The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVth Year, No. 285, Ed. 1, Sunday, January 14, 1900 Page: 1 of 26
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jour horns or place < builnenata
cost that ittmi almost Insignificant
when you conjlder Ihs convenient
from a busln < i and dorrmtlc point
of view
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Fire Brick etc
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nbaltum for Iron tin shlnglo or felt paper
roofs Jt will stop small pin holos and mako
n good root for ono or two jears after you
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think it Is not worth repairing
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CO Houston loas Phone > Sf
plcted John Mitchell the president will
preside The fitst official business will bo-
a call for tho report of the credential cjni
mlttee The committee has to pass on
about 700 delegates The reports of PreHl
dent Mitchell and SecretaryTreasurer
lrarco will be long Mitchell will dail
with nearly twenty subjects ot Importance
to miners The total fully paid up mem-
bership on January I 1839 was G 77t with
638 local lodges In tho United States Dur-
ing Mitchell first year as president the
membership has Jumpe < l to 100000 Tho
financial condition of the order has 1m
pwed greatly The cash ir > tho bank a
year ago was 42K00 now It Is much
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more The receipts of the National ordo
In 189S were over 60000 during 1699 they
were much larger All members of tho
executive board or the Unite 1 Mine Work-
ers had arrhed this etenlng
r j ALWAYS IN THE LEAD
biiii specif
Quickest Time Best Service
To Chicago Louisville Cin V
cinnati Washington Balti3
more and New York
SkEGAXffT FREI3 CHAIR GARS
F D MORSE
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IGN
217 Main St
VERY LITTLE NEWS
Is Received from the Conflict In South
Africa
CENSORSHIP IS MORE STRICT
Since the Field Marshal Arrived at
Capetown
GENERAL FRENCH MADE AN ADVANCE
Shavings W
Hnrtwell Iron Works Houston
PLUMBING
SEWERING
ELECTRIC WORK
Houston Plumbing Mfg Co
Maton Building Phone < 00
Boers Attempted to Seize the Position but
Were Driven Back
M V FP MADE BRILLIANT DASH
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lluinnr Ivr Honril but the Wnr
Office Mntrs Hint Almnlutrl
Itothlnu linn llrcn iltccclscd
Kjn b n C3pc Colony January a A
strong force of British troopn adxauccil
this morning under cocr of n t rlak artil-
lery fire and cucampei at SUngcrsfontcin
on the llour eistcrn flank The Hod
fatrols rallied but subsequently a bodj of
Hoers atemptcd to tclio tho posltion
Ihreatsnlug conuiitinlcatlon between the
BritlHh rampart Plid Utnsbcrg TJu Nuw
ZealnndeE with a brilliant dash frits
tratd the attempt Tboy raeed and selrad
the position firs and fired > olloys at tbo
enemy vho retired In the direction ot
Colesberg
Lmdon Jmuary 13 The moTerrent of
Oenotrl Frenchs truipa In the lclnlty of
Colfsbuig is talitn to Indicate that Gen-
eral Lord Roberto has recognlrrd the Im-
portance of General Trenrhs objective
namely to oltRln command of both
bridges across the Orange rUcr and has
hastened to send him iclnfon omenta It
it also thought to partially confirm tho
suggestion that General BullorH plans In-
clude synchronlous roo omenta In all the
spheres of operation
About 4000 troops sailed for South Africa
this afternoon
London January 14 i a m The veil
concealing tho theater of war from the
nxlou3 eyes of Great Britain and thr test
nf the world Instill uplifted It lslmpoaj
Flble to doubt that this absolute closing
of all the chanels ot Information Is duo to
tbo ccncnrshlp the Btrlctness of whlrh has
been redeuhled since the Inndlng of Lord
TlobertR and Lord Kitchener concerning
whom nothing has transpired since the an-
nouncement of their arriNil at Capetown
four days ago
Tho nar office ftntcd at midnight that
