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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
THE RACE TROUBLES.
Forum Club of 81. Louis Appeals to
President Mckinley.

President Mckinley.
st. Louis. November 20. - The Forum
club OF st. Lsuis. at meeting today COM
piled an address to President Mckinley
relative to the recent wholesale killing Of
negroes in North and South Carolina. Tho
documents point out that such outrages
are condoned aud excused by the local au-
ihoril!es who are either unable or unwill-
ing TO prevent them.
The address concludes: I'VE do not In
woke wal in our behalf. We believe that
there can be placed in the hands OF the
president by the appropriate LEGISLATION
spokcn of in the Fourteenth emendinant
Of the constitution, full power TO correct
these evils and we respectfully ask that
YOU recommend to congress some such legs
lslation."
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: rcl,er says silver I. Not DeaI

: Teller Says silver II Not Dead.
Denver, Colo, November 16 -
= Senator Henry NJ. Teller when
+ asked today il free silver were
= dead, replied:
No. silver is not dead. Please
r make that rs emphatic as pos
sible.
+ I'm every State where the sill
r YER men stood by ithe straight
+ Chicago platform, they maize
= splendid showing. In New York,
New Jersey and even IN Kansas
; and Nebraska. they attempted to
} force local issues 10 the front and
the result was disastrous.
= THE people who followed
: Bryan in 1896 have no patience
with the methods OF the petit
: Jogging politicians. He stood for
; great principle which involved
the welfare of the human race.
, while Croker and men of his ill1
: fought for the spoils OF office.
SILVER at Is to by Uncle Sam
alone. a paper currency issuej by
7 the government and n material
: curbing Of the powers OF the Ma
} tional bartks. will be the issues
In 1900, and the silver forces will
win. The war and the Issues
; raised by 1t will then have sunk
to secondary position"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
Is Not yellow Fever.

Pittston, Pa November 2O.-Dr Cook,
of the United States marine hospital serv-
ice, arrived mere today from Washington
and made an examination OF w. e. He--
bert. the yellow fever suspect. He was
found to be without any present Symphonic
of the disease and DR.. Cook returned to
Washington.
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AGREEMENT REACHED.

Spain VIII Hcpudiatc Her Liability
for Cuban Bonds.
Madrid, November 20.--Tn political cir
cles ii is asserted that an agreement has
been reached between the peace commits
sioners in Paris.
The government, II is semi officially an
nonnced intends to notify the Cuban bond
holders that Spain Will not pay the Cuban
nebt, which viii not be mentioned In the
peace treaty.
The government considers itself COM
pletely freed from these entanglements,
which fail upon the nation exercising SOW
ereignty and collecting the taxes in Cuba.
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lag Powell when tho latter called for help.
Hudson went to his assistance, when the
highwaymaa aimel his pistol at the ad-
vancing man. Hudson was too quick. how
ever, and shot the man through the breast.
The two Americans then concealed them
selves in the mountains till they finally de-
cided to surrender To the Mexican authori-
ties. Hudson WAS thrown into Jail at Ten
anoipgo, but finally got letter to this
city and the authorities at Washington
asked for his release.
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EsnInsion In pnrIs.

Paris. November 2O--A terrific explo-
sion occurred this afternoon In the Cafe
de Champesu, underneath the offices OF
the Havas agency, woman was killed
outright anti eight other persons were Sc
rlously injured
II Is thought that the explosion was due
TO 7gnited gas. but there are rumors OF an
anarchist plot
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The pessimi.tic chrontc,c.

London, November 2l.-The Daily Chron.
icle, in an article on the Hlspano- Ameri-
can Situation this morning. after express
ing some Apprehension that we may have
been mistaken with regard to the Anglo
American entente" pOfats to the establish
ment OF medieval navigation law in
Porto Rico and asks. Is still greater
disappointment coming in the closis.g Of
the doors TO our commence In the Phliip-
ri mes ?"
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,roker for haley for Lcndc,

