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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
The New District ATTORNEY,

Gov. Ireland had not returned up to
the hour of closing of the executive
office yesterday. AS if in anticipation
of not getting back in time, it now
transpires that he had some days be-
fore made the appointment Of James
d. Sheeks, Jr., Esq. as district attor-
ney for this district, and left instruc-
tions with the secretary of state to
communicate the appointment in case
he (the governOr) did not return by
Monday. The he selection, it seems, was
made September 26, and public es1=
pectation has thus long been kept in
suspense. Mr.. Shetks is young at
torney, and will doubtless discharge
the duties Of the position faithfully.
Mr.. Sheeks will, by close application
to the duties of his Office and by his
well-known integrity, make an accept
able officer. He is man of excellent
habits, close application to business,
and possesses a good judicial mind
He will prove, we believe, pains-tak,
ing in his official work, and, after he
has become familiar with it's duties
see to it that the law is fully vindi-
Gated. He is young and ambitious
and this will probably prove a great
incentive, which. added to his known
industry, will certainly make him an
acceptable district attorney.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
SAYS AMEN.

The Waco Examiner dep'ed the
fact that Il capitalist, who IL come
to Waco to invest a half mion dol
lars in Texas lands, had zen de-
tered from the investmen by the
fence cutters pranks. In Fly, the
Cleburne Chronicle says: ne EX-
sminer considered this as oEof the
evil results of fence cutting If we
mistake not, the people at lge will
regard the incident with coplacen-
cy, and be almost ready to I'D the
lawlessness that brings abouuch re-
suits, For every $5O0,OOO insted in
lands by one man that fail Texas
will receive 1000 investmer from
lOoO different men, and settleIp the
acres that the capitalist wou fence
eff into a comparatively unpductiVe
area. There are already enoh over
grown pastures. A dozen falers on
l5O acres Of land piece are more
benefit to the state than the 100000
man who lives in st. Louis anSpends
the fortune that Texas may Ike for
him in building up other stat. 1t is
a fact that fence cutting hasfrighL
ened off several of the big pasture
companies, and it is to be hofl thai
the fright will be lasting en- gh t.
keep them off. The car of ,ogress
must go westward to the Rio tande
and northward to the extrem Pan
handle, and agriculture must lrav
the car. The plow and the apel
must dominate Texas" To i O
which THE STATESMAN is incliIh tt
pronounce very loud amen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Personal.

opurgeon is well enough to sit in
chair while preaching.
DeLcSsepS expects to visit the 18TH
mus OF Panama in January.
President Arthur is willing to open
the New Orleans cotton exposition.
Ex-Governor Hendricks is so afraid
Of saying anything wrong that if he
were in Greenland he would order ice
cream.
Mr.. George d. Robinson, Republic
can candidate for governor OF Massa-
chusetts, sings bass in Il Chicopee
Sunday school.
Judge Foraker is likely to lose
many votes in Ohio because at coun-
try dinner he cut his corn from the
cob instead Of eating it like flute.
The statement that Bismarck is the
strongest Statesman in the world is
confirmed by Il paragraph which says
hat he mikes onions with his beer.
"Sixty millions of francs, and he
did not reigDw exclaimed Henri
ROcheforJ on hearing of the estate
hequeathed by thelate Count de Cham
bord.
The emperor OF Brazil has given
Prof. Lacerda $4,000 for his discov-
cry of permangante of potassium, hy-
podermically injected, as an antidote
for the bite of the cobra.
Justice Gray, Of the United States
supreme court, has ridden over 300
miles on horseback on consecutive
days this summer without fatigue.
AS the judge weighs 800 pounds, his
horse has not come out SO well.
Mr.. Robinson and Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, jr., were both gradu-
ated from Harvard in 1856. 1--WE lit
tie thought, when we graduated. that
| would do this thing for you," said
Mr.. Adams to Mr.. Robinson, when he
moved his nomination by acclamatlon
on Wednesday.
Ex-senator Jerome 3. Chaffee says
that twenty-three years ago, when he
entered Denver, he invited his tired
fellow passengers of the stage coach
to take a drink, and laid down a 500
gold piece, concerning which the bar
keeper said, "All rightp That trans
action made him a temperance man.
Among the trophies that Jem Mace
has is the belt that Heenan and Say
ers fought for twenty-thTee years ago,
and that Mace subsequently won
from Heenan. Another is of solid
silver, six inches wide, with Mace and
other figures in relief, which he won
in 1880, as champion middle-weight of
England. One is of solid gold, pre-
Sented by Australian friends to the
champion of the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE effort of the postmaster-gen-
eral to suppress lottery gambling may
be very good thing, but in his zeal
he has gone too far, and steps on
ground that is dangerous both to him
self and the people. In his order
stopping registered letters and money
orders addressed to the New Orleans
National bank he invadeS rights that
may get HIM into serious trouble.
The law authorizes the stoppage Of
letters addressed to "a person engaged
IN conducting lottery" but the bank
which does business with a lottery
manager is not engaged in conduct
ing a lottery" There is valuable
privilege lying inclosed withing the
sealed envelope that covers a written
letter, of which the people are rightly
jealous. 1t should be carried safely
and quickly without delay. The
postmaster-general may possibly have
evidence which will show that the
bank was more than fiscal agent Of
the New Orleans lottery, but unless
he can establish it he seems to have
gone too far. We can better put up
with lotteries, bad as they are, than
with mail service open to the suspi-
cion OF unWarranted espionage on the
part OF the government or govern
ment employees.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
The Insult to Alfonso.

