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AUSTIN WEEKLY STATESMAN. THURSDAY MAY 20 1897.
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MEETING
11121.1' l' WASHI.UTO fOXOIIKN
MUX AM) OTIIKIl rilOWIXU.XT
I'KOI'I.H I'HESKXT.
IrIii' Policy Denounci-il in Klriing
TrrniH The Nrnalor 'I'll Ink
Mi-Klnlry Will Khorll)
4 Avt In Hie 1'reinlxf .
WaHhinglou .Miiy Hi. An eiilhind-iihlii-
iiuilii'iicc of int'ii iiikI whiii'Ii. ninny
if iIhiii well known in WiiHhiiigloii
iiirl;ci l ) ( 'olimibiii thciilro l it doors
thin iifii-inodii lit a moiixti-r iiiiiks I t-
inj.' In-Ill in I t -1 1 ii I T of tin- Cuban iiiMiir-t-i-nlx.
Tin' I In-n I re wax iiiiriiiriiili-ly
diTonitiil. Sealed on (In- platform mill
participating in the excrciHc wore Si-nn-tfii-H
(hillinger nnil Alli-n. cx-Seiuitnr lint -l-r
"if South Ciii'iilinii Iti-r. Hugh -I Ii tt-
miii pastor of tin- .Mitniiiiliitin Metho-
dist chinch: lti-v. Howard Willmr Kiin'm
mill ii i i 1 -- of others iili-ntilii-il with
tin- inirl'i-NtH of tin- ( 'il tin li insurgents.
(ii-ii. William lli'iiry Itrown. prcsidi'iil
(if tlic Ciilmii league rulli'il tin- I ting
to null I' nnil iiiti'iiiliici'il Senator llnl-
lingcr it tin- presiding ollici'i'. Tin- Int-
irr iiinili- a brief iiilili'i-HM nml ri'iiil n
iniiiilii'i' of li-iti-rN nml telegrams of re-
gret among t tu t 1 1 being those li'nin Sen-
ators Krye nnil Iturrows ti ml Comma udcr
Cliiikmin of tin' (iriiiifl Armv of I In- Ke-
imlilic. Senator Chandler sent tin' follow ing
letter of regret:
"Washington. May Hi. To Si'imr A. A.
Aguirre WiiHliitiKtoii Iinr Sir: Al-
0)nng Up
Jili SCI Your
ealtfo
By iiourlHliirifr
every part ol
yonr nysti-iii
with bltioil iiiiuli- pure liy tak-
ing Hood's Siirsnpiinlla. Then you
will have nerve menial bodily and
In the Spring
digeHtivc strength. Then you need not
four disease because your nyMein will
readily resist NcrofuloiiH lendeiieieH
and attacks of illuens. Then you will
know the absolute inlriiinii; merit of
Uoodh
Sarsaparillax1
Cine and Blood I'nrlflt-r. ft. nix (or $.. I'lvpariMl
only hyC. I. Homl & Co.. Lowell Maas
u trv. aet eu.Hily promptly ruid
.11000 S FlllS effectively annul.
tlioiiL'li timitiU to attend the meeting to
niL'lit I ui-ml ii few words of xyiiumtliy
uiiil of hope for tin- relief and indepcu-
ili-nee of Culm.
"Ah I wish to w tin; I'niteil States de-
clare nml iiiaintiiin tin- independence of
tin- luliinil us France iliil tliut of tin
A uicricn ii coloiiii'H nml miiile the L'nited
Stuti-M ii nation of course I hIiuII uh a
oriK-tii'iil fi'ii'inl. vote for every minor
method tending to the hiiiiic benelicciit
end. I hope nnd believe that congress
and the president will soon formally rec-
ognize u state of war and Cuban bellig-
ereney. This step followed ns It will be
by nil the other independent nations of
I In- western heiiiisohere. eiin not fail to
assure the Cuban indepeniieiiec which Is
sought for.
"Moreover without delay we ought to
send n Meet to enter the liiirlior ami an
army to land upon the soil of Culm: lirst
to nroteet the lives of Ami riean eili.ciis
ami. seeond. to stop the atrocious and un-
civilized methods of warfare adopted by
tin- Spanish generals.
