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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-16
IOWA DEMOCRAT

Race for the Gubernatorial Nomina
ton an opan One.
Des Moines. Iowa, August l5,--The race
for nominations at the hands OF tomor-
rows convention is still an open one. Cato
Sells. who will be temporary chairman. is
the candidate of the conservative element
for governor, and Rev. s. H. Basher OF
Waterloo is the candidate OF the radical
silver element. Congressman Fred White
NJ. ]. Wade OF Iowa City and Mayor Baker
OF Davenport are mentioned as dar,,
horses. This nomination and the remain
der OF the ticket will depend upon the
fight between the radicals and conserva.
tives for control Of the convention.
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LOCAL.

Mr. HYDE makes some important SUE
gestions concerning the dfsnfecting OF
school buildings.
A very small proportion of tho appiica-
tons for Confederate pensions are likely
To be approved by the Harris county COM
missioners.
Work commenced on the paving of
Montgomery avenue.
The central sanitary committee will
meet this afternoon.
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PHILIPPINES.

Letters received from the Yorktown
prisoners now in the hands of the Filipnos
state that they are forced to undergo
great hardshlps and beg for assistance.
Insurgents are gaining strength on the
islands of Cebu and Negros. Otis is called
on to pay for damages done by so-called
"brigands.'
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COMMERCIAL.

Neills estimate of $4,000 900 bale crop
was the factor which caused cotton futures
to make sharp decline.
Wheat. corn, oats and provisions closed
lower.
The bears were in control of the stock
market and prices went down.
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ANTI-GoEpEL CONVENTION.
uhe Platform VIII Indorse Bryan
and silver.

Lexington. KY, August l5.--Tonight the
indications are that a full State ticket
will be nominated by tomorrow's aati-
Goebel convention The disposition on the
part of most of the delegates arriving SO
far is to allow John Young Brown to name
the ticket so as to avoid all contests aris-
ing over the places. The arrivals today
were numerous. The convention, 1t is ex-
pected, will get through with its work to-
morrow. The platform will indorse Bryan
and silver. making the fight on Goebel
and the methods OF the Louisville con-
vention the key note OF the contests. Ex-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-16
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S IMPORTANT NEWS.

President Mckinley declared IN
a speech Mt Plattsburg TINT "fhe
fIng will be maintained Wherever
IL floats at any sacrifice" and mat
.rebellion may delay but II can
not defeat the blessed mission OF
liberty and humanity"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-16
ANTI-lMPERIALIsTIC LEAGUE.
Rapid Progress Has Been Made
Since Its Inception.

Since Its Inception.
Be ston. August 15.--The ntl-lmperialistic
League. at meeting today. voted 10 issue a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which was given out to-
night through its president, ex-Goyernor Geo.
S, Boutwell,
The document asserts that he anti-impe-
rialIst movement had made iapd Ircgrcss In
thy fyo months and declares This league
is now cfrryins ON the contest ana It VIII
the belief that the United States, the
president and the public are responsible foi
the war and that President Mckinley at any
moment or the United States acting through
him or through ssecessor, cur bring the
war 10 an end. II is our purpose to aid in
bringing the war 10 ap end aud IN advance
we reject any and every scheme OF eompro-
mise"
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r,,.. :, . =, for the phiIIppi's'

washington, August l5.-Ine -. =,
Of enlistments for the philippines y, ~
day was Ala. making total o. !, ,'.' II.
All regiments being raised . 10 sn' r Sa's
ssstes except the Twenly,sn,.s ss and ii
third and Thirty-ffth are n r,msuts .sl
the extra men in other reslmsu'
is enough to complete them.
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RIOTS PREcIpITATED.
Methodist Church Was Wrecked
by Party of Irish.


by Party of Irish.
Londonderry, August 15.-An Irish party
wrecked a Methodist church here yester-
day evening while its opponents stoned the
Catholic church. The mayor issued a
proclamation empowering military organ
izations to act as magistrates, and addi-
tional soldiers and police have been called
out.
There was an attempt to renew the dis
turbances this afternoon, but it was
checked by the police and military who
paraded the streets in large bodies. The
municipal authorities sent cart to col
lect the loose stones from the roadways,
but this was stormed and emptied by the
women.
Belfast, August 15.-There was consid
cradle rioting in the Catholic quarter OF
the city this evening, The police were
stoned and street lamps were smashed
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Miss Jewett WIN Comc sou.n.

