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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02

ane TACT exists that In Los Anseioa ona
aSi " make money pediiing ont crude full
month W. barrel. Or AZ The rate 81 81 a
VIVA, 4. ivr htchen fuel. about one-tnfrd
or coal so A"in'N Tot gas
whether the burners in use nv me norm.
ern ~, housewives are entirely satisfactory
nnvt uVfs not seem 10 he tnoronghlt *
ssnuiisned In Los Angeles. hnt is thev
suuuin prove to be so, with tho nrescft
paicss for fuel In this city, there Womb
m wnr 70 ,oo9 pc possibility Of disposlng ~
nvary 1000 barrels Of OF dav for doines.
l,S Inel In this city. to saw nofhing ~
oSn ns towns 10 Southern California
co rne stare &C large should crude OIL be,
,s9hne popular domestic fuel could fnr.
Hlsn market In the families Tor frc9,
$1,000 TO 30OO,0Do barrels Of oil 4 YEAR.
aha when brought into common use 81. 20
nr,oo ~ Wouil seem &c be d maximum
pi .J 20 re paid AT any point on the rail-.
roaus Tor oil delivered IN barrel lots. the
hesenI value on board ears In patlann
~ cali .,., lots now being but about 10
rsnts, while the margin left for the retail.
ers Is very high at $3.50.
~ would seem, however. that petrolenn,
gss, even under the most favorable method
~ os,ns oil, would he the preferable fuel,
cain Is made that fuel gas can he mo.
cents cest a thousand feet: at which rate the
tween 81 and Sl,50. With gas an ne s Se
noyance OF greasy fuel Is dispensed with.
h Inu the maximum Of cleanliness about the
ktchen is easily attained
In Los Angeles and most cities nlutni.
hntlng gas and fuel gas are served through
the same mains, making 1t neressar, H.
Keep the STANDARD OF the gas to a high
point and thus increasing its cost NM
the price charged in this city has heen
steadily tending downward for several
years, now having reached Si25 with 4
promise 81 81 rate from new producer.
,ias at 81 thousand feet Is cheaper
fuel than crude petroleum at 81. 80 a bar
rel. the Oakland rate, and IS but about 81
q month more expensive than would be
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
TWO MEN SHOCKED TO DEATH.
One of Them Tried to Aid His Companion
and Lost His Own Life.

came at once. whltworth had dropped the
coil he was holding and when he saw the
horrible position of his fellow.w workman ne
rushed forward TO snatch the wire away.
The act of unselfsh devotion was his last.
AS soon as he touched the suspended wire
he, too. became the Victim of the electric
current Whltworth was married, leaving
a wife and little boy to mourn his un-
timely death. He came here from Hughes
Springs, Texas, and was n brother of Mali
Carrier whltworth. Potts was recently
married to Miss Birdie Montgomery Of this
city,
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special to The Post,

Shreveport, La, August / foreman
Potts and wbtworth, two linemen Of the
Cumberland Telephone company. who were
working on the wire near sudlIn's store,
on Texas avenue. were shocked to death
this afternoon They were stringing Gov
cred wire and the line gave out where
upon Foreman Potts came to the ground
and joined the ends. He was cautioned
that the fastening was Insecure. but re-
marked that It would give him no trouble,
again mounted the pole. When the exposed
part struck the leak in the trolley, death
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02

Austin, Texas. August There Is an
article In the Austin Statesman Of this
date 10 the effect that state "There
Is no doubt hut that the governor viii
suggest an appropriation In his mgssags
for be gave me assurances that he would
nj an officers school when he was at
camp Mahry That the recommendation
WIN have a good effect | firmly believe"
i hive made no such statement TO any
ono. am not In the habit of lntimating
what my superior will do under any cir
cunstanccs without authority.
Referring to an interview supposed to
have been made by Captain Roach Of Dial
las in which the following statements are
made: sit Is true that the Volunteer
Guard has determined TO disband u pres
ent conditions are not changed before
september /. although we had hoped the
matter would not get Into the newspapers
or. become public Mt this time. II is a
fact hat a meeting OF the commissioned
officers of the guard was held at Austin
JUS; before the close OF the State en-
equipment lust week at which II was de-
cided that ell commissions should be Mt
In and designations made on September |
In the event that the special session OF
the legislature does not make an apprc-
tflatlun sufficiently large to satisfactorily
maintain the militia.
~As matter OF fact some OF the officers
have already flied their designations Toe
men are with the officers ID this matter
and II the officers resign the companies
viii disband The state legislature here.
tufore has not treated the militia rlsht.
Only approximately $500 We're appro-
priGted al the last session about SLIGO per
man per year. The way matters are going
on now service IN the militia Is q nari-
ship and financial burden to the men
and officers At the recent encanpment
many OF the latter had TO meet heavy
financial draft on their personal resources
Tor the expenses that should have been
borne by The State.
Governor sayers was with the men in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
ORANGE NEWS NOTES.
Shorter Workday Has Been Put into Ell
feet at the Sawnnills.

