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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-01
GENERAL DE VETS STORY
Talks the Pubic Into Ills Confidence
on Subject Of the Beer War.
A REMARKABLE BOOK PUBLISHED.
Declares that England Would Hsva
Found Her Grave In Africa Had Not
So Many Burahers Proved False.

London, November so.--"Had not 80
many Of our hnrghers proved false TO their
own eolprs, England. as the great Bis
marck foretold. would have found her grave
In South Africa"
That Is tho keynote OF the fsoer General
De Vets book, entitled, "Three Years
war; published by Archibald, Constable
& Co, London, and dedicated by the Bcer
general. To my fellow subjects Of the Brit
ish empire"
It Is perhaps the most remarkable book.
by tho most remarkable leader. that any
recent war has produced. The concise, sim
pie talo OF tho extraordinary campaign IA
marked throughout with the stamp OF
truth The badness OF the narrative only
serves to bring into strong relief the tiery
passages over which strong man liter
ally burts out his soul in pathetic regret
or bitter denunciatlon.
IN thus taking tho public Into his conn.
dcucc De Wet loses nothing Of the glnmor
with which his explOltS In the mold sur
round him. IN criticlsng he spares no one;
Boer and Buton como equally under .ns
lash DO Wet declares that whatever TIE
English people may have TO say ~ DIS
credit OF General Butler. he had TO operate
against stronger positions than any other
Boer general has but slight praise, Tor
Lord Roberts and little moro for Lord
Kitchener. General Knox Is almost the
only British general who seems 20 nave
strnck De Wet aa a commander with reai
military genius
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tional and STATE banks and private banks
aud bankers, With capital and deposits az
Ercgatlng Si,0It0IS,QlS and S4Gf9, 1895,
respectively. In July, 1902. reports OF con
diuons were received from A595 National
banks, and on Approximate dates state.
ments relating also to 1850 state and prl-
waite hanks and bankers Adding TO these
the number Of banks making returns only
OF capital and surplus Tor taxation, the de-
posts OF the iattor being estimated. Il is
shown that there arc Ia active operation
IN the country 16,la6 banks and bankers,
with capital and deposits amounting re-
spectiycly 10 $3.50, l6o,4l6 and 50, I0I, PSI,
Oo4.
From the agures making MP the above TO
tails It appears that IN 1892 the capital stock
Of the National banks represented Glo per
cent. and IN 1902 12,4 per cent OF the total
Cor all banks. The deposits Of National
banks In 1so2. amounted to S1.s pN cont
Of the toal for all BANKS and IN 1902
amounted 30 32S per cent Eliminating,
Eowcyer. the deposits IN mutual SAVINGS
banks in the years mentioned. and baslne
the comparison on the deposits III National
banks with capitalized State aud private
hanks Il Is shown that the deposits In
National banks in lS92 ren-csentcd $40 per
cent snd IN 1902 a per cent Of the total
Cnpit0l,
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nRIrAIWs ACTION DISCUSSED.
Her Closing OF An Ports to New England
Cattle Not a Serious Matter.

Her Closing OF An Ports to New England
Cattle Not a Serious Matter
Washington, November ~. In pursuance
Of the purpose OF the agricultural depart
mcnt to spare no cnort I'm the cNtermina-
ton OF the foot mud mouth disease PRynil-
ing among live stock ~ the New England
statcs, Dr. salmon. chief of the bureau Of
animal industry. decided today 60 go to
Boston and take charge OF the campaign
In person Discussing the question, Dr.
Salmon snid that the department had re
cclvcd due notice Of tho action Of Great
HFltpin IN quatauiiuing against the New
England ports, but That the department. =
decision had been Influenced more with the
desire 70 protrct the remainder OF our own
country chan by any fuar Of losing ON
rXuort trade. lie added that The action OF
Great Britain could not ho construed As ny
All hostile Tho opinion was Expressed
that 80 long as there Is no general dunrnn
tlna lie uNports will not he materially nt
frctpd the expectation being that the
Trade which he's heretofore lot New bhR
land ports VIII Aud outlets through olh'I
cities. ., Mn
The department today decided 70 n How
stood. to go through the aunruliutd Slnlrz
without aluughtrrng. providing tine cav,
[ containing them are sealed uN goy"fuW'n'
lnsugstors nt the stock yards before l'a'h
ing the infected region aud the seals l'
! main undistWbrd.
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The Panic Of 1893.

