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Taussig, dated at sea, two months ago.
The officer says he approached the IS
land with the navigator at the masthead,
steaming slowly along the southern and
eastern sides to discover signs OF hsbita-
ton. and looking in vain for an anchor
age A landing was made at / o'clock on
the nth of January and 1agpole was
raised Besides some pieces Of wreckage,
no signs of human occupation were visible.
When the flagstaff was in place the sailors
were formed In two ranks, facing seward,
and, having called all TO witness that the
island wase not in the possession of any
other nation. Commander Taussig ordered
the American flag to be raised by Ensign
Wettegill The flag was saluted by TWEEN
ty-one guns from the Bennington. After
the salute the flag was nailed to the mast
head with battens and brass plate with
the following inscription was screwed to
the base of the flagstaff
United States of America William Nc
Kinley president; John D. Long. secretary
OF the navy Commander Edward d. Taus-
sig. United States navy, commanding the
United States ship Bennington, this nth
day of January 1899. took possession OF
the AtoII, known as Wake, island for the
United States of America
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SUMMARY OF ToDAy's IMPORTANT NEWS.
LEGISLATIVE.


The senate passed finally bills granting
Paris new charter giving ri Paso more
court facilities. amending the school law,
permitting railroads to acquire new right
OF way, bill creating state historical
commission WIS killed. passed over the
governors veto (2os5l tho btu increasing
fees Of sheriffs and constablss
fouse committee reported favorably
bill to prohibit trusts from doing busi-
ness IN Texas
The house spont most OF tho morning
considering the bill to give effect to this
pension amendment; several amend
meats were defeated and the bill was or
dcrrd cngrossed; killed the bill seeking
to repeal the Jaw providing for csllscton
Of Z cents per mile BY coldu tors.
Ire governor slut in twl veto mess lges.
ore killing another consolidation bill and
the other killing the bill increasing fees
OF certain officials; IN the latter hill he
E,--s into the matter OF s!ata finances az
come length
Official correspondence concerning eom-
plants Of the Gatesvile reforinatory u
Governor Culberson has BEEN made public.
House appropriation bill Is not yet ready
to be rcported
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KILLED AND WOUNDED.
List Longer Than Those Formerly
Sent In

List Longer Than Those Formerly
Sent In
Washington, March 21-General Otis
list of casualties up to the day before yes
| terday is as follows:
Adiutant General. Washington.
Manila, March 21.-Casualties March II
near hlockhouse Wounded-Tenth Penn
sylvania; Company L, Second Lieutenant
John Thompson. thigh. slightly; Private
John A. McVey shoulder. moderate Ser
geant A. J. McCauch. arm, moderate.
March is, near the Taguig Killed
Twenty-second Infantry: Company e
Priyates John Schmidt, Charles w. Fred
ericks; company X. Henry w. johnson.
Wounded-Company f. Captain Frank 8
Jones, thigh. moderate; Privates Robert
Rice, abdomen. severe: Charles E. Por-
more, back. severe Raleigh T. White.
hin. severe William Ellis, thigh, severe
Ieander Mingio, thumb, severe; earn
Crumpolz, forearm, slight. Merritt Porter.
toe, severe; company D. Nelson Arvidon,
hip severe; Frank Yont chest, moderate
Berry II Young. leg. severe. company G.
Charles e. Haley, foot, slight; Frank Rae
fer, chin, slight; company X, Earl Edward.
foot severe; company NJ, Corporals James
Cummings Ford, thigh. moderate; Edward
+. Wilson, finger, severe
Iniured-Private George Schneider,
dubbed by enemy. severe.
March H. Wounded Company X. Au-
gust Schmidt. arm. slight
Near Pasig-Kiiled' Company VI. Second
Oregon, Private James Page Wounded
Company VI Corporal Fred D. BOVINE
thigh slight.
Near Tagulg-First Washington. Gonna
ny X, Corporals Robert Buckliu thigh, Sc
we're company d, Hugh E. Waters. lung.
severe Priyates Henry o. Ness. arm ana
side. severe; Edward r. Bartlett, lung.
severe.
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M,Lrs wINEn ANn OWED.
lie visits Boston aud Is Made n Guest
Df Honor

