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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
JOHN LIS ANNIE DEAD.

New York, Sept. 6.-Annie Livingston.
for years the common law wife of John
l.. Sullivan. died at Bellevue hospital on
Saturday night of heart failure and her
body was taken to the morgue.
She was 80 years old an actress and
married to Boston candy maker, but
left her husband twelve years ago to
accompany Sullivan to Europe. She
lived with him for some time and has
been on the stage in burlesque.
Sullivan has been notified of her death
and friends will see that the body is
given proper burial
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
ARKANSAS CAMPAIGN.
1t Closed Last Night-The Election
Takes Place Tuesday Next.

Little Rock, Sept. 5.-The state cam
paign closed tonight, the democratic can
didate for governor, Daniel w. Jones,
and ii. l.. Kennel, the republican can
didate, speaking in joint meeting at Lit
tie Rock, at which about 5000 people
were present. The state election closes
on Tuesday. Every county in the state
has been thoroughly canvassed, and a
great deal of interest is being taken in
the election. 1t is expected a pretty full
vote of each party will be polled. The
democrats estimate that Jones majority
will be at least 10000 more than Clarke,
the present incumbent, received two
years ago. A great deal of interest at
taches to the license question, the anti
license people having made strong fight
in the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
A PLEASANT EVENT.

Georgetown, Tex, Sept. 6.-lSpecial.)
Mr.. and Mrs. John Tinnin entertained
a number of guests on Tuesday evening.
Dancing and cards formed the program,
with the pleasant addition of choice re-
frcshments. Those present were:
Misses Corinne Dever Pearl Dever,
Susan Steele, Nellie Steele, Mamie
Fisher, Louise Ward. Willie Porter,
Flora Barkin, Ethel Makemson, Alma
Rogers, Messrs. Dave Wilcox, l.. Clamp,
Ed Chrutzburg, Will Cleveland A.
Fisher, Eugene Smith. j. Il. Snyder.
o. S. Hodges, d. Faut o. Simonton, w.
II. Steele. Tom Hughes. II. y. Graves.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
ENGAGED ROOMS.
The Travis County Delegation Have Sc
cured Quarters at Fort Worth.

Fort Worth, Tex, Sept. 5.-(Special.)-
The Travis county delegation. or rather
the white part of it, wrote the Worth
today, engaging rooms. Those n it are
Thad. G. Bell. J. G.. Hornberger, Il. p.
Wilmot, j. NJ. Thornton, Ed Anderson,
II. c. Bartholomew, w. b. Brush, Max
Mas and Ira Evans. This is only
about one-third of that delegation, but
the remainder are colored.
There is Il class of bookings at some
hotels that the reporter can not refer to
by name without violation of confidence.
Every political faction and party in
Texas is going to be represented here
next week and there will be some people
here from Austin and other storm cen
tiers who have been regular attendants
years gone by.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
TO CONSIDER FINANCE.

Nashville, Sept. 6.-T0mOrrOw the
legislature will meet in extra session,
pursuant to the call of the. governor, to
consider the financial condition of the
state and enact measures to prevent a
deficit on January 1, 1897. 1t is prob
able that there will be wide divergence
of opinion, for Governor Turney and
Treasurer Craig insist that revenues will
not be sufficient to pay expenses and
interest on the bonded debt, while Comp
troller Harris insists there will not only
be no deficit, but will be Il large surplus.
The extra session may also figure in
the campaign, both national and state,
for both populists and republicans are
preparing to charge the necessity of the
session to democratic inconvenience.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
RENDERED AN OVATION.

