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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09

Tyler. for about $4,000, and IN favor Of
John Brcughton. receiver OF the Texas
Llte Insurance company. for about tS6. COZ,
both OF whom had interviewed in tho suit.
and forcclcsing second mortgage lien on
the property covered BY tina Paramore lien:
also foreclocinR a flrst lien on valuable
timber risbts; also on Ahc,it sixty yoke Of
oxen and other personal property connected
with the mill plant, tho court making the
further order providing fer the sale OF ali
the property OF the Tyler Car and Lumber
company III satisfaction Of the above judg-
ments, the balance. II any. to be paid, pro
rata, to the simple creditors OF the Tyler
Car and Lumber compasy.
The debt OF the Paramore Investment
company was strenuously resisted by the
attorneys Of tho Tyler Car and Lumber
company, and by the attorneys OF the In.
tervening creditors without liens. on tho
ground of fraud In tho inception OF the
notes. The validity OF the mortgage made
to secure the notes held by the receiver
OF the First National bank. and to secure
the notes held by the receiver OF the Texas
Lite Insurance company, was strcnuousiy
resisted by the same attorneys, upon the
ground that 1t was executed at q time
when the Tyler Car and Lumber company
was hopelessly insolvent and was made
with the purpose and intent Of giving these
parties an undue preference In the assets
OF the above company.
The cnso has been on trial before the
court and Jury since last Friday. and the
court this morning charged the Jury TO re-
turn verdict In favor Of the plaintiffs
and intervenon as above shown the court
holding that there was not sufficient evt-
dence to justify It In submitting the issues
Of fact to the jury.
This case has attracted a great deal Of
attention in this portion OF the State,
both on account Of the largo amount In
voived as well as OF numerous charges OF
fraud, growing out OF the failure OF the de-
PENDANT company. and. later, the failure Of
the First Nstional bank OF this place, with
which the defendant company was In
timately connected. But after thorough
Investigation. covering several days In
which the court permitted wide latitude
Of proof. and In which most OF the people
who had been connected with the defendan,
company and with the First National hanF
were examined as witnesses, the suit re.
suited as above shown.
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sETrLED SATISFACTORILY.

As announced In The Post this morning the
quarantine muddle which threatened to de-
lay operation Of through trains on the
Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf railroad.
was amicably settled, Judge Gray's do.
mand that two guards being stationed on
each train. This reccssitatcd the appoint
mont OF six guards, Captain Grist. W. w.
Green. V. NJ Glider, Lawson Gray, George
Hodges and Earl Gray being named. These
guards will be under the direction Of Cap.
tain Joe Booth appointed by State Health
Officer Swearingen, and he assigned them
TO duty as follows. Captain Grist and w,
w. Green on passenger train: " NJ. Gill
der and Earl Gray. rock quarry In Louis
lana, George Hodges and H. l.. Gray,
freight trains a PEG Geo passenger train
went north tonight and tho through train
from Kansas City is expected to arrive in
thu morning on schedule time
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MCFARLAND PAPER MILL.
h NOW Turning Out Five to Six
Tons of puDer Per INV.

NOW Turning Out Five to Six
Tons of Paper Per Day.
garland, Texas, October S.-The large
mil at this place is now running
~ and turning out five to six tons of
per DAY, which is said by all paper
10 De first class for hardware, gro
ana butcher purposes. This plant is
Prscone OF an enterprising young man,
y. Cunningham. who deserves
sreuit for this development of utiliz-
1ar cane pulp into high grade paper,
fetofore was waste and consid-
Se'ess' AMI now many men are given
Sment in this factory.
pant has been run under the super
mr.. r. S. Fran since August s,
mas II In fine shape and she runs
~ .h as a die and in short while he
W put in little more machinery,
'ui tnen enable him to turn out
r Yen tons Of paper per day.
lam has been In the paper business
~ years and his work leaves no
II % his ability in this line of bust
NJ brought his paper makers with
bpsIr fram leaves tonight on import
MI, Tor his home, Vandalia, ILL.,,
Ibsrneee' urn In few days, and during
snt me mill win be under the man
=. ms son, Mr.. R. S. Fran. This
Shs OF the South's largest enter
OBSERVES her eupport.
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NO tor COTTON.
North Texas Crop Prospects Injured
by the Drouth.

