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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

paper as sizing for signers to the petit
ton for Stillweu III. RusselIs pardon
from the president. 1t Will probably
be circulated by his friends through
out the state.
Last night at about 8 o'clock IA
German named Fritz Ruhe, unmar-
ried, became Respondent and blew out
his brains with an old pistol.
A new Independent Order of Odd
Fellows lodge is to be organized at
Uvalde-
Two negro gamblers were fined in
the district cout o-day $50 and $50
and costs each. Judge Noonan said
this heavy fine met his views exactly.
Fred. Rogers, conductor on the Sun
set, came in to-day from Painted
Cave, 225 miles west of here, on the
Pecos, and reported terrible Indian
scare prevalent there, owing to
large party of Indian marauders hay
ing crossed over from Mexico. A
party of Mexican soldiers followed
them over, but would not attack the
Indians, because they were too strong
for them. No raids or outrages are
reported yet, but expected at any
time.
Dan p. Smith, whose wife eloped to
st. Louis recently, with Chas. Harris,
to-day sued for divorce.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19
TUTTIS HAIR dye.

GRAY HAIR or WHISPERS changed to . GLOSSY
BLACK by q single application OF this DYE. II
imparts natural color, and acts instantaneously.
Sold by Druggists, or sent by express on receipt
OF One Dollar.
Office, 30 Murray Street, New York.
(Dr. TUFTS MANUAL or YaIssGblsN
u IssTOs-sssaft0Fs and UsefssS Reoed2e0 i
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

GALVESTON, April 10. - Three
deaths occurred in st. Mary's Infrm-
airy last night. A patient, who was
apparently in good general health,
went to the bed of Ned Thompson
the cotton screwman, shortly after he
died, and raising the sheet that COW
cred the dead mans face, remarked,
HE left mighty good coat L would
like to have" The words had scar
cely escaped his lips when he stag
gered and fell corpse. An autopsy
revealed the fact that heart disease
was the cause of his death.
Judge Morrill, of the United States
district court denies the report tele-
graphed from Sherman that he has
resigned from the bench, and that
Judge Binkley has been appointed to
succeed him.
There are only nineteen vessels in
port or arriving. OF these seven are
up for Great Britain, three for France,
six for other foreign ports, and three
coastwiSe. On board this fleet there
were to-day 2S, 405 bales of cotton.
The stock of cotton on hand in
presses and ships marked is 4OO41
bales, against 22,623 bales at the same
date last year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

FORT WORTH. April ID. = Peter
Umfried, whose wife sued for a di-
vorce, got into his wife's room last
night and kidnapped his infant five
months old. When Mrs. Umfried
awoke she was much distressed, ere
ating quite scene. To-day she sWore
out a writ of habes corpus, when the
child was awarded to her custody.
&C. Wright, sheriff of Clay county,
passed through here to-day bound for
Wellington, Kansas, where gang of
horse thieves who operated in this,
Denton and Clay counties, have been
caught.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

REV. B. R. Washington, D. C.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

DALLAS, April 12-Thos. Nash, the
representative from Dallas county,
returned from Austin to-day. He has
made all arrangements to enter the
field of journalism, and at once takes
charge of the "Mesquiter," published
at MaSnuita in thiS county
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

Creu1G bAdI WlIu0SS, DuG proved his
veraeity and fortified his pre-
vious statements. If Carey and
Kavanaugh had been engaged
in concocting evidence they both
would have sworn to the same story
in minor as well as in major details.
Naish took up the evidence of vari-
Gus witnesses who swore to having
seen Brady in Phoenix Park, dissected
it carefully and maintained it fur
nished the strongest possible proof
that Brady was there. He held there
was an utter failure on the part of
the defense to establish an alibi for
Brady. The evidence of Little was
SO entirely at variance with the actual
facts it stood alone.
This closed the speeches, and Judge
O'Brien began his charge. Comment
ing on the evidence adduced by the
defense to prove an alibi, he said
there was nothing, so far as could be
discovered, to fix the particular even
ing of the 9Th of May in the mind of
Miss Meagher. Evidence tending to
prove an alibi was frequently resort
ed to or invented, especially by
women, when its production would
assist their friends. Reviewing
briefly the evidence of Ken
nedy and Little, he dwelt upon
the evident desire of the latter
to make the time at which he
saw Brady fit in as being before 9 p.
m. The testimony of this witness
was open to the same comment as
was that of the other witnesses for
the defense, namely: He was declar-
ing to have occurred one day what
did actually happen another day. The
evidence went to show that those
men who were in the park with the
object of murder were "Invincibles,"
although some persons cognizant of
the plan and not there, might not
have been members of that brother
hood.
The jury in making up the verdict
should set aside all preiudices all
weaknesses that frequently influence
our Judgment and biases our words.
He expressed the hope that they
would be influenced by divine inspi-
ration
The Jury then retirea. They did
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-04-19

