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T'T, STIN: TATE VOL. XV. AUSTIN, TEXAS, APRIL 22, 18S6. NO. 31.

A WEEKLY SMAN SAN JACINTO THE AXM 1 VERS All vVAS OH.SEUVKJ) AJ.Ji over THE PARADES. St'EEC'llKS. IIt 'l JMMA A I OTHER TOKENS OK V.EMF.MliRAVCE. li.il.vc-vrov, April al. The nniiiienuu if Sail tiny van ji iuvally h'ikth1 I thit it liiy- Hanks.

sdi'Mils a. el courts were ilosed, ami nianv bi.tiiiea.- plaees I ill noon. The pa- Vt tii Veteran l'iiemen'd B-ocini i was tin1 tiMtiirrt if to-tluv's celebration. About every old the city was in tin" line. At p.

mi A. nt tt --ion artillery, tmiler a ne-liiii toini inneil by I apt iuvo, mi e.xhihi-1 ion of tnrnd Brills' fin tin? hire near the Hi at li Intel. They used lleauimii'ti lift) -1 tfs, lirint; i Ht a coasistintj: of lui-ee barrel I ill i tittaebed, authored l.inl yii! ils UltJ HUIl. IV, inn TIKI lh'' Mi'-'el' had been nil riid out by llje runout soni'-t iii.ilerahle beyond its' oridnal locution, tuc tu 11-- seemed to explode lifiy iirrln tiniiiin1 bet cm (ha target, btt the uiiuntrient of I'limruas excellent. crond- pathtred on beach to itness flu m.icticc.

A det idintent if artillery liy I apt Tul-ler, ili'l sentry i dmine tin' lit 'I'o-nisiiit tin1 eieran lireincri are it cr.nil IihII lit. tin; rink, v. linli iaraely Lone Star flat's wore lo ho seen ri ittended. 'i'ia I nig on several l.iiihiiiii., and evervthins; considered tin- semi c. of Man darinto was very t'Militably icle-Ina'i hv liah eston.

There is somelhiut: quite mysterious on foot in of Labor circles in iliis city. Today's ruiii bronchi N. 1'. of Austin, I). 11.

Illadi. r'ort Worth, mill V. W. Smith, of San Antonio, members of rtitrict executive committee assembly No. A Mr.

Connolly urrivcil yesterday, tVi'entire executive hoard is hern, tmil Master Workman Gunner is eM'S'ted to morrow. 'I'lu' Ifiird held a Wfwic.n this pvenii.ir, hut what nifttti-ru wen' under coiiidderalion cannot in- learnwd. Kwo th ini nilicis of th" local hoicott conmiitlce of kni'JiU profiwa tjruii-I'iini'f- to the caiicMi of this executive hoard lOi'etHii; at thu pretoul time, l'niniinent locnl knitditii declared the hoard vn not invited to hv the local kinVins, and hence there is a j. (lal of nijv.ery over liieir preseni e. 'I'l'tre doubt lull thm' On-' mi'lin' 'S refereni to illory hoccoit, and it i intimated in labor cn'cihf that ineasui hiokini; 1 1 a ll'ial seltlPiuei.l ol tin? Mu'Hiiy iiueiiioi) are heiiii discussed.

AT Tint DAY :KI.K1H1ATKI) I5Y 1'IVK thousand rrori.i:. special Telegram lii Tb" siulennan. IloiKTuN, April "II. -This day, the pemi-renh n-niyl anniversary of Texan independence, litis I eeu feh ill ilonslon by, pei'liaps, tile grandest (gn into cehibrution evereen in At 1 1 cloi a proceed. formed on Market siiuure, composed ot tbe iioiiftliin l.ijslit Infantry, the fa-vioua Iiom vjn Liirbt CuanU, Trxa veterims.

i.iie ealice tlr.j dejiai tn.etit, lna'nr iimi! cieiiii-p, two in is itide, and local aililetes, the lau. to in footracing. lidini; to.u nhii. ir-t, el-. The which i tm mile inarcieii up Main street Mr park.

i.Hpiuin I. i'. lluU heson oen-e Vn- fe-tivith-s with a short but. appropriate ad-dii He. The prize of a silver bui.de was aw.vd-'d lo and company for best, decmaied car ri.uru.

truck was most ilecnial' d. fo'loued a contest between the varioc.i' fivti compnnie.s vhii was won by i'rot''c-tinu No. '1 he JloiHtoti l.ielit Infantry eave nn exliil'ili iu follovied by the famous Liirht (inurd, champions of the I iiitcil St ititi. in tin e.v-toll'iit di-iil, which, for hcaiUy and symnieti moiioii. was i one -ded by ju to tiirow dock-work' in tile shnde.

Horse veeH, runrdni; and IroM'nc, foot three men from each mid military company, followed, 'i'lie coiieliided with dancing at the ia. ilioii, which, at 32 o'l lock, Btill eonli Five thou Ht.tid peojile were the erounds, hut best ol crCur prevailed tbioiit-dioulj The elite oi this and cities wns ami a vain day hm to be reir.embered was yreatly enjoyed by uii. AT 1A Mi. AS. Special Tt'legrnta to the Statesman.

