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HOUSTON DAILY POSTt OTTDtfESDAY MOBJONG.? APRI1; 1. 190a ; "
ACCREDITS RULE
CANVASS' TEXAS
Aracriao Consul Reconlzes Sover-
eignty of China In Manchuria
Rivers and Harbors Congress Opens
Campaign it Beaumont Today.
SPECIAL DIRECTOR OUf
coo on
uOiuU TRIP
APRIL 4 TO 10
RUSSIA IS SECONDARY
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PLANER KNIVES
Made by
lj OHIO KNIFE CO.
Prices as low as the lowest
QUALITY THE BEST .
INSIST ON THE O. K. KNIVES
UNION IRON WORKS
POLICY IS HOT AHUOTJNCED YET
Ifc It Hot Known if Any Definite
- Policy Hu Been Decided Upon.
(Associated Press Retort.)
- KANSAS CITY. March 31. The poliry
Of the Interstate convention of the United
Ulna Workers of America repnr'ltng thn
difference with the operators was not
announced today. If any was revhed.
. Yesterday' s session waa given over 'o
the appointment of committees. In the
meantime these 36.000 miners whose In-
terests are Involved are to quit work to-
night. Am the contract between the operators
' and the miners provides that Apri; 1
phatl always he a holiday there is a
' bar chance that on that day the oper-
ator and the men may reach an agres-
. ment thus sending the men back to work
'Thursday morning next without any
? waste of time. However the miners do
"Ot expect this. They say that It Is a
plain lockout and they arc preparing to
request permission of their National body
?t sign contracts with Individual oper-
' ators.
Z Ho Strike in Kentucky.
f Associated Press Report.)
LOUISVILLE March 31. There will be
? tin strike at present In the soft coal fields
la Kentucky. The operators and miners
t Western Kentucky adjourned today
until April 7 with the present scale In
effeot- It Is considered probable that an
surreement will be reached at that time.
In the Eastern Kentucky district a
-wagerweaj li In force wie -will con-
tlnue Until September X i- ; .
Alabama Not Affected.
(Associated Press Report.)
r BIRMINGHAM Ala.. March 31.-lTnlon
T miners In Alabama will not be affected
tf the strike declared tonight as the con-
ptrcta with the domestic coal operators
do not expire until July 1. and nonunion
tnen are employed by the furnace com-
"" ktanles of Alabama.
.''I' No Suspension in Idaho.
j (Associated Press Report.)
TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. March 31. It
Waa agred today by the joint conference
: bf Indiana miners and operators that the
'!MTresent wage scale shall continue after
ft-i ttoay. i-cnd;nB h settlement of a scale.
' This means there will be no suspensloa
i n this State tomorrow.
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i ( Quiet in Tennessee.
t e (Associated Press Report.)
Jr t NASHVILLE Tenn. March 31. The
5 Situation In the coal fields of Tennessee
H'ta quiet and relations Between operators
and miners are entirely harmonious.
8H0ET NEWS STOEIES.
(
ABBEVILLE. La A fire which swept
through the business portion of Ableville
. oaused a loss of 11 00. 000. partially In-
' lured.
j' CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. The layman
missionary conference of the Method st
til Episcopal church South will be held here
' AprU 21 13 and 23.
CHICAGO. Several persons were serl-
. 'ousiy Injured In a riot which broke out
- at the mills at Indiana Harbor between
600 Hungarians Llthunians and Rouman-
V fKKW YORK. Crushed under ' thn
wheels of the trolley car from wlume
x'. path he had Just pushed his younger
: brother 11-year-old Isadora Rose of this
f efts' died an hour later.
FOREIGN BELEFS.
BERLIN- Frau Maulvln von Arnlm.
the only sister of Prince Bismarck. Is
SAN SALVADOR Owing to an uprls-
tsa; among the students. President Flgue-
roahas closed the national schools of
dentistry medicine and pharmacy.
lleruie Work on Nederland Well.
( vl J ' ' (Houston Post Specal.)
