The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 261, Ed. 1, Saturday, December 21, 1895 Page: 2 of 8
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Wht Mrs Bcrtba Herrjert of Port Worth
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Meets a Horrible Death
BAKK ROBBERS ACCEPT SENTENCE
trilMriiw TJmlr App l War Given
But Years Farmer Shoe by a Metro
U C T Organisation
Tort Worth Texas December M Mrs
Earths Hxrsert was horribly burned early
IMS morning from the effects of which
ih died before noon Just after aha
arose and before she as dressed she at-
tempted to kindle a fire by the use of
coal OIL The can exploded throw ins tho
oil over her and setting her night dress
on fire She attempted without success
to smother the flames In the bed clothe
but aet the bed on fire She then ran out
to the front of tlio house and was fatally
burned when help reached her
BEAUMONT BUDGET
BeatimontTexas December AYouns
president of the Warren Land and Lumber
company arrived In the city this nfter
jioon and Informs The Tost correspondent
that In ths maittr of an application for a
receiver for tho Texas Iimber oompanj
Judge West of the Tvler county ustriel
mill flew lo piects ei 1 a Urge pli
the eleol stnn k the jTer Mr A U
lord on the ttt g Uiat rait cf
Ills face In hulf 1iijjTiints of the mw
flew all over the mill bii fortunn < >
one else wrt Injitretl thoiiu Uio m w im
crowded wiin workmen
Ihionlx tanp > o Wojlncn > i
tVorld elcted olMi lact nit it fi t
rnauriR term at follow 1 n i
btrne C c J I nnon A 1 1
V Millf banki Jo N old ITk
J Caj liJiy wi 1 J L us it i
man A MDor ilJ frm < A 1 i
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tho lamp Ind ilgel i ai i > nt < r aupp
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ing for a twov ns holuUy ird wli
oir opaln on the llrsl Monday In Jan
uary
WILL ACCEPT SENTENCE
Waco Ti xas DecnilMT 20Judcn
Bwamo In the Ted rai court todaj a u
tenced Sam Sew nil aid Frank
tho couvlifd McOrctrnr bank roh ris
to lx jears ltnpitbJtim < nt In tho jinl
tontlory at Leaven north Kansas ihn
pr sontrs have withdrawn the not it
appul Riven In th Ir bihalf an 1 w 11
niccpt the seutrii an I h takei to
J eavenworth at oru c to bemn sen 1 u It
Th conviction of S wall an u i r
of he bank of cmb j mnt whl a t
ns a bai to tho ri t v > r > of the Ji
Insurance against birciiy wnlih w
bank carried maklnR tho total los to
tlve bank S15M Just j per cent o its
capital
A L1TTLH CHILD LOST
Hempstead Texas Duitmber M J
ycarolru daughter of out Mr Free lout
helielf In tho wxorft of whit e known
Walnut iittoms sixteen mihs tiorlhi mi I
if here alrruK on th line oi V mIvi r l
tirlmes cnunlKM nnd in npitp of the eilmts
of a doxen or more liiinttur pirtles who I
fcouritl the wooda all nlitht lull not I
boon found The location sientloned is
rut almost endlrsa countrj of HitiImt with
hardly any sctlleircnts tuul oh last mcht
was Wttrrlv cold the worst Is feared tor
the child Doss were sent ror at J lift
here this evening for tho woods j
JVee has but recently moved here from
Courtney
toot cut orr
Navaaota Texas December 2 List
nltht ust as the excursion train from
IJoustrn wat iiulllnu ot ot Courtney
Jlt7 Newman one of the passennera war
Tun over riitittiK off a pottloti of ht foot
lie was brouKhl lo Nuvasota where r
Wilson the companys eurceon droteurt
tho wound and tent him hack to Houston
to the hcepjlal
BUnOLAnS AT IlALLnTTSVILLK
ItallettsVlle Texas December 20 Rurg
lars are yet abroad hereabouts Tho last
icsldence visaed was that of Mr J It
ZjlY f10 Jllt ono roo > waa entered
and but Utile secured
Tho waienotua of tho WatersPierce Oil
Nervous Chills
Completely prostrated mo for dayi at
time Severo pains in niy back and limb
confined mo to my b d Powerful ano-
dynes were uaed to glva mo relief I had
no appetite and ereir thin in llcsb I took
Hoods Sarsaparilla
nd lu a short time felt Invigorated In
few wcoua was able to co down ataira
noodi BariapariiU baa indeed been a
ble lnr to me and whenever I ftel lan
fuldorrun down it never falls to build
m np MMV U Bbown Weldon NO
Hoods Pills u
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uu haadach M
cenpuny was broken open and a number
of cases of kerosene taken out
The county commlsloners have been In
session slnco yesterdny nAnrlng on bllii
for three new Iron bridges for Lavaca
county one of which la to be a double
roadway bridge with a walk across tlw
Lavaca river In Hallcltsvllle M < com-
panies had representatives here who put
in bids
The city count 11 hns purchased KO feet
of double miii hosji for tho fire drpatl
mem at 6 cents per foot This give
the fireboys plenty of hese and will en-
able them to reach any llro In the city
llirlle
Turkeys chickens and eggs In almost
cnde s quantlt are marketed here duly
One Urm hero shlpred COO turkeys to a Ut
Louis house
Hogs arc being shipped from here by
the carload nnd fresh pork sells at 44
cents a pound
About 19 > i head of beeves are beln fed
here Mont of I hem will be marketed In
Jknuary The oil mill runs by spoilt ad
It gets seed
THE 1IIUII COURTS
supnExnTcounT
Austin Texas December 19 The follow
Ins opinion was delivered by the supreme
court today
E W TEMPLE vs O M DODGE mo-
tion for a rehearing In a ease from CI
Iaso county Fourth dUtrlct Overruled
The motion In this case Is bssed upon the
proposition that at common law the stock-
holders of a corporation when not other-
wise provided by law hate the right to
make bylaws for the corporation and
that In the absent e of proof this court
arold presume the common law to be in
torce in me aate where this corporaion
w as chur red
It la well settled In this State that In
tie abseme ot iroof our courts will pre
sume uo taw of another State to be tne
same as our own L ider llw law of this
court yesterday rendered a decision against State ih dlrexiora or truateew of a cor
the applicants and remanded the property n VA lV
In question to the custody of the niicei > utlich ma u clliltge < however by a
tmd Hrevnn of the cornpany The fuss mnjcrltj vote of uie bloi kholders It S
controls the tram ruads
limber coropanv
oer which the warren Land and Lumbar
eompam mlls get ih < Ir suppl of lugs
Contractors fur the artesian well on court-
house square reached a depth of lion fee
today and reKrt that the < nll has sir k
a strata of sand rock At a depth of t i
feet a v I of nier that tlond jm gall n
