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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
BALFoUR ON BIMETALLIsM.

| London, Sept. S.-Ihe Right Hon. "A. d.
Balfour, first lord of the treasury, writes
under date of September4 as follows:
with reference to the recent uecl,i-
rations in the house of commons, GG
NOT know why persons interested should
he nerplexed over my supposed change OF
attitude on the question of international
bimetallism, for no such change has oc-
Cured. My answer, which has given
rise to so much unnecessary discussion,
explicitly states the opinions which l
have long held and which L thought all
bimetallists held also. The answer was
textually as follows:,
Mr.. Balfour then gave his reply to the
question put in the house of commons,
whether he would advise the government
to invite an international monetary con-
ference, when he said:
81 am and always have been in faVor OF
an international agreement, but nave
not the right to pledge my colleagues, and
7 do not believe that an international
agreement would result from an inter-
national conference"
Mr.. Balfour's letter continues: 1t is
only as regards the statement that nad
no grounds for thinking that confer,
ence would result in an international
n agreement at the present time and that
an abortiye conference would do more
harm than good, that any difference OF
opinion may possibly be found among BIZ
metallists. In my judgment. however,
there is but little prospect of a confer
ence succeeding unless the governments
who are to be represented at it come
to some understanding on the main points
at issu before the conference. assemblies.
No such understanding, unfortunately,
Mt present exists, and until it does a con-
ference would probably do more harm
than good"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
A BULLET AIMED AT A TARGET
STRUCK IN A CELLAR CON-
TANNING DYNAMITE.
FIVE PERSONS KILLED AND SEW
ERAL INJURED.
A Babe Escaped Unhurt-Particulars
of the Wreck Near Cherokee, Kan.
Fire Still Raging in the Michi-
gan Copper Mines.

Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. S-Edward Lat
shaw, sub-contractor on the govern
ment work on the Mississippi river, had
900 pounds of dynamite slowed away
in the cellar of house at Specht's Fer
ry, II miles north of here. Today his
son, while practicing with revolver,
missed the target, the bullet entering the
cellar and firing the dynamite. The house
was blown to splinters and the follow
ing persons killed:
Edward Latshaw and his wife.
Ray Latshaw, II years.
Matt Latshaw, years, all of Victory,
Wis.
Hans Bjornstadt of La Crosse, Wis.
The wounded are:
Matt Faber of Waukesha, Wis; may
die.
Ed Bench of Lansing, eye knocked out
and badly bruised.
Mabel Latshaw, skull fractured.
The dead are terribly mangled. A
4-year-old baby in the party escaped I'M
hurt.
Glass in the buildings in the hamlet
was broken and building on the oppo
site side of the river considerably dam
aged. A special train from Dubuque
took physicians to the scene and brought
the wounded to the hospital here.
The scene of the explosion is little
hamlet containing only a hotel, depot
warehouse and few shanties.
The force of the explosion tore hole
Is feet deep in the solid rock, wrecked
the building above it, and damaged near
ly every other building in the place. The
mother, two daughters and younger sor
were found in the wrecked house, the
baby girl lying across her mothers dead
and mutilated body crying piteously fol
her.
Latshaw's body was found 200 yards
away, his head partly buried in the
earth. The boy who did the shooting
was thrown over the top of high tree,
falling to the earth a shapeless, unrec-
ognizable mass.
Hans Bjorsten's body was found 10C
feet from the building, every bone broken
Mrs. Latshaw's head was crushed to
a jelly, while her body bore no marks OF
the terrific explosion.
In SPECIFIES hotel every window was
shattered and the building otherwise
damaged The side of the warehouse
caved in and small building near il
was unroofed. The hamlet has every
appearance of being swept by cyclone,
there being scarcely sound building left
The noise of the explosion was heard al
Plattsville, Wis, 10 miles away, and
parties six miles up the river thought a
steamboat had burst her boilers. Every
train that could be had was busy carry
ing people to the scene today. The
wounded people are in hospitals and are
doing well tonight. The bodies of the
dead were taken to Dubuque tonight.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
A FATAL, EIGHT

Nashville, Sept. S.-Yesterday at
Columbia two linemen Of the Western
Union Telegraph company engaged in q
fight because of allegations Of one OF
them, w. r. Keitner, had made reflect
ing on the wife of the other, Fred Lac
WITT. who was bride of few weeks.
Laewitz, his wife and her mother ac'
cused Keitner of starting the slanderous
stories and a row followed. Keitner
seemed liable to draw a pistol and Lac
WITT shot him. inflicting a mortal wound.
Laewitz was arrested.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
INSURGENTS WORSTED.

