The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIITH YEAR, No. 271, Ed. 1, Tuesday, December 31, 1901 Page: 1 of 12
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To the Paint Trade of Texas
We are agents for Harrison Bros
Co Inc Paints and Varnishes also
receiving storing and forwarding
agents for the State of Texas
HP McLaughlin Co
Highest in Efficiency Lowest
in Price
CONNELLEY CO
215 Main Street
Cargo Eagle Portland
DUE JANUARY 2
Write for prices
W L MACATKO Sons S
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A BOX OF GENUINE
I Clear Havana Cigars
Would be an appreciated
NEW YEAR GIFT
And you will not disappoint
Old Whiskies High Grade
Wines
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Wholesale Grocer and Cotton Factor
GEO P HALL and
Doctors
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formerly of Oalveston
Practices Limited to the Diseases of the
EYE EAR NOSE AND THROAT
Office ninz Itiilldlng
HOUSTON TEXAS
r LIVE OAK PORTLAND CElfttNT
AND HYDRAULIC LIME
I Of the highest quality for sale by
P MCLAUGHLIN CO Houston Toxas
I LOty PRICES HIGHEsT QUALITY of goods and quick de
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Ui p rd0Ur t mottoes W sua an ee to equal any firstclass high
S fojri d Cencnt or Hvdmulic Linw made eiths at home or
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Houston Tex or Wm Parr CoGenISales Agts Gaw ton
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Atlanta fia December 30The torrential
rnlijs of the past two lays 11 Georgia
Aiabmm and Unworn
Tennessee and p r
tlnni of North
Carolina
cause 1the death
W four persons as far as known ana la
meted serious damage to all fclnli of prop
011 The
> ruins have been followed by
clearing nTmntffclr fircT weather nccom
panletl by high winds
The wev er bureau
announced tod that
the Chattahoochee river would continue to
me below Oakdnlcduring the next thlrty
Mx hours nnl It is feared much damage
will result Warnings to ths effect were
today smut to all point likely to be affect-
ed ItulnfallH of from llvo to seven Inches
were reported from sorarnl points for tha
two days Three people wore drowned nt
West Iolnt On while stlrmptlng to cr < ss
the turbulent Chattahoochee and Thomas J
Unwell an engineer oi the Atlanta and
West Iolnt railroad unp killed In 11 freight
of poperty linn been ilratroyett and there
Is much Buffering All day Sunday the
mcicnnm woked to save their stoe ks ami
removed them from thfclu loofled stores to
plnees of safety At 0 oclock this mornlns
l e watrr In the street of West Iolnt was
two to live feet deep The removals of
goods were flrnt made lu bjiggjfri and titlio
< blsleK but ns thj water rose boats wtro
used and rafts w enndtrueted as tho
means of emvejanee Mntiv of the pcjpU
spent the nl ht In IiUtorio oM Vot Tylr
Two bridges on a eicok about a mile
aboo WHt Point were washed away Tile
Ailantn and yost Point tMlronil bridge Is
TT standliiB inrt l bellcVeds to hd safe
The Hty connell held a special mei tfiTs
into lnit nlpht jfort took inwAtirustn pro
vfde for the homeless and sulteilng
No trains have Iipiiu sent through from
I Atlanta 10 Montgomery over the Atlanta
1 and Ti oht Point road since Saturday and
I the Southern rallwuys New York and Sun
I Orleans limited last night was sent around
j by lilnniughaiu nmlt terltllnn
j Xmio of the noithfound trains on tbl
system were held up to that time as they
managed to get through before the wash-
outs ocean ed
I A washout Is reported on the Southern
I between Ashevlllo nnd Knoxrltle
j At Columbus fin the Chnttihoachee rose
I steadily all night and at 11 oeloek today
the KituEe reRlsteied thirtyeight feet Itiris
of the mammoth dam of the Columlnis
Power company In North Columbus have
been swept nwayami the water Is rminlng
through the machinery room of the Kaglo
and Phoenix mills The water Is wlihin
two feet of the Fourteenth street bridge
ami passage actoss ls refused to team < i If
this structure Is carried away It may take
with it the two other city bridges The
power bouse ofthe Columbus llullioid
eomifuny was Hooded early and the city was
In darkness last nl ght
Nearly live Inches of rain has fallen In
tho vicinity of Kome On
A gin House aiyrthirtyfive bales of cot-
ton were washed away on the Etowaii
river
