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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
TO WATCH FOR RELIEF BOATS

Washington. January 2-Regarding the
order insructing the two war ships Dol
phin and Vcsuyius to proceed to Florida
waters. the question was asked of the
treasury officials today what more in the
direction Of restraining the departure Of
vessels with arms for Cuba could be OK
pected Of a dozen war shus than Of one,
as long as the Cuban bound boats are per
mitted to clear regularly and according to
law. No satisfactory answer could be re-
turned, but it appeared that the officials
are acting under the belief that the clear
anee scheme is really INTENDED as blind
and that the purpose Of the Cubans is 10
have ono or more relief boats sir, away
surreptitiousIy while tho authorities are
looking after the departure of the vessel
for which clearance papers are sought.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
CAMERON REVOLUTIONS.
Movement to POSTPONE Considcru-
ton of The MenNnrc.

Washington, January There is
movement on foot in the senate committee
On foreipn relo,iopc 10 have tho co,siaora-
H. 49,. -.
'iou VI '''c cameron ttAoiu'loh pos'poheu
until the question can be feconsdered by
the committee at its meeting on "Wednesday
newt
Nnch 'ne resoi"''oh was reported 20 lho
senate 1t was agreed 10 by the committee
that IL should be called I'm Immediately
alton ,ho h,iiao, ,.aa.,r M, -. ..,.,,,
supporters oil inc resolution hau neeh ailN-
i9us 10 nave ne QUESTION UP Tor imme
uidte cOnslVtEdtIul De1UF" appointment, ana
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

San Francisco. January 2.--Thc Cali
fornia Wool association is taking consider
able interest In legislation by the next
congress. II Is believed that thorough
protective duty on wool and woolens. with
specific al yalnrem duty for wool and "A
goods, neither to be less than the McKin-
ley tariff. viii insure prosperity for the
industry. The association has sent a
lengthy communication TO senators and
members of congress. also to members of
the ways and means committee. setting
forth It's views and recommendations.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
WoLCoTTT SAILED.
He Is Going 10 Confer with the III
mctMLIisIn Of EMrnpC.

New York. January 2.-Senator Wolcott
Of Colorado sailed today on the Campania
for Europe to ondeayor TO bring about ar
ranRcments for an international conference
looking To the promotion OF blmetailisn.
Although chairman OF the senate cnnnittec
appointed 10 take steps toward such a con-
ference. he does not go in any official pa
paciiy. Tho afternoon papers announce
that Senator Wolcoit win confer In Lon
don with representatives OF the bImetallir
societies Of Great Britain. Germany
Russia and Austria. lie will also have
inLerylews with EurOpean statcsinen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
WAYS Avn MEANS COMMITTEE.
Day Devoted TO tInxserd. Hemp and
Vegetable FihrrS.

Washington. January 1.-THE ways and
means committee devoted the day listening
TO those interested In the schedule cover
Ing fax seed, hemp, jute MANILA and other
vegetable tihera Tie manufacturers grow
ers and importers displayed considerable
autagonism. Those who appeared were
William Rutherford of Oakland. Calf,
Crawford Lyon OF baltimore, John Wilson
Of Newark. Ohio. iefiic Combs of Licking
ton, Ky. Congressman Van Horn OF MIS-
souri,, !. NJ Bears Of Boston. y. II. MD
die ot New York. Congressman -oiccl Chas.
u. Poarce of 81. Louis and John W. Bell
of Andover Mass
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rather ana Daughter Killed.

winona. Miss, January 2-Andrew li'll
and his daughter. Amanda Hill we're killed
today by Deputy Sheriff Thompson. The
officer searched Hll's house for fugiuves,
and, after entering. served warrant on
Andrew Hill Hill grabbed gun and
threatened to kill Thompson, whereupon
the latter fired. missing Hill and killing
the daughter. A second shot struck Hili
in tho groin. killing him instantly. There
is great excitement.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
Ere Mt franklin.