per mlnito was ttruck but It was Lraik
Ish
IshHfV It P Vlcborn rector of SI
3PSCopal church was on Aednesdav th
recipient of i l hrrstmas box well nil 1
with thlns good to eat the Ik > x w n
present from me miters of his chap h a ii
wa a lit Inx dfmoastralon of apt > r na-
tion of Up ltbcrns seriitKif
There was i meeTMK ft ulllTt Ir t
tOn nruse oinpan > toJ Frt at which It k
dn d o purchase a M an of hormi t i
the hose cart The corr tny has eutti I
luuds on n nd and pts h to purch a
jialr of Iwirs that will bo otnamuinoU o
w ell as useful
OPANGn LOCVLS
Orang
neon jout
the Lutcher Moor Lumber oom an >
arilUu i > l t
w < a ImlC tile cortvcuiea of the propo
silon tfliiiendod for by the applcanu he-
> n no botttr c ndltkn lKittti he has
Jut sltiwii an > pruwtMon of law eun > owcr
t ine cMkhoIdora to make a change In
lUe nutiiainuft t ot the corin > ran on ad
I utl rttxMi b > Its ctuiir ioi such clr
i mtuni ae w ould ill p i Utu uourts
to piold Mich uihiuil onz t
Muri < a Whm n aieir n e r < > i ortl that
tli < judginout < ut ii r u rterfil Is
nnit uixn th who ait an applla
t on tor h wiit f rror will not be
Litnted ltvtaj tic ourt muj hae
i B > p a wronK ifim Us JaJiineiit
e vice in th < puin irf s utr lies not In
i i diion of in uurt bat In the v > y
fa ti all prl i j turn as itinstlmliM t
r lH < f at tlun lin auhonty > i < ii to
th rw Ipjii to emi ivj oinsul do i i
< irr upon that of in r itmcr to to w
i lanIa nf tti i o it on mill plul i s
I r 1 to ri o r dc > l 1 i oil tut 1
> t t ih cotra t i a i v > aruiA t t
t u th In r faiiii n
Teias December lOThUi afrr u t it V f a
< mitlon r r a rt hearing ot the app
3 oclock tho circular i at nin sovrtri l
ll rlon by Biown J
srroND frrpuiMn Disruifi
I I ort Worth Tex lh ie > < nib > < r Mo
oi Subml ti Ilatlev JOlmbOl t i
v l odes v Itc titm lur it hturni J
1 I1 J t Colon v i o ii iliru
i i r 111 Si 1
n llii v i an i
> Isliil m 1 r ic rt llou fi i
i i i Arminl Ii 1 llOicr h 1
1 K a ftrll it Mil i
M Inf I iiii I IIn ra Utown t a
I htow i i a to nli ri < > < l i
N i i liii U I tl v hoiitina Ml i t
i u a u iv tru iil t i
r > Ho i KI jil ln < ulil ol law an t
I i in t 1 1 I in I A I I in < ii
j I ir V fur lilcHimt ul iii I
i tlf lora I i il i iiin I c Kallwav illl
1 inv 1 Ji foi ICllfMIIIlU ov ci
H 1 Milt al I cri > I iin1 ln us n
tlin vs J i It
im rlnirlii refnsio I C TaMjrvi J
A liorner for reueailiiK rufi ed
COlfHT fIP CHIMINAL APPPAL3
Tyler Texas Decetnber a The follow-
ing cacs vvi re teday af filmed by the oilm
iinal cmrt f appeals
Mini Couk lce Anderson Go i in
foii tiohe I raas i s lai lor t I i
1 trim lie rfs J It Pi i i
ivlv Join I ams Itllej ilK
I U ker A 1 lie i n iom ii ir
I I J liar ion from ittuio 11 Vmii 1
i 11 on I am i r
I Mi i in tin ltehf iiiiig OvrriilelMi i
iff I from ialv Mn II L Hn h men
1 m I irrt I i V non fp in I < t
k iMiill Irom liosque Jim
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Till IlkL HI It RD
AlSTIN I IHNIIHT
isin Tix iieml r i The Aus
it uudM nit Mie thi pa and i
it mi v 1 link 11 Irinan lm
latid mm he intrtt deiiot wm
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w licmlMr 1 The
us i Hiaxorla Fort
si in Cointailo Fayette
and Miiaiorda coun
n tv in IWitoilhO to
lliflpa of La
ti oriane tie Second It klnient
of tin fni I Ionfeili iat Veurana
f ititalfi ItiliH ciilfd the meeting to
fun mi I expltiliied Its object In appiopil
ati wotdi He axlel ae chairman anil
Mi Her M I aker of Columbus as secto
irj
i imnander Mi formlck nomlnotcd for
iroelV Su frs of iKitxalea who was
i k ti d bv an himaiitti
Ji use lijvlCnon of Fort Hoi d noml
miled fo lleuieratt colonel V Fort hmlili
of riruzoiii and he wan 11 vied Ly null
ma Ion For najor Comrade canlrell
nominated It n Fa n < of Flatonii which
ri n ratl ii Aas n llv peiouded and he vaa
eh i ted by si lamatlou
Tl Is completed the cleitlon of officers
A ainetiij dtecuselon was Iveld as to Inn
best methods of Improving the organUu
tlon or the camps Mai v patriotic peiM ho
were made and a Jollv good time was had
NOPTI1 GAIA K8TON NKW3
North Galveston Texas December U
A severe wind storm aicoin > aitl il with
heavy rain struck this place shortly after
daylight thlN morning No damago dono
except Hooding etrits und Interference
with the telegraph wires
Owing to nn accident on pnasenipr en-
gine No 2 or tho La Porte imlroad It did
not go out nn the reirular trip thla morn
ing After repairs were made an extra
went out nt 3 oclock this evening
Mr M f Swan ticket agent and oper-
ator at this point Is hack at his boat af-
ter a pleiiKint visit to friends In Houston
He sitvs Hoiston tikis the enke
Manager Ulllson returned from Galves
ton vestcrdiy vhcre he had been mend
ing to I uslneas matters affecting the
North Galveston tslate
A card from Mr M T Howard dated
at llremond Texas states that he In
company with three other families are
on their way to North Galveston lo locate
here They urn coming through the coun
try with their teams and household ef
feeta
rhot y a Nnarto
Manor Texas December 13 Nows was
received hero this afternoon that W A
Marwltz a vvoll known German farmer
had been shot by a negro The particu-
lars of thn affair are monger but as far
as enn bo learned tho negto went to Mar
wltz houso and asked for komothluf to
cat Mr Marwltz told him if he would
rut some wood ho would give hm lib
clrrfr ThlB tho pegrd rcfiircd to do and
hn was oidered to leave He refilled td
go and when Maiwltx commenced to expel
him by force he drew his gun and Hred
shooting Marwltz In tho shoulder Povv
badly can not bo learned Ofllccri left
from hero as aOcn as tlio nows won re-
ceived but have not yet returned
VKIjABRoTocAUH
Velaaeo Texas December JO Mr J II
Mnrmlon who has nuran Velasco since
Its earliest Infancy will now make his
homo amone the Montezumas ha having
i a
HOUSTON DAILY POSTt SATURDAY MORNTNGr T > EOEMBETl 21 1895
connected himself with a tar < re mlnlijf
scheme In tho State of Duraniro
Amonir thn mailne new for Vclao
Is noted the Mexican oil boat HI Onllo
to arrive today nnd the Urltlsh ste m hlp
Hlenlsle to arrive durine the holiday
both vessclii have visited this port already
this season
It has been several yeais since there
havo been so many straitKCra In Yelasco
a there aro now and all seeking homes
In the surrounding eounlr Dred lied
for record this week amount to SJiasSJ
hut one or two of the larirest deals have
not yet been put on recotd
