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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
ITEMS FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
HISTORICAL LETTERS HAVE BEEN
GIVEN TO THE STATE.
Been Chartcred-News Notes
aud Personals.

Austin, Texas. February 1.-THE fol-
lowing correspondence was given out to-
day by the department of insurance
statistics and history;
Hon. r, A. John, Assistant and Acting
Attorney General, Austin. Texas
Dear Sir Permit me to thank you for
your generous donation to the State IL
brary of a number of letters from the
correspondence OF General Sam Hous
ton One of these letters. written by
President Houston to the famous Indian
chtef Flacco. on the occasion Of an
,hdian treaty in ls4S IS model of the
reculiar style of eloquence appreciated
by the indians. Five OF these letter,
written by General Houston TO his son
sam while he was United States sen
otor or governor OF this State from
March. 1895. to July 1851, cvnce the
Warmest solictude for the welfare II
young sam, aud show the domestic char
acter OF liouston's mind.
Later letters express ungweryinp NJ
tachment to the Union, and distrust NJ
me Confederacy, with an earnest eyhor.
tatlon to young sam TO be true to Texas
at all events
Among the letters addressed TO Hous-
ton are two from Or. Ashbel Smith i,
Iso-' lhoy refer mainly TO young Sans
promotion to a lieutenancy in the Com
iederate army and Of the lieutenants
eagerness to so TO the front. closing
with expressions Of heartfelt regard for
his old time chief
Another and perhaps the most inter-
estlng is a letter from General Andrew
Jackson, dated Hermitage, March. lStS
In this personal letter Jackson takes oc
CASTOR to denounce tho Santa Fc exne-
dltlon and to commend Houstou's nd.
ministration, praying for lis success. An
other letter. presenting General Hous-
lon with a brace OF pistols, Is dated Gin.
cinnet, April 90 1886 Gust one day no.
iore the battle OF San Jaclntol. is signed
/ by Robert Lytle, Israel Ludlow Josenh
Graham and Flewellyn NJ Gwynne
In addition to the foregoing there aro
nVe from Mrs. L. II. Segourney. who a
one OF her letters presents the general
win volume Of her poems, ana in som
OF them, written Just before the civil
war, exhorts him 10 save Texas 10 tbs
onlon' One. a letter OF friendship Il
written TO Mrs. Houston. In this collie
.lon there appears also : piece OF poe,ry
Written by the general to lady whose
nsme is not given
inese letters viii prove valuable al
altion 70 our historical collection an.
.ney VII be cared for accordingly. Your.
'NSpesuuilS, Jefferson johnson.
f'ommfzeion..
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Weather the shipments will " l''s

week.
The recent change Of the sclasi
terms OF district court IN tals ~
very unsatisfactory to the iarnA
ment and is causing considsfa's.
plant, as they all say they sa''al
their work in February and ~
instead of attending court. M
airy term especially comes rignts9
berry picking time and viii r's]
feet the people in this, the saa
the county.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
MOUNT VERNON NEWS.
OIL MIN site Has Not Yet Been Sc
leCted.

Mount Vernon. Texas. February LA place
for the oil mill which is to be built here
has not been located yet The mill com
pany has an option on several lots. but has
not fully decided where 20 locate IT, The
railroad engineer has heea here this week
surveying routes for srur THAT the mill
will &c built 70 an assures fast
The sirsl.pox stuston u th.s county has
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
Negro Ki,Ied at wee

wlco, Texas. February 4
saloon on the corner Of f1~ &
son streets, Israel James M
tender, shot and Instantly IN
Booker. another negro. ! q;
himself up 10 the oilles..,,,, ..s
The shooting was in seii-a'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03
ALICE nuILnING ur.
Fifty business Houses and Resi-
dences Erected RecentIN.

Alice, Texas, February s,--Aiice has kept
stop with the Texas brand OF prosperity. IN
the last six or eight months. in a way to
thoroughly arouse town pride and unto nor
people.
LAST May the O. c. Walker two story brick
building was iu9 being completed, and as Il
wss the esccnd brick building IN Alice. its
progress VAS watched with q 1000 deal Of
Interest Then the George Hchhs three-stofy
brick tooasd) kept up the building interest,"
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Alvin News Notes.

