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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15
us war;,

1t is said that the president und his cab
met have agreed that an active campaign
Is tho best method OF ending the war
quickly and they have resolved al IL.
Spanish papers are urging tho govern
ment to propltiate Germany in, an en-
deavor to get her mixed into thexquarrol.
The Texas troops are not to be, moved
from the camp near Mobile
Lexis than per cent Of the men at'Mo-
bile are on tho sick list, instead OF bo'per
cent, rs stated by the Galveston News.
Gunboat Vixen killed several Spanish
cavalrymen and with the suwanee landed
arms and ammunition for the insurgents
near Santiago.
First division OF the army OF tho Philip
pines Is expected TO reach Manila In
week. second division Will sail today and
the third. Merritt in command. on the
25th.
Spanish sailors at Cavto wanted to aid
Americans in destroying their vessels and
evincod great desire to surrender to the
first officer they met
All kinds OF stories are being unloadcd
on Madrid papers by correspondents in
New York.
Said that bill IS being held up In the
horse solely because It would cut OFF some
OF the army patronage now being dis
pcnscd.
Italian cruisers are gathering in force
, In West indian waters.
Lieutenant Blue Of the United states
, navy hns actually seen and counted Ger
vera's chips IN Santiago bay.
} Berlin adyices say that there is fighting
, every night around Manila and that tho
, insurgents are trying to capture the town
! and establish an independent government
, before the Americans land
: United States gunboat Maple, under dag
, of truce carried sealed document to Ha-
. ynna authorities.
2 The United States cruiser Montgomery
) fired three shots at the Puntn Bravo bat
terry In Havana.
) Spanish adylces from Matan1as say that
insurgents were repulsed In an engage
) ment.
, The camp OF tho United states marines
) outside of Guantanamo was attacked SOW
2 cral times on Monday by the Spanish hut
0 the attacks were ropulsed two marines
"" being killed aud four wounded in the en-
. nagcmont. fifteen Spapiards, including ono
lieutenant were killed.
. It was stated at Chickamauga park that
: fifteen Of the best regiments Of General
q Brookos command. numbering 1900 men.
a would be taken frcm the camp to make up
. tho next expedition to Porto Rico.
The Spanish minister Of foreign affairs
. denied that the Spanish government had
taken amy stop In the direction of peace
negotiations; also asserted at Madrid tdnt
N the Spanish situation at Manila waa better
than expected.
Sampson and Dewey can not use the
cables captured by them because OF the
. neutrality laws.
At San Francisco $500 soldiers boarded
o the transports which start for the Phil
. ipplncs, It is not thought that they viii
Q sall until Thursday.
General Garcia % tho insurgents wai
. expected to report 20 ADMIRAL sampson
. but he did not matcrIalse. His where.
Q abouts is unknown.
= The roal reason for the delay in start
. ing tho first army Of invasion, which go'
= off for Cuba today, was the reported np.
. penrance OF Spanish warships in Cuban
= waters.
Surfing scenes witnessed at the embark
= alton OF tho troops at Tampa for Cuba.
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GUANTANAMO NOT HEALTHY
I" ur Dtrcmbarkcd at An
other Point

s"ns'oh' June li.-Considering the
lact OF the matter that the fight at Gua,-
tanamo last Saturday night was reallv m.
nrsl ehsasement OF the war on shore. Ad.
n''rai SIMPSONS reference 10 the. AFFAIR
IN his dispatch posted this morning was
remarkably brief Hence It Is iuterred
,hat perhaps not much Importance bias
been attached to It,
The action of Lieutenant Colonel HUM.
ington In removing his men to moro
secure point than tho exposed position o,-
cupisd on the efcat heights. is taken here
a. an indication tina, no offensive move
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15
A SMALL SKIRMISH.
FLEET AND BATTERIES SAID TO
HAVE EXCHANGED SHOTS.
Account Does Not Claim that Any
Damage Was Done to the Amer
lean ships.

