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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

judge a..H sgh,cc ltcd many years "
Jefferson CIty. auI iliad O. number o.
prominent roEitllnr JlfEo sebrets
sons followed Do the footsteps OF their
father. adding fame and glory TO the
old name ln the arena oi politics, ~
public lie. and 10 the navy OF tbs
country. FOR Capt ulicl sebree DIS
tlngulshed naval officer. had charge Of
the Greedy relief expedition, when the
United states sent daring men out ait
or the Arctic explorer. whose l'te hid
been desralred ~ Capt se1iee has
had an adventurous career lie has
been all over the world. and likes To
snterlaln bio friends with nnfration'
u interesting and hazardous adyeh-
lures. but the s'muges' Of them All
happened way back IN the 7O's. when
The captain was rising lieutenant
tie was coasting with his vessel along
Western Africa and cast anchor one
lay at small village fof The purpose
of securing supply Of fresh wafer ana
vegetables He hired dozen natives
90 bring the supplies on board. and mo-
ticed among them one who spoke the
English language quite well although
be wore the customary breech-clout
and garh Of the African savage. Capt
sebrco asked him where De IVES born
In the United States. Bir. answered
he with good old Southern twang.
In what part u the states were you
born7' queried the captain.
In Missouri
By that time Capt sebrco had be-
come thoroughly interested.
Tell me what county in Missouri
you came from" be- pursued.
From Howard county ! was born
In that very county not Oar from a
town called Fayette." was the reply
when dld you leave thercY'
Just about q year before the war
broke out
Capt sebrcc cudgoled bis memory.
lie acrutlnizod the negro closely. and
although many years had passed, he
thought he recognized In him a boy
he had known In his childhood In
the early part Of 1860 one u the blood
Test and most atroclous murders %
which Howard county can boast was
committed. The victim was q well-to.
do farmer hIs slayer being a negro on
that place. Tho murder WIS commit
ted no cold blood Immediately after
the discovery ~ the blood stained
corpse Of the old farmer search was
Instituted for the murderer. lie was
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24
LINES ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES


Population 100000
Discovered hy Magellen In 1871.
Fish abundant. serpcnts numerous.
Earthquakes are frequent and hurrl
canes common.
Situated in iho Pacific ocean south
east OF Hong Kong
The group comprises 1900 Islands
OF which but iOS are inhabited.
Birds include the parrot. pigeon.
water fowls and species Of pheasant.
Total area. il5.52s square miles al-
most i've times che size Of Pcnnsyl.
yanlaJ
Islands are trayerged py crnln Of
mountains risingG some instances to
coco agi.
.-ar1fsa ~ spaniards during the
reIrn Of Philip H.. after whom they
were named
Manila is the scat Of government an
ro6.dchcc Of the goyernor-general. az.
pointed hy Spain
Principal islands. Luzon, Mindun.
as. panay Negroes. Zebu. Bohol
Ley'e samar and Masbate
Weaving and straw hat making Is
carried on by the females The chief
manufocturo Is cigar making.
The Malays form the greater part o.
.bc population while the negroes and
Chinese lnhabit the mountain regions
Rice sugar hemp tobacco. conc
and cotton are raised Mineral prod
nets are gold copper iron. lead mer-
curry sulphur and coal
wild animals Antelope, OK. Wild
.at and montoy VIII io mot ~ tho
domestic animals common u Europe
an be found on o.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

