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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
Our Lady Of the Lake Convent.

San Antonio. Texas June 20. Interesting
commencement exercises. held at Beethoven
hall tonight, marked the close Of the sec
ond session OF the academy OF Our Lady OF
the Lake conducted by the Sisters Of Di-
vine Providence. The programme rendered
was long and varied and was witnessed by
large audience, including many visiting
friends and relatives Of the students. The
graduates were Misses Bessie Streisky ard
Clarine Lavender.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
CHARTERS FILED,

The following charters were filed for rec.
ord in the secretary of states office today
The Lawn Farm jersey company OF Dom
ison; capital stock $4,000 Purpose, the
breeding and selling Of Jersey cattle. In
ooirorators, a. t. Platter. levi Lingo and
X. w. Levin,
M. Is. Bruokner Drug company of Gle
burne; capital stock $4,000. lncorporators;
NJ Il. Bruckner of Cleburne, A. Clay ID.
Williams aud Paul Brucknor Of Paris.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

Texarkana, Texas, June 81 .--Rev. J. y.
Culpepper, the noted Georgia evangelist
assisted By Rev. J. T. Newsom OF Ken
lucky. closed three weeks meeting here
last night. The meeting was great spc-
cess. there being over three bundled and
thirty conversions and at least as mary
"backsliders'' brought into the church
folds. Rev. Culpepper left this morning for
Lamar. Mo, where he will hold meet
ing next.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
GnNe a New nond.

Fort Worth Texas. juno 22.-J 81. Car
Isle. state superintendent Of public In
structlon. was in stephenville yesterday
where ne fled a $4,000 bond as treasurer
of the board OF trustees OF the John T1rl-
ton college. The bond was approved
and accepted. The bond was formerly slo,-
900, but on account OF accumulated funds
IL YVES increased 5000.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

=
Years a,nieted with a cough for
couyh ana last fall had a more
|esDv man ever before. have
|sslie, 'eihedies without receiving
fo.tIs "nu being recommended TO
i 4. = chamberlaln's Cough Rem
,'iend. who. knowing ma n he
Pa IN. save IL to me, | tried it,
ktl. ~. most gratifying results. The
ho,,,s "ssed me very much and the
Nj i, mas absolutely cured me. /
- good health for twenty
~. s'se this certificate without
" n. ppiy In appreciation of the
kls ~ ior the cure effected. Re-
~ Mary A. Beard. Clare
ssr sale BY all druggists.
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In. i %" YIN. Texas; A. II. Roy,
Inson p,, =; hopkins and wife, Calves
waco. vneT, san Francisco; II. w.
tsls, Resn,W, Johnson, Victoria; C.
Wilson C,,at' y, +. Price. Kennedy:
Baird, Cama arlo, r. II. Carey. Orange
| Aas,,ah' Clifton, Hampstead; s s.
IA, Haus'in; j.. L. Martin, Coreicano. = =
I'M seiasco; j, r. Hawkins Texos -
n ngieton; A. w. Morris. Mont,
kipbls. q; Riee. Marlin: Il, l.. Riddick
d, ccn =, 5 Crawford, Austin: 10 p
MI. WY Mise; Max Lemons and
h Yo,t y, Griffith, Waco; b. /, Pow
" H., MRS; Jessie Reynolds. Calves
Ne, Fd,ns' smithylle; ]. n. Mitchell
y Lama j, 7. Wood. Groveton: n
tsHper 'y W Il. L. Smith, I'll Paso:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

Waxahachlc. Texas. June 22. The First
Presbyterian church of this city has called
new pastor. Al n meeting Of the session
Rev J. C. Smith of Fresno. Cal was
called. telegram was sent asking him
II he would accept the pastorate and he
answered In the affirmative. committee
has been appointed to entertain him on hls
arrival here
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
RAILROAD VICTORY.
0nt ~ oh at Austin Knocked
IN the First RounE

|aIs,,a. June 22.-In the Twenty
q court today judgment was
l,s, sa'ns' the State in suit brought
he sou. OF the railroad commission
3 Which Sasn Kansas Railway com
ta In the aelendant was charged with
hauIsad matter of freight charges
lisnse wa moui Panhandle to Miami.
tls case ~ mat the shipments on
1.-THE sor was based We're interstate
/, Noucs rate did not apply
(toruey " OF appeal was given by
-of general s" w
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

are now 1881 sleeping cars OF the Pullman
company and the Wagner company In this
country equipped for plntsch lighting, and
me gas making and COMPRISING plants, ia
eiuuthg those mentioned above, will ag-
gregate forty-seven In Number one OF
these plants Is located in Houston
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
Mexican halfway appointment.

