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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-06
NEWS OF A DAY
IN RICHMOND
Death of Colonel cowardin, Pres.
ident Dispatch Company.
THE THERMOMETERS FRANKS

It Went Down go Degrees suddenly AFTER
Storm at Ashland. But Soon Rose is
Degrees-camphen Courthouse citizen
Shot by Gun Fixed by Himself for
burglar "A Brick Manufacturer of
Manchester Fails With Heavy Liabili-
ties-other News at the capitaL
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
Republicans Policy.

To the Editor of The Post
Houston, Texas, December IS III those
OF tho republican party who favor OK
pausIon OF territory merely do so as q
means Of extension Of trade their sdyo-
cacy and maintenance OF protective tariff
10 assuredly inconsistent
Must there not be an open door at home
as we'll as In China or any other part OF
Asia! Must We force an entrance into
foreign markets for our staples2 Must
We own Liverpool TO be able to trade with
England Having ny force OF arms ao-
CURED territory In tho East. viii tho
Aslatics trade with as IL they can trade
with other nations offering TO trade their
products on frcer terms? II we buy not
from them, how arc they to buy FROM us
How many hard hargains must we drive3
How many cNtortions must va he guilty Of
before We remunerate ourselves for tho
expenses OF war for "insular territorial
expansion" VIII not cotton fabrics he
manufactured In China by native labor
incomparabiy cheaper than in tho United
states VIII not enterprlslng Americans
and Europeans avail themselves OF labor at
once adaptive and cheap? WIN not the
rice eaters or the Philippines under Amer
lean supervision soon raise more cotton
than they consumer Shall We not have
competition OF pauper labor In the Fast
that viii dwindle TO inslgnlnoance the
dreaded competition In Europes
Before the American cotton planter il
half reimbursed for his share OF the ex-
penses Of the present war By Increased
demand for his products he will prob-
ably find his yellow brother in the Phil.
ippines In competition with him. Do we
need tho tropics to die in? The United
States is saluhrious and large enough 10
live In. DO we need more territory and
more perplexlng intermixture OF racesp
We have more Of the first than will be
developed In n century, and enough OF the
second to last TO eternity. Would not free
trade solve the question OF a market for
our surplus productsg Would not that he
at once the best principle and the best
/ policy Can we establish ourselves In the
East without being embroiled In old world
| controversies hereafter. and won't en-
/ tangling alliances follow Or are we "a
keep an army and navy that will enabIe
MS TO dictate TO the rest OF creation9 VIII
not our Influence on other countries hs
feit and acknowledged more by our con
sistency on the peaceful development nj
home OF the best country on earth than by
a demonstration OF our capacity for har.
naric war; We have no old grudres Ia
settle, no reverses TO wipe out, no wrongs
TO avenge Our valor Is unauestloned o,l,
resources houpdless, our opportunities 10,
foreign commerce unlimited and free and
n patriotic people win maintain without dis.
tresslng effort the integrity OF our own do.
main, and no fear OF foreign aggression
shall disturb them MrII
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
HOUSTON, MONDAY, JAN. IL, 1900.
A VULGAR INCIDENT.


The Albany Society OF New York re-
Gently held It's annual banquet at Del
monico's. Justice Woodward OF the
supreme court was down on the pro-
gramme to speak to the toast. THE Dutch
In Albany and South Africa When
Justice woodward's name was reached
and he rose to respond. It was evident
from the displeasure provoked by the
announcement OF the sentiment that the
legist would encounter rough gales. AS
the man OF the law proceeded In the
elaboration OF his subject the one
hundred and ffty guests began TO mani
fest disapprobatlon With laughte. and
jeers, fnally breaking into such storm
OF protest as to drown the voice OF the
earnest and dignihed speaker. Eventual
ly. when few Of the more orderly mem
hers who had not lost all sense of pro-
priety had sufficiently restored order az
10 give Justice Woodward an audience.
he CURLY said:
II want to apologize to you for accepting
your invitation to speak here tonight. il
was understood that was TO be your guess
aud speak ON the subject l have talked on
and 10 read my address. seem TO have
given you offenae and sincerely apologize
70 you."
Theu, drawing himself to his full height
he thundered
In closing, I want TO propose a toast q
that grand old statesman, the William tn
silent OF South Africa. one Of the most I'm
preesiye personalities aiive--oid Dom Paul
Kruger"
Il Is not surprising that the repre-
sentatiyes OF an effete civilization. tina
has abandoned the, elements Of strength
whence has emerged American greatness
should hiss and ieer at justice OF the
supreme court who rises to commend
those qualities in the Dutch Of souu
Africa that, had they not lived In the
revolntlonst of North America more thar
a century ago, would have made the
United states impossible of existence.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
rnn EXTRA SESSION,

