The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05


to Is the government church bill wa
| adopted. GoSSler, minister of eccleSi
astical affairs, declared the right O.
nomination to ecclesiastical benefice.
was not worth contending for.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, June 3d.
The fact that United States Marsha
Strobach, of this district, has Just
been triumphantly acquitted of thu
charges brought against him, unac
countably failed to reach the press Of
the country. The trial excited great
interest here, and the acquittal is re.
garded as gratifying vlndication.
FORT ASSINIABAINE, June 3d.
About one hundred lodges of Crows
are preparing to move south under
the leadership of Little Pine, ostensi
bly, for the purpose of hunting buffa
10, but really to steal horses and com.
NIT other depredations in Montana
Col. Eyes will intercept them and SEE
that their sojourn on this side Of the
line is short.
HARTFORD, CONN, June 3O.-A1
express train on the consolidated road
to-day collided with an outgoing train
on the New York and New England
railway in this city. Half a dozer
persons were hurt, besides the en-
gineer and two brakemen; Mrs. Geo
D. Parks, of New York, jaw broken
Mrs. Martin, Tariffville, Wis, ribs
broken. Others less seriously hurt.
BERLIN, June 3O-The arrest OF
Krazewski, the Polish author, and
others, led to the belief that con-
Spiracy exists for betraying secrets
relative to the German military or
ganization. Twenty arrests were
made at Berlin and Dresden yester-
day of persons supposed to be con-
nected with the conspiracy, and other
over and Cologne.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, June 30.-The
last rail in the gap of the Kansas
City and Memphis railroad between
the Iron Mountain railroad crossing
at Hoxie and Springfield, Missouri
was laid to-day. Seventeen miles OF
track are still to be laid to complete
the road to Memphis. Much of it is
heavy work, including several miles
of pil1ng, but a large force is en-
ployed and the road will be completed
by September l.
CHICAGO, June 80. - Dennis Kear-
ney arrived in the city from Califor-
MIA this afternoon, to attend the
national anti-monopoly convention
which opens July 4. speaking of af-
fairs in California, he declares that
the wages of mechanics and farm Ia
borers have doubled since the Chi
nese restriction bill was passed. and
that the state never before expert
enced such prosperity as it is enjoy
ing now.
RICHMOND, VA, July 2.-Informa-
ton received this morning from the
residence of Lieutenant Governor
Lewis, in Rockingham county. where
Elan was taken after being wounded,
is that the wound is much more ag-
grayated than at first reported and
Elam's condition much more critical
The ball struck the right hip and
passed inward and downward through
the body and lodged in the left thigh,
passing on its course near the bladder
The ball was extracted last evening
NEW ORLEANS, June 30.-There is
not sufficient money in the state
treasury to the credit of the interest
fund to pay the July interest on bonds
but the fiscal agent will advance the
additional sum necessary and the in
terest will be promptly paid. Changes
in the law made by the last legisla-
ture caused some delay in collections
but local capitalists are so well salts
fled with the financial condition OF
the state that they cheerfully advance
funds required to meet maturing obi
cations.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky, July g.
John Mcdowell, the negro who bru-
tally ravished Miss Kate Dwyer
adopted daughter of Charles Murray
near Louisiana, Mo-, last Monday
was forcibly taken from Jail at Bowl
ing Green yesterday morning, by q
mob of Is or 100 masked
men from Louisiana and vicinity and
hanged to a tree. Subsequently the
body was taken to Louisiana, where
it was again hung up and photo.
graphed, and again taken down and
its he cut off. Mcdowell confessed
his crime and one or two other acts
of the same character in different
places, and said he had served a term
in the penitentiary.
WHEELING, w. VA, June 30.-An
important decision was rendered in
the supreme court of this state to-day
involving the question of states
rights. The case grew out of the
death of John White, who was killed
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
in 1881 and whose administrator sued
the company for $4,000 damages in
the circuit court of Greenbrier coun.
| ty. In the succeeding term of court
counsel for the Chesapeake and Ohio
made motion to transfer the case tt
! the United States district court, which
motion was resisted and the court de
cided the case not removable, holding
| the motion should have been made the
term before. AT the following tern
| it was stated the case had beer
tried in the United States court
and could not be tried in Green
brier court. Judge Walt decided
that the case could not be heard. A
short time after application wa:
made to the supreme court for man
damus compelling the circuit judge
to hear the case. Meantime Judge
jackson, of the United States court
| issued an order restraining the ad
ministrator from prosecution of hi
claim in the supreme court of thesta
Shortly after trial was had in thu
| United States court and nonSuit was
entered. The opinion Of the state su
preme court is that the case was no
a removable one, and a peremptorl
ing the circuit Judge to proceed witt
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