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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24
n1LIs IN1ROniIcEn.

Washington, December sS-Among tive
bills and resolutions introduced in the
house today were the following
by Mr.. brewster of New York, 10 re,
lievc the United states. treasury and IA
millariZc the people Of this country with
the advantage of a silver coinage. The
bill provides that no gold nor paper cur
rercy OF less denomination than 10 shah be
Issued
BY Mr.. DalSell n resolution authorizing
the secretary OF the navy TO contract Tor
prosectiles to cost not oSreedng SlSc0 0Gl
for the reserve supply OF the navy for
auxiliary cruisers which may be hitd out
in time of war
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DOING MUCH DAMAGE

Wagner |. r., Dcccr,hcr o3-'rho
Grand river continues 10 rise and today
averages depth of seventy TO eighty feet
IN the channel Houses. wagons and
farm implements and animals are being
swept away.
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A CLEAN SWEEP

r. p. FORSTER, who trayel. ~ !,
Houston Ice and Brewing Conn., i
a bnd streak of luck yeststTd, IyS;ss \ B
thief entered his room s,,ch and N
of $50 In cash, goid ,,Sss
and several suits OF ciothe''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24

New Orleans, La. December 2s.-Peter
Borlo today took ono and four-dfth sec
onds from GARDENERS wcrld record for the
milo ana placed the record Mt 1.40 SIS in
stead of l:i2 -. lie was paced by a quad
Tor one-thlrd Of a mile and by a quint for
the remainder OF the mile Eight Of his
recemakers tainted and four of them were
unconsciuus for ten minutes.
since coming here two weeks ago Berlo
has established the following Of the world
records
one mile $40 3-5i thtee quarters II. two
ihirus ~ lea; three miles 5:a0 10: four
petition $50 20
York,
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A NEGRO AssAuLrE.l

Jake Hicks. negro wss ~, Nh "
St. Josephs infirmary last nu s,s N "a
is In the Second ward, ana l,an WA At psf;
to Houston. IRON IRON md beaten BY I'M
me- Val us sI INJURIES are of ssr'0u' :
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24
RENusED 40 rARLE.

New York. December 2s.-The hoard of
aldermen by a vote of 16 to 40 today re-
fused to table resolution indorsing the
action Of President Cleveland on the v en-
ezuelan boundary question.
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CUBAN WAR NEWS.

Havana, December 23.-Dlspatchcs have
hocn received confirming the announce
mcnt that the famous Cuban leader Mira
bel has been knleG in battle
General tampof IL SIN at 1oveliunos and
several columns Of troops are following
tho main forces of the Insurgents. SO that
an engagement with them is expected
soon,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24

First Race-Nicoliri, Campnn,a.
Second Race-Billy Mckenzie. Blasco.
Third Race-Will Elliott, haoldine,
Fourth kace-Jake Zimmerman, Artist.
Firth Race-Jack .ho jew. Pulitzer,
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ARKANSAS RIVER BOOMING.

Little Rock, Ark, December 23.-The
Arkansas river is booming. the total rise
at Little Rock being l16 feet and at
Fort Smith $50 feet. The local weather
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-24
THE COUNTERPART ''

New York Evening r osn BY ~
A curious fact, dis sS;ry ,csonnist
: s hat much Of the ra nssa,ly u lid
s 6enfg jam p very UP small ~ SS a5sa'SS,
What appear to be me, the 1 ,pe pressrs
using plenty of grass seea. !,
"why are you like 4 r scIpra'
The question was a la Y clear.
But presently he msae chhsrrlinsl,
because you are 60 , ro Free Pre-
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CREAM CHEESE AND wAINrrs


fVTN T4NVTIIHE T-ONt.
cream cheese made into n paste and
mixed with the meats of nEglish walnnts
chopped very fine, is very good min
tire TO spread ON rolled bread or SQUARES
of very thin bread, served as sandwiches
win lettuce salad. Use a cnpfnl Of
me meats with enough of the cheese IN
salt. w" niue
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How nice are natures small expadIents
How nuy docs she place 49,
nose iva 'Ht
A"' seener OF the race. Judge
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,,,n,Is1NMONs pEPARls

vi Ho poso via the southsrn,, psa sa.
isirht. lie viii 90 into lraN'D'
next week. III
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IMPORTANT COMMITTEE WORK.

