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THE GALVESTON DAILY NEWS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893.
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THE NEWS IN CHICAGO.
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The News Bent direct to their address or it
may be obtained at the following places:
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«epot and their stands on the World's Fair
Grounds.
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Street.
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sivenue and Thirty-seventh street.
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sixth street.
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nue.
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•treet, near Michigan avenue.
MORE UNPROFITABLE CLAPTRAP.
The Memphis Commercial resorted to
the conventional claptrap in its attack
upon Messrs. Latham, Alexander &
Co., charging that the resolutions
adopted by the commercial bodies of
Memphis and other cities requesting
senators to vote for the repeal of the
Sherman law was inspired or dictated
by them or by some other New York
firm. The Commercial dropped into the
narrow rut and said:
Now the plain truth of this whole matter
is that our commercial bodies have fallen
into the habit of accepting every sugges-
tion from the New York source as a reve-
lation from God. Let a resolution be pre-
pared by Latham, Alexander & Co., or
Borne other Immaculate or infallible, be
forwarded with instructions that the wel-
fare of the country demands its immedi-
ate adoption and straightway a meeting
is called and the resolution sent through
with a wild and enthusiastic whoop, and
the next day conies by wire from the
said Latham, Alexander & Co. the wel-
come plaudit, "well done, my good and
faithful servants." It really seems to us
that our commercial organizations ought
to have some higher purpose than to
tickle such ducks as Latham. Alexander
& Co., and that the habit of following
every suggestion and obeying every in-
struction and adopting every resolution
forwarded from New York is a very loose
and thoughtless way of doing business.
To this general and particular ar-
raignment, without the evidence of veri-
fied facts to support it, Messrs. Latham,
Alexander & Co. respond at length.
They declare:
We never addressed a line to any mem-
ber of the exchanges in Memphis touching
any action on the financial question, and
no firm in Memphis ever addressed us a
line on that subject. The high character
and business Integrity of the merchants
of Memphis are well known throughout
the whole country, and it is astonishing to
us that a newspaper published right in
their midst should so unjustly assail
them. The gentlemen of these exchanges
need no instruction. They are teachers,
pot pupils, and fully understand the ne
cessltles and wants of the people of thel:
section. We imagine that you singled out
tlon of legal Under money they can
largely or wholly recover by whlpBaw-
Ing as speculators in depreciated and
fluctuating currency. By a thousand
devices they can protect and possibly
utilize for profit their holdings and
gettlngs. In times of financial depres-
sion or of currency debasement and In-
flation this Is an advantage which the
icli must always have over the poor.
It is an advantage inseparable in such
cases from the nature of men and of
things. Troubles and disasters like
these must always tell with compara-
tive harmlessness upon the rich and
with special and cruel affliction upon
the poor as long as such classes exist.
It Is a disparity which nothing could
assuredly provide against or overcome
short of the dismal remedy, if that were
possible, of organizing universal poverty
and a dead level of common degradation
for men. Meanwhile there are no dead-
lier enemies for the poorer classes, the
laboring classes, the wage-earning
classes, than the political agitators
whose trade is to decry the rich, to dis-
seminate hatred for the rich and to
commend to prejudice, discontent and
spite systematic disturbance of the cur-
rency as a weapon for wounding and
humiliating the rich.
If the democratic majority in con-
gress would reduce the extraordinary
burdens of tariff taxation let a very
blue pencil be used vigorously on the
public expense account.
free and easy citizen of a great state
in which the brlndle ox and the mouse-
colored mule are still used as the mo-
tive power of man!
SNAP SHOTS.
It is tlio aim we put on that cost so
much. _____
Reputation may be peddled, but char-
acter never.
Young man, do not pin your faith to
the very short and flimsy sleeve of the
coquette. *
Indolence Is merely a dry rot.
Rumor is the great circulating me-
dium of the Idler.
The calamity howler should be forced
to subsist solely upon cold shoulder.
THE BLUES.
Who hath not felt his heavy heart
Drop down Into his boot,
When sad, sad trains of dark blue fits
Across his vision scoot?
STATU PRKSS.
our firm for attack for the sole reason
that we reside In the financial center of
the country, and have offices eligibly lo-
cated for business in Wall street. * * *
We can not sell bonds at a low rate of
Interest for gold and tell the "Shylocks"
who buy them that the intelligent senti-
ment of the state of Tennessee favors the
continued purchase of useless silver bun-
ion or the unlimited coinage of depre-
ciated silver, when these "Shylocks" be-
lieve that in either case our country will
be dishonored, and all business within a
short period be conducted upon a silver
basis.
In this connection ^t should be borne
In mind that Tennessee has bonds of
the kind referred to which Tennessee
is eager to sell to the "Shylocks" whom
the Commercial so deeply despises.
Such being the ease, the masterly man-
ner In which Messrs. Latham, Alex-
ander & Co. bring the matter home to
the Commercial and other drum beaters
to the demoniac music of sectional and
class prejudices will be appreciated.
The last vestige of skin is artistically
stripped off in the following paragraph:
In 1878, to the yellow fever sufferers in
the city of Memphis, the "Shylocks," as
you are pleased to term them, extended
S jnore aid, than the whole south put to-
gether, and it is indeed hard, in view of
such facts, that the citizens of tills great
metropolis* can not express an opinion
concerning the finances of the country
without being censured by the Commer-
cial, a journal supposed to represent the
intelligent southern sentiment. During the
recent crisis New York poured out money
like water to relieve pressing wants and
disaster and to prop up Institutions in
every section of the country. Our bank-
ers borrowed and bought nearly $50,(KJO,000
in London and Paris to relieve the finan-
cial strain, and still they are denounced
as Sharks and pickpockets. This, too, in
spite of the fact that It is well known
everywhere that the average rate of in-
terest charged by the banks of the city of
New Yo'k is much lower than in any other
city In America, But a short time ago
your paper published, with great glee,
that the New York bankers had agreed
to furnish money to move the cotton
from Memphis, and you called upon the
planters to come In and get the money.