1900 900 and the capital. Manila. sltuat.
cd thereon, had a population In 1894
OF 100000. The populations Of the 9th.
or greater Islands are about a8 follows.
Panay 2770OO: Cibu. 100000. Leytc.
10000; Negros. 2OjO0O. MIndanao.
100000 and samar. 10000. The most
important island after Luz0n is panay.
which Is divided into three provinces.
the greatest Of which is llollo with a
population Of 1900.
The purely European element Of an
this-eXcluslye of the troopa-ls not
supposed 10 amount 10 more than 1000
10 1900. There are 10000 Chinese In
Manila alone and large numbers of
Mestlzos. a cross between the Euro
poans and natives Tho pure natives
who compose the bulk ~ 'hc population
are Mnlnyr. which arc divided into two
great strains. the Tagals and Bisayans.
They inhablt the interior and are agrl-
cultural and hali-ciyilIzed Then there
arc the Tinnanes of japanese origin.
the Tngaloo half-brced descendants of
the Malay raiahs and warriors who
ruled In Luzon before the coming ~
the Spanlards Finally We have the
GoTat0rg. who are a cross of the ma
tiycs and the follower Of the Chinese
i ''ffa.@s, FF--@aAaR who nyadei Luzon in
1874. and on the failure ~ their attack
took refuge In the forests ~ the In
terror. There are also remains ~ the
aboriginal Ncgritos. a race Of dwarfsh
blacks. who are gradully dying out.
In any scheme Of invasion and oc-
cupat'on the idiosyucrasies and capac-
icy Tor onense and defense ~ an this
mass Of people must De considered. and
70 should De well understood that al
though q large part OF &c ls semi-clyIl-
lied % has been too long In contact
with the white race not 10 understand
Us own inherent physical power. 4
very considerable proportion Of Il Is
half-hreed or with q good Infusion Of
European blood. and from Il has been
D NAhW ~ wv lAnNl sun AhINfNs laNfNNt III
which Manila is situated. has an ex-
tent Of 800 miles from north 10 south
| and varies IN width from % 90 100
miles. In the southern part u Luzon
Is the great lake Of Bay. and north OF
this extend two mountain ranges. one
following the east coast and the other
the west coast Between these hills
flows the swift, current Of the great
River Tnio.
Tho outlet q bay lake Ia the River
Paslg. on which ls situated Manila, with
It's magnificent bay. l2O miles In cir
cumforenco on one bank OF tho river
are the Spanish and military quarters.
bounded on the one side by the sea and
on the other by a great plain. where
the troops are exercised and which la
the resort ~ Manila fashion during the
cool OF the evening In the suburb OF
Badongo. across the river, are DON'T
ciled the foreigners and the half-breed5.
some Of whom are rich enough 10 find
entrance into the exclusive Spanish So
ciety Travellers dwell uron the beau
~ Of the half-breed woman. and they
appear 10 have made a complete con-
quest Of the sensitive hearts Of the mid
dies Of the navy who visited Manila n
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

The Haytlan government has decided
10 tax American merchantmen and
their employees NJ the same rate me- the
natives Heretofore the tax upon for
ogners has been double. causing much
annoyance and protests lasting over a
period Of twenty years Americans are
also admitted 10 the retailing prlyi-
lege. heretofore restricted 10 Haytians
The affirmative decree will date from
September last
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

The tritisii Captured the place In tho
Year iTGa.
Manila has been captured FROM Spain
before by the English. Il was IN 1862
a few weeks after the English capture
q Havana Spain has been rash enough
20 eide with France IN the war usually
known In this country a. the French
and Indian war. She was speedily
punished Tor u. The expedition
against Manila was the plan Of Col
william Draper. aflerward a barontt
aud a Lieutenant general he was made
brigadier general Tor the expedition,
and put 10 command. with Admiral
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24
MODERN FAIRY STORY.
information and Characteristics Showing
What Our Capture of the Philippine
Islands Means.

rebels were shot IN the suburbs Of Ma
Mia. Suddenly the rebellion broke out
again and now Il seems 10 be the most
general revolt yet known In the is
lands There are reported to be 10000
Spanish regulars on guard In the IS
lands The Insurgents last fall num-
bered about 10000. Of whom 5000 were
armed with good guns.
Luzon, the largest island In the Phil
ipplne archipelago has a population OF
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

Wesley Merritt ruling IN the Philip
pines as a sort Of yice-royal representa-
tive Of the sovereignty OF the American
people. holding sway over territory
exceeding IN extent the combined area
Of the New England states. New York
New Jersey. Maryland and Delaware.
and having authority over a motley
population Of from 5000 900 10 10000
OOOl Does not this read like a tale
from the ARABIAN Nights? Possibly
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

liz name OF Scbfee
"a as wei known
aud 10 distlngllsh
Ell ln Missouri az
that az Benton
Long btre the
war the sebrees
we're looked up to
ln Ien, rsol and
Howard counties
as mon u brain
ad lawn OH
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

Some Of the authorizations found In
beer are cocculus lndlcus capslcum,
ginger quassla. NORWOOD. calamus
root, oarreway and corlander seeds
copperas. sulphuric acid. cream of lar
tar. alum. carbonate Of potash ground
oyster shells, nux vomica, plertoum
aAi stryohnlne.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

Bridegroom How much for tying
the knot. mister? Justice Jones
Weller the law allows me two dol.
ars hut or Bridegroom 10 that so?
Here's hfty cents. That makes two
and o half Come. on. Sal.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

mark my words" imprcsslyely be-
gan the long-haired visitor who had
percolated into the sanctum. Sure
thing" cheerIly replied the able ed
itor, deity running the blue pencil
throush the manuscript which the
caller had brought
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

A Western man went 10 New York
to dispose Of consignment Of apples
for which he received thirty cents per
barrel The next day he nnched at
the Waldorf and had TO pay thirty
cents for two baked apples which he
had ordered Then he got mao
through and through.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24
CHINESE THEATERS.
ACTORS PASS THEIR TIME IN
PLAY HOUSES.

