The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 351, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 10, 1895 Page: 4 of 16
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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. SUNDAY. MARCH 10, 1695
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
Review of the Commission's Work
. Since the Supreme Court
Decision.
RATES FOR STOCK CATTLE.
Track Layinj on the Gulf, Btaurrwnt and
Kansas City Road—Austin C'rtizens to
Banquet Solicitor Hogg.
Austin, Tex., March 9,-The following
fcorrespondenee explains itself:
Executive Office, Austin, .March 2.—The
Railroad Commission. Austin1, 'lVx.— Gentle-
men: 1 will thank you to furnish me with
the following information:
1. Upon what articles or commodities or
classes of freight has il ■ commission lixeu
rates since th- mandates of the supreme
court of the t'wit»• • i States w«-* liied in
the eircuit court- in the commission eas.-s'.
2. As compared with the whole volume ol
freight transport--'! in Texas am! subject
to regulation bv the « onuuission, wha; pro-
portion of such business has been regular-
td by the commission within the time
named above? , ,
3..How do the rates so established by the
commission compare with similar rates of
the companies within the p
1 hi
st
the honor
two years.;
be, Very respectfully,
A. iT LBKHSON.
Office of Railroad Commission o!' Texas,
Austin, Tex.. .March 4.—Hon. ('. A.^Culber-
son. Governoi of Texas.—1 »ear Sir We
furnish the following information in reply
to your Inquiries of the L'd instant:
1. Since the tiling of the mandate of the
supreme court on the 2!ith day ot June last
in the ofjice of th» «• ii"« nit court oi the
Vnited State.-; for the western distriet ot
Texas, in the < ases in which the railroad
commission of Texas' was enjoined from
making' or-enforcing freight rates, the com-
mission has male orders on the making,
changing or modification of rate sheets.
These cover tl"* rates on a great many
commodities, and the change ot many
classifications for freight anil rates.
Tht tariffs made by the commission
which are of genefal application cover the
following- commodities, viz: Cotton in
bales, Hour, cornmeal, 'oatmeal, grits, hom-
iny, corn, oats, barley, rye, wheat, bran,
mill feed, mill stuff, feed composed ot
crushed grain and < otton seed, hay, cotton
serd and its oroduets. cake. meal, ashes,
hulls, oil, tank bottoms and linters. solt
coal, slack coal, coke, lignite and lignite
briquettes, wood, paper mill sioek and pa
per mill prod in ts, common brick, tire brick
and fire clay, livestock, horses, mules, beef
cattle, oxen, cow*. calves, goats, hogs,
sheep and stock • • 11tie. stone and sand.
Among the irticl's other than the tore-
going on which we have made and changed
rates, tlie application of which was limited,
since the tiling' of the mandate id the su-
preme court we may mention the tollow-
ing, viz: Agricultural implements, articles
for exhibition at the Dallas fair, bridge
material, can goods of all kinds, car wheels,
chemicals, circus outfits, erossties. crude
gypsum, common window glass, drain pipe
and tiles, earthenware, empty barrels, fresh
meat, grate bars, glass fruit,jars, horse and
mule shoes, household goods, iron (angle,
band, bar. boiler, hoop plate, roil and
sheet), iron beams, column and girders,
iron roofing, liquors in wood, litho-carbon,
lime, locomotive and tender, logs, lumber,
machinery, merchandise front Dallas,
"Waco, Houston, Galveston, Fort Worth,
Corsicana. Hillsboro, Sherman and other
cities to numerous places; merchandise be-
tween all stations on the Texas Midland
railroad, melons of all kinds, molasses,
nails, paints, petroleum, rice, salt, sawdust,
second hand farm machinery, sash, doors
and blinds, sash weights, shavings, stave
bolts, second hand electric light and ice
plant, staples, straw, shot, soap, tan bark,
turpentine, vehicles, vinegar, wire (iron and
steel), wood and wire fencing, whiting,
•white and red lead, etc., etc, On many of
these articles the application is practically
general.
There have been modifications made in
classifications, which have the effect to
change rates on the following, among other
articles, viz: Crackers, empty beer pack-
ages, ammonia, drums, furniture, seeds
(Hungarian, flax, hemp, millet and sor-
ghum). journal bearings and car brasses,
tile, encaustic flooring and facing, vege-
tables, pickles, canned goods, window glass,
plate looking glass, bottles and. glass fruit
jars, wagons, rosin, agricultural imple-
ments (hand), merchandise of all classes
between points on the Fort Worth and
Denver and Texas and Pacific railways,
etc.
2. Since the filing of the mandate of the
supreme court the commission has made
full rates' on commodities which amount
to about an1- per cent of the total tonnage
transported in the state by railroads and
lias also made partial rates on a large part
of the remaining tonnage.
3. In nearly all cases the rates made by
the commission have been reduced, but in
ii few cases, between points where the
rates were abnormally low. in the equaliza-
tion of rates there have been slight in-
creases.
On cotton the reduction is 2.1 cents per
!bale, and it can be safely stated that the
saving to the people of Texas under this
reduction will be not less than $1^5,1)00 on
the crop of 1894-95. Owing to tie- great
dissimilarity of conditions and different
"bases of making rates it is impossible to
give an exact statement of the reductions
in rates made by the commission on other
articles.
The general policy of the ■ ommission In
the adjustment of rati-s l .is )• -n to so fix
tariffs in the state the.t the people of
Texas would enjoy the advam.ie -s of mar-
keting their product's and manufacture i
goods in the home markets as far as pos-
sible. in pursuance of this policy grain
rates were made so as to ei;
grown wheat to be milled an
in Texas, and owing to outsit
tion the rates originally made
fceen further reduced to enable
lers to compete with Kan ts and Missouri
mills in the Texas market.
One hundred and three rale sheets, more
or less limited in their application, and
five general tariffs were made by the com-
mission between June 20 and December 1!»
last and appear in print in our third an-
nual report, pagvs 20 to 72. Since the lat-
ter date thirty special and four general
tariffs have been made by us. A classified
table of the tannage transported by the
railroads of the state during the last year,
for which we have information, will be
fotind attached to page 267 of the report
mentioned.
