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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
MORAL WAVE STRIKES sANTONE
District Attorney Levy is Prosccut;n,r
the Non-produccrs.

San y, Antonio, Tex, Feb. 2O.-(SpeciaL)
Inc sporting and gambling fraternity
mere Is aroused over the action of District
Attorney Levy in beginning prosecutions
asalh't every gambler and every keeper.
ol gambling house in the city. From
one to hive indictments have been return
ei aGa.ast this class. This afternoon The
district attorney notified the pronr;etors
Of the four variety theaters in fl. citv
'nat they would have to close their
places ~
y great deal of feeling has been
aroused and several threatening letters
have been received by District Attorney
Levy ana more trouble is feared w
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
NOMINATIONS.

Ws.hil-r51. F-h. 9th, pr.-sEa--
-e1t the following ordinations, u H.
safe rrlsv.
Iz-.~ l. Woleai- o: D-laware. 70 TO-
United State district Judge OF ID. H.
mo Il D-.zwars-.
Gle. CreE>haw. 20 l. United S-z---
-arshal tgr weston district u Mss
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

oe<ziinz 20 per cent Of the amount 50
ussi for the fiscal year 1885.
Provided further that the foregoing
shall Lot spp.Y 10 public schools Of any
state. territory, comfy or city. or 70
schools herein or hereinafter specifically
| provided for"
/ Nr. Ildxe said this snendrnent sought
u urdo what cor sTesS had deliberately
1 determined upon - the future policy u
\ conzress for gradually zbolishin= So
tartan sehools. After full discussion
J lat year the Indian bll provided that
I seg-zr ran schc0ls were 70 D. discontinued
! after July /. 1877. NOW this a1neodrnelt
! brought fhess. schools into life aEziu a1t
/ reope1ed the WEOle question. IL E2s
l brought here IL absolute disregard q he
I arf5ou f c9nEress lzst year. The p0licy
Z adopted lssr year was tn tT-e AEe-5cz1
/ p0,iCy. Mr. Lodge sid
/ Mr. Teller tTeI.i q Colorado szld ~ Cr-
I u1s.e.l .eCtzrizu schgols. but b. Supported
Z the zmaldmeli because i was t.e,ter
70 r0ut!uue thr sectzrla1 SHOWS for
yesr or two rather than turz the l-iiz-
Z .shOsl Children Cuf q se1D1l, - tie GOV
4 a-rr1e-t Wgs III rreInre-1 % furnish s-t1-
I rie-: -chCol fseiliije<.
Mr. G2liiu=er lrepi II New Hampshire
T -zit The .nrzt@ w.s c0-frC1--s-i with -ha
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. take U, 10 ae--la This question: EveTg
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
SENT To TIE SENATE.

Washington. Feb. 9l-The r-essie1r
today sent 10 the senate. II re-r11--e 70
a resJiut55u q inquiry. tie cg--p~T1E-
deuee between the coveTarnert Il the
United States snd Germany fG- The past
year touching American hsurauce c0E-
pan;es IN Germany. The c1rresr.1udence
texirs with the statement q TIE Request
Of the Mutual Life company. and New
York Life company 10 be sllswel . r.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
SECTAR|AN SCHOOL QUESTION
REVIVED IN THE SENATE WHILE
DISCUSSING THE INDIAN
BILL
INCOME TAX hGROBaT REMEMBERED
Justice Shirzs Severely Criticised Il Bon
serate and House-HoCse PIT IL
the Day on the Genersi De5-
cheney Bill

Washington. Feb. OH --a-ts mad
a lively session today, apF2-~aily relish
inz the wOrk il Orea sr.lon after tt I-O-
trsced stru-gle behind css-ed d0@rs On
the treaty.
At the OUTSET = re-olutjo- - NJ. Can
.roa Of Pennsylvania vas unanimously
adopted expressing sympathy with
Greece in the pn=seui o0uti1slt1l co.
iicf
Nj Quay souEh; 10 brins forward The
bill for = commission % DO. i-t5 lzDg-
problems, but il ~as soon displaced. ~
vote Of 81 20 -, 70 take ~ The Indian AZ
pr0pTiation bill The latter ID % tao
animated diseussi5ns, srs; o. s.iye- AID
then on sectzrizn schools. The t~Ua'e
On the latter item and OF tie bsL was
NOT concluded whea tie -@aa', sd
jOurpe5.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
DISARMAMENT LIKELY

