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HOUSTON, SUNDAY, DEC. IL. 1897.
A BAYOU CHANNELS POSSIBLE saw
INGS,

The New orleans Times Democrat and
Picayune fell into error in reporting the
figure named by the Buffalo bayou board
OF survey as the annual savings in freights
to the export trade OF this eection. which
would be secured through deep water at
Houston.
The probable sum Ia stated al $500, 900
per year In the report and not 100000 as
the New Orleans papers have Il. Whether
their mistake was typographical, or the
tiers, 1t is calculated to belittlc the I'm
Iortance OF this great improvement which
is designed to add ano,hor deep
water port to the export facilities OF the
West and Southwest
And In ;his connection 1t is well to re-
member that this calculation Of an annual
saving 10 Western shippers through this
proposed channel. Of 100000 per year 10
freights. Is based upon present trade only.
The board could not and !oes not under
take TO toretell tho future. Who. in
deed, ran estimate the growth Of our gulf
port exports within the next ten years.
aud particularly OF Texas port exports. so
much nearer Western shippers then any
other ports in the country Already Gal
veston's grain exports have doubled. pnd
Houston and Galveston combined would
with deep water In a lew years cqucl in
such shipments and In general exnort trade
any ysrrt In the rountt-,
The 100000 per annum in savings nov
would soon amount to millions ana tm'
plastic beyond the possibility Of qucsticn
the wisdom OF National construct on Of
our ship channel 10 the jettes.
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Wear the II. II. A. button,

Every member OF the Travellers Protec-
tive Association should wear the button
OF the association. 1t is a means OF identi-
hcation among members and tends TO the
making OF many valuable acquain;ances
and II Is valuable advertisement for the
association. Many member has been
made through an inquiry "a to what thu
button stands for. Members should wear
the button, because II Ia something TO be
proud OF and II VIII obtain all throus bout
inc United states ocurtesics and privilege,
which frequently prove Of great advan,sse,
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surplus funds Of the respective sections
and II il easy therefore 70 ses WY Ire Esst
should continue to talk Of "a plethora"
sufficisncy, Of money. or Of too much
money" In the country.
One Of our chief financial Ills " this
unequal distribution OF the circulation ne
diaum. We were assured by the Mckinley
following last year that gol1bug SUCCESS
would result In large enterprises and In
vestments OF Eastern capital in lie South
and West and consequently to wider dis
tribution Of money, but these bright and
seductive promises have net ittn kept
The release Of tho funds has not oct oo-
Cured. Nor will thu equal aist-ibution
ever occur under system tibet permits and
encourages the accumulation of furds In
the hands OF those who hold money for big
speculations. rendered possible and profit
nble by tho conditions OF q trust-r,cden
trade and An embarrassed treasury. Under
the present financial system and Industrial
status of the Nation money as naturally
socks Eastern vaults as water runs down
hill The postmaster generals figures are
another demonstration OF this truth.
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form value. system Of State banks aHle
to give these requisite qualities to lis cur
rency would be the best that could be de-
yised. because in addition to the security
of the notes, they would poss>ss the Rex
ible quality of responding to local de-
mands.
In connection with the proposed reform
OF the currency, therefore, the proposition
to remove the tax on state bank oirrr,d-
ton should have due consideration.
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These tables show that In The East there
arc fourteen times moro money locked up
In deposiis than We have In our southern
banks. or course Arsa portions o. these
deposiu are placed IN circulation alsin by
the banks. but . goodly part renains Ia
the vaults. The degree or extent Of de-
posits indicates ne degrss or extent rf Tie
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He has accepted the offer of Attorney General McKnas present place The
conditions office
Williams
Williams
chosen
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Patented nv TeSsa,
George G. CLARK, Galyas'oH'

George G.. Clark, GaIVss
sure regulator. W
James C. Critchett, CHIT
a-ms. q
Edgar Galloway. Marle'"
carriage tops. 80 h,ll
Owen X. Harry. Dallas
ing and heitlng furn.se -. II
Pierre Lelarrloux, Denlsua sesi
for extracting I'll from Co. 90. i
Frank b. schoheid, Ws '..,,,a
Sehoiieid. TaylSg, clothes
Willism al short, hairu' a.
John r. Turley. MurpnY HI
VIM. IL. Wilson. Nocona
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Issue OF November %
Original william J ~ Ia d
sis; Lssnder Paths. Lare.yxxn|
original widows, etc.,. s
San Antonio. S12. XII
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GOSSIP OF CAV

