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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

Washington, Sept. 14.--The weekly
crop bulletin, issued by the agricultural
department for the week ended at 5 a.
NJ. September ID:
The week has been excessively hot and
for the most part dry in nearly all dis
tricts east of the Rocky mountains. With
sufficient moisture the conditions would
have been most favorable to corn, but in
most of the important corn states the
crop, more particularly the late planted
has suffered seriously from drouth. and
is being prematurely ripened. Cotton
has generally suffered further injury dur
ing the past week, and its general cOndi-
ton is less favorable than reported in
the preceding bulletin. Marked deterio-
ration is reported from the Carolinas,
Georgia, Tennessee. Arkansas and Okla
homa. Heat and drouth over the greater
part of the cotton belt have stopped the
growth and caused much premature open
ing and shedding, while rains in Florida
have retarded picking. Scattered heavy
rains have also interfered with picking
in portions of Texas and caused slight
damage by washing out open cotton in
places, but improved the crop where still
growing. In portions of central and
southern Texas late cotton and the stop"
crop are being seriously damaged by rust
and insects and much of the top crop
over northern Texas will not mature un-
less frost is unusually late. Cotton. has
opened freely through the cotton belt
picking has made rapid progress and will
usual. In Arkansas the crop will be
gathered at one picking. No improve
ment in condition of tobacco is reported
from Kentucky. where the outlook is very
poor, and it's general condition in Tennes-
see is also very unfavorable.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

and reported several parties still out in
search for the bodies of Capts. l.. Belts
Green, B. Moore and William Ratcliff of
the tug John p. Smith. All of the men
lost from the Smith hail from this place.
Capt Belts leaves wife and five chill
dren. Capt. Moore leaves wife and
six children. Ratciff was unmarried. On
the Rolla We're several passengers from
Johnson's Bayou, La, the settlement just
few miles east of Sabine Pass. 1t will
be remembered that the loss of life on the
bayou ON the night of the 10Th of October,
1856, was as heavy as it was at Sabine
Pass. Reports from there today mention
heavy wind all day and until after mid
night on the 10Th inst, but no lives were
lost. A few frail houses and sheds blew
down and crops are laid fiat on the ground.
The loss ON the cotton and corn crops will
aggregate fully $4,000.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Port Arthur story.

Port Arthur Tex, Sept. 13.-(Special.)
From early morning the sky was
threatening and stiff gale blew. No
rain of consequence fell until 4 o'clock
p. m, accompanied by a heavy wind that
increased in intensity until u reached a
velocity of at least eighty miles an hour.
Every building in the town il Of frame
construction except one brick, the Port
Arthur Banking company building, the
roof of which was blown away. Six peo-
pie are known to be killed. Fritz Mi
cbaels labOrer. don't know where he is
from: Frank Albright. from Kansas City,
employed by e.ectr.c light plant; q o. Mar.
tin, brick layer, can't find where he Is
from: unknown man, aged about 3S, has
not been identified; May Unsworth, ID
years old, daughter of VIM. Unsworth,
crew; infant son of w. III. Johnson, Ia
borer. six months old. blown from it's
mothers arms and drowned.
Injured: Mrs. Roy Stafford, right leg
broken between hip and knee, resting
easy: Roy Stafford, legs bruised; little
daughter, seriously bruised. The build
ings blown down was the railroad com
pany round house. where May Ellsworth
was killed and Mrs, Stafford injured.
and were the only ones MANNED
when the building collapsed. The
other building demolished and injured
are the natatorium rear end brick. bank
building. Town Site company's barns,
Hotel Hayden shifted from foundation.
Strong 4 Teagne's building shifted off
foundation one foot. Brenkman building.
Colorado hotel. Spence a. Lyons build
ing, G.. J. Miller's grocery store. Weld
mans Transfer company's barn, Smiths
residence, Kannaday's saloon, Peter.
Stocks residence. Herald Office. Afford
VOLTS saloon. the Hays building, DIR.
A. w. Barraclough's residence carried
across, the street without shifting or
china and glassware. NJ. NJ. Zolinsky,s
grocery store, A. NJ. Routan's new build
ing. partially completed. G. w. Utter
bach's confectionery and shot shop, lo-
Gated Just in rear Of Brinkmann build
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
The Underwriters,

Milwaukee, Sept. 14-The ninth annual
convention of the National Life Under
writer's association meets here tomorrow
The. delegates will be entirely field
workers in the insurance business. though
there are a number of officers of the lead
ing companies in the city.
The executive committee of the asso-
citation as preliminary to the general
session, met today. William Gage, of
the committee on local association, sub
mtted 9. rpOrt recommending the admis-
sion of the Arkansas association and the
associations recently organized at Louis
vile, and Chattanooga, Tenn, to men,
bership. The report was adopted by the
committee and will be submitted to the
convention for endorsement.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Star Attraction.

