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The Daily Texarkanian., 1900-06-06

For driving out dull, bilious feel.
ing. strengthening the appetite and
increasing the capacity of the body
for work, Prickly Ash Bltters is a
golden remedy, Sold by all druggist
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A SYMPATHY STRIKE
May BE Ordered ny the Organized
Labor OF "a. So=IE.

May BE Ordered ny the Organized
Labor OF 81. so=Is.
ST. LOUIS, May 13-The secret mass
meeting held at Walhalla hall tonight
by the presidents. secretaries and bus
mess agents of every trade and labor
organization of ST Louis, after a ses-
sion lasting several hours. adopted
resolution calling a general meeting
for Wednesday night, To consider the
advisabillty of ordering general SYM
pathy strike in case the differences be-
tween the street railway company and
its employees are not adjusted before
that time. The resolution also asks
that the members of the trades and la
Dor unions of ST. Louis contribute 10
the maintenance of the striking street
car men, and provides for the institu-
ton OF proceedings against the St.
Louis Transit Company 10 annul the
franchise under which it's different
lines operate because of allege failure
to run cars as provided by its charters.
The brewery workers union an
nounce that IL would contribute 81. 600
week toward the support Of the strik-
erg
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A "BEE" STORY
To the Effect That Mr.. Bryan Gave
Certain Instructions.

Certain Instructions.
OMAHA. Neb., May 13.-The Bee is
authority for statements that before
the delegates to the Sioux Falls con-
vention, who stopped off in Omaha, re-
sumed their northward journey the
leaders were supplied with a memoran-
dunn in Mr.. Bryan's own writing. out
lining the plan they were expected to
pursue on the Vice-Presidency In all
tentative propositions to be preferred
in their order. According to authority
not to be questioned this memoran-
DUN read as follows:
First-Refer to committee for confer
ence with Democratic and Silver Re-
publican committees and with power
to appoint.
Second-Select several names for
submission TO Democratic and Silver
Republican conventions and add to the
list of names the words cor some other
person equally committed to reform
principles
Third-Nominate some man who will
withdraw if not endorsed by the other
two parties.
The final adoption of the third plank
of Col. Bryan's bill of instructions will
be taken to mean that Mr. Towne has
been given a nomination merely to fill
the time UP to the Kansas City Conven-
ton and prevent the position from be-
ing occupied by some one distasteful
to Mr.. Bryan.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-05-14
SERIOUS SUNDAY BLAZE.
Sixty Houses Destroyed Yesterday
Afternoon at Camden, N. j.
The Property Loss is 1925, 900, and
Two Hundred and Fifty People
Are HOmeIess-The Blaze Was
Was Started in a Market House by
Boys.

CAMDEN, N. j.. May 13.-Fire to-
day, which broke out in the Farmers
Market House, at Fifth and Federal
streets, completely destroyed that
building, ten stores and about fifty
small dwellings, causing a loss esti-
mated at 5000 900 and rendering home
less about $50 persons. These home
less people are tonight CHARTERED in
the armory building and are being fed
at the expense of the city.
Boys either accidentally or purposely
set fire to large pile of tarred lum-
Der which had been stored in the mar
ket house by the Bell Telephone Com
pany. They were playing there short
ly before the fire began.
The flames spread rapidly through
the grease-soaked market house and
communicated to a row of small houses
in the rear, at the same time eating
their way into Federal street and en-
tering the old post Office building adj
joining and partly destroying it, This
building had been abandoned by the
government only few weeks ago.
The chief of the Camden fire depart
ment early realized that the fire was
beyond the control of his limited force,
and the fire department of Philadel-
phia was called upon for assistance
and sent four companies
The flames leaped across Fifth street,
and second row of small houses there
were soon blazing and were destroyed.
The fire then followed it's course tow
ard Federal street On the east side of
Fifth street. When the chemical lab
oratory of William Cowgirl caught
there was a series of explosions. The
Cowgirl establishment was Quilted.
The principal losses were Farmers
market, $4,000; Cowgirl chemica! la
boratory, $4,000; NJ L. Mowns, florist,
$4,000; J. D. Blank, clothing, $3.50;
Harry Grosscup, dwelling, $4,000; W.
q. Gibson, grocery, $4,000, and w. H.
Decker, umbrellas, $4,000.
Most of the others to suffer were
small property owners. Many Of the
occupants OF the dwellings lost thur
household effects. The losses are part
ly covered by insurance.
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GOVERNOR STONE
Thinks the POpulist Convention
Made Mistake in Naming "A
Vice President,
Although He Highly COmmends Mr..
Towne-Ae Thinks the Nominee
VIII Accept the Verdict of the
Kansas City Convention.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 13.-Ex-Gov-
ernor VIM. ]. Stone, vice Chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
while discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of Mr..
Towne withdrawing from the race for
Vice President on the Populist ticket,
said:
Il think the Populist convention
made a mistake in nominating a candi-
date for Vice President. Instead of
simplifying, it complicates the situa-
tion However, / am glad Mr.. Towne
is the nominee, for the reason that
regard him as a big man and know
him to be fair and patriotic. | am
satisfied he will do whatever may be
thought to be for the best, having but
one end in view, and that the success
of the ticket to be nominated at Kan
sas City. If it is the opinion of the
Kansas City convention that it would
be unwise to nominate him, am conf
dent he would accept the verdict ac-
cordingly. I have a high opinion of
Mr.. Towne in every way, but at this
time do not care to express an opin-
ion as to what the Kansas City con-
vention should do with reference to
nominating candidate for Vice Pres
ident. That Is something which
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What kipIlnG Says.

