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The Portuguese as England's Allies
Against the Beers

The report that the Portuguese author
tiles at Delagoa Bay have stopped guam
tity OF war material destined for the Trans
vaal ia probably correct. 1t is only what
was to be expected in the present state OF
the relations between England and Portu-
gal, which,. II not spontaneously friendly,
are kept substantially so by Portugals
financial disabilities
Under ordinary circumstances It would
be unlikely that the Portuguese Govern
ment should take such step as Is TO-
ported, but the occasion Is exceptional, and
it has done what 1t has done only to avert
the exercise Of force majeure on the part of
England.
There has been for some time considnra-
BILE importation OF arms and ammunition
into the Transvaal by way of Cape Colony
and DelaRoa Bay; but under one Of the
customs laws Of the Cape Parliament tho
Governor has power by proclamation to
prohibit the importation OF arms and am
munition, and other material Of war; from
any place or places other than the United
Kingdom or some British possession. This
practically closes the door to tho importa-
ton Of arms for the use of the Beers Of the
Transvaal by way of the Cape Colony. They
therefore fell back on a neutral party.
But Portugal is in the position of being
unable to maintain its neutrality by force;
and however willing it might be to allow
free passage over its territory for every
thing going into the Transvaal, it will not
risk forcible intervention on the part Of
England that might have further and moro
! serious consequences to Portuguese sover-
eighty in that part Of Africa. How far one
nation is justified in intervening in tho
affairs Of another Is a question IA to which
no rules can be laid down, though the late
Peace Conference at the Hague approached
| the subject in tentative way. 1t must
depend to great extent on the interests
involved and the respective forces of the
countries concerned.
In the present case the British Govern
ment has declared that the preparations OF
| the Transvaal constitute q menace to Brit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
Death of a Noted Fighting Bug.
From ne san Franeiseo carontc...


"PiZen JEFF" the hero OF a hundred battles
and the pride OF Local sports. is dead. and there
10 much regret among his many admirers.
JEFF was thrantula OF unusual size. and he
died an undeieated champion, During his
career he killed seven tarantulas. two Soor-
pions and the largest rat that the sewers OF
Montgomery street could furnish. and al
though he was badly d smembered in tho last
fight. and died minus several legs, which had
been torn, from his body by his opInnent.
II Is conceded that he was the gamest bug ever
brought 10 san Francisco for lighting purposes.
Jeff was the property OF sammy Mount. pro-
prietor OF Montgomery street saloon. Mount
Is a conuoissGur when II comes to 1ghtinR in
sects, and he says he has never seen gamer
bug than the ono that now occupies a place OF
honor on his back bar IN an ornamental bottle
filled with alcohol, few weeks ako q large
rat was cauEhtsnd placed with JEFF in A lht-
ing Jar which Mount keeps for that purpose,
The rat made a rush at the tarantula. but jeff
was too quick for him, and landed on the rats
back. using his fangs with fatal effect. for
within few minutes the rat was dead The
next fight jeff had was his last He was s'nt
against another tarantula, and although he
killed his opponent he WAS 80 badly injured
that he did not recover. anu u few days later he
died.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

They were talk ing at the Metropolitan Club
the other night about the hard sighting and
hard-drInklng old Generals OF the American
army IN its early days. and some stories OF old
Gen. Abercrombi=, who never tasted water"
went around.
My father" said one Of the members, "once
asked Gen. Ahercrombie why it was that no
had auch q natural distaste for water.
tell you Of an incident that'l help to
explain it, was the frank Old soldiers reply.
great Continental Divide. 1t was colder than
Greenland. In one o! my saddle pockets | had
q Jug OF whisky. and in the other a Jug Of
water. Well 1t was SO cold that the Jug OF
water froZe up and busted. Supposing it had
been inside Of mol.
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Latin In Philadelphia.



couple OF old soldiers. who for years have
taken n great interest In Grand Army affairs.
{esterdayp walked me length OF thf Avenue OF
interest the progress of the work When they
came to the inscriptiOn on one OF the main col
umns, which Is in Latin. tho two had a ami
mated discussion over its meaning. Finally
they appealed to an lrishman who was stand
over. squirting with one eye and then with the
other. "D-u-l -o-e-e-t D-e-c-o m -e-s-t p r-o
Pa-t-r-i- "a h-o-r-i." he read, "Shure / don't
think dhe aSht two mana frind OF mine who
kapes saloon downtown. His right name do
be Patrick Moore, "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