The response concludes with this quo-
tation of a singularly graphic, perti-
nent and forceful passage in a recent
speech of Senator Hoar:
In one respect the condition of the
United States is peculiar. We settle our
financial policy in accordance with the
Popular vote. The great mercantile na-
lons of the world, in fact, and commonly
In form, refer such things to experts. With
us the finances of the country have been
for a good while like the football of par-
ties and of factions. Every demagogue in
public office or seeking public office, every
theorist desiring to get notorious by ex-
travagance, every anonymous or reckless
scribbler who escapes contempt only by
concealing his personality, every agitator
who would marshal class against class,
every anarchist who seeks to overthrow
all soelaJ order, every brawler who would
Btlr the passion of section against section,
of labor a*ainst capital, of debtor against
creditor, of the poor against the rich,
'rates glibly about the currency, and uses
ib ' "
THE TEXAS COTl ON CROPS.
Elsewhere In to-day's News will be
found some interesting facts about
Texas cotton production this year. To
those who have followed The News'
crop reports since last May the show-
ing made by the statements this morn-
ing will be no surprise. It is now gen-
erally admitted that the Texas cotton
crop Is short. There has not been for
some time any contention on that point.
The only difference in opinion has been
the degree of shortage, and in order to
throw some light on that point The
News has collected data from the gins
In the cotton producing counties of
Texas, giving the number of bales ac-
tually ginned this season to October 15;
the number actually ginned last season
to the same date; the estimate of gin-
ners, farmers, etc., as to the amount
still to come this year and the actual
number of bales ginned at the same
gins last year. The replies were very
full and complete. They came from 97
counties and returns from 1251 gins
were received. Just what proportion of
the gins was heard from The News does
not know, but Judging by the amount
ginned last year by them it is evident
that nearly one-half reported. They
cover every district in the state.
Therefore there is every reason to be-
lieve that they represent fairly the con-
ditions. Summarized the reports are
as follows:
Number of gins reporting
Bales ginned to October 15 this year.. 411., 1.87
Bales ginned to October 15 last year.. 587,bol
Total number actually ginned and es-
timated to be ginned this year 5i7,578
Total number actually ginned last
year
It will be seen that there Is a close
agreement between the percentage of
loss on the actually ginned cotton and
on the estimate, being 30 per cent less
this year on cotton actually ginned to
October 15 ant} 29.5 per cent less on cot-
ton ginned and estimated to be ginned
this year.
These figures are significant. Even
had the amount ginned to October 15
this year equalled that ginned to the
same date last year, it would have oc-
casioned no surprise, for possibly never
in the history of cotton production in
Texas has the farmer had such in-
ducements offered him to have his cot-
ton ginned. The demand for cotton
seed has been heavy and prices have
been good, much better than last year.
Last year the average price paid for
cotton seed at railway stations up to
October 15 was $8 per ton. This season
the average price to October 15 at the
same stations was $12. Of $4 per ton
more than last year's prices. The gin-
ning has been so active and cotton seed
so abundant that crop estimates have
actually been increased on the cotton
seed movement, and yet the returns
from the gins show that 30 per cent less
cotton has been ginned this year than
last. <
Knowing the conscientious manner
in which The News correspondents have
performei their labors The News ac-
cepts their statements as representing
the situation actually on October 15.
Since then, however, the weather has
been perfect, enabling the farmers to
gather freely, and every day of sun-
shine must a'dd to the quantity picked.
No more cotton is being made, but
more is being gathered, and this will
naturally disturb the percentage of es-
timated loss for the season. It would
be unsafe to base an estimate on a
percentage of 29.5 per cent loss under
ail the known conditions which have
developed since that estimated per-
centage was made. Granting that the
improvement has and will be 5 per cent
still leaves the percentage about 25 per
cent below last year. If this percentage
be applied to the commercial crop of
last year, the indicated crop this year
will be 1,650,000 bales; if to the agri-
cultural crop, 2,100,000 bales, the indi-
cated crop is 1,575,000 bales. Under all
the conditions it is quite evident that a
crop of about 1,600,000 bales is indicated
for Texas this year.
Reference to the detailed report else-
where will exhibit the manner in which
the information has been gathered.
ne misrepresentations of sophistry about
the currency as his chief weapon of mis-
chief. Yet nothing Is more certain than
that a disturbance of the currency Is an
advantage only to the cla-sses who are so at-
tacked and brings nothing but evil and
disaster to the clauses to whom the ap-
peal is mode.
Of course the senator means that the
classes attacked have an advantage in
a strictly relative sense. Whatever
Uoy toay lose as creditors by deprecia-
The Athens Review contends that
Governor Hogg had a right to "suspend
the vagrant act."
The American people are inclined to
tax the future too much.
What the great American voter wants
Is plenty of money to throw at birds.
Self-reliance is the very spinal col-
umn of the Independent citizen.
There seems to be too much milk and
cider about Senator Voorhees. Oh,
that he was a graduated Kentucky
colonel.
If the law is disregarded In the court
house it will be disregarded out of the
court house also.
Sixty prominent citizens of Baxter
county, Arkansas, have been arrested
for swearing in public. Think of such
Interference with the vocabulary of the
What the Papers Throughout the State
Are Talking About.
Proverbs of the Brenham Herald:
Cold prayers never bring warm bless-
ings Success that is not deserved can
not be en joyed.... Who kills the man
when l.e worries himself to death? —
Every nun who does right Is helping
some boy to be good It doesn't take
very much money to make a good man
rich.
