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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-03
A MURDER MYSTERY.
No Clue to the Beheading of the Woman
Near Fort Thomas.

No Clue to the Beheading OF the Woman
Near Fort Thomas.
Cincinnati February "A hundred diff
ferent clues to the murder and bcheading
of n woman near Fort Thomas on FRI
day night, are floating today. Many of
them have been traced to a worthless
origin. The sheriff OF Campbell county
KY, and all the detectives on both SIDES
OF the river are working on the case
Not a single arrest oa suspicion has been
made and not single suspicion has 81 +
tied upon any man rs :he perpctrator
nor has any thread been discovered Ike
Iv TO lead to the Identification IF the
woman All the ponds, as wen rs the
Coyipgton reservoir. have been dragged.
The water is going out of the reservoir
MS IL has been for twenty-four hours. 1t
Will be well towards noon tomorrow before
n will be empty. Research for the head
can then be made. Rumor Is busy on all
streets tonight. One story, generally cir
cu,ated. is that the head has been found
and that the murderer, a Fort Thomas
soldier. has committed suicide. Ample
;nvestIgation at first hand has shown this
10 be wholly false.
There Is one theory on which there is
General agreement. and that is that the
r.eroan was murdered In an attempt to
tako either money or papers from her
r'arson This inference Is justified by the
s,gns OF a struggle and the torn condition
of the woman's clothing
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MORE COMPLICATIONS.
English Railroad Syndicate Fined by Vel
ezuelan Ministers.
given ou'

English Railroad Syndicate Fined by Ven
ezuelan Ministers.
New York, February "A dispatch to
the World from Caracas. Venezuela. says:
The trouble over the English railroad
between Guanta and Barcelona threatens
to bring about serious international COM
plications.
Superintendont White. who has sus-
pended the service. refuses to obey the
orders of Minister of Public Works Bong.
nalserra TO resume and says he will
await instructions from London. The
minister has imposed fine of 500 day
until trains shall be run.
This complication has provoked bitter
comments here against Englishmen. The
the concessions In weaker countries Is al
ways unjust and arrogant; that Great
Britain is quick to claim damages and to
enforce them with warships when resis-
tarice is impossible. and he Is ever willing
to comply with the law.
The press urges the government to pay
the railroad nothing under the guarantee.
which provides that the road must trans
port 800 tons Of coal from the mines at
Guanta before payment begins. At the
time the railroad ceased operations exactly
800 tons had been moved. The spirit of the
contract, 1t is held however. demands that
transportation shall be continuous. The
action Of the government imposing the
500 daily fine has given great satisfaction
hers
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OFFICIAL REPORT.
Insurgents Reported Defeated in Minor
Engagements.

Insurgents Reported Defeated in Minor
Engagements.
Washington, February minister De
Lone OF Spain has received the following
cabegram.
Havana. February "A detachment OF
the "Espana" battalion was attacked yes
tefday In Buena Ventura, province Of
Havana. by the enemy. who was rcpulsed
with loss OF six men. Early In the
morning of yesterday the rear column
of Colonel Carlota, in the province OF
Matanzas. defeated part OF the band Of
La Crete. killing five and capturing eight
horses with their saddles and some am
munition A detachment employed In
repairing the railroad in Quintana. near
Cardenas. in the province of Matanzas.
defeated a band OF forty men. killing
and wounding three. The troops had one
man seriously wounded.
The advance guard OF the commander
In chiefs column on It's way from Quiv-
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JUSTIN MCCARTHY TO RESIGN.

London, February lit ~ announced
that Mr.. Justin MCCARTHY Will resign the
leadership of the parliamentary party at
the meeting which has been called for
Saturday next. az has already been OK
clusively announced In tho dispatches
Of the Associated Press.
When questioned regarding this report
Mr.. Mccarthy admitted that II was his
intention to resign. but he declined to give
any details II IL understood, however.
that he feels that his health Is unequal
TO the arduous position But he will re-
tain his seat In his parliament
II Is believed that Thomas Sexton Will
he invited TO succeed Mr.. Mccarthy and
he viii probably accept
John Dillon and Howard Blake are also
spoken OF for the position.
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suburb of Havana, and is raging with

SUBURB or Havana, and Is raging with
great viruence
band of rebels entered Guano Racoa.
a suburb of Havana, on Thursday night,
dispersed the civil guard, but did no dam
age. Many families have removed into
the city, as these nocturnal visits are be-
coAing frequent
General Married. with 700 men had
nght with 400 men under Lieutenant Ruiz
on the banks of the Canto river. near
the town of the same name In SANTIAGO
province. The rebel forces captured
train of supplies and forced the Spaniards
to retreat in the direction OF Bayamo. Ko-
Inducements reached Rulz from Bnyamo
and inflicted a heavy loss on Mirahel. who
Is said to he badly wounded. The action
occurred ten miles north of Bayamo.
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PRIsONERs TAKEN.

