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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-04
rHREE INTERPRETATIONS.
Crew Of Wrecked Wabash Train Had
Different Understanding OF Orders.

Crew OF Wrecked Wabash Train Had
Different Understanding Of Orders.
Adrian, Mich, December all Is expected
that the coroner's jury which has been IN
vestlgeting the causes Of the death Of the
victims Of the disastrous wreck on the
Wabash railroad near Seneca last wednes-
day night, in which many Italian imni.
grants were crushed and burned 10 death.
will render a verdict tomorrow.
The testimony this afternoon brought out
the fact that there were three different
interpretations among the crew OF the east
bound train No. Of the orders under which
the train was running. Conductor Martin
and Brakeman Dittman, who understood
the orders correctly. expected 90 pass No.
70 at Seneca and train 80. 3 AZ SAND Greek.
Engineer strong. whose misunderstanding
was directly responsible for the wreck, m
derstood that he was 20 pass trains Nos. II
and at sand Greek Firemsn Bastian ties.
tined that DC believed that they were "a
pass No. IL at Sand Greek and No. az
Seneca, Just the reverse N me way toe
orders read la reply 10 point blank ques
ton from the prosecutor, Engineer Strong
| admitted thst ~ wss his nlsunderstAndlnR
| Of the orders that caused the wreck
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is IN A DOUBTFUL STATE.
EXISTENCE OF PAN-AMERlCAN CON-
GRESS THREATENED.
Everything Depends on Today's Session,
the Result OF Which Is Now Re-
aarded as Extremely Uncertain.

Mexico city December a.rhis morning
the Pan American delegates and their fam
Hes were shown over the castle of Chnpu.
tcprc, particularly The military academy.
They went by Invitation OF the war min
istcr General bernardo Reyes.
Everything depends on tomorrow's scs-
sion OF the Pan American conference, IL
the discussion should lacomc acrimonious,
II IS 10y no means unlikely that the very
existence of the congress would he Inn
pcrllled. Mr. Raez OF Paraguay and Mr..
Berncio OF Argentine will speak again on
the Incident OF Mondays session, arising
out OF Mr.. Baez's speech on arbitration. II
their remarks do not call forth reply
from the Chlleans the session viii p1ss
smoothly and regular business be resumed.
but " anything happens 20 emhitter the
discussion the session win be more stormy
than that of last Monday
# is now considered Improbable that tho
now rule proposed by Mr.. Leger OF Hayt
viii he accepted. II is denounced by soma
Of tho south Americans as an attempt
TO gag discussion.
The arbitration subcommittee held a
meeting today but owing TO the engage
ment Of Mr.. Buchanan, who had 10 leave
| the meeting. nothing was accomplished
The committee on international court
/ Of claims held meeting aud decided 10
appoint subcomnittee % their members
/ 20 draw up a compromise measure MT.
Barrett Of the Quilted states viii probably
/ be chairman OF the subcommittee.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-04
DICK CROKER MUST GO.
TIE ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN
DEFINITELY MADE,
Boss Gives Out an Interview in Which
He Says He Intends TO Get in the
Shade Shortly.


New York, December o. David B. Hiu
has announced positively that there Is TO
be no harmony IN the New York Gamoc
rqcy as long az Croker Is on the stage.
This ded was TODAY followed by the an
nouncemcnt from Mr. Croker that he Ia
tended TO retro "shcrny. That may
mean hc is preparing TO light, but /, keeping
open his line OF retreat, or 1t may mead
that he is Of the has becns' and will
really get out Of the way
Harmony has not been promoted by the
action Of tho Croker. Mclaughlin members
Of congress In submitting 10 the democratic
caucus Of the house u representatives. a
new party platform without consultation
with David q Hin or his friends Hin
ncu denounced this action as an attempl
10y Croker to pose before tho nation as the
head Of the democrats OF Now York state
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AS VIEWED ABROAD.
Presidents Message Received With
Uncommon Interest.
IS GENERALLY APPROVED.
London Papers Appear Particularly
Pleased With II.
THE REFERENCE TO RECIPROCITY
VIII Probably Raise Howl in England
for Protection.
CAUSED A MILD THRILL IN GERMANY,
Message Indicates TO Germans That the
Feet OF Uncle Sam Are Well in
lmperialistio Path.
London Papers Appear Particularly
Pleased With II.
THE REFERENCE TO RECIPROCITY
VIII Probably Raise Howl in England
for Protection.
CAUSED A MILD THRILL IN GERMANY

