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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-24

suits
Purse. six furiongs-Ballsta TRADE. Rose
Beau. Time. 117R.
Five furlongs- Esperanto. Savoy. scintil-
late Time, l:0iih.
Mile and an eighth over five hurdles--Ock-
turuck. Granger Major s. Time. 2:06Is
Handicap, seven furongs-Paul Griggs. Top
mast, NOVA. Time, 1:29H.
Selling, six furOngs-W hitcomb. Hohenzol-
ern, Joe Uilman Time. 1:16h.
Mile-olinthus, Ulm. Boardman. Time.
1:4iA
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RYAN Hc,ted O.prIcp.

Ryan @: Syracuse proved too much for Dick
oDrien Of Boston at the Coliseum tonight.
The police nterfared in the fourteenth round
and saved O'Brien from al actual knockout
but as far as practical purposes were con-
cerned. lie was out.
1t was Ryan's fight all the way through.
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Live BIRD shoot Ind Fnrt Worth.

Fort Worth, Texas, December 2-Sports-
men are looking forward to next week with
pleasant anticipations. Over 900 pigeons have
been secured and the gun club will enjoy two
days sport. All the gun club members in the
State have been invited to participate in the
shoot, which occurs Tuesday and Wednes-
day. new trap will be used.
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ronAY,s ENTRIEs,

Three-fourths Of mile-woodranger. 81;
Canova. Simon D.. 9s Sim W.. Marie c.,
peBride. io7; Scribe. ITO; Time Maker. lis;
Boanerges, 100.
Flve-eighths Of a, mile, handieap-Mrs.
Jimmy. Flying Bird, Village Pride, s5;
Brown Veil, 80: Gold Fox. lol: Prince Harry,
Teauilla. 1902; Glad Hand. Free Hand. Ned
Wickes. los; Sir FloriRn. l06; Frank Bell, 122
Mile and three-eighths. stlllng-Belle OF
Corsica. SO; Innammator. Traveller, Swords
man. Royal Choice. es; Mariti. Clay poin,or,
ss. Double Dummy, lockwood 100: The
riRnter. l02: Milwaukee, Atlantus, lOs
Christmas handicap, one mile-Ree Mitchell
IS; Eva Rice, 90; Forbush, 9s: Bells Of Nam
pitts, 100; Loiterer, Hsndsei, no: Macy. iii.
Mile and a sixteenth-Annle Taylor. %:
sum es; Necedah. Tonic. Nellie Sister Stella.
Noner, Prince Of India, Toe; Garnet Riopls
Can / See EN-, Tranby. l04 EEbart. i0T.
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and devotang a great deaf of attention to
his dairy.

his dairy.
BY the good Ltmmored manly way In
which he withdrew from the race for gov
ernor last summer Lieutenant Governor
Jester greatly added TO his popularity and
materially strengthened his list of political
frlends. Like good democrat, he says the
party Is bigger than any OF Its member.
and, when Major ayers was chosen in h S
stead, he cheerfully acknowledged the
force OF the mandate and lHlped aid to the
Dastrop mans majority
Governor Jester Is as strong in this sec
ton Of the State as ever and, HIS friends
assert, will likely be AN applicant for oher
political honors at some future date.
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LIEUT.. GOV. JESTER.
He Has by No Means Retired from
the Political Arena.

the Political Arena.
Dallas. Texas. December 2s.-Lieuteaant
Governor George T. Jester came up from
Corsicana yesterday. Governor Jester Is
AN enthusiast, on the subject Of corsi,ana
and thinks the Navarro county capital Ia
destined to be one of the beet towns in the
Southwest Since his defeat by Major
Sayers for the democratie guberna.orill
nomination Governor Jester has been living
quisuy q hpnas. taking care OF his farm
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Twcnty-Round DRAW

