The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 186, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 26, 1896 Page: 1 of 12
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How soon weare forgotten."
The President of the United States
could die, and in a few short weeks
he would only be thought of by the
general public semi-occasionally.
Then why should your business
be remembered if you do not
CONSTANTLY ADVERTISE?
THE NEWS is the medium.
THE * GRAND.
""KiMSl"™ ! September 28,
Sir Charles Youug's Sensational
Drama,
"Jim, The Penman,"
Including the New York cast with
Special Hennery.
t®-SEATS NOW ON SALE,
COMING—Monday, Oct, 5-GtJS WILLIAMS,
In "ONE OF THE BRAVEST."
TWELVE PAGES.
55TH YEAK-NO. 18(5.
GALVESTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2(5, 1896.
ESTABLISHED 1312.
BARGAINS
IN
COTTON.
Houston is undoubtedly the best
cotton market in the South to-day.
The number of buyers there is
constantly increasine. The phys-
ical facilities for handling Cotton
are unsurpassed anywhere in the
world.
We offer you our services
tacked by a continuous experi-
ence of a quarter of a century
in this business.
We will send stencil and quota-
tions on application frea of
charga
Win. D. Cleveland &Co.
HOUSTON.
WHEELS
To make room for our new
l897
Models
We are offering what we have in
stock at a small advance above
cost. We have none but the best.
CALL EARLY.
THE MANIFOLD RESOURCES OF THE
GREAT STATE OF TEXAS
ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN MANY WAYS.
It Is a Fact That tho CIGAR
LEAF TOBACCO
Raised In Montgomery county, notably that
grown near the town of Willis, Tex., Is a
pronounced success, and, while It Is custom-
ary at other points, noted for raising supe-
ilor cigar leaf tobacco, to raise biw one sort
that enters Into the make-up of a tine cigar,
here they ral«e successfully the filler, bind-
er and wrapper, all from imported seed.
We are headquarters for the WILLIS
CIGAR.
We handle three grades. Prices range at
130, $35 and $56 per looO. All colors, and in
any quantity wanted. We sell at factory
tirlees. These are high grade goods that w in
lasting favor wherever tried.
We have a full supply of MAGGING AND
TIES (Galveston mills bagging and Arrow
ties). We are offering the same at close
prices and would advise prompt purchases,
as It Is believed that prices will materially
advance within the next ten days.
P. J. WILLIS & BRO.,
THE OLDEST WHOLESALE UROCKKS
AND COTTON FACTORS,
CALVESTON - - - TEXAS.
TELEPHONE
Over tho lines ot the SOU! 1IWESTLKN TELE-
GRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANY to
many of the principal cities and towns of
TEXAS.
Toll stations at tlie Central office, hotels and
other convenient places.
T. L. POWELL, Local Manager.
THE WEATHER.
Washington Forecast.
Washington, Sept. 25.—Forecast for twen-
ty-four hours ending at 12 o'clock midnight,
(Saturday, September 26:
Eastern Texas: Partly cloudy; probably
local showers; southeast winds.
Arkansas: Partly cloudy; probably local
phowers; east to southeast winds.
Colorado: Local rains; cooler in southern
po 'tlon; north winds. „
South Dakota: Showers, followed by clear-
ing weather; north winds.
North Dakota: Generally fair; northwest
winds.
Wyoming: Pair, preceded by showers In
eastern portion; north winds.
Montana: Generally fair; slightly warmer;
northwesterly winds.
Temperature ltecor<l.
Yesterday's temperature record at Gal-
veston as shown by the thermograph on
the roof of the cotton exchange was as
follows;
7 a. in $2 | 1 p. m 84
9 a. m 82 i 3 p. m 84
31 a. 111 82 | 5 p. m 83
Comparative Iteeord.
Galveston weather record for Sept. 2.",
with corresponding date of the last three
years:
east gulf and south Atlantic states. There
is an area of low pressure along the east-
ern Rocky mountain slope, with its great-
est depth over the extreme western portion
of Texas.
Partly cloudy to cloudy weather prevails
over the greater portion of the country.
Precipitation amounting to .10 of an inch
or more is reported from Corpus Christl
and Palestine.
Temperature and Precipitation.
