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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
TEXAS RAILWAY SURGEONS.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 21.-(Special.)-
The Texas railway surgeons met here
today in annual session with 80 delegates
in attendance.
Hon. II. b. Parker delivered the adj
dress of welcome and DR.. VIM. Hayne
Leavell of the First Presbyterian church
the invocation. The reports of the Off
GERS were reported on favorably by the
executive committee. DIR. g. w. Jones of
Walnut Springs, chief surgeon of the
Texas Central, sent paper on sprains
as compared with fractures, which was
that patients should be brought to real
ize that sprains are of more Importance
than fractures. At the afternoon session
number of papers were read and dis
cussed and surgery was demonstrated on
several dogs, which were skillfully dis
sected.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT,

San Francisco, Jan. 21.-The stean,'
Coptic from Yokohama, January 5,
brings the following advices:
The Mohammedan rebellion in the
Chinese province Of Kansu has been en-
tirely repressed and the country pacitied.
There have been many executions, in
Guiding the leaders of the insurrection.
The China mail says
Another proclamation of the vilest ma
ture has been posted throughout the
province of Yunnan. melting the people
to murder all missionaries against whom
disgusting and disgraceful charges are re-
iterated The latter is of the grayest i'm
portance and the whole of the powers
ought to insist upon the punishment Of
the province
The japanese Gazette says:
Three Coreans. tried for completely for
the murder of the Corean queen, were
found guilty December % and hanged
the same evening. PAX Son, one of the
trio, was found guilty of having cut down
the queens body, pouring oil upon her
remains and then cremating the body.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
M'LAURIN SWORN IN.
The New Governor of Mississippi Inau-
gurated.

jackson, Miss. Jan. 21.-A. ]. McLau-
rim was inaugurated today as governor
of Mississippi The official program con-
templated an immense procession of
troops and bands, but q great deal of
this had to be abandoned on account
of the mud. The procession, made up. of
mounted troops and carriages containing
State officials and distinguished citizens,
marched through the principal streets
of the city and reached the capitol at
noon. After prayer by Bishop Charles
b. Galloway and Hugh Miller Thomp-
son, the governor-elect began his inau-
guration address. 1t was brief but elo-
quent and dealt exclusively with matters
pertaining TO the State.
Immediately after the address Mr.. Nc
Laurin was sworn in by chief justice
of the supreme court. After the oath of
office had been administered Governor
McIaurin and Ex-Governor Stone re-
viewed the troops.
This afternoon exhibition drills were
held by the several companies and at 3
o'clock tonight the governors ball was
held ~ the mansion.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
JOINT CAR AssOCIATION.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 21.-(Special.)-
The Fort Worth Joint Car association
met here today with every line in Texas
represented. The morning session was
devoted to a discussion of safety appli-
ances for cars. In the afternoon the
members organized the Texas associa-
ton for the interchange of cars and elect
ed the following officers: President,
A: 5. Grabt of the Houston, East and
G. A. Hancock, Santa Fe, Galveston;
secretary, II. II. Osburne, Cotton Belt
Pine Bluff. Ark.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in Fort Worth first Monday
in April next. 49,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
FREE PILLS.

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of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A trial
will convine you of their merits. These
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and sick headache. For malaria and
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perfectly free from every deleterious sub
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They do not weaken by their action, but
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23

