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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

Twenty four hours will probably be allowed
for the transfer OF the officers and men TO
the Baltimore.
In the meantime 1t is proposed 10 keep
the battleship Oregon at SaiS Francisco
ready TO start for Hawaii the moment dan
ger is reported.
The authorities lbave no doubt from Of
fetal information that Japan is sending
soldiers to the island. who upon the APP
pearance of seemingly good opportunity
are to make an attempt 10 overthrow the
Dole government.
Transformations to Rear Admiral Miller
require him In such an emergency to hoist
the American flag and land soldiers and
marines. One OF the vessels would then
be Immediately dispatched TO the United
States for further assistance. tass-
Reports are In circulation that the
Wheeling has tnken new Instructions to
Rear Admiral Miller and Minister sewaIl.
The Herald Is assured by high authority,
however that the only Instructions sent
to these officials are Indicated above. bhat
In case OF emergency land marines and
soldiers and hoist the American flag
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TOBACCO CROP.
Damage by Frost Greater Than mt
First supposed.

First supposed.
Cincinnati, September GA special to
the commcrdhl-Trfbunc from Louisville.
KY, says: The extent OF the damage
caused to the tobacco crop In Kentucky
by frost is greater than was at first sup
posed. In the weekly review OF tho leaf
tobacco market. which the Louisville To-
bacco Warehouse association has just is-
sued. an estimate of the hurley crop IL
made. This review is prepared by Mr..
Henry Glover president OF the associa-
ton. trade authority whose responsible
ity is universally recognized Mr. Glover
also mentions In a general way the dam
ago by frost. He puts the hurley crop at
only 30 per cent OF last years crop. which
WAS very mulch below The average. He e.
tnates that 30 per cent of the crop was
uncut Monday and that one-third OF this
WAS more or less frosted. Some of this
was killed and some only bIackened. To-
bacco in the sowlands was generally kill
ca, but that on uplands WAS unhurt. The
Iowiand tobacco was the best OF the crop,
Some warshouSemcn think 40 per cent OF
the crop was uncut when the frosts came.
The Circular Review Is an extremely
hullish document. The heaviest damage
fields. Reports from all the telephone sta
tons In the county are certainly very as
couraging to uhe farmers. Judging from
these reports. IL can be safely SAID That
As per cent of the tobacco of the country
r, q loss and when 1t ~ considered that
there was no more than 65 per cent OF an
average crop acreage. the crop is reduced
TO about 25 per cent Of an average.
the highest estimate on the Yield can
not be put at over % per cent Of the aver.
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NAVAL MANEUvERs.
Cruiser baltimore Is ~ be Placed
Into Active Service.

Cruiser baltimore Is 40 he Placed
Into Active Service.
New York, September Pa special TO
the Herald from Washington says;
AS an aid to expedition In placing the
cruiser Baltimore in active service upon
tn, arrival Of the Philadelphia from Ha-
wall Acting Secretary Roosevelt has d.
rected that $50 men be transferred from
New York to Mare Island The Phiiadei-
mia has on board several short term men
ana the men ordered to the Pacific slope
viii take their places in The crew OF the
baltimore. which will be placed In commas
Son With short crew on October !.
Although the orders to the Philadelphia
20 return home contain proyiso that she
shall not leave Honolulu until Rear Ad-
u.jyaI Miller is certain the japanese cruiser
Naniwa has started for Japan, The navy
department officials believe the Naniwe
has already left Hawaii.
The wheeling II Is believed VIII Ieacn
Hawaii in thirteen days. 80 that the Pnila-
Aelnhia viii be In California walters -
fifteen days. provided The Naniva = sooe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
w. G. II. U. Convention.

Buffalo, n. Y, September 25-Tne pro-
oramme for the National Wonan's Chris
tian Temperance Union convention at bui-
fola is well under way
The reports of organizers will be heard
with especial interest. fof besides tae I'M
ceasing work in the regularly organized
states. much outside work has been done.
Mrs. Helen NJ Stoddard, president OF
Texas. will tell OF the interest that Las
heen awakened in Mexico, largely through
be- efforts. Mrs. Anna +. Bolton VIII
have full report of organizing work IN
Alaska. which will be supplemented by
other reports
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
OMAHA EXCHANGE.
The Suit Was Brought by order OF
the Attorney General

