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noUSTON DAILT FOST: WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER ia 1908.'
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST
HOUSTON PRINTING COMPANY.
K M. JOHNSTON Ptwsidenl
G. J. PUIEK Vic. President
OmCK OF PUBLICATION.
No eas-doa Tnni Stmt.
Ess-errs' ms tne
marto0ur mi Houston. TesfM.
Seu4-Clejs Veil Hatter.
SUB SORPTIONS BY IIAII In Airanee.
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Yer. Months Months Monlh.
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Sunday i.jo
Semi-Weekly l.oo .jo sj
krJMFgXJflr; AGENTS J. H Barton S M. Gib-
ana C A. Nichols and E- k. Norfleel
FOREIGN OFFICES Eumn ousiness office. 4j.
44 45. 46 47. at 49 JO Tribune buildin. Nf
(The S. C Becltwith Special Agency 1 : Western. o.
Ill IK Tribane buildup Chicano (The S C. Peck-
with Special Agency) ; office of ahington corre-
spondent rooms o.so-o7 Colorado building.
Kteawton Taxes Wednesday Octob.r 18. 190S.
ADVERTISERS' GUARANTEE.
Tha Post accapta advertising on tha
paisrssrtse that K has mora bona fid. paid
slrsajlstion inmi th buying claaaaa In
Hay at aw and aeuth Texas than any othar
paper. Books and racorda are opan to ad-
ssrllasis at any time.
M'CALL STANDING PAT.
A special from New York to the Chicago
Beeord Herald aavs tha dtrtx-tnn of the New
York Ufa hare decided to stand by John A
MeCail the president of the company and that
neither McCall DOT the board Intends to yield
to public clamor or In the (ace of litigation or
threatened litigation of a private character. No
one expected thai aleCall or the board would
yield voluntarily and this la the reason way
The Poet has urged the authorities of Texai to
take koM of the life Insurance question with a
trout hand-
Mr. htcCail insists that In dlTertlng the funds
of the Near York Life to political purpoaea and
that la tarnbig over vast sums to Judge Hamil-
ton to be Based with no accounting whatever he
van doing what he bad a right to do and that
it waa nobody's business bat his own.
His conscience Is so atrophied that he recog-
no diatinetkai between honesty and die-
ity and Us Ideals are no low that he re
gards the money of the policy holders aa the
legitimate prey of hlmeeif and members of his
family and Ills accomplices In official position.
Mat so long at the present board of directors la
la exist en re It will stand by hlnL
What then. In the name of heaven are the
yoUey holders to do? So far Mr. Jerome has
nude no more in their behalf and Individual
poUey holders scattered over the world are
dearly at a disadvantage In dealing with the
problem.
Ia such an eaoergency. ft in tha) plain duty
Of the State to act so ss to protect citizens who
xaay become policy holders In the future. The
present policy holdera have been grievoualy
robbed and it Is unlikely that the thieves win
be compelled to return the money to the trees-
wry Can not the State at least say: "Tow
have robbed eome of our citizens but yon ahall
not rob any more of them if the State can pre-
vent It."? The insurance commlaaioner views
the matter In a different light. He admits the
extravagance waste corruption and all that
bat contends that probably conditions may im-
prove and that it would be better for those
who have been exploited to permit the company
to exploit additional dtltens.
The State of Texaa should demand the re-
imbursement of the New York Life and tha
Mutual or any other company and the resigna-
tion of guilty officials aa the aine qua non of
doing business In the State. If the companies
an solvent as Mr. Clay says not a single pol-
ley holder will be Injured by such a courae; If
they are not solvent. It would be a crime to per-
mit them to victimize other citizens for the
parpoaa of protecting those who may hare suf-
fered. Any other actios is. In the Judgment of The
Post a highly discreditable disregard of the
interests of the people It Is supposed to be the
duty of the insurance commlaaioner to protect-
In the present life Insurance situation with
all the revelations of graft nepotism extrava-
gance corruption and perjury. It is clearly a
nrisfortosa that the voles of Texas is not strong
and positive against such crime and we repeat
what we have said before viz.: If Charley Cul-
berson were governor of Texas the guilty com-
panies woo Id not be permitted to write another
contract In Texas until they had purged themselves.
be considered and while tobacco la not harmful
to eome it may be poison to others. These lat-
ter however are in the minority. I never aaw
a slngl rase of Insanity or degeneracy which
had its urlgln in cigarette emoklng. Every case
of either con ill l Ion was tha offspring of either
prenatal conditions or of causes other thau
cigarettes."
Dr Hniwer Is by no means alone In his opin
Ion. Dr H I. Davis of the Deaconess' hospital
In Chicago declares lhat the cigarette is less
harmful thau the use of tobacco In any other
torm. Dr. Hail of Dearborn Medical college
Chlcaco expressed the opinion that "the use of
cigarettes or any other form of tobacco Is whole-
some when Indulged In by adults although of
the greatest harm when resorted to by children
or those of Immature age."
lr. B. F. Sterne an eminent neurologist of
Indianapolis. Is of the opinion that cigarettes are
not harmful.
Who Is It. then that has been telling us all
these years that cigarettes were deadly and that
tobacco was s curse second only to the liquor
habit? And. wherefore that anti-cigarette leglsv
latlon In Indiana Oklahoma and other localities?
Why. In Oklahoma It Is a violation of law even
to give away cigarette papers.
