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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-08-25
EXCURSIONS.
ERIE RREE O.GD sTyEsY
Sunu0TA CHEN

SE4OL1OAA GAG1v.
1G7 Miles from New York leo Feet Above the Sea
The most magnificent scenery on the continent.
fishing in the waters OF the beautiful
Delaware river.
sI.O0 ROUND TRIP sI.O0
Express trains leave Jersey CITY g. Is anda : Am.
returning leave Shohola S0P. NJ and 5ogP.
GREENWOOD LAKE GLENS.
500 ROU ND TRIP sI.00
Including Good Dinner. sl.@ Special Express
train leaves Jersey City at 1000 A. NJ Choice OF
two express trains. returning leave Greenwood
Lake Giens, 5.00P H. Cr ~ NJ
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NORTH AND WEST.
THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.

2IcrukAs4Aa LINE % YkAvEL 81 WEE
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

General Irving Hale has been elected oil
honorary, member OF the Los Angeles Ma
sonic Veteran association.
Inspector Andrew Houghton. head Of thu
Boston polio force. began recently his thirtietf
continuous year in the service.
Miss Helen Gould is a daring horsewomar
and immensely fond OF riding. an exercise ir
which she INDUCES regularly every day.
William d. Howells subscribes intermittent.
ly to clipping bureau for incidents in real
life bearing upon whatever theme he may be
{; eating In novel form.
i. II. Price. the New York millionaire is
tacially the exact double of CONGRESSMAN Joe
Bailey OF Texas, and the one is frequently
mistaken for the other
When Captain Coghlan, commander OF the
Raleigh reached his old home at Bellevllls.
ILL.,. the whole town turned out to greet him.
cnd now fund is being raised to erect a
statue OF the captain in tho town square.
senators Hanna, Lodge, wolcott, Hoar.
Jones and Spooner turned up at the United
states embassy In London the other day.
whereupon Ambassador Choate asked them to
be seated and await the arrival OF quorum
The ambassador still has his little joke.
mark Twein has an intense dislike for
clothes III could" he said recently, 'Id
i've In pajamas," He does wear them to
breakfast receives his friends while wearing
them and works in them. His favorlte mode
OF writing is to lie FIAT on his stomach with a
pipe in his mouth
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will be forced to stop work and quit tht
business. Then the Standard would con.
troll the entire field in Texas, and would
undoubtedly do everything in Its power Il
prevent independent effort In any line o,
oil development.
That the people OF Texas have cause to
fear the encroachments of this gigantic
trust, and that they would be justified In
calling upon the railroad commission tc
refuse this covert plea. made through the
railroads. is shown by the history OF tina,
corporation. The Standard Oil company
originally q renner Of petroleum-frst de-
stroyed it's competitive refiners. and then,
as the sole customer Of the oil wells. ac-
CURED them also. In rapid succession 1t
swallowed the manufacturers OF all the
subsidiary products OF petroleum. and now
is extending its capaclous nav to en-
yelope all forms OF illumination, and every
agency connected Herewith.
In Texas 1t has found one competitor
that has refused to sell out. and in order
to destroy 1t Is compelling the railroads
to make an unjust and unwarranted APP
plication for a change OF freight rates.
The scheme is very apparent and the
Texas railroad commission will undoubt-
eddy refuse to be made party thereto.
While Texas may not be able to keep
out foreign monopolies, she can certainly
resist such underhand methods of using
the trust system to crush business that
is Intended to promote our prosperity and
develop our resources.
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HOUSTON. WEDNESDAY, July IL.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
ISSUE ALREADY MADE.


