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The herald., 1897-11-09

LOS ANGELES THEATER.-That
melodrama of the good, oldfashioned
sort is still fav .'rite here was we'll at
tested by the large and thoroughly en-
thusiastic audience that gathered at
this house last evening to see I'm Old
kentucky" The lower part of the
house was well filled, while standing
room was at premium in both the bal
cony and gallery. The piece is too well
known for any repetition of the plot to
be necessary. The climax may be said
to be reached at the end of the third
act, when the heroine, disguised as a
jockey, comes galloping in on great
black horse and wins the race. The
scene was well worked up; in fact, the
whole piece went with the snap and gin
ger that come from long practice and
bOisterOus applause. The pickaninny
brass band, one of the special features,
is composed Of youngsters who are all
real niggers," and afforded immense
amusement by their dancing and wild
antics. There were real chickens in one
scene, and the darkies danced for a
rooster which was held by member of
the company, but really the audience
should be spared the sight of seeing a
poor bird so roughly handled as this one
was.
The company is fully up to the require
ments of the piece. The scenery was
pretty, notably the set of the mountains
in the first act. "In Old Kentucky"
will be repeated tonight, and will afford
an enjoyable evening to all who are
likely to attend.
The herald., 1897-11-09

opened last night to one of the largest
audiences that ever crowded the Or
pheum. 1t was fashionable audience
as we'll as big one, but boxes. loges and
three horseshoes full of people were
stirred to the widest pitch of enthusi-
asm, and gave free, spontaneous and
honest expression that the little Mag
vars more than realized expectations.
and they did. Their work is that of
which any band might be proud, and of
which few bands that reach this part
of the world dare boast. There is an en-
tire modesty and lack Of ostentation in
their manner of doing, but dash, a
swing and infection in their music that
goes with their nationality and is irri-
| sistible. 1t is rich with color, vigorous
with life, for in such manner do these
lads show themselves musicians born. In
| their technical work they are even more
wonderful, and give evidence of thor
ough, systematic and untiring train
Il ing. Their attack is crisp and precise;
the relative values of the different choirs
are always observed; the brass is not al
lowed to blare, and the wood is given ad-
euuate prominence; the shading is care
fully observed; the whole a revelation,
which gives keenest delight. The first
number last night was an arrangement
of Hail Columbia" which was played
earnestly and seriously; the second,
Suppe's extremely difficult Festival"
overture, was test in many ways, but
the gifted youngsters met with all its ex-
actions skillfully. In the next number,
Zeller's delicious 'Obersteiger," the first
cornet was given an opportunity that
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

sensational report in the New York World
of an alleged agreement between Olney
and Sherman. The latter declared that
there was no ground whatever for the re-
port, and Senator Turple, who had brought
the matter up, accepted that explanation as
satisfactory. But he had already injected
good deal of yitriol into the debate. An
other firebrand came in the form of a
communication of the Nicaragua canal
from the minister Of the Greater Republic
of Central America. Mr.. sherman. as
chairman of the committee on foreign az
fairs, introduced it, but without any
thought, apparently. that it would prove a
lighted torch. Senator Morgan. strong
champion of the canal, and a man OF great
ability. thought he detected in the commu-
rication evidence of British interference.
The voice was that of the Greater Republic
OF Central America, but the hand was that
of Great Britain, ever outstretched to grab
more territory and become Greater Britain.
This inference was hardly justified, how
ever. At lelst the communication. as re-
ported by wire, seems to be a reasonable
business proposition.
The chief fact OF the situation Is that
the senate is not to be browbeaten and
bulldozod into ratfying this treaty simply
because the public sentiment in support OF
its general principle is strong and urgent.
1t is highly gratifying to find so much feel
lhg IN favor OF arbitration. but there Is TO
occasion for unseemly haste. What are its
friends afraid of? DO they think President
Mckinley will follow the pernicious exam
pie of President Cleveland in withdrawing
the treaty from the senate as soon as he
gets a chance? The president-elect IL not
that kind OF man. II the senate, after ma
ture deliberation, should find in the treaty
provisions which 1t dlsapprcves, and sends
1t back for alteration, the new administra-
ton would no doubt try to effect those
changes. Nor is there any reason to sup
pose that the British foreign office would
make any captious objections to amend
ments in line with the object in view. II
is to be hoped, however, that there will be
no occasion for revision.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
The News and Country Press.