Of course we may expect to hear that these
scientists are the paid agents of the tobacco
trust and all that and that the widespread prej
udlce against the cigarette rests upon a substan-
tial basis. Nevertheless these opinions that to-
bacco In any form Is not harmful to adults will
be gratefully peceived by the millions who are
addicted to the weed All users of it have come
to regard It as Inimical to one's physical and
mental welfare but have agreed that It la better
to shorten one's years a little than to do with-
out the solace and comfort it affords to the weary
pilgrims through this vale of tears. To Dr.
Brower and these other scientists we extend the
assurances of our most distinguished considers
tlon.
BANKERS AND SHIP SUBSIDIES.
ARE CIGARETTES HARMFUL?
The despised cigarette has at last found an
advocate and he is one who seeminrfy speaks
with authority We have been sccustomed to
bearing the cigarette abused as an enemy to
civilization. We have become accustomed to
Aunt Carrie Nation knocking them from the
Booths of smokers; to certain State and city
taws prohibiting the sale or use of them and
to .the oft-repeated assertion that the dopy lit-
tle things were breeders of disease crime. In-
sanity sad general degeneracy.
Now here comes Dr. Daniel Brower. an emi-
nent neurologist of Chicago and declares that
tobacco is one of the greatest boons to human-
ity ever discovered- He declares Its results
have been far-reaching in that It Is. as a rule a
satisfactory sedative and something that has
satisfied a want of mankind for centuries.
"According to my opinion" declares he "the
nse of the cigarette la less harmful than the
of a pipe where the nicotine has a
to accumulate and as a consequence Is
drawn Into the system. Three of the greatest
gifts ever known to the human family were the
prod nets of America two centuries ago. One
which quinine Is made; the
and the third was the po-
- lata and Url aa I can see all have been of
sqnal goo to the world.
w . Tntstoa ! sot coo for the young or those
who have not attained their physical growth
bat for the adult ft ia aa a rale hafkl. The
The American Bankers' association recently
in session st Washington was undoubtedly a
body of notable Americana and they Illumined
during their discussions tha ever-present prob-
lems of finance and monetary science. As a
rule they advocated changes which In many In
stances ought to be adopted but which In all
probability may never be adopted for the rea-
son that the plain people rarely go to practical
bankers for their Ideas on finance.
Such questions aa retiring the greenbacks
making silver dollars redeemable in gold chang
ins; the laws relative to tha issue of National
bank notes so ss to Increase the elasticity of the
circulating medium all these questions were
ably discussed and natarally developed a variety
of views proving that even the bankers differ
more or leaa as to the treatment which our
hotch-potch currency system needs most.
The president of the association for Instance
Mr. Swinney of Kansas City who by the way
started la life ss the president of s country bank
in Northwest Trias over twenty years ago de-
clared that we had the finest financial system In
the world. Asfl. of course there were sny num
ber of men to dispute the opinion.
What was most remarkable about the pro-
ceedings however waa tha adoption of resolu-
tions declaring for a ship subsidy the text of
which Is aa follows:
i. That the members of thii association are
deeply interested in any measure which will pro-
mote the interest of the whole country commer
cially and industrially and especially with refer-
ence to our foreign cor.meree.
s. That we favor and most respectfully urge
the passage by congress of some measure to f
ter and encourage the upbuilding of our mer-
chant marine and give us back the prestige upon
the high seas which we once enjoyed.
3- That we favor the ship subsidy measure
which has received consideration by congress
which we think would tend to restore our flag
upon the seas and build up our merchant marine
to the extent that the necessities of our trade
now and in the future may demand.
The Post Infers that the members who so en-
thusiastically voted for these resolutions will
never become famoua In the field of political
economy. They evidently understood little of
the organized conspiracy to exploit the taxpay-
ers of the United States for the benefit of the
shipbuilding and shipping trusts.
It ought to be plain to any man who will
think a moment that to restore the merchant
marine of the United States so that It will be-
come economically profitable. It will be neces-
sary first to amend the present navigation laws
so as to admit foreign built ships to American
registry and. second to build cheaper ships In
the United States.
By taking the enormous duties from Iron and
steel and other materials which enter Into the
building of ships the American shipbuilders
can obtain cheap materials and American ship
owners could have their vessels built In the
United States as cheaply aa other ship builders
can construct them. But In any event the
navigation laws should be so smended as to ad-
mit foreign-built ahlps to American registry.
To enact a ahlp subsidy law will only in-
crease the cost of our marine transportation.
It is perfectly plsln however that if foreign
ship owners can carry our fretghts cheaper than
we can do It it la money In oar pockets to let
them do It We can use our capital and en-
ergies more profitably In other directions. If
we were willing to pay 50 cents apiece for
bananas we could produce an abundance of
them In the United States but since the coun-
try demsnds cheap bananas we are content to
obtain them lrom the tropical countries.
What we want is cheap transportation and
the way to get It so that we can compete with
foreign countries Is to have cheap ships not to
baild ships It an exorbitant cost and then pay
subsidies to the ship owners for carrying our
products. The ship subsidy Is both dishonest
and unsound In principle. It Is merely a prop-
osition to enable a favored few to pot their
hands In the pockets of the people and steal.
Whex the United States government finds a Na-
tional bank insolvent or violating the taws regulat-
ing banks it promptly closes the doors until matters
are straightened out and the institution is oa a solid
legal footing. And Texas might follow the example
in dealing with the life insurance companies.
Mas. Taecaan has asked for a new trial of that
divorce sot Help I Help I
hotel and the dedication of the new county court
hou&e.
