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TRAVKLINO AtiKNTS.
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The above gentlemen lire our only nu
Ihorlecd traveling agent. The public ih
tautioned not to pay money to any one
who my represent him or themselves bh
trawling agenta for thia pnper, aa nil
authority heretofore issui-d to uny otb.-r
pTHon U hereby revoked.
TUB MILLH THAT JUIM OBT
NKWS.
It would la- difficult to liud at any slut)
capital, and even the national capita! at
WaahiuKton, tt more w idii wake, ener
getic and prophetic net of newapiiper -or-reHpondentH
than those who hmor Aus
liu wllh their mlitical prognostications.
If the present doc not fiirniHh Mutlicient
iwlitieal exfiteineut to keep the public in
IcreHl m-rcWcd IIP to the highest tension
thtwe gentlemen have the genius of con
Htruction, and, however dead may be the
ealui on the political sea, they have the
musical jmwers to Hlir the w liters into a
lcniNWt. If the present in too barren to
prodinv a ripple 011 the wuvcm, with
prophetic ken I hey laum-li into the dim
future and puint u piiture tlmt makes
the blood curule in the veins of an every
day, eaxy-itoiiiK iwlitieiau.
The lexlslature wiih about to asseuible
iu a dead calm, but this did not suit thesr
M-WH-niakiliK h tn'il pushers, and iu the
abtsencc of any polllieal excitement that
la usual to uew memlHTM of a deliberu
live body, they found ready made, un
their arrival at the capital, dark plots
and iiiMlnmlit wheuies III whieh the new
members were made to play the role of
jealousy towards the old ihcihIhts. and
the waters were ko stimil up by the live
ly fancy of these Keiitlemen of the press,
but for the Reutle hand iiml sootbiiiK
voice of the only aspirant for the speak
ersblp, iiuletiiiK b its enreases, the new
meuilxTS would have found themselves
bolliuK over with a wrath kept warm for
them by the representative of. the daily
prewa of the state, and to this Kood day,
if the uew ineiniH'rs liad uot bivn calm
ed by the voice of trained politicians,
they would have believed that as lambs
they liHd been led to the (.laUKhter by the
old members, whi n, perhaps, every one of
thoni had been entirely free from appre
hciudou of unfair treatm-nt by the old
ineiubers, and some of them even yet
felicitate themselves that while the con
spiracy did exist, the conspirators, tak
iug measure of the imprsiveness
of the Uew meinlsTS, faltered and
backed ou at the last moment,
leaving the uiicvr. uil plot us the only
memory of a conspiracy that the old
members were Isnt upou aifouiplishiiiK,
accord I iik to the sensation created on
that subject.
. Attain, the hotel lobbicx , present the
spectacle of a seelhiuK mass of Hliti
ciuns WH'retly htyiiiK plitiiN to con'rul the
next canvass, wherein a Malwart isjliti
eiuix aud a mmlest Imnker are made to
play the most imoortant roles iu the hj
litical drama of (lie future. These two
Kentlemen hupiMn to be .neighbors, and,
unfortunately, they hallis.1 in a hotel lob
by loiut enoliKh to discus the probability
of the cold Hiiap histiiiK Ioiik euoUKh to
kill a couple ot piks Unit each uf them
have Ish-u filinn for their special de
lectation, but a kecu-cyed newspaH-r ivr
rtwpondent caUKht siKbt of them aud im
mediately they an arruytsi before the
public as midnight conspirators discuss
iiiK the relutlvu Rood that would result to
each of them in the event a certain man
should be the standard lxarer of the
democracy in the cauiMi.'n two years
hence. Verily, verily, if "Mahomet does
not comu to the moutaiii the mountain
will ko to Mahomet;" verily, if there is
aolbiiiK to write iiImuiI, the genius uf tin
Austin Kcriln.' will supply the deficiency
from an ininciimtiuti as prolitic ns mos
(uitcn in the summer solstice. It is a
poor newspaper man that can't make
news if he can't find news ready-made,
aud what is the difference, after all. the
public are interested, and lcfore they
find out that they have Ix-cu interested iu
the Iwtseless fragment uf a cultivated im
aKtnntiou some genuine news po up
that keepa the interest of the render on
tho "tjui vive."
4
niK I'BOI'OSITION TO CHAUTEK
. STATE BANKS.
Mr. Thomas If. Franklin given, iu the
San Antonio Express, an array of facts
in favor of tbe establishment of state
bank, or the, bill introduced by Judge
Xcicbbara of Hays, providing for tbe
charter of atato banks; but Mr. Franklin
does ot toudn tbe main objis:tion (o
state banks. Thwe can b no reasonable
objiK-tion to chartering atate bauka with
limited banking privileges, and a proper
state inss-i:tiou. The objection is not to
state banks of diit and1 discountJiut
to stute banks with the privilege of Jamie.
ing their own notin. " ' .
