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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
DUBUQUE Man to BE l,ar.,,al.

DUBUQUE, June George G. Perry,
of Dub uque, has been appointed United
States marshal for Alaska. He was
formerly member of the republican
state committee. It is also stated
that George GRANGE, of Dubuque, Sen
ator Allison's former law partner, will
be federal Judge of Alaska.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
Liberal Gift for Muscatine.

MUscATISE, June. 6.-P. NJ. Musser,
well.known lum herman and banker
of Muscatine, has presented the Pub
lie Library association with a build
ing to be constructed by him at cost
of $40, 900.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
{ Otis Is Allowed to Land.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-After five
days in quarantine at Angel Island,
Major General E. S. Otis, who arrived
on the 3oth from Manila, was allowed
to land yesterday. Several cases Of
small pox on board the transport
Meade were the cause Of the quaran-
tine and General Otis and all on board
had to submit to vaccination.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Three dangerous courses-the coursS
of time, the course of true love and the
race course. &.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
Ladies Can Wear Shoes.

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All dru ygists and shoe stores,
25c.y Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Il is generally the largest woman IN
the car who has to crowd into the
smallest space. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Piso's Cure is the best medicine We ever used
for all affections Of the throat and lungs.-WA
O. ENpsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900. +
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ARRIVED.
Philippine Commissioners Reach Manila
and Are Received by Macarthur.

PhlIIpp1n0 commandment FeacH MHnlI8
and Are Received by Macarthur.
MANILA, june 5.-The transport
Hancock arrived Sunday after fine
voyage, having on board the new
Philippine commission. The judges of
the supreme court were the first Wis
itors to the transport, and they We're
followed by General MacArthur's staff.
The commissioners landed at noon.
Two companies and the band of the
Twentieth infantry and battery of
the Sixth artillery escorted them to
the ayuntamiento, where they were
received by General Macarthur.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

A man with a mustache should not
eat soup in public. Y
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

At Whakarewarewa, New Zealand,
there are geysers, hot springs, boiling
pools, mud volcanoes and waterfalls. &
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

In Asiatic Turkey there is a body Of
religionists who call themselves Yez..
idees, or devil worshipers. Believing
that Satan is destined to be restored to
heaven, they wish to keep on good
terms with him, as they may need his
friendly offices.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Two tablespoonful Of fluid equal
one ounce.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Try Maple City Self Washing Soap fos
.quaea washpr shr va.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

The man who thinks he knows every.
thing should 60 to a night school.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
Ex-Gov. Taylor Out Of the race.

T8I78E Ex-GOv. Taylor Out OF the Race. 81
LOUISVILLE, June s.-Ex-G Governor
William 5. Taylor announces that he
will not be q candidate for governor
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
Is Americas Greatest Blood Medicine.

Two cats on back yard fence can
improvise nocturne that Chopin new.
er dreamed of.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Mrs. Mary Dow Peavy, Of South
Boston, celebrated her 105th birthday
on May 16. She enjoys good health,
and her memory is just as clear as it
was when she was young woman
Each morning the papers are read
to her, and she has followed the war
in South Africa from the beginning.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
The arst accident Insurance 60.
pany was org anized ia England NJ
ls45. The first III this country ~.
established III iS63. ss III !" IA "a
\ Electricity Inv @ "a i, y.

Is made from cheap chemicals, ana
when added to q certain quantity NJ
water will furnish electricity enouohs
to light a house or drive an automn.S
bile. But this is nothing compared M
the strengthening power contained m
a bottle OF Hostetter's Stomach Ri.
tiers. It cures indigestion, dyspepsia.
bilionsness, liver and kidney troubles
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

In card game good deal depends
on good playing-and good playing de-.
ponds on good deal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08

Trees make fresh start BY turnin
over new leaves. IL
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-06-08
Coughing Leads to consum ptIcr

Kemp's Balsam will stop the cough
At once. Go to your druggist to-day
and get a sample bottle free. Sold in
rs and 50 cent bottles. Go at once;
delays are dangerous.
Each package of PUTNAM FADE
LESS DYES colors either Silk. Wool
or Cotton perfectly. .
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
THE UNITED STATES OF ENGLAND.

