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ENCOURAGING PRODUCERS.
Houston East and West Texas Offers
Prize to Farmers.

7 TIC 70 7 dTTIIVTos
Relieving that II will have the eject OF
stimulating the friendly rivalry among pro
ducers Of agricultural and horticultural
ricducts, the Houston East and West
Texas has offered prize OF SIS to be
awarded TO the farmers congress which
conNenes al College station this month.
II Is Intended that there shall The an sorts
az agricultural exhibits at tho congress
and the Houston East and Yves, Texas
has already done much toward interest.
ihe farmers in that feature OF the con.
The prize that Is offered Is To he com
peted for by the producers along the line
OF tho Houston East aud West Texas aud
hiblt shown by them
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colds bronchitis grippe
throat ONE MINUTE Cough Cure 1t cures quickly

TN ough the extreme northern part OF Mn
citi Wells and adjacent to Use city, as
srs>pd the damages for righ, of way
through property as follows: Byron Bar
rcr $50; Flake Barber $50 j S. Woods
500; w A. Johnson S325.
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c. and 3. V. Rlaht Of wax

Mineral Wells, Texas, July 9.-'rhe com.
nissloners In condemnation proceedings
here Yesterday for right Of way for the
Gulf and Brazos Valley Railway company.
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EIecled President Of Nae Cane eeIt.

Eagle Lake, Texas. July 10 At a
meeting Of the stockholders OF the Cane
Belt Railway company Mr.. Jonathan Lane
u Houston was elected president of the
road.
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NEW RAILROAD MILEAGE.

Over Seven Hundred Miles OF Road Now
Under Construction.
Several DAYS ago The Post published a
dispatch from Austin, showing the new
railroad mileage for the first six months
Of the year to be 2942 In addition to this,
which hats already been completed, may
he added the following, a considerable
amount Of which viii he completed by the
cna Of the present Near:
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TEXAs CoAsT RFsoRIs-
Attractions for the Pleasure Seeker ano
SPORTSMAN.

Sportsman.
ITS the strsngest thing In the world
TO me that our Texas coast resorts are SO
neglected by Texas people" observed Mr.
H. NJ. Mayo. chief Of the literary bureau
Of the passenger department Of the Sunset
Central lines. yesterday afternoon 'Hcre.
we have within a twelve hours ride OF All
tue principal Central Texas points, peerless
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The Grand Trunk Railway System.
Under certain conditions allows a stop-over
of ten days at Niagara Falls or Bufaio 10
enable holders Of tickets 10 Eastern desii
nations 10 visit the pan-AmeFlcan exposi
dion f'f'
Full Information may be obtained from
city passenger and ticket agent, 90 cisTI
street, Chicago. 80 N'AiA
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All trains arrive ana depart from the Grand Cen
hs depot except The Missouri Kansas & Texas
tsins. which have depot In the Fifth ward the In
ierratonal & Great Northern ana Columbia Tap.
which the International aud Great Northern de-
poj on Congress avenue, and the Houston East and
West Texas morning tram which leaves from aud
arrives al the Houston East and West Texas depot
The Missouri. Kansas & Texas and Galveston,
Houston Il HeHserSor trains pass the international
aud Great Northsfn DEPOT.
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"'ai ..,;s.' ~ ,.,''', go p; ~,
Trade Review and Industrial Record SANS.
I'm addition 10 this there is upward oi
1000 miles of railway chartered aud pro
lected In the State that might be regarded
as substantial projects
Not inCndcd I'm the above estimates are
between nifty aud 100 miles OF logging OF
tram roads that are chartered companies.
and hence are not recognized as railroads,
and therefore are not included In the com.
missions statement OF mileage.
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MOTIF aims iesvi1g Houston atA4yp
g. sni surviving a. Houston al AS a m aud
io.ss d. NJ also run into Grand Central de-
pot, departing no minutes earlier and nrriv-
Ing ten minutes later than time given above,
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:. s. G. N. n. Il.
Dets, loot Of Congress Avenue
Eaur Maj so 50. Louis and Chicago.
Leave 90 D. ia................ Arrive 4. 30 a. IN
Leave 90 4. n......-..,. ..... Arrive us PIN
Columbia ina VeinscO Trains.
Leave 500 q. n B.. ......... Arrive 4.4s p. m
Daily Except SUNDAY.
tesvs 300 am tSuuday Oniy) Arrive 4.AS PIN.
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W, F. sTEELEY.
A. A. GLISSON a.
CHARLES L. HULL ~ a.
Fort WORT, AToxas.
,da 3 RememRer, on Friday. July - ve
Tourist I Faui reg1,ar train Special Pullman
tp,rlsco, spenditg Saturday ana SnDdsss 20
ccst ' sr,, reaching Frisco July IL: and the
Ing odg fSs d du PS p cents per dy iRcaG
Yen Don't Have to Anolor,, You know,
VI 1HE DENVER ROADS ioF Aluins
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II. p. q ". II. II. n.
Fifth Ward.
leave 700 an. Express Train. Arrive 10. 90 p m
Grant Central Depot
kssYe S.o5 =. m......,...........Arr Arrive 9O2 =. m
(Shfeyepor, Kansas City and CinennauJ
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III, IA. Il u. r.. II.
H., x. & Il. Depot, Fifth ward.
Leave COS Aruve 9. 80 a. IN
Lt4ve7 Os 2. o, ....-..... 80. Arrive s. so pm
For Galveston Trains see G.. II. & II.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.

