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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
PLAYED REAL TRACED
DROVE A DAGGER THROUGH AN ANA
TEUR PLAYERS HEART.
An Amateur Performance in San Francisco
Winds Up With Shocking Accident
Which Cost the Author Of the
Play His Life.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Jan. 1.-The
old year closed last night by unique
and terrible tragedy by which Sydney
Mccoy, a young lawyer, aged 33, lost
his life and Miss Grace King, aged 10,
is in an unconscious condition. In an
amateur performance of a Russian
drama written by Mccoy, the nihilists
discover female traitor and condemn
her to death. Miss King, playing tie
part of the traitor, was given the
choice of being killed or stabbing her.
self, and chose the latter alternative.
Mccoy handed her the dagger. In the
play the girl instead of killing herself
was to stab the eXecutioner, and as
Miss King received the knife she
reached forward 10 tyuch Mccoy on the
breast with the knife.
AT the same instant Mccoy started
towards the girl when she stumbled,
and falling forward with the dagger in
her hand drove it through McCoy's
heart. Mccoy showed wonderful vi
tality and presence of mind. He
walked into the next room and asked
for doctor and then fell dead. The
girl gave herself up to the police and
when she entered the prison she faint
ed and has since remained uncon-
scious, This morning McCoy's two
brothers secured her release by giving
bonds for $4,000 for her appearance.
The girl is in critical condition.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
SAN JUAN GOLD FIELDS.
Miners Guarding Their Claims and Find
ing Some Pay Gravel.

DENVER, Colo, jap. IA Republic
can special says: A miner named Hite
arrived this morning from the San
Juan gold mines and brings the first
information there He says miners
are spending most of their time guard
ing their claims to prevent them being
jumped. No trouble has arisen vet
but there will probably be some before
long. According to Hite's story the
best claims as far as known belong to
the Gabel company, but by sinking
twenty feet bed rock is encountered
and at almost any point it will pan
enough to keep the men interested
but no large nuggets have vet been
found. About 1000 people are seat
tered through the fields, there being
no town or organized government
The Ute and Navajo Indians look
with disfavor on the enroachment of
prospectors on their grounds, but are
not numerous enough 10 cause trouble.
1t is estimated that 500 persons are ar
ri wing at the fields day.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
MONTANA LEGISLATURE.
It Now Looks Like the Democrats will Or
ganize Both Branches.

ST. PAUL, Jan. IA Helena Mont,
special to the Pioneer Press says:
There DOW seems every reason to be-
lieve the Democrats will organize
both houses of the legislature tomor-
row. They control the senate nine to
seven. The Choteau county canvass
ing board has lot recounted the vote
of that county, and the Republican
contestant has no title to the Office
whatever, so he Democrats will have
twenty-seven straight votes, one less
than the required number. At a
meeting of Popuists last night Repre-
sentative Beacher, one OF the three
Third party members, declared he had
been elected by 1000 Democratic and
300 Populist votes, and felt that he
was under obligations to the Demo,
Gratis, and iutimated that on party
questions he would act with them. He
has also given other assurances to that
effect.
A K. Stevenson, Democratic mem
Der who has been lying very i'll for
several weeks, is improved in health
and will be taken to the house on cot.
At a late hour tonightit was rumored
that the Republicans would apply to
the supreme court for q peremptory
order compelling the auditor to put
the Choteau Republican contestant on
the list of members, but that court
adjourned until 10 a. IL tomorrow and
at that hour the new chief justice will
take his seat AS he is a Democrat
the Republicans will hardly go 20 him
for relief 1t is now almost foregone
conclusion that the Democrats will
control both houses of the legislature
and have majority over all on joint
ballot for United States senator.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENTS.
Thatcher and Campbell Meet to Arrange
Their Traffic Affairs.

