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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30
CATTLE PRICES HIGHER.
ADVANCES OF FROM rs TO 20 CENTS
SCORED YESTERDAY
Texas Stocknen Were Heavy Sellers in
Most Of the Markets, Which Were
Steady to Strong.

Especial 10 The Post Reported by the St.
Louis National stock yards)
National Stock Yards, H., July 2e.-The
following sales were made by Texas and
Territory stockruen today:
Porter & Wilson, Mounts, l. r., oSg pound
steers 40; d. WAGNER & Son, Wagner,
Texas 040 pound steers 500; II. nj. stone
breaker Elgin, Kan, 1912 pound steers
3.s5; Percy Webb, Henrietta, Texas, 30
James Stone & Co.. Ramona, |. IT,, loss
pound steers 4 20; II. H. Rowland, CEDAR
vale, Kan, 1897 pound steers q 10. Thirty
one hundred Texans sold; steady to strong
Kansas City, July 29.--Cattle- Receipts
$500 natives; POGO Texans; 900 calves; ma
tive and Texas beef steers and cows and
heifers 15@20c higher; stockers and feed
ers 25@5Oc higher choice export and dress
ed beef steers s.50d5.o0; fair to good
4goG5.40: stockers and feeders 2.7jn4O0;
Western fed steers 4.OOd5.50; Western
range steers 425; Texas and Indians 3.0Ogl
4 %: Texas cows . 1908 -. native COWS
2.T5G4 20; native .heIfers 2I514,s5; can
ners 1.756i2. 65: bulls 225mf.OO. Hogs Re
ceipts 500; market JMl5c lower; heavy
5.S06L3.S5; packers 5,JQdo 80; light I'D
market steady; lambs 4.O0d5.00; Western
wethers 3.25r4.O0; ewes 2.T5a32J; West
crn rangers 3.23aSooi stocLer sneep l.DUN
2.50.
ST Louis, July 20--Cattle- Receipts 6l00,
Including 1000 Texans; market steady 10
strong; native shipping and export steers
465d5.T5; dressed beef and butchers steers
g SOEs5.3D steers under 1000 pounds z. 2Oft
80; cows and heifers 2.0O6f4 50; stockers
and feedeys 21504 %. Gamers 1.O0o2j0
bulls 2.256i4.00; Sexas and indian steers
2 5O6i4 Is: cows and heifers 2 3oGi3. 40. Hogs
- Receipts 800; market $40 lower; pigs
ard lights 5.49I5.60; packers ). 40diGO;
butchers > 650i5.sJ. Sheep-Rece 1000,
market dull, slow; native muttons 3.O0al
Bro; lambs 3.aCNf52 culls aud bucks 5.I5;
sfopEers IlifI2 a.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30

shipments of fruit yesterday were rather
larger than is usual for the irst day Of
the week, The demand was equal to the
supply In most cases and prices were well
maintained.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-30

There Is practically nothing doing in
Texas eggs. trades in them being now the
exception rather than the rule. Prices are
around 5dGc.
Advices from Elgln yesterday were 10
~ oe,o.t .i,,4 a.. t,,tt,- .,,,t, 49,,
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
THE ONLY pAIly NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Text Book Bill.

The Montgomery Advertiser brings this piece of half information:
 The Senate committee on education held . meeting yesterday morning and the consideration of the bill to establish a uniform system of text books in the pub lie schools of the State was taken up and discussed. A motion to report the bill without recommendation and have it placed the calendar for consideration was defeated by a tie vote, was a motion to postpone consideration of the -bfll until the last day of the session. The meeting of the committee yesterday de- velopee the fact that the committee Is pretty evenly divided on the measure and unless the absent member attends and untics the deadlock, the bill may never get back to the Senate again.
 This is only half of what the people desire to know about this matter They desire to know who on the edu- cation committee voted to keep the Senate from considering the uniform text bill, and who did not. There is no difficulty in ascertaining the de- tailed vote when there is a desire to ascertain it, and that is exactly what the people want to know. They will then do the rest
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Birmingham's Bounden Duty.

