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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-07
Monogram on Shirt waist sleeve.
New York Evening Sun

Monogram on Shirt waist Sleeves.
New York Evening Sun.
The smartest shirt waist Of the season ,s
OF pique, plain color preferred, with the
wearer's monogram embroidered upon the
Ieit sleeve, Just as an anchor is embroid-
cred upon sailor suit. The monogram
must be the same color as the piuue suits
mis- year. tailor made pique of palest
pun has no other trimming than a palest
pun monogram upon its left sleeve. So
popular is the style becoming that already
some enterprising persons have begun 10
collect such monograms. Without doubt
lncy VIII form good part Of the summer
gris ammunition, though It may be added
that wearing your monogram upon your
sleeve is a very different thing from wear
ing your heart upon 1t. The chosen colors
TOT pique shirt waists are pure white, rose
pink and deep army blue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-07
lvocxrrBooK AND GARD CASE OF
} SNAKESKIN.

-orvrrBooK AND CARD CASE OF
A'FVs' sNAKESKIN.
.... nccketbooks run anywhere from
(. "a! !. a. and there is one fashionable New
2 ". z -, s,omau who laid s76 upon the coun-
~ "a. Union Square jeweler for a purse
'M.sra case OF snakeskin deliberately
.sn,ssa with gold and studded with dia-
rcud chips. s oo,a o.so
~. an opening on one side OF the
~ 10y d which the card case Is slipped just
~ !. sith X Inc prayer book and hymnal.
po,h the case and purse are long and
~ rhe purse, however, has the trim
s,s, mon the corners while the card case
s,T,,t;on Is In the center of the outside
~ Francis Taylor.
vousseline Gown AppIiqued With
Cloth.
ytom Katherine De Forests Paris Letter.
Something quite new was launched in
III here the other night--cloth used for
Embroidery on mousseline de sole yelled
sFh gulpure. The cloth, very fine and
,lrple, was of pastel blue. In front 1t
i,fned sort OF long stole, while the back
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
THE ELKs.

The members of the Pine lun Lodge of the B. P. o. Elks will leave this city for St. Louisiu a body Monday. St. Louis is making elaborate prepara ions to receive them, and the convention promises to be one of the most successful meeting ever held by any secret order h the Cyclone City" 1t the first nights session, Frederick Ward the great actor, will be master of ceremonies. Other notables, includ- ing Stuart Robson. Al G Fields, Wm. H. Crane and Tony Pastor will be pres Tt. Ever. thing connected with the meeting is said 10 be on the road to success. St. Louis is now a mass of bunting and it will be only few days before the Elks will have full possession of tue city.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
News in Brief.

The trial of lack Kennedy for train robbery at Hartvilla, Mo, is in progress.
 Devils Patric, robber and murder CT, was taken from jail by Il mob at Beaufort, N. c. His fate Is yet unknown.
 Gen. G. F. Wills, of Windsor, \. Y., is dead
 A whisky barrel famine i. is disturb ing Kentucky distilIers.
 Nobles If the Mystic Shrine ase holding big meeting at Buffalo.
 The War Department will adopt the English plan Of retaining at home one battalion of every regi- ment serving in the colonies.
 Charley Gordon, of Center. Ala, has disappeared and murder is feared.
 Thirty persons were poisoned with ice cream at Dalton, MIct.
 4 British vessel direct from Vera Cruz is held in quarantine at Mobile.
 Gen. Wheeler may run for Govern or of Alabama.
 Texas will bar out those corpora tions chartered ia New Jersey.
 A cloudburst near Spofford's June tion, Tex, did great damage.
 Belgian capitalists are arranging to develop the Philippines.
 Three thousands smelter employees in Colorado are oIt on q strike.
 George Braw, d discharged troop CT, killed a negress at Huntsville, Ala, because she wouldn't marry him.
 Two tramps are thought to have been buried under the wreck of col lided trains near Newport, Ark.
 There have been industrial riots in Jamaica.
 Dres fus will land at Brest.
 Poincare has not yet been able to form a Cabinet for France.
 CubaLs of Santiago province are out for annexation to the United States.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
A REAL ESTATE DEAL

MT. Chas. Haycock, our we'll kno vn real estate man, as Mrs. J. A. Aliens representative, Thursday sold to Dr. A. G. Thompson the va uable lot on the East side of Dr. Al lens residence opposite Dr. J. F. Simmons home on West Sixth ave nue.
 Dr. Thompson has let the contract to tIontl actor M. c. Morris for the erection of handsome two-story eight.room residence there The work on same to begin at once.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
SECURES THE NOMINATION OF THE NEXT CADETSAIP
 AT SAN ANTONIO.
MR. MARTIN C. WISE
Who Vas Born and Reared in Pine Bluff, Scored the Highest
 Average.

