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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-28
|lEE CAPITAL CITY
IIlns Is to Take Charge Of
4 1rp,rtment January ).
yAls AND sUPERIN1ENpENTS.
wv Asking for Changes IN
Laws Will Likely he
....ted-A Romance.

4 aect1on ""S ''
u incoming State Treasurer
a, viii qualify next Monday.
-.,v department has been closed
...her "a, and Will 80 remain I'M
4 IA order to permit OF a check
s hooks and counting Of cash and
RESPIRATORY to turning them
II. Robbins.
A ROMANCE.
.xo~spg personal which appeared
y statesman covers quite a
~. c. He'll and bride Of Monterey
4. city visiting the formers
II. George A. HILL"
am has arrived at the ripe old
!, Years, and his bride is 6s years
~ romance is complete, and is
4. most interesting that has been
Snoe the happy affair Of Arcadia.
.Sm been said that love works
"a In this instance the old adage
4 avery sense Of the word. A life
ma courtship, embracing many
"a tinged with a sweet romance,
ri ana the contracting parties are
- than happy.
ID. Hill, who lis an uncle Of Secre-
a 81 the Commercial club, was one
famous Mier prisoners who fell to
A Mexico. Mr.. Hill was 10 years
4 the time, and was adopted by
ann. He was thin, delicate boy,
~ weighed ninety-two pounds at
Is He was sent to school by his
Il fsther, and the National govern
4 Mexico contributed to his eluca-
Mia be was attending school he fell
Nth Miss Mary Ann Murray, Who
jth accomplished daughter of a rich
H6nan residing In the City OF Mex
sjtB Mr.. Murray and his family emil
Slb Csidfornia, and left Mexico by the
n Juan Bias. Shortly after the Muir.
k<riyed In the Golden State the daugh-
|Iaa that her lover had lost his life
! killing In river, ami for years
|rmfned his loss. Later in life she
|btnted to man by tho name OF
spn. He died not many years ago
|hkher . widow.
Ehs meantime Mr.. Hill had obtained
|lhcation, and not hearing from his
|Aeat he thought she was dead. He
- mi lived happily for many years,
j hls wife died. During his married
,dsughter came to the family, and she
N 1 Mr.. Dawes, who died, leaving
W children, and they are now in this
ouS ago Mr. Hill wrote an article
lrrers Magazine regarding Monterey,
\ tnd the story appeared over his
M His former sweetheart, who re-
b San Francisco, CAL, read the
l nd her 10y knew no bounds when
~ the authors name. She at once
I'm letter and he replied, saying
kwas her youthful sweetheart. The
Puudence continued. and after the
= nearly fifty years DR.. Hin and Miss
Y we're unitei in marriage.
marriage took place at San Fran
- only few friends and relatives
~ the ceremony. The couple are
Tn city on their bridal tour. A
hD Francisco papers published long
] M the wedding and the romance Of
me They are stopping at the home
George A. Hill, and will be here
y time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-28
CHANGE IN MANAGERS.

Major George w. Littlefeld
contract with Mr.. Charles Cor
mcn Went into effect this MORN
ssoy ne succeeds Mr., Shadbolt rs
une Dr.skill hotel. Ever s.nce
~ nuown that Mr.. Shadbolt wou'i
~ Hecember 81, hotel men from all
nave been making propos'-
n q the house. Several Of them
ohr,. person to see Major Littlefield.
I SnsEA was ftually selected ~ the
e man 70 put In charge.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-28
TEACHERS IN SESSION.

