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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-03-30
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS.

TEHUACANA. --Roseoa is prevalent
here In epidemic form.
WAXAHACHIE,-A military company
Is to be organized Thursday night.
GOLDTHWAITE.- -Oscar johnson was
given four years for theft and burglary.
FARMERSviLLE.- Taxable values are
placed by the city tax assessor at $685.
FORT sToCKToN.-wo has begun on
new $4,000 hotel IL IS to be ready for
summer visitors
GAINESVILLE 1T has been resolved
by leading business men to establish u
large flour mill here.
PARIS Evangelist Pearsons protracted
| meeting is very successful one from the
point OF attendance.
CoMANCHE. -Workmen are now clean,
ing up the burned district and new build
ings will soon so up.
WlLLIS.--Joh Pruitt shot and instant.
ly killed Lewis Scott, both negroes, about
five milcD east Of here.
VALLEY yIEW.--A large quantity oil
/ wheat Is being marketed at this place
now. The price is 70 cents.
! SAN ANTONIO.--H. A. Monkcn's store
al Van Raub was looted by burglars and
/ $l25 worth OF goods were secured
/ GBOBGETOWN.--'rhe people of Corn
| Hill are having deep well bored. They
are now hauling water six or eight miles.
| HARROLD.--Rev Hawkins, Daptis
( home missionary, Is holding n revival
several converted; four added to the
I church.
I Ell pAso.-The West Texas Rangers,
under Captain j II. Hughes, have returned
from Laredo, Texas, to their camp near
/ Ysleta, Texas.
| MONTAGuE-The commissioners cour
Of this county has purchased a road grad
1 ing outfit and are having the county roads
very much improved,
| CLEBURNE.-Rev. j. b. Fletcher o
/ Stephenvlle Is conducting protractoC
meeting at the Baptist church, which ha!
aroused considerable interest.
/ WACO.--A call for a mass meeting OF
the citizens OF McLennan county was is
/ sued today to take place next Saturday in
1 this city TO discuss the governors yetoes
| of railway legislation.
! FORT WORTH,-The dust nuisance has
/ been abated to q considerable extent by
/ the application OF the residuum of petrol
cum recently applied at some OF the points
I where it was most needed
| BRoOKSHlRE. Parties were here on
/ last Saturday investigating the advisable
ity OF erecting new gin plant. with round
| bale system attached, and am informed
that work on the same VIII begin in a very
short time.
| DALLAS.--A stock company has been
formed to build and operate a J25- ton cot =
ron oil mill and refinery The stock has
been subscribed, the site selected and
charter forwarded to Austin Work will
begin on the new mill at once.
| WACo.-John NJ. King, who sued the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway com
| Dany for damages on account of CettinS
a finger mashed by the falling of win
dow sash in ono OF the company's coaches,
got a judgment today for $3.50.
EDNA.--George s. Gayle, United Statet
reporter -of statistics OF Jackson county,
after careful investigation, reports the
loss Of cattle at 1870 to every 1000 head be-
cat SO of the inclement weather of the past
winter. He also reports cattle at this time
in fair condition and improving rapidly.
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VOLUNTEERS ARE NOT NEEDED.
Agitation Comes from Men Wishial
to He Officers.

to He Officers.
Washington. March 49, 1t was ris'
at the war department that the srs'iss
demand for the organization Of $500 W.
uuteers comes from TIE men who dssls
places as officers. There are already NAL
applications on Ale, not only men W
served with the State troops, but ll's
who have served in staff positions "
have been mustered out are anxious
again enter the service
The announcement has been made ta'
the president will not organize provs'A
army until needed. So far there y !
demand from General Otis for more wv
than are now on their way to Mania
statement prepared at the war aslls
ment in regard to the regiments unoe, :. !,
ders and en- route to the Pnllippines (
follows:
The Twentieth infantry and -four y, 4
panies of the Seventh infantry ~ a
transport Sheridan. now nearing M'' 4,
headquarters and six companies ., H..
Ninth infantry left San Francisco n Nh
"a. Six other companies OF tne W, ~
infantry will leave the same n:
in a day or two; the Sixth ar'iiie', u
leave its present station on Apri .t,,S
the Sixth infantry, Thirteenth iIls ..r
and sixteenth infantry and Lyna Pan VI
f, First artillery; f, Fourth ar.llls, a.,, I
f. Fifth artillery, are all under clu n.
prepare for transportation 70 m s,r.,t'
way of San Francisco and VIII Dc iol ,,sd
ed as fast as troop ships can pe s ~
for the long voyage across au noa n &
These troops number about iv, VI, srrst
and their arrival at Mania WI ns.s
strengthen the fighting force u -
Otis
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!. TEN PAGES TODAY
DOMESTIC INDUSTRIES THREAT
Eyt,D

