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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-24
TEXAS TOMATOES AND PEACHES.
New Industry that Is Making the Jack
sonvHle Country Famous.
Egnsos CIV Star

New Industry that Is Making the Jack
sonviIie Country Famous.
Kansas city Star.
For several weeks past Texas tomatoes
Of unusually me quality have been on the
Kansas City market. owing to the large
crop. the bulk Of which moved last week.
prices are no longer barrier, and this pop.
Mar vegetable Is now within the reach of
even the poor man. Seventy Ave cents for
a four.basket crate OF Texas tomatoes that
would do honor 10 King Edwards corona
tlon feast Such extremely low prices are
hard on the shipper, but a blessing TO the
consumer, whose only regret Is tnat such Il
good thing can only last a few days. Adj
vices from the producing section nre that
shipments have almost ceased. aud in
few days more prices viii necessarily adj
vance.
NJ East Texas that Is being made famous
all over the United Stntes by reason of its
Hue peaches and tomatoes. Fifteen or
twenty years ngo the fruit growing more.
ment started at Jacksonville. n small town
In Cherokee county, In the center OF the
iron ore district The soil there is pecu-
iiorly adapted TO the peach, the Iron giving
he fruit n delicious havor that has never
heen eounled elsewhere. The Industry has
,,n,rn wear By year. and has now renched
siSantic proportious. Hundreds Of cars are
shInped every season, and consumers all
oxsr the Union walt for the arrival OF the
Unreasonable peach" and refuse TO accept
svbstitntes. Cahlornla's peach Is beautiful
IN annearance, but the Texas fruit has a
favor ali its own, which eompels Its rivals
~ 100 way back and sit down" The sue.
rsss Of The peach growers encouraged ex-
periments with tomatoes. and after six or
Even years experience the growers there
And themselves able TO produce goods so
nearly perfect that they HAZE DRIVEN
SSiiT1y TERRIToRY, AND HAVE GAINED
SifppEMACY IN ALL MARKETS This
,.e.r car lot shipments of tomatoes hogan
On May 20, and the seasor Is now about
,nnds IN a few days and will continue until
August to IS The i.sI T., John, a yellow
li,',s ronsiguments reached prominent
Walnut street produce house yesterday and
s sps The quality Of the fruit VIII Improve
s els,, day to day until the arrival OF THE
,sroonlitoyis JACKSONVILLE ELBERTA,
wHieH Is AgsYLT gnRLp THE r.rI rISEs !,
XII variety may be expected to begin July
5 TO 10.
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n. d. 3 Beers Letter.
tSbccibl 10 The Post I

New Orleans, juno %, The insufhciency
of rains 10 Texas over Sunday caused Liv.
erpool TO he more favorable than expected
aud our market In sympathy opened I to
II higher The prediction Of clear weather
for Texas during the next thirtS.six hours
accustomed an additional advance Of 3 to 6,
making the net gain on tho day 10 to IA
points. Texas weather conditions continue
10 attract the attention OF the trade Al
though nineteen counties in Texas report.
ed from light 10 good rains Saturday, 4
large number Of counties cain moisture is
badly needed The weather prevalent IN
Texas daily Will have An impol. Ant bear,
ing on values; If general rains rlItcrialize
soon the market will decline otherwise the
chances are IN favor Of further advance
ultimately. With the good raius, which
have fallen in all the cotton States during
the past Week. the weekly weather report
tomorrow ought to be generally favorable.
Manchester cables state that there. was ~
improvement last week in the demand from
the largo CONSUMING countries The IN
QuirS from India for futures was poor and
myers wore seldom tempted by the low
heures the ready sellers were willing 10
ACCEPT. II. & b. Beer
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CALL ON OIL STOCKS
DEVELOPED HIGHER PRICES.
Anglo-Anerioar, Beatty. Merchants and
Mechanics and Haywood Figure 10
ln'proyement--Gisdys Active, w

