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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE FREE ZONE BILL.

Th bill passed Mt the last session OF
congress prohibiting the transportation
of goods in bond through tins country
70 the free zone in Mexico is not likely
if is asserted, to accomplish the purpose
for which it was intended. Although
urged upon both houses of congress as q
measure to prevent smuggling along the
Mexican border, the bill was really IN
tended to protect American merchants
in Texas, whose business was hurt Dy
the cheap prices prevailing In the-Iree
zone. The free zone was estaDllsneu ny
the Mexican government with view W
building up prosperous ana popuious
section of country along the line separat'
ing It from the United States. Under
standing the value of free trade TO suen
n community as was desired there, t1e
Mexicans established absolute free trade
in the zone and permitted goods 10 Dc
TRANSPORTED through the other sections
of the country free of duty. The laws
of the United States also permitted
goods in bond destined for Mexico OF
Canada to pass through the territory OF
the United States free. AS n result the
products of nearly every country were
sent into the free zone absolutely free
whether they were sent through the
United States or Mexico.
Such favorable commercial conditions
MS existed in the zone attracted the at
tention of Americans living near the Dor
der, and they proceeded to purchase theil
goods where they could get them cheap
est. Most of their purchases had to be
struggled into Texas, but wearing appar
el and other articles which the law per
mits to be brought in in limited quaint
ties were imported openly. This condi
ton Of affairs was necessarily disadvan
tageous to American merchants near the
border, and in order to protect them an6
TO limit the outside trade as much as pos
sble, some of the members of the Texas
delegation in congress secured the pass
age of the bill referred to, repeating
section 1905 of the revised statutes
which had permitted the transportation
of goods in bond from any port of thu
| United States direct to the Mexican Dor
der free of duty. AS nearly all the goods
taken into the zone passesd through this
taken into the zone passed through this
would have the effect of destroying thu
trade of the Mexicans and of aiding tn,
American merchants in Texas.
Now that congress has adjourned i
has been discovered that the act will no
prove effectcve. Although one section
of the statutes has been repealed, another
section permits the transportation OF
goods in bond from one collection distric
to another duty free after they have beer
entered in bonded warehouse. 1t can
therefore, be seen that goods entered il
bonded warehouse at Baltimore can b,
| transferred to a similar warehouse a
I'll Paso, Texas, and then sent int
Mexico without the payment of cen
of duty from the moment they landed
in Baltimore. The only change made b!
tn passage of the law is that the good
will have to tr dandlr several times anC
subjected to some delay before the!
reach their ultimate destination.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
BAD COON ON THE WAR PATH
HE CHEERFULLY TANKS UP AND
STARTS OUT TO PAINT
THINGS RED.
FOULS WITH AN OFFICER AND rs
BADLY WHIPPED.
He Was Armed With Pistol and a
Murderous Knife and Attempted
to Use Both-He is in K
the Hospital.

George Apples, colored fisherman,
drew in his lines yesterday and HE'D
himself to the city. He evidently came
in fully determined to paint the town
a crimson hue and to that end he armed
himself with 6-shooter and a knife as
wicked and dangerous looking as you
could find in days search. This par
ticular knife has q crooked handle,
somewhat crescent shaped, and q keen
blade several inches long.
Reaching the city, Apples bloomed out
into a walking terror, having previously
imbibed sundry drinks to stir up his
blood and get him into proper shape to
do the red paint act with all its Access
series after the most approved mode in
vogue on the stage.
He drifted into the Silver King saloon
and promptly succumbed to the infiu-
ence of potent drinks. The proprie-
tor, seeing his condition, had his porter
to lead him into small back room, where
he proceeded to sleep off the effects of
the liquor.
This was about II o'clock and at about
4 o'clock Apples woke up and proceeded
to make himself very numerous land
very dangerous. So much so that some
colored men forced him back into the
room and closing the door held it while
someone telephoned for an officer.
Officers Grizzard and Kennerly re-
sponded and ascertaining where Apples
was, Officer Grizzard started to the room
to arrest him. About this time Apples
fired one or two shots through the door
and springing out of the room he sud-
denly fired at Officer Grizzard. The
plucky officer stood his ground and as
soon as possible drew his pistol, but
not until Apples had taken another crack
at him with his pistol and made terrific
lunge at him with his knife, the blade
just grazing a finger of the officer who
then fired at his assailant, but missed
him. Apples shot again and Grizzard
returned the fire the ball entering the
left groin of Apples, disabling him.
He was conveyed to the station where
DR.. Graves examined the wound and
had him sent to the hospital His in
jury, while very serious is not considered
at all dangerous
Apples when drinking is considered
very dangerous man and some years ago
he attempted to kill Constable Jim Davis.
When sober he has but little sense and
is considered about half crazy. When
drinking, he often grows wild and is on
murder bent
Officer Grizzard acted with remarkable
| coolness yesterday and he is to be com
mended. Most men under the same cir
cumstances would have killed Apples
outright.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
.IID BILL

