The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 258, Ed. 1, Monday, December 18, 1899 Page: 4 of 12
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MTticD AT THB FdSTOrTiCBAT llOUSTOM TEXAS
AS SECOND CIAS MATTER
f nbscrlptlon by Mall Dally and Sunday Pott ono
year SSoo six months 400 three month
Jjoo one month It00
The SUNDAV POST one year I150
The SpMIWeekivPOST Mondays and Thursdays
one year 100 six months 50 certasi three
month as cents
Foreign Offices Eastern business office < 8 Tribune
building New York frte S C Dsekwlth See
clal Agency Western 469 The Rookery Chi-
cago lTh 5 C Beckwlth Special Agency
Traveling Agents C S C Holland Traveling
Auditor b R Holland B H Throop and J K
Grist Traveling Agents
Telephone Numbers jX IS
Ifce Cityr The Post Is delivered to any ftart of the
city by carriers per month 100 three months
l3oo six months 600 una jeer f 1100
Mr Theodore Listing has charge of the city
circulation and collecting Messrs Theodora
Bering Clias Lottand A W Palmer are the au
ihorlted collectors of all city bills botluiverlls
tngand subscription and no money should be
paid to any one other than those named unless
apecfal written authority signed by the business
manager Is ihovm All accounts of any sire
should be paid by chick In favor of The Hous-
ton Printing Company
abscrlbers falllrtr receive The Post regularly
will please notify the otSce promptly fcvery
expected
paper Is to be delivered not later thin
6jo oclock a m
Itaxler no circumstances w III orders given by
employes on tits ofllco be recognized and
paid or accepted In payment of accounts
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TWELVE PAGES
Till TAIIl AXD KVIOAITIOX
Enterprising Houstonlnns who have In
mind tho organization of n South Toxus
and Coast Country Fair nnd Exposition
whtlo lnvcntlvo nnd resourceful within
themselves nro not averse to receiving
ideas Jrom example and suggestion Here
is both oxnmnlc and suggestion presented
by tUo San Antonio Hxpiees Hint like
Tho Post Is urging its community to the
important essential of exposition nucccss
represented In prompt and timely prepar-
ation Tho Express saya
There In scarcely a reasonable doubt thai
congress rvlll promptly piss the bill Introduced
In the houslo by Representative SI Men lo al
io nil goods intended for exhibition at tbe
Snn Antonio International Fair tn rqmo In
free of duty When tills Is done nil extensive
and varied exhibit nf the Industries of Mexico
et the next lnlcrnotloual Fair In this < lly can
Im confidently relied on provided It Is gnn <
after In time and with Biittlcidit energy
No reason exists why this Mil should
not extend lfn contemplative advantages
lo the Houston exnoslfion nor lint If
such extension Is urged by our congr sn
rnan Houston can not lay the predicate
for n foreign exhibit that ought lo prove
one of its greatest nttrortlnns
As already insisted upon the work of
organization in tha mailer of tbo exposi-
tion enterprise ought not to be delayed
ono moment Tho Indications are thai
tbcra will bo little < llfnrulty attendant
on raising n tmfficlont fund with which to
successfully launch tho enterprise
Tho utmott buslnoaa care Dhniilil ho ox
erclEftd In tho selection and equipment
of otpoBltlnn gronndn They should he lo
ciled within easy aeresa to Hie populoua
tenter nnd reached by aderiitU ttanapor
tatlon fncllltlcB Unlesis these points am
obrnrved tho entPipilso will iIiok if not
fall absolutely These ground should he
laid oft by oxperla and marls rtnd wnllia
and entrances constructed wlllt Ihe view
of minimizing dtnwhntka ot bad
weather wllh which every practically
outdoor entcrtilnincnt has to deal Thou
tho entlro cnterprlso should ho thoroughly
departmentalized and men mid women of
pronounced exectitlvo ability and ot In
dcfdtiKiibln public spit It be placed at
tho head of the nevornl departments not
ono of which can bo developed lo t dcRroo
of progressive perfection except at tho
expiration of months of IlioiiRlit and enor
getlo work
If Houston shall ro about the organiza-
tion of Its fair and exposition In tho oh
eervanro of theao general but fundamen-
tal principles without delay lloulton can
accomplish tho most brilliant Initial nitc
cesa over won by nny ell In Texas nnd lay
thn predicate for a permanent fair and
exposition that must evrntunlly eclipse
that of any city In the South
run mswtAv 11111
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Tho Post In another plaro In this Isnuo
gives thn full text of the hill piepired
by tho tax commlsslpn for tho reforma
tion of tbo lux taws of the Slnto Tbo
bill nnd tfio report accompnnjlng ll aro
evidence of an earnest effort on the part
< jt tho commission in faithfully tllschargo
tho du y Impoacil upon It and when tho
TwenlyBlxth loglslatttro meots In oxtrn
fcoRslon next month It will Hud Itself con-
fronted with n proposed plcco of legis
lation bated upon tho experience ut tho
mo3t progressive Stales of this Nation
and fortified with any number of couit
decslalotis both Stato und Fp1I0r1l
Believing that tho Stqxp ought to do
rtyo Its revenue from soutccs not taxdd
by ihe comities cities and towns the com
mission had It not been for the present
constitution could have prepared n meas-
