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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

wounded at an carly hour this n,orn,n. !.
i ,n + hhnA g party; The shooting ocenS,es
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

aud edited by Dr Cannon contained a re-
ectiou on his dunSSl mother pr lInsS
and Dr. Cannon have not been on good
terms during the conference Dr Can.
non has hccn the most ardent Of an those
who wanted to return tho war claim. DE-.
lloss has been with the majority.
EXPLANATION DEMANDED
AND REFUSED
DIR. Hoss retained his composure through.
out and young Hoss kept his peace TIN
Bishop Wilson Ind pronounced the hcne-
dictiom Going quickly to nr Cannon's
side. he asked him what the newspaper
article referred TO before meant Or Can
non refused to discuss the matter with
young Hass aud told him 20 send his father,
hiShop HoSs The laying ON Of hands fol
lowed quickly Tho matter has caused in
tense excitement IN Methodist circles.
The work done by the conference Is sat
iSfnctory to the great majority Of the
delegates and all NJ them Will carry away
pleasant rccollCCtions ~ Dallas.
The entertainment committee will name
the meeting place OF the conference to be
held in 1900. Louisville Savannah, Birm-
ingham. Nashville, Atlanta and other cities
are candidates,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

w. II renman. president of the Prnmun
Steel and Iron Tank company. rcturucd
from Chicago this morning where he has
been for week past lie states that the
demand in his Inc is very strong ana that
the greatest trouble J, in securing ma.
terto with witch 70 construct the tanks.
He states further that ne was compelled
TO tnrn down several nice orders on account
Of This tAct
The company has closed a contract here
FOR the construction of two ST5un barrel
tanks for the san Jaciuto or company. and
this VIII be followed by the construction OF
two more II mutually agreeable upon the
completion Of those.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

The two important announcements Of en-
terprlses 20 he located here this week as
mentioned this morning are slowly but
surely Undertaking.. The gentlemen who
are NJ the hend NJ them refuses 10 say any
thing yet. They are presumably tookhg
after sites and when thoy have secured
them they will no doubt tell what they
know and what they propose doing.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27
Mr. +; c. IIowes. 2oa Bank OF commei

Kansas city. May 2O.-Rccalllng CONVEX.
sation some tmc ngo about estmnted
weight applied on shipments from Kansas
points TO Kanyas City, I gave this matter
attention, rs y @pyOnllsed. with tho result
that tho TrausmissouA association adopted
and has published the following
"2o4l. Estimated weight on crude pc
trolcum in tank cars Of "A pounds per gal
Ion and on gas tar IN tank cars n 9h
pounds per gallon. tAmendmcnis to tariffs
Ill and circular letter No. IA, erectiye
Nav %. 1902 ,"
This will apply on shipments from Kan
sas oil heds and puts them on the same
basis ms ycnr shipments from the beaumont
district. Yours tiuly,
w q Dennls A. O. L. A.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

The Imam Drilling company expects In
a well tomorrow morning for r. L. Cox &
Go. The well is on block 80 OF the Hogg-
Swnyne tract.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27
TO lNVESTIGA { BIG HILL.
w. L. Thomson Win Make a Close
lnSpeciisa Of the Property.
QUESTION OF RATES AN IMPORTANT ONE
The Matter Is Being Closely Watched
by the Experienced Oil Men---Two
Big Enterprises En- Taps.

beaumont, rtNaS Nav 2s w. l.. Thomp.
son states that he win propabIy GO To- Rig
mn, In the southwestern part OF the co,m.
~ tomorrow morning aud i'm that event
be VIII try TO learn something dchnitc OF
the drilling as il is going on there. colo
ncl Thompson IS the attorney for tile Texas
oil Fields limited, the big concern with
which Nj Beaurcgard Is connected ami
which Is reputed to I've worth several mil
lion dollars. Nlr Beauregard is now Ia Eu
rope and the Office here is consistently re-
fnsing TO give ont anything, In speaking
OF the company, about which 50 many ru.
mors of gushcrs have been told during the
last few days, Colonel Thompson said
'Ihe well that l presume is the one that
is said to have come in Is three quarters
OF a mile 10 the west OF RIG Hu proner
ana When was there two weeks ago IL wns
down 2luO feet aud the report Tint il struck
oil az a depth Of 900 feet IS probably cor.
rect SO far As the depth part Of ID IL con.
ccfned. IhrSc peuplC have a SORT OF dnu.
bie action rig ut work on the well that they
drought specially from kuSSia to do the
WORK with and they are goluc to a dcpth
u 1000 feet ii thcS do not strike oil sooner-
Ihey are watching each character of earth
or SOL or rock through which they pnss
ahd Know what they are doing They also
nave set aside special experimental fund
OF $4,000 In cash thut Is to- he used Tor
punching holes In the Big I'm locality.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

