The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. TWELFTH YEAR, No. 179, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 30, 1896 Page: 4 of 10
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t o organlzo a combine or
frson In this State against the regular
democracy Three ileincnts utterly an
tniwnlstlc In their profe d pTlnclplM are
ufKed by their respective Icacleri to got
together In oppoitton to democracy
It ls beginning to be generally conceded
that tho leaders will s < nnely b < s able to
deliver the goxls A populist private 1 > 1
ibcr flglitrns for principle can not Jon
uen tcmpoarlly the republican party In
an attack upon pupul m for that li wh ti
fuplcn rniirs that for thn Snto offlcej
the populists will Join tho McKlnlcy peo-
ple In their fight agnlrst lie pnpullts
nulriolly A republican cara nat Join
ithe populists for the populN s rn
tho bitter foes of rrpublcanlm
Tho men who aro po Icwt lo
lilrclrle as to approe of tMs fusion ir
tie kind of men who can always be fomil
In the siKlora tent white tik < true i l lie
is lionustly and Wlaivly fighting hU
wuntrys battlra on tho field
Hut who is the moving > ti rlt of this At-
tempted disgraceful leal Is he a Tevin
Not a all but an Indiana i > ltlcinn ulu
wai schooled In the Dudley blocks of
flc methods In the Hoosor Rtao II
lmt > invaded Texia at tho loliest of Murk
lLujia and has apparently pthml his
t < ni here He has flitted hcrt and ti < > ri >
ljpt urtb Da Oh Austin pokcig hl
b r Into out loril nffii liotltis Iho
State l > 8iw KUidlng i ntn41ng and
Ii fn I dl i li r al te iinvcj in I lie
TiIr prwrainnit Ilnstjii < jf Ind an t
ciin of the Dudk lnui < iditi aid II in
i i cinljsaiy is the creat promoter of
fisit uiui the nubory cuunsel ol tit
l pullst ind republican be > in Toaj
tlit ear
1 nt th nuns natloi of Tovu n
thin time an impertinence and an Inul
io iho intflHgime of Tcaiii vbutlior
I uUtt9 or rpublicans
Will the honm old populists of the
Hiato peimil this carpetbiR plil ian to
come hero and oira Ke for buying thou
liolli cnlly llko so many head of outlo
Will they allow Huston of Indiana u
dictate their voles and demand tho aur
rtrder of tlielr principles to iilcuu
llanru
Will th y follow their leaders who hte
servllfly allowed Huston to mko clinrgo
of their oarrpalgn as so many sheep fol-
low the bell weher7
Will they not rather repudiate they ds
honoxt and truckling and trafficking com
inittcfu and say to this Indiana inter
loiier and meddltir that his advice U rot
needed nnd that Texans aro able to akj
care of themselves
Tho lost bellnves that tho honest rank
and file of Kith the pipullsts ami reauh
llcana will resent tills lnuudcm and out
rnEeous Interference In their local affairs
this bold attempt at l o sm In Texis by
thla mm Huston of Indiana
Let him go l ick to Indiana and work
his bargain and sale blocks of flvo
schemes
Tho good people of this Stato have
far tieen free of such mothods ami they
want none of them Introduced Into our
polMlcs at this lata day
Vhateer tho republicans may desire
and howcier subservient Ihey may bo to
Mark Ilnnna tho Texas iwpullsts outside
of tho plaoohuntlng gang who nro follow-
ing Huston want no oarpetbag einltury
from tho North to teach ithcm thelf
course and much less will they submit to
being bought and sold by ono of Hannaa
agents
The Post speaks thua emphatically be-
cause It knows ond ic3pccts Texas char-
acter and mnnhiwtl
As Queen Victoria reached tho point
on the Sid of this month that constituted
her regn tho longest In Cngllili history
a great many pleasant and appropriate
HOOTTON DAiLT POST WEDNESDAY itottSTDTO SEPTEMBER 30 1806
things were Bald about tho old ladr by
tho American press It ti the woman
tho exemplary wife and affectionate
mother and not the sovereign that has
won the respect of tho world Tho nged
queen haa been a greater moral than ix >
lltlcal foreo In England and her sex la
particularly under obllgatlo to hor for
the elevating and purifying irllutnco aho
hai always txerted tn Its behalf
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iINO TO CLASS PREJU
DICE
TimesHerald of Chicago during
Its win of regret that Sir llryan and
his foiliwira have bwn stirring UP sec
tio il nuio and armytiK the masses
a ruu thi classes Is partlculaily ro-
t > < inls Juncture to the Invasion of
generals Algw and Blckles
and Stewart nlth Corporal
glng up the rear
tiu > Ij n orgarlied effort to nrouse
i ir co and secUonal prejudices
B A iXViuv l n ls a 1 > ra ntcmpt t0 Btlr
ATAVtMS v Ts tiu iff w 1u e rt u behalf of rcpubl tanlsm the
r j > Hiiin
it v i V vi OLeatT i tl t
ft u embers i of the bloody shirt
aid solo purposo of this Uln
f vei generals and corporals
V the old soldier vote ugolust
i y Ily Jrand Army of ths
Vi brt < t 5rts and by Incendiary
i 1 false charges that pensions
i In two tho cigcnerals of
il i i les are expected to array
> > > i ansas ejsoldlcrs against
and bind them through
Clnky The Idea of bav
f men addressed by ex
carries with It tho very