New York. Sept. 14.-The star attrac-
ton at the South Beach Athletic club.
South Beach, S. l., was the meeting of
Eddie Curry of New York and Billy
O'Donnell of Memphis at 1913 pounds
for twenty rounds. O'Donnell opened
with an attempt to worry Curry and
landed several stiff left hand jabs on
the latter's stomach. Curry settled down
and it was even up to the fifth, when
O'Donnell reached his eye and partly
closed it. O'Donnell took the aggressive
I'D to the ninth, continuing to use his
left on the stomach. From the tenth to
the twelfth Curry attempted to. force
matters and had these rounds in his
favor.
For the remaining rounds it was give
and take, and at the end of the twentieth
round the referee declared the fight a
draw,
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
WESTERN RECORD.
Wonderful Performance of a New
Missouri Locomotive.

Kansas City, Sept. IA new west
ern record of fast time was made on the
Missouri Pacific this morning when a
new engine just from the roads own
shops made the remarkable speed of
sixty-eight miles an hour between here
and Sedalia. The speed was only kept
up for short time, but it showed what
the new locomotive could do. Consider
ing grades and curves, the performance
was even more wonderful. 1t was the
trial trip of the locomotive, which was
built in the Missouri Pacific shop at
st. Louis after the pattern of the cele-
brated Empire State Express engine No.
900 of the New York Central, which
broke the worlds long distance record
of speed. 1t is the largest passenger
engine on the Missouri Pacific road; 1t
weighs 3 ~ tons and has four 6S-inch
drive wheels. The cylinders are IS by
"a inches in diameter and the boiler is
built to carry POO pounds of steam pres
sure to the square inch.
The engine was attached to the last
mail train. for which it was built.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
The WISE THING 70 Do.
EFFORTS TO HAVE THE .Ruop
PLATE FACTORY IN THE
SOUTH.
The QUESTION ARGUED YESTERDAY
'he Naval Board, Which Is
considering the Matter-promi.
hent Men We're Present and
They Feel Encouraged.

washington, Sept. IA delegation
" representative men from the large
iron sections of the south TODAY went
peiore the naval board, which is consid.
erihs the question of establishing a gov.
e,niieht armor factory, and urged that
Inc south offered the greatest adyan.
.aees IN cost of iron, labor, trapsporta
tioh' ETC., for the location of the nro-
posed government armor plate factory.
Inc delegation was made up of Commits
sioner of Pensions III. Clay Evans of
tennessee and Representatives Wheeler
VI ALABAMA, Livingston of Georgia and
ualnes OF Tennessee. 1t was stated at
the hearing that the iron used bv the
large private concerns now making
armor plate was bought, to a large ex-
tent, from the south at the low price
or 1910 to 500 per ton. 1t was argued
also, that an inland armor factory in
the south would be more secure from
attack in case of war than one near the
Atlantic coast in the north. Letters
favorable to the southern industry were
presented from Senators Platt of New
York and Stewart of Nevada, and it
was stated that Senator Chandler of
New Hampshire, who had taken a lead
ing part in the plan of the government
factory, had written a letter favorable
to its establishment at Sheffield Ala.
The delegation filed written statement
setting forth the many advantages of
the south in this particular.
Commodore Howell, president of the
board, called attention to the fact that
the board could not under the instruc-
lions of the navy department 90 into
the question of the locality of the site.
Representative Livingston and others
made the point that such information
was what congress desired and that the
scope of the boards orders should be
enlarged. Accordingly the delegation,
accompanied by Commodore Howell,
went before Assistant Secretary Roose-
welt.
Representative Gaines of Tennessee
said after the hearing was over:
Mr.. Roosevelt gave us decided en-
enlargement. He said to Commodore
Howell that he wished the board to visit
the sections of the south. He said he
would recommend to Secretary Long
that the powers of the board be broad
ened so that they could investigate and
report on sites for plant in addition
to their present duties.
Commodore Howell suggested that
it would be impracticable just now to
interrupt the work of compilation in
which the board was now engaged but
said they would undertake a trip south
when the work in hand was completed"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
YELLOW FEVER OFFSET.
PopuIist Experts Have Suspicious
Case of Democratic BamboOxling
om Hand.

