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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
BRYAN ON THE PANIC
The Past Few Days Shows the FaIsity
Of the GoIdbug's Arguments.
SINGLE GOLD STANDARD
Is in Effect, but Ii Did Not Prevent
the Crash.
THE DIRE PREDICTIONS MADE
BY Financial Journal In Discussing the
Growth Of Trusts
BRINGS NO PROTEST AGAINST SYSTEM
The Editorial in the Commoner Is Short,
but Il Is Very Much to
the Point.
THE DIRE PREDICTIONS MADE
By Financial Journal in Discussing the
Growth Of Trusts
BRINGS NO PROTEST AGAINST SYSTEM
The Editorial in the commoner Is Short,
but Il Is Very Much to
the Point.

Lincoln, Neh., May 11.--ln the opinion Of
MIR. Bryan the panic In Wall street was
an evidence of the inability of the geld
standard to fulhn the prophecies of the
advocates us an absolute preventive OF
such occurrences. In the Commoner he
says;
when the repeal of tho purchasing
clause of the sherman act was up all That
this country above aud beyond the fear of
pnnic was 10 restore confidence by ban
lshine all danger Of bimotalism and estao.
lishiug the emglc gold standard. Since
then we have had two National campaigns,
ana republicans have interpreted the result
as popular verdict in favor OF the single
gold standard. Tho republicans are IN
complete control, and 1t is known TO all
the world that IL anything is necessary 10
place this country any nearer. the single
gold standard than 1t is AZ this moment
the administration Is in position ia secure
1t, How does II happen, then, that under
these conditions we are threatened with
panc3 When the financial iournais thought
that the gold standard would provide
remedy for our financial evils they did not
hesitate to urge the application OF that
remedy. How does It happen that at this
moment they are content With making diro
predictions ms to the result of the trust
system without entering any protest
against the encouragement Of that sss'
spt,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
SPECIAL MEETING HELD.
Brokers Unable to Secure Northern Pa
cific Stock for Delivery,

Brokers Unable to Secure Northern Pa
cific Stock for Delivery
London, May IA special meeting Of
the stock exchange committee has bee,
summoned for Monday morning in tho hope
Of reaching II solution of the difficulty in
which operators and brokers who have
given calls for Northern Pacific for the end
Of May and July find themselves II dc.
veloped today that every share here is
held by the Morgans and Kuhn, Loeb a.
Co. ana therefore the brokers are unable
10 secure single share for delivery. The
situation has a depressing effect. Owing
10 the closing of me New York st..k ok
change Americans were absolutely stag
nant. awaiting Developments Though the
closing of the stock exchange was easier
quotations mostly showed a marked nd.
vance. Northern Pacific common was
quoted ut an advance OF 30ls points In
connection with the settlement
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NOTE WAS RETURNED.
Relations Partially Broken Between
Foreinn Embassies and Turks.

Eonstantmoplc. May i0A third
note, evidently emanating directly
from the sultan, was delivered to-
day to the ambassadors demanding
In percmptory language the imme-
diatc suppression of the foreign post
offices ana reitemtlug the charges of
Smuggling against foreign officials.
The ambassadors Immediately re.
turned the note to the porte, mus
creating a partial cessation of roia-
tions between the embassies and the
Turkish government
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sesssssssessssssoeesssessees

on our assertion OF the past few days that
we believe the possession Of the Northern
Pacific Is now held by Kuhn. Loeb 4 Co.
Il Will take some time To prove this and II
is even possible that some legal trick
may W devised to wrcst control from US.
lhls tlme however, there Is no doubt In
our minds that we are in power AS far
rs the burlington deal goes. that Is only
indirectly Involved in the Northern ia.
through IN due time"
AZ the banking house of ]. plrrp6nt Nor.
gan Y 60. no statement regarding North
ern Pacific could he uhtahcd
The Commercial. Advertiser prints tho
Following Interview with ]. j. i'm: MIR
NM are the troubles between the North.
eln Pacific and Union Pacific settlcdg"
asked a reporter.
There Is no trouble. ] have no doubt
that the cud viii come out an right. The
us. lid not speculate myself In a single
share aud the shares Of the Great Northern
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and Northern Pacific which have today
| shall keep, Ii can until doomsdny
The troubles which have hcen caused
by this dispute, an the papers cali IT, have
originated with the papers themselves.
Mr. nm turned half around. When he
turned back there were tears ia his eyes
II have received lots vt letters from friends
of nllne-mcn and women who are not
rich, who nrc comparatively poor They
know that | WAS interested personally and
largely In my properties aud they had faith
IN them and IN me, Now they are com
plctcly ruined, and simply hccausc they
have, bees caught in the vortex OF a
gamble"
Mr.. nm" asked the reporter, "do you
not think That the community of interest
principle or ldca is having pretty severe
fFrial Just now"
"Wrli, that / can not talk about now |
feel too much prcvcl over the situation,
This morning got a letter from the ~
/ OF n friend or mine thnt the loss to hes
family WAS great The trouble has moi
been Of my making and no one regrets II
more than do
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
NEWS FROM kLoNDIKE.
Gold Harvest the Greatest in the
tfistnrv of the rnnntr,,