Birmingham Is called upon to fulfill it's bounden duty in the obligation to raise at least one thousand dollars for the fund to provide a suitable present from Alabama to the battleship Ala bama," said "son of Rebel' last night
 "Mr. Culpepper Exum and his strong committee of the Commercial Club will give every citizen of Birmingham the op- portunity to give something to the fund the greater the number of gtvers the better. Any sum from ten cents upward will be gladly received, and the Age Herald stated two weeks ago that it would be pleased to receive and acknowl- edge all subscriptions of whatever amount. and I am informed that the editor still holds his office and his col umns open to that praiseworthy pur- pose. This was done at the instance of Mir. Exum and the committee in order to enable the poorest and the richest alike to take a personal share in the States gift to the majestic battleship which bears the States proud name. It is hoped that everybody who feels able to give only limited sum will at once leave 1t at the Age-Herald business office, or In any other convenient way give it now!
 "The serious work of the committee of which MT. Exum is chairman, will be taken up at once, I understand and the required money will be raised"
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
An Eeaster Weddinu.

Everybody in Birmingham is pleasing ly interested in the announcement made by tn" society editor in the Sunday Age Herald that Hon. Frank P OBrien and Mrs. OBrien have announced the mar riage of their foster-daughter, Miss Sarah Howard Benton Woolley, to Dr. George Mansfield Lathem of Birmingham, the ceremony to be an Easter home-wedding and to take place at Norfolk Farms. the old family seat of the Prestons. ances tors of Miss Woolley. near Milton, Ky, on Easter Tuesday, April 9th," said a clubman last night. "It has been the cherished purpose of Dr. Lathem, Miss Woolley and Captain O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien to have the marriage take place in the new and splendid residence of the O'Briens now nearing completion on the South Highlands; but the builders and sanitary experts finally informed Captain O'Brien that the new house will be not entirely and pleasantly habitable before the end of April, as the masonry will not have sufficiently dried. And inas- mucl- as Dr. Lathem and Miss Woolley had set their hearts upon an Easter we'd ding, 1t has been deemed happiest in the circumstances that the happy event take place In Kentucky, Captain O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brjen having reluctantly consent ed, and all arrangements having been finally pefected.
 Miss Woolley is Kentuckian who for several years has made her home with Captain O'Brien and Mrs. O'Brien and has been to them beloved daughter, the surviving daughters of their marriage living elsewhere, Mrs. Bessie O'Brien Hundley in Huntsville. and Miss Annie O'Brien. in religion Sister Frances Pat rice, being religeuse in the convent of Loretto in Kentucky, where Miss Wool ley herself was educated. Miss Woolley is one of the most lovable, bright and most attractive of all young women, and she has made a faithful friend of every person In Birmingham who has come to know her. Her life Is most beautiful in all its womanly relations.
 Miss Wooley comes of the famous Preston and Benton families of Ken lucky, being related by ties of blood to renowned Jessie Benton, who welded General Fremont, the Pathfinder of the Plains, and whom all Americans adored five and forty years ago.
 "Dr. Lathem Is one of the worthiest, strongest, most dmirable of all the men of Birmingham. He Is of bright intellect and the highest character, Is devoted to his work and Is true to all the higher duties of citizenship and manhood. He is rapidly-rising dentist and Is held in universally high esteem'
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
HANNA AS BEST MAN

From the Boston Herald
 There may be different ways of arriv- ing at the opinion, but We think there will be a general agreement that the riding of MT. Hanna with MT. Mckinley on the day of the latter's inauguration to the Presidency Is appropriate. Hanna is the closest personal friend of the Pres ident-elect, and his official position Is such that no particular violence is done to public option in his assuming seat in the Presidential carriage. There are many, also, who think that he will come as near being the actual President for the next four years, as any man could who Is not ostensbly instituted In that office. No citizen could take more in- terest in the way it Is conducted, or will be more likely to be relied upon for ad- vice on that subject. The selection. if 1t had to be made, is as near being in ac- cordance with the eternal fitness of things as it was possible to attain.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
GREAT ENGINEERING FEAT.

