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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

It Is reported that ts,ooo.ooo In actual solt
Is now coming down from the Kiondike on w,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

Let US hope that Elihu Root OF New York
Will not prove to be the root of any more evils
In the war department.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

8. ~ y e 4 IS - v,r,. Psss,Dss1.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

The cuero Star goes for the fellow who
Is wanting in public spirit land his tribe is
numerons). and at the same time pays com
pliment to liberal citizen in the following:
A whole lot OF people In this country think
when tho county wants right OF way for A
road or any other fayors that they should
charge two or three prices for 1t when many
times II is their only outlet for nlarke
and other purposes, The action OF Mr. Co.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

cunnipgly worded proxy coIt new crossing
threatening the adoption OF me one ass'royed
imlcai to their interest shou receive anythns
the command OF him who sens quite a good
per cent OF your sugar OF ttiay for The woSI,
Sugar Refining company. etc,irit shown by Mr.,
This wouid-be monopolisthe rs. dd''r nrah, IN
other than sugar, Whicu Y best and many
open door OF every tobplrd and who kick
lis distribution. The self-rvery ones who try
in Conserving the good viii OF Its boots when
Tina avoidinr the necessityfsr Is proposed
roasted coffee direct to re
stay the hand OF rasher nj naru'nt'er' This
than he who dirhe ALLEGED moss
TIMES OF the American 81
company. OF threats there OF being attacked
many ~ exeeutien rove hit Austin god save
ln-la lot OF our citizens and keen them from
,rc being run over and crushed 70 death.
20 The Halletsville Herald Is TO be eonsrs,,
M. lated. 1t was awarded the prize of sloo ~
Try fered by the Dallas Commercial club for ~.
rk best write-up OF the banquet given bv M
club to the Press association at its recsn,
c. meeting In Dallas.
A Tho Garland News speaks Of the corn o,o.
Try In Dallas county In very encoaraginr ts,.,"
It says:
!. We have seen good many corn cron. J..
Texas. but the present one Is undonh,ssi,n
an the best that we have ever seen Thons.eay
OF bushels Of corn Will be shipped from ahis
section next fall "n 'his
DID Earaiiy gratifying intelligence comss
wo many sections OF the State.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

u Dewey stops at few moro importau'
points en- route home. he won't BIO hungry
enough to enjoy that big spread In New York
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

The Calvert Courier, by gatllns. Is Allied
with the idea that:
Were Ex-Governor James Stephen Hogg
citizen OF Northern Or Eastern State he
would be the vice president OF these United
States. AS it is however the big Texan
must content himself with place In Presl-
dent Bryan's cabinet.
Well. even a mere cabinet position is not
to be despised these DAYS There are whole
lot of Texans who would be willing to sacri-
fee themselves for such lob.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

v
1Np1A.-rhe governmsnt q
native state of india IS AZ. .,,l
the enterprise which mas a.,d
ara. 1t possesses on tho c
immense falls, which als.y n,
i Ie vol,,ne az water. cspn
Lotbiniere, an engineer YIN n,
French Canadian by plI.a sstseY
trusted with a scheme ios c,uwt
great power station at tne ~ n
The mower will be chiefly "a n ~
machinery at the kols a W
miles away. When Captain ,,.it "
plans are ready he VIII SsK
states TO submit them 70 ,es y
merits. The power will al'9
develop local industries
Bombay, July IL.
swEDEN.-The Bapti''' = s.sI
their general meeting = n ~
e epi = that hat this denomin.a.ili.s,s's i, 4
ne s,nsSom' Nineteen disl'sss. -
resented and 226 preaen'v,,hsn jtd
tendance. The reports Mo)l =
that during the last year ssspIc
bers had come into w VI ~
three new parishes had III m a.
The money receipts fos .s n
in excess Of those for 'ssdsoh ?
Stockholm, July 2.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

Icy prosperity"-and so eager that they arc
Wiling to risk personal injuries and assaults
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-23

The thra,,or,, .o,,s, Pm of Wind-
pllshed. will prove another ''"N'o' "
FOL the diyershcation of err ,ha nr,r,.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
In Management of a Cal.
ifOrnia Asylum.
CAREER OF DR.. SPONAGLE
Swindliug and immortality Among the
Grimes Charged Againss the Physis
BOARD ofSsate Lunacy Managers-Thc
Report Contains Statements OF Com.
duct Too Vile 10 be Put In Print-Ths
Doctor Discharged

