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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
The TOresuers.

Cleveland, o., Sept. 5:-The biennial
convention of the subsidiary high court
of the Ancient Order of Foresters will
begin in this city tomorrow. High Chief
Ranger George Hill of Meriden, Conn.
and number of delegates and ofiiccrs
are already here. The most important
business to come before the order is a
proposition TO add an insurance feature
to the order. 1t is also proposed 10
amend the constitution so as to make the
dues uniform instead of graduated, ac-
cording to the ages of the members. The
delegates present will represent seven or
eight states
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
New Orleans Experts.

New Orleans, La. Sept. 5.-The Ala,
bama, Mississippi and Louisiana boards
of health have been at Ocean Springs
since yesterday afternoon. An examina-
ton of the prevailing disease was made Il
week ago. There had been several hun
dred cases then, but very few deaths
and a board of experts declared the dis
ease dengue fever Since then mortali-
ties became more frequent and the symp-
toms looked more like yellow fever and
the alarm became so great that the health
authorities again gathered. This time
they were accompanied by Professor A.
j.. Metz, chemist of the Louisiana board
of health, who analysed the evidence in
several cases. The verdict tonight was
yellow fever and various points on both
sides of the town are rapidly declaring
quarantine,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Some Foot Races.

New York, Sept. 5. - Arrangements
have been completed for the sports Of
the New Jersey Athletic club which will
be held on the club grounds tomorrow.
Great interest centers in the appearance
of the sprints, of Champion Wefers and
the two western cracks, Maybury and
Ruhs, of the Chicago Athletic association:
dash, which is handicap affair, and the
Chicago men have been given foot and
a half on Wefers, but the event in which
they are most interested is the 30O-yard
special scratch race, in which all three
again figure.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
New York Flyers.

New York, Sept 5.-Tomorrow will
be the opening day of the grand circuit
meeting of the Driving club of New York
at Fleetwood. A brilliant program for
the five days has been arranged. In all
$29,50O will be distributed among the
holiday crowd of Labor day will be a
race for PAGERS in the 200 class for a
purse of $1,000. A purse of $4,000 will
attract all the star trotters in the 2:l5
class. and there will be $1,000 purse
for 2-year-old trotters in the 300 class.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
The Boomers Dine.
No Relief in Sight.

Manchester. Sept. 5.-The recent dull
ness has continued throughout the week
Just closed and there is no relief in sight.
Yarns have been fairly sold The at
tempt to reduce wages will likely result
in strike and the movement is likely
to spread. The annual report of the mas
ter of the Cotton Spinners' federation
says the shipments to India during the
half year ended with June decreased by
an amount equal to the output of 10000
looms during the twentysix weeks. The
German cotton industry is generally run
ming 10 to 20 per cent short of full ties.
French spinners are making only five
DAYS a week
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Sorry He Wrote.

Vancouver. b. c., Sept 5.-John Tay,
lor. cook at the Selkirk mine. has been ar
rested by detective at Sandon for the
murder of a sheriff in Arkansas four years
ago while resisting arrest for cattle steal
ing, and taken to Nelson, where officers
are awaiting him. He took his arrest very
coolly and made the damaging statement
that he had been expecting to be arrest
ed, but not for murder. His whereabouts
was located through his writing letter
on a letterhead of the Sclkirk mine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
VETS IN BLUE.
They Hold an Informal Meeting on
the Gettysburg Battlefield.

Gettysburg. Pa. Sept. 5.-The veterans
and friends of the Seventy-third New
York and One Hundred and Twenty
fourth New York regiments and the vet
Grams of New York spent all of today on
the battlefield. In the afternoon the vet
Grams of the One Hundred and Twenty
fourth held an informal meeting at their
monument at Devils Den, which was
opened with prayer by Rev. T. Britain.
who also addressed the association. Brief
historical sketches of what the regiment
did here in battle were given by Col. Wy
CANT. who commanded the regiment after
Col: Ellis was killed; DR.. Thompson. the
regimental surgeon Under Sheriff How
ell and other veterans of the regiment.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Big Cotton Fire,

