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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-24
Curtis in North Dakota.

curtis in North Dakota.
W. E. Curtis, the Chicago Re-
cords famous Washington cor
has been swinging
around the circle, as it were, and
in passing through North Dakota
found .the::following
There is partial crop failure in
Minnesota and the Dakotas. The
yield of wheat will not be more
than one-half of what was expected
which is due to long-continued
drought. There was fine winter
and promising spring, but since
the crops were planted there has
been no general rain, only few
showers in spots. Where the
showers have fallen the yield of
wheat is normal, elsewhere it will
not pay for cutting. and the farm
ers are plowing it under and pray
ing for better returns next year.
Mr.. Larimore, of Devils Lake.
whom you have heard of as one
of the largest and best farmers in
the world, whose wheatfeld is
about as big as Delaware or
Rhode Island, is veritable Mark
Tapley, for he sees in this crop
failure blessing in disguise, be-
cause it will teach the farmers of
this region two important lessons
namely, to raise diversified crops
and to cultivate their soil with
greater care.
"If we should 60 back to any of
the old states," said Mr.. Larimore
this morning, "and farm as care
lessly as we do here we would
starve to death. We have one of
the best farming countries in the
world right here in North Dakota,
and if we give our lands anything
like the care and cultivation that
is given the farms in the central
states we would have crop every
year, but we are careless and are
constantly tempted to plant more
acres than we can properly attend
to. There is constant danger Of
their being neglected and the con-
sequence is poor crop over the
entire place when by giving care
full attention to smaller area we
might have harvested twice as
much grain. That is the prevail
ing fault in North Dakota. We
plant more than we can properly
cultivate. Our lands should have
more cultivation, and a rotation
of crops, and rest every few
years. We must not expect good
results if we leave everything to
nature, as the Dakota farmer is apt
to do.
"Last season, as an experiment, .
continued Mr.. Larimore, II fall
lowed and cultivated 1000 acres
after seeding the other fields and
every two or three weeks during
Fthe summer I disked and dragged
it. Before seeding this spring I
gave it another good disking.
That field gives me not less than
twelve and in spots fifteen bushels
of wheat to the acre this year, not
withstanding the drought, while
the lands adjoining, which I hand
led in the usual careless way, pro-
duce nothing"
| Mr.. Thomas, the commissioner
of agriculture for North Dakota,
has theory that drought runs in
cycles in that state, and claims
that the records prove it. The
early sos he says were marked by
a good rainfall, as were the earlier
'9Os. The latter '80s were very
dry, and the latter '9Os have been
similar. In the middle of the de-
cade the rainfall reached the maxi
mum for the ten years. During
the last four or five years, since
i 1896, the precipitation has been
4 growing less. according to the re-
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1900-08-24
For Sale.

My residence on Sixth and Kelly
avenue II. L. WINEMAN.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
THE LATEST SHIFT OF POLICY.

Mr.. Mckinley has Just given US another
exhibition Of his ability as lightning
change artist. and In consequence OF tho
failure of his special commissioner TO
China, Colonel w. w. Rockhill to remem-
Der this accomplishment OF his chief, the
commissioner in his reported interview at
Shanghai now hnds himself somewhat out
Of accord with the administration at Wash
ington.
Colonel Rockhill says that II the Chi
nese government IS able to break the con-
cert o. nations and bring about any dis
agreement ss to terms or methods OF set
Elements. "all foreigners in China may
IS we'll pack up and leave The Chi
nese government appears TO have succeed
ed in doing that very thing the concert,
through the action OF the United States
and Russia, is rapidly breaking. Ii Hung
Chang, whom all the governments, except
our own and Russia, suspect, has. through
eollUsicu with Russia, possibly. induced
the Mckinley court to agree to get out
OF Pekln forthwith and treat for peace
with China. But Colonel Rockhill says
further that this SIS the best opportunity
TO settle Tor al time the status of foreign
ers in China" and II that matter q not
settled now "the powers win have he
whole trouble to thresh over again every
two o. thee years
Tie difficulty under which Colonel Rock
fiil lp5ors is that he represents the Siaas
that prevailed at Wasninslon : month ago
whsn the 'eommlssie>,sr'' left that city
for China, II VIII b. remembered that at
that tme Colonel Wy WIS talking 400 i,
: congress OF the pswers to settle the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04

AFTER THE LABOR MI
Republicans Are Afraid lb,, l,
Lose a Large Portion I'M
TRADES UNIONS WILL PROFIT Il NJ
Those Mt Chicago ~.
Gained One Point in III. Z. n ~
Of the New po.totse..
Especial to The Pa. ,


