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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20
Will Resume Business.

John Schroeder, proprietor Of the
Highland hotel at Murray. which was
destroyed by fire on Wednesday. has
made arrangements TO resume business
al. once. using the Murray hotel and
the old pOstofIice building.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20
HEAT IS DISTRESSING.
Was No Rainfall Anywhere in Ne
braska Yesterday.

braska Yesterday.
Lincoln, Neb., July 19-The tempera-
ture mounted to 1O1 again today, and
with but a light wind the heat was
distressing. There was no rainfall any
where in the state today. Grain men
place the damage to corn thus far at
80 per. cent, and say that each con-
tinued day of drouth adds per cent
to the damage.
The southeast section, aside from the
river counties, is the worst sufferer.
The Platte river is very low in places
entirely dry, and fish have taken refuge
in shallow pools. Tomorrow the state
fish commissioner and deputy game
warden viii start out with the fish car
and transfer as many as is possible to
other rivers
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20

of whom. General Thomas T. Eckert, it is
expected. will be elected permanently in
the Gould interest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20
Do b 3 Composer.

London. July 19.-Alfred S'iaetti. the
composer ami vioiinist, died yesterday
At Be=samo italy. He was born in 1sse
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20
STRIKERS LOSING GROUND.

per cent advance, was signed recently
may be drawn INTO the conflict.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-20

Federal Court Notes.
The suit of Andrew Boyle against W.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
nrrTER WITHOUT the rLAoi

Some of thcee 'N0mmerclal expansion
lists who are processing to SEQ a great
thing Tor this country In the torcible
conquest q the Philippine islands where
our total dore4su trade is inhu,tcsimal
comparatively aud will runiain so for
the next twenty years ia the very nature
Of things. ought to look a while In other
directions and ascertain wSerc our com
nerclal interests really Ne and where our
commercial progress is greatest.
We are making the greatest headway.
In short, whepa the t7ade goes without
the ras. In tho Orient tho most re-
maFSsble increase has been with japan.
nearer TO VS. than the Philippines, and in
30 way connected with our occupancy OF
the latter. In Europe, leaving out our
largest customers. rAe British, our com.
msNalal expansion" has been greatest
With Germany. although there has beer
en- active hostility toward our exports
among tho Germans,
Tho less than dozen millions O.
total trade with the Philippines. not,
wtths,apdtng our expenditure OF 500,
600. 900 YEAR oyer there for purposes o
conquest. fades into insignihcance by IN,
sJdo o. the $lI9 zoe 900 OF exports to Ger
many during hhe eleven months OF Las
year ending with December !. In is9
our total exports to Germany were $40,
beS 5A, Five yearS atterward the
had uoreased to the extent OF just ahou
an even Sl0o 100000 being Sl7a.is4, iOI
And the largest item IN the list was cot
ton. our Southern cotton. which increase
more lhap 400 per cent or from $4,000
600 in 1926 to 5000. 900 in 1900, Tn
is a nut for some of our Southern "es
pansionists" TO crack,
II cost not dollar tor either soldiei
or naval account 10 secure this "eNpas
sion" in Germany, It has not cost
dollar for military or naval operation
to almost double our trade with Japs
and China in the same time. Ana y,
some people have the impudence or q
stupidity 10 tell US that We must 1
1000 miles beyond japan, and at . saer
nee ot thousands OF men, OF hundreds
millions Of money and our beat Nation
traditions, seize trade OF a few mllliol
in order 10 give vs. door to Japan al
China" and promote our commercial @
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
ro hal EdlLor q rhe Post.

