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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12
Tmn Hnndrrd Honrcs nnrned.

Vienna. May ll-In a great fire today
In the town OF Guara, Hungary province
of Bukowina. 200 buildings, including the
principal church. town hall and other pub
lie Offices and the school houses. we're de-
stroyed,
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semcr Pinc Comhinc.

Dover Del. May 11.-Secretary OF State
Hughes today issued certificate of In
corporation to the Federal Sewer Pipe
company Of Akron. Ohio. The capital
stock OF the company is placed at $685..
600 O0c
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

mcnts OF regulars to Manila by way OF
New York City and the Suez canal, utllz-
ing for the purpose tho transports Thomas.
Meade aud Logan, which are to be perma-
nently transferred from the Atlantic 70 the
Pacific feet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

NEW YORK --Columbia Universltys - ok
athletics will take pla to Jay. All the great
a. d Columbia la crosse teams will play a
championship game ths ternoon.
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Rubber Trust.

Trenton, n. j.. May 1.-THE Manufac-
tuners Rubber company capitalized at
s6,00O,0O0, was incorporated today to man
ufacture and deal In rubber.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

Washington May 1i--Secretary Long
today received cablegram from Admiral
Dewey asking permission to keep the
cruiser Boston On the Asiatic station for n
short time. The request will be granted.
The remains of General H. C. Egbar,,
which arrived here yesterday from Manila,
were Inferred at Arlington cemetery this
afternoon with full military honors.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

BASEBALL TODAY. -Nau)7al League
Baltimore at Boston; Washington al Bro X
at Pittsburg ST. Louis at Cleveland: Louis
willie at Chicago.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

New York. May liza special to the
Tribune from Washington says: The war
department is preparing to send four regi
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12
ToDAY's EVENTS.

WASHINGTON. Dire tor Mer lam has ar
pointed Samuel c. Durham sp cia agent t.
take the census q Northern ALASKA.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

NEW YORK.--Martin Flaherty and Oscar
Gardner will fight twenty five round battle
before the Br adway Athlete club tonight
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

hM ATISM They say Is In
il yoa I-X.L Sarsaparilla
.stiere you and thus prove the
IT, statement untrue.
{,,o rs,ail druggists handle u or. will
a for you. Manufactured by
|ston Drug Co.. " Tssss.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

bale Fruit Dealer. Houston. Texas.
/ receiving large quantities OF Messina
IONS. ASK fer prices.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

In all probability the United States will
be the purchaser of the Spanish floating
dock now moored in Havana harbor, when
the auction occurs, on May a. Instruc-
lions have been given TO Commodore cres-
we'll. commander OF the Havana naval sta
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IT ak Business?

ou talk it TO those who might become your
rs2 II you can. we can put you in a way OF
larger amount OF business than ever before,
card, addressed to the Local Manager ofthe
Western telegraph and Telephone Com
will bring you tuil particulars.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20