The following item. which we clip from a San Antonio, Texas, paper will be read and received oy the many friends of Mr. Martin 0: Wise, who formerly lived here with much rejoicing:
 Nine aspirants for the coveted horor of a West Point military academy appointment appeared Saturday before an examining board, composed of Prof Wm. Knox, J. c. Breeding and W. E. Seeley. A San Antonio lad, Martin c. Wise, scored the highest average in the examinations and will secure the nomination for the next cadet ship from thls district.
 The young gentleman is native of Pine Bluff, Ark, is about 20 years of age, and son of Mr. Frank J. Wise, practitioner of law ir this city. Young Wise has been resi-. dent of San Antonio nine years, and received his educational training here, graduating in tbe class of '98 from the San Antonia High School.
 Nince the opening of the Bexar botel MT. Wise has baen office clerk and his courtesy and cordiality have made him widely popular. He at tributes large portion of bis suc- cess to those who prepared him for this examination, Rev. J. M. Moore and Mss Arie Claiborne.
 The examinations were in arith- tic, history, grammar and geog- raphY, the candidates being given papers con taining a series of ten questions on the respective subject, two hours being allowed on each subject. Eight other contestants were on hand to compete for the appointment, the alternate being awarded to Mr. James E. Pirie, whose home is at Parita, in this county
 Congratulations have been poured upon MT. Wise from all sides, his large contingent Of friends being delighted over his success. He bears his honors, however, modestly and gracefully, while fully sensible of the rare good fortune which is before him
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16

son. It was grown on Mr. Brunsor Jenkins place two miles east of Pine Bluff by negro named H. J. Hayes. The cotton was planted in April.
 Capt. c. L. Madding, that well known planter and merchant of Maddings Landing, Ark also sent a bloom to the city today Both blooms are very early considering the inclement weatter that has prevailed in this section Tor the past several months.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
UNSATISFACTORY, WAS THE FIRE INSURANCE BUSINESS IN OHIO FOR
 1898. W. s. MATHEWS REPORT. Seventeen Companies Last Year Paid Out More For Losses Than They
 Got In Premiums.
". s. MATHEWS REPORT.

The following. which is self-ex- planatory, is an extract from the re- port of Insurance Comm issIoner w. $ Matthews, of Ohio:
 "The number of companies trans- acting business in Ohio is 174, their aggregate premium receipts in 1898 were $7,576, ,4OO.87, and the losses paid, 6 ,520, 158,36.
 "The general condition of the bus mess of fire insurance in Ohio for 1898 was anything but satisfactory, or profitable. It was vexed and ir- ritated by great many disturbing influences. The result K as d eradu- al bringing on an unreasonable de- structive competition that forced the rates down below the safety Hue, and, of course, below the profit line
 "Seventeen of the companies doiag business in Ohio last year paid out for losses more than thy received in premiums, amounting in aggregate to $41 ,07784. Add to this $4 ,954 63 for 2h per cent taxes paid to the State on gross premiums aad $69, 360.S4 for commissions and expenses, and it shows hat those companies paid to the citizens of Ohio $115, ,397,- 3l more than they collected from them.'
 The report further shows that fif ty seven other companies paid for losses, taxes, commissions and ex- penses. SIS for each $lO0 received i, premiums. These statistics show that nearly one-halt of the compn- nies operating in Ohio in 1928 ,st moncv on their business. and yer we hear ne cry from many quarters that i'tSuraDce companies are extpr- tionis :, and robbers. An examinn, tion nf the statistics show that nearly one-half lost money, and the remti lderj q profit of only 2.9 per cent, ayposes the error of these chaI -s5.
 The erroneous idea that d grea many people have about the enor- nous profits made by insurance companies arises from d wrong method of computation. l have known persons high up in authority assert and publish to the world that the difference between premiums re- ceived and losses paid represented the net profits to the companies. This method of calculation, so far at least as the business In Ohio is con- cerned, is about 37.5 per cent. out of accuracy, The average loss ratio in Ohio last year was 596 per cent. Add 37.5 per cent to this for taxes, co mmissions and expenses, and the total shows all expenditure of 97.l cents for every $1.00 premiums re- ceived, or profit, as before stated
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
B J WILLIAMS
Arrested Upon thy Charge of Grand
 Larceny.