Havana, February Ten prisoners. who
were arrested Mt Lines Folin for COM
plicity IN the murder Of three soldiers,
have been taken TO Santiago de Cuba.
Fivo prisoners OF war captured In PtnRr
del Rio province have been brought to
this city and placed IN Moro castle.
report has been received from Man
zaniilo that tho well known insurgcnt
leader. Francisco RRbi has died from
wounds received In battle.
In n skirinish near San Felipe, province
OF Havana. six insurgents were wounded
Tho column OF Vienna fred upon La
Crete's band at tho plantation of Car
Tote, near Jovelianos. and killed six or tho
insurgeuta
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WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAST NIGHTS REApINGs.

The barometer Is below 800 inches
throughout the country tonight. with the
lowest 1859 at Nashville.
The weather ~ generally clear except
over the Mississippi valley, where 1t is
partly cloudy to cloudy, with snow at
st. Louis and Davenport.
Precipitation amounting to 10 Of an inch
or more is reported from Atlanta, Mont
gomery, Nashville and St. Louis.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
observations taken at all stations at s
p. M. 18th meridian time:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-03
COMPLAIN OF TIMBER THEFT.

Salt Lake City. Utah, February IA
special to the Tribune from Butte, Mont,
says complaint comes from settlers IN
Teton and Coteau counties, alleging that
the forest on the American side of the
boundary have been almost denuded OF
timber by Canadians and that millions
of dollars worth of lumber has been taken
during the past few years The inspector
has referred the matter to the secretary OF
the interior.
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WILL MAKE NO CALL.

,,d,ananolis. Ind, February 2.-Governor
,ta,,haws today officially announced that
10 wo,,Id not call an extra session of the
~ I,a,,,ra 10 enact new apportionment
,as, The governor further advises that
!a ,i,,,h,,ity OF the twenty-five holdover
ahs e whom many authorities calm
~ merely defacto officers, be lot qdes-
,ioneS The democratic State committee
will meet here 10 consider the controversy.
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PROBABILITIES.

Washington. February 3.-Eastern Texas
and Western Texas and Louisiana: Fair
light westerly winds.
Arkansas: Fair Monday. westerly
wirds.
North and South Dakota: Generally
fair; light variable winds.
, Wymoing and Montana: Fair; light
southeTly winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-03
GERMAN cnANcELLoRsnIp,
Won Hohenloho's Position Attacked by
Political Enemies

Won Hohenloho's Position Attacked by
Political Enemies.
London. February "a dispatch TO the
Graphic from Berlin says: An intimate
friend of DR.. Won Boetticher. secretary of
state for the interior, informs me that no
liz determined to resign Immediately.
Tho correspondent Of the Times at Bor-
In says: "As confirming the intrigue
against Chancellor Won lIohcnlohc appears
the following seni-onicial statement: The
emperor's speech of January * has been
used by tho aErarlanr. blmetailists and
Blsmarctians for the starting point for
an Intrigue to encompass Chancellor Won
Hohenlohcs fall The names OF Generals
Count Won Walder,ss and Won Iiartenleben
are advanced IA possible SUCCESSORS be-
cause 1t is feared that the premature dis
closure of the real candidates. name would
Joopardize the success of the scheme
There liz not the slightest indication that
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe's position Is
shaken. but these hopes are based on the
cmperor's desire for a larger navy, which
tho chancellor disfnvorr.
The Times correspondent adds that the
name OF tho candidate above referred to
IL believed to be Count Won Herbert I3is-
rparck, but IL may be that his name s
advanced only az n means to defeat tho
intrigue by connection with the name
of parsonage dstasteful to tho cD-
peror. despite tho assertion that Chancel-
lor Won Hohenlohe's position Ia ,inshaken."
says the Times. tho admission that no
opposes In naval affairs looks threatening
for his position.
London February 3.-'The Chronicles
Berlin correspondent learns that ms tho
outcome of tho expulsion OF Rev. DR..
Stoccker late court chaplain. from tho
conservative party on account of the dis
agreements on the subject Of Christian
socialist reforrns. DR.. Stoecker viii re-
Sign his seat in the Pr,issan diet
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Chicago Chronicle.

