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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Kansas DemOcracy.

TOPEKA, KAs., August 20.-The
democratic state convention met at
o. M: 319 delegates present. Hon. A.
a. Harrison, of Fort Scott, was tenn
porary chairman, and Hon. III. Miles
Moore, of Leavenworth, temporary
secretary.
The chairman on taking his seat
made a speech endorsing the national
democratic ticket and platform; con;
demned the misrule of republicanlsm;
censured prohibition and demanded
the resubmission of the amendment.
Business committees were then ap-
pointed, which were instructed to re-
port at 10 a. 10. tomorrow.
The convention re assembled be-
tween and o'clock, and made tenn
porary organization permanent.
The committee on resolutions sub
mitted a long platform, the substance
of which is the assertion that the
majority of the republican party, OF
Kansas. have determined to coaleSce
with and adopt the dogmas OF the
prohibition party, and that in pursu-
| ing this course, it has departed from
the true faith of republicanism. We
have repeatedly protested against this
suicidal course, and, in spirit of con-
ciliat1on and concord, have appealed to
them in the light of past experience,
TO consult again the Will of the people
on the question of prohibition. That
| reuuest has Ceen contemptuouSly re-
fused. and our warnings have been
| answered by sneers and opprobrious
epithets. Now. in the name OF the
national republican party OF this
country, we arraign this prohibition
majority faction in this state as
untrue to republican principles, and
an enemy to republican success
We arraign it as an organization that
is plotting and consplring all over the
country to defeat the republican
ticket in Kansas. They remain nomi-
nally with the republican party, solely
because that party can be used to
carry their pet hobby. such being
the case, and declining to accept their
doctrines, we prefer them as declared
enemies rather than treacherous
friends. We condemn the cowardice
and hypocrisy of those republican
leaders who have permitted this for
eign and false doctrine TO be thrust
upon the party in this state. On their
heads shall rest the grave responsl.
bility. We endorse the platform OF
the national republican party, and
pledge our unqualified support to Its
nomInees-Jas. G. Blaine and Jno. A
Logan. We especially endorse tht
action of the national convention
through its committee on resolutions
in rejecting the abominable doctrine
of prohibition.
Little Joker is the best smoking
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Changes on the Wabash.

ST. LOUIS, August 2O.-The Erie Sc
N, S. fast freight line, which was
dropped with others from the Wabash
system by General Manager Talmage,
goes out of existence September l..
Asa Kellogg, its st. Louis agent, re-
turns to his old position as agent of
the Sunset. Sam Smith, brother
of James Smith, traffic manager
of the Wabash, and formerly connect
ed with the Chicago 81 Alton, will
take the place of j. I. Ripley as assist
ant general freight agent of the Wa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Cotton Mills StODDing.

New YORK, August 2O.-The Jour
nal of Commerce, Wednesday, pub
fishes list of " cotton mills that
will stop two weeks or longer, with a
capacity of 270,600 spindles and 6,6O0
looms. This will insure the curfail-
ment of $500 pieces, or 2,200 cases Of
30 pieces each per day, or 26, 400 cases,
or $4,000 pieces in two weeks, and
mostly all brown and bleached goods.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Instructors of tine Blind.

ST. LOUIS. August 2O.-A conven-
tion OF instructors of the blind met
this morning, and resolved itself into
a meeting of the board of trustees of
the American printing house for the
blind. Nineteen delegates from eight
cen states, each superintendent Of a
blind school, were present. All the
officers were reelected. The morning
session was consumed in discussion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
TRAIN DISPATCHERS.
Combination for Organizing National
Association.

Combination for Organizing National
Association.
LOUISVILLE, August 20.-About
150 train dispatchers met in this city
this morning for the purpose of form
ing national association. Delegates
were present from almost every state
in the union.
A temporary organization was eff
fected by election of w. n. Marshall
of Louisville, temporary chairman,
and w. Wheatley, secretary; and
committe es on constitution and by
laws and organization and resolutions
were appointed. and the convention
adjourned until tomorrow morning
The delegates had an excursion tc
Jeffersonville and New Albany this
afternoon, and one up the river TO-
night
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Butler Demonstration.

