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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-12-24
RAILWAY NIAGNATES

Galveston. Tex. Dec 1S-(Special.)-
The following railway officials spent the
day in Galveston inspecting the jetties
and port and left this evening for New
Orleans:
General Manager T. r. Nickerson,
General Freight and Passenger Agent A.
A. Hoffman of the Mexican Central:
Vice President G. G.. Warner, General
Manager W. B. Doddridge, General Pas
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BROUGHT BACK THE RDMAINs

BROUGHT BACK THE REMAINS.
Leonard, Tex, Dec. 1S-(Spcciai. -
This evening Mrs. w. B. Norwood, b.
ID. McLary and Mr.. Wheat arrived ON
the 2:45 Katy passenger from Columbia,
Mo-, having in charge the remains OF
w.. b. Norwood, who fell from a Katy
train near that place about week ago
and was killed. They had no trouble in
identifying Norwood as the missing man,
but failed to secure the money, some
$4,000. found in his possession when kill
ed. The remains were inferred in the
cemetery in this city today.
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WOOL GROWERS.

Washington, Dec. .18.-The National
adopted the following:
Resolved, That this association favors
an extra session of congress rs soon az
PRACTICABLE after March 4, 1897, and asks
that congress- will enact the wool tariff
bill agreed upon and we declare that
nothing less will satisfy the wool grow
ers of the United States or fill the meas
ure Of protection for the wool industry
sanctioned by the votes of the people In
November, 1896.
The association will meet in Washing
ton in January, 1897, to present the wool
growers claim. ah
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WILL RIDE TEXAS HORSES.

HilIsboro, Tex, Dec. 1S.-(SpeciaL)-
Bob Furgeson, who has large stock
ranch In the west, was in the city today.
At Fort Worth, he says, he met an agent
for the Cuban insurgents who il in Texas
for the purpose of buying $4,000 worth
of horses for the insurgents, He sold
him a large number of horses from his
ranch at $40 per head. The exact num-
Der is not yet known, but the agent has
the privilege of selecting as many of
them as he deems. fit for the use Of the
insurgents
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INFANT FATALLY RIIpNnn

Taylor, Tex, Dec. 1S.-(Special.) 1.-The
S-months-old baby of Mr.. A. A. Jones,
living in a tent on the Allison farm
b f%rnSe miles nj northeast of Taylor, was
child's mother had gone to the spring.
nearby, for water, and left her 6year old
boy to watch the baby. Upon her return
the shrieks of the little ones attra cted
her attention. and running to the tent
found her baby lying in the open Ere.
The child died in few moments. Inc
tent and all the household goods wess
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A PAIR OF KIDS MISSING

Nashville, Tenn. Dec. 1S.-Reports
from Florence, Ala, state that Fannie
and Ella Solomon, children of ]. NJ. G.
Solomon Of South Florence. IL and 8
years old, have been missing from their
home since Sunday, and are supposed to
have been kidnapped by Mat Sanders, a
desperate and moonshiner. who has sew
eral times threatened to take the children,
and who, parties testify, was seen with
the children making towards the Tennes-
see line, north of Florence.
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senger Agent Townsend OF tho N;oao,-,
Pacing; General Manager Campbeli Een.
eral Freight Agent Galbraith of the In
ternational and Great Northern: General
superintendent Il. w. Brown of tho
Mexican National. They were accom-.
erson. ->'eA-
:. Mr.. Nickerson advocated steamship
line between Tampico and Galveston.
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SUSPENDED BUSINESS.
Texas Life Insurance Company, Head
quarters at Tyler.

Tyler, Tex, Dec. 18.-(Special)-Th.
Texas Life Insurance COMPANY. which
was organized here in March last will
capital stock of 100000, has suspend
ed business. A portion of the company's
assets are tied up in the First National
bank which is now in the hands Of q
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RESIDENCE RIIRNHD

Hillsboro, Tex, Dec. 18.-(Special.) ,
The residence of J. X. Connolly, near
Fort Graham. was burned Wednesday.
He and his wife were absent leaving the
children. The oldest girl was ironing and
il Is supposed to have caught FIRE from
a burning ironing rag. Loss, $500, no
insurance
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AGAINST THE KATY

Greenville, Tex, Dec. 18.-(Special.)-
Yesterday afternoon Mrs. A. p. Landers
of Sulphur Springs filed suit In the dis
trict court here for $4,000 damages
against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway for, as she alleges, being put of
the train on the night of July 13 near
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TO sJTCCEED HIS FATHER