lean to Guirado Melana, exchanged shots
with the scouts OF the enemy, killing one
anu taxing one prisoner and ono horse
Sencrnl Marin supposes that Maxine
Gpmez Is to the south Of his forces. de
tained there by the COMMANDMENT chiefs
operations Suareg Valdez
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HyAM BROTHERS ON BAIL.

Toronto. Ont, February The broth
ers Harris and Harry llynms who were
released yesterday on 1860 cash ball to
appear before the police magistrate here
on Tuesday. left at noon today for Nov
York on a special train. accompanied by
MFR. Wellman of Welman & Gooch, their
New York counsel Toronto detectives
believe the brothers will forfeit their
bond and that they will not again be seen
In Canada.
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TRAMP KILLED.

Austin, Texas. February 2.-Thc Hous-
ton and Texas Central passenger train.
due here at $3.50 y. m. tonight, when one
mile north OF Burton. ran over a drunken
tramp and injured him SO seriously that
he viii die The tramp was sitting on the
track asleep at the time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-03
PALACE PARTY DID IT.

London. February s.--A Constantinopia
dispatch to the Times says: Careful in
quiry oonvinccs me that The SlIace party
set afioat the rumors OF tho Russo-Turkish
alliance In order TO Increase the ,lstrust
among the powers
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DEMANDS INDEMNITY.
United States Wants Damage for
Burning Missions.
zEITOuNLIS IS STILL HOLDING OUT.
Turks Have Made Seven Attacks
Without Result.
CONSPIRB AGAINST HOHENLOHE
Alleged That Political Encmiss Sock to
Gust Him as Chancellor Of
Germany.

Constantinoplc, February minister
Terrell has demanded an indemnity OF
siooon for the burning OF tho American
missions ut Marashand Nharpnt. lie also
asked Tor the immediate grant OF nrmans
Cor rebuilding thcm.
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To-DAY'S FORECAST.

4" Rk,-The works Of the late T..
du q, haas; the marine artist, will be
AUCTION beginning today.
ihn ~ Mass,-Fraul4in Milka TENT
N ioIr HsIihan soprano from Munich,
Ne tod,, a'e Damrosch Opera company
k,aa ,iORk.-Preparation are COM
Ia ,on III the German charity ball to be
ih sO" nw. 1t will be, musically, one
Cermoos, entertaining ever given by
wav ss,iNGTON.-The house committee
|hniny' sl9 means will give hearings be-
ktese tGaay upon the bill to define
he and =. YAK and regulate The :nauufac-
N'D sale of filled cheese.
bun si Mn. Mass,-The reunion OF the
b colsea oatholic association of Bos-
msmbsrs, me largest organized society
the Us Of the Roman Catholic church
(y United States. will take place to-
eesSS9 sNS Pa; - Ex-City Attorney
p, will Gnu W.. II. House. his assist
asr ssu ~ 10 placed on trial today on The
Go,,,,ana ue against them by Compt OIL
oosys Of receiving interest Oh city
lMnr a fR Colo, = The supreme court
Nj eo, s,lliiirmed the indictment Of The dis.
Benieuot Chaffee county in inc case
ensei for Ratcliff. sentenced To he
the sshoaJife murder of three members
eek ber,npii BOARD of Park county, the
exeeation "g today has been set for
lnre of CaIoN. - Undismayed by the
fore tbeS aptain Arson of the Chicagoes
e.n. he c.n3osllghts, Theodore Breiten-
eeiehrated pitcher Of the 81.
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AN AMBASSADORS GRIEVANCE

