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The Weekly Banner.
J. G, RANKIN, Proprietor.
O. H. P. GARKETT, Editor.
Thursday, April 3, 1890.
What has become of the Dallas
Times-Herald? Has it suspended
publication?
Here of late the Victoria Advocate
is liable to create the impression that
it has become a Hogg convert.
The movement on the part of the
business men of New Orleans and
St. Louis to erect a monument to
the memory of the late Jas. B. Eads
hangs fire.
The Eansas farmers have peti
tioned the governor to call an extra
session of the legislature for
tho
PUrpOSO of
Tray to extend
the redemption
under mortgage
providing some
the time for
of farms sold
Better come
to Texas and live among God s peo
ple
Old Bill Chandler is such a
detestable, rautankerous and per
sonally obnoxious old "cuss" that it
is said he makes politics the test of
friendship aud has made himself so
offensive that he is hardly on speak
ing terms with any democratic mem
ber of the senate.
Louisville was visited by a terrible
cyclone at 8 o'clock Thursday even
ing, in which over two'hundred lives
were lost, and the vast majority of
the readers of the daily papers knew
nothing of it until the following
Saturday. The associated press is
slower than an ox-cart at times.
It is claimed that Gov. Campbell,
of Ohio, has destroyed his chances
for becoming the democratic standard-bearer
in the race for president
by conferring a lieutenant's commis
sion in the state militia on a new
"born grandson ot Mrs. John A. Lo
gan. To say the least it was a dis
gusting piece of flunkeyism.
The other day old "Honest John'1
Sherman ripped and snorted and
cavorted and bellowed in the senato
against "trusts," taking everybody
by surprise. 'His brother senators
couldn't imagine what change had
come over the spirit of his dreams
for about five minutes, until it dawn
ed on their minds that he was hit
ting at a match trust in which Gen.
Alger is interested. And, of course,
Alger is the one who bought his
"nigger" votes.
The pride is occasionally taken
out of the editors of the big metro
politan papers as well jis the small
ones by the intelligent compositor
and lynx-eyed proof-reader. The
Times-Democrat finds itself reduced
to the awkward necessity of explain
ing that it wasn't due to ignorance
that it referred to a distinguished
Prussian as a Eussian, and another
paper referring to an article
which appeared in a previous
issue on works of imagina
tion, makes the correction: "For
1 'Jules Vemo and other blackguards'
read Jules Verne and Eider Hag
gard." There is a nice religious row go
ing on between Eev. John Bolton,
rector of the aristocratic Trinity
Episcopal church at "West Chester,
Pa., and some of his influential
members. The disturbance was
caused by tho rector having a num
ber of rows of pews in the far end
of the church removed without con
sulting the wardens. The wardens
had them replaced and decided to
defray the expense out of the rec
tor's salary, which naturally caused
the rector to kick. It is intimated
that the rector's reason for havin"
tho pews removed was because
cards were played in them while
tho services were going on.
BOSS TTVKKDIS5I REVIVED.
The startling developments that
are being made in New York with
reference to the administration of
tho office of sheriff and of the rotten
ness existing among the high-inuck-a
mucks and high-cock-a-lorums in
the Tammany organization furnish a
strong reminder of tho palmy days
of Boss Tweed and his notorious
gang of thieves and underlings. The
public has just received the verdict
in one of the most infamous divorce
conspiracy proceedings on record.
Sheriff Flack, grand sachem of Tam
many, retires from his offico in dis
grace. He has been convicted of
misdemeanor and is under indict
ment for felony. Growing tired of
living with his aged wife, over sixty
years old, with whom he had lived
some thirty odd years and by whom
he had grown children, ho conceived
and carried into execution a conspi
racy to get a divorce from her in or
der that he mmht live the remainder
of his days open and above board
with a courtesan with whom he had
been holding illicit intercourse a
number of years. The son of Flack
and of the poor, simple-minded old
lady was his father's aider and abet
tor in the conspiracy, which could
not have been carried out but for the
implicit confidence reposed by the
old lady in her son, who induced
her to sign papers, accept
service, &c, ad libitum.
