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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
KNOCKED DOWN AND ROBBED.
A New York Society Lady's Experience
on Fifth Avenue.

New York, Dec. 29.-Mrs. James
Abercrombie Burden was knocked down
and robbed by highwayman on Fifth
avenue and Seventy second street this
evening. The woman was walking
along Fifth avenue when the robber
jumped at her, poiMted a revolver at
her head and demanded that she give up
her money and jewelry. She refused
and the assault of the robber followed
The thief threw away his knife and
with Mrs. Burdens pocket-book in his
hand ran down the street, pursued by II
policeman, whom Mrs Burdens screams
had summoned. The highwayman was
captured and the purse, which contained
Il check for $50, was restored to Mrs.
Burden, who had not been hurt.
The thief, who gave his name as Chas.
Denasch, 10 years old, said that he had
been driven from home by cruel step
mother and was impeled TO crime by
hunger.
In the police court Mrs. Burden refused
to make Il complaint against Denasch.
A policeman demonstrated, saying that it
was her duty to prosecute the case. Sew
eral other policemen also counseled her
to remain, but she left the court room
and was soon lost to sight. But the
patrOlman who had caught the thief was
not willing to let the credit get away
from him in that style. He said he
knew Mrs. Burden; that her husband
was milionaire,' who lived at the cor
ner of Seventy second and Fifth avenue
and was a brother of |. Townsend Bur
den, who was robbed of family jewels
to the extent of more than 100000 Il
few months ago. A subpoena was
issued and served on Mrs. Burden at
her house.
Mrs. James Abercrombie Burden is
well known in the smart set of New
York. She was Miss May Irving Her
husband is member of the Union
League, Metropolitan Driving Club and
other social functions. He is partner
of l. Townsend Burden in the Burden
Iron Works of Troy. The recent mar
riagc of their son, ]. A. Burden, Jr., and
Miss Nanderbit-Sloane was an imposing
affair."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
NEWS FROM CUBA.

Havana. Dec. 29.-Mr. Joseph A:
Springer. the United States vice consul
general. will leave for the United States
on the steamer Olivette tomorrow.
By the steamer Santiago tomorrow
there will be sent to Chaferinos thirty
seven prisoners and to Fernandino nine
cattle thieves and fifty-five nanigos.
Gen. Arolas, with a force of 5000 Span
ish troops, has been reconnolterlng the
forts of Rubi.
Gen, Fuentes. while accommodating
south of Rub. at Animas, Cuchilas dc
las Damas and the entire range OF
Rosario hills, has destroyed several in
surgent camps.
At the engagement which Col. Cru
ieda had at CayO la Rosa and its
vicinity yesterday, it is now stated that
the insurgent lieutenant colonel, Pancho
Palacio, of Brigadier General Castillo's
staff, was killed and Castillo himself
was wounded in the leg. Villa Neuva,
the insurgent leader, was also reported
to have been wounded.
Two French citizens, Rene and Louis
Renandau, are being tried in Moro
Castle by an ordinary courtmartial on
the charge of rebelling against the Span
ish government.
News has been received that the local
column of troops in Matanzas met the in
surgent band of Sotolongo at the farm of
Abreu, in the Jaguey Grande district.
There was sharp fight and the insurgents
were dispersed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31

Davenport left the city for his home in
Oharlestown, w. Va. 1t is stated that
as soon as this became known a run was
made and it was compelled to go to the
wall The officials say that the de-
pOsitors will be paid in full.
The liabilities are about $4,000, while
the valuable assets are estimated 10 be
worth more than double that amount.
III. S. Trout, president of the First Ma
tonal bank, and 7. II. Fishburne, pres
ident of the National Exchange bank,
both express themselves as being of the
opinion that the depositors will not lose
u dollar. This opinion is concurred in
capital stock of the bank is 100000
and nearly three-quarters of the stock
is held by men of large means, which
win further insure depositors against
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
IRISH BOG SLIDE.
1t Left Death and Destitution in Flesl
Valley.

