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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

suffered for want of supplies, as we are as
completely cut off from your Guy ~, Is
road as if we lived on an lfland IN Tue
middle of the Atlantic.
This state OF enforced idleness gives tne
farmer plenty of time for men,al IN.
provement and reflection, and Wnere ,sl
two or three are gathered toge'neL s''o
stapIe topic for discussion. The coming
meeting in Austin on February Z is looked
forward to as q red letter day, and every
progressive farmer in this section is gong I!
to take a hand in it. All agree that IL is
a much needed institution and cannon
fail to be of benefit to the agricuituti9'
and an honor to its promoters and the
state at large. Leading members Oh !ne
Grange and Alliance are taking an active
part in the movement, which they look
upon as a nursery for their special organi'
cations.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
Chunks of Climate.
Frank Brady in Houston Post.

Frank Brady in Houston Post.
Hon. A. Il. Tolar, of Taylor, has IN pro
cess of construction bill which Will pro
vide for the formation and maintenance
of weather bureau, which will be served
by volunt eer agents stationed IN dlHerenl
parts of the state. 1t IS PROPOSED
that the state will be subjected only
to the expense of furnishing the In
struments, such as barometers and Their
mometers for taking meteorological OBJ
servations. The bureau will furnish daily
and weekly reports showing rainfall,
storm areas, maximum and minimum de-
grees of heat and cold, the approach OF
northers, cyclones ard other natural
phenomena. The information thus col
iected and disseminated will be of use to
farmers in letting them know when to
pillow and plant, when to cut their grass
and when to pull their fodder. Merchants
will be warned of bad weather, and will
take precautions to get their goods, II
exposed, under shelter. Herders in the
same way will be notified OF the approach
of cold or wet snap and be able to
put their sheep out of danger in time to
save their mutton and wool. In addition
to the advantages enumerated, the bureau
is expected to dc great deal of good IN
furthering the cause of immigration. 1t
will be able to furnish to people desiring
to make their homes in Texas chunks OF
climate in every conceivable variety, and
in sizes and styles to suit the tastes of all
classes of settlers. Those yearning to
cast their lost in windy area, where blow
lug is regular and sustained, will be in
formed by consulting the bureau that they
can find a congenial climate centering at
Fort Worth with numerous railroad con-
neotions. Those who have an antipathy
to drinking good wholesome water and
who wish to sustain life on beer and more
vigorous tipple will be told that Dallas is
their sort of camping ground. Men and
women of dropsical tendency, and who
crave aridity of atmosphere to subdue the
aqueous condition of their blood, will be
directed to test the protective features of
the San Antonio and Ell Psso climates
while those whose well being leads
them to contemplation of the
beautiful in connection with the
business-like, to the prosecution of
schemes for the acquisition of we9lth in a
region where the perfume of flowers
mingles with the odors of new cut lumber
and factory smoke, and where the songs
of mockbirds singing from the branches
of magnolia trees are magnifed by the
whistles of an hundred locomotives, will be
informed that they had better pitch their
tents in the vicinity of Houston. These
are some of the results which the estab-
lishment of weather bureau is expected
to achieve. If it does, its mission will be
a great one and full of glory and fame
for Its architects and builders.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
WILL WE FIGHT ABOUT SAMOAN

Probably not. Will not the Apian in
cident coon be forgotten and RELOCATED to
an oblivion as profound as that which
covers the little fuss we had with Mexico
over the Cutting matter some time back
There will be much talk about the Ger
mans shooting through the stars and
stripes. There have already been vol
umes of Fourth of July rhetoric ex
pounded on the insult to brother Jon
athan. But it has been discovered that
the Americans played the part Of the
heather Chinee, $50 childlike and bland, y
in the game on the island of Upolu, just
finished and ready for a new deal.
There were fifteen Germans killed. 1t
is charged in Berlin that en-
American newspaper man had hand in
killing these lien. So, when the account
is balanced up, Uncle Sam may find that
he and Bismarck are about square.
The burning of the German consulate
the latest from Apia-may still further
aid In pulling down the scales on the Ger
man side. Q
The truth of the whole matter is that
Bismarck has been backing Tamasese, the
usurpiDg king,and playing him against Ma
taafa and the deposed prince, MalietoF.
Uncle Sam not to be outdone in the game
the object of which is the eventual pos
session ard occupation of Samoa-has
been playing on the other side. Neither
will yet awhile claim the jackpot.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

IT will be difficult to convince the pub
lie that the granting of free railroad
passes to Legislators and to state and
county .oficials.is not intended to influence
official action. 1t is an irrefutable fact
that free railroad passes are given to an
official when under no circumstances
would such Courtesy" have been extended
If the person receiving it had been only a
private citizen. These passes begin and die
with the term of Office, and the system
which permits their use should die by the
hand of the Twenty first Legislature.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

