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HiMENEAL.

IsAAcS- MIMS-cameron. Texas, Sep
TENDER g-Mr, I5Hl isaacs ana Miss 'rula
Minis OF ItOCkdgle We're married at the
Commercial hotel AZ $3.50 last night Tho
parties came IN on the train IT 7.3O and
procured q licenss and we're married ~
parents caused them. to come here 10
marry. They left for Rockdale or the
$50 train this morning iioth parties are
highly connected
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THE FIRE RECORD.
sALOOv AND REsIpENcE.

SALOON AND RESIDENCE.
jefferson. Texas. September b.--J. J Sell
gals saloon. near the depot. and r. i.
Buydston residence adjoining the saloon
were burned this morning about O'CLOCK.
Both a total loss. no Insurance
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WITH A PISTOL.

Proctor. Tcxas. September b-A youth
named Joe Dun. II years Of AK. wilde
carrlessly handling a pistol, shot himself
IN the lett leg day before yesterday The
ban ranged downward, shni tcrlng MS knee
50 badly AZ TO require amputdtlon.
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!. ~. International and Great
md The Galveston. houston am
,,riye al and depart from tho
81 depot, foot Of Congress ave
.and Kansas and Texas trans
Tsty depot al the foot of Mont
,r.nn, north side Of the bayou;
IA Porte and Houston and al!
n excep, those mentioned noe
Central depot.
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BALDWIN AND FINLEY CHANGES

Al a meeting OF the directors Of the
Southern Railway company the reslgna-
ton Of the second vice president, w. H..
Baldwin. Jr.. was accepted, 10 take ef-
TO-, sop,omber Is. and W. W. Finley. for
n. rIv third vice president Of the South
On aud now second vice president of the
Great Northern. was chosen TO succeed
him. IL executive committee of the di-
rec .ors Of :ha Long Island Railroad com
p4'ny. at a recent meeting, unanimously
vofei to recommend 10 the directors Of
the road the rame Of Mr.. Baldwin for
president ci the Long Island road, and
flvorable action Is expected at Their mex
regular meeting. September S.
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!. MEETINGS c.1 nsr

ssa r.. LETTINGS CLOSE.
St;;ng eSSs,, September s.-The
n s,a close wy,it'ol 10y EVANGELIST
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sans on a Visit aad for
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IN THE RAILWAY WORLD,
The Texas Western System to Be
Put in Condition.
HE ROAD TO BE EXTENDED LATER
Aho southern Pacific Inspection Party
In This cry YeHcrday-per-
sonai Mention.
HE ROAD TO BE EXTENDED LATE

Colonel Il. NJ. Hall, the representative
mere of ihe owners of the Texas Western
railway, received a telegram yesterd ~
from New York instructing aim to begin
at once the work of repairing the road. Ii
Is understood that 1t is the intention ut
the owners TO put the entire road from
this city to Sealy IN irst-coss condition.
This work will be commenced today and
will be pushed forward vigorously SO thai
the road may be IN shape to handle A.
much of this seasons cotton crop as pos
sible.
1t is the intention of the owners of ihis
road to extend ii II ON its present ter.
minus into one of the richest scctions OF
the state, but this will not be under,aAsn
until the work of repairing the old rcat
has been completed, Wh'n This rui
extended as Is now COZ efnp.atri 1t vii
prove the most valuable feeder to tins
city of any OF the railroads o:utering mere.
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w HuTCHINs SCrsn.

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ger, Proprietors.
Remodeled and
Iy|3y newly furnished.
S Unequaled In all
tS It's appointments
- In the state OF
Texas
Tho Leading
Hotel.
Evening star., 1896-08-15
He Describes the Adventures of His
Polar Expedition.
WENT TO THE new SIBERIAN ISLANDS
Then Drifted Northwest Toward the
Pole.
RETURN IN THE WINDWARD

