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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-26
TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
A Number Of Them Sent to ths
Senate Yesterday.
DIR. JOHN GRANr.IS TO re MARSHAL.
O'Lesry Mas Made Postmaster for
the Dnilas Office.
A VICTORY rOR MR. HAWLEY
DIR. JOHN GRANT IS 10 RE MARSHAL.
! VICTORY ron MR.. HAMLEY
WINS the NamtnE Of Ccttcr 10 He sue
pcrviSing Inspector of Stcam vcs-
sells for Tenth District.

Washington, February e5.-- tSpcciai) -
scIt TO tho senate by the president and
they corrohoratcd the statement sent oft
BY The Pest correspondent number Of
times. The Texas nominations for Federal
positions cent In toby were as fo!lows;
John A, cotter, supervising architect OF
st sam vessels fol the Tenth district; WEBB
stcr Flanagan. collector OF Internal iey-
onuo FOR the Austin diltrirt Moses Dillon.
collector of customs for the lei Paso dis
trict James j. Haynes, collector OF cus-
toms ut Corpus Christi; John Grant mar
shall for the Eastern district; William NJ.
oI.eary. postmaster at Dallas: Robert Il.
Campbell postmaster ut III Paso, and Geo.
q. Clifford. postmaster ut San Antono.
This slate goes In as predicted by The
Post correspondent, with few exceptions
and one surprise. Those loft Off the slate
viii 10 In very noon; the surprise was DR..
clifford, People here On the inside knew
he would get something. but did not know
where lightning would strike. This ap-
pontmept in the face OF tho eevcro at
lacks and the 'icious charges preferred
against him. is a complete ylndication. The
administration has tried his case and tho
verdict is in his iasor. Dr. Clifford has
been horo for months. the personal rcpro-
sentative Of Chairman lr. II. Il. Green, AM
he has made u most favorable impression
upon everybody with whom he has Game
in contact.
The appointment OF Mr.. Cotter Of Gall
weston is a distinct victory for Mr.. Hsw-
ley. The New orleans people were pulling
hard for this inspectotsbip. bur as Mr..
Hnwley had been notified by his Galveston
friends never to come home unless cotter
was appointed. II became ground hog
case" with him and Mr. Colter had to
win.
Il is understood that Judge Noonan Of
Fan Antonio viii be taken care OF here in
this court or claims dcpnrtment
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ToDAY's FORECAST.

YkW +
loRk-Thc INTERCOLLEGIATE AtbIetI.
6tisv Oh America viii be held In this
81 sIs-The annual meeting Of the ST.
Gtocsyo VIII be held ut the Lindell
ysN-The New England intcrscholastic
n, hsil,mpionship will be held In Me-
Se2yoN-rhe first drawing room OF the
announced for today. II is stated
4 queen will receive the presentees in
I'm sso kan.--A meeting Of farmers ana
~ OF the vicinity IL called for today
q o.n,shgements for creditabie exhibit
exposition.
a = --Commemoration services In
|s,r,scS, ". Henry Van Dykes fifteenth
IN Ssls o. the Brice Presbyterian church
{ sessan,!ELPHlA--kev. John II. Fitzmau-
i M blshop-elect Of Eric, will cele-
~ a.st pontifcai mass tomorrow At st.
p cnurch, Of which he was tho first
'sSSrTiDMVIILE, Fla. Almost ell the b.
suk men who have been training 1t
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'ssssssscssesesssssssssss ssssssssssssssssesssss
A SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS
THE MAINE DISASTER.

