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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
READY TO ADJOURN,
THE SENATE HAS NO FURTHER BUsI'
NESS ON HAND
Awaiting q Message from the President and
if it Does not Come Soon will Ask
Him for it-Many Forign
Missions Vacant.
CONGRESS READY TO ADJOURN.


WASHINGTON, April 9.-The senate
as practically concluded IT'S labors
and is now waiting for intima-
ton from the president to
bring the extraordinary session
to a close. All idea of passing
upon the questions involved in the APP
pointment of senators from the north.
west has been abandoned and the
raatter left for disposition at the next
session. The grounds for this course
are that many senators are still uh-
decided how to act upon the PROPOSE
lions involved, but a conclusive rea.
sou is that there is not voting quo.
rum in the city at present. 1t is said
that about Tuesday the senate will
appoint a committee to wait upon
the president and ask him whether
he has further business TO lay before
the body.
1t is assumed by the senators gen.
orally that the only really important
matters that remain to be cOmmunl-
Gated is the nomination Of a judge Of
the court of appeals for the district OF
Columbia. Although the impression
prevails that nearly all foreign mis-
sions are filled the records disclose ne
fact that no nominations has yet been
made by the Argentine Republic,
Bolivia, Brazil, China, Colombia,
Ecuador, Hayti, Hawaii, Italy, Rus
sia, Coria, Liberia, Paraguay and
Uruguay, Persia, Portugal, San
Domingo, siam, Sweden and Norway,
Turkey and Venezula. The most i'm.
portant of these is perhaps Russia,
and il is surmised in some quarters
that the delay in making the change
there arises from q desire to await
the possible action of the Russian gOr-
eminent raising the grade of its Wash
ington mission to an embassy, which
will admit of the nomination Of an
other ambassador by the president ia
that case, but in the majority of these
cases there is no good reason why the
places cannot be filled by appoint
ments subject to confirmation when
the senate meets again next session,
and therefore the impression prevails
at the capitol that the present session
will adjourn sometime this week.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

distinction. The point THE STATES
MAN made and The News cannot gain
say it. is, that since it must by the
taxpayers mot the presidents" or 'citi
zen.n) who vote the tax, and as they
must vote it on the whole city-the
man who owns the small home, the
big one. the vacant lot, or store
as they vote it on them
selves they could not squeeze
out the fellow with the vacant lot
without hurting themselves. In this
fact would lie the security of all the
citizens in local taxation 1t is true
they might make the fellow with the
vacant lot so feel his taxes as to COM
pei him to put improvements on his
lot and thus reimburse himself for the
taxes. But this could result in no
real injury to him. True it would
peel some of the moss off his back, but
it would do the city good and him too
in the long run.
The News admits that az to vacant
lot owners "the men who own such
lots are generally in minority much
smaller than one.third," aud yet its
whole argument seems to proceed
on the theory that this less
than one.third of its citizens are those
from whom all the taxes are wruDg
and that any thought to increase the
taxes is only to menance them and
threaten to confiscate their vacant
lots. Truly the salt sea air must be
affecting the nerves of the old lady by
the sea-or else has she gotten out a
patent on some of her Islands waste
lands and is getting uneasy about
them?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

IT is noted that it is very hard now
to keep up a quorum in the bouse Of
representatives. We believe this is
by no means wholly due as by some
charged, to the fact that the per diem
is now only $500. We know the ses.
sion has been long and tedious, and
members need the reaction of short
trip to their homes. But members
should remember that this is now the
really important part of the session
the time when the formative work of
the committees takes shape in laws.
This is the hour of danger, at the
closing of the session, when bills are
50 liable in the hurry Of the last mo-
ments to be rushed through without
mature consideration. Now is the
Tina of all others when both houses
should have in their seats their full
complement of members so that every
bill may run the gauntlet of $50 eyes
and minds. Stick it out, gentlemen,
few weeks longer for the good of
your state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
THAT POOR FELLOW WITH THE
VACANT LOT