To the Editor Of The Post.
houston Texas January M.--'havlng
been ahsens grom dhe ses'se for some time,
| am unaeauainSed with the exact plan
Of work contemplated by the university
in the mineral survey it proposes TO
make under cha professor OF economic
ssoiegy. All thaa have seen on the
suhjeoa Is the report by che regents 10
me legislature ana an article by Dr..
PhEhps in regard TO the ueea OF sur
ysy note that particular stress lie latd
upon the so-ealsst economic results
TO be obtained by the survey and a dis
tno s1isment sAat che scientific features
tinct statement that the scientific feas.
ures 81 the last survey are 20 be omitted.
As matter OF msrp psitcy q may be
well TO hold such u promise before the
people while asking FER an appropriation.
bur In fact tho SWo branches Are indis-
solahly linked ami Ghe corrort under
standing Of tho economic mineral re.
SOURCES OF a region is Shsoiutsly de-
peadent on shat of the seicptiae study
OF lie sociology.
My own exRsrisaes. not only as state
gtologiss. but Ia rne prsctlcal develop
meat OF large properties in various re-
gasns as well as the experience OF 3Ae
eeS; known EeolosistS OF the world fully
bears out this asssrtiep. II further proof
Do wanted Il can easi,y be found 10 the
results % vne survey OF a cer1atA state
where a practical man was put ie charge
On this very plea.
| DO not know WHO FRAMED tAeassS-un,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
The Texas Geyser,.
Philadelphia Record.

hllSueFhla RECORD,
The State Of Texas, which came
bounding into the Union across frontier
lines, with the reserved right t. SPLIT
itself up into four more States OF the
size Of Pennsylvania or New York, has
ever SINCE beea portentous and impos-
ing member Of the s!serhood. Measur-
ably escaping the ravage II the civil
war since that disastrous time the peo-
PIE Of Texas seem TO have become newly
impressed with the imperial extent of
their area and opportunities. They are
pushing 20 the front especially in the de-
Ivtelopneni CT their AGRICULTURAL possibn.
lues' lAe recent astonishing ughelval
~ sut-e!repsan weaNh in the State
wonderfully rounds cut and ampltSes its
natural resources,
The new petroleum wells in Texas are
MSh'ly called "geysers." They exceed
~ output the great wells which were
=; - 1l tu IN pennsylvania forty wears ago.
=! tue vi snail turn out to be OF as hne
Hu@"E Tor Illuminating purposes as is
teAnsS1Wnlc product il Will COM
uI@Ao TOP prices In the market In any
80 'ae Texans nov have their own
sssi supply, wAsrh viii enable them 10
t ts convert their Astounding raw ma
80 lnIo finished products aud 10 carry
, c.'u 'e'~a on lSad and water at a low
~. 'nere De anything more the Texans
ma. Nhs way OF natural resources to
nr-hi 49, prosperous and happy IL viii
hons,. De Saded 70 them. Mix and
OIL they do net lack, "AA VINE ana
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
The World Understands West Point.

minds have seen the absolute parallel in
evolution In mans emerging from the
seu,lemem ot right By force and ma
lions settlement Il night by force.
Bui that time Is not here yet aud We
have West Point. What Is West Point?
A ulace where the American nation
trains ITS soldiers-ts chiefeet soldiers;
not It's RANK and Ale, but those who. in
the event Of our mix-up with other ma
Mons. are 10 take charge OF our whole-
sale operations o, murder offensive and
defensive We should similarly have
Institutions for yhe training OF hang
men, did the breaking OF helpless in
0tvldual neck require as much skin and
knowledge and technical science as sEe
manoeuvres OF an army, Think. then,
az gentle school, for the education OF
hSngmcnl Gentlemen hangmeu should
know better than 10 haze.
~
~ West Point Is, therefore, to turn out
soldiers, let not him who wins his place
into congress by cuitiyating the boys
at the corner and who IS unused to
rugged life except In Furnishing the bot
tie, be called upon TO determine the
code OF ebhies" OF those rugged fell
lows. Let them emerge hardy and stout
10 Slctls NNAL Knows Lnb llllle con-
gresham from the forks of the creek
about their lives? It's the sheerest stu
pldity!
| want to say right here that / hearth
ly admire and inaOrse one phase OF tho
ethics OF the boys at West Point, as sat
down in the testimony OF every West
Pointer examined. Strangely enough
they all had these two paramount things
deyoutly impressed upon them.
At West Point, the cadet can not lie.
prayo, cadets.
Great Geehossaphat. what an inoom-
prehenstble thing TO the house and the
senate of your country!
Another thing. A cadet can not safely
go about, be he the son OF multimil-
lionaire, thinking he Us whit better
than the son of the hunblest farmer.
Again. bravo. cadets!
II were your jury, | would acqlit you
right then and there That is sufa-
Client,
Though you be in preparation in the
art OF Wholesale murder, I'll concede
this to you--lSeep hut these master
teuets OF your creed bright and you are
more OF the gentleman TO the inch than
all the senate and the house, sitting in
Joint session upon you, oan be 10 the
acre
Bravo, CadetS!
Lee and Gnnt never found your code"
too rigorous, ana there is a peculiar no.
bility In the mutual understanding te-
tween cadets years and years removed
from West Point service, proclN.ming
that there Is something genuine about
West Point-so sacredly genuine that IL
seems a sacrllege and a shame 10 any
one knowing putrid Washington to see
the sycophaut and the liar and the polit-
ical mouniebauk and the man who never
drew an honest breath in his lite sittns
in Judgment over theel
Success. West Point The genuine
world understands
The verest hoy at any school OF honor
and high nrlnciple unierstands
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22

