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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-18
DALLAS FAIR RACES.

Dallas, Texas October 1.-THE races at
the State fair meeting today resulted as
follows:
2:29 trot--Wert won in straight heats.
slater and King Bell divided second and
thlrd moneys. Time. 2.20, 223 IL.
2;lS pace--Acton Ward won, Belinda see
ond. Portland third. Time. PIP 81.
2:l5 81.
Turning, furlongs--Iack Hayes first.
Roltaire second, Queen Lab third Time
1.02 ga.
Running, l-2 futlougs- Shining Belle
lirsl brakeman second, Stella NJ third.
Running. furlongs -Gustave Cook first
Lone star second, Come Away third. Time
30. 80
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-18

Cincinnati, october 17.-I-atonia summar-
les
Six furlonss-Carre Lyle, Mnrquise, Mat
tie Ice. Time. l:1GM
Mile and one-eiehth, scling-Ida Pick
wick, Ace. Paul pry Time. 5Gat
Handicap six furlongs White Frost. Ro-
hair Lord Xeui Time l.1G1s.
latona autumn prize, mile and one
eiehth-i'irst Mate Ramiro, Nimrod, Time.
.5Gia.
Six furlones. soling -Tartarian, Satsuma.
Clissie b. Time. i.lGis.
Stecnlochase about one mile and a half
selling Herman, Hercules. Shears,
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MORRIS PARK RACES

New York. october 17.-Morris Park sum
naries,
Mile-Tom Cron we'll. Ameor. The Swain.
Time. t;i3.
SIX furlonsa-sot Fast, Nina H.. Lua
wirshafen. Time. i:15H
Inc BronX high weight handicap three
fourths OF mile-Gotham, IIawarden
Lady Diamond Time, .liia.
Manhattan handicap. mile and one fourth
-Bo lmar' Dutch skater Sir Walter Time
ge,ib.
SIX furlongs Patrol, Golf, Cno. Time
1:1A1..
inc Withars, one mlle--Merry rriuce
Louise n. Howard Mann. Time. .4ea,
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inWuguratcd by the Southern Pacific Sew
cral ear loads of sand are being Put he
tween the ties daily and part OF The track
IS helng ballnsted with bats and cinlnrs.
General Manager Quinan of The Hous-
ttu and Texas Central is expected home
today from Northern aud Central rcNa'
The Katy, Houston aud Texas Central
aud Santa Fc have nauguratcd special SER
vice for the people attending the DALLAS
Fair.
About 100 delegates left Houston on the
Houston aud TeYas Central Friday rorn-
ing to attend tho baptist convention at
Austin
Yesterday the International and Great
Northern gladdrncd rc hearts Of "a en-
ploycs 10y scndtng anral the September
pay chochs
General Passenger Agent Robbins of the
Houston and Texas Central has returned
from St Louis, whore he attended the quar-
tory meeting of the Southwestern Pas
senger association.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Parks
Of the Southern Pacific returned Yesterday
from 81. Louis. where he attended the
quarterly meeting of the SO itnwosto.n
Passenger association.
The words final return limit" have been
construed by the Southwestern Passenger
association TO mean when the passenger
hlllN's NJ MS Original starting uoint, IN
stcad Of when he starts 90 return.
The lont Traffic association has Issued
circular advising all roads to refuse to
accept baggage and tickets issued iy the
Glover Leaf because that road Las cut
passenger rates and allowed com MISSIONS.
At san Francisco yesterday r. y. Schu-
man. Il German engineer, who arrived ihcre
from Guatemala. said railroad business IN
mat country is booming The government
has surveyed a route from Guatemala city
to the Atlantic coast in order To make II
connection with the Mexican Central, and
construction work will begin at once.
Winter tourist rates were put into effect
by the Atchlson from Colorado common
points to all points to which they applied
last year No agreement has yet been
reached by the Western roads on this sub
joct Of winter tourist rates, but the Atchi-
son announces that II was compelled to
take the action II has because OF the Den
yer and Gulf road
Ladies' are greatly benefited by the use
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coLoNEL coopMAN III.

