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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE KATY EXTENSION INTO
AJTSTIN.

Mr.. E. G. Bartholomew of the In
ternational and Great Northern road was
in the city yesterday and in talking with
a Statesman reporter with reference to
the entrance of the Katy road into Aus
tin, said: Il have heard something of
them coming here and as they are a
most progressive people there may be
something in it. l think, however, they
have about all they want to do with
their Henrietta extension, but really, they
could do nothing better than to come
into Austin. can't see what they hope
to get out Of the Trinity Cameron road.
1t starts at nowhere and ends nowhere.
If they really wanted to make a 10-strike
they ought to come into Austin. This
is great field for them and l believe
in the near future that they will head
this way"
aprOpos of this conversation, States.
man reporter recently learned from a
well known railroad man that it was the
intention of the prospectors of the Trim
ity and Cameron road or rather the Link
Line" road to come into Austin within
the next ~ months. This talk of theil
coming here is no idle chatter and unless
something comes up not now reckoned
for the Katy road will soon be running
into Austin.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
KOLB'S LATEST MOVE.
Alabama Populists Will Discuss Revolu-
tionary Propositions.

Nashville, March IA special to The
| Ranner from Montgomery, Ala, says:
Captain Kolb, who claimed to be Ala
bama's rightful governor, left today for
Birmingham to be present at the Populist
state executive committee meeting to-
morrow called for the purpose of determ-
ming whether the party shall adopt revO-
lutiOnary methods to seat KOlb. Cap
tain Kolb declined to talk
1t is understood here that KOlb favors
revolutionary methods. 1t is said the
committee will be about evenly divided
on Kolb's proposition.
Hon. J. c. Manning, president of the
Southern Ballot Rights league, and
POpulist leader of Alabama, passed
through Nashville yesterday en- route
east. Referring to the Populsts state
committee meeting to assemble in Biz
mingham he said: "KOlb has been twice
elected governor, but although the
Alabama legislature refuses TO allow him
u contest in law and has deprived him of
his seat, he is greater than the governor
in the knowledge that he has led the
movement, which is slowly, steadily and
surely destroying n corrupt government.
He could cause revolution now and get
followers to march on the capitol, but
we will let congress march on Oates and
bis ballot box suffers and we want pub
lie sentiment md outraged justice IL
rise and bury him and his cohorts. The
opposition to us are anarchists. We are
the cOnservatOrs Of peace and the party
attempting to uphold justice. The eX
ecutivc committee will do nothing radi-
cal or revolutionary"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
A STORM AT SEA

increases the discomfort of the voyager.
But even when the weather is not tempes-
tuous, he is liable to sea sickness. IheX
who traverse the gigantic wetness
should be provided with Hostetterss
Stomach bitters, which quiets disordered
stomachs with gratifying speed ana Ger
tainty. To the hurtful influence of a
tropic, malarious or too rigorous or damp
climate, as we'll as to the baneful effects
of unwholesome diet and bad water it is
n reliable antidote. Commercial tray-
clers by sea or land, mariners, miners,
western pioneers, and all who have to
encounter vicissitudes of climate and
temperature concur in pronouncing it the
best safeguard. 1t prevents rheumatism
and pulmonary attacks in consequence
of damn and cold. and it is an efficient
defense against all forms of malaria. 1t
can be depended upon in dyspepsia, liver
and kidney trouble.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE TEMPLE GROCER COMPANY
INCORPORATED.

Notice is hereby given that the part
nerShip heretofore existing between G.
L. lancey, j. L. Smith and J. A. Walker,
under the firm name of The Temple Gro
Ger Company under which firm name
they conducted a mercantile business
with their principal office in the city of
Temple, county of Bell. state of Texas
is by mutual consent dissolved and after
tins day no longer exists.
Notice is further given that said G. u.
Aancey, j. l.. Smith and ]. A. Walker
and other parties, as stockholders, have
organized and formed a corporation.
chartered under the laws of the state of
Texas, under the name of Temple Grocer
Company, and that from and after this
date the business formerly conducted by
said partners under the name of The
Temple Grocer Company will be carried
on and conducted by said private corpora.
ton under the said corporate name of
Temple Grocer Company.
Given under our hands this, first day of
February, \. d. 1895.
c. U. YANCEY,
j. l.. SMITH.
j. a. WALKER
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
CROP REPORT.