< I s tirejudlce The gen
is f niTf together In a Bpeolal
i ii mded by ult tho circus
i i employed to catch the
i n of tho dramatic not to
i devices of Ilanna to
ind of class prejudice
iiidered between democ
antsm during tho war-
e dead long Flnce
wej r will not succeed
Wind Impression upon
i They may catch a
and Intensify the ex
i rejudlces upon which
i > contest has passed be
the grent masses of
estcrn and Southern
aies oin be dlverte1 from
uieir purpose to sweep tho dishonest
money changers and speculators and
grasping syndicates from the government
temple
Neither tho raking over of dying emliers
by exKineriK nor the corrupt use of
campaign money can reach the people In
this light
Th hundreds may be piircho = ahle but
the thousands are honest and deteim neJ
Rtlll this inhibition of an attempt to
nromo the old ptvjudlce of a distinct cln s-
is none the less reprehensible and nine
the a refutation of the clnrge that it
Is the domoracy that Is playing upon
the pass ons nnd prejudices of the people
SQUEEZING THE SPOKGE
The bond transactions of this covem
ment wlthln the wo years pist rvall very
forcibly an express on used hy tho hlstoil
nn of the American revolution where he
says Tho result of tho whole transac-
tion wns itho blrh of a vory strong fensn
In tho minds of the co onlits that the
mother country looked upon them as a
< ponKO to be squeezed
The Mingle ttild nMiidnul has put it
within th power of Iho money dmlers of
tho world to manipulate tho gold nud np
ply tho squeezing process at their cwn
will the roMilt Is lhit values have been
rriueean out of what the people produce
and absorbed by the dealers in money
Thi h to snv tlielr gold lias Inctenci
enormously In value to tho depreciation of
products of which they have manged to
make It the imiV h > if vnlu
The rj i Nv Aiisf n rreqnomlent
remarks that The Post bis oppcoed the
ntcrosts of Gnlvemim Vis The pnt
bn susta nel the Interests of llouson nnd
the people ngalnit tho
unrelenting war of
the O l News and Onlveslon before the
railroad coinmlsw n and el owhorc and
will coi xniie to do so
Tho O O P of Texns wants to kiuw
where the P O P is at
Several unmirccrafut attempts at su
oldo In New York leceutly uwa directed
ivncwitl attention to New Yorks nntl
uiildo law The limp ro State it seems
puts i piemlum on suicide by Imprison-
ing the fellow who tiles to k ll himself
and falls In other words It encourages
a finished Job
Ilanna nnd his orgins are grieved that
Mr llryan should waste so much t mo In
New York
When you seo a Texas pnper denounc-
ing Texas for unfar elections and ballot
box frauds you can set It down that the
paper In question Is not only slandering
lis own State but Is rclously dlshon
Ut There aru no falior elections In
America than In Texas
Dave III11 has been smeked out of the
tieo and it is found that ho is only mx
oidlnury coon
It 3 tllrfleult to delcrmlno which Is the
uxiro ptiable spectacle In Cuba the brutal
treatment of American citizens or the fee
bio protests of American consuls In tho
meantime his rotund oxccllency continues
to enjoy hmself at Cray Gables
It la Senator Palmers opinion that since
ho quit It the democratic party has got
in a bad way
Can anjbody guojs what the gold or
giils would have a d about iho quality
of Hlsmnrckn stntciunnnihlp and patriot-
ism If he had repled that tho gold stand
aid ls a g > cd thing and advised the
Uutid States to maintain It
Now Franco Is trying her hand on the
sultan Tho usual reforms have been
prom ed as usual Next
Dont agitate ead tho sold fish to
the man who had been pitched into deep
vrter und Jl trying to hwin out You
will disturb things and wo wont have
any conlldonco In jou
Tho opposition organ the GalDai News
Is still fuming and froih ng over that Ills
marck letter favoring bimetallism
An Hngllbh syndicate with u couple of
nnlllon dollars or mnro Btunds ready to
dim tho Itlo Grando for Irrigation pur
po cs Wbut In the midst of ult this
free silver agltat on
Nconnnn cinch on the Ran Antonlu
t strict that u talked about Is ami of
j tbcto cinches that wont stand ollng
The perennial Maybrlcl case rumor has
rt > appoar d with the promise of a start
line sensation It would require a start
ling development to create ony sensation
n that direction now
It Is a fortunate thing for Captain Gen
oral Woylcr that the cutthrnat enter-
prises of Abdul ItanVit have laid him tem
porarily n the shade
It will be a great dlstFPointmcnt ta
many patriot If Chairman Green when
ho rettros to Texas falls to bring a gnivel
train behind him boxed up on nil sides
Anybody who knows how to drive an
elephant and a billy goat tanJcm can ob-
tain a profitable engagement by applying
to Jerome Kcarby Dallas
Mexican cotton mills havo been closing
down on account of oerproducton Tho
tarlt hot house plan works to the same
lfaults ocr > where It seems
A Philadelphia bank has sub crbed IK
00 to llannaa campaign fund to help
light the attempt to reduce the purchasing
power of tho Inborers wages
Mr llryan Is simply sowfng the sod
