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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

| sla0 Oco 900 year. The excess Of taxation
over expenditures for the month was some
thing above 100000. The excess money
locked 10 In the treasury Is but little short
OF $780, 900 con. And yet we are told 10 be-
hold the wisdom OF republican hnancleringi
Our operations In the Philippines are cost.
| ing us 81. 100000 day. The daily average OF
our volume OF exports TO those ISLANDS is
s52i2i Trade appears 10 follow the Gag ike
Peter followed the saylor--afar of,
-------------
Admiral Dewey IL in danger OF mistakIng
the cordial reception he has received in the
West for demand for him. for the presi-
dency. You will remember that in 1898 Mr..
Mckinley went west and was cheered Justify
at some way stations in Kansas or the pa
kotas when he spoke in gllttering general
ities Of our destiny" and immediately
Jumped to the conclusion that the country
was Wild for expansion" 1t is difficult for
the hero or occupant OF high Office TO Imagine
that The respect paid him is TO the man or the
office rather than TO his special views
west Texas along the line OF the Southern
Pacific is said to be in a remarkably flourish
ing condition. We must not forget that this
by storm and food in one portion OF It,
-----------------
Mayor ID. l.. Peoples OF Navasota has
very sensible communication in this issuc OF
The Post advocating the formation Of a Texas
municipal league. There are certainly many
matters OF importance that could be con-
sidered by suca organization, and II would
undoubtedly DO OF great benefit to the State.
How 10 secure better city governments and
methods OF improving our cities in every way
are questions that are being agtated through
out this country and Texas should not fall
behind in this movement.
After Ex-Governor Bradley had presented
the republican side OF the Kentucky inn
broglio the Federal supreme court had to
adjourn to recuperate until the 18th instant.
The Taylor contention appears to shock
everything with which It comes in contact
The republicans have already belied their
platform utterances as to blmetallism and the
trusts; they prostituted their expressed SYM
pathy for cuba into a war Of conquest; their
syndicate hackers have refused to share with
labor the fruits OF prosperity and now all
that is needed to completely violate their
pledges of 1896 is to push the Nicaragua canal
construction to the rear indefinitely. This
is the Kind Of fidelity to formal promises
which they are asking the people to indorse.
Colonel William J. Bryan Tuesday night ad-
dressed the largest audience at Columbus,
Ohio, that has ever assembled in the great
auditorium IN that city. II isn't mere curl
osity to sec n celebrated man that draws these
crowds Of 10000 people this year, for Mr..
Bryan has been seen and heard before all
over the country. It's democratic gospel that
is drawing this time
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!. DlTelteQ Dy TTOi- CtghA'"a @-'''
isms This sensible advice had much
to do with the formation OF Mile. Vigee
ortctnsl styIs. which was quite apart
frnrn Tho contemporary academic influence.
Her self-improvement was largely due to
her untiring copying Of Rembrandt, Van
Dyck Rubens Whose chiaroscuro she
considered miraculous) and Greuze. Much
OF this work was quickly scld In order
that the young artist might support her
beautiful but indolent mother and clothe
and educate her younger brother
In order TO satisfy that longing for ex-
pensive wardrobe and amtsements which
Nine. yigse considered necessary to her
existence. the widow married a wesithy
teweler. This man proved to be miser.
VIII greedily wore the old clothes of the
dead artist. but refused to provide the
necessarles OF life for his new family,
compelling the already overworked Elise
10 redouble her efforts for their main
tenance. On account of that superb health
which enabled her to work INCREASINGLY
until her death In her eighty year.
the young girls beauty did not fade I'M
der this III treatment, but developed so
charmlney that between the age OF ia
and 20 s,tters nocked TO her studio. and
her orders multiplied amazingly, chiefly
that her admirers while posing might en-
Joy her vlvaclous society. This implied
fattery never cost the young artist the
loss Of her simplicity or reputation. her
mothers enforced presence preventing any
suggestion of stain upon her name.
At that time he family lodged in the
house of picture dealer. Jean Baptiste
Pierre lie Brun, man whose judgment
upon pictures was considered the most re-
liable in Europe. His unusually fine coll
lection of paintings and prints was oblig-
ingly placed at the service of the eager
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
SOME posTsCRIpTs.

