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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29
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and an Indian chief represented thereon
The inside ,ages Contain large number
of interesting features. ancluding special
articles by many OF tho leading politicians
OF the country.
Some OF his party associates are throw
ing hot shot at Colonel Marcus Aureius
Hanna. but the colonel IL serene 50 long
as his pocket Is safe--his pocket - ms
strong suit against the legislature.
The Russian bear intends that his win
ter quarters I'm Korea shall be ample ana
comfortably Guarded against any ordinary
attacks. There is no longer doubt that
the kaiser and ear are preparing TO take
what they want in the East and witncil
asking anybody's pleasure In the prem
Uses.
Senator Morgan may be the chlcf OF
iingoes, bur he has very clear IDEA as 10
where AmericSn interests are loclsed in
tho Orient. We can bid a long farewell
10 the growth of American commerce in
China when Russia and Germany consun-
male their present schemes.
II appears that the Cuban general. RI
but was sent as u prisoner M1:aJs soc-
cessor Is still true to the Cuban cnost
ard does not believe in any other resii
OF the present struggle but indep 'ndence
Kid Mccoy is more rapidly developing
into great fighter and n heavyweight
than was anticipated-he has Med say.
eral columns with task in the past week.
------------
The responsibility for the pen Gu bur'
| der rests with congress. Refo:n mus
| commence In the congressional district;
OF the country. Can not the West and
! South send mon to Washington Pledged I;
relieve tho country of the fraud in tht
pension rolls?
| 1, IS gratifying TO note that interest II
| cotton manufacturing IL being aroused II
| Texas. It's a good sign OF an improvin,
business Intelligence, and II kept activ
for time must result IN many enterprise
of the kind desired.
Texans win try to raise bi';er crol
OF wheat next year than ever hsfore. W
don't wish the foreigners any misfortune
but we won't cry over another short crol
abroad.
It looks like an imposition upon thl
country that We should have to reliev
the distress created by Spain in cuba. bu
charity should know no rcsentment3 An
colo and cownrdly administrations a
Washington are partially responsible 10
the great extent OF the suffering.
New England savings banks are catch
Ing the New England cotton mill disteu
per. Is the heat escaping from the "
errments favorlte hot house?
|
There Is talk and prospect, we are tolC
OF big cotton mill in Corsicana. III
capital OF Navarro has the wherewith.
handy to OIL several biH factory enter
prises and ought to push the mill schem
alcnR.
The opponents of n National qua artir
system are presenting some facts FOR pu,
; lie consideration that ought - cause
halt among those Southerncrs VINO nre 8
: ready to surrender their rights and Il,
thority to tie Federal governriont W
know best what we want In the d,rectic
, OF quarantine, when we want t and no
, best to secure it,
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Homes for 1905.
Bonham Nave

'7"Iualh NtWs,
.a' 'esS SO soon 70 come bring us less
u ro,ron more corn. more oats. more wheat
fewer ma, va n,are fruit, more money aud
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Christmas Eve On wan s.

1900 a .Ne" 'VIh Letter,
.'owos OF men and women Who are fa-
mliiar with Wall street ways Heated down
Town as early as noon ead began to an
me galleries OF the differcrt EXCHANGES
IN or'er 10 be on hand When the bulls ana
hsars broke Loose. They hung over ina
ratings and looked down into the olts he.
'ow where the beaming spectators wsra
50 pesy mat they soald only afford to cast
nasty chances at the bright eyes ana Tho
smiling fasss aioit. Bur the sis;ht-seers
WHO had been favored With peep al ths
yrosramnie arranged by the wis Nh
piay the game In the street." waited ns az
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attractive issue. The front page is ns','l
somely coiored. with Tammany niger
and an Indian chief represented thereon
The instic ,,age.s cotltain large number
of interesting features. dnclnding special
articles by many OF the leading politicians
OF the country.
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From the Laredo (rex., Times.