The whole ilifficulty' iM fore the late
civil war, when stute banks of issue fur-,
nhed the inly pajivr currcucy, was in
tbnt oti' feature of Uie power' ti; t-wtic
(h4r iwu note. Koch HtuU? hud a dif
ferent basia of crinlit nnd there was no
conformity iu the value of bank note of
different' Mates. The plan wan to require
the borvker to-deposiicutttte -bonda equival
ent to tha-wjhole. npjoujjt.of ,jfane. The
lKndn ot one .uta might, and did out
rank in Value,' the Tjoiid's of nh'jtber Mate,
and the si-curity - being better on out
set of Mute, bonds of higher rank thoji
the other,' mude It iieceHShry for "h timer-
oiiH bnjkerii exenange ouii'cs, so mui u
citizen of one Mate going to n not her was
often and very giierally comiielled to
pay a discount to obtain an exchange of
the money he brought from bis own
state for the money curreut nt par whk-to
he desired to use iu the state he was
visiting. Ooing, for instance, from Ten-nessi-.
to Kentucky to deal, the moment
a man's foot wuh over the line he en
countered a broker'a office ready to ex
change Kentucky bank notes for Ten
nessee bank notes at n discount. As it
will be readily MTceived this was, n con
siderable annoyance as well as u tax.
But there wiih 11 greater evil thai)
that which soon exhibited itself. Ij-t us
take Tennessee as an example: At that
time the state Ixmds of Tennessee were
worth seventy-five cents 011 the dollar,
or rather they were held in the market
at. that discount. With 75.000 11 banker
in Tennessee could buy 100,000 in Mute
loiids anil depositing these bonds with
the comptroller of the state he was au
thorized under the law to issue $100,01X1
of bis 1 n 11k notes. This oM-nid ut once
the (urgent fiyld for fraud. Advantage
could and was taken of it to make large
fortunes at the expense of the innocent
holders of the notes of issue uf the' bank.
The (Vilicy of some of these rascally
bankers was to exchange the notes of
their own banks for notes issunl by dis
tant bunks, aud in this they could play
into each others hands or otherwise
scatter their own notes as far afield as
lssilile, 11111I by the establishment of
broker's offices at different oints ex
change the paper money as rapidly us
nssible for KMeie. As soon as the first
$HH),(NN) were thus distributed and gold
acciimiilaleil in the vaults of the bank
in place ot Hie notes, tile Imukcr was
ready for another deal, and he would
ligiiiu purchase a second $100,01X1 iu state
ImiiiiIs Willi i.i.lilH) in Ins uwn piiKT
money anil go through the same process
of distant distribution of his bank notes,
always keeping his eye open to the ai
cuiniilalioii of gold in his vaults, for there
was very little silver in circulation. After
pursuing this Hlley over and over again
until he found $500,000 iu gold In his
vaults, he would close his doors and skip
with the $500,000, or ns much of it us
remained after tile waste ami destruction
of much wear ami loss in the traveling
propensities of his own notes, and when
they came Imck for redemption upon the
state comptroller it was found that there
was only enough state Isinds to pay
.Sd.i.tKKI of the debt or for trie rcUcni-
tiou of the notes. But in the meantime,
with a en pit 11 1 of only $75,000 the
banker had been enabled so to manipu
late his bank notes as to clear $125,1X10
011 tbe original investment. That wus
the worst feature of state banks.
But that might Ik1 completely blocked
lj' not permitting state banks to Is-come
bunks of issue. Everything that Mr.
Franklin claims for them in capitalizing
small minis of money could be accom
plished (note as readily if they were
shorn of the privilege of issuing hunk
notes.
THE EXTENSION OF CHESIDEN-
TIAL AMI t'ONHKEKSIONAI.
TERMS.
Senator Proctor of Vermont made a
sH'cch several weeks since iu the senate
in siip)ort of 1111 amendment to the con
stitution, changing the term of the presi
dent to six years and of a representative
in congress to three years. "The Na
tion" of New York City suggests an ol
jectlon to the extension on the ground
that a man mey Is elected vice president
and sncei'ed to the presidency by the
death of the president whom the people
would never think of electing president.
This has happened four times in the last
lifty-six years, and in three of these suc
cessions during the first four months of
the term. "The Nation," therefore, thinks
the risk would be too great.
But if fXiMi'icnce in this respect teaches1
anything, it bus lioeu that the vice presi
dents rose to the emergency aud perlui
were quite as ctlicieiit as the principal
would have been if they hail lived. The
election to a high place of most any man
generally adds dignity to his character,
and cspis-ially if his elevation is by suvh
chaiuv. he applies his best energies and
capacities to the discharge of the duties
of the office and succeeds by earne-rt ef
fort where a reliance on genius might
have failed. There wen- few nicii who
could have successfully MiececdeI Mr.