much stronger feeling was In evidence
at yesterdays session OF the oil aud Stock
Exchange. The Improvement was not shown
so much In the aggregate Of sales as Ia the
higher tone to prices which appeared TO
be tho only barrier TO activity u the most
popular stocks. The lack OF free offerings
was also feature and gave suggestion that
better things are expected.
Anglo-American vas nlost responsive 10
bullishness. All that could be had at lJc
the best figure lately paid, was taken up.
Later buyers gave &c very readily for
number OF blocks. There was only par.
tial response to ofrcrs at this price aud in
the closing moments there was jump TO
2Ac on the part Of sellers. This prevented
further sales, but the demand did not
slacken. More favorable Trading also oc.
Cured In Beatty. The stock changed hands
very freely at lAc aud after few orders
We're nlled no onerings under lAsc appeared,
while the last bids stood .the ,ame as on
saturday. Merchants and Mechanics was
In 4 stronger way, Top Prices recently
aud quite firm ut TINT, Blocks OF any con.
sequence could not have becn obtained ror
less than 1lsc while q small lot was offered
down to l cent. Takers Of Palestine oil ANA
Development went upward and give q for
the stock, while bids previously made stood
at the close and the ask price took on a
Gladys of Beaumont was considerably
more active, hut did not make any variation
in point OF value. Stlers met Offers that
have been of long standing, after which thr
bid was reduced We. National OH and Pipe
was in heavy demand and after several
purchases we're made at the terms prevail
ing ON Saturday traders were only ssparnt.
cd by small difference aud tie bids stool
as previously. Independence madn q better
record than at the preceding call but still
held to comparatively low leycl, There
xk4n in.u n 10 81 mn ~
he had at that price. with offers ranging Iar
lower. Becky sharp and Equitable Land
and oil traded to very good advantage
when compared to recent valuation and
prices indicating recovery were eivcu foI
Sonr Lake Oil, There was much stronger
inquiry for Higgins With an ahscpce OF
sellers and offers ranging upwards by SIC
did not bring results,
The total sales amounted to 3osic shares
The prices bid ana nsked at the close
yesterday and the sales made were MS fol
lows:
UNLISTED STOCKS.
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WHAT OCCUPATION MEANS.
General Wheaton Gives Out a State
merit on Philippinc Conditions.

1CnGTdI WnCaNCn tolNCS tout q 1NaNC-
merit on Philippine Conditions.
san Francisco, Juno Major General
Lloyd Wheaton. who arrived last evening
lrom Manila on the transport sherman.
was held In quarantine. but IS IL good
health. He left for Manila IN January,
1929, and bias been In active service ever
since. Sci $50
General Wheaton would not tnlk on tho
charges OF cruelty made against American
soldiers IN the Philippines, but he made
this statement as showing wnat American
occupation mcans "rhc dcvnstations OF
war have cost many lives. The loss among
tho natives has no doubt been very large.
But when onc takes into consideration the
hundreds OF thousands OF lives that have
been saved ny reason Of sanitary prechu.
lions Of the American army aud the civil
commission, that loss by war seems In.
hnitcly small Smallpox became epidemic
soon after the Americans took Manila aud
would have caused frightful mortality
among the natives us well as among the
troops, but for the regulations and prccnn-
tions OF the medical authorities " our
army. Compulsory vaccination was hrld IN
every city, province, town and throughout
the country. In that way We saved thou
sands of lives. In General Bells lcl art
mcpt 100000 were vaccinAted Later Tho
buhonc plague seemed TO obtain foothold
In the Philippines. Cholera is now raging
and believe tho health board has II al
most under control"
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THE TAYLOR FAIR.
II Is to 5e Held July pa Regardless
OF the Drouth.

OF the Drouth.
Taylor, Texas June % Regardless of
the extreme drouth existing In this section,
the Taylor fair win be held on july 3 3
and 4
Secretary Howard Bland and the dircc
tors OF the fair association are working
hard to make tho fair grand success
and judging from present prospects, 1t VIII
be one OF the best fairs that has ever
been held in this county.
The buildings aud improvements are rap
Idly being pushed "a coinpletion aud mer'
chants are already shaping their exhibits.
The race track f. being put In nuc shape
for the thrce days racing, aud tue pro
gram MS arranged l. most attractive ana
PROMISES somu hue sport. TWcnty-onr out
Side horses have already been entered inf
the pacing and trotting cvents, ana Win
the twenty head Of race horses alrendy
on the ground in addition there win be
number OF entries for each lAle.
One OF the principal ana special FEATURES
OF the fair VIII be the roping contest 70
last for two days. the 3rd aud 4th quite
number OF entries have alreudy been
received by the secretary FROM outside ex.
he distributed, 5000 being the FIRST prize;
besides this there will be large number
OF prizes offered by the local merchants,
consisting OF saddles, hats, etc,
The entries for the cattle exhibition IN
,dicate that there viii be a large. repre-
sentatiop In that department. Williamson
county has long been noted for the raising
have taken many premiums at the prin'
clpal live stock exhibitions In the South
as well as the North.
observation-disclosures TzhhnM
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STRONGER FEELlNGPREVAILED
MOS LAW CONDEMNED.
Resolutions Adopted by the Tyler Metho.
dist District Conference.

