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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25
COTTON CROP REPORTS.
There Is Much Complaint Of Damage
Being Done

~"'S DSi'S'
Denison, Grayson County, Texas, August
24-The weather hcrc for the past week
mas been az the boiling point, the hottest
In years. The droufh Is dong more harm
to the cotton crop tnan the worms The
most conservative estimate is hat crop,
Baird, Callahan County, Texas, August
q. Since writing August 81 regarding the
cotton crop will say the cotton has deter.
iorated heavily. The worms had done con.
sidernbIe more damage than we had any
idea, and is this especially. SO in old. rank
cotton; The Young 'ot'3n Is now suffering
tor rain me not winds nave caught the
plant IN It's most tender CONDITION ana have
wilted 1t consideraniN' INC plant Is now
suffering ana shedding us frui1 we nope
FOR chahge
Waco, McLeunRn County, Texas, August
% "a new pest IN the cotton has hhen dis
covered III the hrazos bottom lands; II Is
ny ABOUT tue size ol mouse NY that
s9ngs the DWi4s ana causes tGem 10 drop
en-. ANY oell OF form Is Hanle to MS az,
tucks ana Wush theN are ninue the bull
or FORM Is klilea. me prospects Tor the
Won, 49,, bpt IT. ,e h s "S ny "eIr
ron,dNg 80 ''9 S'''''''" way
~, o
lemples bell Nohnty, IeNas, August 23,
reports from tHe COTTON peliS say that the
d"st,nct on and my ~. cottnn M up IT. tntr
more frnit now. Than thc nSsIs u' 49,, u.'
Tha extrtme hot vaatha. ~ l"T Srs uiStrIS.
stonninn thc weevIis and tbaI apt }a,. y" w
c0nI rIcbts win knock tbn,n ont ''' T,, az
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25
JEFFERsON's PROGRESS.
LOG Road" to Be Extended to a Con-
neotion With the Cotton Belt.

LOG Road" to Be Extended to Con-
neoton With the Cotton Belt
Fort Worth, Texas, August "a Col. r.
w. Taylor has lust returned from 4 trip
IN East Texas, aud is very much gratfed
over the bright prospects there. Colonel
Taylor IS heavily Interested In lands near
Jefferson and he went three to look after
his property The people Of jcnars n are
just now very much Interested in the i'm.
provoment of the log railroad" which cz-
tends eighteen miles from Jefferson to
its present terminus near Linden IL is
now currently reported that the road is 10
be extended to Naples, whore It VIII con
meet with the Cotton Belt The supp1sit. On
at Jefferson is that the extension Is To- he
made Mt once and that the Cotton Belt viii
RIM trains Into jefferson over this road
There is to DC renewed activity in the iron
furnace operations at Jefferson In he near
future THESE. furnaces are now in the
hands nf efficient men with means who
propose to make the enterprise one of tbo
greatest Of its kind in the South.
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n,r1r prnLIN BoERsr.

Berlin, August 2i.-rhe ooss sst' or
decidedly better tone ias' Morssn's 4
Tors eagerly anticipated J = A ~ i u
turn to New York and s0p44gn RE 3 Sosis
! Yesterday 0 accordlnsly res E nfFda I
bulls 81 also worked rumS S,, oS' prssidea
cess cess that Charles NJ. sehw oaopploorrailoa
The United STATES steer g MA couilnfIIss y,
going to Europe to o asS GERMANY Y
Combines in England anu
the American type.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25
MANCHESTER CLOTH Markell
The Weakness OF Cotton Con'rlo''''
nnll Business.

