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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-05

because information has reached him
showing that the seizures were not due To
tho laundering OF British naval officers
but 10 the strict orders from headquar-
tiers, which the officers are merely carry
Ing out. lie has therefore instructed
Count Won Bulow, the foreign minister, to
demand exact and full reparatlon for the
outrage done to the German flag. No an
swer that Is considered satisfactory has
yet been received from London and ac-
cording to advices here none Is TO be
expected for several days longer.
natlay's news however. induced 4
German government TO send another
more strongly worded protest TO Lone A
Significant or the intensity OF the &c ~
Indignation against England In this tna
ter Is declaration published TOO n'ae
the German Colonial Society, among
$4,000 members are a number OF WIS
German princes, which says. az IelBniu
recent proceedings against Gcrmf hs'anu
are an outrage. The fact rer ln Nesso'
the small respect which the u S%tna 0hd
Pie feel for Germany because ns"sn PEG
hciency In naval power has W ~ nc
deep root that tho commando amen =, suc
warships hasten 10 commit :, "uS'i y.
iernational rights so long V'onss v, "a
many is touched This ~ guy ger
touch the German flag mi " lear
and speedily cured ~ 'n'ioushi
Indignation meetings
by branches OF the Co -, p.en ea,.e'
German prcss. with ,ardi'. snsie.s. IN
thunders against Eng hna 80 1nesp''o ' =
official Berliner Pos 'e "a. 'He selnl
Ne n,ii,f,tnnss 80 indignation aroused b,
cn,,r'a,,aars a. the seizures by British
widn,. o,roies . preading IN wider anc
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-05
und No contrnbnnd Abo.ra

hamburg, January 4.--The German East
. hiea company publishes statement in
me Hamburger Nachriehten saying that
Immediately on the declaration Of war the
| company voluntarily refused to forward to
! South Africa two conaignmcnts of arms
already on board vessels. simply to avoid
trouble and delay In connection With the
olher portions OF the cargo. copy of
the manifest OF the Bundesrath has been
published, allowing that her cargo did NOT
contain contraband The owners declare
that there Is absolutely no foundation for
me statement that saddles and other war
material have been found in the cargo OF
the Bundearath.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-05
"' trs of the Sen.

""' ''n' AIRY 4.-plplomatists here
seem 10 eopS' der that Great Britain ought
not 10 nave searched German steamer
In the SueS canal.
ihe wy r-Alleemeine zeltung says:
~ looks 4 II Great Britain cared less for
t ~, LIE LIZ in question than for demonstrat-
inh ~. IRE the world that, although most
..,,.,. on land, she Is the unchallenged
r i',, IS OF the sea, demonstration which
M o more for the German navy than ali
'u' Speeches OF Emperor William
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-05

Frere Camp. January l. - A vigorous
shelliug of the Boer trenches on the plain
this morning forced the hurghers to shift
their position after their horses had STAN
peded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
BRIDGE WHIST PROHIBITED.
Sensation Caused by One of the Lon.
don Clubs,

sensation has been caused in London
club circles by one of the foremost London
clubs prohibiting the game of bridge"
within its house. The committee declares
this is the only course by which 1t can pre-
serve harmony. disputes having become so
frequent over the question of the rules Of
the game. 1t is rumored that the rows have
developed blows.
Bridge is new that its varying rules
create endless differences of opinion, caus-
ing more dissensions in cubland than ex-
listed over Mr.. Gladstone at the time of the
home rule bill discussion. considering that
bridge is by far the most popular card
game of the day. 1t is played extensively
by royalty and in almost every country
house, generally for high stakes. The clubs
decision has come In for criticism.
Bridge Is a modification of whist for
gambling purposes. Many clubs which for
long season played modern whist have
witnessed invasions of the new game and
the original minister's attracted public atten-
ton to 1t by warning lovers of their chosen
game that It was doomed If the inroads of
bridge continued 1t has, in fact, broken
up some whist clubs whose experts have
turned to bridge, leaving only mediocre
minister's to continue at the old pastime
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
SPORTS IN GENERAL
Casting the Keel for the Coming Cup
Defender.
ORGANIZING new WESTERN LEAGUE
Bridge Whist Prohibited in {
London Club.
RIFLE ASSOCIATION PLANS