Ell Paso, Tex, Sept. G.-(Special.) >
This afternoon Governor Ahumada of
Chihuahua, Mexico, rendered a reception
at the Juarez custom house to Col. Van
valah and the other army officers at Fort
Bliss. The United States officers took
the Eighteenth infantry band over the
river with them and were rendered a
regular ovation by the citizens of Juarez
In toast to the United States Governor
Ahumada said the United States was in
vincibe because all of her citizens were
nntrintic
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
DIED OF HIS WOUNDS

Bonham, Tex, Sept. G.-(Special.)-
Rufus Williams, who was shot from am
bush nine days ago while picking cotton
on the Rogers farm, four miles south of
here, died last night. Henry Mze and
Henry Northcutt were arrested and com
mitted to Jail, charged with committing
the crime. On Wednesday the grand jury
convened, and after investigating the
charge Henry Northcutt was discharged
and a true bill for assault to murder was
rendered against Henry Mize. At the
time of finding the true bill it was
thought Williams would recover.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10
YOUNG WOMAN MURDERED.
All Evidence Points to Heinous Crime
in Dayton. Ohio.

Dayton. O.. Sept. Con August p
Bessie Little. boarder with Mrs.
Freese. on South Jefferson street. TINS
city. disappeared ut 6 O'Clock in the
evening. She told Mrs. Freese she had
an engagement to ride with Albert }.
Frantz. On Thursday, September .,
Bessies dead body, bloated almost be,
yond recognition. was found in Still
Water river, near the bridge over that
river. Just north of Dayton. The coro-
ner supposed it a case of simple drown
ing. perhaps suicide. Bessie's known
delicate condition suggested suicide.
Public sentiment demanded closer in
vestigaton. The body was eNhumed and
re-eXamined. A bullet that had entered
the right ear was found lodged in the
brain. This was the first revelation of
murder. Frantz was arrested. Two
boys, while fishing, found pool of
blood on Still Water bridge, and in the
blood tortoise shell comb, adorned with
brilliants. This comb has been identi-
fed as belonging to Bessie. Albert J.
FrantZ was out that night with his
buggy. He says Bessie wasn't with
him. Nobody has been found who saw
Frantz and Bessie together on that
night, On the following night Frantz's
stable burned and his buggy, with its
evidence, if it contained any, was de-
stroyed FrantZ, the day after the
murder paid one weeks board for
Bessie in advance and when told she
was missing said she would return.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10

the annual product of gold used in the
arts, and therefore a less proportion of
it is available for coin.
Another thing, at the time the supply
of silver was increasing, and therefore
by demonetizing silver they would leave
gold as the only money that could replen-
Isb the currency of the world. and as
they knew that the supply of gold availa-
BILE for coinage each year was insufficient
to keep pace with the demand for money,
they knew that gold standard would
simply mean that a dollar would greatly
rise in value. | believe that is what was
behind the decentralization of silver, but
it was only known to the few people who
were manipulating the finances. And,
my friends, | want you to remember this,
that the gold standard has never taken
the step in the light; that the gold stand
ard has never fought battle in an open
field; aye, and it is not lighting it this
year. Great applause)
Another thing, we are willing to fight
the republican party upon its platform,
and we are willing to fight anybody who
opposes our position and will come out
and so state. and We will give to our OPP
ponents who advocate what they believe
all credit for honesty and sincerity of
purpose. But, my friends, when party,
as did the party at indianapolis, put up
one man for the purpose of electing an
other, we deny that these men can be any
more honest in their desire for honest
money than they were in politics in the
past. (Applause.)
1.-THE convention mt indianapolis was
held in the interest of republican success.
CHATS right If they had the courage
that ought to follow convictions they
would have endorsed Mr.. Mckinley, for
whom they expect to vote. Great APP
plause.)
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-09-10

good have got to make them good.
thank you. Great applause and cheer
ing.)
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
SOUNDED LIKE
A CANNONADE,
Base : Hit Swats That
Drowned the Roar of
FirecrackerS.
SOME YELLOW BALL.
Painful Accident to Catcher
Bodie of the California
Club.
A COLLISION IN THE FIELD.
Three Men Ran for Fly aud They
Came Together With
Crash.
A COLLISION IN THE FIELD.

