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o Observation-Disclosures.
Was so Acknowledged.

= He had been hanging around my. girl
for some time," said a well-known North
Ender, land l saw that unless something
come n oeiG member g 'ole Of the he family. family T had
frowned upon the matter right from the
start, as 1 didn't think he was good
beginning 1 simply constituted a hopeless
minority, as my wife thought he was a
perfect paragon. l thought l knew better
and when one Sunday saw him at ball
Now, I am a great lover Of the Amer
lean game and Sunday is the only day
that l have time to attend. have al
ways been very careful to keep from my
wife the fact that l ever attended game
of ball on Sunday, as she is very strict
church member and views with horror
any one who seeks pleasure on the Sab
bath. So when 1 saw the young man
there at the game I thought had found
a way to bring her over to my side, know
ing full well that if l did his chances Of
becoming member of the family were
mighty slim. I hadn't the slightest idea
that he had seen me there, and thought
1 could startle an admission from him that
would show him up in his true colors
without danger to myself. So when he
called the other night, l said suddenly:
Young man, where were you last
SundayT
"'Oh, I sat just two rows ahead Of you.
he answered easily.
''That threw explanations back on me,
and left me gasping for breath.
a. Fine sermon, wasn't IT.? he added a
moment later, coming to my rescue like
the trump he is.
I" oh. you dear old fellow, did you go
to church and say nothing to me about
it?' cried my wife. How lovely! What
was the text?'
1T was simply incapable of answering,
and again that young trump filled the
breach.
I" Ninety and nine.' said he.
1.-THE score wasn't quite as bad as that
almost. though. Say! he's the finest
young man that ever drew breath and
he can have anything that belongs to
mer-Detroit Free Fress.
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Strange Colony of Outlaws.

There is in Lower California a strange
colony of which the outside world rarely
hears. 1t is made up Of outlaws, and
some of the most notorious escaped crimi-
nails have taken refuge in it. They live
in a strange, rugged stretch of country.
with the Gulf of California on one side
and a range OF foothills which spread
down toward the Mexican border on the
other. There are no ports at this point
on the coast of California. and no rail-
roads reaching in from the other direc-
ton, so the men are completely isolated.
They are practically prisoners, because
they dare not venture out, but no effort
has ever been made to disturb them in
their chosen refuge. though they have
been congregating there for years.
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17

General Pietre, the Venezuelan revolu-
tionary leader, has demanded the surren-
der of the city of Calaboso to prevent
bloodshed and the destruction of property.
General Pablo Guxman, another revo-
1Uticnary leader. has attacked the town
of Aragua and captured all the arms
there. He later made successful attacks
against General Meijas force and the gar
rison under command of President Mar
canos of the state Of Bermudez, capturing
the arms and ammunition
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17
TESTS AT SANDY HOOK
PROVE SATISFACTORY
New Army Rifle Drives Twelve-Inch
Shell Through Eleven
Inch Plate

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The ordnance
officers and the artillery experts at the
War Department are pleased with the ex-
cellent work of the army twelve-inch rifle
at Sandy Hook. Colonel Randolph, chief
of artillery, said the test proved that it
was practicable to drive a twelve-inch
shell through the side of an ironclad and
to explode it with precision in the in
terror. The ship does not float, he said,
that could withstand the effects of such
an explosion in, her interior. 1t certainly
would paralyze all the sailors it did not
kill and put the ship out of action.
Major Smith, one of the ordnance ex-
perts, declared that this was the first
time that an explosive shell had been put
through an eleven-inch plate of this quail
ity.
1t was a striking demonstration of the
proof Of the claims of the ordnance de-
partment that it had developed the best
high explosive and fuse in the world. The
department now possesses two explosives
of this character, with one of which the
shell fired from the new rife yesterday
was loaded. The fuse was developed by
Captain Dunn at the Frankfort arsenal.
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Matter-of-Fact Governor.

