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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-04
THE sTATla.


Natspnsl Prison association discussed
oonNict labor and tho control OF prise
citurs
North Texas county Judges and COM
nNs.oiiers discussed caro- od tho insane
and pa,ipers.
y ltttie negro girl. recently outraged
al Waco is dead of her injuries.
No thought Of removigs Baylor unA-
vcfstty from Waco.
a light SNOW fell az weathsrford,
thick lee ~ I.ockhart; heavy sheet was
general. Tho sudden change win mako
II hard on cautle.
A Young man WAS probably fatally
Injured at Galveston by being thrown
from a box ear.
A MrN.cap Central train war seized
by customs officers at El Paso.
Terminus OF tho new sahlne Pass
railroad--IIouston or beaumont wll
be decided next Tuesday.
San Antonio veterans havo MATE
great arrangements for entertaining
visitors.
Bus.ness-Ac. a. Andrews OF Lockhars
assigned
MIR Blake is expected 90 make 4
formal announcement Of his candi-
dacy IN a short time.
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THE Post
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
A SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS.
DOMESTIC.


Tn the Federal court the Omaha Live
Stock Exchange pleads that tho or
ganization Is In no sense trust
The Dawes treaty not liable to be
ratified by the Chlckasaws.
Martin Thorne sentenced TO be cleo
troou,ed durins the week beginning
January TO- and Mrs. Mack ~ get
term OF imprisonment Cor the murder
of t;a,idensuppe.
snow and cold weather prevails over
the Norti, aasd wezt
II is said Governor Griggs OF New
Jersey has beca offered the attorney
Eeneralship.
f'JstmaStcr Rapier OF Mobile
Na., refuses TO turn the office over to
i, D. Barker. his republican successor.
Every wire plant IN the country To-
he controlled by che new trutt, which
issss caritai Of sSo;o0oco
Cotton around vickrburg, Niles. suf-
fors from the stormy weathcr.
RriSs ronicroy block and Mcmillan
oper, house at La Crosse, Wis. de-
! atroyed by ERE. Loss. s2oo.ooo
Mrs. aicKsniey W sinking rapidly and
can hardly live The day through.
Notices of twenty contests IN the
next house have been sent TO the chief
clerk
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News That Two Warships AN IL
Route to Fort = rrlsce. N
IRE ONLY GERMAN TRAINING saIps
hut Night Cause Ssrlous Trouble6y
Visiting the lsIand.
MICH ExclrExESr rKEyAlLs
apastnrbsmc~n ThrouKhcus the Me-
pabitc Are Apprch~ndcd ~ = Cen-
sequence by the tsovcrnmens.

Washington, December S--Thc Haytien
minister. MIR Iseger was an early ca!,ct
|at tho state department today. hav;Ng
news IRON, home OF q NEST disauietng nA-l
ture. Of which he wished 10 talk with tho
secretary, Secretary sherman, still beihg
confined to his horse with cold, aud A--
s,stant Secretary day, having attended the
president on his journey to Canton. SccoAd
Assistant Secretary Adee was acting "a
secretary and to him tho Minister had M
course. It appears his government has
cahled him from Port au~ Prince that the
1iay,ien consul at Kingston had tcls-
graphed that two German warShips had
sailed yesterday from that place for Fort
au- Prince The ncws had created the grca'-
| est excitement IN the town and all over
the island and disturbances were appra-
hended.
Tho foundation OF the statement Is be-
Hevcd to be that two German school ships
which have been cruising in Southern wa
ters. are Just starting on their way north
| ward to the United Stairs, About the m'd-
die OF last september the German charse
| here Mr. Reichcnau, formally advised the
1 state department that the German cadet
school ship would arrive at CbarleHton- >.
| O. February . next and that the ct'iet
| school shin Ckarlntte would arrive ~ the
| same port February u They are 70 depart
! February and " respectively. Mother ot
| these vessels can properly be resardru -
warsihps. although they are attacned 80 tha
| German navy and carry a inrge nun,osr
az voting naval cadets. Nevertheless, tht
| ilaytien minister fears that their appear \
ance in Hayden waters Just at tails juno-
| turc. when the threat has beer made trAt
German warships viii make demonstra-
| ton in the harbor OF rort-au Prince, may
] lend to serious trouble there
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,lilA.

