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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA.
They Decide that the Shooting of Man
Showed No Criminal Intett.

They Decide that the shooting fOI man
Showed No Criminal Intett.
New ORLEANS, La, March 1S.-The
supreme court in the case of st. Landry
parish regulators decided in favor of the
defendants. The accused had been con-
vcted in St. Landry parish and sentenced
to serve various terms 10 the State peni-
tentiary for entering the house of one
Duplechin at midnight, February %, and
shooting at him with the intent to kill.
They appealed to the supreme court,
alleging that they had no intention other
than dragging forcibly from the house of
Duplechin woman named Tillle, who was
wrongfully inclined and disgrace to the
community in which she resided.
Duplechin had interfered and one of the
crowd, Fagout, fired shot over Duplech-
in's head to frighten him. They had no
intention of doing him bodily harm. The
defendants allege they belong to a band OF
regulators, or white caps" and that it was
in pursuance of the principles of this or
gauization that the assault ON the woman
'rillie was committed. The court quashrd
the Indictment, ho, ding that criminal Of
nse is not complete without telonious IN
fent. The fact remains, however, that Du'
eechin was severely wounded.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
WORLDS FAIR COMMITTEE.
Chicago Again Victorious in the Committee
Which Has Completed the Bill.

Chicago Again Victorious in the Committee
Which Has Completed the Bill.
WASHINGTON, March 1S.-The Worlds
Fair committee of the house held what will
probably be it's last meeting yesterday
morning. The result of the session was
a complete victory for Chicago people.
Belden's proposition which requires Chi
cago citizens to present the commission an
absolute guaranty of $10,0O0,000 before the
bill was reported was defeated owing to the
presence of Wilson, of West Virginia. In
its stead he offered proposition
to amend the ninth section of the bill
which authorizes the president upon notice
that provision had been made for grounds
and buildings at the time when the expos-
ton will be held, SO as to provide that he
shall issue his proclamation and invitation
to foreign nations whenever there mas
been filed with him satisfactory proof
that not less than S10000,0D0 have been
raised or provided by the Illinois corpora
ton.
The consideration of the bill was then
completed and it was ordered to be re-
ported to the house Immediately without
further amendment. The dates for the
exposition, April 80 to October 20, 1882
were left as fixed upon yesterday, but the
chairman has given notice that he Will
move in the house when the bill is under
COZ. ideration that it be 50 amended as tc
provide for dedication October IL, 1892, and
the holding OF the fair the following year
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
TRIAL AT BONHAM OF MANDREW IS0N
FOR THE MURDER OF
SHERIFF MAY.
HISTORY OF A BLOODY CRIME
Terrible Tragedy at Jefferson-Bin Bry-
ant Resists Arrest and Is Killed
Texas Sensational Items.

BoNHAM, Tex, March 17.-In the district
cour, today the case of Mandrew lson, who
is charged with the murder of Sheriff NJ ay,
of Grayson county in May, 1889, was called
for trial The defendant was indicted at
the last term of the district court in Gray
son county but appealed for and got a
change of venue to this county. A special
venire of sixty men was summoned and
the selection of the jury commences this
evening Forty-five witnesses from Gray
son and other counties were in attendance.
The circumstances of the killing of Sheriff
May are familiar to readers at the time 1t
occurred. Sheriff May was killed Sunday
morning, May 26, 1889. On the day before
Ben Ison, a cousin of the defendant, got
into difficulty in Grayson county and
drew pistol on the man with whom he
quarreled. The pistol was taken away from
him by parties standing near. The two
Isons Their went to the house of John Eads,
with whom they had been stopping, and
got their rifles and repaired to thicket a
mile or so from town. The city marshal
followed but didn't overtake them.
A messenger was sent to Sherman on
Sunday morning and swore out warrant
against Ben Ison for carry ing pistol. The
warrant was placed in the hands of Sheriff
May, who, with his two deputies, went to
make the arrest, and arriving at the thicket
where the parties were concealed the OF
| ficers entered, but became separated from
each other. Sheriff May came suddenly
upon the men and ordered them to sur
render, but they jumped to their feet at the
same time firing at the sheriff with Win
chester rifles. Sheriff May fired one shot
/ q nd sank tn tha Ground and died in n few
minutes Mandrew Ison afterward sur.
rendered and Ben Ison was captured al
the last term of the district court IN Gray
son county. He was sentenced to the pen
I for life. The case has created a great In
telest throughout North Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
The Corruption Cases,

New YORK, March 1S.-Deputy Sheriff
McGonigal and ex-Warden Keating were
re-alrested today. The district attorney
discovered that the indictments were
frame new ones The original indictments
charged extortion while the hew ones will
make the ollense bribery. By noon today
there were two more arrests on the indict-
ments found by the rand jury. They were
Deputy Sherffs Charles Limderman and
Joseph Young. The former was indicted
for petit larceny and bribery and the latter
for bribery. Both prisoners were arraigned
before Judge Fitzgerald, where bail was
fixed at 5000 In the case of Young bail
was fixed at $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
THE FORT BEND CASES.
Gibson Will Probably Get Bail-Ilis Case
Continued to Next Term.

