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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

Orleans alone excels it, and the repulse
at Cold Harbor, Va, June 3, 1864, prob
ably stands next to it. Yet the victory
of jackson at New Orleans had few, if
any, political consequences, and that Of
Cold Harbor had none, while San Jacinto
was the end of one regime and the be-
ginning of another-the assurance of a
development which every year grows
grander
Lee fought in and for his native state,
but Houston, the Virginian, and Jackson.
the Carolinian, had long been adopted
Tennesseeans; the immediate successors,
IN many instances the sons and younger
brothers of Jackson's men, fought at San
Jacinto, and of the third generation of
the same stock not few We're with Lee
at Cold Harbor, At this point it may be
permissible to digress, and ask why it is
that with such facts before them the men
OF each generation make substantially
the same mistake in judging their CON
temporaries In early 1861 many on one
side of the line were rash enough to
prophesy that the sons of the men of
1912 on the Canada frontier and relnoter
descendants OF the patriots of Bunker
Hill and Saratoga would not fight"
while on the other side there were vehe
ment assertions that the blood of New
Orleans and San Jacinto had run out"
We are all wiser now and can afford to
smile sadly, but it was a bloody blunder.
And what of the race that was van
pushed at San Jacinto? Its decay and
subsequent revival afford far more in.
teresting and instructive study. 1t is
certain that the Spaniards of the Six
teenth century were by far the grandest
men OF their time In arts and arms,
in literature and diplomacy alike, the
Spaniards We're then eminent: Int
their success in conquest was simply
amazing. a kingdom containing no
more people than our two largest
states at present continued for century
to pour forth armies to which there
seemed no end, led by commanders an.
parently Of sleepless vigilance and insen-
siole to danger and fatigue. In less
than two generations the Spanish prov
nces IN America spread on both sides of
the equator far into the temperate zones,
while III Europe they were almost equal |
to France and England combined.
All at once this vast empire seemed as |
If struck by sudden paralysis. Genius
and learning took their flight to other |
lands, ana sort Of helpless drowsiness
appeared to infect the whole body. Our
present political and religious preiudices
probably mislead us when we accept the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
GLoBE-DEMOCRAT

THE GLoBE-DEMoCRAT, losing
sight of the many weeks that were
wasted in the Illinois legislature,
owing to the pig-headed obstinacy OF
the opponents of Senator Palmer
takes that body to task for continuing
in business, and giving some little at
tention to the statuatory subjects of
interest to the state. The GID.
puffs out its paunch, initiates its lungs
and vents its spleen like this
"The Illinois legislature goes right
on wasting time and money with ut
ter Indifference to the fact that it
ought to have dispersed for shame's
sake as soon as it made senator of
John NJ. Palmer"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE Forth Worth Gazette invites
its local readers to build houses, re-
peating the invitation forty-fve times
in two columns. The people Of Aus
tin are doing that way already, with =
out the necessity of advice from their
friends. The only trouble is to build
them fast enough. If there is a
vacant house in Austin today it will
be tenanted tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

If HARRISON is not better man
when he gets out of Texas it won't be
for want of good associations and eff
forts of the church. He has been con
stantly attended by the best Demo-
Gratis of Texas ever since his arrival,
and twice while he was in Galveston
they prevailed on him to go to church.
1t ought to take the taste oat OF his
mouth anyhow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE Nashville American came out
Sunday in twenty-four page edition,
and the object of its abundance was
not plain to be seen until poem on
april" and another on elaboration"
were found buried under the mass of
literature. It. would have been less
expensive to hide them in the waste
basket.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
FREMONT'S ISLAND.
Discovery of the Missing Link in the Chair
of an Important Title.

