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New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

II the Pennsylvania coal miners would be con-
tent with one Christmas holiday. instead Of
stopping work for week, the poor people of the
rest Of the country who have gone back TO work
would enjoy the season better.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
PREMIER sALFoUR INDIsPosEo.

London. Dec. 26--Prenier Balfour Is confined 70
his bed at Whittinghame. Scotland He is suffer-
ing from a sharp attack Of influenza.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
GENERAL MILES IN PEKINe.

Peking Dec. 26-Leutenant General Miles ar.
rived here to-day short visit. He will be re.
ceived in audience by the imperial family. and viii
review the Chinese troops tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
zELIE DE LussAN 10 WED.

Lincoln. Neb.. Dec 26--Mlle. Zelie de Lussan
the prina donna. announced to-day in Lincoln tha.
she would marry Eenrfco Rooeldo, Of Brazil. and
leave the stage. The marriage will take place some
time In April, 1903. IN New-York where the coups
will I've
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

White Christmases are not always welcome
In a soft coal town, especially when the snow
is largely changed to slush before sunset
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

The incorporation OF the Peoples symphony 80 -
certs is one Of the first steps toward putting
concerts on irmer and permanent hasls. =.
promoters have come to feel that the CON-
have fully justified themselves. ana shoulu ~,
only continue but be made wider in scope l" =,
sprIng A concert is to be given at the Academy -
Music to test further the interest in the conNe.s
among the classes of people for whom they a.
designed ,,.+
One OF the directors of the concerts said '>S@
evening:
We felt that the concerts were matter o. o. IN
public necessity that should tncOrgo and
order to have things good business o15 ods5 con
have some definite body to which people cou.u Sfsp
tribute. Incorporation sis merely business .srts
and makes no change in the policy of the eon01
The next concert will be held at Cooper o.s 80.
Hall on january 13. Arthur Mees is to DC
conductor and Miss Fielding Rosiele the sol0i'
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
PEOPLES CONCERTS INCORPORATED

Albany. Dec. 26.-The Peoples Symphohs s,v
certs of New-York. were incorporates 10
The directors are Helena De X Glider Laura IT.,
Roosevelt. Corinne r. Robinson. Nora Go- -
Alice NJ Ditson Greta Seligman. Elm =, 'ts' S Nj
N : Carpenter F. Y. Arens, j. n hooo' .
Provost and j. @. Carlisle
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

American diplomacy still seems to be doing
pretty WE'LL thank you.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
On the Celtic, which arrived from Liverpool yes

ford Mrs. Langtry and William Faversn4ln- .aI ~
contributions already received for the se
in excess of the orders for seats. have reaeneu '
sum of s. 800.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

On the Etruria the following will sail to-day for
Liverpool:
Miss NJ P. Booth Malcolm GoFdon-
". D. Batting. J. . LEWIS
NJ and Mrs Henry Bowen. W 3. Lubbock
Henry E-own ]. 7. Robin.
Amory Carhart T. VI SnaW. - = -,-.s.
D. Fl. Doehler- MI ana MIS- = u oiAoA7
Thomas FooteE-
Among those who sail To-Day 1or 0outilal's'O-'
on the Minneapolis are:
n r4ru, Miss Beatrice o. Denham-
NJ and Mrs sidney H A NJ DUckett
TSourrs ". T. Far
~ 80 Nrs Edwin a w C Finley.
1Arba1, c. z. Howard
~, +b. r-sr+ic which arrived from Liverpool yes
terday. were: .
Mr.. and Mrs. c. " After Nj. and MIS- 0
bury. hS4I.S ne u-.av,s
Mrs. Mary Barton Miss Lillan Hg@..-- gS-s-,s
Miss Barton MISS 2edtILC1 n rsa-s1u.
Mrs Lille De Battle. sir Ne=IudH -
Mr. and Mrs. R. 7. Baylss-i Bart
Mr.. Mrs c. II car j. = Scn".o-
Captain H V Hart Davis c. H Waters. Wall.
Miss Marian Fish. MIS- W SIoEt. S.,-z v-si1s
Arthur Foster. MISS N4lalI5 o'O4'' ~
(Nuthbert ". Foster. X Il NIs-yaIr-tb+
Arthur c. Foster. MIS-. =, n; iis
Dir. Mrs. II. B. HarTi- H. NJ w '-sl---
II. -Nof-~.'
Mrs. Lawson Johnston
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27
3nnes to ADVERTISEMENTS.
Business Loiiees.

HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Remember tomorrow is Hospital Sunday.
Remember 1t in your church offering tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

given by Miss Adeline King Robinson's da,.,,.
class at Sherry's on Monday
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mrs EIbrfdge T Gerry has issued invitations FOR
a dance at her house in East Fifty-irst-st on jan
uary So She will give musical January s.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mrs. Douglast Robinson. jr.. Mrs. NJ Orme Wilson
Mrs Grenville Kane and Mrs. E. II. Hartman are
among the paffonesses of the Christmas dance
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Burton Harrison left town
yesterday for Canada with party OF friends.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Colonel Oliver H. Payne as well as Mr.. and ~
Robert Maciay Bull. has left town for the so1.-
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mrs Foxhall p Keene has house party ova- 49,.
holidays at her country place at Roslyn. Long r.
land. -
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mrs. ]. ]. Emery has issued invitations for = "a.
ner at her house. in East sixty-eighth-st on L.
uary g.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Albert Morris Bagby's second series OF musical
mornings will take place at the Waldorf Asrori,
at His on Mondays. January 3. Il. 10 and o.
Madame Nordica will sing one OF these con-.
certs.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Announcement is made OF the engagement "A,
Stuyvesant Pilot. Of the Union Knickerbocker 49,.
Racquet Clubs. TO Miss Gertrude Hubbard Cross
man. granddaughter OF Mrs. Gardiner Hunns~s
of Washington.
New-York tribune., 1902-12-27

Mrs. Charles T. Barney will give dance for
her daughter Helen January 10. on which occa-
sion the new ballroom of her house in East Thirty
eighth-st. will be used for the first time
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
THE MOORISH CITY OF FEZ.
Never Shines and Its Filthy
"River of Pearls"

The sun never touches the ground in
Fee, except in q few isolated spaces,
owing to the narrow streets, the
height of houses and the habit of
stretching trellises covered with vines
across from side to side. The onse.
quence is, says the Detroit Free Press,
that it's naturally dapk-skinned citi.
zens, being rarely exposed to the full
light of day, have compilations resem.
bling partially decomposed potato
sprouts in a dark cellar. The ~so-called
streets run in straight lines the en-.
tire length of the town, and are all
paved with round stones the size of co.
coanuts, worn smooth by the tread of
generations of slippered feet. AS these
lanes r never swept, and every
householder throws his Stops and ref.
use out of doors, one must pick his
way with exceeding care.
The Wed ell Jubai ("River of Pearls")
divides the city into two parts, the new
and the old. The "River of Pearls" is
fordable in every part, the resort OF
every four-footed and two-legged
beast in the place; It receives all the
drainage of the city, and is the gen.
eral sourc of the drinking water sup.
ply.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
BLOOD TEST OF GUILT.
Striking Instance of superstition
Lately Witnessed in a Chinese
Mixed Court.

An instance of the prevalence of SUI
perstition among the better class of
Chinese, even in Europeanized COM
munities, is supplied by a recent trial
before the mixed court at Shanghai,
reports the New York Sun. Magis-
trate Chang was sitting. An English
assessor was present, and counsel ap-
peared on both sides.
The case was one in which a native
detective was accused of abducting a
girl betrothed to another man. The
question before the magistrate to de-
eide was whether the accused should
be arraigned on d civil or a criminal
charge.
All the witnesses, eve the girl her.
self and her mother, declared that
the man had not maltreated her. But
Magistrate Chang. was of another
opinion, and he commanded that the
mother be beaten in order to extract
the confession he was sure she was
Withholding. This was futile, Of
course, as the poor woman had moth
ing to confess.
Then the accused man, who was
already on his knees, took oath in
Chinese fashion by breaking a saucer.
Most solemnly he protested that his
relations with the girl had been
proper. Still the magistrate was not
satisfied and he demanded another
test.
The girls forefnger was first cut
and the blood therefrom allowed to
to drop into a bowl of water provid-
ed by. the court. The detectives fin
ger wa next cut, and the same pro-
ceeding carried out. The magistrate
then held that as the blood mixed,
the detective was guilty, and remand
ed him for trial before the court on
q criminal charge.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
ANIMALS FULL OF YEARS.
Aged Quadrupeds That Have
Lived Over the Limit.