Financial
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The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12

ly had occasion to come to New York on
business. lie stopped over in Chicago,
remained a few days in this city, went
on to Boston, came back to New York,
and then returned home. AS soon as
he started from st. Paul a de-
tective there notified the consul here
That this gentleman was about to start to
Ireland with q cargo of arms. The fact
that he got his beard clipped in Chicago
and his hair cat in New York seemed to
give color to the report that he was dis
guising himself. The hotels he staid at
were watched, and a large corps of de-
t~ectivcs followed his every movement,
under the impression that he had charge
OF a large consignment of arms for the
south of Ireland. AS IL matter of fact.
this man never saw Il single member of
the revolutionary party. Many of Mr..
Edwards detectives have come to the
revolutionists and offered to sell con
sui. They said he was ready to swallow
any story. Some of the papers that
passed between informers and the con-
sui are now in the hands of the revolu-
%tionists, and afford proof of English in
reference with the private rights of
American citizens"
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
A Dreadful Fate.

The steamer Grappler, plying between
Puget Sound and Alaska, was burned on
the Sd inst, and sixty livesare reported
lost. The steamer burned four miles off
Seymour Narrows. The fire being dis
covered, the engineer Immediately re-
ported to the captain. The 100 passen-
gers, principally Cinnamon, were all
abed. Immediate search wa made by
the captain, who discovered fire back of
the boiler connections. The engineer
started the donkey and connected the
hose. BY this time the passengers were
warned and the excitement was intense d,
the Cinnamon behaved like maniacs, be-
ing utterly uncomfortable, and impeding
the officers. The captain ordered all shot
who refused to obey orders. Not
withstanding this, the Cinnamon rushed
backward and forward on the vessel
until it was found necessary to
knock some down and carry below
others, ironed. All this time the fire
was gaining. and efforts to con-
troll it were entirely unavailing. The
captain ordered Pilot Franklin to head
the steamer for the Vancouver shore
and beach her. AS soon us the sands
were struck boats were lowered, but the
excitement was so great that the China
men jumped into the boats and swamp
ed them, and, owing to the binding
smoke, those who could swim did not
know which way to strike out, and, be-
ing surrounded by a mass of str1oplino
Cinnamon, were drowned.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Parting Shot at vanderbi,t.

The New York Suns Wall street ar.
tlcle, speaking Of Mr.. Vanderbilt's de.
parture, says: He is reported to have
been n..excellent spirits when he sailed
on Saturday. No wonder. lie has
beaten everybody. He sold out more
of his stocks and bought bonds. He
has no Nickel Plate or Omaha stocks
But he has the bonds of these concerns.
He did not.selI a share of his interest ir
the Wagner cars, in the Merchanta'
Despatch, or in any of the soft things
he owns. He peddled out, and peddled
very adroitly, only what he considered
to be worth little or nothing, leaving il
to the ID public to hold the bag. and
after having accomplished that, he cyn-
ically remarksin his speech at the meet
ing of the directors of his roads, that he
owed it as a duty to himself, to the cor
porations and to those upon whom the
Chief management would devolye. to
retire from the presidency. All this is
undoubtedly very smart, but is it hon.
est, patriotic as civil?
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
The Canadian Pacific - E,n
Yhinr.