"In advocating all these tiiensuroH I am
conscious ot no passionate nosiiiny hi
Spain. In ISi 11 she recognized the
soul hern co.ifeileracy within less than
three inontliN niter its military struggle
begun iiinl surely if she can not hold
Cuba without making it one vast desert
and graveyard by driving the inhiihi-
laiits into the cities to starve and by
Imaging shooting or giu-roting Cuban olli-
cers anil solilieis lor reiieiiion ami in-
ceiiiliarisin she ought to leave the island.
If between ISC1 and 1NI. one con-
i crate L'eiieral had been thus put to
dentil all the powers of Klll'ope. with one
accord would have sent their Meets ami
armies imhi hiiIi-h across the ocean to cue
such barbai'ous warfare and to establish
and maintain the southern confederacy.
Yet Cen. Robert 10. I .re nml all his gen-
erals were as truly guilty ol rebellion
and incendiarism as was Theodore Moii-
ilcz (ionxiiles who was shot for that of
fense at ( abulias fortress in Havana on
.Monday last.
'We blame Knuland for nbaniloiiinj;
the ha rin less mid peaceful Ai'iueiiian
Christian to massacre by the .Moslems
and so siibiuittini; the lilierty-loviio;
(J reeks to slaiinliler by the Turkish
not. r.iiL'Innd retorts that we dare
not slop the met hods of uncivilized war-
fare applied at our very doors in the
American Crete the fair island of
Cuba ami both the char):' anil coiintcr-
Iiiii-l'c are justly made. In hclpinc to
make Culm independent we are nsiii a
traditional and universal Auierieau
policy the duty to promote at the first
t;oi il opportunity tin- severance ot (. uiia
ruin Spain. In IMINi also the democrats
iIimIl'i'iI themselves to do this by their
ileclnriitiou of sympathy 'for the people
of Culm in their heroic st motile for lib-
rty Hud independence and the republi-
aiis by Iheir promise that 'the I'liited
Stales should enileavor to restore peace
and (.'ive inilepeiiih-iice to the island.'
I here ueeil lie little tear that these
ill-dues will be violated. President .Mc-
Kinley willingly recnt'iiizes the binding
force of the plat form upon which be
was elected and will soon do his part to-
wards nullum: Culm free and iinlepi-n-
lent. lie may proceed with what will
seem to iinpaticul spirits to be limine
'ii ut inn. with the cries and groans 11 ntr-
inc in bis ears ol the unarmeil nieii
women ami chililren. eiiiliirniK iiiliuniau
riielty and dastardly muriler but he
will not be unfaithful to his pledges and
he will before Ioiik register the decree
which went forth in his triinnphant elec
tion that Cuba should be taken from
the control ol pnni and made pcncetiil
and independent. In this faith in a
treat party anil its prcsulcnt let us rest
patiently and most hopefully. Very respectfully.
"WII.UASl Ii. CllA.MM.liK."
.Mr. Karl Decker of Washington w ho.
as correspondent of the New York Jour
nal spent some time in Cuba much of it
with a branch of the Cuban army in
Santa Clara province gave a description
of the condition of affairs existing anil of
the pitiable plight of many of the people
who were suffering for the necessities of
life. He ridiculed the claims of (Jen.
Wevler that the island had been pacified
and' said that if the Cubans were grant-
ed belligerent rights by the United States
they would certainly win. Mr. Decker
has just returned from Cuba.
In the course of some interesting re-
marks Senator Allen of iNebraskil
humorously declared that there was no
division in the populist ranks on the
Cuban iilestion. In this whole mutter
he thought there had been too much sac-
rilice to a spirit of commercialism and it
was time this government had a little
more humanity and a little more Ameri
canism. He iieciaren tiiai tue I miiii
States could not a It old to have a decay-
ing monarcliv with a foothold on this
continent ami he would be delighted to
see Spain and the-Ottomnu empire wiped
from tlic mini of liiinnie. If the nresi-
deiit were to send a licet to Havana war
the island would cease in thirty days
and it would not be necessary to fire a
gun. If the l'nited States should say
to Siiain "lou shall not war upon hos
pitals upon women and children" Win-
ter's occupation would be gone.
.Mrs. I "In ra Hello Hrowu of the
Women's National Cuban league said
tin- league had but one platform one aim
ami one end. ami that was tlie t-staltlisli-
inciit of a republic of Cuba.
Uemarks were also niaile by Itev. Dr.
Kent. .Mrs. Lincoln vice director of the
woman's league and Kev. Dr. How mil
ilbur hums.