LONDON. August 15.-The story in de-
Nansen's arctic expedition and the adven-
lures of his party. together with the sci
entiic results obtaining, first of which is
his success in penetrating to the highest
latitude hitherto trod by the foot of man.
namely, SO degrees IA minutes north, were
given to the world by the Chronicle this
morning. following the story by Jackson
of the finding of Nansen. contained in a
dispatch from Vardo, Norway, yesterday
to the Associated Press.
Dr. NanSen says In the Chronicle:
''The Fran left Jugor strait August Ia.
1893. We had to force our way through
much ice along the Siberian coast. We
discovered island in the Kara sea and
to Cape Cheljuskin. In several places we
found evidences of a glacial epoch, during
which northern Siberia must have been
covered by an inland ice to a great ex-
tent.
ION September 15 We were off the mouth
of the Olenek river. but We thought 1t was
too late to go In there to fetch our dogs,
as we would not risk losing a year. We
passed the New Siberian Islands September
p We made fast to a foe in latitude IS
degrees 50 minutes north and in longitude
133 degrees 81 minutes east. We then al
lowed the ship to be closed in by the ice.
Drffted North and Northwestward
"As anticipated, we were gradually drift
ed north and northwestward during the
autumn and winter from the constantly ex-
Evening star., 1896-08-15

were now travelling straight across wficzek
Land and Dove Glacier without seeing any
land near US.
Last Winter.
''On August Is we reached a SPOT I'm s3
north and So east, evidently well suited
Tor wintering, and as II was now zoo late
ior the voyage to Spitzbergen, I considered
II wfsest to stop and prepare for winter.
we shot bears and walruses and built a
nut OF stones, earth and moss making the
rooi OF walrus hide tied down with rope
ana covered with snow. We usel the
piuooer Tor cooking, light and heat The
Dear meat and the blubber was our only
1000 Tor ten months. The bear skins form
cd our beds and sleeping bag The winter
however. passed well, and we were hotb
In perfect health. Spring came with sun-
SHINE and with much open water IN tho
southwest We hoped to have an easy
voyage TO Spitzbergen over the foe ice ana
the open water. We were Obliged to manu-
lacture new clothes from blankets and a
ne" sieepihs Dag OF bear skin. Our pro-
VISIONS were raw meat and blubber
on May ~ we were, at last ready TO
start. We came to open water on Nav n
IN sl.o1 north, but were retarded by
storms Until June 3. A little south of n
ana open water which reached west-north-
west along Its north coast. But we pre-
1erred to travel southwark over the ice
through a broad sound
we came. on June l., to the south side
vi 'ne Island and found much open wafer
rehoing westward. We sailed and pad
eu Al thi' direction I'm order TO proceed
across TO Spitzberg,n from the most ues,-
"ard cape, but Payers man WAS r,,sload
Ing
Dr. Nansen's account concludes as fol-
lows after touching on the details Of his
meeting with jackson, which have already
"een cahied TO the Associated Press:
we left Franz Josef Land in the stea n
hd"ard on August 4. and had a short
ana very pleasant Passage. thanks TO the
mastery way in which Capt Brown
Drought his ship through the ice. and tbap,..
In the open sea in yardo.
N'ieheo' "NANSEN"
Evening star., 1896-08-15
TRIP OF THE DAUNTI.Ess.
Plans of the Alleged Filibusters wer.
Well Laid.

The collector of customs at Brunswick
Ga, has teiegraphed the following account
of an alleged filibustering expedition: "The
plans Of the filibustering trip of the tug
Dauntless were SO well planned that with
the greatest surveillance exercised she
could not be intercepted as flibuster
The tug. apparently under ordinary cir
cumstances. left her wharf at 3:45 o clock
the night of the 18th. ostensibly for Mi
ami, Fla, to secure a tow. However, at
2:45 am of the 18th, with lights extin-
suIshed, she took on a body of men from
Jacksonville. supposed to number 10O at
R.. with the Satilla river, in the customs
district of st. Mary's, Ga. passing out at
st. Andrews bay about daylight the same
morning. This information came too late
to take action. 1t is said she was heavily
laden with arms and ammunition. No ap-
plication was made for clearance papers
at this custom office"
Evening star., 1896-08-15
man and Flynn received very 7lanock-kneed
and generally fiabbergasted support from
fhoir -:
BEAT THE J0LLY FATS.
Bureau Of Engraving and PrintfnR
Team Won.