FROM the Laredo tIeX.l Times,
BARKIS is WILLIN'--rhe silver men
of the country look with Indifference, al
most devoid of any curiosity whatever
upon the currency plans OF the National
administration. No legislation inimical to
silver or beneficial to gold can pass the
present senate. The financial chains upon
MS now are heavy enough, but they can not
be additionally riveted before another ex
preston of the viii OF the people --Hous
ton Post
While the financial chains upon us now
are heavy enough in all conscience. let us
not be too certain that they can not be
additionally riveted before another ex-
preston OF the will OF the people, as the
fruits of many victory have pean lost
by oycrcontidence, and il the republican
party has ever evidenced disposition 10
stop at any extreme it should be pointed
| out and published far and wide that party
came into power through violence, has
| pr1cttced violence all OF lis life. and every
step II has taken towards the home people
| has marked the deep impress OF the over
bearing bully yet never failing to bow
| and scrape and get down upon its Knees
| 10 everything foreign OF any strength; like
the wite -beater, who expands his fighting
strength at home upon the weax, and
| wouldn't light flea on the outside Be
sides, the republican party belongs 10 the
blood-sucking trusts and combination.
| more today than it ever did; it made 9
| complete assignment to them in the las,
general election, aud gave steel-elat
| deed of trust. covering everything. lnclud.
ing body and soul, II 1t had any OF the lat.
ter; and IL Is plain TO be seen that the
, purpose of the republican leaders is tc
rivet the financial chains tighter II the,
can with any degree OF impugnity. els,
pretend to do something, while not intend.
ing to do anything. In other words. they
wish to rivet the financial chains tighter
and II their courage fails them In that
they win do nothing; like the burglar
though Willing enough to rob a bank 4
his knees shake too much he goes away
aud does nothing. but Is morally Just as
guilty as II he had committed the rob.
berry. The republican party is as corrupt
at heart as the burglar or highway rohber
and fear of the consequences is the only
thing that will stop 1t from perpetrstiny
the most high-handed outrages.
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SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
From ihe chicnro nAcortl.

From the Chicago Record.
TO LET THE TARIFF ALONE. 1t is
announced from Washington that the ways
aud means committee OF the house has
decided not TO tamper with the Dlngley
tariff law. This announcement is crafty
ing, though the pingley law is in some
respects an odious measure. Not only are
certain T its protective features monstrosi-
ties Of legislation. but as revenue pro-
Queer the law il a partial failure. ANY
changes that would be made by the pres
ent congress. however. could hardly be
expected 10 remove the essential faults OF
the Dingley law while the agitation would
seriously disturb business. The country
should be assured of rest from tariff agi-
tation. IL is better TO submit for a time
TO the Injustice of the Dingley tariff than
to unsettle business with another agitation
for change.
II legislation should be absolutely nee
essary to replenish deficient revenues. the
Increase should be sought from an sdded
Tax ON beer or from purely revenue duties
on such articles as tea and coffee.
But the best way TO meet the situa-
ton is to economic on expenditures. 1t
VIII be gratifying to the country to see
congress forced by necessity to restrain
itself Having been called in special ses-
sion to pass tariff law, the majority in
congress can not well confess the Job was
botch by proceeding at once to revise its
work. Fortunately for the country the
decision has been reached to let the tariff
alone for time. 1t will he found difficult
to agree upon legislation for more revenue
from internal sources. AS a consequence
congress- apparently must economic in
expenditures or force the administration
TO bond sales, which would not reflect credi.
on the party of prosperity"
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Some of his party associates are throw
Ing hot shot at Colonel Marcus Aureiius
Hanna. bat the colonel Is serene 50 long
as his pocket Is safe--his pocket - ms
strong suit against the legislature.
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The Christmas edition Of the Tsmmany
9snes published n New York. u very
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

Hiasboro Reflector -

Hillsboro RSnecto' -
R. E. sparkman, a youas
the Eegleton farm, nor'n Il. i
has made quite a feps ~
as a cotton picker. - I, h !
during August ana W r. 10 "
tober had 1900 pouhuss ,,rIaf
lost some time, but =. u austsos n
picked he lacked a f "a 10 Z
400 pounds per day c,tfrls n
Kicked 4ss POUNDS 20 o. ,, ANA
Ego he picked 26,vvV a. II
about fifteen bales. - ~
very industrious yo'lns Z, ~
from Inc headquarters = IS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

The Russian bear intends that his WIN
ter quarters I'm Korea shall be ample anu
comfortably guarded against any ordinary
attacks. There is no longer doubt that
the kaiser and ear are preparing TO take
what they want in the East and witnoi'
asking anybody's pleasure In the prem
ispg
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

New England savings banks are catch
Ing the New England cotton mill dstem.
per Is the heat escaping from the & ",
err ment's favorte hot house?
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When he begins, - ~
Instead Of n'ek'ns
AMI smoothly wI'sss5
He'll blur that ~
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ENTERED Al lisn rosrorricH At HOUSTON. TEXAS
AS SECOND CLASS NATTER. a
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There Is talk and prospect, we are told
OF big cotton mill in Corsicana. TIE
capital of Navarro has the wherewithal
handy to OIL several biS factory enter
prises and ought to push the mill scheme
along.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

THE oAi.y rosr the rs ss . "a c pc.''
SEMI. wgEKLy posi-. III Co.'s. per Week.
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From the Chicago Record.

