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100 2l6
| Thirteen Southern States. III electors
''N'een western states .''.'' ]" electors
Twentv-n,n. South and wos. o2t e,ec,ors
Sixteen Eastern States ...... ZIG electors
Forty-flve States ........... AZ electors
! A majority to elect ........... 22i electors
| Commenting n, +hie .,,1o .,, r,ir,o.-
| I,a,,orr,, -,
''.'''Ni" AZ s"SN'
Nothing Is moro certain than that Bryan
will carry the entire sou,hcrn voto n,
o,,. ,,,, .,,,
me 'ePup"'"lH say IMAM 'heS
VIII 'orry florlaa' heh'ucNV' LOUISIANA
~ l." 'rN"S anu
''.'' i"e' "'s"' 40 W." .ni-"
."e "no'e ""'e ."eE are h'V"' IT. "'y
'"'', ."""co u" N,"'u0NS N"e" '"e''
~ ''"''''' c''''" w
,"' '""e" "'"''' "e'''' iu"'er cou-t
''''7 '"e"' ""' '''S
P'' "'"' w" SUN u r"' '"r"'' pusi'
''7 WIZ" "a'' n.y. ,''''o" eNVePt 1ea'-
V v,.,s '",' Ivy '''' navy .U' 'o'"E
-, ''
no ro,,, a.. pr,.,. .,.,..,'.
II 'here Is any Wnl'h can pc GAINED by
me repnoicahs WIN any sort OF reason
Is iowa but low" always has been a
Soi' money state anu II Is not cred he
'''' nen people can ne maze 10 vote for
'ne soiu s'ahuaru' II inc fepuoncah CON
NehNoh haa decrecd an excessive issue OF
| paper money, Iowa would have fal,en in
| line at once Ner ncoule arc nov rastiva
, .
anu more Hke4y 10 give 'he bryan fusion
| a majority than to go for Mckinley. The
| sl,teen ras-ern Sfntes we're nj tn. com
hencemeht OF the canvass coueedeu Al"
most universally TO Mckinley. Tie
| o,.reos a,nca tber have been So numer-
N""'hSS a'N
| Gus mat they partaNe oil 'he nature Oh "
| STAMPEDE and II Is today certain that
| u,,ots r,dio,o N,rviard and Nfcb,ran
'''"'''' i"N'''"' ''"' N
Will vote for Bryan, ana extremely prob
| ab,e than Ohio and Rhode Island will 30
| 49,. -, ,o, /, to roD, hcli.yod IN H..
'"e So'he way IL 10 Nv" W ~ Nv
! possible to carry New YORK for Bryan
and a serious effort Ia to be made for
.ha, ,,,,r,o.. In a,v .vont uhua ,ha
''"' P"'p'Se !" any 'N' "" '"e
! popul'st Idea of a sectional division 5 in-
accurate and misleading. such n division
| - ~, tat, - ,,ht,h D..
| se'NoS eNCe"'''S an '"'" '' "'N" ~
make estimates. II now appears certain
that for every electoral vote West or
| -.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

GOLD organs made much ado over the
defeat Of General tardin IN Kentucky I'M
I'll they discovered that he had run aheai
Of his ticket In avery coNnty In the State
except one, ana then their exuberance
suhsided. The Vernon, election is a ,lml-
lar case. IL is exploited as an evidence OF
the extent OF the hreak-away from the
democratic party IN New England o.. nc
count OF tho Chicago platform The lls
uses In cold type tell quite another stor4,
ihey show an Increase Of ,he aamocrati,
vote over that of 1924 hy more than 1000
The democratic vote OF ls9i fell below that
OF 1892 by 900. In other words. "A free
coinage platform has recovered to scmoc-
,6cy one-half OF what Il lost In Vermont
IN aoaount OF Its seeming drift toward
monometallsm. If the Hannacrats can
Eet any comfort out OF this, let them
make the most " Il.
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We can ell get together on the issue of
improving Buffalo bayou.

Princeton university has issued a
pamphlet OF LISTERS from successful grad
yates TO show that tho careful student
can got through that college on $500 a
year. II Is Il noteworthy Indication Of
the spirit OF tho age that science and cdu-
cation are making h,ir strongest appeals
20 tho poor, from whose ranks come the
most OF those who attain distinction In
these fields OF labor.
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RIDDEN DOWN.