dist District Conference.
10 the Editor OF The Post.
Mureh!son, Texas, June 21.-As the secrc
tary Of the district conference OF the ry,cr
district OF the East Texas annual confer.
ence OF the Methodist Episcopal churcn
South, sitting at MalaBor, Texas, June /,
to ~. | am Instructed by action OF that
body to forward to your columns for pub.
ncatlou the following resolutions, adopted
by the conference as Its expression in con,
dcmnation OF the prevalent tendency among
the people to the violence OF mob law. The
paper is as follows:
eve, your committee on resolutions, on
this for your considerations
I'VE note with alarm the growing dispo
sitluu Oh the Part Of some OF our people
to take the law IA their own hands In deal
ing With class of criminals whose Crimc
should be napieless. We deeply deplore tnis
tendency.
our law is adequate and should always
he permitted to take Its course, Mob law
is irresponsible and knows no limit.
"Lct the good people sanction It, either
by undressing II or by just letting It 20
unrebuked, and II soon comes to the cou-
clusion TINT not only for this namcless
crime. but for any crime the mob chooses
to punish In this summary way, II is Just'
He'd in Immediately converting its bloody
court and, without Judge, jury or trial.
IN ficting the most hcudlsh and mcrcileSs
Death conceivable. Thcretorc pc II
Resolved, J. That while we deprccate
with unspeakablc horror the awful crime
which usually pfrords the excuse of the
lyncher and is usually the occasion of his
crime, We would call upon our people to
remember Gods word, which says ven
gcance is mine, VIII repay, sayeth the
Lord
Resolved. .. We deploro the fact and
| condemn the crime OF lynchiue wherever
and for whatever f5ascn invoked, lwu
wrongs never make a right.
Resolved. g. We urge upon our people
their solemn duty 60 discourage the crime
OF iynchlng in any and every possible way
Let us uphold the dignity and majesty 81
| the law. as upon it's hnal enforcement
every good thing In sour fair land depends
! 'F FN}t} -. NJ. Fowler,
- B. 'Turrcntue
"a. q. ScruggS
trust you will grant the request Of the
conference and let the foregoing una space
! i'm vour columns. H. h. urduhari,
80 Secretary.
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|NON WHOLESALE MARKET

anu the Southern bean district. Renor,o,
stocks are the largest for June since isne
N o1o,ooo sacks were stated as being nn
hand. ON June 1, 1891, the nuantitrs ~
ported was close TO the present aS,ras
being 100000 sacks" nsures
The Louisiana Planter reports on tho
cane crop; The want OF rain is still acptcIv
ielt throughout the greater part Of tho
sugar district, although there arc favorable
Signs at this time of a break in the dry
spell, which has now continued for so mnpv
weeks. Ihe corn has been materially IA.
1ured by the drouth and cane l. evorv
where IN urgent need of moisture atbonSh
u sun looks green and healthy and can nor
pc snld TO be injured except that Its growth
mas peen checked In combination with III.
drouth We have had some extremely hnI
weather which would have brought the cii.e
out wonderfully II 1t could have Mad AZ,
nsnequate supply of moisture. The fields arc
IN splendid state of cultivation and ready
Tor rain when II comes which ali Of ar
planters hope will be soon.
Referring to the situation on 1902 mack
domestic sbrdlnes prominent interest
writes from Lubec, Maine as follows; ~
mad long talk with several of the Lubec
packers who attended a convention nj
Portland, Maine. and they said that where
there were 10000 cases Of sardines hacked
vi W lAiS time Iusl year, tnefo rs not
10000 cases this year. Only one factory
Is running in Eastport and one In Lubec
1t seems that the Sea Coast Packing com.
pauy has enjolncd the independent factont
IN l.ubec from doing any surdine business
Their case Is to he heard next Wednesday
aud 1t Is looked forward to With great IN.
tcrcst. or course, II these independent
factories agreed when they sold out not Jo
pack they should not, and 1t will have Its
effect on the market. They also said thin
II has leaked out that the Sea Coast Pack.
Ing company did not intend to do much tnis
year, as they have l5O.OO0 cases of last
years goods ON hand, and that the powers
behind the throne are not satisfied win
the management Of the past year At East
port They have discharged great mauy
men they would certainly need If they
were to do much business Their cn az
hope Is to make the patent can which they
are working on now go. but tho hest in
formation ! can get Is that the cement will
not hold the oil; 1t might be all Eight on
muStards.
I'VE are not getting any FISH. There are
some fish we could get by running good
many miles for. but they you'd come In
rather poor shape and 1t would cost us all
we would make out AZ them. There seems
to be a good many fish near us In the docn
water where they can not he caught. and
the dogfish have struck In which we have
always thought was good sign
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-24
NEW YORK COTTON.
higher on Eager Demand from Shorts
and Foreion Demand,