The rail shipments arc keeping up IN
way that makes the belief that this month
Will show up equal to April hold good The
number OF cars shipped today was III,
which Is about as high as they get over
the railroads. The water shipment report
for today Is not known as the reports are
received each morning
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

In the way OF sales. Caller Common figures
on leaving tomorrow night II he can get
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

The article from an "Iuyestigator'' IN
this mornings Post has attracted grcut
deal 81 attention today and is commented
ON most fa,oroby as sound, logical and
accurate statement Of the tru. conditions
OF Spindle Top aud many nlcc things have
been said about The Post in connection
with II. Secretary 'rhildrcss of the Oh tx.
change stated his opinion tn the following
terms; THE article is an excellent ona
und viii do the hcld world OF good and
] think II Is the Intention of the oil PEG.
Pic here 10 sec that II Is well circulated.
such articles as that sent freely 10 the
North would at once place confidence
IN the hcld that could not be shaken hy
any individual"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-27

That the question ol rates is an impor-
tant one with which AN producers viii have
to ignre on for interior business ls an un-
dcnlublc fact, and the rates from Beaumont
to all points north viii be watched closely.
Already there are many trafhc managers
here who make the study Of o,"S~ res their
only work, and II Is in most eases the men
who are familiar with the rates who are
connected with the succcssfG~ companies.
The letters printed below show something
OF gain that Beaumont has made In this
direction through her friends that is most
Important one TO the shippers to North
Missouri territory. Tho letters are seit-
explanatory
Mr. j. C. Nov, Commcrclat Agent, Beau
mont, Texas.
Kausas Ciy. Nay 20 Dear Sir: /
learned recently that fuel OH was moving
In from the Kansas wells on basis OF GA
pounds per gallon, which n was nsccrtained
was less han the actual weight In protcc.
tlon Of our beaumont friends / had tho
hasis from Kansas advanced 10 the same rs
from Beaumont, as Indicated In the at
tHched copy of letter. This viii protect
our Beaumont friends not only on move.
meut 10 Kansas city but TO amy other
points In the Missouri river territory. Please
give them the benefit AZ tho information.
Yours truly, W. G.. Dennis,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
SAHARA UNDER THE SEA.

Facts Seeming to Point to the Former
Submergence of the Desert.
M. Cheyalier, known for his interest
ing botanical explorations in the
French Soudan, has communicated to
the French Academy Of Sciences GER
tain curious facts which seem to point
to the immersion of the Sahara in
comparatively recent geological times.
There have been found in the neigh
borhood Of Timbuctoo, on the southern
edge Of the desert, the fossil remains
Of two marine forms Of animals which
are still living on the coasts Of Sene-
gambia. The presence Of a fossil sea-
urchin at Eau Saghair discovered
some months ago, is to be associated
with these more recent finds Of marine
forms in the desert. This evidence Is
important as a contribution to the
much-disputed question as to whether
the Saharan lands were formerly under
the waters of the Atlantic.
The very strongest Of testimony Is
accommodating in favor Of the hypothe-
sis Of the former submergence Of the
Sahara. These facts are among the
latest contributions to our knowledge
Of the desert, which is quite we'll
known now when we compare with the
present accumulation Of facts the mea-
ger information that was accessible
only thirty years ago.
1t will be remembered that about
that time some Englishmen proposed
to dig a canal on the northwest coast
Of Africa south Of Morocco, to admit
the waters Of the Atlantic into the des-
ert. It was agreed that a great inland
sea would thus be created in the desert,
and that vessels from Europe and
America might steam through this
canal and touch at ports along the rich
western Soudan. Of course, the prof.
ect was based upon the notion that a
large part Of the Sahara lay below the
level of the sea.
But we now know that the mean ele-
walton of the Sahara is far above sea
level. 1t is supposed that the average
height of the desert above the surface
Of the Atlantic is about 1900 feet. No
part of the desert is known to lie below
sea level, except in certain limited
areas along it's northern border and
near the Nile. The lowest part Of the
region which it was proposed to SUBJ
merge is in the district of El Juf, which
Is 500 feet above sea level. No way Is
known at present of aztificially intro
ducing the waters Of the Atlantic into
the Sahara, except to pump them in.
If these facts had been known thirty
years ago we should have heard moth
ing Of the great project so much ex-
plotted in the newspapers Of that day
Of creating a large inland sea in Sa-
hara-Buffalo Commercial.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
The National Capitol.