Gibson VIII Probably Get Bail-H1S case
Continued to Next Term.
GALVESTON, Tex, March 17.-At 10 o clock
today in the criminal district court the case
of Volney Gibson, charged with the murder
of Kyle Terry, January 25, was called.
The State moved for a continuance and
stated as a reason therefor the absence of ex
County Judge ]. w. Parker, an important
witness, on account of the serious illness of
his family. The defense interposing no OBJ
lection the case was continued until the
May term of the court.
The cases of others from Fort Bend
county implicated in the crime met with
the same disposition. The counsel for
Gibson made application for writ of
habeas corpus and his release on bail. This
the court set down for hearing on the 3lst
and notice given for all witnesses to be
present on that day. A large crowd was
in attendance and the utmost precaution
taken to prevent a repetition of the Kyle
Terry tragedy. Twenty-seven deputy
sheriffs and twenty-five policemen guarded
the court house and approaches
| thereto. and every person seeking to
enter the court house had to undergo a
thorough search upon entering the building
ana again upon going lntO Cne court rOom
for concealed deadly weapons. The pros
poets are decidedly favorable to Gibson's
being admitted to bail when the application
| is heard on the 31st inst.
The cases of the government against the
| lumbermen at Beaumont, Orange and else
where, announced in these dispatches Sat
urday night as coming up in the United
States court today for hearing, were post
poned.
ST. Patrick's day was appropriately OBJ
served by the Irish societies in the city, and
is being celebrated by grand ball to-
( night.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
FROM LAMPASAS.
The County Commissioners Appointments
Election oP Citv Officers

INC NOunty OeHlHllSslOherS appointments
Election of City Officers.
LAMPAsAs, Tex, March 18.-Notwith-
standing the fact that we have lost our
city charter we have another to fall back
upon, and an election under the original
charter was held today, and new set of
city officials was chosen and new city
government is to be inaugurated. The
change of government has caused less dis
turbance, however, than the recent revolu-
ton in Brazil. The county government
has anticipated the action of the city gov
ernment and appointed superintendents of
roads and large gangs of men are now at
work upon the streets, and they are doing
good work. Bridges which have been
broken through for weeks have been re
pared, cutters cleaned out bitches opened
and the streets put in something like de-
cent order.
| IL remains to be seen what will be done
after the city government is inaugurated.
We need a thorough sanitary system
street lights, street crossings and sidewalks
and various other improvements to render
our city inviting to strangers and the gen.
eral public. All this it is proposed to do.
1t is expected that the coming summer
will be the liveliest that Lampasas has ever
seen. New hotels are being built and the
old ones refitted and put in "apple pie'
order. The Democratic committee will re-
ceive warm welcome, and should the con-
vention meet here they will be amply
taken care of. Our livery stables are refit-
ting with new rigs in anticipation of rush
next summer, and our merchants are lay
ing in large and varied stocks of goods TO
meet the demands of every possible taste.
|. Our Epis copal friends are pushing to
completion their church edifice, which
promises to be the most beautiful of any in
town. Pat Gallagher is the contractor, and
has on the work a large force Of men.
Our Presbyterian friends propose to fence
their church lot and possibly put in new
bell.
Our Board of Trade is active and are
| bringing things to pass.
The Fair association and Gentlemen's
Driving club are making arrangements to
give fine entertainment early in the sea-
son. A number of very fine horses have
lately been brought to town, and their de-
velopment watched with good deal of in
| terest. We already can show some as fine
| steppers, either in single or double harness,
as can be found in the State. In two or
three years Lampasas county will lead the
| State in the show of fine horses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
District Court.

TExARKAYA, Tex, March 1S.-The district
court has been engaged the last few days in
the trial of Thomas Bankman for the kill
ing of Ophillis, which occurred here abou
a year ago and was fully reported at the
time. Both parties were well connected.
but the trial developed the fact that it was
justifiable homicide and the jury this
evening brought in verdict of acquittal
without remaining out more than five
minutes.
The case set for tomorrow is the State VS..
]. Plstole on a charge of murder and big
amy. He is supposed to be demented.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
SUING A VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
A Family Who Were Ordered to Leave q
Town In Arkansas.

