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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
MglNLEY AND CUBA.

The positive assertion IN the New York
World made ~ It's Washington eorre-
spoadenc. tina; Nj Mckinley has deter.
mined 20 adrlse Spain ,sr5srs Minister
/ wooa.orJ thar un,ess he cuban rebellion
Is put down h. october tbs country VIII
Re compelled to recognize the iusurrerts
as seli!ssrenis, Is extremely Interesting
and Important Il truc.
| This statement ia the worli'z CORE.
sPondenre Is oonaaniea by the .ur,he,
remark that the American Administration
does 20; ;hlak that such step b. this
4 roTeruueat VIII ss followed ~ var o-ii-
nh-ily st ought not 70 give such serious o.
( Tease IS 70 cause war and we're we dealing
Tith more civilized and Intelligent peop!e
than The splasards it would not have such
a result, bat NJ. Mckinley and his cabine,
have faiied % estimate the situation cor
rec;iy Il they expec, bur preser. relations
v'h the pont 10 remain n statu quo after
we have recognized Cuoan belnserency
Reports from Spain IN yesterday. paper
we're 70 The eject that public opinion over
.Aefe wss aroused against the ministry for
It's 'sulservieacy 10 the United States,
st5 thzt large ant growing element were
anxious tor wsr vi,h The American people
a order 70 obtain an excuse .or letting
cuba 20.
such temper as th.s among an igro--
ant proud ADD imPress!onable race IS a
constant menace TO u= and the Washington
authorities VIII be found mapping and illy-
z-s4 Fr-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
stricken Win Ano.,., :,

Lockhart'' Texas, July 2i.--At an early
nour this morning Mr.. ., T. Palmer. clerk
Of inc district court, was stricken With
apopiexy- He has been very low III d.y
and \ 4 scarcely hoped thst ~ .,lIl nj ~,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Nine. Juanita Candelcrla, who is the only
survivor of the massacre of the Alamo by
Santa Annals army in 1896, has just passed
her 18th birthday and is bright and apry in
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The ny-as snake story from South caro-.
hna shows Thai the dspcnsary sys;en
Is beginning 10 set the peop.e just WHERE
/. wants them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The transportation companies have
s--7'ck richer vein OF pay dirt than u.lnc.
tenias o; the n2edeyn Argonau;s WI ever
strike
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
ara,ns tho rarity ,nA, Aonored him =,

u any Key West correspondents are
rsss.. erred n ;he Yukon river country.
thcsa eoii s;nriss sholil te d.scoun:ri
about 8 per cent
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
.om the Atlan.a conetLtntlon.

From the Atlanta Constitution
THE LAW OF I.lBEL.-One Of the good
works performed by the recent session Of
the Pennsylvania legislature was the re-
peal Of a tyrannical libel Law which hai
GENE down from a time when newspapers
were struggling for recognition.
Ii is the faul; OF most Of the libel laws
Of the United States that they are the
natural outgrowth of the libel lave Of
England, made in an axe when the publ
cation OF newspapers Was looked upon Win
suspicion and jealousy. The result OF
such laws is that a newspaper having pub
l!sheA facts which have become matters OF
nOtoriety is held 10 a responsibility from
which private pariits making the Same
statements are rXcmpt. In other words.
the individual goes into court with tn pre-
sumption OF innocence in his favor. whilst
the newspaper publisher is hauled UP under
the burden of being considered guilty aud
having to work out hla freedom by evil
dence
Another evil Of the existing libel laws OF
many STATES IS that newspapers are liabla
for simultaneous prosecution IN every
county In which their journals circulate.
or lato years strong efforts have been
made In the more advanced communities Of
the Union to make Il change in these old
time and out of date laws, and to place
libel where Il ought to bc--a matter Of
proof before the court. governed by In
tent" and punishable by reasonable pro-
cCsses.
In this connection It may be well TO say
that the present libel law OF the State of
Georgia Is one of the most antiquated and
unjust which stands upon the statute
books OF any State IN the Union. 1t starts
out with the presumption Of guilt; it IS
entirely in the interest Of captious liti-
giants and is cumbersome In every respect
Its whole purpose IL not to find out the
facts between man and man or 20 adjust
oquitably causes Of complaint between
plaintiff and publisher. but is solely aud
only an instrument which may be used by
the mcat doubtful characters in the State
for the purpose of harassing and cmbar-
RAISING publishers, without an idea of
reaching Justice.
It, is 10 be hoped that the Georgia legls,
lature VIII yet take mp this statute and
place II whore it ought 10 be- recognizing
tLat the newspapers are now established
organs Of society and that VIC should no
LONGER grope along with the idea that the
newspaper is the natural enemy of the
community.
Massachusetts Is 10 be added 10 the list
OF States which at last recognize liberty
Of the prcss 20 be as important ns liberty OF
speech. holding both prCss and person 10
the same accountability and making nell
ther the subject Of malicious prosecution.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Tines In This country are just about
ripe enough now 10 cause the Alaskan
sold field stories 10 bear lois OF emigration
.~-,,-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