Lincoln, luit those who knew Mr. John
sou lief ore and after be lieciuie piesi
deiit must have olwervisj that his hticli
position alter he Is-came president ailded
to his dignhy of hearing as well as char
acter. It is a mistake to xupose that it re
quire any extraordinary genius to dis
charge the routine duties of the presi
dent of the I'nited States. It is an office
that requires a business head, but it
makes larger requisitions upon strength
of character than it do-s upon profound
intellect. Mr. Hayes was uot an extra
ordinary man in any way, but he was no
evenly balanced business man, and,
taking jnto consideration tbe peculiar con
ditions that he had to meet, he made a
good president. Neither is Mr. Cleve
land by any mean a genius, but there
are few men more clear-beaded and with
more strength of character, and even bin
political opponent give him the credit of
romi(Qi
Kervea just aa an rely oome from the e(
Hood'a BaraapariKa as doea the cure of
crofula, aalt rjieam, or other o-called
blood diseasea. .Thia la aimply becaos
the bood affect the condition ot alt the
Wnee, muaclea and tisanei. If it ia fan-
pore rt, cannot properly attatala tneae
part. If made pure, rich,' red and vital
ized by Hood'a Barsaparilla, it carrtea
health Instead of disease, and repairs tbe
worn, nervou system aa nothing else eaa
do. Thus nervona prostration, hysteria,
neuralgia, heart palpitation, are cured bf
n O O dl S
Sarsaparilla
Because It ia tbe One True Blood Purifier.
nti are the beat after-dinner
HOOd S PlIlS imIIs, aid dlgestlen. .
having made aij. excellent! president.' We
think the-risk apprehended by "Ttie .Na
tion" is no greater than the risk-encountered
in n national convention enmiwsed
of men tliat may be swept off'i.f their
feef by' peculiar combinations of party
zeal and the appeals of oloqueniv. Most
any man who could le elected, governor
of a conservative state and serve it well
would measure up to the standard of the
presidency of the I'nite.1 States. The
higher responsibility of the position calls
out all the manliness of his character and
his carefulness of investigation, nnd consid
ering the risks we must take of the hasty
and inconsiderate action of nutionul party
conventions, the additional risk so feared
by "The Nation" is 11 mere brtgatelle.
The same paper agrees vrith Senator
Proctor on the imjiortance of extending
the terms of representative! for auother
year. Senator Proctor's nrgunieut in
favor of the latter proposition is that that
n member has one long and one short
session, and that the first Is hardly con
cluded before he comes up for re-election,
ll requires about all the two ses
sions, according to the present plan, for
a member to familiarize; himself with liis
duties and acquire an inllneme that
makes him efficient Ixrfore he is subject
to the chances of having his political
cgrecr cut short and no efficient service
Uj rendered before 11 uot her congressional
tyro has to go through the same process
and perhaps sluire the sumo fate.
The wisdom of ki-oping.u member in
congress long enough to be of souie ser
vice has many notalJe examples. Proctor
Knott was in congn-ss two whole sessions
t.fore he om'iied hi mouth .011 the
tloor of the house, mid when he jid open
it he made the eclebratnl, Ouluth .peech
nml nt once took first rank even over sun
set fox lis the wit of the house, and it
took him two w hole sessions to show that
he was. more) than a w it a profound
statesman. This, congressional district
has kit Maj. Saycr in congress ,o long
that it would almot be impossible for an
.,,..,ii.Hi..M eoiiiniittee of congress to
i'e,vr - .
get along without him. Not only ought
ih,. I.iesi. lout's term to lx- extended iu
order to avoid the danger of national ex
eitemeiit every four years, but the term
of a representative in congress ought to
be extended through 11 whole presidential
administration, even if that term was
.,v.,.,,.l..,l in siv ven iv. We have too
inaay elections Tor the public good.
; : .
The board of health of the City of New
York iu amending the sanitary code has
ratcd a howl of indignation by classing
persons suffering with pulmonary tubcr-
ctaosis among the infectious unn.j.'onr
,,,.,,,1,-iKl.. diseases and subjecting liO.000
active people who are supporting either
themselves or whole faniiles to isolation
or to be avoided as those who Are suffcr
iag from small imx or leprosy. Many doc
tors say this stamp put iin bread win
Yicrs will do no good, as the germs of con
sumption are in the air and that if all
were killed, as cattle were a few years
ago, suffering with the disease, it' would
not bo stamped out and the man or -volutin
with weak lungs would be subject to the
disease through germs in the air coming
in contact with weak spots in the mu
cous membrane or lung tissue. Tlie phy
sicians make a distinction lietween dis
cuses communicated by infection or per
sonal contact nud diseases that are com
municated through the air we breathe
and the water we drink. Persons suffer
ing with infectious diseases hit very prop
erly isolated from .eon t net with the pub
lie, but It would be brutal and the excess
of cruelty to tear from the family fire
side and the tender solicitude of rela
tives those suffering with tubeivolosis
from iuherited weak lungs. There is no
danger in contact with consumptives if
the ierson associating with them has
strong lungs. It miu'ht. and doubtless
would be, dangerous for icrsons of weak
Iuul's to associate with consumptives.