Kx-Seiiator Ilutler read a series of reso
lutions which had been prepared and
these were iiiiaiiinioiisly adopted. They
11 mostly protest against the "barbarous
ami inhuman methods" of Spain in coii-
Inctiiig the war in Cuba declare that
this goveruieiit should recognize the in
surgents as belligerents and that Culm
has demonstrateil that it is her manifest
duty that like Mexico she should be free
and independent wit limit the payment to
pain ot any imlemmty.
ririrtile letter received in tins city
yesterday morning from an American
resident at Sancti Spirit us was read
which gives the following details of the
leath ot ( ol. Carlos Agiurre a Cuban
officer resident of New York for twenty
years whose lamily is well known m this
il.v. II in tinted at Sancti Spirit us. May
'. and the portion referred to reads as
follows:
I send a letter to yon with the re-
iiiest that you will he so kind as to send
it to (:ol. Agmrres wile and children in
New Y'ork. He was killed last week by
the Spaniards anil half alive was drag
ged into tin- town and to (icn. Ohrcgoii.
Agiurre had a silver watch witli his
picture in it and about $:!IMI in gold which
the soldiers look lroiii him.
Col. Aguirre was a brother of Mat.
Aguirre the Cuban lender who died in
the tiehl last winter.
The I'rcxlilcnt I nileelileil.
Washington May 17. President .Mc-
Kitiley lias not yet decided whether he
will send a message to congress on the
'iiban situation. He still has the mat
ter under consideration and will not
finally determine what lie will do until
tomorrow morning.
Ml It Dlill AT I I I "I 1.1 i HOCK.
Deputy SlierllT I'll tally Shot n
l.iver) mini TlircnlN of lll l.inv.
Memphis May Ki. A Little Hock spe
cial to the Coniiuercial-Appeiil says: Dep-
uty Sheriff .lesse K. Heard shot and killed
S. 1. Hlair at the hitters place of busi-
ness at S:.'t() tonight. Hlair who was
the proprietor of the American Stable on
Louisiana street between Third and
Do you freckle sometimes?
Are you freckled all the time
in freckle season and out?
HEISKELL'S Ointment
removes freckles and cures
all skin eruptions.
HEISKELLW Soap keeps the skin white
smooth and healthy. Ointment 60c. Uoap 25c
At druggists or by mall.
JOHJSWJ H0U0WU CO. Ml Cosugerct 81 rhlUiU.
Fourth was sitting in a chair on the side
walk leaning against the wall of his
building when Heard approached him
and asked how many boarders he had.
l-lnir was counting on his fingers when
Heard pulled a 44-calilire pistol mid fired
three times each shot taking effect near
the heart. Hlair sank back and died ten
minutes later. Heard deliberately walk-
ed to the Capitol hotel where he pur-
chased a cigar and was enjoying the weed
when Sergeant King and Officers .lones
Sloolltnli nml Veieliii fiwoutt-il tnwt ilwuvm-
h'il him. He was taken to jail and placed
m the condemned cell. Ilearil is a des-
perate man and had freipient shooting
scrapes in tins state and .Mississippi lie
killed a negro in this city several years
ago and prior to Ins advent to Arkansas
killed a man in Semitobia .Miss. hen
seen in jail tonight he denied the shoot-
ing saying he knew nothing about it not-
withstanding several 'persons witnessed
the shooting. Blair was a peaceful citi-
zen and stood well in this city where he
has resided since 1S.XU lie was prom-
inently connected with the Order of Klks
Ked Men and other societies.
Intense excitement prevails tonight in
the vicinity of the jail and threats of
lynching can lie heard on all sides. Sheriff
Kavnnaugli has taken extra precautions
to prevent the threats from being carried
into execution.
Two Xew C.iinltoiitH.
Bath. Me.. May Ki. The gunboats
Newport and Vicksbnrg. which have just
been completed by the Bath iron works
will probably have their trial trips some
time within the next few days. The
company lias notified the navy depart-
ment that the boats are ready nnd it is
thought that May will be the day
selected.
Something of an innovation will be
made in order to test the capacity of the
gunboats. Tin- boats will be run over a
mile course for a number of times until
the screw can be standardized and the
average number of turns which arc nec-
essary to drive her over the course
noted. A coinparison between the long
and short runs will be made and the
speed of the boat figured.
Art of l)rl n U-Cl'ilzctl Men.
Kast Jjlrnuilsbui'g Pa. May Ki. Crazy
with drink Clinton Knack. Newton Fritz
and Harry llnlTord. entered the house of
Henry Van Buskirk near here today
and. attempted to assault his wife. The
husband was ill bed with pneumonia.