New York, December 23.-At the Greenwood
Athletic club in Brooklyn tonight Billy
oDonnell of Memphis and Joe Bernstein of
New York fought 20 rounds to a draw. Each
man weighed 10 pounds.
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WAR PRIZE REIEAsSD
Judge BramhalI DecidS
WAS Not B1Ockh n

Charleston. 8, O. Deoe4n 80 ~
United States district co'iit = ~
Judge Bramhall handed down a.,s,,ss
discharging the olinde w. w.. !, vfl
French steamship made q p'', NV il. {
the cruiser New Orleans on ;1,ssnltiaw
ship belonged to the Trans, y thoil(
ana at one time 1t seemed .n, = ~ h
ternational complications M NJ II ~
Of her retention and the fsnt sosp 10 J.
States court over her ns rss,sssed - r.
bitter. Judge Bramhah rs,ooksds =
on the ground that the me ,ns Isl T.
Juan was not effective on - y
In the sense Of which tnAs nv.
BY ~ sattens.
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Fired a Bullet Into HI. Head.

Fort Worth, Texas, December CIV. f.
Bush today fired a SS-caliber bullet into
his head. When found he was lying ON a
front porch with blood pouring from the
wound, not dead but unconscious. Bush
was so years OF age and partially dement,
ed. Two months ago he made an unsuc-
cessful attempt at suicide. He will die.
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New Orleans Races

New Orleans, December 2S.-Track good.
Results:
Selling, six furlongs-Eight Bells. Louise,
High links. Time. l,l6
Seven furlongs-Friskal, Ben Walker. Lady
Fitzsimmons. Time 1871
Selling, mile and seventy yards-Appla Jack.
PATRON. Hampden Time. l:iS.
Selling, six fnrlongs-Mi Ross. Disturb
ance, Sim w. Time, l:l6h.
Seven furlongs - Sensational. Hsnlon,
Travis. Time, 1891.
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s,npie.t aad Beet Plan.

Bailey's method OF solvins perplexins and
Intricate National issues is simple one.
The constitution 10 the standard. Where II
speaks he speaks; when 1t Is silent he Is
silent, lie has sworn 70 support this funda-
mental document and he is Enthusiastically
doing H.
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McMurchy's Fine shoo,in.

Indianapolis. Ind. December es.-H No.
Murchy OF Syracuse. N. Y. won tho r,an.
central handicap today in the limited rnn
clubs tournament He took arst ,rr,,.. ~,
Ssna scoring twenty-five bir1s SitSout a
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Riley Grammar Rein.tated.

New York December 23.-Riley Grammar
was ieinstated by thu. stewards OF the Jockey
club ut Il meeting today.
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ia F,n.l Di.pe.is.on.

Atchison Globe.
II there Is anything particularly useless
lying around the house you can make up
your mind It was won as q prise at
card party.
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sunny siope Sold.

Emporis, KAN, December ea.--sunny Sion.
farm. famous as breeding establishmsnt
for Hereford cattle. was sold today for s.o !.
Hope. Kan. Va
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miss. Heikes his closest opponent. scored
twentyfour. Elliott brought down twenty
three birds and Gilbort 90.
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As the flag Is going UP over Havana, are
Va 10 understand that the president will want
to know "who will withdraw it-who win haul
Il DOWN." In It the purpose to keep 1t there
perpanAntly?
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Senior sagnsta is reported as seriously Ill.,
II would be n strange coincidence II this most
typical OF Spanish statesmen should 80 out
with SPANS colonial empire and prestige.
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physician advises people that Appendix
citis liz sometimes produced by the way people
sit. This information is printed for tho bene-
1T of certain patrons OF Houston street cars.
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Speaking Of prophets. Major e. W. Cave Of
Houston. In an article In The Post OF septen,-
Der 20, 1898. predicted the financial conditions
largely that arc found in this country at this
time. when foreign governments are trying to
cyect loan from, American capitalists. The
only weakness about Major Caves prophesy
is that It's fulrllmsnt has como sooner than
no expected. In concluding the article In
question the author said:
at 10 not beyond the range OF probability
that iifty years from now. as some remnant
OF En- opean absoiuusm slts sadly contemplat-
ng lis almost exhausted stock Of gold, he Will
be gwen o fresh lease OF power BY some
American Rothscl!ld guaranteeing him a
small lean OF ss00oo,0oo In gold. with tho COM
fcitlns assurance that all tha gold shall be
drawn from the plethorlc vaults OF the banks
OF the United States"
Major Cave was arguing that "apprehsn-
siops respecting our ability to settle this sill
w question for ourselves" were groundless.
as VIC were dependent upon none. but indie
pendent OF ALL
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A row rubber trust is now In process OF
formation with n capitalization of $50. 600.
The promoters ought to be able TO stretch
that combine TO meet their widest dreams,
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Houston Printing Company.