;BAUMONT. Texas. March 31. -After
shutdown for several months work on
' the wildcat oil well of the Nederland Oil
t" company hear Port Neches in Jefferson
t county Was resumed on Monday last. iThe
Well IS being deepened and will be sunk
If necessary to a depth of 1M0 feet to de-
i termln 9untively the existence of oil.
f X1 'taswse of the Illness of the driller work
v tus suspended at the well early In Jan-
uary last. Manager A Oswald and others
Interested In the well are determined to
' v the matter s thorough tesl. and to
is enJ- they have engaged li. McGaff-
. . .itilM'.' and -work was resumed on
ndav. It Being the purpose to deepen
e we 1 and put In six-Inch pipe it la
ted that such favorable prospects and
. lion for oll-srere encountered that
4 determined to Slnklsatie well to a
i greater depth j .
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. mere a one in every can ot
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GATES' WORK FOE PT. ABTHTJB.
Through His Influence Industrial
Sites Are Now Available.
(HohiIoh Pott Special.
FORT ARTHUR Texas. March 31.
The Kansas city Southern Railway com-
pany owns practically all of the water
front from the power house to the docks
n distance of marly three miles This
water front covers moat of the ground
suitable for the location of Industrial
plants and the vital question has been
whether the railway company would re-
lease tills ground for any purpose. The
Influence of John V. Gates has cut the
gordlatt knot and locations are available
for any number of factories or industrial
enterpi Ises fronting on the canal. Yester-
day a party of the highest officials of the
road were here. In the party were L. F.
Loree chairman of the hoard; J. A.
Kdnoii. president. K V. t'nrt. vice presi-
dent; William t'oughlin general manager;
Mr. Mci'arty vice president and auditor;
E. F. RuBt engineer and 1. H. Luke su-
perintendent. Mr. John W. Oates Is not here at this
time hut his representative George M.
Craig conferred with these officials and
they were taken In Mr. Gates' automobile
In a ride over the city spending several
hours at the docks and along the water-
front. Mr. Craig stated that after the
conference with the officials that ar-
rangements were made for locations for
the several Industrial plants mentioned
by Mr. Gates in his late speech to the
people here and the Kansas City South-
ern railway has agreed to release a con
siderable tract of land enough for many'
lui-Hiiuns. ine Kansas City Southern'
company Is willing to encourage the lo-
cation of any enterprise and we hope to
see work begin on some of the plants very
SEIIE WDTJID WED Mme. GOULD
Not Harried Yet but Soon May Be
He Declares.
(A tsoctated Pi 'ss Report.)
NEW YORK. March 31. -Prince Helle
I)e 8agan announced today that he will
sail for France on the La Provencla and
that Madame Gould and her children will
return to Europe Just as soon as she re-
covera from an attack of bronchitis with
which she was overcome while visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Morse at the Hotel St. Regis
on Monday. It was stated tonight that
Madame Gould's condition was In nowise
alarming
After announcing that he would soon
depart for home and that Madame Gould
would return to Paris when her health
permitted. Prince I) Sagan said at the
Waldorf Astoria tonight:
"I want to deny emphatically the re
port mat we nave already neen marnea.
That Is false. I ran not speak for the
future."
For the first time too. Prince Ie Sagan
declared himself a formal suitor for the
hand of Madame Gould.
ATT ELL DEFENDS HIS TITLE.
Figths Battling Nelson Fifteen
Rounds to Draw at Colma.
(Associated Press Report.)
SAN FRANCISCO March 31. With a
disadvantage of at least eight pounds
against him Abe Attell. champion feath-
erweight champion of America tonight
fought Battling Nelson of Chicago to a
fifteen-round draw. At the end of the
contest both men were fairly deluged with
blood. Nelson's face In particular pre-
senting the . worst sight. Attell had the
advantage of all the earlier rounds. The
turning point came however. In the
ninth round. Nelson had the best of the
latter part of the fight.
Hoppe Defeats the Wizard.
(Associated Press Report.)
PHILADELPHIA March 31 In a most
beautiful exhibition of short rati play
ever seen In this city Willie Hoppe to-
night made a high run of 213 in the
fourth geme in the 2400-polnt 18.2 balk line
'billiard match with Jake Schaefer wln-
nlng by the score of 400 to 222. In the
afternoon game Hoppe made .400 to
Scliaefer's 194.
The lotuls are now: Hoppe 1600 Schaefer
Pofl.
Girl Indicted for Perjury.
(Associated Press Report.) -
NEW YORK March 31. -Flora Whlsn.
one or ine gins wno testiriea In tliey re-
rent case against Raymond Hltchock.
the comedian was Indicted by a rwel
jury today on a charge of perjury alleged
to have been committed In her testimony
in tne Hitchcock case.
