The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 269, Ed. 1, Wednesday, December 29, 1897 Page: 1 of 10
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FWAUMONT TEXAS
and Circular Sawel
tfut r of BanJ
LEAF YELLOW PINE
iai < and Timbers FuroUbea Ptoaipt
jIvc Bplet Asfortwent el Dealer
riTland
in Town Honey
it Jemimas
Cake Flour
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today
36ilb package
RE AND HEALTHFUL
IT CORN AND RICE
MjEND U5 YOUR ORDER
SSTR1CTIV tHJARANTEED
D Cleveland Co
Laurel
Wreath
renaw braid of Elgin Butler
1 b nothing flncr croduced the
oror Try It ntul you w til
1 so other At wholcsalo by
T H Thompson
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TELEPHONE SERVICE
saiesvoartlme brings NEW CUS
TOMERS retains old ones and
cenerallj lubricates the wheels or
buslnees
Over 9000 Telephones In Texas
jtONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE TO
POINTS CONNECTED WITH THE
jjtern Telegraph
boot Ca s Extensive
System
Oats
g
and Hay
CAR LOTS A SPECIALTY
P 5H EARN
HOUSTON TEXAS
iiimmiuinummmuiw
B CARRY iVKSgs
Writs Stationery and School Supplies
A us
your orders Write us tor quota
Houston
Drug Company g
JE1VED >
Cn il Trlumpls and New York
toseind Imrjess Seed Potatoes
CHAS BOLLFRASS
jicATEE ca
3TT0N factors
4 Commission Merchants
i lt
enf prtlalJ T and Roscdai
IaSter
riro BrlckS
fiilri Acme Cement I
Pvtcr
wt Roofing etc Liberal advances S
TOMAVS KOHEOAST
y ORKTho Arricrcin Jewish His
w 1oli
neuVU s sixth ainiiJl
n lhls city today md tomoirow
OhioThe
Dj American
wil hold Us tenth
> tin ff hero commencing lodav
SIns thteoduv
f 0 Pana > < 1 l lll
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eapttol at Hurttsbtir
heel ta lay at a pec
eupltol crjmmlysfcnrara
SmVNThe Thirteenth rogmiyit
nictnorate tbo clot of Brooklyns
l mnmVnJ clPllty ww > ft review
fltloiat thearmory tonteht
or ti Miy An Covcntiy
rt t t ° C1 Coventiy wll be
tihe ili rjn i Vdolor Tiulcep Singh
I Milnwrajah ot Lahore
nftiTi 01 i1 stap clvl feilco com
h J a exanilrtatlin for mrr t
in tlio
no Pan of aisrUtant nct
tatc departmcint of Insul
ta > rrh0 J rel of education
ttSrrt1CrreCTun > between tho
f > 1uca on oncJ tho fonilrn
lawih Hani ° f ° 1 > 0r0lSha 0t 3Ion
Ero x
H1 l r > tor JOyc
stevm
with is 33
l fty horseo ar l four
3 fent S >
I J wero offorel but
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< Ttoi2 n ot thl > lasses fcr
v tne ff vcromoat Yukon relief ex
Wecor 1 28ahe Dally J > ry-
e Um I tomonow print a m
NC hJ0 0 cottoncrop for 1SV7
0 balpi estmato of the crop at
r
To all points on the
International and Great Northern Railroad
feis on Sale December 25th 3Jst and January 1st Limited
JS to JANUARV rd J89S Returning
D HUNTER > CUy ticket Agent 217 Main St
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MAILABLE EDITION
HOUSTON DAILY
THIRTEENTH YEARNO 269 HOUSTON TEXAS WEDNESDAY t > EO 291897 PRIOR 5 CENTS
N k G TAYLOROld Stjla
PFDENSOldSt > le
MrRCHANTSOld Method
MERCHANTSRoofinc
CAMARET ALASKA VIOU
HOUSTON FRANKLIN BUFFALO
KLONDIKE and other terne
Peden Co
OHIce ioi3 Franklin Aenui Phone 170
Engines and Boilers
For Steam Plants Etc
Ilolstlne Rigs on hand
Holler
Fronts
Heaters and Castings
Hartwell Iron Works
fc I GotiLian sr J E Lester
S L Gohlman Co
COTTON FACTORS
HOUSTON TEXAS
lU dvancea quick sales and
prompt returns Curr oondene aollcited