and many were badly wounded. We
patched up our train and pulled to Tay-
Tor, leaving the rear sleeper. / returned
this morning on the southbound, it pass
ing the wreck on the switches at Hutto."
STILL ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Taylor, Tex, Jan. 21.-(Special.) "A
frightful wreck occurred on the main
track of the International and Great
Northern railway at Hutto, s miles south
of Taylor, at l o'clock this morning, re-
sulting in the death of Engineer Henry
Minness and slight injuries to a number
of passengers. The northbound pas
seger No. 2 from San Antonio, due at
Taylor at 1:25 a. M, with Conductor
Frank King, Engineer Percy Smith and
Fireman George Surky in charge, stopped
on the main track at Hutto to repair
broken drawhead to one of the coaches.
knowing that their train was followed
by stock train from San Antonio, a
fiagman was sent to the rear. AS soon
as the drawhead was repaired the flag
man was called in, when the passenger
trim began to move slowly out and had
moved the distance of only one or two
car lengths when the Pullman sleeper
was crushed into by locomotive No. 121,
WHICH was pulling the cauUle Train, at
high rate of speed Conductor Frank
Gates, Engineer Henry Minness and
Fireman William Golf comprised the
freight crew, the locomotive of which
train, together with three carloads of
cattle, are total wreck.
/ At the near approach of danger, the
engineer and fireman reversed the loco
motive, turned on the sand and jumped
on either side. Fireman Golf escaped
unhurt, but Engineer Minness was
caught beneath the coal and water tank
and buried in the debris of stock cars
and about 80 head of cattle, where he
was afterwards found, mangled and
crushed almost beyond recognition. Out
of the three carloads of cattle about 45
head were killed. The Pullman sleeper
was telescoped and badly wrecked, but
fortunately none of the passengers were
seriously hurt. The steps and platforms
to the several coaches were torn away by
the shock and reduced to splinters.
These coaches, except the sleeper which
was unfit to move, passed through Taylor
this morning en- route to the Palestine
shops.
The remains of Engineer Minness were
brought here this morning and prepared
for burial. His home is in Iowa and he
has no relatives here.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
THINKS TT "NERVY."

London, Jan. 21.-The Globe this af-
ternoon publishes a severe article on the
invitation of the United States Venezu-
elan commission to the governments of
Great Britain and Venezuela to submit
to them all evidence in their possession
which is likely to further the work Of in
vestigation, and so inviting these two
governments to be represented before it
by attorneys. and says: Great Britain
will never allow this monstrous commits
sion to determine the territory of a Brit
ish colony within it's jurisdiction. No
power could admit it except at the close
of long and disastrous war. Were such
demand made by any other power our
only reply would be to hand its ambassa-
dor his passports and mobilize the. fleet.
"Will these pernicious commissioners
undertake to answer for the effect upon
their own countrymen of forcing the
premier to snub the secretary of state
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
RE-ARRESTED FOR THEFT.

Taylor, Tex. Jan. 2O.-.(Special),,
Saturday morning a Mexican named
Bartelo Sapata, who had but recently
been dismissed from the Williamson
county Jail, where he had been incarcer-
ated for some time past upon the charge
of horsetheft, and against whom the re.
cent grand jury failed to file II bill of
indictment, was re-arrested here by Con-
stable Zwerneman upon a charge of
theft of more recent date. He is charged
with stealing from the law office of
MackemsOn & Fisher, Georgetown, four
Wells-Fargo express money orders which
had been sent them by the officials of
the Santa Fe Railroad company in pay
ment for legal services, and which the
Mexican attempted to sell to merchants
of Taylor at a discount The money or
ders, four in number amounted to $11O.
and Sapata offered to discount them to
Sol. Davis of this city for $3.50. which
action led to his capture. In Justice q.
r. SCOTS court Saturday Sapata was
granted bail in the sum of $500 to await
the action of the district court now in
session, in default of which he returned
yesterday to the cell in Georgetown Jail
which he had but recently vacated.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
WHAT A PROMINENT INSURANCE
MAN SAYS

III. NJ. Blossom, senior member of H.
NJ. Blossom & Co.. 217 n. Third street,
st. Louis, writes: had been left with a
very distressing cough, the result of in
huenza, which nothing seemed to relieve
until l took Billiards. Horehound Syrup
One bottle completely cured me. l sent
one bottle to my sister, who had severe
cough, and she experienced immediate re-
my friends.
John Cranston, 90S Hampshire street,
Quincy, ILL.,, writes: l have found Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup superior to any
other cough medicine have ever known.
1t never disappoints. Price SOC. Sold
by G. o. Yates PIG East Sixth street.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
AN 11-YEAR-OLD SUICIDE.

