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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03

alton of membership, so as to be in a
condition to carry into force the
quarantine regulations which go into
effect the first of May. After the
election of members of the board of
health the council made provision for
the payment of city employees who
have had no compensation since the
1st of March. '''N
The anniversary exercises of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
consisted of a street parade in the
afternoon and an address to the order
at the pavilion by Hon. John T. Har-
court, where there is ball now in
progress under their auspices.
The negro woman afflicted with
smallpox is reported as dying tonight.
Every precaution is taken to prevent
the spread of the disease by the
health authorities.
Herbert F. White was arrested
and jailed this evening for
stealing the wearing apparel of
Blanche Lyon.
The new HarmonyHall theater will
be leased for a season of fifty or sixty
nights for theatrical and concert pur-
poses. 1t will seat nine hundred and
the stage will be ample enough for
any drama or spectacular play that
may visit Texas. Who the iessees
Will belS not yet determined.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-05-03
United States and the prospects ar
| that il will he sao,irad

United States and the prospects ar
that it will be secured.
The reports from the narrow
gauge committee are taken here as
assuring the line for Dallas, but Fort
Worth and towns to the north and
northwest of Dallas are WORKING
hard to secure it. The following Is
one of the kilograms received from
Waco to-day by the merchants ex-
change: The directors of the mar
row gauge are invited to Plano. Lew
lsv1lle and Grapevine with promise
OF liberal subsidy if the line is run
to Fort Worth"
Signed, GIBBS & WHITE.
Il. y. Boudinot, the noted Cherokee
Indian statesman, arrived in the citv
to-day on litigation matters with the
old Chicago. Texas and Mexican Gem
trail railroad.
Street paving is the big public topic
now. Among the schemes to be
brought before the council is one to
consider the feasibility of getting
English granite, the most dura-
bic material known. 1t is
claimed it can be got for almost
nothing outside the cost of transpor-
tatlon from Galveston, as many Eng
llsh vessels brought it over for ballast
and unload it outside the harbor.
Those who have been spoken to on
the subject think favorablyeof it.
A carpenter fell to-day in the east
ern part of the city and is reported
fatally injured. His name is not OBJ
tainable tonight.
The Odd Fellows celebrated the
anniversary of the order tonight
with an elegant banquet.
FORT WORTH, April 26.--A move
is on foot to connect several cities ad-
Jacent to this (Fort Worth) bytele-
ephone, the system to cover a distance
combined of one hundred and sixty
two miles.
The contract for the new opera
mousse has been let to Kepling of st.
-Four hundred horses were shipped
from here to Wichita Falls TODAY.
Albert jolly and his wife BefK,.-|
were to-day arrested for brutally
whipping a little orphan girl
eight years old. A cowhide
was used and the wounds
inflicted are terrible. The blows on
the. poor girls legs cut through the
flesh to the bone. She can hardly
stand, and is dying slow and terrible
death. Even law officers are loud in
1enouncing the infamous act. JolIv
and wife were arrested. The cause,
Of the beating was the little girl fall
ed to catch chicken. The outrage
has been hidden from the public by
The Jollys terrorizing the girl, saving
II she told they would kill her. The
Jollys have succeeded in giving bond.
but have been advised to leave the
country, for the present at least.
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ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
THE APPROACHING DUBLIN TRIALS.
Tn. Police Claim to A.r, Abundant Evidence that
Sheridan was an Active IncIter Of Crime.
RsrslatIousby Seizure ofWalsh's papers.
Arrest OF Spanish Anarchists. '''