Temperature and precipitation at Galves-
ton for Sept. 25, 1890, and since JaiCViry
1, 189C, as compared with general averages;
Normal temperature, 77.
Kxcese for the day. 6.
Accumulated excess since Jan. 1, 102.
Normal precipitation for the day, .19.
Deficiency for the day, .19.
Deiiciency since Jan. 1. 18.62.
Weather Bulletin.
Galveston, Tex., Sept. 25.—The following
weather bureau stations report current
temperature to-night at 8 o'clock, 75th
meridian time:
Station— Temp.Rain Station— Temp.Rain
Abilene 71 .00 Montgomery.. 76 .00
Amarillo 66 T Nashville 74 T
Atlanta 70 .00 New Orleans.. 78 .00
Corn's Christ! $2 .10 North Platte.. Oil .00
Dodge City.... 66 .00 Oklahoma 70 .00
Davenport >12 .00 Omaha 04 .00
El Paso..../.... 82 .00 Palestine 66 1.00
Galveston $2 T St. Louis 72 T
Jacksonville.. 74 .00 St. Paul 50 .00
Kansas City.. tjS .00 Vicksburg 08 .00
Memphis 00 T
Texan Cotton Region llulletln.-
Galveston. Tex., Sept. 25.—Reports for the
twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., 75th
meridian time:
We have for sale in large
quantities
Compress w Bagging,
various sizes.
Bagging and Ties,
"York" and "Hnb,"
30s, GO* and OOm.
Portland Cement
OUR INTENSITY.
IT SEEMS TO BK Ot R NATURE TO
FLY FROM ONE THING TO
ANOTHER.
Selected
German Granulated Sugar,
100-Pound Bags; Superior Qual-
ity guaranteed to give satisfac-
tion.
F. Cannon & Co.,
CALVESTON.
Temp'turel
Stations—
Max. Min.
Rain.
Galveston, cloudy
S3
trace
Abilene, cloudy
•78
66
.01
Balllnger, clear
•80
51
.00
Brenham, cloudy
89
59
trace
Bee v 111 e. char
86
67
.05
Columbia, cloudy
S4
77
.05
Corsicana, partly cloudy...
*S!«
64
1.40
Out-ro. cloudy
**f»
70
.00
Dallas, cloudy
"S5
50
.00
Dublin, partly cloudy
*S2
55
.t*»
'Hearne, clear
90
70
.00
Henrietta, clear
*86
59
.00
Houston, cloudy
84
61
.83
Huntsvllle, cloudy
*N7
54
.65
Kerrville, cloudy
82
52
.05
Lampasas, partly cloudy..
86
71
trace
Long view, rain
*!H.I
48
•SO
Lufkln, cloudy
*94
53
.00
Lullng, foggy
85
74
.01
Orange, cloudy
St!
60
.00
Paris
*73
69
1.65
Palestine, cloudy
S8
74
.06
San Antonio, cloudy
..
74
.00
San Marcos, clear
85
67
.00
Sherman, cloudy
*81
64
trace
Temple, cloudy
89
52
trace
Waco, cloudy.
85
55
.00
Weatherford, cloudy
S3
58
.00
Means
85.2
64.4, .06
LEADVILLH TKOLBLES.
Importing- Non-lnion Miners to Re-
place the Striken*.
Leadville, Col., Sept. 25.—Under the latest
orders of General Brooks this city wajs
to-day placed under control of the provost
guard.
Miners from Joplin. Mo., numbering
about 100 men, who will arrive here to-
day, have been engaged to work In the
Mariana. Small Hopes and mines of the
Small Hopes company. The Emmet has
been working right along with a small
force of non-union men. The other two
mines named with be started up at once
under strong guards.
Great pressure has been brought to bear
on Edward Joyce, president of the West-
ern federation of miners, to call the strike
off. He refuses, and said that not 5 per
cent of the members of the union would
vote to call the strike off.
An attempt will be made to-day to have
the accused men admitted to bail. Judge
Owera will probably grant the applica-
tion.
It is expected that General Brooks will
have them immediately rearrested. They
may obtain writs of habeas corpus. Should
General Brooks ignore such writs he will
be cited for contempt of court, and the
governor's right to place the community
under military rule will be reviewed in
court. The case is likely to reach the
supreme court on a writ of grror.
