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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-30
MIR pENIsoN or GALVESTON.

Galveston, Texas. December g9.-There
does not appear 10 be any Immediate pros
pect of an adjustment OF the differences
which have caused tho Galveston snip
agents to refuse to quote rates 10 the
Southwestern freight bureau.
Commissioner Denison OF the Galveston
freight bureau this afternoon in discussing
the situation said that he did not agree
with the idea which has been advanced
that this is an opportune time TO 20 again
before the commission with view to hay-
ing the Galveston Houston liiferenual
abolished
Matters are in this shape" said he
THE Southern Pacific and the Houston and
Texas Central have made rate from Pexai
common paints TO Liverpool OF $l.o6. The
rate from Texas common points 20 CAT
weston is 60 cents and the rate from Gal.
weston to Liverpool Is 80 cents making a
through rate OF S1.l0 The Galveston shir
agents contend that they have Whitfield
theif rates to rock bottom and are disposed
to stand pat on them. II therefore de-
wolves unon the Galveston lines to shrink
their earnings in order TO meet the South
orn Pacific competition, which. under
stand, they are doing for such business ae
they want,
while | do not think that Galveston
has in this matter cause to ask for the
abolition Of the diifcrential, ] think that
the action OF the Southern Pacific is vlo-
lation of the spirit i: not the letter of the
commissions orders. and that this would
be a coed time for the commission to work
its compromise consideration with thai,
company. When the suits against the
Southern Pacific were compromised by the
payment of 100000 into the State treasury
for fines, II also agreed to be good and not
to work TO the dciriinent OF Texas ports.
The comm ssion still his sonetaing u IL
sleeve which might BE- used to bring the
disturbing element in this matter to terms,
The Southern Pacific has evidently frurn
1t rece ssary to offer premium 10 ship
pers In order 10 get competitive business.
This is the only hypothesis on which | can
account for Their action"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-30
VI A CENT AND A HALF.
Tho Liverpool Cotton Rate for Tolay
Is al .OG,

Is Hf.OU.
me Sunset Central routes Liverpool cot
ton rate for today is slOs, tx cents higher
than on yesterday, the same being based on
30 cents from Galveston, which the sun
set-Central people say was made by the
snip brokers' The rate from the interior
10 galveston remains SO cents per hundred.
1t is again being talked by the Gal
weston brokers' that an appeal would be
made to the railroad commission to in
vestlgate the Sunset Central rate and
there has been certain amount of prts-
sure brought TO bear for the Galveston
freight bureau to assume the leadership
When asked yesterday how 1t was intended
to be shown that violation was being
committed, gentleman lately from the
island replied: THE basis Is fictitious,
and the rates that have been quoted by
the Sunset Central lines will not cover the
charges OF the vessels, granting that a reg
ular proportionate rate is being allowed
the railroad to Galveston. Otherwise there
must be shrinkage at this end OF the
proposition. That's what is the present in
tention OF the Galveston brokers' through
the bureau. but 1t is not assumed that
they have complaint they can sustain"
In this connection 1t might be interest
ing to know that the alleged disturbers OF
the cotton rate situation have their line
to New Orleans with water connection for
Liverpool but since the first reduction was
made, more cotton has been forwarded by
them through Galveston. from where they
also have vessels TO the English coast, than
they have routed via the Louisiana port
in answer to the charge that a violation
has been committed. they contend that on
all cotton going TO Galveston the rail line
handling the Same has been allowed the
rncular nrine
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-30