In answer to a question asked The
Statesman, the original Wild Bilr' is
still living and is the proprietor of the
Great Wild West show now in New York,
He is popularity known is Buffalo Bill. a
name the officers of the army gave him
because he has been known, it is said, to
ride into herd of buffalo, slip from his
horse on to young bull and ride him
His real name is VIM. F. Cody and for
many years he was employed by the
United States as a scout.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
A PATRIOTIC POSTMASTER.

The postofiice department has just dis
covered that upon the pay rolls of Uncle
Sam there is u patriot who should by all
means be awarded Il medal on n silver
tray. He holds down IL postmastership
and has addressed the following letter
to Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Maxwell:
at enclose herewith a new and improved
bond, which l truly hope will meet with
your unreserved appreciation. For l am
sincerely DESTROYS to please you. / have
not forgotten the tender interest you man
tested in my welfare when you delicately
limited that a new bond was in order, or
mark the alternative-that l should
recommend successor. l am an eX-
tremely modest man, but could not help
taking the significant alternative as a
proof of my influence with the present
administration. Since then l have been
running over the list of my acquaintance
in a vain search for the person who would
make as acceptable Ito mel postmaster
as l have made. The search had been
fruitless, but was still in progress when
the papers brought news of the resigna-
ton of Mr. Bissell. Mr.. BIS action set
tied the question in so far as | am con-
cerned. 4 sense of patriotic duty filed
me and thrilled me- and drove me to the
stern determination TO hold this postolhce
at all hazards. The resignation of both
Mr.. Bissell and myself might precipitate
a crisis in our postal affairs and it shall
never be said that l imperiled the inter
ests of our government by yielding TO a
selfish desire for the ease of private life
at such a critical juncture.
''This decision will, | am assured, prove
a glad surprise to you and to Mr.. Wilson.
What a source of solid comfort it will be
to Mr.. Wilson TO know that so able, sa.
gacious and efficient a public servant as
| will remain to uphold him in promoting
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
FLASHES FROM THE DIAMOND.
Hot Balls and Flyers Caught on the
Bases by the Statesman Crank.