Max O'Rell and German Governor Of
one of the States of America got to be
great friends, and when sufficiently fami-
liar the Governor confided to Max that he
objected to one only of his sayings-that
Germans had no humor." WELL said
Max, 'it's this way. l used to tell a tale
Of tree that was SO high that 1T took
looked as far as he could, and the other
started looking where the other left off
And added Max, 81 never met a Ger
man yet who could see the joker
"Jokei'' replied the Teuton, that's not a
joke; it's ID lie!'-Melbourne Argus.
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Bean Famine Threatened in Boston

Many Bostonians did not enjoy their
customary repast of beans to-day, be-
cause the scarcity of this staple food
amounted to almost famine. About 400,
900 bushels of beans are annually con-
sumed in Boston, and not in twenty years
has the price exceeded 81 80 a bushel.
Now, however, owing to a short crop In
New York, Michigan, California and Can
ada last year, the supply is nearly ex-
hausted and the price has jumped to s.
a bushel and is still soaring.
The California crop this year is report
ed to be large, and when 1t comes in the
price of beans is expected to go back to
about normal. Meantime beans are a
luxury in hotels and cafes.-Boston tele-
gram to the Chicago Chronicle.
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California Fruit.

English fruit growers now complain
that they are being beaten by California
rivals in the price and the quality of
plums From California plums are re-
ceived in London which, in spite of their
long journey, can undersel the English
plum and vastly exceed it in attractive
ness and appearance. The California Wis
itor is so carefully packed that it arrives
with the bloom as fresh as at it's first
picking. Such trif1es do not concern the
English grower, whose fruit, except 1t be
of the most expensive kind, comes bat
tered and bruised to market.
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BRIGANDS REDUCE
AMOUNT OF RANSOM
Miss Stones Captors Are Now Will
ing to Accept Fifteen Thou
sand Pounds.

ing to Accept Fifteen Thou
sand Pounds.
SOFIA, Nov. 16.-The brigands who cap
tured Miss Ellen NJ. Stone and Madame
Tsilka have reduced the amount of ran
som they demand to e2OOOO Turkish. Co.
incident with this intelligence is the in
formation that the leaders of the band, if
convinced that this is more than Dickin-
son will give, would accept &15,000. Even
this sum is greatly beyond the cash at
Dickinson's disposal. Therefore, unless
the captors of the missionary further
abate their demands, there is no hope of
an immediate settlement.
An agent who is in touch with the brig
ands reports that they recognize they
made a mistake in kidnapping Miss Stone
They would, however, consider it worse
than blunder to release her without an
adequate ransom.
There is no longer any fear regarding
the brigands' intentions toward the cap
tives. They declare themselves to be not
robbers, but patriots, performing an OBJ
noxious task in the interests of holy
cause. The majority of the kidnapers are
peasants and farmers, directed by a secret
committee, who rule its decisions.
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Bold Robbery in Stockton.

STOCKTON, Nov. 1.-two young men
wearing masks entered a grocery store in
the eastern part of the city, near the
Southern Pacific Railroad, tonight,
robbed Isaac Stanaway, the clerk, OF s23
and took two or three dollars out of the
till. They struck the clerk with pistols
when he refused to open the safe and es-
capped when neighbors gave the alarm.
The robbery occurred at $50 O'Clock.
when many persons were passing along
the street.
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The Kansas Idea.

Hans Jensen, Dane, recently appeared
before the magistrate Of the District
Court held in Garnett, Kans., to be nat
uralized- At the close of the usual ex-
animation the Judge asked the applicant
Hans. are you satisfied with the general
conditions in this country? Does this
yas,' answered Hans, "only l would like
to see more rain.'' 'You may be sworn -
said the Judge; II perceive you already
have the Kansas idea. st. Paul Globe.
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Ressrving the Forests.

company of Texans owning million
acres of forest land allows no tree of
less than a foot in diameter to be cut and
requires the smaller trees to be carefully
protected. IF this sensible plan" saws
the Philadelphia Record, '.had been
adopted a century ago in the North our
large quantities of marketable lumber
with no prospect of extinction" But
those forests are now barren waste and
people can only 1ruminate on what might
have been.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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McKeever Substituted for o'Brien.

LONDON. Nov. 16.-The match arranged
by the National Sporting Club for the
middlcweight English championship be-
tween Jack O'Brien of Philadelphia and
Frank Craig. the Harlem Coffee Cooler. /"
has fallen through, O'B Brien paying for
felt. However, Charlie McI<eever of Phil
adelphia. who has just landed in England.
has stepped into the breach, though out
of training. and has offered to take
O'Brien's place. This has been accepted
and McKeever and Craig will fight at the
National Sporting Club November 49,
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Colonel William II. Powell.