IUu.as, April ai. This has been a cri at day in the history of Dallas. J'cuple. were as'ireaily. and the aoiind'ol ilrnms.

the wnivinir of banners end the link (read of many feet and and the merry eonnrt of happy oices irave note of the eHni. st jirepuniiion. (Cven road 1 adiuv; Into the cly was with people from the nmtry co'iiiiiz in to assist ill celebraliuir the iinnnersarv of the hirth of Texas liberty, nnd Imifj before tlie iiour appointed for the' iroi ession to lonn, the Hreets v.e.-e crowd-'d witn thousands of people in fjiirh, and eaer to swell the ranks of thoe" wore houorin! the veteran her a-s. At li o'clock the procession fo ne-d on Main street, with its bead restiuu' on Lamar, i ad at it iiKM-ed up Main to Murphy, out to Kim, Tip J' liu to Mranion; ami uui -yi anion' i.u uos-s tivenne. A hall nai made and artillery llred a Pillule us the old vetermis were escorted lo street cars iitifl carriares.

to he conveyed to Mru'cview MTien the old soldiers an i their wires had uil enibarked the procession was reformed, though many who hud before been on foot procured coii-'evancep of ilitferent kinds, and tlnjr liiandi was relumed to the park. Tim was called to order by Prcsidi nt and ones -d with pravor liy Jcc. .1. ('. after which the 1'roliinn hociety rendered The Hymn of the Alamo.

Major John lionrv limwn, boini: inlneuu tho 1'Vesident, delixerei! a coiirirehensive eloquent review of ti principal events in Tca'js hist irv fi IWi to l-'i. C. 1.. Martini motmfwl thej atnnd at the conclusion of Major Rrown's addrts- and in half of thi ladies or HtUaH iiresenu the veU ran esiiK iatiiiP with a beautiful siher l.anner. I'reBldi'iil.

Lane for the veteran', vlio to ihcii feet to reivA-e the Major Joe Stev Hrt followed ijor Lane in a Short but ehnpe-nt address on the life ami chii.ac.'er of Col. Frank W. Join. son. At the conclusion of Major Stewart's speech, f.iibsrrip'ions were taken tora fund iieicit raised to linniy I'nlnnnl .1 idi liodv to Austin.

Tile vctorana were then Invited to partake of a splendid dinner. Afte. dinner Hon. Srtli Sliciilierd was introd'iceu to the audi-nco, and. on behalf of native Texans, tleiivereiltne farewell aililress.

AT HKIroN. Special Telegram The April a '-'iua day for X'ldton. Jn addition to its historic interest, it was Tlie occasion of lnvitia the corner slone of U.iylor Tetiiale col! ire. done by Hie Masonic frafwnitv. The procession was composed of the Vnhlic free schoolf, liremen, Cain Fellows, Masons and citizens.

-and as over a mile lonsr. H. II. Carroll. of Waco, delivered tb" audriwn, which vat Hititable and 101-fii'ioviato to the occasion.

Light. to ttn thousand peor'io were in attendani e. TiK-CRsloniJoecd te bj a grand ball by tiie tlie- LjsI the rupid firirjs of pistols was tird ear the conipresn. Inivstiiation that a yotiui; iicitro, named Cox. had Iven killed.

Cox lisit been (irinkii'sr eeiterduv n.id had raised a row Willi two or three different piulles It is supposed that oue of (hem killed him, but it is not jet sitiwsiy u. TJ LOO Til A EDI ErS. A FATAL SlIOOTIX; AND A STA lHXfi. ecial TeleL-ram to The titatesmaD. Xr.

Taho, April If. Alice Abbott, ki-pcr of a tiawtly house, at 'mtdnit'lit last nijilit visited KtU Ciurk, another leader of tha je, and re- to ie an inmate ot her lior.re, hb-n was iiheu words led to blows, and in I In- Ktta Clark Beied a revoher lyini; on a table linij tired two shots at her one ball entenu" abdomen ami pti-sina emirelv tlmm-di l'iodv, a fatal wound. Alice Abbott 's a i-ell known in tliir. Minis lin-lT diicattd, anil 4 ue lime in t'u- best eoi.iri'v, ber beinsr a protniiierd law; er and politician of Iv Abotil the liciir of lb- ti't'ct, loin 11 saloon emulovi'. a re-taurant an.

hi altercation with Win. 1'rizi'T, the mi.n. Ibe drew a knife and fa'ally Miiii'Iiviu i be hrehft. FKLJj IlKAD. I'oi-t Woiitii.

April l.i -At 11 o'clock toniubt old tinv railway and yan. miner, AMiliim lupine, dead in i i a Option hlo.m. 1 huso, heart Unease. Ile'-ea. I lias to-do relatixes In San Francisco and V.

li.i na I'eM I'S flld. 1 r- took a uuarter out of his pockei. "Give me a drink of wli'sky, quick, it will save mv He 'nrdiy tlnished' the words when he dropped to the Hour, dead. TIIE FIRE FIEND. 1'.

I' KfJ I.AISV AXl) AHSOX ATG AIXES-VILLE. Telejrram to the Statesman it vim smi.i.e, April 19. A lire occurred in this city this morning, about 2 o'clock. Two frame store houses on Last California street, one occupied by I). C.

lieadrick as a urocerv, nr.d the other us a s. otid hand store, were entirely destroyed. The res deuce of 11. Herman, was also burned, toiether with the household "furniture. he losses are as follows: liuildimis, $1,01 1), insurance, SMI); lleadrick's stock of iiroceries, I inseriiMie.

115; Herman's residence and limine-j bold irni'ds, $1,1111, insurance, gi, mi. The lire I started In a lot of hay in the rear of one ot the I huil.iiiiL's and is supposed to be the work of an in-i ccn.liary. 1 'in im; the prorjress of the fire this niornim; parties entered the saloon of M. Tunicate, on North I've street, drilled a hole in the sate and extracted therefrom flih). The hole was drilled through In III" i n.

lunation and the lock was broken. The job wis skillfully done and was doubtless tuework i of expert j. The su position is that these parlies sl irle.l tb tire in the east part ot the town to ai-li a. attention while they robbed the sate. Ti.e Knee Paint works, Lee Garrison, proprietor, was closed br attachments his evening, augregat-i'iLr about $10110.

The creditors all live in Gainesville, ex i pt (he Collier White 1 ead company, of St. I.oui.i, who presented a claim for TAYLOR TOPICS. UK; CATTLE SALE-WILL1AMSOX COI XTY' LIVE STOCK SHOW. sptcial Teli'iirani to the Statesman. 4 i.

