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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
7oday's Weather.
showers
DOMESTIC.
Showers.

The sentiment o. the delegates TO tho
miners convention at indianapolis is APP
parently against general strike.
The stieet car employees are Oh strike at
Richmond, Va
The Chicago freight handlers, after caus-
iis a loss to husliless incn OF si0,UoO,o00.
have returned to work,
Seventy men were Killed in tile Pax
City, Utah, Hlines 10y :he explosion of a
magazine. The shock Of the conclusion
was SO terrific that horsv was killed Two
mics AWAY feoin the scene.
4 negro rapist was barned at the stake
near Siayton, Miss.
Juige COX severely rebuked Noman
wl.p has BEEN declared MOI guilty by a
jury, tnough sac admitted shilling nsr Aus
Oands
lna hre Ia the Jennings leld still butns
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Daly-West with a lighted candle Ills act
cost him his life and the lives Of many
blown to atoms. All Of the other victims
other miners besides. His own body was
are recognizable. Their faces were easily
Identified by relatives and friends The
explosion occurred at 1920 last night and
in twinkling deadly gas was being gen.
Grated throughout the mines. 1t crcpt
through every tunnel shaft and In very
short space of time scores of miners found
themselves face to face with death
1t is not known how much powder was
exploded, but whatever amount there was
went off III a terrible conclusion. The
shock was something terrific aud was
heard for long way. although 1t was near
ly . o'clock before It was known in Park
City. a distance of three miles When it
is stated horse was killed at the mouth
Of the Ontario funnel, two miles away,
some idea OF the force Of the explosion
may be had. The animal was in use at
the entrance TO this part of the mine and
was hurled against the wall and machu-
cry with such violence as to be killed out.
right. Two other horses We're also killed,
the latter In the ontario. almost as great
distance away. That the loss of life was
not far greater than 1t is seems marvellous.
Tho work OF rescuing the lmperied aud
dead was quickly ans, and lherolcGily under
just MS fast as the badly disabled
| machinery would permit. The victims had
| TO he brought up the shaft In n one-com-
having been wrecked by the explosion
| In the ontario. which Is connected with
| Daly-West mine, six are dead. Two OF the
| dead are resc1crs, John Mclaughlin and
The body Of the latter Is still in the
| mine,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
AN EXTRAORDINARY COURT SCENE.
Recorder Golf Expressed His Opinion on the Ver-
dict of jury


Recorder Of
conviction and few believed the defense could
as the recorder finished his charge Mrs Madau hvc children
prisonhorn infant In
said the prisoner n
he
the
could in mind
that
orpha
face
knowledge that
The
who a
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lands will remain IN the possessl't VI
insnlar government and the seven =
sands of frars who are ,tIryips
Mia ms charity charges rpa
branches OF the church, proNaty ~
main there or gradually nnd. pF
IN another held II is regarded I'M
by the administration that tney ~
undertake 10 return to thelI Na,-|
parishes in the philippines, icl WI
not sufficient power in the ins.h
ment to protect their lives hsn
Iiyps
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A MINE DISASTER in UTAH.
Seventy Men We're Killed by the Explosion
of Magazine.

Park City Utah. July l6.--Thirty-nye
miners were killed In the Daly.West and
Ontario mines today. twenty-nlne In the
Daly-West and six In the Ontario
The dead recovered from the Daily West
ire:
JOHN MLAUGHLIN. single
JOHN BCRGY. single.
MIKE CONL1N. single.
JOHN DEVLIN. single.
HARRY DEVLlN single
Richard DILLON. single.
JOHN FEATHERSTONE. married
JOHN Gill, single.
WILLIAM LANCE single
JOHN LIVELY. single.
JOHN MALONEN. single.
JOSEPH MURRIN. single.
THOMAS MKOWAN, single
JOHN M'AuLIFFE, single
ELLIS NELSON. single.
WILLIAM S1MM, single
j. B. TUNDEL, married.
w. G. WIGGLAND, married.
EDWARD HALL. single.
WILLIAM HARLIN. single.
The Goad remaining In DAILY. West.
JOHN ECKSTROM single
MICHAEL CROWLEY Single.
JOHN CARNEY, single.
PETER HARLAN. single.
ROY JACkMAN. married
THOMAS A. KELLY. married
CHARLES M'ALLINDEN, single.
r NJ. O'NEIL, single
The dead In the Ontario nine:
GEORGE GARVIN, married
WILLIAM WEVlLL. single
STEPHEN BARRETT. single.
CHRISTOPHER y. SADERUP, married
W. r. THOMAS. single
CHARLES MEME. single.
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SHORT NEWS STORES

NEW YoRK.-A SPECIAL I ,.s.t 1
says that the Cuban goNealssiHISss ~
ing the annexation tax - me-
will take measures to prc'e~ y \.
NEW YORK.-The retail p lS L Il
organized an association ya anslN y
and dress all the meat aau ~str:
members Of the orgsnizstlon,
Independent of the beef uu'N
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WASHINGTON.