The cases of the officers of the miners'
union, who were under arrest, came up in
the district court to-day, on application
by their general counsel, for release on
bail. The sheriff and city marshal, being
examined, said they had arrested the men
on advice of the district atotrney. The
district attorney moved that the cases be
noiled, thus confessing that he had no evi-
dence against the prisoners. Judge Owers
denied the motion, but said he would re-
lease the prisoners under bonus.
ANEW FRET IN SIGHT.
MVS COMING TO GALVESTON.
Stater* of Cliarlty From Europe En
Route to Tlielr New Home.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 25.~(Special.)—
The passenger depot of the Southern Pa-
cific Is preparing for the reception of a
special car of Sisters of Charity from Eu-
rope. via New York, for Galveston. They
number twenty-one, and will arrive here
Sunday morning over the Louisville and
Nashville. Sister Benedict, who passed
through this city some time ago from
Texas, met the sisters in New York and
welcomed them to this country. They will
enter a convent In Galveston. A special
sleeper will be run through from this city
in charge of a passenger official.
• Not included in means.
Cotton Region Bulletin.
Cotton region bulletin for the twenty-
four hours ending at 8 a. m.t 75th meridian
time:
• Central §tatlon-
|No.|Max.!Mln.|Raln.
Atlanta
Augusta
Charleston
Galveston
Little Rock
Memphis
Mobile
Montgomery
New Orleans
Savannah
Vicksburg
Wilmington
7
74
48
.00
10
74
46
.00
:>
74
48
.00
17
86
64
.in;
6
82
54
.36
11
80
4S
trace
8
80
52
.00
8
so
56
.Oil
13
88
5S
.06
5
SO
ii4
.00
5
si;
58
.01
9
72
46
.00
Time
8 a. 111..
8 p. 111..
| Bar. jThcr. | Windl Rain! W eat her
7l30.052l 82 I S 131 T jCldy.
.130.0121 82 |S1C 13| T JCldy.
|1896|1895|1894;1893
~ . J 80 I 80 | 75 80
.... | 80 70 I OS 80
— j 83 M | 72 S3
....) T 1.28 1.00 T
Ma ximum temperat ure.
Minimum temperature.■
A v e ra ge t em p e rat ure
Precipitation
Weather Synopsis.
Galveston, Tex., Sept. 25.—Tho following
synopsis of the weather is furnished by the
officials of the United States weather bu-
reau at this place:
The highest barometer continues over the
Remarks—Showers are reported from Gal-
veston. Vicksburg, N'-w Orleans. Memphis
and Little Rock. Dry weather prevails
elsewhere. Moderate temperatures pre-
vail. Frost at Cnarlotte, N. C., tempera-
ture 50 degrees.
I 11 i011 Generals' Reception.
West Superior, Wis., Sept. 25.—The party
of union generals, accompanied by Major
Scofield and Corporal Tanner, republican
candidate for governor of Wisconsin, and
Secretary Ewing of the republican state
csntral committee, have arrived, after a
trip enlivened by forest fires which threat-
ened the bridges ami delayed their prog-
ress. They were met at the depot by a
crowd of several thousand and were es-
corted to the Grand opera house. The line
of march was crowded and continued
cheering greeted the party. The union vet-
erans' league. 200 -strong, acted as guard
of honor. At the opera house Generals Al-
ger, Sickles. Howard and Stewart and Cor-
poral Tanner ami Major Scofield made ad-
dresses.
A Son Shoots KIn Father.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 26.—'To-day It. L.
Nichols was brought to Springfield and
placed In Jail for shooting and mortally
wounding his aged father a few miles from
that town this morning. He shot him twice
jrlth a pistol, both bullets entering his
body. It was the result of a family quar-
rel and the son is utterly Indifferent.
A Murderer Surrender*.
Lacrosse, Wis.. Sept. 25.—An Italian giv-
ing the name of Battaglla has called on
the chief of police and accused himself of
assisting his brother to kill another Italian
at Buffalo, N. Y . August 1. The police
locked him up and word has come from
Buffalo to hold hint and that an officer will
soon come al ter him.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Powder
ABSOLUTELY. PURE
There \Va» the *«r, Then Cnrpet-
lmgi.ni, Green liacU. ism, Knllruud
Fever and Free Sllverlsui.