Nashville, Tenn. January s.-At 1870 a.
m a telegram from Franklin, Just received,
says the north side of the public square is
on fire and heavy losses are certain. A re-
quest for help from Nashville, there being
no fire department at Franklin. was about
TO he made but was abandoned because Of
the connagration In this city. Eight es-
Establishments have already been burned In
franklin and the fire Is spreading.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

people arc better from having shared
their enjoyment
\ warm ana abundant rain fell on the
aNl h, which was needed. As the weather
continues san warm. grass, gardening aud
all winter growing vegetation are booming
as I'm spring time
The m,ucs nv Thurbcr and Mineral CITY
are WORKING wen up 40 the maximum Of
capacity, nnl traffic on the Texas ana
Pacific railroad has been heavier for the
last few weeks than ever noticed here.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

Liberty. Ind. January 2.-Henry Hustled,
cashier of the Union County National
bank. was found hanging by the neck 10
a iafter in his stable today. His Knees
were touching the floor and he was dead
when found by his sen. No motive is
Known. Husted's financial affairs are In
good condition. He was widely known and
esteemed. He was g. years old and an
ex-soldior.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
National Coast Defense.

Tampa. Fla, January 1.-The meeting
called for January 90 in this city TO or
ganze National coast defense and naval
reserve association promises TO be very
important one. Replies from the invita-
States and Interested commercial organiza-
tions In every important city. Governor
Mitchell says, indicate very large at
tendance.
Secretary Herbert has ordered man.
of-war TO Tampa for the occasion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
ANoTnER ACCnuNr.

Memphis. Tenn, January IA cyclone,
leaving death and destruction behind, de-
seconded upon the little town OF Mornings.
port La, at $40 O'Clock this afternoon.
The reports from the stricken town are
very meagre, owing to the complete pros
tration Of all telegraph and telephone wires,
but report received at Texarkana says
that ten people were killed outright and
three are known to have been fatally In
juied
The entire family Of Mr.. Good, five In
number, were killed. W. j. Morgro was
slightly hurt by flying debris, but the mems
bers of his family did not fare SO well.
Two of his little children were badly
crushed and can not recover. while his
nother-in- law received fatal injuries,
Moorinasport Is a town of 800 or 1000 or
so inhabitants. situated on the Kansas CITY.
Pittsburg and Gulf road. twenty-five miles
west OF Texaraana. The town is an ob3
one. but its population has been considera-
bly, augmented by the advent Of the Gull
railroad few months ago.
The railroad officials dispatched RELIEF
train at s o'clock tonight to the scene OF
disaster. but at this hour q a. ml nc
further details have been received from tho
little town.
Adyices from Southwestern Arkansas
state that a violent wind and lightning
storm prevailed this afternoon Wires xere
blown down and In some instances railway
traffic was interrupted.
report from Benton, Ark, on the Iron
H,outlnueh nm Seventh RaRe1
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
Democrnt. Rack DuboI..

has arrived here, accompanied by Secre-
tary Walsh OF the democratic National
committee. MIR. Walsh comes for the pur-
pose of endeayoring to induce the demo-
Gratis 10 Join in re-electlng Dubois to the
senate. He says It Is the unanimous wish
of the committee and all of the National
democratic leaders that the senator be
sent back. Dubois will need six or seven
more votes in the legislature than he has
now In order to win.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
10th sides C1ntm Victory.

Harrisburg, Pa, January IA great
many members of the Legislature arrived
today and tonight. Both sides are claiming
the victory for senator and Senator Quay
sticks to his declaration that Penrose has
100 votes twenty-five more than the num-
Der necessary to elect. Mr.. Quay said to-
night that the senatorial caucus will be
next Tuesday night.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

Thurber Junction. Texas, January L.
The holidays have passed chccrfully and
pleasantly. Christmas trees for the
schools. at this place and also Mt strawn
and Thurber. were well patronized, and
the children made happy. while the older
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

while suffering from a ball wound In his
ankle Aidrcz came from Santiago by sea,
and this Is favorite route Of travel for
many Of the insurgents.
Vice Consul Springer sailed for the
United States on the steamer Orizaba.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
DEsTRuCTrvE FIRE AZ NASHVILLE
several LnrEc uuildinrs in the city
Consumed.

