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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-08
TARIFF BILL PASSED.
One Democrat Cast His Vote in
Favor Of Protection.
BENEFIT TO TRUSTS POINTED OUT.
Vest Named 0ae Hundred and Thir-
ty Trade Combinations.
4 NEW CUBAN RESOLUTION.
Proposes to Empower the President
to Collect nm Indemnity From
Spain by Any Means.
a NEW CUBAN RESOLUTION.

Washington. July 7,-tspccial. The
having passed tho senate this evening
There was no demonstration when the re-
suit was announced, but on the contrary,
an oppressive silence. as though from the
effect Of heavy thud.
Among the democrats there was a gen.
eral sigh of relief. and a lock as II they
were secretly congratulating themselves
that something material had boon added to
the stock of political capital which has
accrued to them during this extra Sos
sion.
There was no air of triumph among the
republicans. They had the appearance OF
men who had done something perforce,
without heart OF hope; they were paying
the first installment Of the enormous cam
paign debt Of 1856.
Speeches by Senators Teller and Cannon
which brstlu1 with home thrusts at the
hypocrisy Of tho republican leadership, as
telling and effective as when the Colorado
senator delivered his famous valedictory
nj the 81. Louis convention, tended lit
* ~ utlp lHp tIluIis " tuc ItpupllAdh
senators to keep stiff upper lip. When
plainly told how rotten and execrable a
surrender to the trusts was the tariff bill.
the countenances OF Allison and al the
rest were "sicklied DER with pale cast"
Washington, July 7-By the decisive
vote of IS to 9S the tariff bin was passed
in the senate shortly before & o'clock TO-
dlv The elimination Of the lonc and ar
duous struggle had excited keenest interest
and the floor Of the galleries of tie SEN
ate chamber We're crowded by those anxious
to witness tho closing scenes. The main
interest centercG in the final vote, and
aside frcm this thero was little Of dramatic
character in the debate. The early part Of
the day was spent on amendments Of com
paraiyely minor import, debate branching
into The financial and antitrust channels
BY o'clock the senators began manifest
ing their impallence by calls for vote
vote" and SO on thereafter until the last
amendment. Was disposed of and the
final vote begun There were many inter-
rupiions as pairs were arranged, and at
% o'clock the vico president arose and
announced the passage OF the bill ayes
IS. noes rs. There was no demonstration,
but few scattered handclaps were given
as the crowd dispersed
The detailed vote follows:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-08

Il. q. Muslin of The International and
Gr,.mt Northern at I.ongview has arrived
in Houston to take The local agency OF
the road nj this point
Changes in passenger schedules. effect
I've today.
General Superintendent TrIcc of The In
tcruatonal and Great Northern EXPRESSES
himself on the ocean rate war. Swecpin;
reductions expected by Saturday.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-08

Cotton futures sac points higher.
First half OF 1897 showed few failures
tn Texas.
Corn dropped isc reeaiued 1t and ad-
vanccd lec, wheat gained 1910 on higher
foreign markets
Stocks advanced, but IT was clearly pro
fossloual manipulation.
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Included IN means.

Folowln. ' :, Readings.
slf-recorc,ra" me reading OF the rrapos
h suns,sns Thermometer in Tho orGes
pn and T'.,at j. NJ. Lee of The lions.
M To.i isAas Central railway from q
Day 20 y. m. Wndnnedn,.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-08
Sport.

Marcos wants n monument TO the women
of the ConfcderncN.
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I.tI,.nI.

Houston is finally accorded first-class
foe Insurance rating.
Charlton is getting dangerously near
Houston.
The Light ARTILLERY will give an excur-
sion Sunday 10 La Porte
BODY of an unknown baby found in the
layOu.
Moro tests with carrier pigeons.
The majority of the boss BARRIERS don't
want to close on Sunday.
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Rain

Observations taken by tile United States
weather bureau at D. M. 75th meridian
time.
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enacts tho antitrust sections OF tho VII
son act while the reciprD lily ana retaila-
tory provisions are substituted for those Of
the house.
one Of the most Important provisions
added by the senate is that plnciuG etamp
tax on bonds debentures and certificates
of stock. Aside from these more mpor
tant changes the bill, az il goes back 10
the house has S74 amendments Of various
degrees Of importance, which must b. rec
oncilcd between tho Two branches Of con-
gress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