President Roosevelt may NOT coiAe to
Texas this Iaii
General J. a. sm.th, VINO was lound
guilty. OK cruelty t. u=tlves Ia tAg phulp.
pines, has heeA repEimauacd .g Roosevelt
and Root ana retired rrou active service
ldaug chen ruug. tas nug uAacse iuin-
lister to Washington, Is delighted witn hls
appointment.
Ihe bell weevlls experiments IN IeAas
t-s being successfully conducted.
1he pres!deat VIII not get ~ 4 Aas ul;ll
october.
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Neur0 Masons to Have . Hnn,.

Waco Texas July 16.-The Grana rn0.
OF colored Masons of Texas. which H u'V
oeen IN session here two days, TODAY mr..
chased one hundred and sixty acres OF Lama
f eesr Athens, Henderson county. for sita
were raised for the building seSer.it n 1
~ ~ towns bid for the enterprise ana sbar
ma. ny n made a strong pull, but II was loratad
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
COMMERCIAL.

Grain trade was commonplace.
Doubt stlll exists as to the end Of Gates
corner 10 July corn.
The larger forces were active In stock
speculation.
Cotton values made small advance owing
70 the spot situation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
NEGRO Raplst Burned.

Clayton. Miss. July H.-A ~ N
this morning William Ody, : us
lied TO q tree and burned. Vdi N
ragged a young woman nanea "
Tucker. The negro was satuts'm, N
and the Young woman's fstnsi X N
TO have applied the match " :
around him.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
RAILROADS.

The Texas Mexican Is now practically n
standard gauge road to Corpus Christi.
II is said that the Mallory liners wilt
make Mobile stopping point
The Southern Paciac shop men at san
Antonio will strike this morning for a 10
per cent increase
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
SPORT.

Brighton Beach; Gravian won the Venus
stakes, defeating 4 hrst class field.
II took seven heats Cor Alice Russell 10
win the 2:l7 trot ut Crosse Poiute.
Texas will win the correspondence chess
match with Missouri.
Jenries is decided favorite over Fita
In the FIRST betting.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
LIGHT SENTENCE IMPOSED.


An examination Of the evidence has sat.
ished me that the conviction was Just and
that the reason stated for the very light
sentence imposed arc sustained by the
facts. General Smith in his conversation
with Major Waller was guilty OF ntemper-
ate. inconsiderate and violent expressions.
which, If accepted literally, would grossly
violate the humane rules governing Amerl-
can armies in the held, and II followed
would have brought everlasting disgrace
upon the military service of the United
States. Fortunately thoy We're NOT taken
literally and we're not followed. No women
or children or helpless person or noncOm-
hatants nor prisoners were put 90 death
In pursuance OF them.
An examination of the record aud OF the
proceedings on the trial OF Major Waller.
which Immediately preceded that OF Cen
eral Smith, shows that the instructions In
question bore no relation 10 the acts for
which Major Waller was tried aud we're
not alleged by him as justification for those
acts. Major Waller was tried for causing
certain natlres. who had acted as bearers
or guides OF one OF HIS expeditions, 10 he
put 10 death for treachery without proper
trial, and he defended his action not ON
the ground OF any orders from General
Smith but on the ground that as a, COM
handing officer he was Justified.
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steyn Family Sailed

Capetown, July 16.-Preslaep. =, 81
tho former Orange Free state ~ !,
and two doctors. today sailed .I ~ n.
Mrs. Steyn is suffering serlo''' n
fnric FOYER Z
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sAMAR CAMPAIGN JUSTIFIED.

