The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-02
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FRANCE s MAKING IMPORTANT CHANGES
epsInud IL Also About ~ Improve
Her Csnnon-TAe Babonic
Plague in London.

London January 1.-The cars disarrna-
nsnt scheme receives almost daily hit be-
Low tho belt In the shape OF announcements
Of the extension OF the military and naval
forces OF the various powers Ia one FIRM or
other After the news that the Gerrnan field
artillery will be definitely armed with the
new quickf!rers by the beginning Of The New
Year, comes the announcement that the
French field artillery. before the spriag. viii
be fully armed with the new - centinetre
quickfsrerr. rivsilng thoss Of the German
army
Serious attention Is given to these impor
TAM changes. whseh enc authority describes
as being The mozf porteatous military I'D
vance in armament since the iniroduct;on of
magazine rifles. or perhaps s&nce the Ger
mans rsed brearhloading guns in the AUS
triaa var Of 1851. Experts estimate that
batteriss Of the new giDs VIII BE- at least
three times as powerful as the present. bat
tsrics. Esch new French battery costs i-.cOp
pounds $50 0cD. The resrailng thus costs
France ss.,c0.ooa pounds in guns alone. while
reorganization 81 the anmnuition transported
which will bring the total expe5ditute up
TO pearly i0,0I1.eip pounds fS11,60 BOZ Brit
ish artiiieristR pointed out IS against these
new guns the British artillery would be
swept off the field. and they urge that the
Brf.a f,eii gun be brought up TO tbs level
Of ths foreign arm. Great. Britaia must thus
2.sln,o0d pounds 1912 80, con. France wa have
nine warships building IN 1853.
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The dscordant note Of the festive season
vas struck IN the aaBognesmnt 'hsi the bu-
bone plague had arrived Ia England tliroush
= Passenger landed at Plymouth. from the
mail s;eawsr Goironda. ne cese having de-
vsiopei on her hcmeward voyage from INDIA.
aud by the arrival IN the Thames o. another
suspicious csse landed at Ggaye,ead This
startling news caused stir. But TIE Lam
cf< no~ unDounces that the lsndrd st
Plymouth was only suffering from mild
typr NJ tho disgass. while the suspicious case
- GravesNDd proves u have becU Sickness
due to some otheT cause Than tae plague.
Both paiirnis however. have b@sn Isolated.
and the Uoiccuda has heeu dtsiniectei The
rats on board the steamer. which ara accused
OF spreading the plague in India. have been
utterly eNtsrHsneted BY burning.
~
Tho government inquiry into the causes OF
the terrible mortality among railroad man.
witch. during tho pass ten years, reached i5ia
peiftns killed while 9o.-ii were injured.
shows tho accidents TO have occurred chiefly
among the switrhmen. In consequence of this
showing. the board Of trade seat an expert to
sindy the systems In use in America. This
exI.fr han Just reached hare. and brought
with him specimens OF the American auto
tutuc couplings, which he reported have re-
drcen tho number Of accidents IN America By
y Err ttlt. II Is understood that the pres,-
dent OF the board OF trade Mr. Charles Thorn
son Richie. VIII introduces bill to make
automatic couplings compulsory In Great Brit
sip- Considerable opposition IL developing
sssinst the billas the change viii cost e. boz
epO SEQ. o6ol.
Singular occurrence is reported from tho
senineriux mountains. hear Vienna Two
youths snd young woman asranded the Rsx
On Monday and when thy reached a height
OF ,fc0 feet the woman was taken III aud car
riso 10 a shelter house where she gave birth
to = son. Her two companions made "A Are
ava Wrapped her in all their spare clothing
the cold being Intense. Then one Of the young
nlel descended the mountain and brought
tho whole affair was d hoax The woman
however, can not be removed for some time,
Shun u serious SNOWFALL will comuei her To
ienain In the shelter house with her new
borr babe for a long time
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Tho hitter cold weather OF Chris,nlastlde has
given the pops's health decided change for
thu b't;er. He walks unaided during his daily
constitutional in the Vatican grounds. The
newspapers OF Rome announce that a rich
American lady has had gold snun box. In
crusted with superb diamonds made by ono
OF the best jewellers Of Rome "a an Offering To
tha pope. who. II IA addsd Will nnd a check
for 10000 inside the snuff box
The pope recently refused to inflow the cleo |
trir light to BE- introduced into his apart
pfifrous about that light"