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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02
TOWNS THREATENED.
Situation at Chippewa Fails and
Durand More Seri Gus.
FAMILIES ARE FORCED FROM HOMES.
One Ice Gorge Extends n Distance
OF Six Miles.
RAILWAY TRAVEL is STOPPED
Awful Destruction aud Loss VI Life
Would Result should the Course
Of the River lie Changed.

Chippewa Fails. Wis. December Tho
situation in Chippewa Falls is growing
more serious every minute. The mammoth
ice gorge which formed six miles down chc
river has backed into the city and the Inn
meuso volume OF water coming from above
IL spreading to each side, tnundatinE large
portions OF the town Today every mcr-
chant In the city WINS moving to place OF
safety The water has filled the Easements
OF the business blocks almost the entire
length of Bridge street and before evening
It lis expected the water will have reached
the court house. eight blocks from the
river. There is much excitement In town
but everything TX orderly. About hfly fam.
HES on the south side. who were forced to
move FROM their homes, are reported IN
want and relief WAS Immediately dispatch.
cd Some OF these families had taken re-.
tuge In empty houses and were without
food or warmth
| bridge Superintendent Callahan of tn,
railroad WAS instructed to blast out tn,
gorge at the east end but he Fntd he woult
not undertake the task lie said that al
tho dynamite manufactured could no
bulge 1t and II seems that all that cai
ho done Is to ait with hands down an,
watch the approach Of the food The waite
this morning began TO rise at the rate u
foot an hour and 4 looks Ia though tn
entire town would be inundated. II Is
critical condition Of affairs, but there seem
60 he no remedy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Chippewa Falls, WIS, December Tins
has been a day Of excitement and tonight
finds the Inhabitants of this little village
In state bordering on panic, The worst
of tho situation Va The knowledge OF tho
impending danger and of the fact that they
are utterly helpless To stay or avert II
ThoHe whose houses have bocu flooded havo
removed such nf their household guoda and
belongings to higher rtound and are hud-
died together in the school houses and
other vacant buildings out of the path OF
The torrent that ia sweeping down several
OF the main streets. Al hope OF breaking
the gorge and allowin. the pcntup wutera
TO gradually ruhsidc rs now abandoned.
All efforts today were directed .owarda re-
moving household goods ana merchandise
out of the reach OF the mood. Every team
In tho city has been engaged IN this work
| Tho Chippewa Lumber and Boom COM
pany'K min and Yards are under water ana
all hope Inns been given up Of saving the
entire business portion Of the place from
being submerged ana The water viii soon
rcnch tho court house. eight blocks from
the river
a report from Little Fails was brought
IN this morning that another gorge was
| FORMING thirty miles above here and his
groatly added 30 the alarm. ny In cnsc !,
should break nothing could save the city
| from bcinp swept away Reports Of worry
| serious uat'ire come from down the rlVDf
| The country everywhere is Hooded Th'
| gorge continues To grow In extent. II Is
! now over 1--WE miles long nnh In many
| places thirty TO slNty fee, high II com
| pletely dams the river and this Is what ~
causing the rapid rise Of the river here
| The heavy rains of last week werc followed
by a sudden frec2e. which quickly massot
tho floating Ice in the Chippewa and thu
swiftly running current continually added
to It until II reached It's present glgnnil'
proportions. Below here the Chippewa II
falling.
There II no flood Mt Eau Claire, but thi
fact is causing tho people at TINT place
much uneasness. as !, indicates that tb'
water Ia being piled M by dam allow
them.
The leo pack a, Badger MILE, half wa
between Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls, |
growing in extent and everything seem
10 Indicate that the river Is choking NJ, |
IN not believed that anything serious cn
happen under the present conditions for n
least day or two. and 1t ~ believed every
one has been sufficiently warned and Is 4
readiness TO ily tho moment the crasl
comes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Havana. December l.. General Flguera
hearing that the insurgent bands Of Del
gado Verjel and Cartillo were enoanpcd
Talos, left that town at sunrise yesterday
and engaged the enemy al o'clock In The
morning The insurgents were divided
into two large parties and promptly opened
fire on the Spanish advance guard. soon
after two squadrons OF the Pizzaro rcgi-
mont charged the enemy and the NaNaa
battalion attacked the insurgents left
flank. capturing the first position, after
this advantage the insurgents we're sue
cessfully disiodeed from the other positions
ana we're eventually dishanded ana lied ID
tho Sierra Blanco, ManaGua and Vijlga.
The firing lasted five hours.
| on the government ride Captain MAMIE
| Percy and Lieutenant Vallanillo Of the Piz.
FARO regiment were Killed
Tho insurge nts are believed to have los
over sixty men
Admiral Navarro sails tomorrow on III,
Ia Caynfu for Cape San Antonio. tho ex
IRENE western end Of pirar del Rio an'
will afterwards 90 20 Mantua, In the prov
,uce of the same name, TO Inspect postE.
A coastlng steamer has arrived here lav
ing on board 600 sick soldiers from Pima
del Rio.
Cantain General Weyler after reachin
San Christobal on Saturday, reviewed IN
,rnOnf in that vicinity and moved with hi
columns towprd The burned town Of SAINT
Cruz de Los Plnns campe1 the samc nigh
AT Taco Taco ard on Sunday went by ia
Highway towards polacios and San Diego
Al palacios the captain general ionc
forces with tho columns 81 General obra2o
land Colonel Aldino. the iotier's troops lie
ine given the command Of the rear euart
At tho reoucst ~ the Mexican consul
,cre peoh. Under arrest on noiiical charge
land accused NJ being cattle thief. ha
been liberated. but expelled from tho u
land
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SHORT NEWS STORIES

