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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
KEEPING QUIET.
The Land Commissioner Nips the Prospects
Of The Spectator in the Bud

The Land Commissioner Nips the Prospects
Of The Spectator in the Bud
The owners of the school fVnd land
are in a quandary, and whiie they are
in that state they are not losing an
opportunity of engaging in cheerful
criticism Ofthe land Office. The whole
matter summed up in nutshell is a.
to the uncertainty as to whether or
not the land Office intends to bring
suit looking to forfeiture of the
school fund land wherein interest
payments have not been made. 1t is
now being argued that If these suits
are not to be brought the purchasers
should have notice to that effect, be-
cause If they are given time they
might sell out or raise money sptfi-
cient TO pay out instead of sending up
their ACCOMPLISHMENTS under the
thre&tened suits, These suits were
to have been filed on February /, but
because they were not filed at the re-
qUired time is no reason that they
may rot be filed in the near future.
The commissioner, from all indica-
tions, has nipped the specuIatof's
prospects in the bud by notifying pur.
chasers privately in case their time is
TO be extended. In this way the
Spectator is lett in ignorance Of the
movement of the )mmissiOner, and it
is but natural that they should gel
mad about it.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
SIX YEARS FOB BOODLINa
Boss McKane Will Reside in Sing Sing fox
That Period

BROOKLYN, Feb. 19-"How long
will he getH" was the question which
everyone heard in Brooklyn this morn.
ing. On tie elevated railroad, on the
street cars and on the sidewalks, wher.
ever two men could be seen together
it is safe to say they were talking
about the McKane case. At the court.
house crowds Of anxious men beseiged
the doors of the court room and no.
licemen had an Herculean task in
keeping them from breaking down the
doors in their anxiety to get in and Sc
cure a good position from
which they could hear and
see everything which took place
Al 1920 O'clock when Judge Bartlett
took his seat on the bench the corri-
doris were rendered almost impassable
and the crowd swarmed in the stair.
ways and in the Railways and ont into
the street. Judge Bartlett denied the
motion for new trial and also arrest
of Judgment.
Judge Bartlett then proceed to pass
sentence and said: Il do not feel in
elined to disregard the recommenda-
ton for mercy made by the jury. The
crime for which the defendant stands
convicted is serious one. That great
crime seems to be one that de.
mands an emphatic sentence. The
penalty should be so sevare
as to express due condemnation. while
not SO severe as to excite sympathy.
The sentence of the court is that de-
PENDANT be imprisoned in Sing Sing
state prison for six years. There was
dead silence in the court for a mo-
ment and then amidst q murmur of
voices throughout the chamber, Judge
Bartlett ordered the court to be cleared,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
SENATORIAL COURTESY -

Senator White of Louisiana was
nominated by Mr.. Cleveland for asso-
ciate Justice of the supreme court aud
promptly confirmed by the senate
without any reference Of the non ina
ton TO the Judiciary committee Of
that body. Senator White is well
worthy of the high position to which
he has been called, else he would new
er have been nominated by Mr..
Cleveland, but his confirmation with.
ut reference to the committee EN-.
phssizes o certain fact that has for
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
The Lipschitz Murder.

SpcClAI 70 tho statesman.
WACO, Feb. l0-The habeas corpus
trial of the negro Indian, Burrell Rad
ford, charged with the Lipschitz mur-
der, will be resumed at 8 o'clock to-
morrow morning Mrs. LipSchitz
testified this afternoon at her resi-
dence, but failed to identify Radford
She said she thought Radford was the
man who struck her and killed her
husband, but she would not swear
positively to tn statement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
For Over Fifty Years

Mrs. Wilsiow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. 1t
soothes the child, sOftens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
IS the best remedy for dialrh@a.
twenty-five cents q bottle. Sold
by all druggists throughout the world
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
Surpassing.

