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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Secretary Long of the navy is partial
believer in female suffrage, on which b.
has recently written ali article.
Tho prince of Wales has introduced an in
novaticn in the way of neckties. 1t Is
red and covered with small white maltese
crosses.
Aubrey Beardsley's original drawings
have made their appearance at London
auctions. The first lot since the artists
death sold for from $500 to $500 piece.
General Otis. the commander Of our
forces in the Philippines, is said to ba
man of lacunic speech, who rarely utiers
more than one short sentence at time,
but who manages to make that sentence
episrammatic and full of meaning.
Miss Helen Sargent is president of the
Art Workers Club for Women, new or
ganization formed in New York to improve
the social status of the artists model =,
give to the model at least portion OF 'nc
honor gained by the picture.
One of the many spear thrust wnica
killed Lieutenant Robert Grenfell az om,
durham penetrated through both onier ana
inner eases of his watch, when was was, ,n y.
stopped at $3.50 The timepiece VIII "
mounted as an inkstand for use by 'n'
soldiers widow.
Attorney GeDeral ClaDtush VI '.oat
who is mentioned as successor TO lne sess
on the district supreme court benen, h a,s,
held by Senator elect McComas, IS l u'i
past 40 years of age, and ii appolnt2u M
be the youngest man who ever ooHups
the position. :,
Though 90 years of age Uncle p'es
Thompson of Terre Haute, Ind ohcS sss
Rotary of the navy, and long con CONF Ma
man. is still wonderfully hale, though ni
figure is now somewhat bent. lie evil, s,,ib
in congress- with John Quincy Adans' Via ia
Lincoln. Webster, Calhoun ana Clay
is an inyeterate smoker.
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BEREsFoRD's MISSION.
All He Seeks Is II Commercial All
nncc with America.

All He Seeks Is Commercial Ali
nncc with America.
Chicago, February 17.--Lord Charles
Beresford arrived in Chicago shortly be-
fore 8 o'clock this afternoon. At the
Northwestern station he was met by John
j. James, Cyrus II. Mccormick, Nj. L.
Stone, II. ]. McFarlane and w. c. Nib
lack of the Commercial club and driven
to the Auditorium hotel. Lord Beresford
declined to talk of the Philippine dispute
further than TO say: Whatever the Amer
lean people do with the matter, you may
depend on 1t will be for the best inter-
ests of the American people and not with
out due regard for the welfare OF the
islanders
Bearing on the purposes of his trip,
Lord Charles said 1T is not well. |
think, TO call the movement by 50 harsh
term as a proposition for an alliance.
That would be construed to include an
alliance for defense and offense. and
think the American people would reject
the proposition without ado. You sec we
might get into some trouble over in Eu-
rope. and the Americans would very right
fully inquire: What have we to do with
thatE My FIRST proposition was for a
commercial alliance France and Russia
are not included, because they are not
essentially manufacturing countries such
as the United States. Germany and Great
Britain. England is essentially a trading
nation as is the United States. Trade
in China is largely scratched on the sur
face. and We want a commercial alliance
for the opening up OF that trade.
Lord Beresford will leave here for
Washington Sunday afternoon,
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their party nominee and supported
Hawloy, on the ground that being a repupi-
ley would have an oyershaiowing influence
In procuring from the republican congress-
big appropriations for Velasco harbos and
Hawley gets nothing for the Colorado. and
only survey FOR VoiaAco, whila Tom BAH.
lioustou's democratic congressman. gets s3li;
900 for the Buffalo bayou ship canal Don
our Hawleycratic friends begin to feel mat
they have been made victims OF misplaced
conHdenceg-=A atagcrda County Tribune
There never was anything in all this talk
about a republican congressman being able
because Of his politics. to do so much more
than his colleagues. That wos campaign
talk Mr.. tiawicy Is doing good work for his
constituents. and no doubt has come fully UP
to the expectations OF those who sent him
there
Ex -Goyernor Hogg Is right. we think, In
opposing now State constitution but some
Of his reasons are foolish ones. For. cS-
ample he says the press want liberal IBERIA me- ,i
the newspapers be protected against black
fnailers aud rufnans az well as any other
business -Burntt Bulletin
That's right There has been no objection
TO Colonel Hogs's attitude on tho subject II
was TO the arguments" he used and his
attack upon Otncih iusl aS hohN"s -" -
that caused tho criticism
The Enterprise. OF the Free state Oh van
zpn6t and several offers OF the weekly press
are lsmbasting Representative Bailey OF the
state Legislature for introducing bill pro
viding for the purchase by the state oil II
nortrait OF ox-Governor Culberson. the as
sumption apparently being that It Is some,
,birp out of the usual order of things ana
intended as discriminating compliment 10
senator Culberson. Thsy should Know ina
Texas has purchased portraits Of all her OK
presidents and ex-governors and they con-
s,,tute an interesting and valuable gallery IN
,ba rbra.y of the capitol. None are more de-
serving of Il place there than Will be one Oh
Senator Culbcrson.
Tbn Galveston News gave a detaliea avs1,nu'
OF the fight at Manila IN us lssue ., W. n,her
t,yenty-four hours IN advance OF any o,,es
nv, ming napers in tho State. When y suni re
~, ,,,tny the news promptly the ola lauy W
the sea generally gets there with p .'. >,
Th,s instance Ia only one oil SEVERN $500
made by the News over Its morning coh'eP'
rariss--El Campo Eagle y,
'rhe Post owns up, 1t was scoopeu. ~
seems that the New York sun scooped all It's
contemporaries on the item, and then' as
r,,a, the New York Journal stole IT anu
rave il to our 'rexas contemporary But inc
las, sentence of the I'll Campo paper VIII pro
woke a smile from readers OF the uin'reh'
Texas newspapers.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. -
BRYAN RAPS MklNLEY.
sarcastcalIy Points Out the Very Weak POINTS III
the Presidents Colonial Policy.

