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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17
THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.

The Boer soldier Is bringing daily full
fllment to President Kruger's tragic
prophecy that Britain would pay for the
destruction OF the Dutch republics a price
that would stagger humanity.
IL was believed In London, the intelli-
gence center of the empire. that General
Redvers Buffers relieving army would
precipitate Its columns toward Ladysmith
and Kimberley with the resistless force
OF the avalanche. Both expeditions have
been checked to the absolute consterna-
ton OF the war department and to the
general alarm OF tho nation. Both these
objective points are in graver danger
than they were when General Butler s
thunderbolts were let loose from his
Capetown base, No one will be surprised
should the next advices to escape the
censor convey the news that I.adysmith
has fallen.
should the Beers assume offensive tao
tics Methuen's column will be In I'M
minent peril OF destruction and Gatacre's
forces In scarcely less danger Both are
deploying In country with which tho
boer Is as familiar as the buffalo with the
plains. and both have been steadily drawn
with each day further away from their
base Of supply.
They can hardly hope to retrieve their
fortunes lost In the desperate game OF
assault on positions selected by their In
genius enemy with strategic skill that
has astonished the most untriendly MILL
tary critics into reluctant recognition Of
It's masterfliI quality. These columns.
therefore, y would seen. have no altsrna-
live In common sense tactics save to re-
tire ana wait for renforcsmspSs o. to
wear themselves ont In gallant but in
enectusi attacks on IN enemy that. n dis
lodged, but takes up another position Of
superior vauteSe and 4 practically as
ptreps and npdsuutsd as ever. In the
IpeAptims. beiessuered British ssrrisons
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Glade II Mistake.
Weatherford Democrat.


In his Dallas speech Senator Chiffon
took Congressman Bailey to task for Oh
posing the platform of the Galveston CON
vention last year, and arraigned him a.
an an enemy OF democracy for so doing
II al democrats who oppose the
expansion plank of that platform are to
DC read out of the party those left will
e cna themselves eiies about the size of the
h wv Siark party of past years. 1t must
pe remembered that when that convention
met the rank and file of the party, those
t mno 10 me voting, had not been heard
I'm I'm pelesates went uninstructed on
.nat question and We remembv one com
n ~ IN winch every delegate voted for that
p pnsaS anu every man of them is now OPP
posed 10 it, Are they now enemies of de-
m mo- No. They had not studied
Inc question then, but were carried off
incl, ,neir feet by the Nations wonderful v,n-
tories The fact is the party was nat
SSe elaaa TO speak on the subject and the
Gbi Ito not authorized to do so. Mr.
linton has made mistake In puttinr
"'iiseit In the attitude he has.
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are hourly monacM with destruction ant
the British public almost afraid to ash
for news from Che front for dread OF th'
announcement OF appalling disaster.
White, Methuen and Gatacre have beer
severely criticised by the panic-strickes
British public aud the newspapers have
hammered away at their regulations. well
earned and we'll possessed, until they
have been smashed into fragments. But
this same public and these same news.
papers have been confiden, that the great
genius of General Butler. the idol OF pub
lie and OF accepted military critic. would
master the situation In Natal, drive the
Beers In ignominious flight on Pretoria
and establish the dominion OF bloody old
Britain over the magnificent ruins OF the
granite-iike republics OF the Transvaal.
This sustaining hope, like those that
frightened the view and made rosy the
confidence of the British public when
Generals Methuen and Gatscre swung for
ward In advance expeditions. has been
shattered by the unexpected and almost
Incredible news that even the hitherto in
vinclble Butler has been hurled bleeding
and staggering from his initial encounter
with the Dutch farmers. These are fight
ing for their country with courage as
sharp IS tempered steel, determination
as Arm as igneous rock and with as fine
patriotism as ever put into the souls OF
N-uxsa /. -Fo Nk
iect home apd nreside from an invader
who comes at the unholy instance OF
greed ana ambition, to silence the voice
81 liberty and to make independence the
broken vassal OF military despotsm.
Il Gladstone had lived and retained his
mas;erful hold OF British affairs this war
would not have been. for Gladstone pu;
a touch OF democracy into British public
life and National event and could never
have lent his sanction 10 war that on
The miserable preiex. o, acquiring
shorter FRANCHISE term for British ad.
rsoturaas is really precipi,ated to ac-
cosnplosh South African empire. Behind
TITS seheue representing the elimination
~ s-s-At u t-leA Stccus is revealed the
strong taee q the audatlous Rhodes and
The frtshiened one OF his CO. partner, Mr..
Jcseph ceamhe7Aia.
Bs' for the unoonscionahle drift OF this
co1a'Fy 80 ideas Of conquest the United
St&iee night be in position to make
Humanity rs debtor by suggesting
course iasi would perhaps pu, an end to
re Tigh,ml slaushtey OF brave men in
soaih Africa II however, i, could have
r CT araomphshet ihis grand consum-
nation tie hour and opportunity have
passed
The heroic struggle viii he fought out
% rs nagir aaish. How it will eui MOI
'vsa RT.'aia can now predic, with con
ssenoe Meanwhile. humanity shudders
I'D TIE specter of inconsolable woe sits
The suhaDshed herald OF desolation in the
sTars hearts Of the noble women of both
ronea'snts whose husbands and sons they
have given 70 he storm OF war.
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In Favor of Primaries.