Carnage for the sake of dominion" Is the
latest phrase invented to discredit the military
operations in the Philippines. The author o
the phrase Is Professor CHARLES ELIOT NOR
TON. 1t Is not so far from the truth. War
means carnage. and war there will be until the
dominion Is establshed-that Is to say until
no armed hand is raised in the Philippines
against the flag and authority OF the United
int
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

John II. DUFFY was admitted to partnership in the
firm OF Perkins. Goodwin and Company on July J.
Mr.. Duhy has been with the nrm since 1872, and is
well known as the abest news salesman IN the trade.
More than one company has tried to secure his
vices. Offering big inducements, and the house Is
certainly ~ DO congratulated upon his valuable ad
heEon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
OutclRsaed.

From hs CHicdgo TmtERsrdId.
You must remember" said the proud Yankee
girl. that am Daughter of the Revolution"
POOH" exclaimed the beautiful. dArk-eyed wo-
man from Central America. Il am Daughter OF Biz
kSyolutio ns."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
Between the Acts.

from Etc AH'ldVo N"s
The ActresS-"I wonder IL IL il really dsAp point
ment that drives so many men TO drink
Tho Critic" guess so. But few theatrical per-
dous."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
A False Report Contradicted.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: My attention
called today. by my father, the Rev. Alex.
oberlsnder Of this city. to item which appeared
in THE Sun of the date of July "a last page last
It'll column. under the heading, Advertised q
Wedding. Suburban Railroads Novel Scheme to
Increase Its SUNDAY Traffc. referring to a wedding
which ok place the day before at Lakeside Park,
this city. and which item. among other things
contained the following: twenty-five dollars was
offered the Rev. Henry o. Manchester pastor of
Danforth Congregational Church, to perform the
ceremony and he consented not understanding that
the Wedding to he public. When he learned
that his fec was to come from the treasury of the
railroad company and that the wedding being
advertised for all it worth attraction to tho
park, he declined to have anything to do with it.
The services of the R-v A Oberlander. an Evangel-
cal Lutheran minister. were then hastily secured
and the nuptisl knot was tied by him"
My fathers attention was first called to this item q
few days ago through an item copying the same in
an Alabama paper. which Was sent him with the
item marked. My father d not perform the cere-
mony referred to. and knew nothing OF 1t, nor was
he approached on the subject.
He is a minister of the denomination referred To
and has been for about forty years. thirty years Of
which were spent in this city and he never lent him
self TO such schemes as alleged in your item; nor
does he believe in making . show and mockery OF
the holy institution Of marriage. He is a member
in good standing Of a Lutheran synod aud your
~.
tally of his denomination.
Enclosed mud clipping OF the Svrdeufe Post
Standard and OF the SVrdcuH Herald, and also the
Tti,gram. which send you a. proof Of the falsity
OF your item. Kindly retract correct the item
referred to. ALEX. e. OBERLASDgR
Syracuse Aug. ~.
TIRE SUNS report, we regret 10 say, was IN
correct. Tho clergyman performing the csre-
mony, as the Syracuse reports show. was not
the Rev DR.. Oberlander, but another minister
OF another church.
What Has Become Of the Man in tho Nj Don?
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir. Has the appesr-
ance of the fa'o of the fun moon changed during the
past half century, look back forty -nys or forty
eight years and distinctly remember that We boys
looked At the full moon and saw picture which wo
called " the old man IA the moon with q bundle of
chips on his back" He appeared distinctly as a
man facing TO the left. and stopping forward with 4
largo round bundle on his back Hia legs were par
ucularly well defined. cannot see any such figure
on the face Of the moon now.
Was there ever such a picture there. and has the
Appearan "" Il thu moon changed since was a boy1
ltd1as not seem possible to mo that al 1 my boy
friends twho werN not fun, although the moon was,
could have been mistaken and could have repeat
eddy talked about the old man that We repeatedly
saw in the full moon IL he were not there.
VIII THE SUNS readers kindly inform me II the
moon has changed, or am dreaming. WA
DENVER. Col. AUG. la.
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u osr JtIsnds vhs Jevor ~ ofR monu,cripnJsr psb-
leahsn vtsa - havs roso,sd articles reHrrsd sy nsst
n az easss ssnd itanps Jov Nal purpon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22
POLITICAL NOTES.

