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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT.
Two Damage Suits Against the Mallory
Steamship Company,

GALVESTON, Tex, Nov. 1.-Two
suit for damages were commenced in
the United States circuit court TODAY
under the civil rights act. Mrs.
Charlotte Mestre and her husband
Denecio Mestre are compliments in
one case and Felicia Walton is plain
III in the other. Both parties reside
in this city. The suits are brought
against the Mallory Steamship COM
pany which operates line of steamers
between this city and New York,
stopping at Key West. The COM
pIainants, Mrs. Mestre and Mrs. Wal
ton, both of whom are colored, pur
chased first-class tickets, as alleged in
their complaints, November 9th, 1890,
at Key West for Galveston, paying
therefore $25 apiece, and on that day
took passage Oh the steamer Nueces,
of the defendants line for this city.
On the second day out from Key West,
the compliments allege that they
in the saloon of the vessel, where they
had previously been directed to sit
when at meals, for the purpose of
taking dinner, but were ordered
in the presence of the other pas
sengers to leave the table. They re-
fused, whereupon they were torcibly
elected from the room and were re-
fused permission to eat their meals to-
gether with the other passengers.
During the remainder of the voyage
they were not permitted to enjoy first
class accommodations, nor to eat at
the same table at which meals were
served to the other passengers. Each
demands $500 damages
in consequence of the company's &C.
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

and crawled to the bush and buno
the rag on it as a signal of distress
and then died a lingering death
probably of starvation.
The claim on which the body was
found was fairly good one, but few
improvements had been made thereon.
indicating that the murder had been
committed soon after the opening of
the territory. An investigation into
the Hing on the ground showed that
IL mad been done by German named
william Stumph, but whether the
man who fled was murdered, or
whether he had committed the deed
and fed the country, it is impossible
TO surmise. No one here knew such n
man, and it was impossible to get a
description of him. The bones were
buried, and the place marked for
future reference.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

The genuine broncho pony is Won
derful product of our western prairies.
He is the great friend of the Indians and
the invaluable companion of the cow
boys, from whom he has received his
various descriptive terms Of the kicking
broncho," the "bucking broncho' and the
stubborn broncho." These terms have
become SO closely associated with the
pony that one can hardly imagine the
existence of a broncho minus all of these
negative virtues. Yet when kindly treat
ed they make staunch friends, and unless
provoked to it they will hold their bad
qualities in reserve until some stranger
comes near them.-New York Epoch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Not for Herself.

1t gives some women a deem and al
most oppressive sense of responsibility
TO be lntrusted with the selection of a
pair OF gloves or a yard of ribbon for
another woman. 1T isn't for myself"
said an anxious looking customer at the
ribbon counter of a large dry goods
store one afternoon when the clerks
were busiest, "If it was for myself I
should know exactly what wanted and
wouldn't waste any time over it.
Butt
"Did you say dark or light green rib
bonn" asked the clerk.
"She said dark, and yet not too dark,
so don't exactly know what to get If
l were going to use it myself
Glow would this do?''
swell, l hardly know. 1t seems a
tride light to me, and yet maybe it
wouldn't be. 1 don't know Just what
it's to be used for, which makes the mat
ter all the more perplexing."
'How wide did you want it,"
"She said from two and half to three
inches, which is of course rather indefi-
lite. It's for friend of mine living in
NJ, and she simply wrote for a yard
of dark green ribbon, from two and
half to three inches wide, at from thirty
to forty cents a yard, and l am puzzled
to know just what to get. If it were for
myself
"You didn't want satin ribbon?o
"She didn't say, and l don't know
whether to get satin or grosgrain or wa
tered ribbon, or ribbon with plain,
corded or picot edge, or what. Every
thing is so indefinite about it. If knew
what she wanted it for, or had some lit
tie hint to go by, Or if it were for myself
but as it is, I'm entirely in the dark"
81 think, on the whole, I'd better
write and get more definite information
before selecting anything. Yes, that's
what I'll do, and then I'll not make any
mistake. Youths Companion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
LincoIn's Face and the Artists.