Et. Eev. Thomas Henry Dead.
'Associated Press Report.)
C1IARIXJTTR N. C. Miiroh 31. Rt
Rev. Thomas Henry. D. D. bishop of the
Second Episcopal district Arrlcin Zlon
church died at hjs home here early to-
day aged-J2. i'awi
Malaria Makes Pale Sickly Children.
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless Chill
Tome drives out malaria and builds up the
system. For grown people and children. 60c.
m
OKUCAM. V.
fit Petersburg Is Much Disturbed
at Fisher's Action in Taking
Office at Harbin Without
Governor's Sanction.
(Associated Press Report.)
ST. PETERSBURG. March 31 The
Russian government Is disturbed by the
attitude assumed by Fred D. Fisher the
American consul at Harbin in the matter
of recognising the Jurisdiction of Russia
In Manchuria. Mr. Fisher insists that
Chinese sovereignty In Manchuria la su
preme and. furthermore he has support-
ed the protests of China against the es-
tablishment by Russia of municipalities
In the railroad sone at Harbin and
Challar independent of the Chinese gov-
ernment and his attitude In this Russo-
Chlneae difficulty has prompted Russia
to seek an explanation of his course
both at the American embassy here and
In Washington.
Mr. Fisher Is accredited to China and
since his arrival In Harbin In January.
1807 he has consistently refused to recog-
nise or admit that he should have any-
thing to do with thai Russian administra-
tion of the territory. He has been firm.
In his assumption that he was accredited
solely to China and he has declined to
act upon the suggestion conveyed to hlra
by an official of the Russian railroad ad-
ministration that he should secure the
permission of General Horvah the Rue-
sian governor of Harbin before opening
his consulate or raising the American
flag over the building.
Under the treaty of 1896 Russia claims
exclusive control over the railroad sone
In Manchuria as well as the right to or-
ganise lt.dependent self-governing munic-
ipalities. The taotal of Harbin protested
against this to the Russian government
and to. the consuls of the United States
and Japan. The Japanese who are now
co-operating In the friendliest manner
with the Russians in Manchuria rejected
this protest but Mr. Fisher supported It.
I Associated Press Report.)
WASHINGTON March in. It Is ad.
admitted at the state department that
the status of the American consul at
Harbin has been made the subject of rep-
resentatlons to Washington by the Ruai
elan government but while negotiations
nre pending the officials are loath to dis-
cuss It. The Important fact Is developed
however that the American consul. Mr.
Fisher la not acting on his own lnltlatlva
in declining to seek the permission ot
Russia to exercise his consular functions.
On the contrary it Is understood that he
Is simply executing a carefully consid-
ered plan to bring about through propeij
means a recognition not only by Russia
but by other nations Interested In Man-
churia of the Integrity of Chinese pos-
session It was long ago perceived that
to admit the right of political control of
either Russia or Japan over the so-called
"railroad sone" In Manchuria Including)
as they do the principal commercial
depots and capable as they are of Indef-
inite expansion ot boundaries at ' the
whim of the leaseholders would seon
completely defeat John Hay's dream of
"the open door" In Manchuria.
MAJORITY FOE HOME EULE.
First Time in History of Honso of
Commons Says Eedmond.
(Associated Prtu Report.)
LONDON. March n. John R. Redmond
the nationalist leader whose resolution
on home rule for Ireland with some
amendments was adopted In the houae
of commons yesterday by a vote of 313
to 167 said to the Associated Press to-
night: Fur the first time In the history of the
house of commons an overwhelming ma-
jority declared Itself in favon of home
rule uladstone a bill in lSek waa rejected
by a majority of thirty. His bllf In 1W8
was carried by a majority never beyond
forty and on certain amendments de
creased to five or six. The resolution In
favor of home rule last evening was car-
ried by -a majority of &.
This result is the nacre remarkable
when the terms of tbe resolution are con-
sidered. It w is .not a resolution In favor
of a half-way house or devolution. It
put the borne rile claim in Its frankest
and fullest form for It demanded a par-
liament at Dublin and an executive re-
sponsible to that parliament. Both the
spokesmen of the mlnlstery pledged not
only themselves but the whole liberal
party to home rule.