New York, Sept 5.-Twelve hundred
and eighty-nine bales of compressed cot
ton which arrived from the south by the
Morgan line and We're to have been ship
ped east by the City of Fall River were
burned today on the lighter Mystic along
side the Fall River line pier on the North
river front. Loss, $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
BEATS THE KLONDIKE,
Old Jacob Wilson VIII Now De Col
OneI and Attend Functions,

San Francisco, Sept GA special from
Stockton. Cal. says:
Jacob Wilson, aged 80 years. recently
an employe in fruit shed on the ranch
of w. b. Nichols in Tulare county. has
just received notice of decision IN his
favor in the United States supreme court
in suit brought by him in the courts of
New York in 1856 for his right and title
to portion of vast estate said to have
been left by his father. Wilson repre-
sents that his father was a banker and
broker of Wall street and that he was
worth in the neighborhood of $1,0OO,OOO
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Egyptian Cotton,

London, Sept. 5.-The Alexandria
Egypt, correspondent of the Times says
the Egyptian cotton crop just closed has
yielded about $500 cantars (about 5S4,-
100000 pounds, double that of a decade
ago and over f1,0OO,OOO in value beyond
that of 1896 Accounts of the crop now
beginning are entirely favorable and in
dictate total yield of more than 6,000,-
600 cantarS,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Drank Mean Whisky.

New York, Sept. 5.--After drinking a
flask of whisky on a wager, 1S-year-old
Abraham Rosenthal this morning mag
ined himself great tragedian and then
danced about his apartments with q big
knife in his hand. In his theatrical fren-
~ Rosenthal plunged the weapon twice
into his left breast. intlcting wounds
from which he died tonight.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Kansas Corn CrOn.

Topeka, Kan, Sept. Dan official esti-
mate of the corn crop of Kansas was is
sued today as follows:
Average yield, twenty bushels per acre;
total crop, 166,677.2SO bushels, against
221 100000 bushels last year.
Hot winds have caused serious dam
age, the average condition during the week
falling from GO to 30 per cent. The crop
is also poor as to weight and quality.
The acreage is the greatest in the his
tory of the state.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
The Wool Business.

London, Sept. 5.-Business was inact-
i've during the week in the wool trade.
There was some inquiry for wool. but
holders refused to sell. There was some
inquiry for American account. but dur
ing the last few days nothing changed
hands. The arrivals to date for the fifth
series, which will open on September 2S,
warded direct. The imports for the week
aggregated 1927 bales.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
VASSICK is SICK.
Too Much Postoffice Money Disa-
gree With Him.

Toronto. Ont. Sept. 5.-Thomas Vas
sick Hawkins, cOlored, who was arrested
here last night, was formerly porter in
the tax collectors office mt Washington,
ID. c. On August 81 he disappeared
with some $4,000. The police of this
city were notified to look out for him.
Yesterday he was located in small
boarding house on Bond street. When
searched at police headquarters $S334
was found on him. Hawkins appeared
to be quite startled when told of the
amount Of money taken from him, saying
that he had never counted it and had no
idea the amount was so large.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Warning Elements.
Reciprocity Wanted.

London. Sept. 6.-The Times this morn
ing publishes a dispatch from Paris Civ
ing the text of the petition sent by the
American Chamber of Commerce in Paris
to President Mckinley for the establish
ment of reciprocity in trade between
France and the United States.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
After the Mob.

Mineral Wells, Tex, Sept. 5.-(Special.)
Sheriff York is out in a letter to the
regulators telling them he proposes to
protect all parties from mob violence.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09

dinal LeDochowski as project of the
propaganda is pure fiction. 1t is also de-
clared that Cardinal LeDochowski has no
idea of leaving his post.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
MUTUAL ADMIRATION.
And the Great Christian Powers Can
Send in Another Ultimatum.

