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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13
SUMMARY OF ToDAY's IMPORTANT NEWS


Governor Savers gives an accounting Of
the fund for the food sufferers: $4,000 was
received from all sources and $3.50 dis
burset.
Ei Cain was admitted to bail In $1,000;
the rest Of the men accused Of lynching
the Humphries were remanded without
bail.
The famous cannon OF San Jacinto. the
Twin Sisters. buried by Confederate SOL
diers appear to be lost beyond hope Of
recovery.
Farmers near Angleton will go extern
sively into the cultivation OF rice and
strawberries.
verdict OF not guilty was returned in
the criminal libel case against Rev. Hay
den. the prosecution was at the relation OF
Rev, Cranfill.
little negro girl was outraged near
Luling by negro.
Hermann Lindemann. aged so. living
near BRENNAN, suicided by choking him
self TO death.
Lone Star steamship line office at Gal
weston Is kept open, but no one knows the
plans OF the Hogans.
A number OF men have been laid on by
United States Engineer Richie on orders
from Washington.
Reports from many sections Of the State
show much damage being done the cotton
crop by dry. hot weather.
Governor Sayers is going to Washington
TO stIaighten out accounts due citizens Of
Texas.
Evidence regarding the purchase Of the
bark Razette will be given out Tuesday.
T. p. A. directors held meeting at
Galy estOu,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-13

POLITICAL

Republican members heretofore In ae-
cord with the administration. will make
some lively speeches at the coming ses-
sion with the war OF conquest for a SUBJ
ject.
Senator Foraker will not be invited to
take an active part in the campaign In
Ohio.
/, is stated that Mr.. Mckinley viii not
be candidate for another nomination.
The Van wyck boomers are said to
have declared that Mr.. Croker must keep
his hands out of the scheme.
Stevens OF Missouri Is said to have
been picked out as the tail to the Van
Wyck kite,
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GIANT CLEARING HOUSE.
banlsers VIII Work for 1t ut the
Cleveland Convention,
Especial to The Post

Especial to The Post.)
chicago, August 12.--The Evening Post
says: A giant clearing houAe to ascertain
the credit of merchants and business es-
Adjustments all over the country for the
dement, of the banks OF the United States
and uniform laws governing the charges
ior collecting checks is an achievement for
which large bankers of this city and the
East VIII work at the convention OF Amer
lcan bankers. soon to be held In Cleveland
september 8. and z. In point of interest
anu attendance the coming meeting prom
ises 10 eclipse all previous meetings. stems
aae peing taken to give the banking Inter-
usss o. the country clearing house from
when every member may ascertain the
ereait and solyency of patrons who wish
TO OBTAIN credit from the banks. New
ork city has been decided upon as the
location Tor this exchange. But the sys-
lem VIII be so extensive that bankers ali
oyer the country may take advantage of
Inc movement was suggested by thu
lot,on OF the New York clearing house in
~ hxed charges for the collection
= CHECKS against accounts in country
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this trouble or blood pois's sou cvs "a 3
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DOMESTIC.

General George Norman has resigned
as chief of staff to General John B. Cor
don OF the United Confederate Veterans.
Considerable damage was done to prop
erty by high winds the forerunner Of the
West Indian hurricane. on the Atlantic
coast.
A trust to include all the domestic and
Cuban factories making Havana cigars Is
to be organized.
Bankers will consider gigantic Ma
tional clearing house at the coming con.
vention at Cleveland.
The Burt insurance case has been ap-
at New Orleans from Texas.
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showed a strong disposition to maltreat
the former minister of war.
General Mercier hurried out OF the court
room through a side door On emerging
into the street the crowd outside cheered
the general and cried "Vive fArmee'
All" cried spectator of the scene
in the court .'if they had heard the hui
man monster speak they would not cheer
him now"
One newspaper man in court was ar
rested for calling General MERCER as he
passed him murderer but later on the
man was released.
Dreyfus was hurried out by gendarmes,
who Immediately cleared the court room.
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COMMERCIAL.