(0recial Cable Dispatch to the New York Her
aid. London Times and The Houston Post
Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Ben
nett)
Havana. June 1.-THE American fleet
last night approached the channel OF San
tiago de Cuba when the battery fired five
shots, which one of the ships returned with
two shots. when the Americans withdrew
Again at daybreak today two cruisers OF
the feet opened fire on the battery, when
the other ships joined in. firing fifty or
sixty shots.
The MORO and zocapa batteries returned
the fire for some time. when the ships
withdrew.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15

PRESIDENT Mckinley, offering his reslgna-
uon' bccause the naval movements were
so poorly supported by the military.
ihe camp at Tampa is described as do
horaiiztd' owing to political intrigues NJ
Washington. '''' "'
yellow fever also reported as havln.
taken hold there. ia '''s
ing pessmistie. 1t Is that the ,n,frl ~,
are only just beginning 10 feel Tie ninrh
OF me shoe which the further sno roes
viii hurt her the more. s0es
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WAR REVENUE HILL.
Treasury Department scr,,, ~
instructions As IN Fave.


instructions As IN Taxes
washington June 1.-THE officials OF
the treasury department were busuv on.
Gagged today In the preparation of circular
letters to customs and revenue colIcctors
carrying INTO effect the provisions OF the
war revenue act,
IN The internal revenue bureau the only
schedules which 70 into immediate effoct
are 'hose relating TO to,acco, snuff, cigar.
e'les and beer The only sections OF m,
new MI which relate TO customs are tho.,
,'Ny'ng a tax OF 10 cents q pound on ali
teas mn orted into this cour,ry ana tho an
Try tax on imported goods. ~
ihe work q sending ont circulars 10 tho
s pssliS regarding the now popular loan ~,
SsOo'oooooo is practically comnls,nd 40" %
,ho indications now are that the Loan ~ 'i,,
be largely oyersubscrihed. wa "'ii
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15
TEXAS POLITICS.

Mr.. Cough says he feels confident that
he viii be nominated for lieutenant gov
cihur,
snyors said to have carried Grimes by
small majority.
Judge Rcescs friends express confidence
that he will be nominated
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15

one miles west o, Santiago, was then Sc
aud ammunition and the Vixen and Su
wanee arrived there Wednesday afternoon.
General Ceberaco and detachment OF
insurgents We're in waiting and We sup
Ylies were successfully landed in surf
boats. General Ceberaoo was enthusiastic
over the Juan Gonzales incident. He
cried, when he boarded the Vixen; THAT
shot landed right in the center of the
cavalry and several We're killed"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-15
THE SALE OF BoNDs.
""ers or Purchase Are AIreod~
Pouring In.

Especial Dispatch to The Post.)
washington June 14.--Assistant Score
Ary Vanderslip said this morning that AL.
ready returns are beginning to be received
"o" persons who are DESTROYS Of obtain
ing slice Of the new bond issue.
aerslip, have complied with re,rsraa
forms, because in their haste 10 seeurs ,ha
eonas they did not wait until The regular
printed forms came to hand. In ali thesa
eases we acknowledge the recent q, their
orlg'nai tender and forward to them tha
proper proper blanks Enough has already been
Ar, ssao ., TO- indicate very clearly that the
popular loan and will ent,rsjv iasn
sorned by the people We also have otfsp.
IRON large banking and other weai,hv a..
suyuuons Offering to take ali, or AZ.
part not secured by the people" Any
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COMMERCIAL.