no further iwwb from tho front had been
loeclved and none from any other source
has como to hand during tbe night As
ueual when news Is scarce Hie rumor mon-
gers hae been buBy Tho latest story
floated was that Intelligence has 1 cached
the headauartcrB of tho Scots Guards that
General Bullcr had again sustained a se-
rious defeat Inquiries at Wellington bar
laiUs showed that while such a rumor hud
reached there It was neither official nor
In any foim deserving of credence
STILL DEEPER IN THE MIRE
nurorit liicis ciivmiiikii
HAS nOtlJlOO MUCH IAMCIXS
CrltliK of the fiovpriintPiit Wnr Iol
Icy Kind lliich on Which lu
nunc Tlielr ClmrKcn
Copyrighted 1900 by Associated Press
London January 13 Tho frivolity dis-
played In his recent speeches by Mr Hal
four tho goiorcmcnt leader in tho homo
of commons has landed what has ben
known as the Btrongest government of
modern times in the slough from which
extrication la dlffirult It not doubtful
His lighthearted remarks which wore
pleasaritly accepted by the nation whe > n
times were good and all was well are
offensive < o a p < sopl mourning for lost
sons and deeply angered by unprecedented
had tried
i reverses Mr Balfour if he
could not ba > e more successfully put Mi
I countrjmen or < dgo and when Lord Salls
speaks he will havo much to tone
1 for The memory of Mr Chamberlana
alliance speech was dlng away beforo
the mire The conservatives devoutly hopo
Mr Balfour will follow Mr Charabcrlalna
example and keep a dltcreet encs
As the Saturday Review one ot tbe gov
ertmenfa etaunchest supporters puts It
the administration Is now face to face pot
with the opposition but with the na-
tion It Is a crisis out of which aevera
smirched and
reputations
will come with
may probably result In the wreck of tbe
government It any case a reconstruc
tion of the cabinet seems Inevitable
Tbo Spectator protests against maklns
Mr Balfour the scapegoat = an deelati
that although Lord Sallsl
ablest mind In the empire
nt i > fe <
u Jv
ICopyrigl
Mft
l inrton jSpuarv 13 Tho timo Ina
come when ttio peiple ot Great Britain
no longer lep ulleet regarding tho ine
managrnior of the war Tho flood garw
ot crltlclsnj iao been opone4 aml under
tbe stream < t ndveree comment pouring
forth repma Ions aro willing Tho sterv
upbraidingo the govoriimcut by papers
that nlmoj for a crnturyihavo been < ou
iiervattvo Ji Holready been touched upon In
these dlspvtchcs Abure of tho war ofileo
has alw > xi8led und now It I on
a few dpgjrcOB more Mtier than it was
before What cbjofly nurka ho pjojlns
of the British froni a period of paas
illscotitent rti mbst J = cvcre fuultllndlig is
tho outspokfen ifbusp of tlielr Reueriiln in
tho fleld liicVo ure impJjnsaiuLWrica
of Htrtuv rvlce Jeilou i tjtirJ li llio rt
all t ra m > iaahorl oiulnBS JwhrorrMieic
tOforoXa n tiecn s eretlyxl hlHpereJ In
vltiba Vh this week tlnding their placoln 1
print aiid not in disreputable Journals
but in orwutf that a month ngo would
have Ilcrcolrflcnounced nuch talen as un-
patriotic whether Huy waro truo or
otherwise
It < s now well known that General Bul
ler uespises Klcld Marshal Lord Robert I
and hates General Lurd Kltehuner tha
Lord Wolscloy tho commander ltt ehW
shar i General Bullers feeling tin l tmt
Wolselry Ib FCaicely on speaking terms
with the eocretjry of statp for war Lard
Lumfaowne To muh i flagrant eifnt
does this enmity < o that Ui1 Wolccley
wrotn to Lidy Buller that he kuew opti
lng about Ijrd Roberts appolnlinpt to
command the British troips n South Af-
rica and that ho disapproved of It With
these obstacle the londltions of affalia
between army officers will oonstltuto a
stupendous drawback o the aueerws of
the British Oeo papei usually well In-
formed on aervlc matters > clareJ It la
quite likely that G > neral Duller will throw
Up bis command and come home and he a
thorn In tho filde of the government Thin
la probably an exaggeration but It s ad-
mitted 0u all sides that be U likely t >
