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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08
The rost,s Crop Renort.

OoThChnA sun.
With commendable enterprise the Hous-
ton Post has gathered reports from about
2bO localities in Texas on the acreage OF
year.
These reports Indicate slight general
increase in acreage, yet in some places
the decrease is reported to be as much as
% per cent as compared with last years
crop. The reports include three places
in Navarro county-Corsicana. Rice and
Richland. From the latter places the re-.
ports indicate the acreage to be tho same
as that of last year. while from Corsicana
It is reported as from to 10 per cent
less
In most places the decrease IS adjacent
to cities and large towns. indicating a
diversiiication whore market for other
prcducts is found.
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RABBoNI.

For The Post.
Upward and onward TO higher charms,
Ahove this neither night,
He bears me IN His lowing arms,
Through realms OF purest light.
To long sought shores where, endlassly.
The vista. fair. expands
Across an open smiling sea,
That sweeps TO radiant lands.
There. my rapt soul from letters freed.
On eager, tireless wings.
Scars on unmindfM chart or creed,
To empyrean springs;
And, drinking deep, beholds the ali
That was and Is to be,
And lives In love. nor scorns the thrall,
Through all eternity.
--Alva Clay welch Bravo,
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assert mat the attorney general NJ N.
,; states has control of the cornora .
.lons OF combinations which eneago l.,
manufacture in the various States -
nus IS entirely matter of State control
ana unless the functions of interstate co,,,
1870 1910, are lnterfered with 4 would he ~
sffairs n.,t1 70 attempt crusade against
Wiz ~. t Mnlch have no business.
WIN reference to these large conbtn,
IONS Oh capital which are now forn,in1,
NY own Judgment is that the dansst. o. 7"
~ ~. 80 huch TO the community M lsS,,-a 20
~ Is 10 the people who are indnred ~ ' 40
'neir money into the purchase of the sta pt'
very respectfully
Mr. cn,nu John W. Griggs.
FedaroI priggs says therefore, that the
reuerai government not only bas NJ, t Ky
also can not pass laws thai vii, s mot ouC
OF even curb monopoly: thar r, "nppie US
ilig be curbed by the States acting jnJi
Figualiy II 1t can be curbed at ali
me administration therefore y,is,,o.
noittj. .he monopoly question from National
issue. purely local
non nda only , Federal law can prevent mo-
thopoly from hiding behind the lave ar ~
prlbed officials OF some friandi,, 81 y, the
STATES ana thence forcing Is producte NJ,
me people Of the whole country bv ,, Dpon
vi the provisions of the Federal constI,,,
ZION compelling every State to receive ana
permit the sale of the products of o, 1au
5isa' Is faet so obvious and So oftsn
discussed IN the World that there 10 nn
t'n,e Of going into It again al this
w WIN view TO getting and laying before
,bfs Peupie me feeling of the country mon
tn ~, great question Of monopoly. the World
s .s to the governors and attorneys
s svdeS W Oh representative States, East
10 ala Us Gs9 Nor.h and South. asking them
the Nation ~ 'he pulse OF
Gnu no responses received up to the time OF
soiHs 70 press speak FIR Themselves Thera
- - aineIenee OF opinion as to details. There !
u, r,,r no uiuerence of opinion as 10 the i'm
,I , OF the question and the nrom-
whole people 'nousn' Oh the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08
HaIIetsxiIIe Locals.

Halletsville. Texas. May a. Il
to the returns in the late city e'', mn
Yoakum. A. w. Turner was eiec''s al
urer over j. w. Cook by ten vo''T .ou.
Cook, today filed suit in co s,.ae clsiu'
here against Turner for the on's Surusf
Ing that he was elected ana nos .sts So
er sa@1 aod ws's ssd s Iis annual
were IN ati es ss.' ana the day WIS ~ 81
In the park. where a nne l'n I'm no1S
spread This camp Was nsmea rouocaf
OF lames Walker. who raised rsads =
a. this place aud which COMPANY
excellent record. ..,ss ~
District Clerk Hugh Lay 70 o SeG|
lSratulated. II 10 . girl. tns
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roek Being Shipped from co,x,