London, December St-Practically all the
morning papers here publish long sum.
mary Of President Roescvelt's message to
congress.
The Daily News IN m editorial says: ut
shows bold man struggling with the
devllash Of party intrigue and is in re-
freshing contrast to the spread ca.lelsm
OF the early period Of American lingo
ism"
Most Of the afternoon newspapers pre-
fer to await the publication OF tho text
Of President Roosevelts message than
comment on the abridgemeut made public
here. The Pail Mall Gazette, however,
says that tho ideas contained in it are
those Of a wise head ARMY set on It's
shoulders"
The Pail Mall Gazette highly approves
Of the presidents suggestions relative to
represstye measures to prevent ms the
paper puts It, 'Amcrica from becoming the
dumping ground OF the blockheads and
staryllngs Of Europe"
The Westminster Gazette considers that
the reference ia the trusts spells a good
deal Of uncertainty for the American mar
ket."
The St James Gazette says; 1T Is graf
flying to find that the statesmen Of
country Ike the United States are not
afraid TO make proposal on the subject Of
anarchism, which on the surface are open
to the criticism thsA they arc subyersive
Of personal liberty. There is no surer
/ Sign Of true craftsmanship than the in
sight which realizes when good theory
becomes mischievous in practice"
president Roosevelts FIRST .ncssagc to
congress, said Lord Rothschild TO rep
rcsentatlve Of the Associated Press, "cer-
tainly seems satesmanllke and should pro
duce a good effect in England and the rest
Of Europe, where its careful, friendly ref.
erenccs TO the other powers will be much
appreciated But his declaration that re.
ciprocity must be treated as the hand.
maiden II protection win raise a howl here
in England for protective duties, II re-
I ciprocijy Is only TO be a handmaiden, It
Will not do !Slgland much good. This
enunclatou viii set on foot an unprecc.
deuted agitation forj the restoration Of at
least partial protection here"
do you think it at all likely to sue
cced?" Lord Rothschlld was asked.
Yes" be replied, I'm spite Of the history
Of the fetch Of free trade, would not be
at all surprised to see protection return Ia
England. What can we dof We have got
little we can now supply 20 the United
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-04
THE BIG JUMP IN NEW YORK.
Brokers Strapped in an Endeavor to Cover
Their Shorts and Save Themselves.

figures were made known. Before the close.
however me loss was reganed aud prices
were at their highest.
The market was exceedingly feversn dur
lag tho morning trading aud brokers wero
dIslnclIned 10 enter into any commitments
prior to the publication OF the government
report. The principal options were selling
about 100 within three minutes after the
report was read the tape recorded advances
Of DO points In ali the options Every ono
talked scent cotton and when the mar
kct closed brokers were wondering what
influence tho report would have on the
Liverpool market, for It Is generally under
stood Liverpool Influences We're exceedingly
bcarsh The houses with wire connections
IN the South did an Immense amount OF
business, mainly proht.taking.
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BANK rELLER,s sAoRTAeE.

Bank Of BalIston Spa, N. ", Lost $780,
600 and Was Forced 70 Close.
Washington, December 3.--rhe First Ma
tional bank Of Ballston Spa, N. Y. was
closed today by a vote Of the board OF
directors The comptroller Of tine currency
has issued q statement 10 the effect that
this action was taken on account or the
Charles D. Fitchman. amounting to $780,
600.
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Observation-Disclosures,
DUTIES ORDERED CUT Off.
Customs Officials Instructed to
Admit Goods Free.