Performance Lasts siE Heur.. Hut You
needn't sit u out ~ You Dora
Want ree-First Man Tells Aa About
ths Plot.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

"lt's evident tina, YOU have wheels "
said the repair man TO the bicycle. "Aw
g'wan! You make me pneumatically
tired, said the Hoyele to the repair
man.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24
DISTANCE IS NO BAR:
MURDERER DISCOVERED IN
WILDs or AFRICA.

HAD PIED 90 IIis Native Cian-iiut Even
There the white Man Who Knsw
Him and Bi. Crime, Came uPon tho
Negro.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

~ iho speeches are chant
AOmp o. arproprl-
.e,ent gesture ani conges-
~ on the Chinese stage
deal Of hrhtlns. pre-.
amount " high and
Ing and scenery are of
III. consisting OF lltUo
e, a few chairs AMI
< < table aud
sDdgthwise form a bridge
~, and piled up high rep
nunialn. A man standing
poo pole VITA a tuft Of
IS ridnp on horseback:
n In battle lies down on
Add ~ moment or two gets
Pu " unconcernelly Some
year masks. and olhrrs
q sItiNeonsly rein ed. Al
e, haractsrg IN the
"a .byxopfiatfly. and
aiGT presented
itchinI 'emale
he calif ~ their
!, in the Hs have
=, peopl
-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

AN FRANCISCO.
Cal. has about 30.
coo Chinese resi-.
dents. and two Chi
nose thsa'ers ca 81
TO this Celestial ar
my. The Chinese
drama ls old L
took is present
form about year Gis
and relched H.
highest develop
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-24

The little gunboat Petrol of Admiral
Dewey's squadron. is the pride Of the
The San Francisco call., 1898-08-18

resenting the assault gained the speak CT the good will of the convention be- cause delegates are of the mind that the raid on Dockweiler. the slurs cast on his record and the attempt of the Examiner to place him before the peo- pie as a tool of the railroad corpora
 tions have gained for the Los Angeles man an added measure of respect and confidence. The action of the conven- tion in electing MT. Dockweiler vice chairman by a unanimous vote can be traced to the Examiner attacks.
 The flve-minute speeches were more enlivening than the recital of the past history of the Democratic party in San Francisco W. w. Foote brought to light the plans of the Los Angeles dele gation to abide by the unit rule in fa- vor of admitting the delegation of the whispering boss. He asked the ques- ton point blank of the Los Angeles delegation if they had not agreed by a decree of the majority to throw solid vote of S1 against the admission of the
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the interior rose up with one accord and saluted the Mayor with cheers of approval A happy incident of the Mayors remarks was in the form of an apology for Gavin McNab's methods of conducting a political controversy.
 EX-Supervisor John Foley had an em- barrassing five minutes. but he man. aged in spite of many obstacles to get In a speech. He sat with the Alameda delegation, supposing he had proxy from Sierra, but when modest indi- vidual on the left and rear section con- fessed that he was himself the holder of all the proxies of the Sierra delegation the convention laughed loud and long. The development of a new boss from Sierra was more amusing than surpris- ing.
 A search of tn records later on dis closed that Foley did have a proxy from Siskiyou. county to which Frank Pixley used to turn for consolation and proxy when he was turned down In his own San Francisco Assembly District
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to discharge a patriotic duty. A war in
 | stigated for the purpose of carrying lib
 name of humanity, conducted with chiv- airy and magnanimity unparalleled, has been crowned with the most overwhelm- i; indulge for moment in a spirit of ex-
 ultation. The Republican party, animat- | ed by the same notions of monopoly so characteristic of its party organization. l is already attempting to monopolize the glory consequent upon the Spanish War. 1 But, gentlemen of the convention, there | is one monopoly which we will never tol-
 crate, not even for moment. We will not tolerate monopoly which is an as | persion upon our patriotism and an insult | to our country.
 | They may force us for time to submit | to land monopolies and railroad monopo- | lies, tariff monopolies, transportation mo- nopolies and money monopolies but my | friends, while the memory of our brave while the grasses shall wave over their | far-away graves, and the dews of the Democratic party will never allow the Re publican party to monopolize the Ameri-
 can flag. Applause and cheers) The | country by valuable acquisitions of ter ritory; has raised our nation in the esti-
 nation and in the respect of foreign peo- ples; has planted the fear of America in the. soul of every monarch in the world. and has planted the love of America in 1 every land and has illumined the arms of | the American soldier and the American sailor With the radiance ana the glory | that make them the pride of their coun- | trymen and the terror of tyrants every | where. (Applause.)
 | The flag which the immortal Dewey l planted upon the ramparts of Manila, and | which the Rough Riders held aloft l through the leaden hail upon the fields of | San Juan and the fields of Santiago-that l flag was no party emblem; that flag was | no party standard. And, my friends, when the war Is finally brought to an ab- | solute conclusion and the ships of our
 navy are once more painted white. let | them carry the welcome of our country's | flag across the seas and into every port
 on earth. Tyrants will behold 1t with | secret tremor. but the patriot will lift his | head to 1t. the slave will kiss it and mois- | ten it with his tears. and the intelligence | of the American people In our own land | will not permit party, out of ambition | for office. to monopolize to itself the glory | of its achievements and its renown. (Ap- | plause) Il move you. MT. Chairman, the passage of the resolution. f | Motion seconded by many voices. MT. Gould-I move. MT. Chairman. that | we signify the vote by rising.
 The Chair-All those in favor of the res
 olution will rise to their feet and signify | their vote by three cheers.
 | They were given with a will The Chair I-McKinlev heard that in the White l House 0Iaughter1
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REPORT ON CREDENTIALS.

