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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25
Deed Of TruSt.

Houston, Tex. March 22.-(Special.)-
The Phoenix Lumber company filed n
deed of trust this morning with Charles
Dillingham;, trustee, for the benefit of
creditors. Liabilities and assets not
given. Dillingham; filed bond for S25, 600.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25
CUMBERLAND RIVER FLOOD.
The Water Now At Standstill-Por
tons of Nashville Flooded.

Nashville, March 20.--There has been
no rains along the Upper Cumberland for
the past twenty-four hours, and the water
is now at a standstill, the gauge register
ing 49.7 feet. Along South Front,
Market and College streets many bust
ness houses have been abandoned, many
others have their Easements and cellars
flooded, but there is no current and the
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25

Il. +. Schmidt, Houston, Tex, is sole
agent for Elmer e. Amends Prescription
No. J2S51, which is cure against rheu-
matism. One bottle will prove it,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25

Rheumatism is caused by acid in the
blood. Hoods Sarsaparila neutralizes
the acid and cures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25
Fail Granted.

Coleman, Tex, March 22-(Speeiai.}-
J. II. Hamlin, who is charged with being
accessory to the murder of Walter
Holmes, was today granted bail IA the
sum of $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-03-25
Iowa is suffering intensely.

FROM THURSDAYS STORM.
Terrell, Tex. March 20.-(Special.l- -
From persons who reside at Charley
Newton's ranch. twelve miles north Of
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THE SUN, TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 80, 1897

that pEIEvERoN was found to be insane
and had already been removed from the
command of his ship. That explanation, at
all events, is again reported now as tho
ground of the award OF damages.
1t may seem extraordinary that, in q case
M plaIn. since Russia, in 1891, had no
agreement with Great Britain for a prohib-
itorv zone around the Commander islands
beyond the ordinary marine league, com.
pensation for a crazy act should have been
40 long delayed. Perhaps one difficulty
NAV have been that Of determining the
values of the ships and cargoes and the
losses probably incurred. It in not quite
clear from the dispatches how many yes.
sells Russia has decided to compensate, or
how much cash each vessel is to receive.
But to our neighbors OF the Dominion this
case should suggest that the far shorter
delay experienced in settling our own
Behring Sea damages is not the result of
bad faith. The liability in these last only
became evident years after the Russian
seizures, and In fact the ascertainment of
exactly what was due required the appoint
mcnt OF a Joint commission, which has not
even yet made its report.
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The Currency Measure Needed.

