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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
ENGLAND MAY TAKE A HAND.

London, March 13.-The Times dis
patch from Cairo says:
There is reason to believe that the
Egyptian troops will advance up the Nile
forthwith and will occupy Dongola. 1t
has long been felt that such demonstra-
ton is advisable in face of the activity of
the dervishes. This view has been press
ed upon the British government. The
Italians have precipitated matters.
The Times comments editorially upon
the foregoing dispatch and thinks the
movement is quite justified by the posi-
ton of affairs in the Soudan, as the Egyp.
tan army, even if quite ready to march,
can not reach DongOla under three weeks,
Could it be possible that they may be
compelled to fight the dervishes on the
frontier. For the present no operations
are contemplated beyond Dongola, but in
the presence of uncertainty as TO what
may happen at Cassalla it is possible that
both Egypt and Italy may be obliged to
put forth considerable efforts. 1t need
hardly be said that the advances upon
Dongola will greatly benefit the Italians
and the British government must have
had this desirable object in view in as
senting to the Egyptian advance.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
ADOPTED, BUT NOT ENDORSED.

ADOPTED, BUT NOT ENDORSED.
Dallas, Tex, March 12.-(Special.)-
The county Democratic executive COM
mittee met here today in the courthouse
where Il large and enthusiastic crowd
gathered to be present and witness the
proceedings.
After the usual preliminary work had
been transacted a resolution was intro
duced to adopt and endorse the action of
the State committee, and carry out the
was raised to the word 'endorse,' which
was dropped and the resolution adopted.
A motion to change the date of the
county primary from May 16 to Au-
gust was lost
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
CAUSED BY DISHONESTY.
Big Cleveland Shoe House Forced t,
the Wall.

Cleveland, March 1.-THE big whole.
sale boot and shoe house of Childs, Croft
" Co. at 80 and 81 Bank street was fore.
ed to the wall this afternoon by the EN-.
bezzlement of large sum of money by
VIM. ii. Huntington the junior member
embezzlement was first discovered a day
or two ago, and when Huntington was
confronted with the charge he confessed
that he had taken $4,000 of the firms
money. 1t is believed that the amount
will reach 100000. Huntington said he
had been taking money for % years and
that most of it had been used in the pay.
ment of his household expenses. He
said he could not live on what he got
from the business. The assets of the
firm are estimated at $4,000; liabilities
unknown
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.

Tegucigalpa, Honduras, March 12.-
(Via Galveston)-C Copyrighted, 1896, by
under martial law pending the settle
meit of the civil revolt in Nicaragua in
which the preponderance has espoused
the cause of the Ielaya government
against the rebels. The near APPROACH of
the contending forces in Nicaragua to
the Honduras frontier and the DISPOSE
ton of the president of Guatemala to
interpose for the settlement of the war
are the considerations that made the step
advisable of placing the country under
martial law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
MEXICAN MELANGE

City of Mexico, March 12.-Theodore
Kline, formerly of the Mexican National
railway, will, on May /, take the position
of general manager of the Interoceanic
railway. and Acting Manager Stewart
will retire. with an excellent record and
accept place on the local board.
Limo MAYA, alleged defaulting postmas,
ter of the City of Mexico, was arrested at
4 o'clock this morning in an obscure SUI
burb of this city and consigned to Belem
prison. He has been in hiding for two
years, first fleeing to San Francisco, and
returning here has lived near the city. go
i ing out 10 only at night Hs was discovered
Work on the Industrial railway, a char
ter for which was granted to Walter S.
Wait of Boston, began today. The road
is belt line, connecting all the railways
and large factories in the valley, also the
peat beds in the neighborhood of the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
WANTED AT HOUSTON.