1t begins to look as IL the public were
beginning to see a point which few of us
have seen all along, that we will need
government protection against our new
possessions, OF else find some Of our do
nestle industries very seriously crippled
within the next few years by competition
with annexed cheap laboy.
A few papers have pooh -poohed the pos
sibillty Of the American laborer" with his
Intelligence. strength and skill" being
beaten u an Industrial race by the lazy
West Indians or the ignorant little Asat-
les! Our esteemed contemporary, the san
Antonio Express. some months since, took
this position. 1t mattered not to the Ex-
press that organized American labor held
contrary views and feared the introduce
ton of old world "cheap labor''-the Elk
press argued the problem out on scientific
lines to suit Itself aud found that Ameri-
can labor did not know what II was talking
about! And there were others, like the
Express
The attention OF such optimistic expan
sionists as those just referred to is in
yited TO the following clipping FROM the
Baltimore Sun.
Ati agent Of the treasury department, vine
has just returned from Porto Rico where he
las been studying the sugar Industry reports
that the Po-.o N!canB raise sugar AT a cosi Oh
. cents a pound as ngainst 3i2 cents that beet
sugar made In tho United States costs. The
Porto .Ricau laborer Is "nauper labor from
.he point OF view of our prOtectionists ana u
is impossible for our well do leborer to
compete with him. 1t is shown that he gets
next to nothing and lives most ineNpensively.
The moral deduced from IT all is that II won Z
do to LEI the sugar OF Porto Rico Cuba and
the Philippines come into this country free
IL nirpt pay duty to protect our sugar grow
erb- Especially the favored bet sugar growers
OF tho Northern States.
What Ia true of sugar is true to a like
extent OF everything else that can be pro-
duced or manufactured in the islands oil
Porto Rico Hawaii and the Philippine
archipelago. And the resources of these
island possessions under American control
capital and methods Will be found to be
vailed and inexhaustihlc.
But can we constitutlonally, or in COM
mon Justice impose prohibltive tariffs OF
any kind Of restrictions upon the intro.
duction OF products from our own terrific.
ries into the states? Can there be ans
protection againet these cheap products
Of our island cheap labor"
Just as the South IN today forging aheat
Of the Eastern States In certain lines o
Industry because of our cheaper labor
proximity to the raw material and tavorini
climate, rendering living cheaper and labo
more continuous so will these tropica
islands with their still cheaper labor com
nete with 0he South in the production ant
manufacture OF sugar tobacco and cotton
The leaders of organized labor, like Mr.
Gompers and others, see the danger aud are
warning us against it, But what can We
do to avert the blow at the American la.
borer. agricultural and mechanical, ii We
persist in our imperial colonization policy
Simply nothngl
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rake. the Hest.

San Antonio Chronicle.
whether It looks proper or not
to publish this private note 10 the
Chronicle, we have decided TO iet
il 20, for all it is worth, and claim
an apology from the writer;
John McHugo, Esq, City.
On the Road, March 20, lsso.-
Friend Mc--My son forwarded me
your note would gladly comply
with your wishes TO occasionally
give you an item, II were at nome
long enough to become a news gain
erer, but ] am absent a good deai
now, and as distance lends enchant.
ment to the view. | want to READ
the dailles, and therefore | have my
choice between the republican dal-
lies OF our city or the democratic
ones of other large cities, and when
am OH train on a Sunday, ana
sec that | can &c; twenty pages OF
Express on Sunday for cents,
or twenty-four pages of democracy
from the Pirate Isle for the same
price, generally take the twenty
eight or thirty-two pages OF the best
democracy in Texas from The Hous-
ton Post. Wishing you full meas
ure of success, | am yours very re-
spectfully, Chas. Scheidemantel.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