60, ~, 1S,eS' Texas May 6.-Tbe Gonzales
n,rr irueS Raisers' association is shin
, 80 me lot of vegetables now and real
, :, good prices. They viii shin 4 carload
month. e iVin OF 'hls
acres near mrssse has about twenty iye
nese.aoles and fruits and Win MAJ. n,n1S o..
s sprsg cur Of It than he would ou 81 'a aey
hne sIe good corn being particularlv
ana nsln would be benehelal ii efsts
suffering. A0"' 'aoush nothlns ia
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

The fact that $4,000 worth of real estate
IN comparatively small lots has changed hands
IN Houston In the past ten days is an indica-
tion OF the activity In that market which is
being caused by the growing confidence in the
city's immediate future The assurance OF
deep water the selection of the city for the
establishment of number of enterprises re-
Gently reported, and tho knowledge that many
ether big things for the rapid upbuilding of
Houston are on the tapis have all had their
eject In rendering Houston property especial
ly attractive Just now The Post has long sd-
vlsed prospective investors to get in on the
ground floor" and the value of the ADVICE Is
being daily illustrated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Views are being sustained as the proper
ones by this action OF the American COM
missoners and that popular protests in
the United States are apparently Impress
Ing the administration az WASHINGTON.
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BF EE]s S
The Baroness irsc WHO Leaves sloOooooOo to Charity

marriage, a great part of his vast for
tune
She was the daughter of Senator Bis
chofheim, a banker, whose charities were
pride of Belgium. She was her father S
private secretary in their distribution. At
% years OF age she became the wife of
Baron de Hirsch, whose generosity to the
poor had captivated her.
They had no other aim in life than TO
relieve the suffering OF others. They We're
pitiful, and they were happy. They edu-
Gated the prosecuted Jews of Hungary,
Russia Galicia and Roumania to be agri-
culturists.
They founded colonies of the exiled in
the Argentine Republic. in Canada and in
the United States. The Hrsch fouuda-
ton IN New York can not be praised too
muck. 1t takes charge OF the immigrant
Jews at their arrival here. II teaches
them English in childhood and manual
labor in manhood. II gives to them a
refuge from hunger and cold when they
have not the strength to work, and labor
when they ask for IT, The primary
schools are In the thick of the population
on the East side. the trade school is on
East Ninth street, Here are taught car
pentry, turning, plumbing, painting and
working in iron.
The United Hebrew Charities distribute
the funds necessary for immediate assist
ance. An agent stationed at Ellis island
takes charge Of the newly arrived. There
are baths under the bounty. There are
industrial schools and homes for girls
The CLAWS de Hirsch Home for Working
Girls Is incorporated under the laws of
the State of New York. 1t is modelled
principally on the Young Women's Chris
tian Association OF Boston. The plans Of
the building on East sixty-third street
are admirable.
II is of Indiana limestone and gray brick
trimmed with gray terra Gotta, Eve stories
high and in the style of the Italian Re-
Nuisance There arc rooms for 100 per-
sons, a library, roof that may be turned
INTO a roof garden, large court. II is
nor enough to say that the Baroness de
Hlrsch was admired. She was aaored bv
a multitude. Oscar s. Straus, minister ~
turkey at present. was her financial agent
mere and the adviser of her charities in
this country.
she consulted him about them and re.
lled upon his judgment implicitly. The
trustees of the Hirsch Foundation in New
YORK may not be astonished by the LARGO
smount of the legacy that comes to them
air' Straus had the faculty to deserve il
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

The beef inquiry court, II is said, will not
suggest any punishment OF General Niles
Talk about OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES gobs OF itl We
age away ahead Of the French in dealing with
great army crIminaIs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

II Agulnsldo succeeds In winning lucra-
tive or prominent position under the new gov
eminent which We are to establish in the
Philippines. tho comparison OF his record to
that OF Washington will not be wholly fam
rtf
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

there. At no time. however. ought any citizens
OF city to permit municipal election to oc-
cur without their active interest in the mat
ter,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Peru has Just discovered that the United
States are her best market. The intelligence
Of our shippers, however, has not yet taught
them the promise there is in the South Ameri-
can markets,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08
THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
sy THE
Houston Printing Company.