From the Chicago Record.
SENATOR CHANDELIERS LETTER
That so persistent and untring a partisan
as Senator Chandler should issue a public
letter severely criticisng the administra-
ton for which his party is responsible is
highly suggestive of the difficulties which
President Mckinley must confront. Mr.
Chandler takes no pains to conceal his
evident distrust of the administration S
power to carry out itsSprogramme. He de-
nounces Secretary Cages plans for cur
fency reform, aud even hints that the sec
relary is not concerned about the welfare
OF the party. Indirectly he reflects upon the
president, who has given u mild indorse-
inent to MIR. Cages plan. Senator Chdnd-
Ter hopes that congress will leave the
currency question alone, and intimates
that .he success of the administration de-
Ponds very largely upon whether or not
Mr.. Mckinley attempts to promote cur
! rency reform.
Senator Chandler does not oyerestimate
the political Importance of the currency
legislation, and his letter is bound to have
weight among certain of his colleagues He
| frankly declares that, in his belief, the CON
| tehtplated currency measures can not be
passed in the present congress; that the eff
| Tort TO push them through will surely re-
| sun III the disruption OF the republican
| forces in congress and the defeat of the
| republican party in 1885, Whether or not
he had accurately estimated the nature of
the forces ut work in the senate, his leiec-
ton Is itself an important indication OF tile
| peculiar conditions now existing in con-
sress. The fact which stands out most
prominent is that the republican forces do
not seem to be holding together. Just as
speaker Reed in the house declares against
| annexation IL,
the other legislative chamber declares
against currency legislation.
1t may be regarded now as serions
question whether the administration is not
TO be conspicuous for it's inability to hold
the party forces in line for concerted ef-
Tort. Try as he may, there is prospect
that President Mcinley Will be unable to
redeem the promises which formed the
most noteworthy part OF the republican
campaign platform of last year.
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The opponents of National qua artnt
system are presenting some facts ior pub
lie consideration that ought - cause n
halt among those Southerncrs VINO nre 8.
ready to surrender their rights and au.
thority to tie Federal governnNnt We
know best what we want In the d,rectio
or quarantine, when we want t ana how
hest Ia SECURE II
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ego O'Clock a. N.
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agemen,. and none viii 10 accepted in payment
of Uisite acCOuris,
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It looks like an imposition upon this
country that We should have to relieve
the distress created by Spain in cuba. hut
charity should know no rcsentment3 And
colo and cowardly administrations al
Washington are partially responsible tor
the great extent of the suffering.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

1; Is gratifying to note that interest IN
cotton manufacturing IL being aroused IN
Texas. It's a good sign OF an improvln-
business intelligence, and II kept active
for time must result IN many enterprises
of The Kind desirrd.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

Senator Morgan may be the chief OF
iingoes, bur he has very clear idea as 10
where American interests are locased in
shs Orient. We can bid long farewell
10 the growth OF American commerce IN
China when Russia and Germany consun-
male their present schemes.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

Tho responsibility for the pen. en- bur
der rests with congress. Refo'n must
commence In the congressional districts
or the country. Can not the West ami
South send mon TO Washington Pledged u
relieve tho country of the fraud in the
pension rolls?
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

II appears that the Cuban general, RI
vera. did not return voluntarily TO SPAN,
but was sent as u prisoner. Md,'ao's soc-
cessor Is still true to the Cuban caust
ard does not believe in any other resil
OF the present struggle but indep 'n1encc
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-29

Texans viii try to raise a bi.'.;er croI
OF wheat next year than ever hafore. We
don't wish the foreigners any misfortune,
but we won't cry over another short crop
abroad
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Suhscriptjon BY Mali Daily and Sunday Post one
.yeay. $500; SIX months. $500; three uon''s'
S1.oo, one month. $500. ~
TIE SUNDAY Posi-. one ycar. $3.50.
"a end wear. Ss.o0; six months. 50 cents; ti'iee
months a. cents.
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Kid Mccoy is more rapidly developing
into n great fighter and n heavyweight
than was andcipated--he has Med e7v'
eral columns with taak in the past week.
The times., 1897-07-08
THE STRIKERS NEED HELP.
IL Other Miners Do Not Join
Them They Must Fail.
THOUSANDS REMAIN AT WORK
The situation I'm the Various Lo-
caiities A Affected-AInost All the
Men in the Pittsburg District
Are Out-TryiDg to Arrange an
Arbitration Conference.