ure for tbo rajslnk ot Slnto J0eiitic which
would have saved oomc half a million dol-
lars In tho shape ot assessors nnd col-
lectors fees nnd abolished tho Stale ad
valorem tax nllonelhcr However It has
succeeded In evolving a plan In tho uiiMn
for jthe beltci distribution of tho burdens
of taxation which If adopted will rpduco
ho State ad valorem lax from SO to 12 13
rents on the one hundred dollars and tbo
State school tax from 18 to M12 cents
on the one hundred dollars
Briefly sized up ttie commissions bill
l a document devoted to relieving the
the who
tl P8 property owner man can
ilS r not conyentontly convert nd hide his
> r i 5ih a m o assessor from the un
ea > Btertftba position in which ho la paoe4
> hr the iowllfcil jtJransert constltutlonj
liffijtf fflibiMe s6f r b s oper cl malhly
la ttoii rWiefl of kla the sranger
TiJ r IUci5 i Wsivesi otbr fsyoring
x mf r fiiy iStitk wet eat ttreater
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is require1 to meet hfs lust n uare of the
cost of government but others who rtecd
and require tho protection of the law lo-
n much greater extent and who havo
heretofore succeeded In avoiding the pay-
ment of anything llko their share Of tho
cost of that protection are as far as pos-
sible under the constitution called upon
to yield a Just portion of their belong
ings to tho tax gatherer a portion rotn
mensurato with the privileges enjoyed by
them under the States protection
Hankers ntfrchnnffl money lenders and
corporations are reached out after to an
extent held to he In keeping with tho
opportunities andtbo xaluo of tho fran
chises ivhlch they enjoy and within bounds
which aro roisonablc Tho law with re
gard to the assessment and collection of
taxes Is so changed as to seriously Inter-
fere with dishonest renditions Provis-
ion Is mada for tha omission of tho
language In tho present statute which por
mlts tho deduction of debts from credits
In listing personal property which has over
furnished a convenient loopholo through
which to escape tho payment of taxes a
loopholo not available to tho farmer or
mechanic who can not deduct his debts
from his assessment because as a rule
ho has no credits to deduct them from
A method Is suggested for reaching pcr
sonol property by which a very largo class
of ta evaders will be made to contribute
to tho States revenues Mortgages deeds
of trust routracts or other obligations are
brought within the Jurisdiction ot tho tax
assessor and the capital stock franchises
and belongings of Unnspoitnllon nnd other
torporatlons are declared subjects ot taxa-
tion Telegraph and telephone companies
are placed among the corporations which
arc lo bo taxed on their gross earnings
Instead of according to tho present Ineffi-
cient method nnd car companies of dif-
ferent kinds which at present pay no tnv
at all nto required to put up on tho samo
principle ducted into law tho bill If
properly enforced will necessarily causo
a reduction In the rato of county nnd mu-
nicipal taxation as well m In the
Stato rate as It will place on Iho rolls
much property which Is nocr llsled now
As a whole tho bill Is as good a one as
could bo preptted under the present con-
stitution Portions of It mm be with
reason criticised and could possibly be
Improved upon but Its principal foitttres
are excellent nnd In completo redemption
of Iho pinmlse made by tho late State
platfoim and by tho governor ot reform
In the distribution of the burdens of taxa-
tion
a rvtnvMsn ni cOMiUiisinvri
The Houston Post na > s The Chicago
Chronlelo editorializing 011 the lnson IJoer
fjmpatbj resolution with the strength nnd
iipposltenetB tltnt riistomarlly Miiractcrltis
thnt newspaper while not Indorsing tho prue
tlrnldllty of the Mason resolution tcrrpta lis
introduction as the opportunity for timely ro
tmket of llio disposition nf the president to
dominate llio legislatlvo department nf gov-
ernment The Peat Is A tunny nowspnper
Tor months It has been pouncing Upon the
president for not announcing a policy for the
Philippine Islands thnt would satisfy Agul
nnldti nnd Induco him to stop lighting When
ll was pointed oU lo The Post ntid other so
called nitttlmptrlnllAls thnt thn persons who
were tr > lng to tl6th the prnsldent wllh nuto
crfittc po ef weio the reil Imperialists that
the ntithorltj to declare a policy mi to govern-
ment It the Philippines restart In congress
nnd not In thn presliltnt Iho Post changed
Its tnetlcs and unu nouses tho administration
nf doing Hint whlfh It hail before been ceuanr
llig hint for not doing The unties of the ontl
Iniperlullsls nre siiftlilentlv rldletilnith to l >
funnj If the were not so serious San An
tonio flxprcss
Tho Post checrfiillj oncedps lire prop-
osition thai thn Ran ntonln lixpresa
should be on ailtlimlly on editorial In-
consistency since that piper enjoys tho
unique distinction of doing tha lightning
change artist of Texas newspapordom nut
the lxpresB Is not nn authority on tho
gpm ot consistency It has never worn
that Jewel 01 dealt In It and therefore
fiom lack of ospett ahllltv Is limbic
to detect the lash of thn genuine nrtleln
In llio editorial shirt front of a cnnlem
pontry
Thelosl Ins criticised thn president for
not Keeping faith with the Insurgent leader
