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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
A GREAT PAPERS ERROR.

The st. Louis Republic is greaV
paper and is usually very consistent III
its Democracy and correct in its prelhl-
SEES and conclusions, but it has fallen
down very badly in the following:
Most of the city papers in texas
were recently making a greaI ou!cly
against the rev law forblddlng allehs
to own real Estate in Texas after the
expiration of six years, but the coun-
trv nress seems to be largely in favor
of continuing the law in force. The
onposition to the law is prompted
mainly by foreign loan companies,
whose operations will be curtalled
by the operation of the law. The OPP
moments of the law declaim against
"driving capital from the state, wh'le
its supporters declare thaj it is better
for land owners that loans should not
be too easily obtained; that it is better
for the state that farmers should
practice the narrowest and closest
ECONOMY for time than that the best
lands in the state should gradually
pass into the hands of alien corpora
tions through the facilities offered for
obtaining loans. Since the country
districts have been heard from the de-
mand for q special session of the legis-
lature to repeal this alien land law has
suddenly hushed."
If the Republic intends to teach
Texas the proper policy orpolicies to
pursue in state matters, 1t
should place a man on the ground
with sufficient, knowledge of the situa-
ton in Texas not to make an indecent
exposure of his ignorance when he
writes concerning it.
The demand for the extra session OF
the Legislature has not suddenly
hushed,". but is growing more urgent
each day, and with it the demand for
the repeal of the alien land law
The Republic is also mistaken when
it says that 1.-The country press seems
to be largely in favor of contin-
uing the law in force" A few country
papers, edited by members of the
legislature guilty of the folly of the
passage of such law are endeavoring
to be consistent and justify an act
which has already wrecked one bank
in Fort Worth and will ruin the state
unless repealed, and few more edited
by flannel mouthed demagogues and
professional jawsmiths who are con-
stitutional mossbacks and hate pro-
gress and development are upholding
the law.
The Republic should be careful
how it strains it's Democracy
by speaking kind words for
an act so paternalistic as the
Texas alien land law. One
would expect something of the kind
from the Globe Democrat, because it
advocates paternalistic form of gov
eminent which refuses to allow the in
dividual to borrow money where he
can get it cheapest, but says to him,
as in this alien land law, that he must
borrow from the money shark at home.
If the Republic is friend to Texas
and to Democratic principles it had
better hedge on the Texas alien land
law and do it quickly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
TURKEY.
A BLOOD OFFERING.

ADRIANoPLE, July 24.-GreaJ ex-
element prevails in this vicinity over
the tragic events growing out of the
accusation that Jewish butchers killed
Greek child as religious sacrifice.
The governor of Roumelia has pro-
claimed the district under military
law, fearing that otherwise the inhaol'
tants would rise against the Jews.
The alleged murder occurred at the
village of Mushipba Pasha, about
twenty miles from this city. The
corpse of the Greek girl, years of age,
was found in the river and the doctors
declared that she had not been
drowned but had been strangled and
thrown into the water.
All the butchers in the place were
Spanish Hebrews except one Geek
named Stefanos who sWore that the
girl had been strangled in the manner
| OF the Jewish blood offerings and that
the murder was undoubtedly a relig-
ious one. In the midst OF the excite
ment Stefanos disappeared and later
his corpse was found in a sack on thu
bank of the river. The body wa
covered with stabs Suspicion a
once fell upon the inen Stef
anas had accused aud tiv,
OF the Spanish butchers aud two o
their assistants were arrested. One o
the apprentices, lad named Glanvi
confessed that the five prisoners hat
murdered Stefanos and paid hin
(dianvD TO carry the body III sack t
The river. The mystery Of the girl
death is vet uusolved, but in the mill
tary trial which is to be had OF tn
prisoners it is expected that som
facts will he brought 10 light whicl
will reveal the manner of her death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
CENTRAL AMERICA.
BALNIACEDA's BRIGHT PROSPECTS.

