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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-07

the Mater Misericordia hospital. Orders
have been Issued by the Cemetery commit
tee for the Immediate extension OF Gas
nevin cemetery. The works are being
executed with the utmost dispatch II IL
perhaps unnecessary to explain that two
paragraphs about quite different matters
had got mixed
There are other printers errors, which,
like the sprat that looked like a s1rdine,
are not perhaps printers errors a, all. but
only very steep fences. NJ. Me.ine. the
French prime minister. Is a smart man
In these days, when the price Of bread
shows a decided tendency to rise. he has
difficult part 10 play. The urban popula-
lions have 10 be reassured on this point,
while the rural populations have 70 BE-
kept quiet with promises OF dear corn.
Now, 1t happens that NJ. Meliue delivered
a speech recently on the subject and his
speech has been placarded all over France.
In II he spoke Of measures contemplated
by the government. but an error crept
into II. In some placards he was made to
speak OF measures for lowering the price
of bread and In others measures OF raising
the price OF bread, and by a strange COIN
cidenee the former were posted in the
towns and the latter In the rural districts.
On being asked for an explanation NJ. Me-
line readily declared that 1t was all due
to n printers error. In reality he SPOKE OF
raising the price OF breadstuffs: but a cer-
yain number OF copies had been struck off
with an allusion to lowering the price and
in order not to waste them he ordered
them to be posted IN the towns. whore
nobody ever reads them"
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49,. -
FISHING THE GtAB GAME.

The dispatches ,dcil us that Senator Davis
the chau.rsan of tho foreign affairs com.
mittee In tho Federal senate, has given no
ice tlat he VIII have the Hawaiian an
nexation uea,y taken up in secret sssicon
monday next und considered daily until
disposed OF one way or tho other.
The determination OF the senate In this
matter VIII be watched with special utter
est because 1t is the first distinctIyely aa-
ADMINISTRATION measure upon which the cen
Gtors VIII act, and the conclusion NH
show whether Mr.. Mckinley has his party
well In hand In the upper house. il has
been said IN the past few days that soy
eral changes in the attitude Of certain sen.
atpis toward tho treaty have occurred
since the summer and that the promoters
OF annexation now feel confident OF win
ming Senator White, who opposed ,atiti.
cation vigorously few months anu. aud
Senator Hoar. also In opposition to the
treaty. are reported to have weakened CON
siderabiy, while those who have favored
The scheme from the first are pointing ia
the greater necessity now than ever TO
raish our power into the Pacific, Ia view
81 the developments IN the Far East
y y more than likely under these cir
cumstances that the treaty viii be ratl.
si1sd and The adventures and spectators
"a Hawaii be made happy. Unquestionahly
the action q Germany and Russia towards
China has strengthened the annexation
project The fear that some ambitious and
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POINTS AHOlT pEOPLE.

King Humbert OF Italy carries life In
suranoe to the amount OF 81, 800, 900.
James NJ. Swank has completed twenty
five years Of continuous service as secre-
tary OF the American Iron and Steel assoc
citation. and IN the oditorship of its Bull
letin.
Bishop Whitaker OF Pennsylvania will
address a union meeting of clergymen TO
be held at the Fourth Avenue church. New
York, on January 10.
John Russell Young, librarian Of con-
gress, Is reported as saying that tho ex-
pertinent of employing women IN tho IL
ES Senator Joe Blackburn OF Kentucky
Ia spending the holiday season in Wash
inston, and local paper gives the pub
lie tho assurance that he is In good health.
nigh spirits and entertains The kludllest
feelings toward all mankind
Irving Hale, who has just been appoint
ed hrigadier general OF the Colorado mill
Tia, is wei SHOWN TO officers in the army
ms the man who went through West PoInt
with the highest standing ever attained.
He resigned several years ago, after five
years service in the engineers
Lord Hartford. who has Just been an
pointed governor general OF Canada. began
OFFICIAL lie as page. was afterward lord
IN waiting and stiil later controller OF the
household OF the queen His salary will
be about $4,000 a year and allowances will
amount to us much more.
II is learned on excellent authority that
General Miles is planning to hold a mill.
tary tournament In New York this winter
IKE the one held in the Madison Square
Garden last winter The troops OF tho
sixth Cavalry at Fort Meyer aud OF tho
Third at Fort Ethan Allen are already
pracueing for the event.
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NEW METROPOLIS BIGNEss.
The Statistical Fiend HIS Bccn Get
ding In HIS work.

