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Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-11-18

The Williamson County Cot
ton Growers Union held an in
teresting meeting at Georgetown
last Saturday. Several impor-
tant points were discussed, and a
spirit of perfect harmony pre-
vailed among tenants, merchants
and landlords. The association
obligates its members to keep
out of debt, to give no crop mort
cages, and, as far as possible,
diversity crops.
COTTON quotations are one
eighth up since our last weeks
report. This means an advance
of sixty-two and one half cents a
bale, or an increase of about
$4,000 on the cotton that is be-
ing held in Washington county
alone.
Brenham weekly banner. [volume] (Brenham, Tex.) 1877-1907, 1897-11-18

Efforts are being made to
a telephone exchange
in Beeville.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28

says Joe Hopkins, a negro. was can
tured by mob this morning and
iynched in horrible fashion for having
murdered two plantation managers.
The murders occurred yesterday
about three miles from Glendora
Hopkins did the killing in order to roh
MS victims, John w. Luckie and Sam
Eskridge. He entered a plantation
store and called Luckie into a rear
room. Suddenly he knocked Luckie on
the head with the butt end of a shot
gun, dashing out his brains. Then he
re-entered the main part of the store
and shot Eskridge. Hopkins bootv
amounted to only $40. Both Eskridge
and Luckie were prominent in their
section.
AS soon as the news of the double
murder got out a posse of citizens was
organized to pursue Hopkins. All
night the man-hunt continued. This
morning the fugitive was run down
and hurried to the scene of the crime
First pile of faggots and dry kindling
wood was procured. Then Hopkins was
tied to a tree, head downward, the sus-
pending rope being fastened to his
heels. Faggots were saturated with
oil and then fired. Hopkins was burned
TO death. 1t was claimed by some that
strangulation occurred before the
flames reached the murderer, but other
accounts of the lynching show that
hopkins had scarcely been suspended
before the pile of wood was lighted.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
MANY MEN
FROZEN IN ON
THE TRAILS
Forty-Three F Parties
on the Way Are
Ice-BOund.
The Returning Klondikers
Had to Beg Food at
Different Camps.
Rats Of Beef Carried Past
Dawson by the Floating
Ice on the Yukon.
TWO DARING ROBBERIES
Latest Advices From The Land of
Gold Show That the Situation
Is Very Alarming.
TWO DARING ROBBERIES.
Latest Advices From The Land of
Gold Show That the Situation
Is Very Alarming.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 2Y.-The
steamer Tees, which arrived tonight
from Skaguay, brought down five
Klondikers, Richard Shaw of Victoria.
who left Dawson on November Is.
three other Victorians and T. Han
bury of Seattle, wha started on their
tramp on October 81. The party leav-
ing on the latter date ran out of pro-
visions at Fort Selkirk and had to beg
their way along, getting food at differ
ent camps or when it was not to be
had, living on anything they could
shoot
Shaw came out by dog train, leaving
Dawson after the ice formed. He
passed f1fty-one men along the river
bound outward. They were all COM
ing along with just enough food to
last them. At Stewart River forty
three outfits bound for Dawson were
frozen in. Two of the three RATS of
beef which were on the bars just
above Dawson were carried down the
river right past the town on the
floating ice
On the night of November Is Jim
Carys saloon at Dawson was robbed
and two other men were arrested. At
Fort Selkirk a man named Keeler was
robbed of $4,000. Ed Jackson was ar
rested on suspicion.
A report reached Dawson of rich
strike made on Hunker Creek The
dirt went SO to the pan, and there was
five feet of gravel. Dominion Creek
is also turning out we'll. Americans
complain bitterly of having to pay
duty on their outfits at Tagish Lake
j. w. Mckay, who left Dawson on
November 19, reached Skaguay before
the steamer Tees left. It is stated he
brought out $4,000 in dust. Shaw
says none of the men on the trails will
get down until the ice goes out in the
spring. Just before he left claim own
ers reduced wages from SIS to SO per
day, and the men were threatening to
go on strike.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28

q NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The Herald's
[ Washington correspondent sends the
FOLLOWING: According to official ad-
vices received at the Japanese legation,
The report of the occupation of Port Ar
thur by Russia is untrue. I was in
formed by an attache OF the legation
today that information received to-
lay from Toxic is to the effect that the
Russian squadron now at Port Arthur
Is there in accordance with the terms
Of a secret treaty in force between Chi
ma and Russia, which permits the lat
ter to station its ships in Chinese
waters during the winter
1T is, Of course, impossible for Rus
sia to keep her ships at Vladivostok
during the cold season. said the at
tache, because they would be frozen
in the greater portion of the year. ]
have no doubt that in the spring the
Russian fleet will take it's departure
from its present anchorage"
This agrees with what the Chinese
Minister said to me several weeks ago.
1t is admitted in diplomatic circles that
if there should be a general partition
ing of China within the next few
ent location of her naval force, would
be in a highly advantageous position
and could without trouble take possess
sion of a large slice of territory in a
section which her interests particularly
require her to either keep neutral or
hold in her own right.
Nothing is known at the Japanese Ie-
cation of the reported entente between
d t. Z
Japan is on good terms with Great
Britain and France and Germany. 1t
is believed however, that Japan and
Great Britain understand each other.
just as the German move is understood
by European governments. Significance
is placed upon the visit of Prince Hen
ry Of Battenberg to Queen Victoria,
with a letter from his brother, the EN-
peror William, and the placidity with
which Lord Salisbury views the situa
ton is regarded as evidence that there
is no present danger of a general grab
for Chinese territory.
An official of the Chinese legation
speaking of the situation said to-day:
"If the European powers, GERMANY
England and France, undertake to par
tition China or to colonize the Eastern
portion, China and Russia will stand
shoulder to shoulder and prevent it.
Russia has no reason to desire a .parti-
ton. The Car has already obtained
railroad and other concessions which
make him potent in Northern China,
the part of the Celestial Kingdom he
has been credited with coveting
Now it goes without saying that
should the Gar annex forcibly or 9TH
erwise that part of China, he could not
object to his European neighbors also
taking possession of Chinese territory
I believe the Gar will, at the proper
time, give Germany notice to evacuate
Kiao Chou, and, secure in his own con-
cessions, peaceably attained, try to re-
main the only dominant European fac
tor in China"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
JAPAN WILL PROSECUTE
THE MURDERER OF EPPs
THIS wiz Close the Incident Unless the
Apprentices Mother Puts in
Claim for INDEMNITY

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The Washing
ton correspondent of the Herald tele-
graphs: Japan has taken measures To
comply with the demand of the United
States that the murderer of Frank Ems.
an apprentice attached to the cruiser
Olympia, be punished for his crime. A
cablegram received at the Navy De-
partment from Rear Admiral McNair.
commander in chief of the Asiatic sta
ton, states that the murderer of Ems
has been lodged in Jail in Nagasaki.
and will be prosecuted in accordance
with Japanese criminal procedure.
Minister Buck has been instructed to
watch the proceedings to see that
there shall be no miscarriage of JUS
tce. 1 obtained. to-day this official
statement concerning the Epps murder.
prepared from the cable advices sent
by Rear Admiral McNair:
Epps was granted liberty from the
Olympia and went ashore at Nagasaki.
where he remained some hours At a
quarter past p. M. he took a sampan
to return to the Olympia. The water
was smooth and the moon was bright.
AS the boat was passing a British
merchantmen cries for help were
heard, and three men on board the
British ship saw a Japanese strike the
American on the head and throw him
overheard. The British vessel pur-
sued the sampsn, but being slow failed
to overtake the fugitive. The body of
the apprentice was recovered three
days later The department has since
learned that the murderer has been
arrested
The action of the Japanese in prose-
cutting the murderer will end the Incl
dent, unless Epps' mother should SUBJ
nit a claim for indemnity
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
RAISIN MEN MAY
FORM A COMBINE
An Effort Being Made to Con-
troll the Seeded In
dustry.
There Is Some Opposition to the
Scheme, and Improved Machinery
Will Likely Defeat It.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

