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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-25

An official Of the lnternauOnil anu
Great Northern who was in the CITY
n few DAYS since, in speaking oil Inc
new depot being built by his road at Iay-
!or. said: .-.,,z,,,,
TT is the policy OF the lnteFnauohNi
and Great Northern to erect only inc
n ost substantial and ornamental bulillhsH'
and every depot that has been bulil IN
fbe mast few years has been struclaie
INIT does credit TO the town in which II
was placed and TO the road for whlch
II was built. Our new depot at Taylor IS
model of architectural beauty ara Is
worthy OF a place Of much larEeF sig,
The building win cost over $4,000 Whem
completed, and win be fitted up. win an
the latest improvements and depot Ia
cilities. ,,u..-,
"As to the new building In Houston,
which We are contemplating, can say
nothing definite as yet. The depot WI,
be built. YOU can rest assured, ana II WIN
be one Of the finest structures IN TINS S'a'y'
but OF course we can not do too Hluen
constructing all at once. we recosI,1u
that this city deserves something belle!
than the small ard unpretentious deposs
| that tho international has here now az"
are figuring on a new structure 10 be eIeG'-
| cd MS soon as possible The plans WI! pe
/ drawn up soon, and you may ftete u'u,
/ we have Houston in mind for inc mn M,
/ Improvement In this line, and that we W.
1 erect a depot which every ciuAeh coz
| view with pride"
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wife Murdcrcr Captured

Columbus. Ca. January "a, Richard
Llghtner, a negro about y years OF age.
found ms wife IN ratner questionable rela-
uons win John Green, another negro.
and Almost without word of warning,
Jcrked "a common pocket knife and began
TO use Il very freely on the woman, Tine
nrst blow would have produced death,
for II plunged utraight through the heart
and severed Il, The negro next plungsd
the blade into his wlfcs throat, cutting
tho Jugular vein, and followed this cut
with a deep cash in tho lett shoulder, and
q cut IN the left thtgh Tho woman was
almost dead before her husband had fln-
shcd hls barbarous work
The negro Green offered no resistance,
but as coon MS the murderer had turned
and fed Green gave che alarm.
Officer osborne was the nrr- policeman
TO learn OF the murder lie captured the
negro after a long and hard chase. Tho
prisoner was very much frightened and
offered no resistance
The news OF the ueBros arrest spread
very rapidly aud soon hundreds OF people
had collected about police headquarters
Previous TO the arrest Gmong the ne
groes there had been considerable talk of
violence. and Chiot Williams was little
apprchcnsive. so he had a detail OF police
under his personal communal. 90 10 with
the patrol wagon from the poAce station
to the jatl For block IN front OF the
Jail the street wa8 blocked With negroes.
No trouble IL anticipated, os the negro
was placed In the condemned cell In the
tower OF tho jail. whore access to him ~
iirposslhle
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-25

1r tn WIN the Panama Railway company.
Ia eonWnet expires May ! next Mr..
i4s secs 10 New York with almost abso-
nt poWsr vested Ia him by resolution
c',., Wy directors OF The North American
ia5, 'P"'y az meeting held on Saturday
80 le n empowered 10 open nego,ln-
,v's looking to transfer OF the North
~, can Navigation company its assets
Anu i's Influence to the Panama corpora
ION VAe Panama Railroad company, un-
W.. ne corporation 90 the North Amcri-
Son Navigation company, would be cna-
Dtea 20 operate IT'S own steamers Of the
Iaelhc as L now does on the Atlantic
Win the Columbia line.
Iho Pacific Mail S,oampship company
mas boon driven out az Colon by the
steamers OF The Columbian line. TIE In
IeAt OF the plan outlined would DO to
utHe the Pacific Mail company out Of
iAnama. The aecond proposition Is that
inc Panama railroad company shall put
Oh us own line OF cleaners between san
francisco and Panama and that the
North American company shall use all
US influence, and, II may be, add some
thing OF a subsidy, to keep the Panama
steamers ailoaL This would be done
largely through one trofnc ASSOCIATION.
Barry Baldwin, president OF she Calitor-
MIA traffic association. IS now IN the East
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and Great Northern, took a
run down on the Columbia Tap ycster-
day,
Tom Kingsley, travelling passenger agent
Of the Louisville ana Nashville, returned
yesterday from short visit to Calves
ton.
w. s. Kocnan, general passenger agent
of the Gulf, Colorado ana Santa ne, has
returned to Galveston, after n short vlsi /,
TO san Antonio,
Il. o. Maer. chief train dispatcher Of the
Missouri Kansas and Texas at Taylor
was visiting the officials OF the road in
Houston yesterday
w Il. Coley. travelling auditor OF the
Missouri Kansas and Texas, came In from
san Antonio yesterday morning, and went
down to Galveston.
r. O. Bean. travelling passenger agent
Of tho Southern Pacific, has just returned
from California, where he took an cN-
cursiou party 10 tne Mldwiu,er Fai-.
The Alba Haywood company came up
from Galveston on the International and
Great Northern yesterday morning. The
company goes north this morning. via the
Houston and Texas Central.
The storm Of Tuesday night did consid-
erablo damage to telegraph wires OF the
International and Great Northern, the
Katy and other roads In Houston Several
were torn down though no serious incon-
venience was reported by the dispatcher.
r.. NJ. Coz, travelling freight ana pas
senrer agent Of the Texas Central with
headquarters at Dublin. was In the city
yesterday Mr.. Cox was connected with
the Houston and Texas Central for ten
years. and is well known in the railroad
cirrleg Of EauStdn.
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THE RAILWAY WORLD.
A ROAD TO JOIN THE TWO cpr,r
OCEANS.
The Iron Highway to BE BuiIt Aero,,
a Mexican Observation-Disclosures
of the southern Pacific shops.
The Forfeiture Suit.