The press Of the state will not bore the
legislature with lobby on the libel bill.
Every member of both branches of the
legislature has seen this question fully
discussed in the public prints of the state;
they know in what the present evil COM
planned of consists, and it is for them to
say whether in regulating all other matters
brought to their attention, in giving re-
lief to other business enterprises, they
will pass by unheeded the request of the
press, the most potent factor in the states
progress, intelligence and general well
fare. Nothing is asked which ii would
not be right for them to grant, and they
are expected to treat this question in the
same broad guaged manner in which they
deal with all other subjects. 1t is con-
fidently believed the legislature takes the
same view of this question as do the
parties so vitality interested and a Just
and equitable libel law is expected at the
hands of this session.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

TIE Houston Post OF yesterday says
"The Post presents this morning very
valuable article on the subject of county
roads, contributed to The AUSTIN STATES
MAN by Mr.. ]. f. Pope, civil engineer
and a man of very large and extended ex
perience in such matters. 1t is one OF
the most comprehensive and business-like
articles the Post has SEEM" Exactly so
And not only the letter the Post reprinted
but also Mr.. Pope's second letter on the
road question, published in Friday'f
STATESMAN, is referred to the conscientious
scrutiny of our legislators. The first let,
ter will be found in our issue of the fourth
of January.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
Letter from Waters.
WATERS, Tex. Januarv Q

WATERS, Tex, January &c.
Special Correspondence of the Statesman.
We have had another visitation of rain,
and farming operations which have been
suspended for the past two months will
be delayed for two weeks more, even if
we should have no more rain. Farmers
who make 1t rule to have two-thirds of
their land pillow, before Christmas, have
not yet turned furrow, and unless dry
spell sets in soon there will be some
primitive farming done this sear.
We are fortunate in having railroad
connection with Austin, or we would have
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

IT is reported in the dispatches this
morning that Germany has sent an officer
over to Washington to inspect our coast
defenses and our ability to secure ocean
going vessels as privateers to prey on the
commerce of the high seas. He ought to
be allowed to look at every thing, including
the dynamite gunboat, the Vesuvius. 1t
might be well too to take him out and
show him Gettysburg, Sharpsburg, Man
sssas and the Wilderness. He'll 60 back
with flea in his ear.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
The s-Democrat has this bit of

The Times. Democrat has this bit OF
editorial news:
The emperor of Russia takes from two
40 three pounds of solid meat at lunch
and an average of two quarts of cham
payne, with big dinner in proportion,
and ia surprised that he should suffer
from indigestion and insomnia. Oonsid-
ering the omperor's habits it is not sur
priSing, says correspondents, to learn
that among those attached to the imperial
court are thirteen court physicians and
Eve court surgeons, two occulists, one
dentist and four other doctors whose par.
ticular line is not laid down.
The Democrat forgot to mention the
cause of all this gorging of meat might be
to screw his courage up to the sticking
point, for the emperor of Russia has to
lead very precarious existence, sur
rounded as he is by plots and counter
plots and dynamite mines galore.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
AN HISTORICAL DOCUMENT.

General Sam Houston may have been
the founder of Texas as separate and in
dependent government, but Stephen F.
Austin laid the foundation of nglo-Saxon
civilization upon which Houston built.
The names of both will 60 down to re-
mote posterity and ever live upon the
pages of tho early history of Texas.
While Houston's heroism and greatness
shine out from the mists of 1886,
Colonel Austin's precise attitude to the
revolutionary movement that eliminated
at San Jaointo has been questioned in his
tory. But the letter donated by Mrs.
Perry to the archives of the state clears
up this point. The patriotism and far
seeing judgment of Colonel Austin are
vindicated in the letter, which reads:
SAN FELIPE, October 5, 1885.
D, G. Burnet, Esq, Care of Governor zayalls.
Ny Friend-All goes well and gloriously
for Texas-the whole country is in arms
and moved by one spirit, which is to take
Bexar and drive all the military out of
Texas. This is as it should be-no half
way measures now-war in full.
1 hope you will enter ardently and
warmly in the cause-now is the time-no
more doubts-no submission. l hope to
SEE Texas free from Mexican domination
Of any kind. 1t is yet too soon to say this
publicly, but that is the point we shall end
at, and it is the one am aiming at. But
we must arrive at il bv steps and not all
at one jump. Yours, s. +. AUSTIN.
Can anything be more explicit than
this? That letter stamps Colonel Austin
as patriot of that grand type which for
gets self and looks into futurity-works
for The benefit of posterity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