| w dSnlnENpUs l'tCtfnneT s0.--l ne rtDuD-
leans OF the house. since they are to be
| deprived OF their holiday recess have de-
| termlned to proceed with the work of the
session and have other committees i'm
| prove the time while the ways aud means
| Is engaged IN the preparation of "A revenue
bill. Their object Is to make this u short
session and bring about the final ADJOURN
nent as early In the summer as prac-
ticabie.
Chairman Cannon of the appropriations
committee, Will get that body at work at
once on tho first Of the appropriation bills
aud hopes 10 make good record for
finishing business within reasonable
time.
Chairman HIT of the foreign affairs
committee, which seems likely to be ms
important as any house committee this
session, says he will call meeting at an
early day.
win have to deal with are some so I'M
portant that IT'S action VIII he OF great
Importance. Foremost amongst THESE Us
tho movement by the cuban insurgents
ana their supporters 10 secure rocognltio1
Of their status as helligerents. Even II
il was disposed to postpone this dehehte
question, and no such disposition IS mani
fest, 1t would be difficult to Ignore IL
for several reasons, and a great numoer
Of petitions nave already been rtterrct
to the committee. Chairman HIT says
that this will be one Of the iirst matters
to be aiken up There is talk which mas
not crystalized into any definite move
ment that the most feasible plnn Of deal
Ing with the question wound be TO oN-
point a delegation TO investigate and re-
port upon the standing of tho reYo'uuoE-
lists
In addition TO Cuba, the Waller cnse
and the alleged attempt Of Great Britain
TO advance It's boundary VIII have TO ue
considered, hccnuse resolutions ealing LOT
information have not only been intro.
luccd but some Of these are privileged
resolutions which call for consideration
within seven days under the rules
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In going from Wall street" said ho
40 ih Ana ths now y.i long shall bS?"
It's two hours by the T.
or take the express and it's three"
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pose and the reduction of tho tax on
national bank circulation and the increase
OF currency to be issued on deposits from
20 to 100 per cent This latter they say,
would increase tho National banking sys-
tenn and prevent n contraction OF the cur
rcncy.
The silver democrats. OF course. are
opposed TO bonds TO Increase the gold
reserve and VIII resist the measure re-
ported 10y une repup l,s hotn on mai
OF the house discussing the situation have
decided 10 offer as an amendment or sub
stitute for tho bill, a Joint resolution
making Il manatory on the secretary Of
the treasury to redeem Rreenbacks and
treasury notes in silver when the gold
reserve falls below certain point.
Mr.; Bailey. Of Texas, viii probably Of
fer the resolution.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
OKLAHOMA OUTLINES.

Postmaster Jones Of Newkirk is fur
nishiug surghum seed free.
Oklahoma City viii celebrate April
% with a public chicken pie dinner.
The Choctaw has been enjoined from
running through the ktckapco reserva-
ton.
The Blackwell Daily Record and the
legislature adjourned sine die on the
same day.
II Is said that the Free Silver party
viii nominate a man for mayor Of XII
dare ON a silver platform.
The Oklahoma city star has private
adyices from Washington that Grover
Cleveland thinks II will b. a boy.
The gas we'll drin at oklahoma City
is still going down. Il * about time
L. give out some inside information.
The coroner's jury in the case Of Al
hen. VINO fell dead on the streets Of
Perry. was that ne died q paralysis o.
tn heart
J. Wesley Johnson has severed his
connection with the Congregational
church Of NewkIrk- lie rcturues 90
Kansas City
Avery d Son the agricultural imple-
u1ent Manufacturers of kentucky arc
Offering prizes for the best corn raised
in oklahoma.
Long Tom. Little Axe and Riue Coat
the Pottawateuie Indians VINO were
accused OF killing Taukerslsy several
years ago. have ben acquitted.
Mrs II. r ThuFston has presented
the federal Jail al Guthrie with libra
~ consisting - ls9 volumes The
books are for the use ~ the prisoners
An Oklahoma musical authority says
that accompanies al re--itais should
always play softly except vhen- a. an
act ol uercey. u becomes necessary %
draw out the SoioiSt.
SavsTa Navsra. = noted character
whom me Guthrie papers call various
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TO BE INVESTIGATED.

