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BerJiu, D«t. 31 —The Taggeblatt
1st evening printed a double lea’r d
< able dispatch from Washington set
’ ng forth that the principi I military
un<J naval authorities (.hero consider
t iat war between the Uni ed States
a id Germany, sooner or later, is in-
eMtable. The United States ambassa-
dor, Andrew D. White, informed the
German newspaper men who called at
t . e airpa.s. ay today that the reporta
of the possibility of war between tin
United States and Germany, were the
tltlnntai kind of sensational nonsense ’
Nut one* of the authorities referred to
iUj the Tugrbiatt’s dispatch, he added,
would under any circumstances dta-
pi sc any sueh an opinion b ?st of
when the relations between the two
ed intr es are so good as at present,
“foreover,” said Mr. White, Presi-
d4 1 Roosevelt, the com»u.nder ia
"ol f of both the army and navy, if
I’ H known ■ nurt Un not »nly of-
h but personal predilections for
many, which have been known not
I officially to the (tarman govern-
it, but which have been known
Ing his friends. Hi studied in
|i;.ny. reads and loves German 1U-—
■re and has a most sincere per-
il respect, for the emperor. Any
latue of the kind alleged hy an
of either service, would be
ly rebuked by the president.”
!
(Fults I
Id
hope that th* United States 1
such Sates as Venezuetil
impression that they
presiding dfieprs ai
i in both brajK-hai
inbly will^e held no
I As the roptibicai
lority in loth hom»<!
•if) opposiion to t1
fnator Fcak*-r. tl
h for this session
Js i! very irt ■? cot
4 on be re- dal
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era wfl
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Coin mbits.Ihio. 3l. The
legislature, Wj<>h elects & Hurcefijorj
Senate r FonLr. convenes i ere id
Monday, pail caucuses to Domini]
candidates fol;
other position
the gereral asl
Sa turd ly nighi
have a large ni
and as there ii
re-el«?ct ion of
senatorial quest I
settled, hut therJ
test in irogresii 'ri
♦ ion of Senator .
bonce, >8 ids **1
ot the present repd|
be re-p ectcd to the :u<5
sembly. It is b«>l>v
the cau< uses will deck. ’*]
•fin tor < th* . |
’Inc' A*l<- Alton* XOthlij. tJ^H
Ixmdt i. Dec. 2’. .—Commeling <S
th? Lon Ion Times* statemet
Washington that persons of ciisiderl
able importance in official circk, therJE
profess t > believe that war betnen the?
United States and Germany it*aevitJ
able, the St. Janies Gazette, tt^gh it;
does not believe that such a csaMc^
would be allowed to occur overt di <4
pule in legat'd t*» the debts ota'emJj
zuela to German), says that if
there -ar be no doubt that rhBH|
* Mip!' !.i> •- vill in with \Hipr.ca^^g
Dir ' .m»> rime th*1 Gazette exprt^B
the L-r-
no allow
gain the
reckon on tie proieetion of Monroefl
if they ch oose to repudiate their oc
gallons in Europe.
——
l.nlebtK A n*ilvrnw*r*. I
New York. Dec. 31.-—Arrangement*%■]
! ir-3 being made by the (’nthoHt^ Bj
i Knights o America to celebrata ini f]
• April the twenty-fifth anniversary of; H
• th? format.on of the order. The last -^B
i N’.-a York Stat^ council adopt-d a re-^H
soiui.on pr .vicing ?.t th- d:*y should IB
bi ohs.T'ec under the auspices of tbejB
.^ato <oiiipil officers. In dtfttenrd ^^H
t> that res- I ’I on. ’he branches of the
erder in the borciuhs of Manhattan H
bid Brook .'n have jiii!( held a meet- B
^Appointed eoinniJu-es and p'ann- ||1
urriEgcmcnts be th* f|
.X-^W'ftion.
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Japan
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the dol
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badly ths1
i : < * the.-lp;j|, ; t)ill j Ut! ,
natural cat
Salva* lorn
died c t cor
York. Dec. 31.--One hundred
lirty-seven days at sea. during
itirne two of her crew were bur-
lb score or more gales encour.-
I) imperil the lives of th^ sur-
■s the record of th** ship Paul
■ Vhirh has just arrived from
lia Cape Horn. August 14 th*
♦lof which Captain Wilson *.*•
pier, sailed away from Kob*,
br New York. On the Pacific
tier was ideal, but soon a.fter^^
4 was turned, gales, princip-f(||
'I the northeast, began 51 1
lllowlng each other in rapia
r On Oetcber 17, a young
Ln Ih-ovidence, R. I., named
■troni while p rchert on the
| yard. • >. t his balance and
He was injured so
ms died shortly afterward.
