The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 285, Ed. 1, Tuesday, January 14, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS
HOUSTON TEXAS
11 5
GALVANIZED AND BLACK
ROOKING AND BRIGHT
LARGPST AND BrST ASSORTMENT
IN THE SOUTHWEST
PEDEN CO
City Oflet on Franklin avenue Tele
phone 170
NOW IN STORE
New York Seed Potatoes in
12peck barrels
Tennessee Triumph Potatoes
in 100 pound sacks
WRITE US FOR PRICES
T H THOMPSON CO
HOUSTON TESAB
From now on through the winter I of
fer large quantities of choice Mowers
cspoclall Marechal Nolll Brides and
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> rMesmaids Roses Lily of the Vallej
violets and Panslis
Also White now and Artistic Floral
era
work
WHITAKER
Florist No 603 Travis Street Houston
C P SHEARN
Healer in
S ea Oat MiUot Seed Sorghum
Seeds Seed Corn Oats Sran
Hay and all kinds of Teea
Travl ana Capitol SU Phone No 40
TODAYS EVENTS
YTno
AmeiiV Yi stat < > assembly of tho
nl
Lc n oration
a annual of Labor will meet
session ttxlaj
iE1 iSU nP A Jc P waterway con
mmnJl lw > l > h < re t0 > aJ > Several
prominent men Will address the gathering
noTSJSTOV N > CTho legislature will
< > la
Jvn > > Tho speakership contest
T h0Ueat lat cor occuircd
New Je
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toV 1onK TTI ° rcgulnr annual mcct
Sv mf b = of the National Hunt
WlioliMShcld ls aflcrnoon
T9N Thp Massachusetts Woman
Sf
IwrYa annu al convention begln a
Rill nSi sl0 ocln > JIrs Llvermoro
make an address
ifV SW GT9 N 0 annual meeting
ccurS Lh 11 5taM rotters ns oilutioii
n thl K1 > < > question of a change
deling w1U bo tuJ alrcU nt llu
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utl Pi i F0 Tne evidence In the prose
r PRov eminent of the alleged
efor 1 comlP will prolmbl bo taken
wet toSu S JUry whlch ls caied
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r V ru r ° TexanMoellnu of the
i tsii is t0Pk association heio today
reem ° r mro lllJ > an > meeting of
state grazing JI lcat > competition and
laws wlu be lUeussol
MORE AMERICANS
ARRESTED
reVS nThe Capetown cor
ffA M ot th0 I Oazette cables
JohJ rersons irrost d by tho Boeri nt
ilona AShur nclun th0 follow ins addl
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IWIn and Charles
Butlers
fefy i9 < itoM a wnitAv
MAILABLE EDITION
A E F MGQWEN
IRON jp BRASS WORICS
HOUSTON TEXAS
Steam Pumps Steel Shaftlnr Iron Pul
leys Wood Pulleys 3lnoh Boiler
Tubes Machinery and Re-
pair Work
WEATHER INFORMATION
LAST NIGHTS READINGS
An area of high prcssuro is central over
tho laku regions tonight where tho baro
meter ls SO ii The area of low pressure Is
central over tho Oulf States where tho
prcssuro Is 50 IS
Tno vfather Is clear eicept In tho
southeastern portion of tho country where
It ls cloudy Very llttlo rain has fallen to
nlsht Tho preatcst amount was 01 at
Corpus Christl Texas
Weather clear In Texas hence fair and
stationary tempenturo ls the forecast for
tho next twelve boms
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
Observations taken by United States
weather bureau at all stations at S p m
75th meridian time
Stations Tomp Rain
Abilene Texas 41 00
Amarlllo Texas Sb 00
Atlanta Ga 40 00
Corpus Christl Texas M 06
Dodgo City Kin
Divenport Iowa
El Paso Texas
Gall i ton Texas
Jacksonville Ili
Kansas City Mo
Memphis Tenn
Montgomery AK
Nashville Tenn
New Orleans Ia
North Platte Neb
Oklahoma O T
Omahi Neb
Palestine Texas
St Louis Mo-
St Paul Minn
Vlcksburg Miss
TODAVS PROBABILITIES
Wafcblngton January 11 Por Arkan
hnr ralr northerly v Inds
JIlNslsslppl and Eastern Texas Pair
slight nktheily winds
Montana Pilr nnd colder northerly
winds
Wvomlng ralr colder In northern nnd
en tern portion northerly winds
Coorado Pair colder In extreme north
cast portion rortherly wind
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Washington January 11 Very few ot
the members of tho National democratic
committee which is to meet hero Thurs
lay to cot tho tl no and place for holding
tho National democratic convention of
lDo hnvo vet reached tho city Chair-
man Harrlty and S P Sherrln of In
cllana sccrclarj of tho National commit
tec nro among tho most promlnnt arri
vals up to date and th y nrn registered
at the Arlington whero the battle Is to
bo fought Of tho delegations which arc
coming to peisuado tho committee that
their respective cities nie the hest pl ces
for holding the convention only tho ad