Lincoln's features were the despair of
every artist who undertook his portrait.
The writer saw nearly dozen, one after
another, soon after the first nomination
to the presidency, attempt the task.
They put into their pictures the large,
rugged features, and strong, prominent
lines; they made measurements to OBJ
lain exact proportions; they "petrifed"
some single look, but the picture re-
manned hard and cold. Even before
these paintings were finished it was
plain to see that they were unsatisfac-
tory to the artists themselves, and much
more so to the intimate friends of the
man-this was not he who smiled, spoke.
laughed, charmed. The picture was to
the man as the grain of sand to the
as the dead to the living.
Graphic art was powerless before u
face that moved through a thousand
delicate gradations Of line and contour,
light and shade, sparkle of the eye and
curve Of the lip, in the long gamut of
expression from grave to gay, and back
again from the rollicking jollity of
laughter to that serious, far away look
that with prophetic intuitions beheld
the awful panorama of war;. G. Mic
clay in Century.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

Il is singular how the cruel practice
of boiling Holsters alive continues. Our
forefathers-and, indeed, our parents
let calves bleed slowly to death, on the
theory that in nc other way could white
meat be secured, and later on calves
were bled one day and killed the next.
Now every one knows that calf can be
killed in humane manner and the veal
made just as good. Hogs are largely
killed by electricity instead of by the
old barbarous method; and, generally
speaking, animals killed for food have
been put out Of the way in much more
humane manner than formerly. But
Holsters are still tortured out of exist
ence, the only difference being that,
while formerly they were exclusively
boiled to death, now some are boiled
and some broiled. Which process causes
the most agony no one can say.-St.
Louis Globe. Democrat.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
"You didn't want satin ribbon?"
A Thought Measuring Machine.

DR.. j. K. McKatterell has constructed
an ingenious apparatus by which he can
determine, with considerable degree
of accuracy, the time it takes to think,
and has experimental with many inter-
esting results. He has shown that to
see piece of white paper and be con-
scious of the fact takes one-twentieth of
a second; to see picture takes one-tenth
of second; to see a letter of common
print, one-eighth of a second; to see a
full word, one-seventh of second; to be
able to judge between red and blue, one
thirteenth of a second.
He has also proved that to see some
words and letters requires more time
than Others. By this same machine,
with some added pieces Of mechanism,
the time of remembering can also be ac-
curately measured. According to the
learned M. D. and his curious little ma
chine, it takes much less time to remem-
Der the name Of a familiar word than it
does the name Of letter, and we are
all supposed to be very we'll acquainted
with the names of the letters of the al
phabet. This seems strange, especially
when we take into consideration the
fact that we can see the letter in less
time than we can the word.
The name of the next month to come
can be thought of in less time than tina
of the last This machine also show
that sensations travel by the nerves tc
the brain at the rate of one mile pei
minute, much slower than has been sup
posed. st. Louis Republic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
DEPARTMENT DOINGS.
THE WORK OF THE WEEK OPENED
AGAIN YESTERDAY.
The Educational Items - The
Railroad Commission, Rates and Rul-
ings-State Lands-Histor-
ical Researches.
The Comptroller.

Revenue reported for the day
amounted to $3,042.2S.
w. Is: Cross, receiver of the general
land Office, deposited to the credit OF
the revenue fund, office fees $73l, pat
ent fees S541, total of 81, 172.
The tax rolls of Liberty county for
1891 are $1,7S4,S71. The previous
year they were 81, 461 ,l74. Increase,
The following counties reported col
lection yesterday for the month OF
October:
Austin, Bowie, Brewster, Childress,
Eastland, Guadalupe, Montgomery
Webb.
The Texas and Pacific railway paid
interest and sinking fund loan yester-
day for the six months ending Oct.
81, 1891. Interest $4, 379.15, and sink
ing fund, 81 ,456.37. This is money
that was loaned to the railroad by the
school fund under the act approved
August Is, 1856.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Decided Against Him.

CHICAGO, Nov. 3.-The supreme
court revised the decision of Judge
Horton, who, in the Cronin trial two
years ago, decided in the Donovan
case that lawyers took too much time
examining jurors and announced that
he himself would examine venire
men. The supreme court holds that
the Judge exceeded his authority, and
the prisoner, who was sentenced to
two years, will be released.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Western Union and Union Pacific.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The hearing
of arguments in the case Of the United
States VS.. the Union Pacific railroad
and Western Union Telegraph COM
panies, will commence today. The
suit is brought by the government
under the Anderson act which re-
quires subsidized railroad companies
to construct, operate and maintain
telegraph lines in such manner that
connecting lines shall enjoy equal
facilities for the transmission of bust
ness, and the government seeks to
have the contract between the rail-
road and telegraph companies rem
dered void
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
MURDERS VICTIM.
The CHASTITY Discovery of a Party Of OKLA
homa Surveyors.

