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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04

on his way to San Antonio it was given
out that he would. on his return trip.
address the citizens of Kyle from the
platform of the car. so that those who
had not the time or money to travel and
pay Sl.3O for seats would have chance
to see Bryan on his return trip. A
grlevous disappointment was in store for
our aflilcted citizens. When the train
stopped, hrst to appear on the car plat
form was the familiar face of our own
great-sized DR.. Martin, who was guicklv
followed by the Texas great-sized OK
Governor Hogg. The governor an
nounced the non-presence of Mr.. BRYAN
Your correspondent is often asked
whether or not he has rcpented of that
vote he cast for Maj Mckinley, NV
answer is. no. That the vote was east
after due reflection: that at the timn I
cast 1t | had reached the conclusion
that the two questions to be settled wnro
those OF finance and the tariff: that ,
wrong settlement of either or both
would certainly work great injury TO nv
country; that | was fully persuaded that
IL was easier to get conservative action NJ
the hands of Il republican on the nnestion
vi !arln than 1t was to get Conservative
t ~ III me hands of those controlling
the uehocratlc party on the question of
nnhnce. l can only hope that the %.
p pvt party Is not to dissapoint lis nv
extreme action in the way of biDb to uS ny
There seems, even ND to this rond I'i ms
no disposition on the part of dnno nuuI,
TO give up their dangerous and Wild ;Joas
on the question of finance. 7 AN, '" n.ii
standing by Maj. Mckinley ana " nnl sun
ms latest to that ball comm u tnuofSr
Washington. 'o'''il'i'tee at
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
CABINET MAKING BUSINESS
EX-CONGRESSMAN WILSON OF
IOWA ACCEPTS THE AGRI-
CULTURAL PORTFOLIO.
FOR COMPTROLLER OF CURRENCY
Chas. G. Dawes Has Been rendered
and Accepts That Important Position.
Judge McKenna Of California
Mentioned for n Place.

Des AIoincs. Iowa, Feb. Tx Con
I,iht ?-Jan. UsympathuaJ. sab row eth
gresham James A. Wilson tonight an
.nounces his acceptance of the cabinet
portfolio recently rendered him by Presi-
dent-elect Mckinley.
TO a representative of the Associated
Press Mr.. Wilson said:
st is true that / have been invited
into Mr.. McKinlcy's cabinet. / have ac
cepted, and that is all there is to it,
1t is generally known Mr.. Wilson will
be secretary of agriculture, he having
wired to Senator Allison today that that
portfolio had been offered and accepted.
James Wilson was born August 16,
1886, in Ayrshire Scotland, of parents
belonging to the farming class of the
population. His parents emigrated to
Connecticut in the spring of 1852 and
began farming in the vicinity of Nor
witch. They came to Iowa in the fall
of 1856, buying government land in
Tama county. James is the eldest of a
family of fourteen children, seven. boys
and seven girls His father, John Will
son, was stock and dairy farmer.
Mr.. Wilson served three terms in the
Iowa general assembly, being speaker Of
the house during the last term he served.
He was elected to the Forty-third and
Forty-fourth congresses, retiring at the
end of his second term to his farm. He
was appointed by Governor Sherman II
member of the railway commission.
After serving one year he resigned TO
take his seat in the Forty eighth con-
grcss In 1891 he was elected director
of the Iowa experimental station and
professor of agriculture by the trustees
of the Iowa agricultural college, which
position he has held up to the present
time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
KYLE CULLlNGS.
Good Effects of the Cold Snap SolIitied
Beer on Tap.