The conspiracy was -finally
discovered, and when it was un
earthed the judge who tried the
case was shown to have had a guilty
knowledge. Proceedings weie in
stituted against Sheriff Flack, and
the most bold and bare-faced and
desperate attempts were made to
abduct, kidnap, bribe and corrupt
witnesses to prevent them from tes
tifying adversely in tho case. The
trial of the sheriff and tho indict
ment of several of his subordinates
for felonies and misdemeanors indi
cated the existence of habitual
official malfeasance and led to a
grand jury investigation. The
grand jury made its report the other
day, and it proved almost as big a
bombshell as the first discovery of
tho Flack conspiracy. Tho grand
jury report arraigns the manage
ment of the office as one continued
series of malfeasances in which "not
one single element of redeeming
character has appeared before this
grand jury," and concludes that "the
sheriffs office-is a standing disgrace
to the city of New 1 ork and the age
m which we live." According to
the New York Star, the report deep
ly involves Mayor Hugh J. Grant,
who was elected to office as a re
former, and shows him to have com
mitted acts as sheriff which leave
him characteiless in the community.
It accuses him of sharing in illegal
fees exacted by an unauthorized
official, and says the best service ho
can render his party is to resign at
once.
carrying it. This would be pater
nalism and class-favoritism, to be
sure. But the protective tariff sys
tem is class favoritism and paternal
ism, and so would be the subsidiz
ing of steamships.
Post-Dispatch: After the Vir
ginia elections the republican organs
agreed almost unanynously that
General Mahons represented the
worst1 elements in Virginia ; that he
was not fit to be a republican leader,
and- that he deserved his defeat.
Tho report that the general is to bo
made consul-general at Paris indi
cates that President Harrison disa
grees with his party organs. General
Mahono joins the ranks of Soresby,
the letter thiof ; Dille, tho land grab
ber; Dudley, the vote purchaser,
aud others who are unfit for nnv
thing except to hold offices as a re
ward for disgraceful services to tho
"republican party.
' AID TO STEAMSHIPS.
The New York Nation in quoting
from and commenting on an inter
view recently published with Sena
tor Allison, in which the Iowa
statesman declared himself in fayor
of subsidizing steamship lines "in a
reasonable way," shows strongly the
absurdity of such a policy. Senator
Allison, in substantiation of his
view in favor a "reasonable" subsidy,
is quoted as having said in his inter
view : "There was a curious thing
about shipping came to my knowl
edge a few days ago. Com is worth
from 10 to 12 cents a bushel less in
Iowa than it was last year. Tho
rates of inland freights are substan
tially tho same now as then they
have not been increased, certainly.
Yet, the difference between the price
ot corn now and last year in Liver
pool is only i cents. In other
words, the ocean freights upon all
agricultural products have immense
ly advanced within the last year.
Our people should take hold in some
afay of this question of ocean
weights, as it seems to me that they
have advanced without any just
cruse, especially as respects all farm
products. This is illustrated, as I
have already shown, by the differ
ence in the price of corn in Iowa
aud in Liverpool, without any cor
responding difference in the price of
lailroad transportation, which shows
that the people of the United States
are interested in improving our
shipping facilities. Just how it will
be done I am not prepared to say,
but that it. ought to bo done I am
sure "' The Nation thinks that the
problem ought not to be a difficult
one for a senator from a corn-growing
state to solve, and suggnsts it
self a simple solution, which avoids
the cumbersome method of beating
the devil around the stump aud of
robbing Peter to pay Paul. In oth
er words, the Nation refois Senator
Allison to the action of tho state
board of agriculture of Illinois,
another corn-growing state, which
adopted a resolution asking that tho
proposed bounties for sub&idizing
steamships be paid to the farmer di"
reetly, and not by the roundabout
process of paying it to a shipowner,
aud trusting to luck that it will
eventually get aiound to the fanner.