Special to The Statesman.
K1NGFIsHER, Ok. Ty., Nov. IA
party of surveyors who have just re-
turned from the country south OF mere
report a CHASTITY find on claim aoouO
ten miles from here. Their aItehUion
was attracted by the flutterlug Oh a
niece of cloth on bush on the side OF
. rocky hill and an investigation
showed that murder had been DONE
3 skeleton was found lying near the
sbush and when picked up two oul haS
Gronped to the ground. one 4 tha
beep mbcdded in the bone OF ene
right leg, which was broken, = H Mmlre
tie other had gone through the %. poa ~
breaking two ribs and lodging IN hi tng
bones of the spine. There was no Ginate
about the place that would !, inc bad
who the man was as everything nI IT,
Ysaen carried off except the BONES ,s4 sa ~
WV evident that he had been leIu o noa
Head but had recovered consciousness
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
WORLDS FAIR TOURISTS.
Secretary Dickinson and Party Spend Day
in San Antonio.

Secretary Dickinson and PARTY spenu o"J
in San Antonio.
Special to The Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 1.-The
Worlds Fair party, consisting OF
Secretary John II. Dickinson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Potter Palmer, Judge Thoman,
Mrs. Bagley and Mrs. Rosine Ryan,
the latter being the commissioner at
large for Texas, arrived here TINS is
morning. They spent the forenoon in
visiting the old Spanish missions, the
post here. They were given a luncheon
at noon by Mrs. II. u. h Nam 'ora t or,
dered reception by the San Antonio
club. the elegant rooms of the latter ute,
being banked and decorated .eG atSdr f WISn
ers. The party left to night for Austln'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

BOONE, Ia, Oct. AT a Demo-
cratic mass meeting in Grant town
ship, twenty miles from here, a des-
perate fight occurred between demo-
Gratis and republicans. Knives were
drawn and Charles White was fatally
stabbed. Fifteen arrests were made
and more are to follow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

encampment of 10000 guardsmen and
10000 regulars in the summer of 1893.
The military features of the dedica-
tory ceremonies in 1892 are left to the
committee on ceremonies, who will
determine on the number of troops
needed, ascertain how many can be
supplied by each state to be in attend
ance October IL, and provide for their
transportation and subsistence.
SPECIAL RANGERS LET OUT.
The following persons who have
heretofore granted commissions as
special rangers have been notified
that their commissions have been re-
voked, because oftheir non compliance
with the rules of the office of the ad-
jutant general requiring them to make
monthly reports: Tom Farley, del
Rio; j. f. Maltzberger, Cotulla; Ed s.
Britton, Thurber; George Conner
Brownsville; c. V. DeWoody, Am
phion.
Attorney General Culberson is in
Scurry county in attendance on the
district court, where the case of The
State VS.. The Houston and Texas
Central ct al. is now pending.
The case II commonly known as the
Bacon and Graves CAGE.
Department of Education.
one county superintendent SUBJ
mitted his annual report Yesterday
Knox county reports eight schools and
an average daily attendance of I45
all white. The length of the school
term averaged six and one-ouarter
months. 9"''i 'oi
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
SUICIDE OF A JUROR.
Ernest Pfeuffer of Boerne Deliberately Takes
His Own Life,
Special to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
BoERNE, Tex, Nov. Frank
Bishop was on trial today for cattle
stealing. During the noon recess,
Ernest Pfeuffer, one of the jurymen
trying the case, went into the water
closet of. the court house and hung
himself and stabbed himself several
times with knife. When found he
was dead. He was prosperous
farmer. No reason is known for the
deed. 1t is universally thought he
was insane.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

WANTED-The names of all persons troubIed
w with asthma or any cough. Samples and
BOOK VIII be mailed free. Il. Gouaux, Houma
La, or Cornwell y Chiles, Austin.
r,,., EUGENE, Oregon, Oct, q. 1901
EN- ms Is 10 certify that have been q sufferer
LA ,oli nstnIna ioi the last twelve years have
ma standing offer of $500 TO any physician
VINO would cure me, and have time and again
offered $50 for one nights rest This fan tried
bouauxs Anti 'Astbmatic Remedies and am
happy TO say that got relief from them in five
minutes And | cheerfully recommend said
remedies to oil sufferers with that terrible dis.
ease' aSthma' T. L. REFS, I. NJ,
Thurston, Ore.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
The Itata Case Ended.