Discovery of the Missing Link in the Chain
of an Important Title.
FINDLAY, o., April 21.-The missing link
in the chain of title establishing Genera!
Fremont's title to the Island of Alcalras in
San Francisco bay has been Recovered bv
w. K. Covat of this city, who is one of the
claimants under Fremont, he having
furnished part of the purchase money.
The missing part of the title is in the form
OF a grant from the Mexican government
to Pllmon Temple, the man from whom
General Fremont made the purchase. The
united states government now has posses
SION OF this island, and General Fremont,s
helrs are suing for its value, which is esti-
mated at $4,000 goo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

England and the adjacent states! I'm
doubtedly he would have esta blished
law and order, and as he could not have
lived always, the province would soon
have become II republic and then an
American state.
The smusglers next took control. and
certainly they could not have been alto
gether bad, for in 1908 General Herrera
reported to the Spanish vicerov that
Texas contained 1000 civilized people
and that life and property were reason
ably secure. Then came the era of Ellis
Peter (or Peter Ellis Bean and his con-
temporaries, and after them Lieutenant
Magee and Bernardo Gutierrez This
last set was composed Of fighters. Thew
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
seeming quie t

out much was done. Soon after noon on
the 21st the Texans attacked, and in less
than one hour the Mexican army was
annihilated Such, in the fewest posi-
BILE words, is history of the ever men,
orable battle which settled the question
of Texan independence affirmatively for
ever. But on the events leading to the
battle and its far reaching consequences
whole libraries have been written, and
the events of each succeeding year give
us new light and clearer views of the
philosophy of that curious and romantic
conflict.
At this day no detailed history of the bat
tie is needed. Every well informed Texan
knows it by heart. Hereitis only proposed
to set forth the most striking facts, and
then go on to trace the philosophy of the
chain of events which brought Anglo
American and Hispano-Aztec to their
final struggle. There is something
strangely alluring about the figures. The
Texans were 1888 all told The Mexicans
were, by the lowest estimate, 1000, by
the highest 900; the variation rises from
an uncertainty as to the strength of the
achievements brought that morning by
General Cos. Yet the Texans lost but
eight killed and twenty-five wounded,
while the Mexican loss was $50 killed and a
somewhat larger number captured in
Guiding the few wounded.
In this astonishing disparity of num-
bers and losses no one can fail to see an
indication of a vast difference in the es-
sential characteristics of the two races,
and in this is the key to all the events
that led to the battle. AS victory
merely only two other conflicts in the
western world will compare with it; New
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE movement for the opening up
Of new streets in Fifth and Sixth
wards in the vicinity OF the Lawless
addition, best es having become alb
solutely necessary to the citizens of
that section of the city is good indi-
cation of the splendid prospects OF
those wards lying contiguous as they
do 10 the State University. The Pc
tition for opening new street west
of and parallel to San Gabriel, which
separates Fifth and Sixth wards,
adopted by the council the other
night should be met by property own
ers through whose land it will run in
a spirit of liberality as by allowing its
opening they increase the value of
their property. The same may be
said of West Twenty-second and half
rect.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
Fifteen Stories High.

NEW YORK, April 21.-In less than two
weeks work will be begun on the new build.
ing which Theodore Havemeyer proposes
building On Church between Cortland and
Dey streets. The property is 6ly2OO feot
and cost nearly half a million. The buiId
ing to be erected thereon will be fifteen
stories high and will cost 81 ,OOO, 200.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE STATESMAN is in receipt OF the
fourteenth annual report of the Amer
lean Humane association, held at
Nashville, Tenn. This organization
is for the ton Of cruelty to ami
mails and children. 1t has been in
existence forteen years, and is growing
constantly.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

WHAT magnificent day was yester-
day-overhead and all around, except
under foot. The fire boys played in
hard luck. One of the elements in
which they largely deal went squarcly
back ON them. They had too much
water, and had it too soon just once.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

constant READER" "E Pluribus
Unum," "Vox PopuG," "Nox Vomica"
and all the other itinerate editorial
irritants are thoroughly outdone by
~. X. L." who has sent touching
communication to THE STATESMAN
overlooking with fearful advice about
booming Austin. Recognizing the
important part this paper has taken in
forwarding the enterprise which may
be ranked as the foundation for Aus
tins temple of prosperity, he ad-
dresses communication to "the editor
OF the dam STATESMAN"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

A "REBEL brigadier," a Methodist
preacher, close kin to Jeff Davis,
prayed at the opening of the National
Union league at Cincinnati yesterday,
with Billy Mckinley in it. What is
this world coming to, anyhow?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE state departments were closed
in honor of the day yesterday. San
Jacinto Day is as sacred to the heart
OF the loyal Texan as is the Fourth of
July to the balance of the Union.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

vantage possible. That convention is
to be one OF education, the 1host
capable of receiving it should be sent
there as delegates.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
.SAN JAGINTO DAY.
Recalling the Memories of the
2Ist- of April, 1896.
SAM HOUSTON AND SANTA ANNA
A Detailed Account of the Battle Is Need
less, but Many Collateral Facts Deserve
MentiOn-Philosophy of the Great StruG-
gle - The Spanish Americans - Brief
Biographies.

