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POLITICAL.
California Le^iNlnlnrc.
Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 4.-The legislature
of California met to-day, and after organ-
izing adjourned until to-morrow, when the
first biennial message of Governor Bush
•will be read. The first work of the legisla-
ture will be the election of a United States
senator to succeed George Perkins, republi-
can. In joint session the republicans will
have a total vote of 74—necessary to choice
61. The re-election of Senator Perkins was
generally conceded recently. Now S. M.
Shortridgo, W. H. Barnes, C. F. Crocker
and ex-Senator Charles L. Felton are all in
the fight against Perkins. The friends of
the latter claim he has 07 votes, six more
than necessary to elect.
Not a Camliilnle.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 4.—Anent the talk
of Hon. William Warner, past grand com-
mander of the G. A. R., being a candidate
for the United States senate to succeed
Hon. George C. Vest, the former has issued
the following card:
"I am not now and have never been a
candidate for the caucus nomination by tho
republicans or the Incoming general assem-
bly. All talk of my name in that connec-
tion is without my consent or approval."
Idaho LerclHlnturp.
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 4.—Governor Stanburg
and the other state officers were sworn in
shortly before noon without ceremony of
any kind. Both branches of the legislature
met and were organized by the democrats
and silver republicans. The latter voted
solidly for the democratic nominees. The
populists, who fused with the democrats in
the election, did not get a place.
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JANUARY
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the power is exhausted and any further
promise of favorable results is a deceit and
misleading. Promises are cheap, and made
with a view to honest fulfillment or to de-
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er Raisins, Two Crown Loose Muscatel Rai-
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THE HIKI.ES OK1JEKKU OUT.
An Biuersenoy in Jeffcmon County
Tluit Call* for J'ronps.
Houston, Tex., Jan. 4.—The Emmet rifles
of this city have been ordered by the state
to put themselves in readiness to leave for
Jefferson county to-morrow evening to be
present there in case of an emergency that
may arise in a day or two. They received
to-day a supply of blankets and canteens
from the state for use on the trip. These
facts have leaked out, despite the secrecy
they are observing In the matter.
It is also learned that Adjutant General
Mabry will pass through to-morrow en
route for Beaumont, and it is understood
that serious matters are calling him to east-
ern Texas.
nntilt Cimlller'* SnlPlde.
Baltimore, Md..- Jan. 4.-Richard Corne-
lius, cashier and for forty-two years con-
nected with the National Farmers and
Planters' bank, of which Enoch Pratt was
president up to the time of his death, was
discovered to bo short in his accounts to
the amount of 360,00U| About 10 o'clock
this morning Mr. Cornelius was notified of
the discovery and left the bank. At 1.15
Ibis afternoon his dead body was found In
a pond at Druid liill park. He had com-
mitted suicide by drowning. Mr. Cornelius
was one of the oldest and best known bank
cashiers in Baltimore, and his acquaintance
among bunkers extended throughout tlie
country.
Part of Commodore Crew Still MIhmIiik
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 4.—Nothing fur-
ther has been heard from t'hie eight men of
the =iteamieir Commodore that are missing:,
aitlhough Cubans horn still have hopes t!hat
the survivors will be picked up. The four
men who landied at Port Orange Sunday
were Major Julio Roderlguez Buz, Manuel
GonsaW Luis Sierra Medorsra and Jesus
Alvarez, aill lieutenants, and Captain
Murphy, and will reach Jacksonville to-
day. when a thorough Investigation will be
made.
Took n Drive.
Cleveland, O., Jan. 4.—Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Kinley took a drive this afternoon and in
the evening received a few personal friends.
An important conference will take place to-
morrow, but between whom Mr. Hanna re-
fuses to say.
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TOBACCO SCHEDULE
SIIIJECT OF THE TARIFF HEAR-
INGS BY THE WAYS A>D MEANS
COMMITTEE.
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
Some of the Lute Judge Parker'* De-
cisions Reversed-—Lottery Law
Deeir ion—Other \ews.
Washington. D. C. , Jan. 4.—The tobacco
schedule of the tariff was threshed over by
representatives of the various tobacco in-
terests to-day before the ways and means
committee with great minuteness. Several
branches of the business were represented,
the native growers, importers, manufactur-
ers using the native growth, using Havana
and those handling the Sumatra product.
Between these classes there was much dis-
cord, no two of them being agreed on a
schedule of rates and contradicting one an-
other on questions relating to the effects of
the present law as to rates of labor, cost
of production and manufacture.
Tho National association of tobacco man-
ufacturers was represented by a large dele-
gation, with its president, Moses Kahn of
Cincinnati, for spokesman. The association
asked for duties of 55^ cents a pound on
all imported leaf tobacco and of not more
than 55 cents on all unstemmed tobacco,
and $5 a pound, with 25 per cent ad valorem,
on imported cigars. Under any higher rates
they stated their business would be ruined.
The pricipal representatives of the grow-
ers were Michael Topin of Baldwinsville,
N. Y., and J. P. Van Dusen of llorseheads,
N. Y. They asserted that the native grefw-
ers had made no money under the Wilson
bill and asked for higher rates than those
of the McKinley act.