MERIDEN, CONN, August 20.-The
Butler demonstration was expected to
assume state proportions, and to be an
immense affair. generally, but no
more than 1900 people attended, and
of these, all b,to about two hundred
were from tho city. The affair was
under the auspices OF the Independent
industrial club, composed mainly of
preenhackerS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
The White MANS Road.

WASHINGTON. August 20.-Agent
Dwyer, OF the Cheyenne and Arapa-
hoe Indian agency, informs the Of
ficials of the Indian Office that some
Indians are abusing the boys returned
from the Carlisle school. They do
not wish the boys to continue in the
white mans road.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Northwestern Lumbermen.

CHICAGO, August 20-The North
western Lumbermen's association be-
gan its session here, to-day, to con-
slider the advisability of shutting
down the mills and curtailing produc-
tion. Sixty prominent manufactur-
ers were present. The whole subject
was referred to a committee of FIVE to
make a report.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
yellow Fever i'm sonora.

WASHINGTON, d. c., August 49,
DR.. King, sanitary inspector at Noga-
les, A. T., reports yellow fever appears
to be on the decline in the injected
district in Sonora, Mexico. There are
no cases in Guaymas, and three deaths
day are an average in Hermosillo.
He says he inspected seven trains
during the week ended August 10, and
examined liz passengers, of which
twenty-four were quarantined, and
their baggage fumigated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Mill Burned.

NEWARK, o., August 20.-Boerner
& Phillips planning mill was consumed
by fire at noon to-day, with large
lumber yard adjoining. Loss on mill,
SIS 600: insurance. $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Attachment Issued.

NEW YORK, August 20.-Judge
Bartlett to-day granted an attach
ment against the property of John p.
Dickerson, defauItiDg cashier of the
Wall street bank, in the suit by the
bank for the recovery of S15O,OO0g
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
FruIt importers Assigned.

PHILADELPHIA, August 20.-Har.
ner & Merritt, fruit importers, as
signed to w. A. Knowles q Co., the
large canning firm of Camden. Liza
| hilitieS 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
CHIEF MAGISTRAO,
HENDRICKS ACCEPTANCE.
a Letter Short, But Meaning Much-An
Accentance Not an Essay

n Letter Short, But Meaning Much-An
Acceptance Not an Essay
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 90
The following is a copy of Ex-Gov.
Hendricks letter Of acceptance of the
democratic nomination for vice. presi-
dent.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, August 20, 1884.
-GENTLEMEN: | have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt OF your COM
munication, notifying me of my NOM
nation, by the democratic convention
at Chicago, as candidate for the Of
flee of vice-preSident of the United
States. May l repeat what l said on
another occasion, that cit Is nomi-
nation which l had neither expected
nor desired, and yet L recognize and
appreciate the high honor done me by
the convention. The choice of such
body, pronounced with such un-
usual unanimity, and accompanied
with so generous an expression of eS-
TEEN and confidence, ought to out
weigh all merely personal desires and
preferences of my own. 1t is with
this feeling and, trust, also, from
deep sense of public duty, that now
accept the nomination and shall abide
the Judgment of my countrymen. 1
have examined with care the declara-
ton of principles adopted by the con-
vention, a copy of which you have
submitted to me, and in their sum and
substance 1 heartily endorse and ap-
prove the same.
1 am, gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
T. A. HENDRICKS.
To the Hon. William F. Villas, chair
man; Nicholas M. Bell, secretary,
and others of the committee of the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

Why attempt to lift the veil with
which time all merciful had been
pleased to shut out from mortal ken
the last sad hours of brave men bat
Ting with famine and disease"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
MrsaurrR. rrx.. octoper ., lgs.

MESQUITE, TEX, October 90, 1885.
Messrs. Morley Bros, Austin, Texas
I,entlemen-I feel grateful to you for the
good NIorley's Blackberry Balsam has done
my baby. 1t was nearly dead with summer
comnlaint and teething. tried the best doc
tor in our town and everything could hear
~. but all in vain. l gave my baby up as
dead. when n friend prevailed upon me TO Try
vAur Rlackberry RalSan. The one bottle
s.ured it. and now It Is as fat as a pig. l can
cheerfully recommend Morley's lBlackberry
Rsisam 10 all mothers, and am very gratefully
v,,,S-s j. ID. BROWDER,
OF Messrs. Browder & Paschal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