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.11. nk viuiall, two of Taylor's cattle kiiiL's, hare sold to Al. 11. Lynn, of Palo Pinto county, their thirteen thousand acre Stonewall county cattle ranch, with all the catile on the same, for Pumphry Kukyndall still have their Tom Green ranches, wilb six thousand head of stock cattle, and bare purchased near Taylor, this apring. two thousand bead of one anil two year olds, and hare the samej on the trail now for their lom i.reen which will leave them still the possessors of a line ranch in Tom Green county, with about eight thousand bead of young cattle.

Iiarlinulon liarker purchased in this section this spriiig, for Driskill, Mocker llaris, three thousand head of one and two year 'Ids which left 011 the northern trail last night. These, with a few other small purchares, make a total of about six thousand herd ot one and two rear old cattle that have been driven from near Taylor this spring. The Williamson county Live Stock Sale association, whose first exhibit conie9 oil on Wednesday and Thursday next, the lilst and 3id of April, are expecting to have the biggest thing that has iken place in Williamson county since Texas e. They have applications for exhibits of liveet from Travis. Miluni, Bastrop, Hell, Mc Dallas anil Tarrant counties, and ate making grand preparations for the accoininoiation of all.

Everything will be free a sortot -'-if you don't like water, you can ilri.ik I ei A good opening for the politicians to to gtt their" political augers entered tor the November boring match. John li. lloxie is expected hack from Hot Spiings to-day, where he has been for the past three weeks undergoing repairs. Also, Colonel William K.lliott. who has been to the same place.

to see if the health-giving aters would not add a little Ihe-h to his skin and bones. 1 he colonel would make a tine looking man if his breadth was in commit ison with us length. ii. 11 n's herd of line stock, from Ra-trop county, consisting of forty odd head, arrived this evening for exhibition and sale at our coming lair. utiier herds from a distance are expected 111 to night and to-morrow.

This will, undoubtedly, be the best exhibit of line stock raised by home breed ers, that bus been shown in the state. Cards are out for the marriage of It. S. Vance iinri Miss Fannie llradlev. The baonv event comes off on I be Inst.

Mr! Vance is book-keeper for the I nst ational bank at Taylor, and a native. Mis-i is a transplant from A MASKED M015. PAUTIt LARS OF THE ASS ASSIXA TlOX OF M. C. CHRISTIAX.

Special Teiegram to The Statesman. M. D.M'p, April M. U. Christian wan shot and killed last night 1 Saturday) about 10 o'clock, unknown parties, about three miles from Mcliade.

i April 2 Oak Hill church, about five miles from MeJiads, was set on fire, and was a total loss. Suspicion pointed to Christian as the inreniLary. and lie win arrested and placed in jail. The grand jurv find a hill against him, lie was A iter being at liberty, he threatened the life of a ho swi reoiit a warrant to put him under a peace bond, aud Saturday evening he uiie through town on horseback, with his wife riding behind him, in the custody of two officers, and accompanied by his father-in law and brother-in-law. After giving bond, he started Home, tVe same unities accomnanving him, and when about three miles from town, two men met the party, and passing Christian, who was in the lead, they ordered the others to turn loose their horses, and go the other wav, and then turning, commanded Christian to 'dismount.

They then commenced killiug him in the presence of Ins wife. i the same time three others rode np, and also lited on him, riddling him with bullets. All were masked, and no clue of identity has been found. hue there was not eruience mtimuu unn-tiun, -et the neighborhood was aroused at the act, und till believed him to be the perpetrator, hence the mob. It is hoped that the participants will be brought to justice, that such assassinations as these may be brought to an end.

hi ATI I OF A VETERAN. A SOLOKIR OI" DIES OX' THE AX XT VERSA Special Telegram to the Statesman. April 2t). Cant. Itiinaldo llotchkiss, need M.vtv s.

ven. after an illness of four months, died in Stein's hotel at 1 p. m. to-day. Fifty years ago iie fought in the battle of San Jacinto, under nam II.

11st. and while his few remaining coin- ides it, to nn are embracing each other at Dallas lq nation of that heroic victory, all business house her 1 mandery of rales'it" mains lo lb iluv of tic i save. II bide oi his are ilosed and in mourning. Coin 3 Knights Templar and all citizens are sadly hearing the veteran's re- last earthly rest on the annivt raary dependence 'he fought so bravely to II be buried In the old cemetary by the 'ither, who passed away three years ago AM El I CANS AND MEXICANS A ltl.OOXY FIGHT OX THE SOUTH ERX PACIFIC. Special Telegram to The Statesman.

ni il in. Particulars of a bloody fight ticli occurred at Murphyville, on the Southern Pacific railroad, between Americans and Mexicans, l.uve inst 1 11 received. The town is a new one u.lbv Aniori. una. The Mexicans hav been moving there secretly in considerable numbers, and have sought to drive out the whites and nm th 1.1, 0 A hitler race feeling has existed, and itnnlav night about twenty-five Mexicans 1 'itlla vl cru aulnmi tllllll lill.ir'i iiiv 1 iiuc ber of Aniej cans were.

Ed Milliger. an American, win mortal ty wounded. The Americans being onliered. fled, hot returned the tire while 2. and killed Jose Perez, one of the i.ctluws.

1.1111 fatally wounded two other Mexicans, of f.e raid rapidly spread to the Americans living in town and vicinity. They are alarmed and have cleared the tow and surrounding country dMexi aar Xo further trouble Is anticipated is believer that a nmnlier of other Mexicans he sides those referred to are killed and wounded. SI VSTERIOUS MURDER. Suei ia! TV lc gram to the Statesman. mm.

