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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
,FaIsco-MeMpHLs CONSOLATION.
Additional designations and Official
CHANCES Expected Soon


Kansas City, No, May 29.-Thc follow.
Ing additional designations Of Kansas city.
Fort Scott and Memphis officials owing TO
the Frisco Memphis consolidation are ex
pected within a few days, according to an
official of that road: Wallace Pratt. crn.
cral counsel; |. p. Dana. general attorney:
II. r.. Hammond, general superintendent.
and Charles Merriam, secretary and treas
urer. ~~~s
1t is said that Mr., Hammond will not
he discharged, but will be retained in some
position lower than general experimenting.
PRESIDENT Wlnchcll viii probably teudcr
his resignation to the board of directors
as q matter OF form and will thcn. 1t rs
system. Alexander Hilton. assistant ger-
eral passenger agent, Will be retained prob
ably In the same position, but perhaps az
Is talked of for the position OF traffic man
ager.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
WEATHER INFORMATION.
Probabilities.

Washington, May 29-Easteru Texas
Fair in southern portion; showers and cool.
er in northern md western portions Thurs.
day. Friday showers In eastern portion
fresh southeasterly winds.
Oklahoma ana Indian Terrltory--Proba.
BILE showers with lower temperature Thurs.
day Friday probable showers; northwest.
crly winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
Lieutenant Colonel MiobI.r D.ad

Washington, May 29.--Lleutenaut Colonel
Francis Michler, military secretary to Lieu
tenant General Mllls, died at his residence
In this city at an early hour today after
protractcd Illness. Colonel Michcr was
n graduate of West Point, being appointed
from PENNSYLVANIA In 1896
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
Younq Man Drowned.

Galveston Texas, May 29.-Jacob Serlni,
aged Is, while bathing in the hay east OF
Tenth street, WIS caught in suck hole
ana drowned before assistance could reach
him His body was recovered by the life
saving crew and conveyed 70 his parents
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= 40 NV PIephreQ 10 Ia
he assured the farmers thai N,
methods would extermlnate all nj
Lockhart. Texas, MAY 2s--N,
Mebane, an enterprislng farmer Al
culturlst. residing three miles ~
city, and president Of the Local.
Boil Weevll association, was on n,
yesterday relating to the publIr H
experience in killing the weevIL
Mebane said IL used one pound
don purple, one gallon of sorghum IN
and forty-elght gallons Of wsta,
after applying, | found many al, !
and this morning found NOR
are yet d few live weeviI on Ii, 4
but they appear to he yery stun
sick. and | believe they win an az n
we'll enough satisfied with tie 4
ment to fix up for poisoning ny Z
crop" Mr., Mebane Is an inteIliyf
Informed, practical farmer. and skl|
experience Is satisfactory 10 "
1t Is worthy Of imitation BY othe1
Mr.. j. r. Putnam Is out cAnyay4H)
county In an active crusade igslitI
weevll, and Is making speeches VI
farmers In various sections TIE {
crusade seems to be general
Victoria. Texas. May 29.-The nx3
and energetic efforts n the Bushes
association towards, enlistlnE ne ~
in crusade against the boil vtral
met with gratifying success. Tie "a!
as n rule. have worked harder IN |
ever did. and are now bringing p \!
aging reports of the situation; nM
planted trap rows and a great ~
them did. report that all THE ws'ii
been found on this cotton, and alls
picklngs at intervals Of one vs,k
a hard matter 10 find any wseyl Y
The cool weather this week did %
and prospects are now very eut'sa
indeed for good yield.
Edna. Texas. May 29.-The plan =
by the merchants, and citizens
county to eXterminate the Doll w,
having some effect. as a lasSe y
are being brought in, the ggtNern
Ing - cents per 100; the buss "
burned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
ALABAMA CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Articles OF incorporation Filed for It's
Construction.

