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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
Is " coNvERgIoN oR a sNEER1

Government 81 all kinds costs ,he Amer
at@n rtorle an average oi S28,5g per rup-
~. or 'Il4 Nv per family The urotectol
tn4fols letS an hem so per cspla or
~" Per family, The total levy ~ SEQ
or i"p-tt1hs OF the oteiaGa pur ,,ulta
farming, 81 the working peoa,r. Here Is
- Proposition tor those who ciamoI for
10 per 7apNa circulation. they have tei 70
sHNu'allng medium per CAPITA ,.lreltY.
Noir on the ~ per capita OF tarld taxa
non anu ms VIII enable YOU 10 keen SlDl
per family ihn, now goes 20 protected
mohppol1sis' never 10 return. iiy reducing
F"Nerai 81 ptHses and pensions 10 an ito l.
fbt aNl t.'esornlgal basis You Will Esen at
honle - " per capita which now leaves
IaAsis ana mo South not 10 return Then
SpAlr, county, municipal ana fee taxes
saving viii De s255 y per capita or si9I 20
per family. wan the present clrcu..tiin INC
irr'iHfn ~ - ~ por capita and an annual
SAVING q; W ~ per capita ia government
ana pToiecton taxation. n Is believed the
complaining citizen VINO Is grasning for
Alte hlRer az means OF salvAiiou Will
~, a palpable taste Of prosperity. Cal
tc@,on NcWs.
under tho circumstances enumerated by
the News that Journal In pleased To re-
marx that ~ is believed the complaining
citizen who Is grasping for free silver as
mesns o. salvation. VIII get palpable
taste Of prosperity"
The citizens who arc graspiny for free
silver believed last year that it would
b. possible 10 reduce Federal expenses
and pensions to an honest ana economical
basis and they voted directly against IN,
party Of extravagant appropriations and
dShonesf pensions. The free silver citizen,
last year belieyed thar $40 tarln PEI
capita tax would be an outrage aud ,
robbery and they consistently voted agsinx
the party Of protection They made al
honest and Intelligent effort TO save thi
t2ete per head which the News nnw be
ileYes would afford. II sayed, "a palpabl
taste Of property" Unfortunately The.
were opposed by the ,arin barons and tn
turnkey prexE and the "eltikens who wer
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

To the Editor OF The Post
San Gabriel Texas, May l2.-I have
never looked for enacted" prosperity. /
feel that laws enacted by Federal authority
are but ways and means OF meeting and
applying conditions that create prosperity
by consuming our products and employing
labor. and in absence OF such conditions no
financial policy can give prosperity
The in0ationst cries: "a huge volume
Of money IN circulation causes brisk indus
try, appreciates values. employs labor-in
short. brings prosperity" | reverse this
saying and hold that conditions demand
Ing our products employ labor make brisk
industry. appreciate values, etc, put a
large volume OF money into circulation"
Another says; Give us the free and
unlimited coinage OF silver, and We will
have prosperity" and he points 10 Mexico
under silver policy as sample OF what
silver can do for people, To this reply.
that whatever OF business prosperity the
people OF Mexica enjoy. is not the result
OF their financial policy. but Is caused by
the period OF development and improve
ment that country Is now passing through
conditions which employ labor and create
a demand for an exchange OF values
Give Mexico tho same degree OF develop
meni and Improvement that our country
has attained and a corresponding per cen
tum Of the surplus labor OF other countries
that we have TO sustain, and then repor.
on the prosperity OF her people
When our war closed ls65l. there was
an unprecedented demand for labor and
money throughout the United States.
The country had, virtually, been idle as
10 development and improvement for len
years or more. The four years of war had
been period Of destruction OF existing
wealth over large portion of the country
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
DIGGING FOR HIDDEN TREAs'A
WAGON Load of GoId and SILVER 80
IN He Buried.

Meridian, Miss, May 13'--lhe'' .,,,
excitement at Preston, kempe' W.
Miss. over a letter received i'o rom - as.
Indian in the Territory ooncerp,us mi.
hidden treasure near Preston ~ s,,s arl
where there has been consiae'wsT "mn,.I
found. something similar TO inc /, ID
cave. II has several departments eoaq,|
and is of considerable size, is's me. d
to contain litlc army, WIN ~ ar
four distinct outlets. This lnalals a I'd
mcnt is that there is a wagon ioa .,n !,
and silver in II, and the suit ussss
have been tested with the masa' s,,scla,l
and 1, almost runs Wild win aars,i
There arc large numbers OF men ,ss I'D
day and night with shovel anu Inn Guns ri
tho woods are full OF men WIN a sa u:
,ois and oeher equipments o. o. ,hs.|
c Sy fear is entertained II tns ,,, n 81
Iva inviting found that there S .rs ra.|
rious trouble over It, lfe,, I've no RI.
crowds wing around who IAN" ,souud iss|
and should there be anytn,".ts hose vbt ~
VII" VIII claim their portion, and .oo as,s,t v
doing the work will 10 s sn,e n
then there will be trouble ,he Hell
soN ~ aTbs whole population , amer q
hayo lost their heads and tns XII, ,her ersf
miles around have abana ,hs treasure
IN icin in the search io' Wv
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Special stan Commissioners.