The currency measure needed at this
j%uncture, and the easiest to carry through
Congress, Is one for the increase of the
revenue to a point where it will equal the
expenditures. With this measure adopted,
Others can be discussed at leisure; with
out 1t, there Is no use in discussing any.
1t is pretty generally agreed. among all
but the advocates of the free and unlimited
coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to l, that
after the Government notes have been re.
deemed by the Treasury their reissue should
be expressly prohibited except against fresh
deposits of gold. Merely repeating the act
of May, 1873, which authorizes their re-
iAsue for general purposes, is not enough.
Before that act was passed. the Treasury
Department claimed and exercised the right
to reissue the old legal tenders after they
had been redeemed, and the act of July,
1890, authorizing the issue of Treasury
notes for the purchase of silver bullion, de-
clares, distinctly, that such notes, when re-
deemed, or when received for customs
taxes and public dues, "may be reissued."
The reissue must, therefore, be prohibited
In express terms. in order to prevent 1t.
Nor will 1t be enough merely to pro-
hibit the reissue of redeemed Government
notes except against deposits of gold. The
prohibition must be accompanied by one
against an increased issue of national bank
notes. The purpose of the measure Is to
obviate a redundancy of the paper currency
of the country, and to reduce it to a volume
at which 1t can at all times be main
talned without danger to the gold re.
serve held for it's redemption. This re.
d%undancy, when and so far as It ex.
lists, will exhibit itself In n demand for
gold for export, and, when 1t II is removed, it
will put an end to further demands for
gold. II, however, the banks are TO be per-
mitted to issue their notes at the same
time that the Government notes are re.
tired, the wholesome effect of Government
note redemption will be neutralized. We
shall have, instead of an excess of Govern.
ment paper money, an excess of bank
money, which will be just as dangerous to
the maintenance Of gold payments. Even
without being excessive, bank money could
gradually be substituted for Government
money by the simple process of paying In
Government notes, using the gold received
for them as reserve, instead of the notes,
and hlling their place with bank notes.
These considerations will certainly give
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rise to debate upon any bill for merely pro-
hlbiting the reissue Of Government notes.
and will probably prevent its passage. The
essential object sought can, however. be
as we'll attained by increasing the Govern.
ment revenue to meet the Government ex-
penditures. Then, when Governmentno notes
are paid into the Treasury for redemption,
they can be kept there, because no necessity
will exist for their reissue. The r~eceipts
from other sources will be sufficient for all
requirements, and the people who want the
notes can get them only by depositing gold
against them.
The drain o! Treasury gold in 1894 and
1895 was not occasioned by any distrust of
the solvency of the Government. It re-.
suited, primarily, from the agitation in
favor OF free silver, which led many people
to fear that deprecated silver would take
the place of gold as a standard, and, second
arily, by an adverse balance Of foreign
trade which had to be paid in gold. Had
the notes, by which the gold was drawn
from the Treasury then, been locked up and
not paid out again, the ~stringency In the
money market which would have ensued
would speedily have stopped the export of
gold and caused its return to this coun-
try. Unfortunately, just at that j%uncture
the Treasury receipts were running rapidly
behind its expenditures, and the Govern
ment notes redeemed had to be paid out
again as fast as they came in. This estab-
lished the "endless chain" 30 much talked
of, and compelled an issue of honda to pro-
vent Treasury bankruptcy. In form, tho
bonds were issued to provide for the re-
demption Of Government notes. but in ef-
feet to provide for Government expenses.
Let us have q Government revenue ade-
quate to the Government expenditures, and
the currency will take care Of itself.
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The Middle-of-the-R Road Populists who
thinkers of whom any country or asylum
might be proud. They want d" absolute pa
per money, based upon every commodity
and resource of the nation, a full legal ten
der and receivable for dues to the United
States" Absolute paper money is good
enough for them now, but when they hold
their National Convention they may be in
favor OF sign money. Why insist upon
paper3 Will not paper money be obsolete
as well as absolutei II a man wants money
he ought to make signs for 1t, three fingers
for $500, and so on, each thumb to count
as q million. 1t costs too much to trans.
port even absolute paper money.
The st. Louis thinkers want the Govern
ment to pay absolute money out to the
people "for services rendered" or to lend
it at a low rate of interest, but they show a
too timid spirit in wishing to restrict the
volume Of absolute currency to 1850 per
capita" Tut! When the Middle.of-the.
Readers get into power heads will be out
of fashion and the per capita notion and
method of counting will disappear. Don't
make a thinker pay interest. Don't make
hihi "OIh VI LIE uiOhcy. DO WOTK6
enough when he thinks.
No "court-made law!' say the Middle-of-
the'Roaders. Why not amend by demand.
ing homemade lawsT Why have any
courtsa Courts are plutocratic. Absolute
laws as well as absolute money and make
them yourself while you wait. "Opposi-
tion to trusts" looks we'll in the platform,
but shouldn't farmers and laborers' trusts
be excepted
I'VE especially recommend the initia-
tive and referendum and the imperative
mandate"
So do we, especially for sore throat and
slight hoarseness; and for cases where
there is confirmed suffering or any imped-
iment in the organs of speech. The initia-
tive and referendum and the imperative
mandate are also good to take in the mouth
when the indications are loss of appetite,
accompanied by longness of breath, night
mare, and octopodophobia.
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MAJOR LEY MAxEs TROUBLE.