LONDON, March 4.-yarious reports are
current about the Dublin trials They al-
pear to be chiefly guesses. A Dublin cor.
respondent says the police believe fifteen
"Invincibles" are still lurking in that
city, and that Number One" Is still in
the United Kingdom. II is said Number
one" was once tradesman.
A Dublin dispatch says the police have
abundant evidence to prove that P.J.
Sheridan was an active inciter Of crime
in Ireland. There is no reason to suppose
that Byrne was directly connected there
with. The Government has prepared
bill to reorganize the constabulary and
make the machinery for the detection Of
crime more effective. 0"
DUBLIN, March 4.-Letters received at
Walsh's lodgings Rochdale, reveal the fac
that six thousand men are enrolled in
the secret society. He has been
organizing in the north Of England, and
the men are amply provided with funds,
revolvers, etc. '' .'+ '
A man named Martin has informed the
police that he found bowie knife in
Walsh's lodgings at Middleboro. ~.
PARIS, March 4.-0'Kelly, member OF
the British Parliament, on his way TO visit
Clemenceau, Saturday. was followed by
detective, whom he seized and shook
violently. 0'Kelly narrowly escaped arrest.
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ALEXANDER II. STEPHENS might have
died at any time these twenty years
"without our special wonder" A delicate
Iame, almost literally reduced to skin and
bone, his mental vigor and industry were
scarcely less amazing than his great tenacity
Of life. In the committee room, or sitting,
gOved and covered in his wheeledchair,
almost within reaching distance OF the
Speaker Of the House; always on the alert
quick to see and seize point; shrewd
indebate; his thin, shrill voice commanding
All attention accorded to few members;
acting generally with the Democratic party
but often breaking with manly indepen-
dence through party trammels-and some
times forcing his party to follow; always re.
spectiuland respected, the vice.president oi
thedead Confederacy was aspeciacle and an
inspiration. 1t has fallen to the lot Of lew
men TO ill high places under two govern
ments; to still fewer to go and come a'
Mr.. Stephens did. A Union seceder
opposed TO secession but swallowed
up iii the maestrom which carried men
down with their states-Mr. Stephens did
his duty by the Coniederacy, did not re
pine when it was dead, and came back
gladly to his first and only love. He "ac
cepted the results OF the war" in good
faith, and counseled his people to a grace
iul and loyal acquiescence. He ex
ened his influence for good, to build
up what had been broken down,
to elEace the scars Of war, the bitterness and
resentment OF defeat, to unite the people
once more in the common bond OF Union
Ills aim since the war has been in striking
contrast with that OF higher officer Of the
Coniederacy who has sulked in his tent
an alien in the land Of his birth. In the
death Of Alexander H. Stephens the coun
tty loses an honest man and a Statesman
above the average.
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ALBANY.
Dunlap Elevator Deatroyod--A Number
OF Persons Killed.

Dunlap Elevator Destroyod-A NumbeF
OF Persons Killed.
ALBANY, March Sat two o'clock this
morning the watchman at the Dunlap ele-
yator discovered fresh fire in the sixth
story. BY the time 1t was extinguished
the flames had broken out on the fourth
floor and several men were caught on the
sixth floor. Garry Benson, the watchrnan,
and Louis J. Miller, clerk Of. the FIRE de.
partmept, rushed down stain through the
flames and were badly burned. Fireman
Samuel E. Atkins and John W.
Myers and James Gilligan, Ia.
borer, were forced to come down the iron
hoistinq chain outside Of the building a
distance Of nearly 100 feet. About 40 feet
from the ground the chain was covered
with ice and the men slid To the ground
with great velocity, and were more or leSa
severely injured. A strong north wind was
blowing, and the whole department was
called out, The Are spread rapidly through
the mill and the elevator, enyeloping the
whole structure. About 4 o'clock the upnee;
walls fell outward, q part filing through
the bridge and Davis provision store ad
Joining on Broadway, and burying GeveTa
persons under the ruina.
Fireman William Carlen, Michael shee
han and Michael McEwen, employees o
Bridge & Davis, were killed; James Cam
eron, bookkeeper for thesame firm, iniureI
! internally, probably fatally; James Kell,
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tFROM THE CAPITAL.
THE LAST HOURS OF CONGRESS
narksd With good Conduct and feeling on the
Part OF Nsmbcrs-HearJ O. Makes Record -
fer aaEnanInity At the last Moment.
whisky Bond Bill Ia the House.

