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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
THE TROPHY GOES SOUTH
Thestate Championship Is ReIinquished

The state Championship Is Relinquished
by the Olympic Gun Club.
The Olympic Gun Club held its annual
meeting in its new home at 1909 Van Ness
avenue last evening.
The election of officers to serve during
the ensuing year resulted as follows:
President. Harlow n. White; secretary,
Merton G. Allen; captain, L. D. Owens.
In addition to the genslemen named
the board of directors consists of Alfred
A. Borlini, a. II. Whitney, Stanley G.
Scovern, F. w. Eaton, Fred R. Webster
end Edward Bosqui. The club has now q
membership of 112.
In executive meeting the board of di-
rectors took up the matter of the State
championship. 1t will be remem bered
that on October 8. at State shoot held at
San Jose, the Los Angeles Gun Club tied
the Olympic Gun Club according to the
decision of the State Association. The
southerners refused to accept the decision,
claiming that the referee had allowed an
extra bird to one of their team who had
been baked. That extra bird, therefore,
made them winner.
Such being the case they refused to
shoot the tie off and the Olympics took
the cham pionship by default.
Los An. eles has protested against this,
and the protest was recognized last night
by the Olymp pics. who decided to return
the trophy and buttons to the State Asso-
citation that they may be forwarded to the
Los Angeles Gun Club.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
A Smnsrler Dying.

Several months ago Thomas MCGOWAN, a
fireman on one of the steamers that ply be-
tween this port and British Columbia, was ar
rested at Benieia while trying to smuggle
opium ashore. He was sentenced to serve
one years imprisonment in the Alameda
County JAIL Yesterday District Attorney
Foote learned that MCGOWAN was likely to die
from typhoid pneumonia, and he asked Judge
Morrow for permission to have the man re-
moved TO some hospital. Judge Morrow or
dered McGowans removal 10 the Receiving
Hnsnital of Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
Placer County Miners.

at meeting of the Placer County
Miners Association held at the Palace
Hotel yesterday morning the following
named officers were elected for the ensuing
term: Harold T. Power, president; NJ. It.
Lawrence, vice. president; Ivan II. Parker,
secretary, and 7. ]. Nichols. treasurer.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
Turned On the Cas-

E. Massib was taken to the Receiving Hos
pltal yesterday from Sid Montgomery street
suffering from gas asphyxiation. He soon re-
covered and said he must have accidentally
turned on the gas, as he had no intention Of
committing suicide.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-12
The New Champagne Vintage.

remarkable vintage, eliciting universal
admiration, now being shipped to this coun-
try, is g. ID. Mumm's Extra Dry. Try 1t,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-07

and started out to see the sights. Ii Hung
Chang is not tcctotalcr. lilo drlnks a
single glass OF clare; with his dinner and
at bedtime takes a small quantity OF Chi
ncse wine, famed for Its medicinal value.
His secretaries declare that he can not
understand English at all. He has
learned the words How do you do" and
always greets his visitors with this scn-
tence One of the PARTY said today In ex-
planning the monetary condition OF the
chinese empire that In order to raise
funds TO pay the Indemnity OF nearly
has hypo;hccated tho customs revenues a.
the ports on the coast where import du-
ties are collected, and that an increase In
the import duty charges would probably
follow This was the only way 20 raise
:hS money, as Il wcaiid hot lie pu.itic 10
obtain II by increasing the taxes. Only
small portion OF tho population Is aware
of the fact that there was Il war with
Japan and tina; the Chinese forces were
defeated. The lovyinE Of a tax would he
thc nouns OF spreading the Information
and Dissatisfaction with the government
would arise. possibly rebellion.
AT o'clock tomorrow morning the
start for Canada VIII I've made, Sir Henri
@ Dali de T,pthinlere VIII welcome the
travellers ON behalf OF the Canadian gov
erpment and General Ruser viii cease
his official connection with the v,ceroy
as ihe representative of President Clcvo-
'nnd.
After viewing the Canadian falls VI will
hurry on to Toronto and start on his long
Journey Via the Canadian Pacific TO Van
couvcr He win embark on the steam
shin Empress Of China on September H.
reaching Nokohomn fourteen days later,
At Nokohum.t a Chinese warshp WI he
in waiting FOR the vlceroy and a tourney
of slN days TO Shanghai Will compete his
"trip around tho world.
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sorts OF the authorities to enforce the
ssnu'tary ordinances OF the city, but the
"a, ,hhN pnylhg I. c. would like to inquire how
,ne vlty can he forced to do Its part OF
" WORK. Certainly 1t is not the duty OF
the |. G. 10 cut the weeds that are nliove I'd
70 grow in rank PERCUSSION on c,rtain
sTtets. nor should he be required 10
ae!nuNe hog ponds. open up drainage
usches. or cart away trash that is al
n"9s 10 mont down from other sections
vi tne Guy that have no drainage worthy
~ me name There are several neigh
* III. noo , wherr tn. citizens vie with each
u,ne 1T thu.r efforts to keep their prem
isss IN proper sanitary condition. I'M;
MntTe work that should be dcne by the
clly is always left undone. BAD drain
uEe ana frog ponds gr. as menaclnr TO
ncnlln az uncicdn premises and overflow
Ny garbage barrels.
tbs statement will doubtless 1nd Gov
eral, applications but one block in mr.
Gcular can he mentioned. on BRACES
street between Gray ana Webster the
CITY drainage ditch is In Il aeplcs.ahle
Eoh1;tlon. Water has been stand NC there
~. an the past summer and frogs. srakcs
ana crayiish are found in piofiis. On. On
this block two citizens of Uousto1 have
recently built residences thnt cos. several
ihousand dollars. They pay heavy taxes
~ y theiF premises m excellent condisl1r
"lut tHelt eHprtS are rewariri lN ff-ol.
bonls surrounding the whole block. The
urdiNss bitches have not peen touched
~ nS me city r months and months, are
uNrfEpWl WIN weeds. and every rain
causes thom 10 flood the yards OF the
ielshborhcod These property owners nav
,dN.N ace nned II they Vio.atc any of The
hea!th Ordinances, but receive NO more
spNlary protection from the city than
those VINO 1--WE outside the corporation
Iiou..o,, Retsof.
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Ii HUNG CHANG SHOCKED.
He Poked His Cane Against an Elcc-
trio Switchboard.
PLEASANT AMERICAN EXPERIENCES
10 Showed Great Interest In Hallway
systsm1 Niagara Falls and
Eistoric Americans.

