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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-14
TEST VOTE IN THE HOUSE,
NOnConCurrenCe in Senate Substitute Recommended
bu Committee of Whole.
MORE THAN TWO TO ONE AGAINST SILVER
ntmated Another international Conference May Be Pre-
posed by Republicans,

senate Voted
trovitng Coinage) for
tho Pacific Road
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STATE.

Resolutions passed by several towns In
respect 10 the late Congressman Grain
rntsburc democratic office holders are
scneraily not in line with the Dudley
call
Programme OF tho sound money COM
mi;tee meeting at Galveston,
The hcrcsy charges against Or. Fortune
have stirred Paris Bapusts up.
+. J. Gorce appointed receiver for tho
Galveston Cotton ana Wooden NILS.
McLennan county democratic committee
unanimously vote down a proposition %
adop, the mode Of procedure laid down
by the state committee,
RAILROAD.
\ iah at the interstate commerce com
mission.
Dates announced for homoscekcrs' ox-
cursio ns.
Two new directors for the Southern rail
way.
Local ard general notes ana personals.
THE MARKETS.
Cottous-Apother decline In futures at
home and abroad; spots lower ia few
markets.
Plans for better commercial relations
between Mexico and the United States.
small stocks Of dried fruits IN Califor-
MIA
Mheat-May went a cent on buying dis
position generally manifested
Provisions Substantial gains shown.
Cattle--Small receipts made trading NOR,
active and stronger.
Stocks went Oh the up tack on strong
foreign and home buying
COURTS
Frank Williams given a life term for
criminal assault.
Other criminal court convictions.
Civil district court proceedings.
suits filed yesterday.
Application for guardianship.
Two chattel mortgages filed.
sui, for the possession OF a bicycle,
Examining trial OF Briscoe and Jones
postponed
\ plan to establish system of drainage
IN ,he county.
Quarterly report az collections by II.
NJ Curtin collector OF taxes OF Harris
! county.
quarterly report Of County Treasurer
John Farmer
Routine proceedings OF the commission.
ers court
LOCAL.
An Iowa man buneced cut OF draft for
Flfth Ward Improvement club organised
J last night
| ooiecr Fred Erickson gone TO San An
tonic after a prisoner
The police committee begin the invesu-
! 1t, demanded by Alderman hirsch'
m, h,r snow storm OF a year ago.
Local society no'es'
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ALBANY. y. N.--Tho dinner which Gov
ornor Morton VIII give tonight Will Dc the
social and political event OF the season
Hon. Thomas 9. Platt. Hon. Chauncey
Depew and Hon. Frank lIiscock VIII be
the guests OF honor.
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TRENTON, y. 1.-THE trial Of William.
T. Brockway. alias Colonel William r..
spencer, the king Of counterfeiters," and
HIS confederates. William t., Wagner,
printer, ana Mrs. Ahbic l.. smith, Is set
- come up touay IN the United states
llstrlcl count.
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NEW YORk.-Mrs Harriet D0wd.
known on the stage as Hattie Weoms,
ms to XIII Miss Lillian Marion OF Day 5
thcater, VIII nave Il nearing today.
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THE NORTH POLE IS FOUND
Dr. Nansen the NOrWeulan Explorer Reported to Have
Discovered 1t,
VOW ON HIS RETURN TO CIVILIZATION.
An Immense Continent of Frozen Land Is Said to Lie
About the Pole

tho wodModo tho Voyage
a Speciality Constructed 70 Rose the leo
b n.
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NEW NoRk.--The trustees and faculty
TO the officers ana members Of the Inter-
national kiudorsnrton anion this evening.
Representatives. ct the union from every
state ana from Canada Will be present.
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cINclNNArL ohLn-rhe and nnnnal

C1NClNNATI Ohio The third annual
athletic carnival, to he given here today,
opcn to all amateurs OF ohio. Kentucky
and Indiana, Will include % yard dash,
open. one-quartcr uilr handicap run.
onen sumb bell drrl wand drill running
hIgh jump OPEN fencing exhibition.
hurdle race. open; tug Of war. opon' hori-
Io7tnl bar contest. open; putting ;hc shot.
omen: wand drill. one-half mile handicap
rim. open: horse contest. open. one mile
team race. onc-quarter mile relays, open.
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TO-DAT'S FORECAST

TOPEKA, kant The populist state cen
tlH4 committee VIA meet n-rc luuay,
NASHINGTON.-lhe Venezuelan COM
inissiun M.h inject To-Day. AZ a. ,Apoc,vl
that Sir Jui!ai. lauHc-Iute wu ptuuuce
some ,vit,. ehu,noe lr4m Venezuela at
tulS ucstul.
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::sR REFWRT $1,000
The International Route.