In the vicinity of Paris a home for
old domestic animals was established
some time ago, and among the present
inmates are a mule ~ years old, a COW
Sc and a pig rs years old, says the New
York Herald.
It is claimed that domestic animals
which lead an easy life are likely to
live far beyond the average age if prop
erly cared for. Many birds certainly
attain IN extraordinary age. Eagles,
ravens and parrots frequently live a
hundred years, and pelicans probably
live as long, for it is recorded that one
of these birds was placed in the Am
sterdam geological garden some time
before 1892, and was still there in 1870,
This pelican, too, was at least four or
five years old when it was placed in the
garden.
Eels are also long lived. Prof. Buch-
ner tells of one which was kept for &c
years in a pond at Thiengen, in which
it was placed at the age of eight years.
1t attained a length of nearly five feet,
and it's favorite haunt was in the cur
rent that flowed into the pond. All
authorities agree that domestic ami
mails which are obliged to do a good
deal of work do not live so long as
those which lead a placid life.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
Industrial Consumption Of Gold.

Industrial Consumption of Gold.
The industrial consumption of gold
IN the United States in the calsnda1
year is estimated to have been SIG.
$500, and in the world approximate.
~ SIS, oo0, 1000. Although the United
States led the world last year in the
production Of gold. our imports OF
the metal exceeded u exports by the
sum of $12,866,101. The stock Of gold
coin in the country, including bullion
in the mints, at the close Of the fs.
cal year was estimated at s1,124,e 52,.
61s, and the stock Of silver coin a,
S61O,477, OPS.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
Fox Hunt IN = Church.

Religious services e in progress
In a schoolhouse in Gushing, Me-, on
s,recent Sabbath when q startling dis.
turbance occurred. A fox darted il
through the open door pursued by .
couple of hounds, and in q few mo
ments the animals and the clothing
of the frightenedladies became alarm.
ingly mixed. The women's scream,
ct last terrified the four-footed inter.
lopers and they bounded off toward
the woods.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1902-06-06
Peru Greatest Mining Country.

Peru holds the record as a mining
country. She has $500 mines. from
which 10000 workmen dig gold. silver
sulphur, coal, phosphates. quicksilver
korax, copper and lead.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
WASHINGTON.

X Is alleged that 8 scandal Of large pro
portions Will grow out Of the recent pur
chase Of the Danish West ln6iss, It having
been charged By a representative Of Den
mark that he spent some hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars IN the way Of gaining
Influence"
1t IS probable that the navy department
will get the money necessary for It's ex.
perlnents with Texas oil as fuel
The Texas items IN the rivers and hsr
hors bill ere not likely to be changed In
the senate. with the exception OF the Trim
ity river item
Enrique Santlbanez, second secretary ~
the Mexican legation, dropped dead on the
streets OF Washington.
Jacob Riis, newspaper writer Of New
York. may be appointed as governor OF the
Danish West Indies.
General Wood believes u Il our duty 20
raise the hulk OF the Maine from the Hav-
ana harbor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27

IN The Northern Securities companv was
done 10 have a majority Of the stock placed
N safe hands So as to insure \ continue
lion of the policy of the road and insure
me moral control. No other control was
contemplated
Mr. Morgan said Mr. Hin had approached
him two years ago about orcanizlnr n
noluihg company which would throw the
northern Pacinc and Great Northern in
rerests together
told Mr.. I'm that we could work 70.
setner SAID the witness, "but that we
zould nor form any closer alliance, as that
was against The law
me idea Of forming the Northern Sc
CHirstleS c3.mpany was never Thought Of pre-.
NlSSns to May 9, Mr. Morgan said.
~. Morgan LATER testified TINT he had
u"vt a large sale OF Northern Pacific stock
To- j.. HiL He did not remember tbe
%tn"Iht' hui IN reply TO a suggestion from
VI. I-amh that II was S1OOOO.OtN no stated
lnl99t was probably correct. He said ne
~ NOT heip organize the Northern Sacuri-
'lS E, company, but he approved tho MAN
Inc witness said j. r. Morgan & 70
WI W. nrlWgen 1000 and 10000 shares of
N@1rtAern Securities stock at present
49, IN cFosS-cTamlnation by His ottorno,
.taN.,s LFule Stetson. Mr.. Morgan dauicj
,nal mere was any understanding or agron'
a.hl win The Northern Securities 80,
!a1g looking "a the control az rate o
,Iatnc' or an agreement that would IN onr
s.,uluvI onSIfuct or contemplate mo TX
sirn'ilon 81 commerce iHe on
ne SAID that all parties 10 tba asr.o-,.,..
"'U acted Independently.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
A SUMMARY OF THE NEWS
foday's Weather.
Fair,
DOMESTIC.


