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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10
JURY TAMpERING.
A Temperance Lecturer Discharged
on N Technichlity.


Salem, Mass, October 9.--Henry NJ.
Faxon, tho well known temperance re-
former. was summoned to the superior
court here to explain why certain ten,'
peraice literature was sent by Mr.. Faxon
to jurymen who were recently engaged In
herring cases In Lawrence The trial OF
the case occupied only few moments
and 1t ended in Mr. Faxon being dis
charged with reprimand.
The district attorney stated that copies
of temperance paper and several OF
Mr.. Faxons speeches had been sent to
the jurymen. These speeches and papers
referred mostly 10 the famous LIQUOR cases
missed a jury for acghtting a liquor deal
err when, In his Judgment, the evidence
warranted a conviction.
Miss Brown. Mr. Faxons private sec
rotary. testified that she had sent such
papers and aracles out many times under
general instructions, but that Mr.. Faxon
did not know when or TO whom they
went.
Judge Brown then said rs Mr.. Taxon
did not direct the wrappers he could not
be held responsible.
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Moro ships for America.

Philadelphia. Pa, October 9.-Withiu
few days a contract will bc awarded to
Delaware Hver elnp builders for ahe
construction OF two and possibly four II
the flectest coastlng s,carnships flying
the American nag The ships will ba
built to tho order OF tho bidders for the
United States mail contract between New
York. Havana, Cuba and the Pam Ameri-
cas-. An expenditure OF $i,c00,000 wall be
involved. Each ship will be at least 1000
tons register and about 40 feet beam, 2lh
new crafts are to be b,iNt under special
insrection, 10 as to comply with the reg
ulations OF the United States government.
as laid down for cruisers.
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aoUsroN DAILr Posn SUNDAY MORNING OCTOBER 10 1891

noas connniesionerp end party rave I re-
certicn Ia the beaut1ful 1llncis huiiding.
TorTht In the Woman's building an en-
tSrtSinment was given In honor Of the
consisting 81 illuminated and crnateiy
decorated floats marched through the
The second days seesson Of the social
presiding. -
Professor .smedley Of the University OF
Physch!ulogy OF Manual Trainane"
The official figures place the Attendance
on Nebraska day at Ss~6. Today ana to-
Mgnt about 1920 were In attendance and
90, 900. 90 o'es
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Innux Of Cinnamon.

San Francisco, Cal. October e-Ihe
steamer China brought 2i7 Chinese OF
whom IN have San Francisco marked
ON their papers az their destination. This
heats the tdg list OF the Corca last week
b, ten. Since the lst Of April 743 ,mer.
cbo nts', have arrived here from Hong
w. Canton nnd Macas. The Chinese
business directory ISSUED last February
Shove that there were at that time 4lt
merchants in Chinatown. Since then
f,,lIv l5 pcr cent Of the stores In that por-
zion OF the city have been vacated. Not
all OF those arriving on the Corea have
been landed az the collector OF customs
is making strict inquiries into their STAKE
meutB,
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pro,n,n.nt Farmer Kii..a.

Corning, Ark. October s.-Whliam Ne1-
son. a prominent farmer. was killed al
his home, sixteen miles south OF Corning
yesterday by Walter Muilens, his son-in-
law. The two men became involved IN
quarrel. and Nelson attacked Muiiens
shotgun and emptied both barrels into
Nelson's stomach. Nelson was worth W :
DO Walter Muilens and his brother, WI
lis. are being held under guard. charged
with tho murder.
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CAME FROM CHINA.
A Russian Admiral Passing Through
This Country.


San Francisco Cal, October 9.-M.
Alexerfa Of the Russian navy arrived on
the China. en- route to st. Petersburg.
For two years he had been In command
OF the Russian squadron In Chinese.
Japanese and Eastern Aslat!c waters. the
cruiser Rurc being hts flagship. The adj
miral says that 800 miles of the TRANSIT
berian railway have been completed from
Viadivostock eastward to Khabarovka. He
insists that the original route has not
been abandoned In favor of shorter one
through Manchuria to Vladivostock. Cur
rent reports that tho Russian government
had obtained n concession from Chira to
extend the Transsiberian line through
Manchura to Port Arthur an a more Ia
vornble tidewater terminal than Vladi-
vo;'tock. are pronounced by him 10 be I'M
true He says that n syndicate of Rus
siuDs and Chinese will build n railroad
from point ON the Transsiberian
through Manchuria TO Vladiypstock. The
government will have its own line in ST.
IBERIA connecting with the same point.
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The Monetary Commission.