Fort Townsend, Wash. May ILL.,
Returning passengers report that the
mines of the klondikc are rcapIng
the greatest harvest In the history
of the country owing 70 the la.ge
abundance Of water which Is being
used In sluIcing rhe vield Of gold
exceeds the best expectations OF tho
mine owners.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
TO-DAY
AN INDEX.

FIRST.
Aftermath of the wan street panic.
SECOND.
Telcgraphic news.
THIRD.
Sporting news.
FOURTH.
oil news.
FIFTH.
Map of Jefferson county oil fields.
SIXTH.
Baptist general convention.
oil news.
SEVENTH.
Tclesraphie news.
EIGHTH.
Railroad news.
NINTH.
Cotton held at interior Texas towns.
Texas news.
TENTH.
Island City news items.
Texas news.
ELEVENTH..
To develop iron field,
IWELF n.
" '"' eA-H"'e''''f 'i"SS "'u 10 say
,..,
ruerrrmru
rOnprrrMru
nigher safe courts.
rirrrrNru
-, Li'E ''' ,...
o,y-r-,,-t
0'/' I ~ -.
'"''''"'''''' news
SEVEN I ZEN H.
roreeaS'S by roster
I'ef' CGN m
-
MINE EEN H.
N'H' ""e
WEN 'G NJ
bu.''''o ''s S.Y".
WEN f-oGCONO'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12

New York, May 1.-THE following Texans
are registered in New York;
Texas John Grad. Navarro; f. u.
Heard, Broadway Central; G. Stewart
Park Avenue hotel; w. -. Wise, Murray
Hill.
Dallas-P. II. Freeman, Gllsey; Il. Swan,
Sinclair: NJ. II. Thomas, Imperial.
Houston-H. V. Wagner, wife and son,
Bc!vlderc.
Galyeston--F ". Burton, Imperial.
san Antonio-W. A. Bird, Cadillac.
Marshall-Z. NJ. Bersson, st. Nicholas.
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New Bank for Arlington.

lSpeclnI 10 Inc Iuetl
Washington, May 1.-The comptroller
of the currency has authorized the Citi-
zcns National Bank Of Arlington Texas.
10 commence business with So 600 capt
tai. Thomas Spfuance Is president and
w. NJ. Dugan, cashier, OF the new bank.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-12
Women MAY Become Members.

Denver. colo. Nag ii.-rhc American
Federation of Musr.nis acw holdire
convention la this ,ity mas adopted 'esO-
tuition mat women are nor 10 be barred
from membership.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14

from portions Of Arctic territory which
have been brought within the range Of Oh
se-vation up % this lime. no one can tell
what the actual knowledge Of an unknown
tract OF the 5aTth'S surface viii reveal.
particularly Il the point NhcTe the ToJdt-
ing motion Of the sphere Is at zero.
There Is belief and some promise
that ii viii add Sun greater store of
knowledge TO the world OF science.
Meteorological phenomena and ocean
currents as affected by the earth's roya-
tion are NO very important problems
that may be solved by The ultimate dis
cOyery Of the pc}e. No one can tell
what revelations such a discovery viii
make
When the pole is reached il must
be done by ships and sIedges, and with
a knowledge Of sustaining life The
loss of life when one considers The
number OF polar expeditions and the
men engaged in them. has, after all. b en-
very tTihing- Whether the pole viii
be reached by an isolated expedition, or
by 4 series of expeditions cooperating.
IL is hard 10 predict. But il is possible
for an isolated expedition to accomplish
the feat. The melancholy tate Of AndTee
viii discourage any aerial enterprises IN
polar expeditions I think that And-ee's
party were lost IN a week after their as
cent in q balloon, and there are few per
sons in the scientific world who did not
predict its certain disaster, in spite of
Andree'S notable reputation as a Scien-
list -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14
ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
New Organization Wi:h Far-Reaeh-
ing Aims Incorporated.