BALMACEDAS BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
PANAMA, July PA great deal of
excitement has been occasioned here
this week by news from France that
the new CHILEAN war ships have been
released. This it is pretty generally
believed in Gillian circles here meat S
the speedy termination of the war and
triumph to Balmaceda. He already
possesses all the troops and transports
necessary to conduct victorious cam
paign in the North, his trou bic hitherto
having been a want of adequate pro-
lection for his transports, which would
have been promptly blown out Of the
water by the heavy Congressional ships.
Once the large and well equipped army
of the dictator is thrown upon the
Compassionate it must end the strug-
gle. 1t is understood the Compression.
alists are actually engaged in an en-
deavor to pull themselves tygether and
strike decisive blow ere the naval
reinforcements enable Ballnaceda to
turn the tables on them. That they
will be able to do this is, however,
very much doubted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
GAS EXPLOSION.
PINE BLUFF BADLY SHAKEN IT'D Avn
SEVERAL PEOPLE HURT

PINE BLUFF BADLY SHAKEN UP Ann
SEVERAL PEOPLE HURT
ST. Louis, Mo-, July PA specia,
from Pine Bluff, Ark, saws. "a
terrific gas explosion occurred how
this afternoon, houses over a. larao
portion of the town being shaken from
foundation to roof and window nanos
broken in the vicinity The explosion
occurred in Fred Schneider's tailor
ing establishment. One of his wort-
men lighted match and that's tbo
last he remembered, as he was Knocked
senseIess. Three persons were badIu
hurt, one fatally. His name is AIey
Strnss. The others are P. H. Haher
and c. w. Weller. The entire buildine
was crumpled and the adjacent honss
OF Mccain & Houston badly damared
Schneiders loss is $4,000. There is
10 doubt but the explosion was
caused by the ignition of gas that has
been escaping for some time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
LET'S HAVE MEN, NOT THINGS.

Members of the Texas legislature
should be paid more money 1t is the
only way in which Texas can ever
hope to be freed from the thraldOm of
dense ignorance and vicious, hurtful
legislation. AT present, it is absolutely
impossible to get Il man OF brains to
become a candidate for the Legislature
unless I've possesses an ambition to
secure higher political honors and de
sires TO use his election to the legisla-
ture merely as stepping stone.
The Twentysecond legislature con-
tains many men brilliant intel
lectual qualifications, who are also
patriots, but they were in a hopeless
minority last winter whenever ques-
ton arose which was of vital impor-
lance to the interests of the state and
were ridden over rough shod by the
blatherskites, demagogues and ignora
muses., and laws passed which will be
millstones about the neck of the
states progress until repealed by
patriots and men of brains.
Texas, with its splendid resources is
too great to pursue niggardly policy.
Its legislators should be paid salary
OF $4,000 per annum, and then let the
legislature remain iu session until its
work of making and repeating laws is
performed, and performed in a spirit
of patriotism and with a due regard
for the best interests of the whole state.
Such salary will secure the very best
men in our state for legislators, for
they can then afford to leave their
respective businesses and devote three
or four months, every two
years to drag the state out of the un.
enviable position in which it has been
placed by the sophomore chumps,
ambitious demagogues and ignorant
insufferable cyclists who have con.
trolled our legislatures for number o
Years.
Until this is done, business men anC
men of brains who know the state
needs, will refuse to leave their home
and business to perform work TO
which there is usually small thanks
spend several hundred dollars over an(
above the miserable stipend allowed
them, and lose several thousand NOR
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
RAILWAY RATTLE,
HARVEST EXCURSION RATE

KANSAS CITY, July 24.-rhe Trans
Missouri Passenger Association
took third vote this morning by wire
on the question of granting the har-
vest excursion rates. The vote is
unanimouly for granting the one and
one third cent rare, the Union Pacific
having withdrawn its objections.
THE NJ. X. AND II. Is IN IT.
CHICAGO, H., July 2i.-rha South
western Railroad and Steamship asso-
citation which adjourned it's meeting
from ST. Louis to Chicago, il holding
daily sessions at the Auditorium motel.
The work on which the association is
engaged is careful revision of the
agreement, an action that became nee
essary in order to keep the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas in the fold. The
new management of that company
held that it was not liable 70" obIig4-
lions contracted by the former man
agement and declined to be governed
by the agreement, in the forming OF
which it has had no voice. For this
reason i, was decided TO reorganize the
association, and the Missouri Kansas
and Texas is assisting in the work. 1t
is not expected that any very import
ant changes will he made in the agree
mnnt
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Hopping HippOIYte.