PARIS, Tex, March BE. l.. Pruitt and
wife and their son Oscar Pruitt, now living
in this city, have filed five suits in the Fed
eral court at Fort Smith Tor $4,000 damages
in each case against twenty four citizens of
Hackett City, Ark, for malicious prosecu-
ton and false Imprisonment On April 28,
1889, Il. l.. Pruitt and Oscar Pruitt were ar
rested on charge OF burglary and robbery
The old man was released on his own re-
cognizance, but Oscar Pruitt was lodged in
Jail.
At IL o'clock on the night Of May Oscar
Pruitt was taken out of Jail by crowd and
carried to his fathers house. The family
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
n HUGE HEART.
An Elephant with Heart Bigger Than
Barrel Drops Suddenly Dead.


Barrel Drops Suddenly Dead.
PHILADELPHIA Pa, March 18.-Monday
morning when Tom Doyle, one of the Fore
paugh show animal trainers, entered the
elephant house, he discovered one OF the
elephants just dropping dead. The animal
had been acting strangely and visibly
growing thinner for some time past, but
did not appear to be at all ill. The brute
is the first elephant ever known
TO drop dead, and that fact
so interested James i. Cooper
who is now the owner Of the Forepaugh
show, that he presented the carcass OF the
animal to the MedicO-Ch -ChiTugical college ol
this city for scientific purposes When
Prof. ID, P. Keyser ascertained the facts he
decided upon post mortem examination.
prof. LapIace held the examination i'll the
nresence of several medical students in the
winter quarters.
On opening the abdominal cavity the
heart was found abnormally large-si
large, in fact, that 1t could not be pressed
into an ordinary-sized washtub, and as
| long and as round as flour barrel. The
rest of the vital organs were found in 9
perfectly normal state, notwithstanding
| they were somewhat misplaced, but the
heart was much infamed and gave pro-
nounced evidence of pericarditis, with 6
great amount of effusion (dropsy of the
| hearth. In this state its weight was muci
| Increased. and found to be 10
pounds. The big skeleton will be articu
lated and preserved in the college. and a.
| there were no abrasions on the epidermis
the taxidermist f the college will have
obhlIing the hide. The medical gentlemen
| saw i. is impossible TO preserve the heart
| Which is the largest organ of its kind OF
record. DIR. MadigaD. of Cleveland. o.
who was presents at the examination. relate'
an instance of patient named Boyd. ii
that citv. whose heart weighed eightee
pounds, the largest human heart known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
TRAGEDY AT OLD JEFFERSON.
Bill Bryant, Who mterfered with an Officer
MOrtalIy Shot by the Latter.


MOrtally Shot by the Latter.
JEFFERSON, Tex, March 17.-This morn
ing while w. II. Owens was carrying West
Bryant to Jail in default of paying fine,
his brother Bill Bryant who was along,
told Owens he could not carry him any
further. Owens then summoned assistance
to arrest Bill Bryant who resisted arrest
and finally fired at Owens, missing him.
Owens then returned the fire, both firing in
rapid succession. Bryant was mortally
wounded, having been shot through the
bouy and had one finger shot off. Owens
was not hurtin the firing. Jwens was ar
rested and placed under five hundred
dollar bond. At last accounts this after
noon Bryant was still alive but reported to
be dying.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20
Notand Arrested.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, March 18.-Prosecuting
Attorney Davidson of Cole county filed in
formation with Justice Wagner in Jeffer-
son City today, charging ex-State Treas
urer holland with embezzling State funds.
Noland was present at the time and gave
himself up ard was admitted to bail in the
sam of 5000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-20

New YORK, March 15.-lhe McCalla
court of inquiry resumed its session today
at Brooklyn navy yard.
G. r. Graham, seaman on the Enter
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04
Loucks' Resignation.

To the Executive Committee, South
Dakota Farmers Alliance:
l wish to tender my resignation as
president of the South Dakota Farm
er's Alliance. l do this because of my
election as president of the National
Farmers Alliance. though our consti-
tuition does not make this obligatory,
yet as it is customary L deem it my
duty to offer my resignation to take
effect January 18th. This is as early
as Vice President Gardner will be able
to take charge. 1t will be with many
and deep regrets that sever my con-
nection with you officially, for no man
ever had more loyal constituency. /
would have hesitated in rendering my
resignation did | not have the fullest
confidence in the ability, sterling in
tegrity and devotion to our principles
of my successor. He has been tried
thoroughly during our late campaign
and no political machine will intluente
him.
Yours Fraternally,
II. L. LoUCKs.
Clear Lake. s. D.. Dec. 23rd, 1889.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04
New Years Eve Notes.