action. It is in line with his policy in
other directions. We simply desire to lay
the matter before the people-his sub
iects-in its true light.
~
We would also commend to the earnest
attention OF all true minded Americans,
OF whatever party, race or color, the
manner in which President Mckinley up
holds the platform of his party.
This platform says:
1--WE reassert the Monroe doctrine in its
full extent. and we reaffirm the right of
the United States to give the doctrine
effect by responding to the appeals Of
any American State for friendly inter-
vention in case OF European encroacn-
ment. We have not tnterfered and shall
not interfere with the existing possessions
OF any European power in this hemis-
phere. but those possessions must not. on
any pretext, be extended. We hopefully
: look forward to the eventual withdrawal
OF the European powers from this hem
lsphere. and to tho ultimate union of all
Oh the English-speaking part of the con-
tihent by the free consent of its inhab-
itsnts." 40
with this platform in hts mind. but no,
In MS heart President Mckinley violated
very word Of 1t by his gift of Americar
territory to England.
bc'h England and Canada had recoz
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
-------sHsi.,
Reed Quits Party Cold.

Hearst's Chicago American.
1t is more than probable that the repub.
llcans will he sorry they Dragged that
they had thrown down Tom Reed.
The fact is, Tom threw down the Me.
Binley managers. There are letters OF the
ex-Czar In existence, written more than
a month ago, in which ne declined with
emphasis requests to speak during the
campaign.
ReeL was not polite in his refusal either,
nor did he say he wac out OF politics,
as men say who decltre Hanna's Invitation
ito contribute 20 the campaign fund
When Roscoe Conkling Was earnestly
Urged in 1884 70 nb1e one speech for tbs
republican ticket during The Cleveland
Blaine ampaign-Conklln and Blaine be-
ing personal Notwithstanding replied:
NO, thank you. I am not engaged IN
criminal practice"
Reed did not write quite as hard as that
when a republican Mssourlan CT eminence
asked him to make q speech at St. Lc&S
IN October. Reed did write, however,
that he mad mo tine b daily with folly,
and no INCLINATION to further burden Z
somewhat oyelburdened conscience"
II was not Rama nor the republican
campaign committee that excommunicatet
Tom Reed It WAS Tom Reed that Gu
himself Loose from the Mckinley outfit
and stated months ago that no would Ia!
/ in good French novel to read on electiol
day, US ne did not expect to leave hi
house on the 9Th OF November
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
SOME posTsoRIPTs.

More than half the population OF the eaF'u
has direct access to the Pacific.
On every shilling turned out the Ensl'sh
mint makes a profit Of nearly three pence
II all the money in the world were divided
equally each person would get about 3d.
Owe! 1000 cars Of freight to and from the
Orient PASS annually through st. Paul MINI
Massachusetts, prison population is larger
by 1z5 than 1t was year ago, the total July
being 65is.
Chinas grand canal is the most wonder
iul artificial waterwayein the world. 1t Is
o9er 200 miles long.
The wool on the back Of sheep is a sher-
herds barometer. The moro curly 1t be-
comes the finer the weather.
! The Chinese discovered gunpowder at least
500 years ago, and made stone mortars that
threw heavy stone projeotiles.
Sheffield is the snokicst city in England
In proportion to its size it consumes e'gn'
times as much coal as London.
in the United States last year one pas
senger was killed for every 2,lS9,023 carried
and one injured for every 1898 carried.
The longest continuous run on railroad
train in Europe is that from Paris TO Con
Istantiuople. 1921 miles, IN 64A hours.
The coral roads of Bermuda are the fines
in the world for cycling. They are as smooth
es dancing floor and are never dirty.
Last year the graduates Of professional
schools numbered 16,4iS Of whom 5597 wer
doctors. 1905 lawyers and 1913 clergymen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. Amelia Folsom Young, one OF the
wives of Brigham Young, made her first
journey to Utah forty-hye years ago largely
by wagons and Is now working upon volume
of memoirs of early Mormon times.
Secretary of War Elihu Z. Root is an ex-
pert chess player, and he generally amuses
himself during his unoccupied evenings either
by game with friend or in solving some
particularly difficult problem.
General Daz. on learning OF his re-elec-
ton as president Of Mexico said: ~ must
repeat what said gone months ago Neither
my age nor my capabilities qualify me tc
continue ruling the country"
A particularly daring young London matror
recently asked the prince OF Wales whether
it was really true that he had fallen ou
with MIR. Aston" My dear madam. The
prince is said to have replied, Il really thinl
you had better ask MIR. Astor about that"
onoto Watanna, the only Japanese writer
in this country, is a very rapid worker. A
story of 5000 words takes her but half :
day and a book Of 5000 only week. She
is a very pretty young woman, aAd look
like Japanese with great deal of Englisl
blood il her veins.
on the base Of the statue of Mr. Gladstone
erected in the University square OF Athens
Greece, quatraiu is engraved, OF which tn
following is translation: ITO a part O
Epirus and to Thessaly thou gavest thu
sacred light of freedom, sverting slavery
Hellas. mindful Of this boon. has raised thl
statue to thee. Gladstone. whose glory
immortal"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
HOUSTON. FRIDAY, ArGusr q, 1000
Il PAGES TODAY.
THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM.