lI(A a. AbN OdFsfiiH0s
Orange, Texas, August 1,-~Pursuant TO
the announcement made several weeks ago.
the D. R. wingate Lumber company, Or
ange Lumber company, L. Miller Lumber
and ShingIe company and Bancroft Lum-
Der company inaugurated the tenhonr sYs-
TEN today, the whistles blowing 20 20 10
work al o'clock. Instead OF q. as here
tofOre The I.utcher Moore Lumber COM
pany has been running their mill on The
ten hour sfeteIn for the past two weeks.
The mills at Orange closed mp the July
shipments BY sending away eighty cars on
the last day OF the month. the larges
shipments for one day that have been made
for some time and, considering the fact
that only four OF the mills were IN opera
ton is a good days business
Parties driving 10 Lakryiew. the resort
on Lake Sabine, ten miles below Orange,
that has become so popular, can now drive
down to that place in comfort, an excellent
shell road having been built by the county,
assisted by subscriptions from individuals.
The tug George Seaiy. Captain Charlie
Davis, Brought tank barge loaded with
oil up 10 the Cow Bayou Irrigation and
canal coinpans's pumping plant Oh Cow
bayou Today from Port Arthur. Captain
Davis reports the water hyacinths so thick
la Cow bayou ne TO almost Impede naytga.
ton, but says the salt water has killed
them out OF Taylor bayou.
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Work Beaun at Nacoedoohes.

Nacogdoches, Texas, August 1.-The
Mammoth OIL, Mineral and Land COM
pany punctured the earth yesterday for
oil one mile south of Chirmo on the Polly
sot creek and twenty miles east Of this
town. This company has the latest Inn
proved machinery. and expert men who
have had long experience in the oil bust,
ness 70 handle Great things are expected
from this first wei and If surface indicn-
tions mean anything oil will be found in
abundance.
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Rank Denosits.

Beaumont, Texas, August individual
deposits in Beaumont banks have Increased
COO per cent In little over six months.
according to the quarterly statements Of
the four banks OF this city inst published.
al the close on business on December 81.
when the town had only two banks, their
eoinl.Ired deposits were S69l, SIS. aud On
July "a the amount OF Individual deposits
had increased TO $3,36g,5S7. Now that re-
turns on many investments are beginning
10 come in, IL is believed this amount will
be greatly increased during the next six
months
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Iown COW Voted out.

Dalias. Texas, August 1.-The city OF
Oak Clin, just across the river from Dallas.
had novel and interesting election to-
day contest to decide the rights or
the town COW" was fought to bitter
end and an ordinance compelling owners
Of stock to keep them confined was de-
feated Nearly 400 votes were polled and
the COW won by majority OF twenty-six
votes An unusual feature of the election
was the presence of many ladies al tue
polls. all Of them working for the enforce
meEt Of the stock law ordinance.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02

son have no appetite for your meals
sa,ae;hing Is wrong with your digestion,
is.n~ n,, boweis Prlckly Asa B'tters
eleanses and strengthens me stomach.
r ti.tar and cheerfulness. Capitol Pharmacy,
,gss r sfreet. Abbott cockrell a. Co.
~ Nein street: A. Y. KieslIng, oO2 Main
street: special agents.
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Marlin Matters.

