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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-09-27
I'm THE CHINA SEA
A NARRATIVE OF ADVENTURE.
By SEWARD W.. HOPKINS.

tcorrn1eHT 1sS, ROBERT BoEEEls soSs3
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
About Texas.

American Land and Title Register.
Unless one remembers his geography
the vastness of the Lone Star State seems
startling. Once nation by itself-in a
way--it has ever been the greatest of
Uncle Sans sisterhood of States. Larger
tharSmost OF the countries of Europe. 1t is
greater than whole clusters of eastern
states, while good section of the central
west could be punched within its borders.
me express trains consuming a day and
night between Chicago and New York
cross many States, but one may 20 by fast
train day and night and still be on Texas
soil. Its population OF 5000 900 is but a
scattering handful Ten times that num-
Der could find n comfortable existence aud
sun leave room for twice as many more.
us splendid climate. remarkably produce
i've soil and unbounded natural resources
are but little known Fortunes are maxi
ing for the shrewd ones who have zone
early got on the ground floor.
There are several large and fast grow
ms cities, dozens of smart towns and hum
areds OF thriving villages. EVERYWHERE
there is growth, push, development. Farm
and Gotten lands are reasonable in prlce
likewise city and town property, but no
section of the country is being more yigor-
ously exploited, nowhere do signs point to
rising values more clearly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
HOUSTON, TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 1899
TWELVE PAGES
DEMOCRACY sLANDERED.


There are yet few democratic poll
ticans in this State who profess to be-
lleve that free silver, or cheap money and
reputation. is vital Issue and should be
proclaimed by democratic convention"
Thus spoke the Philadelphia Times when
referring to the democratic State conven-
tion OF Pennsylvania.
There is not a democrat in this broad
land who wants reputation, and the Times
knows It; nor Is there one who wants
cheap money" in the sense designated by
the Times.
The democratic party simply wants sill
yer, which has been a valuable money
metal since the beginning Of time, kept
en- a parity with gold at fixed radio, be-
lieving this to be best for the general good
OF the country. And further, 1t does enot
believe that tho monetary affairs OF this
government should be controlled by for
eign power, aided by comparatively few
in this country, especially in face of the
fact that it is patent that such control
initiates against the best interests Of
the producing element OF our population.
There are many other potent reasons why
the democratic party advocates tho free
coinage of silver" but as they have been
SO often repeated The Post deems 1t I'M
necessary to urge them just at this juno
ture. 1t is not out Of place, however, to
observe that during many years OF Its
history our country has had the double
standard of value-free silver-and that
those years were invariably the mos
prosperous in our history.
The lnsnuatlon of reputation" as ap.
piled to this old party OF the constitution
and friend Of the people is not only
gratuitous, but 1t is absolutely false ant
even slanderous. The democratic party
has always been an economical party. bu
from the very inception OF this govern.
ment has been debt-payng party. There
is not the least semblance of Reputation
In its fundamental principles or in It's
policies. 1t is the party that believes in
tho 'ublime doctrine that all inherent
rights exist with the people, and that the
people alone should rule. 1t is the party
of equal rights to all men, and special
privileges to none. II is the party of al
others that believes the people who ar,
governed least are the people who are gov
erned best, and that every man should
have the right to do as he pleases so long
as he does not interfere with the rights oil
his neighbor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

clear the line to Paranaque, which is less
than three miles from our headquarters.
Cavlte, our naval station, is cut off from
US on the land side. and instead of an
active campaign Otis is sustaining a siege.
~
Even the messages given out by the war
department Justify this analysts of the
situation. Yet the war office declares that
all Otis wants is 10000 men. He had that,
or nearly that number, during his dry
weather operations. Where are the num-
erous places with unpronounceable names
that he took with slaughter between Feb
ruary and May? Why did he not hold them
when taken? If he could not hold them
where was the justification for the loss
OF American lives involved? Today, ac-
cording to the testimony OF Commander
Ford. lust home from the Philippines, we
occupy a smaller area of territory than We
did in August. 1898.
What is the reason or excuse for this?
A terrible situation confronts Mr.. McKin-
ley and the administration. 1t is evident
N""' WV mere ioASS VI OlIS Will SuoH ue
worn out by the tactics of the ,Tagals and
finally massacred unless some aid is
promptly sent to him.
Why does not the president call out the
provisional force at his command? AS l
have before remarked. he is either trying
to convince the people of this country
that We need standing army of 100, 900
men or else be is afraid to call for volun-
teers as long as Alger is at the head of
the war department. He may be afraid
they Will not come, Which is it, and what
will the people Of this country do about
it? VIII they forget it before the cam
paign of next year? Not ON yonr lie
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

