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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-22
GEORGIA
CANE
SYRUP.
Packed by Wight Bros,
Cairo, Ga.
OBSERVE the BRA
TAKE NO SUB. ' IS

Sold by your grocer in gal
lon, Navigation and quart cans.
You will want no other after a
trial Of this syrup.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-22

Tom Donnelly has oeen appointed count,
er in the internal revenue stamp agency
at Galveston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-22

Priyates William II. Davis and Leroy
Roberts. company A. Twenty-hfth infant
ny, Fort Bliss. have been discharged Prf.
Yates Joel Elazer and Boyer Wright com
pany A, Twenty-ifth infantry, Fort Bliss,
have been ordered to duty In the Phil
ippines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-07-12

New York. July 12.-The Morgan line
steamer FL Rio. Captain Mason arriv-
ed today from New Orleans and report
ed that on July in latitude $3.50, long
titude 49. 50 she fell in with the wrecked
brig L. F. Munson. from Mobile, for
Sagua and took off Captain c. A. Watt
and seven men. The next day a Key
West pilot boat was sighted. Captain
Watt, his mate and three seamen were
transferred to the pilot boat which was
bound home The other three men were
brought to this port. The l. F. Munson
was built at East Machias in 1871 and
hailed from New York Her tonnage
was 81 net.
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TODAY,s MARKET REPORT.

Chicago, July l2--Wa EAT-Strong ca
bles, together with unfaVOrable weather,
caused wheat to open excited ana higher
today There was practically no offerlngs
on the market, and with a good demand
from both locals and commission houses
prices held firm September opened 30
souses sold firmly. bat in spite Of the
heavy offerings prices held steady and the
the top figures Argentine shipments were
SS4, 600 bushels, against 40S,0O0 bushels last
Northwest receipts were 800 cars, COM
pared with 452 cars a week ago and AZ
cars last year. Local receipts were 13s
cars-SS of contract grade.
Under continued heavy demand prices
advanced to 6S5kc, and the close was
steady and 2ssa2szc higher at 6sIk@6Sll C.
the west and southwest caused a strong
opening in corn. Buying orders from OUT
siders were heavy and longs who sold yes
terday today took on fresh lines. Sep
TENDER opened 52M5sc to 1ss41zc higher, az
52152Ac. After advancing to 527sc the mar
lzet held fairly steady ground 52ss9k 521ze
Reports of damage continued and Sep
ward the close, which was 2423sc higher,
OATS-Oats opened strong on unfavor-
able weather at heavy trading of both
local and outside demand. Longs and ele-
vator interests sold. September opened
AQ11c higher, at S2Q33c, but sales were
mostly around S24c- Local receipts We're
123 cars
PROVISIONS opened duh
and steady with fair outside demand. Sep
TENDER pork opened 10c higher. at SASS.
lard was 719d10c higher, at $8.75d8. Il z,
and ribs unchanged to 21ac higher, at
FLAx-Cash: Northwestern. s190. No.
I, $19O; September, S4s; October, $1.42@
RYE-July, 541kc.
RLEY240d5Sc
TIMOTHY September. $3.50; October.
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Naw Yorlk stocka.