In order that your excellent s may be
more fully advised as to the character and
extent of the labors of this commission,
We make the following statement: The in-
formation a'bov* presented glvi s no ad*■-
cifate idea of the whole current duties of
the commission. The valuation of tile rail-
roads of the state under the law relating
to the stock, and bonds of railroads lias
required much labor and time, and much
of the time of the commission is occupied
in the hearings of the shippers and carriers
of freight and with frequent hearings
applications for the issuance of stocks and
bonds for new railroad enterprises. The
commission recHves and acts dailv on ap-
plications to cViHnue rates and on com-
plaints about excessive charges by the rail-
road companies, it receives and files the
rate sheets whlejh come in dally from many
of the fifty-six railroads of the state, and
its correspondence mv rs, among many
other matt' rs. the opinions of the eommD-
Bion on all subjects connected with the
transportation -of freight and as to the
in«^Uiulii' 81: prfrilslQi..- of the.law relating
to the railroads* and us* to rhe regulation
made by the cjomniissiou. And the daily
correspondence of tie commission is quite
extensive, most: of the letter.-- written by
It requiring »Xpert information as to the
making of rates and classifications, or an
exposition of the laws and regulations re-
lating to railroad transportation.
We should also mention the pieparat <m
of the annual report of tin commission
made since the til.ng of the mandate and
the extensive correspondence which was
able Tt
1 marketed
le competi-
have since
exas mil-
necessary to ototali
that report was base.
And it i« our duty
(practicable for the <
that is required of it
formation on which
to say that it is im-
ommission -to do ail
by the Jaws with its
present number of employes. V'erv respect-
fully. JOHN II. ItK/AOAN,
Chairman,
WORK ON TUB LINK LINK.
Georgetown, Williamson Co., Tex . March
8.—Mr. Avery, the Inspector of ties and
bridge timbers for the Link Line, left this
morning for Beaumont. Upon his arrival
there the shipment, of ties to Granger will
commence, of t'he 80. uih) ties contracted
ill
re now read
The l/iik
flat cars at
be brought
steel and mater
iting of contrac
■d at Austin to-
f the entire line
. few months.
a I for
s, for
icttu
oridg
comple-
ct km of
THIRD LINK TO GALVKSToX.
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Tex., March
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thi
all-rail route now
•ify and- La Porte
;ona4 and Great No
the La Port*-
this no
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Three northern excursion parties,
:ig from Illinois. Iowa and .Mb-higan,
of importance. |fu; that was not an
ely new event. The special car of
lei L. M. Martin, general manager of
owa Central, and party, was an item
rial lntere
lg of
to
of
among trie
ested along the line
News representative
and met Mr. T. W. i
manager of the La
Northern, but now
Oregon railroad and
with headquarters at
members of Colonel
Senator Haines of
the
pei-tf-.l vi>-it
conversation
people inter-
rumors
his
subject
numbe
and at 'La "Porte. A
boarded the special
.ee, formerly general
Porte. Houston and
a.-so -kited with the
navigation < oinpany,
Portland. The other
Mar. in's party were
irinnell la., aecom-
considering tin
has been the lot
for the last few
shape for great
panied by Ids wife and daughter, and L.
\Y. I{eynolds, a capitalist of Boone, la.,
who is already largely interested in the
La Port* ro.oi, and A. O. Blaekwell. It
was soon barned that the private car
meant nothing of public Interest connected
with the read outside of what has been
printed in The News.
Among ihe northern visitors were A. W.
Mannon, S Y. Prentiss, Don Prentiss,
Robert Scott. Peter Pear. Frank Franken-
field ami Charles Nelson of New Boston.
111.; (J. R. Haas of Marshalltown. la., and
Messrs. A. O. French, Hess, Hoff and
Haas of Faulker, la.; Thos. Roach and
family of Owatona, Minn.; Ross well Mott,
Mis< I-A'a Mott, .Mrs. R. Shearer and K. B.
Carrier of Lansing, Mich.; .1. F. Johnson
and wife of Racine. W is., and Dr. Geo. VV.
Chandler of Syracuse, N. Y.
A large number of Honstonians, passen-
gers from other stations and citizens of
La» Porte made the party partake very
much of the excursion order. The new
irack is in good order
wretclu-d weather which
of south Texas people
months, but is not in
speed, but no one seemed to object, as the
party was a pleasant one. Arriving at La
Porte a new depot was found already com-
pleted and vehicles by the dozen were in
attendance. The News representative was
escorted to a carriage with J. II. Sulli-
van of the Houston Post, Judge R. M.
Cash of Galveston and J. H. York
of La Porte. The drive to town was over a
rough road, which, however. i'S be'ing put in
shape by the enterprising citizens, but the
she led drives, soon reached, made people
forget the temporary discomfort. The visit-
or-; were shown through the Sylvan hotel, a
new building four stories in height, and
then taken to the tower and given a view
of the ■surroundings, which certainly hold
the sight seer entranced, for the spread of
prairie, woodland and water, not counting
the artificial adornments, are truly beauti-
ful. A public park was next viewed, arte-
sian wells were pointed out, and other at-
tractive features of the town elaborated
upon. A drive was taken along the tbay
front, where the high banks overlook the
seemingly endless waste of waters, and the
visitors rode along in silence admiring all
around them. An occasional reference to
the home of some old pioneer, for instance
Dr. Beasley, who has resided here for over
forty years, alone broke the silence, until
they came upon the home of Mr. Cribble
of Houston, and its cosy, comfortable ap-
pearance set them all to talking; then
Captain Ab-en's beautiful home was much
admired. The ship canal built by Commo-
dore Morgan, but now the property of
1'ncle Sam. was next visited and its size
given as follows.: feet long, 350 feet
wide and from 23 to :'0 feet deep." They
went to the old Spanish fort, fifty feet
above the level of the water,
and found an old cannon yet upon
the scene. It is not strange
that this historical old relic is not the
property of the state and mounted at the
capitol as one of the mementoes of San.
Jacinto. Here is obtained a grand view
and from this point Mr. York made the
statement "There is the future harbor of
the Texas coast." He pointed to San Ja-
cinto bay and no one present disputed his
assertion.