Boston March 81 Major General Nelson \,
Miles was the guest Of honor at banquet
rendered him by the Merchants club at tn
Algonquin club rooms tonight. More thaa 700
Leading merchants were present. Tha event Of
thQ evening VIA the adiAg OF the Assoclat a
Pes ciapatch denying that J0hn Sn2rm1n
Naa dead. and the proposal By General Miles
timaeif, as he rose to speak, OF toast Al 1
lcrg life to the statesman The beef Invest
gallon vas referred TO by some OF the speak.
ers but only Ia q general way.
Governor Wolcoit welcomed the distinguish
et guest In his official capacity and SAID ,ha.
Massachusetts was proud Of the record Of her
hCLoIed son. The governor referred 20 the
beet iuyestigati1n and said that General Niles
hal the conhdau e Of the qeQple-
President Little then introduced the guest
OF the evening, who arose amid great APP
rlt Use. General Miles spoke OF the hero,sm u
the soldiers Of the civil war. and continued
In our last war with foreisn country. Mas
saChusetts was found well equipped sad IN
complete readiness. Like the minute men ~
revolutionary days. the record OF the Second
and Ninth Maasachusctts 10 Cuba. and Of
many Of her sons. soldiers and sailors, 10 the
la distant Occidtnt was only eQuned by the
action or~thelr brothers IN the orient As 3
sou Of Massachusetts,, I believe that tne same
principles OF truth, lntegrlty, Independence
nnd patriotism that have prevailed IN ibis
grand commonwealth for Centuries will ron-
time and be perpetuated in every sphe.e OF
lie. be Il civil, political or commercial"
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main ohiecs he couferriag 7pou the build
ing and Gre departments such discretionary
powers as would be as arbitrary as possi-
bic 1t should be a bill which would deaf
with each individual case as & arose and
not IN ironclad law to cover In general
way all hotels. All hotels are constructed
more or less differently and different ac-
tiou would have 10 he by necessity taken
when action was necessary Let the head
OF the department in which the power has
been Invested use his Judgment and d-al
with each Individual case on It's merits.
II was suggested as the idea Of the hotel
men that the best way In which hotels
would be protected from Are would be
vigilant watchfulness and that this should
be insisted upon by law.
Commissioner Br1dy said he believed alb
sotuteiy IN nreproot buildings Build
lngs should be 30 constructed chat when
a fire broke out on the second or third
floor the floors above could be shat of from
the Are aud be practically isolated 50
that the flames could not reach them. To
this, he said should not only be added
wRtohfulness, hut other things besides
should he considered Alarms should b.
placed In each rc1m watchmeu should pa
troll the Railways at all hours and the ho-
tells should be provided with the most i'm
proved appliances Tor lighting the hre
He believed that power should be vested
in some department which should see to n
that these appliances were Ia order and
to have men for This purpose alone. The
right should be given the department 20
have men go through the hotels at al
hours during the night and day and sec
that the employees were doing their duty.
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TO ANNUL CHARTER OF A TRUST
MoNNErr CLAIMS THAT A PIPE LINE
COMPANY
Is stiil Part of the standard oil
Company which Violates the
Anti-Trust Law.

