The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-07-10
TBLBGRAFAIC NENS.
Special to the STATESMAN
Cord oVa,s Last Moments.


Robert TEimble, July II, 1877, tool
place in the county jail to-day. The
prisoner passed quiet night and man
ifested no concern as the time ap
preached. A priest was with him fol
the last twelve hours. At an early
hour q crowd began gathering in front
of the jsil, and by II O'Clock about
300 persons, principally Mexicans, were
on the street. Oaly the members OF
the press, doctors, officers and priests,
about thirty IN all, were admitted.
At 11:15 Cordova was brought
to the scsttold, which be as
cended with q firm tread. BE
asserted his innocence to the last,
and shaking hands he called in 8 clear
voice to his fellow prisoners, "Good
bye, boys, good bye" The black cap
was adjusted and the drop fell at
11:2312. When COrdova fell be
touched the floor with his toes but
broke his neck. He was slightly raised
and in fifteen minutes his heart ceased
to beat. Altar hanging thirty five
minutes the body was cut down and
handed to friends who buried it shortly
after. ca 81 --'
GALVESTON, July 3 The first bale
of new cotton arrived yesterday from
Dewitt cour ty and was sold at auction
at the Cotton Exchange to-day for $50
I;wss bought by G. E. Richards. 1t
weighs 1856 pounds and classes mid
ding. Another new bale from Dewitt
county will arrive Tomorrow.
PANAMA, July 2. Lima advices
to June Is report a battle at Calama,
and the capture of that point by the
allied forces. The Chilian losses are
stated to be $50 killed. No official re-
port of the action has been received,
and this statement is discredited. An
insignificant encounter is reported at
Quillsqus, on the river Goa. Some
were killed and the rest captured.
Campers were reported within twenty
miles of Calama on the sixteenth, rest
ing preparatory to an attack en- thst
place. Reports from lon que state thu t
1000 Chilians were at Quulsqus, which
would seem to indicate that no ad-
vance was made at Calama from the
Peruvian territory. The Chilian squad
ron was at lou que. The fficial Or
gan of Peru published letter from q
distinguished gentleman at lquique,
where he took notes of the hight on
the twenty-6rst of May from Chilian
prisoners taken from the ships en-
gagged, in which it is stated that the
commander and crew Of. the EImeralda
were thoroughly demoralizsd during
the combat, the crew actually recog
nizlng no commands, and throwing
themselves naked into the water before
the Husscar had given the E meralda
the fatal blow. A.s ~ .s.-s.s .s-as1.
LONDON. July IA dispGtch to the
Morning Post says the prospect, now
regarded as certain, of the early adop-
ton of high protective tariff has
caused merchants to import large guam
titles of goods in advance, so as TO es-
cape increased duties; hence great
falling off of.trsde is feared, apparent
ly with good reason, after the new
tariff bill shall become a law, Bis
marck, in the face of serious objections,
insists upon an increase in the duty on
foreign coin.
The TinleS's Berlin correspondent
says the second reading of the tariff
bill being now completed, the third
reading will be merely formal, and the
measure will probably be completed
by Saturday, when it is intended to
prerogue the Reichstag. The Liberals
and Socialists made a strong stand
against duties on coffee and petroleum,
Herr Bebel declaring they would breed
much discomfort and furnish a fresh
stimulus for the Socialists and Demo-
cratic agitation. -".
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July z. : Ad-
vices from Hayti says that Polt au
Prince is in flames, business is sus-
pended, and many blocks Of buildings
are in ashes. The custom house is
closed in conse quence of the rebellion.
LONDON, July IA long telegram
from Lord Chelmsford, received at the
war Office to-day, states that King Cete
Wayo has not yet yielded to the pro-
posals made to him.
LONDON, July IA dispatch to the
Times from Vienna says that the walls
OF the fortresses at Widden, Silistria,
Rustchuk and Varna have been de.
stroyed and the esrthworks left to the
operation of the weather.
A dispatch to the Daily Neaos from
Paris says that the authorities have in
terdIcted the great meeting at the
Bordeaux Alhamb bra, where III. Banqui
was advertised to speak.
Lord Chelmsford's dispatch to Sir
Bsrtle Frere, of June 6, states that
pending King Cetewsyo's answer
there would be no military operations.
LONDON, July z. = The person who
supplied the pistol to Alexander Sole
vieff, with which he stsemItsd to as
sassinste the Emperor, Is medical
doctor from Weimsr, Germany; and
who is also proven to have procured
poison with which Solovieff attempted
suicide after his failure to kill the
Gear, and TO have owned the horse by
means of which the assailants of Gen.
Mesentoff ATTEMPTED escape. A tele.
gram from st. Petersburg aHthorita-
lively states that he has been sentenced
to be hanged very shortly.
LONDON, July THE report tele.
graphed by the Paris correspondent OF
the Times of the sinking Of q steamer and
loss of fifty-three lives in hurricane
on the river Daubes, in France, was
published in the Journal De JurG W tn
out date or other details and It's authen'
ITCHY is doubtful.
SAN FRANCISCO, July Z. - In the
United States Circuit Court to-day
Judge Field, of the United States Su.
preme Court, decided what is known
as the "queue cutting ordinance" TO bt
invalid and in conflict with the four
teenth amendment. The ordinary q
prescribes thtt the q1eues Of all China
men imprisoned In the county Jail fol
petty offenses should be cut Oh, and
it was expected to prove strong de-
terant to that class of criminals.
DENVER. Cl., July flames 81.
Croft and Charles G. Wabnoth, arrest
ed at Alamosa Thursday for the muI'
der of William Yack on the twenty
seventh of June, in New Mexico, were
taken from the jail at Alamosa by 1e(
citizens and hanged to q cottonwood
tree. They had confessed.
PorTsv1LLE. Pa, July ~ The
miners at the B e Mountain, Buck
ridge, Sterling and Lukefdler collieues,
at Shamokin and Gnaeber, and Shepp'I
men, at Locust, struck to-day for az
advance of ten cents on their wages.
Twelve hundred men and boys are idls