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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-26
TEXAS STATE JOURNAL.
Big Hopes for DIR. Grants Republic
an Paper Soon 10 Bc Published.

big Hopes TOT Dr. urunts heDuOIiC-
an Paper Soon 10 BE Published.
Sherman, Texas October 25.--National
Committeeman and State Chairman John
Grant today said to The Post correspond
ent that he had determined to launch his
much talked OF State republican paper in
the near future. Replies have been re-
ceived from the circular letters sent cut by
Dr. Grant, asking advice as to the feasl-
blity OF the enterprise, and they are 50
plentiful and enthusiastic In their nature
that he has decided to undertake the work
He " negotiating for machinery, presses,
ETC., and expects to issue the first number
about January /. The paper VIII be called
The Texas State Journal, and Will be Issued
weekly. Subscription books have been
opened and Dr.. Grant says he expects to
have $4,000 regular paid subscribers by the
time the first paper is Issued. He says be
hopes to have subscribers and active work
ers In every precinct in Texas by that
time and that already many clubs have
been formed for the purpose OF pushing the
circulation. A large number OF enthusl-
astlc republicans have already sent In
their names. accompanied by the subScrip-
tion price. and asked to be placed on the
subscription list. which hes been done. The
big republican journal will be published In
this city.
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NEUROLOGICAL.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES October 3D.
Rev. John stoughtop DID,. the well knowa
congregational minister and author OF '
number Of religious works. Is dead.
WHITE Muldoon. Texas. October 25.--
Died this morning. five miles west OF
Muldoon. Miss Eva White. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. NJ. White. aged about 20 years.
NOTWITHSTANDING. Texas. October 25.--
Drs. u. y. Hadra. William Meyers and
Il. u. Anderson held an autopsy on the
remains OF Mr.. Frank Nolte. Following
IA the result: Mr.. r. Motto died from sup
curative peritonitis due TO perforating APP
pendlctis setting in during an attack OF
dengue fever
MACK,-M Mckinney, Texan. October "a.
Esquire w. II. Il. Mack. an aged citizen Of
this county, died at Blue Ridge yesterday
and was buried today in Pecan Grove
cemetery. this city. with Masonic honofs.
He was Mason for more than half :
century and was in his s4th year when n
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The Houston East and West Texas will
soon have new design ready for the lith-
ographer, which will be placed on al fold
ers TO be used by the road in the future.
The read will be called The Gulf Air
Line" for convenience sake. and Wn.
Doherty of the passenger department and
C. w. Clawson of the auditors office,
whose clever cartoons have appeared from
time to time In The Post. are working on
several neat figures for the Advertising
matter. One design is already completed.
1t represents the sponsor OF the Houston
East and West Texas. a young lady hoids
ing a fan. upon which is drawn tie DIFF
ferent routes OF the line. while above her
head is neatly printed the roads new and
annrnnrinto name.
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HELD TO BE VALID.
Michigan supreme Courts Action ON
the Mileage Ticket Inv.


the Mileage Ticket Inv.
by a majority Of one--two disse ating-
the judges OF the Michigan supreme court
have declared valid the act of the leg'sla-
ture OF 1891 compelling railways In the
State To issue 1000-mie tickets. good fer
any member OF family. for $50. The suit
was brought against the Lake Shore ana
Michigan Southern company TWO ye,'s ago,
ard was contested on the ground that this
company, as also the Michigan Central, are
operated under special charters, einpow err
ing them to fix their own rates. AS 10 the
rights thus acquired tho majority crhlon
says: THE companies at present forming
the Lake Shore and MICHIGAN Southern
Railway company derived rights under the
law permitting the consolidation. and while
there may be difficulty in su5jss.isg 30
much of the property of the consolidated
company as lies without the State 10 cur
jurisdiction, or in controlling the tftnsac-
lions OF the corporation itself UPON ito
earnings outside OF the State. il is not
apparent why the company. as 10 Inc ger
else OF it's corporate functi,n within the
State. is not subject to The terms Of the
act authorizing Its consolidation. as lin
tied by the constitutional provisions in
force at that time. or why 1t is no: sub
ject to local legislation"
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A PoOR SHOWING.
The Manner In which Prosperity
Works In San Antonio.