There were two games of ball played at
Presidio Athletic Park yesterday for a
single admission. 1t seemed as though
the management knew in advance that
one of them would be worthless as an en-
tertainment Both contests were appro-
pirate to the Fourth of July, being slngu-
Ierly pyrotechnic. Base hits and runs
were as plentiful as pebbles in a gravel
bed, while errors were by no means scarce.
Of the first game, in which the Califor-
Mas and Imperials engaged, the less said
the better. The CALIFORNIA;, who won,
played like lot of schoolboys, and the
Imperials seemed unable to get out of one
another's way. Kelly, who pitched such a
magnificent game against the Pacifcs two
weeks ago, seemed to have been training
q la Corbett, on shrimp salad. AT any rate
his opponents found him the easiest of
easy games.
The contest between the new Oakland
representatives and the Pacifics was quite
an improvement over its predecessor, but
by no means what IL should have been.
The Oakland organization is a good one
and il seems probable that it will win the
City League pennant. However, the men
from across the bay showed a lamentable
lack of team work. They also need a
pitcher. Nolan was heralded as college
phenom, but he is many notches removed
from being even a clever amateur.
Had McCarty, the regular pitcher of the
PacIfics, been on hand the result of the
game would have undoubtedly been re-
versed and clever young player been
spared painful accident.
Owing to McCarty's non-appearance
Monahan was taken from short TO fill the
pitchers box, and Bodie, the promising
catcher OF the Californla team and proba-
bly, the best man IN that organization, sub
stituted for Monahan. In the fourth in
ning while trying for high fly in lett
field, Bodie. Muller and Cosgrave collided,
with the result that both bones of Bodies
left leg were broken below the knee. He
was taken to his home in patrol wagon.
A young man named Mckee was put in
the game after the accident. He played
in right field and McDermott took Bodies
place. Mckee is a good player. Out of
four times at bat he made two hits, both
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
.LEPE8S' HAPPY FOURTH,
Commencing the New Treatment
Which 1t Is Hoped Will
Cure Them.
Old Annie Plays "The Red, White and
Blue" on Her Music.Box in Honor
of the Day.

Yesterday was a Fourth of glorious
prospects as well as being glorious Fourth
at the Pesthouse. 1t was the first day of
the leprosy treatment from which all the
inmates of the Pesthouse expect so much.
All the lepers began taking the medicine
and although it will be month or so be-
fore much can be determined as to the
efficacy of the treatment, nevertheless all
are hopeful.
The medicine schedule, as published in
yesterday CALL, went into effect and each
patient took the bath, the tea and three
doses of pills. Superintendent Keating
fears that the Chinese, VINO become i'm
patient unless they see immediate benefits
from a medicine, Will not persevere, but
the white lepers will continue the treat
ment The two Bindt boys took the med
icine five years ago and Superintendent
Heating believes it practically cured them,
for they have not become any worse since
then.
The lepers were anticipating a feast of
roast pig yesterday in honor of the Fourth,
but the porcine delcacies came too late, so
the spread was postponed until to-day. A
keg of beer allayed their disappointment
somewhat however, and they felt in quite
mood to celebrate. Old Annie, the
Chinese woman, had her room fixed up,
and when a CALL reporter stopped mo-
ment at her door she insisted on playing
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," on
her music box.
Several of the Chinese upstairs were
busily perusing the strange Oriental
hieroglyphics in the instruction books
that come with the boxes of medicine.
Most of them are quite hopeful at present.
but it is doubtlul whether they will con-
tinue the somewhat tiresome bath treat
ment, which, according to member of
the Board of Health OF Honolulu, who
was here visiting few weeks ago, is the
most beneficial part OF the remedy. One
of the Chinese patients, who has had the
disease but short time, can be entirely
cured, according to the doctors opionion,
ii he keeps up the treatment.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