Niagara Fails. n. Y. September G.-Thc
train bearing Ii Hung Chang arrived here
today. Rain was falling mt the time md
the visitors dampcned their silk hlolnses
and gold laces somewhat In the Journey TO
tho Cataract house. where rOoms had been
engaged
Al the electric power house Of che Nj
agara Falls Power company the distIn-
su shed visitor had his first experience
with American electricity. resulting as
startling as II was unexpected with his
usual curiosity and desire TO make per-
sonal investigation of the machinery be-
fore him. he pokcd at a switchboard W an
his walking stick The metal ferrule
closed circuit instantly and LIS stick
was violently thrown from his grasp lie
was naturally much as, ouishod at the Ct
feet of the sticks contao. with the sw tell
board. but fortunately he suffered 800 dam
age beyond a good scare However, he
decided that he had seen enough anavVDnt
10 his rooms, where he rcna. ned until bed
time.
Last ght Ii and his party passed their
first nigh, in an American sleeping car.
Before thu novelty they ,ui1yel dinner
% oin ug car. This nnal witch was
especially prepared 10y hr PENNSYLVANIA
m lr0ad dining car people. was qulie clah-
CRATE, The meru card was decorated
with tho American and Chinese laSs In
tertwined and "A facsimile of the auto
graph Of Earl Ii done in yellow. After
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WHAT HE WANTED.


The Farmer VIII Vote fer President
Who Can Cure Hog Cholcca.
President Cleveland viii get one Mary
land vote, says a Washington Star re-
porter.
Il was IN Hagerstown the other day"
said travelling man, when 1 met a
farmer ana began 10 ASK him about p1-
Hutai atiars IN MS ne.gubornood.
how do your lolhs Ieel about free
silver l began.
We amt caring much about it, was
the reply.
''hqw about the tariff?
"'We.l l don't see no difference, high
tariff OF low tariff. It's bugs that bother
US most.
Whom are you going to vote fcr?'
" Cleveland. He's the best president we
ever had
but he's not a candidate
- don't care. I'll vote for him, any
way. | can vote for VIII, please. There
is no law agiu it. These politicians talk
about the kinds OF money ana tnrins
That amt what We farmers want. WHY
my hogs took sick and | wrote to Mr.
Cleveland 20 know what he did f,r "hul-
era hogs and he just had his neg doctor.
Sulm is his name, send nv a prossrip-
ton that knocked out the cholera iu three
uly9 3orors got in my trees and wrote
to the pres dent again aud Eot book
about EN-. What | am after is rcesi-
dent who knows something alb ut hog
cholera and bugs"
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SIZE PAssED IN FREE.
The Man with the Tickets Was Intn
I4teI


