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A: : man who forget a favor seldom
,'.: -' :i S.torgives an injury.
. A small rent in a reputation soon
-becomes' a large hole.
'A patrol wagon brings some Inebriates
to a full stop.
Nothing succeeds like the success of
some people's failures.
Probably Niagara falls because the
bed "of the river can't hold it up.
The square-rigged ship is apt to become
a wreck-tangle in a storm.
People who never get down to business
seldom get up in the world.
A woman void of curiosity must find
life as tedious as a historical novel.
The every-day Christian has seven
chances to the Sunday fellow's one.
A coal dealer says: "As we journey
through life we must live by the
weigh."
We often wonder, if the prince eo
"Wales doesn't feel that his life is being
thrown away.
The man who spent the summer
constructing air castles is now trying
to borrow heat for the air.
You can't judge a wife's love by the
kisses she gives her husband when he
comes home; she may only be suspicious.The poor man must go out and
weather the storm, while the rich man
can stay at home and storm at the
weather,
History tells us the ancient Egyptians
honored a cat when dead. Th,
ancient Egyptians were wise in theL.
day and generation.
How quickly our soldiers and sailors
resume the employment of peace!
Forty men recently discharged from
the United States service, each with a
_ :.-:-.~-'-'~avel over his shoulder, marched in
'* ' V ,-e.ork city against the works the
snowXstorm had built. The soiled uniforms
told of campaigning elsewhere,
and of duty about which there is to
some minds a suggestion of romance.
The unromantic shovel was handled
with a vigor which promised well for
the victories of peace.
Wherever there is a close margin d!
a deadlock in a senatorial election the
use of money on a -very few men is
sufficient to decide the case. Now, if
these members of the legislatures were
acting in full view of their constituents,
they would not be likely to surrender
to bribes or to create scandal
in any way. But they are gathered
together at points which, though central,
are remote from the voters who
elect him, and they feel freer to engage
in underhand transactions. The
remedy for all this is to make the system
of choosing United States senators
democratic. They should be chosen
by the people.
The greed of base gain goes far to
counteract the good results of civilized
contact with the less developed races.
Said John Williams, the missionary
martyr of the Pacific islands: "I dread
to see an American ship come into our
port, for although she may bring missionaries
in her cabin, in her hold are I
the death waters of damnation." A
pathetic petition, signed by Iika Ibia,
Bokaku, Mwambongani, Mwujomoto
and fifteen other oddly nailed native
Christian women, has recently been received
from Benito, in West Africa, beseeching
their American sisters to use
all their influence to prevent the sending
of "rum, gin, brandy and other liquors"
to tempt and destroy the people
of Gaboon and Corisoo.Experiments with. spider webs, to
test their utility and adaptability as
substitutes for silk in certain processes
In which the latter has hitherto been
used, have demonstrated the superiorIty
of the former. They have been
proven of great value in the focal
plane of telescopes, but a factory has
been established near Paris in which
ropes of spider web are woven to be
used in the construction of balloons
for the aeronautic section of the
French army. In this the poor spiders
have no sinecure. Each spider is
constrained to produce and spin from
thirty to forty yards of thread before
dt is released-a condition of things
"which would seem to make a "strike"
on their part morally justifiable! After
being spun, eight of these threads are
then woven into yarn of greater conalstency,
strength and lightness than
silken cords of the same thickness:;:V l T O
It lRlsuits in MUiG B
:, , D6stru6tion lTrouble in Samoa.
San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 19.-A
cablegram from Auckland, N. Z., under
date- of Jan. 15, says:
When the Oceanic steamship Alameda
left Apia on Jan. 12, a revolution
had broken out in the Samoan islands
and was being waged with much bloodshed
and great destruction of property.
The warships Falke and Porpoise,
the latter in command of Capt.
Sturdee, were then at the islands, and
were taking part in suppressing the
uprising.
On Dec. 31 the chief justice determined
in favor of Mailetoa Tanu,
claiming Mataafa was barred by the
treaty of Berlin. On Jan. 1 6000 of
Mataafa's followrs rose in rebellion
and defeated 2000 of Malietoa's men,
ambushing them, killing tirt.een natives
and wounding many. The rebels
have burned 400 houses and razed the
town of Upolo.
The bread fruit trees have been cut
down in many places. The foreigners
are uninjured.
The crew of the Porpoise is guarding
the mission as a refuge for Malietoa.