Just at this time one Of the most Sc
rlous questions that has confronted Hous-
ton for years past IS the matter Of drain
age. The problem has been intensified
and emphasized this season by an extra
ordinary spell Of wet weather. Before
another such experience We should address
ourselves energedca,ly TO the improve
ment OF conditions.
II the county VIII assume the expense
OF portion of the work necessary to be
done, all we'll and good. No citizen Of
Houston will object TO the cooperation Of
the county authorities. L may, indeed,
be true, as many contend, that a moral
obligation rests upon the county to assist
IN the improvement needed, If no legal
objection exists 20 the use Of the county
funds for such purpose, The Post, at
any rate, would throw no obstacle in the
way Of the accomplishment of better
drainage for this city by opposing volun-
tary assistance from the county, II the
latter can be had We want good roads
in Harris county and we stand equally IN
need now OF a thorough drainage system
IN Houston. Not only comfort depends
on this matter, but the health and lives
OF our citizens. 1t is a vital question and
one demanding immediate attention.
The -. appears to be in the origina
engineering, but the long delay in rectify
ing the system Is absolutely inexcusable
For years the existing conditions hav
plagued us. The streets, lots and side
walks in large portions OF the city ar
positively disgrace to Houston. asld
from the inconvenience and rctardation G
business that their practically impassabl
condition presents. For years the ques
ton has been discussed without the re
quired relief being obtained. The pioc
work and patch work under successiv
street commissioners has accomphshe
nothingit has been money wasted. Ani
too, the paved streets are often as i'm
passable as the unpaved ones.
The city must act
1t should be definitely and at once a,
certained II the county will assist, II th'
be the cause of present delay. If tn
assistance is not secured tho city mui
proceed Independently.
The citizens want action.
They are tired Of enduring condition
that can DO remedied.
They pay their money for public in
proyements and efficient government an
they expect full returns. They have
right to expect relief and the local al
thorities have no right to delay giving
Let US get Houston out OF the mud al
clear the streets of stagnant dlseas
breeding water.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03

would e not be much better to send Texas
cotton 10 China than 10 send Texas boysg
We have more cotton and wheat than We
need. ana we can manage 70 use all OF or
boys. some Of them work and the rest VIII
do Tor ornaments Grimes County RecoFa
Il would undoubtedly be Infinitely better
to send cotton and thg wheat than the boys
under ordinary circumstances, but the cir
ounrstances lust now are not Ordinary and
Ii will be necessary for the Chinese govern
ment to explain several matters before the
condition Of AFFAIRS suggested BY the Recori
can be brought about
is more than willing 20 aid a dessrvins
neighbor. His par, Of the recent successful
movement TO remove the restrictions placed
on river navieation in the lumber districts
has won the gratitude Of every lumoermau IN
Texas and Louisiana.
Soldier boys who attended the encampment
at LIS Pore have drawn up q strong luiiet-
ment AGAINST the native MOSQUITO -Coioraoo
citizen.
The mosquitoes at La Porte during eneamp-
ment week objected to benevolent assmiia-
ton" and the application Of tbs strenuous
| lft" principle that was all. They proc
ably mistoox the bayonets Of the shirted
militiamen ior the prohosces OF an inyad ni
| army OF insects larger and more noweriu
than themselves, and acted accordingly.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03