"Secretary Blrrell said that the liberal
party was the home rule party; Mr. As-
qutth declared his unalterable conviction
that home rule was the only settlement
of the Irish question. Every single mem-
ber of the administration. Including not
only Mr. Asqulth Secretary Blrrell and
John Morley but Sir Edward Grey and
Secretary Hall voted for the resolution.
They only proffered the condition that
they were precluded by their pledges from
Introducing such a measure In this par-
liament. "The ministers declared that this de-
pended not upon them but upon the Irish
people."
LAST EEIGN OF VOLUNTEEES.
Supplanted by Territorial Army in
England.
(Associated Press Report.)
LONDON. March ZL With the stroke
of midnight Oreat Britain's volunteer
army became a thing of the past after an
existence of forty-nine years and a ter-
ritorial army Introduced by War Secre-
tary Haldane reigns in Its stead. The
volunteer forces throughout the country
celebrated their "last post" at their re-
spective headquarters by dinners and
other festivities. Most of the gatherings
were attended by veterans and others
who exchanged old memories.
As midnight struck there were stirring
scenes as to who would be the first to
enlist In the new body many hundred be-
ing thus recruited.
TO EULE MEXICAN RAILWAYS.
Officers Elected for National In-
corporated Systems.
(Associated Press Report.)
MEXICO CITY. March 31. -At a meet-
ing of the board of directors of the newly
Incorporated National Railroad of Mex-
ico waa held today for the purpose of
eloctlng officers. I.lc. Pablo Macedo was
made president of the board; Gabriel
Mancera. vice president; Luis Rlva y Cer-
vantes secretary; J. K. Dennlson ac-
countant and J. M. Fraser treasurer.
These are temporary selections but
may become definite. It was decided
that the officers of the board be Installed
In the general offfce building of the old
Natlorial Railroad company. No other
business was done.
TAKE REFUGE IN CONSULATES.
Three Revolutionists Escape Clutch-
es of Haytien Officials.
(Associated Press Report.)
PORT AU PRINCE March Jl Three
more officers suspected of complicity In
the recent cmsptracy took refuge today
In the Frenffi legation. Squads of sol-
diers are continuing their search tor
others suspected.
The German cruiser Bremen returned
here this afternoon.
Tests Wireless Telephone.
I V (Associated Press Report.
I PARTS MaSV tX-Dr. Las Pa Forest
today conducted tha final test of hi wire-
less telephone system on Eiffel tower In
the presence of a body of French naval
any ' army officers. . Messages wee ex-
changed in the most satisfactory manner'
wtih the . a-nvarnmenti wireless.' stations)
throughout France. This system alrf will
'tested fey the Italian navy shortly. - .
John A. Fox Tells of the Results
Being Attained Already by th
Systematic Proseoution of
Work for Waterway!. i
(Houston Part Special.)
BEAUMONT. Texas Marcii SL-John A.
Fox. special director of the Rivers and
Harbors congress reached Beaumont last
night and will open his campaign of the
State In tbe Interest of Improved water-
ways at this city tomorrow. Mr. Fox Is
touring the United States as a member
of the executive board of the National
Rivers and Harbors congress having been
elected by the board at the recent meet-
ing in December to represent It In pro-
moting the Interest of the congress. It Is
the Intention of the board of directors to
Invade every State In the Union between
now and next December and Mr. Fox has
thus far traversed all ths Southern States
except lexas since tbe great congress
adjourned last December. His mission In
Texas Is to secure the co-operation and
Indorsement of every city located upon
or Interested In the Improvement of the
waterways so that when the congress
meets next December the State of Texas
will be largely Identified with the move
and will have at least 200 representatives
presxnt to make up the 6000 delegates who
will urge upon the National government
the necessity of establishing a broad and
liberal policy regarding waterway devel-
opment. This congress was formed In the early
part of 1996 t the suggestion of the mem-
bers of the rivers and harbors committee
of congress and has as its president one
of that committee Hon. Joseph E. Rans-
dell of Louisiana. The organisation has
met twice since It was formed and has
bee the means of bringing about the ap-
pointment of the inland waterway com-
mlsiion of promoting such publicity as
mude the ninety-three-mllllon rivers and
harbors bill possible and of enlisting the
aid and co-operation of President Roose-
velt! It does not work for any project.
nor does it permit of any project being
recfgnlsed at Its meetings its mission be-
ing solely to establish a policy which will
place river and harbor bills upon a parity
with the other great appropriations. The
elciian of the organisation Is fifty million
dudara regularly and annually with con-
tinuous contracts until the various pro-
Jets now pending are completely elimi-
nated. INTERVIEW WITH MR. FOX.