When ! taught Ida how IN riaa
Bicycle that night,
Erriog wheo, Alright: wv
Ana many times there IN ..ho s,rn.,
she rode upon my weary feet
~. now va can mount and ride n
wheel with graceful ease.
Ana untlring n adm!ring.
-, Fan upon my kn,Vs
10 worship her-and. for hor rr,
She rides upon my proffenad ,p,,
Ellis Parker Butler IN Tr,,th
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Jesse Grant has Joined tho popullst
party because the republican party. after
sneaiSing the decentralization bill through
congress and securing tho signature of his
father without his Knowledge OF its In
tent, now declares Its approval OF that
transaction and its purpose to stand by Il.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06
THE BATTLE OF rEr ., :.

VI tAE slAsl
a.. New w. York Tribune; n, ).
~ ~, NOT to say that M ~ SiN,|
country alone would , rs. cNlaan|
par, m OF It's purchasing TX psx wv 4
minneapolis Tribune :.
na YIN The smallest anouv, ~ \ n
'api,a are those where si'v,,' !. q h
Helena Helena independent. I'M, ..ne
s cover OF these l,., y,i' y ., n
POSED of a few New WV VIZ a,s
money lenders. ~" i0'S adj
New York Press M ..
p'7yes who receive syosNa ~, ~
WAGES think they can y, w,
that amount? ss' '''v I
portsmou.h (va,) T,m,,. =.
Standlns oite. Of 81 tenIs /, W
we % cent Amarl.a a io'i " ~
friends have Ia their I'D el,,S.,
sam francisco Cali. ~.
party Offers one Of ia sn, ~
tne si'Ver men, but ina 800
sives q solid ASSURANCE Of bas,
Troy Press; lndsanspolL ~
iHct''rers have shut down M, \, h
ton. They don't know xtS.s
next seasons Wheels yellss i
Peoria Herald: AZ W. 49,
thins, so far rs the ansn.as n
concerned, II Major WcEI,S, +
he would continue ine Cky9si
Mansfield tOhio) Shield. ~,
OF Mckinley PAPERS 10 ann
oorn of disgust with the BHuS
policy thrust upon them ~ 4,
goldhugs. :"
New York World: J, Hs,cs,
patriotism in combining Ma d
Powell Clayton to save Tue raus
the same high order shIcs m,
the rescue Jf the treasury.
San Francisco Examiner. VI,
shall the common man follow! i
ever been an occasion when ii. B
stirred a finger to improve Ii,
of tho ware earnerss
Kansas City Times: How ar
\ ORR bankers go!ns to eko out
cp1. 900 contribution .hey pnms
Hanna and keep the gnld ftst
leaking out of the Treasury Al
time?
Bli.ilo Times: TIE trlde dali
good as any other unltsi Sal
Until conrioes SAID Il wasn't vo'
lar, and then 1t ceased 10 b
dollar, as was tile case Win lss
dollar.
Cincinnati Enquirer: SptaiIsI
orators" precoc OILS statssnnsh |
was iit,le Willie Mcfiney, ssi
tcnder age OF S.. voted IN ~.
free silver and for paying u
silver dollars.
Nom: Vernon (Ohlo) RepeSxi
silver dollars were coined % y
States IN is95 than in tho ~
from 1872 to Iva. Aud ~ rf'
mand "as large use OF fllvH u
n the days of the ic'sers,'
Cincinnati Commerchl-TrIsu
comm,rcial value OF a silver g
on dropping, and 1t Is now 2,
cents. 1t would be nice xesli
have silver money, lnsupposw'
that would luctuate in Saus
Denver Republican; The
silvei coin in use In tho voln
latiou i'm the countries nh,,e
on Il perfect parity win ~ y. \ I,
OF 10 10 /. or a, a l,ysr ra s., , !
/. So That it is evident M, ,aM ~, |,
Bryan nor anybody SlS :, q. 1sn ,
bo doubled by the reopsniAs"
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The Indianapolis convention was made
up altogether OF exes ana X's.

inc sultan accepts without reservation
the doctrine that "a national debt IS a
national blessing" His government owes
Sbo@O'oOo TO Europeans, and the debt has
more than once proved 20 be the bulwarl<
OF his empire against schemes for its par
titicn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