heed for a futuro harvest In tha Kust
The West nnd South will furnish him with
an ample crop this jear
There aro too many II bios and Dally
and Weekly Posts in circulation in Texas
for the republican 1 terary bureau at Dal-
las lo do much harm
The pop plenary committee is once more
on the thlnk
XOTUh ON 1H15 lAMIAICN
One of the clever young gentlemen who
wrlto tho political editorials of tho Gnl
Dal News under the frank of staff cor
respondenee appears to be worried over
the prospect that The lost may take a
hand in the ruce in tho Tenth oungies
sonal district There need bo no mis-
apprehension nor uncertainty on this sub-
ject The lost ls a dcnio ratc paper and
its mls ion ls to aid assist and abet de-
mocracy all along the line Should tho
conditions wwrraftt The Post will be found
tnTCng a hand In tho Tenth the Dlev
enth or any other consresslonil district
in Texas where Its services may be needed
as a democratic newspaper And It mas
bo remarked right here that considering
tho attitude of some allegtd democratic
newspapers In Texas tho wcrk of Thi
Post will bo more valuable this cur more
acceptable to the democrats than ever
before Another thing so fur as tho Tenth
district Is concerned The lost though
not domiciled therein has a much larger
circulation in the counties composng tho
district outride of Galveston than any
other paper Hy tho wuy it is a inuti
ot note that the News seems to be-
taking u hand In quite a number if
not all of the districts this year in the
Inlerest of tho rcpubllcanpopullstiore
liiW combine
Colonel ODrlcn Moore the famous
Washington coi respondent of tho St louls
Uepiiblic prints this story In one of his
letters
1 beard a good tttie itory ot Mr Melcan
ft few days ago which goes fur to 111ns
ttate the present situation On returning
from hs summer home at liar Harbor
Mr McLean stopped n few da > s In New
V ork Some of ni millionaire friend ii
vitod him to dine at the Metropolian club
commonly culled the Mllllcniiiien club
This Is tho social Irttltutloa that bltu k
lwlled Senator Wolcott of Colorado
a few yours ago when that ear-
nest and often belllcose gentleman
wa an emliusluRlc advocate of
tht fCv eolniigo ui Mlver Mr Melenn
attended the dinner A score or more m 1
lionnlres sat around thi < table They xpolic
freely to McIaiiii llu was one truni
and there wus no roason wh > tht lniM
net reason with him They mqic indig-
nant became he was support tig iirvau
They dinouncwl the Chicago plufoiin
held up the horrid hndow of the income
tn and randilly deeiuei that lhe > oiild
lut wc whj a wealthy man like Mcleaa
shoulil encouraRO jMpullMit
McLean heard them attentively for
about ten inniites Then betwei u sips
of wine and purls of stnolce he dravvlxl
out something llko Ihs
f tinderitnil evervthlng you have said
I am n rend uf my eonfort and my money
as vou ate The If e ice lietw ton
and mv eir however Is one of ns ilit I
am wll uk lo Klve up ID per cent > f what
Ive in or er to limine the lent ou
people ilont want to give up a d cent
The result will be that if Ili > m Is beaten
this year h s followers wll come up w lb
such fine and furj ji IIkiiI that thev will
tnko every d cent we have and t < ir
diwn lls club Into the Imrgn n
Silencn followed and It is not on record
that convirtp wt > re made on either slle
The G D News Is loud In Its pre-
tense of IionparUBinsblp and htatei that
Ji hoi nlwj ie ervfV the right to eii i
clro tho nets of all political parties The
trouble wStb the organ In that Its crltl
ol un and bltternea ol antagonism Is al
wajB dlrcNted ngnint ho democritlc
paily nnd It reserves tho right to crltlelbo
other parties so clo < < ly that It never
u es that right at all Thero Is no inoio
hitter and unset upiilous pirtlwin 11 er In
th a eoiiu ly than the CS > News and with
that character stamped upon It it should
put away its hypocrisy
It would seem from tho following letter
that Mr SevraJl is not Hie only bin man
who Is unable to control his own lumlly
In politic
Oaiou Ind September 51 ivn
PleiMi xitid me a few of your t > Iver
Dogs 1 saw one that a traveling man
had and uhey are all O If I Ui nk the
dog will wag the tall til rght but I
think yni hive gven him most too
miKh mil and tut many whio siois
Wu have a irood freo silver club b re
and liavo made a sure gain of ik io
publeans who will volo fir W 1
llijiin and freo nlver Very truly
vourn J W Mclilnley
1 mil a cousin of the major but
can not vote for him on a gold stand
ard platform
J W MclCnley of Indiana
Tho opposition to Itrynti ls making pre
tonno of treaitlng seriously his Jocular ro
mjik about going Into tho enemys conn
tiy when ho spoke of his visit to the
gold standard ptuplo of tho ilast and
they chargo him with trying o foment
sectional halo It wll not be safe to uso
the express on curry the war into Alrlca
lent some people may find It oiTonslvo
Collector of Customs Iln ay of Galves-
ton Tcia on the stump for iho leniHi
llcaniKipullslgnldocrucy ulllinco which
has been formed In that fivte It Is Kirelv
