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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
THE ADVANCE IN CORN.
Phillips Has Advised the Shorts TO
Settle Promptly.
IF THEY DON'T, THEY WILL BE SQUEEZED
Talk of Running the Price Above Wheat.
The Corner in July Delivery Is
On in Earnest.

Chicago, April 2s,--philllps has issued HIS
u'tmatum. 10 those who have sold May
corn to him and have not yet settled for
1t. he says; "Scttle by May l. aud YOU
viii be let on easy. Hold on until after
May /, and the price will be forced above
80 cents You viii he squeezed" Phillips
Is certain that not much corn can be
bought In the country and delivered to
him. lie has forced the price practically
M TO the mark that he set, and Is salts.
hed 10 settle AT that price. Hut II the
shorts are ohduratc he say. they must snf.
fer for II. The price remains around IS
CENTS. The price of July corn is 40 cents,
where 1t was put yesterday, and phillips
aud Leftwich, the brokers for the great
syndicate that Is running corner In July
corn, contihne ia buy all offered.
Few OF the brokers on the board OF trade
realize the significance of this move They
look at the bright sky and sunshine aud
reason thar the farmers win soon bcgiu
10 sell their corn and the price VIII fall To
the mark OF last year But william Left
wlch, who is acting as broker for tho 81.
Louis men Interested IN the corner, said;
I'VE men of ST. l.ouis VIII buy al the
corn that is offered We believe that all
the corn harvested last fan Is now gone,
l. has been eaten up or made lnro meal
able cash price OF corn VIII be 90 or W
cents a bushcl And we believe that y
traders sell short, we viii be able 10 FORCE
the speculative value MP 20 10 cents or
even 81. | believe thai the situation of
1894 will be repeated, and corn VIII 50
higher than wheat"
There is an attempt by the elevator con,
Germs who owe philips great qnnnlltics OF
May corn 10 force the price down, Tho
bids which they nightly send ont TO ing
more Than usual was bought from the
country. probably from 100000 e Loo
600 bushels. But this attempt VIII fail as
notably as o recent attempt OF the same
kind made by prominent firm who h"peh
by the use OF money 10 overcome the ad.
Vintage gained by George Phillips genius.
This company bought 100000 buahels OF
corn from mn elevator In a large Western
city A high price was paid for It, hut this
fact was suppressed, and the purchase was
convincing the traders that, there was
plenty If corn To be bought In the coun'
nv. The ruse aid not deceive. however
and corn continued to e. up c BESIDES re re
exporters In the East have sold great
quantities Of corn 10 Phillips, and ere
liable 10 be pinched when the time for
delivery comes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
THE PORT ARTHUR LAND DEAL
The Foreign Stockholders Object to The
Sale Which Was Recently Made.

Kansas City. April IS Foreign stock.
holders OF the Port Arthur Land company
have interpcsed an objection TO the sale
of 5000 acres Of land at Port Arthur.
Texas, negotiated last week. according to
local officials OF that company. Negotis.
tions for the sale of the land which lies
around Fort Arthur and between that city
and Beaumont wcre practically consuni.
mated in Kansas City last week for
sum said to have been $3.50 an acre. The
prospective buyer was w. J. MclSie OF
Corsicana, Texas, said TO be the legal
representative In Texas Of The Standard
OH company, The property is In The
bends OF H. H. Martin, Arthur e. Stlwell
aud j. MeD. Trimbe Of this city, former
owners Of the Kansas city, Plttshurg aud
Gulf railway, as trustees. These officials
assert that they have full power to dis.
pose OF the property.
Mr.. Martin confirmed the sale OF an IN.
divided half interest In the land. hut said
that some one seems to have wired some
Of the foreign stockholders that we were
about to give away good thing. They
notified us not 10 deliver the deeds until
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
THREE NEW WELLS.
Only One Of Them Was Permitted to
Do Ar Spoutlng.
ALL ARE ON SPINDLE TOP.
Known Territory Has Not Been Broad.
ened by New Wells.
TEXAS AND COLORADO COMPANY
Is the Owner Of One Of Them and II Was
the First TO Come In.
GuFFY NO. TWAS THE SECOND TO SCORE
Lone Star and Crescent compary's Well
Is Reported to Have Gushed and
It Is Generally Believed.
Is the Owner Of One Of Them and II Was
the First TO Come In.
GufFY NO, 4wAs THE SECOND TO SCORE