Bell County Democrat.
The senatorial race in Texas '''' !,
is one in which every voter y 'n's's
Messrs. Bailey and Chiffon repssseA. !.
sitions on questions Of vital ipy ss
that are as far apart as it Is pon,.,
two democrats TO be. The Demoe "a h,
lieves that senators should be eier sS. 4
direct vote of the people, any I s
people a chance TO express tnc en-, ,asd
such important matters, II wn a. b
a change in the constitution " 4
The next best thing, ana " ,u,o III
should be done at each eiecuon 49,, ~ uecg
senatorial race comes is ior ,,,csliy
TO express themselves empns" Van,
the primaries as to who tIes ,xo N
senator. Bell county viii elss' nsIu "
resentatiyes next year VINO VIZ WHATS
a senator. Now let all canulus ~ =
representative come. out and ts. ~ nj h
PIE who they are for, ana l p,sss ~
people at the primaries ear ,mpohiI
choice. We know OF no more iii
thing that our next Legislature sersis
called on to do than CHOOSING srsfore 4
The people want to know l ht 4
each candidate for the s. cdnsd|
support il elected. Then a. .u1 ,hens6lvl
let the people distinctly press
on this subject.
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THE HOUSTON POST.

Victoria Times The Houston Post O
sunday was hummer line piece o
newspaper engineering and skill.
San Antonio Light: Houston knows HOY
to do the full honors to her press, aua sh
did 1t In Sundays issue to the limit.
Fort Worth Register: The sixty~pag
Sunday number of The Hons'oh Post u
evidence that the Bayou City is doing
fair share OF business at the old stand
Yoakum Herald: The Houston Post o
Sunday was the finest thing in the news
paper line that we have seen in lont
time. There were sixty pages in the edi
tlon.
Tyler Democrat Reporter: Last san
days Houston Post contained 420 columns
said to be the largest newspaper cyei
issued in Texas. Such paper full OF loea
advertisements shows the great prosper't!
OF city.
Marshall Messenger: Sundays sixty
page edition OF The Houston Post was the
SWEETEST looking and best newspaper evei
issued in Texas What a pity The Pcs
can't get all over Texas on the day 81
publication.
Calvert Courier: The Sunday Houston
Post consisted of sixty pages OF excellent
reading matter not the least interestiDt
of which was the advertisements Of the
wideawake merchants of that ,nterl ris-
ing city.
Corslcana Courier Light: The Houston
Post of last Sunday was composed of sixty
pages of seven columns each--420 columns
1t contained more business and more read
ing matter than were ever before seen in
one Texas paper.
Hillshoro Mirror: The Sunday edition
of The Houston Post was a hummer II
had sixty pages and 42O columns, 225 OF
which were filled with advertising This
speaks volumes for the enterprise OF The
Post and of the wideawake merchants of
Houston.
Burnet Bulletin: Last Sundays llous-
ton Post was an astonishing evidence of
enterprise. 1t contained sixty pages and
made perfect magazine of literature, pol
tiles and business, 1t was the biggest pa
per ever published in Texas and all Texans
ought to be proud of it.
Denison Herald The Houston Post OF
last Sunday was "corker." 1t contained
sixty pages with 225 columns of Advert s.
ing. The Post is great newspaper and
its greatness is made possible from the
fact that it is patronizei by the live up 70
date business men of Houston.
Navasota Examiner: In the sixtv-page
Sunday issue of The Houston Post thal
paper simply outdd itself Can't n>ery-
body see why Houston is the sharres, com.
mercial city in the State, Will merchant.
who set such beacon lights for ,usines1.
La Porte Chronicle The Houston Post
of sixty pages last Sunday was magnh-
cent tribute to the advertising merchants
of Houston and a siupsndous effort ON tae
part of The Post. It was record hrcgk-
hat
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Whit Standing Army of 100000
Means.