Havana, Sept. S-Insurgents encoun.
tered a detachment of Amaro, near
Sagua La Grade, and demanded their
surrender. A refusal was given them
when they attacked but were repulsed
and four of their number killed and six
wounded. They then burned the vii
lage, causing loss of $4,000.
Major Oliveras attacked their rear
guard and killed four and wounded six
of them. The squadron of Cana Juani
went in pursuit and killed four more.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
DO THE SQUARE THING.

Paris, Sept. S.-The Journal Des De-
bates, in an article discussing the case of
ex-Consul Waller, today declares that
letters that were written by Waller,
which were seized by the French author
tiles in Madagascar, have fully proved
the case against him. The Journal Des
Debates adds:
Mr.. Walters protestations will fail
to invalidate the judgment of the court
martial. 1t is an unfortunate affair, but
what else could we do?"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
KILLED OVER A WOMAN.

Nashville, Sept. S.-Particulars have
been received of the killing of Kearn
Reagan by Dan Tompkins, Just across
the Kentucky line, near Livingston.
Tompkins is United States commissioner
of Clayton county, Kentucky, and is
said to be a desperate character. A
woman named Ellington, young, beauti-
full and reckless. is said to have been
the cause of the shooting
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
DISASTROUS TORNADO

Emporia, Kan, Sept. S.-Emporia and
vicinity was visited by tornado about
8 O'Clock this afternoon which did $40. OOO
worth of damage at the State normal
school. Considerable other damage was
done down town. Clark's wholesale
furniture store was unroofed and the
stock of goods badly damaged. But
meagre reports have been received from
the surrounding country, where it is
feared the damage has been great
At Hartford, IL miles southeast OF
here. several houses are reported blown
down and one woman, Miss Bessie
Henry. is reported dangerously injured
At Neosha Rapids church, several
buildings and livery stable were de
stroyed.
A Santa Fe bridge with 1000 feet OF
track is also washed away near Reading
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
lived AT NASHVILLE.

Nashville, Sept. S.-Henry i. Cole, who
committed suicide by drinking carbolic
acid in Kansas City on Friday last, was
the son of r. w. Cole, a prominent citi-
zen and capitalist of this city, and was
known to have been somewhat affected
in his mind for some weeks past, though
slicide was not anticipated. The re-
mains will reach this city tomorrow and
will be buried here.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
HOHENLOHE IN RUSSIA.

st. Petersburg, Sept. S.-Prnce Won
Hohenlohe, the German chancellor, will
arrive here on Tuesday next and will
dime with Prince Itadolin, the German
ambassador to Russia. The other guests
will include Prince -Rostovsky,
the Russian minister of foreign affairs
and all the Russian ministers and foreign
ambassadors i'm st. Petersburg.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
1r1nAKED OFT.

Paris. Tex, Sept. S.-(SpeciaI.l.Last
tered tered the sT premises of Capt. o; F. Par r.
isb in this city and attempted to take
away some chickens, when he was "a DIS IS
covered. As he was scaling the fence
he was fired upon by Jeff Parish and
wounded in the back. He was allowed 20
60 home and secrecy promised, but the
affair leaked out.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
A LA JACK THE RIPPER.

London, Sept. S.-Another supposed
Jack the Ripper murder was discovered
this morning at Kensal Green. The vic
tim was an unfortunate woman of the
outcast class and her throat was cut from
ear to ear and her head fearfully bat
tered with stone. No trace has been
discovered of the murderer
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
STEAMER ASHORE.

Nar ic" companys steamer NooIrd-
ia,st' % from New York for this port
sun' ashore in the river here during
fog. The passengers of the steamer were
transferred to tender and brought 10
this city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12

by committee of pastors of the orphan
age to bring them to London where they
could perform and thus raise money. He
found that the laws would not permit
children under IL to perform in public,
and they were stranded without money
and he feared that they would starve
The magistrate was unable to help the
party.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
TO REPUDIATE HEALY.