wooD CrrY. BAsTRoP Co., TEX,
April is, 1891.
Messrs. Morley Bros. Austin, Texas:
GKNTLEMEN-I tried your BLACKBERRY
BALsAM on two of my children that had the
Flux very bad, and it acted like a charm; eur
lug them both sound and well. thank you
for having such valuable medicine on the
market To all who are suffering from the
above complaint, can cheerfully recommend
MORLEY 5 RI.ACKBERRY BALsAM,
MORRIS MIrCHE L.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
NO.5O

country to reach a profitable market.
The people pay the wages of the
public employees, and they are enti-
tied to the fair and honest work
which the money thus paid should
command. 1t is the duty of those en-
trusted with the management of
their affairs to see that such
public service for the coming election
and retention of a subordinate in the
government employment should de-
pend on their aScertained fitness and
the value of their work, and they
should be neither expected nor allow
ed to doaquestionable party service,
The interests of the people will be
better protected, the estimate of pub
lie labor and duty will be immensely
improved, public employment will be
open to all who demonstrate their fit
ness to enter it.
The unseemIy scramble for place
under the government, with the con-
sequent importantly which embitters
official life viii cease, and the public
departments will not be filed with
those who conceive it to be their first |
duty to aid the party, and to which |
they owe their places instead of rem.
dering d patient and honest return |
to the people. L believe that |
the public temper is such |
that the voters of the |
land are prepared to support the party
which gives the best promise of ad-
the government in the
honest, simple and plain manner,
which is consistent with It's character
aud purposes. They have learned
that mystery and concealment in the
of tn ir affairs cover
jricks and betrayal. The statesman
ship they require consists in honesty
snd frugality, prompt response to
,he needs of the people as
hey arise, and the Vlgilant
protection of all their varied interests.
If should be called to the
CHIEF MAGISTRACY
If the nation by the suffrage of my
,eilO " citizens will assume the duties
If the high Office with solemn deter
nination to dedicate every effort to
he cOuntry's good and with an hum
de reliance upon the foror and sup {
,ort of the Supreme Being who, l be- {
ieve, will allow bliss for honesty of
human endeavor in the conscientious
discharge of public duty.
Signed], GROVER CLEVELAND. s
70 Col. VIM. F. Villas, chairman,
nd d. p. Bestor, and other members {
# the notification committee OF the
national convention.
|
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Maddox Bros. & Anderson,
Land Dealer. as! g,lIlals agents,

Buy and Sell Land Certificates.
Examine and Perfect Titles.
Lands Examined and Divided.
Lands Bought and Sold.
Patents Obtained. Taxes Paid.
Lands Redeemed.
Investments Made.
Prompt attention to all business.
General Land Office and other State
Departments. Correspondence Solie-
tied.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
Maritime News.

LONDON, August 20.-Arriyed out:
Oder and Pennuld, New York.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

To the Hon. William F. Villas, chair
man; Nicholas M. Bell, secretary,
and others of the committee of the
national democratic convention.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

Little Joker" is the best smoking
tobacco,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
CONVEN TION NOTES.

McComb was selected as elector for
the first congressional district; eighth,
Phillips, of LaGrange, elector; Col
lins. of Caldwell. alternate; tenth,
Breckenridge, with Martin, of Blanco,
lternate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21

After the withdrawal of Richard
sons name delegate from Collin
county sprung upon the convention
| in opposition to Baker, the name OF
| Mr.. Lewis, of Ellis county. The
name of this gentleman was, however
withdrawn by Gibson, wh seated thai
the friends of that disfie eilished Tel
low-citiZen would not Z hin slaugh'
tered without his consent. Mr.. Baker
was then nominated by acclamatlon
amid peals of applause.
| On motion of Matlock the cpnven
ton adjourned at 11:30 a. m. till 9:S
o'clock.
CONvEN TION NOTES.
McComh was salecsed as elector fo
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-08-21
THE PLATFORM.