The three consuls have sIgned a
proclamation recognizing the Mataafa
party provisional government pending
instructions from the powers, with
President Rafael as executive head.
On the 6th instant, Rafael, Rose concurring,
proclaimed the supreme court
and took possession, declaring himself
justice. He asked Mataafa for 500 men
and was refused. The British and
American consuls united in a strong
protest against the action of the president
of the municipal council.
On the 7th instant Capt. Sturdee of
the Porpoise and two consuls declared
the action illegal. The Porpoise cleared
for action and landed a force of marines.
Her force was unopposed and
and took possession of the court. The
British and American flags were hoistod
over the courthouse. The provisional
governor wrote to Sturdee on the
12th instant that he would seize Malietoa
and take Tamasese off the Porpoise
by force if necessary deprive them of
their titles and desert them. The
British and American consuls have
protested against any infringement of
the Berlin treaty.
British residents have taken refuge
in their consulate and the American
residents have taken refuge in the mission.
An American warship is urgently
needed here.
Sugar Bounty.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 19.--The appearance
of the old Texas sugar bounty
claim awakes much interest in Texas
circles up here. Judge Kittrell's resolution,
however, is not as clear to national
legislators as it might be. This
is, from the abbreviated reports, it is
difficult to know whether he is trying
to collect the Texas sugar bounty
claim or is trying to hold that $45,000
which Gov. Culberson asks the legislature
to refund to the federal government.The comptroller of the treasury was
seen and he said that the department
recognized the sugar bounty claims as
legal, and that while there was no
appropriation on hand to pay such
claims, if properly presented and certified
to congress would likely make
the necessary appropriation.
Of course Texas would-have received
under the bounty act far more than
the $45,000 which Texas now holds in
trust, so to speak, for the federal government.
There were specified conditions,
however, under which the bounty
was granted. For instance, the
prospective beneficiary was required
to make federal appropriation before
the crop came on, giving the number
of acres in cane, the prospective
yield and so on. This Texas never
did, and Hogg's veto message chilled
the eagerness of Texas congressmen
to get the bounty. If Texas has her
records of sugar production, the bounty
may be collected.
Cecil Rhodes has raised $10,000,000
for a railroad from Buiuwayo to Khartoum.A break in the dam at Cleveland,
O., swept a $350,000 bridge away."1;0 '-? a- -;lih Secretary Alger' was n ot pre s ent ad
...i!0;~~~ .~~~:.*. this has given rise t, the rumor: that a
bI reach had taken place between hin
and the president.
/ It is difficult to learn whether there
is any truth in the rumor, so closemouthed
are all officials whose testiI'_
_ mony is worth relating.
.'-;- . . It is published here that Secretary
In Congress. Alger has notified the president of a
Washington, Jan. 19.-The feature of desire to resign from the cabinet, but
yesterday's session of the senate was the statement is regarded as guess
a speech by' Mr Bacon (Dem.) of Geor- work.
gia in support of his resolution declar- In congressional circles, however,
ing that the United States would not the belief is prevalent that the war deassume
sovereignty over the Philippine partment is going to witness some imislands.
Following Mr. Bacon's speech portant developments soon. Very fewthe Nicaragua canal bill was taken ui
and remained under discussion unti
6 o'clock. Amendment after amendment
was voted down and until almost
the last minute it seemed likely that.
vote on the measure would be reached
this evening, but just as the final vote
was about to be called for Mr. Allison
(Rep.) of Iowa exploded a bomb under
the bill by offering an amendment providing
that the secretary of the treasury
should issue bonds to raise money
with which to 'construct the canal.
The friends of the measure then consented
to an adjournment.
The committee on interstate and foreign
commerce had the right of way
in the house yesterday and succeeded
in passing quite a number of bills of
minor importance. Then the bill to
grant the Pacific cable company a subsidy
of $100,000 a year for twenty years
for the construction and operation of
a cable was called up and a very spirited
debate followed.
Deeds of Desperadoes.
Knoxville, Tenn:, Jan. 19.-Joel and
Chas. Necessary, William Freeman and
Samuel Duncan, reputable citizens of
Scott county, Virginia, were the victims
of a terrible assault in he mountains
of that county. As a result the
Necessary brothers died, William P-reeman
is fatally shot and may die and
Duncan is seriously shot in the leg.
They went to the home of the Flannery
desperadoes in the Scott county mountains
and there attempted the arrest of
Wiliam Flanixery, who is wanted for
a murder committed three years ago.