Dublin. Dec. 29.-During the past
night and this morning the bog slide at
Castle Island. county Kerry. continued
unchecked, a cOpious rain falling, which
helped the movement. The mass of bog,
mile and half WIDE roars like the
ocean, and carries away bridges and
roads, destroying houses and farms.
sweeping through the Flesk valley and
emptying carcasses of cows, sheep and
donkeys and debris of houses into the
lake at Killarney.
The people living in the direction in
which the bog slide is coming have fled
and the police. searching for bodies are
arriving on all sides.
The greatest excitement prevails in
the vicinity, and all the houses are open
to receive the hundreds of people rem
dered homeless by the disaster.
Later-The destructive movement of
the bog land at Castle Island finally
ceased tonight. Two bodies have been
found a mile distant from the scene of
the disaster
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
CORBIN,S COLONISTS.
a Ship Load of Italians Have Come to
Tickle Arkansas Soil.

New York, Dec 29.-Austin Corbin, sew
eral months before he died, founded an
agricultural colony near Helena, Ark. To-
day when Inspector NJ. j. Renick Of the
contract bureau boarded the Kaiser Will
helm III. he found 800 Italian men, women
and children, ticketed to Arkansas. He
found that each adult had a collection of
seeds, vines, shrubs and roots, as well as a
stock of agricultural implements. He
tlephoncd to Ellis Island, and was in
structed to land the party there. Mean
time word came from Washington that
the colonists were to be admitted, as they
were in no wise violators of the contract
labor law.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
AN HYPNOTIC EXAMINATION

AN HYPNOTIC EXAMINATION
Galveston, Tex, Dec. 29.-(Special) J.
William Hansen, who is held under ar
rest on suspicion of completely in the
killing of Sam Martin, was today placed
in hypnotic state by Professor Laska
and subjected to n rigid examination.
Nothing whatever was elected tending to
implicate Hansen in the murder. Han
sen is held for hearing before the re-
corder.
WACO NAVIGATION AGITATION.
Waco, Tex, Dec. 29.-(Special)-Waco
is again agitating the question of low
rates and navigation of the Brazos. A
report of an engineer, based upon the
reports of the two surveys heretofore
made of the river from here to Rich
mond has been obtained. 1t is ascer-
tanned that an accurate survey of that
part of the river will cost not less than
$50, 900 and that it can be improved 10
obtain four feet of water through the
low water season for from $1,5OO,0OO to
S2,000,0OO.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
STATEMENT FROM OLNEY.

Washington, Dec. 29-Secretary Oncy
today received Il report from the United
States consulate ut Havana, regarding the
case of Henry Delgado, the correspondent
of the Mail and Express whose capture
and confinement by the Spanish authori-
ties the secretary ordered investigated
The secretary subsequently made the fol-
lowing public statement:
1t appears from a report from the
Havana consulate that Delgado was made
prisoner by the Spanish troops in course
of recent military operations in the pro-
vince of Pinar del Rio; that he is reported
to have belonged to the staff of the insur-
gent Mai. Gen. Maceo, and to have. been
in command of the artillery, and that.
letter to Maceo and one from him to the
project of Las Tumbas was found on his
person. 1t being represented to the con-
suate that Delgado is a native born
American citizen, all the rights to which
he is entitled under our treaty with Spain
and subsequent protocols, have been claim
ed for him.
Mr. Delgado is confined in the military
hospital of San Ambrose, outside of
Havana. The rights spoken of in the
statement consist of a trial by the. ordinary
judicial authorities, unless the prisoner rs
taken with arms" Then he must be tried
by a council of war or courtmartial.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
THE BIG BIKE CONTEST