the Attorney General.
New York September 25.-~A special DIS
match TO the Herald from Washington
says:
The suit brought 10 the United states
district court in Omaha against the South
Omaha Live Stock Exchange was com
menced by order OF Attorney General Nc
Kenna.
Assistant Attorney General BOYD, VINO
has had charge OF such cases, said that al
The papers in this case were prepared ny
the United States district attorney ftr trat
district and forwarded TO the department
and acted upon there. the attorney generD
directing suit Ia be brought
Mr.. Boyd said the case was OF Inc same
general character as that decided by Jrcge
Foster at Topeka a few days ago aeaans.
The Kansas City Live Stock EAchanse' ~
is expected that one or both OF these cases
will be carried TO the supreme court q ths
United States as soon as possible, so as 10
Obtain decision by the court OF iast re-
sort az TO the poirts at issue.
Thus far these suits have been confined
exclusively to live stock exchanges and at
torncys and business men here are anxious
TO know whether the courts VIII hoia tna'
all exchanges which deal In cattle. E.ain.
farm produce. cotton or petroleum or other
articles which are subjects a interstate
commerc~ are Operating IN violation Of tne
anu-truEt NV. IS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
NKINLEY,s OUTING.
sent and His wife Delighted
With Views AbOut Leunox,

~ Mass. September 25.-presi1ent
ey and his party had splendid
LOT their second day in the Bork-
The most enchanting view ever
~ the presidents exclamation as
~ upon the veranda Of the Sloane
~, from which the eye AN take in
scape fer twenty miles to the south,
uley Lock mountain, forty miles
plainly visible to the nurtnward.
ssnt and Mrs. Mckinley We're much
IN Lenox and in he many lis
mories that cluster about Tie town.
,Ssock Preparations were uegun for
s party down the enchanting val
~ o'clock the drags were drawn
me dor and the party was socn
sapldly over the Telford roads of
Inc ride continued until the y. hite
veways OF the George Nesting
~ we OF Erskine park were rerched
"a STOP was made while tho y, asi-
z H Ms. Mckinley paid their respects
Westinghouse.
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rurther trouble Prol,a bic.

s,iloam Springs, Ark. September 25.--
Several parties direct from Sabine district
court house. in tho Cherokee Nation the
scene OF Monday nights triple tragedy.
report that further trouble will result on
account OF the bad feeling between white
adopted citizens and full blood Indians.
Several United States niarshals are on the
ground ondtayordrIg to make arrests and
if possible prevent further bloodshcd.
some white citizens have been notified
70 leave town and have done 80. But they
are as a rule men OF nerve who say they
will remain and fight II out II necessary
10 protect their lives and those Of their
families.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26
SECTION TWENTY-FIVE.
Treasury Department Adopted At
farncy GencrnIk OpintOn.

Washington. September 25.--Thc treas
ury department has adopted the views oil
the attorney general as expressed In his
recent opinion on the questions involved In
section % Of the new tarih act and To-Day
the collector of customs at Philadelphia
was informed that the cargo OF Manganese
ore from Chile in British vessel was not
subject to discriminating duty OF ~ per
cent.
within the next ten days the department.
will take similar action with respect TO the
invoice OF tea recently arrived Mt chicago
from Japan by way Cd Vancouver ana the
Canadian Pacific railroad ana az me same
time n is probable that the department
will issue a circular letter OF Instructions
10 collectors covering the subject OF as
eliminating duties under the new law.
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WANTS DISCRIMINATION ENFORCED
EiISinS Advises the President 10 IE-
more Mckennn's Opinion.

Washington, September Ex-senator
Eikins has addressed communication to
tho opinion of the attorney general on
section 20 is merely advisory and that II
can not set aside the action OF congress
unless promulgated by the president. SEN
ator Elklns advises the president not
TO take the responsibility of abrogatlng the
act Of congress, but to direct the secretary
of the treasury to collect the discriminat-
ing duties under The section and hold them
subject to the supreme courts CONSTITUTE
ton of the law. This, he urges. would be
the fittcst course. In view OF the great In
terests involved and the Importance Of the
policy which the section was designed to
put in operation.
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Chicago Dispatch.

