The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-11-21

LYMAN E.s:on, Capt. lGllyari eud DR..
Heyle. Il is Thought TIA, il llyar,i,
who is mech aft cted by his position,
will make = fnll confession.
linus Rock, November ia dis
! tiGct shrek of an earthquake was felt
here last night. Considerable excite
ment pr6vsi,ei.
TRENTON, November 10 The Court
Of Er.is and Appeals 10 day, GU mo-
ton "f George N. Robertson, fixed
Monday, the twenty fifth, rs the day
for the argument for a Veg trial in the
Hunter murder case.
NEw YORK, Novem,Cr 10. Henry
Whalen and Willism Burke, charged
with stealing the body OF Stewart,
were to day committed for uial.
BALTIMoRE, November i9.-Dids for
$500. 900 registered 8 pr ceut. stock
city of Baltimore, inter,s payable semi
annually and --redeemab.e alter July l,
1895. were opened Law. The bid
sge ated $751;. 900.
PHILADELPHIA, y .vember 10 Nay
or Stokely received H. lay ah appeal
| for further ali tom the Howard Assc-
cia'iou Of New O.lcaas, sieoei by
the president aud other officers of that
society. 1t states that $50. 900 will
yet be necessary tn enable the associa-
ton To pas its debts and close.
BALTIMORE, November 10 10 the
United States District Court to-day
the argument, in the Demarara sugar
case, was concluded. The case was
given tn the jury, after which the
court adjourned until tomorrow, with
Instructions to the jury To bring in
verdict, If agreed upon.
NEW ORLEANS, November 10 The
number of yellow fever deaths to- lay
WIS 3.
In reply to a note, from Collector
Smith, asking whether he would now
be justified in issuing clean bills of
health to vessels departing from this
port, the secretary of the board OF
health says that since The reception of
letter OF the sixth, a resolution was
passed at meeting OF the board of
health declaring the epidemic of yell
low fever at an end, and that alb
sentees were safe in returning to the
city. In view of these facts see no
valid reason why bills OF health should
not be given to vessels clearing from
this port.
Collector Smith gives notice that
clean bills OF health will now be given
10 vessels clearing from this port.
Mayor Patton, in his message, con- !
cludes that ''the premium bond plan |
is failure, and suggests the scaling OF |
the city debt at fifty cents on the dol |
lar L. ~. Ii. i
system, which will pay off the entire |
debt in twenty-five years, ana in the |
meantime paying five per cent. in
terest."
FICKsBURG. November 19.-Howard |
Farrar, sheriff of Madison parish. Lou
isiana, died near Delta, last night, of |
yellow fever.
WASHINGTON, November 10. - OH |
cial Investigations of the Navy De-
partment incline the officials to believe |
that the party claiming to be Buder,
who was lost on the steamer Huron, is |
an imposter.
The Secretary of the Interior has |
written to the Secretary of War, tax
ing earnest exceptions to the recent re-
port Of Gen. Sheridan, In which the |
unsatisfactory, with additional COM
ments upon the management of the |
congressional appropriations by en-
ployees of the Indian Bureau.
Mr.. Schurz hopes that Gen. Sherl- |
dan will communicate any facts in |
his possession which will warrant |
the charges made by that officer. Mr..
Schurz says that he makes this request |
in view of the fact that certain militia
~ officers have fallen into the habit
of iLdulging officially and publicly in
general in reflections upon the Indian
service without taking the trouble of
proving them with such statements in
detail as would facilitate the discoY-
cry and correction of abuses.
INDIANAPOLIS, November 19.-War-
rem Tate shot ana killed VIM. Love
in the court house this evening. Love
bad been witness in a case wherein
Tate was plaintiff.
LONDON, November 19.-Five hun
dred agricultural laborers are on a
strike, and left Milestone this morn
ing. There will be a laborers' mass
meeting at the London bridge to-mor-
row, followed by parade through the
city. Tomorrow evening they will
hold a meeting at Exeter Hall.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, November 10
The notifications made by the organic
reforms have been accepted by the
Porte, and prominent among them is
the appointment of permanent COM
mission of seven members to be elected
by the Roumellan National Assembly.
LONDON, November 19.-Said Pasha,
formerly first Secretary to the Sultan
and now Governor of the Province of
Brousss, has been recalled to Constan-
tlnople, and it is rumored he will re-
sumo the Ministry of Public Works.
This is an important evidence of Eng
lish supremacy in Turkish affairs. Said
Pashs was sent into species of honora-
BILE exile at Broussa on account of his
friendship for Mr.. Lsyard and his
strong English symphthies, which were
30 well known that he was nicknamed
the ''Englishman."