LONDON, May 13.-Rudyard Kipling
brought from Cape Town the appeal
of a we'll known Wesleyan minister
to the President of the British Wes-
elyan conference in favor of the annex
alton of the two republics. To this
appeal Mr.. Kipling adds:
IF through any intellectual lasciv-
iousness we in England prefer to tickle
emotion by being generous once again
at other peoples expense when the
settlement comes, all this weary bloody
work will have to be done anew from
the beginning five or ten years back.
/ assume that you have full knowledge
of the situation in South Africa but
do not think you can realize how pas
sionately and eagerly the loyalists look
to England for sign that the mother
country will neither desert them nor
betray them to the Dutch.
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against what he calls interference
with American trade"
ARE REPUBLICANS GIVING UP?

KROONSTAD, Orange Free State,
Saturday, May 1.-THE arrival of
Lord Roberts was hailed with enthu-
siasm by all the British inhabitants.
Three hundred Free Staters were anx-
ious to surrender. The bridge to the
south had not been destroyed. but
the large bridge near the town had
been demolished.
The Irish brigade, with the FEEDER
ais. yesterday burned the goods shed.
According to the townspeople, many
of them We're drunk.
The Beers are now trekking in the
Vaal river. where they are entrench-
ing. General French encamped north
east of the town and dispatched a
force to cut the line. The project sue
eeeded late at night, but unfortunately
after the departure of the last train.
Although the troops had marched
sixteen miles they were in excellent
form on entering the town. Many ar
rests have been made. chiefly of those
who had maligned the British. 1t was
found that many persons have been
deported from Ladybrand for ultra
sympathy with the British.
President Steyn has gone to Lind
ley, the new seat of the Free State
government. A number of the burgh-
ers are trekking homeward. The OPP
position in the Free State is practic-
ally over. All the prisoners in the
hands of the British mere agree that
the quarrel between the Free Staters
and the Transvaalers is so acute that
the Transvaalers have deciued to leave
their allies, whom they accuse of cow
ardice and lack of patriotism.
Most of the Transvaal prisoners
think that if they are defeated at the
Iaal river the Beers will retreat to
Pretoria, but there appears to be a
growing distrust in the Transvaal
government. In word, the back of
the Boer resistance seems to have been
broken. The burghers are fighting
without their previous stubbornness.
They seem ready to retreat on the
slightest pretext
The prisoners, even the Transvaal-
ers, appear glad to have been cap
tured. They say they are sick of a
war which can have only one enu.
Several have exclaimed. I'VE have lost
our liberty, but why should we, too,
lose our lives?"
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A NEAT SCHEME
By Which the City of Chicago was
Defrauded Out of Big Money

