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LOSSES TO RAILROADS.
4eavy and Continuous Raina Have Been
Disastrous

Heavy and Continuous Raina Have Been
Disastrous
Galveston, Texas December &c. A rail
road manager informed Tho Post CORE
spondent this morning that tho damage sus-
tulued bJ the railroads ~ the stste dur.
Ing the past two months from rains had
boon grentcr than IA the twenty ave yenrs
preceding without attempting 10 give u
definite estimate he stated that Il would
exceed that ordinarily expected 81 this
season ~ the year 10y fully 81 100000 The
damage has not been so much in The nature
NJ wpshouts aud bridges cnrried away, but
The rnlnB have continued so long and steady
that the roadhcds have been softoncd nil
over the StHte, IN many cascB before The
damage could be repaired another rain
would come and render tho track In even
n Woran condition than furmCry Some "
the roads have had TO abandon n portion
81 their tract temporarily while n under
went repairs and arrange 10 use tho track,
/ ~ some other company
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Handsome New Signs.

The International aud Grent Northera
railroud yesterday received ana placed in
front Of the city tickct office humber OF
handsome signs, which add greatly 10 the
appearance OF the office. The slgus, which
are upright aud are placed around the four
posts in front OF the of0ce. are ut bright
red, with the letters In gold. They were
made In the shops Of the road mt Palestine,
aud are the handsomest things In the
way Of signs IN houston The signs beur
the inscription, a. and q. A., ~ Main,
the Texas Railroad"
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n aFIver'sy An,,os

Ottawa, KAN. December &c. Mssourl
Pacific freight train 30. J, Known ~ The
colorado Flyer, due here at o o'clock last
nigiit left the truck lust east Of nanto,,I
mud the whole trau, With he exception ~
the sleeper. turned over into tho ditch
Nobody was killed ana only six persons
we're slightly injured.
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CATTLE IMPORTS FROM MEXICO.

Total For the Past Eleven Months Is
Much Smaller Than Usual.
Imports Of Mexican cattle for November
aggregated lo.Ott, against 10,ts3 for NoYen'-
Der Of last year THIS makes a total Of o.
692 for eleven months, against oS56 for
the corresponding period Inst year The
indications are that the total for the year
win be much smaller than for many years
previous The bulk Of the imports were
~ mud IS that went 20 California FOR
grazing. Clerk West " Colonel Deans Of
Ave has prepared the following table show
ing the Kind Of cattle Imported and the
number received mt each port Of entry
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Passed Throunh Houston.

Mrs. julius Kruttschnitt and children
passed through Houston yesterday, en- route
from sun Francisco to New Orleans. Mrs.
kruttschnttt is the wife Of Vice President
Kruttschnltt Of tho Southern Pacific sys.
ton, aud her home was formerly I'm the
Crescent city.
During her residence here, while Mr.
kruttschuitt was stationed in Houston, her
charming personality won her many friends
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Fort Worth and Denver City Changes
w. n. sterlcy has been appointed gen
eral freight agent and A. A. Gllsson gen
oral passenger agent OF the Fort Worth and
Denver city railway with headquarters at
Fort Worth. The Office OF assistant gen
eral freight and passenger agent, formerly
hold by MIR. Sterley, and that of general
agent of the passenger department, former
ly held by Mr.. Gibson, have been abol-
ished. h. u. Van Zandt has also been APP
pointed puymaster, vice Ed Ledwige, re-
signed
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win Need ermlnaIs at CIeburne

Cicburnc, Texas December 2t-Judgc ",
r. Ramsey was In Austin Saturday and he
saw MIR. Il, IL, Baker, who stated that the
Trinity aud Brazos Valley would be built
into Cleburne by July - and that Gle
hurne would he the terminal OF fnc road
for long time, and large terminals would
be needed.
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Sepultured In s,,o,,

lincoln, Neb. December % Iritv ma.
seugers on Huntington train running from
Denver 10 peadeood. were buried bencatt
fen feet Of snoW for twenty hoprs. Tbev
perc rescued late last night atiar ~,
hours .wors Mercer Neb wep The place
place ~ small, aud the train had ~ a raft
The arrival ~ help. ""a"
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BIaekweII. md and renas RalIroad.

G. r. Herring has been made first vice
president OF the Blackwell, Enid and Texas
railroad, Secly Dunn second vice president
aud general manager, l., @. Hawkins sccre-
tury and treasurer, and G. j. Bushmeycr
secretary aud treasurer OF the same road,
Headquarters will be at Vernon.
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The Eaetern texas RalIroad.