Washington, March 1.-THE crop re-
port of the department of agriculture for
the month of March consists principally
in estimates on the distribution of corn
and wheat, the stocks remaining in the
hands of farmers and the proportions of
mcrchantahle and understandable grain.
The report is based on county estimates
of the percentage of last years product
remaining in first hands. Obvious errors
and Inconsistencies of statement being
corrected and differences harmoniZed, all
grain in the hands of farmers. including
amounts remaining from previous years.
are embraced in the estimate given. The
corn on hand as estimated aggregates
456, 56I, $50 bushels or 39.2 cent of the
last crop.
This proportion has been exceeded but
four times in the last 10 years. the guam
tity, however, is an unprccedentedly small
one. The consumption of corn for eight
months is an unusually small one. which
fact is explained by the large amounts
of wheat fed to stock. The aggregate
sold from farms TO 70 beyond county
boundaries is 162,934640. or 1874 per
cent of the crop. The proportion mer-
charitable is 999, 100000. or GA Der
cent The values returned for merchan-
table corn average HIS. for unmerchan-
table 2S.6, making an aggregate value of
S1OI ,Sl3. 229. which is S46,000.00O less
than the December valuation of crop
and averages 41.9 cents per bushel. The
estimated amount of wheat in farmers
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

ing clerks. When the order was received
that they could no longer take a hand in
the distributing it then threw an immense
amount Of work on the distributing clerks
They applied themselves diligently to
their laboriOus task, but the pile of mail
was entirely too great for them and the
result was that the delivery of mail was
sometimes many hours behind its arrival
in the city. This procedure was so uni
versally unsatisfactory that Major Tim
pelman HE'D himself to Washington to see
if he could not secure some relief from the
department. He presented the case plain
ly to the officials, and seeing Austin's
need, they promised that they would
remedy the evil. The major yesterday
informed II Statesman reporter that his
trip had been successful and that the de-
partment at Washington had promised
to give him additional help so that in flu
ture there need be no delay in distribut-
ing the mails. Austin should certainly
be delighted at this information and thank
the major for his action in the premises.
The major, as usual, was exceedingly
complimentary of dear Grover and said
that our worthy president was the finest
man in the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
OF AND FOR AUSTIN.
The Directors of the Board of Trade
Start the Ball Rolling.

The directors of the Austin Board of
Trade had an important meeting last
afternoon, at which the subject of more
railroads and a cotton factory for Aus
tin was thoroughly discussed.
The whole ground was covered and the
question of inducing the Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas to extend to Austin was
carefully considered and strong COM
mittee was appointed to promptly ascer-
tain what the chances are for securing
the road.
The committee will also look into the
project of having the new road extended
from Georgetown to this city, as sug-
gested in this mornings Statesman.
The board of directors also appointed
q good committee to at once work up and
Organize a cotton mill in cooperation with
Eastern capitalists who are now ready
to 90 into such an enterprise somewhere
in the South. President Lebold of the
Board of Trade said yesterday: East
ern men would 60 in with us when we
show ourselves ready for business" and
President LebOld is correct.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
A TYRANNICAL MOTION.
And How 1t Came That 1t Failed to Pre-
vail.