SUICIDE AT decentralization
noon yesterday Ella Jameson commit
ted suicide by throwing herself into the
canal at Lynchburg. She had been
walking down the Southern Railway
track with young man, Louis Shaner,
and witnesses state that they seemed to
be uuarreling. When near the scene OF
the suicide the woman, it is said, kissed
Shaner and told him good bye. Wit
nesses state that previous to their
separation Shaner struck her with q
stone. The woman told Sbaner that
she was going to drown herself, but he
says that he did not think
that she meant to do it. Shaner
turned toward the city, and the
woman walked down steep embank.
ment to the edge of the canal and
plunged into the water. She was seen
struggling in the water by several
colored bows, but before they succeeded
in getting her ashore she had hoated
down the swift current at least two
hundred yards. She had evidently
been dead for several minutes when she
was finally dragged up on the bank.
The coroner decided that circumstances
in the case demanded an investigation,
and an inquest was held this morning.
Shaner went to police headquarters to
give himself up, but he was not detain-
ed. There were FIVE or six witnesses
and their testimony was to the effect
that the woman committed suicide.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
CONGRESSIONAL.

The Senate yesterday adopted the
conference report on the immigration
bill by the vote of 81 to 81. The report
was vigorously opposed, among the
Senators speaking against being Messrs.
Gray, Palmer and Gallery. OF the 81
negative votes % were cast by demo-
Gratis.
The House passed bill of consider
able Importance to the arid regions Of
the West. 1t opens to use and occu-
patton all the reservoir sites reserved
by the geological survey. There are
13S Of these sites scattered throughout
the arid country and this act will en-
able them to be put to practical use by
individuals or corporations. The con-
ference report on the legislative, execu
tive and judicial appropriation bill was
adopted.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
FARMERS ALLIANCE.

The Supreme Council of the Farm
ers' Alliance and Industrial Union held
two sessions in Washington yesterday,
during both Of which considerable bust
ness was transacted. The most impor-
tant question at the morning session
was the discussion as to whether the
aid or insurance branch of the council,
heretofore existing under the same
character, should be regarded as q sep
arate branch with charter of its own.
1t was finally decided to leave the ques-
ton to the vote of the degree. The
other event of importance was the
amendment of the constitution so as to
allow officers TO succeed themselves.
The evening session was devoted to
the important business Of election of
officers and the reception Of the reports
of various committees.
Mann Page of Brandon, Va, was re-
elected president without opposition;
C. Vincent, of Indianapolis, Ind, vice
president; w. P. Bricker, Logan
Station, Pennsylvania, secretary and
treasurer. 1He meluucIS vi tuo
executive committee elected are
Mann Page, Virginia; R. A. South
worth, Denver, COL; John Brienig,
Junction, w. Va; A. B. Welch, Victor,
n. Y; Hon. William H. Stokes, Or
angeburg, S. G.
The committee on resolutions pre-
sented lengthy report, in which the
Pacific Railroad funding bill or any
measure embodyiug like principles was
strongly condemned, as was also the
Loud postal bill, now pending in the
Senate, on the ground that it will in
crease the cost of popular literature.
The cooperative plan known as the
"Rochdale" system was recommended
as the one best adapted to the needs of
the order. The pending arbitration
treaty was condemned on the ground
that it was diversion of the path
marked out by Washington in his
warning against entangling alliances
with other nations"
The treasurer's report showed the al
lance in good financial condition, and
reports of the other committees were
equally encouraging.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Edmund R. Colhoun, rear admiral
U. S. n, retired, died very suddenly
at his home in Washington last night.
Captain General Weyler, at public
reception at Sancti Spiritus yesterday,
told the authorities that the lacifica-
ton of Cuba will soon be accomplished.
William Waldorf Astor has an
nounced that he will subscribe $1,000
annually toward the Prince of Wales
London hospital fund to commemorate
the record reign of the Queen.
Admiral Bunce is not pleased with
the performance of his fleet at Charles
ton, S. G. The Maine, he says, has too
much superstructure, the monitors
should have their superstructure re-
moved and the Montgomery should
have lighter guns. Admiral Bunce has
sent to the Navy Department report
for nearly \ million dollars worth of
work on his ships.
Two thousand tanners and curriers',
employees of half.a-dozen of the big tan
neries in Chicago, were locked out yes
terday, and will be until the trouble
between employees and employers,
which was precipitated by strike on
Tuesday of the five hundred men en-
ployed by W. n. Eisendrath & Co., has
been settled.
1t is now definitely certain that Geo.
Matthews will hang at La Plata, Md,
on March II, for the murder of James
J. Irwin, ct Aliens Fresh. last August.
Gov. Lowndes stated yesterday that
ne would not interfere with the law,
and thst the condemned men must
hang. The gallows on which Matthews
will be hanged has been received at La
Plata from Prince Georges county.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
A MORAL QUESTION.

