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VESSELS IN PORT.

A@s|.Si<i<sp iAN VIM
SIS Amrurn.
SIS Arara. w. W. Wilson.
IS Barnesmore, Parr g. Co,
50 Ble1lhelm
SIS Duke Of York, Fowler Z WI
IS Dunhlanu, D. Ripley
IS Eilfel Tow,r.
rs Eddie. VIM. Parr & c..
SIS Gertor.
IS G.entield. w. W. Wilson ~
IS GienvecsS, j. Moller y cu
$ Hemisphere, j. Moller 4 al
IS Horatio, Parr &, 60.
IS Horsa, j. Mcller Il ca
- i!aro, w. W. wilson 4 Co
IS kimgswell.
IS Lampasas, Sawyer & CO,
IS l.ance,ot. u. Ripley.
- Leyden. VIM. Parr & ~
IS Lord Bangor. Parr & CO.
s5s Lore.
IS Madeline.
IS Mexican. Saver & Son.
IS Mira, VIM. Parr &; Co.
SIS Niceto.
S. Navarro, Fowler 4 McVlu>
s. Pensacola.
IS Rita. j. Moller & CO.
IS Samoa, w. W. Wilson.
IS Start. Morrow Il 90.
Ss Silverdale. Fowler & AevS
Ss Trojan.
IS Ioiosa. j. Morrow 4 u
Sch Augustus Welt.
sch Susie NJ. Piummer. rlcoo y !.
sen VIM. c, Tanner. Fowler -
sch Helen l.. Martin. :.
bse Regulator. Fowler 4 MoUa
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MA Not Expect the President to Rec
0mIncnh In,mchimir Acunn

New York, December Tomas Estrato
Palma, representative Of the Cuban pro-
visiona' government i'm the United states.
COZ u, nting upon President MeKinlev's
message. according to the Herald. SAYS:
II all not expect any Recommendation
10 congress for Immediate action. hut tho
prtsldcat has left congress 10 decide the
tme within which AN enduring peace must
be decided IA cuba, ana mtiwates tho ne
cessstS Of haste by the Uritei states in
connection with the words, In the near
future
II VIII be noticed that the president
does not oven suggest the acceptance OF
autonomy by the Cuhans, and IL : evident
ne would not have written the last nara
graph IN the terms he d,d II he believed
tnst autononty woNli bring peace TO
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The ran,nI,.ing Turks

Sofia, December 7.--Alaming news
reached here today from Macedonia. The
Ahanans are reported to DO committing
sreat excuses at Dehea. Ki,chevro and
IN the surrounding districts, killing men.
outtas'ng women and stealtns cattle. Tho
local authorities are nower.ess, Whole
sale arrests and prosecutions Of Bulpa.
rams by Turks are also reported from the
BULGARIAN froatier.
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engage December Fired Gilbert of
spirit Lake, Iowa, successfully defended
ms right to the Kansas city cup today
re deteatei j. \. r. Elliott Of Kansas
NY o{ me decisive score of ~ to 81. The
OF bounds. From an early point il was
seen Elliott had no chance. The same men
meet meet again Thursday for the Dupont
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The so,nr Piexu. Biov

toInmbus, Ohio, Decemher 7-Tho fob,
between Jack Stelzner of this citv and
JACK Williams of New Orleans tonight.
.astea anout eighteen seconds, Williams
pe'ns put out IN quick order by the ia
nous solar pleNus blow Mary of VIII
rams hackers claim he did not try 10
hsht' While Stelzner's friends say Will
mns was no match for him.
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Fort Worth Texas December 1.-THE
boston Boomer baseball team disbanded
mere and VIII go direct to Boston for the
winter They travel in. their own snaniaI
gar winch was placed in the sIhons here.
~ Is the intention to open their next
year tour in Fort Worth In the tea n,
are some excellent players
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coNTEMpT OF EMrERon wIt1IAv
-
HOUSE OF RErREsENTA TvVEs
"r"sNenor Fired the First Gun
..Gainst CiSii Service.


