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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
A FllmsY Story.

Under this heading the Globe-Democrat
of Sunday has the following special tele-
gram:
WASHINGTON, July pa romance which
has not even the merit of ingenuity in
construction has appeared recently in the
Washington dispatches to some of the
democratic newspapers, atttibuting the
appointment of Joseph ". Burke as
internal revenue collector of the
Third Texas district to the pur-
chase by Mr.. Burke of the fall stock
of clothing for his store in Austin at a
wholesale clothing establishment alleged
to be kept by Postmaster General Wana-
maker in Philadel phia. The published
story charges that Burke was given let
ter from the postmaster general to the
secretary of the treasury recommending
him for the appointment, and the impli-
cation is that this letter was given because
Mr.. Burke had replenished his Austin
store at Mr.. Wanamaker's store in Phila-
delphia. When the attention of the post
master general was called to the story he
merely shrugged his shoulders and said
with snap of his fingers:
"The statement is not worth that much
attention"
A few cold facts will show that Mr..
Wanamaker is warranted in treating witt
contempt the charge. In the first place
he does not sell clothing at wholesale at
all. 1t would be impossible for the Austin
clothing store of Mr. Burke TO be stocked
at Mr.. WaDsmsker's Philadelphia estab-
Iishment. In the next place, Mr.. Wana-
maker does not have the honor of this
Mr.. Burke's acquaintance and never wrote
letter recommending him to Office. No
such letter is on file in the letter books
at the postofice department, and
no such letter can be found
at the treasury department..
This alone is sufficient to knock the foun-
detion from under this fimsy charge
Moreover, Secretary Window happens to
remember all about this particular ap.
pointment, inasmuch as it was made only
last week, aud he declares that the name
and influence of the postmaster general
had nothing whatever TO do with the selec
tioh of Mr.. Burke for this internal col
lectorship, and thst they were never men
toned to his knOwledged in connection
with ii.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01

with the view of arresting the false Christ
and his active followers. The fear felt by
the whites extended to the better class OF
negroes, and the result was a union meet
Ing of leading members and preachers OF
the colored churches, who took the follow
ing action:
I'VE, the ministers and officers of the
coiored churches of Liberty county, rep
resenting the interest and honor of our
people, appeal to the civil authorities of
this county to order the fanatic followers
of Dupont Bell, the impostor, to disband
and remain disbanded and congregate nc
more in any place in the bounds of the
county on the following grounds:
u. That they have become a crazy
mob.
"2. That some of them have become in.
sane, and thai there is danger of many
more becoming so.
"3. That their acts have been degraded
and degrading in the extreme, vulgar, in,
decent and beastly.
"a. That their doctrines and cereno.
nies are vile and demoralizing to morals
"5. That there is danger that many OF
them will become paupers and thieves
from want of crops abandoned and labor
suspended.
"6. That they have committed crimes
against the persons, beating their oppo.
nents and their own followers almost to
death, assaulting even with intent to mur.
der and violence.
81 That it is injuring the honor and
character of our people at home and
abroad, misleading the public mind as to
the intelligence and piety and honor OF
our people as to the members who have
joined the craze, whereas it is evident that
80 per cent of our people are res pectable
and in their right minds and faithful to
law and order, civil and ecclesiastical.
The action of James the other day in
pointing out persons whom he declared to
be possessed of devils, and the readiness
with which his followers resorted to MUIR
der in order to remove the
devils, stirred up the people to q
sense of their danger. If James
had but said the word there is no doubt
but that every white person in the county
would have been put to death. AS it was
two human beings had been offered al
sacrifices to the monster. Women minis.
tered to his wants with all the devotion o.
the sex. When he slept they stood by hin
and kept him famed, each one estsemine
it privilege to wait upon the great mas
ter. When the officers arrested him b,
happened to be in prophetic mood
Let the officers alone" he said to his fol
lowers. "My time has come. will re
turn to see you shortly" 1t was thus tina
the officers secured their prisoner and go
away with their lives. He has been ad
judged lunatic, and an effort will bt
made to run him out of the county to
night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
BEHRING SEA.
First Detailed Statement of the
Capture of the BRUSH Sealer
Black Diamond
BY the United States Revenue
Cutter Rust-Breakirg Open
of the CABIN.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 30.-The steamer
Dora arrived from Sitka last night, and
brings the first detailed news of the cap
ture of the British sealer Black Diamond
by the United States revenue cutter Rich
ard Rust.
On Ju ly IL tee Rust overlook the Black
Diamond and ordered her to heave to.
The captain of the Black Diamond refused
to do this. Thereu pom the commander of
the Rust ordered loweringiof the ports and
the running out of the guns, which
brought the schooner to. Captain Shep-
ard and Lieutenant Tuttle boarded the
English craft and asked for her papers.
The officers of the Black Diamond Of
fered no armed resistance but refused to
deliver the ships papers. Capt. Shepard
at once broke open the cabin and forced
the hinges of the strong box and captains
chest, thereby securing the papers. A
search of the vessel disclosed l03 sealsklhs
which had been taken in Behring sea.
Capt. Shepard placed non-commissioned
officer from the Rust in charge of the
Black Diamond and ordered the vessel to
be taken to Sitka to await further instruc-
tions.
The captain of the Black Diamond
made a statement that when in Victoria
he had been ordered to pay no attention
in case he was overtaken by the Rust and
when requested to heave to he said he
would not have surrendered had he not
had an inferior force to that of Rust.
July 13 the schooner Triumph was also
boarded by Capt. Shepard, but no arrest
was made, the skins on board the vessel
having been captured in the Pacific and
not in Behring sea. The passengers who
arrived here last night on the steamer
Dora said:
ION our way down from st. Pauls island
we saw six sealers and the Rust was closely
in pursuit of them. We left st. Paul's
island on July 4, aud on the following day
saw the Rust in pursuit of her prey. I'm
doubtedly by this time the Rust has made
additional captures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
IF THE SUN SHINES.
Preparation for the Observation of the
Next Total Solar Eclipse.

