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matograph were clearer and sharper than
any ever seen here and were OF unusual
interest from the fact that all OF the
scenes represented were taken In foreign
countries. A large number OF INNS wc,e
shown, probably the best OF which was
that representing Spanish bull light.
Fred Clarks suniiower song and dance
was another feature which gave general
satisfaction and secured several enthusiasts
tic recalls for this clever performer. The
team work of Mr. Clark and Mile. Elvera
was extremely well done. as usual, and
was heartily applauded.
The performance was closed by Mile.
Elvera in her beautiful dances which she
does so gracefully and in such an artistic
manner as TO elicit unlimited evidence VI
approval on the part OF tho audience.
The bill was, In short, an excellent ono
In every respect. II will be repeated to-
night, and II It's merits are appreciated
by the people OF the city, will be- prcssot-
ed to a packed house.
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Packnrd-shepherd.

News OF the marriage of Mr.. S, p
Packard and Miss Nellie Shepherd was
made public yesterday for the first time
the young people having been married An.
gust 2 by Rev. John e. Green OF this city
on d license secured in McLennan county
The groom is well-known civil engineer
who for some time, has been connected
with the county surveyors office, and his
bride, who is niece OF ID. C. Shepherd
has been employed by the Houston An.
stract company Mr.. and Mrs. Packard
are now enjoying their honeymoon at La
Porte
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THE SUMMER THEArERs.
vaudeville Bills at Magnolia Park
and Auditorium.

and Auditorium.
The people who attended the Auditorium
last night enjoyed lengthy programme
OF excellent vaudeville features. practical
ly all OF which were entirely new and
thoroughly up-to-date Prof. Hermann.
the clever Spanish prestidigitator gave
some new Illusions. all OF which were
good and some which were fully as we'll
done as those OF the late Herman. Kerr
man depends entirely on his palming to
entertain his auditors. as he does not
speak word OF, English and can not.
therefore, give the monologue which
usually accompanies such work
Prof Llarrac, clever ventriloquist,
furnished another new feature. which was
greatly enjoyed. and Alvido. one OF the
best Jugglers ever seen on local stage.
elected an unlimited amount OF applause
by his dexterous handling OF various ar
tlcles.
The pictures shown by Lumeas cine
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EARLY MORNING FIRE.
One House Destroyed and Another
Damaged.


Damaged.
The home Of Robert Ferguson, at 1907
Mckee street, was entirely consumed and
that of w Scott considerably damaged by
fire between the hours of 5 and 6 yesterday
morning. An alarm was turned in from
box 81, but the wires worked imperfectly,
ringing the wrong number at some of the
stations and not striking at all at the
central station. As result the fire was
well under way when the department ar
rived.
Both houses were owned by W. F. Riley
The one occupied by Mr.. Ferguson, which
was valued at $500 was uninsured. a
policy on 1t having lapsed only a few
days ago. The contents of the house
which were also destroyed, were valued at
$500 and insured for $500 The other
house, which was also uninsured. was
damaged to the extent of about $500
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Installation OF ofac.r.

Division No. 3, A. o. H., has installed
the following officers: Pat Mccabe, presi-
dent NJ. +. cahill vice president; Frea
II. MCGEE, recording secretary; S. A Ruct
ley. financial secretary: NJ. j. LYONS traas.
urer; Pat oConnor. sergeant-at.ar,,-
John Burns. sentinel: John Nugent, char.
man OF standing committee.
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The counciI Adiourn.,

The city council met yesterday afternoon
ory OF Robert Adair, formerly city as.
SCISSOR and collector, and an alderman
during the last administration. Aldermen
Aubertin, Heiser and Tuffly were appointed
a committee to prepare suitable resou-
lions.
Alderman Rosenthal was granted a leave
OF absence for six weeks.
Tho council adjourned until next Mon.
day
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At Magnolia Pnr..

The children will all be given rrco
ride TO a free entertainment at Mag
nolia park today. The matinee at $3.50
p. m. is especially for children. The night
performance begins at $3.50 and trains
Will run every hour from until p III.
The minstrel show and Herb G. Lewis
band and orchestra form great attrac-
tion at the park this week, and the at
tendance today is expected to be very
large. The fare is 20 cents for tho round
trip for adults.
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Nacogdoehes, Texas, December 30, 1897.
- took sixty-two orders yesterday /
got orders for from two TO three in nearly
every house. Some places | got orders
ior hye and six" Agents wanted. Agents
supply Co, 1913 Texas Avenue. Houston,
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Remoying The,r r.

