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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-20
Major MeItnlcy's speech to carncF,

" lrkCTs:
Ladies oHl Gentlemen; Nothing moves
me more than to have the assurance OF
support which | am de-ly rocc!yng from
tho men who toll In the United States,
To have as allies IN this great contest for
the huhur ana prosperity OF tar Npuu.tS
tho worA ugmcn OF the United states IS
.2a2ei a crown 10 any cause. You haze
but one aim In the use OF your ballots, and
that Is 20 secure the h CHEST and greatest
good 20 the people OF the United States.
(AIp.ause) Taat Is whIt the ballot is
ton dud 81 Is for the accomp,i shmcut of
chat RAT you VIII use the ba lot this year
" a. have bad .n THIS couatry an expo
reHcc under two cOntcnding National OK
uerrnccs. Most OF tho mou who slt uo-
fore me today uovor had any experience
under hut me one policy untA withia the
last four Ncors. Nou have now tr,ci
thcm both. You have tried the protective
policy ~ the republican party and You
have tried tho free trade and revenue
lar'r policy m mo dem ocrltic rarty.
watch DO YOU liiSe hcste (Crics OF Pro
'c' ou.'l II Il rs protection Spu prefer
IS to vote FOR g. Cries Of "Notc for Nc
k.n ~ that's what we win do'D
luI"r tho republican protective pol cv
We enjoyed for moro than thirty years
The most marvellous prosperity that Mas
over becn given "a any nation NJ me
Wo.ld We not only had Ind Vidual nros-
percy but We had National prosperity.
and during oil those thirty years while
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
A MOST GIGANTIC TRUST
Largest Ever Formed on the
Coast ---$7o,O0o,OOo.
1T is A LUMBER COMPANY
Memberohip Said TO Include Every Mill
All Shipowners, Wholesale and
Retail Eealers.

Port Townsend, Wash, Feb. 1.-The
biggest trust ever formed on the Pacific
coast and representing a capital of over
$T0,0OO,000 went into effect last night.
1t is the Central Lumber Company of
California. Its membership includes
ever mill, all ship owners, wholesale
and retail dealers of the western coast
of the United States and British Col
umbia
All charters of vessels and sales of
lumber must be effected through the
Central Lumber Company, which reg
ulates freights and puts the buying and
selling price on lumber. regulating also
the product of each mill and proportion
ate amount of lumber each vessel shall
carry.
Not only are the markets of the Pa
cific coast thus controlled, but lumber
shipments to foreign countries are plac-
ed under the same restrictions. Every
mill or the coast has its product regu-
lated. The first order issued by the
company was an advance in the price
of lumber 81 thousand. Last year the
estimated product of the coast was
600,OO0,OOO feet and this advance will
enhance the profits of mill owners the
coming year over 1,0O0, 100000. About
one-half of this sum comes from foreign
lumber dealers and the remainder from
the consumers along the coast Not
a single stick of lumber for water ship
ment can be purchased on the coast ex-
cept through the Central Lumber Com
pany.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
WAS A BIG SUNDAY FIRE
Over 100000 worth Of PhiIa-
delphia Property Destroyed.
PIANOS AN D PAIN TINGS BURNED
One Block Alone Was Worth 100000
J. N. Campbell of Spu-
kane Was In 1t.