Dallas. Texas, October S.-Cotton pick
ing in North Texas has advanced far
enough for men engaged in trade to form
a fairly good estimate for yield in the
State. Captain W. White Of Dallas, one
of the oldest and best experienced men
in the trade said to The Post correspond
emit today: Picking has been interrupted
practically since September 10. The out
look is that the bulk OF the crop VIII be
harvested by the early part of November.
| do not believe Texas will pick more than
two and quarter million bales. did be-
lleve earlier the crop would reach two and
half million bales, but the drouth In
North Texas has dissipated all hopes OF
any top crop In this section. The plant IS
withered and dying and no top crop pros
poets exist. There may be small top crop
In Central Texas and portions of South
Texas. where the late rains were more
seasonable, than in the Northern part OF
the state. The grades are good. In this re-
spect the cotton has suffered no damage
and is up to expectations"
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WAS HANGED IN EFFIGY
PEOPLE OF CoNRoE INDIGNANT AT
THE GOVERNOR.
The Communication of the Death SEM
tence Of Mcmillan. the Rapist,
Cause OF the Outbreak.

Conroc, Texas. October S.--Conroe wal
the scene OF much excitement last night.
The populace was considerably wrought
up over the action Of Governor Culberson
committing the sentence OF Arch Mcmillan
the rapist, to life Imprisonment In the
penitentiary.
Many expressed themselves forcibly and
In very strong terms, and IL Mcmillan had
not been spirited away by a clever trick
on the part Of the officers. he would have
paid the penalty of his crime in much dlf-
ferent way than was intended by the gov
ernor
Montgomery county was not to be cheated
out Of hanging though, and her citizens,
moved by indignation, hanged Governor
Culberson in effigy to a pine tree near
the depot, with this placard pinned to his
feet: 81 Am Friend OF the Rapist' At
ter parading the streets with his excellency
laid on stretcher, the angry populace,
led by band playing martial music. harg-
ed the ludicrous image and fred many
shots into 1t. The good people express
themselves as feeling shamefully outraged
by the course the governor has pursued.
One OF the blacklist crimes known to
tie category Of criminal law has been
committed and the criminal given just
such trial as Culberson has been SO long
advocating, and good jury having done
their duty our people felt that the good
old county of Montgomery had done her
self credit by responding to the call Of
the governor to put down mob violence
and showed herself in favor OF law and
order.
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All THE STATE CAPITAL.
), f,ock Agents Complying With
Terms Of New Law
I,sas WERE VERY PLENTIFUL,
.-,,y Fuller Goes to Ell Paso
..sent the Railroad Conn
-,ssion Before Maxey.

rexas. october s.--Judge T. A.
!, The attorney generals office left
= ar 81 paso to contest the motion for
Gate for a preliminary Injunction or
.rv restraining order asked for by
s.den Bros. to prevent the railroad
t.,..lon from enforcing Its rules and
Stations governing the compression Of
The case is set for the 18th inst.
\, Judge Maxey Of the Federal court.
LcuooL BOOK MEN PLENTIFUL.
NV is full Of schol book men and their
[...entatiyes tonight, tomorrow being
1T day set for the filing of bids. ac-
..n,ed by samples of school books,
I az text book board. The following
[n.ners will file bids and have deposited
,ol,owing sums in cash with the State
.vrer. the law requiring $500 to be de-
~ Tor the first book and 5000 for each
|s,,ooaI book: Scott, Foresman & Co.,
a. American Book company, $500; Uni
~ publishing company, s1700; CHM G
sss0o. d. C. Heath & Co., $1100; Wood
ls.Tiernan Printing company. $1,000;
lS.old printing and Book Manufacturing
nsny. s1lO0; Zaner, Ware & Webb, $500;
q Railway Printing company, $500;
I. I II. Pennybacker, $500; STANDARD
III Book company. 500; MARYLAND. Mer-
4 Co., $500.
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FIRE AT FORT WORTH.


Texas Printing md LithOgrnphfng
Company's Plant Destroyed.
Fort Worth, Texas, October Sine
Texas Printing and Lithographing company
plant was partly destroyed by fire AT 4
o'clock this morning. The fire originated
from the electric motor on the first floor
and soon communicated to the book bind
cry and composing room on the second
floor The plant was nearly Quilted The
establishment was valued at $4,000 and
was insured for $4,000. The Ellis county
tax rolls were being boundt and narrowly
escaped burning. but on examination were
found intact. Bud Nichols, the night watch
man. had a narrow escape. He was on the
second floor and was cut off from the
stairway. He finally reached the ground
by descending on fireuan's ladder In
April last this establishment suffered
similar loss In the same manner.
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THE FIRST SPIKE.
|mmered Home without Much Dis.
play by the Manager.