day received authority from the railroad
commission to bring Nat cotton to Hous-
bon during the quarantine.
Tho Brookshiro cotton rate has been re-
duced to 10 cents
Commercial.
Cotton futures aglio points lower.
Houston spot cotton Mc lower; middlng
now 7Ac
Cotton seed products arc weak and
lower.
lard and bacon NC lower.
Heavy receipts were reported and all
grain markets suffered.
Commercial bills, stst: bar silver. 5sE
Mexican 6siars. 4ss.S
The, stock market was largely in the
hands Of the reaotionists.
Local
DR.. r. II. Harrison on Houston's sani-
tary condition
County physician Noark makes no
charge for health certificate.
DIR. w. w. Lunn makes emphatic de-
nial Of circulating sensational yellow fever
news.
Meeting OF tho board OF public works.
The Emmett IIlbcrnian picnic today.
"A shooting Oh Franklin avenue. but
with iro serious consequences
Dr. Noark makes n visit 10 the quaran-
tine lines at the eastern limits OF the
county.
chaneyvillo wants tho commissioner
court to take action that Will give them
Q health board.
DR.. Mcf,lroy and Ticket Agent Simmons
explain how the certificates OF health have
been ISSUED at the Grand Central depot;
Judge Banbee OF Wharton county also
makes a statement.
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TODRT'S TEXTURES.

AT Edwards--iNfno new cases and two
deaths reported.
At Mobile--Five new cases and two
deaths.
AT New orleans-Two deaths and TWEEN
ty-throe new casea.
AT Ocean Sprlngs-Two new cases; no
deaths,
AT Biioxi-Ten new cases; no deaths.
Nashville Is open to all yellow fever
refugees
Beaumont
Superintendent pritchett of Sam Iious-
ton normal assures parents and friends
OF students that they are al safe.
Beaummt expects quarantine TO be re-
moved Monday, as there are no further
suspicious cases.
DR.. Swearlngen says the quarantine ON
points east OF tho Sabine will be kept or
until all danger Is past.
Foreign.
The Austrian premier and the national
ist leader fought duel with pistols. the
premier being wounded.
Great Britain refuses TO participate IN
the seal conference with Russia and ia
pan
German newspapers denounce interfer-
ence by the United States IN Cuba.
Murders of the Jack the Ripper order
are reported in London.
Domestic.
Seventeen men wcro buried alive In n
cave-in of a silver NINE
Senator jones' explains his letter TO New
York democrats.
Mckinley lad a cornerstone in Massa-
chusetts.
A negro outraged white girl in Ken
lucky.
Cuba.
II Is reported General Acosta OF the In
surgent army was captured.
The London Spectator urges the United
States to Interfere in Cuba
Gold seekers.
An Associated Press correspondent re-
ported sheep Camp destruction by a
glaciers slide.
A naval vessel Is to be sent n the Yukon
river.
-Four vessels viii double Cape Horn for
the Klor1ike.
Political.
Major OLeary answers Grants recent
letter and tolls what a truly disinterested
politician Chairman Green Is.
state.
Two women are reported to have been
outraged by negroes in San Jacinto
county.
Mr.. Madden was plirged OF alleged con.
tempt by Judge Scott OF McLennan
county.
| Miss Jackson's father and brothers were
acquitted OF the killing OF Kilgore; jury
disagreed as to the young lady.
Steamboat lines have cut Immigrant
rates to Texas from Germany via Calves
ton.
Aged woman living near Dallas died oil
| hydrophobia-
| strange negro's actions frightened la
dies near Henderson,; the sheriff is after
him.
1 New oil wells are to be sunk at Corsi
cana; demand for crude petroleum Il
| growing and the price advancing.
| District attorney has dismissed tn,
charge OF murder against Mrs. Mamie
| Van Pelt Of Domain.
| Spanish government has purchased CO..
head OF cattle 20 be shipped to Cuba.
| Confederate reunion at San Antonio ha,
been indefinitely postponed.
Gold ore has been discovered In Con.
zales county.
Railroads.
The Morgan liners Will touch at thu
| Galveston docks and send the freight IL
| Houston over the Santa Re.
| The Santa Fe has taken OF two more o
their trains between Houston and Gal
| weston. 4.
! The Houston and Texas Central ysster
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lcluded in means.
Cotton RcIt RulIetin.
Probabilities.

Fair weather has prevailed during tn
past dwenty-four hours over the eot'o
belt. with rising temperature.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

Washington September 25,--F'or Eastern
Texas-Fair. southeast winds.
oklabo,na and Indian Territory-Fair'
cooler. south winds. becoming northwest.
,nsas-Fair; southeast winds
North Dakota-Falr; cooler; northeast
winds.
sonth Dakota and Nebraska-fair'
nrobably cooler: winds becoming north
CoIorado-Generally fair, preceded ny
showers in southern portion; Variao''
Wyoming Wyoming and Montafa-Fair; variable
winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26


