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cupANs STILL STARVING.
DIR. Diaz Says Tbey Are PcrisbinE
by the Hundreds.

DIR. Diaz Says They Are Pertaining
by the Hundreds.
special Dispatch to The Pest and New York
Herald. copyrighted. 1873, by James Cor
don Bennett.)
Tampa Fla, May 10 - (From the Lon
don Tolegraphs espondent,) There Is
probability no man who knows Cuba better
than DIR. Dlaz, who is attached TO the stan
OF the commander In chief. He Is man
of many rarts-medical. doctor OF divinity.
was ordered to be executed, but through the
intervention of the United States escaped
There was no more popular man In Cuba
at the time When burial rates were 20
high in the island that the dead. az an
freshman would put II, walked about 10
save burial expenses. he entered into ac-
tive competition with the Catholic church
as an undertaken, and made possible de-
cent interment for the poor. Furthermore Q,
he attended to the wants Of the impoyer-
ished, his only fee being permission TO
preach and pray TO the patients. His utill-
tartan Christianity made him the friend OF
all. and his association with the command
err In Grief can not fail to be OF the utmost
benefit at this juncture.
In conversation with me today he drew
some narrowing details OF the suferings OF
his count rymen. He estimates that since
the blockade they have been dying from
starvation at the rate Of 500 a dly--indeed,
their condition Mt this moment Is worse
than ever Those who are not hemmeh In
the towns appesse the pangs OF hunger by
consumption OF palm sapllngs or any other
substance that may be masticatef,
Az to the capacity OF the Cubans to gov
ern themselves. DR.. Diaz has no fears.
There Is, he believes, In his race all the
qualities necessary for the upbuIlding and
maintenance Of good government, and II Il
10 procure this that he is now working
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InrrEnsoX COUNTY.
Primaries Set for May -, Convention
for Nuy ~.


Primaries set for May ~, Convention
for May -.
Beaumont. Texas, May l6.--The Jcnef-
son county democratic executive commit-
teo met In the mayors Office this afternoon
n. Polk. precinct No. /; j.. +. Chester.
precinct No, 6; Joe Dugat, Taylors bayou.
being present
Tho committee called mass primaries tor
May 81. and tho county convention to DO
held a, the court house, May as.
l., T.. Chester introduced the following
resolution. which was adopted.
II is the sense OF the county democratic
executive committee that there shall be NO
nomination for county or precinct Officers
OF Jefferson county for the year OF lspS.
The following was adopted as test fer
participation In PRIMARIES
II pledge myself To support the nominees
OF The democratic convention
Following resolution offered by !. d.
polk was adopted by unanimous vote:
whereas, IN the opinion OF the Democratic
executive committee OF JefferNn county
Hon. S. u. Cooper has been faithful
vigorous. efficient and evor. watchiul sorv.
ant ia congress OF the people OF this States
and his congressional ditriot; ana
Whereas. he is now familiar with and
| skilled IN the duties imposed ON him. ana
has acquired weight aud Influence by MS
extensive acquaintance and long service:
and Is, therefore, well equipped TO DO o.
use TO his people, and
| whereas. we think devotion TO duty de-
serves reward; therefore, be II
Resolved by the democratic executive
committee Of Jeiiersou county In session
assembled. That We indorSe his candidacy
for congress- from this. the Second con
/ presslonni district. and recommend him
| 10 bhe democracy OF said district as
worthy ana faithful standard bearer
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Waxahachie. Texas. May ia thing
TINT brought much pleasure to the hearts
Of the ladies of Waxahachie was the privi-
lege Of contributing to the collection OF
good things to eat for the Waxahanhie
boys now in camp near Austin. IL hao oeeh
whispered around that the boys were not
yet used to army fare and that II woui"
he noble tribute to their patriotism 70
surnrlse them with a great box OF dell
caoies. Accordingly Messrs. Frederick
Meredith and j. Matthew Flemister set
about to get up the hog OF delicious ioo '.o
Tba jahiess contributed freely There were
cakes, baked chickens, ham, jelly roll
salad and almost everything one could
think Of The box was packed IN sectors
and was shipped this morning, the OUT
side OF the box was covered with the names
OF the Waxahachie boys in camp, toge her
with pictures Of the American ana CUBAN
flay and directions as to what should be
done to the SpanIards Agent Hey OF the
Katy sent the box free.
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MrLKEy Ar nEEyILLE.
,auy Additions Have Been Made 70
the Churches.