General Smiths written and printed or
ders and the actual conduct OF military
operations In Samnr were justified by the
history and the conditions OF the warfare
with the cruel aud treacherous savages
who inhabited the Island and their entire
disregard Of the laws OF war were wholly
within the limitations OF general order No.
loo OF 1863 and We're sustained by proceed.
ents OF the highest authority. Thus In
l77o Washington ordered General sullivan
In the campaign against the Six Nations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
BOIL WEEVIL EXPERIMENTS.
Department of Agriculture Experts Claim t.
Have Already Attained Results.
(sneclal % INC Posi-


Washington July
agriculture
officials
agents wee
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WAR IN THE EAST is CERTAIN.
Japan Is Prepared to Fight Russia, Says Brit
isil General.

Victoria A f. pOwa was IN
OF India Man
o
a out that territory Although Russia
In the meantime both strengthening their ions
He
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-17
THE DISASTER pEscRIBrD

The disaster was the result of an ex-
plosion occasIoned by John Burgy, a miner.
going Into one OF the magazines OF the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-28

The relieving mail crews waiting at the
Bend took hold and a dozen extra men
helped them sling the pouches.
The 10l4, blowing pOrpoisevise. was backed
up and the Yellow Mail, rehab.Iitated, re-
tuvenated and exultant, started UP the
gorge for Bear Dance. only fifty-three min
utes late, with Ha~wksworth in the cab.
And If you can't make that up. Frank,
you're no good on earth" sputtered Double
day at the engineer.
And Frank Hawksworth did make It up,
and the Yellow Mail went on and off the
West End on the test and into the Sierras
for the coast on time
There is a butt of plug tobacco and trans.
portation to Crockett's coming to these
bucks, Mr.. Doubleday" wheezed Jimmie
Bradshaw uncertainty, for with the wearing
off of the strain came the idea to Jimmie
that he might have to pay for 1t himself.
Il promised them that" he added, ''for
helping in the transfer. II II hadn't been
for the blankets. we wouldn't nave got of
for another hour.
They chew Tomahawk, rough and ready
preferred. Mr.. Doubleday. H'm?'
Doubleday was looking off into the yard.
You've been on a freight run some time,
Jimmie" said he tentatively.
The Indian detachment was crowding in
pretty close on the red-headed engineer. He
blushed.
IF you'll take care Of my tobacco con-
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Christmas Street Fairs.

During the week Of mysteries tust before
Christmas all the world goes a~-shoppfng.
From the millionaire's lady, who invests a
few thousands in diamonds or automobiles
for her debutante daughter and college son.
down through the intermediate strata
known as the middle classes till you reach
the bedrock of the the same
spirit of giving Is in the air. And its densi-
ty Is often In Inverse ratio 10 the sum spent.
A few cents in a gift. poor in Itself. may.
like the widows mite. be glorifed and In
creased a hundredfold In value In that the
giver gives herself with Il.
Down in Avenue A there Is more Christ
mas to tho cubic inch Of atmosphere than
you will be likely to find in all of upper
Fifth avenue-that Is. 1t is certainly more
visible 70 the naked eye. Here on the mid
die of December springs up as II by magic
a whole big out-of-doors departms emit store.
spread along the sidewalks for many blocks.
For then Is the beginning of harvest t,meJ
for the large army of booth merchants who
come from nobody knows where in the
depths Of the lower East Side and unfobd<
their tents for a ten days blvouac along
the sidewalks. and by New Year will fold
them again. like the Arab. and as silently
steal away.
w PiVNVtiAtpuS dTc these eHnOT7Umc LOT
the provision of that variegated fruit which
grows on Christmas trees: on the contrary.
most OF them are marked by a Grecian SIM
pfcity which might almost be called primi-
tive. Some Of them boast roofs. while 9TH
ers dispense entirely with such su,ersui-
ties. and still others make such concessions
10 popular prejudice against weather i'm
pertinences as temporary shelters made Of
tehtine. umbrellas of huge PROPORTIONS and
tne IKE. some are on wheels. and may be
therefore, nomadic in their tendencies but
the majority are stationed before the store
or SOM East Side merchant. To whom has
been paid a few dollars by yav of bonus.
Ior onstructing the sunshine. which for
mahty. and one other-tha. OF securing
PERMITS from the Board Of Aldermen. which
nuniper up INTO the thousands. are TIE only
necessary pr~eliminaries to setting I'D ono OF
lnese queer Christmas shops.
sucn wonders in the Hay o< cbeanness
~ ehonraoiiity as are 20 be purchased for
1 cent are unequaled. II is safe 10 say. IN
any otner store In the United States. You
nay puy such flowers as would aston!sh
the Broadway florist. and belonging 20 the
nora OF a country probably unknown to
mat potentate. for / cent each. The unim-
portant detail that their brilliant petals an
suspiciously like tissue paper detracts ma
purchaser.
Here you will fnd a whole picture gallery 4
OF gay chromos, which might be bought out
Isnt In It's entirety with the dollar you are
set.hs In,your pocket But such unhsard-
prodlsaity would very likely be the
by apoplexy OF the merchant.
The great plenitude of children in the
East Side is just cause for much wrapgling
ana economy In shopping-with so many lit
te STOCKINGS to fill. the feminine proxy of
santa Claus feels it her bounden duty to
as much as possible from the side
she can spend,
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tract. Doubleday, we'll call the other matter
square. I'm not looking for a fast run as
much as / was"
IF we get the mail contract" resumed
Doubleday refiectively, and II won't be
your fault II we don't-we may need you
on one OF the runs. Looks to me as II you
ought to have one"
Jimmie shook his head. II don't want
one. don't mind me; Just fix these gentle
men out with some tobacco before they
scalp me, will your"
The Indians got their leaf. and Bucks got
his contract, and Jimmie Bradshaw got the
pick of the runs on the Yellow Mall. and
ever since he's been kicking to get back on
a freight.
But they don't cali him Bradshaw any
more.
When the head brave OF the hunting party
received the butt Of tobacco on behalf Of
his company he looked at Doubleday with
dignity. pointed to the sandy engineer and
spoke freckled words In the Sioux.
That's the way it came about.
Bradshaw holds the belt for the run from
Bad Axe to Medicine Bend.
But he never goes any more by the name
of Bradshaw, and from that day. west OF
McCloud, everywhere up and down the
mountains. they have given Bradshaw the
name the Sioux gave him that day-Jimmie
the Wind.
Copyright, 1902, by Frank 3. spearmaa.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-28