WASHINGTON--The rrasid NJ 'hos-
sage is all opmplste except the clause ie-
ferr'ng TO cuba
NEW YORK The German, o on @ sps
steamer WilkomInon brought oN"' p''
bags of boot sugar
nRApFoitp. England Forty tuhdnes
lrirned Including offices OF the ch)f So''-
pnn'es. loss NWhuW'
NEW YORK At meeting of the Wire
Nail assocailou held totty' =, WAS &c
cidod 10 dissolve the Equalization
Ml:AIpHIs-ln the Ward trial IN. 90,
feise proved by two witnesses ih Hi 'he's
VS. such man as wesley ~ hf'"N'
futCAG0-A call for % National con,
,c,,ttnu Of lumber intcTcste, to b. he'a
al C!namnat December H. eas h.rh IT,
sued.
ASHLAND Pa-TnG, eg@ra G9 Gac KIT 81
aown for an indefinite period throwing
out 90 men,
EVERETT -Eneiucer Hennngtt
ana Driver stevens wine snlht ,I ", .
were struck ~ hoSlph a''' ""'''
eino and killed.
| PARIS PrcsideH, INnurc has ME1rl re
appointment of Maurice LOWRY, ne IiS
| tlnguished French astronomer az u'rr''"'
| of tho Iara observatory,
! IoNDoN- -Thirtcorl signed letters from
| Gcnrl,, Washington 10 Arthur founk, ihr
/ pgricuiturisl. dated from l1sg 10 i'o5, on
/ farms IN America. were gold AZ auction
Tor ii7a
| PHll'ApFiIltlN, III r,o,, W,,,,nt,,
cruiser Brooklyn VIZ VTr,a N5,v ysrd
S'np sfe s,ss for,nellv pl4ccd IN com
hl"Non, u,u,to,, n uv.
| lNJlANAPolIS. ma a1, ia'' ,,,aa,
rum announced thN ne hin vHtoa y ~, IN
ing OF me eA',u,tlN' ,,. e., ,hfa CIV
national demoeriue I"f'S ''' VIC ''''
December ~ c.
TRhNTON. n The american sa 'I',,
ftary ,ssoc alton; comp9s1h OF dp,,, IN
pottcrics ia the tnliep Sihl-H. 'mN ~, ~
the manufacture at tanlfatF "iIp' '"''
here ana d2cldel 10 81, a..
VALPARAISO; cur ne p."y %, .,.'
lige President balm9 IA VIZ i,,,,,.d
nm1 great noini> NJ Sant iiRo' zen 'u""
aand marched In rfoeest'cA
rONsTA NTGNOpLE-M us'afa kamo !
ho,d ~ NO F.gvI,, qn nat on1i purity Saw
,eg "a, laval . Ila autfnn ana INA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Eau Claire. WIS, December loving W
the nools the-e Is a total suspension OF
railway traffic on the Wabash and purnnd
branch of the Chicago, milwaukee, and 81
PAM railway. Great damage has been done
10 farming along tho Chippewa river Ih1
farmers families escaped to tho rai'foa"
track from the rising water ana were res
cued by traiumen and m engine 1ne great
ice gorge three miles from Eau clare ~
causing the inundatlon Of Chippewa fa'is'
but is protecting Eau Claire and Ihreno'
IT. extends for miles. and can not pc' pIoh ,
on iinicss II should give way, no great
dnmncc lis looked for here.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