Preliminary surveys have been made FOR
tho extension OF the Eastern Texas rail
read from Kcnucr 10 Crockett. q distance
OF eighteen miles, +. A. Mccarthy. CHER
engineer, Is In charge OF the work
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rs keeping the liver active the syktcm n
cleansod 81 impurities and Is enahlcd to
ward % Diseases
OxIDiNE ~ the best ldrer h0d Nalanai
Tonic sold. Asb your druggist,
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Coaeition improved.

The many friends OF MIR. aud Mrs Horace
Booth will be much grlltihcd TO learn
that the condition Of their daughter Ma
thilde, who has been seriously M for the
past two weeks. with an attack ~ typhoid
fever, Is somewhat improved, and that she
is slowly recovering,
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IhtlN 3 %. AssIeNMEMT
Statement as TO the Liabilities Nominal
and Actual Assets.
tspoclal to The rost)

New York December - rhe schedules
IN the assignment ~ Gustavc A. jain n
Co. importers Of sugar molusses aud rice
at No 0s Wall street we're aed today Ia
the supreme court hy wlngatc s Cullen.
attorneys FOR the Arm, They show linbi
tiles slgi. sol nominal assets 5000 ~, act.
nni assets S6e,7hS Justice Scott liked the
bond Of the assignee at 10000.
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There are limitations or OXIDtNE, but
none Of them comOare with the genuine,
On lpINE cures Chllis Feyers and ali Ma
latial proublps The lmliatlonJ FAIL
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DOCTORS FAILED.

n. ~ Green ~ Canandsigua. ~ s., Aays.
some years ago ! commenced 10 bleed
snm Tue kidneys, passed quantities OF
blood, aud was badly Aenrea. noctU,s ana
medle1nes failed to stop the now. until /
tried pr David Kenncdy's FayOrlte Rem.
edy lhat cured me-"
pr, David kenuedy's Fayorite Remedy
gives energy NE aud power TO the Md.
neys, II causes the kidneys TO purify thp
blood. 70 make Il reddcr and healthier nnd
more houfishing Puts new HE into your
body. new strength into Your uiuseiea
~ druggists SILL u In The NEW 80 CENT
siIH nnh the regular Si.nO size bottles
snnIae bottle enough for tdal. free by
AM. ~ D.Nid Kennedy Corporation,
pr David kenncdy' + MagIc I've SaIys Sor
-niI DlhenaNN OF lninlnninll nnu ~ M rrn
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Choctaw, Oklahoma and Texas Railroad
II. p. Grocuough has been elected wee
president w. II, Fuquo secretary ana
treasurer, and Henry Lucas auditor " the
Choctaw oklahoma and Texas raliruud,
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Weather changes noted below win occur
WIN y twenty four hours or y. M. Of
dates below - ave Va
nComhcr % Tbreatcpnr
December - Cooler
bCcvWhcr - tnnl
tlcD,uhcr 20. NudorgtIu,
bt,,mbcr II Warmer
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Leave = 90 am Express Train. .ArHve7 80 pm
Leave, ..,,-... las pm Arrive 49, 30 am
AlUslps leave Grand Central Depot
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leave the SAINTS Re Congress Ave. Depot 4
Dinutes later than IN. above,
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N. ", r 4 NJ. n. n,
g. A. g. A. p Ry.

prpnd Centrs Depol
ItAte No. ~. i0.1Sa u Attlye No, isa y 5 pm
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Grand Central Depot
ave 70. 49,. $50 SIN Arrive No. b.A5pn
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Iifand NtnUhI Depot
cave Nc. l.. zoos ain Arrive No, 900 4. r.
tsyo No. s..".t sop.m Arrive No. o2s pm
.este No. 1900 SIN Arrive No. 6 700 NJ
Nos. 8 and Sundays only.
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE
G., Il. g. N. r. n.

GRAND Central Deput
leave Ma ~ fO.0sam Arrive No, s.. 80 Pm
iosv No. o..tt95 pm Arrive No, roA 80 an
The Conservative, 1902-02-20
LOCAL HISTORY.

Mr.. E. E. Blackman of the State
Historical Society is going to make a
summer campaign Of the Lewis and
Clark route along Nebraska this year.
The idea is to identify the landmarks
described in the various journals of
the expedition, locate all it's camps
and settle if possible all controverted
points in regard to the route. Moth
ing systematic has ever been done in
this line in this immediate neighbor-
hood. Monona and Harrison counties,
Iowa, have been studied and their
stretches Of the river plated as re-
CARDS Lewis and Clark, but so far as
we know nothing extensive in this
line has been undertaken anywhere in
Nebraska. We have frequently sug-
gested that this would he good work
for the high school pupils. They are
good walkers, have more time than
some people, and are besides generally
intelligent and quick witted and ought
to feel all interest in their home his
tory. The journals of the first two or
three organized parties that ever came
up the Missouri are quite complete
along here, and it would be interest
ing to study them and try to find the
spots they describe.
The Conservative, 1902-02-20
LEWIS AND CLARKE.