The editor Of the Century, writing Of
the projected improvements at Wash
ington, speaks Of the capitol as 1.-THE
most imposing structure of the modern
world" and says:
ITO the devotee of art no new build
ing can ever appeal with the poignant
beauty of the ruin that crowns the
Acropolis. In its pathetic dilapidatfon
it remains the supreme and unap-
preached masterpiece of architecture.
Nor can any later dome put to shame
that which greatened from the brain of
Mfcelangelo. The capitol at Washing
TON is not in rivalry in our thoughts
with the imperious associations Of
Athens and Rome, or with any Of the
creations of the ancient world Of the
renaissance. We speak of it in compar-
ison with the finest accomplishments
of European art since the great days,
IN IFS power, by reason of its command
ing position and of its own lines and
masses. to impress the minds Of men.
IFS technical faults, whatever they
NAV be. are lost sight Of in its soaring,
its imaginative proportions"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
Wasted Education.

Mrs. Simmons always said that she
''had no grudge against a proper, self
respecting PRIDE" but to casual listen
er she seemed TO relate the misfortunes
Of her friends and neighbors with GER
tain relish.
81 expect It's been considerable Of
a trial to the Masons to have Jane en-
gage herself to that engineer from Chi
cago," she said one day.
Hes a Incorporating fellow, and
the SCOT Doesn't seem to have grimed
in on him as much as you'd think
'twould Of course it's an honorable
calling, and necessary, too; but l know
they expected her to marry some one
different-more intellectual, some way.
They've spent a sight of money on her
schooling. feel to be sorry for the Ma
sons"
"Jane is going to marry civil en-
gineer, you know" said neighbor, as
soon as Mrs. Simmons paused for
breath.
''Tm glad he is civil, I'm sure" said
Mrs. Simmons, loftily, ''but don't sup
pose that makes his business any clean
er. does it? We weren't discussing his
manners, that I know Of, and still re-
peat that 1 feel to be real sorry for
James pa and ma.
HE may be just as civil as anybody
they ever saw, but it won't keep the
SCOT from flying, and what the washing
bills will be tremble to think!''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
PRICES ARE SOARING.
COST OF LIVING HAS HAD A BIG
INCREASE.
All Commodities Higher - Statistics
Prepared by Carroll D. Wright Show
ing the Range from 1890 to 1901
Consumer Is the Sufferer.

To what extent has the cost of living
increased in the United States of late
Tears? That it has increased there seems
40 doubt. Throughout the length and
breadth of the land the people are talk
ng about it. The housewives have taken
Up the subject, and it is entering the po-
it1cal field. When housewives go to
market to buy food for the family table,
DR. to the stores for dress goods and house
furnishings, or the head of the house to
the shops for tools, implements, cutlery,
supplies, ETC., they gain the general idea
that dollar does not go as far now as it
did few years ago. They appear to be
right about it. They are not deluding
themselves. Their claims are supported
by statistics, by the most elaborate and
accurate compilation of figures ever made
bearing on this subject.
Fortunately we have at hand in the
latest report of the department of labor,
compiled under the direction Of Col. Car
roll D. Wright, a clear presentation of
the facts. Just now, when the cost Of
living, the value of wages, what you can
buy with a dollar" are under such seri-
Gus discussion throughout the country,
these 1dClS are DOlu interesting ana ill.,
portant.
In working out his figures Col. Wright
has used what he calls a base price. This
price is the average wholesale price Of
an article throughout certain period.
He has taken the ten years from 1890
to 1899, both inclusive, and called the
average price for that period 100. All
his comparisons are made through the
we'll recognized method Of index numbers
compared with this base. Thus the range
of prices is brought out in a way which
enables everyone to see it at a glance.
The reader should bear in mind that
these are all wholesale prices, and that
they are relative on this percentage pa
sis, not absolute.
The following table shows a summary
of the relative prices of POI commodi-
ties, by groups, 100 representing the av-
Qrage price for 1S90-1S99:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07

