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AUSTIN
WEEKLY
STATESMA
VOL. XV.
AUSTIN TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 20. 1886.
NO. 20
SWAIN.
CHEAT SPEUCH OF THE FIT-
T L ft E GOVERXOR AT
A'LEXANDER.
HIS VIKWS ON i HE LAND 1'OLICY
OK TEXAS AND OTHKll
I-iL'ES.
Special Telegram to (lie Statesman.
' Ai.rxANitBR M.iv Ir Alexander hart a grand
ba"ucne. ami pit uii- o-dav. Judge J. I. .lackson.
urate le-.'.urer of the Knrghts of Labor addressed
' the people end was thou followed by Col. V. L.
JVittiattgltey out representative. Col. W. J.
wain arrived oa tlit mum train and after dinner
mail a two hour speech to aa audience of from
!i M to 8000 people.
After opening 'he subject of the gubernatorial
canvass lie alluded to the speech of General Kosa
at .sulphur Springs aud said he was surprised that
us a candidate for governor he did not discuss and
declare in favor of some state policy to be pursued
brlilm iu rase of his election nut instead the
Oencral lias assumed the garb of a
ward politician and had opend the
Issues that hid passed eleven years; that lie
hud told how he with othersof hie associate-- in
the consritti ionul convention in 18r set aside
3uO:).uM acres of'.he. oublUs domain in one body
fur the purpose of building a new state capitol;
tint lieueral lions hail not then tried to provide
that tje land should he sold in small lots. The
only restriction sought to be placed upon it was
that it should not he paced on the market under
ten ware. Swain contended that if it was wrong
to noli three million acres in one body the consti-
tutional convention was the place to have checked
it-hut General lion did not tell his hearers that
lie had voted a smokehouse and corn-crib tax upon
ail the farmers of tl e ntai which cost the people
uw) to repeal ; ti at ho and his associates in that
convention uiithorid the gsneral Incorporation
Rhlch the foreign aiddoniesiic corporations
vWI 'incorporated ami nave taken possession ot
the Panhandle to the great detriment and annoy-
m ama ot the avtiuu eelllirvwho desires to nud a
V tn Ih. west.
Answering General Boas' question as to what
part ho i Swain) took in the senate upon the capi-
tol hind question Colonel swain said that he had
vot'l to sell iu small ti'tantities but failing in that
it was finally hgraeii stilt a Capitol board he
established r insisting of the live
elective officer w.lli li r.vraor O. M. lloberts as
chairman and that miAi'd was authorized to utilize
the land to the best advantage aa their judgment
should direct. That that board made the contract
tor the .disposition ot tiie land and the building of
the capitol before lie came into office Colonel
(w ain said that he should not have alluded to these
tiling if General K. had not mentioned -them.
Thai the ounstlo is iuv ir e I had beeu discussed in
pit.ns ol tin .'' and he presumed evvry in-
telligent reader unu.-ri.iood tlieui.
Colonel Swain vimt he wai well satisfied
with his recoi.'. on these tiuestlons and especially
the vow for a change in the material from lime-
stone to granite. That his vote on the Indiana
iimitoii proposition and those of his two asso-
ciates Walsh and Tenipleton had been the means
til securing t.ho change lo irranite of vvhl h all the
people iH Texas should be proud. He said that
General Roue had show n in much ignorance when
he said the ensure would be a niiilion dollars ad-
vance's to the contractor as he did when he said
that the new card! "J vvoulc cost only one and a half
million dollars That the best f our architects
had tb'iired the cost of tue building to bo nearly
four iniliions of money and that the cost in granite
nvei- nicest iim would be over b!x hundred thou-
Jf sand dollars. Keatdttii! the possession of the
capitol la ids liovvrnoi Kotieris uau long ago de-
cided that tluicoutrvtor was entitled to p"S3ession.
Holding under a eonrircl for purchase they were
linhle for taxes on the same as well as under a
leas of lluee years. The lands were leased at six
tsuts per acre' and a titty thousand dollar bond
civn to secure the p.tvment iu case of failure in
tlii) contract. The trade was a good one and the
interest of the stale fully ;iiard-?tl.
Keierring to General lions' allusion to the use of
state troops to Bilppi ess lawlessness and crimej
Colonel Swain said that hn had repeatedly declared
that if necessary he would use such force and any
( ther at his command to enforce obedience to law.
Tint he would anhold the constitution in all its
' meaning and that so fr as he could
do it would make every man woman
and c'-iild in Texas feel entirely secure
in tv;ih life and property . That the frontier imi-
tation had been used to wrest fence cutters and
tliev hud been used to arrest strikers and he could
not' see vrhv thev could not be properly employed
lo prevent 'the illegal fencing In the PanhancJe.
Thiii some of that force was now every day going
over the Mi'.te electioneering against him tor gov-
ernor. Hut Svalti paid a slowing tribute to 'lie law-Abiding
people of the staie ami said they paid taxes
to support this battalion and expected at least
some .rntoct.ion at their hands. He said Moss was
affect' d with constitutional qualms and had become
bold from a superior knowledge of the constitu-
tion. That if Koss was governor the law would
have to enforce itself and from recent demonstra-
tion'" here Texas would -non be in a bad way.
He said that i!os had iot assumed to tell the
people what he would do if governor he had
only said what he would not do. That he would
nnt disturb the cattle hamus who had the school
lands foiieud That ho would not advocate the
lease li.w and the result will be that the people of
Texas have-to foot the. Mils in t'e way of taxes to
keep up the schools.
C;d. r-ivvain said he was in favor of the lease law
l".it he did not waul any laud board a well regu-
lated lease k-.w with" all the lands belonging to
trust Hinds Biihject to sale to actual settlers alone
on long time and at low rate of interest.