vanco guard of those from New York
and St Loul3 havo arrived
TO SUPPORT PRYE
Washington Jamiarj 1 The republi-
can membois held a brief cnucus after
tlw adjournment of the senate tod ly
aril decided that In case the emergency
should arise they would support Hoiator
Prje for president pi 3 tern of the sen-
ate It was ruggested as probable thai
might unexpectdly bo
the vice pusldeit
absent at somo time and that In that
event it would bo well for the republicans
to bo prepared for thft occvslon No vote
with
was taken hut tho suggestion m t
unanimous fnvor It was also nirnefl to
postpono any consideration of tho ques
tlon after electing a sergcantatanns
until the senators from Utahwho are toon
expected to nriive shall tako their scats
Ibis proposition was also received with-
out oppcsltlon
PAVORABLE TO SIMONTON
Washington Jnnuiry 13The enB °
oommittee on judiciary today decided to
favotably the nomination of Chas
leport
B Slmonton to bo district attorney of
tho western district of Tennessee This
appointment was ordered by Senator liar
rls and clnrgs were illed but were not
regirded na sufllclent by the Judlclao
committee
NLY T1VO
DAYS TO NEW YORK
JNE DAY TO ST LOUIS LOUISVILLE AND
CHICAGO
rur
ENTYTWO HOURS TO MEMPHIS
Vla
THE I g N FAST MAIL TRAIN
Leaves Houston daily at b25 p m
tatU V j
of the board of public works
J
YESTERDAYS EUENT8
for eTon
Havana still In a state of excitement on
ncpount of the close proximity of tho In
BurBfnts who are buitilns nelKhborlns
tew ns
Gomez and his Rfuerili countermarehlnR
thniiBh Cuban proxlnces
Clptnln tleneral Campos dlslicartencvl al
the course of events In Cuba
The Cuban Insuncintit supplied with
tver > lhlnrf except ammunition which
however tl ev have money to lny for
An Important letter relating to tho Yen
crttelan hound uy written b > Lord Aber-
deen In 1SII broucht to llRht
Clnrles Letrard chaliinan if the Trans
vnal Nnlionil union arretted nt Sea
Point mar Cap Town
in Vr ° nllent JohanncsburKcrs anxsted for
it
Our toeh of HEAVT TTARDWATtB
MACHINERY and RAILROAD HUP
i liES Is larger and more complete than
ever Wo solicit correspondence
F W HBITMANN CO
HOUSTON TEXAS
FirstClass Foundru Work
We are prepared to furnish promptly st
lowest market prices Castings etc well
made and suited to mi ilrements If In
terested apply for further information
HARTWELL IRON WORKS
Houston Texas
e Ki V banished from the Trans
tsnV ii < s
Trnv aAj B suivport of Ilu sli nnd
Prance Hild to have made the kaiser moio
cautious
Piospects that Englands fleet may be
sent to Tujkey to cuoperato with Russia
and Prance In bringing tho sultan to lib
scn es
Great Britain continues to prepare for
naval war 011 an extensive scale
The mnssacre ot Annenl uis continues
thousands being sUughtetcd
Turkey refuses to ullow the Red Cross
Society to distribute monej to Armenians
DOMESTIC
Tour persons drowned and two injured
by tho sinking of the eleamei Congo In
the Mississippi river
Tho Pawnee Indians ghost dancing
An Indlanollo saleslads shoots nt an
Irsolent floorwalker
Mississippi democrats balloting for a ben
utor to succeed Senntor George
Tho drawing of tho color lino In the
public schools of Perry O T causes trou-
ble
THE CONGRESS
Resolutions Introduced In the house de-
nouncing strongly the Armenians massl
ores ind asking the allied powers to wipe
Turkey from the face of the eartlu
Tho pension appropriation bill under dis-
cussion in tho homo
Senator 11111 ha a tilt with populist nnd
republican Bcnators over tariff and Income
tax legislation
Senator Morgan cpoko on the silver bond
bill criticizing Senator Shermans finan-
cial policy
STATE
Public land sales and leases have In-
creased largely under tho new law and
CcmmMoner Baker commends it highly
Gold standard mien aro said to be con-
templating a fight on Governor Culberson
Killing of Dr 1ennox by Worth Dun-
can at Detiolt created much commotion
In North Texas
A mad dog attacked and bit several peo-
ple at Brenham before IHng killed
Waco will havo conventions of drum-
mers doctors Knights of Labor and
mvlnn breeders
Cattlemen aro gathering In large num-
bers at San Antonio
Failures 1 Harris Navasota San An
tonlo Builders Supply company
SPORT
Dick Behaii Carrio B Ixlon Roosevelt
and High Test winners In the New Or-
leans races
Peter Malicr goes to Las Crucas to
train
Headquarters for the rale of tickets to
tho big nght opened In Juarez Mexico
Al OBrien and Stnnton Abbott nnd
