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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
THE SAVAGE NAVAJ0S
HAVE PUT OF THEIR WAR PAINT AND
MEAN BUSINESS.
Already Settlers Have Been Killed and the
San Juan Valley Will be Depopu-
lated Unless the Soldiers Move
Promptly-The Utes' Offer.

WAsHINGToN,A pril 23.-Lieutenant
Plummer, acting Indian agent at the
Navajo agency, New Mexico, reports
an uneasy feeling nong the Indians,
especially along the northern border
of the reservation. One white man
has been murdered, and in the opinion
OF the lieutenant unless the govern
lment exerts its authority The valley
will become uninhabitable by white
settlers. He asks that four troops OF
cavalry and two companies OF infantry
be sent into that section
Late this afternoon telegram
was received from Agent Barthoi-
omew at the southern Ute agency,
Colorado, stating that serious compli'
cations were arising on the San Juan
river between the Navajos and settlers;
that the Indian messengers brought
the startling information that The
Navajos had surrounded several white
families some seventy miles south
west of the Southern Ute agency.
Bartholomew states that his Ute
chiefs offered their friendly offices to
restrain the Navajos, and asked
whether he should take them with
him. The commissioner of Indian
affairs replied approving the sug-
gestion to employ the friendly offices
of the Southern Ute chiefs.
Governor Thornton OF New Mexico
telegraphed late this afternoon from
Santa Fe to Secretary Hoke Smith as
follows:
Last week the Navajo Indians lett
their reservation and murdered citi-
zen Welsh in the San Juan country.
1 notified Agent Plummer and asked
his assistance. Have just received
the following telegram signed by five
prominent citizents: 1.-The under
signed citizens of Pennington, by re-
quest of Lieutenant Plummer, Navajo
agent, ask you to send military ala
Immediately to help suppress the
Navajo outbreak in the San Juan
country. The lives of all our people
are in immediate danger" Believ-
ing the danger imminent | ask that
the military be Immediately sent
upon the ground.
THORNTON GAIN"
These kilograms were transmitted
to the secretary of war by Acting Sec
rotary Chandler. The war depart
ment telegraphed General McCook of
the department of Arizona to send
troops Immediately to the scene of the
Crouble.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Relics of Shakesneare.

Mr.. Thomas Horribly Of Kingsthorpe,
near Northampton, has just received at
his residence from neutrality-suspicious.
the whole of the Shakespearean relics
formerly in the possession Of lis grand
mother, Mary Horribly, who was the oc-
cupant of Shakespeare's birthplace from
1893 to 1920. LIary Horribly, who is pic
turesquely described in Washington H.
Wings "SIletchboo,l," removed from
Shakespeare's house in consequence of
the rent being raised from G10 to $40 per
annum. She took with her to her new
house, almost opposite, nearly every
think that it was possible to remove, in
GLIDING the locks of the doors and the
fire CRATE. There she exhibited them for
number of years, but after her death
nothing was seen of them until they ar
rived at Northampton on the decease of
ascendant Of Mary Horribly, by whom
t were devised to Mr.. Hornby Of
No ~'rtcl.
The }lde five carved oak chairs,
one of them being that which Washing
ton Irving said required a new bottom
every three years; two large carved
oaken chests, portions of carved bed
stead, carved table and other furniture,
fire CRATE and fire dog, all contemporary
with Shakespeare, and said to have been
his private property. There were also
such personal relics as an iron sword,
lantern, iron deed box, all reputed to
have been owned by thepoet. Exchange.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
General Weather Report.

Epecial to The Statesman.
GALVESTON, April 2S.-The low
pressure which was over the central
and southern plateau regions last
night has moved to the southeast and
is central over Texas tonight with
barometer 26.6 inches. The depression
extends northeast to the lower lakes
forming a trough between an area o
high pressure over the Atlantic and
east gulf states and another which is
moving southeast from the northwest
The temperature has fallen over tn"
central and northern portion of the
eastern Rocky Mountain slope AMI
the Missouri and upper Mississippi
valley and has risen generally over
other portions of the country. Cloudy
weather prevails over the lakes and
the central valley and generally cleal
elsewhere
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
FIRE at CLARENDON.
A Business Block Burned-Supposed Work
Of An Incendiary.

