The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 224, Ed. 1, Tuesday, November 14, 1899 Page: 2 of 10
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same time pblntlngout the best methods
UrnmriJt exlBtlng evil The assa
Motion resolved to ask Governor dencral
ntooko to annul the law rcqu ring every
pjopoaeflImmigrant to show himself po >
eessed of 30 as the Island la very badly
trl need of labor
COLOMIHVS EVOLUT10J > <
In S veriil KnOT c > nrtr
nj Were IJpfrillriL
Ke
Now Yort v November 13 A dispatch
to tho Herald from lnnama Colombia
eays official dispatches ffom Buenaventura
state that thero have been several en-
gagements In the Interior between the
government nnd revolutionary forces In
at
which tho Insurgents were defeated
tics were fought in I oyda and Jocaima
It Is reported that In tho latter place Ocn
cral Zlnon lfurndo was killed and several
CuNtron Army Toole lnprln Cnbclta
AiiiiiVKiJ at Kir ro
a Canal iinat
Jam November
sccno of the tragic disaster which last
roitnirx iiitiris
LONDON Lord Salisbury and Lord Wol
selnv were guests of tho queen lit Windsor
castlo Sunday nlsht
LONIION Mrs Itudvard Klpllnc baa do-
nated KiO and somo books to tho fund for
fitting out tho hospital ship Maine
IBKIN Yo cim Fit at thn entrance of
Tontine lake wan foiniully opened lo tnulc
Tills Is tho llrjtt port opened In tho unll
forclRn piovlnecs of llulnnii
HALIFAX N S A hfavy rnln and snon
storm urcoiiipanled by gales of winds causlna
lots ot lite and damaRo I shlprlnc prevails
in tho inarltlmo provinces nnd Newfound-
land
in looks Tiitii
A llrlllKlior Sti > n llic Aiimtioiiii Sol-
dier RttH Ton Much iooil Iooll
I ondon November 13 A British naval
officer who has just returned from a Mwn
In tho Philippines lias been Interviewed
regarding tho situation of which ho takes
a somewhat pcsslralHtlo view According
to tho Interview he thinks that more liver
Vinboats are needed mid that Icnoral
Otis is trying to run thn campaign tc
economically Paying a high trlbuto to lho
surprising Intelllgenco nnd conflleno ot
tho Aracilcnn soldiers the ofPcor says
Patience nnd bravery tho Aincilcui soi
oiler Iihb shown lq a high degree b t ho In
not particularly mobllo Ho wotiU ho
> noro efflcocjous if Instead of lioing rcl
lectpdln comiwratlvcly enormous uunc
Jiors ha were used In smaller forces mov-
ing more rapidly and living on tho country
Instead af requiring vast quantities ot
potted luxuries Moreover he looks tireu
und as f ho wanted something to do Ex
cept for an occasional ball game tbcr Is
nothing for him to do but to diinlc Now
if ho wcroj a British soldier ha would bo
diverted by all porta ot sports
ATLANTA Cla Tho senate pasted thn
Duncan bill reducing tho deposit of lusuraure
fidelity and surety companies doing business
In this Mate Irpm tttyiOO to JM00 The bill
previously passed thoholisc
Hood Pills
Arei prepared from Ja
ture3 mild laxatives and
t ytyie centle are reliable
Taridf efficient They
RoumBfheUver
faM CuwSick HeadacherBjl
Auiwiess Soijr Stomach
> r u j f
TROOPS ARE ADVANCING
Fourth Cavalry Captured Ajulnatdos Sec-
retary and Many Supplies
GEN LAWfOlfS FORCES PUSHING FORWARD
Corrc ioni1cnt with icncrnl Ynnng
Snj
IinurKOiit Arc Atrnhl f
Amcrlrnn
Washington November 13 Tho follow-
ing from General Otis was received today
Manila November 13 MacArthur ad
Prin0nC rieSestak and Bacaramangr lroop under Bell entered Tarlnc at
aTy
Generals Uamlncz Mclcndes and Vicente 10 p ycstcrday Kncmy nod U >
Vlllamlzar leading the f ° rC rln treat labor MacArthur succeeded In go
SSuW dSlUa Sd tng forward to Capas yesterday all bin
General Frwcr The latter was killed artillery and quartermasters transporu
In action Governor ilallss Duranr vh0 Hon and will have command In Tarlnc
is now both military and < v L ° r today bis advance pushing forward to
Sb S = ss g sssjwukks ciia
tlon arc rer
direction
rwtAnns stmnn > miun
vance Thirtysixth volunteers and a cav
slons Low ton Is pushing forward with
great energv his advance obliged to leave
behind all transportation nnd depom on
the country for subsistence Hayes fourth
cavalry in th viclhit of Carranglaa ha
AVr V7mWrBoth large amount of insKacnt
Wasblniton November rBoth the captured a bJl4on jiop
state and navy departments havo received ltolomen IranBportlng Agunuldo < s pt < I
reports concerning the surrender of ParaJmy nortt together with hit private Be
de at Puerto Oabello Venezuela jes t rotary and seven of fleers Young with Sit >
terday The state department dPateh Is cavalry tf
from Minister Lootnli at Caracas and hJ Tttenttftconi infantry leams hc
ls is follows After eight hours fight1 iini transportation pushed out on San