Charley Johnson and Jerome Qulgley fight
draw s
RAILROAD
T B L > nch olected compiler ot tho
Texas rato sheet
Tho Missouri Kansas and Texas cotton
statement
Final arrangements completed for
through mail service between United
States and Mexico
Wreck on tho Southern Pacific noar El
Paso
Secretary Featherstono of the Gulf and
Intcrstato explains cause of delay In com-
p ctlon of lino
THE MARKETS
Spot cotton at Houston quiet and un-
changed middling 7 13lCc
Cott n futures declined a fow points
In all markets
Houston Ins shipped over 12000 bales of
cotton to Japan this teieon
H T Wilson a Now York authority
estimates tho cotton crop at 7200000 bales
Fall In tho prlco of cattle In Chicago
due to a big run
Wheat corn and oats In Chicago de-
cline
Stocks nnd bonds close strong at top
figures
CITY COUNCIL
Chief of Police Pructt asks for increase
of tho police force
Alderman Packard sidewalk ordlnanco
killed
W N Shaw B A Rlesner and C II
Bering named nnd confirmed as mcnbera
An ordlnanco for the collection of ad
valorem taxes Introduced and passed
The labor ordinance itcelvcd and illod
LOCAL
Judge George Clark of Waco In tho
city Awaiting c decision In the Greer
counly case
Good Government League holds a meet
Ing and selects an executive committee
M F Ellis charged with swindling Mrs
Votan out of 1000
Receiver Klrbjs report flled at Galves-
ton jesterday
Republican ward clubs organized last
night
Deed of trust filed by O 8 Robinson S
Co
Suits filed in the civil district clerks
otnee
I Yjjjr Hjfj i j
fWiff T f e w w j 5 BS
HOUSTON TEXAS TUESDAY JANUAEY 14 1896
THE CRISIS NOT OVER
South African Politicians Arc Still
ApprchcnsUc
WARRANTS OUT FOR TWO HUNDRED
The New Cabinet uf Cape Colon He
junkd ns Uctntj Weak
JAMHSOXS KANK AND 1MLE
limy Are to Ho lUnllnd Hrnin llinTuni
v at unit K1111II1 Africa lt > rrotcet
American tlilsrp
London January 13 mong tho South
African politicians it Is felt that the
Irnnsvanl crisis Is hi no means ovir nnd
It Is hcld by them thai the banishment
and Intridlctlon placid on the property of
tho chief men of Johunnisburg can not bq
tckiutid This feeling grows out ot u Jo
hiiunebburg dUjatch uiorllng that wut
nuts are out foi the arrest of over 200
people all leading men In the mines and
principal compcules of the stock exchange
und of tho piofessioinl dement It wur
added lhat umong thosi ineated were sev-
eral Americans and Girmnns Including J
S Curtis an American engineer It b
genlrnlly admitted also that the new inli
iuet of Capo Colon Is w i > nk and it Is not
thought llkel > that It will last lor any
length ot time C mhlderablo feeling bus
alsj be < n caUjcd among the South Africans
here by a dispatch fiom Capo Jown an-
nouncing the arr st at Sea Point a suburb
of Cape Town > t Charles Leonard chair-
man of the Transvaal National union tin
del extradition proceedlnss This 1 espe
cially cittlclzed severely and the Globe
a ks win the Cape government Is doing
President Krugers work for him and re
fufing Brltona an asjlum which lias not
been denied to political offenders ot othor
nttlors
Taken altogether however tho Bltuitlon
may be regarded oa being mere satlatac
toil Hum on Siturdiy last
In spit ot the fact thnt no official dec
Hrntlons hive been made regarding the
dti > of > ltlon of Dr Jamesons rank and flleu
little do ibt Is felt that the prominent Jo
hannesburgers arrested for treason will lie
banished not onlj from the Transvnnl
but from tho British po scsMons in South
Afrlcn It Is generally considered tier
that this step Is essential If a liOBIbllltv
of a rectnenco of the raid la to Le pie
vinted
Mr Rhcdcs statement that ho Is but
beginning his political life seems to be
the view held by many her and It Is
pointed out that although he has doubt
lets lost tho support of Hoffmcyer tl o
Afrikander badcr nnd the Dutch vote of
the Cnpe there Is every reason to sup-
pose hat If ho Is defenled by his politlrnl
constituent he will easily carry nnotlirt
where the Dutch vote l not Important
The colonial office has no further Trans
vanl news of rufflclent importance to give
10 the riibllc
Solly led a membci of the Rind reform
committee according to a dl pikh from
Cape Town has Just been arrested tin re
on a thatg of treason nlfo under extra
dltlon proceedings He Is a nephew of
Barney Birnato the socilled 1 Inp or th >
Knflr fcolly Joel Is reported to hale
mil hat It cost him 12 000 pounds IuO00
to get out of the TrnnsianI