~ have examined many life poll
icies and consider that of the New
York Life the finest life contract [
have ever seen. L placed my insur-
ance with them through Mr.. L. C.
Ryan, their general agent here"
GEO. b. HALsTEAD,
Prof Mathematics, State University.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

We are sole agents for Buffalo Stan.
dard scales. The fact that they are
being used by railroad compsn es and
the United States government speaks
for itself. Bengener & Bro.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

INGRATITUDE, thy name is republic
cauism. The q. o. p. has inConiI-
nentIy deserted its first love. The
republican papers are loud in their
denunciatiou Of the Cleveland ao'
ministration for "hauliDg down the
merican flag in behalf of a dusky
and disreputable queen" How long
since has it been that the republican
party found out that "dusky" indi-
viduals, voters or queens, were neces-
parily disreputable? How long since
has the republican party been the en-
thusiastiC advocate Of white mans
government? 1t is true in this state
the "Lily Whitesn did attempt to or
ganize but failed. This is evidently
g case of 1--WE told you so" to the col
ored voters of the south. The repub'
licans no longer want the colored vote
because il is becoming an educated
vote, and anything "dusky" is "dis'
reputable" according to the modern
idaqa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
A Million Friends

A friend in need is friend indeed,
and rot less than one million people
have found such friend in DR.. kings
New Discovery for consumption
coughs and colds. If you have never
used this great cough medicine, one
trial will convince you that it has
woud -rful curative powers in all dis
eases of throat, chest aud lungs. Each
bottle is guaranteed to do all that lie
claimed or money refunded. Trial
bottles free at Jno. Fl Chiles andBro's.
drug store. Large bottles SOC and 81.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

some time heen taking deeper and
deeper root In the public MIND. The
failure to refer his name to the COM
mittee is entirely in accordance with
a time honored custom Of the senate
to Immediately confirm the nomina'
ton Of any member Of that august
body by courtesy OF the senate "
The fact that has Been
forcing Itself on the minds
OF the public ia that
about all that is left of the United
States senate of any use to the country
is equatorial courtesy"
1t seems impossible for these grave
and reverned seniors to be propelled
by any other motor than that OF
"senatoriai curtesy." II athing i5eX'
pected to be done by the senate IN
these later days it will fail of accomp'
lishment, unless the mascot OF "sena-
total courtesy" can be worked upon
it and then it goes like hot cakes OF d
flash of lightning. II sound principle,
wise policy and absolute necessity, all
important for the good of the people,
were put in one side of the scales ana
"seEatorial courtesy" put in the other
side, the latter woald outweigh them
and be sustained by almost an unanl'
nous vote of the senators "Sena'
foriaI courtesy" must he observed
though the heavens tall.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
rERms OF suRscRIPTION
ADVERTISING RATEs.

Advertising rates -,l be made Enuwn On ap
uCGIuu,
l.lIrll,ti .f.,G ~ G1nrL, tLIdlIrr
H.rb VtHGu IIfiIIff (1U e: The
Rookcrv Cl.iopgn. 6. {. FECEwITR,
Sole gent Foreign AfVerising.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22
ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are author zcd 10 announce Mr.. 10 An
derson as IL can i1ate lor reelection to the Of
dee Of county treasurer
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

Wnen aaby was sick, We gave her Castor1a.
When she was u Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria-
When she had Children she gave them Castoria,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

Purity AMI wholesomeness are the physicians
CndOrsement of AngOstura Bitrers monnSan
tured by DR.. J. G. B. siegert & -ons. Ataii drug
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

Angosturs Biters cures collie, fever and ague
aud indigestion The genuine manufactured
only by Or j G. B. Sieger. Il Sons Al drug.
giStS keep them
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-02-22