.
In the political ereevl of illi.uu A.
llairis. who succeeds PelTer as a popu
list senator from Kansas, there are only
two good things, and they are bis en
thusiastic support of the Niearaguaii
canal and a strong navy. He says he is
in favor of the government ownership of
the Pacific railroads, government owner
ship of the telegraph system, favors a
protective tariff and fns.' silver, opisises
the retirement of greenbacks, lmt with
u!l he believe in a strong navy and the
Nicaragua canal. There are but few
men upon thi terrestrial ball unless he
is an (ndiau or Zula that is entirely de
void of all good qualities. The zeal of
Senator Harris in behalf of a strong navy
and the grout canal redeems him from
the utterly political bod.
. . . A ;
Mr. Carnegie says the time of rcvtvery
from business depression is after .spring
opens. .lie says- it is too much t: ex
pect that January would be equal to tbe
to tne
is about
momentum of overcoming the inertia of
.w.. ...... .hot lnv immovable for sucu
. length of time. Perhaps he is right that
far, but Mr. Carnegie belong-
.lmlinini nartv which
pres. 111 uvu 1 - 1 - 1
to add to that mountain of inertia a kino
of Pelion on Ossa iu the incubus that will
retard prosperity in. th form of n pro-t.-ctive
tariff. It would lx' too uiucn to
ex pin recovery when the threat of a
high tariff disturbs- prospective value.
' KOFND COTTON BALE.
A Cotton Oinner's Convention to Discuss
cc.v -'-'tne itounu oue-.
The MilWfaotttrers1. Record-
wei-k, in . discussing tne .nci-u .. 01
handling of cotton, sajs.
'A call has Wffl ts-sueo lor n 1 ":'
n of th! cotton growers ot Texas in
Waco on January 25, 1K7. for the pur
tKse of organizing a state gipntTs asso
ciation and to consider the effect tne
round bale system Will have upon the gin
ning business, and other subjects of minor
importance. The call is signed by Cnas.
Hainstcr, of aco, ann eleven mim
ners of central Texas."
This will, wc believe, be the first gath
ering, of ginners called for the purpose of
discussing the influence of the cylindrical
ba ing svstem upon tne preseni row"
of ginning and compressing. The Man-
ufaoutlirerH' Kecord nas joooweu iu.s
new luling system closely since the es
tablishment of the first oxiicrimeiital
nlimi tun nr ihi-eo vears nco. and it is
inclined to accept the opinion that it w ill
mark as great a change in cotton haunling
w h, hiirvmti-r mid sell-binder made in
wheat harvesting, ror years uie neeti 01
Is-tter handling and better baling of cot
ton has been realized, but no improve
ment has come in sight except the round
bale. If that can be made to fullill the
claims of the people interested in bring
ing it before the public, a long step will
have lieen made toward giving to cotton
handling the benefit of advanced modern
methods. So far everything seenii to in
dicate that this system is a complete sue
eess nnd should tins Drove to Is- trui
the south will necessarily adjust itself to
:i change that will mean an enormous sav
ing as compared with the wasteiui ineui
ods of the present. Every improvement
in cotton handling, and every decrease 111
tin. i-ost nf "inninc. eininressinir.instiranee
and transoortation. streugth the smtli s
control of the world s cotton markets, and
in their wide rumiticatious finally inure
to the Is'iiefit of the grower, nnd thus to
the benefit of the whole south.
CATAKliil CAN NOT BE (TIIKD
Willi local aimlicntioiis. as they can not
reach the seal of the disease. . Catarrh is
a blood or constitutional disease, ami 111
oiiler to cure ir you must take interna
remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, and iu fs directly oil the blood
and miieoiis surfaces. Hall's Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. It wa
prescribed by one of the nest physicians
in this country for years, and is a regular
nn scriiition. It is composed of the best
tonics known, combined .with the best
blood miritiers. acting directly mi tlio 11m-
.oiis surfaces. The perfect combination
ot the two ingredients is what produce!
such wonderful results iu curing catarrh
Send for testimonials, free to I-'. .1. Che-
iey A: Co., proprietors. Toledo, o. Sold
by druggists, price 75c.
THE
The Ie.
DEFENSE
;ates Took a Cruii
idents f'lio-i 11.