London. February s.--sir Phillip currie.
British ambassador at Constlntinople,
writes 20 the Daily News denying u pub
hshad statement that he was Kept wait
ing for an hour In n cod ante'room when
he went 10 deliver the queens letter to
tho aulian.
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i" YORK, The works Of the late T..
Ia a, as the marine artist, will be
AUCTION beginning today.
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~ ass,-Fraulain Milka TENT
N al to German soprano from Munich.
i ,na the Damrosch Opera company
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Louis Browns far less known than An
son, has signed a contract to act as 5tirt-
er in 1.-The Derby Winner lie will make
his debut at the Academy of Music this
week.
NEW YORK.-T'he mass meeting called
for tonight at Carnegie Music Hai! by
prominent citizens. including Chauncey
NJ. Depew and Mayor Strong, will protest
against the removal OF Comnander i3ai-
walton Army. who. by recent order Of
the founder of the Army, General Booth.
father of the commander. have been re-
called 20 London.
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CUBAN.

Captain general has wired out accounts
of more insurgcnt defeats.
Residents of Havana are In mortal dread
of the town being burned by insurgents
and of being imprisoned by the Spanish.
News of insurgent victories.
Smallpox has broken out near Havana.
Marin is very active and is said to have
had a slirmish with Gomez rearguard
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DOMESTIC.
Proceedings In the senate this week will
be diversified, no one topic claiming par
ticular attention.
The censure of Ambassador Bayard, the
senate's silver bill and appropriations will
engage the attention of the house.
A subcommittee win begin working on
q. draft of a Nicaragua bill without fur
Their delay
1t Is said that the elections committee
has decided to report adverse to Abbott
and in favor OF Kearby.
An explorer has a project for finding the
South Pole.
No clue to the perpetrator nor cause
has been found in the case Of the woman
beheaded near Fort Thomas Ky.
DIR. Arthur Deustrow, the millionaire
murderer. convicted.
Brooklyn had three Sunday suicides.
A 100000 fire at Philadelphia.
Floods in Mississippi have caused DAM
age to property and several drownings.
STATE.
The BRACES river twelve miles wide ut
Allenfarm and Santa Fe tracks submerged
Columbia surrounded by water.
The jury in the Augustine case at Con
zales failed to agree.
Hon. NJ. s. Townsend, member of the
State democratic executive committee, died
at Hallettsvlle
Decision from the attorney general oil
the land forfeltures soon expected,
Hon. Il. II. Ball gives his views on the
financial question.
LOCAL.
81. Ii, tA MI
the State Grand Lodge of odd Fellows
opening session today.
Bernard Berg carved Michael Bass with
een-edged butcher X rife.
Meeting of the invitation committee on
Emmett celebration.
SPORT.
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ALL THE WORLD OVER

One Of the liveliest attendants at
the Atlanta exposition is negress
named Molly Darling, who is over 100
years OF age. She attracts much at
tention from the fact that she never
saw George Washington.
Four professors OF the University of
California, after listening, as judges, to
public debate on the new women
movement, voteu solidly against the
new woman, deciding that the move
ment sis not for the best interests Of
the race"
Dennis Koorolee is dead He was
the father of 4S children and had been
married seven times. On the day of
the old mans death he had Al living
children, 336 grandchildren, and 944
grear-graudchiidren Over 1000 of hi )
relatives attended the funeral.
The German Emperor's favorite dish
is lemon soutiie, and his favorite
drink with it is champagne and seltzer
water, Dut on ordinary occasions he
likes beer better than anything else.
The Emperor of Austria is particularly
fond of veal outlets, and his favorite
wine is tokay,
Paul Louis Courier, when bitterly
assailed by French professor, quietly
The herald., 1896-01-12