N THE goth of
April, 1886, the
Texan and Mexi-
can armies came
face to face on
the historic field
south of Buffalo
Bayou and west
of the San Jacin-
to. For twenty
TO ur hours or
more there was a
seeming 0niet
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

AMONG the other items to claim
the attention OF the people at the
election next August will be the con-
sideration of five constitutional
amendments. They will have to de-
eide whether they want the judiciary
article amended as the legislature
provided; they will have to make up
their minds as to the propriety Of
taking l per cent year from the
school fund and transferring it to the
available school fund they will have
to form an opinion as to the advisa-
bility OF providing for registration in
towns and cities of 10000 or more,
they must determine on the ex
pediency of reducing the conventional
rate OF interest from II to 10 per cent,
and they must make the Con-
iederate Home state institution,
and they must express the result of
their cogitation by the If ballots.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE Texarkana young bloods who
thought it funny to Shout into the
presidents special train, "Hurrah for
Cleveland and democracy" not only
stultifed themselves but brought a
blush OF shame to the face of queenly
Texas that she should harbor such
boys. So far as Harrison was con-
cerned, he was the one who could we'll
afford to be the least affected by the
incident. What senseless thing is
many forms OF alleged fun!
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

SECRETARY DICKINSON of the Worlds
Fair association has promised to be
present with prominent Worlds Fair
representatives at the convention to
meet in Fort Worth May 18th and to
give full particulars of what the asso-
citation hopes to accomplish in Chicago
in 1893. This is the kind Of informa-
ton Texas needs in her effort to get
up her state exhibit to the best adj
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

READ the communication from the
secretary of the Commercial club this
morning. 1t scores center in every
paragraph. 1t places a plain duty
before our people that cannot, in just
ice to the city, be overlooked. Austin
has spent good hard money in attract.
ing the attention of capital to her, and
now she must take further steps to
win it, horse, foot and Dragon. Is it
not time for the Board of Trade to
join hands with the Commercial club
and help push forward the good work?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23

THE great mistake made by the
700 men who won the battle of San
Jacinto was they didn't, Immediately
after the fight, get together and say
to Sam Houston and the provisional
government, Here, we have won an
empire, it belongs to us, give us hall
county of land each for ourselves
aud our descendants" They could
have had all they asked, and they and
their families might have been worth
millions today. AS it is, many of these
old heroes are passing their last days
in perjury in a land OF plenty, and a
thousand millions of wealth all built
upon their valor at San Jacinto.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-23
difference? That question can alone
be solved by experiment which might
proye disastrous to the roads.

THE following from the Memphis
Commercial, one of the leading Dem
ocratic publications Of the day, has Il
most pleasant ring, and will find an
answering echo in the hearts OF the
proud people OF Texas;
"For the same reason that Mr.. Cleve'
land is the selected candidate of the
Democrats of the United States for
president, Mr.. Mills OF Texas is gradu-
ally coming to be considered the lead
ing canidate for speaker of the house
OF represen tatives. Mr.. Cleveland,s
tariff reform message in 1887 made
him the candidate Of his party for re-
election, and 80 it is coming to be con
conceded that the Mills bill, which ne
so bravely and intelligently fought Tor
in the house of the Fiftieth congress,
makes the great Texan the candidate
for the third Office under the govern
ment. He is sound, healthy, Jetter-
souian Democrat, without equivocatlon
or reservation. He believes that the
tariff should be reduced to the point of
revenue only, and that thus the people
should have the necessaries OF life
cheapened to them, and the manu-
facturers have free raw material. He
is for the masses and opposed to the
classes, and is strongly convinced
that the administration of the govern
ment through and by Jeffersonian
doctrines and principles will assure
the greatest good of the creates. mum
Der. Mr.. Mills is growing man. His
earnestness, his honesty, mis- frankness
and the quality of bluff heartiness in
which some pretend to have found an
objectional quality, all commend him
to the trust and confidence of the peo-
pie whom he serves with answering
fidelity"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-24
RUNS OF THE RACERS.
livery Fsvorite But One Landed
Winner at GraYesend.

