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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-04
LITTLE is TO BE EXPECTED
sPANIARDS WILL REFUSE TO &C
CEDE TO THE TERMS.
Then the Two Commissions VIII
Retire and Think ID over tnti
the Next MectipE.

pars November 3--ILast Monday inc
limited States and Spanish peace commits
sieuers lief, the deflnlte Limitations OF the
proiocol and entered upon the wiae ieia
of diplomacy, where an open question: 10
TO be decided. Both commissions reai"e
tbut the area is ample enough lot some
maneuNering. though on the American
side the tendency is 10 evolutfohs ihuop
moro compact than those of the Spaniafas'
Roth would undoubtedly be gratified 10
reach nuttral conclusions without compui-
sion.
AT Mondays joint session the American
commissioners laid down proposition IN
TWO parts:
/. That the United States should take
over the Philippines entire.
.. That in so doing they should rem
burse 10 Spain the sum of her permanent
and pacific expenditures in the Philip
piues.
The logical situation compelled Amer
leans to make tlae first move.
Having heard the American proposition.
the Spaniards might have Immediately
declined II. as they cer,ainly VIII 90 ~,
accompany the refusal with counter prop
osition has not been definitely as1eitaincd.
though at q late hour Ulis evening that
course seems improbable. The result wan
be that the commissions will retlre from
confronting positions until one or the other
shau have reformed it's lines for the next
meeting, wlach VIII probably occur next
week.
II the Spanish commissioners entertain
a i.ope that after the elections In the
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brand her as a robher and poltroon. They
will declare TO the Americans that rather
than be so pllloried by their ere iitors they
VIII, II they must be deprived of their re-
manning colonies and suffer devastation Of
their mainland.
II tho United States feels II high duty
10 retain the Philippines, SPANS envo,s
Will declaro that she has an equally sacred
duty In holding them to the pledge OF their
revenues in honorable ud 2bteGnoss and
that while possibly unable TO make good
the Indebtedness in dollars, Spain can. II
only by fruitless adherence 10 high put-
poses, save her name from the brand Of
ihef.
The statement OF Spanish contention
comes from n source which gives 1t all the
weight possible 10 any Spanish uttcrance
opt in the preference Of these conditions
thr two commissions will meet tomorrow.
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York, to proceed to Newport News. where
hsl will coal and will then take station
in Hampton Roads He Will be Joined b.
the other ships as soon as they can bs
made ready for service.
1t is expected at the department that tho
Brooklyn will be ready to proceed TO sea
by Saturday
The battleships Indiana and Massachu-
sets vii! not be ready for service before
December 1 at the rate work is being done
upon them. but should any interruption In
the negotiations occur it Is likely that the
vessels will be sent to sea within two
weeks.
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AN OBJECT LESSON
Britain MobiIizine Fleet for Education
Purposes.
TO TEACH FRANCE AND RUSSIA
That She Is Ready to Fight on Short
Notice.
A SATISFACTORY ARRANGEMENT MADE.
Regarding the fashoda Incident, the Even.
Ing Post Says.
MAJOR MARCMAND HAS REACHED CAIRO
He Is Qunrtercd with the French
Consul, Who WIN Not Permit Him
10 he interviewed.
Regarding the Fashoda Incident, the Even.
Ing Post Says,
MAJOR MARcnAND HAS REACHED CAIRO
Consul. Who WIN Not Permit Him
10 he interviewed.


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= reSs to force any ana all possible
= hostile Developments.
= Great Britain, II is said, fully :
= rea lies the menaces OF the fu- ?
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= of them Will accept this obvious
= challenge. But should they do so. =
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= that the marquis Of Salisbury's
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GUARDING AGAINST LYNoHERs.
Cavalry and Infantry Protecting the
WOuld-Be RaDiht.

Augusta, Ca, November 3.-The Augusta
Jail tonight is under guard TO prevent a
repetition of last nights attack by lynch
ems who wanted to wreak their vengeance
ON viii Robinson for attempting 10 out
rage Miss Walker.
VIII Moore. private in company C, Sec
ond Georgia Volunteers, who was shot In
last nights attack. has fair chance Tor
recovery.
Cavalry and infantry have been patrolling
streets within several blocks of the Jail in
all directions since nightfall and UP to
midnight the mob has not made its APP
pearance TWO men are not allowed to
walk together within the distance under
martial law The grand jury meets in
the morning and Robinson VIII be promptly
Indicted and tried on Monday.
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DEWEY TO ACT.
VIII Make Occupation of the Philip
mines Complete.

