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running IL and the Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain the man who caused its the least
known Of any important public official
in England. He is retiring by disposition
never submits to an interview. has not
been Photographed for twenty years ami
his only well known characteristic .ic is a
tendency TO wear wretchedly cut clio hes
While Parliament is sitting he may be in
his office in the treasury building in
Whitehall twice week; when Par la
ment is not in session he Is seldom there
az all, but either his London house cr
his country place, Eeiherhaven House, in
Salisbury, where he manages 10 keep two
alert private secre aries fearfuly busy
aud has anoiher stationed at the treasury
20 have an eve on things there. on he
rare occasions when he honors the big
building IN Whitehall with a visit. he
drives down In his carriage and max Is
bee-line for his office. which Is known as
the board room, so that out OF the 12O
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ENGLAND'S WAR MONEY.
"IVAR CHEST" IN WHICH GOLD
WAS HOARDED 4 THING OF
THE PAST.

The Men Who Make and Rum the
NVar-Britfsh Methods Very Differ
cnt From Those Adopted in Ameri-
ca During the Contest with spain.
Copyright, 1899, by the $. S. Mcclure Co.
ordon. Nov. 2L-It is an interesting
fact that the English people will not know
until g how much Of their mo ey #
ccst to soak the ZIP Of Africa in blood.
Tire 100000 that Tarliament voted Off
hand at the beginning Of The Transvaal
war was thought in a general sort Of way
TO lie enough 70 last uutif March In the
ordirary course of ev nts, and if 4 wasn't
why then ihe-e was plenty more coming
from somewhere or other. and if he Beers
were not wiped out by Ma.ch it was all
the same, so ar as money was concerned
The other night the Marquis of Laus-
downe, Secretary Of State for War was Civ
ing an address. He observed that the ac-
cumulation Of arms and ammunition ty
The Boers lefore war was declared had
made II necessary to increase the British
garrison in South Africa at an extra ex-
pense of 100000, and -'
Just then the speech was interrupted by
a voice from the audience shouting, What
does it matter?"
And that interjection tells the story. The
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THE DEADLIEsr WEAPON.
EngIand's New TvcIve-Inch Gup Can
Shoot Across the Channel.

FROM the London Leader
In accordance with the recommendation
of Parliament, writes a Woolwich CORE
spondent, the British navy is being
strengthened by the addition Of a new e,,n
which will insure the supremacy of Great
Britain over the seas for many years to
come. 1t IS known as the Pinch stee,
and wire gun, and is not only the bes+
weapon which the royal navy has ever
had, but is far superior to any gun nos
sessed by any foreign navy.
1t weighs fifty tons, is fortv-one faot
long, has a muzzle velocity of 2.907 feet
per second. The projectile weighs s5o
pounds the bursting charge being eighty.
three pounds, and the firing charge 1911
pounds of cordte.
The admiralty has ordered 45O. at a COS,
Of 10000 each. OF these $50 have been
completed, and 300 are still In the hands
of the contractors.
Each man-of-war will carry four of these
formidable weapons, and when the navy is
supplied they will be issued TO forte a.,
the sea front. The new gun will he tho
heaviest in the service and win take the
place OF the llO-ton, l00-ton and S0-ton
guns, OF which no more are to be made.
9t "a uPp gun can nre a shot
twelve and a half miles, and the Trnitoa
STATES government is constructing al Their
arsenal at Wateryliet a monster s,,r
which, it is said, win carry a heavy sbo,
twenty-one miles. The new British na1ss,
gun though less than half the weight Of
me American weapon, mounted on the
hasn's OF Dover can. however, drop a
shei on the shores Of France. No ac.
euracy OF aim could, Of course be on
tained or maintained at this long distance
the effective range being 1900 Yards q,
between nine or ten miles. VI
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|, share, and perhaps more, too. Britain
claims that they brought on this war and
that they ought to pay for a good deal Of
it. The Transvaal is rich i'm its gold
fields, ana although one of rhe constant
complaints of it's inhabitants has been that
the taxes on these fields Is excessive, the
Chancellor of the EXchequer steadfastly
believes that. under a pure and equitable
administration of its public affairs, the
Transvaal, besides supporting its own gov
ernment could furnish appreciable assist
ance toward the payment of the new float
ing war debt
However although NO one is worrying
over the payment of the war Dill al pres
cnt, when tho time for its consideration
comes, shori shift will be made of 1t. IL
is definitely known that Sir Michael Hicks
Beach hopes that It may be paid of in
the year following next year-l90i.