Sir J M Moore Is In Houston on bust
lies connected with tho Velasco National
bank
BUS1NES3MR0UBLES
in new ronK
New Tork December 10 Nichols
Frothlnsham i Co announced their sus-
pension 1xJay Tbe failure Is due wholly
to a fall In stocks it Is believed the firm
will eoon rtsume business
The failure of P S Sands Co has
been announced on the tock exchange
A member cf the firm said It was due to
ents on them for stocks they had In loan
The failure wos precipitated by tho heavy
decline In stocks over nlcht They have
no outstanding contracts
De Ncuffvllle A Co have also announce 1
their su penilon on tho stock exchange
J J De Neuffvllle says the failue was
due to the decline In the stock market and
their Inability to rail In martins Their
obi gallons are small
M M Packard t Co dealer In eptees
and texs assigned today TlKhtnem of
money la slven as tne canoe Tho firm
was one of the Oldest known In the spice
trade Assets Jiwuw liabilities below
that flirure
IN IiOSTON
Boston Mass December DO Sawyer
Clarke k Co brokers and bankers of this
city closed their doots at noon todav
Aaeeta ajil liabilities are not ptvenlnabll
Ity to i all In afets to m I denvands re-
sulting ram the tuittated i jnjltion of the
nvatkft Is Riven as a cause Tho concern
la a minor one
MELTON SPAHKS CO
Sulphur Springs Texas December JO
Melton Htwrks Co delers In dry
seeds lnots shoes etc filed a deed of
trust today naming B T Kolertson as
trustee and preferring creditors to the
amount of JKW
TOLSS HLOCKLlt
Marshall Texas Decrmher W A deed
of trust was lied by Pru lllocker on
hH eiuck of general mrchan lv at
laitc in this county minims A II
IlloKer Jr as trustee for the heneflt of
creditors to the amount of J K
W r LYNCH
Waco Texas Deemr r 1 W V
Lvnch dealer In hardvvaic and tinware
f i i a tie d of trust toiiiahl witn V
Ioi iioh us tueten The h lulc of lla
lii im a KieaatM li i i AtP is not
ii 1
ItAST TEXAS CONFLUENCE
Tcxarkttia letns Decetntrtr 30 Tho
Fist Tivi Melmdl t tfnfen > nce reus
n ml led bt o Ivk t > Is n nrnlnR lliv T
I rilth of Ivl r In the i Ii ilr
Tu tln vvaih ft in of the dis
1 lie At ill
In ilirir VMtlk ml
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i little mot titan
le avi
ll oits from varioni cl ig s show thi
fi li ivlng iidtur J diirniu the pu it
v i foi ml I It tl ihoti fiono nila
eOI JJI > l Vll Vi
Me v n i I tc n ige and Horn so
tv will lull tj nntn
I idiv n11 llioi n o it It at the
t iiinbotlaad Pn > l v icri in i hurch
SIIIP1 1NG Ml Cll HOCK
Ilockland leyii lieceinber Pi Mesms
Hvnit A Is rrv uie tnuklng good ahip
nifuta to crililro I ihs from the queue
me m lea irom hcie mij it Ir runioieri
that tliy vmII if th cT f ii
i i rovk tor elus o which If correct
W1 Riv I ll J i I o I iu in
at e ist two vi i t Mt
Mi AMilU leiimt of theAldrldge
1 iinber cominiiiN rci i rts Ihe lumber bind
iiiii nod ntd vord Hioik ordein identiful
nt fiir Pill e
Quite n number fiom this place took nn
v i uge of tlu en in pi n lalvH and epenl
a couple of d iv s In In i stun
Ms J 11 I arklii and daughter are
vailing relative in Houston
WIIITEOAP ltKPOKTS
limt IUi Texas December > ShetllT
Hnn er ar1 posse have returned from
Iniotf In this county whnnce repnrls
cunie that vvhlteiaps had run off all the
Jxiliiliitlon exi eot one who refused
to ri an I n iior stalest ho was to be made
g u t n ght
II t Hhttfl hlates hat no hostile tnove
t i nt o nrrd during the night It wems
in w that tcpitts were grmily exaggoi
atiii over tho trouble Only one or Iwo
liiinros were run off and they aro ev
i oiivlets Shi i Iff Iluntir recelveil nolilla
tlon thut a laid vitif to to tnrule lest night
hiiioo l H leaving for tlio scene
CONV1CTFD OF MUHDKlt
Son Angolo Texas December W Tno
Jury in the case of W 1 llledsoc returned
n verdict of guilty and assessed hl pun
Isbimnt at Ilttcen voirs conllnement it
the penlentlaey todav lie was charged
wllh killing chnrle Oood n last tpilng
In Snn Aigelo Tho trouble over ulil li-
tho killing eulrrlnatcd us ilrnvvn out on
the witness aland I > ndod to show that
tho defeniHnl committed the deed on ac-
count of Insult offered Ida vvlfe
SNOW IN NOUTIl TKNAS
Fort Worth Teas Detembcr tU Ito
imrts continue lo oomo In from various
ixilnts Indli ntlng that ymtenlnyR Btom
wan vvldeiprend Hiports from most
pdlnlH In North Texas slnto that snow
has fallen with a html freeze In many
phu es
ACCTDKNTALLY KILLrD
Ltllng Texas Dotcmlier 20 A report
Is Just received hat Manuel Garcia 7ar
killed tonight at tho Ilutler ranch font
miles fiom Itltldlivllk the ileum was
snid to he nn uiciduit Particulars ean
not 1c obtained
nUltGLAltH AT FLGIN
Klgln Texas December JO It Toms
general merchant wnB rohhtMl last nlghl
of about 1W In jewelry shoes and knives
There Is no clue Hnlranco was gained
ihiongh tho transom over tho front
door
TEN YKAHS FOH MUHDKrt
Palestine Texas Decen her 1 Ilenrj
Prlie colored was given ten years In tho
Btuto penitentiary today In ths illstril
ecurt for tho inunler ol Nelson tlrownlrg
colored In this county lust AugUbt
SHORT ILXAs SIMXIALS
ALV1N Dock Williams a 15yearoUl
to > fell from a dray and broko his arm
FNN1S Lob lleiisiev charred with kill-
Ing U C IVutest on Decemijer 17 wns ad
mitted to bull lu JUv
IllXIONA Mex cun named Martinez
has beon arrttod and julled oil the iluirgi
of criminal unsault on a Mexican woman
LKXIMITONTho laxlngton Leader
walih contcMt has cloMd tho prlzo being
twaidod lo Miss Dorn Hester of Ixxing
ttiti NEW PirtMINGHAM Tho kitchen nnd
dining room of Citptnln Ueill who Uvea
about two and n half inilca south of town
was blow ll down
IFAIlflAlLThero nre neveril thoubatitl
bend of beeves lelng ted through this rev
Ion of the ituntry but Hue fvedera paid
CU per houl nrtl ut the advuncn prlev or
eCtlon seed meal will inuku beer hlgle
HiiVII IKThe work of ralsluK Ihe
bones for thc erection uf stock yards and
a puekcry ut Ainnsna 1Mb a Is picBii ilnu
nliely nnd thoau who have It lit eliurgc
hOiici to havo all tho money subscribe In
a fevv weeka mcio
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS
Many Cargoes of Grain Hae Been
Contracted Ior
KATY LOADING HUNDRED CARS DAILY
At Kansa and MUinnrl Points
Trial Asked In llciuor Ca ei
Nolea aod Ienuuala
Galveston Texas December M The
fhlpmenc of rraln to foreign markets
tluaitqh this port will largely compen-
sate fer the falling off In cotlon receipts
owlrs to the short crop Tho jrraln
aiteiidy contracted for to ko forward dur iiamied