q
Bceyliic. Texas. May l6.--Evangeiist Aoo
Mulkey closed his meeting here last night
Never In the history OF the town has tncfo
been such great revival OF religion. FOR
len DAYS Mr. Mulkey has been bomoaro,ns
sin and Satan anc II seems that every SLOT
hc tired hit the mark. Aen who have never
,nsnotii snoIiss IslluuI gu, usAlS eioIsq
have beer led to resolve to lead bettst:
n,irer aud more honest lives. over lovo
people heard him last niRht ana a. me
Conclusion of the services thlr.y-tve per-
.ons were added 10 the Methodist church.
Il IA estimated that nearly sixty additions
IN The different churches will follow a.
reeult of the meeting n,..
Ills talk TO men only Yesterday mornin9
Gas ons az ne most impressive services
ever witnessed in the city. HIS subject l
,yas .Ectrlbutlon.' and at tho CONCLUSION
OF his talk fully 500 men gave EN-! MN 'ns's
hand. promising TO live better lives.
NE goes from here 10 Edna 70 nned
Meeting.
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=H----Hs-=i--sa -
M'LiiSNAN COUNTY.

Waco, Texas. May 16,--The official
count Of the primary vote did not change
the result an reported the day after the
election except IN one contest, that OF rail
road commissioner. Tho flrst report gave
the county TO Giles. but the official count
declares Allison Mayfield received ma
jorlty Of l1S. Finger for land commission
or carried the county by plurality OF only
twenty seven votes.
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secret Political Meeting.

L.ockhart, Texas. May 1.-THE colorad
people Of Caldwell county had secret po-
litical meeting In Lockhart Saturday. from
which all plain people were strictly OK
el,tied. Loud voices in dIscordant contro-
yersy could be heard from the ferths OF
the county court room. whore the meeting
wss in progress. The object and proceed
ings OF the meeting lave been kept as
secret as spain kept the destination OF the
Cane Verde fleet.
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Loekhart, Texas, May ls..-The demo-
cratic convention OF precinct No. of Cald-
well county was held Saturday 10 Lockhart
Twenty-Five delegates were selected to the
county convention and were Instructed to
vote for Judge Collari for Justice OF the
court OF civil appear. Third supreme iu-
dicial district. and for Hon. J. u. Dibrell
for senator for the Twenty-fiIht district
No other candidates were Instructed for.
The convention was harmonious and united.
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was argued when the mobilization
Of the State troops was changed from
'on to Austin that the conditions ex-
IN the former city were of such
as to make the preservation of
among the soldiers an impossibility.
Pus IN a position to know demon
gu mat this was not true, and the
matter has now resolved itself into
nerans and has struck the influences
brought about the change a hard
Inc water that Is being given the
rs mere is very bad indeed 1t is so
as to be almost Opaque and has been
ause OF unlimited cases OF dysentery.
~ precaution known to the surgeons
'hs taken, but Notwithstanding their
and the fact that most of the com
are now boiling the water before
~ the sickness continues. There
now several cases OF fever in camp,
''s morning member of Company G.,
'eEimont, was found to be suffering
we msasles. He was isolated at a
:" tue hills some distance from
ana Is being carefully cared for. 1t
vsa mat the prompt action taken win
~ enect Of preventing spread Of
enthuslasm Of many OF the young
90 have recently been made United
soldiers Is, to certain extent. on
-ue. The wave Of enthusiasm which
over the State when the presiden,
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Nayasota, Texas. May le-surgeon D.
z. Peoples of the Second Texas 10 spend
ing two days at home and is enthusiastic
for a movement to the front. He says that
the report OF DR.. wilcox criticising the
work OF the examiners was worse tnan
moonshine. The work was OF the most
satisfactory nature possible considering the
rush
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Kaufman, Texas May ie-Hon. NJ. M
Crane, democratic candidate for governor
will spora at the court house here tomor-
row evening and at Kemp, this county, to-
morrow night This Is a very strong crane
county and the attorney general STANDS
pnnd show of reeeiving lls vote.
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nuGLE CALLS.

