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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-26
RAILROADS.

Work Is to be resumed on the Te1ns,
oklahoma and Southern; the road is to
eventually be extended to Houston.
q. r. Cottlngham has been appointed
auditor OF freight receipts for the Southern
Pacific.
j. A. Edison succeeds Herbert as general
manager OF the Gould Rocky Mountain sys.
ten.
The rumor concerning the extension Of
the Mineral Wells road has reached Denver.
Mr.. Yoakum says the Frisco is not inter.
ested In Mr.. Lofts plans for a new road
70 the border
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Motorman Was Killed.

indianapolis, Ind, December 25--The
Union Traction company's limited car.
which left this city at II o'clock this morn.
ing for Anderson and Muncie. collided with
President George F. McCulloughs private
car. THE Martha" on a sharp curve near
McCordsvIlle. seventeen miles east OF this
city. Bert Frazer, motormau on the lin.
tied, was so badly crushed that he died
shortly after the collision. The limited
was well filled with passengers. and all were
badly shaken up and bruised.
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WRECKS WERE NUMEROUS
Trainmen Were Killed ia Collision
Between Freight Trains.
TEN PERSONS WERE KILLED AT TRINIDAD
rje az
RevisaJ List Of the Dead Shows Only
Ore oaoseneer--Two Bodies Not
Yot Taken Out.
ZEN PERSONS WERE KILLED AT TRINIDAD

Bloomington, ILL.,, December c5.-1n a
head.on collision between two freight
trains Of the Chicago, Peoria and st. Louis
at Petersburg last night Fireman J. A.
Wright Of Springfield was killed. both legs
being cut OF. Both engineers were badly
hurt and other members Of the crews pain
fully bruised The property loss will be
fully $4,000.
Battle Creek, Mich. December 25.-In a
head.on collision tonight between a loco
motive and freight train ON the Grand
Trunk railroad. at Benton, Engineer James
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SUMMARIZE THE NEWS.
l1odap,s Weather.

WASHINGTON, December 2S.--East Texas
Fair Monday; Saturday. fair; warmer In
north portion; light north to northeast
winds
Aistsms, Mississippi, Louisisna--Fair.
continued cold Friday; Saturday, fair; light
IA fresh northwest winds.
Oklahoma, Arkansas and Indian Terri.
tory-fair, continued cold Friday; satur-
day, fair and warmer.
West Texas-Far Monday; warmer In
extreme north portion; Saturday, fair.
New Mexlco--Fair Friday and Saturday.
weather bureau at p. IN, seventy fifth
meridian time:
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The Aeeldsnt AZ eon..l..

Gonzales Texas, December 25.--chr,st,,o
eve ana Christmas day passed OF in c.
zales with the usual stir and noise ~ 40
works with few accidents or hghts =
Mr.. Y: w. Holmes, who was
burned last night while octi,. se, ~
az the Christian church, Il restinas, Clsu'
Wei Today, though his hands ana ~ IeTS
chraS c sPme scars TO remind him Of M mb
Who We're burned in putting ont otaers
S neIiu Johnston, Rev. StoeRard and rHIt
Davis are only slightly Injured '"u Jesse
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FIGHTING STRENGTH OF SHIPS
I'M ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLEET

RalesAps FIRST ass-Kearsage Alabama
Baeshps second elos-rHas guns main battery
Protected eruissoymp Chcago Cincinnati Albany,
Newark;
Unprotected cruisers
Converted
Gunsoats-Nachias Marietta
Converted Gloucester Scorpion;
Dispatch boa-Dphm; battery ................
Total guns .,.......... ....,,.
boats
making the Of ships Exy-one.
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FIRST LINK TO THE CABLE
Will Be Completed When Hawaii
Reached FRIDAY

Reached Friday,
On Board Cable ship siverton peoembs,
25, via San Francisco. The eventtnI tr,r
Of the cable ship Silverton will be tonnIotaS
Friday and the hrst link 10 the transpacjs.
cable VIII be laid. In making the uonol,Ir
connection the cable viii be buoyed th,rtv'
i've miles from the shore end, which r,ss
laid out with buoys and spliced Dur,n,,
the past twenty-fuur hours twebtv'eys
knots have been laid, making tntsl -
2lUs knots from San FRANCISCO. Sta saro, SI !,
f tSs sss To, trade wind s blowing making
GAMER weather Not a single rs,r, stil
mas p oiS during the voyage from sarp
and seas. VI stFcug winds
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FOUR BURNED TO DEATH.
Woman and Three Children Were Caught
In a Trap.

