davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
JAMEs g. srlrEN.
Although Operated Upon He Still Re-
mains Unconscious and win Probably
ME. l

Although Operated Upon He still Re-
mains Unconscious and win Probably
Die.
Mention was made in yesterdays MINEs
of the pitiable condition Of James 9.
Staten, q miner who was struck ca the
head, accidentally, by q windlas handle,
last week and became unconscious from the
effects of the blow five days after he re-
ceived it. The TACT was also stated that
Drs. Hammond and Leavitt intended to
perform and operation on him in hopes
that the pressure on the brain which APP
parently existed, would be removed. The
operation was performed yesterday morn-
ing, but without any appreciable benefit to
the patient resulting therefrom. The doc
tors expected to find q quantity Of coagu-
lated blood which it was thought had
formed between the skull and brain. No
such blood, however, was found, but in
stead a quantity OF water was removed.
At no time since the operation has been
performed has Staten shown any signs OF
returning consciousness and although
breathing heavily and grooming constantly,
the doctors say that he is not suffering any
pain, the degree OF Inconsistencies in
which he is being so great and profound as
to render him insensible to the most acute
and intense pain.
Yesterday evening q MINER reporter
visited the room in which the unfortunate
man is, and found him apparently in the
same condition in which he has been ever
since he was brought to the city. The gen.
tlemen taking care OF him informed the
reporter that his right side was paralyzed
completely. and they expressed fears that
he would not live through the night. Mr..
Staten is q strong, robust looking man,
and was apparently in the full vigor OF Q
perfect physical manhood when uvertaken
by the calamity from the effects OF which
he is now suffering, and his unconscious
helplessness is enough to cause pity for him
to rise in the breast OF the most stoney
hearted.
Up to last night nothing had yet been
heard from his relatives in Missouri, ad-
dress of whom was ascertained from letters
found in his possession. He was always OF
q quiet and reserved disposition, and al
though pleasant and social for one of his
temperament, he was never known to allude
to his past life nor to say anything con.
corning his relatives in the East, conse.
quebtly nothing is known about them nor
Of his own history prior to coming to the
territory. ~
Since the above was written notice has
been received OF Staten's death which &C.
Cured this morning at about 2 O'Clock,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
FOUND IT VAS LOADED.
Watchman's Successful Attempt to Form
the Acquaintance of Dynamite Cap.

the Acquaintance of q Dynamite Cap.
Yesterday q Waterman on the Montana
Central named Hanson found a giant pow.
der cap near Elk park and made the rather
surprising discovery that it was loaded,
at least be came to that conclusion when a
piece Of his left thumb and sundry strips OF
flesh and skin from the first finger Of the
same hand went whirling into space.
He next concluded that the services OF q
surgeon were in order and got on to the
first train and came to the city. He called
IN DR., johnson, WIG e~npatetsdd the in
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
Wonderful Results

,,other marked effect of the use OF this
medicine was the strengthening OF my
sight."-Mrs. Carrie Adams, Holly
Springs, Texas.
"I had a dry scaly humor for years
and suffered terribly and. as my broth-
or and sister were similarly afflicted,
presume the malady is hereditary. Las
winter, DIR. Tyron, (of Fernandlna,
Fla..) recommended me to take Ayers
S~arsaparilla, and continue it for q year.
For five months I took it daily. | have
not had a blemish upon my BODY lof 1'ie
last three months."-T p. Whey i4o
Chambers ST., New York City.
"Last fall and winter | was troubled
with a dull, heavy ptin in my SHE. l.
did not notice it much at first. but IL
gradually grew worse until it became
simost nnbearable. During the latter
part of this time, disorders OF the stolt
ach and liver increased my oMbies L
began taking Ayers SArsaparllla, anu.
after faithfully continuing the use OF
this medicine for some months, the pam
disappeared and I was completely
cured."-Mrs. Augusta A. Furoush'
Haverhill, Mass.
Ayers S~arsaparhIa,
PREPARED BY
Or. J. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass
Price d; six bottles, SIS. Worth IS a bottle
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