its adoption, which was carried almost
unanimously.
The vice-presidents were invited to
seats on the stand.
TwO-THIRDS RULE.
The majority of the committee on
platform offered the following resolu-
ton:
"Resolved, That this convention
adhere to the two-thirds rule" Great
applause.l
A delegate from Wharton moved
that the vote be taken by call of the
roll.
A gentleman from Bell moved to
amend, by striking out "two-thirds''
and inserting s'majorlty." Seconded.
A delegate from Nacogdoches
moved to lay the amendment on the
table.
A call for votes by counties was de-
manded upon the amendment. The
| vote was taken upon the adoption of
| the resolution, the result being as fol.
| lows: yeas. 3O6 ITO; nays, 1877 $40.
The chair declared that the two
| thirds resolution was adopted.
1t was moved to proceed to tht
nomination of the state ticket. ant
the chair decided that it was now II
order to procee d to the
NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR.
Hon. w. L. Crawford, of Dal
s, then came upon tht
platform. and addressed the convel
| tion in behalf of John Ireland 70
governor. ecomplimentel tha part
highly and knew it could make n
amistake Ia its nominations. Texs
had 10000 democratic SONS to choos
from, who it should be! sThe par
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-21
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Queen Victoria's lumbago Is better. She
attended church Yesterday in Darmstadt.
The Duchess of Edinburgh has been de.
livered of daughter. Both mother and
child are doing well.
Four thousand emigrants arrived at New
York from Europe Saturday, $500 of whom
were from Germany.
Republican primaries in twelve counties
of Mary land on Saturday indicate the pref
erence of the majority for Blaine.
1t is the opinion of the German cholera
commission, which has arrived from India,
that there will be no outbreak Of cholera in
Egypt this year.
Tammany has already engaged 400 rooms
in Chicago for the use OF the members Of
that association during the coming demo
cratic convention.
A dispatch from Truckee, California, says
that 800 feet of snowshed fell Saturday,
half mile west Of Summit, killing six
Cinnamon and seriously wouuding five
others.
The monastery of the Dominican nuns at
Newark, n. j., the only one of the kind in
the United States, was opened Saturday
with appropriate ceremonies by Bishop
Wigger.
The Plymouth Congregational Church at
Worcester, Mass, was refused yesterday for
the funeral of prominent member of the
| Odd Fellows unless the Odd Fellows burial
service was omitted.
Hon. Daniel W. VOORHEES,, of Indiana; has
accepted an invitation to deliver lecture
on Thomas Jefferson" for the benefit of the
Jefersonian Association of York, Pa, next
Wednesday evening.
AT the eight republican congressional dis
trict conventions held in New York city
Saturday night, fifteen out of the sixteen
delegates elected to the National Conven-
tion are in favor Of Arthur.
The United States fish commission steam
er Albatross, which has been OH quite an
extended cruise among the West India Is
lands, is now at Key West, Fla. She will
leave soon on a two weeks cruise in the Gulf
of Mexico and will arrive in Washington
about May 20.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-21

ROASTED TO DEATH.-An Austin Texas dis
patch says at place called Lyons, about nineteen
miles from Austin, in Fayettc county, at late
hour on Saturday night, burly negro entered
the house of Mrs. Moore and ordered that she pre-
pare supper for him. The poor woman, though
frightened at the presence of such an unwelcome
visitor and the hour being late refused to comply
with the negro's demand whcreupon he dclib-
erately proceeded to tho wood-shed, and taking
therefroln axe returned and brutaly murder
cd the helpless widow. He then fed. Friends of
the family arriving soon afterward, and the alarm
boing given, posse of ono hundred men set out
on the trail of the murderer, aud he was captured
at early hour next morning. He was then
marched back to the OF his crime, and, after
being identified by the children who witnessed
the murder, was then taken to a neighboring
wood and ordered to prepare for death. Seeing
that he had no chance for mercy he confessed his
guilt, whercupon fire was at once kindled, and
the murderer was made to expate his crime by
one still more horriblc-that of being roasted to
death No arrests have been made, and it is not
likely that those who dealt out this shocking
rctributon will be held amenable to law.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-21
COMMUNICATED

