The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-11-07
AMERICAN FATALLY STABBED
OVER A DISPUTE ABOUT GU
BAN INDEPENDENCE.
SPANISHORGANS ATTACK AMERICANS
Because They Sympathize With Cuba.
Successful Trip to Popocatepelt ON
Bicycles-The Indianilla Racing
Course to Open Soon.

City of Mexico, Nov. 4.-Joseph NJ.
Kolbeck, a conductor on the Inter-Ocean-
ic railway, an American, was stabbed
fatally yesterday afternoon on the plains
of San Lazaro, near this city, by an
Italian restaurant waiter named Baldi-
VIM. The trouble began in dispute re-
garding Cuba, Kolbeck taking the part of
Spain while Baldwin, proved an ardent
partisan of the Cuban patriots. The dis,
cussion waxing warm, it was proposed
that they go out to San LaZaro and set
tie their difficulties in fist fight, Ameri-
can style, but the Italian, on arriving
there, drew knife and stabbed Kolbeck
in the heart. The victim leaves a wife
in delicate condition and two little chill
dren. The murderer ran away but was
Overtaken by an officer on horseback. He
shows not the slightest contrition. Kol-
beck was married to a Mexican lady, a
niece of the famous General Loera, an
authority on cavalry matters and well
known to Americans.
La Patria, newspaper, attacks two
Spanish organs here for their injurious
language toward everyone who sympa-
thiZes with Cuba, as do vast majority
of the Mexican citizens and most of the
American residents. The Patria says the
Spanish papers arrogate to themselves
the privilege of criticising with the ut
most freedom the institutions of Mexico
sneering at republican institutions and
Mexican matters generally. The Spanish
papers have no language too bad for
Americans, whom they term buckram
giants, idiots, robbers, sordid and heart
less usurperS, wretches, Williams incapable
of entertaining noble sentiments, but
even in the face of this TRADE of abuse
the American legation maintains entire
Indifference and has not asked the gov
eminent to interfere. "The Spaniards,"
says the Patria, merchants, million
aires, clergymen, bull fighters, grocers
and pawnbrokers fill the air with their
clamor if anyone, Mexican or foreigner,
whispers a syllable unfavorable to Spain"
They solemnly declare that blood will
flow if the authorities do not shield them
from insult. The Patria notes that no
other foreign colony here assumes such
an attitude of arrogant dictation over the
sentiments and acts of the Mexican peo-
pie.
The bicycling party which assembled the
volcano of PopOcatepetl had successful
expedition and fine weather Most of
the party reached the top. The view
was wonderfully fine, which rarely hap
pens OWlnS W Tic ClOuuS. AuIllTdl CdEIl
Brenton of the Mexican navy was among
the party.
Indianilla racing course will soon be
formally opened and it is believed its
close proximity to the city and the reviv-
ing interests in all sorts of sports will
make it a popular track.
The Mexican Herald speaking of the
awful crime perpetrated at the village of
TeXpecaca, State of Hidalgo, says the
whole population must have in the course
of time become physically and morally de-
generate and prone to superstitious con-
tagion and that it is reproach to religion
that such an awful deed could have been
in it's name.
Sir Spencer st. John, formerly British
minister here, and recently minister at
Stoc kholm, has retired from diplomatic
service. He is the author of great
standard work on Hayti called THE
Black Republic" a book which excited
controversy from it's mercless exposure
of cannibalism among the Haytians. Sir
Spencer served in Hayti and Peru be-
fore coming to Mexico,