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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
RAILROADS.


II. II. Greene OF the Mexican Nation
al has been made assistant general
passenger agent Of that line.
The next quarterly meeting 81 Texas
passenger rate CLERKS will be held in
Kansas City.
The first Sunset steamer cleared from
Galveston with "a cargo OF cotton for
Liverpool.
Captain Quinlan rendered a special
train to the Agricultural and Mechan-
heal college for use To Dallas.
The quarantine OF Calcasieu parish,
La. was yesterday ordered drawn
tighter.
The Sunset limited is In running or
der.
The Iron Mountain experiences a car
shortage which keeps the road from
moving the greatest part of It's busl-
ness.
The Southern Paoiic loses its grip
on 10000 acres of land In Southern Cali
ifornia.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
COMMERCIAL.


Cotton futures Sal0 points lower at
New York and New Orleans.
Houston spot cotton l-1sc lower: mid
ding now 13-l6c.
Hog products l-1G@Mc higher.
Wheat made sensational advance
OF Sc for December and 5-sc for May.
on drouth reports principally: corn also
higher and active.
Professionals battled over stocks but
neither bears nor bulls had much Of a
victory.
Hester's statement shows seasons
cotton movement ahead OF 1894 and an
Increase over last year; weeks move
ment behind that OF 1894
Bradstreet's says the stock market
has shown some disposition 10 rally.
Dun says the week was quiet in
trade after rush. speculative infia-
ton OF prices was happily avoided.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Danntless Took 1t and IL Now En-
Route 10 Cubu.

Danntless Took 1t and II Now En-
Route to Cubn.
Savannah. Ca, October 22.-Advices re-
ceived from Florida by the Morning News
says; The mystery Of the expedition which
left New York last week on the Silver Heel
has been cleared by a telegram received
today by the Cubane. According to this
report. the schooner arrived in the Floridl
keys Wednesday and was there met by the
tug Danntless which left Savannah sew
cral days ago, DR.. Juan Castillo is said
TO be in charge of the expedition and went
TO Cuba on the Dauntless, which started
from the keys last Tuesday night, carrying
a large eargo Of arms and ammunition.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

Washington. October 22,--F,astern Texas
Oklahoma. Indian Territory-Fair satur-
day south winds.
Ari ansas--lrair; east to south winds
North Dakota-Partly cloudy weather.
with light local showers; cooler; west
winds.
South pakota--Fair: cooler Saturday;
winds slilfting to west.
Kansas and Nebraska-f'air Saturday;
cooler Saturday night; south to west
winds
t.alu.ado- Fair; light, variable winds.
Nsyc.urfle- Probably fair, Variable wn1s.
Montana, -i5ocal showers; cooler In
northwestern portion; winds shifting TO
so,It herly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Bank Of A.heviIIe Closed.

Asheville, n. C., October % The Ma
tionaa Bank OF Asheville has closed Its
doors. No statement has yet been made.
This leaves but one bank here
AS soon as the announcement OF the
closing OF the bank was c.rcu.atei a run
was begun on the Battery Park bank UP
10 / q M. however. more money had teea
taken In than paid oat. Tho Battery Park
bank had $75,0O0 cash at the showing and
that amount can all be paid out before
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

A SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS.
CtJIiA.

Herald correspondent alleges nearly
$3.50 Cuban -combatants, penned up
In one village by Weyler, have died OF
starvation ard disease. Same oerre-
spondeut says 1t is no unusual sight TO
see ten or twelve dead persons In the
plazas OF Havana.
Spanish cabinet agreed as TO the re.
ply to be made TO the United States.
but II Is not published, Part OF Il will
be to the effect that Weyler was re-
moved for political reasons.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
FOR EIGN.

The English engineers strike par
TALLY won.
British troops at Kharappa encounter
fatal opposition. Heavy relnforcements
will be sent from England.
Cairo dispatches report many Abys-
sinian atrocities.
A German woman in Berlin eloped
with an American negro.
MazatIan, Mexico, physicians had
seven cases of yellow fever, all fatal,
but claim TO have stamped out the dis
ease.
Heavy floods have done great dam
age TO several Italian towns.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
YELLOW FEVER.

