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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
COMMERCIAL CLUB MEETING.
Committees AnnOunced-EfOrt tt
Secure the Masonic Home.


Secure the Masonic Home.
The Commercial club held its regular
weekly meeting ut the Driskill hotel at
s o'clock last night. The usual routine
business was transacted
The following committees were an
nounced by the board of management,
with the statement that they were in
complete and further additions would
subsequently be added
Executive Committee-W. b. Smith,
chairman: A. f. Martin, Eugene Tips,
II. II. IIaldeman and Judge ID. A. Nc
Fan.
Home Industry Committec-A. +. Mar
tin, chairman: !. o. Buass, Joe Amstead,
T. NJ. Realy. Francis Fischer, \. J..
Xilker Chas. A. Newning, Jno. NJ. burst.
Manufacturers ommittee-Eugene
Tips, chairman; Ben c. Jones, Dr. p. P.
Wilmot A. G. Goeth, Jno. II. Phillips,
+. Heierman.
Conventions and Entertainments
Chas. 7. Shadbolt. chairman; Jno. L..
Peeler. w. G. Bell, Jas. r. Johnson,
A. l.. Tcagarden.
Advertising and Statistics--J. II. Ray
mond. Jr, chairman; J. NJ. Thornton,
w. II; Stacy Thomas F. Taylor, G. H.,
Lebold.
Legislation Carl f. Drake, chairman;
Geo. f. PendeXter. ID. w: Doom, Chas.
$. Morse, Ira II. Evans, Geo. W. Little
field. W. w. Tobin.
ArbitrationS. G. CRANBERRY, chair
man: DR.. F, T. Rainey. Franz Fiset,
Naturalization f. Brown, chair
man; Thco. Low. w. A. Glass, w. A.
Fcnner. +. w. Hill.
Freights-W. ii. Richardson. IT.,
chairman: John Orr. Nelson Davis.
Judge Y. b. Cochran, f. ]. Byrne, j. A.
Martin. '%
Promotion and Development of Water
chairman: A. p. Woodbridge. K. c.
Lambic, +. J. LawlesS, J. s. Myrick.
The committees on commerce and i'm
~: grafton, transportation, public i'm
provcment and membership will he an
nOunced at the next meeting, as also adj
ditions to the foregoing list.
A large number of applications We're
presented and elected to membership.
DR.. |. j. Jones was invited to address
the board in the interest Of the Masonic
widows and orphans home, which will
n; its next session, which will convene
in December. The club was intensely
interested in the doctors talk and
after passing a resolution of thanks for
his presenting the matter to the board
the committee on public improvements,
with NJ. VI. Shipc as chairman. was in
stuctcd to take the matter in charge
and cooperate with local members of
the Masonic fraternity, with a view to
$, curing the location.
Very valuable reports and matters
were presented for tn" consideration of
the club by Carl +. Drake, president;
Vice Presidents Raymond and Richard
son: W. b. Smith, S. G. Cranberry, A.
f. Martin. Eugene Tips, Chas. p. Shad-
bolt and others.
Tn" meeting was Well attended and the
success of the club is gaining in public
favor. and very beneficial results are ex-
pccied to be experienced in n short time.
The yellow fever quarantine has
proven very detrimental to the various
excursions which were promised by the
railroads. They will be inaug ;mratcd as
soon as the restrictions are raised and
the excitement abates.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
Wyman's Fever Bulletin.

Washington. Oct 5.-The yellow fcve,
bulletin issued by the surgeon general oil
the marine hospital, sent out today, sum.
marics the days progress of yellow fever
as follows:
New Orleans, twenty-four cases, NO
deaths: Biloxi. eleven new cases. nc
deaths; Edwards, eighteen new cases
two deaths; Militia Yuma. two new cases
no deaths: Ocean Springs. no new cases
no deaths: Mobile reported yesterday
At Scranton. on the LIST. 2nd and Bird.
there were thirty new cases and on the
Bird two deaths. Twenty-four refugees
were admitted to the camp at Fontain-
hleu yesterday and sixty discharged. DR..
White reports the camp in good condi-
ton.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Eugene Debs sometimes has lucid in
tcrvnl. In the grasp of one of these u
few days ago he told labor convention
in Chicago that strikes do not pay He
said that never in his experience had he
seen strike which had the sympathy
Of the public as had the recent miners
strike, sympathy developed among the
employing class, too. and yet the strike
was not successful. II is shown by the
labor bureau Of statistics at Washing
ton that between the years 81 and "a
the strikes of this country cost S163, S07,.
500. and in that time there were 3,T14,-
4W people thrown out of employment,
The awful cost of strikes, as just re-
cited ought to teach the laboring people
of the country the valuable lesson which
Dcbs has undertaken TO teach If the
spirit of compromise, a disposition to get
together or meet each other half way
would grow up and take the place of
strikes, the hostility that has been on
gendcrcd for a generation between capital
and labor would die out altogether.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

