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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
MITcHeLL MAKE DENIAL.

Did Not Say the Strike Would End by
September is.
wHkesbarre Pa, September s,--iresdent
Mitchell stated today that the report sent
out from Scranton 70 the eject that ne
told friend that the strike would be over
on September 10 ana that the strikers
would have to go back 10 work to save
the minerg union, was pure fabrication.
He says he never made such renx TO
any person Il is stated here that FAR
sons. Pa, local union Of the United Men
Workers has passeda resolution to return
TO work on september 10.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
As TO PROSPERITY"
laa Working for a Salary Has Not
Much Evidence Of II.
lis LIVING COSTS MORE
md His Wage Has Not Been H.
creased Ia Proportion.
sOME FIGURES ARE SUBMITTED
Which We're Taken from a Report Com.
piled by Republicans.
A DOLLAR WILL PURCHASE LESS
Now Than Il Would Five Years Ago and
the Tax Is on All OF the Neees-
sites of Life.
DOLLAR WILL PURCHASE LESS

Washington, September S.-'orhe work.
ingmcn OF the country are hearing nothing
from the republican press now ana wnl
hcar nothing from the republican spei.
binders later on, except the cry OF pros
ncrity and fun dinner paid, said Chair
man James H. Griggs OF the democratic
congressional committee. Yesterday
This republican cry Is fallacious ana
misleading and X any man with nxed
income win sit down ana figure for nttoen
minutes he VIII ind It IS So
Prosperity, ehy what is prosperityy
When times are truly prosperous, prices
Of everything are usually high but wages
are correspoudingiy so, rhey keep pace
with high prices OF necessarles and iuNu-
ries Of NE aud the high prices are not
felt by he man with nxed income when
man has money in his pocket TO buy
what he needs. he does not ask the price,
he buys II, When he has no money. "A
low price does not interest MIN. because
he can't buy IT, Prosperity means mar
mony between prices and wages, We nave
no such harmony, therefore our present
prosperity is more apparent tnan real
"The man with fixed income from
wages or salary has been having his In
come chopped ever since 1897 by the In
crease in prices Every man knows wnetn-
er his Income has been Increased during
the past three or four years. II It mas not
been Increased from 10 to 100 per cent,
then he is losing money, compared 10 MS
condition in 1897 and 1898 and that in
1907
"Take for instance. the thirty-secondth
annual report of the Massachusetts bureau
OF statistics Of labor. That Is document
complied by good republicans. Il shows
the purchasing power of a daily necessity
In the domestic economy Of the average
mans home. In 1902 dollar Will buy
less than In 1897, OF the following articles
by the following percentages;
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
JONES OPTIMISTIC.
Thinks the People Win Vote Against the
Trusts,
Especial to The Post.l


Special to The Post)
Warrington, September sscnator Jones
u Arkansas, chairman Of the democratic
national committee, arrived IN the city to-
day and at once went to his committee
room at the capitol. He was very busy
during the day attending to correspondence
which awaited him here aud this afternoon
left for New York senator Jones is feel
ing confident the coal trust and beef trust
have made many votes for the democratic
candidates The trust question has been
brought home to the people. He said, when
seen by reporter today; "The beer trust
and the coal trust have shown the result
OF the republican policy"
''Do you think voters intend 70 cast their
ballots against republican nominees he
cause Of the beef combine and coal striker
Mr. Jones was asked.
II have reason 70 think they VIII. They
win show their fear Of republican rule,
the outcome OF which Is shown IN the auto
cratic rule and the control Of the neces.
sarles Of life and they win vote 20 put a
democratic house Of representatives N
power IN order to check THIS tendency /
believe We viii make great gains In the
coming election"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
Texans in New York.

Especial to The Postl
New York, September s,rhe following
Texans are registered In New York:
Dallas-w Manning, Herald Square; W,
O. Foote. Rossmore.
Greenyille.-M p, Williams ana wife, st.
tfeorge.
Bonham.- Halshell and wife, Miss s
Iiolsell. st. Denis
Fort Worth f. X. Collett Imperial
Hopston.-F NJ. Dyer Park Avenue.
Bryan.--R. H. Harrison, Gerard.
Fl Paso.-A. Goodman, o.. onet, Bclve-
dere
orlando.--H. L. Beeman, Navarro.
Galveston Miss y. L. Hitchcock, 81.
Denis.
Waco.-Mrs A. Abeil. Park Avenue.
Tegas.-s. Hutelins New Amsterdam.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
Observation-Disclosures
n Is Nor our AFEAIR.
Administration Viii Have Nothing
TO Say to Germany.