livery Favorite But One Landed a
Winner at Grayesend.
GRAvEsEND RACE TRACK, N. Y, Sept
23-For the first time in many moons the
talent had regular field day with the book
makers to-day. The weather was a tri1e
warm, but the track was in first-class shape
and the $500 persons present wero in O
mood to bet heavily. They commenced by
making Raceland an even money favorite
for first race, and he won haudily. Then
Longford, Hoey aud DR.. Hasbrouck, ali
favorites, were all successful. Civil Service
at to l was stumbling block in the fifth
race, but when Taral landed Sam Post, o
favorite, a winner in the last event 1.-THE tall
ent gave mighty cheer and went home
satisfied. Following is summary of the
events:
FIRST RAcE-Purse, 81 900, one mile Race
land won with Milt Young second and Sleipner
third. Time 1:434.
SECOND r -Handicap, g., coo added, a mile
and a fnrlong Longford won, with Come to-Taw
second and Kingmsker third Time I:55l6
THIRD RAcE-Purse $1,000, for maiden p year
olds, selling allowances, five furlongs. HoeY
won. with Dago second AMI Constantinople FLY
FOURTH RAoE-Purse 81 900, for s-year-olds
and upward, one mile. Or, Hasbrouck won,
with Worth second and Inferno third. Time
1:424.
FIFrH RAcE-Heavy handicap 81 900 added,
six furlonRs. Civil Service won, with Curt
Gum second and Lord Harry third Time
1:144.
SIXTH RAcE-Purse $1,000, for 2-year-old
six furlongs. Ssm Post won, with StAlactite
| second and Wyandotte third. Time 1:17
ADAY OF CLOSE FINISHES.
CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 23.-This was a
day OF close finishes at LatoDia. The
favorites lost In all the races except the
first. Out Of forty-one horses entered in the
| five races thirty-one ran. The events were
as follows
FIRsr RAcE-One mile. First Lap won, with
| Maud b. second and Clark third. Time As
| SECOND RACE-Five furlongs. Orrville won,
with Judge Jewell second and Title S. third.
| Time :031s.
THIRD RAcE-One mile and twenty yards. Col.
| Wheatley won, with Philora second and Cup
| Bearer third Time 1:4424.
| FOURTH RACE-One mile and seventy yards.
| Little Annie won. with Carus second and Bob
| Forsythe third. Time 1916.
FIFTH RACE.-Five and one-half furlongs.
| Dore won, with w. 3. second and Lou Dudley
third. Time l:09.6
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-24
CAIRO's TRAGEDY.
A Daughter of Nix the Cause of the
Fatal Quarrel.

A Daughter OF Nix the Cause of the
Fatal Quarrel.
CAMILLA, GA, Sept 23.-The latest in
formation in regard to the killing of George
Mize by Larkin Nix, in Thomas county, is
that the murder was not committed about
money as at first reported, but about Ella
Nix, daughter of Larkin Nix.
And the rumor is now current that Nix
has not only been caught. but lynched.
Nix has on more than one occasion
threatened 10 kill Mize if he did not stay
away from the formers house.
Friday morning Nix told negro that
Mize was going to his house that evening
and he was going to kill him. He told the
negro also to get him some liquor and carry
it to the Ochlochnee river bridge, and if he,
Nix, was not there to go on down the river
as be was going that way just as soon as he
killed Mize.
The negro told this to some of the party
who We're searching for Nix, aud they made
the negro so with them to the bridge aud
there give the signal agreed on between the
negro and Nix. The negro, accompanied
by the party, then went on down the river,
where they soon found Nix, the rumor says
who promptly covered the crowd with his
gun and defied them. Fearing him the
! crowd left to get more help, aud Nix was
| gone when they returned.
That part Of the story has caused an al
most general belief that the murderer was
then and there riddled with bullets and his
| body thrown into the murky Ochlochnee,
| for it is well known that the many friends
| or George Mize were very indignant, and
| the case against Nix was very plain.
The case has created a great deal of ex-
| element In the entire section
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-24
COIN DATES.
Interesting Statistics Relative to the
Issue OF American Silver Money.