tent of the British preparations to ad-
vance to the relief of the town, may be
hesitating regarding the next move
The situation in Natal is very compli-
Gated, more especially if the reports be
true that the great Tugela bridge has
peen destroyed. The success of the next
move on either side will depend more
on strategy than on superior numbers
The Beers have three lines of action
open. They can hold the railway with
the force they have at Enpersdale, fall
ing slowly back before the British ad-
vance and threatening it from Weenen:
or in the second place. they can adj
vance from Weenan and try to carry
Estcourt; or, in the third place. thew
can advance due south from Weenen
20 weston, cut the railway and blow up
the bridge over Moot river.
If it be true that there are 10 ooo
Beers under Gen. Joubert and Gen.
Botha, marching south to meet the
British relief force, heavy fighting is in
store. Nothing is known with certainty
with regard to the relief column from
DURHAM, and the immediate intention of
this relief corps.
Gen. Methuen is busy night and day
cutting down the baggage to a mini
mum ana issuing orders with a view
OF enSurlng that. the officers shall be
lndistinguishable from the men to the
eyes of the Beers. A naval brigade
with searchlights, from the cruiser Do.
ris, under Maj. Ernest Rhodes, will &C.
company the column, and Maj. Rhodes
is confident that he will see his brother
Cecil in Kimberley. The column will
take all materials for repairing the
railway, which 1t is believed there will
be no difficulty in recovering.
An Orange river dispatch, dated
InurSQaX Nov. l6 saws that the Roar,
We're then concentrating their force.
outside Of Kimberley. According to tn,
latest advices from Jamestown, Their,
had been no signs of Basuto rising III
TO Saturday last. The Beers have re
! named North Oliversfontein in honor o
their commandant
From Lourenzo Marques come report
that three German officers. Col. Vo,
Braun, Lieut.. Buteweise and Lieut. Won
kunze nave arrived at Pretoria will
the intention of joining Gen. Joubert'l
| staff.
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destroyed The railway stock is be-
ing repaired to handle supplies The
expedition will go north toward Bay
ombong, probably today. The signal
corps is constructing lines with great
rapidity. A native courier from Bay
ombong reports that the American
troops left the town soon after they
entered, and that many natives remain,
although no insurgents.
Gen. Macarthur discovered here Mai.
Joneson, formerly chief surgeon on the
staff of the Filipino commander, Gen.
Maccardo. He resides at Bacolor, and
is about to return there to resume his
practice. Maj. Joneson says that all
respectable Filipinos are disguised with
the behavior of the insurgents, and are
very glad that the Americans have the
upper hand.
number of refugees are entering
Panique from the north, indicating the
proximity of other American troops,
probably off the railway line. These
refugees say that the insurgents have
not known which way to turn, with the
Americans occupying so many places
in the north. Panique is a rich sugar
town. Some of the wealthy Chinese
and the poorer natives fled at the first
approach of our troops, but they are
now confidently returning The rain
has ceased, the weather is fine and the
country is drying rapidly.
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promises full recognition of and fair
compensation for actual injury result
ing from loyal adherence to British al
legiance. :
w. p. Scheiner has instructed all civil
commanders to announce that there is
no intention to call out the burger
forces in the colony, as the colonial gov
ernmept considers the military forces
of the crown sufficient to preserve order
and repel invasion, until then Ordinary
citizens" are only expected to remain
loyal and not to give countenance to the
enemy.
Judging from present indications, so
far from there being a prospect of a
Dutch rising, the fact is that many of
the Cape Dutch are so incensed at the
loss of their property and the destruc-
ton of railways and bridges that they
are even beginning to favor the annex
alton of the two republics. One promi-
nent politician goes so far as to say it
may possibly happen that the Outland-
ers will be the chief opponents of annex
alton
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CHURCHILL A PRISONER.
Taken to Pretoria With Many Other
English Captives.

Pretoria, Nov. IS, by way of Lou
reno Marques, Nov 19-At noon today,
Sc British prisoners, including men of
the Royal Dublin fusileers and several
blue Jackets, arrived here. There were
large crowds at the railway station, but
no demonstration was made. Winston
Churchill, who is wounded in the hand,
was taken to the Model school, while
the rank and file are being sent to the
race track.
One spy was lodged in Jail. The
wounded had been treated at Colenso.
The Boer version of the conflict in
which these prisoners were taken, says
that two British were killed and ten
wounded.
The mining department has discov-
cred beneath the managers house at
the Ferreira mine, a passage leading
to q suite of apartments 40 feet below
ground, with gas and water laid on.
This is supposed to have been intended
to serve as a rendezvous for the en-
ployees of the Ferreira mine, in the
event Of bombardment of Johannes
burg.
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returned to bed and was soon sound

returned to bed and was soon sound
asleep.
Not SO the professor. He was still
overcome by the heat, real or imagin-
airy, ana unable to bear the burden any
longer quietly stole out of | and
managed to break a second pane so
cleverly that the noise it made was not
sufficient to disturb the slumber of the
occupant of the other bed.
''Ah, that is better, much better said
the professor to himself, and he crept
back to bed He now could breathe
and was able to sleep.
Next morning he was awakened by
a tremendous burst of laughter from
his roommate.
why what's the matter?' cried the
professor, looking up through the gray
light of returning day.
Done you see how we ventilated the
room last night?" said the other. "The
panes that were broken to admit the
air We're the panes of a bookcase, and
not in The window at all"
The professor paid for them but dur
ing the remainder of his stay he care
fully avoided bringing up the subject
of ventilation.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
LADY sARAH's RIDE.
Last Heard From Making a Perilous
Ride from Mafekine.


