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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-07
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington, June 6-At the cabinet
meeting today tho public building bill was
discussed fully and IL was decided that 1t
should be signed. The cabinet also went
Mt length into certain matters connected
with Cuban reciprocity measures. but no
decision was reached. lnnsmuch as il
appeared that Judge Taft had presented
me instructions Of the secretary NJ war Ia
Cardinal Rampolla. Secretary Root VIII
send these instructions to the Philippines
COMMITTEES.
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The application Of John s Haglcr Of
Fort Worth. G, t. Hoonlnr. T.. r. Good.
win. j. *. Quinn and J. n. Hasltr to
organize the First National Bank Of
ttowelL Texas, With capital OF $4,000
has been approved by the comptroller or
gurTtntV ~
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to their Paris home from their country
home, In Medan. Owing to a sudden
spell Of cold weather, the heating stove
In their bedroom was ordered to be
lighted. The stove burned badly. and
its pipes are said to have been out OF
order.
To the magistrate Mime. Zola ex-
planned that she woke early In the
morning with splitting headache. She
wakened her husband and asked him
to open q window. She saw him rise
and attempt to move toward window.
but he staggered and fell to the floor
unconscious. Nine. Zoia tainted at
the same moment and therefore was
unable to give the alarm.
The death Of II. Zola Of course
caused a great sensation In Paris.
NJ. lola had been resting from liter
ary work since he finished his book
called "The Truth" which Is being
published In serial form in the Aurore.
The obituary notices pay tribute to II.
Zola's high literary talent. The Temps
says French letters suffered q loss
which will be keenly felt. The news
papers Judge NJ. Zoia's role in the
Dreyfus affair according to political
bias.
". Zola was born in Paris April 2.
1S4O
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EMILE zOLA ASPHYXIATED
Noted French Author Loses His Lille
by Coal Gas.
NARROW ESCAPE OF HIS WIFE

They Had Just Returned to Paris From
Their Country Home - Lighted . Fire
In Stove with tho Pipes Out OF Order
Mime. Zola Gives Details OF Acci.
dsnt-NevelIst's Death Shocks France.
Paris. France.-All France received
profound shock when 1t became known
that Emile Zola. the novelist. had been
found dead In his Paris home from as
phyxiation. 1t is hardly necessary to
say that II. Zola was the leading ex.
ponent of the extreme realistic school
of fiction, and the man who recently
set his countrymen by the ears by his
defense Of former Captain Dreyfus and
the Jews.
Sensational reports were afloat that
M. lola had committed suicide. but the
authorities are satisfied that he was
killed by fumes from Il defective coal
stove. Mime. Zola was seriously Ill
when the room was broken into in the
morning. At about noon she was re-
moved to q private hospital. where she
recovered consciousness for a short
time and was able briefly to explain to
a magistrate what had happened. Her
chances for recovery are good.
NJ. and Mime. Zola had just returned
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TO END THE COAL FAMINE
Boston Citizens Ask For q Receiver
For tho Coal Railroads.
A Bin In Equity Filed In the Supreme
Couft-Nins Fuel Carrying Com.
panlss Affected.

Boston. - A committee Of citizens.
headed by the publishers Of Boston
newspaper. sought relief in the courts
from the present coal shortage and
high prices by asking for a receiver for
the coal companies and coal carrying
roads. A bill in equity was fled in the
Supreme Court against the following
named corporations:
The Philadelphia and Reading Rail.
road Company. the Central Railroad OF
New Jersey. the Lehigh Valley Rail.
road Company. the Delaware. Lacka.
wanna and Western Railroad Com.
pany. the Delaware and Hudson Com.
pany. the New York. Ontario and
Western Railroad Company. the Erie
Railroad Company. the Pennsylvania
Coal Company and the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
The petitioners ask that a receiver be
appointed for the benefit Of all con.
cerned, upon such terms and In such
manner. and with such agents and ser
wants. and with such rates Of wages
and other conditions Of employment,
ard at such prices for goods produced
and sold as the court shall from time TO
time adjudge proper.
The bill Is based upon the legal the
ory Of the coal situation given by n.
W. Chaplin. a lawyer. Mr.. Chaplin
says in support of his position:
"Slnce the public has a right In the
mines, q right to have coal forthwith
mined for immediate consumption. and
has 4 right to have that coal imme--
dlately transported out Of the mine re-
gIons by the coal carrying roads.
court of equity. II no other solution OF
the difficulty Is open. has authority to.
and upon the application Of represen.
tative proportion Of the people un.
doubtedly would. appoint receiver or
receivers. to take into his or their
hands the whole business now In the
hands of the anthracite coal combine
and to run 1t In Its place"
A subpoena to serve on the defend.
ants. giving notice Of the bringing OF
the suit. has been taken out by the
plaintiffs lawyer. and 1t will probably
be returnable In November.
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Incorporation PERFORMED
Bone Of the Presidents Injured Leg
Found Slightly Affected.
SPEEDY RECOVERY EXPECTED

