than they would In the
most luxurious homes and if there wax
o discretion under the law by any one
iu the disposition of them many lives
would be saved. Laws of such stringency
should be adopted that the peace officers
f the county should be compelled to cu-
oaire into the sanity of every person who
exhibits signs of mental failure and if
ood insane these officers should be
uaMlicd to commit them to the state
luumtu asylum for treatment.
Rfv.-rting to the tendency to criine
rt alluded to In this article we will
ntj ndd that supplemental laws should
. lwo e adopted by which persona at
targe who are charged with crime and
nhn attorneys plead Insanity should be
. o)dled to produce much stronger proof
f Itvtanity than those who have been
Vioaucd or treated iu nsylnma for the
iiie. In other words if a man is
t.it.T enough to go about In the transac-
tion of Iiia daily business and when ar-
retted for crime pleads insanity the proof
of that insanity should leave no doubt
whatever of ita existence; reversing the
rule ot giving the prisoner the benefit of
doubt in nil cases where insanity is
plea of defcuse.
i lii in brings a strong count iu its iu-
luient of the Cub.iu patriots. Spain
they are an obstinate sot of uu-
taomtble fcllova who want to govern
'inaelves nudKpcud.. the proceeds of
r labor' on til rich and productive
Innda of Culm upon themselves when
that effete monarchy at Madrid needs
every dollar tlmt it run wring out of
the blood and lirawn of Cuban Inliorer.
They are obstinate Indeed anil what
disinterested fellow the Spaniards arc!
The' law requiring nil railroad com-
punies to adopt sonic aiitomatie system
by which air brnlrf'x and seif-iu-ting coui-
les should lw pcd on all cars went in-
to effect on the 1st of January 1H')7
nnd the ceoipnuies are now nsking for
further t'me to olxy the tnaiidatr-s of
the law. For that purKise representa-
tives of various lines have assembled
nt Washington I). C. We are at a Ions
to know what authority they can appeal
to by which the privilege can be accord-
ed to them. When a law Iiiih been pass-
ed by congress and the time of its going
into effect arrives there is no other way
of excusing those upon whom it operates
from itx execution but by a repeal of
the law. Certainly the executive Iiiih no
authority to excuse any iiiaii or corpora-
tion from ols'ilieuce to law. Some years
since statistics showed that several of
the leading trunk lines of railroad each
wounded or l;i!led one man a day while
coupling cars and us there are numer-
ous inventions of iiutomatic car couplings
by which tlii-ae lives might ls saved and
as the law wax passnl in 1HU. the rail
road companies by this time' should liavi
provided against this risk of life and
limb by selecting some one of the tinnier
mix couplers that lire on the market.
We notice that Mrs. Castle of San
Krancisco who bad such an unpleasant
kleptomaniac experience last summer iu
London lias recently been discharged
from the polyclinic hospital in I'liiladel-
phin iierfectly cured of that mania.
The most scientific experta on insanity
tell us that insanity proceeds from
physical cnusex that some physical organ
becomes diseased nnd the organs through
which mind shows Itself either are af-
fected directly or through sympathy with
the affected organ and if that is cured
the mind resumea the use of the recovered
und restored normal organ. This is a
confirmation of the theory that (he mind
ia a spiritual essence or entity thut can
not become Impaired-Hint it Is a direct
emanation from Cud-a spurk of divinity
ux it were that ix not subject to the
lawx of physics. The truth of this
theory we think has been well estab-
lished nnd it becomes one of the strongest
contributions of science to the truth of a
higher spiritual existence of which we
know so little. Hut thnt much ought to
satisfy any scientist of the truth of divine
revelation and dispel the doubts of nil
skeptics ns to the certainty of another
spiritual life as nil of us nro nware of
the fact that we ikmscsh u spark lit ieust
of that spiritual essence that not being
subject to decay and death must be im-
mortal nnd eternal in the existence of its
spiritual entity nnd personal individuality.