The Post - delivered 10 any part OF the
city by carriers at 81 % per month. three
months. 500. six months, $500. one year.
E20o.
Mr.. Theodor. Bering has charge OF the
City Circulation ana Collecting.
Messrs. Theodore Bering and Charles
Lott are the authorized collectors of all
rlty bills. both advertising and subscr!p-
ton, and no money should be paid TO any
ono other than thosc named, unless special
written authority signed by the Business
Manager is shown. All accounts OF any
Pie should be p,!d by check in favor ST
The Houston Printing Company.
No orders for goods" etc. are ctvcn BY
the management, and none Will be accept
I'd IN payment OF office bills.
Subscribers failing to receive tho paper
regularly Will please notify the office
promptly. Every subscribers paptr Is eS-
pected TO be delivered not later tan CSC
I'm.
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, conpsE FoR HE''"'
I'm Tic Worth F"o' .rOl,n !

Washington. May lS'-'". ,,.rr,n ~
the treasury has received a ,ei, e,upt
the North American com ,hsi he sfAs.;ss
at san francisco stating ibe p vessel. ~, ~
General siglln' ore o. na Considerable III ~
, ,,re and merchandise. was Ky q e,
+ "' Jirslect about 100 miles coSIsn,pIa " ~
charlotte Island, british isso GIasha 9 =
body was distinctly S Mss asked % 81
'' In compliance with ih ,ss revenue 'g,s Y,
tain shoemaker, chief ,S e. ~, auttsr Psr Z,
service, has directed "a aAT proceed at S1 y
a A. 'o oo,,t Indicated and y IN as Z,
cruise lp in the vicinity ioS s ss Al oss n n
corw i is alsO directed The n Graul ~ 4 !,
assist in the search search ,orth. also W. ~
, T"sv Work RI II the siglin Is ,a a siisl'
NOTABLE rro that she will be W.
next few days.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
M,KINLEY LEANS spAINwARD.
Also Mas for Blood but Caneteer Is All
for Diplomacy What the Report il the Ruiz Case May BE.

By Alfred New Journal
madronss OF should
kniey the Ruiz and discover the
the word WASHINGTON that the administration is not in sympathy with
A. s,vr m tt s i ~ I ,isn, and MIS- p,rmcr r ali 10 clear
the skirts they fairly and as Calhoun soaked with this know
International the Ruiz family that PREPARATION which
No. Mckinley sherman lean sDanwaFd this time But
they do Sherman decidedly withdrawn his horns and talks and
patience powder and all of the clamo
his notification from Uncle Hanna of coming premiership was sherman
himself who brought this modification of hts red views to my attention We were
because while neither confidential private our old statesman has un-
deny them should he their But there four
parmen' contradiction At this point
You Ruiz that he
tive horn citizen; he naturalzd"
Es ps sssa sss s Soa a' s'Tess h
THEORY WHICH Exploded
as she chooses but why from standpoint should we consider III With US
same question: 4. late as pne day he made England give up
Pai' ' @ ss s"s s s siss aa fas'
don FOR nj, solutions New did the old ISL; d0c,En
T s a a SIXTY ys S s Gqssp and G h suS 2 da S~S
ahp ours. YET
.a he s :a rights o s ses' ' n % s a s % .
aiesa Of seq
!. d. h Ss vas P spain s s sss ss
the reflected his tried aeca'ey
AS \ senate FOR WAR; AS SECRETARY DIPLOMACY.
at that time he said you will understand had idea thought be-
called a
and a Of
Of
of
he would intelligence fully
' a n Or S " s4sne M nfds laugh, or Mckinley on
1 o; a9 Ss4i ' ss na %aa ' ssr sin Qua;
anu tnes
n My
suffered
the naturally
carnage him Hut also saving frugal and they that Mckinley
mm %o BY % ana shT that SNn SsnIG Would i'd
VAR and peace Would make S5 @ , I loss sue en between
GLOOMY POLITICAL. PREDICTIONS CREDITED
prove
the legislature will
defeat and John Mclean will
scarcely whisper this last
onr years from the
the their politics. @ ever that y b @Gd soak na er
VINO Is shaken on during one reign oonIn the beginning the that he
i9d 10y such His question win be how dismissed
Sm h smf G MN mot on aSe he suspicious But s9" the
S s gs'' " event % yG9ESr s1s tnsous e the first
been done win he rghed However
republican faithful at the Broopyn ya To wbo SI have 1
oc Tons sh better S G hr Sy0 7 1SSn bitten by the
oumptiye show Of Guessing taking place their
G. ss-s sss s r. T s s' sss @ e.s err
yon? Iha IN spite OF me reckless n twelve yards
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An Arprcciative Endeuyorer.