CONVENTION.
ice Pie:
Port Tampa, J. 111. J1. The -i mile body
of the visiting delegation to the South
Atlantic and ' J till" states loa-t and -liar-Ihii-
defense convention left this morning
on a sierial tiain. which took ihein down
to Port Tampa, w hen- they took passage
on the M.irgaict for an inspection of the
buy. The party returned from t In ir trip
this evening.
The following hau- ijeen ehosrn vice
presidents:
Ex-tiovernor li. I.. Mitchell of Florida,
who issued the call; K. Y. Anderson.
Alabama: (Jovcrror W. 1!. liloxh 1111,
Florida: Col. .1. I. Estill. Florida: A. O.
Smith, Indiana; A. 1'. Kanpi ihar. l'e.in
sylvania; .1. M. Ward. Kentucky: Orris
McLellan, I.oui-i:ina: K. li. -M. 1'blei.
New York; J. II. MidiUn. Norih Caro
lina; J. K. Stcl I ins. North Dakota; T.
Ewing .Miller. Ohio; .1. E. Amler-oii.
South Cninlii a; Edward V e!is. Vennunt:
Jeff' ltrown. Key Wot. I nite l Slates
navy; Capt. Edward Davis. I'ni'ed States
anny.
All officers of the .uniy and navy will
be considered honoraiy m mlicrs of the
convention.
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that I shall maLe
application to the Twenty-tilth legisla
ture of the state of Texas, to assemble at
Austin on the second Tuesday in Jan
uary. 18!l7, for the passage nt a special
law.thosubstanrcand object of which law
will Ik- to direct the refunding to me l.v
the state of Texas of the sum of ten thou
sand five hundred and twentv-five and
NO-100 (10,..2.".0) dolinr. being tbe sum
of money paid by me to the state of Tex
ns during the years issc, anil issv
for patents for capitol lands canard by
me. ns contractor, for ent-ti'ig tlie Mute
capitol building. This tho L'tith dav of
DeeeinlHT, lS'.KJ. Abner Tavlor.
iiaiDPfiiB.
mXTKEN YANKEE rBIStNKB8
" BREAKIW STONE FOB RUS
SIA IN' SlBEltPA-;:;- ' "
ln:an International ; Mfffary'
::,.pCe. ys Mr. Balfourew, 01 .- ,
the IMftg.ln.,iif::.;;
- News tom Cntae .'V .
Muni"" V n.-n
Bctanconrt. JnvMirre. ;
Ar!lu:"7r- fOuet and; iBsttHe- to
rf,.AH.wi imtnlloow.. ... 'i
Tarrien. . fcntvtH " v'vT.i.on usct-rtnlnetl.
'. L3h touniad, ' for then.
T 1 t vnna nd Madrid witH a fur
lwth at Hnnj : nt onCe for-
uhss s?
Pm'!l:'addsHhnt in addition to
the seventy-four Ouws
New York, .lull.
morning says
".'..-The! WoJd tbi
. ' . TT..n,AM-!a nno of the
Seunian Mattnew num. . -
crew of -the
shin Conqdcror,
. i. T...V..M 1 HUT UIIM
,.1 vi..j-w..-k. where they found six-
. .. ...,1 tishermcn. W U0
Ucn .mericiiu
were prisoners of the Russian govern
ment, breaking stone on the fortifications.
Through the help of Mr. Smith, an
tmericun cun expert in the. service ot
the Russian goverulnent, Seaman Hunter
,m,l three shinniatcs secured n short in-
tcrvi.-w with some of the prisoucrs in
th.. nreseiice of Russian soldiers With
lived bavoncts. The sailors contrived to
.-1;.. i.e. 1 1.. tiers to their friends in San
Hi' ' ' "
Vnincisi-o Ul Hunter's sleeves. The let
ters, which Hunter was allowed to reiid,
,i-.... moiled Thev dcscrilod their
i,...h ,i...,itmi.iit in Russian orisons,
'c'i...; ..Ho,,., n . InhliiiiL' seals on the
Sii)i,l-i!i 11 OOilst. Whilo thrir shin, tho
PI. . run in tit'tl to I'SCUDtH
lUdll' 11 a i v v v. i " j
storm, the sixteen men were captured
ihniu-n into a room llix20 feet, with
doen Chinese and Koreans and forty
Idissi'ins and kent for two days without
food. The dtmgeon was alivi with
vermin. On January l'.l. l.SOti, they
were sentenced to five months' imprison
nieiit. but the court of assizes nt Kirtli
tried them again nnd sentenced them
eighteen months from April IS! Mi.
When their term is finished the stone
breakers e.ect to be rc-seiitcliccd again
WILL NOT TAKE THE LEAD,
London. .Ian. 25. In the house of com
mons today Mr. Ilalfour. the gover.iineiit
leader, replying to ipiestious of Mr. Field
of Dublin, said there was no proiiahility
of the government initialing such a
movement as the calling of an interna
tional monetary conference. lie added
that it would Ik- premature to discuss the
cnmxsiiioii of a conference which, so
far as he knew, had not been proposed.