Next was shown the former home of
Commodore Morgan and the old orange
trees thrived and bore fruit until, this en-
ergetic winler of 1SD4when they gave up
the effort. The town site of New Washington
burned by Santa Anna was pointed out.
but there was no relic like the rusty old
cannon at the fort to hold them to the
scene and start the wheels of memory
turning backward. They looked over Bay
View, Crescent Park and the grand old
trees in front of the hotel of the same
name and then passed on. The local mag-
nates have their homes and places of bus-
iness connected by telephone, but no one
cared to talk. The high banks and rolling
waves, in connection with the idea of di-
rect connection with the two commercial
centers of south Texas, made them wish
for a summer home at La Porte, but they
did not buy.
The Galveston, La Porte and Houston
railway company is a fact. Four-lifth.' of
the entire line is now built, the short con-
nection between La Porte ami •North Gal-
veston will soon be completed. The con-
nection at Harrisburg with the Magnolia
Belt is a matter of but few days and be-
fore the 1st day of April. 1 SH."». there will be
regular trains running between a station
in Houston and the depot at La Porte.
May 1 will see the service regular between
'Houston and Galveston.
Of course this means the use of either
the Santa IV or international and Great
Northern bridge across the bay to Galves-
ton until oil" can be constructed. Special
arrangements for the people of La Porte
will give a down town depot and a freight
line along the San Jacinto bay shore.
There is a renewal of life at La Porte.
The coming of the road has given the peo-
ple confidence, and new building and a gen-
eral air of improvement are the results.
The entrance into Houston will be i ele-
brated by an excursion. .lust when that
will occur has not been decided upon, as
the company fears to make an announce-
ment. not knowing just what kind of
weather to depend upon.
A call at the Chronicle office found Mr.
Dillaye with a cordial welcome, and his
complete outfit was worthy of the praises
bestowed.
LADIES' AUXILIARY O. B. L. E.
Palestine, Tex.. March 9.—A number of
ladies, wives of locomotive engineers, met
at the residence of Mr. W. D. Young in
this city yesterday for the purpose of
considering more fully the organization of
the ladies' auxiliary to the Order of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the
initial meeting pertaining to same having
been held some time ago. A charter has
b *cii granted and will be here In a few
days, and their auxiliary has been chris-
tened "T. G. Golden," after the general
superintendent of the International and
Great Northern, who bears that name, and
is convincing of his popularity with the
ladies. Mrs. Martin of Funis will arrive
In re some time next week to instruct
the ladies in the secret work and impose
such degrees and obligations as may be
nceessary. it was concluded yesterday
evening to give Mrs. Martin a sumptuous
banquet at the home of Mr. Young by all
the ladies. The following ladies were
present at the meeting: Mesdames
A. (i. Wilcox, Sam Mauley, Ed Cottrell, ,J.
S. McMillan, John Lyne. Adam Sehuorr,
Jake Sehuorr, I'd Rutledge, Torn Bran-
ban and W . D. Voting.
LA PORTE NOTES.
Harris Co., Tex., March 9.—
Colonel L. M. Martin, :;cncraI.rnaTyap;n;-t
the Illinois Central arrived here yesterday
in his private car, accompanied by T. \Y.
Lee of the Oregon railway and navigation
company and L. \Y. Reynolds of Boone,
la.
Passenger traffic has doubled since the
completion of the Galveston, La Porte and
Houston road into La Porte. The train
yesterday was filled with northern excur-
sionists and another large contingent is
expected to-day.
Contractor Smith is pushing the work
of connection at Harrisburg, and has a
large force of men clearing timber front
the right of way near Red Bluff ami an-
other grading ahead toward Clear Lake.
As soon as the connection is made with
the Magnolia belt, line he will transfer his
forces to La Porte and finish the belt there
to Broadway.
OFF THE TRACK.
Calaveras, Wilson Co., Tex., March 7.—
The San Antonio and Aransas Pass from
Houston, due here at 2.38 p. m , had what
might have been u serious wreck about
ion and two mib-,- from here this evening. The en-
■ y pur- | sine, mail and baggage car ami one coach
ran off the track mar a large trestle,
caused by the lies being removed or the
spreading <»f the rails. No one was hurt.
As.-is ted by a height train and train No.
_ from San Antonio it got back after five
hours' hard working.
COLONEL LYLES AT DA VILLA.
Da villa. Milam Co., Tex., March 8.—
Colonel Lyles of the Link Line was in the
city y-.-.erday in the "interest of -the Trin-
ity. Cameron and Western railway, and
said to a News reporter:
"Tell the world that contract* have been
let for I'.u miles of steel rails to the Illinois
steel works, and three steel bridges, to be
cons(rue,-d on the Theo. Cooper class A
specificat i-ms; and te member that our line
is the only line in the state of Texas whose
bridges will be constructed throughout the
entire system on these specifications, and
the eon: i.it for grading 103 miles will be
let to-day."
•CoIouhI Lyles was accompanied by Mr.
T. J. B al of Boston. Mass., who will take
the contra t for grading the entire road,
and said that it would require eight months
to compleie the road. Colonel Lyles as-
sured The N< ws reporter that this city had
th-- guarantee of the road whether it Went
beyond this point or not. The party left
for Cameron this afternoon.
HCNTSVjLLE NOTES.
Huntsville, Walker Co., Tex., March -9.—
W. F, Conner, southwestern passenger
agent of the Wabash, spent yesterday In
Huntsville. He was shown all the sights,
including the Sam Houston normal and
the state penitentiary.
The depot here has recently undergone
a repainting, which was much needed.
The present three trains a day on the
Huntsville branch is the best service the
people ever had.
BEYOND BUNA.
Beaumont. Jefferson Co., Tex., March 9.
—Track laying on the extension of t'he
Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City railway
north from Buna, the present terminus, is
now fully under way and is progressing
at the rate of nearly a mile a day. Up to
to-night over seven miles have been com-
pleted.
PASSENGER MEN TO MEET.
San Antonio. Tex., March 9.—Representa-
tives from the passenger departments of
the Texas and Mexican railroads are in the
city and will meet to-morrow relative to
the Travelers' protective association na-
tional convention, to be held here June 3.
CATTLE RATES.
San Antonio, Tex., March 9.—At a meet-
ing held to-day between the general
freight, agents of the railroad lln'es in
Texas to agree upon rates for stock cattle
from the Texas ranges to Indian and Okla-
homa territories it was decided to restore
the rates which prevailed in 1894.
TO BANQUET THE COLQiXEL.
