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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-02
Distractions Are to Be Placed in the
Channel at Santiago.
BPANIARDs DEPENDING ON CYCLONES
10 Aid Them in Getting Out of the American Fleets
Power-Probable that Soldiers and Siege Gums
Have Already Been Started Toward
the Scene of Action.

New York. Juno IA special to the ,Tri-
he from Washington says: Commodore
|hley's reconnaissance before Santiago hay,
far as its result is known to .he authosi-
Is here, fully confirms the impression OF
Nal officials last week that from the mo-
knt Cervera's squadron entered the harbor
b cooperation of American land and sea
ices would become imperatively necessary
the conduct of an active campaign
binst him. unless he undertook to force
\ way out of the trap before he was sur.
l,nded and overwhelmed.
d is true that Commodore Schley's e.,
&rge of shots with the shore batteries
u demonstrated that they We're weak af-
lrs at best. but it is not believed that he
Ruld attempt to send his ships in single
B Up the narrow, tortuous channel, prob
2y thoroughly mined to destroy the Span
! ships, when that result might be read-
accomplished in infinitely less hazardous
Us.
Having satisfied himself OF the impo-
Icy of the land Notifications, it is con-
,ered probable that he will now block the
pnnel by sinking one or more worthless
Nks at the entrance. That he did not
Row up the tremendous advantage he
Bred in the utter decentralization of The
hrish land forces Is taken us an indca-
hot, ba hal at.Ai,,
w. for the naval authorities had IN
med him that vessels to be used as OBJ
hlctions were already en- the way to him
D should arrive in a day or two at tho
IT.
4 hardly thought possible that the
8niards will venture on an aggressive
<Ecment. but will rather remain at an
II in the upper harbor. trusting to tnc
&ttering of Commodore Schley's vessels
y the terrific hurricanes which are to DC
4i0pated on the Cubar coast at this SEA
Of the year. The knowledge OF this
tecr will probably hasten the placing of
tructions TO navigation in the channel
santiago in order that the egress of TIE
Fniards may be completely blocked
puld the American fleet be forced TO seek
tier at Mole St. Nicholas. which is the
frest harbor of any security.
The approach of the cyclone season and
recessity for speedily relieving Com
kdcre Schley of hts vigil are of incalcula
Importance in their effect on the mil
III invasion as il will be impossible ia
bd troops at the most convenient coast
Int in stormy weather.
Whether all the military force with which
lis proposed to invest Santiago has left
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WILL ASK FOR PEACE
CASTILLO TO PRAY INTERVENTION
BN EUROPE.
Plea He VIII Use Is that Trade of
the Powers Is Suffering BE-
cause of the Wur.

London, June 1.-The Madrid
correspondent of the Post SAYS
senior Leon Castillo. SPAN
ish amba ssadOr Ia France, at
his recent conference with
the queen regent and Scnor
Sngastu wRs officially charg-
ed TO ask the pp,yers To inter-
vcne to obtain peace on such
terms as would protect The
amour propere of Spain.
The AMBASSADOR will urge
for "a reason for such inter-
ycntion tbs danger of loss of
trade tn the powers themselves
In the event of the cOntInu-
ancc of the war. Political and
diplomatic circles In Madrid
believe that Castillo will sue
coed.
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TWO STEAMSHIPS WRECKED.
Vhirty-scvrb pcrsons Lost Their
Lives at Sea.