Cincinnati Jan 10-The coroner to-
day rendered a verdict that May Bean,
beautiful little girl, only IL years old,
came to her death last night by swallow.
ing drachm of strychnine. The local
papers today displayed their accounts of
the tragic death as probable suicide.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Bean were called
to her bed at 10 o'clock last night by her
groans she pointed to the empty bottle
and soon died. The evidence today left
little doubt about the little girl delib-
erately committing suicide.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
CIVIL APPEALS-SECOND.

Fort Worth, Tex. Jan. 17.-(Special.)
Motions decided in the court of civil
appeals, Second district
d. G. Kolp VS.. Fl. Specht ct al, for re-
hearing. dismissed; Thomas Leach VS..
Moses Leach, for rehearing. refused: NJ.
G. Ellis VS.. 5. B. HOggart, to submit on
suggestions of delay, refused; Max Paul
VS.. Mingo ID. Shelton. to file record, re-
fused; Panhandle National Bank VS.. l..
II. Wilson, for rehearing and to dismiss,
granted and dismissed as per agreement;
A. ID. j. Hooper VS.. T.. II. Brooks ct ux.,
to affirm on certificate, granted and judg-
ment affirmed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23

the. spring meeting of the Memphis
Jockey club. has closed with 1873 entries.
The mail entries from the Pacific coast
arrived today and some of the best
horses in training are among the number.
Ed Corrigan names Can't Dance.
Tenacity, Adolph Spreckels and Jap
onica.
Other prominent entries include Lam
yin, Ben Elder, Beau Ideal, Cotton King,
Captive, Frontier, King William, Loki
and Rewarder.
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REPENTED AT LAST.

Ell Paso. Tex, Jan. 20.-(Specialg },
Apolonio Ramos, aged 113. was married
today to Ascension Garcia, aged 30. Inc me
couple were lately converted in the h,
Methodist church and decided to marry
after living together for 40 years. 10
There is great excitement IN town To-
night over war talk with England.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
UZORICIDE ALLEGED

DenisOn, Tex, Jan. 17.-(Speciall-
Calvin West, colored, was arrested to-
night for the alleged murder of his wife
on Monday. The woman, West claims,
dropped dead from heart disease and he
to have knowledge of a struggle in which
West killed her.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
AT AIAIARJOuS HOUSTON

Navasota, Tex, Jan. 17.-(Special.)-
At today's session of the South Texas
Baptist Missionary and Educational con-
ference it was decided to locate a Bap-
fist coeducational college at Houston
and three acres of land in suburb was
donated rs site
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
SHERIFF. WHITES STORY

NIlIbhtF w III " - SlOh1.
Sheriff White was on the northbound
passenger, setting in the smoking car
when the crash came, and he tells the
following story:
Il had some official business at Taylor
and went up there on the midnight train.
We reached Hutto on time and was
starting out again when Il drawhead of
one of the cars pulled out. The train
stopped to make repairs, and | got out.
/ asked the conductor if Il train was fol-
lowing us, and he said there was and
sent Il flagman to flag it down. After
the drawhead was repaired the engineer
whistled for the flagman. and IL moment
after we were moving. / had just set
tied down i'll my seat when the crash
came, and you can bet it shook us up.
Never in my life was | so ratified. The
jar was something terrific, and we could
hear the swapping of iron and woodwork
being shattered and splintered. | hur-
ried out of the car and ran back to the
rear of the train, where, amid the hiss
ing and noise of escaping steam | found
the engine of the stock train jammed in
to the rear end of the sleeper, which had
been battered and shattered to pieces
and knocked from the trucks. The force
of the collision tore up. and broke the
platforms of several of the coaches. A
lew Oh Tie DdSScHSeTS were cut Slightly
but none were seriously hurt. One man
rushed up to me in dazed condition
and declared he had been shot through
the ear. 1t has been pierced by a splinter
and was freely bleeding. About POO feet
from the engine the tender and three
cars of cattle were piled up in an al
most indescribable heap q little to the
right of the track The engine had broke
loose from the tender and moved at least
200 feet before stopping. The engine
cab and seats of the engineer and fire
man were completely demolished. The
fireman and head brakesman of the cat
tie train, who was on the engine told
me they did not see the passenger train
until right on it, and then they jumped
out of the cab on the left side. The en-
gineer may have jumped, but they did
not see him do So The engineer did not
show up while | remained there, nor
could any trace of him be found. The
cushion of his seat was found near the
tender on the right hand side of the track
and | was satisfied he was under the
tender. A small boy from South Texas,
who was stealing ride in the hay racks
of cattle car, narrowly escaped being
crushed. He was in the car next to the
engine, and he told me three other boys
who got on the train at Austin were
with him. The three boys could not be
found, and if he told the truth they may
be found in the wreckage Many of the
cattle were horribly mangled and killed
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
rETERAN WARRIOR DEAD