Ii % on sale February L. II and Is, good unn
ior return. Time, Houston to Memphis IS hours
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CONTINUED on I'Ase Tw0)
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The circulation of The Times for
the week ended March b, 1896, WAS
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place for storing them. They als,. as wen
as the officers above named. have called the
attention Of Congress to the unsafe condi-
tion of the land records. and the local bar
association has done the same thing. II
has been pointed out that the cost OF fire
proof building OF suffirient capacity'to con-
tain all these valuable records would be
inconsidcrable compared with the great
benefit to he derived from its uses.
Whenever Washington gets It's municipal
building such a hall OF records would natur-
ally form part of it, but that need not
stand in the way of the immediate con-
struc,ion of n building which might later
on form part of The greater structure
Or. as temporary expedieni, the hall OF
records asked for by the Supreme Court
OF the United States, If it is granted by
Congress. might lie in part utilized for the
safe keeping of the local records This
much is certain. that something should be
done at once, for TO leave matters in their
present shape is taking a serious risk.
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Hasn't Somebody Forgotten?

our police force is not large enough to cope
successfully with the small army of
burglars, highway ymen, pickpockets. and
thugs and thieves OF every description that
now make washington their stamping
ground. The fact of their presence and
their operation by day and by night speaks
louder than all the statistics. petitions.
and arguments that can be placed before
the District Committees.
Instead OF being the best policed city In
the United States, Washington has less
men TO the square mile Of territory and less
In proportion to population than any other
city of its size. We are told that there is
an annual surplus OF about half million
dollars which is covered into the United
States Treasury and held therefor what,
heaven only knows. 1t would seemthat the
taxpayers have n right to demand that
instead OF forming an idle surplus, their
contributions to the city's eXchequer shall
he expended so as to give them the benefit
thereof, and In no direction can a portion
OF 1t be better applied than by putting the
police force upon an effective footing.
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A YOUNG GIRL RESCUED
Mary Elan Removed From a House
of LII Fame.
She Is But Fifteen Years of Age and
VIII BE Sent to Il Reforma-
tory.

May Elan. pretty and viracious girl,
fifteen years Of age, was rescued from q
den of infamy at No. 1907 ID street, by
Policeman williams of the irst precinct
this forenoon.
May is Il wayward girl and has run away
from home several times. This last time
she has been missing since Wednesday and
the police have been looking for her high
and low. The girl resisted the efforts of
Policeman Wilii1ms TO r''ffovc her from the
immoral surroundings. but, she was finally
compelled 10 accompany him 10 the L weifth
street police station. where the charge OF
yagrancy was entered against her. This
was done in order TO hold her Tor further
action.
The girl declared she was eighteen years
OF age and had right to live where she
pleased. At first she declined To see men-
bers of her family. but she was curtiy in
formed that she was anienable to the va
grancy act. having been found in '-Di-
vision resort, and unless she did as her
friends wished. the charge against her
would be pressed.
Mays people are highly respectable. and
reside in northeast Washington. They had
learned OF some of her esoapaGes. and were
quietly making arrangements to place her
in the House OF the Good Shepherd or sOnie
other place of detention She heard OF their
purpose Wednesday and at once took refuge
in the II street resort, where She was found
by the police.
This afternoon il was decided to have her
sent 10 a reformatory. Mays father de-
clares size is onIy fifteen years OF age, de-
spite her denial.
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Our Land Records i'm Danger.

