The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 253, Ed. 1, Monday, December 13, 1897 Page: 2 of 8
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1ft ttw ttfar question resembled
aplM Intrearpbond and that tht
tit tBvWimley tariff bad been to 1a
MNW tfcaneoeMlty for tho carp to eom
JW 6twiiuat lnat tho common rnomy
tfc abolition of tho sugar bounties ho o
vJMM > Mildfoniy bo n gain to Germany
iSHb wiuinUil to Inform the house th
l BMOtlatloas opened In this dlreo
i promised a more successful Is u
raUway
securities led tho van with a
British rall
Jjji general advance Even
firl WW securities participated In tho news that
< fM tlb tbreatencd railway strlko was averted
fntlyf na < tho cotton trado dlsputo settled
HE9lf Among tho Internationals South and Con
MpM trl American securities wcro well sup-
ported Thcro wo subidautlal Increases
A 4b Vrtnesuelans which rose alt IKilnts and
1 In Argentines which ro o from J to i
MiJf points on tho approaching resumption of
ttojcftrll interest payments
ajjiw American securities wcro decidedly busy
>
t
m
pgrt ijriy < no B1 > cculattve kinds Piesl
dent McKlnlcy message to congress has
ft made an excellent Impression though tho
W postponement of currency reform Is dlsap
pointing
lstirlcr Wniileil u IiiiiiI Nittitln
nomo December 12 It Is affirmed that
I Sir Wilfred Lnurlcr the Dominion premier
naked tho Vatican to cxlnbllsh a minclaliu
In Canadal llaron Charles IttiRsell lord
chief Jtlstteo of England came to Home at
tho end of the last to lopcot the request
It In probable therefore that tho denial
of tho report Issued from Ottawa was for
electoral considerations and It leads to thn
supposition that nothing xvlll bo dono In tho
matter
Jdtliifr Tlrcil of lie Homily System
London December 12 Tho Times io
jMwwfet ICrrit > K 1 > da 0 rumor
ni a Kovornment contemplate
that the UritUh
Imposing coun
tervailing duties on bounty exported sugar
asserts that tho government has doddid
nothing evocpt to Inquire us to what would
bo tho effect of such duties bejauso it Is
Anticipated thJt a European conference may-
be bold fre long o discuss tho inability
of abolishing tho bounty system
tkvimi otiiiiii m < iiois
Three nf Illoiii t uiler Suspicion of
> Oiiniidlelt viltli Loulx
Memphis Trim December 12 A special
to tho Cnnmufrilal Appeal from IJaulhtirst
MIks nays
In nn open field without n house In
effebt on a high hillside with a rinwd
of eager men waiting to avenge tho terri-
ble murder tlmt has taken place In Law
renco county in cafe a conviction win
reached by tho Impromptu court the set no
lighted b fhrlng plneknol torenas Kid
aloft In tho hauls of tho waiting mob tho
threo negroes Hies Ileiry Will Iowdl
and Tom How en wcro standing trial for
their lira at Ilnngsford Insl night Accoid
Ing to adIccs i delved horo about 1 oclock
this afternoon tho qtilckl constituted
oouit did not arne tit a conclusion l l
night
Tokal a little Inland town ibout IImi
mllca from tho acono wlwn cull 1 up by
telcpbouo this morulng answor t bap
tio time to talk to > ou now W jetiliii
to try theso negroes and I want to i < o It
Tho liegmea wero arrestrd with Lewis
wl J was lynched on Irldny at thu tlnio
of tho mlglnal irime but wero released on
their iiramlslng to appear next murSiliig us
wltnesKea They dlil not put lu > u p
pearanco when tno trial was rJiidv n bigln
and search was maiA fnr them iy the uou
Tho search iwtis quleklv siirennifitl mid tho
negroes when < nuglil wero linuit binU
Then tho ausplelon oeeunod that weie
Unpllrntrd with Low la u the o > lglijl c luio
AssuintDK bat Lewis was xullty mi pl
clon naturallj t luttd to these linre lie
grws ActordltiK in tUHr iwn Morv tliuy
wero with IewiM th jiight uetnre The
three men testltbil mildly thnt tie slept
In ii cotton hnute about mile and a halt
ftoiu the Smith house where Urn btitrlury
took plaee and Uiwla whs with nieni
T1 ro nhnit mfti In tho mob