London. Sept. 5.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Standard says he
is creditably informed that the sultan
has been in direct communication with
the car and that the correspondence has
resulted in the making of mutual arrange
ments by which the sultan agrees never
to use his influence against Russia in
central Asia, and the car pledges him
self to uphold Turkish rights in Europe.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09

mated Street Railway Employees associa-
ton, arrived in the city this afternoon.
and will deliver an address at the la Dor
celebration tomorrow.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09

the first approach Of weakness, may
fill your future years with healthy joy.
MRS. A. c. BUTLER, 1923 North AL,
bany avenue, near Humboldt Park,
Chicago, H., says: 81 am fifty-one
wears old and have had twelve children,
and my youngest is eight years old. I
have been suffering for some time with
terrible weakness; that bearing down
feeling was dreadful, and could not
walk any distance. l began the use
Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound and Sanative Wash and they
have cured me. I cannot praise your
medicine enough
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Pure Fiction,

Rome Sept. ga formal declaration
has been made by the vatican that the
statement that Cardinal Satolli has been
designated by the pope to succeed Car,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
Labor Address,

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 5.-(Special.)-
w. D. Mahon, president of the Amalga-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-09
TO MOTHERS OF LARGE FAMILI
Mrs. Pin ,,am's Advice Free.

In this work aday world few women
are so placed that physical exertid(
is not constantly demanded of them ~
their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkham makes special appeal
to mothers of large families whose work
is never done, and many of whom suffer
and suffer for lack of intelligent aid.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
POINTS An0UT PEOPLE.

Jason Webb OF Letcher county, Ken
lucky, now 1g years old. has had 300 de-
scendants, all OF whom are living With the
exception OF three OF his nineteen sons.
There are 1850 grandchildren, so great
grandchildren. and GO great-great- grand
children, all Of whom live within ten miles
OF the patriarch There are said to be 500
Wehbs in Latcher county.
The Countess Miranda. better known 5s
Christine Nilsson. has Just made trip TO
Sweden, hcr native country. where she
visited the exposition at stockholm. Her
yisit was n constant succession OF the
proofs OF public admiration, and crowds of
people waited In the street for her to pass
She sang only once. at Upsala, the old
university city, where the students came
to serenndo her.
g. G. Cole, OK chief Justice OF the Iowa
supreme court and now dean OF the Iowa
Law college at Des Moines. says that In
stitntion has just turned out the youngest
lawyer In the United States. The young
man IL Homer Millsnp. Californian. 10
years old His standing was between 80
and 100 In the college examinations. Fills
youth, OF course procludcs his admission
TO practice.
The Paris Figaro denies that the adop-
ton OF an official uniform for the presi-
deut OF the French republic has ever been
mooted and also contradlcts tho statement
that IL is proposed to confer on NJ Faure
tho colonelcy OF Russian regiment. Tho
president vii be escorted to Russia ~ two
warsh!ps only, and Will embark at Dun
kirk. No stoprage Will be made ut Co
ponhager OF Stockholm on the outward or
return Voyage
Senator Hale describes himself Us fol-
lows. Hero am, well dressed, and my
| taller never has TO wait for hts pay live
we'll, never have done anything very
| mean. am rich enjoy my riches. lam
gentleman In walk and In talk. Some
! times am enuui and can't conceal Il, II
| the Persians be right. that every man is as
| God makea him.. then am that man, and
| II every man be as no fashions himself
| then am that man, too. and tho senate Il
| nlI of bigger fools than am"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