pines compete
Especial Dispatch to The Post,
Washington November at is not
thought tonight in administration circles
that the Spanish commissioners will with
draw tomorrow from k.e Paris conference
as a result OF the demands submitted to
them last Monday by the American COM
missoners.
1t is the belief of the president. ] under
stand. that the Spanish commissioners will
refuse TO accede to the American demands
and either submit counter proposals or will
ask for new proposals from the American
commits s,oncrs.
a diplomat suggested today that the
Spanish commissioners would withdraw and
then appeal to the powers. Such action.
however, would merely necessitate the
military occupation of tie Philippines AMI
to be prepared in case such policy Is
pursued Rear Admiral Dewey has selt the
Charleston and the gunboat Concord 10
Iloilo. where the Spanish auxiliary cruiser
Buenos Ayrcs ard several small gunboats
are lying.
These vessels VIII also cruise among
the islands to ascertain where the Spanish
forces are stationed.
The report that the Spanish commission
crs viii! deiaand the payment of s24o0OO0oo
In exchange for the PlrIipDines can not
be confirmed here. but it is believed that
wher the matter comes down to money
basis. as IT eventually Will some such ex-
orbitant sum will be demanded.
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NAVY IS PREP AIRING
And viii Be in Readiness for Further
HoStilities.
PROMPT WORK CAN BE DONE
In Case Spain Should Require Another
Lesson.
COMMISSIONERS EXPECTED TO REFUSE
To Accede to the Demands Of the American
Representatives.
ADMIRAL DEWEY READY TO ACT AT ONCE
by Milking the Military Occupation
of the Philippines Completc-IIas
started His Bonts.
COMMISSIONERS EXPECTED TO REFUSE
To Accede to the Demands Of the American
Representatives.
ADMIRAL DEWEY READY TO ACT AT ONCE
(special Dispatch to The Post. !,

Especial Dispatch to The Post)
Washington, November 3-That the navy
may be prepared in case a resumption of
hostilities should follow the demands re-
speoting the Philippines made by the Amer
lean commissioners. uhe navy department.
has directed the expedition OF repairs to
the armorclads at the Brooklyn navy yards.
Instructions have been given to Captain
F.. L. Chadwick commanding the New
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GREAT ACTIVITY DISPLAYED.
British Cruisers Taking COnI and
Ammunition AZ Hong Kong.

Ammunition at Hong Rang.
Hong Kong. November Extraordinary
activity has prevailed In naval and mill
tary circles here during tiae last few days,
but no information on the subject Is at
tainabc
The British first class cruiser Powerful
has Just taken ON boant over 1000 tons OF
coal and all the other British warshlps
here are taking on hoard stores md am
munitioD. II is reported that they have
been ordered to be ready for sea imme-
diately. The British second class cruiser
Bonoyentura has been recalled from Ma
Mia and arrived iaere last night. She Is
now coaling With all possible haste.
II Ii reported that the British gunboats
have heen ordered TO rendezvous here. At
the navy yard here the ordnance depart
ment is most active and is engaged 10
mounting siege guns,
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5 EATHEN INFORMATION,
Inst Nights Readings.

There have been no decided changes In the
barometeric conditions which prevailed
throughout the country within the past TWEEN
ty-four hours.
The area OF highest pressure continues cen
trail over the South Atlantic States. while an
area of low pressure prevails over the Mis-
souri, valley.
The weather is clear except at North Platte.
Oklahoma City and Eel Paso, where it is part
ly cloudy. No rain reported tonight.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-04
MARcHANp ARRIVED At CAIRO.

M One Permitted to Interview the
French Explorer.
Cairo November 3.--MisjGi Marchand,
the commander Of the French expedition
at Fashoda, arrived here this evening. He
WAS met al tho railway station by the
French officials and residents, Tine ex-
pl0rer locked thin and worried. Directly
the major appeared at the door Of the trsin
the spectators rushed forward waving hats.
sticks and handkgrchiefs, aud Drying "vive
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Probabilities.

Washington. November EAST Texas-Fair;
BRISK east to southeast winds.
West Texas and New Mexico-Fair; south
winds.
oklahome. Indian Territory and Arkansas
Fair. south winds.
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AN uIiTIMATCM.


, spain VIII Get One Today
} Very Likely.
\ Especial Cable Dispatch to the
4 New York Herald and The
= Houston Post. Copyrighted
+ 1898. by James Gordon Ben
r rettO
\ Paris, November 4.-T'oday the :
\ meeting Of the peace commits
= son will fix the high water mark
4 of the American demands, The
\ complete surrender by Spain of
\ her sovereignty over the Philip
4 pines will be insisted on and it :
4 is Taid in we'll informed circles
that should Spas refuse to pro-
y cesd with the negotiations on
\ that basis, Judge Day VIII. un- :
\ osr Instructions received from
Washington. practically hand an
= ultimatum to the Spanish COM :
= mission
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THE SPANISH WRECKS.
No Further Efforts 10 lie Made "a
save Them.