austin special TO The News: at NAV n,
uu.nfult 10 some to see how this mixing rail-
roau ollls with politics would result. but
u VIII result. Those who bonmei In smlles
over the prospects of peace for the State Tor
me next two years at least may as well draw
down the corners of their mouths In antici.
nuu9n or troublesome times that arc at
hnnd II is no credit to Texas that in
dustrhi matters should be made tn. handle
WIN which to work the political machine 49,
Galveston News.
II Ia favorite method OF the News TO do
all II can do to inject politics into public
questions and then, with an Urlah Heap air
bcmoan the conditions which It had helped
to tftug about. II there is any politics In
the questions recently arising between the
governor and the legislature nobody but ths
News has found 1t out Ths News has made
the discovery; IT was an original Inspiration
tho wish probably being father to the
thought. and now the News Is proceeding to
knock down It's man Of straw This is one
of the cid tricks of the Galveston contem.
porary, and no one is being deceived by IT,
~
We believe that the only way the respon.
sIhle press of Texas VIII ever secure u Just
fair and decent limit to what they may or
may not print Is to start In prior TO n general
election and do their best 10 elect men from
their respective localities to the LEGISLATURES
who VIII do Justice to the press OF the State
whcr ,ho naon,, =, r...a
,ndo,s,o,a ,,Ia n,,.a -, SIN, W. ,''''o "
,s,a,,,,., ,hot ,,,,, ~ 80 ~ iSN
,a~' '"''' "''' '''''' '"' ''7u' "'"u VI
Az
The republican and othnr pold standard
paners nrp telling ne every dnv oditnriniIv
about new Factories startinS and new hands
heinK cmploved mt Tho editors faiI IN bear
abnut rho fortorjss shnttin,, down and .nins
into con,htncs abnpt tbn bundrcds ~ men
who are thus thrown out OF cmnloymcnt
about the trusts. eornsrs etc. or course
We are glad to hear of new factories and
lesitimate enterprises OF all kinds but We
soIa etnrdord IN WAKING the countrv nrnsncrs
Gus when the other slds Of the picture is SO
uGrk-sherman register
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Mexican Cattle to he eon,,

~ Paso' Texas. March 2S.-.r. j. Corgin q,
MerRie' Texas and ] j. Hltson Of Abilene
passed through FL Pas5 today on their ua,.
tl the Mormon colonies OF Mexico near Ca
sas Srande for the purpos, OF roundnc
no nearly 10000 head of cattle. which will
be shipped to this country. Nearly ,Oo0 hoo
OF eayle 70 to the Panhandle di.tr,c, - ,rs,.ae
ana me balance TO Colorado CITY Texas ana
hoSNel' ~ NJ. The two oattlcur n ssid Thai
.nes hardly expected TO get all their cattle
ines say that the Cases Grande VALLEY IS
crowded with cattle, but that many thousand
hesa WI be brought 20 Texps this sDIine
ss,pos lftlened Tor the market rho Denver
Sianas sixty trsin loads Of .isxicsn rst,is
va ,nis n2int and the SsBtg IA raiiNav No.
month. Thar destination viii Be Dsaysr.
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THE CITIZEN AND HIS CITY GOV.
EnNNE.NT.

Tho Nashville American is seeking to
arouse a liveller Interest among all classes
Of citizens Of Nashville in city govern
ment by showing the relation of the pros
periiy of cities to the prosperity of the
country at large and the direct influence
az city government upon the prosperity
OF the city.
The problem of good city government is
Internationally attracting more notice and
commanding more earnest Efforts for It's
correct solution at the present time than
ever before Our Nashville contemporary
remarks:
One OF the most important questions now
ehHaRlng attention Is that OF city govern
mcnt Cities arc tho reservoirs oil the wealth
OF the country. They arc Distributing points
for all products, the warehouses FOR an
goods the mannfacturirg points snd centers
81 thought. Information. education aud public
discussion. the government OF cities has a
direct BEARING. morally and econamlcaly.
lrtn the government OF .he state ana tha
Nation, and is not the consideration Of their
government. therefore. worthy Of all the
thought and Gttenticn which eau be bestowed
unon Il?
While the Americans observations are
correct and It's query In the premises per-
tinent yet II has not stated the chief rea-
son or indueement for deep practical
concern by the citizen in his municipal
government. Men can be more easily in
fueneed to manifest interest In public
matters by pointing out TO them how their
personal fortunes are to be affected, rather
than by appealing TO their general interest
in good government This is not an ex-
hihifirn Of tho more admirable side ~ hu-
man nature, but 1t is perfectly natural
aud, to an extent, excusable.
Tho city government TO u resident OF the
city who owns or rents homo and has q
family dependent upon him. is next ~
Importance to--indeed II is part Of
his private business, How many men STOP
10 think Of this fac. or To calculate what
II really means to them? Upon the char
acter Of the city government depends first
the protection OF the lives and property
Of the citizens through the police depart
nent Assaults by footpads. midnight
visits by burglars. the entertainments and
impositions OF the strong and insolent
or the lawless, are prevented by an eff.
Client police force, but encouraged by an
inefficient one organized simply upor
spells principles and indifferent to every.
thing but the salary OF office. 4 man.
home becomes safe and sacred in proper.
tion as his municipal guardians render
~ 80,
The health Of himself and his family
IA cItisen SHOULD remember. depends d.
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BUSY CABINET SESSl0
Discussion Took in All Subjects IL. !.
Country.
CIVIL SERVICE RULES TO b H.,
May Not he Any Cali Z, WI,
Cuban Delcgntes VIII "a ~"
ofiici"iIy Rece Yea

