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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26

taken The time is coming when the pres
sure OF population on the means OF sub
| felt In Europe and Asia, Then VIII the
world enter on new stage OF history
the Anglo saxon is being .schoocd. Long
before the thousands millions are here,
the mighty centrifugal tendency inhershi
United states. VIII assert itself Then,
this race OF unedunllcd energy, with al
re majesty ,o & Sompeiss 9 roprr ,nS ave
let us hope, OF the largest liberty. the
purcst christianity. the hishest eiy.llza-
siye TRAITS calculated TO Impress It's in
situations upon mankind. viii spread itself
over the earth. Aud can any one nouet
thnt the result OF this competitions OF
races will he the survival OF the huestY
Is 1t not reasonable to believe that TINS
race is dcst ned 10 dispossesS many AMY, Mo IN
remainder until, in 4 very rus nr, ,,n
rortept sense. 1t has Ans'o'saSo"'sou
Here IS the supposed tutgrs fac, IN
un,arnlshed terms act forth, THO lis,otl-
| cal case Of Il sposscssion in INC sctiptut.
was based upon moral srnunds nnd hos
,Iuon snnllncaa of numbers. mr. even
upon portical reasons. The SCRIPTURES
teach not competition vi ta',S ",nlN"a
betwecn tho weak and tho strong Tor tne
| regeneration OF mankind IN the New
'1i,ls crccd SO fuzzy re, forth hero is
lthe uthntosssrrcc OF brutal ~ ana var,
Ihnrism and stands dumciriclllN vpp"''a
Itn y" nniV'rsa' , not rc.ist tbe a,,os.
lticns Where Is CHRIST N0bf WHAT 10
10 he ~ ilhl, c.'V'' "i'' '''
Vhnrert risc il ms W. may. or even la
mon the very yNN''N'''. '1'' ~, 1n,.,, Il
lcmlvn oni l"'''., 'n' W'', III, M.
STANDS, inv ~, SUI NIX a. can che negro sur
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nv sitll NOR snns,. H., nm, fh,t a4lSs
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ma fi"h V"'i',,,n,"hrsS rni T., (vmN wnys
4 Not VIII nee hut whltuif NNl W'"'.W'
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4 docs his step ind'r% g ~ ni' I'M
!. IsN .ns OF II man. No. NY ~ ,o, "v'
= what docs ne a9t ~ 1,,,ii, 1.,E out
"a at the negro hlmsN' sI 'nu ,, nv
t. tn" THRIVING aue ,"ns anu w. ,,I,fvo
a NtetiEailau thar shall result ~ v ',,.'e
" Epd in himself and t" ,er ic.,,,,. ' ,hni
q, Kind 1t H. no wiih"u{ NiIntt'.i'" IN
y in these recent days ih" though "i nv
. would has been turnod tp questions "I n"
y ruriority If the races rnil nn' lo s''l'
y iN superficial coinphr1. pi ~, 10
w. cvce of ,thurury lV"s mus itr 1iTN'u ~
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IL i ,1rl,,,n NV a,Nl,nt Va thM depAnmont Of
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-08-26

[lUSPIcIOuSLY OPENED
hist Day Of the Afr0-Amer-
lean Fair.
lars CIvIC.MILITARY DISPLAY
!, welcome by Mayor Rice
v" - Raven tho Orator
Of the Day.


kausurated w''" " ~, .,,.,.,
In the mor''ns w." nn,,n, ,,,L IN
les 4, the ho"S'o'' ,,,.n
.,,coou. The narnde was ''''N
1,.play and was witnessed by |
Inds Of people ""'" .,Ies ~, ,ho
yhe thrOngcu Nv"
lang which the recession moved.
n,,eanl was a crcditablc show
bret pase"'' w aa,,,,,ront.d ,,v
~ very genufaIlN cp"Ip'''i'"'O ny
..,ators. who stood for hours on
catching for it's apprJach.
tfscN' -, ,,,,t,,,,s az III. u,r-
the lse''en' -
"A the,onc that attraStep attention
a..,rated vehicles. Considerable
ne Wv ,c,,, ,x hihltod In the
nd great '"s'o 80, ~. .,,
llcn OF these Nehi'ies anu tnes cN'-
,be touch of the hand of the gen
-"s. In that kind of work.
lr''N III wv, A.. ,nrn,,ion of ,ho
some itds'" '"'
.iy ~ o'rlsck brlor, the process
~ ,,on rriuttv hail dawn
me'eu va
street
!
