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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
Six Lives lost by an Explosion.

Buffalo, N. Y, July Is. BY the ex-
plosion of a boiler in the Niagare
starch works Thursday the building
was wrecked and six persons killed and
rs injured. Two others are missing,
who are supposed to have persisted.
OF the six persons who were in the
building only two escaped. Scarcely
house within a thousand feet of the
works escaped being hit with bricks,
twisted iron or heavy timbers.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
.SR. BERNABE IN CANADA.
No Ground to Ask His Expulsion
Thcrefrom, Yet.
The sPANlARn Is ONLY TAlKlNG,
And as Hc In In Bad Taste He May
he Driven ont without Any
Formal Complaint.
tThird Edition


New York, May ls--A special from Wash
ington to the Times says The continued
presence in Canada OF Senior Polo Ber-
nahe. late Spanish minister to this country.
and the reports which reach here of his
activity there in behalf Of the Spanish
cause. have given rise 20 the suggestion
that II might be proper proceeding on the
part OF this government 10 direct the at
tenton OF the British government to the
ex.minister's course as violation Of the
neutrality law, Certain features of the
spanish diplomats conduct II is known,
have been brought TO the attention of the
state department. but there Is the highesi
possible authority for the assertion that no
protest has been made to the British gov
ernnent. nor Is any contemplated at the
present time. So long as Senior Polo con
fines himself TO talking ahou, THIS country
be will not be intcrfered With. IN conn-
tiles like Enshnd and The United States,
where broad freedom Of speech and action
liz accorded TO all, IL Is not 20 be expected
that censorship Of the utterance OF any
man especially foreigner of rank should
he exercised,
IT. however. Scnor Polo should undertake
to ieisa an expedition to attack the coun
try. or engage In any clearly hostile act,
he would be guilty of violation OF The
neutrality laws and the attention of the
British government would undoubtedly be
directed thereto The friendly attitude of
England at present leaves no doubt that
!, ut s@
sary. II, ndeod tbs Spanish minister would
not he requ, stcd 10 withdraw without any
suggestion from this side.
III is Acknowledged at the state depart
ment that. annoying as the Spanish min
ister's presence at our very doors Is u s
an extremely delicate matter for this gov
ernment to handle. The United StatoS has
always been very liberal in us attitude ia
such matters and the government rocos
Mics ours ms a glass housc II - recalled
that senior poo's being 0llowed to stay in
Canada can hardly be considered any worse
| than our allowing the Cuban iuna 10 eN-
| lst in th's country while we wcrc friendly
with Spain. KosciuslSo. il + recalled was
entertained IN Washington IN official clr-
! cles and allowed 10 raise 'ouUS 80 iul
England. It is known that London Is hot
bed for revolutionary movements against
tho continental po~cr3 ludA these cir
cunstanrcs It. ~ unlikely that the oN.n.l-
lister from Spain will b. diciurhed uuloss he
commits some overt act IN violation Of
neutrality,
Public opinion in Canada pronounees his
actions as being in bad taste and VAN be-
fore long drive him out Of the country
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17

CISCO.--The Post correspondent is re-.
l.ably informed that work on the erection OF
a sa5 600 compress will begin foon. Mr.. j.
II. Maxwell OF Tuscalcosa. Ala. Is said to
be the promoter Of the enterprise.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
MISTAKE OF BLANCO
HE IS PUTTING ARMS INTO THE
HANDS OF INSURGENTS.
they Are Joining the Volunteers
and VIII lie Aple 10 Rise Against
the Spaniards.

copyrighted 1898 by Associated Press.)
(Third Edition.
Kingston. Jamaica, May 16.-6 p NJ
The Cuban provisional government has in
struoted insurgent sympathizers not TO try
to evade. in garrison cities General
Bancos CONSUMPTION order forcing into
the ranks of the volunteers ali males from
Is to As years of age.
Refugees who arrived here by the French
steamer Fulton from Havana and who have
since been released from quarantine say
that the Cubans in Havana are Joining the
volunteers by hundreds Spain is thus
arming enemies, ready to rise at an oppor-
tune tins or to deser The spaniards in
Havana. for a communal police purpose,
spy cut Cuban symrathizers and cause their
arrest
Eggs there were 10 cents apiece, meal 80
osnts round and flour 80 cents pound
when the Fulton left on May 3
Tbs Atlas steamer Adula sailed for San
tiago De Cuba today with provisions and
to bring back refugees Three or four
cargoes of food leave Jamaica ports for
Santiago weekly
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
DIRECTING a SPY SYSTEM.
Third EditiOnD