OGDENSBURG, N. Y, Nov 16.-Colonel
William H. Powell, U. S. A. retired, died
at Sacketts Harbor to-day. He entered
the army as private III 1861 and won his
first commission the same year. He be-
came colonel Of the Ninth Infantry in
1897, and was retired at his request In
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17
Old Cathedral at Roskilde.

w. e. Curtis writes to the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald that the dust Of the Danish
Kings is kept in a great cathedral at
RoskiIde, an old town twenty miles from
Copenhagen. Every year when the King
is entertaining his royal guests the entire
ramliy always pay a visit to Roskilde, in
obedience to an ancient custom. On one
or the pillars are marks showing the
height of Peter the Great, Nicholas, the
Iron Car; Alexander III Of Russia. the
King of England and many other Kings.
The cathedral was built in the eleventh
can be seen at long distance. The old
est grave is that of King Harold I, who
died In 9S7, and the last burial was that of
the body Of the late Queen Louise.
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Sarah Elizabeth eriswold Morse.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16-Mrs. Sarah Eliz-
abeth Griswold Morse, widow of Professor
Samuel B. Morse, inventor of the tele-
graph, died in Berlin on Thursday. She
was Professor Morse's second wife and
was married to him in 1S4S. She was born
in 1922.
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insurrection. He mistrusts the
members of his cabinet. He lost conf.
dence in Senor Velutini, Minister of the
Interior, and compelled the latter to re-
sign. Senior CaliXto Escalante has been
appointed Senior Velutini's successor and
Senor Regino Pachano has become Minis
ter of Foreign Affairs.
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SURVIVES POWERFUL
SHOCK OF ELECTRICITY
Los Angeles Man Makes Short Cir
cult to Himself and Receives
Two Thousand Volts.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16.-W. H Repo-
egle, an electrician at the sub-station OF
the United Electric, Gas and Power
Company. sustained for several seconds
to-day the force of an electric current Of
1000 volts, and still lives. While working
among the transformers he accidentally
made short circuit of himself. While
severely burned at points of contact and
suffering greatly from the shock, he VIII
roOOVor
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17

Mirth is a magnifying glass through
which people look on the brightest and
hest side of life
The San Francisco call., 1901-11-17
ADvERrIsEMENTs.
KNOWS NO DISTINCTION.
Rich and Poor Alike Suffer From
CataPPR in This Climate.

All observant physicians have noticed the
enormous increase in catarrhal diseases
In recent years, and the most liberal ard
enlightened have cheerfully given their
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-21
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER q.
y PAGES TODAY.
THE CONFIRMATION OF P4lLAnpER c. knox

Fhilandor c Knox should not have been confirmed
ny the senate as attorney general of the United Stacs
the Antitrust League. composed OF citizens of stand
ing many OF them DISTINGUISHED for their public scr
vices preferred specific charges very grave in their
nature against Mr. Knox account of his connection
with the trusts before his appointment and offered to
furnish proof of the alleged facts
1t is to be noted that. although several weeks have
elapsed since several traffic managers of railroads en-.
terng Chicago testified before the Interstate commerce
commission that the companies of their joint traffic as.
ISOLATION are in the habit of boldly violating Federal
law neither Mr. Knox nor his suborduates have be-
stirred themselves signined any intention of basr.
ring themselves in the matter
The attorney general of the United States should
be man to whom the people can safely look for the
UNFOLDING and enforcement of the laws II could be
shown, as the Antitrust League offered to show that
Mr. Knox, by his connection with the great industrial
combinations, has beon concerned in the violation OF
the Sherman antitrust act and the Interstate commerce.
act he is NOT fit to be the attorney general off the
United States, however great his legal talent may be
II is with the enforcement of such laws as these that
the attorney general is mainly concerned ono of the
principal questions now before him s whether tb, re-
Gently formed Northern Securities company rs iu yio
lauon of the sherman antitrust act. Can am attorney
general be relied on to prosecute Tine combinations that
are in violation of the law ii me has recently been cu-
gagged in the formation of like illegal combinations2
More than ever before in the history of this country
Is there need for the chief law officer of the govern
men to be footloose and handfroc with regard to the
great combinations Of capital. During the month of
November the companies capitalized in the United
States for over 100000 represented a cantal OF
$5OSS500Oo; the total for the first eleven months of
1901 was $32o5 $4,000. against 81 255O75OOO for
1900 and the Increase is st growing.
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THAT INFAMOUS DECISION.