Dispatches from Havana state that
General Pando has not been Killed.
ri Pats. the Cuban antonomist or
gan. favors the plans proposed by
Spain.
Spanish newspapers disagree In tsieir
views as to the proposed plans Of au-
iopomv for Cuba.
Tho special commissioner OF Spain
atl1ilts that there are 1000 destitute
cubans in Pnar del RIO, for whom his
government cen do nothing.
Tfazea wants 10 organize gnerrhia
forces in order 10 put down The rebel
lion by next June
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rMn lNTGnNAL MNNNNufs.
A Large Increase In Eccripts II -.
minated.

A Large Increase In Rccripts - -.
tiNnted. n
Washington. December s,---in his arnuai
report 10 the secretary OF he t,essnry, Nj
Foreman, commissioner 81 ihSe.nal rs,trrs.
estimates the receipts from all sources Tor
tho current fiscal year viii asgrsgate y
least slbh0Do 900. an Increase ever sSss 81
about sS,3pu.o 600,
a comparative statement OF tis r.tttpts
during the last nscal year Is given u rart
all follows: ~
spirits. ssa,oos.Sia. increase ever isps.
Si.3Ss.4T2.
Tobacco, $50. 7io, POI decrease 1891
irern;entcd liquors. sa2,i,2,i62; dt,ftase.
si.3i207S.
The cost OF the collection of the revenue
during the last fiscal year was AS.ag9
During the year e.it Illicit stins vtro
destroyed and thirty-two re.no,ed; SO
personh wore arrested. Que Si'iad and three
wounded. or the atilis seized and salstol I'd
22S were located In Alabama, Sal IN ctor--
gia. 46s In North Carolina, 100 IN South
Carolina and s45 In The sixth Vlrgtata aus
trict.
During the last ten years ten Officers
were killed and sixteen wore wounded b.
mooushiners 4 ~ i.
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( COMMERCIAL,

The spot cotton markets remain un-
Changed. with a firncr tone.
Liverpool futures closed I.std up;
New Orleans cos points higher. and
New York points up.
iiester's report shows an increase In
the worlds visible supply Of cotton.
The wheat market In Chicago shows
no chansse IN prices.
Bears made an unsuccessful attempt
to hammer down prices sn the stock
market Sugar was active and Man
haitian advanced points.
There was q decline in cnttle or $50
soc compared with week ago.
i5radAtreet's reported rather more
animation owing TO colder weather and
the approaching holidays.
Dan took TN optimistic view OF every
thing except cotton.
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roREIGN.

Russian newspapers protest against
Gemany's occupancy Of the Shang
Ting peninsula In CHINA.
Disorders N Prague result In the or
ganization OF vigilance committee
ard more troops being ordered out.
Io,a takes up the cause OF Dreytus
and says he will devote hts HE IN
working for his re.case.
iIayti alarmed over reports that Ger
man warships are on their way to
pert-au- Prince,
Austrian rcichsri,h Will probably he
porcgueci for a considerable time AMI
the emperor VIII be. for the tiuie, an
absosutist.
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TELEPHONE SERVICE
roDAA's FORECAST.