tonstltutliiK a committee of the whole ror
tho trial Uellulilo retorts hero thla morn
inn front a messenger who left the seeno
of the trill suite tint the mob In vjiv mod
eralo and cooled down considerably from
Us original frenzy
A tolophotio tmwMgo from lion Walter
rfltchlliRS or Orniritmui nrticw that two
nioro negroaa huo Iweu ai rested ci nt
plelon riit ety lnuot 0pertH irethed
nero
from liomotnwn
that
lho mob at I oclock fotiiul Will 1owell
KMllty and standi for
WllltiR to li3iig him
tho nenu o ibo
Wesson Minn Dei ember 12 Thv tbtee
negroes m rested In tho drntliello tulgh
borhood In conjunction with Cllintley lcwlj
h ° 81 flr
If Illtittiplo hulth
nry of tin
Smith family
were nftir a
ntll Monday to lcavo the cnunuy
1 The People Believe
What They Read About Hoods
Sarsaparilla
Thoir Faith In This Medioino it
Grounded on Morit
Thoy Know It Absolutely euros
Whon Other Modlclnos Pall
Hooda Sarsaparilla la not merely a slm
jplo projwraltou of Bursaparllla Dock
btlllhiKla and alittlolodldoot Iotasslutu
Ilesidcs tbuso excellent nlterntUoH It
also contains tlioso great antlblllous and
liver remedies Mandrako and Dandelion
It also contains tlioso great kidney remo
dies Uva Ural
Juniper Uerries and
I Pipsissewa
lt Noraro these all Othor
very valtiablo
eniativo ngonti nro harmoniously com
bined in Hoods Sarsaparilla and It U
carefully prepared under tho personal
upervlalon o a regularly educated plmr
xnacist
I Knowing tlioso facts is tho nbiding faith
tho peoplo have in Hooda Baraaparllla n
mattor of surprise You
can seo wny
Hooda Saraaparilla cures wiiCU othor
taedlcines totally absolutely fall
My little girl was afUIctcd with
woma and suffered for seven years She
iu attended by pbysiclana and trie
jaany different kinds of medicine with
ok relief After taking a few bottlw of
Igoda Baraaparllla sho was cured Jfrts
A FaANKUN Honeoyo New York
Sarsa
S parilla
SfiWyj8 001 dinner
Lowell Mass
PlltoS 2 tly
arr
Illi i Mi f0 Uk
URS NANCY MKINLBY DEAD
Funeral Will Tahc Place Next Tues-
day Afternoon
SCRVICHS TO BE SHORT AND SIMPLE
All Minister of Cniilon Arc lo Tnkc
1nrl llnni > pMlri naM of C < in
dolciice Ire Ioiirlnu In
Canton Ohio December 12 Mrs Nancy
Allison McKlnlcy tho aged mother of the
president died nhortly nfter 2 oclojk this
morning1 About two eeks had elapsed
tdnco the atroko of paralysis which waa
at oneo pronounced falnl and the wonder
ful ltallty which had kept deitli at bay
m lone had deluded friends nml rclallvts
Into tho belief that tho aged woman might
perhaps recover despite the crdlct of bur
physician Hut unmistakable signs of ap-
proaching dissolution wero tfcon early yes-
terday morning nnd at nightfall It was
evident tliut death must como before morn-
Ing
Tho demise of Mrs McKlnlcy was pain-
less All night long tho members of tho
family wero watching and waiting for tho
lime of involution Trom 11 oclock till
the time deaith camo tho MeKlnley bottau
won shrouded In Btlllness No icsponso
could bo obulned by messenger or report
em who sought In alr for news
Hhorlly beforo midnight the attemlnntn
discovered what wcro thought to hicertain
Hlgus of dissolution lho fact was com-
municated to tho Inmates of the house
bold wo had gonu tn theJr rooms but
had not retired foi the night
Atound tho deathbed when tho tlnal
Meiio was enacted wero 1roaldent McKln
lcy Itla wlfo Mi Aimer McKlnlcy Mrs
Dmieaii and Ml s Helen MeKlnley chil
dren of tho ngtd woman The aged slslor
was Mrs Ablngal Osborne tho onl ono
it the MltKon family now living Mm
llowmui of loraln Mlssts tliaeo and Mubrl
MeKlnley Jainra McKlnlcy Mlsa Dnncnii
and Inik Dunnin grandehlldren wcro nil
In the tad ptrty that witnessed tho last
wene In the gontl life
lho piraident nd his wife remained lit
ho beside fur on hour nfttr the end but
by I o cluck every member of the family
hud tetlrcd
Ilom reports received UiIh nvonlng It
Is cxpteted Seuetnry ntlws of n interior
department Peer ai AlgT Attorney c