William was captured and fastened to
a horse which was in waiting. As the
party was about to leave Pat Flannery
fired upon them. The Necessarys were
shot in the breast. Freeman received
a wound ir the back and Duncan in the
leg. William Flannery was rescued by
Pat and both made their escape. The
injured men were discovered by passersby
and medical aid was summoned
from Rogersville, Tenn., fifteen milec
distant. The man for. whose murder
William Flannery is wanted was a
member of the celebrated Hatfield
gang. A large reward is offered for
Flannery.
Postmasters and Pensions.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed:
Gunter, Graysonc ounty, A. P. Ford;
Harrisburg, Harris county, Louisa H.
Bennett; Isaca, Red River county,
Tames M. Cross; Lacey, Young county,
I. M. Summers; Lipscomb, Lipscomb
county, Amos 0. Buckner; Novice,
Coleman county, Richard 0. Bush;
Vanetia, Leon county, Roger W. Bass.
A postoffice has been established at
Searedo, Sterling county, with L. D.
Adams as postmaster.
Texas pensions-Original: Charles
H. Bruce, San Antonio, $6; Salithil
D. Truitt, Dallas, $6. Widows: Mary
A. McAlister, Millburn, $8; Mary Bergman,
Dallas, $8.
Jnimpedl Overboard.
Boston, Mass., Jan. 19.-The steamer
San Marcos, from Galveston ,reports
the suicide of a woman passenger,
whose name is unknown, while the
steamer was passing through the Florida
straits. She was the only woman
passenger on board and was apparently
a well educated woman. She was
rather gloomy during the passage and
remarked that she had had a quarrel
with her lover in Galvoston and
had run away from him.. On Wednesday
she went on deck and jumped
overboard. She disappeared from sight
immediately and it is presumed that
her body was drawn under the propeller.
The suicide was on her way to
New York, where she said she had relatives,
but beyond that nothing is
known of her by the steamer's officers.
Ahmed Fedil's force, numbering
2000, has surrendered to the British.
J. C. Burrows was elected senator
from Michigan.people believe the war department has
been conducted exactly as the president
desired it conducted. and it is
said that the forthcoming report of the
war investigating commission will give
Secretary Alger an easy letting
down, and thus permit his graceful retirement
to private life.
Alger is certainly not inclined to rejoice
over his cabinet carreer, but has
clung on rather than retire under fire,
and the president's abhorrence of an
administration scandal has inferenentiallly
induced him to give his secretary
of war every opportunity for
clearing up the dark spots now resting
on the war department. There is very
little interest manifested in the coming
report o fthe war investigating commission.
From the moment that Alger
requested its appointment down to this
day the mass of opinion here has regarded
the commission as a body designed
to whitewash the blunders of
the war department and pave the way
to Alger's resignation. Hence, when
the report is made it is naturally expected
that Alger will retire.
This is doubtless the explanation of
the resignation rumors now rife in the
cauital. The Eagan matter may interfere
with this programme by precipitating
an explosion before the process
has been completed. At all events the
cool heads in congress and in the army
want to see all disorganizing influence
eliminated so the army may speedilyentire sesiou or tieeatey'grai
was deyoted to theonrd eratoio f iithl"
pending 'Nicar aguacana l pee
* were mde in,'suppirt ofthe measure."
by Mr.'Ohilt6n of:-exas nd'M' Tuener
of Washiningt an opposition. '
to it by Mr. Spooner of Wisconsin. : '
At 3 o'clock considerationf'f the bill .-:
under the fifteen-minute rule was be-, e
gun and was continued to -the close. of ,'-"'
the session. < -
The first vote reached was, on an
amendment offered by Mr. 'Rawlins of
Utah which in brief provided that the
United. States should have absolute
control of the canal. for military or
naval purposes with power to dictate X'
the waterway during the existence of
war.
'A provision was inserted in the bill
providing that no more than $5,000,000
should be paid the Maritime Canal
company for its concession and work
already done on the canal.
The friends of the pending bill rallied
against the amendment and it was
defeated by the decisive vote of 3&
to 9.
When adjournment was taken the
substitute measure offered by Mr. Caffery
of Louisiana was before the senate.The house yesterday passed the naval
personnel bill without division on
the final passing, thus accomplishing
what the officers of the navy have
striven for during more than a decade.