New York, July 12-Wau Street.-The
decline in the first sales. The loss in Rock
Island was points and in United states
Steel and Reading 5s points ., Mls ass "
Paul showed fractional advances, but st.
Paul Immediately reacted a point and
Union Pacific also fell away a point aftel
Fitfui rallies Of a point or over were
not held. heavy blocks of stocks being
met on the rally which undermined the
rise and broke the list badly Declines o.
obscure stocks were of a sensational
character and ran from to u points. By
noon the general list was in a condition
of semi-demoralization and such net de-
clines had been touched for Union Pacific
at ~. Atchison 59s, Atchison preferred
Pacific ~ Wabash preferred and Iowa
Central preferred 5, Lackawanna ~. New
the preferred 215, Minneapolis q ST. Louis
31k and the list generally from 1 to
The bond market was weak in SYM
pathy with the stocks.
during the first few minutes Of trading.
Shorts then bought in and the market
the upturn and many stocks were ruling
above yesterdays close particularly in
a point higher. Realizing later caused
the market to break suddenly and V1o>
ders, driving the market TO the lowest
The losses from lasts nights level for
Texas & Pacific reached AZ. Rock Island
4, St Paul and Lacka wanna 312, Union
Pacific 3A and Atchison common and pre-
ferred. Northwestern. T. x u. New 1Ork
Central. Pennsylvania and Amalgamateo
Copper from to 212 points Colorado
Fuel broke 81 points. Very large blocks
We're unloaded at the decline
Prices of stocks We're set up only to be
knocked down again this morning The
action of the market was very feverish
and cratic during the first hour. There
was general decline at the opening, but
determined and systematic suppore
checked it and stocks were then bought
with considerable animation UP to last
nights level and above. Net advances OF
a point were made by St Paul. Erie ana
Manhattan The mornings reports from
the corn belt and the strength of the
opening corn market sent prices of stocks
crumbling again The corn grangerS led,
but the whole list was affected, the east
ern trunk lines conspicuously So Prices
were touched which showed losses from
last night in Texas & Pacific of ~, Iowa
Central preferred AZ. Rock Island and St.
Louis q San Francisco, St. Paul ana
La clxa wanna 3D. Union Pacific 81. Illinois
Central 8. and other leading railroads
to 21z points There was large decline
amongst the industrials, General Electric
losing 11az and Colorado Fuel 81 pc4nts-
Supporting orders were distributed
among the leading stocks and as the buy
ing was heavy and appeared substantial
the rally. Recoveries o ( from to 4
points were quite general and although
the demand ceased largely by L o clock,
the gains We're maintained pretty fully.
Efforts to rally the market resulted in
a few fitful and feverish recOveries. but
the alert bears were able easy to cut the
bottom out of the prices and disiodge the
selling orders placed ali through the mar
ket to stop losses. As margins were un.
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All Prospects of a Rate War
Have Disappeared
AS Far as Regards Central Traf-
flc Association.
TOO MUCH BUSINESS
Says President ingalls,, to Think
Of a Reduction.
Thinks Reports of Corn Short
age Exaggerated.

New York, July 12--The Herald says:
All prospect Of a rate war in the ter
ritory of the Central Traffic association
was ended at the recent meeting Of
presidents and other officials of the
railroads in that territory.
There has been for some time talk of
disturbances in the middle west and
south, and this meeting showed that
there had been a good deal of basis Tor
the talk The danger of the extension
of the rate troubles of the west into
the territory of the Central Trafhc as
ISOLATION became less and less appar-
ent as the friendly spirit of the meet
ing developed and evidences of good
business were discussed.
J. F. Tucker, chairman of the Cen
trail Traffic association, presided About
forty officials were in attendance. The
roads all reported good business, and
there was decided unanimity Of opinion
that no excuse existed for cutting
rates. A good deal of discussion was
found necessary however, before any
thing could be decided. Tt was adj
mitted that rates east from st. Louis
and Chicago had suffered needlessly,
and before the m Getting broke up a de-
cision had been reached to maintain
schedule figures firmly beginning with
July o.
After the meeting President NJ. E.
ingalls,, of the Big Four, was seen, ana
in response to a question said:
that the western rate war will be ex-
tended into our territory. The meet
ing was harmonious No one had any
stones to throw and all were glad to
come to an agreement to maintain
rates.
Previously, there has been some rate
cutting on the export business from st.
Louis in competition with southern
roads. There has also been tendency
to shade the figures on the grain and
provision freight east out of Chicago
Both these matters were fixed up salts
factorily.
1T was a very good meeting. I have
seldom seen much unanimity and SO
many roads, even to smallest, represent
ed. With all the railroads handling so
much business that they experience a
shortage of cars the idea of letting
down rates was, of course. foolish. But
some cutting had crept in, we don't
know just how and had to be attended
to-
Mr.. Ingalls, said he thought the corn
crop scare exaggerated
Il dare say the corn in the far west
may be hurt he said. but in my ter
ritory it is not injured
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WATER SUPPLY LOW.
Kansas City Stops SprinkIing
LaWns-System Inadequate.