-nine
corre-
in the
w."1"" Various newspapers In -tne
tc
it
Cnitod Htateti
Cuba by tne
s'tbai no America c.tuctv
nutuorltie after
dctcnWbyWmnitanv He-
lhat no ftmfn"" . r VJ
Seed to or i confined at Ce,
uuu "" " r . ,,laae.iipon tne spanisn
mands have hin Jjaai cflKe where trial
be rcicaseu.
' NEWS FROM CUBA. - ; . '
on Wednesday lSt,Mhe .nsu -
eii'lltlS'll KI I'd, ICCOruillft
cent nvree aiiaci.ru wc -, 3;;.
uiis province, and were nuteea.
M'lV 1110 ttOIHCZ IS HO" 1. ..-.
i li e vicinity of Sancfi Esoiritus.' prov
ince of Santii Clara, with the. members
of the insurgent government. .-
The iHHiular jniiouommi.
Sanoti Esjiiritus. Jose (Jnrom nnd f .
Iin nrvived Here. . I nc.v i.-n.."
m ng e. n d general, the Marquis ot
Ah ma I tho Palace this morning;.
V ".vport from Santiago . tie Cuba says
.1... a .Mllllll-l- ill Till" iiisumcuiT
.': 1..,. . of Riiracoa nml Mntu
at the same time, but that the attack
llltul1ll'i"Utlf 111.
Thirty political suspects have been ar
rested 'in Havana. The steamer Alva
Hazeti has arrived from Spain, with 110".
000 in silver.
FIELD OF SPORT.
CRACK SHOTS
San Antonio, Tex.,
More than 100 of
the world, including
DISEASED SOLDIERS IN INDIA.
London. Jan. '.'5. The secretary of
state for India, Lord I ieorge Hamilton,
replying in the house of commons today
to ipiestious based on the statement made
in the Indian press that only L'1.000 of
the whole British garrison were free
from contagious disease in some shape or
other, and that 5l'l' out of everv 1000 of
the troops were actually incapacitated by
disease, ndiniltcd that here were ,VSJ
hospital ca-cs n-r KM Ml. hut explained
that this did not mean that the average
incapacitation due to disease was 52, per
1000, and that the pi rcentage due to dis
ease was lmt -Hi per 1000. He added
that tin- government will carcfullv con
sider tlie whole (plestlOil.
IIE.W.VS POSITION.
London. Jan. 1'5. Referring to tin w
Constitution of the new Irish n.-irtv
udopted today. T. M. Ilenly. in 1111 iii-
tcn-iow with an agent of the Associated
Press. S;,jd:
"The decision is final so far as it af
feets myself. I no longer consider mv
selt luiiinl to Hip party, though I will fo.
low it in so far as it seems to tin- inter
ests o my eoiisiituents. Much is coming
m this session wherein I must differ from
.Mr. Dillon enin-se. Things are. how
ever, shaping for a ehange.
AT SANTONE.
Jan. 25. (Speciul.'i
the crack shots ot
Dr. Carver, Kollu
Ileikes. Frank Parmiilee, Jim nuiou,
('has. Budd and Chns. (irimm. are here
to attend the midwinter toiirnument.
which was to have begun today. The
sudden drop iu the temperature mnd
accurate shooting impossible nnd the
oM'iiing of the tournament has been posi
ixined one or two days, until the weather
moderates.
TWO FIGHTS PI LLED OFF.
Inilou. Jan. 25. Before the National
Siwrting club there was a 20-round fight,
between "Peddler" Palmer and Ernie
Stanton for a purse of 1100. Palnier
won in the fifteenth round, knocking om.
his adversary.
In n 15-round fight between Put Duly
and "The Pica ninny," the former won in
the fourteenth round.
r , PLAOl'I-: RAVACi-x
t Vh" n'-r'v' '-V,'A M'"l,as dispatch
to the Daily News fays; Relief measures
were negl.-eted 111 the Central provinces
hrotighont IS HI. T. al,.Kt ,ta1lis(i(.s
to the end of (1,-tol.er give as the excess
in the mortality -,., ,i. previous ten
v.-ai-s v..s.,s exclusive of cholera cases
in. i 01 ims ex.-ess heinc- i n, in f
v. , , ,. . "- ' ...tiiiii,-.
Standard i!isNteh from Niee savs
a strong i-onnioti..i. ,.r i...,.:.'..
and English ri-si.1. m 1., ;
tl,. . "- ...i"- m-v-ii jonneo
...... ... ,.,,se venei mud
famine siifl'eri.-is.