New York, March 2t.-The hearing in
the case Of the estate OF o. s. Monnett vs..
the Mackey Pipe Line Company OF Lima
Ohio, was resumed today in the office of
Charles Edgar Mills, sitting az special
commissioner. Attorney General Mounett
conducted his side Of the case, Messrs.
Elliott and Klein appeared for the com
pany. The proceedings against the Pipe
Line company are TO secure the annul-
ment Of It's charter on the grounds that
the company has violated the antitrust
law Of Ohio and that In defiance Of the
courts 1t is still a member of the stand
ard Oil trust.
The purpose of calling George Rice. the
Arst witness today was to allow hin, TO
testify In contradiction to the statement
made by John D. Archbold, hat he had
attempted to blactmail the Standard oil
company by demanding $500 600 for oil
properties which were worth S25 900 Mr.
Rice, replying to the attorney general ;
invitation that be make a statement, read
from lengthy manuscript 1T Is true -
ne said that In 1886, on their solicitation.
did submit a proposition to sell ali OF
my oil propertles-not only my refinery,
but production as well-for the sum
manned"
Mr. Rice quoted from letters OF MIR.
AFehbold, already published to show that
the Standard OIL company had his propo.
sition under consideration. The STANDARD
OIL company. Mr.. Rice said. by it's con
troll Of the railroads. has raised the freight
rates so that Il was impossible for him
70 carry on his business.
IN concluding his statement. Mr.. Rice
said he could prove that the Standard OIL
company has secretly blackmailed the rail-
roads OF this country out OF millions OF
dollars on rebate of freight
Replying to Mr.. Kline, MIR. Rice said
that In 1879 he offered to sell his refinery
10 ex-senator Campbell for $780, 00. That
offer did not include any Of his oil prop-
critics. When he offered to sell his IRON
erty later II included 200 acres OF oil land
a production OF 200 barrels OF oil A day
and quantity OF expensive machinery.
MIR Monuett asked counsel II they oh
tected to producing the officers Of the pine
Line company TO testify. and Mr.. Kline
replied that he had nothing TO say on that
| subject, The attorney general he said
bad power 10 compel the attendance 0i
witnesses Mr. Monnett replied that Ne
knew he could get the witnesses. buf n.
he could not compel them to testify ln
this State he had not appealed TO the
courts.
with that statement Mr. Monueft de-.
clarcd the proceedings closed TOR the lime
being.
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washington, March 2L--Tbe monthly
statement o. the collections OF internal
revenue shows that the total receipts Ton
February, 1889, were sls.64s,sa5. an in
erase as compared with February, 1898
Of $7s62445.
The receipts from the several sources
Of revenue are given as follows, together
with the increases, as compared with the
same month in 1898, Spirits. sS.0s4 767.
Increase 81 1884 500 tobacco S4.34S, 233. in
crease 81 $50 4a9 fermented liquors.
25SI,5sl, increase sl,S95.253; oleomarga
rine, $l5s,Iai increase $40 $50. miscella
neous SS,99s 4s2. increase SO, a36.s77 OF
the first amount, D,2ll,4si was received
from the sale OF documentary aud propri
etary stamps
For the eight months OF the present fiscal
year the total receipts from Internal rev
enHe were si'S,5ss.e S4. an increase as
compared with the same period in 1885 Of
S6S. s9a 05s.
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DOMESTIC.


Samuel Gompers states ernphatically the
position OF organized labor towards i'm
pertalisin.
Cation Crop Estimator Noiil explains
why he scaled more than million from
his FIRST fleures.
Editor Defetaugh says the outlook was
never better FIR anc trade in lumber.
Hotel men Of New YoclS believe scma
action should be taken TO prevent re-
surrenee Of the Windsor horror.
Two Witnesses testified before the beef
Inquiry that the meat was not spoiled,
but contained no nutrimeut
President has day free from confer
enc aud politics.
A fire al. Omaha. Mob, caused loss OF
life and many Injured.
0. $. Monnett seeks to annul the char
ter OF the Pipe Line company claiming
it is a part OF the standard on company.
The First Texas is to he mustered QUE
at Galveston war department has so or
dercd
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Fatal BoIi.e FxpIo.ion.