make himself as disagreeable a pcsslblo
to IirtJ Roberts
Aa If this waa cot enough It 1 openly
oald General Lord Methuen hat gone mad
that his mother died lnt > ane and that all
his life be has been afraid be might share
Mr Balfour put his foot fctlll deeper lu0 l > r utCi jjence It la added his untois
Ing reatlcssness Only this week a high
cavalry officer returred from South Af-
rica with complaints against Lord Me
thuen that the general during one of his
first actions had ordered htm to advance
with cavalry and that upon the colonel
atndlcB tho general word that hla honoi
and men wero too exhausted to be phys-
ically capable of doing eo Lord Mf
thuen Is rtported to havo said Well
jou had better go to hell The officer
to whom this remark was made has como
home demanding a trial by court martial
But It Is probable that he will not xet
It as he has been slated for another
lsbu fr tcoromnd
It I impoailole
atacr 0e
for him to continue inueh erral Clery ana General Trench all eome
prime minliter and foreign 8eciary it f tM f flbJise
ndvocates hla retention at trie now oicvlafnc rregented ibat the senior gen
the foreign office and the appointment or ealg w dlvIdca agslnot themselves
Mr Balfour as premier the ma rJ ° l How all this will end If the campaign
Larsdowne being succeededI at tae w ridraf 0 TOUCb longer without serloua
office by Mr H Arnollreresle nis changeor the better no onp can tell Th
gravely reviewing the zeiloua roilignation of Lord Wolsclcy would ot
same paper
military conditions of tho countrr aavo urprSd h0Be uo are cognizant of ths
plan f r home defense crin the war offlc A great1
cates au elaborate lnrler g
Including a volunteer arm recruited from victory would probably quiet the feeling
civilians and former soldiers which would ot discontent till tbe day of reckoning
r i
full scope nf which
< fiat
not nt Ilbeity to disclose but blub If
perfected will work Independently of the
wnr nftlto to achieve ono ot the most Im
portunl Rrltluh objectives
TO HI II Till HOI5HM
A TlmimniHl Com IuncliPrd Will tin
lu Africa
Minneapolis Minn January 13 John
tl Maher a well known cattle man of
thndron Neb la here en loiito to Chi-
cago nnd New Vork ITo said lie bus
raised a regiment of 1000 cow punchers
and plainsmen lo go to South Africa am
help the Boers Tho trnnnportation ill
i > ost 200 per man and tm money has been
filcdgod in Now V rk Chlrngo nnd Oumlin
lc Is on hla way to Und out how fur the
phdguK < an be rculled on before getting
yie men together The plan ho mm is
to ombirk thorn aa emlgrantB to tho
Transvaal and thus escaps federal Incr
jferinrc lln denies that It Ik an Irish
regiment a numbur ot nationalll w b
jng represented Tho men nn nil ar
fcompllshed rough riders nnd crack shots
IMlOllOrIl SIKKTIM
rtmnluflimn of liiinlir Insaril
lit
IMillfiilPlpMil
Philadelphia la January 13 A pro
Boer mass mooting waB hold In the Act
demy of Muslo here tonight under tbo
auspices of the Irish nnd GermanAmeri
can societies There wore about 2000
people In uttendanco and speeches wero
miide by a number of prominent persona
Including Judges of court and rlcigy
men Resolutions were adoptnrt express-
Ing sympathy for the lloera and asking
eongToiR to do the amn opposing any
alliance with any foreign power and con-
demning ono with England as being tin
American and oppo ed to the traditions
of thn Republ
yi nilintlilic mIIIi nnulunil
Chicago III January 11Three thou-
sand people filled Music hail this even-
Ing ubeorod for firaat Britain and Queen
Victoria until their voices were hoarse
nnd denounced the Boera and all their
supporters Tbo meeting was heia under
tho auspices of tho Society of tha Sona
by llcv W Douglass Mackenzie One
thousand dollars In caah was collected
for tho widows and orphans of British
soldiers v
i
The 1lonrllclpnaeil
Washington January 13 Secretary of
Statu Hay tonight said that the British