first huvuig obtained a illy llcenso It
sets forh that the ordlntuco nlltgod to
have been violated Is Inoperative Invalid
ami void In that It la contrary to the
charter of the city and In violation of
the statutes of the Mato and constitution
or the United States
The motlcn wdl be argued before lte
corder Johnson totnonow
F1IIK THIS MOIINING
This morning at liO o clook there was
u tire at the residence of L J llopo on
Fortysecond stieet and avenue Q Tn
house wns completely gitited The houo
was otvmd by W II Iollaul and was
valued at uluut JU j covered by ItiHur
amw Tho furniture whs Insured In tho
I Iremeifs fund ot Han Francisco for
NO FinCWOKKS
Chief of Police Jones says the ordl
ruiuo relative to tho discharging of lira
works sky rockits Homan candles tiro
eia kers oli will b < > strlcly Inforced
within tho elty limits during the holi
days
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
The new skntlng rink will he opened
on Christmas live
Dr and Mrs Ituprt Hluo arrived lu
ihe utv y < ierday evening lrom Hnn
and will spend the holtliys
with Mr and Mrs P T Downs parents
of rs Ulue
iillam Mlllr complained at police
hi
IMuitcrs lodiy that a gang of toigli
biija broke the wliidowti of his rrMiUvticu
nnd oihenvlhe dituagi d his prupii ty lo
tho ixuni ol ahiiii SM
Hon Ilonicn 11 Itowliind president oB
Ihe Ivlei Southeastern railway anient
pn
or thn ITist Nstloiml bank mid iirom
lneiitl > coniucteil with other fiiunclal
Institutions at Tyler Tcxns H In the
city today
THE FACTS
fiitlvesliinn Itlillcillnus Claims Are
ri
PlUlliletl III IliilteM Ierilis
General Freight Agent Allen of tho MlH
soun Kansas and Texas railroad writes
10 ilie rairoad commission us followb
Hon Jonn it IlcagaJi cnatrinitn Austin
Dallas Texas December 16 Dear Mir
lief uing lo jour circular No 1VJ aili
ng a mietlng in your looms on Dm onion
li to consider inrunn couivialnis ot
uiw
erliiiinuiioii in the touting of export shlp
inenis or loiun 1
beg to siihinli the lo
lowing expaiuuiulis of our positlun lu tno
main i
That the through rate from point ot
origin to destliHitlun via all lines Is lirac
iiinlly the same la tubatttnUaiy true but
tlm light to make via all ton es Hi fame
lato inut may be made hy one hu alwnvs
lienii oncediHl to all varrlers in a I ie
taitrrs Iswiwl ly tho commission tins prin
hns been ts > copnizcd nnd acciiied to
tho rends over which tne commission nu
jurisdiction Tho exrcltro or this light H
not lr tne punxute ot dibcrlmlnilng
ngiilnst anv port but solely In the Inteieat
ot tho revenue of the roads originating
the biiHinoeti und under exiling loiunai
c ul conditions It is of vital impoi tme
that the roads be accorded the l rlvl eire
of handling ihn business m the mannr
that will give them the grtatest revtnue
wltKiut Increasing the cost lu the snipper
I lie comnilSlnn leeugnltre tho fact that
unless 1 rulua via nil
statements of MS rs Ladd and Mollcr trnt
the prupoition lo Huston was viriunly the
same as to Unlveston nnd tliil 71 cents was
the pioportion lo Uuton against Ci cetili
to Onivveton are Incorrect
Since September 1 to date wo have had
but two Hilpmenis from Temple lo Llvei
pool via Atlantic ports one of which WO
bales on September 3 paid Temple to lioa
ton 9it tents per 1M pounds the olher lW
baits on seputuber v > paid Im cents per-
U pounds Templo to Uosion With theso
cxieptlons all Liverpool shipments frum
letnple by our hne have been moved
tluough Oalvonion
The lowest rate during tl > o season lios
ton to Livtipooi waa 16 cenu per 100 at a
tinie whin the through rati was lli4110
based en New Urban quotations which
left the proportion Texas points to Boston
10U SI1W
Tie lowe t through ratu durlnc the ten
son was ii cvnis Htt li at which tlmndwo
hud quotation of 10V cents from Uoston
leavlnB a proportion of s cents to Uos
lon
1 al o find that at one time the throuuh
rate based on New Orluins was 17 Mb
and the quotation from Galveston was S2
ci nls lcwlnp the propottlon lo Galveston
I 55 cents Instead or Ca cents us a alvay
This equalization In fnvor of
Inn Hie present season wull furnish cat go I Galveston I understand Is not objected to
for a considerable number of vessels which Xt wouYu
e ve r ne o
othttwlse would not iome here at all or ualveston and so hlKh out of Hoslon as to
coming here go away empty
It Is stated today that the Missouri
Kansas and Texas has commenced load-
ing at Kansas and Missouri points a
mlnumum of 1W cars of grain a day
lor export through Galveston Thus far
t Wi0 bushels of gruln have been con
leave only 73 ctnts for the haul to tho lat
ter 1 on
Iho statement that rates all rail ftotn
Temple to Huston aro vlitually the same
us ftotn Temple to Galveston and mat
tho rate from Dillas to New Oileans Is
the same as from Dal as to Houston are
so ahsurl as to attrut the attention of
tho commission without tny nslstance
irncted for and a prominent bum on n f cSrlrl H To thc llS orV
the hnty road recently purjhased SOHlOJ ften reduced below the figures alowed
bushels for expart through this port It
proper atrangements can be mado with
the Galveston Wharf cotnpiny for hand-
ling at Ihn elevator Tho exportation
of this grain will Ik commenced at once
ana several Rtetiushlpt will bo required
to ship the product to foreign countries
THU LIQLOll CASKS
This morning a motion for n new trial
was Med In the cases of the city of Gal-
veston against certain relull liquor deal
but reach
on local shipments they nivti
the low basis mentioned by complilnanls
It must be cotuliiuatlv botno n wind
that the shipper or ownr of this cJUon
1 not nuide to pay 1 ctnt more on h >
i ount of tho route most favorable to the
initial carrier
The Missouri Kansas and Texas rall
waj Is so situated with Its own talis to
both St Louis and Galveston that with-
out favor to either the uu > lness shruld
Im moved as Its Interests may ieiu ie
having proper regtid for the dislrts of
the snippet The con Itlois nft cling the
routing by this road vary from time to
era charged with selling llqtor without 1 tim nnd as the business Is entirely In
tlP1 arn tl u imo niuto results but now that we shall Root
Otbe i hunlncBs wni mme via those ho abo to handle our own fioonat
lin ii L having i t i higher crt > M ni rI be ni uhdiilo > 1 n y Pil tnn Instead of through a connect
rules will
to enjoy any portion of It
l0 ot Ilww V an > ° r ll > roads have
denlid shippers the tight to route cotton