Austin, Tex., March 9.—A comm'lttee of
Austin citizens is making arrangements to
banquet General Solicitor /Hogg of the
"Link Line," because of his choosing this
city as the base of his future operations.
ALL SORTS ASSORTED.
On January 23, 1833. the Reformed parlia-
ment first assembled, a speech from the
throne being delivered by King William
IV. The event has great historic import-
ance, since it was the result of a complete
change in the representative system of
the kingdom.
The empire of Turkey is called the sub-
lime porte from the principal entrance of
the seraglio being a huge pavilion with
eight openings over the gate or porte. This
gate, from which The Ottoman empire took
its name, is very high and is guarded by
fifty capidjls or porters.
Canton, with its million inhabitants, is a
queer place, indeed. The huge wall sur-
rounding it. l.*> feet to 2f.J feet wide, is six
miles in circuit, the space inclosed being
filled up with a maze of narrow lanes.
The place is full of temples; every street
has an altar. Some 320,001) of the inhabi-
tants live on boats.
In England the measurement of time
was In the early days alike uncertain and
difficult; one expedient was by wax can-
dles. :{ inches burning an hour, and 6 wax
candles burning 21 hours. These candles
were invented by Alfred the Great, A. D.
880. a period at which clocks and hour
glasses were not known in England.
A calculation has been made in regard
to Stevens' celebrated edition of Shakes-
peare. Every page contains 2680 distinct
pieces of metal, the misplacing of any one
of which would cause an error. With this
fact in mind the reader should rather ad-
mire the accuracy of its modern printing
than complain of Its errata.
A granddaughter of the celebrated law-
yer, Rufus Choate, Mrs. Helen Chuate
Prince, of Boston, has writen a novel with
the title, "The Story of Christine Roche-
ford," the scene of which Is laid in France.
Now that congress has quit and Anna
Gould is wedded, the chances are that New
York will resume its normal condition, and
do its share toward convincing the pes-
simists that the country Is not going all
to smash simply for lack of something
fresh to talk about.
American colonial art is becoming fash-
ionable In London. A set. of ten handsome-
ly carved chairs, imported from Pennsyl-
vania 150 years ago, were sold there re-
cently for $775.
Both Oxford and Cambridge made money
by their university presses last year. The
Clarendon Press earned $25,000 clear profit
for Oxford and the Pitt Press $16,000 for
Cambridge.
Two cart loads of salted human heads
were recently delivered to the sultan of
Morocco at Fez by an expedition sent
against the lintrauma rebels. The trophies
will be placed on the city walls.
It, seems that according to law each per-
son concerned in the Yerastegui-Romero
duel near the City of Mexico will be al-
lowed forty days in which to prepare his
case. As there are seven persons so con-
cerned the trial will be delayed 280 days
if they all avail themselves of the time
allowed them.
WITH THE WITS.
"And you proposed to her twice before
she accepted you?"
"Yes."
"It's strange that she changed her
mind." #•
"Not at all. When she refused me the
first time it made me feel so cheap that
she couldn't resist the chance for a bar-
gain."
♦ ♦ *
Bridegroom (about to marry the youngest
of three sisters): "My dear friend, I want
you to stand right behind me during the
ceremony and keen your eyes open. I am
very near-sighted fend f am afraid they
might substitute the oldest sister at the
critical moment."
• » *
Figg: "It's all nonsense for girls to spend
so much time and money learning to play
the piano. Before we were married my
wife used to be eternally practicing, but
she hasn't touched the piano half a dozen
times since."
Fogg: "And yet they say marriage is a
failure."
» * *
Judge (to prisoner): "Your statempnt
does not agree with the evidence of the
last witness.
Prisoner: "I don't wonder; he's a bigger
liar than I am."—Tit Bits.
* * •
Caller: "I am going to send my little girl
to cooking school at once."
will make a good cook. She breaks so
many lovely dishes."—Chicago Inter Ocean.
* * »
Tom: "I don't want any better or cheap-
er suit of clothes than this 1 have on."
Fred: "What did it cost you? '
Tom: "Fifteen dollars, made to order."
Fred: "1 can do better than that. I 'have
on a fifty dollar suit that I had charged.—
Detroit Free Press.
* » *
Good thing, push it along—t'he baby per-
ambulator.—Albany Argus.
• • •
"Why, sir, we have just made each oth-
er's acquaintance, and already you want to
borrow money from me."
"At h! you bear such a resemblance to my
kind old uncle,"—Dorfbarbier.
» » «
Justice's Clerk (writing out a. testimonial
for a discharged prisoner): "This is to cer-
tify that Jakob Brumms has conducted
himself so well during 'his four weeks' in-
car■ eiatlon that 'he Is welcome to return
here at any time,"—'Didaskalia. .
FARMERS' NATIONAL CONGRESS.
Ben F. Clayton, president Farmers' na-
tional congress, in the North American
Review, February.
As shown by the census report of 1890,
the farm values of the United States are
as follows:
Farms and improvements $13,279,252,649
Farm product, 1890 4!»4,2t7,4<17
Live stock 2,208,767,473
Farm implements, machinery.. 2,460,107,454
Grand total $18,442,375,043
This gives, agriculture in the United
States about 30 per cent of the entire
wealth of the nation; and if we include the
land interest, with all legitimately belong-
ing to it. it amounts to full\ 'iti per cent,
in discussing this question, the secretary
of agriculture in his annual report truly
says that the agricultural interest "rep-
resents thirty million people, or nearly
one-half of our present i>opulation." He
further says:
It may be broadly stated that upon the
productiveness of * our agriculture, and
upon tht prosperity of our farmers, the
entire wealth and prosperity of the whole
nation depend. ... The trade and com-
merce oi this vast country, of which we
so proudly boast, the transportation facili-
ties so wonderfully developed during the
past quarter of a eenturv, are all possible
only because the underlying industry of
them all. agriculture, has called them into
being. Even the products of our mines are
\aluable only because of the commerce and
the wealth created by our agriculture.
These are strong assertions, but they are
assertions fully justified bv the facts and
recognized the world over' bv the highest
authorities in political economy.
