The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-19


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The marine expert and Or. Swcarngen
both shy there are several cases of yell
low fever In Houston. The Post stood
formed; II did not, though It might have
been from igno@nce and for daily llko
The Post to plead ignorance is almost
as bnd as To- plead guilty of crime: IN
either case The Post has written itself
down as N. q. II the managers did know
There was yellow foyer and did not let the
peop.e know II, then no punishment Is too
great FOR 1t. Galveston Is afflicted with
News to tell the truth. II win put dollars
against life any time, but something was
expected OF The Post, This paper has no
doubt but yellow fever has been In those
two places two weeks. The idea of keen.
ing such things and putting money up
against health and lift Is absurd and
there should be some law to punish such
vile Observation-Disclosures Register
The Register has permitted Hs fears to
warp Its Judgment and blunt its sense of
fairness. Tho Post has, from the very
inception of this fever scare, printed day
after day In Its columns every authentic
fact possible to be obtained on the sub
iect and the supposltion ts THAT the CAL
weston papers have done likewise, Moth
ing has been concealed, nothing Kept from
the public. In addition to this, The Post
has kept marry at distance advised by
private telegram. So far aa a knowledge
or the prevalence of yellow fever here
was concerned. The Post was dependent
entirely upon the Judgment of the ply
sicians. No physician. so far as The Post
sonows, has said that there was or Is a
case of yellow fever In Houston except
Or. Guiteras, the government expert and
Gt..e.s, ri nt.,
printed promptly and con@pcuoisly in
these columns. The Register Is simply
iinreasoirahle when It expects a newspaper
TO find out the nature of case OF sick
ness before the attending physicians do.
That Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables
Festival ought to eclipse anything OF the
kind evor held in Texas
Charles "A. Dana, one OF the Nestors of
American Journalism. has passed to his
Anal reward. For moro than a quarter OF
a century he had been power In the
hand, and now that no has Joined the
majority" his political opponents In life
| Will ut least accord him tho merit of say.
ing that-whilc stern in his prejudices--h
was bold almost to a fault In the asser-
ton OF his honest convictions.
The Single takers" got In their work
IN yesterdays Post, but tho other fe,.
lows Will be heard from later.
| Tho oil wells of Corsioana, II they hold
out, promise to transform that section
! into sort OF Klondilse in tho near future
Eastern capital has now got its eve on
| the bonanza. and a dispatch In yester-
| days Post states that Mr.. l.. C. Garrett.
OF St Louis, has Just purchased a tract
of land In the oil belt on which he pro.
poses to sink ono hundrcd wells.
| Tho whole medical fraternity of the
State now join In tho glad refrain
There's no yellow fever In Texas"
| DIR. Hartzell, American Methodist Ep,s
! copal bishop OF West Africa, was In Lon.
don last Saturday, and In an interview
gave II as hts opinion that 'unlesss ths
best craftsmanship Is brought TO heal
upon the African problem. tho European
wars OF tho next century will be fought
on that continent" All right, bshop
There's lots of room there.
The Post Acknowledges an invitation /,
| = o''-"Ns "es'peSuS, toutultIHcIlt ana ball, &c
be given at Livingston ON Friday. octo
bcr y
alderman j. n. Habercorn OF Chicago Is
a canrtbahstic epicure whom II is not saf,
to monkey with. He tried to chew tn,
nose or one George Jensen in a saloon
alteration on Sunday, and now the doc.
tors are trying to find tho bullet whIc,
VIII probably be the aherman's passpor,
to the happy hunting grounds
fhe kiss Is a striking issue" exola,ms
the Florida Times Union ana Citxer
Then why the dickens didn't You ntn,o,
her arms.
PROFESSOR j. NJ. Greenwood. super,,,
tendont OF education. Kansas CITY. 1,
chrystalizing a method by which h,gf
grade newspapers can BIO used as tex
books In the public schools. Good news
papers are text books for nearly ain N,
world. and why not utilize them In N,
way Professor Greenwood suggests?
Cubans have read the fable Of the wol
= Sleeps clothing and wall not be a..
oslxsd BY qenegni HAanco in The rulse :,