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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
General Statement of the Condition {
Business Throughout the Country.

General Statement of the Condition of
Business Throughout the Country.
New YORK, May Ar. G. Dunn g. Co.'s
Weekly Review of Trade says: The unpre-
cedented interruE ton of business by CEN
tennial preparations and celebrations
have made the week nearly blank in
commercial respects. At New York &C.
cumulated orders gave surface appear
anoe of greater activity on Thursday and
Friday but it is yet too soon to judge
which way the tide will turn, and reports
from ether cities, though nearly all hope
full in tone, 60 not indicate the expected
improvement The situation seems bet
ter at Milwaukee, satisfactory at Omaha,
good at Cleveland as to most branches,
but questionable as TO iron, rather dull at
Kansas City and st. Paul, and less encour-
aging at the chief centres sof the grain,
iron, coal and leather trades.
Cole ctions are "far from satisfactory"
at Milwaukee and not improved at De-
troit, but in other lines there and at other
cities generally they seem fairly satisfac-
tory, and at New York some dry goods
dealers complain that collections "are too
good"
Reports about the wool trade are con-
trary. The report that the treasury may
not decide the wooden worsted question
for months disturbs importers who have
quantities of goods locked up. Otherwise
the wooden trade shows a little better
movement.
Silks are quiet, but the linens are quite
active. A fair business in boots and shoes
continues. The paper trade is active. A
slow improvement continues in drugs and
chemicals. Recent signs of improvement
in iron and steel have not been sustained
at Cleveland and here. Coal is dull. The
reported increase in stocks for March is
10000 tons, and strike at Pittsburg is
ex expected. Copper still waits. Tin is
lower abroad, and $20.40 for prompt de-
livery here, and lead is very much demon
allied. Wheat goes lower yet, having sold
at 82I4c.
Corn has declined 20, and oats &c,
since last week. Pork is unchanged, with
lard and hogs a shade higher. Coffee and
sugar are unchanged, but oil is 18c higher.
In their general course prices still tend
downward, but many products of large
impol lance are now so low that not much
further decline is expected, while a quick
advance might follow the revival of the
demand or speculative confidence. Stocks
have been neglected and dull.
The future of the market probably de.
ponds upon the movements of money and
the feeling of foreign investors, but
bankers look upon considerable outgo
of specie as not improbable, and the
policy of Secretary Window, as far as it
has been made known, does not seem
likely to cause large disembursements be-
fore July. One favorable feature is that
merchandise exports are still large. The
treasury has taken in during the week,
$1s,0o0OOO more than it has paid out.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
jay Gould's Daughter Nellie.

Miss Nellie Gould, the great financiers
eldest daughter, probably has more indie
pendent property than any other unmarried
woman in America. She is her fathers
favorite, and every year he gives her presents
of stocks and bonds which amount up into
the hundred thousands. He takes great pains
with her investments also, with the result
that her fortune grows apace every year,
Added to this, her mother, who had fortune
of several millions, left the greater share of
her property to Nellie; SO that she is esti-
mated to be worth over S6,000,000. Her life
has been passed in the quietest way, and,
though she is but 20 years of age, her mode of
existence is as quiet and humdrum as though
she were forty. The big Gould mansion
rarely sees any festivity, and an awning up
in front of their door would throw the neigh
borhood into panic of excitement. Her
mothers failing health has been partly the
cause of this, for Miss Gould was not only her
devoted attendant and companion, but was
also the head of the household and bore its
whole responsibility. They have box at
the opera, but they are not very regular at
PENDANTS, and the only place in which she is
frequently seen is the Presbyterian church of
which she is a member. She interests herself
in charities also, and in half a dozen summer
homes for sick babies and poor women.-New
York Letter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Girls as Piano Makers.

A curious evolution is said to be taking
place in Tom Scanlan's New England piano
mandatory, in Boston, among the working
forces of that establishment This gradual
change which is occurring is that from male
to female employees, and to such an extent
that not only is it said that the majority of
actions made in this factory are turned out
by girls, but they have also been introduced
into the varnish department, where girls and
women are actually doing the varnsh work
on piano cases. The state of Massachusetts
has reputation for its great number of fe-
male workers, who are engaged at great
many industries usually attended to by men,
but this is the first case, if true, where they
have been employed in piano factory to- do
the laborious vanishing of piano cases. New
York Star.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