Stats Tories having located a Uoosev.lt "pell
in the office of the Galveston-Dallai News ewe
to the South to arouse that influence to active op-
position to a reduction of Southern representation in
congress.
That man Pattison is managing to draw a lot of
yelping from the Hcrrick corner.
Thb Washington Post says that "even Senator
Piatt's bitterest enemies have been unable to con
nect him with any of the insurance scandals." The
insurance scandals couldn't blacken old Piatt much.
Tuaas are some unindicted citiiens in Oregon
eligible to congress hut they appear to be broke.
The president will be in North Carolina tomor
row and in South Carolina the following day. He
will learn probably all about the nature of the famous
communication between tbe governors of those State.
The piano makers' strike tn New York appears
to have no terrors for the flat dwellers in Harlem.
Ma. McCall ia quoted as sayVng he is proud of
the contribution to the republican campaign fund.
But the republican leaders now that the matter has
been exposed profess to be ashamed of it
We assume that the man who is going to start
s daily republican newspaper in Birmingham Ala.
inherited his money.
It is said that the duty on the presents Miss
Roosevelt received in the Orient will total $00000.
We infer that Miss Roosevelt will not make annual
trips abroad while her father ia president
Govusoi Alva Adams managed to make himself
clear in writing about the incumbent of the gov
ernor office at Denver.
Yonkkxs X. Y. haa 200 saloons and had during
the past year 4x4 arrests for drunkenness. Port-
land Maine has no saloons and had in the same
time over aooo arrests for drunkenness
"Win. the Cuban republic forget her debt to
-merica 3 " asks the St- Louis Republic Not so long
as we remind her of it every day.
It is rumored that Mr. Thomaa W. Lawson will
remove to New York. Would it not be thoughtful
in Mr. Lawson to wait until New York can adjust
herself to John W. Gates
Baaos Kohuea got a cool reception at Yokohama.
He probably found it much safer than the hot recep-
tion he was promised would have been.
Thb California prune crop is said to be unsatis-
factory this year. It haa always been more or lass
unsatisfactory to the patrons of the Washington
boarding h oases.
l
An admirer of the president alludes to him ss
"Young Hickory." Not in order. The "Big Suck"
expresses the ides and has the right of way.
"Hl'HAX sympathy haa no time to sleep" says a
Boston preacher. We suppose not so long ss the
wives of club men and husbands of club women live.
So pas there has never been discovered s theory
of government to which Bourke Cockran can be
hitched for more than a fortnight at a time.
Tenxxssex is missing a lot of fun that she Is
justly entitled to by the failure to arrange a joint
debate between Bob Taylor and Senator Carmack.
The Chicago Chronicle says there is s great deal
less liquor consumed in Chicago than ever before.
And Mr. Gates has been gone only a week or so.
EDITORIAL JOTTINGS.
As another evidence that it is trying to reach
our high standards of civilization Japan reports that
it has a grafting politician. Montreal Star.
China's determination to get her railroads out of
the hands of the foreigners may be due to Wu Ting-
Fang's observations of the part our railroads play in
the government. Pittsburg Dispatch.
It's not especially complimentary to the Ohio
senator but the idea seems to be that if Durham
and Penrose can't get Foraker to speak for their
ticket in Philadelphia they can't get anybody Al-
bany Argus.
When one observes how Stoessei. alive is dis-
graced by his government and Kontradenko dead
) honored one may be excused for surmising thst
good Russians must be like good Indians. Indianap-
olis Sentinel.
The statement that the president will not ask for
tariff revision in his message is causing spasms to
be thrown in New York. Chicago and Boston. The
remainder of the country however is doing as well
as could be expected. Pittsburg Times.
Messrs. Gaynor and Greene being back in the
United States we suppose we may say that their
case has been advanced on the docket but It may
require five more years to convict them if it is
ever done. There are lota of loopholes in our laws.
Montgomery Advertiser.
An Italian journal is all worked up because Miss
Roosevelt haa been treated like a royal princess in
the Far East. Well she is the daughter of sn Amer-
ican sovereign. The American people are thinking
that her reception by princes and potentates was
quite correct- Merican Herald.
King Alfonso tells the Spanish cortes that the
country needs s new navy. Just why does not ap-
pear. Spain has no more colonial possessions to
cause her trouble and has work enough at home in
quieting popular discontent and promoting prosperity
to keep her busy and to provide use for her spare
change. Troy Times.
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.
Violet Firth a 13-year-old English girl has writ-
ten a volume of verse which has sold more than
3o copies.
Justin McCarthy says that his three objects In
life have been attained. They were : To write books
to be a member of parliament and to live ia Lon-
don. General I-uis Terraass governor of the state of
Chihuahua is probably the Largest land owner in the
world aa well as the richesr'man in Mexico. It takes
an eight hours' journey on s fast train to travel
from one end of his property to the other.
In 1863 the German novelist Wilhelm Raabe
wrote a story in which one of the characters re-
marked that the time would come when there would
be an "England of the Pacific ocean" which would
then be very animated. "We call it today Japan
and stand before it as before a dark riddle.
Young Fejrl Racik the peripatetic bootblack from
California is now going sround the Psris newspaper
offices. His nickname "The Frisco Kid" has been
adopted in French ss "Le Gosse de San Francisco."
He is also called the "globe-trotting bootblack" in
some of the French papers which prist columns
about his adventures and aims. He was very much
dissppointed to hear on arriving at the Gare St La-
zare by the so-called transatlantic train from Havre
that President Louhet whose boots he wants to
polish was not st the Elysee but in his southern
chateau of La Begude-de-Msiene.