The future cotton markets opened at an
advance OF to 10 points but on report
from Texas that rain was expected within
forty-eight hours there was collapse
and drop of IA points took place, and
the close was points down. Spots I'M
changed.
Wheat closed higher. corn and oats I'M
charged and provisions unchanged to &c
higher
Stocks were active and net gains were
had on nearly all lines.
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LOCAL.

Captain S. Taliaferro appointed receiver
for the Cleveland property.
What is being done in the way Of beau
tfying the new public park.
The LAYING of the rock asphalt pave
meut on Milan street.
A report being prepared Of the work
done by the flood relief committee.
Eighty-seven recruits secured to date
for the Thrty-third regiment.
The Y. NJ. c. A. trying to increase its
membership to 400.
Hon. Albert E. HYDE will lecture to-
morrow night on prevention of disease"
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SPORT.

Cincinnati won two games from Boston
by scores of I to 2. Moved into fifth
place.
Philadelphia shut Chicago out.
Brooklyn and Louisville broke even.
Owner Cassidy and Jockey Houck were
ruled off the turf for life by st. Louis
Judges.
Don d'ore won the grand prize at Sara
tOga as he pleased.
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WEATHER INroRs1,,..


w,s.,, "Danilsties,
a,, asn.ns'on. August BIAS, ~.
orally fair; continued high ,ors. ' ~
-" lys a.u won MONDAY; fresh to brisk scutt y
west Texas-Generallv fair: eo ,tsS " y
s ses sso sunday and aona,y. ,,,., s i
s,p.y showers and cooler SUNDAY i NJ
northern portion: variable wind, A
new Enthusiastically fair su,,,,
Moneay: variable vines.
oklahoma and Indian Terri,or-n....
fair sunday and Monday: contlnuss H.. !.
perature; winds mostly soutb,rly
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Central
STEWARDS VIEW OF II.
Doesn't Believe Expansion Can ~
BE stoned.

Doesn't Believe Expansion Can -
BE stopped.
New York, August 11.-A Times 'ps's
from Washington says: In repl!
question concerning his views On aP1'
sion. Senator Stewart of Nevada sag
I'VE have expanded and 1t Is 10 lo' ~. /.
question whether or not we are u Nv. Y,
of it. 1t makes no difference Enstna =
United States had right TO buy lnse |.
lands or whether Spain had tlue y y !,
pose of them. The fact remains W. !. !.
did buy them, and we are there ~, /
give the natives an opportunity V =
themselves. ...,
Maybe our arguments are rather su'- \,
but that is apparently the oniy w IN
deal with these people. We can ~ ~ \.
them. If we sold them 1t would y r ~.
monarchy and the people o. me S S;..,.
States would stamp with unanimous W., Ivy
prevail the sale of a country anu ~ r's, Il.
The policy of the United Sla1es :,
Philippines has not been 49,. ~.
enough. I believe a more visoious
paign will be waged In the futufe
DURANT, Miss.-Mr. J. NJ. Bossu N. Il
OF the Oldest commercial travellers y S,s, M
ton, came here. took room az tns -. .s.i;o, Il
and shortly thereafter died Of o0ps
the brain.
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Meeting in sympathy for Dreyfu,

London, August 12.--An enthusiastic
meeting of 5000 London Hebrews was held
this evening for the purpose OF expressing
sympathy with Captain Dreyfus. It was
resolved in the event of acquittal of Drey-
fus to hold meeting of rejoicing.
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RAILROADS.

1t is stated positively that the La Porto
load is not for sale
New membership OF the Southeastern
arbitration committee has bean announced.
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Emergency Rnt,on.

washington, August l2.-The adjutant
general Yesterday cabled General Otis.
asking II It was desirable "a h.v. ~
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Hoods Pills cure liver Ills. n. -
only eathartic 70 take With HOLE ~

emergency ration for the pAo,.,.
missary Brainerd at Mani, s'i!plea Il
ing for 10000 emergency vn ,s,,i replied Z
pers. 5aIiont d -
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lotion region bulletin Tor IL t,..,. !.
ridian timos - -
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District Averss..