mdwinter meeting the State As
non Of School Principals and Super
ens which opened here today I'M
Ne presidency of Prof. Lewis of For
being well attended. THE feature Of
mornings session was the excellent
"a tho duties and responsibilities Of
schocl principals read by Prof. Hop
q Galveston. This afternoon the
's visited the Austin High school
Nnessed the working of the man.
.ang department thereof, which
hgaly impressive. The reading OF
10y Prot. Matther of the State uni
aan Profs. Wells and Cowan con-
NE afternoon programme.
~ wat cropped out during the dis
n Incidental to today's proceedings,
n = what could be gathered In con-
M with the delegates, it is prob
~ resolutions will be adopted rec
.ne the repeal of the statute pro-
ex-onicio county superlntend-
apparent also a strong senti-
e aAvor OF total elimination of the
r" lay system as well as in support
anfing Of additional State aid to
~ cprmals.
rsard to the text book law, ma
y me teachers from the smaller
- ness satisfaction Herewith, al
some instances the opinion is
NJ = mat some OF the books adopted
~. ss board could be improved upon.
n from the larger towns are
S,sta opinion on this subject and II.
pated. resolutions are introduced
r. .,s, LUNG the application of the law
slues, irrespective of size, lively
~. VIII follow; but 1t can be safe
that the advocates of such
xili be found in the majority.
ipuon was given the delegates at
III tonight by the faculty OF the
sE ana teachers OF Austin. There
49, representatives OF school book
n houses ON hand. presumably
I rrpose OF anticipating any pro-
IN the text book which may
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Russian Dissenters.

The so-called Greek orthodox popu-
lation Of Russia is permeatsd with
sects Of dissenters Of all possible de-
nominations. II Is estimated that one
third part Of that population belongs
in reality to some branch Of noncon-
formists. Lutherans. rationalists, sab
batarians, Baptists and Anabaptists are
represented In various ways among
these dissenters. many OF whom strive
to return to the principles OF primitive
Christianity. or even to still more an
cient forms OF society represented In
the old testament. The right of free
Interpretation OF the Bible is thus car
ried all over Russia. and there is NO
force which could limit it. Every VII
iage has It's own teachers-men and
women-who interpret the Bible in
their own ways. almost always hostile
to the present state and to the ofYicial
church. A powerful religious move
ment il thus growing in Russia, and II
Ia also bound to work in a not remote
time as powerful force against au.
tocracy.-The outlook.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
woMAN.s FATE.
From the RECORD. Bushnen, ID

From the Record, Bushnell, III,
No woman is better able to speak to 9th.
ers regarding "womnn's fate" than Mrs
Jacob Weaver, of Bushnell, Ill, wife Of ex-
city marshal Weaver. She had entirely
recovered from the illness which kept her
bedfast much Of the time for five or six
years past, and says her recovery is due
to that well known remedy, DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.
Mrs. Weaver is fifty-six years old, and
has lived in Bushnell nearly thirty years
She is of unquestioned veracity and unblem-
ished reputation. The story of her recov-
cry is interesting. She says:
~ suffered for five or six years with the
trouble that comes to women at this time
of my life was much weakened, was un-
able much of the the time to do INV own
work, and suffered beyond my power to
describe. was downhearted and melan-
choly.
Il took many, different medicines, in
fact l took medicine all the time, but
nothing seemed to do me any good.
II read about DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People, and some Of my friends
recommended them highly made nm INV
The silver star., 1898-03-24
THE EXPENSE OF WAR
BIO GUNS COST MONEY.
Costs ~ 900 to Fire . shot-lmmsnse
Amount Of Powder Required.