Boston, August l6.--The Post says today,
MES Lillian Clay Jewett states that she ex-
peets soon to 20 South to carry on her cam
paisn AGAINST lynching, which she saws has
the Baker family North she will probably
proceed nrst to Georgia aud deliver addresses.
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SPORT.

Macy is again In training for race.
Cincinnati shut Boston out.
Cacego lost and dropped into seventh
place: Louisville went up notch.
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VIII Not Take

VIII Not Take Pittsbmrg and Gulf.
New York. August l6.-E. II. Hartman
arrived here todav from the West. Asked
as 10 the rumor that the Chicago and Alton
would take over the Kansas City. Pittsburg
ana Gulf road. Mr.. Hartman. who is presi-
it,
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Governor Brown arrived tonight and went
into conference with the leaders, Judge
j. w. Greene of owen county will be
made temporary chairman.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

side of Laguna de bay, by the N,sa,
whose commander, Lieutenant Com I
under the impression that the tow I
been re-occupled by the ip,u,r,x
aroused strong resentment amour Il.
tives of the whole lake region. hi,
serted that the officers and crew d
gunboat landed and looted the best h,1
ings after the bombardment.
The crew of the Napidan has been n,
ferred to other duty.
Officers of the United States raAl
Wheeling, which returned hero nv
cruise along the northern coast Of LlsI
report that the insurgent forces I'D
every village.
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yellow Fever Mt Tuxpun. Mexico.

heiioW Fever Mt Tuxpan, Mexico.
washington. August ia telegram
from Surgeon coffey of the marine hos
pital service dated at the City of Mexico
brings the information to the headquarters
In this cisy that there has been an attack
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BUBoNIc PLAGUE.
Communications with Azores
Is Cut OF.

~
} Communications with Azores
Is Cut OF.
Z Oporto, August 15.--slnce the out.
i! break OF the plague here there have
\ been eleven deaths and ZIG cases.
) Cadiz, Spain, August 15.---Quaran
{ tine has been declared against all
{ Portuguese ports on account OF the
suspicious sickness at Oporto.
Punta del Gada. Azores, August
I 16.--All communication between the
s Azores island and Portugal has
} been interdicted on account of a
seeming case of bubonlc plague
discovered at oporto. No vessels.
merchandise or mails from Portugal
J Will be admitted at any ports of
\ these islands.
ENO~
yet been confirmed. owing to the unyield.
ing opposition of Mr.. Gallinger.
Senator Chandler. in the closing days Of
the last session, submitted in confidence tc
the committee on postoffices and posi-
roads, review of the case. and Senator
connection herewith. 1t is q
with extracts from Mr.. Gallinger's letters
1t Is plain that Mr.. Chandler intends to
open the fight for confirmation aud renew
his attacks on his colleague so soon as the
senate meets He has mailed to every
senator a copy of this document, and to
the new senators an explanatory supple
ment.
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Dewey stu Indi.no...

Dewey Still Indispo..s
Leghorn, August i5.-Aanl,.
Dewey is still indisposed y
Various officials visited N
Olympia today. The admiral, A
parture for Florence has been p,s.
poned.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-10-27