The Chicago Dispatch says that "a
good deal of the bloom has been removed
from the rose by women entering the
business walks of life." The same paper
niso says that women by entering into
this competition have impaired the
chiviilry of men towards them that was
once so general.
That kind must be a surface chivalry
that respected nothing but the mystery
that surrounded women in their exclnsive-
lii'Ks and that could not endure n business
contract with them without injuring the
bloom of the rose. It is a chivalry
oriental iu its instincts that must regard
woman as the pet of the harem and the
plaything of the moment to minister to
its pruriency. Woman shines brightest
under the searchlight of publicity. Her
virtues scorn the devotion of a chivalry
that keeps her behind blinds for its own
delectation nnd that makes her a little
dearer to a man than his dog and perhaps
less dear to him than bis horse. A in.inly
chivalry towards woman emanates from
n man's respect for her equality nnd for
her independent assertion of her equal
rights in nil tilings to the sterner sex. A
man is but half made up in nil the quali-
ties that go to make uu nil-round char-
inter. The perfection of manliness and
womanliness requires the blending of the
different characteristics of the two.
"Mule nnd female created He them."
Later information confirms our sur-
mise lu the last Issue of The Statesman
that Mr. Wnlcott has gone to Kurope as
the uuollicial agent of Maj. McKinley
to feel the bimetallic pulse. This comes
from his own admissions nnd is there-
fore reliable.
This is nn evidence that Mr. McKinley
is a friend of silver and will use all the
influence of his administration to inter-
est the leading commercial nations in
10nroK- and on the continent iu the ap-
pointment of delegate to uu internation-
al bimetallic congress to consider the
most practical way to combine to use
silver as a currency at some ratio that
these nations are willing to recognize
and to sustain.
Senator Money who has been visiting
Cnlin to ascertain by bis personal obser-
vation the condition of affairs on that
Island disappeared from Havana the
other day much to the uneasiness of his
friends but lie soon turned up O. K.
The senator in hi early years wns one
of Forrest's Kdd rider nud he hns not
forgotten the daring and sagacity of the
xeout. He will take cure of himself and
hia frieuds need not lie uneasy nbout
him.
A financial crisis does not trouble Spilin
like it does other countries. That king-
dom hns been worrying along under the
same uninterrupted financial crisis ffir the
!ast century or perhaps legally speaking
"since a time whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary."
Sbcrrey' the most utterly utter of all
fashionable resorts "in the city of New
Vork has stained tlie( spotless purity of
Its character by iudubjiug "Little Kgypt"
iu her "entirety" dance whatever "en-
tirety" may mean; but we do not suppose
it means entirely clothed ami it may
mean entirely naked; otherwise it would
not have damaged the character of
Sherrey's.
It is said that it requires the whole
time of two men to keep in order the
wardrobe of the I'rince of Wales. We
know of editor who require the whole
force of u scouting nnd dying establish-
ment to keep their wardrobe in order
and a la they are still seedy.
CATAUKH CAN NOT ISM Cl'Ki:i)
With local applications as they can not
reach the sent of the disease. Catarrh is
a blood or constitutional disease nud in
order to cure it you must take internal
remedies. Hall's Catarrh (.'lire is taken
internally ami acts directly on the blood
mid mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not n quack medicine. it was
prescribed by one of the U'st physicians
hi this country for years and is a regular
prescription.! It is composed of the best
tonics known combined wilh the best
blood purifiers acting directly on the mu
cous surfaces. I lie imtIccI combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
siicn u onilerlul results In curing en to n il.
Send for testimonials free to .1. Che-
ney & Co. proprietors Toledo ( t. Sold
by druggists price 7Jc.
WANTKD One or two traveling sales
men in each southern stale; $7." to ijUUO
per inontli ami expenses; permanent post
tioii Mini exclusive territory to reliable per
sons. Fxpcriciice not absolutely neees
sary. For particular address. Fatter
son Tobacco Works (ireeiixboru N. C
Office of Collector of Customs Port of
Magle Puss Tex. .Ian. 4 1N!)7. Notice is
hereby given that the following described
property was seized for a violation of the
I'liiled States custom iaws. viz: SS
razors '!S hunting knives ill violin string
couplers at Austin Texas on the !Hh
day of duly l.S'.Mi. Any person claiming
said property or any jiortioii thereof
must tile with me his claim to same with-
in twenty days of date hereof. W. A.