TABPsEKWG WITH TRIFLES -
feogeffcr prohaM that HomtA vif I I
taw Nctf Chrttnim AeditlM toiWnm I .
Nothing Unusual for Philadelphia.
(From the Dayton News.)
There doesn't appear to be anything atraage in
the ta tern eixt that come from Philadelphia tp tat
effect that a man lived three hour after hfa heart
was removed. It has been shown that ia Philadel-
phia thotsuuwif of men voted after the were dead.
Mis Kant Shocked.
(Havcnevtlle CofTafondencc Topcka Capital)
Mia Mamie Kent was badly shocked while alttiof
on the sofa Sunday ereaing. Her tajtwiet tre
catiecd bf Ustotnt- -.
AAtf few Art McvewPdlad1 "Y 1
. V Vrtr rsw.-!..! i t
Bv J. M Uwu
A PRETTY GOOD PLAN.
If you see a tall fellow ahead of the crowd
A leader of men marching fearless and proud
And you know of a tale whose mei telling aloud
Would cauite hii proud head to ia anguish be bowed.
It's a pretty good plan to forget it
If you know of s skeleton hidden away
ln a closet and guarded and kept from the day
In the dark and whose showing whose sudden display.
Would cause grief and sorrow and lifelong disaaay.
It's a pretty good plan to forget It.
If you know of a spot in the Ufa of a friend
(We all have such spots concealed world without
end..
Whose touching his heartstrings would play on and
rend.
Till the shame of its showing no grieving could
mend.
It's a pretty good plan to forget it
If you know of a thing that will darken the joy
Of a man or a woman a girt or a boy
That will wipe out a arnile or the lest way annoy
A fellow or cause any gladness to cloy
It's a pretty good plan to forget it
If you know of a thing just the least little aim.
Whose telling would cork up a laugh or the grin
Of a man you don't like for Lord's sake keep it in I
Don't don't be a knocker right here stick a pin-
It s a pretty good plan to forget it
A REWARD OFFERED
FOR ARREST AND CONVIC
TION OF THIEVES.
The Poat Carricn Offer a Re
ward Which Ia Supplemented
by One from Management.
NOT AS GOOD.
"That dentist said he would fit me with some
teeth aa good as natural ones but the ones he made
me hurt tike blaxes.
"Well isn't that as good aa natural onea?"
"No it s aa bad."
SATISFIED.
Tha pug insisted on his rights.
And would not be bereft ;
He got his rtghta but what stopped him
Was the other fellow's left
THE REASON.
"I used to like the smell of cigar smoke before
we were married but now I despise it"
"Well I Dough t an altogether different brand of
cigars then than I am able tn do now.
A BAD DEBT.
Don't talk to me of nature's debt.
Lord bless this werkL I love it t
X Iotc its blossoms dewy-wet
I love the skiea above Ht
I ain't a -thin kin' of no debts
I see the blossoms blow in'
No thought of debts my conscience freta
I hear' the cows a-lowin' 1
And I ain't thinkin' of a thing
Except life's sunny weather.
Of thickets where the wild birds sing.
And you and me together t
Old nature's debt's an honest one
Per hi pa I'll not gainsay it;
But life so full o' love an fun
X ain't got rime to pay it
I ain't got time Lord love you sweet.
Your hand in mine here honey I
Life's ragtime's rug-gin' at my feet I
It's funny honey funny
How glad I am to hear the cows
Contented far-off lowin'.
And walk with you where winds cs rouse
An' blossoms are a-blowin' 1
So ft don't worry me at alL
This debt that I'm a-owin'
I'm laugh in' back the mock bird's call
Where sunlit streams arc flowtn'
Aa' chasm' butterflies all day
Where laoghin' winds are shovin'.
And I ain't got no time to pay
I'm laughin' livin' levin' 1
AGREED.
)tf mister Well Pat Bridget la dead: but after
all she s better off.
Pat (a little deaf) Elv-eb what's that am
betther off sure I am thot thanky.
HIS MISTAKE.
Got licked eh?"
"Yep."
"Well you ought to have got in the first blow."
I did but that a where I made my mistake"
-LI ? "
"If I hadn't landed the first Mow there probably
LATE HOME.
She stood on the bridge at midnight
And that's what caused his woes ;
'Twas hia little wife who stood there
And the bridge was the bridge of his nose.
SOUNDS FISHY.
"McN'ickle ssvs he had lao left when he cams
home from California.'
"I don't believe it-"
"Why?"
"I know McNickle too well
"What's that got to do with it?"
"I know he wouldn't have come home."
FORCE OF HABIT.
" Well doctor vour treatise i. rrA tn .
press1 what are you going to do about an appendix?"
uui it our.
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
" Do you consider it important that a girl should
iarry a good natured man?"
"Yes. and I consider it eauallv imnrt...
she should keep him good natured after mhm m.
him."
IMPROVING.
' I can't see whv Mav likes tn h.v. Du.1. .
- . ww
so much ?
'CiUess von haven't miirt .! D : l .
' " onsen oi
late have you?
"No; why?"
"He's getting real mannish."
ON DUTY.
He died upon the gridiron
Please all remove your hats
'Twas a glorious death his life escaped
Between his broken slats.
LA6NIAPPE.
THE PURBLIND.
A-boor who never saw but with his eyes.
vnose nun ears roia mm an He ever heard.
Proved without doubt that "Soul" was but a word
Without a meaning; and that "Paradiae"
"God" "Heaven" these were only childish lies-
That "Immortality" was quite sbsurd '
"Created" a misprintplease read "occurred.