in tho matter of Hie Philippine riunrrel
Will tho Uvpress Insist thnt he his or
will It stop a trllle shoit of tiuch em
plmtlo tevealiiienl ot lln republican pro-
clivities Hat The Post n any time held
that the president acting through the war
dcpaitment nnd lln agencies In tho Phil
ippines was not authorized in put sun n
policy calntiluled to bring that unhnppy
situation to alt honorable and sensible
close without traveling beyond the tether
of constitutional pierogallvo
Is there nn honest and courageous stu-
dent of event developed In thn Phil-
ippine problem since Its Initial hour
who docs not believe In his conscience
that the war could havo been averted
If tho president and those charged wllh
working out his policy had sincerely un-
dertaken tn convince tho unworthy Tlll
plno foe that It was not the deliberate
dcilgn of tho administtatlen to possess Ills
country by force of nrms and to douy
him the bencfnotlons of selfgovernment
If the Uxpress denied then let tho Kx
prcss bound Into the thoroughfare of con-
sistency where the himl macadam of
direct discussion would sorely try lit Inex-
perienced feet and boldly conrcss its
support ot tho republican policy of Impe-
rialism
The Uxprcss rampant nonsense obout
socalled aullImperlnllsts trying to
clothe the pioldcot with autocratic pow-
er by suggesting an honest and Just
treatment of tbo Vlllplno nt a time when
the president was In supremo disctetlnuary
command barely evades tho domalu of
criminal absurdity AVhat tho Rxprcs
means bj socalled Impeilallam Ispiob
abiy revealed In the eocalled demon
racy ot that paper
It la not surprising to Tho Post that
a paper that Is dally convicting Itself of
having entered into a son of secret alli-
ance against the democratic paity should
bo unable to tco the dlffcrcncii between
tho authority of the president to recom-
mend legislation by message and the utili-
zation of his official power In responso
to proHrlllsh inclination to pi event tho
free discussion by the senato ot tho United
relates of a Doer sympathy 1 evolution
This efTort on the part of tho Express
to convict The Post of Inconsistency Is
en par with that recently mada by
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HOUSTON DAILY POST MONDAY MORNING DECEMBER 18 1809
another desperately critical newspaper
to convict Tha Pott of tho aban-
donment of silver coinage becatlso we
had said that thero wcro other is-
sues just as urgent on democratlo at-
tention That tho inconsistency of Tho
Post Is both clear nnd funny to tho
Express since consistency the Express
can not Judge and slnco the mental con-
cept of the Krpross is that rare that It
would make of tho Book of Genesis a
farce comedy Tho Post can readily un-
derstand
Ilrltlsh newspapers are now accounting for
tho succession ot terrific reverses adoiinls
tered tholr troops In SOutli Africa on tha
score that their Transvaal enemy like the
cmbottled farmers of tho American revolu-
tion Is ot KngllSh and Dutch origin There
may be a sort ot gruesome satisfaction la tho
reflection that a nation produced the blood
that subsequently thrashes It Is It possible
that In this philosophical vlaw tho Ilrltlsh
press is preparing Its public for a denouement
of Its ar to destroy the Dutch republics like
that attendant upon the effort to subjugato
the American colonists
Tho good roads convention has pushed the
public thought Into a wise and profllublo
Channel
An enemy that novor retreats except aftor
administering a crushing reverse and then
only to take up a position superior In van
tage to the one abandoned Is a dangerous toe
to deal with General Duller has found the
Transvaal fanners this sort of an enemy
Suow In North Texas and mild balmy
weather In South Toxas demonstrates the
Cllmatlo diversification of Incomparable Texas
Tho war In the Philippines will bo over
when tho protest of tho Filipino against th
military usurpation ot his right to Independ
ence bo put down ana tho American army bo
withdrawn from tbo archipelago Not before
That republican monetary reform hill has
received somo heavy Jolts In tho house and
tho greatest was delivered by that young Toxus
congressman Joo Oatlcy
Tho Fruit Flow or and Vegetable Festival
went out In a glow of red flro Now to tho
next great public entertainment What shall
It bo Why tho Southeast Texas Imposition
ot course
Tho vegetnhlo exhibit at tho Auditorium as
flno as it was meroly suggested tho produc
tive mlrtnlntcr capabilities of Southeast
Texas tho greatest g rrton spot in tho world
WITH THE PASSING THRONG
Captain Oreon W Duller nnd County
Commissioner Martin Iiyine of Galveston
were among tho many who ctrao to Hous-
ton Saturdiy to enjoy tho last day of tho
Festival Mr Dyrnn who Is chairman of
tho toads and brldgo committee In tho
OulVeiton county commissioners court and
who is well known among his constituents
as Tho Statesman from Vinegar Hill
la exttemoly enthusiastic on tho siibjoct
ot good r6ads nnd In addition tn enjoying
the vatlnus fentllios of the Festival while
here ho was presoul At the good rnadn
meeting held at Turner hall
Mr Bjrne while he In loyal to Galves-
ton Is very much Impressed with tha pro
Ifresslveneps and business Importance ot
Houston which ho unhesitatingly pro-