A review of the present congfess and the
occupation of its. members will relieve
farmers of responsibility for disastrous
legislation. The biograpliv of the Fifty-
third congress, furnished by its members,
discloses the fact that out of a member-
ship of 444 the farmers have 35 in the
house of representatives and 1 in the sen-
ate; that the chairman of the committee
on agriculture of the senate comes from
an obscure state as to agricultural re-
sources and records himself as an attor-
ney, the only farmer on the committee
being from a homestead in North Dakota.
Ten of the 18 comprising the house com-
mittee, including the chairman, follow the
law as a profession. The great states of
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin
and Missouri have each one farmer, and
the heart of the great agricultural region
-Indiana, Illinois and Iowa—have no
farmer in either branch of congress. The
only chairmanship controlled by the agri-
cultural members of the house is that of
the committee on ventilation and acous-
tics; otherwise the farmers of the house
are practically disfranchised. This is con-
trary to the eternal fitness of things, and
yet it is abotft the average representation
accorded to the productive industries of
the country throughout: the history of the
American republic. Neither of the two
great political parties is to blame for this
condition of things. The fault lies at the
door of the farmer, and is a sad comment
on the agricultural voter. His mistake is
In not being at the caucus or the primary
of the political party to which he belongs;
in not recognizing the fact that when the
local caucus adjourns the doors are closed,
he is in honor bound to support the candi-
date and to accept the situation. He has
no redress except to bolt the ticket of his
party. He should have spent the short
time required, once or twice each year, in
securing a good farmer, merchant or pro-
fessional man to represent him in the
higher councils of his party.
Representing a large per cent of the
population of the entire country, any or-
ganization to which the farming element
would be loyal could approach the con-
gress of the United States with great con-
fidence of success in securing a respectful
hearing. Farmer organizations in the past
have been a flat failure. Thev have been
manipulated in the interest of political
parties and to advance the interests of
political leaders. It is through the non-
political action of the Farmers' national
congress of the'United States of America
that much has been accomplished, and
through which much more may be accom-
plished. The principles of this organiza-
tion are contained in one short sentence
of the first section of the constitution,
which says: "Its object shall be to ad-
vance the agricultural -interest of the
union." The organization is non-political
in character, with the same representa-
tion as the congress of the United States,
with the addition that the presidents of
all state agricultural societies and agri-
cultural colleges are members by virtue of
their offices. The delegates, who hold of-
fice for two years, are appointed and com-
missioned by the governors of the several
states. The object of the organization is
twofold in Character. 1. It seeks to mold
and shape such legislation as the interest
of the farmer requires, and to present if
to state and national legislative bodies for
their action. 2. It has a literary pro
gramme by which tt seeks to elevate the
great masses now engaged in agricultural
pursuits to a position in keeping with that
occupation. Annual meetings have been
held in St. Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis,
Louisville. Nashville. New Orleans, Sr.
Paul. Washington. Topeka, Montgomery.
Council Bluffs, Lincoln, Savannah and at
Parkersburg, W. Ya.
Nearly every important demand made by
this (farmers') congress upon our national
legislative body has been favorably con-
sidered. It demanded that the secretary of
agriculture be made a cabinet officer; that
the signal service be enlarged; that infec-
tious diseases of live stock be stamped
out; that adulteration of human food be
prevented; that our rivers and harbors
be improved; that the • irrigation of the
arid districts be encouraged and that agri-
cultural products be given the benefit of
the same protective policy extended by
the government to other great, interests.
The fact of the farmers' national congress
being non-political in its, character does
not preclude the diseussrion of political
ouestions. Directly or indirectly all ques-
tions demanding legislation affect the pro-
ductive Industries, and thgy are to be dis-
cussed freely, fairly and impartially.
fear or friendship, and say by owl language
what their w'< i >m dictates, often quite
the opposltiVof what they feel.
"Animals, -nil the other hand, are too
simplv to make bc''.cv*\ and tills gift, vMhich
men misuse, is their regular mode of com-
munCedtl, u. N it ice how quick a dog scents
rage t r 9 -trow in his master's face. We
can't see the expression of a lion's face
except of rage, but his companions can.
"i have also thought that animals have
the gift of thought reading, instead of
power t 1 speak. Did you ever see one
animal fail to understand another? 1 never
saw such an instance. The range of their
thoughts is limited. I do not think they
can read men's thoughts except very im-
perfectly, because they are so extensive
and complex and beyond their comprehen-
sion. I am inclined to think that what we
caH ml'ivd reading is a mere survival here
and there of the l..st sixth sense, which
was probably common to primitive man,
and which animals possess t>> this day."
"Tel'l me how you train a tiger to bal-
ance on a revolving ball," suggested the
Visitor.
"Ah, there's the secret 1 hold juy job on."
replied Mr. Mehrmann.
A TYRANNICAL MOTION.
The Honorable Gentleman Did Not Like
to Be Forced to Give Up His Paper.
Detroit Free.Press.
The Kentucky legislature is in some re-
spects a peculiar body, and some of its
members as individuals are even more pe-
culiar. It is the custom to give each mem-
ber the choice of two daily newspapers
during the. session at the expense of the
state, and they avail themselves of it.
One old fellow from a mountain county,
a new member, when he chose took -as
his choice the Louisville Courier-Journal,
which was the gospel to him. He was
thoroughly verdant and unversed in parlia-
mentary usage, and the first morning af-
ter he. had chosen his paper and laid It on
the desk before him he heard some mem-
ber move to dispense with the reading of
the journal, which was a part of the regu-
lar routine of the body. He said nothing,
but laid aside his paper. The next day it
was the sajme, and so 011 for two weeks,
and then forbearance ceased to be a vir-
tue and the member rose to his feet.
"Mr. Speaker," he said, in thunder tones,
for he was hot, "1 raise to a p'int of order.
Fer two weeks er sich a matter 1 have sat
in my seat in this place peaceful and lis-
tenin' to what is goln' on around me,
and larnin' the ways. Every mornin', Mr.
Speaker, about the time 1 get to read in'
bv my copy uv the Cooyah Journal up
jumps some republican and moves to dis-
pense with readin' uv the Journal. In all
this time. Mr. Speaker, 1 hain't never
heerd a single member movin' to dispense
with the readin' uv the Louisville Commer-
cial, and I'm gettm' tired uv sltch tyran-
nical oppression. Mr. Speaker, and 1 move
to lay the matter 011 the table, so's we kin
go on with our readin' uv the Journal in
peace."