accused OF being a f,libus,er, and although
an American citizen, his friends here fear
that he will be condemned to death by the
Spaniards and executed. The case OF Ces-
pedes Is similar 10 that OF Owen Melton.
correspondent OF the Jacksonville Timcs-
Union. who has been confined III the Ca
banas for the pas, nine months. These
cases have been reported to Secretary OIL
ney. with the request that he intervene in
behalf Of American citizens. but 40 far the
State department seems to have done moth.
ing. owen Melton has had an attack OF
yellow fever. and IL very weak. 1t IL
feared that he will die unless speedily re-
leased
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EX.C0NSUL TO CUBA.
Ramon U. Williams Gives His Rea-
sons for kcsigninl.
HAD BECOME PERSONA NON GRATA
Because of His Vigorous Defense
of American Citizens.
MEYLER REVIEWS THE TROOPS
InsurEcnts - More sick soldiers
being brought 10 Havana.

New York, December l.-Ramon o.
Williams, ex consul general OF the United
States at Havana arrived at his home in
Brooklyn today from a trip through Eng
land France and Spain. lie consented to
talk for the first time concerning the cir
cumstances of his resignation from office
last year. which was surrounded by some
mystery and the reasons for which have uot
been made public before. rhore was talk
at the time that Mr.. Williams and Score
tary OF State Gresham, differed regarding
the policy of the COVE nmeut towards Amer
lean citizens but MIR. Williams declined TO
discuss that point. He aaid that mis- iesig
nation was given because his activity In
the cases of American citizens undor ar
rest made him persona non Grata To the
| Spanish government and made his residence
I in Havana unpleasant. The lartirullr cpl
| sode in which Mr.. Williams incurred the
dislike OF Spain, he said was Ais nsis'enee
that saneullly. Aguirre and Garlic, who
We're arrested February q, $50. as in
surgenis and courtmarialcd. should be
tried In tho civil court Under article , OF
the treaty of 1876. Mi. Nilliams said;
Both the captain general ard The cretary
Of state were entirely isnor mi If the eSls-
ltonce OF article z The captain general
became offended because iemtn he'd the
transfer from military to cyil jurisdiction
aud the case was reported IN such nan
uer to the Madrid government az 10 al
most provoke the revocation Of my oNequa
! tut ] VAS guided in this ny RECOLLECTION
Of similar cases which had .ome under my
notice In Cuba. | was young man en-
ployed as q clerk, In Havana IA 1851. when
the Critonden men were shot ierardluss
OF the treaty Of 1895. WAS a ~, rchant
in Havana when the NirSinlhs hen Were
shot In 1873 IN an almost similar case.
Again while | was there H2coarae. NJ
Italian American citizen. Who had gon,
there representing certain Spanish elements
to negotiate terms of peace with the nsur
, gents In the Western department during
the last irsuriccton in 1878, was ariNsto'
1 by the Spanish forces. tried b. oour,mar
tial condemned to death ana shot In tn
4, fort al cabanas, where Saugullly and III
! Competitor prisoners are now held ~eGald
- less OF tine safeguards ot the lint.ty Of lS1
and the safe conduct given 20 them ly IN
! Spain minister al Washington fhe recnl
lection cf these case enabled nc 10 max
), quick and earnest defense Of these iir,
aud u was this action on my part ihI
gave offensc TO the Spanish authorities
cuba.
I was then In Washington. AcilrE q
the rule that no man of self-rcspeGt woul
J.. want 10 return to or enter ANY place vbei
" he believes he Is persona non gtala. IN
3 therefore not welcome. | rcaDlV d rot
continue longer in the insi'lun G, oonsl
y general to the island and sign,aah my L,
sire to resign, The circimstancss. how
n ever. were of such n character that | wei
back to Havana. resumed oharBe Of IL
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Cotton futures closed at a decline IN the
American markets. sp1ts steady.
Grsss receipts of cotton at Houston for
the FIRST three months OF the season
omount TO soi.32l bales
The boom n hides seems at an end and
prices are now weatenins
Wheat N Chicago off &c and corn and
oats of lsc; provisions closed at de
cline CT 17@dtSoc.
Butter and eggs IN Chicago Kansas CltS
ana ST. Louis firm and advanc ng.
Although wool Is quiet, tho unlertoAe /;
strong.
CofIee futures 10 10 30 points up.
Improved feeling In the stock market.
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p,rccks Under WATER.