nounces tho best city In the State from
every standpoint He Is also very ptrtlnl
to Tile Post which ho consldera thn only
real ileiunernllo paper In Texas
Captain Duller who holds a commission
sr captain of the Oalvoston Sharpshooters
the lending mllllaiy organisation of Oal
vrston Ih a prominent young attorney In
the island Clly and Is nlo ely identified
wllh tho politics ot tho city and county
It Is likely that ho will bo a candidate for
nn Important otflce at tho uext election
and If ho Is hla friends say them Is no
doubt as lo his ability to bo elected
ft1
Mr Abey ot thn Now Orleans Statos has
been nn llileiested nnd Interesting visitor
In Houston during thn past week and has
tlintoiighly enjoyed nil nf tho various fen
on tne pnpei In 1870 when the list IS31I0
wan printed t thnt time Dr Sam O
Yolilig now of Galveston was telegiaph
editor Mr D D Bryan wan city editor
nnd Mr Andrew IJendeiaon now of New
Orleans was foreman Tho paper was
published at tho printing establishment
ot W H Coylo
Tho lmpiovcmcnls which hivo been
made In Houston during the ptst twenty
years are simply marvelous said Mr
Abey In conversation wllh a representa-
tive ot Tho Post vesterday Then thB
placo was n mere country village with no
paved streets and practically all nf the
buildings twostoiy frames with such ns
nro now common In the small country
towns of tho State The plnce has grown
wonderfully and Tho Post has kept ahead
of It all thn time
IrniriPNNlt lluiinlnti
Slneveport Times
Sundavs Houston Tost contains fllxty
pages ot Boven columns each a total of
420 columns It 1b tho largest paper over
Issued In Texas It contains 225 columns
of advertising The Tost contends thnt all
the other Sunday papois In Texas com-
bined will not show more advertising than
this It is certainly n magulltcent paper
ptoylng conclusively thnt Houston has
enterpilslng ami progrotBlvo business men
who appreciate tho value ot a representa-
tive paper like Tho Post one of tho best
papers lu tho South
Catilvvell CuIllntiM
Caldwell Toxas December 18 The con-
cert given last night uudcr the auspices ot
the Ladles Cemetery association conducted
by Miss Mabel Williams was a decided suc
cess and a hsudtoma sum was realltcd
Thn llurleson county board ot examiners
met today but there was otily thne appli
cants for certificate present
r The matrimonial bulling
In on a boom
Judgo lianlta married two couples ot the
colored kind thts evening
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111 It Mnmborry Crop Iromlsed
Alvln Texas Deeembor I6TI10 outlook
for a lot go strawberry crop was never so
promising as nt the present time Two
months mora and tho season will bo open
and without a tnlshau promises to bo the host
n several yenis The growers feci much
encouraged at tho outlook nnd aio at piesent
working tholr fields over for the last time
and putting on tho mulching ready for tho
pickers Ihe vines are blooming freely and
some ripo berries are on the matkot but a
cold snap Is needed to set them back
A llnrtrr Lout
Bault Sto Marie Mich December 17
Wualoback barge lip which ha been
tutsslng on Lake Superior since yester
day was today given up for lost with a
crew of nluo men The steamer Colgate
which had the barge In tow and the tug
Vigilant gave up the search for her to-
day
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IN THB FIELD 0F LITERA1URE
Hon Dudley 0 Woolen president and fel-
low ot tho State Historical association and a
member of tbo Southern Historical association
has written a complete history of Texas tor
schools and colleges nnd for general use It
U a tomprehenalvo treatment of all the esseu
tlal points ot Texas history beginning with
tha romantic but meagre chronicle of slanl °
and Trench exploration and ending with t
While there has
last Stato administration
condensation to bring
necessarily been much
bounds of a book or
tbo volume within tho
less than COO pages there has been no sacrl
and the narrative 0
flco of material incident
Iho early struggles of the colonists who UIA
tho foundations of the tuWto Imperial Statu
and of tho period ot Spsulsb and Mexican con-
trol Is a blending of romance and heroism
that Is Intensely Interesting aB well as In-
structive It Is therefore something mora
than a mcro outline ot Important events
though devoid of tlrcsomo details in every
way spaco Is economized in such a wanner
to seouro the fulltst uso of that which Is t
command and tho Illustrations which are nu-
merous ar0 so clear and ctfcctlvo they do not
encroach too much upon the reading nmuer
Iho history Is divined Into eight periods be
ginning with tho period of Spanlsn dlscpvcty
nnd domination in Texas tho period of Mexi-
can rulo during which Texas was one ot tuo
States ot Mexico tho period ot 1 solution of
tho republic of Texas ot Statehood In tho
Federal Union of tho civil war and of the
time when Texas wis a State ot tho boulhern
Confederacy of tho reconstruction period una
of rehabilitation as a Stato of the Union and
down to the present time
In writing this school history ot Texas the
writer has drawn on nil the other histories of
tho Stato that havo been published and has
had nt his command somo papers and Infui
mntlon obtained from other sources The