Portland. Ore, an. 21.-Joseph Horace
Wheaton. major and brigadier general
United States army, retired, died here
last night He served with distinction
in the Mexican war and in the war of
the rebellion. He was born in Salem,
Mass. in 1915.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castorie
When size became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
, ETER DEVASTATING TT.

Madrid Jan. PA dispatch received
here from Havana says that the bulk of
the insurgent forces, who have been pur-
sued by the Spanish troops, have been
compelled to abandon the province of
Pinard del Rio.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23

COTTON SPECULATION-If you are
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YOUR BOY WON'T LIVE A MONTH.
Co Mr. Gilman Brown of "a Mill street

South Gardner, Mass, was told by the
doctors. His son had lung trouble. fol-
lowing typhoid malaria. and he spent
up. saying: ''Your boy won't live a
month" He tried DR.. Kings New Dis
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Ibis present good health to the use of
sDr. Kings New Discovery, and knows
lit to be the best in the world for lung
itrouble. Trial bottles free at &. U.
Yates drug store.
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

There was Il fatal railroad collision
on the International at Hutto. William
son county, % miles north of here, at
1:3O yesterday morning.
The regular northbound passenger left
Austin at midnight, followed shortly
after by an extra cattle train. The pas
senger reached Hutt0 on time, where
passengers and the mail were discharged
Starting from Hutto a drawhead of one
of the coaches broke. necessitating de-
lay of about half an hour to make re-
pairs. 1t was known the extra stock
train was following and Il hagman was
sent back to warn it of danger and to
bring it to Il stop.
Repairs OH the drawhead were rapidly
pushed. and when completed the engi-
neer whistled for the fagman to come
in. He hurried forward and mounting
the platform of the rear sleeper signalled
go ahead" The engineer obeyed and
a moment after the passenger train, with
coaches well filled with passengers was
in motion. all unconscious of the ponder
Gus cattle train rushing through the
murk and dense fog in their rear. The
passenger train had reached Il speed, it
is said. of some four or five miles per
hour when the fagman, still on the rear
platform of the sleeper heard the roar
of the cattle train and n moment after
he was startled to see its dim outline
through the heavy atmosphere as it
swayed under the tremendous momen-
tum and swept down upon the sleepers
of the passenger train.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
A VALUABLE ARM.

Houston, Tex, Jan. 21.-Herman V.
Kennedy sues the Texas and New Or
leans Railroad company for $4,000 for
the loss of arm while coupling cars.
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ROJTND ROCK MARRIAGE.

Round Rock, Tex, Jan. 20.-(Specal)
Yesterday evening at o'clock Miss
|Lila Killer and Mr.. Harry Chambers We're
hunted in the bonds of wedlock., Elder
III. s. Sublet of the Baptist church offici-
tated The newly married couple nave
tthe best wishes of the entire community.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
KILLED nv THE CARS

Yoakam, Tex, Jan. 17.-(Special)-l
John Rochel, aged IS, fell between two
cars of Il moving train Wednesday, was
brought home and died of his injuries to-
day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
VIA MADRID.