Lynehburs. Va, Sept. 14.-The populist
special committee which met here last
night gave out its address to the peoples
party Of Virginia about 3 o'clock this af-
ternoon. The. address severely cens,ir .a
the democratic state convention for its
refusal to nominate Capt. Cook. the pop
ulist, for lieutenant governor, character
izing such refusal as an indignity and an
insult to the populist party. The. adj
dress says. however, that in the opinion
of the committee. conditions have not
so changed az to make any further popu-
list nominations desirable. 1t urges that
populists use all honorable means to elect
Cooke lieutenant governor and to elect
members Of the legislature wherever it
can, the committee affirming its belief
that many patriotic democrats will I'M
dictate their disapproyal of the democratic
conventions action by voting with the
popnIists. Only three otit of the five
members of the committee signed the adj
dress. Gen. James o. Field. Hastains
Hobson and State Senator w. H. Hale
The other two, w. III. Gravely and DR..
r. w. Evans. withheld their signatures.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
storm swept.

Beaumont Tex. Sept 13.-(Special.) -
Jefferson county has been storm swept,
from reports received by The Statesman
correspondent the devastation seems con-
fined almost exclusively to this county.
with the exception of Winnie. on the
Gulf and interstate railroad. which Is JUST
across the line. A conservative estimate
of the loss is $150.000 for Jefferson
county. The towns of New Sabine pas5.
Old Sabine Pass. Port Arthur and WIN
ME all suffered immeasurable in one of
the stiffcst gales that ever swept the
coast. The greatest loss of life was ut
Port Arthur where there now lay nine
corpses MS the result of the storm. while
in Sabine Pass harbor three men were
drowned. At New Sabine Pass one man
IL renorted dead
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
BRAND OF CAIN.
Heard's Residence I'm Hot springs
Not ut All Desirable.

Little Rock, Sept. 14.-The Democrat
this afternoon says in reference to ex-Dep-
uty Sheriff Jesse Heard, who was recently
acquitted of the murder Of Liveryman
Blair, and who is now visiting his brother
at Hot Springs:
"The brand of Cain is upon him. Jesse
Heard went TO Hot Springs Yesterday
morning. but very few knew that he pass
ed through Little Rock. According. to
statement made by Hot Springs citizen
visiting in the city today, as soon as the
sheriff learned of the presence OF Heard
in The city he waited upon him and in-
formed the murderer of Blair that his con-
tinuous residence there would not be adj
visable or desirable, but that II he were
there for only few days II , Wot'q H. oe h al
or1ly come 10 see his brother Nathan on
business and that he would only remain
a short time"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Texas Military Institute.

Llano, Tex, Sept. 14.-(Special.)-The
Texas Military institute of this place open
ed today with thirty-two cadets present.
The faculty think this very. encouraging
beginning, and prospects are. favorable for
the membership to reach the fifty mark
within the next sixty days. The Rev. Or.
Lee of st. David's, Austin, is here, visit
ing the Rev. DR.. Dorsett, president OF the
Texas Military institute.
It commenced raining here yesterday at
II n. M, and continued steady down
nour until about ~ o'clock last night,
which will retard the gathering of the cot
ton crop, but help the grass immensely.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
still After the Holiness.

Waco, Tex, Sept. 14-(Special.) 1.-The
Morrow Street Methodist church,
through committees consisting of Luther
Floyd, w. F. Culbreath and e. H.
Bruyers, has arraigned Charles r. L..
Astinger on charge of heresy and dis
obedience. The indictment, the trial of
which will begin next Thursday, con-
t. Upchurch was found guilty, but it
goes further and is must more .elabor-
ate in the statement of objections on
the part of the church, to- the Pencil
missions and the Waco holiness camp
meeting.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
GENERAL MANAGER TALKS.
Windy Winds and Wavy Waves
VIII Have No Effect on Port
Arthur.