Cumberland. March 2i-word was re-
ceived today OF the explosion OF the saw
mill boilers at the plant Of Hudson shuss,
near Mattio, hfteen miles north Of Cum
berland. killing Pietus Wink Dan smith
err, Jr., and a man named shuss and
wounding John Snyder, Harry Siglees,
Anthony Whitfield. The boiler had been
in use many years The dywheel weighing
about ton, was thrown a great distance.
The big steel saw Was broken into bits.
Snyder was horribly crushed and blown
about 100 feet, and Winks head was blown
Off John Snyder's condition Ia serious
The mill was almost entirely oblteruted
Seigle, who was within ten feet OF the
boiler. escaped with broken leg
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AIS|1 Z RIg1 A||
C|01l||g P0T0%.
300 Main ST., Houston.
THE HOUSTON BASEBALL clll
ACTIVE WORK TOWARD sEcrRu|
A GOOD TEAM BEGUN.
Season Is to Open April 2f-Barsui
of Dallas Defeated by MALONE
at Continuous Pool.

Messrs. George Hahn and William crua
the owners of the Houston baseball francis,
have begun active work toward getting ut
ters in proper shape for the opening d IL
season April q, They have secured alns
Of Advertisements for the park fence and u
soliciting Others. deeming this better mstss
of raising funds than asking subscriptoaE
selling season tickets. VI
The privilege for soda water and }t1sax;
tLey have Disposed Of. aud the stans aaj3
WIN also be soid' ie
They are both well pleased at IL. out9li
ana, as both know the necessity tor ri
term they Will sign one. Five 9,ayers M
S. far been secured and others win % Eps;
as rapidly as possible to get sood mes. n
team will be assembled in time to praetic, VI
to play exhibition games with Mobils and y!
Orleans of the southern league
Houston nearly lost the franchise, and Isl
sud Crowell deserve support for navIas i
tanned membership Of the city in the lasss;
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A hundred Rcn.nn.

Can be given why Stuarts Dyspepsl,
Tablets are the best and most rffecfuai
cure for every form OF indigestion.
They are In the tablet form which 70
tains their good qualities indsapItelv
while liquid preparations become stalls and
useless With aye.
They are convenient. can be carried In
the pocket and taken when needed. Tbsv
are pleasant 10 take,
After each meal dissolve one IT two Of
them In the mouth and. mlngliag sith fhs
food. they constitute a aerieet disasn,s
absolutely safe for the most sensitive
stomach.
They digest the food before II has time
TO ferment, thus preventing the formation
OF gas and keeping the nlo1d pure and
tfee from the poisonous products OF fer
mented. half disested food
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Is tie only
remedy designed especially for ne cure az
stomach troubles aud nothing elss.
One disease. one remedy, the successful
physician OF today Is the spoctaiisf ~
successful medicine Is the medicine pre-
pared especially for one disease.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make The
oomplexien clear by keeping the blood
Pure,
They increase aesh BY disestlus flesh
forming foods
whole package taien at one time
wonlc not hurt one but would simply be
a waste 81 good material.
over SIX thousand men and women In
the state Qf Michigan alone have been
cured o. iadiscsiiou ans dyspepsia ~ the
use Of Stuarts Dyppcnsia Tahis,s
package.
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THE FIGHT or THURSDAY.
The EnSn cement Was mn Exceeding
~ Warm One