New York, Sept. S.-The Worlds Lon
don correspondent says that Mccarthy,
the Irish leader, will on Monday issue a
manifesto to the Irish people denounc-
ing the leadership of Healy, and calling
upon the people to repudiate him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
>rrcpOEs IN A RAD FIX.

London, Sept. S.-Rev. John JENKINS
colored, president of an orphanage' ac-
companied by IA negroes ranging IN age
from 3 to 10. has made appllcatioh TO
the magistrate of the Bow street po,lce
court for n assistance to return to Charles
ton. s. G. He said the boys had formed
Porras: war Domingo PARA; finance,
FREDERICK B. Bresani.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
PERSONAL LIBERTY HILL.

Elmira, n. Y, Sept. S.-The corven-
ton of Chemung county Democrats,
held at Horses Head yesterday, was
addressed by Senator Hill, who spoke
entirely on personal liberty, which he
declared to be the paramount issue OF
the campaign.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12

and the bodies Of the 30 miners entombed
are still lying somewhere below the sur
face. without doubt dead--suffocated
by smoke and gas. ,t.f
Besides those reported yesterday the
following men have been found to be
among the missing:
Frederick Peardon.
Isaac Harlow.
Mike Woke.
Isaac Mattison.
Andrew Rossawick.
James Wins.
NJ. Cook.
Samuel Williams.
Five Poles, whose names are unknown
at the headquarters, are also among the
missing.
Captain Richards, with a gang of
seven men, went down shaft No. 5 and
went about 700 feet toward No. shaft,
when they had to turn and flee for their
lives on account of the gas and smoke.
Some of these were nearly overcome,
only reaching the surface in time to save
their lives. 1t is learned that the place
where the fire caught was the worst
place that it could have caught in the
whole mine, and the only place in the
mine where fire to any extent could
have caught.
Many of the men that were working
several levels below the twenty-seventh,
from which place the fire originated, were
seen as far up as the eighteenth level,
working their way up. Several men who
escaped claim to have passed others on
the ladder that were unable to proceed
further on account of being overcome
with smoke and gas. At the time the
alarm was sounded over 200 were under
ground and all could have escaped had
they used proper precautions. Several
miners, in their fight, passed a group of
seven or eight who had stopped to rest
and were smoking their pipes. They
seemed to be in no hurry or thinking of
danger. When told to hurry to the sur
face they remarked that they had
plenty of time, and not one of them
reached the surface.
The skips were kept running up and
down all Saturday in order to give any
of the entombed men a chance to escape
If they could reach the skip alive, but
none came up. Another attempt will be
made to reach the men tomorrow.
There is no danger of the bodies being
burned. as it is generally thought the
men escaped from the burning shaft to
some other drifts and were overcome by
gas and smoke before they could reach a
place of safety. This being the case,
the bodies will be recovered as soon as
the fire is gotten under control and the
gases leave the mine.
The shaft has been surrounded all day
by thousands of people, all hoping that
some sign or word would be received from
the men, but they have now all returned
to their homes, fearing the worst. All
hope has been given up by the officials
of ever recovering any of the men alive
I&CENDIARY ORIGIN.
Houghton, Mich, Sept. S.-Captain
Richards, one of the most experienced
mining captains in the copper country,
says he is positive that the Osceola fire
is of incendiary origin. He does not
think that fire could have originated
where it did unless it had been wilfully
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
Dp1Nc IN yOTTR BULLS.

London. Sept. S.-The Paris, correspon
aont r Of The Times SAYS that the minister
OFT of the e- interior inundated by the VIC
l 10 of the deputation from. Southern
France has made compromise on the
question of allowing bull fights and has
issued orders to permit the bull tights III IL
the provinces, but on condition that int
bnlls must not be killed in the Spanisf
manner,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
CASTILLO DENIES.

Madrid. Sept. S.-Senor Canovas Del
Castillo. minister of foreign affairs, ut
tiers a denial of the representations made
by the United States with, reference to
the Language of the Spanish newspapers
in 1ngard No the Al,ianoa incident.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
uONOR1NG NICARAGUANS.