Oh! And so the Galveston News
was only "supposiDg" so and so and
did not really mean to advance its
question upon any serious basis sus-
ceptible Of argumentative answer. 1t
was just wandering Off into the realms
of poetic fancy and justice and not at
that time holding communion with
common place man and things. Eut
now when it comes back at The
STATESMAN because Of Its answer to
The News "iunny" or 'supposingn
question as to local taxation, il gets
down to long recital of threadbare
truths in most beautiful style. To
these truisms THE STATESMAN could
have no word of objection, it is
only lost in admiration of The
News patience in so well selecting
and arranging them.
Only one point in the long editorial
needs any attention and is the only
issue between The News and STATES.
MAN The News fret question was
as to residents voting a tax, and
now in this last editorial it talks about
"citizens" voting the tax. The News
n neither instance makes a proper
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
Georgetown GleaniDgs

Special to The Statesman.
GEORGETOwN, Tex, April 9.-The
question of local option for this little
city refuses to be dowped and there is
scarcely doubt that an election will
be ordered some time during the sum
mer. Papers were circulated yester
day for the purpose Of getting ar a 1air
estimate of public sentiment on the
subject. The papers had numerous
signers, who thereby pledged them.
selves to vote and work for local OPP
ton should the question be submitted.
Bishop Hendrix preached to a large
audience in the Methodist church on
Friday evening.
The management OF the Chautauqua
are getting ready their program for
the coming July session. They prom
Use one of the best yet presented to
the people.
Mrs. w. j. Jones of this city has
been appointed as judge to pass upon
the merits of young musicians of this
county who may aspire to the honor
Of exhibiting their talents at the
Worlds Fair.
The first issue of the Georgetown
Democrat, under its new manage
ment, comes out strongly anti-whiaky.
It's leading editorial announces that
saloon ads. will no longer be inserted
in the columns of The Democrat.
Mr.. Frank Elliot, late of George.
town, but now of Brennan, was mar.
ried to Mrs. Coleman of this city To-
day the couple left on the evening
train for their home in the above city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

The Baltimore sun puts this chunk
of dynamite under Blaine's pet theory
of reciprocity: "The president has
concluded, it is stated, to discontinue
the discriminating duties imposed by
Mr.. Harrison under the terms of the
Mckinley act on the coffee and sugar
products of Venezuela, Hsyti and the
United States Of Columbia. Recip-
rocity of this sort destroyed commerce
instead of increasing it and created
bad feeling besides. Reciprocity is
very fine if applied with a view of pro.
noting equitable trade relations with
our best ustomers-those that buy
most of our farm products from us.
But Great Britain, Germany and
France are among our best customers
and trade with them did not suit our
tariff lords.n
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
lot holder or any one else.

The Cincinnati Times-Star has the
following editorial squib in which
there is a world of sound sense:
A discouraged and distracted man
blew his brains out few days ago in
New York all because of the continual
changing of the Grace church chimes
1t is said there is no more melodioua
chime in the metropolis and yet even
of melody man may some time tire
just as he tires of a continuous diet of
sugar or simple syrup. After all, OF
what possible use are church bells or
church chimes? Originally their mis-.
sion was to call people to worship or
notify them Of the hour of prayer, but
who now waits for the call of bell ?
l ime was when there were no clocks
and when sun dials were expen-
sive. Then bells had useful mission,
but that time is gone, Any man who
can afford a shirt can now afford a
clock, so cheap have they become. 1t
Is pitiful that bells must continue to
jaDgle and so distract the brains OF
men that the only relief is found in
blowing them out.
Austin has not arrived at that stage
of growth when her multiplicity OF
church bells has become a nuisance,
but it is a fact that in most of the
cities of the East and North the per.
petual clamor of the bells ia awful in
the extreme, and Sunday, far from
being day of rest and quiet, is day
of distraction ard bedlam because OF
the church bells.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
A BEAUTIFUL PRIZE
To be Contested for by the Austin Fire
Department.