; chieaso, September s.--paaIs s.., !.
threatened loss Of the labor vote |,
cago and throughout the III. y
seized the republican party
rom MARX Hanna down 50 ,so,,s..'|
frightened is Hanna himself $50
said he has caused the word i I.
down the line that labor mus, /.
ciliated in Chicago If the presidA,.,., III
tion is not to be lost By the tspusl,.,.
As the FIRST fruit of Hanna's al,,-
Chicago tnades unions and ns. e
upon the eve of a Concession !.
which will guarantee the era.,,..
new postoffice building BY union Il.
1t was proclaimed today BY B,,..s
Agent Buchanan OF the strustu,,,
Workers union that the exiseneIs' :. ~ 4
republican managers as ure an st,,.s =; =
coneiliatory that there seen,ea - I. 3
good chance to secure an iumasis,. I. Z
tlement OF the labor troubles here n
The hand of Mark Hanna has cn,,. x.
the situation Mr.. Buchanan ,ss.. y,
and "a lightning change is 10 b ss.s..
in the policy pursued at the ner Fs s.s'
building and by republican cost,a~,s
toward the regular trades union ors,,ls'
tons" 80
Marion B. Madden of the steam n,
ters' union claims that the workers i, \.
republican party were detected t.sv \
an attempt to pack the stage at he NJ,
picnic with republican rooters ID ~.
for Roosevelt. The plot was thwar.l
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whole question. At that time we we're
rushing new troops to China waich have
since been diverted to Manila Then We
we're standing with Great Britain and
Germany and insisting that It would be
Sinking OF our duty to quit the concert
before all the vexed questions had been
settled, stable and progressive" gov
eminent installed at Pekin. and ample
guarantees exacted for the future protec-
ton OF foreigners and foreign interests.
Now we hasten to agree that the foreign
troops should be withdrawn from Pekin,
before any Of these matters are settled.
and that negotiations be opened at Tea
Tsin with the old or existing Cnlnese gov
eminent, with all questions left open for
all tie powers.
1t is rather difficult to determine Just
what our position IS however, for even
in these latter proposals there is high
sounding talk by Acting Secretary Adse
about our purpose and obligation to a.d
in considering foreign interests generally
in China and to Join in concerted disoiplin-
airy regulation Of the Chinese government.
This feature of the acting secretary's note
is imperlalistic while the agreement with
I Russia TO withdraw from Pekin and trea;
with the existing Chinese government
looks IKE an abandonment of the idea o.
toroible regulation and punishment
( But we ought naturally 20 expect vacilla-
ton and confusion at Washington and
I Colonel Roekhill ought to be discreet
enough not to talk until he has received
the very latest cue, The whole foreign
policy OF the Mckinley administration he's
been one Of inconsistency and blunderng
I The fear OF the people on the one side ant
the impulse toward aggression and impe'
rlalism on the other have resulted In th'
gravest and most embarrassing situations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
HOUSTON, TUESDAY, SEPT. 4, 1900,
TEN PAGES TODAY
VERMONT AND MAINE.


Today and Monday next. what may DC
regarded as the signal guns Of the presi-
Dental battla OF 1900 VIII be hTed-today
in Vermont and Monday next in Maine
While both States are Overwhelmingly
republican the results in their State cleo
tions are being looked tor with keen In
terest by both parties
Il the republican majoritles are not up
to the usual figures 1t will argue lack
OF republican enthusiasm in this years
contests that Will greatly encourage the
democrats 1t will be pointer for de-
termining Eastern and especially repue-
iican sentiment on the new issue Of i'm
perlalism and a means OF ascertainins
whether there yet exists the fear Of and
hostility to Mr. Bryan which were so EN-
pha,ically manifested IN New England in
1885.
On the other hand, Il the old time re-
publican nAiori,les are rolled up. or eN-
eeeaed. it will unqaestlooably Indicate
that he republican sentiment in New
Enrlsad ana possibly the East is as
.ong as ever. that democracy ia still
.es7ed aud that the new Mckinley policies
meet with the appreciation OF the New
England rank and hle.
10 such event It would be waste OF
t.me and energy on The part OF the dem
ocratic managers 70 concentrate any OF
their campaign EFFORT. out q the ordinary
81 the East. and would point to the We;
as the only and proper heia for the DEM
ccrauc assault in force. II, however
Eastern sentiment is shown 70 be luke
warm toward rapuhlicanism this year the
fact Will suggest promising hghtina
ground New York. New jersey AM
other Eastern States.
As guide to the intelligent popular
estimate Of the meaning Of the results
the figures Of the votes in Vermont am
Maine ID 1895 and 1898 may be given, T.
the State election in Vermont in septem
Der in 1896 the republican plurality wa!
ss.07i; in November Of the same year i
gave Mckinley plurality OF 1890 j
1895 the republican state ticket had
plurality OF 23, SG9. but the Democrat
votes also fell of slightly in that year
In Maine, four years ago. the republican
had plurality OF 4s,42S in the State cleo
tion and in November gave McKinle
45,T7T plurality. In 1898 the vote OF bot
parties showed large falling off but tn
republican plurality was 2i,769
In this presidential year. Judged by tn
standard OF 80, the republicans, II q
strong and unitev and enthusiastic {
ever, ought TO carry the State electic
in Vermont by a plurality of from $500
to $4,000 and also Maine. next Monda
by plurality OF from $4,000 to $4,000
1t will be interesting to see II they
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
NEW YORK REPUBLICANS.
The Convention is Cut and Driea
Affair,