One hundred and fifty arrests in
Alexandria one night for gambling,
Manassas reached by the filling up and
stopping over Of gamblers from Alex
andria, illustrate the position taken by
men of moderation when the fanatics
thought that breaking up the race
track near Alexandria would put an
end to the rapine, theft and murder
that was rampant at Jackson City years
before the race course was made at
Alexander Island and has gone on in
cressing since the removal of the track.
The only decent sport of the locality
was racing. The most respectable
people at or near Jackson City were
the racing men, When the Legislature OF
Virginia destroyed their property, turn
ed them loose, penniless to tramp home,
they inflicted grevous wrong on in
nocent men, and if they thought they
were breaking up gambling the result
shows their error for to-day there are
more disreputable gambling dens in
and around Alexandria than ever be-
fore.
The fanatics who take no pleasure in
the glorious extension of the limbs of a
thoroughbred can get no comfort out OF
their work. They have killed a sport
in this State that has made heroes and
nations great, and set men to sucking
the blood of their brothers 10 the fetid
atmospheres of gambling bells.
If called upon to furnish o subject for
painter that would represent iusin.
cerity we would suggest company of
young men, calling each other friends,
seated around card table eagerly, an
xiously playing and plotting for the
money, the loss of which, each knows
his other is not able to stand. If we
wanted to breed q race of insincere,
treacherous humanity we would make
sres of these young men. Yet this is
the kind of gamb bling which the Legisla
ture of Virginia squints at while, with
great flourish OF trumpets, it breaks
up the selling of pools the only form of
betting in which the losses do not
amount to much.
The next legislature of Virginia will be
petitoned for liberal racing law. Already
reaction has set in against the cranks and
fanatics. They will ask this law in the in
terest of agriculture, in the interest of fair
and manly sport, in the interest of mans
truest and most useful slave and in the inter
est Of those whose reasonable enjoyment dc.
mants out of door, manly sports, whom no
coercion can make into psalm singing hypo-
critics. IFdrrenton Virginidn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
Constipation
TELEGRAPHIC BREVlTIES.