Ids Castros army took Puerto Cabelio Joso Lupam San Quentin and Mayug rojd
this morning Tho killed and wound Si lT n
aggregate 300 Surgeons and hospital MterJy vVesscl with a squndr ci Iho
corps from foreign cruisers are attending Third cavalry hastened forward to Ma
the wounded Castro hold every portjug where tho Insurgent supply Ccpot
and puce 0I sequence In Venezuela chargM j rt S5
Tho navy dispatch conies from Com of wU aDll 0 he rovUlons uoo
mander lUmpSIll of the Detroit which Is t uniform coats now many blaikcts nnd
now at Puerto Cabelio It is dated lastother articles of clothing also a njtihcr
officers sixtynine I nW > i
Insurgent
night at 535 and reads as follows
and two American pr RoncrB Dutaeluucnta
Aere fighting lnre Saturday morning g t Q SftI NlholM an1 < P
About S00 killed on both sides Parades t 0vei tjjSt Vounfr met with Whvafms
sarreadered his Snal position to Castros troops last evening Indications tre the
forces SUEdar morning Insurgents will not escape to tii3 iuouj
an capltalll at Bayonbong without groat
I difflcalty and loss if at all Our troops
at Tarlns Ariaga Talivorng Can Jose
San Quontln Tayrng
Bapo Humlngan
Lnltet MalM Com Ion to Suncr sJwxehoa
xehoa on through on tho TjJSavn
CTlf with a stronu station at riyat San
Klapuon 1 The ulAr0i cubanatuan should caure th < lu
Uclted States sunboat Scorpion arrived surgen ta some annoyance
Our troops
here today conveying tbi > United States havo suffered great hardships end lavo
Performed most severe service tm are
commission dispatched for tho purpose of
reported In excellent condition sml srlr
Mirveying the suE < itcd new Colombian T1 > pntcrprSl nn1 iniUmltilile wl
canal route between Caledonia bay and displayed by officers vias nesr exoellid
tbo gulf of San Miguel for a sea level
waterway necessitating only twentysix
miles of actual canal This Is tho routo
which wai rejected for tho Lesseps Colon
Panama route ou the gioilnd tho latter
already coptalnod railroad and trans-
portation facilities whllo tho former tra-
versed tho alleged most deadly malarial
district on tho face ot tho earth includ-
ing lho extensive swamp areas rendered
untennbto by man on account ot mosiiul
toes and other venomous tropical peats
OX Tim HOCKS
IJcIkIiui S < en in i i Kniinilprrtl
IhIiiuiI of Aliliriifj
London November li Friday night thn
Otis
Tho spelling of nnme3 ot towns In nbovt
la as given ln tho cnblo dlspateh As the
American forces havo now reached a point
tho maps of which are necessarily Imper-
fect tho war department adheres to the
text ot tho cablisl
loiter Intho day tho department received
n second dlspateh from flcneral Otis sk
follows Manila November 12 No newe
ot Lawtnns advance received jestordny
on railway and Conccpclon to tho earn of
thn railway yesterday lusui Rents 3500
retiring rapidly north making
Belgian ateamor Belglque from Antwerp i Btrong Wll 0ur casuallleH Second
for Alexandria foundered oft the Casquot Lieutenant Davis Thirtysixth volunteer
rocks near tho Island of Aldemoy tho Killed three enlisted men leportetl wound
ed Strong roconnolssanco from CniiaH In
i direction of Tarlnc today Condition ol
March befell tho London nnd Southwestern r01liB ai streams rcutfer general advance
companys passenger steamer Stella Tho with wagon trains Impracticable Enemy
night was stormy A boat was launched
containing sixteen men but lin of thow
died of exposure and threo others wero
drowned In the endeavor of the ship St
KUdn to rcEcue them Eighteen persons
including the captain out ot a total ot
twentysix are believed to have been
drowned
appear to be In demoralized condition nnd
show much disorganization as Indicated by
captured dispatches and deserters froir
their ranks
JIAMLA MHVS
IiIhiiiKLiiIn Am A fin Id of the Amcr
Iiiui holillrrfi
Manila November 13 545 a m Gen-
eral Young Is supposed to havo reached
Snn Nicholas nbout thirty miles east of
Dugupnn but hU wagons nro far bchlud
Colonel Hayes him captured Agulualdos
secretary nnd Major Coleman Is In Cnr
rnnglan with nn escort of 173 bolomon
oh lils way to tho province of Nuova
Vlsavn v
Tho son of General Llanoras and his
family aro prisoners Tho general bare-
ly escaped
Tho correspondent ot tho Asaoclntdl
Press with tlcueriil Young wires from
Han Joac that Agulunlilu did not escnpu
to lho northeast Tlo und his nnny lie
correspondent adds are mirrouniled Ills
last orders to tho Filipino commanders
nt San Joso wero to hold Han Joho iinil
CirringHn til nil costs
Tho recent encountorn wero too much
ono sided to bo called lights The Insur-
gents nru mortally alrnlil of the Americans
linwover strong their position They niako