Bureau Of Ensrav1ng-. and Printias
Team Wo4.
The game between the Jolly Fat Men and
the Bureau of Engravingaand Printing at
National Park yesterday afternoon was one
long to be remembered b4 those who were
SO fortunate Or so unfortunate as to wit
ness 1t. The Bureau team defeated the
jolly Fats by score of 11rto 5, due mainly
to the fact that the fat people could hit
neither Winkleman mol, Bernard. The
friends Of both teams were out in force and
friendly alterations over-the merits of the
Iespec tive players by their friends were
frequent and spirited.
"Tubby" Dickenson went into the box for
the fat people in the fourth inning to re-
Neve Graft, and the way in which he fired
that sphere over the plate-but more fre-
quently not over the plate-was a caution
'Tubby" has plenty of speed. and the Bu-
reau boys were afraid Of his cannon-ball
delivery, so that he had the effect of some
what stemming the tide of runs. The only
run to come In after he had begun to off,
ciate was that by McCauley. home run,
made in the eighth. The Bureau boys won
the game in the third inning. when seven
men crossed the plate with that number of
tallies.
The Fat Men could do nothing with Win
kleman. and were just as much at sea with
Bernard, SO that even with "Tubby's" good
pitching the Jolly Fats at no time Were a
factor in the winning of the game. Besides
Dickenson's good work in the box he has
four hits out of seven made to his credit
and eight fielding chances without an error
Winkleman made three hits, while Beach
accepted fifteen chances behind the bat
without an err)r. The score:
Evening star., 1896-08-15
Two National Championships to Be
Decided Today.
C0OPER'S SUCCESSFUL STRING BROKEN
Washingtons Again Beaten by the
PhilIies.
CURRENT SPORTING NOTES

LOUISVILLE, KY, August 15.-Two ma
tional championships are on the card for
the closirg day of the L. A. w. national
meet, the half-mile and five-mile events.
Although Cooper's run Of successive vic
tories was broken yesterday when little
Tommie Butler made his sneak in the mile
championship. the Detroit boy is expected
to distinguish himself again today One
of the features Of the meet so far, in a
negative way, is the fact that Eddie Bald
has not yet crossed the tape a winner. On
enc or two occasions he has been unfor-
tunate in his positions at critical stages of
a race, but as a rule he simply has not had
the speed his competitors have shown. He
VIII hardly do much today, though he still
has no lack of confidence. Gardiner is
considered dangerous since his record
breaking performance in the mile open
yesterday. He is brilliant rider and If
he does anything at all it is generally
something sensational.
The other events to be contested today
are one-mile handicap and nile open for
amateurs, two-mile amateur state cham
plonship, professional two-mile handicap,
2:30 class mile fer amateurs and mile open
professional.
TOday's Events.
The day opened up hot at Fountain Fer
ry track. with little breeze. People came in
slowly for the forenoon trials. The follow
ing qualified in the respective events
First race, amateur ore-mile handicap
First heat, Bornwasser of Louisville, Tum
of Montgomery, Garfield of st. Louis. Ham
mond of ST. Louis, Thorn Of Louisville
Simpson Of Mayfeld, KY, Groeschol OF
Louisville; time, 2.14 2-5. Second heat
Howard, st. Louis; Eberhardt, Satina.
Kas-; Hattersley. st. Louis; F'itchner. Nc
Cabe and Dupree Of Louisville, and Nc
Carthy of st. Louis. Time, 2.123-5
Second race. professional and amateur
national championship, half mile-Flrst
heat, Cooper, Bald, Coulter, Baker: time,
Les 1-5. Second heat, half mile-Coburn.
Kennedy. Allen, Starbuck; time, 100 10
I bird heat, half mile nattonal-Tom But
ler. Gardiner, Ray Mcdonald. Ziegler; time.
1.133-5.
Fifth race. amateur, 2.3O class-First
neat. W. b. Lecompte. Garfield. Of St.
Louis: H. H. Wright. Middendorf. Time.
5. 3-5.
Second heat, go class-Kirby of Jack
sorville Ill; Dougherty. St. Louis; Du-
pIee. Louisiana: Leathersa. Time. 2.5l As.
Third heat, 2.3G class-Peabody, Chica go :
L; Coburn: Cummings of Springfield.
Ohio: Smith. Nashville. Time. 2.543-5
Sixth race, professional. one-mile open
First heat. Bald. Risby, McCleary, schrein
Time, 2.34 40
Second heat. professional mile-Allen, W.
Coburn. Aker. Clark. Time. 227 2-5.
Third heat-Tom Butler. Longhead.
Gardiner Ziegler. Time. 2.27 2-5.
Fourth heat, professional mile, open
Sar ger. Kennedy, J. Eaton Jimmy Nc
Farland. Time. 2.2s-2-5.
Seventh race. amateur mile, open-First
heat, Mckeon, Middendorf, Thome. Time
80.
Second heat. amateur mile, open-Born-
wasser. Hattersley. Howard of st. Louis
Time. 2.4O 3-5.
Evening star., 1896-08-15

