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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
PAN-AMERIcAN CONGRESS.
The Conference Discussing the Two-Thirds
Rule and Other Preliminaries.


WAsHIEGToN November S9-Doctor Vim,
delegate from Uruguay, presided over the.
deliberations of the International Ameri-
can conference today. After the minutes
were read the committee on rules presented
report recommending that the daily jour
nal of the proceeding be published, in adj
dition to which permanent record TO be
published at convenient times, would give
debates in detail. This report was adopted.
The conference then resumed consideration
of the rules, beginning with rule
a. which requires the presence
Of two-thirds OF the delegates before bust
ness can be transacted In view of the
fact the rule previously adopted made
majority q9CrCm, this rule was held by
some delegates to he unnecessary The
matter was discussed at SOME length in
committee of the whole and finally report
was made recommending u substitute pre-
viding that the conference shall only vote
upon matters specified in the law authoriz-
ing the meeting when two-thirds
OF the delegation represented,
by states. The substitute was then adopt
ed. Over the next rule requiring delegates
to sign each days proceedings there was
further discussion, Senior Quintana (Ar-
gentine) maintaining its necessity and cit.
ing precedents, and Messrs. Estee and
Henderson Omitted Stats alleging that
much work would be uselessly imposed
upon delegates if they were required TO go
through the records every day, and sug-
costing the signatures Of the president and
secretaries be accepted as sufficient. With
out disposing of the subject the conference
adjournedt meet next Monday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
Cb,Iaress, Trial.

SAX ANTONIO. November 90 The trial for
a writ Of habcas corpus for H. II. Childress,
who shot and killed Jim Draper, hack
came up before Judge King today. The
testimony, in the main, was simply q re-
iteration Of that given az the inquest. The
trial will be finished tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05

TYLER, November 29.-The supreme
court rendered decisions as follows today;
Afiirmed-Norwood VS.. Sanger Bros.
from Kaufman; First National bank Of
Greenville VS.. Buzard ct al, from Hunt;
Jennings VS.. Cain ct al, from Smith.
Reversed and Remanded-Campbell ct
al. Va. Trimble. from Navasota; Missouri
Pacific railway vs.. Brown, from Raines.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
A Divided .Inrv.

SHERMAN, November 29.-The jury in the
Eads murder case after being out all day
notified the judge at 5 o'clock this evening
that they could not agree on verdict
They were called in and after stating that
there was no hope of verdict were dis
missed. They stood on the last ballot
seven for acquittal four for five years sem
tence and one for hanging. The defendant
and his attorneyswere much disappointed
and it was generally thought he would be
acquitted
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
AeeldeptIv Shot.

Van ALsrYEE. November 29.--WiII Rus
sell. 1e years Of age, accidently killed him
self last night SIX miles from here. He
blew in the muzzle Of his gun not thinking
It was loaded when ii went off tearing the
top part Of his head 10 atoms.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
THE SANTA FE ROBBERY.
Two Women Arrested at Gainesville Al
legged to be Cognizant of 1t.

ItKtu % DC OORHILdnI OF ~
GAINESVILLE, November 29.-A party
from Ardmore brings information Of the
arrest Of two women in that city charged
with being implicated in the recent train
robbery. The circumstances which led TO
the arrest Of the men were obtained from
the women, and are as follows: Themorn-
ing after the robbery the officers suspected
that these two women knew something Of
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05

Caution. Buy only DR.. IsaacThomson
outside wrapper. None Their genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1889-12-05
THE SILVER MEN.
iAfohrASr RESOLUTIONS OFFERED
AT THE CONVENTION AT ST.
LOUIS YESTERDAY.
fapsrS and Addresses Showing the Effects
Of Contraction on the Condition
of the Masses.

;, o. LOUIS November 27.-It vas nearly
- O'Clock before the national silver conyen,
siOn was called to order by Chairman War
nsr. Delegate Longmeyer, of Texas, pre-
C Ssnseu ms credentials. Delegate Morse, of
ton: o"ins resolu
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
A Dissertation on Beans.
Boston Globe.

