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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-06
SOUTHERN PACIFIC BOATS.
Nothing Yet Officially Known as to Whom
Service VIII Begin.

Galveston, Texas, July 5.--E. K Nichois,
local agent Of the Southern Pacific, in
formed The Post correspondent this after.
noon that he had heard nothing otdcial
from the cempany relative to the time
when the New York-Galyeston service was
to be inaugursted. He is in charge Of the
pier au we'll ae local agent here, but he In
sists that he does not know a thing about
when the first ships will arrive. except
what he has read in the papers. Whom
asked whether he credited the reports he re-
peRteu that he did not know anything about
1t, but said that he hoped that tse ships
were coming, as 1t would help business.
Reports have reached here that the cleri-
cal force now employed at Algiers will he
brought here, This report states that about
Dfteen clerks viii be employed about tne
pier This number is now engaged at
Algiers, and the company, It lie stated, does
not want them TO be thrown out OF EN-
ployment by the change of service. only
one representative Of the Southern Pacihc
that The Post correspondent has been able
to locate claims to have definite informa'
tlol regarding the exact date, and ho
placed 1t at August 2. This was three
days before the announcement was ma lie
from New York, but the employee mentioned
does not hold an official position and wou
not allow himself to be quoted. The pre-
vNillng opinion among railroad men here
is that the service will be lnaugurate1 early
In August just why the local ofhcills have
not been advised officially, however, has
not been explained.
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MEL sMlTHEE SUICIDES.

b Arkansan Prefers Death TO
Prospective Dependency.
fock, Ark, July 5.-Colonel j. N.
Pf Denver Colo, was found dead
pom at the Merchants hotel in
lat 2:SO this afternoon. a pistol
p his right hand and bullet
Rgh MS head explained the cause
pm. A note nearby gave this fur
Rnation:
Fppies, paupeys ana mendicants /
#use. Fearing ! may get In one
4 classes by reason of the injury
n was recently visited, end
R New York several months ago
mthee severely injured his ankle
He had been Ia Little Rock
months and was preparing to
Denver In few days. The cor
II held an inquest this afternoon
Fed that his death was caused
Hnshot wound, self inflicted, with
tent. Colonel Smithees wife ana
IN Denver have been notified or
Colonel Smithee was q native
.3as ana was GO years OF age. He
u ~""ANASAuAS aAilg anu hllSl Lht
ane connected with the Arkansas
~ this city, In 1874 he was elect
gland commissioner and was sun
& chairman Of the StAte democrat
81 cominittee, In 1883 he was an
4lul candidate for governor OF Ar.
Vie then moved TO Colorado, but
~ Little Rock in 1895 and became
k2the Gazette, which place he he'd
81 years, then returning to Den
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1t will be seen that only twenty-five
roads, most Of them very small, having IN
the aggregate only a little over 1900 miles
Of lines and representing but S61, 00oo 600 OF
apparent inYestmenr, now remain Ia the
hands Of the courts. One road has BEEN
II thls condition eight years, another seven.
four nave served six years, four Ave yeara
ana four four years esch-only seven dat.
Ing their troubles inside ahe Twentieth cen.
tury. Only three ronds of importance, the
Terre Haute and Indianapolis, with ABB
miles Of owned and leased lines, the Column
bus, Sandusky and Hooking with 2l9 IN les
and the Bela!re. GAINESVILLE and Cincinnati
with III miles, are In the list, the remTi1-
der having less than 100 miles each The
| Terre Heute and Indianapolis remains in
charge Of the court not on account OF it's
Insolvency. but by reason of disagreement
among its owners, represented chiefly by
the Pennsylvania Railroad company The
other two roads named will soon be sold
and reorganiaed.
How rapidly the process Of dischargiug
recelverR and returning the roads TO the
hands Of their owners has been going on Is
shown by the following table OF roads re-
naming In tho hands or receivers In each
of the last nine years, the figures except
( Ing those for 1901 and 1902, being complied
/ from reports Of the interstate commerce
! commissions:
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/. and q, N. Notes.