COTTON
Will makfe advances on any quantity
cotton to bo held until May 1 1S3S at
FOUR INTEREST
Commission 100 per bale tlrst month
and 20c per balo per month thereafter
This includes all charges Will accept
consignments cotton Hitters same terms
S V McASIIAN
WJUATIlim IMOIUIATION
Iaifit XI litn ltoudliiK
An area of low pressure H moyluj In
over the northern portion of tlw country
with the lowest barometer a Incm at
St Paul The barometer continues hW
over the other portions of the countrj
wtth the hlKhcst 3043 at Memphis and
Corrtt Chrlstl
Tito wenther 1 clear except oer tn
not them litilf c f liw country where it is
partlv clouiv to cloudy
No tntnfall worthy ct mote Is reiioittu
tonlsht
tionernl OhHorinllmix
Obtervatlons taken by the United State
weather bureau at 8 p in 7Jth meridian
ttai
Jacksonville IM
MtMilRorrary All
Vlckstuts MU
New Orleans La
JGlfStlne Texas
Galveston Texan
Corpus Chrlstl Texas
Jtcmphis Tenn
Nnthvlllo Tenn
fit Ptiul M nn v
SI LouUi Mo r t S3
Kanns Cltv Mo
Omaha Neb > 1
North Platte Nen
Dodt Gl Kan
Amtrillo Texas
Ollihoma City O 1
Abicni Tewis
El Foeo Texjs
rrolmlillltlcH
Wiiphlngton Dsctmber
Texa Iali warner on the
ly wlndM
Oklahoma Indian Tetrllmy and AiKan
sas Gtttrallv fair wanner iur ne
winds bcccmlns ouUllvrl
North Ualtota Llsht < now prolubly
colder In western portion northwesterly
South DakotaGaerall fair probably
colder in txtrrne werwn portion north
we ttrlj winds
Nebraclot Partly cloudv northwester
rttn sOcnerally fair wetrrl > winds
Cclnrado Fall northwesterly wind
Wvomins ThiH > alcnntr v eathei proba-
bly coler northerly wInds
Montana Threatening weather cxem
1 < kM rain In wester 1 poitlon WLttirly
winds
a
Dltrrmit Mu t Ilium
San Francisco Ci Docembot 28 Tills
nfternoni tlio supremo court denied tho
application ot thoattorneys fot W H T
Durrjnt tho condemned murdetcr of
Bncho Ijatnant for a writ of probable
cause It was conlendod by Durranis
conrstl thaft Judge Pilicr3 erred In having
fixed tho date for tho exccutSsn of their
elenl wltHii le t than fclxty dijs after
tho date urcn wihlch he was ieommttid
to Uio etutody ot the warden of Sin
Quontlrt pr irv The supremo ootirt how
over after hearing the iwlnts relied upon
for reversal dcnlod the petition utianl
mausly
ide I < ml Tinst
Pittsburg Ia December 28 nighty
per tent ot tho edgo tool manufacturers
of tho United States havo consolidated thttr
Interests and havo arranged for the erec-
tion of a uow plant near Charleroi about
forty milts south of this city on the Mo
nongaheln rher Tho concern w II bs
known as the American Ax ami Tool com
and will havo a caital E 0 0
J2 panv 000000 It will employ over 2000 si lied
worltmen Tho conbolldafed plant will ha
in operation within fLt moaths
V Triple KllllliC
narboursvWe Ky December a
bla news has been icceivevl here of a triple
killing at Manchester The vlctlmi were
alvJ Ilob Oreff
win rtnrfiv Jsunes Phllpot
or Ml nadbeSn drlrlklng and Pnjpot
rniiwl iinon liurdy to stand treat Uurdj
had alreadj don so
declared thdt h
Phllpot said he lied and IJUrdy I > eKe < l
and him itovvn atary wouSdeil rose Clrwory drew a I ho
shot liurdy and was stabbed by the l er
each jecelvlnjr fatal wound3 All its n
were well known mountaineers
Holiday excursion
One and
Onethird Fare
Democratic Ctimpaiijo Committct
Should Be Composed of Them