Philadelphia, Feb. "A disastrous
fire broke out this morning in the Ha-
zeltine building, Nos. 1416 and 141S
Chestnut street, and destroyed that
structure and the adjoining building Of
the American Baptist Publication So
ciety. The upper floors of the Lafayette
hotel were also badly damaged. Sew
eral persons were injured. The total
losses will aggregate 81, OO0,00 and over,
and possibly double that amount
The big seven-story building OF
Charles H. Hazeltine on Chestnut
street. the adjoining five-story struct-
ure of the Baptist Publication Society
and the American Baptist Historical
Society at 1920 were destroyed.
The buildings damaged by fire and
water and falling walls were the four
story dry goods house of Homer. Lee
boutiller & Co., the dwelling house at
No. 1922 owned by the wistar estate,
and the Hotel Lafayette at Broad and
Sansome streets. On either side of the
main entrance to the Hazeltine building
were the plano warerooms Of Hallett &
Davis at No. 1416 and Of Steinway & Co.
at No. 141S. The two Baptist socie-
ties lost large and valuable collections
The detailed losses have not yet been
made up, but conservative estimate
places the aggregate at close to 81, ,000,-
900. 1t is thought that this is almost
fully covered by insurance The upper
portion OF the Lafayette hotel was ig-
nited by sparks flying from the burn
ing building on Chestnut street, but the
blaze was confined to the eighth and
ninth floors
Mayor King of Atlanta, aroused from
his bed by the fire, refused to leave the
threatened hotel until he saw that every
member of his party had escaped
Many of the other guests rushed from
their rooms and would have continued
into the street had not assurance been
made that the lower part of the build
Ing was in no danger. Among the guests
were Jennie Steele of Terre Haute, ]. N.
Campbell of Spokane and John w. De-
lano of Salt Lake City.
The Hazeltine building was valued at
100000 and was fully insured 1t was
erected in 1888 and the first two floors
were fireproof. The loss of paintings on
the second floor is between 100000 and
100000; uninsured. Among those de-
stroyed were two by H. G. Selbus, val
ued at 100000 each, and one by Robert
Fleury, valued at 100000 There were
80 offices in the building, occupied main
ly by artists. lawyers and dentists. Drs.
Edward and Curry, dentists on the
third floor. lost a collection of South
American curios, valued at 10000; part
ly insured.
Other tenants lost sums ranging from
$50 to $1,000. The valuable stock of pi-
amos in the stores on the first floor was
destroyed, but the amount of this loss
has not yet been estimated. The Bap-
tist Publication building and stock were
valued at 100000; insurance not given.
The historical society lost 10000 vol
umes. valued at 100000, and insured for
$25,000. The losses on the Homer, Le-
boutiller and Lafayette hotel buildings
have not yet been approximated.
The origin of the fire has not been
learned.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
THE INTRIGUE AGAINST HoHeNLoHs
His Opposition TO the Emperor ImperI s
His Position.

London, Feb. 2.-The correspondent
of the Times at Berlin says:
LAS confirming the intrigue against
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe there ap-
pears the following semi-ofiicial state
ment: The emperor's speech of Janu-
ary Is has been used by the agrarians,
bimetallists and Bismarckians as the
pass Chancellor Won Hohenlohes fall.
The names of General Count Won Wal
dersee and Won Tartensleben are ad-
vanced as possible successors, because
it is feared the premature disclosure of
the real candidates name would jeop-
ardize the success of the scheme. There
is not the slightest indication that
Chancellor Won Hohenlohe's position is
shaken, but these hopes are based on
the emperor's desire for larger navy,
which the chancellor disfavors.'
The Times correspondent adds that
the name of the secret candidate above
referred to is believed to be Count Her
bert Won Bismarck, but 1t may be that
his name is advanced only as a means
to defeat the intrigue by connecting
with it the name of a parsonage dis
tasteful to the emperor.
Despite the assertion that Chancellor
Won Hohenlohe's position is unshaken,'
says the Times dispatch, "the admission
that he opposes the emperor on nava
affairs looks threatening for his posi-
| tion."
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
THE DAVIS WILL TRlaL IN CHICAGO
The Famous Montana Case Contested in
Two Courts.

Chicago, Feb. 1.-The Davis will trial,
which was In court in Montana for
several years, is likely to be fully ven
tilated in Chicago. This morning a bill
was filed In the United States circuit
court by Edwin Davis of New York, a
brother of A. ]. Davis, the multi mil
lionaire. whose vast fortune is at issue
A. j. Davis died at Butte. Mont. March
IL, 1880, supposedly intestate, leaving
an estate worth about $4,000, 900. In
the midst of the turmoil among the
dead mans relatives will was found
leaving to Thomas j. Davis, his sister
and Mrs. Boycott n share Of the prop
erty, and the balance to his brother.
John A. The children and heirs of
other relatives of the dead millionaire
contested the will, declaring 1t for
gerry. but later entered into an agree
ment with the combatants agreeing to
a division of the property. This was
decreed by the court. Erwin. brother
of A. j. Davis, attacks the compromise
and asks the court to restrain the chill
dren of John A. Davis from receiving
any of the estate and exhibits a decree
signed by all the living brothers and
sisters of the deceased, including John
A. Davis, in whose favor the will was
made, agreeing to give half of the
money received to Erwin in consdera-
tion of his furnishing money to fight the
claims of Mrs. Beggott's children. A
similar issue is being contested in the
Montana courts.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
ALL EYES ARE ON MARIN
viii Try to Crush insurgents
Before WeyIer Arrives.
HE IS SPURRED TO ACTIVITY
Position OF Insurgents Precarious on
Account of Lack of Ammu nj
tion ana Horses.