New York, December !
aginc that this town An,
open their eyes when H.,
lots were sold at auct,cn -
Hundred and siventy.ssl
Third avenue. The sais
an average of nearly saiaa
corners went as high az sssm
The Stock Exchange n,n>.
vote down the amendmeut
bets and offers to bst on ~
became the law Of the ~.
bulls and bears who rs.n
game by laying cold cash Y
VIII merely step outside n. sP
ality is scarcely skin deem - g
Early next year Column. y.
open her new $4,000 svr,..'
said to be the best equipped !,
The exercise hail is 17o - =
feet broad and IS feet hi,h
feet above the floor is 4 rr.s
feet broad. which extends N
building. making nine l.ns " Y
Everything is on the sams IN
especially the swimming ~
large enough TO be used :.
boat crew for indoor tsluIns
j. Waldere Kirk, the cute ~.
who came out of the wild Wa
tho space writers by ,i,slnt !.
thing in dudedom, and vi, l.
spread head" Ivy cunning !
pearcd today in gorgeous am,
wav. He wore a suit Of TX.
box coat Of a light drab tulor =
er shoes, fawn- colored saits1
red tic and a derby hat MN
fiat brim. In the button RAJ 4
was a white carnation. ;isrh.
prosecute.
There must be a safe undes
to Cuba. The $40, 1000 approon,.
by Tammany Hall for the relIs !.
wounded Cubans Is being aophs !
ly by the Cuban junta here. ~
which consist largely Of medI.i,
terials needed on battlafi Ids n
pitfalls. are being Forwarded by \
route to the insurgents. WA,1
is Spain would like to l,ncw M
reasen the junta is keepi1r
American sympathizers who ii. \
oret are satisfied with the es,a]
An old woman who bas n
around town with stainHI
run in today for begging, Ths a
the court that she was 0 van
was too much. She went thfouu
and produced a paper bag. ffoal
took a roll OF money and slos.l
face of the law. Then she ds
bank books and offered to nyI
but the Judge justly sent her t,l
for twenty days. This scr, III
certainly a crime.
The fayorite place. for beeisIa
is the Morgue. on West Fiity.sn
1t is a big room, rather plain
with its sides made largely q
| joining a liquor store. II hp
years the meeting place Of III
club, an organization that setc
no limit to membership, no ~
no law. Its furnishments cti
sheet iron stove and a low Of u
Here gluttons of both sexes "
every night and gorge then,t
choice cuts that fairly melt !, !
Here's a new trap for jays n
ago a countryman saw an Advxt
a ciyy Newspaper which STATED :
would be loaned on life lnsutss
He had policy of the tcn-yeev
ten for $4,000, with five years y
was a trifle shy, and he oprs
spondence with the advertise Y
he was induced TO come hertz
man. The man took him y W
which now seems to be NE @
cdnter. The thousand ,olIaat
Of the realm was counted outh
at the little desk. Then tue ~
the money in brown paper a.,
policy. Thd man told rhe ps,,
that the loan would cost no '
jay forked over the cold ca't
got on the train curiosity picafa
size up the package. he loul
contained Sill. Today he nns
to identity a man in the T'n1.
not do it. People who irss''
"shifter" is a back number ~
to safe business channM "a y
| this sort.
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least. briliara the crowds visiting the city
were immense and tho Unanimous opinion
OF the strangers was that the affair was a
complete success and that the week has
afforded u keen enjoyment and profitable
experience 10 all. Houston and the gen.
crous and publc-spirited citizens who con- |
tr.tmted OF both time and money 10 the
enterprise are subject to warm congraru-
latlons upon the general result.
Mexican justice 10 as quick as ours Is
dratory and can hardly make many moro
mistakes.
a deep water channsel from Houston to
the Galveston jetties would mean Il popu-
lation Of 900 In ten years at this point.
bank clcarings Of s5o,OooCOO q month, a
rise IL values OF from . to 100 per cent
ana in some cases more, the quadrupling
OF LEGAL trade, and to interior Texas ana
the Middle Western states the nearest,
cheapest and safest port on the American
coasts.
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WINE aspiring 20 greater hoh"rs III the
future, Speaker Reed should remember
tia, tho people recognize MIN as the
Flfty-hfth congress.
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J. ~ u'nerstooo that one OF Two more
parhacms VIII turn Rhe fe'ehap supreme
court fooSe in the next year or So FED
erni judges ought 10 DE apo h1eo Tor ten
ought 10 be cor reforms OF about That
kind ought to be adopt,d SO as % keen
the Federal judiciary in touch with the
times and the paople.
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w,uh marked courtesles. This lis simply
anucipatoay OF the honors which will be
Mr. Bryans due after 1900.
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| New YORK CITY is said TO contain now
from i-"" 10 -"v' cuban refugees
voluntary male refugee from Cuba in the
! hour when she needs all her is
titled to little consideration mr. resneot
The South had = lot of such feuows IN
Canada and Europe during our c,vm war.
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| The slS-day bicycle race threatens 10
| They ga GRAVY abnnt fno,h,u hut mat
,ror, o,,oro,, e.-t,>, tn a.. ,,,,,,a
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The native Hawaiian delegation m
Washington ask to he consulted before
being gohbled up in the interest OF ad-
venturers and spectators. 1t is well 70
ro,,,,,I,,oa "a s.o,a ,,,.tr $3.50 a,, 10.
a., horoa. =, raas.,a,,,. -,
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1t Is said than Tom Reed IS preparing TO
rise upon the mistakes of Mckinley. Mr.
.,,,,,. 80 t,,ra,,.. ,s,,,n'. -,
s,o,roa., ,,n go, - ,,,,, a.,
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II is said Mr.. Croker of New York Is
feulsns on going to the Urited States SEN
ate. New York has given sufficient evi-
-. =, ~, snr.,.,,,1 r,.,,,.ax,,,,,t ,o,, -, d..
,rs,. 49, ,rau,r -. 49,. o,,n,. n,,. an
No., a., an,,,,,r,. Co.. ,ro &c.,
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There is nothing 80 refreshing as party
NC
",'r - 49,, $500 49,.
VI ~ - 'N ''"'
NY Si''" Wv &" -
Up in Northern cities the cry has com.
menced for *, ives In the street cars "
so"'herh towns th'hN 'neN are pe-hs
, | served Mblh tuNurlcS II ttcN can only . =
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TnR HOUSTON DAILY POST,
Honston Printing Company.