The Kansas City Star says: "Thc in
ternal revenue department at Washing
ton reports n continuing decline in the
production of oleomargarine in this
country. For the last fiscal year the
product was 100000 pounds less than
the preceding years and 2l,0OO,OO0
pounds less than in 1894. The decrease
in three years amounts to nearly 80 per
cent. The officials ut Washington at
tribute the decline of the industry TO
state legislation against it. That doubt
less is the true explanation. State legs
latures, acting in the interests of the
dairymen and the creamery operators,
have placed obstacles in the way of the
manufacture and sale of substitutes for
butter. There has been no serious pre-
tense that these substitutes are not
healthful articles of food. The legisla-
ton against them has been solely for
the purpose of keeping up the price of
butter, and il is the worst species of
class legislation
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
AN ARTFUL DODGE.

Chairman Jones and other boss sill
yer popocrats are considerably waving
the free silver issue in New York and
Maryland, and Tom Watson of Georgia
is embracing the opportunity to make
Chairman Jones very warm. He says:
"If the boss democrats can afford to
waive the silver question this year in
New York and Maryland, why may they
not waive it in other states next year!
If the silver question is only to be used
in the west and south, and to be 'waiv-
ed in the north and east, what guaran-
tee will voters have that the democratic
bosses will not waive the question after
they get into power? The craziest no
ton that ever secured Judgment in the
heads of the people is that which de-
ludes them into believing that the dem
ocratic party, as party, favors free
silver. The boss democrats have merely
used the silver issue as convenient
tool with which they could disrupt and
sldetrack the advancing hosts of popu-
lism."
Tom Watson is eminently correct when
he says "the craZiest notion that ever
secured Judgment in the heads of the
people is that which deludes them into
believing that the democratic party, as
a party, favors free silver" The party
has never favored free silver. 1t has
always stood for honest, sound money.
Over two million democrats who voted
for Bryan last year We're opposed to
free silver. They voted as regulars"
but did not subscribe to the free silver
falacy. They are still opposed to it;
hence Jones and Bryan and the bosses
are waving the issue in New York and
Maryland. The Chicago platform did
not represent the great thinking mass
Of democrats. Its free silver plank was
an eXpedient for vote-get ting, and whore
it is unpopular the demagogues of the
Jones stripe do not hesitate to waive it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
WOOdfOrd's BeIated Announcement

Washington, Oct. 5.-United States
Minister Woodford has been heard from
at last by the state department. A
cabegram has been received from him,
dated Madrid I p. m, last evening. ad.
dressed to Secretary Sherman, making
the following announcement of the APP
pointmentS of such officers of the new
Spanish cabinet as may have to do with
the foreign policy Of the government:
New ministry formed; Sagasta pres-
dent; Cullen, minister of state; Moret,
minister of colonies
"WOODFORD
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

In the county court yesterday the civil
non-jury docket was called and the fol
lowing orders made:
Meyer Bros. & Co. VS.. VI. ]. Cohen:
continued for service.
Morley Bros. VS.. W. c. Stuart; dis
missed for want of prosecution, with
costs against plaintiff.
Mrs. l.. O. Hopper VS.. City Board of
Equalization; set for October o.
Mary s. Eggleston VS.. Paul Mllctt;
Judgment for plaintiff for $446.G1 and
costs.
Silkworth & Lautry VS.. n. V. Dit
linger: set for this morning at 10 o'clock.
Nelson Davis X Co. VS.. City Board OF
Education: set for October 90.
Nalle Il Co. VS.. Berry e. Moore; judg-
ment for plaintiff for $TJS. 10 and costs.
james II. Raymond & Co. VS.. w. Y.
4 II. G. MILAN; judgment for plaintiff
for S3S699.
keystone Implement Co. VS.. r. J.
Nixon: judgment for plaintiff.
W. II. Firebaugh VS.. Aug Suedeck;
Judgment for plaintiff.
Nalle & Co. vs.. John Depew; judg-
ment for plaintiff.
\. o. Brenizen vs.. Rudolph Krause;
set for October -.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

firms. IN the navy department esti-
powder and cartridges is to be in
creased. This, Secretary Long explains,
is due TO a change in the character of
the powder and the fact that the regular
heretofore made is consid-
erably too small.
The Union Pacific matter did not
come lD,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
No Starvation mt Dawson.

Victoria, b. c.. Oct. 81 G. Arthur.
dominion surveyor. has Just returned
from the north. He says there will he
no starvation at Dawson this winter.
There are 2000 head of sheep and 400
head of cattle on the Dawson trail
which would reach Dawson between
October 10 and 90.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
WASHINGTON NEWS.
Appointments.

