The Houston Post from Houston, Texas • Page 1

FIRST EDITION ljp 4. "All the WHIL1 -3 0 mm It Is XIXTH YEARNO. 186. HOUSTON, TEXAS. THURSDAY.

OCTOBER 8. 190a PRICE FIVE CENTS, DISPvEGARDEDPUBLIC HEALTH GRANT'S 9 asatoslnmmM I Ooiobtr t-lut Tuu- VT0 GET. EAKLT $EED. i GHelsbBcE. from Ticket a "aev' 1 2 a AMPUTATION Aiy EVIDENT NECESSITY.

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oottoh legion Bulletin foee'twentf- ftvr Honrs eadta a. nw th nerld-' Ian time, yesterday: V. Sato. State of 'Station- i. MM.

Mia. weather. Mbltm .11 Clear ft) Clear ft Jieevllle p. 7. -JU iirownwood ss-v Corpus Christi.

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Mln. 'tktrla Augusta 11 tt Charlaaton I CalTMoa .2 U-J''2f Moblla Montcomary i Nnw OrVina IS. at ffavaaaah It Vlrkaourr WUmburlon 10 Hal. fall. -M i .91 SPINNERS IN THE MARKET General Upward Tendency New York Cotton Exports Assisted in Advance.

Naw Tork, Ootobar cotton mmr-i kat opened firm at an advanoa of 1 to polnta on bettar'caMee (ban axpaotad aat expectation! of laaa tMvotktto waatkar, Including lower tempera tunan Texas, fter the oall aoawaf the months showed a HtUa furtbar sain, but reoslpM for the day vara baay ne tkaxawaa aooa a renewal of bear yreamrethat earrled prices to withuT a far potnti of yesterday's flas.li. Report were belnc elrca-Uted tbit apbrners had been attradted Into the' market at the decline, and private adrlcea Indicated a steadier tone In the Southern market, In addition to this it was armed Uat the decline had keen rather more rapid than the eondj tlon of the crop reports warranted, and that a aonalderabte abort Interest had un-doubffcdty been accumulated that might aoene er later turn for profits, At any rate the declining tendency Waa of but short duration and prices before midday were Working upward, with several prominent Interests heavy buyers, The advanoa -waa enemraged by rather tighter estimates tor tomorrow's receipts at leading polnta and further unfavorable advices reepeotlng the crop. Bull room longa turned far profits after a net rain of front IT to potataand the market In the early afternoon eased several polnta from the beat. It waa rallied again before the olose, howevet, by mere or leas general coverwis led. by bowses with Soathern ootmeetlona, and closed steady, a to polnta higher.

Sales estlaaatad at bales. Official reports from Southern spot markets showed them generally quiet and from 1-ad higher to Hd lower. Kxporte ware heavy, assisting la ttio late adrano WANTDToSpiisiDENT Hannlcss Individual Called at White House od Was V' Hustled Off to JaiL Petitioifor Fondttic of Water FrandiiscFilet Says Cwjirad lit. TotaBj Igiiord in tire Past PRESSUFE WAS LACKING 0FHCERS ROT TAltoG 'Are Improvirig; Offices and Indf-cate They ill Resist JIffort to Put Thews' Out of j1 The tut at threngb Cltf attorney sHotel 'eutt yaeterdaifa tha KWventk district court of HaWtaeuiityt against the dlouston Water eonpemy, praybsx thai' he court declare) the contract and srdtnanoe of ata Koveasbsr lflt aull and 'void and of no force ahd effect and that tha rlcHU aajt prtvtlegas thereunder 'be revoked and sunosled. The eoBtract that tha Jtr prays to have deoiared void was asm entered Into bet wean nto elty sf Hosjaton and ens iamee M.