stan, 40 cents each; fourth money, So 80, to
Allen. Judd, Coffin, Webb, H. Vernon, Schaef
Ter, Winders, Williams, from bone, 40 cents
each; fifth money, So 20. to Chestnut. New
ton. Thorn, Owens, Westerly and Olsen 50
cents each; sixth money, So so, to King
sears, kleversol, Franzen, Cate and McDon-
aid, 40 cents ekch.
Third event-First money. 81 20, to Norman;
second money, So rs. to Webb and Lake, ST 90
each; third money, So rs, to Murdoch and F.
Feudner, 81 80 each; fourth money, So %, to
Judd, Morrill, and Gildman, 81 10 each; fifth
money, 50 so, to King, Thorn, Feudner Cate
ana trombone" 30 cents each; sixth money.
~ 10, Sears, Shaw and Potter.
Fourth event-First money, So 3d. to Nau-
man; second money, $5 55, to O. Feudner :;
third third money; So %, to Feudner, Merrill,
money, 81 60, to Anderson, Schaefer and Bruins,
FL 80 each; fifth money, $3 %, to Shaw and
Webb, 81 each; sixth money, 81 50, to
Whitney and Lake, 40 cents each; seventh
money. 81 so, to chestnut" Sears and Rob
er,I5son ,,5 20 cents each; eighth money, ST. 65, to
Allen, judd, King, Williams, Trombone" and
Olsen, 80 cents each.
In the team-shoot the scores were as fol-
lows:
Reliance-Lake ID. Williams IL, Mccutchen
16, Trombone" II, Coffin A. Olsen 15. Total
90.
olym pics-O. Feudner II, Webb IL, Nauman
II, Haight II, Whitney 10, F. Feudner II. To-
tai SO.
Empire-King IL, Andrus Is, Bellington 1s.
Lincoln No Barney Is, Robertson 16, Eu-
gene Foster 13, Kearney IL, Franzen IL To-
tai "a.
Golden Gate-Bickerstaff IL, vandan 13,
McCrea 16, Walton IL, Mcdonald 9, Robertson
13. Total "a.
Lincoln No. 2-Cate 5. Bruins IL, Shaw ID.
Potter II, Edgar Forster 8, Kleversol IL. Total
Reliance got first money, $2S 80; the
Olympics second, SIT Is, and the Empire
team third, $11 40.
The shoot will continue to-day. There
are seven events on the programme. They
are as follows:
Event No. 1-10 birds. entrance SO cents, 4
moneys. Event No. 2-15 BIRDS entrance rs
cents, moneys, $40 added. Event No. 3-l5
birds entrance rs cents, moneys, $40 added
Event No. 4-20 birds, entrance 81, 8 moneys,
go added. Event No. 5-15 birds, entrance
70 cents, 6 moneys, $15 added. Event No. g.
20 birds, entrance 81, 8 moneys, $50 added.
Event No. z, club team event. II men to a
team-15 birds, entrance rs cents, 2 moneys,
$75 added.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