The European Trust Gets Omaha's Brew
cries.
OMAHA, July 31,-Negotiations were
completed to-day for the sale OF all the
breweries. to the European syndicate for
100000. ,
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

Glasses will be resumed MONDAY, SEPTEM-
Der 2, 1889.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

w@Special rates for two or more members of
one family attending the Academy at the same
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

TYPE-wRITING and SHORT HAND EXTRA
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03
An Everyday Occurrence,

An Everyday Occurrenee.
Two teamsters came into collision in the
street with their vehicles.
First Teamster-My dear sir, I'm very
sorry for this accident. Will you kindly
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
wher, she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

Second Teamster-Pray do not mention
it, my dear sir. The fault was as much
mine as yours. " .a-.--.s r.rr
After getting their wagons clear OF each
other they bow politely, and with a pleas
ant good day" proceed about their busI.
ness.-GBoston Courier.
Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-03

Since the above was written notice has
been received OF Staten's death which &C.
CURED this morning at about 2 O'Clock.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

out return, a percentage of its profirs.
1t is not clear why the labor Of q law
breaker should prove any greater menace
to the law-abiding citizen, when directed
by the state, than when it is free and inde-
pendent. To urge that there is a surplus
age of labor in Texas is TO ignore the plain
facts in the case Were it otherwise the
taxpayers of Texas would hardly con-
sent for the state to bear the labor
market at their expense.
That industrial development in Texas
could be hindered by two or three crude
enterprises, manned chiefly by unskilled
labor without the enthusiasm or incen-
tive given by the offer of reward is too
incredible for belief. The convicts of
Texas will harm no legitimate interest,
public or private, by work. Whatever
changes are made in the system of man
agement are likely to be in the direction
of less, rather than increased idleness on
the part of Texas felons.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

The following letter has been handed to
THE GAZETTE by the gentleman to whom
it was addressed:
NEWARK, N. j., Jan. u, 1889.
Messrs. P. A. Huffman & Co.
DEAR SIRs-Please accept my thanks for two cop
les of Fort Worth Daily GAZETTE. I find much of
interest to reader and to myself from so distant
a point of our country. You have most re-
markable development in business aspect.
which I can scarcely appreciate. Very truly
yours, WILLIAM NJ. FORCE.
THE GAZETTE invites Mr.. Force to come
and behold this land of promise with his
own eyes. Texas is an empire nearly
thirty-five times as large as New Jersey,
and within its borders are grown all the
agricultural products of the Union
except rice; here we can raise cot
ton, sugar, corn, oats, wheat, tobacco,
millet, sorghum, fruits and vegetables;
here we have iron, coal and granite;
here we have vast cattle, sheep and
horse field; here we have delightful eli
mate and fruitful soil, health and COM
fort; here we have intelligence and re-
finement, and welcome to all, with no
question as to politics, religion or
nationality; here we have an I'M
developed empire, with capabilities
and possibilities beyond the -ea&am
even of our own people. Come,
Mr.. Force, and with thine own
eyes behold the truth, for no pen or
tongue can do. it justice. And if you
cannot appreciate the situation here, we
will try to make it plain to you in the
future, when forty Texas congressman
will command attention to the claims of
Texas
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

thousands of acres are held ostensibly
under an absolute lease. and the lessees
are perhaps not even now aware
that the state can dispossess
them by. the sale of the lands
whenever it chooses to do so. THE GA
zETTE has information that thousands of
dollars have been expended in making
improvements for the purpose of bring
ing desirable sections within the opera
tons of the absolute lease clause of the
prompt action upon the part of the state
to atone for the deception it has unwit-
tingly practieed rather than an effort to
perpetuate the delusion shared in the
past by its agents
The constitution, as construed by the
supreme court, makes the sale Of the
lands mandatory and prohibits any dis
position of them that interferes
with sales. The absolute leases
now in existence are absolute
in name only and whenever the actual
settler desires to occupy any part of them,
he may do so without danger of eject
ment.
TIE GAZETTE has contended from the
first that the only honest lease was an
absolute lease. Anything else is delusion
that blinds the state and deceives the
lessee. Yet it is a greater delusion TO
pretend to make absolute leases when the
state has no power to make them. In
stead of enlarging the scope of an I'M
constitutional policy, it would be fairer
and wiser to abandon it altogether.
The state of Texas can hardly afford to
go into the business of obtaining money
under false pretenses.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
ROCKDALE.
L o. O. f. Officers Tnstalled-Increased Cotton
Receipts-Bad Roads.

