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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-07

COTTON GINNERS-We have she mos
complete cotton gin book on the mark I
write for sample. ]. J. Pastor.za PRINT
ing and L.tho Co.. Houston. II
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FOR SAfJE-Good tent, nearly new. l2x1i;
also good 2-horse wagon, nearly new.
inquire San Jac,nto street, next TO
Hoods furniture store. Z
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SAFE BUGGY DRIvING-The under
signed can furnish harness which pro-
horse. also any child that can pull a
string can turn Loose a runaway horse
and leave occupants sitting safely in
buggy. Write l.. NJ. Mays, Round Rock.
Texas
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ANTtsD--Twenty- Ave quarrymen and
quarry labororA, ut Pinto quarry. South
ern Pacific railway; wages - and 81. rs
per day: steady work: pass from San
Antonio. n
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uNIttu OF IIIuI'1' y
PAXTON ELECTRIC FANS
Crocker Whfeler Motors.
general Electric M3iors and Generators.
Buckeye Incandescept Lamps.
And 4 full line OF high grade Electric
supplies of all kinds.
Repairs TO all kinds of apparatus
Contractor for complete plants.
l., Il. MILLER
office. No. IL Main street.
Phone hS6 u
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-07

40 MORT. corr weevis; no farmer saoull
be without my Corn Weevil Destroyer;
on, pound of my weevl DESTROYER Is sni-
i,cId i9y $50 bushels cora. perfectly
harmless; one dollar per oarrel. John
Wadd II & Co, zoe Sixth street. San An
.,nto Texas II
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JUST ARRIVED--At j. S. Bowser's sta
HE III Prairie avenue, a carload OF nice
horses ana mules. for sale cheap. guar.
nriend or NANNY rnfnrdad. II
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WHITE MAN. married, wants situation
in country can run gin: handy carpen-
ter: Address 1892 this office.
WAN TElD- Position by white woman 10
do housework; needs work badly. Ad-
dress 1000. this office. .
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FOR SALE--Eleeant full leather Top
phaetons. witt leather trimmings and
sprng backs, worth 500, S5. Edw. lor-
en,on, corner Franklin and Caroline
sire ct. y
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BUSINESS CHANCES.

RARE chance for panty with small capital
to get control of elegantly furnished
rooms house on block from market "A
rooms furnished or unfurnished. No.
eli Milan street. y
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FOR SALE -Fu, leather top bnggs $,
worth SIS, for $ot l1dw. l.arendon, or
ne Franklin a,.l Carol ne street. =
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MfDlilsE-AGdID man wants work around
house, horse, buggy garden, yard lawn;
can do housework; good reference.
strictly sober: small salary. .
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FOR SALE-First- class saloon, central ID
cation. lease ara license: well Stoke /;
doing good business. Address Lock Box
G.. Yoakum. Texas.
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HARNESS FOh sALE--Fine lot Of har-
ness. worth $50. for sale at so per set.
Edw LarendcE. corner Franklin AMI
Caroline street.
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LIN. JONES co.
POPULAR LLO1HIERS.
HELP WANTED.