Sat Francisco. june 1.-The Australian
stepmsr Mauna, which arrived mere from
Ausnalian ports. brings the first details Of
Tho wreck OF the steamers Maitland and
Marksw0rthy off the New South Wales
coast, with loss OF thirtyseyen lives. A
terrific gale swept the coast on the night OF
May T. The passenger steamer Maitland
coon after leaving sydney harbor wls
struck by hign seas ald oil hands were
forced TO throw overheard the cargo 10 keep
h frcm iouadtring. Heavy seas were
. i,pped and foon the engine fires were "a
tinguished. Immediately after the vessel
atrE-R ON rock and the waves began TO
break over her; soon she parted omidship3
ana the crew and steerage passengers waD
were forward went down and were lost.
Thosc left Oh he ettarDart CT the vessel
were near the shore, but thu Dea was SO
terrific that no one could be saved wirn0u.
a line. After two sailors had failed TO lake
HE ashore a passenger succeedsd ID, and
then ire wcren and children were passed
first over the line. 1ley hal TO 10 heAd
over hand, bct man accompanied oacn
won.an 10 catch her should ner strength
fail.
Finally. while three men and the stew
ardess were on the ropt. II broke and all
except the third engineer were drowned.
The captain, three hremen, Boatswaih
johnson and a baby 2 years old were
left on the wreck. The babys mother had
becn saved, The men wrapped themselves
UP in blankets and the captain and boat
| swain took turns in caring for the baby.
| The nfxt morning a lifeboat crew got q
/ line TO the vessel and all crossed in safety.
the boatswaln takiDg the baby strapped 10
! his back. TIE mother stood on the shore
while Ter baby was being taken across.
| When the child was safely landed the
crowd set W a big cheer.
The steam collier Marksworth was
wrecked the same night near Newcastle
and nine out OF twelve men were drowned.
| The vessel foundered suddenly. but the
| captain and crew esoaped in a lfeboat.
| The wind was SO terrific that the boat
eapsized again and again and four were
drowned. Five others. including the cap
tain, hung on 10 the boat. The survivors
after being fifteen hours In an open bost
were washed ashore and rescued
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ssssoesssessssssss
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Q Q q
Especial Dispatch
Washington in the be
vase in Ma
Mia For the being all
globe arc to be suspended and the and the delivering
blow Santiago which viii
naval which
OF torrto
hoped Will
will
relieve this further
Spanish
o inevitable
n no
Madrid will
|
to
the OF
OF
n or
tcontcm else q
established
people of the island
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pnilronh Agreement Terminates.

Milwaukee, Wiz. June 1.-The temporary
Wisconsin Central lines end the Central
Car company. the Chicago. Wisconsin and
Milwaukee rail DAD and the Milwaukee ard
Lake Winnobago railroad. which became
operative on april l. 1897. and whereby the
losod properly was operated for Just cne-
half OF what the receivers had hitherto
been paying. has been terminated. The
properly Will row be operated under the
old leases until hearing Is had before
Judge Seaman In the United Stats court
on July 3. The court win then determine
whether the obligations Of the old lsrses
are binding, and II net. what may be n
reasonable and Just consideration for the
use OF the property; also whether the COM
ranies are bound to accept IT, or whether
they may break away from the Central as
soclatIon altogether.
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ELnIR Is LOWER.
Price OF the Cronnd Product FOL
lowed Wheat Down.

Now York. June 1.-The Herald says:
Coincidcnt with another sharp break n
heat today. there was big drop in NIL
grades CT flour. ranging from 30 Ia 10 cents
on fanny Patents and % cents en- the cheap
or grades OF flour There has been "a grad
ual slipping away in the price OF flour dur
ing the last week, until yesterday the quo
tations were from 81 to $3.50 below the
'ghest price whieh Il touched In the great
boom In wheel engineered by Letter.
As result Of the weakness there was
little demand for flour and the majority OF
dealers are holding off in hops OF gettiug
In on the bottom.
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Last Tuesday the cruiser Marblehead
Spanish cruisers, the two destroyers aud
a floating battery made from the Reina
Mercedes were seeking protection behind
the Notifications.
The Cristobal Colon was lying across
the harbor Her broadsides lay to the
American ships.
Three hours after being discovered by
the American cruiser the battleships Mas
steamed up to the mouth of Santiago har-
Dor.
The Texas, Brooklyn and other ships OF
the fleet were some distance from the
harbor, riding the waves with but little
Roadway The ship named after the Bay
State was the first ship to open fire with
an eight-inch she'll The next gun to belch
forth was the Massachusetts, thirteen
inch.
The Spanish batteries and the Colon
promptly responded with a rain of shot
and shell and soon the batteries on both
sides of the channel and the one on the
island in the middle were helching forth
their welcome to the foe. They were using
ten and twelve-inch guns.
Not much Roadway was mada on either
side at FIRST the United States ships had
not got the range of the batteries and tho
Spanish gunners, as usual, were firing
wildly,
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yANDEnuILT DRESSER.
CtviI Marriage Celebrated in Fnrts
uy the Dcnuty NNsUr.

Paris. June The civil marriage Of
Miss Edith stuyvcsnnt Dresser to George
". Vanderbilt look place at 3 O'Clock TINS
afternoon IN the town hall Of the Glghth
district OF PARIS on the Rue Aniod The
deputy mayor Objected There were ~
teen persons prcgont The Witnesses were
Cornelius Vanderbilt. Hamilton Mckay
Twombloy. Daniel Leroy Dresser and John
Nicholas Brown OF Providence. There was
no marriage contract whatever ana me
ceremony only insteI hfteea minutes
The religious ceremony VIII taks place
tomorrow IN the American church on the
Rue Alma.
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NOTES FROM PARAGUAY.
mernrfo Laid Up TIL the War
Ends-A Fake from Madrid

