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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
SITUATION NEAR MERIDIAN.

Meridian, Miss, April 23.--The Hood
situation south OF Meridian has changed
for the worse Heavy rains last night
caused decided rise in the waters of the
Okatibee. Chunky and Chickashay rivers,
streams that have caused so much damag ,
Already News reached here tonight from
the Chunky river that that river is even
with Its banks and rising. Every repor,
today was disheartening to railroad OIL
Gals, who fear full traffic can not be re-.
stunned within three weeks.
Citizens in small towns shut out from
the outside world are growing desperate
1t being week in many ingtances since
they have received pound of freight or
mail
Here the situation Is bad. only the Mo-
bile and Ohio road being able to handle
freight. The Alabama Great Southern 4
finding great difficulty in handling on.
passenger train daily.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
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about Mrs. P1nkhs..ys.
medicine.
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some woman Mrs. PHI.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
DOMESTIC.

convention OF cotton growers Is to be
held at Macon, Ga, May i2 TO devise a
better method Of marketing the crop.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24

sydney. n. S. W. April %. Two deaths
from the plague and eight cases Of the
disease are reported here today.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
NO LOSS or 1--WE.
Forest Fires Cause 100000 Damage
to pTppcrty.

~ u FNHVEVN,
Wnnipeg Manitoba, April 23.--Latest
reports from the scene OF the bush fires,
near the Minnesota boundary line show
that there has been no loss OF life. Sew
eral numbering camps were destroyed.
hut both men and horses escaped The
loss Will amount to about 500, 900.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT Z
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
druggists refund the money II It iaas
cure, Il. w. Groves signature is on sE'
box 25c.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington, April President and
Mrs. Mckinley have left hero for visit
OF several days TO Canton, Ohio.
A large force OF officers and clerks was
engaged today In preparing Secretary
Root s response 10 the senate resolution
Of inquiry respecting allowances to army
officers IN Cuba which win be made to-
morrow.
Lloyd Grlscom, The United states charge
d'affaires at Constantiuople has cabled
the state department that the Turkish
minister OF foreign afiairs has informed
the ambassadors that the porte will not
raise tariffs without previous agreements
with the powers.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-04-24
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BuBoNIc PLAGUE.

injected Rats Found - Two Deaths
Occur AT sydney.
Melbourne, Victoria, April 23.--plague-
infected rats have been found at Rris-
bane, Auckland and Melbourne.
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their schools open two months longer. The
 governor says the money shall lie idle
 withdrawn from circulation, in bursting
 treasury. The law says the money shall go to the schools at once-''shall take effect
 immediately" the governor of the state says 1t shall not--that the money shall be withheld from the children a year, or thereabouts.
 These are the cold, naked facts. The law has been violated to the detriment of the children of the state in two particulars the Buger tax has not been applied to the maintenance of the public schools of the state, and the operation of the law has beeprchanged from Immediately" to a year later or therealbouts. These open violations Of the law have created bursting treas ury, but they will close the school houses two months earlier than the legislature in- tended they should be closed when it pass ed the lBulger taxa bill, by the way, that Governor Johnston, it Is believed, desired to veto, and never liked. He lacked the courage of his convictions, but he has postponed for year the operation of the hated bill
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
School Moneys in Alabama.

{ When the legislature adopted the Bulger tax over a year ago it provided that it should be applied solely to the mainte- nance of the public schools of the state, and t further provided that 1t should take effect at once. These provisions have been sleedlessly and Illegally disregarded by the state adninstra ,!on.-really ty Governor Johnston, for he taxes credit to himself for all tine state administration accom- pishes, he must bear the blame of it's wrongful acts.
 Every dollar of the Bulger lax was duo and payable on January l. It became de- iiieucnt at that time. As matter of fact, S2oe,OOO out of the s25o,ooo due is now ia the treasury, and the balance will be before the schools arc closed in the present school year. The law says .he money shall be applied "solely to the maintenance of the public schools of the state" thus enabling the trustees of the various districts to keep
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Was Talking in Canada