New York, May IA special to the
World from Montreal says:
Although Senior Polo Bernabe, the
former minister from Spain at Washington,
states that his direct object in staying
here is to reorganze the consular service,
it is evident from matters that have trans
PRED that the United States has sufficient
reason to view his presence here with APP
prehepsion. 1t is very difficult 10 p5ne-
trste the action of Senior Polo and his suite
thoroughly, but it is clear to all here ina,
he is directing an elaborate SPY system
Some United States treasury ofheials nave
been here and have Swallowed the party
c,oselv for days. and from what can be
CLEANED Of their carefully yelled remarks
the work of the spaniards is of very dan
gerous kind.
1t is known that they have kept up
constant communication with both HoV-
error Macias OF Porto Rico and General
Blanoo of Havana, but this alone "ouia
not account for the immense sums OF money
that they have spent with the telegraph
companies ~ nile mere foi '"S 49,
three days their bill with the western
Union and Postal Telegraph companies
amounted to nearly $1,000
After much investigation, 1t was louna
that a large amount of this expenditure
was caused by cablegrams sent to the Uni
ted States When they found out they
were unable to get message to or from
tie United States direct. they cabled to and
from there via London
They have also been in communication
with strangers, who afterward have been
seen going into the United States and the
secret service agents seem to have positive
proof that at least one woman in TINS city
has been approached by them for spy pur-
noses.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17

especial terror to our blockade running
British brethren She took about a dozen
prizes, The richest OF them were the $l36,-
900 Columbia, the $l7i, 900 Britannia and
the $500 0o0 Victory When the Somerset
captured the Circassian. fine fast iron
craft. the courts decreed $500 600 for prize
money The South Carolina, built al South
Boston, stanch iron propeller which be-
fore the war used TO run between Boston
ana New Orleans, helped In the capture OF
the 1000 Magnolia and = dozen other
lesser prizes Even the numbering old Sup
ply, store vessel, and sailing ship at
that. made prize of the Stephen Hart a
$3.50 GOO capture
The sloop of war Susquehauna earned
5000, 900 in the Ann; The double -ender Tiogl
shared IN the $500, 900 Victory; the ninety
DAY gunboat unadtlla caught 1921 .00o IN the
Lodona and Il share Of the $500 100 prize
money due from the Princess Royal The
Vanderbilt which that patriotic million
are gave to the seryice--his own private
YACHT took $4,000 in the Peterhoff $3.50.
600 more was earned for distribution when
the swift Atlanta fell prize to the stout
monitor Weehawken.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
ERRITr GAINS HIS POINT.
pc Given Five Thousand Regu-
lars for Manila.

(Third Editionj
YORK, May ia special to the
from Washington says: The at
Of Adiutant General Corbln was
dispatch from New York, stating
neral Merritt refuses to go TO
iippines with less than 5000 regu-
that he would not leave with a
Feruits only.
can not be true" said the adju
neral. General Merritt would
eluse TO 80 anywhere his orders
n'm' He is not that sort OF man.
: you may say that the department
arranging to give General Merritt
mars he wants, Before he sails for
le VIII have strong force of sea-
ailrs to take with him.
ooroin declines to say where the
" accompany the Manila expedi-
% come from, but as practically
= regular army, with the exception
eompanies scattered through the
ountry. which 1t would be unwise
from there. Is mobilized at
! Is considered certain that some
'o0ps now at the Florida port will
-ssuss the continent to San Fran
aeneral Merritt's command.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
rp,zE Mo,rv ron CAPTURES.
RouanxrS Cor Officers rnd crews OF
nlockndcrs in the 'tNt. war
pnetn, Journal