to Say to Germany.
Washington, September s.-.As mat.
teos stand. there is nothing TO be
done by the State department at
this junctnre. The officials have
not changed their View that the In
cident was one between the German
and Haytian government and Il was
not our business The Berlln nd.
vices 10 the effect that the uaytian
government had expressed Its satis.
faction with the situation being
brought TO the attention of the de-
partment here, went TO eonnrm the
officials In their position. No
American interests have been AZ.
fectcd unfavorabiy IN their iudg.
ment. aud as the United states has
not recognized the revolutionlsts in
Hayti. there Is no one TO make com
plant TO this government. on the
whole, Il Is felt that the termination
OF Kiilick's career In summary
fashion may have sanitary effect
not only in Haytl, but also In South
and Central American counties
where heretofore the slightest reyo-
lutionary disturbance has been made
the prctext FOR vexatlous and ex
ncnsive Interference with foreign
merchant vessels Only recently the
British cruiser Phaeton was obliged
to force the Colombian government
to release the British steamer Zen.
ador. which II was intended to Inn
press into service as troop trans.
port, while still more recently Com
mander Mclean adopted similarly
vigorous course with respect TO this
same Admiral Killlck and 1t is not
doubted that had he remained IN
Haytlgn waters he would have seized
tho Crete-a,Plerrot for violation OF
his warning TO let foreign shipping
alone Altogether these active naval
measures are expected to have bone
hclal results throughout that see.
tom OF the world so far as foreign
commerce Is concerned
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09

"This report also contains a table OF the
earnings OF the head Of a family and their
relation to the family expenditures, II
comprehends the earnings and expenditures
OF 152 heads Of families. The average
weekly wage Of ia family heads IS shown
10 be 1915. In the other thirtyeight
cases the average weekly wage amounts
10 sl1.3l the total yearly earnings Of the
head averaging for the l52 families
1894 In twentyone instances. the earn
ings Of the head exceeded the amount ex-
pended In four instances the accounts
balance. aud in l27 instances, however.
about four-nfths Of the entire number the
earnings of the head were insufficient TO
meet the family expenditure.
Does this look Ike prosperity for the
workiuemenY It must be remembered also
that these figures were compiled In 1901
and the report issued early this yeac.
The prices on all these necessarles OF life
are now much higher than In 1901 Is
peclally Is this true Of coal and beef. the
prices Of both being manipulated by a
trust.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-09
ACTION OF GERMANY
In Ilayilan Waters Clarifies Amos
phere Says Commander McCrea.
AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
----------
Given Out by German Foreign Office
SubStantiateS Former Accounts.
ENGLISH PRESS MAKES COMMENT.
Evidently Expect Something 10 Be Done
About Il in Washington,
PAPER SNfERS AT MONROE DOCTRINE,
The United States Minister to I4ayh Has
Notified the State Department Of
the Incident
Given Out by German Foreign Office
SubStantiateS Former Accounts.
ENGLISH PRESS MAKES COMMENT.
Evidently Expect Something 10 Be Done
About II In Washington.
'APER sNFFRS At MONROE DOCTRINE,
The United States Minister tc 4ayt Has
Notified the State Department Of
the Incident


Boston. September S'-commander Henry
Mccrea OF tho etmhoat Aischlas. now AZ the
,a,.,. $50, ,o.. ,,,a ra.,,,t, nss 1, nv.
'''' ''''' w.
tan waters ~ charge y tae ph''f't N'a'fs
interests was rsked today fpr his olfnion
on tho situation there. He said. prom
.,.
'ue ne"sf"pe' "''"'''S 9'''
Of the German commander were 20 seias
the Ctcte.a Pierrote and prevent further
interference with innocent forcign com
merre nnd sustnp the position that tho
49,. p,,..,,, ,,aa 40 .irh, 20 so,,, ~
search Foreign merchantmen s'hce tne F'M
miulst government had not been recognized
os bculrerents"
,,r,t,1,,i,, ,.,,,,,,,r.lo, Nrcrrc. sa,d that
a, NJ orl,,ion thls lnc,dspt mrans TINT the
s,.no,t, I'm o ,i,rtecd
..,..,.s No. 4. &. n,,,,,od o,,
~. t,.tt.a s,a+os ,orc,',,,,s,, nr,.
.u'l 80 ~. 80 ~, ,s-..
sV,''"s t,,1 ,.,,, -. 49,
40, "9 ~, ',,...,,'s ~, :. $50.
ful and might eventually have to be reeos'
niAeu
THE GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
Berlin. September She German foreign
offlce informs the Associated Press that the
uaytIsn provisional government has com.
municntcd 10 Germany that Haytl regarded
The Fhminlst sunhoat as pirate ana snat
the interests ei tlaSti were untVuc n.y., ~
ne aetlon q INC e'rinan SUMMON. Fsp'nIs
IN s'NN'ns VIZ - o -gi
trance " w 49, ,o,'4 49, 49,. -. 49,.
ny n,ni'ns l,.. - ~ s,os,n y
,,'.oT S,,,,,n,s ,N' nnhos, ,tcsntot, ,scscr-
r - III psnther bad recelyea orders
~ osnturo tbo nlrrt,c,d ,rrboat ,srete.a.
piecro, Tho panther wcnf from port al
prince 70 gonaiyes where II completely
surprised the Creje.a-Plerrot. The Gcnmsn
commaudant scut the following uitlmstum:
Strike your colors within hftceu utnutes
and dlscmbark from YOUR shin without
undertaking any defensive measures what
ever otherwise an Immediate attack VIII
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
field OF FLAMES
Oil Tanks at Jennings la. Be-
come in Ignited.
BURNING FLUID FLOWS TO RIVER
High wind Adds to Peril of situation
on In Loosened and Danger Of Entire
District Being Deyastated-Oth-
er News of Interest.