,w ~ lane, and four aides.
,,,,,, ,a s,,o
pr Ni'son """
fyln Rlil,s, captain j,H Young
capitol ,;nari, iplain y. a. t'N'ker.
elsor Guards san Antonio, I tptain
rdan Guards. houston. ,apth'h
Is Green.
he Hines, Houstp'' Nap'"i" JUN"
us, c..-.... .,,..t,a.... ,,..
mllrhiy WY i"''h Wv ~, 80
gh'c PANS am Ni'l'c n.ll,e's,
maze s""' 'FlI'", ~
al hHll.V' 90 t"N p,s -, ,.',N II
nhl'aI! e"'u
on % Wy ,' ~ i a. u,uls I<,ichts
cam" tup ~ III ~ an ''','"' NUS W
w, i,',t,v' t,.nut',n c,I,r.t,,
epiu'n v,"' s'n,.', H.. ~. so,.1 io,
ean A"'TH' .i ~, ,,,,,,,n,ri,,,''
hnV ,,,, ~, ,f,,t,., urh.i' ynnd
SoIsl'" anu WV '''''' ''''''' oN''
CANE hp"s tot r," 9 ,1 jn n'V nnJ
'" WV
Ter this came a brass band, followed
he Packard NouaNoS' CONFUSE" OF
oa,ng tbcm ,,.,s , c,rri,ur contain
1'NSiNfNl fh lsNihNNt Nllit' 'll'''''7 VI
far association and Professor h"W'A
1 naSi sn1.,inm ~,,s .orun"S, A of tan
a,ed lirriae and huggics with
|ciHcers and directors Of ne woman'i
NY ara :" ~. ,sIi, hnnsns ,rJ ,h,
Iatons were truly ar,irtic there being
most harm0ni,t,s bl nding of ~
ts II che various colors of the rosa
last ,No floats in tho parade r pre-
vi the domestic nvucali1ug. Onc OF
floats contained about twenty young
each armd wifh q broom. aud the
1c4i confirmed SOME ten Young gir.s.
line Of march ,,ns down Mii1m 10
h. down Dallas to Main. down Maia
Franklin. m F-auklin to Travis. m
.is 70 Texas n,rnilc. dnNu Texas ave-
10 San Jarlnto strntt and down san
(rio 10 ponne,'s Point. whore M .prn-
bon ,i'shandel and tonl1 the train f,r
Driving mark
ms nearly am o.,locl, IA, Tho or,,r-
"ne' Tue 'N'r'ls'- M the DRIVING
we're begun TIE audience had ns-
Sbld In the Grand st.,,1 f,,inp whic
nmn1,a,,.
mhiou'ohs sag" hAd been ortctuu'
b which were seated the officers of the
bcatInn ,ho suo.,Lc,., an ar,.A.,s,r.,
ps chorus ot wen trained N3tc''
|N the direction of Professor j. VIII
w
's"pht ia Banks of the Fair asSocih-
Introduced Rev. u l. ln1ll ni mi.