Manchester. August 2i,-The ciO'n I,
last week was dull and business /,
meager. This condition is atu,D., ,s i.
certain extent to the approA'u' M.
haustion at current prices ana Y, jag 1,crili.
of new orders on the same bass s.sr fern,
erabie business is waiting iSr eas y ,ctlp,
than sellers are in a position M y ,tsera:s
ened the position of buyers I . sse,eag
few transactions last week " rsys ,
cloths and various classes o. trade Fas
india. There was occasional more saors vii
china at low rates and rather ~
done with South America. ,nsss Was pin
Yarns were slack and business
ctpollv Of a retail character
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Marlin, Texas. August ~.,.tt park II
ing party was had al pa. sn,ces d p
day night under the ans I,.a,..,d., v
We wsdnesdays social club y. PARK psrs q.
The amount viii so % e AR opera ~. n,s,'
The scenery for the g 5rs,y up-teo-a!I.L,,sr
has arrived. II Is icsontaIns FOUR
The county bastile co ,.,,,r
lunatics. - an the cln In
the auspices of the lH Hubbard n
Social club is "Motnsi
Of ball.
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SAD Outlook for Cotton in Mississippi.
Especial 20 The PostJ

Hazlehurst, Mise, August "A Distressing
reports come In from the cotton crop in
Central Mississippi. 1t Is not believed that
this section Will make any more than 80
percent OF last years crop. Owing 10 the
intense heat which has prevailed for inc
past ten days the plant is shedding every
ming nature attempts to put on, 1t is
hcids the entire crop Is open.
reports from ST. Helena, Tangipahoa ana
Washington parishes on the Louisiana Dor
usr indicate the same serious condition or
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1nNnnN srncK MARkbT.

London, August "a. The supply !, i,
continues to. he limited 80 Il egv-
market was considerably assisted Az. :, I.
disbursements. inc sas The deenl
verse feature Of the week M' End negIscIe''
in consols. shares were un'i atteada1cs \
during last week ana lns In ylsE !
the stock exchange was sl,.' Ell, prices "
the indisposition to puy "
holding we'll
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Cotton Rutn.d at Yorktown.

Yorktown, Texas August "a. Fire In the
o. l. Eckhardt gin did about $500 damage
to the seed cotton house aud destroyed
$500 worth Of cotton Some insurance On
the house.
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ChiIdren Died % Th.i, Ru,,.

Denton, Texas, August 2S-The two m.
lie cuiiuren OF Judge and Mrs s. II, Brad
icy, stephen, aged 10 wears, and Cora
Lssr, es.d :, died between and o'clock
s,,. nignt from burns received yesterday
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25

Fort Worth, Texas. August q. A spectsl
train Of two Pullmons and a cafe car
passed through here tonight FOR san Firm
cisco, having on board sixty-two Young men
from Dallas and Fort Worth who have en-
listed In the United states navy
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velaseo Is 10 lnoornorats.

Vela7co' Texas, August 24--velasco Is to
be an Incorporated town as soon MS Tho
proper steps can he taken, A mass mppt-
ing viii be held tomorrow night 10 tgi,e
the proper steps TO that end This matter
has long been discussed.
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Woman Badly sealdsd.

Marshall, Texas. August 23.-This morn.
Ing, while boiling pot of SCUM ON r.so.
inc stove. Mrs. Harry Kimhali turned IN,
pot over, burning herself very badly an the
nody: A physician was called as soon n !
possible and her burns dressed
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benlson, Texas, August "a Dr. Edward
Patterson, q prominent Young physleian, A
graduate o. the uniyersity of Wsginia, was
In Red river.
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Numerous hurgaries IN Dallas have com
PEELED the police 10 give an their baseball.
IT is, however, probable that they stin
cling To their hlghbnn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25

Peter Power seems TO ne attracting near
" as much attention as the money power
these DAVIS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25
The MEANING or MORGAN.

MONDAY, AUG. 25, 100
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25

is It nosg!hle mat Eddie Green chooses
TO talk TO tho people with Gooscncck Bn's
mouth and mentality. or lack Of sIch2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-25

r. A. SO. In Mondays ISSUE Of The
Post, in answer to my query as 10 the right
to vote in the District Of Columbia, you
state that residents OF thar District are not
allowed 70 vote WIN you kindly advise me
why the citizens of the United states are
deprived 81 their right 60 vote simply he-
cause they live on Federal territory? / can
loy see why any citizen should be deprived
OF hs tight &c vote whiic he is living In
any portion Of the United States. Should
they at lsas, not be entitled to a vote IN
the presidential elections, Is they come al.
most entirely under the rsesidents iurls.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
Story the Eight Survivors Ttl
Causes Feeling of horrs1.
CAUSE DEATH OF sTEWARDEss
Died from Exhaustion Through Loss %
BIood-Tho.e Who Refused to Sub.
NIT to This Process Were
Tapped White Asleep.
They We're Four Days
on the Raft. SisIs1 NIs1
By Associated Press.)