,leyeland, Feb. 20.-A meeting of the
Iron Iron ore association will be held in
Cleneiahd some time early next week to
disband or not. '''''
Local iron men say there is no Question
but that the association will d;ssniye
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
THE HOUSE

Wss.-i2zr1o- Esh ct ss2~s sI=H'
,h- 1zy Z 51s--ss5z- e IL -eEerz. d
sczzrcy tZ- Eksh as % hur-e'3
TIER va > z arm sztg.,e oTtr Al snsez-.
E.azt ~ NJ Hopk5n. freT,t q Ilires-
- take q, o: r. bsE lie iis-n o: SiI.-
30 20 pay ,1e--t.-s q Ire Fifty-fsir3
cg-rres. h, ar-lcr;. wifHteid from tsei'
STARS To- zt-e-e- = zCcc.1zzcS zlla
a ri. aLggted ~ :h-f cv-<Fess-
NJ IL ykl-s Sail SrS=ker C-ls2 had
caioEclf IL lul- g. Li5 G-s-u-1- .1t
Jezocizis .Ao-d 10: srT.y - res11s5-
"a horse ~ rs.t lrs=--- =. NJ Hop
E.--. cz-r5si q, Polls q -
Jzsi before q .slE--ll--s- w. McNllz
,tezZ-l q Te1-e..s@ = -rr-e1 s -e'-e-- a.
tack ~ h-m u-1- Irst,ee SAirzs e tke
s-srrez1e c.1rt e ;za J-.;ei States Z,
b, part IL ~ .-el-l- ta1 cec---c1- sid
i1ei5el,al.y .-af t.zg y IA. Esd u bad
1r ,sst ~; tkr --1 r. -tE1cE Llte" = TIE
justice TIA. D. h1J deprived TIE amer
eza l@1g.e " -i- -; 90 TX Ee:l,tl-
IL -soEe q ~ IA .9-l'r -1.1i-- & -
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25
HOUSE PgOCErDlNGS.

" 1--lLgtr-- ter. ~ - rlI-- -
su1.ed cczsiie-z,ig- 4 tie Es-sral le1.
eisocy b.I ;olsy \ SPIRITED tef1te oc-
cnrrri OF lie r-l.Il-= Esa-ig- q NJ. Hop
kins lrep u Illi1ai. - strike CIT ths
iieEa q $3.50 % PAP members - The
Ffty-tkird co1=-ess the z-crr; Withheld
from them O. scCValt q An's@cc~
NJ HS2kiz. declared that this Was :
plan 20 hare rpV1bican congress %
EAsh the dirty E.ea q 4 tezocratlc CD
Zre$s. \ democratic ste.ke- tCrlspi.
made these 6e,3tcti1-S II order 20 holi
qrOruu. and IL deEaCc-ats desired %
reverse tksir policy theT should uc- Apply
70 = repabliczn house IT : tins Whea
ihey were complaining Of billion dollar
approp-i2tiors"
II course Of the IonS disclssioa- NJ.
CrTsp dem u Georxia, son and scc-
cSSsor II e,g-Ere-Ss 70 Sp-akf- Crisp. ~.
pl4ined the course q his father = hei-=
IN sccor1ance with TIE in;eIpzststiol q
the law as given By The judiciary Cum
nitteN
Mr.. Hopkins smeafzsai vas finally
aEreed 70. ll3 70 80
An amendment Offered By ". A. Stone
rep Of Pennsylvania % give rreuners
whn<e terms Expire AZ the close az tbs
session 500 for elaTk hire f0- Gre month
after their refirernelf- vas ruled ont On
3 point of order. SO wzs also IN amend.
meni by Mr. Rieh.r5soa Aerai az Ter
nessse for the payment Of southern war
claims under the Bowman act amounting
to $4,000.
The item for paying 10 the southern
Pacific Railroad COMPANY a judgment Of
ne court OF Claims amounting to $3.50
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-02-25

ifS tie treasurer office late
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Denver Times Almanac.

