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El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-08-25
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BY direction Secretary of Wsl
The times., 1898-01-05
New York Cotton Market.
Cot,or Mills i'm the south.

(From tie Cbica gu Times geral H.
The recent announcement OF 10 ger
cent cut in tie wages the operatives
in the cotton mills at Fail River, Mass,
TO take effect the first OF the year, las
revived the discussion of the future OF
the cotton manufacturing industry in Jhe
New England States.
1t was TO he expected that the calamity
howIers would try to make political cap
itaI ou5 of tie TedICtion in wages. They
were lot slow to direct attention 70 it
as proof that the promised prosperity had
net arriv eel. But sensible students OF in
dustriaI economics know tfat lhe business
of manufacturing cotton cloths in Ne y Fog
land is n.euaCed 10y condEio1s t1at cannot
be remesiieti by legislation. Tney know
that tie price of labor is a gUesti N Of
supply and demand. The South is uuilding
new cotton mills every year for TIE cen
version of TIE raw product OF her cotton
fields Into cloth, and IL il LEt a question
of a short time when the predictions OF
wattersou and Grady made years Ego Will
be partially IL not fully realized in the
transfer of New England Cotto mill indus
try to the South.
The difference In the industrial CON
ditions that prevailed in the North ana
in the South made such q transformation
inevitable years ago. In the Northern
and New England States the sons ana
daughters of farmers had large field for
their activities in those employments that
belong To our peculiar forms of husbsndry.
But iri the South this kind of work was
done entirely by negro labor, leaving very
few avenues OF industrial opportunity open
to the young men and women. The trans
planting of New Englaud's cotton-mill in
dustry tc Southern soil therefore ftlls
great Industrial want, and W hile it nenaces
the supremacy of New EngIa nd in this
branch of manufacture it opens up a great
future for tile new South, increasing op-
portunitieS for the employment Of the
people and furnishing home market for
the product of the great Plantations.
According to the Investigations of Nr
Coolidge. who was sent 10 the South bJ
the Boston Journal to investigate this
subject, there are now about Eu0 cotton
mills south of Mason and Dixon's line
North Carolina uas III mills, with J6J
s37 spIndes: South Carolina las 90 mills
with L 200. 324 sptnd'es. Georgia Las 81
mills and 7et.753 spindles; Alabama. 80
mills aud 327.476 spindles; Tennessee, 81
mills and 1896 spindles; Virginia, 1l
mills and 1 SO, 1873 spindles. After ,hess
come ir order Mississippi, Texas, Louisi-
ana, Tentucky, Missouri and Arkansas.
nj. Coolidge finds that one-third ..r the
cotton manufacturing capacity of this
rountry is In these Southern states. He
also finds that labor is 25 To 3D per cent
che 1pcr than in New England, and that
the Southern factories hav. the alv ~.
tage OF 10 Fer cent longer hours tOd
more intelligent class of operatives.
The times., 1898-01-05
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kidney and bladder disorders -or troubles
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rbeuina,is,i:, pain or dull ache in ,he bac,,
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Swamp-Rcot stands the highest for re
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sold by druggists, price fifty cents ana
one doliaS
The times., 1898-01-05
MILE AS THE CROW FLIES.
The Court OF Appeals Decides Against
Mr.. Sheehy.


