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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-16
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good eject upon their children"
Dr.. G. c. OsoooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria Is the best remedy for children Of
which am acquainted. I hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the various quack nostrums which arc
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throas1, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR. J. F. KNcHn0E,
Conway, Ark.
The Centaur Company, II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-16
CaStOria.

"Castoria Is 50 well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
II. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, n. Y.
"Our physicians in the childrens depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although We only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet We are FREQ 60 confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPENsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
array Street, New York City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-16

Company, u Murray Street, New York City.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
AUSTIN'S NEXT REGATTA.

The Sporting Life of London, which ole
timers will remember as "Bell's Life il
London" of December the 10Th, con
tains an interesting correspondence be
tween Captain Crotty, Austin's regatta
manager, and Mr.. Richard X. Fox, the
great sporting editor and authority on al
sporting matters. Captain Crotty's sec
rotary, Mr. L. ID. Smith, by his direction
wrote to Mr. Fox, asking his opinion OF
the best program for the grand aquatic
carnival to be held on Lake Mcdonald
and in which crews from England, St
John, n. b., and Nova Scotia, Canada
have signified their willingness to com
pete Mr.. Smith, in his letter, gives a
very accurate and fascinating descrip-
ton or our lake, mentioning the rcgattas
formerly held on it and the hospitality
of the citizens of Austin, and asks Mr..
Fox which he thinks best, an open regatta
or to arrange races for the championship
between Harding and crew and the
American oarsmcn in singles, doubles
and fours?
Mr.. Fox, in reply, suggests that under
the auspices of the Citizens association
of Austin, Tex, that there should be two
single scull races, one single scull, cham
pionship of the world and the Police Ga
zette championship cup between Jake
Gaudaur and Harding or Sullivan, and an
open race to give all rowcrs who arc
ts,,,, rl. oh IN
compete for pleasure and profit, Such n
contest would bring together such cham
pions as Wingate, Barry, Haincs, Bubear,
Emmett of England, IIanlon of Canada,
and Peterson, Tccmer, Ilosmcr, Stevenson
and Ten Eyck. He also suggests an in
tcrnational double scull race for the cham
pionship ofthc world, also an international
four-oarcd race for the championship of
the world. These events, he thinks, would
make an aquatic carnival in which all
the sportsmen of the world would take
great interest.
ThCs regattas have advertised Austin
more widely and generally than it has
been advertised altogether otherwise, and
for n part of the celebrations of the open
ing of the water power of the dam would
give us an advertisement that otherwise
would cost us thousands upon thousands
of dollars. Captain Crotty has proved
himself public spirited citizen in getting
up these rcgattas and given Austin and its
dam such widespread notoriety that the
best the citizens could do would be to back
him up literally in his plans for another
regatta, as the benefit will he rcaped by
the people of Austin only.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

sorry labor arbitration bill. 1t is modelled
somewhat after the interstate commerce
bill and provides for the appointment 10y
the president and senate of five persons
TO be known as the United States Hoard
of Cancellation and arbitration. Only
three of these can be of one political
party and this commission is authorized
to intervene in all strikes which affect
the transportation interests Of the coun,
try.
| Right here is a radical objection to
Commissioner Wright's bill. 1t limits ar,
bitration to strikes that affect transpor-
tation, when if any such law is adopted
! it ought to be general so as to cover all
kinds of strikes in all departments of oc'
cupation where there is an employer and
an employe. One feature of the bill pro
hibits the employer from discharging an
employe, pending arbitration, and it also
prohibits an cmplOye from quitting work
pending arbitration. The fact that this
feature violates the fundamental princi
pal of personal liberty is pretty strong
evidence that Commissioner Wright is a
dreamer. There is no power IN this gov
eminent that can clothe five men with Il
right to intervene between the employer
and the employe and prohibit the en-
ployer from dscharging the employe,
pending the deliberations of these five
men, nor can any five or Il thousand men
be clothed with the right to compel a free
born American citizen to work one minute
longer than he chooses to work
Mr.. Wright's bill would reduce both
the employer and the employee to slavery
and, therefore, could not for moment
stand the tests Of the courts.
Arbitration and Cancellation are good
things and bill creating such a commits
sion of five men and leaving it to con-
tending parties to the strike to avail Of
the services of that commission at their
option would be of benefit from the fact
that the commission would have the sane
ton of the United States, but the moment
such q commission attempts to step over
into the, field of compulsion, the assump-
ton of authority becomes an absurdity
and clearly in violation of the well settled
organic principles of our government.
Mr.. Wright has SO long INDUCED the
visions of an Arcadia of labor that he
dreams of plans to fulfill his hopes with
out any waking consideration of certain
constitutional enactments and statutory
laws that strengthen the personal rights
of the citizens of this country and stand
in the way of his governing people for
their good against their will. 1t seems
very foolish to him that people won't sub
nit to his compulsory arbitration plans
Jordan and shows them the fair promised
land beyond, but, nevertheless, they won't
wade the stream.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
SUFFERING IN THE WEST.

