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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
CLAIMS FoR pensions.

SAID That Many of Them Are To BE
DisalI0wed.
New York. December 25.--A special to
he Herald from Washington says: Claims
,or pensions on account OF the spanish
war are being hled much more rapidly
than was the case Just after the civil war
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
An Error Corrected.

~ ~ have specia; wagons for collection OF
myoins trains; also for delivery to pri-
4. residences in the city. We are on duty
hours. WE NEVER SLEEP. Tsls-
~. ~, orders from private residences receive
~ attention. Phone Sc.
HOUSTON TRANSFER CO.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

NoTE-Trains leaving Houston at 500 a.
\. and ASS p. m. and arriving At Houston
.gs, m and s:ss a. m. also run Into Grand
Central depot departing ten minutes earlier
snd arriving ten minutes later than time
fkrn above.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

rrAE mains arrive and depart from the Grand
An, depot except the Missouri Kansas and Texas
Slhs which have depot in the Fifth ward. the In
Irrational and Great Northern and Columbia Tap,
5sxA use the International and Great Northern depot
! conses, avenue The Missouri. Kansas and
3uis and Galveston. Houston and Henderson trains
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

- ssna ~ 81, carry through cars for Dallas
~. COY .o In from Houston Via the Senu'.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
MIKE LAwToN DROWNED.
AN Engineer Was Knocked Into
RerXiClS RaH.

The office of General Manager Van
Week of the Southern Pacific has been
advised that Michael LAwton. engineer on
the Morgan's Louisiana and Texas, was
drowned in Berwick bay Christmas day.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

s.',..,oa Special leaves Houston i;.o p. m, n:
ssSvs only, AU these trains leave !ne
s 81 r Congress Avenue Depotrs minutes
~ than the above.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
4 poAD SCHEDULE

4. 4 +. Q. n. n.
c,.ro Central Depot
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

g., H. & N. r.. r..
Gland Central Depot.
-. oslyeston and La Porte.
e,r, ....A Arrive 3.25 p. m.
~ GG.I4n .... Arrive 9. 10 p. m.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27
NJ, ". & II. n. n.


G., II. & II. r. n.
Depot foot of Congress Avenue.
Galveston Trains
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

n. r. & w. T. n. n.
Grand Central Depot.
ESQ >. n..Express Train Arrive $40 .. !"
\ e,,.yc,o,t. Kansas City and Clncinnati)
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-27

n. 4 N. y. NJ Ne
sua new Orleans
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
THE MISSIONARY RACKET.
France Working 1t Again To Rob
China.

Pekin, May THE French minister
NJ. Tichon has demanded mining conces.
sions to the value of l, 200, 900 taels In the
province of Sze Chuan, one of the largest
in China and traversed by the Yang Use
KiAng. as indemnity for the recent I'm
prisonment of French missionary. The
demand is considered exorbi tant. The
Chinese say that the existing conditions
of rebellion are not due to any lack of
energy on the part of the G overnment
which has frequently consulted the
French minister regarding the best means
ofsobtaining the freedom OF the priest in
question. According to advices from Han
Kau, capital of the province of Hoo Pc,
the Russians contemplate taking definite
action with reference to property now
owned by British subjects in the Russian
jardine concession. The Russian consul
refuses to recognize tho titles of the
claimants. The affair threatens to inter-
fere seriously with the Pekin-H an -kau
railway project, and the dismissal of the
Russian official Is considered to be the
only remedy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
COMMISSIONERS ARE WILLING.

Sanford, May IA decision from the
state railroad commissioners on the pc
tition of the Sanford 81 Cape Porpoise
railroad for extension and changes in its
route at Kennebunk Is expected Wednes-
day. The attorney for the corporation
was at Augusta one day last week, in
consultation with the attorney of the Bos-
ton s. Maine. They have been informed
that whatever they agree on in connec-
ton with the petition the commissioners
will approve.
No opposition was manifested at the
hearing at Kennebunk, and none has
since arisen, though no definite agree
ment has been made by the Boston 81
Maine and the projectors of the new
trolley line in reference to the handling
of freights. There is difference OF
only a half-cent per pound between the
two propositions. however, SO that an
agreement Is likely to be reached at once.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
FROM MANILA.
The Cruiser Buffalo Arrived In New
York Sunday.