Now, gentlemen, that we have got through with our patriotic duty, we will take up our own little war. Uaughter.) Now that the war with Spain is over, am ready to hear from the committee on credentials and take up the war in San Francisco. Gaughter.) Is the commit tee on credentials ready to report? I un- derstand that there are two reports here, one from Santiago and the other from Manila We will now listen to the ma jortty report of the committee on creden- tials.
 The secretary read the majority report of the committee on credentials as fol- lows:
 To the Chairman and Members of the Democratic State Conventions: Your com mittee on credentials report that the fol- lowing named persons dist attached) are entitled to seats as delegates in this con- vention, W. F. Prisk, c. c. Wright, Frank James, William Palmtag, J. A. Hicks N. H. Conklin, D. H. Arnold and w J. Curtis, committee
 To the Officers and Members of the
 Democratic State Conventions:
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tion cannot be obtained without proxy. wronged by the use of proxies. I have held many proxies and never did 1 use one that its use did not rebound to the good of the Democratic party. Three fourths of the proxies have used came with instructions for their particular use. It is possible, however, for unscrupu- lous persons to obtain proxies and thus get control of the party and so the wise plan is to establish a limitation of in- struet1on. I am content to leave the matter as it stands to-day. This year I do not want to be a member of the committee"
 Voice-You couldn't be-
 Gould-If I wanted to be the district which I represent would give 1t to me before you could repeat that remark
 Shouts-That's so.
 motion was made to lay the report on the table. Carried.
 In the confusion some of the members claimed that the whole report on order of business, of which the committee plan was a part, went to the table. Gould insisted that the order of business had been adopted earlier !n the day. The record at the secretary's desk shows that no part of the report was adopted and therefore the whole subject Is on the table.
 Convention adjourned until 10 a. m tomorrow
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WORK OF THE CONVENTION. 4 Report in Full of the Proceedings of the Second Day in the State
 Capital.

