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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

falsity thereof and the want of probable
cause to believe the libelous statement to
be true.
Sec. 8. No exemplary or punative dam
ages shall be recovered unless the plain
tiff SHALL before bringing suit, give notice
by mail or otherwise to the defendant to
publish a retraction of the libel, and allow
the defendant a reasonable time in which
to publish such retractiOn or correction
md make such amends as are reasonable
ind possible under the circumstances of
The case, and proof of the publication if
any such retraction or correction shall be
admissible in evidence under the general
issue on the question of good faith of the
defendant, and in mitigation and reduc-
ton of damages; provided, that the re-
traction shall be published in equivalent
type and in similar editions of the paper
as the original libel, and so far as prac-
ticable in the same position.
Section f. In an action for libel against
the proprietor or editor of any newspaper
Or other periodical the defendant may
plead in his answer that the libel was in
serted without malice and without gross
negligence, and that at the earliest sub
seduent opportunity he inserted in such
publication a full apology, and that the
apology was printed in as large an edi-
ton and equally conspicuous in position
and style Of type and degree of publicity
as was the insertion of the original; or if
such publication was published only at in
tervals exceeding month, that he offer
ed to publish such apology with equal
degrees of COnspicuousneSs and publicity
in any paper which the plaintiff might
name, and if such plea is filed in the an
swer, evidence of its truth may be admit
ted and may be taken into consideration
by the jury in estimating the damage.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
BOWSER'S LIBEL BILL.

In the senate yesterday morning Scna-
tor Smith called up and discussed the
motion to reconsider the BoWser libel
bill, which has been recalled from the
house. making an elaborate argument
against the bill, claiming that it was
class legislation.
Senator Bowscr replied, strongly de-
Tending the bill.
Senator Colqutt opposed the bill on
the ground that il was II violation of the
protection to citizens guaranteed by the
constitution and bill of rights.
The bill was reConsidcrcd by vote of
II to IL, and was subjected to some
amendments proposed by Senator Smith
somewhat modifying the bill. and some
MINOR amendments proposed by Senator
AtlcC.
Senator Sheriff. wanted to recommit
the bill, but his motion was lost by the
casting vote of the chair, which also
availcd To prevent the senate from re-
considering its action.
Sections and / of the bill were not
changed, only the first and second sec
tons being amended.
The bill as amended now reads as fol-
lows:
Section l. In any suit brought for
the publication of libel in any news
paper in this state the plaintiff Shall re-
cover only actual damages, if it shall an
pear that the publication was made in
good faith and its falsity was not due 10
negligence but 10 mistake or misrepre-
sentation of the facts, and that the pub
fishers thereof have reasonable grounds
to believe that the libelous statements
are true and that in
the next regular issue of said newspaper
after such mistake or misapprehension was
brought To the knowledge of the publish
erS whether before or after suit brought.
Il correction was published in rs conSpic-
uous manner ana place in said news
paper as was the article sued on as libel
Gus
Section >. That in actions for libel if
there is no express malice then no eX-
emplary or primitive damages shall I've
awarded, but such malice may be inferred
from the negligence, nature and tone of
the statements claimed to be libelous, the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

her funnel and seeing that the Alliancia
was drawing away from her she hove
to, to bring her guns to bear, and
fired solid shot which struck
the water less than an eight of a mile
away from the ship and directly in line.
This was followed by two more solid
shots, which fortunately did not reach
their mark, though they struck the water
in plain sight of the ship. At each shot,
however, the Spaniard waved to, to get
the range of the American ship before
firing on her, plainly showing the inten-
ton to hit her if she could. Captain
Crossman of tn Alliancia, knowing he
was more than two leagues from land and
on high seas, did not consider it his duty
to detain his ship to find out the reason
for such an outrage, even for so summary
demand, and so ordered full steam and
gradually drew out of range. The chase
was kept up for more than % miles be
fore it was abandoned. If the Spaniard
had had more speed or her gunners been
better marksmen, no doubt the affair
would not have ended so fortunately for
the American ship. The affair has been
reported to the authorities by Captain
Crossman and no doubt an explanation
will be asked of the Spanish government.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
RIOT IN A CHURCH.
A Priest Successfully Copes With a
Polish Mob.