special to The Statesman.
SAN ANTONIO, JAM. 2.--B. w.
Thatcher, general passenger agent of
the Mexican National railway, is here
for the purpose of meeting Reau
Campbell, the general eastern agent
of the road, who is on his way from
New York. They will confer in re-
gard to the traffic affairs of the line.
Mr.. Thatcher states that the publica-
tiOn of sensational dispatches in
northern and eastern newspapers con-
corning the lower Rio Grande border
trouble is having serious effect upon
Mexican travel, many uniformed
people being afraid to venture into
Mexico on account OF the SO. called rev.
olutiOn. Mr.. Thatcher said "The
idea that there is any serious trouble
in Mexico or along her border is alb
surd and nonsensical in the extreme.
Everything in Mexico is perfectly
quiet aud will continue to be so. These
unfortunate reports of revolutionary
movement in that country are doing T..
great injustice and iDjuring the rail-
roads and commercial interests of the
public"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

men, but so far in vain. Johnson
serving his second term and wal
pairing to turn his Office over t
successor tomorrow. Not ali houl
fore the robbery he closed his r
settlement with the finance comm
of the county board. johnson Al
younger brother remained and eli
up some work. The younger 4
went out. Treasurer johnson
his brother had not IN ore than left
building when he heard footsteps C,
ing through tine hall and pull at
office door, which was locked.
Thinking his brother had return
for something, he stepped to the dc
unlocked it found himself confron
by two masked men with revolv
drawn, who commanded him to *,
his head shut or have it blown o
He was forced to unlock the hes
vault door, then the larger safe 6
the combination on the safe dept
box within. The money, somewh
between 81. 900 and $4,000, was hast
moved and slowed away in the ov
coat pockets of the plunderers. +
hundred dollars in an open box
plain sight remained untouched. Z
robbers closed the vault door on Jol
son and made their exit from the
flee, locking the door and taking
key with them.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
DEMOCRATS, GET TOGETHER.

That was q sensible remark of Gea-
ry of California the other day. He
said "the Democrats must get togeth-
or" before they can expect to accom- :
plsh the mission of tariff reform.
There has always been some difficult
ty in reconciling various interests in
the Democratic party when the party
has been in position to accomplish
anything. They never could entirely
agree on the subject of the tariff when
they met at Washington. There have
always been some influences tina
kept them apart and heretofore 1t has
always required compromise to get
them together and when together
they have not displayed that zeal nee
essary to accomplish any great nation
al reforms.
There are men now, leaders in
the Democratic party, who if
they could would place obstac les
In the way of the reduction OF the
tariff, but the unanimity with which
the people have spoken on this sub
ject makes them timid in opposing it.
Such men resort to other means of
keeping the members of the party in
congress apart. They have tried in
every way to produce discord and
hard feeling between Mr.. Cleveland
and Senator Hill, and are doing all
they can to urge the candidacy of Ed
ward Murphy, jr., for the United
States senate in New York simply be-
cause they think in that way they
will array Hill, with Tanmany at his
back, against Mr.. Cleveland's admin
istration.
They are also trying to make a
out of mole hill in the
election OF Mr.. Crisp speaker of the
house. Nobody has ever sugges ted
that Mr.. Cleveland or his friends hs
the least objection to the re-electio n
Of Mr.. Crisp as speaker, but these 70
of discord are constantly sug.
gesting Wilson of West
Virginia and other init
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

THE Corpus Christi Caller, bright
little daily published in that city, has
had in contemplation the suspension
of the daily on account of lack Of
proper support, but it now announces
that the business men of Corpus
have agreed to increase their patron
age and that it will continue to ap.
pear. A town of 5000 people cannot
afford to do without a daily paper. 1t
does it more good than the combined
effort of all its citizens. The bust
ness men of Corpus are wise in their
day and generation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

Mccoy, who ran upon the dagger of
Miss King I'D the amateur theatricals
in San Francisco, must have intend ed
to suicide, or else he stumbled and
fell with such force upon it that it pene.
trated his heart. This, though, hard
ly seems probable. If he contempls ted
suicide he must have constructed her to
hold it 30 firmly that he could leave
the impression it was an accident.
Moral: A tin dagger is the best for
the use OF amateur thestricals.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
PUBLIC ECONOMY THE POLICY.