do not think the School Board will buy
the Braddock House, or the Market House
either. 1t will probably do the wise thing
of giving the school boys neat two story
school house, like the Anidon Building just
erected in Washington, with all the requi-
sites of good school keeping The trustees
have been wise, however, to look at the
cheap plans first, and show them to be un-
available. In this way they have met be-
forehand the objections Of those, who, pre-
senting no plans themselves, are content
with blowing up" the board, whatever it
may do. Perhaps by an examination of the
Braddeck House. the McVeigh House and
Green's Factory, the GAzETTE's types have
been saved from being arranged some evening
next month in battle array after this fashion.
Wild, Uicked 2Cant0n WASTE. Is it possible
that the School Board is spending from
$4,000 to $4,000 of the money Of the boat-
ed Taxpayer in building a school house
when there were so many suitable buildings
unoccupied and to be obtained for song?
Why was not the Braddock House pur
chased? 1t could have been bought for
$4,000; the furniture sold for $1,000, and
the south wing, which the schools do not
need, rented out to raise money to pay the
interest on the $4,000 residue. The rents
of the Adams Express aud Telegraph Cos.
&c, were $3.50 per dnnnm-more than would
suffice to pay the interest, while the rooms
of the south wing and the stone house
could have been rented to make sinking
fund towards the extinguishment of the
debt so that the Braddock House Wouid
hare cost not one cent. And yet, yet, oh .
oh oh -! the School Board is building a
school house Whoever heard of O school
board that did anything like that before /?
To escape such blowing up" as this, well
may the board set it's committees to wander
like "AIarius amid the ruins"
A SCHOOLMAN
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JUST ABOUT TO MARRY NUMBER Four

JUST ABOUT TO MARRY NUMBER FOUR
Fouryears ago Katie Burns, the 1S-year-old
daughter of respectable and well-to-do par.
ents in Monticello, N Y, was married to Jas
Reardon, ayoung man Of that village. They
went to Port Jervis to live. They lived
happily for time. Then Reardon charged
his wife with infdelity and disappeared. He
returned to Port Jervis after few months,
and his wife had him arrested for non.sup-
port. She began suit against him fordiyorce.
He again disappeared, and for some reason
the suit was not proceeded with. Two
years ago Frank Geiser, q dashing young
man from New York, came to Port Jervis to
tend bar. He became acquainted with
Mrs Reardon, and in a short time the two
were married. Not long afterward officers
came to town and took Geiser away on a
charge of robbery committed in New York.
He is now in Sing Sing. A few months after
ward Jehial futile, of Port Jervis fell in
love with Mrs. Reardon-Geiser and married
her. Early last month she disappeared, and
it was only within few days that it was
discovered that she " as living in New York
Tuttle went to the city in search of her.
While there he fell in with James Reardon.
In their intercourse with one another they
discovered that they were both husbands
of the same woman. They resolved to take
measures to bring herto justice. Ascertain
Ing that she was boarding invest Thirteenth
street, they procured an order for her ar
rest on a charge of bigamy Proceeding to
her boarding house on Tuesday afternoon,
they learned that Katie had gone to Bar
NUNS circus with gentleman. Reardon,
Tuttle and policeman went to the circus
They soon discovered her and her escort,
fashionably dressed young man, seated in
box near the Madison avenue entrance.
Katie also discovered the approach of her
two husbands at the same time, but before
they could reach her she rushed from her
seat and out of the Garden into Madison
avenue, much to the establishment of her es-
cort. She could not be found. The
young gentleman who was with her
refused to give his name, but said that
he was engaged to be married to Miss VIII.
son, the name he knew her by.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-04-21

THE OUTLooK.-The fact that fifteen out OF
sixteen delegates to the Chicago convention from
the city Of New York are for Arthur, leaving but
one for Blaine, is somewhat suggestive. Blaine.
friends have been making great deal Of noise
Whatever signs there were in his favor have been
so multiplied and exaggerated by the newspapers
nnfriendIy to the President that the impression
conveyed was, to use the New York Herdlds rather
cxtravagant language, that "the whole world and
part of the celestial regions were for him. a
tabular statement compiled by that newspaper
giving the number of delegates so far chosen in
the various States shows total of PIT for Ar
thur to ga for Blaine As for Logan, Is for Ed
munds, Il scattering and II unknown. The
Southern delegations are put down uniformly for
Arthur. Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
South Carolina. and Tennessee are solid for him,
and the delegations from Florida, Kentucky, Mis-.
sissippi, North Carolina, Texas and Virginia, yet
to be chosen, may be counted upon to be 'for the
administration"