The Kerrvllle Paper says of the
great wool warehouse at that point:
The dimensions of this house are
66x182 feet. The place is at present
packed with bags of wool of tills fall
clip in stacks twelve feet high, but so
Ingeniously arranged that every stack
In the house may be examined by the
buyer.
The San Marcos People's Era says of
a fighting parson:
Rev. Hatton, the colored minister of
the M. E. church for this place, Informs
us that he got into trouble a few nights
since with some young negro roughs
who interrupted a festival at his
church. He was resolved to enforce
order, but kept his temper until one
of the roughs applied to him a most vile
and insulting epithet, which was too
much for his forbearance, so he Incon-
tinently then and there kicked two of
the principal offenders out of the
church. He was arraigned before the
mayor and fined J12 70 fine and costs
in each case. By aid of friends he has
paid most of one amount, and was ad-
vised to petition the council to remit the
other. While he clearly should have
invoked the aid of the police Instead of
taking the law Into his own hands, there
is a natural sympathy with him under
the circumstances.
The Schulenburg Globe says:
A few months more and the hole in
the Texas treasury will be large enough
for the political grave of the present ad-
ministration.
And thus the governor will be vindi-
cated for squealing.
The San Marcos Democrat says:
Rain would be a great blessing to the
people of southwest Texas. Stock,.will
die this fall by the thousand unless
stockmen incur great expense by feed-
ing.
The San Antonio Light on play vs.
labor:
Every year there Is greater interest
taken in American sports. This is a
change from that old time absorption in
business that was prematurely sapping
the foundation of the American consti-
tution and making the sons of this
western empire a degenerate race. Al-
ready the benefits of the new departure
are apparent in the Improved ^physiques
of the native Americans, the vital sta-
tistics of the country showing that there
has been a decided improvement in
both height and weight during the past
decade.
The lighter labors of the farm, me-
chanic shop and other useful work
would be quite as good for the health
and strength of the sports and a great
deal better for themselves and the pub-
lic. The old adage that making every
day a holiday is no better than «work-
lng all the time has a good deal of
truth in it. Professional ball players
and prize fighters are not the most
admirable members of the community.
This country is following the example
of Mexico in having too many holidays.
The Crockett Courier says:
Houston county is filling tup rapidly
and Crockett, its county seat, is grow-
ing as it never grew before. The in-
crease in the taxable wealth of the
state amounts to $30,000,000. Houston
county leads all east Texas in the in-
crease Houston is the best county
in east Texas. This fact is shown by
the heavy increase in taxable values In
spite of hard times.
The Educational column of the Fay-
ette County Democrat, edited by the
faculty of the Fayette county high
school, says:
The only possible way to teach morals
In a school la to set them an example
and Insist upon it being imitated. Let
your own manners and morals shine
before them, that It will be Impossible
for them to criticize them. Discipline
is synonimous with education, culture,
correction and chastisement. In its
nobler sense it always means education
or mind culture, hence the word has
come to mean that course of control
necessary to mental development. Any
method of school discipline Which has
not for its aim the teaching of self-
control on the part of the pupils is sadly
at fault. Punishment as an end to dis-
cipline is often an absolute necessity,
and the measure of punishment is the
gravity of the offense.
This may pass as a maxim in both
morals and law, though it reminds one
of the construction of the words in
the Bible, an eye for an eye, given by
the first Yankee school marm who
taught children in Galveston. She said
it meant "if anybody should geouge
out your eye then you should geouge
out their eye." This was among the
laws of Moses, but the New Testament,
Matt., v:38-39, says: "You have heard
that it hath been said an eye for an
eye and a tooth for a tooth, but I say
unto you that ye resist not evil, but
whosoever shall smite thee on thy right
cheek turn to him the other also."
People who do that are scarce.
The Fort Worth Gazette, commenting
on the conversion of General John M.
Claiborne to religion, says the only nec-
essary conversion he needed was to "a
belief In the orthodoxy of Webster's
dictionary." The Austin Statesman
adds:
The general, perhaps, like many of us,
has a contempt for the eternal grammar
sharps and spelling bee medalists. They
watch for the slightest trip of the pen-
cil of the editor, running at a daily
speed that would break down any of
these sharps In less than half a day,
year in and year out, and pounce upon
the editor, chuckling at their small
smartness. Well, let them have their
pleasure; it's all they have, and General
Claiborne don't care a oontlnentalj
Of course not now, since he has got
religion. But he always did take the
jokes on hi* orthography In good part,
Perhups he had a phonetic eystem of
his own with which the intelligent com-
positor and proof reader were not al-
lowed to Interfere. The general is all
right and his friends admire his manli-
ness in doing what his heart tells him
is right by coming out boldly on the
Lord's side.
The San Angelo Standard says:
Richard Coke, in reply to the Fort <
Worth chamber of commerce, who re-
spectfully asked him to assist In the re-
peal of the Sherman bill, replied that he
would not, even If every chamber of
commerce In Texas passed resolutions
to that effect. Mr. Coke will probably
have to pay a little deference to the
wishes of Texas when his present term
expires,
The Brenham Herald on the root
of all evil:
Put money in the hands of a fool and
the world bows to him In reverential
awe....Render a wise man penniless
and his former domestics will treat
him with mock modesty and patronizing
familiarity Illiterate men achieve
high positions in state and maintain
their dignity and balance their titles
with bags of money.. ..Gold Is the god
of most people to-day. People who do
not worship at his glittering shrine are
few and far between. This applies to
all classes, high and low. The man
with a million is envied, but esteemed
and respected by the man with but
half that amount. The vagabond with
but a dime in his pocket Is fawned upon
by his penniless associates — Let a
fairly successful man lose what he has
and his friends dwindle away like stars
before the rising sun. There are ex-
ceptions, but they are few enough to
excite comment A man may have
talent, be possessed of a kind heart,
lie philanthropic or learned, but his
position in society, the estimation in
which he is held by the world, the treat-
ment which he receives from his fellow
man, depends in a large degree on the
amount of money he Is worth.