.
Madrid, Jan. 21.-Dispatches from Ha-
vana say that Marshal Alfonso Nil,
having sailed yesterday. The local au-
thorities of Havana and the guard of
honor babe him good bye and he was
warmly cheered by crowds of people pres
ent at his departure.
/ A dispatch to the Impariale from
Havana says that the column of troops
commanded by General Molinas, has de-
feated 1900 insurgents. The. latter are
said to have left 10 killed on the field and
to have lost four prisoners. On the Span
ish side it is said only one was killed and
three wounded.
The Impartial dispatch also says that
the insurgents have burned several vii
lagos, including NaZarono The column
of Major Sanchez has routed the in
surgents in the province of Matanzas
with bloody fighting. Thirty rebels were
killed and a hundred were wounded. The
latter included the leader NuneZ.
SENATORS CANNON AND BROWN.
Salt Lake, Utah, Jan. 21.-Frank j.
Cannon and Arthur Brown were today
elected to the United States senate with
but two dissenting voices among the Re
publican members of the legislature
There was no excitement during the bal
loting.
In his speech of acceptance, Senator
Brown said:
Zone of my greatest aims will be to
help the cause Of silver ut the needed ra-
ito of 16 TO l."
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Some time ago Mr.. Simon Goldbaum of

Some time ago Mr. Simon Goldbauml OF
San Luis Rey, Cal, was troubled with
lame back and rheumatism. lie used
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and a prompt
cure was affected. He says he has since
advised many of his friends to try It ana
all who have done so have spoken hlgnly
of it. 1t is for sale by q. y. Yates drug
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-01-23
A REAR-END COLLISION OCCURS
ON THE INTERNATIONAL
RAILWAY
NEAR THE SMALL STATION OF HUTTO
Engineer Henry Minness of the Freight
Train Killed and the Engine and
Three Cars Derailed-Pas-
senger Train Injured.

There was a most peculiar wreck on
the International and Great Northern
railway at Hutto at 1 10 o'clock yester-
day morning. The north bound Interna-
tional cannon ball to st. Louis, consist
ing of four sleepers, three passenger
coaches, mail, baggage and express cars,
pulled out of Austin at midnight on time
and plunging on through the heavy fog
that enveloped the entire earth reached
Hutto ON schedule time. Here stop
was made necessary by a broken brake
bar. AS every one knows, this is a small
station, and as precautionary move
ment, the brakeman of the cannon ball
was sent back to flag down cattle train
of IL cars which was Known TO he some
where close behind the passenger train.
AS above stated. the fog was so very
heavy that a person coald not see 20 feet
and the engineers were compelled to 20
it blind almost all the time.
The t1agman took up his station at the
required distance while the brake beam
was being repaired. Fifteen minutes
drifted past and the cattle train was
heard approaching by the hagman. At
the same instant blast from the whistle
OF the cannon ball engineer called him
back, as the brake beam had been re-
paired. He swung his lantern as a sig
nal to the approaching cattle train en-
gineer and then FASTENED to the express
train just as it was moving out The
cattle train came laundering on down the
track. the engineer not having seen the
Trademarks lantern signal nor did he see
The danger lights on the rear sleeper of
the express train. The latter train was
just getting under good Roadway when
the engine of the cattle train doomed up
out of the fog, not 10 feet away. Before
word of warning could be sounded the
engine of the cattle train bumped into
the rear sleeper and was instantly de-
rallied. The tender and three cars full
of cattle also jumped the track and fell
over on their sides. The tender crashed
into the cab of the engine, catching Engi-
neer Henry Minness and grinding his body
into a mass of broken bones, killing him
instantly. Strange to say, the sleeper
was not damaged very badly, and no one
ON the express train was hurt seriously,
though several were bruised up Some
cattle in the three derailed cars were hurt
but the engineer was the only one of the
train men who suffered by the collision.
The wreck was cleared up in time FOR
the regular scheduled trains to pass
without much delay.
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TENNESSEE DERRY.

Memphis, Jan. 21.-The Tennessee
derby, to be run on the opening day Of
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and many were badly wounded. We
patched up our train and pulled to Tay-
lor, leaving the rear sleeper. returned
this morning on the southbound, it pass
ing the wreck on the switches at Hutto."
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for Infants and Children.

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