A''ln' Texas February strawberry
receipts are Increasing daily and prices
ere holding up we'll. With continued good
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-03

austin Texas, February 1.-The fol-
, ,, Charters were hled today With
the secretary of state:
me Central OIL company of BeaumOn, /,
y, stock 100000. incorporates. Hai
~ ureer, Dennis Can. Il. X. Main i,
=. eannont, h @. Speer. Chlearo =.
~, blshop: Sistersvine, W. u auu
I've "looe Mercantile company n, r.,
w.ha, oaritil stock $40 600 Incor, ~
: nj i, L. boekum. p sNsnsop 49,
me "a NJ Hart Hardware eonr,,s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26

something of a stir among the trust
people. and men who play stock market.
The subject was the chief one under con-
sideration by senators and representa-
tives who were at the capitol to-day.
New York is showing keen interest in the
report and during the day men interested
in that city were calling by long
distance telephone to get the latest and
most reliable information. The drift of
comment is that if the message is to be
as vigorous in its denunciation of trusts
as reports indicate, there will be a de-
cided slump in stocks of many kinds.
Whatever the truth may turn out to be,
men at the capitol who dabble in stocks
are proceeding on the theory that the
president will demand heroic treatment
for the trusts.
The story is that persons to whom the
message has been read in whole or in part
declare the feature of it will be attacks
on the trusts. The president, it is
averred, comes out unequivocally in favor
of congress taking heroic measures to
check the growth of great combinations of
wealthy. The recently formed Northern
Securities company, it is said, comes in
for share of criticism which the message
will apply to all the great trusts that
have been formed. 1t is said that the
trust question is the one single question
to which the president hopes to attract
the close attention of the whole coun-
try and that what he has written will
not fall far short Of his expectations.
w. w. Jermane.
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Great Significance Of the Pending
Acquisition of the Islands Now
Belonging to Denmark.
Diplomats Think We Will Get the
British and All Other West
Indian Possessions.
NSs~ York S4u.s sSsOEaE SorvSc@.


Washington. Nov. 26-There is a strong
likelihood that Denmark will cease to in
sist upon the fulfllment of her demand
that the United States guarantee the in
habitants of the Danish West Indies full
American citizenship as a condition Of the
sale Of those islands to the United States
This Is the only point Of difference. In
view OF the fact that acceptance Of the
condition would seriously complicate our
insular relations it's Importance is fully
understood by everybody concerned. If
this government accepted the condition
and conferred citizenship upon the inhab-
itants of the Danish islands the lnhabi-
tants OF Porto Rico and the Philippines,
who have been denied citizenship, would
have a cause of complaint
The Danish minister, who is a most
adroit official, is known to be disposed to
regard the objection of the state depart
ment to the condition imposed by his gov
ernment as sound and just, and it is un-
derstood that he will recommend to his
government that the condition be with
drawn and the sale consummated as
quickly as possible. Other European dip
lomats are keenly interested in this trans
action, and have united In urging the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
ROUTE INSPECTORS
Torson and Munro Chosen for
Rural Delivery Ser
vice.
Interesting Fight That Is
Happily Ended by a
Compromise.

From The Journal B4reG4S. Room ~, P~ss
BUatdtnG, Washington
Washington, Nov. 26.-Postmaster Gen
eral Smith has decided to appoint M. Tor
son of st. James and W. j. Monroe Of
Morris, editor of the Morris Sun. route
inspectors in the rural free delivery. SER
vice at salary of $1,000 and So per diem
for expenses while in the field. Both men
were endorsed by Senators Nelson and
Clapp. Torson was Nelson's candidate
and Monroe was Clapp's. In making these
appointments the postmaster general ig
nored the recommendations of Represen-
tatives Tawney and Fletcher, who each
had candidates, and it will probably re-
suit in the removal or resignation of one
of the present inspectors from Minnesota,
probably H. G. Rising of Faribault Ris-
ing has been working in the southern
states and the middle west, and has been
in more or less trouble with the depart
ment since he was appointed about
year and a half ago.
The history of the fight over these ap-
pointments is interesting 1t was at first
decided to appoint Torson. Other mem
bers made a tsrong protest and the ap-
pointment was held up. Senator Clapp
thought he should have something and
was most insistent that Monroe should be
appointed. Then it was decided that Mon
roe should be appointed and Nelson made
a protest. Finally, as a compromise, it
was decided to appoint both men, each
senator indorsing the other candidate
The appointments will take effect Dec. /.
Hearing in Lumber Cases.
Secretary Hitchcock will give hear
ing Dec. 8 to the lumbermen Interested
in dead down contracts on the White
Earth reservation on whom demand has
been made for payment for green timber
cut. The Commonwealth Lumber COM
pany is the one that is most interested,
as Captain Mercer has demanded pay
ment Of $31 900 from it.
w. w. Jermane
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-HOUNDED
Woman Claims the Mormons
Have Set a Price on
Her Head.
New York su,. sDsoEay Serves,