Joseph K. Smith of Kingston, N. Y.. spoke
for the users of Sumatra tobacco, and E.
P. Gunby, formerly collector of the port of
Tampa, for the Florida manufacturers of
Cuban products. It was represented that
only 5 per cent of the Havana tobacco used
as wrappers had paid duty as such under
the Wilson law.
Others who spoke were ex-Mayor Fred
Sohroeder of Brooklyn, II. S. Frye of Wind-
sor, Conn., H. J. Nudecker of Baltimore, J.
1. Ellison of New York and George Michel-
son of St. Paul.
Michael Topin of Baldwinsville, N. Y.,
representing the New York state tobafceo
growers' association, said the tobacco grow-
ers were badly in need of relief. He said the
quality of the American wrapper leaf hud
not improved of recent years because there
had been no inducement to growers to care
for their leaves. Cuban tobacco ranked
first in quality, and Sumatra wa3 decidedly
the worst. Lie had no doubt, he said, that
any importer of Sumutra would rather have
it excluded than smoke a cigar made whol-
ly of it.
Chairman Dingley called attention to the
fact that under the reduction of duty of 50
cents per pound on wrappers the increase
of imports of Sumatra had been over 40 per
cent. Moreover, said Mr. Dingley, it was a
remarkable fact that the price of Sumatra
tobacco increased 50 cents a pound as soon
as the duty was reduced.
Mr. Topin confirmed this, but made no
explanation.
J. S. Van Dusen of Horseheads, N. Y.,
representing the growers of the Chemung
valley also asked for protection for wrap-
per tobacco. He said 20,0<J0,000 pounds of
foreign* tobacco was imported annually, of
which 4,000.000 was wrappers.
Mr. Schroeder argued that it was impos-
sible to discriminate by ocular inspection
between wrapper and filler grades except in
Sumatra. He proposed a uniform rate of 53
cents on wrappers and fillers per pound.
That rate Mr. Russell, one of the commit-
teemen, figured would reduce the revenue
on tobacco about $2,000,000 below lt%.
H. S. Frick of Windsor, Conn., opposed
the 50 cents per pound rate proposed by Mr.
Schroeder, and said that all the American
growers desired was a duty which would
allow them to wrap the cheap 5-cent cigars.
At the afternoon session a delegation ap-
peared representing the Nationai associa-
tion of cigar manufacturers. Moses Kahn
of Cincinnati spoke first. The interests of
many, he said, demanded a uniform duly
on tobacco, and he asserted that only a
small fraction of the tobacco-growing farm-
ers were represented by those who had
spoken at tho morning session. A uniform
specific duty of 52Vj cents per pound on all
imported leaf tobacco, the martufacturers
urged, would put all branches of tho trade
on a parity, save the government expense,
loss and annoyance in the collection of
duty and yield a revenue equal to the aver-
age of any year of the last seven. They
compared the probable complaint of the
growers that this rate would not give suffi-
cient protection by urging that the high
duty of $0 a pound on wrappers did not
lessen the use of Imported wrappers or in-
crease the consumption or permanently in-
crease the market value, of domestic cigars,
while, on the other hand, the remainder of
domestic cigar leaf tobacco, about 80 per
cent of the total, was injuriously affected
in price by the increase in duty. The pro-
posed duty would give compCete protection
to domestic fillers, which constitute 80 per
cent of the domestic product. The manu-
facturers asked also a uniform duty of
not exceeding 55 cents a pound on
al! unstemmed tobacco, contending that
this would, at the present average price of
domestic leaf tobacco, be a protection of
700 per cent, and would increase the reve-
nue about 5 per cent on the average for
the past seven years. The manufacturers
urged that they should not be sacrificed in
carrying the scheme of protection too far,
and that they could not continue in busi-
ness under higher rates than those they
suggested. These duties would be satis-
factory to all manufacturers, importers of
and dealers in leaf tobacco. The output
of cigars in the United States during the
past fiscal year was 4,0t9.1S7,S55 pounds,
which was a decrease of 61,500.000' from the
preceding year. The output of cigarettes
had increased by 881.99S.235 pounds. The
difference in the duty on wrappers and
filler tobacco, It wa»-claimed, had begotten
an unfair competition, because at many
ports of entry 95 per cent of unstemmed to-
bacco imported from Cuba had been en-
tered under the 35 cents per pound filler
duty. In regard to imported cigars, the
manufacturers suggested that they were
entitled to a duty of at least Jo a pound
and 25 per cent ad valorem. The small
quantity of cigars imported during the past
fiscal year was not to be taken a.s a stand-
ard, because these importations had great-
ly increased during the past few months
and wore likely to continue to increase.
This pl$n would increase revenues. In con-
clusion the manufacturers stated that they
would be unabic to continue in business
with a higher tariff than the present one,
and that they would prefer to submit to
the present unsatisfactory and discriminat-
ing rates rather than face the inevitable
havoc which a specific rate exceeding 55
cents a pound would accomplish.