L 0. 0. F. Officers Installed-Tncreased Cotton
Reeeipts-Bad Roads.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
RoCKDALE, TEX, Jan. 16.-Rockdale
Lodge, No. 23l, I. o. o. F., installed
the following officers last night, viz:
Homer Eads, N. c.; W. C. Laurence,
VIC Mr.. Winterbery, secretary; B. T.
Middleton, P. secretary; Geo. W. Hey
wood, treasurer; W. R. KennaId 2 G.
r. Breeding, warden II. lisa aes, r. s. to
n. G.; J. n Stribling, L. s. to n. G.;
H. c.. Talley, 1. g., and W. G.. Lau-
renee, representative to grand lodge.
Owing to the recent heavy rains the
roads around Rockdale are in such con-
dition that only those farmers living in
the sandy districts are able TO come to
town, in consequence of which business
is dull Rockdale has received to date
II 800 bales of cotton, and there win
probably be 1000 bales more marketed
here. Last season the receipts aggregat-
ed only S400 bales.
The Farmers alliance cooperative
store here, which succeeded to the bust
ness of the Farmers alliance store last
summer, is closing out preparatory to
quitting the business. This organization
viii, however, quit in good shape, owing
nothing.
Col. J. II. Tracy, lately connected
with the alliance exchange located at
Dallas, is here for a few days visiting his
old home. Col Tracy viii soon be con-
nected with a national farmers paper 10
Gated at Washington, .. c., in capacity
of secretary and treasurer.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
Censns Ever.r F,iye Years.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
A census taken every FIVE years, such
as is proposed in England, would have
advantages, whatever objections there
might be TO the plan The five-year sys-
TEN would better admit of an experienced
corps of census-takers being employed.
Indeed, the fact that il takes ten years to
get the report ready for publication shows
that part of the corps might be perIna-
nently employed. Some OF the reports,
at least, are so stale as 70 be uninterest-
ing and practically useless. \ hve-year
census would have the preference as being
fresher and more accurate But would
census each five years by experts, cam
vassed and tabulated rapidly, cost more
than big, bungling one only once in ten
years? That is, of course, n question to
consider. Census taken by the states,
each according to its own plan, might be
all that is necessary for practical pur-
poses in a national way
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
The Jewish Problem.
Atlanta Constitution.


prominent Isrealite has been telling
a New York Herald correspondent some
queer things.
He informed the newspaper man that
the Messiah is already on the earth, and
is now in Paris. When pressed for an ex-
plantation he said that the Jews long ago
lost faith in the literal incarnation of the
Messiah-what they look for is the apostle
of the new doctrine of assimilation with
Christianity, and that apostle appears to
be Boron Hirsch of Paris. The baron is
a brainy man of fifty. he is rich
banker, and has given over 100 900, 600
francs in Russia and Austria towards
carrying out the unifcatiou OF the Jews
and the Christians. In a recent talk he
said:
81 am bitter enemy of fanaticism, bigotry
and exclusiveness. The Jewish question can
only be solved by the disappearance of the
Jewish race, which will inevitably be accom-
plished by the amalgamation of Christians and
Jews. Tie funds 1 nave placed at the disposal
of Russia are not for educational purposes OF
Jewish children alone, but Christian children as
well. There are 4,JO0, 900 Jewish children IN
Russia. They are 81 a most destitute condition.
They do not even know the Russian language;
they speak a sort of Hebraic iargon of their own
They are frightfully handicapped in all that
concerns earning their bread and making their
way in life. There is complete Chinese wall
humanity My idea was TO knock out the cor
ner-stOne of the wall by establishing schools in
Russia on condition that they should be open
to Jews and Christians on terms Of per-
feet equality. The younger members
of the families of Rothschilds, Heire,
Commondo, Montefiore and dozens Of others are
assimilated, that is to say thew are married with
the Grammonts, Richelieus and Roseberys. In
Saint Antoine and Belleville mixed Christian
Jewish marriages take place every week. The
Jewish race is not disappearing. There are nu-
merous instances of conversion Of Jews to Chris
tianity but cannot recall a solitary instance Of
a Christian becoming converted to Judaism.
The salvation of the Jew is assimilation. Let
them be amalgamated by Christianity and merge
into Christianity; let fusion be complete, let
Jewish isolation be broken down, let Jews as 4
distinct race disappear. This is the tendency of
the age and this will be the solution of the jew
ish question and blessing to civilization
When an influential man with millions
of dollars talks in this way it must be ad-
mitted that his words cannot fail to have
some effect. But it win take a stronger
power than Baron Hirsch to bring about
such a fusion as the one he is working for.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