lvenna IVisttnuster neneriil Jary nnd Irl
vao Scentary Porter win rWhhar
y 0rnK ovr hn Immaylvanta
i i
fiinoiul heivlto of Mi8 M
Kliile
Canton Ohio Derembnr 12 huncral aer
vbra over the remains of Mrs Alllnon Mc
Klnlev will bo held lu tin Hrst Methoillu
Uldscopnl rliuieh ol this cltj m 1 oclock
Tuesday afternoon Intiimeiit will follow
lu West t mii crnnetery Just
west of tho
city Tuesdnj owmlng lusldent MeKln
ley and wife nnd tho offlelnla from Wtuh
Ingtoit who nltoml lho funeral will lonc
lor the capital iniching thoro nl itt noon
Wednesday
These oio lho
armugemenl r0 far as
completed ulnru tho death shoitly after
clock thin morning
U wok nt first thought by the family that
the snnlion should b of n mnru pi Kate
uttmv held nt the old homestrtid It wn
kooii hurmxl however thioilgh tho i < uloi
of Mm MoKttiltiys chinch nnd n member
of the congregation a well na from uihcr
frlemto tlmt the numbiir of friends wlu
ilnutitd to > uy I heli li t tribute of c
upeU ti > nltoudliiK the ubhctiuira could not
bo ueeoimiiodatcil with imp nrriuigotinmts
and church sui vices wwin iledded upon
Thu services will be shoit ami sluplt
toiwlsiliig of wUB lf comroit uud ouloi
bj the olllelattiiR ilerrjnun and the iut
llB of hevetul liymiiK j u inilr itlv
i Mntiche iei the u irr or iu huun
bus imnomKod that It i 1 diMu uud thn
ho will extend an imitation lo hme thu
> aiim rs ji mi of tho himliiH oi which
Ibeie lie about thiity o0lj miu
and lMillelimto lu the smlus
l Ul LcaiciK hao been ncUi ted fiom
uuioig the older members oi the thuiih an
those who for jenit hnvo been oh so neigh
bor of the iloieiiMMl Thi > > me Judge 11
Ham it Daj Uou William A ljmh r
met Jlnsor It fnwiiy I 1 M r u
W llaik Judge vj Mefnrtlj wtl
U laid Pdrimr Ma > or John R lll tke
lho Hi i MelhOiltet nhurch In which
i1 t Mv l0 l l < l ls i h
dne 1 i w ll ia dill lug her lost
tenco In cmiton
uud In which she wis
touml aliuv evei Sunday in mtig on
iniiiiB keeping hei
awnj Thice weeks
aw > ho wo lu her
Kciismmed place Till
Wl Mi whlh
LfHlllcn hs been assocli ed to It
l1 hlf tl l > llwt be ww stiperin
teiulcnt of the SunUy school thirty feiin
ago Thej Inst alfmled logether Inn SeV
mber when
lho
piesldent
was lure du
ng his uinnier Micatlon The nrest
I u member of th
0dra of tnute oMhe
ge
A daylight thla morning nt the aim
tho Mini of aome o the older meiibem ot
> t
HOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY MOKNINCJ DECEMBER 13 1897
nin t obsolete
waj ol crved to hi
to U
miiiounco
the death the bell i th 0
Zrw nmh 8lmUy MM 01T > years oi
n coincidence that Mrs McKlnlev
alinosi tho identical hour of tho
did her husband on Thanksgiving
elsco
a
nicy
r
It Is
died at
da > im
doy fle > enra ago
nbolf K1 I > nlncd
about A 10 oclock up until
n little more tin in
Iwur a tor the death
and
then
re Ir for
xLhJ rK Duilm the fofellcliu
spent the
greater < r
of nn hour walking
about the mor cclii l
in
the aftrinonn li
drove to West Uwit cem
attend to arratigeiuentH
which wll bo made In
whore lli the remains <
I > ersonnlly
jr iuo
lM r nd w Ullolns the
lot whlchfor
> tlUy Pf niPimSi
that a stww mT
daughter of the lale David Me
re here for tho cY nT nci
relatives will eome to the funeral Awist uni
ant Secre ary of Slate Day ha r lualnw 111
r oW
VeBd h W W l > t and TIs
x
sslln In
mak ng the funeral
ihowed a fendneta for vUitln wltii her
children and besides having theni at her
home ae much na possible frequently vis-
ited at their homes She bad spent one
winter with her son David In Oallfomla
shortly beforo his death nnd frequently
went to Somerset Ia tho home of her
em Abner as well > to IittsburR and
later to Cleveland to the home of tho Dun
cans I
uoNTiioviiiiNV nvnit wnnn
iiiRllsli Inlillc Wniil V > More r
mm
I > ndon December 11 Copyrighted
1SD7 by tho Associated lress u won-
derfully mild wetther everything betokens
Chrlslmas Tint shoj i aro crowded but
many cf tho newspni m lira protesting