The accompanying extract is taken
from the report compiled by Captains
Lewis and Clarke, dealing with their
travels to the source of the Missouri
river, thence across the continent to
the shores of the Pacific, in the year
1905.
At the time this incident is recorded
the members of the expedition were
still visiting with the gentlemanly
Mandans" in their camp on the banks
of the Missouri, in what is now North
Dakota. 1t illustrates the childish
ness of these sons and daughters of
the forest, apparent in the dying war
rior, and the delegation which visited
the medicine stone'
" Wednesday, Feb. soth. The day
The Conservative, 1902-02-20

was delightfully."- fine; the mercury be:
ing at sunrise 2 degrees and in the
course Of the day % degrees above
zero, the wind southerly. Kagohmia
came down to see us early his village
is afflicted by the death of one Of their
eldest men, who, from his account to
us, must have seen one hundred and
twenty winters. Just as he was dy.
ing, he requested his children to dress
him in his best robe, when he was
dead, and carry him to hill and seat
him on stone with his face down
the river towards their old villages,
that he might go straight to his
brother who had passed before him to
the ancient village under ground.
"Ohenaw and Shahaka came down
to see us, and mentioned that several
Of their countrymen had gone to con-
suit their medicine stone as to the
prospects for the following year,
The medicine stone is the great oracle
of the Mandans and whatever it an.
nounces is believed with implicit con-
fidence. Every spring, and upon some
occasions dnring the summer, depu.
tation visits the sacred spot, where
there is a thick porous stone twenty
feet in circumference with smooth
surface. Having reached the place
the ceremony of smoking to it is per-
formed by the deputies, who alternate
ly take Whit themselves, and then
present the pipe to the
stone; after this they retire to
the adjoining woods for the
night, during which it may be safely
presumed that all the embassy do not
sleep; and, in the morning they read
the destinies of the nation in the
white marks OH the stone, which
those who made them are at no loss
to decypher. The Minnetarees have
a stone of similar kind, which has
the same qualities and the same in
f1uences over the nation" T"
The Conservative, 1902-02-20

the lady, but at an apple few inches
above her head. The court held that |
the weapon being pointed at an OBJ
ject, and not at the person, the charge
of manslaughter could not be sus-
tanned.
A still more unusual case is that of |
man and his wife. who..hearing noise
after they had gone to bed, suspecting
burglars and observing that some one
was prowling about in the street be-
low, arose and decided to await de-
velopments. Their first act was to
unbolt the outer door in order that
the expected burglar might not injure
the fastenings. After time the man
entered, was promptly seized and
handed over to the police. Upon be-
ing taken before a magistrate, he was
charged with ouse-breaking, although
he did not break anything whatever,
and was committed for trial. The
grand jury, however, considered that
entering house by merely turning
the handle of door did not constitute
breaking, and they threw out
the bill. The defendant ought to con-
slider himself lucky, for had the case
occurred in the state of New York in
stead of England, (it happened at
Manchester) another charge would
most certainly have been placed
against him.
The celebrated case of Mrs. Bush
uersus the Great Western Railway
Company (of England) should, most
assuredly, be cited as remarkable in
stance of variations in judges
opinions.
The railway companies in the
United Kingdom pay persons named
''porters" to convey the luggage (bag-
gage) of passengers from carriages, or
other vehicles, to the cars. A railway
in that country is constructed under
general Cor specially act of parliament,
one feature of the act always being
that the corporation has power to
make it's own bylaws. But whether
these by laws are binding upon any
body, except the corporation, depends
upon whether they are considered
equitable by law court.
Mrs. Bush went in a hack to the
London terminus of the above named
railway, having with her "Glad-
stone bag" Being anxious to send
telegram, she gave this valise to
porter to be taken care Of, telling him
to meet her at the train. Having at
tended to her business, the lady got
into the car, (the English call it a
carriage) and looked out of the window
for the porter. After few minutes
she spied the man, who, greatly ex-
cited, exclaimed, MADAM, put your
hoo down 1pOn the pJatfOrm whiIe
The Conservative, 1902-02-20
Che Conservative.

