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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Ellis County Prosperous.

Ferris, Texas, January 1.-The wheat
crop In this section is reported the best
for years and the acreage is very large;
fall oats are doing nicely. making nur
pastura9e for stock; In fact everything
in Ellis county is In superb condition.
and the people seem to appreciate their
condition and feel glad that they are
here.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Charged wi,n a serious on,u...

Denton, Texas, January LA ia-year-old
hoy was put in Jail here today charged with
raining iG-year-old elr near Aubrey Sat.
urday night, the allegcd oftense having been
committed In the woods near the glrl's home.
There Is considerable eSoitemen, IN the neigh
horhood IN which the assault occurred
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02

Mckinney. Texas. December 3.--G. NJ.
Cook of Lucas, this county, was ordained
into the Baptist ministry today. Rev h.
e. King of this city conducted the service s.
ktv Joel 5, Graves OF Sanger fllel the
pulpit here for DR. King this evening.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Anauai Nre,,rp osr,..,,

me annual meeting II the Houston I.y-
sepm viii he held this evening at o'clock
IN the Lycspm hall IN tho Mason b,oek
The election ~ ofnoers Tor the sns,l,,
year 9nd ether business Of iuo5rfanss MI,
come W for consideration w."
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A $50 400 GIFT

is all right, but beginning January and
for one week we will Clean, Dye and Press
your clothes for half our regular prices
to introduce the latest method, Our wag
ons will call for and deliver you clothes.
Don't miss this chance. 81 Paclart's Troy
Laundry.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
WATCH pARrY

There were quite number of watch
parties In the city last night among tho
most delightful of which was at the home
ot MI and Mrs. Fl. Seaman on Laurel
avenue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Rooms RnnsncIseh.

Three rooms over the jewelry store Of
Sweeney & Frederlcks were ransacked
yesterday afternoon and a few small ar
ticles of iewelry are missing The miss
ing jewelry belongs TO persons occupying
the rooms.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02

Berwick Bay, Matagorda. Galveston
oysters fish. shrimp, Wild ducks at Eug
Artrsys 5l4 Travis street. Phone IA.
Free delivery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
Inactive Bowels

Many people suffer from constipation.
This Invariably produces stomach liver
and kidney disease Constipation Il a dan.
serous disease Cure It With Hostetter,s
Stomach Bitters- There Is nothing better.
Will NOT shock the system ana Il posl-
ilyels cures Indigestion dyspepsia. bilious
nesfs malaria fever and asue Try Al. Il
may be obtained from any dsureist SEQ
hsaal Private Revenue stamp covers Xxx
neck Of tho bottia. "
Good I1ostetter,s
Ec Stomach
Every one Bitters
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-02
THE coaNnR IN nrMr.

Root Alleged tn Have Taken stems
no RreaiS ~.
New York. January LA special 10 the
Herald from Washington says: Secretary
foot has taken measures to break the
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07
Surprise in Paris.
FLOOD; in ROME.
Historic Tiber Overnows 1t. Banks
= / Causing Great Ruin-Three
Lives Are Lost. I

Rome, Dec. 3-The Tiber has over
flowed it's banks; and the entire lower
part of the city is threatened. Three
lives have been lost in the flood, and
much damage is reported from the
country and from the district of the
city affected. The flood is caused by
the recent heavy rains, which have so
swollen the stream that the water
level has reached an unprecedented
height. The more elevated parts of
Rome are, crowded with, refugees who
were forced to abandon their inun-
dated homes. Most of the homeless
people belong to the poorer classes,
and few have been able to save any
of their belongings. Many .landslipsi
have occurred along the railways,
blocking traffic. News from the rural
districts along the Tiber shows that
great damage has been done to farms
and cattle. The rise Of the Tiber ex-
ceeds that of 1870, but the damage
has been limited by the recently con-
sstructed dikes at the lowest points.
The. Pantheon and the Forum. the
sneighboring streets, and part Of the
Hospital San sSpiritoz are Inundated.
The surrounding country and the
Protestant cemetery outside St. Paul's
gate are also submerged. Railroad
service is greatly retarded. !, -.
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HISTORY
The Important Hap penipgs of
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and To South.
THELATEsT FOREIGN DISPATCHES
d FROM vIlvJAsHIKaToN. 4. !.