On the subject of the trusts the repub
lican newspapers and leaders continue t.
founder
Following General Ayers announcement
of his candidacy for seat in the senate
on an antitrust platform, Attorney Gen
eral Griggs In an Interview expressed the
opinion that "the trust issue Is not 0
political one" whereupon the New York
World reviews the case thus:
We think Mr.. Griggs will find himself
mistaken.
Tho enormous multiplication of trusts
since tho republican party returned to
power will not be denied. They are ten
times more numerous and hundred times
more powerful in controlling production
and fixing prices than they were when Mr..
Mckinley was inaugurated.
Neither Will 1t be disputed that the
trusts have uniformly increased prices and
diminished greatly the number of men en-
ployed in the industries which they con-
troll.
Nor can there be successful denial OF
the truth. obvious to all and confessed by
Mr.. Havemeyer. that the mother of trusts
is the customs tariff BILL" Nine-tenths OF
all the trusts 10 this country are in articles
protected against foreign competition by
the highest tariff in the world-averaglng
so per cent. That this protection Is no
longer needed for legitimate purposes In
our principal industries is demonstrated by
the rapid Increase OF our export trade in
manufactures. That duties intended to
give and actually creating a monopoly of
the home market offer direct premium
upon combinations to reap the advantages
of this monopoly Is self-evident truth.
All this affords the basis for as clean
cut political Issue as this country has
ever seen. The oppressive trusts are the
fruit of the republican tariff. The demo-
cratic party is opposed to high duties and
to monopoies fosts.ed by them. The re-
publican administration has done nothing
to enforce the law against these con
spiracies In restraint of trade" 1t made
trust lawyer attorney general. The dem
ocrats VIII nominate candidate for presl-
dent pledged TO the abolition of trust
breeding duties and to the selection OF an
attorney general who is the enemy OF trusts
instead OF their apologist and defender.
The issue Is already fixed 1t Is too late
for the republicans 10 evade II.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12
MIR. pRYAN.s STRENGTH.

| It is seldom that SO strong q compli-
ment is paid to the leader OF an opposi-
ton party, as is the following tribute to
Mr.. Bryan by the Chicago Times Herald.
The same day that Ex-Governor Hogg was
carrylrg Iainmany by storm with his refer
enee to Bryan, Mr.. Bryan himself was re-
ceived with tremendous enthusiasm both AT
Atlanta and GAINESVILLE. Ga. Everywhere It
Is the same story The man seems to have
suffered not ut all in the esteem of the masses
OF his followers because OF his defeat in 1896.
True. he has found in several States that the
democratic party leaders consider the silver
.ssue disastrous one, and in those states the
popular vote would certainly be hostile to his
silver policy, but wherever he goes he meets
WITH man ,da OF an almost fnnatieal
clans have been the object OF such general or
Intense devotion.
What. then. will explain this extraordinary
phenomenon? 1t may be referred to a combi-
nation OF causes, each potent in Its way. Mr..
Bryan has character. sincerity winning
personality intellectual brilIiancy eloquence,
produce the bese possible effect He is, ne-
Sides, the leading exponent of principle
which gives him remarkable influence VIII ,re
the principle is held. while his character gifts
ara attachments secure him the liking OF peo-
pie who regret he principle.
AT one time there was very natural dspo-
sition TO ascribe his prestige to a single
speech, but the speech was merely his oppor-
tunity. Since delivering 1t he has proved his
rowers MS an orator many times. and he has
stood the closer scrutiny Of the public which
ts attracted but not dominated by oratory.
We have known men even more brilliant on
the platform who never got beyond the part
OF performers In campaign show. With all
their ability they could not command respect,
because they did not possess those moral quail
tiles which the American people desire In
their political leaders of tho presidential
class
Mr.. Bryan is clean of speech and act He
has nothing to explain He Is honest In his
humor. and this sometimes does q politician
more harm than good as S. s. Cox used to
confess ruefully. Much as Americans enjoy n
Joke. they prefer serlou, men in high places
When. therefore, all things are taken in.o
account It - clear why Mr.. Ryan is popnlnr.
him tho position he has won. Whether hs
may sucreed IN commanding his political ideas
t. the voters Of the country Is another lucs-
tion.
While the various qualities ascribed to
Mr. Bryan by this leading republican news
paper as the constituting causes for his
popularity will not be disputed the Times
Herald could have made much shorter
cut In explaining his wonderful hold upor
the American people. IT could have told
the whole story in a very few words
namely, the people have confidence in
him. They believe him to be an honest
man; that he Is sincere OF purpose and
patriotic In motive; that II elected to Of
Ace he will not betray those who put him
there.
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mings were put forward to combat the
Bryan declaration, but It was no go. The
mischief was done and the local speakers
could arouse no interest In local politics.
The opinion is freely expressed here by
people who ought to know that this DEM
onstration will force Tammany to change
It's plans, and that II the State convention
next year does not reaffirm the Chicago
platform 1T will at least pledge tho sup
port of the State organization In advance
TO any candidate and platform of the Ma
tional convention.
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REFUSE THE REQUEST.