Moral: Put money in thy purse, good
Roderlgo. It is a mighty handy thing
for everybody to have; but remember
the commandments, thou shalt not
steal, thou shalt not covet anything be-
longing to thy neighbor from his house
down to his live stock. St. Paul said,
I have learned in whatever state I am
therewith to be content.
DELAYED REPORTS.
Some Gin Returns Received Too Late for
Classification.
COOKE.
Dexter—Cotton report: Marshall & Co.,
Dexter, Tex.: Number of bales of cotton
ginned this season to October 15, 410; num-
ber of bales of cotton ginned last season to
October 15, 450; number of bales of cotton
ginned last season after October lu, ;
number of bales of cotton expect to gin,
225. Alliance ginning company, Dexter,
Tex.: Number of bales of cotton ginned
this season to October 15, 82; number of
bales of cotton ginned last season to Octo-
ber 15, 78; number of bales of cotton ginned
last season after October 15, 247; number of
bales of cotton expect to gin, 50. John
Swaddlenark, six miles west of Dexter,
Tex.: Number of bales of cotton ginned
this season to October 15, 200; number of
bales of cotton ginned last season to Octo-
ber 15, 250; number of bales of cotton
ginned last season after October 15 , 275;
number of bales of Uotton expect to gin, 25.,
L. C. Van Anwerp, Orleana, ten miles
north of Dexter: Number of bales of cot-
ton ginned this season to October 15, 150;
number of bales of cotton ginned last sea-
son to October 15, 280; number of bales of
cotton ginned last season after October 15,
300; number of bales of cotton expect to
gin, 65. John Sharrock, Coesfieid, six miles
northwest of Dexter: Number of bales of
cotton ginned this season to October 15,
166; number of bales of cotton ginned last
season to October l|, 225; number of bales
of cotton ginned last season after October
16, 227; number of bales of cotton expect
to gin. 75. Itusjell.Washington. Ooesileld,
six miles northwest of Dexter: Number of*
bules of cotton ginned this season to Octo-
ber 15, 150; number of bales of cotton ginned
last season to October 15 , 200; number of
bales of cotton ginned last season after
October 15, 215; number of bales of cotton
expect to ghi, 100. The four above gins ure
on Red river. I. N. Morris, Dexter, four
miles southwest of Dexter: Number of
bales of cotton ginned this season to Octo-
ber 15, 210; number of bales of cotton ginned
last season to October 15, 237; number of
bales of cotton ginned last season after Oc-
tober 15, 260; number of bales of cotton ex-
pect to gin, 50. John Dyer, Balm, six miles
south of Dexter: number of bales of cot-
ton ginned this season to October 15, 211:
number of bales of cotton ginned last sea-
son to October 16, 253; number of bales of
cotton ginned last season after October 13,
261; number of bales of cotton expect to
gin, 50;
GRAYSON.
William Golston, Red Branch, six miles
southeast of Dexter: Number of bales of
cotton ginned this season to October 15,
250; number of bales of cotton ginned last
season to October 15, 375; number of bales
of cotton ginned last season after October
15, 215; number of bales of cotton expect to
gin, 75. John Ashton, Red Branch, six
miles southeast of Dexter: Number of
bales of cotton ginned this season to Octo-
ber 15, 250; number of bales of cotton
ginned last -season to October 15, 150; num-
ber of bales of cotton ginned last season
after October 15, 200; number of bales of
cotton expect to gin, 60. W. H. Witt,
Gordonvllle, eight miles east of Dexter:
Number of bales of cotton ginned this
season to October 15, 306; number of bales
of cotton ginned last season to October 15,
372; number of bales of cotton ginned last
season after October 15, 215; number of
bales of cotton expect to gin, 51.
HARDIN.
Kountze—Number bales of cotton ginned
to October 15 this season, 34: number bales
cotton ginned to October 15 last season,
30; number bales cotton ginned after Octo-
ber 15 last season, 63; estimated cotton
still to be ginned this season, 50. There
are only two gins in the county, one in
Butson Prairie and one in Cross Village
creek. All crops are short this season.
Cotton is all open; it has been so very
dry.
NACOGDOCHES.
Nacogdoches—Five gins in this vicinity
give: Number bales cotton ginned this sea-
sin to October 15, 695; number bales cotton
ginned last season to October 15, 670; num-
ber bales cotton ginned last season after
October 16. 995; estimated cotton this sea-
son due after October 15, 880. These gins
have largely Increased their territory since
last year, some of them being new. These
ginners estimate the crop of 1893 at about
75 per cent of 1892. Many farmers say it
Is less than 75 per cent; none say more.
The crop is being gathered much more
rapidly than last year and Is ginned as
fast as gathered. The weather has been
quite favorable for gathering. A few days
ago the receipts here for 1893 were 3210
bales, against 1892, 4835 bales.
TARRANT.
Grapevine—The following is the number
of bales of cotton ginned at this place
to date. There were three gins running
last year and now there are two only.
Last year there were baled by the three
gins to October 15. 1175 balea. The two
gins this season to date have turned out
970 bales. Both gins now have the Munger
system and can gin nearly twice as much
an they did last season. After October 16,
1892, the three gins baled 640 bales. The
crop will be all picked and ginned by No-
vember 1. There will probably be 300 more
bales ginned this season.