Ensign Powells is said TO have submit
ted conclusive proof to the board OF In
aulry that tho explosion which destroyed
the Maine came from underneath.
Wounded seameD at Key West told a
correspondent that at the time OF the ex
plosion Captain Sigsbee exclaimed: THE
oowardly spaniards havo blown us up at
last
Damaging evidence OF conspiracy Us
said to have been submitted to President
Mckinley by man who will testify be-
fore the board OF inquiry,
Rear Admiral Gherardi says the navy Is
IN fine condition to fight.
cable from Havana to the New York
Mail and Express states that the evidence
Of Diver Morgan and others shows beyond
doubt that the Maine was blown up by an
outside agency. The guns viii be saved.
but, as 1t will cost s2.ooo.oo0 to raise the
hull. It VIII be left in the barbor for Spain
to raise.
Work OF the court OF inquiry shows that
there was no IRE ON board to cause t.,n
explosion and that the strictest discipline
wHr observed.
The navy department has nothing to give
ont, but II is said presidents arc being
looked up for the demanding OF nm in
demnity.
senior DuT,osc officially statos that l'a-
vara harbor Is not protected by cltncf
torpcdoes or submarine mines, and sucn
nm intimation Is an insult to Spain.
The wreck is alowly sinking in the mud
81 Havana barber
The Spanish ship Of war has departed
nom the United States without an ncci-
dent.
THE wARLIKE MOVEMENTS.
Spanish press is urging Spain TO strike
tie fret decisive blow.
The Plant SYSTEMS railways and steam
ships prepared 10 land troops and muni-
ticrf In Cuba In hurry.
Contracts for 100000 tons OF coal to be
delivered at naval stations as quickly ~
pcEsible.
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THE STATE.

Alba Haywood and p, r. pcgues OF
Loriyiew engaged IN a shooting ARRAY
which may result fatally 10 both men.
calyestonlans arc busily looking at the
biz gun.
Statement OF Houston Electric Light
companys affairs was filed nj Galveston.
Young man nj Beoyille took stryehnine
h. mistake for quinine.
burglars stole 800 worth Of goods at
Kyle,
Condition OF state Health Officer Swear
ingen is regarded as critical.
~ West was badly burned while trylns
10 rescue his wife at Waxahachic.
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STATE POLITICS.

Mayor Lewis OF Cameron expresses him.
self on the Dallas test and the political
outlook
Chairman Blake officially says TINT the
test adopted at Dallas IL nor Intended TO
be mandatory and Is merely advisory.
Grant forces are said TO be Satisfied with
the outcome of the fight fol Federal pat
rorage.
Mr. Giles of Wood county is said to be .
candidate for railroad commissioner
Mr.. LoveJoy OF Galveston viii not he a
candidate for lieutenant governor; Will
heartily support tho Dallas toBt.
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L.oCAL.-

The city democratic executive committee
has decided that only white democrats
shull vota at the city primaries.
a meeting o. tobacco growers 70 be held
tiis afternoon.
Spreading tho influence In the interest
OF bayou improvement.
Death OF Mrs. Sarah y, Spence.
NJ verdict yet In the Colin case,
Governor Iiosg's novel entertainment Of
his New England guests.
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nAILnoAD.

Burlington officials yisit TO Houston re-
viyed tho rumor about an alliance be-
tween their line and the Katy.
No decision yet rendered In the Lone
Star line Injunction caec.
Reported that there will be number
OF changes In the official directory Of the
Missouri Pacific.
Judge bryant has signed the decree for
the snle Of the Bay Shore line.
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SPANISH DELIGHT.
ExuIt That American seamen Are
Food for yuitures.

ExuIt That American seameh Afe
Food for yuItures.
New York, February 20 Passengers
from Havana on the steamship coaeho sia
Key West gay that The sight OF he Maine
was horrifying from the evidence the
wreckage bore Of the power Of the cxi'lo-
sion and the carnage wrought. Buzza'ds
hung about the wreck. the Spapisn o;iters
making no effort TO drive item away,
though their prefence was slckfniugsy a.
s,,aniards who rowed about 10 boats d.h
mt conceal their satisfaction al the AMER
;rsu warshlp's fate, and some lines we're
scen shaking thelr fsts nj the nag mat
hung a. half mast above the hulk.
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wAsMINGTON.

a number of Texas appointments an
ncupced, conforming to the slate,
The cabinet meeting discussed the Maine
disaster but took no action.
The senate discussed the right OF corbett
to his seat from Oregon.
In the house. while discussing the sum
dry cIvl bill. 1t developed that there may
be no river and harbor bill at this ses-
Hion
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rOMEsrIc.