Nashville Tenn, January 8 At ] a. m,
a destructive fire which started In Lebocils
dry goods store, is not yet under control.
The block on the south side Of the public
square, in which the fire originated, has
been Quilted Ton buildings have been en-.
tirey or partially consumed, Occupants of
them are retail merchants. and are Lcbccls
Bros. dry goods; Abcrnathy. Laudsherser
Il Co. clothing Grimes DAILY &c Robert son,
dry goods. These are total losses Six
other buildings and contents are damaged
and still in danger. Back Of I.ehepks build
ing, Burns & Co. leather dealers lose their
building aud contents.
On the public squire in the east end of
the city, the market house caught IRE from
sparks and was consumed. The fire is now
IN the rear of important banking and busl-
ness houses on College street. and II now
seems impossible to check it's progress until
several OF these buildings. If not all are
burned rough estimate of the losses so
far suffered is placed at $500, 600. Tho on
tire block bounded By the square. College,
Union and Market streets. in the contcr OF
the dry goods and banking district. is
whore the fire is raging.
Nashville, Tenn, January 3.--I3O a.
m.-The destructive fire which has been
burning for more than two hours in the
large business block on the south side OF
the public square is now under control.
Three buildings fronting on the public
square and their contents are total losses.
I.ebeck Bros. store, In which the fire orig
mated, was one of the handsomest and
most commanding buildings In the city.
Fronting the public square four other
buildings are damaged by fire and water
The citys building at the south end of the
market house, containing the comptroller's
and treasurer's offices and other public a.
fioos. also was almost totally consumed. On
Market street south of Lebeck's building
five buildings we're consumed The prln-
ripal one being handsome four story
building of Burns Bros. owners of the Lee
beck building. An estimate OF insurance
can not be obtained at this hour. Insurance
on Lcheck's block is $4,000, with 100000
loss, The rear of Seitz Bros was also
badly damaged. Estimates OF losses. not
Insurance. are placed between
800 600 and 100000 No serious injuries
to iiremen or citizenzs are reported
On Market street the buildings were cut
up into small stores and the number OF
occupants can not be obtained The rear
of the large building Of Marshall & Bruce,
blank books and stationery. was damaged
by fire and water At one time II seemed al
most impossible TO check the progress of
the fire. especially as part of the force was
detached TO fight the flames in the south
end of the market house. Immense damage
was done by water In saving buildings
threatened.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
Negro sympathy for Cubn.

Galesburg. ILL.,, January AIT large
mass meeting here of colored citizens cele-
brating the emancipation proclamation,
resolution espousipg the cause OF the Gu
ban insurgents was passed amid great en-
thusasm.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
Local.

Arranging to celebrate the birthday of
General r. Il. Lee.
State and county tax collections for De-
cember.
Entertainment by the ladies' of the Sec
ond Bsptst church.
The annual meeting of the Faith Hocn'
association.
Fast dav services at Shearn church.
Y. NJ. c. A. meeting.
Death of Mrs. w. \. Baxter.
The approaching stockholders meeting
of the Business League.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
ordered 10 San antonio.

Washington, January 2.-Licitenant
Colonel Amos s. Kimbai deputy quarter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03

WASHINGTON g in ling
on The
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
The Markets.

Wheat advances SIS; corn, oats and
provisions closed fraction higher.
Stocks closed fraction higher.
Bond market was strong.
Cattle receipts light.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-03
TODHTS FEATURES.
Cuba.

Cuba.
Vesuvius and Dolphin ordered to Florida
to check iihbusters
Dr. Rdzal married an hour before his
execution
Movement to have the consideration OF
the Cameron resolutions POSTPONED and
the question reconsadered.
The steamer Commodore sunk.
Two edicts Issued by Weyler.
Foreign.
iprine Islands.
Election riots in Brazil
Acting President Perera will decline TO
consult his ministers
Business paralyzed by the plague in IT,
dia.
Domestic.
William a. Hammond, vice president OF
tho collapsed National Bank of Illinois,
commits suicide.
Cyclone in Lousiate kills four persons
and wounds twenty others at Moorings-
port.
Ways and means committee devotes the
day TO hearings on flax seed, hemp jute
and vegetable fheqs.
Wolcott sailed 20 Europe to consult with
bimetallists of different nations.
Destructive fire at Nashville.
Andrew HIN and his daughter killed by
a deputy sheriff IN Mississippi.
sport.
Jimmy Duffy In a dying condition after
q ten round fight.
Waller wins the International bicycle
race.
Close of the intercollegiate chess tourna-
ment.
A Texan second in the California bicycle
races,
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j. NJ Dunn, lumber dealer of Axtell.
files a deed of trust to secure creditors.
r. A. Stuckert, lumber dealer of Yoa-
KUN, commits suicide by hanging.
G. c.. Kelly of Waxahachie struck by
lightning.
Ex-Treasurer roe of Dallas county ar
rested on new indictment, The former
one being defcctha
Alderman Kerble drops dead at San An
tonic.
A gardener named Richter shot while
on his way home near Temple
Travis county commissioners engage ex.
perts to go over the books of Treasurer
Jernigan, who committed suicide.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
How To Use COurt-PIastcr.