The ingenuity of the press has been
exercised in an effort TO adopt some
means by which the revenues of the
government can be obtained without
resort to a protective tariff. 1t is pro-
posed by a number Of these pseudo
statesmen to place duty on sugar,
coffee and tea, by others an income
tax is recommended and another class
want the raw material 10 be free and a
tax fixed on manufactured goods
Some of these dernier resorts are like
an effort TO commence at the
top and build downwsrds. II
the election OF Mr.. Cleveland
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

AND now let us all pull Off our coats
and go to work for Austin. This year
will tell largely on the destinies OF
Austin either for veal or woe. If we
are united in pushing our vast i'm
provements in the course OF construc-
ton and succeed in accomplishing all
we have in view Austin will be great
resident and pleasure city and great
manufacturing city. II we allow any
small minority who may oppose these
improvements to dominat the grass
will grow in our streets This year
will develop Austin more than the
twenty preceding years have done.
AT the close of the year Austin should
have population OF 40, 900 of the very
best kind of citizens, that is, If we all
put our shoulders TO the wheel
push the work before us to a,
accomplishment,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

THE difference in men and manners
is best seen during holiday season.
Some men me- you on the street with
a glad, earnest greeting: "a Happy
New Year" such men scatter happi-
ness all about them and are enriched
by the expenditure. While others
meet you with a distant nod and
scowl dsrkening and poisoning your
whole day, and yet they too lose moth
ing, for the fountain is always equal
to the volume of bad feeling they
start flowing. 1t is such cheap
thing, 1t costs you so little 10 be kind
and genia;, and it gives 80 much
happiness, both to the dispenser and
the recipient.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

THE CONVICT LABOR QUESTION.
rhe convict question is going to
loom up to commanding proportions
in the legislature. The question to
solve is the employment of convict
labor without competition with free
labor. That is an easy problem. The
manufacture of cotton goods in Texas
would save thousands of dollars in
two ways to the people of the state,
first in the transportation of cotton to
aud from eastern mills, and secondly,
In the money saved the consumer by
cutting off the profit OF the middle
men who intervene always with their
per cent from the time that the cotton
leaves the compress until it Is pur-
chased from the market and taken
home, where it was raised, in the
shape of manufactured goods.
Let the state build an immense COT
ton plant with high walls all
around it in the reighborhood
of the dam across the Colorado
river above Austin, where it could be
furnished with cheap motor power to
run the largest cotton cloth, tent and
seine manufactury and use the con.
victs to do the work.
This would be expensive, but it
would yield high interest on the in
vestment and be an advantage all
round. Texas is prepared to tackle
large undertakings. This would OBJ
viate all competition and would soon
secure to Texas the manufacture of
cotton goods for the West and South.
Think of what grand scheme it
would be, and unite in pushing it into
shape before the session of the legis-
lature which will convene in a few
DAYS.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
BOLD ROBBERS
Hold Up Wisconsin County Treasurer and
Take All His Money.

VIRoQUA, Wis, Jan. Masked
men last night forced Treasurer John
son to give up $4,000 of the county's
funds. Couriers were sent in all d.
rections and the wires used in the hope
of experimenting the bold highway
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05


GIVE The STATESMAN ouch push
forward this year as it never had be-
fore. 1t has been the earnett and able
advocate of every thing that goes
to make up the prosperity of
the city of Austin and her peo-
pie. With proper encouragement
The STATESMAN can be made the
very best newsp sper in the state as it
ought to be, located as it is at the
capital of the state. Give that en-
enlargement and you will see Austin
grow with it and her people abreast
in the procession. Do not let it be
said that such an advocate to your
general interest requires continual
stain and effort on the part of its
managers. Do for it half it does for
you and it promises in return to make
Austin the foremost city in the great
state of Texas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05
THE CITY'S BUSINESS.
HOW 1T Is DIVIDED Up INTO VARIOUS
DEPARTMENTS.
The Mayors Functions and Authority-How
Business Gets Through the Council.
Work Of the 0ficers Of the
City Government.

1t will perhaps be interesting to
those having business with the city
government or wishing TO induce it to
take action in any particular matter of
public interest, to know where, in
each instance, power and responsible
ity are lodged. 1t is the object of this
article to condense for general con-
venience. some information on this
subject.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

