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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-15
GEORGIA WHITE MAN LYNCnED
WAS SHOT TO DEATH rs ms CELL.
ny AN UNKNOWN MON.
He Had Beaten nm Atlanta Drummer
To Death with IA Club--shcrif
WINS Outwitted.

Gainesville. Ca, July 15.--Si Smith, tn,
Habersham county farmer who killed VII.
liam Bell. the commercial traveller from
Atlanta, several months ago, was shot /,
death in the Jail here this morning.
About midnight Sheriff Munday. who
lives at the jail, was awakened by a mar
at his door, who, when the sheriff an
swered the summons. stated that he wa.
the sheriff of Gilmer county and that h.
up for the night In the dark Sheriff
! Munday, seeing but three or four men
outside of the building, appeared at the
main entrance to the Jail building, Gath
cred about 1t were some eight or ten men,
all OF whom were armed, with the excep-
ton of one, or possibly two. The sheriff
took them for deputies.
The leader of the mob stepped forward
ana said; Here" using a name the shir-
III does not now recall The man step
ped forward with his hands bound and In
every way he played well the role as
signed TO him. As he advanced those
around him closed in and in few sec
onas the entire crowd was inside the Jail
building. They then threw a gun IN
Sheriff Munday's face and the KEYS were
demanded The sheriff saw what was nm
ana remarked; The keys are down
stairs"
Wen, get them quick" replied the lead
or OF the crowd.
sherih Munday hurried down the stair
way, followed by the two men. Hal,
way down the steps he was brought to n
s"ooeh stop by the rattle of firearms from
the point he had Just left. Wheeling
around. be bounded up the steps. uutil
ne reached the cage in which Smith was
confined. The smell of gunpowder almost
suhocated him. Between the discharge of
guns he heard groans of agony and APP
peais for mercy. But ali this lasted only
a second and the mob rushed by him and
had gone before he could recover from
mis- surprise. Upon examination he found
that Smith had been shot six times and
was dead.
The men all wore masks and none of
them were recognized by the sheriff.
Smith, the victim of the lynchers. was one
OF the most prominent men in Habersham
county, On Sunday April . he killed
William y. Bell, travelling salesman for
an Atlanta drug house. The instrument
of death was leavy club Smith was
said to have been intoxicated. He over
took Bell, who was riding in buggy and
accused him of insulting member Of his
family. Bell denied The charge aud At
tempted 70 drive away when Smith
Drained him with the club. Smith was
soon arrested and placed in the Hall coun-
ty jail fer safe keeping. so intense was the
feeling against him in Habersham. Bell
was well known in Atlanta and at the
time of his death was travelling for John
B. Daniels OF Atlanta.
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THE MONEY MARKET.
PerpIexity and Uncertainty Regard
Ing It's SOursc.

New York. July 14.-There has been
perplexity and uncertainty regarding the
future of the money market during the
week. Last Saturdays weak statement
OF the condition of the associated banks
aroused uneasness. and banks which
We're below the legal limit of reserve
called loans of money. London sold
stocks here on a large scale. There was
at the same time acute weakness In
number of spec!alties, due to individual
causes. Prices broke violently Monday
and the bears were large short sellers,
wiplng out margins and bringing sales on
the market in large volume 10 stop losses.
Next day when the bears attempted to
cover they found offerings scarce and
there was a smart recovery on dimln-
ished volume of business. The bears were
more circumspect afterwards, but the
tightneas OF money checked speculative
expansion. Strength of individual stocks
served more than anything else to hold
the market Arm. notably Missouri Pa
ciic. ST. Paul. Northern Pacific and the
trunk lines. A number OF industrlals
showed good gains In value
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SAILORS TO SLEEP ON SHORE.
They Can BE Better Cared For Thnn
Shin.

