The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-15

respect. Such men are rare in any com
munity. He will be missed in every relation
of Galvcston's business life, and his bereavc
family may be assured of the sincere SYM
patty Of his neighbors and fellow citizens"
Ladysmith is not as popular with the Brit
ish censor as the old lady used to be. Hi
srduous iabors are attracted elsewhere.
The Post takes the liberty of conveying
Houston's grateful appreciation of the fol
lowing bit OF praise from the San Antonio
Express: The Fruit. Flower and Vegetable
Festival now In progress at Houston Is prov
ing great success and thousands Of visitors
are thronging the streets Of the Magnolia
City. The displays are said TO be more ex.
tensive, more varied and handsomer than
ever before and the visitors are being given
| royal entertainment. Exhibitions OF this sort
| are fine advertisements OF the country's re
sources and possibilities and strong stimu-
lants TO progress and enterprise. and Houston
is doing not only herself, but all South
Texas. proud
| General Woods appointment as governor
Of Cuba is declared by the New York Journal
TO be the forerunner OF Cuban annexation.
| Nearly every scheme has been utilized re-
Gently to cause big drop In cotton values.
and yet only an insignificant decline has re-
| suited. 1t is quito evident that the supply
| OF the foreign spinner Is fast nearing the
vanishing point. and he will be forced to buy
large quantities very soon. He wants to buy
| 1t cheap. II possible. and is making desperate
efforts TO convince the Southern farmer that
the market Is bound to go lower. The little
farmer doesn't seem to be the least bit fright
| ened. however. and is refusing to put his
few remaining bales on the market at reduced
quotations.
Mr.. Hitchcock is after Mr.. Bryan because
the latter didn't recommend the former as
the only man in Nebraska who should have
been appointed United States senator
1t Is gratifying to receive from British
sources assurances OF Boer kindness TO their
have compelled the respect of their brave foe
for their generous humanity as we'll as for
their superior fighting qualities, The misrep-
resentation and falsehood from which the Boer
cause hos suffered is being hourly swept aside
and as that brave people are becoming better
understood the world grows In knowledge of
the justice Of their struggle.
| Another llnenan this time In Fort Worth,
has been killed by live wire. The live wire
is getting to be deadly rs tho pistol that
| the idiotic operator never knows lie loaded.
Those English spinners are paying dearly
for their reliance upon Mr.. Neills crop OF
paper cotton. Mr. Neill promised them about
two million bales more than the South raised,
and for several months they put their faith
in the New Orleans prophet and refused to
believe the farmers story OF damage to the
crop and decressed yield. They have dis
covered the truth at last, but in the mean
time cotton has advanced about cent and
half per pound.
Texas is reaching out. The Manufacturers
Record observes that "a -four mill AT Dallas
Texas, recently received an order for trial
shipment OF Its product to Alexandria
Egypt"
Considering the war In South Africa, the
tightness of the money market in London and
New York, the sem-paplc on the stock ex-
change, and the strenuous efforts being made
to cause cotton futures to decline the South
staple is holding up very well. indeed The
fact that cotton is coming into sight very
slowly. ana disappearing nearly as fast az It
comes forward Is the sustaining factor.
General Otis has captured Agu,naldo's |
patron saint, so goes tho war dispatches, but |
Agunaldo himself is skipping about through |
the brush as playful and mschievous as
OF yore.
There has bean something like a panic on
hat u
stocks have experienced severe decline.
The industrisls, and especially those known
to represent inflated trust values, have been
sent downward with rush. The utter alb
surdity OF some recent quotations on these
STOCKS was demonstrated by this rapid
Mr.. Mckinley is lightning assimilator.
me indications are that his assimilation skill
Is reaching out after Cuba In the appoint.
ment TO the governorship OF the island Gen. ,
eral Leonard Wood
II Is sincerely to be hoped that General
Otis will put down that little Phllippine
nsurrection' at least a wee bit in advance
" the close Of the war In South Africa. va j
would like to look upon that thrilling tragedy
lndiverted by the farce comedy we have had !
% long on our hands q
=
The slick New Jersey swindler osmer W.
roper. has added nothing to this old worlds i
tore OF wisdom He has simply demonstrated
or the many mlllionth time that the fool t
nd his money are speedily separated.
1t is unfortunate that a man in public life
men called upon to do so must recommend
ONE one for office. Under this terrible mr.. a
ansement the recommended only makes one Q
ian happy, while he estranges a vast uggre- !
a'ion OF fellows who each wanted the lob. :
The Galveston News tenders Houston this y
rarious compliment 'Houston is nill Q
bloom. There is presented at tho Fruit, =
lower and Vegetable show delightful eyl. =
ences Of the greatness Of the coast country. y !
Thurmond Found CUNT, h
victoria. Texas, December Il.--After Q
our hours deliberston the Jury in the :
am Ihurmond case returned a verdict a, Il
o'clock yesterday OF guilty Of as- v