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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
GARCIA, THE REvoLUTI0NIsT.
With Band Of Fifty Cut-Throats He Elk.
poets to Overthrow Diaz.

pOOIo W ONOIIuIUW DldL,
Special to The Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 16.-Carlos
]. Garcia is noted character upon
both sides or the Rio Grande river
He has money, education, unlimited
daring and violent disposition. He
has been leader of the turbulent
class of MeXicans, has special hatred
for President Diaz. In fifty under
sized revolutions, municipal riots and
clerical fights, he has been the central
figure. Upon the Mexican list of fug-
itives from justice he is characterized
by the word dangerous" He has
been in Texas about six months, and
the officers have confidently expected
him to break out in some wild attempt
to overthrow the existing authority.
Gen. d. S. Stanley, commanding
the department of Texas, today re-
ceived telegram from Capt. Randall
of the United States infantry, who
commands Fort Ringgold at Rio
Grande City, Tex. The dispatch says
that on yesterday Garcia with fifty
followers crossed the Rio Grande into
Mexico with the object of precipitating
revolution. They are going to one
of the larger towns Of the state Of
Tamaulipas and expect it to join in
the rebellion on their coming. If
successful, they will sieze the Gulf,
Monterey and Tampico railway, and
establish a base of supplies some
where on the line. They are nearly
all we'll armed with Winchester
rifles and army revolvers and ride
good horses. Some of them are men
of high family, and all are devoted to
the Clerical party, which is opposed
to President Diaz. 1t is as pretty a
band of cut-throats as ever crossed the
river. Gen. Stanley telegraphed Capt.
Randall to patrol the Amer
lean bank of the Rio Grande
with all the troops at his
command and the Mexican military
authorities at Nuevo Laredo, which
is headquarters for the state of Nuevo
Leon, have been notified and de-
tachment of 800 Mexican CALGARY has
been sent down there and will at
tempt to intercept the Garcia band.
General Stanley does not regard the
revolution as serious and thinks that
the Garcia gang will be rouned up
and shot inside of 10 days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
Given Ten Years in the Pen.

special to The Statesman.
MIDLAND, Tex, Sept. 17.-District
court is now in session here. John
Dansby, who attempted to assassi-
nate w. N. Jones upon the Felt ranch
in May last, has been convicted and
given ten years. The other case
against him for the assault upon
Strickland at the same time will be
tried Saturday. Today the jury con-
victed A. J. ID. Hooper of passing a
check and gave him two years in the
pen. The grand jury has returned
felony indictments. The gamesters
were not molested. -
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
Death From Muriatic Acid.

CHICAGO, Sept. IA bottle Of
muriatic acid in the Anderson print
ing establishment broke and caused a
small blaze. The fire was extinguished
by the insurance patrol and firemen
who returned to the engine houses.
Soon afterward number of the fire.
men were attacked with symptoms of
acute pneumonia. Capt. Mullins died
and Capt. Donahoe and Mr.. Williams
are in critical condition from muriatic
ether, deadly poison. The gas
was produced by burning the acid.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
AN EDITORIAL SHOOTING MATCH.
E. M. Tate Of Sulphur Springs Shoots and
Kills Everett Moore.
:necial 70 The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, Tex, Sept. 16.-
Our quiet little city was thrown into
excitement over an impromptu duel
about $3.50 o'clock this morning be-
tween f. NJ. Tate and Everett Moore,
respectively editors of the Hopkins
County Echo and the Alliance Vindi-
Gator, which resulted in the death OF
the latter. Tate received a slight
wound in the left arm. Moore re-
ceived five wounds, one in the
groin, two in the side and two in
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
The Murder Of a Choctaw.

Special 10 the Statesman.
SHERMAN, Tex, Sept. 17.-Federal
officers passed through this city today
having two negroes in their custody,
named Genie, who are charged with
the murder Of Nose Butler, a Choctaw
official, in 1886. Prior to the treaty of
1886 all crimes committed against a
Choctaw citizen were answerable in
the courts there, but it now develops
the murder was committed in 1887,
and the prisoners were surrendered 10
Uncle Sam for trial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
Taken From the Ruins.