Grand Rapd Mich 17coone Bryan spoke here tonight under
rmS Ne astod wbv certainly could
occurred unde repuoh
ebe prosperous ana happF,
policy that
o
,o friends that touh 10
blessings benehcn
among 'ououVu OF peo-
the republican poh as 'a"
policy nave ever
when the people
nolcv last night at
the happiness ana welfare
nothing 70
friends TO me Nnas We
hold those
by aute s.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

MIR. burton now has autheatc information
about The port OF Galveston which he should
have hn,l before ne let his mouth SO. Calves
TOT wonld werone haroor Improvements at
Texas City, provided they DO not Interfere
with the maintenance OF ito present channel,
tut Galveston could net Sit silently by tnd
sec these improvements made upon the pre-
tense OF inadequate facilities and grinding mo.
MOI olies bere.-Calyeston Tribune.
This OF course refers to the replies of the
people Of Galveston, formulated through their
cotton exchange, to some Questions asked by
Hon r. Il, Burton, chairman of tho rivers
and iarbors committee, and published in the
Galveston papers Of the 18th instant The
Tribune in the above characterization OF those
answers rresumes TO an unwarrantcd degree
upon the lack OF information, not to say in
telligeneo OF MIR. Burton, for never was
thure more disingenuous, insincere, misleading
statements sent forth to deceive, The real
facts sought by MIR. Burton are, in these an
swtrs. either eyndod or misstated In man
ner which. in the end, will recoA upon those
who have purposely attempted to mlsead an
honeIsble member OF congress seeking con-
scicntiously TO do his duty to the public.
Tie members OF the legislature will mnks
tho greatest mistakes OF their lives II they
liiow the bill introduced Wednesday IN tho
houst at Austin to Increase the beer tax and
I CeCl ease tho whisky tax, Beer Is a taNorlte,
heAlthful beverage, while whisky Is Just the
reverse, The TAX ON beer should be decreased,
or to be fair 1t should be eliminated alto
gether,-Galvoston Opera Glass.
There Is q good deal OF reason in the above,
just why the legislature would want to re-
duco the tax on whisky and Increase II on beer
is hard TO understand
/. Is pleasurable 10 note that on the vots
10 Increase the army every Texas representa-
tive except our own Hawley Is on record
egainst it,-Sehulenburg Sticker,
M IIawley simply voted with his party.
lust as everybody who knew him knew be
would do.
OK Governor Hogs IN anything that no says or
does He has but little or ms regard for God
o. man. and we claim 10 have regard Tor both
lie opposes nsttuuonal convention. In
thlJ We agree with him.-fiastrop Paper
No doubt the ex-governor appreciates ths
great compliment thus conveyed.
~
Texas has a constitution that Is robust ana
iiorld VIII some astute smart Aleck altenpt
20 tear Il down? There Is a bug under tbs
chip aud sooner or later he will be uneov-
ervd r-Cumanche Chief.
There are a species Of BUGS IN tbia world
thai require very small chips to cover.
49,
During mo late campaign the velasro
World and tnany other professed democrats
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GREATER THAN GOVERNMENT
Standard Oil Company Again Refuses to Produce
It's Books on an Order from Court