,.s f,r OViccrs aud Crews of
utocLn,Icra in the civil. War
Boston Journal
In the civil war many Of the Union cruis-
ers and blockaders made captures when
enriched their officers and gave real ho-
nonzas 10 their crews Thus the gunboat
Amanda when she captured the swan
made S209.29s available for Distribution
The gunboat Augusta netted a ROUND $apo'-
GOO by making prize Of the British block
aap runner Princess Royal; the brig Balm
bridge also took a hand in the capture OF
the Swan when S2o2, 2aS was set ASIDE for
distribution. The cruiser Bienyile earned
s2O2 900 for her lucky officers and crew IN
the capture OF the Stettin and sloo'ooo more
in the capture of the Patras, the ir.eats
Brooklyn, one OF Farraguts hghting meet
qot g1s7 40i for catching the blockade run
mr. Magnolia. the sloop OF war Canandai-
ora caught sli7.77i with the slippery
,,berokse. the gunboat Clmerone was IN
great luck with her S450,o00 prize Atlanta
the Cireassian, a captured blockade runner
herself earned cool quarter OF a million
when, with Uncle Sans blue jackets on
deck. she overlook and seized Minna.
The sloop OF war Cumberland, that ~
fell a first victim to TIE Merrimac, was
ore az the six craft which shared the cap
tnre Of the s23s, COO Hawaii The smart
littie sunboa Flambeau took one sioo'oou
nTire. The gunbcat Huntsville shared IN
he sleI 600 Magnolia; the Iron Age cap
t,,red $3.50 900 in the Robert e. Lee, the
| Jroo,,ols a share of 100000 In the Merit
mao The Magnolia took the Memphis,
,.stch shin and cargo, made s5l0.sl4 avail
! able for distribution
The Mercedita now an ungalnly coal
barge oul Of Boston, shared in the sioi,O
distrlbutIon due from the Magnolia as her
confederate prize. The double-ender oe.
tnrona Melted $3.50 600 when she brought
Nc victoria under her guns; The great
sa,if, side-wheeier, thu Quaker City, one
Of he best ships which the Union navy
| absorbed from the merchant marine
erred si3s. 900 in the capture OF the amy
warwick. $4,000 in the Duoro ana q snars
| ~ sfs5 900 In the Lily; she Rhode lsiana.
another fast side wheeler merchant cruis-
a. took 1920 1854 out OF the blockade run
Nor I,onstadt. There were few richer prize
funds than the s35eo00 which the r. r.
ruyler another merchant cruiser. cap
| tured 10 the Kate Dale
The Santiago de Cuba, still another IA
nous merchant fghting ship. ana ons o.
the fastest Of the Union cruisers, was an
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17

wait till the Harvard arrives. and then TO
be prepared in case the toireco boat to''
lows. or other Spanish torpedo boat de-
stloyers come along, 10 fall upon thsm
with their heavy and light rapic7,'-e guns
aud destroy them.
On the other hand. there are naval OF
ficers who laugh at the fuss that has been
made ever the situation at St Pierre ana
declare that there is nothing to prevent
the Harvard from leaving if she desires 70
do so and nothing but the assuhplloh tnnl
M tcrnr5o boat destroyer is Formidable
vessel TO lead to the opinion that it ecuia
destroy the Harvard without dtiteui,s.
when Captain Cotton has completed ,he
rrpairs said to be needed by the darVain'
he nature of which has not been comhlu-
nioated 10 the department, he can ieanr'
sd Il t. believed France will stick closely
10 The custom under neutrality laws anG
nreyent the Terror from leaving unt'i
twcnty-four hours later
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
MiKn's DECISION.

For Tho Post
dlEsin sewer mn ditch.
BIZ, ounisy became TO stake n to'ne claim,
An Iolke the rest. strike II rich.
So no Job resigned Tor ! knew could hnd
A fortune. sure, at ilondkc.
Thet ! shoulderei me pick an mo shower
re eet Of gold biz strike
Thou ! went 10 the kitchen OF Senator
f.. there there lives mo swatoheou, gay
An The lrst thing did, when met me dear
WV TO to tell nc plans right away.
rhcn to Biddy said I. "Tu the awatc bye an
Yen be an aris,ocrat;
In wallace yen walk an yen be the towns
Bb,dy' dear. Just think o mat,
Or, yer dGsere will shoihe VIA gold from me
hn gold WIZ shoue whm yoz grim
w shall powder yer face. dress In elk an In
rheG YEN be On upper tin +"
But determined look that could not brook
| saw in her eyes OF blue,
As her swatc head pressed TO me big manly
An Kissed the chakos Of her, too.
Thir sold the dear cra,ur. 1T isn't me natur'
To depind on onsartsinties,
Now yez moisht return wa tolh plenty 10
M err ere yen come back ye moight freeze
spcso yer sky -tiitin nose, like small praity
froze.
An the freeze would drap off an car
Dou't yen think d tarry before ia marry
man that nd look queer?
Not much do | banker 10 marry banker,
But there's wan thing sure, bedad,
That The mon that claims mo must Just per-
feet be-
An in face good looking lad
Nov. just 90 70 Elondike II Sc feel like II,
MiEe
81. bring yer whole self back to me;
II yee don't ! can find mon more to me
Thath marry DIddy Medec
Thin thought, BE iabers to the mon that
abora
Big money win come some day"
SO ! picked up me pick an me shovel right
quick,
An home | concluded to stay.
Six months after that Bi1dy in her new hat
Locking swatc IA an Irish fay
Whit wild me TO the place called the justice OF
r ace,
Al she changed her name TO O'shay.
Nette Paige Scoheid.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
"DixIE" FOR DEWEY.