A
that
for the Indian
STATE FAIR AFFAIRS.
Dallas. Tex.. Jan. 2:!. Spedal.i-Tl-directors
of the Texas State Fair and
Dallas Exposition met this tiftcrno.11 and
elected the following officers to serve
for the ensuing year:
President. K P. Knepfly; vice presi
dent, W. II. (Jaston: secretary and gen
eral manager. Sydney Smith: treasurer
J. R. Adou.
As the session was executive, little
concerning the nature of the lysines
transacted was usccrtuit e.. It is said,
however, that the dirert ,1 s t..k. steps
l.siking toward a sp-dy eonimeiii -einent
of an aggressive campaign f t funds.
Bicycles
$1." up. at
stand.
for girls
. Stein iV
and
Co.'s
I'"' s. from
. I'al.n's oi,
, , WILL ENDOW IT.
London I.ln -U.-The Daily N.-ws .111
. ..ees ,l,a, I, h,,Ms that if the Ins,
i'. I- i.-a.i arrive at an agreement with
H gowinm.nt for .he control of th'
C. h loiic nnivirsity. ,). government is
i.iin to endow it wuh M.000.000.
IX WAX WIIKAT SIKIUTAOK
rnlT nJ:J1 -:,-Th" Mark Lane Ex-
of a million quarters. ' '
upwa ids
T (,, 110111 i on .Noti s X
lor some t in.. i... t..o 1 .
- .- , , ' ll'lll
....... nun ion ior tne insur-
WILL FIGHT IN LONDON.
.Si. Louis, Jan. 25. Col. John Hopkins,
the backer of Oreedou and Trncey, uny
Creedon 11 nd McCoy v.iil fight in Lon
don.
"Kid" McCoy is there. The National
Snorting club of Iuidon offers 11 pursi
700 for the McCoy and Creedon fight
during Derby week nnd 11 purse of
for one between Tom Trncey nnd Dick
Binge.
Col. Hopkins has accepted for Creedon
and Trncey,
TO LICENSE OLOVE CONTESTS. .
Carson. Nev Jan. 25. A bill was in
troduced in the assembly today to permit
glove contests by payment of a license
of SiiO. 'I he bill was read a second
time and referred to the committee on
public morals. There is a strong senti
ment in favor of passing the bill. Sev-
11 prominent citizens are intcrcHted 111
the matter, nnd if it becomes n law will
endeavor to induce Dan Stuart to bring
off the Corhett-Fitzsimmons match here
in March.
ANDERSON WON.
Indianapolis. Iiul.. Jun. 25. Tillie An
derson defeuted Dottio Fnrnsworth in 11
ten-mile bicycle nice here tonieht. Time.
2-1.31.
with arms and
'-nts. ,,,
thi- Wee);.
'xpccti-d to arrive there
iVti'Vc1', I,ISr,KD.
1 ou ua i,ulveston. Jan -,.
" . iiban sympathizers vei
il-l " I Ml I V T In,
FREE PILLS.
Send your address to II. E. Buckli-i
& Co.. Chicago, nnd ge a free sampli
box of Dr. King's New Life puis.
trial will convince you of their merits
'1 hese pills are easy in action and :ir
particularly effective in the cure of Con
sttpatioii nml Sick Headache. For
Malaria nnd Liver troubles thev hav
been proved invaluable. Thev are
guaranteed to be jierfeetly fr-o ' from
every deleterious siilist.iiico and to i.
purely vegetable. They do not we-iien
by their action, but bv givimr tonp to tho
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25 cents Mr
OOX. Sold liV C. O. Yates. iln,r,L,
219 East Sixth street, Austin, Texas. '
TWO POWDER MAKERS KILLED
t hattnnooca. Tenn.. .lun o-,,,. ..
explosion of 30O ivmnds of !?iiii m.',.-,i...
oeing prepared for the press at the Chnf-J
tnnonga Powder cnnipnny's worku near!
-joiiewan. iav Harris nnd William
llnslick.both experienced powder maker
were killed. The cause of the explo
jon is not known, the dead men Ising
the only men present at the time of the
accident.
Clocks and watches at one-third les.
price than formerly koM At 1 1.
Co-.yBahn ii old stand.
f.TP.AX
Lima. I
I lie pai a
I . T . I -. ,- ..
thonah the el IfHic. al-
, r ii... 1 , . ' puerin
110.1,11 and
n I'l-ev.-uls.
.. .nsi in. ,-ietion of ,he m,
'"en :..,., I... mjj, :.. P"
" CUlZells.
IN
coudm-t
digmitii
A ,.r,
lice ha
central Hi-
PETER IS AMBITIOUS.
Pittsburg. Jun. 25. John Quinn, Petoi
Maher's backer, announces ihnt Mnbei-
or his representative will lie at the ring
side at the cone tision of the Oorhott-
Fitzsimnions fight to challenge the win
ner lor the championship of the world.
