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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1894.
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TEN PAGES.
SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1894.
THE NEWS' TRAVELING AGENTS.
The following are the traveling repre-
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Dallas News, who are authorized to solicit
•nd receipt for subscriptions and advertise-
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win, J. A. Sloan, C. H. Cox. Walter Woods,
J. D. Llnthlcum, H. r. Simonds, C. W.
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EXCESS OF CO- OP Kit ATI VE FOOLING.
Too much of a good tiling is one of
the most dangerous of bad things. Co-
operation within reason and moderation
Is an excellent thing. "In union there
Is strength." Yet co-operation may be
carried further and further into all-ab-
sorbing combinations whose embrace is
a deadly narcotic to self-reliance, and
whose growth is a development in retro-
gression from the perfect independence
down to the abject slavery of the indi-
vidual. Of course there are many im-
portant Intermediate stages through
which the self-sustaining son of inde-
pendence must pass before his depend-
ence is absolute and complete. Each
step marks a fatal descent from the nor-
mal form of safe democratic co-operation
to the direful game of risk and chance
in which all the substance of the indi-
vidual is drawn by assessments and fines
Into a common pot which is won by a
few of the shrewdest players. The gam-
ble does not stop by any means with the
great political lottery. An extravagant
spirit of co-operation may lead to pools,
corners and combinations, political, so-
cial, industrial and religious. In fact,
the seductive desire for association, for
popularity, for sympathy and help, for
show and office, for chance and fortune,
that leads to one kind of co-operation
is very sure to lead to other kinds.
Not only this. There are other condi-
tions or Influences that lead or drive the
willing victim to east himself into a bot-
tomless sea of socialistic vagaries. Com-
petition Incontinent and perverted Is one
of the greatest of these. Nothing less
than a combination can meet a combina-
tion. To fight a corner one finds or fan-
cies it necessary to get into a corner
himself. Organization begets organiza-
tion. Trust begets trust. Co-operation
of one 9et of competitors provokes the
combination of another set. So one may
hear adherents of a close and rigid com-
bination declaim against combinations
and Corporations In general, overlooking
. the fact that they themselves are bound
hand and foot in bundles. Co-operation
and clannishness even of the mildest
form will be apt to work some sort of
practical boycott against outsiders. It is
the easiest and most natural thing In
the world for any kind of organization
to become some kind of an army. The
faithful member grows gradually into a
favorite soldier ready to obey orders Im-
plicitly and to die for his captains, The
typical soldier is no more than a desper-
ately devoted slave. A few steps bring
the co-operation that seemed at the out-
set to be big with the blessings of civ-
ilization and progress down to a con-
dition of obedience, subjection and de-
pendence. The strength, courage, self-
reliance and independence of the indi-
vidual are merged in the organization.
With his self-reliance he has lost his
liberty. He Is but a drop of water in a
stormy Sea. "In union there is strength;"
but In too much union there is essential
and integral weakness. There is hardly
a doiubt in the mind of ail observant
person that the American people have
passed over the line of safety. There is
too much organization of a socialistic
trend in this country. The character
and rights of the Individual are serious-
ly threatened, and society, government
and civilization must rest at last not
tlpon these schools of weakness, depend-
ence and passion, but upon the patience,
thrift, Independence and self-reliance of
the individual, the unit upon which the
Sum total of the blessings of civilization
must at last depend. The whole can
only be equal to its parts. If the Indi-
vidual parts of a union are fatally weak-
ened the collective strength, equally im-
paired, must collapse and wither.
The most dangerous man In this coun-
try Is the man who is afraid to express
his opinions.
DUTY OF THE LEGISLATOR.
At times when some needed legislation
la delayed there Is a tendency to compare
th* situation of the legislator with t'hat
of the workman engaged by the day or
hour hi some branch of productive in-
dustry by an employer. The comparison
of course can be justly made -with due
regard to a certain difference. The cases
ogree in the point that it is the duty of
bath legislator and artisan to diligently
employ the time for which, elliptical!?
fcpe-aking, the wage® arc ito be paid, real-
ly meaning the application. The salient
point of difference is in the fact that
on the on« hand the Workman is there
to produce what he reasonably can i>n
quantity of certain articles of an accept-
able standard in quality. If he be a
otoairmaker it will be more to the inter-
est of his employer that he produce six
chains in a glvetn time by diligent steady
work than only four or five by a less
degree of attention and effort. But on
V>ther hand such Is not the infer-
ence An judging of the making of laws,
to far as concerns the quantity. The
camparisonuan be made with pound rea-
son only as to faithful application. The
comirressman or other legislator will of-
ten do most good when his efforts are
dtfWtnd to stop the manufacture of
more laws. It Is said by a standard au-
thority that harm has been done by acts
of parliament made by men who knew
tiot what was already provided in the
caramon law. It may an truly be said now
that harm Is dome In all American states
at some time by increasing statutes in
ignorance either of the constitution or
of statutes which already provide what
is needful on a given subject. Fewer
laws and better should be the motto of
modern legislators. It is not designed to
excuse the shirker or indifferent member,
but to take occasion to attach a needed
Qualification or corrective where so many
are crying out that congressmen and
state legislators are paid for the work
of making laws and don't do enough of
such work—as if they ought to keep at
it and manufacture as many new laws
as possible. The analogy with other
workmen is good to a certain extent and
that is as to faithful work, but it is
in some circumstances truer to compare
the honest and capable legislator with
the honest and capable editor than with
the carpenter. The fair page, free of
impropriety, testifies but negatively or
by inference to the discerning reader of
the work of the editor who has done his
part as it ought to be done in keeping out
of print what was unfit. The legislator's
highest duty is to stand between the
rights of the people and the operation,
whether by continuance upon or admis-
sion to 'the statute book, of laws untrue
to nature and reason and society. ,
England's prime minister is good na-
tured. This is very much in his favor.
Mr. Croker is said to have come to
Texas to sniff the ozone. There was some-
thing in the Gotham atmosphere, but it
was not ozone.
Llano is out after a railroad to the coal
fields of Presidio county.