value of the bag and contents-some
Ell 1856. O0). The company, however,
repudiated all liability upon the
ground that it was protected by it's
bylaws, and that notices were posted
all over the station stating that the
corporation was not liable for any
goods left with It's employees In con-
sequence of this Interpretation of the
liability Of employers for the acts of
their agents, an action was brought in
the county court--a court for the Iecov-
cry of debts Of less amount than $3.50.
The case was tried, by consent, with
out jury, the judge giving judgment
for the defendant. The plaintiff there
upon appealed, and in due course the
case was argued before the divisional
court, which upheld the decision of
the county court judge Being still
dissatisfied. Mrs. Bush appealed to the
court of appeal. Here again, unfortu-
nately, the majority of the judges
were against the lady, and the judg-
ment of the court below was affirmed
Still undaunted, this persistent litigant
decided to take the case before the high
est tribunal in the British empire, and,
after the usual delay, the arguments
were made before the judicial COM
mittee Of the House of Lords. The
judges, according to custom, took some
time to consider such an important
case, the point, apart from all techni-
cality, being, is corporation at
liberty to make bylaws which con-
hict with the laws of the land in
reference to the liability of the en-
ployer for the acts of his agent?
Eventually the court declared that
this question must be answered in the
negative, and judgment was given for
Mrs. Bush for the value of her "bag"
and it's contents, with costs. This
decision, of course, finally settled the
matter. and the fair litigant taxed her
costs at something over e1, 900 ($5, 0O0).
It is probable that the costs which
were not allowed upon taxation, and
which the lady must have paid her
self, would amount to several hundred
pounds more.
| LAWRENCE IRWELL.
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o. BY PETER MACARTHUR

eral company, so by mutual consent
they avoided each other when in dan
ger Of meeting when others were about.
Many of their evenings, however, were
enlivened by pleasant strolls In the
neighborhood of the hotel, and they en-
joyed their romance just as If it were
in book instead Of in their real lives.
After a few weeks had passed Miss
Spaulding was suddenly recalled to the
city and left the hotel while Fairchild
was out boating, so there was no leave
taking of any kind. Thus she passed
out of Fairchild's life; but, for a rea
son that he did not take the trouble
to analyze, after returning to the city
he never could pass department store
or cloakhouse without strolling
through, looking for familiar face
among the salesgirls and pretty mod
els. He never found it, however, and
Miss Sparkling was becoming wistful
memory when he suddenly found him
self face to face with her at very
fashionable Christmas ball a year
later.
"Why, Miss Sparlingw he gasped.
"Mr. Westonw she said, with equal
surprise. In moment they were both
back playing their parts again, and
she colored slightly as she remembered
how carefully she had looked at ev-
cry fioorwalker she had seen while
shopping
This is pleasant surprise he said.
"WhatT she replied. "Are you sur
prised to find me here?" And her
question was inspired by the guilty
feeling she had herself. But before
they had time to do any further spar
ring the hostess came along and made
confusion worse COMPOUNDED.
"Why, Mr.. Fairchild," she began, 81
never knew that you and Miss Spaul-
ding were acquainted"
I'VE are not. | have never had the
pleasure of meeting Miss Spaulding."
Nor of meeting Mr.. Fairchild."
But" said the bewildered hostess,
81 thought l saw you talking 10 each
other just now
II am sorry, but am afraid you are
mistaken. The couple you saw talk
ing were entirely different people"
"Well, perhaps my eyesight is fail
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The conversation was naturally I'M
dered at that after parting they car
ried away very distinct impressions.
She had found the tall, curly haired
athlete very interesting. while he found
the serious faced girl with the large,
wistful eyes puZzling.
So 1t was not surprising that the fol
lowing morning Fairchild looked In
the hotel register to find where Miss
Sparkling had come FROM but a careful
study failed to reveal her name In the
book. A mystery surrounded her that
was certainly worth penetrating, he
decided, even without any thought Of
becoming better acquainted with so
charming young lady, and he strolled
out to smoke his cigar and mediate
on the subject.
: Shortly after Mr.. Fairchild left the
office Miss Spaulding entered that cen
trail bureau of information. She began
looking through the register, hut on
no page of it could she find any record
of the interesting Mr.. Weston. But
after all her investigations he contin-
ued just as much of mystery to her
as she was to him.
When they met during the day, they
instinctively resumed their acquaint-
anceship on the same artificial plane.
They played their parts with nat
ural touch of exaggeration that they
both knew would seem absurd In gen.
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ing, but you know one another now
anyway, and l particularly wanted
you to meet"
After she had disappeared Fairchild
remarked:
Don't you think that explanations
are in orderY"
II do replied Miss Spaulding de-
murely. 1T is only step to the con-
servatory."
81 can't help wondering" he began,
"who those two people were that our
hostess thought she saw talking to-
gether in the ballroom"
81 am sure | don't know" she re-
piled, though for months past | have
suspected him of being a doorwalker
He was always so very polite"
"And | was certain she was q sales-
girl or CLOAK model" he replied, 'be-
queen to be one" They both laughed
heartily at the impressions they had
made upon each other and finally un-
derstood how the whole misunder
standing had occurred. Then as they
found each other more interesting In
their proper persons than in their as
sumed parts 1t Is not surprising that
before the season ended they had de-
cided In order to avoid any further
confusion that It would be wise move
when next visiting the Magnolia House
to be in position to register under the
same name. .