Arthur.
Kansas City. Sept. 14.-General Mana
ger Robert Gillian said today that the
damage caused by the hurricane at Port
Arthur and Sabine City would have no
effect upon Port Arthur as terminal and
export city of the Pittsburg and Gulf road.
'The ship canal will be finished within
n year." said he. "The dredge did not
stop operations during the storm. We are
building a pier out into Sabine lake 1000
feet long, with warehouse 1900 by 100
feet in dimensions. This pier will be used
in connection with the lighters for loading
ocean steamers with products for export.
II will be finished in sixty days. The
storm was an unusually severe one, and
there may not be another one like it IN
n century. 1t will no more interfere with
Port Arthur than did the windstorm at
Kansas City and st. Louis affect those
cities. The buildings destroyed at Port
Arthur were light frame structures. MOST
of them were only partly constructed ana
the wind had chance to get lnslde anu
overthrow them. There has been no
other storm experienced at Port Arthur
for twenty years. In 1886 there was a
tidal wave which did not affect Port Ar
thur. The wind blew steadily for two
hours and banked the water up seyerai
feet over Galveston and Sabine, Clty.
Over 100 people were>drowned and many
Of those saved were driven ashore on ga.
bine lake at point where the present
Port Arthur hotel now stands The force
Of the tidal wave did not reach Port Ar
thur. That's why we went sixteen miles
inland from the gulf to establish Fort Ar
t thdru as the terminal city of the Pitts
bura and Gulf. We could not afford to
bu;id elevators and warehouses at place
Ike Sabine City. where there was posi-
hility of a tidal wave sweeping them
away"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Sensible Mig.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 14.-(Special.)
At mass meeting of colored people held
here tonight to consider the call for an
anti-rape convention number of speeches
in opposition to the movement were made
and resolutions were adopted declaring the
calling of the convention to be "a tacit
acknowledgment of the most infamous
SANDER ever put upon a race of people,"
and calling upon every intelligent negro
to shun the Columbus anti-rape convention
as an unclean thing, whose sole object is
the ultimate humiliation of the race in the
eyes of our fellow men"
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
ANOTHER FAIR STORY.
The Pencil Deeds Held by Mrs.
Craven Are FOrgeries.

San Francisco, Sept. 1.-THE famous
case of Angus VS.. Craven, by which
the executors and heirs of the late ex-
Senator S James G. Fair sought to quit
the title of Mrs. Nettie B. Craven,
school teacher of this city, to two pieces
of property on Sansome and Mission
street. worth S1.OOO,0OO, finally decided
for the plaintiff and the intervenorss to-
dsy by Judge Slack, sitting as chan
ceilor in equity. o,
The Judge DEGREES that the pencil
deeds purporting to have been signed
nv James G. Fair, by means OF whicn
Mrs. Craven sought to sustain her tille
to the property in controversy, were
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
story From Orange.

Orange, Tex, Sept 13.-tSpeclal.)-
Beaumont telegraphed here this morning
for boats to Sabine Pass, but only one,
the Annie Laurie, was here. The tugs
J. V. Goullotte and John F. Smith We're
at Sabine Pass and Fannie ut Port
Arthur.
The Annie Laurie was few miles up
the river and got to the wharf, where
several skilfs with no more men than
enough to man them and two days ra-
lions were taken on and she got away
at l O'Clock this afternoon. The Fannie
spoke her in the middle of the lake,
heading for Sabine Pass. No other boats
were to be had here that were consid-
cred safe to trust on Sabine lake.
The tug Fannie reached here at :
p. m. with her crew and the crew of
at the wharf at Sabine Pass about .
o'clock last night. The John p. Smith
steamed over to the mud flats, just OPP
posite the big wharf at the old town,
and anchored and had not more than
frightened her anchor chain when she
took heavy sea, rolled on her side, her
boiler went overheard and she drifted
with the tide to Mesquite Point, where
she grounded in shoal water.
Capt. Green b. Moore, Capt. l.. i.
Belts and William Ratliff were last
seen in skiff, trying to get ashore. Two
of Capt Moore's SONS. Herbert and Den
mis-, were on the John p. Smith, but
being expert swimmers managed to get
hold of line belonging to barge and
pulled themselves on board and were
saved. The friends Of Capts. Moore and
Belts and William Ratliff have little
hopes that either will be found alive.
The bark Ceries pounded herself to
pieces at the wharf and sunk. Several
fatalities were reported but Capt. Phil
lips could not secure the number of
names.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
New Orleans story.

