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Evening star., 1898-12-16

ox.,,t the maximum rates. AS a matter of
foc, the rates are frequently much lower
tban in the competitive districts. Inc rea-
o,, for this is that they are often used as
n Lait to attract the business OF pls Gus
toners of the otner companies. mus
merchant may be consigning a constant aiia
heavr: traffic in goods from the city OF a
r. the mort of b. He gives his business 10
a railroad which has to contend with
rival between those points. At the same
time the merchant may be MAKING seiiSs ~
usinp for that the rival company. when
has no competitors between the latter p''"'
and the city of A. The agent OF thls tein
many approaches the merchant ana oliels
~ . Substantial reduction in rates oNei
the 4 to c route, if he Will send his SoodE
hv them over the A to b route. IN lnis
way the agent effects hne stroke oi ousl, th,
ness for his own company without lne IlNai
road knowing in what way the customer
has been lost.
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BLOOD p gl9lDN

nm MHTs Mann Sore Throat. Pimples. Copper
1AW6 0HFUJ colored Spots, Aches, Old Sores.
Ulcers in Mouth, Hair Falling? Write COOK
REMEDY CO, 1858 MASONIC TEMPLE. CHICA-
co ILL. for proofs of cures. CAPITAL. $500 OCU
Worst cases cured in Is TO 35 DAYS. 10o-PAGE
BOOK FREE. no11 PM
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NAILS FOR WEST INDIES.
Contract Signed With the New YORK
,na Porto Rico s. =. Co.


Assistant P. NJ. G. Shallenberger now has
the mail service for the West Indies acGni-
s,t,ons well in hand, and the contract with
the New York and Porto Rlco steamship
Company, supplemental to existing ar
rapeaments with the Red D. line, was
formally signed yesterday
For the benefit of the peop.e of Porto
Rico and those interested in this country
the following dates of sailings with the
regular mails from New York were an
nounced yesterday:
Januar! 6, 20 and 81, via the New York
and Porto Rico Steamship Company, and
January Il and % by the Red d" line.
The arrangements now consummated pro-
vide for Ave regular sailings month from
New York to Porto Rico and the regular
additional sailings in connection Herewith
around the island at least once week.
calling at all principal harbors and ports
The Island of Cuba will be supplied with
the mails by present arrangements for
three trips week by the Plant line be-
tween Port Tampa and Havana, going via
Key West, and department officials believe
Evening star., 1898-12-16
Discharye of Col. Bryan.

The following named officers of the volun-
teer army have been honorabiy discharged: ::
Coz. William Jennings Bryan, Sd Nebraska
Volunteer Infantry; Mai r. c. Roberdeau,
1st Texas Volunteer Infantry; Maj. Will
liam A Wadsworth, quartermaster. l. ).
V: Mai. Char es K. Milier. assistant adJu-
an. general. L. s. V; First Lieut.. +. l..
'onkiin. lst North Dakota Volunteer In
.antry; FIRST Lieut.. Joseph D.Wood, United
states Volunteer Signal Corps, and First
Lieut. Charles H. Morgan, 9TH United States
Volunteer Infantry.
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Marriage Licenses.
Marriage licenses have been issued to the
rnlla

following:
White-John F. Peyton and Lydia a.
Speice both of Alexandria. Va; William NJ.
He'd and Jennie H. Udriet both of
Richmond. Va: John NJ. Padgett and An
ME l.. Gill: William +. Armstrong and Sa-
rah c. Finchom; Claude Norris and Maggie
Lee kilby, both of Culpeper county, Va;
Tyler W. Lynn and Lillian a. Holmes
both of Prince William county, Va; Geo.
l.. Sebastian and Alice r. Glasco: Victor O.
Schooley of Waterfowl VT, and Leila III
j.. obs of Falls Church. Va; Maurice Jeter
and Mary l.. katZenberger both of Balti-
more, Nd.
Colored-Eugene B. James and Laura l..
Carter; Bernard Smothers and Amanda
Henderson: William NJ. Brooks and Mary
Coleman; John Carter aud Laura Scott.
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the new line, opened December 4, between
Miami Fla. and Havana. gong without
any intermediate stops, may seek 10 carry
the mails and possibly demonstrate It's
quicker service by having the direct ana
r.
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ri
Another Method.