Washington, December sit was
stated at the war department today
that the decision OF the United States
supreme court In the insular cases
does not call for any change in the
existing tarln arrangements in the
Philippines and that Il was not even
deemed necessary TO issue instruc-
lions 10 the civil governor OF the
Islands on the subject.
The secretary OF the treasury TO-
day issued to collectors OF customs
In the United states tclegraphic
order directing them 10 admit free
Of duty goods imported from the Pail.
ippinc Islands Following is the or.
der.
discontinue requirement entry and
collection Of duty on merchandise
shown by manifest Of vessel to be
shipped from the Philippines, Al
low free delivery goods in bond Dc
tain cigars and cigarettes untn In,
ternal revenue stamps nre affixed
under circulars 81 aud 50. current
year, Refunds will he made by GER
tilted statement whore protests are
duty dled"
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ana they made it very plain that no har-
mony proposition viii be Weu considered
until Croker has retired from politics, one
Of Hirs upstate rcutenants said today
Croker. after begging for harmony, In
suited the democrats of the State 10y send.
ing to the democratic caucus in Washing
ton Tammany platform and representing
that Il oppressed the views Of New York
democrats. or course, it VIII not gct any
consideration. croker ought 70 have learned
of sometl ing from the treatment he and
Hgl received at the Kansas City conyen
tion, but he has not. The democrats all
over rhe country regard lin as the leader
Of this State, and Croker as a burden ana
a DISGRACE to the party.
The Interview with Richeid Croker ap'
pears In The Evening Post and quotes the
Tummany leader as sayi ing; you won :
see much moro leading ON NY part in the
future. ! am getting old and worn out
and can't be field horse for everybody
any longer. admit that the lender ~
Tammany hall should stay In New York all
the ycat round, and ] can not stay here
for more than a part OF the year. II
tried TO stay OIL Of tic time I could do no
work at an. All this talk about my being
state leader and trying 10 dictate in Ma
tional politics Is nonsense am In no
condition to do any KIND OF leading, hut,
Of course. / viii always take deep interest
IN Tammnny"
When asked IL he was training anybody
TO succeed him as leader, he replied "oh,
! have not como TO that yet, and ] have
| not planned my future, except that | VIII
| go to England in January or February
/ The Tammany executive committee VII
meet next month and you may hear more
| ~ tho mntter then ~
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Presidents Use of Them in His Mes
sage Without Precedent.
THOROUGHLY REALISTIC OF THE NEW
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Is the Chief Comment Made the Message
Which Was Yesterday Sent to the
Fifty-seventh Congress.
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CAUSED THRILL ~ GERMAN.

CAUSED THRILL ~ GEhMAN1.
Berlin. December 3.-Thc message OF Pres
dent Roosevelt caused mild thrill In
Germany. on the boelsc, where II was
Eagerly awaited the message was received
with uncommon interest and the market
vas generally slightly stimulated upon the
hosting Of a bmletlp containing preslGent
Rooseyclfs utterlnge about trusts, The
shares Of the steamship companies fell I
ar . poipts on account Of the immigration
inspection paragraph and the proposed de
yelcpmcnt Of the merchant marine,
Several franclal journals aver that II tn .
IrItrd states be omcs possessed OF a com
n,f rcial Geet she VIII have 20 build II, 10
solnuch as the attempts 10 huy German
lines OF cleaners have been defeated.
President Roosege.ts words concerning
tn, restriction Of immigration contain an
unpleagant Suggestion In the present state
Of depression, when as the Bcrllner Yolks
Zeltung says the hard times make an over
flow OF the laboring population Of Europe
necessary. The free trade and liberal news
papers welcome the reciprocity recommendn
| lions. hut regret that President Roosevelt
aid not recommend specific tarih reduc
tion.
The first impression Of the president
uterranoes In German circles is that the
| repression Of anarchists By international
agreement is much more likely 70 bc ear
ried through upon Inc initiative Of ia,
United states than by that Of any othei
power An antl.snarehlst proposition froI
/ Germany along the same lines as thar o.
\ President RooseveIts is probably already OF
H. way 70 the siate department At Wash
ington.
The vosslsche zsitung says the presi
dents message indicates that the feet o
tho United states are well In the i'm
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WILL TAKE IT UP AT FIRST.

Northern Securities Company MOI 70
Bother With Lower courts
New York December S--lhe CONNER
clal Advertiser today SAYS that an the per
sons interested in he Northern SECURITIES
companv will Do about lmpeuains ls sl,es
Nh ne 70 vaise All proceedings 10 state or
iower courts 50 far as possible and nave
y. w =, Sacide5 eefti6ed 70 tbe supreme court
OF the United States
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rhree Killed by Explosion.

Bedford, Ind. December BIN a boiler
explosion mt saw mill at Yellowstone TO
day Marion Lutz, Perry Mitchell and Ellls
Henderson were instantly killed.
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swltehmen,s Strike of.

