The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-19


Land" At the conclusion OF his remarks
the convention adjourned.
| at 4:3o this afternoon the delegates
were, rendered luncheon and turntables
at the Fort Worth brewery. THIS was
made one Of the most enjoyable features
OF the entire meeting.
The executive committee held a short
session during the afternoon, but did
nothing of particular interest.
Tonight the delegates and visitors were
invited to reception at tho Commercial
club. Two thousand ladies and gentlemen
attended and the occasion was happy in
deed.
Tomorrow will be the closing day of
the live stock convention and much busi-
ness Is expected to be done. From indi-
cations President Springer and Secretary
Martin will be reelected without oppo-
| sition. There Is a hot fight over the loca-
ton of the convention next year. Kansas
City, Salt Lake, Omaha, st. Joseph and
Chicago are contestants and friends Of
each of these cities are working hard.
/ II looks tonight as II Kansas City's sup
porters had the best OF the situation.
i Saturday morning a special train win
! leave Fort Worth via the Santa Fe for
| Waco, Austin, San Antonio, Houston and
= Galveston for the accommodation of all
! visitors who wish to take peep at other
parts OF Texas. The rate will be IS for
thu round trip aud several hundred people
expect to avail themselves of this oppor
tunity TO see something OF Texas.
The programme for tomorrow is an OK
| cellent one and interest In the results Of
the features will be kept UP to the last,
| The convention unanimously indors I'd
I I'm Cd nj ha No ~
Provisioner as United states commits
sloner to the Paris exposition In the inter-
est of the dead meat aud provision indus
| tries of this country. The appointment
will be asked at the hands of Secretary
John Hay.
The convention adopted resolution
offered by Mr.. Roberts of Texas, against
a change by the railroads for carload; foI
100-pound rates. 1t also Endorsed a reso'
luton asking the department of agricul-
ture to investigate the parasite disease OF
sheen.
A resolution was passed demanding tbs
restoration of feed in transit rate privi-
leges recently abrogated by the railroad
companies II is claimed that by the
abolition of this rate stockmen all over
the country are losing hundreds OF thous-
ands of dollars annually
Several interesting papers were read
at todays session, among the speakers
being T. F. B. Sottram of Missouri, presi-
dent of the Nadonal Hereford associa
tom J. H. Pickerell of Illinois, Mortimer
lowering of Indiana, president of the
American Shropshire association; Reuben
Gentry of North Carolina and Colonel r
e. Edmondson OF Missouri. Colonel Ed
mondson spoke on THE Western Marcel
of tie Thoroughbred.
The convention will hold its closing SEES.
sion tomorrow, when many able papers
will be read.
One of the most interesting personalitie!
of the National Live Stock convention |!
Colonel John r. Hobbs, editor of the New
York National Proyisioner, who is not We
40 years old, but who has been fourteen
times around the world IN the course o
his fourteen years travel. He has beer
in China, Japan, India, the islands of thu
North and South Pacific, Australasia, Al
RIGA, now holding position on the stat
of the commander in chief OF the orangt
Free State, who is his personal friend
Colonel Hobbs is a typical, able, modest
daring American, of South Carolina eX
o.
war. He was shot in the campaign agains
osman Dgna, in the Soudaa, in Uppe
Egypt. He Is a hey In Algeria, being
commissioned by Mohammed Oil Okossous
the reigning prince, whom he befriendec
III New Caledonia during the Algerian
warrior and princes temporary exile II
that French convict colony. The fez ha
been conferred upon Colonel Hobbs b.
this royal prince OF the Mohamme iai
church after his freedom from exile Thi
was in token of invaluable services rem
dered this direct descendent of Mohamme'
Ali. Colonel Hobbs twice crossed the Aus
tralian continent as an explorer and one
as an adventure, travelling 22OO miles Of
foot More than 1900 miles OF the tril
he spent among the wild cannioal nativ
savages He is known as Mana Wall
aby,' head man of one of the largest an,
fiercest Myall tribes in Northern Queens
land, Australia, He has been speare,
through the body, speared through RICH
shoulder, speared and cut on the hips an
, wounded otherwise by these and othe
South Sea island natives He has bee
further into the interior OF New Guine
(Papua) than any living man. He Wake
! across a neck Of Borneo naked and painte
as native. Colonel Hobbs has been thre
times wrecked at sea, once floating TO
two days and a night In the tropics unit
! he was rescued by the natives OF por
ton of the New Hebrides. After lead
ing their warriors to victory In tiere
and bloody war he was successfully mad
chief, war chief and king, which he no'
is over about 10000, who think his absenc
is due to his being up with the Grea
White Spirit Father who left him owe
the water hiiln' thorizon) for them. 4
"oumalea" (ruier OF all the land) Colont
Hobbs is the supreme head OF these peopl,
He was at the time OF this daring al
venture in the cannlbal Islands. specia
commissioner OF the second wealthies
, paper in the British empire, the sidns
Morning Herald, and subrosa, a seer'
commissioner for the Australian govern
! ment. who sent him to look into IN
) working OF the Polynesian labor act D
J which South Sea natives we're reerute
! for service on ths Queensland sugar plan
tations. He was a newspaper commission
: er at the Worlds Fair at Chicago, an
' was sent by his paper and these govern
ments on a two years insaection OF TN
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