Senator Tllman has accepted the chai-
ienge Of 4 Chicago after dinner speaker
for a Joint debate, and hide and tallow are
expected to take a sudden fall In the Chi
cago market very soon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06
HIS GREATEST TRorrer15

'" ~ " w." 'IkV'
an Alrln ilrm adNertises. How 10 Sc
| cure a divorce" The trouble vfb III
| ed!tor is how to secure some one frnt,
| whom he could Ice divorced 100"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

Tho much esteemed Galveston Tribune
might apply a slippery elm poultice to its
sensibilities with beneficial effects.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

Tho shutdown process OF making votes
for Mckinley has its hazards. Tho Labor
Ing man out Of employment has . chance
10 study the financial question for him
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

Sin Killer Griffin has declared for Bar
ney Gibbs for congress General Andrew
Jackson wheatley would display the tams
coIors II I've had not been transplanted In
TennasSsA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06
GREAT Is HOUSTON.

Hampstead News
me receipts at Houston during tho cot
wn Sear ,mnilhg August 81. amounted TO
10 Houston - "S''Na' brttt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

The East Texas editors will visit Hous-
ton next Thursday. We must give them
. regular old time Houston welcome.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

No city In the South surpasses Houston
N tho matter OF fine churches and elo-
Quenl preachers
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

In the nalendar of President Cleveland
this Is an Off year in politics.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

The trusts. with one voice. swear they
will make II hot for the country II Me
Kinley ia defeated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

1t 10 tho income tax. more than free
silver. that 10 worrying the wise men
OF tho East -
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SUNSHINE AND SHADOW.
LOOKING UPWARD.


Above the shifting cloud there lies
A fertile oasis. whose skies
Are never darkeued. whose sun
DER It's fun course can never run;
Luxuriant Natures smile is borne
ON every current; Plenty worn
AS graceful garment thrown
Round Beauty's form; the moan
or Earth's Unhappy drowned In song
Echoed by Natures varied throng.
That haven, Traveller. is for thee,
Its milestone points from Calvary.
UNDER THE WAVE.
Smiles float upon the surface Of the soul
Tears are It's hidden Jewels. Ceaseless rcl
LIES breakers Ger them undisturbed I'll
grief
Reveals tho priceless treasures under
meath.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

Hanna will see to Il that the tory cam
peign does not run out OF soap.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

sclf. and doesn't need to take the word
Of his bcas for u.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06
TEXAS AT INDIANAPOLIS.

TENAS AT 1NDlANhPOLlS'
"Mr Chairman" howlod the Texas man.
an was In wild oommoron,
And stn he howled, ond piled his fan:
MIR. Chairman. I've notion
The noise was stlned the Texan said:
TO us your plans amazin'
move a holr' and chen he fled
TO rich Mckinley gra2in'.
THE CHRISTENING.
An orphaned and nameless brat.
p,tb It. for luck. A. Hannacrat
a HINT.
Gently press upon her cheeks.
Pinch them til they glow Ike Are;
When her eye the hearth-rug ,eeks.
Kiss her TO your hearts desire.
An eye without soul behind IT is little
more than the headlight OF an engine.
Where there's water and a Will there's
way to make a path for deep sea yes
sells.
To keep It going smoothly and without
breakage machinery must lie well oiled
Man les one of the most cclcate pieces of
machinery ever turned out.
There is always room for one more in
the band wagon.
Inc average man wastes 80 per cent OF
his effective power trying TO get even
with somebody.
Every man should be enough OF tailor
to recognize all styles and cuts Of men.
II you believe SO, don't be afraid to say
so.
1t Is essential to health and happiness
that every person should get out Of his
rut at least once week
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Breakfast bacon. per b..

