The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-06
HOUS ON POST LETTER BOX

questions that are Of general interest. Its
main object is 60 supply out-of-the-way facts
and curious Information. Questions Of per
sonal interest only win not DO answered. NO
business or personal addresses viii be given.
All Correspondence should be addressed 10 The
Letter Box care Houston Post. owing 10 tbs
largo number Of questions received. answers
can not always be given prompslyJ
please give full details as 70 the Armenian
trouble and why tho United states nao
$4,000 claim against Turkey
briefly the armenian troubles" were the
massacres and pIllagc Of the Armenians some
| ave years ago by the Kurds and other lanai
Heal subjects OF the sultan in Asia Minor
rha mosiuE cause was the long cherished
Ihatred toward the Armenians on account Of
their reuslon--the Christian. American mis-
sions were located in Armenia and we're also
DESTROYED ana some Of the missionaries mis-
treated, The loss Of mission buildings. OF the
nriyate property Of the missionaries and tne
ldamages from injuries are roughly Jumped"
NJ SOC. 600 which sum the porte admits to DO
reasonable and properly due. according 70
MIR. Strauss, our minister, but has delayed
paying. Many thousands Of the Armenians
also subjects of the sulean were slaushterea-
49,
There is much discussion hero about the
present tax law and we want 70 Know nov
much surpus money the state has on nsna
and any other facts about our taxes - ua'
you can give,
The taxes FOR the present year have been
practically all collected and there is now In
the state treasury In round numbers sl,eoo'-
600 10 the credit of the general revenue with
which 10 run the state government until
January next. 1t Is estimated that the sur
plus Mt that time will DO about 100000. This
year's state tax was 20 cents on the $780,
, Next year II will be 10 2-s cents, the extra
session Of the Twenty-sixth legislature hav-
a ling reduced II TO that figure. It 10 believed
: that tax will be sufficient to run the gov
o eminent and leave small surplus
= ~
o Ia reply 10 the inquiry Of Lometa concern-
i, hns tho "belled buzzard" there was one
o caught in steel trap by some children nsar
x Storrs, Limestone county, on April ], wnicn
: disappeared from this vicinity about week
i later CARRYING an oyster can hled with rocks
q which made u rafting Sound when no hnppea
u his wings. us
= some few days aso saw In The Post, in
the question box, where "belled buzzard"
>, had been seen at Lomota and the people in
70 that vicinity wanted TO know n any one
j. knew anything about It. /, some nine years
e ago beiled huzzard four miles north OF
J., can not say that IS tho same buzzard. P's.
70 Can you tell tno where there Is reoruitirs
II station In this or any other section OF the
> United states for volunteers tor the bpes
- army In the TranwehY II go kneiy iS'o nsi
" me- Of the place and OF tue name anu al
~ dress OF the recruiting agent ~
A. In the issue OF The Post OF Sunday. April
Is, the Letter Box answered similar In
ouirv as follows: Montague White, the Boer
u representative in New York City. will prob
W ably SEQ that any one in this country who de-
:, slres to enlist with the Beers has an OPP
~ portunity TO do 40. No open recruiting Of
* nee would be allowed by the United States
X authorities
a. 1 When was the last census OF the United
go States taken, and what was tne ponu,aNsv n
crease since then and how much per cent
g. Ia the negro race increasing or diminish
sh ingg l. VIII the people OF the Indian Terri
W 'o's p0 GER
Oh l. In 1890; population then 62,es2,25o 3 i
,ls ia estimated that the increase for the past
or ten years IS about 20 per cent q, The negroes
Il, are Increasing, but not II is affirmed, az
he rapidly az in the preceding decade. 4. The
count OF the people in the Territory Will o'
~, made this year,
~
When competitive examination is held q
al choose candidate to the United States naval
. ace denny, 10 Is held one year before an ap-
Nv pointment lis madeg suoseFlper'
AZ Competitive examinations are generally held
10 only month or two before the examinations
~. at tho academy in the latter part OF the
In spring are held, at which the successful can
nd didate or appointee from the competitive ex'
~ animation must be present The competitive
sa examinations and appointments are at tbs
he pleasure OF course. Of tho congressman max
v. ING the appointments.
he Is thsre more than enc Winston Churchill
as or, In other words, is the one that wrot
" Richard Cavep' the war correspondentf
op The Winston Churchill who wrote "Richar'
err Caryol' is an American, born In ST. Loui
nd and graduated at the United States nava
ea academy: the war correspondent Is Lieu
"a; tenant winston Churchill, the son OF Lor
tut Randolph Churchill, and his American wife
no and a native of Great Britain. He is th
or first ciusin OF the present duke OF Marlbor
sht ough.
nd p,.,.. ,,v, -. NJ sorr,., ,,,,,,,r :, :,
last two words OF the Hebrew organizatio
known as the l. o. p. B., also tho meaning
Spell sithor B'nai Birth or Benai BERTH
The words are Hebrew and mean Sons OF III
Covenant" with reference to Genesis xvii
iee;; 10: And will establish my covenant bs
tween me and thee and thy seed after the
throughout their generations for an everlas
. ing covenant to be a God unto thee and
nE. thy seed after thee"
Que ~
- l. Is the coffee crop In Brazil shorter tn
ow year than common, and Is the general crc
:. an average one? 2. What is the origin OF u
[: name Dom Paul and what Is the mesnin
wsr OF the word kopje. which I see used in n
ports of battles fought in ths Transyaall
ess. MY
'ess l. Both the Brazilian and general con
e.. crop is short this year. Q. Dom" Pal
simply means uncle Paul" A kopts
what We would call hllock or knob.
49,
art: Please inform me whether not John
. Adams the sixth president, had any HEIR
&c.
Charles Francis adams minister from u
Ia. United States to Great Britain from 1851
1853 was son Of John quincy Adam