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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01

eternal kingdom. Our ancestors be-
lieved that all things were made by
Christ and for Christ, and that he Is
king over all God blessed forever.
Gods plans are moving on. Men die
but institutions live. The fathers
have passed to their glorious reward
but their children live to carry on the
work they begun. How grateful we
should be that this continent was peo-
pied by the godfearing men, who
came here. Even an atheist has no
desire to live in goddess country.
We rise up to bless and honor the
the great and good men who thought
and toiled and prayed to make land
like this. The same gospel which
centuries ago lifted our ancestry out
OF the degradation of heathenism,
alone can continue to give us light
and liberty. In an age of prosperity
and luxury 1t needs as much of cour-
age and piety to maintain our herit-
age as 1t took to gain it in days of
darkness and distress. After 400
years of American history what next?
This land never needed true hearted,
great hearted men more than now.
The weaker natonalities are now
pouring In upon us. 1t begins to look
as If an awful conflict betweet
Ignorance, godlessness, false re-
ligion, false philosophy, false
philanthropy and God, truth
and righteousness Is to take place
within our borders-an American has
no right to live for himself-he must
live for God and truth and humanity.
We look back and we gain courage,
we look up and gain faith, we look
forward and gain hope. Let us be
loyal to the heritage our fathers have
bequeathed us, and pass 1t on, not
only unimpaired but improved, to
those who shall come after us.
Ringing down the ages, never loud
er than now, with blast OF trumpet,
sounds the church's war cry, given
by the Holy Spirit, "watch ye, stand
fast In the faith, quit you like men be
strong.
ST. DAvID's CHURCH.
st. David's Episcopal church was
beautifully and artistically decorated
by the ladies of the congregation
making an exceedingly effective and
striking whole. Banked in front of
the chancel were mounds of fruits and
vegetables of all kinds and descrip-
lions while about the altar and pulpit
beautiful flowers were festooned The
front was mass of exquisite chryssn-
themums. Bishop Kinsolving's re-
marks were more on the order of an
address than sermon, his subject
being gratitude. He was attenta
lively listened to.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
SOME REFLECTIONS.
A Panorama Of the Sidewalk and Thoughts
sugge sted Thereby.
For The Statesman:

For The Statesman:
Looking out upon th Q sidewalk of
lively business street, in the glare of
the bright sunlight, the ever chang
ing scene of living, breathing, hurry
ing humanity furnishes theme for
serious reflection. Though the hum
of voices and the sound of many foot
steps fall monotonously upon the list
ening ear, the eye finds more rarity
than in anything ever produced upon
canvas. Here high and low, good and
evil, the just and the unjust, the
happy and the miserable walk side
by side. The meek publican by a
Pharisee proud; sinner vile abreast
with a sanity priest; a sore and
hungry Lazarus brushed by the gar
ments of an overfed Dives; a laughing,
skipping child led by the hand of tot
tering age; the infant gazing with
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
CORN FOR MEXICO.
Blockade of Corn Trying to Get in Before
the Tariff Takes Effect.
Special to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
LAREDO, Tex, Nov. 26.-It is only
five days now until the duty on corn
in Mexico will be re-established and
yet there are nearly 1000 cars of corn
blocked up here waiting shipment.
The Mexican National officials esti-
mate that their road will be able to
handle 700 cars before the duty goes
into effect. This would leave 300 cars
on this side on which the heavy duty
would have to be paid were it not
that the Mexican National contem-
plate sufficient standard guage track
in New Laredo on the Mexican side of
the boundary to hold the cars now
blocked on the International track in
this city. This will effect saving of
thousands of dollars to shippers.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
SAM JONES', WORK.
One of His Converts Notifies Liquor Dealers
to vacate Her Buildings.
Special to The Statesman.

Special to The Statesman.
GALVESTON, Nov. 26.-The result of
Sam Jones' crusade against vice and
intemperance became palpable today.
A prominent and wealthy widow
lady who possesses valuable property
in various parts of tina city, has be-
come so impressed with the wicked
ness of the liquor traffic that today
she served notice upon two of her ten
ants on Strand engaged in the liquor
business, one wholesale, the other re-
tail, to vacate the premises by the 1st
of January. The wholesale dealers
have been her tenants since 1865. She
declares most emphatically that here
after none of her property shall be
rented or occupied by any person en-
gagged or going to engage in the
liquor traffic.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
SUSPICIOUS DEATH.
An Iowa Man Loses His Fourth Wife and
Neighbors Are Investigating
DELPLUNE.