Los ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 1.-The
Itata case came to an end today
Judge Ross, of the United States
Court, rendered a decision, granting
the motion to dismiss the case against
the defendants. The decision is a
very lengthy one.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Department of Education.
CHILL.
DESIRES TO DO JUSTICE.

DESIRES TO DO JUSTICE.
SANTIAGO, Nov. st is said that
Minister of Foreign Affairs Malta has
sent contrary dispatch concerning
the Baltimore affair to Minister
Egan, evincing desire to see justice,
done as soon as the inquiry is con.
GUIDED. He also wired the German
admiral at Valces an apology for in.
suits by Chiliars to German officers
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
What 1t Does.

Hoods Sarsaparilla
|. Purities the blood.
2. Creates an appetite.
3. Strengthens the nerves.
4. Makes the weak strong.
5. Overcomes that tired feeling.
6. Cures scrofula, salt rheum, etc.
7. Invigorates the kidneys and liver.
s. Relieves headache, indigestion,
dyspepsia.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Princatnn Defeats Orange.

ORANGE, N. j., Nov. 2.-The Prince
ton College football team beat the
Orange team on the Orange oval to-
day. by score of 26 to nothing. The
orincetons played bucking center
came. with no rushes or end play.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

There were no sales recorded yes
terday, but the monthly statement
shows that during October the total
amount of public free school land sold
was 12l, 114 acres and blind asylum
land 405 acres, making total Of 12l,-
$40 acres,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Turf News.

JACKSONVILLE, ILL.,, Nov. 3.-Chas.
Rannells purchased the filly Belle
Onward, record 2.23, for $4,000. She
will be kept in training.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
state Land Office.

Two leases were awarded yesterday,
$40 acres in Tom Green county, to the
Berrendo Stock company of Austin,
and II 500 acres in Kinney county, to
j. A. and III. 7. Maurice.
The monthly statement of the lease
department, completed yesterday,
shows as follows:
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

The historical branch of this de-
partment is engaged in hunting up
facts in connection with the part La
Sale took in early Texas history.
Near New Birmingham is the spoS
where local antiquarians have de-
cided the murdered Frenchman is
buried, and now the department is
investigating with view to locating
the site of Fort st. Louis, where he
garrisoned portion of his men with
the women and children when he set
out on the expedition which termin.
ated in his murder by mutineers
among his own party.
1t is thought the site of the old fort
in Jackson county can be located, and
being the first European settlement
in Texas and the foundation of the
French claim to the territory of Texas,
its historical interest is by no means
small.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

j. Inpns sT niias ~ D. specialist cures cancer
tnmois' all without the knife diseases Of fcoves
tit, specially testimonials given AJSreesnn
W mi, SI sncpn 4 g hours 10 to 10 A. M and To-
- =" 'e'onu hoor 10 Main ST., Houston, Ter
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Military Matters.

Adiutant General w. ii. Mabry i.
back from Chicago, where he attended
the convention of military representa-.
tives of the various states, gathered
for the purpose of discussing the ques-
ton of grand encampment of the
National Guard during the Worlds
Fair.
During that convention several high
honors were paid the state of Texas
through her representative, and Gen.
Mabry's face glowed with honest
pride as he recounted the remarks he
had heard and the expressions that
had been made relative to the Lone
Star State.
The business of the meeting crysta-
lied into the appointment of three
committees, one on resolutions, one on
Legislation and one on subjects for dis
cussion. On the latter committee
were MAJ. -Gen. Fitzsimons of Illinois,
Gen. Samuel Dalton, Adj Gen. of
Massachusetts, Adj.-Gen. w. II.
Mabry of Texas, Gen. Beanham of
Louisiana and the Adjutant General
Of Indiana.
The plans for discussion as prepared
by the committee were adopted as the
order of business and the work ac-
complished under it, assuring NIGH
ty meeting of warrors in 1893 has al
ready been detailed through the tele-
graph columns.
General Mabry is enthusiastic over
the situation and prophecies q grand
success as the outcome of the big en-
campment convention, and he feels
that Texas has been treated with
especial courtesy.
The general plan to be followed in
the gathering of the troops will be the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

named alike on compressed and I'M
compressed cotton, and that circular
No. 20 has and shall have no applica-
ton to such shipments.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