On Tuesday. Sept 10, the date Of New York pr.
nares the polls will be open from p NJ Till . p. "
for balloting. Democratic and Republican primarsA
will be held on the same date and during the sams
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-22

The New York Board of Education is groupings
partly unfnis shed building al Park avenue and Fifty.
ninth street II will be completed before the school
term opens. howevery
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-04-07


inquiry much further. 1t may be fair
ly said that we now hold the wished
for evidence, and that each year is sure
to add to its value. For it must be
understood that the materials are as
yet scarcely as available as they
might beevento Psychologists. Some
are only known to US through trans
lations, and the original documents
are needed before criticism shall decide
on their bearing The inquiry itself
has shifted it's ground in theinquirers
hands, and only very careful COM
parison OF their statements can give
the general worth Of the results Yet
these results, put at thsir lowest, are
what was truly wanted. We have,
indeed, no record Of Joseph's admins
tration, or Of the oppression and the
Exodus. What we have is an accu-
rate general knowledge of the geogra-
ply ofthepart of Egypt where the Is
raelites were settled, and much infor-
nation as to the political and social
state OF thecountry at the time of their
stay. 1t is true that we cannot point
with certainty to the Egyptian name
of each Pharaoh mentioned in the He
brew record, though, indeed, we can
probably do this in the cases Of the
two most important Of them, but we
hold an independent set of documents,
most of them of the period as to which
we are inquiring, which we can use,
not as detailed illustrations, but as
an almost continuous commentary.
Thus we can read the Bible history by
the clear light afforded by monuments
contemporary with the events, with
occasional aid from later Egyptian
sources. The first result is a general
agreement as to the date of the Exc
dus. This is mainly due to DR.. Lep-
sius, the earliest of our inquirers. If
his theory is correct, we have no long
er to make our choice between the
extremes of B. G. 1848 (Hales) and B.
c. 1914 tRabbinical chronology and
the date of b. C. 1491 (Usseer, in the
margin of the English Bible occupying
nearly the middle point in more than
800 years of uncertainty. Lepsius's
theory would, in the form in which it
is now generally accepted, place that
event toward the close of the four
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-04-07

1T will doubtless be news to Hall
Caine that he is one of the chosen peo-
pie A writer in the st. Joseph, Mo-,
Herald is authority for the statement.
The Jewish South. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1893-1899, 1899-04-07

City City ct Ct e oss , ssSSS $1,000 sS
chicago, St; Loui. nd Me- olean. $500 80. D.s
Chicago, Louis nd New r.
Minneapolis ; ST. Paul and sanit Ste Ma 11 S =
St Paul P s Minneapolis and Manitoba Rail '0'0 ~"
mans sy ooT RsyS oSs eaaseae $500 $500
S Ssis s s s:s:t:s ss5 SSSS s
$500 9 slzlssoo sns2ge. .
COMPANY.
Bookv alue.P Pal Value. value.
Deposited with Trustees at New
City
BUSINESS THE DURING THE YEAR.
eros. Risks written $3.50 %
f:: s :;s...s reserved $
GEO. BABB Attorney.
State Sworn S JANUARY ~ s s o EDWIN
sEAI.l commissioner.
$S aS u All e a%
u 70 so
@ a @
e esasas 0 q h B. e ssoRs.
Organized 1850. Commenced business ist 1850.
The amount of capital stock 100000 90
number policies sand The ''"
d b of o issued h in se Uesr and the =
of s649s2
............. s6sso5es7
whc
Of $si66,44
The amount of premiums received during the year,
r: ssss II ssss. 5as
The amount of losses paid during year s,a249os
The Of expenses for all purposes texcept -
III dividends paida ndo payments
The amount Of losses unpaid 2o76s 40
The amount all oheria liabilities, including
~ 1|9@o,oZ
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City of Chicago. ..................
City of Omaha. $3.50.
Chicago, st. Louis and New Orleans
r. Co., Memphis Divis'n Guarantt
Chicago, St, Louis and New Orleans
r. Co., Gold. ..............
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Sault Ste. n
RE, Gold. Observation-Disclosures.
St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba RI
way Company, Consolidated. -,
Manhattan Railway Co., Consolidated
United States, Registered ......,.....
United States, Registered. ~.
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K =
Deposited with Trustees at
York.
City of N. Y. Additional Water S
BUSINESS IN THE STAT
Gross Risks written .......
Gross Premiums received ....
Losses paid .,....... ..........
Losses incurred. ...............
(Signed)
State # New York--County of N
Sworn to January "a, 1899, bt
SEAL.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
TOM WRIGHT WAS HANGED
DECLARED THAT HE KILLED
ADAMS IN sELF-DEFENsE.
who Is Under Sentence of Death,
Had No share in the Crime.