A Jennings, La, July 10. dispatch
says: During n heavy electrical storm
that passed over the Jennings oil field
today a bolt of lightning struck the
field storage tanks of the Jennings Oil
company, setting them on fire.
The flames spread to the derricks of
the company adjoining and in a short
time they. as we'll as the tanks, were
destroyed. BY the time the derricks
had fallen the flames had eaten away
a port or of one of the field tanks, al
lowing the oil to cscapc. and the burn
ing fluid rushed toward the Coulee.
All workmen on the field immediate
ly stopped operations and set about
throwing up levees to prevent the
spreading of the fire.
In a short time, however. another
tank had broken loose. and the wind
had driven the flames into the derricks
Of the Southern, Northern and Cres-
cen Oil companies. but they escaped
destruction.
The fire is still raging tonight and
the safety of the field depends on the
strength of Jennings No. .. The oil
is leaking around this tank and to-
gether with the gas is burning fiercely.
A late telephone message from the
field says it is impossible to stop the
flames and that the gate valves will
hold but a short time longer. If this
gives away the entire field probably
will be destroyed.
Workmen are o removing derricks
and burying the mouths of the wells.
Experts from Beaumont will be
taken to the field to assist in saving
the remaining property.
100 a. m.-The fire has burned all
of the packing out of the valve upon
which so much depends and the flames
are shooting as high as the derricks.
1t is expected hat the top of the
| pipe will burn off and the flames will
spread to the derricks and the adjoin-
ing tanks.
President A.. Haywood stated that an
attempt would be made between now
and morning to smother the flames.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
CORN WILL BE BANNER CROP
Reports Agree IT Doing nely-w wheat
IL Nightly Hurt.

Reports Agree 1t Doing Fineiy-wheat
Is slightly Hurt.
The weekly bulletin issued Tuesday
by the Nebraska section of the United
States weather bureau states, as was
expected. says the heavy rains end
ing several days ago. had damaged the
wheat crop. The bulletin places no
estimate on the injury, which, how
ever. is generally believed to have been
only a small per cent of the total crop.
Corn. meanwhile. except where SUD-
merged by floods in the ~lowlands. is in
n hourishing state. The soil has been
soaked as never before during a crop
season and only a miracle now a
prevent a bounteous yield. lnasmuch
as corn is Nebraska's staple product,
the agricultural outlook at once be-
comes roseate.
The bulletin says:
The past week as a whole was cool
and wet. The daily mean temperature
has averaged . degrees below the nor
nal in eastern districts, and 2 degrees
below in western.
The rainfall in the northwestern
portion of the state has generally been
below half an inch. In the rest OF
the state IL exceeded an inch in most
places. and ranged from > to more than
4 inches in a large part of the eastern
portion.
The low temperature and heavy
rains continued generally for the first
three days of the week. Crops on
lowlands and along the river valleys
were further injured by high water in
the southeastern counties. Harvest
ing was delayed and the cultivation OF
o retarded. Early cut wheat is
sprouting some and the crop was
further injured by the unfavorable
weather. The last part of the week
was warm. with less rain and more
sunshine. and harvesting. stacking,
and in a few instances threshing made
good progress. Oats are lodged badly
in southeastern counties and the har-
vest is just commencing. Potatoes are
rotting slightly. Corn has grown well
the past week and is in good condi-
ton: many fields did not receive the
proper amount of cultivation and are
wecdy; early planted corn is begin
ming to tasscl.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
HERE AND THERE