NOW FOR THE NEXT ISSUE.
Government Ownership of Telegraphs
and Railroads—Texan Roads Are
Worth $134,000,153.
Bankers' Association Officers.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 25.—At the final ses-
sion of the bankers' convention the follow-
ing vice presidents were chosen:
Alabama, J. B. Cobb; Arizona, M. B.
Hazeltine; Arkansas, John G. Fleetcher;
California, S. Prentiss Smith: Colorado. D.
H. Moffatt; Connecticut. B. G. Bryan; Del-
aware. J. P. Winchester; District of Col-
umbia, Charles Glover: Florida, II. T.
Boyd; Georgia. C. G. Sanders; Idaho, C.
W. Moore: Illinois, 1. W. Hammond; In-
diana, C. T. Klndsay: Indian territory,
Colonel Lacey; Iowa. Fred Heinz: Kansas,
P. L. Bonebreak; Kentucky. Frank P.
Helm: Louisiana. William Garig: Maine,
Edward Stetson; Massachusetts. James P.
Stearns; Maryland. Lawrence 1*. Kemp;
Michigan, Peter White; Minnesota, R. S.
Davis: Missouri, Breckinridge Jones; Mon-
tana. L. 11. Herschtleld; Nebraska, F. N.
Davis; New Hampshire, George S. Bond;
New Jersey, Nathan llaynes; New Mexico,
J. S. Reynolds; New York, James H.
Tripp: North Carolina. J. R. Rankin;
North Dakota. C. B. Little; Ohio. P. W.
Huntington; Oklahoma, J. A. Stine; Ore-
gon. John A. Devlin; Pennsylvania. Robert
Wardron; Rhode Island. C. H. Merriman:
South Carolina, E. H. Pringle; South Da-
kota. John Clay, jr.; Tennessee, J. W.
Faxon: Texas. C. C. Hemming; Utah, H.
T. Young; Vermont. C. W. Woodhouse;
Virginia. John P. Branch; Washington,
Jacob Firth: West Virginia. J. E. Sands;
Wisconsin, A. J. Frame, and Wyoming,
Henry G. Hay.
Valentine t.'ndcsden's Ocnth.
London, Sept. 25.—It has been learned
that Mrs. Yarde-Buller, who was the de-
fendant in the recent Yarde-Buller divorce
suit, sent the same telegram regarding the
death of Valentine Gadesden, vv*io was co-
respondent in the suit, as was received by
the Associated Press on September 21 to
Mr. Gadesden at Black Heath. The dispatch
to the Associated Press was dated Bad
Netihrm. Grand Duchy of Hesse, and said:
'"Cable all the world that Valentine
Gadesden died suddenly of heart disease.
"YARDE-BULLER."
The announcement of Mr. Gadesden's
death printed in the Times this morning
was from a responsible source and made
no mention of the cause of death.
Gen. Ben Butler's Estate.
Chicago, Sept. 25.—A final account, deal-
ing with a part of the estate of General
Benjamin F. Butler, has been filed In the
probate court. Belonging to the estate was
a piece of property at 3011 to 3021 Cottage
Grove avenue, valued at $40,000. In order to
handle this part of the estate the Chicago
title and trust company was appointed ad-
ministrator. It has just made'the final ac-
count. which has been filed In court. The
copv of the will, which was filed here,
shows that the original Instrument was
made in 1859. The testament leaves the
property to the members of the descend
ant's family.
FIRE RECORD.
Pants Factory Burned.
New Orleans, La., Sept. 24.—A firo oc-
curred In A. Kory's pants factory and he
was the principal loser, surrounding build-
ings being only damaged slightly. The
loss will reach $200,000. mostly insured.
There have been four fires in die same
locality within a year and Korjrs insur-
ance. as well as that of other places in tho
vicinity, was recently cut down.
A Gin Burned.
Grapeland. Houston Co., Tex., Sept. 25
W. H. Thompson's gin, about, ten miles
from here and in Anderson county, burned
Tuesday morning. Loss, gin house and all
machinery ami about twenty bales of cot-
ton; no Insurance. Cause of fire unknown.
Tanks of Oil Destroyed.