Twelve thousand people in the Missouri
Kansas mineral district live in tents the year
round
In Salt Lake county, Utah. over 30 per cent
OF the domestlcated bees have been killed by
the smoke from the smelters.
A Toronto street railway company has been
fined for not providing rear vestibules on its
cars for the protection of conductors
Meat is very dear in Havana to the retail
buyer. The price for beef is about rs cents
pound, and is very poor beef at that
BY complicated process carbide of gold
has been prepared recently by two American
chemists. 1t is made as yellow focculent
preeipitate, which, when dried, explodes vio-
lently
The streets OF Havana, Matanzas, Santiago
and other cities are kept scrupulously clean.
Disniectants are sprlnkled over the roads and
thorodghfares by big street sprinklers every
morning.
Special smoking cars are run on Montreal
street railway lines The Broadway cable
equipment of New York has also received an
addition OF twenty cars for the same purpose.
The borough officials of Phoenixville. Pa,
recently impounded the towns solitary troll
ley car, and held II until the railroad COM
pnny replaced nat-sided wheel with new
one
The Chinese think they occupy the middle
Of the earth. and that all other nations are
merely dwelling on the edges. Their most
respectful term to designate foreigner Is
THE ocean men,"
letter from an English soldier at the
front says: Our chaps get so little to eat
that they walk about the camp picking up
Indian corn that the mules drop. and they
boil and eat them
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE.
Matter that shouid Interest Mayors
of This State.

To the Editor of The Post.
Navasota, Texas, May i.--Extensiye
investigation in regard to the exitence Of
a municipal league In this State demon
strates the fact conclusively that the
history of the State does not show any
organization OF this character up to date.
This is indeed strange taking into con-
sideration the vast amount of property
throughout the broad domain of this Stale
Astounding here and there in her beautiful
towns and cities, also to consider the
great mass of population existing ia all
most innumerable cities and towns in
Texas, and yet not a single organization
OF this type, as representative Of the va
rious municipal governments. to assemble
annually for the purpose OF taking i'm The
great questions OF the day for deliberate
consideration and discussion that the com
mon welfare OF the State might be ad-
vanced, rectifed and improved. We con-
stantly stand with numerous questions o.
material weight as problems unsolyed and
unsettled. And yet no municipal learue
10 meet for the discussion OF such nroh-
lematical questions for solution Than
let us devise some means to carry intn
effect this important organization that arr
minds might become broadened, that our
education may become more extensive
along this line. in fact let the orzanizatio0
become a school OF study. Then Ia thint
OF the great prestige that Texas hoi5s
with the world, IL becomes rather difdcult
TO comprehend why such an Organization
has not been perfected prior TO this tims
All professions. businesses. secular AZ.
nominations. etc, have grand societie,
and associations signaling themselves
with honor by their annual meetings in
taking up the important questions arisinr
along their line OF thought and discussine
them. so as 10 remove the various ohs,ss
Giles that tend TO check their educa,ior ~
arrest their progress IN Advancing nersr
aud better ideas for the class Of nsonIs
whom they represent. Take The TeY.s !
State Medical association and view IN
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Houston and Its yew.papcr.

Huntsville Enterprise.
The issue OF The Houston Post common
Grating the fifteenth anniversary OF tie
inception of that paper was model of
metropolitan journalism. The Post is un-
douotedly an unqualified success in The
newspaper held and its progress from
humble beginnings fifteen years ago re-
meets credit upon the diseernment OF Inc
business men OF the Bayou City ana ;he
perseverance and ability Of the workers
on the great South Texas morning news
paper.
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LUTHERAN SYNOD.
Forty-ninth Annual session =
Held Mt Salem Chureh'

Brennan. Texas, May 2.-ih ~
ninth annual session of the f'i'' ! e i.
gellcal Lutheran synod OF Texas W. ~ N |,
vene at Salem church. fee miles W.. 4,
Brennan. tomorrow and continue 4. M
sion a week. 1t is expected insl =. !s',, NJ
ministers embraced IN the oI ~ M
and a number Of lay members s,n III
the session. Quite number o. .I,ss I
gates and visiting ministers az. "a
the afternoon trains. A dozep 10
vehicles met them and conveysl Eth n. Il
the church. The officers OF tne s...sisss
Rev. A. Falienberg of Renouls, " II
Rev. F. Gerstmann OF freiss',v, ,s.l
president; Rev. A. Weadeken q p,srt.r
secretary; Mr.. R, t. Jaessli d i.s S,'s'i.i
treasurer. The synod will cels .r..I,.ei
golden anniversary OF its o' ss.ou VI
next year and at the present ss.S,,sr,.s.
adopt programme for the s'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
Have No Malice.