against tho cxpcnsivemSH of th rrutnts
which they consider mressary TLo r m
clpal novelties In nil Ibo slores ans nctor
cars dilvcn by hot nlr and Amcricin Irden
wlgwaina big enough f > cnitUin cUldren
In correct Indian fashion
There Is a controversy over the ruHlon
of Oscur Wildes reappiaranco in a dnma
tlst A prominent man ijT U pi icrlnR
to produce bis latest play umer a thinly
veiled pstudoliym Jbetetip > in I ha St
JnmcM flaretto sajs Tio manage fcas
failed to grasp tho fict thit hn drunillc
larcer In riepcctublo IjiiiJii tay ltuses
must bo closed
InrSs does not rshnro this antipathy A
theater of that eiy vnnouncca that it
play viltten in Kronen t Oscar Wilde
vnIII bo produced Bhortly In an Interview
published lu nil Idas Oscar Wlldo de-
clares the people will forgive anything In
the cairo of one who amuses tho public
Chat Us Dana llbsons London np
pirirs iiiiong tho Christmas books and is
much crlticlsiNl by Hrlhto and ncwsixipers
Tho Dally News hbjti People tin Iloud
sttect are simply the people of fifth ave-
nue transferred They are never here ex
cept as American tourists
v ti rii iditfiits
iraldrnt
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n iiiimi ii ivutivt is
lYesileiit Jntoiimtiitiml Typograiihli ii
Union
IIJSM IOIVsl >
Intern le menS ruon
Nislnille lVnn
Ill VMv VHIIIHIMn
mm
r ss
InterniUonxl
Union
BIG LABOR ORGANIZATION
American Icdrrntlnn Will Convene
at Nashville Today
SOMETHING OF THE OREAT BODY
II In < t lnvtcllil > liy Itonsnu if lie
Jilinbcr nt llcltUHtPS Itn llllsl
lieto la Iniixirtallt
Nashville Tenn December 12 Nearly
all tho delegates to Ihe convention of tho
AmerlOan IederMloit ot Labor have arrived
Tho attendnneo Is not expected to bo ex-
ceedingly large but there will bo a full
rcpresctitntlon Tho examination of creden-
tials of delegates was very nearly completed
today and the report will bo ready when tho
convention meets All tho members of the
exocutlvo council have arrived
Tho federation will meet In the bouse of
rrpitdcnlatlvcs tomorrow morning at 10
oclock Tho first order of buslncts will be
the address of welcome by William Almlson
ot tho Nashville Typographical Union Tho
response will bo intdo by President Horn
jicra and tho business of hearing reports
will then bo begun That of the committee
on credentials will bo taken Up first and
after It Is disposed of tho presidents i
port the treasurers and lho necrotary6
will bo rend
Most of tho delegates attended a meet
ing this afternoon of tho trades and labor
council and brief speeches wcro made by
heveral
Henri Al Cnrdnzo of Tails who Is la
this country investigating the ntcel making
Industry for tho French government Is
attending lho convention It la expected
that definite action will bo taken In refer
ence to the Institution of postal savings
Imnkb by tho government
Kd lllrieh delegate of the International
Typographical Union Audrey J Casey of
MasMichusclttt nnd Mlllird Lloyd delegate
fiom Illinois FedoraIon will push this
matter and obtain If possible the IndorsM
went of tho Federation
When on Monday December in President
famucl lompcrs calls the seventeenth an
iual contention of tba American Ft dera
tion of 1aloi to order lu tho hall of rep
rinentntlvcs In the State cnpllol at Nash-
ville Tenn there will bo gathered In that
ball woiklng men and women from every
Stnle nnd Tenltory in tho United States
Boveinl delegates repicsontlng the Ilrltish
tiadcs union ongrwa ot Irvat Dtitaln
and It is expected that Oauadi and Japan
will alto bo represented it will maik nn
erodi In tho history of llu Amcricin Fed-
eral on ot libor tho iroattwt and strong-
est nlllaiico ot bono blnow uud uklll the
w oi Id ban ever known
Ihe object ot the American Federation
of Labor lt to lender employment and tho
imnlu of mibalbteiuo luu precarious bj
hi curing to tho tollern an eiiultuole bharc
of tho nulla l their toll As moaua to
this end it pioposea
A fieo federation ot all tindn and labor