book Is published by the Texas History coni
iiany Dallas
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it will bo of Interest to Texas people to
know that a now book soon to bo published Is
Tho United States la the Far Kast or Mod-
ern Japan and tho Orient by Hon Illchatd
II Hubbard ot Tyler This book Is now In
urcss by tho U F Johnson Publishing com-
pany of Illchmond Va and it bids fair to
nrovo a cleat Success It Is ably written and
will prove not only nn Interesting but au In-
structive work It is beautifully illustrated
and gotten up In handsome atyle All who
are Interested In tho Dastern nueallou In tho
cvnnts ot tho Orient and In the progress of ono
of tho most virllo and vigorous nations to-
gether with tholr relations to tho United
Stnlcs should read this admirable work
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In our modern nubile life tho moBt pressing
problem of Internal affalrn Is tho relation of
tho public to corporations In tho ncld ot
Nntlonal affairs It Is tho much mooted riues
tlon of trusts In tho local and municipal
rnhere tlio relation Of public authorities to
fre hlao corporations In a recent publica-
tion nf tho American Academy o Political
nnd Social Science Mr Henry K Tremaln
discusses with a tienchant pen the various
methods of control which experience and in
cenultv hnve suggested Ho llnds theni want-
ing either In principle or In effectiveness Hut
ho does not hopelessly abandon the subject
here but Comes forwnid with a ptojert which
merits discussion and consideration It Is
slmplo in Its general outlines namely to
make tho nubllo a pmt owner in nil corpora-
tions onjoylng franchise privileges
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The Idol ot the Ullnd by Tom Gallon
Is ono of Appletons rerenl publications It
Is tho ntory of an nngllfh hoy who Is orphaned
at any early age nnd grows to manhood un
del ihp aiylns lndiiemeR brought to l > r
upon Itlm by his boyhood friends and his rela
tives Thn narrative is told with much sym
Practical konwledgfi is more and more be-
coming thn keynote nf education nnd Iho use-
ful and vnluAbtc Infarmstlon Is put befoie
tho voting rondors In an attractive manner
Acplotona Homo Reading Books edited by
Wllllnm T Harris A M LL I United
States comnilxslouer of cducallou aro drstlncil
lo hn virv popular not only with students
but older renders Division 1 treala ot nam
ril hlstorv ud Mnrk > Harrington gives
hiimo nr11 tieal Infonintlon regarding tho ron
test of mankind with tho weather and some
i nl the biiiillts which havo nicriied fmm tho
contest wlilch s n yet far from complete
Clsrenco Mnores Weed D S This In n do
limit literary
of general household matter Conspicuous
J
llghtful and Instructive treatise on thn trans-
formation of Insect life the wonderful work
InuH of the llttlo world that is all about 113 and
jet comparatively unnoticed
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tho January number of tho Delineator
which Is called the Century number beglus
among tho literary articles Is An Attnlr nf
Violets by Hnirtpt ltlddlo Davis 11 delight-
ful story of happy r ults following the
tragic ending of a young womans rflorts in
a business ventiirn In this number also is
presented tho first nf a series of prnrtlail pa-
pers on Tho Young fllrl dealing with Iho
Inst of hep school days and the Brot years at
home
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Paul Lolcester Fords new hlBlorlcnl ro
manco Janlco Morodlth published less than
two montlm ago by Dodd Mead Co is now
selling in Its 123d thousand For last week
Its average sales a day wero V > 0 copies Other
novels havo of course reached this stage and
even surpassed It In tha long run but wu
believe that tho first two months of Janico
Mtredltha existence quite go ahead of tho
record of the flrst two months ot any other
piece ot fiction And when It Is considered
that Mr Fords book first rnn as a aeilal In
two periodicals thnt appeal to widely different
duties of the reading public the result Is the
more astonishing
Doctor Crelghton the Lord Ulshop of Lon
dou no less celebrated ug a historian than as
a dlrlue has written for the Youths Compan-
ion a fascinating article describing those pic-
ture nun old world wanderers tha Francis-
cans the humble friars ot tbo middle ages
who believed that cheerfulness Is not inrom
patnblo with godliness and translated great
thoughts into Bliuplo actions Their simplici-
ty und good humor are shown In many umus
icg lucldenta nnd the article is one when
will delight and Inspire all who read t-
Au Interesting dlecilmlnatlre paper on the
Rov Newoll Dwlght Mills the successor ot
Henry Ward llcccher and Dr Lyman Abbctt
lu thn nulvtt of Plymouth church Brooklyn
la contributed to Werners Mngatlna tor De-
cember by 11 M Wallace Dr limit per-
sonality and oratorical aud literary raeluods
are described In a bright and appreciative
war
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The Oooduesa ot Saint Hoeque and othar
atorles by AIco Dunbar is one of the recent
bocks from tho publishing bouse of Dodd
Mrna Co This Is a compllutton of Creole
atorles tho sconce laid among tho hsoua of
Louisiana which havo furnished tbo setting
for so many bits of romance Jh stories