Nos and I fast mail and express between the
two cltes only and viii carry through cars for Dal-
las ana Denison. going from Houston via the Zen
The evening times., 1901-09-26
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES.

The Hagerstown Musicians Club has
elected Charles n Dancer president.
The Washington County ATmh0use
farm raised lH bushels OF apples this
year
There IS talk Of an independent Repub-
Lcau ticket IN Prince George county.
Miss Amelia Myers died Tuesday night
Of typhoIG fever at her home near Cam
bridge
Rev jones Bryan Purcell VIII be-
buried in SykcsvllIe, Friday, with Ma
sonic nruOrS.
Sebastian Bowers died suddenly at Bird
Hill- carroll county September -, aE.d
eighty years
CharIes II. Knapp and EIbridge Kyle.
OF baltimore have purchased the Hotel
stein at McyCTsdaIe, Pa, from Albert
Stein, for 81 .0e0.
Edwin a. Seidewitz. Of Annapolis and
Baltimore has been appointed expert
judge in the floral department of the Hag-
orEtoWu fair.
The Wrestling viii case. involving an
estate Of about Sl@5TH. viii Dee taken uu
today for trial in the Circuit Court for
Frederick county.
David 'onmau. of Washington county.
aged SEVENTY }.-SeNeu years was found dead
lu bed at tho home OF his son III Frank
Tin county. Pennsylvania
Cadet r. J. Mitchell was elected prssr-
dent. and John D. Bowman. trsa sur.r. of
| tho Itcssnurg Club. of the Maryland
Agricultural COLLEGE
Deputy Shorin r. IT. Vincent was badly
beaten hy negroes lu Prince G-ur-.
| TO Washington city
II is. saId orders To make 5000 bicycles
nave be'u given Co tl. H-E-Istuv.r ..-
! gtcl' W oTES- and new machinery has been
| introduced % strengthen the plant.
The peach season iu N-asufrgtar county
VIII De practically over Iu "a week Tn.
growers are for the most part sati-G,.
1 "iih the financial returns Of -uis years
crop
zinc Womau's Christian T-mu,ranl.
| mon a. t'ai county met iu the AI,tHa-
dist Episcopal Church at Prrrr7fIf. rr.
PRESIDENT. Mrs Amos r. Brown. in th-
Richard Seward. Of Neck district Dor
chester county who died Monday r.aht
OF cancer SHU'rIudursd by sursEat
wound was buried September -. IIc was
seventy years old
While cutting corn with O. horse ma
I chine ON The farm 0f Joseph T Moore. fr
near SANDY SurIuE, Montgomery county
/ samuel Foreman had one of his l-at
nearly cut or hy tho corn knife
The Northern CUu.scatinu af tho Bia-
r"se Of EaStuu is iu session AT ST. Narv-s
| Protestant Episcopal Church. Northeast
| Bishop William Forbes Adams. president.
and Rev Giles B. Cooke. dean
Miss Mary Long. daughter Of Prof ID
i,mtDr q at the Maryland I-Eiv,ret.-
Hospital, kaltimcre. where she was up-
| Grated upon for appendicitis, aged eight
cen years
FtHifsHrary sentences were imposed
I hy Judge McSherry. iu Frsd,rick as fol-
lows George W. Fittman. assault with
intent 90 kin, five years George WeiyeL
aged nineteen years. ATTEMPTED train
wrrckiug. eight years
The saloon Of J. " Vaughan. in
Hag, rstowu. took fire from cigar stumu
| thrown into box of sawdust b.fDr. the
saloon was closed Tuesday night Nh,
premises, stock, and fixtures were badly
DANA L-d-
Health Dficcr Noble reports that there
are sixteen cases Of smallpox within q
few miles east of Fredericksburg. Caroline
county. near Tho Delaware line. An cpl
dsmic Of typhoid fever iu the vicinity Of
EuIrsElle. Caroline county, is also To-
ported
The evening times., 1901-09-26
ENGLISH ROADS IN BAD SHAPE.
Too Much Competition. Says a Visit
ing Railway Director.