'"VS'~S U TTINOTpUTdITOFl FITSu TOT us
Construction.
birmingham, Ala, May 29.-Articles or
incorporation were hlcd with the secretary
of state by John Carlisle OF Cincinnati.
J. T. Hill e. j. o'connell and a. l..
oConnell of Chattanooga and u. w.
Speake, T, L. Baker and Charles Bassett II
Decatur for the building Of the Cen raj
railroad of Alabama. The terminal poin s
of the proposed road are Tuscaloosa anh
Decatur. Ala The rond Will traverse
Tuscaloosa Walker Cullman and Morgan
counties, touching DHnvillc, Addison aud
Jasper. Ala. The capital stock OF the com
Rany is fixed at 100000 In shares OF sly
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
PHILIPPINES Customs Reoaints.

Washington, May 20 The treasury de.
aprtmcnt shows that receipts from Gus.
toms duties collected upon articles i'm
ported into the United States from the
philippines Islands from April l. 1899 10
amount $s66942 came from sugar: s1ig',
539 from cigars and cigarettes ana the
balance from miscellaneous articles,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
A Wreck al Hampstead.

Hampstead Texas, May 2p,Th south
bound passenger ran into and considerably
wrecked the road engine on the while
being turned 10 so ont. No life lost or
serious bodily injury TO passengers Con.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
First Court of Civil Apps ~,

Galveston. Texas. May !, III
rehearlnz submitted IN eonrxs Xxx id'
reals today: ]. f. Koos w ~, 'Harls
Texas Land Company. trou. sutick
l.. Harvey ct al VS.. Tno'h''
Austin.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
TEXAS MATTERS.
fsneclal to Tho Pnst.l

Washington, May 20--Rnral free dcllv-
cry service will be established July at
Temple, Bell county, Texas with two car
riers, f. A. Wood and II. G.. Rosner.
Route embraces an area of sevcuty-slx
square miles, containing a population OF
1o75
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
Case Came 10 a Sudden oIose'

Cuero, Texas, May a9.--The case M, BUS,
First National bank OF Yoakum W oa,- Tells;
kessler CT al, which has been 10 o. Ia
the attention OF the court sincS4c lays
came 10 sudden conclusion y s
by the discovery that one OF IL &RsT
been on the case nj preyio' AsSStft1
amount In controversy Is abc ANW
crows out % the A. X Wa NSA <busness
N loakum In 1897, The E4Sk eater
unued Ill next term. %Ss2<H for tn,
A0E&he body
xkAr A3f($uessts
eio'es iasteieS zH31t. IS Elm
kIIl Advice.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
You DON'T HAVE TO TEST IT.

You know the satisfaction II will give.
Uas stood the test for twenty years
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30

Captain Charles ] Symonds, Twelfth
United States cavalry, has been relieved
from duty ut Puerto Principe. Cuba, and
ordered to Join his regiment at Fort Sam
Houston.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30

the names given by the eufcpd
Though he was not prepared 10 X
how destructive the two new ypsis|
he assured the farmers that d,
methods would extermlnate all t1i]
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30

Cameron, Texas, Nav % -Yestardov
afternoon crowded court house met Prof
Mally to hear from him how to GET nd
OF the cotton pest large number Of
bud We're In attendance. According 10 all
indications the people Of this section are
anxious TO enter into the conspiracy BY
adoptlng Prof. Mally's methods Of exter.
Prof, Mally agreed with farmers in their
assertion thai there are three kinds Of
holl weevll In this section The Mexican.
the IeNas ana the boil weevl, IT,, We're
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-30
HIGHT ON The BOIL WEEVlL

Edgar. Texas, May 2o-Mr w. j. ID.
Edgar, q prominent and close observing
Farmer, living two miles west of this place.
ton in his field from which he ms
picked 500 holl weevil and Prof. Hunt.
er OF the entomology department Will visit
MS farm In few days for the purpose
weevil
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HE FLOWER PARADE.

tul tina. had ever been given by their or.
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District AVERAGES.

Not Included In means.
Number OF stations, %.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

Incompetent Dentists Liable to Damages
for Their Bungling.