The leaden keel for the new cup de-
fender was successfully completed at the
Herreshoffs' shops at Bristol. r. l., Satur-
day afternoon The actual work of cast
ing the great mass of upward of ninety
tons took six and one-half hours.
The fires were lighted under the two
melting pots between and o'clock in
the morning. the kettles having been pre-
viously filled with the pigs of lead. Nat
Herreshoff gave the order to turn the
valves which allowed the metal to run
from the pots into the keel mold at 1923
am. Everything went smoothly and the
casting was completed at 100 Saturday
afternoon
About five tons of unmelted pigs of lead
were placed In the mold and these are now
firmly embedded in the molten metal. Elab-
crate preparations had been made for the
work, and of the large gangs of workmen
each man was assigned a special duty,
which performed with precision
During the process of the pouring three
men were upon raised platform whose
duty it was to guard against imperfec
tons from cracks made by the uneven
distribution of the molten metal or from
air bubbles. Hose lines were in readiness
a guard against accident.
1t will take about two days for the keel
to cool sufficiently to allow men to work
on it. Wednesday the sand in the wooden
frame will be removed. and later the
panks about the mold will be pulled away.
Next will come the cleaning and polishing
of the keel. This will take a day and
half.
The holes to engage the bolts and other
fittings will next occupy the attention of
the builders Some iron rods are already in
place in the keel. The mold is in the shape
of skiff boat, about 80 feet long. 1t is
pointed at both ends and bulges out in the
middle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
AN INTERNATIONAL MEET.
Plans of the Revived National Rifle
AsSOciutiOn

The executive committee of the revived
night at the Union League Club Those
present were Brig. Gen. Bird w. Spencer,
Brig. Gen. George w. Wlngate, Brig. Gen
John S. Saunders, Lieut.. Albert s. Jones
and Nathan Sperrng. Gen. O. O. Howard
and Lieut. Reginald r. Sayre were also
present as guests. The party was enter
tanned at dinner by Brig. Gen. Bird w
Spencer.
The primary object Of the meeting was to
rifle meet to be held next summer or fall
probably in September.
Challenges have already been sent to
England. Ireland, Scotland Australia
France. Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Dem
mark. Austria and Holland, and the com
mittee In few days will send circulars to
prominent business men of the country, ask
ing Tor subscriptions to defray the expenses
of the meet which the New Jersey State
Rifle Association has promised to bring off
at Sea Grit
me army. navy, twelve states and all the
prominent rifle associations are interested
in the movement and civilians as well "a
army and navy men will take an active in
terest 1t is the idea to make the citizens
and national guardsmen familiar with the
arms winch they may have to use in time
or war, but which under the present laws
they cannot buy even for use in practice.
AT this meeting innovations will be intro
duced IN the way Of running-deer targets,
cunningham targets and disappearing and
long range targets.
A committee of three was appointed to
draw up bill for presentation to Congress
vi sLng II TO take steps to revive the interest
In rifle practice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
The Heart as n Be0nest.


IL was a common thing in olden davs for
q testator to dispose of his heart by will
Edward l left directions for the burial of
his heart In the Holy Land; the famous Earl
of Millent and Leicester, who fiourished in
the early part of the twelfth century be-
queathed his heart to a hospital at Brock
ley, where he desired 1t to be preserved In
salt: IL sister-in-law of Henry III, who died
at Berkhampstead in 1899. ordered her
heart to be sent in a silver cup to the Abbot
of Tewkesbury, who enioined to bury
it before the high altar. In modern times
such teStamentary directions have been eX-
tremeiy rare The late Marquis of Butte.
whose relatives have gone to Palestine to
fulfill his desire for the interment of his
heart on the Mount o. Olives is the only
testator in recent years who has expressed
such a wish. gentleman of the name of
Whitehead. who died toward the close of
the last century, bequeathed his heart to
Lord lie DeSpencer. Ito be deposited In his
mausoeum at West Wycombe," and his
strange beQuest was carried out with much
solemnity. The teStator's heart was en-
shrined in a marble urn, and placed on a
depestal in the mausoleum on. which these
lines were inscribed:
Cnhailowed hands, this urn forbear
No gems nor orient spoil
Lie here concealed; but what's more rare
4 heart that knew no guile.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
NEW WESTERN LEAGUE.
Five Cities Have Been Selected-Wait-
ing on the American.