AFFAIR.
Saratoga, N. Y, September Sat the
meeting of the State committee of the re.
publican party tonight the selection Of 4
temporary chairman was mere formality,
in fact, the session OF TIE convention to-.
morrow and Wednesday will BE- formal.
The almost forced consent Of MIR. Wood-
ruff TO take the second place on the tick
ct dispose OF any contest Tor Office.
Tie convention Will ht called 10 order
by tHe man WHO will later be named TO-.
governor, for 10 Benjamin Odell, Jr., e.s
chairman OF the State committee, falls
the honor OF first assembling the dele
gates. In turn, MIR. Odell will transfer the
gaSel TO Lieutenant Governor Tlmo ny L..
Woodruff. who VIII act as temporary cD4il-
man of convention that VIII iaJer honor
him with a nomination for the third time
10 the office Of lieutenant governor. AT
the close CT the convention the governor
OF the State of New York, a csndId4ic Oh
the Rational ticket, will open the cam
paign in New York.
There is some gossip tonight over the
statement that the ex- governor is to make
the speech nominating Mr., Odell.
1t was Mr. Black who, with the aid o.
Mr.. Payne. beat Mr.. Odell in 1895, and i,
was Roosevelt who heat Black In 1898.
Black has not been very close worker
in tie party ranks Tor TWO years, but the
three men, Black. odell and Roosevelt,
Will appear upon the same platform TO-
morrow.
S an interesting announcement. made
tonight that Mr. Odell will not retire
from the Craftsmanship OF the State com
mlttee until the campaign is closed. Tn &
is In fuliillmenT OF his pledge TO Mr.. Han
"a lat ne would conduct the campaign.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04

To the Editor of The POST r.ss,.,|
Mineola Texas, september a.-N' al.',,,|
to the article in The Post Of la,' IL =.
Nv Your san correspondent, NJ IL. III 1
,stasd hermit me to say that tns ..srtizI
au re- esgrant blunders is tue s's r,ur.
that Mr. Napier. our nominee lSl TsA
sant,tive is the editor OF Wv chl,e
county naner that furnished tas ia
campaign liters lure some I na6lishsT
Mr. Napier is editor anu "a While y
the Winsboro Wide AWAKE an q COR
paper declared for Chiffon y IA hin =
teous toward Mr.. Bailey anu "a iBsita
many high compliments thae IA xrIs
was constrained TO write, anu .h,nkl;i
NJ Nanler a very pretty letter ,sst y.
him ere happen to know sra.i'
-, t,s heen one OF Bailey ,srsss
80. aSn,,rsrs After Chilton's ~
from tbe race. heard Mr. Nsp IN eel
nn MI ~ nnhlic addresses, sra NJ h:
accas,on he declared uneauis,s,s s.r,s, y
Bailey; he went around .a ', houousts
gathered UP all the oeau', rs,,ton snd "
had scattered for Horace ~ feef 81 y
them az a love offering al rsnler ~
semi w. bailey. II Tom ,,rnss
thinks less OF Mr.. Bailey tn.- up 8.
I am sure that Il Is the latte. TN yas I
or misfortune. for ! know 'H'
is not a tickle man. ma, referred
The campaign literatufss, ,orial nIs'
BY Mr.. Armistead was si, no.nty ysn
from my paper. the Wood Sos d.T..'
ments / only regret that di o,r nS \
more OF il. and THAI o. N sen.
more telling character y
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
DALLAS COUNTY KILLING.
Dead Man Fired Nine Times ~ :.
n,,orcnf Without Ehect