Colonel r. II. Goodman, general passen-
ger agent OF the Southern Pacific Railroad
company at San Francisco. whose health
Mas been on the decline for come time,
was taken seriously III a few days ago.
Late Friday night and early yesterday
morning the physicians and the watchers
by his bedside in his apartments at the
81. Nicholas hotel. San Francisco, feared
that he would not survive
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d. Ann ". v. RAILROAD.

Austin. Texas, October II The railroad
value OF the neuisou and WaahitH Valley
having main line of S9-l01 miles Tho
valuation amounts to $2i5,32O. 90. IL Is lu
deratooa that he terminal facilities NJ
fordcd at penison is what makes the road
So Kntuuhtp
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city w. D. Mcmillan, Lake Charles, La.
- f. Williams, Waco; r. e. James. At
ianta; j. G. Paul Panhandle: d. S. Cage,
Nelasco; H. Putzel. New York. t. w. Nc
CURE, Dallas; b. f. Bonner. w. Il. Field
ing; W. d. Mihlll, j. Nj. Dorrance, w. p.
Gribble. A. l.. Nelms, jurymen,
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rEXAs MIDLAND opENEp.

Paris. Texas. October 1.-THE Tests
Midland ran it's first train in here today.
n WAS an excursion to Sells Bros circus.
II WINS in two sections and brought about
1000 people In. Double daily snr, tee be-
Gins tomorrow. Trains will leave hors At
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80 a. m. and 30 D. IN. aud n i've at
L. so and II 30 4. N. As soon ds The tack
is bailastcd and the telegraph lac '3 oni-
pleted Il schedule will h. arranged to m IKE
close connections with the 'riIcn and
Houston and Texas Central making IT the
short line from st. Louis t. Houston aud
l.ulNnnt
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No LONGER OPPOSING IT.
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fc
Now Willing
TO RESTORATION OF FREIGHT RATES
In Western Territory to Rcor-
Innize tho Western Freight AssocIa-
'i"n-state Commissions Dolngs.

The Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe
management having withdrawn all opposi.
tlon to the proposed advance or restoration
oil freight rates generally in the territory
CT the Western Freight association. the
restoration will go into effect November 2.
mis- agreement OF the traffic officers. how
ever Is subject to the action to be taken
ny the executive officers OF the Western
iines at special conference called In Chi
eago next Tuesday for the purpose of ef-
iecting reorganization of the Western
Freight association. Joint call has been
ISSUED Tor this meeting 10y the executive
officers OF the Chicago and Northwestern
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Chicago
ana Alton, Chicago. Milwaukee and st
Iaul and the Chicago, Burlington and
pulhcy. The executive officers OF the St
Louis western lines, the Missouri Pacific
the Wabash, the Missouri. Kansas and
texas, the burlington lines In Missouri
ana the St Louis ana San Francisco, are
invited to attend the Chicago meeting and
thelr CO operation is earnestly solicited
looking to the adoption of a plan for the
maintenance of rates aud regulation OF
freight traffic which shall secure for all
competitive interests fair share OF the
business in the West
The st Louis lines win all be represented
at the conference and ii viii probably re-
suit In the organization of a board of trait
ic administration composed of traffic cx-
pcrts representing the interests of this St
Louis, the Chicago and the Kansas Citv
lines The Kansas City lines already In
the Western association would bring In the
Union Pacific, the Union Pacific, Denver
aud Gulf. the Denver and Rio Grande and
. ~.
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in the United States court for the Northern
district OF Georgia. Tho release was made
upou motion of MIR. Loslu Ryan Of New
York. solicitor Tor Mr.. Spencer.
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CLOSING HOUR OF TRAIN MAILS.

| Trains on the lntornationul and Great
Northern and the Galveston, Houston and
HENDERSON arrive at and depart from the
International depot. foot OF Congress ave-
bus, Missouri, Kansas and Texas trains
from the Katy depot. at the foot of Mont
komeIy avenue, north side of the bayou;
Galveston. La Porte and Houston and all
ttier roads except those mentioned use
he Grand Central depot
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INTERSTATE COMMISSION KHpoNr
Upon the Fatalities and Injuries OF Fin
ployes and Passengers