George D, Hunter, city passenger agent
Of tho International aud Great Northern
road, announces that u special coach will
be attached to the international and ORIENT
Northern Fast Mail today, carrying delR
Retes TO the grand lodge meeting Of the
Knights and daughters " Tabor, d eolored
Organization which meets al Te2nrkana,
ThC knights Of PythiAs of Houston huvo
arranged with the Galveston, Houston and
Henderson road for a moonlight excurs on
TO Galveston, saturday night, July 10. A
special train VIII lsGye Houston Mt : p. III.
Quito number OF knights from adjacent
lodges Gre expected to como to Houston
aud lGln In thi. trip.
Tho following persons left yesterday or
will leave Houston today for points North
yin the International and Great Northern:
z. J. Newton for Bay City, Mich.
John veIge to Buffalo for q months va
cation.
Mrs. L. A. Kirby for Nashville, Tenn.
Charles D. Oliver FOR Minneapolis.
Z. Davidson of the Empo.ia Lumber com
pany for Chicago.
John H. Ruby for business trip to New
York
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A REMARKABLE SHOWING
0nly One Road 10 the Hands of a
Receiver During 1902.
1T cor OUT AGAIN IN QUICK TIME.
Only Twenty-Five Roads, Most OF Them
Very Small, Are Now Being Operated.
by the Courts.

The Railway Age, Chicago, July g.
The year 1902 has, SO fur, been the most
remarkable period In Atty years of railway
history In respect to insolvepces and re-
ceiverships. Since January only one op.
Grating RAILWAY, the New York and Penn
syiynnia, Afty-two miles long, has been
placed In the hands OF receiver, and
that one broke all previous records for
hreviiy Of stay the appointment having
been made In February and the road having
been sold under foreclosure and started
for reorganization In May. The receiver
ship thus covered tho short season OF four
months. The Railway Age, therefore, for
the fret time In Its history, can not report
a railway for which n receiver has been
appointed and continued IN the current six
months During the twenty-six and one
half years In which the record has been
Kept In theHe pages, It has shown the ap-
potntment OF receivers for $50 roads. cover.
Ing LA, 400 miles OF lines and representing
stocks and bonds aggreeatiqs rhe vast sim
OF S0,2sl 1897, eco IN o slnGie year, 1853,
Tic less than seventy-four roads went Into
bankruptcy, with 29.9ao miles, aud 81,
VtOooo of stock and honds, But since that
year OF greatest financial calamity fsll-
t Sres nave rapidly deceased and rcorganlzl.
uaES nave gone on AZ equal speed 30 that
TO-DAY the era Of railway receiyerships may
te said to be ended.
A record that is believed to be complete
has been prepared, after much investisn.
tlpn and correspondence, showing all the
railways which are now operated by re.
ton and the date on which recelyership
began, and It Is given below with the cer.
! talnty that the smallness Of the list win
can forth general surprise as well az satis-
! RAILWAYS IN THE HANDS OF RE.
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street depot at q. m, II a. M and p. m
nnd every hour thereafter.
], W. Maxwell, superintendent OK tho
katy nt Dallas. was in the city yesterday.
John f. Leblanc, general freight agent of
the Cotton Belt, headquarters at Tyler, was
here yesterday.
r. L. McKibben, travelling passenger
agent Of the Southern Pacific ut San An
tonic, was In the city yesterday.
T. j. Anderson, assistant general passen-
ger agent OF the Houston and Texas Cen.
tral returned last night from North Texas.
W. T. Mcclure, general freight and pas.
senger agent Of the Galveston, Houston and
Henderson at Galveston, was here yester-
day.
J. X. Rosson, live stock agent OF tho
Katy at Fort Worth, was here yesterday.
jon y. Miller, general manager of the
Houston and Texas Central, has gone out
on an inspection trip over the Houston
East and West Texas
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Accident 70 M. Wilson.

