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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
SITUATION AT PIERRE.

Pierre. s. d., Feb. 1G-The caucus of
last night showed no effect on the ballot
for United States senator today. An
votes were the same practically as YES
terday. Strong efforts are being made
to consolidate the vote on some other can
didate. but there seems no promise of an
agreement on anyone else.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
cEp\JAN EDITOR'S HAPPY LOT.

Berlin. Feb. 16.-Hcrr Wagner. editor
of the Dcutsche Tagcs Zeitung, has been
sentenced to two months imprison nent
for an article stating that the foreign
office inspired the paragraphs stating that
the ear was dissuaded from visiting
Prince Bismarck by advice from the
highest government quarters.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
UNFEELING PLACE HUNTERS

NfEElINCi PLACE HUNTERS.
Canton. Feb. 16.-The news that Mai.
Mckinley was unable to receive callers
caused no diminution of the days call
ers. Among, the callers today was
Warner Miller of Buffalo. He was up
prised of the majors illness and left for
Cleveland for a conference with Mr..
Hanna.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
ANTISpECTLATION EDICT.

Havana. Feb. 16-Capt. Gen. Wtylcr
has issued an cdict completely prohibit
ing speculation in exchanging banking
bills for coin or vice versa. The edict
also prohibits quoting bills and orders
the day book to record operations ac-
colding to the stamp act.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
DEED OF TRUST.

Waco. Tex. Feb. 16.-B. C.. Williams.
furniture dealer. No. 2S South Third
street, conveyed his stock of goods. books.
accounts and fixtures to Wallace Henry.
trustee. to secure creditors in three
,loS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
ASSIGNMENT.

Boston, Feb. 16.-T. II. Wynne & Co..
dealers in straw and felt goods. with Il
factory at Westboro. Mass. assigned to-
day. Liabilities, 100000; nominal as.
sets. $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
SHOCK FAILED TO COME.

Mexico City. Feb. 16.-Pcoplc have
been awaiting with some anxiety the re-
alization today of the predictions made
by Juan Contrcras that an earthquake
would be- experienced in this city. but up
to tonight no earthquake has put in an
appearance. Shocks of some severity
were felt yesterday at Huitiso, state of
Oayaca. and ut San Luis Allendo. state
of Guerrero. causing some alarm but nc
damage of any consequence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
A RESTED AT EnN

pa muna, lex. Feb. 16.-(Spceial.)- j. S.
p'Iilett was arrested today on n charge
k bou ulsposlng OF mortgaged property in Ar
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
WILL VOLUNTARILY LIoUIDATE.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Feb. 16.-The State
National bank of this city, with a CAPT
tai of 100000. will go into voluntary
liquidation and will probably be succeed
ed by another bank with smaller capital.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18

lwant every man and woman In the United states
Interested in the Opium and WHISKY habits TO have
one of my books on these diseases. ADDRESS
3. Nj. w0OLLEY, Atlanta, Ca, Box $50, ard 0ne
will be sent You free.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-18
FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES

Madrid. Feb 1G.-Acocrding TO dis
patch received here from Manila. severe
fighting has taken place between the
Spanish troops and the insurgents; of the
Philippine Islands. The Spaniards, it is
stated have captured. at the point OF the
bayonet. the entire insurgent position on
the Yumus road. II IS added that 4Uo
insurgents were killed and that the
Spaniards lost twcnty-siX men killed and
sixty wounded.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07
coMPRIMIpos De vlcnY De re-. j.
Especlfico Salvador
DE JUAN SIERRA URGELL

Ell PkIMERO DE LOS ELPECIFICOS
para mauurar lts cstarros y lara eeputar
rapldamente do la caDeza pecho.
Como lux 5Iracldades tlene este gran vlr-
Iuu.
En- que un pueblo este apestado de epide-
mias sva la que fuere. N hay mas que alb
sorDer uosue dos cuatru g ,tas desde las
W tanas dc la narlz; pnes pena de pero.r
la vloa tendIa ei mlcroDlo que senvlete nues
ira resplraclOn. Para que nunca Ieugan 10
ZOE de caDeza o para II Yer eL fermUs, para
s.trar las ietIlua- y para On cl mes an
e., e,uutar las omDricss la I'll ins. .tambieu
~ ruula por mI mlsma .speilencla todo ests
comprLpAuo. FOR 10 dom nay ~ apllcaclo
nas .en su piospetto, qae aoomPana caos
fras.o to 40. .los comercia-- tes IoliA An ma
e,r touus ius l.secLos que desti uyen sus mel
vancias
Juana Diaz, Julio de 1897.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07
ELECTR|C|STA AMERICANA