Been at the hotel Mr. Fox gave out the
following interview:
"There la nothing perhaps before the
American people today that Is so Impor-
tant or requires as much consideration as
does this snestlon of developing the na-
tion's waterways. Every one who has
looked Into the matter and has studied
ths quest io a- realizes that we have been
pursuing a ridiculous and wasteful policy
regarding our rivers and harbors de-
velopment. Heretofore the matter has
been Jooke upon as one of purely local
Interest aid each section has had to
make Its fight for recognition before the
rivers and narbors committee. The re-
sult has beet) that only spasmodlo and
Irregular appropriations have been made
with no systematic plan of development.
A rivers and harbors bill Is now made
about every three years and each section
contends with every other section for a
part of- that appropriation which at
most la always too small to meet the de-
mands made upon congress) for It.
"The rivers sjtq narbors committee un-
der the. leadership of Mr. Burton has long
realised their handicap In providing ade-
quately and efficiently for the various
projects throughout the nation and con-
sequently felt that if the entire nation
could be aroused to the Importance of
this work that It would lead to large
and regular appropriations being made
annually. Just as are now provided for
the other departments. Aotlng on their
suggestion therefore all of tne water
way interests throughout the United
States froRMhe lakes to the gulf and from
the AtlantW to the Pacific have banded
themselves together to awaken public sen-
timent all over the country by education
and agitation so that the constituents of
every congressman will know that It is
to their advantage to have him vote for
river and harbor appropriations from a
National standpoint.
"Through our crusade of education we
are showing the men In the far Interior
sections that they receive a benefit when
the harbors ar deepened because the
transport charges on export shipments
are lessened when greater tonnage ves-
sels can enter the port. We are also
showing them who are far distant from
the waterways that It Is to their mate-
rial advantage to have the navigable
waterways of the country extended as
far Inland as possible.
CITING OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
"We are teaching them what France
and Germany and other European coun-
tries have achieved and showing them
what commercial supremacy those coun-
tries have attained through the ade-
quate and systematic development of the
waterways.
"Texas has much to be gained If this
policy can be established not only bo-
cause of the harbors on her coast but
also because of the rivers that penetrate
from 80 to 200 miles inland and can
thereby be made the regulators of her
freight rate. She is also particularly In-
terested In the great Intercoastal canal
which when completed will enable iho
cities from Brownsville to Beaumont to
receive the coal and Iron In unbroken
1000-ton bargee from the Interior rivers
of Alabama which will enable them to
receive the great manufactured prod-
ucts In through shipments from Chi-
cago St. Louts Pittsburg and Cincin-
nati at water rate or practically at 1
mills per ton per mile Instead of 8 7-10
mills as is now paia Dy rexas cities to
the railroad.
'1 shall visit Galveston Houston Dal-
las Brownsville. Corpus Christl Waco.
Victoria and Aransas Pass before leaving
the State and hope that these Texas cities
will help us to raise at least 13000 out of
the fund of 1100000 that Is being raised
all over the country to fight this cam-
paign. Mr. Walter Qresham of Gnlves-
ton is vice president for the State and
the board of directors Is represented by
Hon. S. Taliaferro of Houston and S. XV.
Duncan of Dallas. Texas Is very for-
tunate In having two members on this
board which numbers only thirty In all
from the entire United. States and I sln-
cerelv trust that Texas will show her full
co-operation In making this gre it Nation-
al move a success.
The chamber of commerce will to-
morrow hold a large gathering at Hotel
Crosby at 4 o'clock so thst Mr. Cox rrviy
lay this mattnr before the business men
of the city Oreat Interest Is being mani-
fested Just now because of the contem-
plated sstRlillnhment of a boat line from
this city to Port Arthur which subject
will also he discussed at the meeting.
BOMB HURLER CAN NOT LIVE.
Youthful New York Anarohist Will
Not Survive Day.