Palestine, Texas, July 5.--Jack Wilson ot
this city, well and favorable known TO tho
railroad men Of the South, was dangerously
Injured at Spring this morning while Ct
tending to hfs duties as brakeman on the
In acme way he fell beneath ths cars md
one log was so injured chat he lost me
limb, The company sent him to thu rsi.'
road hospital at this place or a specia
which arrived here at noon, when the N
,ured leg was amputated. At this hour Mr..
Wilson Is resting easy. as the operation
was entirely satisfactory.
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THE COMMISSION DOCKET,

Few Matters Are to Be Taken Up This
Week.
Austin, Texas, July 6.--rhe railroad
commission docket for next weeE's hear
ings embraces the following:
July 7-propostion to ADOPT order com
pel!ing all railroads to provide local or
mixed trains daily, Sundays excepted, be-
tween all stations. This is directed TO
the Fort Worth and Denver City, as the
complaint is based thereon.
July S-Proposed changes in Texas local
exceptions to Western classincations.
July S-Proposed amendment TO tho sast
tariff,
July 0-rexas and New Orleans vs.. Cot.
ton Belt, to prescribe mode Of crossing at
Jacksonville.
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yesrs In which this record has been kept
ana they give further indication that the
ed The steam failways OF America have
run fearful career OF dissipation and have
returned to sobriety, reduced In numbers
but far greater In extent and capital, than
forth, for time at least electric railways
IRE likely TO furnish the cief material for
receiverships and to repeat the experience
OF the promoters and builders OF greater en-
trio railway receiverships and foreclosures
has hardly begun.
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The Southern FaciAc passenger depart.
mont announces that the Fourth of July
business 10 In Porte broke all records for
hauling passengers. -Four special trains of
fifteen coaches each, making sixty carloads
OF people, ran between here and La PoftE,
coaches were crowded, M estimate OF loo
10 the coach will he low. ana the total
number Of people handled en- the excursion
trains alone or this basis would amount to
600 people, ana this. with the regular train
service, would make fully 1000 people han
died over this route.
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Y. NJ. c. A. euildInu al chlldress.

Fort Worth. Texas, July 6.--Plans are
maturing for the erection OF railroad
Young Men,s Christian Association building
at childress, the Denyers new division
point' George j. McDill Of Omaha, rail-
Toad secretary for the National organiza-
tion, is here today comforting with the
Denver officials regarding the proieet The
railroad has agreed to give building site,
ihe ChIldress citizens are to donate 5000.
Work ON the building Is TO commence soon.
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on, HOUSTON AND NORTH.
RY. AND SYLVAN REACTI

Z, Monday, June 30. moonlight ex-
ms 20 sylvan Beach win be
1rl,weekiy, leaving Grand Central
Mondays, Wednesdays and fri.
10 ?. m. Returning train viii
Fpn Beach at 1890 Q. IN. as usual.
service has become very popular
ftonians, who avail themselves OF
f.tpn!ty SO spend an evening at
~ Resort,
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I..n.ouensnta al Mart.

The international and Great Northern
Railroad company has contracted for a
twelve-staIl roundhouse machine shops and
division headquarters building at Mart. Nc
Lehman county, Work will begin Monday
ANY, dsse. TIE contract was made Friday
and no delay VIII snsue In the CONSTRUCTION
work. Ths company has = nns supply Of
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Work on the Cane Belt.

wharton, Texas, July 5.--Mr, William t.
Zellc OF st. Louis, who has the contract for
the t!eine, grading and iron work Of the
Cane Belt extension to Matagor4a, pasSsed
through this city en- route TO Bay CITY
men TO work, Inc people Of Matsgcrda OK"
pect 70 become railroad terminus at the
end Of uixry days
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Killed hv a Train

Texas, July b,-charley Childress
over and instantly killed by a
train northw est OF here last
}le asleep on the railroad.
pass, a companion, went to sleep,
fortunately rolled of the track
Pc third man killed near here IN
TWO weeks from using the railroad
bed, and is the fourth TO be
sthe cars.
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DALLAS GETS ROCK ISLAND.
That Was the Result of a Conference
at Fort Worth.