Atlanta Constitution.
oh. de spaniards blow. en- brag en biustet.
'Twell Dewey come. en- jerked his duster.
En- away.
Dat day,
Went de Spanish ships forever
Dey's sons folks tell him. Wait tweIl
Monday"
But he knosaed EN- All six ways fer sum
day.
En- away.
Dat day.
Went de Spanish ships forever.
OR, Dewey come, en- ne crops UP quiet,
Den tu'n loose In mighty riot.
En- away,
Dat day.
Went de Spanish ships foreyerl
He toll EN- all dat he boun ter git EN-
Never knowed whut de devil hit 'em!
En- away.
ffoorayD
Went de Spanish ships foreverj
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
ELUSIVE SPANISH FLEET.
1t Has Lett Curacao and Is i'm the Sea of Obscurity
Outstanding Their Coal.
Second Edition.

connd
(srecfa Post Herald
anne Gordon
elusive Cape Verde fleet again sailing the
Spanish lying
satookon board
fee husband
ING a possible The golfers
For glad that the Spanish warshp coated at
nnetee
A. to the nsxt point appearance
totally N dark
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
Good Home News for soldiers.

~ rsftiA NutIt
pitiful instance OF q wife's thoughtless
selfshness occurred during our late war
when a young husband was I'D to desert
his regiment on the eve Of battle by a
letter containing an exaggerated account Of
a slight illness.
The young man begged permission to go
to a dying wife, and on being refused rash
ly started without it, only to find the silly
little creature singing about her work
quite recovered and with no idea that her
letter would do more than bring her one
of ahectionate sympathy I'm return.
The husband was shot by the enemy on
| his return journey; which he began with
the torturlng expectation Of shame aud the
deserteT's death.
The home letter which the soldier needs
lis CHEEKY affair and many brave woman
will send II though her duty includes hard
struggle, and discouragements are album
dant. Common sense shows her that tire
| soldier husband. father, son or lover, ran
not help her by being made anxious. and
disagrceable and unnecessary news items
she will withhold
Loving hopeful messages can not be sent
TOO often. The comfort and Joy in bright.
newsy letter, with its bits OF N. gym
pathy and prayer for the absent on.'s safe
~ only hearts that have felt he ionel
ness and pain OF homesick long can
know,
A Union soldier. in the enemy's deserted
camp. found a pathetic little note wrapped
ebort a sealed letter. which asked II some
ono who knew what II meant % he a year
without tiding from home would not ply
the necessary postage and try TO senG the
letter as Its writer was without IanLy
and unable TO find an opportunity 70 sttit
his missiye on its way,
Perhaps nothing can so help tho sober
4 IL 40 Al
letter: and what is more important q, lin
than hopeful mind? TO Ills health. bis
interests aud certainly to the interests Of
the country he serves.
Let the true friends OF the brave selsow
who has left them at such cost and those
dearest to him remember that they cen lest
show their patriotism and love for him ~
making the home news an ins3.r,tiua. rot
an anxiety.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
THE HARVARD.
plan. 10 Get Her safely Ont Of 81
pierre HarbOr.
Third Edition.)

New york, May l7-There are assuf-
.rcss that the war board has found way
- get the Harvard out Of 81 Pierre harpor
without risk OF destruction BY the spanish
,o,redo boat destroyer Terror It involves
- use 81 the Yale and the Montgomery 70
vatoh the port at the thrse-miie limit. 70
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
Nos from Australia.
Third Edition.)

Hc,,. y 5. W.. May l7.-Tweaiy-
n~,n ions Of coal were shipped
nss ,nt 70 San Francisco last month
v ,se c have been made for the
V'Voo tons during the present
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17

This combination gives The PosT an ALI.
ance with the two greatest war papers in the
world. They also recognized everywhere as
papers which will not tolerate methods of vel
low journalism. Their correspondents are in
structed to give the news accurately concisely
and in FULL avoiding all sensationalism.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-17
The New York
Herald'S
Service.

