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COTTON CROP
OF TEXAS.
Government's Latest Reports
by Counties of Bales
Gained.
Enormous Saving of Linters by
the Oil Mills of the
Country. State
Figures
The United States ccnsue office has
Just finished compiling a comprehen-
sive report of cotton statistics which
has been published in pamphlet form
The booklet shows the number of round
and square bales ginned by counties
for the crops of 1899 to 1902 inclus-
ive. A valuable feature is the maps
of the cotton states, designating the
counties having reported 10,000 bales
or over.
The statistics were prepared from
the cotton statistician's reports un-
der the direction of William M. Steuart,
chief statistician for manufacturers.
The government's representatives in
the cotton states secured their figures
(or were supposed to) direct from
the ginners and the figures are con-
sidered the most reliable yet published.
Mr. Steuart's report shows the re-
markable saving made by the oil
mills of the country by re-ginnlng
the seed and collecting the short lint.
He says: "A careful canvass by mall
of the cotton seed-oil industry reveals
the fact that there are in existence in
the United States 618 cotton-seed oil
mills and that 530 of this number re-
ginned seed of the growth of 1902. In-
cluding the mill estimates of the quan-
tity of linters available from seed
which remained to be re-ginned after
the date of the canvass of these mills,
the total quantity of this short lint
saved from the seed of the crop of
1902, crushed for oil extraction, is1
placed at 196,223 bales of an average
weight of 500 pounds. Adding these
bales of linters, the total quanaity of
cotton grown in 1902 is found to be
11.275,105 commercial bales (bales as
pressed at the ginneries) or 10,827,168
bales of a 500-pound standard.
The following table shows the total
number square and round bales ginned
In Texas for the year 1902, as col-
lected by the government statisticians
by counties:
Counties
Anderson
Angelina
Aransas .
Archer ...
Total.
..25,016
.. 6,528
... 000
... 119
Atascosa .1,349
Austin 15,999
Bandera 1,656
Bastrop 22,469
Baylor ... .... 266
Bee ...... 5.455
Bell 45,876
Bexar
Blanco ...
Bosque ...
Bowie
Brazoria ..
Brazos ....
Brown
Burleson .
Burnet ...
Caldwell ..
Calhoun ..
Callahan ..
Cameron ..
Camp ...
Cass
Cherokee .
Childress .
Clay
Coke
Coleman ..
Collin ...
Colorado ..
Comal ...
Comanche
Concho ...
Cooke ...
Coryell ...
Cottle
Dallas ...
Delta ...
D?nton ...
DeWitt ...
Dickens . .
Dimmit ...
Duval ...
Eastland ..
Edwards ..
Ellis
Erath ...
Falls . ..
Fannin ...
Fayette ...
Fisher ...
Foard ...
Fort Bend
Franklin ..
Freestone .
Frio ... .
Galveston .
Gillespie ..
Goliad ...
Gonzales ..
Grpyson ...
Greg™ ...
Grimes ...
Guadalupe
Hall ... .
Hamilton .,
Hardeman
Hardin ...
Harris ..
Harrison ..
Haskell ...
Hays ...
Hemphill .
Henderson ,
Hidalgo ...
Hill
. .. 9,886
. .. 2.5S9
. ...20,669
. ..17.324
... 2,066
.. .15,887
...13,484
. ..13,460
... 7,183
...23,543
... 1,039
... 7,753
169
9,664
...18,730
...20,999
. .. 2,304
3,269
... 2,878
... 9.901
54,900
...11,167
6,197
.. .33,822
483
11,513
26,768
52
48,823
27,050
30,156
.. .30,784
... 225
25
544
. . .28,498
... 387
92.484
....32,019
54.403
....70,162,
. ..30,315
1,749
535
10,639
... 7,994
. ..30,708
2,342
. ... 1,075
... 6,600
10,407
.. .25,368
.. .58,680
8.301
11,804
....20,896
.... 427
. ..13,991
.... 1.666
145
4.877
.. .20,866
... 1,21)0
19,621
.. .26,199
96
.. .66,613
Hood 10,219
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hunt ...