Malone. n. Y. December 25.-Four per.
sons were burned to death today In the
house Of julius King Of Pierceheld, a
prominent pulp ana paper manufacturing
town in the Adirondacks The Are had
gained such Roadway before It was dlscov.
cred that Mrs. M. J, McGovern, Kings
eldest daughter and her three children
not able TO get out. one Of Inc children
whose body was found close to a window
evidently had made heroic efforts 10 escape
King and his wife. with a few boarders
on an upper door, escaped by jumping from
the windows. one man was seriously
burned II ia not known how the hrC
started
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FOREIGN.

There was a notable reception at the
American embassy at Rome,
The pope will Try to patch up reconcll.
IA tion In saxony.
The uprising In Morocco is said to be
actUated by the friendship OF the present
sultan for the Enropeuns.
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civ Hail Of Marlboro Burned

Marlboro, Mass, December &C. Fire
started in the city hall At midnight, do.
stroying that building, which contained all
OF the city Offices and departments. the
nrmory Of company #, Fifth regiment. and
will be 100000 None Of tho contents or
papers OF any Of the departments were
saved.
Michael O'Brien, 40 years old. was buried
beneath tho falling walls and Is thought
TO bo fatally injured
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5ankrupt stook solA

Sonaales' Texas, December 25 NJ
Fly, receiver has sold the NJ. W uodra.
a GO 90 stock OF goods to Miller & sorss
Sentor, SSnS o Ia tse dollar The stoek in
bought the accounts due the Sayers also
T I,ih 10 Sl'e 2t 80 cents on The edh a1Innlt
fhey werS The heaviest creditors 1 ~ a a9d1ar
5000 'pe'r claim amounting 10 '' sbggs
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WASHINGTON,

7. II Brown Of McLennan has been ap-
pointed assistant superintendent Of peni-
,entiares at Huntsville.
Numerous presents We're received at the
White House, specially being made Of
torAl offerings
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HOUSTON DAILY POST FRIDAY MORNING DECEMBER 26 1902

nestle troubles, shot his wife three times
as she lay In bed III, drove his 11-ycar-old
step-dnughter Into the street at the point
OF revolver and then shot and killed
himself The wife is dangerously wound
LANCASTER, Pa.-Christian c. Raouck
near Paradise, this county, was murdered
by an unknown man IN a cold.hloodcd man
uer while he WINS out attending the incu'
bator 10 his hennery.
FRANKFORT, Ky.-Edward Adams, aged
q years. was shot aud killed by George
Bean as tho result OF quarrel over test.
mony Bean had given 10 the police court
against Adams.
CHARLESTON. w. va.-A young man
named Dickinson was shot and killed by
George Hughes, a miner. AZ Hawks Nest,
near here The men were drinking.
MOBILE. Ala Earnest wlmberly, we'll
known young man OF this city, was fatally
stabbed at the corner Of ST. Francis and
Warren streets by two negroes.
MADISON. William Dormlty was
shot and killed on the street by man who
gave his name as Frank Heilman
YOUNGSTOWN. Ohio--Patrlck Mulvhill
was shot and killed ny Edward Kadem, n
bartender, whom ne assaulted
EUGENE. oregon. George Carter shot
and killed his wife and then killed himself
Jealousy.
NEW oRLEANs.--on dend and sixteen
injured Is the Christmas record for this
city.
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Groves SLACK Root liver Pills.

Made from an active principle obtainsd
from Black Root They act on the liver
equal &c calNmel aud leave no bad after
effects. No grlplng, no sick stomach. WIN
cure cEronc constipation. Price % ceuts
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HOUSTON.

Elaborate preparations for the annual
society bail given By the z 2 club have
been made for tonight.
Houston lost the Christmas football game
to Galveston BY score OF S TO o.
nisAt elcssd the general observance Of
Christmas.
1AA msrcaaats and business men of
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SPORT.

Hones won the Christmas handicap at
lngleslds, while Mcchesney annexed the
New Orleans event.
Dan Mcleod won the wrestling champion.
ship from Jenkins.
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ANCIENT ORDER OF HIeERNIANs
Throughout the World Brought ono'
One Management.