Philadelphia, Nov 26-Mre. Mary
Clarke De Wore, a returned missionary
from Utah, startled the Presbyterian min
isters' weekly meeting in Witherspoon
hall when she said:
| come to you as a woman with a price set
on my head by agents Of the Mormon church
whose footsteps are dogged by them even in
your city, and who dares not to go out after
dark, even in Philadelphia, for fear of being
attacked by these men.
Mrs. De Wore for fifteen years has been
associated with the Presbyterian board
of home missions, and went to Hiram.
Utah, in August, 1900. The residents, she
said, are all Mormons, and when she
raised the American flag on the school
house there the Mormons bombarded it
with rotten vegetables and called it s'the
rag of oppression" Mrs. De Vore con-
tinued:
They assaulted me when / worked in the
school and held a meeting to encompass my
death. They said l was no missionary. They
fired bullets &C me. stayed until last June.
when they drove me to the train with a
shower of stones and threatened my life 7
have been followed ever since by strange
men.
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Danish minister to represent to his gov
ernment the desirability Of acceding to
the terms Of the United States.
Furtherance of Canal Plans.
Russia is known to be deeply interested
in the outcome Of the negotiations. She
wants the United States to acquire the
islands, evidently believing the acquisi-
tion of the Danish West Indies will be
step in the direction Of final purchase Of
all the islands of the West Indian group.
This would mean the purchase of Jamaica,
Trinidad and the Barbados, owned by
Great Britain, as we'll as others. The Dip
lomats regard it as an absolutely essen
tial step for the furtherance of our Nicar-
aqua canal plan. Just as soon as earth
is broken for the construction Of the pro-
posed isthmian water way it will become
necessary for the United States to exer-
else sole and absolute control over every
port and every foot of land which can be
used by any foreign power as a coaling
station and rendezvous for warships The
diplomats are very certain that the set
tied policy of this government will OBJ
tain and assume possession Of every
island in the West Indian group with as
little delay as possible.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
MOVE UPON
The TRUSTS
Three of Them Will Probably
Be Prosecuted.
COPPER, SUGAR, RVS.
Federal Supreme Court Decision the
Basis.
LEGISLATION ON SECURITIES CO..
COngress-Sherman Law
Thought Adequate.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Chicago, Nov. 26.-A Washington special
to the Inter Ocean says: 1t is now
understood that there is a strong proba-
bility that the department of justice will
take action against the copper trust, the
sugar trust and the new railroad trust,
under the Sherman antitrust law, as
combinations in restraint of trade, bas-
ing such action upon the decision of
the United States supreme court in the
Trans Missouri Freight Association case.
District Attorneys in states in which
trade is alleged to be restricted would in
stitute suits, which would come before the
United States supreme court for final
review.
Department Of justice officials have
reached the conclusion that the Sherman
law Is adequate, but will take no action
till after the opening of congress. If the
president in his message makes specific
mention Of the copper and railroad trusts,
the latest formed, the duty of the depart
ment will be obvious Otherwise. the
question of bringing suit must be settled
There is little probability that congress
will enact special legislation affecting the
Northern Securities company or railroad
trust, through which the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern have been merged.
Railroad interests have too much inf
uence. Senator Cullom for years has tried
to enlarge the powers of the interstate
commission. The law, as now operative.
does not give the commission any juris-
dicfiOu OVpT CIlpb aOnn hin tfOnr
Pressure on the President.
Great pressure is being brought to bear
upon the president to induce him to mod
ify his recommendation relative to trusts.
Leading representatives of railroad and
other affected interests are trying to head
on any drastic recommendations. Several
men vitality interested, including J. ]
Hill, A. B. Stickney, Thomas Lowry and
Clinton Morrison already have been here
on such errands. Colonel Lamont came
Saturday, but the president was out of
the city.
Horace G. Burt of Omaha president Of
the Union Pacific, called on President
Roosevelt yesterday. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Burt's visit was for the same gen
eral purpose as those Of the other men
co-relatively interested in the Northern
Securities company merger. He wanted
to prevent any direct reference in the
presidents message to the Northern Sc
curities company, inasmuch as under the
terms Of the Harriman-Hill settlement
the Union Pacific is working harmonious
ly with the other interests. He also in
quired if it was not possible for the presi-
dent to intimate to Governor Van SAINT of
Minnesota that it would be we'll for him
to at least delay his crusade until the
department of justice has time to do
something. Mr.. Burt got little satisfac-
tion at the White House.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
HURRY TO OTTAWA
Yukon Officials After Assistance to
Put Down Rebellion.
MIMIC MAY SEND HIS TROOPS
spfratOrs-TaIe of Woe From
Alaska.