New York Journal.
AT the behest OF Great Britain Presi-
dent Mckinley has hauled down the
American flag from strip OF Alaskan
territory twenty miles wide and 100
miles long The land thus abandoned IS
as much "a portion OF the United States
as Manhattan island
In this strip of American territory.
purchased from Russia thirty-three years
ago, there are American mines and Amer
lean miners. American farmers, AmerI-
can sawmils and American lumber camps.
They have all been turned over to Eng
land. lock. stock and barrel, as a gift
from his imperial maiesty--the repub-
loan president.
Let US see how much OF gift 1t is
The very territory turned over to Eng
! land by Mckinley was leased from Rus
sia for term OF twenty years by the
| Hudson Bay company Of Canada, an Eng
lish concern. being previous TO the pur'
| chase OF Alaska by the United States
! This lease was an acknowledgment thai
/ the land did not belong to England. lr
/ the face OF this contract, and hfty year,
/ later William Mckinley presents TO Great
britain the land which that kingdom has
previously leased from Russia.
We are not surprised at Mckinney
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
(BY JULIAN HAwTHoRNE.)

Chicago American.
Trade, commerce and huckstering large
and small are good things in their way
and place. and never in the history OF
mankind have they been so much In the
ascendant as they are now. They have
aided to make the democracy conscious OF
itself; they have acted ass stimulus to
science industry and invention; they have
enabled the former serf and slave to earn
his own Independent living, and they have
brought down the aristocrat who was wont
to be so proud and despotic, and have
either made him, too shopkeeper or
have rendered him dependent upon those
who are. From this point of view we
may all doff our caps to King Huckster;
| for indeed we are nearly all OF us par
takers of his blood royal.
| But when we get beyond generalzatio1 9
and figures of speech, and come down to
| the hard fact that the huckster is actually
king, with all the powers and many Of
| the outward appurtenances of kingship;
| and th9t he Is on the throne and directing
our destinies political as we'll as pecun-
larry. at this supreme juncture when he
world seems on the point Of plung.ng into
that battle Of Armageddon, which the
prophets have been foretelling so long
why, then we may have reasonable doubts
whether he is altogether the best man in
the best place.
| ~
The mind Of Bacon, conceiving the adj
vancement Of learning, laid the founda-
tons of the future democracy, and started
the huckster on his upward career His
progress was rapid, and today he has ar.
rived. Nowhere else so much as in this
country and in Great Britain has he Sc
firmly grasped the reine of power But the
original condition of the huckster was low
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
THE puPm BECOME THE TEACHER

One Of the most Interesting develop
ments of the lighting in tae far East is
the emphasis given to the thorough militia
ry preparation OF Japan, the splendid equip
ment and the efficient organization of
its army and the distinguished dash and
bravery of its troots
On more than one occasion the cables
from Tion Tsin have referred to the
manifest superiority in equipment and
organisation Of the japanese. In ono dis
patch Immediately after the capture OF
Tien Tsin II was stated that the Amer
lean. British and German forces looked
.pdifferently prepared and kept beside the
thoroughly equipped japanese. In the
cabIessin yesterdays papers the fact was
mentioned that the japan ese organization
had excited the admiration Of all the
other allies. That these soldiers Of the
Mikado fight desperately all the world
knows. Allowing somewhat for the
proximity to the scene Of disturbance
and the consequent greater facilities and
ease of reaching China with large and
compact divisions OF their army. there yet
should not be such evident superiority
among these troops Of Japan in organiza
ton and equipment to the soldiers o.
America. England and Germany.
The contrast Is suggestive. 1t has no
been longer than generation that thi
Japanese began to organize their mill
tary and naval establishments on moderl
principles and along Western lines. y
have in that short period distanced thei
Western instructors and. indeed. improve,
upon their Western models.ais a remark
able feat and we are constrained to at
tribute the accomplishment to more hon
cst and therefore more thorough appli
cation Of the theories Of development ant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03
my CLARK HowELLl