The Electric Street Railway oomna,v
was engaged Yesterday in removing their
track from McGowan avenue between ran.
MIN ana Travis streets to make room for
the pavement being placed there by the
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worst description. 1t means SLOW s.aIVs'
t;on Because a man forces food into
veal and impaired stomach, 1t does not
follow that he feeds his body. The lie
eivinq elements of the food taken into an
impaired stomach are not assiniilated into
the blood. Instead, the impurities OF tne
sluggish liver and bowels are taken up ana
carried to all parts of the body. me con
seoueucc is that the body is not only
starved but poisoned. The immediate re-
suit is physical suffering from which the
old time zealot would have drawn BACK IN
horror. The final result is disease ana
death DR.. pierce's Golden Medical DIS
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II can heartily recommend Or. Pieree,s Gold
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anyone troubled with indigestion and torpid
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bottles Of your Golden Medical Discovery and
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When You Want
LIME OR CEMENT
TELEPHONE g.
MACATEE & co., ts sSss for for , ,ss Aisn

Municipal Improvement company. The
company has also removed its track from
Houston avenue In consequence OF the paw
ing work being done there by Messrs
Hipp & Key.
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TEXANS pELTED WITH SNOW BALLS.
Texans pelting each other with snow
oaiis IN August is novel sport. yet that $
exactly one OF the many ways OF enter
tainment which all Texans have in visit
ing the various health and pleasure re-
sorts in Colorado on the line OF The Dem
Yer Road
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES.
St. Mary's College, and Preparatory Sr..-.'

by Ak D..
A. ia
In charge Of sduases
whom Will act as Guides European
examined annually s n
light 5000 annum Music Art chs nA
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13
THE LAFAYETTE SOUVENIR DOL
 J,AIo

1JAIN.
 It has been decided by the director of the mint to postpone coining the Paris Exposition Lafayette souvenir dollars until the beginning of the new year. when the work will be speedily finished Robert J. Thompson, secretary of the Lafayette monument committee, says that the design for the dollar has been decided on.On the reverse of the coin are the faces of Lafayette and Wash ington in double profile. Encircling the profiles are the words: Limited States of America-One Dollar" On the ob- verse Is reproduction of the monu ment, with the inscription, Tn Honor of General Lafayette Erected by the Youth of the United States. Paris, France, 1900."
 The director of the mint says he has no authority to coin the dollars at this time and place the date 1900 upon them, and, besides, the amount of work In hand at the mint is so great that coin age cannot now be taken up. Early in January, 1900 it Is expected, these coins will be placed on the market, when they will be distributed among those who have subscribed for them. Many of the coins are already sold, and If the present demand continues the number authorized by congress will be subscribed for before they are coined at the mint.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13
THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE.

It is announced that, commencing De- cember 10, 1899, the Southern Railway company will operate through train ser vice over it's own line via Columbia, Perry, Blackville and Allendale, South Carolina, into and out of Savannah, Georgia.
 Commencing that date it's through car service will be operated in connection with the Plant system south of Savan- nah, Georgia, and the Florida East Coast railway, to and from points on the east coast of Florida, with direct connection to and from Key West, Flor ida, Havana, Cuba, and Nassau, New Providence, via Miami Florida, in con- nection with the Florida East Coast Steamship line; and, in connection with the Plant system south of Savannah, to and from other points in Florida, in- cluding points on the west coast, with direct connection to and from Key West and Havana, via Tampa, Florida, in connection with the Plant Steamship line.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13

Membrane. Restore and Smell. No Mere Regular Size, 30 cer at Druggists or by IL 66 Warren St., New
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13

height of mans shoulder above the supposed ground line, in another at the height of the shoulders of a sheep. In the debris south of the monoliths, at about the level of the row of stones connecting them, was found quantity of bones of camels, sheep and cows. A few such bones were found under the footstone of b.
 The finding of additional footstones suggests that there were originally six monoliths, but into this and other theo- ries and speculations touching this high place" we cannot enter at pres ent The forthcoming Quarterly State ment' of the Palestine Exploration Fund will supply those who are inter- ested with many important particulars and details, including the carefully pre- pared drawings and illustrations which MT. Macalster contributes to the re- port rt-Iondon Times.
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DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

George Evans, a colored man thirty five years of age, and d single man, died at the New Haven hospital of dou- ble pneumonia yesterday afternoon. He had been at the hospital ten days. He leaves a brother, who lives on Eaton street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-11-13
LOCAL anu
The specific Is E!y's Cream Balm.

It is quickly Ab- sorbed. Gives Re lief at once. Opens and cleanses the Nasal Passages. Al lnrr InQnnlHan Einn I
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CANADA HAS CONSENTED
TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT OF THE
ALASKAN DISPUTE.
Statement by Sir Louis Davies, Who
Has No Hope at Present of o
Permanent Settlement.