government bad released tbo American
goods in Delagoa bay The goods cou-
sin of lour und other goods which thu
Kngllsh authorities seized aa contraband
of war intended for tho use of the Trans-
vaal troops This seizure was iade the
subject of diplomatic discussion betweou
this government and Orcat Britain
AKllnlliin In Inrluicnt
Llsbtn January 13 The republican
press Is working up an agitation against
the monarchy on tho basis of Englands
interference with vttsels outside Delagoa
bay They declare that Englands action
U in violation of Portugals neutrality
and la due to tbs weakness of the ex-
isting regime
W iiiH JI TTI5U3
Murine Klrcmrn r Out on n Strike
fur Uniform TVJikp
< ih H t4 i j >
> rn 3ir >
rrnri
TWENTYS8X PAE
HOUSTON DAILY POST
XVTH YE AWNO 285
HOUSTON TEXAS StHNlDAY JANUARY H 1000
PHIOE 5 CENTS
In the Worlds Eyes Before and After the First South African Campaign
talcd to take a more serious dlsetlratnit
Ing and selfBaerlu clOR Interest lu the
army
i Reverting to home politics and the Bal
four muddle the extremist view In well
voiced In a public letter written by Henry faction of Ungland aonic of them
Broadhurst liberal labor moinber of iMr Ijnnuclnlly tnttrratcd In the future
liament for Ijclccater formerly oeerotary
of tho parliamentary committee on tho
Trades Union rongrvsx In which lie i > h
The amazing confession ot Iguornnt In-
capacity ahd nlmofll lodlfferomo mado by
Mr llaifour makes the Htoutwit hearts feel
that In tbe hinds of thr > present govern-
ment the safety ot the empire Is not worth
six months purchase
Mr Balfour statement that three army
eorps were placed In tho Held without 1
hitch has given tho critics an oxeellout
and not wasted opportunity to point out
that though enough Individuals to make-
up thrco Oorps are on their v ay to South
Africa they only havo th artillery lentils
lie nrrordlng to tho British legulHtions
for ono corps while In rtualry and army
Hdntce companies they hava almost cijual
lv deficient proving the Very la < k of or-
ganization laid at the door of the war
offlqe
JEALOUSIES AND DISLIKES
aeisT A3ioNf rnntT
OISMSIIALS
n iTi s
liisiinlt Clinru 1tr 3Ictliiirn llullrr
IirMMnn itt < > b < rfiCintu < ailNPl < j
Jtot lVonnrtl wltlilftrtil Miifulml
ft i
litedJili00 by AssoilatM Prosd
tiatscs but among tho highest born and
most enniliuled of Great nrltnlus best
cltlreus Noi Is tbe dlacontcnl coiillmul
to the Inautlon ot tho gonernls
Seveml of the most powerful civilian
mvu8 uiuivi
most darlhg projci
1V3f
South Africa us tho goeminent ItatIf
hap rejientcdly urged rerlnln leforms In
the methods of urnylng on the wnr not
meddling with tho purely military phusos
but offurlng for Instuneo to purehas
horaea for the Cupe pointing out ft better
mode of transit urging a mote vigorous
iinmpalRn glMng Information as to the
best routes toward the objectives and
utipportltig everything by comport ltnessr
brought ottcn at a great expense from the
CnpA
A representative of the Associated Pifss
lenrnn that a distinguished body Including
a former governor and nboiit a dozen men
who havo held civil military or Irregular
posltlonii of icntrol dmlng the recent
tioublra In Souih Africa waited on Malor
General Ardagh director ot the military
department of the wnr oftler the vnry
week previous to that which marked tha
three dlRHBtcrs to the British army Them
men hogged Oeneral Ardagh to tiroopt eer
tnln ntflioia and Intimated that ho hud
tindoieutlmated th opposing forces The
general listened and inplled Thank you
gentlemen But jou nit > wrong We out-
number them at every point and have got
em licked Theieupon General Ardagh
banged his open palms together In aplto
AN INDEX
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The South African war
MirilMI
Iollttral news
Her ml telegmphlc
Tiiittn
riiantlal revlevr
Texas news
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Foreign news
Wathlngton pewt
American sympathy for UQpts