Wausau, Wis, December 1.-The Hood In
the Wisconsin river continues and at Gran
tic Heights. ten miles north Of here, the
Chicago Milwaukee and 81 Paul tracks
are nhout half foot under water for aboh,
. haif mile. This water is lined with ice.
which ia not strong enough for transfer,
hut Ia strong enough 10 impede any at
tenpt TO clear the track. No part OF the
track is yet washed out. bot Il Is not con
s,dered safe 70 attempt TO run through the
water.
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nopu,r Apprchcpded.

Chippewa Falls, Wis. becemper
ports Indicate that the Chippewa river ~
filled with gorges at many points AZ
rlambeau farm the river ran over us
hanks. destroying 400 head OF live stock ana
running dozen farm buildings u Is rear.
cd today that the course OF the river wousu
be changed. throwing II directly on '9o
town and completely inundi,lns y
that event heavy loes OF properly anu nie
can not be averted'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Grated. hut Il 10 safe to estimate that AZ
least 5000 horses, cows and hogs nave met
death In the flood,
At Chippewa Falls. the river Is fuily
three eighths OF a mile wide aud its surface
Is covered with Ice to depths varying from
ten TO thirty feot, Tho most stubborn re-
sistancc offered by the obstruction is in
that portion OF the river between the wagon
bridge and the Central railroad tricge.
about half Il mile IN length,
Today Mayor Lindlcy ordered an explo-
sion of 500 pounds OF dynamite but after
400 pounds had been exploded ITO expert
meat was abandoned as a failure.
Railroad officials who viewed tho gorge
stated that there Ia not sufficient dynamite
obtainablc to blast u channel for the river
| through the frozen mass OF snow. logs and
] ice. The river has risen slowly UP to
o'clock.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Nearly sioOC0.0e deficit in the receipts
FOR the five months Of the fiscal year.
Postmaster Barr of Atlanta. H.. re-
moved.
Monthly statements of the mint and
comptroller of the currency.
Pubic debt statement,
Gases against the reollcstrant witnesses
10 he dropped pending decision of Chap
mans habosis corpus.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

The ice gorge in the Chippewa valley. In
Wisconsin. growing more dangerous; rail-
rodis Ted up, people ~.ing to high
ground and towns threatened with de-
struct.pn
Wire Nail association decides TO dissolve.
American buari of fora.gn missions call
cd on to aid Arnenians.
Contract for bridge across the Hudson
at New York not to exceed s25coo,o0o.
Considerable naval activity gong on In
the San Francisco navy yard.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02
Political.