Alex More, city ticket agent OF tho Mex.
lean National railroad at Monterey who
visited Houston Cor a day or so this week
in speaking OF The railroads of Mexico.
said:
There are number Of projects In con-
temptation for new railroads In Mexico
at,present, and 1t is safe to say that sew.
eral of them viii be carried out In I'M. pov,
year or 50. There is no country in tho
world Offering better inducements for an
extension Of the iron highways and tho
moneyed men of the United States and
Europe are beginning to realize this fact
one of the most remarkable roads project
ed is one that will undoubtedly be built
across Mexican peninsula, which win
connect the Atlonue ana Pacific oceans"
The operation Of this road, as described
by MIR. More, VIII be OF very great i'm
portance to this country, as well as the
European countries and Mexico. 1t will
be 200 miles long and viii cross the Isthrnus
OF Mexico juSt nOnth OF Yuca1an. the
seaport on the Atlantic side IS CoatZacoal-
COS and the town on the Pacific SIDE is
Sam Cruz. Both places have excellent
either side and have the goods carried
across on the road ut a very small ex-
pCnse compared with the long cruise
around the South American continent,
which occupies days and weeks of time
The government OF Mexico is behind the
scheme and the work is now under way
BY the first of next September it Is ex-
pected the line win be running, carrying
both freight and passengers. The country
through which this road Will run is fer
tile and tolerably well settled. The pass
through which the line VIII be built is
the only place in Mexico where the noun
tains are low enough to construct road
without the expenditures of enormous
sums. Even there II would be difficult
as the mountains are big and steep ana
and are hard 10 blast The pass whore
the railroad goes through the Cordnleras
range Is almost like n valley, ana there
VIII be comparatively no grade at all.
a German synd'cate has been In Mexico
looking after the new railroad. The bonds
have been fioated and Representatives of
the syndicate have furnished money from
a banking institution IN Berlin. II Is said
that the government OF A.eNlco has long
desired TO run lhls line but never before
had the opportunity to put the desire In
practical shape.
The new read viii add immeasurably
to the commerce of the United States. be-
cause the products Of a great extent of
country along the Pacific viii find a ready
market through her ports. There are
operated and plantations cleared for the
simple reason that tGle products can he
sent across the strip of country 200 miles
I'm width, over tho railroad and shipped
from the seaport on the Atlantic side to
all countries and IN all directions
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,Ic,Icon llnlly iliIlcd.

Loclthart, Texas, january 7l--Last
night between 10 and Y o'clock several
pistol Shots ncrGctd tho aAtcnuon and
aroused tho apprehension of @.Jacns VINO
CHANGED to be awake at that hour on
Investigation The Post correspondent
found tina; GroSorlo, Mexican section
hand on pho Sun Amouio and Aroneas
Pass railroad had been shot and knlL
10y Mr. Henry PRrmcrtcr. The difficulty
occurred at tho restaurant OF Mr., Dan
forth. where parmen,er wac working
1t was developed lha; Grcsorio entered
tho restaurant drunk and boisterous and
made a purshasG OF some article. FOR
which he refused to pay. AID Parmeuter
took It from him and returned It to the
show case, upon which Grcgorio became
very angry md violent and smashed the
show case 10 pieces Paimcn.er then
struck tho Mexican vita his pistol and
cNpalci him from the house After some
time the Mexican returned with II plstol,
and Btandiug mt the door presented II at
Parmcnlcr and mapped at him twice,
pRrmonter Then fred several shots at the
Mc%icnn. who ran n shor. distance nnd
dropped dead on che sidewalk, Or. Miller
performed IN autopsy on the body and
found that bullet had passed centrally
through shc art, The doctor now has
the perforated heart at his office in alco-
hol
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Texas SInmie KILLED