The legislative committee to invest
gate the Topeka asylum t-016Ies has
been appointed. The members of the
committee are as follows: Senator j.
G. Carpenter Of NeoshO county and j.
VI. Leeds of Reno county: Represent
atives Otto q. Eckstein of Sedgwick,
Alexander Warner OF Cherokee coun-
ty and T. II. Smith Of Sherman coun-
". The Populist members of the
committee are Senator Leeds and Rep
resentative Smith.
The committee are to investigate the
charges also filed against NJ. 4. House
holder, Pop senator and member of
the Pop state board OF charities whom
Mrs. Lease claims is trying 10 crowd
her off 10y holding on to her place.
Householder friends are protesting
against Senator Warner acting on the
committee. claiming that he is a per
sOnal as well as a political enemy Of
Housholder'S The latter declared in
Topeka day before yesterday that he
had no doubt that he would win the
long term when the matter came up
before the governor, rs he had all the
right on his side and could bring in
certain proofs and evidence that would
make it impossible for the other side
to be seriously considered. In the
event of the decision going against him
he said that he would contest the mat
ter in the courts if necessary to
hold the place, which he would will
ingly relinquish if that were all that
need be considered, but to preserve his
good name, since that has been at
tackled in this connection. The SEN
ator added that his character was all
he had and he would fight for that.
Speaking of the possibility Of an i'm
parchment by Mrs. Lease, he said
that she could not find any grounds
upon which to take such action and
that he would take his seat in the sen
ate next session should the governor
call il, unless death should prevent
him. Mr.. Householder expressed him
self as very indignant at the threats
which Mrs. Lease has made and said
that he was becoming worn out with
such accusations. Should she con
tinue making such allegations against
me-" he said, Il Will be compelled to
prosecute. l want peace but cannot
permit my reputation TO be asSailed."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
THE CIGARETTE WAR

The cigarette war warns up apaCe
and several state legislatures are crap
ping with the fiend which is sweeping
the untold millions of victims into IN
timely graves. At least that is the
popular estimate. which we sometimes
think is but Il fad or fool craze. Why
I dainty cigarette should be more dead
~ than an old sinking cob pipe charg-
cd with rank plug cut. we never could
satisfactorily figure out Maybe It's
only 4 prejudice growing out Of wit
Messing the shocking spectacle of the
beautiful stage-heroine defiantly pufT-
Ing her supposed naughtinesS in the
faces of her hiStrionic worShiDuerS.
or maybe the prejudice comes Of the
intuitive conviction that our sweet
pure daughter yearnS with Il secret
longing 10 emulate her brothers cigar
in Il cigarette OF her own. "a any
rate there always seemed something
unreal and hypocritical .n the war
made on this particular form Of the
seductive weed. The much quoted irSc
diNtt Of the doctors maybe also Aut
a concession 10. or Endorsement Of a
fashionable demand with no real rea-
son "r experience 10 back them How
ever, ~ far aS the fight on the cigar
cite tends 10 discourage the use 81
tobacco, in any and every form. IL Is
a good fight against a seuSeleS>. fool
iSh. dirty and expensive habit: luL
after all the cid ripe-puiler and plug
chewor seem - be the real culpri1S.
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what might possibly happen in the
next national convention, with solid
delegation for protection from the
other side of Mason-DiXon. Reed IS
fighting shy in the woods of Maine, but
otherwise bracing UP for a vault into
the chair OF the speakership, such as
viii command concentrated attention
Ii Hung Chang is somewhere trying 10
buy off Japan. while the Japs. drunken
with wonderful victories. are half in
clined to dismember and destroy the
oldest civilization on earth. Bismarck :
birthday comes in April first. but he
don't propose that his emperor, who
Us a child took Il dislike 10 the old iron
chancellor. shall make an April fool
Of him. In short taking the world all
around and all over there appears TO
be plenty of life such as it is.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
BIMETALIsM IN ENGLAND.