eweoRLEANS--The annual runnink
meet OF the Crescent City Jockey club
be inaugurased today.
NV Y0RK--Mme Sembrich. the Polish
(triee. is to be give another and Anal
|ay night concert tomorrow, in recog-
Of the interest her previous appear
have aroused.
DISTINCTION Considerable interest
hes to the sermon announced TO be
lered here tomorrow by Rev. DR.. G.
Perry Of England on the subject III ia
ktional arbitratton.
train today Is bringing
Eing shots. and by. this evening the
Of the country will be here. ffady 10
pete in the weeks shooting tournament
= opens here Monday. This will he one
ne biggest weeks in American trap
hing.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of the ROYAL Geo
hical society who live In distant parts
pc British Isle are arriving here to,.ay
ltend the meeting of the society Mon
when Lieutenant Il. T.. ,'sary CT the
led States will make the address Of
occasion, his topic to he The Frozen
RSHlNGTON-Th National capitai Is
" filling up With members OF both
and when congress opens Monday
promises to be few absentces In
non TO the opening OF that august
another interesting event : ,1oked
ION that day--the elevation 10 The SUI
pc bench OF the successor Of Jpsiice
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nAiLHOAps'

The interstate commerce COMMITS
sion will probably grant the raiiruads
more tsn.s IN which TO comply with the
safety equ.pmaEst act
Judge Mccormick OF the Federal
ccurt at Da,las granted an appeal IN
the sale OF the Waco and Northwest
ern. "a.
The State commission adopted tar
in on cottgu factory products. coal and
Sgf,ife.
The differences between the Texas
city Terminal AMI the Katy on the d.
vision Of cotton rates will be adjusted
nexi Thursday.
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GIGANTIC WIRE rMrsr.
isvery Plant Ia the Country 10 ~
One rated by One Syndicate.

livery Plant la the Country ia uc
Operated by One syndicnfc.
Pittsburg, Pal. December 3 The Pitts
burg Leader publishes today he details
OF the proposed wire trust. The facts gath
cred, :. If claimed, are fron an authors
tative source aud ARE youched far by par
ties Interested In the deal. TIE combiun-
ton Will have capital OF 10000, 800 and is
backed by j. pierpont Mcirar e.
Co. al New York II vii take in every
wire. wire rod and wire nail iiant ~ the
United states and Decides these two blast
furnaces. one o. which has us own orc
supply. aud three steel plants StIi De in
ciided IN the deed.
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Figaro under the heading; "rhe ssndl-
cate In u lola rays The worry tontsp~
ton OF Hebrew syndicate ,taviag been
Termed to buy the release Of Dreyfus and
the condemnation OF another IN j IL ttesd
everybody knows to DO nanf axtly tsse.
pueriie and simple. II Il worthy o. t.ose
who Invented It.
"Dreyfus was condemned Tor treason br
court martial, From that moment no
nec2mc treitor--not man. but en- alb
Str0etton cmbodying the idea OF his MUIR
dered country and representing hot only
present but also past treason 10 the ohSti-
rate mind. only mindful that his treason
night have dcfeated us.
1T (thc syndicate explanation) Is simple
enough: He Is a Hebrew. The Hebrews.
rich and powerful, without country. will
secretly work to get him out OF his diff
cclty by purchasing mems cons ,tences
and involving all France In the meshes OF
an atrocious conspiracy,
80 the syndicate Is 'formei'-a vast
mysterious enterprise of people in masks
large sums pissed 10 strangers by night
under bridges. distinguished perscnages
corrupted whose honesty Of years Is bought
at fancy prices.
These taliegcd syndicate membcrs) are
French citizens, our cquals, our brothers
whom imbecile enti-Semitism drags daily
In the dirt An attempt was mule 70
crush them through Dreyfus by ranking TIE
fault OF one OF them the crime OF the whole
race. II is easy to understand They are
supposed to passonatciy desire 70 make
manifest to all tho innocence OF tneir CO.
religicnist.
Il speak OF them without strong f,eing
I neither love nor hate them. For Inc they
are men. That sufliccs
The newspapers which abuse pisyfus
brother because he did his duty are a dis
| grace to the press OF France.
France is no longer Frauce II sht car
be deceived and driven to mad rage arn'ns
an unfortunate being who Cor thsoc year:
, has been espiating under at-ociuus ccndi.
| tons crime he never comMittsd
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,Dolrgs o. the Fruit. Flower aud
Vegetable committees.
Tie Poiltry show viii, continue an
next week.
The artillery preparing for their Cat
yng guns.
princeton alumni propose cicctinS
Mr.. c,evcland's young SON a member.
Tho thermometer reached freexins
the first time this season.
4 street shooting but nobody hurt.
Generosity Of tho Liquor Dealer~'
association.
A brSsher Of cx-rrcsident Harrisou
I'm the city.
N w. cuncy mas ! few words %
Federal patronage.
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Now Mnnk. COR ,IcxIco.