washington, October e.-rhe monetary
commission will reconvene In this city
Monday During the recess the subcom-
mittee on metallic currency. consisting OF
c. Stewart Patterson OF Philadelphia.
Professor Laughiin Of Chicago and Mr..
Garrett OF California, have been In session
and have embodied the Results o. their
preliminary work In a report when VIII
be submitted 70 the full commission.
The report rs not in such shape, hoy.
ever. that II can be made public, The
members have prepared a list Of questions
covering oil branches Of the subject to DO
investigated under the heads Metallic
Currency" 'Demand Obligations and
'Isanking," which arg being sent broad
cast over tho country to bankers, sner-
chants, students Of finance and others.
whose replies are likely to be OF service
TO the conmission; Many slgsest'ons are ar,
Of an indefinite character, Tho purpose
OF the interrogatories which are being
sent ont is 70 procure detailed and spe-
ciflc answers to certain vital questions re-
lating to each subject
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THE NASHVILLE EXPOSITION.
ul,uofs Day observed Win
s,on-Thc Attendance.

NASHVILLE. October a-After the e.eis'sss
a. The auditorium an elaborate banquet
was given the Illinois and Chicago com
,,,,.s,oners and distinguished guests py
The exposition management, attended a,so
~ many prominent citizens. During me
sfternoon secretary Of the Treasury Ly-
ran 4 Gage held public reception "
tho government busnS as IA ME- IL fi nii
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BotiSin. '~rhe sealing islands along the
Russian coasts are jealously guarded and
] believe the conference will be product
i've OF great bonefit to all the countries
Interested Great Brltsin's interests will
be cared for by Sir Julian pauncefote, i
presume. He is n veteran and l trust VIII
act for his country"
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Kirbyville, Texas. october s.-Forest
fires are raging almost throughout Jasper
and Newton counties. sweeping the grass
and all underground. Large timber is also
being destroyed to an alarming extent. The
smoke from the fires is at times almost
binding. Large numbers Of men are iieht-
ing the FIRE daily to prevent 1t from de-
stroying their fences and other improve
ments. Rain is badly needed 70 cheek the
rayages Of the flames.
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TO take census Of the Crack Nation pro-
paiaiery to making the final rolls. as or,
dered by congress-. A delegation or fun
blood Cherkces headed by David Musk
rat. Sogpy Sanders and David Nakedhead.
arc now al Mnscogee, endeayoring TO pre-
recently made by that nation With the
Dawes commission. There Is some APP
prehenston that tho delegation may STIR
iip trouble among the Crooks.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10

L,ttie Rock. Ark. October s.-'It Ia an
nornced that tho Knights and Ladies' Of
Dixie by common consent OF Its officers
and members. will change It's name TO-
that of the Knghts and Ladies OF Colum-
b!a. The change Is for the purpose OF ex-
fencing tho order into eyery State In the
J,nior and Canada The executive conf
m,ttee name the first OF next month as
the date when the change will be or
fartaA
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Gin and Cntf0n.

Santa Anna, Texas, October s,--Atout
midnight the j. d. Siu,pson Sin cauSht
fire and burned to the gro mi, ccnsunirr
everything. Several Thousand bushels OF
seed and thirty bales u cotton we're
burned. Cause Of fire unknown.
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sealing Delegate from Ras~ia.

New York. October On. Pierre bot
kin. the agent Of the Russian government
IN the seal conference. which win soon be
held in washington. Is in New York on
his way from Europe to the capital. His
will he familiar fgure In Washington.
for he has served the Russian leEation at
various periods as secretary and AZ charge
d'affaires. He had been acting Is sccra-
tary Of the legation IN Bulgaria 'mme'
djsteiy prior TO his visit here.
7"RuesIa u - anxtcus 20 preserve "
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MIX Famine In Chicagc.