PHILADELPHIA sept E.-G=orge
Clarence Cowles a director Of the Great
Eastern Railway Of England. arrived in
this country Few days ago % spend
month ar more for the benefit of his
health and Incidentally 20 study Ameri-
can railway methods Speaking OF the
present position Of the leading railroads
iu England he said.
british railroad companies are not in
as healthy condition just now as they
were five years ago Dividends have de-
creased somewhat This is due chiefly TO
the rise in price of coal and materials
Other causes are the increases IT. wages.
coupled with shorter hours. and the large
il rates and taxes the great outlay that
Is constantly going on 10 meet the adrti-
tt1Cai demands Of the Government the
Increasing opposition Of electric roads.
the unnecessary train mileage. and. above
all, the competition All these causes
have operated 10 reduce profits Not
Wlths-andinG these drawbacks, however
the leading railroads are still operated al
a substantial profit but, as I have said.
nothing is what q would De under favor
able conditions"
Questioned as to the ultimate results
Of this increase in competition and work
ing expenses he said
The outcome of unnecessary Competi-
tiOn Will in my opinion. be OF the great
est benefit 10 the large railroad compa-
uirs. for it means that the smaller enter
uTises viii be finally driven out Of the
field The United Kingdom is too small a
field for keen competition in the railroad
business 10 become profitable At present
the competition is tatUous. the capital tN-
UeulituTe without warrant. and the mile
age far in excess of needs During the
last twelve years working expenses have
gone I'D from = TO 90 per cent. which is
bound 20 sooner or later result In crush
ing Out the small railroads that have
last six wears When this has been ac-
compiished the leading railroad cOmpa-
uies viii ErI around again 10 their for
mer financially healthy condition. This
result is inevitable
The evening times., 1901-09-26
SEARCHING FOR PIRATES.
A New York Millionaire Conducts a
Hunt for Thieves.