business men meet in indianapolis and
agree to call a conyention OF representa-
tves of AL business bodies to meet in
Indianapolis January i, 1897. The CON
vention is to suggest needed financial leg +.
,slaron.
Rumor that Sherman will be asked to
take the state portfolio revived. Waymler
mentioned as a probable cabinet official.
Eleven clt.es ~ Massachusetts elect
mayors.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Chicago, December l.--TidsnKs OF the ca
lamity threatening villages aud towns in
the Chippewa river valley OF Wisconsin
were confirmed by passengers and crews OF
incoming trains today. According to them,
the city Of Eau Clniro is IN the shadow OF
a biz ice gorge. which threatens to give
way al any moment and precipitate II flood
on the inhabitants.
Express Messenger Arthur says the GEN.
ter point of danger is at Eau Claire. Iie
continued. AN express agent whom re-
l,cyed at Chippewa Falls told me thu, a
great Ice gorge nearly rrty ioei high and
live miles long has formed near the lower
portion Of eau claire. This barrieade OF
ice is forming reservoir OF water. which
Is packed with lumber, uritt wood and
I great tlnes, he only thing which Keeps
/ the flood back II the Ice gorge When that
Ewes way something awfdi viii hAppen.
] Families are moving away and carrying
their household gouus 10 nigh land, Tho
water has risen everywhere, -Four feet OF
water covers the Wisconsin Central tracks
and II Us RISING at the rate Of six Inches
an hour Tho bottom lands are covered
with water ara II great loss OF stock Is
said to have been reported by the farmers.
Cellars, whore supplies are kept have been
completely filled with water. ! hear that
the river already reached the twenty foot
mark and ia rising rapidly"
The Chicago. Milwaukee aud 81. Paul has
suspended its service through the thippe-
wa valley. 1t being utterly Impossible to
Ept train through the Hooded valley.
Trunks ana limbs OF trees are strewn
mSny feet high on the tracks. on some
low grades the water rises many feet
among the tlcs aud high enough to oxtm-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Key West, Fla. December Letters re-
ceiyed "a this city from Cuba state that
Young oscar Ceepedes. an American cit
zep and correspondent OF the Key West
Herald. who has been confined In prison
in Matanzas for several months VIII De
tried by court martial. Young Cespedes u
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Suicide by Hanging

Burton. Texas, December l. "''',an
.,,,,ou German. residing few miles
from Burton. committed suicide iaSI ,.a nlsl IN
from h, ,,ri Cause unknown. lie was IN
~ ,sry 49," good circumstances but was VI d
despondent mood
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

NEW YoRK-Joe Walco;t. the "colored
r Ietchnd ~ rght twenty rounds before the
Marlhero CLUB today for s2olo, purse ~ A.
eaSh TIE 1S Ni b4S . VII TO go 5ui si Up
OF % ~ w I'd 't,ght as ,,,iv recently he knocked
op I. " ." Bi,, he wei known c9oral
Ne,htsr aud ORrleu .s a very hari h,,re,'
lie has aln-ady bsen teaten twice pS WAL
rOtt
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Cincinnati, December LA special to
the Commercial-Tribune from Key West.
Fla, says: wcyicr's threat that he would
s,arye Macco out seems likely to he car
ried out, as fro mall reports from Mariei,
iear where weyler is now, the work OF
destruction is being carried out fully. Tho
Spanish army sweeps everything before IT,
cane fields and small stores with their pro-
visions and leaving wide waste OF iuiu
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Admitted Ia Bail.

pichmond, Texas, December 1.-Roilie
Balls. the slayer of Fred Douglass laS'
sunday. had his examining trial before
Iustice A. D, MoNabb today ana Ms bona
waa (xed at sIjv.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