ing- Aims Incorporated.
Articles for the incorporation Of The
Order Of the Knights Of Labor we're pIac-
ed on record today in the office Of the
Recorder q Deeds. The incorporators
named are John W Hayes. Simon Burns,
and ThoIaas J. O'Reilly. The objec, Of
the corporation is stated TO be TO make
moral and Industrial worth, not wealth,
the standard Of individual and national
greatness to secure to the workers the
IuH enjoyment Of the wealth they create:
sufficient leisure in which TO develop their
Intellectual moral. and social faculties;
all he BENEFITS Of recreation and pleas
ure Of association and enable them to
share in the gains au0 honors OF advanc-
ing civilization"
Some Of the PRINCIPAL objects are the
establishment Of bureaus OF capital, labor,
statistics, education. and free State labor,
the enactment of legislation making the
buying and selling of options q felony; the
abrOgatiOn Of all laws which do rot equal
" affect capital and labor; the recognition
by corporations the rights OF the mem
bers OF organized labor; the weekly pay
ment Of all employees, and the abolition Of
the contract system, in all municipal.
Stale, and national works. The enact
ment of laws Of arbitration and the pT0hi-
biIion OF the employment Of children IN
der fifteen years of age is also proposed-
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14
LIKELY TO GET GOOD BERTHs.
President Looking eat for DR.. B5xey
md Pay n. sxter Rana.


President Mckinley IS understood to
have promised Jao desirable bilIets IN tae
navy 10 close personal friends. and IL each
instance IS said TO hare followed the
wishes OF Mrs Mckinley He proposes
making his physician, Dr.. p y. Rixeg. ~ no
accompanies tie Presidential party on ey-
cry journey they make cut Of Washington.
Surgeon General Of the Navy on the ex-
piTatiCn Of The term Of the present Oli-
cisI Dr. Rixey mas the rank % medical
director. bat n is so much junior 20 a
great many other officers mat his appoint
mem VIII no doGb5 be vigorously criticised
b. ether officers OF the corps The rank Of
medical director. which Is The highest Of
the medical corps. tas been The one from
walca the Surgeon General mas usually
been taken
The President i also said TO have prom
iscd the chief Of the pay corps TO his
friend. Paymaster Rand. On the close Ct
Payuoster Kenny's term. His sppoiat-
ment VIII not be a surprise 10 the service,
IS he vas expected 10 be chosen for the
place when Admiral Stewart was retired
il tie spring OF 1899 He Is an intimate
frIezd CT the President. and has been On
duty here since 1887 He IS one OF Ire
junior officers il his grade ard dGes not re-
tire fer age until 1906. TIE term Of Sur
ge0n General Van Rcypeu viii expire next
December He might be re4PPoiuted 10
h53d Cfice until his reference. November
!, IS5-. bat this Is not expected. IS the
Presidents policy Fss no; been 10 appoint
bureau chiefs who have rot a full term
before them beto-e reaching The retiring
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14
LONG WANTS "a, 900, 900.
Deficiency Appropriation Nearly All
Required for the AsiatIc Station

To meet the expenses cons qu=nt upon
the maintenance Of such a strong force Of
men-of-war On the Asiatic station. Sec
rotary Long it is understood, will ask
Congress this week TO make a deficiency
appropriation Of $4G00. COO Practically
this entire sum is needed to defray the
| expenses arising out Of Ihe China trouble
and the uprising IN the Philippines
Complaint has been made TO The Navy
Department that English shipbUilders at
/ H0ngkOnS and Shanghai charge eX0rbi-
family fer. The work done upon American
vessels. Commander J. c Fremont com
mandant OF the CaVtte Navy Yard. has
called the attention Of the depari ms ut 10
the crowded condition CT the yards. the
lack OF facilities and The necessity for
taking some action 10 relieve the conses-
ion
Some time viii elapse before the station
a Olanga pa. Subig Bay, viii he in u con
ditiOn TO make repairs. and American
ships must go 10 EongkCng and Shanghai
for extensive repairs CT else return 10 he
United States. II this moment II view
OF the situation II China II IS inIpossibIe
TO decrease the American force il the Far
East, though upon the arrival OF the Ken
lucky and providing the condition CT at
fairs permit. the Oregon which MAS only
temporarily repaired at KuTe- Japan. vii
be brought 10 san Francisco.
Rear Admiral Hichborn has found the
appropriation for repairing ships Ter she
present year is insufficient. and IN order
that his bureau may get through he year
without skimping sork il viii be nee
essary, IN his opinion. 70 eXpend $1,000
Geo more Mes. CT this money will be re
CURED for repairs 10 ships n China and
the Philippines. and The remainder VIII be
utilized IN repairing tae Baltimore. san
Francisco. Texas. Olympia. Cincinnati
and Boston
Rear Admiral Melville raEls $3.50 600
additional 1c meet the expenses oE his 5l-
reau- Admiral Melville has sent thou
sands q dollars worth Of engineering
tools and spare p@-+s. Of machinery 20
CavIte. and strongly urges that a vessel
be fitted up as an engineering repair ship
and sent 10 the -tsiatic station
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14