AGENTS. make 100 per cent and win azte 80.
HyglmIU prizes on my cOrses, belts brn shsn
un l, medlcines, Sample free. Terrjto pr"snes
bridgman, 373 Broadway, N. Y ofy' III.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
Department Of Education.

The treasurer of the city of Eagle
Pass, in his report to the department
OF education yesterday on the condi-
ton OF school finances, stated that
during the last year the city had re-
ceived S4374.89 and expended $4374. 50.
leaving nothing on hand.
COUNTY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES REPORTS.
County superintendents reported
yesterday on the general condition of
school affairs as follows:
McCulloch county has eighteen
schools and average daily attendance
of 460, all white.
San Augustine county has So schools
and an average daily attendance OF
64 white and $50 colored.
Marion county, 81 schools; average
daily attendance. 52S white and l09s
colored.
Nueces county, IA schools; total aver
age daily attendance, 9l5.
Kimble county, 10 schools; average
daily attendance, 317, all white.
Baylor county, IL schools; average
daily attendance, PSI, all white.
Washington county, 0S schools;
average daily attendance 2295 white
and 2285 colored.
The department sent out notifica-
ton yesterday to the different coun-
ties that the school funds in the treas
ury this month permit an apportion-
ment of 20 cents per capita for this
month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05
GALLOWAYsl

IL early Calves. 20 apout 10 months,
70 ~ ~ mead Of = and z Helfers; IS veorlin.s ,.o,
" 1 tln,9hroughpred bull, II early Calves pred
months old. Dulls' from TO 10
j. OVID STARK,
Stark, No.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-11-05

WhhN Nd,E friends and acquaintance, -
NO house, 's e am mo no longer running bosyI
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- -N----@-74.
The commission turned out their
circular yesterday, which though not
OF vital Importance, one yet of inter-
est enough to warrant reading.
Circular No. 20 is designed to ame nj
tariff No. 10, and orders.
that Commodity Tariff No. 10.
adopted by the railroad commission of
Texas Oct. 10th, 1881, and effective
Nov. 9Th, 1891, be amended by the ad-
dition of the following exceptions,
which shall become effective Nov.
9Th, 1917
7th exception: Brick transported in
car loads over narrow guage railroads
shall be subject to minimum of 5000
brick per car.
Sth exception: The rate on sand
transported from point on the Hous-
ton East and West Texas railway at
the San Jacinto river to Houston shall
by $500 per car.
Circular No. is amendatory of cir
cular No. %, and orders that the pro-
visions of circular No % shall not ap-
ply to cars loaded with freight for the
places named below when such
freight is destined to consignees
whose places of business are situated
away from the railroads on which
said places are located. Pena and
Aguilares on the Texas Mexican rail-
way, Maria on the Galveston, Har-
risburg and San Antonio railway.
The exceptions to take effect No
vember 2, 1891.
Circular No. 81 states that the COM
mission having learned that there is
some misunderstanding existing as to
the rates on cotton shipped from
points named in Circular No. 90, the
following rules and explanations are
made for the government of all con-
cerned:
l. The rates fixed in said circular
are the rates in force from the points
named before the establishment of
any rates by this commission, except
as affected by the differential between
Houston and Galveston, and the prac-
tice in respect to COMPRISING in ex-
istence under the old rates from said |
points has not been disturbed.
2. Tariff No. 6 makes rate on com |
pressed cotton, and the rates named
in circular No. % are on cotton in |
bales, and no difference is made or in
tended between compressed and un-
cotton.
3. The provisions of circular No. 25 |
in regard to COMPRISING apply to
under tariff No. alone.
and have no application to shipments
made from points named in circular
No. %.
1t is therefore ordered that the rates
liked in circular No. 2. shall apply to
from the points therein