San Francisco. Cal, August 23.-The
state board OF lunacy commissioners
met here today to hear the report OF
Governor Gage on the result OF the in
vestigation OF the board into the con-
ditions existing at the Agnews asylum
for insane, situated near San Jose. in
Santa Clara county.
Governor Cages report Is doubtless
one Of the most startling papers OF It's
kind ever presented TO a similar board
for its consideration. 1t is based prin-
cipally on the career OF Dr. NJ. Spona
gle, medical director OF the asylum,
previous to his installation as such.
AS result OF the investigation, DR..
Sponagle and two OF his assistants,
Drs. Stocking and Cristal, have been
summarily removed, the assistants not
being charged with anything more
grave than incompetency.
The investigation OF affairs at Ag-
news was the direct result OF a birth
to one of the patients. Sensational
charges were made and the investiga-
ton followed.
Governor Gage included in his re-
port the testimony OF reputable people,
tending to show that Sponagles career
was one OF gross immortality and crime.
Governor Gage asserts that in 1892.
while Sponagie was resident OF Fres-
no, in this state, he was accused OF
trying to defraud a Philadelphia insur-
ance company, whose medical examiner
ne was, out OF 10000, with the assist
ance OF a Mrs. Skinner, whose husband
was dying of consumption The con-
sumptive's life was insured and shortly
after the first payment on the premium
anil la1 70 Dtzfl
suspicion arose. The insurance COMMA
ny made an investigation and succeed
ed in getting a confession from Mrs.
Skinner, showing that a conspiracy
, existed. The matter was dropped on
Mrs. Skinner's promise to turn states
evidence IL necessary. The governor
says that Sponagle was accused OF
| crlminaiiy assaulting a woman patient.
The charges, while almost conclu-
sive, did not result in anything and
Sponagle left Fresno the next night
after the charges had been dismissed.
Governor Gage states that Sponable
was accused at one time OF having
murdered a Mr.. Thurman, to whom he
| owed money and that several women
patients or DR.. SpoDagle have made
| charges OF serious nature against
him while attending them profession
| ally.
Inc report OF the governor is Of such
a character that it is unprintable. but
SHOWS up in an even worse light than
the foregoing.
The lunacy commissioners adopted
the report and ordered the dismissal OF
Sponagle, Stocking and Cristal.
DR.. ]. II. Crane, of Santana. Cal q
| physician of six years experience in
| an eastern asylum, was appointed TO
succeed Sponabie as medical director
OF the asylum.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

the correspondent Of the Daily News
says. is taking a passionate and quite
impersonal interest in his own case
has, IN fact. became a Dreyfusite."
The proceedings, though much less
exciting than on the previous day, We're
still dominated by the strong person.
ality of N. Labori. People are begin
ming TO see likeness 10 the beginning
of Gambetta's career and they wonder
if he will go as far.
PANIC AMONG THE ANTI-DREY-
FUSITES.
The correspondent of The Times says:
II learn on good authority that the
forces of the prosecution, led by Cen
eral Roget, are very seriously dis
cussing the advisabilfty of adopting
entirely new tactics. According to my
informatio they hope TO be able TO
render plausible the following theory:
In the presence, as they are, Of the un-
doubted facts Of treason as proved by
the existence Of the bordereau, and
quite unwilling to admit that Colonel
Henry was capable of treason; con-
WINGED, moreover, that only a general
staff officer could possibly have obtain
ed the information contained in the
bordereau, they ought to impose as to
a solution or an explanation the idea
that Dreyfus and EsterhaZey were ac-
complices, brought together by Weyl, Of
the Yacht, and thus EsterhaZey'S ad-
mission that the bordereau is in his
hand, a fact accepted by the court of
cessation, would be accepted by the
court-martial, while Dreyfus would be
looked upon as the real traitor and pur-
veyor of documents to the military at
taches of the triple alliance.
II need not marshal against this
hypothesis the numerous proofs of its
imprObability and even of its impos-
T hor "a
the very fact of its being now under
discussion shows a sudden and bril-
liant light on the panic-I do not hes
itate to use so strong a term-which
has seized hold Of the little band of
cOnspirators against justice, as they
have beheld the Rennes judges during
the last three days slowly but surely
placed in possession of those facts OF
which only French superior officers
outside the war office still remain in
blissful ignorance
PANIZZARDI TO TESTIFY.
Official permission to apear at the
Rennes court-martial, if cited, has been
granted, according to the Rome cores
pondent of The Daily Mail, to Colone
Panizzardi, formerly Italian military
attache in Paris, who recently denied
in a communication to The Figaro the
statement Of General Roget, in his evi.
dence at Rennes, that Panizzardi ad.
dressed a report to Signor Ressman
formerly Italian ambassador to France
to the effect that Colonel Schwartz.
koppen, fomerly German military at.
tache in Paris, had relations with
Dreyfus.
A DYING MANS TESTIMONY FOR
DREYFUS.
Paris, August 24.-The Figaro gives
an extract from a letter writer
just before he died, by Signor Ress.
man, the Italian ambassador to France
to whom Colonel Panizzardi is said by
General Roget TO have addressed let.
ter duplicating Dreyfus. The follow.
ing is the significant sentence:
II have only one regret and that i.
ITO die without having seen the limo.
cence of the unfortunate Dreyfus es.
tablished."
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
SITUATION IN PORTO RICO
Former Reports of the Storms Work
Not Exaggerated