The extra session Of the Texas lcgisla-
ture will have It's hands full. Prepared
with care. and under tho inspiration Of he
broadest patriotism the tax bill proposed
by tho commission is stin open to at
tack, This is at least a reasonable suppo
silion.
Tho argument Of the commission, that
SIS lsbors would have been never ending
had Il allowed the various interests in
yoyed 81 It's report hearing. is q strong
one, hui II does not alter the fact that
thcsc interesta should be heard In their
own behalf. Nor was It the purpose OF the
: commission that these interests should not
be heard. That important privilege Is safe
guarded and guaranteed In the right that
viii allow them to so before the various
committees to which viii be referred the
various features OF the report.
The proposed bill, as presented, while
IL carries forward the results OF an hou-
est and careful investigation can not be
said to present both sides OF the issues
raised, and the conservative legislator
will hardly come TO definite or hnal ae-
ton until both sides have come under his
Investigation.
That corporations should bear their pro-
portlonate share OF the burdens Of govern
ment, and pay 10 the support OF govern
ment an adequate compensation for police
sovereignty, no man will deny, but that
they should be taxed to such an extent al
20 have the burden fall beyond them ans
upon the people and commerce OF the
State. Is not to be supposed. Let the com
planning corporations come before the leg
islative committees and by exhibits ant
showings convince that they have not beer
Justly considered and Il is safe 10 antcI
pate that fair aud equitable treatmen
will be accorded them. We do not recall
an Instance, at this moment, where thi
rule has beou observed from whence ha
come inequitahle consequence.
Corporations that howl before they ar
hit in most cases have something to con
eesl and from their dread OF exposur
excite suspicion in advance OF action In
ieresis, on the other hand. that can sho,
BY facts and figures that certain propo
siticns concerning them should not b
enacted into law rarely suner,
The Texas legislature is composed Q
sensible and thoughtful representatives O
The people Reason and equity can al
Ways hDd an audience with them. The
are mol going 10 rush blindly into new ali
untried Hesitation They will ipyesti
gate for themselves, Just as the lax com
mission has done for itself and just .
Tbs lax commission has expected them. al
along. 10 DO
<-,'t took the tax commission seyers
~ to reach the conclusions recon-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
rho End Of the cnnturr.

no the Editor OF The Post,
Ennis, Texas, December 30.--The aues-
tion as to when the nineteenth century
will begin seems TO be subject of dis
cnssion among the people all over the
country. Opinion is divided. Some men
take one side. and some the other, and
discussion wakes warm. Yet tho question
would seem to be mathematical one, and
hence. 10 be capable of conclusive demon
stration, When a problem in mathematics
Is once correctly solved all intelligent
minds that understandingly follow the
steps of the solution agree to the solu-
ton, and there is no longer suggestion.
a mother would perhaps have no diff
huelty in determining just when her son
negan his twentieth year. She would
know Wei that he did not begin his sec.
ond year TIL the 366th day after his
birth that Is to say, not till the first year
AFTER birth had been fully completed. She
would also know that he could not begin
MS twentieth year. or be In his TWEEN.
tleth year, till he had fully completed hi.
nineteenth year II this same mother
and son had lived In the antcdlluyiar
age, and she and son had both survived
tue prth OF the son more than one hun
cred years, she would have known JUS
when the son completed his one hun
aredth year. aud became one hundret
years old. Knowing this fact, she woult
have also known Just when the second
century OF the sons life began, or. IL
other words Just when he passed into tn.
second century OF his existence she
would have known that nineteen does no
make twentys and that % does not max,
100 Plus makes e0--9s plus make 100
She would have solved by her own expert.
ence THIS question. to-wit: Did her sor
enter upon his second century " life a
the end OF 30 full years after his h,rtl
or 81 the ysnd OF 100 full years there.
after. She would necessarcS have seer
that the second century Of her soas sxls,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
An Unprecedented TRIUMPH
Denver News.

The triumph OF William Wood, III
over a corps of Colorado's most hds
attorneys and the efforts Of his oxfl'
tives. as told last week In the WINS
one of the most famous mining lltlyel
OF the West, probably establishes \
cedent, 1t is big step, from IN
house TO the estate of n milllcnaiF
| Wood does not seem ruffled.
Another peculiar feature Of the NJ
the fact that his relatives who ~
against him for ten years or mcff
left without a cent. so far as TIE q
goes. His mother, wealthy and olf
rolled through Kansas time aud
in a palace car and onty oroe deiflF|
see her unfortunate sou, is mauf 4
poorer by the conclusion Of the fast
Judge Hallett, by a stroke Of ns
has settled the matter OF the Woo 7
forever, SO far as the courts "
cerned, and put an end to car
has juggled for ten years tnloas
legal corridors, from one bencl =
other, from the lowest to the hlglsI
unal in the land. The contest ~
! the insane man on the one sue ~
relatives and the alleged usurpeh \
rights on the other, came 10 a. II
the striking of the titles from lls
dockets. and Wood was instatsa ~
his rights,
Judge Hubbard said that none
relatives would be able TO get Dola
Of the mans money, or secure =,
troll over it, and that the Kansss 81
ties would see that they kept ~.
him. Hubbard asked Captain JAM
to enter the contest with him, pm
ter chose to go IT alone, ana cans
lost. Cavanaugh. the brother-ip.',s
in the city from Colorado Spr'nss
day, and made claim on hipr,r
share Of the estate. He was sl,s,
isfaction, and will hardly take w
having lost his interests year ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
TAN ON MORTGAGES.
A system of Double Taxation ms Now
Operated.