IT. how yer. Sir Michael Hcks-Beach
had thought 1t wise to make an increase
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clerks that add, subtract. L-uifiply and di-
Vide Ia this Ungainly granite beehive,
probably not more than zen or twenty ever
have seen the Chancellor of the EN-
chequer. Two of these favored few arr,
Of course, the treasury messengers So no
are constantly kept On the tr5t betwe a
the government bookkee ers and fnan-
ciers and their chief wherever ne may lie
with all kinds Of documents for his sig
nature. or questions for his decision.
His Office Of Chancellor Of the Excheauer
corresponds almost exactly 10 that Of Sec
rotary OF the Treasury in the United
States.
Arthur Balfour Is, Of course, The first Of
the five lords Of he treasury with a cap
itaL and the o,her four are mere fl cure
D. ads at best But the real nati-nal imam
cier is Sir NJ chae- Hi-ks-Beach. He it is
W o. when an emeIgelcy ar ses-l Ike The
present one-is in for the not too easy
task of finding the best way 10 meet H.
Toe chan ellor has only recently reoov-
cred ON a gerious illness chat was both
ering him just ab-ut tie tine when the
necessity Of spending SO.0C0000 I'm kill
ing Ieope made its appearance and the
questions which are fired him severa!
dozen times q day are alone enough to
drive nervous man distracted, but Sir
Michael Hicks-Bcach is not If treasury
e pie are to be he ieved at all rufiled By
his sense of lespCn sibiity- al
ways has been one of his characters les
but goes on from Gay 10 day sirnina for
transp RS and re.nfcicenz nts and nmmu-
milton and mules with ap1arently as httle
unooncern IS if England started a nsw
waT every day in the week. AS for tae
other trea sury emp Oyes, s has bstn sal 4,
that pOri Of them de aied 10 keep tabs
on the war office in its Wild career of ex-
Ienditure are ral alher pressed fer time, bat
otherwise business goes along in the
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that upon which $SO,OOO,OOO would pay the
annual interest,""
What, then, has been the cost of the
present war up to date?'
Nobody knows No one will know.
either, until the spring of 19O1,-that is, ac-
curately. Not until that time will It be
possible TO gather together the disburse-
ments of each of the multitude of differ
ent departments. Now YOU might be able
TO guess at the amount of each one of
those, but the sum total is a matter for
the future alone"
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, the man who
is paying for this war-just as the Mar
quise of Landsdowne is the man who is
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There is comfort in knowing that Dr.
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Swamp-Root is the wonderful new dis
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To prove what Swamp Root will do for
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Remember the name, Swamp Root. and
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the redemption of the national debt-to be
taken from the resources in their hands
belonging to the savings bank deposits.
Through this course Of action any dis
turhance OF the money market Will be
avoided.
No less than three other plans of
financial campaigns have, however, sug-
gesied themselves 20 the chancellor. They
were, posslbl suspension Of the pay
ment Of the national debt; the addition of
penny or OF two-pence 10 the income tax;
and an increase in the subjects
of imports on which a duty IS
charged. What renders all three OF these
suggestions impractical q is the fact that
seven months of he pariiam airy year
which begins in April already have PISS
ed. The suspension Of payment on the
national debt for the five rem in ng
months would financiers have advised the
chancellor be almost barren Of re nj :. As
for the income tax it has been made Ilaid
that while Sir Michae believes h-t the
people affected by th 8 tax-all those
whose income are $500 'Jr over-snould pay
their share, and possibly heavy share,
Of the war eXpe nsesi still he Is convinced
that to increase the nations resources by
an addition to this tax alone wcu be
'emphaticaLy unfair and inequiIable. 1t
is likewise clear that In the event Of an
increase in the subjects Of md re taxa
ton for 50 short a time would simply de-
feat its own ends, for the reason tia. t0e
persons dealing In the duitable comm. di-
ties would reduce their purchases to ne
lowest point pOssible-sO that tie customs
receipts on those subjects might fail short
OF what they are at present. to say n5ln-
ing of netting an appreciable increase.
The Question of Payment.