1t has been decided again, this time by
the court of appeals. that the famous mile
limit" from Soldiers Home, within which
intoxicating liquors may not be sold, is TO
be considered as mile as the crow flies
and no5 by the winding roads
In the case of the United States eX rel.
Henry Sheehy against j. Harrison John
son, James A. Bates and Samuel I. q.
MorSeH the excise board of the District,
the opinion of the District supreme court
was affirmed yesterday by the court OF
appeals.
rtenry Sheeiiy is the man " no applied for
wholesale liquor license, ut No. 203S
Eleventh street northwest. The excise
board refused The license, and Mr.. Sheehy
petitioned for niandamus to compel the
board to act on his application favora bly,.
The District court refused him. TIE law
Oh which the case tests is that of Feb
ruary IS, 1891, ITO prevent the granting
of licenses Wi ithin one mile OF the Soldiers
HonIs.n Congress wanted to keep teinpta-
ton as far away from the old soldiers as
possible, aud decided ON a Iuile as the
limit. Mr.. Sheehy's place, No. 203S
Eleventh street, is more than a mile from
the home by any road that the soldiers
could travel. 1t is considerably less than
q nile in a direct line. After much alb
struse legal discussions of precedents and
probabilities, the District supreme court
decreed the nile limit to be a the crow
flies. Mr.. Sheehy was barred out. The
court of appeals afLirms this decision.
The times., 1898-01-05
FOLLOWS The ROMAN LAW
An Important Opinion By the Court
of Appeals.
1t Is i'm the Holt VIII case in Which
the Tesfatur.s Division of the
Estate Caused Litigation.

The court OF appeals yesterday an
nounaed i;sopipion in the case OF the estate
or the late Judge Advocate General
Joseph Holt, affirming the. decree of the
District supreme court. BY this decree the
nenhews and nieees of Judge Holt re-
ceive the estate, one third to each of the
families. and Joseph II. Holt. his grand
pephew. and other more distant relatives,
llget no inheritance.
Tne Holt case has been one of the famous
litigations Of the District courts. 1t in
volved most interesting question of the
rights of inheritance seldom passed ON in
this country. and in addition, the family is
well known. and the estate large Ii
is not believed that the defeated cavedtoTs
viii be satisfied with the decision of the
court of appeals, and an appeal To the
United states Supreme Court is expected.
Judge Advocate Joseph Holt died in
S94. He had no widow, no children,
10 parent, no grandchildren, 10 sisters nor
brothers His nearest relatives were a
child of Thomas Holt, a deceased brother,
the children of Mis-. Sterett. deceased
sister, and the SONS and daughters of
another brother-Robert Holt. In addition
there was grandnephew, minor son of
q deceased nephew, and other distant rel
atives.
The main point of the decision OF the
District court was that these three fam
lilies of nephews and nieces should cii-
vide the estate into three equal parts,
no matter how many children there We're
in each family, and that no others should
participate in division, in legal phrase
ology, per stripes
The contention OF the caveators was that
the division should he per capita among all
the living relatives. and not per stripes.
The decision followed the cid Roman
Law of Inheritance, which has been adopted
almost universally, except in England,
where the law OF prinogeniture intervenes.
Justice, Alvey delivered tile opinion OF
The cour, oS annealS
The times., 1898-01-05
WORK In CLEARING HOUSE
Volume of Transactions Main Fea-
ture Of the Market.
Few Matters of Outside Interest Re-
ceive Attention and the Bear Ele-
ment Meets Little Opposition.

New York, Jan. 4.-The exchanges be-
| houses today Involved the enormous sum OF
| $3.50 ,731 ,265, which were settled by
the payment or $16.54s, ,98s. The United
States subtreasury contributed S4,026,-
109 of the latter amount, its heavy debit
balance being due chiefly to disbursements
of the interest ON the per cent Gov
ernnent loan of / 907.
The entrance OF this additional money
into the market brought about easier coll
ditions there, Notwithstanding the further
curtailruant and shifting of loans on call
incidental 10 the payment af the final iI-
stailII,nt of So 100000 by the Union Pacific
syndicate to the Government on Thursday.
The continuity is unquestionably Indebted
TO the Treasury authorities for the manner
10 " which these heavy transactions have been
handed, for the methods used have GER
tainly ayerted serious stringency In the
money market.
Aside from the extraordinary volume OF
business indicated in the clearing house
figures, the day was quite uneyentful,
and the financial situation was unchanged.
The selling Of stocks, which followed or
attended the recently published pessimistic
remarks of the railway presidents. was
continued III the early market, which was
fairly active and was weak. Declines
OF from z to 1 point were common, and
the technical situation of the market was
utilized for fairly aggressive bearish dem
onstra tioBs.
Foreign houses Were inactive in this
market, and the cabled quotations showed
the London market undisturbed by the
various furnors in regard to the political
situation which have been exploited here.
Following the mornings weakness, the
market became sta gnant, until in the last
hour it again broke generally, the rumor
OF the serious illness OF Russell Sage be-
ing utilized on this occasion. The general
market, however, showed an absence of
support and of outside interest that ma de
the efforts OF the bear traders conpara-
lively easy. The close was weak at abont
The lowest prices.
The times., 1898-01-05
vAGARIEs OF A VEGETARIAN.
He Wore Linen in Winter and Furs
in Summer.