posslbo that Mr Pinliy has rot peiuscd
Clevelands celebrute etr on icy
loyally New York JourtiU
Oh yes ho has but eieorgo ls playliiR
another gimc llu is schooling himself in
humiltyklsslng tho hands that unote
1 m In lf Another thing bolting comm
natural to George It hasnt been very
long since ho was n canddato for tho leg-
Islature against tho nomlneo of line dem-
ocracy of Galiest county
What n miserable political har-
lot ls the New Ynik Wodd In nn effort
to clscrvdlt tho fffcor of tho Itlsmarck
letter < t attempts to create tho linpro < loii
that Governor Cu liersoii gave out ni in
correot and doctored translation ilore
la what Iho World ehaiges Governor Cul
berson with reading to lus uulloncn at
Dallas
Tians iitloii as read by Governor Ci 1
ber n nnd nnoien ly upeaed ma ly
limes by Mr i > in
Krledrjchsruhc Aunust t 15M
Honored Sir Your ejieemed favor ias
i < a
been duly rccolvul 1 hold that this
Is tho very hour nhat would bo ud
visible lo bring nlioul botweon the na-
tions chlfly engaged i the vvqrld s
commerce a mutual agreemiiit In tnvor
of the establishment of b metu llsm
Tho United States are fiecr by far
In their movement thnll any nation
of Europe and hence if tho people of
the United States should Unci It Com
pitlblo with their Inlerests to take n
dependent action In iihu dlreclon of
Mmotnlllim I enn no but lollovo that
such action would exert n most sau
tary Influence u n the consummation
of International agreement
Ulsmirck
Those who read Governor Culbersons
speech w ll at once detect the fraud of
tho World Tho covet nor newer cave out
any such version as the above which must
have been doctored In the World otllce
as no other pnper has printed it nor has
Mr Hrjiin uted It In his speeches Tho
people of Texas can Judge by this flagrant
nilsrciire ontilon Just how much ccnll
donco to pu in tho facts given forth
by the World
Tho Mexican Herald ot tho City of Mex-
ico confirms what Tho Post has befoto
raid that Mexcan labor can not bo com-
pared with American labor lnesrectlvc of
money standards or rather that money
standards havo nothing to do with the
dirferenco In Mexkun and American
wiKes The Herald sajs
Tho Amelican labor delegate are com-
ing here to study too tiue status ol the
worklngman In a flee silver countrj A
coniparson ot tho condilon of tho work-
ing ulasses here with that of similar cash-
es there if that adject ve may rightly be
cmpoyed ls not svienxttc Ihe working
class and the agricultural laboiers heiu
are not as skilled as the workers of the
United States ihey have not tho sumo
physical energy and iiituinlly are not
paid as much Thero are exceptions to
ihls rule but every eniplojcr of kibor heia
will conjlrm our statement The sllvot
question has nothing to do with tielr con
il lion for wages have advanced hut lit-
tle kuco silver was at a premium over
gold
Tho commercial tourists of Texas nro
somewhat divided on landing political Is-
sues At Port Worth on Saturday even-
ing last two traveling mens clubs were
organized one representing fice ulier
ind the other found money It may erve
ns a sttivv to mention Hint the sound
money club had nbout double tho num-
ber ot members that tho other had Gal-
veston Tribune
Heres another specimen of tho fair-
ness of tho Hannacratic pressThe Dallas
News which can not be charged with
pnrtillty to the democracy published this
report of the two conventions
The membership of the Port Worth
Traveling Mens club organized last
nlKht Is ns follows D O Lively 13 J
Anderson A L Illalr A T Nunnellv
Chaile4 Van Ilaton 11 C Comb W ii
Colquitt Jake Mever I C Nlfong M
Lederman Hob Til sky J 11 Card J 11
Chll on It W McCullougli J W Smith
It H Downman P D Preston C It Mr
Adams W It McDowell o Mdille
ion L 11 Uuftingtoii Joe White K S
Turk II Marx W G Human Aex
lirown II S Hiintlnc II Yv Pettohone
W A Ilrook Tom Wright S Plncus J
II Yale A C Rt < hey L Palmer Joe
Diirwny M Stnude H 13 Zartman M
If Let J C Dennei John James
Tho following Is a ll t ot the member
of the Ivan anil Sewall Traveling Mens
r ub of Fort Worth W I Ke in presi
dent A f flurton flr t vice president
ThAinn S Price te > ond vlee iire
F K Guvnn third vie president J M
HnnstoM cretarv H V Puis A c
eliugnr 1 M Nehnls M A Cham
bers T J Pnnkey Thomas White C It
Tv 1 n Collier Pete Tallev c n
Weltmnn 13 It 13s It N Hatcher R
31 IOer C N Wheeler Din Thompson
Albert Thompson H Murdoek Jiek
Adams Henry Ifevee W J Johnson fl
v lliitMn 1 R McClinlock II R
Crane II D Wnlke T A McDowell
J T Wiirnrr flen e Wagner P L
Inrdnn M D Wnlnwrltfnt A A Hunt
W T ITS W It CiVket John A
fee Ildmnnd Tlurke J N Dil ° ev I O
Cirtnr Piel A Uenll A J Anderson 1
T W ITiirslon TI T Derrvierrv W
II Cowcn V IT IIol 1 II Tiichnrdson
It L Rpeneer Tten II TfImhrouch H L
C nniber Die Wlirirlns Indee T F
Trnlef piovil Fergnnn C C Chestnutt
M T Inrla 1 T rtrlnk lluele Pehradcr
M l f f n c A OniKin W H
mm v n liIe Amlle Cromer S A
Thompson P f llnrn ton
And the hnnd pnved on Here s whit