Kansas City. July 1.-THE water
supply is getting low here, and every
effort is being made to prevent waste.
ASK the people not to sprinkle their
lawns tonight. We are pumping to the
limit of the plants capacity with our
hearts in our threats, fearing another
break We are gaining a little, but are
not out of danger was the statement
made by d W. Longwell, superintend-
ent of the warerworks plant, this
morning.
At the request of supt. Longwell.
Chief Hayes issued an order instruct
ing patrolmen to watch for people
sprinkling lawns. The policemen are to
inform those who sprinkle of the con-
dition of the water CON pany and ask
them not to use any more water than
is absolutely necessary tonight and to-
morrow night.
It was a condition where each must
make a sacrifice for the common good,
and the water departments fourteen
men who were out asking people not to
sprinkle say that 80 per cent of the
people respected the request. The city
used two million gallons less water last
night than usual. The street depart
ment went on sprinkling and the park
obard's sprinkling forces had 20 men
cut sprinkling all evening The eX-
ample of the city departments work
ing against the water departments re-
quest made it harder for private con-
sumers to respect it.
The waterWorks system is mad
equate. Thousands of people whose
MIGRANTS were dry for hours last night
had that fact forced on them in a way
that was far from pleasant The fact
that the same thing may happen today
or tomorrow is likely to happen within
a week may well make the man whose
home is his largest property OF whose
business house can sbe swept out of ex-
istence in a moment by fire, stop and
say it is time to stop talking about
the water department and do some
thing. 1t is not three days since a
fire started in Kansas City, Kas. The
fremen rushed to the place and laid
their hose lines, turned open the
MIGRANTS, but could not throw a stream
to the top of a one-story house.
The same thing can happen in Kan
sas City, Mo, and worse. Another
break in the single m ain that supplies
Kansas City with water from Quin-
daro. rapid lowering of the reserve
supply in the big reservoirs now al
most empty. and man can imagine
how it would seem to him to have his
own home burning. with firemen
standing around, hose attached to
empty hydrants, and no water.
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CHRISTIANS KILLED.
Hundreds of Converts Perish in
Korean Uprising.

Washington, July 12.-The reported
uprising on the island of Quelpart, off
the Korean coast. and the killing of
several hundred Christian converts is
confirmed in mail press advices reach
ing the Japanese legation, which con-
tain the report of the captain of the
Japanese man of war Senyen. The Sen
yen was at Chimulpo, when the first
word of the uprising was received She
made rapid run to the island, arriv-
ing June p. The captain reports that
when two F'renchmen of war had arriv-
ed at the island, they found the insur-
gents in a menacing attitude. Attempts
were made to land French marines. AS
the landing was opposed the French
warships made a demonstration and
succeeded in landing their marines. The
insurgents then We're repulsed and two
missionaries held by them were saved.
After that the affairs quoted and the
uprising was quelled. During the out
break 200 converts were killed by the
insurgents The captain of the Senyen
reported that all the Japanese residents
were saved and that the trouble was
over when he arrived Although a body
of Korean troops had been sent to queII
the disturbance they found quiet re-
stored by the time they arrived.
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SERVANTS UNION.
Women of Chicago Organize For
Better Conditions.

Chicago, July 12-Servant girls and
working won en- generally have taken
the preliminary steps for the formation
of the union they have been wishing
for SO long. Last night the Working
Women's Union of America was or
ganized under the direction of the IN
ternationaI Union Labor league. Fixed
hours of work, more freedom and bet
ter conditions generally are the objects
sought by the Working Women's
Union of America. Another meeting
viii be held next week at which it is
expected the organization viii be per-
fected.
Mrs ]. Louchridge, president Of the
Women's International Union Labor
league, said: One of our prime OBJ
jecfs Will be to gain set hours for
household employees. Girls should not
be compelled to work from 16 to 20
hours a day, but should have set hours
and time off for amusement and rec
reatiOn, the same as women en- ployed
in other occupations. We intend to
show housewives that the quality Of
their service will be improved by Civ
ing their help more time for rest
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PROFESSIONS MAY WIN.
Not Likely That Kansas Avenue
Will Be Paved Now.