Frederick D. Kilburn, state superintehd- ent of banking, made a campaign speech for Governor Roosevelt last fall that was record breaker, says the New York World. Kilburn, the colonel, and other spellbinders were touring the extreme northern part of the state. Early one morning the engine stopped for water near a lumber camp Kill burn got out on the end of the car and de- qivered Np-roaring speech on the evils of Tammany Hall and kindred campaign top ics. The lumbermen listened with show of enthusiasm.
 A trafie nettled, Kilburn returned to the car. A brakeman noticing his gloom, said, cheerfully:
 Don't mind those French-Canadians. They're wooden-headed lot
 "F'rench- -Canadians,' said Kilburn' with surprise. "Where are we?''
 "We're just over the line in Canada. thought you knew that" said the brake man.
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tiful city, was in Birmingham yesterday. He spoke with marked enthusiasm of the present condition and the future of Selma He looks for great things soon to come.
 Morton Kirke Moore, who has been so dangerously i'll alt the wilson-Brown in- firmary. this city, is greatly improved, and is now reported to be out of danger. He sat on the verandah for short while yes- terday. z
 Senator Mathews of Marion, candidate for state auditor is in Birmingham.
 Charles R. McDowell of Eufau1a, menn- ber of the state democratic committee from the Third congressional district, was in Bir- mingham yesterday.
 The first lively housefy of the season made the rounds of tine town in most festive manner yesterday.
 J. l.. Nelson, editor of that excellent and popular weekly newspaper, the Dadeville Spot Cash, is in Birmingham. MT. Nelson tells of a political meeting at Daviston, Tal- lapoosa county, the other day. There were fifteen voters present. The principal speak CT was Hon. Thomas l.. Bulger. In the
 "I believe that every man but one here is for Senator Morgan"
 'T want you to know I'm for Morgan!" cried out the suspected one. So that made the crowd unanimous.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
ANOTHER SCAB JOB

From the M0Dlle tteSlSter.
 The Daily Item and the News of this city print this morning, in behalf of Governor
 Joseph E. Johnston's candidacy for the
 United States senatorship. the address of
 MT. Eyre Damer, delivered at Daphne,
 Baldwin county, on Monday, March > Mir.
 Damers address will be found an endeav-
 or to show that the Governors opponent,
 General Morgan, is hostile to the working
 men, the common people, while Johnston is
 their friend-that is inevitable-as it is the
 Johnston program.
 It Is learned that MT. Damers address is
 published by the Johnston campaign com
 mittee of Mobile county. Like their distin-
 guished leader, they have tried to show
 their economy in the business arrangement
 cf making this document public.
 The typesetting of the address, which
 makes nearly six columns in the Item, was done in an outside office and used by both papers as a measure of economy | in behalf of the committee. | Besides the two papers, either of which 1 is capable of doing all the work in connec- ! ton with their publication there are eight l JCtD OuHceS III N1UDlie all UT WHICH employ
 members of the Mobile Typographical un- l ion in their labor department | There is only one office in the city that is hostile to and will not employ union la 1 bor.
 The friends of Governor Johnston in Mo l bile preferred to have this work done in l that office. | An employing printer was asked last | night If the job had been given out by bid. | He replied that 1t had not. In the interest | of Governor Johnston he had gone to the | headquarters of the Johnston campaign | committee and asked that the job offices | of the city be given opportunity to bid l for the work He was told that the com l mittee "knew its business 1 The saving in this business proposition | could not have been more than 20 cents a | column-$1.20 in all.
 l Dhe organized workingmen of Mobile vii l take care to remember Governor Johnston
 and Governor Johnston's friends regard fol their welfare at the polls on Saturday 1 April 14.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
rho oolonel.s MIsflt EIoauence

Colonel E. c. Stahl, a veteran of the civil war, as chairman of the board of managers of the new home for soldiers and sailors at Vineland N. J., is asking the legislature for $20,O00 for improvements for the home, re- lates the New York Commercial. The peo- pie of Trenton, where Colonel Stahi lives and prints German newspaper, will be re- membered by this of the time, a few years ago. when the colonel was asked to help along a project to raise money to build a monument to commemorate the memory of the head of the Roebcing family, who built the Brooklyn bridge.
 The Roeblings are important people in Trenton, where they employ in their iron works over 5,O0O men. Colonel Stahl is noted for his oratorical' ability He has 8 German accent that is pleasing, and tho Roeblings selected him as just the man to make an address to their workingmen on a certain festival day which should be taken as an occasion to work up little enthusiasm for the monument project
 The day arrived, and all Trenton turned out, including the Roebing toilers to hear Colonel stahl's address When it came to the matter of the monument the eloquent speaker paid a beautiful tribute to the memory of Mir. Roebling, who had wrought such wonders of which the great iron works in Trenton and the Brooklyn bridge were but part. From that point he led eloquently around to the proposition that, after all, this monument was simply a family affair." or ought to be; that labor by his skill and the sweat of this brow had already contributed a vast amount to the fame and fortune of the house of Roeblng, and that any workingman who gave so much as 10 cents to the monument was blooming chump, or words to that effect.
 And the monument project was dead from that moment.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
RARE WAMPUM BELTS
From the Chicago Tlmes-Herald.