LUKEWARMNESS HAS BEEN ALLEGED
On the Part of the Committee of the
Last Campaign
JUDGE N00XAX WANTS OPIICE
Icilcrnl JiidKeahlit If He Can n < II
Sim Alitiinlii Pofttnrilro u > t
Cerlnln f Aiiioliitment
Washington December 2S Spcclal
Washington lias Its perlo licit ecntatlon
and tho one of tmlav Is an interview In lhls
mornings Post with tleorgQ P Keener
Picsldent ot tho Nntloml association of
bllver clubs whcli In tho last campaign
rendered mtch potential serjho to Mc
Brian In this Interview lie pointedly an
nounees to tho democrils thai unless the
now democratic congressional tampalgn
committee Is plated under tho control ot
honest competent putle who nro filler
men nt heart the sllvei men will neither
roalesce with thorn nor tontrllmto to their
camiaign fund
Thla statement nt Kconeys derives ad-
ditional force from the fact that It I113
been charged hero vcrj fienueutl by pnr
tic s who say they will produce tho neces-
sary proofs that In tho last camptlgn both
Chairman laulkner and Secretary Law-
rence Gardner not only grossly misman-
aged tho campaign but beluj goldbugs at
heart wcro lukewarm 111 Mippott ot tho
cause and candidate
Ii touted lij Tixuun
Washington December 2S Special
Tho following patents wcro granted to
Tea people today ldwln I Anthony
Cameron wrench George 0 OUrlt afstgu
or to W Dldtidgo S Ilium D J Clirk
Galveston and D Uiznrus Bhcunan tlud
pressuru regulator St Julian lllrardeau
and It J Murray Cohesion lallwuy
8vltches Jamtfl M Klrltpalrltk nd J II
Idlcjs Tiles plow Duncan D ItCxill s
blgnor to J D McCall Josseraud lubiletr
tot William T McNVll Btonebtiw wire
stretcher Gabrkl Rohrback Del Ills turn-
table Harry D Houx MMtcnor of two
thlrdi to J Singer and A J Achlapella
Galveston letter copjiiu 10IU Olcr P
AVolcott Dallas dlBO plov
Nooiiiiun Amliltlaiw
Washington December IS Special
Informaticn gleaned in Washlngtn lodrj
makes It practically certain that Judge
George H Noonan will bo appointed al
mistp at Jail Antonio Hooer Judre
Neonan rrofeis the judpcBhip now held by
Judgo Rector and In Mso this Ic illtlcn
mentioned in these dlspa nes ji > ilCrdn > is
enacted retiring Judgo Rector Uteri Judge
Noonan will become a ten llUto lor the
vacant placo on the IVdaul 1 enth
1wurtlfCiiiNH IdHtiiinotor
Wfsblngton December 2S Special
FourthclatG Texas poslinastera appolnte i
today Udward A Boles Gulp Hill coun-
ty It M lcscne llennaiv Madlflon poun
tyj Frederick C Mlluoif Housley Dallas
county Alfred P Smart Joj Clty lotmty
UllHley < > liul liinl > l >
Washington December 28 Special
Cngressinau Hawley tolay liged 1 mail
Texas appointment John Kocpku ot lioHy
was made consular ag nt a KofifgelMS
Gcrmanj The otllco pays ruOl per aim m
> t v VI Order Ollicc
Washington December 28 Sptjlal
Tho postotflce nt Bdiia Jackson eoant
Texas will be made a National nonoj Ci-
der offUo Januap 3
PciinIiiii tJrantiMl
Washington December 23 SpecialV
An original pension ot 12 a nontn has
been granted to Samuel J Ktlvjld ot
Dtollc Texas
KCHIVrAUY < IIJTO IlIiSK
JmicIi ii Hepiirt In li < Miliitli n Imt 1
Denied
Washington December 2Araislanl
Secretary VanderllP when sKerl today
concerning the report that Secretary Gage
had tendered his resignation and that
Prepldent McKlnley had rcfueil to actcpt
it satil There is nothing in It
Tho report In question rho Mr Viindcr