Again a canvasserI may oblige trader
by offering to secure for him reducl on in
the rates on some approaching large con-
signment of goods by special ARRANGEMENT
with the other companies at the next con-
ference BY so doing he secures the good
will of the customer and thus STRENGTHENS
his influence with @llimi in the future A
frequent source of advantage over rivals
but one which hasito be handled with great
caution is ready set t-iement OF claims for
compensation, for loss or damage in tran
sit. 1t often happens that big merchant
win send in such claim, more or fess
exaggerated and threaten to transfer his
goods to the rival line unless it is promptIv
settled In such case the responsible ON
ciaI must call to his aid all the tact and
genius he possesses. for false move would
bring a storm of trouble about his ears
Nevertheless, it is a system of left-handed
bribery which is extensively resorted to-
The most subtle scheme of all Is one
which does not permit of extensive prac-
ant coups in days gone by. The fact has
been alluded to that through some parts of
England one company has the monoDolv
maximum charges on the same basis as in
the competitive districts. but there is moth
ing to prevent them reducing such charges
if it answers their purpose to do so.
Under the Monopoly
"On the face of it, one imagines thai in
those parts where they have a monopoly
the directors would take the opportunity to
Evening star., 1898-12-16

"On the face of it, one imagines that in
those parts where they have a monopoly
the directors would take the opportunity TO
Evening star., 1898-12-16

James A. Courtney has filed a petition in
equity asking the court to decree to him the
title to certain military bounty land war;
rant which issued under the act of Con-
gress approved March ), 1855.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
TWELVE PAGES
RIVAL CANALS.

Just as this country as a whole is waking
up to the necessity OF building the Mica
raguan canal and all political conventions
are falling over each other. SO TO speak.
in getting resolutions to the front ndors-
ing the canal scheme. information comes
of unusual activity In work on a possible
rival In inter oceanic connections.
II is to a certain extent amusing to those
who, like The Post, have long urged the
speedy construction of the Nicaragua ca
nal. to observe the sudden and enthusiastic
conversion OF the nation to tho porposi-
ton. Congress and public have been rock
Ing along indlfferently in the premises
while the advocates OF the canal have not
only pointed out the advantages OF this
connecting route but insisted upon the
necessity, business and strategic, OF It's
speedy completion
Has the failure to heed these appeals
now brought us face to face with problem
OF rivalry that we would not have had to
solve had We proceeded with the dispatch
IN the accomplishment Of this work which
It's Importance demanded'
our delay as to the Nicaragua scheme mas
spurred the New Panama Canal company
to extraordinary exerilons within the past
year or two, Quietly, almost stealthily.
that company has been pushing its work
until now It is pointed out that two-fifths
OF the undertaking are completed, that
money is available for the further rapid
prosecution Of the excavations and that the
Panama canal will be ready for business
in less than eight years--or before 1t Is
thought, tho Nicaragua route Will be open
For the Panama canal il is claimed, too,
that 1T has good ports. easy OF access at
both ends, while the Nicaragua canal viii
have TO depend ON artificial ports now
closed by drifting sands; that me Panama
canal will be hut forty-six miles long. the
other l76; that the time of transit through
the one will be fourteen hours. through the
the other forty -four, and that the curva-
lures OF the shorter line are less than on
the longer route
II viii be seen. Therefore. that while we
have been sleeping on the opportunity TO
get big start Of the French and possibly
cause the abandonment OF their enterprise,
they have been working like beavers to
create conditions that might cause the
abandonment OF our scheme. In all prob
ability now there will be two canals TO The
south OF US and that the fact will prevent
either from paying In financial way.
But this government must buAd the
Nicaragua canal even though 1t entails a
heavy annual outlay above receipts. 1t Is
necessary from strategic. defensive stand
point. to say nothing of its commercial IA
cilities. II, however, we had begun the
work Immediately after the Panama canal
exposures IN France We would never have
had any rivalry through a Panama route
under foreign control.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
SOME rosrscR,rTs.

America has $4,000 periodicals
New York has 5000 oyster shops.
chinese streets are eight feet wide.
Austria made 900 bicycles in 1897.
Baku. Russia. has 100 oil refiueries.
Parls'ans eat 100000 horses annually.
South Africa has a telephone system
The Siberian railway will cost $500 900. :
Osaka. Japan, has twenty eight ship
yards.
Boston has municipal telephone ex-
change.
The screw OF an Atlantic liner casts
about $4,000.
The finest emeralds known are said 10
be those belonging to the spanish crown.
Theatriral posters must have the an
proyal OF committee of the city council
IN Hartford,
ant wins his case in forty-seven OUT OF
every 100 cases tried.
y new catalogue OF the higher plants
OF North America north OF Mexico hys IA
b3i entries, including fifteen palms and at0
orchids.
S.r Thomas Lipton's latest scheme for
furnishing meals TO the millions for very
small sum Is still being criticised by the
small tradesmen and shoppers In London
The United States Is about the only ooua-
try which has no established harvest Gus
toms IN some rarts harvest Celebrdtloss
are held, but we have no traditions such as
they have abroad. /.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
THE NEXT CONGRESS-.