-N"Nihput JouTnul.
men VINO supported Congressman Bailey
'or the United States senate because OF
the principles he advocated, and his ability
20 maintain them, have no malice in their
hearts against the personal friends of SEN
ator Chiffon nor the men who sought his
reelection because they regarded him As
Ine proper man for the high position
mere are those, however, who arravcd
themselves against Congressman Bailey
TO promote their personal interests, o. TO
revenge imaginary wrongs. Thes. are
known and, of course. they will Re r.
membered.
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nnil,io l. VOW rreslds.,s.'','

Cleburne. Texas, May e.--in'''' -
the death of Matthew Parso.s nd.
OF the National Editorial asss, Z III.
been received, His successor : 4 4 ~.
succession lives here, coiYpN IA IL !
editor OF weekly paper go 81 - n
view. Ho is an old nevspsps.. ~
vice president OF the Naslo,s ~re n
association and his frienos n :
ready congratulating nim
honor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

Il seems TO be part OF the mission OF the
Waco TimesfHeraid to achieve notorIety by
constantly hnding fault with The Post, Now
u thinks Il hnds "lukewarmness" in Tho
Post toward bimetalism because The Post
quotes from the New York World and New
York Journal. and especially from the jour
nails correspondent, James creelman. who al
most demonstrated in the letter reproduced in
Tho Post that Mr.. Bryan could win on
platform The Chicago platform and
oemins eut particularly strong against inn
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
Firemen to ne rn,er,o,n,a.

Waxahache Texas, May l--Great prep
afa'ions are being made for the enter
talnment OF the State Volunteer Fire
mems association. which meets here MAY
Y, 10 and II. Paine's fireworks have been
engaged, an enormous trades display and
decorated carriage parade will De given.
ana aitosether II will be an occasion OF
great credit to any town,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
Texans in New Yorn.
Especial to The Post,)

NSPVNiai 10 Tue fustl
New York, May 2.-The following Tex
ans are registered at New York hotels;
Austin.-M, A. Taylor and wife, at the
st. Denis.
Gslveston.-R. Bornefeldt, at the Iol-
land
Houston,-A. Breyer. AT the Astor, and
NJ A. Reid al the Normandie.
Texas.-S. l.. Erden Miss Kroener, Il.
Braekin at the Grand Union. and DR.. r.
II. Mott, at the Ashland.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
Alvin school Trns,.n.

ALVIN, Texas, May 2,--At a citisens'
meeting held at the U. D. C. hall this af-
,ernoon, the following gentlemen we're Sc
ieetea as candidates for school trustees In
me election to be held here SATURDAY.; s.
Anderson, P. X. Nansker, ]. N. peey
- :, Al, heston. Captain J. r. Cobbs. DR.. NJ.
" Hon and A. w. walkisson.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03
DAMAGE in jackson coup'''

Canada, Texas. May 2.--Ine ~ !,
Sunday night did great danss s',,. Il
Sutherland neighborhood, ioal M d
OF Canada. For several mllss
on the prairie was beaten aor hi i
ground closer than II mors' Il ~
over it. and a large numps' ,.tss "
killed. There was hardly en,s1 NJ q
Burrows and White, llylhs :. sss X Y
erland's place. lost ifty-tie s ,.',rs d
not a straw hardly is TO DC ,sstsl
ground wherc they were p's ~ "a
farmers are quite "blue" oSe' y
OF things here.
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should Quit Lying.

