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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
TOJrGH CHARACTER KILLED.

Opelika, Ala, Nov. 14.-In ROan0ke,
Randolph county. last night Charles Muir
ply, tough character, while resisting
arrest, was killed.
w. H. Stripping, the policeman. and
Robert Bonner, who was assisting him,
were wounded.
Murphy was accused of running an il
licit distilpry
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
ROUND OVER

Waco, Tex, Nov. 14.-(Special.)-V.
Rousseau was bound over by United
States Commissioner Finks today to the
federal grand jury. He is charged
with sending an obscene letter through
minister.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
JNDJANA,S PTuRAJJTY

Indianapolis, Ind, Nov. 14.-The Off
cial vote for Indiana gives Mckinley
323,919; Bryan, 303,S54; Levering, 365S;
Palmer, 3579; Bentley (national pro-,
1885, socialist, 145. McKinley's plurali-
ty is 20205
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
A CHANCE TO TALK 1T OVER.

Little Rock, Nov. Ex-senator James
X. Jones left tonight for st. Louis. He
will be joined there by William j. Bryan
and Governor Stone of Missouri, and
the three gentlemen will spend few
days on the st. Francis river duck hunt
ing. Senator Jones will then proceed to
Washington.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
A PLOT UNEARTHED.

Madrid. Nov. 14.-Gen d'armes have
discovered large quantities of dynamite,
gunpowder, cartridges, etc, near BARGE
Iona. 1t is supposed the ammunition was
intended for Cuba.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
GREETINGS FROM ABROAD.

Canton, O., Nov. 15.-Today Maj. Nc
Kinley received card from Heidelberg,
Germany, which says:
1.-THE American students at Heidelberg
send greeting and congratulations to the
representative of the American nation"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
STRIKE DECI,ARED OFF

ST. Louis, Nov. 14.-The strike at Tu-
dor Iron works in East st. Louis. which
has been on since January ], 1896, has
been declared off and the strikers have
lost
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
DENIED RY HANNA

Cleveland, o., Nov. 14.-Mark Hanna
tonight denied that he will take Maj.
Mckinley to his winter residence in
Thomasville, Ca, on January 1.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

Washington, Nov. 15-Secretary Nor
ton, in his annual report, which will
review the economical features of his
administration and cite figures to show
that he has covered back into the treas
\ ury S2,0O0,00O of the appropriations Cor
the agricultural department during the
four years, or $500,000 each year. This
is in the neighborhood of 20 per cent of
the appropriations for the year. One of
the. principal features will be a lengthy
refutation of the claims of what he calls
calamity howlers."
He will contend agricultural interests
are not declining, that y per cent of the
farms in the country are without any
incumbrance while the incumbrance en-
the remaining % per cent was incurred
in the purchase and improvement of the
lands. The report will state that the
greatest ratio of mortgages is found in
the north Atlantic states and that New
Jersey shows especially heavy incum-
brances.
The secretary will decry the publica-
tiOns Of the government and show a
pruning down of the literary output of
the department.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
HANNA,s WINTER OTrARTERs

Thomasvlle, Ca, Nov. 14.-Mark Hsa
mas palatial winter residence here is be-
ing put in order for his arrival on jan
uary /. A private letter says he will
bring Maj. Mckinley with him here to
rest.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
HANNA WOULDN'T SAY.

Cleveland, o., Nov. 15.-Mr. NJ. A.
Hanna was seen today by reporter,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
FLOODS IN BOSNIA

Vienna, Nov. 14.-Great devastation
has been caused by floods in Bosnia. A
rescue party Of thirteen persons have
been drowned near Sera Jevo.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
ANNESTY DEFEaTED.