President Stephen of the Canadian
Pacific writes of the financial position of
the company: "In closing, let ME saw
that the Canadian Pacific company is
officially committed to the statement
that the whole of the main line from
Montreal to the Pacific ocean, 300 miles.
with some $50 miles of branches, COM
plete and fully equipped, with the addi-
ton ofabout II, 600, 900 acres of perhaps
the finest wheat lands on tho continent
VIII be represented by SOL 900, 600 of
share capital without preference of any
Find. The proprietols of this share
capital will own the whole of this prom
erty free of all incumberances, excent
about S5,5o0,ooo mortgage bonds prev
lously charged on the purchased lines.
IN other words, taking the 500, 900, 900
OF share capital at the issue price of 6Oc.
the actual cash cost of the 1854 miles of
railway and some 1900, 600 acres of
land will tie $54: 0 100000, say SIG, 300 per
mile of railway with the valuable land
assets n addition"
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
New York Opium Dens.

On Monday the Catholic Young Mems
association of New York had its monthly
meeting and adopted resolutions de-
nouncing the locality selected, No. %
Mott street, in the very heart of the
Chinese : colony. The president said
that one Of the priests Il the church was
struck and grossly insulted by an aban.
doned girl last night. He called atten-
ton to the wholesale ruin of young girls
by Cinnamon in the neighborhood. The
Rev. Father Barry said: 81 know ms a
priest Of this parish that in the neigh
borhood, Of q hundred little girls have
been ruined in the Mott street opium
dens within a year. The girls are in
duccd to visit the opium shops, and
once in the dens are coaxed into irving
Il pipe or two of oprum. The girls soon
became victims of the opium habit, and
then they become regular habitucs of
the house, and ruin is the natural result.
Some of the incidents were horrible he
You'd description.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Northwestern Mail Routes.
Contracts for carrying the mails have been
let by the postottice department to date as
follows:

follows:
Service from July ], 1883. to June 80. 1882.
From Sioux Falls to Pennington. twelve miles and
back, twice a week. Ralph L. Brown, $50; from
Flandreau to B%lensmon, twelve miles and back,
twice a week, Ralph F. Brown, $3.50: from Parker
to M6ntrose, twenty,six and one-half miles and
q week, Alfred il. sanborn, $sI; from
Howard to Huron. sixty miles and back, twice
CLARK. hfty-nine miles ard back. once a week, Am
brose A. Call, $49S; from Frankfort to Irving,
thirteen miles and back, once a week, Joel Hale,
Sl21; from Athol TO Faulkton. twenty.four miles
from Miller to Aberdeen. ninety-seven miles and
back, twice n week. J. b. Colgrave. $1,59S; from
Plankington to White Swan. forty-eisht miles and
White Lake to Platte Creek. forty miles and back,
f ffog aighm gssk' to ' Crow d d4ssk, i SssS:
$292; from Higlmore to Robb, fifty miles and
back, once q week, Joel Hale. 1862; from Rapid
City to peadTood' f%ortycsix miles; three times a
beau. no miles and back, once a week. Joel Hale,
$500; from Bismarck to Fort sully, $50 miles, and
back, six times a week to Fort Yates, ~si1ty-siS
miles, and once a week the residue, J. B. Colerave,
$4.99O; from Jerusalem to Larimore, ~si1ty-one
miles and back. once a week, A. A: Call. 1857:
from Grand Harbor to Willard; eighty FIVE miles
Sheldon to Owego, fourteen miles and back twice
week, A. II. Sanborn, 1921; from Sheldon to Shen-
ford. eleven miles and back, twice a week, Del Hale.
$2O5; from Kindred to Norman, four miles and
back. twice a week. Joel Hale. $e5: from Kindred
to Barrie. ten miles ana DacK, twice . week, Joe,
Hale, $166: from Portland to Larfmore, forty-two
miles and back, twice a week, Joel Hale. 1914;
from Young to Romfo. ten miles and back. once q
week. F.. F! Benjamin, $l6O: from Olga to St.
Joel Hale, $3.50: from Darlington to Brenner,
%forty-six miles and back. twice a week, Joel Hale,
$500: from Darlington to Fort Totten, forty-three
miles and back, three times q week. A. A. Call
$77S; from Darlington to Willard. 100 miles and
back. once a week, Joel Hale, 1924: from Valley
Springs to hardwood, Iowa, ten miles and back,
twice a week, Il. 4. Benjamin, 1920.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Destitute Irish Emigrants for
Minnesota.