Marlin. Texas. August 1.-The Marlin and
Calvert bali team played the hrst OF
series Of games here yesterday resulting
x,etber game VIII be played today.
O AZ, Davis has sold 70 Frank Peacock
Ms Iof and building ON the square FOR a
49, rls,c bsndsotne residences Of J. A. Dun
k,,m and George Frank are nearing compile
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02

Washington. August 1.--Regarding the
question Of forfeiture OF Oklahoma land
selections on account Of marriage OF women
successful In drawing. Secretary Hitchcock
said today that the interior department
always held that married women were
not authorized 70 make a homestead eniry
except where they have been Abandoned
and deserted by their husbands.
"a woman not only must he qualified
when registering or drawing her number,
the secretary added, "but must he similar
~ qualified later when she applies 10 make
entry.
Marriage Of a single woman after max
Ing entry, however. does not defeat her
right TO title and patent II she continues
10 reside upon the land and comply with
other conditions OF the homestead law"
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ALL HOMES ARE DRAWN.
There Will Be No More Winners An.
nOunced at FL Reno.
MANY TEXANS WERE SUCCESSFUL
Estimated that at Least 1000 OF the
Homes Drawn viii Go by Default
on Part Of Winners.

FL Reno, O. T., August 1.-The drawing
OF vii ming numbers IL the United States
land lottery was concluded today, $4,000
enyelcnts having been taken from the
wheels, $500 for each land district. The
crowd atout the platform on which the
drawing took place was much smaller than
on p;ev' Gus days.
BEGINNING August @. 125 names IN each
district VIII be called daily for sixty days
for the fling OF hcmeftead entries. The
e5timate is made by q government oihe,el
that in each land district, 1000 OF the
800 numbers viii rS' be taken Gsr IN Xxx
viii be disqualified or who Will leave the
country. believing thcli claims 20 be worth
less This will leave only $500 persons
who will make entry IN their respective
TWO thousand will be left for the wagon
emigrants and others who have been ~
the country for months and failed TO draw
humber. At the end Of sixty days these
persons can 70 immediately 70 the land OF
dee and file or II they settle upon nome
stead IN advance of any other person, they
can remain thereon three months before
filing their entry
Homestead speeuators who registered for
the sole purpose Of selling their prize II
winners, are already seeking 10 sch relin
auishments OF their claims Among the
names drawn today we're tue following
III Reno District.
y. Il. Smith, Fort Worth.
j. j. Crane, Paradise.
w j. Emmett. Dallas.
A. ]. Kyner. Dallas.
]. d. Kilgore, Fort Worth.
John X. Foster, Dalins-
Lawton District.
William Keeso. Vernon.
Charles A. Schiritz. Cameron.
II. j. Woods, Golden.
j. j. Gamer. Henrietta
j. A. Knight, Henrietta.
Thomas A. Galbreath. sherman.
William T. Bailey. Denison.
r. b. SCHULZ Denieon.
II. w. Pope. Dallas.
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y Ne 1850 Oil Burners in Oakland
Kitchens.

Ne lfoo Oil Burners in Oakland
|, Kitchens.
i0's Commercial.
!, .sse'es, july 29.-The announcement
NY. ION oakland, Cal, that 1850 crude
An have been attached TO the
,s'eses Of that city. The remark
s,u'e Of this Is that one would ex-
N.Y.. 'anoFation of this character to be
", "A generally In community
4. 3 ! PRODUCED, and is consequent
~ . !. AS it figures out. ae-
&n ue data published by Oakland
',,,,' I sfens that crude oil in that city
81 NJ a about $3.50 a barrel, and
Y 4 bs,1a,a Kitchen stove consumes
i monsh Mhlch costs no More than
eger snl certainly a big improves
tsn aeSaSesaialng with which California
--------.enleu M the past, aud yet
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MtzOza
CLEARANCE SALES


A most clever purchase enabled us to sell
Si2.so, SIS and sis Suits Of Tropical
FlannelS AZ $40 and g.. Now you can
have your choice OF any Of az 70
these fine Seasonable Suits .N0.Hkg
for YOaOO
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Iia1s will your cold be
/. a. ~ Worse, probably.
\ ~ : cold, then a cough,
\. bronchitis. Colds al
n Nnu downward. Stop
Is,,' s,rllcAly with Ayers
ssArra co. l.-.u. s...
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
TEXANS ARN DRAWN.