surxsons Positive rlIat There 10 No Evi.
dsnes OF Matter That Would Producs
Blood Psisoning - Process Of Healing
Impsdsd by SGr. Rooseveit's Restless
nsss-Expsrt Called In Conference.
Washington. D. C.-Another opera
tion has been performed on the abb
scess on the left leg OF President Roose.
velt. In the former operation Q simple
needle was used to relieve the trouble.
but In the later operation the surgeons
with a knife made an incision into the
small cavity. exposing the bone. which
was found to be slightly affected.
The Presidents case has been pro-
crossing satisfactorily. but 1t Is be-
lIeved by the physicians that the fur
ther operation will hasten his complete
recovery.
They gave the most positive assur-
ances that there Is not the least cause
for alarm, and say that on the contrary
there Is every Indication Of a speedy re-
coyery; that the area Of bone affected
Ia very slight, and will not result In
any impairment Of the Presidents limb
and that there Is no evidence whatever
of any matter that would produce
blood poisoning.
DR.. Shaffer. Of New York City. who
long has been acquainted with the
Roosevelt family. and who also is q
well.known bone specialist. Joined the
Presidents physicians In their consul.
tation. II was noticed that there had
been q slight rise in the Presidents
temperature. and an Increase In local
symptoms. and the physicians thought
his recovery would he aided by max.
ing an incision to drain the wound.
The operation was performed be.
tween 3 and o'clock In the afternoon.
The President stood the pain very well.
and expressed his satisfaction at the
result. DR.. Rixey. Surgeon-G General Of
the navy, performed the operation, as.
sisted by DR.. Lung. the Presidents
regular physician. DR.. O'Reilly. who
also was present with the other physi.
clans. is the Surgeon General Of the
army. DR.. Edward r. Stitt, another
of those present. Is In charge Of the
Naval Museum Of Hygiene and Medi'
cal School
The physicians took a roseate view
Of the Presidents prospects for getting
out again. DR.. Sha7er. while he de-
clIned to discuss generally the Presi.
dents case. authorized the most posi-.
tive statement that there need be not
the slightest cause for anxiety or alarm
regarding his condition.
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SportlnC BreyIties.

Alfred Shrubb ran four miles Mt Lon
don in ION. 26 hos. establishing new
amateur worlds record.
Heatherbloom made new jumping
record Of seven feet five inches ut The
Bryn Mawr pa Horse Show.
Marcus Hurley and l.. +. Root ran
a dead heat from scratch In the mile
cycle handicap at Vailsburg, y. J.
Frank Farrell's De Resgke won the
Speculation Stakes Mt Gravesend. New
York City, and L. Y. Bell is credited
with being $4,000 richer by the VIC
tory of his horse, G. Whittier. winner
Of the opening event Of the day.
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Personal Mention.

Former senator David B. Hill Is
fifty.ninr years old.
Lord Salisbury is devoted to animals
AMI has fo. his favOritc pet large
cat.
Lord Is:aSScy holds IN" record OF
havin. sailed nearly :ES'u.0OD miles III
yachts.
Mr.. 5alfour. the English Premier. Is
said TO sleep i, least twelve hours ef'
cry day.
Pope Leo NIlI. has ordered several
sets Of Marconi's wireless telegraph
aDUaratuS.
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Narro Burned at the Stake.