hut u brlof und feeble roslstnuco and run
when tho terrllilp American yell reaches
their ears whereupon tho Americana pur
1110 them nnd sidy thorn
Tho moral effect of tho news that C0000
troops aro on their way hero has been
unquestionably great
Tho Insurgents aro buffering more from
illtcneo than nro Americans owing to tho
poop food lack of mciicjnos ami llllhy
hospitals Willi the result that there Ih
great mortality ninonn them tlonernt
Lavvton has Intercepted a niessago from
nn Insurgent captain to a Filipino gun
oral rending How can you blame me
for retreating when only twelve of my
company Waro nblo to fight
Letter ot DnmuuO HpciIvimI
Fall Illvcr Mass Novftmbcr lS Sorre
tary O C Uounsovllle of iho Manufactu-
rers association tonight received a com-
munication from the Textile council noti-
fying tbo Will men of tho action ot the
representatives ot the operatives at Sun-
day inoetlng of the council The letter
was substantially the same us the draft of
the yote given out by the council ami Is
very forma n Its nature Tho council
glves the manufacturersuntil Noyoniber
iJ to make reply to the new demand for an
Increase in wages p < l tn case of a refusal
Jt ealla on the operatives to leavp then
vork on tbo piornlofc cf necember 11 A
nfpPQsitlon bJLwalcu be whole matter
iraaylbe Hle b r rhfrall6otla Ibtlnded
in thelpommunlcatlon
> v tot thT X r >
Tin souTiiiiitv statkn
ATIIKK8 GaTlio Bunk of Athens has
becn placed In the hands ot a receiver Tin
btoekholdrrs claim tho Institution Is solvent
VAZOO Miss Kd nriuullsoii A notorloui
negro murderer thief and nil round crook
Was hailged hero for the murder of Deputy
Sheriffs tjtoncstroct and Lverclt ln this coun-
ty n July ot last year
MDMliUS Temi Tho v nguard of the
delegates to the con volition of tho Western
Watcrvnys association which meets hern
Tuesday has arrived
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SUMMARY OF TODAVS hPogHiNT NEWS
TRANSVAAK
Tho simultaneous attacks upon Ma
feklng Klmbcrley and Ladysmllb haa
convinced General Joubert that his cauie
la hopekes
Twelve thoutand troops have already ar-
rived nt Capetown 60 < vj of these are en
routo to Durban and UOM am eipccled to
reach Capctonn todny
Armored train reconnoltcrcd la the rl
clnlly of Colcnso
floors throwing shells at dynsmlto huts
nt Kltnbtrley
It la reported that a nubordlnnto officer
hnlsni tho ahlln t K when Dublin Tits
llKrB and Gloucestershire reRlment sur-
rendered and ho did so without authority
WASlliaGTOSf
Chief Justice Chambers ot Samoa had a
conference with Secretary I In v
The Ihlllpplno commission Is discussing
the ndmlfslon of tho Chinese Into th
Phltlplno Islands
rOItKIGSI
Tho Colombian resolution IS said to bo
nt an end
Castros forces look Puerto Cabelio
Parades surrendered
Japan refused itussla a foothold In a
Korean harbor It causes dlsplomatlc dis-
cussion of the conditions in the Far Hast
Tilt IHIMlMMXns
Tho United States cruiser Charleston Is
a wreck off tho Philippine islands
General Otis reports tho advance of tho
American forces
Asulnaldos secretary has been captured
uomistiu
Mississippi river commission met In New
Orleans
A IJDeoO diamond robbery occurred In
Cleveland Ohio
POLITICAL
Governor Bradley will declare martial
law It Illegal ballot are thrown out
Democrats charge that llssuo paper bal-
lots wero utcd In tho nlovcnth republican
district In Kentucky
Tho reiult In Kentucky Is yet In a
taUKli
Tito populist candidate for Governor of
Mississippi will rontest the election on
the cround that the democratic candldala
was Irregularly noralnaled
No l of Mississippi insists that his
amendments wero carried
ndvancn from Kstcourt must he dolnvol
But If It Is deemed essential tn open com
imiiilratlon with tho beleaguered tnwn at
tho earliest possible moment General
Mcthuen it Is believed may decldo to re-
place tho regular cavaliynnd artillery by
tho Natal and Oullnnder mounted forces
nnd tho naval guards ln which case It U
claimed II ought to be possible to oroupy
Colenso and Btretch out n baud to General
White by Monday though It Is added tin
course to bo followel by tiencinl Mcthuen
must necessarily bo dictated entirely by
ofllclal knowledgii ot General Whites po-
sition ami resources and the exports hope
luieral Methuen will bo able to nwnlt lh
concentrating ot tho whole division thua
have better chance of dealing a telltns
blow to General Jouberts main nrmy
which It Is itsscrtel vvlll be caught be
London Novembor < < B0 a mu Th
paucity ofnewa from tfie front still eivei
fio chh f Interest centered in5 lho Yrrlri
ot ttoielnforcements Estcourtdlspatehet