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 16.--A special cleo
ton held here today to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Charles II. Crisp
resulted In the election Of Charles X.
Crisp, eldest son of the distinguished
speaker.
Young Mr.. Crisp, in response to tele-
gram from the Atlanta Journal, today
wired that paper:
II am liz favor Of the recognition of the
Independence of Cuba by the United.
States"
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EX-CONGREssMAN HORR DEAD

Elk CONGREssMAN HoRR DEAD.
gresham Horr died tonight after an i'll
ness of two weeks of bronchitis and
Bright's disease.
Mr.. Horr was born in 1880 in Vermont,
moving west in early life. He served
three successive terms in congress-, iep-
resenting the Saginaw, Mich, district
Since 1890 he has been member of the
editorial staff of the New York Tribune.
His joint debate in Chicago with w. II.
Harvey. author of "Coins Financial
School," attracted much attention.
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CHARGED WITH MJrRnEp

CIiAKGEJ WITH MURDER.
Groesbeck, Tex, Dec. 18-(Spccial.)
,.Joe Ewing, who stands charged with
something over month ago. was arrest,
ed at Amity, Ark, by Officer Palmer on
the 10Th instant and brought here today
and jailed. Areward of $3.50 was offered
for his capture.
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THEY DON'T WANT MUCH.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-The senate and
house pension committees held a joint
meeting today to consider proposed
amendments to the Picker bill, which
was passed by the house last session,
and is now pending in the senate. Off
GERS of the Grand Army of the Republic
and other veterans addressed the meet
ing in advocacy of certain changes max
ing the law more liberal
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OUNEY WAS AGAINST 1T.
Urged That No Action Be Taken-No
Government TO Recognize.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Secretary Olney
appeared before the senate. committee OF
foreign relations today and was ciose er,'
with them for a considerable time. ~,
committee was prompt in begihnlnneS us
work at the specifed hour. at 1890 to-
day, ali the members except Senators
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.

Denton. Tex, Dec. 18-President Jas.
G. HargrOve announces that the first
meeting of the Denton County Christian
Fndeavor union will be held at Pilot
Point. this county, January Is, 10 and
II. 1897.
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COTTON DAMAGED BY FIRE.
!Corsicana, Tex, Dec. 18.--(Speciai.)-
About $50 last night fire started In the
Alliance. cotton yard, slightly damaging
sixteen bales of cotton. Loss, $50, Gov
cred by insurance.
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SUPPOSED TO BE CHAMBERS.
Bonham, Tex, Dec. 18.-tSpecial)--
A disease has broken out among horses
in section near here which is supposed
to be CHAMBERS.
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SIXTEEN TO ONE.

Georgetown, s. c., Dec. 16.--Tbe pres
ident and party spent this morning hunt
ing ducks on the southern extremity Of
South island, the reward being 100 birds,
Of which the president brought down six
teen. nA M
President Cleveland also joined in a
deer drive, but none of the hunters got
a shot, owing TO high water on the island.
1t is not definitely known when the pres
ident will take his leave but Saturday il
the time intimated.
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N. DAKOTA's OFFICIAL VOTE.
Bismarck. n. D., Dec. 18.-Cfficial
vote for North Dakota: Mckinley, 26,-
1856; Bryan, 20,636; Levering, 1853.
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DEPARTMENT OH