GAINESVILLE Times.
The Dallas News heavy artillery ,,ro,
column of loaded BREWER at half , dozen
weekly papers Wednesday, and tho result
was bloody as one Of WeyIer's typewriter
battles The Times is ono of the wounded
and at this writing Is In the hosnltal laid
up with weariness in the lumbar repio,
Inc News is never quite so ridiculous As
when imagining its own greatness. II COM
pares Itself to the fires of the sun. ia tha
rock OF Gibraltar and some other altitudi-
nous and stupendous handiworks or or,.
Impotence. This paper, for one. has never
doubted or denied the News eminence In
Texas journalism. never sought to iniure
It's business or detract from its merits MS
newspaper The weekly press OF Texas
has been one of the agencies through which
ths News has attained its prominence.
While the News has always been liberal
with tho weekly press in the matter of OK
changing, tho weekly press has also been
liberal with tho News In the matter OF adj
NcrtlSlns' But great as the News is ID ia
possible. oven nrohable--ays. positive that
1t is not as great as 1t thinks IL is It's
splendor is not dazzling it's grandeur is
not without parallel. II is a good
paper. an excellent paper, in fact.
but It's editors are NOT OF ri,
gantic mental proportIons. its report
cTs are not ubiquitous, and us chief owner =
fame rests on no foundation more enduring
than tho evapescent memory OF the man
who recollects that Bclo once carried the
bait on fishing trip with The excellent
and abdominal Grover. Colonel Belo's organ
is great, but as surely as there are rrlths
beyond Forth there are newspapers beyond
the News. The News assumes too much
IN concluding that the weekly papers hate
H. and such an idea would not have oc-
CURED Ia a moro literally endowed head
than that which iucubetcs its editorial CON
illusions. Tho weekly press and tho News
do not come in contact in a business way q:
the two have not much In common and The
latter has no political influence calculated
to draw hatred from those who oppose its
Ideas and policies. BY its suspicious politi-
cal course the News has taught many pao-
pie 10 believe earnestly. but possibly In
correctly. that It's opinions are on the mar
ket and that It's twenty dollars a week
editorial and reportorial gatling guns re-
ceive their firing orders from the counting
room. In warning the uniformed public
that the News sentiments are not the son.
timcnts Of tho people OF Texas, the weekly
papers are merely carrying out a policy
which secms TO their editors TO be dictated
by regard for tho best interests of the
state. And In attempting 10 bclittle tho
weekly press the News betrays a streak Of
littleness which is foreign 10 tho make up
Of the really great Tho News was a week
~ itself once. and when Il forSets its orl-
gin and casts slurs at those who occupy a
petition cnce its own Il uncoYers the ear
marks Of the parvenu and be.raya the for
got;ulness Of a snob It's present proper
lions are not the outgrowth OF transcend
ent genius hut rather tho result OF felicl-
'ous circumstance. The News makes us
tired
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
fair play and an open field even for rcpub.

fair play and an open field even for repub-
iican bosses. 1t asks:
II Plat can be a United States senator
why may not Hanna be one also? Why lie,
in State boss and exclude the boss of the
whole party?
The Victoria Times accounts for Dallas
mysterious appearances by laying the blame
on the whisky It says:
Dallas now hobs up with "spookv sem
sation witnessed by number OF reliable
citizens. This speaks very bad for the
grade OF whisky sold in that city.
In reference to Sunday legislation the
Dallas Times Herald offers this advice TO
tho law makers at Austin:
Keep 1t up. gentlemen, and in n little
while sorue other crank will be introduce
ing a bill to prevent a man kissing his wife
on Sunday, or the reading OF a paper. or
the cooking OF dinner or the building Of
fire on cold Sunday mornings or nights.
or to force us to read "Baxters Saints
Rest all tho day. or some other such
puritanical nonsense The taxpayers are
asking for work at your hands to help
on prosperous times and to put them to
work. and you are squandering their money
in consuming days to prevent Sunday
baseball playing and the like. Do rise to
tho realization OF the duties you are paid
TO discharge and to the dignity OF the
trust And do get through with all as
rapidly as possible and return to your
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
HOUSTON. THURSDAY. JAN. -. 1897
surFERlNG III LoulsIANA.