s. as%$ THOA WA1M1M6vON. sS3szgTss s
In the United 5tates treasury the
gold amounts to S474, ,1os. 1896, breaking
all records. ~ III. s3.s
The Ixthmian canal commission re
port favors waterway not less than
IS feet deep and $50 feet wide at the
narrowest point. zs.. szs
. In Secretary Roots blu for reor-
ganization provisions for important
changes in the army are embodied.
The secretary of the navy ordered
supplies sent to natives of Guam who
are starving as a result of the ty-
phoon. sE:. g3-,E.& s5EEE II q,
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the 1st shows that the debt
decreased $3,227,4 ,445 during the month
of November. The cash balance in the
treasury was $2s9,176,791. The total
debt, less the cash in the treasury,
amounts to $1,101 ,174,s75. l.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union opened its twenty-seventh an
nual convention in Washington. s,
In November the total coinage at
the m1utS O1 tuc OuAlcu voIdLcS was
$16,545,12O, as follows: Gold, $13, 1885,
600; silver, $3.50, 900; minor coins
$3.50, ,12O. n E&$. %@ =, t. e !,
The total circulation Of national
bank notes on November 80 was 1882,
21e, ,4o5, an increase for the year OF
$sS,452.157. 80: %&=
In November the government re-
ceipts we're $4Ss344,514 and the ex'
penditures $41,27s,66o, leaving sur
plus of $7,065,S54.
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TRAINS COLLIDE.
Eleven Persons Killed and Many Hurt
- in Worst Railroad Disaster
I in Mexican History.

Z San, Antonio. Tex. Dec. 3.-A terri
BILE collision, in which IL persons
were killed and about 20 hurt, oc-
Cured on the Mexican Central rail-
way Q n Thursday afternoon between
Tamanacha and Simon, 5O.miles south
of Jumilico. The first news, of the
disaster reached here Sunday. Edward
Rische. aFcitizen> of San Antonio, was at
the scene 20 minutes after the engines
crashed together. The place where
the wreck occurred is in valley at the
foot of two immense hills AT the time
both trains were running 80 miles an
hour. One ofsthe trains had on board
q. construction crew numbering $50
men. The other was a freight train
of IS empty cars. Three engines and
about 40 cars were piled up go feet high.
Two Americans, train employees, We're
forced to flee to avoid being lynched.
The names Of the killed and injured
are not obtainable:. This is said to
be the most serious wreck that has
ever occurred in Mexico.
Engineer Ross and Firemen Reeves
and Harveson, of the freight train,
were killed. Most of the dead and
wounded are Mexicans who were riding
in the cars next to the engine. T.
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THE EAST.

At the leading clearing houses in
the United States the exchanges
during the week ended ON the 3Oth
ult. aggregated $1,7s2,7 2,744,o33, against
$2,246,117, 1884 the previous week. The
increase compared with the corre-
spending week of 1899 was 24!0.
In the United States there were 1874
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 3oth ult., against 23s the
week previous and 1T the correspond
ing period of 1899.
In New York The Abbot, champion
trotter of the world, with a record of
2:O3N, was sold for $26,50O.
To lead the crusade against vice in
New York q committee of Is has bec=
appointed.
At Lowell, Mass, Louis Gilmore,
captain of football team, died of in
juries received in a game.
Max Biligheim and Max Eichter-
sheimer, two university students, left
New York on trip afoot around the
world.
H. E. Goodman, manager of the
Goodman Manufacturing company in
Chicago, lost both legs in an accident
at a colliery near. Johnstown, Pa.
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r. BRILLIANT CEREMONIES. q
Catholic DiEnitaries to omciate at
Midnisht Service to Con.ecrate
l:s.ey&SF New Century to cod.

Washington, Dec. 3. Archbishop
Martinelli, the apostolic delegate, will
participate at services to,tbe held at
st. Patrick's S church in this city at mid
night on December 81 to consecrate the
new century to God. A year ago the
pope gave q special permission, with a
view to wide exercise of the privilege.
to sing Q solemn mass at midnight of
December 81 ofslast year to consecrate
the closing, year of the century and to
repeat it on December .31 next at the
same hour for consecrating the entire
new century. The ceremony, like that
of e year ago, Is expected TO be an un-
usually brilliant one, and most Of the
bishops throughout the country prob
ably will hold similar solemn services.
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FACTS ABOUT. OUR SCHOOLS.