By Which the City of Chicago was
Defrauded Ont of Big Money.
CHICAGO, May. 13.-A scheme by
which the city of Chicago has been de-
frauded out of sums aggregating 5000
goo. according to Chief of Detectives
Colleran, has been unearthed by de-
teotives, and two men are now in Jail
charged with conspiracy, while seven
others are under surveillance Clar-
ence M. Wolfe and George w. Pig
gett, employees of the water Office. in
the City Hall, are under arrest, charged
with participating In the conspiracy.
which, it is said, has been going on
for over five years. 1t is alleged that
Wolfe and Piggett were caught in the
act of changing the dial of a water
meter in the Banter Hotel. The detec-
tives say the alteration was part Of the
scheme by which the fraud was opera
ted. During the past two months two
city detectives have stood in a room
seven feet square in the basement of
the Rainier Hotel looking through mar
row peep holes in a fourteen-inch brick
wall and waiting for evidence. So con-
elusive is the showing against the men
arrested that they have confessed their
guilt The scheme is simple enough
for any person connected with the wa
ter department BY breaking the cap
OF a water meter the conspirators had
no difficulty in changing the hands on
the dial so as to cut down as much as
desired the record of water used.
In thousands of instances within the
past few years this had been done, ac-
- ;o% IS H. f~1TI
Supt. Nourse, of the water Office, places
the city's loss at 100000 for the past
five years, while Capt. Colleran doubles
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MANILA, May 13.-The latest ru-
NOR of an outbreak in Manila among
the natives, which was in circulation
last week, was seriously discussed by
some of the local papers, and attract
ed more general attention than has
been usually the case with this sort of
thing. AS a matter of fact many
Filipinos did leave their American
employees with the apparent intention
of joining some such movement. Their
action, taken in connection with the
arrest of several natives for carrying
concealed weapons and the dispensing
of several suspicious gatherings, gave
color to the reports.
The officials have been active in
the matter, but are not inclined to
think an uprising will be attempted.
They believe the Filipinos are lacking
in the necessary courage, especially
in view of the fact that the natives
feared to attempt the demonstration
at the time of General Lawton's flu
neral, although they had made care
full preparations, and many insurgents
had come to Manila for this express
purpose.
A paper found among the captured
effects of General Pantaleon Garcia as
serts that the United States Congress
has done nothing for the Filipinos,
and that, therefore, all Filipinos who
are working for Americans must leave
their employees Immediately or suffer
the penalty of treason.
One report is that the Filipino junta
is endeavoring to incite an outbreak
in order to show the civil commits
sion that the instruction is still
alive.
1t does not seem probable that the
peace proposals which Senior Buenca-
mino, at one time member of the
so-called Filipino government, has
drawn up for submission to Aguinaldo
and the other insurgent leaders, will
have much weight with the Filipinos.
Buencamino's reputation, gained in
former wars, is that of a man who
hurried to get on the winning side.
He was in disfavor with the Filipinos
even before the collapse of the gov
eminent, owing to a widespread sus-
picion of his loyalty to his colleague.
Last week General Macarthur re-
ceived large number of officials, con-
suls. officers and representatives of
commercial bodies. To Lieutenant
Colonel Crowder, his military secre-
tary, he will assign many duties here
tofore devolving upon the adjutant
general. This step is taken in view
of the increasing Importance of the
post of governor general General
MacArthur's policy appears to involve
considerable decentralization. He will
give to his staff authority in matters
of detail and will devote himself to
questions of policy.
MANILA, May 13.-The towns of
Hilongas and Maasin, island of Leyte
have been occupied by troops of the
Forty-third volunteer infantry. The
insurgents opposed the landing of the
Americans and sustained heavy losses.
The Americans had three casualties.
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CALLING THE LAST MEN.

LONDON, May 1.-THE Lourenzo
Marquee correspondent Of the Times,
telegraphing Sunday, says:
The Beers recognize that they are
in the last extremity and all sorts and
conditions of men are being COM
wandered in. The officers here have
protested against the stoppage of a
consignment of corn beef and clothes,
Of which the former was purchased in
America United States Consul Stan
ley Hollis, whose sympathies are mo-
torieus, l. said to have remonstrated
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ST. JOHNS. n. F., May 13.-Tha
new British policy toward the French
on the New Foundland treaty coast
will prove very advantageous for seq
tiers, as well as for vessels wanting
bait. The British commodore viii not
recognize the status of Frenchmen
brought from St Pierre and establish
ed in huts along the coast nor will the
French be allowed free entry for fish
cry requisites on the same terms as
formerly
All these things tend greatly to i'm
prove the position OF the resident pop
ulation.
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SURPRISE IN BERLIN.