jire written in a bright catchy style aud yet
with the tinge of pathos that U t fralh
found In the Creole stories
f
Tho first nilmber of a new magasln to be
called TUn Smart Ret a Matnine of Clivfr
nw will be published March 1O The
Smart Bet U to ba conducted on now and oris
tnal lines Its chief tealuro will bo 1 com
bleto novel of consldcrabla length in cacii
number and there will also be several short
stories and poems
+
Mr Stanley Waterloos study of the Chris-
tian Sclenco movement In the fljekers Is
awaited with some Impatience So Imagina-
tive a writer must have something fwn to
ray on a subject which Is Interesting so many
of his countrymen His ° lu J
phases of tho movement will doubtless result
in such a commentary as will bo 1 real con
tribution to the history of the subject
The Heiress of the Season by Sir WlUom
Magnay Bart has been recently Isnuod ly 0
Anpleton Co New York This la c ticiy
of lovo and politics nnd tho scene Is laid In
Hnglnhd partly In London and partly in ilu
delightful county places where lords aud la-
dles congregate
ILXAbUbAflbSAltD MARRIAGES
Deiitli
PlLiANT Mrs nt Elliott December 11
Interment at Brcmond
TURNER John aged 72 near Hlllsboro
December 11
WATKINS Mrs 0 E near Marshall
December 10
HAGEUMAN Mrs A Hj at Paris De-
cember IS
OUMPERT George Sr aged 2 near
Donlson December 11
REDDING Mrs S E at Paris December
12
UURNS Mrs Rebecca aged CS at Shcr
man December 11
PINKERTON Mrs Pickens aged SO near
Tyler December 11
KNOWLES George A aged 51 at Queen
City December 11
NEW Mrs J H near Beoville Decem-
ber 12
CASSIAS Mrs Martina Fuentos aged 70
at San Antonio December 12
SCHROEDER William aged 41 nt San
Antonio December 12
STAUTZENBERQER Eugene aged 28 at
San Antonio December 12
MOSELY Mrs M R at Enuls December
10 of consumption
SAND13RS J B aged CO at Tharp No-
vember 20
SNEED William at Goldthwaitc De
cember 10
TYNES Mrs R M near Kattfnian De-
cember 10
HENDERSON Mrs Alice E aged 27 nt
San Antonio December 10
HOWARD William A aged DS At San
Antonio December 10
PERKINS Avery aged 21 at Mineral
Wells December 8
BLOCKES Mrs Blanche at Pleasant
Grove December S
PAYNE W A Jr aged 21 at Tcxar
kann December S
NOBLES Mrs W F at Woatherford
December 10
SAYERS James aged 15 near Denton
December 7
RAMSEY William aged about 2 near
Paris Deeembor n
NESHITT Nathan near Marshall Decem-
ber in
IUItNETT Mrs riot a aged 60 nt Midloth
ian December 14
MATTHEWS Pr C O aged 30 at Dcnl
son December 15
KLlllTS John nged M at Northriip
nODKHRON Mrs aged fin near Paris De
cember 11
A WALT Mrs Silllo T near Marshall D <
eember 12
ANDERSON It W nt Mine11l Wells D <
eember IJ
WRATHER John F aged 19 at Corpus
Chrlstl December 13
WHITAKKR Mrs Matilda nt Scurry De
eember 13
SI HART Mrs S K ngfd 75 at Pallas De-
cember 1
JOHNSON rtotiTl acd Tl at Oak Cliff De
umiber 1C
HAMILTON Miss Floy Hllziheth aged 13
at San Antonio Deecmbii Id
ir C A
Gurk manufacturer of mattresses Cliarl
Ian Ilclencx Co manufacturers of wire
supplies and Emll Ney manufacturer of
cigars
IIOSTONS 1ANIC
Flnniiclnl Men Hcohlcil to Come to
tin Itesrup
Boston December 17 Tho Tost will say
tomorrow As a result of a conference
ot Boston and New York financial men
which at 2 oclock this morning had been
In almost uninterrupted cession for more
than twentyfour hours It Is probablo
that thero will bo special rnoetlng ot
tho stock exchnngo nt 0 oclock this
morning to consider drastic measures for
tho present financial situation At this
conference It was practically decidel that
It no other action was taken support would
at least bo given to good stocks In order
to prevent what might bo termed a gam-
blers panic Thero Is ono stock In par-
ticular a Boston stock which has sold
far nbovc par which went a llttlo below
It Saturday and largo blocks of which aro
expected to bo thrown on the market by
men who think they must havo the money
to protect them lu other lines Thr6wn
upon a market In which there aro no buy-
ers thero Is no telling how far tho down-
ward rush would carry tho prices A
measure which was being considered at
tho conference at an early hour this morn-
ing was united action by the stock ex-
change In the refusal to execute selling
orders but euch action or any radical step
will depend to it great extent upon tho
London market this morning If thnt
should bo very bad somo dtastlo meas-
ures aio almost certain to bo adoptsd to
bolster up the situation heie It vvhb
reported last night that negotiations wcro
In progress for tho absorption of largo
blocks of United States mining stocks for
cash by Now York Interests A confer-
ence with that object In view was In pro-
gress at a lato hour last evening It
came down merely to a question ot price
As Is well appreciated on tho street such
a purchase at this tlmo would bo a great
relief to the situation
TO AID 1IOUKS
Ancient Order of Itilieriiluns Tnkea
Act ion
St Louis December 17 At a meeting
ot tho board of Ancient Order of Hiber
nians this afternoon tho DoerBritish
war was discussed at length and tho mem-
bers decided to put on foot a movement
to ralso 1000000 for tho purpose ot
equipping and transporting troops to
South Africa to aid the Boers and Free
States in their fight for Independence