The report in yesterdays Post TO the ef-
rect that Mark Hanna was out in virtual
appeal 10 the republicans OF the country
60 save the rext congress o the republicans
party. was what might have been expected
any day in view Of the growing evidences
Of tha fact that republican control Of con-
gress is In jeopardy
The recent scandals which have created
y wave OF Indignation sgainst the party
in power are partly responsible for the
present prccarious condition OF the repub-
lcans. but Of almost equal Importance Is
Tho general conviction that the present
congress, with It's large republican ma
1oriU, has not only failed to redeem any
cf The ante-siectiou republican pledges but
- been ! eonspicuous failure throughout.
xAee 4 ~ u ~ way ss asserting the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05

country's mnrhood and resenting National
.insnlts. was done only after the democrats
hsi driven the majority to act. Even Ia
doing that much, however, the adm;nistra-
ton and its servile majority in congress
went out OF the way TO fasten unnecessary
burdens upon the Nation.
The country has, indeed, an abundance
OF reason for desiring to rebuke che party
in office for what hiss gone before. but
democratic congress this year In view OF
the great issues THAT must arisa In the
next house ard senate.
In addition to the financial and the tariff
problems that remain TO be settled and
that Will engage the attention OF senators
and representatives next year. the new
issues growing out of the war will have
to be handled. There will be the alt I'M
rortaGst question Of a readiustment of
our revenues Island possessions will
have TO be governed and, incidentally. the
determination OF the economic policies TO
suit the new territories and the new con-
ditions. The extent OF the increase OF the
'NSuai army WIFE bt d NNAab'VNs
and. in fact. variety OF important mat
tiers to handle, necessitating the adoption
of wonderfully vital measures and novel
policies by this Republic,
II is not likely that the present con-
gress durrg the short term remaining
viii be able to permanently settle any Of
these issues. The responsibility will fall
upon the next house and senate. In the
pending elections. therefore. the peoplo
must voice their desires. How will
the government start of on this new
career? Shall an imperalistc strongly
centralized policy be adopted or a con-
servat.ve. thoroughly dlmocratic course
prevail? VIII the syndicates and trusts
and monopolsts be permittei TO shape
measures for their special ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
or the interests OF the masses be con-
sidcred!
Democrats can at once see now I'm
portant II IL that they should control the
next house. They should allow 70 per-
sonai or sentimental reasons. nor ndii-
ference, to prevent them from voting their
full strength all olong the line for the
democratic congressional nominees. Tho
very basic principles OF the democratic
party and OF democratic self-governmen,
may be at stake.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05

There are eight distinct instances shown
out OF twenty years covered. where
the large crop commanded the higher price
For example In 1876 the crop was larger
than In 1877, hut the reduced production in
the latter year did not show a higher price.
but the contrary. Thu sams was true In
1850 compared with both 1871 and 1878 the
larger crop brought the better price. In
lss2 the production was In excess of DO.
1879 and 1878, hut the price was better.
In 1884 and 1885 the higher price again
followed the greater production. In 1870
the crop was larger than the two precsd-
Ing crops but the price was also bet
teri Both crop AID price In 1891 wsre
larger than the crop pnd price in 1893 and
50 OF 1895 MS compared with 1894!
II does not appear, therefore as a salts
factory rule that the prices have fallen
In proportion 10 the size o. the crop.
We must look For other causes for the
low price OF cotton than merely tbs size
OF the crop. The Post has contenled that
The chief reason for tho depression has
existed and Will exist In the financial sys.
tenn of the country--that the appreciation
OF the dollar by reason OF the establishment
of single standard. has resulted. In the
gradual lowering of the prices of agrl-
cultural products, We have seen that the
larger production is not safe oxp,ana-
ton. but We see also that the fall has
BEEN in progress upon the whole for TWEEN
ty-hye years-or since the demonet cation
OF silver.
In 1873 there was cotton crop OF 1888. =
100000 pounds aad the price was aOli cents
per pound. Ia ahat year the demoaetiza-
ton OF silver occurred. The first year
after that crime cotton dropped nom 20
to 10 cents with only slightly larger crop,
Two years after, a smaller crop only
brought lS.AG cents per pound, Under the
former conditions this latter crop ought
TO have brought from 81 to 20 GEMS. ae-
cording to the reasoning of thos, who ac-
count for the price By the size OF the
crop.
But this report OF the bureau OF sta
tistics. prepared under u republican gold .
bug administration, makes this significant
admission 1T Is proper to add tina. the
prices quoted for the earlier years are
based upon the currency values OF that
period and II reduced to gold basis would
be slightly less." Yes, silghlyl Bat
here Is the confession that the god
basis has raised the value OF money our
goidbug exchanges have boon denying that
the sold standard had raised the value OF
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
That HOgg Fee.
Alto News.