unions in America tho eatablPihuient ot
i > eirgoeminent In unions at wage workets
in owiy ti ulo and lcMilluiatu occupniin
the foi matlon ot pulile opinion by tho
agenoiiH or the platlotni pitii nnd liglsiii
It at and the furthceitue of t Ivlllzition by
Ieuirlng to lho tollers a icdu iUm In the
dally hoiiis of labor em ourag ihe oruia
iini of loial trade and laboi unions ind
the clowr federation of sueli bOiluiUS
through the oiganlzallon ot tontril trade
and labor urlous In veil city nnd thn
further toniblciittlon of hiicIi bJIUfl Into
State teiiliorbtl and prdliieltl orunUa
tlons to fceouin leglaliitton m tho Interest
of the vorklng classes tho cstablisninent
ot nalloiinl and luteiniiliimil tiudo uuutiii
bated upon i strict looogiiltlon of tho au
tonoinj of each trade nnd tho promotion
nnd advancement of such badbM to aid and
oncoiiriw the labor pr > ss of America ami
an Vmeriiiin fedt ration of nil national and
Intel national trade unions to aid and ns
tlat each other and fiiitliornwio lo io
tuic nttliual and HtUo and municipal Icg
l bitlen In the Intel est of tho wotklng
piople ind Influence public opinion by
pmiefnl and legal nietliods lu favor of or
gnnicd libot Tho Fodeiitlon of Labor
emliiivam to nnlto all rltsars ot wage
workeis under one hold thrnti h their
st vral organisations u th cn tiMt
class race encd political and trade pre
judices nut be abounded t int iupforl
iuoiil mid flnHiiiial tnaj ho Rheu lo ench
plbrr It gltct t any or mUatlin Joining
Ha ranks recognition lu the Id I of labor
in nil Its phases it mcuivs In taste f
bnymllB htilkes lockoula illemlto Lim
ing before nil nfflllattd JOillx nnd tenders
llimiietnl nld lo the oten itK nblllty
It allows each orginUitl n to eontiol Ha
own fitntls to esttbllHb and expand In
own benefits without Id or nltidrrtue It
alms to allow In tho light of ovperlorce
tho utmost liberty to cadi ortvil uton In
the tonduet f Its own affalis ionMst < nt
with the gcnTnlly underfctood prl triples
of laWir It has established Iniorcommu
iiltitlon rivaled agitation nnl ls In dl
leet torresiomknce wltj a orpi of lepre
senlutlve tiganirers throughjit rtio emin
trj It watches tno Interests i tho work-
ers In he national emigres It Indiuos
and protests In the iinmo of labor mid ba
secured vast relief from burdensoino laws
nnd Mvernment oftlrlaU It < s In toiuiu
nlcitlon with reformers and sjmpatilzcia
in almost till classes giving t uformatton
and eiillslliK their ooiperUlon It askK
tho eooperntlon of all wage waiters who
bellovo In tho principle of unity and that
there is something better In lite than long
bouiR low wages lack of employnent nnd
all that these Imply Us existence U oried
til on etonomlc Inw
That the American Fcderalien of Unbor
Is an trganltatlou of growing power and
lufluenco Is duo to the Met that Us officers
In tho main have tried to bo guided by
reason and wise Judgment in e idiMVorlng
to lietter the condition ot tho tollers whom
thoy represent This explains n gaod
pirt
why thu federation has been steadily cMn
Ing in fctrcngth stability and liifltume
while other orRunlmtlcms that nt tines
hayo held a more prominent place In the
public ok have either dedlued in nura
bfra and power or havo gono to btwes al
together Today tho American Fedoration
of Labor la compsed of Rut Nmiot a and
international trado unions eleven Jtato
iS ai hyon p y central bo < les
loS local unions 1
and hjs lu round num
bers a combined membership ot MO 000
under Its broad banner
JLmptn national Crs nKU tbrlr > hut four
and
Workmens Nation i iou
n CmCln ° W has
sevei i nls v
The stand taken by the federation In ih
the federation bavo anpcalrd m Vii > L
mloded moldor cf ruble
pubhc men to th olrjy and ihoush to hi a our
to make a decided stand with them honco
forth against lho novel and questionable
Ufo of Injunstlnna by the courts which
they to bo subversive of popular liberty
The number of dclcgntco td which a