Our elegant and easy-going congress-
man, Mr.. Grain, has been rudely aroused
by fistiouff episode that occurred at q
dinner party in Washington. Missis-
sippi congressman, with whom Mr.. Grain
has long been on intimate terms, was the
gentleman who assisted our young Texas
represen tative in a one round encounter.
The friends of the parties, or at least of
the Mississippian, are reported to be wild
for gore and itching to second a duel
But Mr.. Grain scouts as ridiculous such an
idea, though there can be no questioning
the fact that, if the son of eastern Texas
thought the matter serious enough to war
rant it, he would have no hesitation in
giving the gentleman from over the river
any kind of satisfaction he desired Mr..
Grain is built that way.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

The Germans, who are guarding Ma
lietoa, the deposed Samoan king, on Mar
shall island, seem to want to initiate the
English when they held Napolean on st.
Helena. The poor old Samoan prince
merits better treatment than becoming
the mere tool for carrying out Bismarck's
nurnoaaa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

WHEN programmes change and men
take Others places, it is often hard to
keep the run OF things. The Houston
Post is an authority on this subject, as it
can speak by the card.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

TIE cabinet seems to be divided on the
Samoa matter, some members being for
q oautionary policy, Others for immediate
and decisive action. II is said President
Cleveland sides the latter rolicy.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

WITHOUT proper legislative control and
regulation the railroads of Texas can
build up or destroy any town they may
choose, and the people, recognizing this
fact, demand of the legislature that these
great corporations shall be placed as
absolutely under the control of law as is
the humblest citizen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

ARTICLES appearing in this column are written
over individual responsibility and are published
as matters that may be of general interest, and
simply to point discussion. The STATESMAN will
not to be regarded as indorsng anything herein be-
low contained, unless favorably commented on edi-
torially.l
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

HARRISON appears to be heartily ashamed
of the buying of votes by which he was
elected, and bushes when he remembers
the presidency was bought for him. 1t is
believed that no man like Wanamaker,
who took any part in the dirty work, will
have place in his cabinet.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
For Biliousness


Horselorus ACID Phosphate.
Dr. W; B. Gillies, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says: u have used it in Typical case of
Indigestion with biliousness, and found il
10 oe, without exception, the best thing I
ever used in such cases.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

fITs-AA hts stopped free by DR.. Kline
great Nerve RestOrer. No fits after first
Gays use Marvellous cures. TrestisS
and 81 trial bottle free to fit cases. SsnJ
phia, Pa. Niiauel-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
Twelve Pages.

GENERAL BoULANGER in his election cir
cular catches on to the American style
when he asserts that France will be ruined
il his opponent is elected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

Inc long 'eji +, Cvs in favor. It takes
many new tof u, all are long enough to
completely cogsr the face and drape tbe
throat. O'"po 'he
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

AN authority declares that tbopob
s sniSe tur may be worn in the street,whita
aI boI ro Doas there,are as inappropriate as
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31

bron9 ne tis 6n. Charlotte oorday bonnet just
tbe Ssn ~ out In Paris is taking we'll. 1t is
'n0 despair aud confusion of theatre goers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-01-31
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The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
Admits The Murder.

WAUPAcA, Wis, Special Telegram, June
"a The Curran case was again called to-
day. Tie sheriff made a return Of his
special Yenire to. the clerk at 7:45 a. NJ, The
state had but three challenges while the de-
fense had thirteen. This last list of Jurors
appeared more satisfactory than any former
list, and this forenoon the jury was accepted
by both the state aud the defense. No wit,
ness for the prosecution being then present
a recess was ordered until this afternoon.
Upon the opeaing of the court Judge Cate,
Of counsel for the defense, arose and made
the following statement to the court: sIohn
d. Curran admits the killing Of w. W. Hazel
tine with a gun, bus claims, your honor,
that the act was done In self-defense.
This statement was somewhat of q
surprise TO the prosecution, "a they
proving the shooting, WHICH they had as
sumeq that the defendant denied. After
SOME little commotion among the states
attorneys, Neil Brown, one of the number
arose and made tho opening address to the
jury He reviewed the life of w. w. Hazel
zine, the dead attorney. gave short, but
vivid sketch of the murder, as he termed it,
and the reasons which led to it. Something
of a sensation was caused during Mr. Rrewn's
remarks when he made the stHtepenS that at
the time of the shooting, and for some time
prior tnereto, Inc deFenuanlS nau occupied
the huilding known as the Curran house for
o hotel, saloon and gambling rooms Quick
as a flash Judge Cate arose to his feet and
asked that the young attorney be called TO
order and prohibited from using any further
language of such tenor, for the reanOn that IL
was false, in two particulars DIT least At the
close of Mr.. Browns yemafks testimony W as
commenced, Rnd plat of the Curran house
territory was introduced, aud the craftsmen
who made 1t were called upon to explain II
to the jury, Then the physicians who ex-
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
Foreign BriefletS.