ijnrtraa. granting Um-and fals asaoeUtaa.tfle rnt to Supply aatd otty with water jg melntsln tha Haanllnsae aad healtk at" the elty and for tbe ex-tlardshmint of Bras and. far the pro-taottea prop arty af the InhaMlsjats of aid arty, a copy of which to attaanad to the plaratira aetltlon. asses Laweree and aeeedatea, after tha latrnnt was given, organised them, seivee Into' a private corporation under tha laws at this Bute and all interests eeqejlred by said osntraet ware assigned to tha Heemton Water company, OBOyirDS FOrTVoRFnlTL'BB, a The attf all sgaa that said contract waa void because the mum waa an attempt to create a monopoly and perpetuity, which they allege la contrary to tha oanstttu. Hon of Vexaa, contained la article taee-tloa which provides that "perpeteitlee and monaooltot bra ooataarjr to tha geBlea, of a free giivarnmaat sod ehooM never a altewed.

v- h'' t' Tkefrfurther allege the Una parMrted oonsraet hat sUwayi been and to UMpil and void anal oHi vlrea the power of said elty of Houston to execute and enter tote and against pabMo psooy, in that Ma Mens attempts, by thh fallowing pro. vtstoai "ThU eoatraot shasl aubasst for a period of twenty-five ysars from the data hereof, at the and of which time the, said party of the aeoead part (bail have tha pstvllete of purchasing the en. tint werha at their appraised value, Bat If the amid party of the second part does net puaehaee at tha end of twenty-five yean, the contract shall continue until tbe werha are finally' purchased by said oUri and tha right to purchase tha same shall Inure to the city every five yean thereafter by riving twelve men the1 notice of auch intention," to oempel tha said city of goaston to purchase from the defendant Its entire' works and property, oo net! to trig its wahjr work tystesn, or else permit; the defendant to operate emder said eeweract perpetually, therebr living It a perpetual franoiilaa and prlvt-lece to fumiafi water to said city sad Us 1 habitants, contrary to the eonatitntlen of tha State of Texas. Plaintiff further alleges that. If said oontract was.

ever valid and binding, which It denies, defendant haa forfeited all Its rights and' prtvOogea thereunder. because it he failed and atlll failsMa per ioral me several obligations am by said JameAM. Lowerse and ciena ae4Asniraot, In att: Thai the defedeaotkwmpany baa (a) ed to furnish itg tbh inhabltahhj af city oi Housmit phr and water, aa It waVvts datr to do. and waikh It Impliedly undertook to do, but that II haa ever atilqs entering Into said eoatraot, beea guilty of a most flagrant disregard of Its obligation under said eon-tract and to the elty of Houston and lta lahabltante. Inlthat It haa persistently and eontlaui furnished water to tta patrons which impure, and hnflr far domestic use.

id which baa endangered and suit the health and Urea of the eti of the 'dtp at Hobswn naa anaaagera tsena TO TAKE THE STUEP. I Members of the AdrniniV tration to Help Out Waahlngton. October f-Sevora a members of the Including a SeTetariee Sltaw, Moody and WU- a son, will participate In the cam- a palgn progressing in tha several a States. Secretary Shaw had- a talk with tha president orior to entering on a a long eomnatan. He" left tonight for Ohio, where, on Saturday, ha win sneak in Akron.

Ha expects to spend ton days Ohio snd. a during that time, be speaks in many dttee. He will than go to- Kentucky for three oars, hto nrtn- a clpal engagements In that Stats being In Louisville, Lexington and a Owensboro, Prom October until a election day ha win be In his hom! Mate of Mara, where he will liver a number of Important speeches. Secretary Wilson slsoj will take part In the eatnnalgn din-- Ing the latter part of thla month. 2 STRIKE IS MVf ON SAN ANTONIO STREET CAR MEN ARE OUT.