New York, July 1.-THE navy depart
ment has under consideration the housing
of sailors in barracks on shore. Speaking
on this subject, Rear Admiral Crownln-
shield, who Will sail on the Campania for
Europe today, said: am going to
Europe to study the foreign systems OF
housing of sailors in barracks. CONT
mental countries long ago ceased to have
the men slep ON board at home ports, and
Great Britain is also adopting the Gus
tom. Something will have to be done here
in The same direction. We have a large
building at Newport for the use OF our boys
In training schools. This is to be ma
teIially enlarged and another is 10 be
built near San Francisco. The men can
be better cared for on shore. where 1t
will be easy to give them sleeping quarters
with 1000 cubic feet OF air, while on board
ship and on the old hulky such a thing is
impossible. / shall be absent about
month"
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United States infantry George T. Sum
merly, second lieutenant Eighth United
States cavalry; Charles Cranse captaiL
First Pennsylvania; Charles Wood, cap
tain First Pennsylvania.
To be first lieutenant-Charles C. Allen
first sergeant First Pennsylvania; A. T
Easton captain Fourteenth Pennsylvania;
Henry Asmond Porter private company
First United States volunteer infantry
Charles S. Tarleton, captain company II
Fifth Indiana volunteers; Grant A. White
captain company e, First Arkansas; John
a. Wagner, captain company F, First North
Carolina Samuel Willetts. cap
tain company A, Fourth Penn
sylvania; Allen T. Balentine Third
United States volunteer engineers
Edgar N. Coffey, captain, b, FIRST Mis-
sissippi Henry Fl. Failes. captain, Third
New York: Julian e. Gaujot, captain Sec
ond West Virginia; Joseph w. Porterield,
captain, Ninth Illinois; William Sullivan.
captain, B, First New Hampshire; George
l. Becker, first lieutenant, Fifteenth Min
ncsota, S. l.. LETTERS, captain, First Ar
kansas; John Lewis, captain, Seventh
United States volunteer infantry; Henry
Stroup. captain, First Arkansas; Theodore
Schultz, captain, Sixth Missouri; Wilson
B. Strong, in volunteer service.
To be second Observation-Disclosures P.
Hirst, sergeant, First California; John w.
Healy, sergeant major Twentieth United
States infantry; Charles Miller first lieu
tenant Sixth Missouri; Frank o. Graham,
first lieutenant, Fourteenth Pennsylvania;
Frank s. Hansbury, lieutenant, Tenth
United States volunteer infantry; C. S.
Jones, private, company G, First Pennsyl-
vania; Ralph NJ. Mitchell, second lieuten-
ant Fourth New Jersey; George T. Now
hall, private, battery A, Pennsylvania;
j. r. Hyde, first lieutenant, Second Mis-
souri,; George w. Warner, private, troop
Is, Sixth United States cavalry; Joseph c.
Wilson, corporal, company F, Tenth
United States infantry; Holmes Conrad,
Jr., second lieutenant, Second North Caro-
lima; Albert ]. Dillon. lieutenant United
States volunteer signal corps; V. Elmore,
Jr., first lieutenant Secon Alabama Henry
Gibbons. first lieutenant. Third Tennessee;
John p. Spur, first lieutenant, Fourth
TeupesSee.
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BIG STREET CAR STRIKE.
Brooklyn Mny n" Tied Up in n short
Time.

Time.
New York, July IA meeting of the
employees OF the surface and elevated lines
of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company
was held at Granada hall. Myrtle avenue.
Brooklyn. tonight at which a joint COM
mittee of surface and elevated employees
was appointed to wait on President Ros-
sitter for the purpose OF learning whether
the company intends to keep the promises
said to have been made by Mr. Rossiter
to a similar committee two weeks ago In
regard TO the observance OF the ten hour
law. If a favorable response is obtained
the committee is instructed to insist that
the promises be placed in writing and
signed by Mr. Rcssiter.
Other meetings were held by employees
in different parts of Brooklyn, and II was
said that an unfavorable answer would
result In strike within few days. per-
haps In forty eight hours.
The demands of the men. which will
be presented again tomorrow, are that
the time tables shall be arranged on all
lines SO as to comply with the ten hour
law; that the prevailing rate OF wages for
full days work shall be 81, trip parties
and overtime to be paid at = rate Of 20
cents an hour, and that two-thirds OF the
cars shall be put on full day runs.
President Rossiter OF the Brooklyn Rap
Id Transit company firmly insists. In spite
OF all the rumors afioat. that there Is no
probability OF fight. and sticks by his
declaration that stock iobbing interests
are at the bottom of all the talk.
II have had no complaints from any OF
my men," said Mr.. Rossiter. "and ! have
received no intlmation that q committee
of them contemplate calling upon me
am not aware that there is anything for
them to talk about. The statements that
/ have discharged men right and left are
untrue"
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RATE DIFFICULTIES.
Meeting Next Fridny to Arrange the
Matter.