In the flames OF fagOts piled high ny
hundreds Of citizens Tom Clark. alias
Will Gibson. young negro. was
burned ut the stake in the negro ctmc'
terry at Curnih. Miss. Clark had coli
fssscd to one OF the most atroriolS rs.
saults AMI murders in the history OF
Mississippi and said that hr deserved
his awful fate. Th, torch was applied
by the husband and brother Of his vic.
tim. More than :'pn lrrS"ns Witnessed
the grewSOmr tragedy. among whom
were many women and children.
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ArRocIoUs MURDER m NEW YORK.
Slayer Burned the Head Of . Man He
Had Killed For Money.

slayer Burned tho Head OF man He
Had Killed For Money.
New York City.-The headless body
Of q man was found by the police In
the cellar Of house known as the EN-.
pire Hotel. on West Twenty-ninth
street, and as the result Of the grew
some discovery q tale Of brutal mid
night murder. followed by an attempt
to burn the body. has been unraveled.
The finding of the body followed the
registering Of complaints by people OF
the neighborhood, who declared that
there was an almost unbearable stencil
In the vicinity Of the Empire Hotel.
Captain Sheehan and several detec-
tives from the Tenderloin Station went
Immediately to the hotel. which Is In
the same building with Chinese res
taurant, and made search Of the
premises. Under a pile Of barrels and
boxes In the cellar q nude body was
found.
The head was gone. and a heavy
cleaver, found In the cellar, was evil
dence Of the manner In which 1t had
been severed from the boGy. The body
was lying close to furnace. In which
q fire was burning. With a few pals
Of water the police extinguished the
fire, and then. with a long bar Of iron.
they dragged the half-consumed head
from the Goals.
Detectives spread through the house
and made six arrests. Thomas Tobin,
q waiter, Is now in the Tombs, charged
with the murder: Alexander McAner-
uey, a bartender at the hotel; Thomas
Purnell. a medical student. from
Charlestown. Mass: William Hopkins.
Of Brooklyn, also q medical student;
Grace Burnett. a salesgirl. an acqualnt-
ance of the two students. and Robert
Kelly, q porter. were arrested. Later
In the day the girl and the two medical
students were released. and two other
women. one named Turner and the
other Stella Davis, were arrested and
held as witnesses.
The head of the dead man was so
badly burned that no identification
could ever have been made from 1t.
but the police say they have informa.
tiop that he was James B. Craft, or
Glen Cove, L. I. At the hotel where he
met his death and where he was an In.
frequent visitor he was simply known
as Captain jim"
Bartender McAnerney charged Walter
Tobin with the murder. and described
to the Police Captain and later to the
Coroner how the man came to bis
death.
While McAnerne. was telling his
story to the Coroner Tob,n. who was
in the room. jumped to his feet and de-
clared 1t was McAnerney who MUIR
dered the man and not he.
The murdered mans clothing had
been thrown into the furnace In the
cellar, along with the head. but was
not consumed. The police We're able
to identify n gray macintosh. n white
shirt. n black waistcoat and checked
suit. The police say the clothes indi-
Gated that the man was q well-dressed
person.
The murderer had seen the man dis.
play a large roll Of money, and killed
him to get possession Of 1t.
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.EW QEZHE WEEK
wAaMIN0rON ITEMS.

Contracts for pneumatic tube mail
service In New York City. Boston. Phil.
adelphia. Chicago and St Louis were
awarded by the Postofflce Department
Postmaster General Payne returned
to his desk at the Postofflce Depart
ment after an absence Of about two
months.
Secretary Shaw announced his vii.
lingness to advance interest on bonds
to June 30. 1908. to relieve the money
market.
Brigadier. General Funston. in his m.
nual report on the affairs In the De-
partment Of Colorado. said the aboli-
ton OF the canteen has had a deplora.
bic effect on the Army.
The United States Government de-
clared that Its sole guide In the 18TH
mIan policy Is the treaty obligation to
Colombia.
The Navy Department will place
Rear-Admiral Coghlan In command Of
G squadron for Caribbean waters.
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FOREIGN.