ing the delivery of his last speech at the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo just
before he was assassinated. His figure
is erect and is in an easy position, with
one foot slightly advanced. One hand
Is in his pocket, and in the other reposes
the manuscript of his speech.
The bronze stands on a handsome gran
ite pedestal, and surrounding it on three
sides is a court, also of solid granite.
The fourth side is open to allow of closer
approach, and is terraced by slightly
rounding steps of stone. The floor in the
center of the court is composed of mo-
sale. Charles Henry Niehaus of New
York is the designer of the monument
and statue.
Between 5000 and 5000 visitors from
all parts of the United States attended
the dedcatory exercises. A military and
civic parade in which $500 persons took
part traversed the principal streets Of
the city. There were present two COM
panies of United States infantry from
Fort Sheridan, commanded by Maj.
Wood; the entire Second regiment Of
Michigan National Guard, under COM
mand of Col. William I. McGurrin Of
Grand Rapids; Gov. A. L. Bliss and his
entire staff; the United States revenue
cutters Morrill, and Fessenden and sew
eral companies of Pythians, Templars,
Odd Fellows and other secret societies
in uniform
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
RIOTS IN CHICAGO.
TRANSFERS STRIKE CAUSES DIS.
ORDER IN THE STREETS.
Meat Caravan Is Mobbed and Police
Escorts Are Forced to Draw Revolt
vers - sympathetic Teamsters Obs
struct Packers Wagons,

Police were compelled to draw revolv-
ers and use their clubs freely Wednesday
to clear the way through thousands Of
strikers and sympathiZers in the Chicago
downtown district in order to allow the
clerk-drivers of wagons for the packers
to make deliveries of meat. Every inch
of progress was marked by stubborn re-
SiStance by the rioters. At times bricks
and missiles were hurled through the air.
periling the lives of the bluecoats as we'll
As the stock yards men. From Twenty
second street and Wabash avenue 10
South Water street, where the last loads
were delivered, a jeering, shouting, dis
orderly mob blocked traffic and Aindered
the progress of the caravan of wagons.
Progress was hindered not a little by
drivers of other vehicles, who deliberately
brought their teams into the way, and IN
one instance it was necessary to beat
such an offender into insensibility before
he could be taken in charge.
In Michigan avenue several automo-
biles, one of them containing women,
were caught in the jam, and the crowd
threatened for 4 time to not only demol-
ish the machines, but to do bodily harm
TO the women.
Gable trains along the route and troll
leys were blocked and hundreds of perz
sons sought the vantage ground of the
roofs of cars, from which place they hurl-
ed missves and when their stock of
stones or whatever they happened to have
gathered from the streets gave out they
contentcd themselves with haunting the
protectors of the meat men.
AS the wagons drew toward South
Water street the crowds became more
enraged and police were practically pow
erless to cope with the throngs. Near
Randolph and Dearborn streets there was
ton Of coal on the walk waiting deliv-
cry, but when the wagons had forced a
way past the place there was not sign
Of the coal where it had been. Hundreds
Of persons seized it and for a time it lit
orally rained coal. Officers were struck,
but no one was seriously injured.
Platoons Of policemen stood at every
corner from Van Buren, to Harrison
streets on State street, and fought the
crowds to allow the packers to deliver
meat. The police formed hollow square
n front Of the retail markets, and with
clubs fought the crowds. The latter threw
stones and bricks as the packers attempt
ed to unload their meats. Two hundred
policemen charged the rioters in State
street under orders from Inspector Hunt
TO BEAT them down with clubs" No
shots were fired
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07
STORM WORKS HAVOC.
Joliet Is Swept by a Flood and Great
Damage Results.