llp as nuthorltr for > c assertion Betrc
Sarv Gage himself left New York this
morning Mr Vanderllp when queallonrd
fmther said so tar as ho was quoted as
authority for the assertion be could say
there Is nothing In it for he had never
no sirred to any person A to wh lher or
not Mr Cane hail olfered to teato and
President McKiuley had relusei to ac
t b anderllp could ay nothing
for ho aW not know whether it was to or
It is believed In some unusually well ln
frrnud clrtles that the report Is subxtan
tlslly correct but there was no formal
tender of rfslemtlou It Is r9 T rHd ns
protablo tnat In home eonrer satlon with
the pnsldent Mr Gage In an Informal way
eald that he would rtelgn If Ills rtunnual
views were vrobtrrasilns to the admlnlstra
COTTON
the f sht and airane
Wo will cav
tlio 7 t twlV w cotton of a frago
ht end cVtiP = nd itd for sis mont
Zfh the1 only txtru charees wrll be
K Lt rre rile ot 1 ° cents r > r bale per
gJStSVS wtS V of tMuroncc Cor
rtapondence ollcdtd
Carson Sewall Co
Wkaluala Oroeera flj Cattao Pactara
T
tloutwi m
va X a A <
tion and tho pualdent in reply stated veiy
positively that ho did not want bis letre
tary of tho trcasuty to do any miclt thing
lt Is learned furthermore that at the
llmo of this conversation Lie nreillent In
formed Mi Gage that their views were
In accord niul that ho mutt not think ot
resigning It is regarded as lOrtalu that
Mr Gnge will roiitluue In oftlco
Mr < inue Diiilea the Story
Washington December 2S ccrenry
Gao was soon today on his return rem
New York and questioned 113 to tho tttth
ot th published renpr that no ttudtrr 1 his
te3lgntlbn i8th prfsldqut nd tait It
had been firmly detlltrnd wttu nniiy A
prthKlons of tonfldcu e i > nd aipre HlIon
of his ability as shown 111 hU ndmlntsfiii
tlon ot tho department Mr Guge vvni iot
Inclined to dlstuti the matter at lengh
but wld ho had not tilud itsi un gtu
tlou not Lad he any liroilloa of dolus <
Tho repoit he salu pioottily sprnng irem
11 report that he had nude to Inilmito
friends that not for an thin wonU ho tm
bnirafs the president and It ho saw ho
was doing this lie would resign it onee
He added A cabinet officoi twglit al
wajs to bo rcad > to surrender his olko
at the call of his chLf the uMicillve but
I have not tho slightest reason to beilcve
that such action on my 1 irt is feu to
motelj desired by the president 1 he de
sires of other people In tlat > dliectlou I
am not disposed to ponUdtir
IAI > CUMPlilN
Will IiiiiImIi he Vluriltrer of iii >
the Aiuerleiiii Ajiliriiillie
New Vork December 24 V dtfiuUii to
the Herald from Washlnston ui
Japan his taken measures to < omply villi
tho demands of the 1 nltel Etalci that he
tnurdorcr of Frank Ujips n uptii u
attached to tho crulsei Olyn h be uu
Uhcd for tb ° crime-
A cablegram received at tho iiitvy iV inrt
ment Irom Rear Admiral J uValr enm
mander in thief of the si ilc station
stales that tho murdeicr ot llpM has been
lodged In Jail at NajiiJkl mid will bo
prouetuled in accordi ict with Jhiimso
criminal proceedings riniater llu k has
been Instructed to wntn tlu proctdlnys
so that there shall bo uc mUcirrhga cf
Justice Tho action of tl oVtuiancjv la
ptosccutlug the murdrjr lll mi J tun In-
cident unlets Kpps mother pLojW h tinlt
a claim for Indemnity
ItllHll Of IlllltM
Washiuglon Dccenier SS Tlnce hun-
dred and seventy appllcainis for rnituis
