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Ia snnni.h solIioauy.

The hated Yankee and bis ship
would surely meet their matcn
III We were but as hard TO wiip
AS We have been TO catch 49,
Washington Eveniss
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST,
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Houston Printing Company.

q. n. JOHNSTON. .-..--- ppnsrpnvr.
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sTERED At THE posroFricE At HOUSTON. TEXAS
As SECOND CLASS MATTER.
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Oh. no. sonny. the free silver issue is not
deed I'm Texas. by whole lot. Those people
ara misleading you.
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eereisn 0ffices-Ess,esn business Office - Tribune
building. New York The s. C. Heekvith Spe
ciat Agency; Western a., lThe Rookery) Chi
cago. The S c. Beckwith Special Agsney).
Travelling Agents-C. 6. E. Holland Travelling
Auditor; Z. r. Holland and q. b. Thfoop. Trav-
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osbseriptien BY Maii-Daliy and Sunday Post. ons
year, $500; six months. $500; three monihs.
t1.oo; one month, 9i.oo.
I'VE SUNDAY Posi-, one year. $3.50.
The SEM-wEEKiy Posi- Mondays and Thursdays)
one year. $500; six months. SO cents; thres
months, - cents.
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what does this prolonged silence of Barney
Gibbs portend? Has Barney been bottled up
| by his Dallas organ,
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TINE DAILY POST. u THE SUNDAY ! POST.
seMl-wEEkLy POST. III Coils. per Week.
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Telephone Numbers: iIs.is.:. 81 Il.

The clty.The Post IS delivered 10 any pr, Of the
city by carriers per month, $500: three months
5000; six months. 5000; one year. $ia.oo.
Nj Theotore BerHg has charge of the city
circulation and collecting. Messrs. Theodore
berng. Charles Lott and Tom South are the au-
tIorzet collectors at all city bills stoh aiveftls-
Ing and snssgrrilon] ami no money should be
paid 70 any one othsr than those named. aniess
special written authority signed by the business
manager Is shown. Al accounts Of any size
shogd be paid by cheek IN issor Of The fous-
ton Printing Company.
S0bscribers siicg TO receive The Post regularly
VIII please softly the Office promptly. Every
paper Is expected to Be delivered no, later than
$50 O'Clock a. "a.
Undcr no eiscum stances viii orders given By
employees on the Office be recognized ard
paid, or accepted In pfy.is,t Of accounts.
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w learn from the boston Herald that tho
oswss cocktail V composed OF red raspberry
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II /, would be any iuducement to Cervera to
pnll of fight with Schlcy. he can be ac-
conlmodated with side bets 10 any amount
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The TransmlssIssppl Educational oonven-
tlon meets at Omaha, June % to 30, inclusive
IL vas organized to promote the educational
interests Of tho States participating In tht
Trsusmississlppl exposition, and promises to
be we'll attended. Among tho many valuable
addresses on the programme Is one by Prof
Alex Hogg of Dallas, Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-05

To the Austin Statesman on the subject
Of the quality OF tho water at Camp Mabry the
San Antonio Express needs attending to. Had
you Overlooked this?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-05

These people who imagine the war Will wipe
out party lines and dispose Of the financial
question know very little about what the peo-
pie ere thinking. The war vii! intensity rather
than diminish the interest ia the financial
question among the masses Of the people The
bond issue will make this certain.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
Wade Hampton on the War.