Jack ...
Jackson
Jasper .
Johnson
Jones
Karnes .
Kaufman
Kendall
Kent ..
Kerr .
Kimble
Knox .
Lamar
• • • • • •
• • • • • • •
. .34,890
. .29,435
.. 509
..62.115
... 5,054
.. 2.238
.. 3,077
..39,158
..11,997
. .19,498
..53,534
1,888
355
749
875
.... 1,974
.59,330
■flLampasae.v. .... ZMt
Uvw 23,026
Bales.
Square
25,016
6,528
000
119
3,349
14,053
1,656
17,666
266
5,455
38,978
8,986
2,589
15,936
17,324
2,066
13,215
9,774
10,608
7,183
21,440
1,039
7,753
169
9,664
18,730
20,999
2,304
3,269
2,878
8,124
37,234
11,167
6,197
33,822
483
9,840
I.N.008
52
42,059
23,782
17,631
22,014
225
25
544
26,371
487
79,364
29,569
31,933
66,902
30,315
1,749
i>35
10.639
7,994
30,708
2,342
1,075
6,600
5,353
23,842
46,702
5.301
II,804
17.S87
427
13,991
1.666
145
2,248
20,866
1,200
12.943
26,199
96
53,894
7.302
33.499
27,912
509
33,758
6.054
2,238
3.077
33,388
11.997
15,708
46,594
1,688
355
749
875
1,974
66,606
8,468
21,366
Round.
1,946
4,803
6,898
900
5,633
2,662
3,710
2,852
2,103
Countiea.
Total.
Suare
Round.
Lee ... «• ,,.
.12.785
8,460
4,335
Laon • ■, •, • •.
.24,997
20,408
4,588
Liberty ...
659
659
«•••••
Limestone ...
.84,562
54,562
782
Llano ... ..... t,874
2,874
• •••*«
McCulloch ...
. 8,271
8,271
«••••*
McLennan ...
.78,602
57,908
20,694
Madison
. 9,047
9,047
Marlon
. 5,722
5,722
Mason
. 4.817
4,817
Matagorda ....
. 1.232
1,232
Melina ... .... 4,195
4,195
......
Menard
. 1.392
1,392
Milam ..t ....
.33.625
32,625
1.000
Mills
. 6,727
5,592
l.m
Mitchell
. 1,275
1,275
Montague ... .
.16,500
16,500
Montgomery ..
..3,556
3,556
Mortis
. 9,058
9,058
Motley
96
96
Nacogdoches ..
.16,465
16,465
Navarro
.75,816
67,979
7,837
Newton
. 2,059
2,059
Nolan
. 1,911
1.911
Nueces
. 466
466
Orange
Palo Pinto
. 7,720
7,720
Panola
.15,536
15.536
Parker
.18,666
18,666
Pecos ... ....
. 194
194
Polk
. 3,925
3,925
Raines
. 5,153
5,153
• ••a*.
Red River ....
.30,397
30,397
Reeves
. 145
145
......
Refugo
. 614
614
......
Robertson .. .
.32,550
30,671
1,879
Rockwall ... .
.13.277
12,010
1,867
Runnels
..6.888
6,888
. . e e •
Rusk
.25,309
25,30?
Sabine
. 5,056
5,656
San Augustine
. 7,325
7,325
San Jaclnton .
.. 2.95S
2,958
......
San Patricio ..
. 1,911
1.911
5.586
......
Scurry
. 1,156
1.156
Shackelford ..
900
900
• M.I.
Shelby
.20,320
20,320
• • • * • .
Smith
.40,746
40,746
Somervell .. .
2,501
2,501
Stephens
4,020
4,020
s • • e ••
Stonewall ... .
. 9S0
980
Tarrant
22,965
19,499
3,466
Taylor
10.410
9,260
1,150
Throckmorton
323
323
Titus
12,804
12,804
.•••••
Tom Green ...
766
766
Travis
28,981
26.231
2,760
Trinity
7,052
7,052
Tyler
3,939
3,939
Upshur
19,419
19,419
Wnlde
1,116
1,115
Van Zandt ....