City Of Mexico, December 3.--Thc Mer-
camille Bank OF Vera Cruz. which ia about
to be opened, has had its capital Increased
TO s2.0cO0oo and the amount has been rub
scribed. A new bank Is projected in
Guadaia,ara. which hitherto has bad no
independent banking institution. and the
ida has been fayorably received By wealthy
men nj that city,
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Washington. December s.s--tspeeisi,) =
The following postmsstesv werc appointed
In Texas today. Carlton, Hamilton county.
ID. w. Taber, vice j.. w. Mckenzie. ie-
moved; Downing, comanchc county. wills
lam Putnam. vice W. G. Davidson. re
moved: Fredericksburg. Gillespie county.
James Larsen, vicn Henry wahrmund. ae-
moved; Lometa, Lampasss county. y n.
willtcld vice +. W. Dent. tassgnsd Lun,'.
Travis county. Carl J BERGMAN, vice J. FL
Rivers. estg I'D: Mecedor a. Wa ker county.
william McGowan. Vice George y. orviss.
removed; Oytrton, Rtsk county. ]. NJ.
Morrow. vice Il. A. Motley, removed
The postoftice at Shawnee, Rsd River
county, Will be discontinusd after Deccni-
her 10,
Conkrcssman Kleberr "a here Ger tho
winter ttis s.l- "a s & 4 ~
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WILL NOT RESIGN.

Vienna. December 3.Herr Kramarsh,
vice president OF the reichsTath, declares
that neither he nor Dr. Won Abrahpmosits.
it's president. VIII resign In the face OF mob
intimidation. He considers. however. that
It will be impossible TO pass The nussslIeh
lAustro- Hungarian compromisa DILL in the
reichsrath and that the prcseut ar,aasgs-
mont with Hungary will have to be pro-
iorged by imperial decree without the hs-
soni OF the reichsrath. This probably means
the Indefinite propagation of that body sui
the reign of something like absolute gov
eminent.
The enforcement OF the stanireich ssys-
TEN OF summary trial without appeaD at
Prague speedily quieted the DISTURBANCES
there. -Four rioters arrested yesterday we're
tried last night and sentenced to twenty
years penal servitude within three hours
II the time OF their appearance. There
seems little 10 choose between the Yer
mans and Czechs. In. towns where tae
former predomirate they committed serious
exec sses against the latter.
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pre.islInr Oftlcrr nc.tru..

Munich. December 3 .--During an alter
cation in the chamber today between Herr
Hermatis centerist. ana Herr casseln,eps
liberal. the president OF the house was
twice compelled to call the latter 10 order.
Herr Casseiman appealed to tie house.
which decided that the presidents action
was not warranted The centerists voted
In the minority. The president then ten
dfred his rtsignation, which caused a
sensation.
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Bslly Gallagher defeated Danny
Needham IN one round
Jack Green of seattle knocked out
KID w:cisums of San FsNncisco IN tho
eleventh round.
Pcter jackson matched 10 light JEFF
fries In SAN Francisco next February.
pal, taest siosson and schacfer beat
Ives at billiards.
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Ottawa, December s,--Hon. Clifton Sifton,
the kiondike. Speaking OF ,hc Alaska boun-
dairy question. he said. There are certain
phases of the situation which have to be
looked into carefully, aud Mr., King, our
chief astronomer, went out with me for
that purpose. IA to whether thcre Will be
a convention on the question represented
by the United States and ourselves do not
know"
Mr.. Sifton Will cause the mounted police
In the Yukon district 10 be Increased. the
present contingent not being sufficient.
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pn.oTEp no DnEir.s.