Hearing his wife's cries for help lie se-
cured a revolver and fired. The ball en-
tered Koiick's stomach. The latter fired
four shots in return one striking Van
Buskirk in the right breast penetrating
the lung. Neither man can recover. Itouek
and Fritz are now under arrest but Iluf-
ford is still at liberty.
Took Ills Ilrollier for n llnriclnr.
Dayton. ().. May Ki. Clarence Wolf
aged 17 shot and mortally wounded his
brother. (!eorge. whom he mistook for a
burglar at a late hour last night (leorgc
had left the room for some cause and re-
turning cautiously ho as not to nrouse his
brother was in tin- doorway when Clar-
ence awoke. Seeing the form of a man
and supposing him to lie n burglar he
fired. The brother fell with a groan.
The family was awakened and the
identity of the young man was tht-a discovered.
'Window CilnsM Worker.' Wane.
Pittsburg Pa. May lS.Tho executive
board of the Window Glass Workers' as-
sociation has counted the votes on the
resolution to equalize wages that was
sent out to the trade two weeks ago. It
was found that the resolution has been
adopted by a good vote.
President Simon Burns is confident that
an advance will be secured by the work-
ers for the year.
Will Ue iii u nil II Ik her Wane.
Pittsburg Pa. May Ki. The executive
comnimittee of the Amalgamated Asso-
ciation of Iron and Steel Workers have
decided to demand of the manufacturers
an advance in the wages of tin plate
workers and an advance in the puddling
rate. There will also be n number of
demands of minor importance.
rHIiSIIYTKIlIAX ASSEMBLY.
1'roKraiii of the General Anseinlily
to He Held May .'IO.
Philadelphia. May Ki. The nineteenth
general assembly of the Presbyterian
church in the l'nited States will meet at
Winona nssombly grounds Kagle Lake
Kosciusko county Indiana on May 21)
11)7. and will probnbty continue in ses-
sion until May :U. The assembly will
be composed of about tit M delegates one-
half ministers mid the other half ruling
elders. The church represented by this
general assembly has 7-"7.'l congregations.
(iil4 ministers and 1)431) it) members.
The contributions for congregational ex-
penses for the year of 1!S!)u' were $10.41:1-
7S5 and the contributions for missionary
and other benefit purposes $rt.U4:.-!lll.
The business of the assembly will con-
sist of two main lines of work.
First The consideration of tlie annual
reports of the eight boards which carry
on the church's benevolent work. This
portion of tlie business will take up the
sessions of five days.
Second The consideration of the re-
ports of the special committees the most
important of which are the following:
First committee on the powers of an as-
sembly nnd presbytery in the care and
licensure of candidates; second com-
mittee on voters at the session of the
pastors and other church ollieinls; third
committee on conference with tlie board
of home missions: fourth committee on
the presbytery building at New Y'ork
City: fifth committee on met hods of liuiu-
agement of church temporalities.
With regard to the nioileratorship of
this assembly it is stated that the candi-
dates for the office thus far announced
are: Kev. Henry C. Minim. D. I). San
Francisco: Kev. Kobert F. Sample.
D. I). New York: Kev. Sheldon .lack-
son and Mr. John Wanamaker Philadel-
phia. lix-Presideiit Harrison has de-
clined the honor.
In connection with the nioileratorship
it is of interest to know tbnt a layman
has never yet tilled the position and that
there are many persons who doubt if the
constitution of tlie Presbyterian church
will permit any other than a minister to
occupy the highest office in the church.
Catholic niNlioii CoiiNeorntcil.
Baltimore. Md. May K. The Verv
Kev. lid ward II. Allen. D. D. recently
appointed bishop of Mobile. Ala. was con-
secrated at the cathedral here this morn-
ing. Cardinal (Jibbons as consecrator
and celebrant of pontifical mass was as-
sisted by Bishops Edward Fitzgerald of
Little Kock Ark. Matthew Ilarkius of
Providence. K. I. the assistant priest
being tlie Kev. Hugh O'Donnoll of Bos-
ton. Bishop Allen was attended by
the archbishop of Philadelphia Bishop
Awarded
Highest Honors World's Fair
V CREAM
PMI&
MOST PERFECT MADE.
A pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. Fre
from mmonia Alum or any other adulterant
40 VEAS THE "rMOARD.
McGovern of Ilnrrislmrs. Northrup of
Charleston. Iloban of Scrantoii Monn-
ghan of Wilmington. Del. and Donahue
of Wheeling W. Va.
Tlie sermon was preached by Kev. Dr.
Phillip J. Carrigan of the Catholic uni-
versity of Washington D. C. A large
number of people gathered at the cathe-
dral to witness the ceremony.
At the conclusion of the consecration
ceremonies the distinguished prelates and
tlie clergv present were entertained at
dinner at St. Mary's seminary.
Bishop Allen is 45 years old nnd was
born at Tewksbury. Mass. With the ex-
ception of three years spent in the dio-
cese of Boston his duties have been those
of president of St. Mary's college. Km-
niettsburg. Mil. Bishop Allen will remain
in tlie city several days before leaving
for Alabama.
NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.
Program for the Week Govern-
ment Iliillllnr Completed.
Nashville May 10. The cool wave of
yesterday and today presages a clear day
tomorrow and increased attendance from
adjacent towns and states by persons
who have been impatiently awaiting the
completion of the interior of the govern-
ment building and arrangement of the at-
tractive exhibits. The building is now
ready and this great attraction with its
extensive and various exhibits will be
formally opened tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock." An immense attendance is ex-
pected to view tlie interesting display the
government sent.
The program for the week is full of
special features. Monday in the wom-
an's building the woman's musical con-
gress will begin sessions lasting three
days and many noted musicians are com-
ing to tlie convocations. Tuesday is set
apart for the l'nited Order of the Golden
Cross the supreme coiimiandery with
delegates from twenty-five states. "Wed-
nesday is Tennessee bankers' day Thurs-
day is Wilmington N. C day. Wednes-
day in the woman's building there will
be' held a college day convocation in
which many colleges devoted to the edu-
cation of women will be represented by
graduates who will speak.
The railway exhibits are being added
daily the later addition being the old De-
witt Clinton locomotive and tender and
three coaches which have been loaned the
Nashville. Chattanooga nnd St. Ixniis
Kailway by the New York Central. This
exhibit is highly appreciated and is eager-
ly sought for. About L't)0t)0 attended to-
day and tonight.
The Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co.
ssn junk
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Bargains Innumerable.
While al! of the goods purchased at the great SALVAGE AUCTION SALE in St. Louis have not as yet arrived we will this morning
OPEN THE BALL
wAKIf0!. ?fnA(iAIXS lmi1.v roocivwl and daily ns (1p balance of the stud arrives they will be immediately placed on sale. Right at this moment however we have more TNf'TT
Jl ICi r.AI.(i.Li than the mind can contain so lets to business. iiv.ii
BLACK DRESS GOODS.
PLAIN AND HAXDSOMKLY BROCADED LUSTRES BRILLIAXTIXES MOHAIRS AND SICILIANS:
LOT 1--KLY & WALKER'S (WHOLESALE) PRICE 25 Cents FIRE SALE TRICE .15 Cents
sftsftssttfesssrsra ; L0T 2-ELY & WALKER'S (WHOLESALE) PRICE 35 Cents FIRE SALE TRICE... .TnTf i
U)T oELY & WALKER'S (WHOLESALE) PRICE 50 Cents FIRE SALE TRICE 33 Cents
LOT 4 ELY & WALKER'S (WHOLESALE) TRICE 75 Cents FIRE SALE PRICE AO cTnts
Such value ns Lot No. 4 contains is well worth going a mile to see. 54-inch Black Sicilian. Imagine 54 inches 40c a yard. Full width bleached and unbleached Sheeting Fire Sale
Any of Vm under regular circumstances have some tall bustling before them to offer this at 17 l-2c'yet at 12 l-2c we're' making money. That's whv we novor ivfl n i;:t-
TINUOL'S l'.ARC.AIN SALE. No matter how extraordinarily low the price we're still making money. e 1 s J o necr have a lmut m our COX-
ln addition to the interesting array of Fire Values we have
SUNK DEEP THE KNIFE into the prices of SUPERIOR WASH GOODS.
....IMPORTED ORG AN DIES (25c) NOW 15c. MANCHESTER WASH NOVELTIES (35c) NOW 20c. FRENCH ORGANDIES (iOc) NOW o-n
THE STYLES OF THESE ARE SITERB. A VISIT WILL REPAY YOU.
.Such ns
RAATZ. JK
THE DICTATOR OF MODERATE PRICES dfc
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