Among tho ptlscners nf the Boers nt Jo
InnncsburH Is a brother of Dr Jameson
The St James Oi7 tte thlf aftennon
devotes much spico 10 the V < nezuelan
question and sns We hive qullo enough
to think nbrut without quarreling with
Germany We have not ended our dlfli
ciili with America
AMERICAN SUBJECTS
The Home Government Ask Protection
For John Hns Hammond
Washington Inuuary 13 Senators Per
kins and White of California called at tho
slate department today to urge Sccrctar
Olno to tnko such steps a in ly Iw lie
cessary to secure proper treatment for
John Has Hammond the American min
ing engineer who Is rcportid to have
been arrested by tho Boer officials at
Johannesburg on a chargo of treason In
connection with tho recent upiislng of
tho ritlindcrs In tho Transvaal
Secretary Olncy lnfoimed Ms csllcrJ thil
ho had cabled Amlussador Baard to
soctiro from tho foreign office in London
a direction to the British representatives
in South Africa to usn their good offices
to protect American citizens
Tho secretary assured tho California
renators tint American citizens in the
Transiall can not be tried for treason so
that Hammonds llfo Is not 1 danger
In rcponro to Secretary 01nes cable
ram Ambassador Baynrd this afternoon
wind thnt the British secretary of state
for Hie rolonles had given him nssuranio
that ho ha1 Instructed her nnjwtSB high
cominlfsloner in South Africa to extend
tho snme protection In behalf of Hammond
and nil other Amrrlcnn eltlen Involved
In tho charge ot rebrlllon In the Trans-
vaal as would bo shown In theInterest of
Ilrltsh subjects In like cln umstaneee
Theso cnl kgrams nre bellevtd to be slg
nlflcant as indicating a better understand-
Ing bitween the two governments thuu
was supposed to exist
PRESS COMMENT
London January 13 The Times this
morning makea a reference to the strange
ntRs of the fact that Sir Jacobus do Wet
the British agent at Pretoria failed to
obtain eVldence of any approaching trouble
or to reach Dr Jameson after ho had
started
Tho Times sa8 It Is advisable to
replace him by an Englishman An ex-
perienced and cnergctio man in that pool
tlon could render valuable service in
watching tho Interests of tho Ultlandera
and seeing that President Kruger honor-
ably executed whatever concessions aro
made
t
TRIPLE ALLIANCE ADVOCATED
London lanuary 13 The Chronicle has
an editorial this morning strongly support-
Ing an English alliance with Kranca anl
Russia
The Dally News strongly condemns the
Cliartered South Africa company but
ndmlts thnt Fngllshmen cro pleased to
testify In pny way to their regard for
America
The Times says It may bo disagreeable
to reopen ncgotlaticna with Venezuela
but surely we are billing to make 1 senil
menial sacrlllco In order to rctalnj tho
friendship of tho United 8tat s
PEACE WITH DISHONOR
London January IS A Berlin dispatch
to tho Times says The semiofficial press
K SW 1Oi <
maintains a complete sllenco respecting
the letters of Queen Victoria and Em-
peror William
The Kolnlsche Keltung under tho head
lug Peace With Dishonor rnnsicks the
dictionary to heap nbuse upon England
Dr Jameson and tho Ultlanders but the
press bureau of the foreign office ma be
left to reconcile this sott of Inngunire
with the official assurances that the gov
rrntrvht only deslies an nmlcablo solution
of tho difficulties
Theodore Barth an Influential member
of tho relcbstasr write In tho Nation
warning llcnnnny thnt only Frnnf will
Clin by an AngloGcrmm quarrel and
England Is doing her duty In protecting
the Interests of her subjects
Tho Times has n dispatch from Vienna
which rn > a The rumors of an nlllaneo be
twien England Franco nnd ltuyohi de-
pressed th bourse It vas a trifling In-
cident but It should serve as a warning
that tho drelbund can not nffnrd to bo
Indifferent to Englands altitude
RATHER CONTRADICTORY
While Germany Did Not Tin eaten She
Made Overtures to Portugal
London January 13 Cop righted 1W
by the Associated Prcfcs It re cms prett
well established In tho public mind thnt
Emperor William did not inian to threaten
war on England by his message ot s > ill
path to President Kruger mid tho re-
ports which were circulated 11 fiw daa
two of a European nlllinet > bads of Get
maii and against England find llttlo
credence It seems to bo accepted thnt
tlo German emperor slmpl Intended to
cxprcM his own opinion t > f the Jamei > on
raid In tho mtasago nnd the tempornr
sentiment of lriltutlon which tl had