RCopyrighted, 1898, by Associated Press.)
'uenos Ayres, June 1.-The government
Paraguay has informed the United
ties consul at Asuncion. Mr.. J. n. Ruff
who had protested against the con-
bed presence of the Spanish torpedo
Pboat Temerario in Paraguayan waters.
I permission had been granted the
nerario. which is disabled. to remain at
pnclon under the protection of Para
fy's neutrality until the close of the
Ia Nacional publishes a dispatch from
rrid which says that yesterday tTues-
the Spanish armored cruiser Cristobai
ION put out from the harbor OF Santiago
CUBA to answer the fire of the American
adron and that after inficting damages
Pm an auxiliary cruiser, she returned to
harbor
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A nnrd NOW At Labor.

milwaukee, Wis. June LIN the superior
court union labor received hard blow
from Judge Sutherland IL the case OF Erd-.
r.4I schultz against the Schl,z Brewiag
q rireny. who prayed for a Temporary la
junction TO restrain the company from cIn-
pioyIng non union labor. The court held
that specification in u contract requiring
the contractor to use only union labor Is
Wild t
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ARRESTED ron MURDER.
A Woman aud Her sons Are Vow IN
,.it.

J-l.
Hutchinson. Kan, June 1.-The coroner's
Jury inySst!gating the murder OF w. G.
Boyd has brought in a yerdicl holding MM.
Nellie pogtit tllwaite, her eldeat son. Harry.
aud Jack Burrell, as pfin iipala and f.. q.
Clara lawyer OF this city. and Clyds
tho ii-ycar-old son US nc
ctasolies MIS-. rnstiethwalte had testified
thai ehe killed. Boyd ard that no oi,e else
had anything &c do with the murder
IN p iyoners In jail testified that they
overheard LAWYER Clark caution the boys
that tleir mother had weakened anu that
ttey should sick to their sto'y. III con-
earned have been placed IN Jail.
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noCN ISLAND MEETING.
Dt,idcnd of Fifteen Per cent Paid.
y. NfIiNrrs EIrNIcd

View officers Elected.
Chicago, juno I AT the annual meeting OF
the Rock Island railway today President X X.
Gable was elected chairman nj the board OF
directors First Vice Precedent Warren
rurdy was elected president to succeed Mr.
Gable Third Vice President VIM. Fraesdnle.
nrst vice president, w. Parker second we
president. J. II Phillips. treasurer and Geo
H. Crosby secretary The regularly quar-
torly cash dWidtnd OF / per cont was de-
olared with an extra cash diyidead OF a OF
per cent
An extra stock dividend Of 10 per cent was
also declared making dividend of Ia pr
cent In all for the current ychr'
rha proas enrutngs OF the road for the year
ending March a. 1898. were Si9,5iS,1si against
$l7.t lb,G5a last year an lncreaso OF - w w.
Operating oxpcnsoa were Sll,,il, iO5 against
si0slJ,lts, an Increase OF s3eS,2ol.
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nnlso,ns won, BE Called On.

St. Paul, Mum. June 2.-Private and Of
fetal telegrains from Washington to Pierre
and bismarck. ~ the two Dakotas. ar
rcdnce that as both Of those States under
the fiIs, call had greatly exceeded their
quota. they would rot he called on for any
volunteers in the second call.
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TERRITORY BANDITS.
4 Once Respected Attorney Held ~
"a DrsperudO.

Muscogec. !. r. June i.---A jennings. who
from a respected lawyer and prosecuting AZ
torney Of Canadian county. Oklahoma. de-
yelopod into q territorial bandit, has been
convicted IN the Federal court OF assault
with intent 90 Kill, tie charge rrowipr ont II
The raid at Foyle l. r.. ~ his lard. After
the conviction thc court took up Immediately
the case against Al Jennings and Frank, MS
brother, and Pa. and Morris OMalley.
charged With robbing the postoffoo at royle.
Charges OF train robbery arc also pendins.
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at that port Matanzas and Cardenas are
on rather low parts OF the coast, and the
latter Is small place. 80 they have no
MORO Castle
This explanation is sufficient to show
why The name made familiar by Iiayana's
picturesque clI fort is appearing continual
ly in tho dispatches and why it Is necessary
10 discriminate between the various MORO
Castles which figure IN the news of tne
uay
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rornado AZ Mi..ourl,