For years Congress has been i'm
portuned to appropriate money for the
construction OF a fire proof building for
the safe keeping of the records of the yari-
Gus District courts and of the offices Of
the register of deeds anu register OF wills.
bat up 10 this time no notice has been ta ken
of these appeals. All these records are
at present contained in the old city han
and if a fire were to break out there and
reach any considerable proportions. there
would be destruction OF such moment that
the consequences can hardly be estimated.
The destruction or even the mutilation of
the land records would cause endless htiga-
ton and like calamity befalIing the records
and papers in the register of wills office
could not fail to entail serious losses upon
a large number of people.
The expense and confusion arising from
the burning OF The court records would in
voive litigants TO an alarming degree and
the justices of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict have pointed out from time 10 time
the importance of providing 4 fire-proof
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Cnder the pressure of the agita tion some
weeks ago. for an increase of the rolice
force, the District Committees of Senate
and House took start TO DO sCmet thing. and
our people re;oiced TO be informed that IL
was proposed not TO wait for the regular
District appropriation bill, hut to bring
in an independent measure. which would
make provision for such an increase as the
Commissioners and the chief of Iolice had
recommended. The District bill came. but
instead of an increase In the appropriation
for the police force. there was a cut, and
the independent bill. from which we all
hoped So much. has not yet been born into
the world.
For this reason The Times may be ex
cused for jogging the memory of Senator
Mcmillan. who has taken 50 lively and in
teliigcnt an interest In tie affairs of the
District, and who, II We mistake not, ex-
pressed the intention OF introducing the
hill referred to-rcgarding the urgent need
there is for more patrolmen. The criminal
record of the cty for the past six months
is the most convincing proof that can be
produced TO substantiate the assertion that
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"Dr: Jim" and His Trial.

John Bull is generally very sedate,
matter of fact sort of a fellow, whose sense
OF humor is but poorly developed. but
just at present he is fairly holding his
sides over the farce which is dignified
with the title OF the trial of DR.. Leander
Jameson and his fellow raiders. There
is no more probability of exemplary punish
ment being visited upon them, than of a
collision of Mother Earth with the late
lamented comet. OF course. the court pro-
ceetiings are being carried on with due
soemniiy, tie attorney generals severe
speech. in opening the case for the crown,
is reported TO have made a serious i'm
preston upon the defendants and their
friends, but for all that neither DIR. Jim"
nor his fellow prisoners are losing sleep
or appetite from any fear of the outcome
OF the trial.
The presence in the court room every
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Perhaps Spain WIN Think It over.

When the war fever was at its fullest
bent in Spain, the newspapers and some OF
the Statesmen of that country declared that
in the event of a war with the United States
She would grant letters OF marque to any
number OF privateers to prey upon our
OCEAN carrying trade. This threat did not
cause any special anxiety or nneasiness on
this side OF the water, and for two reasons:
first. because We have no ocean-carrying
trade. save what is coastwise; second, II
we had any. we should know how TO pro-
tectit. Now. however, another nut has been
given TO the Castilian dons to crack.
An inquiry in the British Parliament
has brought out the fact that the Paris
declaration OF S58 pledged all those powers
that were Il party to it to send out no
privateers thereafter. Though Spain was
not among those represented, yet she, in
common with nearly every other civilized
power, accepted that declaration and is
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morally bound by it. For this reason, Mr.
Balfour suggested, it was not likely that
Spain or any other country would act u
contravention OF that declaration.
Probably Mr., Baifour knows what he is
talking about. He knows that Spain wants
to keep in the good graces OF the powers
of Europe, and that nothing would more
quickly bring her into bad odor than to
go contrary to a regulation affecting naval
warfare which had received the sanction
OF Great Britain, France and Russia. The
probability, therefore. is that, since these
remarks of Mr.. Balfour the Spanish press
and politicians have revised their opinion
or are indus.riously engaged in that process.
This may br a disappointment to the various
shipowpers who had hoped to be able TO
go on a regular freebooter campaign, and
likewise to some superheatcd Castilian
brains, but the chances are that Spain will
think this privatcering business over.
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Weather Signals.

When the weather flag is hoisted
In the morning.
II will give the passcrsby
Timely warning;
And is meant TO indicate
Til the next p. NJ. at eight,
Sonnet hing In the future state
OF the weather.
If the white flags floating there
Clear or Iatr:
Afiagof bfue is meant TO show
Rain or snow.so-
If the flags OF coiors two.
Upper white. the lower blue.
This meals rain or snow, It's true,
But on local
when wfffe 4ag is displayed
With SO sarc1 black center,
Let no a{}aoaiby delayed.
But riffof, winter;
Dress prc6aref the cold TO brave.
This proctairtS a frigid wave,
Don your. furs and fuel save,
For 1t rs epming.
When YOU see a penDani floating
Corpercd three,
This announces cool or warmer
1t will be;
II below the other flag.
The Temperature will drop and lag,
But If places next to the skies,
Then the temperature will rise.
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9SERIOUSLYX
THOUGHT TO Be
'HurDRous
They Were All Honest.