A Business Block Burned-Supposed Work
Of An Incendiary.
Special to The Statesman.
CLARENDON, Tex, April 28.-Some.
thing over year ago this town was
almost burned to the earth, and
again it was visited by fire this morn.
ing which started at about 4:30, and
having wooden buildings and a good
wind burned an entire block, destroy
ing about $50 900 worth of goods and
buildings, which were partly insured.
List of losses are as follows:
Henry Ramsey, drugs, loss $l2, 900,
insurance $1,000; M. Rosenfleld, dry
goods, $14, 900, insurance $1,000; George
Morgan. furniture, $1,000, insurance
$4,000; w. j. Lewis. dry goods, $4,000,
no insurance; Pat Donahoa, building,
$4,000, insurance $4,000. Small shops
and restaurants amounting to $4,000
with no insurance. Numerous fronts
were ruined. Loss about $2500, partly
insured. Incendiarism is suspected
by many.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW
R. G. Dun & Co. on the Condition Of the,
Business of the Country.

R. G. Dun Co. on the Condition Of the,
Business of the Country.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-R. G.. Dun &
Co s Weekly Review says:
President Cleveland's decision about
the redemption oflegal tender has, all
admit. averted what threatened 10 be-
come a serious disturbance. Reports
from all parts of the country Indicate
that trade is retarded by bad weather
and unsettled money markets, and
complaints of p or collections are gem
eral. At st. Louis the jobbing trade
is very good. Collections are free
and money is in greater demand.
Southern orders are small but cotton
seed is in demand for IeplaDtipg. AT
Montgomery and Atlanta some i'm
provement is seen; at Charleston trade
is dull. New Orleans reports iair
trade, but at most Southern points
collections arc slow. Cotton in l.8c
lower on sales of S00,O bales in spite
o. reported injuries Business failures
23S compared with POS last week, cor
responding week last year oil.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Pleasures of Life In India.

A band of prisoners is believed to be
at work on the railways in the north
west provinces. There have been dur
ing the past few months large number
of deaths in carriages among the native
third class passengers travelling on the
East Indian railway. The bodies are
handed over by the railway authorities
to the police, who dispose of them as ex-
peditiously as possible. In most cases
there is little or no property found on the
bodies. not even railway tickets, and
generally they are found in an empty
carriage. These facts do not appear to
have awakened the suspicious of the po-
lice, or perhaps they have recognized
their incompetence to prevent or detect
such crimes. As. however, the native
passengers contribute over so per cent
Of coaching receipts, it is high time some
efforts were made to afford them protec-
ton for their life and property.-Bom-
bay Gazette.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
The Labor of a watch. Y

The little balance wheel of q watch
vibrates five times per second. Imagine
that this wheel, instead Of swinging back
and forth like pendulum, should roll
on continuously over given surface It's
circumference in gentleman's watch of
ordinary size is % inches, and it makes
a sweep in each direction of abut three
fourths Of its circumference. In other
words, it would traverse in one second a
distance measuring about 81 inches. Ac-
cording to this computation, the balance
wheel Of watch would travel in year
over a distance of 3,671 miles in round
numbers, and it would take the little
wheel just six years eight months to cir
cumvolve the globe by way of the eqna-
tor.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
The Navajo Outbreak

DENVER, Col, April 2S.--A dispatc6
from Durango, Col, says, the Navajo
Indian outbreak is assuming alarming
proportions. Settlers are securing
ammunition and arms to protect them
selves. One settler reports Nilsson,
Welch's, and other ranches surround
ed and massacre probable. Gov
ernor Waite has received elegram
from Lieutenant Plummer at the
agency, asking that state troops be-
sent to suppress the Navajo woI-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
TAYLOR TOPICS.
The Town Cow-New Buildings-Horses in
Training for the Races.