San Antonio, March 11.-(Special.)-
T. j. Andrews. formerly an employee of
the Crescent News company at Hous-
ton. was arrested here today by Detect
ives Shoaf and Shelly on telegram
from Houston, where he is wanted to
answer an indictment for burglary. He
is charged there with stealing 800 cigars
from the news company. The bur-
glary occurred two months ago. About
month afterwards Andrews was To-
Gated here. but he gave the officers the
slip. He went under the name of Harry
Jones while here.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
HOUSE OF COMMONS


London, March 12.-The under secre-
tary of state for foreign affairs, Mr.. Geo.
n. CurZon, replying to a question in the
house of commons today, said the govern
ment had no information as to a settle
ment of the Venezuelan question having
been arrived at.
The under secretary for the war Office.
Mr.. st. John Broderick, answering an in
curry today in the house of commons.
SAID the war Office had no news of any
English officers having volunteered their
services to Spain in case of war with the
United States. He added that any Off
GERS taking such step would be liable to
the penalties of the foreign enlistment
act.
Mr.. II. G. Bowles, Conservative. asked
the government if notice had been taken
of the statements in the Spanish press
that, In the event of war between Spain
and the United States, Spanish privateers
would prey upon American commerce,
and whether. in view of the complica-
tions and injuries British trade would
suffer from such an event, or in case of
war between Great Britain and country
winch had not acceded to the declaration
OF Paris, the government would consider
the whole effects of a declaration of Paris
and the ACCESSIBILITY of withdrawing
therefrOm.
The first lord of the treasury. Mr.. A. ].
DuiouI, III reply, Salu IllaC the govern
ment does not question Spain's right in
the matter, but, in view of the fact that
no privateers had been used in ans. war
since 1856, even by the powers not acced-
ing to the declaration of Paris. and that
the doctrine that neutral flag covers
enemies goods, except contraban of
war. has been generally accepted during
recent years, it may be doubted if Spain
would actually resort to such measures.
Regarding the latter part of Mr.. Bowles'
question, Mr.. Balfour said that while
fully admitting that the eventuality men
toned might have an important bearing
upon the interests of neutral countries.
he. did not think anything would be
gained by an expression of opinion upon
the part of the government on hypo-
thetical case. This answer. however.
did not satisfy Mr.. Bowles and he pressed
Mr.. Balfour for more explicit reply,
whereupon the first lord of the treasury
said that an expression of opinion at the
present moment might be inexpedient.
He had consulted with the admiralty and
his colleagues on the subject and believed
he was correct in saying there had been a
general acceptance by all the powers,
though not as formal treaty, that
neutral flag covers enemies goods, except
contra band of war
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
AT DUDLEY'S HOME

Paris, Tex, March 12.-(Special.)-A
Democratic mass meeting was held at
the court house tonight to decide whittier
or not n primary should be held to nomi-
nate candidates for aldermen in the
various wards, as has been the custom
for years. The proposition to hold a
primary election was voted down by an
opposition to the pramaries here has
grown out of the action of Chairman
Dudley and the State executive commit
tee. A large majority of Democrats here
are in favor of sound money and took
advantage of the occasion to down Chair
man Dudley and the free silverites.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
A CRUISER FOR SALE.

Buenos Ayres, March Pit is stated
that Brazil has proposed to Italy to pur-
chase the Italian cruiser Limbardia,
which has been in Rio harbor for many
weeks with yellow fever on board, over
100 of the crew dying, while upwards of
80 cases still exist on the pest ship. She
has not been allowed to land in Rio.
She is protected third-class cruiser of
1880 tons displacement and 714O indicat-
ed horse power. She was launched in
1890 at cost of 100000, and has IL
speed of IS knots an hour.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
THE RIO HEARD FROM

San Francisco, March 12.-The steam
ship Alameda, which arrived this after
noon from Australia Samoa and Homo
lulu; brought news of the safe arrival
OF the missing steamship Rio de Janeiro
at Honolulu on March /. She left here
30 days ago for Yokohama and grave
fears were entertained for her safety.
The vessel encountered heavy weather
and ran short of coal The masts fore and
aft were torn down and fed to the furnace
to keep the steamer going. After taking
on coal she proceeded to Yokohama.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
AGAINST ABRAHAM AGGRESSION

AGAINST AGRARIAN AGGRESSION
London, March 1.-THE Berlin cor
respondent of the Times records the form
alton of Il league of defense against
agrarian aggression. The league repre-
SCENTS the trading and industrial classes
and will oppose the concessions which the
government is making to the agrarians in
the bill for high export bounties on SUI
gar pending an international agreement
with Austria and France on this subject
the bill restricting and regulating the sale
of olcomargerine and the bourse bill.
DIR. Hamburger, one of the prime NOV.
ers in the formation of the league, de-
clares that it is their duty to destroy the
influence of the agrarian movement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
WILLIS GETS A LAY OFF