Did you ever notice the way a physi-
clan prepares the court plaster for a
wound? First, he holds the piece
lengthwise directly through the mid
die. The plaster should be considerably
larger than the wound, to keep well
over the edges; then slash the plaster
l%engthwise nearly to the edge. Straight
en- the court plaster out fiat and cut
the slashed pieces at opposite ends.
Place the straight edges of the court
plaster to the flesh on either side Of
the wound. bringing the strips across
the wound. Moisten them. and taking
a strip from each side, draw them to-
gether gently, closing the cut, and stick
the plaster in place. Continue with all
the strips, and the cut will be dressed
in a name to insure a perfect heal
ing, and as well as any doctor could
do II.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
Where 9uIxote Was Knightcd.

The ruins were Of an important ven
ia, such a caravanserai as was found
every few leagues when all travelling
and traffic between Madrid and Seville
passed on the royal highway, says
Scribner's. Should the ingenious sur
misses of the learned, who have indus
triously erected the ponderous COM
mentaries around Cervantes' romance.
be true. this venta had the rare good
fortune OF being visited by Don Quixote
In the beginning Of his w%anderings.
He kept his night vigil-at-arms In its
courtyard and on the morning follow
ing was by the rowdy. canny innkeep-
er made a knight. To me let It be
only what 1t surely is, and that is
enough: One OF the rare pages of the
days Of old-the mute witness of the
comedies and tragedies of the pleasures
and troubles OF some OF our predeces-
sors In the human procession.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

The strangest of all electric rail-
ways is that at Brighton, England, con-
Meeting that famous seaside resort with
Nottingham. several miles away on he
shore. The popularity of this railway
Is that its car Is mounted on four steel
stills twenty-four feet high. As part OF
the railway ig submerged al high tide,
this arrangement makes the electric
car in a manner amphibious, able TO
run through water that Is many feet
deep.
Each one of the stills on which the
car is supported rests upon a truck nav
ing four wheels, the four trucks being
braced together by steel tubular struts.
The trucks have the appearance OF
inverted canoes, thus affording easy
passage through the water. the e'ec-
trio current is conveyed to the car ny
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
A Walking Fish.

"A queer fish called the walking
goby" or the hopping fish, is found in
the Indian ocean, as well as along the
shores of West Africa. Crowds of these
curious creatures, resembling tadpoles
in their outlines, bask in the sun on
a muddy shore and scamper off on be-
ing disturbed. Many of them keep the
ends of their long tails dipped into
water, while they lie on the sun-heated
mud, or sit on the Mangrove roots, and
Prof. Haddon has suggested that there
may be an organ Of respiration in the
end OF the tail. additional to the SIM
liar organ in the gills. A more recent
investigator, DIR. Forbes of Liverpool,
thinks the fish are able to store a suf-
ficient quantity Of water in their gills
to maintain aquatic respiration during
their prolonged absences on the shore,
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05
NOVEL ENTERTAIN
Provided by ~ 80. Louis Hostess for Hei
Feminine Friends.