Cleveland 1.-THE Oil
o
be to
a of
half
of
the N April o
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TRUNK LINE RATES
Conference Announces that Tariffs
Are Being Maintained.

Conference Announces that Tarifs
Are Being Maintained.
Washington, February II. The couier-
ence here yesterday between the trunk line
railway presidents and the interstate
commerce commission closed the confer
ences here for the present except In the
event OF a radical change in freight rates
The report OF the conference, 1t is stated,
has been that every road has maintained
the rates mutually fixed. Many roads, 1t Is
stated, have put in new tariffs TO conform
To these of other roads. This general
uniform movement, it is added, has brought
about considerable reduction. in the pub
lished rates. The observance OF the NJ
duction in these published rates, which
now is general and complete Throughout
the trunk line territory, is stated to DO
almost unprecedented.
Shippers in some Instances are asking
further revision of rates from the sched-
ule which went into effect February /.
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pointed Ignacio Suarez governor. lowered
duties and organized his army. On Sun
day number OF Americans and other
foreigners joined him. and company was
organized, commanded by j. c. Kennedy
OF the Louisiana Field Artillery, New
Orleans. with Captain Fossgard of the
Sealy Rifles. Galveston. Texas, and Burt
umstatt. an Indian scout as leutenants.
Reyes has 1000 Remington rifles and
plenty of ammunition.
Saturday night Reyes and $50 men left
for Greytown but their boat struck shoals,
SO they marched overland to Roma which
will require three days. The rebels seized
the lake steamer and q Hotchkiss gun.
News from tbs interior says that the
insurgent army is growing steadily.
The Marietta had not arrived up to
February 10,
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HOUSTON, SATURDAY. FED. 10. 1890
TEN PAGES TODAY
THE MANCHESTER CANAL ExAMpLt