The highest wages to women teach
ers are paid in California and the
District Ct Columbia, an average of
$64 a month. H
The average salaries paid school.
teachers in the entire United States
In 1899 was $45.25, a month for men
and $3S.14 month for women. ;,
There ore 16,73s,362 children and
young men and women being educated
in the schools end colleges of the
United ,921 in private in.
stitutions. >:%.335 IS" r.
In 1899: the people of the United
States spent $197, ,2s1 ,6o3 to educate
their children, which is $2.67 per cap
ita of population and 1920 per capita
of children of the school age. 81
There are 244,527 schoolhouses, dor.
mitories and other buildings in the
United States devoted to education.
and they are valued at $524,8s9 ,255.
There are 415,660 teachers-131,7 1893
men and 283.S67 women. #,ss
In Illinois the average for men was
$60.42 and women 3.27;> in Indiana,
$48 for men and $43 for women: il
Michigan, $44 for men and $685. for
women, and in Wisconsin, $41e and
$29: Wisconsin pays her schoolma'ams
less than any other of the states
| The average paid to men teachers
in Massachusetts, in 1899 was $136.2s
Ia month"; in Rhode Island, $1o3.A; in
Nevada, $1o1 q month. sschoolma' ans
[do not fare so well in those states,
their pay in Massachusetts, averaging
$51.41;; in Rhode Island, s51, ana IN
Nevada, SOL so.
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Awarded Damages.

Mitchell, s. D., Dec. 3.--The. jury in
the case of Editor Mcbride, who sued
40 citizens of this place for $4,000
damages for the destruction of his
newspaper plant nearly five years ago,
returned verdict late Saturday night
awarding Mcbride. $7O0 damages. OF
the 40 defendants at least ten were
released from the Judgment, as the
jury did notfind that they were asso-
}ciated in the destruction Of the plant.
The newspaper plant was destroyed
by citizens who were offended by ar
ticles alleged to have appeared in the
publication. II Ss zssis Sass. ,a*s.. .5zs 5=
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j. DUKE AND BRIDE ARRIVE.
Manchester In Met In New York by
His Father-in-Law and De-
tectives.

New York. Dec. 3.-Unlimited mys-
terry with the accompaniment of two
central Office detectives marked the
return to this, country : Saturday
of the young duke of Manches-
ter with his. newly welded Ameri-
can duchess, who was Miss Zim-
norman, Of Cincinnati. The ducal
party arrived on the steamship St..
Louis, which was ten hours late, reach
ing the pier shortly after seven p. m.
The first person to greet the duchess
in her stateroom when the revenue cut
ter put its boarding officers and Wis
itors over the side of the St. Louis was
her father. The second was Detective
Valley. From that moment until the
party reached the departments Mr.. Zim-
norman had reserved for them at the
Holland house the duke was not for a
moment beyond the surveillance Of De-
tective Valley or Detective Strip, who
accompanied him.
Mr.. Zimmerman was one of the first
to 60 up the side of the St. Louis when
the vessel arrived. The detectives were
next. The father of the duchess en-
tered the stateroom, in the center of
which stood his daughter. with the
duke by her side, kissed her, while tears
stood in his eyes, and then shook. Man.
chester by the hand. congratulations.
sincere congratulations" he said, land
welcome home" ~Es
The duke of Manchester. the
duchess of Manchester. and Eugene
Zimmerman, her father, passed Sum
day quietly at the Holland house. The
two detectives who met them at the
pier have been withdrawn, and Capt.
McClusky, explained their presence by
saying: #5r
: 1.-TWO letters. evidently from a crank
making vague threats Of 'egging' the
duke and duchess, were the cause Of my
sending Detective sergeants Valley and
Strip to meet them on their arrival.
The need for their services no longer ex-
lists and they have been Withdrawn from
their attendance upon the duke and his
wife. Beyond this there is nothing to
say. I refuse, most decidedly, to make
public the wording! Of the letters -.
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The death 81 Oscar Wilde, once
known as the opposite Of esth het ticisn. s
occurred in Paris from an abscess il
the ear. Is sssss s
Lord Kitchener succeeds Lord Rob
5erts IN command Of the British troops
in South Africa. London papers urge
the government to- try to arrange
terms Of peace with Boer generals.
s Kruger paid farewell calls III Paris
and left for Berlin. Germany. II Nm il
The American missionaries in China
write the state department insisting
upon the burning Of cities and the
killing Of the emperor, empress
dowager and high court officials.
Near Marking lightning struck A
powder magazine and 800 Chinese
were killed. 8. =sE.. *.=
Dispatch from China say that the
allies have proposed TO the empress to
return to Peking, and that q project
was on foot to restore the emperor
and retire the dowager.
"a dispatch from Manila says 1900
bolomen entered Vigan, island Of
Luzon, and surrendered to Capt.
Green, of the Thirty third infantry.
For the sixth time President Diaz
took the oath as president@of Mexico.
Kruger was informed that the Ger
man emperor would be unable to re-
ceive him, and he will proceed from
Cologne to The Hague. & $& Elat
In the wreck of the steamer St..
Marie, trading between Naples and
Marseilles, Is Of her passengers and
a part of her crew were lost. ~.
In q collision of passenger and
freight trains near sJimulco, Mexico,
20 persons were killed sand many
wounded.
The president has started the! civil
service system in the Philippines.
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