Ry its provision the line and engineer
corps are welded into an amalgamated
line, staff officers are given positive
rank, but their command is limited to
their own corps and a system of voluntary
and compulsory retirement on
three-quarters pay as of the next higher
rank of forty officers a year is established,
which is designed to remove
the congestion in the lower rank at 45.
The bill also practically equalizes their
pay with that of army officers. Three
important amendments were adopted.
One creates a judge advocate's corps,
another abolishes prize money, and a,
third provides for the retirement on:
three-quarters pay of enlisted men and
petty officers in the navy after thirty
years' service. But the most important
change in the bill as reported wasregain the place it had formerly occu- the adoption after a hard fight of a:
pied in the affection and confidence of substitute for the organization of thethe nation.
What White Says.
Berlin, Jan. 18.-The United States
ambassador here, Mr. Andrew D.White,
said to a correspondent:
"As a conclusive answer to the assertion
that the Germans wish to stir
the Filipinos against the United States,
one fact, out of many which may be
mentioned, seems to me as conclusive
to the contrary. It is that from the beginning
the German merchants in the
Philippines have been the strongest advocates
of American rule. When the
war with Spain was pending, the head
of one of the leading German houses
in Manila came to Berlin, saw me and
urged the importance of our assuming
sovereignty there and taking complete
control. He spoke to the same purpose
here at the foreign office, and then
went to Paris and saw various members
of the peace commission and urged
them most earnestly to the same effect.
He insisted that the interests of
German merchants there demanded
that our sovereignty of the islands be
maintained, and he has since furnished
us a document of great length on the
subject, embodying statistical considerations
of various sorts, wherefore he
must have had the collaboration of
many of his fellow merchants there.
Altogether I regard this as a most significant
fact against all the loose, wild
chrges that the Germans are seeking
to undermine Americn authority in the
islands. If that were so, they would
simply wreck their own interests, and
this they know-better than anybody
else."
Resignation Received.
Washington, Jan. 18.-Speaker Reed
has received the resignation of Gov.
Sayers of Texas as a member of the
house. The resignation of Gov. McMillan
of Tennessee is expected to follow
Boon.To Express Views.
Paris, Jan. 18.-There was considerable
interest taken in the lobbies of the
chamebr of deputies yesterday over the
announcement that the minister of foreign
affairs, M. Del Cassee, would seize
an opportunity at the close of the discussion
of the foreign office portion of
the budget to express his views on the
Hispano-American war, the Catholic
protectorate in the east and the Fashoda
incident.marine corps, by which the cor -
to consist- of 6000 enlisted, d>rfd .:
petty officers, with genessad :' ,
staff. This will increase th :
corps by 1300 men and ifnsred<'
cost of its maintenance $1,500,(01 /
eral unimportant bills were pass..i
unanimous consent before the per : ..
nel bill was taken up.
John Russell Young Dies. , - _.*wWashington, Jan. 18.-John Russell;.
Young, librarian of the congressional
library, died at his residence here at
9:40 yesterday morning after an i11ness
of several weeks.
Dr. Freer, the attending physician,
states that death was due to acute.
Bright's disease with complications,
overwork and too much brain wok.
The funeral will be held Saturdaymorning
at 11 o'clock at St. John's
Episcopal church in this city. The interment
will be in Washington and will
be private.
John Russell Young had a notable
career as journalist, diplomatist, public
official and the intimate associate
of distinguished public men.
President Rafael Iglesias of Costa
Rica visited Queen Victoria at Osborne
house, Isle of Wright. The warships
here dressed ship and fired a salute of
twenty-one guns in honor of the president.Cockrell Re-Elected.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 18.-Francis.
Marion Cockrell has been re-elected
to his fifth term in the United States
senate by the legislature, the two
house voting separately. The election
was ratified by both houses in joint,
session.
Chauncey M. Depew will succeed Edward
Murphy as senator from New
York.
Cushman K. Davis was re-elected
senator from Minnesota.Dixon Wins.
New York. Jan. 18.-Once more
George Dixon proved his cleverness and
hard-hitting ability last night at the /
Lenox Athletic club, where he met and
defated young Pluto of South Africa in
the tenth round of what was to havebeen
a twenty-round bout.
A town known as Cumberland is
being laid off in the Chickasaw nation.A
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 6, Number 19, Saturday, January 21, 1899, newspaper, January 21, 1899; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46786/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ferris Public Library.