It makes a partisan hot under the collar
to throw cold water on him.
The candidate must keep his foot out of
his mouth.
Senators Hill and Murphy of New York
have declared against the income tax pro-
vision of the Wilson bill.
Mr. Richard Croker declares that "if any
one violates the election laws Tammany
will prosecute him." This is enough to
make a frog laugh.
6A'AP SHOTS.
It takes a wise mortal to feel independ-
ent without growing a trifle stubborn.
Many a belle has been misled by her
mirror.
There is no place like home on wash
days.
Do not wait until the clouds roll by.
Scatter them and blow them away.
Every opportunity is a seed that must
be sown before harvest time.
ViA'Jh PliKSS.
What the Papers Throughout the State
Are Talking About.
Waller Baker's organ, the Waco News,
says:
Harmony among the rank and file of the
democratic party prevails now. All that
remains in order that the breach may be
completely closed is for Mr. Matlock to dis-
solve his committee and to recognize Mr.
Baker as the duly accredited chairman of
the executive commiititee of the organized
democracy of Texas.
The Day-Globe, of the same city, says:
It Is not difficult to forecast the pro-
cedure at Dallas when the 'two committees
meet on the ifctlh. If the spirit of fra-
ternity prevails—as we a 14 hope tt will—
the committees, each for itself, or jointly,
w\lll recommend to the people a basis for
Adjustment, Involving, no doubt, sugges-
tions n« to the declarations of principles
and pod Idles and a basis of representation,
with an appeal for mutual concessions,
tolerance and conservatism. That is all
they can do, and it is enough. The pros-
pect, now more cJheerlng, for a democratic
readjustment in Texas, will give lively
*a"b!Enaction to tlht- great mass of voters
in eaCh of the two wings. The masses
want peace. Mr. Mu'tlock speaks in frank,
friendly terms of Mr. Baker's invitation,
and says he hijpes the joint meeting will
lead to mace. That is the way to view it,
and by his course Matlock will strengthen
ihe estimate of his common sense and
sincerity.
The Monterey correspondent of the Eagle
Pass Guide writes;
Arrived Monday morning: Colonel W. P.
Cloud of Kansas City, a veteran of the
wars of '47 and '61. Colonel Cloud is now
engaged in writing a history of Taylor's
campaign. He will visit all tfhe battle
grounds and take sketches of them for his
history, lie goes from here to Ssdtillo,
and the battle ground of Buena Vista.
Bn masse. The San Anftoroio Express
pays: "The most conservative estimates
place the attendance at the populist state
convention at 10,000." The Express seems
to think all are geese ready to be plucked
by the clity where they meet. It asks:
What is such a crowd worth to San
Antonio in the way of trade? Cofslcana
is a candidate for tihe populist state con-
vention and Is hustling for it. San An-
tonio can easily capture tt by making a
reasonable effort, but if She sits down with
her motM'h open, waiting for the plum to
fall therein, she is liable to chew wind.
The religious editor of the Express ob-
jects to mixing medicine and religion, but
overcomes his scruples to this extent:
Th- Expires Ix-ing a doctor of divinity
instead of medicine must decline to take
Up the gauntlet thrown down by that
distinguished vegetarian, J. M. Peebles,
M. I). 8Mil it oan not forbear calling
his attention to tihe faot that while Colonel
Moses did not altogether approve the
Express' advice to "pla.nl hogs, he lacked
a great d <al of being a Vegetarian. He
did not object to meat foods, but only to
the flesh of such animals as lie decided—
quite arbitrarily, we think—were "un-
clean." Nor can the Express agree with
Us learned critic that the longest lived
people have not been pork eaters. Before
Mosos barred the hog from the IsraellitiLsli
table those people were in the habit
of living to be several hundred years old.
One of (hem, we are told, came very near
the luiillimiilal mark. But from the time
the Israelites were deprived of their pork
they contracted the habit of dying at
about the same age as other people. Of
course this may have been simply a coinci-
dence. but as the sworn friend of the
l:og the Express is not prepared to admit
tt Without reasonable proof. Is it hot
a trifle inconsistent for vegetarians to
decry the consumption of animal fat while
in the pa me breath recommending a lilb-
erail use of eggs, butter and milk?
Moral —Plant hogs.
The Brownsville Herald claims that the
population of thait city is 7000 instead of
8000, as the types lately made it say.
The Br en ham Herald does not appear
to give people the benefit of a doubt:
When we take notice o'! a man who is
unmistakably intent on some work and
our idea of Ms IntwMt or bte aim waveins
betwoen two conclusions, we always choowe
Bhat which would indicate a shallow raither
than a deep purpose, and a pecuniary
raither than an abstract motive.
The Herald makes these sensible re-
marks on the tyranny of fashion in gen-
eral :
Cheap funeraKs, consistent with decency,
is one of the crying necessities of the
times. The poor arc exempt from the
necessity of expensive dress, yet when
tfhey die those left behind are saddled
with debts which frequently take years
to pay. It is the natural inclination of
people to treat their dead as if
them for a public journey, decking them
In handsome attire for the start. Sen-
timent as well as fashion is involved, of
course, but tli.it man who would teach
the people to diivest the corpse of living
attributes and vliew it as wimple clay
would deserve Che pa-ton of reason's
triumph. The monument should be in the
tender recollections of fond hearts and not
in the solid marble.
The Fort Worth Gazette say a:
Mr. Baker addresses Mr. Matlock as
"chairman, etc.," and signs himself
"Chairman Democratic fi'tate Executive
Committee." Mr. Matlock return* the com-
pliment by addressing Mr. Baker as "chair-
man, etc.," and signing .himself "Chairman j
Democratic State Executive Committe<'." i
It is a law of physics that no two bodies
can occupy the same space simultaneously. I
There can not be two chairmen of the demo-
cratic executive committee in Texas at one
time.
Why not? When both are composed of
democrats and chosen by democratic con-
ventions?
The Two Republics says:
The coffee crops have been abundant
and excellent. In Cordoba as high as $31
per hundred weight has been paid, and in
II uatusco the price has reached $31.