Municipal Journal and Engineer.
 A wonderful piece of engineering Is the new Jerome Prk reservoir which is being built for New York city on the for mer site of the famous race course in the Bronx. It is being blasted out of solid rock, the contract calling for the removal of 2,500,00 feet of earth and 100000 of of rock. This rock is of the hardest kind, almost granite, and $50 men are in service constantly blasting and drilling. When finished the reservoir will resem- ble a huge bath tub in shape and finish, for the bottom and half the slopes will be paved with stone and brick. At pres ent the work is little more than half fin- ished. When the big contract was award ed in 1895 1t was thought that the work would be complete so that the reservoir would be in use in 1901, but 1t Is now evil dent that it will be 1905 or a year later before 1t can be filled. The basin will cover 250 of the 300 acres purchased by the city from 20 property owners at cost of about s1,Oo0 an acre.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Dinuleyism Did It.

Russia has sharply and peedily put in operation retaliation pr the countervailing duties put on Russian beet sugar by Secretary Gaze. But MT. Gage is not at fault. Mere is where the fault lies:
 Section 5. That whenever ary coun- try, dependency or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or indirectly. any bounty or grant upon the exportation of any article or merchandise from such coun- try, dependency or colony, and such ar ticle or merchandise is dutiable under the provisions of this act. then upon the importation of any such article or mer- chandise into the United States there shall be levied and paid in all such cases, in addition to the duties otherwise imposed by this act an additional duty equal to the net auiount of such bounty CT grant, however, the same may be paid or bestowed Thf net amount of all such bounties or greets shall be from time to time ascertained, determined and de- clared by the secretary of the treasury.
 This is section from the Dingley- Mckinley tariff, which fosters monop- ply and trusts at home while striking at American trade and commerce abroad. Secretary Gage simply obeyed the law. He may have been melted to obedience by the sugar trust, but at any rate the responsi- bility rests upon the robber tariff law.
 What Russia has done other Euro pean nations may do, and very likely will do. In fact, common sense on their part demands action similar to Russia's in the sugar case. They would be doing but what the United States is doing. We strike at their industries in their own markets.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25

was probably the most popular of all the younger men. He was very nearly the most unselfish man ever knew in any relation of life, and I am convinced there never lived any man truer to his friend ships and all the higher obligations of manhood. He was of the truest, most generous and most lovable of men. It may be said in truth of him that he found his greatest happiness in promot- ing the comfort and happiness of others. There was no personal self-sacrifice which Will Driver ever hesitated to make fin the service of his friends; and in all these essentials of the true man he was the ideal man of the world
 ITO me and to many others who loved him his death comes as a grevious per sonal affliction. In certain distinctive qualities his like is not left to befriend men and women. Often in the old days. when we used to have great evenings in Birmingham society. Will Driver would come hither from Montgomery and spend a day or two happily for himself and for society. To my own work-place he came constantly and all his little idle moments he spent here in the newspaper office. where every man on the staff loved him and made him welcome; and many time he was here when 30 came and the nights toll was done in the wee sma' hours ayant the twal that his genial and loving spirit had made happy"
The age-herald., 1901-02-25

tionablly careful consideration.
 Tho first of these is the danger of dou- bic taxation. It will be remembered that when the revepue bill of two years ago was passed a great howl went up all over the State of Alabama because certain sec- tions c. that bill not only made double taxation possible. but actually demanded it at the hands of the tax assessors of the State of Alabama As result of that measure it became almost impossi- ble to borrow Alabama money on All" bama property, and great hardship was the result. The same is true of the code revenue law in operation to day.
 No greater harm can be done the in. dust ia' interests of Alabama than a tax able process under which double taxation becomes possible. It is well known that money lenders will not place their money In the channels of trade when there is any probability of unusual burdens be- ing placed upon such funds. On the other hand any funds kept out of the channels of trade Is a direct hardship, not only to the particular interest involved but to all the con mercial and industrial interests in the State.
 Under all the circumstances surround ing the enactment of the revenue law, I'll, Mercury believes any form of double taxation extremely dangerous and would counsel the General Assembly to avoid 1t.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Records of the Two Armies.