San Francisco, March 1.-THE steam.
ship Alameda arrived from Honolulu this
afternoon.
The minister will 90 first to Washington
and from there to his old home at Louis
VILE With regard to his departure Mr.
Willis said:
II have been granted sixty days leave
of absence. This is accorded every
American representative of the United
States each year. Heretofore | have
been kept so busy that have been unable
to avail myself of the furlough. NY de-
parture from Honolulu has no political
significance whatever"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
GOLUCHOWSKrS VISIT

Berlin, March 12-The visit of Count
Goluchowski, minister of foreign affairs
of the Austro-Hungarian empire, continues
the principal topic of interest here.
Prince Hohenlohe the German chancel-
l0r, gave a dinner tonight in honor of
Count Goluchowski, which was attended
by. the ambassadors resident here The
cabinet ministers and the high officials
Chancellor Won HohenlOhe and his dis
tinguished guest, had long conversation
during the dinner.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19

was much upset during her examination
and deposed that lie Baudy signed check
for 10000 francs to the order of Almond
Rosenthal Jacques st. Cere) the newspa
per man, who is among the accused. Then,
into tears, declaring that she had the
friendliest feeling for him and begging
his pardon for having to incrimnate him.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
FLOODSIN GERMANY

London, March ia dispatch to the
Standard from Berlin says that the floods
continue in Germany and many villages
have been submerged and the inhabitants
have fed. The navigation of the Rhine
ceased
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY

KEEPING 1T IN THE FAMILY.
New York, March 12.-At meeting of
the Salvation Army tonight a cablegram
from London was read announcing the
appointment of Mr.. and Mrs. Booth Tuck
er to the command of the army in this
country to succeed Commander Eva
Booth, who supplanted her deposed broth
er, Ballington Booth.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
NEW CAUSE FOR TROUBLE.

London, March 13.-A Moscow cores
pendent of the Daily News believes it to
be true that the porte has decided upon
the expulsion of the British and Ameri-
can missionaries in Asia Minor Such
a measure would be quite consonant with
the wishes of the Russian government,
the correspondent adds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
MILE. MARSEy TEsTEIEs

Paris, March 12.-NIlle. Marsey, the
actress friend of the late Max LIE Baudy.
was on the witness stand today in the trial
of the cases against the alleged blackmail-
ers of the unfortunate young man. She
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
LETTER BY GREGORIAN BISHOPS

LEl 1ER Is GREGORlAN BlSHOPS
London, March pa letter was re-
ceiyed here. addressed by the Gregoriar
bishops of Urfa to the sultan.
I Learning of the intended massacre the
bishops wrote this farewell note protest
ing that the sultan had been misled in
surprising that the Armenians were
rebels, and complaining that Europe was
calmly looking on at the bloody work. A
portion of the letter is addressed to Chris.
tians in America, and says:
I'VE have been strenuously opposed to
your mission work among us, but these
bloody days have proved that some of
our Protestant brethren have been
staunch defenders of our honor and faith
You know at least that our crime in the
eyes of the Turks, has been that we have
adopted the civilization that you com.
mended. Behold the missions and
schools, which you planted among us, and
which cost millions of dollars and hun.
dreds of precious lives now in ruins. The
Turk is planning to rid himself of mis-
ssionaries by leaving them nobody to
labor among"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
FOLLOWING ONFORD'S LEAD

London, March 12.-The senate of
Cambridge university, by vote of 1856
to III, has rejected the proposition to APP
ton of comforting degrees upon women.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
COMPLETE UNANIMITY.

LondOn, March 13.-The Berlin corr
respondent of the Times says:
The frequent interviews which Count
Goluchowski has had with Chancellor
Hohenlohe and Baron Marschall, the Sec
rotary of state for foreign affairs, have
led to complete unanimity in all political
questions.
The Nossiche Zeitung declares that the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.