Charleston. S. S., April April Is
At a meeting of confederate veterans
of South Carolina, in annual onven
ton here, General Wade Hampton
spoke and caused the widest enthus-
iasm by the following reference TO war
with Spain:
My old comrades, we know what
war is. I do not hesitate to say thai 1
regret the one upon which we are now
entering. But you are South CAROLYN
ians; you are IONS of the men Who have
she'd immortal glory On the palmetto
flag in the past, and 1 would rather die
than think that South Carolina would
not respond to the call made upon her
for volunteers. And old as [ am, /
a still ride on horseback and WELD
a sword, and if her quota is not filled,
if there is one man lacking to make it
full, [ myself will volunteer. This
is our country and it is our duty to
make it the champion of freedom for
all time to come"
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COnferees Agree on the Naval Bill

Washington, April 2S.-The conferences
of the W houses reached an agreement
on the naval appropriation bill before adj
journing tonight. All the senate in
creaSeS in the way of monitors and tor
pedo boats were adopted. These in
creases include four monitors at 81. go, 900
and sixteen instead of twelve torpedo
boat destroyers. All the other important
additions made by the senate are retain
ed. The language in regard to the en-
listment of seamen was changed So as
to provide for 1.OD more marines. A pro-
vision was inserted giving the secretary
of the navy authority to enlist volun-
teers up to the rank of commander. This
was done SO that the department could
avail itself of the services of the officers
of the American liners chartered by the
government. TIL conference will be re-
ported tomorrow.
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nothing from Germany, but this causes
no apprehension, owing to the strong
assurances Germany has given thai
she will observe strict neutrality be
tween the two belligerents. Germany.
Austria and Portugal are the last Of
the important European nations to de
clare their attitude.
PORTUGAL'S ATTITUDE.
The apprehension as to PortugaIs
course was considerably removed to-
day by the call of ViscOunt de Santo-
Thyrso, who gave strong assurances to
the state department that Portugal
would remain strictly neutral. The
Portuguese minister expects the official
declaration almost hourly. Although
Portugal explains her delay on the
ground that the declaration OF war was
not made until the oath instant, yet
Great Britain declared neutrality with
Unusual prOmptness. The effect of
Great Britain's speedy action was to
force the United States fleet to leave
Hong Kong, while the effect of POrtu-
gals delay has been to permit the
Spanish fleet to remain at the Cape de
Verde islands. Thus speedy action in
the first case was. harmful to American
interests, while delayed action in the
second case was equally harmful to
American interests.
Attention is now being centered on
the course of Austria. Her delay in
declaring neutrality fuses no material
in cOnVenienceS, as Austria has no
ports at which Spanish ships can take
refuge, but it disclOses that Austria's
strong tendencies are with Spain, OW-
ing to the dynaStic relations betWeen
the thrones of Austria and Spain.
Foreign governments, through their
representatives in Washington, are be-
ginning to show much concern over
that feature of the war tariff bill, now
before congress, which increases the
tonnage tax on transatlantic shipping
to 20 cents per ton. It is said this in
crease is about 800 per cent, the pres
ent rate being about 3 cents per ton
and that nearly the entire burden of
the 800 per cent. increase falls On the
transatlantic shipping of Great Brit
ain, Germany, France and one or two
other commercial nations. Thus, far,
however, no official action has been
taken on the subject by foreign ma
lions and it does not seem likely that
such official action is possible, as the
heavy tonnage is considered a warm
e%Xpedient which foreign shipping must
bea so long as they use American
ports. There are intimations, however,
that it may have the effect of diverting
shipping from American ports to Hall
fax. Montreal and other Canadian
ports.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03

Col. II. &. Cowles and Caps. W. II. u.
Gregory Exchange shots and Graphic
on the Sid eu Hurt.
OCharlotte Ohserver.)