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STATK
his
1 Governor Sayera has not chirred
mind as to an txlra session of the legis-
lature to consider a chnnre In the lax
laws of tho State
Adjutant General Pctirry has lued Im-
portant ordffVrelatlvo lo the reorganiza-
tion ot thoT VJ1
The attorney general decides that tho
Galveston sewer bonds are valid
Tho supremo court hss set a time for
hearing two petitions for mandamus
Mandsmui proceedings have been under-
taken to compel tho land commissioner to
dispose of detached timber land at oer
oerc
It Is specifically denied that the Loving
Cattlo company has heen abandoned
The governor fcns tho names of nine
applicants for Iho p1a m dc vacant by
the death of Judge Pleasants
The Baptist Stnto cuncntlon adopted a
constitutional amendment having for Its
objwt tho perpetual exclusion of tbo
chUrch party followern
Tcst ease on tho corporation court law
has been postponed bv tho court of crim-
inal appeals to December 5
coMsTiTitciAi
American cotton futures declined 1 to
21 pclnts tpots decllucdj Liverpool de-
clined
Tho stock market hesitated then ad-
vanced and closed at the top prices of the
dyi money demand nas heavy but thero
was an adequato supply
Bearish nowa declined wheat corn oats
nnd provisions closed loner
1 IIAIIiUOADSA
Mr Allen ot tho Katy wants tho com-
mission to allow a General adanjo In
rotes
Tho Jefferson and Southwestern railway
was chartered
There Is a ear shortage
The Cotton Dolt has advised that It can-
not extend to Whitney at this time
Tho Southwestern llnea will advance
rates
IOCAL
ItCRiilar meeting of tho city council
Tho flower parado an attracts o feature
ot tho F F and V Festival
Tho Faith Homo ladles Kctting rcady for
their Cluyanthmnum Show
Tho Industrial exhibit ut tho coming
Fibtlval
Death of Mies Ada Fllzabeth Jqhnson
Meeting of tho South Texas Poultry
Show
BOER SUCCESS GROWING LESS
Simultaneous Attacks Upon Mafeking Ladysmith
and Kimberley Have Disclosed This Fact
London November 13 Tho slmultan
ous attacks on Ladysmlth Mafelting anJ
Klmberloy which were opened Thur tla >
manifest full recognition by the Boers o
tho fact that every day lessons thel
London November 13 The
war office to
Ing occurred A belated dispatch from
Uidysmlth dated November C by way of n > PUhllshcd th6 following from General
Kstcourt under date of Novoraber S con Huller
llrma the idea that tho temporary cossa Capetown Sunday night The following
G euVr aVttrT W lS ff of 7 V T IT 9
adonPovvell Mafeklng October 30 Al
other guns before attaeUIng tho work in
oarnoit It alto says Hvoryono Is cheer well here Enemy apparently shy of at
ful and conildent Wo can show n rigid lacking Now closing to Invest us Are
front for weeks lo come Hitherto tho 0Jnv jcslr0inir TAnay twelve mil
A number of Kmsnre in position nrpund of town llneiny lost heavily Our cnuil
us It la difficult at ilrst o locato them tug nVo kilted and fivewounded Kllledj
lcy JSCl1 8 ° kcH explosives but a Captains 1 H Marshall Fourth Bedford
balloon managed to discover them AH shiroj C A Petcholl Third Kings lltfleai
I bo news from Kimberley nnd Mafeklng scrgoint major nnd tvyo troopers Wound
continues to to ho
point ability of thosa cl Five noncommissioned offlcors ari
places to hold out until lav plans of rellof troopers All Hrltlsh South African police
have
now maturing becn consummate
Captain the Hon Douglass Henry Mar
bhall reported killed In the dispatches re
eolved today from Colonel HadenPowell
nt Mafeklng under date of October 3 waj
the third son ot Earl of rtomney Captain
O A rptchrll also mentioned Jn the
samp dispatch as among the Killed had
sten considerable service In India
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< wsv i y f ya
HOUSTON DAILY POST TUESDAY MdBNTffG NOVEMBER 14 1809
men re obnottcred and met a T b °
occupying tho to n
said the llocra were
While the conversation was In pwsrw
the Uosrs orened drc from lort JHc
but did no Injury Captain Hensloy thcte
upon retired on tho train after hlch Iho
Fuslleers volleyed on he fort As thor
Iho presumption as
was no response
that the Boers had retrott d THc nr
rnorcd train r turne < l here safoly
oclock Captain llenilcy learned from
the native that the Doer ware numerous
on the Ladysmlth side of Cole o
During the afternoon thcrv wis a ces-
sation ot the bombardment < f Mdyfmltf
A heliograph was working fruui Xort W v
llc
HI I I
HAirnn a ritnxcuM vx
Drltlili Crulurr Fircil n UlnnU Mint
mill Cnllcil for Pnier
Lourenm Marque Jlela oa Bay No
reached PleicrmaVrtzburg 13 Tho British trnns
and that thoyl London Novcmber
ful ormlnii ht
chnnerv nt a auccvsslul onslaught on any