July wheat went of liac and September
17li.
The collapse Of the Letter deal caused
pnuic In the Liverpool wheat market
Stocks were dull, the professionals watt
ing TO see what turns up,
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CONFLICTING RUMORs
About the Landing Effected at San
tiugO by the Americans.

copyrighted, 1895, by Associated Press.)
Cape Haytien, June ii. $40 p. m.-The
United States auxiliary cruiser st. Louis
and several dispatch boats, so 1t is reported
here brought to Mole St. Nicholas today
story that landing was effected by the
Americans on Monlay very near Santiago.
According to this account the Americans
took possession o. a fortified position COM
handing a portion of the port, but the
Spanish rallied and attacked the invading
force, finally dislodging it and retaking the
position.
This information does not tally with a
cahleglam received Sunday night by United
States Minister Powell. who asserts that
5000 men have been landed at Santiago bay
without encountering serious opposition.
New York, June IA special to the
Evening World from Mole st. Nicholas SAYS
that the auxiliary cruiser st, Louis has ar-
rived there from Guantanamo. which place
she left at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Tie marines who were at Calmanera
when the ST. Louis LETT had thrown breast
works up and strong Notifications on hill
tap behind the promontory, where the guns
will be placed for the better protection of
the force.
Ihlee miles west OF santiago there was
little fishing village where considerable
force Of Spanish troops were stationed. II
was used as land base of operations for
attack on the position, but yesterday, the
World dispatch says. the Dolphin shellcl
the place and prasticilly destroyed II.
From the Dolphins deck the Spanish sui
diels could be seen running In all direc.
tons. This dispatch makes no mention of
the fighting which another special dispatch
reported 70 have taken place at Caimanere
Sunday night
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;nl4lA &
Glass skates.

newest ieature;o Of interest In the
New York ice rinksSis the us Of glass
iskates. It's found that skates witt,
glass nnc are tar better, both Tor,
speed and ease in gliding for pleasure,
:th;nn arc the skates With metal run
:nsers, and several pairs are now being
used in n of the metropolitan Kinks.
The inventor has succeeded in reduc-!
ing the glass. to hardness that in
sures an edge which practically never
becomes blunt. The tempering pro-
cess remains n secret, but it is u fact
that severe contactwith hard ice does
not fracture the glass. To look ut
these skates INT would not suppose
they were made of anything else than
metal, for the runners urc always coll
ored, in order to disguise. the sub
stance OF which they are made. The
eoloring process is arbitrary, and tints
In the case of ladies' skates are always
nude to correspond with the colors of
the wearer's costume. The runners OF
these glass skates are attached direct
". to an especially made shoe which
slaces from thesheel up5tle back. The
combination not only gives skate
which is perfectly easy in motion, but
the high shoe stiffens the ankle to un
extent which greatly aids in the en-
joyment and adds to the safety of the
exercise.
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Tho Dum-Dum Bullet.

Indianapolis News: Nothing gives SO I'M
pressive a view of the serious character of
modern war as the calm discussion now
going on in England over the use of the
Dum-Dum bullet. Parliament has talked
about it, the French chambers have pro-
tested against 1t. md there seems to be
some question as to whether or not this
peculiar form of missile does not come un~
der the prohibition covering explosive bull
lets. TIL way the Dum-Dum bullet came
into use was this: England has In the last
few years greatly modified her infantry
weapons. The large caliber rifles have
bayonet, which could be used either as a
bayonet or a sword, has given place to a
short, dagger-like %bnyonet.
In its rifles the British war department
most accurate range, and In getting. this
the CALDER of the rifle has been much re-
duced. The Lee-Metford bullet. with a
diameter of 0.303 inch. was found to be
found to produce terrible effects II 1t
struck a bone, but 1t went throgh flesh
smoothly without causing n material
shock. 1t was found that, although the
through five or six men II they happened
to be behind each other. 1t was Ineffective
in stopping PUSHES; that 1t allowed a
wounded man to continue a charge. To
end this difficulty the Dum-Dum bullet
was evolved.
1t is similar to the Lce-Metford bullet In
everything except that the cupro-nickel
covering Is not continued over Its pointed
end. The result is that when the bullet
strikes flesh or bone the softer lead and
anthony core which is exposed expands
into a mushroom-iike form. which tears a
large hole and does not go through so
straight and painIessly as the Lee-Metford
bullet, In the British parliament 1t has
been shown that all the older bullets used
in the army, including the Martini-Henry,
which is still used by the native troops in
India .,Set up'' in precisely the same way
as the Dum-Dum bullet. The more severe
injuries caused by the Dum-Dum bullet
are the result of the greater velocity OBJ
the pIeasantness Of this discussion 1T may
be only necessary to remark that the new
| rifles which fire these bullets in use in the
British army are warranted to kill a man
at three miles.
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Their Busts In Mexican Clay.