Salvation OF has cured many of rheumatism
wheu other remedies failed. Price Csc.
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
Ignorance on the science of money. The people

ignorance on the science OF money. The people
must be educated that money is
First-A medium of exchange
Second-A common measure of value
Third-A standard of value.
Until this is done, it cannot be expected
that England will be party to any change in
the monetary affairs of the world. A rise In
the value OF silver means rfse in the price
of commodities on which the English people
are fed and clothed, which enables moneyed
monopolists to grow rich on free trade. IL,
therefore, silver rose to its original standard
value, the working masses would have to pay
higher prices for the daily necessaries and
wants of life. Consequently they would de-
mand higher wages, and higher wages would
destroy the free trade policy of Great Britain,
whose population is sustained on starvation
wages. which barely provide food and cloth
ing. even at depreciative values. which
simply means that the English population are
fed and clothed at the expense of America
and other large producing countries to pro-
mote the free trade principles of England.
Therefore until the debtor nations Of the
world combine together by prohibition tariffs
and break down the free trade policy OF the
creditor nation the monometallic octopus
(Which is the secret Of Englands enormous
wealthy must continue to force the communi-
ties OF the world in hopeless financial bondage.
NJ GApp
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
WE SHALL NOT ALWAYS SUFFER.


The ex-President, General Harrison. has a
beautiful way of putting things, as Lincoln
used to call it. speaking of his own way OF
putting things. He has just said that I'VE
shall all get out of this somehow. The ac-
cumulated wealth and energy and push OF
this people are such that we cannot always be
kept in the trough of the sea; we shall be on
the crest of the wave again" 1t was sober
saying. lugubrious perhaps. but for the hard
conditions that have fallen on the country.
But we shall all get out of it. 1t will be by
revolution. if it must come; by some terrible.
God-commanded releveling. But it may not
be by revolution; probably it will not be. 1t
will be rather when every man and every
woman in this great irresistible, all-resource-
full American country of ours realizes that the
safety of the republic, the beneficence OF all
these institutions of the brave and the free.
are really the safeguard and solicitude of all
of US. For what shall it be worth if it is
not worth defending? We shall get out of the
trough of the sea. We shall yet be on the
crest of the wave
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
SILVER IN ENGLAND.

Sir William Harcourt,
Chancellor of Exchequer of
TRAVELLER Great Britain, in presenting
AND the national budget to the
House of Commons. took
~ occasion to remark that
thanks to the financial system of the country
(meaning monometallism) it had well stood
the test which showed that any attempt to
change the currency of Great Britain was
unnecessary. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, as one who benefits by monometal-
Gsm, was doubtless speaking for himself, and
that may justify such a statement, but so long
as the debtor nations of the earth with
supreme indi ference continue TO contribute
to the monometallic wealth of the creditor
nation there can be no hope for any change
in the policy of England.
International bimetallism in the interest Of
the communities of the world is the one thing
to be desired, but how to attain that end
depends on the legislative bodies Of national
tiles, and doubtless the President of the
United States Of America was correct In his
judgment when, on March 6, 1898, he said:
~ would put this nation at once upon gold
basis ! would do so because am bimetallist,
and believe that the only safe path to bimetal-
lsm is through the adoption of single gold
standard by this country"
There is no hope for bimetallism in Eng
land SO long as the present government
remains in power, or in fact from any form
of government in Great Britain, until the
people send their representatives to power
committed to currency reform. and this is
impossible while the people remain In utter
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
The Cost of an Opera Chorus.
from the Chicago Iufer-Dcean

Ear.y in the season when questioned as to
why the chorus could not be composed of
Americans Manager Grau explained that it
came under the caption of expediency. He
said:
at costs us about 800 for each chorus
singer whom we bring from C9vent Garden
and return to Milan. That means an expend
iture of not less than S6.090 alone for sixty
choristers. We would gladly save that il we
could. but the trouble IS that we come here
prepared to produce twenty-five operas in
less than five months. In so short n time we
cannot stop TO teach chorus singers their
music. They must know all OF the twenty
two operas before we start. 1t would be i'm
practicable to find sixty chorus singers in
New York or elsewhere who kEow our roper
tome. In addition 10 the sixty whom we
brought over we employed about dozen
choristers who had worked for US on former
occasions. and WHO, therefore. knew the
repertoire.
Estimating the fare to and from Europe
the European chorus singer costs us about "a
a week in addition TO the Sl7 Il week salary
which she gets. We could afford TO pay 4
fuil-hedged American chorus more than Sl7
each and be insured Of fresher voices and
prettier faces than we now have"
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
ROLL LIE AWAY DOWN.