would have about as many tnrin books ~
We have law books. when The business men
and traffic men would be ulder The same
difficulties that confront the legal fra
ternity.H
Several arguments are presented ns TO
the justice OF the rates from Kansas City.
II is argued that Kansas CITY Is entitled TO
az low rates AZ 81. Louis, although such
rates are based on ST. Louis, st. Louis
having the cheapest route OF trnnsportn-
ton. viz via New Orleans 10 Galveston
Kansas City, Il is shown. is nearer to
North Texas than Is ST. L0uis, and the
fact that each market enjoys the same
rates 10 North Texas and TO Galveston and
Houston. although not shown. is probably
the result OF compromise. On the matter
Of competing markets. "a Is argued that
under the reasoning OF the supreme court
o. the United states in the Alabama Mid
land case II seems clear hat the fact that
the Kansas City lines have To meet the
competition OF the low rate TO CaIycston
from ST. Louis, which they do not have
TO meet to Dallas. affords a disslmiiar con
clifton which authorizes thu Kansas city
! line 70 meet The 81 Louis rate to Calves
tca without making similar rate 10 Dali
las, wte.e such los ST. Louis rate does
ret prevail However 1t does not
sppsar THAI the nallas freight bureau ~
particularly complaining OF the rntes be-
tween Kausas City and ST, Louis. It's gen
erai compliant IA Of lower rates 70. Calves
ton and fiors;oa. n the Xmas City and
ST. Louis ratfs were rchdjustsd and 81.
Louis giyfa tower rate 70 South Texas
and Kansas City lower rate 70 North
Texas 1. does net appear that a would
pIare the I,r'ias merchant on better basis
or improve hiH pesi,ioD Iis woud prob
ably prefer. As, nov TO have competition
frou both ~ Louis and Kansas City
II VI arSugG further that II envy change
should be made In the existing Adjustment
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mone the alfalfa men and they will

among the alfalfa men and they will
tell you almost to man that alfalfa
raising does pay. The same with the
bean growers, the deciduous fruit grow
ers, walnut growers and others. So
with those who mix industry on the
farm figure first on their own living, and
afterward some income from berries,
fruit, eggs dairying or similar things.
The number of people who are in some
of these ways doing better today than
any business men anywhere is far be-
yond the conception of those who learn
of ranching on the streets from those
who have to spend so much time in town
that they cannot attend to the farm.
Those who don't complain are the ones
who have made California what it is;
and her future is safe enough in their
hands, for their followers are many, in
spite of the growing of the others.
T. S. VAN DYKE.
The herald., 1897-07-07
Coils and His Harbor

Coming down from Fresno Bryan had
an opportunity to familiarize himself
with all the conditions surrounding
Huntington's effort to get the govern
nent to build a harbor for his wharf
at Santa Monica, when the people wanted
the harbor where the engineers and gov
ernment commission said it should be
at San Pedro. He questioned very
closely about this and L could not help
thinking that If President Mckinley had
toured this country before going into
office he would not now permit his Sec
retary of war to hold up the harbor
work in order to give Huntington one
more chance.-E. H. Hamilton in San
Francisco Examiner.
The herald., 1897-07-07
The Bishops Indiscretion

The Christian Register says that when
certain bishop was about to make a
visitation of his diocese his wife said to
him: "Now bishop, you know you
mustn't eat any mince pie, for you know
it never agrees withyou." mo, won't" "
said the bishop, and for a while he with
stood the temptation in various quar-
ters. But at last he succumbed to an
especially choice piece, and it was SO
good that he ate another. That night he
was taken violently i'll, and the physi-
clan who was summoned was greatly
surprised to find how extremely nervous
his patient was over his condition. "Why,
bishop, surely, you are not afraid to
die?" "Oh. no. said the bishop, II am
not afraid to die, but I am very much
ashamed to die"
The herald., 1897-07-07
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Miss Helen Hay, who as the daughter
of the American ambassado to the
court of st. James has already won dis
tinguished social success, has now mada
her debut as poetess
1t is announced that Rev DR.. Talmage
OF Washington has received no salary
from his church for the last four months
His salary is contingent on the attend
ance and the attendance has been poor.
The fellowship in Christian archaeol-
ogy in 1S97-9S, offered by the American
school for classical studies in Rome, has
been awarded 20 Clarence L. Meader,
instructor in Latin in the University Of
Michigan.
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, besides being the
superintendent of schools in Alaska, has
been appointed special agent by the
secretary of agriculture to investigate
the agricultural and horticultural re-
sources of that country.
DR.. McAfee of Columbus, O., who was
Mr.. McKinley's pastor when the presi-
dent was governor of Ohio, is being talk
ed of for the vacancy in the Metropoli-
tan Methodist Episcopal church of
Washington, where the president at
tends.
Rear Admiral Matthews, who succeeds
Rear Admiral Brown, while recognized
as one of the most able seamen and eX-
ecutive officers in the service, also has
the reputation of being probably the
best informed gunnery expert in the
navy.
Brigadier General Adolphus w. Gree
ly, II. S. A., the explorer of the arctic
regions and chief United States signal
officer, was recently forced to have the
second finger of his right hand amputat-
ed to prevent the loss of his hand and
arm. 1t is said that continual hand
shaking brought back disease he con-
tracted in the Arctic regions and made
the amputation necessary.
General von. AlbedyH, who died In
Potsdam last week at the age of 73, was
one of the last of old Emperor Williams
table round of great statesmen and SOL
diers who superseded the camarilla Of
peanut politicians and military mart
inets after the disgrace of Olmultz. He
succeeded the notorious General Won
Witzleben, chief of the military cabinet
and as such was successful in elininat-
ing all politics from the PrusSian army
and in bringing it to that high state of
efficiency which has made it a model for
tho REST Of the world
The herald., 1897-07-07
ALMOST A CRIME