There has been a great deal q edito-
riailslng on West Point since the iucep-
ZION Of the BooE hazing investigation.
M thst | have seen has been distinctly
unDriendly 10 the code OF the cadets.
Much OF IL has been harsh-much. in
deed. uncslled for.
Two things IN this connection come
before me with especial emphasis. There
has never been such an investigation in
the history OF famous West Point eSeeo;
Il were brought about by cadet vranl-
mously declared By his fellow. udORts
to be unit. Secondly, Tor one ever
come IN contact with q gcAdNa.e o. West
Point, one os the young generation G! our
military ofhcers-not the iat-ossei, $40
NOTED class. who lie In he shade OF a
palm during an engagements; they never
were West Pointers-~out what iell
prouder OF my country.
II seems 10 me all .hese savage, sdi-
torbal gentlemen must either never have
been at ftrst-class boar ling Sestod, or,
II they haye. when they talk OF "hYmtn-
ity' aud all that twaddle. must have TOR
gotten all ABOUT it.
A healthy boy" Is essentially saw
age A few hundred Of tn IN constitute
a tribe OF savages. IL they are restrain
ed by conditions, by surroundings, II
may be that some show Of eiy'lty and
genuhty may be eked out Of thom. Bat
AT a military school, where. sir. IL is not
intended TO make gentlemen out ol tEem,
but soldiers, how in the worll can We
expect them to constitute dnysAlns elte
but tribe of sayagesf ! o.n not help
viewing this reasoning with cons'dors ale
Difference.
Let's look at this matter squlrely now.
In the melodranta. we hear the nero say
II am a gentleman and . soldier. sir!''
But that's in melodmma
What as soldering? Let Us sec.
Long time ago when two gentlemen
could not agree on the right and wTous
of a given matter. they settled It by the
arbiuRmeut OF force. Neither gave in,
Neluher had recourse TO he lugle IL the
equities involved. There was no court
| to appeal TO. Force settled it, One OF
the two gentlemen "bit the dust" The
other was right, therefore. II short
there WAS no one to say he vas not
right. Both We're fine gentlemen, sir
nue,
( BY and by our hairy progoli.oIs he
came sufficiently civilized ana bunape
to establish courts TO take cha &c OF
their two-bit quarrels, TOO uvch tloot
and too much savageness was halnS eN.
pended on trlvialitios; and so In process,
nj evolution. called civilization. private
qulrrels came to he settled by the rrgu'
ment Of reason and a jury OF twelve.
But nations up 10 date have moi learn.
ed to dlnerentiate right From wroag eN'
oept BY the arbltramont of force. Hun.
dreds and thousands OF lives We Sti
shed in National disputes. We are
nearing Tho point when by universal con
sent nations will put aside war, just a!
we have put, aside personal comhats, bu
that time is not here yet. Sufficient il
hope 1t is to perceive that few grea
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22


