The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-04-28

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WASHINGTON. April 25.-Thc
statue of Admiral David g. Fur
ragut, recently erected in Farragut
Square, at the intersection of Com
mercial Avenue and 18th street, will
be unveiled this afternoon with APP
propriate ceremonies. The process
sion will be formed at il A. NJ. near
the Capitol, and marched at noon
up Pennsylvania Avenue, 18th street
and Connecticut Avenue to the
square in the following order: A
detachment of police; grand mar
shall, Commodore G. III. Baldwin, II.
5. n. and staff; the Naval Academy
band; naval cadets; naval division,
Capt. II. w. Meade, u. S. A., com
handing, and staff; marine band,
battalion OF marines, three battal-
ions of sailors, battalion OF naval
light artillery; army division, Col.
A. &. NJ. Pennington. U. S. A., CON-
manding, staff aud band five bat
talions of light artillery militia di-
vision, Col. A. Webster, commanding,
staff and band Washington Light
Infantry, Washington Light Guards,
union veteran corps and band, Ma
tional Rifles and band Butler Zou-
aves, Capital City Guards; light
battery, District of Columbia militia.
AT 1886 the Presidents party ar
rived at the statut and soon after
the ceremony of the unyeiling took
place. Al the moment of unwilling
salute OF seventeen guns was fired.
President Garfield soon appeared
on the speakers stand and in few
words paid an eloquent tribute 10
the hero, whose statute had Just been
unveiled this evening Gen. May
nard delivered an eulogistic Grafton
of the life and service of Admiral
Farragut. lie was followed by
Senator Voorhees,, of Indiana, who
paid n splendid tribute TO the dead
edmiral. AT the conclusion of Sena-
tor Voorhees,. Grafton the procession
reformed and entered the grounds
of the executive mansion, passing in
review before President Garfield
and then dispersed.
HANNIBAL, April 25.-The Ice
Levee broke al 3 o'clock this fore
noon, at point about a mile and a
half above East Hannibal. The
crevesse is one hundred and thirty
feet wide, and is still cutting below
the break. and above East Hannibal
there are several weak points, liable
to go at any moment. Up TO this
time the loss of ice houses is about
2SOO tons. The river is about nine
teen feet above low water mark, and
is still rising very slowly.
Boston, April 25.-Jos. +. Fields,
the author, publisher aud lecturer,
died this morning. ...l ...
NEW ORLEANS, April 25.-The
Louisiana Jockey Club ; fourth day.
Weather cloudy but fair attendance.
Track heavy. .. go.
First race.-Match for $500 aside
between Bonnie and Mama; won
easily by Bonnie, time 1854. Bon
ME in the pools1sold for $50, TO 81
on Mama. ..l....I.
Second race.-Purse of 500; won
by Gabriel by length, Emma Coop
er second, Beeswing third. Time,
2:05 foul on the track. In the pools
Gabriel 800 10 1928 on the field. =
Third race.-Purse of $500, hand
leap, mile heats /; Referee. 3, l., l.;
In - IL .. lnR. LII .
3; Viola, 4, distanced; Oak Grove, 8,
distanced. Time, l:51t, 1853. Ref
cree won the last two heats easily.
Pools on the track: Duke of Kent,
300; Referee, $S5; Viola, &c Our
Friend, S25. .4.f ..
Fourth race.-Purse of $3.50. han
dicap, a miles; won by Moses by
four lengths, Kimball second, Lord
Lyons third time 1921. Pools on
the track: Kimball, 500; field
1928. -.,f...i..f
Bona, April 25.--The French
column under Gen. LaGerihas, Ell.
tered the Tunisian territory without
opposition, and is now encamped
halfway between the frontier and
Kef. Dol. a.....,....
LONDON, April pa 4 special
train, bearing Lord BeacOnsfield's
body, left Paddington station for
Wycombe, at $50 o'clock Sunday
morning, land OH the arrival of the
train at Wycombe, the remains were
transferred 10 Hughenden Manor,
and placed in the large drawing
room. Owing TO the secrecy of the
proceedings, only about thirty per-
sons witnessed the departure of the
hearse from Ozurzon street, and no.
body witnessed its arrival at Wy
combe. I.l 80. .l-ni .tr. 80
LONDON, April 25.-The House of
Commons reassembled to-day. Lord
Richard Mansfield, Liberal, an
nounced that Mr.. Gladstone would, |
in q fortnight hence, move a vote
for funds to erect monument, in |
honor of Lord Beaconsfield, in the
vicinity of Westminster. The an
nouncement was 6 received with |
cheers. In the House of Commons
this evening the debate on the |
second reading of the land bill was
commenced. Right Honorable Ed
ward Gibson, Conservative, pro-
nounced tho bill to be confused,
obscure and often unintelligible.
In the House of Commons to-day,
Mr.. Forster, chief secretary for Ire,
land, replying to Mr.. Lewis, mod
crate conservative member, for Lon
dOnderry city, said it was time the
disguised party had made a raid for
firearms in the county of Limerick,
in the name of the Irish republic,
and he was sorry to say, that arrests
had been. made, and in many other
cases it was impossible to get the in
formation or assistance from the in
juried parties. In his speech in the
debate on the land bin, the Right
Hon. Edward Wilson admitted the
desirability. of encouraging growth
of the peasantry and proprietary
reclamation ofthe waste ofland and
emigration with the proper safe
guard, but the bill, he said, confis-
Gated the property of landlords
the compensation for what
was left and gave only a guarantee
Of perpetual and universal litiga-
ion. The question of fair.rents, he
said, was dealt with by permanently
the supply and demands.
LONDON, April ga summary
Of the events in TURKS since Friday
INST is the refusal to sanction the oc-
of Tabaria, semi-panico
IN the European colony, lest the
Arabs massacre the Christians.
The offer of M. Roustan to land q |
force of marines from the French
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