wro cd a Initfvt of 10 Docrs port llawardcn Castle has sailed from Cape
ot the threo stiougholds General Jou j lvery onc waB conildent and cheerful but imn bound t0 Drban
berfs chances ot reaching Pleternmrltz1 nil were suffering tho Inconveniencn ot thtj Is
Durhan November 9 Thursday It un
burg can bo said to havo vanished This sl e bread selling at threo shillings perjdcr3t00a that a message was received ho u
MacArthurs troops look Bambon nnO Is already reported to be admitted by Colo colonel Badenlowells dashing sorties at P n cZlamTn rlhday congratufatIonsl
Capas four miles not tit of Bambon both ncl Schlel the German officer commanding1 Mareking encourages tho hopo that the tho Prlnco ot Wales and as forwarded to
the Boer artillery who Is supposed to havo British garrisons aong tho western bordei London
are all able to hold out Cecil Rhodes ill
nmmunltlnu before General Duller ran
come to the relict of Ladysmlth White
has several times reported a giod supply
on hand but his silence ln regard to am-
munition coupled with tho long qulot ot
tho big navy guns Is deemed ominous
It Is tho talk among thesa military ex-
perts that when General Yule evacuated
DunUco nnd Glrncoe ho left behind n quan-
tity of stores so large that their loss will
gieitly cripple General White ln chho ha
Is forced to make a prolonged defense
Tho Boers still retain command of tho
rnllreuri to tljomfontcin and rretorn en
tvvcen two British forces nnd compelled H ainc tjom lo mirry supplies and ammu
elthor to light a general action or totlro
to their strongholds lllt < 1 0 ho front ampin for all their
The nrnltenstwrs dispatch by way ol needs
Durban which wns brought in by a Katnr
reporting severe defeat of the Boers at
Ladysmlth Thursday may turn out to bo
correct but In view of provious experience nrrH moiiiiiI lho Town mm
It must bo received with caution It ap li minir lp l It
pears
BiAiiiciNfi siiKiLnn
V
November 11 It Is officially
London rt TV > nn
becn largoly the author of the Boer plan
mnimft conn uhit ia i nfi
ompiojinR uuu men vhitc nnd black at numicCj that tho troopship Armenian left
of campaign and who In nn Interview Is Klmbcrley In road making as a remedy for Capetown Monday nftcrnpfln for Durban and
alleged to havo said Tho Boer lnten 10 destitution that tho tioopahlp Oriental has arrived at
with 17 oflleers Jnd
1 Accoiding to idlipatch from Deaar thj Capctonn men
tlon was to have captured PleterniailU1 noelfe
< u KmbrUy have got the exact n
burg and then to dictate terms But all range of the mines nnd nro constantly ° Hni > T NPW nMRIFs
hore of accomplishing this must now bo throwing shells 3t tho dynamite huts Sov j0
h C t hll
abandoned h lnlh 1 m ohll 1 Zctt I TTSBUnO PaWhile o Younks and
Thero is no doubt that from a British amounts to many thousands pounaafe
point ot view the situation In Natal le A mS tho stor es from Brussels Is one an express train ran them down and Instantly
lat Renel1 Joubcit and Sir
rnnlilv Imnrnvlni Wmlv Soml Gcorgo White Ullcd both nicn
rapidly Improving > SOOl troops
have been to nqgotlnto Tor tht
reached South Africa during tho last forty
eight hours and by tho end ot the weak
from six to seven thoufeand more will be
added to the British strength In Natal
These will probably be pushed forward to
Estcourt bringing tho British foroc there
up to 10000 men and malting n general n
taek on Ladysmllh by Oeneral Jolbe t
very hazardous If the cavalry nnd mill
capitulation of Ladysmlth but have failed
to come to terms
AMMUMTIOX MIOHTArtn
White Hum SjicUicil Only nn Aliun
iliinec of 1onl
Special to The Post
New York November IS A spoclni
from Iondon says Grave anxiety Is cx
leiy holonglng to General Methuna dl rrcssed in wellinformed military circles
visions will not havo arrived by then Hie
c0 ClVnal whltc shouid run ou Qf
NRW YOniC O K Schan 50 years old
nn employe of tho supreme court wns shot
and killed at his home by his son Gcorgo
V Sehnii a dentifct because the father re-
fused to glvo tho son money
CIBVUIANB Ohio Thirty thousand dol
lars worth of diamonds wero stolen from tho
storo of Zelsler Bros There is no clew to
thn threo men who did tho work
NBW VOIIK The stockholders of the new
ly incorporated Telephone TcleKraph nnd
Cable company of Amcilca met nnd elected
tho following offlcors President V 1
latta secretary fleorgn F Hawkins di-
rectors V 1 latta Martin Moloney and
James B HOcs
CINCINNATI iter Adolph Fertile super-
intendent of an orphan isvlum was nrrclcd
for murdering his wife and wan als > o iu
eoereil to have been Rullty of tVimlnal prac-
tice with of the older
DEWtlY FAVORS CHINESE
Philippine Commission Discusses Exclusion