THE TIMES is gratified to receive numerous
contributions to its columns. Letters from
friends OF the paper are almost always
interesting enough to print; but sometimes a
lack of space prevents it. Consider for a
moment that The TINES is only four-page
paper, and still worse. for the comfort Of the
long-winded correspondent, its four small
pages must be crowded, not merely with all
the news of the day, but with the various fea-
lures which make The TIMES the most read
able paper in Washington. This paper is
glad to receive all communications of what
ever nature $50 that they be earnest and po-
lite and not anonymous); but. men and
women, boil them down. Waste never a
word. Your ideas are good; but, heavens,
how is anybody going to get at them if they
are enveloped, and engulfed, and sunk beyond
recall in a mass of words, words, words?
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
Criticises Treasury Officials.

To the Editor of The TIMES:
Your editorial in this mornings issue, Pass
ing Way Up Yonder"-not to make a pun-is
Timely" and 10 the point / am the widow of a
Democrat who voted for the civil service law be-
cause he believed il would improve the public
service For some years have been clerk in
the Treasury Department. and while the civil
service law has been constantly violated since
It's enactment by both parties, am ashamed to
say that the Treasury Department was never in
such a plight now, due almost entirely, in my
judgment, to the political bigOtry. inexperience
and incapacity OF SIR. Logan Carlisle, the chief
clerk who is solely responsible for the dismissal
of Mr.. Gaddis. ] do not personally know that
gentleman, but the Official records OF the de-
partmeut show that lie is "way up yonder' as
n clerk and gentleman. ] know from friends
in the Registers offce that since MIR 81 Fount
Tillman" was appointed Register, on July /, lS93,
there has been reign Of terror in that oflice,
without parallel in the history of any bureau OF
any one Of the executive departments. due 10
the gr, IS Ignorance and incomr etency OF TIL
man The thanks OF thousands OF clerks are due
the Civil Service Commission for their zeal in
protecting the clerks in the classified service to
Nir. Gadds for biinailg 10 the attention of the
cuurs the dagraut violation Of the law by Secre-
tary Carlisle. and to iHE TIMES for It's prompt
demand that Mr. Roosevelt shall 'look into this
thing tight away. JUSTICE.
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
Clever Hunting by Hawks.
[Frem the Globe-Democrat.l


81 have witnessed many incidents which
proved conclusively to me that animal intelli-
gence is not different from human intelligence
in kind. but only in degree, remarked Joseph
VI. Symes. of Manchester. England. who was
at the Southern yesterday. For number
of years was an engineer on one OF our rail-
roads. and often wondered at the promptness
with which the hawks took advantage OF the
appliances of modern civilization. / have
frequently seen these hawks fly close behind
the train, near the ground. where they are
partly hidden by the smoke. As the cars
thunder along through the fields and mead
ows. small birds fly up in the air bewildered
by the NOISE and approach of the train. The
hawk then dashes among them out OF the
smoke and easily secures his prey. Should it
be unsuccessful, it returns TO the wake of
another train and awaits the starting Of
another bevy'
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
me IMPRESSED NAPOLEON.
An American Citizen the Only Man +
Whom the Emperor Bowed.
1Ernm the Atlanta Constitution

Whom the Emperor Bowed.
from the Atlanta constitutional
In an old field near Lexington, Ga, repose
the ashes of William H. Crawford.
No monument of any kind points to the
passer-by the grave of this immortal Georgian,
who came within an ace of being President
and who was regarded by Napoleon, the great
emperor as the most distinguished-looking
man OF his day.
This brings up an interesting story. In his
writings Mr. Crawford tells OF his first ap-
pearance in the French court and OF the bow
he made on that occasion. He was too modest,
however. to describe the scene, or. rather. the
effect which his personality produced. When
he entered the court with his lofty bearing
and his tall, impressive figure. decorated for
the first time with the apparel of his high
commission as the American minister to that
court he was received with the utmost de-
monstration. The Emperor was deeply i'm
pressed. He avowed that Mr. Crawford was
the only man to whom he had ever been con-
strained to bow, and on that occasion he
overstepped the custom and made repetition
of his courtesy.
Fashioned in gigantic mold Mr.. Craw-
ford was one of the handsomest men that ever
lived. He was man of great talent and OF
intellectual superiority. He was recognized
as the equal OF any of his adversaries in the
highest councils OF the land. and as candi-
date for the highest Office in the nations gift
he was defeated by only small majority.
And yet Georgians have such little venera-
ton for the dead as to ignore the ashes of
this great man and to leave them unrecorded
in an old field. The man who was once the
envy of all of Europe and the pride of his
fellow-men. thus shamefuily an outcast in his
death. when Georgia is millionaire in the
glory which he alone has contributed.
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
LET THESE UNEMPLOYED ACT.