34,731
34,731
Victoria ... ..
12,296
5,308
6,988
Walker
7,578
7,598
Waller
7.540
7,540
Ward
2,812
2,812
Washington ..
19,297
18,627
670 :
Wharton
15,015
10,225
4,790 |
Wichita
282
282
Wilbarger ... .
1,096
1,096
Williamson ...
61,460
35,768
25,692
Wilson
17,049
12,983
4,966
18,334
Wood
25,357
25,357
...... -
Young
2,473
2,473
1
A JACK TAR
NOW IN CHINA
Hong Kong and How it
Looked Through Texas
Spectacles.
Base Ball Obtains a Foothold.
The American Invasion of
Land of the Mon-
golian.
C. L. Holt, a Dallas boy and son of
Dr. P. Holt, is a "jackie" on the Ken-
tucky of the Chinese squadron. The
following letter is self-explanatory:
U. S. S. Kentuc ky, Hong Kong, Chi-
na, Marih 30, 1903.—Dear Parents: As
it has been some days since I wrote
you, will send you a few lines to-day.
The admiral has fifteen guests aboard
to-night for supper, and as it is now
in progress—a line one. too, my office is
well decorated wjth llowers which 1
got out of the lot sent to adorn the
cabin. The silver service presented to
the ship by the state of Kentucky is
much in evidence on an occasion like
this.
On the 2&th I again visited the city,
hired a "ricksha" and went to Happy
Valley and through the cemetery where
1 saw the same old story on the tomb-
stones—among them I noticed ship-
wrecked sailors, captains, soldiers and
a lone missionary. A ball game was
played by teams from British ship?,
until in all there were 87,000 slain,
ter this none but the Dutch were al-
lowed to trade here at all, and they
were limited, till ir 1858. A small
church as a memorial has been erected
close to the water edge In memory of
those who were killed. Theru are 808,-
000 native and 600 foreign population
here. Coal, tea, camphor, rice, tobacco
and dried fish are the exports, while
cotton goods is the chief import.
The Japanese mode of farming Is ev-
erywhere in evidence along the rugged
hillsides—all beautifully clothed in
bright green. The shores of China, and
1 saw many miles of it, are barren and
rocky and little cultivated near the sea
shore, while everywhere along the Jap-
anese coast you sec things green and
pretty.
Yokohama, Japan, April 20.—Arrived
here this 3 p. in. after being seventy-
two hours out from Nagasaki. Arrived
at Kobe yesterday, but only stopped
long enough to put off the pilot, then
retraced our course a few miles till
we got back to the outlet from the
Inland Sea to the Pacific, then we
skirted the coast all the way up here.
It is a beautiful voyage, the scenery
being native junks, smooth water from
a few hundred yards to eight or ten
miles in width, and low mountain
ranges on either side. For some dis-
tance along the coast there is a rail-
way and I saw the first, smoke of a
train since leaving Honolulu, and It
was very American like. The Japs are
very progressive, polite and interest-
ing. Those whom 1 have had dealings
with asked of America and wished
they could "come over."
The. admiral says we may stay here
a month, and as he has a daughter to
be married in Tokio soon, presume we
will be in no hurry to get away. The
plnns now are that we will go from
here to Chee Foo, China, with the tleet.
where we will have two or three months
fleet drill, then in the fall cruise around
Japan—though the plans are liable to
be changed at any time.
Haven't been ashore yet, but will
get ashore all I want and will go to
Toklo, a city of a million or more. Am
—r—
We Want a
BmghtBoy
to work after
Scfeool Hours
Any boy who
reads this ad*
▼ertisement
can start In
business on
his own ac
count selling
The
Saturday
Evening Post
No money re*
quired. He can
begin next week.
Many boys
make over f 5 a
week. Qomeare
making 915.
" COTTON GIN MACHINERY ■
== 'sage
If you expect *o buy any, write us.
We make the MOST COMPLETE LINE
of any concern in the world.