..Eninst tiNii service.
Washington. December THE session
| of the house today lasted but two hours
Notwithstanding breezy skirmish over
the question OF dist 'huting the presidents
message to the various committees con-
| nected with The jurisdiction over the sub
| lec'S dealt with The conflict of authority
came between the ways and means COM
mlttee and the banking and currency com
mittee. The battle ragged all along the line.
DURING the debate General Grosyenor OF
ono fired the first gun against the civil
| service law and this also brought the
friends and enemies of the measure into
action
Mr. Johnson OF Indiana. in a ringing
warning declared that il bill to emascul-
ate the civil service law were passed il
would meet the presidential veto
Eventually Mr. Dingley, in Difference To
the opposition OF the M mbers OF the bank
tHs ana currency committee agreed 10 "A
medication of the order Of distributing S,
as to send to the ways and means commit-
zee ali matter relating to "rev,n ues. the
pSnued dtet OF the country and the treaties
affecting the revenues"
The resolution was then adopted.
After the session Chairman Walker
Claimed he had Won a decisive victory ard
that his committee under the order would
rave jurisdiction of u measure TO- as he
expressed 1t, convert the greenbacks inn
gold certificates. but members OF The WAYS
anu means comnJttee ta,si led on rho
changes OF verbage IN the order would moi
sneet their jurisdiction and that a meas
are such as the president suggested. II
introduced In the house. would be referred
py the speaker TO their committee.
After. the reading OF the Journal leave
was asked by several OF the more import
ant committees TO sit during the sessions
OF the house and for printing OF the docu-
men's for the use OF the committees. These
were the customary requests incident 10
the serious work OF the session and ware
granted.
Mr.. Walker got the floor and ind,s-
hahtiy protested that IL the questions re-
iauns 20 our legal tender money which Law
AZ the very foundation OF our currency .nd
banking laws were to come under The iuris-
uicuon OF the ways and means COMMITTEES
the committee On banking and eurrenrv
might as well be dissolved
Mr. Cox tDem1, the senior member Of
the currency committee, seconded the pro-
test or MT walker. The Presidents recon-
mendauons as 10 National bank circulation
ne said, were inextricably interviewer with
the proposition 10 retire the greenharks N
the banking and currency committee was
TO 40 anything he submitted that its hands
should not be tied. He expressed the onin.
ION that the object OF the resolution was
10 60 divide the subject that nothing prac-
ucal would result
MT Wheeler tDem.) Of Alabama at this
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British Minister to Venezuela.

caracas December THE new British
minister to Venezuela, Mr.. Haggard. for
merry consul general in Algiers will prob
ap'y be received b. President Crespo son
rms means that diplomatic relations he
tween Venezuela ana Great Britain. whicb
Mere suspended because of the boundary
dispute, will be resumed
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young woman employed as domestic In
a prominent family in his city, gave birth
Blanco signed a decree releasing forty -one
remorse, she almost severed the childs
head with butcher knife When found
she was unconscious with the dead infant
lying near She herself disd later.
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GALVESTON STOCK,
NO CURE-No PAY'

That is the way all drug.
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL Is
Chille and Malaria. 1t is simpn
Quinine in a tasteless form, CHE
1t. Adults prefer it to bitter =
tones. Price soc.
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Paris December Figaro declares
President McKnley's message is IAN act
OF war and says "should II pass from
words to deeds 1t is possible Spain will NOT
sustain the fight alone"
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The Errnch ExnrIi,ion

Brussels, December 1.-THE movement
deosraphiQue today announces that it
learns that French expedition under
MaSor Marehand, while on its way to the
NC, mas been mlssacred near Rahrel-
snszei' The survivors of the party, IL is
ADDED, retrea,ed to Bornou.
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kIAO CNAU BAY BATTLE.
The Chinese Opened Fire on the In
trudina German Marines.
THREE OF THE GARRISON KILLED
'hin" Hcporied willing 10 Pm, mn
indemnity md Grant All Uc-
nands of Germany.

LONDON December S.-A special dispatch
from shanghai says: ION Friday last Can
tain Becker, with 2lo German marines.
loft Kiao Chan bay to occupy the surround
ing villages, whence they proceeded 10
eaplAro the city. The Chinese forts opcno1
hro and the Germans replied. killing throt
of The garrison. which thorouponncd in.
disorder. -
The Chinese general In command wax
captured, but aftcrward liberated. seyer,,l
German sailors were Injured by stones nun,.
by the inhabitants of the villages. In re-
turn Tor these the head men of the VILLAGES
wero beaten by bamboo sticks by order of
tho German commander ~
ut is reported here that China Is willing
TO pay an Indemnity of 1000 600 taels
ohout $'Si.25ol and to grant all tho Cor
man demands, including the tempornrv
'eSSioh OF kiao Chau bay and adjoining
territory"
Washington December THE German
"u''nce In China is being watched with
Keen interest in official and diplomatic
circles here owing TO tbs. latest cable ~.
ports that Germany had followed up hor
occupation OF kao Chau bay aud fortihca-
uons ey Sending an armed force inland
and occupying the town Of Kiao cha,
"n'le 1t Is said that the Tilted States has
no direct concern in the trouble, every de-
noophent is being observed as a part Of
p E,.~ ny which the larger nations OF
Europe are seeking the dismembern,rr, ss
tAe Chinese empire -
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Poisoned by Ivy
Was in Dreadful Condition
happened to Read About a Similar
Case = Followed the Other Mans
Example and Was Cured.