quainted with Americans and their
ernor of Lower California l often had
the pleasure of meeting him. He was
always desirous of having Americans
come into the Yaki country. He knew,
though he was too astute politician
ever to say anything of the kind, that
his own people, the MeXicans, were too
lazy TO develop the resources of the
country as they demanded, and too
timid TO face the determined Yallis had
they not been too lazy to attempt the
work.
With Americans to prospect for the
valuable metals, work mines, put up
mills and reduction works, construct
irrigation canals, build reservoirs, plow
immense tracts of land, erect Touring
and woolen mills and the like, he could
see comparatively valueless country
made into a veritable paradise and the
source of untold wealth TO its owners.
Consequently he secured the govern
mental concessions and went to work,
and nothing but the obstinate love of
the Yakis for their own, their deter
mined refusal to get out of the way and
let MeXicans and Americans possess
themselves of their fields and ranges,
their springs, watercourses, mines and
forests, stands in the way of his sue
cess. 1t does seem hard that after he
has done so much, and persuaded so
many Americans to go into the land,
he should be baked when the prize
is so nearly in sight. And it is only hui
man nature to assume that this disap-
pointment will be wonderful factor in
the fight. 1t will settle many ques-
ton as to the disposal of wounded and
captured Yallis, and dictate many a
letter to the Mexican government when
more forces are needed. You see, the
fight has narrowed itself down to Yalii
versus Torres, and it is now war of
determination for possession. Torres
is fighter and the Yakis are home-lov-
ing and determined, and just as the
American colonists, peace-loving nom
combatants though they were, made
wonderful soldiers when they were
aroused, so are these Indians, as their
history for $50 years has demonstrated.
They are not an educated people,
though a church can be found in almost
every village. They have no settled
priests, however, merely tolerating
their visits, as do the Acomas and Zunis
of New Mexico. In their general life
they are much like our own pueblo
people, living largely upon their own
produce and weaving a strong wooden
and cotton cloth for personal use, the
same as the Navajos, though, like them,
the Americans gaudy calico is con-
slant article of wear.
| G.. WHARTON JAMES
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HS'9sssSSE >@kY~ ~
A CHAMPION SNoRER.
Reminiscencc-sno Slumber
-AnnihilntinE Midnight Solos
on the RnppahRnnOck.

''One of the worst snorers think that /
ever had the misfortune to be person
ally acquainted WITH" began the white
haired dry goods drummer, rehectively,
'was chap named Sam Snoggles, who
was in the same company with me in
the army during the civil war. The
poor fellow is dead long ago, l believe,
and don't want to say anything to
iniure the feelings of his friends, but
the truth of the matter was that when
Snoggles slept there was mighty little
rest for anyone else in the neighbor-
hood.
"The minute he got to sleep he would
roll over on his back, open his mouth
and tune up. He would begin with
noise something like a man gently
scraping fiddle bow across the strings,
and as he went on the sound would
gradually rise higher and higher, and
spread out and increase in volume until
the whole tent was packed so full of it
that the sides bulged out; and then he
would suddenly wind up with terrific
snort that fairly shook the ground.
Naturally, this was rather wearing
on the rest of us, and we tried various
schemes to break him of snoring, but
without success. Finally we hit upon
the plan of tying piece of hardtack to
a string, attaching the other end of the
string to pole, and then after dangling
the cracker over the yawning cavity un-
til it was in exactly the right position
dropping it gently into his mouth. This
would tickle his palate and set him to
coughing and as it would take him some
time to settle down and get his snore
foundry going at full blast again the
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of California, or that portion of it To-
cally known as the Gulf of Guaymas,
some so miles or so below the Mexican
city of Guaymas.
For 10 or so miles the Yai river is
navigable above its mouth, Esld for CEN
turies it has been used by the indus
trious, peace-loving Indians for the
transportation of their produce. When
the Spaniards first met these people,
just prior to the Arizona march of the
valiant Coronado, they found them a
well advanced Indian race, inclined to
be peaceful, but stoutly resenting en-
croachments upon what they deemed
their rights. They did not submit to
whatever conditions the strangers
sought to impose upon them, as did the
Pimas and Maricopas of Arizona. They
showed love of home-the home Of
their ancestors and their own choice
and sturdy independence that gained
for them-350 years ago-a bad name,
and this has never long left them.
Any people that did not Immediately
yield to the demands of the naughty
Spaniard were contumacious and re-
bellious and the yalsi ranked them
selves in this class from the outset.
And never. until the close of the 30
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duced TO fight, unless under very
strong internal pressure.
Yet, as an Industrious, persistent
worker the Yaki has no superior
among the Indians of the United
States. He is a good farmer, cattle
man, horticulturist, chicken raiser,
carpenter boatman, porter and miner.
Indeed, give him chance and little
instruction and he will learn to do any
ordinary menial or mechanical work
work that does not require too much
brain or mechanical skill-as well as
any workman in the world, and as for
reliability / would rather have a band
of Yakis than Irish, Italians, Portu-
guese, Swedes, japanese or Chinese,
and l know by personal experience the
working capacity and trustworthiness
of them all.
When they are compared with the
MeXicans, who conformity occupy the
so-called Yaki country with them, the
comparison is in every way in their
favor. OF course 1 mean the lower
class working Mexicans.
The Yalli country is situated in the
Mexican territory of Sonora, and main
ly consists of fine bottom lands on the
Yaki river, which empties into the Gulf
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-10-27
TROPHY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
A Confederate State Flag That Was
Captured by the Late Capt.
Moore's Company.