of them good, clean ones, and stole two
bases. He also made one put-out on the
only chance he had.
The spectators had little time to grow
cold after the game commenced. In only
one inning did both sides fail to score.
The Oaklands were first at bat. Agnew
singled and Arlett followed with a two
bagger, but the Churchmen failed to score.
The Pacihcs started the run-getting in
their half, tallying one on Monahan's
double and Wilds' single.
From then on until the ninth it was a
see-saw. The visitors made two each in
the second and third and the Pacifics two
in their half of the latter In the fourth
six of the Oaklands clrcled the bases and
things looked easy for them. The Pa
cltcs, however, went to work with a will
and made four in the fourth, two in the
fifth and three in the seventh.
ONeilFs heavy hitters were not to be de-
MED, and in the ninth man after man hit
safely until six singles had been piled up
and three men scored. Then ACpew was
put out at the plate and O'NeiIl few out
Walter scoring on the throw-in. Heating
followed with another safe drive, and
Hardie tailed. Davis retired the side on
fly to first.
In their half of the ninth the Pacifics
went out in one-two-three order.
The new team is com posed of heavy hit
ters and clean base-runners. Donovan
who plays first, can run a hundred yards
better than eleven seconds. His batting
ability is proved by the fact that out of six
times at bat he made three hits. Agnew
Is poor fielder, but hard hitter, his per-
centage being the same as Donovan's.
Arlett, the shortstop, is Jewel He
made Jour hits, two of them dou bles, out
OF possible six. He, too, is a runner par
excellence. Walters hit twice and made
four runs. Irrepress;ble Tip" O'NeiII got
his base on balls three times and made
three runs and single. Keating's batting
record was the best of all, he scoring five
safe ones.
Of the Pacifics, Monahan easily carried
off the honors. He made two singles, two
/ doubles and triple and failed but once to
hit safely. He also made four runs. stole
| two bases, made three putouts and four
assists without an error. Wilds batted
well. Out of a possible six he culled a
| triple, a double and two singles. The bal
ance OF the teams secured but five hits al
! together.
| From now on it will take mighty good
| team to get within hailing distance of the
Oaklands. Donovan, Arlett, Hardie.
| ONeil, Keating and the rest of them form
strong combination of old-timers and
| young bloods.
Following are the summaries of the two
/ games:
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
DICKENS AND CHILDREN.
He Broke the Little Girls Doll, bu
Made Ample Amends.

He Broke the Little Girls Doll, but
Made Ample Amends.
Charles Dickens love of children is we'll
illustrated in the following story: He was
walking in the neigh borhood of Gads Hill
one day, not long after he had acquired
his property there, when he suddenly ran
into little girl wheeling dolls peram-
bulator. In an instant the tiny vehicle
upset, the doll being thrown out
1t was bad accident as far as they were
concerned, for wax heads ana limbs are
not calculated TO stand much hard usage.
The little maid burst into tears, and, much
to the novelist's sorrow, refused to be
comforted.
'sThen come home with me-" Dickens
whispered soothingly, land we'll see if
We can't find some grand waxen lady in
silks and satins for YOU"
So back to the big house the two went,
and, sure enough, mp in his children 5
prettiiy dressed dolls. With these safely
tucked in her peram bulator the little girl
trotted eff.
But 1t is in the sequel that the best part
of the story lies. The child's heart was
set on making some return for this kind
ness, so her parents, who had not the
faintest suspicion of her friends person
atty, took her to town to choose some
thing. Her choice fell eventually upon
gorgeously bound book.
When Dickens the next day undid the
parcel his small visitor brought him he
was surprised and delighted to see copy
of David Copperiield."
Not until many years later, when they
met again in society, did the little girl
learn who the kind gentleman" was.
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The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
CRACKED CLAY PIGEONS.
Opening of the Tournament AS.
sociation's Shoot at Ala.
media Point.
Pour Good Open Matches and Well
Contested Team Event-To.
Days Programme.

The opening shoot of the Pacific Tourna-
ment Association was held at Alameda
Point yesterday. The shoot began early
in the morning, continued all day, and it
will not be until this evening that the
shooters will put by their shotguns.
The events on yesterdays programme
included two open shoots at ten bluerocks,
and team event, six men to team, at
twenty bluerocks. In the first ten-bird
event there were four moneys, in the Sec
ond there were six, with $40 added; in the
first twenty bird shoot there were eight
moneys, with SIS added, and in the second
there were also eight, with $25 added. In
the team shoot there were three moneys,
with $50 added. G. A. Haight was mara
ger OF the tournament, ana Edgar Foster
managed the events
The scores in the four open events were
as follows:
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
LAUGHS AT ToRNADoEs,
And Is Fortified When at Home Against
the Worst OF Twisters.

