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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16
: : e 6 81 Fhz LADIES.

The aailor's pattern is the most becoming
one a boy ever wore. The loose and COM
Portable fitting modes populariac 1t with
every mother who has a boy to dress. Corr
trary to usual belief, the sailor pattern
is pretty made out of any color goods, aud
q dark red blue enc. while really beautiful
effects are produced in tan and gray.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
A Screwmau Fatally Hurt by a Forty
Foot Fall.
1T WAS CHINESE DAY IN COURT
A Number OF Monnolirns before
Judge acknowledgement weber a
Was Promptly Acquitted.

Galveston. Texas March ia dive OF
forty feet. head FIRST into ships hold,
is the fate which befell Charles Larsen.
screwman. this morning. He was gath
cred up by his companions MS speedily as
possible and taken in the police patrol
wagon to the John Sealy hospital where
he died at 1880 tonight without having re-
gained consciousness.
Larsen stood on deck to direct the don
Key man" in lowering the cotton into the
hold. Larsen had not been at work long
when he lost his footing or was hit by n
sling, and with cry tumbied head first
Into the hatchway. About ten feet below
the main deck is the tween deck of the
Montezuma. AS Larsen was speeding In
his downward dive TO the bottom OF the
vessel, which was covered by only one
tier of cotton, his body lurched TO one side
and his head struck the combing OF the
tween deck hatch. The conclusion was
terrific. 1t hurled Larsen in the opposite
direction and sent him whirlng over ana
over to the bottom. There was a mad
seamper on the part of the poor fellow S
companions to get out of the way oil the
falling body, which finally landed on the
shoulders on the cotton at the bottom
of the hold.
When Larsen hit the bottom aud his
flight was ended, he lay still for moment
or two, then his muscles twitched and
contracted and again he was still HIS
companions thought he must surely be
dead as they rushed to him to give such
succor us they could.
In the meantime those on deck and in
the dock had seen Larsen disappear luto
the hold and had sent in an alarm TO the
police station for the patrol wagon. Other
men In the hold were working with the
unconscious man, and providing cotton
sling he was rolled into 1t and hoisted OH
deck to await the coming of the patrol.
AT the hospital Larsen was examined
by DR.. Thompson, who said he had suf-
fered a conclusion of the brain.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16
NEW COUNTY ROADS.

The county commissioners met In special
session today and authorized County Judge
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16
THE STATE CAPITAL.

Contract signed for History by the
Text Rock Hoard.
Austin, Texas. March l5,--The text book
board today signed the contract with CHM
& Co.. publishers OF Cooper Estill 4 Lem
on's history, and approved their bond.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16

the fancifui nougat that was our delight
when we attended chidrens parties.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16
CHINESE DAY IN COURT.


This was Chinese day in the United
States court and all day long Judge Bryant
listened TO the jabberimg OF the Mongolians
in their own behalf or heard the testimony
of white friends who declared them to b.
good Mclean men,"
The specific charge against the China
men was that they were in this country
in violation of the Geary exclusion act OF
1888
Several months ago special agents from
the treasury department came through this
Fart OF the country and at Houston ana
in this city they reported number of Ce-
lestials who did not appear to be eQuipped
with the proper kind of papers to entitle
them to remain in the United States. They
were all tried before United States en-
missioners and several were ordered de-
ported TO China. Others appealed their
cases and that is how they come to b.
before Judge Bryant at the present time.
Under the law, If the Chinaman is en-
gagged in business rs merchant he is
entitled TO remain. They understand this
part perfectly we'll and IL Is amusing to
see the number of partners that one little
Chinese store can have. At the trial to-
day all the efforts of the defense were d.
rected toward showing that the defendants
We're merchants. Joe Toy, an influential
Celestial of Houston, acted as interpreter
and twisted the lingo of his countrymen
into passably good English. Chinnmen
of high and low degree. with and without
queues of varying sizes ages and previous
condition OF servit,lde crowded the court
room, and appeared to take n keen inter-
est in the proceedings. Judge Bryant FREE
quently interrupted to say he could not
understand and in that respect he was not
alone There were many others.
When court adjourned at o'clock the
taking OF testimony had been finished
but there is argument in some Of the cases
to be heard tomorrow. Judge Bryant or
dered three of them deported, discharged
one and continued the case OF another The
other four cases will be concluded tomor-
row. The names could be given, but all
Cinnamon look alike and whether they be
called One Lung or Sing Sing the public
would not know the difference
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-16

La Grange. Texas, March 1b.--ou last
sunday night At Black Jack, In this cous,
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
BUSINESS WAS SUSPENDED.
The Chicago Board of Trade Engaged In the Sale of the Bale of Cotton for
 the Hospital Service.

