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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01

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Blaine, as of no osheE man, that while ali
honest men ere not His enemies, all dis
honest republicans are his friends
don't know that his character as a man
when brought to the touch where honor or
moral obtusoness must be shown in men,
can be better illustrated than by
one incident which became
historic in the last days of the campaign
of 1884. This is the men who goes sbeut
tie country slandaring others in the
language OF untrutAand nnrighteousness.
Ibis is the man of false pretenses upon
wnom was placed the insignia of the
soldiers of the e1oss, the plume of
the, knight by an infidel and
esoffer. Plume6 Knight, indsed !
Plumed knight was he who Lissed
the first ray of sunlight in the morning as
Is glanced from the-cross of his sword. belt
over the walls of Jerusalem, praying, that
perchance it might rest again in blessing
upon his country in the west. But this
man, so far as his public life has shown,
has had no thought of his country
save for his own ends, for self
and power. He, never originated a
measure for the good of mankind.
His name is connected with no policy to
advance the interests or the renown of
America; no high and noble sentiment can
be qeoted as ever having fallen from his
lips during all his pnblic career. Men
have been mentioned by hihI only. to be
mallgned. He entered the lists to do bat
tie only when the battle was 6ene, and
then only to charge the crippled and de-
fenseless, and, like a craven, to
insult the vanquished. Plumed
Knight, indeed! From the time of his be.
ginning OF service in the national field as
the agent and lobbyist of the Spencer
Rifle company at Washington during the
first year of the war; through his record in
congress; through the black Mulligan
history, at the close of which
he saved himself from expulsion
by audacity and Simultaneous stroke
of divine providence; through the state
department, when the power of the gov
eminent through him was exerted in the
jobbery in guano, down to his last record,
he has been the center light of systems of
jobbery, corruption, fraud and faIsehood.
There was no jobbery in Washington
but what he was its friend; no other man
when in the peaker's chair ever intimated
or ever caused a statement to be sent to a
man with monster scheme before con-
gress, calling attention to the money value
of the speakers ruling. No other man
was ever turned from the state department
and his entire policy in shame reversed
Mr.. Dickinson, after a few more remarks
concluded amid uproarous applause.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
LEFT HIS BRIDE.

A Foreign Carpet Dagger Marries ar
Heiress and Abandons Her.
PHILADELPHIA, October 27.-Hans Bjorn
Graesse, of Dresden, son of the chamber.
lain to King Frederick of Saxony, who
was married few weeks ago to Miss
Helena Verrier, Philadelphia beauty and
heiress, it is now given out, has gone on
his wedding trip alone, leaving not
only his bride behind him, but also
number of unsettled financial affairs
which the brides friends and family are
settling up as fast as possible. Where
Hans Bijorn Graesse, son of the late
chamberlain to the king, has gone is not
perfectly clear. His bride and friends say
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Georgetown Glinpsss.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GEORGETOWN, October "a THE barbecue
to-day was grand success, in every par
tioular. Hon. j. d. Sayers and Attorney
general Hogg we're present, and enter
tanned the crowd with their eloquenoe,
There was an immense crowd present, and
plenty of barbecued meat and other good
things for the inner man, and everybody
left happy. The brass band furnished
music for the occasion.
Captain j. Forley, of the firm OF Forley
and Phillips. of Dallas, is in the city.
Mr.. j. Il. Sneel, of Calvert, is here
looking after the construction OF his ele.
giant residence on University avenue. Mr.
Sneed will very soon move his, family to
Georgetown.
Governor Lubbock was in attendance on
the barbecue to-day.
Mr.J. Lramoar, of Austin, is autographed
at the Slaton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
One of the Shippers,

CHICAGO, October 27.-Charles O. Nor
den, who left the city about two weeks
ago, taking with him considerable
amount of money belonging to the Citi-
zens' Building and Loan association, has
not yet been heard from. 1t is known
he has since sent message TO his wife
but she pretends utter ignorance as to his
present whereabouts. Experts who have
been examining the books of the associa.
ton claim that instead of $4,000, as first
supposed, the shortage will amount to be
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
ALLEGED CROOKED INSURANCE
Arrest of an Insurance Agent at Calves
| ton-Test Case.