NEW YORK. Sept 26.-Julian Town
send Davies a New York millionaire. who
owns a summer home at Babylon. J. J..
spent the entire day sailing about the bay
in naphtha launch iu quest Of the
thieves who robbed his yacht. the In
fanta. Of lead ballast worth 500 The In
fanta was moored near the mouth OF the
Sumpawams River.
Mr.. Davies went aboard the yacht and
found that the skyHsht had been broken
in, the flooring torn up. and the ballast
taken. The handsome furnishings had not
been disturbed AIr- Davies at once OBJ
tained q search warrant. and. in com
panv with Coutable FTiuger. started in his
launch in search OF the thieves \ dozen
or more craft were OVCThauled. but no
trace Of the ballast was found.
Mr. Davies said he believed the pirate
craft was large boat. as the thieves had
evidently been careful To use Tenders TO
prevent their boat from rubbing against
his. He thought they might return for the
furnishings. and he and his sailing mas
ter, both heavily armed. would remain
aboard the Iufauta. prepared to give the
predatory visitors a warm rect ptiOu.
The evening times., 1901-09-26
The TOBACCO CONVENTION.
Richmond Making Elaborate Prep
arations for the Meeting.

Efforts to Form National Associa-
tion Expected to Prove Successful.
Committees in Charge of the Va
rious Lines Of Preliminary Work.
RICHMOND. Va. Sept. 26-The com
mIttces OF local tobacco men are hard at
work upon the various features OF the ar
raug-mcnts for the approaching Cuuvrn-
tiou 60 be held in Richmond October 9, 4,
and 3, for the formation Of national as
sociation.
Plans are being maturod to make it
not only profitable. but pleasant. The
trade in the West as well as the South
Will toe largely represented. and what is
said to be a conservative estimate Of the
probable attendance made by q prominent
member Of the trade this morning places
the number Of visitors at $50.
Western trade papers glow with the
tOcSin 'On 70 Richmond" and enthus-
iasm in the proposed National Tobacco
Association has developed wonderfully in
every section.
There is no doubt that such an orgauiz-
alton will be formed. FOR tobacco men ev-
erywhere are imbued with the belief that
IN such an organization rests the salvation
of the trade outside the big trusts.
issue says upon this subject:
Mighty and powerful influences are at
work in the land seeking what they may
deyour. and deyouring with comparative
ease whatever strikes their fancy II is
In order to more effectively control legis-
lation, TO more effectively push independ-
ent enterprise, and the more effectively
protect those that are pushing themseI yes.
that this association viii be formed
1t is now. OF else soon Will be. a mat
ter as 10 how our independent big leaf
men. as well as manufacturers. can con-
tinue 10 do business The trust is scoou-
ing in every big interest on earth they
can reach, and there will be nothing LEFT
worth having if there is no ADEQUATE on
position 1t is yet time for compact
outside opposition organization. and as We
have before indicated, il must come from
and be started by the greater leaf house
interests. who have capital. home. and
foreign trade, or else Iatterly some Of
these will themselves De forced into the
trust"
The local committee on transportation
has succeeded in securing highly advan-
tageous rates from all tobacco sections of
the United States. The certificate plan
has been conceded by the traffic associa-
N4o--St "A4th Is a one ana Oue-IllTu rate
The following gentlemen constitute the
revised committees in charge Of the ar
rangements-
Reception Committee-C d Larus. a
St Clair Butler, l. 3. Vaughan, George
A Haynes, John F. Jacob, Joseph A
Dart, J. B. Montgomery. r. T. AIRING
ton, IT. J. y German. and w g Bent
ley.
Finance committee. l. Wingo. J. y.
4.vI-r -
son.
Railways committee NJ Taylor. NJ
@ Patterson. and l. G. TOmUkius.
Privileges CUmmittee-JuliuS \. H0bSOn,
W T. Reed. and Fred Noting.
Hall committee-H y. Vaughan. a. r.
Yarbrough, and ". L. HAZEL
Hotels committee. W. SpiCer. and 3
J.. EdwOnds
Entertainment C0mmittcc-JChn c. Ha-
gan. j. b. Lightf00t. G.. ". Spicer. w W.
Morton. and ". O.. Neal
Excursion cOmmiJtee-Al,ssrs W. W
Morton. W. &. Reed. :. r. Rose. and
Alexander Cameron. jr.
The evening times., 1901-09-26
IN THE OLD DOMINION.