CHICAGO. Aug. 17.-Business was sus. pended on the board of trade for time in order to auction off the first bale ot cotton from the south. 1898 crop, which was presented to President Mckinley by III. B. Beer, of New Orleans, to be sold for the benefit of the government hospital service. The bale was sold amid great enthusiasm to MT. John Dupee for 5000. He donated it to the First regiment Illinois infantry, and 1t was bought by Mir. Zena Carter, president of the board, for S40O. Mir. Carter gave it to the First regiment again, and the bale became the property of Mir. Frank c. Logan for S250. He gave it to the organiza- tion which is looking after the families of the Illinois volunteers, and it was sold on their account. Mr. r. D. Armour paid $250 for it. Mir. Armour will send it to St. Louis, where it will also be sold.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Would Ruin HI. Business.

Railroad stories are all more or less pithy. especially when told by railroad men. A certain system running in the southwest IS known for it's slow trains from one end of the line to the other. The trains are slow enough at best, but when washouts and over. nows occur, time doubles up on engineer. train crew and passengers. Not long auo n flood of complaints was poured in upon tbe general manager of the line from af kinds of people who travel over this system. One of them came from prominent Undertaken. somewhere in an adjacent state, and this is what he wrote: - |. If you do not run faster trains over your line you will ruin my business. My custo,n. CTS will not ship their corpses over your system for fear that they will not reach their. destination before the resurrection day. Louis Republic.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
UNION MINERS DESPERATE.
The Situation at Pana, II.-The Opera tors Threaten to Import Negro
 Miners.

PANA, H., Aug. l7.-A large force of armed deputy sheriffs and special po- lice were on guard at the mines, and the union miners were con- gregated on the highways, if any 1hlng, in greater numbers and apparently more determined than ever that no non-union men should pass. Some of the union miners appeared on the scene with rifles and shotguns, but thelr leaders induced them to return the firearms home.
 What few men went to work were conveyed in carriages of armed depu- ties and police. The operators of the 1our mines have now exhausted every eHort to induce the union miners to leave the union and return to work be- low the scale price, but without sue cess The operators propose now to bring in negroes, who will bunk in houses to be erected on the mining company's property. The union miners are desperate
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
AIDED BY MRS. PINKHAM.

Mrs. W. E. PAXTON, Youngstown, North Dakota, writes about her strug- gle to regain health after the birth of her little girl:
 DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-It is with pleasure that I add my testimony to your list, hoping that it may induce others to avail themselves of your val uable medicine.
 After the birth of my little girl, three years ago, my health was very poor. had leucorrhna badly, and a terrible bearing-down pain which gradually grew worse, until could do no work. Also had headache nearly all the time, and dizzy feelings. Men situations were very profuse, appear ing every two weeks.
 "Itool medicine from good doctor, but it seemed to do no good. I was becoming alarmed over my condition, when 1 read your advertisement in a paper. 1 sent at once for a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Con- ponnd, and after taking two-thirds of the bottle felt so much better that I send for two more. After using three bottles felt as strong and well as any one.
 ''I think it is the best medicine for female weakness ever advertised, and recommend it to every lady meet suf- fering from this trouble"
 Maternity is wonderful experience and many women approach it wholly unprepared. Childbirth under right conditions need not terrify women.
 The advice of Mrs. Pinkham is freely offered to all expectant mothers, and her advice is beyond question the most valuable to be obtained. If Mrs. Pax ton had written to Mrs. Pinkham be- fore confinement she would have been saved much suffering. Mrs. Pinkham's address is Lynn, Masa
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
MURDERER AND SUICIDE.
The Father of James J. Corbett, the Pugil- ist, Kills His Aged Wife and
 Then Commits Suicide.

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 1S.-P. J. Cor. bett, father of James J. Corbett, the heavyweight pugilist. shot and killed his wife, and then turned the weapon upon himself with fatal effect. It is believed that the murderer was de- mented. He had been in extremely poor health for some time. Death was instantaneous in both cases.
 The shooting occurred at the resi- dence of the Corbett family, No. 5e0 Hayes street. Shortly before 5 a. m. MT. King, son-in-law of Corbett. who was living in the house, heard two shots in his father-in-law' room. Hurrying to the room he was mortified to find Mrs. Corbett lying in bed covered with blood, while his father-in-law lay on the floor with blood pouring from his mouth. Mrs. Corbett was in her night attire, while her husband was fully dressed. Death must have been instantaneous.
 There was a wound in Mrs. Corbett's temple and Corbett had killed himself by placing the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth. From the appearance of the bodies i. is believed that Corbet, arose early in the morning, dressed himself and shot his aged wife while she slept.
 She had evidently died instantly, for she still lay in her perfectly natural position. It is believed that Corbett was demented. He had just returned from Bartlett Springs, where he had been stopping for his health.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
AGREE TO ALL THREE POINTS.
The Commander of the Italian Squadron Receives a Satisfactory Reply
 from Colombia.