Beaumont, Texas, April 2S.--Three new
wells In twenty'four hours Is not bad at AL
for an oil field yet In It's infancy, This ls
the record for the beaumont field for The
day ending nc 4 o'clock this afternoon.
And although they would spout like thoss
that have come before them II turned loose,
rractcally no oil was wasted ut either.
The first Of the ubnvc trio TO make It's ad-
vent was the wei located on lot Of Spin
die Top heights, known as the Smith we'll,
owned by the Texas and Colorado oil COM
nauy OF which Mr. George A. Smith of
Denver Col, Is the leading spirit The
well came In 'jnst ms slick as grease" sat
ufday evening AT 615 aud the low Of oil
was shut on before 1t commenced to spout
up into the air. The drllcrs had the we'll
under complete control and were ready Cor
It when II came. The drlll was withdrawn
when the oil sands were reached and the
battling process WAS begun. The men had
not been battling long when the oil com.
mcuced to flow from the pipe. AS soon
MS the oil commenced 10 How the valve was
closed
MIR. c. Eugene Smith, brother Of Mr..
George a, Smith, who Is al the head of tao
Texas and Coloradu company, came to town
sunday night, and message was sent to
the Denver mcubers 81 tbe connnnv farm.
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far, ,ha, th, s,a1tl, u,ou NTH, ha, 49,,
,,,.,.,,,s,,t ,,,',r,. aa,. eo, 49,, n,st t.,n
,,., a,,n,, ,,,.,o w.. a,,,.,,,t I'm ~, hetta.,
MN, 49, H., ','' ,,,,,,,,ato.,, ~. ,.o,, J.,
80 ~ ~ 'N' 80
by thR oWheFS'
The second well Of the trio came In
few minutes after 4 o'clock this afternoon,
s,,,t /, ,.,t a. ,a,.,,, In ,,,,sh so,,t
Nu" u N'''V Hh "uF'H1 WIN a buSu' sp"uN
ing 10 within a few feet of the top OF tho
derrick. 1t wax quickly mtbdued, however.
t,v ma ,nlyc. hc,,,s .lo.cd ThiY Ia tho nr,,,'
~ na. ~ - y,
cry OF the j. VI curry companF ana IL
thc wen they aesshs'e as nohy No. ..
~ came ~ "n!le there we're many people
on inc stouhus rom me fAeurs'ohs lhat
were run 10 the nelus curing the AFTERNOON.
Many people were near tue well when 10
came In ana Witnessed for The nrst nina
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
METHODIST CONFERENCE.
A Special Mass Meeting Was tho Feature
OF the Day.

OF the Day.
New Orleans. April 2s.-oyer forty blsh.
ops and preachers, attending the Methodist
missionary conference, occupied the Meth
odist, Baptist and Presbyterian pulpits to-
day. The days feature Of the conference
was a special mass meeting, which was
also made the anniversary Of the local
Sunday School association, which distrib-
utcd prizes for the greatest growth Of the
year Mrs. NJ. |. Lambnth spoke on the
Sunday school work IN Japan Dr. W. =.
Park told Of the work In China. Rev. j.
j. Methurn described the dealings with the
American Indians. Or. G. +. Reid spoke OF
mission schools In Korea and DR.. Tarbonx
told OF similar work in Brazil. The local
society then presented reports, awarding
the banner 10 Aigiefs school, which showed
nm increase of 100 per cent At night
Bishop Galloway OF Mississippi preached
brilliant discourse upon lessons from
master missionaries
Bishop Wilson also spoke at the night
session. which closed with great enthusl.
assn and the raising Of a collection Of $50
100 making one of the most remarkable
scenes IN Methodist history Mrs w. w.
Care & Sons Of this city headed the list
with 5000 The principal part of the
fund goes TO Souchow university.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
BISHOPS MEgr AT LOUISVILLE.
VIII Discuss Work Of Past Year in Va
rious Dioceses.

rious Dioceses.
louisville, Ky, April 2s.-Bishops of the
Southern Methodist church will meet in
Louisville on Thursday, May 2, TO confer
on matters Of general interest to the church.
taking up The work Of the past year III
various dioceses, reviewing and passing
upon the decisions rendered by each bishop
nj a session OF the annual conference of the
year and dividing the conferences inta
Episcopal districts for The ensuing year and
assigning the bishops thereto.
After The adjournment OF the bishops the
animal meeting Of the board OF church ex.
tension. OF which the bishops are ex-oricio
members. win be held. Al this meeting the
receIpts 10 The loan fund In contributions
fnr INC ,car past which VIII approximate
sS6 600. Will he distributed among the loo
needy churches, whose application for help
ronntine In the contributions the total
,cconpt III lie loan fund Is now about SEyo,
d0o last year $4,000 was paid out.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
GREAT DAMAGE TO FARMERS.
Half a Million Bushels OF Corn De-
etroYed.