Arrest of an Insurance Agent at Calves
ton-Test Case.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, October 26.-Oounty Attor-
ney Gavin recently received telegram
from Miss B. B. Brewster, acting COM
missioner of insurance statistics and his
tory, instruoting him to proceed against
D. 7. McFarlane, said to be acting as fire
insurance agent for company not au-
thorized to do business in the state. Mr..
McFarlane came to Galveston on the 22nd
inst. He was arrested this morning and
cited to appear before the recorder.
Messrs. Scott and Levi appeared as his
counsel. Mr.. MoFarlane admitted being
representative of the Individual Under
writer's, of New York. His defense was
that the organization represented by him
was conducted on plan that was not a
corporation, and therefore did not come
under the insurance laws of the state.
Judge Spann held different opinion, and
Mr.. McFarlane was required to furnish
bond in the sum of 800 to answer to the
criminal court. The case is an important
one, as the question affects quite num-
Der of so-called mutual insurance organi-
cations doing business in the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Failure at oreenville.

special Telegram TO the Statesman
GREENvILLE, October ga. l.. Patter,
son, dealer in drugs and liquors in this
city, was closed by attachments this morn
ing, which have been levied, thps far COW
ering claims to the aggregate amount OF
$10,577. Most of the suits are being
brought in the district court of this
county. The assets will approximate be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, while tho lia-
bilities will be in the neighborhood OF
$4,000 TO $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01

he has been suddenly called away to the
West Indies" Others assert th at he sailed
from NewsYork for his home in Dresden,
accompanied by his mother nd Captain
Palm of Che Kings guards, VIII cams over
to see him married. Anyhow he is gone,
and the bride of few weeks is besst with
many annoyances. Miss Yer rIer's father
was Cuban, who married Philadelphia
lady of fortune.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Election Betting.
L. V. fOWDERLY,
Grand Master Workman .

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Fort WORTH, October 27.-The first
pool selling on the election drew a great
crowd tonight, and by IL o'clock $4,000
wasin the box. Odds of ten to seven on
Cleveland we're given. number of bets
were made on New York and Indiana.
The betting on Texas was for msjorities,
the offers being even on 100000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Fatal Accident.

Special Telegram to the Statesman.
PALESTINE, October 27.-A fatal accident
happened on the West Point road ten
miles west of Palestine. Young Lerdo
Edwards, 12-year-old son of widow
lady, had been to town to deliver some
stock to slaughter pen. On returning,
he either fell or was thrown from his
horse and was kicked to death 10y the
animal. When found he was dead, his
arm broken, head crushed by the hoofe OF
the horse and his foot still fastened in the
stirrup,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Judge Terrell at Waco.

Special Telegram 10 the statesman.
Waco, October 27.-Hon. A. W. Terrell
addressed an overlooking assembly. His
speech was eloquent, able and effective
and generally pronounced one of the
abIest yet delivered in the Mills district,
resulting in many changes and trium ph
for democracy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Judge Hare Speaks

Special Telegram TO the Statesman.
SHERMAN, Tex, October 27.-Hon. Silas
Hare delivered an address at the opera
house in this city tonight on the political
issues of the campaign. Judge Hare was
favored with large audience consisting
mainly of the Sherman democratic club,
which now numbers nearly one thousand
members.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Accidentally Shot

Special Telegram TO the Statesman.
DECATUR, October 27.-william Woody,
son of t. d. Woody, of this place, acct
dentally shot and killed himself while
hunting SIX miles west from town this
evening. Justice Beall held an inquest
over the body.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
Death of Ex-Governor Hamilton.

HAGERsTo%N, Nd, October 26.-Ex-
Governor and ex-United States Senator
William I. Hamilton died of pneumonia
at noon to-day at his home in this place.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
THE BAGGING TRUST.