Splendid rains visited the section
around Aberdeen. s. D., and they Will
be of great benefit. The crop outlook
is very promising,
Word has been received at the war
department of the outbreak of typhoid
fever at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga
Park. Georgia. This is the first time
the epidemic has appeared among the
soldiers since the Spanish-American
war.
Adjutant General Conklin OF South
Dakota has ordered company b, First
regiment, of Nolga, to be mustered out
for the good of the service, and In
spector General Moulton has been Or
dered to take charge of the equipment
OF the company.
Peter X. Soffel. ex-warden OF the
Pittsburg. Pa, Jail. has begun suit for
divorce against his wife, Katherine,
who helped the Biddle brothers escape
from Jail. The charge is desertion.
Mrs. Soffel is in the penitentiary and
will make no defense.
II. Van Brunt, a w~ell-known mining
expert of the Pacific coast and former
manager of Mrs. Lily Langtry's stock
farm, has become demented and
fancies King Edward has created him
n lord. Horse-racing is supposed TO
be the cause Of his mania.
Judge Wing. in the United States
| circuit court at Cincinnati. dismissed
| the bill brought by the Philadelphia
National league baseball club against
Pitcher Bernhard for an injunction to
prevent him from playing with the
Cincinnati team, on the ground that
Bernhard Is not a resident. The La
joie case then was taken UP.
In accordance with a permit recent
ly granted by the treasury department
at Washington, steps are being taker
for the establishment OF the Hot
Springs National bank at Hot Springs
8. ID. The Merchants bank Of Sioux
Falls probably will be merged into the
new national bank, which is expected
to open its doors and commence bust
ness on July Is.
The meeting OF the Western Co
operative association, the Miller Elk
port company, the Farmers GraiI
company of Solomon. and the Kansa,
Cooperative association formed
big milling combine at Topeka Wed
nesday. The trust will be formed will
a capital of $500, 900.
The treasury department has bee,
notified by telegraph by Prasiden
Francis of the st. Louis exposition
that the Sunday closing resolution for
warded by the department was adopte,
by the board of directors, ~thirty-eigh
signing the agreement upon which de
ponds the payment of the government
appropriation.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
HERE AND THERE

Thirty persons were drowned by the
sinking of a small steamer on the
LUCE river, neal Probroa-Schenskaia,
Russia. The disaster was caused by
ov~er-crowding. Only those VINO were
on the upper deck were saved.
~Grasshoppers near Galloway, Neb..
are dying by the millions, and farm
ers cannot explain the cause. They
crawl up to the top OF whatever they
are on and fasten their feet In a dead
" grip and die. A bunch OF the dead
hoppers has been sent to Professor
Bruner of the state experimental sta
ton for examination.
The strike OF the railway freight
handlers and teamsters in Chicago is
proving valuable to the Omaha job
bling houses. Already the local jobbers
are filling orders for big Chicago con-
Germs in Iowa and Nebraska. One or
the largest orders yet given was hlled
Tuesday by the Bryne-Hammer COM
pany for Marshall Field 4 Co..
The Sugar-rate cases were continued
by United States Circuit Judge Nor
row Tuesday at San Francisco until the
November term. The interstate COM
mission. through United States Attor-
ney Woodwork. said that time was
required to get service against the
Southern and Union Pacific railways.
the defendants. The suits involve diff
ferential rates on sugar between Mis-
souri, river points and the Pacific
coast.
Notices are being sent by State SUI
perintendent Fowler to county super
%intendents that the teachers examina-
ton questions for August will be based
principally on the new course OF
study. This course OF study will be
given special attention in county in
stitutes during July and August. The
state superintendent Is sending out
questions for the examination of ap-
plicants for admission to the Peru
state normal school and for students
certificates.
At Quebec. Can. Messrs, Gaynor and
Greene filed answers to the motions
made by counsel for the United States
to quash the writs Of habeas corpus
by Judge Caron or June 20 and 81.
Should the writs be set aside the eX-
tradition proceedings will be heard on
their merits.
While priests intoned funeral chants
and melancholy bells rang in church
belfreys. the remains Of the late Arch
bishop Feehan were taken from the
archepiscopal residence in Chicago to
Holy Name cathedral Tuesday. Until
the final services are held the portals
of the church will be open for those
who wish TO look at the dead prelate.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18