1t is good TO feel that In these decadent
days there are still left few honest men.
Furthermore. il is extremely gratifying to
claim. when corruption has pervatled to an
alarming extent nearly every other city in
the Union, these shining exceptions as our
veryown. Thatthese conspicuOusexamples
of integrity were found in one of the dives
south of the Avenue. is none the less re-
ma rkable.
He WIS a stranger, and felt that he was
getting drunk. He knew that he still had
about hundred on him, and thinking TO
place it In safer hands. he turned to the
crowd and asked: 'Is there an honest man
here who would take charge OF about
hundred dollars for me?"
A lusty '.Yes, Sir" promptly came from
every one of the twenty men present.
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No PlumS In That Pie.

Those smooth iongued gentlemen who
would persuade the people of the United
States than an investment OF hundred
or a hundred and fifty million dollars in
the Nicaragua canal enterprise, would be
just the right thing. and prove blessing
in disguise, will Doubtless disagree with
Senator Gray in his estimate OF the specu-
lation. The Delaware Senator is OF opin-
ion that, so far from deriving any ad-
vantage, the United States would rather
do itself harm, both from Il commercial
and a military standpoint, by becoming
an active partner. He goes SO far as to
say that the construction of either the
Nicaragua or the Panama canal would be 4
disadvantage to this country. Senator
Gray says:
Does it not look like taking money out OF
our pockets in Two ways when we seek to
pledge the credit OF he United States to the
construction orthis proposed canal? Wein-
crease our bonded debt by just the amount
of the bonds We may issue. and no man can
tel the amount of none y we tearaway from
our own enterprises and fitch from the pock-
cts of American workingmcn by thus estab
fishing an avenue of transportation that
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day OF distinguished members OF the aris-
tocracy: the unhindered movements of Cecil
Rhodes who was one of the chief instiga
tors OF the raid. and furnished the sinews
of war for 1t, who came to London and
returned TO Africa without being in the
least molested, rather go to prove that any
threat of Mr.. Chamberlaiu's of exemplary
punishment for Jameson and his crowd
must be taken III the Pickwickian sense.
The hearing is proceeding most ieisurcly,
and when it is ended a nominal punish
mcnt may be imposed for which the culprits
viii be compensated by some subsequent
recognition at the hands OF tue govern
mcnt.
The fact is that Jamesen's raid was
just the right thing in the eyes OF the gov
ernment and the only fault laid at his door
is his failure 10 succeed.
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p SURE WINNER
The circulation of THE
TIMES for the week end
ed March 8.
2655,77I.

The Times has again, during the past
week, demonstrated its superiority over
its rivals, both in point of quality and
quantity of its news and circulation. Eight
pages every morning, eight pages every
evening, and a twenty-four page Sunday
edition, filled with the choicest reading
matter obtainable, ali delivered for fifty
cents per month is having its effect on the
thinking, reading public, and consequently
The Times circulation grows.
The Times does not, like the manager OF
political campaign. claim everything in
sight, but makes affidavit to figures which
are without doubt the largest ever attained
by any daily paper published in the District
of Columbia. But The Times is ambitious.
and will not stop by the wayside until its
circula ton reaches FIFTY THOUSAND
DAILY.
Keep your eye on The Times, keep your
eyeon its circulation and witnessthc growth
OF the journalistic wonder OF the Capital
City If you do not read The Times you
do not read the nc VS. land miss treat every
DAY OF the week
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Wouidn,t Have One.

A bachelor who has spent his life in New
York had business in one of the leading
dry goods establishments lately for the
first time. He said: when l was coming
down the stairs 1 stopped ami looked at
the throng of women. 1t was all confusion
They pushed each other, crowded to get a
looS at the same thing, spent their money
as if it were a thing of no value.'
Ibid you fall in love with any of the
pretty iadies?' said the person to whom
he was speaking.
Fall in love? No, indeed. stood
there and thanked the Lord that not one
OF 'efn belonged to me."-Judge.
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SLAVES TO STRONG DRINK
Speech of Rev. Cleary Before the
Catholic Temperance Society.
He Says Men Have Not Yet Learned
to Master Their Appetite for In
toxicatlng Beverages.