LONDON, Oct. 12.-Sir Louis Henry
Davies, Canadian minister of marine and
fisheries, informs the Associated Press that
he has given Canada's consent to a tenn
porary arrangement of the Alaskan dis
pute. This has practically settled the whole
matter for the time being the main fea-
lures Of the arrangement were originally
suggested by the United States. Col. John
Hay, the American secretary Of state, will
sign the last papers within few days. and
Reginald Tower, British charge d'affaires in
Washington, will ratify on behalf of Great
Britain.
Sir Louis Davies said this evening: THE
terms agreed on are simply a line drawn
across Chilkat pass, deliminated 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 temporary agreement is ss.tis-
factory So far as the original contention
is concerned, we are just as misty as ever.
I see no signs of reaching an immediate set
tlement. Canada relinquishes no claim by
her assent to this temporary arrangement
and she has not the slightest intention of
allowing her original contention to lapse to
obscurity. 1t is not our purpose to permit
this new understanding TO extend a day
longer than Is necessary. The fact that
am returning to Canada must not be taken
to indicate that settlement will be
reached by the date of my leaving England.
My return is necessitated by matters al
together outside the Alaskan affair. / am,
however, working in conjunction with the
Colonial Office upon the case. 1t will not
come before the joint high commission un-
less a diplomatic settlement is previously
attained
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One Hundred Native Soldiers and q
Trader Betrayed by a Chief, Who
Was Promptly Shot.
TURKISH IMPERIAL TRADE
THAT PROMISES RELIEF FOR THE
LONG-SUFFERING ARMENIANS.
Buildings That Were Destroyed Dur
Many PardOns Granted.

AMSTERDAM. Oct. ia dispatch to
the Mandelsblad from Batavia, capital of
the Netherlands Indies. Java, says that a
violent earthquake has visited the south
side of the Island of Ceram, one of the
Moluccas, between Booroo and Papua. COM
pletely destroying the town of Amhei and
killing, it is estimated. some four thousand
people, as well as injuring some five hun
dred others. The dispatch says that details
OF the disaster have not yet been obtained
The Moluccas. or Spice islands are noted
for their destructive earthquakes. On June
T. 1898, dispatch was received at The
Eogue from Batavia, announcing that the
capital OF Amboyna had been wrecked by
seismic disturbances and three hundred
people killed. Amboyna lies southwest of
Cersni and northwest of Banda, in the East
Indian archipelago Its area is 365 square
miles and its population about $1,000. nearly
a third Mol'anmedans. The Dutch took Am
boyna from the Portuguese in 1906. The
British settlement was destroyed by the
Dutch H. the Infamous massacre of 1922
for which, in 1854, Oliver Cromwell exacted
compensation. The British held the island
in 17s6-1sO2. 1t finally became Dutch in 1874
Ceram also belongs to the Dutch. 1t is
the largest of the southwest Moluccas and
is divided into Great and Little Ceram
by the Isthmus of Taruno. Its area is 6,605
square miles and has population of 195, ,000
mountain chain reaches height Of II 600
fea<
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Beers May Shell the Town-Partings
mt the Railway Station.

CAPE TOWN, Aug. L. Morning.-Advices
from Mafeking say that every precaution
has been taken against attack, that all the
streets are barred TO wagons. According to
these advices the Beers intend TO she'll the
town before delivering their attack. They
are said to possess twelve guns. Every man
in Mafeking is carrying rifle. and the mil
itary authorities are confident that they will
be able TO repel the attack, but they lack
the force necessary to follow a Beers re-
treat. The town is fairly quiet. The con-
vent sisters and many ladies' have elected to
stay and nurse the wounded, and many
houses have been converted into hospitals.
The searchlight on the fort is kept working
across the veldt Three Boer spies have
been arrested in the town. Railway COM
munication is practically at the mercy OF
the Beers. over 200 miles of the line being
within easy striking distance of the enter
prising commands.
Sad scenes occurred at the railway station
on the departure of the women and children
by train. 1t is thought that even should
the main line be blown up at any point the
damage can be repaired within few hours
Some traders at Zerust, with whom store
keepers here had contracted for large sup
plies of ammunition, have refused to ex-
ecute orders, it having been reported to
them that the supplies were intended for
the Beers commissariat.
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Comments on the Report of the Brit
ish Com mi zsiOner.