HOUSE PLANS furnished customers
free of charge for either one or two-
story construction. We have a number
of New Machines this year that must
be seen to be appreciated.
Our new Model Gin House contain-
ing two four seventy outfits is now
ready for exhibition.
Continental Gin Co..
DALLAS, TEXAS.
and it seemed that the entire popula- told the mail is being made up, ae will
tlon of the city had turned out. 1 saw hurry up and get this ofr. Have some
more ladies and gentlemen than since I ; fine pictures I will send soon. Your
left the states. The Chinese have some
beautiful stores here. I noticed a new-
ly imported automobile from America.
I saw some Chinamen crawl under It
to see "what goes." The bicycles are
also from America. Even the best po-
nies are from the States, and 1 have
learned that when the English sport
wants anything up-to-date, he gets It
from America.
We are told that the Kentucky will
go up the Chinese coast to Amoy—said
to be the dirtiest city in the world—and
to Che Foo. thence to several Japanese
MM,
C. Ii. HOLT.
'PHE work can be done after school
hours and on Saturday*. Write
to us at onca and we will aend full
instructions and io copies of the maga-
zine free. These are sold at 5 cents
a copy and provide the necessary
money to order the next week's sup-
ply at the wholesale price. $>25.00
in cash prizes next month. (
THE CURTIS PUBLISHINQ COMPANY
472 Arch Street, Philadelphia
Of the Year
DOUBLE DAILY 8ERVIOE
NEW ORLEANS TO PACIFIC COAST
MOVEMENTS OF ROOSEVELT.
In answering uils.
Ii
Tourists encountered a Snow Storm In
Yosemite Valley.
Yosemlte, Cal.. May IB.—A innw
storm, raging with all the fury of a
Montana blizzard, greeted President
Roosevelt and the members of his
party soon after lie reached Glacier
mention So. Mtrcury.
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The Thriee-a-WoPk World's regu-
lar subscription Is $1.00 per year. We
offer this unequalrd newspaper and
Southern Mercury togother one year
lor $1.50.
Point this afternoon. Here it was that
ports. The admiral says he will stay |"le president and those who aecompan-
on this station till next spring, then go led him proposed to spend most of their .. .
home with the Kentucky. If it were | time while In the valley. The little! n" public, and at Houston a squad
not like "building air castles" 1 would, hotel only provides accommodation for of blue ""iformod nn<' red-capped por-
The Southern Pacific-Sunset Route
has inaugurated another decided Inno-
vation for the convenience of the trnv-
lmagine myself homeward bound 011
this ship in another twelve months—
April 13. The following Is from my
"log:" My iirst storm at sea. Yester-
day evening when the Kentucky got
under way there was a gale blowing,
and during the night the wind from the
southwest increased in force until thi.s
morning there was a full fledged storm
011. More than once hed I expressed
about a dozen persons and those who
did not find shelter under the roof of
the house proposed to camp in the
open.
The party of distinguished visitors
had scarcely commenced the luncheon
when heavy black clouds raised their
heads above the high peaks, of the
Sierras to the eastward. Soon the sky
over the mountain assumeij a heavy
P...J Tnt„|. •> SS7 90q 9 9RS fisq us fiin from the decks of such a vessel as ; roar of a sudden mountain storm could
Grand Totals Z,o8«,299 2Z68,689 3l8,bio : the KentucUy> ,md ! have ha(1 my wlsh be hpard
The report shows a total of 2,581,299 granted—yes, I got all I wanted and I Th„ n,. , t , (. - .
for 1902 against a total of 2,594,442, ir. more. With a light rain and gale 1 „„ ■?£ , , 1 ^v. T V?
1901; 3,536,506 for 1900 and 2,658,556 j from the southwest the sea was driven | Quartered with him In the comfortable
ters will bo found at ull hours of the
day and night to handle the baggage
of travelers to and from I ruins l'ree of
charge. The porters know all trains
and on which tracks they stand, and i
their use will prevent confusion to
strangers or to ladies and children, 1
who heretofore have had to handle j
their own baggage, or let it be done
by hotel porters. The Grand Central
station at Houston is the first to adopt
this convenience to the public, and
signifies the further use of metropoli-
tan railroad methods in Texas.