An Engllshwoman Of the name OF
Sylvia Clerk was robbed on train be-
tween Milan and Boulogne of a valise
containing jewelry Of the value Of lOO.-
OCO francs.
The Belfasso cathedral in Sicily was
destroyed by the recent cyclone. King
Victor Emmanuel has given 10000
lire for the benefit Of the sufferers by
the cyclone.
A story Of the marriage Of Queen Ma
ria Christina to Count de la Escosura.
her master OF the horse. In declared ut
Madrid to be false. The story was that
she was married on her recent visit to
Austria.
At Mannheim. Germany. two direct
ors OF the failed Rheinan-Mannheim
Chemical Company were arrested. and
the arrest of other officials Is imminent.
General Frater. who was mixed up
I'm the school troubles in Brittany In
connection with the expulsion Of the
nuns. was placed on half pay.
by compact signed between the
American and Imperial Tobacco COM
panirs the tobacco war ended AMI IN
International company was formed.
II was announced In London that Sir
Thomas Upton cOntrmplates trip
across the English Channel in Il bal
loon.
The Education bill continues source
of serious political disturbance in
Great Britain.
The International Maritime Com.
mitlrc adopted Il draft for uniform
law 10 regard TO collisions and salvage.
Thirty miners were killed nj Mazar-
ron. Province OF Murcia. Spain. by
poisonous gas.
Queen Wilhclmina entertained at
Stale ut The Hague banquet m"in'crs
of the .AmcricaI.MeXican Arbitration
Court.
The evacuation of Manchuria was
begun by the Russians. Ii Is stated
that tie territory up To the Liao EIvcr
will he evacuated completely by p.tC-
brr y. rs stipulated IN the agreement.
seven men and four Schoonrrs were
lost oil the Newfoundland coaS;.
\ memorial service III honor ~ the
former Queen OF the Bclgians WAS held
III Brussels.
The Earl OF Dudley Lord Lieutenant
OF ireland. entered Dublin: little cnihu.
siaSm was shown.
Germany. il is announced from Brr.
lin will not join The United States ana
Great Britain in Il protest 10 Houmana
with regard 10 the treatment uc
Hebrews.
King Oscars yacht ran Oh The rocks
near kalmar. Oh the Baltic. an'i Yes.
sells wer- sent TO her assistance.
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ouR ADOPTED IsLANps.

Colonel Charles Smart. Assistant
Surgeon-G General in the Army. was
made chief surgeon of the Philippines.
Acting Governor Hartzell. of Porto
Rico, pard0ned sixteen unjustly con-
victed Federals Of Patillas. and re-
moved the Republican Justice who con.
demned them.
Mabini. former President Of the Fill
pino Supreme Court. still refuses to
take the oath of allegiance at Guam.
General Sumner Is preparing to send
n second expedition against the Macin
Sultans Of Mindanao. p. I.
a number of doctors were sent to the
Province Of Iloilo. IslaDd Of PaEay. p.
l.. to attend cholera patients there. The
disease Is rapidly decreasing In viru-
lence.
The duties Of the Apostolic Delegate
to the Philippines will be the subjects
OF the next Papal Bull.
The Rev. William MacKinnon. who
was chaplain Of the Third Cavalry.
California Volunteers. died Of dyscn-
terry in the military hospital at Manila.
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MURDERED MS sweetheart.
Merchant Then Fired . Bullet Into Hi
Own Head.

Suffolk, Var. BanIster Mitchell. a
merchant Of Stony Creek. Va. lured
his sweetheart. Mabel Lee. twenty-one
years old. away from home with the
ostensible purpose Of marriage. and
then murdered her and killed himself.
Former Treasurer E. Boscom Bats. OF
Greenesville County. and a negro To-
Gated their dead bodies near Callaville
postoffice. twenty-five miles from the
starting point.
The girl was on her left side. the face
turned toward Mitchell's. Her head
rested on her elbow. There were three
bullet holes in her body and one In her
neck. Mitchell's body, which almost
touched Mabel's. was on Its back.
There was a bullet hole through his
head. BY his side was thirty eight
calibre gun. In Mitchel's pocket were
S834.25. a gold watch. diamond ring
and bunch Of Mabel's love letters.
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900 KILLED By CYCLONE IN SICILY
Sea Swspe Inland Several Milss-Enor.
nous Damage to Property.

nous Damage to Property.
Syracuse, Sicily.-Some 400 persons
have been killed and enormous damage
to property has been done by cyclone
which passed over this island. The
stream flowing through Modica. swol'
len by the terrific storm. suddenly over.
flowed. inundating the town. Several
houses collapsed and many families
perished.
For twenty-four hours before the
cyclone burst violent storm ragged on
the eastern coast. The path Of the
cyclone was 124 miles long. and every.
thing In the line OF the storm was de-
stroyed. The sea rushed inward for
several kilometres. while there were
violent submarine agitations between
Sicily and the mainland.
The survivors Of the catastrophe have
taken refuge in the hills. A relief
committee and search parties have
been been organized. The disaster
Is supposed to have been caused by q
waterspout. The German steamer
Caprera was wrecked ut Catania after
o terrible struggle with the waves.
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STAGE HOLD-UP A JOKE
Tirse Society Men Played Dick Tur.
pins in Orange County, N. Y.
They Fired Blank Cartridges AZ the
Piosesr Coach. Robbed the Pssson.
eers, and Lnsor Mado Restitution.