If no men were lost, II no ships were
destroyed or even damaged, 1t would
cost $2OOO.OOO OF $3.OOO,OOO for am
munition alone to fight first-class bat
tie with modern arms and prOJecties,
and n large part of the $50.OOO.O0O ap-
propriated Yesterday will go for pow
der and shot. An ordinary allowance
Of ammunition for one OF the big guns
costs about as much MS the gun itself,
and any one can realize that we will
need an enormous amount OF powder
before our navy goes to war, Tor 1t
takes nearly half n ton every time one
Of the big thirteen-inch guns is fired.
There We're $50 tons of powder on the
Maine when she went down, and her
magazines were only half filed. The
big battleships and the first-rate cruis-
ers should never go into action without
a supply of from 500 to 500 tons. or.
say, an average of 700. There are elev-
en- Of these battle ships. which togeth-
er require 100 tons. Then there are
sixteen second-class ships which ought
to have 800 tons each in their maga-
zines, or u total of 5000; forty-two
third-rate ships which should have at
least 300 tons each. or a total Of 12,6OO
tons, and seven fourth-rate ships which
should have 200 tons each. or total of
1,4OO tons. Without counting the tor
pedo boats, it requires about 10000
tons of powder TO fill the magazines of
our navy before 1t would be safe TO
send the ships into action.
The sea soast dcfcnses, with their
monstrous eight. ten and twelve-inch
guns require several times as much.
The four-inch rapid-fire rifle requires
sixteen pounds Of powder to carry
projectile weighing thirty-three pounds
four miles. The five-inch gun re-
quires twenty-five pounds. the six-inch
rifle fifty pounds. the eight-inch rifle
$50 pounds. the ten-inch 500 pounds.
and it costs $1,000 every time one of
the ,birteen-nch rifles is fired. There
are four of thesc guns each on the bat
tie ships Indiana. Iowa. Massachusetts
and Oregon.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
SUGAR BEET CULTURE.
The Directors of Chamber of Commerce
Issue u List of Instructions.

The directors OF the Denver Cham
Der of Commerce. after months OF de-
bate and consultation of authorities.
has decided upon the following list of
instructions. which will be mailed to
sugar beet growers all over the state:
Seed may be planted as late as June
18th. The beefs will be ready to har-
vest in October.
Break up land twelve inches deep.
Use no dressing Of any kind.
Irrlgate as soon MS planted.
Not over four irrigations should be
given the crop.
Do not irrigate after August Goth,
as from that date the sugar begins to
accumulate in the beet and growing
should stop. Too much water Is more
injurious than not water enough.
Plant rows eighteen inches apart.
Thin plants to four, five or six
inches.
Begin thinning and wedding when
plants are two inches above ground.
Use half pound OF seed to four rods
of ground
When beets are harvested call in
three neighbors TO measure the ground
and weigh the beets and let them at
test by signing their names.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
KANSAS QUARANTINE LAW
Upheld by Justice Harlan In the Supremt
Court of the United States

Upheld by Justice Harlan In the Supremc
Court of the United states
In the United States Supreme Court
an opinion was handed down Monday
by Justice Harlan in the case of the
Missouri, Kansas 4 Texas Railway
Company VS.. Charles Haber, affirming
the constitutionality and validity OF the
state laws of Kansas prohibiting the
transportation into the state of cattle
affected with Texas fever and provid-
ing for a civil action for damages re-
sulting from an infraction of the law.
These laws Were attacked on the
ground that they were repugnant TO
the constitution of the United states
and also on the ground that domestic
cattle were sufficiently projected by
federal laws. and by regulations OF the
Agricultural Department under the act
establishing the Bureau Of Animal In
dustry. referring to this latter conten-
tion Justice Harlan said: The act
of Congress did not assume to give
any corporation or person the affirma-
tive right to transport from one state
TO another state cattle that were liable
TO impart or capable of communicating
contagious of communicable diseases.
1t was also asserted that the local stat
ute was inconsistent with the inter
state commerce law. On this Justice
Harlan said: 1.-The statute of Kansas
is not we think. in the meaning OF the
constitution. nor any just sense, regu-
lation of tie. commerce among the 9th
er states. 1t was passed in execution
of a power to protect the people in the
enjoyment of their rights of properly
and to provide for the redress OF
wrongs within its limits"
He also laid down the more general
principle that even If the subject of
such regula tions made by the state
under this law, be one that may be tax
en- under the exclusive control of Con-
gress and be reached by national leg
islation. any action taken by the state
that does directly interfere with rights
secured by the constitution of the Unit
ed States or by some valid act OF Con-
gress must be respected until Congress
The silver star., 1898-03-24
New Disease Among Cattle.