BERLIN, May 13-The occupation of
Kroonstad by Lord Roberts without
resistance has caused the greatest sur
prise here The military expert of the
Lokal Anzeiger finds an explanation
in the fact that many of the Beers
have departed. He says:
Lord Roberts advance was splen-
didly executed. 1t is worthy to be
placed beside the Kandahar expedition.
The situation is now changed so greal-
ly in favor of the British mat the
fate of the Transvaal Beers is set
tied"
President Steyn's movement east is
interpreted as confirming the rumor
of chickering's between the Transvaal-
ers and Free Staters.
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MUNCIE, Ind, May 13.-The report
ed confession of Mr. Rich was read to
c. T. W Nelly to-day and he refused
absolutely to make statement furth-
er than to say that there must be 4
mistake. Rich was one Of Muncie's
leading business men. For several
years he was travelling salesman and
secretary of the Indiana Travelling
Mems Protective Association. Rich
has always been an intimate friend OF
Neely's and secured his appointment
In the Cuban postal department
through Nelly. They were associated
together III business enterprises. -
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to be thought out carefully and DELHI
erately after full comparison of the
views of leading men from different
sections of the country.
A SETTLEMENT
OF the Buffalo Railway Strike May
BE Brought About.


BUFFALO, N. Y, May 13-The
mass meeting of railroad men this af
ternoon, though well attended, was
absolutely negative and resulted in no
declaration having more than a pro-
functory significance.
In strike circles the cause of nom
action is ascribed to the presence of
General Superintendent E. G. Russell
and Superintendent of Transportation
G. M. Daily, of the Lackawanna, who
reached Buffalo last night. Their
coming here is interpreted by the
strikers as signifying a disposition
to effect settlement with the men
of that road and for that reason ag-
gressive action was considered unwise
until opportunity had been offered to
sound these officials on the question
at issue.
Chairman Fish, of the strikers ex-
ecutive committee, said the strike will
not be extended during the night, but
he will not answer for tomorrow.
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UNFIT FOR OFFICE.
The Director General of Posts I'm
Cuba Hae Been Relieved.