Mr. Il. Burdiek, formerly with the Atchi-
son, Topeka aud Santa Fe, has been ap-
pointed general United States agent OF the
Mexican railway. with headquarters In New
YORK CITY, the appointment taking emeot
July /.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

There are pressing demands on tnf
ssfpsy Car Heating and Lighting company
,or p,ntsch gas plants TO supply sleeping
car equipment. and new plants are IN CON
formulation now for 81. Paul. Milwaukee
San Francisco. los Angeiesl III Paso. Ne"
orleans, Memphis and Louisville. There
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

The last issue Of the Railway Age con-
tains fine likeness and the following
sketch OF well known Texas railway
manager:
.As vice president and general manager
of the St. Louis and San Francisco, Mr.
B, r. Yoakum has charge Of the operation
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23

h,,or 's1as' June 22.-The railroad
nat,sr after public hearing
filrs ,,n Of eqnallzing Dallas wi h
Issas mil nhs on lumber rates from
n raia Jus to Dallas. decided 70 re-
h 100 MOO )" me latter point to 1sX
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
Southwestern Passenger norcnu.

ST Louis, June 2o,--rne new South.
western passenger bureau held a meeting
today, at which c. NJ Platt was Installed
as chairman. The meeting was taken IN
by routine matters and win reconyene To-
morrow.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-23
.. To Fort Davis.

s.. aefh Pacific Csunset route) Is
Nv, 70 Maria, the railroad station
adt,tn ~ one and one-third fare
~, good until October 81
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FOR 4 New French Cabinet.

Paris. June 22.-President Faure has insit-
ed NJ. Paul PeytraI to form cabinet which
shall be representative OF the different re-
publican factions.
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THE HOTELS.
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CONNER
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THE HUTCHINS
HOUSE,.
L. Q. WARD,
Proprietor.


Rates: $500 and
{2.6O per day.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21

Hontoria guns, four Maxim -Norden- feldt 31-millimeter guns, one Maxim Nordenfeldt 57-millimeter gun and one Gatling 25-millimeter gun, all taken from the Reina Mercedes. The battery at Castillo del Morro has two Maxim Nordenfeldt 75-millimeter guns taken from the torpedo-boa destroyer Terror, brought by Admiral Cervera. The Punta Gorda battery has two Ordonez bronze guns and one Hontoria. All the batteries have muzzle loaders also.
 The mines at the entrance are on the Latlmenclar systenl-two lines of seven each. One line was fired at the Merri- mac, but without effect. The Merrimac cleared the line when she exploded. One torpedo in the first line was fired at the Merrimac without striking her. The mines contain 225 kilograms of guncot- ten and there are several Bustamente torpedoes
 The best information is that the hull of the Merrimac does not block the channel, but lies to the right. Vessels can pass without touching it.
 During the bombardment on June 8 Captain Hermon, second in command on the cruiser Reina Mercedes. and five men were killed by a shell. Six vera wounded.
 Lieutenant Hobson and his men ara now believed to have been taken up to Santiago.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
IS MERRITT'S SUGGESTION.
OTIS WILL HAVE THE ACTIVE
 MILITARY COMMAND.
This Will Cause the Promotion of g Number of Regular Army Officers in the Volnteer
 Service.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-An addi- tional army corps, to be known as the eighth, is to be created. It will be com posed of the troops assigned to the Philippine Islands and will be in com mand of General Merritt.
 The creation of the new corps is by direction of the President and authority is conferred upon General Merritt to transfer the command of the corps to the next officer in rank at such time as he may deem it expedient to do so, as matter of military administration, in order that he may be left free to de- vote his attention to important matters of the government connected with the Philippine Islands.
 There is reason to believe that the creation of the new corps is the follow ing out of an idea suggested by General Merritt himself. Upon his arrival at the Philippine Islands General Merritt will transfer the active command of the corps to Major General Otis, now his second in command.
 As military governor of the Philip pines General Merritt will have SC many duties of an administrative char acter to perform that it would be i'm practicable for him to retain the active command of the troops on the island He would be, of course. the supreme military authority in the Philippines but direct command of the force there will devolve upon General Otis.
 Promotions of the following regular army officers will shortly be announced the officers in each case being given commissions in the volunteer service and assigned to the staff of General Merritt:
 Major James H. Barry to be lieuten- ant colonel and assistant adjutant gen. eral.
 Major F. H. Crowder to be lieutenant colonel and judge advocate.
 First Lieutenant Charles T. Potter corps of engineers, to be lieutenant colonel and chief engineer.
 Captain c. w. Whipple, Ordnance Department, to be lieutenant colonel and inspector general.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21