Albert T. Patrick has been found guilty
or murder and the penalty is death In the
electric chair. The recorder gave = lengthy
charge, In which he included most Of the
points asked for by the defense. The de
fendaut heard the verdict without being
anected.
The worlds coffee supply Is estimated TO
be fully iosoo,ooo bags and the next crop
will probably DO a good one.
Boston parties are backing cotton cor
hine BY which they propose TO realize a
profit Of 20 per cent in handling half OF
the crop Of the United States.
It has been positively established that
the negro under arrest In Mexico is not
Prince Edwards.
General George Norman has announced
that Dallas will be able TO take care OF
all the Confederate veterans who attend
the reunion there In April,
J. P. Morgan. as a witness In a suit
against the Northern Securities company
answered questions promptly an1 without
apparent reserve.
The textile workers of Lowell Mass
have ordered strike to begin March 81.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
THE COFFEE CROPS.
An Estimate Made by a Government
Representative.
Especial to The Post)

Especial to The Post)
New York, March 26-.Mr. Dawson. secre.
tary OF legation at Petropous, writes under
Date OF February s. 1902: The crop de-
hYsred from the Interior at Rio from JuIv I.
1901, TO June 80 1902, Is estimated at 5,40s..
200 osgs; at Santos. 10 iSs, 900 bags. This
estimate is based on the deliveries made
during seven months July to January. in
cieslYe-and on the assumption that deiiv-
cries Tor the ensuing ave months viii hear
the same proportion TO the previous months
as In paAt year.
The best authority on the general situa
ton In Brazil estimates the worlds visible
supply az lO.Sl8,7 Uo bags on January
1907 OF this New YORK held ,gs5 us
bags, fiavre 2.2i2 loo bags. Hambure M
600 bags, aud Rio and santos .tssi an haas
As TO the crop, which will begin 10 H.
gathered In May and shipped IN tie wear
following next July, Information is not vel
complete. Up TO the middle Of December
reports were extremely unfsYorable and tns
opinion was that Il would not BE- murh
more than 20 per cent OF the current eron
taat Is 20 say 6,5oo,0Oo bags Rsins nave
been abundant OF late, however, ana me
general Impression is that IL will be neariy
an average one and viii run from 10000
10 il,00O,OOo bags
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27

600 par value Of NortllNrn PacI6o, stool,
WIS purchased Tor j, j. HIN aud associate,
M, M aS3o, me witness said he did not know
whether all the purchasers OF thar b,ock
or Northern Pacific were Gfeat %Drfb.r1
people. The witness said II the No%thcrD
bHclnc wanted anything today h would
ne financed by his house
HAS your firm loaned the Nortber, pa
''n GG money! Mr.. Lamb asked
,. ~on whose account have these loans
THAT ! won't answer. From whom, .,
was cotton viii Ut say"
Mr.. Morgan said the Northern Paci6,, had
s nHu og tsao controlled by amy other railroad
steadily Increased The Great Northern
20 certain extent was a competitor Of tb,.
Northern NJ, Pacific. Concerning the Burling
M bis mind that the Northern Paci6c ougbt
70 nave an Eastern terminal in Chicago
wanted the ST, Paul" said MIR Mo-.
gan and HIN wanted the Burlington ana
nnally The burlington was selected II was
the chief desire OF Mr.. Hill that the Gress
Northern should have a terminal In Chi.
cage ! desired the same for the Northern
facihc There was nothing secret at ali
anout the operations. Mr., Hill made tha
negoliations The price Of 500 a share
Tor he Burlington stock was demanded ~,
the Burlington directors,
AT NJ the present time the Burlington IS
operated as Independently OF an other
ROADS A. any railroad In the country. -
Mt. Morgan then told how he heard thar
other roads ~
was AZ AK les Balnes." he said. cana
nr3Id that the Union Paclhc HAD No.
CURED the majority I doubted II m Ar,
however, the news came 10 me So strong
tNat between Nav 2 and MAY we wen,
m,o me omen market and hought 81 .O0OWn
worm Of the stock. We knew that sneh
~ amount would he sure 10 have tho ma,
loflW OF the common stock"
so,1,S@u aid not buy anything ny private
Not . share
ar Morgan said Union Pacific men wera
VI w. on me Burlington road board In ear
TINS cut 4 community OF interest Man
aus slsang Of the Northern Pacific stock
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
Mr.. MORGAN AS A WITNESS.
He Answered Questions Without the Slight
est Appearance OF Reserve.
WAS VERY MUCH AMUSED SEVERAL T
He Says He Did Not Help to Organize the Northern
Securities Company, but He Did Approve
of the Plan.