Aoril 111 Vesterdar about o'clock iitleinHii named Wilson was fishing in the the iron bridge above Washington lie 11 the bodv of a light-colored negro 11, inline in liie river. He milled out to the body and tired it a short distance below the ferry the inciucrt was held today by Siptire league. He "wd-'ti'li came to his death by blows on the back of cm head, which had broken his neck. There wet also rope marks on the ankles, which -hows be as either tied before he was killed, or is wei' i.t Iwhen thrown in the river. II is b- v.as killed aliout Thursday.

He had it Inn- on iv which he could be loeuuueu. I III. TICKLE MURDER CASE. Tel. to the Statesman.

hie, April 19. At o'clock this even-in the Henry Tickle murder case was submitted jurv Col. W. M. McKnight for the defense Di-niil Attorney M.

Templeton for the Unlit nade strong arguments. The court in was tided with ladies and gentlemen and greater n.t. rest manifested than ever before wit-aec-. ic No verdict yet at this knur it clock p. ni.

GARLAND. THE A TTOTtNEY-G EXEllAIi A WITNESS BEFORE EXAMINING COMMITTEE. HE SAYS HE ALWAYS LAW AM) LOST 1'OKIilL WOX AT AT Washington, April 10. The announcement that Attorney-General Garland was to annear before the telephone investigation committee caused a larger attendance than usual this morning. The attorney general appeared looking pale aud rather feeble.

With a courteous salute to the committee. he immediately took the stand. Or. invitation ot the chairman he began to make a statement of his con nection with the Pan-electric company. wished," d)f said, "to lay before the committee and re-alliriii matter contained in his statement to the president on OctolnT Sth last.

In addition, he ished to explain two or three points in that statement. In February, Gen. Atkins had said to witness lie believed lingers' inventions were of great utility if properly handled: that money could he made out of lliem. lieing a poor man like him self, Gen. Atkins had desired witness to enter Into tins.

"I told him." said the witness, "that I had never undertaken to make any money except by law and poker: had always lost at poker and generally won at law; was willing to go into this thing if he thought it offered anv inducements." Continuing, witness said Senattr Harris made substantially the same statement aViout the investigations, and two or three days afterward lie (witness) had been introduced to lingers and his son at their home. He brielly told of the organiza tion of the Pan-electric as detailed by Senator Harris and other witnesses, and then turned his attention to the appl cations made to lilni to bring suit against the Hell company. It was on Inference, unit not a tact, lie sant, uiui me Pan-electric company made the application. The inference is founded on two reasons: Hirst, That Col. Young came, with other gentlemen, in the latter part of July, and witness knew him to he secretary anu treasurer 01 me ran eieciric; aim second, llecause the witness had, on May 25th, received a letter from Rogers requesting suit to be brought as a stockhold of the company.

Coupling these facts together, witness took it for granted the Paii-ICIeetric made application. It was simply an inference. Xo nsme bad been mentioned. Witness had treated lingers' letter as personal and knew lingers had no authority to make the application, and that such an application musi come from the president of the company. Therefore the letter had remained unanswered, and personal papers hail not been Hied in July.

Van Hcnthuscn had presented the application and tiled the suit, basing it on the law hich he stated had been passed at the last session of congress. Witness had heard of the law liefore that, and had had the same search made, but could not ilnd the act. Tne application, however, was so well ritten, and apparently set out the passage of the bill so positively, that witness felt there must he some mistake, and that the bill had become a law. The application had been referred by witness to the interior department, where it should have gone in the first instance, and witness Imil lieu 11I no more of it until it had been returned last Januajv with other papers. After receiving Von ilenthnvsen's letter, witness has set to work to examine into the matter.

Though he had no intention .0 that effect, he was satisfied other appli-eiitions would be made. Looking over the author ities he concluded he could not older the suit, and hen the gentleman came he had determined lie would not touch it at all under any circumstances While witness was still in the senate, Senator Piatt had come to him one day with a bill to authorize government suits. He had asked his opinion of it. Witness had looked it over and said he regarded it as unnecessary, that it would do no good. That was all he ever said or heard of the bill until it had been brought to his attention through the application ill the early part of the fall.

Mr.lluni-phries, of the Globe Telephone company, called upon him at the department about tho application. 1 llliilllll UU litta wiu j.mi said witness. hart insisted that he (witness) must order the suit. He had said that it was very curious that, because he (witness) was in another com pany, mat ins rigum boiu ho mo reirMnlefl. "He got mad because I wonldn no anytning about It," said the witness, "and we parted not.

without mutual respect and admiration at an. Witness rlenied he had ever given an opinion about liimi -The opinion he had given, and the only opinion, was to the effect that the Pan-Electric" inventions were no infringements that they were an improvement on telephones that were patented at dinereni limes, on a wen-recognizeu nrineiole. Although witness was the attorney for the company, yet Young and Senator Harris usually drew up the legal papers, and when they were referred to him (witness) made sticn alterations as seemed to be necessary. These papers had been submitted to witness in the senate judiciary room, but it was a mistake to say that any board meet-ini's had been held in that room. Witness was satisfied that he hail never aiteniiea a iiieeinig 01 the company since the last presidential election.

Turning his attention to ordering of the Mem phis suit, witness said he had arranged to leave Washington on August 27 and spend 'the entire month of September at his home in Arkansas nan chosen that time because he had found September to be the best month to be out of Washington, and because ke conhi shoot deer in Arkansas in mni month, under the game law, The deer did not grow ripe until September. Mr. Goode had returned about the middle of August, hut the witn-ss had saiik not lung to mm annul me application ne had received, because he did not know exactly what to say. He supposed the gentlemen who had made the application would find their remedy, if they supposed they had one. When witness had come hack to Little liock he read a dispatch from the X'ew Orleans Times-Democrat, saying ins noivmiuiier friends were complimenting him 11 1 win urilei oie suit against the Hell company.