The kentucky Legislature is in some
respects peculiar body and some of its
members as individuals are even more
peculiar. 1t is the custom to give each
member the choice of two daily newspa-
pers during the session at the expense OF
the state and they all avail themselves
of il. One old fellow from mountain
county, new member, when he chose
took rs his choice the Louisville Courier
Journal, which was the gospel to him.
He was thoroughly verdant and I'M
versed in parliamentary usage, and the
first morning after he had chosen his pa
per and it lay on the desk before him he
heard some member move to dispense
with the reading of the journal, which
was part of the regular routine of the
body. He said nothing but laid aside
his paper The next day it was the same,
and so on for two weeks, and then for
bearance ceased to he a virtue and the
member rose to his feet.
MIR. Speaker" he said in thunder
tones. for he was hot, IL rise to a pint
of order. Fer two weeks or sich mat
ter | have sat in my seat in this place
peaceful and listenin' to what is going
on around me and larnin' the ways.
Every morun'. Mr.. Seaker, about the
time | git to rcadin' NV my copy nv the
IOONan-JOurnal UP Jumps some hepuoll-
can and moves TO dispense with the read
in NV the Journal. In all this time. Mr..
Speaker. | hain't never heard single
member movin' to dispense with the
rcadin NV the Louisville Commercial,
and I'm gcttin' tired nv stitch tyrannical
oppression, Mr.. Speaker, and | move to
lay the matter on the table SOS we kin
20 on with our readin' NV the Journal in
peace
The members motion did not carry, but
the matter was explained to his satisfac-
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
INTERNATIONAL WRECKED.
Fireman Killed and Engineer Seriously
Injured at Dickinson.

Houston, March 11.-(Special)-An
open switch was the cause of a serious
wreck on the international at Dickinson
station this morning about . o'clock. Fire.
man ii. A. Taylor was so badly scalded
that he died from his injuries in few
hours and Engineer John killeen was
severely, though not fatally injured. The
train, passenger was few minutes
late and was making good time as IT
approached Dickinson. A switch had
been opened and the train crashed into a
number of freight cars standing on n side
track. A dense fog prevailed ut the time.
The engine and the first freight car We're
badly smashed. Coaches and other cars
slightly damaged. Who the wreckers are
or why the train was wrecked is mys-
terry.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE COMMISSION.

The commission yesterday granted au,
thority to the general freight agent OF
the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and
Northwestern railway to adopt the fol-
lowing rates on stone and sand in car
loads:
Between Mineral Wells and Weather
ford, 81 per car.
Between all other points and Weather
ford, Sc per carload. Maximum. 10000
pounds. Excess above maximum between
Mineral Wells and Weatherford to be
charged for at the rate of . cents per 100
pounds.
Between all other points and Weather
ford, cents per 100 pounds.
Effective March 20, 1895.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE STATE DEPARTMENTS.
Items of Interest Gathered Yesterday by
the Statesman Capitol Reporters.

Following charters were filed yesterday
in the office of the secretary of state:
The Uvalde Irrigation company; CAPT
tai stock, $4,000. Incorporators: John
Weymiller. X. l.. Weymiller, NJ. A.
Griner and Herman HOrner.
The Rogers Monument association. with
headquarters at Dallas; no capital stock.
The object is to raise funds to place a
monument upon the battlefield at Corinth,
Miss, over the graves of William T:
Rogers, colonel of the Second regiment of
Texas infantry in the army of the Con,
federate States, and his comrades who fell
with him in the memorable assault on
Battery BObinett on the 4th day of Octo-
her, 1862, in commemoration of their
heroic self-sacrifce for the sake of prin-
ciples of government in which they
believed, and as eXempli-
flying the highest type of human courage
and American chivalry.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

49, .------y : r
said that he resided at the corner OF
Rich avenue and Gravier streets and was
inst walking along and had not been
Working for some time. He was shot
through the right side of the back and
was very dangerously wounded. The
other wounded negro was John Parker.
He was also very seriously shot.
A call was sent to headquarters by
Miller and soon the levee was alive with
policemen. Excitement runs high ana
the levee was lined with screwmen, but
M to the present writing no arrests have
been made.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
BAPTIZED IN ICY WATERS.
Two Jealous Women Who Sufferedt
Agony for Religion.