ta6lished the above records that he
VIII oe returned winner in most of
the events.
Ii is not probable that John s. john
son, the wonderful cyclist, will do
much at skating this year, as his
traiDer does not care to ieopardize his
cycling speed, which is more val liable
as money maker ,han skating.
johnson is an interesting illustra-
tion OF the fact that an expert cyclist
is invariably fas, skater. Both sports
oring mo play almost p ecisely the
sans muscles. Tie position of the
oody assumed by the skater and wheel
man are much the same, except that
Tie former clasps his hands behind his
pack, while the other keeps his hands
IN front Of him.
Athletic experts who have examined
ths physical makeup of the cyclist and
the skater find that they both have
mparatively weak arms, small chests
and generally undeveloped upper bod
les. From the waist down, however,
their muscular development and
strength are above the average. The
'kater is slightly stronger in the back
han the cyclist, as his work brings
I The abdominal muscles of the skater
are also we'll developed an d the log from
the hip to the knee is wonderfully
strong.
Speed skating differs from ordinary
skating in several marked particulars.
The skate itself-about eighteen inches
.ong-has fiat blade, almost as thin
as knife, set into light tube sup
fWn nv h,1f
hollow. These short upright tubes
fasten it to the boot by means of
plate, the whole purpose being to COM
bine the greatest strength and light
ness. The boot laces tightly, giving
firm support to the ankle.
This form has evolved from the orig
inal skate, made of the lower jawbones
of horses and cattle, carved to the
proper shape and polished. In the
British museum the visitor can still see
q pair OF these primitive instruments,
and the workmeu occasionally disipter
them about Mooriields and Fnsbury.
The racing posture of all the skaters
is practically the same. The back is
kept straight and horizontal, the arms
folded across the back, except when
squirting; then they are swung from
side to side, keeping time TO the stroke.
Thighs are heXed to right angle, while
the knees are kept in half feXion, or al
most straight.
In championship race last year five
of the best amateurs of the world were
strung out in line, and their rhytbmi-
cal swing and stride were as if one
brain 0as moving the whole combna-
tion. The crouching position, while it
does not interfere with respiration,
diminishes resistance to the wind-an
important advantage-and also gives
the best position for using the power
full muscles Of the IONS and back.
The stroke of all the best men is
practically the same, and differs from
that Of ordinary skating, botn in its
direction and in the way it is taken.
Its direction is more forward and
backward than one from the ordinary
short skate, an with the long, flat
blade the stroke is given by the whole
of the foot fiat. Any lifting OF the heel
in striking out is impossible on ac-
count of the length Of skate blade.
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THE BLOONERITES

The fact that the society folks of
New York have built fine skating
rink where they can enjoy the fun,
protected by a steam heated tempera-
ture and sheltered by stone and iron
walls from the rest of the world, gives
the sport an official social distinction
which it never before enjoyed.
More than that, the blooIner girl has
taken hold of skating, and whatever
that daring young person attaches her
self to is bound to be d success. Not
a single, solitary pair Of blOomers or
namented any of the skating lakes or
ponds around New York last year, but
twelvemonth has worked wonderful
difference. And they are not ordinary
bicycle bloomers either, although
many young women have converted
their wheeling togs into skating cos
tunes with few alterations.
The skating bloomers are nothing
more than loose-fitting knickerbockers
made of heavy woollen stuff of any
color. A double-breasted jacket reach
ing halfway to the knee, Tam O.
Shanter hat and leggings complete the
dress. This is an extreme costume.
The other, and the more popular, is
quite similar to the dress of the cycling
by a skirt which comes within an inch
or two of the shoe tops. Leggings are
also worn, for the New York girl, no
matter how advanced her ideas may be
on the dress question, will never eX-
hibit the fraction of an inch Of her
stocking, though she thinks nothing of
showing to critical world consider
able length of logging.
The akatiDp 1raSS ia alWaVS emf
shorter in the back than in the front.
This does away with the annoyance of
having the skate catch in the back Of
the skirt and perhaps cause the unfor-
tunate an ugly fall. Besides, the pres
ent node demands that the edge OF the
skating skirt be trimmed with fur, also
the shoe tops, when the dress is not
short enough to demand the use of
leggi gs.
The speed skaters are now in active
training for the amateur champion
ship matches, which will be held ut St.
Paul. Minn,, between January 22d aud
January 30th, under the management
of the Winter Carnival committee. The
regular championship races will be one
quarter mile, FIVE miles and ten miles
and in addition there will be number
of handicap races, to give the second
raters a chance against the crack
skaters.
The two great cracks who will meet in
these races are Olaf Rudd, the ten
mile champion of Minneapolis, and J.
F. Donoghue of p oughkeepsie. 1t will
be the east against the west with a
vengeance, for when these two cracks
met last year the results were not sat
isfectory by any means, and young
Donog ue and his excited friends and
relatives we're credited with desire to
land him winner at any cost.
At S.. Paul Donoghue will not have
his own way in everything, but will
be forced to strictly comply with the
rules of the races. He is a grand
speed skater, however, and even with
out the ill-advised assistance of his
friends, should give good account