Jtefrrring to Gen. Itoss claim that to sell would
secure greater revenue to all funds Col.
Svvaiu showed that under the lease
law the state hjd sold three and a half million
acrec at two dollars per acre in little more than
two vnai-B. while under the sale law for nine years
befo'e tin- lease law was passed the state had sold
em.wii0 acres at one dollar per acre one million
dollars more money Iu two years than was received
In nine years before and tour hundred and fifty
thousand dollars in casli lrom leases the latter
sales to actual settlers while the former were
without restriction us to settlement except the
few acres sold under act of 1874. He showed by
this statement that if tiierc was more money in the
pair) of lands that the lease law should stand for
we bad sold more land under the lease act than we
had under the genera! sale law. He successfully
controverted the statement of Gen. Ross that the
land was not subject to taxation while underlease
an"! said that our "iatui.es provide that all land
under contioiof the -t ate leaseo for a period of
years is subject to taxation as though it was the
pr.vportv of tiie lessee.
He showed clearly that if Gen. Ross' ideas pre-
vailed a Chinese wall would he erected across
western Texas beyond which no settler could go.
Col. Sw.iin ilepi'ecated such policy aud said that
instead of establishing peace on the western bor-
der it would opeu up n 'W Ileitis of strife which
would retard the e ttieiueiit of the country for
twenty years.
Tun cattle men hau deceived in favor of the lease
policv and all would join in a fair just and simple
law v. fiich defines the rLdite of all.
Vtii. S. quoted the iteuio .'Title platform of 188-4 to
e;uiw that the lease pi die was the one espoused by
( tie democracy of Texas." He said that Col. Wash
doues run on the opposition ticket in 1884 on the
plaitorm now occupied r y Gen. Ross if be had
any platform. Ross had snid that the lease policy
iia'd come near disrupting the democratic party. He
is presumed to have been w ith Wash Jones in 1884
at -vny raw he is now a concert to the Jones doc-
trine: the sane mat every greenbacker in the land
hoids to free air free wa'er and free land. That
if h'o s bad any notion of running on an indepen-
dent candidate in ISM as his remark would seem
to indicate he niitbt st oiii a better chance now
with hie free ae? vagaries; he might get the
disaffected Knigliis of Labor and all republicans
and know nothine? in Vv land. Ross was a pro
hibitionist in IH;'5 v. h.'n he helped to fix up the
locii option con.-titniioh. and he was in favor of it
jo IH'11 when he vot. d for ir in the senate:-and he
V 5 wis in favor of i: ir. but Coke Mills and
J CUirko told him he bad to s.-cv local option was nn-
i j iiemoeratic and lie i'.rtl.iv uli went out to Lorena
i nun said it was aiM'.ust i sonal "liliertv. Ross
'i.1ii t sneak hn convictions Thev told him to sar
j i . it. PTjrt Ic finul it. Ros' charged in Paris that the
1 free .-as" coicirii sioii lia l iwen sent out to elec-
f' ' tioneer for Swain it was not true as it
was not known wiiBtlier more than
; two of them favored Swain and if thev had saitl
inrthini in ta' ir of liitn he presumed it was
aout as right and proper a for the military and
euucationni tieniuinieni 'o me state lo be used hv
rt:nniui.' ever the state io tlx up the primaries for
It ' s. The eras C"in:iiissioners had and were
s ill doing niiielt gooo some of them he under-
et iod were for Co-3 jf ai y were not doing good
w i:s a wmciii' it elm ein. .
Colonel S viJn smio that the Knights of Labor
nti'l the Cantors' All.aiKu were creating a great
deal ol uneasiness It: ;;e state more from fear of
tiicir lediiical mtK.n. II- did not think that they
v.oi.U d anyttiing to injure the catinirv or had
paricu'ar deinjrs upon the party.l He 'felt satis-
r;.d that t!mre wen. republi 'ans id greenbackers
irring to ube lueL' societ.ee to deare in favor of
new party and new leaders. Manv would go with
them but there were enough good' democrats who
can not h lead off to keep the democratic uartv
intact. Our statutes are full of arbitral o. and
mechanic lien laws and the farmer had his
incorporation law so that they can
form themselves into corporate bodies for mutual
aid.
That there should be established an asrricnltnral
bureau In connection with the bureau of insurance
and statistics.
That under our system of government all per-
sons were equal liefore the law. That the roller
industrious poor boy of to-day becomes the rich
man of to-morrow. That ti e rich men of to-dav
were poor but a few years airo. The creat men
w ho have grown wealthy were poor a generation
ago. We can not legislate riches into the hands of
some without tahing out of the bands of others.
The purtial laws passed by congress during the war
the tariif the exemption of bonds and legal ten-
der currency from taxation have lightened the
burdens of some while others still sustain and
carry the load of taxation. This has brought
discontent in some quarters but the only way' to
remedy the evil is to stick to aud purify the demo-
cratic party. We can not compromise with the
commune. Every true man iu Texas should put
his foot down tirnily and say by the eternal the
law shall be upheld.
That railroad companies sholild he held strictly
to their charter rights and made to comply with
the law. Pooling and discrimination iu freight
rates should be discontinued lint railroads are
the public highways of Texas and kept open for
the public good. That our schools should be foster-
ed and encouraged and some aarangement should
be made to pay teachers promptly; that now
many of them had to aell their vouchers which
worked a hatdsblp.
The penitentiaries should be managed so as to
place the convicts in the vva Is and industries es-
tablished that will con diet as little as possible
with honest labor of the country.
The management of our State university should
lie removed so far as practicable from the domain
of politics. With its magnilicent landed legacy
and Ihe distinguished professors who compose its
faculty it will soon rank with the most famous
universities of the older states and Europe and
every intelligent citizen should encourage its
growth for the day is not distant when the ben-
efits of its intellectual training will he felt through-
out the state aud it will be tiie admiration of all
our people.