The careful consideration of the finding of the court
of inquiry in the SchIoy inevitably leads TO the
opinion that in naval matters just as in other matters
the opinion OF Beadle Rumble correct and the law is
Ia bass"
The bill of exceptions filed by Admiral schley's
counsel on Wednesday mefutably demonstrates that
the majority of the court judges like Panurgo
the pollarded man, with every faculty except the rea
SON. or that they have corptly perverted justice and
deserve to be classed with the unjust judges with Lord
Jeffreys and Pontius PLATE
There are thirty-one grounds in the bill of excep
lions, and twenty-siX of tnem show tweny.sx specific
and positive errors OF the majority of the court the re-
naming five show that the majority of tho court reject
ed the whole of the testimony the applicant and the
whole of the testimony offered his behalf that they
have found him guilty upon specifications which were
abandoned by the judge advocate in his argument for
the prosecution; that they have based their opinion
and report of facts the testimony of few hostile
Witnesses without making any reference to the other
testimony as they were directed by the precent to do
The majority held that Schey should have proceeded
with the utmost dispatch off Cienfuegos without any
specification covering the point and when the only y
dence before the court that he did proceed with
the utmost dispatch They held that he should have
endeavored to establish communication with the nsr
gents at the place designated in the McCalla memo
randum, when there place mentioned in the Nc
Gala memorandum. And the bill of exceptions goes
on showing, item by item, that the majority Of the
court has found those things that ought not to have
found and has omitted to find those things that IL
ought to have found, in that Mr. Raynor Schleys
chief counsel truly says is appalling"
Perhaps the most fragrant instances in this niqu.
report the censurng of Schey for destroy
ing the Colon and other Spanish vessels on May 81
when order No. 8, sent him by Admiral Sampson, for
bade his doing So and the reference in the report
the famous "Ioop" which rectes that it was toward
the Texas for which Schley is censured in the opinion
and away from the Spanish vessels. without mention
of the cardinal fact that when the
peted schiey the Brooklyn in the midst of the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-21

To the Editor of The Post
III paso Texas November IS, 1oot.-Thc second an
nual Mdwntcr Carnival International Live Stock Exhibit
miners drilling contest Texas Live Stock Association CON
vcntion and International Miners Association convention
will be held during January Is 49, inclusive 1902.
What promises to be OF the weeks of festv
ny held in the Southwest is now a assured fact
Two OF the most important features that receiving the
closest attention the part of the Carnival association is
that of cattle and mining. Last year the first expcri
enee aRd there attracted this city conservative
estimate between 5000 and 10000 people from the sur
rounding country The railroad companies are all taking
much interest relative the January fesvity and
the association has heu informed that low trip rate
will he made from greater and distant points In one
instance OF round trip fare has been made where
the rate is $2s way Distant points in Texas will
have the and equally low rates will be advertised
on all railroads from Western and Southwestern points in
the two territories and the republic
The Texas Live Stock association will hold its annual
convention here during January IS and The American
Short Horn association and also the National Hereford
Breeders association will have midwnter exhibit of over
100000 worth Of standard aud thoroughbred show cattle
and Monday following the closing Of the carnival there will
he the public auction OF thoroughbred cattle ever Of
fered for sale in any city in the Southwest
miners drilling contest will be another feature and
$1,000 in cash premiums have been put for the contest in
addition many consolation prizes offered by enerprsng
business firms Five thousand dollars has been expended
by the association for free attractions $4,000 hung up az
premiums for the exhibit and grand programme ~
European and Oriental shows has been secured consisting
of the Streets OF Cairo Oriental theatre war-ograph pjc
exhibit Luuette the Flying Lady" Mexican village
German village Japenese village Lasca performing snakes
prsmate electric fountain Clarks dog show Ferris
wheel miniature railway Roe's educated performing PIGS
big swing the only high wire performing elephant
in the world, mammoth spiral tower grand floral and
queens parade cattle parade. american and Mclean m
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Spanish vessels fighting all four of them snglehanded
and alone. 1t is just as It, to employ a comparison
with smaller thing in description of duel mention
should be made Of the fact that dueist gave
ground and nothing should be said of this being done
SO as to secure purchase for rush forward and final
coup de which the other contestant through
the body; saying that prize fighter stepped, one
step back, without saying that the instant he took
two steps forward and knocked out his adversary
TO do Justice to the opinion of the majority of the
court who have lamentably failed to do Justice
themselves would require the tongue of Cicero in his
denunciation of Catlne of Burke in his impeachment
of Warren Hastings of Patrick Henry his orations
against George H. The decision of the Schey court
Of inquiry has made ell his fellow countrymen feel
ashamed All tue-heartod Americans have felt that
infamous decision as blow in the face. Let not the
majority of the court of inquiry and the naval clique
rest. in fanced security. The American people are
slow anger but about this question they thor
ouehly aroused and in and will it that
guilty escapes
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-21
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