St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 25.—Ten tanks of oil
belonging to the Waters-Pierce oil com
pany. at East St. Louis, were destroyed by
lite last evening. Many thousands of bar-
rels of oil were burned, causing a loss oi
$40,t'00 to $45,000, fully insured.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 25.—(Staff Correspond-
ence.)—There Is no man who has watched
the politics of this country since the war
but what must be impressed with the nekle-
ness of the people and the resources of the
politicians in keeping them stirred up first
on this and then on that. The general idea
is that the people of a republic must be con-
servative, thoughtful and wise, because on
these qualities depend their institutions. For
where the emperors and kings exist, there
is a head to which an appeal is made in
time of danger, and they representing an
individual power, can suppress those disor-
ders which grow from the radicalism of the
people. But in a republic the case is entire-
ly different. On the people themselves de-
pends much good government, and when
they are tired of that they can overthrow it
in a jiffy. The bulwark ot' the republic is
the conservatism and soberness of the peo
pie, and yet, as I have said, no one who has
watched this country since the war, can
help being Impressed with the fickleness of
the American peopl*. Before one issue with
them is settled, another in some way is
pushed to the front, and they go off after
that, with an intensity that would scare
conservative people, if they were not ac-
quainted with the peculiarities of said peo-
ple. Just after the war the people of the
south bent all their energies to the over-
throw of carpetbagism, w hich, perhaps, was
more calamitous to that section of the coun-
try than the war Itself. Their work was a
hard but heroic one. They accomplished
their purpose, and peace reigned once more.
It would look to any one that after having
done so well, they would have settled down
to building up the waste places and making
themselves as they were before grizzled war
was in their midst, and before the plague of
carpetbagism had assailed them. But they
had hardly rid themselves of this last pest
before they turned their attention to the
financial question. Greenbackism >-rew and
flourished till it had poisoned the whole
state. The excltemer i over the matter was
nearly as great as it is now over the silver
question. Every stump had on it a man
who was preaching the gospel of fiat money.
Some of the very best men and politicians
in the state became converts to the doctrine
secretly, if they did not become so openly.
Many who did oppose it, diu so in a com-
promising spirit, iio strong was the feeling
for rtatism that it was defeated after all by-
half way compromises.
Then the railroad fever took hold of the
people. They attributed the fact that they
could not get rich in a day, to the lack of
railroad facilities. The fever went high
and towns and cities and the state gave in
lands and money, and in everything they
had, to the roads, to build into the state,
The roads came, and with them came the
debts that the people themselves had in-
curred. Why, 1 well remember the time
when, if a man should declare himself
against the taxation of the community to
raise a subsidy for a railroad, he would
have been ostracised. No sooner had the
roads got In than the politicians suddenly
discovered why people could not make a
fortune in a day In Texas. It was because
the railroads were getting all the money In
freights. Whereupon the howl went up for
the regulation of these carriers. And it was
done.
But fortunes were not made In a day, and
then the politicians again turned to the
greenback idea and declared that the reason
the people were suffering for immediate
fortunes was because silver had been de
monetized In 15*73. and this act of demonett
zation must be corrected by the passage of
a law by congress for the free and unlimit
ed coinage of silver.
And there is where we are at present and
there is where we will continue to be for
a short time, and the issue will go as the
original greenback issue went and we will
take up something else to chew on and
make ourselves miserable about. Now tho
silver business is Just as the greenback
business. The principle that lay behind
the one Is the principle that lies behind the
other. When the greenback contention
was laid aside and the railroad problem
taken up, there was some curiosity on the
part of the observers of politics and the
people, as to what they would worry them-
selves about next. When the railroad mat-
ter was settled by the roads being placed
under the control of the public, through
its agents, then the people once more
turned to the greenback or silver question.
Now when we shall have disposed of the
silver question, and it makes no difference
which way it is settled, because it will
be found that It will be no sesame to the
vaults of wealth, the public will turn to
the railroad matter again. That Is as sura
as tho sun rises and sets.
Already there is one party in the field
which asserts that the roads ought to be
owned by the government and that until
this is done there can be no relief from the
supposed ills under which the people suf-
fer. That party favors the free and unlim-
ited coinage of silver, but with it this Is
only a side isiue, and It advocates it be-
cause it is a half iiatism.