The Man With the Tickets Was lntimi-
dated.
The crowd had bought its circus tickets
at the wagon and pas into the tent says
the New York World, when little old
woman approached the vehicle and said
1--WE walked eight miles to see this yere
show. bat saint got no money"
"Finy cents for ticket. ma am" was
the reply
"Then you can't go in
81 .ouk ycru stranger" she continued,
"I'Vc got an old man ycre. He's walkin'
around 70 get whop at the elephant
and II / go 10 him ana SICK MIN on No II
roll that criiicr all over the road or break
u leg a-tryin'.'
"tiny cents for ticket. ma am"
"And I've got "A son BIil yere., BIN "
down on giraifes ana II 20 to hIn ana
tell him mat your long necked crittcr is
maxim up faces at MIN hen who1p
whoop. rack ms heels together ana sail
IN and break the varmint IN two"
we pass no ono in free ina'am,' replied
and rye got son Joe yers," she CON on,
timed, az she drew closer; joe Is down
on camels and just a-dyin for a row
with one. If | 20 and Encourage him
bit hen knock that hump of yo'r camel
befo' 30 Kin wink twice, Last Var he
knocked seven humps OH seven camcla
and didnt half try
II should be glad TO give you ticket,
ma am bat Il IS against the rules"
"And my son Abc rs yere H-lookln' fur
row with a rhinosceros. He's hear that
rhinosccros can whop anyihin on the
face OF the airth and he wants 10 zee
about H. Abe IS a good boy. but down on
rhlnosceroses. | hate 10 go ami tell him
10 sail In. fur this yer ground viii be
all kivered with blood in no tine. but MS
jest az yo' say"
'-"Fiffy cents. IBa'am." said the agent, al
though he exhibited considerable nervous
ness.
And yere's my son Tom continued the
woman "and with him about fo'teen OF
our nayburs who ar achin' for a row with
n circus In genral, but a Ticket wagon III
neriickler | hate 10 20 10 them ana say
that rye walked eight miles 10 git into
a circus and then bin kept out. for thoyl
begin TO whoop and shute and thar won't
be no holdin' OF them. but ! reckon III
hcv 10 do It,"
81 think ! gan give you ticket,
ma am" said. the agent as he passed one
out"
do We? Thanks. That's kind OF ye.
was lest goIn' 10 say that | know about
fftX men yere who are down on sarpenls.
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MONIES AND rEKsoNALs.

-,7,,,-,. -,
r. E. eorge trayelrrnS 'ss smtrsI ps E ~
the city.
The excursion trains from this city I.
Galveston were not so libera.iy :'atror '2ed
yesterday as usual
The net earnings Of ;h; e., 3t Gin fioF
erase Of s3lsUSi over the same month Of
asst year.
An excursion of fourteen coaches. e9m'
in over the Houston and lexa3 Cerna
yesterday morning norm. bound for 'ns '''S
ana Tor I.''v pa,,ao railway c,tn'nrs
The cS 4G,t sadn 9'' Nugust 81 we're ss5
a ,9r ' far T ,6e e[orTrcs1ondas reroi of las
YEAR s5}S 500 increase. s5N,ooo.
The BIG hour people arr bG,1lnE soh,e
combination parliGI an" sef SatS neta cor II,
.4st day , tfaih WANTS MINIS on he s%stc,n
eh'ei 'ei'i''''"' 49, 40, -r.>o, tas
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WEATHER AND CROPS.