PHILADELPHIA. Jan lit would
not surprise me- said Prof Angelo He'll
prin. the weII-known geologisJ. yesterday,
If enc Of the early and marked achieve
rnents of the twentieth century would be
the discovery Of the North Pole I look
for It within q period Of certainly not Ia
ter than twenty-five years, and there IS
probability thar the goal Of Arctic explo-
ration VII be reached earlier. There was
a wonderful progress in the latter half
Of the nineteenth century in Arctic re-
search. If one stops to reflect. and the ad-
vances made in recent years b. daring
naYigators into the almost frozen North
indicate 10 my mind that the problem of
the Poles discovery has but few years
longer 70 battle he ingenuity and perse-
verance Of explorers"
Prof. HeilpTin, who is a veteran Of one
OF Feary's northern expeditions. recently
returned TO this city from an extended trip
IN Europe Although a geologist, he has
devoted much study 10 the geographical
Importance OF the Poles discovery, and
has carefully followed the details of every
Arctic undertaking for 4 number Of years.
The reason why I believe that the
North Pole viii yield to mans persis zant
search Tor It IN the early years cf the
daWning century, continued Prof. He'll
prtn, is that our knowledge Of plans of
reaching, or trying 20 reach r. with an
ultimate hope Of success has been won
derfuIly enriched by the experiences Of
men who have been enthusiastic students
OF the problem n the past Every polar
expedition has CcaErlbUte6 a vast fund OF
Information 70 several important branches
Of science. Our knowledge of ge-I ogy.
meteorology, geodesy. byarography. and
terrestrial magnetism has been vastly ex-
tended by the researches Of Arctic explor-
ers. I might also mention zoology.
AS far North as MN has ever gene
there has been evidence Of animal life
All these details that have been added 0
our store Of knowledge have lessenei the
perils Of Arctic journeys and contributed
TO our practical knowledge Ct sustaining
human life in the region Of frozen waste
Every Arctic journey goes North better
equipped AID with better chances of SUE
cess than any that has gone before IL
The dangers Of me TASK are practically
minimized. compared with what they were
a haiE century age
The important knowledge of the pre-
servauon OF life. Of Standardization
against the pe-ils Of living n an Arctic
desert. i the chief element OF promise in
our prospect Of AZ early discovery Of the
Pole The achievements CT Nsnsen and
the DudEe d'Abruzzi fo-eshaGow Il i ex-
pect 20 I've IL see l.
As 10 the importance which the actual
discovery OF The North poIEt OF the
earth's axis viii hsyo upon the general
fabric o. scientific Information no one
cal sa-- i = al UEeXplSrei region. aad
while We can tns5-iZs that II IS No differ
ent IN It's substance and characteristics
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14
TRIED THREE TINES
TO Fit Conee to n Sensitive Rod,

TO Fit Coffee 40 "A Sensitive Rady
There are great numbers Of highly or
sanized people upon whom coffee acts as
q clearIy defined poison In some extreme
cases The poisonous effects will show in
from three 10 i've minutes. in other cases
Il long time is required. and in some Gases
the body can stand the effects for years
but the effects are very sure and many
times result in fixed condition OF organic
disease tiaJ is difficult or impossible to
be rid of
Mrs. J. u. Grant. of f:aeDwatar No
writes Interestingly of her experience
with coffee after using coffee a number
Of years. and gradually falling in health
I got so I could eat but very little break
fast at any time. and many days could no r
eat at all I would drink a cup Of coffee
and try 20 eat q little bread.
4 knew the coffee was hurting me. but
did not seem to be able 10 take ANYTHING
else Just the minute I took swallow
CT coSee my nerves would begin 10 Jingle
weak. faint sensation oUld run all over
my body, my wrists bun .LIp- and aching
the back of my neck hurting. until il final
" got so bad that [ would have TO hold
nay head en- my hand while drinking my
cup Of coffee
i would frequently have to run to the
door for breath, feeling as though I would
faint away. I,got 50 I could scarcely sit
up to eat little breakfast So II went
on until I ran into nervous prostraticn
completely. Nothing would stay on my
stomach called in physicians who told
nee ! must travel and gave me but little
encOura cement Of getting we'll
a friend told me my trouble was cof-
fee ! didn't believe il, but for some .rea-
son I concluded 10 stop drinking coffee
and try the Postum Food Coffee that had
been so highly recommended was great
~ astOnished 10 find that in < few DAVIS I
had no more of the nervous spells at
breakfast and began TO eat food of most
any and every kind.
4 began to recover very quickly. but
like lots Of coffee and tobacco slaves. I
thought I would Ike to try the coffee
again. so I started in on II and the old
trouble came on I stopped again and
vent 10 Postum and began TO improve in
health I did this foolish thing three diff
ferent times, and each time that I would
20 back to coffee I would run down in
health and was threatened with the same
old troubles.
u finally learned how 10 make Postum
so well by letting il boil long enough. that
il tasted as good as fine Java coffee and
from that time on I have never had any
desire to 20 back TO coffee | am now
we'll. and there is no question but that
my recovery is due entirely 10 the leaving
eff of coffee and using Postum Food Cof-
fee"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-14