caused him
This Is the general feeling of the public
mind nnd those organs of tho public which
aro In touch with the goicrnmont havo
undoubted sought to deepen this im
impression
But this still lcave unexplained the
uncontradlettd assertion that the German
government dll upply to Portugal for per-
mission to pass nun lues through Portu-
guese territory at Delugoa l > av to the
Transvaal nor does It explain the unflag-
ging prep nation of wur material and
equipment tf war forces In England
Of inoto forco seems the nrgumi j of
time newspapers that the wavering sup
pert of Russia nnd Prance has ndmonluhed
the Geininn war It a tint the luterpntn
tlon put upon his message b Englind was
putting him Into a hazardous position
Whether this or foiiio other considera-
tion hns nltered the slluatlont It ls > ct r
taln that the diplomatic agents of all
the governments of Europe have been
kept busy In tho last few weeks and It
Is expected that the full result of their
labors ls not In the knowledge of tho
public
That England his had n vision of de
struttlon ot tho balance of pqwer In
Europe with lieretlf In the descending
scale H certain Whether she has made
other strokes In tho hidden field of diplo-
macy besides hrr formidable fliow o1
naval forco is not et known
1 he first feelings of assurances ove
the better situation of the relations with
Germany ls met by notes of warning that
there aro still possible seeds for much
lancor and dinger In tho situation In
tiro Transvaal and that tho Veneruelan
queetton Is nfler all not > et sottlcd nor
any basis agreed upon for Its witlle
ment
Interest In the great nnval probations
however contlnuts to absorb the public
mind A nport which has been circulated
to the effect that the governnu nt Intends
to moblltro tin forces is In circulation
tonight but lnatiuctlons from tho wa
department blue lerentl been sent to
all comnianrii rs of itVuideci regiments
asking them to return the probible mini
ber nf volunteers thnt could be mobilized
and In take the arrangements that would
be nee ssarv for doing so
At Woolwich below London on Ihn
Thames tho great nnennl which covers
on hundred nerea of ground Is retelvlng
constant additions to Its great stores of
1 aval nnteilnl md the netlvltv in all
depiitmrnls there Is unabated The tor-
pedo factory Is Increasing Its output nnd
the men In that depirtment aro working
many hours overtime Th torpedoes ns
fast ns tbev nru manufactured nrn dls
patched to Portsmouth nnd Dover the for-
mer tho principal naval station of Eng
lind with a fortified harbor tint will lloi
tho whole of the English nivy nnd the
latter the chief port of communication
between Englind nnd the continent T
government intends It Is nnnounced to
have the e well supplied with toipedo
boats and with torpedo destroyer
One fenturo of tho war scare which
Is much dwelt upon here Is the harm
It has deno to the German trade Ger
min Import houses hero announce that
there ban been n big decrease In their
eiders since the scare The orders of one
big fnncy dry goods firm It Is announced
hnvo decreued V per cent It Is fesired
thnt the quarrel will result In a per-
manent Injury to tho trade
AFFAIRS SHIFTING
Englands Fleet May be Sent to Call Tur-
key to Time
London January J The political crisis
has reachd a tt ige in further develop
menls must l > o nwn before tho general
public ill form a definite Idei hew Iho
wind Ls blowing The Westminster Gazette
this nftrnonn touching upon tho mlsun
ilerstandlnrf between Great Britain and tho
United State sa > s It sees a distinct
break Iij tho coluds nnd hopes a settle-
ment satlsfactoo to Great Britain and
tho United Slates will be effected wii >
Venezuela direct and Intimates that tho
BiH7lllan minister Is closel dentlll > d
v llh tht latest proposed iolution of this
controversy
Hi fcrrlng to tho troublo between Great
Ilrltuln and German the Westminster
Gaetto remarks Tho effects of tr
shifting of English Joinings from Oer
nanv to France and Russia Is nlreidy
evident In efforts miking to explain Em-
peror WIUiiirB telegram Tho dazelto
adds If our Irformatlon Is correct
the marquis of Ballsburjs tit sire to be
better friends with Prince has already
brought forth somo fruit
Iho Minclicster Guardian coinmentlrg
on the British naval preparation iays
ccnslderablt credence Is attached to the
stcry that tin fllng squadron which Is to
iintmblo at Portland early this we k is