Washington, November 3.-Sscretary
Long said this evening that the govern
mcnt would take no further steps TO raise
the rest OF the Spanish warships DESTROYED
by Admiral schIey's fleet off the coast OF
Santiago, but The department would re-
ceive propositions to that end from any
private firm that cared 10 undertake the
work. He added that this determination
was based upon the report OF the board
OF construction which recently had con-
sultaticn on the subject with Naval Con-
structor Hobson. whO WAS personally SUI
poryisfng the wrecking operations.
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New York, November 3.-The
Lcndoa correspondent OF the
Evening Post cables today thai
general and satisfactory
agreement has been peachei be-
tween England and France on
the Fashodl question.
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Especial Cable Dispatch TO the New York Her
aid and The Houston Post. Copyrighted.
1898. by james Gordon Bennett,l
Port Antoine Jamaica November 3.--Tis
united States Supply sblp Glacier reached
here TO-DAY FROM Guantanamo. Her COM
rnander VIII take on board fresh SUPPLIES.
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BRITAIN TO MAKE powDER.

An Immense Quantity Of Liquor Sent
| to Montreal for that PurDOse,
| Chicago November 3.--rhe British gov-
ernment has closed contracu here for the
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J. B.-..Go away! 90 away! -
French Organ drinder"Eh! What you give If go 3''
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The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-12

The highest priced suit may be had
for 800 day. This includes service.
but no meals. The American plan Is
not used at the Waldorf-Astoria- Ths
cheapest rooms are $50 day for one
person; $3.50 for two. You can get a
good. plain meal for less than 81; two
persons may breakfast or sup for $780,
a man and his wife could live comfort
ably there for $40 day. The limit OF
what they might spend has never been
figured out. for they may eat wild duck
at s. a bird and pay SIS a bottle for
wine. while the husband may smoke 81
cigars.
There are six housekeepers, paid
from $50 TO s125 month each. All ths
women help sleep in the hotel. al
the men sleep out. Fifty-six men do
nothing but clean windows at SIS
month and board Walters get $50 and
food The highest salary is paid to the
chief engineer.
Contrary 10 many statements that
the Astors are really proprietors. that
Proprietor Bol6t is only a hired man
ager and that the hotel IS run at loss.
II is positively stated that the business
already yields a handsome profit Mr..
Boldt's right hand man. who superin-
tends all the details OF the back OF the
house and much OF the front. is Su-
perintendent 7. L Eilliard.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-12
BEHIND THE SCENES IN A GREAT HOTEL

! In the dullest times the force In the
kitchen numbers IS. Horse show week
104 men and women were employed.
The chef who captains this big cooking
force receives $500 a year, and from
that wages grade down to S25 a month,
/ the rate paid the men who constantly
clean the floor and may be termed
kitchen laborers. Women are employed
only at such work as peeling potatoes.
shelling beans and peas and the like
work that men Will not do.
! Men wash the dishes and are able to
! cleanse a hundred pieces in less time
! than Bridget in your kitchen can wash
and dry half a dozen teacups. First
/ the dishes are put into wire basket
that hangs from a trolley running on
elevated rails. Then the basket is
quickly immersed in a tank OF intense
/ ly hot water mechanically kept in vio-
| lent, swirling motion. All grease and
adhering food are removed by this proc
ess almost literally as quick as you can
wink your eye. When the dishes come
/ out, they are perfectly clean. More
over, they are dry. Every housewife
will understand that this is because the
water is so hot.
These are only a few among a hun
dred novel points about this big kitch-
en- The part played by electricity's
mystic current is still more interesting.
1t not only carries guests, freight,
! food and drink from floor to floor. con-
veys intelligence over telephones. tele-
| graph and plain push button wires and
| lights the combined houses from SUBJ
cellar to roof. but it ventilates every
room and corridor with blowers and ex-
| haust fans. There are 10 freight and
| passenger elevators, a dozen or so
| dumb walters. nearly 10000 incandes-
cent bulbs, telephones by the score and
| bells by the thousand. The installa-
| ton is modelled more on the central
| station" than the isolated plant
| plan and is worked in two divisions.
one for light and power and the other
| for the telephone and signaling sys-
TENS.
The dynamos are Of 2,2o0 horsepower,
and the complicated switchboard is so
feet long. Everything is in duplicate.
Engines might break down and dyna-
mos burn out without any one in
front" knowing of the trouble save in
the practically impossible contingency
of everything giving out at the same
time. Even then, unless the repairs
required two days or more. there would
be no break in the electrical service
since the dynamos are re-enforced by
gigantic storage battery in which a
4S hours supply of energy is constantly
kept in reserve. The storage battery
current is used also as an equalizer
and that is why the lights of the As
toria never flicker and the elevators
never jerk.
The dynamos are run by six great
Corliss engines operated at the compar-
atively slow rate of 80 and 100 revolu-
tons a minute. The steam boilers are
Of 5000 horsepower in the aggregate,
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All the Comforts of Home.