national cr Intoruitlomtl organization Is
entitled are as follows Ono delegate for
000 members two delegates for SOOO mem-
bers three delegate for 10000 four for
12000 and live for 01000 It can readily
bo seen that tho number of delegates does
not Increase In proportion to the increase
In membership
In order to malnUiln tho full rights Of
those represented and to protect tho num-
ber of representation according to tnxitln
nnd numerical strength each delegate la
entitled lo and casts ono voto for wery
100 numbers icprcscnted
This Kjsltni glvcw tho four delegate fiom
tho Intrjniitlonnl Typographical Union
about 2S5 votes four clgannakcrs dele-
gates iSO vrics fctir carpenttrs li legates
200 voles three delegates from the United
Mlno Workers irm machinists 110 olca
Iron me ilns 120 votes and to on
mong tho principal subjects for cotisld
omtlon at thla session will be The tight
hour wcrkday nidli < lB for mere thorctgh
orgunliiatlon tho Immigration quistlon
government by liijuaalcn defining more
clearly tho attitude bt tlio trado tmlonb in
regard to political action higher dms the
rrcaMn of n tUiftmie fund Hie appelnlment
of speciul organiers to a lst unions al-
ready alTlllated lu a more thorniuh organ
Ixatlon of their tfarlous crafts act a ar
blteis In disputes with employers crganle
new unions advuuoo tho trades unlcn
movement gemot all preach the benefits of
thorough organization and boom the labels
of tto irlous unions establishing postnl
snvlngs banks by tho government cf the
United States tho formatln of new Na-
tional unions fpom tho scattered locals
Many other mcnsurei considered to bo lo
tho wclfaie of tho masses will also como up
for cPiisiderntlon and notion
A fight for supremacy will nlto be made
between tho machinists and printers
unions for the control by tho former of
tho lluotvpo machine tendcrs
tiiomvs r Tiicv novrtn
ClSarinakers In let national Union
J flltt lilt IlIM VDlILflUA
rimt VI e President
W U It till V
President AmaLriimitcd
Association
of
Stieet
ltnllwa Dnployos
of An er
ici Detroit lioh
I > M IIMII I10V1ON
nrotheetu j of Carp titers and Jouieis
J P lCfctMl 8T LOUIS
Brotherhood ot Electrical WorktraJi
TKACK WAS YERi SHORT g
Kcconls iMatlc in the Six Day Knee
Scaled Cnnsldcrnlily
rilL SOUTHERN LEAGUE 0RGAN1ZFD
Outlook for llitselmll In Ilvrrv
iilln ftir Irniicl > l f
buhl to He llrlRhl
lve
The nniiBrc Hl
rleisnntoji Monitor
Congress met Inst JroncTiv
Ion n
In
Kew York December 12 Tlio ninliagcis
of the slxshus blko contest thnt was
lltlsbed last night iln Jiadlson Kqltura
tlntdoii ttdnilt what has been iilleged lncu
tho second lay of tlio race tbat tlio track
wan short Today surveyors went over
the course antt although it was oiricinly
am turwjtHl thfit the rldets luid not gone
u full mllii for ovcry nlno laiw jtlstl how
abort each mule wan hoa not uccn given
out
When Miller finished winner of the race
21W nillcH had boor chalked up to nta
el edit From what cin bo learned It Is
bellnvcd tho track wus 2 > J feet short to
tlio mile ami therefore tho iietuaJ distance
traveled wns about 2011 miles
Miller itns slxtysevcin miles nhcni at
Rice the secand man Sehlnnor by the
net llgures will Invo btviteii Ikilos old
reword of VJlo by about llfteon mlea In-
stead cf by ninety its tho lorxncr figures
lcccided it
It is btatecl liv the inanagerrt lbit no ac-
tual figure will bit glvofl 41 littl nffidiivlts
have been pu limit tod by IJio surveyors
who went over the com so todny tnd un-
til other formiil stops have been token
to lusiiro tlio coricctness ot tho records
made by the men Piobably nil tliW will
have been accomplished hy lomouow
wboi tho prizes will be distributed
So mtieh d juuslon h s lmon moused by
the relative receipts of tho managers ami
the fontostaiilM thnt It has lioon magnani
mously decided thut < > eiy man that lln
Ished will receive u luithc in addition to
thoce who finlshtd who will lecelve prizes