Its Principal Manipulators at Memphis,
Tenn, Indicted for Conspiracy.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, October 26.-The
grand jury of the criminal court Of Shelby
county to-day, returned indictments
against BENZ. Gratz and Orson Gratz, L.
f. Jones, Joel Wood, and Mr.. Warren,
members of the firm Of Warren, Jones &
Gratz, of st. Louis, manipulators Of the
bagging trust pool, or combine. The in
dictment charges them with unlawfully
agreeing and conspiring to buy up all the
bagging in the markets and the output OF
the mills for several months and advanced
prices to double what they we're before.
Requisition papers will be applied for at
once, and the indicted individuals will be
brought here for trial. Attorney general
Geo. B. Peters will prosecute with vigor
and thinks the indicted parties have
clearly violated the law.
WHAT BEN GRAFT SAYS.
ST. Louis, October 26.--Rsferring to
the dispatch from Memphis with reference
to the indictment of members of the lutte
bagging combine, Benjamin Gratz said
he did not know or care anything about
it. There was no telling what county
grand jury would do; that the firm Of
Warren, Jones d. Gratz were only manu-
facturers' agents, and did not own yard
of bagging.
Joel Wood denied being member of
the firm, and said: "There is no trust.
Warren, Jones d Gratz have simply cor
nered the market by buying all the bag
ging produced in the country during the
present season.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
WYOMING TERRITORY

Execution of Ben Garter, Who Com
mitted a Most Brutal Murder.
ST. LOUIS, October GA special from
Rawlins, Wyo., says Ben Garter was hanged
there at 1O:4O this morning. At his re-
quest no newspaper reporters were pres
emit at the execution. Carter walked to
the scaffold unsupported. His last words
were: 81 am going to leave you; will see you
again; good bye" His neck was broken
by the fall, and death was instantaneous
Benjamin Carter was born in Wharton
county, Tex, in 1850. Ever since he was
able to mount horse he has followed the
wild life OF COW boy. He worked in the
early days of the cattle business in north
Texas and Kansas among the wild ohara,-
tiers of that region. He enjoyed the repu-
tation of being man "on the shoot" In
1880 the Panhandle became too hot even
for him and he came to Wyoming, where
he followed COW punching on the Laramie
plains.
In the fall of 1886, while working for
Sun g. Johnson, on Sand Greek, fifty miles
north of Rawlins, he committed a cow
ardly crime, for which he has paid the
penalty. Carter, on the day of the murder,
was drunk enough to be quarrelsome. He
took special delight in bullying his victim
"a boy named John Jeffrey-who was.
with three others, Carter's companions on
a beef roundup. Carter charged
Jeffrey with being a stock associa
ton spy, and repeatedly threatened
to kill him. He came to the camp
at midnight entering the tent where JET.
frey and his fellow cowboys we're sleep
ing. Garter called on the former to get
up. Jeffrey obeyed, when Carter delib
erately shot him through the head. He
was captured the following day, and after
narrowly escaping lynching was taken to
Rawlins. He was convicted of the muir
der and sentenced to be hanged on the
oath of August last, but he was granted
respite of sixty days, during which time
! second effort was made by his friends
to obtain reopening of his case, but
without avail.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-11-01
HANGED AT LITTLE ROCK.

ST. LOUIS, October ga special from
Little Rock says Hugh Blackmar, colored,
was hanged at Toledo to-day. Blackman
killed a negro known as big Six" in
quarrel over a game of craps, over two
years ago.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20

Few cultivated Englishmen probably have
escaped shock when subjected for the first
time to the unrestrained familiarity and the
empty headed efYusiveness characteristic of
many Of our compatriots. Few Americans
probably have not flushed with a sense of
outrage at the tactless incivility of the
worthy but forbidding Briton The Ameri-
can drummer narrating his experiences
and making his 'teffect" at continental
table dhote, and the English lady opposite
him visibly wondering how he can eat butter
with hot meats and carefully manifesting an
exaggerated disgust in consequence, tend, for
example, to excite in each other a feeling of
liberation for manners as the French con-
csive them-manners which in seasons of
calmer weather they find excessive.
Nothing, however, could be more erroneous
than the popular Anglo-Saxon notion that
French manners are excessive. Like all our
notions about the French this is with US an
inheritance English manners are in general
reserved, brusque, embarrassed perhaps in
reality, if you choose to examine into the real
nature of puerilities, but specifically that
is to say in the sole sphere of their action
splenetic, bald, absurdly uncivilized as mani
tested toward strangers, and characterized in
intimacy J what Emerson calls ''unbuttoned
ease" By force of contrast French manners
are bound to appear excessive to Englishmen.
w. c. Brownell in Scribner's Magazine.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20