more likely to go to tho Dardanelles than
Deluge a bay
Erri eror Williams message came at Just
the rlcht time to give the ministers an
ortsc for making preparations really In-
tended to l iik their new policy which
will end the Armenian horrors and bring
the eultnn to his senses The latert rumor
prints to ft land invasion by Russia and n
joint mval elemonstratlon at Constantino-
ple by Great Britain and France
GENEROUS AMERICA
London January 11 The Blnndard tho
coiwerv atlvu government organ sa > e In
an editorial this morning
1 The cabinet en Saturday decided to
publish the1 Venervra pa > er at tho
earliest possible moment
Wo gladly take this opportunity to
bear testimony to the magninlmous at
titude of the Amerlan Nation to us at a
time when communities leja generous
thought a favorable opportunity had arisen
for adopting towards us a tone of Insult
> u i
I V
If not of menace This conduct was wor-
thy ot tho Americans and has materially
Influenced Lord Salisbury s decision
The maintenance of frlendnhlp with
America Is rdnais a ilrst consideration
with England We say Oils to the Ameri
can people with the absolute candor ot
deep ente < l cordiality
VENEZUELAN BOUNDARY
Litter Written By Lord Aberdeen Hilf n
Century Ago
Loudon Janunty IS Coprlghtnl IS
b tho Associate Prem The Associated
Ptcss Is erabled to transmit to Its Ainei
lean readers nn Important elocumctiL bear
It g upon the Veneruelan question namely
the tet ot a letter from Lord Aberleen
the thtti secretary of foreign nrtalis to-
M Fortlque who it that time represented
Venezuela In London which was written
nt the time tin posts which had be mi sut
to tnaik tho SchomburKk line woic re-
moved In compllamo with the protest of
VrnerucU This letter will doubtless be
given a corsplcuous part In the forth-
coming blue book ns It Is known that the
government attiiehes much Importance lo
It
While It Is admitted thnt In a letter
dated March 301MI Ionl Aberdeen stated
tint In lemovlng the posts Gnat Britain
had not ceded any rights It was con-
tended thnt nn document wns In exist-
ence maklnr any such contention nt tho
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amicable feeling existing between tho
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Tho
HORROR UPON HORROR
Wholesale Slaughter of Armenians
Continues Female nptlves
New York January 13 Tho following
letter has been received by tho American
board of foreign missions dated Harpool
81 tally evening December > 1S03
Wo liavo 116 ilollnlto ncwB of Choon
ltosh except It la ald that Iho destruction
was not as great as In Chcrinoog Pnlle
and Its villages suffered greatly The
diad amounted lo 13M or more Fivo hun-
dred women ond girls aro said to havo
been carried tiff by tho Kurds
V letter w hlch I saw yesterd ly es-
timates that 2i 1 had been killed It Is
rnld thnt thr > efourths ot tho Armenian
hou es linve been burned nnd of all the
shops onlv fifteen wei > l ft Thus we baVn
Inn 1 or upon horror and the record wilt
continue through the who winter
I had the Impression thnt Germolr had
been spared The houses wero not burned
but they weix > plundered nnd tho peoples
lives wero spires on tho sole condition
that they should not become Mohnmmed
niia and thev have performed the rites
wnlch miko them such nnd they are
obliged to go to the church which has be
LATEST WAR MAP OF SOUTH AFRICA
Hi
Showing Dolagoa Bay tho Point Whoro if Hostilities Burnt
Forth the Germans Will Attempt lo Land Troops
moval and thai tho lemovnl wns 11 laclt
admission that tho Hehoniburgk lino was
w long
Following Is tho lotti the authenticity
of vvhlch ls unquestionable
Foreign Office January 31 1812 The
undersigned etc has the honor to ac-
knowledge iceelpt of u note ndilrersed io
htm on tho 10th instant by M Fortlque
etc representing tho alarm and excite-
ment whloh havo been crnitcd In Venn
ruela on uecount ot tho marks llxed by
Mi Schomburgk at different points In
his survey near the south ot tho Orinoco
nnd renewing his iceiucst that her majes
tys gov eminent will order the removal
nf theso marks
Tho undersigned begs to inform Mon-
sieur Fortlque In rtply thnt In order to
meet tho wlshec ot tho government of
Venezuela htr mnjeats government will
send inrtriicllons to the governot or
British Guiana directing him to 11 move
tho posts which hnvo bem plated by Mr
Sthombiirgk near the Orinoco But the
undeiHlgnod feels It his duty to distinctly