Kyle. Tex, Feb. 1.-(Spccial.) Eight
days ago the present protracted cold
weather came on us and ice in many
places remains with us until now. With
the exception of slight injury to the oat
crop and fig trees no harm has been done
by the cold, and much good on other
lines is predicted to come from the cold,
wet weather.
There was quite an amusing incident
that happened here growing out of the
freeze. Some of our German citizens
who live on the creek below had ordered
n key of beer and it was stored in the
depot Owing TO the inclemency of the
weather it was three days before they
came for it, and on examination it was
found to be frozen solid. When assured
by some who pretended to know that it
would take it n month to thaw. they con-
cluded TO take it home. knock off the
slaves, saw it up and disseminate it in
chunks.
Quite a contingent of the citizens of
Hays county went to Austin to hear
Bryan lecture and on their return home.
when questioned as to how they liked it,
answered, well, we hardly got the
worth of our dollar and fifty cents" and
they seemed disposed to blame those
spread-eagle orators that introduced
Bryan at Houston, Dallas and Fort
Worth for getting them into that foolish
waste of time and money. and while they
would not charge that their free silver
leaders had lied, they say they certainly
drew fearfully on their imaginations in
those Introductory speeches, and they ad-
vanced the opinion that should his intro
Queer at San Antonio improve on these
previous efforts surely the rocks of the
old Alamo would move in their century
long resting places.
When Mr.. Bryan passed through here
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
M'KINLEY'S COMPTROLLER.
Charles G. Dawes Has Been rendered
and Has Accepted Eckcls' Place.

Chicago, Feb 1.-ATr Charles g.
Dawes, who was seen by representa-
tive of the Associated Press, said today:
The Associated Press report that
have been rendered and have accepted
the future appointment Of comptroller of
the currency is true.
II have much regretted the early pub
LEFTY which has attached to the matter,
for it seems TO have given rise to the
Inference that | have some desire or ex-
pectation of succeeding Mr.. Eckels prior
to the expiration of his commission in
1898.
Il can say for myself and | think l
speak for all concerned, that | sincerely
hope Mr.. Eckels may see his way clear
TO the retention of his position until the
expiration of his commission. His dis
tinguishcd services rs comptroller of the
currency. rendered amid so many embar-
easements and complications, have earned
for him the gratitude of the nation
Charles G.. Dawes was born in Mari
eta. o., August %, 1863, and graduated
from Marietta college in 1854 and from
the Cincinnati law school in 1856
In 1887 he left Ohio for Lincoln, Neb..
where he became prominent as n lawyer
and business man. He was leader in
discussions of the freight schedules of
Nebraska about the time of and after
the passage of the interstate commerce
law. He was also q student of financial
questions and in 1894 published book
entitled "The Banking System of the
United States; Objections to the Money
or Business of the Country"
He has been for many years national
bank director. In 1893 he became q res
ident of Evanston. ILL.,. having become
interested in the Northwestern Gas and
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
oi'' FELLOWS GRAND LODGE
AhlilaI Meeting in Dallas-Loroo :, .,
Delegates Present i"H' OF

Dallas Tex, Feb. 1.-(speciaI.,-rho
s Ga lodge of the Independent Order nf
odd Fellows began its fiftv-soront, '' Vi
hunl meeting in this city todar r''" an
MANY of the delegates came j. G.
uay night, and tOday's trains hrorn III sun
erai hundred to the city, ''o"sh' sew
req Carleton of Austin. Cbos ~,
al al. Austin. Nj. ID. Herring of Woco u ~
wren OF Austin, Ben S. Rogers 81 ~ d. H.
lialil' senator j. r. Cough of No G preh-
oeln >. Strong of Houston ma Hin nmy'
iloIilheht members of the ordar o!ner
i" the city late tonight and Snndat ", rive,
"A large delegation of DauphtorsS aignt,
neckah' as well as the PatriarcbNo Vi , re-
IAN" I'M, came in on the early mnrninn Mill
mere are 800 or 400 visitors in j. .raln,
hh o1i the grand lodge and an uHf city
"a "A reception was rendered tbo r;.,.
to ru +, crows and their wives and dI Sm,s
IIIs III me Odd Fellows temnIo udHgh-
n nari,IH w. SHELTON. chairman Of tho prs
obnna presided. After a fo mr local
tn1Seh words of welcome rs WHY iGw well
T Fapt'e 10 0dd Fellowship. she int trl as a
- "ptf /. Mozencraft as renroSo ,Uuuced
or mayor Frank p. Holland w iSeH, dl,e
roeu an address of welcome, wb %o uellv-
RIS Idntnn &c to BY Grand Master E " was
Rogers ISn Of Of R gainesville and Hon b b l.
at : Se o! Srand lodge was called to or5,,
the chair i"S'er blanton in
reca dr nn oS committee reported On q,
r rTr.ptJ anu expenditures for tbo on n the
:Dtb d su9W w balance on hand on p tSa
4 l ery VI January. 1897, of S52sS1 af sne
'"Fse number Of past grand moS.,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
CALLERS ATT CANTON.