AMNESTY DEFEATED.
Paris, Nov. 14.-In the chamber of dep
uties today NJ. de Sante submitted an
amnesty motion and demanded urgency
for 1t. 1t was defeated by a vote OF
1926 to so.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
BRYAN BY A LARGE +,

BRYAN BY A LARGE MAJORITY.
Little Rock, Nov. 14.-Full returns re-
ceived by 8d the secretary Of state ao give Bry
majority. 1862. In 1892 Cleveland re-
ceiyed 1884, Harrison 46,SS4, Weaver
1881. i lfltEfA2
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
A GOOD DEAL OF REMODELLJNG
OF COMMITTEES NECESSARY
IN THE NEXT HOUSE.
MORTON HITS CALAMITY HONLERS"
He Contends Agricultural Interests Arc
Not Declining-Over 70 Per Cent
of the Farms Are Without
Membranes on Them.

Washington, Nov. 15.-Although the
next house of representatives will be
largely republican, considerable re-
modelling of committees, on account Of
the new faces which will come into The
house. will take place. Many republi-
cans were not renominated and some
not reelected after having received the
nomination. Some of the vacancies ire
on important committees. That of the
committee on rules caused by the death
of Judge Crisp, will have to be filled at
once. 1t has been intimated that Henry
q. Turner of Georgia will be selected for
the remaining short session, although an
other person would have to be chosen in
the next congress, as Turner was not re-
elected. Some of the democrats may OBJ
ject to this, as Turner is a gold man. 1t
is said that Bailey of Texas may be the
choice, but if Turner is appointed it will
give the democrats an opportunity to
designate the leader of the minority in
the next house by the nomination of a
candidate for speaker. There is no
change in the republican membership of
the ways and means committee, all
being returned. On the democratic side
are three vacancies, Crisp Turner Of
Georgia and Cobb of Missouri. On the
appropriations committee the republicans
lose four members, Arnold of Rhode
Iclo md IIni, G
Kansas and Mccall of Tennessee, and
the democrats lose Layton of Ohio and
Bartlett of New York
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-19
AT THE NIAGARA END.

Niagara Falls, N. Y, Nov. 15.-The fact
that midnight was to begin the transmits
sion of electrical power from the falls
to Buffalo for the first time drew a very
large crowd of people to the power house
of the Niagara Falls Power company.
tonight. SO many were trying to- gain
admission to the place that at o o'clock
the doors had to be closed. Those pres
ent in the power house were Messrs. w.
B. Rankin, secretary of the power com
pany; Electrical Superintendent Paul NJ.
Lincoln and l. X. Edmonds.
At 1145 Messrs Rankin. Brecken-
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LIGHTNING CHANGE ARTISTS IN CRIME.

eye arranged with a series of fine lines which follow the general direction of the lines of the iris and pupil of the eye. Although these indentures are so slight as to be imperceptible except by the closest scrutiny, there are hun dreds of them crowded in the limited space, and each is colored to form a general perfect and harmonious tone. It is, in reality, a false eye on the back of the spectacle glasses. The result to the wearer is obvious; he may have brown eyes, but if he puts on pair of these spectacles arranged to represent blue eyes his eyes appear to be blue It is an ingenious contrivance, but the police believe that they will be used by novices rather than by professional men. One thing the genuine criminal understands above all others-that IS, that he must not be caught with evi- dence. The false eye spectacles when found on a man are evidence enough that he is criminal, and they are hard to get rid of once man is in the hands of the police.
 ssThe eyebrows are another part or the face that criminals are now begin hing to carefully consider" concluded the chief. Then he explained how with a few touches of a razor and the use of cosmetics eyebrows that curve per ceptiblv are made to extend straight across the brow, and in like manner straight brows are curved.
 But the police seem to consider the advanced methods of criminal dis guises philosophically, Chief Conlin re- marking that there always had been and always would be trouble in catch ing lawbreal<ers, and that is what the detectives are for.
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ERzHERzoa OTTO.