From New York Letter
1t is quite safe to predict that within a
few years the new New York will be the
world The rapid growth OF the metropolis
in the past, and the excess In her rate OF
progress over that OF London, warrants
this assumption. The FIRST white child was
born on Manhattan Island in 1914. Then
London was one of the greatest OF Euro
nean cities. Today not only has New York
moved UP to second place, but the popula
!icn Of her enlarged limits Is Increasing
az the rate of 3l5 a day, while Greater
London can only boast OF an increase OF $50
day, according 10 students OF vital
statistics.
In taking her place, for the present.
next TO the English capital, New 70 TX
passes the ancient continental clies
which prior to the consolidation of the
municipalities making up the greater ely,
held second and third places in the list
OF the worlds largest centers of population
The total population of the city born on
New Years day is 3,3SS.SS4, of which Man
haitian contributed 1851, 4S6; Brooklyn, H.
100000; Bronx, the growing annexed dis
trict above the Harlem, 1856 li6; Queens,
the region so long ruled by Hon. Patrick
Jerome Gleason, 1926, 20i, and Richmond.
fi''AitSlut anu IloHllblnE otdtcu leidDu'
6i0Sl, Its total area Is 193. $50 acres, as
compared with only 7i,6T2 acres claimed
by London 1920 by Paris, and 1862 by
Berlin, in spite of which a section Of
th!rty-two acres of the territory OF Greater
Now York, In the borough of Manhattan, is
admittedly the most thickly populated snot
on the surface of the globe.
Tho New York OF today contains as many
people as were in the whole OF the thirteen
colonies when they declared their indie
pendenee,
One of the several statistical cranks
who have been dissertiug New York ever
since 1t became perfect body polite has
discovered that lined up shoulder to Shout
der in single file. ths great army would
extend 1000 miles across the country to ST.
Louis, while IL the people were placed in
procession TWO abreast and marched PAST
n given point, without stopping day or
night. there would still be more to pass
three weeks aft the start was made. Ac-
cordiue to another statistical hend, death
occurs every seven minutes of the day and
night in the enlarged metropolis. while a
babe is born every six minutes Fully two
thirds OF those who make up the populption
OF the greater city are either foreigners
by birth or young children born In this
country OF foreign parents It is common
saying that person can always fnd some
one from his native town or village here
II one cares to look him up.
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No Diphtherin AT Rock Islnnd.
To the Edltor OF The Post

Rock Island, Colorado County. Texas
January THE report from Columbus
which appeared In The Post this morning
that ] was authority for the REPORT TINT
there were several cases OF dlphtheria in
Rock Island and that two had died of that
disease and others Seriously afflicted .
that forty school children had been ex
losed to the cor,agon," Is unjust to me
damaging to Rock Island and entirely uu-
true In the main The facts are: / was
called to attend a sick child in the family
ct MI Moore, who resides two or three
miles from Rock Island, last Tuesday a d
round well defined case OF dlphtheris.
~ was too late to do much 10 save them
ana Two children died. Two others in the
same family similarly affected are row
oonvalescent and out OF danger.
There has not been Il single case or avn,
suspicious case In Rock Island and no
cue In or near Rock Island exposed. n
was not the Rock Island school that was
mentioned in The Post article, but litt,e
private school IN Mr.. Moore's neighbor-
hocd, This family was not from Nebrask,
or any other Northern State but came =
lew weeks ago from near Schulenburg. In
this State. -
will also mention the fact that l,r
walker, deputy Safe health officer mr..
rived TINS morning and together We drove
out 20 Inspect the situation. DR.. Walker
az once agreed with ms that 81 Is diph-
theria, but with present arraneemergs ~
isolation aGd fnmigatlon no further dan
ger Is apprfhended. The cases that have
been exposed are all confined 10 Mr.
Moore's neighborhood.
J. ". Reed. NJ. d.,
Local Health Onicer.
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ERRORS or Type,


A comrositor who was better acquainted
with the geography OF the West than with
biblical lore sci up the phrase From
Alpha TO Omega" as from Alton IA
Omaha" and possibly found himself com
pslied 10 start for those places next morn
ing.
shorty af,er the battle OF Iukerman one
OF the London morning papsrs INFORMED
Us readers that after a desperate struggle
the enemy Was ropulsed with great laugh
Ter and only few days ago the Daily
Chronicle of London announced that o,s
Of the officers on the Indian frontier had
died from his Words '
There is charm about unconscious
nuinor which can never BE- cqualed by any
amount Of in,entional effort II was An
irish newspaper that according Ia Mac
milians Magazine, once published iris
hlshly detamatory paragraph. "pr. r. ms
Deem appointed resident medical officer 10
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HOUSTON, ralDAY, JAN. Z. ISIS.
..TEN PAGES TODAY
PUBLICATION or PENSION ROLLS.