3 ~ JOHNSTON. $500 ~, President.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

nnrRsp AZ rnn rosrcrrrcH At HOUSTON. TEXAS
As SECOND CLASS MATTER
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Our victories In the Philippines ought TO
bring us something substantial In the way OF
results, for they are about as high-prced
glory as were ever purchased by any first
rtaae NATHAN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Easily accessible parks are almost as great
necessity to a city as paved streets.
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The ladies representing the local chapter OF
the Daughters of tho Confederacy that has
Undertaken to give Houston a public square
OF small park, conveniently located and hand
scmely improved. and ornamented with Con-
feGerate monument, will begin their canvass
for popular assistance today The square Is
one OF tho pressing public needs OF Houston.
No object upon which the ladies' could ex-
PEND their time and effort could appeal more
directly TO the general interest OF the popu-
lace than this, and Il is hoped that In every
household there will be a generous response
TO the request for aid The Improvement con-
templated is for the benefit of all, and every
body should contribute at least dollar.
-
Southeast Texas is destined to become
g,eat rice section, and Houston will OF course
be its metropolis.
The Post Is in receipt of letter from a
resident OF Washington city. in which II is
denied that New England ever burned any
body for witchoraft Those accused OF witch.
craft, says the writer were only hanged"
One man was pressed 10 DEATH for refusing
to testify, but, !, is commended, that only In
Europe were witches put to the stake. This is
a historical question about which there has
been much dispute. but for the purposes OF
the argument The Post is content TO let New
Englands barbarity and inhumanity stop at
hanging folks on suspicion of witchcraft and
"presslng to death" for failure 10 testify,
Houston today ought to be sending cotton
goods, furniture and other manufactures to
tie ends of the earth.
The TransmissisHpp commercial congress.
which is TO meet at Wichita. Kan. the last
OF this month, should have large attend
aree from Texas. n We want the Transmits
sissippi region to aid Us in our development.
or representative people must get acquainted
With the representative men OF the other
States west Of the Mississippi.
The treatment Of Edward Atkinson's pam
pllets by the government was SO small that
there is little prospect of their author being
msrtyrized
The annual death rate In Houston ms dis
closed by last weeks record, is less than eight
per thousand. This Ia as low as can be found
10 any city OF this size in America and IS cs
ptcially commended to the consideration OF
tuose who imagine that Houston Is not
healthy place
Cyclones in the West are still getting IN
their deadly work. The only way TO escape
ttem is to move to some sood section like
South Texas, where such vistations are rare
I, experienced.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

nE DAILY POST. n TnE SUNDAY POST.
sHMi-wHEKLY POST. ma Coils. per Week
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

are rushing to the registration otnce, muniei.
pal AFFAIRS must be getting interesting down
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Cyclones in the West are stili getting In
their deadly work. The only way to escape
ttem is to move to some sood section like
South Texas where such visitations are rare.
= experienced.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

The treatment Of Edward Atkinson's pam
pilets by the government was so small that
there is little prospect OF their author being
martyrized
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Mr., Clifton Johnson contribute, \ \.
England Magazine for May an ~.
paper entitled work and Works. I. Y
England. depicting life among n. i
bands in the English country oist,Ic,.
spite its seeming picturesuueness n.
realizes what a lite of monotonousM y.
this becomes when tho laborer ia h,, uv
TO supply his simple wants by III '1. NV
of toll The author. having mads Ky
of people a specia! object Of studv ~
many incidents CHARACTERISTIC OF III, n
mode OF life. illustrating his text VII
eral artistic photoRraphs 800 HhQ
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