To the Editor OF The Post
Houston, Texas, January s.-Now. while
the new tax bill is up for discussion, is a
good time TO cali attention to most mi
qltous feature OF our present tax system
which the new bill seeks to extend and
enforce That is the taxation of mort
cages aud credits The tax commission
lays great stress upon the constitutional
provision requiring all property to be
taxed, but neither the constitution or any
principle OF justice warrants tho taxation
of the same property twice as is the prac-
tical effect of the tax upon MORTGAGES. \
simple illustration will make this plain.
Whoever owns property on the first day
Of January is liable for the tax for that
year. suppose on the 3lst day of Decem-
her. owns tract Of land worth $4,000,
and r has in his possession and owns
$1,000 in money II no change takes place
in the ownership Of these respective prop
critics until the following day. viii be
liable for the tax on the land aud for the
tax on the money But on the dav first
mentioned \ borrows the money from
giving him note secured by mortgage on
the land. \ receives the money aud puis
u In his safe over night and resolves
the note and mortgage and keeps them
over night. Now It is perfectly clear that
by mis- transaction no property has been
created There has simply hecn a change
of ownership Nevertheless, under Inc
law, the taxable values of the countr,,
have been increased $1,000. If these mar
ties make true returns TO the assessor AZ
contemplated by law, A will be assessed
on the land $4,000 and on the money slOOo
and b will be assessed on the note $1,000.
II this is not double taxation, then one
and one don't make two
Let us carry the illustration little fur
Their. suppose on the samo 3lst of De
cember after his transaction with Il 4
sells the land "a G, subject to the mort
cage. and takes his note for Si60O. Then
The assessment on the following day viii
be as follows. A note $1,000 and cnsh
$1,000, note $1,000. and G land saOOO
Now we have 5000 taxable values and
still only $4,000 worth of sclual prorerty
Let us carry Il still further. ana supposs
mat on the same 3lst of Deremner
after his transactions with b. and c bss
an opportunity to lene the money 10 \
a higher rate OF interest .han ne him.
self pays and does So. taking D's note and
that ID keeps the money over night Thor
the assessment on the hrst OF Januar,
will be as follows; on notes $1,000
on note $1,000. G on land $4,000 n
ON money $1,000 NoY We have $500,
taxable values, and still only 5000 OF an
lual property ] have supposed thes,
transactions TO take place on the ala
OF December and the money to remain q
the hands OF the borrower long enough !,
1 be taxed, only 10 make the illustratto,
more forcible. The principle As ius, m,
same and the double taxation Just as cor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

mended by 81 10 legislative approval In
a sense. their conclusions represent both
sides Of the subjects and issues involved,
but only from tho commissions view. The
bulk OF the extra sessions labor has
been disposed Of by the work Of the com
mission, but not all, because. as indi-
Gated. the other side has not been heard
IN It's own behalf. It ought not TO re-
auire great deal ~ time, II the extra
session gets down at once to earnest
labor. as IT undoubtedly will, to give the
opposition fair and adequate considera-
ton. This done. the extra session should
speedily complete It's labors.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15
Tint cnttIc ni.en.e

Or W. Folstetter. state Veterinary Surgeon.
Lott TEXAS January a,.~t sec in tho las,
hsue Of The Post that YOU are haying trouble
among cattle. and are puzzled 10 know the
real cause OF the sickness. Fgon what YOU
snv of how they are affected. 1 am undel
the impression. that the whole trouble Il
near the end YOU will find that II has no
none ~ Y ana IA hollow n this proves h
&c true after examination, here Is the cure
two or three inches. not clean through, mi
me cul With salt. wrap II IN with a rag 70
mold the salt. That will cure nine tunes out
VI ten Eel Nav
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oFrIcE OF rupLIcArIoN
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Cotton at Lott rtr''
To the Editor OF The Post