New York. May THE United States
cruiser Buffalo arrived today from Man
lila after a very quick run Of A days
which includes stops at Singapore, Port
Said and Gibraltar. The Buffalo brought
about 500 officers and men Of Admiral
Dewey's squadron.
TheseSmen are mostly long term men
whose time has Llong run out and are to
be landed at the navy yard. where they
win be discharged. There are also on
board paymaster John r. Martin and
Captain Dutton ..and Lieut.. Robinson Of
the marine corps, all from the cruiser
Boston. John Stretch, gunner's mate,
second class, died of cancer and WAS
buried at SINGAPORE.
On the Buffalo are 40 seamen who were
on Dewey's flagship, the Olympia. when
Montejo's fleet was sunk; hfty-flve from
the Baltimore, seven from the Concord.
ninety from the Boston, IA from the Pc
trel and AZ marines. Some OF these men
haze served IL months or more since the
terms of their enlistment expired. There
are men on the Buffalo who have not
been in the United States for five or six
years. Tomorrow all these men will be
discharged and paid of at the navy yard.
The men on the Buffalo brought home
q choice collection of masoots, including
monkeys, pigs and goats. The B1ffalo
fias two six.inch guns from the Reina
Christina. Montojo's flagship. which are
intended for the Smithsonian instituts
las we'll as the wheel from the same ship;
the bell of the Isla de Cuba, some torpe-
brass cannon, all captured from the
Snauish
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
GOV. THOMAS THREATENS.
Bring Colorado Troops Home From
Manila.

Denver, Col. May 7-Gov. Thomas has
announced that within a few days. If
President Mckinley ard the secretary of
war continue to ignore his oommunica.
tions on the subject of recalling the Color
ado regiment from the Philippine ne will
take steps with view to securing the i'm.
mediate recall of the troops.
II cannot as yet say just what course
l shall follow" he said, 'but will ex-
haust every resource at my command to
bring those boys home. l have tried
quite, peaceRble means and have failed :.
Now will be obliged to resort to some-
thing more forcible, and 1t will be made
pubic or course do not desire to take
any action that will unjustly hamper the
administration, for l am an American.
but l do not propose to sit idly by and
see the volunteers from Colorado fight
ing and dying In the Philippines In de-
fense of the policy which is actuating
those in charge of the movements of our
armies abroad.
"In the first palce, the volunteers troops
ara being detained illegally and in de.
fiance Of tine constitution. They enlisted
for the Spanish war. That war Is over
and still they are detained in those islands.
"Under the constitution the Colorado
volunteers will be perfectly justified In
laying down their arms where they are
and returning to the United States. II
they should do anything ike that, prob.
ably they could be court-martialled and
punished under the strict letter of mill.
tary rule, but In that event, this same
military rule would be placed above
the constitution of our republic"
1t is regarded as possible that In the
event of the failure Of any "public at
tempt which may be made to bring
about the return of the troops the gov
ernor will resort TO legal proceedings.
If such proves to be the case, the su-
preme court may be called upon to decide
a test case regarding the powers of the
President and that provision Of the con :
stitution relating to the purposes for
which volunteer soldiers may be called
into service, a.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08

cd States. stirred them to insurrection
and Instead OF kissing the flag of their
rescuers, they tired upon It. Now. will
anybody tell me what the government
could do under such nircumstance 9TH
erwise than what Ii has donef Would
its critics have had It withdraw the sold
iers when they were fred upon by the
very men they had just released from
their Spanish oppressorss Did they wish
the government to order the feet Of Ad-
miral Dewey to come homef 1t is pre-
sumed that the American Congress will
In good time determine what shall re
ultimately done with the Philippine ISL
President of the United States to main
tain authority over them, no matter how
many men II takes to do 1t, and all per-
sons there resisting that authority should
feel the bayonet and the ball cartridge
To have these people exp,ct anything else
il, in the end, cruelty 20 them and belit-
thing to our government
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
DEWEY In GOOD HEALTH.
Naval Surgeon Says Admiral IL First
Rate and Is Coming Home On OIym-
pts.