the Port Worth Tribune tho preat repub-
lican organ thinks and says of the sltua
t on
it will save ui answering < i number of
iettern to state the repuhlinn sKuutoi
as it now appears n Texts Pio campaign
oim ttee lias lieen organ Bed for some
tme and has clerical Help enougn to run
a ireity fair s zed X itlooil ciimnaJgn It
appi irs io be ready to act and o act with
vgor Hut t stems tho populists are not
> i ready They have not > oi been Mif
Iteienty comcllatod The > tilvo it oui
from their headquartoM eveiy day lint
uiiteii aie not yet cidjusteil
me re puhllcui mnaKcri ijlvo out the
snme th ng everj day hut unsure the peij
pie through the pre s that everything
will be a I i ih ln ii il iv or two at mon
lhis kndsof issiirinees have been slven
out for a groit many days The clect on
s drivvng nearer every day The tlmo
ror campaign work s getting shorter all
the time it the republican commltleo
can not arrange matters sat ffuctorlly
ind can tot satisfy tht republicans that
ihey have done so Mr lleirbj will eet
lew repaid en ii vo es The rcpiiirlcms of
the Mnt < i will deiriml and will have u
fair deal or they will eil on the comm t
ten to nut out a full Slnto ticket nf tho
J J thp ar v Th P h
roins or Texns
are not overjoyed at the
nr > ie or a populist governor ami
while they will
give tho enmiiii ron
m dee n reasonable tlmo to arrange tho
nrollmlnir ra Ihey will not be defivered
over to the populists without reeeivlin
a fnr equivalent In the wnv or suipor
for Mclflney And to Judte from th
tenor of the Vtters ree lvoI hee anl
w hlch for nriiilential reason we have so
fnr withheM frnm
puhltcvon the ne o
tlatlons hould V pv il eonliie c7e
gin0r ° r cllvo worl should
bi < gin
flatInnd Texas September Tc The
News I rvotco tho follovvlne ditoilnl In
this mortings Issue p lo News
0 fu 10 otlo t the Culberson
ly ef Situnlny 1
night leml as follows
H xtren o onemore money to niv tae
nnd more taxes to pay Some cn emv ot
tho governor must have
put this up The
present Htnte admlnstntlon storied In
w th a promise not to lnerea e the iiX a
and ended wti Incroases of bnh riis
and valuation to siy no h ng of the law
by which occupation taxes have been lo
f d Itiee that Governor Cnlbe
expenses of the Sfite government nnd
Ihey Pave been r > dued over JWOne per
annum It wns a well known fmn elurn
Culbersons first ctmpnn thru n < H
eleney of over half a million dollars e
ste1 nnd bo would have been very ronlsh
lei make any seh promise
wlli repirel to
Hie tax rite If tho News hs troof Vv
will It Iclndly nrndnee c miv of oir
renters nre nterep erl In o i
11 the r < fl > consldera
ble olleltude
John It Ciilem
The Od Lady be iar thus cornered
nnd unabo to mike her charges rood
goes oft Ino a riliimn of high sounding
phrases to provo tint Mr Culberson must
have inennt whit the News said he MM
beeinse he fald somethng else thnt
meant what It sad he slid And this is
a fair sample of the many atMeks made
on tho State administration
v GOOD THING
Goliad Texas SepVintcr 2 Fall crass
U HOW issiired
Mr It P Wilkinson who lec nllv ln
Kftrd a watr id In The Post has ivep
forced to employ a stenographer to attend
to bis corrcspordcnr
WHAT1IEKCUUF BULLETIN
S ii m in a ry uf Kcpnrts Irum Uiirtiiii
Corrcspomlciits
I XCGITIONALLY HEAVY RAINFAIL
Over lllclit Inches nl Itfinine nnd Sstwi
nl San Maro is Irsile > Oitmu
lteilntirdOilier News
Gnlvcslon Texas September 29 United
States department of agriculture cl mate
and crop service of tho weather bureau
Texas iectlon Crop bulletin for the week-
end ng Monday September 2S ISM
Picclpltatlon Tho week opened with
threatening and showery weather after
whch It clcuml up and fair weather pre-
vailed until the 25th SOth Sth and 1Mb
when general showcis weie reported with
exceptionally heavy or excess vo rains on
tho night of tho Hath and on tho 2iJlh over
the easlern portions ot Central and South-
west Texas and tho southwestern portion
of llast Texas Tho great rainfall for tho
week was 821 Inches In the vlcln ty of
Ilearno and there nro other stations ex-
tend ng from that place southwestvvard to
Sah Mnrcos Texas which report more
tlian 7 Inches for tho week Tho proclpl
tatou on in average for the week was
slightly below tho normal along tho Im-
mediate east coast nnd over the north-
western portions ot tho Stale whllJ thero
was a general excess over tho other por-
tions ranging from fio of an Inch to more
than 0 Inches with thu grcatebt In thu
vicinity of llenruu
Sunsh ii Stiiitus stratocJiniilus cum-
ulus nimbus and cumulonimbus clnuls
pievntled dining the week which reduced
the amount of sunshine consderably and
on an nverago for the weeit It was below
the normal
Temperature The week opened with tho
tempcratuie langlng from to 5 degrees
above the normal w th tho nro tcs cxcos
over llast Texas after winch It fedl until
tho 23d and 21th when It ranged from 1
to i degiees below the normal The tern
peratuie roso slightly on the 2 > th and
IMth untl It was generally about tho nor-
mal or abjve but a cool wave ot moder