Number Of stations. ..
mot included In means.
Evening star., 1899-10-06

''Dinsmore is very rich, am told" said
Cumso to Cawker. -r~-e- = -
"Rich? I should say he was. He's rich
enough to evade the payment Of his taxes"
-Harper's Bazaar.
Evening star., 1899-10-06

hagen. the capital. in the Isseford The
tourist who may visit Roeskilde, famous
for it's medieval cathedral whose vaults
contain the remains of some thirty kings
and queens, with those of Saxo Grammati-
Gus, the Danish historian of the twelfth
century, will come by Devils Island and
II he should be aboard one of the ships
that pass in the night. be greeted with
such music that he would prefer to be deaf
for the time. or have his ears filed with
wax like those of the companions of Ulys-
ses. near the Island of the Sirens. Yet II
Is not the melodous song of sweet mer-
maids,
'Whose siren voice. enchanting. draws him
To guneful shores . :"
But the chorus Of a thousand cats assem-
bled on the shore of Devils Island For
this strange Danish colony besides twn
human beings. includes only cats, trans
ported there by two persons, a furrier anc
an engineer, who have built a residenc,
Tor themselves and sheds for their fefnes
Their agents travel ali over Scandinavia +,
buy up the cats, whose skins they use H.
fur manufacturing lucrative business
The feline tribes, which are carried n
large wired chests to the island. live
good terms with each other, are fed o.
fish and offal gathered from the neighbor
ing islands, and generally lead idylic
life. From their wooden homes. which they
only occupy at night and during the cold
est season. they swarm over the length
and breadth of the island, to assemble
every noontide at the landing station for
feeding, whereupon they again disperse in
groups and bands, or seek solitary or erotic
retirement The feeding is said to present
a very peculiar scene. AS soon as the boats
filed with forage arrive at the wharf the
hELgry cats crowd the surrounding terri
tory like a sea of waving fur. They Ill!
the landing bridge and stairs. and the ad
Joining shore teens with Outstretched tails
glowing eyes and pricked ears. a breed of
10000 cats Is expected fer the next year.
The cat colony on Devils Island is said to
be the only one of its kind in the world,
and may offer a suggestion for insular
terprise to our eastern shoremen. "the
Yankees of the SOUTH or to other Chesa-
poake rparians and islanders
Evening star., 1899-10-06
REGISTER DENTS CALL.
Will Tomorrow Assume Duties of His
New Position.


Mr.. Louis A. Dent. appointed by the
President to succeed Mr.. j. Nota McGill
as register of wills for the District of Co
lumbia, paid a brief visit to his new office
In the city hall today Mr.. Dent merely
called to say that he will qualify and as
sumo the duties of register at II o'clock
tomorrow morning
The ceremony of induction into office will
be brief. Mr.. Dent will exhibit the COM
mission from the President appointing him
register. will file a bond in the sum of
5000 and then take the oath. The latter
will be administered by Chief Justice Bing-
ham of the Supreme Court Of the District
approve the bond. This obligation pro-
vides that Mr.. Dent shall faithfully dis
charge the duties of the office of register of
wills, and shall seasonably record the de-
crees and orders OF the justice of the Su-
preme Court of Che District of Columbia,
holding the special term Of the court for
Orphans Court business. and shall sea-
sonably record tho Wills proved before him
or the court and all other matters directed
TO be recorded in The court or in the Office
of register Of Wills, and shall in all other
respects faithfully discharge all the duties
imposed upon him by law.
The oath to which Mr.. Dent will SUBJ
scribe will be in this form: II do swear that
1 will diligently, ,nhonestly and faithfully
execute the office"of register of wills of
the District Of Columbia. according to the
be- best Of my skill end srd Judgment, so help me
An inventory Of the property in the Office
will be made out and filed, and then Mr..
Dent will in all probability designate DIR.
Michael ]. Griffith, acting register. to per-
form the duties OF the register during the
necessary absence of the latter from the
office
Evening star., 1899-10-06
BLUSHING A DISEASE.
French Savant Says 1t Is Due 10 Ere u
thOphObfa or ErythrOphObia.