England's flag has been planted on
American territory IN the kiondike.
Fire in the business portion OF shreve-
port. La. destroyed 100000 worth Of prop
efty.
Tommy Ryan fought young Green TO the
iiccr in eighteen rounds at San Fran
cisco,
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FOREIGN.

officials who sided with lola are belnh
punished by the French government.
War between Nicaragua and Costa Rlca
seems inevitable.
Denied that italy will use drastic meas
ures with Hayti
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Tho South Carolina djspensary bill was
brought up in the house judiciary commit
tee again today en- a motion for reconsldcr-
aticn. A motion 10 .erort the bill favor
ably 10 The house and another 70 report II
adversely wcra voted down, and motioA y
report without Recommendation was final
~ carried.
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Llttlo Rock, Ark. February 25,--E :iGhtY-
six men and four officers are IN readiness
at Fort Logan II Root 10 start for Key
West the moment the orders are ieccived
Ia 60 forward Thcy have been busy maxi
ing preparations 70 be ready at any moweut
they may be called. ~
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Bellair are expected to take part in the races
which are scheduled to be held here today.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.--A great amount Of
interest is being taken among the local Inetn-
bers OF the Volunteers of America owe. the
two bly, meetings tomorrow, which viii be ad-
dressed by Darlington Booth. commander II,
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The committee on naval affairs of thu
house agreed today on the Doutelle Maina
relief bill. reporting II fnvorably to tbs
house.
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The comptroller nj the currency has Is
sued call for u statement from The Ma
tional banks up to February IT,
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

An original pension WAS granted today TO
Philip Doyle of Fort Worth, S.
Tho senate confirmed today the nominal
iutant general. With tho rank Of brigud,ur
general.
Al the British oinbassy II was stated to-
dny that The reports published IN a Londoa
paper aud cnblod 10 this country relative
t. an effort hcing made 10 secure alleged
letters pulportirg to have been writton by
the British ambassador Sir Julian Pauiiee-
fote. on The rejection OF the arbitration
treaty. had NO basis OF fact whatever,
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WEATHER REFORMATION.
Last NIGHTS Rcndlnr,.

An area of high pressure Is central over
Iowa. Missouri and Illinois, with the highest
baiometric reading 3o.26 inches at Davenport
The low is central over Western Texas and
Oklahoma, with the lowest barometrc pressure
29.aO at Oklahoma City and Abilene.
Generally fair weather prevails throughout
tho districts reporting tonight.
The only rainfall reported during the past
twelve hours is very light showers at New
Orleans and Palestine
General observations.
Observations taken by the United States
weather bureau at p. m. seventy-ffth me
ridian time:
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in $780, During his scrm in Congress plan
was proposed in the Senate to provide a
navy that would be commensurate with the
dignity and wealth of this country Mr..
McAdoo opposed the measure, saying:
You would excite the ambition of every
naval officer; you would excite the ci.p,dsty
Of every man who makes money by war;
you would excite the ambition of those
who can only rise by promotions whica are
occasioned by the casualties of warfare"
The other day, at a dinner given Ly a
board of trade, the same gentleman said:
The great trouble was tnat, while we
talked and talked, others had acsed and
built ships. An adequate navy would do
more than anything else possible to secure
an endless peace. One of our first cares
should be that our navy should be better
than any other navy" 1t is remarkable
what political wisdom certain statesmen
acquire when they are out of Office and can
make no use of what they have 1earned..
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A POSITIVE GOOD.