Fitch Collector.
FIELD OF SPORT.
HAUVAKI WON.
New York .Ian. 2. Today the fifth tin-
li mi I inter-collegiate chess tournament
was concluded the final score being:
Harvard lit; Princeton 7 1-2; Columbia
4 1-2; Yule 4.
WALLF.lt WON THK HACK.
Washington .Ian. 2. About 7000 peo-
ple witnessed the closing struggles of the
six-day iiitermitlonal bicycle race lit Con-
vention hull tonight. The men finished
Iu the same order that they have main-
tained during the last four day with
Waller the big "Flying Dutchman." who
wiih riding for a Chicago firm in the
colors of n Chicago cycle club heading
the line 1 1-2 laps ahead of Harry Mad-
dux of Anbury Park who wa nearly
even with Waller since the start; Charley
Ashiuger of New York third; Liiwson
"the Terrible Swede" won the fourth
prize by nbout ten feet beating Hunter
over the line alt hough both men scored
the same number of miles nnd laps. Pos-
ter of Cerinimy was iu sixth place when
the shot wiih tired that brought the race
to an end. It was not until nil hour be-
fore the linnl close that the men showed
liny extraordinary bursts of speed. All
seemed holding themselves in reserve for
ll final spurt.
The official score iinuniiuccil stood:
Waller. S74 miles und f laps; Miiddox
S74 mile mid .'I laps; Ashiuger.87l! miles
und 7 laps; j.awson. Sil miles nud 10
laps; Hunter. S71 miles and 10 laps;
Foster S70 miles and 10 laps.
A FATAL TKN ROUNDS.
New Ytirk .Ian. 2.-Jimmy Duffy of
Itostoii. a featherweight pugilist who
boxed ten rounds with Ceorge Justice of
this city irt Tom O'Kourkc's I'ronrfwny
Athletic club tonight is dying at St. Vin
cent's hospital. lioth worked hard and
last during t!:f entire ten rounds ami
after they had retired to their corners
neither seemed to have' suffered any in
jury. The referee decided iu favor of
Justice and as soon as the decision was
announced Dully collap-4. He was
carried to bis dressing room in a helpless
condition and physicians worked for fully
half nn hour but their efforts were futile.
is he did not regain coiisciousncs. The
physicians say Duffy is iu u very serious
condition. As near as they could judge
he is suffering from hemorrhage of the
brain -but stated that his condition might
have been brought alsiut by undue exer
tion and probably was not mused by any
blow received during the content.
At a late hour tonight the hospital sur
geons pronounced Duffy's condition to be
almost hopeless.
.Manager O Kourke. Keferee 1'ick
Hoche arid (!eo. Justice who was Duffy's
opponent were placed under arrest.
POLITICAL POINTERS.
M'KINLKY AtHaXNA'S HOME.
Clovohiinl. ().. Jan. 2. When Maj. nnd
Mrs. MelCinlev sieimed off the train here
today they were in company with Maj.
Cluis. F. Dick of Mr. Hantin's office mid
.were driven to Windermere Mr. I lamia's
home. In the afternoon the prexidont-
lect spent a considerable amount of tune
in dictating to Ins xlonograpner. 10 a
representative of the Associated Press
lie said: "I came up here to rest ns
much as possible. This is n good place
for that.
They received no callers and retired
early. Much remains for the president-
led to do between now and March 4
ami his coining to Cleveland is due prob-
ablv to the fact that be has Ih-cii con
stantly interrupted nt Canton by callers.
the location of Windermere several
miles west of the city on the shores of
the lake mid the barriers which Mr. and
Mrs. llanim are able to throw around
him will give bun practically all the
privacy he desires for work nud consul-
tation." It is expected that men promi-
nent in national affairs will be nt Winder-
mere during the next week.