means defeat OF the policy of a pro-
tective tariff, then the first thing is to
obey the sovereign will in reducing a
protective tariff to tariff for revenue
only. That is not such difficult
piece of craftsmanship. 1t can be
done by taxing luxuries that do not
count in the comforts OF life.
But there is another thing for the
Democratic party to do before they
even consider the method of collecting
the revenue, and that is to thoroughly
overhaul every source OF expenditure
and reduce every department OF
the government to strictly
economical basis. The pol
icy of the Republican party
has been 20 encourage public expend-
iture in order to spend the vast sur
lus accumulated under the protected
industries system which reaps larger
profit in the bonus received from the
protective policy.
They have encouraged the people to
believe that the wealth of the country
has vastly increased by that policy,
but they have neglected to state that
the wealth of which they boast all
went into the Golfers of the favored
few They have also failed to give
any credit to the natural growth and
development Of the greatest resources
auy country has ever been blessed
with.
1t becomes the duty of the Demo
Gratis to teach another doctrine so that
the products OF this growth of vast
wealth from our unlimited resources
shall be distributed more generally
among the people who create that
wealth. The very first thing to purge
is the pension list. There is no doubt
that this has been the source of the
most stupendous and systematic
frauds to rob the government that
were ever conceived and executed by
any set of men of any political party.
No one objects, not even the most
unreconstructed southerner, if such
there be, to the payment of fair and
just pension to every union soldier
who by reason OF service or wounds
has been disabled from earning com
Portable livelihood. To this point ex-
actly ought the pension lists be re-
duced and when it is done it will be
light and grateful burden to recon
union, butanything else is a
mean imposition in the garb of patrio-
tism upon the working people of the
country.
This is the first duty of the DEM
ocralic party and it ought
to be performed without fear of popu
lar disapproval it will raise howl of
from the vampires and
their agents who have been feeding
upon the blood of the country.
The next duty is to purge the de-
partments at Washington and reduce
every clerkship in them to working
basis, no more sinecures, no more
and idling over public bus-
ness, but an honest days
work for an honest days
pay should be the inf ,xible rule
Of the Democratic administration.
After all the tares that the enemy have
,own have been weeded out, after all
the unnecessary offices are abolished,
then it is the duty of the Democratic
party to reduce salaries in all govern
nent employments to business stan
lard; scale them down, not meanly
and parsimoniously, but scale them
Town to u fair basis. All this being
it will be found that
jhe revenues necessary for the support
If the government will be so light that
10 one will feel taxation to be bur
len.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

People who give Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla a fair trial realize its great merit
and are glad to say good word for it.
Have you tried 1t?
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-01-05

Caution: Buy only Dr. Isaac Thompson's eye
water: Carefully e Aamine the outsids
wrapper, Meme other genuine
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02
Tho Weight OF the Sea.

To arrive ut any conclusion as to the
weight Of the sea would DO difficult in the
absence Of sufficiently accurate and exact
figures as to area. Mr.. Schooling, writer
in Longman's Magazine, has confronted
and dealt with the problem. He has been
measuring and weighing the sea, and ac-
corling to his calculations "the number Of
gallons in the whole seTx is 373 .0oo, 900, ,0Oo,
0O0,o0o,o00, which, if it could be poured
away at the rate of 1000 gallons a second,
would take nearly IL, 600, 600, 900 years to get
rid of. If we could sell it even at SO low a
price as shilling for 10000 gallons, the bill
would come to 81 sec, ,0co, 600, 100000.
Supposing the sea to be formed into q
round column reaching to tho sun, the di-
ameter of the column would be nearly 21S
miles. The Pacific would form 53,OoO, 600
miles Of its total length Of 93,0OO,OOO, and
the Atlantic 100000. If it were column
of ice, and the entire heat of tho sun could
bo concentrated upon it, it would all be
melted in one second and converted into
gas in eight seconds, which illustrates tho
heat of the sun rather than the size of the
sea. The weight of the sea is l ,665 900 ,OO0,-
900, 1000, coo tons, and if a contractor took the
job to move it at even so moderate price
as q thousand tons for penny he would
require to be paid the amount of the ma
tional debt 10000 times over in reward for
his labOrS
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02
New York to London bv Rail.