| Reports of the i'll health of Lord
Rosebery and Of the possibility that he
may resign have given rise to some dis
| cuSsiOn on the prospect and results Of
a ministerial crisis in England. In
case of Il new parliamentary election
/ there would be some doubt about the
/ return of a large majority of either
| Liberals or Conservatives to the house
of commons, but it is regarded as GER
tain that the bimetalllSts would CON
| siderably increase their membership.
The monetary question is not 4 politi-
cal one in England, and the opinion
has been expressed that if the strength
of the two great parties should be
pretty evenly divided the friends of
silver might hold the balance of power.
In regard to the situation and its pOSSi-
bic developments the Minneapolis Tri-
bunte says:
1t is stated that the uncompromising at
| titude of the British government in favor
of the gold standard gives great satisfac-
ton in France. 1t is regarded as ex-
tremely selfish, and French statesmen en-
terrain hopes that circumstances may so
shape themselves in the near future as to
compel England to fall into line with the
powers which are in favor of establishing
the double standard. International be-
metallism is very popular in France, and
there is a belief Their that the conference
viii greatly facilitate the solution of the
monetary question and relieve the deDres-
sion in trade which prevails all over the
continent of Europe
England is of course the stumbling
block. Should there be a change Of gov
eminent favorably to bimetallism, there
would be no difficulty about the confer
ence reaching an agreement.
This, as far as it goes, may be re-
garded as somewhat encouraging to
the cause of bimetallism, but it rather
shadowy and uncertain. The United
States, however, is not under the neces-
sity Of waiting for these suggested for
eign developments. We can he indie
pendent in the matter if we choose to
declare our independence. Should
France stand by this government. with
the masses of the people of both Ger
many and England dissatisfied with
the gold standard, a free coinage act
by America would force Il satisfactory
solution. But the United States stand
ing alone for silver no apprehension of
results need be apprehended.
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" "she" and cit claims she was the
wife of Harrison who was killed by Mrs
Taylor in Guthrie some time since.
It is reported that an injunction has
been secured against the progress Of a
new building in Guthrie because il
would hide a large tobacco advertise
I ment painted on the adjoining building
The anti-fusion law has been circum-
vented at Perry. The PopuliSts and
Democrats nominated different tick
cts. Then both sides met and agreed
to put a citizens ticket in the field and
vote for it.
Chandler News: The rumor OF lead
finds in various parts Of this county
have from time 10 time been verified
by some substantial traces Of that min
eraL keokuk and Pawnee townships
have had plentiful eveidence that the
ore exists within their boundaries. Al
50 in Chandler some traces Of lead
have been found. An assay 81 lead
found a few miles from town showed
about so per cent OF lead. Lately a
prospecting company has been organ
lied for the purpose Of finding whether
paying quantities of the mineral exist.
The Chandler prospecting and mining
company has the following members
W. II. Riner, president; II. c. Rrunt.
secretary; c. +. Parker. superintend-
ent; u. W. Ulman, Nels Warren, and
P. < Hoffman. \ shaft is being sunk
in north Keokuk township. about ten
miles from Chandler. Traces OF silver
accompany the lead. Undoubtedly
lead exists in many localities of the
county. and the purpose Of this COM
pany is TO locate it.
New Kirk Democrat: \ stranger Wis
iting this city for the first time. drop
ped into the Democrat Office last week
and said he was going back home with
out purchasing land here because he
feared il would not rain. when | got
off the train at the depot here" said ne
the first thing 1 heard the people talk
ing about was rain; when the porter
took my grip he remarked that it was q
nice day. but we need rain: at the hotel
the proprietor asked me if / thought il
was going to rain; before going TO bed.
1 met the landlady and she hoped IL
would rain before morning; after wash
ing my face for breakfast next morn
ing | heard a dozen men talking about
the prospects for rain: coming up town
[ walked with a business man and he
informed me that business was dun.
but that il would soon pick UP if it
would only rain; | dropped into the
pOstofiice and heard people ask each
other if they thought il would rain;
| went out on the street and struck a
farmer, he remarked that the wheat
was all right if il would rain: / went
up to the court house and heard some
county officers talking about hard
times and they all agreed that this
country would boom if we got a good
rain this year. and so all along the line
everywhere / went il was rain. rain
rain. 1t has got 10 be a by word with
your people and If | remained here
would go crazy. Send me the Demo-
crat six months and when it rains put
a notice in the paper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
A NEW ANTITOXINE.