The Company Had Forced the Issue and Was Well Prepared for the Step Taken San Antonio, Texas, October virtue of full authority from their International president the onion snowmen and conductors of the Sea Antonio Teao-tton company have 'gone, on a strike tor bighsr wages and tor tha reeraiarioa of right. af dleeharga, The strike waa precipitated at sjidnlght tonight the union men heaving their oars at the sheds. Thar win act take them ont taaaorrow. 5 Ths TraoOon oompany to fujly prepared for tha strike-In that, It tea beea tor a tonth or asarh. v.

la tha 4st' these the ccsxpany ehaiged- tronbld Tho-k charging tha mm aetljs.of. the-jaaksa. exeeofhre'roanmlttee of tha union toot WKB the nnlon men tua aiurnoon ana the aankeon to strike) was Bands, aoaorm. not whhoat tha authority e4, Interna tioaal PreeMent Mahoa, which was contained to a telegram, i i Through Use of. tha.

nrdna. he-tween and Ml mea arc afaotod, The San ATtlfhtt toitoa li coBsndaseA aag af ajses aeny ja -be air ated to the) foreooea. but ha tbe aftaso noon. Tha efflciaai af the iiimiaaf are to confer with officer of tha taw to tha. tlon of the cars wlU dap and as that can- Among th' nia acharaejdjtoder waa W.

W. Belt pros id eat of he local street ehr men antocO" ass a number ot anr Mttortr awK DEATH RATEalGHEl MORTALITY OF THE ARMV, ON AN INCREASE. The Annual Reiport Jf Surgeon norwa j-svierj-rer- centage of Deaths. WasMngton, October 7. An toorsass to tha death rata of the araajr from ItM per KM In llul to lf.

par MM to HM Is shown la the annual repact ad anigsin Oenaral O'Bdlly far the ttoaal year ending Juno to. Thla toersasa to attributed to cholera. -Which caused IA4 asatas per IAN. A slight Impressment appears ta aha rate of disease and injury, whloh daashssd from 171. to par MM in IM to MLB pa MM In aStsa.

Discussing other taataraa OC heaKh af tha army Surgeoa OonarU OTteUha rar port saysr "Steadily toetanstag pisiaksara of ven-ereal disaaaaa to the moat dlsumrsgmg taafura In tha atok report at tha army. During UOS, ISAM admissions from thla cause alone sxads It equrrakant to rata of M.M par MM. "Admission on sick I spirt troaa altahal torn In ltot waa ahghtly ta enmaaa of tha number, eluding vdaataara. for ML The total nam bar waa MM oases, auulialsul to B. per MM af the strength, to impossible net to attributo a torga part of the steadily tacrsailng is ill dto-aaae ta the arm to the tosa of the canteen, whore tha soldier.

If ho aa eessred. eould got boar throughout tha meats, but waa not subjected to tosaptotiona of intemperance and vice now attendant upon the expenditure of a full swath's pay at tha low resorts Infesting tha one. skirts of our military reservations. "A Might diminution of Insanity occurred ta the army during not. There were IB naw cases, equivalent to aa admission rate af L7a per.

1Mb. whloh Is almost Moatioal with tha rata tor tha decade of UN to MM." W. R. POPE APPOINTED. Nsmed as Assistant Justice of New Mexican Bench.

Washington. October 7. Attorney Oen- oral Knox had a conference today with the' president at wbleh tt waa dsoMed to appoint William B. Pope aa assistant Justice of tha supreme eourt of New Mexico. Mr.

Pope waa special eouaad for the government ta tha oonsidsratlon of private lead etahaa aad of Pompoms land aasea and' was strongly iiirmmnssniWrl by tbe attorney general. Tha vacancy which to to ha tilled by tha appointment waa ewe ted by the removal sevoeal alas age af Judge Ma- d. llroads Agree on a Cheap Daflaa, Texas, petobar T. Tha a boll weevil exsouttve committee, at a Its meeting today, postponed tha National boll weevil convention a until at Dallas. Dele- sates from all over tha United a States and representatives of the a National department of agriculture, a 'It waa sUted.

would surely be In a attendance," a Trafflc svanagera of various ran- 2 0 way vyztema wen present and 2 agreed to haul cotton seed front 2 New jPrleans to any Texaa point for per ton. a Tha object Is to get early va-. rieUee of cotton aeed from North 2 Carolina and elsewhere. The early a maoftring of the crop. It la eonsld- 2 ered.