He liiiil not. ordered such a suit. He re turned to Washington about October 1, and when he called at the White house the president had told him the papers were speaking of the case, where in. i.n l.n hud iiiiirle the exnlanation that had been published. Witness had never opened his mouth to Mr.

Goode about it, because Siolicltor i.ooue ti. uiuintn was iierfeetly free and indi'liend ent, and witness had no more control over him in his (witness) absence or disability than he hail over the gentlemen in congress. He had never, to this dav, spoken to Goode about the lirst suit, or me one alledged to he pending. Goo.le had spoken something about counsel and the practice of the irinernnieiit In ilealine illi counsel. lie Old not know what was in the bill had never seen the papers on which the suit was predicted, and had never talked with Secretary Lamar or gentlemen who sat with him He had even declined to talk with the president about the suit.

One of the genue- 1 .1 VI Votit.mmerv. an old college friend, and appointed men in neereiiirv i.hhihi ileum iineiii. r.n'.ii as his solici'tation, had declined to sit in the case because of his friendship and old acquaintance with witness. He had seen some notice now anu then "about Garland being the recipient of a block of stock by wav of a Of course tbr lurl heen no irift about it. As to the dues tion of property, there was no more impropriety in his position than in the case of a gentleman holding railroad stock and sitting in congress, or congressmen going over to the supreme court to practice for money.

It was legitimate business, nd witness bad never dreamed of any legislation lieing asked. His only regret was It had not panned out better. If any question had come up In Congress concerning the company he would not have voted for it. lie 11 art recommended and bis son to Messrs. Cox and Hew itt, be cause he regarded thein as competent men in their line.

Witness holds they talked with Architect Clarke about the Harris-Rogers application for appointment as House eieiiruian, aim Ifnirera lelelihone. but after consults tion with Senator ridmunds, the president and Clarke, he hail refused to maKe an appointment TIIE ISIIAM CASK Special Telegram to the Statesman. WoiiTii. Aoril IM. The hala-as rnrpns trial of Ed Isham, indicted with others, for the murder Of Dick TOW'Ilsend.

one OI Hie gnarun im iiit com train on the Missouri Pacific, was called to-day. when the attorneys for the defense said they did triul 'but would let the rase come up it- merits on Slav 7. for which time the trial remanded to jail. The contract was let to-day for the grading of the Gulf. Colarado Santa Fe roi.d from here to Greenville, to Hoche Hurley, who are to be ready for work in ten days.

ivirna takes the field to-morrow morning, and will be able to let the graders eQ to work Inside of the ten nays, i r.e aiciuboii Santa Fe company say the road wijl lie completed to the junction in llie territory luotue ti iimum time. GENERAL- ROSS. Sruwol Teletrram to the Statesman. Waco, April 2o. Gen.

Sul Ross will opon tfie canvass lor gorerner early in Slay, speaking on th 8th of that month at Sulphur Spring, and on 12th at Paris. THOROUGHBRED STOCK. BIO CATTLE SHOW AT TAYLOU- SUCCESSFUL EXHIBIT. Special telegram to the Statesman. Taylor, April 21.

The 21st of San Jacinto bloomed out in all ber spring time lovliness and found Taylor in her Sunday attire, ready lo rei-eive and entertain her visiting guests at her ilrst fair. It isestim ted by competent judges that over person have lieen on the fair grounds lo day. Visiting st knien say that it is the best exhibit of live stock they have ever seen in the stale. Some Kentucky stockmen say ihey can pick a hundred head of thoroughbred i-a'tle" here that would make a grant! exhibit against the cattle snows of the blue grasi regions ill Keiitacky. The show of over 40(1 head of thorough bred Herfords.

Devons, Durhams, Jerseys, Poled. Angus and Galwav cattle all of home protluc tions. Abo.it UK) bead of Ihourongh bred sheep and goats: "dl heads of hogs and pigs; chickens ducks, turkeys and other Is. EverylMidy and bis wife is hcrowith all their clul dren, and all appear lo he enjoying tlieniseves. Committee are passing on the live stock to-day, but no report in yet.

To-morrow will be sale day, and everything offered ill be sold to the highest bidder no by bids allowed. MATTERS AT KYLE. Special Telegram to the Statesman. Kyi.e, April 21. The late rains came jnst in time, and our rniers are sanguine of gootl crops.

The fruit prospects in this section indicate an abundant yield. The Toyah Land Cattle company shipped a nunilier of to their ranch, near Toyah, this week. Sir. J. W.

Nance, manager of the company, leaves to-tiny lor the ranch, to looa aiier me com oanv's interests Seveal Austin gentlemen paid Kvle a Hying visit this week. Among them was Mr. Walter Tips, and your correspondent is reliably informed that they are negotiating tor tne purchase ot a large antl valuable larm near here. i i 1... .1....

inim (in iiiv lias mn-u iJ mil oie-oin m-iim, in honor of San Jacinto dav. Unite a number of San Marcosites were here to eniov the occasion H. How land had the misfortune to have his house robbed on the night the ISth lust. A negro and a Mexican have been arrested on sus ntcion Judge Terrell, as far as I can learn, Is the most popup. man in Hays tor the I lilted Males senator-ship.

RAILWAY" ACCIDEXT. Special Telegram to the Statesman. F'oiit WoitTii. Anril 21. The north bonnd Mis souri Pacitiii freight train was wrecked at an early hour this morning, near the junction of the Mis souri Pacitlc and the Gulf, Colorado fc Santa F'e tracks below the city.

Two rails were lorn np, The engine antl four' cars went over an embank ment eighteen teet Ugh. and wero completely wrecked. Hubert Barrett, the engineer, had an arm broken. John Burns, the fireman, was caught between the cab of the engine and the teutler When rtdeased lie had lost all control over his lower lunbs. Amputation near the trunk will be necessary.