St. Joseph. NO., June Reports have been
received here Of great damage done By = tor-
nudo which tore across section Of pcKaIAI
county yesterday and caused tho loss Of fp1F'
lives. The dead are the wife and thres 0elI-l
drcn Of Calvin Smith. living near NoyuvlI>A
blown down and orcharoe uefe ean4Ge4. -:
property loss y eeelEsaol q MN a., ,<;
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Vancouver Tarrscks. wash. June l.--or,
dors have been received here directing
CAPTAIN II. j. MoCrath, commanding troop
L. Fourtb cavalry. at Vancouver barracks.
to proceed TO San Francisco with his com
mond The troop. il is Understood viii
leave here next Sunday.
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BY the time the United states men-ot
war made the second round the range had
been found by both sides, but the Ameri-
cans seemed to have the better of this
coming to quarters, Many shots were
seen to DO great damage
The American shots were telling in great
numbers on the Notifications.
The fire of MORO was the first TO slack
en-. the walls showing great glps, In three
quarters of an hour the forts ca both sides
of the channel were sllenced. our ships
irlnc diatey ceased firing
At once schley changed back TO tho
Brooklyn and steamed cut to sea.
There seemed to have be9n no wounded
o. killed on any Of the Americon vessels
In fact. each ships crew asserted that no
Spanish shots took effect.
We were close in the harbor and could
rec what WIS being done on the Crlstobal
Colon. could even see the faces Of Gail
ors as they locked frcn, tn per, holes.
During the engagement the Massachusetts
was the flagship Of Schley, and she bore tho
brun; of the engagement from tht stat.
Tho New Crl ans demonstrated thai she
is one OF tho st cruisers in our navy, with
her quick-firing guns That can fire with
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from Port Antonio says that the British
sccond-class cruiser lndefntirahlo returned
there from Santiago The cruiser had
been ordered there to assist the wounded
in the expected naval battle Tho SHIPS
surgeon was on leave of absence and gov
emment medical officer was taken.
From the bridge OF the interchangeable
seventeen sbips were counted through
binoculars in Santiago bay This is sup
posed to be the full strength of Cervera s
Meet and some Of the seventeen are prob
able merchantmen.
Six American ships lay off Santiago har.
Dor and ten were oircling around Com
modore Schley moved the blockadng fleet
in shore.
On Sunday Admiral Cervera sent out
two torpedo boats. one OF them the Pluton
After exchanging shots with the Brooklyn
and Texas. they returned safely to the
harbor
The Indefatigabc is under orders again
to proceed to Santiago, but she is waiting
for more surgeons.
Madrid June 2.~3 a. IN The Havana
correspondent of the impartial cables that
Admiral Ceryera was not at Santiago de
Cuba On Tuesday The Cristobal Colon
was the only vessel there of the squadron.
the correspondent declares. and she was
repairing her boilers.
The lighting lated less than an hour.
the American fleet Withdrawing. The
battloship Iowa was damaged in her bow
by Two shells.
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No New. AZ 81. Thor,a..

! Thomas, d. w, l., Jube |. Midnight =
Pre- has been no news today from the
b. and no warships have been sighted
5hcee waters.
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Is To Be Struck the Spaniards atl
Santiago.
SPANISH FORCE TO BE OVERWfiEL MED
AS AT MANILA.
1t Is Hoped That This Will Cause Spain to Sue for
Peace at Once.

Is Desired Avoid the Havana and the Heavy
Loss of Life Which Will Necessarily BE Incident
Believed a Crushing Defeat a Financial Panic
In Spain Will Decide Peace.
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THE FIGHT AT SA'JTIAGO
Fortifications at the Mouth of the Harb,
a Mass of Ruins Now.


the Spanish Gunnery
Usual PoorMa1y
Their Observation-Disclosures, Iowa New Action.
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GROCERIES.

PACIFIC CASH STORE, TENTH AND
70 streets. Stove wood So. rs per cord :
4-foot willow wood. 81 per cord: new
crop of corn, 8 cans for 25c, fine coffee
lac a ID; lib can baking powder, Zoe
Telephones Capital 169; Sunset 474 black
JOHN RILEY.
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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
county of Sacramento, State of Califor-
I'm In the matter of the estate of MARY
E. HUMPHREY Qormerly Mary E. HalD,
4 r Humphrey, executor of the estate
filed his petition herein duly verified,
nraving for an order to mortgage certain
real estate of said decedent, for the pur-
pI If is therefore, ordered by said court
that all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased, appear before, the said
4 y. 1898, at 10 o'clock a m. of the said
day. at the Courtroom Of said Superior
Court, at the courthouse, city Of Sacra-
mento, county Of Sacramento, State Of
Caiiforuia, then and there to show cause
Whv the following. real property, to-wit
All those certain lots, pieces and parcels
San Joaquin, State of California, describ-
ed as follows: The east one-half of sec
toni: the south 45O0 feet Of the east one
half of section 6; the north half of the
southwest quarter; the northwest quar-
ter of the southeast quarter and the south
/ 125 feet of each of the northwest quar-
ter of section 5: all in township south,
range 9 east, NJ. D. B. and M, contain
ing Sl4 81 acres; also all those certain lots,
In Tulare County, in said State of Caiifor-
MIA. described as follows: Section 16; the
north 300 acres of the west half of sec
ton %; all in township 20 south, range 26
east. M. D. B. and NJ, containing $40
acres.
Together with the improvements there
on or some part thereof, should. not, be
mortgaged for the amount mentioned in
said petition, to-wit: 81, $50, or such lesser
amount as to the court or Judge may
seem meet.
Dated September IA, 1898.
MATT F. JOHNSON,
Judge OF said Superior Court.
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What is Scott's Emul-