Z. ~ JOHNSTON. psIs.Drx1.
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The past week has been glorious one
nor Houston and has more than justined
the expectations and enterprise of the
origInators and promoters of the great
Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Festival. The
exhibits were large and beautiful, the pa
rades credltable. and one of them, at
least. brilliant: the crowds visiting the city
were, immense. and t1le Unanimous opinion
OF the strangers was that the affair was n
complete success and that the week has
afforded u keen enjoyment and profitable
experience 10 all. Houston and the gen.
crous and public-sprited citizens who con-
tr.faited of both time ami money 10 the
enterprise are subject to warm congratu-
lations upon the general result.
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uypnap AT the posrorFcE At HOUSTON. rExAA
As SuCoSb CLASS aAYffa-
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ma oAly Posi-. THE .s sg !. p. c scsr'
oeMi-wEEKLy POST, w. Co.'s. pr wess.
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Mexican justice is as quick as ours Is
dllatory and can hardly make many more
mistakes.
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Brooklyn now has an electric railway
mail service. This VIII insure the Brook.
lyn trolley a sufficiently uninterrupted
night of way to do up its victims with
even more nesatness aud dispatch than
ayar
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!. IL Understood that ono or two more
barnacles viii turn the Feteral supreme
court loose In the next year or so, Fed
srnl Judges ought TO be Apo nted for ten
year terms and the age limit for service
ought 10 DO cor reforms Of about that
kind ought to be adopted SO as % keep
the Federal judiciary in touch with the
times and the paople.
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While aspiring to greater honors IN the
future, Speaker Reed should remember
TIA. tho people recognize MIN as the
Flfty-hfth congress.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Official Mexico viii receive Mr. Bryan
wsuh marked courtestes. This lis simply
antcipatody OF the honors which Will be
Mr Bryans due after 1900
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osSseslpason b. Msil-- Daily ana Sunday Post. cns
ysar, $500; six ncnths. $500; mfee "on'nss
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The slx-day bicycle race threatens 4
rob football of some OF It's brutal honors
They so crazy about football. but no
from overex ertion In the game.
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The native Hawaiian delegation m
Washington ask to he consulted before
being gohbled up in the interest OF ad-
venturers and spectators. 1t is well u
remember that the worst criminals are
permitted TO state their case and EMO,
the benefit OF reasonable doubt.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12
INSURGENTS IN TOWN
A Party OF Cubans Enter the City
Of Santa Clara
Macy Gire the spanEards surp-ise-WhA1s
tEas Inhabitants Flee In Terror, They
RzsVfds Themselves With Clothing
F0Od and Cash-A SkIrmIsh.