xos. MN Labor Unccasingly t0r
the Exiicd Frenehmnn.
Nav York. December IA dispasch 10
the World from Paris says
II have substantial proof Of prey'as ~
nocence.' lola asserts he sha'i DOT
remain In exile. | have made mis- i,bera-
tion my affair. ] shall devote my IRE 70
It. The explanations OF ~
erntemptiple Everything accuses him.
He condemned himself by changing ms
style OF handwriting after the publishing OF
the bcrderesu.'
The bordercau is the nemoral ium on
which Dreyfus WAS convicted.
Another article by lola Is printed in the
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St. Petersburg. December s. Great
reticencc is observed In official circles
here regarding the political situation in
tho Far Fast. but the opluion prevails that
Gerlnany will mt permanently occupy Kiao
Chxu hay on the Shan .Tung peninsula. Tia
Russian newspapers protes, against the
occupation Of Kiao chau bay as heins
calculated to inlurc the intwcs,s of RUS
aiaus tise Far East and they ray that
the Russian government ought 10 demand
Its evacuation or else obtain az equivalent.
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tho Chicago and state Platforms n last
year. d+nouncing republican misrulc and
Inviting all populists TO unite Nth tho
democrats In regaining control Of thu State.
Tho sentiment that the Democrats must
make straight fght aud there must be
nc fuxion was overwhelming.
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The ike stock exchanges 81 Chicago. Kan
sls City South Omaha. East ~. Louis
Louisville, Fort Worth. st. Joe. Pitfsburg
and South ST. Paul and caeh exchange
serds a full delegation With the exceptions
OF Piitsburg. President W. n. Thompson,
Jr.. addressed the coavention.
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WEATHER IxroRAAT,oa.
Inst Night'. Rendins..

A trough Of low pressure extends from
the Ohio valley and Tennessee southwark
across the country TO tho Central Gulf
coast. with two depressions, one at New
Orleans, tho ocher at Nashville.
An area Of high pressure is central over
the South Atlantic States and another
with cold weather overiies the northwest
crn portion OF the country, with the high
est barometer-Sos4 inches--at North
Platte.
, he weather Is clear over Northwest
Texas and Oklahoma 1t Is generally part
~ cloudy To- cfoudy elsewhere.
Excessive rains are reported from Weeks
burg, and several other stNtioas r0pcrt
precipitation tonight. Maximum wind We
tocity Of fcrty-one miles from the north
during the past twelve hours At Calves
ton.
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Sioux civ. Iowa persm,psr a--9hc
ninth annual convention OF the National
Live stock association began here today.
The conventions delegates repsssant the
largest number Of i've stock owaurs ana
railroad owrers In the country, Ths Ma
ticnal Live Stock exchange y composed q
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Law prize. az Cotton.

st. Louis. December s.--ccston sold TO-
day for the lowest price II has 'sattnd
since November. 1894. Middiing cotton IL
sold in the st. Louis market for sac. Only
40 higher than the lowest po.nt On record,
which WAS reached In NcvemLe:. 1854
when middling sold In ST. Lofts at Sc
per pound. but prior TO 1894 II had not
reached 20 low a price for nearly nifty
years.
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SimIa. December 3 .--rnrther dispatches
from the front say that the Kprram column
Of the Punitive force OF Prltish troops.
which met fierce resistance On its march
into the chanaknnni country. where thirty
villages OF the insurgcnt tribesmen were
burned, has continued It's advance and IN
ficted heavy punishment on The cham
kannis
Many VI the tribesmen were killed aud
the bodies " thirty Of the dead were left
behind ITEM
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London. December S.--The delegates OF
the striking engineers who have been con-
ferring with the representatives Of the en-
rloyers have been unable TO acccps .hc rrc-
posals of the latter and have decided to
submit all the POINTS In dispute 10 the
several unions.
Tho employers euphaticaliy Yropounce
Gsalnst q reduction In the hours II labor,
ON the ground that such q elimination vi uld
mean a diminution Of the output and in
ability to meet foreign conip tis.t, 81.
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Traons for ChIn...