Good Housekeeping, well-known
domestic journal, has been Offering prizes
for the best dissertation beans. As
this New England staple and celebrated
Boston notion enters so largely into local
culture, these essays fill a long-felt want,
and open up bean eficent field of lit
erature
Beans contain 81 per cent. of nitro
genOus matter, and have more flesh
forming ingredients than the same
amount of meat, with ali the heat-prO-
ducing capacity of wheat They are
especially conducive to good brain fiber,
and hence the constant insinuations of
those beanless barbarians who envy the
brainy quality of Boston culture
Beans are a thoroughly domestic diet.
1t is this ple-bean characteristic which
excites the sneers of good society beyond
our borders, but our bean-bred giants,
ranging from Daniel Webster to John L.
Sullivan, afford ample evidence that,
whether for purposes of brain or muscle,
beans take the bakery.
The fame of the bean has already
reached Paris in that diluted form vul-
carly known as bean porridge. and in
our prisons as ''bean dive, - from the
alleged obligation of the prisoner 10 dive
in order to find the beans. Fashionable
society in Paris, however, does not in
dulge in this luxury as bean porridge, but
as "puree de paricots eft de homIne
under which name American tourists dis
cover the bean to have marvellous and
hitherto unknown qualities.
Beans can be made into a great variety
of dishes, and even into delicious non
intoxicating beverages. The time is not
far distant when beans will flow from
true culture. A glass that cheers, but
not inebrate, in the form of a bean
cocktail, will yet yield the inspiration
TOR many brainy feat in the Athens of
the future.
Let the cynic sheer. Boston culture
will yet vindicate itself, and the fame of
the bean be waited from pole to pole.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
FNFOPCE THE LAW

1t is to be hoped that no plea viii move
the Mississippi authorities to remit the
penalty in the case of the prize fighters.
The only way to inspire respect for the law
is to enforce the law, especially i'll cases of
wanton violation. If ever there was
fagrant, blatant ana defiant contempt
of law it was shown by those who engin-
eered and participated in the Sui
Ivan Kilrain prize fight. Not only
was the law known TO the prin-
cipaIs and aiders and abettors,
but the law was proclaimed by the gov
ernor of the state and the papers were
filed for days with his preparations to pre-
vent the announced violation of the law
he was sworn to uphold. Neither Sulli-
van, nor Kilrain, nor the referee, Tor
the railroads, nor any man who gave
couutenance and support to the defiance
of Mississippi law has any claim
on Governor Lowry's cIemency,
for, one ard all, they showed
contempt for him and defiance of the law
he sought to maintain.
The law should not be a convenience,
but a terror. In its maintenance is the
only hope and safeguard of society, and
those people who entertain no respect for
it when in conflict with their passions or
pleasures should be taught by severe ex-
ample that the law is higher than any
mere individual within or viii. Let Mr..
Sullivan swelter a year in a Mississippi
jail and let every one of his aiders and
abettors pay due Epenalty for their Of
fenses, and hereafter men viii not treat
the proclamahons of Mississippi law as a
challenge to a fighting frolic.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19