The Manner In which Prosperity
Works In San Antonio.
To the Editor of Tho Post.
San Antonio. Texas October "a. lon %
tobcr 1. the Daily Light mentioned tho fact
that the list OF dclinuuent taxpayers wns
In the hands Of the printers and would be
large and since then Il has been published
and Justified the prediction OF the Light'
1t takes up sixty-eight columns. each one
and ono-half feet long. or over 100 feet Of
names OF dcllnauents. whose various sums
for taxes for one year range from small
amounts up into the sio,ooo-mark, and all
this in the prosperous reign OF Federal
republican administration. Our daiiv gold
monomotallio press is naturally silent re-
garding this awful showing of prosperity,
never equalled in any year OF panic or
business depression before. And San An
tonic is no exception to this boasted pros"
perty, Its delinquent list may lead all
other lists In the State, but that Is because
II Is the biggest city IN the State. but It's
sister cities Will be found 10 be proper
tionately az prosperous. and herein lies an
incxpiicahle anomaly: our dol!nquen.s are
not published because they like II, or be-
GAUGE such publication puts penalties and
costs upon them, hut because the ante
have bean ,,nroliabio ana s,i.o frho o,ac
lion n Mr. Mctxiniay nas nj h,n,s,, ha,
Tor w,pe. ~ ~ worrirn,nan US sn,,sr
nrlcoa for mo nroduols az tha s,u !, r.s
brought us lnstead costly mission 90 com
annivorsarv n, bcr ,,,ie, ano,har onn,,,,,s'
sion 70 wal, "a, thn courts -, Emr,,,, ~,
certain n ,ha ,ini,ns sta,os nn,,,1 w 'o ~
lad IA pf.tn al tsfA .,.1 -
nartiy Ano,her commts.,o, N.Y.. disma MAJ
10 Cuba and rcnn,t ,ts n snac,s IN aSa,t,on
IN orr oxhaus,i,a rc,suisr r.rnr,s ~
otbar comm,ssioror :. anno,rtad - .,,d,
for Mr. Mckinney ,be reclmroc,ty ciu,se n,
ma Dlnr,ey tariff Iii, mia iinite5 STATS
army IN no narson q, Conrrai Mn,a ,s
sent Ia Icnrona 70 nav hnmage ~ .n,n,rn
notentstcs wbi,e n, home ns,r ,onr,s ~
,n,unc,,ons violate NO cor.ti,u,i,n ,,.t
msnd 70 narr,,, an ossorbl,, ~ .,,,,,,nct
nnon, vi ,o, o., a,,on,aa ,,,,,, ,hasa az AZ,
,r,,n,io ,,.,.a,i.n -. ~ s,,.,,t,,. 80,
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GRAIN AT KANSAS CITY.

Uecetpts Have Been Quite Heavy
During the Last Ninety Days.
Turing the last ninety days the grain re-
cepts OF Kansas City foot UP 10000 900
bushels, with good opportunities for an in.
crease during the next three months The
bulk Of this came from Nebraska, the
yield Of which this season Is said to be far
ahead of any other State.
The Railway Age figures that the corn.
wheat, ryo and oats crop Of Nebraska Is
sufficient TO load Sb2, 900 freight cars. max
Ing train Of CASE miles in length. In
measurement the years output amounts to
t06,00o.e0o bushels. A statist;cion OF tho
Omaha World Herald assumes to load the
grain In cars and divide them into trains
OF thirty cars each, AMI then finds that II
these trains were started every ten min
ute3 apart II would take over seven months
70 move the crop, AMI would employ not
less than 190.3sS trainmen, allowing five
to each train.
II is also pleasing to learn, says the
Railway Age, that the present value OF the
corn, wheat and oats of Nebraska IL $ll4,-
10000 in that State and s36, 500. 900 more In
Chicago While these estimates may or
may not be over generous. they give very
impressive suggestion OF the traffic which
the railways In Nebraska and the other
grain producing States have yet ahead Of
then, and not only in the form OF grain,
but also OF meats and dairy products, into
which some of 1t will be converted.
The concentration Of grain at Kansas
City for the last two weeks has been find
Ing an outlet by rail to Chicago. the lakes
and rail to the Atlantic seaboard. Tho
guarantees of TIE South have been to a
great degree responsible for this move
ment. and at the same lime has been aided
by the almost constant manipulation of
rates by Eastern lines. There has been
considerable complaint BY certain liner in
the Joint Traffic association that frequent
cuts have been secretly male to secure the
business, and more than once hare the lires
held meetings and reasserted their inten-
ton to remain at the tariff
During the next few weeks the corn crop
OF Kansas and Nebraska will lecin to r,oy Q
for export. and now that the Southern lines
are clear OF distractions, they anticipate
that their share OF the shipments will he
heavy
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xe,y york,r ELECTION.