What is Scott's Emul-
sion
1t is the best cod-liver oil,
partly digested, and COM
bined with the hypophos-
phites and glycerine. What
will it do? 1t will make
the poor blood of the anamic
rich and red.
twill give nervous energy
to the overworked brain and
nerves. 1t will add flesh to
the thin form of a child,
wasted from fat-starvation.
1t is everywhere acknowl-
edged as The Standard of
the World.
5oc and 81 90, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE Chemists New York
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2106 TENTH STREET.-THE LET OR FOR
pantry and bath; high basement, partly
finished; all kinds of fruit in yard; lot
40x160; well improved. Inquire on prem
iSeS
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CHINA'S EMPEROR.
Stories That He is Dead Discredit-
ed at Washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct 6.-Such infor-
nation as has reached the State De-
partment respecting the reported death
and assassination of the Emperor of
China goes to entirely diseredit the
stories that he has been poisoned or
that he is dead. It is impossible to
say positively just what sources Of in
formation are available, but it is known
they are regarded as entirely reliable
by the State Department.
The Boston, one of the American
warships ordered to get as near as
possible to the disturbance, will go as
far as the Taku forts, at the mouth OF
the Pang Ho River, where she must
stop, on account of her draught The
little Petrol, however, is expected to
go eighty miles up the river to Tien
Tsin and her steam launch might pro-
ceed from that point to Pekin, if nee
esSary.
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IF YOU DON'T KNOW HILBERT
Bros, family grocers, try them; if yol
do stay with them. 1431 d.
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PHILADELPHIA Oct. &. - Among
the letters introduced by the prosecu-
ton against Senator Quay and his son
was this one from Haywood to Cashler
Hopkins:
Nov. %, 1898.
Yours of the 10Th inst, with in
closure, received, which 1 herewith re
turn signed Purchase an addluonal
100 shares of the same stock at 1dO.
100 shares at 100, 100 shares at 1OI,
100 shares at 106. OF course, purchase
all for less if you can, so that the av-
erage will be maintained. My informa-
ton is that this stock will go higher
in the near future. Your friend, Mr..
Elkin, is a partner in this transaction,
as YOU will see by the signature on the
note Mr. NJ. is to have the use of oO
from November /, 1896. You and he
can arrange when he can use it"
The first Quay letter was to Hopkins
under date of January 13, 1897, saying:
Dear John: Give George. Huhn $50
600 for me- tt is for a margin in some
stocks. Send me a note for $4,000
and will sign and return"
The next, dated September p, 1897,
is as follows:
ropolitan. I wish you to take it out for
me. 1t stands $110, $3.50. August 31st,
and with your $61 ,625 will make S172, :
4375 I will owe your bank. I have
100 New Jersey bonds, 1,5O0 shares of
New Jersey stock, which I will change
into Metropolitan as soon as the top
notch in Jersey is reached. That is to
say, l will sell the Jersey securities
and pay off the Indebtedness. The Jer-
sey bonds ought to go to par within
sixty days. When they are at par the
stock will be at least 30. 1t will pay
a small dividend next year Please
write me on receipt of this.
"P. 81 suppose there is some cir
cular to the Metropolitan holders ex-
planning what will be done at the
meeting. If there is, please send me
one"
The next, dated September %, 1897,
asks permission to make an overdraft
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Paris Peace Commission.

PARIS, Oct. 6.-The United States
Peace Commission held an hours ses-
sion this morning, after which, at 10
o'clock, accompanied by Major Gen
eral Merritt, the Commissioners were
the guests Of United States Embassa-
dor General Horace Porter, who took
them by coach to Versailles. The par
ty will have lunch there and will re-