ale Intensity crosse 1 the Stato Just at the
elosn of tho week nnd tho temperature
fell 10 to 20 degrees und the week closed
with the tempcratuie consldeinbly below
the dally normal The h ghost tempera
luri at the several stations during tho
week has ranged SO degrees ovei the
northwestern portion of the Stato to 91 de
giees In the vlcln ty of Henrietta and Luf
kln and the lowest has ranged from 3
dogieo over the Panhindle where light
fiost was reportel on the mom ng or th
2Mb to 01 degrees along tho ImmodaVo
coast
CONDITION OP CHOPS
Cotton poking progressed nicely during
the early part ot the week but the show-
ers and heavy local rains toward the close
of the week almost topped picking com-
pletely Tho heavy rains over Central
Das nnd Southwest Texas damaged tho
crop n they not only reduced tho gindu
of cotton isngxthered but a si eat deal of
It was beaten out ot Dye bulls and ie
siruved u some 10ialties In bottom
Janus the crop was iiairni cd to some ex-
tent by the water ovcrnmilig ton land
nnd njuring the plant Conditions plijr
to the last tool wave were mure lavorau e
loi a tup ciop of cotton as the rams hid
started a new growth on the plant In mm
Mctiuis and w th the iitc fro i a tir
crop was expected In some localities but
the Into cool weather vvll
check tho growth ot the lop
ciop especially over North and
Central Texas w hlcn mike this crop
mote Iano to bo killed by frost hi nee
conditions arc not as favorable as aa last
report Picking a vel anuu il uvi uj
eastern portion of Slate nnd the present
crop is neatly gathered in seme sjc o is
over the westeri portions tho dorruipo id-
em at Knnn I Itocn tliites nnt there Is not
over Oo bies m the Ilelds ungnthereil lu
that local ty The crop will soon be
gathered with favorable wemher anl ihe
majority ot eorrespondents now reimrt
thit thro will bo veiy little or no lop
crop The coton crop as a whole with
favorable weather from now on cm not
be an average
Corn gatcitig Is well advance 1 and l <
about completed in iron sect ons The
crop s generally Ight
The poD I rans tit tho close of tho week
were of gient benuftt o farmei i gen mliy
iind ihe grounl Is In see lent working
condition oiopt that t ls to wet for
peiw i g In some locniltka PlovvlTg w I bo
rusNd nnd wheat xowlntr will soon Ire
pushed over the wheat belt ns this work
Is beh ml to some extent VI h favorable
vveitler a fair nereage will t fowii Some
fiiitpcrM me miking preriratlnni for sow
cj winter oatr The inns weo of gren
lKT < > llt lo vegetalles ar1p grjaHg
nlcev Fne the ra ns and rail faage crops
nnd ustures have i > een imprjvel Wnier
lor hteei Is plentiful In mol stvtlons for
tne llrft mn n some monh nnd stock
Is generaly looking we i
COHltllSlONDIlN PS ItHMAHKS
Dai sG A Klsenlohi The tains of
the past wck have I een vcrv benoliclui
puttlrg the ground n eoniKuun tj I o
ViTiorn 11 bat moie lata ls
needed lor tall nock
IraiievireW J Crowley The weather
has enarged la much cooie wtn r ns
tho ast seven days The coton crop
neurly in gnhered nl mark t d Tie
weatner is unfavorable lor
pek ng and
soiro ration lwi
been ost on account of
Belrr heniei nto tho dirt bv t o ial >
HoustonJohn A McNabb Ma rfet
fans KrLU5 CU < J ths weeks
InVln v S ll33s I o rains dur
nrttt Ar eeW
Itoby H Poster Tho
t0 almost I
i iiche ii 0l t bv ii
I College StnilonV
D
Cliytoiv ras
ginning to ovv again incJ hV hnvv
J Y Hnnllton Cotton nlekln
l eSln M
ric i1 ea
inc irli r the l th dI
vorv I t 1 n
age u > the op net Ther v dli i 5
lei Tr 11
I lie H t 1 Ckov he I
I
goo r s
of the 19th and 20th followed y < i
wive on ii 2d
ami
cool
ve t o b eh
his nrevolled sine h ivo been Very ben
ih ln m s cotin nhVit i
thirds nicked nnd inrk o in u
eotton Is bing held by tho rirti Wl
plowing well advanced Vol ef h fim
era are leady f
u
tvi owing wir r w i
n Knl nri
red for n f > al of liiid r
nuxt years etoiis
cotton
they w fbuini
niehiiiniidI Iinndii The < > are ihn
T h a f Th i fh l b will n
px4U i0 Clr0rJ T1o Onn Mireoj
rxer Is on a boom doing sreji damuge
in erojis nlong tho bottom mnds llni
inter Is higher tha u his luon for ten
yieiirt Ihe rilni have put mo ground in
cplendld cudltion tor ran plowing muio
Will be quio ei lot of oats how n as boon
ua the giouud becomes dry enough tu
Cut pus Chrlstl George ltecder The e
cent iuns have put tne gruiini In excci
out louiHtlon for tho full crop of veget
tiiblcs Ihe tuimers are Very busy
bialioid C P Meicer loo much ram
has ljully diimnged tho cotton crop
Da e > vuig tj iiuniiliiBtiiii Cottuu plcit
Itig will not Ik llnlshed for u Ioiik umo
Tlio grass ls ns gioon us II was In Jm
spring nnd all vegetables are growing
lioliville L L Prouty The week was
dry mini Friday nnd Silnrlay vvlion
good rujis fell slowly which wet thu sob
nicely Ilaiiueis hive hud good weather
far fcitheiliig tlielr crops Some Sviw Wea
of cotton marketed agalnnt Di i ai this
time last year
Ijiowiivvoiid J II Orconvvood Heavy
rai on the tMh overllowiug low lands
firound tho biyou Very heavy rnlns in