WASHINGTON.
Independence-In reply to yours of the
12th instant will say I have been unable to
get anything definite from but two gins, but
they give about the average of others In
this immediate neighborhood. F. A. Book-
er ginned to October 15, 1892. 640 bales;
after October 16, 1892, 800 bales; total, 940.
F. A. Booker ginned to October 15, 1883,
604 bales; about 46 more to gin. William
Lampe ginned to October 15, 1892, 500 bales;
after October 15, 1892, 150; total, 650. Will-
lam Lampe ginned to October 15, 1893, 300
bales; probably more to gin, 30; total, 330.
The Inclosed is about the average of two
other gins, neither of which could give
numbers ginned to date last year, but esti-
mate the falling off at 4# per cent for
UN.
FOR LIGHTS AND GATES.
WHAT TIB BANTA FE MAI EEE0T
IN HOUSTON.
Texas Western It Eetleing and Baoelrtr
Paokard Will ImproT# That Property.
Oommiuion Nightmare for Freight ere.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—It Is painfully
evident that some of the Houston people
are red hot on the trail of the Santa Fe
because this road had the temerity to
wipe out the Houston-Galveston differential.
First comes an alleged boycott of the Santa
Fe by some of the merchants of Houston
and this is followed by the resolution now
pending In the city council, the provisions
of which, if passed, will force this road to
place lights, Kates and watchmen at all its
street crossings within the city limits.
This will prove no lnslgnlficent matter to
the Santa Fe If the resolution, which has
been referred to the committee on streets
and bridges and lights, should be adopted.
For instance, the Santa Fe has thirty-two
intersections in Houston which would come
under the provisions of this resolution.
An electric light at each of these cross-
ings, at a cost of $12 50 per light per month,
would amount to >400 per month. Thirty-
two watchmen, at a salary of $40 per month
each, would amount to $1280. This added
to the cost of the lights would foot up
$1680 per month, to say nothing of the cost
of constructing the Kates, which would
llgure up a neat little pile itself. It is
true that a few of these intersections are
already partially equipped In accordance
with the provisions of the resolution, but
they are very few, and it must be remem-
bered that a number of new streets will
soon be opened up, which will Increase the
extra expense of the Santa Fe to about
$2000 all told per month. In this connection
Alderman Bailey to-day received the fol-
lowing letter from Tax Commissioner
Jackson of the Santa Fe:
Galveston, Oct. 24.—Hon. W. H. Bailey,
Alderman, Houston, Tex.—Dear Sir: Will
you. please advise me the purport of the
resolution noticed in report this morning of
Houston council proceedings yesterday, as
I hardly think your resolution Is as
sweeping as the enclosed clipping- would in-
dicate. Yours truly,
THOS. W. JACKSON,
Land and Tax Commissioner.
Alderman Bailey replied to Mr. Jack-
son's communication as follows:
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25, 1893.—Mr. Thomas
W. Jackson, Galveston, Tex.—Dear Sir: In
reply to yours of October 24 will say that
the resolution Introduced by myself pro-
vides for both lights and watchmen at
every street crossing In the city over which
the Santa Fe runs. I am reliably informed
that your trains are run at a dangerous
speed In the city, far In excess of that al-
lowed by law, and I deem It nothing more
than right that every precaution should be
exercised to prevent loss of life and de-
struction of property. It is neither my in-
tention nor desire to inflict hardship upon
our company, for I believe the placing of
Iff his and watchmen at street crossings
would be the means of preventing acci-
dent, thereby saving you large sums of
money, as well as protecting the public. I
trust the Santa Fe will view the matter in
the same light as myself and throw no ob-
stacle In the way of this needed Improve-
ment. Yours truly, W. H. BAILEY.
THE FREIGHT SITUATION.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—The careworn and
weary freight men are now confronted by
another hobgoblin, and their cup of bitter-
ness is about to overflow. The Hock Island
is at the bottom of it. A great many peo-
ple may 'have forgotten the fact, but
nevertheless Texas has a railroad commis-
sion. It is a defunct concern, utterly in-
operative so far as making rates is con-
cerned, it is true, but there is at least a
fighting chance of Its dropping its ghostlike
habiliments In the near future, and that Is
what is now making the freight men sad
and sorrowful. It Is 'believed that the
commission case will be disposed of by the
first of the year, and of course it is not
known wihat the result will be. Should the
commission be knocked out everything
would be lovely, but should it be declared
constitutional Patriot Reagan would re-
sume business at the old stand, and he
would then have It In his power to make
the corporate creatures hard to overtake.
The freight men now figure It this way:
Should the commission stand the test It
would at once take a hand In rate making
and would, of course, "get back" at the
roads for trying to take its scalp. They
figure further that the commission would
say that if the Rock Island can afford to
haul freight In accordance with its recent
big cut for a while, it can afford to do It
all the time, afnd would proceed to fix the
rates permanently on that basis, forcing
the other roads to come to the same rates.
Suah a proceeding would effectually cut the
throats of the Texas railroads and they
would be forced to shut up shop so far as
making any profit on freight is concerned.
The situation is serious, viewed from this
standpoint of the freight men, and they are
becoming more disgusted every day.
Should the commission stand the legal tem-
pest and get into the ring then tfhey would
feel like giving up In despair, sure enough,
and they would hold the g-ay and fastive
Rock Island responsible for their woes.
The announcement in The News this
morning, which appeared in no other paper,
to the effect that the Katy was going to
meet t»he cuts on freight into Dallas created
considerable surprise and comment here.
None of the other roads have moved in
the matter.