Col. Swain closed with a beautiful tribute to the
manhood and patriotism of the people and ex-
JireBsed confidence in their ability to sustain a
oca! self-Rovernnient.
TIIE AHBITR ATIOj-ST BILL.
SPEECH OF MR. COKE IX TIIE SEX-
ATE. Washinotox May 18. Mr. Coke said he would
vote for that hill after one or two amendments
should have been ma le to it. He believed it pro-
vided the best parctlcable remedies for the diffi-
culties with which the bill dealt. That remedy
was voluntary arbitration to be appealed to by the
parties immediately concerned. It was peaceful
and reasonable and made the settlement of serious
differences that from time to time arose between
large corporationseasy. The bill furnished free of
expense to both parties a method that would be ac-
ceptable to iiotb. Neither side could aJ ird to lose
public 1'pinio.i by refusing to avail itself
of so beueticient a remedy for a serious
evil. Mr. Coke did not "favor the estab-
lishment of a permanent board of commissioners
such as had iieen recommended by the
president's message. ShcIi a hoard-
Mr. Coke believed would inevitably
become a tribunal favorable to corporations how-
ever little it might he intended it should so be-
come. The plan of voluntary arbitration pro-
vided by the house bill he contended was much
lietter. The arbitrators under the bill would be
chosen in each case by the parties immediately
interested and would be chosen because of their
special knowledge of the subject involved in the
dispute. The commissioners being voluntarily
chosen by the parties concerned 'their decision
would be more acceptable to the parties involved
than that of any permanent board. As to the re-
sponsihities of railway companies for the opera-
tion of their roads Mr. Coke said they should be
compelled to keep their roads in operation strike
or no strike and on the other hand any one who
interfered with their operation should be treated
with the utmost severity. Public interest
was the first consitleration. Mr. Coke rec
ognized the absolute necessity of restrain-
ing the railways. No one be said could
read the history of railroad development witbot a
feeling of profound indignation and disgtiBt that a
system which line that of the railroads had be-
come so indispensable a necessity to civilization
should be an instrumentality in the hands of a few
individuals for the systematic robbery of the peo
ple it was to pay tuviuenus on watereu stock tnat
wages on railroads were squeezed down. The evil
would never correct itself. The state government
and I'nited States government while uniting to
protect railroad property as they should protect
railroad property and tiie interests of the public
from assault or damage should also unite to crush
out the practice which led to the labor difficulties
that nan become so serious a feature ot the railroad
problem. '
Mr. Logan without committing himself to the
support of the house bill would at the proper
time submit a substitute for it.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
CONFIHMATIONS.
W'asuinoton. Mav 18. Among the more im
portant confirmations by the senate in executive
session to-day were the following: Gen. W. S.
Kosecrans register or tne treasury; uuanes vj.
Sweeney collector of customs. Galveston district;
Silas W. Hurt naval otlicer of custums at New
York; H. L. Ileattie surveyor ol customs at New
York: Lawrence Harrigan. aim raiser of merchan
dise at St. Louis; John H. Farley collector of in-
ternal revenue Cleveland Ohio; Win. II. Davis
pension agent Philadelphia; T. C. McConnell
postmaster Brown wood Texa'.
SEIZING FISHINU VESSELS.
Wasiiinoton. Mav 18. One of the topics con
sidered at the cabinet meeting today was the
seizure of American fishing vessels by the Cana-
dian authorities for alleged violation of custom
laws.
TIIESTIMKE SITUATION.
Cincinnati. Mav 18. The remaining troona or
dered here by the governor as a means of precau-
tion against violence in connection with the recent
strikes were ordered away to-day. The strike sit
uation is vacillating vv nue in some companies
the men are returning to work others hold out
others again are coming nut. Among the last
named are the planing mill hands who demand
eight hours per day with ten hours pay. The Gro
cers association granted (lie request ot tue clerks
to close at 7 p. in. except Saturdays.
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOUTHERN
COX FERE VCE AT RICHMOND.
Richmond. Va . Mav 18. The Methodist confer
ence to-dav adopted a resolution to reconsider the
action ot the committee on the board of aiissfons
looking to an important chani e in flnaucial ar-
rangniencs. Action on the subject has been post-
poned the committee having consideration of the
su ject concerning preachers whose conduct in
general is reprehensible and don't pay their
debts reported against further legislation on the
subject i he report of the committee on publish-
ing interests atlirmed the principle that a book
agent should not decline any advertisement because
he may not be friendly to any patron of the peri-
odicals but thought no additional legislation nec-
essary. '1 lie conterence went into action on me oisnops
and up to I p. m. the calling of the list of delegates
on first ballot bad not been concluded.
The most prominent persons being voted for are
C. IS. Gallowav. of Mississippi; E. 11. llendrix of
Missouri: W. Vt Duncan of South Carolina; O. P.
Fitzgerald of Tennessee; J. S. Key of Georgia;
N. II. D. Wilson of North Carolina.
KNGLAN I.
OFFERING SltPIMIIIT.
London May 18 The Irish national league re-
ceived from tiie Ninth New York regiment and
Clan-rva-Gael society ot that city oflers to equip
transnort and maintain in the field one thousand
men to support home rule in Ulster against all
loyalist opposition.
THE GOVERNMENT WEAKENING.
London May 18. Mr. Sladstone. in the house
of commons tliis afternoon moved that the house
devote four nights of five given to parliamentary
business every week to debate on the home rule
bill. Tbo premier s proposal produced a sensa-
tion as it had come to generally be believed w ith-
out any clearly defined reason therefor that the
government hail given up hopes of carrying their
measure and would bring on a crisis as early as
possible. '
An excited discussion followed the motion.