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Fast Fiourinhing ChiIdren.

Greenyillc Heaul,f.
The truss thrive In this country because
the tariff laws prevent competition. and
give the manufacturers chance to hold up
the consumer. Protection 10 the parent Of
the trtst
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the c.y.-The Pos, Is ssllvsred 10 any part OF the
city hy carriers. per month. $500; three months
~ as.oo; six months. 5000; one year, $500
sA M Theodore Ber,nr has charge Of the city
circulation and collecting, Messrs Theodore
berue. Charles Lott and Tom South are the au-
npti1ed collectors OF ali city BILLS (boih advertis-
Ing and subsefipuonl and no money should be
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We shall probably never know what Is to
become OF the First Texas until we hear OF II
at Havana. or see 1t mustered out in Texas
At present II Is case OF now you zee 1t and
now YOU don't.
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The Hon. Alexander watkins Terrell may
take advantage Of tho raging conflict bo-
tween the railways aud the commission to
siEnal his ne entrance into the times that are
aud thlngs that be-
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susscrspticn by Mali.-pay and Sunday Post, one
wear. So. 90; six months. el.oe; three months.
ke.co; one monh. $500.
Tvs SUNDAY Posi-. one year. ys.Sc.
one year, $500; slx months, 50 csnts; Mrss
months "A cents. H2
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This Is said to DO the coolest December ex-
perienced In Texas In ten years. We have the
word of one OF the ''also applied" crowd that
IL is the coolest In twenty, Mt least.
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Foreign Osiices--Ess.ern business once a Tribune
building. New York (rhe S. C. eeskwith Spe.
tlsl Agency; Westelc IS, lThs Rookery) CHI
esro. (The S. c. Beekwlth Special Agency.
travelling Arents--C. S; e. Holland. Travelling
Auditor: &. r. Holland. D. 3. Throop. Travelling
AOents s,.s,3 3sa
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II is very evident from the reports from thu
Northern cities that the grippe is strictly il
the expansion movement.
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The late Calvin Brce used to boast that he
never had days illness In his life. Those
are the kind of people who never have moro
than few days Illness NJ the end.
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II appears that at last tho real blue -biooded
arstocrscy OF Now York has been whitfield
down to only thirty eight families. 1t was
member of one OF tho thirty-eight families.
OF course. who did tho whiting.
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Keeps the Dove wal,

Keeps the Dove Waiting.
Syracuse Courier.
The dove OF peace is not yet ready TO
.ns1, uatu ne hears further from ssna.
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4 Convenient Memory.
Washington Star.