(A. i iciated Prast Report. )
NEW YORR. March Jl. J. R. Bllver-
stsln in whose hand a dynamite bomb
prematurely exploded as he was prepar-
ing to throw It at the police during the
Union Square demonstration last Satur-
day Is dying tonight end the physicians
at Bellevue hospital state that the bomb
thrower will not live ttrenty-four hours.
Further evidence has been nnearthed
by the police tjjrt connection with the Union
Square bomh tragedy which Is of suoh
an Important nature that when Alexan-
der Berkman. treasurer of the anarchists'
federation was ar raj sued In court on an
affidavit charging him with advising the
Union Square meeting Detective Lieuten-
ant Wersansky told Magistrate Droege
that he would not divulge the svldenoe
to the court at the present time. The
Magistrate held Berknuurln 1600 ball for
examination an Fridays - Bail waa fur-
tuihsd. ( .u '
Berkmaa before kit sjrsJfnraenl denied
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I If you are bashful ask him 1
A what the Wink means.
j Rend It fofore Q""J
that anarchists had anything to do with
the bomb throwing.
Of the six men-arrested as suspeots Im-
mediately after the throwing of the bomb
on Saturday four were discharged In
court today. Walter Upptt was held to
await the action of the Immigration au-
thorities and George Robinson waa re-
manded to the coroner's Jury.
Late today Comptroller Metz received
an unsigned letter In which the writer
declared that unless Mayor McLellan and
the comptroller provide money for new
subways so there will be work to be done
they will suffer death.
BEES POSSESSION OF REMAINS.
Mexico Eefuses Permission to Ex-
hume Body of Fever Victim!
i Associated Press Report.)
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March 81. The
family of Douglas Walts of Louisville
representative of the C. C. Mengel Box
company In Mexico who died at Camp
Mengal Yucatan ea March 8 Is bending
every effort to secure possession of the
body. Mr. Watts died of fever and owing
to the warm ollmate the disease and poor
embalming facilities Immediate burial
was necessary and the family did not
learn of the death until several days had
elapsed.
According to the Mexican law a body
can not he exhumed until after five years.
Congressman Cox of Indiana a friend
of the family has enlisted In the cause
and Is using his Influence with the Mex-
icah consul to have the representative's
government allow the body to be brought
to this city.
MUNICIPAL GRAFT INQUIRY.
Shortage in Chicago Water Depart-
ment Rouses Counoil to lAotion.
(Associated Press Report.)
CHICAGO March 31. The Chicago city
council decided last night to take a hand
In the Investigation of graft in the WAter
department. The aldermen adopted a
resolution directing that all evidence of
the misconduct of the department em-
ployes he sent to the council committee
on water.
Superintendent McCourt of the water
bureau gave out an estimate that the city
had been defrauded of about $9500000 In
water taxes In the laBt twelve years. The
exact amount will be determined by the
Investigation of the books which will be
completed In a few days. He estimated
that the city had rost 16000000 tnrougn
the tampering with meters. 13.000. 000 In
Incorrect assessments and 11600000
stolen material.
In
PARADE THIRTY MILES LONG.
Over 3000 Autos to Take Part in
Carnival Prooession.
(Associated Press Report.)
NEW YORK. March 81. Members of
the carnival committee of the local auto-
mobile brigade are In a dilemma. Reports
now Indicate that at least 3000 automo-
biles will take part In the carnival parade
next Tuesday evening. Figuring on five
cars to a block that will mean a parade
600 blocks long or thirty miles. The
total length of the route. Including dou
bling back on upper Broadway Is only
17S blocks.
Starting promptly at 7:80 o'clock It will
be almost midnight before the pageant
comes to an end. In order not to delay
the start of the commercial section. It la
possible that the board of aldermen will
be requested to permit a speed of fifteen
miles an hour.
XINDEBGAETEN MEET OPENS.
Methods of Various Cities Described
by Delegates.
(Associated Press Report.)
fEW ORLEANS. March 31. Descrip-
tions of the methods of instruction fol-
lowed by various cities In their kinder-
garten work occupied the time of the In-
ternational kindergarten union at today's
session of Its fifteenth annual convention
Mrs. Mary Boomer Page spoke for Chi-
cago Miss Sarah A. Carr for BSltJrnore
Miss Geraldine O'Orady for Brooklyn.
Miss- Mine. C. Colburn for Cincinnati.
