The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-07-21
tional bank Of Nashville, has accept.

tional bank of Nashville, has accept
ed the presidency of the company
Among the directors will be John
III. Inman, of Inman, Swami 81 Co., Of
New York; G. G. Baldwin, president
of the Louisville, Nashville a. Great
Southern railway; ex-Gov. j. ID.
Porter, president of the Nashville,
Cincinnati and ST. Louis railroad;
=. w. Cole. president of the East
tennessee, Virginia Il Georgia r, IL
road ; G. M. McGhee, vice-president
of the same company Thos. O'Con-
nor IL Co; Col Thos. A. Collier,
Nashville; b. r.. Smith, New York,
and James G. Farmer, of the Rising
Fawn furnace company. The new
company will take possession imme-
diately. ...,-. ...,.l.
LONDON, July 1S.-Dean Stanley
is dead.
NEW YORK, July 19.-Most of the
whole square, including the Weiting
Opera House, at Syracuse, New
York, has been destroyed by fire,
which is still burning. Some esti-
mates make the loss at 100000.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, July 19.-The
Weiting Opera House building, in
the centre of this city ,one of the best
buildings, containing one of the
handsomest opera houses in the
state, took fire this morning and
was wholly destroyed within two
hours. 1t has been the most dlsas-
trous fire in Syracuse for thirty
years. Estimated loss upwards OF
$500, 900. Fully fifty tentants occupied
the block, all of whom are losers TO
considerable amount. Tho block
was four stories high, covering half
an acre and was valued at 100000;
it was insured for $4,000. Other
principal losers are as follows: Ro-
senbaum Bros, stove dealers,. loss,
$50, 5000, insured $4,000; q. w.
Ingalls, x Co., shoe dealers, loss $780,
600, insured $4,000; Everson, Fris-
stella & Co., hardware, loss $4,000,
insured $4,000; Giles Everson, pri-
vate books, loss $4,000, no insur-
ance I; g. III. Scattack, saloon, loss
$40, 1000, insured $4,000; Charles j.
Powers, drugs, loss $4,000 +. b.
Crowfoot & Co., seeds and agricul.
tural implements, loss $4,000, insur-
ed $1,000; Warner & Co., and many
other Offices were but slightly in
sured. The New Y ork State Bank
ing Co. saved its money and papers.
A half dozen people were more or
less seriously injured by falling
walls and debris. Ii is feared that
one or two persons persisted in the
building. This is the third time in
20 years that buildings ON this site
have been burned. flrr.3 s
SHREVEPORT, La, July 19.-Mr..
Judd Scott, a prominent merchant
of Kingston, De Soto parish, twenty
eight miles from here, was murder
ed on Saturday night about nine
o'clock, between his boarding house
and his store. Two negroes have
been arrested on suspicion. The
body was not discovered until Sun
day evening, when twas found that
the murdered mans store had been
entered and robbed. IaA rsas4
CHICAGO, July ia dispatch
from Los Vegas says that the cor
oner's jury on the body Of "Billy
the kid" returned a verdict of JUS
tifiable homicide, accompanied with
the statement that Pat Garritt
deserved uthe thanks of the whole
community for, Kidding the country
of the desperadou "The Kid" was a
bcardless youth of twenty years,
and was born in New York. His
boast was that he had killed man for
every year of his age, which was
probably true. -e-s-. --
A dispatch from Kansas, City,
Mo, says James Bridges, an old
scout and companion of Fremont,
after whom Fort Bridges was nam
ed and who was the first white man
to follow the Santa Fe trail across
the prairies, is dead, aged SO. ps.,,
LONDON, July ia meeting call
ing itself the revolutionary congress
was held in London last night.
Delegates from various parts of Eu-
rope and America; representing the
extreme Democratic party, identIf-
ed with Herr Most, the imprisoned
socialist, were present, about 700 at
tending. Many flags were dis
played. Mrs. LIE Compile; an Ameri-
can lady delegate, described the dis
appointments of small farmers go
ing west, depending on the illusory
promises of Immigrant agents, and
how the great capitalists in posses
sion of the railways Cypress the la
borers, and the high price OF food in
seaboard cities. r..
Louis Michael, an amnestied
French communist, then spoke, and
male delegates from America,
Switzerland, Italy and Germany fol
lowed. r.t.....
Prince Krapotine, a Russian So
cialist, advocated the assassination
OF several Russian generals.
1t TRANSFERRED during the proceed
ings that the socialist congress,
which was prohibited at Zurich, is
setting secretly in London.
LONDON, July 19.-The. Pal Mall
Gazette, this evening, in h leader on
the dangerous state of the French
money market, says: "For long r
time thoughtful men in Italy have
looked with anxiety towards Paris;
they feel that Paris is the weakest
great money market in the world at
the present time" I.afa 30 abs.a
The Gazette attributes this state
of things to the reckless and persis-
tent gambling of the past two or
three years, and says the time must u
come when note and money will
have advanced to point which
will force spectators to unload, but Z
all other great markets are also
forced to an extent never known
before. II is impossible for one to-
relieve other. Wild buying cannot
go on forever without somebody
suffering. ~
ATHENS, July 19.-An unsuccess-
full attempt was made last evening
to shoot two editors of anti-ministe-
rial papers, on the public prome-
made. One man was arrested, but
two supposed accomplices escaped.
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