The leading article in Appleton. !,
Science Monthly for MAY is a..'.. r''
the best trials to and from the KIos ',s0'l 4
lields, Prot, prot Angelo Heilprin the ssa
well-known geographer aud t,., rs''' 4
his article. which is tho accoun. !, n"
trip, In by the White Pass and X 6,ma "A
Cti'koot. is not only full OF ys,usS,,
nation and suggestions. but yerv v>eh
lhg reading number Of good IlSs.st
f Elob muen 59 ,.s IN interest pss The os
lev. is The tile of an investigating Y
oIigin and growth OF the Old. WALL S,vn ~
viewed chiefly frcm an arehaeolossoo, ss>
rent. -ea' n
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

The June Atlantic Monthly viii ~
the opening CHAPTERS of a new serial n
entitled. ITO Have and to Hold n (,
Mary Johnston. the rising and populsr VA
author of the brilliant historical ,or,,l
Prisoners OF Hone" which has bsen II 4,
cesstn during the past season Mia jA
stems work not only became immetIy
and unusually popular. but is admj,ffs
the best critics to be the highest oTjst'
historical fiction. full of vgor and iutrs
ana yet accurate and true to life and tir,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Southeast Texas is destined to become a
great rice section. and Houston will OF course
be its metropolis
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HOUSTON. MONDAY, MAY X, 1893.
TEN PAGES TODAY.

On the LIST OF April The Post called attention
TO the somewhat remarkable record shown by
its advertising columns. On that occasion It
was said:
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Subscription BY Mali Daily and Sunday Post. one
year, $500; six months. $500; three months
S1.oo: one month"; $500.
1HE SUNDAY Posi-, one year. $3.50,
THE SEMi-WEExLy Posi- MONDAYS and ThursdsyO
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

In Ev'ry Month for MAY. an illustrate
terview with Ernest Seton Thompson yiI
animal stories have given him rrors II
netional reputation. shows his clsssls I'D
genius of art and authorship. and Nd
some charming studies of studio life Gil
Lally Of the New York Fire Dspifn,]
aproDos OF TIE late Wind or II tel FIRE I'll
some sound and valuable advice "a I'd
Women Should Behave In Case CT Fire 4
the article is enriched by the only phcttnl
taken u a rescue from the Inflated ho't
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-08

Under the title Of "Thc Curse in Eduauhl
Rebecca Harding Davis contributes y 81
May number of the North America =
view" an exceedingly practical paper 4
which she deplores the present Amerleih 81
ten of education. asserting that true ti95|
ton is TO find the quality and bent q al
pupils mind. and give it only such 1874 II
vii! develop its powers TO the Test engl
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16
TO RECEIVE DELEGATES.
Jr. o. U. A. M. Reception Committee
Will Open Headquarters in the
Powell Building Today.

The local committee in charge of the
preparations for the state convention
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics, to be held in this city COM
mencing on Tuesday next, will open
headquarters today in the Powell build
ing on Wyoming avenue, from which
place they will engineer the reception
of delegates and all the other details
pertaining to the proper carrying out
OF pre-arranged plans.
The first of the 900 or more dele
gates who are expected will arrive in
the city will arrive today, but the
great majority will not arrive until to-
morrow and Monday. The state off,
GERS will reach here tomorrow and open
up state headquarters at the Jermyn.
In addition to the programme al
ready printed in these columns, a picnic
will be conducted in Laurel Hill park
on Tuesday, both afternoon and even
ing by the Daughters of America, II @
ladies' auxiliary, who are also to be
in session here next week. Music fer
dancing will be furnished by Bauers i
orchestra.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16
THE NEW STREET RAILWAY.
One of Its Purposes Is to Improve
Suburban Property.