Preparation for the Observation of the
Next Total Solar Eclipse.
BOSTON, July 3O.-The navy department
is now fitting out the expedition to An
COLA, west Africa, to observe the total
eclipse of the sun which will be visible
there on the afternoon of December 90
next, and give the astronomers another
coveted opportunity to see the solar
corona and get photographs of it, as we'll
as make other observations on the inten-
sity and character of its light.
The navy department has appointed
Prof. David P Todd, of Amherst college,
chief of the party, position similar to
that which hs held two years ago in con-
Quoting the eclipse expedition to Japan
Prof. Todd has splendid collection of
scientific trophies of his expeditions,
among them a magnificent photo
graph of the sun as big as
a cart wheel, with Venus on it the size
of silver quarter dollar. This picture is
a duplicate of one now at the Paris
Exposition, and was secured by Prof.
Todd at the Lick observatory during the
experts have pronounced it the finest
picture of a transit of Venus ever taken.
When asked why there were two total
eclipses of the sun this year Prof. Iodd
replied: "It does not happen very often II
you consider the calendar year merely.
The last time it happened was twenty
years before the birth of George Washing
tor, and il will not occur again until 2O6I'
But it is not matter of much astronomi-
cal significance, for if you take periods OF
twelve successive months at random you
will often find two total solar eclipses oc-
curing in sHch period"
"Why is this coming expedition SO i'm
portant"
swell, for a number of reasons. These
eclipes give Us the only chance We ever
have to see the solar corona, and as there
are only sixty or seventy of them in CEN
turv, and three fourths of the earth's sur
face is water, you can see that our oppor-
tun tiles for discovering the mysteries of
Nthe suns surroundings are rather infre-
auent. So it is necessary for the advance
ment of astronomical science that every
pussible eclipse should be observed. Then,
too, the last eclipse has made it necessary
to modify somewhat our views of the con-
,stitution of the envelopes which encircle
the sun, and it is therefore specially i'm
portant to test the new hypothesis in the
light of new observations. Besides this
there is no other total eclipse available for
the next four years, and so it is all the
more important to make the most OF this
one"
The point where we land is Saint Pau
de Loanda, about 250 miles below the
mouth of the Congo, and in latitude nearly
ten degrees south of the equator II the
ship takes the party out che will wait tC
bring them back, and we shall be absent
from America five or six months in all"
"Is the eclipse total at Saint Paul de
Loanda?"
NO; the track of the eclipse lies 1us
south of this point, which is quite larg
city, of about 10000 inhabitants, MANI!
Portuguese and mixed population IL
find the best point to set up our lnstru-
ments we shall go southeast from here
about a hundred miles into the interior
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01