Colon, Colombia, Sept. S.-Ihe cOnlhls-
sion of Nicaraguan ministers sent TO
Costa Rica with reference to the bound
airy line question visited Port Lim mo yes
terday with PRESIDENT Iglesias. The city
is en- fete in honor of the visitors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
AccIDENTAL KILLING.

Brackettsville, Tex, Sept. S.-(Speciai)
Oscar Hoffman, leader of the Twenty
third infantry band at Fort. Clark, was
gun while out hunting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
Apo1rr WALLER.

Paris. Sept. S.-The Echo de Paris,
in speaking of the Waller case, says that
ex- Consul Waller was convicted in regu-
lar form. and the ,e.. Gla% bs nsrdo on
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
SELECTED BY DENNY.

Washington. Sept. S.-Minister, Denoy
his selected United States Consul snerl-
dan P. Reade of Tien Tsin as one OF tne
members of the commission to. invest
cate the destruction of the American ms M
an orphanage band, and he had been told
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
,tISs uAzT,ETT HELD

Poughkeepsie. N. Y. Sept. 8.-Miss
Hazlett, the city missionary, charged
with assisting train robber Oliver Perry
to escape from the Mattewan asylum,
was today held in $4,000 bonds to await
the action of the grand jury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
rNc1JsH PRESS COMMENTS.

London, Sept. SIN the course of an
article on the international yacht race
the Pail Mall Gazette last afternoon salu
there was less interest in the race at New
York yesterday than in the Earl of Dun
ravens previous attempts to win, the
Americas cup; but despite any rash or
unfair criticism which may have been
uttered in the excitement OF the moment,
these competitions tend to unite the two
nations more closely.
The love of sport for sports sake is
characteristic of Americans as well as OF
the English. AN gratitude. is due TO the
Earl of Dunraven. If he should be beat
en- again, it would only be another in
centive to him and to others to try again.
90. O'Connor's Sun, in it's issue yes
,terday, said that over the claim of Amer
leans to be ranked as sportsmen of the
purest water there hangs a cloud. 1t is
only necessary, the Sun says, to glance
over their methods to be satisfied that
they are most dangerous opponents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
MICHIGAN MINE DISASTER.

Houghton. Mich, Sept. 8.-Huge vol
uroos Of smoke are still issuing from the
riouths of shafts Nos. ]. 2 and 3, which
shows that the awful fire which started
in the Osreola copper mines shortly he
fore noon Saturday, is still raging fercely,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
ppORARIY A HOAX.

poris Sent S-The alleged bomb
forn "1'' outside the palais de justice in
Paris this morning is probably hoax
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
TAKEN OFF THE STEAMER.

New York, Sept. ga special to a
local paper from Colon says:
Official advices are that Florence Bus
tamente. who, with ex-President Carlos
Ezeta, took refuge on the steamer Ben
nington in June, 1894, from the revolu.
tionists of San Salvador. was taken off
the steamer Sydney at Libertad by jul
dicial order of San Salvador.
The charge against him is that he
committed crimes under the Ezeta regime
and his surrender by the steamship com,
pany is in accordance with clof Sc "a
of the Pacific mail contract, whlch
makes the company subject to the law
Vador republic while sailing in its terri
torial waters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
EN- ROUTE TO STETTIN. 3

Vienna, Sept. S.-Emperor Frames
1osonb has started for Stettin to attend
The German army maneuvres.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-09-12
INCENDIARY ORIGIN,

Houghton, Mich, Sept. S.-Captain
Richards, one of the most experienced
mining captains in the copper country,
says he is positive that the Osceola fire
is of incendiary origin. He does not
think that fire could have originated
where it did unless it had been wilfully
lighted.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-15