Y &HpN'T sVE buttr! NV tstHuCTs
r Chicago, November 1G.--Rich
4 ard Croker left tonight for West
= Baden. Ind. Before he left he
= sai1 in reply to question.
+ II believe the New York DEM
= ocratic congressman will favor
y Bailey for leader la the house"
Z Mr.. Bailey, 1t rs well known,
= is strongly opposed to territorial
= expansion.
Ex-Governor Altgeld's denun-
= citation of Croker and Mayor
: Carter Harrison has caused an
= Altgold- Harrison fractional fight.
= II am as good silver and
: Bryan man as MT Altgeld Is.
= and the records will prove IT."
: said Mayor Harrison. "Altgeid
y shouli be wise enough to know
y that there is nothing I'm the talk
Y of Croker coming out here to
= form a combination with me 10
= control the next National con-
= ventlon. He should know that
= Croker Is too shrewd politician
= 10 enter a campaign so long be-
= fore the election. Why. the Ma
= tional convention is nearly two
= years away, and inside OF four
= months / may be out OF politics."
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WEATHER INFoRMATIos.
Last Nights Readings

area Of low barometer overlies the en-
Mississippi valley tonight with the low
rs. n inchcs-at st. Paul and 29.o2 Inches
|klahoma.
ere is an area of high barometer over
East Gulf and South Atlantic States, with
est-so.a0 inches--at Jacksonville and At
J. There also appears to be an area OF
barometer moving in from the north
With the highest--@.90 inches-at North
a
ktly cloudy to cloudy weather prevails
the valley of Mississippi and West Gull
s. 1t Is clear elsewhere.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21

Phington, November 20.-East Texas
changing in northern portion to snow
fdiy colder with cold wave in the in
southerly, shifting to northeasterly
p Texas and New Mexico-Snow fur
fna cold wave; high northerly winds.
southeast gales shifting
On colder northwesterly gales late Mon
Soio wave In northern portion.
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Paris. November 2o.M 10 s.lll unknown
whether Dreyfus viii be brought back, and
tine most conflicting statements are current.
Ez.orbasy's bcos "LiAhafre Drsyfus,' IS
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believed 10 be an attempt to throw mys-
terry on the EsterhaZy case rather than
light on the Drayfus affbir.
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,.,,,,a n.,r...,,.n n..d

Leading Oranseman Dead.
Belfast. ireland, November 2o.-Rev. DR..
Kane. rector of Christs church, Belfast,
and grand master OF the Belfast Orange
men, died today from a stroke Of apoplexy.
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General observations.

tervations taken by the United States
her bureau at p. m. yesterday, 18TH
bIan time: Rain
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-21
E best of their kind.

Famous Pickles, Catsup, Sauces
and Table Condiments. For
quality and delicious flavor they
have no equal.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
DELAWARE COLLEGE PAPER.

PREPARED BY A MEMBER OF THE FACULTY.
Hawthorne, as the greatest American
writer of fiction. and perhaps the greatest
of all American prose writers, should have
more conspicuous place in our school
readers than he has. The fact, however,
that his writings find small place in the text
books now used in. the public schools of
Delaware need not make it difficult for
students preparing for Delaware College to
make acquaintance with his works. The
Wonder Book, which is recommended for
reading, is now published in cheap edition
of fairly substantial binding, and, there are
still cheaper editions in paper binding.
Meanwhile there is a short sketch of Haw-
thorne's life on page 213 Of Monroe's Fifth
Reader, and a fine example of his prose
beginning at page 208 of the same book.
Raub's Literature contains a sketch from
'Mosses Farmsan old Manse," page 408.
Specimens from the works of Washing
ton Irving are easily had in cheap editions.
He has also found his way into the school
reading books. There is sketch of his
life on page 245 of Monroe's Fifth Reader,
and another on page 3S5 of Raubs Litera-
ture. 1rving's famous description Of
country church is begun at page PAL of the
Reader, and Ichabod Cranes Ride, from
"The Sketch-Book," begins on page 5s9
of Raub's Literature. Other quotations
from Irving will be found at pages S54 and
361 of Monroe's Fifth Reader.
Oliver Wendell Holmes seldom addressed
himself directly to the young, yet much of
his lighter verse is easily understood and
likely to be enjoyed by intelligent boys old
enough to enter college. What is, perhaps,
his best serious poem, 1.-THE Chambered
Nautilus" is quoted on page $40 of Raub's
Literature, and the poem called Last Leaf /
is quoted on page 342, of the same book.
There is a sketch of Holmes on page 354 of
Monroe's Fifth Reader and another on
page 3SS of Raub's Literature.
Edgar Allen Poe's prose tales are unique
in literature and few of his poems are
very notable. Selections from Poe's tales
are easily had in'very cheap editions, at 10
or Is cents per volume, paper bound, and
there is a cheap paper bound edition of-I
his poems. The most famous of the .latter
are THE Raven, ".eThe Bells" and the ex-
quisite short poem ITO Helen" Students
preparing for Delaware College are recon-
mended to read four or five sof the tales,
among them "The Gold Bug" "The Black
Cat" and the Murders in the Rue
M orgue'
Teachers who wish to direct students
how to get hold of cheap editions of the
works recommended for reading should
apply to the Secretary of the Faculty Of
Delaware College, Newark. Delaware.
The nexto of these articles will return to
the subjection of composition, and discuss
the question of Conference in parag raphs.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
CURRENT EVENTS.