The Director General of Posts I'm
Cuba Ha& Been Relieved.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The Post
tomorrow will say:
An order will be issued to-day re-
lieving from duty Mr.. E. o. Rath-
bone, director general of posts in
Cuba, under whose administration the
frauds recently disclosed have oc-
CURED. He is held responsible for ex-
travagance in the department and for
the loose business methods in the con
duct of postal affairs on the island, re-
sulting in an embezziement of funds
estimated at 100000. He is not
charged with or suspected of any COM
plicity in these frauds, but the Post
master General and Secretary of War
are convinced that his unfitness for
the highly responsible position has
been clearly established.
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WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The minor.
ity report on the shipping subsidy bill.
opposing that measure, has been flled
in the House Of Representatives by the
majority of the members of the Demo-
cratic minority of the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Rep
resentative Fitzgerald, of Massacnu-
setts, drew the report, which was
Vries, of California; DAILY, of New Jer-
sey. and Speight, of Mississippi. Three
other Democrats of the committee
Messrs. Charter, Small and Ransdell--
have heretofore submitted their views,
UNFOLDING the general principle of gov
eminent aid to the merchant marine.
but pointing out defects In the bill.
The present report, therefore, repre-
sents the opposition to the measure
both in principle and in detail. In the
| main 1t is an argument against gov
eminent subsidies, and asserts that
most of the proposed 50, 600, 900 subsidy
will go to few favored concerns.
without building up American shipping
in general or encouraging American
exports.
The report quotes a recent utterance
of President Mckinley on the remark
able increase OF our ship building, and
says in part:
Our foreign trade, then, is increas-
ing with wonderful rapidity and our
ship-building industry is remarkably
prosperous without a subsidy. Why,
then, should the whole country be
taxed to provide gratuities for indus
tries which are now prosperous and
which have every prospect OF continu-
ing to be more and more prosperous?"
In conclusion the objections ara
summed up as follows:
Il. The objects professed in the titis
are entirely forgotten in the body of
the bill
"2. 1t is reasonably certain that the
most of the subsidy would so TO linea
already established and prosperous.
49, Under this bill the ordinary
freight steamers, which carry eighty
or ninety per cent of our agricultural
exports, will get but a fraction OF the
amount of subsidy which the passen-
ger steamers would receive. although
the latter carry less than ten per cent
OF our agricultural exports.
"A. Under this bill a ship can run
practically in ballast and draw SUBJ
sidy. We believe that when freight is
not promptly offered it will pay GER
tain class of ships to run empty rather
| than to wait for cargo.
"5 This bill would tax all our citl-
zens to provide extra profits for a fa-
vored few In this favored industry.
&C. The professions of this bill ara
insincere and it's principles are un-
sound. We believe that the best In
terests of this nation do not demand
the passage of this or of any similar
| bill"
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KANSAS CITY, Mo-, May 13.-Every
street car line in this city and Kansas
CITY. Kans.. was in full operation TO-
day and no violence was oTfered by
the strikers. The injunction OF the
Federal Court. enjoining the union
men from interfering with the running
of the cars, and Sunday, combined "
have a salutary effect upon the strih-
ers. Early in the day groups or strlk-
ers gathered at the different power
houses and quietly urged the crews 10
20 out. Less than dozen Responded
however and the places of these men
were filled promptly. The railway OIL
ficials had applications from twice as
many men as they could use, and to be
sure of no delay placed half dozen
extra crews at the terminus or each
line, paying them full wages, to NIL
the gap that might he caused by any
recruits to the strikers ranks.
Occasionally along the line the cry
of "scab'' would be heard, but it was
principally the act of boys. The wealth
er was delightful and the people took
advantage of it with the result of the
trains being crowded throughout the
day. President Holmes declared that,
SO far as his company was concerned,
the walk out was matter of history
and he emphasized the statement by
joining a party of friends on iaunt to
Leavenworth. The, strikers individ-
ually, however, declared they were
still hopeful and that tomorrow
would show different results.
The industrial council held an en-
thusiastic meeting and adopted resolu
tons sympathizing with the street car
men and ordering a boycott OF, the
railway company. The resolutions re-
quest the heads of the different unions
represented in the council to instruct
their members not to ride on the cars,
urge the members of these unions
working in the railway company's pow
er house and shops in whatever ca
nacity to strike in sympathy with the
street car men and ask the union mu-
sicians who furnish music at the parks
controlled by the company to refuse to
play for the daily concerts.
The industrial council is composed
of fifty-three different unions outside
Of the building trades.
In addition to the resolutions Of SYM
pathy, the industrial council unani
mously adopted an appeal to the Mis-
souri, members in Congress, asking
them in the same humanity to use
their best endeavors to have Congress
pass an act limiting the power of
United States judges in issuing injunc-
tions and in this connection we favor
the election of United States judges
by direct vote of the people.
Tonight ten strikers waylaid con-
ductor in a saloon and beat him with
their fists. One of the strikers was
arrested, the others escaping. In an
other part of the city striker slapped
a conductors face because he refused
to go out and he, too, was landed in
jail. The first overt act on the part
of the strikers was committed just
before midnight at Twentieth street
and Troost avenue, when a spike was
driven into the cable slot, causing a
delay to traffic of half an hour. No
damage resulted
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An Anneal for Ala.

NEW YORK, May 13.-The India
famine relief committee tonight issued
an appeal TO the citizens. The appeal
asserts that despite the systematic aid
furnished 6.000.0O9 of people IN India
at least 6 100, 900 more are starving.
The appeal, which is signed by the Of
ficers of the India famine relief COM
mittee, says that America ought TO
send at least 81. O00. coo.
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LONDON, May 1.-THE Standard
publishes the following from Durham,
dated Sunday:
There are persistent rumors here
of heavy fighting in Natal A Red
Cross train left last night for the
north"