Havana, Feb. 2.-Considerable anxiety
is felt here with regard to the result of
military operations now being conduct
ed against Maxine Gomez and Antonio
Maceo, under the personal direction OF
General Marin, the acting captain gen.
eral of Cuba. 1t is believed that Marin
has been aiming to strike death blow
before the arrival of General Weyler
the successor of Martinez de Campos
as captain general of Cuba, and 1t Is un-
derstood he has taken steps to accom-
plish this end.
But ambition is not the only spur to
Marin's activity. 1t is admitted, even
in Cuban circles, that the insurrection
has reached a precarious stage from
several causes, notably lack of ammu-
milton and the want of fresh horses and
supplies. The steps taken by the Span
ish in gathering in all the horses and
cattle possible have had the effect of
weakening the insurgents considera-
bly,.
Hitherto the great drawback under
which the Spaniards have labored has
been the lack of cavalry with which to
pursue the quick moving mounted in
fantry of the insurgents. This Is being
gradually overcome. There is no deny
Ing that the Spanish commanders have,
up TO the present, succeeded in keep
ing the insurgent armies apart. With
thls object In view new military line
mas just been drawn north and south
from Mariet on the northern coast of
Pinar del Rio through Guanajay and
Artemius to the southern coast near
Mangas and upon the maintenance of
the new line a great deal is said to de-
pend
Brigadier General Canelo, who is in
command of the military line drawn
across Pinar del Rio, was engaged yes
terday with portion of the force COM
manded by Gomez. The fight is report
ed to have resulted in repulse of the
insurgents.
While Canelo maintains the military
line, General Marin will push on west
ward In an engagement to engage
Gomez. Gomez, when last heard from.
was in the neighborhood of Paso Re
dondo, which would seem to substanti-
ate the official statement to the effect
that he has been driven eastward from
INC iiohtiei III flnar uel hlO owing to
the pursuit of the Spaniards
The exodus of the better class of peo-
pie from Cuba continues and the prices
of provisions continue to go up In
fact. matters have almost reached the
point where the poorer classes will have
to depend upon the authorities for re-
lief.
Luxuries are worth their weight in
gold, business is nearly thing of the
past, and trade with the interior may
be said to have ceased, excepting that
part which is carried on by vessels
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
A NEW DESERT LAND MEASURE
In reduced In The -cnatc bv Teller and
in 'he House by Doolfttie.

III ioduSeo iu INC DN lfllcT an
in 'he House by Dooiit'ie.
Washington, Feb. 2.-Senator Teller
has introduced in the senate and Rep
resentative Doolittle in the house a bill
for the relief of persons who have filed
declarations of intention to enter desert
lands.
In all such cases where the four years
limit within which final proof may be
made had not expired prior to January
1, 1896, the time within which proof
may be made In each case will by this
bill be extended to seven years from the
date Of filing the declaration, and the
requirement that the persons filing such
declaration shall expend the full sum
of one dollar per acre during each year
toward the reclamation of the land
will be suspended for the year 1896, and
such annual expenditure for that year,
and the proof thereof dispensed with.
1t is provided, however, that within
the period of seven years from filing
the declaration, If satisfactory proof be
made to the register and receiver of
the reclamation and cultivation of such
land to the extent and cost and in the
manner provided by existing law, ex-
cept as to the year 1885, and upon pay
ment to the receiver of the additional
sum of one dollar per acre, as provided
in existing law, patent shall issue.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
A RAILROAD STRIKE AT LEBANON
he shops Set on Fire and Saved With
Difftcuity.

Lebanon, Ind, Feb. 2.-The entire
force of the Chicago & Eastern railroad
shops struck yesterday for back pay
that they declare is due them. Early
today the shops were found on fire and
saved with great difficulty. a number
of freight cars and freight and passen-
ger station being destroyed.
The strikers deny having a hand in
the conflagration, and in a mass meet
ing passed resolutions that condemned
mob violence. 1t is rumored tonight
that the trainmen will join the strikers
unless a settlement is reached within
the next "a hours.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
ARE EXCUSED FROM PAYING DUTY
Canadian Indians tan Bring In Their
Goods TO the United States.