Kansas City Star: Upon the office
desk of Ex-Governor T. It. Crittendeu
i'll the Massachusetts building are two
small busts in clay. One does not re.
quire n second glance to tell who's.
licensees they are. One is William
Jennings Bryan and the other is oil
the governor himself. They arrived
from the City of Mexico recently and
were made during Mr.. Bryan's and the
governors recent trip to the southern
republic.
The man who made those busts,''
said Governor Crittenden, SIS really
one of the wonders of the age. He is
an nntutored Indian, but n most re
markable genius. Mr.. Bryan and ]
went to his shop and each sat hefors
him for Il few moments. He first took
u large piece of clay, peculiar to that
country, and with his fingers and $
small tool he Don had the busts made
They were taken home and baked.
That caused the delay in arriving.
This Indian is absolutely without
education. AS n younster, members
of his tribe noticed that lie spent most,
of his time f%ashioning birds, fish and
animals. AS he grew older he began
on faces. His reputation travelled and
several years ago he went to the city
and opened 4 shop. He is now one OF
the best known men in all Mexico"
The busts are six inches tall and are
perfect as to detail. Coat and shirt
buttons, neckties and all facial pecu.
liarities are brought out With remark.
able eNactness. They are of a dark
brWan color and have taken Il high
polish.
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AsHady He1p."

@My husband said q woman, with a
sense Of humol', ahad a great desire for
an intelligent and clearly American
girl. After long and painful searching
we found such q treasure-and a treas.
urc she showed herself about some
things. When wash day came round
her clothes were like drifted snow. |
was ready to give i'll that the man OF
tho house had done we'll to have his
way. Next morning after breakfast I
saw Araminta folding the flat things,
sheets, towels, table cloths aud so on
with what seemed 10 me unnecessary
care. l was about to tell her SO, when
she turned to me in the most matter-of-
fact way, saying as she laid the last
piece in place: Il think l can get
through ironing in time to flush the
continued story in my paper. There
are only your husbands shirts besides
the underwear"
4tNhat will you do with thoso?' l
asked. pointing to the pile before her.
@.VVhy,' said she, III put them in the
chairs and we can sit gu them until
they are needed. We always do that
ut home-that's n way we get time
for reading aud tho sociables.' 1 do
clined to become my own mangle, SO
Araminta left. Even my husband
thought he would prefer an Irish girl
If that was the effect of native cult.
urc."
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49, fEIFe 9W3Wg ~ aysFEssEssS-s5
Tho Romantic south 70 Fnssins.

Anaeric,s, Ga, Time Recorder:
While many northern dollars Lave
been invested in southern enterprises,
IL is admitted that by fartl.s greater
part ofthe increased wealth is due to
southern intelligence ana energy. Vet
this is only the beginning. The iron,
area of the south, 100 miles in length.
II 200 miles IN width, pnralIelcd by
belts of coal and limestone, il only.
worked in its vestibule, us it were. Iii
q few Years hundreds of shops, whose
fires will be fed from the coal at the
doors, will surround every present one.
We are assured that Alabama is now
laying down iron in England at prices
with which the English producers say
they cannot compete ut any profit.
One-hRlf of all the standing timber OF
the country is in the south. 1t is not
SO many years since the south bought
all its meat. and ifs corn in the north,
and The carrying of these for which
vast Sums were paid by the impoYer-
ished, people. WINS the main support of
lines of steamers. The romantic south
south is passing. So is the impover-
ished south.
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NIxstcry OF shoe Sizas.