Of coui-bo. says the Nation, if a lib
eral bounty wero "paid for growing
corn, tho farmer could affoid to pav
better wages to tho ship-owner for ,
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
One of the latest' and most popu
lar crazes which has taken hold of
the people is the national building
and loan association, and yet it is
withal one of the most deceptive
and delusive. The nature and char
acter of these institutions and their
deceptiveness aie fully shown up in
the last number of the Amencan
Machinist. It inay be expected, al
most as a matter ot course, our con
temporary remarks that whenanypar
ticular line ot business is so conduc
ted as to merit the specialconfidence
of the people, it will no sooner gain
that confidence than some attempt
will be made to use its fjood name
for the purpose of advancing some
scheme which, to the superficial ob
server, may very closely resemble
the original, and yet really possess
vital points of difference. And so
it is with regard to "national" build
ing and loan associations. The prin
cipal feature tending to secure safety
and confidence in the conduct of
building and loan associations is the
fact that their operations are con
fined to a particular locality, which
is familiar to every member, so that
no officer can be elected who is not
known to at least a majority of them
and no transaction of any kind can
be carried on without every member
having the fullest opportunity of in
vestigating it. And, besides, it is
customary for all of the officers ex
cept the secretary to servo without
compensation. The "national" build
ing and loan associations are neces
sarily without these features, which
are the principal assurances of a
safe and stiaighiforward business.
As a result of conducting a "nation
al" building and loan association
business, the Machinist cites the
American Building and Loan Asso
ciation whose headquarters are at
Minneapolis, and whose membership
is scattered through nearly every
state of the union. The public ex
aminer of Minnesota finds that it
has cost this institution 8300,000 to
conduct a business of $1,200,000
for two years, which is just '25 per
cent for the expense of operation;
and at the end of the two years, in
stead of showing a gain for the
stockholders, the books actually
show a deficiency of 87-1,718.28, or
nearly 6 per cent of the entire
amount received, rue public ex
of us. I will have that manager to
know that though we may not al
ways do right we spend thousands
on railroads. It is a reflection on
every man among you that they call
this a circus. If you can stand it I
can.
There seems to be some doubt as
to whether Sam's show is a circus
performance or a cockpit. The last
number of the Texas Methodist
The Galveston boom will now
careen and bound and whirl and
whistle sure enough. On Saturday
in the United States senate, Senator
Coke's bill for tho appropriation of
SG,200,000 for the purpose of obtain
ing deep water in Galveston harbor,
in accordance with the report of the
government engineers, was passed
Christian Advocate editorially says : j unanimously without a dissenting
The Advocate trio have been to
Foit "Worth and have heard Sam
oones. They pronounce 'your Un
cle Jones' a good eep or rather he
is a full-grown chicken now a reg
ular game cock, who makes the
blood and feathers fly at every
stroue. itatner rough to be com
pared to a fighting rooster,, but if
the Advocate can stand it we will
undertake to say Sam can.
IRRESPONSIBLE CRANKS
Following close upon the heels of
the appal'og disaster last week at
Louisville and the detailed account
and sickening list of the dead and
wounded victims of tho cyclone,
while the public mind was in a kind
of terror-stricken state of feverish
excitement and prepared to believe
almost anything since the awful vis
itation at Louisville came like a clap
of thunder from a clear sky, a por
tentous and direful warning of a
still more terrible calamity yet to
take place was sounded and pub
lished broadcast through the chan.
neis oi tne public press. This worn
ing was contained in a prediction
made by one Sergeant Dunn, who
is employed in the United States
signal service. Sergeant Dunn pre
dicts that the greatest flood ever
known in the history of the country
wi'l sweep over the lower Missis
sippi river within the next few
weeks; that sediment has already
choked up the mouth of the rive--;
that the floods in its tributaries are
rapidly raising the great stream
higher and higher above its natural I
level, and that the pent-up waters
must erelong break over the banks
and deluge and devastate tho whole
country. Every habitable quarter
for miles, accoiding to this irrespon
sible and sensational prophet, is
doomed, and tho citizens of New
Orleans are warned to abandon their
homes and occupations and to flee as
for their lives. Coming as it did so
close upon the heels of the Louis
ville cyclone, and from a person oc-
government position, the
voice, bmco it was adopted so em
phatically by tho senate, it is reason
able to believe that it will not meet
with much opposition in the house,
in which it will be brought up this
week.