According 10 returns which have just
bsen published in Paris with regard to the
incomes of professional men, there are in
all France between 1900 and $4,000 doc
tors, of whom $500 are to be found
in Paris. OF this number only make in
comes ranging from $4,000 to 100000 a
year, IA make incomes in the neighborhood
of SIC, 900 year, while not more than 100
make as much as $4,000 year. With. re-
gard to lawyers, Of whom there are 5000
in Paris alone, there are not 400 of them
who make as much as $1,000 a year.. while
couple of score range as high as $4,000 a
year each. The explanation is the very
simple economic one that the supply ex-
ceeds the demand. Twice as many doctors
lawyers and other professional men are
turned out yearly as there are places for the
prejudice against trade, industry and agri-
culture being even stronger in republican
France than in monarchical England.
The Ravenna. Ohio, woman who applied
for divorce because her husband had lived
with her for forty years and never taken
her any place, not even to church, ought to
get what she is after.A4woman who will get
up and get breakfast three hundred and
sixty-fve days year. darn socks, sew on
buttons and keep'the bed warm for such IN
migrate ought to be free. By all the records
of matrimony this is the first case of wo-
man complaining because her man doesn't
take her to church. The rule is for the
man to complain because his wife takes
him there.
That law compelling every candidate
for matrimony to pass physical examine
ton showing them to be from such diseases
as dipsomsnia, insanity, hereditary tuber-
culosis, or consumption, before being al
lowed to marry would be taking a step to-
wards the millennium is doubtless true, but
it is not expected that the bill providing
therefore, which has been introduced in the
Ohio legislature, to become a law soon.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
Old Point Comfort, Richmond and
WashinQtOn

Old Point Comfort, Richmond and
Washington.
The first of the present series of persona
ly conducted tours TO Old Point Comfort
Richmond, and Westinghouse the Penn
sylvania Railroad will leave New York anC
Philadelphia on Saturday, February 10,
Tickets, including transportation, meall
en- route in both directions, transfers O
passengers and baggage, hotel accommoda
tions at Old Point Comfort, Richmond, anc
Washington, and carriage ride about Rich
nfoffd- feet, every necessary expense fnl
period ofsix days-will be sold at rate Of
$500 from New York, Brooklyn, and New,
ark, S34.N0 Trenton. $32.5O from Philadel
puia, and proportionate rates from other
stations.
Tickets to Old PSint Comfort only, in
Guiding one and three-fourths days board
at that place, and good to return direct by
regular trains within six days, will be sold
in connection with this tour at rate of $16.-
90 from New York, $500 from Trenton,
$14.00 from Philadelphia, and proportion
ate rates from other points. At slight
additional expense tourists can extend the
trip to Virginia Beach, with accommoda-
tions at the Princess Anne Hotel.
For itineraries and full information, ap-
ply to ticket agents; Tourist Agent, 1196
Broadway, New York; or to Geo. w Boyd.
Assistant General Passenger Agent, Broad
Street Station, Phil adelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
rHE FIRST CoNFLICT.