During this both sides to the controversy revealed
their positions. Sir Micbad Hicks Beach conserva-
tive said his party wanted a pledge that the de-
bate would be finished Friday next.
After a lung warm discussion Gladstone's mo
tion was carried.
Delicate diseases of either sex. however induced.
radically cured. Address with 10 cents in Btampa
for book. World s Ulspensnry .vienicai Association
1 Buffalo N. Y.
BROOKS' STORY
HE MAKES A FULL STATE-
MENT CONCERNING TIIE
DEATH-OF PRELLKR
CLAIMING IT AVAS ACCIDENTAL
FHOM PROFESSIONAL USE OF
CHLOROFORM.
St. Loi is May 18. The Post-Dispatch this
afternoon prints a statement made bv II. M.
Hrooks alias Maxwell now on trial for the mur-
der of C. Arthur Preller which w ill constitute the
defense of Hrooks aud which will be urged to the
utmost by his attorneys on the trial. The state-
ment was made t John J. Jennings present citv
editor of the Post-Dispatch and it has been ap'-
proved by Brooks' attorneys. Jennings prefaces
the statement with some remarks ' the chief
points of which are as follows: Maxwell's expla-
nation of the death ot Preller is his only defeuse.
That explanation was made in writmg'to his at-
torneys Messrs. Martin Fauntlerov manv
months ago and Maxwell will goon the witness
stand aud repeac It. In giving it he said that his
desire all along had Ueen to unburden himself be-
fore the public ami allow hie actions previous and
alter the crime to substantiate his declarations.
These actions show that he never premeditated a
crime or tried to conceal or.e tor from the mo-
ment of his arrival Bt the Southern hotel until his
departure for San Francisco every act almost
every word of bis has been the propertv of the
public and those acts these woids form the
strongest links in the chain of circumstances which
they have forged to bold the culprit to his crime.
"The only act." he said "about which there was
any doubt at all has been the act of which I am
now accused I recognize now. as much as any-
body that 1 made a mistake in withholding my d'e
fense. I'lit what could I dor I was bare aloiie in
a strange world with no one to advise me but my
counsel and 1 followed their advice to the let-
ter." The attorneys for the defense will not deny the
the identity of the remains but will acknowledge
the death of roller tat Maxwell's hands and will
insist that death was due to an an accident arising
from circumstances which Preller himself had In-
vited. BIIOOKS' STATEMENT.
The following is Brooks' statemont:
"Mr. Preller r.as suffering from a private disease
for which I had previously prescrdied mixing the
medicines myself from bottles iu a medicine case
1 carried with me but his ailment had reached a
stage when it was necessary for mo to make cer-
tain investigations. 1 was obliged to use a cat h
eter and in using a catheter when the par s were
inflamed 1 had previously applied chloroform In
order to produce a condtiion of narcotism. 1 used
cblorofo.ni in this manner on a man
named Harrison in Liverpool with-
out any serious result. f ex-
plained the process to Preller and to'd him
what 1 should have tod. lie was not only will-
ing but very anxious that 1 should treat'lilm iu
this manner. During the day 1 purchased four
ounces of chloroform w hich was slandiug in a
bottle on the edge of my washstand w hen 1 was
washing some surgical instruments. This wash-
ing of instruments took place Sunday afternoon
anil was intended as a preparation for the opera-
tion. In washing Ihe instruments I overturned
the bottle of chloi oform and it went headlong inio
the basin the cork coming out and all but one
ounce and a quarter or an ounce and a half going
down in the sink. This was probably 8 o'clock
and after getting my instruments ready" I went out
to secure some more chloroform i went to a
drug st'e I don't know where but it was neaa
the howl. I asked for chloroform. The clerks
or some persons there had said I was excited and
in a hurry. This was not so. I sat down in a chair
in the drug store for mora than a quarter of an
hour and was very leisurely about my hiisinese
for there was no hurry. If I am not
mistaken 1 bad a long conversation with
some one in the drug store when 1 got the chloro-
form. 1 repaired to my room. Preller had been
in and out of my room and his own all the after-
noon. About i o'clock we began the operation. I
administered chloroform in the usual way holding
a saturated cloth to the nose. Preller passed
through the first stage all right. It took several
moments I don't know exactly how long then he
entered a second stage and here a terrible result
came. I discovered too late he was dying. Im-
agine my horror when this fact dawned' upon me.
I was wild with frig'it but had presence of mind
enough to cut the undershirt from the body and
getting a wet towel I bathed him around the neck
and shoulders for a half hour or so. I did not
give up until I was ready to drop from exhaustion
and my efforts were not relaxed until he hud been
dead some time. All the clothes he had on at this
time were a shirt and undershirt. I had stripped
him for the operation. What were my thoughts
when I saw my friend was dead: What could I
dor I did not know what to do except to drink.
I drank everything I could get. I drauk wine
whisky everything. What were my
thoughts? I hadn't any. All I
remember is that I drew on a pair of drawers the
first that fell Into my hands put the body in my
trunk from which I had removed everything. 1
put it into the trunk an hour after Preller's death.
What was done lieside this I have no recollection
of. Liquor and consternation . had possession ol
me and I know only that my feelings were those
of the utmost sorrow. I remained in my room
that night the same room in which the remains
were found. It would be useless for me to say
that I slept for 1 did not and I was glad w hen the
morning came. What 1 did alter leaving the room
you know for it has all been printed."
"Was a catheter found among your medical In-
struments :"
"I don't know. I carried some of my instru-
ments away iu a valise and threw them into the
racinc.
"Had you any plans about disposing of the
body?"