A frayed and faded flag, seized by the
hand of a northern soldier from the
hand of a southern rebel, was folded
away 20 years ago, after the death OF
the soldier to whom it belonged. Henry
Moore, Vermonter, living at Leaven.
worth, Kan, at the commencement oil
the civil war, was enlisted as lieuten.
ant in the Third Kansas cavalry, army
of the northwest, under Gen. Montgom-
cry, the Fifth and Third having been
consolidated. Lieut.. Moore was pro-
NOTED to a captaincy for bravery and
courage and served under Maj. Gen.
Ousterhouse, Col. Clayton serving in
the same regiment at the time. Capt.
Moore also served under Gen. James
Lane.
Capt. Moore was injured internally
and at the close of the war came north
and received an appointment in the
second auditors department of the
treasury, where he remained seven
years, when he resigned, as the close
application impaired his sight. He re-
turned to Arkansas, where he died in
1879, and was buried at Little Rock.
Capt. Moores company captured a
confederate flag from the Seventh reg
iment, commanded by Gen. Dockery.
One-half of the flag was red, the other
part blue and white; now, however, it
is yellow from age. Across the top of
the red square is the date May 20, ITS,
and across the bottom May 20, 1861. In
the center is single star. On the re-
verse side of the flag is: Seventh Reg
iment, N. Carolina State Troops"
This war trophy is still in the posses
sion of Capt. Moore's widow, resident
of Brooklyn. Mrs. Moore also possesses
the guidon that was carried by her hus-
bands company during the civil war;
Brooklyn Eagle.
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ARE TRUE PATRIOTS.
The Yaki Indians and Their Strug-
gle for Independence.
Personal Greed Back of Mcxico's Bit-
ter wnrfnre-Why Gen. Torres
Determined to Subju-
gate the Tribe.
Especial Guaymas (Mex.) letter.


The wild, irresponsible war corre-
spondent has again been at work, and
the American people have been stuffed
and stuffed again by the most out
rageous yarns ever foisted upon
an intelligent people. The Amer
leans desire for knowledge is such
that, to satisfy it, he is willing to
swallow whole facts that are not
facts; and the bigger the lie the easier
is is swallowed.
After such Yaki food my truthful
narrative as to the life, habits and GUS
toms of the Yalis and the source of the
present war will be too commonplace
to receive attention. All can say is, it
is good bread and meat, and if my
reader must have it highly seasoned he
must put in the pepper and tabasco
himself
The Yaki is not-over-good imitation
of the Apache, as far as his fighting
qualities are concerned. He lacks the
wild daring, the desperate valor and
utter recklessness of his northern con-
frere. No twenty of his breed would
keep an army hunting in vain for them,
at the same time keeping up active hos
tilities, as did Geronimo and his band.
Only when numbers seem to be in their
favor, and chances of victory strong,
could the major portion of them be in
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-10-27
THE TRUE ACCOUNT.
Story of the Stealing of u. & o. I1n-
gInes at MartinsburE, w. Va,
During the War.