The State Senate on Thursday re-
fused to confirm the appointment OF
Roman Sammany Of Sussex county also
Superintendent Of County Schools. The
vote was taken in Star Chamber ses-
sion-which means in secret session
with bolted doors-the reported vote is
said to have been two for and possibly
others voting blank.
The opposition is possibly senator
ial courtesy for Capt. w. T. Moore
whose son-in.law, Mr.. ". W. Knowles,
was seeking re-appointment. Capt.
Moore is q member Of the Senate. 1t
is an insufficient reason and especially
since Mr.. Tamma1y is the most eff
cient superintendent ever Sussex county
had. II senatorial courtesy is to re-
fuse and dictate appointments by the
governor without assigning a reason
then the sooner the power Of confrma-
tion is taken from the State Senate the
better. The history of the appoint
ment is as follows:
In 1892 Roman Tammany was teach
ing in Georgetown and as Republican
was an active member Of the Republic
can Club Of Georgetown. He was the
Republican Clerk at the election in
Georgetown that fall. He was eager
all times during the campaign to know
"all Republican secrets. Republicans
knew that someone was '.giving them
away" but did not suspect Mr.. Tam
many of being a Democrat until after
the election. In 1893 when W. W.
Knowles thought be had walk-over
for the superintendency, Gov. Tunnel,
then a private citizen, and half dozen
others visited Gov. Reynolds and with
in few days Mr.. Tammany was ap-.
pointed County Superintendent. There
was howl of which the present oppo
sition is the echo: At the end Of the
year Mr.. Tammany was Supercede0 Dy
Mr.. Knowles and for three years he
drew the salary because his friends
threatened to retaliate at the election,
and their threats won. Last year Gov.
Tunnel had to choose between Mr..
Knowles who had been superintendent
for three years and asked for ''just one
more year to fill out the term" and his
personal friend Tammany Of whose SER
vice to the Democratic Party he knew
and wished to reward. He chose Mr..
Tammany-hence this situation and
who does not say the whole matter is
? The writer was resident
of Georgetown at the time and knows
whereof he writes. The statement
here made no one can gainsay.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
REPUBLICAN UNION.

To THE EDITOR: The special cleo
tion called to choose successor to the
late Senator, Robert J. Handy, is at
hand and it is our duty as responsible
citizens i. 9. taxpayers to make every
honorable effort to fill the place With a
Republican. am ready to work and
vote for any Republican, regardless of
his factional affiliations, so that he is a
man who can be trusted to vote with
the Republicans and against the Demo
Gratis in the State Senate upon all those
questions that involve partisan and
political principles and who is known
to be man of financial integrity.
The Republicans Of this city, regard
less of fraction, have a profound inter-
est in this election and they ask their
friends throughout the county to stand
by them. A conspiracy to hand over
the affairs of the city, with its annual
tax levy of over 100000, to John T.
Dickey, has been Matched and came
very near to successful issue. This
man has drawn more than 500, 900
from the county treasury during the
last thirteen years. but he wants still
more. He wants to get his hand into
the treasury Of the city of Wilmington.
A large corruption fund is in hand now
to buy way through the General As
sembly for the so-called Dickey char
ter. To escape this peril and to save
their city from the clutches of the men
who have for so many years pillaged
the county, the Republicans of Will
mington have united, have bnried their
factional differences and will support
one candidate for the State Senate.
This, too. is the beginning Of the end Of
factional quarrels among the Republic
cans of Delaware. Our united victory
in this special election will ensure uni
ted success next fall.
Fortunately for the county and for
Wilmington as we'll as for The integri-
ty of the State Senate, great many
Democrats will not only refuse to vote
for Dickey's nominee, but will 60 step
further and vote against him. As they
buried John N. Carswell in the fall of
1896 and elected Horace G. Rettew for
the purpose of getting rid of Dickey's
costly and corrupt control, so they will
vote for the Republican candidate for
Senator in order to remove Dickey's
influence from Dover. The Democrats
Of New Castle county have not yet for
gotten the disgrace which he put upon
them at the last election when by
fraud he had himself counted in as
member of the General Assembly, at
the expense of Represen tative Cheairs
of Delaware City.
FRED E. BACH.
Wilmington, Del, Feb. II, 1898.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
KENT,s SILVER NINE.