MR. PARKS ON THE LAW.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—General Passen-
ger Agent Parks of the Southern Pacific
has been In New Orleans for several days
past and while there he had the following
Interview with a Picayune reporter:
The opinion being pi'evalent among rail-
road men of this city and others that the
Texas anti-scalpers law had been declared
unconstitutional, a Picayune reporter
sought out Mr. Parks and spoke to him
relative to the matter.
"Well," that pleasant gentleman re-
marked, "one of our Houston scalpers has
a copy of the judge's decision framed In
gilt, craped and hung up in his office, with
the words "Dead and gone" inscribed un-
derneath It, but the law Is not dead, not-
withstanding, though our scalpers seem to
think so. As a matter of fact, the law is
not and will not be killed. I think It will
be enforced, and If the railroads of the
state have anything to do with it it cer-
tainly will."
Being reminded of the decision of the dis-
trict judge in Houston, to the effect that
the law was unconstitutional, interfering
with the liberty of property holders, etc.,
Mr. Parks smiled. "Why, that decision
was only that of one judge, and a district
judge at that. What has his decision got
to do with all the law there Is in Texas?
We have a supreme court and decisions
from it settle such matters. It Is true that
this decision has hurt the enforcement of
the law some, but it has not killed it by a
long shot. It Is really as much alive to-
day as it has ever been. There are some
few roads which have not Inserted the
clause prescribed by the anti-scalper law
upon their tickets, and It is upon these
tickets and these only that tne Texas
scalpers are doing any business. There Is
no law against their buying tickets from
the railroad which has co-operated with all
the others in the effort to enforce the law.
We will carry the next case which comes
up to higher courts, and from the fact that
the supreme court has never yet decided
against the matter it is pretty sure that
the law will hold."
THE TEXAS WESTERN.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—Receiver Pack-
ard 6t the plucky Texas Western has a
lightning move on himself. He Informed a
News reporter to-day that he had placed
a construction train out on the line of his
road, and was going to re-tie it from one
end to the other as quickly as the work
can be done. He is likewise sending out
for new cars to be used on the road.
F. G. Papineau, master mechanic of the
Texas Western, starts out on the car
hunting tour to-morrow. He will get the
cars In the state if he can do so, and if
not will go to St. Louis after them.
This road has been sorely afflicted here
of late, misfortunes fairly piling upon it.
The big fire which occurred two weeks
ago near Pattlson burned up 184 feet of
bridging for this road, also four box cars
and a valuable caboose. Mr. Packard says
that in spite of the numerous reverses,
the Texas Western now proposes to get
In the push and remain there. He already
has a number of men laying new ties be-
tween Houston and Sealy—tne men be ng
divided Into three aectlon forces, having
sixteen miles each to lay new ties on.
During the past three months almost
every bridge on the line has been con-
sumed by the flames, uud it Is believed
that Incendiaries are at the bottom of it.
The Texas Western depot Is fairly blocked
with cotton and cotton seed, hut it will
soon be on the move, an Receiver Packard
expects to get his road In good running
shape in a week or ten days. He informs
The News man that he will then Immedi-
ately commence to run both freight and
passenger trains dally.
Since the mall has been taken from the
Texas Western there is said to be a good
deal of complaint from people along the
line because they can not got their mall
regularly.
WILL MEET THE CUT.
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 25.—The News called
on L. J. Polk, genera] freight agent of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, at the Orient-
al, and asked him what he would do as to
the cut in rates by the Rock Island.
"We are going to meet the Rock Island
and Missouri, Kansas and Texas rates, not
only to Dallas and Fort Worth, but to all
points on the Santa Fe taking common
point rates. Rates from points east of the
Mississippi river will be made on the sums
of the locale. We are prepared to stand
by Fort Worth and Dallas In the way of
meeting any rates made by the competing
lines, and we are the better prepared to do
this by reason of the fact that we reach
both cities over our own rails directly from
the principal points of supply."
Mr. Polk talked in a way to show that
the Santa Fe is strictly in it, and to stay
with the balance.
THE I. & G. N.'S JUBILEE RATES.
The old reliable International and Great
Northern waltzed into the ring yesterday
with an announcement of excursion rates
to Galveston on account of the celebration
of the opening of the wagon bridge. The
old reliable's rates are away down and
will be in effect from all points on the
line, tickets being good on trains arriving
here on the morning of November 15, with
a return limit good until November 19,
inclusive. City Ticket Agent George B.
Nichols of the International and Great
Northern yesterday received notice from
D. J. Price, assistant general passenger
agent of the road, announcing the follow-
ing ratee to Galveston for the bridge cele-
bration, the maximum rate being $3 50 for
the round trip: Longview, $3 50; Kilgore,
$3 50; Overton, $3 50; Mlneola, $3 50; Llndale,
$3 50; Swan, $3 50; Tyler, $3 50; Troupe, $3 50;
Jacksonville, $3 50; Neches, $3 50; Palestine,
$3 50; Tucker, $3 50; Oakwoods, $3 50; Buf-
falo, $3 50; Jewett, $3 50; Marquez, $3 50;
Henderson, $3 50; Elkhart. $3; Grapeland, $3;
Crockett, Lovelady, Trinity, $3; Riverside,
$2 75; Dodge, $2 50; Phelps, $2 25: Huntsville,
$2 25; Waverly, $2; Willis, $2; Conroe, $175;
Spring, $1 75.
ORGANIZING RAILROADERS.
Temple, Tex., Oct. 25.—Mr. L. W. Rogers
of Chicago has been in the city the past
few days organizing a branch of the Amer-
ican railway union. This organization is
only sixty days old, and three organizers
are In the field, with a result so far of
sixty subdivisions. The plan of the or-
ganization Is to form a union that will
take in every class of iallroad labor, and
Its field will especially be to gather in
that large majority of railroad workers
who do not belong to any organization.