Syracuse, n. Y, December %. james :,
Dolan Of Syracuse, president Of the Auciep'
Order OF Hibernlans. has signed nnai r.
pers whereby the order throughout ~
world is brought under one goVeIu,us
board. The ratification of the agreement
Of eualgamatlon Of the societies IN u'
United States, Canada, Australia anu ~.
land comes In the nature OF Cngis'-s'
greeting from the president Of the o syay
izations to his brothers In the
countries and those az home
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HOT SPRINGS OFFICER MURDERED.
Companion Inflicted Fatal Wounds on
Douaherty, Oonohue's Slayer.

Douaherty, Donohue's Slayer.
Hot Springs, Ark, December 25.-Chief
Of Detectives Jack ponohue OF this city
was shot aud instantly killed this afternoon
at O'Clock by james Dougherty. whom
the detective had been called upon to ar.
rest on charge OF lighting and driving a
horse at a rapid speed about the city. en-.
dNngering the lives OF the many crlpples
who VISIT this resort who might he pass.
ing Roy Boiler, a young man whose buggy
Donohue had used 70 catch pougherty and
who accompanied the officer, was then az.
tackled by rho Infatuated man, but Beiler
had a shotgun. and with this he shot
Doughcrty. inticting fatal wounds
KANSAS CITY. MCMILLAN P. Hollen.
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FR3zE TO DEATH
Within a Few Feet OF Home, His
Arms Full Of Presents.

Duluth. MINI, December 20
George Plydell, IS years old, with his
arms full of Christmas presents for
friends and relatives, fell from ex-
haustion within I've feet Of his
home last night and froze to death.
Plydell lived all alone in shack,
near the harbor front, where he con-
Quoted q confectionery and cigar
store. The thermometer has regis
tered 90 degrees below zero for
twenty-four hours.
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Vanderbilt Holds improvement !.
New York, December "a bulletin, 4
sued tonight by the physicians IN H''NN
auce upon Cornelius Vanderbilt reaus s,,s
"NIr Vanderbilt has had a good day' NV
ing the improvement he has MADE
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GROVES Chronic cHuI c,Ip,

cures the chills tia; other chill tontc.
p ps1 G NJ AT all druggists. No Cure, No
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70 CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY
I Iake Lafatiye Bromo ouiutpe Tse,a,s a.,
e errs refund the money n Il ~. AZ
box. asc. w. Srove's signature 4 30 sse 40
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Kerwln and Fireman Theodore schlubatis
were killed, and Engineer Brown and
Fireman Burkhart were fatally injured.
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MADISON, Ind William Dormlty was
shot and killed on the street by man who
gave his name as Frank Heimdn.
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MOBILE. Ala Earnest wimberly, we'll
known young man OF this city, was fatally
stabbed Mt the corner Of ST. Francis aud
Warren streets by two negroes.
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CHARLESTON. W. va.-A young mar
named Dickinson was shot and killed by
George Hughes, miner. AZ Hawks Nest
near here. The men were drinking.
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YOUNGSTOWN. ohio.-Patrlck Mulvlhlll
was shot and killed ny Edward Kadem, n
bartender, whom ne assaulted.
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KANSAS CITY. william P. Hollen.
back while In at OF rage, caused by do
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EUGENE, Oregon. George Carter shot
and killed his wife and then killed himself
Jealousy.
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NEW ORLEANS dead and sixteen
injured Is the Christmas record for this
city.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
Eating NkEhtinga1ea.

AS exemplifying the pitch to which
Roman epieureanism was carried and
indicative of a truly barbaric nature, .
dish consisting of the tongues alone of
some thousands of the favorite song
sters of the air was requisitloned at
immense cost to satisfy the inordinate
cravings of one of the emperors. sOne
can hardly avoid the reflection that
such a being must have been extreme
ly untuneful. The liver Of a capon
stepped In milk was thought great
delicacy, and of solid meat pork ap.
pears to have been most relished.
The stanch Roman who did not take
his pleasure homeopathically reclined
during dinner on luxurious couch. his
head resting on his left elbow, sup
ported by cushions. Suetonius draws
attention to superb apartment erected
by the extravagant Nero. in which his
meals were partaken, constructed like
a theater, with shifting scenes chang.
Ing with every course.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
Am Unwilling Juror.