late an offense or to cover UP the real
source OF complaint. 1t Is not the artesian
water supply about which complaint has
been made, a1d these officials OF the water
company know It; It is the poisoning Of
the mains by the frequent use OF bayou
water that has caused much sickness and
distress, as claimed by physicians and
others. Nearly every time we have fire
the bayou water is turned into the mains.
and then for days afterwards the drinking
supply is contaminated.
This talk OF counting an investigation is
cheap braggadoclo. No investigation Is
required to tell where the trouble lies. II
these officials will keep the bayou water
out OF the mains absolutely at all times
there will be no trouble and consequently
no complaints.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
HousToN's WATER SUPPLY.


In an Interview in Sundays Post Mr. t.
H. seaman, president CT the Houston
Water company, and Mr. Smith, superln-
tendent were reported as follows;
They charge" said they. that the water
we furnish Is responsible for much OF the
sickness now prevalent In the city, purtieu-
larry In the case OF bowel complaint. II this
be the case, the people should know Il nos-
lively. We ourselves would like to be as
6ured OF this fact, II II be fact, and we
think that in Justice to the community the
truth or falsity OF the charge should be detln-
itely settled, SO that tho people may govern
themselves in the use of the water. and thus
protect their health
I'VE would be willing ourselves TO have an
analysis made of the water, but anything We
might DO In this direction would have but
little weight as people would naturally say
that we employed our own chemist aud
that he was paid for lust such an ANALYSIS
as ne knew we desired, Hence we would pre-
fer. and We think II the duty of the board OF
health, to have this analysts made. In the
face OF the various opinions that have been
given OF late. some from the medical fra
ternity, that the water we furnish Is impure
We think the board OF health owes II to the
city to make this Investigation. and we would
be glad to have them do H. taking the water
at whatever time they may select and fran
any or as many hydrants as they may choose
We are now pumping only pure artesiAn
sSg o as o% being se y wgs sSt
augmented In their flow BY the use OF COM
pressed air pipes. and ia addition to this we
have lust contracted with Mr.. Warnecke for
sufficient additional number OF wells 10 Five
us an additional daily output Of two million
gallons more water and when these wells are
completed the supply OF artesan water will
be more than sufficient to NEST the demand
But II this artesian water Is unhealthy
tho sooner the people know IL the better
und we court an Investigation without desir-
ing IN any way to be a party to IT,"
This is simply triflng with the people
These gentlemen, in the above quotation.
have added insult to the intelligence OF
the community to alleged transgressions,
OF grave omissions. on the part of them
selves as officials OF corporation engaged
in performing an important duty to the
public.
NointeIligent person In Houston believes
that the artesian water supply OF this city
Is impure or unwholesome No one has
suggested such an idea, and the remarks
q Mefsrs Seaman and Smith TO the effect
that. ~ this artesian water Is unhealthy
tho sooner the people know 1t the better.'
Il bold blum and intended either to pail
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
San Angelo Locals

san Angelo Texas, June 1.-THE heavy
rains OF the past two days over all thi:
section brought ten-foot rise in the Con-
emo here Yesterday. 1t is said the rainfall
has been greater in the concho country
than any other portion of the State during
May and June.
number of San Angelo people are at
lending the district and Epworth League
conference now in session at Ozona
Some heavy trade has come TO the CITY
rom beyond the Texas and Pacific rail-
way This week; large wool consignments
made to Jackson & Richardson on com
usss.o, ana loads OF ranch supplies hauled
Ferhaps San Angelo will now be asked
~ W entertain another proposition for The
SoIoredo Valley railroad, as a new COM
pnny mas purchased the road and an ex-
The San Angelo baseball club e reor-
ganizing for the season. -s0'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
THE PLOT THIoKENs.