Canadian Indians are permitted to
come across the line with the articles
they have for sale, free of duty. One Of
them Is in town today, named Jose Ska
ronkati, says the East Oregonian Of
Pendleton. He belongs to the Iroquols
tribe Of Caughnawaga Indians and has
been coming to Pendleton for years on
peddling tours. He appeared before Re-
corder Lash and obtained permission
to sell his wares without paying a IL
cense, the recorders action being based
on the section of the ordinance which
grants a 10-days' right to peddle with
a basket Jose carries a printed letter
from the interior department at Wash
ington, which reads:
washington, D. c., March is, 1S73.-
In reply, have to state that in section
los of the act of March, 1899, it is pro-
vided that no duty shall be levied or
license collected on the property, goods
and effects of whatever nature of In
dians passing or repassing the boun-
dairy line of the United States. unless
the same shall be goods in bales or
other large packages unusual among
Indians, which shall not be considered
as goods belonging bona fide to Indi-
ans, nor being exempt from duty.
"WM. A. RICHARDSON,
Acting Secretary of the Interior"
While he was in the recorders office
he was informed in a joking manner
that in former years he had given the
city officials presents of wickerware
baskets, but had neglected to do so
this year. He replied that then he was
poor, but now he Is rich, and does not
need to ask favors of any official here
or in any other town. He is a civilized
Indian with face which indicates high
intelligence and is supposed to possess
a large amount of money
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE Al BROOKLYN
4 Wealthy Widow and Two Others Take
Their Own Lives.

Brooklyn, Feb. 2.-One woman and
two men committed suicide in this city
today. The sensational suicide, how
ever was that of Mrs. Augusta
Schwartz, a wealthy widow, who owned
a handsome residence in Berkley place,
the aristocratic section of Brooklyn.
For some time past she had been suf-
fering from neuralgia, and that, togeth-
er with the fact that her husband. An
tonic Schwartz, a prominent member of
the brewers exchange, was found dead
about year ago under peculiar circum-
stances in New York city, had given her
great mental worry.
She shot herself through the mouth
this morning, and when her son rushed
into the room he discovered his mother
had placed several rubber tubes over
the gas jets and run them across the
bed where she lay. He also found an
empty bottle which it is believed con-
tanned a quantity of laudanum.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
REPORTS OF THEE ENGAGEMENTS
according TO the Dispatches the Insur-
gents Were orsted.


Washington, Feb. minister De
LONE of Spain has received the follow
ing kilograms froms Cuba:
Havana, Feb. "A detachment of
Espana's battalion was attacked in
Buena Ventura, province of Havana,
by the enemy, who were repulsed with
a loss of six men. Early on the morn
ing of yesterday the column of Colonel
Vicuna, on the Carlotta plantation at
Jovenallos, defeated part of the band
of Lacret, killing five men and captur-
ing eight horses with their saddles and
some ammunition.
"A detachment employed in repairing
the railroad in Quintanab near Car
denas, in the province of Mantanzas,
defeated band of 40 men, killing one
and wounding three. The troops had
three men seriously wounded.
The advance guard of the comman-
der-in-chief's column, on it's way from
Quivicam to Guira de Melena, exchang-
ed shots with the scouts of the insur-
gents, killing one and taking one horse
General Marin supposes that Maxine
Gomez is to the south of his forces, de-
tained there by the commander-in-
chiefs operations.
'SUAREZ VALDEZ,
Acting Governor General"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
RULING OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
Commissioners OF Other States Have No
Standing In Illinois.

Chicago Feb. 1.-The judiciary of the
respective states and territories and
members of the legal fraternity
throughout the country will be inter-
ested in an important development that,
under a recent decision of the state su-
preme court and which until now has
been overlooked, commissioners as
signed by the courts of other states to
take testimony in Illinois have no locus
standi In this state nor can such power
or authority be conferred up them by
any court of record
This condition of affairs has been en-
phasized In the decision of a Judge of
the circuit court in case wherein a
commissioner from Kentucky appoint
ed to take testimony concerning an in
solvent fire insurance company report
ed to the court that an important wit
ness. and by whose evidence 1t was
sought to establish that the insolvency
had been brought about by criminal ac-
tions, refused to be examined, and was
therefore liable for contempt In accord
ance with established law and prece-
dent. The court, however, before rem
dering a decision, looked up recent au-
thorities, and as a result discovered
thdt unuer the decision In question the
commissioner had no authority to take
testimony. and the court no authority
to compel witness to testify.
This decision makes a break in the
comfy of universal recognition between
the states in matters of law, and is only
paralleled by the refusal of the high
court of probate in London to recognize
American divorces. Inasmuch as there
Is scarcely week in the year that Chi
cago is not visited by a commissioner
from another state for the purpose of
taking testimony, while Chicago COM
missioners are continuously going into
other states for the same purposes, the
ruling of the Illinois supreme court, and
now for the first time made public,
promises to become of national import
ance.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
ACCIDENT TO AN ELECTRIC CAR
twenty Passengers. More or Less. In
jurcd ut san Franci.cO