WANTED--Man and wife, white or color
Cd. woman TO cook man for farm H.
Y. Flcweilen, ST.. Il0 Aus.fn street q
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WANTi1)--Yo Young man with s25 cash Sc
CURLY, living at either Columbia or ye-
lasco, to act as news agent on COLUMBIA
Hptlstdr, Y'eyps -
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FOR SALI--My herd of high grade Jer-
seNs, consisting o. ~ head OF COWS an |
beifers. also two registered bulls, grant
sous of Combination. have bean grad
ing up ;,us herd for u years ant n :
herd has averaged 32) p-tnds of butter
rer COW a year, Also a complete butter
dairy m,.c hnery. consisting OF a pe
Laval separator, a two horse power
Murray engine and 90 Ter. churns, butter
worker. betting, sha ftinG.-in fact, q cont
rlcle butter dairy outfit. all viii be- sold
cheap for cash, or one.half cash with
Lankable paper. nothing reserved ..d-
dless j. Z. DaI;on. Taylor. TtNas "
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE citizens Of Devalls Bluff have
orga nized vigilance committee. Pire
losses there are over $50, 900, and burgla-
ries have been very numerous.
FIFTY armed Kentuckians under the
command of a colonel, a major and a
captain, are held in readiness TO see that
a negro is tried and punished by due
process OF law in Marion county.
UNDER the effects of rising temper
ature and a rising river the ice gorge in
the Ohio river at Louisville gave way
on the 7th and the steamer Buckeye
State was caught in tho current ana
thrown high and dry on the bank.
T. ]. SKAGGs, who was sentenced to
the penitentiary for having three living
wives, and pardoned by Gov. Clarke OF
Arkansas on the solicitation OF wife No.
3, is now in jail on forgery charge.
THE presidsnt has signed an order re-
ducing tho mum Der OF pension agencies
in tho United States from eighteen to
nine.
TIE Atlantic is storm swept, and
thsre ia some uneasiness about the
North Atlantic squadron, which is max
ing for Charleston.
THE American Sugar Refining Com
psny at Trenton, N. j., on the 5th' or
oanixed the American Coffee Company
with a capital stock Of 81, 100000.
FAILURES for the past week in the
limited States have been 81, against
s93 last year, and 63 in Canada, against
last year.
DREW county (Ark.) citizens resent
the report about destitution in South
Arkansas.
RANK clearings in the United States
increased 4 per cent last week.
THE annual report Of the Alabama
State mine inspector shows the s. 100, 600
tons of coal were mined In Alabama last
year. Over half of this was taken from
mines in Jefferson comfy.
DISPATCHES indicate that q heavy
snow storm, in some places the most
severe in years, fell in the southwest on
tho 4th. The deepest snow for three
,.ars covers the ground in Central Mis-
souri.
AeASc Of bandits attempted to raid
the stores and government Offices at Sac
and Fox 10. ~ agency on the 4th, and
three men. including Gen. Thomas, the
indian agont. were shot and killed.
A NJ BuLIxos, owner OF the street
railway system OF Memphis' died ~
chIcsss % sne 7.hl ssed " ysaFk
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SPANISH COLUMN AMBUSHED


BLOWN Up with MINE ana ALMOST Ane
initiated by Cubans.
New YORK, Feb 6.-A special to the
New York World from Key West, Fla,
says:
AS Gen. Weyler was marching with
his columns just before entering Santa
Clara his horse was shot under him by
Il Cuban sharpshooter. 1t is supposed
the shot came FROM distant hillside.
Throughout the march from Rodas
the captain-general was assailed by
missiles of this kind, au d several times
barely escaped being wounded.
lie is greatly worried over it, and
large scouting parties precede the adj
vancing Spanish columns to capture
the daring marauders.
A Spanish force of 500 men was am
pushed Wednesday night near Naza-
rene, just west of Santa Clara, and
narrowly escaped annihilation.
The insurgents had mined the road
and bridge over creek and hidden on
the road sides. As the Spaniards were
crossing the bridge the mines were ex-
ploded killing 20 or 80 men and wound
ing many more. The blowing up OF
the bridge divided the Spanish force
and the Cubans fred on those in the
rear and charged with machetes. Many
Spaniards were driven into the creek
where they were drowned.
The soldiers in the rear column just
managed to escape annihilation. The
Cubans captured SO prisoners and re-
port over 100 Spaniards killed.
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THROUGH A TRESTLE.
Two Cars With Fourteen Passengers Pre-
cipitated IntO a Raging Creek-Dled OF
Ills Injuries.

Two Cars With Fourteen Passengers Pro-
cipitated IntO a Raging Creek-Died Of
Ills Injuries.
CUMBERLAND, Md, Feb, 8.-An ex-
cursion train on the Cumberland &
Pennsylvania railway, branch of the
Baltimore & Ohio, went through .
trestle at Franklin Mine at midnight
Saturday night. The track walker
passed over the trestle short time
before and it was all right. The train
was running at full speed. The engine
crossed over in safety but the combi-
nation coach and rear car fell through
the trestle into raging creek. There
were IA passengers on board.
The car filled with water, and the
battling Of the passengers for an exit
was terrible. As far as known all the
passengers escaped. John Howard,
the fireman of the train, jumped from
the engine as it was toppling over,
and received serious injuries. Engi.
neer Moss was so badly injured that
he died yesterday. The accident was
caused by the center props of the
trestle being knocked down and car
ried away by an ice gorge.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13

BECOMING MONOTONOUS.
Still Another vcsscl OF tho Navy Found
TO be Unseaworthy.