New York. October 25.--senaIor llatt
has given out statement. in which ne
says: General Tracy has won the e'ec-
tion. There are three democratic crndl-
dates in the field. among whom the demo-
cratic vote win be divided. The democrats
have never had majority In he territory
now consolidated since the enactment OF
the present election law. They used to
have msjcrities, any kind OF majority that
suited their taste and cooyenience. They
had absolutf corirol OF the electoral ma
chinery at every poll.
Whatever their present yote MT DO. II
Is going TO be divided between Van Wyek.
George Low and Gleason. Van ''yck VIII
probably get most OF 1t. George VIII get
a hugS-rortion Of It and Low wi! get
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Austin. Texas. October 25.--Proccedjngs
OF the supreme court today:
writs OF error granted-M. n. Miller ct
al vs.. NJ. f. GiEt ct al, from Archer.
Writ OF error refused Anna a. Rembert,
executrix. VS.. A. r. Wood, from Potter.
Motions submitted-W. y. Coo ct al W.
Il. f. Nash. county Judge. from Dallas. TO
set aside order overriding motion for re-
hearing, also to set aside judgment rem
dered at last term.
Cause submitted-Western Union Teic.
graph company VS.. j. 4. Edmun'ison. from
Washington
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Mnx yisit Hou.tnn.

Houston railroad men are expecting
visit, from a party Of railroad officials and
St. Louis gentlemen who are In Texas
for a few weeks vacation and ith In
the bay at Rockport. The party ia headed
by e. II. r. Green OF the Texas Idland,
ana accompanying him is .. =. soakum
OF the Frisco George 7. Nicnols n, general
messenger and ticket agent u the .rlsco.
j. r. Leith OF the Texas Aldla,1. hick
Kearrs Of ST. Louis and u number q ether
81 IDuis gentlemen. Yesterday this party
was in Dallas and during the day Il e
wires were being used In order 70 induce
them 10 come by way Of Houston In gong
40 fhe coast
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STANDARD WAGES ASKED.
Pittsburg and Gulf Employees Want
Better Price for Their Labor.

A Pittsburg, Kan, dispatch to the st.
Louis Republic Sunday says: Charles Hurst
and Thomas Clayton, representing the Fed
Grated Board OF Railway Trainmen of the
Kansas City. Plttsburg and Gulf railroad,
are In Kaneas City attempting to get
schedule of wages approved by the officials
OF the road. The road officials have for
some time been promising that whsn the
route was completed through to Port Ar
thur they would pay their men better
wages, and the men have patiently borne
the brunt OF a good deal OF hard work for
lower wages than paid by any other system
in the United States. The news sent back
to-day by the delegates at Kansas City is
to the effect that a satisfactory agreement
as to wages is likely to be reached before
the conference terminates. The nav sched-
ule, when adopted. will increase the wages
of the trainmen from so to 60 ~ csut and
will swell the pay roll for this city several
thousand dollars.
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A telegram was received in Houston yes
terdsy thAt the commission meeting sched-
nled for today at Austin. when rate on
seed cotton was 70 have been considered.
had been postponed indefinitely. There has
been an unsettled condition about the rate
on the transportation Of unginnnd Gotten
Sseed cotton) for some time and the roads,
as well az the shippers, are snS,aus to
have II adjusted. Tho oil mill men IN
meeting at Dallas few DAYS ago 81 elected
a representative. who is to attend aud look
atter their interests
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HYMENEAL.

. sHivERs- SIMPSON - Crockett. Texas.
October 25--Mr. John w. Shivers and Mas
Anna May Simpson were married yesterday
evening at the resIdonoo OF the brides pa
rents. Rev. A, S. Whitehurst officiating,
only this immediate relatives OF the family
being present
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BUSINESS MATTERS.
Assign m ents.