immered Home without Much Dis.
play by the Manager.
weetwater, Texas, October 5.-Without
demonstration of any kind, but In the
vance Of few prominent citizens the
h spike on the main line Of the Colorado
Hey railroad was driven nome Tuesday
nlng by General .lanagar Whea'crtft.
material has been piliag IN Cor days,
81 capacity to hold the cars OF material
b as ties, rails, etc. to be usel On this
d. The Texas and Pacific laid the first
ck for the Valley road. 1t put in the
Itch on the V and laid ABOUT 200 feet
The road across their right OF way and
p the Colorado Valley folk took COLI
All of the track laying is done bv
company and no contracts will be let.
(his way they hope to avoid delays which
Petimes follow the contract system. The
ok laying force will be kert large
ugh to catch up with the graders. The
used are all steel. The COMPANY has
ut fifty men grading, and with the
ve force laying ties and rails it can be
that there is some railroad building
Nest Texas.
pc contractor who Is TO build the
yes across the river and som Coode
Is hard at work on The same and
nave them finished by the slime the
Slayers reach that point.
nefe are but few people in the State
are posted in regard to the building
ms railroad. 1t is a road that will
Pullt from this point to I,errville or the
and will connect with the Santa Fe
lne north, at Washburn or Canadian
. Il Will be one of the best :oads in
snte. 1t is now, as will b. seen from
above, being graded out from this
and our little town is assuming city
committee OF three. County Judge
Ell Mr.. Mitter, a real estate man. and
harvey, large contractor OF that
were here this week negotiating with
railroad people with the view CT in
ns them to build to Ba!linger,
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LOCAL NOTES.

W. n. Dunlap left tonight to visit his
family In Luling.
Mr.. and Mrs. John n. Goodhue went
to Houston tonight on a pleasure and busi-
ness trip.
Yellow fever at New Orleans has caused
several first-c class theatrical companies to
cancel their Beaumont dates, Among the
most prominent Of these is Thomas Keene.
tho tragedisn. who would have been here
this month.
Orange trees that wero killed to the
ground by the snow OF February. 1898,
where properly attended are again growing,
and one troo at Grlgsby's BLUM, this ccun-
~. will yield a small crop this year. Ex-
ports say that all tho trees Will bear next
ycas.
Mr.. A. NJ Walston has returned from
Boornc. where he has been for several days
10 attend tho bedside OF his sick wife
Mrs. Walston has been critically III. bn'
MT. Walston left her much Improved and
hc now has hopes OF her complete re.
coyery.
James II. Garvin. master OF the steam
boat Chas. Lee. has brought out Seventeen
car loads OF rice from the TAYLOR an'
Hulebrepdt bayou farms. all that had heef
thrashed Mt the beginning OF the week
CAPTAIN Garvin has now gone TO Cow bayou
orange county, and will bring the r1c'
from the farms In that ncighbornooo tt
beaumont whore n has been purcneser
nv the Beaumont Rice and Grlst mills.
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Mcmillan Mt Huntsville.

Huntsville, Texas, October S.-Archie
Mcmillan, in company with the sherih OF
Montgomery county, arrived here on the
flyer yesterday afternoon, having been
brought from Conroe In q box car. Nc.
MILAN was hatless and shabbily dressed
and while the officer was looking after
some baggage inquired Of parties around
where the penitentiary was. He appeared
quite happy.
In thi district court 10 Darter. who killed
Frank Ward, at the wharf here in Decem-
Der last, was convicted of murder in the
second degree and given twenty-five years.
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PAYING OUT CASH

The retailers are selling goods now, and
no mistake. The laboring men along the
water front are earning dollars and that's
fact.
Saturday something more than $4,000 in
cash was paid to those same .laborers, that
being the weeks pay roll y great deal
of this money has gone into the hands of
the local merchants. who have carried the
laboring men over the past duh season.
A steamship man who is a conservative
estimator says that he Appropriated the
wages to be paid to the water front force
this season. exclusive OF the Morgon line
pay rolls, as a round million OF dollars. a
sum largely in excess of that paid out
here in any year.
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CITY SCHOOL BOARD.

The city school board met yesterday
evening at the Ball high school, Messrs.
Kleberg. Austin, Landes. Trueheart, Da-
wilson, Lovenberg and Mann and Secre-
tary Rose and Superintendent Hopkins
being present.
Superintendent Hopkins submitted his
report for the month OF September show
ing a total enrolment in white scnouls OF
1906 and 1888 in colored schools, q grand
total OF 1888.
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NNnxahnchie Notc..

waxahachie. Texas. October Sine re-
mains At Mrs. T.. II. Martin reached here
from Denver this morning. She died Of
consumption.
Bob Taylor will be here on October ~
TO deliver the Fiddle and Bow revised.
Bob as he is called here. has many
friends In this section. ABOUT ohe-luu, !
from Tennessee. - .,
The Eiks Will give social session 10
their lady friends tonight. They have ele-
8. d. Farrar, father OF Assistant County
Attorney Farrar, is very sick ana 70 NOT
ex pected to live.
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Rad MAN KILLED.
indictments Found by the I'nvaca
County Grand Jury.