Still Another vessoI of the Navy Found
TO be Unseaworthy.
New YORK, Feb. s.-Yesterday morn
ing's Journal says:
Still another vessel of the United
States navy has been found unsea-
worthy. 1t is the monitor Puritan, the
last one added to the list of vessels
available for service. The Puritan
was to have left the navy yard next
Tuesday to join the feet In command
of Admiral Bunce off Charleston har-
Dor. The engines were given dock
trial "a few days ago and 1t was then
discovered that they did not work
smoothly. Many of the valves were
found to be lealsy. The valves con-
Meeting the outboard delivery pipes
with the condensers are also leaky
and the pumps have been working for
the last two weeks in order to keep
the vessel free from water.
Men from the construction depart
ment have been making repairs, but
it will be some time before they are
completed, and the vessel will not be
able to join the squadron for about
two weeks.
The engines worked roughly in the
trial, and in less than 10 minutes
smoke came from the journals. They
were taken apart and the fittings
were found to be badly burned. They
were sent to the steam engineering
shops where new ones will be made.
One of the officers attached to the
ship said yesterday: 1--WE found that
the valves connecting with the pipes
leading to the outside of the ship
leaked to such an extent that 1t was
necessary to keep the small pumps
working all the time. The trouble
was caused by the packing in the
valves. 1t is of a metallic compost
tion, and was not properly fitted. We
expect to have this repaired within
the next few days"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.


A petition is being circulated asking
the board OF supervisors to order local
option election in Kinds county. The
county has been ''dry" ever since June
4, 1895, the last license expiring on that
date. An election can not be hold be.
fore June 4. 1897. Section. 1913 of the
Code, which reads as follows, controls
the matter: 'In case OF an election un-
der this chapter resulting for the sale,
a license shall pot be granted after the
last election until the end of two years
from the expiration of the last license
granted In the county" The antis
claim there has been big change in
sentiment since the last election and
that they stand good chance OF car
rying the county. Before the election
can be ordered petition must be pro-
sented to the board Of supervisors con-
tanning one-third OF the qualified elec-
tors. The election must be held within
forty days after presentation of the
petition. -T. M. Henry in Commercial
Appeal.
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--~--@l7-----~777-
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Four men who were cut off from es
cape by fire In the Tamarack mine, at
Houghton, Mich, were, on the Cd,
abandoned to their fate, orders being
issued to seal up the shaft, the attempt
to pump air In to the entombed miners
having only resulted In Increasing the
fury OF tho flames.
The state house at Harrisburg, Pa.
was destroyed by fire, on tho Cd, en-.
tailing u loss Of 81 ,OoO,OoO insurance,
S200, 900:
PRESIDENT HARPER Of the University
of Chicago announced at the chapel
services, on the ed, that Lady Aber'
deem, wife Of the gove rnor-general OF
Canada, would be the convocation
orator at the university commence
ment exercises in the Auditorium April
/. Lady Aberdeen will have the honor
Of being the first woman chosen for
such an occasion in this country.
The big works Of the Case Thresh-
Ing Machine Co., at Racine, Wis, will
resume operations on the 9Th. They
have been closed for six months. Sew
eral hundred men will be given EN-
ployment.
ALMOST the entire business portion
of Arlington, O., was destroyed by fire
on the I'd. Six business firms were
burned out, and one family barely es-
capped with their lives.
The Ice gorge in the Ohio river at
Cincinnati broke, on the 3D., as did also
the gorge in Licking river, and the
packet Henry NJ. Stanley and %
barges were swept out into the cur
rent of the Ohio. The Stanley was
rescued while drifting down the Ohio.
WHAT is called Christian theater
will be opened In Paris for the pur-
pose Of producing highly artistic, lit
erary and moral plays, which, 1t is an
nounced, Catholics may attend with
out having their faith insulted.
ApvIcEs received by the authorities
In Constantinople, on the Sd, Indicate
that the bubonlc plague has made Its
appearance at Djivadir, Beloochistan'
THE house committee on patents, on
the 3D., ordered favorably reported the
bill amending the copyright law SO as
TO prevent tho fraudulent use OF the
word Copyright and to strengthen
the law In this direction, " gives the
courts the remedy Of injunction as
we'll as penalty in such cases :.
The is-year-old son OF Druggist
Dreis, of St. Paul, MINI, threw a
SNOWFALL, on the I'D, at man in o cut
ter. The ball, striking the horse
caused II to run away, and this re-
suited In three other runaways, caus'
ing considerable damage. Two OF tne
victims called on Mr.. Dreis, on 'ne
<th. for payment, when the latter re,
tired to his Office without word ana
sont a bullet through his brain.
THE American Coffee Co. was incor-
porated at Trenton, N. j., on the ,. 4ah'
with capital stock OF 100000. Inc
,ncorporators are Henry 0. Havemeyer,
Jobn n. Sesrles, John f. Parsons ana
Theo Havemeyer. ,..
THE Fairfield ship.building worss
ia Glasgow were burned on the Stn'
loss ESQ. 900, and 5000 men were thrown
out Of employment ,a,.
MUCH alarm is felt throughout lndla
owing to the spread Of the plague
Cases have been reported as far north
n.,,,i and as far south rs BanRa'
TIVE bank OF England reduced i.'
sals q a!seouu,, on the ~ from "
= I ~ eonA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
ANOTHER AMERICAN GIRL