Editcr OF the Atlanta Constitution.
That all United States senators will
eventually be chosen by the direct vote of
the people ia as inevitable as was the
evolution that gave to the people Of the
United States the direct choice OF their
presidents. The underlying principle con-
trolling In the establishment Of the exeou-
tive and legislative branches OF the Re-
public contemplated that the people should
give direel expression only in their choice
OF members OF the lower house of con-
gress. The senators were to be chosen by
the respective State assemblies. and the
president by vote Of an electoral college,
in which each State should have repre-
sentation equivalent to its combined vote
in the eenats and the house Of representa-
tiyes Of congress.
AS originally contemplated, these cleo
tors were to be chosen without regard to
their individual preferences for president
They were generally elected with special
reference to their prominence, ability In
tegrity and craftsmanship. with the View
that an electoral college as chosen would
make more satisfactory choice OF pre- Il.
dent than could the people BY direct vote
from candidates named for the position.
And so II was with the SENATE, the PEG
pie being deprived of direct expression
under the assumptions possibly cofrec
| then. but false now--that the State as
semblies, representing the States as inde
pendent political organisms, would max,
! a more satisfactory choice Of senatoria
ambassadors. who would speak for tn
States as integral independencies, thai
could the masses Of the people, whose de
mand for direct voice was supposed T.
be satisfied in their choice Of members o
the house of representatives.
In the evolution OF the governmental ad
lministration OF the Republic it soon be
came apparent that the theory upon whic
the electoral college was founded was no
satisfactory to the people, and while Their
has never been any change in the law pro
viding the method OF the choice of tn
president, there has been an absolute an
fundamental revolution in the practica
application of that law, so that the elec
toral college Of today is nothing more tina
a perfunctory, meaningless nonentit
standing purely and simply as the repre-
sentative OF the expression OF the diret
vote of the people In their choice fC
. president and vice president In the yer
infancy of the Republic the people fe
that they could better exercise this func
ton by direct expression rather than b
deputizing any organization of men to d
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-03

and the Platts of King Huckster On II
do buy what votes they need
~
And now the new king Is sssS|
dominion afar. He has tasted the pro:,|
of empire. and wants to enlarge biz hSsl
ings and thereby increase bis stealing
In China he put forward the missionary ii
open the way TOR him; and under cove, n
introducing Chrdst's gospel, he has eAsis
and robbed the heather, until the lsts
rises in blind rage against all Chrssr
dom. And what has rendered the hsslA
7 formidable in war? King Huckstef BID
self, who has been diligently selling VI
these many years the best arms and al;s1
tions of war that money could buy, N
different to the fact that he was thsrsI
} sacrificing the lives of his own bru.Asi
and sisters, and perhaps setting back q
( generations to come the clock Of hill
} progress. So long as he realized ais WI
I gonable profit, he cared nothing To- a1si1
( else. When the members Of legats9a "
{ the foreign and native Christians STOOD 4
} deadly peril at Pekin, he would not s'A
I forward a force TO rescue them, of r
{ that some one among the competing 81
) lions might gain an advantage cier III
land so obtain larger share oil .Ae VI
TO come. Honor, honesty, patriotAa "
to him mere words to juggle WITH the n
of his country is but a financial si'$|
These things would seem ineredOs VI
not contemporary history prove them ral
The reign OF King Huckster--Ae I,
minion in politics and government \.
trusts and capital ists--is the most sllsa|
plague that has as yet afflicted nunals1
Only the overthrow OF the present s''ss|
ment at the polls, In Noyember, can VI
to check it. 1t is said that, at theli WI
things mend. Let US hope that oul : Il
foul mud OF money grubbers sons XII
and fragrant flower may be aesus~
spring upward toward the skyI