San Francisco, May ION the steam
ship City of Pekjn from China and japan,
was DR.. K. Page, passed assistant sur
geon, U. S. NJ. and surgeon ON the flag
ship Olympia for the past year and half.
He makes the following statement regard
ing Admiral Dewey's health:
admiral Dewey Is In perfect health.
He has not been more than 20 miles awav
from Manila since the first day OF last
May, and he has not felt she necessity Of
a physicians aid In that time. The
reports concerning the Admiral's ply
sical condition have0 been grossly exag-
eerated. The climate Of Manila 10 en- ner-
waiting Of course, but the commands OF
the fleet has been no more affected BY II
than anyone else.
''The people of California will be disap-
pointed at not seeing Admiral Dewey, for
he has determined to return to the United
States in the Olympia by way Of the Suez
canal.n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
MOODY FOR SPEAKER.
New England Congre ssmen spesh
Highly of His Ability.

Boston, May THE Globe tomorrow
will print interviews, each Of considerable
length with the Republican members Of
the New England delegation in Congress,
upon the suggestion that they should
unite on Hon. william H. Moody Of
Massachusetts for speaker in succession
to Hon. Thomas b. Reed of Maine. The
general opinion In the interviews is that
Congressman Moody's candidacy should
be we'll considered and determined only
after o conference Of his Republican ool-
leagues. but all unite in praise of his
ability.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
MUSICAL ENTHUSIASM IN BANGOR
ESPECIAL TO THR PRKss.J

Bangor. May 6.-Maoonda, Kronold.
Silderfeld arrived here today for the
Maine Symphony Orchestra concert here
on Monday night Every seat in the hall
has been sold out for this concert. The
orchestra is larger than ever AMI IL made
up of forty musicians. 1t is In splendid
condition. .Thsrelis intense musical en-
thusiasm in Bangor over the re-appear-
ancs of Maconda. Director Chapman ex-
pressed himself tonight as being very
much pleased with the work of the orches-
fra
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08

electric car last evening The motorman
felt jar as the car dashed along q
poorly lighted part Of Beacon street, and
after stopping. found the mangled re-
mains wedged In the machinery. At the
uudertaker's, today, two women, both
claiming TO be wives Of the unfortunate
man, demanded the body, but owing to
the controversy, 1t was not given to
either; and 1t Is expected there will be
some litigation in the matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
SOLDIERS ARRIVE HOME.

New York, May 7.-The United States
transport Mcclellan. Capt. Brikley ar
rived today from San Juan, Ponce, and
Santiago, with II cabin passengers and
l02 discharged. soldiers. Among the cabin
passengers were Capt. Leigs of the signal
corps and Capt. Nolan and Reed OF the
9Th United States volunteers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
: BATH HOSE WAGON WRECKED.
lerncrAL TO THE PREss.l

tRYECIAL TO The fkES6J
Bath, May while responding to an
alarm caused by . fire in the woods In
the suburbs of the city this afternoon,
the hose wagon of Kennebec engine COM
pany No. 8, WAS completely wrecked.
The team was going up Washington
street and when near Union street the
horse took fright at an electric car and
jumped toward the sidewalk. The pole
Of the wagon brought up against an elec-
trio railway pole and stopped it. The
pole, one wheel and q spring on the wag-
on were broken and the cart otherwise
damaged. Driver Bowser was out Of town
for the day and Lewis Hopkins was driv-
ing for him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08

Two million Americans suffer. the tor
turing pangs of dyspepsia. No need TO.
Buldock Blood Bitters cures. AT any
drug store. !
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
DEATH MADE HIM VALUABLE.

Boston, May 7.-Nelson g. Eldrege,
a Brookline provision dealer, was struck
and probably 5ustantly killed ny an
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
THE WEATHER.

Bosotn, May Local forecast for
Monday: Increasing cloudiness and occa-
sional light showers are probable in the
late afternoon or night; cooler with
winds becoming easterly.
Washington, May 7.-Froecast for Mon
day for Maine, New Hampshire and Ver-
mont: Increasing cloudiness Monday,
showers tuesday. fresh easterly winds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08

Portland. May THE local weather
bureau; records as to..the weather are! as
follows: iR@
Sa. m.-Barometer, 80. 943; thermome-
tar. 6s.5, dew point. As: humidity, So;
wind. SW; velocity. 2; state OF weather,
m-Barometer, 29.s97; thermoms.
ter, 81 o, dew point. Al; humidity, 80;
direction. N; velocity, 6; state of
weather, clear.
Maximum temperature, 70: minimum
tenn perature, 52 mean temperature,
66; maximum wind velocity, 16 NV;
precipitation, %.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08
Wsa, her observation.