Pensacola, Fla. january ga wo-
man known as Mamie Han, alias "rexaA
Mamie" was killed here tonight Ia q
house of IN Zane at no. rs West Saragossa
street, kept hy Pauline Spencer. The wo-
man was lying In bed sick. when suddenly
n pistol was fired In an adjoining room.
and passing through thin partition,
the bah entered her right temple and
passed through her Aeud. She lived only
few minutes aud nevc? spoke. The po-
lice were qt3ctly ut tho house. and found
Captain Francis Domingo Nlrla Of the
Portuguese hnrk ,iulia, and u womnn
named Mamie HARRINGTON IN the adjoining
room. They also found q A-caiber Cote
pistol behind sofb Both parties were
placed under nrrc7t and locked NJ NJ the
police station 1h3y claim that the shoot-
Ing was accidental The matter win be
Investigated by a coroner's jury.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-25

In the last ten days Chicago railroads
have sold more mileage books for the use
OF commercial travellers than they sold
during all of November and December.
The directors of the Louisville and Nash
willie railroad have passed their dividend
and by way OF explanation issued a cir
cuar to the effect that the money would
be reserved for emergencies and expended
in equipment
lNe Wagner Palace Car company is now
employing at its East Buffalo shops nearly
1000 men on repair work The principal
work being done Is putting on vcstibules
TO all cars not fitted with them. Improve
ments costing about $4,000 have been made
to the East Buffalo plant in the last few
months.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-01-25

The Southern PaclAc officials from Cali
fornia, including MOssrs. Huntington
Stubs Fillmore and Wallace visited the
extensive shops and round houses of tho
Atlantic system In this city at an early
holr yesterday morning.
They We're shown through by Division
Superintendent Mulyey and were accom-
panied by General Manager Krutt5chn!t;
and General superintendent Van Week.
The gentlemen, with the exception of Mr..
Fillmore, had inspected the shops on pre-
v.ous occasions and were prepared for tho
perfect arrangements and general magni-
tude of the works, which give employment
TO hundreds Of men In this city. The Off
clals expressed themselves as well pleased
with the condition or the shops, and con
CIRCULATED the managers upon the perfect
order and system evidenced on all sides.
The party left in their special train at
9l5 O'clock yesterday morning, Mr. krutt-
schn!u accompanies them throGch 10 san
Francisco and Mr. Van Week viii accom-
pany them as far west as l1l paso, and
perhaps the entire distance.
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international forfeiture suit.

The quo warranto proceedings Instituted
by the State through County Attorney
Brad Hancock at Galveston against the
International and Great Northern company
for a forfeiture Of It's charter on the
ground that the company had violated Its
charter franchises by consolidating and
absorbing the Galveston, Houston ana
Henderson railway, Will come up In the
State district court at Galveston next Mon
day, the 18th instant
This s,iit is brought for the purpose OF
ousvlnr the int ,rratlonnl and Great North
ern from the possession Of the Galveston.
Houpion and Henderson, and owing 10 the
numerous complications that have risen In
railroad circles lately, VIA be watched
VITA great interest The case came up at
Galveston before judge Stewart on the
nth instant, but was postponed until the
0et,
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Nn1n. and Teraonals

/ w Boyd. lost car agent OF 'N7
Katy was here yesterday -.
~. s. Hosklns, superintendent OF ,,, L,e
Nacaroni leaves for Victoria this morn
r. 6 Collins, chief clerk Of me TIA, 5enas
car service association. went to Da'i19
last night =. s,o
.Torn cunnif, superintendent Of e s,is
crescent News company LETT ior @
Antonio last nlg'nt - and
n. l.. sheei,r. agent Of the Hons a0a. The the
1,a,,a C'entral AT Moxa, was anohb 80
railroad men in Houston yesterday ~.
G.. w. Butcher, superintendent arsngas
chinery OF the San Antonio ana . az
pass Of San Antonio, was mere - ia
Frank Matthews claim agent y
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rnrrcr niII,s nonds