Upon the Fatalities and Injuries OF Fin
ployes and Passengers
The interstate commission has rendered
statistical report upon this subject ;or the
year ending June 30 1895, which says.
The number of railway employees killed
during the year ending June 30, 1875. was
ISL, and the number injured p d9d. Icing
a decrease OF u in the number OF employees
killed and an increase of 221f in the mum
Der injured.
The number of passengers killed daring
the year covered by the report vas 40,
and the number of passengers injured
25i5 being decrease in The number of
passengers killed by l5l aud in she num-
Der injured OF COS. II is worthy Of re-
mark that the number of passengers Killed
during the year covered by the repurt IL
less, both relatively and absolutely than
during any year for which complete sta
tislics are obtainabc
II appears during the year covered by the
report one employo was killed for each 1913
employees, ana one was injured for each
81 men employed In the raiiroad service.
OF trainmen-that is to say, engineers. fire
mcn. conductors and other employees 1T APP
pears that one person was killed Tor each
l15 employees of this class. and one person
injured for each eleven trainmen The
number of passengers carried for each pas
senger killed during the year covered by
the report was 2.9S4. A32, and the number of
passengers carried for each passenger III
lured was 2136i The liability of acct
dent to passengers varies of course, other
things being equal, with the length OF the
journey, \ more accurate statement of the
Liabilities sustained by passengers accord
ing to the results Of the year covered ty
this report is thar i1,696,7i3 passenger t.iles
were accomplished on the railways of the
tuiied States for one passenger killed aud
J,l5i,9 passenger miles were accomplished
for one nasgrnl-ev injured
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co1nnEn EXcuRsIoN mo- HOUSTON

Arrangements have been completed by a
rumber OF colored people and the southern
Pacific Railway company for the running
Of an excursion nom Lafayette La, 10
Houston. rs miles. on Saturday next.
II ere is no especial occasion for the excur-
sion. but the colored people living between
Lafayette and here are coming in large
numbers. a special train of seven or
eight conches. sufficient to accommodate
400 or 500 people, has been chartered.
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NEW HUTcHINs HOUSE.

W The leading hotel.
w" ct, Arlington. Galveston; ". ii. Rop-
n A|ago' A. S, J. Daugherty. st. Louis.
zones San Antonio; W l.. Mcbride,
Opv "n mhio; j. 7. Hart. penison; l.. l..
A. cehlson; W. H. H. owen. II. NJ. $.
Cacn, Nshpbell, Palestine; H. I. Murphy
av o.. Z, b. Phillips. st. Louis: \. II.
M. Iia'.eston; }. Evans Spars. New York
kyos,a' roosevelt, ST. Louis J. Ii. Hin,
kdbsm" Fort smith, Galveston; II. 5.
bwgm' D. r. Adihold, Tom Carlton, j. %.
Goid, southern Pacific railway. Charles
W Tug city; G. X, Cummings. city:
IA, yo3' city, l.. Y, Mitchell. Washing
hionio. ~ smith, city, w Il. Booth, san
lasco. II ,'' ID badley, city; l.. l.. Foster.
ky San a. " Ciltt, Patterson; Mike Car
nn,ohio Wilson Smith. Memphis
5rleht ',TTtloh' Fort Worth; J. T..
ont "SSo' George Collins. Beau
bbert Mo- Landon, Fort Worth:
lke ChsrIau''och. Galveston; Il. a. Stunhs.
l. Bnrr"ns "a, Major smith, Nayasota
pyle l. aI,o ~ rr.'HttSyille, w. b. Williams,
NJ can, W. IL. 81 Reid. New York
I'm ALLISON, Eagle Lake. s r. Wos%l
" Jehison; H. X. Wallace. Shernon.
Johnson, Denver; w. J. Arrinr.on
Etzel " H. w Wilson. Cbicar,. II
cs, Williams Waco; Mrs '" Tooma NV w.
flyeston, Se,h; Miss Mary Harrington.
Donahass, 'is Nh Herman. Galveston; Frank
bsrles n d. A. Roosevelt. Franklin po'
fntry's on,o'ains, city; Taylor Coons,
J HARDY W., =. A. Rugeley. Wharton
c. TomnItWIraaa Wharton V. II. Norris. city
ylist. San rpNi Ans, Homestead; Charles G.
btonio =, antonio. ]. q. u Karr c,n
lnn, Fort Wv Mashburn, trinidad G. r.
; Robert T co,d J Bouldln Rector Aus
Louis, NJ eihaI city; W. II. NJ. reid
ss9se; Mr.. J. r II G. r, Field and sons,
1ddock, orSpraa. Vraddoek, Orange; Miss
New "; yYo erR Huntsville, WIEN" NJ r S% Tam.
$ weems 60 G. " Horton. roxas;
(atoa; resa. Cedar Lake; J. NJ. Clark,
;ss.yll s si,v r. u rn hsis4 Au. nan
u. Husbes 2; J. Wilkins, ST. Louis
dallas; W. IL. Blaisdeii,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
rs NOT DEMOCRATIC.