 WILL BURN
 THE SHIPS Intend to PreVeDt Their Being Captured by
 Sampson.
Hull of tbe Merrimdc Does Not Block the Channel at
 Santiago.

ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DAUNT- LESS. OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, June 19 (via Kingston, Jamaica, June 2O.-Rear Admiral Sampson author izes the publication of the following in- formation obtained from reconnois- sances and from the Cubans:
 Matters are quiet at Guantanamo Bay. The Spanish are transporting ar tillery to the town of Guantanamo. Yesterday shell from the battle-ship Oregon destroyed railway car and set warehouse on fire
 A spy asserts that the Spanish gun boats have been filled with straw and will be destroyed if there is any dan ger of their being captured.
 The Spanish forces at Guantanamo are yainly attempting to reach Santi- ago, where nothing is known as to the situation at Guantanamo, as the Gu bans hold the intervening territory.
 General Garcias forces are within three days march of Santiago. They number 5000. The same number of Gu bans are near Holguin. General Rabi is eighteen miles west of Santiago with 930 men, all we'll armed
 The battery at Castillo de la Socapa, opposite Estrella, Santiago, has two
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
OFFICERS NAMED FOR
 THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE
Albert Ames and John W. Plume Nominated to Be Brigadier
 Generals.

WASHINGTON, June 20.-The President to-day sent these nominations to the Sen ate: 'e Sel- ,,Io TO be brigadietr-g r-generaIs-Albert Amos If 19aassachusetts and John w. Plume of New To be addional paymasters-Fred N Rix of IA4rkansas, Clark M Carr of Missouri RaInb aaFtzeH eH or Colorado, s. Heath Taylor of Viir- Volunteer Engineers, Second RsrfnAnt- to nFse Heutenant, H. Gildersleeve of Pennsvfva- = Third Regiment-To be lieutenant-colone, E J. spencer of Missouri; to be major First TiaI- s. A. N AeiAeels' O' To be engineer officers. with rank of major If apsaii Granam G D. Fitch, Corps of Engineers, nessee SoAi o- Aeh- To be chief quartermaster. with rank of ma 1or-Captain James L. Wilson. Sixth I1nited States Artillery. zno To be chief commissary. with rank of major Infantry. 00iio To be assistant adjutant-generals. with rank Fifth United States Cavalry; First Tieutena1 Robert w. Noble. First United States Infantry of TO De assistant adjutant-generals. with rank son, Seventh United States Cavalry: Francis B; ri Harrison. Troop A, New York Cavalry If pe asSIstant quartermasters with rank Fourth United States Artillery; First I.euten, ant samuel A., Smoke of the Nineteenth In
 
 Fifth United States Infantry; Oscar Guessaz of Texas, William l.. Cowling of Virginia Ross Matthews of Illinois, Edward B. Harrison of Virginia N To be commissaries. with rank of captain Robert Sudley Winthrop of New York Will liam H: Lyons of Kentucky, John M Tobn of Massachusetts Charles Deloney of Wyoming Neal of Iowa. " To be inspector-generaI. with rank of major Infantry.
 United States Volunteer Signal Corps-To be captain, First Lieutenant Edgar Russell, Sixth United States Artillery.
 To be first lieutenants-Frank o. Bailey, frst-class sergeant Volunteer Signal Corps, Newton Canno of Tennessee, Charles A. Clark of Illinois. Peter P Reddy of Wyoming, VII liam Jarvie Jr. of New York, Charles A Duffy of Kentucky.
 Sixth Regiment Volunteer Infantry-To be captain, Charles E. Evans of Tennessee.
 Seventh Regiment United States Volunteers To be captains, Harry Bingham of Maryland, John H. Lewis, District of Columbia.
 Navy-Medical Inspector Joseph B. Parker to be medical director in the navy.
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PROMPT PROMOTION
 OF BRAVE ROBSON