Monday afternoon Colonel II. c. Cowles
and Captain w. II. II. Gregory. az States
vile. became involved ia an
over the price Of some cotton. Hot word=
passed and thu two engaged in a scrim-
mage. but without damage to either one.
To-Day about / o clock. as Colonel Cowics
was on his way TO dinner. Captain Greg
ory was coming up Broad street from
sloan * Shclton'S store. When he had
passed r. \. Sheriff. 4 COS door he call
81 10 Colonel IoNlcs. who WAS crossing
the SQuarr, and about ten feet from the
edge o. the sidewalk. said something
about his being the same man who at
tackled him yesterday. At the same Gimc
h" drew his pfStoi and hrt-l On Colonel
towleS. Almost ut the same uEorurn.
that Captain Gregory drew his pistol
Colonel CowieS drew his Hnd returned
the fire. After fruE thu nrSt shot can
tain Gregory jumped behind the tr,v at
the Harrison corner and fred twice again
at Colonel OWES. who was shooting IA
he advanced toward Gregory. Gaining ih~
tree Colonel CowlcS ran around * AFTER
Captain Gregory ana struck AZ him with
his pistol. which few out ~ his hand. H~
then grlpplcd with Cap;ain Gregory ard
both went To the sidewalk. by this tlmr
chief Of Poacc Henry. J. II. White and
others rushed in and separated them.
Strange TO say. no damage WAS done,
although seven shots were Nrcd. Three
or Colonel Cowics' were found imh-sdh,-i
in the tree. behind which Captain 60 10
~ stood. and TO which he doubtless owes
his lie.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03

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Rome April Elm the hambe Of dep
uties today the under secretary for for
eign affairs. Count Ronin Longare, in
reply TO questions. said that the Spanish
government had declared suiphur contra
band Of war. The Italian government, ne
added. was fully impressed with the I'M
portance of the sulphur trade for Italy
and Sicily. but thought IL advisable not
TO make a declaration on the subject a.
present.
With reference TO reports that sailors
were being enrolled in Italy for service
in the United States navy. Count n
said the government was without official
information as to this. but that orders
would be given for a strict observance Of
neutrality and the provisions of the penal
code
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Work for the sesuxtus.

Especial to The Baltimore SUM
Washington. April 27.-Whcn the
guns OF Admiral SIMPSONS fleet open
on MORO Castle n the Cabana- fort
ress one vessel OF the avy In particu-
lar is expected To play an important
and conspicuous part. This is the dy-
Mantle cruiser N%esuvius. recently put
in most effective condition at the
Washington avy yard and at New
port. where her pneumatic tubes were
overhauled. the valves arranged and
placed in correct working order and the
boat perfected in all respects. The
Nesuvius is expected to hurl quantities
of gun cotton at the forts. and experts
beliVe If she can successfully place
two or three rounds the moral effect
alone will be sufficient 10 stampede the
Spanish I'M and troops in the for
tificationS.
The plan as perfected il for the feet
to support the Nesuvius. with two or
three cruisers so placed on either side
that she will be safely protected from
drawing all the fire OF the Spanish ar
tillery. h plan OF attack would be-
at night, when il is believed IL would
be difficult, If not impossible. to hit
the. Nesuvius. especially as she has to
train her pneumatic tubes bow on and
by her rudder, thus presenting n
comparatively small target to attack.
Some years ago the navy sent the
Nesuvius to Port Royal. and there un-
der command OF Lieutenant Seaton
Schroeder a series Of trials was con-
Quoted with the pneumatic tubes. II
was said at the time that the boat
would not be effective as factor in en-
gaging a fleet, chiefly because OF lack
Of range of her guns and the inaccu-
racy of their fire. But in an attack
on Notifications ashore. where the tar
get was large and not movable. IL was
thought the Nesuvius would be a most
dangerous vessel.
The Nesuvius is in fine shape now.
and her tubes will hurl 500 pounds
Of gun cotton with accuracy from one
to two miles. The s~trategists say that
when action against the forts begins,
the Nesuvius. under cover Of smoke.
may be able to run in close, and with
her stem pointed shoreward. land a
charge or two before being disabled.
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POWDER MILL BLOWN up
The Entire Plant Of the Atlantic Pow
der Company Destroyed by ExpIos-