Washington, March 20 Il.
meeting today, which las,aa ~oas|
O'Clock, variety OF subjec,, s~a
cussed, including number !, W.
which have arisen during H. sss''a'
OF the presidents absence N \, ~ sSll
The administration OF afsair. e
came up, and 1t was practicau, III ~
simplify matters by consoliaa,,nr
ministrative departments, hut VIII, ~ y =
will be made is, as yet. undeis,r.,..ss..'l a
The question Of amenSlng the c,vS
ice rules and regulatifss in csr,,,' ''''
particulars W. didsT considerat,a. Y
the presiESI stated that he desirss !.
pose of the matter at an early III.
most the last thing the Pfc sidan. y.
fore leaving for the South was
TO the members Of the cabins, 40.
eral recommendation on tho r,3hi%s
a request that they again 20 cys. I. ~
with view to making any chances ss W.
might suggest themselves durinT s sn
scnce. Today the president asksa y
he be furnished with their conclrs..s 4
the matter as soon as possible ana =
expected that 1t Is his purpose Il ~, ~
his order within few DAYS. i
again demonstrated at today's meo,,.' =
the cabinet that while strongly unha,s.N
| the principles of the civil service lav ~.
is a disposition en- the part OF tbs ss ~.
members to criticlse It's present adm.,.
tration.
The subject of the appointment n n.
missionerS to represent the United ~.
at the forthcoming convention callsSr
the car Of Russia with view to nror'
/ ing peace among the nations, was advas.s
| by the president. 1t Is understood n,
the ambassadors of the United ~,
as the three European courts II
be named, together with two or three \
liens Of the United States not dIplors
! ic representatives. The personnel n 4
commission has not been decided.
The new Nicaragua canal comm,i,
which was provided for in the last rim
and harbors BILL was also discussed ~
/ 1t is net unlikely that the members "A
be named very soon.
The question of raising an additica
force of volunteers to go to the PhppI,s
was not mentioned at the meeting, and
is not thought that the president has d,
special purpose in view at this time.
Postmaster General Smith, who has i'd
returned from Cuba, told of his obseri
lions there, and it is upon his suggesix
that several Cuban administrative deprr
ments will be consolidated
Some attention was paid to the csmnIr
of the troops in the Philippines and "
administration is confident Of the ~
ture of Malolos, the insurgent capital b
n few days.
The arrival here of delegates from "
Cuban assembly was touched upon, al
the discussion brought out reitefilh,
OF the conclusion to pay no attention b
their demands. 1t is felt that the aHs,
bly, delegates represent disturbing d.
ment and that under no circums;alN
will they be formally received BY ~
government.
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ouco again has tho battleship oregon dem
onstrated her wonderful superiority aud sea
worthiness, After a voyage OF $4,000 miles,
without stoppnE for any purpose except to
on her hunkers with coal. Admiral Dewey
says; "Sho Is in ct condition for any duty
There is no battleship or cruiser or man-of-
wal OF any kind in any feet with Il record
equal to that OF the Oregon. During the last
year she sailed nearly 10000 miles aud played
the biggest part In the biggest naval battle OF
modern times, without lying IN a single day
or receiving a dollars worth OF repairs. ex-
cept 10 have her bottom scraped
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Losses mt Calvert.

Calvert Texas, March 29-The loss by
reason OF the fire yesterday morning was
greater than was thought at the time.
Mr.. Lang's stock was valued at S18. 900.
loss between $4,000 and 10000; insurance
$4,000 Loss on building between $500 and
$1,000 fully covered by insurance. The
building belonged to Perkins lodge, In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows. Th,s is
the second loss MIR Lang has sufIers nv
hre since late in the fall His stock j., -
al new and complete. The fire is supposed
10 nave started In some way from the fiue
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NEW yORI<'s DEEP WATER "JUDI-
I.I,Ir,,