NEW YORK; July PA number of
prominent Haytiens leftl here for
France for the purpose of purchasing
ship and arms to send to Port au
Prince to organize revolution against
Hippolyte. The ship will take on
board at Kingston. Jamaica, General
Prophetic, who recently issued a.proc-
lamation and was elected general in
chief of the revolution. He will have
400 well armed men with him to en-
counter Hippolyte's army of 1000, but
the latter are said to be dissatisfied
and will leave him as soon as the YES
sci appears in the harbor of Port au
Prince.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
ANOTHER VICTIM.

THE ELECTRIC CARS AT SAN ANTONIO
STILL FURNISHING FUNERALS.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 23.-Wm
Hauser, aged 70 years, son CT San
Antonio grocer, was struck and in
stantly killed by an electric street car
this afternoon. The boy was stealing
a ride on the steam roller and WAS
ordered off by the engineer. He
jumped and landed in the middle of
the track, directly in front of an ap-
preaching car. He fell, and the motor
and trailer passed over his neck, nearly
severing his head from the body. The
conductor and motorman are in Jail
charged with negligent homicide.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
WASHINGTON WAITS.
TWISTING THE LAW.

WASHINGTON, July 24.-Superin-
tendent of immigration Owen holds
that skilled tin plate workers may be
imported into the United States under
contract made abroad until such
time when there shall be a sufficient
number of skilled workers to carry on
the manufacture in this country with
reasonable business facility, when such
importations will be in violation of the
contract labor law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

Sam Farmer woD, Bracelet
Unadilla third. Time, 1.OOS4 second,
JEROME PARK RAcRs
JEROME PARK, N. J.. JnI,
First race-Three quarters of n
Arab won, Volunteer second, mile.
third. Time l.1812. 'seouse
Second race-Six furlonps IT,
Fourth race-Five furlonos lamp
lighter won, Kilkenny second Garrie
third. Time 1.l91.4. Alcalde
Third race - Fourteen br.,
yards. Register won, Laurel a oaOed
Donohue third. Time 1 "a ID, second
G., won. Beansy second o,o
third. Time LAB orawry
Fifth race-Five furlones L.
heton won, Disappointment sa lam
Absconder third. Time 1.O3 second
Sixth race-Fourteen hundred w.,
Cecilia won, Vintage second TFSrus'
wood third. Time 1879. fern-
Seventh race-Steeple chase sb...
course. Ecarte won, Delaware son snoft
Troy third. Time 3. SO 1-2. ''00no''
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

THE correspondents are now telling
a sad story on the young German war
lord. They say that on his visit to
Russia he took command of brigade
in sham battle, and that before he
could put his school tactics in opera
ton the wild and woody Muscovites,
who fight much like "shopkeepers
Incorporating as soldiers" had him
surrounded and captured, and had
adjourned to banquet of cold tallow
and hot whisky. If his warlordship
really wants to learn how to conduct a
campaign he should spend day at
Camp Stanley and watch Austin's
pretty girls surround the commission
ed officers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

ATToRNEY-GENERAL CULBERSON
has decided that the Legislature can
compel Messrs. Whitaker and Bon
ner to answer all questions put to
them concerning the 1. and G. n. in
vestigation. Attorney-General Gull
berson is a promoter of the East Texas
"pie" industry, inasmuch as his de-
cision will throw a large-sized calcium
light on new methods Of acquiring
that convenience.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

y COUNTY ATTORNEY near Dallas,
in reply to letter from Governor
Hogg telling him to prosecute gam
blers, close saloons and kick a hole in
the solar system, said simply: "GOv-
ernor Hogg, am county attorney of
- county" He was evidently
elected by the people and is not an
appointce of the present administra-
ton,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
MODEST TEXANS.

THEY CLAIM THE CITY OF CHICAGO,
WORLDS FAIR INCLUDED.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, July PAS. L. Sum
merlin of San Antonio, Texas, attorney
for Bruno and Horatio burst of sLeon
county, John burst of Tyler, E. j. N.
Blake and Harry w. Moss of Lime
stone, John s. burst of Kimball, Mary
and Ella Bateman of Leon, J. A. and
Louis Hopkins of Dallas county, and
Jarvis B. Irion of Leon county, Texas,
is here. His clients lay claim to a large
amount of property in the business
portion of Chicago valued at many
millions of dollars. The claims date
back to old Fort Dearborn, in title
through Col. John Jamison, stationed
there in 1920. Summerlin claims to
have complete abstracts of titles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
TAYLOR TOPICS.
THE NEGRO RAPIsT IN THE HANDS OF
THE OFFICERS.