Washing tom, Dec. the yictory 81
American diplomacy in China appears
to be complete. Secretary Hay on.
Saturday received cable dispatch
from Ambassador White at Berlin
stating that the German government
had decided to recede from Its de-
mands upon China and to accede to
the tn suggest Ions made 81 the United
States. Baron ssa. the Han s9l
bassad dor, lat Il called at The ate q
partment and sisted that lii govern!
ment had decided IS withdrew de-1
mands and TO accept the modi iAcations;
presented BY the United States. ~ &
1nasmuch as II is kn nown here that
Great Britain was MI Il hihlol ding a ssisl,-
liar expressions ssnly for the purpo pose.of
permitting Germany to speak first,
and as Russia, France and japan had
already signified their ACCEPTANCE Of
the American programme the agree
ment appears to beScomplete, and an
other great triumph has been scored
by Secretary Hay. -
One feature of the demands to
which Germany stood committed was
that they should be final and in the
nature OF an ultima tum. The United
States government, was opposed TO
this because in the event Of China's
refusal to comply on the grounds
that the demands were excessive the
powers would be committed tpgan en-
forcement Of the demands. This gov
|.ernment therefore sought to have the
nltimatum excluded or modified, and
several days ago received encouraging
| assurances from Great Britain, Russia
and France. .E& E-s$ -
Washington, Dec. 3.-Administration
| officials continue sanguine that the
ministers of the powers at Peking will
| soon reach common: ground of agree
ment in the demands to be made upon
the Chinese imperial government in
satisfaction for the Boxer outrages.
The state department>is in commune
cation with the ministers and ambas-
sadors of the United States to the
European courts, and advices which
have come from them from time to
time lead the officials here to hope that
the powers will be brought to the posi-
tion maintained by the United States
in: dealing with the Chinese, viz: that
there should not be demands made
upon the imperial government which
it is1not BILE to fulfill. Our government
has persistently held to this view in
the progress of the negotiations be-
tween the ministers at Peking, and il
the principle of this contention can be
maintained in the combined note to be
handed tothe Chinese plenipotentiaries
decided advantage will be had at the
start. The attitude of our government
on this subject has been made clear tc
Mr.. Conger. The meeting between him
and the German and French ministers
Saturday at Peking presumably was in
compliance with the minister's latest
instruction from Washington. Moth
ing has been heard from Mr.. Conge1
by the state department. for severa;
days. %S#
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

The ornithologists of Great Britain
and America have just finished spirit
ed discussion which has lasted for more
than a year as to which is the largest
bird that flies. The prize has been
awarded to. an American bird, the
great condor Of the Andes. The Sec
ond prize has been given to the fierce
harpy eagle of the Philippines. =
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

! The report of the treasurer Of the
United States shows that the coin of
the realm that is most extensively coun-
terfeited nowadays u the copper one
cent piece. During the year there were
detected and destroyed at; the Offices
Of the treasury $11,146 in counterfeit
silver coins, notes and certificates, 3,277
five-cent pieces and 1869 one-cent
pieces, and the number Of spurious mi
nor coins in circulation is rapidly on the
increase: Counterfeit gold coins are
rare, only 13 having been presented at
the treasury during the past fiscal
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07
LATER =; NEWS. 9