None whatever. 1 meant to leave it there ex
pecting that It would he discovered sooner than it
was and thinking that the post mortem would
reveal the true state of the facts that Preller had
met his death while undergoing such an operation
as 1 have designated."
'How about Preller s money?
'I know nothing about Preller's money I had
plenty of money of my own or else I couldn't have
made the long trip w hich I did make."
Mr. Jenniags closed by stating that this Is the
only synopsis of the full written statement in the
hands ot Hrooks counsel winch gives all the tie-
tails of the Sunday occurrence in room 144 of the
Southern hotel but the attorneys refused to give a
written statement and by their advice Brooks de-
clined to say any more.
According to nisown statement the cutungon oi
Preller's moustache the descriotion about traitors
found in the trunk and all the queer incidents
connected with the tragedy are to be attributed to
his iear unu crazeu condition alter tue lataiity.
OPKNINO OE THE Till A I..
St. Louis. Mav 18. The anticipation that Max
well's trial would begin in earnest to-dav attracted
a large crowd to the criminal court rooms this
moraing. 1 lie work of the morning was to have
been the selection of a jury from a panel of 47
who were selected laat week from those summon
ed as to their ability to impartially try the case.
All but one of the panel of 47 were present when
court opened but the absence of this one delaye-
the proceedings and the court Issued a writ de-
manding bis presence. It was placed in the bands
cf a deputy who immediately went fn search of
the delinquent. At 1 :ik) o'clock the deputy retnrneo
witli his man The prosecHtion and defense made
challenges the former demanding the withdrawal
of to from the total of 47 t le latter 15 thus leave
Ing VI who compose the jury which will try the
case. The court than adjourned until i: M um.
I'LATO CON VICTHD.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
San Antonio May 18. Col. Nelson Plato the
ex-collector for the Corpus Christ! district under
the repuoiican regime who put on a goou deal ol
style w hile drawing a big salary with both hands
lrom i-ncie fain s cno lias neen undergoing a
trial for two days past for enilie.zling from the
government while in office during Keburary IH-4.
The defense set up a plea that the claims of the
government had been settled iu full w hich is a
fact b.it it was not done until some time after the
indictment filed by the grand jury. A vigorous
tight was made on both sides and District Attorney
Kleberg was particularly severe declaring that the
big fishes should not be allowed to monkey with
government money. The jury returned a verdict
of guilty in tea minutes recommending the prison-
er to the mercy of the court. To-night i ol. Nel-
son Plato the republican leader on the itio
Grande rests in a cell.
HAL GEIGER.
A NOTORIOUS NEGRO POLITICIAN
SHOT AT HEAUXE.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Hearne May 18. The shooting this morning of
the notorious negro politician and bulldozer Hal
i;ei.rer. bv Mr. O. D. Connor a young attorney of
this place has caused Intense excitement among
I citizens of both colors. Geiger is a notorious ne
gro Having UereWiWO u$uitu piwiiiuiu.ij iu yrm-
tics and on that account been engaged In several
shooting alfravs. He is recognized as a hold bad
character fearless overhearing and Impudent.
Upon the present occasion Geiger voluntarily con-
stituted himself the champion of the colored' popu-
lation of the ti n n who were noon trial for vag-
rancy. He entered the courtroom and demaaded
the indictments which where given him by the
mayor stating at the same time that he intended to
see these cases4hrough and tlid not intend to lie
bulldozed. Mr. Connor objected and stated to the
court that Geiger was no lawyer and asked that the
court restore order. Vherev.pon Geiger began to
curse and abuse Connor and advanced upon him
threateningly. Connor Immediately drew his pis-
tol and emptied its contents Into Geiger's person.
There seems to be some diversity of opinion as
to whether the wounds are mortal or not. Geiger
has few sympathisers even ot his own color as he
was held In terror by most of them over whom his
sway was despotic and tyrannical.
COWAltDLY MURDER.
A CITIZEN SHOT DOWN BY A
BOUGH
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Consii ANA. May 17. Last evening near Raleigh
this county Jim Johnson a young mau of about
at years of age and considered a rough came up
behind Mr. G. W. Garrett who was conversing
with a couple of friends and shot him through
the head and as he fell shot him again through the
body killing him instantly. The frientls when
Garrett was shot tied and Johnson taking ad-
vantage of their absence nibbed the dead man of
his watch and money anil took to the woods.
The only difficulty between the men was some
disagreement about some mules w hich Garrett had
hired to Johnson some time before.
A posse of deputy she tin's left this morning to
hunt the murderer.
BIG SUIT.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Fort Woiith May 17. Attorneys for the plain-
tiff in the suit of Martha Worret ot ul. vs. some
two hundred property holders in Daggett's addi-
tion to-day obtained an order transferring the case
from the state to the federal courts. It is said the
case will be tried at Graham in Young county
which Will cause great hardship to the defendant
who will have to travel eighty miles by wagon to
attend court. The plaintiffs 'are now tiling for
$.' iO.imM) rents per annum from lHril in addition to
the $50 tiHHl for the property.
ASSIGNMENT.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
El Paso May It. F. O. Sandnskv who recently
succeeded C. E. Wainy & Co. dealers in picture
frames glass etc. assigned to Titos. White for
the benefit of his creditors. Assets $141S; liabil-
ities $.' 00.
SALE OF A SCHOONER.
Halifax May 18. A telegram from Digby save
the order for the sale of the schooner David J .
Adams by the sheriff hat been received. All fish
and other' perishable articles will be sold at once.
POND S EXTRACT. The action
of one medicine is of necessity confined
to analogous diseases hence the extract
acting on the circulatory system relieves
every sort of bleeding.
PATENTS GRANTED.