The newspapers are picturing Il sad
condition of affairs in portions of Colo
RADIO, Kansas, South Dakota, Oklahoma
and Texas. AS far as Texas is con-
cerned, there must be some mistake. 1t
is represented that especially in Colorado
and Kansas whole counties are suffering
for the bare necessities of life. There
can be no question about the fact as far
as the two latter states are concerned.
The failure of crops, occasioned by the
long drought, has been so general that
unless relief is soon sent to them in pro
visions many of those people will liter
ally starve. Letters are published from
all these states but Texas, from the most
respectable citizens appealing for aid.
Texas is doubtless tackled on by the tel
egraph operator to the list of suffering
states because the drought extended to
Texas, but no such suffering has been
reported by ctizeus who are frequently
in this city from North Texas, and if it
had been true they would have let it be
known. That is no reason, however, to
doubt the statements made in regard to
the suffering in the counties of the other
states mentioned, nor because the suffer
ing is outside of Texas does it appeal
less to the humanity of Texans. We
are blessed in this state generally with
the most bounteous and unprecedented
crops, and we should share our surplus
with the suffering of our sister states.
The Changers and Patrons of Hus-
bandry when the associations existed
purely for the material benefit of the
farmer members, were particularly SER
viceable under similar circumstances, but
since the Farmers alliance has perverted
the associations to political purposes,
there is no organized aid for such suffer
crs. We remember that during the OK
iStcnCe of the Patrons of Husbandry a
farmer who had moved from near Mont
gOmery, Ala, to Woodford county, Ky,
returned some time in the '10s to re-
visit his old home, and while there ascer
tanned that his old neighbors and friends
near Montgomery had suffered from sue
ccssive droughts and needed aiG. He re-
reported that fact to his lodge in Wood
ford county, Ky, and the lodges in Wood
ford and adjacent counties shipped suffi-
cicnt supplies TO Montgomery county to
tide the farmers there over until they
raised another crop. 1t is to be regret
ted that these farmers organizations
were so perverted from their original
purposes by ambitious politicians in their
midst 1t destroyed basis for organ
lied aid and never did them or the coun-
try any good with their political schemes.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
CONGRESSIONAL HOLIDAYS.