at Fort Worth.
Fort Worth, Texas, July GA conference
between President Lowe, Vice Presiden.
Hovey and General Attorney Lassitor OF
the Chicago Rock Island and Gulf ana n
committee representing the citizens OF Da-
las seeking to secure the extension OF that
road from Fort Worth vas held here today
was DISCUSSED. The Conference lasted all
forenoon and when 1t closed the matter
was practically settled that Dallas Will ct
the rold. Mr., Hovey said there were yet
some details to be arranged which will be
done early next week, as soon as be re-
turns from Dalhayt, where he goes TO at
tend stockholders' meeting Tuesday.
The Rock Island extension, from Lawton
TO the Leased pasturage In tho Kiowa and
Comanche reservations will be completed
before the 1et Of August Many Of the
heaviest cattle owners have their herds In
these counties and the quarantine regula-
lions forbid them to drive cattle acrons the
land TO Lawton. hence the Rock Island has
been induced to build the twenty'avo-mils
spur
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passenaer Service Resumed.

Passenger service was resumed over the
Houston East and Vest Texas road yes
tsrday. Trains II and u Will be put on
Tor regular service, but Nos, ] ana 2 Will
nat DC ran for several dnys. The worst
brea9s are OF Lanana ald Angelina. aud
to,nnorary structures have been built over
whie, the trains are running but work Is
being rushed on the new steel bridges ANA
they will be put In position In very short
time.
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Departures Over tho Southern Pacific.

Judge q. s. Ashe anu wife. Mr.. C. L.
Fitch and wife and Mrs. J. Il. Asho lett
for Lebanon, Tenn, last night over the
wifi spend two months II Tennessee.
j. +. Finer left for Nashville, Tenn,
last night.
T.. Herb left for Llthia Springs, Ga.
Flma Henke, Dr. W. N. Eckhardt. wife
and two children. with nurse, left last
hight for New York over the Southern
Pacific
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REcnIvERsHIPs REMAINING.

From 102 roads, having over 10000 miles
Of lines and representing So. 500 10000 Of
capital, to % lines asgregating only 1900
miles and Sel, 900, o0O Of stock and bonds,
IS truly rapid descent and is striking
indication that railway property has shared
in the general prosperity Of the last few
years.
Meantime foreclosure sales by means Of
which, as a general rule. receiverships are
terminated. have been clearing the wreck
age ana preparing the way for prosperous
small roads. aggyegsting 910 miles, and So.
100000 Of capitalization, have passed
through this process, as the following table
shows:
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Time Saved.

puries often disable a man and
tal days loss OF lime and when
(h develops, sometimes result 10
a hand or limb. Chamberlain
IS an antisepiic linlment. When
|cuts. bruises and burns X causes
fal quickly aud without matura-
prevents any danger Of blood
n sale by all Druggists.
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Grading Contract Let.

Cleburne, Texas July 5.-The contract
20 grade the Dallas. Clcburne and South
western railroad has been let 10 Dsugh'
erty & Davis. Work will begin July 3,
and the builders are Under bond TO hnlsh
the road to Eagan by October 10, i6V2,
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ctoaslnn Matter Arranged.

Austin. Texas, July b.--The railroad com
mission has acted favorably on the recent
nnplicntlop of the New York Texas and
Mexican to cross the Cane belt Mt grade at
Bay city at different point from which
the overhead crossing was ordered come
time ago. The Cane BELT made no ooJec-
ton.
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odd Fellows Celebration.

The Southern Pacific passenger depart
ment announces big ODD Fellows picnic
at La Porte on July %, Special trains Will
low, on a graduated basis. The picnic Is
thu celebration of the slxty-fourth nnniver-
sary OF the founding of the order In Texas
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Notes and Personals.

c, C. Jaqua, car accountant of the Hous-
ton and Texas Central, has gone on 4 North
Texas trip.
Trains Will run to Magnolia park today on
the following schedule Leave San Jacinto
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D.. c. and S. w. Survey Completed.