Joliet, ILL.,, has experienced the most
disastrous flood in its history. The city
was inundated by the terrible rainstorm
of Monday night, great damage to prop
erty resulted and a number of persons
were reported drowned. All railroad
traffic in the city was brought to a stand
still, tracks were washed out, telegraph
poles were down and the utmost confu-
sion prevailed.
About 8 o'clock Monday night a black
cloud swept up from the southwest, ac-
companied by thunder and lightning, and
poured a torrent of water upon the streets
which soon transformed them into rivers.
Several persons were caught in the flood.
Water covered some of the streets to the
depth of over two feet. The Masonic
Temple was flooded to the depth of sew
eral feet, and on Chicago street. the main
thoroughfare water stood to the depth
| of three feet.
| The floods extended to the yards of the
Illinois Steel Company, putting out the
| furnace fires and causing Il complete shut
| down of the mills. The Bates Machine
| works and the McKenna plant and wire
mills were also under water. Fully two
| thirds of the east side of the city was in
undated. and in some places the water
reached to the roofs of low buildings.
| The telegraph and telephone lines were
heavy sufferers, and the city was cut off
from communication by railroad early
| Tuesday,
AS soon as the extent of the flood be-
came known Mayor Barr issued a call
| for a special meeting of the City Council
to provide special measures for the relief
| of the food-stricken inhabitants. The
| loss to merchants will amount to many
thousands of dollars. The Joliet Stove
| Company suffers a loss of $4,000 and
the Joliet Warehouse Company of SlO,-
| 600. Most of the downtown stores had
large quantities of goods stored in base
ments, and these were water soaked and
will be almost a total loss
A tornado struck Louisburg, Wis. late
Monday, and according to reports receiy-
| ed the damage was heavy. Barns and
outbuildings were demolished. Seeing
the fury of the storm, Edward Ward, a
| farmer. hurried his team honeward. He
was unhitching it when the barn was
blown to pieces, heavy timber striking
him in the forehead and crushing his
| skull He died instantly.
Heavy rains also caused great damage
TO crops, and it is said that the seasons
work on many farms has been a total
| loss.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07

Widower, and each had son. You were
one, the other. That you might come
INTO the estate, for you were penniless,
you poisoned my father and tried to muir
der me. Alarmed at your own crimes.
you lied, and took another name, the
name Nodine. Under that name you
committed another murder"
1T is falsen Kissed Richmond.
Did you not shoot down Ledbetter
Greyson on the field"
He was a foe, fighting on the other
side"
He was wounded, disarmed man, ~
Ing under his horse and calling for the
aid which a brave man, friend or foe,
would have fastened to give at the risk
of his life; but you-what did you do
rescue or murder him."
What if l murdered him." retorted
Richmond desperately, "who is to chal-
lenge me? [ have ever played for high
stakes. l have won and lost; but now
all those who have stood between me and
my objects are either dead or soon will
be. Look up at the sun-it is the last
your eyes will ever behold"
Richmond turned on his heel and walk
ed away, and soon after he was seen in
earnest conversation with Sitting Bull.
THAT fellow seems to have a particu-
lar grudge against our little party" said
st. Armand, nodding after the retreating
renegade.
Later Guskal, the medicine man, and
his wife, who visited the prisoners at
least once an hour, again put in an ap-
pearance.
Hail." croaked the bag, ''the end is
near, very near"
''Who told you SOP asked st. Armand.
81 heard Sitting Bull and Richmond
speaking"
"What did they say?'
''The chief has taken command Of all
the Sioux, and even now the braves are
making ready"
Ready for whatW
''For the death Of you and the white
men who are with you. All, now we
shall have the fire test and see if the
yellow-haired man be in truth the Noun
tain Spirit"
Even while the bag was speaking, a
strong body of warriors gathered about
the prisoners. They waited until Sitting
Bull limped into the circle. Turning to
the prisoners, he said:
your hour has come. Follow me, and
make no resistance"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1902-06-07

roof. The columns are futed, with finely
cut Corinthian capitals and are thirty
FIVE feet high At the base of the monu-
mhent on the southern side bronze door,
surmounted by large eagle in marble
gives access to the interior chamber Of
the temple with its lofty, domed ceiling
The chamber is surrounded by inches
suitable for stands of colors or trophies
or other mementoes of war. 1t is lighted
by an aperture in the dome, the light
entering through a window with bronze
grills in the upper part of the cellar wall.
The interior is entirely of marble with
mosaic pavement. The cost of the mon
ument, including the approaches, is about
$500, 900.