4 Uivorie the Froihm n who was Hit
tnth mjif iiotwlth < tnr lliiK the fact tliut
he had been off the track more tliiti n
full day i night comes within tho list
of prize winners there being eleven prizes
on tho list
< luiiles v Mllcr the winner of tlio
race spent tho night it a Turkish batn
and nlwn he reached tho Unrtholdl bo
tfl today he looked well Ho felt In goot
< < niitlon be said ami tltt ho was ill
13 id another six tlnyp lie certainly
dd not look like nini who hnd gono
through the terrlblo oiOcil of slcepliif
four hours In six days Tils eyes weie
hi cht nml ho said hewns not In tho least
e haiisled
One Important result ot the nice will be
a strlnpent restriction on long ril tan e
rnclMB hv the Toninie of Amertatn Wtieel
inci llitberto theso events have been
commoted under the ntisplces of the
League of Atnerlciii Wbeeliinen but the
ylco piesUurA or the League declares he
will present u the next general imscmhlv
or the Lnguo ot American Wherlmen
ai nmerilment covering tho ease f0 thoi
onighl thnt will pi event such in tlio tu
Tun sotTnmiY iriAcaiu
If Huh Ilren Or iinlcl fOP
Imv SertMoii
Atlanta nn Deecmbtr 12 Ttcprcsenta
tlvi
i of tlio b is biill IntelcntR of tho
Hculhenn League from Now Orleans Mo-
bile Jllrinintghtm Savimnah ami Atlanta
met in tliW city this uftornoon ntl or
cnnlzed the lenguo for the season of isas
J be Blluatlpn wus dscussed aim it wa
foLud in cacli oMy that has itskcl lor ml
mission the oiltlook is very Kool The
leagiio vdll bo < oinposyl of JsVv Orleans
Mcbl r MontRpn ry Hnvnnnah AUgiiHta
Charcsion and IilrmlnRhum
Ihe fta on vvlll c > len on April 21 of next
vrur and coiVtinuo four months The Sal
i i2mlt l p > n 1JK t 1000 which
ndiMes nninagen The nxt meetlnLV
m n A it l leM g N
mi ntoiilu line
San Antonio Texas December 12 Tho
largest cromd or Urn season nttondett the
nildwiuti r ratjcs tod ty neitlng wns lively
and tho bookies weio lilt hard
on two of
I t0 rcc < Pcd their lnsses
otbltI rs on the
TlvT
n lo > for nonwinners nt this
0 1 HllUierul
Time J Tbo
Holm Tln io 1021
T
Onequnrtor mllo
i inle llnvf1 Time 2P4
Ihrcn fuilongs for hfn
jjjp11 Foghorn
trnoil
horses ftpn
Rl furlongs
npbevrrTPJor U Mlirffrfip n
Time iiou
Dickey
Norfolk
roll p
Tho etpen
vast
SnWftSniafir the i i5n ev
o
i
commMilelo fr uentTv Vl am
that the congressmen Vi l U seems
much nibout It Ti art ot wewvlng
tJ V
frolic of going Joy tlio
> cr and bids homo m
tm
tho
us lonw ns tho dear peoiVli hoiM t1 lni
n lrlr
netiM and
siy nothing iibrnl i
Hltme they wl 1 Keei it iv
nt0rc
can possliilv nettle ilmli Hoy
will adjourn an Tir ihVT
go home rm
V I otlea i n g
Nnecgdnchesriironlcle
Culberpon
ItCMgan iZ Z P n
fnv dVgriirtiP1
GROVES TASTELESS alt CHI S 1 ee
Cbllls and Malaria u Is imniJNIa for
Quinine In a tasteless form ron anJ
It Adults prefer It to bllter ChlI < lren Iovo
tonics Price 60c useatlug
S ln r iMnilmriit
rk > stin Press a
Sllontly ami sieadilv h
Mlver at the rxuTou f °
ami wherever Slu i u Crowing
held the sllvei forJe h V vo b
AViien inoher prMi < limii J blB Ki
ttlirite around them wW b aUv MHIntr for > the >
to ttfXT XirTvov mY
be n dnngnr ns lone i KC o
ft the hands of sob d L are
a5Sfu di as
Iliitiorsoi Crane onii
nuight to pVv a hSt liSJ In 0Wo hav
Cooper They aToKooi r SjVcrs
ar S M tl
from eatiiur tla ml nil fat
able to aurvvi momhE S P lc CatlI < J e7
years on the pear with l ° T Mv < cn
such diy fpflU J th SJlBiw During
pear Is or lucalei ahl vJuT V < Mr h
NO VI Itivn plA
That Is the
way
cin
U 1
to treated nthorao tRil
tract to pay rnllmiii ri < <
pains Miicou i ntch lMl5
any Juit of the body IJnlES > W
til It la this HyphmJJrii
tlmtvro RiinrnntVo WcuS 114
l llnuto
cu and hi
bitmeil tin skill or Ihi wJB
Kimranty Alol t J5W la
cation Artdrcs COnTKHEsiU
WEYLER SlTUjfi
iitrn to nr > ciinmTTH
iA IJOVCNME
Ilo Cm a very
Chilly Hv
M lrll l ProcedK
Out in InlerT
Mndild December 12
hero this
morning but very UttUh
was
Uio exception ot