~ warm one.
New York, March 2l.A dispatch to tb.
Herald from Iloilo, island Of pauay. says.
"a battalion of the Eighteenth infantry.
battalion OF the Sixth artillery and ma
| chine gun battery made q reconnaissance
in the direction OF Maadurrlao and Santa
Barbara Thursday While they we're re-
turning the insurgents attacked the out
posts on the right. Although fatigued
from marching in the broiling sun for
TWO hours the entire command proceeded
/ 20 tns assistance OF their comrades, the
a. t'AeIE pouring she'll and shrapuel upon
the Insurgents who were strongly in
| trenched Ia large numbers. Companies G.
II and X Of the Eighteenth depioyed Ia
| the right driving the insurgents back and
then wheeling to the left, made a junction
Win companies and I. 4 heavy en-
seSement ensued. Companies B. C. NJ and
! Of the Tennessee volunteers Nator
Gheatham commanding. arrived later and
| formed on the left and two more COM
paHles OF the Eighteenth marched from
troops
The line advanced by rushes under hot
hre pouring in deliberate volleys upon IN.
enemy Position. the artillery making
COCO practice BY the time the forpes
Mere within 500 Yards of the enemv's
nnal position darkness fell, preventing The
charge for which the Tennessee men ami
me companies Of the Eighteenth on ths
rtTht had already prepared hy fxing bavo-
good order ~
The severity Of the engagements may
be iugsd by the fact that the Eightssnth
regiment alone cred 81 So0 rounds. n j.
estimated thar the Insurgents. WITH their
more than 1000 rides. fred more mar
eoanle our total Of ammunition.
me Instructions printed on the captured
cssss Of ammunition were in Geruan "a
tillery depot at Mayence,
u IS suspected that the ammunition ara
arms nave been supplied to the inslr.
senls from German and japanese sources
ana tro1 the French colonies
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Il heartily recommend IT, and am glad
to give IL my highest Endorsement
So writes Miss NJ. A. Armstrong, the
government microscopes, after making a
painstaking examination Of Paine's celery
compound the one remedy that has with
first discovered by Dartmouth's great ply
sician- professor and it's formula submitted
to the scrutiny Of the ablest practitioners
in the world.
Thousands OF letters have been received
by the proprtetors OF the remedy from
men and women in every community, all
telling one experience--the inmed ate re-
lief and perfect cure effected by this rem
edy.
The best physicians openly indorse and
recommend It, authorizing the public use
OF their statements that Paines celery
stood every conceivable test since 1t vas
compound in case after case. cures sheu-
matism and kindred diseases. purifes the
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Local.

The contract let for the construction OF
the Meadowbroot cotton mills at Barker.
The Lottman Bros. storage warehouse
destroyed by fire
Revs. MuIkey and Graves still conduct
ing revival services at tho Tabernacle
Methodist and First Baptist churches.
The return OF General wates to his
home 10 Houston.
The Lyccum officially acknowledges the
city liberality
Tho six day bicycle race commenced at
the Coliseum track. haudbal tourna-
ment at the y NJ. {. A. court
Meeting Of the San Jaciuto celebration
committee
The Faith Home receiving valuable do
nations,
Miss MaheIlc Blsgart, authoress and
dramstist in the city
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blood regulates the stomach. liver, bowels
and kidneys, ard reiuvenates the tagged :
out or diseased nervous system wbe;
everything else falls
Paine celery compound upon which so
much praise has been bestowed, is within
the reach Of the humblest family in the
land.
The incalculable amount OF good that 1t
is doing in making sick and even despatr-
ing people we'll should compel the atte a.
ttcn OF every judicious person who is cut
of health
Pdipes celery compound invigorltes the
nerves, makes new blood, arouses hearty
appetite, regulates the bowels and brings
about a normal action of the liver.
The use of Paine's celery compound
makes all the difference between IMPURE,
sluggish blood and tired nerves, and
healthy. energetic bodily condition - be-
tween sickness and health,
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Mile and twenty yards, selling-Brs.1
Fred, Bishop Reed lO5. Laureate lo4, Dlsrrs
ance. Friskal 1o3, Tom Toner 1ol, Pinkeyk
ter l02.
Nile and twenty yards. selling-liIe h1
lbs, DR. Marks. Brighton 107. Little HI
Miss Rose los, HcAlbort. Mamie Dasis 4
Annie Taylor o.
Mile and six furlougs, sellingJoe So
llb, Postum l07, Sadie Levy 81, The fi'a
81. TOPPING So
Mile aud a sixteenth. handicap--IisAdsess)
EiLin III. Double DUMMY Eghsrt. LADY u
lshan l02. Admetus 1Oi. Forbush 100. bfsl
9S Gold Fox a, Judge Steadman %.
Six and a half furlougs, sellingyslm VI
Meddler. Digs. Randazzo JOS. Lauretta y Il
NcAilister los. Hanrica i0J.
One mile. selling Swordsman III, zos II
Midgleu no. Mamie L. l09 Libation, MA
l07, Eunomia, Flo W. los, d. p AeSsn1Il
Lafayette, Falsetto, Jr.. 90. Salvage, TIL 4
a.
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Renert Nor neiie,ed.