The convention was called to order by the chairman at 10:35.
 The Chair-The Committee on Perman- ent Organization and Order of Business will meet immediately in the rooms over the main entrance. For the information of district conventions, I will state that there are separate halls in this building. one in the rear of the platform and two to the left where they can hold their dis trict conventions at recess. The railroad conventions can meet at recess In the various portions of this hall. The secre- tary will now read the letters. There are plenty of seats In the hall, and during this convention I shall insist upon every body being seated so that the aisles may be free for the escape of any delegates who, in the heat of discussion. may de- sire to retire rapidly. Oaughter).
 Mir DWyer of Alameda-Mr. Chairman, I have a resolution here for which 1 ask unanimous and immediate consideration. am sure that when this convention objection to my request. The secretary read as follows:
 WHEREAS, The war with Spain has been brought to a glorious and successful concIusion; and
 WHEREAS, This result has been accomplished by the union of all our people. irrespective of condition or party affiliations, animated by the most ardent patriotism inspired by the holy zeal of carrying liberty to down trodden peoples, and
 WHEREAS, The union of State6
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order discussion.
 w w Foote and Eugene N. Deuprey were on the verge of skirmish dur ing the discussion. The latter quoted a record of the State Central Committee to prove that Foote had indorsed a proposition which he now opposed. Foote pronounced the record fraudu- lent, as he did not attend the meeting. Deuprey spoke of Foote being repre- sented by proxy. Foote insinuated that Deuprey knew good deal about proxy work. Thereupon Deuprey declared his innocence of proxy practices with warmth that raised the temperature in the hall Foote touched a tender spot somewhere.
 After talk and more talk and five minutes for Francis J. Heney to round up, a vote was taken. Harney's men were defeated, as the following vote shows:
 Rollcau on adoption of minority re- port of committee on credentials:
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The San Francisco delegation was passed and at the finish of the roll the chair ruled for precedent against con- tested delegation voting. The major ity report was then adopted without dissent.
 Next in order was the report of the committee on permanent organization. The report naming c. M. Cassin of Santa Cruz for permanent chairman was submitted and readily adopted MT. Cassin was greeted in perfume tory manner when called to the chair. His speech of acceptance lacked pith and color.
 The convention gave Governor Budd a rising vote of thanks for the abil- ity and impartiaIity displayed in pre- siding.
 Isidore Dockweiler was elected vice chairman by unanimous vote.
 The chair announced this committee on platform and resolutions: Seth Mann, Alameda, chairman; N. K. liar ris, Fresno; George s. Patton, Los An geles; M. F. Bowling, San Benito; Joseph Leggett, San Francisco; M. c. Hassett, San Francisco; Ben M. Mad dox, Tulare; E. c. Rust, Amador; W. c. Graves, San Francisco; J. F. Farra- her, Siskiyou; J. J. DWyer San Fran cisco; G. W. Hamilton, Placer; w. P. You've, Santa Clara; L. l.. Boone, San Diego, and Thomas s. Ford, Nevada
 A committee was appointed on fusion consisting of William H. Afford Tu- lare; R. M. Fitzgerald, Alameda; Bart Burke, San Francisco; George E. Church, Fresno; Joseph F. Walsh, San ta Barbara; A. Caminetti, Amador and A. D. Lemon, San Francisco.
 The convention assembled at o'clock this evening, MT. Cassin in the chair. After announcement of several district conventions had been made, MT. Afford explained that the fusion committee would not be able to report until to- morrow morning. The fusion committee plans might be such said Mr. Afford, as would conflict with nominations made tonight for members of the Rail- road Commission and State Board of Equalization. He hoped, therefore, that
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Harney delegation from San Francisco. The response from the solid sunny south was evasive, the chairman say ing that the roll call would give the in- formation at the proper time. The evasion was sufficient for MT. Foote.
 .Heeding the cries Take the plat form, he ascended the steps and made a telling speech in defense of the Demo- cratic doctrine of free expression. George S. Patton followed Foote, as serting that the Los Angeles delegation proposed to throw a solid vote Of S1 against the Southern Pacific monopoly.
 The honors of the day in oratory en- bracing the courage of assertion and felicity of expression were easily car ried away by Mayor Phelan. In a lit tie exchange of sentiments with Major Harney the Mayor gained a decided ad- vantage over his opponent in the liar bor Commission. The delegates from
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the district conventions called to meet tonight would be postponed until the fusion plans were perfected. Ed E. Leake stated that delegates of the Third Equalization District met to-day and nominated R. H. Beamer. ''The name of Beamer is nailed to the mast and will remain there." (Applause.)
 Eugene N. Deuprey said that so far as the First District Is concerned there IS no chance of fusion, and therefore a nomination will be made for member of the State Board of Equalization from San Francisco.
 Thomas Renison of Monterey said: We intend to place a Democrat in nomination in our district, and we do not intend to pull him down. When the Pops met they did not ask what they should do. I am In favor of nominating