Special to TIT Statesman.
TAYLOR, Tex, April 28.-At a
meeting of the city council the fee for
impounding stray stock was reduced
from 81 90 to 80 cents per head.
NJ. E. Overstreet was elected street
commissioner vice H. Hewlett, and
Charley straub qualified as city en-
gineer. ..,
IF Tucker has let the contract for
two two.story brick business houses
to be erected on his lots on West
Broad street. One Of them will be oc-
cnpien by firm from san Antonio.
A meeting of the Taylor Rifles mas
been called by Capt. G. M. Booth for
next Saturday night to discuss the
question of disbanding the company
and returning the guns to the state tate
rhe company has not had a meeting
for several months. ,
Farmers are busy at work blowing
their young corn and cotton, while the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Sunday Law in San Antonio.

Special to the Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, April 20.-Sherifi
Campbell last night ordered the
gam bling houses closed, and they
were closed without any trouble. The
citizens Sunday closing committee
having served notice on the officers
that they will be prosecuted if they
do not enforce the laws, Constable
Brown today announced that he
would on Sunday arrest all persons
who kept their places Of business
open contrary to law. Some of the
saloon keepers announce thai they
will be found doing business at the
old stand.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Mexican Wife Murderer
Special to The Statesman.

SEGUIN, Tex, April,29.-A Mexican
and his wife have been visiting friends
here for few days. He becs me en-
ragged with her about something this
morning and her cries of distress at
tracted crowd to the dive back of
Schutze's saloon where he was cary
ing her with q knife that might be-
mistaken for scythe blade. The
woman was badly stabbed and will
die. He is supposed TO have been
stirred up by jealousy and imbibing
too freely. The man was arrested and
awaits tie results OF the woman's
wounds for examination.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Arrested for Ritiing Letters
Special to The Statesman.

SAN ANTONIO, April 2S.-John +.
Moore, night mailing clerk in the
posIot1ice here, was arrested this
morning upon the charge OF robbery.
The specific charges against himis
that las It night he distracted $l5 from
registered letter. Moore has been
suspected of rifling registered letters
and packages for several weeks,
number of heavy losses having occur
red in the postoffice here Postofiice
Inspector +. M. Hamiltan arrived
here two weeks ago and began close
watch upon all of the night clerks
from position overlooking their
room, but where he could not be seen
by the clerks. At 2 O'Clock last night
he cav Moore cut open the registered
package and ABSTRACT the money. The
money was found on MOore's person
when arrested. He pleaded guilty be-
fore United States Commissioner
Price and gave bond for appearance
at trial Moore has been in the post
office and railway mail service eight
years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Weather Forecast.

Special to the Statesman.
GALVESTON, April 28.--Local fore
casts for Texas east of the Tooth me-
ridian for "a hours ending at r., mid
night, April 80: Possibly local show
ers; slight change in temperature.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-05-04
Tennessee Bank Failure

COLUMBIA, Tenn, April 28.-The
Second National bank closed its doors
this morning. 1t is stated that the
closing is only temporary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
N.~.,.. er. Anvr,.,.s.A.

There liz q mar in New Hampshire
named William C.. Todd who holds to
the theory that he is b~eneiting his fel-.
low creatures when he puts abundant
supplies of newspapers within their
reach. He lately provided for an ex-
penditure of 8 1000 a year for newspa-
pers for the Boston public library, and
it has since been discovered that he re-
Gently made q similar provision for the
public library of Eewburyport. He be
lieves in the value of newspapers, and
yet it seems that he is not q patent medi-
cine man, as n might suppose, but a
retired schoolmaster, who has been a
great traveller and now pursues q life OF
| studious retirement in a village.
In extenuation of his action he declares
that the press has become the great
agency by which information is diffused
and the people are educated. and that
free reading rooms are likely to be more
in demand in the future than free libra
ries.
1t is interesting to notice that he seems
not to have suffered from the newspaper
publicity about which there is so much
complaint, and that even his neighbors
in Atkinson. where he lives. were found
to possess scarcely any reliable informa'
ton about his past career Or the size oil
his fortune. They knew him to be fru'
gal in his personal habits and generon:
in his benefactions. but that was all
Harper's Weekly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
A Nyammotk's Skeleton.