THK KHH IT WILL WAX WAKM.
llarrisburg. Pa.. Jan. 2. A great
many liieinlicrs of the legislature arrived
hen- today and tonight. The head-
quarters of both Wimainaker nnd Pen-
rose have been crowded nil evening.
The Wnnanuikcr hotel ia spnnned with
il massive arch nblize with electric
lights. The words "Pensylvania choice
for I'nited States senator Hon. John
Wnnnmnker" occupies nil the available
space on the nrch. The entire front of
the Penrose hotel is utilized for n mam-
moth electric sign which declare "Pbil-
ndclphin's choice for Fnited States sen-
ator. Hon. ltoise Penrose."
Hoth oidos are claiming victory nnd
Senator Quay Micks to bis declaration
that Penrose hns loO vote. 22 more than
the number necessary to elect.
Mr. Quay said tonight that the sena-
torial caucus will be held next Tuesday
night.
KF.CI'IYFIPOF THK ItF.LT LINK.
llotst ni Tex.. Jan. 2. tSiH'cial.! J. C.
Matthews wliii was on Thursday H-
puntod receiver of the Houston licit titiif
Mairnolia ltailwny today made bind for
Sl'O.imt and took charge of the projnTty.
Mr. Matthew i tin experienced rnilrond
num. having IhCH for a number of years
iH-rir'tendnit of the Houston Fast nnd
West Texas. Mr. Matthew is now a
member of the city council.
IT IS PKOHAI5LK THE CFB.YX KES-
OLUTIO.V WILL SUFFER A SE-
RIOUS SET HACK.
Will I'e Voted on in the House Wednes-
day The IjuhI Postal Rill Is on the
House. Program Free Home-
stead Bill.
Washington Jan. 3. Beyond the fact
that the bill providing for free homesteads
on former Indian reservation i on the
calendar as the unfinished business the
seriate has no program for his week.
There is liable to be n shnrp clash of in-
terests in the effort to secure considera-
tion and a possibility that this clash may
develop and interesting situation.
The friends of the Pacific railroad fund-
ing bill will make nn effort to get that
measure up for consideration unless they
conclude in doing so they may impair its
chances of passing. ' '
Until the past day or two it appeared
certain that the f'uflan resolutions would
be brought up for consideration imme-
diately after the resuming of business on
Tuesday. It iu probable now that the
resolutions will go over until later in the
session. The effort to g(jt the commit-
tee on foreign relation to again consider
the date on which it shall be culled up
is being renewed. Senator Cameron is
quite' sanguine that it will be brought up
but the enemies of the resolution think
if they can secure u iKiNtpoucuieut of the
resolution until Wednesday they will be
able to secure a further iKistponement.
Senator dear of the Pacific ruilroud
committee is understood to be desirous
of awaiting the action of the house on the
funding bill before calling it up in the
senate. If he doe not decide on this
course he may get the bill up on Tuesday
or immediately after the homestead bill
is disposed of. If either the Pacific bill
or Cnlmn resolution secure preferment
there will be a sharp contest.
The homestead bill will bo opjHised by
Senator Piatt and others while Senator
Pettigrew will take the lead iu its ud-
vocacy. HOUSE FORECAST.
Washington. Jan. il. The house will
get down to serious business as soon ns it
iissenibles ufter the holiday recess. Tues-
day. Probably the more serious importance
of general legislation to tie acted upon
at the short session have been made spe-
cial orders and will consume the entire
week. They nre the Ixnid bill to amend
the laws relating to second-clasH mail
matter so a to prevent the shipment of
Isioks nud serial publications in connec
tion with newspapers at 1 cent per pound
nnd to cut off the newspaper sample copy
privilege und the bill prepared by the
Pacific railroad committee to fund the
debt of the Pacific railway and extend
their payment for fifty years at 2 per cent.
I he funding lull has already been de
bated on one day and under the order
adopted the debating will continue Tues-
day and Wednesday and the bill will be
brought to a vote on the latter date tit 4
o ClOCK.