Chicago Is threatened with curtAii-
nent OF her m5lk supplies The drouth
has destroyed tho pastures OF tho sur
rounding country. It d more than .proba-
bic that rise In prices viii pc INC e.
being feh BY the milk dealers OF Chicago
and vicinity. For the past seven Weeks
the latter have been compelled 70 pay
hirh price, to the farmers for all tho
product that was not previously contract.
ed for The farmers CLAIM they arc com.
PEELED to exact higher prices than - usual
at this time OF the year by tho fact tnAt
fodder, which Is attended with more ex-
pensc than pasturing.
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Gnxernment viii Not AppcAI.

washington. October s.--Attorney Gem
erai McKenna today issued an official
statement announcing that the govern
ment had decided not to appeal the Union
Pacific foreclosure suit, but TO allow the
road to be sold November l. In consider
alton OF the Union Pacific reorganization
stb 745 obD 10 $50, 600, 900, the road 70 be sold
10 the highest bidder, but with q min
imum bid. guaranteed as stated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10

San Augustine, Texas, October 9.-Tne
crib and stables belonging to H. J. Polk
burned today. The crib contained 600 bush
els Of corn and three or four thousand bun
dies OF fodder.
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MORTUARY REPORT.

The following deaths have been reported
by City Health Physician Fisher for the
week ending Friday, october s. 1897:
September 30-Armond Wilson, years,
cerebral meningitis.
October I'D. The. Ayres, 10 years, ur-
aemic coma.
October 4--Infant Of Sampson Walker
colored. premature birth. Sadie Marshall.
colored, / month, entero colitis.
October 5--Iro Hunt, 40 years, conges-
ton of stomach. Alfred Grothgar. years.
septicaemia.
October 6--Mrs Alfonsia Botsford, about
IS years, heart disease Qnquest; died In
country outside city,. j. G. Murray, 40
years, spaotic paraplegia.
October Herman Vordenbaumen, q
years, collapse (cholera morbus).
October Sd. T. Bass, Fl years, cc1-
sumption.
Annual death rate per 1000 for week s.3.
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DROPPED DEAD.

Bob Moore, a oolored man about 50 years
old. dropped dead on fremont street ABOUT
9 o'clock tonight. presumably Of bear, ~.
sease. An inquest wns held ana tns p0as
removed 70 an updeytakes&
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10

IA noeral offer is made to adver-
n MY, reiiable Diamond Dyes, and to
n S u upon home dyeing into the
kinp ,has who want to dress we'll
5ond n' old clothing look like new.
Iferers 90 nave special dyes for cot
Ira ~, from those that are used for
kket ~ me only package dyes on
Ma, w sut can be relied upon to give
|anona mol fade CT crock. The fact
lyes ives have been the standard
III az nearly twenty years and
pos,s s increases from year to year.
V ss nat they haye never had
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Arrivals at the fremont: T. e. Noodle,
city; Mr.. j. S. Clay, Z. A. Cowan, Boston
8. T. Sivail Dallas: l.. r. Daniel. Ed.
Canine Robert j. Burdette, Rryn Mawr,
Pap. d. Barziza, Houston: H. J. Koch,
Washington, D. c.; Charles w. Rose
Columbus. Ohio w. b. Turnbrell, 81.
Louis, Mo-: A. w. Drew, Houston; Captain
Texas, ID. ". Martin, Chicago; Thomas F,
SNOW, baltimore; S. r. Smith. Boston; w
e. jefferson. Temple; Joe B. Choynski
Chicago.
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zee Valuable Books
Given Away.
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DYEING."

Neila Daggett, editor Of the The
uss published new edition of her
1ook' Fancy Work and Art Dec
mat gives practical instructions
lhns doilies, table covers, scarfs,
ms as, pm cushions. ETC., etc.. with
suations. This book, together with
hnymes" Ga l6-page pamphlet
a "Mrpusome colored cover design OF
Woman Who Lived In a Shoe).
~ vessiul Home Dyeing." will be
20 any reader of The Post who
me following coupon to Wells,
ol 4 Co., Burlington, Vt.
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BREACH OF CONTRACT.

haus, resident OF Harris county, brought
suit AGAINST j.. g. League and ]. r. Cor
yell Of Galveston for breach of contract
and damages. In his petition the plaintiff
alleges that on July 70, 1897, he entered
Into written contract with the defend
ants for the purchase of tract OF 200 acres
of land In Liberty county: that he paid
$500 down as earnest money on condition
that the defendants should within thirty
days furnish him with a good title to the
land. The plaintiff further recites that
the defendants failed to furnish the title
as agreed, and also refuse to return the
$500 he paid down. The plaintiff claims
the land could have been sold by him for
81 per acre. He therefore sues for the sum
of $1,000 in damage and to recover the $500
earnest money.
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CAMPAIGN ECHO IN COURT.