Pueblo, Colo, December 3.--rhe strike OF
local swltchmen on the Denver and Rio
Crande and Santa Zee reads was called on
today.
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. sosssssssossosossesssesssss,

perialstic path and that ventures abroad
seem TO agree with them
Taking the message altogether It has
been fayorohly received both popularity sud
oflclAlly
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eRowNLow LED THE LIST.
Tennessee Congressman intro
dueed 252 Bills in the House.

dUced GbG BiIIs m inc FIoube'
Washington, December j.--The
food Of bills is so great IN the house
Of representatives THAI the clerical
stan was kept busy all last night
and managed to get abreast Of 10
public and 1913 private bills, total
Of 1892. or about one-half of all
those introduced.
Representative Brownlow (Ienn)
led the list with 20 bills and rcso-
iutions
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Bills providing Tor new government
buildings at Eagle Pass aud San Angelo
have been introduced 10y Slaydcn.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-23
CONSTITUTION WINS.

New York, July. 23.-The Constitu- ton defeated the Columbia and won one of the cups offered by Commodore Lewis Cass Ledyard yesterday. The course was twenty-one and half miles long, eleven of which were be fore the wind with pinnakers, five miles beat and five and q half miles a reach with the wind aft abeam. The wind, which was from the south west by west. varied in force from seven to ten knots, and the sea was smooth On each point of sailing the Constitution made gains over the older boat, beating her minutes and z sec onds running; , seconds on the beat and seconds on the reach. The total gain made by the new boat was 4 minutes IS seconds. On the first leg she made such a good gain that it was not necessary to push her the rest of the journey, but if the Columbia had been near enough to make those on the Constitution hustle the new yacht would undoubtedly have done better on the second two legs.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-23
THE FIGURE TENDS FACTS

A gallon of water weighs ten pounds, a gallon of mercury 1875 pounds.
 Out of 1000 children, 60 boys die un- der five years old, but only 50 girls.
 Nine thousand tons of wire are made into screws yearly in Great Britain.
 One hundred and fifty cubic feet of cork to the ton, and only two cubic feet of gold.
 Tn 1900 the United States exported 120,0O0 bales of cotton. In 1900 she sold 9,436,000 bales.
 Manitoba is equal in size to the whole of the United Kingdom, but its total population is only 210,0o0
 The world gets sufficient heat from the sun in year to melt coat of ice 46 feet thick all over the globe.
 In the German empirethere are 2,91S public bathing establishments, an aver age of one to every 1s,Ooo inhabitants.
 Loamy clay will only absorb 21 grains hour, while good garden mold will take up 35 grains.
 Beer has on an average four per cent. of alcohol, cider eight per cent, claret 111s per cent. Port has 23 parts in the 100, and whisky 53 to 54.
 Thirty degrees of warmth above the average will make pendulum clock gain, with a. 59-inch pendulum, eight seconds in 24 hours. This is because the heat lengthens the pendulum by 1--12sth of an inch.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-23
SCIENTIFIC TID-BITs.

Mercury's year is only Ss days, that of Venus 225 days and of Mars 6s7 days.
 Applied to a burn, where the skin is not yet open, turpentine quickly alleviates the pain.
 MT. Morris K. Jesup has perfected an arrangement by which the Amer ican museum of natural history and the South Kensington museum will exchange exhibits.
 Acetyline black produced from the carbon of acetyline is of excellent quality, fineness and purity. By req son of it's very fine division acetyline black seems particularly suited for the production of india ink.
 The Arnold arboretum. in the sub- urbs of Boston, has carried on it's highly interesting and important work on a very slender income Steps are now being taken to raise $500, ,o0o in addition to the present endow- ment.
 The Massachusetts institute of technology has held examinations in London for the entrance of pupils to the Boston institution. The London Engineer says: "It would seem that American competition is not to be confined to commerce in the future..' .''
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-23
ENGLIsHMAN DEFEATED.
W. S. Fem Won From Gascoyne at
 Hartford Last Night.