Canton, o., Feb. There were many
callers at the Mckinley residence this
morning, but all were there to see the
major on private business with no po-
ltical significance attached to that bust
ness" Henry A. Hall Of Washington
arrived on the 1890 Fort Wayne train
this morning. He called ut the Mckin-
ley home at noon.
William +. Roberts. Il prominent at
torney of Minneapolis. was Il caller by
appointment during the morning Mr..
Roberts said he was not an applicant for
any position. cabinet or otherwise. but
while in the city desired to pay the presi-
dent-elect a visit. His wife is an Ohio
woman. and he said he felt certain
amount of pride in the state and in Can
ton.
minneapolis, SO far as know. has no
cabinet candidate
Capt. and Mrs. III. O. IIeisland left
Sunday night for Columbus. They will
visit friends at the capital for Il day or
two and will then go TO Chicago to ac-
company Mrs. Mckinley TO Canton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
FROM M'KINLEY 10 HANNA.

Cleveland, Feb. 1.-Senaror George L..
wellington of Maryland came up from
Canton this morning and held a long
conference with National Chairman
Hanna at the latter's office.
To.an Associated Press reporter Sena-
tor Wellington said he had been in Can
ton in the interest of Mr.. Geary of his
state for q cabinet position and that his
visit to Mr.. Hanna was for the same
purpose.
He stated in an interview that in view
OF the rumors regarding the declination
Of Judge Golf of West Virginia to accept
place in Maj. McKinley's official house
hold he believed that the chances for
Maryland being represented therein
were very good.
lie declined TO state what had passed
between Mr. Hanna and himself, but said
he was well satisfied with the result Of
the conference.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
A TIC FAST IN AN ICE FLOE.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-The tug 5. f.
Vanrael is fast in an ice foe somewhere
in the lake and when last seen was drift
ing rapidly toward the northeast. For
Il long time the boat displayed signals of
distress, and early in the evening an at
tempt was made by the tug Jessie
Spaulding to go to the relief After
backing the solid ice for two hours the
task had to be abandoned and the Jessie
Spaulding returned to her dock. About
ten men are on the tug.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04

movement in Illinois, which ended in in
structiOns for Mckinley at the Spring,
field convention. He was then appointed
by Nj. a. Hanna as the member from
Illinois on the executive committee OF
the national republican committee. He
is president of gas companies at Akron,
o., La Crosse, Wis, and Evanston, Ill,
and is vice president of the Lincoln Pack
ing company. In 1889 he married Miss
Carlo ID. Blymer of Cincinnati, o., and
has two children. He is the son of Gen.
X. X. Dawes Of Marietta, o., who was
enc of the commanders of the Iron Brig
ade in the late war, and is a grandson
of Manassah Cutler, one of the founders
Of Ohio.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
A CABINET PROBABILITY.

San francisco, Cal; Feb. lin Local
that Judge Joseph McKenna of the
United States circuit court will be the
Pacific coast representative in Maj. Me
Kinley's cabinet. Judge McKenna,
when asked today if he had formally ac-
cepted a cabinet position, said:
That information must come first from
Mr.. Mckinley"
1t is known among Mr. McKenna's
personal friends that the judge has re-
Gently been closing up somewhat hurriedly
his private business interests, alleging as
a reason that he would be absent from
the state for number of years.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
A HEARTL,ESS DEED

10 parls, Tex, Feb. 1.-(Special.)-Yester-
Iay an old, half-witted negro named M
aeagan was killed in this county in his
S c; de was struck on the head ana
, l,s throat was cut. Hay was piled q,
Tue pody and set on fire. causinS IN.
h hUuse TO burn down, but the nort;ail,
a burned body of the old man was nnllnS
I To OF the flames revealing the foct tbo,
n ne, naa been killed. His son. Tom Yea Voc
gan s,,a and another negro named Petn H. tv
a mele ~ arrested, charged with tbe offnns.
, ,rU the sheriff had to flee with his nr; ss
IT'S 10 save them from n mnh his prlsoa
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
OPPOSITION Likely

today I saws f thn The Daily Telegraph
bill is l iIeIv '1 Il. government educationai
ton, # TAi T. 10 meet with great opposi.
four tho u. n ~ rumored that Arthur J. RAJ
of ccm rne conservative itive leader in the hesse
use Of thn intends to indulge in n free
are expe ert GlotGre rule and lively scenes
also renortod Many of the unionists are
the p lyaoraen as being dissatisfied via
the iib UpoIea s educational measure whse
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT.