peculiar disease prevails among
the cattle of Hall county. Nebraska.
StockInen of the state are much
alarmed, as the disease is spreading
rapidly. A dozen herds In as many
parts OF this county are infected now.
The federal government has rccog-
nized the seriousness Of the disease
and has sent a veterinarian to Ne
braska. The state officials can do
nothing. as the state has no veteri-
marian. The farmers have termed the
disease "hoof rot" because the boof
decays rapidly after the animal con.
tracts the disease. Few native cattle
seem subject to the trouble. 1t was
first noticed In n bunch of Texas cattle
brought TO Hall county by George II.
Monroe. About three ont Of Ave ami.
mails afflicted die within five days af-
ter contracting the plague. Those that
recover rapidly grow new hoofs and
appear as healthy as ever.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

When a man takes Q little wine be
probably takes II for his stomaoh.s
ache.
There IL no rose without thorns. and
no society bud without pins In ha
dress.
Machine politicians, like other ma.
chanics. believe In having q place Tor
every tool.
When n woman tugs at q msa.s
hsart-strings It's apt to pucksr his
purse-strings.
II is a popular superstition suons
theatrical people that bald headed ma
always forge to tho front.
Every time . man 10 found dead IN
. bathroom some people think they
have an additional reason for boyooa.
ting water.
II ID . woman's privilege TO vsar
short-slssved dresses II she wspts n
The constitution Of the United otaHas
says: The right to bear anna sAau
~ ~ 'nfrinssd. Chicago Nsws
The silver star., 1898-03-24

Mrs. Jacob Nearer. pills.
~ have recommended the pills to manv
women who are suffering as suffered
They are the only thing that helped me in
the trial that comes to so many women a
my age MRs. J. HI. EEAyEr.
Subscribed and sworn to befdAe me this
23d day Of October, A. D., 1897.
.. e. Hicks, Notary Public.
When woman is passing beyond the age
Of motherhood, it L. n crisis in her life
Then, II ever, proper attention to hygiene
should be exercised. The attendant suffer
inGs Will disappear and buoyant health will
follow II DIR Williams Pink Pills sre used
These pills exert n powerful influence ir
restoring the system to its proper condi
tion. They contain in condensed form
al the elements necessary to give new
life and richness to the blood,
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Colorado Go,a r,r,.,,.

Colorado is the banner gold producing
state In the Union. Production In 1897
over S2O.WW.OOO. This year promises
to exceed x3O,OOO.OOO. New strike. are
being made every day. Nothing like
II since the days Of 40. Would vol,
know all about these things? Then
send twenty-five cents for n six
months trlnl subscription to the
MINING WORLD. nm elght-pnge II.
lusirnted weekly papcr. Regular sub.
scription. Sl.O n year. The newslest
mining paper In the world. Address
world" +. o. Box 1911. Denver
Colorado
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Ti.Md Steven. AMI the .Iudx,.

Ihad Stevens was once engaged IL
trying ca>c before Judge noted foI
his Ignorance of the law. During tho
trial the judge made ruling which
greatly incensed him. when, witt
hands trembling and his thin face red
dened. he began To tie up his papers
DO l understand" asked the pOmpo,is
Judge. that you are trying to show
contempt for this court?" mo, SIR
reforted Stevens. II am not trying ia
show contempt for this court. On tho
contrary, I'm doing my best TO conceal
it."-Time and the Hour.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
REFUGEES SEEK FOOD.
Floods Drive Thousands from Their
Homes In China.