ton upon the success of craftsmanship in
the work of construction entered on at his
suggestion and carried to completion I'M
der bis direction. His full snticipations
he was not called on to disclose. Tie
eauable and steadfast tenor of his mind
was exemplifed in his well-known excla-
nation: "Let US raise standard to which
the " ise and honest can repair; the event
is in the hand of God"
Washington needs no endorsement at
the hands of anyone of this century; his
fame is fixed immutably, both in history
and on the tablets of an undyipg nations
memory; but this review of the history OF
the construction of the Constitution, by
the foremost legal authority of
our nation comes opportunity at
this time, and that his praise of that
most remarkable of all national papers
carries with it another tribute to him who
did most to fashion it into its perfect
shape, but serves to deck with another
garland the nations monument of graft
tude to the noblest of Americans. Such
thoughts as those enunciated by Cleveland
and Fuller, two SO distinguished men of
our day, do credit to nation that evolves
such men, and they should be read gener-
ally and carefully. They are stepping
stones to past, in which our nation glo-
ries, and where many lessons may be
learned that will prove safe guidance
through the future,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
millionaire Prussians,

Americans are not the only people in the
world who enjoy big incomes A report pre-
sented to the Prussian landtag on personal tax
alton for 1889 discloses the fact that Herr
Krupp's income for last year was A. $3.50, 900
marks, or, say, nearly 81, SOC, 900, while Roths-
child comes next, admitting an income of
only few thousand dollars less. 1t may
interest the Universal Peace society 70 know
that one of these gentlemen derives his income
from the sale of implements of war, and the
other from loaning money to nations that
want to fght.-Boston Herald.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The Fort Worth Gazette says: IA
mineral display such as Texas can make
at the Spring Palace will lead to the in
PRODUCTION of millions of outside capital
into the state" A geological article, which
appeared in last Sundays issue of The
STATESMAN, showed that Travis county is
we'll supplied with clay suitable for brick
making, has abundance of building ma
terial, and has outcroppings of minerals
of peculiar and large value. Can't the
county, from its array of this kind of
wealth, make creditable showing at the
Fort Worth Spring Palace?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Signs of Inebrietv-

Young Waiter lat a.medical dinner)-Them
doctors use lot of wine, but | spose they
kin stand it.
Old Waiter-Dunno about that I'm think
m they're getting pretty tight already.
They don't look son
No, but they're beginnin' to agree"-
Philadelphia Record
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
CROCHETlNG LACE.

Weaving the white thread in and out
With the shining little hook,
And as watch you, darling,
With your earnest steadfast look,
think of your life, my darling,
Which is only just begun,
And while you are crocheting
These thoughts in my brain have been spun.
space, then block, my darling
A block Of solid work;
Twill be so in your life, little daughter;
There's many place to shirk.
But pray there be more blocks, darling
For solid work wears the best;
But full and smooth may you finish it, dear
If so it seemeth best
But work with will, my darling,
Keep the thread still pure and white,
And the hand that guides you. my darling,
Will finish the work Alright.
Harriet Tremaine Terry in Atlanta Constitution
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
$500 Not Called For.

1t seems strange that it is necessary to
persuade men that you can cure their dis
eases by Offering a premium to the man
who fails to receive benefit. And yet DR..
Sage undoubtedly cured thousands of
cases of obstinate catarrh with his Ca
tarrh Remedy" who would never have ap-
plitd to him if it had not been for his
offer of the above sum for an incuraele
case. Who is the next bidder for cure or
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The eloquent gush incident to the in
PRODUCTION of an envoy extraordinary and
minister Plenipotentiary OF England, to
the president, may be very "phat" matter
for the Associated Press, but really
amounts to nothing startling. With the
trimmings removed, the matter in plain
ordinary American talk, resolves itself
into this: Great Britain, after consider
able delay, has seen fit to send over
another minister. to take the place of him
who, to use the young American style of
speech, became "too fresh" during our
late election contest, and was bounced"
Said minister has arrived, and taken
charge of his Office, and Secretary Blaine
has introduced him to the president. The
only unfortunate thing connected with the
presentation was that the gifted tongue of
Blaine was not heard to roll off its mas
terful sentences. How cruelty he is pun
ishing the nation for its refusal to make
him president!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
TEXAS DOING HERSELF AN INJUSTICE.

