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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

spend Sunday with relatives in New Or
leans.
j. D. Brooke travelling freight agent Of
the sap, with headquarters ia san Antonio.
was shaking hands with friends here yes.
terdaH.
A. G. Ncwsum, division passenger agent
of the Southern Paci6c. Central at Dallas,
was a caller at headquarters Yesterday.
Mr.. NewSnn was accompanied by hs
brother, Mr.. II C. Newsum.
The night against the difTcrcntial princI.
pie In Western territory is spreading. Oue
of the Western lines presented a propn it.
non Monday to amend the summer tourist
rates 50 ms To make the rates from ME,-
souri river points ta.elinffala aHd Niagara
Falls the same nv difercntal and standard
lines and to authorize final return limit
OF October 81 Instead of thirty DAYS, The
prdpostt ion was npgatived hy the Western
Passenger association. ana II Is cNnccted
that the line which presented the propos-
tion viii announce Independent action
The Arkansas railroad commission has
Issued circular inviting n conference Win
tn" legal representatives. Of all the rail
roads in that state at Little Rock on NAV
t.; tor the purpose Of considering the feast
but, of establishing by common consent
JOINT rates of freight moving over two o.
more independent lines Of railroad betwc IN
stations within that state.
Mr.. Frank l.. Dormant, civic engineer,
mas resigned his position with the Sotfih
ern Pacific Railway company to accept the
position Of chief engineer and rnieud-
ent Of construction under Mr. john "
MaNcy: Mr.. Dormant enjoys The reputa.
ton of being one of ;he leading engineers
in The south and has had much experience
In the design and execution NJ large c"gin.
eerng enterprises.
Passenger Traffic Manager L. O. McCor.
mick will In the future have under MS
charge the press work of the Southern Pa
clic company, W IL. Mills, who for many
years has had charge Of the advertising de.
request been relieved OF the work Nh
Mills goes to Buffalo to take charge of tue
Southern Pacific company's exhibit at The
Pan American exposition, and will rcmrm
there until next fail Mr.. Mills will con.
tinue with the company as land agent.
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NORTHERN PACIFIC DEAL.
QUESTION OF HOW 1T WILL AFFECT
UNION PACIFIC is OF INTEREST.
Russell Sage Says Union Pacific Stock
VIII Be More Valuable Later
Than II Is Now.

New York. May 1.-THE Tribune says.
How Is Union Pacific going to he affected
by the contest now In progress for con.
troll OF the Northern Pacific is question
which is being discussed with great In.
terest by Wall street. II Mr.. Hartman
and his associates succeed in their eadeavor
70 obtain control Of tho Northern Pacific.
the answer to the question Is comparative
ly simple BY that operation the Union
Pacific through its control Of the North.
eru Pacific would come virtually into pos.
session of the lattere one-half interest
In the Burlington system and this position
would DE matGrlaliy strengthened. If,
however, It should develop as the street
seems Inclined to think will be the case,
that Mr.. Morgan and Mr. Hin have OBJ
tanned clear majority of the Northern Ia
citc stock. a situation would he created
which In the present temper of the oppos-
Ing forces Is thought by Wall street 10
control gives Great Northern and North
ern Poclhc, bTih parallelins the Union Pa
enc on inc north an outlet of their own
aud gives the Northern Pacific also IL
rect outlet from the Pacific coast to Kan
sas City Omaha and other points IN the
| Union Pacific territory, The st. Paul and
Northwestern roads also ind their inter
esiS menaccd by the Burlington deal. and
. a
with the Union Pacific, nre said 10 be like
ly 10 make common cause with the latter
In case It is excluded from participation IN
control If the Burlington. It remains to
be seen whether or nor the present contest
viii be allowed TO develop into general
light all along the line, a struggle which
/, Is felt by careful observers would be
disastrous in the extreme. Such con
dict, 1t Is pointed out, would not only EN-
brace the transcontinental lines and the
roads between the Mississippi and the
Rockies, hut might also spread to the
Eastern territory.
In view of the vast possibilities of loss
and disaster resulting from an open breach
between Mir Morgan and the other power
ful interests referred TO, involving the
complete abandonment of the community
81 interest, principle, 1t is not believed
among the best posted men In the financial
district that the Union Pacific will be
shut ont from participation in some form
and to some degree In the Burlington deal
whatever be the outcome of the battle for
| actual control Of the Northern Pacific
''How will the fight over Northern Pa.
| chc affect the Union Pacific interests2'
| Russell Sage was asked last night.
Il think Union Pacific will not he hurt
| and | think its stock will be more valuable
later on than 1t Is now he replied.
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PHONE 1913.