The following incident Is given hv
Charles Morris, general iobber, Be Lexing-
ton Avenue, North Cambridge, Mass:
"Scveral years ago became poisonea
BY ivy. tried many medicines, spending
large sum of money without obtaining
particle OF good. My children wero
also afflicted with the same disease. Wa
were all constant sufferers with an awful
itching sensation, and 1t seemed as II
should tear myself to pieces. | picked
up paper in which found printed n
testimonial from man in Vermont who
had been similarly afflicted and had taken
Hoods Sarsaparilla with benefit. thought
. bottle, which we took and II did
Me and NY Children
90 much good purchased anot her SUNNY.
We continued taking Hoods sarsaparllIs
until we used five hotties and / can
safely say that neither myself nor children
have any signs of the poison. 1t has en-
tirely left us and we are perfectly cured.
We give the whole credit to Hoods sarsa.
parilla. Before resorting to this medicine
Was reduced in weight, but now |
weigh 175 pounds. Hoods Sarsaparllla
mas not only done much good but has
Deem the means OF saving me great deal
OF money. ! would not be without it
N my house and heartily recommend
u TO all who ora afflicted. ! have writ
ten this statement for publication, Of my
own viii, asI want Others to know what
- =
Hoods SarsapariIla
- done for u.s." CHARLES NORRIS.
Pills Nc s;l n se ssy g,. & 'ass
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TO CURE 4 coin ONE nv

TAKE Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets An
arusslsts refund the money il II fails ~
cure nc. The genuine has L. b. O. ON
each tablet. " W
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MARINE IATELLICEau
Port of Galveston, Ds


IS llaro, Maddrell. Las Palma
IS Glenfieid, Light.oot. Vera al
IS Mira, Bail, Liverpool, Va
Main.
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SAILED

land.
Sca Martha, Dujay, ruxpan,
IS HIoern4a, Gamer On, hotte,du
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CLEARED.

r., III L -AIkED.
Schr Martha, Dujay, TuSpan
Ss Ley1ien, Boyer, Liverpool.
- Lampdsas, Bars tow, New n
sch Anarew Adams, Tibbe,h
land.
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I--Ni IN - y OHElUN.
o.. For L!Verpooi-Pei steamship
oo-l bd.es OF c0tton. weighing
pounds AND valued at sgl7,SS n
c9tton seed oil cake, weighnf
pounds and valued at yls.O7s.
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EXPORTS-rnAsry

r7@NI Wv 7 . = IJhSTWIEb-]
F'or New York-Per steamsh:|
pas,as: 422l bales cot ton, 223 bills
SACKS OF WOOL, 1902 sacks borax, \
canned goods.
FQf Key West Per steamsk
pasas; IS packages merchandise
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Mined Her Baby and Herself.
81 Louis, December 7.--Sallie jackson. q
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roM,s ESTRADA rALMA.

'lNe ultra Spanish party Is dissathified.
rcsents the reference TO iltNast srinS.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