New York Sun: Although everyone
has his feet measured for shoes, there
are very few persons who know what
the sizes marked upon the shoe stick
There are two shoe sticks in
use in America: and Europe. The stick
used in the United States was original
" English, and is still used in Eng
land. The rest of Europe uses the
French stick.
The sizes OH the English shoe stick
were derived from the length of a bar
ley corn, and they run three to the
inch. The first mark on the stick, or
size j, is made arbitrarily. just four
and one-half inches from the upright.
Why this distance was fixed upon does
not appear to be known. For some
other reason which. only can be
guessed at the graduated part of the
stick is again divided into two sets of
numbers. These numbers begin at l
and run up to 10, and then they begin
again at / and run up to Is. The first
numbers from / to S are known as in
fant's sizes, theses from 6 to 10 as chill
dren's, from II to 2 as misses sizes,
from 2EIs to 6A as womcn's, and from
Z to 10 as mems sizes.
The French shoe stick is divided into
a great many more sizes than the En-
glish, and the French shoemaker sub
divides these again, lis is done with the
English sticks, into half sizes. There
is no exact relationship between the
markings on the two sticks, but the
French size 1G corresponds to the In
lglish infants /, and their size "A is the
same as the English size 10 for men.
A woman who ear a 2h shoe by En-
glish measure would get a 81 or 50 by
the French measure. and Il man with n
Z foot by English measure would wear
q 40 shoe in France. Over here the
width of the shoe is designated by a
letter, while the French use figures.
The width A "A is the French 90 0.
B is the French 1 and L + is the
French 5 width.
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Supreme Court sustains the Foot.
Ease Trade.mnrk

Justice Laughlin, in Su, eeme Court,
Buffalo, N. T., has ordered n permanent
injunction, with costs, and Il full account
ing of sales, to issue against Paul B. Hud-
son, the manufacturer OF the foot powder
called "Dr. Clark's Foot POWDER and
also against n retail dealer Of Rrooklrn.
restraining them from making or selling
the DR.. Clnrk's Foot Powder. which Is
declared, in the decision Of the conrt, an.
imitation and infringement Of Foot,
Ease. the powder for tired, aching feet,
to shake into your shoes, now SO largely
advertised and sold all over the country.
Allen s. Olmsted Of lie Roy, N. Y, IS the
owner Of the trademark Foot Ease,''
and he is the first individual who ever
advertised a foot powder extensively over
the country. He will send a sample Free
to anyone who will write him for it. The
decision in this case upholds his trade
mark and renders al parties liable who
fr%audulently attempt to profit by the cx-
tcnsive "Foot-Easc'' advertising, in .plac-
ing upon the market n spurious and SINH
lar appearing preparation, labeled md put
up in envelopes aud boxes like Foot-Ense.
Simil;lr suits will he brought against 9th
ers VITO are now infringing on the Foot
Ease trademark and common law rights.
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Owes VICTORY
nY DHRTiIA II. CLAY.

gGElEE
.:ican hardly. desrfine II. She Is never
rude or i~nsoirnt;lf she we're. apl,eai to Sir
Oswald would ie very easy. She has y grand,
icfsJf way with lier--an irnperipss carriage
and bearing thu. really think tls adlntres.
Size Ignores ne, overlooks me, and there isa
Scornful gicarn III her eyes Mt times. whei,
she does look a. NE, which says more plain
ly than words. You married for money"
'.And you dill n very sensible thing, TOD
my dear. wish. only wish i had the
management OF Miss Darrell; I would break
her spirit, II 1t is to be broken
\ do not think it Is said lady Darrell,
rising as though size were weary 81 tho dis
~cussion. 'slg,cr5 IL nothing III her conduct
that any one could find farlt with, yeti. feel
she is any enemy
ssYvaita while,'' returned Lady Hampton;
"iicr tim, will come"
And from that dag the worthy lady tried
llef best 10 praiudice Sir Oswald against his
proud, beautiful. Way war;! niece.