Mr. Payne endeavored to elicit an admis-
sion that the McKinley law had not been
in force long enough to demonstrate the
effects on the business of a $2 a pound rate,
but this the president of the manufactu-
ters' association would not concede.
The manufacturers of clear Havana ci-
gars were represented by E. II. Gunby of
Tampa, Fla. lie said it appeared that the
manufacturers of New York wanted much
better than did the growers themselves.
From their statements it was to be in-
ferred that Havana tobacco reaped all tho
benefits from the present schedule. He de-
clared that the growing and packing of to-
bacco was entirely beyond the control of
the American buyer. Having been collect-
or of the port of Tampa, Mr. Gunby said
he was well acquainted with tho condi-
tions of the importations. It waS true, he
said, that only about 5 per cent of the
Havana tobacco Imported into the United
States and used as wrappers paid duty as
such, because' the manufacturers used
much tobacco commercially appraised as
"fillers" for wrappers. It was impossible
to tell in imported stock how much would
be fit for wrappers. To tax it as wrappers
would stop its importation entirely and
would drive the manufacturers of New
| York and Florida to <uba. It was proba-
! bly true that a specific duty of ..2U cenis
j or 55 cents a vound would produce as much
revenue as the present law. but it was also
J true that Sumatra would be imported to an
| extent which would.drive the farmers of
New York and Connecticut out ot' business.
The tobacco schedule of the McKinley law
had increased the Florida manufacturers
by decreasing that of Havana manufac-
turers.
• For the manufacturer using Sumatra
wrappers, George B. Smith of New York
protested against the advantages to the
Havana tobacco users under the present
law. In answer to a question Mr. Smith
said he did not believe any cigars* were
made of American fillers and Havana
wrappers.
Mr. L. H. Neudecker of Baltimore con-
tended that a duty of 50 cents per pound
would produce more revenue than the
present rales.
Mr. J. l. Ellison of New York, editor of
the United States Tobacco Journal, stated
that tho cost ot production of a pound of
Sumatra tobacco was cents.
Chairman Dingley said" i t fore the com-
mittee adjourned that toba co, being a lux-
ury, was a proper subject for revenue, with
incidental regard to the interests of manu-
facturers and growers.
Supremo Court De&iuious.
Washington, D. (\, Jan. 4. -The supreme
court to-day reversejd several old decisions
of the late Judge Parker of the western
district of Arkansas. Among them was the
case of Henry Starrj who appealed from a
sentence of death for murder in the Indian
territory, which was Starr's second con-
viction. The appeal in this case was based
upon the technical ground that a warrant
was admitted as testimony in the absence
of tho official seal, Justice White ren-
dered the opinion in this case, oruering a
third trial.
Another case of e n? deral le interest from
the Indian territory eiceieleil in lavor ot tiio
appellants was that of Jt . and John No-
fire, under sentence of deatl\ lor the mur-
der of Fred Rutherford. Rutherford was a
white man who had married a Cherokee
squaw, and the question Involved in the
case was whether the act ot marriage had
boon made in proper form, which would
make him a Cherokee citizen, and in this
case the federal count would have no juris-
diction over his murderers. Jt. appeared,
however, that the marriage had been con-
ducted with a full observance of the Che-
rokee laws. Assistant Attorney General
Whitney, in his argument in the ca.se,
showed that Rutherrord had been remiss in
failing to comply with the Cherokee law
in his marriage, and an opinion from the
attorney general ot tho Cherokee:* was filed
to the effect that a man who does not com-
ply with these laws of the Indians was not
a citizen of the tribe. Justice Brewer de-
livered the opinion, of the court, / holding
that Kutherford was a Cherokee' citizen,
and therefore reversed the decision of
Judge Parker, holding the Noflres guilty
of murder under the laws of the United
States, it is believed that the effect of
this opinion will have an important bear-
ing upon -the distribution of the Dawes
commission.
The court rendered a decision, through
Justice Peeltham, in the case of Albert L.
France and ethers, involving the anti-lot-
tery law of 18i>5. France and his feiiow ap-
pellants were convicted in the district of
Ohio on the charge of conspiring to violate
this act, and the verdict oi that court was
reversed by the opinion rendered bv tins
court. The opinion was handed down by
Justice Peckham. it d,t s not construe the
constitutionality of the lottery law at ail
but was based upon the ground that the a i
for which France and lib associate;; were
convicted was subsequent to the drawing ot'
the lottery, instead of precedent lo it as
provided in the statute. It appears that
the defendants were arrested with dips ot
paper showing the result of the .drawing,
known in the lottery world as "alt slips', '
on their persons while on their way trom
Covington, Ky., whore the lottery drawing
took place, to Cincinnati, where the sale
offices were situated. In rendering the
opinion Justice PcckhJ&m said:
"The lottery has already been drawn; the
papers carried by tho messengers were net
those dependent upon the event of any lot-
tery. The language as used in the statute
books looks to the future; if the lottery
had been drawn, the interest is no longer
pendent upon it. The condition upon which
< ihe Let or the interest was dependent hap-
pened since the solution of the problem has
already been arrived at; the bet has al-
ready been determined." Continuing, he
says: "The statute dees not cover the
transactions, however reprehensible the
acts the plaintiff in error may be. Al-
though the objection is a narrow one, yet
the statute being highly penal, we are com-
pelled to construe it strictly. Hence the
judgment of the court below was reversed
and the case remanded with instructions to
&ct aside the judgment and discharge the
prisoners."