according in their pleasure but inn say
for our lead thut we have Invarlablv given
shippers their cholco of routes and nnvo
hiiuled rtielr lunlness by the remit selected
by them and they undoubted y teicclra
Ihe iouIhj giving Ihem tho greater nd
vaniages
It Is true thai nt equal rates or rrelgnt
the cost of insurance e n cotton moved via
Galveston Pi greater than via any other
port ami some shippers have Indicated
their willngniiw to have their cotton
runted via Gaveslon ir the liuieised co t
or luuriince win einiallzed but it is my
Infillmailnn Ihnt the very parties who are
now complaining have untie stiiliMiicnts tu
thn eommlmlon that when certain rail
roads isiunllrrel this by paying to snip
pets the amount or mich lucrenseel in
surance It was nothing less than a re
bate paid by such roads to < eeuro the
iHisliKtM Ko It would appear Hint tho
rallrouda are wrong In pursuing either
coiiisc Imt the shlii iiiictitH have no scni
lles about rebatea nnd have toelay
standing offers with Interior shippers to
t fund t cents per hundred pounds on cot
ton bonkd With then
That thn proportion ncciulng to tho
riwds hauling the trelghl via llwton mi
lu siini ciiMm not greatly excceel the pro
I en tlon to etielveston Is unfortunale in uro
poillon as It Is true hut It Is a esse whtiii
thtv nust lecept such proportions or get
nothing and a choice so forced upon tnem
ilo s not tequire much consideration and In
no Instance can It be claimed mat the
rentes via Atlantic portB have done moie
thnn eqtinllre the tntcs made via the gjir
oris
The attention of tho commission Is called
to tho fact Miat while the ship agents have
made a rate as low ns 33 cents per lW from
Galveston to Liverpool the rales via waer
Iron Galveston to New York have not
letn less thin > S cents nor less than tl
en ts to itoston ner hive the nil rill lines
mado any redtieeel raves to New York and
New fhigland with a view of diverting
such shipments from the Galveston route
While there are some roans whece Inter
ests lie wholly In the direction of Oalvoa
ton there are others which can not volen
tntlly rend business via that route except
nl a loss to theniselvite ns can lie shown hy
llgures given below If the Cotton Ilelt
for Instance toeik a shipment today for
Liverpool Us through rails via both routes
would divide as follows
Via Itoston
Through tie
Compress J0
Culn tc Liverpool jyi
cmtin IMt proporilon t
vin tlilvestint
Through ir u
ConipieeK j
Con line to lalveslon vi
HMn > i rMvrti n i
Ldton lielt i rnpeullon y
To doiv the Cotton llelt the right tv
make entml talcs via Attaint ports would
bn depriving them of the opportunity cf
earning la cents per 109 tiounds more tnan
If forceil to route via Galveston
lly referevneo to our records I find the
teisiate any discrimination ngilns the
loithern route would be as rrnve an ot
fense ns a dlserlnilnatlon ngnlnt the
guir route While It Is and alviiivs has
been the desire of this eulupanv to route
via tlnlveslon such a propottlon of our
cotton as would be consldered fair nnd
ritlsfactory to the Interests or Hut point
tin re are times when tlie ecoiemlael
tiinngemcnt or this railway renders It
n < ssary lo send n great deal or It via
nothirn routes In ortiei lo use our equlp
iii nt which would otherwise have to be-
t nt In that direction empty There Is
ilwais a movement or meichantllse ftotn
the in rth and cars lnest be sent luck
to keep th supply at our northern ter i
mini and it they can not he sent back
lenleil thes must go empty The fu t
tlit It Is bett r to derive some revenue
evei ir small rnther than haul thin at
out cxpensi Is too apparent to re pit e
nnv explanation On the ether hand the
touinge moved to Galveston nlvavs ex-
ceeds that move from tht point and
t ei sonnies hauling empty cars back
so If all our cotton wns hauled to O v
veston wc would hnvo to haul emnty etrs
fion Galveston to the Interior nnd from
tin Int riot lo the north In the pad
we lmve had to depend upon our con-
nections for the return of our empty cars
Irom tlnlveslon und nt one lime last
wimin them were nn many as Id there
which were delayed Ht a time when they
were badly needed for loading at Interior
points nn Uie olher hand wheie the
Hilpmenis move via St Louis tho cars
do nn pass Irom our eontiol but no
avHliiliie for reloading al once
The mono to pay the cost of hauling
cm > v i ars must come from some source
nnd only by keeping that cost nt a mlnl
Imim can the roads I e opeintcd us un
the or sent conditions there is no
lute of lm reaslng the levcnm tor the
imixmum rates or freight am llxed and
the simplv or tonnage llmltol
Another source or benefit to many roads
lls in the Interchange of tonnage with
iionnetlng lines and bv delivering to the
lines nt tho Mississippi river a certain
lit untltv or freight treating a tenson for
demanding or i xpei ting n like quantity
in return Tho tevenue derived trum
freight reielved from these connections
Is needed hy nil roads lo help swell the
profs earnings out of which tho oxtpensos
of operation m t lie paid
It Ik ImpoiMble to seect one Item of
tonnage and attempt Vt regulato the
amount of eomlnri on or cost of trans-
porting It nnd If the en minis are In cer
Inln lnHtnnccfl small nerforce those In
ntniicej renal not be tnken as a basK ror
fixing all future earnings If n man
should he so unrorturnte as to secure
oulv half a tatlon on one particular day
It is no reason that he should he com-
pelled to sot1st on half rations tho bal-
ance of his life
1 wish abo to cuill the commissions at-
tention lo the fuel that we havo never
placed nnv obstnelcs In the wnv of ship-
ments to Gtihison on local bills ot lad-
ing thus enaMIng shlppo s to take ad-
vantage or nn > local concessions they
have I ecu able to get at that port That
thev hove not I ecu slow to grasp their
privileges nnd that no arbitrary routing
on our part tins dlscrlmlnnle1 tor cr
against Is clearly demonstrated by the
movements during Ihe past two sennons
as shown below
ISiVll 1VII05
Dales Hales
Moved via Northern ports112111 E2S 116
Moved via Southern ports 1S2161 119912
The cutrtnt aiaeon Is not vet rar enough
ndvanceil to definitely tletermlnc the tntl
Ing line will justrry our su ininga mircr
quantity there
It aiso should bo remembered that the
combined cfrorts t > r the tallrewds ttsulted
in the exclusion finni the Htnto of the
ii > pitteintatlves or the lines from the MIs