Georgetown Commercial.
II is now high time certain newspapers
and politicians should quit lying on Hoa.
], ". Bailey, Let them be fair, honest
and truthful now at least, They have
perfect right TO oppose Bailey. hu, thsy
have no right 10 become common liars aud
traducers.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

The Indian Head mill at Cordoya, Ala
was constructed with the view of catering
to the Chinese trade. II has been in opera
ton for eighteen months and is doing we'll
Last week It shipped twelve carloads OF cot
ton cloth to Shanghai The Dwight cotton
mills OF Alabama City. Ala, forwarded one
shipment of seventeen carloads OF cloth last
week. all OF which goes to China. Let's SEQ
have we annexed any portion OF China lately7
We certainly must have done So for by the
logic OF the expanslonlsts the flag must go
hrst, backed by bayonets and artillery, And
these are southern mills, too, that are enjoy
ing this trade. and In Senator Morgan's STATED
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A FAMOUS FRENcH PORTRAIT PAINTER.

By
The Houston Poss Seymour Eaton
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Wonder II the general strike OF the wood
workers up East will affect the conduct of
those politicians who make business of
snwlnE Mood2
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

The public debt last month was Increased
by more than si2ooO.ooo. The expenses 81
the army we're over sio,oao.ocO or more thau
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

The citizens OF this city should not allow
ward politicians or marplot organs TO de-
eeive them as 20 the issues involved in the
selection OF school trustees Saturday next.
There ought not to be any politics whatever
In these selections, and certainly the excel
ience and future OF our public school system
should not be made subordinate 10 or de-
pendent upon the personal interests or for
tunes Of any one man. II there are poll
ticians or extreme partisans in either group
of candidates simply scratch their names
and elect the best seven men OF the twelve.
Everybody will be satisfied with such re-
suit except a few selfish schemers.
The widespread agitation and disqulet in
The ranks Of labor at this time would seem
70 Indicate that Mckinley prosperity is Of
the Kind that does not prosper.
among the many new cotton mills organized
~ the South In the past few weeks, with the
amount OF money each contemplates spending,
are; Adelaide mills Of Admission. Ala. $50 ono.
Seneca cotton mills. s7OooOo Blaeksbure mill.
Biacksburg. S. O., $1,000; Alpine mills, Nor
canton. n. c.. $4,000, Tarboro mills rar-
boro y. c.. $4,000; Greenyilie cotton minis
Grecnviile. n G.. 100000; Granitcville Minis
Grani'svillc. S G., enlargement. $500 200
Eastover mills, Eastover. s G., $500 Enter
prise mills. orangebure. $. G.. 5000. ooo .na
The Miiien milk, Millen, Ga, $4,000.
The public debt last month was Increased
nv r,nre thar tta hNo nao rA
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

Our operations In the Philippines are cost.
ing us 100000 day. The daily average OF
our volume Of exports TO those ISLANDS is
s52i2l Trade appears TO follow the Tag ike
Peter followed the savlor--afar on,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

si2o. 10000 year. The excess Of taxation
over expenditures for the month was some
thing above sl.0oc.ooo. The excess money
locked no In the treasury Is but little short
Of taoo.Ooo, con. And yet we arc told 10 be-
hold the wisdom Of republican nnancieringl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-03

Customs receipts in tho Philippines are
eomine IN at the rate OF over s60o0,00o a
year. With quiet times the inanccs OF the
islards win be- easily aud satisfactorily man
es'd--Coieman Voice and Review
AMI The expenditures are going out at the
rate Of si,ooo.ooo day. Even in ouie, tunes
We should need TO keep fully 10000 troops in
'be ISLANDS and large Acct Of cruisers ana
snneosts, 1t Is estimated that the xhole
annual cost Of our soldiers to US /. $1,000
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-14
THE WAR IN AFRICA.