froH tne SHlcdSo lliHeS-I1eTdlu
 Chicago possesses eleven wampum belts of extraordinary rarity and value. They are the last perfect specimens of the North American Indian war and peace belts in existence, and may become part of the collection of Indian relics now in the Field Columbian Museum. The eleven belts are the property of Thomas R. Roddy, other wise known as White Buffalo, chief of the Wnnebago Indians. MT. Roddy has lived with the Indians his entire life. He has given their habits, the utensils of their dali ly life and their symbolism daithful study. His belts he values at 5000. Three ordi- nary belts of the John Boyd Thacher col lection sold for s, GOO few days ago. The Smithsonian institution, with all its re- search for the government, has not yet been able to secure a wampum of the com plete character of that held by MT. Roddy. Catalogued, the eleven belts in his possess sion are:
 No. 1-iSix Nations peace belt.
 No. 2-Six Nations peace belt, represent ing two roads.
 No. sold French Fort belt, of New York, 300 years old.
 No. Hive Nations war belt.
 No. 5-Black Hawk belt.
 No. s-Firrst William Penn belt, 21S years old.
 No. 7-Governor Denny belt cf 175S.
 No. S-Red Jacket belt of 1895.
 No. 9--Captain Brant belt of 1750.
 No. 10--French peace belt. 200 years old
 No. 11-F'rench mission belt.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Porto Rico,s Products and Wants.

Porto Rico Is a small island, but it ds fun of people, and it has 100000 acres un- der cultivation. Seventh -eighths Of it are mot cultivated, but the oue-eighth under cultivation is very productive. Nearly all of the island could De cultivated-certainly one-haH of it could be, and yet only one eighth is cultivated, although there are nearly one million of people in the island The size of the island is about one-fffteenth of that of this state, there being in the one about 2,500 900 acres and the other 33,- GOO acres. There are. In other words, about one-haif of Alabamas population on cne-fffteenth of Alabama's area. The isl- and is about as large as the average sena- toriai district in this state.
 Of the cultivated land, Soo,oeO acres, 122,- oO0 acres are devoted to coffee, 6l,OO0 acres to sugar cane, 4,2O0 acres to tobacco, and thc balance to beans,, corn, rice and fruit. Every agricultural interest on the island eould be quadruplicated. The coffee of the island is of superior quality, and there is no reason why the product should mot be increased four-fold, and so 1t is Ma;al all the other crops. Oranges, bananas and plneapples are not grown for export, although they should be, and readily could be if energy could be infused into the peo- pc
 Governor Davis thinks sugar, tobacco and coffee must remain the chief articles of export, and free trade with the mar Eets of tho main land would soon render the little island comfortable If not pros porous. Free trade would doubtless oper- ote to greatly extend production. The heartlessness and avarice of the tariff crowd is all that stands in the way, but the tariff ring is now so strong that 1t has to be reckoned with. It Is much like deaG- ing with a hostise sud thlependent power. Its hand is against all the rest of the eoun- try. It's hand is really in the pocakets of oil consumers. amis it does not propose to loose one dime that It has contracted with the esteemed Mr. Hanna for.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Peace Talk from Pretoria.

I Presidents Kruger and Steyh are playing diplomacy at present, or else they are wags of the first water. Not long ago they for mally annexed Natal and a good share of Cape Colony, and proclaimed their inten- tlon of completing the disgrace and down. fall of the British empire. Recent events have robbed them of some of their illusions, and they now say they were merely occu- pying some strategetical positions, and that They are now willing to eonfine their am- buttons to the Transvaal and the Free diplomats they are carrying their proposi- lions to a closed market.
 There is only one settlement possible now, and that is the settlement that will Hollow complete occupation of the two states. The joint oligarchy will be changed into joint crown colony, and the burgh- CTS will after while enjoy the liberty and security that their brothers in Cape Colony and Natal now enjoy, which is certainly ample. By the tinle they have experienced a period of military tutelage they will have recovered from the hoodoo of Krugerism. and they will be ready to fall into line with the Dutchmen of Cape Colony. The world forgets that there are more Dutch in Cape Colony than there are in either the Trans yaaI or in the Orange Free State. There are, however, and they are neither op- pressed nor discontented. At least they were not until Krugerism spread its bane- ful spirit over them. The Cape Dutch will soon be loyal enough. They will not grum- ble any more than the average English man habitually does, in any event..
 Recent talks about peace are misleading. The English ministry that would make peace on other terms than the incorpora- tion of the two states in the British empire would be driven out of office. Its mem bers would be hooted and perhaps rotten egged in the streets of London. Nothing less than actual incorporation will be ac- cepted. Nothing less will even be consid- cred Presidents Kruger and Steyn have brought about what ''Dr Jim' could not
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Bad Politics in Kentucky.