The adjournment of congress for the
Christmas holidays under the pressure
of existing conditions and for the further
fact that the members have not been
away from home more than Il month is
unwarranted. The fact is, very few con
pressmen 90 home during the Christmas
holidays, even those who live near Wash
ington but as general thing they devote
the holidays to big and prOtracted jag in
the jaggicst city on the continent, to-wlt:
Washington, ID. G. But they tell us the
treasury is going ITO the "dcmnition
bow-wOws' and they quietly adjourn I'M
til the 3rd of January, 1899, which means
that quorum will be present in both
houses some time along the 10th to the
18th Of January. Mind you they draw their
per diem every day that they are absent.
What would a business man think of his
clerks voting themselves several weeks
holiday and taking it "nolcns volens," in
the busiest season Of the year and then
walk up TO the cashiers Office and demand
their daily salary? Congressman are get
ting a little too far from the fact that
they are the servants of the people and
that they have no right to frittcr away
the time of the people is II lost
idea with them. There are such
important matters demanding the atten-
ton of congress that make such an ad-
journment unwarranted and an evidence
of reckless disregard of the perform
ancc of public duties for which these
gentlemen of leisure ought TO be brought
up standing by public opinion. Mem
bcrs of deibcrative bodies waste quite
half of the time of their sessions on use
less matters, and they embrace every
opportunity to adjourn over for two or
three days or week. These frequent
destroy the smooth run
ming Of the machinery. 1t gets rusty
and has to be oiled too often over and
over again.
When men are sent to congress they
are under Obligationsto hcirconstituents
to devote all their time and talents to
public affairs TO the extent of their work
ing ability. But congressman are like
set of country school boys, always ready
to turn out the teacher. Any reasonable
holiday, when they are broken down in
mind and body by hard and laborious
work, the people do not object to, but
this skipping off upon every possible pre-
text must be put II stop to. 1t is getting
to be nuisance and the line must be
drawn somewhere limiting these holidays
to legitimate times and necessary and
holidays.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

Sherman were taken out and exposed to
the light too long, and before n photo
graph could he taken a film formed over
the eyes. Nevertheless several people
got distinct impression Of the person of
the murderer and he may be discovered
At any rate hereafter precautions will be
used to take the photograph from the eyes
of the murdered, and while the tongue is
silent in death and the lips closed forever,
that curious and delicate piece of ma
chinery, the eye, will discover and eX-
pose the murderer. Great is science,
ncgativing the old adage, that dead men
tell no tales" Hereafter dead mems
eyes will tell the tale that will bring the
murderer TO the scalfold.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW
Denounces Turkish Outrages and Pays
Tribute TO AImenianS.

DenOunceS IUrklSn OuIfdSeS anu ny = Il
Tribute to Armenians.
New York, Dec. 30.-Chauncey NJ. De-
! pew delivered an address on the Armenian
atrocities. Actresses were also made by
the Rev. DIR. David H. Greer, the Rev.
Rev. d. McGraw.
Mr.. Depew began by saying that 1894
had been Il peculiarly unhappy one. The
world had been visited during the year
by revolutions, both social and financial.
But the browning cause for unhappineSs
and the one which left a bloody stan
upon the history of the year was the mul-
der of the helpless Armenians by the
Turks. 1t behOoves us, as public spirited
citizens. to begin the new year with a
protest against the outrage ut Sassoun.
The peace of Europe is only main
tanned by an Over-increasing armament.
Armenians are subjected to all manner of
Outrages, the Turkish government claim
ing that they are in a state of insurrec-
ton and that is their only excuse for the
butchery. But the very nature of the Ar
menians shows that this is not so. The
Armenians are the New Englanders of
the East, they have that sturdy thrift
and desire for education that are now
characteristic of the early New Eng
landers. With these attributes, if they
only had good government, the Armenians
would become one of the strongest and
most prosperous nations of the EARTH
Mr.. Depew repeated the story of the
Armenian heroine who led the women to
the possession of the fortress at Sassoun
when the men could no longer defend
it and finally, when all defense became
useless and the massacre was at hand,
she took her babe in her arms and calling
upon the women who preferred death to
dishonOr to follow her, leaped from the
precipice and was killed with her child in
her arms.
AT Washington all may be silent, but
America will put 6O.0O0,000 voices in Ian
guage of her own. The universal language
OF the globe will protest in tones that can
not be mistaken against the slaughter of
our fellow citizens"
Among the audience were 5000 Ar
menians and ut the end of his address
Mr. Depew took his seat among them.
Resolutions were passed by the meet
ing expressing good will and heartfelt
support to their Christian brethren in
England and the continent who are en-
deavoring to investigate the outrages to
bring the perpetrators of them to justice.
Letters were read from Bishop COtter.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
BRADSTREET'S FINANCIAL RE
VIEW,