AMONG other things of Importance the
labor commissioners annual report of
the state of Maine shows that a remark
ably large number of women are at work
in mills and shops. The highest wages
received by a woman is SI2 per week,
the munifcent pay of one of the fore
women in a Waterville, Me-, mill. The
lowest for steady employment is So week
ly. The work of the department during
the year has been mainly devoted to the
condition of female laborers, and its re-
port contains some very interesting sta
tistics on this subject. Regarding the
large amount of female labor, this is
due simply to the fact that their natural
supporters and protectors cannot provide
for them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

dwarfed in tone, and his life, man for
man, shorter, weaker, and more unceT-
tain than the countryman s. 1 hold the
opinion that the deterioration IS more in
physique. as implied in the loss OF
physical or muscular power of the body,
the attenuation of muscular fiber, the
loss of integrity OF cell structure, and
consequent liability to the invasion of
disease, rather than IN actual stature of
inch measurement The true causes OF
this deterioration are neither very OBJ
scuPe nor far to seek. They are bud air
and bad habits. To these may be added
q prolific factor operating largely 10 pro-
dnce degeneration Of race, and that IS,
frequent mtermarriage, often neeessi-
tated by religious af1uitieS.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
Arson.
orrespondenoe Of the Gazette.

Correspondence Of the Gazette.
ANsoN, Tex Jan. 15.-Jones county
has been visited with a glorious rain.
The farmers are in high hopes for a good
crop this year. Wheat is looking well.
Immigration is still rap lily coming in.
Mr.. j. s. Foy is removing his
stock IF dry goods from Baird to our
little city.
Stonewan county organized on the
1st instant, and has taken some steps
toward the erection of courthouse. The
county seat is Raynerville, in honor Of
Capt. W. E. Rayner OF the Rayner cat
tie company.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
THE NEALLDITY OF ABSOLUTE
LEASES


The proposals to enhance the value and
desirability Of leases of the free school
lands by increasing the terms of leases
and making them absolute for the term
ignores one very important fact: that the
legislature has no power to adopt such a
policy, were it so inclined. The supreme
court of Texas settled this question for
ever in decision in the case of Amissen
VS.. State, rendered on the 18th day of
June, 1888. There is no ambiguity IN
the following language quoted from that
decision:
1t may be conceded that it was not intended
by the people when they adopted the constitu-
ton that any leases should be made without
reservation of right to sell, even for fixed and
short periods, whereby any impeachment to sales
would be created; for it must have been intended
that every legislature should have the power to
determine whether the time had come to place
the lands upon the market and. if so deter
mined, at once so TO place them. It has been
the settled policy of this state to encourage
actual settlements and if leases of large bodies of
school lands could be legally made for fixed and
even short periods the tendency of this would be
hinder the SAFE OF Sucn lanQS curing the lease
to actual settlers The provision 'sthat
when lessee has but one wstered section leased
from the state in the same vicinity, such section
shall not be subject to sale and settlement during
the term of the lease may be inconsistent with
the free and full exercise of the power to sell
made mandatory by the constitution. We
hold that the intention of the people, by the sec
tion of the constitution under consideration.
was to make the exercise of this power manda-
tory. The effect of this is to withdraw from the
legislature the power to adopt system for the
ultimate utilization of the common school lands
otherwise than through sales.
In the face of such positive declara-
ton from the supreme court it is obvi-
ously improper for the state to enter
further into negotiations for the lease of
the school land for fixed periods. Such
contracts are clearly invalid and operate
TO deceive the lessee and possibly TO cause
him serious loss and Inconvenience
Under the present law, which
provides that absolute leases may
be made of lands classed as fit only for
grazing purposes, and of sections upon
which 500 worth of Improvements have
been placed by the lessee, hundreds of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
Mrs. Potter was Nervous.
New York Sun.