There have been various stories writ
ten about the stealing of the Baltimore
G. Ohio railroad engines at Martins
burg, w. Va, during the civil war and
their transfer across the country for
service on southern railroads by Col.
Thomas Sharp, who is still living in
Ohio.
Recently, an official of the Baltimore
g. Ohio railroad made some inquiries O.
old employees who were at MartinsbRrg
at the time the incident happened, and
they say that on June 10, 1861, 200 men
of Gen. Stonewall Jackson's command
were detailed to destroy the Baltimore
& Ohios equipment at Martinsburg.
They piled wood and coal over Al en-
gines and nearly 400 cars and then set
fire to them. Only ten or twelve of
the engines, however, were seriously
damaged, and these not by the fire, but
because the water was first iet out of
the boilers. Col. Sharp arrived in Mar
tinsburg on August is, 1861, and re-
mained there until the following March,
engaged in removing engines, ma
chinery, etc. He took eight engines
across the country over the turnpike,
either to Staunton, Winchester or
Strasburg (and there are some his
torians who disagree on this point), SO
horses being required to haul each en-
gine. He also removed all the dupli-
cate parts of engines and cars and all
the wrought iron at the station, and
took away all machinery and tools,
which were afterwards used in the
southern arsenals. The country around
Martinsburg is extremely hilly, and the
work of getting the engines over the
country roads required considerable en-
gineering ability.
1t has been currently reported in late
years that one of the locomotives was
the Winans camel-back, No. 90, which
at that time was numbered II, but Col
Sharp did not care for this class of en-
gines, and took only ten-wheel and paa-
senger engines. There was only one
eight-wheel locomotive taken, and that
was No. "a.
Some years after the war Col. Sharp
was employed on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad as master of transportation.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1899-10-27
And some Do Both.

Some men excel and others sell eggs
Chicago Dispatch.
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called ten-years' war, when, in May,
1907, treaty of peace was declared be-
tween the Yakis and MeXicans, have
the former ever conceded that the lat
ter had the slightest right to occupy
their territory. 1t is useless to ignore
this fact. Mexicans have claimed the
Yaki country the same as the United
States has claimed the Apache country,
but the Yakis and the Apaches, in both
cases, were no party to the claim, and
both resisted it. And as in the latter
case the resistance was futile, and to
the ken of the white race hopeless for
the Apache race from the start, so will
the former case be futile.
The destiny of the Yaki is written.
The more powerful race demands his
land. He may resist, but the ultimate
outcome no one for u moment ques-
tions. And this is the whole quarrel.
There may be incidental irritating
causes, but the deep-rooted, ineradic-
able difficulty is the old trouble between
Possessor and coveter: "You have,
want, and 1 can and will get" The
weaker must go to the wall.
In singular sense, however, the
quarrel is narrowed down to much SIM
pier limits. There is somewhat ener-
getic Sonora Development Company"
that has undertaken the task of render
ing the Yaki country fit home for
colonists. Irrigation works on large
scale have been commenced, fine stock,
introduced, fields planted, etc, just as
similar undertakings have been begun
and successfully carried out in New
Mexico, Arizona and California, Now
the head of this whole business is ex-
Gov. Luis Torres, and, strange to say,
he is the commanding general of the
Mexican forces of Sonora, and thus re-
quired to put stop to the rebellion of
the Yakis.
Torres is a brainy man and fully ac-
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BURIED HIS LEG.
Tombstone Placed over Grave
of Amputated Member.

In the little village of L'Anse lives
shoemaker named Peter Murphy, who
is one of the most eccentric men in
northern Michigan on just one subject.
Ten years ago the physicians found It
necessary to amputate one of his legs
just above the knee. When he recoy-
cred from the operation he decided that
the part of his leg which had been
taken off was dead and therefore it
should be buried, and he arranged to
have = funeral service. The amputated
member was placed in a small coffin
and buried with all the pomp and GER
emony Mr.. Murphy would have expect
ed if il had been his own funeral. He
attended the funeIdi himself and wept
genuine tears as the earth was shoveled
on top of the rough box.
But this didn't end his devotion to
that part of his body which was dead.
had likeness of the leg cut into the
stone and then had it inscribed with
the facts of the case, telling that it was
Peter Murphy's leg and the date of the
funeral. Mr.. Murphy never neglects
the sacred spot where his Ag is buried,
and every week he hobbies out to the
country, where, in the summer time, he
keeps the grave prettily decorated with
flowers. His wish is that when he dies
the remainder of his body shall be in
TERED with his leg.
Murphy is a veteraR of the civil war,
and his injuries during one of the bat
ties were the indirect cause of his hav'
ing the leg cut off.-Detroit Journal.
And Some Do Both.