ROME, Aug. 17.-Admiral Cardiani the commander of the Italian squadron now off the Colombian coast, received, on August l4, definite reply from the government of Colombia, agreeing to all three points included in the ulti. matum as to the payment of the Cerruti claim, namely: A formal and absolute recognition of President Cleveland's $ award, and undertaking to stop, with in eight months, all proceedings on the part of Cerruti's creditors, and an i'm mediate money payment to Italy as a guarantee of the full execution of the award within the stipulated time.
 The dispute is thus settled to Italy q satisfaction.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
WARM CONGRATULATIONS.
count Cassini, the Russian Ambassador, Adds His Congratulations on the
 Signing of the Protocol.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Besides the congratulatory note of the Italian ann oassador, felicitating the government o1 the United States on the sigma ture of the preliminaries of peace With Spain, the secretary of state received. on the night of the 18th in- stant. telegram from Count Cassini, ambassador of Russia, dated at Mar ragansett Pier, sending his congratu- iatlons upon the conclusion of the protocol, which, according to the memorandum issued by the state department giving this information.
 assures peace alike glorious to this country and honorable to her adversa- rles of yesterdaY.r
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
ANOTHER DANGER TO SPAIN.
4 Conflict Between Great Britain anc Russia Might Bring Fresh Trou-
 bles to Spain.

MADRID, Aug. 17.-El Liberal, dis cussing the eventuality of conflict be tween Great Britain and Russia, thinks it cause for fresh peril to Spain and urges that special preparations be made for the defense of the Balearic islands and the coast towns of An dalusia. It says:
 For three years we have sought to defend our honor and Spanish sover. eighty in the colonies To-day we are threatened with another danger. We have to defend our homes"
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
SILVELA STANDS IN THE WAY.
Tine Leader of the Dissident Conservativ es, 1t is Said, Will Block the span
 ssh Governments Policy.

MADRID, Aug. r According to Fl Tie mpo, the organ of the dissident con servatives, Senor Silvela, the leader of that party, intends to block the gov ernment's policy.
 The queen regent has personally thanked the French government for it's good offices in obtaining peace, and has charged Senor Leon y Castillo, the Spanish ambassador at Paris, to in form NJ. Delcasse, the French minister of foreign affairs, that her majesty has conferred upon him the grand cross of the Order of Carlos ILL
 A similar distinction is bestowed up- on NJ. Patenotre, the French ambassa- dor at Madrid.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
CASE OF PRIVATE LADUKE.
He Was Not Shot. as Reported, But Has Been Sentenced to Life Imprison-
 ment at LeavenwOrth.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The war de. partment has received the following:

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The war de. partment has received the following:
 PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug I5 ApJUTANT-GENERAL,W WAsHINGToN-Reply- ing to your cablegram. Private LaDuke has been convicted by court martial for killing Private Stafford: sentenced to life imprison- ment in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, kas. He is now under guard here awaiting trans DOT ortation
 [SignedI GILMORE, Brigadier-General.
 Alex. LaDuke was a member of Conl- pany l, Second Wisconsin volunteers. and was enlisted at Marinette. Thomas Stafford, the murdered man, was a member of the Thirteenth regular infantry The murder was the result of quarrel in a wine shop near Ponce. It was erroneously stated in a dispatch from Marinette, Wis, few days ago, that LaDuke had been court-martialed the day after the crime and shot at Ponce on August 4.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
A DOCTORS DIRECTIONS.
They save a daughter
 from blindness.

when father writes that yours "is the best medicine in the world" you can allow something for seeming extrsva. gance in the statement if you know that the medicine so praised, cured . loved daughter of disease and restored to her the eyesight nearly lost. The best med icine in the world Tor you Is the medicine that cures you. There can't be anything better. No medicine can do more than cure. That is why John $. Goode. of Orrick, Mo. writes In these strong terms
 "Dr. Ayers sarsapariiia is the best med icine in the world. My daughter had . relapse after the measles, due to taking cold. She was nearly blind and was obliged to remain in dark room all the time. The doctors could give her no relief; one of them directed me to give her Ayers sarsapariiia. Two bottles cured her com pletely."
 The thousands of testimonials to the value of Dr. Ayers Sarsapariiia repeat over and over again. in one form or another the expressions "The doctors gave her no relief; one of them directed me 10 give her Dr. Ayers Sarsaparilia. Two bottles completely cured her"
 It is common experience 10 try Dr. Ayers Sarsapariila as a last resort. IL is
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