Stephenville, Texas, November 1o.-Tom
Wright was hanged here today at HIS
p. m. On the scaffold Wright protested
as he always has, that he killed Adams
in self-defense and declared Frank Leslie,
who is now under sentence OF death, inno-
cent of any completely in the crime.
Wright was calm and self-possessed
through the ordeal.
About three thousand people were in
town to hear his talk before the execu-
ton, the gallows having been arranged
so that he was in view of the public dur
ing the time he made the talk. The re-
mains will be inferred in Dublin tomor
row.
The crime for which Wright was hanget
was the murder of Constable John Adams
at Dublin in January, 1897. Bitter feeling
had existed between the two men for
some time previous to the killing. AS
Adams walked across the street Wright
came out OF hallway and discharged both
barrels of shotgun, killing his victim
instantly. The case was tried in the dis
trict court of Erath county and the de-
PENDANT was found guilty OF murder in
the first degree and his punishment as
sessed at death on first trial An appeal
was taken but the finding of the lower
court was sustained Then efforts5 were
made by the friends of Wright TO have
the sentence committed to imprisonment
for life
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
LOCAL NOTES.

Tho "Nickel Evening" which was post
noned two weeks ago on account OF raid
was held this evening at st. James church
corner of Fourteenth and Postoffice streets
The Mildred and Rouclere magician com
many has disbanded at this place. Several
~ the company will leave tomorrow on the
mallory line for New York and the Others
viii follow in few days.
Dr. Allen J. Smith, of the medical depart
mani Of the University OF Texas, will de-
liver q lecture at the Christian church on
next SUNDAY evening. The subject will BIZ
"The Living Cell, Evolution and the
Bible"
Ray s. r. Chambers, pastor of the WesI
End Methodist church, with the assistance
~ the Epworth League. held their regular
W,nnsid addition meeting this evening a
~ o'clock at the residence OF Mrs Burk
Fifty -seventh and sh
While fghting the fire In Maury NJ
snepcer,s feed store. Pipeman Dan Cal,
hun Of company No. was overcome b,
The smoke and had TO be carried out OF
tho building. The loss sustained by MI
snepcer has not yet been estimated. but II
snily covered by insurance.
Ths skipped by the Light of tbs
Moon" company played here tonight and
,asvss tomorrow for Houston for an en-.
rssement Saturday night. The compan,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
Social Eycnt at wcimnr.

Weimar. Texas, November 10.--A grand
reception. supper and ball was given here
in the opera house by the young men OF
the city to Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Holloway
the newly married couple. On their return
last evening from bridal tour to the San
Antonio exposition. Invitations were ex-
tended to all the friends of the bride and
groom. both of whom are very popular
with all classes. Old married people, young
married people. old maids, young maids
old bachelors, Young bachelors. young
people generally. boys. girls, children CT
all ages and sexes. running the total num-
Der of attendants UP into the hundreds
The bride and groom looked happy, and
every enc else was happy; the supper was
of the hest and in bountiful supply
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
TILE MEN IDENTIFIED.

The two men who We're run down and
one of them killed by the special train
of President Ripley of the Santa Fe, have
been identified. The body of the dead
man is found TO be John Martin of New
Orleans, screwman, ard the injured
man is Frederick Wegner, German.
When seen this morning at the John Sea!y
hospital he made the following statement
TO a Post reporter: Il am native on
Germany, 81 years old. ! worked two
months on the New Half Noon lighthouse
ard came to Galveston two days ago, but
failed TO get work and fell In with a
Frenchmau. whose name l do not know
and started 10 Houston. (This Is the man
who was killed and whose name has since
been learned) We went as far as VIZ
sinia Point on a train and then started
down the track walking. This is all
remember until / regained consciousness
in the hospital
wegner says he IS not drinking man
though he sometimes took glass OF beer
He declares he did not hear the train
coming "Had t. said he, 81 would have
gotten off the track"
Wegner received a severe scalp wounc
in the head and his left shoulder was bad
ly wrenched AT FIRST he was thought {
be fatally hurt. but now it Is ln wn ne
will recover.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
COTTON POINTERS.