1t is rumored first that the tariff bill viii
pass and then that it will not; and we may
be sure that it will not for long time, be-
cause of the interminable labyrinth of cam
paign speeches which Senators and Represent
atiyes now seem determined to deliver. The
tariff bill may be talked to death. But why
should the method of punishment be SO
lingering? II it is to be beaten, beat it right
away. II it is to be passed, pass it right
away. You all know how you feel, you Sem
ators and Representatives. Your constituents
all know how you feel. Consider how the
country feels, eager for the merest crust of
certainty in the business world. Only let
everybody-for the employers Of workmen
and the work people constitute everybody
understand what to expect. Only legislate,
II you must legislate, and give the country a
breathing time. 1t may mean work for hun
dreds of thousands. And don't think that be-
cause you are unemployed yourselves there are
not hundreds Of thousands whose warmest
desire is to work and earn an honest Iveli-
hood
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
Dust UNLICENSED Engineers.

10 the Edltor of He lines.
Congress passed act regulating steam en-
gineering in the District of Columbia which has
been in effect since lsss. 1t is unlawful for any
person TO act as steam engineer in the District
Of Columbia who snail not have been regularly
licensed TO do so by tile Commissioners The
Commissioners are empowered TO enforce this
law. and instructed the police department 70
see that all steam riants observe ii. For sew
erel months the police made regular inspections
OF steam plants, an c number o. arrests were
made for violation Of the regulations. bat no
couvictons- of late the attention OF the police
has frequently been called to steam plants that
are being contrary to Law bat 10 notice has
been taken Of this, although there would be life
and property los; by an explosion Of a boiler un-
der the care OF an unlicensed engineer y fine
Oi $50 is put upon any owner or lessee Of steam
boiler any corporation who shall employ an
unlicensed steam engineer
Boilers under steam are dangerous The
records OF She past ten years show that the less
of life and destruction Of properly by the explo-
sions of stationary boilers has been appalling,
while explosions OF marine boilers have been
very rare. No enc will take passage on a steam
boat if there is un licensed engineer in charge,
and the same should apply To hotels and Office
buildings and engines under our walks Please
explain why such gross violation OF so impor-
tant a law is not pres .cuted- Z. j. REU.
The Washington times., 1894-04-21
This Is the Smallest Dog.

lFTbli tLc -NtN lpEh Noilil
The little ArchGuchess Elizabeth, daughter
of the widowed Crown Princess Stephanie, of
Austria. and the pet of the Austrian imperial
family. is the fortunate owEer of the smallest
dog in the world. 1t can play about on
human hand and is of the silk-haired terrier
breed. 1t formerly belonged to Mrs. Wald-
mann. keeper OF cafe in Vienna. The
miniature creature is thirteen centimeters
high. seventeen long, and weighs about a
pound.
Mrs. Waldmann thought the tiny thing so
charming that only n royal child should pos
sess such a rarity. She accordingly applied
to the Crown Princess for permission to pre-
sent it to the little archduchess as Christ
mas gift Frau Waldmann took the dog with
her to the court and showed it to the royal
mother. All were at orce taken with the
terriers droll ways and its fine little head.
and few days afterwards the dog found its
way in n small basket to the castle. On
Christmas evening the dog was presented to
the child from its mother and grandparents,
who had deposited it in a basket under the
archduchesS' Christmas tree.