The following patents were granted to
citizens of Texas bearing date May 11
1886 and reported expressly for The
Statesman by Louis Bagger & Co. mechan-
ical experts and solicitors of patents
Washington D. C. Advice free.
No. 341830 Charles Buckle San Anto-
nio two-wheeled vehicle.
No. 341738 B. F. Cooper Center hy-
draulic motor.
No. 341481 Frank Himes Bracket bil-
liard table leveler.
No. 341483 E. W. Engle Fort Worth
safety-valve attachment for lamps.
No. 341621 F. C. Zanetti Bryan medi-
cine case.
London Truth: I learn that the Carhans
at Ems has been engaged for the Ger-
man emperor for four weeks from June
10. The emperor now drinks a large
glass of the finest Tokay every day after
dinner this wine having been reoom
mended to him as. an excellent tonic
The Emperor of Austria has sent him
a- present of several dozens" from
the imperial -cellars. There is
some splendid Tokay in the cellars at
Windsor which has been lying there for
some thirty years and it was the finest
wine that could be bought when it was im.
ported by the Queen. The Tokay was
purchased for l'rince Albert who was
very fond of it and drank it always as a
dessert wine.
In Chicago the other day when the
watchman of the board of trade building
made his rounds he found the sidewalks
and streets in front of the tower covered
with dead birds of all sorts. A little later
the electrician came down and said ths
birds had been killed by the electrio light
at the top of the tower. When he went
up to the lantern with several mem-
bers of the board of trade
the roof was found to be covered with
dead birds aud each of ths lamps in the
big circle of light was filled with them
one globe having eight birds in it. The
theory is that they were migratory flocks
going from south to north and were at-
tracted by the great light which killed
them the moment they touched it.
At a brilliant entertainment given re-
cently in Kome the lovely Queen Mar-
guerita wore an apron made of black
Chantilly lace embroidered with emer-
alds and diamonds. There were two
pockets and these were thickly embroid
ered with the same precious stones among
them four emeralds of unusual size. The
strings of the apron were made of a double
row of Teal Oriental pearls. 1 his pretty
little bit of wearing apparel cost 8(KI(M).
Make Ilnste to Defend Yonrself
If you live in a locality where malaria is
prevalent with a preventative that experience
indicates as the most reliable of medical safe-
guards Hosteller's Stomach Bitters. Entirely
free from the objections and they are valid
ones which attach to the mineral alkaloid
quinine it is fur more effective and its effects
are not evanescent but lasting unlike those
of the drug. There are portions of our land
and none more beautiful anil more fertile
which at no season of the year lire entirely
exempt from the niiiliirnil scourge. In such
regions Hosteller's Stomach Hitlers hu under-
gone a continuous test for the past thirty
years with results which have eslahlished its
reputation beyond all cavil as a special (lefeiise
against every form of malarial disease. For
biliousness also it is an acknowledged speci-
fic and it is a potent remedy for constipation
dyspepsia rheumatism and un impoverished
condition of the blood.
A handsome dinner dress lately exhibit
ed was made of dark nasturtium-colored
surah veiled with beige- colored quipura
net a design of stripes running through
the guipure pattern. The bodice aud
drapery were of golden brown etaraine
figured with leaves and flowers picked out
in gold the blooms and foilage partly
beige and. partly golden green. As it fell
in folds some of the leaves as th
caaght the light shone out in a beautiful
mingling of soft gold and russet tints.
Sir Trevor Lawrence indignantly pro-
tests against the statement that he w;.s
paid preposterous prices for orchids atnl
declares that the highest he ever gave was
$1250 for a cattaleya triante. At the same
time he sneers at the British peachblow
brethren who invest extravagant sums in
"blue ginger jars."
THE EDITORS.
REUNION AND A HIGH OLD
TIME IN TIIE ALAMO
CITY YESTERDAY.
SPEECHIFYING 11 Y PROMINENT
GENTLEMEN-INVITED OUT
BY TIIE Y. M. C. A
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
San Antbnio. May 18. The delegates to the
Texas Press association met at the Casino this
morning a little after It) o'clock Judge .1. II.
Davis president ot the association being on hand
and presiding. Secretary C. E. Ciilliert did not ar-.
rive in town till late but not to the hall by noon.
The mayor of San Antonio welcomed (lie dele-
gates to the hospitalities of the city told them to
make themselves perfectly at home and favor the
city by Imposing upon It. Judge Davis answered
on behalf ot the association. Colonel Andrews
chairman of the reception committee and Senator
Houston aiso spoae ami gave tne very Heartiest
welcome to the city and recited the programme
mapped out for the entertainment of the delegates
and impressed upon them the necessity of yield-
ing themselves up wholly to their entertainers.
Several standing committees were appointed by
the chair on resolutions membership aud re-
vision of the roll. '
Colonel hlllott s name formerly of the Dallas
Herald was submitted as an aiinlicant for re
instatement on the roll.
A representative of the y. M. C. A. addressed
the association reniiesting them to lie on hand at
the meeting that night and give the voting men
good advice. His remarks were greeted with much
applause.
The out veteran Colonel Norton came In late
and was called to the stage introduced and made
to say a few words. He is the essayist this year
and on that ground was excused from making
anv extentled remarks.
.Mr. J. Ii. Coneland of San Antonio was also
called on for a sneech.
The meeting adjourned at 12:80.
The delegates assembled at H:80at their head
quarters and took vehicles for a visit to those
classic ruins the Missions.
At night possibly a majority of them attended
the Y. M. C. A. meeting.
Some sixty delegates were in attendance and
more are expected to-morrow.
strong grounds will be taken on the present
libel law.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
San Antonio. .May 18. The state iiress associa
tion met here tills morning In Casino Hall with
about seventy-five members nresenl. from nearlv
every city and town In Texas and welcoming atl-
iiresses w ere inane oy mayor i auauan and other
ironuneni citizens and the reply by Jlou. J. II.