De regreso de los Estades- Unidos con una
extensa factura de timbres, botones, Date-
rfas, alambres demas accessories, ofrece d.
nuevo sus servlcios para instalaclones eie<
tricas &C todas classes, y para nlqueiar oo)eto
DOR medic de la electrlcidad.
Ponce, 81 de Nbre de 1896
(Cristina 81 LUIS oAIAAAn
Nota Sc faciltan presupuestos para pai
tas electricas. y 8
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07
eJ(VIN y G1V )" BH\-S
GRAN DEPOSITO DE CAL LzADO
Y kFECTOS D1 PELB1bRlA
DON JAIME RULLAN
ATOCHA, 6, PONCE

En este antigno establecimiento Sc aca ba
de reclbIr ia su1tido de caizado de todas
classes de las mas caprichosas formas, para
cabalieros, sen oras nl1os, que Sc detellai,
& precios SIN COMPETENCIA. En materiales
para zapate ros es complete ell surtido y to-
dos los .efectos de prlmera calidad. Tam
bieu SO han retIbldCs dries asolgados, pa
rellas paQue, baules de distintos tama11os
preclos, maletas para visje, creas de hilo
superiores, .franeias oroinallas, alpafgata
de lLtinldsd de classes preclOs, nnislma,
plel de rucia etc, etc. Importaclon directa
Ventss al por MAYOR y al DETAIL.
Ponce, Noylembre 10 de 1896. Y. g..
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07
Sc vende

Un coche de dos asientos, nuevo un pia-
no VERTICAL, en- ma gLlico {; tadc.
| fo1mara don Miguel Coya Ate cha pro
lonpscion Norte Abril Fl de1o17-1m.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sVlm slasuhp
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07

sssarawlys5smAa, nelvn LanaHvn ds Hicx
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-07-07
PONCE, puEero-Rlco. M1ERcoLgs DE JULIO DE 1sg,



los
semp del solo faiaha
ast los esoagos cuaidades
Emulsion Scott adquirido
cnMe compazc
Medci &c. &c. SantoD Domin R. D"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26


There are Catholic communities, both
in America and in the old world, says
Alvan T. Sanborn in The Atlantic,
where an extreme wretchedness in the
dwellings is at once partially explained
by the richness and beauty of the
churches. But not SO in Dickerman. On
the contrary, both the Dickerman
churches are of a piece with their sur
roundings. The Congregational church,
more than a century old (Orthodox is
the name it still goes by), was a worthy
structure in its day and would be so yet
had it been kept in good repair. Alas,
it is only the ghost of its former preten-
tious self. Its sills are badly rotted. It's
spire and belfry have been shattered by
lightning and imperfectly restored. Its
roof is leaky, the clapboards of it's walls
are warped and blistered, and its heavy
bell, once sweet of tone, is cracked and
dissonant. The Baptist church, built
only few years ago, mainly at the ex-
pense of a church building society, is
one of the shoddily constructed many
gabled atrocities due to the malign in
huence of the so called Queen Anne
restoration. Its original coat of paint
of many colors has mostly soaked into
the surrounding soil. It's panes of stain
ed glass. as they have been broken from
time to time, have been replaced by Or
binary window glass, with piebald un-
canny results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
ASKED FOR STRYCHNINE.
a Woman Wants to Kill Herself in
Police Court.