!" 'he huitor or The Post.
Ne" York Msy n.-some friend was
Kinu enough 10 order your editions of May
. ""u : sent 10 me- containing the Chris
nan hhdGavor convention news As A
Christian Endeayoror ma fornn.,. ms,nl,e,
OF the Texas union, / desire In tbanb +o,,
lor me SPA, you gave TO the convention
ehu lhe tAcellency and thoroughpess of The
IeporL Non viii find the Christian En-
Ma'orers an apprcclatiye body and they
S mni nG ho soon forget the consideration you
nave SHOWN item Yours very truly.
J. u. canton.
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JuiI for Chapman means fail for
IlnNrmcycr and Scar1es.

To avert their fate they are bringing
10 bear all the power Of their millions, all
tho "pull' incidental to their vast contri-
butions to the republican campaign fund
They hope 10 induce--no. TO compelling
president to pardon Chapman and thereby
save them.
Mr. Mckinley. the situation is preca-
rious one precarious for you. preeariou'
for your party.
DO YOU purpose 10 honor this draft drawn
by the sugar trust upon the FUND deposited
by II with Mark Hanna to assist IN your
electlon2
DO YOU purpose TO violate precedent, SET
aside Law and exercise your right OF elem
eucy In an Irregular fashion 10 save this
tool from present confinement in iail anc
his rich employers from the similar cons
fnement which awaits them II the law
takes it's course
DO you realize that you were elected BY
democratic voters upon faith in your polItl'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

attention TO an error In his stating that a
cubic yard Of this material would cover
twelve square yards. six inches deep. when
he should have said six square wards Bv
this correction II Will make the cost $4,000
per block instead OF $1,000. fully agree
with MIR, McLaurin as to the utility and
comparative cheapness Of the kind OF pave
ment recommended only on the heavy
trantcked streets would recommend the
Belgian block. For retail streets. and in
residence districts, crushed granite would
MAKE an excellent as well as durable and
'heap pavement. j. II. Riley,
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grsspins for" gold and went down In de-
fest
1t is with poor grace that the Galveston
News. after working for this extravaganza
N Federal expenses and this per capita
tariff tax by joining vigorously and
yirulently in the Mckinley aid move
ment." must now sneer and mock at the
publie's burdens in any such style as IL
betrayed in the above excerpt.
Sheets like the News. withou, sympathy
for citizens who are grasplng for" some
change in affairs that will lift the weight
OF government and unjust economic condi-
tons from the shoulders OF the people to
some extent. at least, are but disclosing
their own baseness and pusilisnimity when
they aippsntly point out to the public
means Of relief which they themselves
opposed with might and main when the
opportunity for their adoption was pre-
sented.
1t has the appearance OF the thief saunt-
ing stolen goods at safe distance. in
the eye OF his victim. or 1t may be. pos
sibly similar case TO that Of an awakened
harlot pointing out TO honest folks how to
be yirtuous and happy. Al any rate such
suggestions from such source are thor
oughly saturated with gall"
----------------
The proposition ~ send one war vessel
In Havana is TO ir - the vessels posi-
bic destruction. 10 40 harbor is moro
under the commeEo Of the forts than
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15
Southwestern University Hopor..

georgetown. Texas, May 13.Last night
the faculty Of the Southwestern university
met to award the honors among the young
gentlemen and ladies Of the university and
annex. c. G. Carroll was awarded first
honors and NJ. p, Holmes second honors in
the university.
H. %; brencke was n close second to
Mr. Holmes.
II was not until this morning that the
FACULTY were able 10 decide how the hon
oFs should he awarded among the young
ladies', and after much delberation IL was
decided that Misses Brown, Charles and
bhniel were equally entitled to first hon
No second honors wore given.
This is the most interesting event In
Georgetown
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

| The Texas house of representatives NAV
not realize IL, hat hat body is fast Law
| !ng Up "trouble" for Tho aemocratc partv
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