Tne Western rind Atlantic track between
none and Klngitoh Is jindcr wutcri This
Is a branch howevjr ami dbes not Inter-
fere with trafflo on tho main lino between
ubvllle nnd Atlanta
On the Geneva Ala branch of tho
Louisville and Nashrlllc GOO feet of track
has been swept away near Koek creek nnd
40 Cars
mm mom anamp
and other
SEEU POTOT0ES
1000 bushels Onion Sets
We arc buikng ordrs now
ivU > lON UAAS
oSicfay Rates ij ST whys hall
Low xcursion Rate to Local Points in
Louisiana and Texas
On Sate December 31 ioqi and January
i 1902 1
CHARLESTON S C and RETURN
M 15 on sole dally until May is 1902
1fM3 1 2 on sale each Tuesdny until May 20 1902
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p i < Passenger Depiwtneiit Houston Texas tor copy of Southern
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n Rite Cook Dook < ontalnlus Wm recipes
Vk yJ5 202 Main St
sen and Ticket A Kent
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The flpHcnpal t ollcgc for fiirs
S n Antonio Texas
Will reditu u t It L > aiuv > on
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hopes to have the trnck in condition for
tiaffle as far as West Point Ga tomor-
row morning
Mall for New Orleans and Texas points
Is being sent around by the way of Birm-
ingham and Meridian while Pcnsacoa
which Is usually reached by Montgomery
is being served through Jacksonville
The river nt West Point began falling
tills afternoon and all danger Is believed
to havo passed
No trains have been run over the East
and West railroad since Saturday That
companys trestle over Ito iah river near
Cartcrsville Ga covered and the track
n
Xor four miles beyond Isiaildcr water
Richmond in Darkness
ItlchmoBd Va December HO There has
been a tremendous rnih of water down the
James rlter last night and today The peo-
ple In the lower part of the city arc mov-
ing out and the wharves nt Itocketta aro
triei water The extreme lower part of
th < city Is cut off Owing to the fact that
the wires are down along the James river
division of the Chesapeake and Ohio noth-
ing can be learned definitely of the condi-
tions above Fears nrr entertalnfd that the
freshet here will be the beavlest lu years
The Ituppnhannock oak a trwueiidous
rise putting the Fredericksburg Gas works
and electric light plant under water anil
plunging the city Into darkness
Lpray reports a great freshet In the SJien
Mndoah which has seriously Interfered with
the running of trains
Traffio Interfered With
Roanoke Va December 10 Railroad
traffic In Southwestern Virginia baa been
seriously Interfered with for the pastforty
eight hours owing to the heavy fall of
snow and rain of the lust two weeks Many
washouts are reported on the Norfolk and
Western main line the Itouuoke and South-
ern and the Shenandoah Valley railroads
John Wright lost his life In this county
last night while attempting to cross u
swollen stream on a horse A heavy fall of
sleet and snow nt ChrlsUanslmrg today lias
prostrated the telegraph arid telephone
Hues lu that vicinity
At Radford New liver lias risen to twenty
the adjacent country
ty feet nnd spread over
try partially submerging trees houses and
rallroud tracks
All Mills Suspended
Phllndelphln December 30From nil
Pennsylvnnla tonight re
I aits of Kiwteru
iits show that the ilvra and creeks with
tho exception of the loAter Susquehanna are
sleodlly felling In anthracite coal dby
llcts a few of the mines were flooded caus-
ing suspension of work for tho lay
Alorg the lower Busqu hanua there Is Up
pieheutdon that damage will result Worn
Ice gorges The ScanjlUilt river In this
elty rose eighteen feet above hormal which
rise Imr been passed only onco in thirty
HOUSTON TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 3L 1901
TORRENTIAL RAINS
Cause Loss of Life and Damage to
Properly in Four Slates
RAILROADS SUFFER MUCH
Trains Were Suspended and Sched-
ules DisarrangedCompletely
BRIDGES WERE WASHED AWAY
five Feet of Water on the Streets of
Vest Poinf da
CLEAR AND COLD WEATHER FOLLOWED
Mail for Texas Pofnts lo Being Sent
Around by Way of Birmingham
and Meridian J
12 PAGES TODAY
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PRICE SCENTS
AND STILL NO END IN SIGHT
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two washouts are resorted on the wain