Mrs. Mol1ie Olson, who claims to be the
wife of Edward Edwards, walked into po-
lice headquarters this morning at o clock
and coolly asked CHER of Police Henry
Steele for a dose of strychnine with which
to kill herself.
She wore blue sailor hat and bright
red Jersey waist like those of the Saliva
ton Army, and black skirt.
Officer Steele recognized her as a wo-
man who had come to him last February
and asked him for a permit "to keep
house. He asked her what she wanted
with the drug. 81 want to kill myself of
course said she without a tremor. Then
she asked: Don't you keep strychnine
here?'
Chief Steele told her that they had lots
of it there and asked her how much she
wanted.
80, give me enough for myself and
these four ladies out here said she, as
she turned and pointed to four women
who were sitting in the front room at po-
lice headquarters waiting to be called in
to police court as witnesses.
''Those ladies don't want to de- said
the chief.
''Well, do. Won't you please give me
some strychnine?''
AT this point she was taken into the
womens ward of the Jail where she is be-
her case. She is insane.
Being questioned today she said: ST
lived with Jack Olson fourteen years
Last March got divorce from him and
married Ed Edwards. I have lived with
him for four months. I don't see why
they put me in here. I haven't done any,
thing. My fathers name is Human. He
lives in the Santa Fe section house back
of the Railroad Y. M. c. A. I don't think
they ought to put me in here just because
wanted to take strychnine and kill my
SELF
Mrs. Olson, or Edwards, is a medium
sized woman of 81 years. She has large
blue eyes which have a peculiar appear
ance. For some time her mind has been
falling.
Edward Edwards, the man with whom
she has been living and whom she claims
is her husband, was arrested last night
for stealing coal from the Southwestern
Fuel companys yards. This morning he
was fined $40 for the offense by Judge
AtchiSon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
FLOOD IN CENTRAL PARK.
Transforms Heavy for Many Days in
New York

New York, July 26.-Manhattan ISL
and and the surrounding country was
visited by a remarkable storm yester-
day afternoon. Low-hanging clouds
swept above the city for about thirty
minutes. Then there was a binding
flash followed by tremendous roll of
thunder, and the rain descended in tor
rents for nearly an hour.
A lightning bolt knocked off the gild-
ed ball of the hagpole on the Manhat-
tan Trust building, at Wall and Mas
sau streets. Another dealt the ffagpole
the Bank of Commerce building, at
the corner of Cedar and Nassau streets,
a blow which demolished it. Then the
storm king completed the CONSERVATION
of the downtown business men by strik-
ing the New York Life building with
lightning.
But this is not all. The hurricane
swept trees into the streets and blew
down the walls of several new build
ings. II sent floods of rain into Cen
trail park and made a temporary pond
under Denas' Mouth arch, just above
the arsenal.
the arch for shelter found themselves
caught in the flood. They stood on
benches until several policemen, with
high rubber boots and a park donkey,
were called into service to help them
out of their unfortunate position.
This has been the eighth consecutive
day of heavy rains for this vicinity,
and if it keeps up to the predictions of
the local weather bureau for the bal
ance of the month all records for rain
for Manhattan island will be smashed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
REFUSED A DIVORCE.
George c. Thompson Must Remain
Linked to His Wife.

Judge Hazen this morning decided
the Thompson divorce case by refusing
George c. Thompson a. divorce from his
wife, who is a niece of Senator Black
burn of Kentucky. He granted the
wife 81, 500 alimony, payable in install
ments of $50 per month.
Mr. Thompson is employed in the
pension office. His wife brought suit
for $1,000 alimony and he filed a cross
bill asking for divorce. Mr.. Thompson
had been once before refused a divorce
in the district court of Atchison county.
Mrs. Thompson resisted the applica-
ton for divorce and Judge Hazen said
that under the evidence no court would
grant the husband a divorce, but Mrs.
Thompson would be entitled to one if
she so desired. The wife does not
want divorce, and so Mr.. Thompson
will remain a married man.
Mrs. Thompson is member of the
Writer'S club in St. Louis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
PLENTY OF CHALK.
Great Block That Was Once as Large IS
the Continent of Europe.