sbis ppl river to tho Atlantic seaboard and
wlillo I do not ilaim this wns done in the
it or est of Inhesion that L01t was rcr
talnlv benefited by t removal or that
feiituio ot lompotition
That llulveMin nnu i HII dsad
vaiiiages Is entiinlv no rault or ihe rUI
roailK nor have the tnllioads ralled in the
3 0 ha 1 < ton bear the burden
of thc w dUoilvaniogos but It Is to be
rmred that Inatend or appreciating the
imnlHtancc renebnd bv the nillroi is tho
mplalnants are Inclinef to nvoko 3
poweis of the oommlwlon to vvrench
fiom tho railroads that which they can
° als > lW them
lHise
elisiiivatltKH nav gvist
V 0 conilltons hive
P11
alwuja > reviltl
bo t h dlfricult to un
derstand
why eomplamants vvalieel i
uiu
wit r to P i adjus
will mimi tta
give then
n monopoly usalnst
everx
other id port in the I nlte I SiateH i1
cost tho railroads oes not concern
them nor do they regard tno interest
of shippers Now If the adjustment they
seek obtains who Is to he benchte l Y
s net apparent to
me thnt there im nnv
anlTerets except n fPW stcimshlp nLnVs
> sw > umtlng lSSmcr
volume of tiiialmt thev on e
might lie able
to eto this aeneon clculitsj vvrongfv an
Bro now trying to use the rnniinUslon to
force tluv railroiuls to make
i2 l eT lfr m I ar o Bond more their tie
fault or the
realinntls than arj the nils
nkes of those who lost money In tii
utliiB in fuHires or the farmers vv ho
horeil ror a larger ylel I
It Is untverFallv concerted that the cot
ton crop this senfon will not ex
per cent ol last ensons cron snd tho
railroads are already eiirferers to that ex
Hit In the revenue derived from th
transnortntlon of cotton cotton seed and
Its nroduels hut no relief for the ral
rroda Is suggestei On the contrary It
Is suggested that thev will he forcd t0
surfer still more If the demands of com
plalnants nre not aMtleri
I think I have nhnwn conclusively that
this nompanv has In no wso iller ml
nated nirnlnst Galveston nor aglns
corniilfllnnnis whom I can not cotsiiler
as fully renreeniing Galvestons lnt
r
est ror do I know of nnv railroad ds
rlmlnntnir against them hut It can b
shoven thnt certain roads have Mscrlml
nse1 most strongly in their favor
The only r medy augestcd arms to
originate with the coinm lon nnd that
Is a ieduction of the rates so fa as ie
Is In Its tjiw tn reduce end T fal to
e powr the vein Improve the sliitatpn
for > n nl1 rail r iiie will
IrevlioWv foiovv leivlng ev ryihpij ex
a < > s It l nnew wln nebotv benefited
and Ite r ds serlonslv Inltirnl
It Is earnesllv be > l thnt this reufe
will not obtain Tho rallroada havo
looked with fuvor upon the commission
behoving that it would accord lo them
the sumo protection It extended over
ihelr patrons nnd have gracefully ac-
cepted many reductions ordered by tie
commission tho justice of which was not
apparent lo iheni hut to make ftirtu r
iidui lions In the cotton rates would be
all iililiion tiny can not sum I While
everybody may luivo an Idea that rail-
roads may be suffering losses In the wny
of decreased earnings only those who
have the Ilrect management ot Hum can
know vviiot n struggle It Is to exlL
A reduction In rales Instead of bclnc
nn act of jTHce to any one would he
to punish tho Innocent tor a condition
over which they nave no control
All of which Is respectfully submitted
Yours truly J W Allon
General Freight Agent
NO TIIUTH IN IT
Havwards Confession Characterl7ed bv
Himself as n Pack of Lies
Minneapolis December SO The Impres-
sion Is growing that Harry Hayward tie
prlnco of liars In life left his masterpiece
of falsehood to grow after his death in his
remarkable antemortem statement Not
only Is there evidence thai he told many
sensational tales rlniply from a desire to
pose as a groat criminal and to tlvc his
Cousin Ooodsell a good thlnp but It
now transpires that Harry to at least
three persons characterized tho statement
as a pack of lies
W W Hayward his father publishes a
statement In which he declares that Harry
told his parents heforo the confession that
they neeil not vvorrv about what ho tall
It was to he a tissue of lies construi ted
to meet the demind for sensation lie nf
sured them that he lold them and them
nlone the whole ttuth After making the
statement he told his nttornov John Day
Smith that he had taken certain well
Known fads and woven around them
plenty of lies
The puhlic wints tho case he said
nl d I will give them the ease
To the specialist w ho ex tmlnod his
pkill and brain at Ihe nutopsv nnd po
licenced him degenerate the stiteicetit Is
rHnrlpillv Intereillnit from a phvslntiiglril
rolrt of view ns lunding vvclrfM anj evl
drnee to tlnr theory
The den and for the confession In pam
I hlet Is cnormou and todavs edition c
KiiOCO copies has already b en cxhnustel
Los Angeles Cnl December 20 Tho
story told by Harry Hayward recently
executed at Minneapolis for tin murder
of Miss Glng regarding the murder at
Pasadena five yenrs ngo by him Is
thought to be entirely false
Old cltlz ns heie full to roe ill any
mysterious disappearance or mysterious
clrcumstnnces surrounding the departuro
of any Piisadena girl fiom tho city nt
any time nnd think that Haywurd del h
eratrly falsllled There are thee who
declare thnt It Is barely prdialdn that
ruch a murder might have neon com-
mitted and the victim blng n winter
resident here but Investigation falls to
unearth even a suspicious clrcuindtiinco
that vvould connect Hayward with mur
tier here
WEATHEK INFORMATION
Last Nights Headings
An nrei of low pressure Is moving In
ever the northwest and another Is ctn
ttal over the lower lakes An area of
high pressure oveilles ihe Gulf States
Weather tlenr over the west Gulf
Ptntes and over the Kooky mountain
slope and Is partly clou lv to eloudv 11
wheie with rain ut Mentilils Nn hvHei
and Ht Louis Precipitation mounting
o 10 of an Ituh or more Is reported rrom
Atlmtn Kansas City Montgomery and
Nashville
GDNEltAL GHSK
Observations tnken hy
Weather liurcau at all i
meridian time
Abilene
Amurlllo
Atlanta
Cot pus Chrlstl
Dodge Citv
Davenpott
FI Pnvi
Galveston
Jacksonville
Kansas Clly
Memiihls
Montgomery
Nashville
New Orleans
North Plitte
Oklahoma
Omaha
Palettlno
St Louis
St Paul
Vlrktburg
PnOIiAHILlTIKS
Washington December 3 For Eastern
TcxaH Fair warmer southerly winds
imADSTHEETS TItADE IIEVIEW
New York Dei ember JO Uradatre fs
will eay The general business situation
has been alfecled hy the precipitation of