To he legislature: Pass me appropria-
ton bin ana adjourn. Every day Won re
main AZ Austin now but adds to tho pop
tlar disploasure Quh and 20 home.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

The 6eh' OF Is9s against the Texas Dr.
nocracy begun yesterday wher the Sows'
opened we on the legislature for failure
20 pass "a fee bnl. That's tho first gun.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-05-15

Turkey Is waiting until tho Greeks hay.
further retreajed before agreeing 20 an
ayms'ico. The papers might as vel! lie
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HOUSTON DAILY POST.

9. L WILSON, 4. NJ. JOHNSTON.
President. Vice President.
C. J. PALMER, Secretary.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-28
stocks.
,Our Boston Letter.

BOSTON, April 20, 1897.
The 6oancial and commercial situa-
EieRs have not changed during the past
~eek to any perceptible degree. The tar
e bill still remains in the senate as far
fcoal passage, apparently, as ever; the
ESr between Greece and Turkey contin-
YES disturbing factor; the situation in
south Africa is unimDroved and other
'znfavorable matters are pending. the So
buttons of which will not be reached until
sometime in the future, nobody knows
when. Everybody is waiting for settle
ment OF all these adverse factors and the
JPEBHe interest in the stock market is at
. minimum. Meanwhile the professional
traders are scalping eighths and using
every conceivable means TO induce either
an upward or downward movement in
prices. Wall street last Mondsy did it's
best TO create a small-sized panic, but in
the absence of quotations from the for
.eiEU markets, which were enjoying hol-
dag, not much enthusiasm was aroused
Or support given in the way OF selling
long stock. On Tuesday, after the fo-.
sjga markets opened steady, unaffected
By che war news. the covering OF shorts
RrOduc q rally N market values. the
M arlet later becoming oppressiyely dull
and unnteresting. The outlook for the
Culture is not particularly bright go far a.
speculation is concerned. The absence Of
favorable factors is discouraginy 70 the
eIuils and the tenacity OF the holders of
security holders prevents serious declines
What little activity the traders may sue
seed in making ia the industrial list will
not be influenced by outside conditions.
nut the public usually fights shy OF those
Industrial traps, and otherwise there u
Immediate probability Of an increased
activity ia the stock. A dull summer in
Wall and State streets is ahead from ali
that can be seen at present. What later
de geiopments may bring forth Is beyond
Che present vision of the habitues of the
bourse.
The copper market shows signs of
"Oehn hVr7' L hC tulitHl price iOr Lake
iagot is 11A@11R cents as compared
with 1l4@l2 cents in January. The do.
cline is due in part to the opening of nav.
igotion which IN itself would account for
the whole decline were it not for the fact
that the production has been rather
heavy and the home consumption light
On January l the domestic visible sun.
My was figured at 37,77O tons and at
the end OF March. il is estimated that
this had grown TO fl, 1919 tons, gai1 of
}, 429 tons for thethree months. The
home consumption OF the metal il much
Less than one-half OF the production while
the exports are more than one.hali the
production. As the exports are up TO
The recent maximum, il ia unlikely that
any increase in this direction will take
place. IL n an increased home consump-
ton which must come TO warrant any
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-28
The True Remedy.

W. M. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
"Chief," says: Eve won't keep house
without DR.. Kings New Discovery for
consumption, coughs and colds. Exper.
imented with many Others, but never got
the true remedy until we used DR.. King e
New Discovery. No other remedy can
take it's place in our home, as in it we
have certain and sure cure for coughs,
colde, whooping cough, etc." 1t is idle
to experiment with other remedies, even
if they are urged on you as just as good
as DR.. Kings New Discovery. They are
not as goou, because this remedy has a
record OF cures and besides isguaranteed
1t never fails to satisfy. Trial bottles
free at Macdonald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-28