LEE"
What Is to be In many ways a signih-
can. banquet Is soon to be given in New
York City in honor Of Senator Frye OF
Maine, as II recognition of his valuable
assistance In securing for New York the
appropriation OF s6,50O,OOo for deepening
the main ship channel to forty feet and
widening it TO 1000 feet.
II is noteworthy In the Arst place be-
cause 1t looks as II Eastern people were
standing closely together in demanding
what they want from the general govern
event also that indicates that the East
can. in fact get almost anything II de-
mands from congress in the way of appro-
priatlons for public improvements. 1t will
mean, too, that through the active assist
ance OF the senator from Maine, New York
Is preparing to still further maintain its
commercial supremacy by obtaining a
depth and width of channel that will &C
commodate ships that can not enter any
other barbors OF the country. and with
such ships carry such amounts of freight
that tho rates can be made lower than at
any other ports.
| This huge appropriation Is the practical
{ nutco,na ~ thu aiarn, NJ Nav Work NJ the
! successful competition with It as ship
ping point, OF late years, by other notably
Southern, ports. New York's exports have
been decreasing while those of Southern
ports, such as Newport News. New Or
/ leans. Mobile and Galveston have been
showing remarkable increase. The bust
ness interests of the great city have been
( impressed with the necessity OF doing
something to check this loss OF commerce,
/ and 1t is seen that they We're able TO COM
mend the most powerful influences in OBJ
! tanning the ready assistance OF congress.
The Post as a Southern paper does not
object to liberal appropriations for East
crn ports All the harbors on the Atlantic,
gulf and Pacific coasts should be i'm
proved by the general government, as a
wise National investment and for the
general welfare" of the country. But II
ought not to be easier for New York to
obtain help In the premises than any other
port with possible large commerce in
view and great section OF the country
back of It demanding improved shipping
facilities!
The largest vessels now anoat can en-
ter New York harbor, and 1t looks as II the
be to give first to those harbors that art
not so well of as New York. There is nc
justice in doiing out money to Mobile, oil
New orleans, or Houston. to deepen Inn
portant channels, while dumping millions
In New Yorl's lap simply to help her along
In a fight with Baltimore, Philadelphia
New Orleans and other points.
Possibly It IS the fault of our Southern
Representatives In the National senate and
house that We get thousands only where
the East gets millions, southern con-
gressmen should stand together better and
demand fair divide and no favoriusm,
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rour,n court OF Apn.ni,.

San Antonio. Texas, March 99-rhc fol-
lowing proceedings were had today. in The
court OF civil appeals for the Fourth SUI
preme judicial district OF Texas.
Case reversed and remanded--A. G. Vcgt
VS.. John T. Short. from Kendall.
Cases affirmed-Ed Banks ct al rs.
Henry House. from Harris: Elizabeth
Armstrong VS. Joseph Dreaper, from Cal
weston; c. L. Wilson ct al VS. Martin NJ
Field ct al. from Smith county
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LOSSES BY FIRE WERE HEAVY
THREE BUILDINGS DESTROYED
WITH CONTENTS AT CLEBuRyE.
Loss ut Calvert Larger Than MT First
Estimated-A Handsome Resi-
dence at Mckinney.

Cleburne, Texas March pa fire last
night destroyed the Home bakery; A. NJ.
Morgan & Co., real estate, and Bartles
Grocery company. The Home bakery lost
about $4,000, insurance $3.50; Bartles Groc-
cry company loss $4,000, insurance $500.
Morgan G Co, had no insurance. The
three buildings belonged to S. T. Shaw
and were worth at least $4,000; insured for
S25Oo
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c.ncro, FIaaIcr Dead.

Washington, March ga olsp.T s .iI
celved here from Old Point, va" ~
Brigadier General Flagler of the 0 9, !
L. S. A.. died at the Hygeia n0''
o'clock this evening. Nav ID
General Flagler was born ID s srM n
and appointed TO the Naval Aca .s nus|
that state. He was graou@s'
5 in the class of 1861.
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nolI weeYII Not KnIed.

la Grange. Texas. March ee.-There
seems TO be no doubt OF the existence OF
the boil weevil here. several parties hay-
ire exhibited them lately; they were found
In tho blossom OF Wild peas. Il Is feared
that the cotton crop will be exceedingly
shore this year
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MireI..r TeIegrnphy

London. March 9O.-Aceoro'ss 81
ratch 10 the Chronicle from III III 10
Marconi. whose experiments posf'
biography across the stral. = Hs VI
excited the liveliost interest," ~ tpap0
ceived an offer 10 report nessait
,up races for certain Arnericssu. ~ ~ ut,.s;
10 c,ains thnt no could fash 20, vaassI NJ
srre,s the Atlantic Il he sAa
Oh each sIde.
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Since they have put their cars to the ground
the esteemed legislators are not violently dis
posed to interfere with the governors vetoes.
The e. Is. are often more responsive TO the
voice Of a mass meeting than TO the demands
o; common justice. Why this legislature,
however. should be so accommodating to the
railroads. while so unjust to the press OF
Texas. is ono Of the mysteries.