tnuquc,s and cating vegetables and straw.
h.rslss even now N-hYc IVA ercat Nortb.
., 49,. -.
west is buried under ihroe rect OF snow
and the therm1 meter Is playing hide.and-
seek wl,h sretie weather Texans continue TO
drink lto water and wear their summer.
we'sht clothes
49,
q an reports he true there appears now
seseie,SS 10 n sen lp lhS esko,le,lens Tor
,be tn led states eAecpt The Political status
70 b. accorded the nhaDiiants under The
American rule, The price, I, Is understood,
nus ufe" asISV1 uppn aIu VII" ~, F's .nh
,eots BE- accorded fun American ritlyenship.
hW the United States prefers TO let con-
gress settle the status Of the Inhabitants
wien the question IS adjusted and the treaty
signed --Granbury News
This is nassinE stransei WHY not slet
.,, $50. ....., ~. .n..,a.ae ,,,,th
NNhkloHs uNtlNo Nhept Nle P"'V""9"4 WV"
the Unted States In full possession 81 Porto
RIca, n would be Interesting 70 know what
-. -, ,,,,, ,n..a W., ,oat,n ,,,.s.,
tu'g van, N'tn VS. 'Ae'l
siOns, They mover did need them, except
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
A State Geological Department.

der which I direciea she last geolosiss,
survey bur II was an eminently wise one
ana ! carried OM all OF its nrovistons
70 he best % my ability. The fact th A
! did so and save the Ssate. as FAR az
the state printing hoard would psrro5,
the results OF the work along an ~ tss
lines ina.c2ted in fhas law makes n me-
sFole now Tor quite an amount OF eco.
hotnle work 10 be done IN certain fields
essea UPON nc general geology which we
cssernlnei and published, wltAo,t, sns
etSl attention oeing paid 20 .,sele,tisr',
Investigations.
A. tae same time do not believe .h,,
Is possible to carry out a prnvrs-r - /,
snea as is presented by tNe paneFs T,s,
tenant IL. " AZ
There is all tbs difference m N. -,
oscwsen The proper work az So
sso'ogist and thar 81 a ainsax enx,,a',.
TRe latter has to dsal VITA in5srs nvss , ,
preSlens of development; 10 saSs -" =
hnowh deposit and prove its value :, nm,
,, IN, Is rule, each OF theso = an
isolated case for stu6y from an 5,hs.,s "a
oomnereial stansaSint, To MIN a ~ IVY w..
nsleat 10 nrove that 81 that ona 2.s.,sa-
taefe exists a deposit az Soma res.'a !,
~ Su.uoent Quantity and under s,sA ' = ~
oftiohs LASt n can Ne worked a, = 10y ~
further. 'NfSS gaes
ne state geelasist w;Ao aim, -,
.Re aeye'epmeat Of mineral rsso,r ~sca Fs
reSion must 90 sAls ana rnors S ~. OF
% sAeead noi earget the co.,-ns,,,' ~a'ie
pc. ne must Spproarn he e,,n,sSs asr
Mnsrens ssaaipoint as we'll rom
;s .s 'sa sast he deposit OF anae,s, I'm
tan Il ~. 2sr1cnsar poia, is an i ,ss, ~
feA'ad~elsewhrvssundtr s.nsssss s @ also
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22

Rockefeler's Fabulous Fortune.