Frank Foussone. or Hscia. is desirous
vi purchasing six or seven room house.
For Saie-A sX-roomed house. App
ON the premises, No. IA east Pine street.
FER raie-House No. 1929, beyond Calumet
Jam Enquire OF the company
For Saie-An eight room residence on
Nearsarge street Laurium, near the loren
Lake road. Apply X. M. Edwards.
FOR sale Nine room house, No. 1885
Rowano.
For ssIe-Eight-room house No. 2557
street, Raymbaultown. For particulars
ouire at the house.
wanted To Rent-rour or five rooms
Apply at the NEWS office.
To Rent-wanted TO rent by a company
employee. house OF four or five rooms IN
hel,ow or Blue Jacket. Leave particulars ct
the NEWS office.
For sale-An eight-room house on Swede-
town road, No. S046 swedetown Apply TO
'ohn H. Wertin or at the company's Office.
For Sale-House No. 1872 Lake Linden av-
sgnue. corner Railroad street. Ten rooms.
inquire OF the company.
For sale-House No. sioI. swedetown.
ENQUIRE at Joseph sotlich's store, Red jacket
For saie-House No s2o2, swedetown In
quire at the house.
For Sale House No. s14l; sir rooms and
situated In swedetown. Apply TO Calumet
anu hecia mining company.
For sale-House No. PALS street, Rsym-
,,su' Apply on the premises or the COM
Fer Sale-House No. siso Tunnel street,
s"eoetown. Apply on the premises.
seppala.
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Electric fsItters.

Electric Bitters is medicine suited for
any season, but perhaps more generally
needed when the languid, exhausted feel
ing prevails, when the liver is torpid and
sluggish and the need OF tonic and alter
alive is let A prompt use OF this medi-
cine has often averted long and perhaps
atal bilious levers. No medicine will
act more surely IN counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial poi
son. Headache, Indigestion, constipa-
ton dizziness yield to Electric Bitters.
fiity-cents or 81 per bottle at d. t. Mac
odnald's drug store.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-28

advance in the price Of copper, or even TO
hold IL steady at current prices. Thetx-
ports OF the metal In March were over
| 10, 900 tons and for the three months OF
the current year over 2S.5T5 tons. while
the estimated home consumption for the
three months was only 81 900 tone. Ii
is long lane. ETC.. and there must come
a time before many months when the
home consumption will increase. Mean
while, IL the large production Is kept up,
and il is more likely TO increase rather
that decrease, lower prices seem ineyita-
bic. The usual large spring sale OF the
Calumet and Hecla has not been made as
vet, so far as can be learned. but il is
doubtful il any large amount of copper
could be marketed now at better than IL
cents, while three months ago the Calu-
met and Hecla would have had no trou.
bic in obtaining liz centsfor almost any
amount The difference of one-half cent
per pound would max difference OF 500
COCOON a sale oflO, 900. 900 pounds which
would have been about the quantity the
Calumet and Hecla would have sold.
The more speculative copper shares
DEVELOPED decided weakness last wees
Montana lost above 5 points TO ia,
Butte lost about 10 16 and Tamarack
lost 10 10. In the case 90 the MOI
tana il is said that the litigation in IN,
west relative 70 the underground claims
with the Montana ore Pur hasing con-
pany were not looking so well for the I
Montana mining company. BUttesold of |
on the liquidation OF long stock, one
large operator recently has marketed /
10000 shares of Butte and that the 4
. ice did not break further Is TO be won
dered at. Tamarack lost on the sale OF |
a few odd lots at time when there were
no buying orders in the market and not
being SO speculative as the other stocks
suffered 10 a greater extent.
Reports from the Old Dominion mine
ire TO the effect that the mine has been
'hut down. This action was contem-
plated some time ago and is thought TO
'e the best way to bring the building OF
be railroad project TO head. So long
IS the mine was producing and furnish
ng a profitable business for the teaming
ontractor nothing was done about
uildng the railroad and no agreement
Tas reached or likely TO be. Now that
be teamster has lost his business, il is
robably that be will come to terms and
hat the railroad will be pushed through
Tithln year.
The stockholders of the Franklin mine
ED their annual meeting this week and
,.elected the old board OF directors.
oily routine business was transacted at
he meeting. There were 29.135 shares
presented and the vote was unanimous
A quarterly dividend OF 2 per cent has
zen declared on Gold Coin mine stock
ayable May L. This is the only gold
ock on the Boston let paving divi.
ends.
There was no other feature in the deal
gs OF copper shares last week Tie
eakness in the metal market is likely to
duce some little liquidation in the cop
,rs, but the best stocks should be pur-
ase on any material decline as the
etal market is likely to improve before
ng and no class OF shares returns so
rye dividends as the coppers at present
EVERETT.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-28

The bread and cake oil the superio.
Bakery can be had az che following agen
cies: james Liss's. Mira. Hoskin's. Red
Jacket: Martin Kuhn's. j. G.. LeaD'f
Peter Oicem's, Calumet Village, and
Weisenauer's. Guilbaul's, Lake Linden.
fresh supply IL left a; these agencies ever
dsv. and the prices are slow ss thelowest