WASHINGTON, June 20.-Lieutenant Hobson, the hero of the Merrimac, will be transferred from the construction corps to the line of the navy and raised to the grade of lieutenant commander, probably, this week. This action was definitely decided on by the admins tratiOn to-day. It has been proposed to await Hobson's personal expression as to his choice between the transfer to the line or proomtion within the corps where future advancement is limited The final decision to-day to give sub stantial recognition without further de- lay follows the formal refusal of ex- change by the Spanish Government The matter was talk n up by both the President and Secretary Long and it was announced privately that the ad- ministration is anxious for immediate exchange to empower the President to act.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21

phia is nearly completed. The ships main battery of 6-inch rifles has been swung aboard by the travelling crane and set in position. The ship has been painted in war colors. It will be taken out of the dock the first of next week.
 The new deck of the Adams has been about completed and that vessel soon will be ready for commission. The old iron cruiser Ranger will be hauled in to the quay wall shortly and converted as rapidly as possible into a modern gunboat. Work on the Yorktown is being expedited, and as fast as the men get through with the Philadelphia they will be transferred to the Yorktown
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
Spanish Afraid of Strength- ening the lingo" Party
 in America.
As a Further Reason It Is Said the Brave MerrimaC Men
 Have Military Secrets.

Copyrighted, 1S9S by James Gordon Bennett.
 MADRID, June 20.-The reason why the Government, after much discussion, has finally decided not to release Hob son and his comrades of the Merrimac was that the result of their return to the United States would be the cause of a popular demonstration resulting in strengthening the ''jingo'' party, and further, that from a military stand point, they had seen the Notifications of Santiago, and it was therefore im- possible to let them out.
 One noted member of the Ministry has suggested that another question similar to the Maine might arise if the prisoners caught yellow fever and died.
 An article by a famous journalist, Mane Flaquer, in the Diaro de Barce- Iona, in favor of immediate peace has attracted widespread attention, firstly on account of the position of the au- thor, but above all as representing the domination of public opinion in Cata- Iona, the most laboriouS region in Spain, and where the manifestation in favor of peace is growing general. The Government has taken a highly sen sible course in sending trusted agents
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
PROFIT IN SEAMS.
A Commercial Practice That Works Great
 Wrong to the Public.

Wrong to the Public.
 Honesty is, in the long run, the best policy, but there are circumstances in which, for time, deception seems to be profitable. It is profitable to the retail merchant who can make more money on a cheap article of obscure and nasty manufacture than upon wares put out by respectable and responsible houses. This greedy practice of st ,stitution is not merely an injury to the maker of reputable goods, but it is a grave public wrong.
 For instance, Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is widely famed for it's medici- nal properties. It is constantly used in households all over the Union and in the practice of physicians People ask for it. because they know that the word Duffy's insures the quality of the Whls- key It would not be possible to make this admirable stimulant at the prices demanded by the legion of mutations. The public suffers, when under any spacious preteXt at all, it accepts substitute. Who vouches for the quality of the counterfeit? Whose reputation is at stake?
 It is possible t0 put down substttu- tion by refusing to buy anything at all from a dealer who is guilty of it.
 Insist on having Dufy's Pure Malt Whiskey.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
SAVED FROM BEING
 SHOT BY SPANlAhDS.
Correspondent Halstead Owes His Life to the British Consul at
 San Juan.

NEW YORK, June 20.-The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: The alleged wounding of Freeman Hal stead, a correspondent of the Herald during the bombardment of San Juan turns out to be not as the Spanish re- port gave it. From a source not to be doubted 1 learned to-day that the Span iards let the canard go out as to the wounding of Halstead in order to check the ardor of the American fleet and the story comes from one who was witness to the bombardment.
 When the Spaniards lost all hope of saving the town in desperation the political prisoners were ordered out to be shot, Halstead among them. At a moment when their chances seemed well nigh hopeless the British Consul, hearing of Halstead's peril, intervened. But before this, when the men were being taken from the prison, Halstead stoutly resisted and during the struggle his arm was slipl4tlv injured.
 Immediately the Spaniards set upon the ruse which thus far has been ac- cepted, but which is now for the first time exposed. Halstead was in fact sentenced only to imprisonment by the court martial before which he appear ed, but when the bombardment by the American lleet pe' dH lo oe ueSlI uCllNe, a spirit of hitter eagerness for unrea- sonable retaliation swept away the court martial records, and Halstead found himself about to be the victim of quick resentment that ignored his sentence for imprisonment in desire for revenge. It was thus that he came to face with a danger against which, with the knowledge of his sentence, he re- belled And 1t seems that this ress- tance resulted in an injury which tend ed toward his deliverance.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
MAY YET BE SENT TO
 CUBA OR MANILA
General Merriam Holds Out Hopes to California and Washington
 Volunteers