oHS
Easton, Pa, April ga number of
explosions occurred his afternoon in
the Atlantic Powder Company's works
n the plant is now a mass of ruins.
Six workmen We're killed and four 9TH
ers were seriously injured, some prob
ably fatally. The works were situated
in an isolated spot seven miles out, in
a rough country, from Dover. There
have been destroyed. The first explos-
ion occurred in one of the packing
houses, caused, it is thought, by a
spark from the pipe of a smoker. The
conclusion set off the explosives in
another packing house near by. Debris
and burning timbers of the wrecked
buildings were carried high into the
air and fell in a shower Over the re-
naming buildings, setting fire to the
main factory and the other five pack
ing houses and the two shell houses.
In a brief time the explosives in these
buildings were set off.
The works had been running night
and day turning out rush orders for
the government n a large amount of
ammunition ready for shipment was
stored in the packing houses. This,
with all other explosives, was destroy
ed.A few men who were in the buildings
to escape and they ran about
the country bewildered. They could give
no intelligent account of the cause of
the explosion.
The bodies Of the dead were horri-
bly, mangled. All the killed were mar
ried and leave families.
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No News From the Montgomery or
the Panther.

Norfolk, Va, April 2S.-No news Of
the transport Panther and the cruis-
er Montgomery has been received here.
Officials at the navy yard fear disas-
ter if the ships were delayed on the
Hatteras coast, but the most experience
ed navigators unite in saying that they
ought to have gotten we'll out to sea
before meeting the storm.
The Mosquito at the navy yard is
being prOvisioned and otherwise made
ready for departure. Outdoor work
was suspended there yesterday and to-
day on account of the storm and for
the first time in several months no
night force was employed tonight or
last night.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
TO MARCH ON CUBA
Federal Troops Ordered TO be i'm Read
mess to Advance OH Cuba-The Reg.
in,ents EBrigaded.

Jacksonville, Fla, April 2S.-A special
to The Times-UniOn and Citizen from
Tampa, Fla. says:
The news of the bOmbardment of Ma
tanzas forts by Admiral Sampson
reached here this afternoon and soon
afterWard Colonel Melville A. COch-
ran. commanding the First provisional
brigade of Tampa division received a
telegram from Washington instruct
ing him to hold his command in readi-
ness for immediate departure with ra-
tons for thirty days. This is the first
authentic information regarding the
future movements of the troops here.
The Tampa division. embracing the
troops here n at Port Tampa, has
been divided into two brigades. Colon
ell COchrane, the senior ranking officer
in the camp, has been appointed COM
mander of the First brigade Inc Colo
mel John S. Poland, the next ranking
officer, to the Second brigade. The first
includes the Fifth, Sixth. Ninth and
Thirteenth regiments. The second
brigade is composed of the Fourth,
Seventeenth and Twenty-first regi-
ments, these being what are termed
provisional brigades. The staff officers
nave not as yet Deen appointed, out
Colonel COchrane has appointed Cap
tain Turner, of his regiment, the Sixth,
as adjutant and Colonel Poland a Sc
lected Captain Wrenn, of the Seven
teenth, to fill that position in the
Second brigade. The order from
Washington relating to the movements
of the first brigade. above referred to,
is being whispered about among the
officers in the rotunda of the hotel
this evening. Although no definite or
derS as yet have been received it is eX-
pected the Second brigade will
receive a similar message from Wash
ton within a few hours. Officers here
expect tina all the troops not stationed
at Chickamauga, will be here in a few
days. These troops consist Of $500 of
ccvalry, ten batteries of artillery of
500 men and $500 infantry. or a total of
$500 men. On the arrival of these
troops it is quite likely that they will
be organized into ~brigades and regi-
mentS for transfer to Cuba.
1t is we'll known that the much dread
ed rain season on the island does not
set in for several weeks and officers be-
lieve that the purpose of the army and
navy authorities in Washington is to
effect a junction with the Cuban army
before that time or else land 10. 200 or
10000 regular troops there and make a
rush for Havana.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03

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Eight Thousand TO Assemble There As
Advance Guard on Cuba.