His chances lor lite are sum. nam Condon, the head hrakenian was also badly bruised and severely shaken internally. The men live at Denison. where they were taken. I he com panv has offered a reward of three hundred dollars for the capture of any man engaged In txe work Tie officers uave a clue to tne guilty men.

AX AX(J RY MAYOR. Special Telegram to the Statesman. San Antonio. Anril 21. Mayor Atlee.

of Laredo has written a letter to Governor Ireland, in which lie uses rough language regarding the report of General Huberts made on Hie Laredo riot. General Kolierts alleged that all the officials at Laredo were arrayed on either one side or the other The" naror savs this is false, and furthermore, he lias refused to believe that facts in possession or General Roberts at the time lie reported were otherwise. Though the riot is a tiling of the misty past, it is more than likely that a war ill break out between Major-General A. S. Huberts, of the Texas militia, and the high and niiglltv mayor ot tus uortler tow n.

AUSTIN CATTLEMEN. Snerial Telegram to the Statesman. April 21 Slessro. Driskill and Hlock er. of Austin, have iust received H.000 head of one two and three year oltl steerB.

for which they unit eight, twelve antl flttien dollars. The herd started on the trail AfJhe Nueces this morning, hound for 7I)miVeiSf'lllofaai). There are plenty of cattle In the country to he had at mat price. Wool is coming in at a very lively rate, for ship in snt to San Antonio. Tho lambing season if about over.

The per cent, of lambs Is large, and wool-growers are In a prosperous conuiuon. LOODY" TRAGEDY. Special Telegram to the Statesman. Rastlanii, April 14. A fatal affray occurred one mile south of the town, this hetw en Jwhn and Tom Ellison on one side and G.

Hardin on the other, in which Tom Ellison was killed, and ll. 1 II. iJOUI! ClllSOIl HIllOl.l.V IUIU I.IMllill 1I1U11IJ wi'liie-u. Until parties had been to town attending court, in a suit between John Ellison and Hardin. They had started home antl came together on the road.

After some hot talk both parties engaged in a desperate lit on uorsebacK with tne anove resiiu. HOME'S REPLY. The following letter is snlnciently self-implana- tory to be understood without further comment: 1 UK miSSOI.llI I AlilFIt, 1VAII.HA1, ExKri-TivK Dei'autmknt. St. Louis.

April 10. I Vo Dr. Thomas O'Keilly, chairman, St. Louis: Deak Slit 1 am in receipt ot your letter oi me 15th inst. inclosing copy of preamble antl resolutions adopted at a citizens' meeting, held at the court house in this city on the Ittth anil requesting me to appoint, or cause the proper ntitiioriiv io appoint, a coiiiniuieo three reddent directors of the southwestern railway system in conformity with said resolution, and cause tlie names of the same to he reported to Dr.

rnoinus neiuy, presioeni of said meeting. The substance of this resolution seems to be the appointment of a commission of citizens of St. Louis, three from the resident directors of railways Interested, and three from resilient labor organizations of nresent or recent em ployes ot the railways, to ne seiecieu me unemployed, and three discreet and recog' ized repreeniatives of mercantile and manufacturing and nroiessionai eiemenis oi city, o. unniw connected or interested with railway or labor who shall be authorized (in their re spectre interests to meet, confer and arrange, with liimiinir effect, the existing troubles. The premise, upon wnicu me proposition me mniiiiiiiinent of such a committee rests, is the statement in the preamble to the resolution, that the trade and commerce of the city of St.

Louis, and inter-state commerce through St. Louie, to and from all trade points of the Missouri Pacific, and of the St. Louis, iron and Southern railways has been, for over a month and stdl is with no immediate sign of saiti roads eniniilvinL' with, or being able to comply with their fbttv to the nubile as common carriers. I must respectfully call your auenuon ana mrougii yoh, of citizens narttcinating in the meeting. of the Mth of which you were chairman, to the fact that the railways consiiiiiung me soutn-western system, are now in full operation and were at tit ib the resolution was presented by the managers of the meeting for the approval of the 1m atluatell Citizens llinir in ii.in v.

by anyone desiring to travel or forward freight, express matter or mail over thf railways He fur. then, as the nublic or this company are concerned the need of a leaumption of trafliceannot be urged as a reason lor the appoioimeni oi me committee suggeBted. The action of such a committee would -nlni. intirilv tjt IhA methods hv which ex -em- p'loyes might lie restored to the places they have vnliintarilr abandoned. After the serioiu interruption which tb business of St.

Louis has already suffered, and at time when, through the protection of the civil author! ilea und through extraordinary exertions in pro- curing suitable lalsir, tills company has re-opened Us lines and fully established Its traffic. It Is to me a matter of sincere regret that any nortion of its citizens should send broadcast over the land, to the detriment of the city a statement in regard to the obstruction of traffic over two of its principal roads, wbiih I am satisfied the great body of the business men of the city would decline to endorse. Whatever may have been the difficulties for sohition, during the last month, in relation to the resumption of traffic, they do not exist today. The railway companies are expending their time, energies and money to keep open the avenues of commerce for the nublic benefit, are succeeding in io doing, and are solvent citizens, amenable as such, through the courts to the state and Individuals. Another partv to the proposed conference is avowedly expending its time and money for the purpose of blockading the avenues of commerce, and Is not legally constituted a solvent citizen, and cannot lie reached.

In conclusion, I desire to call your attention to the replv of the president of this company to the communication of Mr. I'owderly, published since the date of vour meeting, which fully sets forth the position (if this company, and which no words of mine could render more explicit. Very respectfully, II. M. Hoxik, Vice-President.

HARBOR BILL. A YESTON'S CLAIMS ARE FULLY AND FREELY DISCUSSED. TIIE. REMARKS OF 1IEFBURX. OF IOWA.

AND CltAlX, OF TEXAS. Washington. April 21. In considering the ap- nrooriiiiions for vers Hiitl harbors. Mr.