. common experience to have Dr. Avert sarsaparilla prescribed by . physiciau. It IS common experience to see com. plete cure" follow the use of few bottles of this great blood purifying medicine.
 Because. it Is . specific for all forms of blood disease. If a disease has its origin in bad or impure blood. pr. Ayers Sars- spafiia, scting directly on the blood, re. moving its impurities and giving to it . .vitali.ins energy, will promptly eradicate
 The great feature of pr. Ayers sarsaps- filla IS the radical cures that result from It's use. Many medicines only suppress disease-they push the pimples down under the skin. they paint the com mpies ion with subtle arsenicaf compounds, but the disease rages in the veins like peut-up hre, and some day breaks out in a vol. canic eruption that cats up the body Ayers Sarsapariiia goes to the root. 1t makes the fountain clean and the waters are clean. It makes the root good and the fruit IS good. IL gives Nature the elements she needs to build up the broken down coustitution-not to brace it up with snmnlarts or patch it up on the ss1farc. send for Dr. Ayers Curebook and learn more about the cures effected by this remedy. It's sent free, on request 6v inc J. '. Aver Co.,. Lowell. Mass.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
FIRE AT MINI NovGoRoD
Number of Factories and Eighth Houses in the Famous Russian Town
 Burned.

ST. PESgRsByRG, Aug. i7.-A great fire at Mini Novogrod, capital of the government of the same name. near the confluence of the oka with the Volga. about 250 miles northeast of Moscow, has destroyed number of factories and so houses. Forty persons have been injured, and damages to the amount of a million and . half roubles has beap done.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
"ss. Lee Had Consultation with the
 President.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Gen. Fitz- hugh Lee had brief conference with the president and later arranged to leave for his command at Jacksonville wednesday. He vouchsafed no further explanation of his conferences here other than the desire of the president to consult with him over conditions in Cuba.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
DeIicateIy Put.

He would not say that she painted, pow. dered and all that. He was too much of a gentleman for that.
 "Still, l may as well confess" he said, that she impressed me as one who thinks she can improve upon the Lords handi- work. Chicago Post.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
The Case of Chief omcer Jaro.

LONDON, Aug. i6.--At the Bow Street police court J. w. Jago, chief officer of the White Star line steamship Britain nic, who is held on a warrant issued at the request of the United States em- bassy on .the charge of embezzlement and larceny, in connection with mail robbery and smuggling, was formally arraigned.
 Sir John Bridge refused an applica- tion for bail. and the prisoner was remanded for a week.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Maiden Aunt (reading the Scriptures aloud to nephew)-'In heaven there is no marriage or giving in marriage" Nephew you, isn't it, aunty y?"-Puck.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Futures.

"Some. young men," remarked the ob. server of men and things, have such dag. zing futures that they can't see where they are stepping. Detroit Journal
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
Wheat 40 Cent. a nu,he,.

How to grow wheat with big profit at 70 cents and samples of Salzer's Red Cross lS0 Bushels per acre) Winter Wheat, Rye, Oats, Clovers, etc, with Farm Seed Catalogue for cents postage. JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO. La Crosse, Wis K
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
The Treasury Statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The state- ment of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance. S272,- sso,sll; gold reserve, Sls7, ,s05, ,oss
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Collie, Hives and Thrush in Infants relieved and prevented by Dr. Mofetfs TEETHINA (Ieethin0 Popders) All druggists keep it.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

When insured property burns, people wonder if it wasn't set on fire If it was not insured, they wonder how some folks are 90 careless Washington Qa.) Democrat
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

For Nausea, Vomiting and the weak. irri. able Stomaehs of Children, nothing equals Dr. MoGetrs TEETnINA tTcetting Po,cdeIsl
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an A No Asthma medicine.-W. R. Williams, An tioch, Ill.,, April II. 1894.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19
rd Albemarle.
 Broadley Kept the Money. dr. Hooley said that he had $ that Rradshavv lan,
A Bogus Baron Jusged.

LONDON, Aug. 16.-At the Middlesex sessions an American, Evans Wheeler. alias Sir" Henry Onequi, 'palmist to the queen. etc, etc.," was sentenced to years hard labor for stealing two bags at the Kings Cross railway sta tioh.
 Wheeler, or onequi, is know to have had palmistry business at 1944 Broad way New York. He brought Mrs. Nellie Shakespeare from Philadelphia to En- gland last June, and in the following month went with her to Paris, where he assumed the designation Baron" Musgrave. He left there suddenly, ow- ing large amount, and abandoning Mrs. Shakespeare.
The Forrest City times., 1898-08-19

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