The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-08-25
I. IL. Cole, Of Dallas, Takes Twenty
Grains of Morphinc in au
Austin Hotel, and
Expires.
The Yellow Fever at Brownsville Still
On the Rampage and Contribu.
tionS Coming In.
A Nan With Ills Throat Cut Found ON
the Railroad Three Miles
from Cisco.
The Republican Convention at Austin
Still In Session.
Three Bales of Texas Cotton Are Now
In st. Louis.
Other Interesting State News.
Other Interesting State News.
Austin,
Special TO the Herald.

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AUSTIN, August I.-The following char.
ters were filed to-day Knights of Bcneyo
lence, colored, of Texarkana; object, the
maintaincnce and education OF colored or
phans. Washington County Homeopathic
Medical association. Lone Star Mutual
Matrimonial Endowment Guild, of Austin
and the Waco Matrimonial association.
| G. L. Cole registered in this city yester.
day considerably under the influence of
liquor. lie registered at the Brunswick
from Dallas. During the morning he
walked around town, drinking at several
saloons, and ut 3 o'clock he went to his room
aud laid down. He was not ut supper nor
did he appear at breakfast thus morning,
which caused Tom Smith to go to his room.
On opening the door Cole was found
on the bed dead He had failed to undress
and had been dead many hours. An
empty vial was found near him, and it was
learned this morning that he had IL filled at
Samostz' drug store yesterday with six
ounces of water and twenty grains of NOR
phine, which he had taken at one dose. An
inquest was held and the verdict of suicide
returned, Trouble over land matters is
supposed TO have led to the act.
| The republicans, after much confusion,
permanently organized today by electing
j. &. Tracey, Of Houston, chairman. The
Cochran and independent delegation from
Dallas were seated after which u committee
OF twenty-five on resolutions and platforms
were appointed and the convention ad-
iourned until3 p. IN.
| The republican convention was called 10
order. a resolution expressing sympathy
for the Brownsville sufferers was adopted,
and collection taken up for their benefit.
The convention assembled at s p. IN.
The platform was read and adopted. IL
recommends school tax tor supporting the
schools ten months, free vote and fair
count, revision OF the jury law, selling
common school and university lands to
actual settlers only, opposes the further en-
dowment OF the university until the COM
mon school system is perfected IA in favor
of new penitentiaries, that all convlcts
may be kept within the walls,
factories and houses Of correction for the
young people, road laws, and the levying OF
a road and bridge tax, opposes occupation
tax, etc. A resolution was adopted ap.
pointing committee 10 confer with the
= grecnbackers and independents In regard Ia
putting state and county tickets in the
field. Binokley, of Grayson county, was
elected chairman of the executive commit.
|, tee. The convention is still in session. but
Will probably adjourn some time tonight
Ihe democratic congressional convention
Tor this district was called to order at noon
None of the Upson delegates were present,
: which confirmed the rumor that had pre-.
vailed that his name would not be permit
ted to go before the convention, owing "a
dissatisfaction at the way Hancock's friends
mad acted in bringing him out Upson's
friends accuse Hancock of bad faith, saving
, that he was elected chairman at Galveston
through the influence Of Upsons friends, OH
the understanding that he would not be a
candidate tor congress from this district.
. That with these assurances Colonel
: upson remained at Washington.
/ attending to his duties, and his
! absence was taken advantage of by Han.
, cock and his friends. They further assert
that Hancock assured Upson that he en-.
; dorsed his position on the tariff question,
A caucus was held and committee of con.
terence appointed TO visit Colonel Epson
, who is here, and his friends to ascertain
why they We're not upon the floor of the
convention. The delegates were found and
5 stated that they felt themselves very much
aggrieved at the action of Hancock 5 friends
and that they had concluded not TO put
upson up to be sacrificed. The committe,
/ reported these facts TO the convention
, which then went into temporary organiza
ton by the election of j. e. Mathews chair
man, Adjourned till 3p. m.
The convention resumed business at the
, hour named and the committee on credent
ials reported the basis OF representation
, adopted by the Galveston convention. The
| committee on permanent organization re
port, proposngJ. I. Coffee, OF Williamson
county permanent chairman, and William
l.. Lambert secretary, and favored the two
third rule. The report was adopted. The
counties Of Bexar, Blanco Canal, Concbo
Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kenny, Llano
, Medina, Runnels and Wilde were not rep
, resented on the floor, and committee wa.
appointed to wait on and confer with the
delegates. Adjourned until tomorrow
morning. Many of upson's friends left fo,
home this evening aud the indication ar,
now favorable for no nomination.