LONDON, November 1.-THE cores
pondent OF the Daily Mail. Wellington.
y. T.. cables that the eight SURVIVORS o1
the steamer EIinganite. who were res
cued on q raft by the British survey
steamer Penguin. admit that while their
minds were unhinged by hunger. some Of
them prolonged life by drinking the blood
OF their companions.
This was mostly done by mutual con.
sent of two parties. Incisions being made
in their skins and sucking the blood oR
the other simultaneously.
Those OF the castaways refusing to do
this were tapped whilst they wero
asleep, and it is alleged that the stew-
ardess died CT exhaustion through ioap
OF blood taken by this process.
The correspondent, adds that the story
of the survivors has caused a feeling OF
horror in Wellington. their action being
regarded as inexcusahle, as the raft was
only four days and q half a.hoaL
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
ANOTHER DAUGHTER BORN
TO The KING OF lIAlY

tBy Associated Press.
ROME. November 19.-Queen Helena
was accotnciled OF a daughter this MORN
Ing. The Diether and child was an
nounced to be doing we'll The now Prin-
cess wiiI be named "Ntafalda''
The accouchment occurred a month
carrier than was expected. The King yes
tetday was shooting the Island OF
Monte Christo wlleu he was suddenly
summoned home. He Immediately board
ed yacht, and was landed on the beach
in the neighborhood of Rome. as there
were no debarhatIon converiiences. the
King was carried ashore on the backs
OF sailors. y motor car was In waiting.
and he soon reached the palace.
The birth of another Princess. instead
OF an heir TO the throne Is great pub
lie Disappointment.
United States Ambassador Myer waa
the first outsider 70 personally congratu-
late the King. The sovereign was In
excellent spirits. He declared he was
satisfied with another daughter. and said
the Queen and the child were doing we'll
The child born TO the King and Queen
Of Italy to-day is the second daughter.
the arst. Princess Yolande Marghertta
having been born ct Rome. June /. ls01
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
FREIGHT TRAINS
CRASH ON RnF. & ?,
Enginemen Jump Before Head
On Collision.
WRECK BLOCKS MAIN LINE.
Trains TO Washington Detoured- South
bound Train Caught North of the
Obstruction, Over Eight
Hours Ia e.

Running at something like thirty miles
an hour, north and south-bound freight
trains on the Richmond. Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad coliided yesterday
afternoon about 4 O'Clock between Coo
Spring and Potomac Run, two miles north
Of tredericks burg. blocking The main line
for more than eight hours, With the
WreckaSe of two demolished engines ana
a half dozen or more freight cars broken
and twisted beyond recognitioa. The
gency brakes. and thus escaped certain
injury or death.
The men at the throttles of the two en-
girleS were Engineers H. n Fitzhugh on
the south-bounti train, and w. E. Batignstt.
on the north-bound. both of waon re-
side i'll Richmond, and have been in ths.
employ Of the road several years.
The wrecked train We're No. ZG6. north
bound. and second section OF No. 2ol.
south-bound. From what could be learn
ed here last night the -nortn-bound train.
had orders TO wait at Fredericksburg for
two sections OF No. 20i to pass. but before
the second section had passed the north.
bound train pulled out, and after running
through Coo! Spring about one ard halt
miles met the sotIth-bound second section
of No 2ui running at fun speed TO make
the siding at Fredericksburg. When II
was realized that the disaster could not
be averted. engineers and firerneri on both
engines left their cabs, jumping and es-
Gaping injury.
80 TRAINS DEyroURED.
1 WRECKED trains w ere NO goo, EOIt.l-
line. making it necessary for all north
bound trains Leaving the city last night
10 be detoured over the Chesapeake and
OHIO asd Southern to Washington. The
trains thus operated Were No. Sc, leaving
Nain-Street Station at o:G5 yesterday eve
ming. and No. IS. leaving Byrd-Street Sta.
ton at 500 p. NJ
Train No 81. southbound from Wash
ington. due her at l0:30 last night. operated
over the same route via Orange. Cor.
donsyille, boswell and thence TO Rich.
mond. The south bound train from Wash.
ington. due at the Byrd-Street Station at
10 yesterday afternoon. was caught north
of the wreck and delayed more than eight
hours In the crash two engines and six
freight cars were demolished and more
than q dozen deraled.
u n loss OF rolling stock the wreck was
one OF the most disastrous to occur on
the Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
mac in years. Wreck trains were dis
patched TO the scene at once. and all night
the work of clearing away the debris
went on under the direction OF Superin-
3teudent Wright
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
WOMAN S STORY
is now BELIEVED
New York Po''ce Think There
Was a Pot to Kill the
President.
Especial Dispatch to The Times,

