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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28
KATY OFFICIALS.
,r,.x VIII he In Houston Next
Tuesday.

Dallas Texas, March 27.-President H.
r Rouse of New York. Vice President
Thomas c. Purdy. Assistant General Man
arer A. A. Allen. General Attorney James
Harerman. Superintendent l.. w. Weich
ara Trainmaster Dennis Sullivan of st.
Louis. officials of the Missouri Kansas ana
Texas railway. arrived in Dallas 'onight
ON a tour of inspection of the Texas lines.
They will remain over Sunday in Dallas,
leaving early Monday for Denison. On
Tnredav they 20 south to Houston and Gal
,..s,on escorted by Superintendent j. w.
Maxwell OF the lines in Texas. They VIII
10 nresent at the annual meeting OF the
stockholders, 10 be held in Dallas April q.
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Rush Barnes. travelling passenger agent
VI the Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf,
left yesterday afternoon on the lntcrna-
tional and Great Northern fast mail for st.
Louis
An instruction car Of the Cincinnati
Southern railway contains, In addition Ia
the usual apparatus for teaching the proper
use Of the air brake system, apparatus
for instruction In automatic signaling, the
handling Of electric headlights and the
various forms OF car illumination BY oil
and gas.
representative Of the Carnegie inter-
ests 4. credited with having stated In
Washington that they could make rails for
s,,,s5 a ton and were prepared ito sell
down to that figure II necessary to break
the Illinois Steel company" The state
daily press.
freight agent Of the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas. leaves tonight for Austin. where
he will meet J. w Allen. general freight
eRcnt Of this road. They Will be present
at the hearing tomorrow OF all matters
referred to In circulars 3a3 and 59S Issued
by the railroad commission.
The attorney general OF Kentucky has
begun four suits in the circuit court al
Frankfort, Ky, against the Southern Pa
Ing $4,000. This Ia the amount OF fines
and penalties for four years failure &c
report TO the auditor the data required by
law for the assessment OF n franchise tax
The following prominent officials OF the
International and Great Northern were In
the city yesterday: Colonel T. NJ. Camp
Tell, general manager; A. II. Howard
treasurer and II. d. Henson OF New
York. assistant treasurer Of tho Missouri
Pacific system. After renuinlng In The
city n few hours they lef. on the fast mai
| for Palestine
Charles league. the engineer who runs
| engine No. on the Galveston. La Porte
! and Houston. is an old timer and is never
| so happy AZ when talking about what his
| engine can do. Engineer league 1t wa
| who made the fast run to Galveston, cover
| ing the distance In one hour and fifteer
| minutes and making eight stops. Wher
| asked az to the electric headlight. hc SAID
that no never wanted any other kind al
| long as he pulled throttle.
| A special train on the Plant systcn
| made remarkable run from Savannah. Ga.
to Charleston.S. c.. March IL. the 1908 milo
between these two points helng covered II
| ninety minutes. an average speed OF sev
onty two miles per hour. The speed 10
| one stretch OF eight miles was ut the rat
| O. eighty miles per hour. and for min
miles from Johns Island to Ashley June
| tion the speed was nj the rate of 72,4 mile
FER hour.
The New York Central road has recent
constructed at its West Albany shops
turntable said to be the largest In tn
country, and It has been placed IN tn
yards at Buffalo, The design was prepare
by MIR. frank Otis. roaduaster of the road
Its length Is siyty-eight feet six inche
and it is said that the mechanism Is e
nicely adjusted that hoy Is able to operat
It In turning heavy engines The cente
OF the pit is paved with concrete and tn
| balance with brick
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W. x. Morrow, manager of the Sugarland
railroad, is in the city
The 81 rate will be in effect on all OF the
Houston and Galveston lines today.
c. b. Liger. auditor Of the Southern Pa
cific. left for New Orleans last night
]. w Moss. travelling freight agent OF the
Frisco. arrived in the city yesterday.
Colonel l.. l.. Foster general manager OF
the Velasco Terminal. arrived in the city
yesterday.
Clarence Howard. secretary Of the
Pintsch Gas company OF New York, Is
in the city.
p. w. Forter OF the auditors Office OF
the Southern Pacific left last night for
New Orleans.
p. II. Goodwin. assistant general freight
agent of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa re.
was in the city yesterday.
Barney Fegan, travelling passenger agent
of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
was in the city yesterday.
C. l.. Fontalne has been appointed general
agent OF the Kansas Midland railway
with headquarters at Wichita Kaa.
II. c. Camp. claim agent OF the San An
tonic and Arkansas Pass. was In Houston
yesterday from his headquarters at Sar
Antonio
n. s. Medium, general manager OF the
Houston East and West Texas. has an,
nounced few changes In officers, Jamei
Appleby has been appointed general audi
tor and 4. Dargan has been made assist
ant treasurer.
j. II. Hendricks, commercial agent OF tn,
International and Great Northern at Sal
Antonio. was In the city yesterday Mr.
Hendricks was located in Houston for
long time and has q large number 9
friends here who were glad to meet hiR1
Milton Everett. general passenxan Zen
Of the Houston East and West las. anS
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Commission Circular. aoa md aos