dctlaro to Monsieur Fortlque thai al-
though lu older lo put nn end to mo
apptehenslou whlth appears to prevail lu
to Schomburgk sur
Venezuela In regard
ey tho undersigned has consented to
comply with tho repiesenlatloiis of Mon-
sieur Foittqun on thli affair her majes
tys government must be understood not
to abandon any portion of the right of
Great Britain over the territory w 1c 1
was formerly held by the Dutch In Gui-
ana
The undersigned hns the honor to be
very respectfull the obedient seivnnt nt
M Fortlque Aberdeen
lids letter Is regarded litre ns nn answer
lo tho contention of Mr Henry Norman
special commissioner of the Chronicle who
first gave the Kncllth public through his
piper docutnejils which seemeel to Inval-
idate the claim of the Beliomburvk line
Hut It is to be olferv < d that Mr Nor-
man und the Venezuelan government also
hove not clflned that In removing the
bovndary posts Grtnt Britain abandoned
any nf her rights over the lerritorj which
was formerly held bv the Dutch In Gill
ena but simply thnt she had abandoned
the Schomburgk line ns marking the limit
of lhat territory
Londen January 13 The Chronlle says
thre Is reason to believe that England
will resume negotiations with Venezuela
on tho basis of a consideration of tho
right to the settled districts 1lng between
British Guiana nnd Venezuela The ques
Hon of tho actual lino of demarkatlon
would l > e made subordinate to preliminary
Investigations as to the settlement
A HINT TO CLEVELAND
London January H An editorial In
the Times this morning suggests that a
strong hint from tho United States to
President Crdspo would lie opportuno to
convince him of the grotesqueness of the
Idea that tho United States would sup-
port any demand Venezuela chooses to
make
England says the Times Is willing for
any direct settlement but Venezuela
must tako tho Initiative The obvious
courso Is for the United States to ask
Tenezuela to place her once more In
communication with Great Britain If
President Cleveland acceded tti Buch a
request It would bo far to restore the
tome n mosque md the Imnan is teaching
hem their praters
A Turk In Miret otcuples the Protest-
ant pirsonnfo and claims It ns his own
1 ho church nnd chapel am in ruins In
Ichme tho Turk claim that everbod
Ins accepted their faith find I hear that
the wo of Anrienlin Is piohlblted
Monday Dejeniler 9 was n wry rad
day OS were klled and wounded In Choon
kosh Many Jieurea Welo burned Tho
village of Adlsli has been wiped out No
news from Ashguml nnd It Is expected
that tho leudlng brethren have been
killed
Washington Jnnuary 13 The Turkish
legation gave out this afternoon tho fol-
lowing communication
The Imperial government will not per-
mit nry distribution among subjects In
bis ow 1 leiiltory by any foreign society
01 Individuals whoever tho same mny be
fur Instance tho Red Cross society uf
money collected nbroad Such Interfei
enco no Independent government has ever
nllowed espechlly when the collections
nie made on tho strength of spciehts d0
llieicd In publlo meetings by Irreeoncll
nble enemlff of the Turkish race and re-
ligion and on the basis of false accusa
lions which Turkey repudiates Besides
tho sublime porto Is mindful ot tho truo
Interests of Its subjects und distinguish-
Ing betwei n the real slate ot things nnd
the calumnies and wild exaggerations of
Intertsted or fanatlil parties will as t
has elone heretofore under Its own Bit
mate eontiol alleviate the wants of nil
Tuikleh subjects ill tug In certain prov
inces Irrtspecllvn ot creed or race
NEW CANAL COMPANY
Washington Jnnunr 13 In the house
loda Rcpretitntatlio Dalzcll of Pcnn
Htwuili Introduced a bill constituting
Andrew Cnrnifcle George A Kell < has
W Bachtlor C I McGro nnd twenty
six other persons a corporation under the
mmo of tho Lako Erie nnd Ohio ltlver
Ship Canal comiwny with power to con-
struct find maintain a canal connecting
Lake Erie and tho Ohio river Tho bill
confers authority on the company to es
tnbllrh various branch canals Iho cnpl
tal block Is not lo exceed JSOOOOO per mllo
and the bonded and oilier Indebtedness
Is not lo exceed a slmlUr sum Tho com-
pany Is authorized also to assume first
mortgage bonds to the amount of JMOOO
000 to carry on Its work
m
1X38 ANGELKS Cal Occidental colloge
was burned to the ground Ioss 70000 In-
surance 117000 The college vns built and
controlled by tho Presbyterians
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VILLAGES ARE BEING BURlflll