W1H bead off tha ravages of 2 -the bon weevil. 2 Houston passed an ordinance In tha form of resolution and adopted a resolution Introduced by one of Its alderman, cancelling, abrogating, annulling aad felting that said oontract and ardlnanoea between the' eald James M. Loweree and his associates on the one part and tha dty of Houston on tha other part, of data November 1b7. declaring the same oanoelled, annulled, abrogated and forfeited- from and after said date and that tbe dty council of the city, of Houston on Ootober UM, regularly passed aa ordinance which waa duly approved revoking all tha rights, privileges and franchisee granted to eaid James M. Loweree- and hie associates In eald contract dated November U7S, and repealing said ordinance passed on November URt, authorising the then mayor of the city of Houston to enter Into said contract with said James M.

Loweree and hm ameriataa Attached to tha petition la an exhibit mhloh contains a list of water mains and fire hydrants, ordered to be laid and constructed by the dty oounell of the dty of the tlmee of soon demands which tha Houston water eompany. It la alleged, haa failed to lay and coBatrmot as demanded. tub srruATioir. Tha aspect of the water question la the otty of Houston Just naw la a vary peculiar one. The dty to suing the Houe-ton Water company for a total of about WMM for the loss af tha market boose and tha suit to predicated apon tha oontract or fraaohlae under which tha company la now operating and waa operating at tbe time the old market house waa destroyed by tire.

Now tha dty oounell baa declared that franchise invalid and at the time the suit Is pending noon, the company's oontract there la pending this suit for the forfeiture of that Instrument, It is, altogether, one of- the moat complicated legal proceedings that haa attracted public attention for some tiaae, Should the water oompaay come in and say that they are only daalroua of do. ina a legitimate business end in view of thaifaja umv wwr, uwswniss naa ossm fovea by the council, they- wlU aaaae, to furnish water to the dty and her reddens until the aneetion to Battled tha nenstbrngttdn thai weald ensue may be easily itnaginsd, It la a question, whether I a publla utility, It could be feroed to furnish water In tha (ace of the foot that the dty authorities have taken the position that the oompany haa na lawful and legal contrast la existence. SATINolioTHIXQ. -Manager Smith of tha water eompany. waa seen at the afSoaa at the company yesterday afternoon, Ha announced that ha had nothing to aay to tha press at this time, He stated that notice and aervtoa Incident to the Sling of the suit bad not as yet beea served upon tha contpahy, "I suppose they expect to endeavor to legislate sj sut of business (referring to the dty council), but I am not at liberty to say what position the company will take; that Is left with our attoraeya." Questioned upon the future Intentions, the manager Jokingly referred to the painting and improving of the offices of the company that new In progress and Intimated that would not give the Impression that the oompany waa possessed of the idee that It would Immediately go out of business.

The Dating remark of Mr. Smith, with a least), was: "Well, since we nave bo contract and are not authorised to do business, I suppose we won't have to pay our taxes this year." It seems reasonably assured that there will be a prolonged legal, battle, and there Is lltUe likelihood that the company will shutdown Its plant since that would be a tacit admission of tha correctness of the' city's position, to aay nothing of tha lees that would ensue through the Idleness of the plant DIED IN JAIL. An Aged Criminal Died While Awaiting Trial for Murder, Oakland. Cat, October 7. Oeorte Jonas, who haa been In the county Jail for fifteen yearn awaiting bis trial, haa Juat died there, aged rears.

He baa been confined since January IS," UK. for the murder of Lorenao Sutilo. He was convicted Juno UK, tor murder, and was sontenoad to be banged July U. He auo-oeeded In gaining a new trial. About the time tor tha trial ta, begin, Jones was taken with a stroke of parlyala, and waa never able to leave the Jail.