and the depression which followed there
As no question hut that the actual shape
the panic took was q sudden demand for
currency Referring 20 the table on page
-. giving the total money aud currency
OF all kinds in circulation IN the United
states, the amounts held IN the treasury
as assets and IA tho banks with the amount
not In the treasury or banks-that is tn
use by the peopeit win be seen that the
proportions do not vary greatly In normal
times. The greatest variation is In the
amount iu the treasury as assets, which,
from various causes. has ranged from .
to IS per cent iu ten years. The amount
held by the banks IL ordinarily from ~
Tbis Kan down TO % per cent during the
manic wear OF 1888 ana In 1896, when the
silver question was Involved Ia the cleo
tlon, and increased 70 ~ per cent II l ~
amount nf money outside, In circulation
among the people, has run qnlte uIuefiniy
from ~ to % per cent, put a9Iin a5 W. W.
cont showing the withdrawal OF coin ana
currency due TO the panic Durlng lhe
panic an cortg Of substitutes ior cnrteIcS
we're festOrted TO, which were eecepteu
and used for the time.
How much better prepared we would
have been II the banks hhd beeh hpie t9
supply large volume OF GOOD notes ~
vented shat panic or that pahlcs may pc
nreverted In the future by euch means
but the tendency or liability 70 panics VIII
he appreelaIly diminished IL our banks
have such reserve power furniahed them
and when panics occur we VIII be better
prcparod 10 meet them and mitigate thei
| torre and efeGt. This currency should
| he Immediately and quickly available >,
| that the banks need not wait for seflou'
| trnDble before they begin p issne II,
The conditions % issue should not %
| such as 10 make IL a confession Of or ln
| airatlon N weakness for a bank 30 Issue
tie notes They should he coming Rnt
| going ali the time IN accordance with th'
demands N business. Such notes, would D,
houss notes or emergency circulation 10
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CoNrUMPr FOR ROBERTS.

at was easier to fight against tho great
Eugllsh army than tight against treachery
among my own peopc, aud an iron will
was required to agnt against both. Once,
II only our orders had been carried out
a little more strictly aud if only the most
elementary rules OF strategy had been oh
served in our efforts 10 break the British
lines OF communication, Lord Roberts and
hls thousands Of troops would have found
themselves shut up I'm Pretoria, where they
would have peri.Acd OF hunger. IL was
not the SIKH Of their commander In chief
that saved them"
az the hlockhousos De Wet 70 frankly con-
tcmutuous. ''rhr hOckhousG policy" he
pnya might equally well have been called
the policy ~ the hlockhead.
The writer cmphAtcally defends the right
to blow up tailrond lines and trains as thh
usage Of war. and hc declares he never
missed an opportunity 20 do SO. The So
chilled war against women aud the misuse
Of the white nag by the British Is de-
nOuuccd by the Bocr generpl, who says;
should have been committed against de-
feucelcss women ana children is n thing
thut I should have staked my head could
never have happened In war waged by
ms civilized English nation, and yet It hap
puued "
IIs last word rs IN Injunction to his fell
low countrymeu 10 ho loyal 10 the new gov
ornmcut "boy0lty" he says, pays best
iu thc end, and loyalty alone Is worthy or
a nation which bag shed its blood Tor Tree
/ dom"
The hook contains n magnificent portrait
~ the author by the American painter
| John S. Sargent.
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-pRAISn rnR aToNrNrY .