L
Mrs. M. q. Nickle, of Baltimore, makes
the following interesting statement in a re.
cent published letter, relative to valuable
silver deposits near Galena. She says:
Il have long felt it my duty to inform
the public of silver interests lying about
one mile from Galena, of which few per-
sons living at the present day are aware.
In or about the year 1913 valuable and
pure silver was found at said place, and
sufficient quantities were taken out to be
carried to Philadelphia and manufactured
into knee buckles, spoons, castors, and
some such articles. The then open mine
or valuable deposit was closed, as it was
owned by very ignorant white and colored
people and they were advised to close it as
it was about the time the British came to
Georgetown, place only two miles distant
and they were told that if the English
knew of it they would claim it. As before
stated the land was owned by very ignor-
ant people aud when once the place was
closed they meyer made any more effort to
open it, and the war and natural excite
ment which succeeded the war prevented
others from taking hold of it who other
wise would have done So Years later the
adjoining land was owned by my brother
in-law, who hoping to find some traces of
it on his land had much ditching and
draining done. At the same time an old
gentlemen and lady staying at his house,
who knew of the find, insisted that my
brother -ir1-Iaw shettId buy bug small tract Of
land just over the branch, and which tract
now own,-but said brother in-law was
OF very dilatory and easy going disposi-
tion and never bought. Two or three years
ago on the same tract of land which now
own some specimens were picked up and
taken to ProfW Leslie Robinson, analytical
chemist, and examined by him. They
proved to be horn silver, very pure. The
silver is undoubtedly there, but the pre-
sent owner, like the previous ones, is too
poor to have it properly hunted, but can
give satisfactory statements that it was
there, and never having been mined must
be there still. Present owner will give any
person or persons large interests and in
ducemeuts who will take hold and develop
it as it once was.
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
LITERARY NOTES.
uERE IS snonEss roR Ynn


"Inside figures" are always interesting
and the following are certainly some strik
ing ones about 1.-THE Ladies' Home Journal y
During 1897, S,1S3, 113 copies OF this maga-
zine were printed and so thoroughly sold
that the latter-year issues are entirely out oil
print. 1t consumes 3,434, 1862 pounds OF
paper in year, and absorbs 3o.902 pound
of ink. 1t runs 2S presses. The advertis.
ing columns contained $49S, 1926 worth oi
advertising during the last year. The edi-
tors received 929o manuscripts and less than
one per cent, were accepted. The magazine
employs % staff editors. 24.64s letters have
been received and answered in the year by
the editors of the correspondence columns.
The Journal has over $4,000 active, work
ing agents on the road getting subscriptions
1t he's educated 442 girls free OF charge
under its free educational plan. In single
day it has received as high as $4,000 sub
scriptionss 100000 copies of the journal,
are sold each month on tho news stands
alone-425, 900 people subscribe for it by the
year
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
THE Way ,r1s DONE.

Senator Kenney, yesterday, introduced a
bill to pension at $40 per month William J.
Williams Of Kent county, late private in
Co. G. First Delaware Infantry.-Every
Evening, Feb. 17th'
This is not the first nor second nor
yet the third effort of our junior sena-
tor to increase the pension list, which
Mr.. Kenpey has so often declared
against. He holds the list is full of
fraud; II it is We venture the assertion
the frauds are in the pensions granted
not by EVIDENCE but by Congress direct
ly. We further venture the prediction
that Mr.. Williams is a Democrat, Mr..
Kenny would favor no other. If this
applicant is entitled he should get
his pension as others have done though
legal proof at the Pension Ofice-il
the pension list is fraudulent one
Senator Kenney and his other Demo-
cratic legislators are equally guilty
with Republican lawmakers in increas-
ing it. Seel
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
MY MARYLAND.

The Chestertown Elect ric Light Com
pany has decided upop. the site for theil
plant. The company proposes to put in 9
observation-disclosures ,ower engine and boiler
and one thousaD d Observation-Disclosures
The necessary r. anchise has been granted
by the town end it is expected. that the
town will be- wired and the machinery in
operation by April 15. The capital stock
is SIS ,000..
Senator Crothers will introduce bill in
the Senate for the purpose of conveying the
5000 due Cecil county. and now stan ding
in the name Of the Elkton and Southern
Railroad, to the Cherry Hill, Elkton and
Chesapeake City Electric Railwoy Com
pany.-Ex.
The following comparison of the tax rate,
&C., Of the eight lower counties on the
Maryland Peninsula is very interesting:
Middletown transcript., 1898-02-19
WANAMAKER,S.
PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Feb. ID, 1ssa
BLACK DRESS GOODS
FASHION SANCTIONS THEM.

Every woman from any winter
audience in the Academy of Music
could choose black dress here
and no two need be exactly alike
in fabric and design!
1t is black goods year! Fashion
DEGREES long in advance, but we
need to wait until her votaries have
spoken before we can know how
far her dictum will be obeyed. We
know now. We are ready to tell
1t with authority. Black goods are
to be at the forefront this year of
'98. That means this, that the
wardrobe of maiden and matron
will be incomplete without one or
more black gowns-not the en-
blems of mourning, but there by
the dictates of style.
1t would take a full three days
for you to look with passing care
fulness at each weave shown.
Well hold up few for mental pic
turing