New Orleans, La, September 2b.-ln ono
respect today was record breaker. There
were more new cases reported to the board
of health than on any previous day and
q number of new foci OF infection were
established. The death list, however. was
not heavy. Only two cases had proved
fatal during tho day. Several cases tonight
were reported to be In critical condition
and It is possible that other deaths viii
occur during tho night. The figures given
in this dispatch are from the board OF
health record at G p. m This is the rec
ord for the day:
Deaths--Anna Schultz, IS years. i22
Dryade street; Emile Series, 1904 Con-
stance.
New cases--Miss Bowers. Philip near
Chippewa, Emile Series, 1904 Consiauce;
Abraham Becker, Turo iLfrmary; II. n.
pujol. 2o26 Canal Emma Fleetwood, 727
L,wea'lin; Miss Isdm Katz. $40 sontu
Basin Mics Kate Katz, same address; lle;-
mann Kata, same address. and the father
OF these three; -. V. Parham, 39i2 Caron-
delet: ]. G, Picrson. 1919 st. Mary; Pierre
Ponblan, 1925 Decatur; Joseph Schwartz.
1919 Oak; p. n. Daley Howard and TWO
children. Mepomene and Thaiia: A. Thin
burg. 927 st. Phillips
The majority OF these cases are now.
In some Instances, however new cases
have appeared In houses where fever al
ready existe. Marie Wardo was taken
Ill todgy. Her case marks the third in
that residence in the last three days In
the marine hospital there are two cases.
One ia that OF the man Thompson from
the steamer City OF Camden, who was
found walking in the streets yesterday
with case OF fever. Another case de-
veloped In the same hospital today, There
are three cases altogether In the marine
hospital. Tho authorities. however, have
taken every possible precaution to isolate
tho cases. Guards are stationed around
the building. and absolute intercourse
with the outside world is maintained. Tho
surgeons In charge Of the fever say that
no alarm should be felt, as there Is no
chance to spread in the hospital.
The dny was productive OF one sensa-
ton at least. Four cases were reported
III ONO HOuse. lHey WeTt IN inc hutz Iafn-
lily. The members OF the family have
been III for several days, but the physi.
clans had not taken the palms to notify the
] board OF health. In this house father
and four OF his, children are Ill. Whether
| or not there are other instances In the
city where physicians have failed to re-
| port cases is unknown. but the failure OF
| the doctor 10 report the Katz cases has
given rise to great deal Of indignation.
| The death rate during the day was l2H
per cant. The large increase in cases this
afternoon. however, had the effect OF low
ering the percentage.
The excitement over the burning OF
Beauregard school has died out. This
morning curious crowd still surrounded
the building and watched with interest the
progress made by the Sisters Of Charity
| and the surgeon In charge Of tho Charity
hospital in getting the school in condition
for the reception Of patients. Numerous
cots were rlaced In the building and ar
RI ngements made for culinary depart
ment and quarters established for the
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The Morgan liners will touch at thu
Galveston docks and send the freight u
Houston over. the Santa Re.
The Santa Fe has taken on two more Of
their trains between Houston and Gal
weston.
The Houston and Texas Central ysster
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WEATHER INFORMATION.
rexa. Cotton Rcrion nulictin.

Texas Cotton HeEfOn BuIIctfn.
Texas cotton region bulletin for the
twenty -four hours ending at a. m. yes
terday, 10th meridian time.
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IUS Your Cotton

vou will find that we can
|hetter than you anticipate.
nossess all the physical
hitIes, but that after all
q not count for half In
killing Cotton. What tells.
classification, manner Of
kdllng and ju d g m Q mt In
IInR. In no other business
q personal attention, skill
4 Experience count for so
ch. Send for stencil and
btatlons.
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THE FEVER SITUATION
Twenty .three New Cases aud no
Deaths at New Orleans. al
A NUMBER OF NEW Focl LOCATED.
One Man Walking the Streets NTH
Fever on Him.
FOUR CASES NOT REPORTERS.
ny one Physician, which Producca
n scnsation-Thc Situation Elae-
where Ii Improving.
FOUR CASES NOT RErOkrEDs
yesterdw's record:

Now Orleans, La, September e5,--The
board Of health OF tho State OF Louisiana
Officially announces the status OF affairs
in New Orleans as regards yellow fever
to be as.follows; Cases OF fever %; deaths
..
Total cases of yellow feyer to date. 12ls
deaths from yellow fever to date II.
S. II. oliphant. Md. President.
Walter G. Flower, Mayor
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Political.