Sixty members of the board were present
County President J P Fltzgljbous was
In tbo chair Judgn Thomas I Morris
Father Timothy Dempsey Fotmer Coun-
cilman Patrick ORellloy and P M Quirk
t f
J
May Castleberry at Grtonvtle DccrcTJtrr
Iho ilftyflfth volume nnd It exhibits a marked j MrKJnnoy Dc c mlicr IS
Hadpr
Mottle
12
Merce
at Laurel December 13
Mr Luther nrackpin of Honlnnil and Mlsa
Verda Dean at Pnrls Deeemher H
Mr W 11 On and Miss Orro McChancel
lor at Texnrknna Decembei 13
Mr Osear Sanders nnd MIbs May Palls nt
Trenton December 10
Mr John P Smith and Miss Leila Wilbur
nt Texnrknna Decembei It
Mr T J ltogcts ana Miss Isabel Turner at
advancement In many detitls There ie im Mr Will Daniel and Ml s Mary Dr > cr nt
iiblisl a complete presetilntlon of th seasons f 1
M M n
varied selection of brll 1 nlM Yml
fashionable modes
a 1nl t hBtinl l Hill December 4
features and gcneroua amount IVrnT
n DirV
3 1 O and Ms VI J
Sinlthvllle Dumber IS
Lentz nt
Mr Will Iloffmelster of C > press and Miss
Emma Hoppa nt Hockley December it
Mr Albeit Stanunrd and Mlsa ia Moss
at Paris December 15
Mr J P Khnnkte nlld Mrs Ruth B Fny
both of Knnis at Torsleana December H
Mr Arthur Stalls nnd Miss Euna Thompson
at Deport December 15
Mr Charles V Mcades and Miss Erann
Hornbnck nt Denlson December 15
Mr Thomas II Cellum and Mlsa Norma
Green at Hallvltle December 11
Mr John O Boyle and Miss Stella null
at Greenville December 14
Mr Samuel Price and Miss Jessie Taylor
nt Paris December 14
1 mrX Mm
llAMCPlt IinSIOMSI
Hi Retire from lteMrlciicy After
Ivventy Yours
Baltimore December 17 Tho American
tomorrow will say Mr Christian Devries
who has boen president of tho National
bank of Baltimore for nearly twenty years
has resigned his position The resigna-
tion was Bent to tho bank Sunday after
noon about 1 oclock and was a great sur
prise to the few who heard of It Tho
causes of the resignation are not definitely
known and Mr Devries action Is bound
to create considerable surprlso tomorrow
lu banking and financial circles Mr DoV
rles could not be seen tonight A meeting
of the directors has boen called for Mon
day when action will bo takem
lUOTOIlY llUJLIHNtl
Innlo AV CiiiHol A111011 jr Tenement
Dweller t
Now York December 17 Flrso started
suddenly at 12M0 this morning In a big
factory building aUG55 and 6571lrst ave-
nue occupied by several firms Thero
was a pahlo In many of tho eurroundlug
tenements and the avenue in a few mo-
ments was almost blockaded with half
SrVk th P < l0 rop n nl > had tumbled out
awa s ssst
rS JLW U s belflve < 1
57S g0ton oul of thee bullllngs
nut several were overrnmn h smoke TbO
et vf W
Msement of the bulldlnj
w5s occupied
LJiVi ° labe t V ttfhaerKelly FI
tvW
i
Hfty
would tako up tbo matter at once
1 ua Ai 1 1
krw wA < n scAin
Clnlnicil I < Unu l > lHniitfi lie Teller
iilliiu nf llnlMtiiy Men
Indtanapolls Ind December 17 Mom
hern of the Order of Railway Telegraph-
ers claim the adjustment of the new wigo
scalo on tho Big Four means the disrup
tion of tho federation long existing be
tween tho firemen trainmen conductors
and telegraphers us the tolagiaphers were
tntnliy Ignored In tho now adjustment
All the other members ot tho Federation
received an advance nf r per cent they
say Tlioy declaro the whole scheme of
adjustment was a shrewd move on the
part of thn company to hreak up tho feder
ation and that It has succeeded
MlPhiKiinN Snoplnl Spunion
Lansing Mich Deromber 17 The few
members of the legislature
who had ar-
rived tonight for the bpeclal session which
mn2 morfw f ° not f4orB < Governor
Pingreo
s action
In calling thorn together
nerKnT11 C0I tl ° naI amendment
permitting equal tax
legislation They say
immediate action nnd believe that voters
wnnt tlmo
to think It over
Clunles 15 ie
Now York December 17 Chat
Noble a well known engineer dlci
night at his homo In Morrlstown
aged 75 In 1870 ho went to Texas a
reprcsen alive of n syndicate of capita1
and bum
about 700 miles ot tho Into
tlonal nnd Great Northern railroad
SKCIICT SOOIFriRS
Corpus Chrlstl Texus ml
ho monthly meeting of the December Knights of 11
lodge of this city tela Jatnlrtt ih
lewlng offleers wero Vt rd fo K to Tns
iSfiT i hma Alcn uletator F a Yi
1 CS ri A Vate
tor Il assistant d
Bingham reporter Lawr
SSlirp asSffr
Dentou
4
> V
PROTEST WILLI
Merchants and MaBtfatjHj
ALL ROADS HAVE 1
JOINED
ffi
8ll pliiK A
Interests xn >
Conntr re Atotu P
Ann ° nneefaH
t f
Chicago December 17nl
tomorrow will sayi 0ae ot tf
leal and general advance S
freight rates will g0 Into 3 +
railways cast and west ot CakA
Uary 1 Thousands ofutlcuw
day consumption will bs ifteUJ
nverago will b0 35 and to 2r
Jump oh
many classes te ii
cent Tho contemplated uUmJ1
n has aroused at a t
railways th
uHli
another nrttclo that will feel tle
severely Tho tariff on this m fcfj
creased 110 per ton >
On tho toads cast ot Chle > g4 tiii
creaso In rates will be accotnpiuiel i
changing tho clasB under which tl
cles affected are shipped ThUorDli
dono by taking the Item outlet Wi
known as commodity class and ptrttk
them Into the classes Thsrotiiej
of Chicago will do most of the titA
vnnclng Chicago shippers are clrwlijs
petitions asking tho railways to 4ifcr tl
announced advances until April ltoi
ble them to catch up on their orla