New YORK, Sept. 1.-Two bodies
have been found in the ruins of the
Commercial Advertiser building since
midnight and identified as John Odle-
man and his son Frederick, jewelers..
The police believe other bodies will
be unearthed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
AUSTIN COTTON MARKET.
How We Can Save Our Trade and Make
Money.

j While the much to be desired rail-
yroad extension to Llano is occupying
1.-THE attention ofthe citizens of Austin,
and is a matter of vital Importance to
that city, there is another subject
which demands instant action.
When the Alliance yard was pro-
posed it's advocates pointed to the GER
tainty of it's drawing TO Austin not
lonly all the cotton raised in the
county but much from those adjoin-
ing. While I could always see an
1 advantage in a central market with
Storage facilities, l never believed
hat those advantages alone would
materially increase the volume OF
trade, and l have time and again pre-
dicted that the yard would be fizzle,
buyers paid prices equal to
competing points. have no figures
showing receipts at the yard this sea-
son, as compared with same time last
wear. nor would such comparison
prove anything, as the crop is an I'M
gually short one, but I do know that
snucb cotton that naturally belongs to
Anstin is being hauled to more dis
I tant markets for the simple but all
} sufficient reason that said markets
pay better prices. ,,no
cession of cotton laden wagons, carry
ing in the aggregate fifty-eight bales J,
passed my place on their way &c
Round Rock. Every one OF these
bales had been ginned within elgh'
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24

Impure blood is the primary cause
Of the majority of diseases to which
the human family is subject. The
blood in passing through the system
visits every portion of the body.lf
pure, carrying strength and vitality;
if impure, disease and death. Blood
poisoning is most dangerous. Prickly
Ash Bitters will render the last i'm
possible, and will regulate the system
SO that health will be a sure result.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
Silver Found in Connecticut.

NEwTowN, Conn.,, Sept. H.
Michael Fitzgerald of this city claims
to have discovered silver ore which
assays $4,000 per ton, and leased the
property on which the precious metal
is situated
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24

Angostura Bitters should find a
place in every household. The best
cure for indigestion. Manufactured
by DIR. j. G. b. Siegert q Sons.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24
RAINMAKERS AT Ell PASO.
The Balloon Goes Up But After a Long Search
it Cannot be Found.

Special TO The Statesman.
Ell PAso, Tex, Sept. 17.-Large
crowds witnessed the balloon ascen-
sion of Prof. Ellis this afternoon, pass
ing over Mount Franklin in a north
easterly direction. The balloon fol-
lowed the organ range and has not
been heard of up to 8 p. m. Several
citizens who accompanied the party to
bring in the balloOnist have returned
to town, after search extending nine
miles into the mountains. A small
party on horseback and in buggies
continued the search. The explosions
will take place tomorrow unless there
are indications of natural rainfall.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-09-24

Gated in the richest and most rapidly developing country
Northwest Texas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01

relics, and h ave promised to report
when the dahabeeh ties up for the
night at Assouam before warping her
way through the cataract.
The coloners eyes follow a move
ment in the tangled group of figures on
the deck. Two men rise, shouting at
leach other the while. The colonel and
the dragoman, who has just poked his
head out of his room on the deck, look
on lazily. Suddenly one of the dis
putants makes rush at the other-the
CLEAN of steel is seen, and the crew
-close round the men. A quick stroke,
a shout, anger changed to agony, and
a Nubian lies on the deck with the dag
ger of Aboo. powerful Arab, in his
breast.
All this SO quickly that the colonel is
tstin growing that there is nothing
stirring to be seen in Egypt, when he
reaches the group, and, STOPPING over
the wounded man, draws the dagger
out 1t has left an ugly wound, but
not dangerous, and as the wounded
man Is taken in charge by his COM
rades the colonel turns to the drago-
man for an explanation.
With many profuse apologies the
-dragoman tells how the two men were
sleeping side by side when the Nubian
Inadvertently put his foot against the
Arabs face. That was all, and the
-dragoman smiled and bowed.
The colonel, an old disciplinarian,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
AT AN OPEN WINDOW.