from Our speClAI SUIIebpouueuk
WASHINGTON, D. O., March 4.-No Con-
gress ever went out Of existence more qui.
etly or in better order with Its business in
better shape than the Forty.seyenth did to,
day. There was no haste in the enrolling
ofgthe appropriation bills, all conference
committees had ample time, and the scan.
dals that surrounded the expiring hours Of
the Forty.ftth Congress were strangers to-
day. There was very little drunkenness,
no disorders and no bad feeling. The
Democrats naired somewhat the close by
refusing to let Lee, Of South Carolina, be
given his seat, after q majority had de.
cided that Richardson (Democrat) was
not elected. Yet even this was
taken as matter OF course. Ex.speaker
Randall was chosen by his side Of the
house to offer vote Of thanks to the retir.
ing Speaker which was heartily passed, but
not made unanimous, as few Democrats
were disgruntled because they did not like
their committee places. =. !.
Last evening on motion OF Mckenzie, Of
Kentucky, the House unanimously sus.
pended the rules and let members' iaIni-
lies into The reporters gallery, which In
censed some ot-the correspondents, and
the whole House being too big 10 tackle
they organized themselves into an indigna-
ton meeting to-day alter the adjournment,
and passed resolutions Of censure upon
the Speaker, based on falsehood and mis-.
representations.
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IAN AGENT" whose communication Is
printed elsewhere, commenting on Bishop
Eain's recent discourse on purgatory,
speaks Of report thereof being "thrust
into our places oil business, our workshops,
our houses, and upon our children" A
series OF discourses on points Of doctrine,
by clergyman Of the Bishops eminence,
isa matter Of general interest, which the
large attendance Of persons not ot the Bis
hops faith attests. In its aim to cover the
news OF the day the INTRLLIGRScRR is CIV
ing abstracts Of the discourses. Anewspa'
per is not sectarian; asectarian publication
is not newspaper. The newspaper en-
deayoB to cover, without bias, the whole
field OF human thought and action. A
notable event in the synagogue is as
much in It's line as the ceremonial
Ol the cathedral or the palmer
observance OF the meeting house.
Iu its capacity OF news gatherer the daily
press must be "all things to all men," or 1t
will fall OF completeness. For this reason
the lSTELLloEScER aims ito give, without
color, whatever there Is OF news character
in tho arena Of political contention. A
Democratic reader Of the ISTELLlGEScEE
would expect, with reason, to find q mas
meeting Of his party reported In these
columns the next morning. The line be-
tween news and opinion being sutti'
GENTLY marked, there Is no danger
oil coniounding the one with the
other. 1t is not for a newspaper to Say
atwlat age child Of Protestant parents
should be allowed to know that there is in
the world so considerable a body Of Chris
tians as those who adhere to the Roman
Catholic Church, or when he may be per
msted 10 have an intelligent idea Of the
Doctrines Of that church. Wemay be per.
mitted tosag, however, that the children
0isO alert and vigorous a father as our cor
tspondcnt are in little danger Of beingled
% by "lalse doctrine and heresy.n
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A AD0UBLE.roNGuED nAnY.
A MaryelousIy Malformsd Child I'm an
Humble Family.

TRENTON, n. j., March 3.-There have
been hosts Of visitors to the humble frame
residence Of james Thompson, $50 South
Warren street, for weeks past. The
attraction is double-tongued baby. tits
at once the surprise Of medical men and
the Joy Of seekers after wonderful things
in nature. The physicians pronounce 1t a
marvellous case, and the old ladies in the
neighborhood declare that they "never saw
the like in their whole experience" A re-
porter went to see the wonderful girl lately.
It was clothed in long white muslin dress,
with blue ribbon around the neck, and
tiniest socks imaginable. 1tsWeight, clothes
and all, is only four pounds, or two pounds
less than shortly after birth. Its head,
about the size OF q base ball, has q
heavy coverings dark hair. This is the only
respect in which it has developed since
birth. The arms and legs are no larger
than many persons fingers. The skin on
the legs is loose and fabby, and doubles
up around the bones. The baby has pref
ty blue eyes. II was born on October 18th
last. There were four little girls in the
Thompson family before the arrival OF this
little midget. None OF these were NAL
formed in any way. Two OF them, bright
little maidens, played around the room
while the reporter looked ut their marvel-
ous sister. Mrs. Thompson, the mother, is
about 3S years Of age. She says that the
double tongue is best seen when the baby
cries. This condition was soon complied
with, for it desired to go back
To the mothers arms. As 1t cried
the little mouth opened and the two
separate tongues, one over the other, were
exposed. Neither one is well developed.
The lower one seems to be split partially in
the middle. In addition to the tongues
there Is double row lower gums. These,
too, are clearly distinguishable. The most
serious maformation was yet to be
seen. Looking at the roof Of the mouth,
it was found that there was no
palate. This interieres with the child's
feeding. Most OF the nourishment admin
istered returns through the nasal organs.
DR.. Leavitt, the attending physician, says
II Is doubtful whether the babe will live.
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SrrAxlSG Of pertinent points, taking
topics and that sort Of thing, here is a
sbonller hit from the Tyler County Star:
suppose somebody would take it into his
head that the State debt was not created
accoripg to law and should enjoin the
payment of the interest on it. The Courts
would certainly decide in favor Of the
plaintiff in any such case. Then what
kind Of fix would the school fund and
banks be in?" This adds to the misery Of
that other thought, to wit: That some hon
est, Constitution.iearing farmer might take
It into his head that he had been assessed,
when, according to the Constitution, he
ought to have been taxed, and assessed by
an appointed assessor when 1t is his right
10 be assessed by an assessor elected in his
own county. Who can tell what may come
10 pass?
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RIVER NEWS.
Local Levee Lnconics and General Bank
Briefs.