Five Cities Have Been Selected-Wait-
ing the American.
The new Western Base Ball League, that
vii. be in alliance with the American
League. will be organized in Chicago
Thursday. The league will be organized
at first with five citeS-Detroit, Toledo,
Minnea polls, Kansas City and Louisville
but will eventually be made to include
eight cities. Sam Thompson, the former
Philadelphia player. will have the fran
chise in Louisville. Navin will be behind
the Detroit club. President Stroebel of the
Interstate League controls the Toledo cub
and plant already. In Kansas City James
Manning has a base ball plant ready for
occupa ton at any moment and will sell or
lease it to the new promoters in short or
der. SaulSpaughs lease of the Minneapolis
grounds does not expire until July, and he
is the logical hacker in the city of milers.
Grand Rapids, Buffalo, ST. Paul and In
dianapoliS are strong possibilities for the
new league, and there are a half dozen
others who are applicants for franchises.
I'VE are all ready to organize, and have
been for a week" said Mr.. Navin last
night I'VE have simply been waiting for
Mr.. Johnson to return before gong ahead
with our plans. We want Mr.. Johnson for
president and will organize under his guild
ance and direction. We are looking for
protection from the American League. and
are ready to live and die with 1t. We will
have no connection with the National
eight clubs tomorrow if necessary. but pre-
fer to wait and find out just what cities
the American League will abandon so as
to take in the best cities in the west
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

From the New Orleans Times Democrat
The negro roustabouts are Tremendous
eaters. One OF their stipula tons in the
formal demand which they made few
days ago was for four meals a day on or
binary shifts and five meals when thew
worked up to certain hour in the night
On most of the boats the meal service Ia
about as follows: The first breakfast IL
served early In the morning; at 8 O'Clock
there is d second breakfast of a more sub
stantial character; at noon a hearty din
ner: at g o'clock supper, and at 10 at night
nameless repast fully as bountiful as any
OF the others. Corn bread fat bacon. COW
pease and molasses are the staples OF the
diet. Occasionally the cook prepares a SORT
Of pudding duff" composed of corn
meal and -four sweetened with sirup. some
of the boats vary the diet with rice. but
as rule 1t Is not relished by the men
Bootleg coffee" Is also served by liberal
providers. and it Is generally given to the
hands If they want 1t early in the morn
ing.
The quality and quantity Of food have
an important bearing ON the ability of a
steamboat to get a crew promptly A craft
that feeds badly Is certain to acquire an
evil reputation among the 'rousters." and
they will avoid 1t Irrespective of wages Of
fered. This fact has been Impressed upon
the owners by numerous disagreeable ex-
periences in the past, and the consequence
Is that there Is at present little or no COM
plant on the score of diet. The negroes
the mselves admit that the Mississippi boats
feed their men exceptionally well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
SLAVERY IN ZANZIBAR.
Girls Stolen Despite the Vigilance of
British Cruisers.
From Ainslpe's