or Tommy Atlrins' he has many kindly
words 10 say and declares 1.-The British were
far from being bad shots
Tho comparative Immunity 81 the Beers
from hurm, De Wet constantly ami most
fervcutly attributes to tho interpretation OF
God
NJ any reader" he says, 'is eager 70
know how Il wus I kent out Of the enemy
hands. I can only answer, although ] may
not hc understood, that I ascrlbo u 70
nothing clss than this; Il was not Gods
VIII that I SHOULD tul into their hands
let those who rejoice M my miraculous es-
canes give al tho praise 60 God,
Nevertheless the book teens With a.
counts OF military aud other srrategies by
which pr Wet outwutcd his pursuers
Frequently bo rccouniS cases OF desertion
aud puuic among his own men when bis
cutrcutirs ana 'slmnhoklng' were all OF no
avail. uc Wet pays q tribute TO Gen
Grad Cronir for bis bravery, hut declares
hr lost 90 paardchurp only on account
Of his fatal nbstinacy In refusing - Leave
the lager as he WAS advised TO do by Gen
cra Botha and hy the writer himself.
Regarding his own forces De Wet writcst
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Nrw FINLAND sHlPs cATTLh


pas,op. November IN Tho cunarder
liner svlvauia. which viii be the last 'eH'
.oi ., Icoyc Boston with cattle for a Brit
,sb mort until the embargo against tue
,binmept on account Of the prevalence OF
tbe foot and mouth disease IN New I'm
Gland ia raised, hauled into the stream
abcpt o'clock tonight and will sail Tor
IJycrpool tomorrow morning with 06l cat.
lie and $50 sheep on beard. The Yessel
on, NOT reach Liverpool hefore Decemher
O. WHOM the order 81 the .hglisn uo'i W
OF agriculture forhldding ~" lhhqug w
graaf britain from New England ports
1nrg into effcct. but II b. said the Boston
ocent III INC line has received ASSURANCES
er,r ths c0mpnny's head office In England
which sntladed him that the Sylyanla 3
careo cnn be landed ~ Liverpool
HI Providence the Rhode Island htate
hoard ~ agriculture adopted rfsolutln9s
nrohlbitlng absolutely any traffic IN cart
Stnfos n deemed necessary by the eE'
ecutiye committee,
From bridgeport Maine, Secretary Deer
I'M, on the Maine cnttle commission, report
fbRt his adviecs from all sections or the
state show no Indications OF the presence
Of The foot aud mouth disease among Maine
Dr. Il. W. Huntington, the government
cattle Inspector at Portland, has received
no instructions 70 stop the shipment ~
cattle from Portland 70 Englnnd beyond
the notices that have appeared IN the aa'l'
The cattle commissioners Of Vermont
discovered three infected herds at Chester
VI today.
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attain command rank at a sufacio,,~
early age Tor reasons which are 40 eI.
Nlous ana have been so freduentiv et,toS
that they need no repetition
Slore duty can not be abolished o..
ureiy An examination OF the shore sto.
uons now occupied shows that many ~
them are prescribed or contempIated bv
law, and many, II not most. ~ he e ~ uy
are essential to the proner dersi ,.l,'s
OF the navy and can not be disron, i1,,l,
without imperiling It's efficiency. Tbrrc
Is another ASPECT of duty on shore y,hieh
Gan NOT saielS be dlsregnrded. and tbnt L.
IFS effect on the individual ofScer ~
can mot DC properly developed for tbe re-
sponsibliities of command OF the com
pllcateu mechanisms which float under
the names Of hattleshps and cruisers
ohtalnable only by service at the statIors
on land. Nor can he. without disregorJ
or the plainest PRINCIPLES IL humanity
DC required 70 abandon all family Ties
The difficulty Is in administration 70
apportion properly among the ofArers
shore and sea duty. Sometimes bv fsv,
orltism officers Of the navy may obtotn
long tours or duty on shore, necessarily
at the expense or others. and sometimes
an officer who possesses exceptionni III
entihc equipment is, for that reason, tent
unon shore duty so long that his efs.
cheney as "A seagoing officer and as a cotn.
mandcr of men Is endangered
snail endeavor to appOrtiou arnopy
ofhcers sea and land service as iustiS
as conditions will permit. But n "a vol
worth consideration whether certain pro
portion OF service at sea should not ho
required by law rs an iudisbensahl, con.
dltion Of promotion Such redujra,nert,
are made by law or practice in otber
navies. '-NS'
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TROOPS IN CUBA.
Eight Companies OF Coast Artillery stlll
Stationed There.