special DlSpatCn TO Inc Cal
NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-The Journal
of Commerce tomorrow will say: The
latest development in the seeded raisin
industry is an effort to form combin-
alton. It was learned on good author
ity that a well-known and influential
Pacific Coast raisin- grower and packer,
who has been in New York for a week
past, is here for the declared purpose
of forming, in connection with several
prominent capitalists, a seeded raisin
combination, amounting to a complete
amalgamation of all the seeding inter-
ests here and on the coast in one COM
pany.
By some Of the people in the trade
a decided opposition to the scheme was
expressed, while others claimed that
they knew nothing about it, but were
of the opinion that the amalgamation
of the large and growing interests as
proposed was out of the question. Op-
ponents of the plan held that it would
raise instead of lower prices, as an
open market, with improvements in
machinery and the multiplying of pro-
cesses, promises to do. 1t was reported
to-day that number of prominent
merchants in this city, anticipating the
organizing of a combination of capital
lists and seeders to control the business,
have secured the option on a new ma
chine, which, it is believed, will do the
seeding as effectively as the seeders
controlled or sought to be controlled by
parties to the proposed combination. If
the new machine fulfills expectations,
it is held that it will be impossible for
the projectors of the combination to
succeed in getting control of the busi-
ness
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
THE KING OF KOREA
HAS MO LIKING
FOR THE JAPANESE
Ruler of Little Character Who Must
Have Some One Stronger Than Him.
self Upon Whom to Lean.

The King of Korea is not a man of
strong character. Russia has always
some one handy to support the King
whenever his Majesty feels the need
of a helping friend. For some time
the Americans were strong in the favor
of the court of Korea, but of late
years the Russians have carried every
thing to their own satisfaction. The
Japanese are not regarded with favor
in the Kings palace at Seoul. The
opinion is held by Koreans as individ-
uals that the Japanese were in a meas
ure responsible for the murder of the
Queen, if they were not actually con-
cerned in the crime. No official ex-
preston is given to this opinion, but
the court gossip is to that effect. The
Queen was a woman of character and
influence, but she was strongly in sym
pathy with the Chinese. She sprang
herself from an ancient and powerful
Chinese family, and was regarded as
hostile to Japan.
In a contest between Russia and
Japan on Korean soil the troops of the
Gar would have the sympathy and
support of the native population. It is
the judgment of men familiar with af-
fairs in the Orient that Russia will not
surrender at the bidding of England
and Japan any foothold that she has
gained on the peninsula of Korea or
any port she has occupied on the Vel
low Sea. The work of extending an
arm Of the great trans Siberian rail-
way to open water near Port Arthur
was begun with the consent of China,
over whose territory the road passes.
1t is in the possibilities that the road
may be extended on the peninsula to
Chemulpo, the seaport of Seoul.
The United States has an able repre-
sentative at Seoul. The American
Minister, DR.. Allen, has lived in
Korea for twenty years. He was the
court physician when General Lucius
H. Foote of this city was the American
Minister to Korea. Subsequently he
served as secretary Of the legation and
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28

the United States being not to interfere
with the arrangements of European
and Asiatic governments, this country
had nothing to do in regard to the
pending changes in China further than
to see that treaty rights were not in
terfered with. He said he did not ap
prehend that any such direct interfer-
ence would be made by this Govern
ment. He thought this Government
had nothing to do but stand by and
protect itself if occasion should arise
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
AMERICAS ATTITUDE CORRECT.
Spanish Government Does Not Approve the
Lurid Uternnces of the Madrid Press.

MADRID, Dec. 27.-According to an
official announcement the Government
considers that the Spanish press at
taches too great Importance to the
Woodford note. The Government, saws
the announcement, continues to regard
Americas attitude as correct, despite
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Death of q NnynE Veteran.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27.-Captain
Horace T. Draper died to-day of paral-
ysis at his home in Landsdowne. a
suburb Of this city. aged SO years. Can
tain Draper was born July 4, 1914. at
Brookfield. At an early age he entered
the merchant marine, and he also sery-
ed in the navy during the war.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
RUSSIA TAKES
ANOTHER PORT.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec.
27.-The Russians have oc-
cupied Kin Chau, north of
Port Arthur.
ODESSA, Dec. 27.-It is
reported that two first-claSs
cruisers, with a large num-
Der of extra marines, have
been ordered to join the Rus
sian squadron in Chinese
waters.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
Ii HUNG CHANG
is AGAIN OUT.