Coos Hence to Grace u Foreign Homo.
CHICAGO, Feb. miss Marion Peck,
eldest daughter Of Mrs. Harold s.
Peck, was married at high noon yes.
day in st. James Episcopal church to
WIN. Hickman Farquhar. OF London,
son Of Admiral Sir Arthur Farquhar,
Of her majesty's navy. The bride has
been one Of the most popular girls in
Chicago's exclusive set aud has been
much admired in this country and
abroad. Walter L. Peck, the brides
uncle, led her to the altar, and Maurice
llarbord was the groom's best man.
Hold : Meeting 10 Protsst Against Gov.
Meeting 10 Protest AgAlnat Gov. Pin.
4 grse'A Two Cent Railway Fare BIZ.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb. S.-The
railway employees Of the Chicago 3
West Michigan system yesterday held
mass meeting to protest against Gov.
pingree's two.ccnt railway fare bill.
There wcrs delcgatcs present from
every town along the line Of the road,
over 400 bong In attendance. A reso-
tuition was adopted declaring that tho
proposed law would cause the roads Of
tho stat0 to cut down tho number Of
sda1loyes 10 curtail expeasoa, thereby
tof1lnr lnen Into idlones1 ga oepalDf
~ ~ y NV gllt11
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
Thousands In Distress,

Twenty thousand persons are report
cd in dire distress in the drought
stricken parishes of northern Louis
lana. They need immediate aid.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13

There will be greatly increased cot.
ton acreage planted in Sunflower county
this year. Preparations and supplies
for new plantations are everywhere
visible, large numbers Of mules are
being purchased, and hands from every
whore they can be obtained are coming
in every day. The Yazoo g. Delta Rail
way has opened up a vast country as
fertile as the Nile. Thousands of acres
that never before felt the ruthless hand
Of the planter will this year 60 to swell
the receipts OF the king of producta
There can be but one result, and that
low prices. Increased acreage will al.
ways make low prices, whether the de.
mand for the raw material be small OF
great. Our planters should put in corn
enough for all purposes and then plant
the balance of their land in cotton,
This would be economic and money
making farming. .-Sunflower Tocsin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13

tics. was in the supreme court on
Monday when the encouragement
sought to advance the interests Of
those Cubans who wanted to get 10
their own country. And il get In
any trouble it will be on this score.
Have you read how the Spaniards
are killing women and children? Do
you know how boys are shot every
day? There is no precedent for inter.
national law. The strongest nation
makes 1t. tell you I'm sick and tired
OF women and children being murdered
at our doorsteps and turning back and
saying, "We're not our brothers keep.
ers." say we are our brothers keep
ers. And whether am blamed or
praised l shall never be silent until
the belligercncy Of the Cubans is recog.
niZed"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
Spanish Dissatisfaction With Concess Ions
tn Guhu

MADRID, Feb. 8. 8.---There is much dis
satisfaction expressed here over what
arc believed to be the excessive con-
cessions made to the Cubans in the
scheme of reforms, and it Is thought
that cabinet changes are likely to re-
suit. 1t is reported that Marquis Pidal
or Gen. Martinez Campos will shortly
replace Senor del Castillo, the prime
Minister. The latter, should he resign.
would place himself at the disposal of
the crown, which would possibly ad.
wise him to support Marquis Fidal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
THE OLIVE BRANCH,
With Buds of Promise to the Amer.
ican People,
That Spain OfYors to the Cubans, Provided
They Lay Down Their Arms and again
Put Their Necks Under tho Yoke af
Tyrannical Government.