New York, March 2d.--J p. Morgan gave
evidence today before Special Examiner
Nabry in the suit of Pster Power against
the Northern Pacific Railroad company,
He was questioned for two and a half
hours by George Alfred Lamb OF counsel
for Power and during that time he an
swered questions rapidly and without the
slightest appearance OF reserve. only
once or twice when questions We're asked
concerning the relationship Of j. r. Nor
gan and company with the arms customers
did he decline 10 answer. Several times
during the hearing the hnaucier seemed
amused Once Mr. Lamb asked II the price
OF Northern PacIdc did not go above its
real value while his Arm was buying It
in May leOl
"No," said Mr.. Morgan so amused that
ne had TO stop To control himself before
he answered. 1T did when they came to
deliver the stock but not when they SO
tually bought"
After his examination Mr.. Morgan was
conducted through several Railways to
Judge Wallace's private chambers. whence
he made his way out OF the building An
this was necessary 10 get away from a
number OF photographers who were waiting
IN one ~ the Railways TO take the imam.
clers picture as he left the examination
Nj Morgan was witness In the suit
OF l'etel Power against the Northern pacl.
~ railroad comnsnv 20 test the legality
OF inc turning over Of control OF that com.
paiN 10 the Northern Securities cpmnanv.
replying 20 Mr. Lamb. counsel for Power.
nv, Morgan ssid 6 was the business OF
tne nlm of ]. y Morgan & Co o. take no
phything IN a financial line that was
crediahie and which might suggest Il.
self as profitable The irm had much T.
40 WITH the reorganization OF the North.
ern Pacific IN 1895. involving about sTS
10000 Mr. Lamb asked Mr. Morgan In
regard TO transaction In which $4,000,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
HOUSTON.

Ths registration closed with 10, sOl, the
largest ever made In Houston.
Candidates are given until O'Clock this
evening" in which TO conform to the require
ments necessary to get their names on the
official ballot 70 rthe primaries
Discussing arrangements for accommodate
ing the proposed new Federal court to be
located in Houston.
Richard Jackson, eoiored, in hts desire
TO steal ride on the Southern Pacific,
shot at a brakeman who attempted to put
MIN OF the train.
Mrs. Miller and two daughters run into
By a train at a crossing Ia the FIFTH ward.
The mother killed. the daughters badly in
jured.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
TEXAS.

State departments and Institutions wiz
have big deficiencies owing TO the policy
pursusd by tina legislature in nAkins an.
proprlations,
Health Officer Tabor says he will not se
eept the mosquito theory regarding yellow
fever.
A. and ". directors met at College sra.
eon, but adjourned 20 meet sEsin at waco
Without sieeing a president
John Roam, under sentence Of death at
Marlin has been granted 4 ten days re.
prisve by the governor,
David Hirsch, a prominent business man
Of Corpus ChriSti, 10 dead.
R. D. Hudson has again been convictsd
at Bonhan of the murder of his son.in.law
l. J. Martin.
In the Bowie county district court a nne
was assessed against John Hopson, who
accidentally killed hunting companion.
Tbs annual meeting Of the Panhandle
Csttlsmen's association, Asld at ouanah.
has come to a close
brakeman S, A. Brydon Of Gainesville
was cut into bits by a Santa Fe train.
Colonel Lanham win himself decide On
che mater Of ioint debates with Candidate
Gruhos.
President wsstfar Of the Burnst Ssns
has announced that an debts are TO DO
paid.
Kansas wheat ~ going to EUROPE Via
Galveston.
The Scottish Rite Mssona In session 1T
Galveston have assriy wound up the work
Of comforting degrees.
wen has been brought In az Beaumont
without the use Of water sitter the cap rock
had been passed. Failure had baen pro-
dicted.
An EFFORT Is ~ ne msde to run the crooks
and vsgs out Of Beaumont
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
cava MonaU by dyelnr your faded garments
saw hohSl with Diamond Dyes. 10 cents.

Quapsh 10 the coast
The Frisco has proposed a plan for big
hospital az Fort Worth.
Z. X. Hartman WAS elected president and
e. II. Markham vice president OF the
southern Pacific Terminal company.
The surveying corps is in the field prose
cutting the work for the proposed extern
sion Of the orange and Northwestern to
Lufkln.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-27
CONGRESSIONAL.

The oleomsrgsrine bill occupied tho whole
attention Of the senate.
The house passed the Burlsson resolution
calling on the president for information
relative 10 the application Of General Miles
TO 90 10 the Philippines.
The military appropriation hill is now
under the Ave mlnuts rule in the house. so
far ~ debate IL concerned.