ailu Forcign -Oemdno,
New York, June 2a.-The cotton market
opened firm, with prices 3 to points
h'gher on eager demand from shorts aud
some foreign buying, based upon a strong
showing by the liverpool market aud upon
Dry weather news from Texas, Not long
"iter The call the whole list further i'm
proved on general buying and scarcity Of
offerings The August position led the sec.
oha advance, working up to $50, then came
reaction of to 6 points ON selling for
Pronts by room traders and slight set
Dack In tho English market Excellent
hM e,, ana crop reports from the cotton
uelt outside OF Texas did much TO cncour.
Hge Dear selling on the turn. However.
europe continued to buy here and the more
conservative shorts refused to risk posi-
Ole had crop news from Texas in tomor.
rows weekly GOV ernment report. The June
option displayed strength at one time he.
lng 10 points over tho final bid of last
saturday. Early In the afternoon the mqr.
kct exhibited disposition to do better,
ana though Wall street interests persistent
" sold tho August option, prices nd.
Y,,anced steadily toward the high level of
the nrSt hour Tho market WAS finally
steady aud net {, TO "a points higher Total
sales were estimated at 1900 bales.
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HEARNe Items.
Two Ladies' and a Baby Hurt In .
Runaway.


Runaway.
IIearne. Texas. June %. Mesdames Jim
Ward and l.. II. Parnell we're seriously
Injured this morning In a runaway. The
horse they were driving was frightened By
the switch engine. The two ladies aud
Mrs. Wards baby were thrown To the
ground. Mrs. Ward Is in critical condi-
ton this evening.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Rookie OF the maintenance OF
way department OF the Houston aud Texas
Genital, who Is here looking after the com
pnny's Interests In the construction OF the
mammoth fuel oil tank. informed The Post
and viii be ready to receive oil Wednesday.
While a pipe line Is being built 70 the
round house the engines win be nlled at
the tank.
4 new time card went into effect on
the International and Great Northern ray
road yesterday. Two Of the through trains
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COTTON SEED PRODUCTS.

Memphis, Tenn, June a3-Qil, carload
lots, per gnlIon' Primo crude 81: on crude
3I2d34l2; prime summer yellow nominal:
on summer yellow No nominal; choice
cooking summer yellow, less than car Dad
lots, per gallon, nominal. Meal and cake
Prime $3.50
New Orleans, June 23.--Cotton seed prod
ucts--Prlme refined oil in barrels 43H; on
refined 42h, prime crude, loose 351a.
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METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA.
Comment Caused at BeeVille by the Sun
.ism1 Ct,reatc