Waxahachic. Texas. October 25.--Ths
CITY drug store. owned by NJ. D. Matthew.
filed chattel mortgage. manning Worth Q.
Rocket as trustee. Tho total inddbted-
ness as named ID $252i26 Denton q Mcs
Guire Of Milford filed q chattel mortgage,
naming benjamin +, Sumner as trustee.
After settling the expense Of executing tho
trust, taxes. etc, the debts WILL a. pro-
rated, reach a total In tho statement Of
S6yyT.36
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DIFFERENCES PATCHED UP.
Union Pacific and Oregon short Line
Row Is Ended.

Union Pacific and Oregon short Line
Row Is Ended.
A Chicago dispatch says: There Is
strong probability that the row between
the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short
Line will be settled finally. It was the gen.
eral opinion Of all OF the Western roads
that the matter had been settled for gcoa.
but some days since. when they ATTEMPTED
to take some action based on this presunp-
ton. 1t was announced by the Union Pa
cific that the settlement of the troubles be-
tween it and the Oregon Short Line did not
extend to business through the Ogden gate
way and only applied to traffic going
west via Granger. This was an eye-opener
10 the Western reads. and they set out to
learn Just what was the trouble, and
asked the Union Pacific II one OF its Off
Gals could not ccma to Chicago for the
purpose OF meeting representatives OF the
other roads and make an effort to adjust
the trouble.
A prompt reply was received from Gem
eral Passenger Agent Lomax Of the Union
Pacific saving that he would be here in
the carly rart OF this week and would be
prepared to settle tho trouble between the
Union Pacific and the oregon Short Line.
n some. other matters in which the Union
Pacific is interested are given attention by
the other Western roads. promise was
made that the other matters would receive
the attention asked by Mr.. Lomax, and IL
is now the opinion Of all OF the Western
lines that at the meeting 10 be heid THIS
week all the troubles which have caused SO
much demon alizaticn during the last three
months arc at lesst in a good way 10 ne
finally disposed Of"
Circulars were sent out by the Houston
lines Yesterday ordering the resumption OF
the sale Of tickets over the Union Pacihc
and Oregon Short Lins which were dbscon,
tinued last mouth. All tickets must read
via Granger instead OF Huntington as
before
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HOUSTON DAILY POST MORNING. OCTOBER 2a 1897

N st. Louis for November with the zane
cio purpose in view. A meeting was 10
nave been held last week during the ees-
son OF the general passenger and ticket
eeents, but for some reason II was post
poned Some OF the Southwestern lines Are
setting tired Of living without an or
sanazation that will tend 10 hold the lines
70 Agreed rates, and are very anxious 70
poesct q permanent Organization, while.
~ .ne other hand, there are certain roads
m this territory that want NO oreanira-
ton at all
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Oakvilie win Get q Road.

Oakville. Texas, October 25.---Dr. d.
Griffin Gum. president OF the Chicago, st.
Louis and Texas Air Line. is in >akville.
He is going over the route Of the ,,orosed
road from San Antonio to Brownsville. II
promises are good 0akvlle is at last 10
nave road. as Dr. Gum assures tho people
that 1t will be built in time for rext
springs shipment OF stock. This road will
pass over about fifty miles In 1.-Two Oak
county, down one OF the richest river val /.
leys In the State.
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THE FlRn RECORD.


Waxahachic. TcxAs. Octobsr sSs--Ths
saloon Of Frank Wright was partially
burned last night. Tho department. re-
sronded promptly ana saved = portion Of
the building. which waa fully iuaur0d.
Wright carried $500 ins,irancs On his
stock. Didly Crabb. colorcd lost nh hOme
BY fire last night He had no insurance On
the house or furniture.
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Getting In Its work,