thOphObfa or ErythrOphObia.
From Pearson's Weekly.
The general idea that blushing is due to
fullness of blood in the brain is incorrect
according TO the new theory of It
French expert. 1t arises from tht
relaxation Of the arteries of tn.
face, neck and breast, thus allowing
ira quantity of blood to rush to the skin
Those arteries have in their walls a layeI
of rings of muscular fiber, which contrac
or relax according to the condition of tn.
patient, and permit the arteries to be
come more less full of blood. WheI
they are extra full which occurs in weak
ness. the patient bushes.
Blushers are more liable to redden il,
damp or stormy weather than in the col,
days of winter or the hot days Of summe.
If this glowing of the face We're the resu.
of emotion. why this difference? If it
due to weakness the fact assumes the az
pearance of probability.
There are two closely allied causes G
blushing. One is named 'ereuthophobia,
that is the ordinary cause-weakness, an
the extreme sensitiveness and other condi
tions caused by 1t. The other is designate
"erythrophobia, and is the fear that on,
will blush unconsciously at awkward mo
mentS.
The latter is a peculiar form of the dis
ease. The individual in question. although.
not given to bluShing, becomes gradual,
possessed with fear that he will do so
some inopportune time. and this fear grow.
upon him until 1t completely masters hin
and makes him grow red in the face whei
there is not the slightest reason for It,
At the most simple question the colo:
rises and he is placed in the most absurt
situation. He Is looked upon with sus
picion. because other people accept his con
fusion as consciousness of guilt: he recog
nizes the fact, and, of course, his conditio.
grows worse. Weakness is responsible il
this case also for the deplorable state o.
things. for when the sufferer Is taken T.
hand and gets 'braced up he smiles at hi.
former fears.
1t must be a very strong emotion tina,
causes a flush to come to the face of :;
really healthy man or woman. Whatever
they may feel. they will not show it any
more than they will show fear when con
fronted by great danger. In the latte,
case there is no doubt about the danger;
Is fully understood that there may be {
feeling of fear within. but it is not shown
by the face. similar remark applies tC
the sense of shame under reproach. That
feeling will not be betrayed by a blush, be-
cause the individual is not afflicted by the
disease.
Evening star., 1899-10-06
Life in China.
From the North American Review.

from tne NOrtn AineTlCEu REVIEW
All of US who know China, the leading
and most populous country In Asia, and
whose empire. leaving out Siberia, covers
two-thirds of that vast continent. know
that the life-breath of its prosperity Is pre-
cisely its independence of autocracy.
Though in name despotism, the emperor
is little more than a fgurehead: all official
appointments nominally in his hands
and his DEGREES are regarded almost as
divine, the "Son of Heaven like the pope
Of Rome, being looked upon as Gods vice
regent on earth; but he has not, like the
czar of Russia an army of docile Tchinov-
niks to see his DEGREES carried out and to
worry and oppress the people. A China
man, unless in the rare instances where he
Is entrapped into a lawsuit or caught as
criminal, may spend his whole life without
ever crossing an official. In the cities he
has neither license tax, nor house tax, nor
municipal rate to trouble him. No tax COL
lector calls at his door He is free to trade
and trave. where he will; passports are un-
known. He settles his disputes by the ar
bitration Of his own voluntarily supported
guilds. A nominal land tax. customs en-
try tax of 5 per cent ad vatorem, and a
transit tax or lilin of ~ per cent, to-
gether with the produce of the government
sait monopoly, are estimated to- burden-tire
Chinaman with an annual contribution
amounting to less than half Q dollar per
head.
Evening star., 1899-10-06
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