DEPARTMENT CLERKS SUICIDE.
Washington, Dec. 16.-Frank II. Phist-
er, well-krown young man, the SON OF
the late Elijah @. Pbister, who repre-
scented, the Tenth Kentucky district in
the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh con-
crosses, committed suicide Mt his board
ing house this morning. Phister was q
clerk in the Indian bureau. His remains
will probably be taken to Maysville, Ky,
for interment.
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Thirty-Seven Pensions and Relief Bills
Were Passed.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-This was pri-
vate bill day in the house, but most of
the session was devoted to the passage
of the thirty-seven pension and relief
bills favorably acted upon in committee
of the whole last Friday. The bill to
pay Flora Darling, the wife of Confed-
crate general, $5GS3 for Louisiana bank
notes taken from her in 1864 while under
flag OF truce, which was attacked by
Mr.. Dalzell last Friday, was laid on the
table.
Five bills were favorably acted upon
today, as follows: To pay the officers
and crews of the United States gunboats
kineo and Chocura $12,474 prize money;
to pay VIM. b. Isaac & Co. $16,9S7, the
finding of the court of claims; to pay Gen
McAlpin of the Eleventh PENNSYLVANIA
cavalry $6096 illegally collected from
him and to repay Matthias Henderson of
Spring Valley, Wis, $500, paid by him
for substitute during the war, Pen
derson not at that time being a citizen
of the United States.
At the opening of the session there
was a pretty piece of by-play, growing
out of the presentation Of a resolution
for some additional employees of the
house. The house was in state of con-
fusion and Mr.. Dingley, the leader of
rs to the necessity of the increase. When
they finished their dialogue, Mr.. Richard
son (dem) of Tennessee complained that
he had not been able to hear what had
been said and he inquired, suggestively,
if the distinguished leader of the house"
had officially announced that the increase
was necessary because of the approaching
extra session.
Mr.. Dingley parted the thrust and re-
piled blandly that he was sorry the con-
fusion had rendered it impossible for the
gentleman from Tennessee to understand
what he had said. The resolution was
defeated.
In the course of debate on the claim
bill, Mr.. Dingley made a few remarks
protesting against opening the door to
other claims. This grew from Mr.. Ma
hon, chairman of the war claims cimmit-
tee, in an ardent defense of claims I'M
paid by the government, devoting most
spoliation and Pennsylvania harbor war
claims. He insisted that claims should
be met and decided on their merits and
that it was dishonest to file statute of
limitation against them.
At 5 O'Clock the house took recess
until 8 p. m, the evening session being
devoted to private pension bills.
At the evening session fourteen private
pension bills were favorably passed upon.
OF these, one grants pension of 500 a
month to the widow of the late Gen. John
Gibson, and another of $50 per month to
the widow of the late Gen. w. A. Nichols.
A large part of the evening was de-
voted to the consideration of bill to
pension the survivors of Gray's battalion
of Arkansas volunteers of the Mexican
war. The bill was opposed by Chairman
Picker of the pension committee and
others on the ground that it was a gen.
eral rather than a private bill. 1t was,
however, voted upon and laid aside with
a favorable recommendation.
MILES CROWI Ey HEARD FORM
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resolutions must pass before becoming
effective, but the mere determination TO
report such resolutions, it is feared. will
cause intense public feeling throughout
Spain. 1t is felt to engender such out.
breaks as occurred year ago, where less
radical resolutions We're under considera-
tl0n: Owing to the legislative difficulties
IN the way of the resolutions becoming
effective the Spanish government itself
VIII make no move ut present. There
is known to exist a strong opposition in
the senate to the adoption of the rcsolu-
tion., Under the senate rules the debate
can be protracted indefinitely. While no
disposition to obstruct has manifested it.
sell, yet it is said to be probable as enc
OF the means of preventing action. After
action by the senate there must be the
debate in the house, with possible changes
IN the resolutions, before they have to
run the gauntlet of the presidential veto.
II the ultimate result should be the adop-
ton OF the resolutions the officials say war
would be inevitable. Until the matter
advances to this stage no action by Spain
Is expected, but it is said Spain almost
certainly Will accept the resolutions ms a
casus belli immediately that they become
the policy of the United States govern
ment.
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DE LONE DECLINED TO pIsc11ss

Washington, Dec. 1S-Senor Dupuy dc
LONE, the Spanish minister, was inform.
ed Of the action of the senate committee
on the Cameron resolution. He did not
seem either disturbed or surprised. He
said that as it was matter before con-
gress he must decline to discuss it or
comment upon it in any way. Anticipa-
ting, however, that statements of various
sorts would be attributed to him by the
press, he wished to forestall them by
saying through the Associated Press that
any, alleged interviews with him which
might appear would be unauthorized.
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MILES CROWLEY HEARD FORM.