Bryan, Tex, Feb. l.-(Special) -Roht.
Johnson, n young negro. was placed in
jail here this afternoon, charged with
criminal assault upon II negro girl be
tween II and Is years old name Angelina
Loughridge, a daughter of LATE Lough-
ridge, who works at the electric light
plant here. His family lives five miles
from town, on Thompson's. creek. The
negro was arrested by Levi Neal, col
ored deputy sheriff, about noon today
and taken to Loughridge's house. The
prisoner asserts that he is innocent and
claims not to have seen the girl.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
LEGISLATIVE JINGOISM.

Nashville, Tenn. Feb. Tho house
today adopted the joint resolution hereto
fore adopted by the senate, expressing
sympathy for the insurgents in Cuba and
atrocities. The resolutions also petition
atrocitie. The resolutions also petition
congress TO take such action as in its
wisdom will protect our commercial in
terests, put an end to barbarous warfare
and place the United States on record
against the oppression of tyranny.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
IMPRISOVIIrs-,r -

Akron n III M I'M FUR Linn
killed I'll ui. w., Feb 1.-Romulus KoIl wb.
WE'LL tb n,ram Stone land WIFE m and s WI.
the s alloWed to plead guilty Of m,n
at on eroll degree today, Tnda ,,iuT Tt, Ia
for I Iifo sentenced him to imnr nonlet
guiltv .c win hard labor. Kol p was fn,
hang. nfSt trlal and sentenced 70
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
INDICATIONS OF SUICIDE.

InlCNSO, FcD. I.-InlS nftefnOOh The
police found the body of Sophia Dzska
dead in room on West Chicago avenue.
John Sziska. her husband. was found un-
conscious beside her and was taken to
the hospital. He will probably die. There
are indications of suicide by poison. No
motive is known.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
}, PUT Up A coon 1,,c,

Kaadnrldladelphia, Feb, oP F TkGHT
e Sgvff oa and Otto zegler q bots s NJ NJ
Glty Athletic cIuh rounds mas in the Quaker
were sl venely matc cp tonight The mea
tight. No decision slynea a,a and put up "a good
9Out was to be- I ho. was rendered. The
lack Everhardt IIe n. McKeever ant
n une arrangements t ~ owing to hitch in
pear 'S The latter did not ap-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
COLORED CENTENARIAN DEAD

Ennis. Tex. Feb 1.-(Spccial.)-Old
Aunt Raney higgins died here Saturday
night Mt the advanced age of 102 years.
She was brought to Ellis county from
Georgia before the war by the Boren
family, one of the oldest families in the
county. She was the aunt of Doc Big
gins, n prominent colored politician of
this city. Aunt Rancy leaves Il long
line of descendants.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04
THE NAVY PORTFOLIO.

Washington. Feb. lit is understood
among Massachusetts republicans in CON
gress that Mr. John ID. Long of the old
Bay state has been rendered and has ac-
copied the office of secretary of navy in
the incoming administration.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04

retire John NJ Quackenbush. who was
courtmartialed and suspended from tn.
naval service in April, 1874, for drunken
ness as commander, under date of June
/, 1895.
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill was under consideration at adj
journment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-04