several years she was a partner in the
law business Of her husband, the old firm
being L. B s. j. Nj. Kellogg.
The prince of Wales Is colonel of this
and that regiment and draws a salary for
duties which he does not pretend to per-
form. He gets large salary for being q
field marshal and does nothing for it.
George Sand made 900 600 francs by
her literary labors, and gave it all away
except 20 600, which she Invested in or
der that, III case she fell sick, her herb
tea would not cost her children any
thing.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis and his publishers,
the Messrs. Appleton, are now engaged
in fierce newspaper quarrel over bust
ness differences arising from the publ
cation of 1.-The Rise and Fall of the Con-
federate Government. -
Cardinal Newman. who is now in his
eighty-ninth year, cordially receives
American visitors whenever his health
permits. He is simple to q degree in his
habits, getting up between and i'll the
morning, both in summer and winter.
Queen Victoria paid Thomas A. Edi-
son pretty compliment by sending to
him special messenger bearing phono-
graph into which she had spoken warm
hearted message congratulatmg the
American inventor upon his achieve
ments.
Stanford, Croker, Cotton and Hop
kins, the projectors of the Pacific rail-
road, had not among them all money
enough TO buy a supper when they
started, but by the success of their mag
nificent enterprise they became railroad
kings, with fortune of $40 200 900
apiece.
The shah of Persia recently tried to
climb the Eiffel tower, but his courage
gave out when he was near the top and
he returned ANONYMOUSLY to the ground.
He refused to take the elevator, and the
result is that the ParisIans are inclined
to look upon the shah as a good deal of a
coward.
The princess of Wales has, it is said,
been very stern and particular in the
education of her daughters. She has had
good material to work upon, as her girls
are clever by nature. The princess has
taken great pride in their accomplish
ments and feels that her discipline has
been extremely beneficial. The prince
of Wales has sometimes pleaded with her
in vain to give her daughters q holiday.
she mas OFTEN answered that, as they
were to hold high social positions, they
had no time to waste while acquiring So
cial graces.
Deborah Powers. the senior partner in
the bank of d. Powers 81 Sons, lansing
burg, n. Y, is the oldest banker III the
country. This venerable, but active
woman is ninety-nine years old. She is
in full possession of her faculties and her
business shrewdness is as remarkable as
it was a generation back. She estab-
lished and maintains "The Deborah
Powers home for old ladies in Lansing
burg. She has been engaged in the
banking business over a dozen years.
Mrs. Powers is a native of New Hamp-
shire and seemed TO have gained some of
the strength and vIgOr of the granite
hills amid which she was born.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
About Good Roads.
Atlanta Constitution


The United States Is ahead of the old
world in the matter of liberty and en-
lightenment. but we have a good many
lessons to learn from the ancient COM
munities that'make up the continent of
Europe
If the state of Georgia, for instance,
had such public roads as France and Bel
GUM, it would be a paradise so far as
commercial and social facilities are con-
cerned. We are in the habit of saying
that permanent road Improvements are
too costly to be considered; but we ought
to remember that posteritys will be on
hand after awhile, and if the improve
ments are permanent pOsteritY will not
grumble because it has to pay its share of
the cost.
The truth is, If posterity is as progress
sive as 1t ought to be, and as 1T gives
signs of being, it will grumble consfdera-
bly, when it awaSes in the future and
finds that very little has been done for
its comfort in the way of perfecting the
public highways.
It is an old and a familiar saying that
we owe something to pOsterity. AS it is
a poor rule that will not work both ways,
it may be said that posterity owes some
thing to us; and we can collect this debt
by compelling pOsterity to pay for the
Improvements that it viii enjoy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
The nrown-sequard Keiuvenator.


There is q good deal Of excitement
throughout the country just now over the
experiments made by various American
physicians with a liquid which DR..
Browns equard of Paris declares to be a
rejuvenator of aged men. The eliXer Is
obtained from the glands of dogs, rab-
bits, guinea pigs, lambs and other ami
mails.
The discoverer of this alleged TestOTer
of youthful yigor has described in detail
through the columns of the London
Lancet the effects of sub-cutaneous in
jectons upon himself.
He is seventy-twO years old. At the
time he subjected his body to the new
treatment he was so weakened by old
age that three or four hours work IN
the laboratory would quite exhaust him.
He had to sit down every half hour.
The DOCTORS physical powers were gen.
orally decayed.
After inoculating himself with the
liquid the doctor says that he seemed to
recover the strength and energy he pos
sessed a quarter OF a century before.
He was able TO work without fatigue,
could run upstairs, and suddenly de-,
veloped as much muscular power as he.
mad in his prime. All sorts OF remark
able and desirable changes took place in
the person Of DR.. Browu-Sequard.
That is his story. In support of it he
cites the experience of DR.. VariOt, who
tried the elixir on three old men with
similar results. In order to see whether
the effect was due to Imagination DR..
Variot injected pure water into the body
of one subject. 1t had no effect. Then
he used the rejuvenatOr and the old man
became spry and vigorous.
The statements are supported by the
report of DR.. Hammond, who recently
operated on himself in Washington and
found his youth returning. Physicians
all over the United States are trying the
liquid and report that it is a success.
Somehow the whole thing has an air of
humbug and quackery. Still, the evil
dence is growing, and there may be
something in It after all.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
Our Dangers from Aliens.