The member's motion did not carry, but
the matter was explained to his satisfac-
tion.
DROUGHT HIGH PRICES.
Caricatures 'by noted artists fetched high
prices at a recent. London sale. A set of
fifty water-color drawings by Richard
Doyle of Punch, made when lie was only
lt>, and illustrating "Jack, the Giant Killer"
brought $430; four drawings made by Thack-
eray in his Paris days brought over $500.
Two dozen of Leech's pictures, the firist of
his drawings to be sold in open market,
brought nearly $b»0 apiece. An unpublished
skit by Charles Kocne on George Francis
Train, 'With a. note on the margin to -the
editor of Punch, "Will this do, or is it li-
'bekms?" sold for $33. There were also I Tab-
lot K. Browne's (Phiz) drawings for Lev-
er's works, pictures by Rowlandson and
Seymour, and Cruikshank's illustrations to
Ain-sworth'tf novels. An unpublished "Sir
John FV,staff and Bardolph" by Crudk-
shank went for $80.
BEASTS ARM MIND READERS.
Mehrmann Credits Them With a Higher
Sense Than Speech.
Kansas Cfity Star.
When Mr. Kerslake came along with his
trained pigs for rehearsal at Hagenbeck's
forty wild paws were thrust between the
bars and the cages became active with
resitless tigers and roaring lions. This was
behind the scenes.
"Ah, those pigs!" exclaimed Mr. Mehr-
mann, the lion tamer, apologetically. "The
animals always want any new thing. They
investigate everything, a strange man or a
new dog or a rubber ball, by biting it."
"What is the matter with Charley?" the
trainer was asked by a visitor, who noticed
the queer antics of the big Bengal tiger.
"O, he is mad because his mate. Kitty,
has gone back on him and taken up with
the big Hon, Nero," replied Mr. Mehrmann.
"She has cut him dead and will listen to
no one except Nero. Whenever Charley
observes them billing and cooing he gets
excited, but he knows Nero can whip him
and he simply jumps about and whimpers.
The other lions seem to recognize Nero's
rights to Kitty's affections and do not dis-
turb them. 1 have wondered what sort of
an animal the offspring of a lion and tiger
will be. 1 have never heard of such an
animal."
"How were these animals procured?"
Mr. Mehrmann was asked.
"They are usually snared by the natives,
who sell them to the Arabs that move in
caravans to Cairo and Alexandria," he re-
plied. "The first xtep In training them *is
10 accustom them to each other. This is
done by chaining them quite close together,
bult out of reach. After a time we let them
loose in the cage. Then infinite paitience
conies Into play. Some are naturally apt;
others are lazy and stupid and others again
are sullen and vicious. One of my lions is
a simpleton and 1 have to lead him to his
place in the pyramid act. He Is a menag-
erie product, and on account of Inbreeding,
they are usually very dull.
"The lilon t imer is like, a kindevgartepi
pedagogue: it M tlt?"sa«ai"rlWig1 Vtver
over again. If we whip the animals too
much they forget everything. Stl'll they
will do nothing except they know a fail-
ure will incur punksrtmewt. They respect
the trainer as their master atnd must bo
kept in fear of hi ill. They know me and
like me, but when excited they forget, and
then danger arises. The attacks upon cir-
cus trainers are usually caused toy enter-
ing the cage and whipping the animals
from one side to the other in lieu of a
tra 1 ned performance."
"Do you think they communicate togeth-
er?"
"They put their heads close together and
seem to have a sort of sign 'language. They
express such simple'thoughts as "I'm tired,'
'get out of the way,' 'stand back,' 'are you
well?' quite plainly, to my observation,
among eadh other.
"The language of animals seems quite
plain to me," continued the famous Hon
tamer, earnestly. "Men have a considerable
abi'llty -to communicate by facial expression
and gesture, but school themselves to re-
preid iheii' natural expressions of ra^e,
LATE POLICE ITEMS.
Shortly before, midnight Anto Massen
dangerously cut his wrist and 'had to be
taken to the Sealy hospital. Massen lives
with Julius Schmidt in a house on Thirty-
third and the Beach. The two work at odd
jobs about town. At the hospital they say
he is not dangerously hurt, but that it will
be several days before he can use his arm.
Joflin J. Fan-in was arrested last, night
for t'heft of a watcH. Farrin is employed
at t-he home of Major Frank Spencer and is
charged with taking the watch from the
premises.
George Washington, colored, was arrest-
ed last nighit for the theft of a watch from
a man.
CHURCH CHIMES.
There will be gospel services at the Sea-
men's Bethel, corner 'Seventeenth and Me-
chanic streets, to-day at 3.30 p. in.
Rev. John iC. F. Kyger, an eloquent and
learned divine of Waco, will fill the pulpit
for -Dr. A. W. Lamar at the First Baptist
church this morning and to-night.
in the Scandinavian M. E. church, corner
Seventeenth and Mechanic streets, will be
the following services to-day: Sunday school
at 10 o'clock a. m ; preaching at 11 a. m.,
and'at X p. m. All Scandinavians most cor-
dially invited.
Central Christian church. Twentieth and
avenue K: Dr. J. W. Lowlier will preach
in the morning at 11 o'clock and in the eve-
ning at 7.1a o'clock. 'Subject in the morn-
ing, "The Church in Ephesis;" in the even-
ing. "The Gospel ill Jerusalem."
Rev. C. It. Lamar will discuss "The Race
for Life" at St. John's Methodist church
this morning at 11 o'clock. He will de-
liver at 7.30 p. 111. a lecture on the "League
Pledge," which is just now a subject of
much interest in church circles.
The revival meetings now being held at
the Mount Olive Baptist church on Thirty-
sixth -street and avenue I are increasing In
.-interest at each nightly service. Several
accessions have already been made to the
church and there seems to -be good prospect
•for more. Rev. J. J. James of'Navasota is
a great worker in these meetings, which
will continue each night during the week.
He will preach at 3 p. m. and at S p. m. to-
day, assisted by Rev. I. ®. Wright of Colo-
rado county.
The congregation of Shiloh A. M. E.
church, whose edifice was blown down
January 28. on corner of Twenty-ninth ami
M, will have a grand rally to-day for the
purpose of rebuilding. Rev. J. H. Smith,
pastor, has invited the city pastors, who
will preach as follows: 11 a. m., Rev. H.