1t would seem to be only fair to say
that the startling exposure which Mrs.
Potter made on Tuesday evening, on the
occasion of the first performance of
Cleopatra, - was the result of nerv-
business. The writer has been requested
to say this by member OF the actress
family When she placed the asp to her
bosom, after the historical precedent of
the real Cleopatra, she pulled her gown
open, but the intense nervousness and
agitation of the first performance in New
York, together with the weight of a
great production on her shoulders, had
almost unnerved the actress, and the re-
suit formed the incident about which
New York has been chattering for several
DAYS
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18

IT HAS been found necessary to change
the law regarding the prepayment of
regular postage for especial delivery"
letters. So many forget to prepay the
postage that now the special delivery
stamp alone viii speed the missive on its
way, and the neglected minor payment
of regular postage viii be collected when
the letter is delivered. For short dis
tances, the special postal delivery system
is very great convenience, and we
wonder it is not used more.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
SHALL THEY WORK or PLAT2


What to do with the convict is a ques-
ton that has not been satisfactorily an
swered in any state in the Union. In
Texas the issue eliminated in 1888 in a
revocation of the leasing system, and
since that time it has been the settled
policy of the state to keep its felons in
side the penitentiary walls. Yet at Rusk
and Huntsville there are accommodations
for barely one-half of the state convicts,
and the rest remain outside for the very
good reason that there is not room inside
for them.
The periodical cry of tconviet labor"
has been raised against both of these
classes of felons. 1t is claimed that
those leased TO the owners of plan
tations deprive honest farm labor of
employment and that the state by the es-
tablishment of Industrial enterprises in
side the walls has created an obstacle to
private enterprise that would employ
''honest'' labor Looking at the senti-
mental side of the matter, there is no
such thing as dishonest labor. The felon
who works forge or shapes a plough
shire does not by his touch divest that
work of its nobility. When the state
teaches him to work it is teaching him
honesty, and the lesson fulfills an obli-
CATION due to him. The practical side of
the issue cannot be thrust aside by rheto-
ric or inYectiye. The taxpayers of Texas
who work on an average twelve hours
a day, are unwilling to support in idle
ness $500 able-bodied individuals whose
only claim to public maintenance is the
commission of crime.
Panegyrlcs on honesr labor cannot
conceal the fact that if conyicts are not
made to support themselves the people
must support them. Outside the prison
walls they were, or ought to have been,
producers; inside, under the policy of
sentimentallsm, they would become bar
les upon industry, consuming, with
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-01-18
Town Life Cause of Deseneracy.
Popular Science Monthly.

The general unftness and incapability
of the jewellers in our large hives Of in
dustry TO undergo continued violent exer-
ton or to sustain long endurance of IA
tigue is a fact requiring little evidence
to establish; nor can they tolerate the
withdrawal of food under sustained physi-
cal effort for any prolonged period as
compared with the jewellers in rural dis
triets. It may be affirmed also that,
through the various factors at work night
and day upon the constitution of the
poorer classes OF town jewellers, various
forms of disease are developed, of which
pulmonary consumption is the most IA
miliar, and which IS doing its fatal work
in lavish and unerring fashion
ThRs it may be conceded as an
es established fact that the towns
man is. on the whole, constitutionally