Guiteras Will be sent to Selma. Ala.
where there is a suspicious" case.
There were elghty-eight new cases at
all points and thirteen deaths.
Situation is not improving at New
Orleans.
caae at Memphis declared to be yell
low fever.
Guiteras told the Montremery board
OF health how to treat yellow fever; he
says the disease is not contagious, but
needs a germ.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
LOCAL.

Local quarantine Is re-established.
Two brothers reunited after a spea-
raticn OF thirty years.
The spread OF the horse epidemic.
appointment Of teachers for the pub
lie schools.
Inspection Of the Washington street
pavement.
Funeral OF Mrs. De Wolf.
A Houstondan back from the Klon-
dixie region.
Working up the Texas Fruit. Flower
and Vegetable Festival.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
COVERINGS DEFENSE.
Claims His Brutality Has Not In
jurcd Private Hammond

Chicago, October 22.--Private Charles
Hammond. United States army. gaunt and
thin, showing plainly the Viects OF his
fourteen days confinement on bread and
water in the guard house at Fort sheri-
dan. appeared before a court OF his SUI
periors today and told them of the cir
c,mstanc4s of his disobedience OF the
orders OF Captain Lowering and OF the
subsequent drastic measures taken by
that officer to enforce his demands.
Captain Lowering was then called. He
made no attempt TO deny any OF the ac-
c,ising witness statements. He admitted
that by his orders Hammond had been
dragged from the guard house and he
also alleged that be had struck the SOL
der and pricked him with his sword
None OF the treatment, the captain said.
had injured Hammond In the least, as
was proven by the surgeons report, and
the methods used were. in hisxpin.0l, NEG
essary for the discipline.
The court adjourned until tomorrow
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
POLITICAL.

Tamrnany is said to see no danger In
the other candidates except Low; he
is feared.
Betting makes Van wyck an odds-on
favorite. -
Bryan ~ get into the fight in Ohio.
Mayor Harrison ana a large number
of the Cook county democracy are GO
ing to New York TO help out Tam
many Henry George predicts Harri-
son's action Is lIsely to split the I'LL
nols democracy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Labor Leaders on Trial for Briber

Labor Leaders ON Trial for Bribery.
st. Louis. October Estate President
of Miners william Carson OF OFalloa ard
four members of the executive committee
are being tried by secret convention Of
miners In East ST. Louis on the charge Of
accepting brides of 5000 each to induce the
miners in their districts to return to work
at lower scale than that for which they
went on strike.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Cisnerna CnIIs an dine Presidcnt.

CisnerOs ChIis IN the FrcsIHeHt'
Washington, October 22.--The president
gave public reception this afternoon at
which a large number Of callers paid their
respects to him. Among them was MISS
Coocio Cisneros, the escaped Cubaa girl.
she was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs
Karl Decker and Mrs. John a. Logan Mrs.
Logan introduced the party and PRESIDENT
Mckinley shook hands with them, but as
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

Nashville, Tenn, October 22.-This was
Alabama day at the Tennessee Centennial
expedition Governor johnson and his stad.
Alabama State troops and several Thousand
citizens OF Alabama were present ct tho
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
sroRT.

A good day ut the Dallas track.
meeting may be extended two weeks.
John r.. Gentry beat Robert J. out
IA straight heats.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
Cotton Belt bulletin,
Remarks.