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». September 2€ F F.
Brooklyn the s-tew.ird;
imption and was b4ri**d.
TABOR’S
VERSION
:£be Hlvin Sun:
A. J. BIRCHFIELD, Editor.
ALVIN,
TEXA&
FAHM AND FLOCK,
han
Is
wit-
stated
past season bad most
excellent suc-
A
ma-
in
J;une-
The Center
miles
county, three
Al Mludn of Chin a.
New York, Dec. 31.—Rev.
toiiri, and practical demonstrations are
uode tor the benefit of fruit growers.
PIttsbufg, la.—The threatened flood
as a reeitlt of the heavy rains of Sat-
urday and Sunday has been averted
In Four States--Ritilroa«la Saffer .Knob-*
Trains Were butipenuod anti Schedules
Disarranged Com pie tel; - Many Bridge*
. Were W ashed Away.
CAUSE LOSS OF LIFtt AND DAM-
AGE TO PROPERTY
or whether It was eTorr in his book-
keeping.
thrown aty light on the natter when
requested by th? governor to explain
it, as he stated that be bail been rely-
i the
grave
j will be run on New Year's day on the
I
ANENT THE SHORTAGE FOUND
IN HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
land and
The consideration
Land was bought
Workmen in
coa-
have
it GJheston. *
W»»« Badly Foti'etl.
Seattle. Wash.. January 1.-
rine survey held yesterday
greater damage to the schooner Stim- |
was fouled and dragged ■
Dr. Blunt Bum 1 orc cl by III Health to
Entrant the Ko->kKr* piu 3 »t zl»«l*t-
ant—React Anount UliNapproprlated Nnt
Yet Determined.
on the Thames to th » order of Bnu.il.
which latter country has been tempted
I by the good price offered to sell.
These vessels could l>e launched at
the end of next month. Argentine
has a large cruiser on the stocks at
Elswick, but it can not be delivered
until next summer.
Second Avenue I ne. A formal an-
nouncement is expected today fro n
Vice President Sk tt. who is in charge
j of the arrangements for the event. \
single motor car made a test run over
the line yesterday and everything is
reported in readiness for th? rhangj
from steam power to electricity. On!.”
the Second Avenue line has bceu
equipped with electricity. The other
lines will lie changed within the next
six months. The total cost of the
improvements is isdniated
Hlrfeninc I IiIchco TMxer.
Chicago. January 1
river is to be widened to a 200-foot
channel between Lake and Van Buren
street. A strip of land varying from
fifteen to sixty feet is to be. condemn-
ed on the west bank of the st eam.The
long disputed question of which side
of the river would be cut away has
teen finally settled by official action
of the board of sanitary trustees. The
approximate cost of this long-desired
improvement will be $1,500,000.
The Pennsylvania railroad ’company
will be one of the greatest sufferers.
The property of the corporation fronts
the dock line south of Madison street
and the compeny’s freight houses, ter-
1 mlnal facilities and rigbt-of wiy will
I be interfere! with. Several other
; properties will be Injured as a result
j of the condemnations and heavy <larn-
i age suits are expected to follow. There
; have been taken into account how-
' ever, in the estimated cost.
1.—The Chicago j TORRENTIAL RAINS.
t . near Hoi Hu, inland of Hal Nan.
th? ! ty-tvo ship’s
body and is expected to rear a Jersey i
City this morning. An u:id -rf; ker will
st once remove the body iTom
rain to the eemeteiy. At^j^^;
services will be couduj^^^^B
Alfred H. Brush
i trecht
. Galveston—The bodies of two wo- u - - • -
j men. storm victims are beiug^eld by ’^e (did snap.