PARIS, Oct alarming ports prevail
that the Spanish government will demand the
French government to make public apology
for The insult offered Alfons and lie German
government will make a diplomatic remOn
strance at the indignites to which the Spanish
king is subjected. Radicals violently attack
President Grevy and Prime Minister Ferry
The cabinet is divided as to its policy.
King Alfonso and suite left THIS morning on
his return TO Spain. There IS no delnonstrt-
ton by the pOpulace.
MADRID. Oct. 1-Alfonso's reception in
Paris crc.nes quite painful impression here
and much indignation is expressed in political
circles.
Bands Of people plraded the streets yc3ter-
day evening rs insultrd Frenchnen, ana open
ly threatened the French ambassy. Police pre-
vented any violence. Senor MOret, at 4 meet
ing of the Democratic club, declared the III
suits OF their king affected the whole Spanish
nation, v hich would stand by its king. This
utterance Was received with loud cheers.
Marshal RerranO telegraphed to SenOr Como
ras Delisastllla, asking the cause OF the mon
archy, and demanded his presence in Madrid.
The officers of the garrison also held meet
ing, at which strong speeches against France
were delivered,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

Gov. BUTLER is counsel for the
legal tender case before the United
States supreme court, set for the 9th
of October, in which the constitutions
al power of the government to issue
legal tender notes after January l,
1879, bylvirtue Of the law of May,
1878, is to be tried. Gov. Butler con-
tends that the present greenback
issues are constitutional, the same as
the issues made under the necessity
of the civil war. The former decision
of the supreme court, sustaining the
constitutlonality Of the greenback is
sues, was based on the war necessity
Should the supreme court declare the
legal tenders now issued to have no
validity in the constitution, the ques-
tion will be how long it will take
congress to le islate for their final
withdrawal and redemption. The
amount is $3O0OOO.OO0. For these
greenbacks 3 per cent bonds of long
date could be issued, and they would
form bassiS for the national bank
currency that might be required to
| fill up the Vacuum 'Gi2I:22de by the with
drawal of the legal tenders.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
A FREE trade paper presents what
it dcnominateS q few free trade mug