When are considered the vast quantities
of land Texas has unoccupied, most fertile
and ready for settlement by those seeking
homesteads, it seems monstrous that the
state should sit idly by and let craze for
paltry million or so acres of land to the
north of US sweep the nation through and
she say never word as to the inviting
fields Eand homes by the hundreds of
thousands she has TO offer immigrants.
An official statement of the inducements
Texas has to WOO home-seekers has been
written to this effect:
"Texas has 100000 acres, an area
as large as the states. of New York
and New Jersey combined, rot yet alien
ated, which she is ready to give to the
home steader or sell on terms most liberal.
OF these "a, 100000 about 100000 acres
are public domain, lying near the Texas
and Pacific railroad, and in nearly every
county north therrfrom to the extremity
of the Panhandle. Out of this ANY per-
son who is the head of family may Sc
lect for himself 100 acres, and any single
man may select eighty acres, and it is to
him free gift from the state upon con-
dition that he occupy it as his home for
three years. Is there homestead law on
earth more liberal than thisY quarter
section so obtained in Oklahoma must be
occupied five years. OF the remain
ing 100000 acres 100000
are University lands and t29,.
100000 are school lands. These school
and University lands are for sale to actual
settlers at 81 ard So per acre on forty
years time at per cent interest per an
mum. The purchaser may buy not less
than eighty acres nor more than four
sections 1850 aores). This enables a
man of very limited means to secure land
not only for himself, but he can also provide
homes for his children while lands are
cheap. The man who makes judicious
selection of a section of this land now
may safely count on being able 20 sell one
half of it within few years for enough
to give him free the part retained. What
commonwealth on earth offers to the in
d istrious and energetic better facilities
than these for securing competency?
What man who is willing to work would
ask state to do more for him? By pay
ing 10 cents (the interesD per acre per
year, he secures the land and is not re-
quired to pay the principal (S2 per acre)
until forty years have past"
Is not this statement of resources,
variety of choice and liberality of terms
the state could we'll afford to advertise to
the world? If all these facts were thor
oughly well known, how long before the
great western part of our state would be
as thickly populated as middle Texas?
Why delay the settlement and greater in
huenoe of the state by failing to advertise
these conditions? If our i'm
migration bureau has completely failed
us, can we not devise some other means of
attracting the attention of odr own and
other nations? We are not welded to
syndicstes, but would not land syndi-
cate, with agents in every city in the
union, pay its projectors and the state at
large? Texas and her resources should be
better known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
A Fruitless AppeaI.

Prodigal Son feelingly)-Father, I'm in
hard luck again Debts of honor, you know.
The boys are down on me and come to you
or-for-a-a-succor.
Obdurate Father Observation-Disclosures no
words, young man. I've nothing but advice
to give you. Go to those dear ''boys" and,
In the delightful vernacular Yith which you
are familiar, inform them that the old man
cannot be worked for a sucker.-Pittsbwg
Bulletin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Consumption Surely Cured.

To the Editor-Please inform your read
ers that have q positive remedy for Con-
sumption. By its untimely use thousands
of hopeless cases have been permanently
cured. shall be glad to send two bottles
of my remedy FREE to any of your readers
who have consumption if they will send
me their express and postoffice address.
Respectfully,
I. A. SIooUM, N. O.,
Isl Pearl street, NY.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The outrages on patients in the insare
asylum at Jefferson, ILL.,, detailed in this
mornings dispatches, are to revolving to
be believed. The attendants who perpe-
trated such fendish acts on helpless I'M
fortunates ought to be shut up for life
time in the peDitentiary. Even that is to
light punishment. The superintendent
who allowed such diabolism under his nose
ought to share q similar fate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
Twelve Pages.

YESTERDAY Boulanger summoned
council of his supporters to meet in Lon
don on the 10th inst. This looks more
like the revolutionary designs with which
he has been charged than anything he has
vet done.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The STATESMAN, Saturday evening, re-
ceived a communication from Mr.. John
Andrewarths, the supervising engineer of
the Montopolis bridge, which will cheer
fully be published if its author, while leav-
ing the essence of the communication in
tact, will eliminate such charges of seri-
GUS nature rejecting upon othsr parties
as would doubtless be deemed libelous.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

WARMERS Safe Cure cures nervousness,
insomnia, hysteria and neuralgia. Why
Because these are symptoms of an impure
condition of the blood, caused by IN
healthy kidney action. The poisonous
nrea and uric acid being retained in the
blood cause the symptoms of kidney
disease first noted,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

PARNELL, in his testimony before the
commission in London yesterday, said he
had always denounced the dynamite and
physical force party in America. The
statement does credit to the heart as well
as Judgment of the great Irish leader. No
cause can prosper which is founded on
murder and assass nation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The steamers City of Rome, City of
New York and Trove left New York to-
gether Wednesday afternoon. An ocean
race is probable with all its dangers.
River racing is bad enough, but an ocean
race ought never to be undertaken.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The Express is most kindly regarded
for its invitation to come over and buzz
its new "silver water cooler and golden
wine buffet" but We have sworn off from
Joe water and other hard drink. Rig up
a tamale stand and we catch the "south
houndD
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09