Means.
San Angelo Press,
We have had within three DAYS a few
premonitons as to what the republican
party wants with standing army of 100,-
GOO. To intimidate democratic State and
install republican governor in Kentucky
where the incumbent republican officials
openly declare they viii be installed ire
spectiye OF the decision of the returning
board, the higher courts or the legsla-
ture.
To ignore the request of the governor
of the democratic State of Texas, backed
by the constitution, that declares the
military subservient to civil authority.
thereby virtually suggesting that If the
citizens of Ringgold, Texas, don't like to
be shot at by negro soldiers they can move
out OF range across the river
To, in substance, say through Secretary
Hay to Consul Macrum that the Beers
must sanction the ministrations of neu-
tral representative in the interest of citi-
zens and captives of one of the par
Ties at war, and if this representative
ism allowed to perform this duty 'in
the interest of humanity" there is an i'm
pIled threat that the United States will
take up arms against the Beers. when
-htths OF American citizens are in
sympathy with them. Yet the last, but not
ieast desire for d large standing army
is, when trusts and corporate power in
fringe ON the rights of the people and they
rise IN their might to redress these wrongs
tney can suppress them with the army
ana shoot them down like dogs.
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The Paper Trust.


me trusts are hitting the newspapers a
. aa anu uirect blow by the formation of
pap', trust through which the price OF
payer mas been increased more than 50
York cent 1e,i ana is still going up The New
,, ora paiiies, which print enormous adj,
iohs, have found 1t neeessarv ~ , eur
a ,Wan IN the matter by making an a,ra 80
III I1ent 70 limit the output Of White nsnsr
the n sSes on they Will doubtless increase
thus msht IN single copies of the papers,
ma,, OF the trust in this as in ots nus
prio as % price s Of all paper has advanced in
to advance t Sss rec; that eompels printers
sos ana 4 IS very probable tba, ~ psln,-
to he price to all newspapers viii have
ought increased The e Of r eass
in Texas "a combine as > and build paper mill iii
trust. potection against the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