While we are expressing sstonlshment at
the stories OF suffering that come from In
da at this time, and expressing deep and
sincere sympathy for the victims. it APP
pears that We have been overlooking 81
small-sized famine within the boundary
lines Of our next door neighbour Louisiana.
1t is true that from time 10 time men
ton has been made OF wznt and even
starvation staring People in he lace IN
certain parishes Ia Northern Louisiana.
but comparatively little general interest
has been aroused. or even attention direct
ed TO that quarter II, however. the re-
ports now appearing 20 the New criL1
papers CORRECTLY repres=n, thc sl-~1>1on il
is high time the wcii-,o-a1 citizens IN
Louisiana aud those OF the neighhoring
States We're taking steps ;o relieve the sui
ferers. Charity oueh, 20 begin s., hono.
whether as matter q fact. j, does OF rot.
The New Orleans Item saya cditor4lly
II has a. las. ,awnei UPON olr morning.
coTie mpcrtrto- -1at E.argat a ~ M
sshes fllc4 ~ or herl rem. q ll t.s dag
% ta@sv people 8hs ni-sns that ihfse
evidence II conservative journal N
sugE,ssi :or the immediate re,ei of yha..
one % sheul sSsag-t4 "ea-Er tluroXt rlnt \
n nuuoe- 79-0.". are what tn.gat have
bee -xp<'-ieI troI thor who defended
State a41 ~ long AZ ~ W44 drfen-.h I've.
We are 20 have som morn mpcN1Es. Soma
more nal4el committees AMI sou.s more re.
so.yfts. end af fgr IN ans lns the sufferers
en- Norm Louisiana vl go ou startlng
untll death kindly rri=asas them Qu!te
diiteTeni from Do was Wnlt ti..s ltecf. dlB.
When the apr~.Al was made from INC
starving Of Grant parish wt went o4t and
sp1V!te1 and procured ins necessary SUP
p3es. or "a sufdra1rv for tn, moment at
!ca-s;. ana on M3ulay morning trey WA
ha "-th VIC goot prlp'c ~ Grlrt II We
ore - further deay with meetings. ami
opfnmitiefss tEe ItDW Noul1 suggeat thar
We first send forward some suuplles 10
keen alive the No~ih LOUISIANA elfIercrs
Wills We are resolving What Sor-h Lou
tsiara wants - fogi-and al once VIVA.
We want TO 90 .s - g-t out ,+qrh and
every ore OF us and hustle 20 get ,t' Thf-
is the uInr for work. We can talk Alter
ward
seyeuty-hye thousand people n danger
OF starvation IN n Southern State unless
immediate relief Is provided That rs
the kind Of news that ought to arouse the
active and practical sympathy ~ all the
good people in the South. There arc t'.ou.
sands OF sufferers throughout the Unltol
States at this time. 1t is true. hut there
Is plenty in the land and no man. much
less thousands OF men. should be allowed
To perish for the want of food II tho
Louisiana people will appeal to the hubble
and Indicate their wants the response viii
undoubtedly be prompt ard effective
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE YEAR.

