The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-15
WITH THE PASSING TaRONG

WIN I'LL ! HOOtlNU IUhUlNu
mir. Huntington was one of the great
est men the world has ever produced
remarked Passenger Traffic Manager
Morse OF the Southern Pacific yesterday.
in speaking OF the sudden death OF the
railway king. mo man ever lived who
was more unsssuming He was always
cheerful and could be approached by any
one. One OF his peculiarities was that
to impress you he would recite some
incident which had occurred in his busi-
ness career, and his Illustrations were al
ways to the point. II some one had only
taken down his aphorisms and epigrams
and complied them he would have had
nook OF gems. His private secretary has
often taken down expressions Of Mr..
Huntington and should they be priutel
they would live in the memories o, ali
men. No man was a better judge OF IN.
man nature than Mr.. Hun lngton ami
when he formed favorable opinion
man ne was seldom deceived His early
experiences In California when h, sol
strange. rugged miners picks. pans a.. d
mining tools on credit, when he would no.
NIeult Zen men IN WQOm ne mao n 2 cor
fdence was Characteristic OF the man He
was a marvellous man in every respecj.
His nephew, Henry L, Huntington. pos
sesses 4 great many Of the traits OF M
uncle and no maa Is perhaps more fami lar
with he general policy Of the company
than he ls Yes, in the death Of Coils
p. Huntington the world has lost enc OF
its greatest and grandest lnte.lects"
~
Most of the time that | was in the
Philippines I spent in the hospital" re-
marked Captain Jack Crotty to a reporter
AZ the Lawlor last evening. Il rece we'd
my discharge from the army few wee>
ago because of physical disability con
tsacted articular rheumatism in Mani .,
aud though | expect to get practically we
ouce more, the doctors agree that If /
should return to the Philippines l would
contract It again.
/ Il spent fortyfour days at the con
vaiescent hospital on the ISLAND OF Cor
regidor, a beautiful and healthful place
pDout twenty seven miles from Mania
at the entrance to the harbor. one night
q party OF insurgents took possession
the church. Bat the lighthouse gave ha
signal and gunboat started down f.on
Manila as quickly as possible. The FL
pinos must have gotten wind OF Il, fot
they cleared out before the gunboat (ths
Helena) could arrive.
"Corregidor Island is so situated that
Manila bay can be made more impre IN BILE
than Gibraltar. A few guns there and on
the heights-on each side OF the entrance
he nd it A. ~
time Of Deweys victory however, the de
lenses were not sufficient or were not in
good condition. He couldn't help having
m easy victory The vessels he had TO
fight were rotten old hulks-w.th big guna
1t is true, but they were better fitted to
drive Filpnos away by their noise than
TO fight modern vessels.
The Filipinos are remarkably intel
ltsent people. superior, | believe, II the
japanese. Their police force in Manls
snows the highest efficiency, a batFl
can't be found anywhere. The men ar,
temperate and the wamen are chaste
. One very intelligent tribe is the Ma.a
heebes. These number abou, 10000 Sew
elal companies of them are lighting in on
4 army against the Tagalos. II is a mis-
r. take to believe that the latter form onl
small fraction of the population. Tne
+, are about million in number and CON
to about 60 per cent OF the whole popula
. zion of the island of Luzou They az
II holding out against us now because the
feel sure they can obtain better term
To- from Bryan if he is elected, thas froa
r. Mckinley"
!. THE trade in yellow pine will doubles
he good this fall" observed Mr.. F. "
b. Worrall, member of the editorial sta
!. of the Radford Review. ii lumber maya
zine published in Chicago. The marke
$ has, however been in a very demoralize
r condition, as the result of fctitiol
prices Last fall there was general ad
u vance in prices in good many lines
2 business. and the lumber market jumpe
prices right along Even in Decemb,
n and January. time when usually III
:; lumbermen are glad If prices can be eve
!, maintained, they we're advanced. As
, consequence the spring trade was choke
q on Then the lumbermen began cuttiu
% prices and in the competition prices wer
Y down to such an extent that trade We
worse demoralzed Last month, howeve
% the lumbermen got together and agree
7, on scale of prices
a Prices are not as good now as the
- were last fall but they are better than
~ this time last year. aud l think they wi
d probably he quite as cd this fall as las
Il The presidential election will have
g think, 10 DISTURBING Influence this Tin
upon the course of trade"
re ~
Is Mr.. J. T. Lacy OF Pearland was in tn
ee city yesterday. He states that there Ia
been entirely too much water in his ser
tion recently, and that considerable dan
age had been done thereby. In speakln
=, OF the recent State democratic convenllo
- Mr.. Lacy said 81 was especially please
" with the nomination Of Mr. l.. j Store
!, as railroad commissioner. / think NJ
" Storey IS safe, conservative man (
the position he holds. and am sure tha
he is fully qualified for the eXacting dutiC
Of the office. He has given the State 200
service. and 1t was right that ne shoul
be returned"
b. 81 am under orders to proceed at one
=, TO San Francisco and ship on a transpo
n for service in China as acting assistai
n surgeon. U. s. A." said Or. Clemens v
r Mcmillan, an old Texas boy who has hee