Homes In China.
From the North China Herald:
About 5000 stalwart Kiangpeh refu-
gees, with their women and children.
who have abandoned their villages ow-
ing to the floods and consequent de-
struction OF their crops last summer.
have recently poured into Soochow and
Ch'angchou procedures. penetrating
within the borders at various points
by boat and by land. When this par
ticuiar army of some 10000 refugees
passed through the territories Of Chin
kiang prefecture bound for the north
east the tidings we're at once flashed
across the wires to the high provin-
cial authorities at Soochow, who I'M
mediately sent orders to the numerous
likin barrier stations in Chinkiang and
Yangchou prefectures to stop at all
hazards the further progress of these
refugees and force them to remain
where they were and await relief sup
plies from Soochow. But in spite OF
all orders for their prevention. even
the troops sent by Governor K'uei
could not stop the invasion Of the ref
ugees into Soochow or Ch'angchou ter
ritories. They simply overrode the
soldiery. who, being forbidden to use
their firearms, were easily pushed
aside by the mere impetus Of the un-
savory mobs OF ragged men. women
and children. and the mob was soon In
full possession OF the districts Of Chin
kuei. belonging to Ch'angchou and
Ch'angshu Of the Soochow procedures.
respectively. 1t appears that the ref
ugees decided to divide themselves into
two bands in order to relieve the pres
sure. and so as also not to be too Sc
we're drain upon any one district,
as that would incite the natives to con-
slider the laws Of self-preservation and
arm themselves en- masse to fight the
refugees. whereas at present II is only
good-humored, passive resistance to
the invasion of the Kiangpeh refugees
where pity for their distress is also
felt by the more fortunate dwellers on
the southern banks OF the Yangtse. The
refugees appear to follow military
rules in forming an encampment, s.eh
as posting guards. etc. at various
points. When they arrive at dis
trict twothirds OF the women and chill
dren at once spread themselves over
the fields and pull up by the roots any
thing planted there-at the present
time generally vegetables, beans, etc.
while a strong force OF men form a
covering party, armed generally with
clubs and slaves. The remainder of
the women. children and men in the
meanwhile approach the villages and
beg" for rice or wheat. although in
many cases II Is not begging but actual
taking what they can without asking
by your leave" In two hours after
the arrival Of the refugees at a village
they are able to get rice and vegetables
ad libitum and feed themselves to the
full. They rarely stay more than for
ty-eight hours at any one place, NOV
ing from village to village and going
in a northeasterly direction, with the
intention, they declare. of appealing
personally to the governor at Soochow
for the wherewithal to tide over the
cold weather.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

What is golf? A queens counsel
lately thus irreverently defined the
game for the benefit of the English
Judge who was hearing a case involv-
ing the playing Of golf: Il believe,
my lord. that the game of golf is played
in irregular fields or waste grounds
with small ball which the player
tries to hit with stick. II he sue
cseds in hitting the ball he spends the
rest OF the day In looking for IT," To
the solemn-faced golfer this description
Of the pastime must seem like trining
with a serious subject.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

The war against gum-chewing begun
BY Bishop Vincent OF the Methodist
Episcopal church is the result OF too
much thought on a very cheap sub
ject. The bishop thinks that to resist
gum is to prepare the young for self
sacrifice Of a more important kind. II
they forego gum they will omit liquor.
and II they let that alone they will
Jet alone other thins. -dually a. bad.
1t is logic. bu.rir~ls foolishness. And.
stra2x. ds 1t seems, the bishop Is 40
.tua1ly in earnest.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

'Is it better" asks St. Louis paper,
TO sue the woman for breach of prom
ise or to shoot the man who mArriss
herr" There is no better" in either
The only sensible way is to grin and
drop the subject What man would ac-
cept damages of that kind? and would
it do him any good to do murder and
get hanged for 1t? There are some
things in this world for which there Is
no remedy, and why seek for that
which doesn't exist?
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Deacon. oh,-e,.a to mlxh k,c.,.