Hei.hnrn. Iowa, moved to strike out the paragraph ap- orooriating 400.000 for the improvement of Gut veston harbor. lie could see no material differ ence between the proposed plan of improvement and that 1U nail neen denounced ny me uaives-tos representative (Ochiltree), during the last congress The points ot dinerence netween me tw pians ere tletaile.l by Messrs. Stewart, Keagan and rain, who also 'pointed out the great importance of Galveston harbor to the commerce of the co.Mitrv. Sir.

I rain Inquired whether there was any appropriation in the bill for the district represented by the gentleman from Iowa, and Sir. Hepburn re- died in the negative, stating there was no naviga- iln river in low. Crain regarded that fact as the "milk In ti cocoanut. If the gentleman had a share ot tne oork be would not have made anv complaint. Mr.

llenbiirn suggested that the gentleman's re marks seemed to imply that no one hail a right to tatk about the hill except those who had some pork in tin. burrel. The motion to strike out was lost-mto si hut it was agreed that a vote should he taken upon or telling the truth, and these observa-in the house Mr. Negev. of Pennsylvania, raised tne point ot order against the clause of the hill which directs the secretary of war to negot te lor tne purchase oi me wortie oi me paiir, the value of the works to he ascertained ny a niuu.n.us.jr v.p- 1 .1 i.

..1 'ominission oi mree engineers oi tne rutinm-i corps. 11. the company reruse to sen is worn, workB hy 'condemnation, or, in the exercise of his I discretion, to lane possession oi me worns. i Sir. Xeirley regarded the clause extraordinary, unconstitutional antl without precedent.

It was promised to confer on the executive officer of the gover ment power to seize private franchises aud 'irc ws not well taken, as the reasons given lo support went entirely to the question of expediency of the r. Keagan. of Texas, moved to strike out tne clause, declaring mam was a piain proposition io confiscate the property of the company and to ig- nore lis rlirnts. I Mr. Havne.

of Pennsylvania, said the Monongo- lieln river was a National highway, and ill support of that proposition declared that the tonnage of that river was greater than of any other river In the country, or of the harbor ot lew lorn, aii this tonnage would have to pay tribute to a corporation if the clause were stricken from the bill. TMe coal landing adjacent to the river was worth a prodigious stun. Sir. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, thought the propo sition embodied in me mil as nine snort oi in- famous. It was a proposition i to dispose of the TuAT Thkib Immolation mt not Fob-individual rights of citizens of Pennsylvania by a town meeting.

To adopt it would show that the doctrines ot socialism columned congress, aim that the rights of individuals were no longer to ne held sacred. Mr. Hewitt, of New York, concurred with Mr Kellev in regarding the liroliositlon as an extra nnliiiiirv one. It was the aoolication of a colossal mendicant who came here ami asked congress to ailil to his coffers, a read over lowing. It was till' owners of these coal fields who were unwilling to pav ordinary, deceut wages to laborers.

It was there that Hungarians. Pole and Italians were employed, and yet these men, reveling in their ureal wealth, cnn'ie here antl asked to be allowed to put their ootids into the treasury. He protested against it in behalf of the taxpayers of the country. 'Tfte'r further debate, on motion of Mr. Willis, of Kentucky, that nortion of the clause was stricken out which gives the secretary discretionary power to seine the works of the Navigation company.

Pending further action, the committee rose, and the house adjourned, Shakespere -makes one of his characters say "Tis not in mortals to communu suc cess, but we 11 do more, we win deserve St. Jacobs Oil has commanded success, and the voice of tho people is that it de serves it, and that it is the greatest, pain cure on earth. KEEPING SAN JACINTO HOME. AT A MORNING MUSIXG THROUGH THE STATE HKPAItTM ENTS AND WHAT CAME OF IT. More tlirouirh the force of that habit to which all men are in a ifreoter or less degree prisoners, than from hope or pros- pect of gleaning information, a States- man representative visited tlie temporary cnnitol vesterdiiv.

He found, as he had anticipated, that tne wheel or government had ceased its giddy revolutions for one day, to do honor to the living and the r.li l.nl mnrln Uuti itnaui. I UUI11A HIIU 1.111. muuu ia bility, and its sequence of Texas inde- pendonce an accomplished fact, an xt jut. (JllUUllU; lllllllOUl 1IUI.1C0 IU Jl. 11.

11117, vnti i I UHUUi it iioiiuui auu nuiDADiitcuv ioi plex thoughts as one attempts to account for the utter disparity between the stu- pendous results which followed it and the smallnessof the means employed. Man has engorged the very earth with blood; he has incarnadined tlie sea with the life- tide ebbing from his brother's gaping wounds-, yet how very few of the sanguiu- ary battles of history have been decisive in their conso- quences. Jan Jacinto was one of the world's decisive battles. No nation or i fOU lie C1BI nun nj iuui.il av ni riimn present cost. To him who writes this, the disoarity mentioned is the mystery which "m- i ne voioeiess stone uu still hovers over Sun Jacinto; it is a prob- newsgatherer a more potent invooa-lem to which he has repeatedly addressed to a warmer patriotism than the himself, and to the bottom of which he has never been able to paolie.

He has tried to subside into the creed of fatalism, and believe that it was a race, in which BAM HOUSTON WAS PUBHUINU DESTINY, and that he overtook it on the field of San Jacinto. The stillness of a Christian Sabbath en veloped the temporary vapitol. Heads of departments, together with their assistants and clerks, were alike observant of the day. On the first and second floors closed "doors and untenanted halls gave witness of the sacred inviolability with which the day was being observed. Con trasting this oppressive silence with the busv hum which pervades the building on secular days, the lines of Tom Hood's "Haunted House" came to the lips with out volition: 'O'er all there hung the shallow of fear; A sense of mvstery the spirit daunted, And said as plain as whisper ia the eai The bouse Is On the third floor the monotony was broken by the cheery voices qf two judges of the superior courts, who were in trenched behind frowning battlements of text books, reports, and transcript- To the challenge of The Statesman representative, they replied that they were illustrating their patriotism by doing work on San Jacinto day, which would other wise go undone.