Benton Harbor, Mich, Jan. 4.-Tbe viii
OF eccentric James NJ. Patterson, who
died recently, has been attacked in the
courts by his daughter.
Patterson wasa very strict vegetarian. In
the coolest winter weather he would
appear on the streets attired in SUMMER
clothing, linen duster, and carrying a
faded green umbrella. In warm weather
he would attire himself in big overcoat,
aud fur cap, with quilt wrapped around
his head and stili carrying the same green
umbrella, W hich hwashisconstant companion,
rain or shine. In the summer time he
Jiozed the nights away out IN The open air,
with his umbrella over his head. He ex-
listed entirely upon nuts, parched corn and
soaked wheat.
He was religious, according TO his no
ton of religion, and would not permit
any one on his place TO use profa ne Ian
guage. When a farm hand swore at the
horses or cattle, Patterson would drive
him from he farm with club, still hold
ing his umbrella. He was often observed on
hot summer days perched on the roof Of
his house OF barn holding his umbr ella over
his head.
The old man lived for many years IN
rustic cottage In the Galien woods. His
abode was a gtorehouse of animal and hui
man skulls and stuffed animals, a nd was
very filthy. The first thing TO greet the
visitor upon entering the home was row
of gItnning skulls. The walls were covered
with pictures OF scorpion, lizard; or harac
ters illustra ting some point in phrenoIogy;
for this peculiar man rrided himself on
being an expert phrenGloCist.
His memory was extraordinary. He
could recite the entire book of st. John
verbatim
The times., 1898-01-05
ITS FUNDS EXHAUSTED.
The Present Condition of the Central
Relief Committee.


Tie board of mana gers of the Associated
Charities met yesterday afternoon. at
their headquarters, on G street. Those
present we're Prof. r. T. Janey, chairman:
Messrs. + L Moore, DIR. ". X. yanReypen,
Mrs. ]. W. Babson, Miss r. T. Stafford.
DIR. Charles p. Neill. Rev. c. A. Smith.
Rev. Or. Bradford, DR.. M. ID. Peck and
Thomas w. Smith.
The principal business was to hear the
reports OF the standing committees and the
secretary of the board, Mr.. Wilson. The
seoretary's report referred esrecially TO
the work OF the board during December
IL showed ed increase In the number
of applications for relief over that of the
previous month. During December there
were 773 applications for help, 33s OF these
being from families. or the " hole num-
ber OF applicants 3s5 Were eolored. Mr..
Wilson also refers to the fact that during
the Christmas holidays large number of
deserving families Were locked after by
friends of the association.
In conclusion Mr. Wilson saws that the
funds or the Central Relief Committee are
practically exhausted, but that IL has been
again called together by the Commissioners.
and VIII be organized for work in {; few
days, so there is no doubt thai with their
co operation, the Associated Charities
VIII be able TO meet its Responsible
ties during the season.
The times., 1898-01-05
REDUCED THE CLERKS SALARY.
He Made Complaint Against Another
i'm the PostoffiCe Dcpa rfmeut.