ANo News.
EX-G Governor Hogg has recently
down another $4,000 fee which un'!
of the State treasury. All be had
This time was to drop a WORD 70
while congress was in session AM 4
know that he had fee in sisa1 "
a certain appropriation bill W.
The bill passed all right and HON y
fee. The bill would have been
anyhow, and the State would naw
ahead this $4,000, but you kp@
Charley Culberson's friends mus
vided for in grand style. II hk0
to keep Hogg floating In sven
and as long as there is dollar
treasury and democracy is IN posss,
5, Hogg will not need a doiial
more labor to pick pound q coy
Hogg did to earn this $l0vuV y.
nothing more than a bold iaceo
less steal, approved by the denlou,
administration now in power aus
by Joe Slyers, who wants 10 nes s.s
administration. -Nacogdoches ~.
We dislike to say that tne ay
made the charge contained ~ \,
from its editorial, with a wlhu' Il
licious intent 10 peryert tne VA
will attribute IL 10 Ignorance oa
for all we'll informed men know u
ernor Hogg has not been paid y
much less ten thousand dols.s, ~,
stated, and the author OF tne III
ii when he penned this edi'oi.sss
be indeed refreshing 10 read ~
a populist newspaper, or heA
speaker tell the truth occasion,"
What they expect to gain py q
other campaign OF falsenooa
What Is the origin OF all lnis ~
simply this: The United stssu ejS
as something over SiOV,Vvo ~ n
Culberson contracted VITA ~ 80
of Hogg G. Robertson 10 take .s a
matter and collect. agreeing TX
10 per cent for collecting, ING N
be ratified by the Legislature, "
they saw proper The money r
lscted and is now in the ueAs "as y
and Hogg & Robertson have ~
will receive one cent ior III
w2less the legislature OF e~.s b
to pay them. We suppose w ~ h
lature Aeets il win invesuhsup(
connected with the cass, ana .,sf<
Messrs. Hogg & Robertsonsi, ~
not worth anyfhlng they VII "A
anything, On the other na ,.s 4
after investigating the meas soty
that Hogg & Robertson srs s,si
fee, they will pay it in p,v ss Nv
services rendered, NoNFw'aas ~, III
howl the pops 9jb making so osrn 4
meat TO the b5Som ana ~ .,s(
where has any scandatonl,.sr
done? II there was any MI N
would be the last to APPROX. 5 y
has been collected and Y nsak
treasury. and the question @.,stIa
service is matter to q ,,sts n
Legislature. and yet the pap rr ~
iYr thai EEK Governor i"s "a H.
sailed down another s'un
came out OF the state ~
statement sis nothing no -
faced, shameless, rotten
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05

Production AND PRICES.

In Mondays issue The Post printed a
tahle of statistics, compiled by a bureau
OF Tho treasury department, which WAS
an attempt TO show that the law price of
cotton is the result of overprolucton, or
rather that production to the exclusion of
other causes controls the price
The table, however, contains such strlk-
ing exceptions to the rule that the latter
may well be questions d. Here is the table ::
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
Two Needed Reforms.


Every democratic candidate for the leg
sia'ure should read with care that part
OF Mr. Savers Tyler speech that treats Of
the tax question He should also study nm
on she lipel law. and exercise his resonrces
70 devise a plan to cast on the shaokles of
.ue press. His mind should be made M
70 signaiize his legislative career in me
solution Of these problems IL possible and
o. .. tne concert OF many something OF use-
a. AZ, rVlorul may be accomplished. The bud
eeeds in formulating a law ma, Mn, ny sue
ne tne pubic burdens, and one th,t III,
ssm Vae press to its full EQUIPMENT ~
moral and social potency VIII dese-v, val III
vi ms country win honorable f1me ANA
place himself on the mad to fortune "''N
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
some DiSplny Hcna,.
Dallas rimcs-Herald.