low price OF silver operates to decrease
the Importation OF foreign MADE goous
into Mexico?"
yes. The low price of silver operates
as high protective. almost prohihltlNs,
tariff upon imports. The gold COST 10
which must be added the Mexican r.Ntnle
tariff upon foreign goods, renders them te-
yond the purchasing bower OF the nN''ss
OF the people, while to supply the cemS no
for goods OF all kinds. manufacturers WIZ
be established and foreign capital VIII De
invested. home consumption largely IN
creased and ali national and PIRATE in
dustries built up TO the destruction Oh inc
use OF foreign made goods.
but suppose gold should go to a very
high premium
1.-THE higher the premium the greater
the protection to home manufactures fLd
the more rigid the exclusion Oh iereish
made goods"
what would naturally follow a period
of high premium on gold"
"Should gold go to a large premium OF
! larger than elsewhere. 1t would be sent TO
Mexico for the sake OF the excess pre-
MUM The silver received for 1t would
be paid for articles of export to be sold
for gold. Hence on this view gold would
| flow to Mexico until the increased cost OF
| Mexican exportable products ueutraii2eu
| the premium upon gold"
"Can Mexico maintain her silver stand
| ard In opposition to the commercial inter-
| ests OF EurUpe?"
"She has maintained 1t In years past
| when she was not nearly as we'll equipped
/ with development OF her natural Iesor ces
| as now while people from ill the leading
European nations are diligently seeking In
| vestments In silver standard Mexico. She
has nothing to fear from Europe as long
| as she asserts her monetary Independence
! and maintains her silver standard or adopts
the bimetallic standard. for Mexico is rich
In mines of gold which are as yet in the
| first stages of development"
"Will the increased production OF gold
tend to further depress the price Of si'vei?
II think not. There is no relation oil
cause and effect between the two metals
The price of silver is now controlled from
Lombard street. and will go to any Irice
which the London dealers may prescribe
Producers may look for an important de-
cline In the price OF silver In the nenr flu
ture. not only for the speculative gain ir
the transaction. but for the effect rron tht
election in Ohio in November"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
AFolIower Of Brnhmn.

One OF the oldest characters in Ann Ar
Dor, Mich, is Norman B. Covert. Mr.. Co.
vert has renowned the doctrines believed
In by most OF his countrymen and become
a pronounced disciple OF Brahma. He was
brought UP a Quaker. his parents belong
ing to that religious body, but at the age
OF IA became dissatisfied with the precepts
of the friends and 'ievoluted." as he says,
to the Methodist church.
From Methodist ho became Universal
list OF the type Of John Murray OF Boston.
AS member of this church he came TO
Ann Arbor in 1874. Religious principles
still troubled him. He could not reconcile
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

ga, ,ou, nrtcex ara a good thing for the
wape-rarner, enabling them to buy more
of The neces.aries and comforts of life.
High nricea the gold organs commended,
would no ] bardsbin mn people who work
tor wacss hsca,,se wages would not rise In
the same ratio with prices.
And vet here are these same gold organs
conprat,,Iatinr Themselves and the coun-
trv an a risa ~ "a cents a bushel In the
nrtca ~ xvheata rise that has been both
sudden ana ,,nexnected. n was unforeseen.
land consequently could not have entered
into the caIeuiations of the gold organs
and vet thew hall n with delight. forget
ting tbat scrordinv Ia their ridiculous
theories n viii work a hardship TO the
wa 90 Farmers
Meanwhiie although present prices Of
wheat ara Tar below what they should be-
and What thew wouId no under bimetallIsm
The ,ho,a country has RESPONDED 10 the
rise II has been as stimulating to the
business Interests an n shower after a
long droutb demonstratinv bevond all
question tbe truth az the democratic con-
tant,on thu, rising nrices marx period OF
nrosnerity A matter of fact. the DEM
ocraiic contention wos self evident. for
biahar nrinn. nj, no ,,ora ,orev In ctrcuJn.
| tion and In this wav give the necessary
| stimulus IA trada and business
pnt - the r,se In tho nrice of wheat has
been The means of giving n feeling OF
| hone and huovancv N h,kiness what would
he tho result ~ Nv an Increase In the VOL
| ,,me NJ our money the nrices of all our
stan,e nroducts should he raised from the
novarty israi, Present svmrto,ns show thai
liz farmers could receive s5o a hale for
| their cotton and TX cents a bushel for their
corn and oats the country would enter
upon n great era 81 prosperity.
The results that have followed so
promntiv tbe rise In wheat are In the ma :
turc ~ nm obiect Lesson that all our busi-
ness men shond make note Of and study.
These results in their essence and sub
stance. from the he'd rock and basis to-
ward which the democrats policy would
carry tho country. The stimulating in
fuence Of tho rise in wheat shows that All
the country Is waiting for is the event
that will promote higher prices for ali
The nrod,,cts NJ human labor n has hesr
| aa,,n,,,r.4a - .,an,, ,,o,r, "a all,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

