The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-25
WITH THE PASSING IBDas'

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Houston had a distinguished via,,.
terday in the person Of Mr.
Thomas, the well known Mar : sass
wright. Mr.. Thomas was NO,
brass band on his arrival a.
nor was there any effort mads !,
tain him during the short d.. sas
here. This was not the fault q, :.
pie of Houston, but was caus.a ~
very simple fact that Mr.. Thor. y
in unaruounced and unheralded =, -
nothing was known OF his nrs..-
the city until after his departure 3
rived on a morning train and. sun,,.,'.
spent the forenoon in looking arou,, Y
city he ara not register at any !,
hotels until inc arrival of the lin.
the MONDAY meal, when he p,a,ss =
plain and simple Inscription "a. Tho
New YORK on the register at the Ca
and went up to dinner without a,k,,,
be assigned to room. After .hnisblag 4.
repast he paid his bill and left on !, 'ss
ternoon train Tor other points 4, 4.
state without having allowed mos ~
ore or two persons in town to kuos :
bis presence. There was a ousnti,s :,
mail for MIN at the Capitol. which hs (.
cured before he registered, AMI ~ Il
that he left no forwarding addre..
regarded as an indication thai be vii =
turn TO the city before leaving ths ~.
AS was stated in The Post 4 a.
two ago, Mr., Thomas, who is the as,,s. 4
OF Arizona. Alabama" In Mi,za,,,
| oliver Goldsmith and other s,lc,sss,,
plays, is in Texas for the purposs 3, !.
curing material for new work. TIA sss,
of which, 1t is understood, is 10 tbs M /
in the Lone Star State. It would ans,
that he is conducting his investigated, !,
Iexas and Texans very quietly and ri
he does not desire to meet p,opls Nh
might ask questions about his plans 1. (
the future. He had letters to one O. Is.
wen known Houstonians, but these l.. /
ters were not presented yesterday.
81 can't help siding with the B,i,.
in the present struggle in South Afries
said guest at the Lawlor yestsrda,
when I view the war from the sta,S.
point of an American who is working fo
the best interests of his country. win
leave the sentimental part OF II entlrel
out of the question. 1t is Characters,
Ct chvairous people TO take the par Il
the urder dog in the fight, ana hspce 81
| feeling manifested in many sections n
meetings called to express sympathy viii
the Afrikanders. Getting away from th
1t must be admitted that our interests n,
bound up in the maintenance Of the p-,s.
| tlge OF the British empire English sui {
| cess means the construction OF the C3ls
TO Cairo railway, with numerous branches
| all of which VIII call for the purchase a
| iron and steel and rolling stock t,on
the United States. England is the adyan.s
agent of civilization, aud wherever SUE
| goes her policy is that of progress and DE-.
velcpment. We hear this called the ioo
age and the age of steel. but with ,hs
| failure of England TO maintain her ST.
premacy in South Africa, there will BE Il
lamentable falling off in this dire II d
which will hurt us more than any osasrs
| power. British victory means thousasas
CT miles of railway construction Ia al
parts of the world, particularly In C6ina
and here again America will be cal
( upon for material and equip-ent aggie
/ sa;lng in value many millions Of dolla
! Russia would never push her great Asia q
system of railways but for fear and .a.
ousy or England, and Russia will re
her energy along these lines from the yer
| moment that's England is beaten by 80
puny an adversary. For my part, ! resa'i
| 1t as a duty to take the English end q
this Quarrel, for | am in the list OF ihcf
! who believe that the allied nations 9
! Europe would have FASTENED to the rel q
| OF Spain had it not been for the feehi,
that John Bull would have lost no moi
time in coming over to help Uncle sau
There seems to be considerable excite
merit prevailing in newspaper circles Oh
in san Francisco said travelling nal
who has just returned from a trip 70 az
coast to n representative Of The Post a
the Bristol yesterday. Zone OF the en-
objects Of interest seems to be MI v
Il. Hearst, editor and owner OF the Nes
| York Journal. although he Is present =
| Londoc and probably knows little =
nothing about the things that are psp,,
said and done out West. The EyenAt
| Bulletin Of San Francisco few Gays w
contained a flaming headline to the ems
that Hearst Lawrence Thugs Threaten y
Shoot the Managing Editor of the baf
| letin, followed by a story in wnlch Z,
legations regarding the use OF the Pc !.
force of the city were made. Inc W.
has been waged merrily for some w
past and newspaper readers out onere -
heccnVng little tired Of it."
Mr. Harry NJ. McRae, a we'll kne'S
/ travelling man who represents "''
York cigar house. arrived in the cry sss
terday after a business trip through Y !
section of the country. Mr.. Mehae III. Il,
/ that business is good at praciicah.
of the points he has visited ana taa'
prospects for prosperous spring ~
4 in all lines of trade is very COCO ivy
Among the theatrical men In 'ns s
yesterday were Frank e, sowerspy' as'
for Browns In Town" the Jolly -
which Genes to Sweeney \ No.,
thea.5r next Monday, and Mr. T. :, A s.,,
representing 1.-THE Christian the ~
matization OF Hall Gaines noyel nre,g
name. in which Fife Ellsler VIII ~
on February 6.