B. J. Williams, eolored, was ar rested this morning upon charge of grand larceny. His bond was fixed at $100 and signed by ]. J. w. Smith and Joe c. Meyer.
 It is claimed that Williams stole a gold watch and chain, the value of which was $25, from Mr. John Lind sey. Williams is confident he can prove his innocence. He will have hearing before Judge Niven Sat urday
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
FRED LINN
Makes Bond 10 the Amount of One
 Thousand Dollars.

Fred Linn, the white man who was brought to this city Thursday upon the charge of murder, succeed ed in making a 5000 bond this morning. His securities are Sm tn c. Martin, c. G. Broadway and R. E. L. Eagle.
 Linn is the man who killed ne pro in Newells saloon in thls coun- ty last Monday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16

of 2.9 per cent. on the total premium receipts.
 "These startling figures answer the question probably SO frequently asked, why hava we not more fire insurance companies in Ohio? It would seem that the profits in the business do not justify the risk of investment, and surplus capital seeks employment in other enter prises.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
.o,o7ED THIS MORNING Frop MEMPHIS WITH
 l MANY ABOARD.
MIGHT FORTY -0NE HERE
5, With a Bridal Party and Sey-
 aral Other Pleasure Parties The Boom.

#bs Arkansas Packet company's s |.mer. the Lucille Rowland, is EDriaa quite a large passenger as { as freight business just now. |Fboo she arrived here Thursday
 Noipg. she brought forty-one passengers, many of whom
 @s oo q short pleasure trip from Enphis. Hoon her return this (Fridayl |rupg she carried twer ty-hye or Hru cabin passengers. Among h number was a bridal party, who
 Se eDroute to their homes at sugas, Ark, from Memphis. It
 A composed of MT. and Mrs. Rob kgIass, the groom and bride, N8ss Lucy Price and May Banks. b Alice Douglass, MT. Wal @ Douglass aud Dr. c. .. Price. Ebe pleasure party which came En Memphis. also returred. They Ed Mr. J. B. Lewis, wife and E3. 6. ". Bodkin, c H. Bodkin S family of five, all 9f Memphis, kses Stella Funk and Essie Bod ], of Blrdswell, Ky, and Sue An R#s, of Holly Springs, Miss.
 Attorney H. R c, Foster, ac hpapied by Dr. John Waters, hs also passengers. They went Carsons Landing 10 see MT. kter's aunt, Mrs. Laura Fleming, 10 is very sick at that place
 Rr Sam Franklin, accompanied { gentleman who represents the aderson-T -Tully Company, of Mem 9s, were among the number for |pdeton. Mr. Frankhn has just hpleted sale in which he dis hPd of 4,O00 acres of good timber ld to the Anderson Fully Com Ry and which is situated in the Unity oi Pendleton. Surveyor {, J. Martin, of Little Rock, Vill Rvey the land this afternoot.
 The Nowland's crew are 2 lot of loly-good fellows and it is Pdless to say the passengers will Fean excellent and most enjoy |e trip. To say there will be fun
 be putting it lightly for Capt. Rowland, Sr., is abroad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
A NEW COPPER,

MT. Chas. Roarity has succeeded Mir. Tim Fitzgerald es policeman, MT. Fitzgerald recently resigning. Mir. Roarity performed the duties of policeman most efficiently during Mayor Bells tenure of office and ai- terw wards, for several months. served as night wathman in the business portion of the city. The select tfon is a good one.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
CONNECTS
Will Construct the Pine Bluff x
 Western Road.

Thursday afternoon the contract for the construction of Sawyer & Austin's Pine Bluff & Western Rail- road, was awarded to the Arkansas Construction Company, Of Little Rock. The road will run twelve miles in the direction of Grant county.
 As a result of the Construction Company receiving the contract, State convicts, whom the construc- tion company employs, will build the road.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16

This man was so far behind the times that he wasted a whole morning because he neglected to avail himself of an appliance which the haste of modern busi- ness has rendered no longer a luxury but an absolute necessity.
 Are you not likely at any moment to be placed in a similar position?
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
< FUGITIVE
Captured Here Thursday by Deputy
 Sheriff Johnson.