Whom tho proposition to publish the
penaion lists was first made, The Post
rather doubted whether this action would
accomplish much good or be worth the
heavy expense Of the work, but certain
facts have come 10 light within the past
few days that are calculated 10 change this
opinion 10 considerable extent.
Tho commissioner OF pensions announces
that no has received several letters since
the proposition 20 publish the lists has
been mcoted, requesting thai the names
OF the writer's DO stricken from the rolls
and number Of claim agents and pension
attorneys arc protesting against such Il
publication on the ground that the vet
erars would not Ike to have their in
frmitles aud "mutilatlons" paradcd be-
fore the public! In word the source Of
opposition to tho publication of the lis
Is enough to Impress the country with
tho conviction that there is abundance OF
rottpnness on Tho rods which interested
parties are sollcitous to keep covered
from the public eye.
II such publication Is to be made how
ever, II should be complete In all tho de-
tails of Information relating to each PEN
sioner-the name company and service Of
veterans, from what polna enlisted, dis
abilities and where received. amount of
pension and how obtained; tho dates OF
marriage of widows. whether second or
first wife, number of minor Children at
death OF tho father, or at the close of the
war and all such Items as would enable
tho public easily 10 spot q fraud. A mere
string OF names with the kind of pension
drawn. would be waste OF time, purpose
and money and could easily defeat the
object In view.
The lists should not be prepared alpha
petically. either, but by towns and oiyil
districts, SO that the papers In different
localities could quickly repubilsh that por-
lion OF the report OF special interest TO
their readers IL would be a good iden In
mention officially the total enlistment
deaths. wounded and deserted and sueh
ottief facts as have recently given rise 10
so much public discussion AMI inonlry.
publication prepared on tho lines sue.
gested might be OF much value IN onnblins
tbe public 10 detect fraud and expose I'M
worthy pensioners. And we should like To
nave 1t early. II we are to have II so as
70 prevent any moro annual appropriations
amounting to $3.50 COO. 600.
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Regular Features.
chicarn Record


Into 1898 We step as into the dark. For.
ward through tho days and weeks md
months we look, not knowing what VIII
turn up nor who win be turned down
me history OF the year ahead is a mys-
terry which time alone can fathom. nut
on general lines history repeats itself
There are events which, having occurred
regularly from time TO time, lead one 10
venture : few predictions with some degree
o! assurance. Thinking OF the past and
.cokirg To the future causes the e.ose oh.
server OF events 10 wonder with some
curiosity on few things which he feels
certain will happen For instance
How many times during 1898 VIII DUR
rant be sentenced TO hang?
How many times will Spain pacify Cnbs ,
Also how many times during the year VIII
the insurgents be heard laundering M
the gates Of Havana?
How many times win that staunch old
slayer, John sherman resign?
JUST as matter OF curiosity. how many
times viii the date 81 the feader ordi-
nance enforcement be POSTPONED?
How many times viii Mr. Spaiding,s
bank Pay the depositors in fuIlg
How many more offices will Van Cleayc
spread himself over all at one and the
same times -
How many freak ordinances win Al
derman Plotke Introduce?
How many canals will be constructed
connecting the river with the lake?
How many times viii Captain Arson
sever his connection with ths Chirasa
Colts and how many times will he win
me gandy pennant before taking his raves
How many ZINES viii Fitxsimmons 20.
llre from the prize ring. and how many
battles herce viii corbett fight and win
"''u MS noutn' Janus.
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about the four central stars. Muts
this, the surrounding region. over y \ !.
equal in extent to the bowl OF tne Y
Dlpper, has been found by Professor "
ard. using a short-focus lens and ~
loag exposure, to abound in fiecM
wsps OF family luminous nebulous "
What ''nebulous matter Is, is one 2.
questions that are now exercising ~
omers. Photography and the specus,
have thrown considerable light wv.
subject and are likely to throw sur 4
Sir Norman Lockyer says that neou..s'
'nebuloslties" are due to clouds OF n'
ties, the collisions OF which pfodp%'
heat and light which causes the ~
glow, and many, though not an AZ
omers, think that Lockyer has con
close to the true explanation. ms
aG present one of the most intesy
questions of astronomy. MI
Mercury will be in inferior conlu,5]
with the sun--wiil lie between vs. ~ WI
sun--on the 9Th. After that date u W
morning star, but II will not p
until about the middle cf the mop+'
the 10th 1t will be at its greatest eios3r
west OF the sun--about 25 degrees.
Venus and Mars are now less thau 2
grees apart. both morning- stars ~
near the sun 70 be visible.
Jur VI, In the constellation Win
rises at midnight. Henceforward hp*I
tober IS II will be an evening star
gath this planet Will be stationa1xs'
thereafter IT'S movement will bs retts III,
Saturn and Uranus. in the cons.rs.
scorpio, are morning stars. rising e
3 and a, m.
Neptune is ain evening star, 10
about degrees west OF the star wn~S
the Bulls southern horn. .mh
On the 7th OF this pionth there W.
partial eclipse Of the moon, yislple
Central and Easterl parts q tns M
States. About one dxth o. the moo,
amster vail be echpsed. The ecip
bFgln at 5.47 p. M, and will last on*
and .hirty-six minutes.
The eclipse OF the sun on the SiI1l
not be visible In any part OF Ame5"
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rnE MUNICIPAL CAMr AIGN.