Neighbors Are Investigating.
RIvERTON, Ia, Nov. 4.-Fremont
county is excited over the mysterious
death of Mrs. VIM. Mayhor, who
lived with her husband on farm near
here with the two small children of
Mrs. Mayhor by former marriage.
Some time ago Mayhor advertised in
the Kansas City papers for house
keeper. Mrs. Erbeck answered the
advertisement and was engaged. Mrs.
Erbeck's home had formerly been
Alton, Ill. Shortly after she went to
Mayhor as housekeeper she
became his wife. Mrs. Mayhor
was subject to attacks of
toothache. According to Mayhor's
testimony she experienced relief from
using quinine. The day before her
death Mrs. Mayhor secured from DR..
Goupar of RivertOn small amount of
quinine in bulk. That day Mayhor
filled six capsules with quinine. Mrs.
Mayhor took three of them. Next
evening, Oct. %, she swallowed the
other three capsules and was seized
with violent spasms and died within
an hour. Three former wives Of
Maybor's have died under suspicious
circumstances. The coroner's exami-
nation discovered traces of poison but
adjourned the jury hearing until fur
ther evidence can be procured. 1t
was developed by the inquest that
there was an insurance nf $4,000 on the
life of Mrs. Mayhor taken after her
marriage to Mayhor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
They Don't Like the Way the Governor is
Treating Them.


Treating Them.
1t will be remembered that some
few months ago the county commits
sioners addressed memorial to Gov
ernor Hogg in regard to the care of
lunatics confined in the county jails
which The STATESMAN published in
full at the time. 1t had special re-
ference to the case of Henry Purnell
who is still under Sheriff Whites
charge, the superintendent of the
various asylums having refused to re-
ceive him on one charge and another.
Governor Hogg has paid no
attention to the memorial and
the commissioners have natur-
ally been little pleased with
his neglect. Yesterday in glancing
over their docket the reporter found
the following order in relation to the
memorial written in the bold hand
writing of Major John w. Brown:
"He paid no more attention to it
than if we had been bob-tail, yellow
dogs.
Nov. %, 1892"
The commissioners yesterday passed
an order refusing to pay bounties for
scalps as the appropriation for that
purpose has been exhausted.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
THREE ROBBERS CAPTURED.
By Raiding Country Store They Gave Them
selves Away as Train Robbers.

selves away as Train hoDDerS.
ROME, Ca, Nov. PA highly SEN
sational robbery occurred at Little
Row near here last night which re-
suited in the capture of three men be-
lieved to be the robbers who held up
the Western Atlantic train recently.
w. H. Blakenship keeps store and
postoffice at Little Row and lives
there. Just after he closed up three
men called at his home and asked
him to go back to the store as they
wanted to make some purchases. He
thought they were customers and
went. When he struck light
he found three pistols in his face. He
was tied and everything of value was
taRen by the men, who afterwards
locked him in and left. He got loose
about midnight and summoned friends
and told them his suspicious. They
went to the home of George Green, a
farmer, pulled him out of bed. Find
ing some of the booty, they then went
to Plainville in search of Ben Morris.
He was found hiding out over his
barn with two wholesalers and lots of
ammunition. Morris warned the
crowd to keep out and he kept them
at bay until reinforcements came.
Henry Leake OF Rome wac arrested
and confessed to being one of the par
Elephants. Officers say they have
proof that the men are the ones who
robbed the Adairsville train.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
WORLDS COTTON CROP.
ESTIMATES ARE NOW COMING UNDER
THE SIX MILLION MARK.
The Liverpool Market Takes a Jump and
spinners Are Beginning to Realize
That Spectators Are Rapidly Ac-
.cumulating the Worlds Supply.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 24.-Atwood
Violet & Co. say: Futures-It is
rarely within the history of the Liver
pool cotton market that so violent a
variation in price from the closing of
one day to the closing of the next has
been realized as to-day, closing then at
1904, an Improvement equal to about
Al points here and strong. There has
been quite some trading here and inn
provement and spots are fully 3-Sc
higher than yesterday. We beg to
recall a remark of ours several days
ago, that the people who are short of
contracts will have to buy very
largely of cotton early when they will
thus become a very active competitor
with the exporter, the spinner and
speculator. The first and last are not
usually in the market for actual cot
ton. Our cables say the Liverpool
markets closed with great excitement
and a subsequent cable said there
were no sellers after closing, this be-
ing in reply to an order to buy. The
condition of things is a phenomenal
one and the spinners would now
awaken to the realization that they
must look upon this crop as about
100000 and accommodate their pur-
chases accordingly. The issue is
now between the people who have
cotton and those who have not and
must get it. Had it not beed for holt
day here the advance might have
been even greater than what it is on
the curb.
The following is an extract from a
letter received today from Liverpool
under date of Nov. II from one OF the
largest of exporters of American cot
ton and a power in that market. They
say as follows: We also have on idea
that the strike will not last long and
in that event buying will be very
brisk on the part of the spinners as
they do not hold any blocks whatever.
In fact the whole buying power of
the world, the spinners, are without
cotton and behind the market. There
fore, consider large long interest is
not dangerous bscause that cotton is
mot held by the consumer.
1t is reported that Bradstreet will
issue an estimate saturday of $780,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
SHORT LINE TO DENVER.
FL Paso Has Meeting to Raise subscriptions
to Stock in the Road.