Justice White rendered a decision in 'the
case of the United States and the Sioux In-
dians vs. the Northwestern express com-
pany, holding that the term "citizen of the
United States" in Indian depredation cases
applies to corporations.
The state law of the state of Missouri
holding railway companies responsible for
damage by fire caused by railway locomo-
tives was sustained in two decisions In-
justice Gray appealed to this court by the
Missouri Pacific railway company. Justice
Gray said the act was due exercise of leg-
islative authority.
In the case of John F. Bushnell vs. Cyrus
A. Iceland, receiver of the State national
bank of Wichita, Kan., the court reaf-
firmed, in a decision by Justice White, the
right of a national bank receiver appointed
by the Comptroller of the currency to en-
force the individual liability of the bank's
stockholders.
An opinion rendered by Justice Brewer in
the case of William G. Ford, jr.. and Lewis
P. Levy vs. the L'elta pine land company,
decided the ownership of 200 dificrent tracts
of land, including 112,160 acres In nine dif-
ferent counties in the state of Mississippi.
The lands were acquired by the pine land
company upon tax sales for levee improve-
ments, which the former owners resisted
on the ground that the lands which had
formerly been granted 10 the Memphis, Hot
Springs and Mobile railroad company were
exempt. The case was appealed from the
circuit court for the southern district ot
Mississippi by Ford and Levy, the decision
there having teen averse to them. Tho
verdict was to-day reaffirmed.
Hoke Smith's Ruling Reversed.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Secretary
Francis has inaugurated a policy of giving
full qualifications for entry to those indi-
viduals who in good faith entered the Cher-
okee outlet from the east side, on which
the Ponca, Osage and Otoe and Missouri
and other Indian reservations are located.
This is a reversal of the ruling of Secretary
Hoke Smith, who held thnt those w ho made
the runs from the reservation are disquali-
fied. The new policy is laid down in a de-
cision in the case or Michael Brady, J. U.
McDonald and J. M. Dahl vs. Chas. A. Wil-
liams, overruling the general land office
decision that entrance to the territory from
the Osage reservation disqualified Brady-
front entering. The proclamation issued
twenty days before the opening is held to
have been the guide controlling the en-
trance for occupation and settlement. The
reservation of a strip of land loo feet wide
around the entire tract, which, of course,
induced the east, is cited, an.I the procla-
mation accordingly made no inhibition upon
KeiUvK entering trom those Indian reser-
vation . or the 100-iOot reservation. Secre-
tary Francis holds that the route traveled
to get to the strip does not disqualify per-
sons making ihe run from the 100-foot strip
ori the east side from making entry, and it
is not within the power of the executive
branch of the government to fix Kie quali-
fications of one making a homestead entry
The only theory upon which the secretary
of the interior could possibly prevent per-
sons from making the run from these In-'
dian reservations was that under the laws
and treaties with the tribe, white men were
not allowed there and could be removed as
trespassers. K, however, individuals did
get into the reservation, it is held that they
were not disqualified and they should be al-
lowed homestead rights.
Indicted for lumliesxlenient.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 4.—The grand
jury to-day filed three indictments for em-
bezzlement against Francis J. Kirlthoffer,
formerly chief of the bureau of accounts
in the state department. The shortage !s
alleged by the government, in a recent
amended declaration, to aggregate $12/,544
The indictments only cover a little over
$4U,001, the amount which the prosecuting
j officials think they can prove the ex-did-
bursing officer never accounted for. Mr.
Klrkhoffrr is now under heavy bonds to
await trial.
Battleiililp Plate Investigation.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4.—Secretary
Herbert and Assistant Secretary McAdoo
conferred for several hours with members
of the specfal board headed by Captain Me-
Cormick, charged with air inquiry into de-
fective structural steel plates supplied for
the battleships. It litis finally been deter-
mined to employ a dozen to fifteen civilian
experts to aid the steel board in the in-
spect ion cf steel at the mills. These will
be paid from $1 to $0 per day. and they will
be selected after competitive examination
by civil service methods. More than fifty
applicants have already made their appear-
ance. and a number of the se have been not-
ified to appear here for examination.
The secretary decideel lo pursue the in-
vestigation initiated by the McOormiek
boarel and look into the quality of the ma-
terial supplied for other vessels than the
Kentucky, Kearsarge and Illinois, which
have already been examined. To tills end
the McCormlok board has been ordered to
visit Cramp's works at Philadelphia and
examine the ste el supplied by the Carnegie*
works for the battleship Alahamu. Anoth-
er boarel has also been appointed in San
Francisco to visit the Union iron works
and ascertain just what kind of basic steel
is being sent there? trom the Bethlehem
works to build the battleship Wisconsin.