He proved all this for he wsa very wise.
And not one flaw showed in his arguments t
His word has stood the tests of many yeses.
And may perhaps outlive the centuries
Yet each true heart knows with a faith httanse
i is iruc lor mvmm wno near out wits thehr car
Only for those who see but with their eyes I
T ..r.u i ".! J r .
At the Muskegon gymnasium advaacsd swimmin.
i for girls will be given among the aeeon
tut to be attained being thst of bearing a
candle with both hands sbova its
wails swimming withthe fact and ssj sting a per-'
sen supposed ts bs 4 ""'sg. This feature of aoestis
gysisastirs is coram
why is s time at a
raaaia oa asefc screj
les does the rest I
skew ike location 4
en l drawback to
de there being no reason
v arowning ins girls ssostid
while the Hfs saving am
die shove the wstar would
i drowning person snd the
' the diffirntry ef earry.
Reoanthr a irMi n nn.w.n. ..
boss eatuwd subscribers in the city by
oa eisappearasos of the morning Post
trmwn inn place 01 oallvary This has uc
eairrsd snor. than onoe. and the carriers
have now joined together In an effort to
detect tha thtaf or thlerea and are that
spoaoy Judgment la brought. A boy i-on
vlcted of the theft or l-o.i. w. m
the city tflteh atona.r hv l. vririb-L.
The following statement Is made by tha
rivrw.
FIVE DOLLAR 8RKWARD.
Owing to the annoyance of ourselves
and th subscribers to The Houston Daily
aaa Sunday post caused bv uaxtles steal
Ing Tha Poat after delivery by us. we. the
undasalcnsd carriers will pay a reward
ef IB for the arrest and conviction of
any one who Is caught stealing or taking
Tbe Houston Daily or Sunday Post from
any residence yard or place of delivery of
vn wur respective routes
Signed by Paul Coalson. John De I-e-dernier
Austin Burgssa. 1 iarry Cass. I)
fvimll. o. McDonald. B. Kenn. P Tuttle.
... eoise Cochran. H Btamni H
Shaan H Wajrrlch. O. Weyrlch J Mc-
Donald. W. Brooks. D. Brv.nl H Ch.
lau V. Oagne. J. Reynolds Post carriers
ADDITIONAL REWARD.
Carriers on The Post ara. as a whole.
the esuaJ in Integrity of any set of ear
ners In the country having been selected
tor tha sola purpose of giving Post sub-
scribers the best service obtainable They
are not urwsponsibl boys but In most In
ataaees young men who occupy positions
of honor and trust in othar capacities tn
connect too with than- duties In the early
morning delivering The Post. As Is
denced by the offer above thev are anx
ious to stop the petty thlevlos which
eausas annoyance to Post readers and un-
just reflection on their services Th.
Post joins with its carriers In asking the
oo-opersvllon of Its readers tn th appre-
hension of thee guilty of stealing papers
from yarda after delivery and will offer
sva aacuiionai rawara or s ror apprehen-
sion and evideaos noesaary tor conviction
of th culprit The Post endeavors to
give its patron a perfect servtc. and In
that dwsfrs employs th beat carriers ob-
tainable. It la hoped that through this
offer on the part of the carriers and The
rost tn service win be still further per
fee ted.
THE CENTRAL TEXAS
FAIR IS NOW UNDER WAY
AT BRYAN.
There Was a Good Attendance
and a Lot of Exhibits Were
in Place.
(Hotiston Poet Special.)
Bryan. Tex October 17 The fifth an-
nual meeting of Un CentreJ Texaa fair
a offlcisitr cciared open at I p. m.
today by President W. a Howell and
all lxuliosvtlona now point to a tnoet sue-
ceeafol meet. The attendance for the
openlnc day waa splendid ; enthualaant
waa itvm to the day by Herb s Uxni
Guard band of Houston. Crowds of dla-
tlriarulalMd vial tors from over the State
are In attendance and tne outlook for
the best fair In the history of the asso-
ciation 1 moat promising-
The exhlbste are most creditable In all
the departmente. The excellence of ex-
hibited articles la a noticeable fact and
the farmers and stock raisers of Braaos
and adiolnlna: counties ire berlnnlnr to
raallae the real value which La fast corn-
to them throueh the annual meetlnc
and oomparteon of product at the Central
Texaa fair.
Hon. C. K- Bell of Port Worth wu the
speaker of the day and made a fine
speech to a larsre audience this afternoon
at t o'clock. He heid the undivided at-
tention of hie hearers for nearly an hour.
Mr. Bell la a candidate for governor and
his worrta wfira htsrhl V atn fakrt Irtinav D nH
while aroidlna poiltlcs In his remarks he
defined hia clear cat Ideas on many of
the leading political Issues of the day.
He complimented the president and di
rectors or tne rair and the citixens of
Bryan and Brasoa county uoon thir
energy pluck and enterprise in the or-
ganisation and maintenance of such a
successful countv fair and assured them
that they were taking forward strides tn
the development of the wonderful r-
eotarcee of the great State of Texaa and
urged them to keep up the step of prog-
twm.
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Topperweln of
so Antonio the expert rifle and nintoi
shots are on the grounds and gave one
of their fine exhibition this afternoon at
a o'clock.
CASES SET
For Hearing in the Supreme
(wourt.
Case have been set In th supreme
court ss follows:
Cause set for October av a i. u-uin
vs. Thomaa L. Ralley. from Harris
Bet for November 6: UIhatiH .....-
and Texas Railway Company of Texas
vs. Elliott sV Dial from Bains.