When she was last heard of Lady
Sarah Wilson, accompanied by her
maid, was riding from Mafeking on a.
2O0-mile journey. Her husband, Cap
tain Gordon Chesney Wilson of the
Royal Horse guards, is one of the gal
liant little band of officers aiding COL
onel Baden-Powell in keeping the Boer
Commandant Cronie at bay Lady Sa-
rah was not long in following her hus-
band out to South Africa. The young
est of the large family of the seventh
duke. of Observation-Disclosures were five
sons and six daughters-she had won
a reputation among her friends for in
heriting more than her share of the
martial qualities of her great ancestor
the famous Churchill of Blenheim even
before the present war gave so favor
able an opportunity for their display
The first duchess, the imperious ia
Vorite of Queen Anne, seems to reap
pear in her youngest namesake. She is
aunt of the present duke and sister of
the late Lord Randolph Churchill. All
her sisters are pretty and clever wo-
men and figure largely in English So
ciety. One is duchess of Roxburghe, an
other Lady Winborne. Lady Tweed
mouths salon is a meeting place for
the politicians of the Rosebery circle,
while Lady de Ramsey and Lady
Georgina Curzon has each achieved
her own social success.
Lady Sarah Wilson appears, like an
other Di Vernon eager to face any haz-
ards so that she may carry tidings of
the welfare of the beleaguered garri
son, and, if need be, summon a flying
column to its aid.
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concentrating upon it, soon silenced
this weapon, the enemy's artillery men
fleeing headlong. The Beers then ad-
vanced in force with a view of repair
ing the mortar but our artillery
shelled and scattered them right and
left. The fighting was all over at II
o'clock.
Promptly at noon Gen. White order
ed salute of Il guns in honor of the
birthday Of the Prince of Wales. AS
the cannon doomed, cheer after cheer
rang out from the troops, and a scene
of enthusiasm, probably without pa
rallel in history, followed.
AT Caesars camp, which protects
the town on the southeast, the Man
chester regiment had the position. De-
scending under cover of the British
guns for some distance on the further
side of the hill, they detected several
hundred Beers hiding in the ditch, out
of the way of British shells. They
poured volley after volley into the
enemy, scattering them wildly and in
f1icting heavy loss.
THE Beers were driven back at ev-
cry point with a loss estimated at S0C
men. Nothing important occurred un-
til Tuesday, November II, when 6
strong force, chiefly cavalry and artil
lery, accommodating, came upon the
enemy near the Colenso road and drove
them back to their main position. Oul
shell fire was most effective, and Is be
Aeved to have inflicted considerable
Damage. Our own loss was one man.
sThe same day Boer shell killed E
trooper Of the Natal mounted rifles
who was sleeping in his tent. All oul
men are fit, well and in good spirits
1t is reported that the lyddite is terri
fvinp fha Qnare rrbp have RI ha drixraf
to their gun positions by revolvers
pointed at their heads.
"Ladysmith is able to hold out fol
months. On the other hand it is re
ported that dysentery is making havoc
in the enemy's camp"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
WEST POINTERS ROOM.
1t is a Vertabe Model of Spartan
Simplicity and Cleanliness.