It is not known that any fault exists in
either of these cases, but the secretary
deeerns it best to make sure that the- same
delects that were found la the Kearsarge
and Kentucky steel do not exist in the case
of the other battleships.
Want More Time.
Washington, 1). C., Jan. 4.—Representa-
tives of most of the big railways in the
country will meet here to-morrow to peti-
tion the interstate commerce commission to
intercede with congress to extend the time
whe n all cars, passenger and freight, shall
be supplied with air brakes and automatic
couplers. The safety appliance act which
was approved March 2, will become ef-
fective January 1. lSiJ8. Tho commission, in
its recent report, announced that the* rate
of progress toward compliance with the
coupler feature of the law, which obtained
prior to last April, must be greatly In-
creased to secure conformity with the law
by next January.
THE WEATHER.
EXPLOSION IN A MINE.
BANKING.
Foreign and domestic exchange
bought and sold. Cable and
telegraphic transfers made.
Credits furnished. Accounts
solicited.
weekes, McCarthy & go.,
Galveston, Tex.
and three men named Smith, Williams and
Galvan, who were on on.- of th. ban;. *.
ha\e not. i,(. n heard from since.
F1YE DEAD llomI'.s TAKES Ol i
THE Al.DKUSO.V MI!*E IX T1IE
THItUITOItY.
CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION
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• v T",aL MATTERS.
Wnililnffton Forecast.
Washington, Jan. 4.—Forecast till mid-
night. January 5:
For eastern Texas, Oklahoma and Indian
territory: Fair; northwest winds.
Fcr Georgia: Generally fair; colder in
southeast portion; northwest winds.
For Alabama: Fair; west winds*.
Fcr Louisiana and Mississippi: Fair; west
winds.
For w-cstern Texas und New Mexico:
Fair: west winds.
For Arkansas: Fair; slightly colder, north
winds.
For Tennessee: Generally fair; west
winds.
For Kentucky: Partly cloudy weather;
probably local snows in western portion;
we't winds; silghtly colder.
For Kansas and Nebraska: Generally
fair: northwest winds; nc<t so cold in ex-
treme eastern portion.
For Colorado: Fair; warmer in southern
portion; north winds.
I'"or Wyoming: Fair; warmer; variable
winds. ,
For North and South Dakota: Generally
fair; slightly rising temperature; north
winds, becoming variable.
For Montana: Fair; warmer, south winds.
t Temperature Record.
Yesterday's temperature record at Gal-
veston as shown by the thermograph on
the roof of the cotton exchange was as fol-
lows: _
7 a. l'.i 42 I 1 p. m 15
9 a. m 13 ; 3 p. rn 47
11 a. m M J_ 5_p. jp . . 50
Comparative Record.
Galveston weather record for Jan. 4,
1897, with corresponding dates of the last
three years:
Time-
Bar. |Ther. | Wind I Rain| Weather
8 in 180.877 48 NJS 16 .00 Pt cldy.
8 p. m [30.3601 50 j N 15! .00 jClear.
118971189611895| 1894
Tl 52 I 41 159 | 70
.; 42 I 32 ; 51 j 04
. 47 i 3'i 16 I G7
.[.00 |.00 i T |.(HJ
Maximum temperature....
Minimum temperature....
A v er a go t ompera t u re
Precipitation
Temperature mill Precipitation.
Temperature and precipitation at Galves-
ton for Jan. 4, 1890, and since January
1, 1897, as compared with general averages:
Normal temperature, 52.
Deficiency for the day, 5.
Accumulated excess since Jan. 1, 8.
Normal precipitation for the day, .12.
Deficiency for the day, .12.
Deficiency since Jan. 1, .02.
Weather Forecast.
For Galveston and vicinity: Tuesday
fair; stationary temperature.
For Texas east of the 100th meridian:
Tuesday fair; stationary temperature.
Weather Synopsis.
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 4.The following
synopsis of the weather Is furnished by tho
officials of the United States weather bu-
reau at this piace:
The area of low pressure which was cen-
tral over the upper Mississippi valley last
night has remained about stationary.
An area of high pressure overlies western
Texas.
The weather is generally clear except
o\«r the e ast gulf and south Atlantic states
and the upper Mississippi valley, where it
Is partly cloudy to cloudy.
Light showers are reported front several
stations, but amounts aro all less than .10
cf an inch.
Weather Ilnlletiu.
Galveston, Tex., Jan. 4.—The following
weather bureau stations report current
temperature to-night at 8 o'clock, 7Gth
meridian time:
^Temperature,]
vi
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DISTRICTS
AND
STA1IONS.
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<+ a; P
cm • £|
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Atlantic
Coast—
Chrirlotte ....
Jacksonville .
20.02
"60
Gulf
States—
Atlanta
30. OS
40
Montgomery
30.14
40
Vlcksburg ...
30. IS
44
New Orleans.
30.24
46
Palestine
30.34
42
Galveston ...