to Stock in the Road.
Special to The Statesman.
Ell PAso, Tex, Nov. GA large
meeting of Eel Paso representative
men was held tonight under the
auspices of the board of trade at the
court house to discuss the building of
the Eel Paso short line to Denver.
Jefferson Reynolds, the main
spirit in the enterprise; H.
Ropes, chief engineer; N. G.
Rolf, secretary and others presented
the evidences of the building of this
road at an early date. Every assur-
rnce that the necessary capital, $l0,-
DOC, 900 could be raised was given to
the meeting and letters from leading
bankers of Chicago and Boston were
read all Of which confirmed the propo.
sition of Mr.. Reynolds, that is II ST.
600, 900 Is subscribed to the preferred
stock by the cities and towns
along the line as an assurance of
good faith aud evidence
ofthe necessity for the line then the
remaining money would be forthcom-
ing for the balance of the bonds. Los
Vegas has subscribed 100000 Denver
$500, 900, and Ell Paso is asked tor $780,
600. A committee of fifteen vas ap-
pointed to confer with the romoters
of the road and also 10 raise the
amount asked for, and the only condi-
lions that Eel Paso insists upon Is that
construction will be commenced
at this end at the same time as at the
other and instead of paying 10 per
cent of her subscrition every thirty
days of active construction that the
same rates will be paid with the COM
pietion of every tenth part of the road
between this point and White Oaks.
This line when completed will be Is
per cent shorter to Denver than by
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
and will pass through the richest
mineral, coal and timber country of
New Mexico.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
Bank Breakers Bagged.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 26.-Four young
men were arrested at Johnson City
this morning for attempting to rob
the Wautoga bank at that place.
Their names are John Crouch, John
Orr, Will Campbell and Mack Bray.
They dug a tunnel under the bank in
which they were caught, and had in
their possession a full set Of burglar
tools and a large quantity Of nitro
glyceriDe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
THE DAY IN AUSTIN.

The day was very generally OBJ
served here in Austin, people of all
classes and conditions Of life joining
in the services which were held in
many of the churches. The state de-
partments, schools, banks and many
of the stor6s closed their doors, giving
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01

When Baby was sick, we gave her castoric
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them ccstor,a>
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-12-01
For Over Fifty Years

for children teething. 1t sooths the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, cures wind collie,
and is the best remedies for diarrhea Twenty
five cents bottle. Sold by all druggist through
out the world
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
Type-Settinp Machine Test,

The committee on machine compo.
sition, appointed last winter by tho Ameri
can Newspaper Publishers Association,
presented n volum!nous report to tho ex-
ocutivc committee Of the association In
session last Tuesday in New York.
They make tho following assertions:
|. That machine composition Is nbso.
lutely practicable and very much cheaper
than hand composition.
.. That IA between the typo setting
and type casting machines the latter are
far more preferable for ordinary news
paper work.
8. That so far as was revealed by this
test, the Rogers typhogragh produced tho
best and most economical result. Its sim
pltcity of construction was so great that it
was set up ready for running in ninety
minutes. For five consecutive working
days no machnist or other party than tho
the operator had nything to do with tho
machine, and II ran smoothly, with scarce.
ly moments interruption Tor tho entire
period of the test.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23