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TO ESTABLISH
A REPUBLIC.
Madisonville, Ivy., May 16.—Support
into mighty swells which came over : mountain house were well sheltered
the ships bow without any ceremony at from the storm but it was different
all. and when the waves would break
against the gun turrets there would
be a shower of spray which enveloped
the ship from bow to stern. Early In
the day the Helena (for the Helena
with those who had planned to spend
the night under the skies in camp.
There were about thirty of them and
they hastily gathered their traps and,
lilt? Uaj Lilt, xlrlclla \iiji lilt? I it It IM, 111 1
New Orleans and Oregon accompanied I"1'' mountaineers and faithful glides
us), bouncing like a cork and unable to ; started down the steep trails through
make headway against the enormous j the blinding drifting snow for the floor
had to fall out of sight of the othei
ing announcements made in u great! ,three ships, but the cruiser New Or-
many daily papers throughout the I le*"a ™as «lKn"lIed t0 by her,
.. .. . , : * . .. i while the Kentucky and Oregon pro-
United states chat there was a big;ceede(J to make the best of it tho\1Rh
mo\ement on foot among prominent but four or five knots nn hour could
seas which were breaking over her, 1 of the valley, where the sun was shin-
"OKLAHOMA, LAND OF PROMISE."
The above is the title of a handsome-
ly illustrated booklet issued by the pas-
senger department of the Hock Island
System, giving also a write-up of many
towns that offer special Inducements
for parties desiring to make good in-
vestments in progressive communities.
The book will be mailed free on ap-
leaders of American negroes to form an
army, seize the rich but revolution-rid
den island of Hayti, in the Caribbean
be made for several hours.
The Oregon, immediately following
the Kentcky, and sometimes abreast of
j low free board—but six or eight feet—!"1P perils were even better than sleep
Ing under the shifting .snowdrifts
the mountain blizzard.
1,777
17,666
sea, and make it an American republic, j ly>r' was laboring very heavily against
the Publishers' Press correspondent Is tho SpaK' for Kho ls built wlth
in a position to give a full and com-|over which thfi wavcs dushpfl to th„
plete account oi the scheme, as N. L. j depth of five or six feet, and when she
Musgrove, secretary of the movement,, gave a big lunge with bow well down
ls located at Sturgis, Ivy., the head- j in the water, you could see nothing nt
quarters of the 1unta. a few rnilec from 3,1 forward of the turret, and it was
this place. This Is one of the most sen- ' obscured by the waves. All
sational of modern 1 the ships were pitching frightfully and
, ing in all lis beautiful spring warmth,
jit was about four miles from the high
j point where the president decided Io
spend the night down Into the valley,
where comfortable and commodious
hotels were waiting for the storm-
driven travelers but there was no trail
and nothing daunted many who claim-
ed to be mountain climbers fancied
pication to the undersigned. Send a
two cent stamp for postage only.
W. II. FIRTH,
G. I'. A., Kort Worth, Texas.
BEST
PASSENGER SERVICE
IN TEXAS.
•—IMPORTANT GATEWAYS-*
ROOSKVKT/rS SI'llMKi; PLANS.
Min(;olaf Ij. J., May 1(1. It Is under-
stood here that President Roosevelt
.....i nmiJn wnc inn iihik ii i.miu uii.v
revoiutionaiy showlng most of their bottoms when on ! win K" lo Oyster Bay for the summer
schemes of coi^iuest and may prove| the crest of a great wave, and I must on or about June 25.
to be one of the most improtant move-1 say it was the prettiest sight of mv j The quarters occupied by the presl-
ment of its kind in recent years. ! life to watch the Oregon bucking dent's secretary and Ills assistants In
The scheme as disclosed comprises a; against the great waves, for she seemed j lhf, building last year w ere nut
proposed attack or subjection and con
1.673 test of the black republic of Hayti, the
7,760
investmennt of Port Au Prince, the cap-
ital, and the establishment In that fer-
6.764 tile tropical climate of a ndniature re-
3.268, public by free Americans, with Booker
12,525 It. Washington, Williams Pickens, N. L. ship the spray would go as high as the
ed 'for" .T'boU^'L^VouUl'aiTay.; '
come up high on the lop ol the nexl Moor' building ha\e been reserved
Wave to again sink her nose Into th^'and will be used as the president's
sea, and as she came up in the trough ! headquarters this summer.
tons of water would flow off her sides j Mrs. Roosevelt is expected at Saga-
and as the waves broke over the noble more Hill on June 4.