The Pacific railway bill will be taken up
on lliursday. the general debate will
ontiniie until Friday. On Saturday the
bill w ill be open to anieiidincnt under the
.Vininuto rule. On Monday a vote on the
bill w ill be taken. The fate of the bill
will determine whether the government
will foreclose its debt oiTthe Central and
Union Pacific and "the president has saiil
in some words in his message to congress
that unless sonic congressional action was
taken immediately steps would be taken
under the present law to protect the gov-
ernment' interest by foreclosure proceed-
ings. The friends of the measure -realize
this is the last chance to accomplish n
settlement for which they have been work-
ing for ten years. The bill has many op-
ponents however especially on the Pa-
cific coast.
Mr. Powers chairman of the Pacific
road committee will champion the bill
on the floor and the' opposition will 1
led by Mr. Sulzer nnd Mr. Muguire of
California. Both sides claim to be con-
fident. The debate on the bill will no
doubt 1m- marked by many exciting in-
cident. FREE HOMESTEAD BILL.
Senator Piatt Will Present a Minority
Report in Opposition.
Washington Jan. Senator Piatt
will on Tuesday present the minority
report of the senate committee on Indian
affairs in opposition to the free homestead
hill. The report opposes the bill on the
ground of the vast expense it adoption
would entail on the government. Com-
mencing with the year INK! I he says the
government has purchiisou :i.'t''51.2IO
acres of land from the Indians agreeing
to pay .fJO.lil 1.000 for it. Is-sides '). M 10.-
000 set apart as a trust fund for the ben-
efit of the occupants of the lircat Sioux
reservation. ' --
"If." says the report "all the land al-
ready opened to settlement on Indian res-
ervations hertofore ceded shall be taken
up. the sum to 1m- paid therefor by the
settlers will be ?:!.i.'!.".'!.0oiS.Si. This bill
proposes to release the settlers from the
payment of this sum."
The report calls attention to the fact
that it was provided in the reports bear-
ing upon this settlement with the different
trilios of Indians that settlers should pay
sullicieut for the lands to reimburse the
government for money paid to the In-
dian. Several million acres of land nre em-
braced in this pending agreement. The
bill ns it passed the house applied to
lands in Oklahoma but by the amend-
ments in the senate committee the pro-
visions of the bill nre extended to all
ceded Indian lands the amount being
more than three time that contemplated
in the bill n it passed the house. All
the lands in the Indian reservations thus
opened for settlement have been paid for
by the government before the opening of
the same except in the case of the Chero-
kee Indian outlet where payment was
to be made in installments and the sum
of $I.S;KI(KHI still remains unpaid and
in the case of the Great Sioux ChipMwa
and Colville reservations where the In-
dians are to U' paid as the government
shall receive the money from settlers upon
disposal of the laud. Another amend-
ment proposed to the bill in effect pro
vide that the government shall ujsin re-
leasing the settlers from payment of their
obligations pay the Indians for their
lauds the same per acre which by law
is to bo paid now bv the settlers.
"If" says the report "this amendment
should be adopted and the bill passed
ed upon to
he amount
outlet pur-
ting ffl-V
The report call attii i
thut negotiations are no0jr
the acquisition of othelmi
which are -being conduct. )
icy that the goverumentlor
hunted for its outlays. 1 8
Referring to the origin
Piatt says iu hi repim
II Senator
he exeiie-
iueiii wiiicii preceoeu in
land in Oklahoma will' r
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ling of the
lie reincin-
ircely con-
iv to se
r. . i i... ...... "1"
iiu.ii-u ij vi u.iii-uk lu
ll under-
: for the
with the
law. lu
i for the
nut: iui'ri- tuijiin iifniii jm'
stood condition of the
same in addition to com'nt
provisions oi mo iimiu t
every appeal made to cin.
opening of lands of tke(
the arguineut that the go.-'
not to be put to the la.