New York World
cant Sit EN- upl
can't cit EN- upl
can't Kit 'em ur In the morning.
can't git 'em up.
can't git 'em up,
can't git EN- up al all!
The corporal's worse than the sergeant.
The sergeants worse than lieutenant,
And the captains tho worst OF all!
Go to tho stable.
All We that arc able.
And give your horses some corn.
For II YOU don't DO II,
The captain will know II,
And give you tho devil
As sure AZ you're born!
oh. whore has that cook gone,
Cook gone,
Cook gone.
Where has that go,k gomez
Where the aitoh is he-c-e'
Twenty years TIL dinner time,
Dinner time.
Dinner time.
Twenty years till dinner timc,
so Il seems TO me-e.eY
Como and cit your duinine.
Quininc, quinine, auintne,
& Come and cit your uninine.
And your pills.
Soupy, soupy, SOUP
Without any heans'
An coffee, coffee, coffee.
The n.eanost ever scent
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welt cavalry will have zoo head OF horses
from the Ccncho country near San An
cello. They are fiue looking animals, null
OF spirit, IA IL 10 i6 i-2 hands high. from
to years old, and cost an average OF $50
per head. e, L. Whitfield and tho Stokes
brothers OF Lamrasas are the purchasers,
who are today inspecting them, and who
viii tonight ship them out for san An
tonic.
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Austin May 6The
OF
of
with Chief
coffee money aggegang
be applied
in
declined
said
of perfected and
lief quartsrm regarding transportation
I is
Department
Immediately complied with.
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, Travel Rations Have Arrived
From St. Louis.
and Cavalry Are Believed to Have Been to Go to
Tybee, Ga. as Soon as They Can Do So-About Fortv
Cars Necessary for Each Regiment
ksssssssssssssss

telegram was received
THU
wash 16-The
for the
of regiment and
with you reiauVe to
Gene
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Austin. Texas. May 1s.-Hon. Allison
Msyfield states that tho official count OF
both Milan and McIennan county gives
him majority TOR railroad commissioner.
although press dispatches have stated a
contrary result. As matter OF fact NC
Lehman county Instructed for him last
Saturday.
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Manor. Texas. May la.--Democrauc Jus
tce precinct No. 2 held convention At Ma
nor saturday. the lith instant, nominating
i. J.. Parsley for justice Of the peace ana
Y. l.. puckett for constable. Elecung ".
A. y. Howell as chairman OF preeinct t0r
next two years.
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sons that they voted for him In one pre-
olnct, whore the returns gave him only
one vote, He also asked that The box IN
that precinct he thrown out for fraud. The
hearing Was postponed 10 next Saturday.
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hp Mabry, Austin, Texas, May 10
forty cars will be required to trans
hch regiment which leaves Camp Ma
land it will take at least day to Sc
THE necessary number here.
onel Openheimer reported to camp late
ht, and both he and Colonel Mahry
baking strenuous efforts to get their
lands in shape for the trip.
htenant Colonel Hare of the cavalry
bed today from San Antonio, where he
some preliminary arrangements for
purchase of horses for his command.
already on hand were net appraised
by Mastering Officer Elliott, as was
bally intended, and the work will be
rmed Wednesday by Major u. ID.
bas, acting inspector general of volun-
troops. who will come up from San An
Adron assignments were made in the
by regiment this evening as follows
BIT squadron, Major Hulen; troops a,
and f.
cnd squadron, Major Easley; troops L.,
and NJ
I'd squadron, Major Pearson; troops
H and G..
onel Mabry this afternoon received in
tons to place the soldiers with the
les In civil hospital at Austin, but
authorities there refused to receive the
man and he remains at the point of
Ion, mentioned in this mornings dis
es, where he is being carefully at
"a to.
cases Of humps were discovered In
hird regiment this evening and they.
rave been isolated. The surgeons arc
uent that the prompt action taken
prevent spread OF the contagion.
following was issued this evening:
ral Order No. 5:
rank of all officers whose commits
are of even date shall be determined
principles provided in paragraph il
States army regulations of 1895
Gus service in the Texas Volunteer
also to be considered in determining
In the same grade.
orcer OF the governor.
A. P. Wozencraft,
Adjutant General.
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smELLI5D TuE SHORE.
spanish soldiers Near Havana Fired
On LN AmerIen