He Made Complaint Against Another
i'm the PostoffiCe Department.
An interesting case of violation of civil
service reform laws and a rather singular
punishment for the same has been de-
cided by a committee of the Treasury
Department appointed to investigate and
report on the facts. clerk in the office
of the auditor for the Postoffice Depart
ment, a Republican, preferred charges
against Democratic clerk in the same
department. The committee of investi-
cation concluded that the charges wers
not well founded, and that the clerk pre-
fcrring the harges had violated that pro-
vision OF the civil service reform law which
prohibits any person from endeavoring to
change the rank or rate OF pay of any
employe because of political or religious
opinions. Wnlful violation of this rule
is TO be punished by the dismissal Of the
person making the charges.
The committee, however, found that the
clerk may not have acted willfuiIy or
maliciously, and therefore they, instead
Of dismissing him, reduce his pay from
$l.i0o TO 81 900 as an object lesson, and
perhaps as a precedent.
The times., 1898-01-05
CATHOLIC BECOMES a JUDA1sr
Warned That He Is Embracing
Hard and Exacting Religion.

Portland Me-, Jan. 4.-Augustus Fragin,
fine hooking and welleducated Italian,
renoanced the Roman Catholic faith yes
tertlay for that OF Moses.
Fragin has been studying the Hebrew
faith for four years. He was addressed
by Aaron Druker, student of theole-
gy, who told him he was contemplating
embracing hard and exacting religion.
He said 1t is not the mission of the
Hebrews to make converts, but rather
their duty and inclination to warn those
contemplating acceptance of their faith
that il Will be a hard religion to live
up to. He warned Fragin to go no fur
ther if he had the slightest doubt re-
garding the divine mission Of Judaism.
Il am ready to become Jew" said
Fragin.
The rites of the church We're performed
by the Rev. David Rodofsky, and the name
of the convert was changed from Augustus
to Abraham.
The times., 1898-01-05
GRATEFUL
MRS. EVANS
The Wife Of a Special Pension Examiner
Tells How She Was
CURED BY MUNYON
She Suffered for Years from COM
piiCati0B of Diseases Read
the Story of Her Cure.

Mrs VI. II. Evans, wife Of special ex-
aminer in the Pension Bureau, residing at
141o corcoran street northwest, Wash
ingtoD, ID. e., says: II was a sufferer
from complication OF dfseI ses for several
years. These were nervous pTostration,
general de bility, stomach anu liver trouble
catarTh and nervous headache. i was
not able to get relief from any source until
] placed myself under the care OF Mum
yons Specialists. BY the use OF MUNYON'S
Remedies ana Munyon's electrical ma
chimes and life C. amber / find hat new Vi
tality and strength have been ADDED. I
nave been relieved OF my nervous Eean-
acnes from which / suffered intensely.
The distress in my stomach and right side
soon disappeared, and great improve
nent is noCic ea bic in my general hea Ith. i
ma We found that Munyon's Remedies
a re- all tnat Is claimed for them. and that
Munyon's electrical machine and life cham
feel indeed grateful to Munyon for what he
has done for me-"
Cured or Kidney Trouble.
Mr.. ID. j. DoraD, 521 Tenth street, Wash
ington. II. C., says: :" A fter only one days
all my pains caused by that disease had
disa ppeaTeti.'
Munyon's remedies coIDpfise "a separate
cure for each disease, and are sold by all
druggists, mostly % cents a vial. Nun
yon's Static Electrical Machine cures
rheumatism, stiff Joints, paralysis and
neuralgia. Munyon's Life Chamber cures
catarrn, asst hIna and bronc hits. Nun
yOn'S doctors at your service Tree all
day and evening; SUNDAY. TO ). 623
Thirteenth street northwest
The times., 1898-01-05
Marriage Licenses of a Day.