brltish Cruisers.
From Ainslee's Magazine
AND yet the anti-slavery societies cry
wildly that slavery must be eradctated at
Zanzibar, and the civilized world, between
wars, re-echoes the cry, so the British con-
SUI and his officers work industriously to
that end. 1t Is not an easy task, either
with the number Of cruisers supplied. The
territory to be watched is so wide that the
consul could make use of a small fleet, in
stead of which he usually has one ship
When 1 was there last summer the Ba-
rosa had the station but two days after
she sailed north to Mombassa a courier
rushed Into the consulate to report that
two dhows with twenty girls had slipped
away to Arabia under cover of mooniess
night, and there was no ship to make pur-
suit.
1t is this sea-borne traffic that Is most
difhcult to suppress. Just now Gin Deem
ber), when the southwest monsoon sweeps
the Indian ocean. it is active. The lean
dhows from Muscat steal along the coast,
, and concealed In many creek and river
mouth, wait for their agents inland to
bring them a cargo Then. Selling a mo-
ment when the warship is engaged else
where, they slip out and dart eastward
The favorite girls are those captured from
the Nasal and the Boran Calais, whose
charms appeal to Arabian Moslems some
what as those of the Circassian women do
to the Turks. The Borans are particularly
icHoWLeu loI beauty, ana a slave
thief will risk his life to obtain one This
tribe. which occupies the northernmost
district of the protectorate. is altogether
swathed in romance. White men have
never reached its capital, where the stock
ade Of the royal palace is said to be of pure
ivory. The Boran warriors are the only
ones in Africa who fight on horseback, and
such is their valor that they have time and
again repulsed the fierce Somalis from the
border.
The Nasal girls are considered the equals
of their Boran sisters in attractiveness, but
not In refinement; the latter, rumor has 1t,
practice the rites of Abyssinian Chris
tianity and the lost arts Of centuries past.
The Nasal girls are easier to capture, and
are. therefore, more common. The tribe
was formerly celebrated for its vast flocks
and herds. but a devastating famine some
years ago left 1t almost destitute. The war
riors thereupon began system of raiding
on all sides. and another fierce tribe, the
Wakikuyu, took advantage of their alb
sence to descend on the Nasal. kill off the
old men and steal all the women and girls.
These are now being disposed of at COM
paratively low rates to local Arab or
Swahii middlemen. who retail them at
big profit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
GREAT STRENGTH OF FISH
Their Remarkable Agility Remains
the Despair of All Scientists.


From the New Orleans Times Democrat
1.-The flight of birds has been studied time
out of mind without yielding the first
syllable Of Its secret" said an enthusiastic
amateur naturalist OF this city, but it is
not a whit more mysterious than the move
ment of fish in water. Their speed, their
sudden leaps from fixed positions, their
abrupt turns in less than their own length,
the extraordinary inertia that enables them
to swim against tremendous currents
these and hundred and one other things
have been the despair OF every investigator.
We know that such miracles are performed
and tail, but in ninety-nine cases out of a
hundred those organs are altogether too
small to account for the apparent power
they develop. In less time than it takes
glass globe will upset every law of dynamics
in the text books. 1t does things that are
theoretically impossible. While l was in
Washington on my vacation last summer"
continued the speaker. "a relative of mine,
who Is a designer in the bureau of naval
construction, told me that the department
experts had made extensive studies of the
movements of different fish, with view to
improving the hull lines of torpedo boats
What little data they secured proved use
less when applied to working models
showing conclusively that the real secret
had eluded the observers. l have a good
sized tank at home. in which I keep 4
number of small fish, and at different times
l have made some curious observations.
especially as regards their speed One Of
the fish Is a young fresh water trout. about
five inches long. On several occasions
have watched 1t with timing instrument
while it was making plunges for flies on the
surface of the water. 1t would approach
leisurely at not over six inches to the
second, until about half yard from its
prey. and then leap straight for the mark
like an arrow from bow. The interview
ing distance would be covered in approx
imately one-tenth of a second. That doesn't
sound very remarkable in cold figures. but
imagine a steamship jogging along at about
five knots an hour. and then, in the twin
king Of an eye, increasing Its speed to
mile minute. The feat would be no more
astonishing than that performed by my
little trout and what makes the mystery all
the greater is the extremely delicate and
flexible character Of its tail and fins. They
seem to offer no purchase worth mention
ing against the water: 1t is as IL an ocean
liner had propeller made q gause: yet,
more than the most powerful machinery
ever built by man. When nature gives up
the secret. II she ever does. we are apt to
zee the true submarine boat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
ENGLAND'S WAR GAME,
Battles Realistically Reproduced With
Cane and n String.