Who delivered AN n,rnrs Invocn.
for the succ. ss If rh. fnn "a,
Kraa
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prof n ] w. IT, Bowen, 'H' ''' ~ i''
~ Atlanta. tia. was then in'rodu'eh ny
Itcv. Il. W. D. isaacs Of Dallas ffoiFs-
sor Iowou spoke ms follows:
Mr. President Ladies' aud 6nnl'pin' 49,
Mlcn IN. mtnre 9 ,h1 tory orr Of INV Sine
t,.,tb century hc " II be com ru'ltH -
| I'M .,rray of fn,,s an d'scoVottl'", -, re-
guests ami proi, " oil III, ',,'' ais of ,iui,.
srii, .nlnnf Il achievements ana Nv'ttn
,tic r..olui'1na ! tho phNslcal. BOIL ~,
! tcll,ctuu ami spriluh %o ,,,' ~ ~. N Tho
! eou,,uis bie,orv II is impossihle "a rflh-
,,,,uc even the ch'efest OF thnse 'oml,N,-
| MIS- Foremost tm'ls nn',,, .tnurr- - /
| ~ ~. n,nv m ntlon tha grown, nrN'luPn',
| we may ~ az srrfdom aud human slavery
~, M. patton OF millions N ltusSp" Vie
w, "rni.rd. tho isles ot w f dc
~; , s,,tss aud South Amer ca w
ms i'm the governments -, rn
| i'a"'"' '"si,tv yolrs ago., says ron, :
| MrKcnzIc. "Europe, W. we Sibelr ow,
| o. FVu,A ~ thn lives AMI prop riS 9' w, ~ !,
| in' SUI , t,,tg Toliy the me . OF Mers', ;,
i'n,one govern ih-mseNeN, l., H. "disian
.ol l,In " i"",n Is ,.lllSlng today - neu
| f"Al, i"i 'A hpnds with h"whde'.nE
,ev.,rd West m civllihl tl"n, ~, ~,
risc ina the Western WotJ,' ,i',,n FORM of
ctt trll in the world III hl-' uv'lr "a,
EuN'iu"T .,,c,r,t--in fact me VIZ,
Il ~ sricnce-thc reYJlluoliM os mn
hy the use on H., imvcntlon Of the acw'nS
Nv No. I'M. elootrlc telegram. -, III
mb,'rs lhc graphpphon,' r'vstrfios II
nrtoscopc: the unhaH't rntrhi to light
| .uH ~ H., spr,trai an flNsls, W ',t,c
,nns truths revealed thru'S, ysrs. IN,
| s.ntr, swrnnlng the tNNt,' inioei,al sci
nr,n zach coatrhurirg niine,i," ~ III,
nyered ruth for the rsoonstrunl1',un" north,
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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-16
THE SECRET SERVICE.
Arrests Have Generally Been
Caused by citing.

Washington, Nov. II.-W.
P. Hazen, chief of the secret
service, treasury department,
in his annual report shows the
total number Of arrests during
the last fiscal year by agents
of his division and other quail
fed officers to have been 78o-
OF this number qS were for
manufacturing, passing, etc,
counterfeit paper money; IS
for altering Obligations of the
United States and 56S for man
ufacturing, Passings etc, count
erfeit coins.
OF the whole npmhef Q
prisoners arresteG rs wer}
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convicted and sentenced, IA
pleaded guilty and were SEN
fenced. The remainder are
either awaiting trial or sentence
or not tried. The fines amount
ed to S45,455. The sentences
aggregated 72o years. The
amount of altered or counter
felt notes captured during the
year was s75753I, Of which
S3So,726 were United States
notes, S261,5o8 were silver
certificates, S234,636 were Ca
madam notes. The amount OF
counterfeit coin captured was
sIo,67S.
There were also captured a
large quantity of counterfeit
postage stamps, plates, dies,
fibre paper, moulds, etc.
Fifteen new counterfeit notes
we're placed in circulation dul
ing the last year, which is {
material decrease from former
years
Chief Hazen expresses thu
opinion that the distinctive pa
per in use is aid to the Grim
nal rather than a protection tt
the public, because of the fac
that a note printed upon Pape
containing silk threads las
number OF the pest COuillCl lCll
and all of the raised notes are
is accepted in a majority Of i
stances without hesitation, o'
: ing to the erroneous imPressio
: that the paper used by the go
: eminent is manufactured by
n secret process and can not b
5. counterfeited. He has also b
J. come convinced that the intr
& duction of silk into paper teno
TO lessen its wearing qualit,
P and is therefore responsible t
a a degree for its short life.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-16

1st. 300 acres of land, two must
from city hall of Brownsville, Sill
ated on Resaca la Guerra, ana
horseshoe affluent of such resaca
on mail road, suitable for fruit or
chards, 80 acres now in irrigation
with pecan, walnut, chestnuts
plum, peach, pear, apricot, cherry |
Japanese persimmon, fig grape and
ribbon cane. Can be sub-divided
INTO 5 or 10 acre lots, giving each
abundant water supply, there being
depth of 5 to 10 feet Of water all
seasons of the year. Price so to-
S25 per acre, according to lncation.