Time aad again the case was set for trial, but a continuance waa always granted. GROCERS "COMPROMISE. Accept the Terms Offered by the State. Ban Antonio Texas. October 7, The wholesale grocerf of thla dty who were recently sued by the 8 late for penalties far vtdetlon of the trust tow by alleged tmyosttlsje, pad the penalties Into the oiatrlct court today lunder an agreed settlement with the Stabs.

Only ona of the defendants failed to came to terma. Tha fares who have aettled are Hugo Schmdt-sar M. Castanola ft Son, CatfareUl Oppenhelmer A Otto Rook and Goodman A Pfeiffer, the total paid being KM. George Koeraer will fight the The charter of the Sohmeltser oompany la to be forfeited, hut new irrm haa been formed and thai property of the corporation transferred to It SSJBII TOWN DESTROYED. Kansas Cyclone Wipes Alicerille 'Almost From Map.

Burlington, October 1 Tha town of Alloevtlle, Coffey county, Kanaaa, with Ma Inhablteato, la reported to hare bean destroyed by mat night'a tornado. Fifteen are Injured, three aerlousiy. A nanihajc of houaea and barn south of ABoevfile aro alaa reported Wowa down. TOHGHTIIAYO: CanNqw Plrtscnt -i tasf Taissiaaf plentyofeetteig: Cotuidlae'Eas a. fcil Honifrd TtauXir' ALL LOW WAGERS TO I The Betting la Even 1' McClellan Is Elected Msyorof Gfeatsr Now Tork, October tVi-E: haa detarmloed to allow the i to drop huo from' thejr Srotsat A.r....- Hmrlcha of Brool tJoally chosen to take Or, tha fusionists hi ouufsrefi.

and hafora tha dose of tickets wBl be eontpletod campaign win pa en tn Mr. Grout's move In to be farced from the ft atdarad good polrtlcs. I by -the aooagled la good tm of the mayor and cause bs did not Deabtlees this Pby wag With a bsttl him. John Cf tha aox Broseilyn Cons) I) is u. I at ft 'llUjO'- Harwo'id.

aa wells at I Mown sat hv They i sevscal araail aaMtehgnahMr There ara Cve and aaa ta Oa aewn to Ska Z-tWt per tan. and Oil, lor eel whoa goU i west to staking abaf formed a ayadlcato Sri toBeBsase win not tmnj aa to what tb they aay the pat ac or Expeditiori to Secure dians for' World's I St. loeh. October expedition to Palsgonto as a eperatloa of CbMtaMikls tribe known atoeo the time as the atast gigantic peut. I has Just beea arntecvd hi Ohtof of the ajeearnent la the eourse of i rv burg and Waahiitscon, 1, that Chief Mueiato wffl World's Pair with hto fas his aoa-ta-law, and that a of hereto stataaa win aeco-.

A BATTLESHIPS XI Dsnnages to- Serious Than 1 Now Tork, October toand at the New Tork aa-. the battleship Massachusetts on tha pooka -near Bar- on her way to Oyetor cent snaasBvasa, not enrv i the plates In her turwar.1 Jut kedoaely damaged tne ar keel, The ship's kew, oeeXtaaV waa bvohea aad a ably will have to be to likely ta require save. i Cleveland fa ir. ct Ihesndent Oanver Cf gueet of 5ft v.r aa a 0 WANT A DISMISSAL ATTORNEYS FOR MRS. HOS-KINS RAISE NEW POINT.