Local Levee Laconies and General Bank
Briefs.
It is said the Government purchased the
tow.boat VIM. Stone, for public work, fol
$4,000.
The Scotia passed down at s A. NJ. Saturday
and the Katie Stockdale passed up yesterday
morning.
Clerk Rutter, OF the Telegram, is jollie,
than ever. He hasa bAby.girl at his home In
Clarington.
During the past two days the coal fleet has
been passing up with emptieS. They will
soon be ready for the next rise.
The Telegraph No. 2, Captain Sam. Mason,
in 1851. made her celebrated trip from oincin.
natl to Pittsburgh in A hours and AZ minutes.
The river Is still falling, the marks last
evening indicating depth OF but feet.
Saturday business was very lively on the
levee. .l..I
The Courier and Bachelor got away on
time Saturday morning In their respective
trades. The local packets were also running
regularly.
The popular Andes Is due to-day from Gin.
cinnau and will leave Tuesday for that
point. The Andes is well known and her
accommodating officers are favoriteS every.
where.
Captain Garlick, Of steubeuyllle, has pur.
chased the Return at Cincinnati, and will
place her In the Steubenyille and East LIVER
pool trade. She Is fine boat with record
Of eight miles per hour up stream.
The Cincinnati EtTirer OF last night ssy,:
Captain s. P. Coe Is In the city, He camA down
expecting to take command OF the Sidney,
but negotiations pending between Captain
List and Captain Williams for the sale OF the
St. Lawrence TO the latter may change that
arrangement. II 10 believed here II Captain
Williams wants theSt. Lawrence he will take
her at the price asked by Captain List Itis
reported that Captain Jos. B. Williams Is ne
gotiating for the purchase OF thes Lawrence,
10 run on the Lover Mississippi.
MENFHIa, March 4.-Riyer fallen one
inch, Weather cloudy.
CINCINNATI, March 4.-Riyer 20 feet 9
inches aud falling, Clear.
CAlRo, March 4-Riyer 40 feet 7 inches and
falling. Cloudy and cool.
PITTSBURGH, March 4.-Riyer feet inche.
and falling. Weather clear and cold.
EvANsvItLE, March 4.-Riyer falling with
81 feet I inches In the channel. Clear,
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have been no concealment on the part OF
herself and father had the question been
asked. Her father, Mr.. McCourt, called
upon father Chapelle and arranged for the
marriage. And have no doubt he would
have told him the facts had he made any
inquiry upon the subject but we will see
what he has to say" He disappeared in
an adjoining room and In moment re.
turned with the father OF Miss McCourt.
"No," he said after the statement was
read to him; "no he did not ask me any.
thing about 1t. II he had, l should, ot
course, have told him the facts, even though
It had cost me the pain OF seeing my daugh-
ter married outside the church, for all my
other children have been married by
Catholic priests, and l should have been
sorry to have it otherwise in this case. But
there was no Misrepresentation or denial
Of facts by us, and am sure there was
none by Mr.. Tabor.
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A CHURCH SENSATION.
An Episcopal Clergy man Charged with
nennrilng from the EniIh.