Simplicity and Cleanliness.
Spartan simplicity is the predominant
feature of the cadet room at West
Point, says the New York Herald. They
are furnished alike. There are no dec
orations in one than cannot be found
in all the others. A millionaire's son
has no more privileges than the poorest
lad whose brains and physical perfec-
ton secured his appointment
No furniture Or ornaments are al
lowed in rooms except those called for
by the regulations. Everything in a
cadets. room is purchased out of the
pay he receives from the government.
No ornaments are allowed on the walls
but a few photographs may be placed
on the top shelf of the clothes press
Each cadet must make up his bed after
reveille. Mattresses and blankets are
folded neatly and piled against the
head Shoes are lined parallel on the
floor by the side of the bed An alcove
furnished with hooks provides a place
for uniforms. The hooks are numbered
for each garment. Night clothes and
one clothes bag for each cadet hang on
pegs next to the bed, A small clothes
press, having four shelves, stands
| against the wall near the door. This
press holds the remaining belongings
of the occupants.
The nlantel ornaments consist of a
neat frame giving the hours of instruc-
ton, copies of the army regulations, u.
S. M. A. regulations, blue book and a
small mirror. At the food of the bed
is washstand, with two bowls, and
few toilet articles. On the transom
of the alcove is each cadets name,
which must also appear over his clothes
press and pegs. Guns have a separate
rack.
Two cadets occupy a room The Sc
lection of room mates is left to the ca
| diets themselves the authorities claim
ing no jurisdiction.
Each cadet takes his turn as room
orderly weekly The orderly is respon-
sible for the general order and cleanli-
ness of the room. He must see that
the ventilation is perfect, that the lights
go out at taps. Upon him rests the re-
sponsibi!ity of dust appearing on the
shelves. He must not allow his room
mate or any visitor to stand at the win
dow in shirt sleeves, and whatever is
done in the room he stands accountable
for.
Formerly cadets were compelled to
scrub the floors of their rooms, but CIV
ilians are now employed for that pur-
pose. That is the only evidence of lux
ury that has cropped up at West Point
during the century of its existence.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
BLUE MONDAY.
Sole Occupation of Chiians That Day
is to Get Sober.


Monday is dies non in Chilli. Peo-
pie have learned by long experience
that they can expect little from their
servants and employees on that day,
says the Chicago Record. They call
it San lunes''-sobering up day A
manufacturer goes to his shop Monday
morning to find that only few of his
hands have reported for duty, and even
they are in a seedy condition. In some
establishments, in places where labor
is plenty, the hands who are absent on
Monday get no work during the week,
but this rule cannot be applied to most
of the cities, because labor is so scarce
that employers are at the mercy of
their help, and are compelled to tolerate
their delinquencies.
The mistress of a household allows
her servants a Sunday off in turn, but
seldom expects them to report for duty
on Monday, and is never surprised to
receive a message from the police sta
ton. Carpenters, masons and other
mechanics seldom work more than five
days in a week, for the reasons I have
given, and there is proverb that the
shoe shops are never open on Monday.
The same customs attend the celebra-
ton of legal holidays, and it requires
five days for the people of Chill to ex-
press the patriotic emotions inspired by
the "Diez Ocho de Setiembre"-the
18th of September-or the daisy ocho"
as it is familiarly called-the anniver-
sary of CHILEAN independence. Every
body prepares for it, Houses are fresh
ly painted, flagpoles are raised over
every roof, bonfires burn on the sur
rounding mountains, f1estas are held in
every park and plaza special masses
are sung in the churches, all the banks,
business houses and manufacturing es-
adjustments are closed, schools are dis
missed, labor is suspended on all the
plantations, and everybody, young and
old great and small engages in the
festivities, with a zeal and enthusiasm
that is seldom seen elsewhere.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
GOT VENTILATION,
But the British Tourist Had to Pay the
Freight.


A somewhat crochety Englishman
passed through Chicago recently. He
was a professor of something or other
and was out picking UP wrinkles" for
home use, OF a hardy nature, and
Injured to outdoor life, he is a great
stickler for ventilation. The hotel at
which he stayed in Chicago was in the
Van Buren, street region, and the house
was so full that the only sleeping ac-
commodation they could offer him was
part of dsuble-bedded ROOM which he
grumblingly accepted. The room was
at the rear of the house, and, having
been previously used for storage pur-
poses, contained numerous articles of
furniture which are not generally seen
in bedrooms. Moreover, it was dark
and dingy, and the window was of the
old-fashioned sort, with small panes.
At night, after having been in bed for
a time, and the lights having been
turned out, the professor began to puff
and blow, and raising his head, called
to the occupant of the other bed;
Don't you think it's terrible hot?"
mot at ALL" replied the other; ito
tell you the truth, / was feeling rather
cold"
I'm sorry for that" sighed the pro-
fessor because / was going to ask if
you would mind the window being OPP
ened a little. It's so unhealthy to
be without ventilation"
Just as you like" said the man, "I'll
open it,"
Thanks, awfully," said the professor
and the man jumped out of bed and
CROPPED his way to the window,
II can't raise it." said the man, after
Juggling at the window for awhile.
Then knock pane of glass out; I'll
pay for it, urged the Englishman. I'm
sufeocatiae."
The man laughed and obeyed; then
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
Inhabitants OF Corona We'll
come MacArthur's Approach.
BAYOMBONG OCCUPIED.
Panique Also Filled With American Troops
Feeling Seems to Be Adverse to
Aguinaldo-Rice Fields Drying
and Campaign is Being
Rapidly Pushed.