J; for identification at Gjlveston.
editor of a Chinese dail; newspaper in
San Francisco, preached the principal
sermon at the Lenox Presbyterian
church, one of the leading churdhes of
this city, recently. The choir music
was provided by a trio which came
to New York from Sac Francisco with
Mr. Chow, two of whom were China-
mtn, brothers. Toy K. Lowe and Che *
C. Lowe Mr. Chow's address was
principally along the line of the aet-ds
if China at the present time
‘ Those who have followed the trend
•jf affairs in China.” said he ”<n*»w
that its needs at this time are great
;.nd varied. The younger generation
are clamoring for a new order of
things. They are trying to peep into
the future instead of slumbering with
the past. They believe that China can
te rescued from its lethargy by mate-
rial means—a few more railroads and
many more telegraph poles, better ar-
mies, better navies. But this younger
aar progressive element in China is
wrong. It is Christianity which Chi-
na needs.”
I . U1 ’ . V, KJ. VJ. V J I J 14 , €♦-*
uncla of the dead girl, started from
FMzabeth City yeaterdry with U.
C. N. Moody at Atlanta,
(2000 for a Galloway bull,
wud to be the record price.
It is claimed by some farmers tha?
frost Is fatal to Mexican boll weevil, t.
number having been frozen.
At San Antonio W. A. Lowe ha., put
400 calves on feed. This makes 700
head of cattle on feed there.
The cold weather, it is asserted, has
severely injured the orange tree.; in
the vicinity of Lake Charles, La.
Th«» Truck Growers’ association of
Morris coupty has put chased $000 fruit
trees and two carloads of potatoes.
Prof. John T. Stinson's fruit exhibit
ton on pressing business that could
ot be postponed and wan’d return on
the following Saturday md go over
the book? with him Mr Jameson at
onpe commenced • Hecking up the
fund rec* ived by this department for
disinfecting vessels on (be coast and
found th it voucheis for a consider- i
ible amount of the said fund were ‘
missing: in the absence of th? assist-
ant it whs Impossible to tell at that .
F»«**m*t,p Steamer rr«‘k.
Hong Kong, January 1.—The Ger-
man steamer Clara has been wrecked
For-
■ompany were
saved by tYe French steamer Hanoi,
i but Captain Ulderup and three other
officers, four European passengers
j and eleven Chinese are missing.
A Mywtrrt D<sl’».
New Yerk January L—Today the
bodr of Miss Ella Cropsey. which was
found in the river near tu r home |i
Eliaabeth City, N. J., after she had
:*een strangely missing for several
wee <s, will be buried In the Old New
Utrecht cemetery, near Van Pelt Ma-
tor, Brooklyn.
Andrew' G. Cropsey of Brool^lyn, an
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31.—The torren-
tial rains of the past few days in
Georgia. Alabama and East Tennessee
and portions of North Carolina caused
the death of four persons as far as is
known, and inflicted great damage to
property of every description. The
rains have been followed by clear and
much colder weather, accompanied by
high winds. Th? w?athei bureau an-
nounced today that the CbatUthooch«?
river would continue to below vak-
dale during the next thirty-six hours,
and it is feared much dan.age will re-
sult. Warnings to this effect were to-
day sent to all points lik* ly to be ef-
fected. Rainfalls of from five to seven
inches were, reported from several
points for the two days. Thre£~ peo-
ple were drowned .it West. Point, Ga.,
w hile attempting to cross the turbulent
Chattahoochee and Thomas G. Russell
rivers, and an engirieer on the At-
lanta and West Point railroad was
killed in a freight wreck caused by a
Washout. The situation at West Point
is reported serious. Thousands of dol-
lars worth of property has been de-
stroyed and there is much ?■ uttering.
All day Sunday the merchants worked
to save their stocks and moved them
from their flooded stores to places of
safety. At 9 o’clock this morning the
water in the streets at West Point was
two to five feet deep. The removals of
goods were first made in buggies and
other vehicles, but as the water rose
boats were used and rafts were con-
structed as the means of conveyance
Many of the ptKjple spent the night in
historic uld Fort Tyler.
No t^.ins have been sent through
from Atlanta t» Montgomery of er the
Atlanta and vVest Point road since
Saturday and the Southern railway s
New York and New’ Orleans limited
last night was sent around by Bir-
mingham and Meridian.
At Columbus. Ga.. the Chattahoo-
chee rose steadily and at 10 o’clock
today *he guage registered thirty-eight
feet. Parts of the mammoth 1am at
Columbus of the light and power com-
pany have been swept away and the
water is running in tae machinery
room ot the Eagle and Phoenix mills.
The city was in total darkness last
revea s ' night.
Colorado zattlemen talk irrigation.
Saa Antonio has received ma ay hogs.
Vegetables continue in good demand.
Celery wai much in demaid last
week.