The Austin Statesman presents a
case for the interposition of the
interstate commission, a state rail
way commission, or some other kind
of interference to correct the injustice
and inequality of gross discrimina
tion. It says:
An Austin firm shipped a car of
ice to uorpus (Jhristi, the freight on
wmen cost sou.uu. a car ot ice was
shipped from Quincey, HI., to the
same assignees in Corpus Christi,
the freight being only $60, the dis
tance bfling a thousand miles, whereas
the distance fiom Austin to Corpus
Christi is only two hundred andthirtv
miles. The Illinois car went right
by the doors of tho Austin factory
and over the same line.
cupymg a
aminer recommends that the attor- IjreHct'on was accepted by thous-noy-general
of the state order thpi andf ?f people, ordinarily not over-
American Building and Loan Asso
ciation to wind up its affa'us and
quit business.
SAM JONES AT THE FORT.
Whether he has got his water hot
enough yet to begin scalding his hogs
deponent sayeth not, but Sain
Jones is still holding forth ut the
unregenerafe town of Fort Wurth in
his pecul ar style, and is as usual en
gaged in vituperatiug and venting
his personal spleen against every
body whom he dislifces or who
doesn't do to suit him or agree with
him and against everything which
doesn't go according to his wishes.
As appears by the report of his
Wednesday's services in tho local
columns of the Gazette, the rover
end slang-slinger has a grievance
against the Houston & Texas Cen
tral railroad. "When he pitched his
tent at the Fort the difiereut railway
lines were applied to and were psked
to grant reduced rates so that peo
ple from the country and the curiously-inclined
from a distance miprht
have an opportunity of gratifying
their curiosity to see the great reli
gious evangelist at the smallest ex
pense obtainable. In most cases
the railways granted compliance
with the special favor asked, and es
tablished excursion rates. The
Houston & Texas Central railway,
however, declined to accede to the
request. Its management viewed
the matter from an entirely business
standpoint. Sam Jones was coining
money outof his gospclshowandmost
of the people who went to his meet
ings went out of curiosity as they
would go to a circus. Therefoie,
the request for low rates over the
roads could not be regarded strictly
as a charitable Request, and to have
granted it would not have been in
the interest of public morals partic
ularly or in the interest of the real
and true cause of Christianity. The
refusal of the Central to grant the
reduced rates asked for brought on
a denunciation of it by the Eev.
Sam, and in his tirade from tho pul
pit he put wordsin the mouth of
the manager of the Central road
and himself sized up his gospel
6how about as others view it. He is
reported as having said :
"There are the railroads all over
the country giving reduced rates to
this meeting except the Texas Cen
tral. 'I won't give tickets to Sam
Jones' meeting. Ho is working for
money; so am I. I won t do it.' If
I was a citizen of this place I would
never go ou that road. The Mis
souri, Kansas and Texas and tho
Houston Texas Central don't make
any concession to Sam Jones' circus
lhese railroad men, where do thov
get their mouov?
credulous, as true as gospel. This
was made obvious, says tho .New Or
leans Ximes-Hemocrat, by the fact
that the day the prediction was pub
lished a flood of telegrams poured
into the L-rescent Lity, making mqui
ly as to the chances of an overflow.
Other sensational dispatches were
rec&ived advising merchants to sell
cotton at ouce, and several ordeis
of goods to be shipped were coun
termanded from the North, the ship
pers declaring that they were un
willing to take the risk of the flood.