Although the men who are looking after
the finances of the British nation are very
far from saving in the manner of the man
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When Parliament was summoned to an
extraordinary session in the last days of
October, its members We're made to un-
deTstand that their business was to appro-
pirate funds for war whi one Kruger
had forced Engl nd into wsg ng, and they
promptly made those appropr at ons with
out waiting 10 hear if the country could
afford the luxury of a war or no. If that
unhestating action might be interpreted
as a delicate compliment to the sagacity
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ole class of the English peop,e-usually
so careful with their pennies. Where does
all the money come from? And how is it
sIentg Although the general public doesn't
know and merely says, What does il mat
ter?'NI supposed government officials
could answer the question for me in detail.
Oddly enough they couldn't. Nobody knows
yet just where the actual cost is to come
fIom, or how the whole Of il is being spent.
IL isn't as if the old war chest were in
business yet.
The Ancient War Chest.
Once upon a time there really was war
chest-an actual, literal war chest Kings
of England respected the demands Of that
chest to a greater extent than they were
won't to respect the requirements Of a good
many other deserving Institutions, and all
the gold pieces that they felt they could
spare from their own pet enterprises they
dropped into it S a child puts pennies in
mis- little tin bank.
Government officials say when I ask
them half seriously If the war chest Is to-
day hidden away in some burg ar-proof
vault, that no such thing now exists thai
in these days of blue books and public re-
ports that any one can buy for a cent,
there is no chance for any such secret
fund. Germany, however, is pOp1larly
supposed to have q strongly guarded war
chest, and so, il is believed, has Italy and
Austria. Indeed. Robert Barr grouped a
deal of the plot of his novel Jennie Bax-
ter, Journalist, about the supposed loot
ing of the Austrian war chest
OF course, Englands war chest had, for
a long time after its retirement. an ante
type in the shape of an imposing war
fund. but that was in its turn demolished
in 1882 BY Pitt in his scheme for the con-
sci lated fund, and il is upon this con-
solidaied fund that England is drawing for
her present occupation of conducting n
campaign in the Transvaal. AS for the
consolidated fund, 1t is nothing more or
less tLar the receipts of the governments,
minus its expenses and il was William
Fit who decided. instead OF keeping track
of a score of separate funds, to lump h
whole lot Of them together and 10 ALLOW
eApen9 tires to be made only by act Of
Iariamt't t.
The Treasury Chest Fund.
So to-day there is only one reminder
Of the ancient war chest, so coddled by
Brtains rulers, and that Is an entry on
the looks Of the Bank of England, credit
ing Her Majestys government with S3,-
10000, TO be used for foreign expenses,
and known as the treasury chest fund
This name is an echo Of the olden days
when every war expedition that left Eng
land carried with II vertable chest"
packed with gold pieces for the payment
OF the army, and il is used simply for the
carrying on OF enterprises, usually of a
\ peoeeiul nature, In distant portions Of
Great Brita-n's domains. This treasury
chest fund is always kept at the same fig
ure' For Instance, upon the representa-
nye Of Her Majestys government being
ADVISED or any needed Improvement COM
ing Rithln his administration and invoiv-
ing heavy Expenditures, he invites ten
uers Of capital accepting the most favor
able and issuing bills on the treasury
glesi fund. Upon their presentation at
ne bunk Of England thcy are audited and
promptly PAID, when the treasury chest
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a storr of the Iron Duke.

From the Biography of Lord Playlar'
The late Lord Salisbury was then aloe, .Set
de-camp to the Duke, and he told me - ~
when the Chartists began their ma Ti 81 a., az
galopped in great anxiety to the DuAs Dus,re. 1s
the Horse Guards, and found him reaDl-s re. s-S
the morning paper He lifted his heau ~, lg1
a moment and said, How far are - 80
now from the bridgeP (Westnl,,.. rs ,.o,sa
bridge) Lord Salisbury replied ,,I,i,s
mile and half, sir" The great N onIs
said, "Tell me when they are WithIu ~ b
quarter of a mile" and he becaIle 80
sorbed in his paper. The Marquis ot 80 ~,
bury went back to observe. Wneu - 80
procession reached the appointed 1is's,iis 1iss't..ls
he galloped back to the Horse u-,'sl u-'ia,l,,
and again found the Iron Duke Tord
reading. "Well?" said the Duke; 1,,s
Salisbury reported that the processioI ,t,s5
breaking up, and that only small oel"4 the
bodies of Chartists were crossln5 Ia
bridge. Exactly what / expected,
the Duke, and returned to his paper
-s-ab--e------- -.