80.36
50
C'rp's Christl
30.40
50
Ohio Valley
and
Tennessee-
Memphis —
30.04
12
Nashville —
30.02
38
L'pper Missis-
sippi V11 ey-
St. Paul
2^.76
14
Davenport ..
29.74
14
St. Louis
29.91
22
Missouri
Valley—
Kansas City.
30.06
16
Omaha
30.04
S
Rocky Moun-
tain slope-
24
North Platte.
90.26
Dodge City..
30.28
00
Amarlllo
Oklahoma ...
36:28
32
Abilene
50.42
36
El Paso
30.42
26
J
—
1
6
"uj|"76
1
Hi
ro
fC
36
4 s
10
16
38
48
s
2
38
4>
lit.
6
40
50
0
2
34
48
8
2
40
52
14
4
42
64
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|8
42
12
32
42
10
4
12
14
12
14
14
n;
IS
10
IS
30
26
4
14
is
1
12
6
8
10
16
2
18
24
11
0
20
2S
12
*4
28
86
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32
4L
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0
28
48|U.
\ot Definitely Ascertained—Was \ot
Heard by Two Men in the Mine.
The \\ ork of Heseue.
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.01
South McAlester, I. T., Jan. 4.--An explos-
ion, took place in the Alderson mines, in
which five men lost their lives, about 1.30
this morning. Joy Cox, the fire boss, passed
down into the mine to make his customary
examination. Between 2.30 and 3.30, prob-
ably at the latter time, G. E. Fendron came
out. of the mine and said nothing was
wrong. At 4.40 two men, whose names
could not be obtained, came out and re-
ported that something was wrong. They
had been ut work some distance away, and
using compressed air to work the machine
had not heard or felt the explosion. Ar-
rangements were at once made to explore
the mine and learn tho extent of the ca-
lamity. Five dead bodies were taken out.
I he men were Joseph Cox, white, fire boss;
Martin Roy, white, driver; Tom C. Curry,
colored; Simon Petty, colored; William
Bishop, colored. There were only seven
men in the mine last night. The fire boss
went down early and made the eighth one.
Fendron, who came out first, was working
with Curry and they decided to quit, and
Fendron wanted Curry to come out, but he
said no, and lay down. The two men had
done their share cf work und left. When
they entered the passageway they saw evi-
dences of an explosion. It will be seen that
of the seven men in the mine at the time
five were killed. Martin Roy.* the driver,
was hurled a long distance, his skull'being
broken, ami he was burned and otherwise
mangled. Tho body of Joe Cox was the
last found and was badly burned. He
carried a safety lamp and it was found ut
the bottom unscrewed. The theory is that
his lamp went out and he unscrewed It to
light it, not knowing there was gas there.
The work of rescuing the bodies had to be
carried forward with extreme cure, owing
to what the miners cull afterdamp. As it
was, three were brought out overcome by it.
Another Account.
South MeAloeter, I. T., Jan. 4.—Five min-
ers, Martin Royan, .lann-u Cox (white), Tom
Curry, William Bishop and Simon Pltty
(colored), wen- Inotantly kllle.l In a mine
explosion at Anderson this morning, Tit
explosion i; supposed to hove ber,n caused
HL w Vre ),°*s unscrewing his safety lamp,
which IgnUed the t*as. No damage was
done to the property.
I'li'o Dump Explosion.
Denison, Tex., Jan. 1—A special to the
J-wa-d from Hartfihorno, ' T., to-day
fctalifi that there was a tlrednmp eip'.oalcn
at Alderson mines, near H..;tsl>orne this
mowing, causing the death of Joe Cox. tire
boss, and Martin Hoy. hotii white men, and
three color, U miners. No others were In-
jured and the damage to the mine Is slight
III.IZ/.Aitl) 1\ sotTII DAKOTA.
All ltullroaU TrnlUc Stopped—l.cuU-
lutoru Snowbound.
Yankton, S. U, Jan. 4._The blizzard
which began Saturday night rages with
unabated fury to-night. Only one road Is
reported to have moved a train in South
Dakota, and that was the local on the Chi-
cago, -Milwaukee and St. Paul road be-
tween Yankton and Sioux City. All other
trains were abandoned last night. Tito
storm Is the worst for years. No deaths
have yet been reported, although a great
deal oi stock Is known to have perished,
t he state legislature, called to convene at
Pierre to-morrow, will be delayed, as about
eighty of the members aro snowbound.
In Minnesota.
9t. Paul, Minn,, Jain. 4.—A blizzard has
been raffing throughout th» northr/e^itiern
portion of this state for two days, and ai
a result train service Is considerably crip-
pled. In a number of towns business was
about suispemdied.
Devils Lake, in North Dakota, reported
no trains fcr thirty-six hours, and Grund
l'orks makes a similar report, adding that
the schools are closed.
In South Dakota tivre was more snow,
but the storm was a little more sev. re tthan
it was in this suite. Huron reports# drifts
fifteen feet high and the storm still raging.
Throughout western and north* rn Minne-
sota the storm has been severe.