HAVANA, via Key West, Aug. s.
Tue insurgents dynamited the culvert
near the Esperanto railroad station
s1'f the city of Santa Clara, on the night
tof July %. The culvert was COM
Dietely destroyed, traffic being stopped
1Gnd all telegraphic communication cut
on The authorities signalled by
photograph to Cienfuegos for relief
The next night, while the local vol
unteer forces were patrOlling the town,
they came suddenly upon a group OF
insurgents in the center of one of the
principal streets The challenge was
given and the insurgents replied with
Viva Cuba Libre" and opened fire.
The authorities are entirely at loss
20 know how the insurgents entered
the town and succeeded in getting by
the fort garrisoned by the Third regl-
meut of local guerillas, which was at
the extreme end of the city.
As soon as the insurgents were dis
covered a great panic ehsaed among
the residents, women, children and the
aged fleeing pelI NELL through the
streets and begging for prot, stion,
while the men either took sides with
the insurgents or joined the Spanish
forces
The stores were looted, the invaders
providing themselves with food, cloth
ing and cash. The military com
nIander ordered the garrison to help the
pAtrOImen in the attack upon the in
xurgents. who were intrenched on
Broadway.
The latter were finally repulsed, the
s<gsI3r troops losing one killed and II
wounded, among the latter a lieutenant
and & chaplain. The insurgents left
four killed and took away about 20
wounded.
The general belief is that some of
the inhabitants helped the insurgents
TO enter the town. Twenty of the
RucriIlas who were garrisoning the
fort at the entrance have been arrested
for criminal negligence. Gen. Prattos,
0beying the instructions of Capt.-Gen.
WeyIer, ordered that all the stores and
dwellings on the streets through which
the insurgents entered should be
closed. This order was carried out by
the police.
At D m. on Monday the insurgents
opened fire on the forts guarding the
entrance to Santiago de Las Vegas,
Havana. The firing continued for an
hour. but without special consequences
beyond the alarm produced among the
residents.
The insurgents dynamIted the cul.
vert near Vega Alta Numerous tri-
fling skirmishes near Camaguey show
that part of the insurgent forces are in
that locality.
1t Is reported that in fight at Rio
-Amoro. Sagua, Andrade and other we'll
known Havana men, formerly with
aaen. Maxine Gomez, were killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12
A PLEASANT INCIDENT.
1t shows the NOn-Partisan CharactS
of the silver Issue.

1t shows the NOn-Parttsan CHARACTERS
of the silver Issue.
An incident in the Transmississippi
congress was creditable to all con-
cerned, although it is evident that Mr..
Craig labored under misapprehension
Hugh Craig, of California, was chosen
president of the congress, to succeed
Mr.. Bryan, and later the congress de-
clared in favor of free silver. Mr..
Craig said that as the congress had de-
clared for policy opposite to his own
views it might be embarrassing for that
body to have him at his head; and he
rendered his resignation.
Mr.. Bryan, who always says the right
thing in the right place, assured Mr..
Craig that his personal views need not
interfere In the slightest degree with
his holding the Office to which he had
been chosen; that the action OF the con-
gress carried with it no partisan in
ference as to its officers. Thereupon
Mr.. Craig withdrew his resignation.
California was hOnored in the choice
of one of its representatives as the pre-
aiding officer of the congress. Mr..
CraiR's manly offer and Mr.. Bryan's
graceful rejoinder viii form a pleasant
memory. 1t emphasized the fact that
silver is not purely partisan issue, and
showed that the Transmississippi con-
Rress, while holding decided views upon
all great questions of the day, does not
descend to mean craftsmanship In its
acts.-Los Angeles Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12
MooRS MUST SETTLE.