possible eomplkations with real llrli
nln First to teel this vvete prlcea of
cotton and wleat The p nous niitiire
of Uie pteslriitus HUileneni of tho eTe
had the effect luue and In London ot
causing fre selling of securlilts even
Hi iptte of tho fuet that the txinctatlon
of war Is slight Tho most luituvenibe
feature Is cuifilnued nrgotlutlons and the
uiiooitutniy which kxikis
lxiOils of wheat Hour Included as
wheat from both coasts of the Lnitel
81111 this week amount to 2500 o it husii
els eompjied w 1th 241X000 lust wei k siii
OnO In tlio week ono year ago SOO OVi m
the week two years ago and tir con-
trasted with 4i7nu0 In the lb rd wick of
December ISO Exports of wheal from
tho 1aclilc coist show n sharp dicilno as
compared with the preceding week
Ihe otnl number of butdnes itltiies
throughout the United Stnlcs as rep r ol
to Ilradslieets this week aggregated 3 r
compared with 313 last vvrek list in do
like week one year ago 15J two jcis
aco mote than at the close of the rmnij
veori nnl W and 13 In similar porloels
In mi and 1891
AimnsTRT rein fraud
Illgglns Texas December M News his
reaelied the sheriff of Ihe arrest at Pueblo
Colo of three panics James Long Perrj
Weaver and another whose name Is un-
known for passing fraudulent checks on
various banks Including th < sbanks at this
I lace nt Canadian Texas Cuid numerous
points In Oklihoina Work In this line
liiis been to Ihe extent of about fc3Wi
Weuver Is fiom this county Long fonnet
ly from Kanut and Inter from Ionl
Cteek O T They will doubtless be trie
Ill st nt Canadian
A DOUPLE TRAGEDY
Little Hock Ark December oA dou-
ble tragedy was enacted near Ilenton
Bnllno county Arkansas list night
farmer named Smith white about <
years of nre and wife had decicl to
separate They hid tlve cr six chlldrti
and last night when thev were to dl
vide Ihelr offspring they quardlcd
The quarrel resulted In Smith butchering
his wife When ho thought that she wus
dend he shot himself In the head with a
rlstol rlvlnr Instantly Mrs Bmlth can
not recover
KILLED HIS UNCLE
Nashville Tenn December M A It
Paynei > ostmaster nt Ixmgvlew Alai
was murdered this morning by James p
Nahe > rs his
nephew Nalwrs H a lad
ad beeximc lnfatuuied with loose
women
and when Payne remon trntesl with him
W0 a Bl 1a ° > the I Mtmai
ter s orflte and l
shot Payne
while
at work
rh
If caught ho will be lynched
PIPE CONTKACTLKT
Austin Texas Dcember The valcr
and light commlrnlon met this altertioon
SOICIDED
Ban Antonio Texas December ripes
1ranli vearotd eoloreei g rl
ulelded totliy Her elrl l-
on Vednesdil nd sSel SIZluFgS
MINERS ENTOMBED ALIVE
Uxploslnn oF IMrc Djmp Kills Twcn
tyFour Miners
SCENES OP GRIEF AND DESPA1
VIm Working Diy mid Night lo Save
ThemIhe Dad at the
ISgtiil Mriii
Nashville Tenn December 20 A spe-
cial to the American from Chattunouia
says
Twentyfour miners lost their lives today
In the Nelson entry No 10 near Daytor
Toun by an explosion of lire damp 1 ho
cxploson was succeeded by a terrluo
eraeh which lnelcaltU that tho roof of
the passage through which they had en
tered had fallen in No avenue ot escape
vviii left and there Is no possibility that
any of tho men will tc found nllve ihe
iiilno la Iho ptoperty of tho Dayton Coal
nnd Iron company three tnllcj Horn tho
town of Dayton nnd teuched by a spur
Hack Tho men ato both vvhlto end col-
ored Including eeveral boys and cntcied
the mine to go to work at 7 oclock tlus
tiiuinlng but nothing or the awful catus
tiophe was known until 11 oclock when
ho dtlverx In ontry No 10 tound their wnv
blocked by n soilti wall of coal and Mate
Ihe Nelson has ben worked for twilvs
vears or more end the entry vvheto tho
unloituuate mlneis nre entombed ran back
n ore than two miles ftotn tin mouth of
tlie mine The nilnu Is ot the klnci com
mnn In Southern coal llelds known ai a
tit it l or level veined iiiIik wotked In the
ellieellon of I lie vein Htulght Into the face
ol the mountain but bcloio the entry Is
unihcd a long slope txtums lo A level
seviul hundred vatds b lnvv at an anglts
of uliout Ji degrees The iirs me pulicd
up Hem tho foot of tho slope where tram-
cars ill iv n by mule t omiett with It to
he outsl le lie a cable which hauls the
eoal up wlh remurktblf rapidity
The reselling pjtti > have beer working
all day llko grim dculi trying to truck
Hum but It Is probable that thoy will be
Mveial eliys fori Ing an opening through
the wall ol the lulling roollng widen must
bo made mfe as they proieed Tlio roul
air qulcklj exhausts the vorVett w no nre
relieved by fterh hands The work will
day und night tliull tho oouej
are ii oveiel
V lu mouth hundreds of wonuvn
and children soon gnthereei and the pic
ture of heir giief and despair Is hearl
tci ding Motherh wringing their hantlb
weeping daughters nnd little children
fivveoUicarts anil gtayhnired grandiiirents
all in the great t distress lor they have
1 herJ ls hoiie Is a spectacle
Hutu which one tUrnn pick nt heart
The mine ll ventilated by air shafts or
liastctire so the caving In of the wml entry
cut olf escape nnd death was certain to
those who breathed the oisoned air
1 ho latest details and corrected account
ls an follows
At I oclock this aftornoon a way had
be n broken through the debris In the
passage of < ntry 10 and the blackened
corpses of the dead miners were rartlod
put on the outside where the work of
Identification began Iht number of vic
tims III st reported at twentyfive hies
reihed twentynltic
Two bodies iccovrred nro those of
negroc which have not been recognlied
v A Poihiy a eoloted laborer wns
one of tho last to be brought out Life
had long been extinct In all the poor re
mains of humanity at the mouth of tho
tunnel
Litest reports say that the gas was
first Ignited In No 9 by Tom Hawkins In
spector on his usuhl morrlnj roun1 of
the mines The Unmet vers rapidly tom
tniinlriteil to entry No 10 by miuns of
side piiipuges All tho men at work in
entiy No 0 escaped except Hawkins No
10 which forms un angle In the banks and
connects with tho outside world nt the
foot of the lower slope the detdlv gna
Ignited doing Its work so well that not
one uf the men who wore at work in tho
cross passage are alive < o tell the story
Hawkins one of the llrst to jet out of
° J a0 lle making the twenty
nlntn life sacrificed
TAKING OUTTHE DEAD
IViIclgh N C December id The Asso-
ciated Pr > s correspondent has Just te
tnined from Cutnneek the rcene of the