Incom potent Dentists Liable to Damages
for Their Bungiing.
The courts are taking cognizance of
the competency or incompetency of
professional men A short time ago
a New York tribunal held that ply
stefan was liable for unskillful or neg
ligent treatment of a patient and now
the court of appeals of that state has
rendered a decision holding a car
poration liable for unskillful dental
work This corporation, according to
the complaint, represented that it car
ried on the practice of dentistry in con-
nection with its other departments.
The plaintiff, a woman, having under
gone treatment, sued for alleged re-
sultant injury and received a verdict.
Apparently the defence of the corpora
ton was that the dental business was
not, in fact, carried on by it, but was
owned by the dentist. But the court
held that the company having held it
self out as carrying on dental de-
partment and the plaintiff having been
ignorant of the fact that the company
was not the real owner of the dental
department, the corporation was
estopped from making such denial
For, under the circumstances, the court
said that the plaintiff had right to
rely not only on the presumption that
the company would employ a skillful
dentist as it's servant, but also on the
fact that if that servant, the dentist,
whether skillfu1 or not, was guilty
of any malpractice, she had respon-
sible party to answer therefor in dam
ages.-Chicago Chronicle
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

millionaire McKittrick, who, as all
California knows, is the king of the
oil district, and is reputed to own half
of southern California, was leaving
his ranch to drive into town the other
day, when he was accosted by one of
his cowpunchers, who had been on
the job about fortnight Say, boss,
said the cowboy, ''can I draw $10?"
Mr.. McKittrick was about to refer the
man to the foreman, but, being good
natured, he handed over the gold ca
gle. "Oh, 1 don't want the money"
said the cowboy; 81 want you to get
me some truck in town. l want a
dolar-an-a-half pair O. yaller shoes.
three pairs O. two-bit socks, a sack O.
Durham, some cigarette papers, a pair
O. overal1s two suits o. underclothes,
two Stanley shirts, the four-bit kind,
an two-bit silk handkerchief"
Charmed by the gall of his employee,
the millionaire took the commission
He returned 1ate at night loaded down
like Santa Claus, sought out the cow
puncher, delivered the goods, saying:
TT cost only eight-ffty- Here's the
dollar and a half left over
.sOh, that's all right" said the gener-
GUS cowboy, keep the change! San
Francisco News Letter.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
Paper for Secret Writing.

Now an inventor proposes to make
things agreeable for lovers by putting
on the market a superior kind of pa
per for secret writing as he calls it,
which will be made of note size and
packed in neat boxes. accompanied by
the requisite envelopes. When a
young lady wishes to write to her
hearts adored. and is anxious that
come acquainted with the contents OF
her missive, she simply dips her pen
in a solution of salt water, with a lit
tie vinegar added. and in that harm
less and invisible medium indites her
epistle On receiving the letter the
fortunate young man resorts to the
old-time expedient of no ding it near
the fire, and Immediately the writing
becomes visible, traced d=l:cately in
lines of blue. Where this new inven-
ton claims superiority to anything OF
the kind hitherto offered is in its ex-
IRENE simplicity. Also. the paper is
in convenient commercial shape, and
not least important, the writing does
not fade or deteriorate-a common diff
ficuity with most sympathetic" man
uscript. The paper is prepared by
soaking it in soluble salts and cobalt
after which the cobalt is rendered
insoluble by dipping the paper into
sodium carbonate. The process is sc
easy that any intelligent person who
chose to take the trouble might make
the paper for himself. while the house
hold pantry will furnish the materials
for the ink off-hand
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

the iaw-it may be that he will buy
his pardon. His lawful wife does not
thirst for revenge if she can get little
money out of him. She is willing to
drop the case if the courts will give
her an absolute divorce and her hus-
band will give her $500. The husband
is willing. The Judge who has the
matter in hand is willing also, pro-
vided Mr.. Koch will consent to be law
fully married to his second wife. Mr..
Koch says he is ready to do it.
Perhaps strict justice calls for the
removal of this man to Joliet, where
he can mediate for year or two on
his crime and resolve to reform. But
strict justice is not always real justice
Mr.. Koch is as thoroughly convinced
now as he ever will be that bigamy
does not pay. The porposed compro-
mise, if carried out, will be for the
greatest. good of the greatest number.
The first wife will get $500. If Koch
goes TO prison she will get nothing
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
Us. Mo,s Sc WHISPERS.
Bears Eyeb ows Among Few Things
U-ed ny hermen-