were received at tho ptt it oftlco yesftt
day the highest 011 recod fo my ito
day in tho history of he ollUe Iho tact
that new laws squiring prisons vho have
made apullcaticjt abroad for ivt > itts to fllo
their application In this c untiy vvlhld
seven months of the tiling of Hit npMlc
tlon for foreign patents becomes npiiitlYf
January 1 and la accouiH lt > for U > > > yii
Heretofore application could be tiled ut
any time within tho ire of t n nt lt ued
in a foreign country
MeuiiiKunu C111111I > nr jor
New York Detcmbcr 28 The Atlas
lino steamer Alarp whlth arrived in Jay
from Ceutral American iwru eporfs tho
arrival it Greytosvn on Deceoilwr 7 of
the gunboat Newport with tho Nlsm tuan
cqiul autveylug party on t > ard ll Vtl
A largo force of laborers from Port Llmon
lad already arrived ut Grejrtattn lo rid
In tho work ot the survey Iiejr wc
considerable excitement nt Port Lluur on
December 20 owing to vxpzUii double
with tho Nlcaraguam A large foA ot
Costa Klcan troopa wet hi Iert Llincn
when ho Alane vailed
Tln > Kftelmm Will
Chicago December 2S Judso KtWitat
twlay heard thevtcstirKoy In n trd to ifce
admlsfpn lo itrob to ot the vlll ot I ha Jate
Jchn IJ Ketcham and the dsiMtd n the
d sd clubman widow Mrs Minnie Wal-
lace that t > hp be made sffla eSejltlrU of the
will Mm Ketcham dro ved In lee noum
Ins was nccornpajJlcd by o eph Keller the
bulier and her cautln Mn 6 Tcrrey
both of whom wore wit tows 10 tb vllL
After tha bearing of cvMi itto tlc ense wu
continued nntU next Monli <
Uncle Sams Christmas Present
Clovoland Plain Denlar
A SUAtMARY OP TODAYS IMPORTANT NEWS
An Interesting dliictisslon of tho epidemic that ptvvnilinl In Texns last fall
Dengtm va Yellow lover vviih hud by nHinl > erw of 1ho Soulli Tcxud Medical n
steUitton at Beuuutant
CHINA
China becoming nlarnvcd nt tho pres-
ent attHudo of tht < pivvorw leinuinya
cvucuatlon or Kalo Chmt buy condi
tio ral
Over n ncoie of nrlvsli wniships ur-
i ved at Port Hamilton
All the nifltnl rn of tho JnPanosJ
cabtiwt Iwvo reHlgiwd
Jnpan hits a licet near Goo Inland
ready for war nnd will cooperatu with
KMjInnd Kho villi opivjue permanent
occupation of Port Atthtir
MASIUMSlUA
Mr Iveivn y snys that tho democratic
enr greMiomil catnpulgi rotntnltteo
ntiBt lx > comported tit silver men who
me not lnkewaim lu their lulherenee
Hfiutor Caillom hn iiotlllmi tho prosl
dMit that ho will lead tho light om
Pexwiii
Judge Nooiwn will be ffvon either a
I cdctal Judghhlp or the Han Anionto
PtiStmaBttrshlp
Town nlte or 001 Aliski clalmJ
by llealy and Wlliwi uinl a new Bur
viv Ik iiectflrtai
Canadian mSnlster of Iho Interior
sost hs Kovernmtnt will coopeiuto
with the United Htntc In relieving tlio
JCiondlkers
Comntrflltfr HcKtlH will try to loeo
the Chctmtt bank of Phlodclphlft by
voluntary liquidation
Japan proi > M lo punsh the rnur
dircrot Frnnk Kpps
Humored that Btxrotary Jago had
tendered h n i T tlon
ntiviiisiie
Indiana campaign will bo on strict
currency linen
Ltllets peoplo turning down wheat
not up to contract and a eentutlon Is
expelled
PoMitmhtcf On leer of Mobile fwi > rji
In bcfoie da > lKht Kapler was rofiwed
II wiilt of injur Hon
Drltlsh Hewslery ompiny ot TliOHi
tvn it I iirq rlng to move part or
Us bi im i to Naativlllo
TJree kmls at jnolson found In thn
body or Mr JSunoll No
tSupretnr court of California tlenlcvt