The Denver Times Almanac for l52S
is fully up to the high standard set in
previous years by that publication. Sue
cinct facts about Colorado. including its
mineral, agricultural and Industrial re-
sources are here contained. together
with much valuable statistical matter
on the years production. Information
of a state character is feature Of its
pages and the records of the vote of the
state have been carefully and correctly
compiled. The Denver Times almanac
this year not only covers matters of
vital interest to Colorado alone. but con-
tains many pages of general informa-
tion-historical, astronomical, political
and otherwise. The book is issued in
attractive covers, and what you don't
find in the Times almanac isn't worth
knowing.-South Denver Eye.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

tion in October to enable the capital
city 70 live through the winter. 1t takes
the form of festival to which the state
Is Invited to contribute. Denver now
demands that the several counties in
Colorado assess themselves to build her
an auditorium. They tried the plan of
soliciting subscriptions from their own
people and lists were opened, but could
not find a citizen of Denver to head the
list, and at the same time the news
papers of the capital were giving glow
ing accounts Of the immense sums of
money that were lying idle in the
banking institutions of the city. For
pure unadulterated cheek commend
US to The town that lies on the banks of
Cherry creek.-EX.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
A WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT
The Method by Which n Deaf an,
RlinN 10y Was Taught.


William I. Ellis writes a paper for
the st. Nicholas on "Hclen Keller and
Tommy Stringer," telling how the we'll
known blind girl secured means for the
education of n little boy similarly, af
flieted. By personal appeals to the pub
lie Helen raised a sufficient sum to send
little Tommy Stringer to the kinder
gnrten for the blind at Jamaica Plain,
Mass. Mr.. Ellis says of his education in
this institution:
"Thither, on April 10, 1891, came
"Baby Tom" as Helen called this five
year-old child. 1t was a pitiful spec
tacle that greeted his Boston friends
when the boy was brought to the kin
dergarten. His life had been spent
mostly in bed it was the easiest place
to care for him), and he could not
walk at all, nor even stand with con-
fidence. OF signs for indicating his
wants he had none. He was as n little
beast, tearing and destroying his own
clothes, and all else Gestructible that
was within his reach. His temper and
stubbornness were fearful.
To the appalling task of giving the
first rays of light to this child, Helen
and her teacher set themselves, until Il
permanent instructor could be secured.
With almost uncomfortable patience and
love, kind friends began the education
OF this untutored mind. The lessons of
discipline, regular habits, and obe-
dience had to precedc and accompany
the teaching of manual speech.
How could this child, who had not
the renotest conception of any sort of
language, be taught to talk?
The method, simply stated, was this:
Every time that bread was given him
the letters "b-r-e-n-d' We're formed in
the manual alphabet on the boys own
fingers, and also in his hand. by the
fingers of his teacher. Again and again
this was repeated, thousands of times.
1t was slow work. The mind had lain
too long without knowledge to receive
easily the idea of speech. Even after
the teachers were sure that Tom under
stood the definite connection between
the word "brcad" and these finger mo-
tions, he refused to use his Knowledge,
because of his strange pcrversity. At
last. after nine months of teaching and
waiting, the little fingers voluntarily
spelled "b-r-c-n-d," and the beginning
had been made.
Other words soon followed, and ere
long the mystery of speech was COM
pretended. Tom took his place in
the kindergarten classes and learned
all that was taught the other boys.
Reading, writing, arithmetic, gym
pncfica md other St116ies were nm
dertaken; and to-day, in almost all
respects, save such as are entirely de-
pendent upon eye and ear, he is as well
educated as the average boy of his
years.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
SLEEPING HAE!TS OF THE SEAL
FcHrlessne.n Of One Kind and TiTii-
dity OF Another Species.