League baseball in Austin is an as
sured fact. Last Saturday the Austin
baseball association met at their once IN
the Driskill hotel, and, among other husl,
ness transacted, officially designated ana
selected the Zoo, or Dam park, as the
playing ground of the ball club. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to make a
contract with the Austin Dam and SUI
burban railway company to play games at
Zoo park and also with reference to trans
portation, etc.
Adonis George Kempen was selected
rs substitute umpire to Officiate in the
absence of the regular umpire
\ + y
Telegrams were received from the
manager, Joe Schachern, to forward
league contract for players. He reports
having signed the strongest battery IN
the minor leagues of Pennsylvania.
Rochester, n Y, having lost Catcher
frost to Nashville tried to get Schachern,
our manager, for catcher. but Austin was
ahead of Rochester and Joe will wear an
Austin uniform this season. Reports say
Schachern is the better catcher OF the
two.
Big Mike O'Connor, of "IThe Austins,.
| of $50 was here few days ago and want
ed to sign to play first with our team foI
this season. ii was we'll recommended
to our manager, and the fans hope that
he will hold down the initial bag Tor us
| this season.
The Dam railway company will begin
work this week improving and getting
| the mark in frst-clasS shape for the open
| ing games AS one of the company said
the other day: "This isn't being done
| for the season of '95 alone, but for future
years; as we are going to have league bal
| in Texas right along after this, and
Austin is bound to be in the SWIM"
| $50
Al lacks and Miller are practicing
every day, and AL has a couple of bats
selected with which he expects to make
II home runs the first game. We hope
he will succeed, anyway.
From the list of players we have seer
from the other clubs in the state we think
Austin is bound to be right in the lead, anc
if we don't get the pennant we will be
found climbing the pole.
Books of tickets are now on sale for 4C
games at $40 q book, and everybody il
town who has any interest in baseball il
earnestly requested to come up at once
and buy book and help the game along
Manager Schachern will be here on thu
25th and the main body of sluggers anC
tossers will be here on the LIST.
| 49,
Success to the Austin baseball asso
| citation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE,
BUSY IN SOME OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENTS YESTERDAY,
AND DULL IN OTHERS.
BLESSED COMMISSION TURNED
OUT A BOND PERMIT.
Galveston, La Porte and Houston Rail
road Will Issue Twenty-Eight
Thousand to the Mile-Charters
Filed-Other Notes.

The Big Springs Water company, capt.
tai stock $4,000, filed a charter yester-
day in the Office of the secretary OF state.
Incorporators: ARA Alderman, c. L..
Alderman, e. r. Alderman, II. II. ALI
son, J. D. Mcdowell.
The Howe Drug company of Forth
Worth; capital stock, $4,000. Incorpo-
rators: Frank NJ. Howe, VIM. d. Will
liams and John J. Butts.
The Lake Park Street Railroad com
pany; capital stock, $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
FLOODED THE DUTCH

Hungarian peasants in the Temesval
district have cut the dykes of the Bega
canal to save their own lands from threat
ened floods, turning vast volume Of
water into the territory of Dutch com
pany owning lands in the district ant
drowning thousands of pigs and some cat
tie, The peasants, armed with scythe'
ployes who were guarding the bikes, an(
forced them to flee.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

the postal service Of this glorious coun-
try Respectfully,
'N. B.-Glancing over what have writ
ten, am led to fear its effect will be to
overwhelm Mr.. Wilson with a sense OF
personal obligation. To avert this, beg
YOU to assure him that | would have
done as much, if not so willingly, for any
other man similarly circumstanced."
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
BALL TOSSERS.
A Couple of Teams that Will Play Sur,
Enough Baseball.

The athletic department of the Y. Nj. c..
A. has organized q couple of baseball
teams with Hon. Ed. Kaufman manager,
and that cheerful individual is now ear
nestly reading up on linements and such
things. He is also familiarizing himself
with the technical terms in vogue on and
around the diamond that he may roast
umpires and players in strict ball vernacu-
lar. He has played ball some and has
been known to strike ball. He has also
made home run around the bases in
fifteen minutes from start to finish. His
brilliant record led to his being made
manager of the teams composed OF the
following players:
LIST Team. Position. End Team.
]. CapertOn &. e. Catcher. -. F.. Petmecky
j. S. Ford -. Pitcher. :. A. Palm
w. w. Fisher. LIST base .Chas. Whitiss
WILDER Young. End base. j: W. Cloud
Polk McFall. Bird base. C. B. Moreland
PHI. Connerly Shortstop J.Brackenrldge
T.Moore, Jr., Left Field. .Chas. Wallace
A. Moore. Center Field. .C.S.T Taylor
Joe Smith. E. Right Field. =. j. Whitley
The first game will be played tomorrow
afternoon on the city park grounds. on
West Fourth street and you are invited
to go down and see the game. All mem,
bers of the association should be on hand
as there may be changes made in the
teams as given above. Remember tomor-
row afternoon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
RECEIVER APPOIvq,En

New York, March 19.-H. J. Morse OF
ms city mas been appointe, receiver of
trolling several lines of street railvay IN
Brooklyn and adjacent towns. The re-
celver was appointed by West Virginia
court IN which state the company is char
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
A BOY SHOT.
His Wound Is Considered Very Serious
and He May Die.