ervatioiis
ictit ought
penditure
required iu the payment i
dians for
tin. rcliiiouislimeiit of their
was u ii-
atmg and
bills for
was un-
diould be
swered by those who were aip
iiisisiiiik iijHiii me passage
that purpose by saying tha
uerstood tliat the governinef
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Continuing lie nrghcKi "I
probably
ill
not too much to say that m
ic ol tin
!l L'reeniiMi I u limil.i u'illi tlm
inns coil'
i.in-iiitiir lln.w.i Niii.lu ti...lil l.u
ibeeu rati
tied anil not an act opening t;
tiemciit would have been pass
not . been thoroughly lindi i
agreed that the settlers upon
should reimburse the governn
i for si
I if it hai
looil and
lose lam
lit tor tin
amount expended by it to ol
aiu them
I he obligation of the settler
pay ti
government the trice xlipulntcBos as di
!l
uite well understood and him
governmental obligation. I
Ig as iiii.i
wler tin
homestead laws we insist that
yti relalioi
to lliese lands pureliiiscd in
OOl'lll
upon demand of the settlers i
that (mother policy should 1
The attractive idea of free hoi
very well while the goveruinen
..was rigid
IlllOptl
Is was i
bad land
acquired for political and tcrr
irial re
sons which it could donate to
lem. Ih
purchase of IliO acres and tl
donation
of the same to n citizen is
tirely an
other thing nud can be just;
'! iu I lie
opinion of the undersigned tun
tr no con
verninetii
snieratiou ot public policy or g
duty as well might the gov
iimeiit hi
called upon to buy lands from
owners or syndicates and dona
iudividua
them as
tree homes to settler as to
call'
upon to buy lands from the 1
such purposes."
idinns for
THE NASHVILLE FIBUI
Details of the Damage Wrouglit by Yes
terday Morning's Flann
Nashville Jan.. 3. About 3 o'clock
this morning the fire which originated in
the immense dry goods store of Lels-ck
Bros was under control and tlDugh hi
cause of a fierce southwest w'mi blowing
there was a measure of dunge- and tin
department was kept on the fire for
tunny hour later no further Irsses wen
occasioned. Nine stores and .he south
end of the nuirket house" (ontiiining
office of the heads of the citir depart
ments were destroyed. Ixisse mid in-
surances are not yet fully uscotuinable
insurance agents not being ;n their
offices. The following insurvjice on
building and contents are a lioit correct:
Lebeck Bros. on stock IflllllKJO; on
building. $25000; Lunghnm Bfcs. on
stock !?2i"i000; on building 2.r00O;
Wolf & Co. on stock 12000: building.
$4000; Iyoickhard's on stock.l J'J00ft;
on building .$7500; Grimes Djlyland
Robinson stock partially burned $'JT
UUU; minis and Co. stock tota msi; in
surance unknown; building ?7t
Brandon on stock $5500; total I
The city s building was liisiu
small amount.
The building occupied by Lebi
and M. Iturns was a splendid t
stone front building one of th
somest in the city.
The total loss on the buildings
tents are somewlmt in excess.
000. The losses on nil buildup
content injured or totally dosltoyc'
estimated at from SltOO.000 to illOO.
The origin of the tire has not beiki n
tained. Several firemen were inurc
falling walls mid Capt. Sullivi n
caught by n falling wall nnd bully
jured one of his legs being broken. C
Thompson cashier and J. B. (.'air m;
ger of StcilT's jewelry store were b:
wounded by falling walls.
Buildings totally destroyed: Lei
Bros.; Abernelhy Lnnghnin & Sh
Evans heirs; Wolf & Co.; Lcfrkhn
M. Burns & Co.; Brandon iV
Tracey & Co.: 1 limit it Boyland.
Buildings damaged: Steiff Jew
company; Marshall & Bruce; Daly
1? ill liiiuim
1 hirinir the fire the electric lights lf
the city went out and but for the inte
glare of the iluinc the city would hnV
been in darkness. Ocurring as it did I"1
the center of the business portion of ti1."'
city it is believed that rebuilding W"
begin at once.
AN UXPOHTUNATE SUICIDES.