Some people in this section have, from
time to time, affected to see in the pro-
&posed Buffalo ship channel parallel case
TO the Manchester canal in England, and,
arguing that the latter was failure, have
questioned the possible utility of the bayou
Improvement.
This argument can at last be turned
latest reports from the Manchester canal
show that 1t is at last beginning to meet
tho expectations of its builders and pro-
motors. The Manchester canal was nvow-
eddy constructed to break down the mo-
nopoly of the port of Liverpool and the
high charges at that port upon importers.
as well as to retain relief from railways
from Manchester and the surrounding
country to Liverpool. Parliament provid-
ed that 1t should become a public trust II
its shares were in danger of being gobbled
up by the roads.
The locations of Galveston and Houston
are much like the relative positions of
Liverpool and Manchester, and the condi-
tLons are not unlike those that led to the
building OF this canal At first the water
way did not pay. 1t cost more than twelve
times as much as the Buffalo bayou ship
channel will cost and had millions OF
capital stock upon which dividends were
expected. The sharp rivalry of the rail-
ways made its business for some years
scant.
In our case the government makes the
Investment and expects no dividends OK
cept as the nation profits by added port
facilities, cheaper rates and increased COM
merce.
In the case of the English canal, too
only a great city and a limited scope OF
territory were to be benefited, and to feed
the canal with business. The Buffalo shlr
channel is to assist in handling the COM
merce Of the great State of Texas anc
the middle and Northwest. into which {
dozen Englands could be dumped.
But in spite of poor beginnings and oper
hostility from Liverpool and the railways
and limited commercial interests to serve
the Manchester canal has steadily gainet
business until an English writer in re
cent issue OF the Railway Age tells II
that last years traffic paid all expense
and for maintenance and interest on de
benturcs. The volume of business is s
rapidly growing that another year is sx
peoted to bring dividends In other words
the Manchester canal has now become
success.
An important point mentioned by tn
same writer is that the canal is steadil.
increasing the business and development
of Manchester!
We can begin to imagine from this stor,
what the Buffalo ship channel would no
only show In year or two in the way o
business. but what It would do for TIL
section In quickening trade and industries
We may have our Liverpools and on
railways to fight. but the improvement Il
30 necessary. SO feasible and so promising
that success must come at last.
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Russia recently appointed United States
secretary of the interior, arrived today
from abroad on the steamer Teutonic.
Asked for some information concerning
the czar's peace proposition, he said: He
is perfectly sincere and in the calling OF
the conference has taken the first step
toward the adjustment of militartsm.
Secretary Hitchcock will assume his
new duties Immediately on reaching Wash
inrton
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ton of the United Mine Workers has agreed
to furnish half the capital
DoNALDsoNVILLE. La--Albert Tate. col
orod. aged %. was hanged at the pafisa iail
for the murder of Lattie Brooks, his para
mour whom he shot to death on June 8.
1897 in the Calafel road on Bayou Lafourche.
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pines as we arc to treat Cuba sun, with
that fine instinct OF the accomplished
politician, the president insists that at last
congress must determine the fate OF these
possessions--the responsibility must rest
upon other shoulders than hist When Mr.
Mckinley fails 10 shift responsibility
there is but one side to the question.
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pines as we arc to treat Cuba. sun, with
that fine instinct OF the accomplished
politician, the president insists that at last
congress must determine the fate OF these
possessions-the responsibility must rest
upon other shoulders than hist When Mr.
Mckinley fails TO shift responsibility
there is but one side to the question
- -
A bill. properly framed and honestly de-
signed, 70 protect Nah and game in this State,
woulu 30 good billto enact into law aud Il
wise MEASURE to strictly enforce after becom-
ing a law The trouble is in tho enforcement.
officers and good citizens generally fail to
appreciate the Importance OF the preservation
OF fish and game. The danger is that they
may learn valuable lesson IN the premises
watn Il lis too late
The rilipinos nov appear to greatly prefer
the homeopathic treatment
owing to tho popular cutlery against his de-
Tense OF the Spanish peace commission Senior
Rios has resigned tho presidency of the gem
alto Mt Madrid II would be interesting to
speculate In this connection on the extreme
difference In the thickness of the hides oil
men like Rios and Algcrl
The Arm Of Dewey & Otis continue to do a
rushing business In the Philippines.
Mr.. Mckinley can outline policy with more
artistic and dim perspective vagneness than
any other politician In the country. He would
have made great moonlight pantcr-espe-
ally when tho moon was struggling to get
from behind few rifted clouds.
r'bs frinnds NJ hin Mica rim cnnnt hill In
congress are up against brace game, with
Tom Reed as the dealer!
the credentials of Congressman elect Ron
orts of Utah were handsomely engrossed on
parchment and ornamented With Il large gold
seal. is 1t possible that the more wives man
has the moro oxtruvagantly artistic he be-
comes through association
The facilities which New Jersey furnishes
for the organization of trusts have made that
State the Nations Pandora's box-wlth the lid
wide opened.
Franklin and Houston both have hanglngs
Booked for tho 9ith of March. Can't a few
more counties fall Into line and make the day
n little moro impressive? There's plenty OF
old stock on hand to get up quite II spectaou-
lar display ut that tmo.
There's one consolation about these coma
tor.al deadlocks-they promise to keep some
very sniaii hiu foiA' W.! Oo''e''V""O'O
""'''s OUT VI '''o seHoe-.
II the conviction and sentence to the pen,-
tentiary of n capitalist Mt Sherman for false
e"us NC - "'s W. w.
A'etu, ieA"S wuuiV 'iNe's sun" 'N o. ="
eiplse III 'aH'p'e '"iues meat SeAi' ~ "''''
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Possibly the captains of the ships destroyed
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Admiral Schloy while on waiting orders gets
s4OgG venr Eanau who has heen given n
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THE ENGLISH COMMONS.
Interpretations as to the Fisheries
aud snmonn Qucstions.