Fort Worth. Texas. August LIP TO last
night Texans had drawn $50 claims In the
Oklahoma government drawing, 80 In the
I'll Reno aud 364 In the Lawton districts.
II IS expected GOO claims will come 20
're1as ont of the 1900. Fifteen Fort
Worth citizens sslve drawn homesreads, \
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-08-02
AMMOCKS
C. L. & THED. BERING
MAIN ST. AND CAPITOL AVE.
MOVEMENT OF OCEAN VESSELS.



Por. Eads La.- Arrived: Amoni tbr'e
from Galveston; PenIse tBrl. from 81
Vincent. Cape de Verde; Gender lNor3,
from Bluehelds; Louisiana tamil from
New York: Brafond GNor.l, from ceiba:
Lady Lewis ur.l. from ST. Lucia Ala
bana QSor). from Port Lilnoni Sailed:
chalmette (Anl3 Tor Havana: Firam sNor9,
for BlneheIds, VIA Cape Graeiasi berchtor
Dr). for Hamburg; Cayo Mono sitfJ i9f
icrdon. via Newport news; ~ CD lAnils
for New York: Esther tAm.l for Port h ~.
riee yla Belize aud Li}ingstel5 Ankeim
(I3ri for Puerto CoTtezs YIN brla<ef oNh-
nIya fNpr) FOR Celia.
Kev Most. Fla Arrived. Concho, from
New York. and sailed for Galveston
lizard Passed: Cayc Largo lhr-l, Ncm
Galveston for Hamburg:
Ballimore Sailed ---l<fkum t1erl lof
Nen York Arrifed: Deufkehlaud, from
Hamburg: State 81 Nebraska, from Glas-
gov -s~
Ga @w O xR X a.
Issa-. lie las KID Yes I!a.s I!ss!s Bought
s'', Z ZxxzZzzssx
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MONTREAL The Montreal Star edlfov
isllS claims that the Dominion ~ CnnadiD
T5& not want reciprocity with the Unite5
Aates'
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MALARIA CAUSES BltiouSNESS.
Grcye's Tastsless Chill Tonic removes
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FOR PALE. slcKLY CHILDREN.
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic.
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MALARIA 'MAk&- xOLfwEAk.
Groves Tssteless - Tonic makes yos
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Thin Clothes Reduced

All the Alpacas, Sicilians, unlined SER
ges, Crashes, Linens, ETC., reduced
quarter and third.
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FUEL OIL FOR KITCHENS.

|ans ~, shares Drummers, at 4Oc; %
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15
DO NOT NEED orAER NATIONS.
Secretary Wilson Declares United States Can Produce All Its
 Own Clothing.

Secretary Wilson, of the department of agriculture, is quoted in Washing ton dispatch to the New York Tribune as saying in an interview about the work his department is doing:
 ''There is no doubt that this country within a few months will be in posi- tion to ignore every other nation on the globe in the matter of food prod ucts. We will produce within our own domain everything that goes upon our tables and upon our backs. We will then be, commercially and industrially, almost independent of the other nfa- tions of the world. Hence any trade |>combination which may be effected against us will count for nothing. Whenever we get ready we can come pretty near starving any other nation Therefore an effective combination against us will be an nimpossibility.
 MT. Wilson then went on to say that steps are being taken to begin the rais- ing of hay in the Philippines, primar- ily for the horses and mules which the government has there. The depart ment experts are experimenting with coffee and it is expected that some thing will be accomplished toward its cultivatio during the fiscal year in our insular possessions. Rubber will be cultivated extensively, the secre- tary says, before long in Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15
WOULD DECEIVE THE BEASTS.
Park Commissioner CIausen, of New York, Plans Landscapes for
 Their Cages.

Park Commissioner Clausen, of New York, is thinking of ways to make life pleasanter for the animals in the menageries. He has planned to have appropriate landscape paint ed on the walls of their cages-a jungle for lions, forest for the mon keys, etc. It is the observation of men who know good deal about an imals that they are utterly incapable of understanding anything pictorial. Animals depend upon smell for iden- tifying things. Mir. Clausen has not heard of this.
 While he is planning his picture for the animals the people who frequent the parks find that the free benches stand almost all in the sunlight and that the pay seats which he has all lowed G. E. Spate to place in the park are all in the shade.
 Police Commissioner Murphy has taken a hand in the pay-chair con- troversy by issuing an order that ar rests are not to be made 'sfor occu- pying the chairs when placed in shady spots to the detriment of the regular benches."
 The citizens, Col. Murphy observes, own the parks and are to be first served.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15