Russia has occupied Deer island in Corea,
as coaling and naval depot. There is
Russian man -Ofwar there and nobody is al
lowed to land or leave without a permit from
the admiral The possession of the island
gives Russia i great advantage over Eng
land.
T. J. Claxton < Co, Montreal merchants,
have assigned. Liabilities, $2OO0O
The following was received at New York
from Cape Hayti under date of June .:
Yesterday Gen. Hyppolite, provisionary
president of the republic. arrived at Cape
Hayti with about 900 men. be was we'll
received by the populace. We had news
from Port au-Prince up to the 31st ult.
Further desertions in the ranks OF Legi-
times friends minister of war, who had left
his command in the North First army
corps) and reported at Port-au-Prince be-
fore the breaking up his army, has resigned
and left the country. Gen. LefOrest who
was military governor OF POrt-au-P Prince,
has also left. new ministry has been
formed. The archbishop of Port-au-P Prince
and other friends of Legitime called upon
him, begging him to leave the country so as
to insure peace. He refuses to do 50. The
only village now holding out in the North
against the provisionary government IS
Ealliere, and it is almost certain that the
place will fall by the goth. In tie Artibon
ite Granie Saline is the only place occupied
by the Legitime party.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27

knowing that he had consigned to the flames
$50, 900 in greenbanks and government
bonds. A neighhor entered soon after, and,
seeing pile of burned nails, MADE an ex-
animation and found n huge mass of burned
green banks and four per cent bonds. Hilton
is dying and refuses to talk, but he has had
trouble with his wife and u wayward son and
often said he hoped they would never get
his money. His wife has suit for divorce
pending against him. A guard was placed
around Hilton's house as it was feared he
would attempt to burn it down.
a special from Joplin, Mo-, says: Son the
night of June 5, Louis Channel, a young en-
gineer was asSassinated while running a
pumping engine for the Consolidated Mining
company. His body was robbed of n gold
watch belonging to his mother. The murder
was very mysterious and there was little to
Indicate the author of the crime A family
named Seaton with two boys that were
classed with the hoOdlum element. moved
away from the city the day succeeding the
murder. Two officers suspected these boys
and kept detective on their track. Sheriff
Miller arrested Charles and Grant Seaton
near Seligman. Barry county Mo. Deputy
sheriff Watkins arrested Wash Seaton, an
older brother who had remained at Joplin.
The two younger brothers were brought
back and placed in Jail ut Carthage. On the
person Of Charles, aged Is, the gold watch
was found. ahd has been fully identified by
number and other marks. The boy denies the
crime, claiming that he got the watch
flom boy who owed him lot of marbles
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-06-27
The SneakeFShin.


WASHINGTON, June 24-Not a word has
been heard about an extra session of con-
gress in October since Congressman Burrows
went West Burrows was the last of the can
dates for peaker to leave town. The i'm
preston is beginning To prevail that the ex-
ira session talk was all inspired by persons
interested in the speakership contest Every
candidate was loudly in favor of it. Reed
wanted an early session to reform the rules.
Mckinley thought it necessary to reduce the
surplus. Burrows thought it important to
organize the house before December.
and so on through the list. These
candidates for speaker are very Influential
persons, and have plenty of friends ready to
repeat their arguments. So long as they
were here, the necessity of an extra session
was ringing in the public ear at every turn.
Since they have gone away, though there are
still great many members of congress left
in Washington, the movement seems to have
fallen fiat The candidates for speaker may
return and bring load OF extra session
sentiment back with them; but the general
impression now prevailing that the move
ment has little vitality apart from that grow
ing out of their personal aspirations will f al
upon them like a wet blanket
The real desire for an early session has
always been confined to the lower house
The idea has new er been a welcome one to
the senators, though many of them were
ready enough last winter to agree to an
extra session in October as a compromise If
they could only be spared summons to
assemble in the spring. good many sena-
torial iunkets, public and private. can be
barely finished by Oct l, and most of
these gentlemen want the fall months at
their homes. The members of the cabin ct
view the prospects of an extra session with
horror. It would fill their ante-reoms with i'm
po1;ant members of congress clanloring for
offices and double the demands upon their
attention just at the time when they wantto
command little leisure to prepare their an
nual reports. Whatever influence members
of his cabinet have with tho president will
be exerted against the calling together Of
congress in q special session. The personal
comfort and convenience of the president is
rs much concerned as that of the cabinet
An extra session would bring horde of new
congressman here to worry and harass him
Undoubtedly his sense of public duty would
lead him to bear this cross if an extra session
were demanded by public opinion and tht
interests of public business. But he will
hardly do it to suit the convenience of three
or four candidates for the speakership
+. A. earle