The talk of war with Spain has had one
excellent result thus far. It has aroused the
national sentiment as it has never before
been aroused. From Maine to Texas, from
ocean to ocean, there is but one sentiment,
and that is the maintenance of the national
honor and dignity. This sentiment is as
unanimous and intense in the South as in
the North. Blot out memory and history,
and one could not tell which is the section
that poured out it's blood to destroy the
Union Thirty-four years away from the
end of the struggle which saved the Union
no one can tell to-day from the expressions
of both sections which cares the more for
the flag or which is more in earnest to de-
fend it's honor. The man who fought for the
Union and sits in the White House has no
deeper interest in the national welfare in
this controversy than the man who for love
of State, fought against the Union in 1861,
but now, in the responsible position of con-
sui general, honors American citizenship
with as high courage and as single devotion
as man ca show.
Whatever may come in the event of war,
what differences of opinion may arise as to
its prosecution and the policy of settlement,
to-day the men of both sections are alike
declaring their purpose to stand by the
President. To the great credit of the people
of both sections they seem to be acting upon
the belief that the deliberation of the Presi-
dent is the right course for him to pursue,
and becomes a great and intelligent people
conscious of their power and mindful of the
responsibility to do right
If we shall escape armed collision without
the sacrifice of honor and principle, we shall
yet have realized q great good by the threat
Of war. We will have discovered that we
are one people-a nation. Having once SO
fully determined that we are one people in
love for one flag and the honor of one coun-
try, we shall never fall back to that dismal
era when Mason and Dixon's line and the
Ohio river divided us first into hostile and
afterwards into jealous and suspecting sec
tions.
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1t appears from a dispatch in yesterdays
Journal, dated at Havana, via Key West,
that certain persons, both Americans and
Spaniards, are not satisfied with the inves-
tigation of the naval commission. They
predict that the report OF those able Off
GERS will not please them. The names of
these persons are not given, but, whoever
they are. would it not be well for them to
wait, and wait in silence if not in patience?
The officers assigned to the investigation
are men of large experience and of high
character. They probably know quite as
much about making an investigation as the
persons of leisure about Havana or the Gu
ban patriots as far away as Key West.
These officers are probably not accepting
the suggestions OF that class of meddlesome
persons, the volume of whose advice is in
inverse proportion to their information. As
no one of these officers has given any c1ew
to his conclusions as to the cause of the
sinking of the Maine, the assumptions of
these persons are as worthless as their adj
vice.
II there have not already been complaints
OF delay on the part of the investigating
board there soon win be. The idle people
who are doing the most Of tho really un-
necessary talking just now are In great
taste. They would have war as quick A.
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TIME TO QUIT.


Tho sinking of the Maine has drawn pub
lie attention away from the situation in
Cuba, but it is apparent from the conditions
as reported that the catastrophe to the war
ship has weakened the already waning
cause Of Spain. No one thing except an in
surgent victory in the field could have done
the Spanish cause more injury than DE
Lome's declaration in his fatal letter to the
effect that nothing but a Spanish victory
in the field could help the cause of Spain.
Since the blowing up of the Maine the
weakness of the Blanco regime is more
conspicuous. Autonomy is rejected alike
by Spaniards in Havana and the revolution
lists. The mobs in Havana which are so
much feared are inspired by Spslnards,
some in official positions who are hostile
10 Blanco. Weylerism with its cruelty is
the policy favored by the people of Spain.
Thus distracted, the Spanish officers in
Cuba are making no pretense of suppress
ing the rebellion. After three years of the
indefensible cruelty of Weyler and nearly
six months Of the incapacity of Blanco, the
insurgents are stronger to-day than when
the revolt began.
1t must now be evident that tranquility
can never come to Cuba so long as 81 ain,
a government of the past, is permitted to
attempt to enforce it's exactions upon the
people. American citizens who have in
vested capital in Cuba, and others who
have lost trade worth $1O0,000000 a year
are the greatest sufferers. Time and again
we have been near to war with Spain be-
cause of the wrongs committed by it's Off
Gals in Cuba. For three years we have
been expanding millions to prevent inter-
ference in behalf of the Cubans. This dis
turbance and outrage viii continue so long
as Spain is permitted to attempt to exer-
else authority in Cuba. The United States
is weary Of it, and even Bismarck has ex-
pressed the opinion that the nations out
side Of Spain should interfere to put an
end to the Cuban troubles.
Years ago, Mexico and the South Amer
lean Republics threw off the yoke of Spain
because the exactions of its rule were in
tolerable. The Weylerism of to-day is the
same cruelty as was Spanish domination
then. No longer recognized as factor in
European affairs, the effete despotism of
Spain should not be tolerated on this hem
isphere, because it is at war with the spirit
and progress of the new world. 1t should
be made to quit, not that Cuba may have
independence, but that we may have an
end of the turmoil of the past fifty years.
Spain should be driven off this hemisphere
for the same reason that a community as
sumes the right to suppress nuisance
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ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Sir John W. Mcclure spent $3.50 in re-
plying to kilograms of eongratulation when
he was made a baronet.
The first piece of cotton cloth. made in
America was presented to the wife of Gen.
Nathaniel Greene. A dress was mace OF II.
Miss M. e. Braddon, the novelist, has
Just completed her sixtieth novel, record
which covers more than forty years OF inter-
airy work.
1t is said that the name of Sienkiewicz,
the author of "Quo Vadis," is pronounced
Chenkayveetch, with the accent on the Sec
ond syllable, and "ch'' as in child.
The third annual conference for min
1sters and Christian workers, under the
direction of Mr.. Mo4ly, will hold its ses-
sions in Chicago, az the Bible institute,
throughout the month of Apr1l.
DR.. Margaret NJ. Trail Christie, who has
been appointed by the India Office to study
the buDonic plague in the hospitals for ma
tive women in Bombay, IS a very young
woman, and it is only two years since she
got her degree from London University.
In a recent interview DR.. Creighton, the
bishop of London, said: Il shall never
finish the History of the Papacy. and
shall write no more. 1t is Impossible to do
one-half the work of this stupendous do
cese, leaving out the question OF writing
any book"
It is not every old lady who can lay claim
to the distinction of having 135 living chill
dren, grandchildren and great-grandehil-
dren, as Sallie Shiver, of Georgia. can.
seventy-five of the old Iady,s descendants
are dead making a total of 30 and she
visits each of the living ones every two
years Mrs Shiver is in her ninetieth year,
and enjoys good health. Her visit 10 her
descendants is celebrated by each house
hold.
A certain English bishop is said to have
complained to Mr.. Gladstone that the ma
ture of the snarlx was not clearly defined.
but the Shark, you know. was q Boojum,"
said Mr.. Gladstone Yes replied the
bishop. .sbut what is Boojlnl?' MT Glad
stone is said to have limited. with his ctis-
tomary deIicacy that u preiate who con-
fessed 10 doubts about the identity Of the
BoojuIn vas unworthy OF ecclesiastical pre-
ferment
1t Is perhaps not generally known that
the defense Of Picking i stilR largely in-
trusted to men arnsed only with bows end
axrosya a recent imperial decree solemnly
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AN ASSASSIN ARRESTED
CAPTURE OF ONE or THE MEN WHO
TRIED TO KILL KING GEORGE.
Two Others Taken Into Custody ON
Suspicion of Being Accomplices
-GeneraI Foreign News.