Chicago, Nov. 26. = Overland through
Alaska to the sea, by water to Seattle,
and through the United States, on their
way to Ottawa, officials of Yukon terri
tory are hurrying to plead at the Cana
dian capital for help to put down the re-
bellion threatened by members of the
Order of the Midnight Sun" Three Of
these officials arrived in Chicago yester-
day, and others are on the way.
That serious trouble is imminent in the
far northwest is candidly admitted by
three members Of the Yukon department
of public works, who were In consultation
at the Palmer house last night with local
capitalists who have interests in that
country.
A determined, united effort, by band
of at least 1900 men, who have been lay
ing plans for nearly year, is the plot,
as described by the officials, to establish
an independent government. Seven
tenths Of the men are Americans and they
have grievances and the ability to set
them forth in convincing style. They be-
lieve they have power to secure by force
the rights which they declare have been
denied them.
Governor General Minto, Of Canada, In
to be asked to send troops to the scene
and at least to double the mounted police.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
CAUGHT AGAIN
American Linseed Co. Said
to Be Long on
Flax.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal
Duluth, Mimi, Nov. 26.-The 10 cent
break in fax has cost some interests pret-
ty heavy. For about two weeks the price
held steady at 144, but during the past
three days 1t has dropped to 134. well
posted fax handler on the Duluth Board
of Trade considers that 10000, 900 bushels
has been marketed by the farmers. Fully
100000 bushels of this is held by crush
ers, the remainder having been consumed
or sold for export.
The American Linseed Oil company is
to be the heaviest loser, as it is known
to be long big amount. Some experts
put its line as high as 5000, 900 bushels,
though this Is an estimate. A prominent
eastern independent crusher, Spencer Ke1-
logg of Buffalo, is generally figured as
2,500000 bushels long, and the remainder
is scattered among various smaller crush
ers.
The American company seems to have
the faculty of buying on the top and SELL
ing on the bottom, as 1t was short on the
advance in September and long on this
last big decline.
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tain that several bodies are still undis-
covered.
President Johnson Of the Pemberthy
company is making a systematic search
for the employees. He said that there were
two small testing boilers in the plant,
also one horsepower upright and one
100 horsepower tubular
Il am satisfied" said he, "'that it was
the latter which exploded. The boilers
were tested regularly and it was only
week ago that the boiler tester compli-
mented us on our careful engineer"
The property loss amounts to $3.50, 900;
insurance, $4,000. The first words of En-
gineer Samuel Riley, who lies in Grace
hospital in a dying condition, on return
ing to consciousness, were:
How did it happen? Everything was
all right with the boiler and the engine,
as far as I knew"
The fourteenth body has been taken
from the ruins within the last half-hour.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
POWDERED MILK
Swedish Scientist Invents an
Apparatus of Singular
Power.
New York Sur sneeEaE Ser1EOa.