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Denver Tost
Feu hern agricultural rommlsaloncri
riiTit
lrlnnd City News Ittraf
Higher courts
MVlll
Railroad newi
mvith
lexns polltlnal nt a
From the Capital City
KtniiTii
Texas uows
MVlll
Meeting of tho city
committee
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Pi rsotml mention
vnviii
leorgq W Heyer dtad
Local news
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of this dlM ournglng reception the men I KMWXTII
teferied to repeated their olfera ami the rommerclal pagcN
war ofliro now seems to havo nwnkcntvt riwilKTH
to the peilousnrsK of the position nnd the Killtorlnln
W
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Chat about diamonds
The Books of Two World
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Kii > imivriii < s
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rnplnln 8ul ltoss report to Uovtrnor Aim
Houaton N > s
taivrrnvrii
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Local courts
Marine riremcns Protective association
which embraces in Its membership abou
90 per tent of Ih firemen employed In
thin harbor and nlong tho Hvor below
The strike was ordered oday becauao the
Monongaheln Consolidated Coal and Coke
company the combine reftlsed to sign
the scale of wages presented by the men
which rnlla for a uniform wage of J50
per month for firemen on boats milking
down the river trips
AVI 11 III XT LBAOlK
TriivPlliiK Men unit llnlrl
rp In tin riuht
toibo held In Chicago Kebruary IS
The following letter wan raceUed at
hofdnuartera today from exGovernor TV
J Stono ot Missouri vice chairman of
tho deuiocratlo National rommlttca I
havo tho honor to acknowledge receipt ot
S HULLS
Loose Sacked aikbBalccIl
Q C STREET
HOUSTON TEXAS
SIRDAR KITCHENER
He Is the Real Commander in vtlic
South African 4
Campaign
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SALISBURY DEPENDS OHHIM
Roberts Is to Act as a Figurehead for
Younger Man <
THE HONORS PAID TO WELLINGTON
Nil Be Duplicated If the Man of Khartoum
Wins This War
A TECIINIIALITV HAD 10 RE OVERCOME
As llullrr AVnrrrn unit Other Hiiulc
Dm Aiiiinu iinrrnt Bent to UqU >
Ilicui Out of the Mill
Xjiilftec met and ifeclduf that l ird Kitih
Keppsra
Now York January 13 The board of
manager of the Comtnerelal Travelers and
Hotel Men s Antitrust league held a
meeting in this city today It was do
uded to arrange a meeting of the com
and Daughters of Oreat Britain The mltlco on legislation of which llnerai
principal address of the evening vas mido Joseph Wllletta of Alabama is chairman
Special to The ToaL
New Yoik January 13 Tho ll crnld has
tho fpllpwlngi
London January 13 iU lipw laks out
that Lprd Kitchener In rpnllv chief in
South Afrirn nt the hendof the Bnnah
iro opa am Loid Rotierlan flguieheud It
liaPpenod thus TrXjinliunnl defense com
ener wan tho nyin foilhrj place He was
Lord Sallsburs nomination The pre-
mier had nuule nStudy ot Loid Kitch
ener on tbeooeaslbn of tho slrdain visit
to Hatfield but endless difficulties were
In the war Th trouble was that Lord
Kitchener wnalhe Junior or Generals
Bullcr varioit and other But Lord
SnlBbun la ijtncr beaten upon a tenhnl
calltyand Mle rolutlnn of the problem
wiin tb acini Loid Itoberts He will re
Morntho rinnfldeneo ot the turn by his
preanco us field maishnl while the tnot
of iord jytohonar b lng hl aid will en-
able tho latter under cover of his nupeHor
ltifuuthOrtty 10 condue the campaign
fopyrlibed lioo by Associated PrenO
l ndph January 13 > Lord Sal sburj
lilnknihe salvation ot tho at my depends
fotj Uetpa Lord Kitchener In wham ho
ha mti had implicit faith l has al
readjen planned that If Ixirds ltoherts
and Kitchener bring the campaign to
tuccefstui tenuinatlqn thn WUer yni t 3
JltlD sI nt the duke of Wellington Jlc will
pa rjul Into tho war office nndwill be
JlNfl a free hand to huiati away tho cob
WBt which ring tbe British army Lurd