Thursday Deputy Sheriff Robert Johnson arrested George Grant, a negro, who is wanted n Granteoun- ty for grand larceny.
 It is claimed that Grant stole a suit of clothes and several other ar tlcles of wearing apparel.
 When captured he had on a suit that answered the description of the suit stolen.
 He was locked up to await the ar rival of the Grant county authori- ties.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16
1RE FIRST BLOOMS.
lt. O. [. Madding Sends One and
 a Negro Farmer the Other.

pFgfo man arrived Tn the city
 I morning with the hrst cotton lon seen in Pine Bluff this sea
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-06-16

The revival meetings which are being held nightly at the Christian church by Rev. s. ". Crutcher of this eity,an son, of Texas, continue with increasing interest. One ad- dition was made last night. Preach ing tonight begins at 8:30. Services Saturday night also.
The National tribune., 1899-10-19
A BLOW AT A COMRADE.
Commissioner Evans Discharges ons of the
Best Employees of the Bureau.

Local GAR. circles are much stirred up
over Commissioner Evans's summary dis
charge Of CoEIrade Charles Hanback,, of
Kansas, one of the very best men in the
Bureau, aud AN ardent Grand Army man.
Comtade Hanback,, who is a brother of the
late Hon. Louis Hanback,, Representative
from Kansas. served four full years in the
army, efliisting in the first three months
service IN tle1 10th ILL.,, and re-enlsting in the
9TH iii. He was a faithful, everyday
soldier. He has been in the Pension Bureau
for 10 years, and universally acknowledged
to have no superior in knowledge of the PEN
sion laws and practices, and ability in per-
formance of clerical duties. His personal
character is above rcproach. When Con-
gressional committees have desired an ex-
pert from the Bureau Comrade Hanback,
has been detailed for the duty. He has
served as Special Examiner. and ali around
the Bureau, and all the Commissioners,
without regard to party, have recognized
ms fidelity and usefulness, and rated him
highly. But he made no secret of his
opinion OF Evanss peryersioiI OF the pen
sion laws to defeat claimants, and one OF
Evalls's spies carried a report to his Chief
OF things that Hanback, was alleged to have
said at the National Encampment At
least Evans claims that a man named b. I.
Henry so informed him, but no one knows
h: f. Henry. He is not in the Washington
Directory nor on the list of employees of the
Interior Department. Upon the strength
of this alleged information he summarily
dismissed Hanback,. The matter has been
brought to the attention of the Civil Service
Commission and the Chief.
The National tribune., 1899-10-19
THE PRESIDENTS TOUR.

President Mckinley returns home this
week after an extended Western tour as
far as the Dakotas. He made many speeches
and was received warmly by the people,
and reviewed Minncsota's and Dakota S
returned volunteers. The Presidents re-
marks to these soldiers and their friends
were Intensely appreciative Of their loyalty
and energetic work in the Philippines,
and made a splendid impression through
the West.
NOTES.
In a glorious breeze, over a windward and
leeward course of 30 miles, the Columbia
scored against Shamrock Oct. 16, in the
first race of tho 1899 series for the trophy
She bounded across the finish line fully a
mile and half ahead of the challenger,
defeating her by 10 minutes and Ia seconds
actual time, or 10 minutes and eight seconds
corrected time, after allowing the six sec
onds handicap which Columbia must con-
scedc to the challenger on account, Of her
longer water-line. The race was the first
successful result of numerous trials, wind
having been always lacking.
Judge Day, one of the Paris Commits
sioners, in making a statement in letter,
regarding the S2O,00O,000 deal for the
Philippines, said that the American ne
gotiations were actuated by a desire to
bring about immediate peace; also.
that this was dictated by high sense of
National honor, as well as reasons OF
policy.
Sir Louis Henry Davies, Canadian
Minister of Marine and Fisheries, made
a public statement last week that he had
given Canada's consent to q temporary
arrangement of the Alaskan boundary
dispute. This has practically settled the
whole matter for the time being, and the
papers have beon signed. Sir Louis Davies
said: "1'he terms agreed upon arc simply
a line drawn across Chilkat Pass, delim-
mated by the river and mountain top.
1t has absolutely no significance except
that we hope thereby to avert local friction.
OF course, an arrival at even a temporary
agreement is satisfactory.
$50 far as the original contention is
concerned, we are just as misty as ever.
l see no signs of reaching an immediate
settlement" .'.' '.'''' eco 'e.''.a'. e.
Admiral Dewey was received with great
enthusiasm in Vermont last week, and
was presented with a medal voted him
by the State. In Boston Dewey received
an ovation as enthusiastic and almost as
elaborate as that at New York. His course
through New England was accompanied
by a splendid demonstration of the regard
in which the American people hold him.
The National tribune., 1899-10-19