Commander John d. Ford feet engineer
OF the Asiatc squadron, who has Just
reached his home in Baltimore from. Ma
Mia. in an interview with the Sun. of that
city, expresses the opinion that 1t is
impossible to conquer tho Fllipinos. or to
gain the islands without more troops.
when Commander Ford left there he
said it was all our army could do to hold
it's own. Our government can beat these
willy bushwahackers, he thinks, II 1t will
send a great many more troops, otherwise
the Americans will make but slow pro-
gress
Commander Ford's testimony ought tc
be worth a great deal, and conservative
men among all classes OF our people have
contended what he now afiirms all along
AS time goes on, and the plot thickens'
the exceeding folly OF this administra-
ton policy becomes more and more APP
parent. The president should send men
enough there to crush the insurgents
speedily, and thus stop this miserable
sacrifice OF blood and wealth.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
SOME PosTsCRIPTs.

English clergymen are debating the sex
of angels.
Over SO per cent of all foreign mission
aries are women.
Mormon missions have been established
in the Philippines.
Projectiles for modern big and rapid IRE
suns require about half their weight in
powder to fire them.
The production of wire rods increased
IN the United States from 279, 769 tons in
1880 to L07l.6S3 tons in 1925.
"A prudent man" says witty French
man is like a pin, His head prevents
him from going too far
Trenton IN, J) Methodist ministers have
lnaugufated crusade against Sunday ice
cream and soda water
1t is estimated that 500 900 gallons ~
strawberries have been shipped from New
aiofhy, IND, this season principally TO
Chicago. ~
II is an unexplained fact that glow
worms are much more brilliant Just before
time.
vacant church in philadelphia which
pays IT'S pastor salary of 1920 wear
n 10, cue names OF 100 candidates under con-
sderation. e'"-
IN order to give employment 10 cigar
makers IN indianapolis the Commercial
Sru' ul thPl city has urged the local smok-
e's 10 use home made cigars
The whole Of the celebrated forests OF
Na.iiioIuprosa, IN Italy, WAS planted by the
patent and industrious monks of ST. Rene
diet during the Dark Ages.
III, infant mortality has been found to vary
from "a per 1000 births in ireland n ~,
"a ENGLAND, l65 in France, l92 In ualy 207
IN Prussia and 246 in Austria.
~ Is a somewhat curious fact. universal.
iy noted by travellers, that lions tssrs s a,,
other herce canivora are too weak I'm inn-
power TO run more than half a mile,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

whatever singing is INDUCED in by the
members of the house.
A friend recently remarked to General
Wheeler upon the small stature Of most
prominent Southerners. 81 once said the
same thing to a giant old cracker wo-
man." remarked the general, "and she
said 1t was because they had to be raised
mostly on prayer and hickory"
OF President McKlnley's relations with
newspaper men well-known Washington
correspondent says: He has taken spe-
cial pains to see that all are treated fairly.
so that when official news is to be given
out We all have chance at 1t. So White
House beats are scarce just now. No
president was ever so popular with news
paper men,"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Don jaime, the only son % non call.
mas lust won 100000 as The first nrizs i, ne =
iop'eIy az Warsaw. where he is stationed
an oiheer OF a Russian cavalry regl-
IT Leander $. Jameson. who led the
rs'd INTO the T,ansvaal In the latter mart
81 T december. 1888, has Just sailed from
AZ nsia any. Tor south Africa. This is his
ss 'lsl' 10 south Africa since the raid.
M ~ cambon. the French ambassador AZ
Hsrsrs s,on' Will on June rs. receive from
OF ne se sle ussree OF IL. d. In recognition
United States ~" SPAN ana ihe
CONGRESSMAN Henderson. who q % -.
sne Speaker OF the next house. Is fawo, ne
stser having voice OF sreat vo,nwA
ne Is fond of patriotic songs and roi,,cs.
LOB choruses. and always starts ana Ian.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
Court at Bas,ro,.

nastrop, Texas, June 1e--Commission-
ers court is in session as a board of equal
lzation
District court for the June term con-
seneu mere to-day. and the grand Jury
mas been impanelled ana commenced work.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
Nnrih Texas pos'rs.