Barber: 2.30 p. m., Rev. L. II. Reynolds; 3
p. 111., Rev. F. Gary; 3.30 p. m., Dr. Cain;
4 p. in.. Rev. A. Hubbs; 4.30 p. m., Rev.
W B. Fullani. The services will be held
at the old Macedonian church, corner of
Twenty-ninth street and avenue MAll
are invited to come and help us. The pas-
ter desires to begin work on the church
Monday, the 11th.
AT TRINITY CHURCH,
Services at Trinity church during Lent
and on 'Sundays 'by Rev. T. C. Tupper, D.
ID., minister in charge.
On Sundays: Holy communion at 7 a. m.;
•moniiing prayer and sermon at 11 a. in.;
confirmation lecture at 4 p. m.; evening
prayer and sermon at 7.30 p. m.
Week-days: Monday. Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday evenings, prayer at G p. m.;
Tuesday and Thursday evenings, prayer
and address at 5 p. in.; Wednesday and Fri-
day mornings, prayer and litany at 30.30
a. m.
PERSONAL.
The Most Delicious
Lenten goods are in our stock, All new and fresh.
We buy with the most particular care. Only the
rarest qualities are purchased.
Herrings,
Codfish,
Mackerel, etc.
Canned Sardines,
Salmon, Halibut,
Caviar.
A. RAKEL'S
DEW ORLEANS STOKE
201S-20H0 Market st." Galveston
Write for prices. We prepay freight to any point within
300 miles of Galveston by rail.
MUSIC HATH CHARMS.
How It Affected the Animals in the
London Zoological So-
ciety's Garden.
THE ELEPHANT GOT MAD.
It Tickled the Sheep—Snakes Wei! Pleased.
Bears Very Susceptible—Wolves and
Jackals Howled With Fear.
Mr. Alfred Holt leaves this evening for
New York.
Mrs. Thomas Lufkin, accompanied by her
mother, left for New York last evening-.
Mr. R. A. Horlock of Navasota is in the
city.
Mr. Louis Litt. who has been here for the
past two weeks, leaves this evening for
Palestine'-Wl-th hi* family, where he will
engage in •bu'si'rtesA'.'
Mr. William Simpson, after sojourning
here for three months on a visit, will re-
turn this morning to San Antonio.
Miss Morton Campbell Is at home after a
delightful visit o-f several months with rela-
tives and friends in South Carolina,
Georgia and Alabama.
Mr. H. C. Danford of Cleveland's min-
strels was in the city yesterday com
pletlng arrangements for their appearance
here Wednesday and Thursday of next
week.
Messrs. W. L. Williams of Dallas and
W. S. Gi'bbs of Huntsville are registered
at the Tremont hotel.
Mr. G. \V. Hunt of Topeka, Kan., Is a
guest of the Washington.
Messrs. Robert Wiley and J. S. Beach of
Temple are at the Washington.
Mr. J. B. Jones of Des Moines, Ia.f Is
at the Beach.
Messrs. Fred Schoenewoef and W. P.
McConner of Brenham are at the Beach.
Chicago Times.
It is a well known fact that many ani-
mals are susceptible to music. Many dogs
will bark or howl at the strains of a
mouth organ or melodeon, white others
protest vocally against piano playing, and
a few dogs can endure in silence the play-
ing of minor chords. On the other hand,
almost every woodsman will tell you that
he can charm a chipmunk into apprecia-
tive attention by whistling a lively tune.
Cats, too, are influenced by music, and
many cases are 011 record of their fond-
ness for piano playing, while violin music
often stirs them to emulation, a fact which
New England housewives ascribed to
the sympathy existing between pussy alive
and parts of pussy dead that were fabled
to furnish the fiddle strings. Experiment
has shown that individual animals are pe-
culiarly influenced to joy or sorrow by
some one particular note chord, or tone,
while other music may have no effect
upon them.
An Englishman, C. J. Cornish, has been
making musical experiments on various
kinds, of animals at the Zoological socie-
ty's gardens in London and he writes most
interestingly of them in his book, "Life
at the Zoo." Having first obtained per-
mission of the management, Mr. Cornish
prepared to give the animals a real musi-
cal treat. It was not part of his pro-
gramme to furnish inferior music, so he
obtained the services of a first class vio-
linist from one of the good orchestras.
With this violinist he went to the abode
of the snakes, and the musician, hidden
from the sight of his animal audience,
began to play. Mr. Cornish writes of this:
"The dweller on the threshold of the
snake's home is the monitor lizard, an ac-
tive and fonnOdalble saurian, some live feet
in length, whose watchful habits were said
to give notice of the approach -of the croco-
dile. tt dill not belti-e its reputation for
vvatch.fu'l'iie-i-i, for the instant, it heard tfhe
•sound* of the vial'tn through its opened do.r
H raised 'its head and sto,»d alert and lis-
tened. Then the forked tongue came out
and played Jncesmnitly around its lips; -soft,
sduvv music fQ'UioWed, and the lizard 'bee une
(juHe st'i.ll, except for a gentle iswayviig of
tliie head from cOde1 to si'Ale."
Same blac-lvHJiaJxw in, the same cage were
similarly affected, although they were slow-
er to show their appreciation. At first they
raist-d their heads, waving them from side
to side in apparent end-avur to ascertain
w'hence the »jund-s came, illaviing made up
their minds, they snt out one after another
for the source, and nosed up arid down the
vva'is In tihe manner peculiar to serpents.
A big boa eoiMtHetij'r, who had been a.siecp
for some days, uncurled .himself preparatory
•to taking a glide 'around the cage.
Suddenly tin* vOo.liin 1st swept his bow
across the strings hi a harsh and loud dis-
cord. The black snake's dropped t hei-r heads
and 'hustled for the further eou-mr. The boa
stopped short and evinced an ion: Jin a. tion to
hurt .somebody. As for tfhe mon'.to'r lizard,
hi* executed a startled flop and -scuttled off
with an air A f disgust and alarm, dec liming
thereafter to be coaxed back by the most
alluring alirs. Hirs trust had been basely be-
trayed. and he evidently didn't propose to
put himself again in a iKKsition where he
would be made the subject for practical
jokes.