Excessive rainfall was reported as fol-
lows: Dublin, Texas, $40; Houston, Texas.
1.s5. Weatherford, Texas, 1.52. The rain
was general over Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
ux.,hnia Fever al nurnett SPRINGS

Lite Rock. Ark. October FL. ~
Carmichael. prominent attorney OF 'his
city. returned today from business tr.p
IN ,oran county He reports an epidemic
~ tyy,hoid fever at Burnett Springs. There
are iii Iesss forty cases in the place ana
two deaths have occurred in the past few
days.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

The usual hour for closing. The bank viii
have 100000 cash by tomorrow mornig,
whEn the scare Will probably be oyer.
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nm INFORMATION.
GiKht's Readings.

|lo. pressure overlies the
sf the Rocky Mountain
,aSs, $50 inches
ktte. IN area Of high pres
over the central portion
lppl valley. The weather Is
|wer Nebraska. Kansas and
lnhandle, while it is clear
\ Precipitation is reported
ION Region Bulletin.
region bulletin for the
Puis ending at s a. IN. yes
erldian time:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

BRoOKLYN--The trophy won by the
United Singers of the city at Inc Maternal
saengerfest at Philadelphia last June WIZ
be presented today TO the city, u is
bronze bust of Mozart, mounted m a pc,
dostaI eighteen feet high It cost $1iro end
weighs 1900 pounds. All the singing So
cieties of this city and many OF otncr
cities will be represented at tod'i 5 IN
yelling. Mayer Wurster will make the ad-
dress of acceptance for the city,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
SILVER HEELS CARGO.
Speech,

is the usual custom at these public recep-
tons, said nothing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

NEW YoRK-The wheelmen as wheel
mon are taking a lively interest IN poll
tics. The republican wheelmens mass
meeting under the auspices of the upion
League Wheelmen 20 ratify he republican
state city. county and borough romina-
lions will be held in the METROPOLITAN b.
cycle Academy this evening,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

ROME. N. Y.-James A. Murphy cwner
of Star Pointer, the worlds fastest racer,
has presented to the congregation OF ne
new st. Peters Catholic church in this eitv
a beautiful marble ard onJx altar. az a
cost of $4,000. The altar is erected 20 tns
memory of his parents and VIII be ded'-
Gated tomorrow
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

ST. LoLIS-The chapel built by Order
OF the Eastern Star at the Masonic nome
has been completed and will propahly DC
dedicated at today's meeting OF the srano
CHAPTER of the Eastern Star.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23
ToDAY,s FORECAST.

LONDON-Parliamen is due TO reassem-
BILE today. One feature of the new setaon
much discussed is the probability oil
change in the premiership.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

NEW YORK Anthony Hope. author OF
1.-THE Prlsoner of Zenda, is the latest En-
glishman of letters TO be teas eu n W..
Country. The Lotus club is 10 give lin
dinner tonight.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

NEW YoRK--Today's football game In
this city between the Carlisle 1ndiahs and
Yale promises to be a hummer ana VIII
be one of the best games witnessed f'ie
this SeaScl1.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-23

The New Orleans board Of health ofh-
cialiy reports: Cases OF yellow fever to-
day. 80; deaths today, 8; total cages Of yell
low fever to date, 1914; total deaths from
yellow fever to date, III; total cases abb
solutcly recovered, $50; total cases under
! treatment. io4
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07

Farmers who grow crops by irriga.
ton point to their large yields, con-
tinued year after year, as evidence of
the inexhaustible fertility of the soil
which produces them. This is, of course,
impossible. No soil can continually
produce crops of any kind from water
alone. What the water does is to make
soluble all the plant food that the soil
contains, thus providing the material
for producing crops which the soil al
ready contains But the success Of irri-
cation for a number Of years is very
suggestive to eastern farmers, most of
whom supply fertility in excess of the
amount needed in order to have avail
able the plant food which crops require
But the eastern farmer is also learning
the same lesson. He also finds that
irrigation, though it may be costly in
itself, is in series OF years the best
method he knows for supplying the fer
tility required for the production of
crops. American Cultivator,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
Corn Growing States