Dead Man Fired Nine Times
Opponent Without ENG.
Dallas, Texas. September 49,
white farmers in the eastern part q =
las county founght duel about n00a
day and one of them is dead ana tns u'.s
in iail. The names of the daei'sa s
Thomas wilton and Thomas Jones' u
two men had been having trouble III, n,
about the first of July; TINS 49, w ii
they had a quarrel and Jones ru,n" i.
Wilton with hoe; Wilton pulled liz, ~
volver and fred five SHOTS oa. .a - +
his assailant. who fed. but re'uv w'sai
about an hour with a shotgun, an X,
drew his pistol and both men We, sss s,s
cling around a farm wagon. s s.sssa "
twice with his shotgun but M, 4 b
man, who emptied four cham Dsss rs,is
pistol without hitting Jones, ,, NM a,,s
ed his shotgun and shot Mlssu r,sIar
Jones secured team ana lr0,s n ID
away towards Dallas. he arIas Sssrsa I,
city this afternoon and suii. n,-s m il
Sheriff Hughes. who locked n'D
the county iail.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
LIMITED TAXATION.

Many OF the progressive communities
in this country are beginning to register
vigorous protests against the old system
of limiting taxation to certain maxi
mum or combining certain political divi-
sions within fixed boundaries Of public
Indebtedness. For example. the Birming
ham Age Herald in a recent issue has this
TO say:
Limited taxation is a lumbus, II is no
more necessary in this state than It is in
Louisiana. or any other State It is never
helpful. and Ia some cases ii Is absolutely
Esru.ful Il Is a clog upon progress. Il
stan ds in the way OF the public health often
mes. and ottenumes in the way OF public
education. In the former case u often pre-
vents the building u needed school build
ings. Il is n mossback Institution.
Unquestionably limited taxation be-
trays d want OF confidence in the people
by the people. II is equivalent to say
ing that they can not trust themselves In
a perfectly free administration OF their
own affairs. add that they doubt their
capacity 70 conduct government upon
strictly business principles And we, these
suspicious arc not without foundation.
The whole history OF our American rov-
ernments. National state and municipal.
shows tendency toward extravaganza IN
public expenditures that in many Instances
has necessltated burdensome taxation,
which Ought 10 have been unnecessary,
and has resulted IN piling up enormous
pGhlic debts.
TO take of the limit to taxation and
f,A
forms in the matter Of popular suffrage.
Limited taxation may be "a mossback IN
stitution." but to wipe 1t out and leave
universal suffrage" would simply be to
court the speedy bankruptcy OF nearly
every American community.
! II only tax payers or property holders
were allowed to vote. we might trust
them TO keep taxation within reasonable
bounds, and public debts within th,
; mt ans to pay, even without limitations
! But to so limit the suffrage. generally,
! would give government over wholly to III,
fortunate in life and possibly the mlnorit y
and thus erect pure plutocracy, or a
: government by wealth.
There ought to be greater freedom al
: lowed municipalities, however, in handling
their own public funds and In creating
public Indebtedness, for in most ali elite
the suffrage. in creating new debts of
permanent character Is confined to IN,
taxpayers. a nxed legal restriction
upon Indebtedness proportloned to tn,
assessed valuation could easily and prop
erly be dispensed with where the tax
payers create the debt, for the bone
purchasers could be depended on to pro
tect themselves against reckless issues
even IL the taxpayers were disposed to b
extravagant
But We have not yet reached that con
dition in the American States where W
Il can dare to take of the limits general
q to taxation. We govern ourselves In the
o DRY, but experience has taught us that W
o must tie many strings 10 our liberty. W
= may walk. but We may well doubt on
e ability to run. Greater liberty. create
It local option" possibly. might be prope
i reforms In this matter OF taxation, bu
! absolute license Is only for a far NOR
ideal republic than We have.
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BLACKBURN pREDfcTs VICTOR,
For Both National and State TicIu
in Kentucky.
Especial to The Postl