Department.
Yesterday morning Henry W..
Brown, the recorder of the Austin fire
department, was in receipt of an ex-
press package from the Gutta Percha
and Rubber Manufacturing company
of New York, manufacturers of the
Baker fabric hose, which on opening
was found to contain a beautiful sil-
yer water pitcher, engraved as fol-
lows: "To the winning company's
team Of the Austin fire department.
Presented April 81, 1898, by the Gutta
Percha and Rubber Manufacturing
company of New York"
1t will be remembered that the
board Of fire commissioners recently
purchased 1000 feet of hose from the
above named company, and their
agent, Mr., Phil G. Clark, before leav-
ing Austin promised to RENE Der the
Austin fire department in soma sub
stantial way, and the receipt 0t the
token yesterday shows that he has
not forgotten his promise. While in
this city Mr.. Clark informed the 70
corder that the conditions OF the race
would be left to the local department,
and in orGer to prepare the proper
rules and regulations a meeting of the
board of fire commissioners il called
for tonight at the city hall at O'Clock
The prize will be placed on exhibi.
ton during the course Of the day in
the show window of Harrell & Will
COX for the inspection of the depart.
ment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

AND the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas is into Houston ready to fur
nish splendidly equipped service to
the public. With that chief of rail.
road men at the helm, J. Waldo, that
great trunk line will do more in the
future for Texas than ever before
Now citizens, why cannot we secure il
for Austin right away? We certainly
need it in our business.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

marching and drinking along, II
was late in the evening before the
proprietors of the Egyptian villages
corralled their wandering exhibits and
dragged them to Midway plaisanco,
Many of them went in hacks because,
as Ahmud Seakfi said, Chicago great
place; lots whisky.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
Cuticura Resolvent

The new blood and skin purifier and greatest
of Humor Remedies cleanses the blood of ali
impurities and poisonous elements and thus re-
moves the Cause, while Cuticura, the great
skin cure and Cuticura Soap, an exquisite skin
beautifieT, clear the skin AMI scalp and re-
store the hair. Thus the CutiCura Remedies
cure every species of itching, burning. scaly,
pimply, and blotchy skin, scalp and blood
disease. from pimples to scrofula from infancy
to age, when the best physicians fail.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
NOTICE
OFFICE OF THE MISSOURI, KAN
sAs AND TEXAS RAILWAY
COMPANY OF TEXAS.
DENTsON Tex Anril 10 1909

DENIsoN, Tex, April 10, 1898.
Notice is hereby given that the an.
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail
way company of Texas will be held at
the public office of said company in
the Guy of Denison, Grayson county
Texas, on Thursday, the 18th day of
May, 1898, at II O'Clock, a. M, for the
election of board of nine directors of
said company, and for the transaction
OF such other business as may be
brought before the stockholders meet
ing. f. P. MERRILL,
Secretary.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

The Fort Worth Gazette says:
"With the Indian Territory in the
hands OF white men a great obstacle to
the development of Texas would be
removed" Yes, but the trouble has
been with Texas, not that obstacle,
but because her own citizens have not
gone about her development in the
right way. There has been too much
of 'every man for himself" and not
enough broad gagged cooperation in
Texas
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
The Manor Postomce.
Special to The Statesman,

Speclal 10 Inc statesman.
MANOR, Tex, April S.-Your re.
porter Ia tcday's STATESMAN says
that "Hon. j. d. Sayers paid US a
visit and settled the p0stoffice appoint.
ment by persuading both the appli.
cants, Messrs. Giles and Bell to with
draw" etc, etc. l do not know what
Major Sayer5 said to Mr.. Bell, but he
did not persuade me to withdraw. He
told me and my friends that he would
endorse me, but / of my own volition
agreed to withdraw, provided my
friends should name the postmaster,
which he agreed 10. The other side
were in no wise consulted, nor did
Major Sayers even know Mr. Norwood
who was the choice of my friends.
l.. B. GILES.
l know this to be true.
q. ". MALONE
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

CITIZENS, 1t is Sunday morning
our dam will be completed in two
weeks and the regatta is an assured
fact-so go to church and with Austin
be happy and wise.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

II you feel WeaE
and all w.. e take
9ROHN'S IRON BITTERs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
Forecast.