RnnUft at St. Paul.
St. Paul. Minn., Jan. 4.—The Germania
bank, a state institution, capital 5400,000, did
not oihmi for business this morning, but
announced its assignment to Peter M. Kerr,
cashier of the bank. The bank stood a run
cf nearly two weeks, its depositors starting
to withdraw their accounts at the tim ■ of
the suspension of the#Bank of Minnesota.
The last official statement showed re-
sources of $1,625,768.01. The liabilities, capital
stock. $400,000; surplus and undivided prof-
its. $58,797.27: dividends unpaid. ?20A0; bank
building loan. $75,000; undivided dejKvsits
subject to check, $345.11>1.-14; demand certi-
ficates of deposit, $78t!9: lime certificates of
deposit. $036,019.70; certified checks. $11,405,02;
cash creditors' checks. $ l-'H 5.11: due to
banks, $90,103.17. Total. 51.625.7GS.0l.
The Germania bank has t. •< a organized
for many years, ex-Governor Alexander
Ranrvy being for a long time president
and William Birk cashier. A few years
ago Governor ftai. sey retired and Mr.
Bicliel became president, but last spring
Mr. Bickel retired from the bank, becoming
vice president of tho newly organised
American bank. He was .aicce-eded by Gus-
tav Willius as president of the Germania.
Tho change in the official h-ad cf tho
bunk is believed to have oar.sod a shifting
of accounts.
President Willius told an Associated Press
roperier to-day that the clo.-irg was the re-
sult of an unreasonable panic, and thru tho
bank would be opened for business just as
soon as the people regained their usual cool
sense. Tho bank. a., a resuM cf the pan-
icky folding, had paiet ot t to depositors
$2llii.GC0 in the last nin • days, and as they
saw what the e:entinu.atkr> of this would
lead to the direct* rs had decided to el< so
lor the- present. Mr. Willie.• says he luliy
expr-cts to have the bank reopened and
ready for business by the lost ot .'d troll.
r:,f AHe mania bunk, capital' * 0O.G00, and
having a cli^ntaye similar to that of tho
Germania, closed its door;-; sooa a!tor tho
Germania bad announced Its as dgnment.
The Allemania was the suevessor to tho
Commercial bafik. William Bickel, fo'-merly
pre sident e>f the Germania t ank, being on'o
cf the organizers of the bank. This bank
was also a sufferer by the panicky feeling
after the Bank of Minn- -ota had olosee.
It:-: last official statement fit the clos" of
the business December 17. iM'ij, showed re-
sources to the amount of $1.0)1,019.97. Lia-
bilities: Capital stock. $L!e.O00; undivided
profits, less expenses. *M,7W.C0; Individual
deposits, $112.799.27; Interest, certificates.
$18.".253.28; cull certiflenI■ s, ;5-l; due luniks
and bankers. S6J.7lo.r2:
ch.eks. SK42H.31; certified
Total, $1.061.<<.9.97.
President Scheffer said
been suffering from panic.
duo lo withdrawal of
been for some time u drain on the bank. A
good crowd of depositors ;oon gathered,
demanded their money and at 11 o'clock it
was decided to close' at once. State Bank
Examiner MoKe'cn being called in to take
possesion of the bank.
Owing to tin' excitement caused by the
closing of tho (u-rmania and Allempn.'a
banks to-day, rjjan> elepo tors .-tail-d m't
their money in cno or twe other bur.ks, the
Minnesota savings bank being the ci titer
excitement. The cashier o: the be. dv, Wil-
liam Bickel. i. .. is a son of the first \ i-o
president of the Ailcwaniu, und tPis fn -i
►—erned to turn the minds of the '->u-[de
tha.t way. The bank was open a; us'.ml : r
business at 2 p. m.. but has taken» a.ivant-
age of tiie rule requiring ixty days' no! ce
before allowing withdravvn! oi deposits.
At a few minutes be tore 2 o clock tlie
West Side bank, organized in Lcei v.Lh a
capital of $i0J,000. closed lis doors. The
president, C. F. Staples, to d the Associated
Press representative- the bank t .eared
through the Allemania and ' 1 its clearings
returned to-day because e ;he closing of
that bank. This was but c;i< >u the e aitses
that led t<» the closing of the West S do
bank, which had suffered from the general
condition of affairs.
Public funds were on deposit In all three
of the closed banks. The state had $10.54<j
in ihe* Germania. 302 In the Allemania
and $3646 in the Vi est Side bank. Tho
county treasurer had d -posited *!'633 in the
Germania and $75ul in the West Side bank.
City Treustirer I-lorst had on deposit cuy
funds In the Germania of $49.7i>3. in the Al-
lemania $15,456 and In the West Side bank
$21,£94.
The West Side bank has not closed finally,
but In view of the panic, crowded by tin*
sudden closing of the Germania and Alle-
mania, It was decide- I to close pending ac-
tion by the bank's directors. The bank is
considered strong, though small, and loss to
its depositors is net thought possible.