Washington. March .I--Friends Of sau-
atoFs Quay and Penrose in Washington
refuse to eountenance the report wired
from Youngstown. ohio, that in case OF
failure OF the present legislature to eleei
senator to succeed Mr.. Quay, senator
Penrose VIII retire and the governor will
appoint Quay. thus continuing him instead
OF Penrose as the only senator frcm Penn
sylyania. Adherents OF both senator's he's
profess to be hopeful thar there viii b m
election before adjournment af the IeEis-
lature. Senator Quay Is now in Tlorii a
and Senator Penrose In rniIadelphla.
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Keg Of Gunpowdcr ExpIode-.

Dewitt, Ark, March Il "A terrible ex-
plosion of powder occurred here this after
noon, as a result of which two children are
dead. two other persons are badly hurt
and property 10 the value Of several thou
snrds is destroyed. The explosion uc-
cured in the store Of s L. Leslie one OF
the most important establishments in town.
About o'clock report was heard in
the store and the explosion which followed
wrecked the building. destroying II entire
ly. The large stock OF goods was badly
damaged. Two OF Leslie's children were
fatally burned. Others in the store were
more or less injured, several badly but
not fatally.
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REASON ron DELAY.
immune Officers Didn't Make Ont
Vouchers Properly.

pant VIA Ont
Vouchers Properly.
Washington, March 2f.-The law for the
payment OF officers In the army is specific
and the men should make out their ae-
counts accordingly. The law says:
For pay OF the company commissioned
officers in each regiment Of the special or
immune regiments their salaries from the
time each organized company reported at
rendezvous as company for service un-
I'll said officers were commissioned; and
for pay OF the regimental commissioned
otneers their salaries from the time the
regiment was mustered into service until
SAID officers ryre commissioned, SIS. 900
dollars, or so much thereof as NAV he
necessary; provided, that such company
ana reglmental officers shall be paid only
IRON the time when they personally re-
ported for duty
Y the. officers Of the immune regiments
mad made out their accounts properly
tnere would have been no DELAY in paying
them.
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ResnIts nt Oakland.

San Francisco March Oakland fs..-
Three-s ixteenths Of u mile. sellirs-s'
tome. Rachel c., Piadalis. Time B. !,
Ft,s furlongs. selling-Bouihel. e''as1
Campus Time l 02ia. ,...,s
Three and half furlongs, selling--bsA''
Bsmboulis Gigs Time ieia. W
One mile. selling-Obsidiau. Malay n
tanus. Time AZ. ~ ma.
FUturity course, sslling-Stamina, sir -
Con Dalton. Time 1914 ..,r,,
One mile selling-Robert Bonner, bsnaD'
Pptentate. Time i;42i6,
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u the other losses are largely covered by
insurance.
Al midnight the injured are doing as
we'll as could be expected. with the ex-
repticn OF Mrs. Ed Shriner, Mrs. Ed smith
and w. w. Scott, all OF whom in all proba-
biiity can not recover.
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STATE.

Congressman :. W. Bailey Is squarels
IN the race for United states senator
against Senator Chiffon and any other
comcrs
Chizers OF Corsicana viii meet en- nlaass
to discuss cotton mill
Annual eneampment Of Maccabees IS be-
Ing held at Waco.
A change ut geuue has been granted the
State IN the Easicy murder case.
No further trouble occurred at Lsrodo;
rioters arc being arrested and the small
OK patients removed 10 tho pcsthouse,