Berlin December 3.--I'he naval depart
ment has sent instructions 10 KEEL to dis
patch 200 ar.Illeryman with field guns aud
1000 marines TO China.
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Washington. December 3.--For Eastern
Texss--Fair: nortiiwesterly winds.
Arksnsals- Tar; g'orthwcsterly winds.
oklahoma and Indian Terrtortes-Fai
warmer. rortherly winds.
Nebraska Fair; warmer; variable
winds.
Kansas--Partly cloudy; weather warm
or: rortherly winds, becoming vsr,a1le.
North and South Dakota Fair; south
cry winds. ,.,..,.
rising temperature
wyorairls Fair; warmer; var'ate
winds. .,...,..
xytrrfie
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Madison. Wis. December The village
OF Black Earth, twenty ;oiles vest Of here.
was shaken by a distinct SHOCK Of earth
quake shortly after midnight last nieht.
Windows rattled and buildings shook, pu'
no serious damage resulted. The shock
lasted about minute. Many PEOPLE we're
q n nkenfd
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Ar PAST THE CENTURY MARK.

h OF n Woman Who Had Seen
Most Presidents Inaugurat-d.
ashington, December "a rather re-
|kable woman has Just died in this city.
Death is announced today OF Mrs. Ma
r DeIilah Shields. widow OF James II.
fds aud granddaughter OF rli:rard
|ry Potonax. an Indian chiei. yas de-
PED is said to have been iis ysars OF
She leaves ore scn and two taugnicrs,
|'y grandchildren and thirty-aye great
Pdchiidrtn. She resided IN Washington
per life, which she lived to see cnt rgc
b small vlllrge TO d great ci.y. She
Wrought to have inherited her hardy
EtIt.Hion FROM her Indian ancas,ry.
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llIe.l MAiIc I,e hhIun ! Neinnnnr.

|elle Piaine, Iowa. December ..--A Z.
ey. a merchant in Sheffield, Iowa. was
Il dead while robbing ueishborlag
Re-, The eafc in his private apsrtIaerts
been opened ard many stolsn art ,cits
(nd thsrein Sihiey was repated 10 Ire
fth ssu.oov.
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Gaiera. H., December ;.A sharp
earthquake shock vas felt there, Window
ratified violently.
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cold In North Texas.

The Houston and Texas Central weather
report OF yesterday gave indications OF a
further fall of temperature in North
Texas, by a m. today. AT MCKINNEY.
CJliin county. there was a light s.aow md
all along the line southwark there WIS
sitet and rain with prospects OF Craving
colder. Up the Austin branch the weather
was crisp.
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The Gold snnp.

The fall In the temperature In this city
from D. M, December 2 to the same
hour yesterday was 80 dcaxces. the north
err reaching Houston ascut 3 a. m. yes
terday.
-> The thermometer readings yesterday, az
furnished by Mr.. John A. McSabb, the
cotton region observer Of the United
States weather bureau at Houston, were
as follows
December .. p, rn..............,I degrees
December 3, a. m.......,........M degrees
December s, / D. m..............35 degrees
Rainfall from a. m. to p. nj. De-
cember 8. so inches.
The Indications for freeze were good
at midnight the high wind being the only
thing prevessting II earlier in the night,
as the mercury exposed in therm ometcrs
was dsrly.rg around the freezing po.nt
soon after nightfal!.
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General observations.

NCnCENh
\ Observations taken by the United states
weather bureau at 5 %. M. 18th meridian
time;