Now that the municipal campaign 10
Houston has been formally ineusuratet by
the announcement OF one candidate and
| his Endorsement bv a public gathering oil
| his friends and supporters. II Is timely
for The Post confident that 1t voices the
feeling OF the majority OF the voters OF the
| city. to enter a suggestion AGAINST the
| pitching OF the contest upon any other
| lines than ain intelligent discussion OF pub
| lie issues OF Importance to the city.
without reference to any candidate now
In the field. or hereafter TO, announce, or
any utterances heretofore made. and IN no
one,s interest. The post enters this pro-
tent against what Is properly termed
! mud. throwing" campaign. and warns
those who may project their candidacy or
cause upon such basis. that they VIII
fall OF tho Endorsement of the overwhelm-
Ing sentiment Of this city
we have reached point In local his
tory and development where vital dues
lions demand attention that could only be
obscuied. or lost sight OF. should the com-
paign be shifted from measures TO Il bitter,
mud throwing. low-fiung contest between
individuals. Buffalo bayou Improvement,
paved streets. public works OF various de-
scrtptipns. the public health. efficient police
management and public economies and
business propositions Of many kinds. arc
now vital issues Ia houston and the citi-
zens can III afford TO cptrust their inter-
este To men incapable OF discussing these
matters on high and intelligent plane
and 10 the utter exclusion of rabd porson-
alitics.
Houston has too long suffered from the
struggles between factions. and there is
no better time than the present FOR the
progressive. Intelligent. patriotic elements
in the city 20 cry down the old style OF
campaign and demand of candidates. for
all offices, that they shall announce a
definite-n aud explain and cjivocatc
II TO The EXCLUSION of minor or personal
differences. or factional prcjudices.
The interests of Houston can not afford
another mud throwing oontest at this
juncturc We need calm discussion
of policies by the best intelligence of the
community. followed BY an honest. pro-
gressve administration OF affairs.
Judge BNsh.,r. who has already mn
nounccl for mayor. and MIR. Rice. who
Will doubtless soon follow with his an-
nouncement are both honorable aud repre.
sentative citizens. and II is To the Interest
OF each to impress their respective support
crs with such views as The Post has lust
expressed
All candidates will owa It to the city they
seek to serve to place the pending cam
palgn upon decent. impersonal and
strictly business plane. To fail In this
particular, The Post repeats. viii be TO do
themselves rs well as Houston sorioup
injury. for the public is In no humor for
an exhibition of the lower phase OF ward
politics at thia time.
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our or rmE MOUTHS or BABES

MY grandpa had a perplexity fit yes
terdoy,' sad ittGe Bessie 10 her play
mate.
,"Pemlexity fitt' exclaimed the otnet.
II guess you mean parallel stroke, don't
why. Clara" said inother 10 her
little i-year-old daughter. "wnAt ave you
putting ON yoair stockings wroas ~lGe out
I've dot to, mamma" rspliei the lttle
lady,. "tos dere is n hole on dc odder
side"
You must mind" said the nurse to lit
Tie 5-year-o.d Flossle, "or you WIN 20 to
the bad place when you le"
Flossle.
TO heaven, hope" was the reply.
IVY" exclaimed F.oss.e IN surprise,
DO bod hire nurse dirls, too7'
The little 5-year-oid son OF a politician
ing when procession of Siia1ay school
children marched past on their way to at
teild 4 rcnic. On being told who they
were lie exclaimed.
oh, bet GoG is elected an they're
goin' 10 jclllfy"
Little Mabel. aged /, who, WIS visiting
her aunt N the country, had developed a
great tondnesS for milk. One day. having
drank as much as her aunt thought good
for her, she was tod that sha n1uid not
have any more.
II don't see what you want TO he SO
sunny with your Old mix for" she ca
claimed. There's two whole -owf us cut
in HE barn"
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lions Will cost several millions more. and
the revenues from the islands Will be re-
quircd 10 maintain a navy yard. military
post and Territorial governmental In
deed. they will be sufficient to meet such
an expense. Our advantage, therefore, as
will be seen, will be purely military one
obtained at great cost.
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HoaorahIy Acaaltted.