The rigors of the weather have no ter
rors for those piOus religionists, the Dunk
ards, as was demonstrated by the INNER
sion of two women in the icy waters of
COnestoga creek at Earlyville the other
day. A great crowd of spectators watched
the proceeding from the banks of the
stream, some attracted simply from curl
osity and others viewing the ceremony
with all the solemnity that attaches to
the rites of this peculiar and deeply rel
| gious sect The weather was extremely
cold and many in the great throng upon
the banks were bundled up in blankets
and went stamping about to keep warm.
The creek was frozen over and covered
with snow. The immersion was preceded
by a religious service at the meeting house
at Voganville, few miles distant. After
the arrival of the preacher the congrega-
ton and a great array of strangers, all
in sleighs, several stout deacons with
shovels and axes cleared the snow for
considerable space and then cut a good
sized hole in the ice, which was several
inches thick. The hole was cut 10 yards
from the shore, where the water was
waist deep. First the preacher, Rev.
freezing pool and motioned to a good
brother on the bank that he was ready.
The brother, warmly muffied up and
wearing q huge broad brimmed hat, led
young woman, Miss Golf, shivering, to
the bank of the stream, where she was re-
ceived by the preacher.
She wore loose, wooden gown and dis
carded her heavy wrappings as she was
about to receive her icy plunge. A circle
of the brethren was formed around the
pool, all standing with barred heads, while
cold northeast wind blew a gale. Rev.
Mr.. Graybill offered prayer in Pennsyl-
vania German while he and the girl stood
waist deep in the freezing water. The
preacher asked some questions, to which
| the young woman avOuched her religious
claims, while her teeth chartered painful
eral handfuls of cold water over Miss
Goff's head, neck and shoulders, and
those portions of her body not covered by
| the stream.
Then he asked her some more questions,
and the climax was reached when the
preacher announced the formula: ell
namen der dreinichte, Fader, Sohn and
Heilichein Ghost" plunging the head of
the young woman under the water at
each mention of the name of the diety.
The motion was forward and now back
ward, as in the usual Baptist immersion.
Then, while Miss Golf knelt, the water
reaching nearly to her chin, Rev. Mr..
Graybill prayed that her name might be
written in the Book of Life. The cere-
mOny occupied nearly five minutes, and
when the young woman was led from the
water her face was blue and her frame
shook with cold. She was hurried to a
farm house close by, where complete
change of apparel awaited her.
Exactly the same form was observed
in the immersion of the second candi-
date, Mrs. Lizzie Stump. Both young
women live at Bareville, and are daugh-
tiers of Dunkard parents.-Philadelph
| Record.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
TEXAS COTTON GROWERS.
A Call Issued for State Convention to
Discuss Reduced Acreage.

Waco, March 11.-(Special.)-E. S.
Peters of Calvert, Texas, president of the
American Cotton Growers Protective
association for Texas, arrived here today,
and tonight issued a call for a state con-
vcntion of the growers of cotton to take
such action as may be necessary to reduce
the acreage of the cotton crop to be plant
ed this year, and to adopt such measures
rs will aten to relieve the general de-
preston existing among the cotton grow.
ers of the South. The convention will
meet in Waco, Thursday, March %
County judges are requested to call
county conventions IN their counties to
send delegates to the state convention
Saturday, March %, 1895, Il So to act as
presidents of their respective counties
until their county conventions shall elect
DC rmanent presidents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THAT NAIL DISTRIBUTING CUES
TION

Postmaster George B. Zimpelman has
returned from three weeks visit to
Washington city where he went on
official business. 1t will be remembered
that some time ago, according to Il rul-
ing of the postal department at Washing
ton, the mail carriers were forbidden to
help the mailing clerks in the distribu-
ton of mail. This worked a great hard
ship on the mailing clerks. as there were
only three of them to handle the entire
bulky mail that daily pours in and out of
the office. Heretofore the carriers have
lightened and FASTENED the work of dis
tributing the mails by assisting the mail
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SAVE

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~ Sra nInnoT 70 give perfect satisfaction
I bnx ino FoE, refunded ,a Price, % cents per
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS.