SPAN ana japan may proceed with their
Damon ana Pythias time without moics-
iauon unless they get funny" and then
uncse Sam will "fx their clack."
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Ute am III wind ETC." Texas merchants
have upings couArg ahstr way just now In
the n,atter Of frieights.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The British seem % bs somawhat = !.
ssa'sasa : s g ssascs's " y rev
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

the gold bug democrats arc A. mnci
pswihered as a Kansas populist In tn
st. Louis Union station.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

NOW that the much vaunted victory oil
she house conferees turns out TO be a
iake and triumph for the sugar truat
Umpire Tom Heed VIII probably say hc
wasn't looking.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

II she Dallas hungry hordes OF pie hunt
ers would develop 8 few original Nc
kinney mca.' they might expedite mat.
ierS a iitA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

II seems that the Texas gold bug deni
oeratr are now cou.rg in for Their slice o.
pic VA the railroads.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Colonel Eddy" Green's pie territory Is
growing smaller a,.d beautifully less. ana
al his pie sveslz 10 be &C the opea-iecel
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Great credit IL due to the god bug al
legged democrats who nave lately assem-
blcd IN convention for their selt-restraint.
No mention was made about "a third term
Tor Dr. Cleveland
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The South VIII continue 10 pay tho
manufacturers Of cotton bagging and ties
protection bonus as wen as a good
profit In tariff snipe hunt the South IS
invariably left to hold the bag
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Tho Syracuse O. - POST thinks that
after ihe eHn'uus eaupa gu OF last yea;
ana tbs CONSEQUENT Generalization of
l4ssrsss "rhe American people deserve a
ro8i from politics this year" They de-
l..,.., - ,,. .,.a,'.s,.i 49,
,,
-
s,..,....,- .,,,t-t.h - .,te,
-
Clan spreckeia has again sued Editor
Hears, for Il million dollars damages.
when there sugar trust uagnntes g.si to
aHlinf nI'h"h ooiai S''tS asaltSt news
r-" ~ 40 lh'it ''L"' pF'h'l'io Ee"''' ~
~hitis eYr'Y"inic may wei! tr@inne Tor
------------
'oionFi ~ iihinH = '-'n plahee ch-he
Se''i' to nave suppei an eccentric
The repnbl,e,n nary 81 discovering, to
ia mimic di.a,st rhro,,ah ~ rowing hi.
metallic commI@ion, that there is really
strong s,ivcr sentiment in Europe. Just
"a the democrats coutenlel last yeAr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

Real NJ on he nlrendnents 10 the state
constitution and yrto intellFemly on Au-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

II the gold bug dcmmyreps wll only
keep j. snlrling Morton under cover much
VII lIn fnrriunn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The republic1n parry Is discovering, To
.ta innntc disgust. through So rowing BIZ
metallic cOnmlasio ion, that there IL really
strong slvc- sentiment in Europe, Just
AZ the democrats oonLenlel last year.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22
HOUSTON DAILY POST.