Thus, the commerce of a large city
was for awhile almost completely
paralyzed by the wild babblings of
an irresponsible and reckless weath
er crank, and hasn't recovered from
it yet. It is not necessary to say
tnat it wouldn t bo good for Her
geant Dunn's health if ho should
make a visit to New Orleans any
time soon. The Times-Democrat
demands his removal from tho gov
ernment service.
Eev. Sam Joxzs began his attack
on the stronghold of Satan in Fort
"Worth last Friday and his services
are being attended by thousands of
people, excursion trains being run
into the city over all the roads to
give people from a distance an op
portunity to attend. As yet no
great shaking-up among the dry
bones is reported. But it is due to
Sam to say that no opportunity has"
yet been extended to sinners to
come forward. Sam says he never
kills hia hogs until he gets the water
hot enough to scald them.
The bill for the admission of
"Wyoming Territory into the sister
hood of states has passed the house
of representatives. The purpose of
the republican managers seems tqe "
to adniit every territory except Utah,
into the union, provided they can be
assured that thoy will vote the re
publican ticket in the next election.
Majoe Haywaud Brahax, of Art
Bend county, appears to be quite a
favorite among th6 newspapers of
the state, and it is pretty safet-to
predict that if any change is to be
made in the office which he aspires
to fill he will stand a3 good a show
as any of the candidates.
The railroads have all extended
the courtesy of free passes to the
county judges, who are to meet at
Dallas on the 8th of April, because
they have favors to ask of the county
judges. But they have no favors to
ask of the poor old veterans and
none to bestow.
Beagair
The Brownwoo'd Appeal says that
there are now only two of the"" old
landmarks left who figured conspic
uously both in Texas and Confeder
ate history, since the death of ton.
Thos. J. Devine. of San Antonio.
They are Senator John H.
and Undo Frank Lubbock.
i i
uii u-uubiuii .rose nas aonnea a
beautiful new dress and presents the
most creditable make-up of any pa
per in Texas. "We can't say, how
ever, that we admire its headdress.
The initial letter in the word "Hous
ton" makes it look like it had been
shot at and missed.
Eev. Sam Joses gets off a great
many things unfit for publication,
but ho says some things occasionally
that deserves to- be repeated and
that can be reproduced without viola-
itinjT the rules of decencv. Sam is
authority for the following:
"You fellows get down on your
knees and pray for the poor heathen.
Hong Kong is a better town than
New Orleans and Canton is a better
town than San Francisco. Brethren,
I am alarmed for America. The
question is not so much for America
to christiauizo China, but to keep
China from heatheni2ing America
and I believe China has got the soft
est job. I saw a boat leave San
Francisco for China. She had on
board three missionares, two boxes
of bibles and 1300 barrels of whisky
going to christianize the poor
neatnens.
The Houston Post repels tho idea
of being a "free trade" paper as in
dignantly as the most rampant re
publican sheet would nil says
democracy and freo trade aro not
synonymous. Theoretically they
me, and tho democracy hold to tho
position that the only justification
for the imposition of a taii'f at all is
for the purpope of raisiug just
enough revenue to defray expenses
of government economically admin
istered. The idea nf "incidental"
protection is not a democratic idoa.
Tho Post is just a littlo too sensi
tive for au orthodox democratic pa-
They get it out ' Pcr cn the tilriff-
Boston- Hekald : There is a very
general agreement among all intelli
gent people that Senator Ingalls' 'la
test pension scheme is the most
idiotic proposition that has yet been
advanced in this lino of legislation.
Just think of seriously proposing as
an inducement to a woman to marry
a disabled and helpless soldier, that
sue snan pe entitled to a pension
when she becomes his widow! And
yet that is the gist of Senator In
galls' bill.
An exchange reports an unusual
and queer incident, as follows : "A
negro's cabin was invaded in Dallas
by a Mr. Dillard, of Midlothian, last
Saturday night, and was shot by the
negro, and died upon tho fence as
he retreated." Just to think ! The
cabin was shot by the negro, who
was the owner of it, and the cabin
died on the fence as the negro re
treated.