Washington, Oct 5.-The president to-
day made the following appointments:
Laurits SwensOn of Minnesota, envoy
extraordinary md minister plenipoten-
tiary to Denmark; Edward Bedoe of
Pennsylvania, consul at Canton, China.
Professor Swenson is Norwegian and
great friend of Senator Nelson.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
Supreme Court Convenes Honday.

Washington. Oct 5.-The October term
of the United States supreme court win
begin next Monday. There are now Ago
cases on the docket MS against GIG at the
beginning of the October term of 1896,
OF which 3S3 came over from the last
term and eighty-thrce have been added
during the courts vacation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Lut us hope that by next July we Will
have water flowing through the mains
from the new pump station Thepromise
that the new station would be in opera
ton last July failed to matcralizc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

That impassioned statesman. MIR.
George Fred Williams. of the old Bay
state, may as well notify his friends to
be in readiness to attend his political
funeral.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
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TRAVELLING AGENTS.

MAI. J. 4. Crawford.
the above gentleman IL our only author
lied travelling ugent. The public Is caution
ed not to pay money to anv one who may
represent him or themselves ns travelling
agents for thia paper, as all authority here
torore issued 20 any other person is hereby
revoked.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
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ADVERTISING RATES.

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foreign advertising.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
ApprOaching NuptiaIs.

Invitations have been issued to the
approaching wedding of Miss Rosa
Hirshtield and Mr.. William Jacob Trees.
which will be solemnized on Wednes-
day, October Is, at the residence of the
brides parents.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
Assignment.

Rosebud. Tex. Oct. 5.-(Special)-
Tho firm of Ravhurn Bros. of this place
m"dc m assignment TODAY. namipc 7.
" Morrison osSioroe. Jinbilitics SIT
f!n; assets. $4,000. Only two classes
Of creditors.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

The yellow fever epidemic in loulsi-
ana, Alabama and Mississippi appears to
be 90 per cent fright and 10 per cent
fever. In Texas it it was 100 per cent
fright, with 80 per cent premium.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
Fifty-Third Court.

The following proceedings were had
in the Fifty-third district court yester-
day, Judge Morris presiding:
r. l.. Brown. administrator, VS.. John
w. Brady ct al, note and lien; set for
25th.
Frank Foster VS.. l.. J. Foster, divorce;
transferred to the Twenty-sixth district
court.
]. l.. & George T. Hume VS.. Travis
County, trespass to try title; judgment
for defendant and plaintiff excerpts and
gives notice of appeal.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

The Paris Advocate continues with re-
freshing calmncss to devote much of its
valuable space to discussing the dead
issue of free silver.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

The following new cases were filed
yesterday in the district courts:
John Bremond VS.. A. w. Edberg: debt
and note.
John Bremond VS.. William Wellmer;
garnishment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Up to date Joe Sayers appears to be
the favorite for governor.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Because the yellow fever scare has
disappeared il no reason for ccasing the
work Of keeping the city clean.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Something must be the matter over III
Arkansas. There hasn't been lynch
ing over there in two weeks
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Austin wants irst-cass business
man for mayor, and not politician
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
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To all women who are ill:-It af-
fords me great pleasure to tell you of
the benefit l have derived from TAX
ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. l caahardly find words to
express my gratitude for the boon
piyen to suffering women in that ex-
cellent remedy. Before taking the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

The weather.
Washington, Oct. 5.-FOr Eastern
east tn south winds.
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, 1897-11-19
JOhNSON'S BOSWELL,


The Alleged Original Source NJ Ous
knowledge of English Literature.
To some of us-I spsuect indeed +o
a good manv-Rosvou rerree.,ts tba
original source not only of kpowledpc
about johnson. hut of orr KNOWLEDGE Of
English literature in pcnnraI He was
our ]ntrodnccr tn tho crc,t ,,o,r,,ou.
club formed nv English men nf ~lett,.re
from the DAYS when Shnkesneore mot
Ben .Jousor to rho DAYS wbon CARLYLE
discourscd TO Froule I'VE bccnmo mem.
hers of the craft in snirit unlor Ros.
wells Guidance wbotb,r ,vo have NJ,
have not become actually identified
with il in the rcsb It therefore 10.
comes nryt to ir,rossihln to abstract,
from Hoswcll-ou nm Iutcr kuovvIodye
has been NOR, or loss iucr,ft,d anon
him. however far we may have Travelled
from fine sourcc Roswell ynvn th. nm.
rlrrs and mora or loss cnusciously ve
have us,d his world os standard iuov.
,toLIv tuE,u irto ,cro,rt ia MI ,,,or
To unnosc Rusy,ell ro,,ev-
ist,ut il for srrh vendor. I'm srnpnso g.
kind of organize chpurp IN our vvhola a..
When rcadiur c.rrr,,IIv ohnnt somo
nf thr other lannon's ~,,Ierrs tuL.ridyr,.
uouologurs or Svdnrv Sr,i,br ,x,Io.
Sious of finn. | find nvs,If thiuE,ro Lnvr
they Womb have, snrudrd ut ,br Ni,r,
or fine Turks Ur,d Jh,rks tn r,syvnl,
, 1897-11-19
A VIRTUE OF OLIVE OIL,
Man-of- wars Men Say That 1t WI IRE
vent IntOxication.