It seems quite certain that the coun-
ell will at its meeting this evening re-
fuse to award contracts for the con-
struction of the proposed Kansas ave-
nue. pavement from Tenth to Four
teenth.
out OF total Of 1915 property num-
bers represented on the original petit
ton for a pavement. only 731 have re-
fused to sign a request that their
names be stricken from the petition.
To secure the pavement. it is neces-
sary to have a petition which repre-
sents lob or more lots The original
petition had 302 more than a, majority.
Now, however, 5s4 have taken Off their
names.
Although it is later than. the usual
time for considering protests the show
ing which is being made against the
Kansas avenue pavement is so strong
that the council is not likely to dis
regard it. Next year, If the proposed
90-foot pavement is turned down by
the council, the people living on Kan
sas avenue south of Tenth will likely
petition for a so or 80 foot pavement.
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covered holdings were sacrificed untif
less additional securities were fOrthcoIn-
ing to protect brokers. In the banks the
loan clerks were kept at high tension
scanning the quotations on the tape 20
guard against the reduction or margin Tor
safety. AS prices Of stocks declined stocE
brokers were continually notified % Iur~
nish more collateral for their loans 70
prevent the selling out OF the securities
in the banlScfs' hands. The tone OF the
market became decidedly deInoraiiEed ur-
der this procedure Of forced liquidation.
The second slump Of prices caused such
net losses as Union Pacific "a, wabash
preferred s. Atchison 55s. Atchison pre-
ferred, Rock Island and Delaware & Hud~
son s, Texas & Pacific, Chicago & Alton,
LackaWanna ~, New York Central ana
Denver & Rio Grande preferred 4, the
general run Of standard stocks from to
4 points. General Electric 1eu II and
Colorado Fuel 49, There were violent rail-
lies following this slump as on the prev.
Gus occasion and the trading diminished
in volume, but the tone continued Very
feverish.
Expectation of a more favorable bank
statement resulted from the heavy nqui-
dalton Of the week, stimulated more gem
eral buying for both accounts ana the rise
from the lowest extended to points. IN
Colorado Fuel. ~ in Wabash preferred 4
in Rock Island and from to else" her e.
Bear operators considered this level at
tractive enough to sell the market again.
The resultant losses were TO points,
Atchison leading and touching the lowest
Trading then became quieter and feverisns
small rallies occurring at intervals OK
scattered support.
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N. z. P. G. o, to Convene.

Warsaw. Ind, July 12-The National
Young Peoples Christian Union of the
Presbyterian church will hold its an
nual convention at Inona Lake, Ind,
July "A to Is. The association has a
delegate representation of $500, Be
sides the delegates fully 1000 visitors
are expected. The noted speakers on
the programme just issued are: Rev.
w H. Barr, of the national board Of
foreign missions; J. w Baer, secretary
of the International Christian En-
deavor associations; Miss Lulu Har
Vey, director of the mission in Egypt;
Rev w. J. Vandeventer, of Scotland;
Rev. NJ G. Kyle, of Philadelphia; Rev.
]. w. Asherwood of st. Louis; H. J.
Heinz. of Pittsburg. and others.
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RIDDLED WITH BULLETS.
Two Italians Killed and One Wounded
While in Bed.

Greenville, Miss, July 1.-TWO ItaI-
fans were killed and another was ser
iously wounded at Erwin, a small sta
ton 80 miles south of here on the va
zoo and Mississippi Valley railroad.
John Zero aged so years, and his son
Vincent were killed, and Salvador Lii
berto was dangerously wounded. The
three had been living near Glen Allen
but on account of some trouble were
ordered to leave the community by the
citizens. The men went to Erwin a few
miles distant from Glen Allen, and de-
cided to locate. While they were asleep
the three were riddled with bullets two
being killed outright and the third SER
iously shot. Governor Longino and the
Italian consul at New Orleans were
notified of the killing.
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FARM HANDS COMING.
The Farmers Have No More Work
For Them.

Several farm hands came in to the
free employment agency this morning
and asked to be sent out to work on
the Rock Island section. They say that
the hot weather. has killed the corn
in Shawnee county. and that farmers
all over the county are turning off
their hired men.
One of the men said: 1.-THE man
worked for told me about a week be-
fore the Fourth that if we did not have
rain by the Fourth that he would have
to turn me OFF. We didn't have any
rain, but he kept me a week longer,
hoping that we would get rain in time
to save the crop It's all gone now,
and the man who was employing me
almost cried when he turned me off
yesterday. He said he wouldn't make
enough this year to keep his family
En- ployment Agent Shern Williams
says that he expects there will be a
large number of farm hands in town
hunting work soon. The wheat harvest
is over, and the corn crop is about gone
up, so there is not much for farmers
to do except to keep out Of the blister
ing rays of the sun and pray for rain.
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ductor Dunsmore. Of the passenger He
was running his train in strict accord
ance with orders sent out by the train
dispatcher's Office at Kansas City,
These were to run dfty-five minutes
late between Slater and Higginsville,
and forty-flve minutes late from Hig-
ginsville to Kansas City.
Another death was added to the list
of victims OF the Chicago &Alton wreck
near Norton. No. on Wednesday, Miss
Lottie L. Still, aged rs years. of
Hornellsvflle, n. Y died at University
hospital at 4.30 this morning. She was
badly burned about the arms, face and
shoulders and had been unconscious for
nearly forty-eight hours
Leslie s. COlburn. of Paw Paw, Mich.
who was not expected to survive the
night was alive at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. Miss Julia M. Hayslip, Chenoa,
III; Mrs. Anna Morrison, Valparaiso,
Ind; Miss Ora z. Tallman, Valparaiso,
Ind, and Mrs. c. ". Snyder, Jasper,
Ill. the others most seriously injured,
were all slightly improved today with
better chances of recovery
The bodies of the three unknown dead
at the morgue, two tramps and a man
supposed to be Sidney Jones of Chi
cagO, remain unclaimed.
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FIXING The BLAME.
Alton Wreck Is Charged to Con-
ductor Who Was Killed.