Cincinnati Jan. 3. Miss I ladle
daughter of an undertaker nt R chesti
N. V. committed suicide today ut Be!
Curr.v's uliice on Broadway. She w
known here as Belle Howard iMorga
nnd while with iWhitfiold & Kbcry
vaudeville company us Belle ilowar
She was addicted to morphine n
an overdose after being out wi
Becker all night. Becker i
wealthy mid wanted to marry
she said she wns not fit to tnai
She left letters to her mother an
mid then took the drug. She die
nutrol wagon while being taken
hospital. She was highly educn
ranked hieh in song nnd dance
ties but her tippet it e for innrphinJ
her to lose nil engiigenicnts.
.
A HIGH GUY PBOM AUSl
RIA.
San Antonio Tex.. .Inn. (S
Prince Khnnenliuller do Metsch.
win In
gram
master of the court of Austria spent to
day in San Antonio and left this after-
noon for Mexico.
HKI.1K'K BAD BREAK.
New York. .Inn. H. Belle Smith col-
ored stabbed her husband in the neck
tiwlnv. Rcveriiur his insular veil and
eiiiisinir almost instnnt death. Smith
wns beating his 7-year-old stepson.
NATIONAL COAST DEFENSE.
Tampa Fin. dan. 2. The neeting
calhMl for .liinuary 'Jf). in this cits to or-
ganize a national const defense and nnvnl
reserve association promises to be a very
important one. Replies from the invita-
tions addressed to the governors of till
states nnd interested commercial organi-
zations in every ini)ortiiiit city tyivornor
Mitchell says indicates a very Urge at-
tendance. Secretary Herbert has ordered man-
of-war to Tampa for the occasioill
v
FAURE REPLIES TO NKTI
VS.
Ply-
Pari Jan. 2. President 1-atir
iug to the New Year's oongratuk
the czar has telegraphed the 1
is of
r as
follows:
"I am profoundly touched by t
in which jour majesty nddresso
felicitations and I also thank yoi.
as the empress for the sentin
rms
hi'
It
I eJ
I IiV
Iptf
IA
pressed towards France. AVe r
vim. with pleasure the memory
cious. of your presence with us
you to accept the expression ot
wishes for your majesty the emi
the Grand Duchess Olga.
the government wouldjft
pay in the future incli t
not yet due on the C'llv!i:
chase an amount appfm
IWO.000." u
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HYSTERICS.
rVOMEN SHOULD UNDERSTANOTK.i
NERVOUS DERANGEMENT. ;'
k 8 Trap torn of Something- Tut Hole t
Hut -'
n--Mrs. Barrla of IloaVer (Sfirtega I
lata Iter Experience.
1
T"T . . . . I
in opusm ui top oi wina-pipe or s
bronchial tubes the "ball rising iat '
trroat " violent bsatin(j of the bea ;
IflUfirhinrr and ernnor ntr t.iimn twv .
cular spasms; throw-
ing tno arms about
etc. tell of a
derangement of
thefeciaJasys
tern.
Any female
complaint may
produce i hys
terics which
must be
gnrded as
symptom
only. Th
ea use what
ever it
may be
fields ' v
quickly
toLyriia Pinkham'b Vegetable Con'
pound. It acts at once upon the organ '
iTected" and the nerve centers i re l.
moves the cause and dispels effectually-h
the symptoms.' '
Mrs. Harris relates her experienc
rt 1. 1 f L It j 1
uid ucucut oi omers.
"I had been sink wth ulceration
of the womb causing all kinds of dis
agreeable exDenence. neti no
yV
V'i t
bility sleeplessness fafcitness and aty
times hysterics. My physician sail'
was the worst case he ever had. Jw
oacic acned leucorrhcAs w profuse
and I ha i a severe bearing-down pain.
Th physician thdught I should never
ucover and i& the last remedy they
procured yonr Vegetable Compound.