A New Hampshire judge has in his
possession the following letter sent 20
him by an old farmer who had been
notified that he had been drawn as a
juror for certain term of court:
Dear Jedge: | got your letter tellin'
me to come to Manchester an do dooty
on the joory. an write you these fue
lines to let you know that you'll have
to git some one else, for it amt SO
that | kin leave home now. | got TO
do some butcherin', an sort over lot
OF apples Just about the time the j0ory
will be settin' in your court. ST Jack
man of this town says that he would
as soon as not so, for he amt nOthin'
else to do jess now, so you better send
fer him. | hate the worst way not to
Oblidge you, but it ain't SO | kin at
present. Ennyhow, / ain't much on
the law, never havin' been a jo0rym&n IL
'ceptin' when old Bud Stiles got killed
by the cars here some years ago when
| was one that set on the boldly with
the koroner. So you better send for Si
Jackman, for he has got some kin in
manchester he wants to visit ennyhOW,
an he'd be willin' to go for his car
fare there an back. Ancer back if you
want Si."-Lippincott's
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
Thunder Lore.

The natives of the Hawaiian Islands
considered thunder as being Mauna
Loa's echo from the clouds. This Gu
rious notion has crystallized weather
prOverb which is now current among
many of the white residents of the
islands-viZ, at will rain today;
Mauna LOa shakes the Clouds" In
this connection it may be remarked
that the early Scandinavian settlers in
Iceland believed that there were some
mysterious and supernatural connec-
tions between the rOarings of Hecla and
the ANGRY mutterings of Jove." In
England many of the peasantry still
plant the house Ieek-@Jupiter's beard
on their house roofs as preventive
against thunder, lightning and evil
spirits, a custom which reminds one of
Charlemagnes edict, "Et habeat Quis-
que supra domum suam Jovis bar
bam.
Another widespread superstition, and
one that has been noted among the
tribes and nations from China to Eng
land and from Cape Hatteras to the
Golden Gate, tells US that if the "claps''
or resorts of thunder come in even
numbers the storm will be of short
duration and very mild, but, ON the
other hand, if they come in uneven
numbers. especially If the reports be
a series Of five. nine or thirteen dis
tinct claps. much loss OF life ard prop
erty will result.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
THE CONTINGENT FUND.

1t seems that Hon. NJ O. Murphy is
back in public life. And there is a
good chance that he will stay there, in
one capacity or another, until he gives
back to the people that "mysteriously
disappeared" contingent fund.
AS The Citizen predicted when Judge
Kent rendered his decision in the
famous suit brought by taxpayer Will
son, an appeal has been taken to the
supreme court. This keeps Murphy in
public life on both feet. He must
now take the stump and answer, what
he pleaded privilege from doing in
court, or forever abjure the leadership
of his party
The case of taxpayer Wilson against
the treasury robbers will probably
eventually go to the supreme court of
the United States, unless it might fall
as unfinished business to the supreme
court of the State of Arizona
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
Odd Place For q sernent.

In Alsace recently a four-year-o
child, the daughter of workingman,
became very i'll one day, but speedily
recovered, and for some days after
ward dismayed her parents by eating
a good deal more than child of that
age is wont to eat.
Instead, however. of growing fatter.
the girl grew thinner, and doctors who
We're summoned to attend her were I'M
able to explain why the food did her
no good. Finally the riddle was solved,
for serpent about twenty inches in
length issued one morning from the
child's mouth.
The serpent was killed and sent to
the University of Strassburg, and since
then the little one has enjoyed excel
lent health. 1t is supposed that the
child swallowed the serpent while
drinking some impure water.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
A Quick witted Pastor.

In Germ&ny country preacher was
preaching q sermon when suddenly he
lost the thread of his discourse, and,
do what he would, he could not find it
again.
The congregation was greatly embar
rassed and was wondering what the
matter was when he startled it by ex
claiming hurriedly, :'Parslon me, my
brethren, for pausing in my sermon,
but it seems to me that ! smell fire
omewhere-and-and it might be we'll
to see that it has not broken out in the
church or in any of the nearby houses"
Before the words were all uttered
the congregation was pouring out OF
the church, each family being anxious
to make sure that its home was not on
fire. 1t need hardly be said that the
fire existed only in the pastors imag-
nation
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
A Matter of Family Pride.