The discovery of an natitoXine serum
for lockiaw is announced by DIR. Paul
Gibier. director the New York PaSteur
institute. who claims that it is a posi-
tive preventive il not an absolute
remedy for tha terrible form of slow
StranSulation. Arguing from the an
alogy of the Behring serum for diph-
iberia, which produces an immunity
from diphtehric poSOn, one need not
be incredulOus Of DR.. Gibicr's claim,
although Il more cirscumStantial ac-
count of his experiments and test trials
must be made pubic before an entire
faith can be placed in his assertion.
The tetanus bacillus, or microbe of
lockiaw. was discovered some time ago
by DIR. KitasatO, a pupil of DR.. Koch
and the brilliant Japanese bacteriolo-
giSt who so distinguished himself dur
ing last years Hong Kong plague 10y
iSolating and identifying the bacillus
Of that strange bubOnic disease 1t
would be a great blessing TO mankind
if DIR. Gibier's discovery should prove
valid; for statistics show that o. per
cent of ali the case of tetanus prove
fatal and carry off the victims amid
frightful agony.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
TWO KINDS OF SALOONS

A prominent eastern minister WAS
greatly shocked at the sight of open
saloons i'll Leavenworth Because
Kansas is n prohibition state he
doubtless expected to find the saloons
CLOSED" Closed saloons are The
rule in prohibition towns. but Leavcu-
worth found. long since. that the diff
ference in the amounts of liquors sold.
respectively. 10y the open" saloon and
the closed saloon was not worth
talking about-that town. also. dis
covering at the same time. that the
closed saloons while paying no rev
enue were more dangerous 10 youth
than the open" saloons Safe pro-
hibitioD. when enforced. means simply
closed saloons. Rot necessarily less
liquor drinking. as the number Of GOV
ernmcnt licenses and government reve-
nue. disclose. Only where a strong
majority sentiment Of any given com
mURjty. in a prohibition state. Is
against liquor drinking aud liquor trslf-
IT,. * ii possible - Danish saloons nf
both the open" and closed varieties.
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ROSS GREAT
FURNITURE and CARPET
ENIPORIU VI.

year, has already earned GSI.gnf., say.
$4,000, and the season Is not Yet over.
lie IS said 10 have killed during his career
1.4O5 bulls and 10 be worth LI2oUo. He
is spoken of as a man OF great inteili-
gence and of kindly disposition.
A New York physician says that ia
grippe this year is marked By short dnra-
ton. and ais not attended 10y so serious
a physical and mental depression as char
acteri@ed IL TWO or three years ago. Tho
posterior nerves are painfully affected with
catarrhal symptoms. II looks as II the
disease was becoming attenuatei with
years. This time il has not come from
Europe. It has become domesticatcd in
this country
Max O'ReU IN one OF his recent lectures.
made what is considered an apt criticism
of American life. lie SAYS Americans 90
not know how to enjoy life. The French
shopkeeper,' remarks the well-kuoWn
author. locks his door for two hours
while he dimes with his family The
American hangs out card, Pack iu
five minutes. aud the result Is that tho
whole country is dishgured by advertise
ments for liver pills
il Is tho boast OF Eastern Shore Viz
giuiaus that "a man iu those parts cen
with a string. a piece Of raw meat tor bait.
and a broken clam shell for sinksr catch
in a few minutes enough crabs o. L-y "a
complete fishing outfit. that with hook
and line he can soon catch enough leh
20 buy a boat. and that with boat 30
can il T. few seasons catch enough oysters
20 tLy n farm with a farm any Eastern
Shore man is cout.uted and Independent
oi the world
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TEE KIND or TIES

Times are hard but things politically
and personally are uvening up - We
pass the vernal equinox and approach
the season for the birds 10 nest and
the flowers IL bloom. England Spain
and Italy have all taken = shot NJ the
United States OF America within 4
fortnight and That OF Spain was no
blank charge either. Politically For
aker has touched of a broadsi,l, Cor
Mckinley. who has gone south 60 see
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-03-23
KANSAS IRRIGATION.

The Capital announces that the state
irrigation board for whose purpose the
last legislature appropriated $4,000,
have held two meetings and another
meeting was fixed for yesterday. That
paper says that the most important
business To be considered at this SEES
sion is the location of the irrigation
pumping plants. The board has twenty
plants to locate, but the expectation is
that but eight or ten of them will be
located ut the present meeting. Those
that are located will be distributed
over the area of the arid district and
an effort will be made to put them in
working order at the earliest possible
time. There are several counties
which desire the location Of at least one
of the plants within their borders and
representatives of those counties are
expected to attend the mass meeting
today.
The board will also arrange for es-
Inmates for measuring streams in the
arid region for the purpose of deter
mining the actual amount of flowing
wafer