Tomorrow is the day set for the hearing
by the railroad commission OF the pro-
posed commodity tariff as compared with
the present rates. A table is presented by
The Post this morning which shows the
difference that can be made with the COM
been presented for discussion which will be
more earnestly contested. The points which
will be considered are included in circulars
293 and 3os. Traffic representatives from
all lines will be present, number OF them
leaving Houston tonight.
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w. w. shnx. grocer.

Refugio, Texas, March 24.-W W. Shay
OF Refugio, doing small grocery business
filed a deed OF trust yesterday evening
naming Sid 4. Green OF Goliad as trustee,
There were about $3.50 preferences being
few OF the citizens for small amounts
to their credit on his books. S. +. Green
5000 and the First National bank Of Gollad
and a. Levi & Co. of Victoria. bankers
for $500 each. AS tho inventory has not
been completed 1t liz not known what the
assets or liabilities are, but supposed to
be about eQual.
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General Manager Meldrum oil Inc houS-
ton East and West Texas was the recipient
of numerous congratulations yesterday on
the appointment he had made of Il. b.
Gushing as general superintendent 81 the
Houston East and West Texas. which APP
recruitment is highly satisfactory to tho
merchants and business men OF Houston.
as we'll as officials OF other roads with
whom Mr.. Cushing has been associated
for a number OF years.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28

id.n. mas, March Civilian T.
T. =, s well known writer. who. under
at,r,,. pune of Oliver Optic. who has
!susratIouu Roy readers for more than a
e(ay. h aiea at his home in this city
II for so,ns las 70 years old. He had been
{ The hssae ume with fatty degeneration
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28

ALMOST A ROW,
OF Prcsler Dill DoIted q
M Mussmcetfnr

np,il,. ,e@as' March 27.--The adjourned
sa.u. =. the city hall tonight, called to
II ."e Presler uniform school book
s.,.n. usa In row. The opponents of the
Primer sh is said, had packed the hall
Z ths nm, who is a strong advocate
NJ h ~ objected to negroes participat-
pko serae e meeting and finally led those
~ gu with him In a bolt from the
Z a. ,,ma not speeches. were made and
hninea, niue 1t looked as though riot was
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i II Awicher, Chicago: II, L. ponerly.
~ pa EMO; VIM. l.. Deming. Thur
houston. E + J, Pietzcker, Geo. <. Boyer,
snsht ci ~. & Caldwell, FL Paso j. X.
"a I. CaiSr ". II. Patterson, Dallas;
~ wiz u vel. El Paso; w. +. Wilton
Ianss V ~. J.. .; Bland. Orange; George i.
x BrasnMSyy, Norman G. Kittrell. Austin:
|lsaa. F ors w. columbus. Texas; g. L.
\ pr J. 4. Morris C re- ll.nis' nin1 Yes
'sisssosiss'.eyy Bay city: o. q. COMPTON,
u Celvo. l.. b. Corlton. Alvin: Jake Da.
| a. R ssbtoonn:. Geo. Prescott, Galveston;
n oreanssw. hookdale; Henry cook,
tsrrse ii W.T.; T p. Robinson Eus; IN NJ n
sssad: W eH1ih9 n j. b. Hubbard, Hemp
taifsn' ns al; Dickson. Hemnsto1i; II. +.
Holmes Ai; s, r, J.. Smith, Austin; j.
3ssss. John ~" Nr nor; Texas; r. i. Smith.
armstrong, wharton s' La
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Annther Withdrnwnl.