Especial TO The Postl
Washington, November 3o-rhe United
states troops remaining In Cuba who
would be employed In any case requirins
armed action BY this government in the
event OF continued unrestrEined lawlesness
in the island. with which the Cuban an-
thorlhes appear unable or unwilling to
cope, consist Of eight companies OF coast
artillery uucar command OF Colonel VIII
liam L. Haskin, headquarters at Havana.
The companies ARE the Seventeenth and
Nineteenth, at Santiago; the Eighteenth
and Twenty first, at Cianfuegos: the TWEEN.
tleth, Twenty-seeond and Twenty-fourth az
Havana.
the following Southern officers are With
those troops; Captain Writ Robinson OF
virginia. commanding the Eighteenth com
pany; second Lieutenant j. " spring, Jr /,
of Texas with the same companyi FIRST
lieutenant ]. w Gulick. North Carolina.
with the rwenty,nrst company; captain
| Andrew Moses and First Lieutenant WE
| liam Mex. Lamhdin OF Texas, Doth wlth
| the Twenty second company Secona LAen-
| tenant W. j. Whltthorne, IT., Qf Tenn
essee. with the same company; First Lieu
| tenant Granville SEWER Of Tennessee with
/ the Twspty-fourth company.
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COMPTROLLER CURRENCY
STATISTICS REGARDING THE CouN-
TRY'S NATIONAL BANKS.
Much Space Devoted to the Assets Cur
toroy Project, Which Is Approved as
Meeting the Requirements.

a,no ,,,rsI roport n, william b. Rldgcly,
-. 10. hoo, rr,
comptroller Of the currency mas "r'u pi'
pared for transmission TO congress. Ihe
rorort starts with n table giving n detailed
',l,,,,r,,s ana liabilities of
statement OF Tue ''sou' 1,9 '''' -, $500.
alb the National banks III the Uu'teu H'o''s'
as shown bv the i've reports Of condition
90. a., r,sropso =, rho cal Of the comp.
W"u' ''
troler.
From this table It appears that on Sep
.,r,,or Il 1000 tho ante OF the last call,
'".''' 49, - -, ten ,.,..-,,,o.,,
1901 associations reported WIZ" uFs'
resources OF S6,11392S,0l2.5O. The loans
and discounts amounted to So, 2Os TT, $50 80,
-. No.. 20 ,,,,. ,,,, az ,h. tot,l re-.
or more tnan 'o per cent W luz '''''
sources Of the banks. The Items OF surplus
and undivided profits amounted, respective.
is. 10 S32G. 3a8 853.6 6 and S1G9.2I6,5l2u3
the ipdIyilual deposits reached the highest
poipt i'm The existence of the National bans
Ing system. $1,000, 27a, s03.o3. There was
duo t1 opprnycd reserve agents, other thar
National banks. state banks aud bankers
trust companies, aud savings banks, tat
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Keuegn Apoagssgs oAAMeERLAIN.

Aged Man Wants Permission TO Return to
His Old Home in South Africa.
London. November -. General Schalk-
berger and SIessrs VESSELS and Wolma-
rams. the former Boer delegates, sailed to-
day for South Africa, The general Is the
bearer Of letter from Mr.. Kruger 10
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain asking that
he bc allowed 10 return TO South Aficq.
Vessels aud Womnrans had been refused
permits to proceed 80 the TransVaal colony
but they hope the prohibition win be re-
sclndcd ostcr their arrival IN Cape Colony.
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Reserve.