Here is the latest by Mark va s,nt
Nee ing Charles Grthre, a Pioriosn
British lawyer. in Vienna, the AT ett,oo'
humorist asked him. do you sni IN.
Sometimes, sir, when I am IN nau esrns
pany' was & e re ly After pause mt
a sec. nd a d est on. You're a awy i''l
you. Mr.. Gu hri % Il am, Mr.. Cie' ~ A
"Ah, then, Mr.. Guthrie, you mus.
heavy smoker."
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treasury just about as usual, which means
in a thoroughly dign fed manner, unmarr-
ed by improper haste
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funds accountants straightway make re-
QUESTION for the amount Of the expendi-
ture upon either the war Office or the ad-
mirally, accordingly as the expenses in
CURED have been on account of the army
or navy. To each Of these two great gov
ernment services a sum N the neighb0r-
hood of Sl25, 5,O010O0 Is allotted annually
ih8t is for ordinary maintenance. but the
coming Of war with the Beers was, Of
coul.e, Immediately followed by a parlia-
mentary grant OF s500900l0 10 be spent in
crushing the rebellion, exactly what the
United States Congress voted to hgnt
Spain.
was informed by a high government
official that the present sum voted by Par
Lament was regarded as htue more than
riea bite, and is expected TO last undl
Merch 81, by which time they hope that
the war will have been fought and won by
Great Britain He stated that the last
Boer war cost England just $25.000G00.
This one will cost more" he said, "be-
cause we are trusting to do the work a
little better
The Cost of the Present War.
"Of course you know" he went on.
how the present appropriation from the
consolidated fund is to be reclaimed. Ac-
cording 20 a statement of the Chancel-
lor OF the Exchequer the excess in the re-
ceipts OF the government over the antici-
pated expenses as shown in the last budg-
ct will supply $l5O0O,C00 out of-the $55.00O,-
coo which have been appropriated, and the
other $40 000,009 will be accumulated by
the negotiations of small loans However,
this war is only a petty affair. In the
event of a great war, the $50 coo which
England devotes annually to the payment
of the interest on her national debt would
be left unpaid, and a new debt contracted
the amount Of which would be equal 10
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The Question of Payment.

Although the men who are looking after
the finances of the British nation are very
far from saying, in the manner of the man
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-17
CENSOR IS STRICT.
Reliable News from Manila Is Difficult
to Obtain.
THE SITUATION IS ACUTE.
Insurgents Threatened to Attack the
City on Last Sunday.
NATIVES HAVE BEEN SMUGGLING ARMS
A Coffee House Found Which Was Filled
with Rifles.
sf .Ns<1. ul a4 9'fAt
NATIVES HAVE BEEN SMUGGLING ARMS
POSITION OF AMERICANS is UNPLEASANT.
PHILIPPINE soldiers Point Loaded Guns
at Them nnd Rt Any Moment
Fight May he Prccipitatcd.

Especial Cable Dispatch 10 the New York Her.
aid and The Houston Post Copyrighted,
1879, by James Gordon Bennett.)
Hong Kong January 1.-THE Herald's
Manila correspondent reports ridicu-
lously strict censorship upon dispatches.
The latest advices, dated January IS.
state that the situation in the Philippines
is still acute Aguinaldo is holding his
force In check with difficulty and natives
have been arrested for smuggling arms
into the walled city. On one occasion a
coffee house was found full of arms and
on another six Mauser rifles and a stock
OF ammunition we're discovered hidden In
a load of straw.
The natives residing in the city predict
an attack on Manila Sunday. the 18th, but
the foreigners maintain that there will be
no attack If the Americans do not pre-
cipitate one.
The position of the Americans Is very
unpleasant; their Spanish prisoners are
unfriendly and the hostile natives are nu-
merous and well armed, both inside and
outside of Manila.
The PHILIPPINE soldiers come out TO their
lines, close up to the American outposts,
load their rifles. deliberately point them at
walk back to their own lines. Under such
conditions there might be a fight at any
moment
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-17
WEATHER IMPORTATION.