London, March 1.-THE Daily News
states this morning that negotiations Oh
the Guiana boundary dispute continue
But the question upon which both Lord
Salisbury and Mr.. Olney have made mu.
tually unacceptable proposals refers tC
the treatment of the unsettled disputed
districts. If an agreement is reached or
this point the boundary dispute will be
referred to joint commission of English
men and Americans.
Mr. Curzon. secretary of the foreign
office. will make a statement in parlia-
ment on Monday.
With respect to rumor from Washing
. ton that settlement has been arrived
Mt the Daily News suggests that it means
a joint commission has been agreed to.
The Daily News also gives a long ex-
PLANTATION of the laws which have been
pointed out by the London newspapers
in the British case on the dispute and adj
mits that slips have crept into the Blue
Book.
Such errors are unfortunate. it contin-
ues, but are almost unavoidable in deal
ing with an immense mass of documents.
But they do not substantially impair the
color of the British case.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-03-19
CONVENTION RATES FIXED.

St. Louis, March 12.--After a three
amount of business was disposed of, the
special meeting of the Western Passen-
ger association adjourned tonight. 1t
was decided to make rate of one fare
for the round trip for the Republican Ma
tional convention. to be held here in
June, and the Populist and bimetallic
conventions in July.
Passenger association this afternoon
fixed up the schedule for the division of
Southwestern business. which will prob
The record-union., 1896-12-21

Inauguration ceremonies of March 4th
next are being rapidly completed. Near
ly all of the numerous committees have
been organized, and the details of the
work are being Systematically arranged
and apportioned.
The General Committee has decided
that the inaugural ball is to be held in
the great hall of the Pension building.
although many of the members of the
committee, including Chairman Hanna,
were in favor of having the ball in the
ma agnificent new library building. 1t
was feared that the Library building
one of the handSomeSt in the world
might be damaged by so large crowd
as expected, and the building not being
very we'll adapted for the purpose on
account of the size of the rooms and
corridors, this plan was abandoned by
an almost unanimous vote. The inn
menSe court of the Pension building,
with it's hundreds of adjoining rooms,
is admirably suited for such a gather
ing.
Railroad rates have been fixed at one
fare for the round trip from all points
north as far as Buffalo and as far West
as Peoria, ILL.,, and SIT. Louis, and SINH
lar rates will probably be made from
points further west and south. The
arrangements contemplate the largest
number of visitors that ever came to
Washington upon a like occasion.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
BARCELONA ANARCHISTS.
Eight of Them Sentenced to Death
hy the COurtmartial.

BARCELONA, Dec. 2O.-Eight of the
anarchists who were convicted of COM
plicity in the bomb throwing that oc-
CURED here in June last have been SEN
fenced to death by the court-martial
before which they were tried. The At
torney- General, who personally con-
Quoted the prosecution, asked the court
martial to sentence twenty-eight of the
prisoners to death and fiftysiX to penal
servitude for life. The proceedings
were marked with the strict secrecy, it
being feared that the anarchists, of
whom there are many in Barcelona,
would make demonstration if the fact
of the condemnation and sentencing of
the prisoners should become generally
known. The court-martial met in
vault in the Fortress of Mont Juich and
only military officers We're allowed to
be present at the trial.
June 1th last, as a procession was en-
tering the Church of Santa Maria de la
Mar, a bomb was thrown into the crowd
that was watching the ceremony. The
missile exploded with great violence
killing twelve persons instantly and
wounding fifty others, some of whom
subsequently died. A large number of
arrests We're made and eighty-four of
the prisoners We're held to await trial.
Eight of them will be shot. 1t is not
known what sentence has been passed
on the others
The record-union., 1896-12-21
What Became of His Ancestors.

.vThe best joke I ever heard was on
me- said ]. d. Buford to reporter.
Il was in Wise County, Va. in the
heart of the mountains. in the south
western part of the Old Dominion.
am a virginian, and in common with
all loyal Virginsans claim kinship to
every one of my name in the State.
The landlord saw my name on the reg
lister.
so yo' names Buford?' he said
Yes
Ulster be sum Bufords hyar'
Well, they must have been rela-
tions. My family are all Virginans.'
s'Yaas. Yo' da favor 'em Reckon
yo' all air kin. Yo' look jess like Dave
My fathers name was Dave
Thar was three-Bob. John and
Dave
g I have uncles by those names. They
are family names
'Yo' sho' abr kim I thought so. mint
looked at yo'.'
You say the Bufords moved away?'
Not zactly.'
thought you said they used to live
here?'
Thets what 1 sed. Yo' see, John
an Dave was Bob's sons. Th' ole man
was gwine ter marry agin. so the boys
wouldn' git tn propity tn ole man had.
an they killed i'm, so we hung John
an Dave
L did not trace the relationship or
the family resemblance any further
Washington STAR
The record-union., 1896-12-21
DRIVEN TO THE WALL.
A Colorado r1an Kills His WOuId-be
MurdererS