The second lecture OF the Father Mat
4 thew course was delivered yesterday at
the Catholic University OF America, by
tue Rev. James F. Cieary, president of the
| Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Amer
| lea. The reycraud lecturer took for
| his subject Temperance Work in Our Age
| and Country"
| our age" said Father Cleary. "is one
| OF marvellous activity. Our cycle viii be
| remembered as tie era OF electricity, OF
mechanical invention, of REDUNDANT indus
| trial force OF the rise of democracy, or the
uplifting OF labor and OF The cen; ;raliza-
| tion OF enormous wealth.
1T is an age of grasping greed Tor
wealth, and yet never cid wealth lay more
priuccly offerings at the ftef OF science
| than We have seen Etvished upon her by
the Midases of America during the past
| few years. The weary toilers of Our
day too often fail to feceivc~a fair share
of the profits and of the advantages,
which our agc ard country present. Stiil
We must admit that never before, and in no
other land has human toilbccD sogcnerously
rewarded as in this country.
The strength and stability OF our country
are rooted in this one great fact, that we rec
ognize no criterion of wealth or family dis
t;nciion. but that every man shall be es-
tecmcd and honeEed for his personal merit
and individual worth.
we are not true to our country's welfare
il we content ourselves with unyeiling our
peoples vices and with herabiing the pessim-
ISIS Iameniation while we fail to offer
every possible effective resistance 10 the
evils that undermine the moral and material
strength OF the people
Father Cleary said it was Illuminating to
the Intelligent people OF the fairest land
on the globe to I've fettrrcd. as they are. by
the Vaccinations of the drink trade and by
the gross appetite for intoxicating stimu-
lants. With all the culture, wealth and
greatness said he. meE are forced to hang
their heads IN shame when they remember
that a althougb thesturdy people OF this west
ern world have felled the forest nd subdued
the rugged forces OF nature. they have not
mastered a morbid appetite for strong
drink or solve the great problem OF sub
DUNG the liquor power. In the Congesfed
t-cnicrs OF our population where wealth and
men are crowded together. are found the
saddcst and most humiiiating evidences or
the b!ighting. destructive power OF the
demon OF drink.
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must inevitabl divert from our shores much
or the commerce and trade OF I he European
countries, and send around us 10 A static
countries and the Orient that transportat, ,On
business that now goes through b our own ter
rtory- As business proposition this
Should appeal 10 business men.
As We now are. we have an equal chance
with every other power in defending our
Two coasts. but with that canal dividing
the Two continents we would he connected
To hold IL at any cost against the combined
strength OF any two of the great naval
powers.
Once let us be cut off from that canal
let that highway pass into the hands OF an
enemy-and our ships and our coast would
be at the mercy OF the enemy. Our fleet
would then be in the position OF an arm cut
in half aud separated from its base OF sup
plies.
No doubt Senator Morgan is honestly
convinced that the Nicaragua Canal would
add to our commercial prestige and ad-
vantage us in other ways. But. without
going all over the ground prepared for us
by our experience with the subsidized
it may be said that Senator Gray's
argument appears 10 carry more weight than
that of the distinguished Alabama states-
man.
The evening times., 1896-03-13
MINOR DISTRICT MATTERS

Orders Issued by the Comm missioners
About Water Pipes and Fountains
orders were issued by the Commissioners
today. as follows:
That 356 feet OF 6-inch water main DC
laid in the month size of Maryland avenue
ret ween Thirteenth and Thirteehth-anu-
a half streets southwest.
That the ailcy in the rear OF Arthur
&, rect snacosria. bc graded under the
provisions Of the permit system
That 332 feet or 6-ipch water main De
laid in the south side of Massachusetts
aycnuc, bctw Seventh and Eighth
avenue bet wcen Seventh and EighihstIeets.
That drinking fountains. 10 he furni>hed
by the Washington Humane Society, ne
crcctedby tic water department as follows:
on the south side of Is street at the east
building lire of Elcycnth street north
west. and on the northeast corner or Six
tcenth street and New Hampshire avenue
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Giadstone's Pudding.

Shelley once blurted out that pudding
was a prejudice, but accordingto contem-
porary, which tells the following excit-
ing story, MIR. Gladstone merely regards the
habit or eating it too hot as a prejudice:
"One day, not long ago, he was going
for drive into Chester after luncheon.
His pudding was very hot, so he went away
nom the table, changed his clothes, got
ready for the drive and came back and fin
ished his pudding, thus saving the ten min
utes during which his pudding cooledr-
Chicago Chronicle.