Dm rants writ
The mill oporattvew In tho VuH ltlvcr
dletrlctatri not expected to strike but
the rtrfke tenitimtnt U very Blroiig
Cirtatn crIUcjm Mr CekcU de
clnrei to J > o unjuttto hm
i7uiikiii >
Hussla seized JCorcas finances anJ
cuiitoms recclps uV TCmnniously
fcrelne out th Kn Uh rtprfsenta
tlvea
IJtltluli cialm to Invyo subdued tn
AtHdls
Thif Galveston laden ateamshlps re-
port cotton flrw
TurkUh tori again fired on orceic
ruiiboau arl the Incident is eie > ci
to mean the closing of tho Oulf of
Ambracia
riPOHT
Kits ngrtcs to meet Corbett and Mc
Cpj after they wWp omo one to ploso
them lp il > f class tormH dont ttmt
Corbett
nvOrhardtPaly light declirfd u lraw
at tfc > nd of Iho tenth round BVcW
hardt m dangr of a knoekoiti at tint
eeren
McCoy issyjs he will meet any roan
7i1tz3lnrrof3 may name
KTATI3
People of Jfinper avu lntereite < l in
lit ldlng a cotton mill and will proba-
bly do >
Duughlw of Cnptntn JOlimjPn of
llemiwlcttl deceModi han putered cult
Tot llfe < tWtrnro money claiming ttitt
a ptphew to not it proper InsUraneO
beneficiary
jtnu btitilnow hotiSiS vveio burned ut
MeDlidf Bloieliowo ut Pallas lHUlfd
one niuflpapor plant destroyed and twd
otliclft duiniiged nt Greenville
fiiintrt Fo freight train went Into a
ditch neir Kenney n one hurt
Wnco poultiy rthow opened with m
good exhibit of lino birds
J J Ilynio of Cuuro Died n deed of
ttiist
AWitln land on nor lias he wnmei
by wlijuciiw how to 11m his bustnenH
Ttun Wright of Jtoscbud died ot hU
w oi nds
Hffott will bo mado to have resttla
Howl on initio Impot lotion modllled go
Texas may rtovplop tho Cuban tiitde
Clerk ot Galveston comity continues
to tolled tutfl for muulago IIcjiihcb
One negro Hbot and mortally wound-
ed another at aalvcutsn
A Fort Worth saloon Is alleged t3
li vo been touched for JIWO
One Ijlbt > rty county fiimer killed
ajiothet at M0 n Dluft nnd then aul
clded
uiia
x
MltiWiIor Do l omo prolci > ts against 2
lln HKHPrtlon luit tho aid by the tlnltert J
8I < Vi < m uieluis intiTventlOn
A gentltmaiii In Mexico snjfl tho J
IkIuwI 1h lo l to Spain thn Hpiinlsh sol
dcrn In tt worry lilght s
CIMMIHItCIAI J
Cotton ulures a fow iHrfltln lower on
account of an expected Increase In re
oelpts
Wlitut and oatu In Chicago scorn nd
voJiuea Gvin eIo e I unchanged iiSnt
provjKlOna lower
HearA Mtioooal lu nutthig down pr4oes
rtf Block tho Slrmnnmt In motley being
In tli lr favor
IIAIIJIDAIJH
A A Allen general manager and
Vlco president of tho Katy Is moving
to Texas
Surve > big party of tho Guadalnpo
Vftljcy road has left Victoria for Alli-
gator HiiJid
InforrnatSon received Jn Yoaltum la to
tho effect that thp Stp hops ore to bo
built POOT
Limg dlftanco telephones aro hurllns
tho railroaiis
LOCAL
HockUIlittz jiUpitalB wen colobrated
last night
Three Christmas nrHerfalntrjMiM were
held yesterday
Den A Itbsnep waa selected vloo
Iireridont fOf Hxistou at tho Omalia
expoaHion
A oonflj > t la probable between tho
higher courts ov < ht > jurtsdlotlon of
ttHo city recordef to try cases
Flro le rtrcotsl a resides noo aqd a
buejjteii titMt yt t lay
Poor chiWrcw wero troitdl n Clirist
church ycattrjay afternotan
fAUetrcd plckixaJcet bound over yes
terday C O > r y
Henry Sratth eolore l was Bven
Jtliirtyslx yearm for bshway robber > vt
tttnmmm
Big Japaaese fleet Pit
for Hostuitira
AJ
IS ONLY AWAITING
m
in