Prisoner, have you anything to say
why the sentence of death should not
be passed upon you"
IA few words, my lord. / am thirty
years of age"
"Well?"
'Your elder brother is a physician"
This is impertinent and irrelevant" ."
1T may sound SO, my lord, but it
means life or death to me. / under
stand that you take great pride in
the phenomenal success of your broth
err"
Il do. but what possible bearing can
that have upon your case?'
Simply this: Your brother, the doc
tor, examined me year ago and pre-
dicted that L would live at least twen-
ty years more. 1t would certainly un-
dernline his reputation as a scientist
should / die before that time" Lon
don Answers.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08

at Cincinnati the other day that an
thracite is free That has not been
our experience. Only anthracite
containing 80 per cent or more of car
bon is admitted free of duty. and as
practically no anthracite of that de-
secription exists outside of Pennsylva-
MIA the generosity of the protective
system in this particular, as in all
others, is more apparent than real.
There is but one foreign anthracite
coal that contains more carbon than
the Welsh coal, and that is the anthra-
cite mined in a small district in Rus
sia, and that is not of Importance for
of the Pennsylvania and Virginia an
thracite runs less than 80 per cent in
carbon. These facts become of inn
portance in connection with the form
Of the tariff. In the free list-section
523 Of the Dingley law-the following
specification is made:
Coal. anthracite not specially pro-
viued for in this act and coal stores of
American vessels, b II none shall be
GAloaCeG.
Now, anthracite is not mentioned
anywhere else in the law. and the cas-
ual reader would not suspect that it
was specially provided for any
where. But it is. In section AIS of
the law the following provision is
made:
Coal, bituminous. and all Goals con-
tanning less than 90 percentum of fixed
carbon, and shale, G7 cents per ton of
twenty-eiaht bushels. eighty pounds to
the EuskeI.
The result Of this is that practically
no foreign anthracite is ever imported
to this country without paying duty.
The total import of anthracite" free
of duty, in the year 1901, was one ton,
as shown by the official record. Every
thing else was classed as 'bituminous''
in the reports. Evidently some smooth
coal operator or lawyer for the anthra-
cite combine formulated these sections
of the tariff, and the Pittsburg Post is
entitled to the thanks of the public for
exposing the fraud
The Tucson citizen., 1902-10-08
DON'T FORGET THE ISSUES.

OF greatest immediate Importance,
by reason Of it's influence for harm, is
the trust. The mother of tho trust
is the tariff, as declared Hayemeyer.
of the sugar, trust. Hence the tariff
and the menaclrg brood of trusts it
has fostered are paramount in political
discussion at this time.
But there Is another question which
is not less important in it's ultimate
effects upon the hfe Of the worlds
greatest republic. Our Philippine
policy was declared by the late Presi-
dent Harrison to be a serious de-
parture from right principles" The
truth of this declaration is not denied
by many unbiased students of national
conditions.
From time to time we have official
reports of the thousands of lives de-
stroyed in the Philippine islands-lives
of natives and of American soldiers
sent to terrorize the natives into re-
nunciation of their aspirations for lib
erty and independence.
At other times there are published
reports of the cost of our occupancy
of the islands-the cost of support
ing an army of thousands in lands dis
tant from our shores ten thousand
miles.
Suffice it for the purposes of this ar
ticle to say that enough money has
bee1 spent in the effort to forcibly an
mex the Philippines to reclaim the
whole arid west, and enough lives have,
been sacrificed in that effort to make
State in the reclaimed section, with
a population twice as great as that of
Arizona at present,
Forcible annexation, which Presl-
dent Mckinley called criminal ag-
gression,' is a policy involving the
merciless slaughter of human beings
and the wanton destruction of prop
erty and the worse than useless ex-
penditure of money wrung from the
taxpayers. 1t is destructive policy
not a constructive policy.
President Lincoln declared that
under just God people who deny
liberty to others can not long retain
their own liberties"
Fortunate it is for the American
people that a vote this fall to curb
the ravages of the trusts is at the same
time a vote to condemn the unwise
and cruel policy of forcibly annexing q
people struggling for liberty and in
dependence.
To do this you must vote against the
Republican party.