According TO figures presented by the
department of agriculture in 1895 every
state IN the Union raised enough corn
TO report 1t except Nevada, Idaho and
Arizona Iowa leads the list Of corn
grow ers with 32l.7l9,54l bushels on
8, 24a 2l9 acres, Kansas. with greater
acreage, 5.a41, 643 acres. and the great
est of any state, produced 247, 734, 004
bushels, and Is fourth on the list; Neb-
raska, with 2ys. 800, 638 bushels ON
1852, 657 acres, coming second, and
Illinois, with 3S4. 572, 764 bushels on
7,026, 1876 acres, coming third. Montana
reports the smallest yield, "a, COG BUSH
els on /, 33 acres, Florida, where grow
the orange ana the pineapple, has 49,
694 ceres to corn. raising 1850, 940
bushels New York Is pretty well down
in the list With 526 257 acres producing
1852, 736 bushels, valued at So, 799, j..
240 Connecticut has 46, 658 acres to
1,773, GOA bushels, New Jersey has
2S2, 5S2 acres 10 1920, 33S bushels;
Pennsylvania has l,3Il. SO acres to
81, 475, 000 bushels aud Rhode Island
has the temerlty to report that she has
enough territory to PIT & 848 acres of
1t to corn, raising thereon 800, $50
bushels.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
News and Notes.

The potato crop promises Co be small:
better prices predicted.
Advices from the west are that beef
cattle are in active demand at better
prices, and there is a more hopeful feel
ing in the dairy business.
Mr.. Henry Stewart reports the fol.
lowing as "sure cure" for gapes In
chickens to Rural New Yorker: "a
drop of creosote in little sweet oil ap-
piled to the inside of the throat by
means OF small feather trimmed to a
narrow vane.
The National Hay association at a re-
cent meeting resolved to let the rules
for grading hay and straw remain as
they are.
Waldo F. Brown of Ohio favors burn
ing over clover fields once in three OF
four years to kill insects and fungi.
In 1895 every state and territory raised
oats except Arizona and Nevada. Iowa
led, Illinois came second, Wisconsin
third. Rhode Island Is the lowest oat
raiser.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
sslG(EARNMz.
FlELDaaNp GRRDEN
EARLY FROSTS.

Protective Neasures That Require Com
paratively Little Expense and Labor.
In spite of the fact that the season
was exceptionally late last spring and,
logically, the beginning of winter
ought also to be delayed, frost may
come early, and if it does the damage
will be greater than usual because the
cool weather has prevented the rapid
maturity Of crops. There may be garden
vegetables or some valuable seed crops
that can profitably be protected even at
quite little expense and trouble, and
American Agriculturist tells how to do
it:
The smoke smudge or blanket is pos
sibly the most effective and the cheap
est. Any material that will burn slow
ly and give off a good smoke can be
used. When frost is suspected, place
thermometers In several parts of the
field or garden and watch them closely.
Arrange piles of the combustible mate
rial around the edges at intervals Of
two rods. Torches made by dipping
wads of tow into pine tar, old campaign
torches or anything of the kind. will
be found very effective. Light those on
the windward side, and If the breeze is
not too brisk the smoke will settle over
the field and prevent frost injury, even
though the temperature goes several
degrees below freezing point. Straw,
damaged hay, cobs, bark, drift, brush,
old berry canes or dry weeds can be dis
posed of in ties way, and thus answer a
useful purpose. Spraying the crops
heavily with water serves as frost
preventive and where it can be done
economically should be tried.
While these measures are effective to
a certain extent care should always be
taken when planting either in fall or
spring to put those crops easily injured
by frost on high ground, or at least on
land where there is good air drainage
The cold layers of the atmosphere being
heaviest settle to the lowest places, just
as water from heavy rains runs into
sloughs, creeks and rivers; hence these
portions of the surface are coolest and
are frosted first. If the surface of the
farm is such that there is good circu
lation of air, the danger is reduced to
the minimum. Consequently do not
plant tall crops, like corn or orchards,
across the mouths of gorges or deep val
legs The air is governed by the same
laws as water and will run out of the
depressions if it has chance. 1t is best
to plant tender fruits and vegetables ON
the upper portion Of the hillsides,
where there is little probability of the
air remaining stationary for any consid-
cradle length of time. Remember this
the coming autumn when setting straw
berry fields and planting orchards il
the concluding advice of the authority
quoted. ,--...a~~-s',s
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
bushels.