The Waco Day has this graphic sum
mary of the situation: "The republican
congressman of the south are very much
exercised because they have gotten none
of the fat official plums either in Washing
ton or abroad under this administration.
Outwardly they show little signs of the
trouble, but they hold meetings in secret
at which they rage and make dire threats
as to what they will do if they ale not rec
ognized. As the Hardshell preacher
said: Sand they shall gnsw file and flee
into the mountains of Hepsidam," with
the accent on the "dam."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-05-09
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The Associated Press this morning
speaksof the Belknap Rifles as the "crack
military company of the SOUTH" Well,
where are the Houston Light Guards now?
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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
A GREAT OIL FIELD.
Much Excitement Aroused by the
Strike Near Warrington, W, Va,
PROSPECTS SOFTHENEW TERRITORY
Terrible Epidemic of Typhoid in the Vi
cinity of BurgettstOwn.
MONEY FOB THE JOHNSTOEN WORKERS
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.I
WHEELING, October 21.-The reports
first sent out regarding the coming in OF the
jackson we'll at 1000 barrels day in the
new oil field ne&r Warrington, while
somewhat exaggerated, have some founda-
tion. The we'll did come in strong,
but is now plugged awaiting the
arrival of machinery and tanks,
and its capacity has not yet been
thoroughly tested. Its powers will be fully
known when the tanks arrive. The excite
ment over the development of this new ter
ritorv is intense. The town is crowded with
oil men from all parts of the country, and
property is changing hands at fabulous prices.
Thousands of acres of land have been leased,
and those who were fortunate enough to get
options before the drilling commenced are now
realizing handsomely by selling their options.
Preparations are making for the sinking Oh
other wells, and extensive operations VIII soon
be under way. The Standard Oil Company
controls large number of leases in this terri
tory. Experienced oil men say the field has a
great future, The oil was struck in the Big
1njun'' sand, at a depth of 1000 feet half
mile from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
and demonstrates that the town of Warrington
is about the center of the belt, which runs
from the Pennsylvania oil field to the Parkers-
burg district
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
YESTERDAYS INQUESTS.
The Mortality List of Several Days Con-
sidered by the Coroner.

Inquests were held in q number of cases
yesterday with the following results: The
emaciated man found at Skunk Hollow on
Sunday morning was identified as Christ
Heller, aged Ga, carpet weaver, who lived
at Thirty-second and Liberty streets. The
verdict in the case was death from heart
failure. Accidental death was the verdict
in the case of James Peterson, struck by the
limited mail train at Copeland. on Sunday
morning.
The same result was reached in the case
of Thomas Dougherty, who was baked to
death in Long & Co.'s mill last Friday.
The jury recommends that gratings be put
over the openings to furnace draft chambers.
Heart failure was the cause to which the
sudden death of Philip Eibert, teamster
of the Pittsburg Transfer Company, on Sat
urday morning was attributed. Accidental
death was the finding in the case of Bernard
Keelan, who died suddenly on Sunday at
his home in Soho. A similar verdict was
rendered on William Brammar, who died
from injuries sustained through fall from
a roof in Sewickley. The inquest on Peter
Lomasky, killed on Saturday on the Balti-
more and Ohio road, resulted in another
verdict of accidental death. The body of the
unknown man killed at Stewart station last
Tuesday is still at the morgue unidentified.
The verdict was killed by being struck by
train,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-22
THE MYSTERY GROWS DEEPER.

Evidence That Seems to Show That Hugh
jackson Was Poisoned.
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TIE pIsPATcH.l
BEAVER FALLS, October 2L-Th, Coroner's
inquest to investigate the mysterious death of
Hugh Jackson last Thursdaysnight was held
this afternoon, but after hearing considerable
testimony, adjourned to meet tomorrow even
ing, at which time several important witnesses
are expected to be present So far the testi-
mony shows conclusively that the man died of
poison. An analysis of the stomach shows
arsenic in sufficient quantities to produce
death.
A glass with arsenic at the bottom has been
discovered, and also a box of rough on rats
partially emptied was found in the lot adioin-
ing the house in which be died. The testimony
also developed the startling fact that be and a
brother-in-law had quarreled, and that the
brother-in-law had made threats to kill him.