The dispatch in The Post from Aus
tin few days since giving the inside
facts OF the application made by certain
railroad lines to have the railroad COM
mission cancel its tariff on crude petrol
cum, has excited considerable comment
throughout the State.
II seems that the application for the
change was made by three railroads. which
ask that the rate for moving crude and
refined petroleum be made the same. The
Posts correspondent calls attention to the
fact that the present rate on crude Pc
troleum was put In eighteen months ago
at the request of the railroads, and that
1t Ia from 10 to ~ cents less than the
rate on refined petroleum.
The sudden request for revocation OF
the former tariff makes 1t evident that
the application was inspired by the stand
ard Oil company. which has acquired con-
troll OF the Corscana oil fields, as well as
OF the refinery which has been built there
Why this big oil trust is DESTROYS OF hav-
Ing the rate Cancelled Is thus explained
In the dispatch mentioned:
With the crude oil rate revoked. the Stand.
ara WouIu De IN Il position 10 force such oil
well owners as 1t has not yet succeeded In
acquiring dominion over to sell out or turn
their product over to Its refinery. II Is prob
able. however, that the standard would not
have shown Ito hand so soon had II not been
Tor the Organization of the Southwestern OIL
company at Houston. which proposes to refine
tue Co-sirana product. Before setting up shop
this company applied to the Houston and
Texas Central for 7-cert ratio on crude oil
from Corsicana and was gra ated 10h scent
rate ihttend. Acting upon this grant. It went
ahead ind corftructed its plant. In the
iIeautfmc the Standard made several attempts
70 buy Il cut. falling in all Of them. hence
the pressure brought 10 bear upcn the rail-
roads ~ esct revision OF the crude OIL larff.
A. the railroad commission OF Texas Is
composed Of men who are endeavoring to
protect independent effort and competi-
tion. II IL hardly likely that It will per-
nit itself to be used In the manner indl-
catsd, The Southwestern is the only In
dependent refinery In Texas. and surely
~ etate can give It this little protec-
tion against the aEgrsssions Of the huge
Z ~ indspsn4sat eompsny Is preparing
- e@eet : Large reansry IN Houston, but
4enN ~ diRersncs Ia ratss between
op1ee ~ - rsnasA oil b wipsd out Il
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SOME PosTscRIpTs.

Dough is the latest adnltersnt of coffee
NEEDED In the shane of coffee beans.
New tailor-made costumes OF all silk are
icing introduced by Paris drersmakers.
Des Moincs merchant has been fined SIC
for failing to provide seats for his female
Lelp.
silver foxskin was sold in London recently
Tor sSbo at an auction This is the highest
price on record.
The stairway leading to the tower of ths
Philadelphia city hall contains sos steps. and
Is said to be tho tallest continuous stairway
In the world.
english naval engineers have lghtened the
machinery In their third-ciass cruisers by lso
tons. Their torpedo boat destroyers mako 400
revolutions per minute.
An oid-fashoned adding contest was held a
Few days ago at Dyersburg. Tenn, and there
were moro than 2O0 contestants. Ex-Governor
Bob Taylor awarded the prizes.
The Enslish Bible society. which In these
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12
PRICES HAVE BEEN RAISED.
Cuban Merchants Took ADVANTAGE OF
Payment of Soldiers.

Havana, July 1.-THE influx OF Cupans
into Bayamo. province of Santiago de
Cuba, in anticipation OF payment Tor tne
surrender of their arms, continues and Tie
merchants of that place have attempted 10
profit beyond reason by the situation. Iney
raised prices beyond reason, upon wnicn
point the mayor argued with them, point
ing out the injustice OF their attitude. me
merchants, however, refused to modify
their prices, and the mayor thereupon Is
sued an order regulating prices and pro
yIdine a heavy fine for violation Of the
ordinance. Food is now cheap.
There are about 5000 men in and about
the city, but there have been no disturb
anceS,
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Adjusting Immigration rrnfac.

new york. July l1,-A meeting of the ed
visory board OF the Western Passenger as
ISOLATION was held here today looking to
aa auJustment and equitable distribution
VI immigrant traffic. Today's session was
sven 10 preliminary conference of the
I'm. .n OF the association. Tomor-
row there VIII be conference of tno com
nlt,ee with representatives of a. IA.
madam Pacific and Southern Pacitic roads
ana on Thursday the committee viii con
ier with the representatives of the steam
snip lines. The committee will also die.
cuss general passenger traffic matters
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!. Southwest virginia rn.,,,u,.