Cedar Rapids. Iowa, March 27.--The Bur
lington. Cedar Rapids and Northern an
nounces its withdrawal from the Western
Passenger association, following tho action
OF the Rock Island yesterday. The Bur-
lington. Cedar Rapids and Northern, how
over. has not yet signified any intention OF
withdrawal from the freight association.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28
live Stock tate M-cting,

Austin, Texas. March 27.-Thc railroad
commission today issued n circular giving
notice that on Thursday. April s, they will
consider the revision of Its commodity
tariff governing shipments on live stock
In car load lots between points in Texas
and adopt rules aud regulations for came.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28

r. " No. IN city.
MAJ. French. ST. Louis. Mo: ]. S.
iisss ~ o., Dover, Del; J,imes l.. Hill.
iork w, iexas; +. a, Warzhoch. New
ss,ms. philadelphia: +. W. Stanton
4 - ~, VIM. II. Carew, New York; ID.
i Il saa ! Clarence Ii. Howard ST
!, :. HufIsmith. Palestine; j. Il. En-.
A L rew iork a. NJ. Gleniem'ng, Geo.
Scrs s H'ls Boston; A. Wagner, Bslti-
q n M MIS- Levy, John Neethe, Galveston:
M y ;,,.,e'' Galves'on; Charles Steiner,
L IasSIsv SC,,areice Eddy, Chicago: r..
ssoenss'cwn; n. j.. q. r. Eors, Ga NJ
I y F \ sain Galveston; w. i. impey.
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THE HOTELS.

fHI LAwLoK-RATEs $3.50 AND $500
pkR DAY. JAMES LA ~ LOR. Pro
pRIETpR.
B. L Vineyard. Eagle Lake; @. f.
Itlkar. Eagle Lake, John r. Morris. Vie
prA. X. e. l.. Ricketts,. New Orleans.
! B. Pipkin, Beaumont: H. ". Byronoke,
3 7. Craig, San Antonio, f.. l.. Edwards,
snlAnn; &. d. Coner. huntsville NJ
y Barnes, Fort Worth j. *. Hughes.
an Antonio: ]. E. Semple, Wins1on. n
6; y. Eyeretty. city; L. Wilmot. Orange.
j.; VIM. T. Sprankey ana wife. New
Orleans; John F. Kelley. Kansas City,
|khn E. Knight Louisiana. Mo-: tlian f..
cameron. Galveston. i tarnsworth
|cutro: R. e. Hamilton, Chicago: Dave
|xoatgomery, city; George Hopp. Chicago;
| z. Fowler. city; w f. Spear. G. -.
eondloe, San Antonio: Geo. +. Zelss. Mi.
nw Farm; w. A. Baile, New Orleans:
!nomas H. Wheless. Austin; Il. II,
Shenwenker. Cincinnati, Ohio W. q.
Ghnson. New Orleans; VI. j. Badly. Dan,
Mle; Pa; c. and E. Jen,ison, Michigan;
I X. Johnston. Dallas w. j. Warrer'
Elnnah. ohio: MIR and Mrs. W Ham
sMrowne, Luling: George A. T1vlor n.
|sn, 1919 {; H. Moore, Galveston, :. G.
! Chico; H. II. Bates. 81. louis
|t .s.a Lnsk; New Orleans: g. -. Hicks,
asasa' =. b; Dudley. Buffalo; Gor,'on
S s. Lynchburg: Esielle Curlav'
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uHvA -------------
| Ssiiins voitaic Electric Plasters
~ sure to relieve sore lungs.
llnP sak backs, kidney pains, and
& 4b .ueumatism. when all other plas-
- md pain allevissoss tau.
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Interstate Commerce Commission.