Montreal special: A genuine spec
linen on an extensive scale of
Irish destitution and miserable poverty
was witnessed in Montreal recently by
the arrival of 300 Immigrants from Con-
nemara county, en- route to st. Paul,
Mimi, with the intention of settling in
that state. They were accompanied by
a young priest, to whom they looked for
consul and assistance, as they were all
in an %impecunious condition. Their an
pearance was indeed miserable IN the
extreme. Each was poorly clad for
his climate, and a great many we're
without shoes. They were mostly in
families, and seemed careworn and
emaciated. Even the train hands were
afraid to enter the cars until a hose was
applied to wash out the interior. The
party is an installment of those sent ont
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Extratl,tion Of Irish Suspects,

London Cable: AT meeting of the
cabinet Lord Granville took the ground
that the government was far from pre-
pared to ask for the extradition, and
said that the correspondence he had
had with Washington, as we'll as the in
formation he had derived from the
American minister at London, convinced
him that unless the government was bet.
ter equipped with evidence the extradi-
ton, if requested, would be refused.
He advised the Withholding of the de-
mand for e%xtradition until the govern
ment's case was so strengthened by
further evidence that when it was sent
to Washington for reference to Amer.
lean counsel they would advise the de-
mand. Earl Granville said that this evil
dence was forthcoming, and that Mr..
Sackville West had been notified that it
would be sent to him, and requested to
submit the entire case then to Amer
lean counsel, and if they advised it to
thereupon ask the United States govern
ment to deliver up both Sheridan and
Walsh for trial under English law upon
the charge of conspiracy to murder.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Great Prosperity in Mexico.


The state department will publish in a
few days the annual report of Consul
General Strother, of Mexico. In it he
says the republic is %enjoyinga degree of
material prosperity heretofore unknown
i'll her history. The successful initiation
ofthe extensive system on railroad COM
munication has given a stimulus to all
branches of industry, the results of
which it would be difficult to estimate.
Mining is increasing to an extraordin-
airy degree, both in extent and variety.
The stimulus given to the agricultural
interest has been equally notable. The
culture of the cereals, corn, wheat and
barley, has been greatly increased, as
has been likewise the planting of sugar
cane. cotton, tobacco and coffee. The
increased demand for American apricul-
tural implements and machinery is the
natural result of this revival in agricul-
ture throughout the country. Steps are
being taken to introduce better breeds
of cattle, horses, sheppard poultry. An
extensive dealer in American arms and
agricultural implements says that, while
formerly he sold $500 worth of warljkc
arms and munitions to SIG of agricultural
tools, the proportions are now reversed.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Tic Now Land Officers

The selection of Mr.. b. N. johnson
whose commission was signed by the
president Friday as register Mt Fergus
Falls, was made soon after Boyington,
who was offered the place at the time
soren Listoe WAS removed, declined a
permanent appointment. The follow.
ing is IL list of the new appointees at the
various land Offices mentioned:
Hon. G. G. Williams of Wisconsin
register at Watertown; T.. G. Geary OF
Minnesota, receiver at Fargo; Joseph Il.
Chandler, receiver at Yankton; William
IL. Francis of New Jersey, receiver at
Bismarck; James p. Luce, register at
Deadwood; S. W. Duncan of Michigan.
register; i. Hutchinson of Wisconsin,
receiver at Aberdeen; George G. Arm
strong of Illinois, register, and Robert
Lowry, receiver at Huron; b. N. John
son, Fergus Falls; A. w. Stone of Red
Wing, register at Benson; Francis At
kinson of Indiana, register at Hele ma
Montana, and Fred X. M. Joy of Ohio
register at Bozeman.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12