The deposits on which reserve was re-
ouired amounted 10 SO. s44865,5SS.57. The
hanks held in cash with reserve agents and
In redemption fund $3.50, 483y9o.26 but the
available reserve-that is, the proportion OF
deposits with reserve agents, not exceed
Ing the percentage OF reserve required after
deductlng the redemption fund ana cash on
hand--amounted TO $500 1888 9O4m, which
was Sl7, 583, iT7.76 In excess Of the legal re
uuircment. being an average reserve OF
2O.92 per cent. The banks located IN the
Central reserve cities, New York chicago
and ST. Louis, held q reserve OF $21uus4'
TlG24 on deposits amounting to SlO4ooaN-
$3.50, an average of %4V5 per cent w
average reserve on New York city banks
was "a 10 OF Chicago banks 50. Of St
Jouis o4l5 The banks located In other
reserve cities held S25s,0l5 769 81, against
dcpogits OF 81 eco, 81 0T0.IA, the average re-
serve being 2I33 per cent Banks localeu
! outside Of The reserve cities heiu TeseI V =
( fUnds TO The amount Of sos 6O3, 4IS.44, or
1881 per cent, on deposits aggregaling 81
/ 748 2O6, 5S3.O4.
While there has been no change IN the
/ method of calculating the reserve OF any
! individual bank, the form Of reporting the
/ reserve in the abstracts issued subsequent
/ 10 each call was changed. beginning win
/ the Aurli 80 statement. Prior 10 that 0hte
! the percentage Of legal reserve held 20 he'
/ LO6its was Not SnoWht nut hletNig INV ~.
! ceutage OF cash IN hank, redemption fnhl'
| and amount due from approved correspond
| ents Corresponding Information Is sl4iI
/ shown In the reserve tables. but the per
ceptare OF legal reserve held 10 based on
tht amount of specie and legal tenders ~
| bapk. the redemption fund aud the amount
| I'M danosit with reserve agents, not ~ eA
cess of the legal limit available. As illus
fratIng The difference resulting from me
change, Il Is shown that while banks ~ re
.o citfaa exclusive OF central reserve
no. ~ tho former method ~ computa
non Mold n reserve OF 2764 per cent thel
legal reserve was bur 2i,33 per cent.
Growth Of Barking in the United States
Regarding the growth OF bankiug IN th'
United stathu, the report states that ~
1909 returns were received from e5Ss Ma
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Chicago. November 20 Arthnr g. Leon
ard. general manager " the Union at"cN
Yards and Transit company, says there W
very little menace 60 the beef Industry o..
live stock exports Of this country or TO tne
foreign consumption aud trade In the guar
antlpe declared nv Secretary wilson
against tho cattle in the New England mo
ss""tns mo only particular result 80 far
az Injecting the five stock situation le con,
%erncd. is Tho closing OF the New Enslh,hn
norts 10 the shipments Of western n.tt
stock ana changing the points oil export
10 other ports.
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Linuid Fuel.