Mr. Rogers estimates that of the 1,000,000
railroad employes In America, only about
150,000 belong to labor organizations,
ROCK ISLAND AND CENTRAL.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—A railroad man
who is well posted .said to a News man to-
night that the Rock Island and Houston
and Texas Central were standing In on
passenger traffic, or rather, that the former
was selling tickets via the Central to
points In Texas. "If these roads are lean-
ing to each other in passenger business,"
he continued, "why shouldn't they also
help each other out on freight and put
different commodities into Houston and
Galveston at the same rate the Rock
Island is carrying freight Into Fort Worth?
Keep your eye on the Houston and Texas
Central."
RATHER PREMATURE.
The announcement of the reduction of
freight rates by the Santa Fe to Houston
and Texas Central railway points published
In a Houston sheet yesterday morning
seems to have been very premature, as up
to the close of business last night no such
reduction of rates had been authorized by
the general freight agent of the road. Mr.
Polk Is In north Texas at present, but his
chief clerk, Mr. Goodwyn, when asked
about the matter said that he had not been
apprised of any such change as announced,
and he thought he would Know something
about it when the rates were put into
effect
RATES FOR CHURCH FOLKS.
General Passenger Agent W. S. Keenan
of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe rail
way yesterday issued a circular to ticket
agents from Somervllle to Conroes inclu-
sive authorizing them on account of the
meeting to be held at Conroes on November
19 for the purpose of raising money to
build a church, to sell round trip tickets
to Conroes on November 18 and ID, limited,
good to return until November 20, inclu-
sive, at a rate of .one and one-third fare
for the round trip.
FINED THIS BROKER.
Dallas, Tex., Oct. 25.—C. S. Peebles, ticket
broker, was arrested on complaint of A. A.
Drew, charging him with violating the antl-
scalper law by selling Texas and Pacific
railroad tickets without license, Peebles
was fined $30.
HEADLIGHT FLASHES.
Houston, Tex., Oct. 25.—Superintendent
Cronin of the narrow guage was in the
city to-day.
Passenger traffic is not of the best
about this time, despite the two fairs.
Colonel Jemlson was authority for the
statement that his new rails had not ar-
rived. They had arrived, but had not been
delivered by the Southern Pacific, and
Colonel Jemlson did not know they had
come.
The cotton receipts of the Houston and
Texas Central to-day were as follows
Houston, 876 bales; Gulf, Colorado and San
ta Fe, 537; Houston Direct navigation com*
pany, 420, and Texas and New Orleans
railroad 2313, making a total of 4152 bales.
LOCAL BUDGET.
The rush of business with the railroads
continues and all the Galveston roads have
plenty to do.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe will
commence paying off its September rolls
on Saturday, the 28th. This Is but little
later than the customary time for send-
ing out the "band wagon," and Is a tan-
gible evidence of returning prosperity.
The board of trade committee has made
arrangements with General Passenger
Agent W. S. Keenan of the Santa Fe to
send out a lot of advertising matter for
the bridge jubilee, and quite a batch was
sent up the line last evening to agents,
with Instructions to hang out in conspicu-
ous places.
EDITORIAL CREDIT.
Navasota, Tex., Oct. 25.—To The News:
In The Dally News of October 10 there ap-
pears on the editorial page an article en-
titled; "In the Midst of Life." In the Hous-
ton Post of October 22 the article is repro-
duced and credited to the Brooklyn Eagle.
Who does the article really belong to—The
News or the Eagle, and if to the Eagle why
did you not fflve proper c«dlt «
IThe editorial article, "In the Midst of
Life," which appeared In these columns
October 11), was original with The News.
If It appeared in the Brooklyn Eagle, to
which the Houston Post of October 22 cred-
its it, the publication followed Its appear-
ance In this paper and ahould have been so
credited,—The N.WS.J
HIGHEST STATE COURTS.
DECISIONS BENDEHED IN THE SEV-
ERAL APPELLATE 00UET&
Cwea Whloh Were Appealed From the
Lower Courts to the Oourti of
Last Beiort
THIRD SUPREME DISTRICT.
(Court of Civil Appeals—H, C. Fisher,
chief Justice; W. M. Key and W. E.
Collaru, associate Justices. Located aC
Austin.]
Austin, Tex., Oct. 25.—In the court of
civil appeals at Austin the following cased
were decided:
Affirmed: Brown et al vs. Shannon & Co.,
from Hell; Yoakum et al. vs. Richard«,
from Milam; Foster et al. vs. Andrews,
from McLennan; Sloan et al. vs. Thomp-
son et al., from McLennan; Anderson vs.
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway com-
any, from McLennan; Gulf, Colorado and
lanta Fe railway company vs. Brown,
from McLennan.
Reversed and remanded: Llano improve-
ment company vs. Watkins, from Llano;
Freeland vs. Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
railway company, from McLennan.
Appeal dismissed: Lucky vs. Warren eb
al, from Travis; Cannon vs. Sweet, from
Brown,
Motion to dismiss overruled: Bank of
Llano vs. Jones, from Llano.
Rehearing refused: Gulf, Colorado and
So.nta Fe railway company vs. Lewis,
from Coleman; Thornton vs. Goldstein,
from Travis.
The following motions were submitted:
To affirm on certificate: Cresswell vs.
White, from McCulloch.
For rehearing: Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe railway company vs. Plttman, from
Coleman; Bonner et al. vs. Franklin co-
operative company, from Robertson; Dunn
vs. Smith, /rom Robertson; Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe railway company, frotn.
Brown; Hamilton Brown shoe company vs.
Kellum & Rotan, from McLennan, and
three companion cases.