Commerce Drifting South" Manu-
features Booming in the southern ssat,s:'
Southern Cotton Mills 10 tho 'FRONT.'
''The South the Coming section;' Quick
enins Industries on the Guf Coast" "'Tne
Grain Trade Seeking the Gulf Porls;'
Tho Opportunities In Imperial Texas =
etc. These are OF the display heads ~
she Northern newspapers and periodicals
and are OF daily occurrence
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
Va Liberty "a the pre.s
Eagle Pass Guide.

nv "u'oe Is 10 receipt OF a printed copy
" me paper on newspaper libel recently
read by Mr.. Frank H. Bushiek. editor .,
The San Antonio Express. before the sou,n
ana West Texas Press assoc alton Tba.,
Is more urssnt need for uhel Law -,
IN, s s'slules Of Texas ihan any .sb'r - ="
I'm mas inaele. Al present our bo,.
; nIe,g o. me press Is myth. Mr.. hush
abla msnn zoe ease IN a clear, concise snd
manner pointing out the defects in our
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
Telephone Numbers: ES.;s.':. "a: ~.

~ clty.-The Post Is delivered to any part Of the
city 81 carriers. per month. $500; three months
$500; six months. 5000; one year. $1,000.
M. Theodore Bering has charge OF the city
circulation and collecting. Messrs. Theodore
Berins. Charles Lott and Tom South are the Au-
thorred collectors Of all city bills doth sdvcrs-
IMP and subscription and no money shogi be
paid to any one other than those named, unless
special written authority signed by tho business
manager Is shown. Al accounts Of any sire
should be paid by check liz favor Of The hous-
ton Printing Company.
Subscribers falling to receive The Post regularly
Will please notify the office promptly Every
paper Is expected to be delivered not later than
$50 o'clock a. m.
Under no circum stances will orders given by
employees on the office be recognized and
paid, or accepted In pay ment OF accounts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-05
ROOSEVELT AND THE PRESS,
New York Jnurnal.

New York journal
One OF the most notable things in con-
nection with Colonel Roo5evelts nomina
tion Is the wild enthusiasm it has Irous d
10 the republican press. This Tribune
waves its hat and shouts:
Our readers are aware that We have
considered the question Of Colonel Roose-
velt's eligibility serious question. The
protestations made by some Of his least
servicelble friends that it amounted 10
nothing have deceived no sensible per-
son. 1t was obviously a gu stion to be
candidly met aad answered, ana the answer
ought TO have been submitted 10 the gen
eral intelligence at the earliest poss lie
moment Contrary to the well-ngh uni d
yersal judgment and to the wishes Of the
candidate himself, the formal vndicaton
of his eligibility was deferred uHiil the
last available hour, ami might have he n
reserved until it was eXtorted except for
counsels which were wise though seem
tngly unwelcome. 1t may "a vel be slii
with equal frlnkncEs that Mr.. Elihu Roo 5
Statement jus, prior to the ballot Will not
be Immediately accepted as damoustra-
ton by common consent.
The Press geefuly exclaims:
Not having chosen to wl,hlraw from a
contest IN which mis- eligibility was at
tackled over his own oath and signature,
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was yesterday
nominated by the republican party as ts
candidate for governor, The que9son OF
his acceptabillty 10y the party is thus settled
in the form and manner approved by party
goa eminent. His candidacy now demau 10
IN loyalbty, as It VIII need in fact, every
republican vote in the State.
Let the whole ticket then, from gov
etnor to ssemblyman-or. In view o. the
tremendous importance of the senatorshiD
at stake we might say from assemblyman
so governor-have the whole republican
vote. Colonel Rousevelts name may head
that ticket when 1t comes to be cast or 1t
nay nor.
The Times, which has ardently worked
for republican success ever since its ayer-
sion to Organism drove it out of the dem
ocratic ranks, remarks;
In truth, the incongrulty OF the man and
the platform is distinctly less glaring than
IT would have appeared six weeks ago. In
the personal character and the principles
OF Theodore Roosevelt Is to be found every
particle of virtue the republican canvass
viii possess, every trace OF superior merlt
to which any republican can point in has
missionary labors to win support and In
jovol ,r.a,d, -, Cateai w. e4sl ,ue 'hls,
NOW nreten1 ,hat biS oao1,S,s'. wou Wv. -
who, n Was bona5 4, yn'1, ,' o.'s'' rs
that n anns,ts "a inae,aa,,t or
force which a,y m,n ,rn'IS So, W. ,ro
IDENTIFY nre5icted n ,,n,,,i -, HA'e soN''-
So
The Herald ecstatica,,,, rr,,rr,u-s.
cn,.,,, -, N'"' mus
goycr Ur' ~, r'9 ~ T9s hofnna,ed Tor
iast evening on the frs, ballot.
no ne SiJaOni'ss ana precision with which
nv the accnr,cv ~ W. i,,, ~ @sr s'oWn
convention of thousand delegates the
actual ballot varied by just one vote from
'h y, Dos ,; anESace Lures -.