gets. They are as follows:
UnGcr our tariff laws if a man buys salt for
the purpose of curing fish, he gets i. with Z. re
bate OF duty, but the catIle men anI pork
packers pay full pr ce for salt without rebate.
The price of an article should be fixed by thr
law of supply and demand, not by an act of
congress.
A man arrives at majority at twenty-one
years, but our infant industries are over one
hunlie ed years old and are not weaned yet.
Ii tariff makes high wages, why is labor so
! poorly paid in Spain, Mexico, Germany and
other tariff countries?
Americans make pltchfork and sell it at
home for 81, and export the same fork and sell
1t in England for 50 cents.
The tariff on the diamond is 10 per cent, and
on the cheapest blanket of wool it IS SS per
cent. How is that for a tax on luXurIes?
Under a protective tariff the nail association
fix the price of nails in America by resolution.
| At the same time they export nails and sell
| them in England as cheap as the English nails.
The tarin OH glass and chinaware was raised
| by the new act, on the ground that wages
would be increased. Instead of increasing
wages they have been cut down by the impOr-
| talon of foreigners.
Why should you pay tariff of 81 cents pei
pound on sugar, 81 per Thousand on lumber, 21i
| cents per pound on rice, 80 per cent on cutlery
| a high tariff OIL all your clothing, and on more
| than four thousand articles i'll general use, OF
( the preteXt or helping our infant industries:
Does any manufacturer or anybody else pay {
tax to help you.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
VOL. XIII.
AN AGENCY FOR POPULAR 10
RALIZATION.

Evidence presented to the CO. it
tee, appointed to investigate the lse
Of labor troubles in this countnas
had wide range, and is as disslar
rs it is comprehensive. Some adate
the re-enactment OF an income X,
the idea being that by taxing inGeS
the rich are made to paJ whillle
poor are exempt. This is barrel II,
for what the rich would then be 1ed
to pay, they would, in some m,er,
in return, collect out of the pooIBe-
sides, an income tax is a tax upoon-
esty, an exemption from ia, in
favor OF dishonesty. The old Dme
tax compelled men to make lual
returns as to their business t,sac-
tlonS, and it was one Of the mosuit-
full sources Of dishonesty in thl nd,
Il bait, in fact, for all men touake
false presentations. Not onH%aS
this SO. ut it opened private bness
to public insp, ction, pwer
which no government has theoper
right to exercise. a tax up real
estate is a tax upon values wis the
assessor may appraise as res' y as
the owner, and that without uiry
into his private affairs. tax
upon personal property is like
nature, and no inquiry is madnto
mans business transactions his
profits, but the assessor of an ONE
tax must inquire what were. VT re-
ceipts Tor the year and precis- from
what sources, what eXpeIs and
losses are chargeable against;h re-
;citts, and what, as result, syour
net income. Well informed IT, who
lily themselves to the plaIbf re-
the income tax, are sibly re-
sorting to demagogueism tefceive
md to please the working pt le and
,he poorer classes. What is co ted as
ncome tax is assessed by tkcaders
md professional men agai those
Who buy from and sell to time and
Who employ the other. Lets have
10 more income taxes. The e base
lgencies for popular demol Zation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

The Vicksburg Planters Journal,
the organ of the Cotton Planters
association, calls for an increase of
the stock of the New Orleans cotton
centennial exposition to 81 100000. 1t
argues that if the board of manage
ment so conduct the exposition as to
make it the nations exposition, as the
act of congress contemplates, there
will be no difficulty in disposing of
another half million of stock. II
might be well enough to bear in mind
that there is always danger in pro.
viding managers with a superabund.
ance of money.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

ONE of the popular American re-
views recently contained an article,
designed to show that bread is dear
because grain is sold so many times,
1t was estimated that every bushel of
wheat produced in this country was
sold from five to twenty times in
passing from the producer to the con-
sumer. The conclusion was drawn
that each dealer made a profit, which
was charged up to the consumer
After the grain is converted into
flour another series of sales com
mences, which, in the opinion of this
writer, greatly adds to the price
Many writers on the subject have
assumed the contrary to lie the case
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE pulpit of Iowa to-day reminds
one of the period prior to the war and
during the settlement of Kansas,
when Beecher and Tilton and Parker
and Kellogg and host Of others
turned the pulpit into political ma
chimes. To-day the clergymen of Iowa
are preaching sermons, urging their
congregations to vote fer the Repub-
lican ticket. Collections are taken up
every Sunday, and the money, it is
claimed, is forwarded to the Republi-
can state committee. Each church is
assessed" certain amount, and that
amount at least is expected to find its
way to the contribution box.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