and songs, is given, and nothing could be more natural than the man ner in which these gay little Thes- plans perform their several parts.
 The explanation is simple. They are neither mechanical marionettes nor projections from a cinemato- graph, but real living beings, who, though concealed from the audience, are, nevertheless, distinctly visible through the reflection of a mirror. These persons are actors, and it is their motions that the spectators see. The phonograph does the rest, since it furnishes the words and the mu- sic, which seem to come from the mobile lips of the marionettes.
 The transformation of the living actors into little creatures not larger than dolls is simply the result of their reflection in the mirror. Ac- cording to the laws of optics the re- duction cs size is proportional to the square of the distance between the living actors and the mirror, and, if the dimensions of the theater per- mitted it, spectators would be able to see marionettes even smaller than those now exhibited. A further re- duction of size, however, is not desir- able, as it is evident that if the ma rionettes were smaller than they are now the spectators would not be able to see the minor details distinctly, and thus would naturally lose inter- est in them.
 Not only from theatrical, but also from scientific standpoint" ," says M. Guy Kerlande, "this exhibi- ton is most interesting, since it is a genuine novelty and one which has been obtained in simple manner by putting to practical use one of the we'll known laws of optics.''
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15

instance, how could you git the best of the company just takin' up tickets of which the company knows just how many is issued?@
 '-You can't get the best of it on tick cts" replied the conductor, "but some times a passenger boards train in such a hurry that he hasn't time to purchase a ticket and we collect his fare in cash I knew a conductor once, Bill Scruggins was his name, who made considerable out of cash fares; and yet Bill claimed that he always gave the company it's proper portion" /"
 .-How's that?' asked the rural tray eler.
 Well, Bill has a good route for cash fares-he used to run an accommoda- fion-and when he came near his last station he'd take all the money he had collected and throw it up in the air. Whenever part of it stuck to the bell rope he gave to the company, the rest was his"
 q expect the wear and tear on thet there bell rope didn't amount to a great deal"
 q expect you're right about that; and yet they say that ten-dollar bill got caught on it one day"
 Then suppose he turned that in to khe company"
 Well, I believe Bill did intend turn ing in that note; but when he took it down he found it was folded so derned peculiar that it just had to stick to that bell rope if it come anywhere near it, and so he didn't think he'd had square deal"
 ~What did he do about it?"
 "Had passenger change the note Into silver and threw it up again."
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15
BIG JOB FOR ouARTERMAsTER
Uncle sam Pays Out $12O,O61 ,37S Dur ing the Year for His Army
 Expenses.

The uuartermaster's division of the office of the auditor for the war de- partment closed its record of work done during the fiscal year which end- ed in June with a showing greater in volume by almost 50 per cent. than that of any previous year in the history of the treasury.
 The grand total of expenditures thus audited is S12O, O,O61, ,37s, or over 23h per cent. of the entire cost of the govern ment. It is divided as follows: Quar- termaster's disbursements, $73 ,000,- 900; commissary's, $29,0O0,O0O; engi- neers', $1s.0Oo.ooo.
 The total number of monthly ac- counts settled was 16,4S1, involving the examination in detail of 2,340, ,O00 vouchers. These covered transactions - in the taels of China, yen of Japan, rupees of India and Ceylon, francs, marks, and pounds of Mediterranean countries, Mexican dollars of the Phil ippines and pesos of Cuba, all of which had to be reduced to the domestic standard and so stated in respect to each officers accounts that the treas ury might know his exact indebtedness at glance.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-15
Frog. Rain Down on Minneapolis.


 When the storm was at its highest pitch at Minneapolis the other day and the wind forced sheets of rain against closed doors and windows, the clouds assumed suddenly a cyclonic shape and turned dark and threaten ing in the northeastern part of Minne- apolis. All at olire there appeared, as if descending directly from the sky in the direction of the wind, a huge green mass, looking so much like a cyclone that the usual precautions for safety were made. When the storm abated and the wind ceased in fury, a surpris- ing scene met the gaze of those citizens who threw open their windows and doors to get the benefit of the cool air. Three inches deep and covering an area of more than four blocks was a eollec- ton of a most striking variety of frogs. So thick was the consignment of 'quackers" that in some places on the sidewalks and in the streets navi- gation was impossible.