Atlanta, ca, january 23-HaTry IIIIIH
name was called three times ~ the supe-
rlor court yesterday and HIS failing to
appear resulted In the forfclung Of MS
bonds In eleven cases. in which ne "
charged with forgery. Hil could not very
well respond as he was under SOA
bond TO appear before a Chicago judsH
nj the same hour. and was In Chicago.
The total amount Of the bond forfeited ip
$500. Hlrs attorneys cay he Will come
hack. and would have been hore but for
tie Chicago bond. n they bsiieve this
lhey are alone IN their belief. The fact
Ia. nobody Is anxious 10 have the festive
foreer back here. Neither the prosscu
tors nor the public are anxious 20 look
upon him again In the near future Hlii y
perhaps more anxious 20 come back thar
n anybody else. Here he has no hnpuciai
troubles When absent he is less favored
II h. pretty wen established that 10 Gin
clnnati and at Louisyllle he received
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AnnrrhlAt srh,,nh nnIrt.

Chicago, january 2l,-M!chuel Schwab,
the pardoncd anarchist, WAS the principal
sneaker at q meeting OF socialists mt
Uhhrh's hall yesterday afternoon. For
Two hours he addressed the meeting In
particularly mild manner and from the
beginning of his speech until 1t ended
there was no applause or demonstration
on the part OF his friends, Schwab spoke
In German and FOR the tirRt hour devoted
himself to a review OF the history Of or
ganizcd labor in America, detailing the
growth and development Of movements to
perfect organization among worlungmen.
showing the good that had been done.
The latter part Of the speech was devoted
10 an explanation of the theories Of so
oiallsm and the benefits tnat would nc-
crue to all men and women WHO work I'M
der that system.
The audience was particularly orderly
and attentive. A number Of special police
officers In citizens clothes were In attend
ance but outside the burst OF applause
which marked the end of the address 1t
was not materially different from ser
mon. Mra. Lucy ParHons sat In the rear
of tho audience, hut her presence did not
excite more uian passing comment and no
invitation was extended to her to speak.
Before Mr.. Gchwnb had finished Mrs. Par
sons seemed to Tire Of the address and
left her scat TO hold @ conference In an
nnte-room with Fred Boff. after which.
talking her little boy hy the hand, she
hurried from the hnl. Tho more extreme
opponents Of socialism hoped that Mr'.
parsona would make a speech and there
was evident disappointment when she LOFT
tho hnil before there was an opportunity
ip call ON lcV
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To,,nc nf AZ snnthcrn rncIfc.

The cnLtty Auditor OF the Railway
Age writes as follows:
l see that the newspapers are saying
that Mr.. a. y. Towne Of the Southern Pa
chic is going to resign They have said
30 before and 1t Is no more true now than
1t was then. ! say this With authority
not from Mr.. Townc himself but from one
who is about as close to him as q brother
is to brother why should he resign2
The Southern Pacific certainly needs HIM
and II he ls tired Of the Southern Pacific
ii is a thing of very sudden growth, Mr.
Towne has n good many years OF hard
work In him yet and he is not Of the make
OF man who stops when there is work to
do. There are doubtless many people who
would like TO see him resign, because
there arc many who wish the Southern
Pacific all the Ills that can come TO 1t,
and Mir. TONNES resignation would be
emphatlcaly III for 1t. But his and the
roads nl-wlsacs are doomed to be disap-
pointed once again.
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"a month ago" said the drummer, Il
stopped overnight at a small tavern in
Illinois, and before retiring l sn. for an
hour in the room used for an Office, talk
ing to two or three men, one OF whom Il
lame man, was TO occupy the double room
with me. l went up to bed some time oe-
fore h= did and when he came | was snug
ly tucked away, but not asleep.
by the way he said, you were talk
ing about pensions do%n stairs, wern' I
YOU?
Yes. / rather believe in pensions, econ
omically administered"
$50 do J. he said, carefully taking off
his glasses, and with them 4 wax nose,
which he laid on the table, somewhat to
nv discontinue, but l don't believe in
being ndscrlminaTc-heTe he fished ont a
glass eye and put in lumber Of water
aud then took out his teeth and put them
with the eye l couldn't say anything ana
he went on
AZ know men who are today getting
from SO 70 $50 a month'--he removed his
wig and hung IT. up carefully-'whn do not
deserve IL any more than my grandmother
does, and I hate TO see'-hy TINS time ne
had off his coat ard collar, and, removing
his left arm, he placed II on the burehli,-
good, deserving men getting mlseraD.e
utNe pittance whose records are stories Of
bravery and daring'-at this point nc sat
down, kicked off his trousers and one shoe,
look of corl; Lex and laid i, by the arm
and l was about ready to jump out Of the
window.
Good Lord. man I almost yelled, rs
sat up in bed, don't you get penaion%
"'Of course not he answered, with a
look OF surprise. Il was in the army four
years, but / got this In a railroad wreck.
and the company had 70 put up $4,000
damages That beats n pension al to
pieces Then he put out the Light, hoped
over to his own bed. and had nightmare
and jimjams TIL daylight, dressed Win my
owes shut, and got out m hour before my
disintegrated friend did
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FOR MOTHERS SAKE.
A son KILLED NY THE MOTHERS
ADNiIRER.
4 Horrible wife Murder In GeorEIn.
An Indiana Green Goods Game
broken Up--Nturdcrcrs OF an In-
nOrcnt Texan Are Indicted.