The records of the Union and Con- federate armies are now complete ex- cept the general index volume, which is now in the hands of the printers, and will appear next summer. The en- tire work consists of 127 volumes, and these volumes have cost up to the present time $2,75o,o0o The electro type plate number 137,000, and weigh more than 150 tons. Very few pub fishing enterprises in the history of the world have equalled this under taking of the federal government, and 1t Is doubtful whether anything like it will soon be attempted.
 Some few military students can be found who say the volumes are not mere extravaganza of rich country, but that they are worth to coming generations all they cost. Direct par ticipators in the events mentioned and set forth will soon be wanting, but students of strategy and histori- cal students will continue to call for the volumes in the public libraries, for few private libraries will care to be encumbered by the bulky books.
 Heretofore each Congress has or dered a small edition of the work, which the members of that Congress could distribute, but the chief of the bureau in charge of the work now proposes that a final edition be is- sued, and the electrotype plates and Autograph stones removed, if not des troyed. They now fill no inconsider- able space in the capital city. A con clusion of the undertaking seems de- rable, and he issue of an edition large enough to meet anticipated wants should suffice.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
PRESENT SYSTEM A FARCE.

From the Enterprise Weekly.
 The Age-Herald of Birmingham, Is for free schools in Alabama, and so is the Weekly Enterprise Under the present system the public schools are little else than a farce. The supplementary feat ure should be done away with and the public money be taught out without one cent of cost to any beneficiary. Then, after this, allow the schools to stand or fall, on the ability of the monied patrons to pay the teacher. It is an imposition on the poorer classes of children in Ala bama to be compelled to pay a supple mentary fee or stay away from school. This public money is appropriated to edu- cate children who are unable to educate themselves-mainly so. Then why exact a supplementary fee from them? It Is an outrage and should be drowned down.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
neaIinn With China.

If the administration continues to support the Won Waldersee pro- gramme it will simply render the present dynasty powerless, thus rem dering dismemberment of the vast country inevitable. This is probably what Germany, France and Russia de- sire. The demand for the decapita- ton of Prince Yuan meant as much, for his son is heir apparent, and under Chinese law decapitation of the father would have destroyed the suc- cession of the son. This difficulty has been evaded by committing Prince Tuans punishment to banishment.
 Now that the punishment of the chief offender has been satisfactorily arranged, this government should make it plain that further obstacles to a peace treaty are unwelcome, and
 w71not be entertained. Looting and
 military"exped1tions" should be stop
 ped, and areturn to the methods of civilization lopted. The United States is in a t1p in weicn it cannot evade responsibilit for. German acts of retaliation, and 1e only way out of it lies through aspeeds treaty of peace. 1t2
 The footing goes or to an extent little understood in tis country. Ii Hung Chang is prettyold. but his na- tive wit is unclouded. T have just had the Christian ConnanaHents," he said recently, read t mo and I think they need revising. The orsSghth commandment should beSude te cad, Thou shalt not steal, .butsslN n,s vest loot" AA
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Acts Tenderly.
from the Selma Times

From the Selma Times.
 Like our own General Assembly Con- gress seems disposed to act tenderly with the trusts and the bill now before the Senate putting slight curb upon the rapacity of the trusts has been laid aside temporarily, and as there are but about a dozen more days in the life of this Congress there Is little chance of its being considered any further. As it is hopeless to get any protection from federal legislation, and as there were thirty-nine against thirty eight members of our General Assembly who, by their votes, said that the trusts should be pro- tected, the people of Alabama are at the mercy of those cormorants. It may be a good idea for the people to keep their present situation in view when selecting their delegates to the constitutional con- vention, and in choosing their delegations to the Democratic State convention.
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Wahouma.