A MAN mny be i!lei with knowledge
oil innny sor's-may In fact by tho
MD OF n rc'cniivo memory. DO walk
Ing encyclopaedia OF information md
yc, have very little power in himself
Ho simply holds vas, quantity of
iacts and truths but doc, no. use
'hcm. lic can toll tho views OF n
hundred philosophers bu, hns no
philosophy OF his own. lilo has tho
written histories OF many nations Mt
command. but OF thclr underlying
causes and principles he has no
thought; still less could he apply them
TO tho present living issues OF tho day.
He may DO nh!o TO quote poetry by tho
yard. yet owing TO n weak and un.
trained imagination, be unable TO
fn,hom and enjoy single poem. lie
may understand many systems OF
ethics yet utterly fail to perform u
single nc. OF sclf-sacriilcc when duty
demands It, In his case a. lca,,
knowledge is not power 1t Is like
tho heap OF gold which lios idle and
useless in tho Ghost OF tho miscr COM
pared with what It nigh. become II
put into active circulation for tho
benefit OF society.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
Eound a iduraerer,, pen.

A special from Chandler, Oklahoma,
nays; For years tho disappearance OF
travellers In the Indian country, across tho
river from here, has bccn frequent and
nytorlous. To-day. ia dense wood a
mile from the station, u house was found
which was approached only by long cir.
cui,ous trail, and there the mysterious dis.
appearances were explained.
The houses construction shows tina: II
was bull, b. and for use Of robbers and
criminals generally. II is cabin OF eight
rooms, one behind the next In the door.
way between the frs. and secoud was
found trap, over which the unwnry
r'gangcr mgst pass. 49, an arrangement,
OF bolts this trap, which let to large cav.
crn below, could be worked much like un
execution Scanold. That murder was tho
purpose OF the trap was shown By the dis.
covcry OF hair, dried blood and bones On
the rocks ut the bottom OF the pits under
tho trap. The inhabitants OF tho dcn, how.
ever, arc missing
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
Fixing Un the Monitors.

Orders have been received Mt
League island navy yard, Philadelphia, to
put in proper condition and get ready for
sea tho monitor Montauk, which in naval
parlancc has beon laid up in ordinary" on
tho Delaware river front, noored to the
monitor wharf since 1883.
Tho Moutauk was built during the war
Of the rebellion and scrvcd during the lat
ter part of that struggle in the naval cam
paign on the Mississippi river She has n
single revolving turrct in which arc
mounted two 10 inch rIhcd guns, which arc
formidable weapons for use in coast and
harbor defense.
There are two other monitors at League
islnnd-thc Nahant and the Jason. 1t H.
believed they, too, viii soon be made ready
for sea.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23