Hon. Napoleon Davis has just re-
turned from Washington, and is quoted
in the Oregonian as saying in refer
ence to the appointment of receiver of
public moneys at the Oregon City land
office:
81 think the president was a trifle
sorry that he had only one position for
35 men so highly recommended, as he
will necessarily lose the opportunity
of making "a good and loyal friends
who would stand by him through good
and i'll report. The drawing capacity
of federal Office is simply wonderful,
and, to the dispenser of patronage, a
great source of strength"
If Mr.. Davis is correctly quoted, it is
not probable that he came any way
near expressing President Cleveland's 8
feelings in the matter. Cleveland is
not the kind of man who would feel
any regret at being unable to furnish
places for thirty-four men to perform
the services of one. Such an idea is
foreign to democratic principles.
Whatever else democracy may be
faulted for having done, it has never
been accused of creating offices as re-
wards for loyalty to the party. Demo-
Gratis have ever favored government
simple and pure, government for the
people, not for officials, and it is not
likely that Cleveland has so far
wan 1ered from these time honored
principles that he would desire to bur-
den the people simply to make few
solid friends.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
An OBJECT LESSON.

The deadlock that exists in the Ken
tucky legislature in the senatorial con-
test is an excellent object lesson of
that clumsy process we adopt for elect
ing United States senators. One of
the duties of tho legislature is to elect
a senator, but owing to division on
party lines, no election can be effected
without the vote of the populist mem
bers, and virtually those two men have
in their power to decide for the people
of the entire commonwealth of Ken
lucky who shall represent them in the
United States Senate. That is
two men can cast the vote of the entire
state.
This state Of affairs should be suf-
ficient argument in favor of electing
senators by direct vote. Speaking of
the deadlock in Kentucky the other
day Senator Turpie, of Indiana, in a
speech before the senate, said:
''But whatever else may result from
this deadlock in the Kentucky legisla.
ture, it>should teach the People of the
United States that the time has come
when there should be adopted an
amendment to our national constitu-
tion giving into the hands of the peo.
pie the election of United States sen.
ators, that the ballot uf opinion un-
bought and unawed, may settle the
question of election to the United
States senator "
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
TIRED OF WAITING.

Patience is indeed q commendable
v,rtua under. ordinary circumstances,
but thero are times when this virtue
becomes unbearable. This is now the
case with those who have patiently
waited for years hoping to see the
Columbia river opened to navigation.
They have waited and waited these
many years since the first ground was
broken at the Cascade Locks, expect
ing every year that it would be the
last until their exports and imports
should float unimpeded up and down
the great waterway of the Northwest.
They have seen over $4,000, 900 ex-
pended on this work, and probably
81, 200, 900 squandered, and still have
patiently waited without entering any
vigorous complaints. But their pa
thence has been sorely taxed, and
unless the locks are opened at an early
date, they will no longer remain quiet.
The prospect of the locks not being
opened for traffic for another year,
and possibly two or three years, causes
every person directly Interested to ask
for an explanation OF the cause of the.
delay. They want to know if it is
really true that the canal and locks
cannot be operated when the work of
the present contractors is finished.
This can only be determined by prac-
tical demonstration, and the people of
the entire upper country demand of
their representatives in congress that
they insist upon the war department
allowing practical test made. Let
the locks be thrown open, and if they
prove to be unsafe, then let them be
condemned, and speedy action taken
to secure an appropriation for their
ultimate completion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
WHAT THE DALLES NEEDS