LONDON, Dec. 27.-The
Daily Chronicle asserts that
the negotiations with Ger
many on behalf of the Chi
nese Government are no
longer being conducted by
Ii Hung Chang, but by
Chang Yin Huan, who. rep
resented the Chinese Empe-
ror at the Diamond Jubilee
of the Queen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
SENATOR MORGAN TALKS
J or AMERICAN P0IcY
m THE Fk9 EAST.
No Part of the Scheme of This Government
to Make Acquisitions of Terri
tory in ASin.
tory m Asa.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. PA
dispatch was received at the Navy De-
partment to-day saying that the Ra-
leigh left Port Said yesterday for
Alden and that the gunboat Machias
sailed from Colombo, Ceylon, for New
York. The two vessels are to meet
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
HENRY or PRUSSIA
RECEIVED IN STATE
BY ENLGISH OFFICERS

Un MS way 10 emma ne rays q fTIeHdIY
Call at the English Fortress
of Gibraltar.
GIBRALTAR, Dec. 27.-The German
warships Deutschland and Gefion, un-
der the command of Prince Henry of
Prussia, have arrived here on their way
to China.
Prince Henry, on landing, was re-
ceived by a guard OF honor of the
Grenadiers. He Immediately paid a
visit to Sir Robert Biddulpr, Governor
of Gibraltar, with whom he dined
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
INHABITANTS MASSscRED
BY A BAND or RAIDERS.
HL9ht Hundred Christians Slaughtered in q
Persian Town by Blood Thirsty
Gang From Koordeston.

CINCINNATI, Dec. 27.-Jacob Sar-
gls or Ooramiah, Persia, now in this
city giving talks on Persia and Ar
menia' has just received a letter from
friends in his Persian home informing
MIN that band of raiders from Koor-
destan had massacred all the inhabi-
tants of Persian Christian town, 500
souls, near Salinas, Persia.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
THE RULER OF KOREA.

received his appointment as Minister in
the regular line of promotion.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
NEWS OF THE DAY.

Weather forecast for San Fran
cisco: Increasing cloudiness on
tuesday; light northerly, chang
ing to easterly, winds.
Maximum temperature for the
past "a hours:
oah FRANCISCO ............5S deg
fortland ..................60 go deg
Los Angeles .............S2 deg
9an Dlego ..................46 deg
FIRST PAGE.
Russia VIII Help China.
Negro Murderer Burned Alive.
Suffering on Dawson Trail.
Starvation In Cuba
SECOND PAGE.
Pardon for Christmas Gift.
To Build a Big Raft.
Mormons Still in Politics.
Death OF Ned Buckley.
Row in San Jose Council.
Retired Divine Dead.
THIRD PAGE.
Liliuokalani Against Annexation.
Bids for Klondike Supplies.
Burt President of the U. P.
Civil Service Foes Divided
Hoff Twice a Murderer.
Change Of Venue for Flannelly.
FOURTH PAGE.
Mystery in Cuban Affairs.
New Bills at the Theaters.
Tracey and wolcott Draw.
FIFTH PAGE.
Convention of Teachers.
SIXTH PAGE.
Editorial.
Now for a New Charter.
The Teachers Convention.
Our Mining Counties.
A Lost Key.
a Larger Navy Needed.
The Woman and the Dogs.
Personals and Queries.
SEVENTH PAGE
Election of City FreehoIders.
EIGHTH PAGE.
Commercial News.
NINTH PAGE.
Literary Ladies Entertain.
Durrant Tries New Dodge
News From Across the Bay.
TENTH PAGE.
Progress of the Golden Jubilee.
Racing at Ingleside.
ELEVENTH PAGE.
Births, Marriages, Deaths.
TWELFTH PAGE.
News Along the Water Front
Welburn's Friends Not Alarmed.
.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-28
There is a Question Whether
Death Was Caused by Fire
or Strangulation.
CRIMES OF THE NEGRO.
Deliberately Killed Two Men at a
Plantation Store in Order to
Commit Robbery.

Special Dispatch to The Call
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. pa tele-
phone message from Glendora, Miss.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
Huner In Literature.

Humor II one Of those pervasive
qualities that take possession of your
senses like the smell Of the woods in
summer after . rain. You are trudging
along through q book. interested. per-
laps, in the course of the story, and
impatient for the end Of it all. It is
IN ordinary book, you think. like .
hundred others, but turn Of the page
and you are in another atmosphere.
There IL growing warmth about your
mouth. You do not break into laugh,
but you chuckle to yourself and for
get about the end of the tale. You want
10 linger over the pages and turn back
and 60 over the trail again. In .
twinkling the character" of the story
have become human beings like your
seH.-Ladies' Home Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24
THE LESSONS OF WARFARE.
Europe Learned New ideas fFo0 tAo
Naval Hattie Of Yalo.