New Orleans, Sept. 13.-12 midnight
A wire just received from Port Arthur
reports seven killed and fifteen wounded.
Three lost at Sabine. Damage slight.
Maximum velocity of wind eighty miles an
hour.
A dispatch from Beaumont, Tex, says
that the Southern Pacific has received a
dispatch from the agent at Sabine Pass,
who walked from Sabine Pass to Port Ar
thur, stating that the track for eight miles
is washed away and that about thirty peo-
pie are missing. He reports the sinking
of two tugs and the drowning of Green
Moore and Lewis Belts, prominent steam
boat men of Orange. A later message says
that the loss of life at the pass will not be
so great as was reported, probably not
more than six or seven. A later dispatch
from Sabine Pass says the loss of prop
erty in-shore is slight The tug Gull
lot went down in the storm.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Police and TeIerronb.

Nashville, Sept. 14.-The International
Association of Police and Telegraph Su-
perintendents met in annual session here
today. President Mason of New York pre-
sided. Reports of officers were submitted
and committee to nominate officers for
next year was appointed. The committee
will report tomorrow, at which time the
next place of meeting will be chosen.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

Dallas, Tex. Sept 14.-(Special.)-A
great sensation was sprung in legal circles
this afternoon when it became known that
Hon. Henry L. Lightfoot, chief justice
of the court of civil appeals for the Fifth
district, had forwarded his resignation to
the governor to take effect October l.
The friends of Mr. John BOokhout, the
old law partner of Governor Culberson.
started boom for that gentleman this
afternoon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

aorgerles, and that they had never been
acknowledged good by James G. Fair
oelore Notary j. B. Cooney as claimed,
ana therefore the acknowiedgments at,
'u T thereto were also forgeries.
ne decision was evidently unexpect-
Gu ov the defense's counsel, who asked
for thirty days.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
FIELD OF SPORT.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

AT Washington:
r, Hits, Is; errors, 8.
CINCINNATI :. :. .......5 @ O 4 90 8
Hits, I; errors, 3.
batteries-Mercer and Farrell; Dwyer,
Breitenstein and Schriver.
Game called account darkness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
She Died.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 12.-(Special.) y
Miss Ida SoloczkOwsky, who was sh.; n
the back August 81, died Saturday night
from the effects of her wounds. she
was buried near Legow school house this
morning.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

AT Louisville:
Louisville -. ...001 O4 O3 90 s
-: Hits, ID; errors, 3.
Plttsburg :. % o 0 6 3 20 0-1O
Hits, is; errors, 3.
Batteries-Hill and w. H. Clarke;
Dexter. Gardner, Sugden and Brodie.
Second game:
Louisville -. 1000 o. 9
Hits, 3; errors, 2.
Pittsburg -. -. >. 40 1 1 O.
Hits, 4; errors, /.
Batteries-Magee and Wilson, Killen
and Sugden.
Game called on account of darkness.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
Match Made.

were completed here today for match
between Goddard and Sharkey, to take
place in San Francisco during the last
of November. The National Athletic
club of San Francisco has offered $10,-
600 purse for the fight, but nothing
definite has been settled in this regard,
and the articles have not been signed.
Goddard, who is now in ireland, will
leave at once for this country. Sharkey
is in San Francisco.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

Nothing contributes more towards
a sound, digestion than the use Of DR.. Sic
gert's Angostura Bitters, the celebrated
appetizer.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 13.-(Special)-
All the houses at Winnie were. blown
down except three. Several people were
hurt. All the towns on the Gulf and
Interstate road suffered.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

More women reach the ago Of so
than men, but afterwards the stronger
sex has the best Of Il.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

AT Cleveland:
Cleveland :. :. 4 04 1 % x 8
Hits, 13; errors, /.
st. Louis :. . :. 20 90 O O O01 o.
Hits, s; errors, /.
Batteries-Young and Cramer, Dona-
hue and Douglas.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16
storm Particulars.

Orange. Tex, Sept. 14.-(Special.)-The
tuS Rolla reached here at this afternoon
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

At Baltimore:
Baltimore =. % ) 2 1 O5 O O x-15
Hits, 49, errors, 8.
Chicago :. -. 20 3 O 0 / l. 8
Hits, 10; errors, f.
Batteries-Pond and Robinson, Thorn
ton and Donohue
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-09-16

At Boston:
Boston :. go. % O 2 O @ 2 0 x 6
Hits, Il: errors, |.
Philadelphia @ 3 O @ 90 1 o. 4
Hits, g.; errors, 3.
Batteries-Nichols and Bergen, Taylor
and Clements.