of Chinese from the Islands
BUT THE ADMIRAL SAYS ADMIT THEM
tinrcmc Conrt DcclalonClilef
lire CliHiiilicru of Sainon Ilnll n
Conference with Secrelnry liny
Washington November 13 Whether
Chinese exclusion should be applied to
Philippines h among tho subjects cn
the
vembcr 13Thc nrench steamer Cordova ho nUenon of lho phlllpplno
t out sh
arrived here When seventy miles
wns slgnallejl by the British thlrdclas
cruiser Maglclenne and as she did not
obey a blank shot was fired across her
bows After her manifest had been ex
amlned she nos allowed to proceed
lib crul cr Maglclenne near Lourcnzo
Marquez Delagoa bay will certainly be
commented on
GlNS MIiCKIl
Boer Suffered a Jlerent nt Inilj
tinitli TIiiiPHiIny
London November 13 A special dis-
patch from Durban Natal dated Thursday
Novembcr 9 says Native runners who
have just arrived here from the Drakens
burg district report that the Boers suffered
n fcevero defeat at Ladysmlth this morning
Tho Boer guns were silenced after font
hours lighting during whichthe enemj
lost heavily No details havo been re >
cehed
Bltinr WAR ITK3IS
Qutenstown Capo Colony November J
Wednesday Tho Doer commander and nov-
el nl burghers unarmed visited Burchersdorp
ycttcrday There Is no sign of Boers at Oord
recht
Tull Rhodesia October 31 The noars ivllh
tho cccption of h contltigent at Tout Drirt
have left tho northern borders Tho railway
I Is now open south of Gaberoncs for a huVidred
say that heliograph communication has miles to Matching
bceu established with but far I T
Ladysmlth so
no news has beeri received the latest date Iondon November lilAdvlees received
nhiVh Vr hero today announce that tho British
vnfTTvo n iint v
i o ° VS thnt tht ship Oriental with T5 officers and I21S
occupants of LAdysmiti had nowa froit
on 0ard has arrived at Capetown
the ouuldo or dsince General JKrcuch
troop
men
eommlssoni considerable evidence bear-
ing on the matter has been collected by
the Phlllpplno commission It la said
that a recommendation will bo mado In
tho report ot tho commission with the + r
full report which may have consldomble
bondon November 13Thc stoppage or I Influenco In shaping tho course ot this
tho French steamer Cordova by the Brit government nnd tho action of congress
It is understood
commission Messrs Denby and Worces
ter havo expressed themselves as favor
This report raises tho doubtful point to thp appHcatlan of the Chinese ex
whether Great Britain has 5et acutallyjrlusIon act 0 tho Philippines From tho
declared war However European n jfacl ihai General Otis has Issued an orj
tlons havo been made acquainted with toe or Chinese exclusion it Is assumed
relations between Great Britaiu and hu volCo n a mcmber of tho com
two republics ot South Africa mission would also be for Chinese exclu
7e sion in the Philippines Tho position of
< PAPEHS PKOTEbT
PAIUS Admiral Dcttcy however Is understaod
Paris November II The Paris mornlnj to be favorablo to tho Chinese admission
protest against the stopping of the While this personal view of tho admiral
papers
French schooner Cordova by the British 1 SuS It
thirdclass cruiser Maglclenne oft Lourentc cxpresglon j cal0 all his colleagues on
Maniuez Tho Petit Bleu says This ar H ccmmisson favored exclusion The
bltrary act of England requires an apolog l aUUud0 ot prcsdcnt Schurmnn has not
to the French government and ndemnlty becn mftll Uno cvcn ln a formal wuy
to tho owners of the Cordova and to th < rbo oxcision Uueetion la Involved to
authorities sorae cxtcnt with the inquiries with which
Tho Matin declares there was no cttec th UnltCtl statcs are now making of
tlvoblockado and therefore the British ves i other 8 as to tll0 maintcnanre ot an
sol had no right to stop the French vessel open < Joor roUcy n cllna < u wa3 statcd
todiy in nn nuthorltativo diplomatic
qunrter that In ease the United Stato3
adopted n permanent policy of Chinese
exclusion In tho Philippines thero was
llttlo doubt such a courso would cause
China to bo less friendly In the coopera-
tion with tho plans of tho United States to
extend our trado in tho empire
SAMOAX AFKAIUS
Tliry VVerp IIIhpiihspiI 1iv CIilcT Jtm
tlce Cliiiiiilierw null Hnj
vAashlngton November 13 Judge Cham-
bers chief Justice of Samoa who Is now In
this country called nt the state department
today and bad a long conferenco with Sec-
retary Hay respecting Samoan affairs and
particularly the conditions on tho Island
of Tutulla which Is to become tbo ex-
clusive property ot the United States on tho
ratification ot the recently arranged divis-
ion of tho Samoan group
Tho chief Justice mado a most favorable
report on tbo Island which has n native