line of tint road south of Montgomery
President Wlkerekam nt the head of a
wrod ramed lr a washov near Votasulgi Pnrtr of laborers has been fit the scene of
Mn The situation at tVcst Iolnt Is ie tiu wasuonts on the Atlanta and West
ported si rlous Thousand of dollars worth Pol > t since 7 oclock Sunday morning He
Vf of the mill dls il ff01 following t and added tnat his ror the government of tho Philippines lll
TRUST CAPITAL 2
It Has Now Reached Six and a o
Half Billions
New York December 80 In an an-
nual review of tho corporations of
the United Ststes tho Journal of
Commerce estimates tho tonl cap-
italization of all Industrial con-
solidations In the United States nt
approximately GnOO00 < > 000 ThU
docs not Include railway street rail-
way ghtlng or banking consolida-
tions It Is also estimated that tha
Industrial corporations completed
during 1001 and having an author
lied capitalization of 100000 or
more have nn authorized preferred
stock Issue amounting to S024utOlW
and a capitalization of common
stock amounting to 11KJ 00W
A MOVE IS TO BE MADE
BY FRIENDS OF ADMIRAL SCHLEY
IN CONGRESS
A Bill Is to Be Introduced to Pay tho
Admirals Expenses Before
tho Court
Special to Tho Post
New Yorlc December 30 Hear Aflmlrnl
Behlcys friends will seek vindication for
the gallant old sea Sirhtor In emigres
Captain Parker one of his counsel during
Hie famous Inatilry wan seen by a re-
porter In the court of chancery In Jersey
City today
Tho decision of fifcretnry Long np
provlug the findings of the court of In-
quiry Bettles the matter in that quarter
he said It Is the Intention of friends of
Hear Admiral Schley however to tnlto
ttt matter to congress Some of his
frieudB In the Maryland delegation wil
introduce ft bill making nn appropriation
to cover his expenses during the court of
Inquiry They will seek also to have con-
gress retire him on full pay
Should this bo done It will be looked
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upon by the admiral and his friends as a
Mifilclent expression of government njv
proval So far as the country nt largo Is
concerned there Is only one suntlmeut
MEDAL TO SCHLEY
Presented by tho Junior Order United
American Mechanics
BABCOCK BY HIMSELF
Republican Leaders Have Fixed It So
He Can Do No Hafm
TRYING TO FIND OUT HIS STRENGTH
He Is Ctrculatlno a Petition for a Caucus
to Consider a Reduction In
Duties ori Stoel
Special to The Post
Now York December ItOA Washington
special to the Press says Congressman
llabcoek rf Wisconsin Is making an effort
to have a caucus of the republlcanfleni
bers of the honso called to consider ijls
proposition for a reduction of the tariff ofo
Steel products Hcforo the convunlng of
congress Mr Bahcorks plan embraced a
reduction of duties on a number of arti-
cles and there were reports that he was
meetlug with some encouragement from
Western republican mtmbers
This kind of talk led the republican lead
the ways and means committee After thu
lawmakers began to assemble In Washing-
ton it was discovered that Mr Rabcoeka
supporters among the congressmen were
not nearly o numerous as had been Indi-
cated Thero wore desertions from the
ranks of these few when the sentiment of
the republican leaders wns understood to
be radically opposed to any tinkering with
the tariff
Mr llabcoek got his old place on the ways
and means committee but he was asso-
ciated with republicans sufficient In num-
ber to prevent tiio report on any mcasur
that wquld open the way to Interferenc
with the republican doctrine of protection
in the early sessions of the ways and
raeaus committee It wns made perfectly
plain to Mr Rabcock that tariff tinkering
schemes such as he advocated would not re-
ceive consideration by the committee Ho
lias accordingly turned his attention to the
next most feasible plan for securing a hear-
ing lu congress
It Is announced that Mr Rabcock will
circulate a petition for n party caucus soon
after congress reassembles Ho proposes
now to limit his reduction to the duty
on nteul products Republicans who ore
Washington December 30 The Marynnd opposed to legislation affecting existing
council at the Junior Order of United tariff laws are not In tho least alarmed
American Mechanfcn tonight presented ti3 over Mr Rabcoeku caucus They assert