injunction has become a legal fad
1t two persons fall out over anything
they straightway apply for injunctions
against each other. 1t doesn't make
much difference what the victim has
done, or what he is going to do. The
injunction is applied for on general
principles.
1t has remained for an Indiana man
to establish the latest precedent in the
matter of injunctions, and it is prob
able that the limit has been reached
The mans wife wanted to take advan-
tage of the low rate for the Christian
Endeavor convention and come to Cali
fornia, but he did not want her to absent
herself. Words led to war and a new
Declaration of INDEPENDENCE, for the
woman declared that shewas going any
way.
The man was evidently weak vessel
He could control neither his wife nor
her pocketbook When she will she will
you may depend on it," as the old sayine
goes, but the worse half had one mora
card up his sleeve. He applied to the
court for an injunction compelling his
wife to remain at home. The Judge
doubtless took the matter under advise
ment for his decision is not as yet re-
corded. Neither does report throw
light upon the important question as
10 whether the judge himself is married
man. The suspense is awful, but we can
only wonder and wait.
To grant the injunction would, in the
opinion Of California people. amount to
a crime. If the woman had set her
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heart upon going to Kamchatka or
Patagonia, or some other fearful and
outlandish place, public opinion might
possibly side with the to-be- bereft hus-
band although it is very doubtful If that
view would be generally held.
But to grant an injunction preventing
person from coming to California!
The idea is absurd, preposterous. No
body but an Indiana or a New Jersey
well ask for an injunction forbidding
anybody from going to heaven.
The herald., 1897-07-07
HOW he DID IT

The wonder of the world last autumn
went through, took his defeat so calmly
and manifested the same vigor at the
end of the campaign that he showed
when it began. He was before the pub
lie daily for twelve to fifteen weeks,
making from two or three to six or seven
speeches day. He felt that the corpor-
ate wealth of the country, the press of
the United States and a very large slice
of his own party were opposed to him.
He made that uphill fight with cour-
age seldom equaled and learned of his
defeat with perfect composure. The day
after the result was announced he was
never left his office. The wonder of all
men was what kind of mind and what
kind of an iron frame could so we'll en-
dure such strain.
To those who heard the great reformer
on Monday this is now all plain. The
calm composure of the mans mind, the
perfect grasp of his subject, the delber-
ate manner of speaking. tell where his
strength lies. At the close of an address
of two hours and a half the cheek was
as unfinished, the eye as bright, the ges-
lures as vigorous, the mind as alert and
that wonderful voice as fresh and reso-
nant as when he first began.
There is mind we'll stored with
knowledge, thoroughly alert and grasp
ing it's subject easily, and there is a
physical frame full of health and
strength, tough as steel underneath to
these are wonderful resources, ready to
be called into use at all times, and so
large in volume that there is no fear of
exhaustion.
The herald., 1897-07-07
LOVE AND DOUBT
day into my heart of hearts

Today into my heart of hearts
There crept tiny doubt;
There was no room for love and it
So Love was driven out.
And oh, to think how sure I was
Last night our love was true,
And that today this little Doubt
Had bidden Love adieu!
mo room within for Love and Doubt" 4"
| heard my sad heart say:
And, looking in your eyes, l knew
That doubt had come to stay.
Oh for two narrow graves of grief,
That We might lie therein!
My heart with all its weight of woe,
Your heart with all its sin.
Clarence Urmy.
The herald., 1897-07-07
Awkwardly Expressed