They mean Mexican money, which is
fully 40 per cent discount compared wiith
United States.
The Dallas Times-Herald takes the photo
for mis-quotation, on this:
Wound in and wound out, with such a
sinuous track.
'Twas hard to tell whether 'twas going out
or coming back.
The original as far as State Press re-
members reads:
He wires in and wires out,
Leaving the people still in doubt,
Whether the snake that makes the track
Was going south or coming back.
The Corpus Christ! Caller will please give
the correct reading.
The Fort Worth papers advertise and puff
the fact that ex-Governor Bob Taylor of
Tennessee will deliver his famous lecture,
"The Fiddle and the Bow."
Bob fiddled his way into the governors
seat, Illustrating the conundrum of Lee
Chalmers: Who beats bob tail? Bub Tay-
lor.
The Houston Herald says:
The two democratic state committees are
to meet In Dallas at the same time, and
there is to be a conference which it is
expected will result In harmony.
The Houston Age remarks, and all old
enough remember the facts:
The action of the Texas state democratic
convention two years ago in dividing itself
Into two parts and each part making nomi-
nations is not by any means the first in-
stance of that character. A notable in-
stance was the national democratic con-
vention at Charleston in IStiu, that divided
itself into parts. One part nominated
Douglas and the other part Breckinridge.
Each claimed the regular convention, and
called the other a bolter. The democrats
of the north nearly all voted for Douglas,
and those of the south nearly aill voted
for Breckinridge. Again there was the
first congressional convention in this city
four years ago. It quarreled over a ques-
tion of organization, and divided into two
parts, and each nominated a candidate.
One nominated Stewart, the other nomi-
nated Hutcheson. Each nominee claimed
that he was the regular candidate and
that the other was a bolter, and the
light began and was raged fiercely until
by mutual agreement the matter was re-
ferred back to the democrats of -the dis-
trict and another convention was held.
Those divisions are a disease to which
our democratic family is subject, and for
which our family doctors seem incapable
of devising a remedy, though each one is
ready with a prescription. Of this only
we may be sure—the worst of all remedies
is denunciation and abuse, and that is what
is most usually resorted to.
There is not a more uniformly well
printed and well edited weekly paper in
Texas than the Colorado Citizen. There
Is work on every issue
The Laredo News remarks:
The Daughters of the Republic, descend-
ants of those men who participated in gain-
ing Uie independence of Texas, unveiled a
monument in Galveston on Texas Inde-
pendence day, March 2, to President D.
G. Burnet of the republic, and General
Sidney Sherman, who commanded the right
wing of the Texas army at the battle of
San Jacinto. All honor to the daughters,
as well as to the heroes they have thus
honored.
The Age raises the standard of Houston
journalism:
Some very important steps are soon to
be taken for the advancement of journal-
ism in Texas. The Post is to begin an
afternoon edition. Though under the man-
agement and ownership of the Post, and
printed on the machines and worked on
the .press of that paper, it will probably
go by a different name, and will be aggres-
sive. We learn also from Mr. Bailey that
he proposes to issue a morning edition of
the Herald, which will also be uighly ag-
gressive. The Age, too proposes to make
soime Improvements. It will erect a six
story marble front building as soon ground
and materiaJ can be obtained, plans drawn,
contracts let and work done. Eugene
Heiner is making the plans and specifica-
tions, and it will be built and equipped
for the publication of a mammoth metro-
politan afternoon paper. It will use six-
teen of the most improved type setting
machines, and 73 Job printers will be em-
ployed to set display advertisements. There
will be four editors—two writing and two
fighting—in chief, besides commercial, tele-
graphic, dramatic, musical, society and
hews editors, and a large reportorial force.
It will be connected by private wire with
all the great news centers and will take
the Associated press and specials from
everywhere by wire and by cable. Three
editions will be Issued every day, first, 2
p. m.; second, 3:30 p. m., and third, 5 p. m.
In consequence of the improved machinery
we will have for sale at a bargain, almost
as good as new, 1(3,000 pounds of nonpareil
type, 22,000 pounds of minion and 20,OX)
pounds of Italic and black letter. Our
facilities will be such that publications at
Dallas and Galveston and other smaller
towns can get their printing done by the
Age at .saving of from 40 to GO per cent
Of what It now costs them.
The Age Is edited and published by a
hardshell Baptist, and is always duly
sober, so that no badinage or ridicule is
to be suspected in the above.
The Brownsville Lower Rio Grande says:
Twenty-eight years ago yesterday (March
1, 1866,7 there occurred a battle between
the Mexican forces and the French. It
was on March 1, 1866, at Santa Isabel,
distant nine miles from Parras, In the
state of Cotthulia, that the battle took
place. Eight hundred Mexicans under com-
mand of General Trevino fought against
the same number of French troops, under
command of Count de Brlant. Great valor
was shown by tile combatants on either
side, but the Mexicans came out victor-
ious. Of the 800 French troops almost all
of them were killed and some were made
prisoners.
There is a shrewd suspicion that General
Phil Sheridan, then In command of the
United States troops In Texas, gave a
good number of his men leave of absence
when a fight between the French and
Mexicans was in hand, and that the Yanks
crossed over the boundary line to take a
hand in the affair.
— o——*—-
Mil. BAILEV OF TEXAS.
Philadelphia North American.
It may be said of Texas, as It was of
Nazareth by the Pharisees, and perhaps
with a similar practical Illustration, of the
folly of mistaking a byword for essential
wisdom—as In that early instance. Rep-
resentative Bailey of Texas has set himself
the task of proving that a good thing can
come out of Texas despite the fact that
that has been doubted. The doubt was much
more freely expressed a good many years
ago than It has been during the last dozen
years. Mr. Bailey has discovered that "the
spoils system" has demoralized congress,
lie proposes, with the co-operation of sen-
ators and representatives, to make it on-
lawful and penal for any member of either
chamber to recommend any person for a
federal position. We hope Mr. Bailey \« ill
succeed in his work of reform and political
morals, but we must warn him that he is
tryjng to take the bread out of the mouths
of fully three-fourths of the whole member-
ship of congress.