Houston Printinl Company.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

The soldier BOYS ore cnioying some o.
Sanloues Turkish bath weather
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-07-22

ssni-Wsesly Pest. n2 Goa. per Week.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
TWO RECENT DISCOVERIES IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF SAVAGES

must drink when it is offered to us or
these people will feel very much hurt.
Like as not they will stampede our horses
IN addition to treating Us with scorn, and
We may have TO walk back to Apia.''
Without saying so in so many words
Luttrell gave Cushman the idea that all
must drink and that the first one to whom
the cup was offered must drain it without
a moments hesitation.
Cushman looked at the savage-looking
chief, thought of the long tramp back to
Apia, and when the cup was handed him
drained it Immediately. though his face
expressed great repugnauce. When the
cup was handed to Luttrell he was aston
ished to see that individual smilingly re-
fuse it and then go into convulsons of
laughter.
What Cushman said to Luttrell on the
way back to Apia cannot bs quoted here,
but he is still looking for chance to get
even
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
FIRST LOCOMOTIVE RUN IN AMERICA "THE sToURBRDGE LION

also. This latter is a History of the
First Locomotive in America" written by
one William II. Brown and published by
the Appletons in 1874 1t is now out of
print, and one of the relics Mr.. McCue has
gathered about him at his pleasant little
home on Eighteenth street. From this
book much valuable supplementary infor-
nation is cleaned, and taken with the
story told by Mr.. McCue leaves no doubt
that the Lion was the pioneer Ameri.
can locomotive.
Mr.. McCue's father was in the employ
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal and
Railway Company. But let his son tell
the story:
My father was born New Years day.
1907. and died April 10, $780," he prefaced
as he leaned over the Baldwin counter to
help bestow credit where credit is due
He was always very bright BOY and at
13 was a stake-driver for the surveyors
gang that laid out the Erie canal. At Is
he was a sub-contractor and at 19, in 1876
was the contractor for the Delaware and
Hudson canal. 1t was he who ran the
first boat over this canal. He died at
benson, Iowa, April 19, 1880, while on his
third visit to California. He is now buried
at POttsdam, n. \.
at was quite while before his death,
indeed l think it was some time in 1857,
that he received a letter from John r.
McEntee asking about the first locomotive
ever operated in America. My father was
surprised as he had always thought that
every one knew the Liou to have been the
very first. My father was in the employ
Uf the company in 1829-thls letter came
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This is tale Of the first locomotive that
ever successfully ran IT'S length on Amer
lean soil. 1t has nothing to do with the
old California days, but shall take one
back 10 other climes amid other scenes
back TO where the head waters OF the
Monongahela purl over@he pebby bottom,
amid the foothills of the Cum berlands.
The father of John J. McCue, we'll
known hotel man in this City, placed on
the track the first steam locomotive. The
elder McCue was much honored engineer,
and during his life enjoyed preferment
from the Delaware and Hudson Canal and
Railroad Company, 10 whom the first To-
connective belonged. It was from his
father that Mr.. McCue FIRST learned of this
obscure machine because of the blatantly
echoed praises showered upon Old Iron
sides. De Witt Clinton and John Bull
have served to hite the glory that really
belonged to the StourbridCe Lion. which
was successfully operated August 3, 1929,
three years before Old Ironsides, the much
extoiled Baldwin LOGON olive, two years
before John Bull and two years and six
days before the De Witt Clinton.
There is another source of information
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

1t made its trip drawing a large quantity of
stone August 8, 1929, over three-mile stretch
OF track at Honesdae, Pa. At that time was
working, as 1 had been for some time before,
for the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
In the early part of 1929 Horatio Allen, the
compRny's engineer, was sent to England
to buy three engines. The first one
the Lion, arrived May z. 1929, via ship
John Jay, and was landed al West Point.
The Eagle, the second, arrived via ship
Charles Hicks. So soon as the notification
reached US / was directed by President John
Button of the canal company to go TO New
York and bring up the engine. / left July 4,
1929, and returned July 21. BY July % l had
the Lion on track, and August 8 Horatio
Allen got up steam and ran il, while attached
to a numb Der of loaded cars, a distance OF five
miles and back. This was undoubtedly prior
to all other trial trips OF anything OF the kind
in America.
Here Mr.. McCue after much search ing in
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
The Execution of a CannibaI.