EEIee-CSasuI Carleton at the Capital of
Morocco Pressing the Claims of AmerI-
cans for IndIgnities and Assaults.
TANGER, Aug. 5.-A special commits
+, sion, headed by Vice-Consul Carleton.
who recently participated in the dem
. Onstration made by the United States
cruiser Raleigh at the principal ports
, on the coast of Morocco, in conse-
quence of the differences between the
United States and Morocco relative to
, the rights of American citizens, has ar
r. ri=ed at the city of Morocco, with inn
pOrtant instructions in connection
with American claims.
Ii is reported that the commission
: has had an interview with the grand
yizier.
The original difficulty arose over the
discrimination of the authorities of the
Morocco government against Ameri
cans in refusing to permit them to en-
pIOy native hslp. a privilege allowed
, Europeans
The arrival of the United States war
ships at Tangier brought the local
authorities to terms, and the subSe-
quent demonstration by the Raleigh at
= the ports along the coast completed
> the lesson. The special commission,
headed by Mr.. Carleton, is now press
e ing the government to settle claims OF
Americans for indemnity, the principal
one being that of an agent of an Ameri-
can firm at Tangier, who was assaulted
and robhed nv the Moors
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12
FATE OF The FURTER.
Ger Rescued Crew Landed by the British
Steamer Sycamore.

Steamer Sycamore.
BOSTON, Aug 4--The British steamer
Sycamore arrived from Liverpool with
the entire crew of 81 men of the British
tramp steamer Furter, which was
abandonedon July 81, in sinking con-
dition in lat so deg. so min. north, and
long. 35 deg. west.
The Furter was in command of Capt.
J. D. Jennings and sailed from West
Bay, n. s., June %, with a cargo of
deals for Barry, Wales. On June 27
she ran into an iceberg and was forced
to put into st. Johns, n. S., for re-
pairs
The Furter again put to sea July %.
On July IS a strong southerly gale
sprang up and the ship soon sprang
leak. The water gained gradually.
but the crew remained on board until
half-pest two o'clock on the morning
of the 27th, when, fearing the steamer
might founder at any minute, four
boats were lowered.
A fire was started on the deck of the
steamer to attract the attention of any
passing vessel, and soon the Furter
was in flames The crew then put off
in the boats, which were kept near
together for IS hours, when the Saga
more sighted them and took them
aboard. The Furter was steel built
vessel. Her registered tonnage was
&0A net
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-08-12
PENSION Decision.

Case Wherein the Pension Bureau Split
Hair ReEerBed-LIeut- Rogers Restored
TO the ROlis-He was Ohcer on the
Revenue Cutter Toward. Ordered Into
CO-Operation with the Navy by the Presi-
dent of the United States
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5-An important
decision, in which the interior depart
ment, for the first time, declares rev
enue cutter TO have been part OF the
United States navy. has been made by
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis. in the case of VIM E.
Rogers, lieutenant on the United States
revenue cutter Forward" a Mexican
war claim The decision oyerrules the
action of the pension bureau under the
last administration and effects a num-
Der of claims.
Rogers was pensioned, in 1887, for serv-
ice from June 80, 1916, TO April 80. 1s47.
his vessel having been in active co-opera-
ton with the navy, by order of the presi-
dent, in the Mexican war, but he was
subsequently dropped on the ground
that he was not legally enlisted into
the military or naval service
In acting on the case Mr.. Davis says
it is beyond dispute that the cutter
Forward, not in contemplation of the
law, but under actual provision and
mandate of the law, and by virtue OF
the presidents order, became part of
the naval establishment of the United
States, under the direction of the sec
rotary of the navy, and hence the
jurisdiction of the treasury over that
vessel and the ships Company mean
time was temporarily ousted. The of
6cers and enlisted men thereby be-
come, by merger, subject to the order
Of the commodore of the navy. and
amenable to the rules and articles
Of war in their then war prac-
tice and operation It neces-
sarily follows, the assistant sec
rotary concludes, that the pension
er had title to pension under the act of
January 90, 1887, having actually served
more than so days with the United
States navy in Mexico, he not being
barred by the acts proviso. Rogers
name will be restored to the rolls and
he will be paid the accrued pension.