Europe Learned New IDEAS fFo0 tAo
Naval Battle Of Yale.
Europe learned . good deal from the
China-Japan war, especially in regard
to naval battles. One immediate result
was that every power owning ships Of
war forthwith set to work arming
them with plenty Of quick-6ring guns.
Up to the time when the battle of Yalu
was fought in China seas few had given
much thought to that class of weapon.
But the japanese had more foresight.
and their quick-drers were used with
deadly effect. Now nearly all the Eu-
ropean warships arc fitted with them.
England alone has spent over 81 .00o. 900.
and is still spending lavishly for this
class Of weapon.
The Turko-Greek war. 30 far, has
presented few novelties, but has em-
phasized anew the value Of good artil-
lery well served. In this connection
there have been some searchings Of the
heart In more than one war depart
ment. In Italy particularly there II
much commotion. and military experts
are calling for a radical Reorganization
Of the artillery branch. The Italian
military newspaper Esercito declares
that Italy possesses 4S batteries OF
seven-centimeter guns. which are use
less for effective purposes. and insists
that these be forthwith abolished and
the field artillery wholly armed with
guns of nine centimeters, which can be
fired with reasonable rapidity.
Italia Malitare wants to know how
Italians would fare in the event Of
mountain fighting. Both Greece and
Turkey are well equipped with noun
tain guns, and have used them e6ec-
lively.
England has discovered that her army
has . class of mountain guns equal to
anything in Europe. but she has an In
sufficient quantity. Germany II virtual
" without useful mountain artillery,
Austria is not much better on. and only
Russia and France are apparently sat
isfied in this matter.
Edhem Pasha win have the satisfac-
ton Of knowing that the effective use
of his artillery. both field and noun
tain. will ultimately result in the en-
forced expenditure of many millions by
those powers who have been nagging
his beloved sovereign In the past few
years and are now engaged in depriving
his majesty Of the fruits Of victory
In. Y. Sun.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

The Q0een Of Holland IL Toe Mooh
for HeP Guardian.

The queen Of Holland IL Too Mosh
for HeP Guardian.
News comes from the Hague that the
Dutch parliament has deemed it ad-
visable to appoint . council for guar
iianship over Queen Wilhelmine.
The queen regent, Emma. who since
the death of her husband has been gov
erning the Dutch and endeavoring to
rule her daughter. Queen Wilhelminc.
has evidently come to the conclusion
that the latter portion of her task is too
much for her. She can manage the
worthy Hollanders all right. but she
cannot manage her daughter. head
strong. passionate and willful girl. de-
fects which the latter inherited from
her father and grandfather. and which
are. a. In their cases. redeemed by .
generous and warm-hearted tempera-
ment.
1t IL at the suggestion Of the queen
regent that the young sovereign. who
attains her majority in August of next
year, has been provided with a newly
constituted council Of guardianship,
which is to assist her mother in con-
trolling her actions during the Is
months which have still to run before
she becomes constitutionally indie
pendent.
The council il composed Of eight
members, Of whom no less than three
are Roman Catholics, an astonishing
state Of affairs when one recalls the
prominent part which the royal house
Of Orange. a. well as the Dutch. took In
championing the cause Of the reforma'
ton 800 years ago.
Queen Wilhelmine has now reached
difficult age. She II too old to be sub
jected any longer to the discipline OF
governesses. all Of whom have been
sent about their business; and. on the
other hand, she cannot be said to have
attained a. yet the age Of discretion,
and this, added to her impulsive tenn
perament. is continually getting her
into trouble, all the more as she has
commenced to resent being treated any
longer by her mother AZ . child.
This was only to be expected. for
whenever she appears anywhere In
public-and during the past six months
she has taken part in \ good many state
functions-she invariably takes the
"pas" of her mother, and It is to her
rather than to the latter that all homage
is addressed. This il enough to turn
the head Of any girl. especially one who
has been until a year ago 30 sensibiy
reared and kept in the background to
prevent her being spoiled.-Philadel
phia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-07-24

What patriotism have we? How are
We serving our countryf Do we care
more for place. for popularity. for the
money or present influence than we do
for the honor of our country, the mp
holding Of her rights and liberties on
which her life depends7 Do we stand
mp for manliness and honesty in public
ofiicials, condemning the place-seexer
Of low views and sordid aims, and do
we use our influence, our votes sor the
advance of our country In honor and in
righteous prosrerity?-Rev J. E. J. v
Hvigi. Ep'ssopaliea, Reverly, Mesa