No Such Action Is Possible as Is Alleged in the Bill of' Indictment, It Is Argued, "Fort Worth, Texas, October haw turn was given to the oeleb rated Hoefclns cunaplraoy east thla afternoon li the Sevan teen Ot dtilrlct eourt when' JuJkge It Wv Parhee toed! Boben Scaly, npraaaaUna Mra. MslUe Haaklns, decenesMl, Atod eto-mhrrer to the tvldenoa and aaad that the case be thrown cue- af oear, Anguanent on the demurrer wda begun at anea, I No testimony wja Introduced to either side, awing to the Ulneas of a fchlld of a Juror, who waa permitted to depart for homo, accompanied by a deputy attoriff, The demurrer, which la being Wrguei, to baaed upon the following allegations: Defendants, lira. Nellie Hoakina afid son, Oran. are charged with oona piracy to bring; lawsuit to reoever nney It la held by the defendants that there be no auch thing aa a criminal oenfplraey to bring a lawsuit for the reason that swindling involves the consent of tha party swindled. Without that oonsant argued Judge Parker, there could bo no swindle A oonsplracy to bring a lawsuit, ha said, necessarily Involves the want of consent of the party swindled, hence a conspiracy to swindle by means of a law-suK lacks the necessary cstment of oen-, sent to the party swindled and tbcrafore la no crime.

HE KH1ED TWO OFHCERS Desperate Criminal Resisted Arrest With a Rifle and Mad Good His Escape. Burns, Ore, October 7. In aa attempt to arrest an escaped prlaonea named John rroat, alias Harry Egbert, wanted In iMuglaa county for burglary, John O. Saxton, a well known attorney of Burns, who waa acting aa special deputy sheriff, aad Jack West, a rancher, have both beea killed by Egbert They came on Egbert la a ranch house In (ho Wlldhorse valley. Egbert and his wife were elooe In tbe house at the time.

It to supposed Egbert recognised the men as they came up and opened fire from a corner of tbe building. West received a bullet In the back, from which he died. Egbert then went into the house, followed by Saxton, the woman In the meantime navtng fled. Egbert had a rifle and Saxton a revolver, and with these weapons with fired through a thin board partition, bexton waa shot through the right shoulder, but kept up tbe beetle by using tha revolver In his left hand. Egbert tt is supposed, fled up stairs.

Saxton then went out In answer to a call for water from West making two trips to a spring. Aa he turned away from Went be, too, was shot and fatally Egbert then made hla way to a ranch Ave miles distant where he de-demanded a horse at the pdnt of a gun. Ha has not been seen since. The count; off! dais have offered a reward of IH0 for LNCHERS IN TROUBLE. Twenty-Two Members of' Mob Indicted By Grand Jury.

Naanvtlle, October 7. The grand Jury of Moore county, haa returned a Joint Indictment against twenty-two members of tha mob which lynched the negro, Ainu Small, on the night of September The defendants were Indicted for murder In the second degree, aa the attorney general and grand Jury thought thla course more prudent and more likely to result In convictions than would an Indictment for murder la the first degree. Tha Indictment makes the ease bailable aad nearly all of tha del entente will ha TRIAL OF TILIilAN SICK JUROR RETURNED AND CA8E RESUMED, State Rested Case and Defense Began the Introduction of Its Testimony. I1ngtoa, a October trial of J. H.

Tillman was reeumed today. Juror MUton Sharpi, who ha hoan dck. havfhg improved sufflolentty to permit htm WwaB'ansrU Tha, Jltoto.taaastj3ibb'4ntraued further leetlmonir and the defease entered at anna qpon tha presentation of tta aaae, rPe Cmmsal for tha defendant taiteajad tha motion nude early la tha trial that the, anust instruct the joey to aiaregasn tne testlmeay given by witnesses for tkJ State showing that a weapon "was poeseaalon of tha defendant prior to tha. shooting, Tha court ruled tha toatimany to be eosanetent BdUorlala from the Columbia State referring to defendant were read by counsel for the defense and offered pa evldaaoa. The court, in ruling upon a point In trovanry, stated to the Jury that tha purpose far wbleh the editorials were being scad to tha Jury waa to shew that feeling existed between defendant and Oonaalea.

The Hart witness called, by tha defense waa T. D. Mitchell, who lived ta Columbia In UM. He testified that ha had a conversation with N. O.