any OF .tnosGcT sNtcftS
The West Indian seals at the Aquari-
um are good sound slecpers. says the
New York Sun. As likely as not they
will creep out on the platform ut the
end of their pool at II o'clock in the
morning. with the Aquarium full Of Wis
itors, and lie down and go to sleep, and
sleep there maybe for hours. Some
times the flies bother them. Ealf
awake, a seal raises hipper to brush a
fly off its nose. and goes to sleep again,
sleeping, perhaps, till feeding time.
at four o'clock in the afternoon. And
the West Indian seals also sleep well at
night.
On the other hand, the hair or harbor
seal, in the other pool at the Aquarium.
and which has SO long been an attrac.
ton there, while it sleeps well at night,
never sleeps in the daytime. The hab,
its Of the seals in this respect are char
acteristic. West Indian seals are frar.
less, hair seals timid. The feariessnts.
of the West Indian seal has made il n
easy prey of hunters and it has been al
most exterminated; it is now extre.uel,
rare. The timidity of the hair seal In,
helped to preserve it against the
hunters, and that seal is still compare
lively abundant in the northern waters
which it inhab!ts.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

The Greeley Tribune celebrated its
9th anniversary last week by issuing
an edition of % pages, printed on fine
book paper in an up-to-date manner. 1t
is replete with historical and biographi-
cal matter, interspered with just enough
half-tone engravings to make it valu-
able souvenir. By the way, the Tribune
was founded in 1870 by Nathan G.
Meeker, who was later the unfortunate
Indian agent at this place when the
Utes committed their memorable mas
sacre in September, 1879. Mr.. Meeker
was the protege of Horace Greeley, and
was one of the foremost in establishing
the Greeley colony.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
BURNING WOMEN.
Satisfying the Savage Human In
stinct of Cruelty.

gfanct OF Cruelty.
The horrible punishment of burning
women alive seems to have existed in
Saxon, England, but perhaps only in
the case of slaves, says the Athenaeum.
Under the Norman rulers, any woman,
bond or free, who killed her husband, |,
was burned alive, and the same punish
ment for this crime, and also for high
treason, and even for coming and other
minor offenses, continued or arose from
time to time through the second and
third periods until it was abolished by
act Of parliament in 1890, the last actual
execution of this kind having, however,
taken place six years earlier. The whip
ping of women for various offenses con-
tinued even later; public whipping
was not abandoned until 1917, and cases
Of private whipping occurred rs late as
1920.
There can be no doubt, we think, that
the savage human instinct of cruelty
had something to do with the barbarous
punishments above mentioned. AS the
old Roman public longed for the
carnage of the circus, as the Spanish
populace crowded to the auto-da-fe in
the fiourishing days of the inquisition,
so the lower (perhaps not only the low
er) strata of English nationality took
delight in witnessing to-tures which,
In all probability, were devised and
kept up partly for their entertainment.
Mr.. Cleveland tells us that Judge
Je6reys, in sentencing woman to be
whipped, is reported to have said:
"Hangman, L charge you to pay par
ticular attention to this lady. Scourge
her till her blood runs down. 1t is
Christmas time, a cold time for madam
70 strip; see that you burn her shoul-
ders thoroughly"
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

The much.discussed question of as
sessing and collecting the military poll
tax has been finally settled. Our SUI
preme court last week decided that the
law is valid. AS the constitutional four
mill limit is inadequate to meet the
states running expenses, point or two
had to be strained to bring in more rev.
enue. However, 81 from each male
person, not otherwise exempt, can not
be considered hardship.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

c. o. Taylor wnIsslss in,isor,'e the system.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18
Shall the Ditch be Purchased?