Should tho railway officers refaMJlm
trous results to manufacturers and Visit
salers will bo tho consequence
In several jobbing centers talk ot ife
ing to the Judiciary to prevent what thi
term the arbitrary action of thendwji
Officers ot the railways In defcuti
their rat Increasing action declari Ik
the advances are mada necesssry bjtf
increased cost of everything they ar e
pelled to buy from ties to engines Tla
further aver that there Is no retsoit
made specrhes on the subject in which the railways should continue to < s
>
they declared thP Boers vcic In nepd ot
more saibstanthl evidences of sympathy
than mcro resolutions and memorial
tho following was unanimously adopt
cats ot tho country an viDrc
aro being made
against tha mJLjm
Tho shippers say that
It tt
chntges aro
Increased to thitMli1
nounced by tho
railways It tfttatf
effect of increasing retail
jrlM t tt
lino of trade Soap sugar cefesS
coal and farm Implements
us
articles to be
affected OnttesJij
as on hundreds of other articletaj
creaso will run from 20 to 4 M
Tho rato on coal for example fa
Chicago will bo pushed Up fe j
the ton Rates on cattle will Urini
to 28 cents per 100 pounds andl n
sheep will go up from 25 te 30 tntfji
dressed meat to 40 cents per lOi Bni
panic rates while merchants mijtfa
turors and others are advancing priSfU
splendid binquet last ul f at
Mouufs Rntsdalo Q C Hell and P
THte lodft lVZTXr > BB
KnBbts of Pythias
last Tucsdav lBl l
officers f0ry ti r l n c ccCl Ou following
Tesch chsneel CnSUBe tcrra pe I
O R PrSi J 8 Rr ° wer prela 0
V SSnt Zmof rcrord and seal
KeplschGSr XlJl > >
waster at arm AihJ nS5 P > Prout
of work WllTlaVn t Sanier naer
tee for enn v BUJ A Wolf trus
wwo among tho Insert being A Mc ttvo to the srane lodjq Pruy P enta
term two years
TODAYS ItACES
lcnns Entries
K Atlantus Rotteraio I
Oitklruul Entries
Six rurlongs selllngOsculsUon
Gauntlet lft2 Locono P A FlnMjM
Luis Brown Prince Senator DiBoU
Tewanda Good Otiti B
Celchas Chmeeff
Uhlers 112 i
furlongs tortnildtti OW
J Lunar Polly K
Turney Opatlur
a I America to bo applied in equipping ami VM n erTVeinngAlbert Vllf 111
Mr J T White and Miss Ella Blown transporting men for seiviee in the South Lobengula ill Henry Launt 110 Ataia
at McKinnoy Dereinhcr African war and otherwi3o aiding tho gal 10s Jimp 107 namlro ll PaneharmQilw
Mr John Hv singer and Miss Belle Cow ant ceri in their fight for liberty the 106 Marble Etldorpha 103
an nt Roanoke December 7 destruction nnd dismemberment of the I Mile hondlcspGlonolne Laoy w
Mr Robert L Crnwoll and Miss Mattie rltish cmplro and kingdom of Greit 107i T nn Sluggard 10o hoenlg WOJ
Dowell at Fate December fi Hi Rain Wo further urge that this sum r > ens = atioi
Mr A Jj Williamson and Mrs Ann bp raised hy popular per capita assess S
McClcndon at Sulphur Springs Decern went ot lf and that Immediate action 1 RPVen
bet 5 I bo taken to collect thin amount I McCJcnr
Mr H N Alexander and Mlsa Nelllo President OConnor when
seen after the 107 Mon v
P Smith at Mineoln December 10 meeting stated that thero was no doubtP Crystalline Chiffon Chantllly ueww
C th it tho 0
Mi W Werdeti and Miss Haldeo National directory of the society I
ft
Plan Tamilian 101 OConnor TerrtM
Rio 06
li
Chleo J
Fivo and a half furlongs for l
Louis B McWhlrtcr 108 Jj V HW M
I
Plno Sbot Windy JimSummerS >
The Ec6
108 Brltt Druldcss Spike
Mllo and sixteenth sclllngTem CnfflJ
110 Coda I0D Horton W De JBW
105 Dr Marks 102 Casdale Oyhes ft
handlcapTlnM
Mile Emeryville
1 >
Pat Morrlssey 1 1
110 Satstima 111
101 ijg
Opponent
109 Mala 101
Sllvcrlone Morlnga 93 Merry OWi
iuuus The Laay
iui tt
Ventmo S5i Flamoro W
Burns Waterbouse entry jjj
Sit furlongs for W
Tlic nuffoop riorldan W
Southern Oin u
310 Princess Zelka v
0
0Slx furlongs l rSlfcnii
OT
JlenttontOT
Whltcomb 101 JerId >
1L Uarda 101 El Estro Tlburon V
nilSINESS SOTES I
Austin Texas December J t
SchalTer of Austin f ° rf fcSrl
Rockdale has filed P ° ° iV rW
court
In the United Stntea district J
girgato JIS3003 and assets
December BoMrt
Austin Toxas
s
6ti
01 y Leo Powell of Bartlctt
ruptcy petition yesterday VrWl
court debU being v
States district t
ufi
bMiu
ssots JlCtO k iSJshl
Fort Worth Texas PM fferil
ontgomery has filed o fS art
bankruptcy llaBlliu
mtlon in 4
sets 0 all exempt j
VJ
Aiantcur Thc t J
i
Hempstead Texas December
prcaeated f Jli
oup of amateurs
manco Thursday night for ttJHuV
k church and were
Catholic
held tb bo
o Merry Tramp
to a crowded house the MT5
announcing
5c are of Prof out J D Shaw ef t llavy
Ethel Eldrldgo of Waco xf0
ai They will
iecember
Mtcnd rfter January wrfB i
ubllo schools will c ° sJrtUni
3 observares j
XnpoB10PliP OU V < H
loches Texas VecW m
received tank cars y ZjM
and Is °
the situation
ill headway nlgut
nEmeut states that tM
sccTon hand at the mill ind J
the lino or this rai road to
running until next May this j
will pay to the farmers
tho surrounding country
that heretofore n
nroduct
as a commercial commodity
rl w
o imycle PI
Indianapolis
bicycle trust has begun
JW
Ins the bicycle machinery
fllana Bicycle pl nt In WtVm
trust >
ronto where the <
bicycle plant to con rol 1
Canada Tho local pl t 0 T
utoa
to the tnanutaeturo of j
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