An echo of the late municipal campaign
has found Judgment in the district court.
ex Alderman Louis Schmidt having filed
suit for $4,000 against Joseph Levy for
alleged mental suffering and injury to his
good name Schmidt was candidate for
alderman in the Ninth ward, and In his
petition alleges that the defendant was
in the habit Of going about the streets
characterizinr him as "a scoundrel and
dead beat" For this defamation of his
reputation ard good name he asks dam
ages.
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COUPON,

any reader of The|
~ naiiy Post to one copy OIL
N work ana Art Dccorn-|
nursery Rhymes" and
Home Dyeing..
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APPELLATE COURT STENOGRAPHER.
The First district Of the court OF civil
appeals. located in this city, has appointed
a stenographer to report the official pro-
ceedings of the court. This fact Of itself
is Of no Significance. When taken in con-
nection with the question of who Is to pay
the salary, however, it becomes of interest
and deserves passing notice.
A representative of The Post called on
Clerk Knight today and asked him whether
he would dig UP the salary out of his own
pocket or whether he would depend on
the State paying it. THE State will pay
$500 year" said he. for the service of
a stenographer. 1t is true the statute is
mandatory, and says the courts shall en-
ploy stenographer at a salary of $1,000 C
year, but the last two legislatures have
refused to pay this amount. They did al
low deficiency appropriation to the
amount of $500 year, and consequently
the courts are forced to employ help at
that price or pay for 1t themselves.
Heretofore Mr.. knight has paid for the
stenographer himself and he now has a
bill against the State for S4S00 During
the session of the last legislature he had
the bill made out ready to present and
urge its adoption by the committee on
claims and accounts, but changed his mind
and did Tot put 1t in.
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...,s branch office In Galveston IL
rn",,cs,f hotel, where items Of news.
..s,ans ana advertisements will be
al.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-20
THE THIRST FOR GOLD.

The story of the Clondyke gold finds makes
De Soto and Cartier seem less cleaners than we
generally regard them. The movement toward
Alaska. pushing in an irresistible stream that
pays little heed TO warning and will not be
stopped by hardship, links this present. prosaic
material generation with all the ages of wonder
and adventure The heart still vibrates TO the
music Of 1.-THE Chant Royal Of Romance That
Is Not Dead" as 1t did when Jason went hunt
ing for the Golden Fleece Thirst for gold and
thirst for power still drive men onward to fight
and maybe conquer, to suffer and maybe die
to trample and be trampled on, in spite Of
every effort to bring in homeless civilization,
defiant Of the time checks Of q socialistic para
disc.
1t IL primal human nature that drives men TO
the Yukon's frozen diggings. Call it greed, ava
rice, sorlidness, but those terms do not explain
II. 1t Is something more. Sane men will not
die for mere money. They put their lives at
stake only for more exciting game. Most OF
the men who rush away to Alaska would prob
ably be better off If they stayed at home. They
are warned that it is madness to 20 without
money and provisions. such as 1t takes a re-
spectacle small capital to provide. That cap
ital invested in any good business. and followed
up in the form of steady diligence with half the
effort gold mining will require would produce
for the average man more Of happiness and
wealth than prospecting for gold mines will
bring. Nevertheless, thousands will make the
pilgrimage. tens will come back with millions.
few score will DC richer than II they had
stayed at home, the majority will struggle there
harder and with little more Success than they
would have struggled here. 1t is not wealth that
makes them 90. II Is the chance of wealth. in
part-the prospect OF what our Familiarity pious
ancestors called godsends; we, more coldly
moral, gambling gains. And then it is all the
other things that chance imples-the glamour Of
the unknown, the possibilities bound up in
change, the thirst for adventure, the love of
power. the old and sacred love of fame
These impulses take men to Alaska as they
take men everywhere where new or abnormal
conditions promise the opportunity even the
meres. gamblers opportunity. for greater sue
cess and freer play for individual ambition than
more conservative regions offer to adventurous
but unplod1ng souls. out OF Rome went wills
pers OF fortune for daring cOnquerors. and hosts
moved westward from the Asiatc nursery of
the nations. A New World was discovered by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-20