Evansville. Ind, April 20. The river Will
be falling ny morning. Tho greatest dam
age in this region Is to farmers. Il is as.
timnted that 100000 acres Of wheat be.
tween this city and Paducah, Ky, nre
destroyed. The losses TO houses IL 300.
600 Over half million bushels Of corn
are destroyed IN the cribs. Tha lumber.
man along Green River estimate their loss
nj 100000. Merchants In this city lose
considerably by the water creeping through
cellars Loss to farmers along the Wabash
Ing swept away. Three farm houses were
destroyed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Buelness House al Florence Burned.

Georgetown, Texas, April 2s.-News is
received here OF a disastrous Gre at Flor
enee, Texas. eighteen miles northwest Of
here, last night. Six business houses are
reported totally destroyed, among them be,
ing those OF Bennett & shafner and Gan.
naway & Co.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
TAX TO BE REFUNDED.

Law Providing for Tax Was Unconstitu-
tional.
Washington. April 27.-commIssioner or
Internal Reycnue Yerkes. in pursuance OF
the action Of the supreme court Of the
United States n declaring the tax Of ~
cents on export bills Of lading nnconstl-
tutionai, has Informed inqnirers that the
amount paid for stamps VIII be-scfunded
on claims ~ the full value 81 se or over.
u 4 estirated that about ss0O,Om has bee's
collected under this tax since II wanf ipto
effect July 1, 1898.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Found Dead In Bed.

Chicago. April 2s.--w X. Dunnica, a
prominent real estate and stock broker OF
Waco, Texas. was found dead In his room
at 1872 Ashland boulevard today Death
was caused by asphyxiation. and Il is be-
Heyed was accidental The victim, who
was IS wears old, came here a few days
ago 10 secure medical treatment. having
been an Invalid for several years
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
WEATHER FORECAST.
Probabilities.

Washington. April %, -Eastern Texas
Partly cloudy Monday; possibly showers IN
northwest portion. Tuesday fair' fresh
oasterly 10 southcrly winds.
Oklahoma and Indian Terrltory-Partly
cloudy Monday, possibly showers: variable
winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29

Berlin. April %. Emperor William hns
orderel Captain Paschew Of the German
8, cond- class cruiser Hansa 70 command a
punitive expedition from = nina 70 aNe"sF
thr murder Of Her. Iercke
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Another cold snap COMING.

Denison, Texas, April 2s Another cold
snap prevails here. Fits four years ago
today Ice formed one.half inch thick; wheat
was about knee high and was killed to the
ground. Snow fell Ave inches deep on
April IS OF the same year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Preached determination.

Algiers, April 2s.-It now appears that
the revolt at Marguerite was provoked by
Haiti Denaissa. Mariboul. who had
preached the determination OF Foreigners.
Many Of The inhabitants owed their safety
10 simulated conversion to Isiamlsln.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
RIVER STILL FALLING.

Conditions on Both Sides Are Very
Bad.
Cincinnati, April 2sThe Ohio river has
continued falling here slowly since yester.
day. The weather bureau predicts II win
be below the danger line Of fifty feet To-
morrow Further down the river on both
the Kentucky shore and the Indiana side
the conditions are reported as very bal.
Just above Henderson. KY, there Is dan.
ger OF the channel being changed owing 10
the water taking another course Ia the
overflow.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
new OIL WELL At coRsIcANA.
II Is Good for Fifteen Barrels a Day and
Produces Liuht oil.

corsicana, Texas. April 27.-w. II. Stalcy
brought In a iiftecnbarrel light oil well
on the West aud Hawley tract yesterday
Mr.. Staleys force VIII start well on the
Meyers tract Monday. Aside FROM tho
Southern oil company's two wells recently
brought In, this Is the iirst well finished
In some time. Now active operations aie
on again. aud Notwithstanding the big de-
mand for rigs at Beaumont, new ones are
being started Ia this field every day.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
NO INFORMATION RECEIVED.
Agricultural Department Gives No Gre
clence to Storiea.

dence to Stories.
Washington, April IS department.
OF agriculture has received no information
bearing ON the reports that hgye been cir.
culated In England charging Boer ennis
sarles with inoculating horses shipped to
South Africa with CHAMBERS and other
maladies. Secretary Wilson places no
credencc In the story. lie says, however,
that II Is possible II might have been done.
probably by h0sflers or other attendants
aboafh ship, If NJ all. There has been M
examination Of the horses by tho depart.
mehts representatives, nor has request
been made for such examinations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
SIXTEEN NEW CASES.