1t is often saying among farmers
that clover rarely succeeds when sown
on newly turned clover sod. Ameri
can Cultivator comments as follows;
The saying had its origin in the days
when blowing under clover was the
usual preparation for heat sowing If
the blowing was early enough for the
clover to be entirely rotted, the clover
seed grew readily enough, but if the
first crop of clover was cut off and the
sod was plowed late, SO as to let the
second growth attain good size, there
would invariably be failure Of the
clover catch next season. Glover does
not do well if sown on any kind of a
sod The reason Is that newly turned
sod holds the furrow up, and asst rots
down the soil above naturally falls,
leaving the clover above it to perish.
The young clover plant has at first a
very slender hold on the soil. Any fall
ing down of the soil leaves it high and
dry in the air, and, of course, is fatal
to it.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07

A big acreage of fall sown wheat Ia
being planned for by many farmers
American Agriculturist says in this
connection: 1--WE say don't Present and
prospective high prices will probably
stimulate an enormous sowing Of wheat
this fall and next spring, not only in
the United States, but throughout the
world. just this was done after the
high prices Of 1912, and it caused a
worlds overproduction of wheat which
has just been reduced to normal proper
tons by short crop in foreign coun-
tries this year, following reduced
yield last season. Low prices are as
likely to follow big supplies of wheat
next year as during the past few years "
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07

Meehans Monthly calls attention to
the fact that seedsmen treat peas and
other buggy" seeds on large scale
by placing the bags containing the seeds
in fireproof, practically alright build
ing devoted to that purpose, setting
shallow pans holding carbon bisulphide
in various parts of the room near the
ceiling. After being thus subjected to
the fumes for about "a, sometimes as
long as 48, hours the room is opened
and thoroughly aired.
The United States department of agri-
culture has experimental to ascertain
whether seeds so treated have the vital
powers injured. 1t finds no injury from
"a hours, but period of AZ hours kills
in many instances The pea is the chief
sufferer from the weevil
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
Stands at The Head.

Aug. ]. Bogel, the leading druggist OF
Shreveport, La, says: ''Dr. Kings's New
Discovery is the only thing that cures my
cough, and it is the best seller l have"
j. F. Campbell, merchant of Stafford,
Ariz., writes: "Dr. Kings New Discov'
cry is all that is claimed for it; it never
fails, and is sure cure for Consumption
Coughs and Colds. cannot say enough
for It's merits" DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds is not an experiment. 1t has been
tried for quater of century, and to.
day stands at the head. 1t never dis.
appoints. Free trial bottle
At Pattens' Drug Store, G. W. Folsom
Proprietor.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
Sour Dock, or Canaigre.

Sour dock, or canaigre, as it is now
called, possesses an important economic
value, and its employment in the tan
ming of leather bids fair to revolution
ize that industry Both time and labor
are saved by using the fannie acid ex-
tracted from canaigrein the tanning OF
leather.
The cost Of an acre Of canaigre, as re-
gently estimated in the New York Sun,
including the planting, cultivating ir-
rigating and harvesting, is SIC. 90.
1.-THE returns vary from $65 to $40 per
ton, sliced, and the yield is from IL to
20 tons to the acre on new land and
rises higher with cultivation. The dry
ing shrinks the product two-thirds, but
the producer can count on "a clear gain
of 5000 to the acre.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-10-07
Cider Vinegar.

II want to make cider into vinegar
and wish to accelerate the process, as il
takes too long to await the natural proc
ess?" In reply to this query Country
Gentleman says;
Keep the cider where it is warm-an
artifcially heated room is best. Elevate
the barrel so that the cider may be
made to run slowly through broad
trough to lower level, thereby expos
ing large surface to atmospheric influ-
ences. 1t should take at least one day
to expose one barrel of cider. No sugar,
water or yeast should DO put in the ci-
der. A little mother" hastens the OPP
GRAFTON of vinegar making. If the cider
can be exposed two or three times in as
many weeks, it should make good vine
gar if the room in which 1t is kept is
warm-60 to 70 degrees--and the cider
has not been weakened by the use of
water