Others numbers varying from seven to
twenty-five. They also stated that hun
dreds of cattle were dying in Oklahoma,
and predicted that there would not be a
living head of cattle imported into tnat
country from the states of Kansas and
Nebraska in two mouths. The fatality
among the cattle in Oklahoma is not
caused 30 much from Texas fever as from
the effects the southern climate has on
them. Reports from Guthrie, Oklahoma
City and other points in the territory
verify this statement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
A CURIOUS CASE.
lnjunctions Against Scottish Rite Masons
Doing Certain Things.

lnjunctions Against Scottish Rite Masons
Doing Certain Things.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, July 30.-An action
was begun yesterday in the district court
at Msnon, that will startle Masonic circles
more than anything else perhaps of late
years.
Judge Preston, of the Eighteenth ju.
dlcial district, on the petition of O. E..
Barnes, of Burlington, ]. O. Graves and
Henry Bennett, plaintiffs and grand officers
of the Iowa consistory of that branch
of Scottish Rite Masonry commonly
known as Oernean, ordered temporary
Injunction against the grand lodge of
Iowa, Ancient Free, and Accepted Masons
restraining them from putting into effect
the legislation of the last grand lodge re-
ferring to the Oernean bodies and which
commanded Mastor Masons to leave the
cOnsistory of Iowa and of that Rite under
penalty of expulsion. The petition states
that as the body represented by plaintiff
does not confer Blue lodge degrees and
the grand lodge or it's subordinate lodges
do not confer the twenty nine higher de-
grees, the grand lodge has no jurisdiction
whatever, and its action is illegal, arbi-
trary, oppressive and prosoriptive of their
invidual conscience and the Masonic re-
lations are hurtful to their standing as
good and reputable citizens. This is the
first time Masonic body has appealed to
a state court, and the action of the su
preme court, to which it viii finally 60,
will be precedent for other states. Time
for hearing argument of the injunction
will be in the October term of court at
Marion
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
GALVESTON CUSTOM HOUSE.
Employees ResignIng, Saying They Won
Serve a Day Under a N egro.
a. Ia.

Employees Resigning, Saying They Won't
Serve a Day Under Negro.
Special to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, July 30.-Col. William p.
Hudgins, who, for the past four years, has
ably filled the position of special agent OF
treasury de partment in this district, when
interrogated to-day, said it was true that
he had been asked to resign, and has for
warded his resignation to the secretary of
the treasury at Washington, and would va
cate his office tomorrow morning. He
thought Col. Moore, of Scn Antonio, would
succeed him in the Office. The custom
house employees here who have served
the government faithfully under Collector
Capt. O. O. Sweeny, are daily resigning
and entering other avocations, and when
the new collector appears to take charge
of the Office he will have to come fully
prepared to fill all clerical positions at
once with competent persons or the bust
ness OF the customs service at this point
will be seriously retarded, as the present
incumbents say they will not serve day
under negro.
Mr.. j. j. Dickerson, newly appointed
United States marshal for the eastern dis
trict of Texas, was qualified to day and
entered upon the discharge of the duties
of his Office. His first official act was the
appointment OF John NJ Whalen deputy
marshal at Galveston and E. l.. Angler
deputy marshal at Huntsville. Mr.. Dick
erson left by the afternoon train for the
interior for the purpose of appointing
deputies.
Charles Lewis, ex-manager of the Gal
weston base ball team, has left for his hom'
in st. Louis.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Went for His Mother-in. Law :.

ST.. Louis, July 30.-A dispatch from
Clarksville, Mo-, says the romantic matri
monial experience of L. Davis, of this
city, was terminated Sunday night by a
pistol shot from bis brother-in-law, Tom
Vaughn. During the last ten years Davis
has been married three times to the same
woman. There we're two divorces and the
pair recently made up and were again
married. The wife's relatives, however
we're violently opposed to Davis. Last
Saturday Davis assaulted his mother in
law, and Sunday Vaughn shot him
Vaughn claims to have acted in self-de
fense. He is under arrest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
MIssis.lppl Knirnts Of Lunor.

MERIDIAN, Miss, July 30.-The state es-
sembly of the Knights OF Labor of Mis-
sissippi will meet in this city on Tuesday,
August 6. All OF the leading points in the
state will be represented, Vicksburg, Nat
chez, Jackson, McOomb City, Biloxi and
other towns where there are local assem-
bliss. The local assembly here has ap-
pointed committee to make arrange
ments for receiving and entertaining Wis
itors. Knights from other states will re-
ceive cordial Welcome.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Chief Hubbard.