Will sell in a body at special rates.
I'd. 80 pieces adjoining, one of
2OU and the other of 1870 acres, stu
ated on Resaca Rancho Vieio, five
miles from city hall on mail road.
Both pieces almost surrounded by
water of 10 to Is feet in depth, ~
acres under irrigation. This land
is equal to if not superior to the
Mississippi bottom lands, and can
be made paying investment for a
fruit orchard or truck gardening.
Can be sub.divided into 3 to 10
acre lots Price SO to S25 per
acre; whole tract on special terms.
Sd. 100 acre tract two miles
from the city Of brownsville, on
resaca, with good water supply.
Ebony, Mesquite, Ash, blackberry
and other timbers. Alluvial soil.
10 one who desires to sub divide in
, small tracts, this is a paying in
vestment. Sold in bulk only. Price
; so per acre.
} 4th. $4,000 acres in one body
| having a frontage of about siX
e miles on the Rio Grande Railroad
0 pn the south, and the Arroyo Cot
r orado on the north. Well timber
: ed along the streams and lakes; ba'
: lance prairie. includes within it,
5 limits the famous battle fields o.
g Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma
It Arabic and pasture. Price 50, pc
a acre.
e 9Th. A tract adjoining No. 4
5 which together with that tract vii
! include 100000 acres in> one bod
l. very desirable. Special terms t.
= colonizist,
;: 9th. 10000 acre tract ahou
i, three miles, from the Arroyo Pos
,f Office. his land is well timhere
&C and watered, soil alluvfal, adapte
= to traits, cotton, corn, cane, etc
70 Special terms 30 any one buYin
\ tract, obligating to COLOMBO
is 7th. 1900 acre trsct, fronting c
o. the Rio G,aude. nbout twenty mile
10 from Brownsville aud miles fro
n Sania Me, s, 80 ecoes under cult
M vat on % low laads on river from
e An good aranie land. Price s. p'
he acre.
re Sth. 725 ceres, triangular forr
by fronting on Rio Crandf, 16 mil
he above Brownsville good land. We
IA watervd. Price 50 000
,ss 9Th. Numerous tracts OF ras'n
ny lends from 1000 to 5000 acres ga,
RI III different parts of the county.
.re 10lh. This is very desirah
as place far small fruit or trrck fer
continuing 10i acres, with a nc
). brick dwelling of 6 ROOMS, frame st
i" BILE and other out'houses, and lar
w underground cistern: three miles fro
n Brownsville ou Resaca de ia Pair
d on che county road.
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AN UNFORTUNATE YES
Sci.
The Battleship Texas Resting
on the Bottom OF Brook
Ign Navy Dock.

New York, Nov. 12.-Ihe
United States battleship "leX-
as" to (which a number OF &C
cidents have occurred since
she was launched, lies along
the Cob Dock in the Brooklyn
navy yard, submerged tive
feet above her water line.
Early today the main injection
valve on the starboard side
near the ship line, and about
fourteen feet below the water
line, was showed in from the
force of the water and the
engine rooms were quickly
flooded by dirty, black, muddy
water. The ship soon began
to settle, and Capt. Glass, who
is in commad Of the Texas,
called the officers and crew to
quarters, and did everything
possible to minimize the ships
injuries. At the time the &C
cident occurred there were on
" about two feet of water un
der the ship, and she soor
rested on the muddy bottom
This was at low water, but a
high water this forenoon ther'
was between five and six fee
of water above the line at tn
stern and about elghtee1
inches less on her bows
Wreeking tugs were immedis
tely summoned and three c
them were soon at work pun
ing water out of her, while
diver was sent down to asce
tain the extent of the damage
Capt. Glass, Lieut.. Kell
and Engineer Moore, as we
as all the other officers of til
ship, could not be induced I
talk about the accident, ar
all inquiries were referred
Commodore Richard, cor
mander of the navy yard.