A eulogy of the duke of Norfolk in the
Sheffield Daily Telegraph recently was
somewhat unfortunately expressed. 1t
was as follows: "And when one thinks
of all the tenderness to little children
and the kindness to the aged, and the
thoughtfulness for all, which Shefheld
never can repay, one can hardly 1ail
back upon words which come from
source which the duke himself Is never
ashamed to own, and which must carry
conviction, therefore, even to him-ln-
asmuch as ye did 1t unto one of the least
of these"
The herald., 1897-07-07
EXPLANATION

eff anyone should call this afternoon,
Mary, say that I am not WELL" said a
mistress to her newly engaged servant.
Pm afraid I ate little too much of that
rich pudding for lunch, and it, or some
thing else has brought on severe head
ache. I am going to lie down. A few
moments later the mistress, from her
room near the head of the stairs, heard
Mary say to two aristocratic women who
called for the first time: "Yes'm. Mrs.
B. is at home. but she ate so much
pudding for which she had to go to bed
Elk
The herald., 1897-07-07
SALT LAKE AND SAN PEDRO

| A Washington dispatch says that GER
tain warm friends of the president are
urging him to take action in the matter
of the San Pedro harbor Improvement.
These friends are represented as men,
bers of the Transmississippi congress,
that is to meet in a few days at
Salt Lake City, The fact must
never for moment be over
looked that the San Pedro harbor work
is tied up in the interest of Mr.. Hunting
ton, and that the cords by which the tying
is done are manipulated by the president
acting through the agency of his ap-
pointee to the secretaryship of the war
department. In discussing important
questions of a public character it is al
ways better thus to hold principals to
the letter of their esponsibility than to
permit them, or their warm friends in
their behalf, to shuttle primary respon-
sibility off upon the shoulders of second
aries or subordinates.
The argument that is brought to bear
upon principle, but not sounder and far
less authoritative than the act of con-
gress which he has chosen to ignore. On
the part of the nsmississippi congress
it is urged that the San Pedro improve
ment is vital to the purposes of that
organization, which embraces every state
and territory west of the Mississippi.
That upon the Improvement of San Pedro
depends the building of line of rail-
road from Salt Lake to Los Angeles,
and that this line will not be built un-
less the improvement is made.
In the face of proposition so plain.
as this, and in view of all the facts bear
ing upon this controversy which are
already known to every tyro in public
affairs, it will hardly be further sug-
gested by his apologists that the presi-
dent is in doubt as to the merits of the
recomme endation made by the harbor
commission. Whatever may be the ma
be by far too gauzy to conceal the hand
that turns the crank. AS we have shown
the will of congress was ignored in the
interest of Mr.. Huntington, but the ar
gument of the Transmississippi con-
gress necessarily strikes a double blow
at the exclusive privileges sought by the
Southern Pacific Not only will the i'm
provement of San Pedro, according to
the recommendations of the United
States engineers, settle the exclusive pre-
tentions centering at Santa Monica ad-
versely to that scheme, but it will
further by carrying the construction of
600 miles of railroad from Los Angeles
to Salt Lake City create a new COM
peting transcontinental road by which
the haul from the Mississippi to the Pa
cific ocean will be shortened by the
distance of three hundred miles.
This is the milk in this particular
cocoanut. If there was good cause to
kill the San Pedro improvement project
in the Huntington interest when this
Salt Lake railroad was only a specula-
ton, there is now, in the assurance con-
veyed by a definite purpose to build
cause, in the same interest, to bury it
out of sight. And it will be buried un-
less the persistent demands of the peo-
Pile shall force the hands of congress
to act either by conciliatory firmness,
or by menace of impeachment.
The herald., 1897-07-07
Insured Cheese

Mrs. Pneumoney-Ill have two pounds
pound of inpuaity, too.
Grocer--Is.ItE:
Mrs. Pneunloney-One pound will be
enough, guess. DR.. Koddie says that
sage cheese can be eaten with impun-
ity, but then, you know, may not like
impunity Transcript.
The herald., 1897-07-07

General Grosvenor is put forward as
the Ananas of the administration. He
said in his Toledo speech that the advo-
Gates of McKinley's election did not
promise prosperity. If there really was
present or prospective prosperity Gros-
venor would have said: I'VE told you
So" What prophets they would have
been, but since what the country was
promised has not been realized they are
afflicted with shortnees of memory. In
commenting on similar case, Thad-
deus Stevens said: How necessary it
The herald., 1897-07-07
A Tramp's Missive

A tramp who got away with SIG worth
of eatables the other night in Phila-
delphia restaurant left the following ex-
planatory note: II am Pennsylvania
railroad tramp, and don't use no other
line. The cakes was good, and the cigars
was fair. If the perllce comes around,
Just tell them that you saw me, nit"
The herald., 1897-07-07
So Unnecessary