The staid people of Cazenovia, N. Y,
are wrought up over sort Of vita.
scope entertainment. which was adver-
tised to take place under the auspices
of the Baptist Church society. The
:hurch people expected something In
the nature Of innocent tableaux. and
when high-kicking and boxing bouts
were exhibited the brethren called on
the sheriff to stop the show.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

Mr.. Corbett says the punch over his
solar plexus cured entirely bad case
Of dyspepsia from which he had been
suffering. 1t was pretty severe medi-
cine, but no cure can be worse than
that disease. There are thousands who
would be glad TO go into a prize-hght
with such cure in view; but, such il
the power of their misery. the profes
sonal puncher would be very likely
to get knocked out in half the cases.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Innuenr. Of M.vn.,,.,,

Professor Burton Inns published mn in,.r.
esting collection Of Statistics which nr"v.,
inc innucnre that magnetism In exertIi,r in
proving b,rnylnenn. which otherwise wouid
shows that In making n rniIrond runninw
ennt NM west, ns mnny ns thirteen steel
snlls VIII become chrystniiied md break. bc
simi!nriy objected. Thir 1. due 10 the gen. |.
s,sa""m s, "t innsnetism by friction, and 10
III . I,. inc' ,iint ~ the former Instance the
sns sns ris'l OF lhr trnin; whereas In the latter
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Henu,y la lsloo1 Deep.

Clean blood means . clean skjn, Ne
Deauty withoutit. Cnscarsta, Candy CatAar.
tic ciesns your blood and keeps Il clean, b.
stirring up the lazy liver asd driving ail In.
purit,es from the body. Begin to-day 70
and thatsickly bilious compile sxion By takins
Cascarcts, beauty for ten cents. Al drue.
ststs. satisfaction Ruaranteed, iOc. S6c. NJ.
The silver star., 1898-03-24
koen'xcn issy r~sss for 1,e.,..

... ~. photograph. that is the Roentgen rny
,lnpnp,oxrnph. y nm excellent test for gems,
"pnlr rnfn.ts. snpphirrs. and ~ on ali riv"
w,v v,".h ran'ogrmp'i. whcrcn. pnstc lmitst tons
a minutes exposure IN sufiicient In eSii
true from u false stone, " ""
The silver star., 1898-03-24

The bandits who robbed the bank in
broad daylight at Bayard. Neb.. bare
ly got enough money to pay for the
ammunition used in shooting at their
pursuers. They probably didn't count
on being chased.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

Pathetically the Boston Globe ex-
claims; And still another temperance
lecture from the scaffold." The lecturer
realized the embarrassment of taking
drop too much.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

Japan would like to know whether
he death OF the japanese sailors on
the Maine has any connection with
her troubles with Spain in the Philip
ptne islands
The silver star., 1898-03-24

A Kokomo man has come into posses-
sion of an American silver dollar with
two goddesses on it. Lucky man, Most
OF US are satisfied with dollars with
one goddess on them. Kokomo agin
the world
The silver star., 1898-03-24

It is urged that street car conduc-
tors should be provided with seats. II
would be good idea, too. to provide
passengers with them.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

J. Sterling Morton is to call his news
paper The Dynamo" This has the
advantage that any old issue can stu
be called @the current number"
The silver star., 1898-03-24
Farm Department.

silver sentiment in politics, II recent
elections and expressions OF public
opinion may he accepted as indications.
Chicago Record
The silver star., 1898-03-24

mind to try them.
i bought the first
Dox in March. 1897,
and was benefited
from the start.
"A box and q
half cured me com.
pletely, and ! am
now rugged and
strong. i have not
been bothered with
my troubles since
II began taking the
The silver star., 1898-03-24

1t was the last regret of John Coch-
rAne that he couldn't hold over long
enough to paint the sky with his own
funeral Grafton.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

Although women frequently handle
each other without gloves there are no
female pugilists.
The silver star., 1898-03-24

The Denver Times says: "An Indian
chief will sell anything but his blan-
ket" He is completely wrapped up
in It.