depot auartermastcr's office, leaves Mon.
day for his home in the Lone Star State or
a thirty days leave Of absence. Mr.. For
sythe ia general favorte among the boys
In the quartormasters department, and
they are 10th to lose his companlonshir
for even this length of time, although
they feel that Charley deserves this vsca-
ton.
The only English speaking lodge OF
Masons in Havana or Cuba held Its an
nual election last night. Texas people
were the representative element that won
| the plums. Among those who were elect
ed from the Lone Star State were Mark
/. Robb of Houston E. w. King of Dali
las, G. NJ Rowe of Galveston and Tom II.
Madden of West Texas The lodge has
over seventy-iive members and all are
enthusiastic and workers In the cause
one Of the daily papers told good
story on Tom Madden the other day. Tom
used to run an engine over the Mexican
Central and is a specially well known
figure wherever he is on account OF his
herculean build. He stands some six feet
eight in his stockings and with his MANI
moth frame appears a giant alongside
any ordinary individual. The article is
question told how Tom, to save fast pas
senger train that was coming behind,
lifted his own engine which had become
ditched, off the track and saved fully a
hundred lives. Tom will not verify the
story, but 1t has cost him several rounds
since.
MIR. ]. r. Johnson Of Houston, formerly
err ployed with Levy Bros. in the Bayou
City, has associated himself with Mr..
Charles Schedemantle of San Antonio.
at the latter's bicycle parlor on the lower
end OF the Prado.
The city put on another one OF those
funeral dressings Friday that give an
American, after he is used to it, the cold
chllls.
Mr.. R. A, Cox, who was formerly en-
ployed on The Houston Post along about
1895, is in Havana and has Joined the
Havana journal force. Mr.. Cox is an old
time printer and will be well remembered
by his Houston friends.
Mr.. NJ. Kahn who was with Dunn's
Mercantile agency in Houston, for several
years, is in Havana and stopping at the
American hotel on the Prado. Mr.. Kahn
will leave in a few days for Matanzas
where he will Join the Hawley forces in
constructing railroad from the planta-
lion to the nearest connecting point
Bob Harding, who formerly ran the One
Minute restaurant in the Houston mar
ket, is here and has very successfully es-
tablished one of the most popular cafes
in town. The Boston Buffet is always
filled with customers and particularly |,
Texans.
Mr. Hotchkiss, the well known Houston
cattle man, Is also in the city. Mr.. /
Hotchkiss is representing large Texas
cattle syndicate, who will ship cattle By |
way of Galveston on the Munson line reg
ulsrly.
Mr.. J. H. Camel of Galveston, Texas.
the we'll known attorney. is still confined
10 his bed with serious spell of sick
ness A. NJ. Rareshde.
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A Real Pessiui's"

Saturday Evening Post -. -
Laurence Groniund. the 80 80. -
istic writer who died q 70" ths,6o|
New York. was thar rate th'hs 4, {. "
pessimist. His farssi,s quo'. -. 4, Y
schppenhauer's sentiment f,us ~ p
Heine's more cynical iines' u,cderp ~
after he had denouncen tns ! fri@edA II
trial System in savage terms
markell p,,.sisn deen'''
II, is not SO bad As sKvsa'es
It it?" -, Is ~ ~
mot quite. The forms. eopess1 4
possible, the latter the ~o'''
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farmers Bazaar

~ 100 bad said little Bessie ,.tba,
'.rb.s a' smother little Peters boy"
shonis nave six" said her p,othar -,
SWe,, 'tS,nslder that about enough :" :
all tatn ssia the little girl .'thev
IN bn, saen others clothes az thav r rrn
iohppie,ss mere isn't amy one 10 taEs i I,Ys
fui." ana 1t seems Kind Of waste
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man art and industry from the earliest times
10 tho sixteenth century
1 The largest cargo of tea ever brought TO
America was landed recently in New YORK
harbor on the new steel steamship Ping suey,
OF the China Navigation company. The cargo
contained 100000 pounds OF tea.
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The Money Trust.

We are glad to see the editorial pen
OF The Houston Post. one Of the ablest in
tho South, exposing the infamy OF the
money trust, the only real one the South
has to fight The minute we establish
manufactures, owned by our people 10
share the resources OF the South so thai
wa can use them. the trusts OF the North
esn not hurt us. We raise most OF The
essentials OF . civilised nation why NOT
save the millions We pay the North 10
make them into fabrics for our uses
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that Serene Payne. who essnyed to
close for the majority. Immediately emp
tied galleries and floor. emphasized the great
personal triumph which tho Texan achieved.
The entire Texas delegation Joined in pras-
Ing the effort OF their colleague, and to re-
peat what they said, as well as members
from other States, would appear to be p.iing
1t ON thick. 1t was a great occasion, and
Texans OF all shades OF political belief could
easily feel pride that II was Texan who
was the central figure.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

'Possum sop and taters are all right. and
we have no criticism unfavorable to the pea
nut. but corn beer as substitute for the
peralmmon article Is vlclous makesh,ft
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

Texas is pardonably proud of the brilliant
triumph of the Junior senator before the
supreme court OF tho United States.
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Queen Victoria proposes to drive poiyg-
nmsts out of Canada Queen Vic only makes
a ten strike these days when she follows
the lead OF Uncle Sam.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