Bet for November D. R. Pendleton
et al vs. J. E. Ferguson from Bell: Rm.
sis Andrus vs. Haanab J. Davis from
xxowara.
Bet for November 11: Ban Antonio and
Aransas Pass Rallwav Comnanv i I
V 1. C Strlbllng. from Llano; Western
Union Telegraph Company vs. timer
Kuykendall from Llano.
Bl ror novemoer l: Oulf Colorado
and Santa Fe Railroad Pnmiwnv v.
Alice and Rogers Johnson from Bell
Oulf Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
Eompany va. Jackson A Edwards from
ampaaaa: Oulf Colorado and Santa Fe
Railroad Company vs. Brown William-
son from Lampasas: Oulf. Colorado and
Santa Fe Railroad Company vs J. H
Zimmerman from Lsmpasss.
Set for November 20: Bt. Louis South-
western Railway Company of Texas vs
J F. White from Bowie: Hou.tnn n(i
Texas Central Railroad Company va J.
A. Anglln. Jr. from Trsvls.
Set for November S7: M. H. Leueh-
helmer A Sons vs. O. T. Coop from Cor-
5 ell: Lone Star Salt Company vs Texas
hert Lin Railway Company from
Dallas.
Bet for Novemoer an. r. m Borland
vs. Choctaw Oklahoma and Oulf Rail-
war company irom roller; j. w. Knanp
et al vs. M. Patterson fro ma Coke.
set ror Decern oer : Texas and Pacific
Rallwav Comoanv vs. Buan HhrrrnA t
al from Wichita; John Sparks at al vs.
. Li. rayior irons snennan.
Bet for December 11: J. B. Wlllouarhhw
vs. J. . Terrell Commissioner petition
for mandamus; Martin Gordon vs J. J.
Terrell Commlestoner petition for man-
damus; C C. Whltmysr vs. J. J. Terrell
Commissioner petition for mandamus; C.
M. Chllsress vs. J. J. Terrell. Commis-
sioner petition for mandamus; William
aieiBpn vs. J . i rrr.ii uommiswioner
rtltlon tor manaamus; w at. Odora vs.
. Terrell Commissioner petition for
mandamus: W. A. Little ye. J. J. Terrell.
Commissioner petition -tor mandainus;
John W. Toakel vs. f. J. Tamil Com-
missioner petition for . mandamus; H.
Mllllgea vs. - Terrell Commissioner
rtltlon for mandamus; w N. Pence vs
J TerreU Coiwnlsstonar pstltlon tot
TOWN OF KOUNTZE
Hi INOVLVED IN SUIT TO
TEST TITLE
Which Has Been Filed la th
Federal Court at Beaumont
by CitUen of Louisiana.
(Houston Post apeclal.)
Beaumont. Texaa. October IT. A salt
In equity nie4 In the clerM'a offtoe ef
the United State circuit eeurt by Ncrtl
OuUlory Jr. a eUlsea. )f lulalana
against J. J. Alluna a dtisen of KaKMta.
marks the beginning of litigation which
will Involve the larger area of the present
uwn of Kountae In Hardin county and
which will be of vital Interest and Impor-
tance to many cltlsens cf that place.
The petition In equity recites that the
certain tract of MB acres of land In Har-
din county on which th present town of
Kountae was laid out waa orliamily
granted by the State of Texas to John
Gibson In return for raluable swrvioea
rendered the State and that the certif-
icate iMued to the said O'bson waa trans-
ferred to y 8. Watts who. aa tha aa-
rig new cf the said Olbson apotlrd for and
obtained a patent to the said landa from
the State of Texaa In 187 upon which the
said Watts laid out and established tha
town of Kountae. d hiding ft Into lota and
blocks which were sold and transferred
to many other parties In whom title and
possession now vests. The petition al-
leges the validity of the patent tasued by
thv State to the said Watte and In partic-
ular allege plaintiff's owueraoip osr-
taln lota and block In the Williams and
Bevt) additions to tha town of Kounise.
against which the defendant Is alleged to
be setting up a claim oonsutullng a cloud
be setting up a claim
Upon plsln tiff's tit la
The bill i equity f
ELKS' OYSTER ROAST
rnurif ITTEH .APPOINTED
LAST NIGHT.
It Is an .rViuiual Event Given
Complimentary to tha Lady .
Friends of Members. D J
acuity further recites and
vers ii.at on tnr day or reoruary.
the d-ft-ndant. J. J. A 11 urns procured
from J J. Terrell land commissioner of
the Btste of Texas letters patent to J06
Acres of land denominated ss section 34
Houston Tup and Bmxorta Railroad
company survey loverlng by Its lnii the
aforesaid 246 4 acres which had been pat-
ented to the said P. 8 Watts aagl that
the defendant Allums caused the said pat-
ent to be recorded tn the deed records of
Hardin county; that thus the said de-
fendant spread upon the records of Har-
din county an instrument purporting to
convey to him the title of the State of
Texas to the Identical land claimed by
good and valid title by complainant
thereby creating a cloud upon such title
which has Impaired Its aaarfcet value. The
bill further recites. In part: "That the
said Allums. ever since procuring the pat-
ent aforesaid has been slain define the title
of your orator snd publicly proclaiming
that he was the owner of your orator's
land above described and warning any
and all persons that he aaa owner of the
said land under his patent and that any
and all titles emanating from the Watts
Detenr aforesaid were of no foree and ef-
fect thus and thereby seek lag to tfearoy
and tear down the evidence of title of
your orator and of all the cltlxen of
Kountae who hold their homes and valua-
ble Improvements under the same chain
of title to-wit: the original grant to P. S-
Watts "Tour orator further avert that tne said
patent waa obtained uy the said J. J.