Clear md Colder, WITH Northeriy
Winds, May he Expected,
Washington, January 16-Weather condi-
tiens and general forecast:
The storm central last night over Lake SUI
pcrior has moved to Lake Ontario. and Sec
ond storm has developed off the middle At
lantic coast An area Of high pressure exists
in the middle Missouri valley. Bismarck re-
porting fall of "a degrees in twenty four
hours to degrees below zero.
Ram has fallen in the Atlantic and Gull
States the lower lake regions and middle and
north Pacific coast light snow in the Missouri
vaissy and light rain or snow in the middle
kanky mountain region.
1'ta temperature has remained stationary In
all districts, including the Pacific coast, ex-
ccpt {, fall in the Missouri valley and upper
lake region.
Rain may be expected In the Atlantic states,
clearing Tuesday night. fair and much colder;
clearing and much colder IN the lake regions.
Ohio valley and Middle and West Gulf States;
threatening weather and much colder In the
n idle aud upper Mississippi and lower MIS-
souri, valleys Fresh southeasterly winds may
h. expected on the north Atlantic coast and
fresh variable winds on the middle and south
Atlantic coast.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-17
pHlLIPp,NE COMMISSION.
Dewey, Otis and Denby Will Prob
ably lie Named

ably he Named
Especial Dispatch to The. Post.)
Washington, January 16.-The commits
sio which the president is about to APP
point to proceed to the Philippines will
not be subject 10 tie confirmation Of the
United States senate, but will be named
under reserved authority of the president,
and its expenses will be paid out of the
war appropriations.
The commission will probably consist of
Admiral Dewey and General Otis. who are
in command of the American naval and
army forces in Manila, Colonel Charles
DENLY. ex-minister to China, and at pres
emit member Of the war investigating
commission; President Schurman of Cor
nell university and Prof. N. G. Worcester
of the Michigan State university.
The commission Is very strong one,
and in fact could not be improved The
peculiar qualifications of Admiral Dewey.
General Otis and Colonel DENLY for the
work at hand are apparent. Prof. Worces-
ter has spent four years in the Philippines.
and is said to be personally acquainted
with the insurgent chieftains. Moreover,
he has made a study of the customs. dis
positions and bent of mind of the Phili-
pinos, and is, therefore, particularly we'll
fitted for the duty desired of him. Presi-
UenL DCHuTIuuu 10 a man " iiiai htu apiii's
as an Investigator and student of great
questions and would be specially qualified
to serve on the committee.
II is not expected to commit the
United States government to recognition
of the independence OF the natives, nor Is
II to frame n scheme of government f1r
the islands as was the case with the Ha-
waiian commission. Undoubtedly, how
ever the commissioners Will unoffcially
confer with the natives and advise with
the military authorities 1t being felt here
that men of their experience and qualifi-
cations will be valuable counselors on the
conditions now existing.
II is believed that the natives can be
kept from hostllities until the arrival of
the commission at Manila. and II is hoped
that the best results will follow tho visit
the reinsurance of the ma
tives upon many points as to which
they are now doubtful II will also be per-
ceived that by the appointment OF COM
mission the president Is granting the APP
peal OF some OF the best PHILIPPINES who
are confident that both sides will be en-
lightened by It's creation and declares TINT
the United States government will be
shown that the abilities OF the Philippines
for self goyernmcn have been under
while the PHILIPPINES themselves
will be induced to have patience before
upon self-government.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-17
cHAFING UNDER DELAY.
Philippines Anxious for the Amer
teams al AnflStr Al- sa

PHILIPPINES Anxious for the Amer
leans to Act.
tSrccial Cable Dispatch 10 the New York Her.
aid and The Houston Post Copyrighted,
1884, by james Gordon Behnett)
Manila, January 1G.-The delay OF tho
senate in arriving at a decision upon the
peace treaty is damaging American pres.
tIge here Two-thirds of the people would
gladly support American rule, but dare
not oppose Agulnaldo. who is backed by
the army The better class of PHILIPPINES
and the working classes fully understand
that any form of purely native government
would constitute reign of terror The
Americans must demonstrate practically
to the natives that Aguinaldo's army is
useless rabbIe compared to the organized
troops.
It is reported that committee OF in
huential natives from Iloilo are imploring
Aguinaldo's consent TO the Americans oc-
cupying that town in the fear that other
wise the hill tribes, who form part of the
insurgents army, will loot and burn the
city.
All is quiet In Manila.