Should Sharkey claim the championship.
Maher will tight him first nnd then chal
lenge the winner of the big fight.
FOI'OHT A DRAW. -Ncm-
York. Jan. 25.-Jaek Everimrdt of
New Orleans and Malt Matthews' of
l.rooklyn longht a 15-rnnnd draw nt the
I nioii Park Athletic club tonight. Mnt
thewK had a longer reach, but -Jack was
decidedly- the heavier hv five or six
pounds. There was a good deril of bick
ering between the two men nnd their 111-
iciiuauis. owing tO the fn,-f iliol- i lev
were put on for twenty founds when, the
articles called for only fifteen rouTids.
Ir was hnallv rlocirlnd .u
during -ih . 1 n"',,,u..w.?r ' :..r w.
t during the rest of the tichr,- Mnl- w.
mews made a good showing and his trnin
er expects great thintrs f.-nm hii in the
tnttiro. If jnok had not hrt his'
hand the result might have beert different.
i',s . p,w ''eans lad was very strong
np to the last round, when Matthews goi
..I - -I era 1 m-avy hits.
Aliout 1500 people braved the freezing
i,l s';,t':p 1)0"t nnd when thev
entered the club house thev found it nl-
.pi ", w'""n ns. without,
fl'P.AN PRISONS,
A 1.
I of
'u r:i i
Ann ricaii!
h. il l,v s,
Arrcste.j
entarv It)
m Cuba
cy.
Wi
sllillgtOI!. J.;,
fc, llltlo I, ,,f il.,tlj,.v
-i-Ilt to the -enate a'
illg to 1... eitiz..,,s',,
tlo Iiav- h
Culm sin
Hie
-Re
c'swuiding to ,.
I'le-ldent tiul,,,.
t of person elaini
'he I lilted Si.......
iiri ost. .1 , '" "
Fcliraat-y ; ,v.-' 'W'1 ,f
"as aeeompaniii! ,v a letter fro, . ls'
'" J' lney in uiii,.'!, ' ' ' ' L .r "' .s,r-
Oie bricking out ,.f ,1... .. . mei
Pre-.-,,, ,h,M. sevi- 1 vVf. '."
t--.ii iirniid ui.11.:. f.i. '"''Oiishavi
Louis
state-; 1 J; ; t
lli-llrr.-.a . ..
tun.- SeV. lltv.fo,,,. .. " "
been tried. 11 ". . ' . M:v,,n have
S'
an- Jiilj,,
'neillaii. Alfr.-J Laliorm!
HJiliv
Wil-
Ham fiild.-i. On,x Ie , V- V"' ,Wil
naland Widianu' t'i; i;;ar-
Mncmlly and S0,e,Uan . h 'nJ
-als have seu tak,.r aD1, :U h P"
the other ;ivi
den-d
Thirty-six of the iiersons
and in the L
nr.-.i- tii.,1. 1 . """ "
"ie tx-en or
men eptoriHl tl.n 1A Vr.loek.
r ,. i M1 11,1,1 cWr Ieon seconded
" alVl ''' Nw Orleans man hud
ini Mason ILin-y Rlnke and Al Chand
ler behind him.
LLADINC MAN ARRESTED.
rZ 1 V'"'k.'.Ji,n- "'-The production of
MllMine. ,vl,ieh was tn Virinir back
net .Mnl her to llin uio Hid not
Mar
(,,1, . tin- nillUfj 11.11 "
take place ,lt Wnllaeks' tonight becntisc
of the arrest nf E. J. Honly, hor lead-
"i- num. on a
erred i,v lS
had eiiLMged him to piny in her Irompnny
"" who elainis to l.nVo loaned him "'
chnrco of larceny.
itoftmun Martin,
nre-
Wll'i
4
19 . K TVTA 'PTlTOTJ
Albany. N. v.. ji,. 25.-The bill f..r ,
'1 v.ili ,'i"vo lnv,,utigation of trusU I"'3
P-issed the nKsemblv. j
neeu reieaiwl after the ehZV. ' v?
them had be.-n V L iZ'rVl
arn-stej l,avp
areH ;o...
be baseless. Eigh v X 1 l0UDd to
from the llTii,,.Vtl4 rSXpIk,d
ment lasting for a J. d c.0fi
WTh Ttoa are i rx-nding ,rar'
JmZZ. these
Angustora BitterR nre the best ilemed.v
of i L'ln"jy,n."KliBestion and all uwe
01 the digestive organs. . i
BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALv'e.
wtkSl. Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fe-
ft i. I?,ly cnre8 PilM- o pay required.
uon r m 'Price, M ,
1
!.
isurer'a
office, 'standing ly I late as ut
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