Rear Admiral Wiufield Scott Schley a mag that there nre less than a dozen rcpulill
nlncent medal btudded with diamonds us
an tWJcnee of their personal esteem and
ndmliatlon of bis services to the country
The presentation took place at Admiral
Schleys apartments lu this city and was
made by a commitoo from tho councils
which came fioni Baltimore Rev C V
Wjatt acting as spokesman of the com
mittee referred to Admiral Schleys par
cans who will support him on a roll call-
Ow
PHILIPPINE LEGISLATION
Secretary Root and Sonators Lodge and
Piatt in Conference
Washington December 30 Secretary
Root has been In ftlmost dally conference
with Senalors Lodge and Piatt Conn dur
tlclpution in the battle of Santiago and i Ing the past week In regard to legislation
on o
unselfishness had endeared ilin to ib
two years vii i imiMiin
in of for submission
are comsc prcparaUon
the flood Every hearts of
tilers Miffercd most from thp American peppe
linni river was forrert to suspend Inferring to he court of Inquiry Dr
nil along the nurwu
Wvatt said the people had sympathize
< t f work or the
pejatlow throwing wph b admiral in tr
day about 3000 persons
Special Forecast
Washington December 30Speclal Hood
L
the ordoal thruugli
which he had punted and bud substitute 1
tht minority report for hat of the majori
ty because they weighed opinions ratbee
innn counted them
Time he added will but Increase tho
lower PlirecJatlon of your service and the brjl
been issutu for the
have
warnings llltnc > f r amu
aVnueioM with stages at least three rect Admiral Schley Mncerely thanked tho
i tht uauii lines and for the Jnmes eummlulc anu adJed The services wblca
aUm UiU hMBfnl tDiWm i endod o com
rM n lii iimot j immortf were those > vbleb cvorv ljyal
nil Pi i i i llsrpw Perry will crcaJJ io rr of jnin < and country wil gaulv per
forni for hU p6pleVnd7or herrTre
ihood rftwenty feet at
In tac i >
of consequciice
vhln Mt > 4L uo twit
cm usuit to poius below
ChatUhcoihec Still Boomlnn
rolmnous Ga Decemher SOThe Chat
tahoochee river Is still booming The waters
have receded tome two or three feet but
another rlie i expected tonight The only
very great damage U that on the dam ot
the Columbus Power company which can
pot be estimated until the water fals The
mills which are h va0 wl
likely be closed all the week
The lty I In darkness tonight 8galn and
the few street cars that sre ruiiolm barely
creep along I
Mlssfonary and Converts Murdered
London December SO The Shanghai cor-
respondent of the Dally Express cables
lhat n missionary and a number of Clirls
W
dk are
sldlngi riiVco rrcsp oDdrnt says that It s
asserted thatnbe troops of General Tnne
Pua Slaegfare respoaMbleforthemassacre
to congress on Its reassembling next week
to carry Into effect the recomnieudatlous
made by the Philippine commission and
indorsed by tho president and secretary of
war looking to Material and political we
fare of tic iefnds These bills authorize
the granting of franchlscffor railroads
electric lights fclcphont it tho Issue of
bonds of the Insular K erument to pur
chase the agiieulturalTioldluKi and proper-
ty of religious orrttr provide for the ac >
qulsitlou ot homestecd rights regulate mln
VgoinX
It wns mx goo1 fortune to have partici an < I l apklng for the Islands
paied on Vt erentiul third day of Jnly
ill nu enslenient nhlch readjusted bo
Sftogrnphleal lines ou ihU roitInpit nnd
tbl > tStlmonlul from our orgfnlzstlon Is
another recognition of mv fe oiv i iiytry
men that tbee have met their approval
I thank you again for this kind tribute
1
WAR WITH GERMANY
A Sensational Story Is Cabled from
Washington to a German Paper
ia
DECLARES IT MUST dOME
Ambassador White Terms It the Thin-
nest Kind of Nonsense
ROOSEVELT IS TOO FRIENDLY
lo tlie Fatherland to Precipitate Such a
Serious Question
AND NO DANGER IS FEARED FROM HIM
In
the Meantime Germany Is Makino
Preparations to Collect the Debt
from Venezuela
Berlin December 10 The Tageblatt this
evening prints n double beaded cable dls
patch from Washington setting forth that
the principal mlirary and nuvnl authori-
ties there consider that war between th
United States nnd Germany sooner or
later is Inevitable
The United States ambassador Andtewt
D White Informed the German newspaper-
men who called at tho cmbatsy today that
tho reports of the possibility of war be-