But Mr. Bailey is right. There is no more
reason why .John Smith of the Podunek
district should have any more knowledge
of official fitness and individual deserving
after his election than at any time before.
If we take the office of postmaster, for
Instance, every fair minded man knows
that the whole body of the people interested
In any postofflce should bo consulted, not
any single man. With competitive examina-
tions established and properly carried into
effect capable persons for all minor places
can be secured without the intervention of
members of congress. But the fact can not
be gainsaid that without the .privilege of
promoting the appointment of postmasters,
Clerks in the departments, laborers in the
navy yards and tide-waiters in the cus-
tom houses, the occupations of a majority
of congressmen would be taken away. As-
suming that Mr. flailey of Texas really
desires to put an end to the use of pat-
ronage as a bribe by the executive depart-
ments, all good citizens will in their hearts
wish him a ha<ppy deliverance. Not all will
say so.
RAILROAD INTERESTS
Rockefeller, Controlling Owner of the
M., K. and T., Is Traveling
Toward Galveston.
Will Confer at Fort Worth-Rates Made for
the Saengerfest—Movements of
Railroad Managers.
Dallas, Tex., March O.-John D. Rocke-
feller and family passed through here to-
night on a special car attached to the
southbound Houston and Texas Central
train. Mr. Rockefeller is one of ^the
heaviest stockholders of the Missouri, Kan-
pas and Texas, and lias other interests in
Texas.
The News on Thursday printed a special
from St. Louis, dated March 7. stating In
terms that information regarding a big
railroad deal said to be on foot came out
by the authoritative statement that an
agent was in that city to arrange for the
carrying out of the plans. Those interested
are the Rockefellers and the Vanderbllts.
The roads concerned are the Chesapeake
and Ohio, 'the Louisville Southern, the
Louisville, Evansvill'' and St. Louis, and
Missouri. Kansas and Texas. 1 he plan as
stated is to secure iitinuous trattle ar-
rangements between Newport News ana
Galveston. This route will shorten the
time between the tw :• >ints ten hours, and
will mean much to Clippers. The Air line
is worth in the neltfaVrhood of $7,000,000.
The bonded debt is *10.000,000, the floating
debt Is $1,000,000 and the stock Is $2,000,000
It is to be bought outright it possible. If
a basis of transfer can be reached ter-
minal facilities will be made as soon as
possible.
As confirmative of the foregoing, yester-
day The News Wail street special said:
"The tariff arrangement between the Ches-
fineake and Ohio, Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, Louisville, Evuisville and St. Louis
and the Louisville Southern will shorten
the time between Newport News and Gal-
veston and strengthen the Vanderbilt posi-
tion in the south."
It will be recalled that about one year
ago President H. C. Rouse of the Missouri.
Kansas and Texas m >k to Galveston city
on a special train Captain Alex McDougal
of West Superior. Captain McDougal is
the general manager of the American steel
barge company an! inventor of the whale-
back class of ships. Captain McDougal
looked into the harbor improvements of
Galveston very carefully, and as a result,
an order was plac-1 with a shipbuilding
firm on the Clyde for two whalebacks of
large tonnage and light draft for gulf-
European service.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
He is the head and brains of the Stand-
ard oil company, of the New York steam
heating company, of half the "water-gas"
fuel and lighting companies of the United
States, and owns the controlling Interest
in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas. He
it was who sent Captain McDougal to look
into this port, and now that traffic ar-
rangements have been made between the
Rockefeller interests and the Vanderbllts
by which the latter interests are to be
let Into Galveston, the visit of the oil
king may carry a great deal of signifi-
cance.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, Chairman H. C.
Rojse of the Katy, and General Manager
Allen of the same road are expected .to ar-
rive in Galveston to-day.
SOME INSIDE HISTORY.
Denver NeW3.
In ten days the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe railroad will have withdrawn
from the Western passenger association.
This means that the road will be allowed
to make any passenger rate its good judge-
ment may name. A telegram was received
early yesterday afternoon at the general
offices of the Denver and Rio Grande rail-
road stating that th** Santa Fe had served
notice of 'Its withdrawal from the associa-
tion. No one cared to predict where things
would go. General Passenger Agent
Hooper of the Rio Grande declined to risk
any declaration, while Mr. Wadleigh
thought that only through rates would
be tampered with. President Jeffreys was
Inclined to the belief that the withdrawal
of the Santa Fe meant the utter collapse
of the Western passenger association, but
oven with this extremity 1n view t/he gen-
tleman declined to venture any opinion
upon tihe matter.
The generail belief is that th? fight really
only concerns the Santa Fe and the South-
ern Pacific, yet, by nature of the vast
length of line controlled by the former,
no less than fourteen other railroads are
dragged into it. In the Western passenger
association alone 'the Santa Fe antagonizes
eleven roads.
No official Information was received at
the Denver end of the Santa Fe railroad
during -Che entire day. However, an of-
ficial connected with another line showed
a telegram from Chicago which said the
belief was current that the Santa Fe would
signal Its departure from the association
by making an $8 rate from Chicago to
Denver and maintain Its $20 rate through
to Los Angeles.
Dispatches received last ni»?ht showed
that the Santa Fe had made another dig
at the Southern Pacific by tampering
with the Mojave and Los Angeles-Deming
rate.
'Matters are now looking serious, so say
passenger men, and It is said that the
Santa Fe is about to wipe out a number
of old score*.
For a long time the Santa Fe has been
getting the worst of it. so they say, and
repeatedly has suffered at the hands of
outside competition. By reason of not
being a member of the association, the
Union Pacific has absolutely controlled all
the through business to Helena and Mon-
tana points, and autocratically declined to
honor joint through tickets for this 'busi-
ness. Appeal to the association was use-
less. When last month the Santa Fe
took up the matter of the pass agreement,
there, too, the road lost the fight, and it
was not until yesterday that a letter writ-
ten up.«n this subject was given out to
the public, which letter now forms the
basis for the report that the Santa Fe
means to pay off a lot of bad debts dn
the light now inaugurated.