There Is another party In the field, which
has already made concessions in principle
to the party just, spoken of, and this latter
says It is opposed to the government own-
ership of these corporations. But when
you talk to the members of the latter
party, you will find that great numbers
of them indorse the populist party In their
position In this matter. The next great Is-
sue Is sure to 1>« the government owner-
ship of telegraph lines and railroad lines,
and the people might as well know that
now as later.
To own them, there Is but one of two
| things that must be done. The first Is to
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UbdO lack of 19th Century meth-
Biisinocc ods'the prindple of which
uUuiliuuu is intelligent advertising.
ADVERTISING WILL KEEP YOUP
BUSINESS ALIVE.
THE NEWS it the medium.
- a Partisan
jqrc
paper,
THE NEWS has always re-
served the right to criticise the
acts of all political parties. A
partisan paper will twist its
principles to conform with its
party platform, whether or not
the policy outlined is danger-
ous to the welfare of the mass
of the people. THE NEWS
will not defend the act of any
party unless that act be for the
good of the state and the union.
The following is clipped from
the Belton Journal:
The Galveston-Dallas News conies in for
a good deal of abuse from the politicians,
for those gentry don't like to have their
pie counter proclivities exposed; neverthe-
less all are bound to acknowledge that It
is truly a grea'l 'newspaper, printing the
views in full of all sides, besides handling
the important events of the world in good
style. The News is truly independent, and
it is fair. In this day and time the paper
that is so warped by partisanship as to
suppress the truth can't hold first place in
public confidence. The editorial utterances
belong to the editor: the rest of the paper
belongs to the public, and the public wants
to know all that's going on. A man came
into our office once and said "You ought
not to have printed that: it will injure the
cause." "But isn't it true?" we asked.
"Yes." "Did it injure you?" we asked
again. "No." "Then Where's the harm?
Isn't the other fellow competent to look
out for himself?" We never try to sup-
press the truth, for that alone makes men
free. We have noticed that our big Texas
daily acts on the same principle, and for
'hat reason we consider it entitled to a
word of commendation. No legitimate sub-
ject is denied admission to its columns, and
that makes it a truly great newspaper.
buy them, and the next is to confiscate
them. To do the latter there must be a
feeling provoked that they are public en-
emies and thus justify their confiscation.
And if any man should believe what the
average politician says, he can not but
come to the conclusion that this class have
already commenced to instruct the people
In the idea that these corporations are en-
emies that deserve no mercy in any way.
Strange as it may seem, there are hun-
dreds of people In this state and the south
who, when asked how the government van
get the roads, reply by asking: How did
the government get the negroes?"
The general Idea is, however, that the
government will buy the lines mentioned
and pay for them from the taxes gathered
from the people. I might say. incidentally,
that If this ever is done, then the abroga-
tion of all corporations will at once take
place, and there will be no such thing as
concentrated capital to carry out an enter-
prise which can not be done by individual
effort. But to go back to the proposition
that the government should own the rail-
roads, and to do this it must buy thera,
it is well to know something of the costs
that would fall on the taxpayers, who
would have to put up the money.
The railroad commission at Austin has
just completed Its examination into the
assessed value of the roads in the state,
and in doing so It takes occasion to state
that the report is not to be depended on
as authoritative as to the value of the
roads, because it is evident in many cases
that the property has been undervalued.
The report shows the mileage in each
county in the state, the value of the road-
bed, the value of general property, value
of the road per mile and the total value of
the whole.
It is unnecessary to go into the value of
the road property in each county, because
the work would be interminable and would
not be of value in estimating what the
people of Texas would have to pay for
the roads. It may be said that Texas
would not have to pay for them, but the
people of the whole United States would
have to pay for tliem. This is true, but
when it is considered that Texas is the
poorest equipped state in the union in the
matter of railroads, and that those in
other states are far more valuable in every
way than the Texas roads, it will be seen
the state would be getting off well it' it
only had to pay for roads in her own bor-
ders. As a rule people do not like figures,
but the report of the commission on the
subject of the value of the roads in the
state, as shown by assessments and
thorough Inquiries made by the commis-
sion is Interesting.