On by Americans.
Key West. Fla, May lG.---The tug osce-
ola reported this morning that while crnis-
ing along the Cuban coast with the torpedo
boat Ericsson on Friday they saw large
body Of Spanish soldiers patrolling the
shore about eight miles west OF Havana.
Both boats sent in fusillade Of shots,
which scattered the troops. but II Ia not
known IL any Of the soldiers were killed.
The spanIards did not return the fre,
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MOSQUE COUNTY.

Morgan. Texas, May 15.--Vote OF Morgan
precinct at primary yesterday: Crane a.,
sayers 10. Wynne /, Jester ]; total vote
polled at this box 1902.
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of the First regiment o.
Will be-
has caused
becoming impatient and anxious
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o,ucinI cnunt Nccessnry.

DALLAS. Texas, May is.--It will take the
official count to decide whether Tenn Camp
or w. e.. Mccartney has been nominated fer
the LEGISLATURES.
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waxahachic. Texas. May ie.--An agent
mas been hero for several days buyln-
horres for Woods Rough Riders now in
rendezvous, A car load OF strong animals
were shipped to San Antonio yesterday
and moro will follow,
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ADMIRAL ca,narin Recalled.

Madrid, May IS. Admiral camarin. com
mander Of the cadiz reserve squadron. has
been recalled here TO confer with the min
listers respecting mis- intentions and opera
lions.
The newspapers express pelicf tnht AZ
nrio- American alliance already exists.
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Ieater CnmilAcMt.

Corsicana. Texas. May l6.--The Jester
people are confident that Jester IL su's
winner.
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NOTES.

g n Atkinson of Galveston is the guest
az the officers of the Galveston Rifles.
nave o'Bren, we'll known Houstonian.
has enlisted with the o'connor Guards OF
Victoria.
Randolph r. Lambert OF Houston was
the guest OF his father Colonel VIII Lam
be TT, today.
Max Hlrsch. agent and correspondent Tor
The post at Eigin was caller at The fost
tent yesterday.
According to the rolls In the hands oil
Mastering officer Elliott the Fourth regi-
ment Of United States volunteers now az
@amp Mabry aggregate 1898 men
c,,rreon villas OF the First infantry Is
,rara torr,f,,ate than most OF the other OF
a fis in that his wife Is sharing the nara
sims Of camp life with him,
ra,ana, waties of the cavalry has posted
notice 10 the effect that business at me ne
general headquarters Of his resinent wi.i
he transacted between the hours oil =
m. and 3 p. m.
". a. wood, George Kidd. Jr;. Henry
Porter. n. G. Kittreli, Jr.. G. r. car'sf'
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CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.