II appearances coun. for any,hl X
the nasy lrsF,s-sst >. .oslns DO isle ir
ltiins %, vessel, a. Mare Island oar,
y-rl for iaH.sdi-,1 dispatch 10 .ch!ii.
.Asz,a eeea,lOa require IL. Tho s,caHi Ct
ssEesEiss iore@ worked all iay sgHiay aId
began sssH Seaday snornlhs. AiisE,i0r
Ia be!hs pail 20 ~eE< On tho iiAliisaof-. aEd
GO; sll..s tolF /, b-lss io,l In prvp4Iibs
heg 70 90; away. sts canno, yosslbly
leave the yard saass a week. bg; 10 10 TIC
ssFszH Asd ree-isiax coal supp!ie.- 4
sisslnsss, FAC. was learned 10 daT.
Shortly after tho nAi,laoro arrived al ,hs
navy , ard each sua was provided viii
,lEty - .ais OF sanGal,ion. THIS has
bsrh Increased TO leo worxmen arc on
beard sd her Ha.esia5sy IL rapidly rrerlr
les ,AoFossh ofestAaiing. Her maia
battery "a Le.Hs carefully looked after snd
hsF sga, arc being regulated for eonnsH'
iraiI1a OF Ere.
Ito navy department can also DO eroiiIs
ei with loSslns after ,ho ae'ens. Of The
kATboF Of san ftznel.eo. For tho tEs'
,lsus In years wofssaea have ,akea them
.-iye, 10 tho monitor conArehe. and hot
machinery 10 bSiHs orerhagiei. orivrs 70
aaas tAc s-Antftat i.So oF's Soatt0tu4-Ns'
ci. ba, I, i, believed .ho will 80 iH'o docA
al tho earliest possible H,oncai.
Order. arc believed 80 have brca osan
,rrmaadei owing TO tho expected arrival
OF tho Charleston from San Diego. aud she
will receive at;saiioa Fret
orieers Of tho yards arc dispieaaci with
tho reports rrxar,iiax tho baltimore har-
Ing bcon injured b. .oiu. aground. she
was not damaged In The Icasi, and tho OIL.
crSs JcciAss uAi ~. -AiaiGlHRnl mai shS
Foundation. os.ciAiA ~ tho yards ar,
somewhat rcticcnl about matters PERTAIN
ias TO tho expected war.
Tho general opinion at San Francisco 10
that tho government proposes TO have
every vessel made ready as quick a. po.,t
bio. and ,horu aptrars TO DO somc foundA-
ton for tho statement; that steam will be
gotten up Ia the moHItor Conanchc. II
such proves TO DO tho case, 10 will 10 the
irs, umo ia 'vcnty years. Tho depart
meat evidently mean. business Forty
eight hours will be sufficient TO do whA, 1.
necessary GU tho ComAnckc. Tho latter 10
a single ,urrc, monitor. carrying two NJ.
trcn-inch smoo;h-borc guns.
Tho wooden warsbip siohican IL In tile
stream, her repairs having boon compile,
cd, and is ready to pu, to sea on shor,
notice.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23

Tnr Sigh, OF immense hsris O, sas.
faloes roaming ainisssly TO saa fro
across tho prairie. OF Kansas sad No.
brAska ~l,h all their association. OF
Nildnrss-iHilAHa buffalo srass val.
on. aninlops eoyo'ss jack rab bit.
rralTio doss-a vast atpaase o. earth
md ky brosoa only a, Intervals by
these huge moving black spots o. AMI.
NAL Ilfa-All this no say -a. interest
ins and picturesque ba, Il Indicated
tho absence OF those nunsroa. saa
varied ooadsilon. and blessing. -hieh
asv characteristic Of civilization
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23

Fainspsais 1. one Of tho greatest
hooEs that lie can have As bason
say, 4, r.doubls,h JOY. And eu'ie'h
sFls, Ia halves" Ba, where brother
hood Is united si,h IL II s.sAias . s,'!l
rlehsr raul; -las stsS S-eAaA.J40'.a
eommoa-'he mutual lore OF the sams
koaorod parsn,s tho recollection. ol
the sane beloved home aad o. pa.l
scenes wildly lnprosse. Ga tho miaa.
OF both in which no other sr.saa hos.
ever dear can possibly share
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
Troops Watching for Rebels.

A dispatch from Del Rio. Texas.
says, prominent, s'ockman, whoso ranch
IL near Langley, reported that he saw
twenty six rcvo.utionis,s cross the rio
Grando opposite Langley, Saturday.
He also reports meeting n Mexican who
told him band had captured Picdra,
iilauco ranch, in Mexico, and that fighting
was going on in that vicinity, which i.
sixty miles from Dryden. The Mexican
said there were as many as $500 rebels In
that region, all well armed and in good
fighting trim.
Captain Bates, who Is guarding the
river, expects fight at any time. Dctach
mcnts are guarding every ford and seventy
five miles along tho river. and tho limo will
be extended when more troops arrive.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1892-01-23
Purchase of Indian Lands.

Warren G. Sayrc of the Cherokee
Indian Commission says tia, the commis-
sion has Just closed negotiations for the
purchase OF $4,000 acres of land from the
Tonhawas and Cherokoes. This land In %.
cludes part of what is known as the
Cherokee strip, and connects the original
Oklahoma Territory with tho states. He
snys the commission has purchased 1900,
900 acres Of land FOR the government mt Il
cost OF si2ooo,oo) and that tho original
Oklahoma Territory has increased In sizo
until 1t Is now as largo as Indiana He says
Oklahoma will have 100000 population by
the timc the next President is inuugurated
and that II viii then become a state