The faculty of the University has re-
ceived a letter from Congressman Wilson
of Virginia accepting the invitation ex-
tended by the faculty to deliver the
University commencement address here
in June. The commencement exercises
will open the third Wednesday in June
and from present indications promise to
be the most brilliant ever held by the
University. There will be an unusually
large number of graduates this year.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
CONTROLLERS OFFICE.

Victoria county yesterday paid S1lO
interest and redeemed $4,000 court
house bonds.
LaSalle county paid $40 interest.
Revenue receipts were small, reaching
only S4394.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

The last crop and 39.O0O,OO0 bushels less
than last March. The explanation for
this large measure is TO be found in the
fact that large quantities have been fed
TO stock. Returns from North and South
Dakota and Nebraska indicate UMPIRE
cedented exhaustion of last years crop,
correspondents in many counties report,
ing not enough on hand for spring seed
and necessary food supply.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14

The columns of this paper never an
nounced greater truth than is an
nounced in this paragraph, viz: That
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
without Il rival for purity and strength.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
4 NEW CORPORATION.

Prof. Badu. late proprietor of the Ave
nue. hotel, arrived in the city Yesterday
morning from Houston, where he has been
working for several weeks past on a
private deal of his own. The professor
| left the hotel business about month
ago for the purpose of devOting his en-
tire time to a development of some marble
mines up at LlanO in which he is the
PRINCIPAL stakeholder. This marble is the
finest quality of serpentine marble and
it is the intention of Professor Badu
to locate a branch yard in this city if he
can make suitable arrangements there
for. Yesterday in conversation with a
Statesman reporter Professor Badu said:
II leave tomorrow morning for Llano for
the purpose of getting everything in read
mess for operating the marble mines. |
have interested a number of Houston
capitalists in the mines and we will get
them in operation as soon as possible
We will quarry and polish the marble ut
Llano and ship either in the rough or
finished to any part of the United States.
The marble is one of the finest qualities
that has been discovered in years and
| believe that the investment will be a
great money making one. AS soon as
get to Llano | will at once superintend
the erection of suitable buildings and the
necessary machinery and will doubtless
have the mines in full operation within
the next month or six weeks
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-14
RIoTING COTTON SCREWMEN.
The Whites Fire Upon the Negroes,
Wounding Two.

New Orleans. March 1l.-Soon after
10 O'Clock this morning Il crowd of white
screwmen, who are on strike, went to
the head of st. Andrews street on the
levcc and made an assault on the negroes
who were working there. Some 30 or
40 shots We're fired by the whites and two
of the negroes, John Parker and Phillip
Fisher were shot. The wounded men
We're removed to the hospital in Il dying
condition.
First Officer Spain of the British ship
Akafar who witnessed the riot says:
Three vessels lying between jackson
and St Mary street were being loaded
by the White Screwmen's Benevolent
association. They had quit work and
were on the leyce. There was Il crowd
of darkies away down the levee, and
they were walking up. The whites came
down the lcvec When the two crowds
met | heard several shots and noticed
n panic among the blacks and whites. |
watched their movements closely. About
30 shots were fired"
Mounted Officer Miller was the only
policeman on the upper portion of the
wharf at the time, the rest being down
further attending TO the recovery of some
screws which had been thrown into the
river by the mob Miller heard the
fussilade Of shots and when he dashed
around the corner ON his horse he saw
men running in every direction. 4 big
gang of blue and red shirted men were
after the negroes and firing mt them as
they ran. The crowd of whites quickly
vanished and in n short time nothing
could be seen of them. The officer says
that two negroes had been shot, one lying
on the levee. He gave his name as Phil