CHICAGO, July 3O.-ohief of police Hub
bard accompanied by Lieut.. Alexander
Ross left for Winnipeg last night. The
h ief is determined to have Burke here,
and as soon as full bench at Winnipeg
renders its decision is probable the
prisoner will be started south. The chiefs
object in going to Winnipeg is to person
ally superintend bringing the prisoner
and wisnesses Carlson hnd Mortenson
back to Chicago. 80 much has been said
about assassinating them that he deems
IL good judgement to exercise every pos
sible precaution to assure their safety.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
WASHIN GTON NOTES.
A CANARD.

CANARD.
his telegram of Tuesday, respecting the
case of Mrs. Heron, reported to be under
sentence of death in Uorea for preaching
the doctrines of Christianity, Hon. W. F.
Wharton, the acting sec retary of state
this morning received the following ca
blegram from Minister Dinsmore
"SEoUL, OoBEA.-To Wharton, Washing
ton: The report concerning Mrs. Heron
is wholly without foundation"
Signed DINsMoBE.
ADJUSTMENT OF PosTMAsTERs' SALARIES.
WASHINGTON, July 25.-At the close of
eacn fiscal year the salaries of all the pres
idential postmasters in the country are ad-
| iusted in accordance with the receipts of
the offices. If the receipts increase above
a certain amount at certain office the
postmaster's salary is raised, while
if they fall below a certain sum the salary
is reduoed.9With certain restrictions, there
fore, the table prepared by the postofice
department can be taken as an indication
of the prosperity of the cities and towns
named therein.
Texas-Austin, $4,000 to $2,9OO; Beau
mont, $1,000 to $l,7O0; Brackettsville,
LOO to $1,000; Brennan, $l,7OO to ST.
500; Coleman, 81 900 to 81, 100; Oorsicana,
$4,000 to $1,000; Decatur, $1,000 to ST.
400; Denison, $2,4O0 to $4,000; Denton,
$1,000 to $1,000; Eagle Pass, $1,000 to
$1,000; Fort Worth, $2,700 to $4,000;
Gatesvile, $1,000 to $l,100; Gonzales,
81, 100 to $1,000; Greenville, $1,700 to
$1,8OO; Hemstead, $1,1O0 to $1,000; La
redo, $1,000 to 81 900; LongvIew, $1,40O
to $1,000; Luling, $1,000 to $1,l0O;
Marlin, 81, 100 to $1,000; Marshall, $4,000
to 2,lOO; Mineols, S1,100 to $1,000; Mo
bette, 81 900 to fourth class; Navasota,
81, 300 TO 81 400; Orange, 81, 200 to 81, 400;
Palestine, $1.7OO to $l,SOO; Paris, $4,000
to 81, 100; Rockdale, $1,000 to 81, 100; San
Angelo, $1,000 to $1,000; San Antonio
$4,000 to $4,000; Tyler, $1,000 to $1,000
Wichita Falls, 81 200 to $1,400; Wills
Point, $1100 to fourth class.
THE TREASURY AND WOOL WASTE.
WASHINGTON, July 3O.-Assistant Score
tary Tichenor has telegraphed as folio vi
to Representative Townsend, of Colorado
The meaning and effect of the appr aiser',
report and the departments decision
concerning wool waste is evidently mis-
understood. The decision is in every
res pect restrictive and prevents imports
tions to low rates of the SO called waste.
sAocHARINE SALARIES.
WASHINGTON, July 30.-Some time age
the Hon. Aldace T. Walker, member o.
the interstate commerce commission, re
signed his position to accept the chairman
ship of tariff association at O salary o
S25,OOO per annum, and with contrac
of three years, which will insure him thu
snug sum of $4,000. Judge Cooley has
now been offered similar position by tn,
Trunk Line association, and will doubt
less accept.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Fire in a Lumber Town.

BEAUMONT, July 30.-At noon to-day,
when everybody was at dinner, the whistles
of the different mills sounded a fire alarm,
when it was discovered that the magnii-
cent dry kiln of the Beaumont Lumber
company was on fire from some unknown
cause. In a short time the water works
began to play on the fire but to no avail.
Happily the wind shifted to the westward
and saved the fine planer near by. The loss
amounts to almost $4,000, partly covered
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
sACCHARINE SALARIES.
The President Hard at Work

DEER PABK, Nd, July 30.-The presi-
dent has designated Gen. McFeely to act
as secretary during Secretary Proctor's
absence. The president had before him
this morning the papers in the case of
Martin, the Arkansas murderer who seeks
executive clemency. No action was taken
A batch of appointments may be looked
for after the return of the president to
Washington the latter part of the week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Iexas Fever.