 Hartford. July 23.-About 1000 peo- pie went out to the Velodrome track on Albany avenue last evening to see the International bicycle pursuit champion ship race between w. $. Fem of Bris- tol, representing the United States, and T. J. Gascoyne, representing England. The skies were threatening before and during the racing and this kept many away from the track. Those who went, however, enjoyed fine evening of sport, as the rain obligingly held off until the preliminary amateur and the big professional race had been finish ed. A start even was made ill the ten mile open race, but before two laps of this had been traversed by the riders the rain came down heavily and put the course in so slippery condition as to make racing hazardous and the event was called off.
 At 9 o'clock the race between Fenn and Gascoyne was called. The former is well known and popular in this vicin- ity. A young rider, he has rapidly put himself in the front rank of the cycling stars, has defeated several first class men and holds the worlds five-mile rec ord of 10:33 2-5. Gascoyne has recently come across the water and has a high reputation for speed and endurance. He has never been defeated in an un- paced race in England. He is an older man than Fenn and did not show the dash and spirit of his young antagonist. The race between these two was for 8 purse of $125. Tenn had little difficulty in defeating the Englishman, who was said to be somewhat out of condition.
 Fem started on the east side of the track and Gascoyne on the west. From the pistol shot, the American, with nu- merous flights of speed. began to close the gap. Gascoyne seemed to be mak- ing waiting race of the five miles cut out for him, for he plodded along with no apparent effort to spurt away from Fenn. At the sixth lap Fenn had ma- terially lessened the gap and the crowd began to cheer and the band to play "Yankee Doodle" This seemed to in- spire him to greater efforts and he soon had the Englishman at his mercy. Gas coyne made short rally, but it was of no avail and amid the cheers of the audience Fen overlook him fifty yards beyond the fourteenth lap. This was less than one-half of the five miles race s limit. the distance being two and two thirds miles and fifty yards. The time of the winner was 5:06.
 The other races on the program were the one-third mile open, with flying start for amateurs. the half mile handi- cap for amateurs and the ten-mile op- en. The two first named were success fully completed, but the ten-mile was stopped by the rain. After the wedding out by the heats, Joseph s. Fulton of Brooklyn. N. Y, won the one-third mile and Oscar Diggs of this city took the handicap.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-23
ROGER IN UNIFORM OF BLUE
Helped To Whitewash His Old
 Waterbury Team.

The Game Was Interesting and Excit-
 ing to the Finish-His Only Hit Was
 a Sacrifice to Center FIeld-Players
 Had a Scrappy Time at New Lon
 -Meriden and Bristol Played
 Thirten Innings-Scores of tine
 Games.
 Tn a happy frame of mind Roger CoDnor, the star first baseman Of the league, must have been last night, for he had the pleasure of seeing his old team beaten by New Haven, not only beaten, but whitewaShed. 1t was Rogers first appearance in this city as a member of the New Haven team. As he stepped to the bat for the first time in the second inning he was VIZ orously applauded and was presented with q bouquet of flowers. Ramon and Clancy were the opposing twirlers, and the game was a pitchers battle, with the former having shade better of the battle. The visiting twirler had speed to burn and the local players were unable to hit when hits would mean runs MatthewsOn was on the initial bag for Waterbury. while Wal Ter played right field. Waller has lost his batting eye and yesterday he would have needed a step-ladder to hit sev- eral of the balls he struck at. New Haven made their first tally in the fifth. Fitzmaurice singled and Luchia was sufficiently kind to do the same thing. Kuhn made a hit along the third base line and Fitzmaurice was thrown out from Waller to McCor- mick Bernard flew out to Courtney. Bone then came to the bat and drove out a twO-bagger, scoring Luchia. Hafford banged one to Mccormick, who threw him out at first. In the eighth two more runs were added 10 their score. Bone started the inning by banging out what would ordinarily be a single, but Waller was slow in fielding and the ball shot past him. Bone was on third when the ball was returned. Hafford singled and went to second, when Courtney let the ball go by him. Bone scored. Canayan sacrified and Connor did likewise, sending a long fly to deep center. Half ford scored. Ramon made a single, but was left. and FitZmaurice was thrown out from Fitzpatrick to Mat thews. Waterbury was close to SCOT ing in the fifth and sixth innings. With one out in the fifth, Matthews walked to first on a gift by Bannon On a sacrifice hit by Waller he went all around to third. Clancy was next at the bat. but he struck out, while Captain Fitzpatrick was out from Can- avan to Connor. In the sixth, with two out. Mccormick made a three bagger. but was left, as Murphy went put from Canayan to Connor.
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