tine OF the quiet, almost eccentric
life he has led since his retiremen.
from business thirty years ago. He
does not hesitate to go to the market
himself, and has several times been
seen on the street with a basket on
his arm. Up to thirty years ago lie
was part of the life of bustling New
York, but in the intervening years
he has drawn within himself more
and more until when the u
ment was made of his ~stupendous
charity few people could recall who
the man was.
Russell Sage and a few other an.
clients among the capitalists know
him well, and are proud of his &C.
quaintance. but he has few or no
friends OF this generation. He is just
q placid old gentleman of the sim.
plest tastes, who is neither a miser
nor a spendthrift. He has no yacht,
no horses or carriages, no palace by
the seaside, belongs to no clubs, and
has no fads. He has never married.
his house being kept for him by Il
housekeeper who has been with him
forty years. He has just passed his
ninetieth birthday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
SITUATION AT BEATRICE.
citizens Contend with Fire ms well as
with Flood

"
with Flood
Beatrice. Neb.. July 10.-An incendi-
airy fire broke out in n frame building
half q block from the Paddock hotel
about 2 O'Clock this morning. With
the waterworks inundated and Unable
to furnish pressure. the city appears TO
be doc ned to a great disaster.
The Lincoln fire department was ap-
pealed to for help. but II was impossi-
Bile for a train to get through owing
to washouts IN the railroads.
The fire started in a stairway be-
tween Broady's grocery store and
Breakers bakery. Oil had been poured
on the stairway and it was u%ndoubted-
ly the work of an ~incendiary.
Three feet Of water in the boiler
room of the city pumping station had
caused the plant to shut down. IL was
even impossible for the waterworks
whistle to sound the alarm. Instead
the church bells were rung. Citizens
stood about almost paralyzed with fear
and hopeless of saving n property
unless the streets should block the
blaze in its march.
There was much excitement In Bea-
trice last night over the tremendous
rise in the river. The water fell eigh-
teen inches the night before. but yes
terday it rose by leaps until it had
risen over two feet. At 10 o'clock it
had passed the high water mark Of
1897.
At 6 o'clock the waterworks and the
electric light plant were forced to shut
down. there being then two feet Of
water IN the floors.
Not a wheel has turned on any Of
the three lines of railway since loon.
There are four passenger trains tied
up in the yards.
Fremont. Neb., July "a cloud
burst occurred between Oleyen and
Dodge yesterday afternoon which was
followed by a food sweeping down
Pebble creek valley past Dodge and
Snyder. The damage to property was
tremendous. Two miles or more of
the Elkhorn railroad track was washed
out between Dodge and Snyder. while
fifty rails are gone between Dodge and
Oleyen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
STRIKE SETTLED
Chicago Freight Handlers and Managers
OF Roads Reach Agreement

The strike of the freight handlers at
Chicago is virtually settled. Meet
ings of the strikers will be held to
ratify the action taken by President
Curran of the order. There is little
doubt that the terms will be accepted
by the mass meeting of the strikers.
BY the terms of the settlement the
strikers accept the schedule OF wages
offered them by The railroads July |.
This schedule was emphatically re-
fused by the strikers at the time 1t was
made. II offered an average increase
Of 90 per cent for all classes of labor
connected with the freight handlers
union. The demands of the men would
have made IN average increase OF
about 80 per cent.
The Red Cloud chief., 1902-07-18
W SWEPT BY TORNADO
Three south Dakota villages Reported
Wrecked.

"Teckeu'
Tremendous damage, and it is
thought loss OF life. were caused by a
terrific tornado which swept in a
southwesterly direction from the in
ternational boundary across the north
eastern portion of North Dakota Tues
day. Three towns, according to re-
ports. were totally wiped out. Railway
and Western Union Telegraph lines
are wrecked and there is no COM
m%unication with the devastated sec
ton of the state.
The first intimation of the serious
ness of the storm anne when the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
telegraph lines in the storm district
were suddenly snapped.
The little town of Borup on the st.
Vincent line Of the Great Northern
is an absolute wreck.
This news came from a Great North
ern telegraph operator. who. after his
station Office had been laid fiat. saved
his key from the ruins and tapped the
wires at the nearest available point.
lie also reported the razing of a ham
let some miles distant with destruc-
ton of a large amount of property.
With the report from the st. Vincent
branch came reports that the towns
of Eldorado. about seven miles from
Grand Forks, and Thompson. between
Grand Forks and Larimore, had been
destroyed.
At Thompson the Great Northern
station lies a confused mass of wreck
age directly across the main line.
| Stores and residences are in ruins and
| the main portion of the own is wiped
out. Neither of the reports from
Thompson or Eldorado speak of loss
of life.