Washington, Dec. 29.-Walter. the Ge,
man, held the advantage by two lans over
Maddox, the American, at the close 70.
night of the second days racing confess
eight hours per day, at Conventional hall
The two men have kept almost neck anS
neck during the long ride until TO-DAY
when Maddox punctured his tire and losit
two laps. He made desperate effort IA
make up the loss sustained, but was I'm.
able to do so. The two weakest men
dropped by the wayside today. Tbess
two were SchOck and Albert, who threw
up the sponge and left the track to the 70.
naming eight riders, who, with the ex.
ct:eptlon of Ball. We're punched within
hve miles of each other.
When the racers finished for the night
at 1923 o'clock the score was as follows:
Waller, POI miles 2 laps; Maddox. 2gl
miles; Ashinger, 300 miles laps; Lawson.
2SS miles 8 laps; Hunter, 2SS miles; Char
pelle, 2S6 miles 2 laps; Foster, 2S6 miles
laps: Bell, 269 miles laps.
In the exhibition riding Eddie Bald re-
duced the quarter mile record from b
to ~ Id seconds and Linto reduced his
three-mile indoor record from 7 minutes
II seconds to 7:06.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
NEW PENSION PROCEDURE.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Two radical
changes in the procedure of the pension
office have been made. All claims of
increase, save in extraordinary cases,
hereafter will be sent direct to the med
ical division of the bureau, without hav-
ing to be passed upon by the board of
review, as has been the custom for years.
This action is taken on the ground that
the bulk of cases involves only medical
action and that much routine in going
through other channels will be saved.
Another step in the simplfcation and
quicker adjudication of claims is that
hereafter there will be no necessity for
cases before the board of review being
passed upon by three or four examiners.
This has been n long-followed practice,
but Commissioner Murphy has fixed the
number of examiners who must review
each claim ut two, This, he thinks, will
minimize errors and delay and be of ben
eft to the service. Both new rules are
in line with a decision to abolish useless
detail in pension adjudication.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
A NEW WRINKLE.

Jacksonville. Fla, Dec. 29.-Thc mas
ter and owner of the tilibustering steam
or Danntless today presented a manifest
of their cargo and asked for clearance
papers to Nuevitas, Cuba. The cargo
consisted of arms and ammunition. The
collector refused clearance until he
should hear from Washington and a
telegram was sent asking for instruc-
tons. No reply was received up to n
late hour. In case clearance shall be
refused the owners of the Dauntless
will bring suit against the government
for damages.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
OFFICIALLY DENIED.

Madrid, Dec. eat is officially denied
that there is any truth in the report pub
lished in a New York paper Sunday last
that the United States consul at Cardenas,
province of Matanzas. Cuba, had been
twice attacked, and the shield torn from
the door in spite of the efforts of the local
author tiles to protect the consulate.
An emphatic denial is also given to the
statement today of the London Chronicle
that there was reason to believe that the
French foreign office has been sounded in
regard to Cuba in an anti-American sense.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
DEMAND GRANTED.

Constantinople, Dec. 29.-The porte has
granted the demand of the ENJOYS of
France and Italy, that their dragomans
be present at the trial of Mazhar Bey.
Mazhar Bey is charged with being res
ponsible for the murder of Father Sal
vatore an Italian priest, who was killed in
the convent of Jendjekele at Marash, in
1895 by Turkish troops commanded by
Mezhar Bey.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
DRUG STORE RJTRNED

McGregor, Tex, Dec. 29.-(Special.)-
About 3 O'Clock this morning fire was dis
covered in the drug store of j. III. Nor
ton, Jr., the fire was soon got under con-
troll and there was very little damage to
the building, but the stock of drugs,
amounting to $4,000, was almost Il total
loss. Insurance, $2750, as follows: Scot
fish Union and National, $3.50; Phoenix
of Hartford, $3.50; Liverpool, London and
Globe. $3.50; North British and Mercan-
tile, $500.
The building was owned by w. Y.
Cavitt, insured for $1,000 in Liverpool,
London and Globe. Cause of fire I'M
known,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
TWO ARRESTS

: Round Rock, Tex. Dec. 2S.-(Special)
S. s. Harden, our efficient constable,
arrested Brookes Johnson, a negro, who
is wanted by the officers in Colorado
county. and on last Saturday he arrested
j. G. Warlow, white man, who is
wanted in Blanco to answer charge
for theft of cattle. Warlow was turned
over to w. c. Russell, deputy sheriff of
Blanco county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
ALETTER FROM MILLS.

Dallas, Tex, Dec. 29.-(Special.)-Mr
O. Pagett, president of the Free
Thinkers association and of the Cuban
Independence League, recently adj
dressed a letter on the Cuban situation
to the Hon. X. Q. Mills, Washington.
The following is an extract from Sena-
tor Mills reply thereto:
washington, Dec. go. Pagett.
Dallas, Texas: Dear Friend-Your kind
letter of the Goth made my heart glad.
1t is gratifying to me to see you heart
and soul in the noble work of trying to
rescue people whom we have been hold
ing under the feet of Spanish despotism
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
THE SORT OF ROAD TO HAVE.