Russias Occupation of Pork > Artlffr
Will lie Opposed
nm
BRtTAIN ACTING WITH MIW
New
Mlnlstrjr Will Ha a Vigorous m
A9m
Iorclan Bollcy TT
GERMANY MUST HAVE A CHINESE PO f
1
If Kino Cham I n llnriiil tarrl An-
other Mnat IId VolnntnrUy Given
Over to Wllllnat
I mdon December 20 A dispatch from
Shanghai dated yestcnUy Tuesday aayat
It Is reported a JiipAhfae fleet ot over
twenty warshl > a 1 vrnttlin near Goto la
hind outeldo ot NagnNiM fully equipped
for war and only awaiting tnstmetlona
This Includes the Yutdttnu and tho Full
two of thn flncfii vessnls In the Jnpinesa
navy and tho Chen Yuen which wna cap-
tured from Clilun Tho Janaueeo fleet U
la imdcratood Is acting in close touch with
tho llrltlsh squadron tinder Vlco Admiral
Sir Alexander lltillook commander In cblet
on tho China station
Japan will certainly opposo tho Himilaa
occtnmtlon peruuinenlly ot Port Arthur
Tho BUdden dissolution ot tho Japaucaa
diet was owing to the var spirit
It l > expected that ho Jarnocso fleet
will iittempt lo ptwenl tho IandluK of re-
inforcements from Odessa for tho protec-
tion of Iho lluesau Traimtlanila rulhvoy
In Mnnehurla
London December iS A dispatch to
tho Tinif i from Kobci Jiiimn iuvh tho dis-
solution of tho diet has gnntlv angcrcei
tho political rallies It la probablo that
tho Mniquls Ho formerly ureuilor und
Count Okomn a former foreign niluliiler
will form a voalltlon jilutstrv with n vlg
orou foreign pollpy Thes nillllury narly
is eager forortlnii extrnordftuiy aqtivlly
provalla nt tho tnllltarv nnd mvvat eteticta
and wnulili urn nu < ciubllng ut Nai < nsttkl
OFMUOll StGNIFlCANOB
nirivanco by tho other powp s
TW1JNTY JiniTJSH WAUBIUPS
I > ondon December 23 The Slobe lbl
evening raya it prhuto iclo rnn recvved
In Iouduu lat ovenltig nnno mu d that o > cr
twenty Ilrlllnh warships hac arrived ot 1crt
Hamilton Iott Hamllloii is a snaH IsUnd
south of korca and not tir from Qucpartld
Island
jiM > a CAiiiNirr cihms
All lint r > > l < ofl 1 He lg t
MtroiiK SXtnlHtry I llemundoii
Yokohama Dertmber 28 Owlng to th
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London Dei iubcr S According to a
latter which tlio Timet ptibllnhes this iroru
lug from a eorreopotnUmt nt Voltto n cabi-
net crisis occurred In November duo to tho
lefusiil ot tho ptogrcaslsts to voto < n 1c
crotso lu tho land tax tthlch 1 peccr
aary Ui mett tho dfflcltH ctensd by tho
Into war Parliament would bAvn eiicd
next Juno and ttm progressists vvth a
general election In sight old not Jeriro
to ilsk uni > opularliy by voting to Intietiso
tho axntlon However Count OMtma tho
loader of tho progiewlsts left tho forogn
office siys thu cdrrrsponttontp > lth nn en-
hanced reputation ttnd next to Mnrqnls Ilo
occupiro tho largest space lu tho views of
tho nation
iho Times commenting cdltotlally upon
this lctttr and lis dispatches aaya ih
advont of a cabinet led by two siioh tlnl < r
men as Marquis Ilo and Cotut Okutna
mny bo regarded as an avent ot great rig
failure of tho premier MarqUta SulKo tt t > ft
reconstruct the cabinet all tho membora A
Vi
X
of that bo ly have resigned Nowapapdra < A
demand tho formaltlon cf a yenr Btroog VfJ
ministry capable ot coping with the Uuaj
Hon in the But 4
AVashlngton nocember < 28JThO J F 2
lb Rc7 l la tha Uakeit r4 kaUaf fiittt
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