Monday afternoon James A. Brown,
son of Alex Brown, colored barber, was
shot by a young companion, the ball
entering his back. DIR. Cummings was
called in and he considers the wound a
very serious one and the boy may die.
know and it should be investigated by the
DroDer officers,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

Ladies' luncheOns nowadays cousst 81
varied dishes-caviar on t,ast swoei
bread croquettes, paties, birds. salS6
ices, fruit and coffee. If crust and mas,
try are made with DIR. Pr1as RaLinp
Powder success crowns all
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
MISSISSIPPI KILLING.

Winona, Miss, March 19--Edgar Cald.
well, after firing three shots at Alfred
Mitchell with Winchester, was fired on
by Mitchell with shotgun and killed.
Bad blood existed between them for long
time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
OFFICIALS SUSPENDED.

New York, March 19.-The board of po-
lice commissioners in eXecuctiye session,
this afternoon suspended all those officials
in the department. who have ben indicted
by the extraordinary grand jury.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

Iwant every man and woman in the United States
Interested in the Opium and Whisky habits to have
one of my books these diseases. Address
Il. ". WOOLLEY, Atlanta, Ga, Box $50 anC one
will be sent you free.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

Pepsin, the greatest known aid to di-
gestiOn, is not better than the enticing,
wholesome food prepared by aid of DR..
Prices Baking Powder.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
TREASURY RECEIPTS.

The treasury condition for the first third
of March shows the receipts to have az
gregated $9,325, 900 and the expenditures
S11, 354, 900, or an excess of the eXpendl-
lures over the receipts of $2,029,0OO. An
element of uncertainty heretofore enter
ing into the treasury calculations has not
TO be considered. 1t is the large sum of
money appropriated by congress in the de-
ficiency appropriation bill and sundry
civil appropriation bill. Many of these
items are made Immediately available,
and the payment of $G15,0O0 on the civil
and miscellaneous" accounts shows that
some of them have begun to reach the
cashiers desk.
The customs receipts show contin-
ued and sustained improvement, being for
the fiscal year up to date, sos, ST. 600, or
nearly million more than for the same
time last year
Internal revenue receipts are $5,O0O,-
GOO in excess of this time last year, but
improvement in both sources of receipts
must be shown for the last third of the
fiscal year, or the government revenues
for the entire fiscal year will fall consd-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

"And good digestion wait on appetite"
II always is sure to when housewives use
DR.. Prices Baking Powder in baking
rpciDpS
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

Indigestion radically cured by the use
of Angostura Bitters. Sole manufacture
ers, DIR. j. G. b. Seigert Il Sons. Pro-
cured of all druggists.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
THE GRAND JURY.

The grand jury yesterday morning re-
turned 80 felony true bills and 1873 mis-
demeanor bills.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

A wholesome mince pie is a marvel of
culinary skill DR.. Prices Baking Pow
der makes the crust deliciously wholesome.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

<callu cured without tho knife and without
pain. Clumsy, chatting trusses can be thrown
swayi They thresyn Sr GHIe and death.
TIiWnpc Ovarian, Fibroid tUterine) and
lUMUnS many others, are now removed
without the perils of cutting operations;
nIi r TiIM0pc however large, Fistula
HILE IUWUno, and other diseases of
the lower bowel, are permanently cured with
o,It main or resort to the knife. -,
CHIME in the Bladder no matter w NOV
al ont and perfectly removed without cutting.
CTplnTlIPE Of Urinary PaG8age 10 also
SlhlUlunE removed Without cutting in
HUNDREDS Of Sasrs send 10 Cents lin stainpsJ
70 Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
M ss3 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
pENITENTIARY REPORT.