The agricultural department weather
bureau for yesterday, May Z, taken
at p. M, meridian time. the observation
for each section being given in this order:
Temperature, direction Of wind, state of
weather:
Boston. 70 degrees, s., clear; New
phia, es degrees. S, cloudy; Washing,
ton. SO degrees. calm, p. cloudy; Albany 40
degrees, NV, clear; Buffalo. 90 de-
grees, E cloudy; Detroit, 10 degrees
NE, cloudy; Chicago, 80 degrees,
Il, cloudy; st. Paul, .6s degrees, SE.
cloudy; Huron, OAK, "a degrees, N,
Jacksonville, s4 degrees, W, clear.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-05-08

Continued on Second Page.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

vertical cables and the car attached to
them.
In order that the tension produced by
the weight of the overhead platform, to-
gether with that of the loaded car, might
not be great enough to drag down the
pillars, the latter were supported by steel
cables, extending from the submits Of
the pillars and from the base Of the over
head bridge to the ground, where they
were anchored In solid masonry.
The car for the accommodation of pas
sengers and teams is thirty feet long and
forty feet wide. The central portion is
for the use of vehicles Of all descriptions.
Upon the sides are covered houses for
pedestrians. one quite deliberately con-
structed ard furnished for the use Of
first-class passengers, the other a 8 mple
shelter for those Of the second-class.
The combined weight Of the vertical
cables, rails and rollers and the car,
when loaded to its full capacity, is about
los tons, and this is tho weight which the
pillars and the overhead structure must
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

repairs and causing much annoyance and
loss of time to the travelling public.
1t was finally decided to build a bridge
the like of which existed at that time in
only two places in the world-at Nervion,
in Spain, and at Bizerta, in Tunis The
work Of construction began with the cree
ton on each bank of the river of a steel
pillar 200 feet in height. These pillars
were designed to appear light and grace
full, while being in fact massive and
strong in every part.
Between the pillars. at height to ad-
init of the passage beneath of the largest
vessels sort Of suspension bridge was
built, consisting Of a horizontal platform,
supported by strong steel cables, stretch
ed between SUBMITS Of the pillars on
shore. The platform, or base of this
overhead bridge is 155 feet above the
water. Upon it are several steel tracks,
along which roll the wheels carrying the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

the secret treaty entered into between
the representatives of President McKin-
ley and the sultan was published. BY 1t
the sultan becomes a paid pensioner Of
the United States, which practically en-
braces him, polygamy, slavers, Juramen-
tados and all the rest.
The sultan has good many names,
including 1.-The Stainless One" 1.-THE
Spotless One" and THE Mountain OF
Light" He is a short, squat young man.
He has a big, innocent, boylsh counte-
nance and eyes that open like saucers.
His complexion is much lighter than
that of the ordinary Moro. His ordinary
clothing resembles a white nightgown.
On state occasions, as, for instance,
when Gen John Bates made his first
visit to the sultan to arrange for the
signing Of the treaty, the sultan wore
European clothing, very poor garments
of the kind.
When Gen. Bates went to Maybun he
elected to travel on the Charleston, which
has guns that can impress people. With
him were the members of his staff and
two ladies of the Red Cross society.
When Cen Bates and his associates
went to Maybun they called first on the
sultana, the mother OF the sultan, and
who has been considered the most
beautiful woman in all Suu. There IS
a story that her two husbands arc the
only persons who dared to think other
wise, and that they died because of
carelessness in leaving corrosive subli-
mate lying around loose. When she in
vited Sultan Haroun Raschld, the pre-
tender, to marry her, he declined, saying
he preferred dying of old age.
The American women caused the
greatest wonder among the natives. SO
thick was the press that the ladies-in-
waiting were compelled to climb through
tho window. The ladies-in-waiting sat at
the divan by the sultana's side, chewed
betel nuts and expectorated with great
accuracy.
The sultan lives in a house surround
ed by a stone wall ten feet high and
several feet thick. The lower floor is a
large, bare room, and one ascends to
the living room by stairway that re-
sembles a ladder There was a deal of
talk about brotherly love, but among the
Moros there was hardly a person that
was not armed Even the children car
rfed weapons
When the sultan came to 'Jolo to sisn
the treaty he was accompanied by a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