British troops have not only entered
Kroonstad, the second Boer capital Of
the Orange Free State, but have push
ed on beyond it. The entry was made
Saturday and dispatch received last
night states that General French's cav
airy has already proceeded five miles
north of the town. The Beers are re-
treating to the Vsal river, 81 miles be-
yond Kroonstsd, where intrenchments
are being prepared.
Fighting may occur ut Hebron road
an important town on the railroad 30
miles north of Kroonstad. The Free
State capital has been temporarily re-
moved to Lindley, 40 miles east of
Kroonstad. General French tried to
cut the RAILROAD north of Kroonstad 80
as to prevent the Beers from escaping,
but the last train had left before he sue
ceeded.
Stories of dissensions between the
Transvaalers and Free Skaters, which
were 80 numerously circulated In March
when the British occupied Bloemfontein
the first Free State capital, are revived
simultaneously with the occupation of
the second seat of government. 1t is
said that the Transvaalers declare they
will no longer fight on Free State soil
and that the Free Skaters accuse them
of deserting. Some of the British dis
patches go so far as to say that the
whole Boer resistance has almost col.
lspsed. Preside Mt Steyu, it is alleged.
used tue sjambok rawhide wbip-on
Free Skaters who had declared their
intention of ceasing hostilities.
A dispatch received 10 London states
that Maeking had been relieved. but
there is nothing official to confirm 1t.
The British relieving force is expected
to arrive at the town Tuesday or We'd
nesday, at the latest.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-14
TELEGRAPHlC BREVITIES.

William B. Willis, colored, who shot
and killed Aleck Whitney, prominent
white man, last evening, for not making
room for him 10 street car, was lynch
ed by a mob at Grovanis, Ca. at 3
o'clock this morning.
At one o'clock this morning Father
Theophilus Klonewski, pastor OF the
Polish Catholic Church at Wilkesbsrre,
Pa, while sitting in the front parlor OF
the parochial residence, was shot at by
some unknown person but escaped IN
harmed. There has been trouble brew
ing in his church for some time past.
Patrick MeDermett, o painter, was
killed by falling 100 feet from the
steeple of Saint Patrick's Church,
in Lowell, Massachusetts,, this morn-
ing. He landed on a picket fence. The
steeple is being repainted by two
steeple climbers. McDermott had no
business on the steeple and was not
employed on the job. His reason for
attempting to cIimD the steeple Ia not
known, but 1t is said he did 80 on q
wager.
From third story OF the Forest CITY
House, of Cleveland, o., Miss Sarah
Kapendurgar, of Plymouth, Ohio, leap
ed to the sidewalk this morning, many
feet below. Thousands of people saw
the sight. She came here with nurse,
to be sent to sanitarium. Her mind
had been affected because of grief over
the death of her mother. Two weeks
ago she tried to drown herself. The
woman was taken to hospital. 1t is
not known whether she will live or not
Governor Stephens, Of Missouri, went to ST.
Louis and held conference yesterday at the
Planters Hotel with the police board, Chief
Campbell and the captains OF the various dis.
tricts, in reference to the strike on the street
car lines. 1t was decided to swear In $500
additional policemen today. No definite &C.
ton toward q settlement OF the troubles hss
been taken, and most Of the lines are unable
TO operate cars
The Keusington shipysrd Company, oil
Philadelphia, was chartered at Harrisburg
Pa, today with q capital Of $500, 900. The
directors are Edwin g. Cramp, Francis l.
Cramp, Samuel Dickson, Harry W. Hand and
others.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-05-14
THE CHURCHES

The general assemblies of the Pres
byterian Church and the Southern
Presbyterian Church will be held this
week, the assembly of the northern
branch of the church opening on Thurs.
lay ct St. Louis, Mo-, and that of the
southern branch beginning on the same
lay in Central Church, Atlanta, Ga.
Hostiities against the liquor traffic
we're begun in the Southern Baptist
Convention in session at Hot Springs,
Ark, on Saturday, DR.. J. B. Cranfill,
i Texas, introducing a resolution de.
clsring the enmity of the Southern Bsp.
lists against the traffic in every way.
congress was denounced for multiplying
ne law abolishing the eanteen, and
the establishment of the army oanteen
ana saloons are declared to be blots on
our civilization. The resolution will be
adopted.
Proposed changes in the organic law
OF the church again came to the front
at Saturdays session OF the Methodist
Episcopal general conference, in Cn;-
cago. Delegate Elliott, of Phiiadelphia.
met defeat in an attempt to secure stIlI
further recognition for laymen. He of.
tered resolution to make laymeu and
local ministers eligible as bishops. a
privilege at present confined to travel
log preachers or elders, which was de-
fsated. The board of bishops appoint.
ed committee to consider changes in
the organic law during the next four
years. The conference Is preparing for
the election of bishops.