Austin Corbin's Buffalo Herd Sent Back %
New Hampshire from Van Cortlandt Park.
The buffaloes belonging to Austin Corbin'o
estate that have been quartered at Van Cort-
landt Park for more than a year were shipped
back to the Corbin park at Newport, N. a.,
ye7terday. The animals. twenty.three in num.
ber. were put on cars at the Mosholu station Of
the Putnam Railroad. Six cars were neces.
sary to accommodate them. Most of tho buffa-
loes were docile, but tho leader of tho herd.
Major Mckinley, fought stubbornly and came
near ~injuring Keeper Morrison seriously.
The Major was in the paddock with tho rest
Of the herd. He would walk quietly to the
gangway leading to the car. apparently. In,
tending to go in; Then he would turn sudden
the herd, thought that the Major would obey
h hsrauo He b Men t. up p to f,t the tS animal inns e Mdt tried M to
kinley refused to DO led, and running full tilt
at Morrison butted him against the wire fence.
pie on his keeper. Morrison got on his feet and
started to scramble over the fence. The Major
assisted him oveF BY but ting hin; Morrison
ticed into the car after a long struggle. A
foHr:year.old bull also gave some trouble.
me Int BY Saf fhs iste w 8nst lent co to the b park w Dspa mot
after they were placed in Van .Cortlandt Park
!, anG Ta tre aSua and tR %sr sh 81 i MsEs a Ssiae a. g t asss srsf
history, exhibit. because. they seldom showed
Themselves shnansa end They Il. SI proved sns a constant Source Of
the ground occupied by them might be used to
better advantage for other purposes. The Cor
s sln e sSe transfer was wii Mas to sass the Mo- herd o SsSk;
provided that two Of the cows should become
the property of the city. and Director Smith viii
were born while the herd was at Van Cortlandt
Park, but most of them died.
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At the Inner Of the Sons of the Revolu-
tion in celebration Of Evacuation Day the Rev.
Mr.. VAN DE WATER responded to the toast of
the Past and Present Relations of England and
the United States" saying this:
"Times have changed. There are others than Eng
lish-speaking people in our country to-day. and the
relations of England and our country are vastly DIFF.
ferent. That Ia the lesson Evacuation Day should
teach. It 10 all very well for the son to tight with the
old man II the old man attempts to force unrighteous.
ness upon him. but let somebody else attack him
and Just see what the son will do"
Truth compels us to say that even II tho times
have changed. the son." in his present frame
Of mind. would not be likely to do much for
1.-THE old man" under such circumstances.
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The bank currency advocates who oppose
an exclusively Government currency on the
ground that this is what tho old Greenback
party demanded, would do better IL they would
go on and show by argument that notes issued
by banks are safer than those issued by the
Government. The interest bearing obligations
Of the Government are unanimously recognized
as far moro worthy Of confidence than those of
any corporation or individual, and as to re-
deemability in gold. the Government has now,
for eighteen years. maintained It without a
break, whereas, during tho same period. tho
strongest banks in tho country have four times
defaulted In payment to their depositors. Be-
sides, the Greenbackers proposed a Government
currency not redeemable in gold. whereas THE
Sun proposes one which shall be redeemed at
all times in gold on demand.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
BOST0N'S WET SUBWAY.
Ono or the Hnconveniences or Underrrouuo
Transit in Variable Weather.

INV u ~ hhCouNtuleuC6 OF Uno0tRTOuD0
Transit in Variable Weather.
From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Some little trouble was caused at the subway
stations to-day by the condensation of moisture
there, caused by tho sudden change in the tenn
perature in the last forty-eight hours.
In tho recent cold snap the subway became
completely filled with cold air, and all tho steel
beams and supports of the structure were
thoroughly chilled through. Yesterday the tenn
p%erature went up suddenly. and all through last
night there was rain at intervals, and melting
snow all the time. causing a great deal Of
moisture. BY this morning the earth above
the subway had become pretty we'll warmed
through, but the air inside of it and the struc-
ture itself were still cold. and this difference in
temperature caused a large amount of the
moisture with which the air was charged to
at the stations. where the light wells made the
difference in temperature between the outside
and the inside, still more marked. and offered
fine places for the moisture to collect.
The principal trouble was this morning. when
the greatest amount Of water was condensed.
In the vicinity OF the light wells, and, in fact, to
q certain extent all over the station platforms.
under side OF, the beams and stringers. and then
dropped on the heads of the passengers in con-
siderable quantity. In order to prevent this
ssoE6ent paper around the Sides fdess' Of tho
light wells to catch the water, and to set a
man at work on each of the station plat
forms. swabbing off the roof. To do this an ar
used for scrubbing floors has been placed on the
end of a long pole, and from tho crosspiece a
strip OF cloth has been brought down and tied
around the pole. The scraper is run along the
latter falls into the cloth and is conducted by It
down to tho pole and so along that TO tho floor.
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The Ariel and the MCGOWAN.