Omaha, March 12.-During the early
morning mass of the ST. Paul's Roman
Catholic church today a party of Poles
who were formerly members of the congre-
cation, but who were ousted by Bshop
Scannell, entered tb2 church and at
tempted to take possession. Father Kar-
minski, who was saying mass, resisted
the attempt to capture the church and
one of the invading party opened fire
rather Karminski at once drew q r.
yolver and fired into the attacking part
After long fusilade the invaders with.
drew. leaving their wounded in the
church.
Those wounded were: F. Dargal-
ZsWki shot through both legs Jol IN
keska, shot through the knee; Joseph
linda, one of the priests supporters,
stabbed and beaten over the head.
The police were at once summoned and
after hard fight they took possession
of the church. Several people were ar
rested. among them Father Karminski,
and they are now III Jail. The trouble
was the outgrOwth of dissensions which
have torn the church for two years.
Bishop Scannell removed the priest in
charge, in spite of the protests of leading
men of the congregation, and the matter
was carried into the courts. For tine
lne cnurcn was guarded by the police
whenever services were held, but three
weeks ago the district court decided thai
the bishop should have possession ami
the trouble was supposed to have ended
The other faction. however, was dssatis-
fled with the priest in charge, and there
have been mutterings among the Poles
in the neighborhood, but no outbreak was
anticipated by the police.
When the officers arrived on the scelc
this morning they found a mob surround
ing the church and it was necessary for
the police to fight their way into the
building. There they found the priest ii
possession, backed by five altar boys, and
the wounded men lying in the aisle The
leaders of the mob We're put under arrest
and taken to the police station. followed
by an excited crowd. More trouble is
feared and another battalion of police
has been sent to the neighborhood of the
church.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

Turkish government, thereby rendering
Armenian independence possible. The
missionaries only escaped through time
ly warning which they received from an
Armenian friend. DR.. Riggs has devoted
his life to the education of Armenian
youth in the missionary schools, but the
conspiratOrs, in their blind fanaticism,
gave this fact little heed.
REVOLUTIONARY PARTY'S OP-
PORTUNITY.
This is the revolutionary partys oppor-
tunity and it will make the most of it. 1t
is, of course, impossible to say to what
extent radical ideas prevail among the
revolutionary prOpagandists. but the
schemes of some of the leaders
are shocking in the extreme In brief.
their plans are to commit Outrages on
the Turks in order that the infatuated
Turks shall shock the Christian world
by the atrocty of their retaliation. When
demonstrated with in regard to the reck-
lessness Of this program. the men who are
responsible for it merely said: 1T NAV
seem to you cruel and barbarous, but we
know what we are doing and why we are
doing il"
The financial methods of those men
are almost as ingenious as their plans
of political agitation. Certain Armenians
of the most ignorant class are required
to furnish so many thousand piastres to
the comittee. and the means of obtain
ing the money are clearly mapped out.
Here is a case in point which was related
to me: A wealthy Turk in the service
OF the government in Constantinople re-
ceiyed letter one morning saying that
unless he deposited $4,000 piastres in a
certain place within "a hours he would
be killed. An investigation led to the
discovery of the fact that the letter was
written by an Armenian who had been
in his employ MS a trusted servant for sew.
eral years. The servant confessed his
guilt but asserted in Self-defense that the
revolutionary agitators had compelled
him to write the letter under penalty of
death. The poor wretch saved his life
Mt the expense of a long term of impris.
onment.
TO INCITE THE TURK.
But no matter what light is thrown IN,
on the spasmodic wickedness of the Turk
or upon the desperate methods of the rev.
olutionary conspirators, we find that it is
still the innocent who suffer most. The
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Legislative Hall in indianapolis Has 1
Mussed Appearance

Indianapolis, March 12.-As result
of last nights Legislative riot, Myron y
King, the governors private secretary,
lies at his home, 100 Home avenue, this
morning in a serious condition. Mr. kim
is under the influence of opates and his
friends are much alarmed about him. He
was in the hottest of the fight in behalf
of his chief and received very rough treat
ment. His injuries are of an internal
character.
Legislative hall in the capitol had a
varied and mussed appearance today.
Very few of the members who partici-
pated in the riot were about the hall to-
day. Among the exceptions was Repre-
sentative Adams of Parks county, the
most conspicuous Republican member il
the fight. He said that he was sore, but
otherwise all right. Mr.. Adams says h.
received but two blows during the fight.
Speaker Adams today disclaimed all
responsibility for the wild and lawless
scenes which occurred under his gavel.
He said: II had no part in the business
The mob who decided on the plan kept
it away from me because they knew I
would not approve of it. did not order
the doors locked"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
WORK OF A MOB.
Italian Prisoners ChargedWith Murder
Are Fired on and Four Killed.