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when. as a student in Brittany, per-
petrated half q dozen tragedies. or in
other words, wrote them, and then be-
ing possessed with the idea that [ was
budding young genius, for whose
talents Brittany offered too little scope,
I packed my valise and started for
Paris.
Here, fortuna tely for me, I met a
friend in the older Dumas I wrote a
play in collaboration with Dumas Fills,
which attracted little notice, composed
I'm Drame dams les Ariz," which at
tracted some attention, and then
achieved my first great success with
my cling Semaines en- Ballon.'
1.-The success of this production in
toxfcated me. I expected to become e,
new Balzac within a week, and had
it not been for the paternal advice Of
my publisher, the elder Hetzel, I might
have gone astray completely in the
literary world. He advised me to stick
steadily to the line of the mysterious
and adventurous. I am glad 1 took his
advice. OF my seventy-six books I
leave the world to speak.
you ask about my habits. They are
simple. / am up with the lark every
morning. and do my best work soon
after dawn. [ write on usually until
IL o'clock, when, after luncheon, I go
to a reading room in the town, and
look over the newspapers, except on
the days when I attend the municipal
council, of which I am a member. In
the afternoon I work again, finishing
up for the day at about o'clock. when
[ dine with Madame Verne. In the
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evening l take my ease as a country
seHeieinan should, resting lQxuriantly
IN my nome. Occasionally L go to the
theater, but not often.
nave no extravagnt habits, Meth
eF am sportily inclined. 1 once own
ca a yacht and sailed the channel and
the mediterranean, but L never saw
any OF the scenes described in my
around the World in Eighty Days
l neither hunt, shoot or fish, although
old nave a little adventure with a
gun on one occasion, when / aimed at
DUCK and succeeded in lodging the
eEtlfe charge Of shot in a policeman's
nat My Nimrod days died with that
unfortunate shot. I have had no de-
sire TO go hunting since.
am quite content to sit at home
IN the quleN of my study and learn
all ABOUT theses countries, concerning
winch L write. from the volumes on my
absolutely impossible to write about a
particular place, without going there
hrst in order to study it's local color
1t is probably advantageous to do so.
but 1t would puzzle a writer to find a
means OF obtaining such help in writ
ing a roIraffce of the ocean, such as
my TWentX5 Thousand Leagues IN
Ger the Sea, or my Voyages from the
Earth to ths Moon
"A little thing suggests to me a
great story. Thus the Tour of the
World in Eighty Days was suggested
while l was studying one Of Cook s
tourist advertisements. When the idea
had once been born it was an easy
thing for the story to develop. I had
to study the characteristics and ge-
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IT,; The second volume of Mr.. Justin H.
McCarthys French Revolution" COM
pletes this history. The first volume
closed with the taking of the Bastille,
and the present volume begins with a
consideration of its effects on subse-
quent history. The Bastille IS robbed of
many Of It's terrors, but as a symbol in
the public imagination of the evil order
Of things its fall was as important as
If cit had not long been disused to in
leu t., is torture Chambers and its dun
geens things of the past" Mr. Nc
Carthy is as much without prejudice
as a writer can be who is enough I'M
der the influence of the French Revo-
luton g. to make it subject of pro-
longed study; his judgments are judi
c;ors and his style easy and flowing. The
present work concludes with the dis
persion of the national constituent as
sembly, but a yelled promise is not
lacking to trace, at a future time, the
revolution through its later phases A
valuable index of the entire work is
al pended to this volume
MIR Justin H Mccarthy has written
along lines so parallel to- and in a style
SO suggestive of the author of "A His
tory of Our Own Times" that it has
hardly needed the similarity of their
names to lead many to confuse the
writings of son and father. Mr. NC
Carthy, the son, if he would maintain
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his own identity, should emphasize his
middle name.
('The French Revolution" vol. 2, by JUS
tin H. Mccarthy. Harper & Bros, New
York: $3.50. Fer sale by the st. Paul Book
and Stationery company =
A book With more merit than the
hasty reader will think of recognizing
is Eat Not Thy Heart" a. novel of
earnest Intention by Julien Gordon
Julien Gordon probably is a woman;
sometimes while reading the book we
were inclined to regard this surmise
as established beyond doubt, but as
this may be simply a display of crime
1r.aL ignorance of the authors identity
on our part and certainly has but little
to do with the merits or dement's of
the book, we accept the gender of the
title page as is stands.
The name itself Eat Not Thy
Heart. is sensational enough, but
suits very we'll the motif of the story
and has the merit of being very an
Gent. dating back to the Egyptian
Book Of the Dead"
. The story presents a woman, pas
sionate, ambitious, strenuous. with =
strange sort of anomalous beauty, a
woman who wou' have been a success
full Cleopatra. Thrown by an ironical
tate into the poverty and narrow
smugness of a New England village,
Beth Bush lives upon the newspaper
accounts Of other peoples magnificence.
AS long as others greatness is viewed
by her minds eye only her interest
takes the form of hero-worship:
brought into close. contact with wealth
and high place, emulation arouses
hatred. envy and malice and
all Observation-Disclosures Beth Bush
IS not for moment lovable.
but her creator demands for her
ard gains human sympathy and appre-
citation. Her petty, ridiculous biunders.
the littleness of her humiliations that
contrast so forcefully with the bigness
of her style and the greatness of her
passion, seem never inadequate. and
even the final tragedy is reasonable.
Nor is Beth the only cleverly develop
ed character. Joseph, her husband
Lola Marston Cakes. Isham and the
others are worthy of notice.
The author lacks taste in style. The