Kentucky is fast becoming a political nuisance. There was no reason whatever why the agreement to stand still and abide the findings of the courts should not have been carried out. The men who shot Gov ernor Goebel could then be arrested and tried In an orderly and quiet manner, and justice satisfied. No one expects them to leave the state. and If they should do so the state would gain.
 The offer of the immense reward of $10O,00O was unwdse, and the arrest of a number of suspected persons in the interval of peace that had been agreed upon. followed as matter of course. There is plentiful lack of sense in Kentucky, and unless cool CT heads are brought into the management of the affairs of the state, trouble will be the outcome. It should be remembered that there is in the mountain counties a large white republican element. Geographically speaking one-haaf of the state is in repub- Mean hands. These republicans are not mere limited ring of office-holders, ring Intentionally kept down to the federal of- fees to be filled-but they are the people of those counties who are very earnest, and who shoot very straight. To invite con- test of force under such circumstances is very unwise
 The assassins of William Goebel should be punished, but haste in punishment is not necessary. Let the courts first decide who is governor of the state. Let the gov ernment of the state be first established, and then let justice take its course. Even- handed justice that all will recognize as such will be possible when peace and tran quilfty are restored to the state, and not until then The offer of reward of $10O 600 was a grave mistake. It should be with drawn, and all steps permitted to lapse un- 1 til Governor Beckham is fully established l in the executive office, as he assuredly will | be as soon as case involving his rights to the office can be brought before the court of appeals, the highest court of the state. men on both sides have assumed charge. Desperadoes and demagogues will wreck any state if left in charge of public af fairs. Honest cool and patriotic men are sadly needed in Kentucky. Other states are similarly affected, but not to the extent that Kentucky is.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
WILL CLAIM HIS SEAT

From the Washington Star.
 General Wheeler, who has just landed at San Francisco on his return from the Phil ippines, announces that he will present himself in Washington and claim his seat as member of the. house. There is nice legal question involved, and we shall prob- ably have an interesting discussion of it when the time comes.
 The facts of the case are that, in the early spring of 1898, General Wheeler, while a member of the Fifty y+hfth conress, volun- teered for the war with Spain. He served through the war as brigader-general in the army, and continued to hold his com- mission as member of the house. In No vember, 1898, at the regular election, and while still holding a commission in the army, he was reelected to congress, and his new term began on March 4, 1899. In the following summer he was ordered to the Philippines in the. line of his military duty, and ssrved there until November last, when he resigned from the army. He has drawn no salary as member of the pres ent house, but, holding that he was eligible to the office at the time of his election to it. and that his election was regular. he will demand to be permitted to enter upon the discharge of his duties.
 The country, upon broad grounds. feels a warm interest in General Wheeler, and he has merited its admiration Always an active and attractive man, his best services to the people have yet 6een rendered dur Ing the past two years, and his usefulness is now at the highest. If therefore, as the result of these complications, it should be necessary for the voters of the Eighth Al. aIbama district to hold a new election for representative, it is to be expected that no other name but that of General Wheeler will be presented for their suffrage. The choice, indeed, should be unanimous. But if, on the other hand. 1t should be held that General Wheeler's present civil com mission is good, and that he may qualify under 1t as a member of the house, the country will approve that. Nice legal read ings in a case so exceptional and against a man so worthy are not demanded. While a soldier General Wheeler attended strictly to the duties of a soldier, and now that he has returned to civil life he will take up the duties of civilian.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
Tho Reason Easliy Explained

The Rev Dr. William Bliss, of Pasadena, Cal, is the head of a new school or polt- ical science of which the chief features are direct legislation and the initiative and referendum. His leading followers are col lege men and pedagogues. One of them said lately to a Los Angeles woman:
 "I do not understand why MT. BLISS friends should be exclusively learned men especially scientists"
 .Why, Tom Moore explained that long ago." was her quick answer; they have turned from the bliss of science to take up the science of Bliss"
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
REFLEorIONs OF A BACHE.oR

From the New York Press.
 A man is married to lots of things be- sides his wife.
 The average woman isn't worth talking to before she is 30, and isn't worth looking at afterward.
 Getting married is like eating meal; the best way to enjoy it is to wait till you can't wait any longer.
 Every woman has times when she feels that the Lord has thrown her husband s wife away on him.
 If a man had 1t to do, he would probably throw the baby out when he empied the bathtub half of the time
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
WINSTON CHURCHILL's NEW NOVEL

From the St. Louis Giobe-Democrat.
 Winston Churchill, of St. Louis, author of Richard Carvel," is engaged on new novel, which he will write in considerable part at Princeton during this coming May. MT. Churchill has been invited to make use of the material in the university library, which Is well stocked with data along the line of the subject in which he will center his new book. The plot of the coming novel Is laid in civil war times. He will stay a month with his family at the inn.
The age-herald., 1900-03-13
S7,5oO A YEAR ALIMoNY

From the Denver Post.
 Mrs. Wolcobt, who was granted a divorce from Senator Wolcott last Monday, will receive $7,5O0 a year alimony payable in semi-annual instaGlments. It was the i'm tention of Senator Wolcott, as soon as divorced, so report stated, to marry the woman who has since become the wife of Dan R. Hanna, son of Senator M. A. Hanna.