The four Tuuaways who were arrested
a suffolk had escaped from the Laurel,
Va. RDfuTWItoTy
Daniel J. HuusieH.r. copuerSmith. died
IN Winchester yesterday. lie was eighty
1--WE years Of age and leaves five chill
drcn.
Patton Delphi, a Lee county constable.
while working under "a wagon yesterday.
dropped his pistol. which was discharged
and the constable killed.
The saloon Of san NaDas at Rcuwood
Va. was partially wrecked by dynamite
10y indignant citizens. Italians and Poles
were In the habit Of coueregatiur in n
rear room and holding meetings Of "a sus-
piciOus nature.
Hon. A. j. Montague addressed the v0t-
ers Of Fredericksburg and th, surround
ing country last night iu the court house.
The building was crowded. In the after
noon Mr. Montague visited the Frefer-
icksburg fair. At night he was scrcuadsd
by BOwcHng's band.
Tuesday while attending the funeral Of
w Morris Foreman. at Winchester, who
was killed on Saturday night by "a train
at CapOn Bridge, Miss Lula Carpenter
the seVeuteen-year-Old daughter of
Charles Carpenter fen To the floor urcou-
scious. She sustained "a fracture Of ,he
skull, and her condition IS critical
The evening times., 1901-09-26
COMING TO THE THEATRES.
The CoIumbia-Anna Reid.

Anna Held viii present her latest SIC
cess. The Little Duchess" at the Colum-
bla next Monday evening. The piece was
presented for the first time at FavEs
Opera House, Baltimore. last night. and
the management claims il is uo e,-asS,ra-
uou To- say that no such expenditure of
money has ever been made ON a musical
piece in this country OF iu Europe ass has
been done on The Little Duchess" The
costumes were all made I'm Paris some of
the dresses Cusriu-. it lS stated. $500 apiece
Tn, piece scored am instantaneous sue
cess. according to the Baltimore papers
The company includes Charles bsrIuw.
who has %. eU successfully Identified with
most Of Miss H,ljS American triGmphs,
Joseph Herbert Eva Davenport. Sydney
EarT@ClouEh. the famous English BARI
tone, George Marion. and chorus Of
girls who are said 90 be- remarkably hand
some. MCsSTS. De kOvcn ana Smith are
responsible for the piece, and lt ls said
that they have fitted Miss Held u 't-
The evening times., 1901-09-26
Biiou-stocs Bur1esque Compnnv.

For the second week Of the stock com
pany 1T the Bijou Theatre the manage
meut has arranged for q burIesquc on tho
widely known play "Arizcna." The stage
director. John Grieves. claims il is the
clcVeTest burlcsqUe that Dc has ever pre-
scented for the patronage of the theatre
gOcrs Of Washington. The production
viii require the services Of Emile Beau
pre-. May Audubon, Nellie v Nichols.
Bessie Phillips Lizzie Froligh. Fredc-ics
Cacy. Charles Rice. lew Harvey. Matt
Kennedy, John y. Rodgers. and George
Gale.
As q special feature Of the RifDu enter
tainm,nt next week there viii Doe shown "a
series Of moving pictures which viii re-
produce with ltslIk. fidelity an the i'm
UoTraut events following the shooting Of
President Mckinley ~ Buffalo including
pictures Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley isav-
ing the Milburu house uu the morning
preceding the assassination. the sc-rrs lu
Washington. AT tho railroad depot. NJ tha
White House. the line Uf march along
Peuusyl ylyaula Avenue. carrying the caskrt
UP the steps AT the Capitol the urluciuaI
events at Canton on ID, day Of the fun
Cral there. the final picture showing the
scene al the vault wherein tho remains
Of the dead President now rest
The vaudeville lil viii include Cush-
man. HolcUmb and Curtis iu their funny
act Rice and Lauy. the eminent German
entertainers, Lsm.ralda, who viii pre-
sent refined and high-class musical act
and Jules and Ella Carr.t-1u whose
achievements in the trayosty line have
been noted in this country and abroad.
and kitu- Bingham "a singer OF new
songs There viii De Tho usual daily
WarlugDS.
The evening times., 1901-09-26
FIGHT WITH A MAD BUCK.
A New York Physician Tells of an
Encounter.