Three weeks ago the Santa Fe gave no-
tice that it would withdraw from the pass
agreement, it ©aid other mads had vio-
lated the contract, Instancing the Denver
and IMo Grande and other western lines.
Vice President Robinson represented the
big system at tihe meeting, and formally
Withdrew his line. This was supposed to
end the matter, but Tnucih to the vice presi-
dent's surprise two days later he received
a copy of a column of whereases and there-
fores, passed at the same meeting, con-
demning his road for its policy in Involving
Its word and charging the receivers with
"not having shown that regard Tor -the in-
terests of the stockholders which should
properly be expected of officers of the
court."
Then it was that t'he Santa Fe people
began to get their Cboler up. Vice Presi-
dent Robinson sent for Attorney General
Peck and the result was -a letter to the
chairman of the association that read like
a piece of Ingall's literature. Dp and
down the line it took tihe members of the
pass agreement.
SUNDAY ON THE ERIE.
The receivers of the Erie railroad, with
2060 miles of track, have put in force an
order for Sunday observance. It Is be
lieved to be the first instance in thl/s conn
try where a railroad company has made
the attempt to give its employes a rest
of one day In seven. Of course this is
done, so far as the public Jh concerned,
upon the principle that all work and no
rest la detrimental to both the health or
•the men and the prosperity of the com
puny.
It has been the rule with 'the Erie, as well
as other roads, to rush through all the
freight trains jiosfllble on the first day
of the week. It has been the day of hardest
work. Under tihe new rule common freight
trains are not sent out from terminals from
12 o'clock Saturday night to 12 o'clock Sun-
day night, and only trains wiiith perishable
property and stock are sent out. Local
passenger trains are discontinued. Very
likely the road will lose some freight by
reason of Its new departure, but the
officers believe that a better service will
in «. great measur* compensate for such
loss.
There de* iw doubt that the action of 'the
Erie railroad officials will be adopted by
other roads. It has been the rule in force
on English roads for many years, and a
return to the old system of seven days'
work would not be tolerated.
About nine-tenths of the employes of the
Lrle road will be free on Sunday, and only
suoh will be employed as are required to
move perishable freight and perform other
labor necessary to be done. The change 1b
warmly welcomed by the employes, who are
awake to the benefits which must result
to them from a day of rest each week.
The policy Is an enlightened one and sound
from a business point of view.
UNJUST TO VVAI«LISVILLE.
Walllsvllle, Tex., March 7.—To The News:
In the Houston Post of the 6th occurs the
following notice of the change of venue
in the Katy and International suit:
"The Katy and the International people
are having lots of fun in Galveston this
week, but the best time of all will occur
when they meet in Chambers county next
Monday.
"The court having decided to grant the
International's plea for a change of venue
In the ousting proceedings brought against
that road, of course the next thing was to
decide upon a county In which the famous
trial might be held. The Judge accordingly
named Chambers county, no doubt believ-
ing that when the lawyers and railroad
people once got over there they would
nave to fight it out for good and all be-
fore they could return home.
"Walllsvllle Is the county seat, and Is
where the case will be tried. It hr*s a
name, one or two stores, and perhaps a
courthouse. Hotel accommodations are
things unheard of in that section, and
that's where the fun Is going to begin.
When all the laywers, the stenographers,
the railroad men, the private secretaries,
the witnesses, the newspaper reporter and
the forty-seven dozen other people that are
necesv.ary In this case, congregate at Wal-
llsvllle even the bears in that section will
no longer be obtainable for food.
"It has been suggested that all the par-
ties *ret together, charter a boat and pull
out from Oalveston for the point named,
but it is feared that when the vessel is
loaded down with provisions and all the
people necessary for the successful trial
of the case she will not be able to cross
the bar. To reach Walllsvllle otherwise,
however, is nearly impossible, so this
plan will have to be attempted anyway."
What could have stirred the spleen of the
Post to call forth such an unjust and un-
true criticism of the citizens of a sister
county? What character of bug juice or
South Carolina Tillman appollnaris did
the editor mix with his morning coffee that
perturbed his tranquil yet versatile brain
so that he could in a moment of thought-
less deviltry cast a slur upon a people
whose only fault is their extreme hospital-
ity and good heartedness? llow and In
what way was he apprised that the name
of Walllsvllle was a synonym for inhos-
pitality and poverty? That she possessed
one or two stores, perhaps a courthouse;
that hotel accommodations were unheard
of; that her people fed upon bears and
other wild varmints, and were so Ignorant,
uncouth and backwoodsy that the sight of
great lawyers, railroad men and such like,
was like going to a circus.
Walllsvllle has no great hotel that serves
up all table cloth and silverware and scant
grub at a big price, but she has modest
Inns where the table groans under the
weight of all that is good to eat. and
whose guests go away with full stomachs
at a reasonable price. Take down your
almanac, Mr. Post, and again examine
the weather signals, and learn that when
the wind blows from the east we have good
tides and the boats can pass safely over
the bar and anchor in a good harbor,
where there Is always good cheer and a
hearty welcome. We ask that you will con-
sult some reliable person who has partaken
of the hospitality of Walllsvllle and Cham-
bers county and correct the statement
made above. J. R. WOOTBN.
ARTICLES FOUND IN CARS.
Pittsburg Post.
The collection of articles found on trains
and turned In to John Kennedy of Passen-
ger Trainmaster Culp's office at Union sta-
tion would make a curio collector green
with envy. There is everything in the col-
lection from a pair of spectacles to a set
of false teeth, and on one occasion about
three months ago there was a squalling in-
fant thrown upon the charity of the office.
Ever since the accommodation trains have
been running on the Pennsylvania railroad
numerous articles have been left on trains
and given oyer, from time to time, to Sta-
tion Master Butler, but not until last Aug-
ust was it made a regular feature of the
Pennsylvania railroad. Now a book for the
purpose of registering descriptions of arti-
cles is kept by Mr. Kennedy and all train-
men are instructed to turn in to him every-
thing found on trains. The date ami train
upon which the articles are found Is record-
ed and they are only returned after an ac-
curate description has been given.