WASHINGTON, Feb. &-The Spanish
legation has received with the full
abstract of the new reforms for the
island of Cuba and Porto Rico, the
preamble Of benor Canovas, ans
nouncing the terms Of the new decree.
This preamble expresses the kindlest
feelings towards the Cuban people and
declares that their mother. Spain. Il
disposed, as SHE always has been, to
open her arms to them and to extend
amnesty for past offenses and declares
that the application Of the reforms
only depends with the insurgents.
Minister Dupuy dc LONE, discussed
the scope Of the reforms with repre-.
sentative Of the United Associated
Presses and said, among other things:
"The electoral reforms were not re.
ferred to at length In the decree cfthe
ministry, for the reasons stated in the
preamble Of Senior Canovas, that they
will require the action Of the cortes.
l am informed, however, that the gov
ernment contemplates extending
greatly the basis of the suffrage, but
they desire to do it In such way as to
prevent undue influence being ac.
quired by the illiterate portion Of the
population. Any educational qualiti-
cation which may be suggested by the
Cubans and which seems reasonable
by the cortes, will undou btedly be
adopted.
ut Is the purpose Of the govern
ment," said Senior Dupuy de LONE,
"to show tho greatest generosity to-
wards the insurgents If they will lay
down their arms. The reforms can
not well be put in full effect until the
sovereignty of Spain is acknowledged
in all parts of the island. The gov
ernment will not relax it's military
activity in any degree If the insur-
gents show disposition to continue
the contest and fail to appreciate the
great concessions made by the home
government"
The tariff features OF the new de-
cree, Senior de LONE said, mean a
great deal for the United States as
well as for Cuba. The first column of
the new tariff schedules, providing for
revenue, will contain the greatest
number of items. leaving the list on
which determinations are made in
favor Of Spain not exceeding 20
per cent. of the value of the
imports, comparatively short one.
The duties levied will be equal
against all countries except Spain,
and American manufacturers and ex-
porters, in view of their familiarity
with the Cuban trade and their near
ness to the island, are likely to appre-
ciate the Importance of these conces-
sions. The situation will be much
more favorable to American trade than
under the reciprocity treaty of 1850.
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Found Dead.

Vim Franks, the l4-year-old son Of
Will Franks, who lives three miles
south Of Wesson. was found dead in the
road half mile from town one evening
last week. lie was with his wagon and
two negro boys only few minutes be-
core no was found dead, and the suppo-
sition is that the negroes murdered
him, as his team was standing and he
severaliteps ahead, with no other injury
than broken neck.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
AN AWFUL TRAGEDY.

A Mother Throws Hor Three Children
and Herself Into Yellowstone River.
Bic TIMBER, Mont, Feb. THE
wife of John Cort last evening threw
her three children INTO the Yellow
stone river, and then jumped In after
them. All were drowned. The cause
Of the tragedy is said to have been do
nestle unhappiness.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
Every south Carolina Seat Contested.

The seat of every member Of con-
gress elect from South Carolina is to
be contested The chief ground of
contest in all these cases is the uncou-
stitutionality of the new registration
and election laws of the state. If one
member is unseated all will be un-
seated,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13
Aiaba ma University's Claim Allowed.

The general assembly of Alaba has
acknowledged for the state an indebt-
edness to the university Of Alabama of
s2 900, 900, and agreed that it should
remain rs a perpetual obligation
to bear three per cent. interest.
The amount accrued from funds aris-
ing from the sale of lands granted the
university by the general government
70 years ago, and which the state has
Systematically appropriated to its own
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13

Thomas Perry, of Carter county,
east Tennessee, died recently, leaving
II widow, aged 81, hale and hearty.
They had 4 sous and daughters, S5
grandchildren and l27 great-grand-
children, nearly all of whom belong to
the Christian church and, 1t is said,
vote the republican ticket,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1897-02-13

Pour over quart of cranberrics
plenty of boiling water and let stand
until cool. Take out the berries, dis
carding all imperfect and discolored
ones. Put them into porcelain kettle
with pint of boiling water and let
boil 20 minutes, stirring often aud
nashing down the berries. Add one
pound of granulated sugar and boil
gently Is minutes longer, or heat the
sugar in the oven very hot, being care
tu! not to let il burn, and cook only five
minutes longer, as it jellies much quick
er ii the sugar is well heated before
adding it to the fruit; then put into
mclds and it will be like jelly. If the
skins are not liked, the cranberries can
he put through vegetable strainer be-
fore the sugar is added.-Ladies' World.