The commodore said:
know very little of the az
dAnt. The ship is resting ca
on a muddy bottom, and y
have no apprehension of al
further damage to her. /
principal damage which s
will sustain will be from t
dirty water, which will injr
ghe engines and machin
We can not estimate t
amount of damage nor t
exact cause of the accident
\ til the diver makes his repc
U or possibly not until the S
is raised. She will come
easily as soon as the leah
stopped"
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Church Matters.

The regular monthly meeting of the
board of trustees of the Presbyterian
Church will be held on Tuesday evening
in the pastors study at s o'clock.
The Woman's Is Missionary Society of
the Presbyterian Church will hold its
regular monthly meeting on Wednesday
afternoon at 4 O'Clock at the residence
Of Mrs. Porter, Charles street.
A meeting of the Mite Society of the
Presbyterian Church will be held on
Wednesday evening next, after the pray.
er meeting.
Revival services were begun last night
at the First NJ. L. Church, Rev. DIR. w.
i. Mcdowell, pastor.
Governor Lowndes and members OF
his family attended Sunday services at
st. Anne's Protestant Episcopal Church,
where the sermon was preached by Rev.
J. p. McComas. the assistant rector.
Christian EndeaVOr Day will be cele-
brated on February End by the Christian
Endeavor Society of tue First Presbyte-
rian Church.
Hope Chapel Methodist Episcopal
Church. South River circuit, has been
incorporated with these trustees John
COllinsOn, Daniel w. Higgins, Joseph
G. Collins0n, Charles NJ. Suit, DIR John
ColIinson, edward C0lliBson, Benjamin
Collinson and Rev. w. A. Carroll, pas
tor.
After the preaching last night at Wes
ley Chapel N. Il. Church, the pastor gave
an invitation to any one who desired tC
express his or her desire to seek the LORD
to come to the altar, when three persons
went forward. The house was crowded
aud great interest was manifested by ths
people. The pastor announced that tht
services would be continued every night
this week and the EpwOrth League wOulC
have charge of the first half-hour Of each
night, beginning at 7.30 p. N. Mr.. Wal
ton Mitchell will have charge Of the sons
and prayer service tonight. The pastor
will preach short sermon, to be follow
ed with revival services.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-13
Harris, Aeaaems Of Music.

Probably no opera produced in this
country within the past twenty years
has created such a stir among musicians
as has "Hansel aud Gretel, the dainty
fairy opera which is to he given its ini-
tial presentation in Baltimore at Harris
Academy of Music tonight. 1t took
Berlin and London by storm, and its
success Ia New York, where it had a
run of six weeks at Daly's Theatre, WAS
immediate and pronounced. The road
tour thus far has been one Of complete
triumph. The opera is sung by Sir Au-
gustus Harris London Opera Company,
and the American tour is under the di-
rectiOn of Mr.. Augustin DAILY, which is
ample proof that the production is up TO
the required standard of merit. The
story of "Hansel and Gretel'' is known
in this quarter of the globe rs "The
Babes I'M the Woods The simplicity
of the dainty little opera is its chief
charm. 1t is so simple, though most
beautifully told and lavishly staged, that
child can follow it. In fact, il is espe-
cially pleasing TO children, and the matt
nees are always well Iatronized. There
are some exquisitely beautiful passages
running through the story to which the
now famous Humperdinck has written
some wonderfully pretty music. There
will be thirty pieces in the 0rchestra,and
although the company Is an expensive
one. the management has wisely refrain
ed from making any advance in prices.