on deposit in the House bank aud ten
dered to the Grantors
1t Is alleged In the petition that the
Crnn,ors under the contract with J. $
paughprtr, and who become defendants in
the suit instituted by DnuGherty and his
associates, refused 10 deliver the warranty
deed as agreed, but II is said offere
the purchasers the sum of $4,000 as
iiqudative damages in consideration of
their release from the contract
The purchasers refused to release the
grantors from the contract aud in their
petition allege that the latter refused 10
make the transfer of the property. The
ohlect of the suit Is to compel the spe
cttc performance ~ the contract and
Judgment for S6s0,O00 is sought on account
OF the Increased value of the land as a
result of the recent oil discoveries in
Texas and the possibility Of the enlarge,
meni of the fold of operations
II was originally intended by Mr.. Daugh.
ertN. when he associated the parties
named above with himself. for the purpose
OF purchasing the land, to install ire
mendous rice farm upon 1t, and later, since
o" has been discovered in the southeastern
VI nf the State. il had been decided to
"a velop the property for oil also. II Is
Sald that the Increase in the price of land
each. F-'
The lawyers handling the case for the
pia,nllhs are the hrm Of Loveioy. Sampson
Malevlnsky and Hogg & Robertson.
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doubtedly the abuse which finds origin
and support Ia railway utilization requires
the enactment and administration OF such
laws as Will prevent or correct these
abuses and project the public from un.
reasonable aud unjust charges. The mis-.
chiefs and injustices under these new con
dItlons will ne of a different character,
but can conceive OF no outcome which
will not disclose the need for public ,on-
tloi which shall be real and effective and
suited to actual requirements"
Speaking Of the effect of railway cousoii-
datlons upon rates and rate conditions.
Mr.. Knapp said: In this respect It ls
conceivable that railway interests. how
ever closely unified, may he inmical 10
public Interests either because charges are
excessive or because of the relative rats
which different localities receive and under
which the endless articles of traffic are
moved. IL the general range Of rates con.
tinues It's downward tendency. IL the saw
ings effected through the economies of as
ISOLATION were balanced by improved v..v
Ice and more favorable charges. IL the
adjustment OF rates under perfected
schemes of combination satisfied the right
demands of different communities aud
those interested In different commodities
there would be general approval of the
new policy and little disposition to prevent
its continuance and extension. On the
other hand IL combinations give power to
advance railway charges and that power is
exercised. and II the general rate adjust.
ment Is regarded in one section or another
AS unfair and prejudiced. there viii GER
tainly be resort to drastic remedies ana a
grow ing sentiment in favor Of government
ownership.
lou the broad ground Of National wei.
fare. Use railway combinations may come
10 he regarded as desirable II not actually
necessary. The struggle today Is for com.
mand Of the worlds markets, and that
command 1t must be remembered depends
as much on methods and rates for trans.
portatlon as II does upon the methods and
cost of production"
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POOR STEAMER SERVICE.
Brownsville Needs a Better and More
REGULAR Line Of Nessels

Brownsville Needs Better and More
Regular Line OF Vessels.
1t seems that Brownsville has a hard
time of It in the matter Of securing steam.
or service to New Orleans. In very re
cent number Of the Brownsville Herald
is the following self-explanatory notice:
Brownsville is disappointed In another
steamer project. SO far the schooner
service has kept the local trade fairly well
supplied but 1t Is too Irregular to prove
wholly satisfactory, and some move should
be made to secure o steamer.
For some reason known only to itself.
the Morgan company will not allow its
ships to touch at Galveston, whore 80
much Of Brownsviiles trade Is held, and.
no, being able to obtain as large cargoes
as are wanted from New Orleans has re-
fused to send another ship to Bra2os SAN
tiago. Why this company should thus seek
To force the Brownsville aud Mntamoros
trade from Galveston to New Orleans is a
mystery. which Galveston merchants
should cndeavor to unravel Perhaps with
their assistance, the Morgan company
might be induced to run n steamer reg
ularly from New Orleans to Brazos San
tlago, with intermediate stops at Calves
ton
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KNAPP WAS INTERVIEWED
RAILWAY COMBINATIONS NOT CON
TRARY TO LAW.
Necessity for Combination Has Been o.
casioned by Supreme Court Deci-
sion on Antitrust Law.

