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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-16
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST
IS THE
Houston Printing Company.

r 5 50fsMNsSTos .. y;ea Psas1Ds ss1
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Houston sets tho pattern for rival towns
IN the artistic entertainment OF the visit
ing public.
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1t is awfully slangy to say 1t that way,
but Britain is up against the real, hot thing,
donchyerknow
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A BOUQUET OF BABIES.
Nearly Q Hundred Little lnnocents Entered
In The Baby Show.
THE pRErTJESr CHILDREN IN HOUSTON
Are Entered in Competition md Tive
of Them Tie for First Honors'
List of Prize winners.

Innocent child and snow white flower,
Well are we paired in your opening hour
Thus should the pure and the holy meet
Stainless with stainless and sweet with
sweet"
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AEuinaido ia still at large, but he's the
best scattered individual that ever led a
forlorn hope.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-16

The Industrial boom is the best boom
TeXaB ever bad.
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The war In South Africa continues with
almost unexamplcd nerceness with the
British military strategist in South Africa
the march from Capetown to battle-ground is
practically an expedition In experiment "
Is attended with reverses that reflect no dis
credit on the English fighting capacity but
that rather demonstrate the superior PROV
ess and equally excellent hghtlng splri, Oh
the Boer sodicry. Meanwhile civilization
stands aghast at the bloody enactment, neitn-
or denying the gallantry of the invader nor
the granite courage of the stubborn r.he-
man who. step by step, challenges mis- az
vance 1t is not, however that inc pubic
shall be treated TO stirring tragedy that war
is waaed but to win territory or TO preserve
ll,berty The first is despcable' the iattsi
noble and ennobling The first Is promptch
by greed, ambition or rampant ruthieSs
military spirit. The second. by the CON
.o.,nnoo If tho stato whose stimulating genius
is patriotlsm and whose omnipresent purpose
is the sovereignty of the republic
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Foreign Gffiecs-Easier, business Office IS Tribune
building New York (The s. c Beekwh Spe-
eis, Agency; Western 49, lThe Rookery) Chi
eago. THE 5, c. Beekwnh Special Agency
Trnyeiing Agents--C. S {. Holland. Travelling
Auditor: 4. 4. Holland, b D, Th'oop and j. X.
Gris,. Travelling Agents
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THE DAILY POST, n THE SUNDAY POST.
20 Columns. t6sto 7s4 Coils.
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Tho dove of peace has evidently dropped
dead
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ENTERED AT THE posrorrrcH At HOUSTON. TEXAS
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Subscription by Maii--Daily and Sunday Post. one
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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01

s25 reward to any one proving that E.
F. Mayer, 40 West Park, does not put
in the best handspring made for ST.
Watch cleaning, $1.50.
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OLD BOREAS is IN BUTTE.
Brought Blizzard of the In
tensest Quality.
MONTANA FALLS IN LINE
February Promises to Be an Ic.cle-Jan-
uary Made Pretty Start, but
Treated Us to Mser-
able Finish.