countrymen here. This trip would in
volve a tour of Idaho, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Kansas, Montana, North and South
Dakota, and, in fact, almost every state
in the Union, and would be an extremely
expensive journey, as the Hungarian ex-
poets this government to defray all the
expenses of his family, in addition to
which he is to receive remuneration for
his trouble.
The communication was referred to the
commissioner of the land Office for ac-
ton. The proposition created some
amusement in the department. and, of
| course, the government will not enter
tam 1t for moment No reply has yet
been made TO this proposition, but the
Hungarian will be informed there are too
| many native Americans who would gladly
take a trip of this character at the ex-
! pense of the government, without going
abroad to bestow favors of this Kind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

a novel bridge has just been completed
at Rouen, France. The structure spans
the Seine at a point about cne-eighth Of
mile distant from the Boieldieu, the
principal bridge of Eouen. The authori-
ties Of Rouen had in mind the necessity
of providing an additional bridge, by
which speedy and safe communication
between the two banks Of the Seine
might be had without interfering with
the traffic on the river, which has
enormously increased in recent years,
amounting during the last twelve months
TO about two million TONS
At first the city authorities looked with
favor upon a drawbridge, but the propo-
sition to build a structure of this sort
was successfully opposed by the chamber
Of commerce, upon the ground that
drawbridge was expensive, cumbersome
in operation and not infrequently out of
order, entailing considerable expense for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

support. AS an. extra precaution, the
mechanism and the vertical cables have
been duplicated, so that in case one set
should become damaged the other may
be put into immediate use. A system Of
counterpoises is presumed to make de-
railnent impossible
Work upon this novel bridge was begun
in April, 1898, and the structure was COM
pleted within one year. It was not, how
ever, open to traffic. until quite recently,
The bridge was built by M. Arnodin, Of
Chateauneuf-surTL4oi who makes a
speciality of these so-called "aerial fer
ries." Besidessthe one at Rcuen and two
others heretofore mentioned he Is now
preparing to build q fourth over the
River Escault7 at Anvers.
The total cost of the new structure at
Rouen was only $4,000 It was pro
nounced safer and more to be relied upon
for uninterrupted uso than ferry, while
at the same time being much less OK
pensive to build and operate than per-
manent bridge of any other description.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05

This Is the portrait Of a man who has
become an issue in American politics,
his royal highness Mohammed Tam
ajamalu Kiran, sultan of sulu, ruler Of
40 islands and 10000 people, of whom
$4,000 are slaves
Also, he is the ruler of twelve wives,
or is ruled by them, as the case may
be. He numbers among his people the
Juramenta6os, a band of fanatics who
have taken oath to devote their whole
lives TO killing Christians.
The sultan Of Sulu has become an is
sue in American politics since the text of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05
Curious PHOTOGRAPH.

A young married couple in Belfast.
Maine, received a startling shock re-
Gently. They carried their baby to a
the proof came around, but the parents
at first failed to recognize it. The baby 6
features were there all right, and so
accessories, but the child had apparently
grown a full beard while before the
camera The artist had used by mistake
plate on which an imperfect picture of
an old man had been taken, and the two
exposures conceded so well that he saved
the plate as a curiosity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-11-05
COOL NERVE

Exhibited in a Request to the Gov
crnment for transportation.
Many novel propositions are received by
the government officials here, but one
presented to Secretary Hitchcock today
by citizen Of Hungary eclipses all
Others in this line. The Hungarian evil
IDENTIFY wishes to make a tour of the
United States at the expense Of the gov
eminent and ct the same time gather
data for book, giving his Impressions
of America.
He has requested that transportation be
furnished HIM, his wife, five children,
and two servants, from his homo in
Hungary to the United States and re-
turn, 50 as to enable him to inspect the
unoccupied lands Of this country for the
purpose of colonizing a number Of his