Allums In a .covert and secret manner
a holly unknown to your orator and to
other owners snd claimants of said land
who derive their title from the original
Da tent: that vour orator Is not Informed
as to the methods and mean employed
hy tne said Allums ana inoee wnom your
orator believes were In secret confedera-
tion with him. whereby such patent waa
procured from th said Terrell land com-
mlaaioner. but your orator prays that the
said 'Allums be required to discluse In
his answer to this bill all the detail of
th said transaction.
"In consideration whereof and Inasmuch
aa your orator ha no adequate remedy
at law. your orator respectfully prays a
follows:
'1. That the patent procured from the
aid J. J Terrell by the said J J Allums
be broucht Into court and canceled and
annuled and that the said defendants be
required to execute a relinquishment and
release to your orator or an interests or
ruthts conveyed or represented In said
patent in ao far as the name affect the
tit'? or your uraior in in? lanaa aecriDoa
In this bill.
"2. That the defendant be forever en-
Joined from asserting or claiming any
right title or Interest in said land.
x That your orator oe rorever quieten
In his title and possession of the said
landa as described in this bill
That the defendant be ordered to
come Into court and make full tru and
direct answers to all and singular the
premises an may be directed by the hon
orable court."
The suit was brought by Attorney w .
D Oordon of Beaumont and Is of Interest
as betng In the nature of test case to
determine the validity of the Altum title
which" as stated above. Involves the
greater part of the town of Kountae.
OCEAN RATES ADVANCED
Cemmttt on arrange meat for the
Bike oyster rost ware appointed last
night and preparations for th annual
SweUl evsxtt of Houston lodge No. 11 will
be Instituted at one. Th date of the
affair ha not yet been decided oa. and
nnounetnnt of th date 1 held pending
th arrival of cold weather.
The lodge ha delegated all authority In
arranging for the event to the various
oommltteea. and tbey will completo the
prelltnlnaiie and prepare for the roast
with all possible speed. Bach Tsar the
organisation ha given an oyster roast
complimentary te the lady friends of th
order and each year's occasion ha sur-
passed the event of Ike preceding year.
This year th lodge hopes to outdo every-
thing of the past and It waa wltk this
In view that the officer selected the fol-
lowing committee:
General Arrangement Committee. F.
A. Relchardt. George F. Arnold and
George O. Ttmmln
Grounds Committee W C Connor Jr.
W. H. Coyle and G. J. Palmer.
Music Committee W. H N orris and H-
O. Thayer.
Transportation Committee George A.
Gibbon. Jr.. H. W Btude. Dr. Sidney J.
Hmlth. H T. D. Wilson.
invitation Committee -W H. Gibbons
Harry Lea. Sam Mclthennv K. E. Wo-
mack. J M Cary H. K. Nussbcum
George T. Leske.
Printing Committee J. J. Paatorixa R.
M. .'ohnton. Joe Levy.
Discussion of the approaching oyster
roast was the main theme at the reamlar
tree ting of the lodge In the Bins building
last night. However the regular routine
waa disposed of and among other thing
acted on three new member were re-
ceived Into the lodge. The Houston lodge
1 growing with each meeting only r-
ctrtly the memlershlp of Hon. John 11.
Moore waa transferred from San Antonio
Irdge No H to Houston lodge No. 1M
so that now the Houston lodge boast of
a "real live congressman."
A member of the Houston lodge wo
lives In New Orleans remembered Sacre-
tsry Ttmmlns with a quaint sad curio
gift this week The gift Is a memento
of the Elks' participation In the recent
charity parade given In 'New farina nS tot
the benefit of yellow fever suffara). M
Is a hat dealgned to represent a arreenetl
cictem. and as such It will be a constant
reirir.der of the yellow fever ecourge of
1906. Every Elk who appeared In this
parade wore one of the hata. and the on
forwarded here la on exhibition at tne
Elks' room aa a trophy from a Houston
Elk who lives In New Orleans. The hat
will probably appear In the Carnival
parade.
COTTON MILL MEN
HELD
A SECRET SESSION!
AT WACO.
Call for the Meeting Was Not
Made Public All Mills Ara
Now Doing Well .
(Houston Poat Ppeclal.)
Waco. Texas. October 17. The superin-
tendents and managers of the Texas cot-
ton mills have been In session tn Waco
today. Practically every ootton mill In
the State was represented at th meet-
ing. There are several mills In the Stat
that are not member of the association
but the statement Is made that every
mill In the organisation had a raprssawitsv-
tlve at the meeting.
The meeting waa called to order at 1
o'clock In the Business Men's club rooms.
President J. C. Saunders of Bon ham pre-
siding. The following mills were repre-
sented: Cuero Coralcana Dallas Sher-
man BoiahAvm Brenham. Hillsboro and
Itasca Some of the mill not In the as-
sociation are Weet Bel ton. Oonaale and
perhaps one or two others.
The meeting was held behind closed!
doors and nothing ha been given ont.
It was a called meeting and the object of
the oail waa not made public.
One of the superintendent a tat ad this
morning that the cotton mill as a rule
were doing well this year and moot of
them were making good money.