Gen. Horace Porter, who is to be
chief marshal of toe inauguration pa
rade, is coming from New York to
Washington tomorrow.
The Galveston, street car strike
was adjusted this morning. Immediate
" on signing the contract service was
resumed on all lines.
Judge Samuel Woods died at Phil.
ippi, w. Va, yesterday. He was one
of the best known lawyers of West
Virginia and was judge of the Court of
Appeals of that State from 1880 to 1890.
Communications were read in the
Utah House yesterday from Senator
Cannon and Gov. Wells, asking the
legislature to place ia the Hall Of
Statuary at Washington statue of
Brigham Young.
Samuel Spencer, ST., aged Is, and
Samuel Spencer, jr., aged 40, father
and son, were killed at Wuyalusing,
Pa, yesterday. They were walking
on the railroad track and were struck
by an express train.
Geo. w. Adams shot himself last
night in the Office of the National Lin
seed Co., in Chicago, where he was
employed as clerk, and died to-day.
He was descendant of John Quincy
Adams and was once wealthy.
Mr.. Kyle was to day elected U. S.
Senator from South Dakota by the solid
republican vote and few populists.
who stayed by him. Most of the pop
ulists deserted him, but enough remain
ed to give him the required number to
elect.
DR.. r. L Johnston, who, a few weeks ago,
was convicted OF murder in the second degree,
for the killing of DR.. George S. Henry, at
Duncannon, was this morning at New Bloom
field, Pa sentenced to 20 years imprisOn
mcnt in the penitentiary. He accepted his
sentence in n philosophical manner. Dr.
Johnston also shot his wife at the time he
shot and killed DR.. Henry, but Mrs. Johnston
recovered from her wounds and did all in her
power to aid her husbands defense during
the trial.
Coal river. in Lincoln county, w Va, is
gorged with ice for three miles in length and
from Is to % feet deep. Any tide will take
ont booms and logs to the am unt of over
$500, 900, and entail considerable damage 10
residents along the banks of the river.
Major Mckinley passed very comfortable
night and is good deal better this morning
He expects to be in his usual robust health
by the first of next week. The word has
gone forth that office seekers must wait until
he gets to Washington
Navarro Andrea, one of three Italians want
ed by the New Orleans police for a $4,000
diamond robbery, and for whose arrest Il re-
ward of $4,000 was offered, WAS arrested in
Chicago this morning.
Captain H. o. Heistand, Major McKinley's
confidential friend and secretary, IS seriously
i'll with the grip at Canton, and shows no
very marked degree of improvement this
morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
TO-DAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Foreign News.

MADRID, Feb. 1S.-A dispatch from
Havana says that the opinion Is
generally prevalent in Cuba that the
proposed reforms in the island will
have absolutely no influence upon the
Cuban war.
CADIz, Feb. 1S.-While force of
men were engaged to-day in lowering
boiler in a new Spanish cruiser, the
tacklipg gave way and the boiler fell
into gathering OF men below, killing
six OF them and seriously injuring ten
others.
PARIS, Feb. 1S.-France and Brazil
have signed a protocol referring their
dispute regarding territorial boundaries
to arbitration, the president OF the
Swiss confederation to be the referee.
BOMBAY, Feb. 1S.-The returns OF
the health authorities showing the
ravages of the plague report that since
its outbreak there have have been
6,S53 cases and 5,447 deaths from the
disease in this city and in the entire
Bombay presidency, 9,911 cases and
s 006 deaths,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
Greece Preparing for War.

ATHENS, Feb. 1S.-The war feeling
here is increasing hourly. Volunteers
are focking into the city, eager to take
part in battle against the Turk. 1t is
announced that the King of Greece in
tends to take command of the northern
army in person. NJ. Skouses, minister
of foreign affairs, has notified each min
lister that the withdrawal of the flotilla
will be impossible until Crete is COM
pletely pacifed, and furthermore, that
the Greek government will not rescind
it's orders to oppose the landing Of
Turkish troops. Colonel Vassos, com
manding the Greek forces in Crete, is
making preparations to attack Selino.
CANEA, Crete. Feb. 1S.-The foreign
marines are still flying their respective
flags, but the Greek flag has been low
cred in compliance with the notice sent
to the consul. The mutilated corpse OF
sister of the Russian vice.consul has
been found lying on the ground at
Halepa. The discovery of the body
has created an intense feeling of indig-
nation among the foreigners here.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

MADRID, Feb. 1S.-A dispatch
received here from Havana says it is
reported there that DR.. Zertucha, who
was General Antonio Maceo's physician
and accompanied him at the time the
iusurgent leader met his death, has
been assassinated. The insurgents and
their adherents held DR.. Zertucha re-
sponsible for the death of Maceo. They
charged that the doctor enticed Maceo
into Havana province, by means of a
letter, presumably written by an officer
in command ofthe Spanish forces, asking
Maceo to conference, in order to see
if some settlement of the war could not
be agreed upon. Maceo, accompanied
by his staff, which included the alleged
Lreacherous physician, walked unwit-
tingly into an ambush and was fired
upon and killed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
THURsrA EVENING. FEB. IS, 1897
AS ONE hundred and fifty millions of
onnnoilv annronriated nv