The official statement of the West Side
bank made to the .state batik examiner on
December 17 is as iollows: Total assets,
2211,021.17; of this $150,000 was In loans and
discounts and J2S.D00 in real estate. The
total deposits were $111,5l-i. The furniture
and fixtures represented $22'.'0 and bills re-
discounted $1500.
Staiilt. at Devil's Luke, V 1).
Devil's Lake, N. D., Jan. 4.—The Mer-
chants' national bank closed its doors to-
day pending the action of the comptroller
of the currency. The bank was organized
in 1887 with $50,000 capital. Two years later
Ashley Moars bought the cntrodlng Inter-
est and increased the- capital to $100,000. Tho
last statement showed $17,000 deposits.
sh
eeks,
•red Mors'
$4115.24,
that they had
the failure being
iosits. There had
In Missouri and Kansas.
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 4.—The railroads
of the southwest aro suffering badly from
the snow storm. All trains were late to- j trustee. Liabilities something like" $3000.
day and in some places traffic is suspended. Poor collections is the cause alleged.
Deed of Trust.
Yoakum, DeJVltt Co., Tex., Jan. 4.—
Schwab it Co.. grocery merchants, executed
a deed of trust, C. T. Schwab being made
No snow is falling to-day. but the high
winds are drifting it so much as to make
it still harder for the railroads. In some
places the drifts are eight to ten feet high.
Traffic on the Pun Handle south of Wood-
ward, O. T.. Is entirely blockaded. Tele-
graph and telephone service has been
greatly interfered with and much damage
bus also been done to stuck.
Storm ut Oniahu, \eb.
Oxnpha, Neb.. Jan. 4.—Up to midnight
there has been little abatement in the fury
of the storm that has raged in this section
for sixty hours. The snow has ceased fall-
ing. but the wind still blows a gale and the
temperature is very low. Reports from
tho state indicate only a partial blockade.
lu Iowa.
Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 4.—The state of
Iowa is in the tolls cf a fierce blizzard. To-
day the temperature has been falling and ,
the loose snow Is drifting and threatens to w
interfere with railway travel. Owing to !
sleet many telegraph and telephone wires j
are down.
Assignment.
Bastrop, Tex., Jan. 4.—S. Seelig, engaged
in a general merchandise business at Ros-
anky. filed an assignment in tho county
clerk's office ibis morning to the amount
of $1642.62, with W. W. Welst trustee.
T. C. Hay less.
Cincinnati, O.. Jan. 4.-T. C. Bayless, com-
mission merchant on East Front street, as-
signed to C. W. Scott to-day. Assets $21,0u0;
liabilities $67,000,
II. llider tV. Co.
Qulncy, 111., Jan. 4.—H. Rider & Co.,
crockery dealers, failed to-day. Asset*, $40,-
000; liabilities, $60,000.
Chicago,
L. W. Abt & Co.
111., Jan. 4.-L. W. Abt
holesale jewelers, failed to-day.
Co.,
FIRE RECORD.
Ill Illinois.
Quincy, 111., Jan. 4.—Late reports increase
the storm damage in this section. On the
St. Louis, Keokuk ami Northwestern and
Qulncy, Untalui and Kansas City roads
there were washouts which interfere with
travel. The rainfall was seven inches in
twelve hours and the Mississippi rose eight
feet since Friday night.
Kentucky Toll Gate Troubles.
Vancebmrg, Ky., Jan. 4.—Owing to the re-
cent disturbances and the threats of the
organizations against toll gates, Judge Gar-
rison Hlllls announces an extra term of
court Monday, January 11, to. devise plans
by which the toll gates e-un be legally eiis-
pos'ed of Instead of being destroyed by
mobs. Most of tine stockholders have
agreed to assign their holdings in the roads
to the courts.
Harden Carried Away—Men Mlsilng'.
Batesville, Ark., Jan. 4.—During the
heavy storm here Saturday night White
river rose fifteen foet In a few hours. Tho
entire lleet of government barges moored
here broke away at midnight and were car-
ried down tho raging river. Captain Keei'e
Tho Dwellings at Rrenliiini.
Bronham. Tex., Jan. 4.—Two dweJUr:;
houses belonging to the Dwyer estate
burned at 9.30 o'clock to-night. The tiro
started in the house occupied by the Yel-
lowstone Kit medicine company from the
explosion of a gasoline stove. This hou- >
burned with most of its contents and set
fire to an adjoining one occupied by T.
M. Cass. The furniture in the latter house
was saved but somewhat damaged in mov-
ing. The buildings were worth about $250d.
No insurance.
Duelling at Faais.
Ennls, Tex., Jan. 4.—Tho residence cf
Moses Littleton on West Milam street was
destroyed by fire last night. The family
■ was away from home ami it Is believed tho
fire was incendiary. Ail the household
goods were burned. Partially insured. Tho
house was owned by S. S. McCanless and
Is a total loss.
Hotel at Van Alstjne.
Sherman, Tex., Jan. 4.—-At Van Alstyne,
In this county, last night the Commercial
hotel, unoccupied except by two roomers,
i burned. Loss and insurance not learned*
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