Cleburne, Texas, July 4-The surveyors
on the Dallas, Cleburne and Southwestern
raiIroad arrived In Dallas yesterday. They
report the line from Egan to Dallas much
rougher than the one from Cleburne to
EgaD,
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WhlIe Roslstlnn Arrest.

l, T., July 5.-Dave Putty,
esting arrest at a picnic at Leon
Ms, was shot and instantly killed
a WIZ MCLamore of this place.
entered below the chin and ranged
nto the head.
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water In an artificial lake, which is ten
acres In extent, and will furnish an mex
hnustible supply.
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Dunn, lawyer and United
Pmissiorer. moved 20 b07 Main
4 Merris Bros clothing store.
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sEstimnted. $3.50 ....,. .,,o,srsa
witS those OF the previous twenfy-seven
The state herald., 1902-12-12

The congressional committee on new
states does not seem 10 favor the idea Of
making states out Of the territories Of
Arizona and New Mexico. The great
trouble with this committee is that its
mem bers are imbued with the mistaken
idea that the western staies are not to
he trusted in matters Ct national legis-
lntivn and they are afraid 10 admit any
more western members to the United
States senate. TIE committe has plenty
of backing in this position for it simply
voices the sentiment Of the eastern states
regardless OF party lines These two
territories that have for years been
knocking Tor admission to tue sistsrbood
OF states NAV not be admitted at this
session but they will be admitted In tn.
near future for the western states have
II in their power to forcs their admission
when it 10 once seen to be p.cessity to
do so.
The state herald., 1902-12-12
AAlITIE.

Our School is progressing nicely une.
or the management OF Scott Evans,
Mr.. n. y Stout has been on tho sick
list to. psst rev da,s but s very much
improved at this time.
Tn. Aniti. Literary society meets
every FRIDAY with . large attendance
and spiepdid exercises.
This range grass Is very poor and ,hsi.
undoubtedly ~ill DO = very great loss Of
stock between now and spring.
Mr. aud Mrs. A. q. cauble ta,n.d
9 few " their many trends Thnnk.siv
ing day with au old.is.hioned turks,
dinn.r
There will be basket social and On.
teftainnlcpt nj tho Ami'is s'booi house
Friday evening. Dec. 10. for tho purpose
OF raising money to Guy an organ for th.
school. Everybody some Good .ptcr.
tA,smsn, and good supper. Baskets TO
be sold TO highest bidder Admission
fns.
The state herald., 1902-12-12

The U. S. Land Office at Sterling has
been doing a rushing business iu land
filings and contests since 1t became
known that there was good prospect
for the construction Of the Pawnee Pass
reservoir and ditchss With government
funds. During the month OF September
81 filings on land under the proposed ir-
rigstion system are reported. The total
number OF filings for this land office dis
trict reported for the year thus far is 39s
and the mum Der of contests 3l2. The
land business even outside Of the pro-
posed irrigation districts Is more active
than IL bas been for some time.
The state herald., 1902-12-12
NE IS COMING AGAIN TO nolYoxE.
Dec. IT. Sears Hotel.

DR.. Kalmen G. S~psro, the we'll known
eye and ear, nose aud throat specialist
Of Denver 10 too well known to need any
introduction. Catsracts removed and
cross eyes Strengthened. Granulatsd
-yelids, sore eyes and cstarrh successful
~ trssted. Glasses so,snti8cail. adjust
ed by the latest aud most approved, up
to date methods. Difficult cssss and
school children solicited. Over 5000
patients treated ~ Colorado. A large
stock Of glasses and artificial eyes on
hand. A large proportion Of headaches,
hystcria. Insomnia. choies Isl. Vitus
dancs) nervous prostratiou, epilepsy and
other nervous conditions are caused by
eye strain.
The removal Of The cause effects per-
manspt cure. II you require treatment
Tor Diseases Of the eye. ssr. nsss or
throat, or II you need glasses scientific
ally fitted, call early.