population ot about 7000 persons for whom
some form of government must be devised
It will probably be patterned after that of
Guam where the navy malntulns a naval
government
Tho closing chapters ot the history of
somo girls of the i i
oiplinn home he suicided by taking poison lvr in
while he wns being taken to jail cliy repudlr
PltlNCiyrON N JMrs Jefferson navrj
widow of the Into Confederate lender ar-
rived bfro from New York and Is now he
Ing entertained nt Piimcton Inn Mrs Davis
Is visiting her Rrnudfiou Charles Hnves who
is i student at tho Iawrcneevlllo siliool Sbo
attended tho touccrt held In University hall
this eenlnR
AURORA III Mrs Ada Ashley Hl wai
arrested here charged with tho murder of her
motherinlaw Mrs UlUa Hill bv pourliiK
acid down her back Mis Kill died November
f > us tho result physicians swear of acid
burn Tho prisoner declines that she Is
Innocent
KOKOMO Bid In a fight between lining
Bprlngtr and Crril Smith nnd William Busby
SpiInner was Instantly killed and Busby
wounded In tho thoulder
NBW YORK Tho olRhtecnth annual horso
thow began In Madison Pquaro garden Mon
day Thero wns a cry good attendanco at
tho opening
CHICAGO BliRlnnd was chnrgod with
treatybreaking and cruel oppression by
ptnkcrs at tho mass meeting at Central
Music ball under tho auspices ot tho Holland
society of Chicago
wvsiiimjtox AOrns
Washington November 13 Chl6f Justlco
Fuller of tho United Plates supremo court
announced that the court wojild take a recess
for a fortnight beginning noxt Monday
Tho rerlcs of tho llurppean nations Inter-
ested In Chins lo tho request of the state
department for a formal undertaking lo pro
servo tho open door In thn Kiut nro not
expected for several weeks Inasmuch as the
exchanges are not takiug placo In Washing
ton but at tho various Kuropean capitals
A pension ot 115 per rqonth has becn grant
ed by Commissioner Kvans tn Adelaide W
liJKlcy mother of Lieutenant Worth liagiey
who was killed In tho war with Spain
The United States supreme court today ad
vnnctd thn hearing of tho case on Its docket
Involving a conflict between tho Choctaw and
AN AIIMOHI2U lilAIN
AVeuf Over the Linn Nearly to the
Tom n of Coloiiso
Kstcourt Nainl November 13 Tburs
day Kvenliig November P An armored
Iralti with a company of he Royal Dublin
KUidivers started at J8Q this afttraooo
andHeacbed be break in the railway line
rbtjUtone toll from CoIeriJnwithout act
r cJ BMr Indians on the ono bIJo and the
vehltng on the other over tho possession
of large tracts of land In the Indian Terrl
try The caiq wag set for tho nut Monday
In March
The United States minister nt Santiago bag
informed the ttuto department by cable that
toe Chilean legislature has ratified he treaty
providing for a renewal of the Chilean
claims rommlsslon
TO CUHB ACOID 1fIM DAV
Take Laxative Brdrao Quinine Tablets
All druggists refundtb If it alls
money
W cure Z XV Grpyes signature li pq
e h box Wccntaiv
A SLIGHT CHAXGU
lAilmlrnl CrinvnliiNiifclil Correct Ills
Famous It iiort
Washington November 13 Admiral
Crowninshleld chief of the navigation bu-
reau has made a change In that portion
of his annual report which refers to be
failure of the departments efforts to re-
deem its promise to reward rho naval be
roes of tho war The language of the re-
port now stands Ahe createst nmong
these has not so much worth as tho nidal
given to each by the hundreds who Eiarod
in a victory won in an hour moro propi-
tious for lewnrd
The change Is explained a tollows in
a footnote nttached In tho original draft
of the report tho words won In nn hour
more propitious for reward lead wot in
a more portentious hour
COMIllCT VALID
Sniiremo Court Dcelilrn n New
< y
J tkU i
t j ihi > pOjJi fht < rTr i n j m m m t I IV L
Or
loinis lliiinnwre Cime
Washington Novembor 13 In tho Uni-
ted States supreme court today Justice
Brown handed down the opinion ot the
court In the case of the City ot Now Or-
leans vb John B Wnrnor Tho cabc in
olvcd tho validity ot certain drnlnagn war
iints Issued by the city in 1870 to pay
Inage plant which warrants the
ated The court held that the
contract was valid nnd the warrants legal
Kcfcrrlng to the objection that the price
paid for the plant was ece3slve Jubtlec
Brown said Iho court could not roneern
Itself with that phase of tho question It
is not respectable he said for Ihe courl
to Inquire whether there was a job ln the
transaction
TIlVAS LAM CASUS
Aikiiiiuii < h Aro to Up Hpnril Thereon
ThlH Week
Special to The Post
Washington November 13 Senator
Culberson will represent the Stato of
Texas in tho supremo court in tho school
fund cases in which tho Houston atil