Livingston. Texas. September "A fair
show"f has inil"u tonight. With good
prospects for moro.
Granger. Tcyaa September 6 Yos'cr-
day was tho hutfcet day oi tho summon,
registering lOl d'grcos In the shade
Jefferson, TrXae September g. No rdu
yet, such drowih was never k own
In this country hcforc. Rain would ho
In injury rain ihnn a bcucnt 10 cot
ton
Mifsouri city TrEts September G rho
cotton crop 4. bciuF gathered rApidlv rue
fumcrs say theS VIII have u fi'r we i.
a few are irving sea Island cotton fhoy
expect bale pr acre. I j. Nichols rs
putting up . yin 'o Rin son Island cotton.
good rain fen last night, which was
needed very much.
olive, Texas, September G.--Onc Of the
heiNics, rnin storms struck this place
yesterday about o. III, lasting nearly
forty minutes. n was continual fnrh
aud the thunder ruarod aE n ~" whole
heavens had opened M. The lightning
struck Mr.. II II. liarvey's residence. but
fortunately no ono was hurt
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eating a rather hearty supper J.. sent fer
George W. Boyd. assistant general IA
scngcr agent OF tao Pennsylvania, VINO
pll,,sd the train over ihe lines oi MS CON
ntuv and surut .tbant two hours qucs on
ng him about the railroad. IL" had a
map Of the United states before Nm n II
once he hrinChed of 20 me war 81 ne re
hcllion, asking the names of me states
that Go ed from the Union. Ii hski par
Grularly about tho battles n which Cen
cral Grant participated and all Of thea
Were indicated on the map FOR his leleht'
He dWelt long on he subject aid mar
yelled that although the SOU hern forces
succeeded IN approaching quite close TO
Washington, they were never able to cap
cure that pc nj. The story of The hssts f.
nation Of Lincoln also interested INN
greatly He Inquired what became Of
Booth and where Lincoln was buiie and
then quered: "Do not the American no.
pie regard Lincoln as very gopi man
The deem interest he shows IN rhllrohu
matters oonvnces those VINO nave Iani
attention to the subl"ct that ms pTlh. pa
object In visiting THIS country Is ~ slulN
American railway construction ana man
agerncut, with view TO thr ADOPTION az
some Of the features n pfohPIseu sS ya
tom In fact the Nccroy intimtitd TO-
day that he Is negotiating Tor the ser
y!rc of an American C.Vl engineer VINO,
If he accepts the offer made hun; WIZ
ro TO china in the near future ind take
Charge Of the railway extension sch' me
oniv nboi, 700 miles of single track rail-
road in china n present Only three
trains are run each day ana mere ~ 10
traffic a, all, the SISTER, oGl"s ~ ,,s,nt
and the liability 10 a'Slue't '''SNH"'
men0cc.
Ii slept during the night n 2 ned maze
specially for him, with a SOFT dhp"ny mat
" hen he arose this morning thal ne rested
better than to a h"lSi neu' on., o.,.,,,.,o,l
The PREPARATION 1l NJ ~. Dno XIII
him an hour anu ihn' ,, az ~ "'t6
he was ready 70 receive visitors. A. ms
request no effort nid hee i, ni ht.,, III LIZ
running, speed OF 1po11' i i,y m,ie ,,
an hour being mtlniAln.l. Even on IN.
tran the thrls personal poly guaru sirp'
ont side the door OF MS slaterVom' NoA-
,rnry to his usual custom ne tpoN .
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the hotel servants. The proprietor and
manager received deco Itc1 SILVER ,. ednls
much like the old trade dollar.
vi Huns thane's par. tribute WAS
given 10 the p,css THIS evening Tor dis
srinintiion. He said:
The three foremost non in lHsiory
have been Napoleon. tac 'ulncse ouul' tor
Nao aud Washington Napoleon created
AN empire. Which WIS speedily ncs' tN"h
lao created an empire aud then pfu-
c,edcd himself to rule over ~ Wash.hE-
ton huilt W great nation, men stepped
aside leaving others IA govern.
Tho viceroy has been more G"oplN I'm
pressed with the life aud Character uf
Wash ngton than no has been credited
with at the capital Nnen he viewed thc
historical paintings IN the rotunda of
tho capitol he studied that of Washing
ton wlth greater attention thnJ 10Y others
and today chnsed extracts uf Washing
TOMS farewell address to be rtls'd.e1 10
him. Responding 10 An iulrrslc" 10
plriiug his impres sious of the cal ~, he
sent ont the above trihuie ~ ono of = -
secretaries ~ embodyinG all he would
al
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-07
CATTLE THIEVES CAUGHT.

San Augustine, Texas September b.
W l.. Iogglns constable OF beat No. OF
this County. and posse passed. through
here last Monday In pursuit of some cat
tie thieves who are charged with stealing
twenty head OF cattle IN the southern
ptrt of the county. They followed on
and arrested Amos Davis and Arthur
DAVIS ON wednesday evening at Hender-
son and today about 2 O'Clock landed
them In all here. ana the district court
being IN SESSION, their cases are set for
MONDAY of the third week OF court. Ash
lives nj Henderson and DAYS in Panola
county. Both men are white and II IL
sa,spected that some parties IN this county
have been acting ia oollusioa with them
ana are perhaps already Indicted
Henry r,.e,. coiored, was today sem
fenced TO the pen.tentitry for two years
for theft of hogs.
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AN OPINION ny III.

Napoleon. Yao and Washington the Three
Greatest Men
Washington, II. G, September Ga
ncsNy rain put an end TO III Hung Chang
sigh, seeing yesterday He returned 20
his hotel and viii remain there untl he
leaves FOR the train. lie Intended to visit
WashinEtons tomb and place wreath
thereon similar 10 that placed on General
Grants tomb Tho wrcAlh Was sent to
the Chinese legation with Instructions TO
the minister 10 perform the act of hom-
age as the cmpcror'S rcprCsc ntAfiNe.
A present of $3.50 was divided among
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NEUROLOGICAL.