Halletsville. Texas, October s.-ftster-
day at his farm. eighteen miles below here,
Mr. Bob Miller. a well known farmer ana
stock raiser Of Lavaca county. shot ana
killed Jim Tinnon, colored- Tinnon posed
as a bad man. went to tbs house OF Miller
and met his death.
Tom Newton. Ellis Greggs and John
johnson have been indicted by the grana
Jury now In session for the murder OF VIII
McKinnon. who was assassinstea near
blackberry last June. They win be tried On
the 18th.
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NOT so RAD.

While the storm Of septcmber IL cid
considerable damage to jefferson county
rice the loss will not be so great as first
estimated. Nearly ali standing rice was
blown to the ground. It ia true. but favor
able weather which has prevailed :lnce
the wind sutsidsd has enabled the farmer
V reap and bind The straw and szospt NJ
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-09
HUsTLING FOR IMMIGRANTS.

Local ticket and passenger agents ere
having lively time hustling for the i'm
migrants who are to ba landed here to-
morrow by the North German Lloyd
steamer Elizabeth Rtckmers. which should
arrive from Bremen tomorrow morning.
The vessel has on board nearly 400, who
are going to be sent to many points even
outside Of Texas OF this number fifty 20
to Memphis. Heretofore the Katy has
had a practical monopoly of the North
German Lloyd business. but the signs
point to a lively scramble from now on.
Each agent thinks he will get them all
but he does not think so hard enough to
let up hustling for the business for little
part of q minute
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Marshall Texas. October s.-Joe p. Al
ford, cashier OF the Marshall National
bank, was found dead in his bed this morn
ing. Heart Disease is assigned as the
cause. Mr.. Afford was for humber OF
years county clerk OF Harrison county and
only resigned that position to become cash
Ter OF the Marshall National bank at Its
organization in 1880. He was native CT
Harrison county. and 55 years old.
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BIG JUDGMENT OBTAINED.
Paramore Investment Company ana
Others Get mt Tyler.

=
Tyler Texas. October Tin the suit OF
the Paramore Investment company OF st.
Louis VS. the Tyler Car and Lumber COM
pany. fled in the district court Of this
county on the 9th day Of October. 1886. at
which time a receiver was appointed OF all
the property OF the Tyler Car ana Lum-
Der company. consisting OF about iIvVV
acres Of pine lands. situated In Angeiins
county. and on which was located fins
saw mill plant and about thirteen mileE OF
"a iiway track. Judgment was today rendered
an a tria, o, the case in favor Of the Para
mora Investment company for about Vs.
900 foreclosing a vendors lien on tho
land and mortgage lien on the land ana
axtures: also In favor Of Gus y. Taylor:
rscsivsr Of the First National pAnk %
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NOTES AND PERSONALS.

eustor Goss of Baylor county is here
~
,dre John NJ. Duncan and Colonel T.
|Jones of Tyler are in the city on BUSH
with the supreme court. f.
he tax rolls of Bastrop county were
with the comptroller today and show
following valuations, viz. s5.65S,766;
Tease, $4,000.
ounty Judge Felix j. Hart of Bee county
Ii the city today to consult the attor-
generals department concerning an is
Of bridge bonds contemplated by Bee
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DIVERSIFIED FARMING.
GOVERNOR JESTER ADDRESSES -
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Attacks the One Crop Plan and Adj
vocatcs the Converting Of Sur
plus Grain into Meat.