Jtotfcrte of course will nut b liegleetol
hull then he would be loo old for such
work aa la outtlned for Lord Kltcheuei
PerJiapK bofoio tills can bo accomplished
Lojjd Saljfttimy will be out ot power and
l ofd Kitchener will bo discredited but
upon audi rehabilitation by means ot n
young find brilliant ng nt has tho heart
oflthe British premier been set It r
inttjns to bo seon whether fate will cnabla
hlnj to carry It out
Mention ot Loid Kilehcncr J Imepar
abli connected with Khartoum where It
wnl announced thla week tho first tralu
frofli Cairo baa arrived Tho Associate
Icts learnu thla la not quite correct for
hcrjo nre still nbout 300 miles bptwceu
tbesl places on which no railroad haj
bccii built When tho Nile dum baa been
comnlctcd It will bn Impossible to on
atruci a mad between Aasuau and Wady
Halfi Tho way the first IrnlnloatLof cX
curstf5nislB arrived nt Khartoum wan by
dlacmliarkliig at Anaunn into a river host
traveling by water to WadyHalfa and
then boarding a military train formerly
used flir the conveyance of wounded sol-
diers vlblch took them to Khartoum
your favor Informing roc of my election aa 0u0 aa its nla
I a member of tho executive committee of f Ji i
I the Commercial Travelers and Hotel Mens lUccrca l0
Antitrust league I am willing to ac
cept tho appointment and to aid you in
thin good work as far aa I can
Other letters accepting membership
were received ono from John U McLean
In which bo i > ays Anything I can da to
help tho Commercial Travelers I will glad
ly do
Illrcc PeriioiiN lliirmilto lutilli
New York January 13 Three people wero
burned to death In a fire tonight in a tno
story frame dwelling on Pine street Corona
Long Itland
Tbe dead arp Kllzabcth Campbell 19 years
old Jennie Campbell 21 year old Arcbla
Campbell axed 10 year
Tho cause of the tiro Is unknown
NjW YORK Lieutenant Yitor Blue of
the Vnl td rjtitlcn I avy was honored on hoard
thfc balthshlp MamihusMIa a thn navy
yard by the women of Baulk Carolina tha
lleutensctt native tstite for hla heroic worl
on land and water durlnti the war with
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hli > arrtwd htre bui the ilifttruUv bn en
Jranip and raeta Tjoralrao h l th it kd
atUf ihrouih tie KieM ad etr
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VlennaA January 13 Tbo Neuo Frele
Presse totlay publishes a dispatch from
lrussela Vaylng news has been received
hero froni Pretoria to tho effett that tha
ocrs haveAstormed the heights all around
jAulysmlth nnd that the rnpltulallon of
tllat place V hourly expected
It Is posalble that tho npws received In
VUnna via liruBteis from Pretoria may
refr to tlio lUhllng of Saturday last Jan-
uary 6 rjiepYhe Boera captured the Brit-
ish trenches mree times and woo thrlee
driven out it tVe point of the bayonet and
ihn fact ihal IHc Poern orcuplcd one Brit-
ish position all IV v long only being ilrlveu
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lies Moines loVa Januarv 13 Tbe T
M C A udltorIum was crowded tonight
with a mass mcctwg to express sympathy
for ino Boirs fudge Siurricr dwlareJ
Iowa ought to ratye OO0O men ftnd 100
conlrlbiill6n to the causti qf the
Intltrcudenco and b0jwa
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Bonbam Texas January 13 Today B
D Stegcr of this place shipped 100 rnulc
lo New Orleans which he had purchased
for the British government Mr Stegcr >
has sold altogether 3500 head of mules la-
the British
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Wnr ratirt Needed
London January i3 Tho London Sun
today ronortfl that on the reawembllng of
parliament JanuarftS tr gQV raftRtw U
immediately ask ior a further crodtt ot
20000000 pounds sterling
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Decided Aftnlunt Them
Louremto Mafquitr January 3 Tho v
courts have decked against tl e Pretoria
diroctOMi of tho Naftottpl Trawyaal bank
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