AS ONE hundred and fifty millions of
dollars are annually appropriated by
Congress for pensions, and as now,
thirty-two years after the close of the
war, nearly million names are on the
pension list, that is, four hundred thou
sand more pensioners than soldiers in
the entire Confederate army during
the entire four years of conflict, it is no
wonder that the executors of a pension
claim agent in Washington recently
discovered that they had overlooked
three million U. S. bonds in making
their inventory OF his estate. In the
present impecunious condition of the
tax ridden people of this country, it is
a CRYING shame that they should not
be relieved of the immense burden
that is imposed upon them by the no.
toriously fraudulent pension bill. Why,
the most prosperous people on earth
couldn't stand the pension plundering
to which those of this country have so
long been subjected.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

THOUGH THERE is no doubt of urgent
need of amendments to the constitution
of the State, for the real benefit of all
classes of her people, many of her
voters are opposed to convention to
effect that desired object, and, strange
as it may seem, some of them are demo
Gratis, though it is a democratic meas
ure. But the democrats of Virginia,
like those of many of the other States,
are now divided, and as the President
they helped to elect, deserted them and
went over to the enemy, it is no wonder
that they have become demoralized as
well as disorganized.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
THE B. &. o. R. RI. c. Hill, rail-

THE B. &. o. r. RI. c. Hill, rail-
road commissioner, was in consultation
at Woodstock yesterday with Common
wenlth's Attorney Baker regarding the
failure of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road to run its trains to the town of
Strasburg, in compliance with the
charter OF the Winchester and Stras-
burg road, of which the Baltimore and
Ohio is the lessee. Commissioner Hill
directed Attorney Baker to proceed at
once to compel the Baltimore and Ohio
to put its trains into Strssburg or have
the charter abrogated. The Baltimore
and Ohio trains are now stopped at
Strasburg Junction, which is about q
mile from Strasburg.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18
HOw'S This +?

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any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
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perfectly honorable in all business transsc-
ticns, and financially able to carry out any
obligation made by their firm.
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HALLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally anu
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of the system. Price Toe. per ool'io' 'o'u
by all druggists. Testimonials tree.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

The OFFICIAL report of last years
exports for the United States shows
that even the iron and steel made here
are sent abroad sDd undersell there the
like products OF the "pauper labor" of
foreign countries. But, with this patent
fact before their eyes, the new tariff
bill, the republican Congress proposes
to pass, puts a still higher duty on iron
and steel than is imposed by the exist
ing high tariff bill. However, as the
iron and steel manufacturers of this
country we're among the largest con-
tributors to the Hanna corruption fund !,
by means of which Mr.. Mckinley was
elected, the promised increased protec-
ton that induced them to make those
contributions must be fulflled-though
the people suffer.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

AS ANTICIPATED from the first by
those aware of the immense resources
of Mr.. Hanna and his mortgage, the
newspaper doubts concerning the
chances the successful collector of the
republican campaign corruption fund
has for seat in the U. s. Senate, are
being rapidly dissipated. With two
million and the offices at the disposal
of the administration to assist him, to
doubt his success is to deny the hu-
man nature of the republican members
of the Ohio legislature.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

PREvIoUsNEss IS quality that is not
confined to individuals. 1t sometimes
affects nations, and to both, its conse-
quences are disagreeable. The Greeks,
who have just landed troops in Crete,
Turkish territory, will be compelled by
the allied powers to withdraw them.
King George will realize the truth of
the old proverb, think twice before
speaking once. Discretion, especially
in this eminently materialistic age, is
better than valor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1897-02-18

SENATOR WoLcoTr, Mr.. McKinley's
envoy to Europe in the interest of BIZ
metallism, has been informed at Berlin
that if England and France will agree
to the reconciliation of silver, Germany
will assuredly do so. But as Mr.. VOL
colt had previously been informed at
London and Paris that neither England
nor France would do any thing of the
kind, what he heard at Berlin will do
neither him nor Mr.. Mckinley, nor any
body else, any good. The plutocrats OF
all countries control the governments
thereof, no matter what form of gov
eminent those countries may have, and
of course they don't want any other
sort of money than yellow gold.