The Truck Growers association is but an
other substantial expression of state de-
yelopment along profitable lines
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worked TO make II n success
General Butler has delivered his first blow
with the result that he got knocked to his
knees in the first round
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President Kruger proposes to force Eng
land to recognize the Transvaal Republic.
That's why the American consul was
snubbed. II England des.res information con-
corning British prisoners tho English min
lister must apply direct for It, Dom Paul may
be said to be overlooking no bets these days
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

After the Festival. what next? Houston is
too energetic to leave off rush tactics.
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a London paper declares the British re-
verses In the Transvaal are due to the fact
mat their advancing columns are not flung
forward under the direction of men Of abil-
ity' This same authority would not then
refuse the admission that they have been
hung back by Boer lenders of ability
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-17

Southwest Texas fair and exposition will
be the glorious product of the Festival sue
cess
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>. marley D: Forsythe OF Brownsville.
'eAAS' CHIEF OF transportation in The
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Texas is in the cotton factory business to
stay.
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noteworthy incident OF the Fruit, Flower
and Vegetable Festival Just closed at Ious-
ton was the sale OF over 1000 season tickets
by the retail clerks OF the city Every in
terest has been identified with the great
midwLnter festival this year and all have
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
nv rHH
Houston Printing Company.

4. NJ JOHNSTON, 49,. - PRESIDENT.
G. J. PALMER. 49, vicH-PREsIDENr.
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It's unanimity OF community sentiment that
spurs local progress forward to it's best
stride. This sort Of sentiment was The great
underlying predicate upon which Houston's
Festival suecess rested
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"Houston's cr hummer" That's what they
oil say
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Telephone Numbers: hhs,iss.s, a. a..

HOUSTON, SUNDAY, DEC. ~, 1888,
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Houston is industrial convention center
because Houston is the type of material
progress for Texas
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Houston is big enough and grand enough
to throw few garands about her own
brow without authorizing any
rival town to declare that the Queen City Of
tho Southwest is at all stuck up.
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Houston bows best acknowledgment to sra-
cious Jupiter Piuyius and bids that worthy
10 FIRE again whenever ready.
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THE pa sd'n,,,. POST. rnn SUNDAY Y PC. POST.
sEMi-wEEkLY POST, us Cola per wesA
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-03-23
CHAPTER Z.

AN ACT 20 amend Section two Of Chapter
ninety-sx of the Laws of the year eigh-
teen hundred and eighty-seYen, providing
for the Extension of Railroads.
Section two of chapter ninety-six OF the
laws of the year eighteen hundred and
eighty-seyen Is hereby amended by inserting
after the word state" In the second line
Of said section, the words or any railroad
corporation organized under n special act
Of the legislature, SO that said section, as
amended, shnll read as follows:
Section 2. Any corporation formed I'M
der the general railroad laws of this state
or any railroad corporation organized I'M
der a special act of the legislature, may
be allowed to extend its road to other
points or places, on application to the
board of railroad commissioners, as pro-
vided In section one of this act, and by
conforming to the general railroad laws Of
the state, so far as the same may be appli-
cable. IApproved Feb 10l
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CHAPTER 1G.

AN ACT to amend chapter thirty-three Of
the Public Laws of eighteen hundred and
eighty-scyen relating to the burial cxpen-
SEES OF honorabiy discharged soldiers and
sailors of Maine
Section one of chapter thirty-three Of the
public laws OF eighteen hundred and eighty
seven. relating to the burial expenses of
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors OF
Maine, Is hereby amended by adding next
after the clause during the rebellion" in
the second line, the following words: 'or
during tie war with Spain, so that the
said section, when amended shall read as
follows:
Section /. Whenever any person who
served in the army, navy or marine corps
Of the United States during the rebellion or
during the war with Spain, aud was honor
ably discharged therefrom shall die. being
at the time Of his death resident OF this
state aud beiag in destitute circumstances.
the state shall pay the necessary expenses OF
his burial; such expenses shall not exceed
the sum OF thirty-dvc dollars in any case,
and the burial shall be In some cemetery
not used exclusively fer the burial of the
pauper dead tApproyod Feb. II