Interstate Commerce Commission.
The interstate commerce commission will
meet IN Austin, Texas. In the Federal
building. April 9, to hear complaint Of
the Business Mems league of st. Louis
against the st. Louis. Iron Mountain and
Southern and other roads. This case In
wolves the reasonableness Of the difference
between carload and less than carload rates
from st. Louis to Texas points. The rail-
road commission of Texas ask tho inter-
state commerce commission to give them
an opportunity to be heard. and therefore
tho meeting was set for the above time
and place.
This will be one OF the most important
conferences ever held in Texas. II will
bring together not only full representa-
ton of all the traffic officials in Texas. but
some from other States Besides the rail-
road officials there will be large repre-
scntatlon OF business men.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-03-28

M ou the InternationaI and Great
stsn and the Galveston, Houston and
s1smoa arrive at and depart from me
ssstionii depot. foot of Congress ave-
WSouri. Kansas and Texas trains
n Katy depot. at the foot OF Mont
- avenue. north side of tho bayou;
Es;ion. La Porte and Houston and all
Y pads, except those mentioned. use
ofaad Central depot
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THE NEW
HUTCHINS (: : :
/: j: : HOUSE.

w. T. ana ]. T.
Boyle. proprjetors,
Rates. $500 and
$3.50 per day.
Il. +. 4 head
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CAPITOL
HOTEL
hPDn-,T =

HOTEL
ARRIVALS.
Rates, $40 10
~ % p @ :: day.
$ ! y ( y elegant
/ o o m s, WIZ h
bath. l. Il + Z .
sample rooms.
Centrally locat-
ed. Best accom-
mo iations Tor
nA.. tA1
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week from the Vineyard Walker pens.
said to Il Post reporter yesterday that hc
had noticed that the Galveston Tribune. in
referring TO the cattle which The Post had
made note of as being the first shipment
of South Texas cattle to Europe, had made
the statement that these cattle were not
from South Texas. MIR Vineyard says that
the cattle were raised in South Texas and
have been feed in Houston. and says fur
Their that there will be other South Texas
cattle shipped He says that the state
nient has been made that these cattle will
not stand the shipment. but 1t has been
proven to the contrary and this industry
Will now increase.
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Memoranda comparing present rates
with rates proposed by Railroad Commas
sion Circular No. 1913.
GalV to Texas common points
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-10
7erse might be properly and fully ohronl-