Hams, per ID. ..''''''"
beans. per ID. ....'....'i,n, u
Arbuckie's oJiiee. PEI W." ,EiI
SngSr. per sack. Nv los '''''':: 81
-Four, per sack. NV c.n u.s
Now fancy a MeA ,'.".ss !. )
breakfast bacon Mo ors II % ~
g.,lon. when they navs d,ss as1
=" ne biz haciendas. az ~ n, ~ NJ
i e" en- a." greai that II does nv ", ~ NJ
they use their fri]o'e'' ~
ns hing. imagine a AsIsI
~ NJ, { %, 90 sh U, the lisnt q y y u
pus 10 ,ir,,rss we quote ~
, ,non' the official figures
United states iIymp;rsi
iron
MexeA
R,con. breakfast -" 49," 80.
Ham .....'''''''''" SiAM
coffee ...,..'''''''''' ~
sugar .......,.''''''''' 49,.
Flour ...... ''''''' -
d9r expor, d e,ansss,,lI s If n
MeNic te,,, n "a and our iEpSS'' b u
,hs he friio.e, a sort Of rg, I IN s1
+" sav tha- IN this I,nilN ~
srca,ly ,n asaitiss Of frii .,s,,. Si
greSt g nnd he border r,I slasrsa
export Of coffee ~ ai,oanlN y
rnred and chocola'.. ,Sich vsG Y
nrncticaily none Of W srroll ,s.I
- rs, ,,abiy even ,n eer,sd 70 w
ham ana ~, he peA American Il M" no -
N Hisg cans an Themselves 81
like II. -, -.,v An AFT
wants am 5 !. american ne pr'd@T, as. cA7A
Ray higher for them l,-y ore ~
food chopper here or az 81
American foou 's you rsns
Fave 10 pay more more .%sbsufaS!, +
9 co Sia a o0 co5mEpsrise1i ;SSII,sd si's
n a p,tTiextco and the ,lh' r tnt ~,
n ,ho Mf they are higher II ihe 81
ths lat, ,s.dr,. eSpp we world , y. ~,
, Hgre r Men can p,o =, he ASis'
than a in The land OF rs
TWO HEARTS THAT
He On The ; ass' s ss'3sss' &.
wo ,nSa,,sins Of ,S - q Il %
An, surely. sur ,cysd vas'
s,o lin tho surf1l, siak, ~
sa oh % OH ~ 81, snrfs,yy Il. Z " =
w nTn George i t hss; 4 ~ y
Ny slippers 'u' ciss'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-06

S T",en Victoria's r,.,..'
aren Of Alice Nsuss \, assss,,
bono, Louis " wv 49, Ny VI
a %uT' a,s- the Grand I Dos. b.
RI a,a as, AK Victoria, H. H1i : s~s
bui ysI"' a.. Alfred : Ernest, T. ~
the Grand puss... oas.rssets, }
wb., :. ''' Mar. It r.,
mI n nc. known M as stss,s s ~ heal
The koh.l-noor /. no,
s carsts w Of Great Britain S M
tho srea, Indian sap ms,,.' as)
to to To-, i% c.ras by r.sa s''y nd vi
OF the very finest ,.,.. als nv
'''s''n 1nse' it ia worth Nv, y !. h
Please give a -. ~
"" s.d Presidents cabinet III na
Secretary Of stsss ~ p,., 4
r re,ary OF treasury, ,ohn ' q ! y Y
D. -.
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Special STAR co~nissiossss.

AT wAsHINGroN--H. G. Roberta Of
ope With St. Louis Republic Bureau.
AT AUSTIN-L A. Petit office Ia the
otats Capitol Building.
AT DALLAS-W. N, o'Lcary. office .ss
Main street. Murphy 4 Boiars building.
AT GALvEST6N-J. II. Sullivan. office
b the Evening Tribune Building.
TELEPHONE NUMBkRa.
Editorial. t5l. Business. iA
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WE, US u co.

HOUSTON. SATURDAY. SEPT. 3. 1906
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300. 0O0. NOo. 600

me total annual cut. including all ma.
'erial requiring bolt Or log size. Is esti-
n'"'ed at 'oW0,co0,0o0 feet board measure
ne lumber Industries employ capital to
the extent Of over 1000 0o0 900. They en-
pioy more than 100000 men. pay out over
HVo'"oeo In annual wages. and produce
more than s3.o0O.ooocoo worth of material.
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HOUSTON DAILY POST.
Houston Pristiaq Company.