Here I am, perched at my open easement.
Enjoying the laugh OF some unseen miss
That comes ripping up through room In the
basement
Just below this.
Morning noon and night can hear her
Babbling away with her chatter and chat,
And it seems as If all creation near her
Was just one laugh
Picture her. Isn't her face just made for it.
Crinkled and curved for a laughing fit,
@Could she be solemn dye think, If paid for II?
Never q Bit
I can fancy the dimples her cheeks imprinting,
And see the mouth corners upward run.
I can catch her eyes with the frolic glinting
Brimful of fun.
she must be pretty to laugh so prettily-
Such a laugh couldn't belong to a trump;
Humorous, too, to things wittily-
Probably plump
There now she's of again. Peal upon peal of it,
Clear as a carlton, soft bell.
Why it's infectious! I'm catching the feel OF 1t !!
Chuckling WELL
What was I dreaming? That musical melody
Trips up the scale -arpeggO.
so like - a voice that was hushed-ah! well-a-
day,
Long, long ago.
-Heigh-ho. to think OF what little straws tickle
just girls laugh-and my laughing one lies
silent, and I--well now, this is ridiculous
Tears in my eyes,
Pail Mall Budget.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
MYS ERIOUS ME HOOS.
Calico Charley's Way of Screwing Dow
EXpenSeS.

The reports that Secretary Foster
has been holding back payments on all
the regular appropriations, in order to
scrape together enough money to
redeem the ~ per cent. bonds. are
fully borne out by the statement of the
receipts and expenditures of the
treasury for August. The receipts
show a marked falling off, being $751;
sS4, S51, compared with the s36. 607. 449
of August, 1890, and the even higher
figures for July and June of last year.
Yet. by screwing down the expenses
to $40, 73S, 020, Mr.. Foster gets COM
Portable balance to apply to .redemp-
ton of bonds. But how was this
balance obtained? The figures tell
their own story. Nearly 1000, 900 are
knocked off the customary payments
under the head of Civil and Miscel-
laneous," at least 81, 600. 900 more off
the appropriations for "war," good
slice taken out of the money voted the
Indians. and-tell it not to the makers
of republican platforms-from eight
to ten millions from that sacred
fund which pays for pensions" Think
of a beggarly S., O94, 323 paid out for
pensions in August, What + ,comes OF
republican generosity" to the old
soldier. in view of such a whiting
down from the good. hearty present of
S1s. 900, 900 in July, SIS, 200. 900 in Au-
gust of last year, and S21. 200, 900 last
November. Secretary Foster will have
to do better than this, or the republic
an campaigners will find their argu-
ments running low. His monthly
statements have degenerated into a
mystifcation, but the record of the
actual operations of the treasury shows
how matters really stand. 1t proves
that the receipts have fallen behind ex-
penses since the Mckinley bill went
into force. The balance on the wrong
side was about So, 900, 900 to the end Of
July, and would have been six or seven
millions higher in August alone, if the
average monthly payments had not
been held up. When we get the Sep
TENDER showing, with the outlay for
bond redemption added in. we shall
doubtless have a new proof that time
was all that was needed to show the
supernatural wisdom Of the Mckinley
bi1l.-N. Y. Post.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01

When a woman has got her bonnet
and gloves on and is perfectly ready.
with her parasol in hand, she always
goes back, says a cynical person. to =
mirror ito take a last, fond farewell
Every woman does this. but few are
honest enough to confess It For my
part" says a frank as well as cynical
individual, 81 don't mind telling you
that myself am not satisfied with one
last look, invariably take four. The
first is for myself, that's fair; the Sec
ond is for my brother or-or some other
young man. that's nothing but just; the
third is for my friends, that's only gem
erous, and the last is for the women
doa't like and who don't like me, that's
human nature. If the fourth satisfies
me. then, 1 assure you, 1 never take
any more. st Louis Republic
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
HOUSEHOLD DECORATION.