Just here let tne -8. r. interject a parenthesis on our Judiciary system: The judiciary act of the state of Texas needs vigorous overhauling, and amending. Its defects are many, and glaring, in matters of criminal pleading and practice. These were presented to the Nineteenth legislature by the learned judges composing the court of appeals, but the nx-grinders permitted these intelligent recommendations to fail of enactment through inaction.

It is not, however, of this that it is now designed to speak. First of all, the labor imposed, on the two coufts is too hard, and exacting. The state must either re-establish an ad junct court, similar to the late commis- sion of appeals, or, what is preferable, in crease the number of judges. We have recently seen an ornament of the supreme bench, a citizen of Austin, stricken dopn in the maturity of his powers, t. .1 i .1 Vit Rt 1 now true OI nun Will lie true ot others of the two superior courts, unless their burdens nre lightened.

Again, the salaries of these positions are entirely dis- proportnmed to the dignity and respon sibility of the offices, and to the amount of labor performed. Ihe grent state or. Texas is not a niggard to stint its servants. If so, lot its places of honor and trust be farmed out by contract, or let to the lowest bidder. If present salaries are adhered to.

one of two things will follow: Either the judicial offices will be tilled by lawyers who have independent incomes, or by political hacks who have nothing to lose. CVrtoinly any lowyer whose attainments entitle him to this elevation is able, to earn more than $3,550 per annum. This is a digression from the original sub- Meet, but Hon Jacinto Uuy is a good uay uuu ou thoughtful man in the state. I A(( before gui dj the 8 r. founa two main mr laootti woiut.

loo uuuiii unuw fajlod to find. Not wishing to dl8- a kiok around the room was taken for objeots of interest one corner of the room was seen a u.i niBiono suine, wiuuii nnu utau.o, it.ts gazer been but a memory absorbed from hjslory. The form of the stone is that of a truncated pyramid, and its history may lie read in tne louowing inscriptions )n wh(lt mny termed the dedicatory i. To THB qod of th1 Feaulebh AND A fb.im THE KUINH OF THE ALAMO." In these buriiing words, reverence for an overruling Providence and a deathless patriotism nre the prominent features. Turning the stone to tlie left, tne next side is thus inscribed: "BiiOiin of Heuoes Hath Stained Me: Let the Stones of tub Alamo Speak, "Stones of the Alamo!" They speak to-dny, and will continue to speak until the Hio Grande retruces its course to the mountains that gave it birth.

Turning still further this inscription is found: "Bk They Enuoi.i.ed With Lkonidah in the Host of the Mighty Dead." The muse of history will send tlie names of Travis, Croeket and their compatriots "sounding down the ages" as long as there is left a native or adopted son ot TexHB to bequeatn rur nis blessings. On the last side of this quadrilateral stone are these sad words: "THERMOPYLAE HAD ITS MESHENOEB OF DEFEAT; THE ALAMO HAD NONE." No, not one of that devoted band survived to tell to the startled settlers ita mournful story, Thermopylie has been embalmed in story and in song, yet it was a sacrifice to prevent the interruption of a heathenish mummery, the Alamo was a voluntary immolation of patriots, who died in all the grandeur of accepted death; of heroes who in their heorts despised fate and "I'llEFEIIBED DEATH TO HUBBENDEB." That muto stone is a volume of history. It tells of sacrifices made and privations endured; It tolls oi days and nignti or weary waiting for the help which was not to come, and grander for than all, it tolls at the last how sublime a thing it is for man to die for man. It speaks with an i. i i i eioquonce uiiaiiainiioie oy oruiur or untu "Tally was not half so eltaiuent as thou, Thou nameles column with a buried has 1 his stone is part of the monument cnnitol.

and with the exception of a I .1 trlobular stone which cupped the nionu- i my portion oi in work of art which survived the destruc ot the budding by fire in 1882. Ihese two relics of Texas' age of chivalry were from the burning building by Presiding Justice John P. White, of the court ot appeals, in wnose wutcmui cure H'ey nOW awn.U 'l. 7TPUn. capital, when that editlce shall i.r the state.

There is that in our common "'ure which does not permit us to pass unmoved over any eput I illustrated by valor or dignilled by patri- DYSPEPSIA la a damrmona well aa ditrtrM emnplinl tnTlmtBd. it tonda. br imp rhif nutrition, and (to-SrTnTh. UmSb tb aJuaa. to pmpar.

ti way tor Kapid Ataclin. BROW -THE ESTTQMC Quickly and ftomplotnl Turps I)ysneiia In all Itn furma. Heartburn, Hclehlng, Tmiii (he ood. etc. It enriches and purities the blood.nUmu-tee he appet it, and aids tlie amirailatiim of food, Bk.

Kohbitkr, the honored patitor of Ui Finit Reformed Church, Baltimore, aajn: Marin qmnI brown's Iron Bitters for DyHpepma and lnduteetkin I take ajreat pleasure in rooom-mendinfc it hiahlr. Also conitidnr it a splendid umM mnd invia-nratir, and Tery BtrenKtbeninc." Hon. Joseph U. Suit, Jndae of Circuit Court, Clinton says: I bear most cheerful teeli mony to the elnuacy of Brown's Iron Bitters lov llynpepiria, and ss tienuine has above Trade Mark snd crossed red line on wrapper no other. Ma1 only by BUOVVif ClililUCAl.CO.,tf ALTlAlOUlisiO.

infill ni i-i i-i i tuineu irom the country" and oina into ue -aloon I I.