To advance: Walker vs. Cole, from Mc-
Lennan.
FOURTH SUPREME DISTRICT.
[Court of Civil Appeals—J. H. James, chief
justice; W. S. Fly and H. H. Neill, as-
sociate Justices. Located at San An-
tonio.]
San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 25.—The court of
civil appeals of the Fourth district entered
the following orders to-day:
E. H. Cooper vs. J. R. Gordon, from
Maverick; judgment affirmed. Thomas H,
Abbott et al. vs. International building and
loan association, from Bexar; judgment
affirmed.
E. J. Graves vs. Sarah B. Smith, execu-
trix, from Bexar; reversed and remanded.
Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio
railway company vs. Frederick Duelm,
from Guadalupe; judgment affirmed. Rosa-
lie Keating vs. Julian & Johnson, from El
Paso; judgment affirmed.
W. H. Drake et al. vs. the state of
Texas, from Karnes: case dismissed.
International building and loan assocln-
tlon vs. Chas. W. Blenlng, from Bexar;
judgment reversed and rendered.
Baker & Terrell vs. J. D. Guin, from
Guadalupe; Judgment reversed and case
remanded.
Bexar county vs. F. Herfan and E. Dltt-
man, from Bexar; motion for rehearing
overruled.
M. D. Riley et al. vs. T. W. Treanor,
from Bexar; motion to dismiss over-
ruled.
CRIMINAL APPEALS.
[Court of Criminal Appeals~J. M .Hurt, W.
L. Davidson and E. J. Slmkins, judges.
R. L. Henry, assistant attorney general.
P. Walton, clerk.]
Tyler, Tex., Oct. 25.—Affirmed: Davis vs.
state, from Cooke; Powell vs. state, from
Cooke; Powell vs. state, from Hunt; Hast-
ings vs. state, from Hopkins; Jones vs.
state, from Hopkins; Davis [No. 2] vs.
state, from Cooke; Wortham vs. state,
from Lamar.
Reversed: Shields vs. state, from Bexar;
Neely vs. state, from Henderson; Traylor
vs. state, from Morris.
Dismissed: Owens vs. state, from Wise;
Demement vs. state, from Raines.
STATE CAPITAL.
THE SUNDAY LAW DECISION.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 25.—County Judge Von
Rosenburg's decision yesterday holding In
effect that the present Sunday law Is In-
valid excites interest in all circles to-day.
It is the subject of general favorable com-
ment. When the question was sprung, the
state's counsel were not prepared with
authorities on the question. Defendant's
counsel held that the caption of the Sunday
law did not comply with the clause In the
constitution which requires It to contain
the subject of the act. It amended the
law then existing simply by reference to
the number of the section In the revised
statutes relating to Sunday law. Lawyers
are not agreed upon the question, though
the preponderance of opinion appears to
be against the county judge. If he Is cor-
rect, the occupation tax law and probably
fifty other acts will be knocked out.
WATER COMPANY SUITS.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 25.—Spence, receiver
of the Austin water company, brought suit
to-day against the city to recover the bal-
ance alleged to be due for supplying the
city with electric lights. The balance Is
stated at $2261.
The suit is based on a contract made in
1888. when Joseph Nalle was mayor. This
contract has since been held by the city
authorities to be invalid, and the charges
of the water company excessive, hence
the failure and refusal to pay and this
suit.
Attorneys for the city have made Re-
ceiver Spence a party to the suit in the
city of Austin vs. the City water company
—suit to annul contract.
TRAVIS COUNTY FINANCES.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 25.—County Treasurer
Anderson said to-night In reference to the
recent report of the grand jury, that that
portion of it predicting a deficit in county
finances was all stuff; that it was a bugaboo
conjured up for the edification of the
grand stand, and an unwarranted shadow
cast over the county's credit. That as a
matter of fact Travis county was in a
splendid financial condition and that he was
ready to show the figures, which would, in
effect, knock the grand jury's lugubrious
wail into smithereens.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Austin, Tex., Oct. 25.—The charter of the
Texas timber company was amended to
authorize an increase to $50,000 of its cap-
ital stock.
Superintendent Campbell and General
Passenger Agent Galbraith of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern were here to-
day in a special.
Rumore are current throughout the city
to-night that the Insurance companies
will refuse to pay losses on cotton in the
Blanton warehouse fire, because that cotton
was rolled out of the warehouse and no
effort was made by the owners to save it
after having been rolled out, but as no
adjusters have arrived yet no one can say
authoritatively whether there is any basis
for these rumors. Some of the cotton is
still burning and the fire department is
throwing water on It to-night.
Chartered: The Lamar county agricul-
tural fair and blooded stock association,
capital $10,000; Incorporators, J. W. Wil-
liams, W. B. Cavanaugh, F. Williams, T.
J. Broad, H. S. Bates, A. N. Rodgers E.
B. Morment, Sterling H. Price, C. D. Kelly;
and W. E. Grelner.
FAST SETTLING UP.
Velasco, Tex., Oct. 25.—C. Caldwell and
John Winches have gone to Kansas to re-
turn with their herd of registered cattle.
Fishermen on the lower coast are cutting
a canal between the gulf and lakes at the
mouth of Cedar bayou.
So many small farms have been sold and
will be fenced between the BrazoS and Bas-
trop creek that In less than a year the
stock water and range will be curtailed so
that cattle men will have to move their
herds over toward Chocalate and Hall s
bayoux. That part of Brazoria county
needs tanks now and is already heavily
stocked. ... i 4
From the numerous small land sales in
the Austin and Flores Creeks neighbor-
hoods, and in fact through the entire pral-
rie country between Alvln and the gulr, is
is evident that the fine range there can nol
km* remain open*
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