Clothed in his regal habiliment, at
tended by his retinue of frigid satellites
his coming heralded by the blasts of
million trumpets, from the storehouses
of the north regions, old Boreas arrived
in Butte, and has opened the loodgates
of his wrath, and there reigns in these
parts a blizzard of the most intense
quality. Montana has fallen into lille
with Colorado, Wyoming and other
blizzard stricken states.
Yesterday morning the light snow
which fell during the previous hight
was gathered up by stiff breeze and
scattered broadcast over the city A
nervous puff of wind would hoist a
bank of snow high into the air. where
1T would be tackled by another ouff
and down the whole lot would fall in
a shiVering mass in the faces of pedes-
TRANS, only to be rent asunder by a
succession of irregular blasts and fred
to the four winds. where other collec-
tons met in furious combat, the man
gled fragments of innocent flakes being
piled in cutters, on car tracks, in door,
WAYS and under the collar of a won Ter
ing populace.
January started out to be a peach,
but February promises to be an icicla.
Just before January retired it succeed
ed in making a monkey of itself und
all of its goodness is lost sight of in
the contemplation of its indiscreet con-
duct during the last hours of it's life
1t was a rickety old cycle with a pune
tured tire: it couldn't stand the going
and proved to be an old skate after all
January, like many 2-year-old thor
oughbreds, made pretty start and a
bad finish. AS the campaign commit
teeman said to the husband of "a Con-
tented Woman "Chaos has came"
Winter is here and nobody knows It
better than the Butteite does. The me--
curry has fallen from As to two degrees
above in "a hours. and it's still falling.
The heavy wind makes it colder than
it otherwise would be. There have
been no fatalities so far as learned.
but there are many cold feet and sting
! ing ears and noses. The cringing of
the hack wheels is mournful music to
the man who lost his money in spacu-
lation. The display windows in cloth
ing stores never looked more inviting.
Those listers and fur coats are really
very pretty things. The coolest thing
in town is the fact that the greater part
of winter is yet to come.
! 1t is hard going for the street cars
in some places. The serpentine route
is practically free from inconvenience
or obstruction And this part of the
system was supposed to furnish all the
the trouble in the winter Trips to and
| from Centerville are made on schedule
| time, the same as in the summer. How
| ever, schedule time on all lines is not
| seriously affected, but there are some
| delays, of course, when a stubborn hill
refuses to look at the thing in the tight
| light.
| In the midst of ii all while the wind
whistles and the snow friZzles, there is
a warm undercurrent Of consolation in
| the fact that smoke can't stay where
| the wind does business.
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Headache relieved, eyesight made per-
feet. by Butte Optical Co., AZ w. Park.
Grinds its lenses Examines eyes free.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
They Stole Valuable Metal,

San Francisco, Jan. 31.-John Hallin
and Arthur Daught have been arrest
ed on a charge of stealing copper and
brass from the Mare Island navy yard.
They were formerly wreckers, but of
late have been veritable bay pirates,
using whaleboat and a skiff to COM
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01

NIT their depredations. Hallin was
captured by marine at Mare island
While in the act of looting the yard. A
man with him at the time escaped by
standing out to sea in the whaleboat.
Daught was caught in the city. More
than ton of metal. worth as high as 10
cents a pound, which they had stolen
from the government, was found BY
detectives. 1t had been sold as wreck
age from the steamer Columbia The
pirates admit having taken other stuff
along the shores of the bay.
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Pursued by the Rebels.

Lima, Peru, Jan. 31.-Trustworthy ad
vices received here from Bolivia say
the president of that republic, Senior
Severe Alonzo, who has been operating
with an army against the insurgant
forces which have occupied La Peg, the
nominal capital has retired from the
neighborhood of that city and is being
pursued by the rebels.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Superintendent Responsible for
Mechanical Work.
GREAT NORTHERN ORDERS
The Necessity for Competing Cont
mental Railroad-Excellent Services
of the Burlington New
Dining Car Service.

F. e. Ward, the new general super
intendent of the Great Northern, has
issued a circular, copies of which were
received by interested officials in Mon
tana, making division superintendent
directly responsible for all work in the
mechanical departments. Hereafter
master mechanics, roundhouse firemen
and car foremen will report to their
respective division superintendent.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01

Paris of o-day-the handsomest pre-
MUM book ever offered-now ready for
delivery upon payment of $40 in ad-
vance for one years subscription to
the Standard. Can be obtained at
Standard office in Butte, Anaconda,
Missoula or Great Falls,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
"Greater America"

Full information about the new Pa
cific possessions of the United States.
A handsome booklet just out; most
complete publication yet issued Beau
tifully illustrated maps, statistics of
exports and imports, possibilities of
Oriental trade. merchant marine of the
world and other interesting information
All for 2-cent stamp.
f. |. WHITNEY,
General Passenger Agent Great North-
ern Railway, St. Paul.
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1t is now said that there are good
prospects that the Union Pacific will
agree to the adoption of a new agree
ment for the Western Passenger asso-
citation and that it will become a men,
Der.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01