Pueblo, Colo, March PA special to
The Chieftain from Walsenburg, a small
town 80 miles south of Pueblo SAYS: A
man in ambush at 1880 o'clock this even
ing fired on wagon containing nine
Italians who are charged with beating
to death A. j. HiXon, a saloon keeper, at
Rouse, a small mining camp six miles from
Walsenburg, Sunday last. Four of the
Italians and the wagon driver were killed.
The prisoners, who had been lodged in
the Walsenburg jail were taken to the
coroner's inquest at Rouse. At the con-
clusion of the session of the day the priso-
ners were loaded into a wagon and started
back to the Jail. At Bear creek, region
where there is thick underbrush. half q
mile from Walsenburg, the crack of a
dozen rifles, presumably in the hands of
miners, rang out. -Four of the prisoners,
whose names cannot be learned on ac-
count of the excitement, were instantly
Killed. Joe Welby, who was driving the
wagon, was also killed. The officers re-
turned the fire, which lasted several min
utes. The most intense excitement reigns.
Walsenburg and Rouse are both off the
main line of the railroads and efforts to
obtain details have failed because the
telegraph offices are closed at night
The work of the mob was done to avenge
a brutal crime. AT D o'clock n. m. Monday
two men en- route to work at Rouse
A. j. HiXson. proprietor of a
saloon, in a dying condition about one
eighth of mile from his place of business.
Mr.. HiXsOn had been struck on the head
with blunt weapon and was uncon-
sciOus. He expired within an hour. Some
ten days ago Il. j. Brewer pit boss of
Rouse. imported bloodhound. which was
summoned. The animal rushed
away from the trail and within ten min
utes seized table leg in the rear of sa-
loon located half mile distant. On eX-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
A LIVELY CHASE.
An American Merchantmen Fired Upon
by a Spanish Man-of-War.

New York, March 1.-THE American
steamship Alliancia, while preceding from
Colon to New York on the morning of the
Sth instant, sighted a barkentine rugged
steamer under the land off Cape Nyse,
the eastern end of Cuba. At I O'clock,
when two and half miles distant she
hoisted the Spanish flag, which was sa-
and dipping it, which act of courtesy was
answered by the Spaniard. At 7:i5 she
fired a blank cartridge, which was soon
followed by another. The American
ensign was again dipped and the course
was not changed, as no hostile demonstra-
ton was anticipated as the Alliancia
was more than six mile off the land at
the time. The Spanish man-of-war was
not satisfied, however, with even the
double salute to her flag, but proceeded
to chase the American at her full speed.
judging from the smoke that came from
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
SENATE COMMITTEE WORK.

Senate Judiciary committee No | met
yesterday and agreed to report favoraby
Hherri's bill relating to the condemna-
ZION of right of way by railway compan-
les. Also Agnew's bill relating to the
compensation Of the collectors and to
regulate the division Of commissions be-
tween incoming and outgoing officers.
Also Colquitts bill to compel guardians
10 renew their bonds every two years.
Also McCombs bill to govern contin-
uances in civil cases. Also Dibrell's bill
prviding that all certificates and res0lu-
tons of railway companies accepting the
constitutional provisions in article 10.
section = be recorded in the state secre-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

tarys Office. Also Peck's house bill to
amend the act establishing Il railroad
commission. A minority report will be
presented unfavOrable to this bill. They
will report unfavorably Bailey's lrcquesD
bill regulating the disposition of encum-
bered real property in the settlement of
estates Also Woods bill to authorize the
governor to appoint notaries to fill out
uneXpired terms in case of vacancy by
death, removal or designation OF ap-
pointees. Also Bailey's bill to prevent
usury by suit for over half the principal
against the payec 10y the payor,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
MINISTER TERRELL SAYS THERE
ARE TWO SIDES TO THE
QUESTION.
INGENIOUS ATROCITIES AND
CRUELTIES PRACTICED.
Gun Cartridges Thrust Into the Living
Bodies of Men and Women and
Notwithstanding Outrages
Upon Turks.

Hon. A. W. Terrell, United States
minister to Turkey, has kindly forwarded
The Statesman the following account
of atrocities and fearful cruelty in Ar
menia:
There are undoubtedly two sides to the
question. An impartial survey of the
evidence l have so far collected tends to
show that both Turk and Armenian are
in the wrong, and that, as very often hap
pens, it is the innocent who have suffered
for the wron doings of t he guilty. When
it is asserted on behalf of the Turks that
they are engaged in suppressing a revou-
tionary movement in Armenia, he state
ment is fully justified by the facts in the
case.
There does not exist in Armenia an eX-
tremely vigorous revolutionary move
ment, and it is equally beyond question
that the methods of some of the leaders
of this movement are no less shocking
than the barbarity of the Turk in sup
pressing it. AT every step | become more
and more convinced that the inhuman
ferocity displayed in this terrible strug-
gle for the mastery has not been in the
least exaggerated in the reports of the
massacres already published in England.
Unfortunately, something very like
counterpart of these atrocities is pre-
scented by the methods of some of the
leaders of the Armenian movement.
believe there is no doubt of the fact
that certain of these Armenian conspir-
ators arranged to murder the Rev. DR..
Edward Riggs and two other American
at Marsovan, and fasten the
blame upon the Turks, in order that, as
they imagined, the United States might
inflict summary punishment upon the
.AS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