Reporter--Well, I got the great Dr.
Slasher to sign that article for next Sun
days edition.
Editor-Good! But what kept you so
long?
Reporter-why. the idiot wanted to
read it.-Judge.
The herald., 1897-07-07

command limitless sums 1t may be
expected that it will be the same in the
next campaign. for to maintain its priv
ileges the money power will not be
stingy. The result will depend upon the
incorruptibility of the people. The con-
test will be between manhood and
money,
The herald., 1897-07-07
A Practical Turn

''Mr. Speaker" the new member quav-
cred, Il should like to rise to question
of privilege" THE gentleman from
Kansas has the floor" Il want to know
if got a right to mention that i got a
lot of pure Jersey heifers to sell in the
speech 1 am going to have put in the
Record for circulation in my district?"
Cincinnati Enquirer
The herald., 1897-07-07
The Bacchante to Be Reserved

Mr.. Macmonnies' Bacchante will prob
ably not be put on exhibition at the Met
ropolitan museum before the autumn, as
the director wishes it to be new to the
public at that time. The group Will
stand on pedestal of Irish green Con-
nemara marble, which Mr.. Mckim I'M
ported last year and especially designed
for the purpose.-Critlc.
The herald., 1897-07-07

Reports of an alarming condition of
affairs at the Whittier state reform
school reached the city yesterday after
noon. The boys apparently have set out
to follow the example of the convicts at
San Quentin. 1t is to be hoped that the
outbreak will be speedily subdued with
a firm hand.
The herald., 1897-07-07

An Illinois preacher got UP at a.
m. and interrupted prizefight between
two local pugilists. He knocked down
the alleged fighters twice and then
pounded their heads together. 1t would
appear that either the preacher or the
prizefghters had taken up the wrong
vocation.
The herald., 1897-07-07

The Los Angeles Silver Republican
club is entitled to most hearty thanks
for its admirable planning and execu-
ton in the matter of Mr.. Bryan's Cali
fornia tour. 1t conferred a real benefit
upon the people.
The herald., 1897-07-07

A st. Paul clergyman has fallen heir
to title and fortune. Other ministers
will have to be content with reading
their title clear to mansions in the
skies"
The herald., 1897-07-07

General Woodford is learning to talk
Spanish, but his linguistic accomplish
ments will avail him nothing if he does
not make the tyrant of Cuba walk Span
iSh
The herald., 1897-07-07

Our Republican contemporaries evil
IDENTIFY fully appreciate the strength of
Mr.. Bryan and the significance of his
wonderful welcome in Southern Califor-
mia, but they are doing their very best
not to admit it. The green-eyed mon
ster seriously affected the temper of the
Times and the Express yesterday.
The herald., 1897-07-07

1t is understood that w, Russell
Wards first name is pronounced RIOTS
ley." His godfathers seem to have been
gifted. with second sight.
The herald., 1897-07-07

There is village in New York called
Depew. 1t is probably situated on the
line of the New York Central railroad.
The herald., 1897-07-07
IN speaking of Mr.. Bryan's grea

In speaking of Mr.. Bryan's great
speech al Fiesta park Monday after
noon our esteemed but temporarily
hipped contemporary, the Evening Ex-
press. says: "They went to hear a
Fourth of July political ora ton and they
got it." Then wherefore this vicious and
large sized kick?
The herald., 1897-07-07

God helps those who help them.
selves" says the Louisville Courier.
Journal. Including the trusts?
The herald., 1897-07-07

The terrible heat is creating havoc
crops in eastern states. The Christian
Endeavorers and their friends who are
visiting in Southern California escape
the torrid dangers of their eastern
homes. Prostratons from the heat are
SO rare here that they excite speculation
and cause investigation when they do
occur.
The herald., 1897-07-07

John Sherman tells Gath" that he
personally favors the annexation of Ha-
wall, and believes it will be popular.
Mr.. Sherman stretches his belief to the
bursting point when he says annexation
will be popular. In his book, published
less than two years ago, he. puts himself
emphatically on record against the pol
icy of territorial aggrandizement on the
part of the United States. What has
changed his views? Sherman, like AL
ger, appears to be the menial of some
hidden power, the agent of some creditor
of the Republican party.