I)avls president of the association after which
the morning was consumed In preliminary routine
business and the afternoon was spent in visiting
the oltl missions below the citv. and to-nlirht the
etlitora are the honored guests of the Young Men's
v.nriaiian association ll is strongly Intimated
that the Texas libel law will receive a good d al of
attention before the session terminates. The pres-
ident favors the appointment ot a committee to
tlraft a suitable bill for presentation to the next
legislature.
L.IN1CS FROM LiIjANO.
FINE IIAINS-HIG STAMPEDE
Y OUNG CATTLE.
Special Telegram to The Statesman.
OF
'.la no May 18. We are  now
having a fine
lllltv. This will
rain so much needed in this coi
suffice to make the oat crop a success.
District court meets here on the With liiBt. There
will be a large criminal docket as well as civil to
uinpose in.
air l'rvni. nrr)vol Kalnr.luv .....rnlm. nn.l
ceived fi7U yearling steers during the day. That
night a stampede occurred In his newly gathered
herd and all escaped. Ho has since recovered all
execept about 180 head. .He will next receive 4U0u
head at Mason 80011 at Loyal Valley and (KMJ at
San -aba. Mr. Pryor learned whilst here that the
festive fence-cutters hat) nipped four miles of his
pasture lence near Mason.
SWEENEY CONFIRMED.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Galveston. May 18. Cant. C. C. Sweeney re
ceived this evening perhaps the most gratifying
lAiivgiam ui U10 1110. 41 vtus ns IOUOWB.
W'asuinoton May 18.
To Charles C Sweeney Collector of Customs Cfal
vesiou
You were unanimously confirmed this afternoon.
(SIgnedl Jtu Maui) Cokk.
This lifted a pretty big load off the captain's
mind the word unanimously being particularly
gratifying to the collector and his friends. Just
whut occasioned the delay in Caolaln Sweeney's
confirmation neither be nor his friends know and
inu laiier uau negan 10 ieei that some powerful
secret enemy was trying to defeat the captain's con-
firmation. The unanimous vote however dispels
these vague conjectures and makes llieui happy.
SHOT AND KILLED.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Gainesville May 18. Information reached here
to-dav from Delaware llend of a shooting scrape
which occurred near there. Saturday night in
which a man named McDaniel was killed on the
farm of Tugg Strother. McDaniel reached behind
him to get his handkerchief from his pocket
when Stortlier shot blui In tbo lett breast. Mc-
Daniel pursued and found lil;n lying exhausted by
the roatlside. Strother drew his pistol and fired
two more shots both of which took effect. He
then left McDaniel dead. - Strother surrendered
and was released on f M0 bond lie Daniel was
unarmed.
TEXAS SPORTSMEN.
Special telegram to the Statesman.
San Antonio May 18. The Texas Sportsmen's
association met at San Pedro Springs park this
morning with representative shootists from ail
parts of the state and has been engaged nearly all
day in Hie usual exercises. Four set of matdies
were shot off. The session will occupy four days.
The matches for the champion gold medals and
diamond badges will ccuie off on the last day.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Special telegram to the Statesman.
Wkathereoiiii May 18. This afternoon Dallas
Halsford a well to do farmer living eight miles
north of this citv was riding one of bis work
horses and leading the other. As ha was leaving
the lot the the horse be was leading jerked him off
backwards and broko his neck. Ills wife heard
him hollow as he fell and ran to him finding liliu
dead.
KILLING AT KYLE.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Kvle Mat. 17.-Tony McMahone shot and
killed one Richard Hall at seven o'clock. This af-
fair took place one quarter of a mile from Kyle at
Sledge lane. McMahon claims Hall threw a rock
 ... .. 18 t"'n took l! pisUil and shot biin
twice killing him Instantly. Both patties are cop
ored. Hall was an industrious farmer. Deputy
Sheriff Johnson arrested McMahon.
W e are having a good shower to-night.
CAKPKNTEK't UNION.
Special Telegram lo The Statesman.
San Antonio May 17. About seventy-five jour-
neymen carpenters and joiners of this city met at
the Knights of Labor hall yesterday for the pur-
pose of forming themselves into an organization
for practical purpose and co-oeratlon. They or-
ganized a union independent of any other labor or-
ganization though for similar purposes and ob-
jects and will co-operate with other unions and
orders In the interest of organized lalior.
FATAL FALL.
Special Telegram to the Statesman.
Koiit Worth May 17. A telegraph operator
named It. L. Letter was walking on a trestle 4S
feet high to-day when thi train on the Santa Fe
came thundering along. Letter iet himself down
and bung to the stringers. The train shook him
off and he fell sustaining injuries from which lie
died to-night.
MOHTALLY "WOUNDED.
El FA it LA. I. T.. Mar 18. lteoorts reached here
I that Deputy I'nitw! Stn'c .Varbhal Andrews and
D jiari or iitr.- were all mortally wounded by Hill
Pigeon liie stteui iiU'nz Inn rapture Sat'i.-day.
Pigeon hil k. lied twelve mi n mil Awir'ws and
hl liOh-i' ie after the rewurd. Particulars of tne
affair h- not yet been learned. A posse ol
armed miens is scouring tbe country lor
Pieon.
ELECTED f.A I'.DINAL.
nAi.TiM'ii.i."May 18. Archbishop Gibbons this
morning re cited B official communication from
I arditial l.au ;i Jacohtul papal secretary f state
irifurniing loe. of his election lo tue cardinal uti:
by Pi; - i. . XIII.
Ll YE STOCK NOTES.