The Austin and Northwestern railroad has
a length of 105.96 miles. The value per milt
is $16,550, and when the rolling stock Is
added the total value of the property is
estimated at $1,753,694.22.
The Central Texas and Northwestern
railroad has 12.36 miles. The value per mile
is $16,700, and with its rolling stock is val-
ued at $212,110.50.
The Chicago, Rock Island and Texas
railway is 92 miles long. The value per
mile is $19,926. This being what might be
called an outside road, it does not seem to
have returned any rolling stock for taxa-
tion. But the total value of the road in
tills state is put down at $1,838,202.12.
The DeKalb and Red River railroad has
a total mileage of 11 miles. The value per
mile is placed at $3800. With the rolling
stock the whole road Is valued at $47,375.49.
The El Paso Northern railroad has a
length of 10.08 miles. The estimated value
of the road Is $75,038.59.
The Fort Worth and Denver road has a
length of 154.13 miles. The estimated value
per mile is $11,675.23. With the rolling stock
and other property, which is considered in
the estimate here of the value of the road,
the total value is $5,711,582.12.
The Fort Worth and New Orleans rail-
way has 41.65 miles. The rate per mile is
$13,418. The total value, including ill other
property and rolling stock, amounts to
$573,086. b6.
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande railway
has a total length of 143 miles. The esti-
mated value per mile Is $13.209.SS With
the rolling stock and other property the
total value is $2,003,839.32.
The Galveston, Houston and Henderson
railroad has a total length of 48.*5 miles.
The value per mile is estimated at $29,580.
The total value of the road. Including its
rolling stock and other property, is $1,4.;,-
t'27.U7»
The Gulf. Beaumont and Kansas City
railroad has a length of 57.62 miles. The
value per mile is ss539 and the total $567.-
495.95. This, of course, includes the rolling
stock and other property.
The Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific rail-
way has a length of 109.67 miles. The.value
per mile is $11,092 and the total value is
$1,318,081.80.
The Galveston. Harrisburg and San An-
tonio railway has a length of 919.06 miles.
The value per mile is estimated at $15,494.11. t
The total value of the property is esti-
mated at $16,142,297.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway
has 957.74 miles, with the value per mile
estimated at $15.v.;J.01. The total value of
the road in Texas, including, of course, the
rolling stock and other property, is esti-
mated worth $16,415,718.48.
The Houston and Tei^is Central has 452.60
miles and the value per mile is put down
at $18,230. With the rolling stock and the
other property directly connected with the
conduct of the road it is estimated that the
total value is $9.5*8,903.28.
The Houston East and West Texas has
190.69 miles. The value per mile is $9645.
The total value of the line, including roll-
ing stock and other property, is placed at
$2,042,692.36.
The Hearne and Brazos Valley road has
16.43 miles. The value per mile is placed at
$6044,14. The total value of the property is
set out as being worth $l(ft,644.75.
The International and Great Northern
has a total mileage of 771.16 miles. The
value per mile is placed at $16,045.45. The
total value of the property is placed at
$13,942,568.62,
The Missouri. Kansas and Texas railway
has 837.91 miles in the state. The value per
mile is $14,491. The total value of the road
and Its property is estimated at $13,437,-
440.80.
The New York. Texas and Mexican rail-
way has 90.72 miles. The value per mile is
put at $10,678. The value of the whole prop-
erty is placed at $1,093,459.16.
The Paris and Great Northern road has
16.18 miles. The value per mile is put at
$17,833.95. The whole property is put down
as worth $288,718.32.
The Panhandle railway lias 14.54 miles.
The value per mile is $6882. The value of
the whole property is put at $100,077. S3.
The Pecos River railway has .*>4.13 miles.
The value per mile is plated at $72.43. The
whole road and its property is placed at
$392.104.65.
The Rio Grande railway has 22.17 miles.
The value per mile is placed at $12,549. The
entire property is estimated to be worth
$310,551.
The Rio Grande and Eagle Pass road has
a. total length of 26.89 miles, with the vain
per mile of $8144. The total value of the
road is placed at $234,695.11.
The Rio Grande and El Paso railway has
a length of 20.15 miles, with thV value per
mile of $20,815. The total <*alue of the road
is estimated at $481X1.33.
