Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-10

strongest possible terms, each and every in
xredient OF which "Golden Medical Discov-
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate and
invigorate stomach. liy ,r and bowels, They
Medical Discovery II bowels are much con-
stpated. They're tiny and sugar-co.tsd.
addition TO the spinners. all of the
important cotton growers organiza
tions and industries allied with tn.
production, manufacture or sale OF cot
ton are represented, including the
Southern Cotton association. the
Farmers union and the Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers' association.
The conference will remain in ses
sion through tomorrow and Wednes
day. Among the subject slated fol
discussion are; Advantages of south,
ern states of America for cotton grow.
ing; closer relations between grow
ers and spinners; seed selection; i'm.
proved ginning and compressing; uni.
formity of bales; country damage
warehousing; transportation; insur.
ance; uniform classification; con.
tracts of exchanges; equitable tare:
buying net weight; speculation: sta.
bility of price; statistics and govern.
nent crop reports, and permanent or.
sanization
Houston, Texas, Oct. Tn an ef.
fort to force the railroad companies
Of Texas to take over their own sleep.
ing car service and thus become amen
able to such sleeping car rates as the
commission may decide. the Texas
railroad commission will hold hear.
ing tomorrow to consider the matter
or requiring the railroads to purchase
sufficient sleeping car equipment to
accommodate the demands of the tray.
cling public between points on rail
roads In Texas. The hearing is called
by virtue of an act of the last legisla-
ture. The commission last year order.
ed reduction in the sleeping car
rates. but the order was rendered in
effective by an Injunction issued by
the federal court on the appeal of the
Pullman company. This new move of
the commission is independent of the
old order, and is by virtue of the new
law. The commission alleges that the
furnishing of sleeping cars is the bust.
ness of the railroad and that they
should be made to supply them. not
the Pullman company, over which the
commission has no Jurisdiction.
Rocester, N. Y. Oct. MRS Mary
j. Holmes. the well known authoress
il dead at her home In Brockport in
her seventy-ninth year. She was
taken i'll last week In Albany while
on her way from Oak Bluffs. Mass
where she spent the summer. Mrs
Mary Jane Holmes was born In Brook
field. Mass. Mrs. Holmes was the
author OF thirty-nine novels. TEN
pest and Sunshine was published in
1854, and was followed by nearly one
| new book a year. Among the list may
be remembered Lena Rivers" Dor
othy Dean" "Bthelyn's Mistake" and
Or, Hatherns Daughter" Her last
novel was published in 1905
Washington. Oct. s.-There are il
| the United States 154 cities with &
| population Of over 10000 according t.
a census bureau report made public
Fifteen had over 100000 inhabitants II
| 1905, twenty-five between 100, 900 ant
| 100000, forty-seven between 5000,
and 100 900 and sixty seven under 30,
900 but over 10000
New York city has the largest Lane
area. 209.2lS acres; New Orlean
comes second. with 125,O00: and Chi
cago third. with 117.447.
The per capita indebtedness o
these 1854 cities, which was $51.I4 IL
1902. has risen to $58.4S in 1905.
These cities support one saloon o
club to every 3l5 people.
Cities with small relative cost o
government were New Orleans, DE-
troit and Chicago.
Denver. Colo, Oct. s-Becanse I
+. Osborn of Grant avenue resente
an asperson cast on his mother h
was shot and instantly killed at |
o'clock last night by Il. l.. Pierce
, claim accountant OF the Denver & ri
Grande railroad In the rear of tn
undertaking establishment OF Fran
Kelley on Fifteenth street. Immed
ately after firing the shots Pierce fie
The police have received informatio
g which leads them to believe he caugl
a freight train bound for Pueblo.