Selections from "William Tell" wereJried
upon the sheep and goats, and they Tvere
immensely pleased with the opera. At
"The Shepherd's Call" they snuffed the
air inquiringly and crowded up to the bars
in a compact bunch. When the music
stopped they voiced a unanimous request
for more, wjth a great acclaim of bleating,
and baaing. A lively measure brought
them all back to the bars again except a
few of the goats, who frisked about in the
liveliest fashion, only to stop with the ces-
sation of the music.
Next to be entertained by Mr. Cornish's
purveyor of sweet sounds was t'he big wild
boar, who simply got up and snorted with
surprise when 'the sound of a lively jig
reached his ears. At first he was very sus-
picious. Perhaps the sounds reminded him
of the tones of the hunters' horns, which
had sounded the death blast of thousands
of his race. After a little, however, he
came down, observing no evil effects or
designs upon his life following the music,
and presently showed signs of marked ap-
preciation, drawing nearer and nearer to
t'he player, until finally he poked his nose
between the bars. Disappointment was
evident In his aspect when the player went
011 to visit 'the Indian elephant. They tried
otv him the same music which had so
pleased the boar. It didn't please him, and
he lost no time in making that fact ap-
parent. At the first strain he flapped his
ears and elevated his trunk. The music
went right on, and the elephant got very
mad about It. lie swung his trunk vicious,
ly. He switched his ropy tail about so
fast that it looked like a misplaced halo.
He danced around the place with ponder-
ous agility, and finally he lifted up his
voice and trumpeted such a tremendous
protest of rage and disgust that the musi-
cian got timid and stopped playing. It was
very evident that the elephant wouldn't
have violin music.
Most delighted of all were the bears. No
sooner 'had the musician drawn the first
tone from the instrument than every In-
habitant of the bear cage was ail attention.
A sweep across the strings that produced a
full chord acted on thowe bears like a gal-
vanic battery. They fairly leaped in the air
and went, scrambling for the bars, where
tiiey stood erect, listening with all their
ears. The polars jammed their noses Into
•the openings between the bars, sniffing tihe
air joyously, while the two grzz.ies noted
the part of diserlnvinailing but admiring con-
noisseurs. First they would cock their
'heads on one side, then on the other, and
then they would look at each other with an
appearance, of saying:
* • N*n\*i •'' thttt'tf i vnliiaft 11II rai) ? go<jd -mvww;
What execution an'd what an expression!"
Very different was the effect of the mu-iic
on their smaller cousins, the wolves, who
Mho wed themselves to be of those who, hav-
ing
No music in their souls.
Are Jit for treason, stratagem and spoils.
The arts of the violinist spread conster-
nation among them, although some of the
foxes in t'he cage didn't mind the music.
• This experiment Mr. Cornish sets down
thus:
"The common European wolf set up its
back and wrinkled Its lips into a fixed and
(hideous sneer, showing aid its teeth to the
guniis, with tits tail between its legs. The In-
dlian wolf showed signs of extreme and ab-
ject fear. It trembled violently, its fur
was erected, and, cowering down until .its
body ailmost touched the ground, it retreat-
ed to the furthest corner of the cage. When
the music was played at the back of the
cage, where the musician was invisible, tta
a. arm was in no degree abated. It crept to
the door to 1'i.sten, and then sprang back
and^owered against the bars in front of. the
cage, and so continued in alternate spasms
of curiosity and fear."
The jackals and some of the wilder foxes
were not less alarmed than the wolves,
rhe female jackals ran back to their Inner
uen and hid themselves. The male erected
its fur until it appeared as rough as an
Esquimau dog and crept backward and for-
ward with its limbs curled hack, opening
and shutting its mouth, growl in- whenever
a strong, discordant note was struck. The
scene at this time was extremely amusing.
The prairie wolves next door sat down to
listen, (lie African jackals sat on a shelf
and watched, and the performance, was
overlooked from a distance by a nervous,
but highly interested, row of foxes of dif-
ferent sizes and colors, it was like a pict-
ure frohi an illustrated edition of "Aesop's
Fables." The foxes in the larger cages came
forward readily to listen to the music,
though the usual experiment of striking a
discord startled them greatly. Hut the
rough fox from Demerara, in a small cage
behind the building, was so violently
alarmed that tlie keeper requested that the
music might cease, for fear the .creature
should have a lit, to which ailment it ap- .
pears that foxes and wolves are very sub-
ject. .•
This dismay of the wolves, Mr. Cornish
thinks, gives color to a German legend
known to most German children. A poor
fiddler, returning late at nigjit on foot
from a festivity in a country place where
he had been playing, was passing through
a forest when a pack of wolves got on has
trail. Hearing their cries, he set out on
a run, still clinging to his violin. At the
edge of the forest stood a small deserted
hut, and he hoped to reach that and bar
himself in before the animals overtook
him. Within a few rods of the edge of the
forest the pack came in sight around a
curve not a. hundred feet behind him. The
fiddler kept on bravely, but the wolves
were gaining fast. Thinking to increase
his speed and perhaps retard his pursuers,
he took his fiddle from under his arm
with the. intention of throwing it back
among them. As he seized it a string burst
with a loud tone.
With a wild yell of dismay the pack
halted, those in front going down on their
haunches. That, moment's delay saved the
man, for he gained the hut. The door was
(dosed, however, and he couldn't get in.
The wolves after a moment of pause re-
sumed the chase. The roof of the hut was
low, and the fiddler tossed up his instru-
ment and scrambled up himself. A minute
later the pack was howling about him.
Unfortunately the roof was so easily ac-
cessible that there was danger of th-i
wolves gaining a foothold on it. A big fel-
low essayed and was scrambling up when
the fiddler kicked him down. But he
couldn't watch all sides at once, and the
onslaught come from all directions. When
he was about, to surrender himself to what
seemed like inevitable death an idea <tame
to him suggested by the terror of the
wolves at the snapping of the violin string.
He seized his instrument and drew from it
a wild wail. An answering wail came
from the wolves, who slunk away. Hun- /
ger soon drove them back, but another
chord from the fiddle scattered them
again. All night the tiddler held the sav-
age beasts at bay with his fiddle, and in
the morning he was rescued by passing
peasants.
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Dear Editor: Plense inform your readers that
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