Mania, Nov. 10 q a. m.).-The fol-
lowing dispatches have been received
here from correspondents of the Asso-
ciated Press, accompanying the Ameri-
can advance northward:
Corona, Nov. 18.-Gen. Macarthur en-
tered Corona, as already cabled, this
afternoon. The insurgents had fed last
Monday, after burning the depot. Moth
ing else was destroyed by them. Corona
is the first town along the Manila-Dag-
upan railway line where the natives did
not run at the approach of the Ameri-
cans. The padres offered quarters in
the church and convent. The town has
one good house, and it is in the heart of
heavy English sugar interests. We
have no wagons, and pack mules and
native bearers carry all our supplies.
The natives here say that Bayombong
was occupied last Sunday by mounted
troops probably Gen. Young's brigade
Of Gen. Lawton's division. The people
here are of a better class than we have
usually found, and they welcomed the
Americans, as they evidently realized
that their agricultural interests viii re-
vive.
Gen. Macarthur said this evening"
1--WE seem to be entering a different
political atmosphere. The people here
seem to be less attached to Aguinaldo's
cause than those in many towns we
have entered on the railway line"
The command will move northward at
daybreak tomorrow toward Bayombong.
Corona will be garrisoned with two
companies of the Ninth infantry as
sisted by two companies of the Thirty
sixth.
Immediately on entering Corona Sla-
ven's scouts moved up the track toward
Panique. On the way they encountered
an entrenched party of insurgents,
whom they drove back, then entering
the town and capturing locomotives
and 10 cars, as already cabled. They
report the insurgents had left the
town.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
BoERS ANNEX A CITY.

Cape Town, Nov. 19.-Advices just re-
ceived here show that on Thursday
Nov 16, combined force of Free State
and Transvaal burghers occupied Coles
berg, Cape Colony, without opposition
district to be Free State territory. The
British troopship Manila has arrived
at Durham. The Beers occupied Ber-
gersdorp on Nov. IA, and it is believed
that they were then on their way to
sieze Stormberg Junction
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
STAFF FOR THE MAINE,

New York. Nov. 19.-When the At
lantic transport liner Manitou sailed
today she had on board DR.. Hastings
and 20 male nurses, orderlies and dis
pensers," who will join the compile
ment of the medical and surgical staff
of the hospital ship Maine loaned to
the British government by the Atlantic
line for hospital duty in South African
waters
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
NO GERMANS THERE.
Said That Boer Gunners Are All Ma
tives of the TransvaaI.

Lourenzo Marques, Saturday, Nov. IS.
The following dispatch has been re-
ceived here from Pretoria, dated Thurs
day Nov. 16:
1.-THE statement that the Boer artil-
lery is offlced by Germans is denied
here. 1t is asserted officially that all
the Boer artillery officers were born in
the Trausyaal, although two were trained
in Europe.
The British prisoners of the rank and
file have been given new outfits.
The bombardment of Kimberley was
resumed this morning. Bateman, a
British private, captured outside of
Ladysmith was brought to Pretoria,
and has since become insane.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
LADY RANDOLPH HAPPY.
Terrible Suspense Regarding Fate of
Her Son is Over.

London, Nov. 19.-The first definite
news regarding the fate of Winston
Churchill was conveyed to his mother
this evening by a representative of the
Associated Press. Lady Randolph had
just returned home from a quiet dinner
with few friends. when the gratifying
intelligence that her son is living, was
conveyed to her.
The fact that his wound is not neces-
sarily dangerous, and that he is alive in
Pretoria, caused her the greatest graft
fication, as she had been hitherto with
out the least intimation of his where
abouts.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-20
JAMESTOWN SEIZED.

Queenstown, Cape Colony Saturday
Nov. 1S.-Commandant oliver, with a
portion of the Rockville commando, has
occupied jamestown, hoisted the flag OF
the Orange Free State, and annexed the
town. Maj .-Gen, William Forbes Cat
acre, with his staff and the Irish Rifles
arrived here today.