spain, In Its continued protests against
alleged injustice and oppression OF the
weak, exhibits q cheerful Willingness to
forget all about the reconcentrados.
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who still have any regard for the constitution
are accounted BY these high handed ccnspir-
ators as mo.sLacks and foeies! II the people
do not soon take a hand In this government
they will have no government
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Dewey and Schley have received tho swords.
but tho Indications are that Sampson still
has his grip on the favoritism machine in the
rayy department
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ssvu.sp AZ NM posyorrcs AZ houston. snxAs
As SECOND CLASS MATTER
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The Post discovers from innumerabie ex-
pressions Of opinion from nil directions that
II Is accurately voicins popular sentiment In
TtAns IN calling for a new constitution which
To an since 1876. The legislature will put IT.
self in sympathy with tho large majority OF
the people in promoting this important move
ment.
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There s talk Of electing Governor Tanner
Of Illinois to the United States senate. Th'
senate has survived some terrible blows In III
tire. but there is such thing as dead
enpr' even In the life of n deliheratve body.
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The feature OF the performance will occur
when President Mckinley sends his expansion
orders TO Speaker Reed.
--.- -
The 81. Louis Post-Dlspatch says Of the i'm
pcriaiist plan: "The Malays arc TO DO gov
ert.ed from the proconsul's palace at Manila;
tina proconsul will DO governed from Wash
.inetcn. Government from somewhere at .
distance is not government OF liberty. From
the days Of Roins's rotten proconsuls II hes
been q synonym for the hatefulest tyranny.
There Is no liberty among a people who are
not at liberty 10 tax and govern themselves"
General Merritt Is an expansionist who goes
30 far as TO say that our charter OF govern
ment Is out Of date! That is milMarism and
imperialism gone Wild. but Il voices the rsck-
lsssusss back Of the new policies" All men
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sns DAILY POST. tn. % sy 2 3, c sSsr'
seMi-wHHKLY posr. rs csls. pr Week.
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II the Austin correspondents are to be re-
lied on. the coming legislature will develop
considerable long Distance talking talent.
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i Mr.. Philip Armour will no doubt be 'n-
cllned to regard General Miles talk about
"embalmod meat as somewhat personal.
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AS Representative Blair OF San Antonio will
not be A member OF the Twenty sixth legisa-
ture. nobody seems to be afraid OF tacks IN
the speaker chair.
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Tho heads OF bureaus of the war department.
who wcro so largely responsible for the mis-
management OF the army. are only incompe-
tents Ia the discharge OF their duties--they
can command aud manipulate excuses with
the brillIancy OF exports.
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Railroad Commissioner Meyfield made
good point when no told the railroads apply
Ing for tho approval by the commission OF
some rates Identical with commission rates
which havc becn cnjolntd, that all they had
to da was 70 go to Judge Mccormick and get
him 10 turn loose the rates they wanted from
thu Injunction and there thoy were.
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II is understood that when the expansion
fsht between Senators Hoar and Plat gets
too hot Senator Mark Hanna will do the Con-
ME McVey act
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Under orders from tho trust the price OF
coal has gone up, but ~ Is worthy OF note
that the wages OF the miners were not dragged
~, win,
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The editor OF the Washington Post ponnea
n leading editorial to announce that no OK
peeted Colonel Bryan's resignation would be
tho subject OF good deal OF unmerted ridi-
cae. and then surrendered the balance of the
paper to his subordinatcs to justify the expcc-
N nm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1898-09-29