revenue. The House provision was also adopt
ed, it Is stated making new duties apply to
goods withdrawn from warehouse after the Dill
takes effect and this will further Increase
the revenue. Whether desirable in other re-
spects or not, the return Of paintings statuary
and works of art TO the dutiable list will also
swell the customs receipts. But the main fact,
upon which Republican statesmen have never
yet counted in vain, is that restoration or gen.
eral prosperity surely increases the revenue de-
rived from given duties or taxes. The increas-
ing consumption Of tobacco. beer, distiiled
liquors and other such articles expands rapidly
with Improvement in business conditions. In
like manner the purchases of imported Injuries,
which are but slightly affected by any moderate
increase of taxes. rapidly increases with gen
eral prosperity. Protective duties and resulting
activity mean larger revenue than experts are
able to estimate. just as general prostration I'M
der the Democratic tariff meant smaller revenue
than Secretary Carlisle or the Treasury experts
expected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-20
PERSONAL.

F. d Smith. a manufacturer of Meneshe. Wis.
has given TO the town a tract of land worth $4,000
fot public park and $4,000 for publlc library
Miss Bertha SLOVENIAN, a student In the botanical
depart ment Of Cornell University for several years,
who received the degree OF Doctor OF Philosophy
there I'm 1896 has been appointed professor OF bot
anv in the IIuguenot College In Cape Colony
South Africa She sails from New-York on SatuT-
day July a. for Liverpool whence she VIII go by
The British African line OF steamers direct 10
Scuth Africa The Uuguenot College was founded
for the education OF the daughters or the frehch
and Dutch IIuguenot and English residents OF
South Africa.
The Russian committee charged with the erection
of a monument to the Russian Ivan TurgehleH at
Orel has made public appeal for funds me
Car has opened the subscription. and the project
e rnder the patronage of the Grand-dule Con-
stantin Constantinovitch. president or the lmperla
Academy.
The following story Is told OF the late Sir John
bennett the matchmaker: He was. with two
friends travelling up TO town from an outlying
Mace some fifteen or twenty miles distant, when
,tle DISPUTE arose to the exact distance or the
tourney The two friends were emphatic In their
contradictions OF each others statements ana
eventually offered TO back their own opinions. Al
this point Sir John came TO the rescue he wH I
NOT hear Of a money bet. but consented 10 aiIo"
hem n settle matters by betting ten-guinea
(Bennetts) watch.
Governor F. NJ Drake of Iowa fell on the steps
of the CAPITOL at Des Moines last week ana struck
his thyh at the point Of an old wound caused ~
a bullet In the war lie Is SUFFERING soo" ue'i vi
pain but the injury Is not SERIOUS
Paris July ls-JTnited States Consul-General John
*. Gowdy. who had been seriously I'll. is now I'M
o.,,, and IL about TO be removed to Pemberes
a well-known health resort on the Ahs'oo"e 'o'
change on an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-20
INTEREST IN hawaii.

A recent circular of the Department OF Acrl-
culture throws some convincing light upon the
Hawaiian question 1t is most effective an.
swer to the Japanese protest against anncxa-
ton. That protest was largely founded upon
the alleged ground Of Japan's great interests
in the Hawaiian Islands This circular shows
what American interests there amount to-a
showing before which all Japanese interests
seem insignificant indeed.
The circular deals with the last ten wears tho
very period in which Japanese interests have
the first half of this period no less than 81 20
per cent of Hawaiian foreign trade was with
the United States. Certainly those figures in
dictate a sufficient predominance of American
interests TO answer the claims OF any OF the
other nations that made up the remaining $50
per cent. But perhaps American trade is ,,e.
clinlng. and that of Japan increasing: Not at
all. In the second half Of the decade American
trade actually increased to 91.92 per cent and
that Of all others put together decreased 10 SOS
per cent. That rule holds good down to the
present day. In 1896 Hawaiian trade with the
United States was greater than in any pfecel-
ing year.
II Is true that Hawaiian trade with other
countries Is growing. especially with japan.
China and Canada. That Is natural. But those
countries are not rivals OF the United States
They are not gaining upon the United States
They purchase only about one-half OF per
cent OF what Hawaii sells. They SELL all of
them together, less than onefourth Of what