New York, May 1l.--An Interesting In.
terview on the results of the recent large
railway combinations has lately been
granted by Hon. Martin A. Knapp, chair.
man OF the Interstate commerce commits,
sion, to the Washington correspondent
of the Journal of Commerce.
There is no evidence" he said, in re-
ply to n question, that the railway com,
TO he in contemplation. are In conflict with
the act to regulate commerce SO long
as the roads remain different. that is in.
dependent and competing. they are for.
hidden TO pool their traffic or revenues,
but there is nothing In the law to pre-.
vent their corporate unlfcaton of com.
munity of ownership in their securities.
Tho necessity for these combinations.
or the inducemsrN TO form them, has un,
doubtedly been occasloned TO a consider
able extent at least. by the decision Of
the supreme court that the antitrust law
applies to railways. That law. in my
opinion, is fundamentally at variance with
the principles which should govern tho
conduct Of public transportation. Indeed.
II Is not too much To say that II the theory
Of this antitrust law. as declared III
me supreme court, should he actually an.
pHfh W every feature OF railway service
the result would be a condition Of trans
portatlon chaos. II Is not improbable that
abuses will result from these consolida.
lions because OF the degree Of monopoly
which they secSe in carrying trade and
the excessive charges which they may he
In position 10 exact. Personally. |
tnlnk the probable or possible evils under
combinations, no matter how general or
extensive that combination may be. will
be much less serious to business Interests
ana particularly to the great mass OF pro
ducers and dealers, than the sctuaI evils
which have been obtained everywhere I'M,
der methods OF railway competition. I'm,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
PASSENGER EARNINGS.

Austin. Texas May 1.-THE following
railroads paid their quarterly passenger las
today on passenger earnings for the quar-
ter ending March II:
The Gulf, Beaumont and Kansas City paid
$500 on S5S9S55
The Fort Worth and Rio Grande paid
1901 OF on 500. 100 20.
The Fort Worth and New Orleans paid
S117.3S on $ll,T3s.4S.
The Central Texas and Northwestern PAID
S50i7 on S5047.64.
The Austin and Northwestern paid $40 6S
on Sl2,067.71.
446 as
The Cult Colorado and Santa Fe paid
S172S.l9 on $l72,Sta.tS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

How any man may quickly cure him
self after many years of suffering from
sexual weakness. lost vitality, night
losses, varicocele etc. and enlarge small,
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send your name and address TO DR.. l., w.
Knapp, 1S7 Hull building. Detroit. Mich,
and he VIII gladly send free receipt with
tull directions so that any man may
easily cure himself at home. This Is
certainly most generous offor and the
iollowing extracts taken from his daily
mail show what men think of his gem
erosity.
Dear Sir: Please accept my sincere
thanks for yours of recent date ! have
SlVen your treatment n thorough test and
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A Louisiana KiIIinn.

TeNarkana. Texas. May 11.--Flem Martin,
cotton planter of Cotton Valley. La.
about thirty miles north Of this place on
the Arkansas and Louisiana railroad, was
shot I'VE times through the lungs and died
in a few hours Tho shooting occurred AZ
hleh noon in his ward today. and the cause
Of the trouble was an old feud
j. NJ. Nixon, a prominent merchant OF
that place, gave himself up to the sheriff
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Notes and Personals.

s. r, Kennedy, tralnmasteI of the Santa
Fe at Temple, was visitor 10 Houston YES
terday.
j. r. Atkeison. local agent NJ the san
returned from few days sojourn AZ Mar
lin last night
Frank Leoyy, division freight and passen
ger agent OF the Southern Pacific at Beau
r. w Miller. commercial agent of IN,
Houston East and West Texas Is spending
Sunday In Weatherford with relatives
G.. VI. wlnstead. travelling freight agent
81 the Cotton Belt, came In from his Ter
ritory Yesterday 20 spend Sunday at hoinr
9, h. keonig, chief clerk passenger trafas
managers Office Southern Pacihc, viii
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Galveston Notes.