R1 I'LL. soss' - 9 ~ o. xS.
osmI- Weekly Post. w ooIs. per Wssk.
nutsssl - ~ pssseass ~ Housssa. TsxaA
= oecssl Class Matter.
ouesoyivsaea b. Aaf-Dafly aaa Sunday PosN go
ysss, o9.oei ~ nesths, 600, three nohshA
- .O0i NE neath, o. 90.
Sunday PoeA oae year $780,
konLNeshiy PosA (Nondays 80 r1sSsays, ees
ysar, o. 90; sig nonths, eoei three nonshs, zoe
1tstsrn Businsss once, - Tribune Building, New
York, The 4. c, Beckv Special Agency.
Wostsfn Business Onhos <6e The Roehery," Cht
cASo, rho 9. c. he ckwith Special Agency.
q 4 n. Holland, Travelling Auditor.
Tbe Posts Travelling Agens --Colonol ". y. Carey,
General Travelling Agent; WIN y. Lnn. J. n
Bsnish aad J. Van Rsarsa.
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Can you give mo some figures showing
me amount Of timber low standing IN
cut? R.MH
very rough and probably liberal esti-
mate of the amounts of timber standing
IN the various regions of the UniteI
States ready fer the az would give the
following figures:
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The EAST.

The death of William w. Up on, eX-
! Judge IT the supreme court of Oregon,
and second comptroller of the treasury
during the Hayes administration, oc-
/ CURED in Washington. aged 80 years.
The president of the American led
{ Cross society. Miss Clara Barton, and
five companions sailed from New York
on the American line steamship New
! York for ConstantinopIe, where she will
seek permission to enter Armenia TO
: administer assistance TO ihc needy an !
afflicted of that country.
Coal Gas killed Ambrose West and
wife. both over 20 years of age, in their
home IN Germantown. Ia.
Ii was decided by the Saratoga (N.
/ ~ Eacing ASSOCIATION TO abandon the
! idea OF holding a meeting this season.
In New York William Foster, Jr..
engaged in the business of mining and
II anufaciuring, made an assignment
{ with III, bilitics of S5GO,0CO.
1t the age of 81 years Mrs. Betsy
Moody. mother of Dwight l.. Moody
the evangelist, died of old age at her
home in East NCrthfeld. Conn.
! The schooner Falcon, which sailed
from Gloucester, Mass, with q crew oil
( II men November 2J, has been given up
( for lost.
Coinage of gold at the Philadelphia
mint since January amounts to SS.s9s,
/ go. mostly double eagles.
( Patrick Mcmahon while insane ia
1 tally injured his uncle and aunt. named
I Sexton. with an ax ~ New York.
/ In New York Phillip Ripley. at one
/ time one of the most widely-knowu
newspaper men i'm the country, died al
/ the agc of 90 years.
/ The death OF John ID. Lawson, fig
IRE in New York and national politics
( Tor over 81 years, and an eN-eongress-
man, occurred in New York city. aged
I ~ years
The death OF Gen Joseph III. Porter
occurred in New York n the age
81 - wears from the effects of wounds
received durin~ the civil war.
/ The los was announced of TIDE
schooner John w BRAY and crew OF
/ q men. of Gloucester. Mass. Her cap
I tain was Alexander MCLEOD of Cape
Benton.
In Philadelphia Mrs. Fanny Bach
/ . --ach. aged - years. and Mrs. BERTHA
+ I.iusteia. aged 80. sisters, both fell dead
+ az the same time at the home of the
I latter. Heart disease was the cause.
The Grm of William II. Wheelwright
a Co. lumber merchants ia New York
( failed FOR se00.C60.
In Pittsburgh two babies dead and
Z tIseir mother diving was the result of q
/ IRE M the home of John Steele.
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

News from Uonstantinople says that
an offensive and defensive alliance
has been concluded between Russia and
Turkey.
During a mutiny off the Andrew
islands on board the American trading
schooner Maria, Capt. Brown, Mate
Herman IIohlmann and n passenger
were muI ,4ered by the crew.
Dispatches from the City of Mex
leo say that bull fighting has been in
terdicted in Mexico after the fulfill
ment of present contracts.
The sultan decided TO allow Clara
Barton to distribute relief in Turkey
10 the Armenians.
Advices from Russia say that 10 per-
sons lost their lives by the burning OF
a theater at Erkaterinoslav.
i mad soldier, armed with knife
killed two patients and mortally
wounded three others at the military
hospital at Mons, Germany.
The death of Lord Leighton, better
known as Sir Frederick Leighton, pres.
ident of the Royal academy, occurred
in Lndon, aged G5 years.
The sudden death of Theodore Run
Won, United States ambassador to
Germany, of heart failure, occurred in
i,elin. lie was a resident of Somer-
vile, \. J., and was "A years old.
The ne,:ly-appointed captain gen.
eral of Cuba, Gen. Weyler, sailed from
barcelona FOR Havana with cavalry
force of 200.
American residents in the Trans
,aal made an appeal to the United
States for protection.
In st. Petersburg the international
chess tournament ended, Lasl1er win
ming the championship.
In colliery in the vicinity of Tylors-
town. Wales. an explosion occasioned
n loss of not less than 81 lives.
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a NOVEL PLAN.
Letters to BE Collected at Houses of the
Writers.