Ex-Gov. Luke Blackburn. of KEN
tucky, is stopping at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York. When
Talmage, of Brooklyn, was in Ken
lucky this summer, the governor en-
tertained him in Bluegrass state
style. Last Sunday Mr.. Blackburn
went over to the tabernacle to hear
Talmage preach. Before the services
were concluded the Kentuckian was
surprised by request of one of the
ushers that he should go into the
pulpit. The congregation was about
to begin singing. and as the governor
reached the platform six thousand
voices chanted the old and touching
hymn, "While the Lamp Holds Out
to BurH, the Vilest Sinner May Re-
turn" The governor was, it is said,
considerably embarrassed. Talmage
introduced him to the congregation,
and after the services were over pre-
seneed him personally to hundreds of
the members of the church.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
OF George Knapp the Missouri Re


The Missouri Republican is, perhaps, his
noblest monument and most eloquent eulogy
For more than tifty-SiX years, in various capac
tiles from apprentice to editor and proprietor
he was connected with it, and his life was :
large part of the life OF the journal which was
his joy and pride. TO it lie devoted the best
energies of mind and body from bOyh0Od tC
manhood, from manhood to advanced age
And though he died away from the scene Of
his long labOrs, seeking in vain for the health
and strength these labOrS had spent, yet ht
may be said to have died in the harness.
faithfully and conscientiouSly working to the
last, Though the Republican now represents
the zeal, the energy and the wisdom of more
than one generation of managers, it IS no i'll
Justice to his predecessors to say that it owes
more OF what it is today to George Knapp
than any other one: and, while this child of his
brain and hand survives, his memory can never
perish.
pie know. He had something more than that
Kindly feeling which belongs TO every good cit
iZen; he loved the city with an ardent and self
sacrificing love, and gladly gave himself ant
his influence to its service at all times and al
any cost. No enterprise. large or small. which
promised to further the interests of st. Louis
directly or Indirectly, ever failed to gain his
sympathieS and support and not few OF thOSt
enterprises that have done the most to make
the present bright with realized prosperity ant
the future brighter with assured advancement
are indebted for their final success, if not fol
their origin, to his far-reaching vision, ndOm
.itable will and unflinching perseverance. Whel
enlisted in such cause lie literally knew NJ
such word as fail" Others might be discOur
aged, but he never was Others might abandon
the see ningly hopeless task he never did
Others might fail; he never did. And he founC
what was to him an all-suffcient reward i'll the
growth in wealth, beauty and manifold con
Venience of the city he saw rise from humbleS
beginnings to a great metropolis. Nor wa
this warm attachment and earnest service con
fined to st. Louis alone. He was deeply inter
ested in everything which pertained to the de
velopment and p cgress of our state and it
neighbors in the Great Valley. He was
thoroughly Western man in his ideas, taste
and aspirations and othing that touchet
Western interests ever so remotely was lndlt
q him
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
Clear as Mud.
dallas Times.l

The colored people now rise up and
say that Lawyer johnson, who, after
a conference with the Central people
at Houston the other day, declared
that all the cases then in his hands
against the road for violation of the
civil rights bill were dismissed, had no
right to dismiss the same. He had an
undoubted right Ito dismiss his own
case against the road, provided he was
paid well enough for so doing, and
they believe he was SO paid, but he
had no business compromising the +
cases. Clearly Lawyer Johnson has
got his foot in it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

TIIE following states will hold cleo
tions this fall: Ohio and Iowa the
second Tuesday in October; Maryland,
Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska,
New Jersey, New York, Pennsyl.
vania and Virginia, the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November
OF these states Iowa, Maryland, Mas
sachuSetts, New Jersey and Ohio
elect governors; the others only
minor officers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
The Telegraph War.

In reference to the telegraph war, the Yves.
tern Union telegraph company and the Gull
Colorado g. Santa Fe railroad company, sue
cessOrs to the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Cen
trail railroad company, requires the latter
railroad agents to receive, transmit and de
liver promptly all public or commercial MESA
ges offered Under this provision an Office was
equipped with instruments and battery at the
Santa Fe depot, at Alvarado, eighteen months
ago, but the railroad company declined TO per
railroad business, until the erection of the tel
egraph line by it few months ago. BY. the
new line the teleg aph tariff from AlyaradO tC
New YO k is 1885, against 10 by the Western
Union line; to New Orleans 120, against 7J
cents by the Western Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