The circumstance that Ogden Mills
has bar in his country house near New
York has caused an unusual amount OF
chatter. but is NOT so very eNtraordl-
nary. In an establishment where from
10 to so guests are constantly on hand
the demand for various kinds OF mixed
drinks is necessarily large. and there
appears 10 be no good reason why tho
demand should not be satisfied in a reg
uiar and orderly way. rather than spas
medically and uncertainty, as would.
under everyday conditions. be the case.
At Balmoral. Queen VictoTia's resi-
dence in the Scottish Highlands. there
is no bar, but for the obvious reason
that Englishmen do not make the same
general use Of mixed drinks that we
do. But each suite OF guest rooms has
sideboard containing liquors OF all
kinds-brandy, whisky. gin. etc: lem
ons. sugar and other materials. soda
water, vichy. apOIlinariS. etc-so that
the visitor need not even ring his bell
10 be supplied with creature comforts.
Mr. Mills idea is far better one. The
guest rings his bell when he wants a
drink. and II is brought There is no
display of intoxicants. as In the house
of England's queen where facilities FOR
bibbing are as much fixtures ot ones
quarters as the furniture itself
OF course Ogden Mills guests do not
line themselves up along the mahogany
and all take drink together before
marching in to dinner. II is merely
room set aside for the greater conven-
ience OF compounding drinks and not
a place for rendezvous and carousal.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-01-12
A Great and Representative
American Vino FOUGHT al
The Drop OF tie Hat"

The anniversary of the battle Of New
Orleans is come again and the Jackson
ian spirit prevails.
The very name of Andrew Jackson
brings before the mind of even the most
casual reader of American history the
idea of a man ready to light at the
drop of the hat" Throughout his whole
life there can be noted the savage i'm
petuosity that is aroused at a moment s
notice by antagonism, challenge. i'm
pediment or opposition. Fight first.
then arbitrate. was his notion of doing
things. and above all he meant to get
in the first blow.
This idea of his of always striking the
first blow whenever possible was re-
sponsible for many of his victories.
both in public as a soldier and in pri-
vate life before he donned the uniform
of the United States army. While he
was still a mere boy an officer OF the
army threatened to whip him for some
triaing offense. "All right" retorted
the youngster. but first prepare to
meet your Cod"
once. during the progress Of law
trial, Jackson's rival. one Avery. was
summing up in language very deroga-
tory if not actually insulting to him
personally. For awhile he sat FUN
bling an old lawbook, one ear taking
in the points of law. the other making
note of the degrees of abuse hurled at
him by his adversary. At last the shaft
OF satire struck home. and. tearing a
leaf from the book, he wrote a challenge
and handed it TO Avery while he was
still going on with his speech. Later,
while the jury was considering the law
case, the counsel were settling their
side of il on the field Of honor outside
the building.
An affair he once had with a bully
during his student days at Nashville
shows his impetuosity and readiness
for a fight still more distinctly His
opponent, who was Of immense propor-
tions. rushed at him like bull Jack
son saw at a glance his own disadvan-
tage in size and experience. but not for
a single moment did he finch on that
account. Hastily snatching a stake from
the ground he met the fellow half way.
holding his weapon at charge bayonet.
He caught the bully below the belt"
with the sharp point Of the stake and
OF course doubled him up.
In his quarrel with Dickinson. after
the passing OF the challenge. Jackson
wanted the duel 70 take place at once.
DickinsOn's seconds asked for a weeks
delay. giving as excuse that they hal
no pistols ready. Jackson replied
through his seconds: If you cannot
obtain pistols. We pledge you a choice
OF ours. Let me hear from you iTume-
diatsly." What Dickinson really want
ed was time for practice. although r.
was already q crack shot. and he
wouldn't hasten the date On the morn
ing OF the duel he cut string AT eight
PAGES. the distance agreed on.
Dickinson had the advantage. for the
2 agresment was that the principals were
TO fire at VIII On the word. Jackson
realized that for once be was entered
n a contest where he must Eet in his
work last Dickinson fred on the in
slant. and then stood astounded. ex-i
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hardship. Before be slept he had made
a round % the inproviEed line q local
troops and assigned every officer. en-
gineer. scout and other fighter his ine
of action. His one steTeotyre3 answer
20 ali inquiries from the governor ard
council down % citizens and sol1leFy
was. Await nothing but attack the
British whenever ana wherever they aD-
pear"
His order 70 the commander q the
chain q forts below the city. when
the British feet sailed into the oEter
lake. sweeping the Louisiana navy frou
fhe water. was Intensely characterlatic
Defend the port . ths last extremity
At the last extremity spike guns. b!oE
~ fort. retire and fight again
Two days later he proclaimed uaT-
tal laE. thu8 putting % an end al