the enstorn pari of tho ctiimty
Gull id II L lally Good rain on the
Cth eiiil itiili with u regular downpour on
the latter dato but It Is too late to benefit
crops except potatoes und hay wli en
will bo unmoved considerably
Colllnsvlllc II Waldo 1 lie intent
siiiHiy muiitr s making the lieadnwH
nnd pistuies nnd
green dotiyB tho pick
iig of the little cotton yut In iho ilelds
Ihe corn yield is about eighteen bushels
to the u to m llus locality
Geoigertown A S llowpn Heavv
thunderstorin and seven Inches of ralnfull
on the night or the Kith
nin H Ga t The rain from
tho Uth to the 21st put a good season In
in hi jimJ und nuiwl grass aril turnips
lo glow lug The condtt on of cotton Is
unchanged but showeiy weather Is re
liroltig pll
Palestine M Wright The rains of tho
iii two as have put tho giound In
good cotd ton for fall wvrk Cotton pick
ing Is rctirlt I by Hie rvns and with few
uxMitlons no top ciop will bo made
Mbauy N L Uartholomevv Weather
roudltlons hav beesi very favorable Icr
lull wotk
Auioiu T J Weenisi We arc having
i ge < l ilul of eloudv wcuthei but little
rnln t > far Tie worms aie ti 11 wlli u <
but the first crop of cn tan Is nbout oiti
n Va 1 1 C lidpir A rati amjuiitiuT
to li Inches fell dumig rifle n hours on
the 2litb I will be a great bencM to
gris aid full einps but oamc too lalo
to do ce ton any goad
Giitosville A D Hanevcitt Uenvlesi
ram In two veirs wbch has injutid eoi
ton bv bcalng It out und destroying It
No prospects for a op e rop
Hound Itock 1 II I loll On Friday
nght he 2th we had the heavnYtu mi i
fall ti eleven vcars and as a con3equenc
tbee Is plenty cl water for sock n > w
Paimcrs uro about through wLh cotttn
picking nnd there Is not ovei 100 Inles n
the fields nl this time
Ilcbv II Foster There Is a good sea
on In tio ground it last larnvrs now
lug wl int and picking cotton The cotton
crop h about all githcrcd unless tha
now puttVig en makes aoniLthlnir
cc > i > n p L libson Tnt rains of
the past few days will fill the tanks witi
water which was badly ncoled Turnip
v 1 m eis brible gi ilu
being planted tor Inter nud fnJI pistuiv <
Ihe iiin crop is bing brought n rap
Idly ami there ls very little hope for i
lop erp Picking c e IimI by Hie ram
ui d sun loss In cott n lielng miirkcted
ocToni3u wiATiii3n
The following data covering a perlvl
of twentylive yvars havo been comp led
from the vventher bureau recjids nl Gll
veslon Texas for the month ot October
Tr3MPI3ltATUI3
Mean or nimnl temperature 72
TI e warmest month was that of IS5
with en nveiagc of 77
The coldest month was that of 1SS7 villi
nn avenge of 01
The highest temperaturo was SD on Oc
lobi r Ti ItriO
The low est temperature was I on Oc-
tober i ls71
Average dnte on wh rli first killing
fiiet oriiuied In nutnm December ll i
Average dae on which last kill ng
fnit nc ured In iprln IVirunry >
PltnciPIJATION mill iintl melted snovi
Avenge lor the mrnth LSI Inches
Average number of dnvs vvllh HI ot an
ireh or more 7
The greatest monthly precipitation was
17S Inches in 1 = M
The least monthly prrelp caton was
77S i id es n ISM
The gieiteM amount of precipitation re-
corded In nnv tventvriiir conseutl n
lionrs wis 72 nchos on October 21 IS
CLOUDS AND WI3ATHI3H
Avernpe number of ideal lavs HP pirlly
cloudy days 9 cloudy days 5
WIND
The pi vailing winds have been from
the southeast
The ghst velocity of tho wind was
s xty miles an hour from the north on
uc il r 2 1S71
iiatlon Galveston Texas
Hate of issue September 2
I 11 CHne
Local Force isi Ofllclal Weather Hureau
Picpaiud by W I3 Oliver
KUATHI5I AM ClUHS
Kerrvlllc IVxns Hcptcmbcr 20 Four
Inches c rain has fallen w thin the past
tvv ntytour boms
t ilno Pics Texas September 2S Yes
tenlaj wo had the niiest rain we liavo
bi i iti sjx mouths mil last night a stiff
iomher citno up unl tnls moiiiilig It Is
qulti cool
Ilutto Texas September 27 Detwecn
ilic ad tlx inches of ruin fell hero loot
nllit lltiuhy creek Is higher tian It
Iih been hlniro li j Very Ultlu dimage
to ciops cotton jcng mostly gathered
n uy Point J xis September 21 A
braili noilher sprung up joiteriiay even
log It will be of vast bjuoill to cnlton
plaiitcis Ihu rain hus helped cane but
injured cuttcn Cottuu pickug iias stop-
ped for the present as the giound is very
net
Uiiildeii Texas September 2S Coed
talus uil the j two aays vhli makes
Hcek witu and giasb nu
ers win not cxpcrcn e iiiuch damage to
tnclr ii > < uii on iiccnuiit of the as
thy nie well up vvl n ihe picking iui
i > ps hivi beju sowed in uhtiiiauuio s nco
tile bolvclM Ol lllo los WCCIe
Tcnehi loxas Seiiimiber 17 Good
iatib tii all our ol ina Siij yesteraay
unl to uy Heporis fton eogiiiimri
a sav tint haavy iu lu i ie i
tin roabouts iurnip eropj just rawii aie
now sine to Hi1 ve Hlks jitu c La
1 vuu i in ii nos t down Id a-
long lime becatiho of link of wacr wbl
hunt ibolr tiwiuill tomorrow
Wnrrenton 1cxns Seplembcr 27 The
long vvuvhel for rain put n an apiwaran e
lis I day and ll bin btcii raining sic U1
n > ever since ClMeins ale now icpien