Missoubls state treasurer has been
removed from offico for being a de
faulter to the govenment, and a suc
cessor has been appointed. The de
faulting treasurer lost tho public
funds in the great American game
of draw-poker. The Globe-Democrat
says it is to be hoped the new state
treasurer will hire an expert to do'
his poker-playing.
Not long ago a local fire insurance
company was organized at San An
tonio, and now another at "Waco will
soon bo ready to do business. These
insurance companies should be en
couraged and well patronized. The
amount of money that goes out of
the state every year for insurance
policies is an important item in our
commercial life.
Asothxe state treasurer has gone
wrong. The worst of it is that it is
another democratic treasurer of a
Southern state. The list ''now
stands: Arkansas, Alabama. Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis
souri, Tennessee and Maryland
(test. Nelson A. Miles is the next i
in line of promotion to the vacant
major-generalship tQ fill General
Crook's place. It is said that the
Shermans and Camerons favor him
and the prospects are that he will
get the promotion.
The,' Eunnols County Ledger by j
jUessrs. Truly and Clark is a candt-1
date for public favor. It is pub-i
lished at Ballinger and follows close
after tho Ballinger Banner. The
Ballinger people, no doubt, think it j
never rains, but it pours.
i
The Lampasas Leader reports that
a "shingle lunch" was given by the
ladies' aid society of the Baptist
church at that place, but doesn't go
into particulars. Wonder if it was
suggested by Benjamin Franklin's
famous sawdust pudding.
in
Hogg has tho drummers, the!
sheriffs and the railroads all dead
set against him, and if he sue
coeds in reaching the gubernator
persimmon despite this opposition ht-
will prove a strong candidate indeed!
The' name of Hon. J. H. McL'eary j
ex-attorrney-general of the state, ii
being prominently mentioned by
number of papers at present. He i
being quoted as authority on thi
efficacy of a certain patent medicine
The papers that are devoting
great deal of their valuable space
senseless abuse and denunciation
Attorney-General Hogg would bette
spend tho time in looking up an
grooming their lavonte darfc horsea
Coming events cast their shadows
before. The students of the Ohio
state university held a mock conven
tion a few days ago to nominate can
didates for president aid vice-
president of the Uuited States. The
choice fell upon Stephen Grover
Cleveland and Gov. Jas. E. Camp1
bell.
"We are told that "man is fearfully
and wonderfully made." And, again,
tho human body has been likened
unto a complicated piece of machin
ery wellnigh ideal perfection. Yet
a Eussian inventor has recently ta
ken out patents in his countiy for
"improvements in tho human body,
designed to facilitate walk:ng, run
ning and jumping."
Thk reception of tho announce
ment of Senator McDonald's candi
dacy for governor so far is about tho
I flattest failure on record.
The Houston Herald hoists Joti
tho democratic and republican mJ
mcipal tickets at the top of ,rt
torial page. You pays your
and takes your choice.
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Thebe has already been formed i
anti-lottery league in Louisiana
prevent an extension of the cha
to the Louisiana lotteiy company 1
the next legislature.
"NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
.'! persons holding claims agaicit
estate of Jennie Pool, al'as Jennie Bui
ceased, are notified that I qualified asjidn
istrator ol said estato on the 27ttfdav
Jla-ch IbSO, ana you will present yd
claims within Uio 'me proscribed by law!
meat urenrjam, leias, wui&i is my pa
offico address. 7
T. O. Htnes, AdminUlratoJ
UREynM,Jla-cli7, 1890. f
NOTICE TO CKED1TORS.
All persons ha'nc claims against
estate of J. H. Uiaham, deceased, are hi
by no 'fled that the unde-signea has this
been appo-nled acminisi.utor ol tne esl
and that slid cla'ms must bopre-entcdj
allowance .'. bin tno fne presorted
law. That my penoffice address is B
ham, Texas.
wif. Strcv-
Adm wtr
BRENHiM.TauSj Apr'1 2, 1890.
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