horses. Instead, the autocar would flash
from point to point at the speed of an ex-
press train. So strongly is it built that it
could move over almost any kind of ground
The engine is OF sufficient power TO drive / t
through places where the ordinary gun car
riage would stick haEd and fast. Its tires
OF heavy rubber would give it buoyancy
that nothing in the way of present wheels
for artillery would approach. In fact, the
ordinary evils and dangers which beset the
modern artillery would be as nothing to
the autocaT.
Not only is the principle of transporta-
ton which the autocar represents appIi-
cable to the moving about of artillery,
but it is held there is no reason why it
should not eventually be applied with equal
success TO the transportation of troops.
What, 1t is asked, is to hinder the construc-
, ton of number of autocars OF sufficient
size to accommodate from twenty-five to
forty men. is held that the result would
practically he the movement of troops from
one point to another at all times at rail.
road speed. The necessity for the constant
watching of railroad tracks, the endles.
delays OF tearing up the rails and burning
up the bridges would be altogether avoided.
The army would have its railroad cars
with il at all times, while the rails would
never have to be considered.
The autocar utilized as means of trans
portation for other than artillery coulC
also be made exceedingly valuable inmoving
supplies 1t would have to be sharp ac
ton indeed that would seize a supply
!, train OF this sort, for it would be just
as easy to arm every supply car al tt
let it so on in defensele less ondtion. Every
supply train would then be protected by
rapid-fire batteries, and an attempt II
take u train of this sort would be almost
as disastrous as a general engagement
for it would require very considerable
number of troops To successfully accom-
plish such an undertaking.
Whatever may he the future of the auto
|, car. however, there is no eainsaying wha,
the invention that is in existence today
can accomplish. So formidable an engine
OF war il s that the military eye Of the
world is turned uponit.
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POSTAGE STAMPS HER FAD
One Woman Has the Strangest Collection in the World
Covers a Whole Bedroom Quaint Bits of Paper
From Every SectiCn of the Globe.

the kaiser's youthful face looks out at you
from his neighhor that once brought let
ter from the land that now is wTenohed
with the tales OF stambuIoff's aSsassina-
ton.
The King Humbert looks out from near
by. while-and one may almost fancy it
sneerS-a type OF the face that frOwns
savagely ON everything i meTican is seen
And from everywhere peep at you counte-
nanees which EuI opean history and current
events make Us familiar with.
While the fame of Mis-. Wilson'S queer
collection has been limited to a certain
prescribed circle in general, it has gone
abr oId a little, sufficiently so that Cornell
University offered the lady S2CO therefor,
and has several times made efforts 20 in
duce her 10 accept the tender made.
When the stamps were received, and they
come along in job lots, Mrs Wilson care
fully washed and dried them, and then
glued them on, after the style of crazy
patchwork quilt She proposes To retain
the result of her IaLor, and VIII sell it 10
10 one.
Unquest.ouably she has the most novel
collection OF foreign and domestic stamps
that is in existence.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

gone. A little later ] saw interlaced and
nuInberless hoops i n the air; all spinning
swiftly ana all loaded with threaded jewels.
or with masses of color in long ropes OF cluS-
tered balls. ! began to wonder why saw
no opals, and some minutes after each OF
these circles, which looked like a boys
hoop became a huge OPAL
DR.. Mitchell then explained that he en-
deavored to conjure figures. He desired
t0 witness something in human form, but
his first experiment was doomed to dis
appointment In this regard. But ON the
wall appeared pinned at the tail a worm
perhaps q hundred feet tlong. 1t was slowly
rotating, and strange TO say did not cause
the doctor any sense of loathing as it
turned, long, green and red, fell this way
and that, While on bench nearby sat two
dwarfs, made, it seemed, of leather. They
We're blowing through long glass pipes OF
a greenish tine. Soon after the passing OF
this vision the doctor saw a beach, which
he recognized as that at Newport on this,
with great noise which lasted only a mo-
ment, rolled out in darkness wave after
wave. These, as they approached, were
liquid splendors, huge and threatening,
wonderful in their color, but with no trace
of foam. '
Long these visions continued, until q
loud knocking atthe door partially aroused
the dreamer to consciousness. After d
hearty dinner, the doctor says that lie
ceased to be able to see any further dis
| play of interest. Now and then a pink or
purple fragment appeared; indeed, this
kept up for several days, but the grandeur
| had departed.
The visions produced under meScal in.
| toXicationare many and W onderful Thefirst
| figures in human form TO appear usually
| are long, white-robed ones, which will
| only disappear with the production of ar
tificial light.
After the first experiment there are
| only a few i'll effects, such as severe
| headache for few days, and considerable
! gastric distress. But even these, like the
| ill effect OF opium smoking, soon disappear
| thus making the spread of the vice far more
| probable.
| Every physician looks with horror on the
use of mescal, all realizing that its powers
| of attraction are far greater than can be
| imagined by the uniniatiated.
DR.. Mitchell in this regard says 81 pre-.
dict a periIous reign of the mescal habit
| when this agent becomes attainable. The
temptation TO call again the enchanting
magic of my experience will, am sure
be too much for some men to resist after
they have once set foot in this land
| of fairy colors where there seems to b
so much to charm, and so little to excite
| horror or disgust
The morning times., 1897-01-10
A Military Family.