a NEW YORK, November 1e.-Ins an ago
NJ OF fear lest the Reds. of Hoboken
should take fearful vengeance on her for
the revelation OF the triple plot to kill
President Roosevelt, Mrs. Lena Dexheimer
hurriedly sent sor her pastor late yester-
day afternoon. and at her solicitation he
vent TO the Second Police Station and
begged Captain Tanning to send a suti-
5cient protection TO No. lis Willow Ave
nue.. where the woman lived. Men are
nov guarding all avenues that lead to her
apartments. Every detail! Of the remark-
abe story that the woman told at the
Mothers Club Of the First Methodist
Church is gradually being verified by the
police.
. It is known now that she was a friend
Of Mrs Gaetano Bresci, the wife Of the
man who killed King Humbert, OF Italy.
Her intimacy with Emma Goldman she
has already admitted.
Another important fact discovered yes-
terday was that besides furnishing the
government secret service with copies OF
the letters that threatened her life, she
gave them copy of the secret code book
OF the anarchist group to which she had
belonged
IN her statement in regard to those
who had been chosen to Kill President
Roosevelt she told how the last Of those
who drew lots for that purpose was a
woman named Scroeder. who killed her
self in Harlem.
Detective kerrigan. who has had charge
OF the case for the Hoboken police said
yesterday that her whole story bore ev-
cry mark OF truth. kerrigan is the most
expert detective IN matters relating to
anarchast plots In u.Hoboken.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
CHURCH PLANS
CRITICALLY VIEWED
i.Iambars Of secuad Baot;st Con-.
grsgation Like Exterior Design.
LADIES Don't LIKE INTERIOR.
LADIES DON'T LIKE INTERIOR.
The Middle Aisle, So Useful In Wed
cngs, is Absent and the Seating
Capacity Not Eight Hundred.
NoActiUn Taken-Deacons.

The plans for the proposed new Second
Baptist Church were on exhibition at
the niddie-of- -the-week service at the
church last night. and were critically
examined b.. every member OF the
church present
All were greatly pleased With the ex-
terror but all for one reason or an
other were equally d,spieased. judging
from their freeiyspoken comments. With
the interior.
The de#Igns were made by Nlessrs.
Noland and Baskerville. The proposed
location OF the new church IS the soutil-
east corner of Adams and Franklin
Streets. The design Of the architects,
viewed from the exterior, strongly re-
Main Streels. The Greek style of archi-
lecture is observed throughout Ihe.
massive and handsome columns, which
now support the vest.bnte Of the old
church appear in the new. Every out
line of the old is Reproduced, It would
seem, for the new, ut4ail are more re-
fined and attractive.
LAS 80 MIDDLE AISLE.
Every one apparleatly was greatly
pleased with this Al want enough OF
the old church, stenderlE loved for the
halIowed assoc atioas W titch center about
it. left 70 remind them OF the old
structure, and yet they want the ret1ned
tOuCQ&5 seen IN DtSL
But the ladies' especially put their
foot on the interior arrangement. Their
first observation and chief adverse critl-
cism was thnt#no middle aisle Was pro-.
vided. The men say the church is not
provided with enough seating capacity,
having but 791 seats and no galleries.
The rostrun is much larger than at
the old church. The pulpit stand IS in
the middle. on the right as one enters
and on the same platform are organ and
the choir loft" as at St Pauias. ON
the opposite side is the abptistery. The
floor of the Sunday-schooi room is ap-
parently below ground about two feet,
and is Immediately beneath the main
auditorium The church has many class
rooms and parlors. and is thoroughly
modern in this particular.
5sj DE,ACONS ELECTED.
The committee has approved the plans,
but ,ney have vet TO be adopted by the
church The matter was not brought
up last night. owing to lateness of the
hour that the election of deacons was
concluded It4isa likely that the interior
arrangements will be greatly changed,
but the exterior design adopted
Four deacons We're elected last night.
the successful nominees being Professors
R. f. Gaines and ]. r, Hunter. both OF
Richmond College. and Messrs j. l..
Sutherland and Robert S Crump. a
number OF persons were nominated, and
only after repeated ballots were the cleo
tions made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
HEAVILY BURDENED