WASHINGTON, April 11.-Forecast
till s p. M: Eastern Texas generally
fair Wednesday, west to northwest
winds, cooler.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

Malay Persons are broken
1o"n from oyerwork or household cares.
BT0Wn'S Iron BitterS Rebuilds the,
jyStem, aids digestion, removes excess of bile.
nd cures malaria. Get The genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

The Galveston News seems to think
that the Breeding bill providing fol-
the privilege of local taxation, trees
the people who choose to embrace
that right from all constitutional re.
strictions on taxation. The News had
better read the bill. The constitu
iional limit will exist under the
Breeding bill and the evils The News
predicts can never affiict the vacant
lot holder or any one else.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

Sold everywhere. Price, Cuticura, 5Oc.; Soap,
25c.; Resolyent 81. Prepared by the Potter
Drug and Chemical Corporation, Boston.
ne How TO Cure Skin Diseases" GA pages, 50
illustrations and testm mails, mailed free.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

We had occasion to use your Cutacura RENE
dies on our baby Gertrude for skin disease,
and we have fully cured her. We can safely
say that they completely cured her and thank
you for your good remedies. We say to all suf-
er ing from such diseases to commence using
them Immediately.
n. B. & K. NJ Gentry, Richmond, Ky.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

at the Bargain Store, 10 yards OF
ging hams for s. cents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Store, ladies shirt
waists for 40 CENTS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12
SORES ALL OVER BABY
Two Months Old - Eczema in It's
Worst Form Nothing Did Any
Good-Cured by Cuticura.

MY baby had Eczema very bad when he was
two weeks old Nothing did him any good un.
I'LL used yOur J'uiirnrn Ro,nodias 1.-Two cote
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

Caution: Buy only Dr. Isaac Thompt on's eve
None other genuine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

AT the Bargain Store, $500 wool
PANTS,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Stole, all wool pants
for s..
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Store, 10 yards dress
batiste for 81 %.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Store, 10 yards o
cross bar for Coo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Store, yards
bleach Domestic, for 81.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

At the Bargain Store, 10 yards of
wool challey for $3.50.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

Have Beechams Pills always ready in the
household.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

DkDV'p Skin and Scalp purified and beautitied
DHDI . ~ Cuticura Soap Absolutely pure.
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entirely cured him, al
though l used it for some
time after. He was COW
cred with sores all over
his head, face, and back.
Now he is two years old
and the healthiest boy
you ever saw, portrait
Enclosed. l used the
Cuticura Remedies ex-
actly according to direc-
lions. / recommend Gu
ticura Remedies to every
one afflicted with &c.
zema. They have no
equal.
MARYDISCHINGER,
rry street. Baltimore, Nd.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-12

l know this to be true.
G. ". MALONE
The evening world., 1893-11-22
18th ST..
SUES HER HUSBAND AND EVE
Madee Carr Wants Alimony. Sep.
aration and Heavy Damages.

Mrs. Annie Cook, better known under
her stage name of Madge Carr, has ap-
piled to the Superior Court, through
her lawyers. Howe Il Hummel, for a
separation from her husband, Augustus
Cook, an actor, and has be-
gun suit against Miss Evelyn Lol-
lita Hall for large damages for a%lienat-
Ing her husbands affections.
Miss Hall is the daughter of William
II. Hall, a wealthy sash and blind man
ufacturer of Harlem. and is DESTROYS of
becoming an actress. She has been
studying at the Lyccum school of Act
ing, where Cook was a tutor. and that
is how he happened to meet her.
Mrs. Cook says that her husbands
affections have been weaned away from
her by Lolita, and that he even went so
far as to ask her to consent to a divorce
In order that he might marry Miss
Hall.
At first she was inclined to comply
with his wishes, but upon further Con-
sidcration she decided that it would he
better to sue for a separation only with
u fair amount of alimony, and try to
recover damages from the other woman.
Mrs. Cook alleges that the lovc-mak-
ing her husband and Miss Hall
began a year ago but she did not know
how far 1t had gone until last August,
when she found some very violent love
letters signed Eve in her husbands
pockets. She then put the case in her
lawyers hands, and will soon make an
Application for alimony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cook were married in
April, 1891. She is about thirty. Miss
Hall Is nineteen. and aspires to heavy
tragedy, while Mr.. Cooks histrionic eX-
Teriercc has all been In the low comedy
line.
The plaintiff says that Miss Hall Of
fcred To give Mr.. Cook SlO,OO to start
him starring with a company of his
own. Mrs. Cook has been on the stage
since she was three years old. She has
played here with Roland Reed and in
the Lyceum Stock Company. She was
born I'm Sheffield, England.
The evening world., 1893-11-22
1882 A SQUARE FOOT.
American Surety Company's Big
Price fer Broadway Property.