Oonaalea relatives to J. H. Tillman, reciting what ha stated Oonaalea said concerning tha defendant Witness said, among other things: "He said-1 can dap hla face and he would not resent It and he said If he ever bats his eye at me I'll htm eo full of lead that he will never be able to tote it off." Witness said ha subee-quently told Mr. Tillman what ha stated Mr. Oonaalea said to him.

On cross examination he said ha forced the conversation on Mr. Gonsalas. MORE STWE BRIAIEKS of Men Are Being Poured Into New, Orleans by the Steamship Agents. (Special to The Post.) New Orleans, October 7. -Two hundred strike breakers from polnta up tha river arrived tonight and were given quarters on a boat at tha Stuyvaaaat The nonunion men were brought down the Illinois Central to point on tha river a few miles above the dty, where they were met by a tugboat and carried to the docks.

This was tha only Important development In the levee strike during tha day. Beverai hundred nonunion men from St Louis; Memphis, Louisville and Cincinnati will arrive tomorrow morning. The arrival of these strike breakers wlU bring mattera to focus and tbe question of which dda will triumph in the struggle will soon be decided. All negotiations looking to a settlement of the strike have so far failed. OFFICERS RE-ELECTED.

Louisville and Nashville Stock-holders( in Business Session, Ky, October J.Tae aaaaal meeting of the stockholders of the Louta. vUle and Nashville Railroad company has been held tor tha effloe of President H. Smith today. The majority of stock was representee by proxies placed In tbe hands of various stockholders and offl. core.

Tha only Eastern man present waa H. Walters of Naw Tork, chairman of thf board of directors. v. Th stockholders elected tha old beard of directors and listened to tbe annual re port of the president which showed net trafflb earnings ta be SU.4TIa for th year: Investments, Kit, 2: rente; UU.ns and from operation of the Georgia rail-way, tsa.U. Charged against this in-oome is a total of to.tao.ai, making tha net ineome for the year At a aubaeqaaat aooetirg tha dlrecton re sleeted Ua raUrtoa 'nW ANTI CONFERENCE DALLAS MEETING CAUSED COMMENT AT AUSTIN; Believed That it Portends Another Fight to Put the Wiliacy Bill on Statute Books.

Austin, Taxes, Ootober antl-prohibition eonforenea at Dallas yesterday hi which State senators participated, caused comment here today among poU- It ls-weU hneem fact that Senatec WBsjoy wU agabt totreemeo the Willacy Mil at thar sstat seedon tt tha taguta' turn, and ft nay ha that tha conference had aotaethlng to do with outlining plsn of actlea to carry tha bul through tha legislature, A prominent member of the leglslaeura. who nddea hi a pro county, stated that Senator Willacy waa a fine man, and he hated to aea hla Mil fool-balled, bnt that the neat legislature would alt down an harder than the speaker did during the Twenty-eighth legislature. Both Senators Stafford and Willacy are four-year senators and will be In the next legislature. Trying to Head Off Pros. Texarknna, Texas, October dty oounell, headed by Mayor Stuart, haa issued a oall lor a mass sMetrng of the business man tor tomorrow to discuss the second effort on the part of the prohibitionists to call another election.

Efforts will be awde to thwart plana of the prohlbltlonlets. In ail probability a will be reached satisfactory to both aides. The petition asking tor another election has not bean completed, i YOUNG RAN WAS KILLED One of a Party Which Under-- took to Flog a Negro living Near Henderson. Henderson. Texas, October 7.

Last night about midnight a party of young men went to the house of Bob Willis for the purpose of flogging him for some real or Imaglasry offense. Tha negro fired on them, killing Charley Brvwn, a young Georgian, and seriously wounding a young man named Oarratt Tha negro to la tha hands of the sheriff. BEAVERS' REMOVAL TRIAL fi A Motion to Dismiss Removal Charge on Insufficiency of Facta Was Denied. New Tork, Ootober 7. The examination Of O.