Do you want to buy or sell Boston
e. Montana. Butte & Boston or Parrot
stocks? We receive quotations from
Boston every so minutes. Thompson
Investment company.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-01
MADE A PROTEST.
American Commission Will Not Associ-
ate With FiIipinos.

ate With Filipinos.
Hong Kong, Jan. 31-The Filipino
junta here published it's protest against
the refusal of the United States TO as
sociate with the philippine commits
sion representing the national govern
ment," adding that 1.-The usefulness Of
the commission will necessarily be
greatly limited by the exclusion of Fill
ipinos." The protest continues, 1T is
impossible for commission sitting only
at Manila, unaided by friendly cooper
alton of the national government, to
reach proper understanding of the
actual condition of affairs in the Phil
ippines, the unanimity of the aspira-
tons of the people and their capabiiity
for self government"
Last week a Filipino boy was shot
by an American soldier because he was
wrangling with Chinaman. The SOL
der was not prosecuted and the boys
father in revenge attacked an American
outpost, armed with knife, and Killed
three of them. The rest fled.
"A Filipino officer was killed while
walking in Manila by an American SOL
dier. There was no prosecution The
American army is daily provoking hos
tilities by acts of vandalism
The junta also asserts that the allie
cations respecting the filibustering eX-
petition and anarchy are falsehoods"
THE while country" it is assert I'd
has declared its unconditional support
of Aguinaldo. The public evidently ig
nores the fact that every province in
the archipelago is represented in con-
gress."
General Otis action in prohibiting
code kilograms is a fragrant breach of
international law, but the truth is leak
ing out. The Filipino newspapers de-
nounce alleged gross abuses at the Ma
Mia Gust ON house
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Calling Cards.

Calm: Cards.
Call at the Standard office, 81 East
Broadway, and see the latest styles Of
calling cards.
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Paris, Jan. S1.-The Filipino junta has
received a cable message from Hong
Kong explaining the second proclama-
ton of the Philippine republic. The
message says: THE first proclamation
in August was the work of Aguinaldo
and the generals. The second is the
unanimous work of the Filipino assem-
bly,"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
Want Free Pulp and Paper,

Washington, Jan. 31.-A meeting of
the American Newspaper Publishers
Association was held here yesterday
with a view to directing the attention
of the American members of the joint
high commission to the adoption of a
policy which shall protect American
forests by securing in the treaty now
in course of preparation between the
United States and Canada a revocation
Of the present duty on print paper and
pulp from Canada A statement of the
views of the association was drawn up
similar TO a statement printed not long
ago in these dispatches. and asking
that pulp and paper be put on the free
list as protection from the paper COM
bine. Later the publishers called on the
president at the White House and aft
erward had an informal meeting with
the American high joint commission
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
MORE DEv1LTRY AT PANA.
Attempt Made to Assassinate Operator
Penwelrs Snn-The Late Murder.


P2na. his. Jan. 3I-An attempt was
made Sunday night by unknown men to
assassinate Claud Tut Penwell, son of
Operator George V. Penwen, the
attempted murder occurring at
Operator PenwelFs home. Young
Penwell. who is assistant secretary of
the Penwell Coal Mining company, made
the following statement in relation to
the attempt: Il was at my home read
ing about midnight when had occasion
to go out on the veranda- 1 saw the
outline of a man about twenty feet from
me, and knowing he had no business
there retraced my steps into the house
to procure my revolver. Lights were
burning. and as 1 was passing the
window heard the report of revolver
and bullet crashed through the win
dow, lodging in the door casing, miss
ing my head about six inches. / rushed
out and saw a man leaping fence,
whom owing to the darkness was I'M
able to identify. He made his escape"
1t is supposed he was mistaken for his
father
Sheriff Downey, Chief of Police Kelly
and their force of deputies and police
are vigorously but yainly working ev-
cry clew and point of evidence in an
endeavor to run down the murderer of
Mrs. Mary Mcintyre. An unknown man
is under arrest but the officials will say
nothing about the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
MARVELLOUS CHANGE HAS COME.
Balfour Hopes for Its Permanence-Our
Commission at Vancouver.