Miss Laura Sutcllffe for New Orleans.
Miss Mary D. Hill for Louisville Miss
Wlllette Allen for Atlanta and Miss Mlra
M. Winchester for Fort Worth.
Evans En Route on Connecticut.
(Associated Press Ripart.)
BAN DIEGO Cel. March XL-Definite
Information was received that Rear Ad-
rnlral Evans en route to the hot springs
St Ban Luis Obispo CaX will arrive In Ban
Diego tomorrow afternoon on his battle-
ship the Connecticut. Tha admiral will
be transferred Immediately upon the ar-
rival of the battleship at Coronado Beach
to launcLsind brought tip the bay. A
private car "has been sent hers sad placed
at his disposal.
The tender Yankton thg smallest vessel
In the fleet arrived this afternoon from
Magdalen bay with snail frosn the fleet.
As the little yaoht-ince craft was making
her ww toward Point Loma the rumor
spread that Admiral Brans was on board
and a report to that effect was sent
throughout the country- The rumor soo-
tlnued In circulation even after the Tank'
ton bad passed . quarantine when It was
learned that Admiral JUvsuw was ast
f THE
Merchants National Sank
Capital and Surplus
Tour Hundred Thousand Dollars
United States
Depository
JESSE B. JOKM. FreeMaat
CARET
8. M. McASBAM. Cssaier
NATIONAL
HOUSTON .
DON'T FORGET THAT
Cawthon
li SeDlnl ErerylhinJ at
Half Price!
Commercial National Bank
OF HOUSTON
Capital $300000.00
8nrplus and Profits over $600000.00
PRINTING
EMBOSSING
LITHOGRAPHING
OFFICE
SUPPLIES
906 Franklin Ave.'
Pattents
Obtained. JOHN M. B PULLMAN Pat-
ent Attorney (registered) 208 Stewart
building. Houston. Write me for patent
literature and give full lnfowpation about
your Invention. WM. A. iCatHBY. Man-
ager ot Houston Office.
LARGEST TAILORING BUSINESS IN TEXAS
J. B. F. ROBINSON
HIGH CLASS TAILORING
Houston Beaumont Galveston Waco 408-409 MoorBnrntt Bids'.
Fort Worth Dallas Ban Antonio. Phone 4500. Houston Texas
SHIP BUNS J&BOUin) DT F0O.
So Fears Felt for Passengers as 8ea
Is Banning Light.
(Associated Press Report.)
FIRE ISLAND. N. T March 81. Pick-
ing her oourse t'o New York through a
blanketing fog that screened the coast
line beacons the steamship Carolina of
the Austro-Amerlcan Steamship com-
pany with ten passengers and a general
cargo from Trieste and Orana grounded
tonight on the shelving bars oft Blue
Point life saving station five miles from
here.
No fears are felt for the safety of the
vessel as only a mild sea was running
late tonight and the wind cams In from
the northwest.
Write Cs
HOUSTON SIRUCTDRAL . STEEL ? WORKS
Interest Motved on gs Accounts
t Ttme Deposits
SHAW. V-Presl.
J. M. WEST. V-Preet.
L. B. MATER Asst. Csstier
CITY BANK I
. TEXAS
YUKON GOLD CO.
We will execute orders for the
Yukon Gold Company advertised
by Thos. W. Lawson.
NEW YORK STOCKS
Orders also executed for New
York stocks and bonds eitherJ
for cash or part cash and bal-
ance on credit.
LOCAL SECURITIES
Local aecurities of all kinds
bought and sold.
Wm. B. King & Co.
Stock and Bond Dealers
Smith's Cough Elixir
For Chronlo and
Colds Bronchitis
Voloe. 25c.
Recent Coughs i
Hosrseness Loss
md
f
SMITH DRUG CO. and
WILBUSH DRUG CO.
CySHMAN & ORR
Pattern and Model Works
623 franklin Avsnu
Old Phone A9)Mk .Houston Texas
Surprised by Moors
(Associated Prase Kaposi.)
PARIS ' Maroh n.-Advtces recetvel
from General D'Amade the oommandel
of the French forces In Morocco statl
that during the clearing operations In thJ
Madakara country a small detachment ti
cavalry was surprised by 100 tribesmen
The cavalry lost eight men killed M
eluding two officers and twelve wounded
for Prices
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