Cameron. Texas. October s.--L,cutcnant
c,,,-,rror res,ar .asrsssaa ,ha F.rn,ers.
,..-
'hstitute mere this evening" nc was in'to-
duccd by Major Lewis to the audience,
which flied the district court room and
ao,,,oroa : yarv ,n,ore,,,,nc ,o,x ~ which
wy '"'N''''"n '"'"' -
the Following Is a synopsis:
Although tho present cotton crop II
abort IN manv .ect,ons NJ Texna n ia
.', 80. ~. ,,.,.,
es,'hSpeu inst 'ne crop Vi .ne o"i'eu
states win aggregate about 900 bales.
and as result OF this enormous supply
orIv ahout onco arr,rr thu na., estv venr.
Ne w
mas tue price OF tne stalAe peeh SO low
IA at present.
The cotton crop Of 1so4-o5 OF the ten
c., ~, ~
S'"'.s "ee'ee"''N ''''''''o e"'.s'
produced on 23.esraao acres, while the
crop OF 1895 a6 aggregated 6,6SS, 507 bales
nroducod On % 100 s75 acre. vet stat,stlcs
sa. ~. ,.. r,.'-.
"eiiois'ia'o 'na' 'ne prooucer reserved Az
mucn TOT the smaller as Tor the larger
crop, Notwithstanding the former was 40
per cent less than the latter And this Is
but another evidence OF the fact that the
price of cotton is regulated by the law OF
supply and demand. and that IN over
supply can but result In a reduction OF
price.
| The ten cotton growing States of tho
South with population of only 10 900 900
produced Ave eighths OF tho cotton pro-
duced by the whole population OF the
world amounting 10 400 600 000 neonle
Hence It is within the power Of the South
ern States to dictate and control The price
OF cotton, hut 1t can only be done BY \
| reduction in tho cotton acreage. and utiliz.
Ing the surplus acreage for the growing OF
those crops which will mako the home self
sustaining.
While IL In true that much of our soil
| seems especially adapted to the growing
OF cotton. nevertheless we arc capable OF
growing a greater variety OF products than
any other State In the UnSon, and within
| our borders can be grown every product
required by the necessities OF civilized
man.
We have moro wheat land than Cali
fornia; more sugar land than Louisiana.
more rice land than North Carolina; more
corn land than either Illinois or Kansas.
yet the anomalous condition was presented
last year OF our sending out OF tho STATE
| 81. 900 900 for corn, an result OF a short
| crop. and also buying from other States
vast amount OF hog products.
| We must diversity our crops II we would
prosper. II liz ruinous policy which pro-
ducos cotton to buy that which can DO
| produced at home. IL results In an over
production Of cotton, and a consequent 70.
duction In the price.
| Since tho farmer confines himself to one
crop the supply az this crop is larger. ana
| for the same reason. smaller Of ali other
crops. Therefore, what he has to sell ID
| cheaper. and what he has 10 buy is higher.
az tho result OF his failure 10 diversity his
crop, and hence his surplus can DO but
small.
| But were he to diversity, the prices Of
Iall crops would be more nearly enuaIixed..
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additional expense Of harvesting and The
loss of grain blown from heads the loss wilt
DO uncomfortable. The great damage ex-
pcrienced by the rice farmer recently was
from inability 10 get sacks ON account q
the quarantine. This necessarily DELAYED
thrcshing and the fall raina may catch
considerable rice shocked In the fleids.
Sacks are available now, however. and
threshing Is being vigorously pushed.
Present indications arc that tho rice farmer
win yet receive profitable rcturns from
this years crop.
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Allison Acquitted.

Fort Worth. Texas. october s.-David
Allison, who has been on trial for his lie
here since Monday. was acquitted today OF
the charge OF murder. The ,nan f'iiea
WAS William Cuiley, Alliscn's brother-in-
law. near Smithfield. this county.
A pathetic scene marked the conclusion
of the case: at the announcement OF his
acquittal his aged mother fell into his arms
and wept with Joy.
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For slnc Stewart.

Sherman. Texas. October THE COM
m!ttse appointed by Mildred Lee camp.
United Confederate Veterans. to raise
funds for the Mac Stewart case .eported
today that they had on hand somsthina
more than $50 for that fund and that be-
fore the time arrived TO forward 1t to DR.
Lgnoski at Houston II would bs very r.ucf
increased.
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Rcsidcncc at Waco.

Waco, Texas. October S.-Thc handsome
brTck residence OF N. p. stegall, corner
OF Eighth and Clay streets. was partially
destroyed by fire this morning. The loss
is covered by insurance as follows: In the
Continental, $500: In the National, $4,000.
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seLennan County Brevttie..

). Ass' October s.-Corn is selling
49, % cents per bushel and is in
aa oats are very scarce, but
MIN. aao' There is plenty of prairie
ka.o.s, nay Tor sale in this section and
IA cra cue prices: also there is fine
10y Of grass on most all hay mead
a. y more there occurred two
q. r week. One was the little girl
Ira + ~ Hodges and the other one
sls,a,0a the Tucker family.
Iitr-. some miles above here, Mr..
Is Z NJ ~ SOLD one OF his stocks of
~ Q. spivey. who will con-