CoIors Which should Never Be introduced
House Furnishings
1t is becoming more and more the
habit of people who use carpets on
their parlors in the winter to take off
these heavy coverings for summer, and
substitute cooler and lighter covering
of mating, with few rugs, if one so
fancies, spread about All the heavy
draperies are also dispensed with in
summer, and packed away for winters
use Light draperies are hung at the
windows of the summer parlor in place
of the heavy winter curtain, and semi
gauzy, translucent draperies form the
portieres, which give a chance for a
sweep of air and add a sense of light
ness and breadth to the room Heavy
upholstered pieces of furniture should
certainly be covered during the season
of dust and heat The greater part of
the furniture of the summer parlor
should be of rattan, willow or of some
light kind of material easily moved
about and lightly upholstered, with
movable cushions, from which the dnst
may easily be shaken A parlor in q
country cottage, used only in the sum-
mer, had best be furnished in rattan or
willow alone, with no upholstered
y
the corner, which may be easily taken
apart Cool tints which harmonic
with the outer landscape of green
trees and blue sky are best
chosen There is a brownish olive
shade of green which is delightful
choice for the prevailing tone in a coun-
try parlor, the delicate tints of the color
being those chiefly used Cream white
and gold are fresh and pretty in par
lor, but are apt to become tiresome and
monotonous unless there are abundant
tints and colors introduced into the
draperies, rugs and wall hangings, and
to make such parlors too ornate for
simple cottages There is a lovely
brownish pink which harmonizes with
wood colors and is a pleasant choice in
color. Above all. it is becoming to the
complexions- Cool blue green had bet
ter be left to trace 1t is too trying .
color for a room used for general occu-
pancy. We are apt to think very little
whether the colors in our houses suit
ourselves, so that all form a harmon
ious whole. This is mistake The
color of room should be chosen, not
only because it is beautiful in itself.
for the people who are to occupy it
There are some colors which should
never be introduced into household
decoration The purple and violet
shades. the Magenta colors and bril-
liant shades of cardinal are all utterly
out of place--N Y. Tribune
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01
OPINIONS AND POINTERS.

Miss Reciprocity will be a Wise
child indeed if she is able to recognize
her own father.-Washlngton Post.
When Secretary Foster says that
he can pay the four and one-half per
cents that are not extended he knows
that he can only get the money by rob-
bling funds dedicated to other purposes.
IN. Y. World.
Neither Mr.. Blaine nor Mr.. Nc
Kinley has opened a market for a bar
rel of pork or a bushel of wheat
Starvation is the statesman who is
about to move our American meats and
crops--I.ouisville Courier-J oul nal.
1t isn't the democratic party
alone that favors broader trade rela-
tions with the world, but in order to
secure a more general exchange Of
products all who are of such mind must
join with the democratic party in Sc
curing it-Buffalo Times
President Harrison has given
Mr.. Plat a good deal of excellent zap,
but it seems pretty. evident from the
drift of things at Rochester. that Plat
isn't going to deliver New York's dele
CATION to Harrison next year. Secre-
tary Foster doubtless appointed Sloat
for that purpose; but Sloat and Pratt
are both for Blaine. The ex-collector
is Whatever Platt is.-Minneapolis
Journal
when Fassett was made collector
of the port of New York. displaeir g q
trained and competent man, he re.
marked alphabetically that he was. OF
course, an utter stranger to the duties
of the Office, but thought he would
soon learn. He had scarcely had time
to make himself useful servant when
a convention, composed largely of fed
eral of6ceholders, nominated him fos
public Office. thus making necessary
the appointment of another inexperi-
enced man to manage the chief custors
house of the country. This is an in
cident of what the republicans ars
pleased to call s'the excellent busf.
ness administration of President Ha8
rison. "-Chicago TimeA
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01