TAYLOR, Tex, July 23.-The officers
brought in Robt. Aplin, the party
charged with raping zimmerman's
daughter night before last, on the II
a. IN. train yesterday. There is no di-
rect evidence, as they cannot identify
him, having seen him only in
the dark, but the parties that
arrested him struck his track at Zim-
merman's house and kept it till they
caught him three miles south OF
Manor. They have an unbroken
chain of circumstantial evidence. This
same party attempted to rape a little
colored girl here on the Goth, inst.
Sheriff Olive took him to Georgetown
this evening.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

ROBERT J. BROWN, who has been
several months connected with the
editorial stafrof THE STATESMAN, has
been transferred to the local depart
ment and will in future hold the po-
sition of city editor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
Grand Army Rates.

ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The Wabash
proposes to have finger in the Grand
Army of the Republic pie, and today
issued rate of IS from st. Louis to
Detroit and return, selling August l to
3 and returning August IS, and in case
the ticket is deposited with the agent
in Detroit good until September 30.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
RAILWAY RATTLE.
SOUTHERN LINES IN COUNCIL

SOUTHERN LINES IN COUNCIL.
ST. LOUIS, July 23-Southern lines
interested in adjusting rates from Gin
cinnati and Louisville territory to Ar
kansas points met at the Southern ho-
tel today. There were represented
the Big Four, the Ohio and Mississip-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

pi, the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton. Jacksonville. jacksonville and
Indianapolis, Vandalis, Cotton Belt
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain.
The matter was not complered at to
days meeting and will be resumed to-
morrow
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
TWO FOR A NICKEL,
ONE MAN SHOT, ANOTHER HANGED,
AID FOR FIVE GENTS

ALL FOR FIVE CENTS.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July PA dispatch
from Atlanta, Ga, says that Chas. M.
ozburn was hanged there today. The
drop fell at 1888 p. m, and at 1:5O he
had breathed his last. The crime to
atone for which Chas. NJ. Ozburn to-
day suffered the death penalty at At
lanGa. Ga, was a trivial one. He was
wholesale commission merchant
Bradley. retailer, disputed the cor
rectneSs of a bill involving about 5
cents, whereupon Ozburn sought him
ana shot him dead. Last evening ap-
pllcation was made to the sheriff for
three tickets for the little children of
the murdered man vino wished to wit
ness the execution of their fathers
murderer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

A NEW monthly journal called
brains" has been established in
Pennsylvania. 1t intimated that it is
prepared to furnish all sizes and
shapes of heads with a first class ar
ticle at lowest market rates. There is
hope for Wiley Mangum Imboden yet.
Who knows but even the Hon. Ham
Gossett may be led to invest in small
sized thinking apparatus, elevate his
index finger and objure his fellow men,
bers of the immortal Twenty second
to get together and kick the sawdust
out of his alien land law montrosity?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

The Houston Post suggests that
The STATESMAN has a large contract
on it's hands in trying to knock out
the homestead law. The STATESMAN
may fail to knock it out, but it will
kick it loose from the hold it has taken
on the Democracy Of Texas. Rome
was not built in day, and there is
still hope that Texas will some time
have a new constitution and refuse to
make Republican paternalism part
of it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

by neglecting their business for the
blessed privilege of doing it.
The day has been ushered IN When
Texas must be governed by either men
or mice. Let us have the men.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30

The great granite dam across the
Colorado is growing. Austin's envious
rivals will soon have something to
howl about.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-30
THE SOUTHERN LINES.

ST. LOUIS, July 24-Representatives
of the Southern lines, who convened
here yesterday to effect an adjustment
of the Division of through rates from
Cincinnati and Louisville TO Arkansas
points, met again this morning and
renewed consideration of the matter.
After a thorough discussion of the
subject it was found impossible to
agree and adjournment was taken sine
die.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-12-31
The Indian of Today.