Financial Agent Rice of the peniten-
taries, in his report for February, shows
$55, O99.66 on hand.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21
UNCLE SAM IN TROUBLE.

To employ II homely, but very expressive
phrase, President Cleveland will have Il
pretty kettle of fish" on his hands when
he returns from his ducking expedition.
1t does seem as though he was not to ne
allowed any rest at all. No sooner have
the members of congress gone to their
homes than the United States has in one
way and another become involved in
more or less prepleXing complications
with no less than four of the great nations
of the wOrld-England, Germany, France
and Spain. 1t is likely that all of the
existing troubles will be amicable settled
but it will be at the expense of consider
able diplomatic hard work and tact on the
part of the executive.
In the first place the trouble with
France and Germany is the outgrowth of
our trade relations with those countries
and will not result in anything menaclng
the peace of the countries involved. Inc
only question is whether or not it would
be advisable for this country to retaliate
in the way of tariff charges as an Offset
to the determinations they have made
against certain of our products-notably
Texas cattle. The principle of retalla-
ton is all right, but the deterrent IN
fluence operating on the mind OF Mr..
Cleveland is the knowledge that the
treasury is in need of every cenu OF GUS
tom duties that can be obtained.
AS TO England and Spain the trouble
is of n much more serious nature. In
the case of the first named one OF her
citizens has been fired upon in New VI,
leans and probably fatally injured, ana
in the case of Spain our own stars ahu
Stripes have been fired upon on the hlsh
sons
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-03-21

i'm the hand of q Surgeon
gives you n feeling OF
horror and dread. There
Is no longer necessity for
its use in many diseasea
formerly regarded as in-
curahlo without cutting.
The Triumph OF
Conservative Surgery
is well illustrated by the
fact That
RUPTURE or o. , Breach 8S5.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-02-18
warm Quarters for Fowls.

The expense Of making comfortable the
poultry on the average farm need not be
very great, and as there are no serious
ing fowls should see to 1t that pleasant
quarters be provided. A correspondent
says: As it has become necessary TO have
warmer quarters for our fowls. and as
it was close times Tor money, we con-
cluded to forego the expense of new
hen house by substituting in its place an
old building. Accordingly, partition was
run through the center on the ground
floor, dividing it into two rooms, the first
room to be used as a feeding room and
for exercise; the other for roosting and
laying. To make this room warm, odd
pieces of boards were picked up and nailed
to the studding, and then compactly filed
in with straw.
In addition to this two windows were
put in, one on the east side, the other
on the south, which makes the room light
and pleasant, even on d stormy day. For
warmth and a general utility hen house
it cannot be surpassed by those costing
from s25 to $50. The cost of the above
quarters was a few pounds Of nails, one
pound putty, and dozen panes Of glass
set in some old disued window sash; the
work being done at odd spells by mem
bers of our family. Our fowls are begin
ming to show the appreciation Of their
warm quarters by an increase Of eggs
As rule, if some part OF the flock begin
laying before extreme cold weather sets
in, under favorable circumstances we
may expect eggs from them the entire
winter; while from the backward and tar
dy ones 1t is useless TO expect them to lay
until toward spring.
The expense Of keeping fowls on a farm
can be materially lessened il one has the
time TO attend to their needs. There Is
scarcely product grown on the farm
but can be utilized TO good advantage by
cooking it, and stirring in meal or bran,
thus saving at least one ration daily Of
grain. If one has refuse beans after as
sorting crop for market, they can be
added, two quarts at time, to the ket-
tie containing the refuse Of the table and
kitchen, and IL well cooked, can be used
with excellent results. Water or milk
given as drink in cold weather should al
ways be warmed.