Washington. Dec. 1S.-Representative
Miles Crowley of Texas today forfeited
S. collateral deposited by him in the po-
lice court last night as security for his
appearance in police court today to an
swer to the charge of disorderly conduct.
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when the policy to be adopted is decided on.
II Is well understood here that no MEM
Der OF the cabinet Will speak on the sub
iect until he hears from Gray Gables. Mr.
Cleveland has not as yet spoken and proba-
bly, will not for several days. In the mean
time the cabinet members are anxiously
waiting and as soon as they receive inti-
nation from Mr., Cleveland it may be de-
pended upon that they viii follow his suit
III he SAYS bolt, they will bolt; IL he says
vote for Mckinley. they will vote for Nc
KinIey. and il he says organize an indie
t,.ndent democratic movement. they viii
take the lead on that line.
The attitude OF the cabinet depends en-
tIrelv upon the movement OF Mr.. Cleveland,
and until he has definitely decided what
course he will take nothing need be expect
ed from the cabinet and the immediate
circle dependent upon its members.
In the meantime IL is significant that
newspapers which do not dare TO openly
antagonize the democratic ticket are doing
everything in their power TO convey the
impression that the party Is split asunder
and that there will he general bolt They
arr. sparing no effort 10 promote dlscon-
tent and are liberal in their use or space for
every item that tends TO emphasize division
in the ranks OF the party. Indeed. under
the cuise of democratic newspapers they
ar, openly engaged In the work OF siahbing
the. democratic party in the back. and II
they keen IL up there viii soon be general
demand from democrats that they either
take or the democratic colors or 20 openly
into the republican camp. where they can
do less harm than by attacking the party
from the inside.
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that fattering JUNCTION to my
populist friends. Let your n con-
venton refuse to indorse Bay you
will see the money power agricul-ltry
without regard to party, flo inst as and
supporting Mckinley to a } 10 ,,,oL gold
dolators will then have the f silver
divided, while the money y cert'i as of
yore, will present a united sle preSoken
front For long years our SO. succe demo-
Gratis have been controlled TIN, So :, sham
tariff reform battle. But the e low
see what ails Hannah, and yotpuI 70, fool
them and more forever. s of
Mr.. Watson acknowledges in 3;torial
that the principal populist DE- ran,s have
been engrafted into the den re plat
form, ana neither can he say a-elary against
w. j. Bryan: but uses our hapS ZEE for
the vice presidency Mr.. Sewall;t MA booger
to alright populists from suI,,ocr.o of the
ticket, under the plea that Sew a mill
lionaire. Does not Mr.. Watsonoteuw that
on n party ticket the vice presto sta is but
as the NTH wheel to a wagon luarke. for
instance, Mr.. Stevenson. VIVA al puld he
do against President CLEVELAND A few
weeks ago Mr.. Watson w boasting
through his paper about the .iivads that
poIuism was making in the east, and If
that he true, where is the harm n giving
to distant Maine little rotten-end water
melon
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DUTIES OF A PRESIDENT TO A PEOPLE.

IirerhA Mas. July ISsIia o president people and Of
nominee % b Inns cna during The fol
letter received by Daniel d Hon William Bryan
some time res % DE tiers uournado
OF a
sa cser, I 5 his o
lien he taught by o
schoo teache o
QUIT in n
10
helped asst would members OF another
pary a publ
perform
duty j.
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HERBERT LEADS THE BoLTING.
Secretary of the Navy Declares Him
self Against Democracy.

washington, July H.-Secretary iierbert
ts the first member OF the cabinet TO an
nounce himself openly with respect TO the
Chicago convention. In reply TO an inquiry
TODAY ne stated that he would not support
"a. ticket nominated at Chicago, but be-
vond this brief definition OF his position ne
would say nothing. Other members o.
the. cabinet do not hesitate TO say in pri-
vate conversation that they cannot con
sesentiouslv indorse the platform, and II
e. not unlikely that others Of the number
viii "A little later make these announce
,,,erts publiclv. Assistant Secretary OF tho
Treasury Hanlin talks freely against the
,.l.L..rn nlntfnrm and tickrt
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Some Silver Party Men and POpullStS
Sssk To Fight Bryan.
TOWNE HAS BEEN PULLED IN
Minnesota Man Is Wanted as Popu-
list Candidate.
TAUBERECK TELLS OF A PLAN He HAS
Wants To Nominate a Ticket and
Then Vote for the Demo-
cratic Electors.