tween tEe United States and Germany
wore the thinnest kind of sensational n n
sonse Not one of the authorities referred
to In the Tagoblntfs dispatch ho added
would under nny circumstances dliclosq
any such an opinion least of all when
the relations between the two countries
are so good as at present Moreover
said Mr White President Roosevelt tha
commander In chief of both tlie army and
navy It Is well known entertains not only
official but personal predilections for Gcr
many which have been known not only
officially to the German government but
which have been known among hli friends
H studied In Germany reads and lores
German literature nnd has a most sincere
personal res ct for the German emperor
Any utterunca of the kind alleged by an
officer of cither service would be sternly
rebuked by President Roosevelt
Ilerlln December 30 The German for i
elgn office authorizes tho Associated PressW
to announc there Is no truth whatever
In the dispatch from Caracas saying thnt
the German mnlst r has left the Vcne
Bnolan capital after a heated ctchnngn
of words with President Castro The
German rhnrxe daffaires Ilerr Von Ill
RijmRaltnzzl Is still at bin post and Is
continuing negotiations with President Cas
tro There has not been any question of
nWJ1n off diplomatic relations with Venjf
suela >
The German minister t Tenaanfita Dr
Schmldttcda who has been on a vac nT
Hon here Is now m hi wnyto Caracas
The foreign office again solemnly roltcr ntcn U
the statement that It does not coutemplato
nnr territorial acquisitions In Venezuela
e7 ° J f V conlJ s lo lJr thB Replying to Germanys assurances to tha
ndvlsublllly of lenvlug Mr llabcoek off of tTnlted States regarding tho formers plans
TODAY AND TOMORROW
Excursion Rates to all points in Texas via
i Q N B s R
t re Upin limit JANUARY
GEO D HUINTER 5
city Pas Tleknt Aeent
n
lu connection with Venezuela tho foreign
office hero has received an answer fromi
Secretary liny expressingfnil satisfaction
with Germanys position Germany still > r
hopes to collect her claims peaceably
Berlin December 30 Today tlie small
German cruiser Gazelle was ordsred to sail
immedlntely from Kiel to Venezuela waters
The gotrrnmsnt Intends to send one or two
other small warships to reinforce the pres-
ent German squadron In tho dulbbein sea
Tho G rmnn government Ueirirea bcyoudi
auythlng else In this matter to avoid dis-
turbing the government or the peopleofi tha
United States German newspapers pub
llshcd today arc full of expressions at this
kind and many of these expressions arc so
much allko that it U easy to Infer their
utterance was suggested by the government
A remarkable thing Is the fact that there
Is not n single unkind expression towards
the United States in any of this newspaper
comment Even the dispatch from Wash-
ington to a New York newspaper printed
yesterday to the effect that persons of Im-
portance in the war and navy departments
consider war between Germany and the
Xiulted Suites to bo Inevitable and which
has been reproduced everywhere through
out Germany Is discussed coolly and for
ine most part treated with lucreduuty
Vic hope that this oplulon say the
Berliner iNeueste Nachrlchteu which grew
oul oi tho Spanish war and which we con
muer to ne wuoily erroneous will soon give
pwco to a moiu correct conception qf Uer
manye alms It is quite unreasonable that
the people in the l > nued States lioidlng such
Olinlou should connect mis opinion wltn
the Venezuelan otTalr Insomuch as Wash
lugton has been fully Informed of Ger-
manys Intentions
Tuo Lokal Auzelger says The task for
cur diplomacy Is to make German Interests
prevail agaltst Venezuela without at the
lame time losing touchwith the American
Government The authorities at Washing
on have up to the present time shown such
intelligent conception Of tho situation olid
friendly disposition towaids Germauys
wishes that uo grounds for apprehension ex
1st at this point
GERMNY MAY WAIT
Until the Revolution Against President
Castro Is Terminated
Caracas Venezuela DecemberSO it caa
be said upon ercillent aothorlty that Ger
manys contemplated naval demonstration
ngalnst certain Venezuelan pqtts wlll bo
postponed until the termination of Lnn pres-
ent revolution against President Cstro
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