The committee of the town council
consisting of Messrs. Oldland, Young
and Welch, who were appointed to look
into the matter of the purchase of the
town ditch, after a careful investiga-
tion, in which they were assisted BY
County Surveyor Moog, reported favor
ably on its purchase.
After estimating cost of building at q
low price for labor, value Of water right.
right of way and ditch bed, they con-
sidered two thousand dollars a reason
able value for the property, and so re-
ported; and it was decided by the coun-
ell to ask the people to vote on a propo-
sition to purchase ditch for $1,000 at
next town election.
1t being understood that no special
levy was to be made for the purpose, as
the owners of the property are willing
| to accept town warrants at eight per
cent interest. The ordinary income Of
the town is sufficient to pay this debt in
three years without any person feeling
they are doing anything unusual.
1t has always been deemed wise for
towns to control their own water sup
ply, and as this property can now be ac-
quired at reasonable price and on
terms that make the purchase easy to
all, it is hoped the matter will be care
fully considered and result IN vote
favorable to the purchase.
After the town once owns the ditch
it is estimated that it can be main
tanned without any special levy, man-
aged by the officers in the employ of the
town and water furnished TO all at little
or no cost.
1t is an easy proposition to acquire a
valuable and necessary property and the
chance should not be missed.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Judge NJ. S. Bailey. who was the Pop
ulist candidate for governor in the fall
of '96, has severed connections with
that political party and returns to his
first love, the Democracy. In taking
this step the Judge saws, 81 do not at all
abandon the principles of the Peoples
Party. as enunciated in the St. Louis
platform. My position is that the re-
lief which the people need and demand
is more likely to be obtained through
the Democratic party" This action on
the part Of Judge Bailey will have the
effect Of drawing the lines for next falls
campaign, in the opinion of the News
Reporter. It looks now as if there
would be but two tickets in the field,
the Democratic and Republican parties
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

I'VE know Of no review published. In this
country or in Europe, which combines so SUCCESS
fully as the AMERICAN MONTHLY the a.e'tness,
timeness, and energy Of journalism with the
sound judgment, carefully weighed opinion, exact
knowledge, and we'll chosen English Of the purely
literary perodical."-The Outlook.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Rawlins must be crawling to the
front. The Republican now comes out
twice week, and this, in face of the
Wyoming supreme courts recent deci-
sion in giving nearly all the fat offices
in Carbon county to the Democrats, is
significant.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

The Debeque Era publishers should
engage the services Of pressman. Its
exchange editors might occasionally
catch onto good item in its columns il
the paper was legibly printed.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

For the fourth time Theodore Dur
rant has been sentenced to hang. this
time January 7th being the date set.
Maybeso hang, maybeso not.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

After the food was over, Noah's wife
aiways claimed that the ark was due to
hsr own foresight.
The Meeker herald., 1897-12-18

Denver gall is being pushed this year
to the limit. For the past three years
the state has contributed \ yearly dona-
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accept the statement in the Madrid
cable as fully warranted by the facts.
With such a lever in the hands Of Mr..
Woodford. and Of its existence the
Spanish government must be aware by
this time. it is regarded as extremely
improbable that it would reject any
tender Of our good offices made in q
spirit OF friendship and disinterested-
ness.
The Spanish minister, Dupuy de
LONE, remains at Lenox, and the re-
cent Developments at Madrid have not
led the Spanish authorities in this
country to hasten their return to Wash
ington. The minister expects to remain
away for another month or more.
Senior Du Bose. first secretary of the
legation, has been here for several
days. He did not call at the state de-
paFtment Tuesday TO deliver import
ant dispatches, as has been stated. and
the fact that he had no vital informa-
ton to communicate is indicated by
his visit through the day TO the golf
links. 1t is not expected that any an
swer from Spain, if a formal answer is
made now or later, viii come through
the authorities here, but that it VIII
be communicated TO Minister Wood
ford direct.
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WONDERFUL NIAGARA.


Two additional excursions have
been arranged by the B. & o. r. r.
to Niagara Falls, Tuesday, October,
5th and 18th. The trips cover q
ten day tour with the privilege OF
visiting Watkins Glen, Glen 0noko,
Mauch Chunk, and the famous
Switehback. Geneva, Rochester and
Buffalo, without any additional cost
tor railroad fare. This is the best
time in the year to visit the greatest
natural wonder on the American
Continent. Ii you have not seen
them, arrange 10 do so. The train
service and ali details have been
looked after with great care, and no
expense spared to make excursion
lists comfortable.
A specisl express train Of Pull
man cars and irst-class day coaches,
in charge OF an experienced Tourist
Agent, will leave B. & o. Station
Washington, $40 q. N. leave Cam
dem Station. Baltimore, sos a. m.
running to the Fails, arriving there
st night, passing the picturesque
portion of the route ia daylight.
Round trip tickets for this excur-
sion will be placed on sale at the fol
lowing stations at the rate annexed