Turk declares that Armenians have in
lcted shocking outrages upon Turkish
men and women, and from what is al
ready known of conspiracy methods it is
quite likely that the assertion is true.
1t is reported that, as a means of melting
the Turks to commit outrages that will
bring down upon them the wrath of the
civilized world, Armenians have thrust
gun cartridges into the bodies of living
Turkish men and women and exploded
them, and that in the case of one man a
hole was made Just below the bones of
the chest for the insertion of a quantity
of gunpowder,f which was then ignited.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
TROUBLE LOOKED FOR.
Two Members of the Arkansas Legis.
lature are at Swords Points.


Little Rock, Ark, March 12.-Thero
may be trouble when Hon. DR.. Crosby,
POpulist representative from Cleburne
county and Hon. r. r. South, Demo.
cratic member from Bexar county, meet
Crosby is looking for South tonight,
and says he will demand satisfaction. In
q speech in the house today South severe
ly denounced the Populist party. Cros-
by took umbrage at his remarks and
when he had finished handed Mr.. South
Il note asking him TO select his weapons
and name Il place of meeting. South tore
the note into bits and threw the paper in
Crosby's face The Populist flushed
with anger, but did not resent the'insult.
Returning to his desk he wrote another
note to South demanding satisfaction
but South ingnored the second note
Crosby is looking for South tonight, but
at late hour they had not come tor.
gether.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THEGALvESTON EXCURSION,

The legislative excursion to Galveston
Friday promises to be great affair and
indications point to the fact that a large
attendance will be on hand. Sergeant-at-
Arms Allen of the senate has the matter
in charge and says he has secured over
Il hundred names. The party will leave
here on special train Friday afternoon
and will return Sunday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE REDISTRICTING COMMIT
TEE.

The redistricting committee, after de-
Gliding on the bill published in The States
man several days ago, had so many
kicks on their hands that they recon-
mitted themselves us it were and changed
several of the districts. The changed
this district by taking Bastrop away after
having added it Williamson and Travis
and putting with Lee, Washington and
BurleSOn and our district will now stand
as before. The committee completed
their work yesterday and the bill is now
nearly ready to go in to both houses.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

animation blood was found on this. The
dog then proceeded to the saloon, and
two men, Lorenzo Danino and Jobatto
Antonio, who were discovered therein,
were arrested. Two more, Pet Rosetta
and Frank Annico, We're arrested in a
cabin near by. Admissions of knowledge
of the murder were secured from two of
them, and the latter divulged the names
of seven others who were with them. Two
of the parties had started south. The
officers were quickly in the saddle and
the entire nine wer under arrest at 9
o'clock. The names of five are Peter ia
cobini, Francisco Bonketti one Corpo-
rala, one MILO, one Nicholai, whose Chris.
tian names are unknown.
Threats of lynching were made during
the day and quite a number of men were
scattered along the route to Walsenburg
but it was not thought there was posi-
bility that any violence would be attempt
ed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

who have no legal right to contract such
debts. Every two years a deficiency
bill of about 100000 hobs up and the
| Legislators say it is getting bigger and
bigger each year and if allowed to go
on will in the course Of time amount to
more than the appropriation bill itself.
1t is said that when any appropriation
is made it is intended to cover the time
for which it was made, but by giving the
officials a little more freedom they man
age to get away with the appropriation
in about 10 IL months and then the
expenses of the other month and one
half must be met by deficiency appro-
priation. The members of the legis-
lature admit that it will hardly be ad-
visable to make this bill apply to the
judiciary because it would be rather a
serious matter to stop the wheels of the
judicial grist mill because of lack of
funds, but they propose to camp on the
trail of the state officials and especially
the asylum officials, with a vengeance.
They claim that there is no occasion for
the appropriation being eaten up in 10 IL
months and if the officials will fOrego
their desire to live on the fat of the
land and be content to live as other
people, the appropriation would last.
The judicial department generally shows
up in the biggest deficiency, but the
able solons are not prepared to say ex-
actly what steps they are going to take
about this matter. While the sOlons
claim that the officials are extravagant,
the officials say that the solons have
never yet made a sufficient appropriation
for the maintenance of the various state
and that is the cause of the
deficiency. When the matter comes up
in the legislature lively debate is likely
to cnsue.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

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