Marriage licenses have been granted to:
William Henry Lee and Lizzie johnson,
coiored, George E. Thomas and Susie E.
Thomas, colored: Milton E. Tucker and
Henrietta l.. Norman, both OF Ara by, Md. !;
Paul Robinson and Susie johnson, colored;
George W. Tower, jr., and Clara NJ.
Burchard; Grant Williams and Lottie Davis,
colored; J. Walter Branford and Alice F..
Middleton; Robert Bankett and Lucy Payne,
colored; william II. Hopkins, of Leaven-
worth, Kas., and Alice Pyemont; John s..
Mills and Cornelia Nicholas
The times., 1898-01-05
Persons who ara troubled win indigestion

Persons who aTe troubled with indigestion
will be interested in the experience of VIM.
II. Penn. chief clerk in the railway mail
''esN'ce at Des Noines, Iowa who writes: 1t
gives me pleasure 10 testify 60 the merits OF
'hamberlain sColic. Cholera and Diarshoea
t"rneny- For two years l have suffered
ron indigestion, and am sabje { to frequent
severe attacks of pain in the stomach and
novels One or TWO doses of this remedy
never falls to give perfect relief Price 20
ana 90 cents for sale by Henry Evans,
wholesale and Retail Druggist, Gas
ST; Conn. ave. and S st. NV, and 1923
Nd. ave. ne.
The times., 1898-01-05
Thank the Fire Depa rtment.

Chief Paris and Assistant Chief John d.
Kurt, of the District fire department,
yesterday received letter from the council
of Grace Evangelical Lutheran congrega
ton thanking the department for the
prompt and efficient services at the fire
on Sunday morning in the Grace Church.
which was prevented from spreading over
the building and extinguished with but
little loss.
The times., 1898-01-05
THEY MAY COME IN.
Seal Skins OH the Way Before the
Bill Was Signed


As construed az the Treasury Department
sealskins on shlphoard before the signing OF
the bill relating to pelagic sealing may
be delivered exempt from the requirements
of that law Skins taken after that time
VIII be confiscated and destroyed
The New York officials, IL is reported at
the Treasury, are very strict In the enforce
inent of the law, and some of them have
asked for an opinion as whether ladies, for
instances wearing sealskfn sacoues made
from sealskins taken after the law was
signed should be stripped OF the coats, the
same to be confiscated, burnedor otherwise
destroyed.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has ruled
that in such case as this very liberal
Interpretation should be made of the law
for the good of all concerned I'm Its enforce
ment.
The times., 1898-01-05
THREE FAvoRIrEs DEFEATED.
Fast Track and Good Attendance at
the Crescent CITY.

New Orleans, Jan. 4.-The defeat of
three favoritcs was today's feature. The
track was fast and the attendance large.
Summaries:
First race-SiN and a half furlongs
Peacenisker, TO /, Won: Dunster, second;
Reel. third. Time, 90 1-2.
Second race Six furlongs. Celia b.,
3 to l won: Rosa ,Huerns, second; Nan
nie Davis. third. Time, :171-2
Third race-One and quarter miles.
Evanatus, 3 to 2, won; Cherry Lea, second;
Boose, third. Time, 2.1O.
Fourth race-Hantiicap seven and half
furlongs. j. A. Gray. 2 10 8, won; Brother
Fred, second; Tranby. third. Time. 1877.
Fifth race-One mile, Caddie c. 2 to
l, Won: silva, second; Flop, third. Time.
1:433-4
The times., 1898-01-05