from what he regards as his rights; and in spite of his disreputable per sonal character he has many supporters, especially among the ultra-eonserya- tiyes and the ultra-clerical element, who do not forget that he is a grandson of King "Bomba" of Naples, and that he has been educated by the Jesuits in all the old Hapsburg traditions of mon- archial right9diyine, and of hatred of constitutional government. The com mon people, however, detest him, even in Austria, while in Hungary he is ab horred by all classes alike. In fact, he is the one member of the imperial fam fly whom it has been necessary to guard against insult on the part of the public.
 Otto's claim to the throne is indis- putable. He is the second son of the late Archduke Charles Louis, second brother of the emperor, who, after the tragic end of Crown Prince Rudolph, became heir to the throne.
 But what the emperor thinks of his successor is best shown by the steps which he has taken in connection with Otto's transfer to Vienna, where he is to reside under the eye of his majesty in that section of the imperial palace or "burg" known as the "Augarten,a formerly occupied by Prince Constan- tine Hohenlohe. His entire staff and household have been dismissed by the emperor, who has himself appointed a new set of court officials in their stead. These according to the Official Gazette just published are to take their orders, not from the archdul1e, but from the emperor himself, to whom they will re- port, and who alone has the power to instruct or dismiss them. The chief
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of the household is Prince Montenuovo, president of the Austrian Jockey club, who reluctantly and at the personal re- quest of the emperor has surrendered his office of grand master of the im- perial court in order to undertake the very difficult and by no means pleasant task of converting Otto into respect able citizen. Prince Montenuovo's fa- ther was the illegitimate son of Elm press Marie Louise of France and of her Austrian chamberlain, Count Neiperg, who figures as the lover in Sardou's eel ebrated play Mime. Sans Gene"
 Otto is the black sheep of the imperial family, and the estimation in which he is held by his countrymen may be gathered from the fact that some time ago, when he exhibited at one of the art shows at Vienna water color that he had painted representing wild boar surrounded by it's progeny, it was the Standing joke for people to ask one an other what they thought of "Otto's letze ischweinerie" (which may be translated as "Otto's last piece of hoggishness" !. He is not only a libertine, but also a drunkard, frequently seen intoxicated in public, and his behavior to his wife, daughter of Prince George of Saxony, has been of so disgAceful a character that on two occasions she has been conn pelled to leave him and return to her family. A short time before the birth of his eldest boy he brought number
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Of the department. That criminals are becoming more scientific every day was shown a little while ago, when a confidence man, who has been known to the police for ten years, was led into the Central office building A de- tectlye had followed him for three days before he dared to arrest him.
 When this man was examined critical y, the reason for the detective's fail ure to identify him was instantly round. In other days, the mans ears nad stood out at a pronounced angle rom his head; now they lay flat. It was found that a surgical operation had been performed to produce this re- saIt. The skin of the scalp and back oI the ear had been cut away and the two held close together for many days. Ill tlme the ear had grown to the scalp, ana so was held flat. As the ears had been the distinguishing mark of the man the detective naturally hesitated when he came upon a man with dark 'pectacles and these f1at-lying ears.
 Dld you ever think" asked Chief .onlin, what effect the removing of a ,ieaVy growth of the hair from mans head would make?" When the reply was made that the listener had never even thought of the matter, the chief ex- inained that 1t would entirely alter a mans appearance. Several cases have eome before the police lately of crimi- nals disgusting themselves in this man. her.
 The most simple disguises,' said the sn,el, are as rule the more success .', .ai' Take this idea of head shaving, :. sss so very simple that when we found ~ was being done, we wondered that it Ia ,aa not been thought of long before" F, ~ was purely an accident that disclosed NAe "ea. An Italian, who had stabbed 1. q small boy and escaped before the po- | ,iee reached the scene, was arrested as K k walked from a barber shop half an lour later. His head was as bald as an es, 1t had just been shaved. This 'aue no difference as far as the police lth nsle concerned, for they had never seen
 e man before. He had been arrested -, ohe evidence of brother of the boy ton sno was stabbed. The second boy had t.lowed the man when he ran, and had no,;s u outside the barber shop until of :. came along whom he told :. 'Ae stabbing. But when the prison sha "as Taken to court, the effect of the Enla 'eu M head was seen at once, for peo- ana a.s wno had witnessed the stabbing, vss Who had known the Italian for ~ r We're unable to identify tke bald
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permits it to revo1ve longitudinally should it not be struck fairly.