Texas Central and tho Galveston llauio
burg and San Antonio railroads nra ap
pealing from tho decisions of the Stato
couits ot Texas having volunteered his
services to Attorney General Smith When
Senator Cujberson was attornoy general
of Texai lie prosecuted theso cases and Is
therefore perfectly familiar with hem
Arguments will bo heard the latter part o
this woek Judge Lovott ot llousloa will
represent tho railroads
WOIIIC AT SAIIIXH PASS
An Ktlinil from tlip Ilcpnrt of Kn
KlllCPl illlllji
Special lo The Post
Washington November 13 in tho Octo
bor report of Major Qulnn of the corps of
engineers ot tho work dono In his district
fh ° t Saln < Paw Thp contractor
M A 1L10J e 1 work nt Bablo 1a s has
plXecd 69H45 square yards of bruah mat
tress and 1M1076 ions
of
riprap s one in
the west Jetty extending
some BOO feet
ami bringing same to low water level to
oif 250 e0 N °
e ast Tetty
I
Tpi Gets Autioliilueiu
vashlngton November 13Tho presl
dent has appointed Jesso H Johnson o
Texas to be United
States
consul
at Coati
cook Quebec Canada
TBJCA > 7ATi > BRJJ
Wasblnjton November 13 t y
Our great Sio oo Suit and OwrcMtta
Is making history in the Houston Cloita
ness
K H C AWT HON j
Clothiers Hatters FurnlshetlM
512 and 614 Main Under Capitals
Wcatherford 0 Additional Join Si
Bonham 6 to 12 r l
The comptroller of the currfnsjli
proved the selection of thorCotiji
National bank of HoiJstoa itj
agent for the First National baskott
bard Texas f
The postoffice at Manth CuepraT
the administration of Samoa under the has been moved tvvo miles soatlttt
treaty are to bo sot out In a report which Upshur county and Georg6 j
Judge Chaxnbeis has prepaicd and will
hubmlt to the socretary of state tomorrow
A DEATH BLOW TO THO
AILMENTS OF
YOUfll
WHICH SNEAK IN >
YOU AND POISONrf
YOUR
SVthft
IT PURIFIES YOUR
appointed postmaster
hi
The Little Slow vtluufyti
THE BIQ SHOW
we are making In Mens wearlntippmli
atlnff favorable comment among thttt
sorvatlvc buyers Our blc line o jletih
btlff Bosom Shirts at Sioi tluthtivjsit
ished BalprlftKin Underwear at St oottili
the best line of joe Neckwear In toinui
TRADE WINNER
4W
John XV Foley of Waco fcti b
pointed to a 1000 position In Wuil
partment 0
Senator Culberson and wifs tat
Schluter his wifes sister villk
during the winter at tho Hotel 81
Judge Kleberg will keep aius tfci
ter at 211 North Capitol iirjev <
Dr IVJiHIena Detlkfl
Denton Texas November 13ttl
H Jtte u who died at Chlc j J
day s n very wealthy andfffij
ibh
cltlzstRdf Pilot Point In
whereXhc leaves a wife survitta
ownqd muoh valuable propertyis
county rnd was ono of the best ton
horse raisers and turfmen in leiii
body will bo shipped to Pilot f
interment
llryin In lie Oinrki
Sprlngfiold Mo November Utw
Broan and a huntlnK party otrhei
hunt In tho preserves of the Oark I
tains Tho party besides Mr Bru
Mr Wctmorc Mr J J Hogan and lira
of La CrosEC Harvey Salmon and JUT
Sam Cook nnd wlfo and Mrs Th t
St Louis Mr Brynn declined J > >
viewed faying ho was making tiei trill
to get away from public ovcots t
VIpp TrPNlilpnt Is Vftiti
Paterson N J November UI
ment In the condition of Vice PrciU
bait continues and Mrs Ilobart ut1
members of tlio family feel conBdwtfiJ
life of tho vko president will M PJ
If his eorflp
for a long tlmo even
possibility WW
is not eonslderoil a
nblc to rir i
elans Today ho was
hla meals at tho usual time >
not delay ono day beforo huniaa e
If not >
iA
rilps Ciiroil VVIIIiont Ihe I
All
are
manufactuiers of PAZO OINTSiEXTt
fund he money where it falls w J
cruse of piles no matter of how 10M
Cures ordinary cases la 1
Ing
tho worst eases in fourtei Wf gfi
plication gives ease and rest
Itching instnntly
This Is n now discovery and Jiw
pile remedy sold on a positive w
50 ct3
no cure ro pay Price
If your druggist dont keep H i
send us HO cts ln postage f < aJ2l
will forward same by mall rj
Mannfacttired by Farls flw
St Loiils Mo
HI
Have you any rain orach
Dees jour blood fboiv
purities Aro you ucrfousf f > k
snp aa
mind andli
you easily UJ
lost
you
there wra
drain utoji
tern If 4
Words funrtloal fJ
Perfectly
tlve VM
Health
or
elalist ono to whom the
oren book nnd who understsa l
ana
of weakness and dlstoso
proper treatment for a cu nJrJ3
the adding of u column of asujj
years J
For over twenty I
HATHAWAY has been the
ot this country Ills PJf cfir
of anvx
years larger than that
combined ills cures o alI
have been the narrw S
conditions
cal profession and the Pe 0P J
Dr Hathaway wakes no W
ult tlou ad ce eH1 fiD
or >
when a case
mall and
Ke covets all cost of medicw
J SKWTO > HATHAWfl
Vtf UmthmfrBTs M
M
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