A strange incident is recalled by the an
nouncement that the owners of the sealing
schooners Willie MCGOWAN and Ariel,
which were seized by the cruiser Zabiaka
off Copper Island, have just received from
the Russian Government an offer of $40, 900
as compensation.
The seizure occurred half a dozen years
ago, and these two Victoria schooners were
not the only ones that suffered, for the
Rosie Olsen of Victoria and the American
schooner G. ii. White of San Francisco
were captured at the same time. During
hat season the Russians also seized, IL we
do not mistake, the sealers Enterprise and
Carlotta Of Victoria, the Vancouver Belle
of Vancouver, and the Kate and Anne of
San Francisco, all IN the charge of poach-
ing In Russian waters.
But the cases of the MCGOWAN, Ariel,
Olsen and White, as the first reported, ere.
ated agreat deal Of indignation, because they
had been captured a long distance from
Copper Island, which forms, with Behring
Island, the K~omandorski or Commander
couplet or group. British accounts repre-
scented this distance as forty or fifty miles,
and even Russian reports conceded eighteen
or twenty, with the assertion that the YES
sells had gone nearer and had been chased
and o~verhauled.
The first impression created was that Rus.
sia had determined to claim full Jurisdiction
over the western part of Behrlng Sea up to
the water boundary line drawn in the cession
Of Alaska. This impression was strength
ened by the statement attributed to Capt.
DAILY, of the MCGOWAN, that, when he pro.
tested, Capt. DELEvERoN ofthe Russian war
vessel had answered that Russia exercises
jurisdiction over water 1000 miles from
her shore" But the true explanation seems
to be hat which Capt. FREEMAN of the G.
H. White shortly afterward received from
the GovernoF OF Behring Island. namely,
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The opinion that the Supreme Court will
decide against the underground Rapid Transit
scheme has 20 far gained adhcrents in Wall
street that tho shares of tho Manhattan Ele-
waited Railroad Company and Of the Mctropoli-
tan Street Railroad Company have, within the
last week, very greatly advanced in price. Tho
opinion. Of course, is based upon a consideration
OF tho arguments adverse TO tho underground
scheme. the principal ono of which is that 1t
would increase the city debt so as to prevent
the borrowing Of money which might be used
in q way much moro useful to the new city of
Now York. namely, In buying and improving
parks, building schoolhouses and public edihces,
and in other improvements not to be paid for
out OF taxes.
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TRANS-MANHATTAN TUNNEL.
Long Island Railrona's Project Urged Upo
tho AIdermen,s Committee.

SbS.
the AIdermen's Committed.
The Aldermen's Committee on Tunnels and
Bridges gave a public hearing yesterday on the
application Of the Brooklyn, New York and
Jersey City Terminal Company for permits
sion to build a tunnel from the East River
under Maiden lane and Cortlandt street to the
North River. The object of the company 10 to
continue the tunnel under the North River to
Jersey City as well as under the East River
to Brooklyn. thus establishing a connection
for the Long Island Railroad with the Pennsyl
vania Railroad.
No one appeared to oppose the grant, and
after Lawyer William ]. Kelly, attorney for
the applicant, had explained the plans In do.
tail, William H. Baldwin, Jr., President Of the
Long Island Railroad, urged the COMMITTEES to
Long Island Railroad was running 800 trains
a day along Atlantic avenue in Brooklyn, and
that at the request of the. Atlantic Avenue I'm.
provement. Commission, 1t was about to build
protection Of citizens and property along the
line. In order to make the scheme a suo-
cess. Mr.. Baldwin said, IL would be necessary
to extend the tunnel to New. York. The tun-
mel would be built at u depth of seyonty-fvo
to ninety feet below the surface Of the streets
OF New York. and no building would be dam
aged BY the operation. The work would b
carried on SO quietly that nobody would be dis
turbed, and the tunnel would in no way in.
~terfere with the, building Of the proposed rapid
transit road in lower Broadway. Ludwig Mis-
SOL, representing the Manufacturers Association
or Kings and Queens counties, Eugene G.. Black
ford OF the Atlantic Avenue Improvements
commission and T.; +; Linton, a member of the
in favor of the project. The committed r.
served its decision.
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Our ancient Mugwump friend, the Cal
session Ne,cs, appears as usual with q face
twisted with pain. Everything is out of joint.
and especially the District of Columbia. "The
moral atmosphere Of Washington" walls the
ancient Mugwump. is absolutely sitting Is
It'll Put the Hon. JOE BAILEY, moro tenderly
known as BABE BAILEY, in the box. Has
he been stifed in Washington Has he
had any trouble in breathing therei Why,
SEQ that chest expand! See those shoulders
straighten Hear that boundless savanna OF
shirt bosom creak and rustlei JOE BAILEY has
been consuming a full quota Of Washington air
for six years. and yet 1t has never 80 stifiod him
that he has consented to drape himself in even
ing clothes. The Washington air is good, or
such O man could not breathe 1t.
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From the Cincinnati Enquirer. .