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
Nature intended the face OF Donald
Houston for a handsome face; but when l
saw 1t, 1t was racked by fierce passions, and
/ thought 1t a very evil countenance. We
were travelling from the Rio Grande back to
the eastern settlements of Texas. and
stopped one noon at q small village.
Only a few cabins were In sight, but
around one OF them I noticed an unusual
number OF horses tied. 1t was not alto
gether curiosity that led me to It: 1 thought
1t probable that either sickness or an &C
cident occasioned the gathering. and that
the medicine chest in our camp might be OF
service.
But as soon as 1 entered the log building
I knew no medicine could avail the still,
covered figure lying upon the rude pine
table. There was fhe sound of women cry
Ing In an inner room. and about a dozen
men were standing around. One among
them was Houston; he was taller, hand
sowef, stronger than anyone present. What
ever an Indian knew of woodcraft or
prafrle-craft, he knew better: whatever n
white man knew about stock. horses and
firearms, he knew with an added shrewd-
ness that made the superstitious frontiers
meB call him. Donald the Terror"
Before I knew his history. 1 could see that
some very unusual motive restrained these
outspoken. reckless men both as to their
actions and e~xpresTons; and IL among the
ignorant dwellers In lonely settlements
there be any lingering belief in the infiu-
ence of 1.-The evil eye" 1 scarcely wondered.
Never before, CT since. have I seen such
eyes as Houston's and such magnedzins
and compelling glances. The bravest men
there avoided them: 1t was strange to see
them one by one succumb to their power,
grow nervous and restless, and under the
pretext of looking for the Judge" wander
out into the open air to free themselves
from their influence.
Donald's arms were tied behind him with
q piece of rawhide. and he stood at the end
OF the table looking up at his living COM
panions. and down at his dead one, with a
hooking sneer, and a defiant bearing /
have no words to express
TIL Judge delayed his coming: they had
been waiting his arrival three hours. The
sympathetic excitement, which had called
them together to hunt up and secure this
red-handed murderer, was very fast evap-
Grating.
Donald watched the group outside grad
ually augmentlng, and probably he under
stood from their expressions and move
ments the tenor popular feeling was TAX
Ing; for he looked steadily at me-. and fair
ly compelled me by a slight movement of
his head to approach him
I stood in a moment by his site. leaning
upon the table. and shuddering at the
bloody, still heap upon 1t. He looked down
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into my face with a sort OF suppressed scorn
for my fear of him. and said, In a low but
s~ingularly persuasive voice:
My knife Ia still in its sheath. over my
right hip-draw it, 1t is sharp as death, cut
my bonds and give me a chance for life.
You are & woman, eh?"
i locked at the sheath. II was bloody. the
handle of the knife was thick with blood:
not for gold u~ncountable could 1 have
touched Il. / turned sick; he thought I
was going to faint and. whispered fiercely:
Don't be a fool and q coward. Go into
the next room and tell Ada to come here
quiclt!'
This request l could obey. There were
four women present-two of them in such
grief that they were Indifferent to my en-
trance; the others evinced no curiosity and
but scHnt courtesy.
Ada" l said.
A woman on a low pallet lifted . childlikc
ored with weeping.
Ada, some enc wants you"
She rose Immediately. and when 1 had
again reached the outer room / saw her
face almost touching Donald's. and the next
moment she had drawn the knife and cut
the rope.
Donald had not judged wrongly. Not one
man among the dozen was willing to take
upon himself in cold cautious blood the re-
sponsibillty of crossing him. With a tri-
umphaDt laugh he strobe toward some piled
rifles, took one, put his knife between his
teeth. united a horse and deliberately
mounted him.
Good morning, comrades" he said. re-
placing his knife In his belt: when you
have tried my case you can let me know
your sentence. Ada. little woman, go home
and take his widow with you. ] had naught
against her-do you hearf"
II hear, Donald"
No one stopped him; one or two even be-
gan to make an apology for interfering,
which Donald cut short with a whitening
look of scorn: and In half an hour the self
appointed jury were riding in twos and
threes over the prairie In different direc-
lions.
In the meantime Ada put on her sun-bon-
net, and. after a whispered conversation
with the widow Of the murdered man, the
woman mounted a mule and rode quickly
away. Then two men moved the table with
Its dreadful burden into an outer shed, and
a woman began to slice bacon and put some
yams into the ashes to bake.
The incident, though evidently not al
lowed TO interfere greatly with the regular
routine of daily life, had with every one
an unpleasant, unhappy feeling. There was
no civility to spare for strangers: the little
community wished to be left alone with its
tragedy. Therefore, in spite of the increas-
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time In prayer. Doubtless he IS better con-
soled than II he lung on to US"
1T was a great mistake ali through"
YES. ma'am." he answered decidedly,
'but the mistake began before Donald's
birth. If the parents had been trained in the
way they should go az parents. they would
have trained up the child in the way he
should go from his babyhood."
Did he leave any child?'
Yes, there is another Donald Houston N
my house now, a noble little fellow. Please
God. we will have no mistakes with him
for. as I tell my little Ada every day. make
him mind the things that are right, Ada:
II Ia the good children that make the good
men and women"
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-26
wade Hampton,s Slaves.