Great Block That Was Once as Large -
the Continent of Europe.
The small piece of chalk which is in
constant use in the schoolroom, the leo.
ture room. the billiard room and ths
workshop has strange history. the I'M
Eaveling of which through all its COM
plexities is ono of the most difficult
problems with which the science of the
present day is called upon to deal. This
piece is in reality chip of an immense
block of chalk that once filled an area
the size of the continent of Europe and
of which even yet several gigantic frag-
ments remain, each hundreds of square
miles in extent These patches are scat
tered over the region lying between Ire
land on the west and China on the east
and extend in the other direction from
Sweden in the north to Portugal in the
south.
In the British Isles the chalk is found
in greatest perfection and continuity in
the east and southeast of England. A
sheet of chalk more than 1 200 feet in
thickness underIies all that portion of
England which ia situated to the south
east of a line crossing the island dag
onalIy from the North sea at Flam bor-
ough Head to the coast on the English
channel in Dorset. This enormous sheet
of chalk is tilted up slightly on the
west, and its depressed eastern portions
that dip toward the waters Of the North
sea are usually buried from sight by
means of everything sands and clays.
Where the edges of the chalk floor come
upon the sea the cliff scenery is strik-
ingly grand and beautiful. Any one
who has once seen the magnificent rocks
of Marlborough and Beechy Head, the
Jagged stacks of the Needles or the dir
~ mass of Shakespeare's cliff, near Do
yer, can understand why ''the white
cliffs of Albion has grown into stock
phrase.
This massive sheet of chalk appears
again in France, in many other parts of
Europe as far east as the Crimea, and
even in central Asia beyond the sea of
Aral. How far it stretched westward
into what is now the Atlantic may nev-
er be known, but chalk cliffs of at least
200 feet in thickness are seen at An
trim, in Ireland, and less conspicuous
formations are found in Scotland, in
Argyll and Aberdeen. There can be lit
tie question that all these now isolated
patches were once connected in con-
tinuous sheet, which must, therefore,
have occupied superficial area about
5000 miles long by nearly 1, 900 broad,
an extent larger than that of the pres
ent continent of Europe - Pittsburg
Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
Famous Collection of Ant1ers.

Of the famous collections of ant1ers
formed in the seventeenth century only
two or three have escaped the general
fate Of CONGREGATIONS, sieges and pill
lage. One of these is in Moritzburg,
the king of Saxony's historical hunting
castle, near Dresden, while in the cele-
brated gun gallery in Dresden itself are
to be seen, in an unrivaled show, the
wonderfully inlaid arms used by the
elector.
The great banqueting hall of the cas-
tie of Moritzburg is one of the sights
with which no doubt many travelled
reader has been charmed It is cham
Der of noble proportions-66 feet long
by "a feet wide and 50 feet high. On
its otherwise unadorned white walls
hang II pairs of magnificent antlers,
which one may describe as the most IA
nous of their kind in the world. Not a
single one carries less than "a tines or
is less than 200 years old, while some
are probably double that age.-W. A.
Baillie- in Century.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
DELMONICO LOST MONEY.
Seven Minutes Delay Cost Him $685.
600 in Duties.

New York, July 26-The closing hours
of the operation of the Wilson tariff
law were full of excitement.
The custom house brokers and en-
p1oyes connected with the various GUS
toms department were under tension
all day, wondering when the new Ding
ley bill would become law, and
whether the swift ocean liners would
arrive in time to permit the admission
of their cargoes under the Wilson rates.
The most exciting time was at 2:45
p. M, when Captain Dutton of the Gu
nard steamer Umbria was brought to
the custom house in a cab for the fill
ing of the manifest of the cargo of the
vessel in time to admit the payment OF
duties before the close of the days bus
mess.
When the cab reached the building
Captain Dutton was greeted with
cheers. He was partly carried up the
stone steps by the anxious brokers, who
had been awaiting his arrival.
A reception of an entirely different
character was accorded Captain San
tell of the French liner La Touraine,
who did not reach the custom house
minutes too late to file his manifest. So
anxious had the importers been to Sc
cure the entry of their invoices on this
vessel that a, tug was dispatched down
the bay to bring him ashore quickly.
Unlike Captain Dutton of the Umbria,
who came up in a tug accompanied by
Freight Agent Curry of the Cunard
line, the French captain under the rules
of his company would not leave his
ship until she was safely in her docks.
One of the heaviest losers by the late
arrival of La Touraine is L. c. Del
monico of the Fifth Avenue art gall
1ery. There was a considerable con-
Signment of paintings on board the YES
sci for him. Under the Wilson bill
they were admitted free of duty, but
the Dingley bill imposes a tariff of $780,
900 on this single shipment. Mr.. Del
n1onico, therefore, lost money at the
rate of $4,000 minute for seven con-
SecutiVe minutes.
The Paris of the American line came
in at 9:15 a. m. The captains mani
fest was brought to the custom house
in great haste and the work of putting
through the entries of goods was begun
at once. On board of the steamship
were. heavy consignments of woolens,
worstedss chinaware, dress goods, faces,
raw wool, etc Nearly all of these
articles pay considerably higher duty
under the new bill.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
BOON FURNITURE.-
Big Factories at Grand Rapids are
Crowded With Orders.