To the Editor OF Inc Tvs y.m
Lott, Texas. January ~ N.
spondent here made an etf~ NJ
OF cotton receipts at this pom. Il,
bales there have been receives y
bales. 1899; total. 5000. ~ III,
last season. 1900; TO % Sss8
Total for the season, ssau. ,s -;
The crop in this section ~ III
ter than in many other $500
making his report your ~ .,.s. i
counted $685. bales as equ,.s VI =
number OF square bales, -, 81
round bales to equal IN ~e.t ~ W
bale. Stock on hand. soou, 4 n
not FOR sale.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

Everybody is surprieed that everybody didn I
discover the value Of rico lands in Southeast
Texas before experiment demonstrated that
they we're rice lands. There is nothing new
in this sort Of wondermeut. A few years
ago no one believed that Texas soil could
produce tobacco that would rival in ex-
ocllenco the far famed cuban product. They
do now. however. Many miners pick has
been sunk to the helve in dirt in which. for
centuries. gold has slept and been walked on
by incredulous ana blind citizens
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

That last assault on Lsdysmith struck the
British censor dumb. He has not spoken
above whisper since.
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST.
ny THE
Houston Printing Company.

r. A. JOHNSTON. PRESIDENT,
&. J. PALMER. vics-pFnslpENr.
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r,e..,,,. co,nm,,sse g

Executive Comm'''', ~
Paris. Texas Jsuusiy IS, y
Crook Of the county demos..s1ll1
committee has called
COMMITTEE for January ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

Soldiers are being assembled at Frankfort
in citizens clothes. Republicans do mos,
things under cover.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

Governor Tanner la after Senator cullom's
scalp with tho ycousness OF Sioux warrior,
but he'll have TO mend his daily walk before
even the republican party will aid him In his
mission OF revenge
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

Mr. Bryan confesses confidence in the abil-
ity OF Kentucky democrats to settle their own
affairs They haven't expressed 1t yet, but
there Is hope that they will.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

In the peoples forum columns OF the Austin
Statesman II seems to DO an lntermInSble con-
nict between "roaster" and "roastee." This
must not be construed as an Indication that
The Post desires to get into that dam fight
a la the Express The Post has troubles OF It's
| own
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

The republican administration may now be
said 10 he passing through the revolutionary
mill. What the Erlst will be no man knows.
II all depends on the honesty. the courage
and tho ability OF the miller.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

The government transports Tartar and Aztec
are en- route to Manila with 500 recruits. And
yet the Philippine war is over Oh. Otis,
give your tired country season OF rest
from your optimistic reports.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

The Frankfort CKy) grand Jury is now on
the grind. Its grst will very likely be lot
OF indictments for bribery
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

Neither time nor the persuasive voice of
compromise seems to abato the excitement OF
the dam situation at Austin.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

&. J. PALMER, vics.pFnslpHNr.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-15

The duke of Marlborough goes 10 the Trans.
wal with two carloads OF baggage. when the
Beers come to dress him down. the duke
is probably determined that they shall lnd
him well drckRed
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1900-01-31

prevented. Government control under
corporate ownership has proved fail
ure. The $1,000. 100000 Of railway
capital ignores the law and defies the
interstate commerce commission; gives
special advantages to the largest ship
pers, which enables them to bankrupt
their competitors. Men have not join
ed the trusts of their own choosing,
but to save themselves from bank
ruptcy, a bankruptcy made inevitable
by the power of railway discrimination,
and so the power of absorption goes on,
the larger absorbing the smaller. 1t
was this power that enabled the Stand
ard Oil company to crush and absorb
the oil refining interests in America.
1t is the same power of railway dis
elimination that has created and main
tanned every commercial monopoly that
curses the American people today. In
order to destroy trusts we must take
from them the special advantages
which have created them and they
will wither of their own weight as they
meet the energetic competitive capac-
ity Of the American people.
"In government ownership the cor
rupting influences of the eleven billions
Of railway capital, with its lobby and
paid politicians, will be taken away
and out of our political life, and the
people will be free to elect to office
honest and patriotic men who will open
the doors of equal opportunity TO in
dustry. and the carnival Of corruption
now rife in the land will pass away
and we will again have a government
for, of and by the people, instead of a
government Of, for and by the syndi-
Gates and trusts.
after agreeing upon the remedy the
next business of the conference should
be to secure action on the part of the
people, and it is presumed that the con-
ference will arrange and provide a
plan for organizing all who are oppOs-
ed to trusts with the view Of uniting
the friends of freedom in every state,
county and school district in that con-
centrated action which alone can prove
effective Such an organization would
! at least hold the balance Of power and
| defeat in the caucus and at the polls
the corrupt tools of the monopolists."
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WHY he CURES.
The Greatest Specialist of the Time Gives
Every Case His Personal Attention.

Most doctors have certain number
of stock remedies which they use in
all cases which seem at all similar.
This is not DR.. Hathaway's method.
EVERY case with him is most carefully