factories and the increase of wages Of
employees that it has effected One
may go through the cities and towns
of this state from Lake Erie to the end
of Long Island, in the vain seafch for
. single instance where wages have
been increased in consequence of the
republican tariff law, while any repub-s
ican newspaper that prints the news
records every day reductions of wages
or strikes against such reductions
The new silver act, which is hasten
ing the country SO rapidly to a silver
basis that gold proviso-of doubtful
utility-is inserted in nearly every
large business loan already, is COM
mended as having secured the parity of
gold and silver.
With exquisite effrontery, President
Harrison's enforcement Of the civil
service law is commended, and the en-
bodiment of Harrison's violation of the
very spirit of that law, Collector j. S.
Fassett, is nominated at the head of
the ticket that stands on the platform.
Trusts are condemned by a party
whose legislation has actually brought
the word into the vocabulary of the
people and has multiplied the thing it
self until it has acquired power to con-
troll absolutely republican legislation
at Washington and Albany.
State pride is appealed to in support
of the worlds fair by men who first
drove the worlds fair out of this state
to promote their own real estate specu-
lations in Chicago and then defeated a
bill to secure New York's adequate
representation at the exhibition.
The credit for a reduction of state
taxes is assumed by party which has
always sought new sources of income
by taxation to meet its own extrava-
CANT appropriations, and now takes to
legislature that sent democrat to rep
resent this state in the United States
senate.
Ballot reform is Endorsed, and the
one man who fought most bitterly
against even the present statute, the
colleague of Mat S. Quay in the infa-
mously corrupt campaign of 1883, il
nominated as its true exponent
Still another constitutional amend
ment is advocated by the party that
has deprived the people of the consti,
tutional right to vote on one amend
| ment which that very party has ap-
proved in the legislature, and that has
deprived the people of the constiti1-
tional convention which they ordered
years ago.
The Rochester platform is the fruit
and flower of republican hypocrisy
Albany Argus.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-10-01

looked black as night. In effective
English he ordered the dragoman, after
he discovered that the matter was not
reckoned important enough for Egyp-
tan law to recognize, to anchor the
dahabeeh and send boat ashore with
the culprit and his baggage. To the
dragOman's question as to how Aboo
was to get back to Cairo, the colonel
Numbered that he might walk. The
dragoman bowed and smiled-it was a
habit he had learned from French
friend in Cairo -and translated the
colonePs remarks to Aboo, adding to
them such little pleasantries as he
thought of. He could walk. His shoes
this with a smile and a bow, directed
to Aboo's bare feet-his shoes might
wear out, but. So Aboo having OBJ
tanned his dagger and an old ring-his
only article of baggage-goes ashore
muttering revenge, which the drago-
man interprets to the colonel with a
smile and bow. The dahabeeh
glides on, and in an hour is moored at
Assouam. The wandering relic hunters
return and all on board retire, for is
not the cataract to be traversed at sun
down tomorrow?
Before sunrise Col. Macpherson was
awakened by the shout of the young
gentleman's body servant, who cried
excitedly: ''Wake, master! We can't
find Master Bob. Here is bit of paper
that lay on his bed
While the colonel rub bed his eyes
and looked at the scrap of Arabic the
man produced a commotion occurred
outside, and the dragoman rushed in
with Aboo's dagger in his hand. 1t
had been taken from the breast of the
Nubian stabbed to the heart during the
night. The boat that had been towed
| astern of the dahabeeh after Aboo S
| trip ashore was gone. There was nc
| doubt. explained the dragoman with
his customary smile, that the Arab had
lain ashore until lights went out, swan
| aboard, knitted his enemy and left
! again in the boat At this the colonel
still holding the paper in his hand,
turns pale and trem blingly gives in tC
Jack, who knows Arabic. Dragomau
| and crew crowd around while he slow
| ly reads: "Aboo might have killed the
English dog tonight, but to steal the
pride of his tent was a better revenge.
They searched for the fugitives with
shrinking hearts after time, but never
a trace of the boy, dead or living, die
they find. Almost mad with grief, but
not until the hot weather threatened
his life, Col. Macpherson returned t.
Cairo and laid the terrible affair per
sonally before the khedive. But it was
all in vain. Year after year he haunted
the Nile. promising backsheesh to al
unlimited extent for the restoration o
his boy. but the Arabs shook thei
heads-Aboo had dis appeared withou
leaving any trace. To the father wht
searched for his lost boy there was NJ
lack of interest now in Egypt.