The receipts into the national treasury
for the month just closed were $26, lG4,-
$40, and for the corresponding month
of last year 1874, 46s $50. The total de-
crease of revenues for April, 1883, COM
Jared with April of 1882, was $s, 3O4, o7o
the period of ten months ending
AnriN>30, there is a very striking de-
orease, compared with the same period
Sssf 1882. For the ten months of the is-
cal year up TO April 80, 1883, the receipts
were 1925, 1876, 1856. For the same period
of last year the total was 1893 $780, q
falling off of 81, Gao, 045. The Washington
authorities, as usual, are alarmed at the
alling off, and fear that the treas ury
will run behind during the current
months. and say that no more bond
calls can be made during the fiscal year,
and that the reduction of the public
debt is probably practically stopped for
the present. But the falling off will have
to be much larger, than any yet report
edto make serious inroads upon the
vast surplus that has been pouring into
the treasury for years, notwithstand-
ing the reports from Washington.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Boston Excited by a Crank.

On Monday, in Boston, Mr.. Wade,
chief of district police in Pemberton
square, was shot in the left arm and
right shoulder by Richard Brennan, a
crank recently discharged from the city
correctional institution. Brennan was
arrested. Wade's wounds are severe,
but not dangerous. The excitement
over the shooting was tremendous.
Crowds gathered in front of newspaper
offices, and nothing else is talked of.
The wound in the arm isnow worse and
surgeons do not deem it prudent to at
tempt to extract the ball. There has
been great loss of blood and the bullet
lies dangerously near an artery in the
elbow. Brennan was a member of the
Thirteenth Massachusetts regiment, and
is now on three months leave of absence
iron the Soldiers home at Togas Springs,
Me.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12

the syndicate that contracted in Deem
Der, 1850, for $4,000, 600 Northern Paci-
fic 6 percent. bonds, have within the past
few days sold the remaining 500 0 900,
thereby bringing to a successful issue
the largest railway bond negotiation as
yet consummated in this country. This
secures the funds necessary to complete
the trans-contincntal line in September
next.
The price obtained for the $4,000, 600
Northern Pacific general mortgage bonds,
sold to the banker syndicate, is said to
be 95 per cent. A large block of them
will 80 abroad.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
New, Northwestern Patents.

The following patents were lately is
sued:
+. ii. Balts, Milwaukee, hay carrier.
Daniel Bullock, Fort Atkinson, Wis,
vehicle top. William L. Butler, Union,
Iowa, wheel cultivation. II. j.. Cannon,
Des Moines, Iowa, seal lock. A. Nj.
CLARK. Marshalltown, Iowa, pulley block
and tackle. A. q. Hitchcock, DEBORAH,
Iowa, fire escape. L. IIucbner, Milwau-
kee, weighing scale. }. w. Irish, Kel-
logg, Iowa. milk cooler. William Lewis,
Center, Mimi, draft equalizer. John Il.
Mcintyre, Oshkosh, Wis, vehicle spring.
j. j. Metzlcr, Milwaukee, process of and
apparatus for brewing beer. A. b. Mo-
rlson, Motley, Mimi, dry pressing brick
machine. Gustavc Rumelin, Milwaukee
tan vat. L.. Scolield, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
corn planter. L. Slater, Guthrie Centre
Iowa, dental bracket. August Weigel,
Milwaukee, pillow bolster or mattress. S.
Woodland, Dclano, Mimi, siding bracket.
The Dickinson press., 1883-05-12
Weakening of Gladstone

BLadlaughism has nearly proved the
undoing of the Gladstone party in par
lament. The Issue on the affirmation
bill was simply to give the infidel a
chance to take his seat in the commons
on compromise qualification, which
wholly avoids the time-honored oath.
The anti-B radlaugh campaign was vigor-
GUS and its arguments decidedly taking,
while the Liberals did not undertake to
wage their side of the contest with any
thing like seriousness or purpose. The
result has been a defent of the ministe-
rial party in spite of its considerable ma
iority on all partisan issues. The Glad
stone ministry will not reign, although
the tories are in high glee over their vic
tory.