Mr.. Carley is overcome by the ingra ti-
tude of the market. Mr., Stokes, his part
ner, sent me this letter last night: The
small bulls are disappointed in not finding
market on which t. sell their stocks
carried over New Year. / do not yet sec
such buying as would indicate an upward
turn at hand. There has been excellent
buying of B. r. T. and Manhattan was
bought heavily around 10 Ia by Bell q
Co. There is no feature in Sugar. The
buying of that stock is not the kind 10
put it up. The general market looks to
me as f it would sag off little. 1t is
purely traders market and the above is
merely guess
The times., 1898-01-05
Washington stock Exchange

at 1E3 12; Capital TractiOn- go at SO;
I5 at 81 $. 9. H.; : at So; Washington
Gas, % at Is IL; Riggs Fire Insurance,
6 at =; Columbia Title Insurance, 10 at
4 rs; Ameri?aH 6raphophone. so Il 3 Q /.
American GFsphophone preferred, 105 at
- "a; 4;Merg Iuthaler Limit ypl. Is at / Al 4;
LaEston Mo1ot ype, los at Is.
After Call Washington Gas, 25 at Is -
The times., 1898-01-05

intends leaving for an extended trip, doubt
less VIII conclude, before the close OF the
week, that they reckoned without their host.
We know that the ex governor goes away
with hisinyestncnt holdings of Rock Island,
Peoples Gas and II. r. 7. intact.
True, he viii be absent for four months
or so. bEt by his return he fully expects to
see sufficient profits accumulated 70 mai ke
his Judgment concerning the value Of the
properties Indicated, indorsed by the action
ofthe market. T hose thatare long Of Rock
Island VIII do well 90 aveiage on any
further little decline, even though they sell
the accumulated lines on a rally OF point
or 50. so az TO reduce the cost Of their long
holdings
The times., 1898-01-05

There is disposition to charge the rail
road presidents with the flatnass OF railroad
securities. The bulls, who never can be-
lieve in anything adverse except special
adverse conditions, say that the railroad
presidents are combining To impress the
country Of the bad effects on their but
ness Of cut rates In order to get a pooling
bill through Congress. They call atten-
ton to the interviews Of President Miller,
OF the st. Paul, and others, alluded to in
The Times heretofore. Undoubtedly these
interviews and the manipulation Of these
stocks are intended t. help along the pool
ing bill. And undoubtedly they will carry
down the prices of securities considerably.
But it is failacy to suppose they wouldn't
have zone down ANYWAY.
The times., 1898-01-05
Increasing Duty on French sugars

Ao~' ,ssSAiA, A'uty IpA a. CuCh sugars.
The Treasury Department issued an
order yesterday increasing the counter
vailing duty on French, sugars to offset
additional bouDties understood TO be
offered by the French government. The
rates on the three high grades of sugar
viii be increased from the present rates
per kfogram OF $50 francs, 4.5O francs
and francs to 9.625 francs. II francs
and 1915 francs respectively. The new
rates Will be absolutely proIihitory.
The times., 1898-01-05
Pensinns Grnn,ed

Pensions were granted t. citizens of
the District OF Columbia yesterday as
follows Original, William II. Grinsha w
Ss; original (ten years servicel, Peter
o'Donnoghue, SO; reissue, special, De
cember %, Michael B. Doyle, 81 4; reissue
and increase, William Dorsey. SIS to SI2.
The times., 1898-01-05

The bulls apparently have lost heart.
Through Eli last week auu tie one before
they were predicting that 1897 would end
with advancing prices, and 1898 would
open with a continuance OF them They
were wrong in 10th predictions. There
has been no advance. There has been no
enthusiasm. There has been no invest
iuena buying. Instead the whole situation
is unchanged from the grievously dull
days before. except that the apathy IS
Intensified. if posi- ble. Vest eTday > s
market was wholly professional and
wholly bearish. Every body seemed in
cIined TO realize. At eny slightest syTup-
toms of streagth flood or selling orders
would show themselves. lndust rials,
railr Dads, Tammauys, were all alike.
The New York city street railroads had
been strong up to yesterday, but careful
people Were OF the option that Monday
would make theiinit ofthe upw ard NOV. for
q time at least. To he sure there We're, ap-
psrently, very few careful observers. The
New York stocks Joined the remainder OF
the list yesterday.