Bears Eyeb cws An-nx Few Things
U-ed ny hermen-
The business done In mouse whisk-
ers is considerable this year, for they
are used in the making of the won
derful new fly for fishermen-the new
gray gnat-" And they are expensive
nearly cents per whisker. Trout rise
very much better at mouse whisker
flies than at the same "gnat" dressed
in jungle-cock hackles, which look
very much like them. The trade or
artificial fly making is the lightest-
fingered business in the world. and 1t
is not one man or woman out of i've
thousand who can learn to tie flies
These tyers are remarkable for the
beauty and delicacy of their hands,
and only the clevereSt of fingers can
deal with the "niggling' work of knot
ting hairs that can hardly be seen. In
making a fly the earth has to be ran
sacked for precisely the correct feath-
ers and hairs, and one hair wrong will
make all the difference. 1t takes an
expert tyer only Is minutes to turn
out a fly, which consists of tiny
hook, with wings of Egyptian dove
of mouse fur, wound round with
thread of yellow silk. A carelessly
made fly will have neither legs nor
''feelers,'' but the true expert adds the
| legs, and puts on a pair of long feel
| ers' of cat hair, white at the tips.
All these tiny details will be exactly
| in their places. and so finely tied to the
| hook that the fly will take half a dozen
strong fish and be none the worse.
Bears eyebrows, being stiff, and exact
| ly the right shade, are used in new
| ly invented fly that is killing Quanti-
Ties of salmon tbs year; and these
| eyebrows come from the Himalayan
| brown bear, and cost about $3.50 per
set
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

source of disease. The gravity of the
problem in the case of large cities has
resulted in the expenditure of enor-
nous sums for the maintenance of a
wholesome water supply either by di-
rect publication or by the disposal
of sewage SO as to prevent contamina-
ton of the source. The case of Chi
cago is well knr wn, where $50, 000, 900
has besl spent on a drainage canal,
which, by carrying the sewage into the
Mississippi River, has revolutionized
the city's water supply. In ST. Louis,
where the question of an adequate
water supply is being considered par
ticularly with reference to the great
Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, the
river bears the drainage of Chicago,
st. Paul, Minneapolis and scores of
other cities, and yet Professor Sedg
wick states without hesitation that by
means of filtration ST. Louis can OBJ
tain its water supply from the Missis-
sippi with absolute safety.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

The eye-sockets are placed in the back
part of the head, and the position
of the head when attached to the
snakes body al the well-defned place
Of fracture indicates that the creature
had its head lifted to look behind it,
perhaps for it's enemies. The line of
the jaw is plainly marked Its tail is
shaped like a rudder, and pitched
downward which leads the discov-
ers of the reptile to the belief that it
was swimmer rather than craw'e r.
The shape of the body is much like
that of a salmon, with the narrow
edge downward. The marks on the
fractured, stony edges of the body in
dictate that the serpent had no YER
tebrae, but only cartilage for holding
its long mass together. One of the
snakes that has been taken out has a
head 80 by SO inches. Four pieces OF
the body and the head measure seven
feet in length, and weigh 700 pounds
There are fragments there much great
er in size, one head weighing 200
pounds. and the discoveries of the
fossil remains think there are even
larger specimens there.-Pennsylvani
Grit
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
Strange Trees to Look at