8,770
2,127
13,120
2,450
13,470
3,260
5,054
1,520
11,978
28
3,000
2,623
6,678
12.719
2.917
1,391
1,523
28,357
6,770
3,790
6,940
2,324
/«••••
1,612
Musgrove and other prominent Negro
leaders of the race at the head, so it
said.
About three months ago an evange-
list hailing from Alabama came to Stur-
gis for the purpose of organizing a new
lodge, to be known as "The .Sons of
Freedom." Later is appeared that be-
hind this patriotic and Innocent sound-
ing name was the deep-laid scheme of
a national organization of the race
with the purpose In view of founding
the new republic of Hayti.
In a statement made by Musgrove,
he said:
"As far as the United States is con-
cerned, the colored man might as well
get his grip and go, for the days of his
political power are over, and the mawk-
ish sentiment in the North and the
demagogic politicians In the South,
which were wont to raise him to the
standard for which neither fate, nature,
circumstances nor reduceation ever fit-
ted him, are about to let him drop as
an unprofitable Investment, as a fail-
ure and a nuisance to civilization. The
colored man has been looking for a safe
place to fall when the final and inevit-
able storm breaks over the sky."
It appears that while the government
Is to republican in form, It Is yet to be
administered as a gigantic corporation,
of which all the members of the society
are to be stockholders. All land titles
and franchises are to bo verted in the
state, no pens or jails nre to be main-
tained. yet the criminal class ls to be
summarily dealt with and uniquely dis-
posed of by being provisioned and set
adrift to seek other shores. Agricul-
ture, mining and other profitable indus-
tries are to be encouraged.
MUST HAVE GOOD RECORD.
fighting tops—many feet In the nlr
This sort of weather lasted thirty-six
hours, and it begun to tell on those
who were inclined to be seasick, for Arkansas Statesman Do<vj not Favor
this ship pitched and rolled so that j Cleveland.
many were sick, and of course I had ...
to give up to that pleasure (?) which | ' hington, .day 1, I residential
those who inhabit terra firma know not 1 p n no crystallzed In Arkan
the joys of.
Road Improvements.
San Antonio, Tex., May 16.—The San
Antonio county commissioners this
afternoon ordered an election for June
16 to vote an appropriation of J500.000
for the improvement of the county
roads.
Fort Worth, Tex.. May 16.—Two safes
were cracked In this city last night.
The thieves got 2125. Dynamite was
used. The losses fall on the Boas Real
Estate company and the Southeastern
Oil company.
There was never any fear on my
part, or any one else, for that matter,
about the ships having any trouble in
an ordinary storin, for these are ^ood
ships and nothing short of a 13-Inch
shell from an enemy can do them much
harm.
April 14. Heavy swells on, a thii k
mist surrounds us. but as we were go-
ing very slow, the Helena and New Or-
leans were seen to catch up with us
about noon, having weathered the gale
al! right. Thank God I am not on
board the Helena. I think she could
make butter out of ordinary milk In
short order. To-day, about noon, steam-
ed close by a small, mountainous Island
and by fi p. m. had anchored in land-
locked harbor and in sight of the very
old city of Nagasaki. Japan. So, to-
night all hands will have a peaceful
rest, savf those- who watch, and the
officers of the deck who will have to
pace the deck and listen to the "eight
be!ls and nil is well," or whatever bells
there may be. The u. S. S. Vlcksburg
was awaiting us here.