"Farmer are now finding out th hew-
flt of the mills as are the people gen-
era II y. When the mills were first estab-
lished In the State there waa a lot of
mismanagement but now the
Forty Cents on Cotton to Liver
pool Because of the Few Ves-
sels Making Galveston.
L6onr Held Without BsJL
P XHoustte Post SpwrlaX) .
Oeoiwi.issj. ""wa. Oct -
l- ' i rwrey.
(Houston Poat Special.)
Galveston texaa October 17. It was
announced by a number of shippers to-
day that the freight rate of cotton had
been raised to 10 cent. This make a
raise of S cents a hundred since Septem
ber l and a raise of fi cants a hundred
during the pest week. The reason given
for thla la tha great demand for tonnage.
It la not simply tha c in Galveston
they aay but over the entire world. The
Bteamehlp agent a claim that they have
not been able to charter all of the ship
that they could us from the other side.
An explanation of thla la given to the
effect that these ship are being used
with other countries a well as this. If
this ia the case then the demand mutt
The agents say that th rate have
been strong and Improving all along th
entire seaboard of this country for th
summer and fall. Th dwnand continue
to increase and the nips can not be had
for love or money in thla port the car-
goes are on the wharf awaiting the
ment of the mills Is ott a business baals
and s soon aa thla 1 done they pay- I
have no hesitancy In aay Ing that toe cot
ton mill business In Texaa will pay pro-
vided It la run on a business be!. Owe
great thing In the way of th Teaaa
mills as a rule Is that they are too small.
The sooner larger mill are put up la
Texas the sooner will good money be
made upon them and I do not believ
that this Is going to be a long time off.
W. H. Fairbanks of Dallas ia secretary
of the association. He la th manascer
of the Delia mill on of th oldest mills
In the State and one of the best paying
mill In th South.
The meeting lasted the better part of
the afternoon and the manager and su-
perintendents are being shown very pos-
sible courtesy.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
A Houston Land Company Ia
Among Them.
(Houston Post Sprctal.)
Austin Texaa Octobar 17. Th char-
ters or tha following corporations wsr
fllrd today in th sacrrtsrr of state's
office:
wyll Hsrawar otunjmn of ssas An
tonio;
o capita stock ifc.o. lncorporav-
r M Wvlle. C. H. Wvll. J. ry
this la the case then th demand mutt Write sad Tom Patterson all of 8aa
rw as strong in inese oiner countries as UiAngelo.
It Is In th United State. I r In.dustrtol lnd oompany of Houston:
steamers long before they get to port and
minv alter uies- un loaaea wn
been stored In the sheds load
what has
mA direct
from tne cars to tne note.
Every steamship office In tha etty Is
being worked to Its limit and constant
queries are being sent to th other sldo
of th Atlantic for mora ahlps. A glance
at th list of ships destined for Galves-
ton will show a large number of exep-
crptlonally large vessels and all of them
will be loaded complete or nearly so at
this port. While It Is known thst this
Hat la not oompUt. It la aa nearly so aa
can be given at thla time. Vessel are
being chartered every day or so which
sre not Included In this list Th shins
are nearly all large ones thst osrry an
enormous amount of cargo.
Tt la nredlcfed all throusrtl marina MreAmm
tnat II tn oavnana oouiinu
1WUIWI l J ' ' ' ' " V-..' I v. B.WMWW
capital stock nsOO. Incorporators: Prad
A. Jones. R. C. Reagan and Edgar Wat-
Th Orandvlew Benevolent union of
Orandvlew; no capital stock. Incorpora-
tors: Thomaa P. Maetln T. E. Plttmaa
J. B. Autry and others.
Thornton Milling company of Clifton
Bosque county: capital stock tlO.oon. In-
corporator: V. B Thornton. W. M.
Johnson and J. C. Bowles
Ollv Bternenburg Lumbar company of
Olive. Hardin county: capital stock
ilOOoM. Incorporators: X. Petty. O.
A. Btrnberg. F. W. 8 tarn berg. Jr. and
Charles lumbers.
TO BE INSPECTION
Of thf Cattla Destined for Points
in Louisiana.
(Houston Post Special.)
Victoria. Texaa October IT. Cattlamea
In this section were considerably sur-
prised by th Issuance yeateraay ef a
ordst by Superintendent Forbes of the
r nisx
ana tn
Supply ot smnas rvmain II IS in I vir "sav oivunoa Sf tn OalveStSB. HaS
rates will so eves higher than thar ara I Aa aj Antonio MitZla J lZl
at tha present aim. Th. potion lsmov. jJ!.. . 0 l84 the
Ing and tha demand Is no great for the lr ef rectiv at once shipments ef - W
Texas product oa. In otner side that JySVr" "amma. Kdna bms and .
mrn vftlllnar ta Baar avan th slid Thomaston and smith Wa.! i!T
swnoas oi aMiBntes in t ha sl... it - m-vvih
Convictad of Forgery. :rv
(Hetastsa Feet Special
Waco Texas October M.-W. F. watte
say CEtargad with passing fowashjumka
on local ssenrhanta . ateadad f tit
seven sases alio got a ttal rteen
ana o-nair years as w
liar chai'irea at Fort Wn
t "11 . 1 . 11
s I r
shoe of soabfeB tn th .n.l!
tion of the atate. hut as It I
haa naa esw 4JI
paarea in jaokaon Tlctorla De Witt riv.
noun Oollad or Be counties whiVk X '-'
m braced fi tfceSova order iS"iS tZ 1
umedtRat th. erdifil S2fl'iJtsi.! ' ' .
ynt caul from south of thess aiAZ '
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