a few frltnl
Indirfcicnt
121 Correto
Dspanola
havo abandoned their sari th
Hon ntgalnst President ntmUL
to congiess
McKInliyT
General Weylor In tho
conn
tervlew expressed the pleasure ill
corded h m that tho glorlou faS
Spanish race wero not dwdw
still lealy for sacrifices In S
honor of tho
nation H0
fnt the Canovas cabinet K
the Washington government toS
ttat it vmh the nations poliolot
Woylersl policy In CubaiK
lion should bo huppressed Vltt
consenting to American ntertSS
failed to understand
how ihe taitm
silent btforo tho declarations rf f
now adopted In President JlcKitW
Mgo a tono
Insulting to snlj
Spinlsh army
Ho bcllevnl he1 declared
emik
hat tho government
be e
to publish tho Cunovns note m
Hon tn tho irmy and tilso prob 1
means in Us powcr against ltd
mohsago to congress
To his personal knovvledsc U tv
tho gonornls residing in Madrid Ml
on this point whllo he wt mfL
tho eonservntivo element of the o
would ccmbltio to avort tno mlau
honor
of tho nation
IjA ItCII tS KDITOUIL
Autonomy i Vpj Iltker
Ia 11 ii re
Havana December 11 U totli
leading editodal sas
The day has arrived when It li
Miry to tell the truth to tbo toasts
to tho government so that ncltlrf d
will be chagrined if the neir ijm
autonomy faths nnd pence IsnotoS
through il General dlbtrust huU
preyed sincP it was hcu that the
government had taken an active
promoting the refcimibts In Ctba
hnvc no more political force tld
autonomists who havo alwoji liM
bpain Htnndlog with KUiarislilefin
b > the Spanish flag wbllo the Hilt
Irntl was involved in rebellion uit
ing under tho accusations and Its
L t Lurla nlds that ihe gOvertit
been forced to resotrt to autouoinju
to restore peace to the island and tin
> tcad of utilizing tbo bcnlccs of tin
tonomlsl party and Its followers t
compel them to bunendcr t llm
ists by uniting with them TM
party of the Island that paper asserts
accept the governments overturntf
certain reluctance own g lo thedi
torn of tooling the codutry aailil
find that If autonomy has crnie oct
uinphurit it Is certainly not Heists
Ibis who aie winning Tho MiMiff
monts determination to begin t > iw
iiutoiotnist paity to surrender to t5 <
foi mists nml othois will not pron
ficlnl
The eiitonnmlsts refuse torccopw
chiefs than thosn they now liaveul
bad nnd aro deteunlned to submit
impositions from whatever tow
may conic lllnncos only wjyoutii
tho Mndiid government 1 am hf1
know what bhould bo ddne Ifl J
aVlovved turte blnncho c do wtat 1
proper to establish p ° uco in Out
someone else to cettlo affairs
L i
HAVANA ADVICBI j
lllaiieos riiiiiloleiuMN Ustes11
IlenliltMit MeKlnley S
Harann December 12 MarsW V
has cabled Senor Do Ime SpealA
Istcr at Washington a request thatb
der Ulancos condolences to President
Kmley on tho death of Mrs JcKhto1
presidents mother fi
General Pando and his sta < fJr
with tho gunboats engaged in rs
the wreck of the gunboat llelamj
wns dynamited some months ago
or caarrh lRBB l > I
U
mouth of tho dver Canto and are-
away othep obstacles intcrferlW
navigation while aluo protectlnsiw
of constructing forts at thai pel
Guibat Dcpendlcnto originally
this work met with an accident v
been towed back to Mnnzanlllo
General Velasco Lonas deslroyej
surgent camp at Madania 1lln8 ° i
Insurgents Tbo Spanish column U
killed and nine wounded
Near tho city of Plnar del Bl J
surgents altncked tlio planta llnviBl
tlete
wounding tho chief of tbe
charge and five soldiers
IiiHiirirontN Iliuii CUBBfji
Havana December 12The pWRj
Insurgents to strike a Blow ntU H
has been cheeked accorJIaS jji
sources but tba conccntri l Jta
foi ees Is such us to make It utuWI
the Insurgents will surrender j
ness concerns of the country art lA7fli
couraged hy tho actual J1
do net expect a speedy cud ol V
tlon i >
Jt
Qulnorla Is guaranteed to ur
fever nnd all malarial disorders
no pay <
WE CUR
to stay ettreJJ
lading g
fRelar c uf >
bt 5s
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