ST. Louis. Mo, July 1S.-Delegates to the
two national conventions to be held IN
St Louis next week have begun TO ar
rive in lunches. Arrangements are rap
idly being completed, and by Tuesday
everything will be in readiness. The pop
1list convention promises to he the 1--we
lest ever held by that party here Is
every indication that the session VIII DC
stormy from beginning to end. The hight
Will be over the Endorsement of Bryan
and SewalI the democratic nominees.
The middle of the road" populists will
want TO put up a ticket of their own,
but the rank and file of the party seem
to favor indorsing the democratic eandi-
dates.
Chairman Taubeneck returned from Chi
cago this morning 1t is common report
here that his visit to Chicago was mainly
to confer with Howard Taylor relative to
the stand to be taken by the Illinois del
egation on the work of the Chicago con
vention Sergeant-at-Arms Mcdowell said
this morning that if his information was
correct the delegation from Illinois, Indi-
ana and Ohio were all to vote against
Bryan and Sewau at the populist conven-
ton next week.
About twenty-five delegates TO the popu-
list convention attended a meeting of the
St Louis Central Committee last night and
listened to speeches of owen, of Tennes-
see: Gelatrop of COlorao; Reid, of Iowa
and others in favor Of the middle of the
road" course of action. After the speech
making the committee held a secret ses-
sion
The national silver convention viii be
held in the Grand Music han at the eXposi-
ton building next Wednesday. The open
ing session will begin about 10 o'clock a. m
Sergeant at Arms Dowd has completed ar
rargCEents for decorating and adjusting
the hail for convention purposes. num-
Der OF employees are engaged in lifting II
up for the occasion. The telegraphic COM
p. MES strung their wires into the building
Yesterday Mr. Dowd said today: I'VE will
have a big convention here and place III
nomination a state and national ticket
There will be fully 1880 delegates and alter
mates in attendance. ! am unable to say
whether the convention VIII 1ndorSc Bryan
There is a strong sentiment in his iaFor
among the members of the silver party. !
wish il understood that the national silver
party will be separate and distinct from
the populist convention, which convenes on
the same date.
Mr.. w T. St. John. the gentleman slated
for permanent chairman of the SILVER
party's convention, drew a salary OF $4,000
a year for thirteen years as president OF a
New York bank. When he gave up the
presidency and the salary with II last
month il was claimed that he could nave
retained both by simply keeping ms cur
rency views to himself Francis /. New
lands who is 20 serve as temporary CHAIR
man OF the Music Hall convention. Is the
only representative of the silver party IN
the ffty-fourth congress. His home IS IN
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FLoRIDIANs ARE FOR BRYAN.
Ratification Meetings Show That the
Gold Men Are Getting in Line.

Jacksonville Fla. July 1.-THE state
democratic executive committee met here
today and organized for the campaign
Resolutions were passed indorsing the
Chicago platform and Bryan. A majority
of the committee has been supposed 10
favor the gold standard. but since the par
ty has spoken they have fallen into line
The nomination of Bryan and the plat
form adopted have caused great enthusi-
assn throughout the state.
Rousing ratification meetings have been
held at Lake City, Williston. Leesburg
and other points.
4 big ratification meeting will soon be
hi IN. Il
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all the silver men. believe ne 'o ~
dorsed nv both conventions.
Senator PETER said: I'm the norlh anu
west we populists have had to hght repuoT
licans. in TIE south they fight democrats.
believe with careful and considerate ois-
cuss:on there viii result an agreement oi
all anti-gold forces in the country "hch
shall tell at the polls against the candl-
date of the gold standard policy ana III
favor of one candidate upon a free silver
PLATFORM
In Private Conference.
Toward midnight Chairman TaubenecR.
in companv with Senator's Stewart ana
PETER Cyclone Davis, of Texas, and otner
leaders went into private conference Mr.
Taubeneok said he had no expectation that
any definite programme or agreement would
be reached.
The annoying complications over the iund
contributed by the Business Mems League
to cover the expenses of the two conven-
tions was happily adjusted tonight The
$4,000 fund was turned over to the
chairman several days ago by the Business
Mems League, this being an acquittal Of
their contract. The national silver party
thus found themselves without funds or
guarantee of expenses. To met this ext
gency "A score of primnent citizens tonight
subscribed 10 a fund 10 pay the silver con-
yentiOn expenses.
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Carlisle Like Cleveland.

Norfolk Na.. July h.-Thc lighthouse
tender Maple having ON board Secretary
OF the Treasury Carlisle. Mrs Carlisle and
Airs. Logan Carlisle and children. put IN
here Tor "a few minutes this morning for
Ice and other supplies.
Immediately aftes procuring these the
party left for York Spit where Mr.. car
lsic sfeut the afternoon fishing Tho Ma
pie Wiu sake her guests 10 Washing
ton Tomorrow.