Encounter.
NEW YORK. Sept 26-Dr Franklin +.
Sylvester, Of 90 Lexington Avenue. tells
a thrilling story OF an encounter with an
infuriated Long Island deer last Tuesday
out in the wild country around Lake Ron
konkoma. and displays a seriously inJur-
ed wrist and a much-mutilated buggy
whip as telling evidences Of his encounter.
Il had a call from a patient living near
Smithtown. L. T." said the doctor last
night. and at the St James Railroad sta
ti0n hired horse and buggy
THE route lay through a wild and dense
forest, the heart Of the deer-huuting dis
trict Of Long Island on my return that
afternoon when ] had reached The centre
Of these woods j looked ahead and saw
in tho road two bucks with locked horns
fighting furiOUsly one Of them seemed to
be a 5JJ-pOunder and was puu.shing his
adversary, a smaller buck. greatly.
Having long tally-ho whip. ] reach
cd forward and gave The big fellow a rap,
smaller buck dashed away, but the larger
one pulled desperately against my whip.
when he saw he was caught he turn
ed Hereby on the vehicle and plunged
against the forward wheels and al the
horse. The horse began TO run. ] found
myself with one hand 10 govern nv horse
and the other holding fast TO the whip
which still held the buck about the horns.
OF distance Of half block ] held
on 20 both, the horse running fast and the
buck dashing furlOusly first one way and
then the other. Then the whip broke. Ia.
lash coming loose from the handle and
the mad buck disappeared Ia the woods.
The evening times., 1901-09-26
REV. G. W. EBELING DEAD.
He Was n Widely Known Pastor mt
C=tOnsViIIc. Nd.

t@tOnSVilic. Md
BALTIMORE. Sept. 2G-Rev. George
w Ebelus, who for nearly -forty-seven
years was pastor Of the German Lutheran
Church at CatonsviHe. died yesterday
morning at his home I'm that village Mr.
Ebeiing had been an invalid since last
Easter and had Given up the active work
in connection Wkn the church because OF
failing tcalth.
His funeral viii take place at 3 p. ~.
tomorrow from Che church whose course
he directed for SO many years and in
raTmeEt viii Dee in the graveyard connect
"a with lhe church. Rev. NJ l. Euders.
who succeeded Mr. Ebeling at the church.
win conduct the services, assisted by
Rev +. O.. Ide, who VIII make an ad-
dress iu German. The paIlbearers VIII be
sN ueThews of the deCeased-NIessrE
Charles HeideI, jr., Ernest KeideI. Fred
orirE k,i3el Albert KeiIeI Ferdinand
k,ldal and George q. keiGeI.
AIr. Ebs.ing was born in WaImodCn.
Germany. in 1871. Ills father was for
many years Lutheran Bishop for the dis
triet Of Saizrityer, IN the Kingdom Of
Hanover. and Rev Martin EbeHag. q
younger brother OF the deceased. IS stiu
pastor Of "a Lutheran church In WaImo-
DEN Rev. Cs-oru. w. EbeUug attended
college az HuLesheim and BrauuS,hweia
and later tho University OF Go.ttiuEeu.
where ur graduated in lss2 Leaving The
university u" was for several years "a tu-
tor SO the family OF one Of tho nobility
.u l-2 D.. married Miss Marie kcidsl
daughter of Dr George keidei. a Go.eru-
mont physician. lie came To- America
with tL. family OF his bride and settled
IT CaJJus.ile as pastor OF the German
Lutheran Church there.
Tie was followed 10 Catgusyi-Ie by Dr
ksLl. who's. family stiI reside IN that
village. In addition r0 his lab0TS as "a
pas. or Mr.. ELeI-g did great deal Of
work as teacher OF languages and music
and WAS for uear'y forty years principal