Comment caused AZ bceN'He ny VIC S"'
rises and Sunsets.
Beevlle. Texas. June 2l.-1hc peculiar
sunsets aud sunrises which have been noted
Here for the past few days have attracted
considerable attention. and caused no small
amount Of comment aud mental speculation
Most OF the time the sky has becu free
from clouds at the rising aud setting OF
tho sun, but the horizon has been over.
east by thick veil resembling dust, and
the sun shining through this has produced
a peculiar color effect on the sky and
earth. Iu the evening Just as the bright
orb Of day Is disappearing below Tue no
flzon, the western heavens are unEed by a
golden cast that tar exceeds IN beauty aud
attractive splendor any of the sunset phlht7
iugs OF the greater artists Ilts produces
a soft. mellow light over the face oil the
earth that c6lors all objects a golden brown
aud produces an optical cucct not soon
10 be forgotten. -s----con as the sun mas
entirely disappeared ana almost ia ihe
twlukiing OF an eye, the golden glory FADES
from lthe sky aud Is succeeded by u bright
red care TINT is reflected over" ~al things
terrestrial, lighting them up as th0NEth NY
a great conhaErnton. This lasts In an us
mrtd brightness for As much ~ n mar
hour at times. and then as the heavier
shades OF night begin TO enveop tue ealth,
the streAk OF red above the western horizon
grows Tess aud less unlll 1t at last gives
place to the pale east OF the noonbeaNr.
This same effect Is reproduced nt sunrise,
only It hegins with the red aud ends Win
the golden.
Yarions theories are advanced as to what
tho dust, haze or mist through which ana
on which the sun shines to proine' these
peculiar effects. Is The most popular OF
these theories Is that il is tac dust which
has been disseminated throughout ms
southern latitude from Mont Pcle" Ah
other probable theory Is that on account
a! the great territory covered by the droWh
now prevailing the n'r throughout south
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New York Dry Goods.

New York, June @3.-The dry goods mar
ket is quiet t9day in all directions The
orders coming In are for small quantities.
AS a rule, but fairly general Prints are
hrm. with fair sales, Glnghams also Arm.
Prnt cloths inactive and unchanged Cot.
ION hosiery and underwear quiet and low
grade goods Irregular in prices
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/ IlADf ,,,,,D,.
o.alets Are Overloaded
r,aits--corn 1 Cent
'I~.r-E0us Firm

., very dnll day In the
". Naturally receipts we're
FIX WI ouauu,y on account of
N az 4 sunday. The chief prod ,'d.
s,sst, Texas fruits were yet
sa.lacfory condition and they
'',sy dlsrosed Of at scarcely
I, ''as.s.pprtatlQn charges
!, moot oats are selling about
4, Il corn nave been marked ic
ni rades.
1,,s Of early Arkansas apples
|, N scid at So per barrel
| .,,;., reported the Elgin but
h N, unchanged with u very
| !, ,.,,s eggs we're rather light
4, ras shade stronger. There
.r,,l change in the course of
il, took place at 9GlOc.
4, nd tomatoes were the weak
|.'Iss. On the market and there
/ 4. almost an absence of demand.
y. .A,ufred around 20c per crate.
a !, lemons were received aud
/ ,,,r mixed stock Of fruit. There
N an active demand, however,
Lam the quality and recent nd
~ esaly maintained aud on'y
|r.,ls remained on the market.
',.e.ln,s are expected almost
n, ~ week and the trade will
III EpIl prepared for orders.
l.stiou With beans California ad'
/, supplies In this center are
n inc and small whites. pinks
\ A whites and plnks taking the
El,Jr AZ to quantity offering.
! " State are given ut $4,000
|sar eyenly divided between 5. +.
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METALS.

cn I'm . Firm, s2s.5ea2o5o lead, un-
81 GALVANIZED SHEET iRoN-e5 and 5
lUo pounds.
,huoflNG TIN-Iachine made S1o,bon
box. ''''e'
sol S,ohspER-Half and Half, 1I@1sc per
CORRUGATED IRoN-Galvanized, $500
pc square.
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NEW ORLEANS spoT COTTON.
Full Prices Reflected ln,roved Conditions
at Liverpool

at Liverpool.
New Orleans. June 23.-spot cotton was
In good demand at full prices rejecting
the improvement in conditions at Liverpool.
sales, 1850 bales, including 200 to arrive
Quotations unchanged. Futures at the first
call were to IL points up After tho
eau there were some slight fluctuations
but pricea were firmly maintained and n
further advance OF d few points WAS made
The market closed firm, with net gains OF
~ to 10 points over Saturdays closing,