Galveston, Tex, Dec. 29-(Special)-
The Santa Fe management has organized
an industrial department to assist in the
development of local industries and the
establishment of new industries at all
points on its lines. The company will
not invest in any enterprises nor favor
or foster any but those operated on Il
sound business basis. Jas. A. Davis has
been appointed industrial commissioner
with Headquarters at Chicago.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
MAN AND WIFE MURDERED.

Knoxville, Tenn, Dec. 29.-At II
o'clock last night William Whaley and
wife, poor but respected citizens of
Sewer county, living near Seviersville,
were shot down in cold blood by two
men who broke into their home. There
is no clue to the guilty parties. Many
seem to think that the perpetrators of
the crime were some of the crowd that
Whaley had recently prosecuted before
the grand jury at Seviersville. The
sheriff is working on the case.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
ECKELS NOT APPRENTICESHIP.
Failures Due to Local Causcs-Gencral
Banking Conditions Excellent.

Washington. Dec. 29-Comptroller of
the Currency Eckels said this afternoon
that he feels no apprehension over the
bank failures which have occurred Of
late. Two more failures, the CONNER
cial National bank of Roanoke, Va, and
the Columbia National bank of Minneap-
ellis were added to the list today. They
were comparatively small institutions,
however, and under ordinary circumstan-
ces their failure, it is said, would attract
emily passing attention. Mr.. Eckels,
when asked today by a representative of
the Associated Press as to the general
banking situation, said:
"Of course, bank failures are more
or less disquieting, but these which have
occurred recently have little or no gen
ePal significance attached to them. They
were due largely to, local causes, wholly
unconnected with the general condition
of the banks through the country at
large. The case Of the Atlas bank was
not a failure at all, but n mere voluntary
liquidation, every depositor being paid in
full. The two failures today were of
minor Importance, in each case the as
sets being only 100000.
"As against these failures, based on local
causes. the general condition of the banks
is excellent. The reports received under
the last call, that of December II, are
uulEOTIllv ldNOTuDlc anu SHOW I'LL dNcTupe
reserve held of considerably above the
% per cent required by law.
"One of the last reports, that of the
Brooklyn banks, show the average re-
serve held to be 3402 per cent and most
of the reports run or 10 per cent above
the legal requirements. In each case
the assets in detail make an entirely
satisfactory showing, as compared with
the liabilities. On the whole it is ev-
ident that the national banks today are
as stable as they ever were and the spo-
radio failures of bank here and there
through defects peculiar to the failing
bank is of little Importance and wholly
without general significance. | am adj
vised from Minneapolis that the failure
there has occasioned no disturbance be-
yond the institution concerned"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
SIGMA ALPHA EPSH.ON-

St. Louis, Dec. 2.-The first session of
the biennial convention of the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon was held at the Southern
hotel this afternoon. Over 100 dele
gates were present and az many more
are expected. William G.. Marshall of
st. Louis of the University of Missouri,
'6S made the address of welcome, to
which Chairman Andrews of Chatta-
nooga responded in behalf of the dele
gates. Business of Importance will be
transacted tomorrow and Saturday.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS,

st. Louis, Dec 29.-The annual meet
ing of the Western Commercial Travel.
ers' association was held here today. with
large number of members in attend
ance The report of the financial COM
mittee showed that the balance on hand
is S59,429; no liabilities. The amount
paid benefciaries during the year was
S39,525, and the number of death assess
ments twenty-five. The operating ex-
penses were S4905. The reserve fund
amounts to $52,9S0.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
NOT REGARDED SERIOUSLY.

Washington, Dec. 29.-Comptroller
Eekcls received Geographic notice today
that the Commercial National Bank of
Roanoke, Va, had closed its doors and
suspended payment. Bank Examiner
Sands was sent to take charge of the
institution. The failure is not regarded
az serious one The last report to
him, made November q, showed the
assets of the bank to be 1868, 104, in
Guiding its bonds for circulation; stocks,
100000: surplus, $4,000; undivided
profits, $4,000
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
A DAM SITE SEEN.

Wichita Falls, Tex, Dec. 29.-(Special)
Gen Dodge and party, who passed
through here Sunday, returned early this
morning by special train over the Wichita
Valley road. They visited the dam site on
the Wichita river and inspected much of
the land to be irrigated by the proposed
enterprise. Gen. Dodge expressed himself
we'll pleased with what he saw and said
that nature had left but little. compara-
lively speaking, to be done in the matter
of building the dams for an enterprise of
the magnitude of the one proposed.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
SPAIN IN A SAD PLIGHT.

