The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-10-22

stances of which it is not at all necessary
| for me to 20 into now, as | trust it il
one thing that will be the subject of a
square, Independent parliamentary IN
| uuiry AS soon as the house meets. How
| ever | may say that the extent of my
| breaking down may be judged from the
| fact that the medical officer of the prison
| had me excused from ordinary work. the
| lifting of heavy weights, scrubbng the
| landing floors. etc, after that time and
that continued all throughout Mr.. As
duith's home Office secretaryship.
Il can not say when Gallagher, White
| head and Deyaney broke down: but this
| can say, that if Whitehead and Gala
pher are insane now they were insane
| all the time Mr.. Asquith was in office,
| and have no fear of placing my Yeraclty
even against Mr.. Asquith's on this subject
and on the conduct of the medical eX-
perts and prison doctors, in stating that
these men were shamming before an hon
est parliamentary inquiry. j. DAL1.
"p. S.-Thcre was no change III our
treatment after Mr.. Ridley came into
office, as that. | think, was Impossible
while Harris was governor.
II. $. Edmund has completed his three
act comedy for Charles Frohman.
The past week has been cold ana
stormy. seriously interfering with ont
door exercise and amusement. Inc
Prince and Princess of Wales. with the
Prince and Princess Charles OF Den
mark, their daughter and son-lh-iaW'
were in town towards the cnd OF the
week. but most of the fashlohapies re-
manned in the country.
The weekly record of deaths from dis
eases of the respiratory system has gone
up from 11S for the second week or
September TO 21S for the second week
of October. and the death rate for the
same period has gone up from lbs 20
1872.
The Earl of Winchelsea has started in
business as a butter and general pro
vision merchant in the vicinity of Coyent
Garden under the auspices of the Ma
tional Agricultural Union. He will at
tempt to supply British tables. with the
help of the British farmer, against for
eign competition.
The contest of the students of Glasgow
for the selection of lord director of
St Andrea's is producing the largest
kind of fight Joseph Chamberlain;
secretary of state for the colonies, ana
Mr.. Augustine Birrell liberal member
Dicta." Charlotte Bronte," Res Judi
catae," etc, are mentioned, and Mr..
Chamberlain has been attacked as a can
ddate conspicuous for the absence of all
claims literary or academic, hitherto re-
quired of lord director.
The band of eight American theoso-
phsts, who started out to make crusade
extending over the world. are Just hnlsh,
ing the continent and will next be heard
from at the pyramids of ancient Egypt
which they will explore. According 10
reports received by the theosophists II
this city. the Americans have met with
remarkable success.
George Alexander will open his winter
season next Thur91Ny, rcsuming the run
of "The Prisoner of Zenda." New plays
by Mr.. Pinero and Mr.. Carton will fol,
low. In November Mr.. Alexander will
begin series of afternoon perform
ances of classic plays.
Edward Terry reopened his own
theatre on Wednesday with Love III
Idleness," the new three-act comedy by
Louis \. Parker and Il. j. Goodman.
Mrs. Edmond II. Earle, formerly Miss
Minnie Conway, the actress. at one time
the wife of Levy, the cornetist, is dead.
Mr.. John Hays Hammond, the Ameri-
can engineer, who was among the mem
bers of the Johannesburg reform com
mittce, who was sentenced to death and
upon the payment of
heavy fines, released, has been obliged
to postpone his visit to the United States
until after the meeting of his company,
the Deberes mines, which will take
place in the middle of November. He
left England yesterday with his wife for
n trip on the continent.