Hal and Fred Clark gave New
Years eve party at the home of their
parents in honor of their guest and
cousin Miss Sue Clark of Plankinton.
About twenty young Ieople wat ched
the old year out and welcome d the new
year in, in the midst of song. feasting
and social enjoyment. EARLY New
Years morning the young people dis
persed wishing the frequent return of
so happy an occasion.
The sodality society of Holy Fam
lily church had pleasant sociable at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Lyons
on New Years eye. A literary and
musical program, chess, cards, dane
ing and elegant refreshments were
among the attractive features. Sew
enty or more attended.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04

Mitchell's stirring enterprise in the
Improvement of her railroad facilities
is causing consternation in neighbor-
ing cites. This is clearly indicated in
the following editorial in the Woon-
socket Times;
Mitchell is evidently in earnest
about her railroad building and has
set herself about TO secure all the roads
possible. Her latest maneuver is to
cut eff the Manitoba. surveyed from
Huron through Woonsocket and
Plankirton to Wheeler on the Missou-
ri, by enlisting tie attention OF the
Northwestern ard inducing them to
push cut from Mitchell in that direc-
tion A delegation of her represents
tive men will wait upon the North
western officials in st. Paul and urge
an early move in that direction, With
the building of such road VIII dlsa-
pear Woonsocket's last ray OF hope for
q Duluth outlet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04
IL. s.. Loucks has resigned his posi-

IL. L. Loucks has resigned his posi-
tion as president of the state Farmers
Alliance on account of his election to
the presidency of the National Alli-
ance. The Iupreme egotlsm of the
man is strikingly revealed in his letter
,yof resignation in which he says; 81
would have hesitated in rendering my
esignation did not have the fullest
,nfilence in the ability, ETC., of my
.ccessor." This"I am the great l am
ntiment smacks strongly of the one
IAN power which MIR. Loucks has
therto taken such evident satisfac-
onin assailing.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04
The Alliance Supply House.

Editor REPUBLICAN,: [ hear it fire.
quently remarked on the streets that
the farmers contemplate the erection
of large supply building at this point,
for the purpose OF embarking in the
wholesale and retail business, and to
carry large stock of groceries and
general merchandise. l propose that
the merchants and business men of
Mitchell take AN interest in this far
mer's movement, come out to the
county meeting to be held in the court
house tomorrow at o'clock, and
hear George G. Crosse, manager Of the
Alliance company. and Alonzo Wor-
dali, president of the Hail and, Fire
Insurance department. These gentle
men will discuss all these matters, and
give you clear idea as to the extent
the Alliance will carry on business,
and Just what this supply house In
Mitchell means. Don't take street
rumors, but come out to the meeting
Friday at o'clock, and perhaps it will
occur to 5ou as 1t did to the Water
town business men that you can aid this
movement very materially, with your
influence and support, to bring about
needed legislation. There are a.
ready three supply houses established
in South Dakota: One at Aberdeen,
one at Sioux Falls and one at Rapid
City, and nowhere is there such q
thing as wholesale or retail Alliance
grocery store, and know of no time
or place where such a project was
ever entertained. 1T such had been
the intention of the Alliance people
the subject would have come up for
consideration at the recent Aberdeen
convention, but no su'h ideas were
entertained.
JOHN NJ. PGAsE.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1890-01-04
ASermon by Bishop Hare.

AT ST. Mary cnurcn SUNDAY morn
ing Bishop Hare preached an admira-
BILE sermon-such indeed as people
have come to expect Of him. Its
thought was cogent, its diction chaste
aud its delivery persuasively convinc.
ing. lie selected as his text clause
in the 18th verse of st. Johns 1st chap
ter mo man has seen God at any
time" 1t was fact, which all appre-
ciated, that men could know and imi-
tate their fellows, without that accu-
rate knowledge of their physical act
ion which Physiology provided, or of
their mental processes. which Psychol-
ogy revealed. So with God, we could
initiate and know much of him with
out the absolute knowledge which
would come from seeing, h m. God
could not be seen or heard or touched.
The earth was his footstool, the heav-
ems his throne ard the universe but an
antechamber to his palace. He was
too immence to be seen. We could not
comprehend him. try as we might.
We could in part apprehend him,
though, through his works. This
knowledge, however, was not soul-sat-
isfying-it was too meager. We felt
that we must know more of God than
we could get in this way. And that
we might know more of him. we are
told in the concluding clause of the
verse from which the text was taken
"the only begotten Son which is in the
hos IN of the Father, he hath declared
him" The mode of Gods being was
three fold-God was conscious of him.
self as Father, Son and Spirit.
Through the second person of the
Trinity, even through Jesus his only
Son, God had declared himself. Ir
him were given a revelation of the de-
vine attributes and that knowledge Of
the Father which welonged. Through
his sublime life of loving service
for others and through the sacrifice of
himself we knew that love was an at
tributc of God, through his words WI
knew that God is a spirit, and through
the resurrection power he had mani
tested in raising the dead, we knew
that God was supreme over even death
and to his own would give life eternal
If we would know of God we mus
learn of Jesus "who hath declared him.
Following in his steps, imbibing hi
teachings, catching his spirit we woult
come to fullness of knowledge of tn
Father of all.