San Francisco, Feb. 2.-Twenty peo-
pie were more or less injured today by
an accident on the new Sutro electric
road running to the Cliff house. A car
loaded with about rs people was bound
in from the beach and while descend
ing steep hill at the bottom of which
was steep grade, the motorman lost
control of the car and it plunged down
at high rate of speed
The car jumped the track and plung-
ed about SO feet through the sand.
Those of the passengers who We're out
side all jumped and they were the ones
most injured. Broken legs and ankles,
bruises and wounded scalps We're nu-
merous. about 20 suffering injury in
some way Simon Koshland, a wealthy
wool dealer, had his left leg shattered
None of the passengers were fatally
hurt and the wounded were quickly re-
moved to their homes.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
1t Is Believed 1t VIII Take $4,000 Troops
10 Capture Them.

London, Feb. "A dispatch to the
Daily News from Constantinople says:
Reports from Turkish sources be-
lieved to be fairly accurate state that
it is believed the Zeitounites are still
holding out. The Turks have made sew
eral attacks upon the town, but all
have failed, and their losses are report
ed to amount to 10000. 1t is alleged
that $4,000 troops will be needed to cap
ture Zeitoun.
'It is believed the Zeitounites number
from 10, 900 to 10000, well armed and pro-
visioned for a year. There is a doubt
full report that 1000 Russian Armenians
crossed the Persian frontier and defeat
ed the Turks at Siz, is hours from Zei-
toun, and have now Joined the Zeitoun-
ties"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
COL. A. 3. COLT WAS ACQUITTED
Was Indicted for Ordering the Militia tc
Fire on a Moh

Columbus, Ohio. Feb. 2.-The jury in
the Colt case at Circleville returned a
verdict of not guilty tonight. The jury
was out three days.
Colonel A. b. Colt was indicted for
manslaughter by the grand jury of
Fayette county He commanded the
militia which fired into the mob at
Washington Courthouse in October
1904
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
ALL THE MARRIAGES ARE ILLEGAL
here Has Not R"er a coal Marriage in
Rhode Island in so Years.

Providence, r. l., Feb. 2.-The au-
thorities have discovered that the new
law requiring all persons performing
a marriage ceremony to register yearly
is identical with one enacted 70 years
ago which has long been a dead letter.
The authorities state there has not
been a legal marriage in Rhode Island
for so years and will apply to the leg
islature to have the acts of all unli-
censed clergymen made valid.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
INQUIRY INTO DuNRAvEN's CONDUCT
London Parer Regrets That 1t Was
Not More Through.

London, Feb. 2.-The Post in an edi-
torial on the Dunraven inquiry says:
1.-THE limitation of the inquiry into
the Dunraven charges requires an ex-
planation. and it is regretable the cup
committee was not represented at the
inquiry. If the result of the inquiry is
satisfactory to the New York Yacht
Club. there is nothing more to be said (;
but II is to be hoped we have heard the
last of this regretable episode"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
A SHIP SEEN BURNING AT SEA
Supposed TO Be the Nineveh, Which
Sailed January 10.

Seattle, Wash, Feb. 2.-The barken-
tine Modoc arrived today and reports
having sighted vessel burning at
sea on January 2S, about 40 miles west
of Cape Flattery. The vessel is sup
posed to be the Nineveh, which sailed
January 16 from Vancouver for the Brit
ish South colonies.
When sighted, the vessels stern was
all afire and the missenmast was gone,
so that 1t could not be ascertained
whether she was bark or a ship. The
Modoc stayed near for "a hours, but as
there were no signs of her crew. and as
the fire had passed the missenmast, it
was decided that the crew must have
deserted the vessel.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-02-06
A raIace Party Scheme.

London, Feb. "A Constantinople
dispatch to the Times says
Careful inquiry convinces me that
the palace party set afioat the rumors
of the Turkish alliance in order
to increase the distrust among the
powers