Bishop A. Cleveland Coke in the August Forum.
In a calm review of history, have we
not reason to ask ourselves, What of this
second century? Shall our children s
children see another centennial comment
GRAFTON of Washington and the constitu-
ton? 1 think every thoughtful man
must pronounce such a contamination
improbable in the extreme. It seems so
to me.
To make a truly great nation and 20
give peTpetuity to It's Institutions, we are
taught by history to demand % a capa-
bic foundation of race, CD an hereditary
system of public morals, and 90 spirit
of fidelity of national traditions and OF
adhesion to tried and long established in
situations.
The race that gave birth TO American
nationality is the only race in human
history that has proved itself capable of
self-gOyernment, or of creating and
maintaining free institutions and laws
that cooperate with freedom. But the
reports from Castle Garden alone should
be enough to arouse the American spirit
to demand a radical Improvement of our
naturalization laws. Every year, thou
sands who can neither write their names
nor speak the language III which our con-
stitutIon and our laws are written, be-
come voters. We endow these with al
most Immediate power TO neutral
ize the votes of the native born,
who must live four times as long I'M
der their own flag before they can
exercise the franchise of electors. Why
an American mother must submit to this
discrimination against her boys in favor
of the vomit of vessels that give birth to
voters four times as fast, If not already
quite as numerous, seems worthy of
statesmanlike inquiry.
Is there national spirit left among us
to assert that the time has come to gov
ern America by honest American voters,
and to demand that no such prefix as
Iris or German or Mormon shall be suf-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
The Assault on Justice Field.
Louisville Courier-Journal.

The attack made by the rufian Terry on
judge of the supreme court viii shock
the country. The almost instant death
of Terry was penalty none too promptly
executed. The opportunity clothed the
marshal with the power of the people,
and he acted for an outraged nation.
The judiciary Of a free people must be
as far above personal assault as the aim
of our constitution is to place it above
exactive interference, or legisla-
tive opposition. No litigant, no
individual can be permitted to call in
question the honor, the integrity, the
dignity of the bench. 1t must be indie
pendent; under no circumstances can
any influence BIZ tolerated that attempts
openly or cOvertly, directly or indirectly,
to intlmidate a judge or strip him of
the dignity that surrounds his office.
An assault on the judge of the supreme
court is an affront to each and all of us.
Terry s act is at war with the funda-
mental principles of free government,
and blood is the only sufficient atone
ment
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
Living BEYOND Their Means.
Chicago Herald.


There are moral epidemics as well as
physical, and crime viii sometimes de-
vastate country like disease. Such an
epidemic seems to be now in progress.
East and West, North and South the car
nival of crime extends, and accounts of
murders, embellishments and robberies
fill all the papers. Particularly is this
so in respect TO fraud and e.nbezzlement.
In the intense race for wealth, through
the desire to grow rich that they may
have money to spend for enjoyment, men
seem TO stop at nothing in their headlong
pursuit. Forgery, fraud, actual robbery
and every ingenious form of cheating are
resorted to. Men who bear the highest
repute, respected citizens, supposed
Christians, cashiers, attorneys and
trusted employees, all are found in this
devil s dance.
1t is the result of the national charae-
istic--extravaganoe. Thousands of
men and women are living beyond
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
l[R .LI[NTIOE FIELD

If it is true, as reported, that Mr..
Justice Field refused to arm mself, and
deprecated the appointment of an armed
guard to defend him from an anticipated
assault, he Is entitled to the admiration
OF all men everywhere who respect the
majesty of the law. His department in
this matter is worthy of the highest
praise, and is an honor to the American
bench, and the nation whose ermine he
wears, with a dignity not less than that
of Junius Brutus, should not soon forget
it. Silk robes, powdered wigs, and all
the Difference Of a respectful bar have
their wholesome effect in cuItivating an
exalted regard for the dignity of the
supreme court, but nothing is compar-
able with this exaltation of the office at
the expense of the man, and its influence
Will be felt.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
As to Mr.. Blake.
DALLAS, Tax, Aug. l.. 1859.