Comanche, Texas, November lo.--The
late freeze killed all top crop and late
cotton and the crop about all in. Receipts
about half as large as last season.
Holland Texas, November 10.-Neariy
all the cotton being held by the farmers
in this section was sold yesterday for .
cents. over 1000 bales were delivered here
yesterday.
waxahachle, Texas, November Spot
cotton reached cents on the streets here
yesterday, the high water mark for the
season. hundreds of bales changed hands
during the day.
Lockhart, Texas, November 9.--Yester-
day was the greatest cotton day in the
history of Lockhart. The receipts amount
ed to 1000 bales. and sold at from I cents
to Z IA cents. Today the staple continues
TO come in in unprecedented quantity UP
to this morning the Lipscomb round bale
gin has turned out 1880 half bales. equiva-
lent to 1865 bales.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Roby, Texas. November 1o.-The new
Cumberland Presbyterian church is now
under construction and the members are
counting on having 1t finished by Christ
mas, and 1t will be beauty when nm
ished.
Lockhart, Texas November 9.-The
Colorado. Texas, conference OF the col
ored Methodist Protestant church is In
session in Lockhart, and large number
of representative colored ministers are In
attendance. The meeting is being con-
Quoted with great decorum and dignity,
and is very respectable for the ability OF
its members. ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
CROP ITEMS.

Comanche, Texas. November 1o.-As
there is now fine season in the ground
the acreage in wheat will be larger than
last year.
Roby, Texas. November 1o.-Wheat
growing is the order of the day among
our farmers, cotton being all gathered and
most all marketed.
Lockhart, Texas, November 9,-The
farmers of Caldwell county are greatly en-
couraged by the result of the past year
labors. and they have already commenced
their fall blowing and preparation for an
other crop. 1t is thought that the cotton
acreage of next year will be largely In,
creased, both by taking in OF new land
and the dedication of more old land to
cotton.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

DENTON. w C. Edwards has been elect
ed secretary OF the Denton Commercial club.
vice Colonel r. NJ. Kelso, resigned.
LEX1NGToN.-The young son of Joe Ora
ham. farmer living about six miles from
here, died Thursday night of black iaundtce
PARIS Cotton picking picnics are a new
form of social entertainments and enjoyment
introduced by the young people around Chi
Gotta.
uILI,SBoRo. All of the meat markets in
the city have adopted the cash-oyer- the-coun-
ter basis, and they have taken off their phones
and delivery wagons
SHERMAN Much excitement prevails
among the negroes on the John Fields farm.
southwest OF the city. ov r the reported white
cap threats to do them violence.
CORSICANA.-The carpenters and painters
have served notice that on and after the 10Th
they viii demand working day OF nine hours
without any reduction in wages.
HILLSBoRO. The cotton mill movement is
moving along nicely and everybody is becom-
ing interested and large numbers are taking
shares. BY January l 1t will assume deiin-
tie shape and II town Will enjoy progress
hitherto unknown.
BoNHAM Mrs, Sallie Piner has closed
the contract for two brick buildings. to be
erected on the site OF the old Burney hotel
The buildings will be two stories high and Of
pressed brick front. They were rented just
as soon as Mrs Pner decided to erect them.
DENTON. Tax Collector ?. c..
Withers has made ARRANGEMENTS with the
State comptroller whereby he is enabled to
pay cash for Confederate pension warrants
out of the money derived from the taxes.
renting to the comptroller the warrants as
cash.
SAN ANToNIO.--A S-year-old Mexican boy
named Adolfo Serapia was fatally injured
while playing around the feet of his grand
father Juan Serapia. who was chopping wood;
The grandfather. who is very old and halt
blind, was cutting stove wood in MS yard
when the grandchild stepped before him and
received the edge Of the axe-blade IN the
back of his head. The skull OF the child was
split open by the descending blade and the
victim is slowly dying.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-11
Gnnndn Nc,N. Nntc..

Canada, Texas, November DIR.
Malsch of Edna, county health officer, was
down yesterday looking after quarantine
business.
Mr.. B. f. Burke of Sweet Home, Texas
accompanied by j. A. Richardson, ESD,
was down this week looking after h $
farming interest.
w, b. McCampbell president of the First
National bank of Goliad. was in town this
week.
Mr.. Willie Robertson, who has been In
Cuero the past fall, returned home yes
terday.
Mr.. NJ. p. Hill of Bell county placed his
daughter. Miss May, in school here and
will probably move here in the near flu
ture.
The Canada Tank and Well company il
sinking well on the public schoo
grounds for the use of the schol