While the terminal of the new line to
Nay Aug park proposed by the Nay
Aug Park Street Railway company is
to be the Speedway, it will eventually
run to Elmhurst One of the principal
effects of the new road will be the i'm
provement of the different tracts of
building properties along it's route.
These include Reynolds Bros large
tract on the brow of the mountain and
Colonel Watres' tract, on which he in
tends to build a beautiful home. The
fare to be charged has not yet been
fixed.
The line running from the intersec-
ton of ColfaX avenue and Linden
street win be used as a belt line to Nay
Aug park and the extension running
from Franklin to Spruce, to Mifilin, to
Vine will be used as a feeder to both
the Nay Aug and boulevard lines.
The bridge to be built over Roaring
Brook will be at a sufficient distance
above the falls to avoid the marring
of the beauty of the scenery. In order
to do this the company will be placed
at a great deal of extra expense.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16

Fell township has also felt the eff
fects of the life and death struggle
between the American Book trust and
the Independent companies, which it
will be recalled kept the Scranton
school board in perturbed condition
for couple of months of the past sum-
mer.
Unlike the Indifferent taxpayers of
Scranton, the Fell people have kept a
close watch on the book agents aud the
school board and when the latte~, or
the former, or maybe both, proceeded
to do things that did not appear right
in the eyes of the citizens a commit
tee set out to have the supposed wrong
righted. The consequence is that the
school board of the township is before
the court with some charges of gross
Irregularities to explain away.
The free text book law says that the
school board may change the style OF
text books once in three years under
certain conditions. One of these con"
ditions is that the teachers of the dis
trict shalls%be consulted in the selec-
ton of the books.
In 1897 and again in 1898 certain
books were adopted for use in the Fell
schools, yet, so it is alleged, the school
board on Aug. last made a complete
change in the districts text books,
arranging with T.. A. Delaney, of CHM
d Company, New York, that his firm
shoulds furnish all the books needed by
the district for n period of three years,
the first years supply to cost 81 800
This, irregular as it was in itself, was
made the more irregular by the fail
ure of the board to consult the teachers
of the district. That the district s
teachers were not consulted is shown
by the fact that the district had 20
teachers at the time the contract for
the books was made, the annual cleo
tion of teachers not being held until
twenty-five days after the book con
tract was entered into.
The school board is composed of John
Mooty, James Henning, Edwa II
Healey James Ward and Nathaniel
Davis. The citizens who are acting
as plaintiffs are Nicholas Glynn, An
drew Moran and John j. Coughlin.
Their attorney is II. C. Butler, of Car
| bondale.
Judge Edwards granted a prelimin-
ary injunction, returnable Wednesday
morning, to estop the operation of the
| contract.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-09-16

A suit involving a question of vast
Importance to the anthracite regions
was heard. yesterday before Judge Ed
wards in equity court.
1t is the suit of Dennis McDade and
Others against A. d. and F. NJ spencer
of the Spencer Coal company, and the
important question involved is what is
meant by the term mining as 1t APP
pears on the statute books.
The SpenCers control PCS acres of coal
land in Dunmore. They have sold most
of the surface for building purposes and
much of it is built up. They have also
mined nearly all the coal and now pro-
pose taking away the pillars.
. The plaintiffs claims and the defen-
dants do not deny that If the pillars
are removed the surface is in danger Of
settling, which would cause great dam
age to the properties of the plaintiffs.
The suit is brought to prevent the COM
pany from removing the pillars.
The defense is based on a clause in
the deeds conveying the surface prop
erty from the coal company to the
purchasers. This clause reserves the
coal and provides that the company
may mine it by any subterranean pro-
cess, without thereby incurring any
liability for injury caused or damage
done to the surface of said land or to
buildings or improvements"
Having accepted the deeds containing
this clause, it is held by the company.
that the plaintiffs have no redress
for damages and no right to interfere
with the defendants operations.
The plaintiffs claim that this clause
does not exempt the company from the
general law, prescribing that mining
shall be conducted with proper re-
gard for the safety Of the surface and
would have the court interpret the res
erVation clause to mean that the COM
pany is eXOnerated from any damage
| that may result from the proper"
| mining of coal, or mining conducted
with proper regard for the safety of
| the surface"
The pillars, which the company in
| tends to remove, contain coal Of Sthe
| estimated value of S250,000
/. II. Burns appeared for the plain
| tiffs The defense was represented by
| w. j. Hand, L. c. Newcomb and J. f.
| Burr