Major OLeary answers Grants recent
letter and tolls what "A truly disintercsted
politician Chairman Green Is.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-26

airy John w. Foster, counsel for the
United States In the Boring sea negotia-
ions with Great Britain, said tonight with
-eference TO today's cablegrams from Ian
ion on the subject that this government
pld received no information either from
he British embassy here or from Ambass;i-
dor Hay that England had decided ''ct to
join in the Washington conference or was
likely TO do so. Further than this Mr..
Foster declined to make any statement for
nnhlic alton.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-24
SOME THEORIES AS TO WHY
BIRDS EGGS ARE~COLORED.

Tne why and wherefore of the colors of
birds eggs has been a favorite theme for
speculation, from the quaint surmisngs
Of Sir Thomas Browne to the solemn
guess.work of Sbufeldt, in his ten 'bio.
logical laws explanatory of tho variation
in color of the shells of the eggs in class
Aves. Hewtson piously concludes that
tie beauty Of these elegant and often ex-
quisitely attractive objects Is intended for
the delight Of human eyes; hence, as he
says eggs simply white ere pat out OF
sight in holes He also sees in the larger
number of eggs laid by game birds n
provision by q benevolent Providence for
I'll q JOY of the Sportsman and the delecta-
tion of the epicure. Next comes man
who assures Us that the colors Of eggs are
due TO the influence of their respective
surroundings on the Imagination of the
hen birds--the old story of Jacobs little
trick on Lsban in the matter of young
cattle. This school instances as an ex-
ample the red blotctes prevalent on the
eggs Of falcons. regarded by it rs rec
ORD of tie bloody experiences of the par
ents but it does not explain why the
equally rapacious owls produce pure
white eggs, or the blnodthirsty sSuas
and shrikes Law sreensh ones From . "A
Bird 5 Egg, :" by Ernest Ingersoll, in Har-
per's Magazine for Decem ber
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-24
DIVORCE AFTER ~ YEARS.

Waterloo. Ia. Nov. 2S. After 40 years
Of married life, with every outward ap.
pearance Of happiness, Sarah Poyner, of
Waterloo, Iowa, has petitiUned the District
Court to grant ber divorce from her
husband. James Poyner,a a wealthy farmer
OF this county. The plaintiff is o6 years Of
aga and tho Defendant rs. They were
married in October, ls4S, and as Wed.
dog pift tract of land was settled on
them from the brides father. This land
was aftorward sold with profit for $500.
The petitioner alleges that with their
united efforts they bad anassed consid-
cradle fortune, but six years ago her nus.
band refused TO longer call her his wiic,
and ever since has absentcd himself from
her. She further says that in his old ago
he has begun life of dissipation, ana has
been squanuerin9 his property. She asks
$500 temporary alimony. $1,000 perma-
nent alimony, and that ber husband DO
enjoined from disposing of any of lis
property. chicago Record.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-11-24
HEART DISEASE.
Some Facts Regarding the Rapid
Increase of Heart Troubles.

Do Not Be Alarmed. hut Look For the
Cause.
Heart troubles at least among Ameri-
cans, arc certainly increasing and while
this may be largely due to tho excitement
anu worry of American business life, II
is mora uften the result of weak stOm
achs OF poor digestion.
Real, organic heart disease is incur
able; but not one case in a hundred Of
Heart trouble, is organic
The close relation between heart trouble
and poor digestion is because both organs
ars controlled by branches of the same
great nerves, the Sympathetic and Pneu-
mOgEstric.
In smother wav, also. the heart is
affected by that form Of poor digestion,
which oaGses gas and fermentation from
half digssted food there is a feeling OF
oppression aud heaviness in the chest
caused by pressure OF the uistended stom
aoh on tho heart and lungs, interfering
with their action: hence arises pal pltn-
tion AMI short breath.
Poor digestion also posons the blood.
makes 10 thin and watery. which irri'
tatas apd Weakens the heart.
Toe most sensible treatment for heart
troubles ~ u Improve tho digestion Dnd
TO insure the prompt assimilation of food.
This can hest lie donc bv the regular
use sfter meals. ~ some safe pleasant
tnd effective digestive preparat on. like
Staari's Dyspepsio Tablets, which may
bc found NJ most drug stores ana which
contain yaluaUlr, hardiles- digestive ele-
Inents, in pleasant, convenient form.
IL IL safe % saw that the regular. per-
sistent us. OF ~tunrt's Dyspepsia Tablets
ht meat time viii cure any form Of
stomach trouble, except cancer Of stomach
Full sized packages of the tablets sold
by druggists at 50 cents
Little huok on stomach troubles mailed
free. Address stuart Co Marshall, Mich