The property at the southeast corner
of Broadway and Pine street, compris-
ing "a little more than half a city lot,
has been purchased by the American
Surety Company for 500, 900, which Is
the largest price every paid for Broad
way property. 1t IS equivalent to S2S2 a
square foot
1t was owned by the heirs of the late
John Anderson, the tobacconist, who
left an estate valued at more than
81. 900, 900, and whose will was the sub
ject of such fierce litigation a few years
ago.
The purchase was made by private
sale through Ferdinand Fish n Tren-
holm a. Simmons. The plot has a frontage
of about twenty-five feet on Broadway
and siXty-four feet on Pine street, and
an old three-story building now stands
upon 1t.
The American Surety Company had
already purchased the adjoining prop
erty on Broadway, with an l. in Pine
street, and will, in conjunction with the
New York State Trust Company, put up
a new twelve-story office building cover
ing the entire site at a cost of about
81, 800, 600.
The evening world., 1893-11-22
RUSH FOR BARGAINS.
zoimer g. Co.'S Alteration sale Brings
Out a Great Crowd.

Ieimer & Co.'S big dry-goods estab-
lishmcnt At Sixth avenue and Fifteenth
street has been crowded to the doors all
this week with eager bargain hunters.
Monday was the opening day of their
big alteration sale, and the remarkable
reduction in prices has brought out al
the far sex who appreciate good bar,
gains.
The house of Zeimer & Co. is only
one year old, but during that short
time the firm has been wonderfully sue
c~eSsfrl. Not only do Zeimer 4 60. find
themselves able to stand on their feet,
so TO speak, but they find IL necessary
to add more selling room to their quar-,
ters so as to meet the demands of the
public.
When the doors were opened this
morning, despite the threatening wealth,
er, p large number of people were there
so as TO get their pick OF the good things
offered for the day.
There is a great call for cloaks, of
which the firm has a large variety al
verv low figures. In fact, the sales
women and men in all the various de-
partments, are kept busy from opening
time until the doors are closed al
night. -" ~ "
The evening world., 1893-11-22
SMALLPOX AFTER ALL.
Miss Dobbins's Nalady Proves to
Be Chicksn-Po o.
Nevertheless, She Is Sent to Nsrth
Brother Island.

Miss Charlotte Dobbins, the young and
pretty student of the Van Norman
boarding-school. on West Seventy-first
side Hospital. North Brother Island, af-
fictcd with chicken-poN, according to
DR.. Doty, the Chief of the Bureau of
Contagious Diseases.
She was removed on Monday from the
Van Norman school, suspected of having
smallpox. and taken to the Reception
Hospital. All the precautions usually
adopted in an unquestioned case of
smallpox, such as ~vaccinating the asso-
ciates of Miss Dobbins and fumiSating
the school-rooms and dormitories, were
taken.
All day yesterday Miss Dobbins was
kept in a tent outside the Reception
Hospital, where she was accompanied
by her mother. The object of this iso-
lation, the health officials said, was to
permit observation of the case leading
to "A correct diagnosis.
Last night II was decided that Miss
Dobbins was only suffering from chick
en-pox, IL comparatively harmless COM
plant. Nevertheless, she was sent to
! l' 81 . lil'NIltl
accompanied her there.
DR.. Doty says she will probably re-
main there a week or ten days, but is
at liberty to leave at any time.
The arms OF the Manhattan l. toll
ers, including engineers, firemen, con
d~uctors, guards, station-men, linemen
and trackmen, besides the road inspect
ors and shop employees, are being barred
to-day to the v~aecinators of the Health
Department.
DR., Doty, Of the Bureau of Contagious
Diseases, started out from his office this
morning eleven doctors. armed with
/ 200 points, and delegated them to va
rious points on the different branches Of
the Il" system.
The work began about 2 o'clock. The
different squads OF vaccinators waited at
the designated places. AS fast as the
trains came in, the crews were 'vacci-
mated. 1t was quick work In many in
stances, as some of the rains had only
two or three minutes to lay at the
station.
The attaches of the General Post-Ofice
are also down on DR.. Doty's list to be
~vaccinatcd to-day.