colmesneih Texas, January 90
Goodrum OF Houston county, on 2
the district court at woodviIle e.
TWO days on charge Of embesss
was acquitted BY the Jury this as
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GOSSIP OF GAY

New York. January 4 ~
of the new city Is $685., ols .saf
s232. 11e. 1928. The total INA
year is s62, s20.Ss2. Greatrless
but consolidation pays.
The ladies billiard room =
torla is more than paying ,,'a|f!
penses. In quiet spot unde, r
of the palatial hcstelry, e hand.
lor has been fitted UP for woms, b
handle the cue. and here Lentss r
and pool parties are expected "A H.
the devotions OF the exclusiys ii
| the room Will not be q free fos..r|
ladies bar Is close by, and VIZ i
tables are going the demand a, 4
necks" makes the barmen hustlc
The Greater New York entert 2.
corporate existence without ~.
rear of o. water famine. Thar. =
miles Of water mains; the suora,
Croton, Bronx and Byram wat;
40o,O0O,0O0 gallons a day. n N
there are $50 miles of water 49,
capacity Of the watershed X ~
gallons day. Long Island en-
piled by private company abis't]
ish daily 100000 gallons. In IN
there is a total supply OF abouf'i h
gallons a day. The brewers N
Tho la rpast rppsttn, ORG ~
The number of tho new city, IN
will go beyond 10000, an army
ers larger than the regular arm
United States. OF this number L N
timated that over $500 will wear N
form of the police and about tO0o I
habited in the white OF the str9&i !,
ers' brigade, now commanded MI
Mccartney. who says he fully rc6jh'
great responsibility CT the office. ~
hopes to profit by Colonel WaripYs)
excellent innovations. The new y
this job will sweep the streets d ?
boroughs.
Tammany men say that John Ac0
will be chief of police of Greats
York; that it was settled monbl
when Richard Croker. accompaad
Andrew Freedman, called on McCuS
police headquarters. McCullagh n
pointed acting Chief by the new I'D
New Years Day. and the full I'D
be given to him, it is said, as soon i
poration Counsel Whalen counter11
work of ex- Mayor Gleason of Lonk
City, who recently made SO many
men that the commissioners have
cess on hand.
People who correspond with fris
business firms in the greater city
stick to the old addresses IL they
wish to bother the postoffice peop
course letters addressed to the bu
will reach their destination, Tut III
risk of being delayed. From /.
point Of view, as far as the orgnk
of the delivery departments Is Coz,
the new city does not exist. Il
Naw yorl, offica Tho pronl,I,, 40,
long island nfticos ,nd nthar "a. IA
ouaers nn,,nty are a;s,ino,in ~ ~
nrgo ,i,,tions co sor tha;,. i ,aas,
srv svstems aro concerned r. AZ.
ihair anvaIones min ~ % = N,
line. +
II
over on SECOND avenue there y !
'tiei'neru WHO thrlVes nlceiy WY
i'ooh' oupi' is MS sore icoherloutor,a
niue goa Oh love Keeps the WY
'he uoor OF the parsonage. Lake Au
prolessiohai man. hylhen hrst y
in the big city hangs out his 9
which bears the words. "F. j, Sch
ns,or, pos;aa h;s lou, dosL ho u.
ne two hear,s th,, Iorg to he,tss
aad ~ aaas M, ,~a,, n vain las
he hrni,e tho reccrd nv making 1910
he o at sss an aver,ga ~ nearl,
cou,ias dov All 6sb core 10 ii
a nd al, Lave With The "hless-yo,,- M,
dror" rtnatns IN Their ours For i
800 he has hean nlnneinv neonj,
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Tho Grand Old Mans" eghty-eighth birth
day passed this month without the usual
comment. Is Mr.. Gladstone at last getting
into the worlds chimney corner while
younger, though smaller men IRE pressing en-
to public notiea2
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A good bankruptcy law designed to meet
one Of the pressing business wants OF the
Nation, waits in the National house, while
the members discuss the question Of office
holding ana spoils.