Columbus, Ohio, July 7.-Unless the
striking coal miners of the various States
who went out in obedience TO the orders
of the executive board of the United Mine
Works of America, are soon reinforced
by their fellow-laborers in the Pittsburg
district and in the State Of West Virginia
the strike will be failure. President
Ratchford himself admits they cannot hope
for success unless the strike becomes gen
eTal He refuses TO give any figures as
To the number of men who are still at
work, but says that the outlook now is
more hopeful and encouraging as the differ-
ent districts are heard from.
There are said TO be 10000 miners in
the bituuinous fields of Penns ylvania, and
yet, according to the claims made at the
headquarters of the National Mine Work
ers' officials the number OF me n In that s tate
who have laid down their tools and joined
in the strike will not exceed $4,000, the
remaining 90, 600 being still at work The
advices received from West Virginia are TO
the effect that the miners there VIII not
participate in the strike.
On the contrary, the operators at Fair
HlOnI nave duNtTtiStu ioi hioAc hhhSiS
IN anticipation OF the rich harvest they
expect TO reap in the event the contest
Is a long one.
Myron L Herriek and Robert Biick-
ensderfer, rece. vers OF the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company, and the
Wheeling, AXE Erie and Pittsburg Coal
Company, nave appliedto the United States
court for protection. The petition states
that they have had no controversy with
their miners, who desire to remain at
work. TIE court has dispatched United
States Iaarshals to the scene.
AS matters appear at this time the
strike is practically limited TO four States
Ohio, Indiana. bhno4s and IsIt of Penn
sylvania, the western part. II is claimed
that the number Of men said TO have gone
out has been overestimated, and that the
total number viii not exceed $4,000, as
follows: Ohio, 5000, Western Ienn-
sylyania, 20, 900; Hin ois, $4,000, and
Indiana, 5000.
The present strike has been ina agu-
rated TO secure for the miners Just what
was secured by the compromise agree
ment which put an end TO the strike OF
1894, namely, 60 cents for Ohio and SO
cents for Pennsylvania.
". z. Rend, the big Chicago operator
was in conference with z resident Ratch.
ford today, and wants a conference Of
miners and operators called, to be held
in this city the latter part OF this week
or the early part of next No action has
yet been taken.
The times., 1897-07-08
THE QUEENS INF|RMITY
A Semi Official Announcement TO
Be Made Concerning 1t.
CONDITION OF HER EYESIGHT
The Lancet VIII Admit That Her
Vision Is Failing, but More TO
Conceal the Real Facts Than To
Give 10 the People the Truth
About the Matter.

London, July THE Lancet. the we'll
known medical journal, viii this week
make the first seIni-official announce ment
In England in regard to the Queens eye
sight 1t viii be a mild statement, de-
signed pparently to conceal more than
it VIII reveal of the serious nature Of her
infirmity
The first news concerning the Queens
sight. called fortnight ago, was based
on statements made by two eminent ply
siciaps, who had been consulted in her
maiesty's case One described her con
dition, as then stated, las almost totally
blind" The second confirmed this state
ment, and ascribed the cause to q goUty
condition of the blood. He said that he
could offer no hope of cure or of escape
from further progress OF the affliction-
Further information received within the
past few days from several persons who
have been personally associated with the
Queen at Balmoral has been Of the same
general tenor. One described the con-
dition of the Queen eyesight as follows:
Her Ma iesty is now unable 70 recognize
objects more than two feet from her eyes.
Even at ttat distance her sight is latuenta-
bly, feeble Sheis no longer able toread. and
with great difficulty signs occasional dOcu-
ments"
This is probably a correct description of
the extent which the disability has already
reached The accounts cahled back to LIN
don ct the time of the original announce
dispatch thus recciyed sa ying that the Q 2ueen
was absolutely blind This misquota.ion en-
abled certain officers OF the Queens house
hold to make a denial when applied TO.
1t is this same exaggerated quotation
which the Lancet refers to in the following
statement:
I'VE are glad to be able to state on ex-
cellent authority that certain rumors to
which publicity was given last week, in
reference 10 her majesty's eyesight, are
grossly exaggerated 1t Is q fact that
for some years her eyesight has been
affected. owing to changes incidental
to her advanced age, but, although in the
nature of things this condition may be
slowly progressive, there IS no truth in
the statement that it is rapidly becoming
worse
The deterioration of her vision causes
the Queen same inconvenience, but not TO
the extent of interfering with her ordinary
course of life or of preventing her from
discharging her multifarious and onerous
duties
1t is a fact. nevertheless, that what the
Lancet describes as deterioration of Wis
ion, which causes the Queen some incon-
venience' is characterized by the principal
physician in tie case in the emphatic words
first given, namely, that ''her majesty
is almost totally blind"