From the Cincinnati Enquirer. .
Yesterday Gov. Bushnell came to this city and was
ut once called upon by Senator FORAKER. He spent a
good part OF the day In the Senator's law once and
was the Senator's guest at his house last night.
"Will you be q candidate for United States senAr
tor ?" he was asked.
This rather stumped tho Executive. but gathering
himself together he said:
"Why. l am to be inaugurated Governor Jan. 10.
and have had my mind set on making my next ad-
ministratIon better than this one. l had the Senate
rial situation to settle last spring. and after that dis
missed 1t from my mind. l had enough of II. am
sure l don't know who will be Senator. and must de-
cline to discuss that subject"
"But II tho senstorship were offered you. would
you refuse it2"
THAT is a state of case that I have not considered.
but ! never heard Of any man refusing that honor;
did YOU ?'
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InhaIat,on from Pipe or CIGAR.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-sfr: Referring 10 the
letter OF John c. Metzger in q recent SUI. he says that
Inhalation into the lungs of Pipe and cigar smoke Is
impossible OF accomplishment by the average smoker.
Tell Mr.. MetIgcri II be will Just notice the pipe smokers
a little more carefully he will md that 80 PER cent.
OF then inhale the smoke regularly. and not "A few
cigar smokers inhale their smoke. especially when
using Key West or fine Havana cigars.
Mr. Mrtzger's letter. however, calls attention to a
TACT that is generally forgotten when the cigarette is
discussed. namely, that the little "conhn nail - 10 the
most harmless In which tobacco can be INDUCED in,
providing one does not inhale the smoke; but I doubt
Y ] per cent. OF cigarette smokers refrain from tho
inhalation. PIPE. CIGAR. AND CIGARETTE INHALER.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 81.
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Mr.. Veslsr's Growing Barn.

From the Louisville Euenfn0 Post.
wv. Fesler OF Morgantown. Ind, has q barn which
threatens to develop. into q skyscraper.' In 1881.
having need OF a now barn. no built q small struo.
ture' and in its construction he used green Willow
posts at the corners and along tho sides. These he
sank into the ground in the usual manner. For some
nothing unusual was noticed. but after q year he
"a" that whereas he laid the door near tho ground.
It was above the soil. He discovered that the Willow
posts. instead OF being dead were alive. and had
taken root and were growing. In their upward move
ment they carried the barn along. Last spring the
barn was on st'rs hrne feet high. and he put in q new
moor and surrounded the posts with a siding. thereby
making Il a two'stoEy affair. There is now q space
OF seven inches between the now floor and the
ground. and Mr.. Fesler expects 20 have a thrse-atoyv
barn In the course OF time.
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The Hon. CARTER HARRISON Of Chicago

The Hon. CARTER HARRISON of Chicago
10 eligible to tho Democratic nomination for
President in 1900 after all. 1t has been objected
to him that he discharged an elevator boy for
not knowing him by sight. 1t It were SO. 1t was
a grievous fault. and grievously must CARTER
answer 1t. 1t was so and not 30. 1t seems that
after letting the sun go down on his wrath the
Mayor restored the elevator boy to place and
car the next day. The Mayor erred In his first
opinion. but on appeal to his better Judgment
reversed himself. He is forgiven. and can hunt
for delegates whenever the wind suits him. No
other Democrat is surrounded by such a Gordon
Of statesmen Of the first rank as flames and gilt
tiers around him.