It is very seldom that things are picked
up on through trains, and when they Tire
they generally remain uncalled for. A large
chest is provided in which the tilings found
are kept and if articles continue to come in
as fast as they have been It will be neces-
sary to provide a special storage room.
Great was the consternation In the office
when the baby was brought In. The little
tot was found toddling unconcernedly up
and down the station platform and was first
taken to the station master, who straight-
way turned it over to Mr. Kennedy. The
employes of the office tried to amuse the
Juvenile, but it began to howl and yell like
a young Indian. They had about concluded
to label it and file it away with the rest of
the collections when the excited mother
appeared on the scene and joyfully carried
her baby away, much to tne relief of the
office.
Among the collection are 75 umbrellas,
some of them fine ones and others well
worn, a curling iron which was probably
made to do service en route and then left
lying on the seat, a set of teeth, evidently
the property of a woman who has never
proved her claim and probably never wiil.
Then there is a Catholic rosary, a pair of
shears, numerous private accounts of Indi-
viduals, fifteen or twenty hats, among
which are four silk stovepipes, several
Rhopping bags filled with only such things
as a woman will buy on a shopping excur-
sion, a large carpenter's hammer, several
yellow back novels, seven pairs of over-
shoes and a fine gold pen.
There Is a varied assortment of canes,
Bome of which are elaborately carved and
have probably been the property of heavy
swells. Then there Is no end of clothes--
trousers, vests, coats, neckties and mufflers
—a sample case of fancy canned eocoanuts,
two accordions, tobacco and pipes, face
powdt r, a half dozen ladles' pocketbooks
containing anywhere from 2 cents to $T>.
There are enough lunches found dally to
feed several men, and within a week there
was a. large tin bucket of sauerkraut
brought in, also a string of bologna sau-
sages. Several gold finger rings, breast
pins, bracelets and line Jewelry conclude the
list
EXPECTED IN HOUSTON.
Houston, Texas, March 9.—Millionaire
Rockefeller, one of the principal stock-
holders in the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
railway company, accompanied by his fam-
ily, A. A, Allen, general manager, with
headquarters In St. Louis, and Henry C.
Rouse, chairman of the board of directors
a.nd president of the "Katy" system, are
expected to pass through this point either
to-dav or to-morrow in their special car.
bound for the Island city. The visit or
these distinguished railroad magnates to
Galveston is significant, to say the least,
and may mean a great deal to the city by
the sea. It is whispered that a large rall-
road deal is on the tapis, in which are con-
cerned the Chesapeake and Ohio, the Louis-
ville Southern, the Louisville, Evansvllle
and St. Louis, and Missouri, Kansas and
Texas roads. The plan, as announced, is
to secure continuous traffic arrangements
between Newport News and Galveston,
which means a shortening of the distance
between the two points by about ten hours.
It is understood that Mr. Rockefeller and
party will remain over in Houston a few
hours before proceeding on their way to
Galveston .
COTTON RECEIPTS.
Houston, Tex., March 9.—The cotton re-
ceipts of the Houston roads today are as
follows:
Houston and Texas Central 493
International and Great Northern 8
Missouri, Kansas and Texas 50
Southern Pacific 19(5
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe 13
6an Antonio and Aransas Pass 70
Houston East and West Texas 20
Total 850
SAN JACINTO RATES.
Houston, Tex., March 9.—Extensive prep-
arations are being made at this point
looking to a fitting celebration of the bat'
tie of San Jacinto on the 21st of April.
The invitation committee have done their
work well, and a great many invited guests
will doubtless partake of Houston's bospl
tality of this memorable occasion. Tn
view of this important event the Houston
ami Texas Central road have announced
that they will have on sale round trip tick-
ets to Houston at the following rates:
From stations within seventy-six miles of
Houston, rate of double the child's fare.
From stations 76 to 100 miles from/Hous-
ton, rate of $3. 9
From stations 100 miles or over from
Houston, rate of one fare for the round
trip.
The Southern Pacific road to-day an-
nounced the same rate for San Jacinto day
as that of the Central.
THE SURGEONS' ASSOCIATION.
Houston, Tex., March 9.—The Railroad
Surgeons' association of the United States
will convene In Galveston on the 10th and
11th of May next, and It is expected that
something near 2000 members will be in
attendance on the meeting. Arrangements
have already been perfected with one of
the roads running between the lsiand city
and this point for free transportation to
Houston and return early in the morning
in cajse of inadequate accommodations
there for the Vast crowd expected. Nego-
tiations for free transportation over the
other road Is also pending, and it is
thought that arrangements to this effect
will be made in a few days. After the ad-
journment of the association in Galveston
they will leave for an excursion to San
Antonio and Austin.
MR. WAltNBR'S MOVEMENTS.
Texarkaha, Ark., March 9.—S. G. War-
ner, general passenger agent of the Cot-
ton Belt, came in on the Iron Mountain
cannon ball train at 1 o'clock mis after-
noon from St. Louis and left over the Cot-
ton Belt to-night for Tyler.
TO CONSULT AT FORT WORTH.
Fort Worth,. Tex., March 9.— L. F. Day,
chairman of the Southwestern traffic asso-
ciation, is expected here to-morrow for a
consultation with freight agents of various
ulnes.
HEADLIGHT FLASHES.
Houston, Tex., March 9.—Clarence Mc-
Cormick, one of the representatives of the
English tragedian, Wilson Barrett, goes to
San Antonio via the Southern Pacific to-
night.
It is understood from a circular issued
from the general offices of the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas at Parsons, Kansas, that
after the loth of this month, the olfice of
superintendent of bridges and buildings will
be abolished on the system. It is stated
that the control of this work in the future
will be in the hands of Carey Wilson, tihe
civil engineer of the Katy system.
W. G. Crush, general passenger and
ticket agent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas, with headquarters at Denison, who
came here to attend the funeral of Major
Botts, returned home this morning.