Fine Christmas beeves brought fan-
cy prices.
Large tomito acreage will be put in
during 1902.
About 3G0ti head of cattle are be ng i
re.1 al Millett.
W. A. Low ? is feeding 30u cattle at
San Antonio
Several thousand head of cattle are
being fed at Pa:is.
An enormo ;s ume unt of poultry was
sold Chriitinas week.
A. S. Gage bar. bought the Musgrave
ranch, near Marathon.
A few lotaes of calves from blackleg
are reported in Shackelford county.
Eagles killed a fine Shorthorn calf
on J. C. Bird’s ranch near Alpiie.
J. D. J ack sen of Alpine re*?ntl*
•bippped twen y-nine cars of cattle.
Hortkulturietaof Custer county. Ne-
braska, will organize an association.
Mo. paid
This is
itU*. H wan *v vuav ,
rime whether a shortage really existed
t son. which
Nor coni J my predecessor ’ last Thursday by the Robert Wick- New York. Dec. 31.—Rev. N. G.
mers. a German v*>ssel, than was at ( Poon Chow, at present said to be an
; first supposed. Two of her masts are
I badly chafed, nearly all of her stand-
ing rigging on the starboard side was
► l-Mt ElerlrnlnM .N^w Year
New York, Jan. 1.—Today will
ness the inauguration of the electric
system on the Manhattan ”L.” Un-
less something i nforeseen cc< urs to
cause delay, the first electric train
i dented for twenty years.
of business premises, hotels and resi-
| dences are flooded and occupants have
had narrow' escapes. *o rapidly rose
the waters. Ten feet of water covers
Mattlock football ground.
Ing on his assistant on account of his i
carried away, the shaft and other par s
| of her patent, win Hass broken, the
j mainsail on the starboard side broken,
J l«arts of the hull above the water ine
i chafed and numerous minor Injuries
J sustained. Marine men say $W.OOO
will not cover th? damage.
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K-tther F>v«»r*«i!|1 for I*«*m«***.
New York. Jan. 1 —Both Chile and
Argentine are eagec'y negotiating for
f the purchase of warships in Great
* Britian, stys the Lcmdou correspondent
; of the Tribune Chile has. it is said,
been lucky enough to acquire two tor-
Gerinnn Movement I* f>< I>«v«m'.
Washington, Jar 1. -Nothing
been beard from Caracas to s ista in
the report that United States Minister
Bowen.- through urgent repmenta-
tions, has induced the postponement
of the execution of the German pro-
gram. It is certain that no instruc-
tions to that effiect bad been given to
Bowen, though it is admitted t may
be the duty of any United Stares min-
ister to exercise all his powers, with-
in the lines of the general policy of
this country, to prevent possible bl io l-
slied. Confirmatory, evidence is had
from unofficial sources, of the purpose
of the German government to at !**ast
delay action against Venezuela until
the issue of the revolutionary move-
ment against President Castro
ktaown.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 1.—State Health
Officer Tabor ttis afternoon gave out ,
the following signed statement regard-
ing the shortage in the health de- •
part nent:
“On-the assuning (barge of this de-
I partinent November I, 1901, I found
! my predecessor, on a’count of illness,
bad left the office in charge of his as-
sistant I ask id <o be shown the
books belonging to the department,
which was done, and found there had I
been absolutely no system with re- ,
ferepce to the lxx>k Keeping, and I |
also discovered a sma 1 irregularity to ,
which I called the attention of the as-
sistant which he expl uned by saying
it was only an trror Jiat he or Dr.
Blunt ■could rectify. He would not
pursu>* the subject further, but left the
office, and 1 had no opiiortunity of
talking with him again as he left the
city the next day and was in the of-
fice only a few minutos a few days
later. I stated to thi governor the
condit on the books were In and told
him I would have to disn?gard the
books of my predecessor and open a
new ledger; the governor immediately
instructed State Revenue Agent Jame-
son to check up Dr. Blunt’s books to
the dale I took charge The assist-
ant had, in the meantime, made the
request that he be permitted to be
present when the books were investi-
gated that he might exi lain any irre-
gularities that might be found in his
bookkeeping.