bill, intended to foster another branch Of
commerce There is want OF consistan-
cy; 1t fosters one and depresses another
Seed dealers are found in every town and
hamlet in the land. and they should not
he interfered with any more than dealers
N other farm necessities \ distinct line
OF argument against the free seed distrf-
button is the cost put upon the Postofice
Department IN the transp Ortation Of two
million pounds of free matter, and, addi-
tionaliy. the vast labor put upon Postof-
fee employees.
What the seed trade wants is the abo-
litiCn Of the Congressional distribution as
applied TO sorts Of seeds obtainabIe at
every seed store. and IN lieu Of this an
earnest effort by the Government to
search out IN the undeyeIoped portions OF
Asia. africa. South American, and the Pa
cIGc Isles the many thousands of valuable
plants yet unintrcduced'
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MURDER AT A FARM HOUSE.
a Young Man killed nnd His Mother
Beaten near Gorham. Me.

Beaten near GOrham. Me.
GORHAM, Ne. Jan. 1.-Two burglars
entered the farm house of Mrs Rufus
Mcsher Saturday evening, killed her son.
Clifford Mosher, aged %. dealt her a blow
with club which stunned her. and then
ransacked the house, breaking open chests
and boxes and stealing a gold watch, some
money, and few articles of jewelry.
Mrs Mosher, who is lame and very
hard Of hearing, was sitting in the kitchen
with her son in the early evening, both
reading near a small table. They heard a
loud knocking at the back door. but did
not answer il \ few minutes later came
a louder rap this time at a side door
leading to the pump house.
1T is probably John Mclean and he Is
surely drunk: don't let him in" Mrs.
Mosher whispered to her son. at the same
time turning down the lamp wick.
Hearing nothing more, after a brief
wait, she turned up the light again and
resumed her reading Suddenly there was
a crash at the window nearest them. The
whole sash fell in and two men climbed
in One was negro. the other, a tall
man. had a cap pulled down over his
eyes. Each was armed with a club. Cliff
ford Mosher rushed toward them and
was attacked BY the taller, while the ne
gro gave his attention 10 the aged woman,
striking her a blow on the head and
knocking her down She grabbed the lamp
as she fell and the light went out. She
received a glancing blow on the shcul-
der, then esea ped from her assailant and
locked herself in her bedroom. from
where size could see out through a crack
in the door
neTce seFfie WIS going On in the
kitchen, and syas renewed IN the parlor.
After il had ssGbsided she saw one Of the
men light lantern. Then The two rob
bers Ina8e1 the rounds OF the various
rooms. breaking locks and with a stone
hammer forcing open boxes II the sons
chamber=- Trey also visited The cellar and
refreshed themselves at the supper table.
which hdd not been cleared. The negro
then forced open her bedroom door and
found her praying fer deliyerance from
her aSsailanjS. He demanded money. q nd
on being told that there was rome in her
room, he PIT down tic lantern and fol-
lowed Ms ccapaBiea cut through the
broken 'sjEda8--
AIRS A0sser took the lantern and. not
finding her son, whose dead body lay IN
the parlOr on the floor hid in front
chamber. remaining Jnere Till midnight
Then she made her way through the deep
snow. quarter Of a mile, to the house
Of the nearest neighbors and aroused
them with her outcries.
When officers arrived she gave d good
description Of her assaiiants. One she be
lieved TO be John Mclean. a former farm
hand. The murderers were traced TO
Portland. and the negro was oyertaken
walking on the railroad track near Scar
borough
Articles stolen from the Mosher house
were found in his possession. He is BIZ
Hans, a former empIoye on the Boston
and Portland Steamb0a Line He SAYS
ne and John Mclean did the job. but that
Mclean planned it and did the killing.