A T.amlllirf Vina nnsAhha lina.1
. -av. ajHuiwi a v 11110 jUIUIinrOU ft UC1U
from S W. Bobbins & Co. on Toy ah
creeks. '
Mr H. C. Clark of Dallas will move 6-
000 head of cattle from DeWitt count; to
1'residio county.
Wintleld Soott 'shipped 400 head of
cattle to his New Mexico ranch via Van
Horay last week.
Parties on Toyah creek and at Saragoaa
are reported to have lost gome saddle
horses from looo weed.
J. W. Gibson and J. D. Huston turned
over 1000 head of cattle to the Continent- '
al Cattle company last week.
Joe Nations of Pecos delivered 8.000
head of cattle to the Littlefleld Cattle
company of New Mexico last week.
Good young cattle are being advertised
for sale oheap in Texas this spring. The
time to buy is when people want to sell.
Berry Gatewood of Ennis lately deliv
ered 3000 one and two year old steers to
tue continental Cattle Co. says there is a
good demand for young steers in the Pan
handle.
The Continental Cntt.ln nnmnnnv iii
start a herd north to Montana at onoe.
This com nan v's herd enmnriuna 9. oim h00.i
of very fine graded cattle and Is said to be
ii. n XI A A.I. - 1
1110 uuom uu uie x poos.
Texas Live Stock Journal.
The price Of cattle centering nn trnrf.
Worth and from ranges in three or four
counties each wav. nan lie minted it i
yearlings $U for twos and $18 for threes
bvcjib lienors a iraouon lower.
The Pecos river is on the mmnnirA.
banks full at this point. It is feared that
w tin 1 . ..a .
aio miorier s oriuge will be undermined
aud carried awav. Hoores of Hnmi nnttio
are floating by. Pecos Valley News.
Texas Stockman: Thn RViAnrimv una.
son is in full blunt nnd th uli
ing off to light and bright to be sacrificed
nu wiu not db saorinoed 11 the growers
and their agents do not go off half 000k-
ed. The Montana Stock f) rower fiQ
days of the old time cowboy who would
do nothing ut of the saddle are abont
over; that the oowboy of the present or
iinuio must uui UB too gOOU 13 dig a post
hole.
Owners of southern Tnvna Vwo-Hu nn ((
move are in advance of their herds trying .
to hob wniu irouoie ir any they are likely
to have in getting through. Col. R. O.
Head and Col. H. M. Taylor are interest
ing niemseives actively in efforts to secure
the passage of cattle for which they are
entitled to much credit.
South America nnd other nilnnfrioa ho..
for several years been our competitors in
me production or beer and mutton for
foreign markets but it is only lately that
frozen meat from those
come to our own shores. The time mav
como when sheep owners mny not be
the only class of stockmen directly in-
terested in protection.
There have been many conflicting re-
ports as to the condition of cattle and
ranges in the Pecos valley country. The
fact that the cattlemen in the valley both
in New Mexico and Texas have postponed
the spring round rip on account of the
condition of the cattle being sfich that
in their opinion they would not stand
working tells its own story.
What with bearing in the Rt.. T
Chicago markets and quarantining in
Kansas the Texas cattle trade U having a
hard time. A telegraphic announoemeHt
made to the governor of K
day to the effect that four hundred head
01 lexas came nau round their wav into
the state by rail and had been sent on
foot into the interior wna mmlu fh
sion for another pronunciaments of im
mediate expulsion.
The (Chicago) Drover's Journal correct-
ly apprehends the future in th following:
Texas cattle and hogs and sheep at mar-
ket twelve months in the year would have
seemed very strantre five veara ncrnvem.
only five years ago. Now Chicatro has
them in a very small way and in a very
few years we shall count upon fat Texas
stock all the year round as much as we -now
reckon upon fat stock from Kansas
and Nebraska every month in the year.
The manufacturers of butterine and
oleomargarine are having a tough time of
it. Two hundred millions of pounds of
bogus butter are now annually made in
the United States and the manufacturers
are clamoring for the right to sell it as
genuine butter. This destroys the busi-
ness 1m which are involved the ownership
of $15000000 worth of cows and a yearly
butter product worth $000000000. And
yet congress is hesitating about protect-
ing this vast interest. All of the foreign
markets are being blockaded against us.
The live cattle export trade is rather ac-
tive. Prices abroad are rather low how-
ever and we seem to be sending rather
more cattle and dressed-beef  especially the
latter than English consuming markets
can take at good prices. The early open-
ing of navigation at Montreal does not
help matters any. Canadian exporters lost
a good deal of money last year however
and may not care to put tkeir fingers in '
the same fire so freely this year. From
the best authority from abroad it wvuld
seem that American cattle have little to
fear in competition from Canadian stock
as the latter though admitted to interior
markets are much poorer in quality.
A recent writer says: "The branding
of horses ahd cattle is another indefensi-
ble cruelty. The burns are seme times
very large and so deep that they never
heal. I have seen cattle at the stock
yards whose brand-burns though inflicted
a year and a half before were huge sores
full of maggots and inflamation. Brand-
ing with a red-hot iron is a fearful oruelty
and though range cattle must necessarily
be marked in some manner a substitute
for this inhuman burning is certainly to
be found. The Hide and Leather Associ-
ation has estimated that Inst year's loss
on hides on account of unnecessary and
over deep branding was $1650000.
Ayer's Hair Vigor restores the color and
stimulates the growth of the hair prevents
it from fulling off u;.id greatly incteRstis
its beauty. It lias a delicate und InMing
perfume its ingrodienH are hariiilesn aini
for the toilet it is unotjrmllfcd.
Mr. DeunU Corvjn announces hinjfelf
tills morning as a candidate for sheri;T.
Ha formerly occupied this ofllce and gave
groat satin (fiction. He is very popular
with the people and wili mnfce a Btron'
race.