Jack Everhartlt knocks Btlly Ernest out
in twenty rounds at Albany, n. y.
l7H2smmors and Sharkey to fight to
n!ah. in Frisco The former is iavo q
~ odGs Of 10 |.
Jack McAuhIe accepts Young Corbetts
rhallonge.
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VIM. Hogan declared not guilty at Rush
on A m,Srler charge of fourteen years
standing,
Two important opinions handed down by
the supreme court,
Cattle Kassers' association executive
committee meets IN Fort Worth.
The II oks block al Itasca burned.
VIM. MAler. liylng near Burton, commits
suicide.
Robert George. the ferryman at Column
bia. drowned.
WaAtou * Kennedy Of GraniView assign.
Criminal libel suit against DR. j. b.
cranf.g of the Texas Baptist STANDARD
dism ysed nj Paris
George Deans. once wealthy, commits
suicide at Dallas
/ No new developme the robbery
AMI ass tult on Mr., Coe at Dallas
Rev. j. Morgan Wells of Fort worth
dies Of apoplexy.
{ II. II. Rowland, president Of the First
! Nation al bank of Tyler, hles a deed u
: trus; on all MS Smith county property.
/ coneressmaa Cooper wid work to secure
a den water channel at Sabine Pass.
A large number Of INN srants en- route
from Germany to Galveston
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02

NEW NoRK-Mlss Msbel llarrie,i'
Kn ght. dalgh,er Of Mrs. Ch1r's. kh Ell
ljne OF Princston university w.'l be. welded
tolay nj n residence of the brides mo'h-
or In tbs city. professors from Irince-
ION where Professor Philips s verY pop
ular. will attend
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Local.

conven.ng Of the grand Masonic boa!ss'
sellnr out property for cry taxes
of6cer King resigns from the police
force.
Ac, of an !ntimidat!ng beggar.
No loaing around Jus,-'e fl'@f c'ur''
Houston baseball ASSOCIATION meets 'nis
morning. 49,, a..
Mrs. charlton Edholm !e'tures upon 'ie
Florence Cr!;tonton Rescue Home,
Mce.ng of the Business Mems S"rhiVa'
association. no. =,
A thrilling incident In the cary me Oh
wea known Houston lady
A bicycl.st here on his way from '"'-
cage TO san Francisco
Death of Mrs. John Warren al iockieS'
Reward offered by the siockmens Pro
tactye association.
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ILWAUKEF--A number OF N 'Wa wa ~
huerntrs mon who ore interesS'e ! IN n, r vi
success If the Wisconsn SCI ", ne con-
,w,i.,on 81 lea renrcsen' atves Of az q e'
and couaries in the STATE and an b ,,es
a. s,,yl,,.t,v have been invited 10 a''ei''
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TODAT'S FEATURES.
Cubu.

Ex-Consul General Williams says he re.
signed because he became persona non
frata on account of hts zeal in defending
American prisoners.
General Figuera claims TO have routed q
band of insurgents.
More sick soldiers being brought to Ha-
vana.
Oscar Cespedes. correspondent OF the
hey West Herald, to be tried by court
martial.
Americans scored by the Havana papers.
"eyler laying everything waste and his
men Strengthening women and children.
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brussels burgomasters and sherifrs re-
sign because OF cut In wages.
FUNDS being distributed among strikers
in Hamburg
The Marquis d! Rui9ni warts test vote
on the colonial policy of the Ihaltan gov
eminent.
German reichstag s,ill discussing the
! budget
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02
FoI PE.
Wrought Iron Pipe.
Well Casing,
Drive Pipe,
Boiler Tubes, etc.

We are headquarters On these. having
just received q large shipment Also all
nds and yes of Iron and Brass Fittings.
Writ for prices in carload and less than
carload lots.
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the valleys 100 miles south Of Mnriel during
the latter part of November In one In
stance he Is accused OF combining y number
Of women and girls In church IND after
they had been repeatedly abused ana mat
treated by his men, burned the building
with them in IL.
Many of these outragcs. all as horrible
ARE charged To him and his company
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-02
ToDAY's FORECAST

PRIMO ETON. y. IF nal preparations
are heirg made for the annual debate be
tween Harv ard. ana Prnoe!on WI en- Is
lion last voar 10 limit the 4cbaters 10
undergraduates was rejected, the old rules
apply.