When officers are faithful to their oaths and ysant ana
dngsr f an ~ n, ,n l,Ves snu " he,o,airS over
ridden with 9lessness nj let justice leep in The Officials
and fearful consequences can be eNpeced-haron Eagle
merely expected but looked upon as dead certainty
| ,;oa., ., i L.,.a. ;,.ti. Ii. ,.i.t a. re own
n,,ns,ren, and a IL ,t rcet tr,gody in Houston a., at
... r ~ - -, It'll. H.. ,ho,,.
.ol,,s b,o o.r,,;,,cl q, -, i, ,-l ,o,er,,yc results
i''''e" W "oOot'' > "''' 'P@
m terrible consequences to themselves Let CITY Judges
ures lawyers and police make known the fact that
thcy arc milling toocbcr fo drastic anpaton and enforce
| -. - A., - t,S,' e. ~ - .t .,i.s;r,hlc
Hlel' Oh iHt laws "ltnoul rear or IdNoi' anu 'e ~
clement will give that city wide berth No halfway meas
ures are desirable or polite
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tary bands genuine Spanish bu6ehts daily on Mexican
soil street car ride from FL Paso fourteen big free shows
going on all the time, street show ground every
corner sensation high divers revolving ladder acts aerial
acts slack wire feas contoronss slide for life revolving
pyroechnic fountain five days Of fun rolic and frenzy
Five hundred thousand dollars worth OF sights to be seen
for your time and railroad fare Thousands OF ncandescent
lights Illuminating the city, turning night into day
II. c. LOCKWOOD Secretary.
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A NOBLE WOMAN.

NtOpi r ,.t0Knh,
The British government has decided to abandon the
1l,o crodn far ttis h,,r,oritaria, st,, 10 dino 70 ,
- A., III. n.if,ii -, ~ -, ~
1i, 7',o ~ "'' WE "
''e "'u'Oeu III ,"e Oii'i'e'n war was an aug, ol
her charity so Miss Emily Ilobouse, by inducing the
,,,,,,r,,,,rt t s4,, +1,, ,,rc,,+r,tio ~ ~ r,,
Blatant Beers into camps. The mortality Of which has
been fghttu has carued the right to be numbered in
the calendar of modern saints
Consider the figures In the blue book pnbighed
in London on last Saturday, the october deaths in the
oor concentration stated to have aggregat-
eo o''"' Oh "nom zoo" We're cnlIuIeh' tne November
"'"'Is -N0'' Oh "h"U --z' We're 'nlueh' mus IN TWO
m'"ua nearly 7ooo 'I"'NIeh nave uled IN the cohceh-
ifation camps. 1t was not without difficulty that Miss
- -, ,f, . ,',, ,,,
,' ,'.l ,r., '.'.'s 7"o
and made personal and thorough Investigation Of The
concentration camps That the charges she made ON
nr RETURN fl, I,uglnt wore mot ,v,,,arstod 90 chow,
by tb' government blue book above referred to. At
first Miss iIohhouses appeal was received with scom
anu ur17''I 'F l"e government ana the war party
'"' '"', '"'. N'''"' p''s.'e'eo ono 'ad tn' la'ts
before o' H"l7h people Ihe question because Of her
,, c,, WI 'i'' .1 ,',l' '',.'
i 49, Nv, ,I, ,t., "I w., ~,
last was brought home to the conseences of those
high in official authority that for the British govern
MONT t, ro,nnel Poor women, and cbii,ir, h ,rist ~,
concentration camps because the Boor men in the field
would not surrender was an uhumane and dsgraceful
"a ""'''" ''u 80" 7''" ''' '"' n't NO.
'gpu''uo" LOT '''1"S "N' '""' Oh '"o un7poaNaDIo
TURK
cided to abandon tIc concentration cam, svstcr, and
7 1T. 49,. ,t.i . , -. '
woman, lra in body, but with spirit like that of
the seraphim who slug before Gods throne If the Civ
I"H OF cup OF con" wafer TO Ch' Is not to be with