Schoheil, in his annual report, says the sys-
tenn of practice of the artillery with heavy
sescoast guns has been steadily developed
and is now adapted for the entire seacoast Of
the country He believes the troops will be
fully prepared to handle effectively the
weapons of modern construction and of the
largest calibre as soon as such weapons can
be made ready TO be placed in their hands
A moderate increase in the numerical
strength of the force to handle the new guns
will be Indispensable.
Referring to Notifications, the general
says the time and circumstances NOW seem
peculiarly favorable to placing the seacoast
and frontiers of the country in a state Of Sc
curiiy becoming the dignity of great and
proud, though just and peaceful, nation.
Reference is made to the impairment of
the efficiency of the army through absence
of officers from their regiments or corps. He
thinks that the service would be greatly ben
Gifted if such officers as are disabled could
be retired and their places filled by young
and active men. If the retired list be tenn
porarily increased for this purpose in few
years most of the great number of veterans
who were disabled in the late war will have
passed away, and the list, which now seems
large, will have become greatly reduced in
numbers
There were 2, 436 assertions from the army
during the past year, and the average deser-
| tons for each of the last five years were
| .03 per cent. Of the entire enlisted
strength Gen. Schofield recommends that
the reward for the arrest of deserter be in
creased to SlU0, to be taken out of his re-
tanned pay; and that it be made practicable
in time OF peace for an enlisted man to dis
solve his contract of enlistment in manner
honorable to himself and just to the gov
eminent by obtaining discharge with for
fixture of so much OF his retained pay as
may be necessary to reimburse the United
| States for expenses
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20

A Carthage, III, correspondent of the
ST. Louis Republic, gives the following
account of a republican Notification, b"
held in that place few evenings since:
During the evening there was parade,
IN which four men appeared having a
bier, upon which Law vulgarly con-
structed dummy, which was intended to
represent the president of the United
States. Whisky bottles and other articles
representing disreputahle associations
were placed on and about the image.
This disgrsceful spectacle was psraded
through the principal streets of the city,
while the maudlin hOwis of men and boys
filled the air.
Arriving at the huge bonfire on the
square, an attempt WAS made to throw
the dummy into the flames, but the act
was prevented by several cool headed
citizens of both parties, who concluded
the thing had gone far enough
The affair is deeply regretted by citi'
zens Of sll classes in this city. They art
deeply grieved that so fragrant an insul
has been offered to the chief executive o
the nation, and further that Carthag
contains creatures so low and brutal il
their nature. Democrats, without ex
cepton, have accepted their defeat with
out quibbe, and good naturally CAV
way to the republicans during their JOLT
fication. They are proud to say that n
disgraceful act similar to that performe
last night has ever been committed b
them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20

them by Grover Cleveland, the man that
has just been defeated by the treachery
of his own party. For nearly twenty
years the colored men have voted to keep
the party that Gen. Harrison represents
in power and they are in a worse condi
ton today than when they began,
politically. and why, because these
very men who pretended political
equality with the negro have no
use for him only as a tool as demonstrat
ed in the Gladney case; where The county
gave 479 republican majority and Glad
ney, the negro candidate for coroner.
was defeated by 254 votes, which shows
that they are not in good faith with their
colored brothers, and will vote for the
worst democrat in the land before they
will vote for well qualified and respect
bale negro, and yet twenty years of this
sharp practice on their part lave not con-
WINGED you yet that you are used as a
political spring board for them to turn a
double somersault into Office and give
you the hurrah. The present administra-
ton under Cleveland has set preced ent
for the republican administration TO 90 by
so far as the recognition of the negro
goes, and if they will 'do as we'll, we will
be agreeably disappointed
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20
SHERMAN AHEAD FOR PREMIER.
The Wiseaeres Put Him There - Some
Other Assignments