From the Milwaukee Sentinel
The Indian policeman who came with the
witnesses to the grand jury Monday saiG
that 1t would be a long fall and a late
freeze-up. He declined to say how he
knew this. but seemed positive.
A civilized Indian who came down yester-
day said that the reservation Indians are
acquiring taste for Jamaica ginger. '"rhe
stores around the reservations" he said.
'all handle ginger as legal drug, and the
Indians have discovered that 1t is as fiery
a beverage cheap whisky. A teaspoon
full will cause choking and coughing for
several minutes in throat unaccustomed
to swallowing the powerful stuff Red ink
is another favorite beverage Of the Indians
since the federal authorities have begun t.
exercise strfcter supervision over their
copper-skinned wards. It is the ordinary
red ink which a bookkeeper uses in his bal
ance sheets, and which book stores sell for
writing purposes. The ink drinker of cult
waited tastes will buy bottles by the half
dozen and swallow the contents with rel
ish. Essences. which white people use for
puddings, are swallowed in quantity by the
Indians. and have been used In that way
for years. Wood alcohol, accounted poison
in most parts OF the country. is consumed
in considerable quantities diluted with
water"
Evening star., 1899-10-06

Liquid air 10 nothing new" said Dukane
after Gaswell had been telling him Of won.
derful discoveries.
What do you mean7
There has been soda water ever since !
can remember. Chronicle-Tel-
egraph.
Evening star., 1899-10-06

Mrs. Flora c. Dyer has issued general
invitation to all old pupils and friends to a
complimentary dancing reception at her
academy, 1917 r street, Saturday. The re-
ception for children is at $3.50 and for
adults at $50.
Evening star., 1899-10-06
A CAT COLONY.


Torture PrisOners.
From the Baltimore Sun.
The name of ''Devirs Island has Of late
become so well known in connection with
the Dreyfus affair that a Danish contem-
porary takes pains to inform Its readers OF
the existence of an islet of the same desig-
nation. which is situated near the town of
Roeskilde,a about twenty miles from Copen-
Evening star., 1899-10-06
Run,or Denied.

The special assistant inspector general Of
the Regular Army and Navy Union. Mi
chael ]. Hackett. in conversation with a
reporter of The Star today. emphatically
denied a current rumor to the effect that
the biennial convention of the order had
been postponed. The meeting will be held
in this city. as previously announced. be-
ginning the 18th instant. The Metropolitan
Hotel will be the national headquarters
Sessions for the transaction of business are
to take place In ..Costello's Hail. go G
street northwest.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1899-02-18
The Finest Train in the World.

The finest train In the world is the
"New North Western Limited" which
leaves Minneapolis and st. Paul every
night for Chicago, via the Northwestern
line. This magnificent train, from the
mammoth engine, patterned after the ia
nous $685." to the last car in the train,
is brand new, and represents the latest
and best ideas for absolute comfort and
luxury while travelling.
Besides the splendid buffet library car
really a clubroom on wheels, there is a
magnificent private compartment Sleep
ing car, just the thirg for ladies, famil-
les or those desiring privacy, luxuriously
appointed standard sleeping cars and the
most comfortable and well-equipped day
coaches ever offered The travelling public.
This "New Limited" train is admitted
by the press as well as by thousands of
people of Minnesota and states west who
have inspected it, and also by many
others of this western country who have
recently rode on it, a. being without any
question the finest tram in the world,
and no extra charge ismade for any class
of passengers for it's superior accommo-
dations.
Tickets via this popular line may be
secured from agents Of the Northern Pa
cific railway, who will also make sleep
ing car reservations; Or, apply to Capt.
M. M. Wheeler, travelling passenger agt.,
Miles city, Mont, or to T. W. Teasdale,
G.. P. A, st. Paul. MINI.