The largest mammoth skeleton in the
world is on exhibition at the Washing
ton State building at the Chicago fair.
In the spring of 1878 Mr.. Copelin. a
farmer living in the southwestern part
Of Spokane county, state of Washington,
was digging a drain through a muddy
hollow, about 90 feet square, when he
came upon some unusually large bones.
He wisely exercised great care in dig
ging out the bones, and the result was
that science secured q valuable prize.
Professor w. X. Higley has prepared a
brief record of this work, showing that
121 bones or their fragments had been
found, aggregating 700 pounds in weight.
The length of the tusks is Q feet 10
inches; circumference of the tusk at
base, u inches; number Of laminae of
lower teeth, 10; breadth ofs lower teeth,
81 inches; length of lower teeth, 10
inches; breadth of the lower jaw at the
condyles, 90 inches; breadth of atlas, Ii
inches; height of atlas, 81 inches; heigh,
of pelvis, 81 inches; breadth OF pelvis, @:
inches; height of scalpula, 25 inches
length of humerus at middle of shaft, Is
inches. These are accurate easur
ments of the true bones in the mounted
skeleton. The height of this skeleton a:
it stands is 10 feet, while hat of the IA
NOUS st. Petersburg specimen is only
feet 3 incnes.-Toledo Blade.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
Mesallinnce.

Mesalliance is always interesting
when it occurs outside of our own inn
mediate circle of relatives and friends.
A man or woman sacrifices social in
stincts, bids defiance to conventions and
follows the simple promptings OF the
heart-and the results? Disagreeable to
those most nearly concerned, but fasci-
mating to the outside world. There Is
no subject SO fruitful for the novelist.
A we'll known novel, now widely read,
was saved, by this. will not name 1T,
for | cannot break literary condolences.
The writer, a favorite living novelist,
had reached a point in his story when ev.
erything. characters and events, seemed
to settle down to a deadly low level Of
dull commonplace. He was in despair
A friend, an experienced man OF the
world, gave him a word of advice: In
troduce a mesalliance. That never fails
to enliyen things" The novelist did 80
| and his book is selling briskly today
Vogue.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
bicycle, Not available For War.

The use of the bicycle for military
purposes, after having developed with
great rapidity in France, has suddenly
received a check. General Loizillon,
the minister Of war, has, 1t appears, little
faith In IL. He has issued an order that
the cyclst corps are only to be used on
prepared ground.
In time of war, he says, their use,
ever If no account is taken of the liabili.
ty of the machines to break, is likely tt
cause serious miscalculations, and they
can only rarely be substituted for mer
on horseback. The cyclists henceforth
therefore, or until some successor tx
General Loizillon more favorable tx
them is appointed, will bo reserved, BY
his instructions, for garrison duty, 70,
the great maneuvers and in time of wa,
for certain easy communications at th'
0 of the forces.-London News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
Notice-Timher Cultnre.

u. s. Land Oalce, Mitchell, .. I :, NOV. %. 1899.
Complaint having been entered at this once
by Joseph Breuckner aga mt the heirs OF Louis
Altpeter, deceased, for failure TO comply with
law as TO timber culture entry. No. 1852, dated
Acril 20. 1885, upon the southwest quarter sec.
ton eS, township 100 north, range 81 west, 9th
r. Mn Lake county, 8. d., with Q view TO the
cancellation OF said entry, contestant alleging
that the heirs and legal representatives OF said
claimant have wholly abandoned said land; that
said tract 10 net cultivated rs required by law;
that said heirs aud claimant have failed to break,
plough or cultivate any OF said tract as required
by the Timber Cnltare law; that claimant has
failed 20 plant trees, tree seeds or cuttings on
said tract a. required by law; that there is no
cultivated land now on the tract, nor are there
any trees, tree seeds or cuttings now on the land
as required by the Timber Culture law that
said claimant or his heirs have not in any way
com eiied with the Timber Gu ture laws; that
said default rtill exists: that said heirs have
failed TO break. plough or plant during the
years 1886 TO 1893. the said parties are hereby
summoned tn appear a. this office on the Cd day
of Japuary, 1894. at 1 o'clock D. m, 10 respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
failure. r. N. KRATZ, Register.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
A Contagion of Epilepsy.