verse might be properly and fully chronl-
cled.
The public swallowed the whole thing at
one gulp, hook, bait and sinker. Every
body clamored for a copy OF the Sun. Its
rivals, who did not have the extraordinary
piece of news, apologized TO their readers
One said that Ii had also received the
Supplement" in its mails but had been
obliged to omit il on account of pressure
of other matter" Others spoke of Sir
John Herschel as having immortalized
himself on the pages of history For the
moment there seemed to be no limit to the
public credulity. After the shower of
stars in 1888 it did not seem improba BILE
that to the foremost of the worlds as
trcnomers there might be revealed even
the secrets of the moon. The man in the
moon had, indeed. ceased to be a mystery
Even scientists were deceived by the plaus-
Utility of the description, and for several
weeks it was the engrossing subject of dis
cussion throughout the union. Learned
men ventured to speculate on the prospect
of opening communication with the planet
and Edgar A. Poe, whose De Quincey-like
imagination had been excited by what
Herschel had actually done, wrote, just
before he embarked on his career in Phil
adelphia, the story of 'Hans Pfaal" in
which fanciful voyage to the moon is de-
scribed a little after the modern manner
of Jules Verne and which some persons
afterward believed to have been written
by the same hand that perpetrated the
moon hoax" in the Sun
The imposture of the article was first
revealed, / believe by the New York Her
aid, but not until the Sun had received
from it an impetus which more than any
thing else it probably ever did until Dana
took hold of it, over thirty years after
ward, gave it reputation. The first man
who penetrated the fiction was a Prof
Jones in the college at Georgetown, near
Washington, to whom Prof John J.
Mapes had carried a copy of the Sun from
New York, entertaining himself no doubt
of It's verify. Jones read 1t with faith
until he came to an ungarded point in
Locke's elaborate description of the me-
chanism of the telescope. "Why, profess
sor," he exclaimed, that can't be done: 1t
is scientific impossibilty," and then,
with the tears streaming down his truth
loving eyes, he declared. TITS all a
hoax; it's all a hoax" The fiction had
been so ingeniously and cleverly worked
out that most of those who were imposed
upon, excepting some philosophers and
astronomers, took the humbug good-nat-
uredly OBJ manifested little resentment
Locke thought that he had served a good
purpose In showing the gullibility of scien-
lists. 1t demonstrated a need-still visible
among us, by the by-of sprinkling some
of their solemn speculatons with the salt
of skepticism. Some years afterward he
again exercised his ingenuity in an ac-
count of the adventures of Mungo Park
in Africa, but this hoax did not have the
vogue of the lunar masterpiece.
None of our latter-day "fakirs'' of the
press has ever been able to beat that cele-
brated yarn.
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T0-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for Savannah and vicinity I'M
til midnight Friday, Dec. 10, 1897: Fair
weather; no decided change in tempera-
ture.
Weather from Washington
For Georgia and South Carollna-Fair
Friday; southeasterly winds.
For Eastern Florida-Fair in northern,
erly winds.
For Western Florida--Fair, followed by
local showers in the afternoon or night,
southessterly winds.
General Conditions; Partly cloudy to
cloudy weather is reported from the north
west, the Upper Mississippi valley, the
lake region, Ohio valley and extreme
Southern Florida, with rain falling at
Jupiter; elsewhere generally clear condi-
tons are observed.
Slightly warmer temperature changes
have taken place throughout the north
west, Upper Mississippi valley and the
lake regions, but over the South Atlantic
states no changes of any Importance are
noted.
Light variable winds are recorded along
the coast.
Yesterdays Weather at savannah
Maximum temperature $3.50 pm. .6S degrees
Minimum temperature $50 am. .43 degrees
mean temperature .,..............56 degrees
Normal temperature .54degrees
Excess of temperature ......... 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since Dec l.. % degrees
Accumulated excess since JAM. $50 degrees
rainfall ............................ 90 inch
Normal ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10 inch
Deficiency since Dec. l ........... "a inch
Excess since Jan. l ..............2.4S inches
River Report-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at a. m. Goth me-
ridian time) yesterday was Go feet, "a fall
OF GA foot during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Observatlozs taken Dec. g. 1897, S p. M,
10Th meridian time, at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News:
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SO you want me to give you some
money to buy Christmas presents, eh?"
said Uncle Tom. Yes" said Willie 1--WE
only got S23 saved" Mercy! s23? Well
isn't that enough9 "Oh, yes. that Is,
said Willie. But. you see, I'm not going
20 spend my principal, and the interest on
S23 won't go very far'--Harper's Bazaar.
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DISASTROUS JOKE.
A Student Locked in the Madman's
Cell For Fun.

From the Philadelphia Press.
New Haven Conn, Dec 5-The arrest
and locking up yesterday afternoon as an
insane person of Henry Otis johnson of
Machais, Me, a Yale sophomore, will
probably lead to expulsion from Yale of
the four students who were responsible
for what they thought a practical joke.
It was not until a hysterical woman ad-
mitted the facts in the case that the true
version of the incident became known.
Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday after
noon the central station received a mes
sage from Mrs Youngs, who keeps a
student boarding house at 119 Wall street.
The messenger was so excited that the
sergeant sent four big patrolmen and the
police wagon. The police rushed in and
Mrs. Youngs led the way to the kitchen,
where she pointed Johnson out. He was
at work carving meat, and had q big
carving knife in his hand.
The four officers rushed upon Johnson,
secured the carving knife, handcuffed him
and rushed him into the patrol wagon.
They gave him no answer to his questions,
but placed him in a cell al the almshouse,
four miles out of the city, to be made
ready. Two hours later Johnson was in
the madmans cage In the almshouse.
gett and Foster to make an investigation.
They examined Johnson. ordered his re-
lease The faculty then took up the case
and learned from Mrs. Young that her
only reason for sending for the police was
that a student who boards in her house
had come to her and told her that John
son had gone mad and had a carving
knife, threatening to murder the entire
household.
The students were then called in, and Il
was learned that there were four stu
dents from the scientific school implicat-
ed. The faculty have secured the names
of the four students, but refuse to dlvulge
them. johnson is a poor fellow and Is
working his way through college. lie
earns his board by carving at Mrs
Young's house. He Is respected by the
faculty and takes the affair philosoDh-
ically.
The bluuder of the police was almost
as serious as the joke itself.