Balfour Hopes for Its Permanence-Our
Commission at Vancouver.
Il felt then, though l spoke my in
most convictions, that I must impress
my hearers as something of a dreamer
and an idealist; or as a prophet only
hoping for what he himself can hardly
expect to see realized. But the three
years that have elapsed since have
wrought a marvellous change in the
relations between the two countries
a change which 1 believe is not destined
to be reversed; a change which has
brought back these two great communi-
ties to their normal relations, disturbed
as those normal relations were by more
than a century of unhappy discord;
a change which once made is a change
that ought to be permanent, for it is
founded. as 1 hope. upon mutual SYM
pathy. mutual comprehension and the
mutual belief that each great and free
community desires to see the privileges
il enjoys extended far and wide to all
continents and among all nations
And if l am right. and that common
sympathy be implanted deep in the
breasts of these two great nations,
there cannot be a greater guarantee
for future peace, freedom, progress and
civilization. not only of this or that
country or community alone, but of the
whole human race"
Vancouver, p. c., Jan. 31.-Those who
witnessed the reception given last night
to Professors ]. c.. Schurman and d. c.
Worcester. United States Philippine
commissioners. must have been i'm
pressed with the cordially that now
exists between the United States and
the rest of the English-speaking ma
lions. The two commissioners arrived
on the Canadian Pacific express, and
despite rain there was a very repre-
sentative crowd Of citizens at the sta
ton to greet them. Among those pres
ent were the mayor. city council. board
of trade. bankers and chief merchants
the distinguished travellers went aboard
addresses were presented and replies
made.
Secretary Stein, of the board of trade
reminded the commissioners that their
duty would lead them close to a spot
forever haIlowed by the action of an
American commander. who forty-two
years ago went to the succor OF Brit
ish admiral and assisted in the rescue
of British sailors lying wounded on the
mud fats at the mouth of the Pei Ho
intervening against a friendly power
and defending his action with the mem
orable reply: Blood is thicker than
water" such an act could not be for
gotten. and was cherished in the mem
DRY of those who were anxious. he be-
Iieved in certain eventualties, to be
able TO pay the debt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
ABBREVIATED TELEGRAMs.

The temperature at Rat Portage yes
terday was o. below zero.
More than $3.50. 0OO.O Of the exports
for 1889 of the United States were the
products of the farm.
There are TO cases of sickness among
the soldiers at Havana belonging to the
One Hundred and SiXty-first Indiana.
Rev. Myron Winslow Reed. the we'll
known pulpit orator, died at Denver aft
er protracted Illness. He was &c years
old.
The North German Gazette denies
the rumor that Prince Hohenlohe CON
templates resiSning the imperial chan
cellorship.
The death is announced at London OF
Robert Rintour Symon. an English
financier. we'll known in this country,
aged 90 years
An entire family named Robson. con-
sisting of four persons. is reported TO
nave been drowned by the capsizing Of
small boat in Lake Erie.
DR.. a. r. Reynolds. Chicago health
commissioner, has issued a circular let
ter to the public giving warning of a
possible smallpox epidemic.
Chicago police are searching for two
men who bound and gagged Miss Mar
guerite Swarth in her home at Isl Lin
coin avenue. and robbed her.
1t is semi-officialIy asserted at Berlin
that all three protecting powers have
agreed to refrain from sending further
naval reinforcements to Samoa
Special dispatches from Dresden say
that a man named Ref has been ar
rested at Dresden on the charge of
stealing diamonds worth 10000 marks.
A Stretch & Bros, Oshkosh (Wis.)
wagon manufacturers. have been
awarded a $4,000 government contract
to supply 100 dump carts for service in
Cuba.
Charles Mclean, who says he is the
healer" known as Schlatter all over
the west until his disappearance and
reported death in New Mexico in 1897
is now in Brooklyn, y. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
Masters Sale.
:. r Kenw orthy and jackson s Hurst,
Attorneys.