DALLAS, lE---, Aug. i, 1859.
To the Gazette
Mr.. S. D. Blake comes to the front in
to-day's News and complains Of the
course of THE GAZETTE in reference to the.
recent freight discussion. Mr.. Blake hes
been mashed so fiat III his freight es-
cabade that l am not disposed TO
carry the matter any further, but still
there are some things in his communica-
ton which demand correction. In the
first place he charges that THE GAZEITg
has heaped abuse upon him. This state
ment is entirely without foundation. BIZ.
Blake assumed to represent Texas IN
matter of public concern. As q pulls:
man, he will certainly admit, his cJUr5
was open to criticism. THE GAZETTE, IS
public journal, had the right TO c-i--
else MIR. Blake's public SETS
and it did so conscientiouslv All
lavishIy. THE GAZETTE made Do
charges against Mr. BlGke's charac,5c
whatever, but Mr.. Blake has said nor3
than once that THE GAZETTE was IN the
employ of the railroads, a statems-;
which is wholly untrue, and With
OuL GilC SilElALESL lOA'AAttN+AN-As --'
Blake should certainly withhold
such grave charges or come forward win
the proof.
In reference to the letters which Mr.
Blake alludes to, assert positively that
l never once suggested that he give
them to THE GAZETTE in al-
vance of the News. When he told
me that he had agreed to furnish
copies of them to the News, I asked la
t. have manifold copies made, to WHICH
b replied that the association had Do
money to throw away. When he inTlIsl
me to copy them l told him that i
he furnished copy to the New
he could either furnish me copy
or 1 would not handle them. As TO ll'
statement that his treatment OF IHa F
GAZETTE in reference to the first Dag
proceedings of the conference was uaI.
territorial, l have my own views ao.-'
that. His vicious charges against me ~
tegrity of THE GAZETTE becau "O-I-
not bend its knee to him, carry tle- o'-
conclusions. -.
On another page of to-day $ News w.
Blake is represented IS denying INA. ~
admitted paying for the Brown Hia'.s.'
l contend that Mr.. Blake did adD'i. 20!
ing for the matter, although he may ~.
have stated the price. Now, peLAlr9
Mr.. Blake will have the business o"l'
the News TO testify that he did not pay :.
it. If he does, it will make no llA. -,
ence as to the principle involved -. .t -
matter, for Mr.. Blake did ,aa
his communication to the v,
ness office of the News a..
it was sent to the composing room loI -.
department and was set up a pa! ,, In
ter" 1t was charged for, too w. w.
the managing editor, Mr.. Frank D w
mus, who had been absent from Il9 ~,
returned and read the -' III
he went to the business once
had the amount charged for the BIZ ~.
matter erased from the books -
Doremus told me this several days
my conversation with Mr.. Blake
G. NJ BAlLEl'
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
Who Pnrs for the Inspection.


The consumers of kerosene oil in Texas
have Mr.. Alexander Pope of Harrison
county to thank for an advance of ~
cents gallon in the price Of oil con-
sumed III their lamps from and after the
9Th of July last. The inspection law
emanated from the fertile brain of the
gentleman named above, and on the very
day the law went into force the agents of
the Waters-Pier oil company notified
every retail dealer in oil to advance prices
2 p cents gallon, which is matter of
considerably more than half a million
dollars in the pockets of the great oil
monopoly, for the law eXempts all oil
that is accompanied by Il certificate show
ing that it has been inspected in another
state, and all of their oils bear this GER
tificate. Hence the consumers are de-
frauded out of $500 900 annually that
goes directly to the Golfers of the big oil
trust, and the inspector who hoped to
wax fat on his fees will be forced to look
to cold charity for comfort, his Office be-
ing the merest sinecure.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-08-19
The Confederate Home.

austin statesman.
The Confederate home subscription list
is still very short, but nearly sixteen
hundred dollars have been contributed.
OF this sum Austin sends in $1,000 and
Houston $780, Galveston, San Antonio,
Waco, Fort Worth and Dallas are still to
be heard from with a single subscription,
even TO the amount of a dollar. Are
there no ex-Confederates in those cities
hone to take any interest in this noble
work of charity? Each of them should
have long since have sent in at least five
thousand dollars, and with such an ex-
ample Of interest in the home we pledge
Austin to q similar amount. For the
honor of Texas this good work should
not be allowed to flag, but every day
should witness material increase in the
home IS endowment fund.