lertlllo cxploson In tho Egypt eonl mine
The work of rescue hegar late vestculav
nltrruoon All the bodies llscovered vvetu
bi ought > o the 1 cttom of the main shop
Imi
none vveie brought lo the ouiia c until
eaio this morning wnen twentytour
bodlis were brought out bv the lcscucrs
llgnt bodies were fmind afterviird nutl
aie Ijlitis nl th foot or tho sliatt Two
more bodies lmve bee i discovered hdl nit
almost eompletelv burled
1he > ate now LenB rUR ollt The body
of the roremin rf the dynamite row itas
nut been found Heporii as to the amount
of dynamite In tlu iune conilct fotic of
lle miners say thcie were live cases cr
> noun Is In the mine while the sumrln
tevVnt thinks thin vns only M pounds
ol tho explosive there The theory or the
cnitM of the rjcildent generally held Is tliil
the first explosion was of coal gas that
then the tlvnamlic exi lodcd and after Ihis
ciune the still ng limp which sjltocated
nil who romnlncd ulve
THE REUlEWOFTRADE
Continued From Page One
tcpori comes rrom tv good quarter Prices
com n riactlon uboee the worst Paris
rue bouiso was i at today out of sym
pntliy mid lor the rtiuons cahltd yester
uay biilln ihe markets here today vveie
vvi alt but wt > ro tho slcadlevt of tho Luro
pean markets
n a dun co s peview
New York December 20K G Dun
Co a weekly tevievv of trade which Is
boon tomorrow will say Tho strong
Aintrlidiilhtu of tho presidents lnetsnge
has btvcii Its character to tho ween
Popular feeling was prcfoundiy moved
but excepting In stock and cotton mui
kets business was temukably dull and
scutctly atteced Billing securities ncd
abroad were natutaily aitecud in tho
hrst impulse itiougn ihe slitrs are nt
unikelv lu lime to eiiaeovir llial no oner
tei unties are wmi Irtm imeriiauonal
eomiilicullons than tho Auurlcan Coiaiu
at a tuno wnen njatly ull produtu inut
kets are Inactive nnd Industries usuully
dud the dlalurbance has uitceted vuiucs
much less than tnignt huvo been ex
peclcd
Not because or any foreign question
but solely because of Influences milch
havo been lu continuous operation lor
months prljes or innnuraotuied gods
continued lo decline There ls no great
change lu boots ant shore
Hides at Chlcagu aro toarce and about
peir cent higher PiUes of Iron nnd
steel have fallen about 3 per cent for
the week
There Is no change of Importance In
the market for cotton goods which Is
not active enaugh to prevent some oc
cumulation Print cloths are a shulc
weeker The market for woolen goods
has not Improved Call for the heavy
weight goons are moro delayed than
usual
Sales of wool are mainly confined to Im-
mediate needs of manufacturers wno
nre running but little ahead The Im
poi ts of woolen gco la continue very
targe though smaller than a month nco
T he movement of cotton continues enm
parntlevly small Ihcro was u sdindo of
neliniiee In prices until foreign questions
dWiirhed the markets but the wsek
closed 14 cents deellK Failures for the
week have been S77 111 the United Slates
ngaln t 313 last year nnd thirtytwo In
Canada ngnlnst thliyslx last > enr
nilADSTItKET ON STOCKS
New York December M lira IstrretH
review of tho stock market says Tho
Venezuela message liaa been tho occaston
of a disturbance In stock market values
London has sold freely Its total offerings
amounting to ptrlmps UWOOO rhares
rpcro has also been liquidation on u lnrgc
scalo by holders of stocks here w Idle de-
clines for a great many stock orders and
wc kly margined accounts havo taken
place The dlspcsitlon to purchase was
tHyl than the selling pressure
i
though It fhotild bo noted the traders
are almost entirety beurlsli In sentiment
Now York
Chicago
llostou
Phladi lrmla
St Louts
ban Pranclsco
llaliimoro
PittsbuiB
Cincinnati
Kansas City
New Orleans
lluffao
Mlwaukee
Detroit
Louisville i
Minneapolis
Omaha
Providence
Cleveland
HOUSTON
Dallas
Iori Worth
nco
Galveston
St Paul
Denver
Indianapolis
Co umbus Ohio
llartlor1
ltlchmund
Washington
SI Jnseph
Peoria
Memphis
Hochceler
Savannah
Atlanta
Norfolk
Ives Angeles
Wlchla
HlrmltiRhiim
Topoka
chalanooga
Nashville
Br ranton
Salt Lake
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Toronto
Ha ltax
Hamilton
Winnipeg
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Eularttic MrelleUenV2Jtc
dont have to Ukibwto4
Dr 1lercea
Pleasant PtlleU
sugarcoated rranulti v
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The Peoples Common Seam v ti
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ing Physician lo th ln i ij
Surgical Institu a book el S
pages over V lllurtratknia
tricolors bound in sttonp
be sent ivauyonetenaiafjiemil f
Cent stamps In covet Tl
cosl of auiHm
Over fA ooo api of n conplX
Doctor Dook already ei1el ta
tbx
at regulai price of i jo
S Stc CURE forPILt
and notions and the ahaLlasiii
been seriously IncreaM aSS J
the cancellation
of forties tn
dots lo buy Industrial bontSiSiL
cllnts havo been ver > tetienl bha
stocks suffei rig eouairy win kcm
lu which London was a depreBtni tv
while low prices eecurltlu wenirV
liolli
by the lack of Bur rt ul li
since of a short Interest
On lrtday the speculiUrsMiani
affected both hy forelfn selnrt ul
nietnlc liquidation on a brums
ndiunro of money rates totiiiil
cent with the consequent allS
levins were a illsturbfru facto cIl
fecllng at tho olose aa nervotaeji
tegular On the whole the krNii
Im lined to think that the catttxji
with England over the VmajelcM
rlary question will result In hit to
theiess the prospects of i bet tm
Kiiiptiuo created great sttnfiiJ
easiness tie reception o tie w
abroad having a very unf tOTl < fc
on spcinlatots and lnvHtut IV
em c on tin l nrtoti marksnl
all deiiarimeiitB s > mpatbliliit tl
heavy decline In traerttaa fe
In the sensitive etate tftH
markets guneraU1
money otsv
message has produced aMUfl
tlon and has eegrivaletltittlliai
which lioth London and tbioa
now sulie t tine Instanceltaia
sharp break In Italian and lawn
ties In Paris No strfM wrtMta
tho allegcl mov ement In IM
part of ho bankets therettMlv
lean ctcdlts At the sairaUatujij
cerialnlv been Informal and fta
exhibitions ot such a spirit al
by tho sharp rise In exebuprt
BANK CLEAHING8
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New Yore December aIttliWB
luDIi compiled by UrailsUWtiUnlJ
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and the percentage of Incrtmtjwj
as compared with the ll0 ttWI
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