Letters to BE Collected at Houses of the
Writers.
Washington, Jan. "a. Postmaster
General Wilson has issued d general
order providing that in al! cities and
towns having free delivery postal sefv.
ice the postal service system be ex'
tended to include house-to-house col
lections. For the convenience of the
department, howe,er the introduction
of boxes in the houses until further
orders will be confined to the follow
ing rs places:
Portland. Me-: st. Adams. Vt; BOSTON,
Mass; Buffalo and Syracuse, y. Y; East
Orange. n. u: Springfield. Mass Allie
Ca: Charleston, w. Va: Cleveland, o.;
Detroit, Mich; Indianapolis, Ind; Joliet.
ILL.,. Minneapolis. Mimi; New orleans, La,
Richmond. Va st, Louis. Mo-: St. Paul,
Mimi: San Francisco. Cal: Springfield,
ILL.,. Tacoma. Wash; Toledo. o.. and Vicks-
burg. Miss.
The action taken is the result of prac-
teal tests ade in st. Louis and Wash
ington. These were regarded as salt
isfactory, and probably tn time saved
to carriers, no longer compelled tc wait
answers to bells. may be utilized in
further extending the boundaries OF
routes in rapidly growing communities.
Householder IN these cities will be re-
quired for their own con ,nience aad
at their owr expense to supply suit
able box of kind alreedy approved
by the apartment.
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PASSED BY HE HOUSE.
Senate Resolution Relating to the Ar
menian Outraees Goes Through.

senate Resolution Relating to the Ar
menian Outrages goes Through.
Washington, Jan. 2s.-In the honse
the concurrent resolution relating to
Armenian, oi,tIages, agreed to by the
senate, was received. Mr.. Hepburn
trep., Ia offered an amendment in
strueting the president TO give the
Turkish minister his passports and end
all diplomatic relations with Turkey.
This called forth a rebnke from MIR.
Hit (rep., ND chairman of the COM
mittee ON foreign affairs, who scored
Mr.. Hepburn for his extraordinary pro-
Fosal to sever diplomatic reiltions with
a friednly foreign power. IN reply Mr..
Hepburn said; 1--WE want no relations
with that murderer" The amendment
was rejected-12i TO 10.
The measure was discussed fo.. four
hours. Various amendments we're o.
fered on the ground that the r, solution
did not go far enough, but they were
all rejected. Those arguing in favor of
the resolution were Messrs. Quigg (rep..
\. ", McCreary (dem, Ky.l, Hit
uen., ILL.,, Morse (rep., Mass.), Smith
(rep., Mich.), Mahany rep, \. ~
Rrumm (rep., Pal ,sperry (rep., Comm,
and Howe rep, n. W. Messrs. Turner
dem, Ga.), Grosvenor (rep., o..
Walsh (dem., n. ", Adams rep, Pa,
johnson (rep., CALI. and Bailey (dem.,
Tex.) argued against il.
At the close of the debate the resolu-
tion was adopted by vote of 143 to &c.
1t declares il to he nm imperative duty
in the interest of humanity to express
the earnest hope that the European
concert brought about by the Berlin
treaty may be speedily given its just
effect in such decisive measures as shall
stay the hand of fanaticism and lawless
violence and as shall secure to the an
offending Christians of the Turkish en-
pire ali the rights belonging to them as
men and Christians and as beneficiaries
of the explicit provisions of that treaty;
requests the president TO communicate
these resolutions to the five signatory
powers thereof; and declares that con-
9ress will support the president in the
most vigorous action he may take for
the protection and security of Ameri-
can citizens in Turkey and to obtain
redress for injuries committed upon the
persons and property of such citizens.