A rate of $19 has been announced by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas from Kansas
City to Houston, as a result of the Cali-
fornia rate war. The regular rate from
Kansas City to this point Is $22 75.
J. W. Maxwell, general superintendent of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, with
headquarters at Denison, after attending
the funeral of Major Botts, returned home
to-day.
Colonel T. M. Campbell and J. E. Gal-
bralth of the International and Great
Northern, passed through last night in a
private car on their way home from Gal-
veston.
W. S. Keenan, general passenger agent
of the Santa Fe, with headquarters at
Galveston, passed through on his way home
tills morning from a visit to north Texas.
H. A. Jones, general freight agent of the
Houston and Texas Central road, with
headquarters here, went down to Galves-
ton to-day.
Major Baer, vice president and general
manager of the Galveston, Houston and
Henderson road, has returned from Galves-
ton.
I. S. MeiDowell, train master oif the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas, with headquar-
ters at Taylor, has returned home.
A. B. Sanford, traveling auditor of the
Santa Fe, went west to-day on the South-
ern Pacific.
W. H. Belden, the well known railroad
accident Insurance man, has returned to
the city.
The "Two Orphans" company go to
Galveston to-morroiw morning via the In-
ternational and Great Northern.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
General Manager B. F. Yoakum of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was in San
Antonio yesterday.
The banana cargo is expected here in
about ten days and the Santa Fe will be
on hand for another fast run to the north
and west.
General Manager T. M. Campbell of the
International and Great Northern went
from here to San Antonio, but will return
to-morrow to embark on the voyage to
Chambers county, where the ouster suit
comes up Monday.
Mr. George Nichols was busy yesterday
making necessary arrangements for the
trip to Waliisville, which the Interna-
tional and Great Northern and Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and state lawyers are
to make to-morrow. The steam launch en-
gaged for the occasion will be ready to-
morrow and Mr. Nichols' duty Is to see
that she is provided with all that is neces-
sary. He has been furnished with memo-
randa from various sources as to what is
necessary. The cargo, beside the live
freight, will consist of law books, briefs,
records, typewriters, canned goods, bottled
goods, lemons, sugar and sundries. Some
of the party will go equipped for a hunt.
Mr. H. L. Morrill, general manager of
the 'Frisco, with his family and a party
of prominent St. Loulsians, is down at
Rockport hunting and fishing.
GENERAL NOTES.
A tie train has been put on the Sedalla,
Warsaw and Southwestern to run a month,
for the purpose of delivering to the Mis-
souri Pacific upwards of 100,000 ties which
have been cut along the narrow gauge and
the Osage river.
Mr. A. C. Mlohaells has been appointed
traffic manager of the New York, Mobile
and Mexican steamship company's line,
with headquarters in St. Louis. Mr.
Miehaelis was formerly general freight
agent of the Mexican Central railway.
A circular has been issued by the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas management
ordering the office of superintendent of
bridges and buildings, now held by M. A.
Martin, abolished on the 15th instant, after
which date the duties will be performed
by Chief Engineer C. A. Wilson, with
headquarters at Parsons, Kan.
——o—
A PENNSYLVANIA LAYMAN.
Palestine, Tex., March 9.-—A middle aged
man stopped at the Steadman house here
Sunday last, giving the name of Grayham,
and stating that he was from Pennsyl-
vania. He represented that his object in
coming here was to purchase a farm, and
that a well organized syndicate of
wealthy men of Philadelphia was backing
him, and would make investments here as
he might advise.
He was not long in getting into the
graces of several merchants and one or
two real estate dealers, and by his glib
tongue succeeded in borrowing a small sum
of money from one of the merchants and
stood his landlord off by convincing h.inn he
was a Mason and representing that his
trunk was in the baggage room.
Tuesday night he disappeared, and noth-
ing has been heard from him.
Prof. J. G. Carlisle, superintendent o.
state public schools, passed through the
city yesterday evening on his way to Lin-
dale, in Cass county, to attend the Teach-
ers* institute which convenes there to-day.
RABBI AND CATHOLIC.
Dr. Chapman Defends the Roman
Church Against A. P. A.
Assaults.
Great Men of .All Nations Who Belong to
the Faith—Lecturer Hile Was
Nervous at Denison.
BEEVILLE LEGAL QUESTION.
Austin, Tex., March Sl.-L. B. Oreath, one
of the board of trustees or the Beevllle
public schools, was in the city to-day and
submitted to the attorney general's office
a question us to whrther or not they could
sell some undesirable land deeded the town
for school purposes for more desirable land
of their own selection.
Assistant Mann Trice holds to-day that
they can dispose of the property as they see
flt.
There has been much wrangling over this
question In Beeville.
——o
SPINAL 'MENINGITIS.
San Angelo, Tex., 'March 9.—Little Ivey
Edna, Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Orr, died here last night from
spinal meningitis. The attending physician
Says this is the only case in San Angelo,
and there is no fear of the disease spread-
ing.
Dallas, Tex., March 9.—'To-night at the
Temple Emanuel Rev. Dr. E. M. Chap-
man, the rabbi, preached on the "A. P. A."
In the course of his remarks he said:
"In the name of Judaism, in the name of
American citizenship and humanity, I pro-
test against the introduction and injection
of a thing that has reared its horrid front
in our midst. We may look to darkest
Russia and find there religious intolerance;
we may go back to the middle ages where
the terrors of the inquisition existed and
the fires of the auto da fe were burning,
and yet we stand aghast at tthe horrors of
the period. We may direct our gaze In
every part of the known globe and near of
crimes being committed in the name of
religion, but in this glorious country, called
the land of the free and the home of the
brave, to lind the existence of even the
semblance of an Intolerant spirit almost
passes our understanding or belief. This
society, called the A. P. A., or American
protective association, has for its avowed
object the defeat of every man seeking the
welfare of his country who happens to be
a member of the Roman Catholic church.
"These people claim that that church has
for its object the subjugation of the world
and the destruction of all elements of sj-
ciety antagonistic to the church herself.