Austin. Texas, October 2S.--The railroad
commission is demoralized. Commissioner
Storey is down with denguc in Austin.
Commissioner Mayfield is sicx with 1t in
Sherman. and Judge Reagan has senatorial
FEVER in Dallas. The hearing set for to-
morrow to consider the claim OF the Gulf
and Interstate railroad against the Sabine
and East Texas division OF the Southern
Pacific will not occur
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Laredo. Texas. October 2b.--A onc.story
brick building, belonging to Raymond Mar
tin. burned last night. 1t was occupled
by n. II. Davila. general merchandise.
whose stock wss destroyed. His loss 10
about $4,000; insurance $4,000; loss On
building $1,000; uninsured,
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sas City. Pittsbrs and Gulf and several
ysen aeD built the Galveston. La Porte
end Houston. arrived yesterday from Kan
eas CITY to spend several days in the city.
structdon Of The line Of read from Kansas
City north TO point on the Quincy. Omaha
and Kansas City, which y m extension Of
mo Pittsburg and Gulf. The connecting
link will be about 100 miles long, and be
completed and ready for service by jan
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Dallas, Texas. October rs. Dallas lodge
Of Elks gave banquet to Al q. Field.
head OF tho famous minstrel show which
bears his name, at their hail tonight. over
two hundred EllSs were present and all tho
spirits were congeniai.
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J, N. Wisner, Southwestern passenger
agent Of tho Seaboard Air Line, with
headquarters in Houston. who has been
in Nashville for the past several months
representing his road at the exposition, 10
expectea III Houston again soon to per
manently take up his residence hero. MIR.
Wisner has large number Of friends In
Houston and Texas, who will welcome him
again to the Lone Star State.
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.EIIen NJ" and The "Espee."
Railway Age.

Newspaper names for local railways are
sometimes ingenious abbieYat!oas OF the
full title and sometimes equally ingenious
expansions OF tie initials. Ellen y" is IA
miliar as ar appellation OF the Louisville
and Nashville. and .i9w comes ine salt
lake Ii7reld telling about occurrences on
1.-THE Tspee." which Is short ior soulnerh
Pacific but lopg for S. ,.
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AMERICAN RAILROAD LEGISLATION
AN Interesting Comparison Made
With That of England.

Ah AnteFebk1nk comparison Ilnue
With That of England.
In an article in the Philadelphia INQUIRER
dealing with some phases OF the railway
problem in Great Britain and the United
States, Robert p. Porter says the most SUI
perficial observer must be struck with the
widely different treatment accorded rail-
way enterprise by the Legislators OF the
two countries In England the railways
have been treated with reasonable intelli-
gence, and, while parliament has insisted
upon equal and reasonable rates, they have
not, as in this country, been tied up by an
interstate law, which forbids freedom of
contract for the purpose of uniflcation Of
charges at competing points, nor bareksed
In a thousand different ways by almost half
hundred legislatures, VITA unlimited pow
or and great inclination for local mischief.
AS result Of this policy the returns Of the
British railways for 1895 show these prop
critics to be in exceedingly prosperous COLI
dition, nearly all the stocks bringing fair
dividends. the interest ON the loans and
bonds promptly paid, the wages OF the en-
ployes on some roads voluntarily increased,
and an increased employment both in the
shops aud on the tracks.
Last year the statistcian OF the interstate
commerce commission, when contemplating
the fact that in two years our railways had
run behind over $75, 900. co., remarked .
Should this continue, either the invest
ments or the credits Of the railways must
disappear In the United States the credit
has already gone and the investment is rap
idly following. About 50, 500. 000, 900, or over
70 per cent of the capital stock of railways
pays no dividend whatever. In England the
returns OF 1896 show that only $685.. 100000
Tor about per cent? OF the capital stock
Is remuneratlve. In England the dividends
average nearly per cent; in the United
States last year only about 11a per cent.
In the United Kingdom the interest OF no
loans nor bonds went by default. The re.
port says OF about $1,000 400 mot entitled
to interest" and interest ranging from TO
s per cent and over was paid Oh the loans
and iebentves, aggregaling about $780,
GOO, 900. AS an offset 70 This healthy show
ing we have about $500 C00.00o Of the bonds
OF American railways in default. or nearly
IL per cent OF the whole. AS investments
for saving funds, with n few noted eHcep-
tions, the American railway security cuts
no figure. On the other hand. English
railway securities are looked upon In that
country as excellent stocks to buy, not fer
speculation, but Investment Az copse-
q,u- nee English railways can command all
the necessary capital to carry on needed
Improvement and employ the full quota OF
hands
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Ferris. Texas. October 25.--John Homer
was killed near BRISTOL on Saturday morn
ing about 10 o'clock by Steve Greer. mu-
iatto negro. The negro escaped.