Washington, August ga cable dis
patch has been received at the war de-
partment from General Davis, giving
additional details Of the conditions in
Porto Rico. He places the number
Of killed at 1000 and reiterates his
statement Of 100000 destitute General
Davis says:
"Rations from Nuevitas may be un-
loaded in quarantine, but it seems to
me supply can easier come from the
states, the fear Of yellow fever from
Cuba making extra precautions nee
essary. Press reports that Porto Ricans
refused to discharge relief supplies
without double pay are untrue. The
Macpherson arrived Saturday after
noon and unloading proceeding Sun
day morning. Dock hands refused work
without customary Sunday pay. Sol
diers of Porto Rican battalion volun-
teered to take their places, but long
shOremen returned to work when they
learned the nature of the supplies on
board and unloading was completed by
them. Some refused any pay whatever.
Their original strike was due to mis-
apprehension Stories that laborers in
the interior refuse to work because
they are to be fed by the government
is principally sensational talk and hys-
terics. 1 can solve that matter easily
as no issues will be made to those able
10 work unless they do so. Cargo OF
MACPHERSON has been forwarded to dis
tributing centres and part was issued
yesterday evening. In a few limited
areas the coffee is half safe: in re-
: naming areas the crop is almost total
. ly ruined and the trees so injured that
next years crop will not exceed so pei
| cent. average. Bananas furnished one
half the food and sweet potatoes
beans, corn, rice and yams, all of which
are grown here, supplied the othel
half to so per cent of the inhabitants
-, All the bananas, rice and corn are de-
: stroyed and half the potatoes. 1 now
estimate over 1000 dead and 100, ,OOt
hungry one-half this being homeless
Hunger Will increase rather than di
minish for many weeks
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25
German Cabinet Not 20 Resign

Berlin, August pa Prussian crown
council was held today. The emperor
presided. It lasted two and a half
hours. Before the session OF the coun-
Gil his majesty received a report OF the
situation from DR.. Won Lucanus, chief
OF the emperor's civil cabinet.
Prince Won der Neburg, the German
ambassador to France, lunched with
the emperor today. 1t is inferred they
discussed the Dreyfus affair.
1t is understood that as a result OF
the council the cabinet will remain In
office and there will be no dissolution.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures dyspep-
sia because its ingredients are such
that it can't help doing so. "The pub
lie can rely upon it as a master RENE
dy for all disorders arising from i'm
perfect digestion."-James M. Thomas.
NJ. D., in American Journal of Health.
N. 7. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

Detroit, Mich, August 23.-Daniel
J. Campau, Michigan member of the
democratic national comittee, denies
that there Is any truth in the reported
movement on foot TO have the NEXT
national convention held three or four
months earlier than usual. He said.
There has been no talk among the
members Of the committee and have
heard of no such movement,
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

Jackson, Miss, August 23.-Hon. A.
III. Longino, of Washington county, was
today nominated for governor of Mis-
sissippi by the democratic convention
without opposition.
The convention re-affirmed its adher-
ence TO the Chicago platform and en-
dorsed Bryan for president.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

Our baby was sick for a month with
severe cough and catarrhal fever. Al
though we tried many remedie. she
kept getting worse until we used One
Minute Cough Cure-it relieved at nnce
and cured her in a few days."-B. L.
Nance, Prin. High School, Blufrcale.
Texas. r. r. Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

All weak places in your system ef-
Wits Little Early Risers. They
cleans the bowels promptly euro
chronic constipation, regulate the liver,
and fill you with new life and vigor.
Small, pleasant. sure; never gripe. F.
R Bellamy
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