ri Dorado Kan, January 2A-Bruee
Sewers has been paying marked attcn-
lions to Mrs. Tablng, who recently sep
Orated from her husband. Grey Tnbing.
a son OF tho woman, warned Sewers to
desist. but without eject About II o'clock
az night while Sewers and Mrs. Tablng
were together young Tablng attempted TO
kill Sowera, but the latter was the best
shot and put bullet into rablng, from
which he shortly afterward died. Sewers
surrendered to deputy United States
marshal.
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co-INsuRANoE PLAN.
Insurance Combine Evolves n Mon
ey-SnNing scheme.

Burlington, Iowa, January H-The new
tariff and re-ratng OF all risks decided
upon Two months ago by the Insurance
mbne, whose ayoWed intent was TO in
crease Is revenues by making the public
pay more for Insurance, were allowed TO
pass unchallenged 10y the pubic on ac-
count OF the pluiul plea OF poverty set
up by the rich insurance companies, and
now comes the demand OF tue combine
Tor the enforcement of the so per cent Gu
insurance clause. In effect, the combine
now undertakes 70 dictate not only what
rates the insured shah pay blu, how much
insurance he shall pay for, and II he does
not carry all 1t thinks he should, IL makes
him stand the difference in case of loss
one local agent illustrates the working
Of the so per cent clause as follows. The
owner of a building the cash value OF
which Is S75c is compelled 10 buy nj
least $4,000 go per cent OF that value) in
surhnce each year in order to get the fun
insurance In case OF the total loss by fire.
II the owner decides to take only $4,000
worth of Insurance and the building is IA
total loss the Insurance combine says I'M
der their 50 per cent rule the insured is
co-insurer to the amount OF 10000 and is
Liable for his proportion OF the loss-onc-
third in this case-lnd hands him a check
for S26,Gs6.6d instead Of the $i0,eN he had
paid for. Tnen there is this point upon
which there Is sure to be dsagreewcnt
ana dissatisfaction. The co-insurance
clause says the actual cash value OF the
property insured. Who Is to say what the
actual cash value IS? The owner, the local
agent. general agent, referee or who?
mis- point VIII cause sufficient trouble
when the insurance Is taken out, hut lt is
almost certain that It VIII cause great
deal more IN settlement OF losses. In the
last case the property owner VIII discover
that he Is 'co-lnsurcr to the extent OF such
donch Cess ,han "a per cent actual cash
Saluey, aud 70 that extent mus. bear
r,r-,,orlipn az INV INeg
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money from Atlanta, and IN his mellow
moments he boasts that no has "friends'
here 10 Atlanta who viii never let him
starve, There ia but one real prosecutor
IN his cases now, and that Is Tolloson.
the little banker, who holds over 5000 OF
paper signed with the name OF Mrs. Fem
ME Lowry Porter, and can't get his money,
Every other notc-holdcr seems to have
been satisfied. hut Tolleson says he TO
after I'm, and Inn alone. tt Harry comes
huck aud sucs on the stand, Alanta's
biggest sensation may be expected, That
is, II he talks on the stand like he has
been talking in private
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San Augustine, Fla, January A-'Ihe
following changes have been ordered by
the war deDartnent IN order 10 give Key
west n stronger garrison; Battery n
Cforas captain win 30 to Fort McPhcr-
son. Ca, and Batteries l tMyrIcl; captain
and x Smith captain VIII 10 to Key
West barracks. The commissioned Off
Gers Mt Key West when the change Is
erected viii be Captain Myuek, com
nandlne: Captain Lewis Smith and Lieu
tenants IL. G. Done j, NJ colin, Charles
w. Foster Kenneth Morton and d. D.
srbIuIpl