I had no') taken more than one-fourth
lof a bottle before 1 was more com-
fortablc. I continued its use also the
Sanative Wash and Liver Pills. After
losing four bottles I was able to bt
fut and do almost all my work. I
hink the Vegetable Compound is the
Lnly medicine that will cure female
fcomplaint3 nnd it will reach the worst
vases in a very short time. I know it
laved my life." Me. IS. Barkis
nieaver 1T
E
oaver TJa. Pm.at!'oV All irntt-
H1VF Ynil Jf.". pA'5Ei-A..Co.?KH
liar v b mw wwini "D-prut-Vf awiioo. viu ruiote
lUloen la Month. Balr-Kallliml Write OOOKi
SB KM EOT CO. BOT Maarale TcapleJ
ChlcM. 111m for proof! ot can. TMpl-1
Htal HaoO0O. Wontoueatmred la XSl
n o nays iwo-paoe mob rreo.
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Itching and Hhnd KIi-viIidk or Protr-inluR Pile field at mm W
ftbMjrii 'uiuora. A K mvu eur. Circular diot Iraa. Prtaf
Uruui'U or ri' UU. JiOSAAtitf I'klUh Paw
TREATED FRBB
HJi W Positively CURED
dies. Have cured many thousand case
nlled hopeless. From first dose symir
oms raniillv uisnmienr. nun in ten rLtvi
t least two-thinls of all symptoms are
cmoved. BOOK of testimonials of mi-1
rncuious cures sent I UK IS. 10 DAYS'
TREATMENT PR Eli by mail. Dig.
Green & Sons Specialists Atlanta Ga.
PARKER'S "
HASH BALSAM
Clcnnsof and bcautifiei the h&iz
Promotes a lnxurirtut crowtTi.
Never Fails to Bo store Gray
li air to us iouikiui voior.
'J.irt-'S train disease a & hair lolling.
gPeanf.8t.'mat PnigRMa
BRASS BAND
"T'i? r-tr-imnts Prunif Uniform Eunio-
Sj&X input for Manila ami DrumPnriw. IO
r"t ir'.--fffvf-ri'init'ii. i in1 .-nvilo(r.4fr
IMiirttrtitinn mnilrd frr: .ttjivfs Biuia
Mil Bio & Inst riirt'ns for A mntnnr B ;ndn.
I YOV A: HFAI.V.
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CURES AND PREVENTS
1 I . 1 n l. .. rt m i
oius. ijouens. nore i nroni. jnnue zn.
Bronchitis Pneumonia Swelling
.i. i . ....
Iiiflummations.
'rostbites Chilblains Flendticlie. Tooth-
uctie Asttimu
DIFFICULT BREATHING.
CURES THE WORST PAINS in from
one twenty minutes. NOT ONE
HOUR after rending this advertisement
need any one SUFFER WITH PAIN.
A half to ii teaspooiiful In half ft tum-
bler of water will in u few minutes cure
Cramps Spasms. Sour Stomach Heart-
burn Nervousness Sleeplessness Sick-
Headache Diarrhoea Dysentery Colic
Flatulency and ull internal pains.
There is not a remedial ngent in the
world that will cure Fever nnd A cue
find all other Ma a.i us Bilious and other
overs aided ivy RADWAY'S PILLS
o quickly as RADWAY'S READY RE-
LIEF. Fifty cents per bottle. Se'-' - drug-
lists. C'RANFORD INTERVIEWED.
Corsicann Tex. Jan. 2. (Special.) .v
Ion. John. AY. Crnnford congressman- -
lect from the Fourth congressional dis-
rict to succeed Hon. D.. B. Culberson.
Mts in me cuv loo iv on iccni d usiness.
To a reporter he said that he thought
in extra session of congress would lie
'nlleil Tin ia nf till ntiitiiin frill rh
republicans will somewhat alter their po-
ttion on the single gild standard es-
socially i!
linue. 1
'einiind I
-ecretary
'hat the
ept. - II
lecially if bank and other failures con-
He states thnt in his opinion the
msile fur Senator Sherman for
of the treasury will be so strongl
Ohio senator will have to iic-i
ept. He expres'.-es himself ns being jnl
favor of Bailey of Texas as the Demo
ratic nominee for speaker.
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