“As then; was do susaicion of dis-
honesty this request was granted by
the governor and Mr. Jameson com-
municated with tie a*distant, who
was in North Texas, by wire, who
promise*! to be here a few days later,
ear is making a trip i:; southwest Mis- 1 He arriv«l 1“*le Mon'W and
to Mr. Jameson ttat he had an ap-
--- „ „luu growers. I I»i»'■”<■>'* I” San AMo.no and Hous-
e. . ton on pressing business that
Sterdng county is said to lie adrsir- |
ably fitted for the cultivation of cauil- I
Hower. A p^rty wh > planted some the
bv 4KMr*in this department,
the meantime I had found some irre-
gilarities st one of the quarantine
stations implicating the quarantine '
officer there, and while nvestigating
that office on December 26 I found
positive evidence that vouchers had
j been duplicated and the money drawn j
; ard misapf roprialed by the assistant
> in this office under the administration ' . , . . , L
, pedo boar destroyers now being built
of my predecessor; upon Mr. Jim?- 1 __ . . . _ .
sou’s recommendation the governor
has employed an expert accountant to
examine an 1 check ap all vouchers
on file in the comptroller*) depart-
ment and until he has fin sher the ,
work it will be impossisble to approxi- |
mate the deficiency. Everything was
all right waen the State reYenue ,
agent check id up the ai-cot’uts of the
quarantine departiaent in December.
1899; all irregularities have occurred
since that time.
Georg? S. Tabor.
’State Health Officer.”
A Yellow *tr«*nk
New York, Dec. 31
the employ of McCabe Bros.,
tractors for the new sub-way,
been considerably excited lately owing
to the fact that v/hile taking out some
rock from the excavation at Broad-
way and 189th street, one of th? en»-
ployes who had formerly been a West-
ern miner noticed a yellow streak in
•‘he rock and declared it was gold. A
targe crowd, drawn to th? entrance of
the shaft by the news of the gold d s-
covery, attracted the attention of the
local officers, who reported the news
to the authoriies. An investigation
d? nonstrater that the gold could n?t
be obtained on a paying basis owing
to th? limited amount proc need.
own ill health for several months past
to keep the books and ac-x unts of the
department. Up to the J6th of the
present month, it wai no mown that
any dishonest methods had been used i
e J. Y. Joan?on of (>o:; Angeles, Cal.,
4s said to have the only pigeon ranch.
In the world. He has 15,<«0D adult pig-
eons, sen is ?50 dozen squabs to mar-
ket qvery month and his investment
nets him $12,000 annually.
s J E. Spefce, living on Red river
twelve miles; north ot Ector, has a
corn shredder and busker. It Is said
ta tie the second one in operation *n
T?xas. It saucks anl shells the com
and at the name time :uts to pieces
• alks end shucks.
The University of California has
been asked to recommend to the Phil-
4-plrte commiHsion several men qua’i-
fi-*d by experience and scientific train-
tag to take (t arge of agricultural
periinent stations ii the Philippines.
k member of the Cass County Truck
Growers’ aaLociation planted tomatoes
July 15 oq huhd that had been used for
Irish potatois. He made a nice profit
K »m the latter, arid from the tomatocb
' Le r^vllzed at the rate of $200 per acre.
John Wiriams, the cok»red boy who
Di.ked 37,000 pounds of cotton in El-
lis county in the fall of :900, finished
Ahi picking this season with 33,u00
pound* to his credit Several farmem
<or whom lie worked voach for this
statement.
A deed wa* tiled for record at Bee-
ville, whereby F. a. Waldtr conveys to
J J. Walder. l.i,547 acre* of land ly-
ing in Bee and San Patricio counties
for $31.998.42. This land is to be used
exclusively for grazing purposes.
McFarland Bros, of Weatherford
bought and shipped out 300 head of ■
very fine steers, 150 of them being
purchased from A. J. Center and 150
head from J. M. Finson,
cattle were off the.grass.
T. D. Wo-yds of Victoria purchased
from J. H. Wood, and tbi* heirs of Nan-
cy Wood. 35,000 acres of
300 head of cattle,
•was nearly $200,000.
for Xock raising.
E O. Redford, a farmer who resides
la 1’aJo Pinto
south of Mineral Wells, claims to have
the * hamplou cow. The tuuimaj is one-
iialf Durham, and her cwner asserts
Chat her measurement is 18 1-2 hands.
She s a curioHity.
l iii Euclanai.
Ix)ndon January 1,—The melting
snow has caused the rivers Wye and
Derwent to overflow and the who e
valley of Derwent this morning pre-
sents a scene of desolation unprec -
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