Whatever we may say Of The Northern
States from moral, or social, or polItieel
standpoint, We can not deny that the citl-
Gems OF the East are always alive to the
main commercial chance to spend dollar
TO make another, No people know better
than they. either. the value Of advortis.
ing.
Away up in Vermont we find the Bur-
1ington Free Press calling the attention OF
its readers TO another opportunity 20 ad-
vertise to the world the morris Of Yer
monts products as well as the attractions
OF the State" And the opportunity re.
ferred TO is Southern oxposition--,he
Tennessee Centennial II is hardly posi-
BILE that any immigration would be attract
ed to Vermont through that exposition,
but the commercial advantages following an
exhibit there are kept prominently in view.
The Free Press says:
This Is not a charitable enterprsae. or a
scheme WHICH involves the giving az s-n,s
thing for nothing, for sentimental reasons
The exposition. like all other large eXhliI.
Mons OF this character. furnishes an on
iortunity fof legitimate eiver,isln that
" not easily SURPASSED Ne krow NJ ~
other way in which 20 many people fr.,,n
AL parts OF the world can be r4at-he5 fy
our dealers and made aware OF Vermonifa
Industries and attractions at a compara.
lively small expense and Il is a matter OF
regret that our State as Il whole a moi
able TO profit thereby As q ,a the N.r
mont exhibit must be made mp through H..
eiterprise Of private Individuals. ana IT Ig
70 be hoped that many Of our large con.
Germs that appeal 20 the whole counfrv
5oI patronage VIII arrange 10 make an ex.
nhuon or their wares. since by so doing
TREY VIII not only promote their own ln
~ angt -
well. so ''N'' a.
Where Vermont wants trade Texas wants
poulation, and wants exactly the kind OF
people who will be met and reached at this
Centennial--the Southern people OF Ken
lucky. Tennessee, Alabama. Georgia and
Mississippi. and the Northern prospectogs
from Ohio and Illinois and Indiana who
will be at Nashville next summer Sizing
up" the Inducements offered by the various
Southern States represented In the exposi.
Hon.
But. a. the Vermont paper says Of It's
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
SOME POSTSCRIPTs.

About 100 iron mines are at present in
operation IN the Lake Superior districts.
Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed
cigars as part of thor daily rations.
4 party Of eighteen hunters in one day
killed 400 rabbits IN the vicinity OF Brown
ing, Nc.
Excellent results have recently been oh.
tanned by the use of electricity in bleach
ing paper.
I.onlon omnibus companies have Joined
in the movement against the s2ttting nui.
sarce.
The Australian aborg!nes eat with gusto
50 ders.
Public exposure of horse flesh for sale
Is authorized in Denmark. Sweden and
pdrts of France,
The first British telegraph patent was
granted In thu year that Queen Victoria
was croWAei, 1887.
TN, me II iit.,s Of the writings Of Mr.. Glad
stone MI twenty-five pages OF the British
museum printed catalogue.
Thf fire brigade of London II called out
more frequently on Saturday than on any
other day of the week.
r, The p street railways In Baltimore carried
81 LOUIS carried IL. Isl, 073
chlet Kennedy, after more than fifty
year, o, service in the New Haven Comm
me DEPARTMENT, Is soon TO retire.
<-Ihe highest waterfall in the world Is
Cho,ock rascada at Yosemite. Cal, which
IS 1884 feet high, or Just half a mile.
y strong microscope shows the single
mars Of the head to be ln.e coarse. round
IaSps but with teeth extremely irregular
and Jagged.
AT ~ prescott rate of production over
SeVuWo 700 worth OF fresh gold wl come
I'm tAe names before another pres.den-
ia! e,eoUon is held
inc ilrst submarine telegram wire was
lf.u n lh5'. from England 10 France. Two
years Iater Scotland and Iceland were con.
me popngs st senate In Kansas has de-
cn!tl 70 dispense with the eXtravagance or
treNiouS sehates which secluded a clerk
David Ward the Michigan nine king.
nts eontaciel with the Michigan Centrai
fraiIo1i = haul i0O0D,OO1 feet Of timber
IRON 'raylorl Bay City.
\ machine used by match making .rm.
~, luoNVD seeks u day and then ar
dIiHgS mon over 4 vat where tho hc1d.
H'e p"' on al a SURPRISING rate of speed
~ morse. can live twenty-five DAVIS with
ou. sou toot, m rely drnkinc wafar. say
en'c,9 days without ethor can, AZ,
s ,;;SsHi slSa ana on,y I'VE days whcn Eating
Missouri has now invested NOT far ero,,,
S-uIun.N n school hongns au;,1rn ina
slp'.aus' !ibrar - ana outbuild ngs ina
S ntn.n OF teachers and Incidental ex-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Jesse r. Grant. the. Youngest son of
Ulysses 5. Grant, Is a fusion aspirant for
mayor of San Diego, Cal.
lola has so poor a memory that often he
does not recognize passages from his own
early writings when they are quoted to
him.
Senator Poffer. according to statisu-
Clans has made a great record In his
wears MS senator HES speeches are re-
ported as AL.
Ian Maclaren'' says that. although he
spoke III times during his America tour.
not counting after dinner speeches, he
never was unwen during the whole OF his
time.
Harvard university is TO place IN ST.
Saviour'S church. London, three memorial
windows IN honor of John Harvard, who
was baptized in the church nearly 800
Years ago,
Tho first Gladstone who engaged in mer-
camille life was a ma,ster and tho family
owned large slave estates In the West In
dies. William F.. began his political life
as nm extreme tory.
Countess Constance Wachtm@ster, one
OF the most prominent of living theoso-
phis,s is In Chicago. The countess q
diEnned woman OF middle age ana Is by
birth an Italian. Her English, however *
falntlcss and her vocabulary VARIED. Her
utle Is Swedish
Lady Henry Somerset Is so deeply inter.
ested IN the Armenian refugees that she
has sent woman doctor aud two trained
nurses from London to Bulgaria to care
built aufl the work carrui on under the
ausp!ses Of the Words Woman's Chris.
tian Temper1nce Un5or.
Ladies of New Orleans. having succeed
cd IN ruel ny enough money 10 place IN
GOOD condition the grouAds about the
Jackson monument on the battlefield OF
dtie-h.s' oric ground Of the war OF
lsl2-have now made a public appeal for
a sufficient amount 10 complete the shaft
Of brick and marble and ro..c,e the
broken base.
Mrs Althea DEMONSTRATION. who ,s COM
;ng 10 be looked upon in Kansas as Mrs
Eases most formidable rival is a qu ct
blt persistent young woman of 40. with a
sort voice and a Pleasing presence She Is
tae VITO OF the State superintendent Of.
education, but was a prominent pcnuiist
,eae before her husband was publicly
Nearlcd with tho turmoil of political
life. General ]. y. Gordon of Georgia in.
Inmates that he very gladly turns over his
senatorial toGa TO Mr.. Clay in March next
INC general. who has a vast fund of Incl.
uelN and personal experience 10 draw
unon may, Il - hinted. devote such Of
ms pnle as y not taken up in lecturinc
20 WI ding mt sono length his personal
"reminiscences of the civil war
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