'217 Out Of 3t9 Cases Of Plague Were
Fatal
Capetown April Is, Boring the last for
ty-eight hours sixteen fresh olscs Of the
bubonic plapuc have been officially report.
ed. Eight OF these are Europeans.
Since the outbreak Of the disease there
have been $40 cases, Of which 2lT have
proved fatnl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
Bitten BY a Spider.

ColmesneiI, Texas. April .. Mrs. w. a.
Furgrscn was bitten hy spider on Mon.
day and her father, Dr.. W. v. Stewart.
almost despasred Of her life for while.
pur she is now convaiescing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
TROUBLES IN OLD sERVIA.

Seventeen Persons Killed and Many
Wounded.
Vienna, April 2sIt is reported from
Belgrade that the Albanians in old servla
are committing wholesale atrocities.
London. According tn the Vienna CORE.
spondent OF the Daily Telegraph, seventeen
persons we're killed and many Others
wounded m recent encounter hetweci
Albanlans and Servluns at Prldvoritza, Old
SerNlu.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-29
General Observations.

Observations taken by United states
weather bureau at p M. 10Th meridian
time: Rail-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
MARQUIS ITO SICK.
May Be Forced to Abandon His
Tour of United States.

Chicago. Oct. 11.-Stricken by recur
rent affection of the heart, a malady to
which he has long been subject, Mar
quis Ito, the former premier of Japan,
is confined to his room at the Auditor
ium Annex and may be forced to aban-
don his prospective tour of the United
States. His condition is such that his
attendants are much distressed con-
corning him. All plans for the visit in
Chicago were laid aside, and no ar
engagements We're made for the continu
ance of the journey. F. Koyama, the
Marquis physician, said that his con-
dition was less hopeful than in the ear
ly part of the journey.
I'VE may be forced to return to Jap
an at any time because of his excellen-
cy's health, and for that reason We
have made our plans from day to day.
he said. 1T was our hope that travel
in this country and rest from cares of
state would give him the needed
strength
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
ABOUT RAILROAD PEOPLE

Edward Short who runs a planer. went
home sick Thursday.
J.. B. Keller, laborer in the sheds, was
laying off Thursday.
Machinist Frank Sandmeyer has been
sick since Wednesday.
Frank Morris, a. scrap iron labOrer, has
been laying off for two days
Scion Kieffer, a machine hand in the
wheel shop, has been off duty
Brakeman E. M Sherburne has been
laying off on account of an injured ankle
William Happy. a boilermaker, has been
out two days because of an injured nm
ger.
Edward Crandeu, a helper in the boiler
shop at night, has been laying off for a
short time.
The wife of Edward Doyle of the BLACK 4c;kI
smith shop has gone to Galesburg' liz
for visit of two weeks.
Louis Gragert of the blacksmith dh., shop np
is at work after a week on on account OF
a piece of steel in one hand
The scales which have been under re-
pair for the best end of two weeks, are
in shape for weighing again.
William Cremer, a machlnist apprentice;
who a few days ago had two toes mashed
by a falling block, is in again
The wife of Max Thymian, who runs
the transfer table at the car shops, is i'm
proved within the last two days.
George Chase of the psachine shop. who
is in after an absence of nearly week.
Meredith Shoclxley, who was formerly a
the + boiler ii , shop. has gone to work on
James side of the sheds
w. s. LawleSS, general shop foreman,
who has been in bed for nearly a week
with infiammatory rheumatism, came in
again Thursday afternoon
Robert chatham, the cab carpenter who
last Saturday had one arm badly pinched
of lumber, is at his bench again.
Carload shipments of apples are fire.
quent just now A car of the fruit any
where in the yards can usually be detect
ed by the odor which comes from it.
Pat Morgan of the blacksmith depart
ment has gone to Kansas City to spend
the rest of the week visiting a brother,
who has just gotten home from a trip to
Ireland
Charles Nordstrom of the air brake de-
partment is laying off for several days to
harvest the apple crop which he has
grown on his fruit farm half a mile east
of TecumSeh-
The wife of Peter Butler, who is in
charge of the sandhouse, is home after
a visit of ten days in Argentine Butler
is glad of it. too; he says he can live like
somebody now.
Engine 1891. the ''sea cow" was out for
its second airing Thursday. slight re-
arrangement of the burner was necessary
after the first time a fire was started IN
it last Saturday.
of the locomotive paint gang. is in Kan
sas City for a few days visiting relatives
and seeing the carnival She is accom-
panied by one son.
A number of threshing outfits. which
have been out in the big wheat fields for
ne summer are p 1e sarppeG 1o na6K az s3
the beginning of the season.
H. w. Nation. chief clerk in the office
the weather. eaad.fls for a few days. Thursday
he came down to the office for a little
while. but was unable to remain
John McGaffin, timekeeper for the en-
gineerS and frenen, has moved his head
quarters from the shops to the eastern
was made because of the convenience af-
forded by the latter arrangement.
John Barnes son at Machine Shop Fore
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
Continue to Be Chief Topic of Discus
sion at EPISCOPAL Convention.