The glasses were going rouna wh.n
the man who had Ieen in the navy
spoke: wait a minute. BOYS. We've
had several. Let me give you a tip that
I learned when l vas on the China sta
ton. You are pretty good drinkers, you
Kentucky boys, and you can mold your
own with anybody, east, west or north,
who tries to put you under the table.
But unless you carry out my plan don't
You eyer stack yourself up against an
Euglishman, and especially an army or
a naval officer. You could knock him
out on whisky. but he doesn't drink
it, except in the shape of smoky Scotch
and Irish denominations. But cham
payne, burgundy. clarct. ale. sherry,
madeira, poIt. pulque i'll Mexico, saki
in China, palm liquor i'll Africa. BAN
Loos and shandygaiT i'll India, steer clear
Of themNhat is, unless you have the
good luck to meet Il certain little, yell
low faced, wi2encd creole from Louisi-
ana whose recipe is passed around the
mess table of United States mcn-of-war
to this day.
at started in the old days when the
British officers always had the pleasure
of outstaying their American guests or
hosts whenever two ships met on for
eign stations. Then that little yellow
devil came along with his trick. and
the Englishman has never since come
ont better tLan second i'll IL drinking
bout. The secret: Olive oil. One wine
p~llssful before the fun begins, and, if
lussiblc, another later III, and you car
keep yUur wit and legs throughout the
dampCst evening. ! suppose one of two
things happens. Either the oil coats the
tumach and keeps tie alcohol from be-
lug absorbed by the system, or else it
floats on top and keeps the fumes from
rising to the brain But you'll have to
ask the medicine men about that. All |
know is its practical result, and that
has enabled us Yankee Doodles to go
home cheerful and clear headed many
an evening when our foreign cousins
were SPECIFICS. "-Louisville Courier
journal
, 1897-11-19

Professor CroOkrs, i'll his recent re.
marknhle lecture On diamonds, men.
toned some interesting facts concerning
that always popular subject When il
examining diamonds under polarizcG
light the black cross of the polarizcr re.
wolves nroun Il particular spot III the in
side of the crystal and the point is exam
med with a high power. n slight flaw ana
more rarely IL inmate cavity are some
times seen. This cavity is filed with ~:
ut an enormous pressure, and the strai,
which Is set up III the stone by the e!
fort Of the gas to escape is not intre.
qucntly removed only by the explosion
of the gem. 1t is not ut all
for Il diamond to explode soon after i
reaches the surface, and some nave beef
known to burst in the pockets of tht
miners or wien held III the warm hand.
Large crystals arc more liable to burst
than smaller pieces. Valuable stoncs
have been destroyed in this way, and il
is whispered that cunning dealers have
often done Il handsome stroke of bust.
ness by allowing responsible clients &c
handle or carry in their warm pockets
large crystals fresh from the mine. BY
way of safeguard against explosion some
dealers embed large diamonds i'll raw
potatoes to insure safe transit on tho
,cean voyage.
Professor CrOokCs showed that a dia.
mond could actually be too hard. From
| rich yield of beautifully white dia-
munds i'll New South Wales great things
Acrr expected. When a parcel of many
hundred carats II to England. it was
found they We're so hard as to he prac-
ideally unwUrkUble as gems. and they
We're ultimately sold for rock boring
purposes. The intense hardness of the
diamond was illustrated by an expert
rlcut The diamond was placed on the
iiattcECd areX of II conical block of steel.
and On II was brought down Il second
cCne OF steel AS these zones were forced
together by hydraulic power the image
of the diamond and the steel faces of
the cones were projected on the screen
with an electric lantern The tone was
seen to lie squeezed right into the steel
Llocls without Icing injured i'll the
slightest degree.
, 1897-11-19

The attention of the city administra,
ton is called to the fact that at the
outset 1t pledged itself to a suppression
Of the vice of gambling and to look af-
ter the morals Of the city in other
ways. Has 1t ever come to the mayors
ears that Laramie has recently had in
side exhibitions which were styled by
some prize fights?" Has the mayor
noticed ar increased number Of that
gentry commonly called tin horns
upon our streets, and has it ever occur
red to his mind how they are making a
living? II these things have not come
to the mayors attention. it would be
the part of wisdom for him to consult
with the city marshal. He knows.