London, Dec. 30.-The Daily News
Paris correspondents says
1t is quite clear that Spain is negotiat-
ing with Mr.. Olney, but the Castilian
pride compels the government to nego-
tate in an underhand way. They can
not help trying to arrive at private
understanding with the United States,
for the proceeds of the recent loan are
nearly exhausted and Captain General
Weyler's apparent inaction has checked
the buoyancy which followed Maceo's
death.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
EX-CONFEDERATE DEAD.

Baltimore, Nd, Dec. Col. William
Norris, ex-colonel commanding signal
corps of the Confederate army, died to-
day of apopleXy at his residenc1 .Ii.1
city, aged II.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
GLADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY

London, Dec. 29.-The birthday of the
Right Hon. William e. Gladstone was
celebrated at Hawarden today. There
was the usual flood of kilograms and let
ters from home and abroad. The veteran
statesman was enjoying excellent health.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
EQUALS TURKISH bARDAR|TY
A STORY OF INIIUMAN ACTS OF
SPANISH SOLDIERS
IN CUBA.
NON-C0MbATANTS WERE ARSSACRED
A Hamlet Looted by Guerillas, Who
Murdered, Robbed and Ravished
the People-Gen. Castillo
Reported Injured.

New York, Dec. 20.-A dispatch to the
World from Key West says.
| A recent massacre by Gen. Melquiso' s
troops in the western part of Cuba is
| described in letter received here today
from an insurgent leader in a hamlet
four miles north of Del Rio. There
| were about seventy-tive people who lived
in the town. They lived from hand to
mouth, having few cattle and some
small cane fields and truck farms.
Spanish guerillas commanded by Pier
ronto visited the place a fortnight ago.
All of the people were arrested and
searched for valuables, the women and
girls being subjected to indignities.
Not finding as much as they wanted,
the guerillas shot two young men, pre-
tending that they were Spanish de-
scrters. Six others were tied to trees
tiht holllplS NhlDDtu, DtllS dftustu VI
sending information to the insurgents.
Two young women were tied to trees.
their backs were barred and the lash was
applied numerically because they re-
sisted the soldiers advances. Their
screams SO aroused the anger of the older
women that they made Il combined at
tack on the guerilas with clubs.
The guerillas easily beat them off and
then fired indiscriminately among them,
killing fifteen or twenty men and women
and two children. The others escaped,
though the Spanish guerillas fired on
them as long as they were in sight.
The guerillas fired the houses, throw
ing the dead bodies into the burning
buildings, drove off the cattle, destroyed
the crops and trampcd their horses over
the potato patches so that nothing in the
way of food could be had. The women
who were whipped were left tied to the
trees. Had not several of the fugitives
returned after the guerillas had gone
and liberated them, they would have died
of exhaustion. These poor people, left
without food or shelter, took up their
abode in the foot hills, building them
selves huts of branches and grass. Some
have died from exposure and not more
than thirty of the seventy-five survive.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
THE RrRORNIC PLAGUE.

Bombay, Dec. 29.-During the past
twenty-four hours the health officers have
recorded 1877 cases of the bubOnic plague
In the same period thirteen deaths from
that disease have occurred.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
DEED OF TRJST

Stephenvillc. Tex. Dec. 20.-(SpcciaL)-
Roberts, White & Compton, dry goods,
executed a deed of trust Saturday, nam
ing III. b. Yeager trustee. Creditors to
the amount of SS225 are preferred. all
home people. Assets and total liabilities
not given.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31

too long. Keep up the fight. We
must keep up the fight until we get a
president and congress " no will stand
by American honor, American principles
and American interests. | hope your
legislature, soon to meet, will speak out
for the liberation of Cuba. l am always
glad TO hear from You. Very truly your
friend, X. y. MILLS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-31
RESIDENCE RJJRGLARIZBD

Marshall, Tex, Dec. 29.-(SpeciaLI-.
About 80 o'clock last night the resi-,
dence of j. r. Malone was entered and
his gold watch and $40 in silver stolen,
but they overlooked $50 in bills in another
pocket
The room of Miss Emily Krety was
visited and five rings with settings, valued
at about $50 each, were taken from her
finger. Miss Krety was awakened and
saw the burglars