It is related of General Wade Hamp-
ton that on one occasion he was rid
ing along a highway that led through
one of his numerous southern planta-
tions when he met a slave of fine build
and appearance. He drew rein and
said: You are likely fellow. Who do
you belong top Wade Hampton, sir"
''AhI And who is Wade Hampton 2"
"Please, sir. master, you mus be from
de norf, 'kase Mas Wade Hampton is
de berry fust gemmun in de souf."
The story used to be told to illustrate
the grea in numbers of Wade
Hampton's slaves His own slaves did
not know him by sight-that is, hun
dreds and thousands of them did not
The slaves he owned numbered 1900,
and he was therefore the largest slave
owner of the south or of modern times
birmingham Age-Herald.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-09-26
Your choice of 16 Mill
tary Plaza Lots from 5000
up. Haynes & Connell.
olden Time "Raiment."

In early Bible days richly embroider
ed raiment was enumerated with the
gold, silver and other valuable property
of rich man. In that primitive age
Dame, Fashion was not the fickle god
dess she is at present, and the raj,
ment" so frequently mentioned in the
Holy Scriptures descended from father
to son as valuable part Of the inh r
itance. Raiment was often sent. with
gold and gems. as a present to digni-
taries.
1t took not months. but years. to or
nament some of these garments. and
the gold thread so lavishly used in
embroidering them was real gold.
Moses describes the process of making
the gold thread that was used in orna.
menting the tabernacle. The habit of
making presents of rare needlework is
still common among eastern nations
who changed their customs so slowly.