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Havana January 13 Quite a com oV
tlon was caused In certain circles netajjl
Inst night by the report that the Insureent
were approaching Havana Tho new j
nprend with great rapidity und Uiero wa i
considerable relief nmeng the Spanish U2V
thorltles when it wns discovered that ths
nlarmlns report grew out of tho explosloa
of an Immense torpedo In the village ofsi
Vedaho rear t Is city fef
There llttlo
news from tho front
morning and It was all ot an unimportant1
charactor Dlspatchco from Santiago d t
Cuba tell of a skirmish them in which trti
Insurgents left seven killed and the troops
crptured nine prisoners V j
From Matanzas there was a dispatch an
nounclngnnother skirmish between then
snrgenta and tho Spanish trjops during
which tho former had eight killed In addl
lion to their leader Roquo RoderlgUex TheTi
insurgents mo nlso said to havo retired v
cnrr > lng with them 312 wounded
At Mount Gaabo a band ot insurgents
commanded by Ruperto Sinchez Jn a
biush with tho troops had live men
w ounded
Tho ireurgcnts who hive been In the vl
eli Ity of Mnnngiin nbout twelvo miles
frcm this city hnie retired with the less
of live killed and twontseven wounded
As intimated In these dispatches Gen l
ernl Maximo Gomez at the head of hiJ rl
Insurgent column lias xecuted n counter-
march He seemis to have renched En
Muigas tenth of Artemis In tho province
of Plnar del Jtlo nnd then ho turned i
nround and headed enstward for AlquizarJ
nnd Gulra Melenn and when last heard
frtm was moving northward tonards Ha
vana after having pissed Qulvlcan r
General Maceo was last reported at Ba
lila Hondj nnd Bindera Is said to be at
San Cristobal to the southward ot Ha
vann nnd In tho province of Plnar del Rio
Another report hns It tint General
Mnceos forces nre moving eastward wlthj
the Intention of placing himself in com <
munlcatlon with General Gomez
Charles Solomon the correspondent of a-
New York newspaper who arrived here on-
board the steamship Seneca was detained
by tho jvollce charged It Is believed with
luivlng compiomlslng letters In his pos-
session
FRESH ALARM
Towns Near Havana BurnedCampos la
Disheartened A
Ai
Havana January 13 There was
an-
other alarm hero this afternoon Clouds
cf smoke were sten arising In tho dlrtc
tlon of tho village of Vegas near Sanij
Tranclsio do Paula a small town about >
five mllen distant This was followed bjr
a red glare showing that a great Iroj
was In progress In that dlrotlcm ThoS
alarm spitad once more throughout tho
city and the report wa again circulated
that tho Insurgents wore approachm
terror
But this was as nothing to the
the timid portion
which tamo over more
ot the populace when a still larger titog
was seen 10 have broken out This Hmo
It was made out that the town of Bans
Francisco do Paula hid been set on ftrs
by insurgents and tho alarm Increased
although the authorities professed tov
at tho mailer clilmlng that thoL
sneer
lire was only tho work of a few beatenUI
nnd idtroatlne Insurgents who had beentjki
driven to desperation In splto of thesa
assurances and tho statement that thaft
Spinlsh generals hnvo for three days
mBt been nwaro of the whereaboutsoti
General Gomez
prtsciico near Havana It Is claimedthatl
the troops must bo very busily engagedSU
elsewhere for tho lnsut gents to be ubloJt > j
burn a town and a Mllago In sight old J
Havana mid jet remain unattackod l t > rt J
the government forces T Vl > s
Is felt Mral
apprehension
Baking
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for Tho tho greatcnt safety ot the waUr works whlcl
sunnlv Havana They are situated 8ty >
Ven nbout nvo miles Irom this city sMv
less than that distance from San Jwajf
reported to havo be > V
Hseo da Paula
uurned this afternoon by tb If S
marine VTZ tfT3
Zlo token d rlng the last six weeks and
diy by day of Ma
wnor succeed tlrement nimor from tl j Wj
of tho Sinnlrh forces hep It not his ro1
Spain attributes a are
deal turn ot to the nicqcas of tho enemy tovtheU
gfeat superiority In movlnB 1
point to point and Is still efficient confident thjt
f he Is suppliedwith a nuftfcjrV
of cavalry regiments ho will beiM
enlually put down tto J
c
m
This however Is a 0Pt J
ihn situation which Is not taiten1 ar
RoughUul and tbjagmg 1
p eople Here
government aro tnl ww
of the Spanish > ui
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