Middletown, n. Y.-It has become
known to all that the sensational hold.
up Of the good coach Pioneer" was n
joke. When Horatio Wisner learned
that the hold.up Of the coach which he
and his brother have been driving all
summer between Goshen and Warwick
was a Joke, he said he would get even
II he had to wait ten years.
The highwaymen who. with large re.
volvers and blank cartridges. gave the
coaching party a scare were three So
ciety men prominent In the Fashionable
colony Of Orange County. 1t was the
last trip Of the season. and the hOld-up
was all that could be wished for. The
women were frightened nearly to death
but were overjoyed TO receive the cash
and jewels taken from them.
When the robbery was reported ut
Warwick great excitement prevailed.
and 1t was late ut night before II be-
came known that the hold-up was a
hoax. and then every precaution was
taken to shield the young men. Their
names became known, however. but
there Is no inclination on the part OF
the Pioneers passengers to prosecute
them.
They were Amos Chamberlain. Louis
T. Campbell and Wilbur Lawrence. all
members Of prominent Orange County
families and leaders In society. The
young men were recognized by Fl. s.
ri x,tn
Goshen. and met them after the hold
up. The young bandits showed to Mr..
Wisner the iron cash box taken from
the Pioneer and told him they had
held up the coach. This was while
two posses were searching for them.
The valuables taken from the women
passengers were returned to them. The
young men are not to be found. how
ever. and their friends will have moth
ing to say Of the affair.
When the stage arrived In Warwick
and the story Of the hold-up was told.
the news spread like wildfire. and the
villagers gathered In the streets. Tele.
phones notified Goshen and Florida and
armed parties started out In the dark
to find the supposed desperadoes.
Later the constables and other search
ers discovered that they were victims
Of a practical joke. Their comments on
the hoax were sulphurous but pictur-
esque.
The residents Of Warwick were In
clined to be angry. after the truth was
known. because Of the thorough scare
II involved.
The Pioneer coach was started by
Mr.. Wisner and his brother at IN ex-
pense Of $1,000. one month ago. The
two alternated as whip on the daily
trips.
The line was conducted for pleasure
rather than profit. 1t ran between
Goshen and Warwick. with q stop at
Florida for a change Of horses.
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NARA of the TOilcrs.

The BARRIERS UE.n? IN Memphis was
tirs; organized N 1874.
Telegraphcrs at San Francisco. Cal.
have organized 4 union.
Gas mon have been granted their
request for increased pay 1T Oakland,
Cal.
\ satisfactory settlement Of the ma.
rh,nistS' strike ut Dcnlson. Texas. has
been rcf chrd.
Metal polishcrs and brass workers
have decided to inauguratc general
campaign for a nine hous day all over
the country.
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,,ooI,4e7 PENSIONERS
Tho Spanish American War Carries
Namss Beyond the Million Mark.

Names Beyond ths Million Mark.
Washington. d. C.-The annual re-
port Of Commissioner Of Pensions
Ware shows that the million mark has
been passed.
On June 30 last the pension rolls
were 554 names short OF 100000.
During the month OF July there were
added 2O51 names. making the grand
total 1901. .i91.
The allowance OF pensions on ac'
count Of the Spanish-American War
has had n great deal to do with the In.
crease. although the number usually
pensioned is still In proportion to the
entire number Of men. something like
100000 who served in that war.
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New Trial Granted In cropssy Case.

In the Supreme Court. at Raleigh. y.
c., a decision was handed down grant.
ing a new trial to James Wilcox. who
was convicted at Elizabeth City of
numbering Nellie Cropsey last winter.
Demonstrations of lawlessness and In.
timidarion which characterized the
closing stages Of the trial are assigned
as ground for a new trial.