This I most emphatically deny. Take the
little city In which we live. Take ltd past
history* and eliminate from her roll of cit-
izens the great and good men who have
helped in her upbuilding and are to-day
striving for her welfare—where would Dal-
las have been without them? Where will
she be were they to leave the ship to the
guidance of others? Look abroad in thu
world to England. A majority of her
mightiest nobies are communicants of the
Roman Catholic church.
"Have they worked to the defeat of the
grand old empire of Great Britain? Look
to France, which Is almost entirely Ca:h-
olic. Are her people manacle;! and baund
by the iron hand of the Roman Catholic
church? Indeed, direct our attention to
any part of the earth you may, where
Catholicism is a power, ana what do you
lind? That the mandates and bulls Issued
by Pope Leo are directed and have ever
been directed since his elevation io the
pontificate for the betterment of the con-
dition of the world at large and the welfare
of the [his] people. They have built their
orphan asylums, their hospitals, their
schools of learning, and every effort of
theirs has been directed for the betterment
of the world at large. Let the light go on;
let the pastors of this city follow the in-
itiative taken to-night, and from their pal-
pits show their power, inelr desire for
justice over wrong, for light over dark-
ness, for truth over falsehood. Let :h m
stamp their disapproval upon this un-Anur-
ican movement which Is being foisted upon
our people by irresponsible advc nturers.
Then an era will arrive In which the father-
hood of God and the brotherhood of man
will be evidenced in the lives of the people.
Then man will stand by the side of his
fellow man, not necessarily joining in the
same worship, except thai of the worship
of the God of the universe, invoking his
blessing and help for the amelioration and
the betterment of mankind."
OPINION AT DALLAS.
Dallas, Tex., March 9.--The shooting at
the city hall last night was a source of
much talk on the streets to-day. There
were many stories afloat as to the amaz-
ing agility shown by a number of citi-
zens while the shots were being fired. The
affair was generally discussed by people of
all classes and the condemnation of the
shooting was universal.
A News reporter called on a number of
prominent ministers of various denomina-
tions, but most of them were out of the
city or away from home. Others did not
wish to express an opinion on the A. P. A
There were very few who even gave the
shadow of an indorsement to the move-
ment, and the opinion was general that
such lectures were entirely unnecessary
and productive only of evil. The lecturer
and his assailants were both severely criti-
cised.
Speaking of the affair Hon. W. K. Ho-
man, editor of the Christian Courier, said:
"The principles of the A. P. A., as stated
by its friends, are not objectionable. Jt
proposes to antagonize every effort to con-
trol the government in the interest of any
religious sect or order, to insist upon the
continued separation of church ami state,
to prevent sectarian or denominational ap-
propriation of public funds and generally
to protect and perpetuate American Insti-
tutions against alarming encroachments of
anti-republican Influences. I am informed
that the oath printed .in The News as that
of the A. P. A. Is a caricature. I have
examined the statement of principles, rules
and regulations of the order, furnished by
one of its organizers, and this oath or
anything similar to it does not appear in
them. I have opposed all secret political
organizations, and because of this feature
have hitherto declined to become a mem-
ber of the A. P. A.
"The occurrence on the occasion of Mr.
Ilile's attempt to speak in Dallas in the in-
terest of his organization seems to suggest
need of something more than we have now
to check lawlessness. If one can not dis-
cuss the merits and movements of the
Catholic church in this country without
being fired upan, it would appear that the
A. P. A. is not altogether without reason
for its existence. At any rate this occur-
rence furnishes the A. P. A. a fine intro-
duction to the people of Texas, who are
proverbially favorable to free public discus-
sion, and insures it a good membership In
the state. A religious body that keeps
within its proper sphere has nothing to
fear from the A. P. A., and if any church
is misrepresented by its speakers it would
seem the proper thing to expose the mis-
representation by such overwhelming proof
to the public as would effectually prevent
the further growth of the A. P. A. I do
not think shooting a public speaker the
best way to meet his argument. It looks
un-American."
ASSAULT TO MURDER.
J. W. Hile, the lecturer, arose early to-
day and made an affidavit charging Tom
Duffy with assault with Intent 'to murder,
and went before the grand jury and made
his statement. To a News reporter Ilile
said: "I did not organize a division for the
reason that the Y. M. C. A. refused me
the use of their hall, and before another
place could be secured it was too late to
transaict business."
"Did you ever have a similar experience
to that of last night?" was asked.
"Oh, yes." he said; "It is pretty much
that way everywhere I go. 1 had no trouble
at Cleburne, but matters were serious at
Fort Worth, although we avoided blood-
shed. I have been shot at frequently and
pelted with rotten eggs and have received
threatening letters against my life by the
score. I anticipate 1 shall be murdered
some day. I have no criticism to pass
upon the citizens of Dallas. With the
single exception of the man who did the
shooting 1 believe every man present was
anxious to give me a fair healing and I
could not do the city the Injustice of hold-
ing it responsible for the act of Duffy."
Hile tooK the north-bound Missouri, Kan-
sas and Texas train for Denison, where he
was booked for a lecture to-night.
A visit to the jail in tin- mornlnft devel-
oped tihe fact that Torn Duffy had come to
jail at l a. m. ami surrendered. When
asked If he had a statement to make he
answered: "No, I know nothing about It.
I heard the shooting and ran out. I had
no pistol, for 1 was searched as I was go-
ing down the steps, and no pistol was
found and I was not armed when 1 went
into the hall. I know nothing about it at
all. I heard that the officers were looking
for me and I came down here and gave
myself up."
About 11 o'clock Duffy appeared before
Justice Skelton, waived examination and
was admitted to bail in the sum of $750.
CHARGE OF SMUGGLING.
El Paso, Tex., March 9.—Solomon Sehutze,
an ex-oustomis officer under tihe late Col-
lector Webster Flanagan, waa arrested
Dhis evening by the customs officers
'charged with attempting tv smuggle sixty-
five yards of silk, silk hose, g^ovew tuid
ocher articles.
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