RED CLIFF (Col), Dec 2O.-Driven
to the wall by a man who accused him
of alternating his wife's affections, Err
nest Hurd this morning shot and killed
w. H. Nottingham, County Commits
sioner of Eagle County, and one of the
most prominent men in this section of
the State.
Hurd had been a member of the house.
hold for several years and recently
Peter Puder, another member of the
firm, had been accused of the same
thing and committed suicide. Two
weeks ago Nottingham shot at Hurd
and was placed under bonds To-day
the men met on the street and Hurd in
trying to escape from the infuriated man
retreated into stable and after reach
ing the loft, finding no means of escape
and confronted by the desperate man,
Hurd turned and shot him through the
heart and lungs. Nottingham died in
his tracks before he could fire shot.
Yesterday Nottingham secured war
rant for his wife, whom he says threat
ened him.
The record-union., 1896-12-21
How the Postmaster Resigned.

In the early days of Pony. q mining
camptn Montana, the Postoffice consist
ed of an old tea-box, into which all the
letters We're dumped, the citizens help
ing themselves, says an exchange.
There We're only forty citizens in Pony.
ana there being no. money in the office
it was with considerable difficulty that
the storekeeper was persuaded to ac-
cept the postmastership.
one day a stranger rode into camp
and called on the Postmaster.
Don't you know" he began sternly.
that it is Illegal to allow people to
pick out their own letters like that?"
''Waal. stranger said the Post
master, Il don't know that it is any
of your business how this office is
run
But I am a United States Postofice
Inspector"
In this case said the Postmaster,
I'VE will finish up this Postofice right
now"
He took the tea-box, placed it in the
middle of the road, and with a good
run kicked it clear acrosss the gulch.
Now, them" he resumed, you go
right back to Washington and tell the
department from me that the accounts
are closed and the postmaster at Pony
has resigned"
The record-union., 1896-12-21
KIND, BUT FORGETFUL.
A Woman Tells of Birthday Pres
ent She Received.

A half dozen Washington women
were talking the other day about the
kinds of people they kneW-which, by
the way, women very seldom do, ana
how these happened to be doing SO in
this instance is not explained in this
chronicle-and one of them called the
attention of the others to a prominent
woman at whose house three or four Of
them had met the day or so before,
relates the Washington Star.
THAT woman" said the narrator,
"is kindly soul, / suppose, and means
social position take up so much of her
time she hasn't much left to think
about ordinary things. l fancy there
are others just like her, too, though she
is the only one l know about, because
J lived in the same town with her before
she came to Washington. Of course,
here, 1 don't see a great deal of her. for
she is so much absorbed in her own
greatness that / can't get to her before
ii is time to leave, but I always try to
remember the old times, and / always
send some pretty souvenir or other to
her for Christmas. / never thought
they impressed her very profoundly
but still ] sent them, but not this year.
She has my name and birthday on her
memorandum book and by that does
not forget me on that day, usually send
ing some such present as I always send
her. Well my birthday occurred last
week, and when / opened my birthday
box from her ladyship, would you be-
ieve it, she had sent me the very thing
I had sent her for Christmas. She hadn't
probably looked at the trinket since the
day it was received, if, indeed, she had
ever seen it, and had sent me that out
of lot of unconsidered trifes as she
had on hand. Now, wasn't that
funny
Possibly" ventured another, "she
made a mistake and didn't intend TO
send you that
1T wouldn't improve matters much
if she didn't" laughed the first one.
for she would be giving my present to
somebody else in that case, which would
be about as difficult to explain as the
other, SO / let it go.''
why not send it back to her nj
Christmas and save that much?" sug-
gested third.
"And that's just what 7 shall do.
thank you" And the narrator for tha
first time began to really enjoy the Sit
uatiOn