Whlle ! was among tie Indians, y
says julia Ralph, Il often thought
81 how many thousands Of bows in
the cities are anxious to get gun
ana go among the red men, either to
see Them, to live with them, or to
nnnt them. But hog disappointed
they would be if they could see the
indians in Canada. In fact, they are
in Canada to-day a lot of idle, law
vagabonds, rapidly dying of starva-
clon and bad habits. They are beg
gars and tramps. What pride they
mad, what courage was once theirs
whatromance and prosperity or com
tort Favored their lives are now all
gone. Their best friend in Canada
told me that at the present death
rate there will not be a f1ll-blooded
indian left on the plains in Is years.
POOR, poor Indians They really liy-
ed upon the buffaloes. The buffalo
gave them their food, their tents.
their clothes, their exercise. TRAINING
and sport, many Of their implements
the very necessaries of their life.
Now that the buffaloes are gone, the
Indians have either to change into
the white mans ways or to follow the
departed game to the "happy hunting
grounds. You would scarcely cred
1T what / could tell you of their mis-
cry, and yet not all the truth can be
told. In place OF their former tents
OF hide they now live in tents of cot.
ton sheeting, and these are tattered
and full Of holes burned by flying
sparks from their fires. The winters
thereon the plains-are dreadfully
cold. The thermometer falls as low
as 50 below zero. The shiftless In
dlans never think of the morrow,
and therefore save no wood. Ali
winter long, on the reserves, YOU will
see the poor Wretches in these thin
tents, bent over fires of damp wood
and turning around and around,
hrst with their backs to it. to keep
from freezing to DEATH They are
led by the government, which keeps
them virtually prisoners, of course;
but those who roam the prairies beg
OF white men and sell the beadwork
ana other ornaments their poor,
abused SquaWs make"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-12-31
Saying Good Bye.

Every now and then, as wejourney
through this vale from the cradle to
the grave, it becomes necessary for
US to say good-by. Generally it is
said in sadness and with sigh.
We wiring the hand of the departing
friend, the sorrowful tears are shed,
then the bell rings and the train goes
round the curve. This is the good
by that sticks in the throat like a
large three cornered lump and pre-
sistently refuses to be swallowed.
After this kind Of a farewell we 90
home feeling that something has
gone out of life. We are like the man
who puts his foot for another step
at the end ola dark stairway and
finds suddenly that it isn't there.
Then there is the farewell that is
said with hilarious chuckle of low.
We say it to the bill collector, whom
we have with us always, or have had
for a long time. We say it to the
bore, the spring poet, to the man
who reads the exchanges and to the
writer who invariably refers to a
bear as bruin.
The sweetest good-by is that of the
girl at her fathers front gate, when
only you.and / and the twinkling
stars are present. To some of us it
is only a memory that will remain
fresh and green long after we have
passed that callow age. The sad
dest good-by is the one thatis said
by the side Of an open grave. Ma,
tional Weekly.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-12-31
Walt Whitman Talks.

In talking of himself the other day,
Walt Whitman said: II am jogging
along in the old pathway days, and
in rainy weather content to be shut
up in my den, where I have society
enough in my books and in the daily
communication I carry on, chiefly by
letters, with the outside world. see
a good many actors who seem to
have afondness for my society. The
death of George II. Boxer ratified
me- a good deal. He has sent me
some very warm and encouraging
words ofpraise, and had reason to
think that Mr.. Boxer would outlive
me. But as he said in one of his
poems, We do not know; we can but
guess when the time comes to 90
across the great 'divide.'
81 am sure if anybody had told me
Is years ago when I first suffered
from my acute attack OF paralysis.
that | woull live to be 70 years old.
L would have bet ducat to a beg
gardly denier that the curtain of life
would have been rung down on me
long before this time of year.
1T is best to keep an even mind.
II had met trouble even half way [
would have lain down aud died long
ago. [ tried to be a philosopher, to
take things easy and to take them
as they come, and seem to have sue
ceeded, for in some respects I seem to
feel better and stronger than 1 did
at my last birthday. fl live till the
31st day of next May I will be II
years old.
81 have been invited to deliver nv
essay, or lecture, or whatever you be
pleased to call it, on Abraham Lin
coin in New York city the 18th of
next April, but I have folded my
tent as a pnblic speaker, and must
be content in going slow, for it is
only along plain roads and not across
roads that l can travel the rest of
my pilgrimage. Apropos to going
slow, l reckon that is the secret of
Palmerston's long life and of Tenny-
sons still being able to enjoy thesuh-
stantial joys of life.'' 49,.