| While It Ia undoubtedly true that an
enormous amount Of development OF
one sort and another Is possible In
every one e the island colonies which
yesterday were Spain's but to-day are
ours. If anybody's, It is also true that
there IS much apprehension regard
ing them.
For instance, there has been a great
deal of talk about the undeveloped az
ricultural resources Of Porto Rico, and
more than one ordinarily level-headed
American has dreamed dreams OF fort
uues to be made tn re by raising Ger
tain crops But these dreams are gen.
orally regarded as delusive by the well
Informed, for Porto Rico Is already
over utivated, II anything. Certainly
her soil Is far more assidiously tend
ed than that of any state In this un-
ion. There may be some sections in
few of the older states that have
reached a grade OF agricultural devel-
opment approaching that of Porto
Rico, but they are few and sma !. And
there Is no comparison whatever be-
tween the high state Of cultiva lon at
tanned there and the agricultural de-
velopment Of the greater part of the
avai'abl farming land in this coun-
try.
This atement Is made primarily on
the evidence Of travellers In Porto
Rico who speak with wonder of the
thorough subjugation Of the soil
there, but 1t need not rest on their
evidence alone. 1t Is fully borne out
by figures which sometimes lie, but
are perfectly trustworthy In this in
stance. Porto Rico, with an area of
Cnly 1850 suqare miles, less than one
thirteenth the area Of the state Of New
York, has a population of obout $780,
900, or 225 to the square mile, and
me st OF this population Is agricultural
at that. The United States, with an
area Of 3,609,990 square miles, has a
population of about 74,500,0 900, or only
Il to the square mile, much larg r
proportion living In cities and towns
than Is tie case In Porto Rico.
There are, In truth, only two states
In our union that support larger
population to the square mile than
porto Rico. These are Massachusetts,
and Rhode Island. Massachusetts,
with an area of 1915 square miles, has
a population Of 2,23S 943, or 269 to the
square mile. Little Rhode Island,
with 1880 square miles, has 345,506, Or
276 to the square mile. But neither OF
these states Is chiefly agricultural
In fact the bulk Of the population in
beth Is supported by the mills and
factories In the cities and towns, The
farms OF neither Massachusetts nor
Rhode Island are cultivated with ANY,
thing like the care bestowed upon the
Porto Rican acres, nor will they be
until the United States Is desperately
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Observation-Disclosures
E Porto RiCO'S &
E Population s
Observation-Disclosures lIIllIIIIllIE

crowded, much more desperately, per-
haps, than 1t will be in the lifetime
of anyone who rlads this article.
No state besides these two ap-
proaches Porto Rico in density of pop
ulation. New Jersey, largely a manu-
featuring and suburban communi y,
supports 1874 persons to the square
mile; Connecticut, chiefly by manufac-
lures, supports 149 to the square mile;
New York supports 1872, vastly more
than half by commercial and manu-
featuring enterprises, and Pennsyl-
vania, with the third largest city In
the union, and her myriads Of min
ers, 116.
These figures are enough to show
that the enterprising American, de-
sirous of winning wealth by agricul-
tural pursuits, would find far more
room for ambitions In some of the
most thickly populated states Of the
union than in Porto Rico, to say moth
ing of California, with It's vast terri
tory, embracing 158,360 square miles,
wherein dwell about 100000 souls, Or
eight to the square mi @; or Texas, ex-
: tending over 265,780, with 2,236,000 in
habitants and about the same density
| There Is, in fact, better chance for
agricultural expansion in Michigan or
Missouri or Illinois CT Indiana or any
other state in the country except tho g
which are toe arid or too mountain.
us ia cultivate nrOfitably
1t Is little different with Cuba, and
yet the population of that fair Island,
though not to be compared as to dem
sity with that of Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts, New York, New Jersey or
Connecticut, is still greater than that
of tbs United States as whole. Be
fore the beginning Of the insured
ton, which was followed by the Span
ish-American war, Cuba had popu-
lation of mere than 100000 which
was supported on 1920 square m les,
or about "a to the mile. Allowing for
all probable decrease, Cuba must still
contain 100000 souls.
This, however, is by no means dense
enough to preclude great degree Of
agricultural expansion, especially as
, the soil of Cuba is wondrously proluc-
tive; there is no arid area and nearly
every square foot of territory can be
cultivated. Aside from climatic draw
backs, Cuba should, and, in spite Of
them probably will, furnish a field
, for the agricultural exploitation of
much American capital. 1t is with
in the knowledge of the writer that
the promoters of at least half a
Cozen schemes of this scrt are now
endeavoring to float stock and bonds
n New York to carry them on. Some
who invest will probably make money,
but there isn't the slightest doubt
that others-particularl among those
who make primary investments, will