The opening Of congress the Sd drew.
great crowds to her capitol. Both
houses were called to order at noon.
The senate reassembled at 1:45 and a
few minutes later Major Pruden, one
OF the presidents secretaries, appeared
with the presidents message. Secre-
tary Bennett of the senate at once be-
gan the reading of the document.
The first bill of the session introduced
in the house of representatives was by
Representative Crumpacker (rep,, InG.)
making apportionmento of representa-
tlves in congress under the eleventh
census" It provides an increase of
membership from 357 to S65.
Grover Cleveland has refused the
nomin alton for United States senator
by the democratic minority in the
state legislature.
The Congregational churches of Chi
cago are to devote December to cru
sade against crime. Five mass meet
ings are to be held to arouse citizens
to the necessity for reform. <...
Louis Gilgenbach was killed and
Frank Orting fatally injured by the
giving away of scaffold on which
they were standing while painting the
Reinig block at Fond du Lac, Wis. e.
= A steam pipe burst at Masse & Eel
ton lumber company's mill at Macon,
Ca, scalding to death E. r. Hathaway
and his negro fireman. sS>@ -
Edward B. Quinn was scalded to
death in New York while in q bath
tub. 49, - -
The Silverton, Ore, bank was
wrecked by dynamite. The robbers
failed to secure any booty. ..i ).
Constable Balm, of Dallas county,
Texas, was burned to death by two
unknown men. His clothes were, sat-
urated with turpentine and set on fire.
Five railway employees were instant-
ly killed and twelve people,injured by
the explosion ola boiler in theapower
house of the Chicago & Northwestern
road at Chicago. Several Of the in
jured are hurt so badly that they may
die. g.. =. - -. ~ y = a.. &si2 :;
John Hossack, a leading farmer of
Warren county, Iowa, was brutally
murdered in his bed, by blow from
an axe welded by person as yet un-
known. Mrs. Hossack was in bed
with her husband, but cannot give
any clue to the identity of the murder
er. >..
Oscar l.. Boese, former West Point
cadet, died at his home at Bristol, Pa.
The cause of death was given az
throat consumption. Bosses. parents
claim this was the result of hazing at
the academy. !-.,..r
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

1t has been decided by the United
States court of appeals that the ordi-
nary predictions of the weather bu-
reau are not trustworthy and that men
are not bound to consider them. The
master of ship unloaded his cargo
Of rice at Charleston, putting it on an
uncovered wharf, where it was spoiled
by rain, which had been predicted by
the weather bureau. Litigation fol-
lowed as to- payment and lower court
found against the sea captain. He ap-
pealed, with the result noted above.
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

Georgia has within its borders four
known real daughters of the Ameri-
can revolution, they being Mrs. Olina
Il. Way, Mrs. Martha Penn Rodgers,
Mrs. Oliver P. Berry and Mrs. Mary
Bibb Hall, each the daughter of SOL
dier who fought in the continental
army during the revolutionary war.
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AN AWFUL DISASTER.
Explosion Of . Powder Magazine In
B. China Kills Over 800 ),
~ Z, ( ii Persons. .

So Tacoma, Wash, Dec 3. The steamer
Energia brings details of the. terrible
powder explosion. at Nanking,, China,
which killed over 800 people last month.
During a violent thunder storm light
ming struck gunpowder magazine,
which exploded. The result was to ut
terly obliteratesthe small valley where
the magazine was located. Throughout
the district were formed heaps of man
gled and twisted bodies. The rescuing
of the bodies was carried on for q week
by Chinese soldiers, 100 being recovered
the first day. ~.s,. IL: z..S t$5El
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

Fairly reliable statistics show that
$4,000, 100000 of hens eggs will have
to be laid in. the United States during
the year 1904 startling estimate
truly, inasmuch as these eggs, stood
one on, top of another, point to butt,
would make q column 461 ,64S miles in
altitude-nearly twice the height of
the moon from the earth when that orb
is seen overhead. The annual value of
this product exceeds that of any min
eral except coal, and is greater. even
than that of our pig iron. =
The Worthington advance., 1900-12-07

The Victoria Cross, the medal
awarded BY, Queen Victoria for ex-
traordinary bravery and courage, is
an honor that Is an honor, and but
$50 men alive to-day are entitled to
wear it. The act that entities SOL
dier to the Victoria Cross usually
takes him into another world.