Kansas City July 12-Alton officials
place the blame for the Norton wreck
a. Conductor McAnna, of the freight
train. who was killed in the wreck
They exculpate all others Among the
trafnmen at the depot when the relief
train arrived there was a story that
she operator at Marshall in giving his
orders to the conductor of the freight,
had overlooked the passenger train
with which it collided, which was
known as first No. 7. This was the
story that Conductor Dunsmore, Of the
passenger train believed until after he
reached Kansas City. But this was not
{ne case A copy of the order given by
the Marshall office was received at Su-
perintendent Stars Office in the after
noon It was a counterpart Of that
sent out by the dispatchers frora the
Office in Kansas City.
The situation was this: No. s. the
regular st. Louis passenger train, was
two hours late. Following this and
hfty-hve minutes late was first No. e
the train that was wrecked, which was
the regular Chicago train known as the
chicago limited Two other divisions
O. TINS train, second No and third
No z, We're a good distance back on
the road They were excursion trains
with EpWOrth Iseaguers. The order
given to Conductor McAnna of the
Arelght train was to take two hours
time Of No 8. the st. Louis train. and
ffty-five minutes Of the time Of the
Chicago train, first No. z. The Off
Gals at the superintendent's office.
none Of whom would let his name be
used, thought it probable that Con-
ductor McAnna, when the St Louis
train passed. confused it with first No.
2, or else that he thought he could
make the run to Norton. the next sta
ton east of Marshall, before the pass
enger train reached there. Just what
was his reason for falling to follow
the instructions Of the dispatcher will
probably never be known
NO blame whatever attaches to Con-
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TOO MUCH CONCEALMENT.
The London Mail Criticises the Gov
ernment's War Policy.

New York. July ia dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
Referring to the governments ad-
mission that they had information re-
specting the shooting OF British wound
ed at Vlakfontein 50 long back as June
IL, the Daily Mail whose correspondent
was the first to make the news public.
states that this is only a small portion
of the policy of concealment now being
carried on. 1t processes to have album
dant evidence that almost the whole
theater of war is in a much worse con-
dition than the public is allowed to
know. The state of affairs in Cape
Colony, in particular. is said to be of
a most serious nature, due almost en-
tirely to the belief among the Dutch
that the constant efforts of the British
to propitiate them prove that they are
tired of war
While the British are constantly say
ing that the war will be fought to a
finish they are, says the Daily Mail,
continually making offers of peace to
the Beers.
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SHEIS BANKRUPT.
The Wife of sam1 o Posen Files :
Petition.

ST. Paul. Mimi, July 12-Maria A.
Curtis. wife of NJ. B. Curtis, the actor,
better known as 'sSann1 o. Posen," has
fled a petition in bankruptcy. Her
debts amount to $175.171, and her assets
nothing, being but clothing valued at
$275 and all exempt under law.
The principal creditor is James H.
Raymond Of Austin, Texas. to whom is
due $4,000. James Fl. Day of Austin, is
a creditor to the extent of $4,000, and
the Security Savings bank of Los An
geless Cal, holds a mortgage for $1,000.
The creditors of whom there are some
hundred or more are scattered all over
the country. Dressmakers, dentists,
physicians, agents, theatrical men, bill
posters and managers of companies all
come in for amounts ranging from $40
to $25, 900.
The only article of value that the
bankrupt owns at present is a small
gold pin valued at SIS. Curtis was for
merly a resident of San Francisco.