ATHENS, Feb. 2S.-One of the men who
attempted the life of the King of Greece
on Saturday has been arrested His name
is Karditza, and he is minor employee in
the mayors office here. He refuses to give
the name of his accomplish. Karditza, who
is thirty-tive years of age, was formerly
noncommissioned officer in the army. He
belonged to q class of doubtful repute, To-
cally designated us the koutzavantis.
Two friends of Karditza have also been
arrested on~suspicion of being his accom-
plices. He has become greatly depressed.
The authorities obtained information he
was in hiding in a house OF ill-reputc, which
they caused to be surrounded by police, but
in the meantime karditza had gone to the
public prosecutors office and surrendered
himself, declaring his innocence. Closely
pressed, however, he confessed to be one of
the Kings assailants. He did not express
any regret, and declared that ii the gun
had not trembled in the hands of his accom-
plice the King would have been killed. eKar-
ditza refused to furnish any further infor-
nation. .astf5e -s-l ~
According to the Astay, it was decided at
a secret meeting Of a certain club, 5hald Outs
side the city, to assassinate the King, be-
cause he had accepted the proposition for
international financial control of the rev.
enues, in order to arrange the war loan.
This decision, it further appears, was re-
corded on the minutes of the club, copy
of which was sent to the King, who paid no
attention TO the threat. Later Karditza
said the plan was to shoot the Kings
coachman and the horses, and then dispatch
the King with pistols which he and his
companion were carrying. King George
has identified q photograph of Karditza. as
that of one of his ASSISTANTS. The police
found a dynamite bomb near the scene OF
tho attempted assassination.
King George has received a message of
congratulation from President Mckinley.
He has also received q very affecting tele
gram of congratulation from Nine. Carnot.
The Municipal Couhcl has decided to
erect Il memorial chapel near the scene of
the attempted tragedy.