Congressman elect Yost showed himself
wise in his generation by the way he con
Quoted that contest in the house. Severe
moralists may not agree with me, but il
had been called into consultation by the
principals | would have recommended an
entirely different policy. | would have said:
Now gentlemen, this is an age in which
every man is hustling for pelf, and 1t be-
hooves you not to let the Doodle escape.
MIR Tucker. you must display just enough
energy to let Yost have the seat. That will
give him Sl2 600 for two years service. in
Guiding the $4,000 allowed for expenses.
This is $4,000 apiece when you split the roll
in two parts or let the contestant take say
seven twefths of the total Just to show the
contestee's magnanimty. l think this
would have been far more practical way
Of settling the trouble.
Besides, apart from their personal in
terests, it must be considered that there
was a duty to their constituents. The
turning loose OF that much money in the
district would have added so much to the
circulating medium in time Of general
financial depression. | think the pro bono
publico argument is sufficient justification
OF my proposition. but I suppose there are
certain straight-laced people who would file
objections to my plan"
Nothing has better demonstrated the
wide popularity of Mr.. George r. Peck,
general counsel of the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Paul railroad, than the solicitude
displayed by his army of friends since his
accident in the elevator at his hotel few
weeks ago. Within twenty-four hours after
his hurt became known 1853 kilograms and
letters We're received. and up to date the
number of inquiries by mail and wire has
exceeded 600. 1t will be good news to the
many friends of this gentleman to announce
that the painful wounds Of his hands are
healing nicely. and the right member is al
most healed. The left hand was more So
verely injured, and 1t was feared at first
that he would never have the use OF it.
The treatment Of his physician. combined
with the massage, have, however, almost
got II in good shape once more.
Mr.. Peck will remain some days longer,
as the fine winter climate of Washington
has greatly assisted in his recuperatlon.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-28

State. % Of Texss-our exhibit must I've
made up through the enterprise of indl-
viduais and ut Il TO be hoped" that pro-
srcssive agencies will at once arrange for
such representation OF Texas products. re-
sources and general attractivcness as will
not only promote their own and separate
interests. by Inducing large influx OF de-
sirshle new citizens. but will reflect wide
spread credit upon the State as well. Aud
the time is short in which TO prepare for a
creditable exhibit.