ish COmmi ~siOner.
LONDON, Oct. 12-The Foreign Office has
issued the correspondence which passed be-
tween 1t and c. N. f. Eliot, British COM
missioner to the Samoan conference re-
garding Samoa and the report of the joint
draft Of the amended act for the govern
ment OF the islands. Included I'm the corre-
spondence is communication to Mr.. Eliot,
dated April 13, in which Lord Salisbury re-
views recent events and announces his ap-
pointement on the commission and a note
from Mr.. Eliot under date of July 26, giving
to Lord Salisbury brief narrative of the
proceedings of the commission.
The Times, in an editorial article on the
report of the Samoan commissioner, pub
lished yesterday, says: "The Lewiston in ia
vor of government by one power is very
serious statement, emanating from such a
quarter: but it must be owned that strong
evidence is adduced in support of it. 1t is
not at all easy, however. to see how that
ideal object is to be attained. We can do
nothing that will in any way impair the
excellent relations We have so easily MAIN
tanned with the Americans; we cannot as
sent to any scheme injurious to our COM
merce in the islands. and we cannot hurt
the independent public opinion of our Aus
tralian colonies or weaken our naval posi-
ton In the Pacific.
'If such a measure of substantial COM
pensation could be found for US among Ger
man possessions in that part of the world
as would secure these objects to US. there
seems no reason why We should not be
ready TO negotiate on the whole question,
but it must be on the 'do-des' principle"
The Standard says: $50 many well-laid
schemes have miscarried that the makeshift
arrangement the report recommends may
perhaps turn out we'll. but the doubt in
trudes whether any state can remain dis
interested when once IT has an interest in
the strife-provoking soil Of Samoa. AS the
scheme, however. Is based on a system
which worked well in the Fills. there Is
further ground to hope that 1t will stand
the strain of trial"
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PALATINE BANK MYSTERY.
Identity of the Dead RObber Is About
to BE Established.

CHICAGO Oct. 12--The mystery as 20 the
identity of the man who tried to rob Charles
H. Panten. of the bank of Palatine, Sept
q, and who was mortally wounded in the
attempt, was. ii Is thought. cleared up to-
day by one who believes himself a brother
of the dead man, and by G. A. Partridge of
Waukesan. adjutant general of the Illinois
Department of the Grand Army. Both are
positive that the man who lost his life while
i'm the commission of a crime, and who now
lies in a nameless grave in potter's field.
was DR.. William l.. Lewis. a graduate of
two medical colleges. a licensed physician
and a man who was driven to the deed by
the excessive use of morphine.
Dr. Lewis was twenty-six years old, and
lived most of his life in Wisconsin. He
had travelled extensively. and. 1t was con-
sidered. had brilliant future before him.
His linen was marked with the initials
Wv L." and after being wounded he gave
his name as Walter Lawton, admitting the
name was assumed. He refused to the last
TO disclose his identity, saying he did not
care 10 have his relatives in New York
know anything of the disgrace he had
brought upon them. After being wounded
he showed much knowledge OF surgery, en-
gaging at one time in an argument with the
physicians as to whether he was bleeding
internally. Something over two years ago
he was seized with pneumonia, and opium
being used as a medicine. he became a vic
tim of the drug. 1t is believed by his rela-
tives that he was in an unbalanced mental
condition when he attacked the bank.
The fact that DR.. Lewis, who had been
living at the Palmer House. in this city, has
never been seen or heard of since the day
of the episode at Palatine. together with the
marking of the linen. first brought his fam
ily TO the belief that the men were iden-
tical. The body will be exhumed for identi-
fication Tomorrow -x -
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MASSACRE IN AFRICA.
Two Germans and 100 Native Soldiers
Ambushed and Slain.

LIVERPOOL, Oct. 12.-The steamer
Niger, which arrived to-day from southwest
Africa, brings news of the massacre of
Lieutenant Guise, German commissioner at
Rio del Rey. near Old Calabar river, on the
Blight of Bfafra, and also of Herr Lee
meyer, a German trader, together with a
hundred native soldiers and carriers, con-
stituting an expedition formed by Lieuten-
ant Guise to quell disturbances near the
Cross river, which forms the boundary be-
tween British and German territory there.
A native chief was taken as guide, but he
led the expedition into ambush. He was
promptly shot when the Germans received a
volley. They fought rageously, but were
outnumbered and slain.
The natives then looted the neighboring
factories and murdered the native employees,
after which they crossed into British terri
tory. Ten British traders, who were
warned, had a narrow escape, managing to
get down the river in a canoe and to reach
Rio del Rey. where they found only a soli-
tary German official and half-dozen black
soldiers.
Great excitement prevailed at Rio del Rey
when the Niger left on Sept. IL, as it was
thought the natives might come there
News had been sent to the Cameroons.
from which point a German relief expedi-
tion could be dispatched.