Washington, September S.-"0ur l.f.
lature," said Senator Blackburn a,$,r,|
cratic headquarters here today is seIa|
to amend the election Law so that /, ID
be satisfactory to everybody except All
republican managers we can't sstbt|
them, even II we should give them Il
election law of Ohio. The republican
realize that they have not a ghost i Il
slow to carry the State. and their poIs|
is to block, II possible. any action ty N
legislature, so a. 20 raise a cry o. fra,l
after election, as an excuse Tor the aslst
OF their ticket. 2,
the State organization is IA escsl.s
shape and the full strength o, the dsns
cratic vote VIII be pollei In NoYint.ss
wl.ch means that hotn our National a
State tickets will receive good old al
toned democratic majority
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The government OF the United states and
the bulk OF the American people have had the
mistaken idea that in the colonies which we
took from spain the spaniards alone com
posed the official or governing class. Acting
ON this idea we have ignorantly assumed as
government that 'our wards" were inoapa-
BILE Of governing themselves Porto Rico
under Spain, was largely self-goVerned and
governed we'll. In Cuba the natives were
extensively employed in the public service
while even in the Philippines thousands Of
natives were participating in the civll and
military service in the Islands. None Of these
people are helpless in the matter of govern
ment and our assumption OF INFINITE superior
ity ana our top-lofty patronage of them are
very properly resented as being TO large
degree ridiculous.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
ENTIRELY DEMOCRATIC.
Vote in Arkansas Was Lighter Than
ENnecIed.

Little Rock, Ark, September S.-Early
returns from today's State election Ind
cate that the vote Will be much lighter
than was expected. The ticket elected is
entirely democratic, as follows
Governor. Jefferson Davis OF Pope; sec
rotary of state, j. w. Crockett OF Arkan-
sas; attorney general George w. Murphy
of Pulaski; STATE auditor, T. c. Monroe
of Columbia; State treasurer, Thomas b..
Little Of Sebastian; State land commits
sioner, j. w. Colquitt OF Pulaski State
super ntendent Of public instruction. J. j.
Doyne OF Lonoke; commissioner OF mines,
manufactures and agriculture, Frank Hi
OF Washington, associate justice of SUI
preme court, Carroll D. Wood OF Drew;
railroad commissioners, F. NJ. Hanley OF
lizard, Abner Gaines OF Chicot, ]. G. Wal
lace of Pope.
H. L. Remmel, the republican candi-
date for governor which was the only OPP
posed office, Is making a good race and
his Increased vote over two years ago
VIII probably cut Davis majority.
Little Rock. Ark, September s.--Re
turns from today's election are coming in
slowly and show that the reported large
vote, both democratic and republican. did
not materialize. The negroes voted il
larger numbers than usual, but that viii
vary the result but little. Remmel. re-
publican, expected TO carry this CPulaski)
county on account Of the personal objec-
tion to Davis, the democratic NOMINEES
out he has fallen several hundred shart
OF four years ago. The ratio will be the
same all over the State. A rough estimate
places the total vote at: Davis, dem.
10000; Kennel CRep.) 10000 Files
tPop) 5000. Davis majority. $1,000.
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sssesseeo o Q q,

Prentice, a clerk in the Southern PaclAc's
freight office in Sun Francisco, are Not
mentioned in the will.
The omission has caused astonishment
in san Francisco. Prentice. Mrs. II. b.
Huntington, and Princess Hatzfeldt are
children OF the first Mrs C. P. Hunting
tons sister.
Princess Hatzfeldt's legacy OF ST.
00O, 600 is generous. Her dot at
her marriage was s2,500,00O in five per
cent bonds, and her gifts from her adopt
ed father in ten years amounted to $1,000
coo
The amount. relatively small, that Will
lard V. Huntington receiyes-S50, 000-nas
It's explanation in the fact that he d.s.iked
the trade Of railrcading aud abandoned it
after trial OF two years In San Francis
co. At his marriage he received. like his
brother, II. E. Huntington. a gift Of $780,
600 from Coils p Huntington.
Willard " Huntington has made a for
tune in real estate. H. Z. Huntington ;
wealth ives. before Cells p. Huntington )
death, estimated at 81. 500, 900.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-04
IMPORTANT CONFERENCE.
Several state Chairmen Visited Den
ocratic Headquarters.

Chicago, September 3.-senator Jaaa'
chairman; ], G. johnson, vice chairrn
and C. A. Walsh, secretary Of the sxsai
tive committee OF the democratic Nauuf
committee, held an all-day conteraeu y
day with the party leaders in seys't
States. The chairmen Of the state str
mittees present were L. A. Rosing, Mirir
sofa; Parks NJ. Martin, Irdlana; Gs9'a
A. Hoffman, Iowa; +. L. Hall Neorasn
A. =. Warden, Wisconsin; Walter Wats'i
Illinois; Mack Love, Kansas, and jana
H. Miller, West Virginia.
The object o. the conference was 70 y
tain an accurate g "a Of conditions ens =,
ing in the various States repres en,ea' =
20 arrange plars for conducting Inc q
paign in those States.