A spirit of prosperity and enterprise
prevades The Dalles, as is shown by
the amount OF building that is now con-
templated this season. The city will
assurediy enjoy more substantial
growth the coming summer than it has
at any time in the past FIVE or six years
An immense amount of money will be
invested in buildings, and number OF
new mercantile establishments will
likely engage in business here; but
with all this anticipated increase and
general thrift there is one thing lack
ing. No efforts, so far as we are in
formed, are being put forth to establish
any class of manufacturing industries
here. In this, We believe the people
of The Dalles are short sighted. We
may erect mammoth buildings, in
crease our facilities for transacting
the mercantile business OF the country,
and offer inducements for trade to CEN
ter here, but unless we can do some
thing to increase the population, make
more mouths to feed and more persons
to clothe, our efforts toward advance
ment will fail to meet the reward to
which they are entitled.
The Dalles should, in two years, be.
come city of 10000 Inhabitants, but
this it will never be unless industries
are built up that will give employment
to more people. There are now all the
people here who can find profitable en-
ployment. There Is nothing at
present to invite another wage
Garner to come to the city. But if we
had wool-scouring plant, another
large Touring mill, foundry, machine
shop, wagon and carriage factory,
wooden mills, etc., The Dalles would
soon become the most attractive point
on the coast for laborers. Without
some such industries the city may soon
outgrow its resources, as has nearly
every other town on the coast. Seattle,
Tacoma, Ellensburg and Spokane fur
nish good examples of cities that have
been built up expecting to live on the
resources of the country and without |
attempting to create any resources in
the way of manufacturing. Today |
these are cities Of immense brick blocks
that are tenantless, Investments in
their real estate is no where near pay
ing interest, and in many instances !
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
A TEXANS REPORT.
The Cubans, He Says, Have the ,spaniards
Whipped.

HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 19.-Captain J.
H. McGarvey, an old Texas veteran,
has just returned from Cuba. October
16 last he left Key West for Cuba, in
charge of the Viesta, with crew of
eight men. At Key West the Viesta
was loaded with arms and ammunition
branded as lard, bacon, etc., and he
was instructed to turn the cargo over
to an insurgent commander. On
reaching the Cuban coast he was chased
by Spanish man-of-war and was COM
PEELED to beach his vessel, which he
did and then burned her in order to
keep the Spar ish from getting her.
He and his crew struck out from their
landing place, near Matanzas, for the
interior and joined the insurgents.
Captain McGarvey says the Cubans
have at least 5000 men under arms;
that they are supplied with guns and
ammunition and also receive supplies
of money regularly from the United
States. He remained with the troops
until fortnight ago and says he
traversed nearly the entire western
portion of the island. He says the
Cubans have the Spaniards completely
whipped, and at their mercy, but he
cannot understand why they do not
take Havana and bring hostilities to
close. This he claims they can do at
any time they see fit. The reports Of
Spanish victories, he characterizes, as
tissues of lies.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-02-22
A DANGEROUS CURRENCY.

Mr.. Charles c. Jackson recently con-
tributed and article to sound currency
that is a timely and interesting dis
cussion of the need of retiring our
credit currency. In most convincing
way the article shows that we are using
an ancient and discredited method of
currency and needing not the clearest
and most convincing warning from
experience of the danger that this form
of paper money leads to.
Mr. Jackson thinks that the gold has
been flowing away from this country
during the past eight years because we
have had an excess of currency, and
because our government has SO abused
Its power to issue paper currency that
both our own and foreign, investors
are doubtful whether that currency
will always be redeemable in gold.
This doubt has been growing with the
decline in value of our large stock of
silver, all of which is practically re-
deemable in gold, with no adequate
legation. Certain it is that for more
than three years there has been such
anxiety, about the maintenance of the
redemption of our currency in gold as
to greatly harass all business men and
seriously check investment and enter
prise here on the part of our own and
foreign capitalists. This anxiety would
have no existence were it not for the
government notes which we have in
circulation. Maintaining constant
prompt redemption of these notes is
task for which the treasury is utterly
unfit. Our banks, with $4,000, 600, 900
banking assets, are much better fitted
to issue currency than is our govern
ment, which has practically no assets,
and which in times of stringency or
emergency. can borrow gold only by
selling its own promises to pay. The
resources of this country are 30 great
that it has succeeded thus far in keep
ing its legal tender notes at par with
gold. Similar experiments have failed
in every other country. No such paper
except ours is at par today in the
whole world, All other intelligent
nations have abandoned the effort and
substituted metal az the only legal
tender and now have all this paper is
sued by banks.