W. Beavers on the bat Waahlngton Indictment charging him with complicity and alleged conspiracy with the Postal, Device and Improvement company of California, waa commenced before United States Commlastcner Hitchcock. The restraining order signed yesterday by Judge Holt was presented. Beavers waa not present being represented by counsel. The certified copy of the Indictment having already been offered to evidence by the prosecution and proof dt the Identity of the defendant being waived by hla counsel, tbe prosecution Informed the defendant that It considered thla under Commissioner Hitchcock's ruling, anrima fade case aad that ex-pectodrto put In no further evidence an the removal proceedings on this Indictment.

Tha defense, then called to the witness stand Posteffloe Inspector Way-land, who signed the oomplalnt against Beavers. Counsel for Bearers at tha conclusion of witnesses' testimony, moved to diamtoa the removal charges on the ground that the certified copy of the Indictment did not state facta sufficient to oonstltata a aaae. The metlen wai denied. A Washington, October Decker of ftorwlch. Oopjl, who evtanlr ir, a me Jhanlc, about reard old.

entered the WUU House aoaa altar fbe doora were opened tMfconimt. -The 1 Wfloiala thaught'from aettoaabiat hi was a tranh and arf eeted He waa not armed mads M'teaWsnoa when flaced under arrest. He wal turned over Ifi fh poitoe authorltita. Horwleb, October Wohn Decker, who la mtppuaad to be tha man under rraat la -Waafemgttm. had been em-ployed far the-last.

two years at a fao- er of the Thamea Arms company. Ha a-brotlmr, wh ailso work ractory. Jpha IT bnmarrled. At the" VOce of the ftceery it vat said that John Decker aamef there yesterday dressed In BuiHsy clothes, and winakssoelt that fanted to atva up hi MK fsitBg.that be Jama goicg away. He :1 waa paid off and teTL As far as haa beea learned he mid nothing about He waa (olng.

The manager of the Thamea Arms oompaay aaya that while Decker was peculiar and waa not eoooMsred particularly bright bar never showed any eigne of violence. ana has caused and atlll causes serioua alrirnaaa amoegst them, i That the defendant haa violated and UH violates ihose portlona of said oon-tfaet wherelnl It agreed to furnish sufficient pressure for the extingulshmenraf fires and to water In all parte of the highest Jralrdlng Uj said dty. which It haa failed do do. That tha Befendaht haa violated fbj obligation uhder said oontract whareih It acreas lay and maintain pipes mama, conductors, and aqueducts through and upon evch streets la said dty aa tha wanta might Require, and to arect from time to as the elty edundl should demand, ah many.addl-Wmal hydranU on the streets where tta mhlna mayjiave been aa the said dty'of Houston shall can for and demand, which the defendant company haa tailed to do. That by reason of tha failure of the defendant to carry out said contract In said respects anf by reason of Ha failing to Place fire hydrants wher demanded, and to extend pipes, mains, where demanded dty council, a (rant many of thi-Ap habitants and dtlsens of said dty of Houston have been deprived of tbe advantagar aad conveniences of water on and about their premises, and have been deprived of the protection of their property and Uvea from fire that they wouM have had, had tha defendant company extended Its pipes, mains, and ereoted the fire hydrants, ate, aa demanded by the dty ooundV rRANCHISsTToitnilTKD.

Plaintiff fartj)cr el leave that on June eVvM, the dty eouacU af the dty of -V W. AUTHOR INJURED. Horse' jell WluT Him Ind His Injuries May Be Fatal. Browneville, Texas. Octobtr 7.

a courier from Anaqultaa ranch, about fifty miles from Brownsville, reports a serious accident to A. W. Amthor, locating ang neer for the St Louis, Brownsville and Mexico railroad. Mr. Amthor waa riding horseback when tha horse fell, crushing hlsV rider beneath him.

Amthor waa conscious when the; courier II la feared kla Inlurleo are Dr. i sj, Combe tefl kera-t one to kla assist- 9 7.