1t was in the middle of the dry season
and the night had been intolerably warm,
but by stretching my hammock on the
veranda, which faced the Roquelle River,
l managed to gain few hours OF rest. 1t
could hardly be called sleep. With the
sun came rolling up from the waste OF salt
lagoons cloud upon cloud of noisome
vapor heavy with the poison that makes
life in Sierra Leone an uncertain problem
and has properly obtained for the spot the
term ''the white mans grave" l ordered
my boy to prepare breakfast and then,
taking up my book, slipped into Madeira
chair and had read but a few lines when
my attention was diverted from it by the
regular tap. tap, tap of a distant drum evil
IDENTITY marking a step. The sound came
nearer and nearer until suddenly only a
dozen rods from my bungalow from with
out grove of cocoa palms emerged
b black-visaged sergeant of the native troops.
BY his side walked the drummer and i'm
mediately back of them came three men
abreast. Two os these were uniformed in
the garrison tunic, trousers and feZ, their
arms at carry; two platoons similarly at
tired followed in close ranks, while an
English officer brought up the rear.
The man in the middle particularly at
tracted my attention by his strange garb,
and as the company passed within five
yards of me l readily distinguished the
prisoner, for prisoner he was, as an I'M
peril, one of a fanaticat sect of natives
whose persistent practice of cannibalism
the colonial police had endeavored for
years 10 suppress AS had been in the
interior for several months and had but
lately returned to the coast hastened TO
inform myself of the meaning of this
ante breakfast procession.
Itappeared that the Imperri tribe, whose
habitat is less than twenty miles from
the seat of the colonial government, Sierra
Leone, on the west coast of Africa, where a
pretense of civilization has been main
tanned for more than century. had very
recently been detected IN another man
hunt, caught red handed in fact with the
remnants of their horrid feast scattered
on every side. The prisoner whom 1
had seen but few minutes before had
been adiudged guilty of participating in
the offense, ana the death penalty was
about to be inflicted by hanging.
The African, with his usual disregard
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

supported by one Dr. Anderson, a CO.
!aborer OF Watts, and it was urged that
stagecoaches placed on rails and propelled
by endless chains. with stationary engines
as the motive power, might be made to
go at least six miles an hour"
This was all being done at a time when
little else was occupying the minds of the
mechanical scientists, and, deriving his
inspiration from the discussion, Richard
T-evithick in 1902 built steam carriage
much like the traction engine Of to-day.
The trial at London was satisfactory, but
on the country roads was a failure, and it
was later abandoned. A later inven ton
by the same man, adapted for the tram
ways, succeeded in hauling ten tons of
stone on rails at the rate of five miles an
hour, but was also abandoned as being
practically a failure. Many others followed,
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

The girls who chew the nut are not in
any way inconvenienced by it, becaus e
they do not swallow the juice, and they
often appear to enjoy the predicament OF
those who try vainly to rise from their
lowly seats. All that is necessary Iosatisfy
the dictates OF Samoan etiquette is for
the principal guest of the occasion to drink
the kava, the rest being at liberty 10 par
taSe OF i. or not, as they choose The
liquid tastes and looks like nutmeg water,
though flavor of soap is often detected
by those who partake of it for the first
time.
Captain LuttIell. until recently master
of the wandering schooner Vine, char
tered by Sarah Bernhardt for a bay cruise
during Ter last trip TO the coast, and that
on her last voyage was supposed to be lost,
was recently in Samoa il company with
Captain Thomas G. Cushman, who is the
agent in this City for a number of vessels
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

to the Delaware and Hudson canal, thence
by canal boats to Honesdale, Pa.
AT Honesdale there were and are vet a
great many coal mines. at that time a
gravity tramway was used for the purpose
of carrying the coal down the hill TO the
canal landing. By rope, the cars were
hauled up again. it was to improve upon
this clumsy method that English engines
were purchased. AS stated, the Lion. the
first one to arrive, left New YORK july IS
and arrived at Honesdale July 81. AT this
latter place it was allowed to stand upon
the track ten days, but, all preparations
having been made, August was set as the
date for the initial trial.
This date is fixed as the correct one by
the TACT that Alva Adams, distant rela-
tive of John Adams, once President, had
his arm badly shattered by the premature
discharge of cannon used in the cele-
oration. DR.. Z. T. LoseY, who, till re-
Gently, was resident of Honesdale, am.
putated the arm, and he positively stated
that he amputated the arm the day fol-
lowing. but did not make the charge until
four days later. On reference to his books
II was found that the charge was entered
under date OF August 8. C. F. Young,
general superintendent of the Delaware
and Hudson Canal Company in the '70's
doubted that statement, and further in
vestigation showed that DR.. Losey was
wrong, for from an old file OF the Dundaff
Repu blican, in possession of Dalton Var
rington of Carbondale, it was found that
the exact date was August s, 1929, that the
iron monster first felt the quiYer ef Lie
through steam box and throttle on tn
American continent. LEONARD FOWLER
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