ING 1881 1900 catalogue OF the South
Nesl virginia institute contains several
0eau'ifui colored half-tone photographs Of
scenes and departments connected with
~ s4a' eo,lege' This is an institution located
a. bristoi--that beautiful, picturesoue
s mvun,ain region of virginia--which offers
splendid educational Opportunities to the
s or 'women OF the South. The school
cinsas Mnepvemper I, 1899, and the term
euses may ~, 1900. The Southwest yir-
sinia institute is under the control Of ths
eAp'isu OF the State Of virginis. 80
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WILL BE ADMITTED FREE.

No Duty to BE Put on breeding Cat
lie Going Into Cuba.
Washington, July 1.-THE cabinet
meeting today was devoted to miscel-
laneous matters. All the members were
present. In order to replenish the stock
on the island of Cuba it was decided to
admit free of duty $4,000 head of breeding
cattle. The question OF committing ra-
lions for the needy Cubans into draught
cattle and agricultural implements was
brought up but no decision reached.
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YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
Reports of Number of Cases ana
Deaths to Date.

Reports of Number of Cases nnd
Deaths to Date.
Washington, July 1l.--surgeon General
Sternberg has received two cablegrams
from Major O'Reilly, chief surgeon at
Havana. regarding the yellow fever situa-
ton.
In the FIRST he says. Harvard at san
tiago telegraphs revised list today showing
l22 cases with twenty-four deaths, tn
GLIDING four officers, Fabricious, Clendeh-
ming, Mclaughlin and Heatwole; also
twenty civilian cases and five deaths. No
cases in camp in last three days. Head
quarters ordered to interior"
The other dispatch reports two addi-
tional cases of yellow fever at Man2an-
lilo, FIVE in all.
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The Post ait hrooisshire.
Brookshire Eagle.

Brookshire Eagle.
The magnificent reports OF the floods III
the Houston Post were read with no lit.
tie interest. the supply OF Thursdays pa
pers being exhausted before the agen,
left the depot. The illustrations accom-
panying the report were prepared by Mr..
A. j. Taylor. The Posts staff artist, who.
accompanied by his assistant. Mr.. Franz,
Roberts. was on the scene Tuesday night
and wednesday. The report itself was
prepared by Mr.. G. Arthur Williams a
special correspondent OF The Post, who
formed one OF the crew of rescue boat
which was In the water all OF Tuesday
night and which brought fourteen unfor.
Inmates from Peach Ridge.
Messrs. Ii. T. Warner, night editor ana
H. T. Sanders, telegraph editor OF The
Post, accompanied the supply train ON
Wednesday. The Post has earned the
everlasting gratitude OF the people hsr..
for its efforts In behalf OF the unforsns
mates OF this section.
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EDUCATORS OF coLoRED YOUTH
Object to n Plain Statement of why
LynchinE Is.

Detroit, Mich, July IL. There were
about 125 delegates present today in the
convention OF the American Association
OF Educators of Colored Youth when Rev.
w. S. Braddon requested that the commit
tee on resolutions take action on the talk
of w. W. BOYD Q st. Louis before the
Christian Endeayor convention. Mr.. I3oyd's
words that Rev Bcaddon objected to were,
III Christ We're IN the South, and His
mother or His wife or daughter were out
ragged by negro brute, would He resent
IT." followed by a partial defense of
lynching They were spoken yesterday in
Tent Williston. The chairman said that
the committee would doubtless do It's
work
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They Don't Give 1t 10 " s
Texas Farm and Ranch.