Galveston, Texas, May II. e. F. Bar.
nett, general agent IF the Kansas City
southern railway company at New or
leans has resigned his position. Mr. T..
+. Gilmore, general agent of the Kansas
city Southern AT Dallas, has been appoint.
ed to succeed Mr.. Barnett and will him.
self he succeeded by A. Catuna, contract
agent of the company at Dallas
Nh Charles L. Perkins has been appoint
cd 20 succeed Mr. NJ, l.. Schovillc us Ken
cral agent of the 1exarkana and Fort
Smith railway at Texarkana.
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the benefit has been extraordinary. II has
completely braced me up. l am just as
vigorous as when a boy, and you can not
realize how happy | am"
Dear Sir: Your method worked beau
TRULY. Results We're exactly what !
needed. Strength and vigor have com
pletely returned and enlargement is en-
tirely satisfactory"
Dear Sir; Yours was received and l
had no trouble in making use OF the re-
cept as directed, and can truthfully say
1t is boon to weak men l am greatly
improved in size strength and vigor."
All correspondence is strictly coniden-
tial. mailed in plain sealed envelope. The
receipt is free for the asking and he
wants every man to have It.
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LARGE LAND SUIT FILED.
HOSkinS Pasture in BrazOfia County in
Controversy.
AN ALLEGED VIOLATION OF CONTRACT
The Plaintiffs Seek an Order for Specific
Performance and a Judgment for
S68o,o0o Damages.

2 One Of the largest and most important
land suits that has been filed in Texas for
some time was instituted in the civil dis
trict courts Of Houston yesterday after
neon, The action involves the property in
BraZoria county known as Hoskins' pasture
or Montevideo ranch, which contains 1000
acres of land, excellent for rice farm ng.
and a probable oil field
The suit grows out of an alleged non.
compliance with contract and its purpose
is to enforce specific performance. the p,-
tition of the plaintiffs also praying for Il
Judgment for damages in the sum of $3.50.
GOO. The parties to the suit are j. s..
DauGherty, Ex-Governor j. $ Hogg. W. l..
Foley. Joe Meyer, +. NJ House, Charles i.
thaison' l. $. Parminter, Ed H. llawal
and John Lovcjoy, plaintiffs. and w. W
Hoshlns, NJ Il. Hosklns, J II. Hoskius
and Virgil h. Iloskins, defendants. The
Hosklns all reside In Brazoria county,
where the laud in controversy is situated.
ana the plaintiffs, all well known Texans.
reside in different portions of the State
The petition of the plaintiffs alleges that
on October % 1900 j. S. Daugherty on
tereu INTO contract with the defendau, $
through their representative. for tha pur
chase Of the ranch, the price TO be D I d
beihg stated al SIS per acre cash tor the
en,tre 10000 acres. 1t was agreed nc.
,ording to the petition. that Sl0,0O1 earn.
est money should be put up hy the n r.
chaser In the contract on or before ia
nary !. 1901. ana il is alleged that III
lilnlt Tor the deposting of this sum WIS
subsequently extended until April S, 1901
The petition sets forth thar on the lat
ter date the money was on deposit in the
4, W, House bank in this city, and that
notihed of that fact The period Of thirry
Gays was allowed the purchaser in whicb
to examine the TILE to the property and
JOY, Sampson & Malevinsky. was cbaTgnd
with that duty. He reported the tide 10 10
Ne good. and on Yesterday the remainder
OF tue purchase price, $4,000, was placed
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.


A % Borden, Pierce; Arthur tasty, Mex.
leo City; F. ]. Dodge, Kansas City: A. y.
John Spencer, Dallas; Felix It. Hart. J.
X. New. j. J. Hart, Beevllle; A. G. Thomas,
Cuero: $. T. lIisman, Virginia, George %.
Eeger, 81. Louis; r. II. Lang, W. $. Cas-.
bridge Dallas: J. $. Collins. Athens Z.
l. Foster College Station; w. +. Felton,,
BARTLETT; Franklin Grady, New York; n
w. Castleberry. Greenvlle: c. F. Fioyd.
Greenville; Frank ]. Murphy. san in'
tonic, NJ. p. Ford, Colorado; s. T. Mack.
Winston, y, g.. sam Payne, Dakota; Hnr,
nv Lester Roseon
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sAERIFFs, DEPARTMENT.