were admitted and instructed in the
grand lodge degree.
The reports of the grand officers were
then read and referred to appropriate
committees.
The report of the grand master shows
that during the past year fifteen subordi
nate lodges have been instituted, five re-
suscltated and seventeen Rebekah lodges
instituted.
GRAND ENCAMPMENT.
At 1916 this morning the Odd Fellows
grand encampment held its opening SEES
sion in the John J. Goode hall.
Inc committee on credentials reported
hfty-sseven past chief patriarchs and
grand representatives present.
The report of the finance committee
was read and accounts of officers de-
clared to be correct.
Next came the installment of officers
Ior the ensuing year, as follows: u.
Ludlow, grand patriarch; Ben III. Rheip,
grand senior warden; Chas. II. Suer.
grand scribe; s. W. Porter. grand treas,
lrer; K; M: Neeley, grand junior war
den; John B. Adams, grand sant;nal.
hurry hurry b: Ellis, grand outside sentinel;
"eo A. McCorkle, grand marshal.
vote OF thanks was rendered the past
slunu patrlarchs and then Grand Pa
tflarch Ludlow announced the commit
tees. ''ihhii'
on motion the grand encampment as-
Journed; subject to the call of Grand Pa
irarch Ludlow.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-13

his newspaper to make the fourth in
a game of whist, which had been inter-
rupted by the departure of one of the
players. The hands had been dealt
around, and Affolter noting there were
thirteen cards, said: What is it?
Hearts,"
1t happened that hearts We're trumps,
and an affirmative answer was given.
On the first play Affolter gleefully threw
away king, followed it next with an
other high card, and was overjoyed to
see that the man at his elbow was OBJ
liged to take the third trick and the
fourth, and the fifth and so indefinitely.
On the second hand Affolter's partner
led king, and Affolter thought they
would have to take it, but to his de-
light, the opposition gathered in the
trick and proceeded to harvest all the
other twelve as well. Affolter was al
most historical with joy. His partner
looked strange.
Things went on in the same way for
two more deals, and the Affolter fac
ton, owing to the new mans head
work, hadn't taken a trick, when at
length the suffering partner said:
Say, you'll excuse me, but you play
the most idiotic, outrageous, Internal
game of whist that ever occurred in my
experience"
Affolter was dumfounded. "Whistr'
he cried blankly. why, heavens, man.
I've been playing the game of hearts as
hard as l knew how"
And nobody dared speak until the de-
pot was reached.-Chicago Record.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-13
st. Patrick and His Foster Father.

But the greatest of all Patrick's early
miracles, as. indeed, it is one of the
greatest of all miracles, was the re-
storation to life of his foster father
the husband of his faithful nurse. The
"Tripartite Life" says: He died sud
denly, at a great assembly held by the
Britons, which was attended by Patrick
and his nurse and foster father Friends
and relatives gathered around the dead
man, lamenting his untimely end, but
the nurse, bursting into tears, threw
herself before Patrick and said: BE
hold, 0 Patrick, thy foster father, the
bearer of thine infancy, lieth dead
Show now, therefore, on him thine en-
livening virtue, even that which hath
been wont to heal Others And Pat
rick, full of compassion for her grief,
and for the fate of the guardian of his
infancy, approached the dead man and
began to pray over him. He blessed
him, put the sign of the cross on his
head and breast, and putting his arms
around his neck, he said: arise, and
let us go home,' as if the man had only
been asleep. The man arose and the
whole assemblage marveled at the mir
acle. giving thanks to God for such a
great manifestation of His power-P.
J. Lynch in Donahoes
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-13

met when you broke bread with me here
last"
The soulful YOUTH inquired the
friend who vowed upon a stack of
lilies higher than the monument that
come what might come he would never
degrade the sublime ideal by the gross
application of his genius to hack work,
as so many did?'
AS | am compelled to do" sighed the
novice, making lightning calculation
as to how many more verses of poetry
he would have to write to pay for the
beer his visitor was drinking at that
very moment
rs he the one?" asked the friend
again.
He is
ITO judge from your gloomy
thoughts, said the friend, Il should saw
he had at last been forced to this ulti-
mate degradation
Worse" groaned the novice.
Gould there be anything worse than
hack work?' exclaimed the friend.
Yes" hoarsely replied the novice
with a weird shudder Hack work isn't
in it minute; he is driving street car
in Baltimore"
1t was wretched kind of pun. of
course, but the friend with religious care
took it back to Boston with him. and it
is probably being worked there now ar
least ten hours a day, and boarded on
beans.-Washingto Star