sent by Mr.. Jervis for the express purno.,
of examining the engines with instrIYc-
tions to contract for three Of them. Il n
Miller of Charleston, S. c.. who has In
tives now living in Los Angeles. wa, az
a spectator.
Mr.. Allen, according to his instrrct;or
b ad already observed the work of -.
then strange machines, and having sotia
fed himself as to their practicabili4v ~,
already contracted for three to be SoIi-
cred by a manufacturing firm at the pi,-'-
Stour, near Birmingham, England ~.
first OF these, called the Lion, and La
Stourbridge Lion, arrived via the .s;I
John Jay at New York, about Nav ~
1929, or about five months before the r.
lish prize trial took place. 1t was imnoe
diately shut up in the yard of the We,
Point Foundry Company at New Yors
and steam applied.
For days the curious and Others foc,os
about it, and files of the old New YoTf
papers contain graphic accounts of ,,tbo
way the wheels went round" 1t was NOT
then tried on any track for the reason that
there was none to try it op in all the En-.
pire State. About July 1, it was sbinnsd
upthe North River to Rondout, and thence
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

for the lives of his fellows, when not
closely watched by superior officers, is not
in the habit OF taxing prisoners. The
trouble OF feeding and guarding them is
too great. But one meek old gentleman
who was caught in the act of griIling a
tioia over slow fire. preparatory TO dis
posing of it, was knocked over by the fat
of a sword welded by a white officer, and
on regaining consciousness was bound
hand and foot and uncere moniously
lugged down to the coast in common
with q quantity of loot.
He was promptly convicted in the colo
nial court of cannibalism. and 1 had ar
rived just in time to witness the closing
scene. The townspeople were swarming
toward the gallows, which had been
erected contiguous to the banks of the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
E, tom THUMB" AND A HORSECAR.

boxes had lions head on one and an
eagles on the other and both of them
worked with connecting rods from the
wheels to grasshopper or walking beams,
one each side OF the boiler. Those worked
the same as on steamboats, on the Hud-
son."
After all, however" continued Mr..
McCue, "the English locomotives were
deemed unsafe and discarded. The third
one, was told, arrived August l."
So far as the Peter Cooper LOGON motive is
concerned it was not even experimented
with until the summer of 1929 and its
first successful run was not made until
August %. 1880, or one year and twenty
days after the trip by the Stour-
bridge Lion was made. This, however, was
the first American locomotive, and was
named the Tom Thumb"
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20
A GROUP OF KAvA-CHEwERs

last drop the taboo is put upon him from
that moment.
The guest must drink with as much
decorum as the chief employs in passing
the cup. The effect of kava is as queer as
the method of preparing it.
The first drink produces no effect beyond.
perhaps, a natural nausea. but the second
and third are more potent. The liquid is
imbibed sitting taIlor-fashion on a mat
and after the third cup. the guest, unless
OF unusual strength, finds it impossible to
rise. The brain is as clear as though the
liquid had been pure water, but from the
waist down, the body seems TO be para
lyzed, and the guest must OF necessity sit
and wat for the effects TO wear away
unless helped to some other posture.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

authorities, the spectators and his enc
mics in general in unstinted language,
accom- panying each phrase by violent
gestures. He told his hearers that be was
not 10th to visit the land OF the spirits,
but he assured them in TRADE OF abuse
and invectivs that he would surely return
to earth to haunt them and pursue them
with his presence. 1t is significant of
devoiees of cannibalism that they never
admit the practice, and so in this instance
the old mans last words voiced his in
dignant and energetic protest that he was
gulltess. The more timid OF the on
lockers became silent when they heard
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-20

OF honor. When the party is seated in
the chiefs abode three or four of the pref
tiest girls in the village are called into the
room and seated tailor-fashion in half
circle facing the one who is being enter
tanned.
All being ready the chief hands each of
the girls quantity OF Kava nuts, prod
uct OF the island much resem bling the
betel nut, and they fall to chewing them
with all the energy of strong jaws and
perfect teeth.
This operation is repeated again and
again, until q sufficient quantity OF the
kava has been accumulated.
Then water is brought in and the juice
diluted until IL suits the fancy OF the
chief.