Burdened with a scale test weighing
over 60 pounds. and worrying or trying to
worry along with considerable supply
OF whiskey on board Tt. Donovan.
mechanic. stepped from che Atlantic Coast
Line train at the Byrd Street Depot shorr-.
ly after O'Clock last night III search OF
q place TO leave his weight and rest his
ratified brain. He was taken In tow by
Patroiuran Tuler. The patrol wagon was
called and the man taken TO the Second
Station. ~ charge of being drunk on the
street was registered against him.
Later in the evening Detective Tomlfn-
son ordered that ne be held as sus-
picto,ls character Donovan claims to
hail from Norfolk and SAYS he is en-
ployed by#a sscaie-testing company. He
reached Richmond from Farmville.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
ALLEGED BLACKMAILERS
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK

Special Dispatch to The Times,
NEW YORK. November l9.-Four uys.
terious. arrests were made this Afternoon
IL Jersey City and Hoboken in connec-
uoa with the recent plot of alleged Rus
sian Nihllists to blackmaiI wealthy men
in New York. Jersey City and other
places. among whom ]. Pierpont Nor
san's narna was ne:s toned.
Two of the men, who are alleged to be-
anarchists. were captured In the Hobo
ken postottice. They had gone there to
s:ccre mail The other two were arr
rested on the street nearby. All were hur-
rie{l to the Jersey City police headauar-
ters. where Chief Murphy put them
through the third degree
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
10 SOUTH AMERICA
AND BACK FOR FUN
tspcrial pispatch to The Timeso

tS7criai iJlsEaiGa 70 = ne iiihts7''s
NEW. YORK November 19--}ack Hen
mng, of Braoklyn. fourteen years oid.
returned from South America on the
British steamer Gregory. after having.
been two months his own master and after.
1l.ayinS visited parts OF the world "hacls
i'll rarely the piivilage OF a Yankee lad
OF his age to see.
The young acveIlturer left Brooklyn on
he Gregory September sd, bound for
Para, port in Bsazt. on the Amazon
RIVER. He took with him shotgun. and
two days out from New York was sue
cesSfnl in bringing down an eagle which
wac flying over the ship.
which he says was hardly more than
collection of huts, and after three
days stay took q 1000 mile journey up
Tie Amazon to A1anaos. Here he shot
crocodies with which the river swarmed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-20
GREAT CROWDS AT
THE HORSE SHOW.
rRy Associated Press

fBy 3sSociated PreSs.1 II
NEW YORK. Nov. 19.-To-day's attend
sance at the Horse Show was much In
creased and Il record breaking week is
looked for. The programme offered was
widely diversified and the honors were
equally divided among the various COM
spetitors. OF those who failed TO win
prizes, the most notable Instances were
Alfred G. arc: Reginald Vanderbilt who
did not gain an award in any of the events
ure OF the day was theaclass for hunters.
in which the didecs We're required TO be
Btt!red in the costume of the hunt to
which they belong. The prize in this
event Went to the London (Canada) Hunt
Ia . . !. =. .