= r Kenw Orthy and jackson = Hurst
Attorneys.
State OF Illinois. IS
Rock Island County.
In the Circuit Court. In chancery. Par
titfon. general No 4+os-
Jabob Summon " Louisa Dei>enbach Charles
Simmon. Catherine WlsCn. Elizabeth Che
rev Henry J. Simmon. and George II. sim
mon Peter g. summon and Harrison B.
Siulmon in their own night and a. trustees
for Harry FIeener- George F1eener- Title
FIeeper. and While F1eener under the last
viii OF Phillip SimmOn- deceased and Maria
ne-. George kleener- Tile E.eener and WI
lie FIeener.
Notice i hereby given that by virtue of a
decree. of : id court. entered in the above en-
tIti,-d cause. on the seventeenth day of Jan
uarg A % fS99. I shall on Saturday. the eigh-
=, enth of day OF February n D. 1899 1t the hour
OF yro o clock IN the afternoon 1t the east
door of the court house in the city OF dock
Island II said county % Rock Island. Is d.
rr--,-,f f1x aid decree. sell at public auction TO
The hIsyhe.St at.d best bidder for csSh In hand q
c,.rtaiu parcel on land. situate in the county
of Rock Island ann state OF Illinois known
and described a. fellows to-wit:
The southeast quarter - OF section SIX 90
intownship sixteenth 90 ncxth range one %
rwest or the fourth tGfh) princi Al meridian in
RICK Island county. Limos
Lated at Rocx IsiarG illinois. this eigh-
ts,.r,, b day OF January. A d I-s<'
ELswIS z PARMESTER.
Master In Chancery. Rock Island County. Ill
=. r. kENwoKTHY.
JACKSON s HURST.
Gomplainaats Solicitors
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
Arraignment of Mrs. George.

Canton, o.. Jan. 31.-Mrs. Annie E.
George. indicted for murder in the first
degree for killing George ID. Saxton, the
brother of Mrs. Mckinley. was brought
into court yesterday to hear arguments
on motions preliminary to her arraign
ment. She appeared cheerful and was
much interested in the proceedings. At
torney Sterling read a motion to quash
the indictment and arguments Flowed
Judge Taylor took the matter under ad-
visement. Mrs. Georges attorneys will
try to prove an alibi.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.

Estate OF John Powell. deceased.
TIE undersigned having been appointed
administrator OF the estate of John
Powell. late of the county of Rock
Island, state of Illinois. deceased. hereby
gives notice that he will appear before the
county court of Rock Island county. at the
county court room. in the city of Rock Island.
at the March term. on the first Monday
in March next. which time all per
sons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend, for the pur-
pose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re-
auested to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 10th day of January. A. d. 1899.
W. II. kIsTLER, Administrator.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
Three Millions for Cuban Soldiers.

Havana. Jan. 31.-President McKin-
ley is understood to have empowered
Robert p. Porter to arrange for the dis
bursement of $4,000. eco among the Gu
han soldiers. Porter will probably GO
with Senior Gonzales de Quesada to
Remedies to meet General Maxine Co
nlez to persuade the Cuban command
er-in-chief to disband his forces and to
lend his influence to the United States
military administration. Porter and
Senior Quesada are comforting with the
governor general
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-01-31
Mercury Hugs the Bulb,

Chicago, Jan. 31.-Ten degrees below
zero was the temperature here at 10
o'clock last night. The mercury
Rugged the under side of the zero
mark nearly all yesterday. The intense
cold has caused great suffering among
the poor. Reports from all over the
west and northwest tell of below zero
weather