Chicago, July l4.--The committee APP
pointed at the meeting at st. Louis this
week to consider the question of petit
ton by the gulf lines OF Transmississippi
traffic VIII meet in New York next FRI
day TO bring the difficulties, II possible,
to an end. Receiver Fordyce OF the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg and Gulf line will be
present and the matter Will therefore be
dealt with from both sides The members
OF the committee appointed at the st.
Louis gathering are:
Presidents Ripley OF the Santa Fe, RIOS.
we'll Miller OF the st. Paul. II. @. Rose
OF the Missouri. Kansas and Texas, Vice
President C. @. Warner OF the Missouri
Pacific and Vice President George B. Har-
ris OF the Burlington.
Hopes OF a settlement are entertained
by the executive officers OF Western
roads, notwithstanding the statements OF
Receiver Fordyce that the Gulf road Will
not recede from Its position.
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DINNER.
THE FEMININE OBSERVER.

Good guesses often become gloriRed into
good judgment.
Rarely has cook been known to be
troubled with insomnia
You must carry your body well II you
expect to carry your clothes we'll
The elderly fat woman endeavorins ia
be kttenish is sight at which the gods
weep.
me man In the wandering brass band
VINO plays the worst always plays the
loudest.
A man is absolutely without tact who
tells a woman how beautiful he thinks an
other woman
There is hardly nan living who real :
ICES until he reads his own love letters
that he was ever insane.
The boomer in real estate must have
been the first individual to make noun
tain out of a molehill.
What lot of trouble we would be saved
in this world If we never wanted anything
but what we could afford.
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BIG DEAL IN TIMBER LAND.
Fourteen Thousand Acres Purchased
by an OrnnEs. Firm.

DN an OrnnHe Firm.
Orange, Texas. July l4.--one OF the most
important pine land deals that has been
made in this section for some time was
closed here this week. and by the terms
OF the deal the Bancroft Lumber company
become the owners OF $4,000 acres of long
leaf yellow pine timber land situated in
Calcasieu parish, LII. II became appar-
en-. some time ago to the members OF this
enterprising company that their constant
ly increasing business demanded a more
permanent and satisfactory log supply
than they have had, and they Immediately
began prospecting for body of timber
land such as would suit their purpose
AS they make a speciality OF material that
requires the largeet and best timber for
Its manufacture. they wanted lanu the
timber on which was suited for that pur-
pose, and had never been touched by the
forester's ak, With this end in view Mr.
George w. Bancroft made several trips
into the pine forests Of Louisiana inyes-
tigating and endeavoring to locate a tract
such as they needed. That he was emf
nently successful may be judged from the
fact that the body OF land which they
have purchased consists of 1900 acres.
situated in the heart OF the long leaf yell
low pine belt OF Calcasieu parish, Louis
lana, a timber that has become famous
the world over, II is all virgin timber
situated on the Sabine river, and Will
supply the Bancroft mill with logs for
years to come enabling them to take con-
tracts that they have hitherto been unable
to handle on account of the uncertainty of
their timber supply.
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ElDDLESEX BANK WRECKED
caused BY DEFALCATION OF GEO
VI. VALENTINE IT'S CASHIER.
The Shortage in the Funds Esti-
mnted ut S125,
Has Surrendered.

New York, July 14.-George NJ. Valen.
tine, cashier OF the Middlesex bank OF
Perth Amboy, n. j.. which was closed to-
day. has surrendered himself and is now
in jail On account of a shortage in the
banks funds, which has been variously
estimated all the way to $165,000. The
affair caused considers BILE excitement
among the business men of Perth Amboy
where the Middlesex bank was considered
as strong as the eternal hills. So panic
stricken did the residents become when
4 the bank failed to open this morning that
crowds surrounded the Perth Amboy Saw
inss institution, which has the same of
fcers as the Middlesex bank. 1t became
necessary 10 call for the aid of the police
ior the purpose Of maintaining order. U.
b. watson, the president of the banks,
says the funds Of the Perth Amboy Saw
iass institution We're not touched, that the
i soOuOOO deposited to the account of the
4 savings institution is absolutely safe, and
mat no matter how badly the Middleaex
4 oahk mas been wrecked, the Savings bank
would be able to meet all demands of de-
posiors These words of assurance from
ne officers of the Savings bank had the
eject of checking the run on this bank
curing the afternoon.
on Monday last Cashier George NJ. VAL
enline evidently concluding that he could
ny longer conceal the shortage at the
sa'adlesex bank, telephcned President
watson that he was detained, but said he
would appear at noon. Mr.. Watson, who
was taking the absent cashiers place,
esuid not find some $1,000 in bills which
oaeula have been on hand to commence
investigation by President Watson and
Robert N Valentine showed that The
.dsnler's checks and stubs did not CORE
n ryona, that the checks called for more
ni viy imam the stubs recorded, and that
"nile taking the stub as a basis OF ac-
counting the banks finances would figure
-. vu' an right, the checks would show that
NE oank had been drawing heavily on it's
Nv Nv iork correspondent, the Park Ma
tional bank
oo, me cashier, in fact carried the ar-
hoa hls on the stubs, and from them to the
t u.oks correctly, but when the returns
from the cashiers checks came he pock-
~ ,he adherence between the stuS and
m me- meek Four or five months of this
reser.,a OF hnanciering depleted the banks
~ r,,,e moneys and Brought 1t to the verge
cnrsS Inen the cashier evidently Sc
ana = portion OF the ready cash on hand
tho seu Perth Amboy. Thursday night
ra s determination to close the bank was
p clIaa and Mr.. Watson notified Chief of
mis ,Je burke and asked him to locate the
in Me- CASHIER, Valentine who had been
b ' ~ .ork CITY, returned to Perth Am
counsel % Edward Savage. He decl,ned to
10 s avo Details about the shortage except
his mat he was sorry he had gotten
ab-r, 'tsenus into trouble and felt bad
Pms ms wife and children.
The dsta, watson is OF the opinion that
sl2s oon aicniion viii amount to al least
known Where the money went is I'M
been mas as the cashier is said 10 have
uerate In taste and habits Of life.
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BRADsTREET's FINANCIAL.
The Firmness OF Chill Looms Tended
to Check Manipulation.