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 26.-The
fall furniture season "opening'' is draw
ing to a close, and in figuring up the
results the manufacturers find that it
has been the most satisfa Glory opening
they have had since the spring of 1892.
was 1863, and the arrivals this week will
swell the total for the month to 400 or
more.
Conservative estimates place the in
crease of the business this season over
that of July 1896, at 25 per cent or bet
ter. Some of the manufacturers re-
port orders booked already to an aggre-
gate larger than the entire sales of last
fall, and there are none that do not re-
port an encouraging increase. All the
factories here are running full time,
and most of them with full forces of
men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
STAKE FOR e-YEAR-oLDs.
The Brooklyn Jockey Club Makes an
Announcement for $751;
600 Stake.

New York, July 26.-The Brooklyn
Jockey club today made the following
announcement regarding the Junior
Champion of $4,000, a new stake for
2-year-olds in 1898:
The entries for this stake close Au-
gust 16, 1897, on which date twenty
eight other stakes will also close. The
race will be run on the first day of the
fall meeting at Gravesend, 1898
The Junior Champions of SIS, 900 for q
year-oIds in 1898; $3.50 each, $40 if de-
clared by January 1. 1885, or $50 if de-
clared by May II, 1898. Starters to pay
$3.50 additional The club to add an
amount necessary to make the gross
value of the race $4,000, of which So, 900
will go to second and 5000 will go to
third horse. Winners OF a race of the
value of $500 or of two races of the
value of So, 500 each to carry three
pounds extra. Non-winners of a race
of the value of $4,000 not having won
two races of the value of So, 500 each
allowed seven pounds; nonwinners of
81, 900 allowed fifteen pounds; six fur
longs,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26

ground. While trying to steal second
he struck Kin1er in the stomach with
his fist. While his victim was Writh-
ing on the ground he made dash for
second, but was thrown out by Brock
way Kinler was revived after several
minutes work and Lucas skunk away.
He was put out of the game and Hat
ten substituted The new man made
two costly errors on second.
Little Harry Colburn knocked the
ball over the right field fence. Harry
is a sure hitter, but it is seldom that
there is enough steam behind his bat
to drive the ball near the Out6e1d fence.
Dummy" Ingram performed the same
feat for Emporia. The score:
Emporia .O 0 3 1 2 O O 0-6
Topeka is playing in Atchison today,
and tomorrow they will go to Downs,
where they will play for a $50 purse,
the winner to- take all. The Atchison
team will then come to Topeka and will
play here Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day, when the Iveliest games of the
season will be seen.
Hu1burt has been released to EN-
pOria.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-26
HELEN GOULD'S GIFT.
Donates $4,000 to Bishop Vincent's
Proposed Sacred Hall.

Buffalo, July 26.-Miss Helen Gould
has been in Chautauqua for several
days. Every effort was made to guard
the fact that the New York heiress was
at the lake
Miss GouId's visit to Chautauqua has
made one man happy. That man is
Bishop Vincent. For years he has de-
sired to build what will be called the
Hall of Christ. Twenty thousand dol
lars was the sum necessary to carry out
the plan.
When Miss Gould arrived at the lake
the bishop had $4,000 of the money.
Now he has $4,000 and may begin the
erection of the Hall of Christ as soon
as he wishes. Miss Gould heard of
Bishop Vincent's wish and, learning
that the deficiency was $4,000, she sent
a check to him for that amount. She
made AN effort to keep the donation
from the press.
The building will be the finest on the
grounds, and is to be of marble. 1t
will be used gallery of sacred art
and repository for sacred literature.