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1+-Another
sensation has developed in the Durrant
case
Whether it is a case of jury bribing or
bold attempt at blackmail, the police and
others who have investigated the matter
are unwilling and probably unable to
state with positiveness- The fact re-
mains that Mrs. Durant, mother of the
young man who is accused of numbering
Minnie Williams and Blanche Lamont,
was approached recently by d mysteri-
Gus woman whose desire was to tell
something of extreme Importance to the
safety of Theodore Durrant. 1t was IN
timated that at least three of the jurors
already accepted could be Influenced to
vote for an accquittal- But coin would
be required to get those votes
Mrs. Durrant not only Spurned the Of
fer. but informed the attorneys for her
son and also notified the police of the
nature of the offer made to her
The woman is Mrs. Sarah GROCER. who
resides at 5l6 LeaVenworth street While
she denies having offered any jurors for
sale. she admits having visited Mrs Dur
rant and Offering, for coin, 10 bring aboud
the accomplishment of somSthnS which
would be invaluable to the defense or
Theodore Durrant. Mrs. GROCER says she
only acted as the agent of a third person
and did so innocenty.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-15
FAT TO BE FRIED.
MILLION DOLLAR
SUIT IN FRISCO.
Vested, is Divided Among $1,000
Persons.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 1.-THE
heirs of Don Jose de Jesus Noe have
begun suit in the superior court to re-
gain possession of a tract of land COM
prising over 5000 acres known as the
San Miguel rancho in this city. The
suit is based on recent translations of
the Mexican law which made it i'm
possible for a hunband to deed away
his wife's half of any community prop
erty of which they may be possessed.
Noe received the ranch as a grant
from the Mexican government in 1S4S,
before California was admitted to the
Union. Five years later, after the
death of his wife, he sold the land to
William ]. Horner. Noes heirs contend
that as he assumed a right he did not
possess in selling his wife's share of
their community property the whole
sale is invalidated. The state supreme
court in dealing with similar cases
having their origin under Mexican
law, has repeatedly sustained the right
Of hunband to sell community prop
erty, but recent tranSlations of the
code are said to have changed the
courts Interpretation of the statute
The property involved is estimated to
be worth S24OO0.O0O and its ownership
as now vested is divided among 1000
persons
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and it may have developed facts which
have operated to open up the entire
question and to give the critics OF the
Japanese government a new basis for
their assaults upon Count Ito and WIS.,
count MatSu. Their surrender of the
peninsula, with it's splendid fortifica-
tons at Port Arthur. aroused much
criticism at the time. and if recent
occurrences have tended TO show that
China is disposed to evade a portion
of her part of the contract this would
serve to open the old feeling of dis
satisfaction in Japan.
Much has been said about the sur
render by Japanese of the Lao Tung
concession. 1t appears now that Japan
never received any definite assurance
in making it as to the indemnity she
was to receive. The general SUPPOSE
ton existed that there was a tacit I'M
Outstanding that there should be
added not less than 1O0.O000O0 taels on
account of this change, but it now
seems that the entire arrangement for
the surrender of the concession was
made with the interfering European
powers, who contented themselves
with securing Japan's promise to keep
off the Chinese mainland leaving
TO arrange with China as to the
amount of the indemnity and to pro-
vide for its collection. If China is
showing a disposition to take advan-
tage of the attitude of Russia, France
and Germany, as is understood to be
the case, it would naturally follow
that the disconnected in Japan would
take advantage of the opportunity to
renew their criticism of the govern
ment for not holding on to what it
had.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-15
THE ARMED ESCORT.
NO SURPRISE THAT CHINA RE-
FUSED TO ALLOW IT.
Would Not Have Been Permitted in
Either Great Britain or the Unit
ed States-A Proposition to Unite.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-No con-
firmation has been received as yet at
the state department of the appoint
ment of a, commission at Foo Chow to
visit the scene of the recent riots at
Ku Cheng, though Minister DENLY has
advised the department that the ap-
pointment of such commission was
under consideration and it was known
that it would be composed of Ameri-
cans and Englishmen. The present re-
ports on the subject are, therefore, ac-
copied as accurate and earlier than
official advices. No surprise is express
ed that the Chinese government re-
fused to allow an armed escort of for
eigners, as such an escort would not
have been permitted in either Great
Britain or the United States and would
have indicated that China felt unable
to protect the foreigners who were on
q diplomatic mission, and also that
China was unable to punish the Offend
ers in the recent riots.
a cable was received at the navy de-
partment today announcing the arri-
val of Admiral Carpenter at Chez Foo
with the flagship Baltimore. He had
not been able to communicate with
Minister DENLY, but it is expected he
will do so during the day.
Acting Secretary McAdoo said that
it was expected an officer of the navy
would be a member of the Ku Cheng
commission if the civil authorities so
requested.
Consul Sheridan T. Reed at Tien
Tsin cabled the state department to-
day that cholera had broken out at
Tien Tsin and Chez Foo.