Bonham, Texas, 'un' ,,,ll eo5ssss
Texas Medical assoeialnlo,,dl, , ! s ) rsFP
M e,iv tomorrow, GU"
delegates are expected
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

This is exceedingly wicked for Grover. with
all his SHORTCOMINGS, prncticed what he
preached in the matter OF civil service re-
form,
street In Santiago has been named In
honor Of General Wood This leads the Bal
timore News to say that TO give ones name to
clean street Is an honor worth having
1t is said that the intellectual department
Of Harvard college has actually been allowed
to in'erfcre with baseball game. This is
a yeritabie shame, and certainly Will not be
allowed to occur again.
-------
Yale University, which is now nearly 200
Years OLD, has new president in Prof Arthur
Hadley. Prof Hadley is 4s years old, a
, lradurle OF the university, and the FIRST man
TO preside over IL for many years who was
not clergyman.
The cotton seed oil men OF Texas are talk
ing OF organizing an insurance company. Good
Why not Texas organize insurance companies
as well rs other States, and 20 beyond her
borders for business. too, just as other states
do?
| 1t is now positively announced that Vice
President Hobart will again be Mr. Mclkin-
lcy's running mate. Hanna went to sec the
y:cc preSiden. Just prior TO his departure for
England. ard the announcement was made
immediately.
The orange crop of Florida will not be tho
only thing she VIII have to interest her next
| year. 1t is sad tina, there are already sis
candidates in the field for governor. This I;
something unusual for that quiet little cont.
| fnonwanlth
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

A street In Santiago has been named In
honor OF General Wood This leads the Bal
timore News to say that TO give ones name 10
a clean street Is an honor worth having.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

This is exceedingly wicked, for Grover. with
all his shortcomings, practiced what he
preached in the matter OF civil service re-
form
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The wsco Telephone asserts very live
truth when IT remarks;
II the advice and plans Of tho Texas Real
Estate association should be followed. how
this old State would expand and prosper, It
is entirely possible to do Just what they have
outlined, too.
Yes, the zeal estate men are too practical
to suggeS' anything that can not be accom-
plished. They have sounded the keynote for
the upbrding and advancement OF the STATE.
and the sooner their adyic7 is needed the bet
ter for all concerned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The Galveston Tribune predicts that Il
hast from tie horn OF Hayemeyer. the sug
Lins. viii be heard, ard heard loudly, ia Ii
next presidential campaign.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

Hon 7. C, Mcfarland has resumed tho ac.
tive editorial and business MANAGEMENT of the
Victoria Daily Times He says he is out Of
politics. that his legislative labors at the last
session have given him all that he wants OF
public life, and that IN future he will devote
his true to his press and give the other fel-
lows chance to monkey with the lawmaking
machine. Mac. your decision is a wise one
II is too ruch to try 10 run Texas legisla,
lure and daily newspaper at the same time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
THE HOUSTON DAILY POST,
BY The
Houston Printing Company.

3. N. JOHNSTON 4 -- W., PPs sss,D,xr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

Tho McKlnleyitcs are new charging the let
ting down Of the 1iyil service bars 10 the
intoieraelo spells system Of Grover Cleveland.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The spectator. at Wharton, dons home made
clothes and looks "a sweet and captivating as
school girl graduate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20
Glasgow, May 80.
~