Gothenburg, Nov. 26.-Dr. NJ Ekenburg,
a Swedish scientist, says that he has in
vented a scientific apparatus for convert
ing cows milk into dry powder, which,
when dissolved in water, reproduces all
the qualities of fresh milk. The powder
looks like -four and possesses the aroma
and other qualities of milk in concen-
trated form. BY disolving one ounce of
the powder in nine ounces of water
liquid is produced equal in every respect
to new milk.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
AS TO BADCOCK
Reported He Will Not Push
His Tariff Revision
Bill.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Chicago, Nov. ga Washington spec
ial to the Inter Ocean says: Representa-
tive Babcock of Wisconsin, who has an
nounced that he will reintroduce his bill
of the last session putting the products of
the steel trust on the free list, has sent
word to the other members of the ways
and means committee that it is not his
intention to be obstreperous in insisting
on tariff measures and that he hopes to
work in harmony with the other mem
bers of the committee Babcock has
heard tntimations from some high sources
that he might not be put on the ways and
means committee and he has needed the
warning. He will probably reintroduce
his bill, but it is doubtful if he will press
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
BOILER BURSTS
Fourteen People Killed by an
Explosion in a Detroit
Factory.
Others Are Missing, While
About Forty Others Are
Injured.

Detroit, Nov. 26.-At least half hun
dred men who began their days work in
the factory of the Penbertny Injector
company are victims Of an explosion of the
large boiler situated in one end of the
structure in which they were at work.
OF these, fourteen are known to be dead
and the bodies of several others are be-
lieved to be beneath the debris.
The boiler was located in one end Of
three-story brick building 54x130 feet in
size. That structure was instantly and
completely reduced to a mass of burning
ruins. The only men on the first floor,
which was largely utilized as storeroom,
were the engineers, hremen and some
workmen, who were making alterations.
All of these were either killed or badly
MANNED. On the second floor were sew
enty-f1ve fnishers. On the third were
seventy-five brass molders. Just how
many escaped from this building is not yet
determined, but up to 1 O'Clock thirty
eight injured had been taken to hospitals
and eleven dead bodies had been gotten
out of the debris.
Known Dead.
JOHN FREY.
MIKE RANGER.
STEVEN CRISP.
EIGHT UNKNOWN DEAD.
The ruined building was separated from
the other portion of the factory by an
alIeyway. portion of the wall Of the
second building was blown in, but none
of the inmates were seriously hurt. Sam
uel Riley, the engineer, was taken from
the ruins an hour after the explosion. He
had been pinned under a heavy shaft and
beam, his face was cooked by the flames
and he was badly injured. He was, how
ever, still alive this afternoon, though
unable to explain the cause of the dis
aster.
A gang Of city employees worked at re-
moving the hot debris as rapidly as pos
sible. Most of the injured were hurried
to Emergency hospital.
Hugh Guy, city boiler inspector, says
that his deputies inspected the boilers in
the Pemberthy plant July and IL last.
There were four boilers in the plant, two
horizontals and two uprights. They were
In use on alternate days and supposedly
were we'll cared for.
Bodies Undiscovered.
While the number Of missing has mar
rowed somewhat this afternoon it is GER
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
But TWOContinents Once


sand
He did this by noting the geographical distribution the fresh
nec forming one main continent and the where the fish
the continent on which the ayhsh did consisted
Africa called
sisted Of the
ea tern part Asia
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Postmasters appointed to-day: Minnesota
-Waukon, Norman county, B. L. Bjerkeng.
Iowa-Bleidorn, Clinton county, j. II. Her
Stanley; Owasa, Hardin county B. l.. SAN
ders North Dakota-Niles, Benson county,
E. S. Stevens.
Congressman Morris has returned from his
visit in southern Virginia, much improved
in health.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26

Topeka, Kan.-District Judge Hook refused
a writ of habeas corpus for E. ]. Smiley.
secretary Of the Kansas Grain Association,
commonly known as the grain trust who
was committed to Jail for refusing to answer
questions and produce books and papers con-
cerning the operations of the grain associa-
ton
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26

DEATH OF A NEBRASKA JUDGE.
ONeill, Neb., Nov. 26.-Judge Clarence Sc
lah died at his home early to-day of typhoid
fever. He was a pioneer editor, having pub
lished papers at O'Neill and Ewing during
the early history of the state. He was prom
inent in politics for many years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-11-26
TRUST MEN TREMBLE

Badly Worried Over Prospect of
ROoseveIt's Attack
From The Journal BmreGu. Room <S. Poss
BtEiLdinH, Washington.
Washington, Nov. 26.-The report, ap-
parently well authenticated, that the
president will in his message attack the
trusts with heavy artillery has caused