The Firmness of Chill Looms Tendcs
! to Check Manipulation.
! New York, July 14,--Dradstrect's FL
! pancial Review viii say tomorrow: Tt
/ the detiiment Of transactions attended b.
/ certain degree OF strength in quota
! lions were the leading features OF the
speculative situation during the present
week. What is termed midsummer ,iull-
| ness has It's customary effect In restrict
ing The market and the comparative firm
ness of call loans tended to check both
manipulation on any largo scale or he
growth Of public interests. While Ameri-
can stocks have been a feature IN Lon
don fthe unsettled speculative position
there, due to troubles In South Africa AMI
the advance Of interest rates, has not been
without certain effect OIL financial stn-
timent here.
The remarkable fall in the price OF
British cuneols, which On Tuesday sold at
1904, a drop Of 8 3-S points from the hIgf-
est quotation OF the year. could not fail
to attract notice, though IT, seemed due
to local causes and failed to exercise a
positively disturbing effect on general
speculation. London. however, sold our
Aecurities TO certain extent partly for
the reason detailed above and partly be-
cause OF disappointment in our own mar
ket, and the denlals Of the big Wander.
biit deals that were anoat. The most ef.
fectiye factor has been the favorable gov
ernment crop report published Monday.
and which, supplemented by good ac-
counts Of weather and other conditions
at the West. by heavy movement OF
grain on the railroads and by other ind-
cations that railroad traffic and earnings
will be well maintained. had created a
bullish feeling In the Granger and South.
western stocks. The declaration by the
Louisville and Nashville directors OF the
regular ~ per cent dividend for the year
with an extra n per cent, and the pub
Iished preliminary statement showing that
the road earned nearly per cent on It's
stock. also had a good effect. which was
not diminished by confident rumors Of
coming dividend payments by other c1m-
panies. notably the Chesapeake and Ohio.
The subsistence OF reports OF labor dis
turbances also had an influence, and on
Thursday Brooklyn Rapid Transit declined
on renewed rumors Of troubles OF that
character A slight effect was also pro-
duced on prices by the news that one OF
the largest OF American life Insurance COR
pDrations had decided TO dispose OF Its
holding Of stocks presumably TO comply
with the German laws and pave the way
fer readmission to thai country. II was
however, so appreciated that the company
in question was to be distributed over a
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SURPASSED ALI RECORDS.