KANSAS CITY, July Pts. Ii. Pierce, of
the bureau of ami nal industry, has been in
the city several days investigating numer-
ous reports of Texas fever among cattle
in the stock yards here. He concluded
his labors to-day, finding the rumors to
be without foundation. National and
state sanitary laws which apply to stock
yards have been, the inspector says. rig
idly enforced. There is no danger, he
adds, of cattle contracting any infectious
diseases at Kansas Oity.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Aransas Pass Railway

Special 70 the Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, July 30.-The tie up on
the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass road
remained unchanged to-day. Good order
was preserved. At late hour tonight IL
is reported that the $4,000 necessary to
pay the workmen before operations can be
resumed on the system has been raised
and that the pay car will leave the city in
the morning. General Manager Yoakum,
at IL O'clock tonight, stated that the diff
ferences with the men has been patched
up and that traffic will be resumed ell over
the system tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
Another Foot.
Special to ,hs statesman.

oUeClaI 10 inc otdIdtnlHn.
TYLER, Tex, July 3n.--J. A. McBryde,
who for sometime has been cooking in a
restaurant in this city, took morphine last
night and died from the effects early this
morning. The suicide left letter stating
that he would not be here much longer and
telling friends how to dispose of his
worldly goods. MoBryde had been paying
devoted attention to q woman for some
time past and it is supposed that trouble
growiog out this ia the cause of the rash
deed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-08-01
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC.


The Kansians are trying to make out
that many cattle IN that stats are dying
from Texas fever.
The Fisher family, of Marshall county,
Mo-, numbering twenty-five, have fallen
heirs, with fifty others, to fortune in
Germany amounting to over S50,0OO 600
At Olarkesville, No, T. David married
the same woman three times, assaulted
his mother-in-law and was shot by his
brother-in-law.
The trial of the batteries on the new
cruiser Yorktown caused no cracks in the
deck nor broke the chinaware in the cabin
Chief Hubbard has gone to Winnipeg.
The Bachelors, heavy boot aad shoe
deiears, Boston, failed for $l,250,000.
A New York restaurant keeper named
John Ireland was robbed in the hospital
by slick thief.
P. W. Jones drowned himself in nsta
torium tank at st. Louis.
Governor Francis, of Missouri, denies
wanting to sell the Merchants bridge to
Jay Gould.
Col. A. E. Jones, murdered by the negro
Blythe at Cincinnati, was buried yesterday
by grand military procession.
An Iowa state court has enjoined the
Masonic grand lodge of that state from
doing certain things.
detailed statement is given of the cap
ture of the British sealer Black Diamond
by the United States cutter Rnst.
The secretary of war is reducing the
pay corps.
At HOboken, N. j., a mad dog ran into
the custom house and bit several persons
including Charles Basso, check clerk. ,.
Crops in Jefferson county, Wis.,, were
ruided by hailstorm.
Ballston won the mile race at Saratogs
yesterday in l:4419.
STATE.
A man named Byers has disappeared
from Houston, ordered off, supposed con.
nectlon with the late murder.
Mrs. McCarty was fatally burned with
kerosene at Houston.
The strike on the Arkansas Pass has
been patched up.
A $4,000 fire occurred in Beaumont al
one of the mills.
j. A. McBryde, a restaurant cook al
Tyler, suicided on account of his girl.
Some negroes have recovered damages
out of the Missouri Pacific, which refused
to carry them beyond Greenville, or
emancipation day on certain tickets.
STATE.
Over $1,000 has been subscribed tc
carry on the Kyle seminary.
Two men named Strobe and Cearley hav,
been arrested at Burnet charged with null
theft.
Jasper Gracy, shot at Lampasas Satur
day, is very low.
Fort Worth is to have 100000 woole1
manufacturing plant, onS-fourth of tn,
money being paid in.
John Bohannon, Chootaw Indian, ,
rested.
| An engineer corps is locating the lin
of the new Palestine railway.
FOREIGN.
A dispatch from Rome says there hav
been many changes in the Italian oonsula
service.
John Morley spoke in the house o
commons against giving the queen
grandchildren any more money.
The surplus of the Parnell fund exceed
| 100000.
The Boulangists charge the government
with election frauds.
The sultan will send new commission
to Crete.
A skirmish occurred between Gen
Grenfell, commanding the Egyptians, ant
the dervishes; sixty dervishes were killed
The supreme court of Manitoba sus
tanned Burke's extradition.
The royal grant bill passed the Britis
house of commons.