FEMININE Friends.
a wealthy st. Louisan living in the
vicinity of Lafayette park provided o
novel form of entertainment for his
guests one evening last week, says the
ST. Louis Republic.
The hostess was extremely anxious
to provide something original for the
editcation of a score OF guests whom
she intended to call together for an
informal evening. Her husband prom
ised to provide such novelty and took
a boon companion into his confidence
to that end. They had not exchanged
ideas thirty consecutive seconds before
they hit upon the device Of converting
the elegant parlors into a gambling
nous pro tem. A faro bank, a roulette
whele and poker and keno "lay-outs"
were easily %procurable, as the confer
rees well knew, and that part of the
programme was soon settled. The
friend suggested as a pretty %epilogue
the introduction Of a pair Of bulldogs.
guaranteed to reduce each other TO
mincemeat In three rounds. This rather
'N'cS''N' ~ tllblllOuS uOSl, bul hHb
friend is a ward politician, and. with
the ~eloquence he always keeps on
draught, soon convinced the other that
the evening would be a failure without
those bulldogs.
The evening arrived and with II
came the guests. The ladies were pref
lily shocked at sight of the gambling
paraphernalia, but became accustomed
TO 1t In an astonishingly short time
and shared in the games with becoming
vim. IL was when the yellow bull
logs made their unexpected entrance
that the horror of the fair guests
proved genuine. The beasts yelped and
growled and showed other peculiarly
canine symptoms Of spelling for a
light %Thereupon the ladies sought
refuge on the piano and card tables and
chairs, conducting their retreat as from
a mouse.
Notwithstanding excited feminine
protestations, the friend who had been
consulted as to n novelty In enter
tainment unleashed the dogs. 1t was
an exciting climax to an original
evening. The dogs Toasted for five
minutes on choice bits of each others
anatomy. The ladies' screamed and the
friend who was consulted exulted in
the success of his novelty. When he
was quite convinced-and 1t took a con-
siderable time to convince him-that
the ladies' desire for gore had been
fully gratified he doused the dogs into a
convenient tub of water and separated
them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

a business that has reached immense
proportions within the last ten years"
Down this street and up the next, and
up a long flight of stairs to an Office
where the lucky number of thirteen
misses was at work. This was the in
itial bow to the largest pie factory in
the whole of Gotham and. for that
matter, the entire country. Here II Is
that an average OF $4,000 pies Is turned
out every day Of the week except Fri
day, when the figures 70 over the 90
600 mark because of the demand for
sunday. Pies little and big and in all
conditions of preparation. are to be
seen here, and the average office boy
or downtown clark would imagine
himself in pie heaven were he TO get
upon the ground.
Ask the most experienced housewife
and she will readily testify to the state
ment that 1t Is nc easy natter to make
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

hand and the dough-covered tin plate
in the other, the fller-in dips the Dip
per into the barrel of nlling alongside
Of him. raises IL in the air and, with a
graceful movement Of the wrist, turns
1t into the waiting plate. This ac-
complisbcd, everything Is ready for the
oven. The latter Is a gigantic thing
operated much on the style OF the Fer
ris wheel. Suspended by its axle above
a red-hot fire liz n wheel about twelve
feet long and sixteen inches In dame
ter. Eight iron platforms are hung
from the rims of this wheel and upon
these platforms the pies are placed. The
name Of suspension is such that the
pies always remain horizontal. One OF
the platforms IL always over the open
ing of the oven. The attendants cover
the platform with pies and the wheel
Is then turned until the next platform
comes into view, which in like manner
is filed. This Is continued until the
eight platforms have been covered. The
next turn brings into view the first
lot put in, all baked to a nicely. They
are then removed and the platform
filled again. Again the wheel turns and
another army OF baked pies Is present.
ed and removed. This continues hour
after hour so long as the demand lasts.
an average Of about ! 900 pies is baked
hourly over thas oven. The pie fac
tory is a great institution and must be
seen to be appreciated.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-02-05

courses OF lectures by the most dis
tinguished literary and scientific au.
thoritles OF the country on historical,
philosophical, scientific and literary
subjects, adapted to the comprehens'on
OF laboring men, who attend In large
numbers. Swedish literature Is the
topic treated by Miss Key, who, In ad-
dltion TO her philanthropic labors, has
done literary work, publishing books.
chiefly on sociological themes. One is
a biography of Anne Charlotte Loef-
fer, Duchess Of C~aianello, who is wide
ly known through her sketch OF the
life Of Sophie ~Kovalevsky. Miss Key
Is a sort of lay confessor Of the work.
ing classes, who come In crowds every
Sunday to her modest lodging to con
suit her on every possible question.
from family tins to controversies about
wages. She Is a believer In socialism
for Sweden, but only as a transitional
means to larger ends. She desires the
acknowledgment of women.