New Orleans. April 2s.-The three
regiments Of infantry here will prob
ably leave for Tampa under rush or
ders- The first regiment will leave in
the morning. Paymaster E. w. Halford
arrived here today.
Governor Foster tonight called out
the national guard b~attalions who have
volunteered and they will probably be
modified here by Saturday, to the full
quota asked by the president. Colonel
Stephens Will command the First reg
iment and Colonel E. E. Wood. of the
Fourth battalion, this city, the Second.
They viii go into camp at the race
track with the regulars, if any Of the
latter are left.
Mobile, Ala, April ga train moved
out from camp near Mobile this morn
ing for Tampa via the Louisville and
Nashville railroad carrying quarter
masters SUPPLIES, fifteen escort wagons,
twenty-One ambulances, seventy-fve
mules, with harness for all. and host
lers, teamSterS, due to arrive in Tam
pa, May 3rd. 1t is reported here that
this is the first Of a movement tina will
~oncentrat all troops now here at
Tampa and also those at New Orleans
so as to form with the troops at Tam
pa, a force of 5000 to be the advance
guard of the army of occupation of
Cuba, plans of landing in Cuba to be
selected by the commander of the fleet
and the corps of observation. The
Tenth and the Twenty-second infantry
regiments received orders his morn
ing to leave for Tampa tomorrow at
noon. Colonel Parson, of the Tenth,
has been ordered to join the Fifth regi-
ment, which is at Tampa.
Routine III camp was varied this
morning by practice in charging. The
brigades Joined in a grand charge be-
ginning at the east end of the parade
grounds and going to the woods with a
rush, crossing the railroad track, sur
rounding the quartermaster's quarters.
and finishing at the old breastworks
erected here by General Dabney Maury
toward the close of the last war.
General COppinger received today a
letter of thanks from the confederate
veterans for his courtesy in attending
the memorial services Thursday at the
confederate burial grounds, and replied
in fitting and patriotic words, greatly
delighting the veterans.
C~hickamauga National Park, April
28-The Ninth cavalry, the Twenty
fourth infantry and the entire eight
batteries of artillery, now centered at
as soon as they can be loaded onto the
cars which are in readiness for them.
By tomorrow night it is thought all of
the trains will be on their way to
Tampa.
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To Raise Regiments of Immunes,

Washington, April 28.-The senate
committee on military affairs today
agreed upon a favorable report on the
bill removing the limit ations on the
supplies the quartermasterS depart
ment of the army may purchase and
ais upon the bill permitting the en-
listment of a brigade of engineers.
The provision in the engineer bill
for h enlistment of yellow fever i'm
munes was inserted practically in re-
Spouse ITO the presidents request which
was made known by Secretary Anger.
The president and the secretary both
think these troops will be especially
useful in a campaign in Cuba. They
think there will be comparatively lit
tile difficulty in securing the number
required.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
Centres of Mobilization

Washington. April 2S.-It is now said
that the war department officials will
avail themselves of the facilities offered
by the cities of Nashville, Atlanta and
Chattanooga for concentrating some of
the troops of the volunteer army. Wash
ington and Richmond are also places at
which these TROOP will be concentrated
The probability Is that other cities in the
south will also be selected for this pur-
pose. but 1T is not likely that any steps
in the direction of mobilization will be
taken for some weeks at the earliest. and
it nay be delayed beyond that TIM.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
Governor Atkinson Volunteers

Atlanta. Ga. April Ex-Governor w. Y.
Atkinson today rendered President Nc
Kinley. through the Georgia delegation
in congress. his services as a volunteer.
The delegation will ask that he be made
a brigadier general. If the appointment
is made Governor Atkinson will resign
as governor of Georgia. The governor
also issued a proclamation calling for
volunteers to furnish the necessary quota
asked for in the recent call of the presi-
don't
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03
Why allow yourself. to be slowly tor

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ually break down the strongest consti-
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-03

T~hirty-five years make a generation.
That is how long Adolph Fisher, OF
GAINESVILLE, O.. suffered from the piles.
He was cured by using three boxes of
DeWitt's V'tch Hazai Salve. r. r.
Bethany.