WASHINGTON CITY, Nov. 20-The Star
says: ain cabinet gossip MIR. Dingley is being
spoken of with growing frequency for secre-
tary of the navy. The prophets still hold
the state department open to Senator Sher-
man, and ii is pretty generally accepted as
among the most probable things that John
Wanamaker will be postmaster general. If
Sherman goes into the cabinet it is said to be
likely Mckinley would take his place in
the senate. 1t would lie between Mckinley
and Foster, with the chances favorable to
the former. Under this arrangement it is
thought that Butterworth would be speaker
of the house. The opinion is very often ex-
pressed that the speakership will go 10 either
Butterworth or Cannon of Illinois. There is
much doubt expressed as to whether Nc
kinley would want the speskership, even
if the senate should not be open to him."
The ardor OF politicians of both parties in
cabinet making continues undated The
two northwestern favorites, Senators
Spooner and Allison, have upset all calcula-
tons by positively declining 10 allow their
names to be used Senetor Spooner, how
ever, desires to see Governor Rusk in the
cabinet as secretary of the interior, and Sem
ator Allison will be satisfied if Hon. John S.
Clarkson is well taken care Of 1t is under
stood that Mr. Clarks1n does no care to get
into the cabinet, but would like to be public
printer which office he can undoubtedly Sc
cure for the asking. Congressman Thomas
and Payson still continue to be strong favor
ties for cabinet positions.
A dispatch from Maine says that Milliken,
Manley, and others, who have been in close
consultation with Mr.. Blaine for the past
| four days, are positive in their statements
that Mr.. Blaine will and should be secretary
| of state Letters received from Senator Al
| lison here state with great positiveness that
be will NJ. accept a position in the cabinet,
and intimate that the only position that his
friend Col Clarkson aspires to is that of pub.
lie printer If this is the case Mr. CIarksou
will be pretty sure to get there
The talk Of Congressman Thomas, of
Illinois, for secretary of the navy continues.
One of the old observers here said yesterday,
in speaking of the matter: "'rhere has
never been member of congress in my
knowledge no was as thoroughly posted on
navy matters, historical, theoretical and
practical, as Thomas, and no man now il
public life could do for the navy what BIZ
would. His appointment would be crafty
ing to navy people and to c5ngressmen a
! wall
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-20

The Assamese dearly loves opium; to him
it is life. What matters it if his awakenings
are unpleasant, or that his vitality is weak
ened, or that he is on the path to premature
senility, wretChedness and early DEATH
Nothing "Hoi-yoi-oi!' shrieks the opium
seller, and presently from the rice fields and
villages the "hoi-yoi-oi" is taken up and
anon, one by one. the opium drinkers flock
to the opium sellers bamboo hut. 1t is even
ing in Assam, and about the flooded rice
fields thick vanor is rising. impregnating
the air with its warm malaria laden mois-
ture. Enervatiug indeed is this same climate
Of Assam, and the wretched Assamese, with
his inveterate love for the poppy Juice. adds
but too surely to its banefuI influence. Down
by the opium sellers hut squat the opium
drinkers, while their eyes roll strangely and
their parched tongues loll out in very uneasy
fashion indeed. This far they have managed
TO drag their debihtated forms, and no
farther can they go until the soul reviving
elixir has been drunk of.
The opium seller weighs out the drug. eager
hands clutch at it, and presently it is dis
| solved in brass vessel of water. Excited
eager looks greet those who are tardily-oh
| how tardily 1t seems TO the opium drinkers =
preparing the mass. When ready it is of q
dark brown color, of the consistency and ap
pearance of English porter. LET me have
itr' Me" ''Me!' yell the now thoroughly
excited mob Rapidly it passes from hant
to mouth, and smiling, CHASTITY smiling faces
show how satisfied they all are 1t is tn,
Assamese opium drinkers escape from pur
gatory-from weak, spiritless and enervatet
existence to the seventh heaven Of bliss. A.
the drug takes effect the victim dozes off int,
a kind of reverie Surrounding objects as
sumo weird aspect-bamboo forests, banan,
bushes, rice fields and villages; the who'll
panorama of landscape before them is n,
longer miserable reality, the scene of thei
daily toll, but an ever changing kaleidoscope
the beauty of which is beyond the compre
hension of a sober mind Such, at least, is
description given me by one of the opium
drinkers-St. James Budget.