New York. Dee. -Bradstreet'S E'inan-
cial Review tomorrow will say:
The speculative activity has been at Il
low ebb all week. Holiday influences
check non-professional participants and
make the larger manipulativc forces on
Wall street unwilling to do anything of
consequence in the market. Special move
ments in few stocks, combined with the
transactions of some of the room traders,
/ have been the only features. 1t would
also seem that there has been some clos
ing up of accounts prior to the begin
ming of the new year, though the sales
for this cause would under normal con-
ditions of activity be rcgared as unimpOr-
tant.
London has taken no part whatever in
the market. Sugar, the leading Specula-
, tive. was absolutely neglected and manip-
ulation i'll it suspended. What trading
there was centered in coal stocks and
, grangers with some activity in whisky
and cordage. Reading advanced TO 16 Is.
but was depressed TO II on rumors of Il
modification of the plan involving heavy
assessment. Jersey was attacked by bear
operators and sold from 93 3-SM91 IL,
rumors of Il reduction to the dividend be-
ing circulated. The features of the gran
gers was st. Paul, which fell from IS ID
to Do Il, the poor November earnings
having an unsettled influence on the stock.
Burlington was also weak, but Rock Is
land appeared to have supported. Dis
tillers distinguished itself by rising from
s rs to / 3-S on talk of reorganization,
which will provide for u new management,
supplemented by reports that insiders
were short of their own stock. There was
continued liquidation in cordage. the COM
mon stock selling down to II and pre-.
ferred to IL. In spite of the announce
ment that interest on the bonds has been
provided for, there is II belief that the
reorganization has been incomplete and
there will be disagreeable developments.
Both preferred and comon rallied on Sat
urday.
Among the trunk lines the feature was
the selling of and decline in Baltimore
and Ohio, which fell from 63 81 to IS 3-S
without any assignable reason save the
belief that the company's position with re-
gard to the Valley railroad of Ohio has
antagOnized powerful financial interests.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
A VISION AT THE ALTAR.
Mrs. Fraser Says She Was Married
While Hypnotized

Mrs. Jennie Fraser will return from
the East shortly and will bring her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Fillmore,
of Oakland, very desirable Christmas
present in the shape of q decree of di-
vorce from her husband, which she Sc
cured in u Wyoming court in a very
quiet manner. George Fraser, who is
now in Napa Jail, knows nothing about
the matter, and he has chung to the hope
that his wife would not secure a di-
vorce from him. The complaint made
by the young wife is to the effect that
she was hypnotized by Frazer and that
she remained under the spell for a month
after her marriage. The story of her
marriage, as told by herself to her pa
rents, is q most remarkable one, and
goes to show that he young woman was
under some peculiar influence which she
cannot explain. She says that she was
led into Il dark church by her husband
when no one was present but the min
lister. A candle burned near the chancel
rail, giving dim light at one end of the
church. Mrs. Fraser stood at the altar,
and that is all she remembers about the
ceremony, for she saye she never heard
u word the minister said. According to
her story, while she was standing at thef
altar vision came before her eyes am
she soon recognized the dim outEsSySs Y
her lamented husband, Matthew "A 1SS5,
son. holding by the hand their NV 4
daughter, Dorothy, who had died of Dip. 4.
liberia. The vision seemed to reproacl.'
her for what she was doing and them
disappeared. In the stiffness the young
wife heard the words, 81 pronounce you
man and wife," and then she was led
from the church. When she was out
side she says that she realized that she
had been under peculiar influence, and
turning to her husband, she said: Il
will make you pay for this" Such is
the story of the marriage as was told
by Mrs. Jennie Fraser to her relatives.
While the Fillmores do not take much
stock in spiritualism or things of that's
sort, they cannot help but think of thS5i
peculiar condition Of affairs as set forthN
by their daughter, who, they say, is d
Christian woman and a prominent church
member. They believe that their daugh-
ter must have been hypnotized by Fraser
when she was married.-Commcrcia ADJ
vertiScr.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