Atourist might travel by rail from New
York to London if certain stretches in the
following imaginary route were covered by
railroads, such stretches amounting to q
total of some thousands of miles: New
York to San Francisco, by any one of the
Pacific" routes; to Seattle, WASH, and
beyond, by railroads in operation; to Sitka,
by contemplated lines; to Cape Prince Of
Wales, by roads remaining to be even con-
templated in this century; across Behring
strait, by railway transportation; to Ir-
koutsk, Siberia, partly by roads that must
wait some decades for building, and partly
by eastern projections from Irkoutsk. al
ready built; by the Siberian system to
Nizhnee Novgorod; to Moscow, Warsaw and
Berlin; to Strasburg, Paris and Calais;
across the strait of Dover to Dover to Lon
don. This route is variously estimated at
from 1880 miles to 21,OO0.-New York
Ledger.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02
SIMPLE SALvE,

The whito Of an egg will remove 4 i,sh
bone from the throat i beaten and given At
once.
Green houghs Of the eucalyptus tree are
said to be among the best disit}lectants
known for a room where scarlet fever ex-
lists.
Tho skin of boiled egg Ia tho Nat rem
edy for a boil. Carefully peel 1t, wet and
apply to the boil. 1t draws out the matter
and relieves soreness.
To cure white canker sores In the mouth,
get at a druggist's centa worth OF gold
thread and steep in warm watcr, and
sweeten with honey or loaf sugar; wet tho
canker spots with swab dipped In the tea
every half hour and give little Of the tea.
One OF tho quickest known ways Of dis
pelling headache is to give some of the
muscles-those Of the legs, for instance--a
little hard. sharp work to do. The reason
Is obvious. Muscular exercise dtlshes the
psrts engaged in it, and SO depletes the
brain. When your head aches take stiff
walk.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02
Window Shades.

DON'T" counsels woman, who speaks
from recent sad experience, buy shades
without trying them at window to get
their exact tint with the light shining
through, and it is well, too, to consider
their envirohment-the fact that they are
to be set in a brownstone or red or gray
stone house having it's influence.
THE hanging, the shades and curtains of
a house are often taken as test of the
taste of the occupants-many times right
fully, but almost as many times their dis
cord is the result of thoughtless and mex
perienced buying, and is more of trial to
the inmate than to the passerby."-E
change.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02

ALIAS sUMMONS.-1N. THE DISTRICT
n court Of tho First judicial district Of ths
state Of Montana IN and fof tho county Of
.srry " ell,r, plaintiff. VS. Henry ID. Granger.
The state of Montsna sond, greeting to tho
You are hereby required t, appear in an action
brought against ycu by the above named p!sintii:
in the district court Of the First judicial district
Lewis and Clarke, and to answer the complaint
filed therein, within en- days Exclusive Of this
dxy OF servcc) after the service on you Of this
served out OF this county. but within thus DISTRICT
within twenty days; otherwise with in forty aays
or Judgment by default will be taken ayaiAstyoa
according to the prayer of said complaint
. Le s.lA &C tioh IL brought to obtain judg-
rrent and decree foreclostns n certain mechanics
i'n f4r labor performed ~ plaintiff and one
Of defendant, at the reqnest Of And on con.
tract with his agent bort Is. Iced. Said
lien having been duly filed IN the otac" & & q the
county, the property being described as follows:
Inst seventeen ieet OF lot . and the west seven-
addition to tho city of Helena. he complaint
alleges an assignment OF ths interest Of John
East to plaintiff, and asks for Judgment for tho
lien .i,ty dollars AID interest," three dollars paid
tor Verifying ard fling taid lien. and fifty dol
lars s.tornsys feos aud cnsta nf suit
And you arc hereby notified TINT II you fail to
appesr and ans wcr tho said com plnint. as above
required, tho said plaintiff will apply to the
court for tho raiiof d. mandsd in the said COM
Given under my hand and the seal Of the. dis.
uict court OF the First Judicial district o. tbs
20 state OF Montana. in and Tor the
~,--0 county Ut Lewis and Clarke.
| Seai First this .Ih day of ctoLer. in tho
Jud. EI.t. year OF our Lord one Thousand
onrt eight hunarsHa HS ;ns SEaS siSo,y',gHEoe t'is,H
Frank d. Miracle attornas Tor plaintiff.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-02
Feed CucuInbers to Reaches,

An unusual remedy to tighten the pest Of
reaches or water beetles which annoys many
housekeepers is suggested by an English
woman. 1t is to place slices of raw cucum-
bers around their haunts at night. They
will freely eat of this vegetable, which has
a fascination for them, while at the same
time it is poison to them, and, as the Lon
don woman puts it, Sin the morning there
will be plenty of work for the cooks
broom"