 John l.. Sullivan was the first pugilist of note to use the present form of ball in his training. A few days before he fought Paddy Ryan for the champion ship of America, at Mississippi City. he gave an exhibition of ball punching in his training quarters at Carrollton, above New Orleans, that amazed and delighted his friends. His last blow burst the ball and as it collapsed, Ar thur Chambers exclaimed: "John, if l see you let go that way at Ryan, in the ring, I'll shut my eyes, for 1 don't want to see him murdered"
 Dominick McCaffrey was the first pugilist to give public exhibitions of ball punching. They were given in Bowery museum, but they did not meet with the hearty approval of the ''toughs" of that famous thoroughfare. It was just after his four-round contest with Charley Mitchell and he was frequently told by members of his "awjenee:" "Oh, yes! you kin punch ball all right, but how about Charley Mitchell?"
 One of the greatest exhibitions of ball. punching ever given was that given by Jim Corbett, in Madison Square garden, a few days before he started south to wrest the championship from John L. Sullivan. On that occasion the disk used on the stage was two feet six inches above the top of his head and the center of the ball was just below his chin. Among his other feats, that day, he fought the ball with both hands as rapidly as he could hit out, for three minutes, without cessation. Good judges estimated that he sent the ball against the disk not less than 120 times each minute or 360 times in all. The ball was blown up very tight and it's resil- liancy was very great. Assuming that the ball travelled five feet each time it was struck, it went 1,s00 in all, or about one-third of & mile. This was great speed when it is remembered that the ball changed direction 240 times a min ute.
 The four greatest ball-punchers in the pugilistie profession are Tommy Ryan. Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons and Young Griffo. Parson Davies claims that Ryan is the best of the lot and I am inclined to agree with him. Corbett makes ball-punching one of the features of his theatrical entertainments. Bob Fitzsimmons alternates his fist blows with jabs with. his elbows and he can make the ball fairly touch" each time he uses them on it. Griffo, too, is very good at his elbow work.
 People who wish to punch the ball. as an exercise, should suspend it in Q
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wICKEDEsT PRINCE LIVING.
Heir to Austria's Throne One of the Worst Blackguards in Europe.
Tale of Incredible Brutaiity-on Meet Ing a Funeral Procession of Peas ants He Forces His Horse to
 Leap Over the Deceased.
lcopYR1eHr, 1896.

Emperor Francis Joseph's step in of
 ficially proclaiming his nephew, Arch duke Otto, as heir to the throne of Aus tro-Hungary, is a great disappointment to his people, who, even since Otto's elder brother Francis Ferdinand be- came afflicted with tuberculosis of the lungs, to which he is now rapidly sue cumbing, have been hoping that their kaiser would set aside the claims of this most unpopular of all the mem
 of his grandnephews or of the son of his younger daughter, Archduchess Val erie. But Otto is not the kind of man to permit himself to be quickly busted
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headed man as the one they had known. IL was necessary to keep him in fail un- til his hair grew out before he could he convicted. It was from this thu. the detectives got tEeir idea, and began to study the bumps of the head. + ;s proposed to shave the heads of men hired for the purpose, taking of the head before and after shayipo and study the result.
 Chief Conlin believes that the work of the New York police department ;s much harder than that of the depart- ment of any city in the world. eve not only have to keep track of our own criminals" said he, "but those of tbe whole world who come here at one time or another in the course of their lives. We have to contend not only with the methods of the lawbreakers of New York, but with those of every city of the country, and whose methods are as different as day and night. It was some of the western criminals who first saw the absolute folly of wearing false whiskers, boards and wigs. and it was the men of the east who followed their lead"
 The nose, as seen in the full face view. is now altered in appearance by insert ing in each nostril quill of peculiar shape. X nose of an entirely different character is obtained in this way. One that is slim and pointed becomes thick and rounded. The quills alter the voice as well, and thus answer a double pur- pose. This full face is now being al- tered also by the use of false gums. There are several sets of these in the museum at the New York police head quarters. They very much resemble the gums of old-fashioned teeth. They are fitted in the mouth under the up- per lip and have the effect of filling out the cheeks.
 The latest effort to overcome the color and general appearance of the eyes, which last have doubtless be- trayed more criminals than anything else, seems amusing. It is a pair of spectaeles, apparently of the ordinary sort when seen as worn by man. They are, however, on the side towards the
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of disreputable companions. :naie and female, into his palace at light. an6ii@s after having drunk himself into state ofabsosute craziness Invited his eo-.span- ions to come upstairs with him sa his wife's bedroom in order that they might see how an archdnchess looked in bed Fortunately for her imperial highness, there was present in the palace at the time one of the heaides-de-camp, who. hear ing the noise and knowing the charac- ter of the prince to whose household he was attached, feared the archduch- ess might stand in need of protection. So when the drunken crowd of men and women came upstairs they were en- countered by the young officer. who drew his sword and threatened to run it through anyone save the archduke who attempted to pass. This. and this alone, saved the poor aehduchess from the erowning indignity which her dis reputable husband had prepared for her. As it was, he escaped with three months' arrest imposed upon him by the eIn-E peror, while the young officer was sent back to regimental duty and received DromOtion
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Welded to a Tree.