An EptkcOpni clergyman CnhrHcu Win
Departing from the Faith.
CLEVELAND, o., March S.-Considerable
excitement was created in church circles
here yesterday by the publication in one
Of the city papers Of rather sensational
article regarding the pronounced departure
OF ritualistic Episcopal church, in ad-
hitting the Roman Catholic functions Of
confession and the power to grant ahsolu-
ton. The church referred TO is the Grace
Episcopal Church, the congregation Of
which Is one Of the most wealthy and aris'
tocratlc in the city, and It's rector, the Rev.
George w. Hinkle, is a prominent High
Churchman. It Is stated that he has re-
Gently become known to his communicants
as Father Hinkle, and has assumed the
ripht TO listen to 4 recital Of sins commit
ted, and upon q proper spirit OF repent
ance on the part Of the sinner to grant abb
solution for the same. Father Hinkle has
been rector Of the Church tdr several years,
and attifes himself IN the distinguishing
costume Of Catholic Clergy. His passionate
has been marked for pronounced ritualistic
tendencies, he having introduced from
time 10 time many Catholic iorms aud GER
emonies in bis services and adornipg the
chsncel Of the church with an array oil
candles and cruciaxes. Right Rev. Bedell,
Bishop oil Ohio, who is Q Low Churchman,
refuses to have anything to say on the mat.
ter until he has given 1t further thought
Other Episcopal clergymen are In Ike
manner redcent, except the Rev. N. s
Reelison, who expresses his hearty disap
proval Of DR.. Hinkle's couge, 4tVhouId bC
stated that q large portion In Grace Churct
are unaware Of the departure toward Ro
lmAnism which their rector has made,
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SENATOR MORRILL, says the revenues will
no reduced SO ,OO5, 900 under the new law
M, the revenue reiormerS are not bother
mo themselves about reduction OF the rev.
snpe, Though the sl45,OOO,OOO surplus Of
l,st wear be doubled they won't grieve II q
ooodlv number Of protected monopolies''
Scdriyen 10 the wall. Their aim is to allow
no industry to survive that cannot stand
ap.inst the compction Of the world. They
are eAmericans who draw their principles o.
national economy from the free trade liter
,ure Of England.
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THE SOUTHERN FLOODS.
Rising nj Helena, and Last Years Exp'
rIent Expected 20 BE Repeated.

Fteut6 b1peCttu ~ nd htpehtcus
HELENA, ARK, March 3.-The terrific
flood from the Allegheny slopes west, after
spreading broadcast ruin, desolation and
death, throughout the Ohio Valley, has
Joined forces at Cairo with the vast tide
from the Rocky Mountain incline east,
and together have made big the mighty
artery that drains half q continent, and
now It comes pouring in upon this com.
paratively defenseless Valley Of the Mis-.
sissippi with proportions Of an ocean cur.
rent, and the mad fury almost oil
mountain torrent. The river at this
point, after the first rapid rise that brought
L to the point Of overflowing lis banks,
checked up and rose steadily, but slowly,
till within the twenty.four hours ending at
this writing, when, as with new impulse,
Il began coming up at the rate OF eight
inches in twenty.iour hours. It is now
within thirty inches OF the maximum Of
last year, and with the great reservoirs all
full on both sides, and the certainty OF a
continued rise for another week, the out.
look e apalling. Mindful Of the terrible
losses and suferings Of last year. precau.
lions have been taken by the majority Of
residents in the lowcountry to remove their
ptock and other perishable property
TO- places Of safety; and they have
neryed themselves to give battle to the
enemy TO the death. Coahoma county, Misc,
Is one vast pond Of water, and traffic, ex.
sept by boat, is entirely suspended. On
this shore large part Of the leyee is new,
and with the almost certainty ot es great
pressure upon 1t as last year, with the
clustering blalts Of March to add fury TO
the tlood, but little hope Of security can be
entertained. Should the leyees give way,
with little provision made against such
contingency, Il would be difficult to con-
ceive the result from Hopeaeld, opposite
Memphis, on the Arkansas side, to the
Gull. This Is only one point above the
overflow, and as most Of the leyees repair.
cd from last year are Of fresh dirt and In
many places unfinished and abandoned,
the destruction TO property aud the suffer
ing Of 1882 are almost sure OF repetition.