and samoan Questions.
London, February Fin the house OF
commons today, Mr. Charles d. X. Tan
ner, nationalist member for the middle
division of Cork asked il the Anglo
American commission, dealing with the
fisheries, had fallen through
The parliamentary secretary of the for
eign oiflce Right Hon. William St John
Frederick, said the negotiations were still
proceeding adding that he was unable to
make any further statement at present.
Mr.. Tanner then asked IL the German
warships at Samoa had refused to CO.
operate with the British naval commander
In British annexation OF the islands and
whether annexation was seriously enter
tanned.
inc parliamentary secretary of the for
eign Office replied that there was no cues
hon OF the annexation Of the Samoan
Islands and that the German captain could
not, therefore, have refused CO. operation.
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A bill. properly framed and honestly de-
signed, 70 protect Nah and game in this State,
wcuiu 30 good bill 10 epact into law aud u
wise MEASURE to strictly enforce aftsr becom-
Ina a law. The trouble is in tho enforcement.
officers and good citizens generally fan to
appreciate the Importance OF the preservation
OF nsh and game. The danger is that they
may learn valuable lesson In the premises
wnen It lis too late.
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sNTBREp At TIM rosrorrcH AT HOUSTON TEXAS.
As SECOND CLASS NATTER
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THE DAILY POST, n THE SUNDAY POST.
70 Columns. 40 to io7 Coils.
sEMi-wEEKLy POST. M Coils. per Week.
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST,
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Houston Printing Company.

r. N. JOHNSTON. PRESIDENT
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Fe,sIrn officss-Ess,ern business ONCE IS Trtun-
building, New York tThe S. c. Beclswi,h Spe-
eisl Agency; Western los lThe Rookety) Chi-
cago. 1.-THE S. c. Beckwth Special Agency,
Travelling AQents--C. S. E. Holland. Travelling
Auditor; E. r. Holland. B. B. Throop. Travelling
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Subscription BY Mail-Daily ana Sunday Post. one
year. $500; SIX months, $500; diree months:
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The iTlipinos row appear to greatly prefer
the homeopathic treatment.
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Hitchcock Arrives.

New York, February l7.-Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, the retiring ambassador tc
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The Arm OF Dewey & Otis continue to do
rushing business in the Philippines.
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owing to the popular outcry against hts de-
fensc of this Spanish peace commission. Senior
Rios has resigned tho presidency of the gem
alto Mt Madrid. II would be interesting to
speculate in this connection on the extreme
difference In tho thickness of the hides OF
men like Rios and AIgcrl
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Mr.. Mckinley can outline policy with more
artistic and dim perspective vagneness than
any other politician In the country. He would
have made great moonlight paintcr-espe-
ally when tho moon was struggling to get
from behind u few rifted clouds.
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Tho friends Of tho Nicaragua canal bill In
congress are up against "a brace game, with
Tom Reed as the dealer,
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The credentials of Congressman Rob
orts of Utah were handsomely engrossed ON
parchment and ornamentcd With u large gold
seal Is 1t possible that the more wives a man
has the more oxtruvagantly artistic ho be-
comes through association?