GRAHAM Palestine. Texas. September
5--Llttlo Rose Infant child Of Mr. and
Mrs, George Graham. died here yester-
day afternoon.
M'DERMOTT-DallaF Tcxas September
l-Thonap NoDcrmott, chief clerk In the
FIRE ght depot OF the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, died suddenly last night cf peri
tonttis.
LEVEQTE--Lnkc Charles. La, Septen-
bcr Mrs. Emily Lcvcque IA lang time
resident Of thus place. died last night at
$40 at The residence Of her brother. Julien
Richard. aged % years The funeral sew
ices wrra held nj the Catholic church this
evening at I. and were attended by "a
larger part OF the old citizens
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.r1lr cIrY,s sHAHE.

To tic Edltor Of The P1st ...,o.,,
rbo toll,wing item appeared in the local
column. of The Sunday Post:
",yi,hin the pas, two days over 'n'r'I
a...'s,s Rave be IN made by the police Of
PARTIES charged with vio'et'nt -, u r.",
nance which requires mat mi ~ con /.
; ;hgi ctnvicticns have occurred IN near y; ~
cvnrv cars that has thus lar b''' ~
Trial" ., nil, -, nn,s.ld the eff
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SUR CURE FOR PILES
Itching sud hni frHs f9ttu riIrs ylsIa Al
pr. Bo-sAh-kc's PILE RkMEDY. s,ep' -
ihs sbHfhs AlCiilff f0s
DO bu.s-5a OF mall Dk. HOsANkO. rbiis-. Pa
IT'S CHANGED. MAUD MULLER.

me times are changed, Maud Muiiei,
dcnr,
No longer Whittiers tuned pen
Would nnd the sad. the bleak ana drcar
In those few words: 1T might hay"
been"
'It may be" now fAlgs In our ears
And mis- our souls with fear.
at may be" now oXctes our fears
Aud saddons those who near.
We only change the tense, sweet Iaud.
The meanings atill the same
Nor By IT mean oncnsc, swoe; Maud,
We sUil revere Thy name
at may be-" mans chance, swoct Maud
For innna's bankrupt clown
1T may be-" We advance, sweet Maud,
TO pun his tOwcis down.
God aave from bonds again. Sweet Maud
Though golden bonds' they he
'1would give thy spirit pain. sweet Maud
Thy Nations wreck to see.
So grieve thee not Maud Muller, dear.
That words have saddcr grown
The cup thou gaV'st the Jurist here
is TO jurists now unknown
Ash. Il. Denton.
Wcnthcrford. Texas.
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ACCIDF.


Moaon, TcNas. sopiemhcr tWhllc out
hunting this afternoon caleb, sln OF W,
H. SmNh OF this place. accidentally shot
himself The bail entered the skull lust
above the left eye, and ranging around,
mo out b"hind the cur Thc gun used
was q target. ~ usual when such de-
% rrahle accidents occur. At ii late hour
he is resting easy.
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HANDED HIMSELF.

Haskell. Texas, September 4.-This
mornhn, the news came to town that
Charles benson n farmer living seven
miles northwest OF town, had committed
suicide by hanging himself, He got up
rs usual and walked off and was not seen
until after breakfast. The family he
came uneasy and began hunting and soon
found his body hanging under a brush
arbor near by Tho cause u yet unknown.
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1NTrRsTArE coMMrRcE LAW.

WASHINGTON, September 1.-THE inter
,tate commerce commission has under
consideration communications received hI
it cAnrging that the southern Railroad
company, now engaged in a cut-rate wal
with the Seal nd Air Line, has violate
the fourth section of the interstate com
merce act, prohibiting a greater charge
for short than a longer haul.
Auditor Smith of the commission say
IL Southern IS certainly using rates
greater for intermediate points than iot
lclg distances, while abe Seaboard An
Line ratios are uniform.
one of the officials OF tho southern, W hen
asked concerning the charge tnai the Law
',ts being rolated, said: ~ should say
the railroad companies Interested In tu's
entirely unwarrantei rate war caused. hS
the saaboar1 Aair Lilac company. by IN
,easonab-e reduction of rates would pro
iect their own interests as we'll as the
ultimate interests of The public 10y confin.
ing the cut rates to the fewest number OF
points and that they are unjusttiied IN SC
ioing under The extraordinary and eNcep'
u0na conditions prevailing"