SEATTLE- June 20.-Major General H. c. Merriam, commanding the de- partments of California and the Colum- bia, was in this city to-day. He was here more particularly on business re- lating to the Governments recent re- lief expedition to Alaska, and spent most of his time with Captain w. w. Robinson of the quartermaster's de- partment. In an interview General Merriam denied emphatically, on the authority of the officers of the regi- ment. that there was any dissatisfac
 ton among the Washington Volunteers by reason of their not having been or dered to a foreign shore. The order to hold our men here, he said, came from Washington City without any sugges- tion from the coast. He further said he had asked for a regiment of Eastern soldiers to guard the Pacific Coast. If
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
FRANCES NEW CABINET
 IS PARTLY FORMED.

M. Ferdinand Sarrien Is Premier and
 M. de Freycinet Foreign
 Minister. LONDON, June 2O.-The Paris core spondent of the Daily Mail says: A cab inet has been partly formed as follows M. Ferdinand Sarrien, Premier. M. de Freycinet, Minister of For eign Affairs.
 M. Theophile del Casso, Minister of Marine.
 M. Godfrey Cavaignac, Minister of War.
 M. Paul de Lemobre, Minister of Finance.
 The foreign policy will be unchanged.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
ALLEGED ATTEMPT TO
 ASSASSINATE BLANC0
Story Circulated at Washington Which Seems to Have Poor
 Foundation

NEW YORK, June 20.-The Herald's Washington correspondent says: A story is in circulation here tonight of the attempted assassination of Cap tain General Blanco by Mariana Saliva, a young Cuban member of the volun- teer army, and of condition of af- fairs in Havana bordering on revolu- tion as a consequence.
 The party circulating the story says the news comes from a Havana paper, but he was unable to produce the paper tonight or give its name. At the Gu ban legation it is stated that few if any Havana papers reach the United States nowadays and it is doubted if any paper would be permitted to pub fish the report of an attempted assas- sination of General Blanco, even if 1t hannened
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
NEvADA'S VOLUNTEERS.
Sagebrush State to Send an Infantry
 Battalion to the Front.

CARSON, June 20-Instructions have been received from Washington by Governor Sadler to call upon the State of Nevada for one battalion of infan- try, consisting of four companies com Bennett of San Diego, Gal, has been directed to make arrangements for the comfort, shelter and subsistence of the organization and the order in which they shall be mobilized for muster. Colonel Lord of the State militia con- ferred with the Governor and the latter agreed to call upon the State militia. The order will be issued tomorrow Under each call Nevada furnished twice the quota, having in the first instance sent two troops of cavalry instead of one.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
Hobson's Brother a Cadet.

WEST POINT, N. Y, June 2O.-Fifty- two candidates for cadetships at West Point, who passed their examinations last March, reported to Adjutant Haz- ard here to-day, took the oath of ale glance and were at once admitted as cadets to the Military Academy. Among the number was James M. Hobson 3 Alabama. brother of the young naval officer who distinguished himself in the sinking of the Merrimac.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
Seattle Red Cross Work.

SEATTLE, June 2o.-Several hundred Of the most prominent women of Seattle to-day organized a branch of the Red Cross Society. It was decided to begin the noble work In behalf of the men who the lines adopted by the San Francisco society. Practical means were adopted for raising money for the aid of the men in battle. and in camp. It Is expected several thousand dollars will be avail able within q few weeks
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-21
Nominated for Federal Offices.

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-The President has made the following nominations:
 J. E. Hopley of Ohio, to Consul at South ampton, England.
 Postmast J. Jones, at Elko. Nevada: W. W. Ward, at Dayton. Wash. Thomas J. Alexander, at Santa Ana. and Justice-J. F. Emmitt of Nevada. Mar shal for the District of Nevada.