inel uil in id enough stoek watci io
last fcr awhile A Inisk norihor came ip
tlifa ev enln Shoi Id mere bo o arl >
lust ham fall clop of cotton may be
lockd lor ji piaces
New Hop i 1 exnb September 27 The
long and disastrous drouth has at list
a < in imiten bj uiie of Ihe heaviiii rai s
that has fall > n biijo lust wluer ihuieii
lurnlsaiig ample water for Mtoeltn an
an uiuur purposed during tho lest of tnu
> e r ihe colloa crop Is about all gath
IleJ ginned and fully onemf aold lioth
the cotton and tnmi crops arc short
Welnur Tovas September fS Tho roln
fnll is now sulllciiii and f t tli factory
The streams ure an full and tliu ciaees
aio closed Tim weather ls told with a
urang in rth wini lio skas nre bright
an edear a i the him Is beiullful to be-
hold Huui win rjcm do iiiu travel nl
undo WJI1 bo rcHiitned 1 he remainder of
tho cotton will toon be gathered and then
Plowing will commence for another crop
llimk Toxns BepiemLcr 17 It has been
ruining nluest cunntantly hero for tip
pan tnreo days a u the grcurd Is w t
weeper than sine last spring At tnics
the nin has been hird nnd leconipimltd
by mora or less vvlrKl doing eoiPldiriblii
damage to cotton In tho lieIds However
most of the dtaplo im treon gathered and
ct l und very hltlo remains on Iho stalk
llo ciop is the shoresi tor iim y yoais
Tayljr feptemb r 2Tbu dioutb wlucli
has ixisled In th i r < vtlon for the ins
i reo mviMim compln elv breken In a
heavy and steady dtivnpourof nlnvvhli h
begtin falling ut 11 oi lock bmt nigh and
has continued uiilntoTintellv up to
oclock ind the in leulnus me it It
will eontiinifo diirinc ihe ulaiiee of the
doe and rsslhly tlimish the nlvht This
r In eonu i In i at u Imo vvhiu bully re d
cd for winter gnsv ind wvcr for stock
aj all water helc and creKs in tills lec
tion have lK r almost dry for some tunc
isLAfiDiga
icharaeilt t
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w t the mS K
hoonladan nonMerkeUlttslh
soM homicide and
tir
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SlPlJar charge k2
t Cnrter nnf bwa loJW
Into a
I killed a Yu > Jte 0
gLi
chads mStVTffilSSs
same accldcti 1UH
Tnert SJ
were thWa
I two ladles YnaffiJ5 l i
i suits ngamst
the Pi o
hive
the death chj5aS
0 the C
CeVC llylhV50 JMtttli
The
weather
not been tuch oibV S
doenr si > orts to c fc1
but there Is stillViS
> tor thtm AfeS0
organtaru anl
a n
secure groundj anju
lust PraUcegaraennpl1
ion Th
v
een
I in
the 1
Bund K4tt3s
bj local mrrliiit mj 5
viurg BHUeinea ibo WS
the sports Th i1wi5S ffif
cpen heir club Wnt
Mat
good deal fir thu encSnS Si
scrt of outdoor ercl iaii
ubie pines to rut mj g
amiiscments ro tn StW
happen the GaliestonUuprttc
Je > > tlicmtelvrt T
CPNTTiAI AMERtQUfirul
M Ju es Valentla KcnUnfj
French chamtxr cl eMtmefcii
l < n after sjjournjis In Cuiliai
thiee months nil rtlurjie iia
litter part ot the k Canta
i nee It Is told M VatoMai liura
the i ikIi sludy of thi CtatnllH
Ililiiibic with reftrmce u at
ci ut of commercial nlittti
that
i comtry and tin pirtof CilN
i nnd ho ctpcrls th Matlmint tM
favorallo to Galvttuu uaftra
o ni fer Central American Intel
In coft ee aril irut is leiittil
I tcrvleivs with leniHnpUntoiBi
ne s nun As soon ai It YilttUi
tie fee French nlgat Kleottsji
under the auspleciot tie Altital
call wll be reopened f
DIVORCE STITi
j c McCiir n hi lid la tn l
ti for a aiviirco from HtrrKii
i of Natchez Miss alleglij ibulsi
l ot in ire than three t i taliiu
i be custody and control f titpn
I ch idrcn Q
inivia Criddhston III l l a
i 11u lln Oraditngton ot Wiltuuats
jixas for dvorcc upon fat ma
I o ce iv and abase anl askltcwttl
tr i of her four chlMren I
i Jin a llitchlngs asks tMcomsi
tho marital ties between tMnsful
i lie fiUlcMggs to ho h
i more lhan threa jfaraua J > ji
THG GAbVESTOI Htte
AletttifromSfcr taryllellJyi
jalvcston chamber of comBM
r w In charge of the big ahlp
vision contributed to fiJ Mtejl
I li s at Topcka Kan gilM 1 VtffO
nceunt of the sitccetaof bJwrtB
for advertising tHll Wit
vsei is attracting hou t
I ami s the weder of ell tte g
is a full elsd thiD and MP
contructed that vMuw
i walk the decks tts sjPflJ
ftgitrilvcty sPkite K
with upprojeato ceremwWItv
I nt eemtronder la q
lair
DISClIAltGEa
A week or sd io IW
twt
b rber sbs on Cenlct
them James JlcSet < M
nppenred to be some verr
cuts Th wa MJi1 12ffl
barber wan im
t 1 Unas a
llircslenlnpileraonsir W Sa
loos on him wtb WOT
fent to the lwpta d-
on a clnrge of f MS o i
dec This mitnjns L m id
hearing In the recorder1
was dlscliarged ci jia
IC Luke and f f
ts d sndnocandliliU i
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a 1nospERonW
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rook M T t
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Frcl hive been h1 tf
thi eaton and not onVh
l en sblrp1 > la tl 8 1 e
If any other W SiniWI
Hicokshire is ° i f tmKJJSi
lx mile we J Xtt r
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Miin ss h ih SrrM 5
tensive pr T J timTfSl
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