Must tell you of going up the ''hlnese
coast to Amoy and Woosung. We an-
chored at the mouth of the great Chi-
nese river, Yang Tse. Like our great
Mississippi, the Yank Tse brings down
so much silt that great sand bars are
formed far out to sea. and our ships
can not go Inside only during high
tide, and then with th" aid of a pilot.
The admiral and staff have gone In
on the light draft Helena and we wait
outside. A heavy fog has enveloped
everything so the ships had to keep
constantly signalling by whistle.
April 16th. Arrived at Nagasaki yes-
terday In the rain, and It has been rain-
ing ever since—Just warm spring show-
ers. There are many ships In this pic-
turesque harbor, which Is dotted here
and there with small Islands. This city
Ii situated on the southwest shore of
the Island of Klnshiu, and an you enter
the harbor you pass the Island of Pap-
penberg—or better known as Massacre
Island, for on It In 1637 there was ati
extermination of all who professed
Christianity, and all who were not will-
Ins to renounce their faith and trample
on the cross were driven over a high
cliff, and other# killed In different ways
Has, according to ex-Hepresentatlve
McReu of that state, now here. The
Democrats, he says, are for any good i
man from the Ivist, gold, silver or what
not, If he vote the Democratic ticket
"P.olters will have no sympathy from
the South.'' he declared.
"There Is a sentiment against Clove-
land, because II Is believed he voted
against the party In l«)i| and 19CKI. Then
his selection would put hltn In line?
for a third term The Democratic par-
ty is opposed lo this principle."
A $200,000 Blaze.
Halifax. N. S.. May 16. Klre to-night
destroyed Cordon A Keith's extensive
furniture factory and several smaller
buildings here, entailing a probable
loss of $200,000 and throwing seventy-
five men out of employment.
H
TEXAS
NO TROUBLKTO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
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John W. Gates is III.
London, May It; —it Is reported here
to-night that John W. fJat'-M, who ar-
rived from New York a week ago, Is
c onfined to his room In his hotel as the
result of a severe; cold he contracted
on seaboard.
Mr. Oates has not been able to leave
his room, it Is said, since his arrival.
Going to El Paso.
El Paso. Tex., May 16. -T. M. Falr-
chlld, husband of the woman who was
murdered here Friday morning, has
wired that he will reach HI Paso to-
morrow from ''laiendon, Texas. Pair-
child had heard nothing of the shock-
ing details of lhe tragedy until he
reached Trinidad. Colorado. When told
the particulars he was horrified and
heartbroken, but insists that his wife
was Innocent of wrong doing.
Woman Ticket Agent,
San Antonio. Tex., May 16.—Miss
Tittle has been appointed assistant
ticket agent of the San Antonio and
Aransas Pass at Houston. F. M. Tut-
tle Is city ticket agent. She in the first
woman railroad official in the state.
Prof. J. O. Wooten has been re-
elected superintendent of the public
schools at Paris.
P. TURNER,
GENT PASS'R AND Tiokbt AOCMT,
Dallas, tcxa*.
NEW FAST TRAIN
MEMPHIS to NEW YORK
via
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
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Ar. Chattanooga
" Briiitol
" Washington
" Baltimore
" Philadelphia
" New York
1.00 P. M
19.40 A. M
5 45 P. M
6 42 A. M
&03 A. M
10.1.r) A. M
12.43 P. M
Sleeping Cars to New York.
Day Coaches to Washington.
Elegant Dining Car Service
C. A. BENSC0TER,
A. G. P. A
Chattanooga, Tons
M. H. BONE,
W. P. A.
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ONE WAY
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$25.00
On Halo dally Feb. 15th to June
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Kullock, (J. T. A.
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The IxiiIbvIIIo <V Nnnhvllle Rill road offers
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New Oi'lennn lonll pointH in tlie North, Euni.
and Norlhennt. Double daily t rains of rniig-
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routu of the Fast Mall between New Orlt-ana
and New York. Hock ballimr, frue from duH
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tallica and further Information, Address be-
low named representative* of
Louisville & Nashville R. R.
r. W. MoRICCIW, T. H. Kinualby.
T. P. A., T. P. A
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