| a Uniformly Favorable situation
Never Before Known.
New York, July H.-Bradstreets to-
morrow will say: New features In the
general trade situation this week are OF
an almost uniformly favorable character.
So rare indeed are the disturbing features
as to necessitate considerable search to
locate them Railroad earnings were OK
EXCEPTIONALLY good for June and the arst
half OF the year. The record OF railroad
recelyerships for the first half OF the year
bears a striking resemblance to the list
OF business mortalites, inasmuch as they
are the smallest in number reported since
recciverships first became prominent.
Among current news features might be
mentioned the quite favorable July crop
report OF the agricultural department.
which. while confirming earlier advices OF
more moderate yield OF winter wheat.
and, therefore. Of smaller aggregate
crop than that gathered last year, admit
ted, however, to have been largely UNDER
estimated, point to n large acreage In
corn conditions which. maintained. would
easily result In a crop In excess OF 2,000.-
900 900 bushels. Late unfavorable reports
from Russia point to still more pro-
nounced dmlnutIon OF crop yields In that
country this year. The official French
crop estimates have also been whitfield
down. and the outlook seems to favor the
probability that Europe will buy nearly
as much wheat in America as It did In The
last iscal year. when. 1t might be added,
exports exceeded the totals OF the boom
year 1S07-9S.
In Industrial lines the outlook is q
promising one. The settlement OF the
coa miners strike In Pennsylvania and
OF the tin workers dispute bid fair TO
result in nearly 10000 men resuming work
after the summary shutdown. num-
her of wage increases are among the
weeks developments. The iron blast fur
naces for July points to an unprecedent-
ed current weekly productions. but the
available stocks Of pig iron are down TO
less than one weeks supply. From sev-
eral centers OF industrial activity come re-
ports OF scarcity OF labor, initiating
against even more pronounced activity.
Iron and steel, while rejecting the surn-
mer quictness to some extent In the East,
are quite active In demand at the West
and some heavy sales are reported from
Chicago. With further price advances IN
structural material. Hesssmer pig IA nov
slightly more than double what Il vaa one
year ago, Reports are current that NAL
arrangements for booking large quantity
OF foreign husiness have been closed. The
price situation Is naturally strong ono.
wheat and coffee alone OF the prominant
staples being lower on the week and the
former only fractionally 20 ewing 70 large
receipts ct the West and the check "a ~.
port demand caused by reaction from ~
high prices recently reached,
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A QUEER FACT POINTED OUT.
UniIroads seldom Question the stat
utes Passed by Congress.

Chicago, July Ill. W. Mldgely com.
mission OF the Western Freight Aesocls.
ton. in paper to the Railway age, makes
strong protest against that part OF The
interstate commerce law which re qured
railway officials to inform against one
another In cases OF rate cutting and also
subjected the accused to fine and imprs-
onment. Mr.. Midgely notes that the rail-
ways rarely II ever question the statutes
passed by congress, whereas they almost
Invariably test the constitutionality of the
acts passed by State legislatures.
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LEE LINN lead.
Gained n Wide Reputation by swap
ming Politics.

Chicago, July l4.-A special to thu
Times Herald from Wabash. Ind. says
News has been received OF the death OF
Captain Lee Linn at Santiago de Cubs
Linn gained a wide reputation as editol
of the Wabash Courier. which for ter
wears he conducted as a democratic Or
gan. by turning 1t into republican paper
in the Blaine campaign, causing political
sensation. A year later he was attacked
by Bill Hickey and, TO save his own NE
killed Hickey. Linn left Wabash In 1851
taking the management OF the psn!son,
Texas, News. He returned 10 Waoasn
fonr Years ago and until appointed a cap
tain in the volunteer army. assigned 70
Manila. resided here. Three months asG,
he went TO Cuba. He leaves widow ana
two children.
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Chicago. July l4.--Bob Fitzsimmons WIZ
Hght his next battle in this city. martin
Julian has accepted an offer from the
Fort Dearborn Athletic club for six
round bout between Fitzsimmons ana
some heavyweight. TO be chosen iatsr, hs s
hort will be fought in the latter part OF
August. probably the week following tne
Kid mccoy Jack Mccormick go, which J.
sci for August 49, The eS-champion shn
his opponent will box for percentage o.
the receipts.
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FURTHER APPOINTMENTS
o'hce's for the New yo,un,..u mar,
NJ ments

made ~ oD July 1.-THE president has
mem. :, ,ae following additional appoint
forma s N the volunteer army, each ofticesr
'' tn service being given:
Second ,mualors--Lloyd NJ Brett. captain
EIett Ga t Hh,ted States cavalry; Charles
more r II, major Sixth volunteers. Ell
States .iaggart. captain Sixth United
tain ssvsn a.pp'a,ns,-Amos w. Brandt, cap
fantry: Fra, United States volunteer In
tieth Iowa ra, ". Eckers. captain Fiji
unteer captain Sixth United states Vol.
B, Firs, 'h,antry; Frank NJ. Hims. captain
teld -. Maine artillery; william N sco-
b. Rospain First Ohio cavalry; Charles
'Dss's' arst lieutenant seyenteentn