San Francisco, Cal, Oct. 1.-THE trien-
NAL convention of the Episcopal church
of America accomplished considerable
routine work Thursday, but made little
progress toward disposing of the canon
on marriage and divorce, which came up
in committee of the whole in the house
of deputies after previously passing the
bishops by a vote of 81 to 81. The pop
ular interest in the subject was evil
denced by the crowded galleries, large
majority of the spectators being women,
nearly all of whom remained until the
hour of adjournment. The discussion,
however, was of a purely technical char
acter. bubbles over words and the
punctuation of sections, to which there
was little opposition occupied most of
the time There seemed to be a deter
mination to secure technical correctness
in the text. It also noticeable that
many lawyers in the lay delegation were
taking a keen interest in the subject.
The fourth and most important section
of the canon which was adopted by the
bishops practically forbidding the mar
riage of divorced persons, was not
reached. An attempt was made to have
the matter discussed behind closed doors
but the attempt failed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11

a few days ago, is still unable to be up.
ment since the first of the week, although
his condition is not considered serious
who has been in the hospital for a mum
Der of months. is able to be at his
der the Doctors sc, Care eli and makes reguIar
trips to the east Sixth street institution.
Miss Alma Bartel. sister of Geo; Bar
tel of the machine shop, has returned
from Billings, Mont. where she she. has been been
listing for "a Xear Nth her 3 PRO f
Northern Pacific railroad at that place.
Albert Johnson, q trimmer who has been
Der of years, has taken his time and will
leave en- shortly for Pittsburg Pa There her,
net maker, in the employ of one of the
eastern railroads
Henry Shute. who works on scrap iron,
has been obliged to lay off because of
slight injury which he received a few
foot ana after the Substance bst had II trou
bled him 50 much that he was scarcely
able to walk he gave up work for a short
The wife of George Tassell of the car
shops has been spending two weeks in
home at any time. Mr.. Tassell. who has
been in charge of the Zion mission on
account of other duties, to give that up.
Rev. J. c. Mccoy is now directing affairs.
hes sei anybody IN SHAWNEE County ' to ex
hibit peaches that will surpass in size and
quality those winch ne mas raised on MS
place out Polk street. Thursday noon
he had one for dinner that measured II
inches in circumference, Heath cling,
perfect in every way. Mcconnell says his
wife gathered two bushels of the
kind the day before.
John Mespelt took four members of the
tank gang to Edgerton today to put in
man-hole in a water tank at that place.
The reservoir is being cleaned out and nd
than it was formerly. Monday they will
go to Argentine to put a ladder and
brackets on a. 29-foot tank Thence they
will return to Neosho Rapids. where a
new structure was begun two weeks ago,
but which has been delayed because the
foundation was not ready
John Macdonald, editor of the Western
School Journal. will speak at the Rail
road Y. NJ G. A. this evening, describing
a "Trip to Scotland" Leroy Moore, a
vocal humOriSt, will also furnish part
of the entertainment The invitation to be
present is extended to every member of
the association and friend. The
limit has been thus placed because of the
large crowds which have been in attend
ance at the first few meetings of the sea-
son and because it has been found impOS-
Sible in the present cramped quarters to
accommodate outsiders and all who might
wish to be in attendance. If ever in
stitution needed an opportunity to spread
itself, the Railroad Y. M. G. A in Topeka
certainly does.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-10-11
SHERIFFS IN SESSION.
Several Kansas Men in Secret Meet
ing at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Oct. 11.-Eight or ten
Kansas sheriffs held a secret meeting
at the CentropoliS hotel yesterday morn
ing J. F. Seltz of Mcpherson was one
of the leading spirits. 1t is thought they
wanted to talk over the matter of fees
and how to best conserve the interests
of sheriffs,
The meeting was kept close secret
The hotel people wouldn't say anything
about the meeting of the Kansas sheriffs,
because they said they were told not to,
and the sheriffs themselves kept out of
the way. Last night several of them
linked arms with city detectives and
went out to see the town, and how the
criminal business is handled here.