Interesting Statistics Relative to the
Issue OF American Silver Money.
From the Albany Argus.
At the club one of the members pulled
out handful Of small change to pay his
bill
"Have you any quarters" said one, who
was sitting near.
"Yes, four Do you want to borrow
them'n
mo. But what will you bet that l can
not guess the dates on themf'
Il do not know what your trick is, but
for flyer will bet the coins themselves"
"Done ! will name the dates: 1858,
1854 and two of 1876. Am rightr
"Let me see. One is 1854; this is 1877;
this 1876, and this Is 1858. You guessed
three correctly and missed one. So you
owe me q quarter and l owe you rs cents.
Now explain your trick"
at is no trick. The fancy took me a few
weeks ago to examine the dates on coins,
and found that almost every quarter bears
one of these dates, with an occasional 1856,
1857, 1853. 1873. | suppose more of them
were coined in those years. During the
weeks | have been interested in the subject
have seen one 1851, but not single other
quarter bearing date in the sixties or in the
seventies, except as | have mentioned. II
one wanted to bet, as we have just done. he
could be a surs winner in the long rum
[ Witnessed this transaction. aud it in
terested me so that looked the matter up.
In the report of the director of the mint
found full explanation. In that is a table
giving TIE coinage in different denOmina-
tions for each year since the organizations
Of the minis. The coinage of quarters has
f1uctuated in a most remarkable way.
Beginning with 1850. for three years the
coinage averaged about $4,000 year.
Then, in 1858, it jumped up to So. S13 $50.
In 1854 it was almost as much, S., 095, 900.
Then it dropped to STA, 260 in 1855. In 1856
it was 81, $4,000, in 1857 S2.4l1 900 ard in
1855 81 $40, 900.
Then eit dropped again, never rising to
S400, 900, and in war times averaging only
s., 900 or $4,000, except in 1861, when it
was 81, 2l3 $50 In 1875 it was 81 .075, SIS;
in 1876, 81, 454 2S7 So in 1877, 81, 727. 927 Sd.
Then began the coinage of silver dollars by
the millions and the production of sub
sidiary coins dropped way of. For the past
ten or fifteen years the coinage of quarters
has averaged only $1,000 OF 1900 year.
Just examine the dates on the quarters
tnet come into your possession and see how
they bear out these statistics For instance,
in 1856 there were only s., al 80 in quarters
coined, aud there are thousand chances to
one against a coin of this date coming into
your hands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-24
TALLAHASSEE TOPICS.
Appointments by the Governor-Ar-
ticles OF Incorporation Filed.

Appointments by the SoNSIhOl al
ticles OF Incorporation Filed
TALLAHASSEE, FLA, Sept. 23.-Gov.
Fleming has made the following appoint
msnts. ID. NJ Echmendia of Mullet Key to
be notary public for the state at large, &.
E. Walker of Barlow to be supervisor or
registration for Polk county, DR.. j. Y.
Porter of Jacksonville to be notary public
for the state at large, George >. Ronx OF
Fernandina TO be inspector OF timber aud
lumber for Nassau county, Randolph ID.
Gilber OF Cottondaie to be constable Tor
district three of jackson county and ). M.
Cross Of BaRdad to be notary public tor Els
Gambia county.
The Florida Pebble Phosphate Company
has filed notice that it will increase its capi-
tel stock TO 500 900 By issuing $4,000 ad-
ditional stock.
The following new companies have fled
articles of Incorporation with the secretary
of state: The Suwannee Phosphate Com
pany, capital stock $4,000. The incorpo-
rators are w. T. Adams, (. G. Gordon, R.
II. Adams, W. M. Ross and G. W. Cren-
shaw.
The De Soto Beach Improvement Com
Uany. capital stock 5000. The incorpora-
tors are G. H. Walton, George NJ. Robbins,
W. S. Graham and J. f. Lanouette
The Umatilla Branch Exchange, capital
stock $4,000. The incorporstors are Rich
ard Alfred, NJ. II. Mcclure and T. A.
Smith.
The Peoples Cooperative Building and
Loan Association of Pensacola, capital
stock 100000.
The Tallahassee Rifles have been admitted
into the regular Florida state troops AID
will soon bs uniformed and equipped.
The artesian we'll that the Tallahassee
Water Works Company are have bored
il now down TO depth of nearly 800 feet.
The contractor thinks that he will soon
strike good Aow of water.