A curious custom prevails in certain parts of India which may be called a symbolical marriage. In families where there are several daughters the younger sisters may only marry after the elder sister is married. That, oe course, is not always the case, but the obstacle can easily be surmounted if the elder sister declares herself ready to marry some tree or a large flower or some other lifeless object. In this way the disagreeable consequences of disregarding the time-honored custom may be avoided and the younger sister can safely be welded to her living choice The elder sister must, however, take care not to choose poplar tree, an elm tree or a pine; if she chooses a plum, apple or apricot tree she may get divorce-that is to say, shake it off as soon as a real man will ask for her hand-while if she marries one of the first three named trees she cannot easily shake her marital bonds, for these trees are sacred and must not be trifIed with.-Detroit Free Press.
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and cause it to quickly rebound. This ball was great improvement on it's predecessor, for it's use made man much quicker in his movements. It's great defect was the fact that it had to be driven away directly in line with it's puncher's position or it would revolye in a. circle and have to be stopped to be steadied.
 The present form of punching ball is in it's general construction somewhat akin to the football employed by our collegians in their games, only ordl- nary leather is used for the covering in- stead of pig skin The ball is usually suspended from ceiling, but where the ordinary ceiling is too high, a wood en disk about six or eight feet in diam eter is used instead. This disk is main ly what makes the ball so useful. Ordi- narily it is suspended from the regular ceiling by strong iron rods, so that it forms a pseudo-ceiling about eight or nine feet from the floor. The cord sus- pending the ball can be raised or low cred. so that the center of the ball can be brought, as the puncher may desire, to the level of either his chin or shoul- ders. Generally the cord is attached to the ball by a metal swivel, which
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F;ne Digestion of Owls.

A southern California haby-burrow- ing owl, five weeks old, eats half it's weight of raw beef at a single meal, and does not suffer in the slightest degree from dyspepsia. It takes three souare meals of this size daily, and even then appears to be hungry at bed time. An observing physician believes that the valuable digestive aids for the human stomach can be extracted from these owls of large appetite, which VIII be more efficacious possibly than are the pepsin preparations now secured from the. internals of pigs. Should this belief be confirmed, the market for Cai- ifornia owls ought to be considerable and the demand for the bird might war rant the establishment of owl ranches
 San Francisco Chronicle.
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PUNCH THE BOUNDING BALL.
An Easy Method of Reducing Flesh
 and Cultivating Speed.
How to Hang and How to Punch It-It IS Pleasant Exercise in Addi- ton to Being an Enemy
 to Fat.
[copYRreHr. 1s9s. I

Some months ago wealthy friend of mlne who is somewhat of an epicure ana was more corpulent than he cared to be, said: Macon, I am Is or 20 pounds heavier than ought to be. How can take that weight off without diet mgr 1 am willing to work a bit but I won't deny myself the pleasures of the table,
 Punch the balll" responded. Ball punching is one of the best of physical methods of reducing the weight and inn proving the wind of fieshy people. When ball is fought. energetically and per sistently, the exercise produces nrofuse