Strayed or stolen from j. W Murphy.
Arcadia. Texas a red muley COW a va
steer yeariing, a brown and black spotted
steer yearlings and a black and white syot.
ted cow, horns of the black and white
spotted COW have been sawed on bell on
the black COW and n rope for collar All
are freshly branded NJ with half circle
over the same. $500 reward
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QUICK SERVICE EASTWARD.
Colonel Andrews of the Southern Tells
Of Queen and Crescent's Proaress.

Ot NlbSSf anu SlOo(CHN 'lOblSSo'
Colonel J. c. Andrews, the genial South.
western passenger agent of the Southern,
returned Yesterday from trip TO New ur.
ycans, Chattanooga and other Eastern
cities Colonel Andrews said the old states
Of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee
were in splendid condition and were very
fair to behold.
Our service is being improved all the
time" said he. ION May 10 the Qucon
aud Crescent will put on double daily
train service out of New Orleans This
will include the route to Cincinnati ani
Buffalo and also 10 New York City via
Knoxville. The run from New Orleans In
Ashevllc will he made In about twenty.
two hours. Surely this Is moving the
mountains down to the sea, "
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EAGLES Win Celebrate.

The Order Of Eagles will celebrate today
In Houston. The local branch will he aug.
mented by visitors from San Antonio ana
Galveston. Special trains VIII he run from
both cities, The San Antonio special Is
scheduled IN reach Houston at 9.a0 a. m.
and the Galveston special will come In
at lis.
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San Acknowledgement Excursion.

An excursion train from San Antonio win
reach Houston this morning about o'clock
over the Southern Pacific on route 10 Beau
mont. The train will stop an hour in
Houston, giving the eXcursionists chance
10 breakfast and rest hit Returning The
train Will reach Houston about $40 n. IN
and will stop here about half an hour
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The Timpson Northwestern.

Timpson, Texas, May 1o.--tiradlng on the
TimpSon Northwestern road Is being pushed
MS rapidly as possible The first two and
half miles of the grade Is about complete
and the tics are distributed over the FIRST
few days
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Lolee 10 be- Presidert.

Philadelphia. May II The Evening Tele.
graph today prints the following: l.. +.
Lorcc. fourth vice president Of the Penn.
sylvania company lines west Of pittsbnrs
Is 70 he named within the next few days
railroad, ''
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NEW BEAUMONT SCHEDULE.

First Train viii Run on This Time Mon
day Morning, May 10.
The Southern Pacific will put on a new
Galveston Houston Beaumont train next
Monday. II win run daily on the fol
lowing schedule:
Train will leave Galveston at $40 a.
m arrive at Houston Mt T:20. leave HOuS
ton nj T:30 and arrive at Beaumont at
9:45.
Returning the train Will leave Beaumont
at p. m arrive NJ Houston az 7:l5
n. m, and arrive Mt Galveston at 0:2A.
This service begins Monday morning
and will continue until further notice.
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A War on Docs.

Several eisizeSs Of the south-end Third
ward have been purchasing shotguns and
ammunition during past day or two with a
view of extermmating few Of the hun.
areds Of e1nines that are running ,at large
making life miserable for citizens In the
ncighborhood Of McGoweD and San Jaclnto
Thefr arc LOT of fine dogs In the nack
AMI owners of such would do well 10 heed
the warning and keep them tied up &C.
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NOTE-Trains leaving Houston atA.4sp.
m. and arriving At Houston at s4s a, m and
Ia.7S a m. also run into Grand Central de-
pot departing 10 minutes earlier and arriv-
ing ten minutes later ihan time given above.
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All trains arrive and depart from the Grand Cen
iral depot except the Missouri Kansas * Texas
trains which have a depot in the Fifth ward the In
ternatonai & Great Northern and Columbia Tap.
which the International and Great Northern de-
Pot on Congress avenue. and the Houston East and
West Texas morning train which leaves from and
arrives at the Houston Fast aud West Texas dep OF
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas ana Galveston,
Houston g. Henderson trains pass the International
and Great Northern depot
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

Leave $50 am Express Train Arrive 10. 90 pm
Grand Central Depot
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Depot foot Of Congress Avenue.
Galveston Trains.
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II. x. d w. It. II. n.

All these trains leave the Santa Fe Congress
Ave. Depot 10 minutes later than the above
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NJ, *. & II. Depot, Fifth ynrd

Shreveport Kansas City and CineinnatL1
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Nos. and 70 are last mail and express between the
two cities only. and will carry through cats for Dali
las and Denlson. going from Houston via the Cen