Three soldiers who lie side by side in the
Mount Moriah Cemetery, at HenryviIle, Ind.
illustrate the services a single family in
which the military instinct is strong can
render, even in country where peace is
loved and generally prevails. The Oldest of
these graves is that of Joshua A. McComb,
who came to this country from Ireland in
1T45, and was one of the first Penns ylvan-
ianS to enlist when the revolution broke out.
He died in 1914. His son, John A. Nc
Comb, served all through the Mexican war,
and took part IN the battles of Buena
Vista, Monterey and Resaca de la Palma
This McComh died in 1866. The third
grave is that of the Mexican veterans son,
James, who was in the Union army all
through the rebellion, and lived until SS1
Two sons OF this James also bore arms
in that struggle and are still alive.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The morning times., 1897-01-10

| were dilated midway, and the pulse stood
strong at so. / had tendency 10 talk,
and row and then misplaced my words.
A slight sense of exhilaration came over
me.
(. Between 8 and 4 O'Clock he thought it
| would be a good idea to attend to some of
his patients, who We're waiting about.
Two of them Were admitted. They seemed
/ startled at the coctor's appearance, and
the sight caused him strange amusement
Then continued the doctor, Il began
TO observe my symptoms more closely.
There was a pleasing sense of langour
4 with an unusual amount of physical endu-
france. / went rather quietly, taking two
steps at time, and withou. pause, to the
fourth floor, and did not feel at all op
Z pressed or short of breath.
H. 1T was soon after this that j saw the
first evidence of color changes This
4 stage of the intoXication, according to DR.
Mitchell, is the beginning OF dclusionS sc
ecstatic as 20 be beyond the conception
OF man in his normal conditions.
The first thing Eoticcd,'' the doctor
continued, was that on closing my eyes
retained longer than usual the vision oi
any bright object had seen. The colors,
though, were much more beautiful in the
. vision than in the reality"
Determined To see the matter through
and perhaps emboldencd by the drug b,
had already swallowed, Dr. Mitchell theI
determined to partake of more of the in
sinUating draught, and in moment he
had swallowed another half drachm. Thh
final plunge was made, the full dose had
been taken, though short periods of tint
had been allowed TO elapse between tn,
doses. The doctor then reclined on Z
The morning times., 1897-01-10

gaZed, every projecting angle, cornice,
and even the face of stones 1t their joinings
were by degrees covered or hung with
clusters of what seemed to be huge pre-
cious stones, some being more like masses
OF transparent fruit. There were green,
purple, red and orange, never clear yellow
and never blue. All seemed TO possess an
interior light, and to give the faintest
idea of the perfectly satisfying intensity
and purity ofthese gorgeous colored fruits
is quite beyond my power. All the colors
/ have ever heheld are dull compared to
these.
As looked, and it lastedlong the tower
became of j fine mouse hue and everywhere
the vast pendant masses of emerald green
ruby red and orange, began To drip a slow
rain of colors. All the while nothing was
at resta moment The figures moving shook
! the long, hanging lines OF waving light, and
then. in an instant, all was dark
After an endless display of less beautiful
marvels l saw that which deeply i'm
pressed me. An edge of large cliff seemed
to project over gulf OF unseen depth. NV
| viewless enchanter, set on the brink. u
| huge bird claw made of stone Above from
the stem or lip, hung fragment Of some
! stuff. This began to unroll and float out
to distance which seemed to me to repre-
sent Time, as well as immensely of space
Here We're miles of rippled puppies, half
transparent, and ofineffable beauty Now
and then soft golden clouds -rloated from
| their folds, ora greatshimmer went over the
whole OF the rolling purples, and things ike
green birds fell fronit, fluttcring down into
the surf below.
This was my M ost distinct vision Un
| consciously. opened my eyes and all wa
The morning times., 1897-01-10
Not Repeated.

"When you stepped on that gentleman's
foot, Tommie,-I hope you apologized?'
''Oh yes indeedI did, said Temmie, land
he gave me 10 cents for being such good
boy"
Ibid he? And what did you do then?"
stepped on the other and apologized
again, but it didn't work.'-Harper' s
Round Table.