the Worst OF Twisters.
Over in Quindaro, Kans., is a man who
laughs at tornadoes-when he is at home.
Put him among strangers, however, and
the commonest little dust whirlwind,
bouncing along a road, will cause him to
quake with apprehension, says the Kansas
City Star. A black spot in the sky on
summer afternoon no bigger than ones
hand soon takes on, for him, a most
prodigious size. He reads in the daily
papers accounts of the storms that swept
over Kansas and Texas, and for weeks
afterward he relates in dramatic manner
the stories to the credulous ease-takers
who assemble daily at the corner grocery.
He begins to talk of the tornadoes as soon
as the ice and snow of winter melt, and it
depresses him to contemplate the dire dis
asters that MAY come forth from the yawn-
ing chasm of destruction between cold
weather of early spring and late fall.
He has accordingly fortified his home,
and when there defes the worst twister
that ever blew water out of a cistern or
feathers off a chicken.
Underneath his house is large cellar,
dry as bone. in which is kept the family
provisions On one side of this cellar and
into the earth beyond descends fight of
steps leading into another cellar. This
latter cellar is cemented from top to bot
tom, and is so carefully Constructed that
not a drop of water can enter. A ventilat-
ing shaft reaches the open air above,
making it impossible for a person in the
cellar to become sufficated. This subter-
ranean abode is the envy and admiration
of The neighbors, but s'eyery rose has its
thorn" In the neighborhood lives an old
farmer who is something of fatalist. He
passed by one day while the cellar was
being dug.
We'll now, what ye think ye're doing?"
Building cyclone CELLAR
'Ye jest might as well stop wastin' yer
muscle, fer if ye're born ter git killed by
one of them DANCED cyclones it'll git ye, If
ye're fifty feet under ground"
The owner of the cellar never quite re-
covered his faith after this bit of fatalism.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
Moitke and His Generalship.

The question has often been raised,
"What system did Moltke pursue in
strategy" Ali are now pretty well agreed
in answering it as follows: "His system
lay in the maxim, March on different
lines, and concentrate to strike.'" The
question is, of course, wrongly put, for
what great commander ever followed any
system of strategy? And the answer
given above is not less wrong in itself, for
it expresses no principle, but merely con-
tains one of many conditions without
which great bodies of troops cannot pos
sibIy be handled, or war on large scale
carried on.-The Forum.
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05
' the rules Of the shoot all ties divided

:, '110 N1IS1S Ol UlIt SHOOL dII IItS UIVIUtU
the moneys, and in some instances this
method brought prizes of cents. The
prizes were as follows:
First event-First money, 81 80, to Nauman
Chestnut" Schaefer, Bruins, Lake and Olsen.
2S cents each; third money, 95 cents, to Nc
Crea, King, Murdock, Anderson, o. Feudner
fourth money, As cents, to Sears, Shaw, Barker
Potter. Thorn, Webb, Whitney, Justius VIII
hams and Vandall, ) cents each.
Second event-First money, IS 50, to Shaw
Murdoch and Feudner, so 10 each second
money s. 10, to Nauman and Merrill, So 55
each; third money, 81 45. to Schrieber. Bar
ker, Potter, Anderson, Robertson, Haight,
Whitney, Justins, Bruins, Lake and Bicker-
The San Francisco call., 1896-07-05

Earned runs-C -Caiifornas g. Imperials & Three
base hits Bodie, Creamer, Kelly, Maioney Zeis
Two-base hits-Shea, Bodie (2), McCord l2), Ma
loney, Kelly. Bliss, Creamer. Loughren Base on
errors-Californias z, Imperials 10. Base on balls
-Of Klopf 2, of Kelly 8. Left bases-Cal for
MAS >, Imperials 10. Struck cut-By Klopf g. by
Kelly 2. Hit by pitcher-Mullee (2), Ioughren.
Passed balls-Bodie 8, Nealon 3. Wild pitch
Klopf. Umpire, Gagus.