The St. Louis Southwestern railway has
a total length in the state of 551.7s miles
The value per mile Is said to be $13,150. Th
value of the road and its property is placed
at j$8.862,293.IS
Tho San Antonio and Aransas Pass rail-
way has a total length ot 6s7.67 miles, with
the value per niile placed at $11.-58.75; tht
total value of the road from the assess-
ments is $8,677,698.37.
The Sherman. Shreveport and Southern
railway lias a length cf 153.04 miles* with
the vvalue per mile of $9513. The whole road
and its property is placed at $1,61)9,046.80. 1
The Southern Kansas of Texas has a
length of 100.41 miles, with the value per
mile of $10,855. The value of this property
is placed at $1,090.1)83.74.
The Sugarland railway has a length of
14.12 miles. The value per mile is placed at
$7718. and the total value at $109,415.22.
The Texas Trunk has a total mileage of
50.58. with the value per mile of $9123, and
a total value of $472,602.50.
The Texas and Pacific road has 1039.33
miles, with the value per mile of $17.»»59.73
and a total value of $17,730,689.:u.
The Texas and Sabine railway has a
length of two miles. The value per mile
is placed at $8522 and the total value, in-
cluding. of course, the property pertaining
to it. $17,045.43.
• The Texas. Sabine \ alley and Northwest-
ern railway has 36.41 miles, with the value
per mile of I9S53.S0, and a total value of
$381,802.97.
Tho Texas Central railway has a total
length oi 175.S5 miles. Tho value per mile
To Sawmill Men.
We have thrown out, because of its being a
fuel consumer.
One 50-H. P. Double Engine,
10x16 inches, iiy wheel and driving pulley sixty
inches diameter, 12-inch face, titled with Gar-
dener's governor, patent sight feed lubricator
and necessary pipe fittings complete, the whole
in first-class condition. Manufactured by Messrs.
Skinner & Wood, Erie, Pa.
Fuel is of no consequence to you. If you da-
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rent bargain. Address
A. H. BEL.0 & CO.,
Publishers News, Galveston, Tex.
is placed at $12,374.26, with a total value of
$2.::4s.w'.6.47.
The Texas Midland has a total length of
74.89 miles, with the value per mile placed
at $11,570 and a total value of $94<».910.07.
The Velasco Terminal has a length of 20
miles, with the value per mile of $11,043 and
a total value of $227,527.13.
The Waco and Northwestern railway has
a total length of 54.40 miles, with the value
per mile fixed at $11,882, and a total value
of $714,728.40.
The Weatherford, Mineral Wells and
Northwestern railroad has a length of 23
miles, with the value per mile placed at
$11,884 and a total value of $327,495.84.
The Wichita Valley railway has a length
of 51.36 miles, with the value per mile
placed at $9,110.51. The total value of the
road is put at $486,768.26.
The number of roads reported in the re-
port of the commission amounts to 40, and
the value of them is $134,066,153.66. This is
a tremendous sum. and if the railroad men
who render their property for taxation are
not above other mortals in honesty, which
they are not. the value of their property is
far below its real value. It will be ob-
served that there are any number of small
railroads which evidently started out in
life with great expectations and intentions.
These have never arrived at their destina-
tion. The reason is that the shadow of
hard times settled down on them before
they raised the money to continue th^lr
proposed extensions. Many of them are
barely living, and they doubtless look for-
ward to that good time when the people
will make the government buy and run
them. Of course it will require more money
than there is in all the country to buy the
roads, but there will be a way out of that.
The free and unlimited coinage of silver,
with a mint on every corner, and the tniueft
pouring out the white metal as coal minfcs
now pour out the coal, will put enough of
money in circulation, if the mine owners
will give it up, to buy all the roads and
canals u^kI every other thing In the coun-
try. And It they do not give it up, tliey
can be forced to do so at the ballot box,
just as will be proposed in a few years that
the owners of the roads shall give them up.
For there is no limit to what a republic
can do.
Texas F.ditors Homeward Hound.
Salt Lake. Utah, Sept. 25.—(Special.)—'The
Texas editors, chaperoned by Mr. E. A.
Hirschfield, left ire re at 7 p. m. this even-
ing over the Union Pacific, going via Ogden
and Cheyenne to Denver, and from thence
to Texas over the Fort Worth and Denver
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