New York, August 23.-The Sham
rocks racing mast is not stepped yet.
The crew were hard at work today
overhauling the yachts rigging, which
has been stored in a warehouse nearby
The crew OF forty-three men were aug
mented by eleven more sailors and
twelve sailmakers. who arrived today.
together with William Crawford, fore
man Of Flies yard at Fairlie. 1t is said
tnat the shamrock Will be ready for q
trial spin in less than a week.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

Irritating stings, bites. scrasch.s
wounds and cuts soorhed and beaIei
by DeWitt's Witch Hasel Salve.-a sure
and safe application for tortured flesh.
Beware OF counterfeits. Robt. II. BEL
lamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-08-25

1t is reported that Maurice Gran h
engaged Herr Drouck, Of Berlin. Ieadas
a salary Of f5,40 ason at
The Washington bee., 1899-06-10

On tuesday May 80, the beautiful
parlors Of Miss A. A. Gray were
thrown open to the little pupils of her
Sunday school class. The occasion
was an evenings pleasure for them.
Miss Gray was assisted in making 1t
merry for the little folks by her sisters
Misses L. A. Chase and Alice K.
Jackson The evening was very
pleas lntly spent by the little folks and
was concluded by a well served repaSt
for which the Gray brothers are far
famed: The pleasure of the evening
was enhanced by the sweet strains of
music. Among those present were:
Sadie Meriwether. George Marston,
Mamie White, Lottie Griffin, Daisy
West, Ellen Lee, Annie Hurley,
Uadvs, Freeman, Gertrude Ewing,
and EStelle Houser.
During the past month, series Of
dinners have been given in the Cook
lnns school to which the trustees and
those interested in school work were
1T ID. These dinners were prepared
and served in the presence of the
guests under the careful eve of
Miss Cook Much qualification is ex-
pressed Dy all present because Of the
Practically successful results. Among
those who have attended them are
trustees Wright, Richardson and
Vile, Mrs. Grimke, Rev. GriEke and
UIotAer with MANY others.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-10

Mr.. Tripler thea made an expert
mcnt which he described as ''bOiling
water by the use of liquid air" He
poured pint of liquid air into a large
two-gallOn glass jar of water. The
liquid air. being lighter than the water
f1Oated on top like foam.
\ singular freak of liquid air was
then displayed. Drops of it. snow white
descended toward the bottom of the
Jar and then arose t. the surface again.
This was the nitrogen of the liquid air
trying to escape The experimenter
placed his hand over the top of the jar
and caused the yapOr to squirt out in
any direction he desired.
The most common operations in
handling liquid air are calculated to
excite wonder. The mere act of TAX
ing it out of vessel with a dipper
causes furious display of vapOr. The
air all about is made distresSingly cold.
The reason is that as the liquid air ex-
Dands into natural air it abSOrbs the
heat from the surrounding atmosphere.
Its vapor is only it's transition stage.
1t is then just midway between the
liOuid and gaseous state. This yapOr
can be made to produce a pretty lab
oratory geySer that Spurts up and sub
sides with the regularity of volcanic
yeyser springs in different parts of the
world.
Yet this mysterious chemical fluid
that seems so harmless and entertain
ing is more powerful than nitro glycer-
inc when confined. a test of its eX-
plOSive qualities showed this.
\ handful of cotton waste was first
saturated with machine oil. 1t was
next rolled in liquid air and then
placed loosely inside an inch and a
quarter iron pipe, two feet long. This
was i'm turn set inside of a heavy six
inch iron pipe. which was two feet
eight inches long The ends Of both
the pipes were left open. A fuse was
attached to the ball of oil and liquid
air soaked cotton waste in the smaller
nine. The precaution was taken of
preparing this experiment in an open
lot The fuse was then fired. The ex-
nlosion which followed tore two big
holes through the thick outer pipe.
While the smaller inside pipe was
blown into bits. except one twisted end
four inches long.
LIQUID air does many other curious
things 1t freezes mercury into a SOL
id metal that looks like lead.
Alcohol which is used for measur-
ing tEo coIJpst arctic temperature 1T
is f.c,,,r,,~,.'y thought cannot be frozen.
PIT t. .. r.. point. 300 degrees De
low zero is easily reached and sur
,aSscd hv liruid air. with its tempera-
ture of 312 below zero.
Mr. Triplor suggests that it would
f,,rDi..I, tI,n host kind of SmOEplpSS
powder for orr war ships. Ii could De
made on board just aS it might be
ppcc"d Magazines filed with dan
cero,-r nvplrSives would no longer be
necessary.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-10
WONDERFUL LIQUID AIR.
ADiscovery A Which WiIlLikels
Prove Extremely Beneficial
to the Entire Race.
EXPERIMENTS.
The Strange Substance Seems to Re-
verse the Ordinary Phenomena of
Nature-Water BoilS on Ice.