They Don't Give 1t 10 "
Texas Farm and Ranch. 4
They tell us--the daily paper =
business Is booming, labor revsi'hs I.
ury, that wages have been e'1a
volutarily increased. and that w.
benign influence of budding terf'p ~
pansion nothing is left to % 4
Elsewhere the same papers ten ~ ~
there are now on not less ~ ~
great labor strikes involving ~ ~
thousand men and large numys,sr1
men aid children. and that eMpwte
shipping in cheap negroes y 80 I
places of striking whites, ano ~, b
and bloodshed have resulted ~ ~ n
one locality and on more tnAa 800 y
sion. They don't tell us thaL ~
been increased by dlscharglps. n lol|
men and working the other sith y
hours; that combinations Ok mstbI
introduced new machines and -. ~ "a
by which few men at 81 . ums
the work formerly done by tnrv ttess
number at s1.25. That is wa. opIiI
sequlous followers OF corporstW1s lons
call an increase OF wages ~ ambiof
line" A dozen corporations 1000
trust. II they formerly "a =
men. 1000 are discharged. e s5Sn 4 q 4
Of the 5000 is performed by W. ~
vance over the average VIZ ~ ~
Tore, Let US not be rntelehd 49,
Gated news prepared - ps's
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matters acts with the American Bible society,
has translated the Bible into Tasal, Wool and
Iiacuno. three languages in the Philippines.
new law has Just gone into effect 10 Mas
sschusetts. forbiddIne the performance Of the
marriage ceremony by justices Of the peace
unless they have been specially designated for
that purposn
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A FATAL DUEL.
Two Men Meet and shoot Each Othe,
to Death.

New Orleans, July 1.-THE Picayune's Co.
lumbus (Miss.) special says: At Crawford,
miss. today. two men-shields Irwin and II.
a. Iarleton-sh1t each other to death Bad
i piood mad existed between the men for some
az ana when they met today. after the
1heir pistols and BEGAN firing al each other
Iarieton was almost instantly killed. while
TWIN TWIN LIVED until this afternoon. when he ex-
friends OF tho parties 'Ae
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FATAL NEW YORK FIRE.
Five Persons VIII Die-Eiaht Other
Overcome by Smoke

overcome by smoke.
New York, July 11.-Fire in a crowded
fve-story tenemnt in Monroe street early
today resulted in fatal injuries to five
persons and the overcoming by smoke of
eight others.
The fire started in the apartments of
Hax Press, who lived with his family and
a boarder named Jacob Koplan on the
fourth floor. All this household escaped.
there were sixteen families in the house
1t has not been determined Just how tho
fire started.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12
SENSIBLE NEGRO.
Refused Appointment MS Postmaster
in an bnmn Town

Montgomery. Ala, July 11.-President
Mckinley a few days ago appointed Jack
Bishop, well known negro. to be post
master at White Oak, village in Eastern
Alabama. Bishop, being sensible fellow.
Knew that his acceptance would breed
trouble, and promptly declined the honor.
He had not applied for the place and his
prompt refusal has been generally ap-
plauded in the community.
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PURSUING A NEGRO.
He Is Wanted for AssauIting a Lady
Near Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, La, July 11.-Last satur-
day evening Mrs. William Borsky. living
about two miles from Zachary, was as
saulted by negro named Van Bates dur
ing the absence of her husband from the
house, The negro at once took to the
woods, and has since been hunted by dep
uty sheriffs, aided by large posse, but
mus lar has managed to elude his pur-
suers.
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Many Of the prosperity organs talk about
tho voluntary increasc OF wages among the
factory owners. The increases are few and
far between. and do nothing like compare to
the number Of men thrown out OF employment,
by the trusts and other capitalized combines.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-12

The Philadelphia Times In recitins the
scientific fact that It 10 always zero at the
bottom CT the sea, gives as proof the cold
time cervera's fleet had at Santiago. Tho
general Impression lie that the entertainment
was a very warm number"
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II Is said that William Waldorf Astor now
claims TO be the descendant OF Spanish
noblcman. Poor spainl Will her troubles
never cease?
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It Is said that there IL In New York .
mothcr who IL 40 tender hearted that she
chloroforms her children before she spanks
them
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An Austrian gardener Is said to have pro.
duced blue rose. tho hrst on record. This
Will probably give rival florists the blues.
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The property owners OF Houston have de-
cided that this city shall have modern SAM
tary and sewerage system. The vote In favor
yesterday was nearly unanimous and gave
evidence that the taxpayers of Houston are in
telligent. home-loying and cnterprsing. MOI
only will the securing of this system remove
every obstacle in the way of the Buffalo bayou
work, but 1t will insure for Houston n better
sanitary condition than it has had for many
year. 1t will be splendid advertisement
for the city. and will rebound to our credit
in THOUSAND ways. and aid immensely in our
progress and upbullding.
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Mrs. Lowndes, the wife Of the governor OF
Maryland. says that suffered bread is a sure
cure for whooping cough. Mrs Lowndes evil
IDENTITY sot this remedy from her husband. as
pohuc'sps usually knew - which aide their