A curious, well authenticated case of
contagious epilepsy occurred among the
Northamptonshire rifle volunteers, who
returned home on Saturday after a
weeks camping out at Wakefield Lawn,
the Northanptonshire residence of the
Duke of Grafton. AT $50 in the morn
ing, while in the act of changing
guard, a sergeant, overcome by the
heat, fell to the ground in an epileptic
fit. The bugle was at ono sounded for
the ambulance, and one or two stopped
to assist the sergeant. Almost imme-
diately another volunteer fell in a SINH
lar fit, and in the course of the next two
minutes five more dropped to the ground
insensible, leaving only FIVE OF the IL
men present unaffected. The ambu-
lance corps 0 appeared and found
the remaining five men in a state of in
tense excitement. 1t was a long time
before several recovered from their fits.
One man, a corporal, insisted on return
ing at once to duty, but all the Others
were invalided.-Cor. Westminster GA
zptte.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
CERTAIN RUSTIC REMEDIES.

~"simpies'' which Country Folks Believe
Are Bettsr Than Doctors stuF.
When the Adirondack native becomes
afflicted with any of the numerous small
ills which rake mankind w~retched,"
said q returned visitor. '.he does not
waste much time On doctors. but goes
straight to the woods or his attic for ma
lures own remedies. There is one old
man whom / hare met with. packbasket
on shoulder and shears and q rough
board stool in his mittened hands, going
after yarrow, which. dried, is q standby
for coughs when it has been made into
a wicked looking brew. Fir balsam.
coaxed drop by drop from the 'blisters'
which swell on the balsam fir at noon
full, is o sovereign remedy for lung and
| chest complaints.
Gravel weed, by which name they in
suit trailing arbutus, is excellent for the
complaint which gives it its name, and
bladder root has a desirable effect on the
kidneys and neighooring organs. Sage
tea, containing a little summer savory,
is eficacious for worms in children, for
which ammonia, stepped, is also used.
Sunfiower seeds, STEPPED. strained and
sweetened with molasses viii cure the
'whoop' in ~whooping cough. Horserad.
ish leaves, wilted ard bound on the face
and back of the neck, will drive away
neuralgia, and a nutmeg. bored and tied
about the neck, will keep it away. The
nutmeg must be renewed about ono ev
err six weeks.
Onions, sliced, pounded and placed
in a cloth and laid over the affected par
will draw out inflammation. A REL
onion. halved, and with one part slight
Iy scooped out and the cup placed Owe
a carbuncle or a boil will speedily re
move the pus and has saved life. A rec
worsted string tied about the neck vii
cure and prevent nose bleed. This las
calls for some credulity, one might think
but | have seen it proved in n or tw'
instances.
There are many more OF these sim
pie remedies in the north woods phaf
macopuia which the wise ones have q
their fingers end, and if they are no
more widely used and money kept in tn
overalls OF the thrifty native it Is be
cause a lenient and fortunate fate pre-
sides over the incomes of the Adirondac
medicos. New York Sun.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-12-14
AItttIe Tin Mnuse.

A Manayunk mar who has q pet cat
bought one Of those new tangled mouse
toys from a vender on Market street on
Saturday afternoon. When he arrived
at his house in the evening, he brought
out the mouse and began TO run il mp
and down the dining room floor. Tabby,
who was lying on a rug, suddenly gave
q jump for the supposed rodent. This
scared the head Of the house SO much
that he jumped back and in doing SO up
set the supper table, breaking nearly all
the dishes and mixing up the evening
meal into a boarding house hash. The
family dog secured the choicest beef.
steak, and the cat began to lap up the
spilled cream. Mr.. Housekeeper had q
big sized row with his wife and ended
up the scene by getting gloriously drunk
The tin mouse, the cause OF all the es
arrangement. was crushed in the melee
\ Philadelphia Record.