Battles Realistically Reproduced With
q Cane and String.
From the London News.
The other evening, writes a correspond
ent, after dinner 1 was invited to be pres
ent at a big battle. which would be fought
with the utmost realism and with the latest
arms and the biggest guns known in mod
ern warfare. AS we We're in drawing
room In the quiet country. I confess l was
skeptical, and when I heard our hostess
send for a little bit Of string. a walking
stick and glass of water 1 wondered
what the latest sell was.
The maid brought in the three simple
articles I have mentioned. Our hostess put
the walking stick and the glass of water
on the table. and, taking the string In her
fingers. did this: At one end she made a
small loop just big enough for a couple of
fingers to pass through it, with an ordinary
knot At the other end, with an ordinary
knot, she made another loop just big
enough to put your head through The
little bit of string. 1 should say, was be-
tween three and four yards in length. She
now slightly moistened the smaller of the
two loops with a drop Of water applied with
finger tip, and drew 1t on the ordinary
polished walking stick. 1 was then request
ed to take the sides of the larger loop be-
tween my thumbs and my forefingers
draw it over my head and place the open
palms of my hands fiat over my ears.
w men 1t was properly adjusted L sud-
denly felt the little bit Of string drawn
tight and was conscious of dull and omi-
nous hum which We imagine may precede
the beginning of a great battle. when many
men are gathered together In a small
space only waiting the order to fire.
The action had begun!
heard the sharp crack of thousands OF
rifles.
looked at my vis-a-vis at the other end
Of the tight-drawn little bit of string
She was slowly turning the stick That
was all.
All! a hundred pom-poms were at 1t,
grinding out a murderous fire-pom-pom--
pom-pom-i
looked again.
My hostess was simply tapping the tense
string with the sharp edge OF an ivory pa
per knife.
What is that deep boom-Boom-BOOM-
which Is heard above the general crash?
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM. The laundering
echoes die away solemnly among the
mountains.
/ looked again.
The lady was simply pulling the taut lit
tie bit Of string in a downward direction
with a finger and thumb, just as one
twangs at a banjo.
And this Is how you take part In a big
engagement. The game was shown to my
hostess by a Yeoman just back from the
front. They used to play 1t in camp-as IL
they hadn't enough Of 1t. Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

which he was knocked down, and had
earlier in the evening defeated another
boxer in a four-round contest, some doubt
exists as to when and at whose hands he
received his injury.
Sanford was defeated by a boxer calling
himself Young Carr 1t was afterward
learned however, that Carr was pro-
fessional, and he was disqualified. Friends
of Sanford claim that he acted queerly on
Friday and complained of his head, as a
consequence of which the police are now
searching for Carr"
This Is the second boxing fatality in
Philadelphia in less than three months, the
first being that of Steven Flanagan, the
famous young bantam-weight, who died
twenty-four hours after collapsing during
a bout with Jimmy Devine early last Oc-
tober. few months previously during a
bout with Danny Dougherty. the bantam
weight champion in New York. Flanagan
was unconscious for thirty-six hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
Wonderful British Doxs.

A delightful story is told of sportsman
who was Boosting of the intelligence of his
~Sog. Would you believe it?" he said
when 1 was waking into the city he sud
denly stopped and pointed at a man by a
bockstail. and nothing / could do would
irduce the dog to move. So 1 went up te
the man and said. Would you ob.ige me
with your nameg Certainly, said the
stranger my name is Partridge
Another dogs tail" A suburban gen.
tleman. who was in the habit of giving his
dog some small delicacy on leaving for the
city each morning forgot to do so on one
occasion. AS he was going out of his house
the dog caught his masters coat tails IN
his teeth, and leading him into the garden
stopped at a flower bed. The flowers grow
ing there were "forget-me-nots."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
BOXING UNDER THE BAN
Permits for SparrinE Contests I'm
Philadelphia Revoked,

PERMITS for SparrinE Contests in
Philadelphia Revoked.
The following order was issued by d.
rector Of Public Safety English of f.,lladel-
phia yesterday:
ITO Superintendent of Police Quirk:
You will at once notify all captains of
divisions and lieutenants of districts that
permits for sparring contests heretofore
issued are hereby revoked. There will be
no permits granted for sparring contests
for the present, and you will SO instruct
the captains and lieutenants, accompanied
by an order to prevent such exhibitions un-
til further notice"
The cause of the order was the death
Saturday night of Edward Sanford, an
eighteen-year-old amateur boxer after q
bout with Joseph Kelly.
Although Sanford died after two fast
rounds of boxing with Kelly. In the first Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24

The Tyrians are supposed to have in
vented the art Of dyeing about 1900 B. c.
The English did not have facilities Of their
own until zoos. Before that all their dye
ing was done in Holland. 1.-TWO dyers of
Exeter were logged for teaching their art
iii the north" This occurred in 162S. The
shade mauve was made from iichens In 1883,
and the discovery of aniline colors in coal
tar by Dr. Hoffman, has led to the inven-
ton Of a number Of beautiful dyes.