Science is lending its accuracy TO the
detective service of the country. Lately
two women in ChautauQua county, \. V,
were found in their home murdered. The
most intangible mystery clouded the muir
der There was not the slightest clue or
the least trace of the murderer. But Il
scientific man happened to be the coroner
holding the inquest. lie conceived the
idea of subjecting the eyes of the murder
ed women to Il strong microscope, and
he found that the person of the murderer
had been plainly photographed in the eyes
of one of them, Mrs. Sherman.
The eye is human camera, and its
sight before death may photograph a
negative on the victim. The eye lid clos
ing down over the pupil preserves the i'm
preston. UnfortN9etely the eyes of Mrs.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

1t is rumored that the new Tsar of Rus
STA intends to abolish the secret police. If
this is true, he is manifesting more wis
dom than he has been given credit for.
The espionage of the secret police has
been the cause of more dissatisfaction
and conflict by the people of Russia than
any other one thing. The best security
for the life of the Tsar would be an cX-
hibtion on his part of trust and con-
iidence in his subjects. People who are
trusted will do much better than people
who are constantly watched and suspi-
cioned.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
BRUTAL DOUBLE MIrRDER

Sacramento. Cal, Dec. 3O.-This COM
munity is highly excited over the brutal
murder of A. H. Webber and his wife
IL, their home, which was subsequently
plundered by the murderers. Webber
was an elderly grocer and reputed to be
wealthy.
The dead bodies of Webbef and his
VIE were discovered this morning by the
Srocers son. He found both parents
lying dead in the kitchen. Their clothing
vas, torn from their bodies and their
nSeads gashed and crushed from blows
OF an Az. Mrs. Webber's head was split
open by the blade of an ak. The kitchen
looked like a slaughter house.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

The Atlanta Constitution says that
the population of Atlanta, Ga, has dou-
bled in the last decade. The last census
of the city taken shows n population of
1OS,G44. We congratulate Atlanta on
its prosperity, but warn it that its rival,
Austin, Tex, will catch up and go far
beyond it in the next decade. Austin
has just begun to feel the thrill and ambi-
ton of n city and in few years the
roar of machinery will waken up its citi-
zens to the Importance of Austin as n
manufacturing city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
BAIL REFUSED

FIT. Worth, Dec. c9.-(Special. This
morning in the Seventeenth district court
Judge Harris refused bail to Peter L.
sargent, who shot and Killed Pat Foley.
ooarder at the fremont hotel last No
EemDer Sargent's counsel will appeal
rom the haDeas corpus decision to- the
court of criminal appeals. way
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

1t looks very much like congress is tink-
ering with the currency. We don't want
the thing patched or mended, we want
something entirely new and lasting, that
will work right under any and all condi-
lions of the country or the money market,
and tinkered currency would be worse
than the old system. No tinkcrinG, gen.
tlemcn, If you please
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
AN ARBITRARY LABOR COMMITS
SION

Labor Commissioner Wright il dc"amcr
and his dreams are quite rs incoherent as
dreams generally are at this season nj The
year of big fat pullets and clOutcd cream,
If royal turkeys and plum buildings.
He has prepared bill to he Sub'.iitted
to congress that may be called Compul-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

1t has been thought for many years
that every disease has specific cure
somewhere in the crucible of nature il
IL could be found. Antitoxine is doing
wonders in the cure of diphtheria all
over the country. If it is not Temporal
ry and deceptive fake it will prove
great blessing in conquering that fatal
disease TO which so many children are
especially subject.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03

Professor Langley has succeeded III
aying 100 yards in his flying machine ana
the papers are gagging him upon his lall-
ure. If he can fly 100 yards in his hrS'
effort it is only matter of time when he
can fly 100 miles.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-01-03
REPORTS CONFIRMED

klamath Falls, Ore, Dec. 3O.-Tbe la
eest news Of the disastrous fire which
occurred at Silver Lake on Christmas
dSv Evening comes from the Lakevew stage
H tha VINO says all reports concerning
moSn ibb, nI' are correct and that one
more body was found in the rims '''0