LlIuiu Z AGl'
From time to time during the past forty
years attempts have been made by various
foreign governments as well as by our
own. to utilize oil as q fuel for naval pur
poses. The principal objects sought to DC
accomplished by such substitution are inc
reduction Of the complement of men III tue
fire room. extension Of the steamlns radius
Of war vessels. and the attainment OF
maximum speed at short notice by reason
n imnortant discoveries Of crude petr"
lapm a great impetus has recently hetu
given IN the use OF OH MS u fuel inc NM
fary value Of these discoveries lN uuuH I.,,,
bv the fact that the oil WelIs ANN I'm,
faund near tide water. thus perm, lla
t6ci, Drnduct 10 be delivered az comgNtI
tiVeiv SLIGHT cost 60 the tanks Of deep atalt
vessels. and the belief Is prevalent ,hnn nr
the output Of crude oil VIII increase
Than diminish IN the near future. .i,,s,
G1ooress al IT'S last session ny u .elGuor
contIined I'm the act making Appl4pil"ss' ,JJ
for the naval service FOR ile Cu'l,iY 7s7G ak )
year authorized the eNPenGillttTT13' fnsiT f0r
,,l ,nrnNses .'from the Lalitornia anu
Texas oil helds. under the u"gyrlrN danaft-
bt1rpau of steam cpglnetrins' M 'i,itign
mont % In pursuance OF TINS 'tu,Nu. - i.,,,r,
u Iste.,es AZ 'ofaclal experiments nave Derr
mode sIpcs the beginning or w IN
nscol year by o board OF haIal .aiAJt a Ind
conducting these tests lhe p"'tt,,.i,nnd eV.
az ita disposa a thoroughly eqnlppguu .ties
nerinentai plant built by prlVate PHta,,id
H. tbe nIiTpose Previous 20 the '!4e.ttss
gVeI evneriment an extended series OF MN.
IA neon made an under the saIhe uv, =
norlone qualities If coal being ussu 1901
con,bnstibIe and both natural oni I 40, ,,os
ICnf1 heinr employed rms OoLl1' ,asts
iiin,,lse used for conducting the on teS
Rourtcen official test have negu Kan
crnn, vyfiich valuable Information h"5 ,,i+ed
sornred 0nd narticulAr attention y ~ ,,,,
~ No data collected by the bQ4ru ugi,tad
bodiad In the very complete tAeie. mo
i'm connection with the report ul Ing In
~ the bureau Of steam rat,t',,,,,sc5pria.
o,.cnrdance with the law maklns aPp'JFrect
| 80 for carrying on these tesis, 'u boe On N
n1rnose Of The investigation ~ navoi
p ~ the value OF liquid tnel toi, IA
/ nnrDoses. hut Il has been liulos' 'c"rneri
/ rreadtct euch a series OF elahofa,Ja ~ re
/ ,Srnfs I'm a new and Important MY ,,reat
I sesrcb Without developing lacls , III III,
/ ,ob,e 10 engineering efpeti7 pN'faI ,r0rid
| Iines az iuquiry ia the coniulnd ,rn,,hlir in
| ~ Scference 10 the widespread u.i,,c,,c,
! terest In the subject, u has tbe bogrf
! ,a'd,i.ohle. although the WoIk pi 'iii,otvar,
/ a. n.t rompleted Ga snbnu ,bst lie,
rcrnrt piying the informal lnh . .i,,cpt IN
] lIn"Ar Geen secured. IN the ludsui,, ,,,e,,t,
WA -,,..n,bers Of the hoard inc eAps,d,'N ~
mus Ter made lead to inc "''V"'"7
| CusiouH; .,..,r6 ,,ndrr 40 ordl
nary boiler IL uniform p9HA
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MoveMENT oF oeEAN VESSELS.

A0ptSiAi W AhN t~Ntff
Port Eads. la November 30 Arrived;
Stea.aerg John Wilson (Nor.l. from Bocas
al Sroro Marianne iAust,l from New
York. Paciac iIirl, from Philadelphia; Carl
gaiied: steamers El Vale (Am.l,. tqs
New York; sau Iaan AMI, for Porto
nico. kIahama nlonl. Tor Copenhagen
SSicnel ri PiniIlos ,spl Tor barcelona via
gadiz. NicaraEus lNorA for Blueheids.
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-. eafctv ii the Notea

should be further Increased bv provisions
that only banks with a minimum Of unm-
raircd capital and surplus could Issue the
uncovered Doten. aud that tho comptroller
Of the currency, or the Comptroller apd the
secretary o. thr treasury, should hafs aw-
erection 70 refuse any bank o. all tAs pankA'
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sv Millions OF Mothers.

Mrs. WinsloW's Soothing syrup for chill
dren teethlng soothos the child softens the
gums, reduces inflammation aliays paiS
cures wind collie. 25c bottle.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF GALVESTON, November 40.
ARRIVED.
SIS Nueees (Arn.b, for New York


SIS Denver (Am1. for New York.
Gg III Dorado (Am.l. for New York
IS Lord Londonderry lBr.l, for ManeheE