 Men who write upon weighty subjects of state. society, finance. science or lit- erature are most apt to fancy that they deal with questions of deepest heart-in- tcrest to mankind; but the world gladly turns now and then from these learned ones to singers of sentiment, for, after all Is said and done, sentiment rules the world Tn the better ways" said a student last night one who declares that he will be a bridegroom at Easter-some Easter.
 ''rhere is a little trifie at the head of the Age-Hcralds lobby gossip today which appeals to a wider audience than all the great mass of news this newspaper has so graphically and lumionusly set forth
 Put me off at Wahouma' Is the sort of poetry, sentiment. fact which the busy world ever delights to turn to- I do not know who wrote those lnes-I doubt if any che but the writer knows-but they are poetry of the highest order for they arc poetry of the sort that appeals to the everyday man, whether he be toll CT in a store, in a countingroom, in the fields in the mines. wherever he be, and similarly such poetry appeals to all wom- en- Even a plowman or a slave of the workshop would stop to read that.
 'Wahouma' is the name of station on the East Lake trolley line, as thou sands Of people know. It Is an Indian uame. and it's original significance Is unknown to me, but a thousand years ago, maybe thousands of years ago, 1t was applied to the upper part of this wonderful valley of Birmingham which we cal by the dead commonplace of Jones Valley. It is one of the most must- cal most beautiful of all Indian names I have ever heard
 'Wahouma t-'Allah, God! to the sweetest fate do doom her-Put me off at Wahouma.' There is, I believe, at Wa houma a Baptist church which bears that riclr dious name, and If l mistake not 1t is the oldest Protestant church In Ala bama. It Is a thousand pities that the name was not retained as the name geo. graphically of this valley, and that when th;H city was laid out thirty years ago 1t was not given that wondrously beauti- full aboriginal American name instead of the meaningless English town name of Blrmingham
 "N ahouma is purely American. while Birmingham Is purely English. Wahouma is sonnet and an epic in one. Birming- ham means nothing as a name signifies nothing, and the softest and sweetest tongue in the world could not lend even the smallest degree of music or beauty to the pronunciation of the place-name Birmingham, which we homefolks make ugier than 1t really ought to be by call. ing it Birmingham! instead of the softer English Birming am, sounded almost as 8 inonosyllable. Sound the two names, the American and the English, together ard perceive the difference-Wah-hoo- mah- h-Birming ham! Allah, God! to the sweetest fate do doom her-Put me off at Wahouma'
The age-herald., 1901-02-25

while We keep their products out of our markets by prohibitory duties. Will they not do likewise? It is cer- tainly game two can play at. It is a very disreputable game at the best.
 If we cling to the McKinley-Dingley tariff, we may as well get ready for an anti-tariff war of the Russia sort. Russia has simply blazed the way. The pace is yet to be set. Europe wants fair trade, and it does not want unfair trade. That is all there is of it. but there is a good deal in it. Too much prohibition and too little reef proeity is bringing us face to face with a very unenviable situation, and we have nothing to gain as a nation from it. In order to give the trusts chance to rob home concerns we are imperiling our export trade
The age-herald., 1901-02-25
Fifty Legislative Days.

There seems to be an impression that the constitution which limits the biennial sessions of the Alabama Legislature 10 fifty days with pay. allows an extended session without pay. but that is erron- eous' said an old legislative reporter.
 Article ", section 5, of the constitu- tion. declares that the General Assembly shall not remain in session longer than sixty days at the first session held un- der this constitution, nor longer than fifty days at any subsequent session.. There Is nothing about sitting without pay. It was held at the outset that fifty days meant fifty working days, and the nay Is fixed at four dollars day. The goyer- nor may call an extrat session at his dis cretion.
 'The present legislature, therefor has but few working days longer In which to continue It's work. Just which lqys they shall precisely be, the legisl "a tii-o itself will determine by joint resolution Nobody will know when the adjournn7.lt shall take place until such resolutiof. b. adopted. There is great deal of r,or before both houses and there will be mighty rush at Montgomery this esi