posed and violent Ice pressures, but she
(he Franz surpassed our expectations, be-
ing superior to any strain. The tempera-
ture fell rapidly and was constantly low,
with little variation, for the whole winter.
During weeks the mercury was frozen. The
lowest temperature was 81 degrees below
zero. Every man on board was in perfect
health during the whole voyage. The cleo
tric light, generated by a windmill, fulfilled
our expectations. The most friendly feel
Ing existed and time passed pleasantly.
Every one made pleasure his duty and a
letter lot Of men could hardly be found.
THE sea was up to 80 fathoms deep south
Of 81 degrees north, where the depth sud
denly Increased and was from 1,6OO to / 900
fathoms north of that latitude. This will
necessarily upset all previous theories
based on a shallow polar basin.
1.-THE sea bottom WAS remarkably devoid
of. organic matter. During the whole drift
I had good opportunities to take a series of
scientific observations, meteorological, mag
netfc, astronomical and biological; sound
ings, deep sea temperatures, examinations
for the salinity of the sea water, etc. Under
the stratum Of cold ice water covering the
surface of the polar basin, I soon discov-
cred warmer and more saline water, due
to the gulf stream, with temperatures from
81 degrees to 80 degrees.
I'VE saw no land and no open water ex-
cept narrow creeks, in any direction. As
anticipated, our drift northwestward was
most rapid during the winter and spring.
while the northerly winds stopped OR drifted
us backward during the summer. On June
1S, 1894, we were in 81 degrees 50 minutes
north, but we drifted then southwark only.
On October II we passed 50 degrees north.
On Christmas eve. 1884, latitude 50 degrees
north was reached, and a few days later.
So degrees "a minutes, the furthest north
latitude previously reached by man.
Fram's Wonderful Endurance.
ION January and the Fran was ex-
posed to the most violent ice pressures we
experienced She was then firmly frozen
in ice of more than thirty feet of measured
thickness This foe was overridden by
great ice masses. which were pressed
against the port side with irresistible force
and threatened to bury. If not crush her.
The necessary provisions with the can
vas kayaks and other equipments had been
placed in safety upon the ice. Every man
was ready to leave the ship if necessary,
and was prepared to continue with the
drift, living on the foe. But the Fran
proved even stronger than our trust in
her. When the pressure rose to the high
est and the ice was piled up high above
the Aulwarks she was broken loose AMI
slowly lifted out Of her bed In which she
had been frozen, but not the slightest sign
CT a split was to be discovered anywhere
In her. After that experience, I consider
the Fran almost equal to anything in the
Evening star., 1896-08-15
GOLD-sTANDARD DEMOCRATS.
organizing Throughout the COuntr!
and Getting Ready for Work.

and Getting Ready for Work.
A committee of gold-standard democrats,
headed by L. NJ. Martin, national commit
teeman. and Henry Vollmer. chairman of
state committee, met at Des Moines, Iowa.
Thursday and issued a call for a state con-
vention of gold democrats to meet in Des
Noines August %.
The call recites that in 1896 q conspiracy
was formed to destroy the credit of the gov
ernment and to disrupt the true democracy.
1t, therefore. becomes necessary to call this
new convention. j. E. MarkIey of Mason
City was chosen temporary chairman.
G. Vey Holman, the Maine representative
at the conference of gold democrats at In
dianapolis. has issued call for q state con-
yention of gold-standard democrats at Port
land. August 20. by representation, for the
purpose Of choosing delegates to q national
convention and to select presidential nomi-
neeS.
committee of the executive committee Of the
West Virginia national democratic party for
a state convention of honest-moneY demo-
Gratis to assemble at Wheeling. August %.
to organize the party in the state, appoint
delegates to Indianapolis. select an electoral
ticket for the state. and generally to do
what may be necessary to maintain true
democratic principles" The call is signed
well. ex-president of the state university:
E. NJ. Turner. Il. T. Vinson late United
States marshal, and ]. d. Baines who COM
pose the subcommittee.
From developments in political circles in
Connecticut there are Indications of the
biggest fight In the history of Connecticut
The silver-standard democrats concede that
Thursdays meeting of the state committee
developed that the gold standard are in the
majority. Accordingly, the silver-standard
men propose to call special meeting, at
which a new state committee will be ap-
pointed. This means there will be two sets
n fr1la ri in Nsaru Alc
to appoint delegates to the coming state
convention.