Lands near watsonville, Cal, that for
merry went tenantIess at $3.50 per acre.
n0w lease for 81 per acre for cultivation
Of tho sugar beet.
English women. AZ . rule. are taller
than their American sisters. and the Yam
kee ladies In their turn can look down at
the gent.er sex In Franco.
Palermo. Sicily, has an average Of 1877
cloidless days year. and C2 days OF partial
cloud and partial sunshine which else
where would be classed as fine days.
The porter OF the Paris tourse recently
died, leaving a fortune OF 10000. He had
becn employed thirty years at asalary Of
$40 year. He evidently got rich on
tips"
single New England railroad com
pauy has just chartered three big four
masted schooners to freight coal continu-
ally for 1t from Newport News to Fall
River for one year
The most enthusiastic wheelwoman in
Pittsfeld, Mass, ts 4 grandmother. Every
fair day the old lady can be seen wheel
ing through the streets with CHEEKY
word for all she meets.
Mount Holyoke college has new cleo
tive course to train young women who
propose TO enter journalism or to teach
English, and II Is to be tried for the firs'
time the next college year.
a project is on foot among the Engiish'
born residents OF Worcester, Mass, tt
present the city with n fountain to stanc
Ia front OF tho new city hall as memo
rial Of the queens jubilee.
Graashoppcrs in jackson county, Michi'
gan, have Undergone a change o. appetite
and have been eating the bindins twin'
from the bundles OF wheat. causing farm
hands the extra labor OF rebinding.
A law passed at the recent session o
| the Alabama legislature. leyying license
| tax on the capital stock Of all corpora
| TONS except banks, has been pronounced
| constitutional by the supreme court Of tb
| State.
| An Irish musical festival has recent.
| been held In Dublin, at which, besides tn
| performance OF ancient Irish music, man.
| objects u musical interest were on view
solections were performed on the OLE
| Irsh bagpipes. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22
WHAT THE LAW DECIDES.

An insurable interest In the lie OF a
son in-inw Is held. In Adams w. Reed
tI<y.), S5 l.. Il, A., 500. to exist In faycr
OF woman who With him M one faiuiiy
keeps boarding house, dividing the profits
between them.
The right OF a tenant for lie to operate
for oil or gas or to make an oil or gas
lease 10 denied In Marshall w, Mellon tPa.)
So Il. Il. Aisle except where operations Tor
oil or gas have been commenced before
the life estate accrues.
A temporary breach OF an insurance poll
Icy by Increasing tho hazard Is held In
Traders Insurance company VS.. CatliM
(tll). 30 l.. Il. A., 500, to leave the policy
In force after tho extra risk ceased, II this
did not contribute to a subsequent loss.
| SO long as the rclnnaut Of building
which is left standing is reasonably adapt
ell for use US q basis upon which to rc-
store the building to tho condition In
which II was before injury, II IL held In
Royal Insurance company VS.. Mcintyre
| trcxasl. 50 l.. Il. A., 67., that there Is no
total loss.
| An assignment for creditors by lessees
OF coal mine is held, IN Potter vs., Gill
bert Pa,l, sc L. \. A.. $50 to be ineffec-
| tual 10 defeat tho right OF the lessor to
proceed for forfeiture for existing de-
faults md take fixtures at an appraised
value In satisfaction Of claims for breaches
OF covenants 10 tho Lease.
| Moneys paid Into court and deposited In
bank or trust company are held, In Jones
VIZ. Merchants National bank &C., G. App.
lat CO. "a l., n, A., 6:,S. &c be exempt iron,
THE process OF a iitieaNt without first CD
| tanning consent vf tho court and can not
DO reached without leave OF the court BY
bilis filed against tho derasitors. tho clerk
or othsr pere ms who have been dccreed
TO have an interest in tho funds
The grant Of an exclusive privilege Of
luse OF the streets for street railroad pur-
poses Ia held, in Detroit Citizens Street
Railway vompany W.. Detroit tMlch,l. 81
l.. r. A.. 500. 10 be In excess OF the pow
iers OF municipal corporation under q
| statute providing that tia consent must be
obtained, aud TINT the railway shall b.
under such regulations and upon such
terms and conditions AZ the municipality
i may IIeAerlhe.