One special feature Of the New York Her.
AIDS service which The Posr has secured is that
for the past fifty years the Herald has had i
special correspondent in every port Of the world
to supply shipping news, and in this particular
has had no successful competitor These cor
respondents will supply all news Of interest con,
corning our merchant marine and such naval
information as may be brought to foreign ports
by the commanders Of merchant vessels
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-09
Hood's s
Are much IN little, always ~mWu
ready. efAcient satisfac- DHHR
tory prevent a cold OF fever, HS
cure ,.ll liver ilt. sick head -
ache, iaundiee, constipation. &c Price o ccuis.
The only PILLS 20 take with Hoods A1ruIarlllA
JUST TELL US way.

WHY isu'taf.,m7n a hose sup
porter?
Why isn't a telephone girls oceu-
patton a callingg
Why isn't the dude who wears
gaudy ties a neck.romancer?
Why shouldn't a home for old
people be called an orphan asylumi
Why isn't bread light when a
pound loaf only weighs twelve
ounces?
Why don't Cupid use a bear
shooter when he goes cunning fol
Boston maids?
Why isn't the woman who at
tends church just to show her new
cloak sack-religous?
Why does a man always loose in
terest in a subject as soon as hi
argument is exhausted?
Why should a women have tw
ears and only one tongue whei
everybody knows that they woul
rather talk Ave hours than to liste
five minutes?
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-09
THE PARK ENTERTAINMENT.
A Great Crowd Of Amusement Loving
People Witness a Medley Of
Attractions

Yesterday afternoon the park
presented quite an animated look,
the occasion being an outing OF uu-
usual interest to both ladies, gen
tlemeu aud children.
The first attraction on the pro-
gram was a consolidated band con-
cert of twenty pieces. This caught
the ladies', and for an hour splendid
music was made to please their
ears.
After this a game Of base ball
was inaugurated between the Den
ison, Texas, club and the Shreve-
port club, the former having ar
rived here to play series of three
games, commencing this afternoon,
aud the later on their way home
from Hot Springs.
The game was witness by about
800 or a 1000 people and was well
| played game, barring one or two
rotten plays made on bases by
wild throws and bad catches. Had
the game been an errorless one we
believe both clubs would have play
ed the nine inning without making
a count, As it was Denison rap
ped out three tallies in the first in
ming and one in the sixth and gave
Shreveport hat full of goose eggs
to take home with them.
Just before the game Professor
Charles Raymond, the high towe
diver, gave an exhibition of higl
tower diving. He had erected oi
the side side of the lake a sixty
five foot high pole, on which wa
cleats to allow him to climb to tn
top, which he did seemingly a
easily as a squirrel, and when at tn,
top he took his stand on a boar
and made the leap into the waite
head foremost. When he came u
he stood on the bottom and it ad
mitted his head and shoulders t
show above the water line, thu
proving that he had made tn
plunge into water scarcely fou
: feet deep.
When the ball game was owe
Prof. Raymond inflated his big bal
5 loon and made an ascension, mucI
to the delight of the little ones
A fter this the large crowd brok
: up and started for the city, over
! loading the street cars at ever
trip till long after dark and man
f of the people walked back besides
= There was no rowdyism at tn
. park and very little roofing indulg
: ed in at the base ball game.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1898-05-09
A Mysterious Disappearance

Maude Williams, a fourteen year
old daughter OF S. ]. Williams, the
barber, mysteriously disappeared
last Monday night and has not
since been heard from. She walked
out at the door of their home into
the dark night, taking nothing
with her, nor leaying any clew to
her destination, and to this hour
no trace OF her can he found. Her
disappearance could not be more
complete if she had been swallowed
up by the earth. She is a girl of
small build, rather comely, fair
complexion, light hair, gray eyes,
the right one slightly smaller than
the left. At the time of her disap-
pearance she had on a light shirt
waist, brown skirt, toothplck lace
shoes, (the left one had two or
three eyes torn out near the top)
and black stockings, The only
iewelry she wore was pair of half
moon ear rings and ring on sec
ond finger of left hand with set
lost out. There is a small lump on
the top of her tongue caused by
biting through it in a fall received
when a child. She was bare-head-
ed at the time of her disappear
ance. Should this meet the eye of
anyone who has seen a girl answer
ing this description. they will con-
fer favor by addressing, with
such information as they may
have, S. J, Williams, Wilton, Ark.
Little River Ledger, April 20.
All persons who have a daugh-
ter's love, we appeal to you in this
our darkest hour, to assist us in the
search and restoration of our loved
one, the account of whose disap-
pearance appears above. To all
who hold the ties of home most dear
we beseech you to give us your aid
and any information that may
come to you in assisting us in this
search.
Mr.. and Mrs S, ], WILLIAMS.