STANLEY, the African explorer
who has now gone in to grab all that
is in sight, has called upon the B-itis!;
government to establish a protecto-
rate over Congo. AS Great Britain
is chronically engaged in the land
grabbing business, it is reasonable TO
suppose Stanley and the British gov
eminent will trade.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
COMANCHE.
Especial to The statesmanl

I'PNNi''i W 'iAS '0htCsiHdL'l
CoMANCHE, Oct. i.-Sunday, the 30th OF
September, at the Eutchee school house, in. Co
manchc county, after preaching was over and
the congregation was proceeding to the reek
to witness the ordinance of baptism, all had
Butchee, and one Mr. Harris Immediately af-
ter the arrival of the assembly, the said party
became involved i'll difficulty, in which Robt
Buteilee was mortally wounded by a shotgun
within a few moments after the ShO Oting
viii Butchee and Harris then engaged in IA
Scuiile for the gun, which was obtained by
Butchee, and then Harris received IrUiSes
upon his head which may prove fatal Will
Butchee claims that he did nothing but that
which he had to do to save his own life.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
DALLAS.
Tspeefal to The statesman1

DALLAS Oct. 1.-The arrest of Dr. ". F.
Gordon, OF Alineola in this city Saturday night,
charged with performing an abortion, is Still
the sensational topic here. The young lady,
who VIZ ~st known as Miss Nellie Boyd, now
Tlifff TN Miss Eliza COnger, a member of
the best faimliies iies'ttt Il 9s1;@ola. DIR. Gordon is
still in JAIL but will soon make fi'ffleatlon for
release Oh habeaS corpus. -
A wreck occurred Sunday on the Texas Pa
citic road near Lodi, between Marshall and Min
cola. Two locomotives We're totally demol-
iShCd: Five trainmen We're seriously injured
and the engineer ard the fireman Scalded.
Pas SengerS arriving to-day on through train
over the Southern Pacific and Texas Pacific
railroads, report a most sanguinary battle
on Friday last between officers and citizens,
headed by the sheriff of Pima county, Arizona,
and a band of rustlers, in the mountains of
southweSt New Mexico, Twenty-one men are
rpDOrtp killed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

SOME of the papers are throwing
cold water on the Capital State Fair
because the managers have not freely
distributed advertisements among
them. The editors, nevertheless, are
invited to come and enjoy IN occasion
which can be afforded nowhere in the
state, not even III San Antonio, under
the patronizing eye of the Express
The fair is going TO he q success.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
There Is a case OF actnal want hacL

There IS case OF actual want back
of the deaf and dumb asylum. The
father (who is dying). the son, his
wife and four children. They have
been camped at Barton's spring for the
last three months, the old man being
sick and needing attention preventing
the others from making IA living. The
neighboTs, who are poor, have been
doing all they could for them, but il
has become necessary to ask for aid.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04
FORT WORTH.


FORT WORTH, Oct. 1.-C. b. Lee Yesterday
stole from A: j. Anderson, a prominent grain
dealer, his bills, and to-day collected anumber
ot them. Anderson, who had made out the
bills, happened on one Of Lees receipts, and
at once notified the officers, who arrested Lee
late Tonight.
a man gong by the name of DIR. L. Kars
nearly Killed Il man yesterday, bv giving him
two OnnceS of chlOrOfOrm Tor a chill
The telephone line between here and Dallas
Will open Tor regular business tomorrow The
tariff has been fixed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

OCEAN steamers from New York to
Europe have taken more than $1,000
passengers since May lst. 1t these
on an average, spent $1,000 a low csti-
mate, the total is 1862 ,53l 600, or a
twelfth of our exports during the last
fiscal year, and one-half larger than
the so-called balance of trade" dur
ing the past seven months Of the
present fiscal year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

7 HE amended liquor law of Arkan
saw includes cities of the first and
second class in its; provisions. BY Il
majority vote of the inhabitants the
sale of Intoxicating drinks may be
prohibited within three miles OF any
church or school house. Women are
allowed to vote on the question.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-04

THE commissioner of pensions has
prepared a table showing by states
the number of pension claims pending
in his Office on June 80, 1888, and the
portion involving arrears. The total
was 344,505, of which 14S,S13 are for
arrears us well as the regular pension.