There will he the usual matinees Thurs
day and Saturday and an extra one on
Tuesday.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-13
THE OWENS WILL CASE
Remarkable Testimony before the Court
The VIII Broken.


Remarkable Testimony before the Court
The VIII Broken.
In the will case of James Owens, Sr.,
which was set aside recently there were
some of the most remarkable testimony
given in any case ever before the Circuit
Court for Anne Arundel county. Jas.
w. Owens, the attorney who drew the
viii and was one Of the attesting wit
nesses testified that the testatOT signed
the will in the presence of all The wit
nesses, that he then asked him if he ack
nowledged that TO be his last will and
testament, to which the testator answer
ed ~ do;n that then in the presence and
hearing of the testator he said to Mr..
Samuel Brooke and Samuel Brooke, Jr.,
gentlemen, Mr.. Owens wants you to at
test this will with me as bis last will and
testament, whereupon they llsigned it.
When the will was offered for probate
the three subscribing witnesses went in
TO the Orphans Court and swore that
they had signed the will as witnesses in
the presence of the testatOr at his re-
quest and in the presence Of each other,
and heard him declare it to be his last
will and testament. On examination
in the case before the court, Mr.. Samuel
Brooke testified that he never heard the
testator say it was his will; did not see
him sign it and he thought he was wit
Messing a codicil. Samuel Brooke, Jr..
tistifled to the same facts, substantially
as his father, only saying that he knew
he was signing testamentary paper.
The Messrs. Brooke stated that what
they testified to was their memory Of the
case but that they did not contradict
Mr.. Owens testimony except that they
did not remember the circumstances as
he related them.
Mr.. Samuel Brooke stated to the
Court that he did not understand the
oath which he took in the Orphans
Court or he would not have taken it.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1896-01-13
SESSION TONIGHT.
Both Houses Meet at 3 o'clock-SpealSer
Mndd's CondItion-To Announce
Committees.

The Senate and House will meet at
0 o'clock this evening. 1t Is not known
whether any important measures will be
submitted tonight. It is thought that
a conference will be held by the Repub-
licans over the selection of a United
States Senator to succeed Charles III.
Gibson, which takes place at noon to-
morrow.
The work to be done by the General
Assembly this week depends entirely on
the Senatorial contest. II that should
come TO a speedy end the House commit
tees should be cannOunced, the two Houses
would probably get down To work and
take into consideration some of the mat
ters of legislation for which the mem
bers are elected. But if the Senatorial
fight should be prolonged, it is safe TO
assume that ne real work of legislation
viii be done until Mr.. Gibs0ns success
sor is elected. Many bills, some OF them
very important to the people of Mary
land, have already been introduced, but
in the House there are no committees ia
consider them, and while the Senate COM
mittees have been named, they are not
likely TO accomplish much until the Sena-
torial problem is put out of the way, lt
is something new in the history of the
State for the General Assembly TO meet
for the third week of its session without
having the committees appointed and
ready for business. 1t has been rumored
that tue Speaker may delay the announce
ment of his committees until after the
Senatorship is disposed of, but this is
not considered at all probable.
SPEAKER MUDD's CONDITION.
Speaker Mudd has been very sick
man, and it was feared he had an at
tack of pneumonia. When Governor
T.owndes called on him last Saturday he
wished to talk with the Speaker on the
subject of committee appointments, but
found that Mr.. Mudd was to i'll TO even
broach the subject with him. They did,
however, discuss the pr0priety of calling
special election in Baltimore county to
elect a successor to Mr.. Birktield, who
died on Thursday. He is much improv-
ed to-day. The illness of the speaker was
caused no doubt by the excitement of
the campaign and organization of the
House. 1t isnnderstood he will announce
the important committees tonight. lie
will proceed, he says, to name other com
mittees in rank of comparative import
ance with such dispatch as the conditions
of the business of the House requires.
Mr.. Mudd said he had been retarded
somewhat in the work by his indispOsi-
tion, but hoped there will be no further
delay to hamper the House in taking up
and proceeding right along with such
business as may claim its attention.