Bas Temperature of 312 Degrees Below
Zero-More Explosive Than Nitro Glyce-
rine-Makes a Hot Piece of steel Burn
Like a Match-It Freezes Mercury Into
a Solid Metal.
Charles E. Tripler made the great
discovery last year that air could be
reduced to Il liquid Us easily as water
could be frozen by artificial means.
Liquid air at once became the marvel
of science. Its properties are so Won
derful as to be almost past belief. Lii
qUid air has temperature of 81 de
greeS below zero. 1t is more eXplO-
sive than nitro glycerine when con-
fined. 1t is as harmless as water when
not kept under pressure. In color IT
is Il Steely, transparent blue. Though
so intensely cold. it bOilS without being
near fire. 1t makes Il piece of steel
burn as brightly as sulphur match.
Mr. Tripler made many experiments
in his laboratory in West Eighty-nintb
street. New York. One of the most
surprising was the burning of piece
of steel in cup of ice. The inventor
first made cup of ice. He did this by
taking a tin shaker such as drug
clerks use in making milk shake. He
filled this with liquid air. dipped it in-
TO a jar of water and held it there for
twenty seconds. In that short time.
One-third of minute. the liquid air
caused the water TO freeze half an
inch thick all about the tin beaker.
Mr.. Tripler then poured out the liq-
uid air. removed the tin beaker and
held in his hand the perfectly shaped
cup OF ice which had been formed.
Now, l will show YOU a strange
thing" said Mr.. Tripler. He filled the
cup of ice with liquid air. Then, TAX
ing a piece of steel wire, one end of
which had been heated red hot over a
gas flame. he plunged the hot end into
the incOnceivably cold liquid air. In
stantly it famed up as if it were a
powder fuse and burned until the
whole length which had been dipped
in the liquid air was consumed as if
it had been n match.
This curious experiment is explained
on the theory that there is so much
oxygen condensed in liquid air that ii
can burn metals as easily as wood is
ignited in ordinary atmosphere.
Another strange sight is a kettle
incrusted in ice. which is boiling over
gas flame. The explanation is that
the kettle is filled. not with water; but
with liquid air. The yapOr which
pours out of the nozzle like steam is
the liquid air expanding into a fOg
and then becoming natural air.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-10
$25 PER WEEK.

25 AUTHORS. Gems. Miles, Shat
ter, Merritt, Wood; Cuban Gems.
Garcia and Palma, Capts. Bob"
Evans and Taylor; Secretaries Long
and Gage; Nelson Dingley; Senators
Daniel and Cullom; Hon Justin Nc
Carthy, NJ P; Gems. 0. o. Howard
and Stewart L. Woodford and other
war leaders have united to write "The
standard History of the American
Spanish War" The Official History
Not collection of magazine articles
Each author writes chapter especial
lyfor this book. Finely illustrated. Ef
clusive territory. Liberal terms
showing list of authors sells it,
Address Ch as. c. Haskell & Son
The Washington bee., 1899-06-10
LONEJOY SCHOOL,
SCORES A GRAND SUScEss.

'OoNES a GRAND SDSCESS.
r, ne Browns Memorial Church was
ir"ed r.., 10 lis greatest capacity on last
t.Iaal evening by the patrous and
nlenoa ,.. OF the JovejOy school. The
o."dcuon was a concert and Stereopti
sG SUn recital given bv the pupils of this
s.noo,. The program was we'll rend-
0ed showing that the teachers had
Sp"Iea no pains IN training their pupils
~ me occasion. The children also
i ,L.a'llieSted spirit Of enthusiasm, which
,b.i.el ,bao@el that they were actuated by
tD.I ~le 4-S CHEST impulses and were anxious
: l'edSe their parents and friends.
ro"sS and recitationS illustrated by
f..s.gopucon views were the leading
a,a, ..'."'t OF the program. After the ex-
I'm ii,l.SeS the audience partook of re-
c..,I c,,.lsAIhentS in the lecture room of the
MI .a'NA. Here teachers and pupils
Il parents and friends who express
ma themselves as highly delighted
~: =" .te entertainment they had re-
~ $50. lhe concert receipts amount
NJ y over 500 most of which is clear
cav lAPcoseS. North East Washington
n.. ' W. afford to be proud of this
r1i s"i,lcent showing of their pioneer
s '''oo'-Old Lovejoy.