SWITZERLAND, The ses'V ~, .
cerne has just begun =. -. and 70
shops are now nearly all 0psn ,' !" ~
for the annual rush Of yl',' ',,'.. bsr. 4
quarter OF the globe, ha 1. trsn ras,i'
snd this year an electric ,r.',. a al 40. -
from the station to the n nsT sosls =,
new racecourse, where 60 ,a,i nj d. 8,
race meeting will be held ua lsa;ur. . !,
mer. Another prominent ,Ssnassssrs
new new electric railway % .,, sHi rsssa 2
which that beautiful nsa ga i bali ~ y,
now be reached in Two ana .sorn aai =. y
The Rigi, Pilatus, s,snss.sars 'p'iI N
genstock mountain railnS earryluE
t s AZ. as usual are q snl0I !
numbers q visitors aas,i u,ounl'iss !, !,
nsnoramas Of snow-eappeah s s crs u
lovely lowell valleys which lie y Is' thsss -
stands at the submits Is. AZ
famed peaks.
Lucerne, May 10.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The El paso Times is In quandary. 1t
gravelJ intnates that:
AS between the tornados In Wisconsin, the
unloade1 gun in Kansas and the heat in Chi
cago, the average American would prefer be-
Ing shot al " Aguinaldos troops.
If the average American would make hinl-
self secure from all three of the evils re-
ferred to- he would better come to Texas and
grow UP with the country.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The newspapers are still hammering away
at the alleged osculatory tendencies of poor
Hobson. Here's the latest:
when Sch,ts-our Schley-hghtng Schley--
bully old SCtley-stopped for an hour in Chi
cago recently, no declined with naval empha-
sis to permit any nymphomaniacal things In
pettlcoats t. kiss him. says an exchange
'Blankety blank my eyes. and your eyes too
he said. I Won't be iIobsonlzed' The more
we see OF this man. the more we think that
feet high ana six feet about the middle The
moro wo see of him, the more we wish some
body wouid destroy SIMPSONS respiration by
pushing In his whiskers"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

THE DAILY POST. the SUNDAY =. posi-.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

The Waco Telephone very aptly says; "Dicll
Iiand is dead, but the theory for which he
gtood lives on
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

Governor McMillin OF Tennessee says that
Mr.. Bryat Is stronger than ever. Mr., Nc
Millin is mighty good Judge OF men and
measures
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

When fellow steals hogs in the Iadian
Territory he is in sure enough trouble. A
man charged with this onense had a hearing
before the United states commissioner at
Sherman a few days ago. and his bail was
fixed at 5000. This is more than usual in
charges Of murder.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

"Got has now reached Texas. and there
doesn't seem to appear any lack of room for
the lInks. says the Boston Herald. Just at
present there is great deal of room in tho
northwestern part Of the State, but her fine
climate aus varied resources are rapidly
taking NJ the room for the rings" every
where else. Especially is this true Of South
Texas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

What the people of Houston want is good
water-good water all the time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

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The Philadelphia Record says; "Mr. II, O.
Huvemcyer days that the tariff is the mother
of all trusts Surely; but who fathered the
mother1 Let W. put the responsibility for the
misbegotten brood where It properly belongs"
Every we'll Informed citizen knows who
"fathered the mother of trusts. The e. o, p
is tho father OF this thnnkless and ungrateful
child and should be made responsible for
every act Of III progeny,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-20

Hagereyer the great sugar man. says that
TIE protective tarift is responsible for the
trusts, There are hundreds OF able man in
both PARTIES who agree with him.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-11-07
FuneraI obsea uie..

froM MoDudy Daily.fla 50
The funeral of Mrs. Michael Moffett,
whose death occurred at her home on
East Walnut avenue, Friday morning
at O'Clock, was conducted from the
East End Presbyterian church yester-
day afternoon at o'clock, by the pas-
tor, Rev. d. A. Murray, assisted by Rev.
j. N. McElroy, after which the remains
were inferred in the Ottumwa ceme-
terry. The services We're attended by a
large concourse of relatives and friends.
including many of the employees of
John Morrell & Co., where Mr.. Mof-
felt, the husband of the deceased, is
employed as oserseer of the box manu-
featuring department. The floral Of
ferings presented by the friends were
very beautiful, and included hand
some piece from the fellow employees
of Mr.. Moffett. The pail bearers were:
I. d. Foster, w. B. Ramsell, NJ. P. Nc
Clelland, Zell Zimmerman, A. A. Lewis
and Thomas Rinmer. Mr.. and Mrs.
L. Il. Frederick, of Osceola, who were
in attendance at the funeral, returned
home on Burlington No. 8 this mor,,-
ing.