Wildwood. the resort on the Jersey
coast where the ceremony of casting
flowers upon the sea on Memorial day,
in memory of naval heroes, was in
augurated, has a good reason for its
name. 1t is located upon an island,
which is separated from the main
land by Grassy sound. For about two
miles a grove of trees, perhaps the
most remarkable in the word, fringes
the sound. The place takes it's name
from the trees, which have been
shriveled and distorted into all kinds
of fantastic shapes by the gales
which swept over it from the Atlantic
for centuries. The coast is completely
exposed to the full sweep of the south
east and northeast storms, which in
the winter rage for several days at a
time. Some of the trunks of the
trees have twisted into numerals. let
tiers of the alphabet and weird forms,
which give the grove the reputation
of being haunted among some of the
negro servants and ignorant white
people who live in the locality. One
tree. which must be fully so years old,
has been bent over until it forms the
figure 8. looking at it from one side,
~
is a perfect oval From the lower left
hand corner projects a branch which
startlingly resembles a snakes head
with the tongue sticking out. Two of
the largest trees started to grow up
from the ground, then changed their
minds and bent downward. shaping
their trunks into the form of the let
ter W. Still another tree has grown
kh4 Of frxyn
trunks starting from the same root
below ground and a third growing
from one to the. other in a diagonal
direction. Another consists OF two
trunks running straight up and par
allel to each other. At no less than
five different points branches or stubs
have grown from one trunk into the
other. forming a sort of natural lad
der, for a distance of thirty feet from
the ground. The warm southeasters
have brought nourishment to Wild
wood, and vines and plants grow
luxuriantly. Some of the grapevines
are of mammoth size and. trailing
along the ground. have run up into
trees and expanded until they seem
like immense boa constructors. Even
the upper branches of the trees have
been twisted into curious shapes. and
number have been cut out in the
form of different articles. Three of
them are almost exactly the shape of
triangle. harp and pitcher. In
walking through the grove one can
scarcely find tree which has not
some odd form about it. A large holly
can be seen which really consists of
two trunks twisted about each other.
Each trunk is fully foot in thickness,
and it is supposed that when young two
slips were blown around in this way
and have gradually grown together
The spiral separation can be traced
from the roots fully forty feet from
the ground.-Philadelphia Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

One of the strangest fishes in the
world has been discovered near the
Gilbert islands. DR.. Augustin Krae-
mer, a well-known scientist, obtained
a few fine specimens of it during a
recent fishing excursion which he took
near Butaritari.
Il wanted to get some specimens of
another curious fish known as ika
nj peka," he says. but as 1 was un-
able 1 went during the full moon in a
small sailboat to Maxim. a coral is
land, which lies east of Butaritari,
two Chinese, who in return for some
medical assistance which 1 was able
to give them were quite willing to
help me in my search for strange fish
When I told them that I was looking
for ika nj peka they replied that they
would first have to get some bait, and
to my surprise the bait which they
got was this extraordinary toothed
fish,
81 examined it and found that it b :
longed to the family of the Trichiuri-
des, and that it was as thick as my
arm, rs centimeters in length, and
very scaly. The most remarkable fea-
ture about it. however, was the fact
that it had three pairs of long canine
teeth in its upper jaw and one small
er pair in its lower jaw"
Either flying fish or crabs are used
as bait for the purpose of catching
them, and, when they are caught, they
in turn serve bait for catching other
fish, The hooks used on such occa-
sions are of a primitive kind, and can
be found nowhere except in the Gill
bert islands. This toothed fish is only
found at great depth, and it gener-
ally makes its home near PERCEPTIONS
rocks, which it is dangerous for fish
ermen to approach.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03

Jerry Cooper considers him1clf one
of the luckiest men in England, and
not without reason He used to be a
gymnastic instructor in the navy.
Then he went into the merchant ma
rine. and five years ago while on a
trading vessel of Newfoundland the
donkey engine on board blew up, kill
ing four men and knocking jerry
speechless and deaf. Yet a man even
in this condition must live, and to
gain a means of livelihood when he
returned to England he gave exhibi-
lions of conjuring and contortions. A
week or two ago he had a bad fall.
which made him unconscious, and
upon regaining himself he found that
speech and hearing had come back to
him. And in all Britain there's no
one happier than Jerry Cooper.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-08-03
Rudder-r.u,.d snakes.

There is a small gulch near Flor
ence. Col, which is filled with snakes
great stone snakes, whose wriggling
days are over-prehistoric snakes with
enormous heads and tails like rud-
ders The Colorado State Historical
society has become much interested in
the discovery. and an effort will be
made to secure some of the best of
the strah ge specimens for preservation
in the collection in the state capitol
The first fossil reptiles were found
several months ago, and the Others
more recently. The first find was
head measuring 50 by "a inches 1t was
SO Enthusiastically the head of fossil
animal of some sort that the finders
proceeded to search for the rest of the
body They found it in sections part
on one side of the gulch. and part on
the opposite side. The middle parts
OF the immense body had been swept
away, doubtless by folds. md the en-
tire length of the snake must have
been 100 feet In circumference the
largest fragment measured - inches.