the lake, encountered force Of rebels
strongly intrenched at Muntinlupa. Ma j.
Cheatham reports that he drove the rebels
from their position, and that in the en-
gagement three Americans were killed
and two were wounded.
Gen. Otis's deliberate ignoring in his
dispatches of the 300 marines who took
Novaleta was the subject Of much COM
ment in official circles. Rear-Admiral
Watson, on Oct 10, supplied the facts that
were missing, and tho world knows now
about the gallantry of the marines.
The movementof the United States troops
was a fine display of American general
ship and energy, while the Filipinos adopted
what Gen. Alejandrino terms our peculiar
method of warfare"
The whole country is an immense swamp,
and the Filipinos never expected that the
Americans could or would attempt to i'll
wade it during the wet season. Moreover,
the line of march furnished succession
of surprises, the advancing troops being
generally attacked from unexpected points.
In Cavite province, the scene OF the hot
test fights and their greatest successes
The National tribune., 1899-10-19
THE SIXTY PHILIPPINE TRIBES.
A Costly Task from Which No Honorable
Exit Is in Sight.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

AS investigation proceeds, the nature of
the task ahead in the Philippines becomes
more clearly defined. The pretensions of
the Tagals dwiadlel to minor matter
1t is impossible that one insurgent tribe
could perform the duty of governing all
the islands. The fact is brought out,
whether intended OF not, by a Manila
correspondent OF the New York EUenjng
Post, a paper rabidly opposed TO expan-
sion in any islands in the Pacific, Hawaii
included. This correspondent goes into
an analysis, as far as practicable at this
time, of the 60i-or more tribes scattered
among the /, 200 islands of the group. The
Visayan dialect is spoken by 2.O00,00O
people, or probably more than use the Tagal
language. A half million speak the Ilocani
dialect, and there iare scores of other
tongues, no two sufficiently alike to be
available incomrilon. Several different Ian
guages are found in the single Island of
Luzon, and one, called Vicol, is employed
by 325, 900 pcoplerin the more distant prov
inceS southeast of Manila. ..
No exact statistics relating TO these
numerous distinct tribes and races have
yet been gathered. The Spanish hold upon
the islands was confined to few ports,
towns, and provinces, and the object was
revenue, with loose ideas on the methods of
obtaining it. Much is said of Tagal
civilization and capacity, but the tribe is
without literature. Viewing the Philip
pines in their entirety it is seen that, aS
this correspondent admits, a notable per-
centage of the inhabitants live after their
own established tribal customs rather
than any process which may be called
laws. Those who declaim about the con-
sent of the governed lose sight of the situa-
ton as it is. They assume that there is
Filipino people sufficiently bound together
TO form one government. When the sub
ject is looked into, all sorts of radical diver
sities in race, language and customs are
revealed. AS far as the representatives Of
the United States have visited the islands
they have found no race willing to be
governed by some other native race. Any
of tho tribes would fight rather than submit
TO it, Given free hand the Tagals might
subiugate the others, but it would be
through the most atrOciOus cruelties.
The National tribune., 1899-10-19
RECENT LITERATURE.

TWO CHUMS. The Story of Boy and
His Dog. By Minerva Thorpe. Pub
lished by Laird & Lee, Chicago.
THE DELAHOYDES: By Col. Henry
Inman. Published by Crane & Co.,
Topeka, Kan.
This is story of boy life on the old
Santa Fe trail, and is clean, wholesome,
strong, and bright, with enough OF ad-
venture, bird, animal, and Indian life to
greatly interest every one.
LIFE OF GEN. GEORGE GORDON
MEADE. By Richard Meade Bache.
Published by Henry L. Coates & Co.,
Philadelphia.
This is a most excellent biography Of the
old commander of the Army of the Potomac,
and will be welcomed by every survivor of
that grand army. The story of Gen. Meade's
many admirable qualities is told with low
ing fidelity, and the historical part is ac-
curate. The book Is gotten out III fine
style.
GETTYSBURG. Where and How the
Regiments Fought, and the Troops They
Encountered BY Col. John NJ. Van
derslice, of the Memorial Association.
Published by the author at Philadel-
phia.
There Is no man in the country better
equipped to write the history of Gettys-
burg than Comrade Vanderslico, and he
has accomplished his task with painstaking
accuracy, and told the story with great
clcarneSS.
"War Finances" A Naval Story. BY
Frapk r. Stockton, in Fra1tk Lestte's for
Ocfobpr
The National tribune., 1899-10-19


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