This fortune has been accumulated
within fow years. Jay Gouid made
$12 o00,0o0 in forty years aud the whole
world WAS astonished. Rocket Hers IN
come is greater than 6ould's lifeums ac-
cumulatious. His fortune mas been ac-
cumulated within thirty years, \ fortune
OF $1,000 000, 600. II IS one forljeJh OF tho
total estimated value o. ell the property,
real and personal, in tho United States.
1t is more than i've times the value OF our
entire cotton crop, six times the value Of
our entire whent crop apd seventy tines
that Of oGr tobacco crop. tNr times
greater than the average valu5 of our
corn crop and iiye times tina, OF the hay
crop, 1t IS more han the estimated value
OF all .he farming lands In the States Of
Georgia. Alahsma. New Hampshire. Yer
mont Massachusetts,. Delaware aud Rhode
Island
Whist do you think of this. men who
I'll the soil? Listen. and | viii tell you
some Of this kings habits, King Rookie
Teller retireS abOu, l0:S0 aud rises 1T Z
a. m When he gets up Ne Is s! 76S
richer than when he retired the nieht
before. He sits down 10 brelKflst at s
o'clock, ana at $50 rises from the table.
his revenue having increased $3.50. TINS
king is pious and holds rs go9i kings
ought, family PRAYERS. During the Tina
OF his devouons his riches swell s2O0o.
He goes to church on sunday, ana during
the two hours OF service his fortune IS
increased $t71ee.
This king. whose touch is sold has sc-
cumulaied a fortune so immense that re
can buy, destroy and create governments
His income is greater than the outnut OF
all the gold from all the Hine5 in che
United States including the ISlonlst
HIS income Is equal to the aVaraee an
nual earnings of 100000 wage e1rneis:
or it would supnly each year = GO home
less persons with homes worth Slnp0 each
WIN this American Who. Ike King
Midas. has a golden touch," ever Mear
a ieweled crown 0nd rule as a Sias9 WI
tine hnd the American people finish the
throne OF empire which Hanna NcKin-
ley Cleveland 4 Co, has startede n 80
who will be more ht,lng 70 wear khe
crown thsu the American Monte Cr.s,o-
John D. Rockefeller.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
IN no NEED or ASSISTANCE,

The past YEARS lgures as TO tho re.
msrkAhle proAtabloness of the ocean CAR
rying trade are coming into sight in
Spse OF tho EFFORT 60 keep thcm in the
background npIil the ship subsidy bill has
been disposed OF by congress,
The stock OF the leading lipes rules
very high In the markets and the ddvl~
dsneS range anywhere and easily from 10
10 20 per cent. The fact is also shown
that there is an active and constantly
growing demand for more SHIPS. the ef-
feu being ito keep freight rates up 90 a
point Ehat Is practically prohlhNory OF
very largo export in some lines Of pro-
duotion.
This TACT Is Illustrated In striking
way With reference TO our exports Of coal.
A writer IN The North American Review
shows that our exports. probably. will
reach eight million tons for 1900, against
iTe million Tor 1890. We exported In
the hrsi nine mopths OF 1900, 20 Europe
alone. some $4,000 tons OF coal, against
1886 tons during the same period Ia
1899. In 1900, the cost OF our coal was
about $3.50. ANA tho traight to the Medl-
terranean ports, where we nave begun
90 ccsnpcte With England. amounts to IS
-An some oases 10 sS75--per ton. These
freishts have been especially high, be.
cause the demand FOR steamers 10 carry
coal has bean greater than the supply.
II sufneient number OF gossels could
DC found gradually 20 redvre tue freight
20 norrsa rates, not only could We. IN
uil prohSbiisiy. satisfy the urgent demand
which prevails now, but the export Of
coal. wh'ch we san mine for iess money
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
EXCHANGE INTERVIEWS.

Nph.n ~,
tt',,stn nv nnlshes reading one Of The
Of constiutiepai cSnyerii,,, ~" s lN lSLer
hew N he palo u reason has he old SIMS
nSp, mem reIosfad 9K nnler the present
W., 'o'' f"|
,A,, nv NV "" IN uVNS'as inc Question
ul't way IN" present constitution WAS an
rtm N lS'@ So was the Santa We trail
NV' VAN ~ tni famous FoAte bow wheh
compared IN efficiency with tho santa ~,
railroadp Is Texas stan H,,n, 49, "a, a..
Nt,e,.,,,,s .,..,,. 800 '''NN '"NN ~ rue
N'N'"'A Noutul!
Ever since the world hegan, long bet,re
uamSi W., WeeFtsr Naid y. there mas hsen room
poverty ana ebseari,yS V y, sirS stisS dro@
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
LiOnirins with Rooscv.,t.


=, Sos9,e Basin Colo. January ls-tspse-
on, lazy 10y ana | pretty near passed in
S s 'AecSs yesterday. but the grizzly -
$50 ana I'm TO have the skin for !,
storm coat. It came about his ~sv. W.
met 'hs srlsIly just as IL en,srss ~
s oSsln, aud Teddy wen, Ssn ,,,n,a.
s sasan; as usual, though MAS Ss c1aas
The sri,,g Fs0 ss, let 50 his Gazing gun Il
anu the Sn.lets sIsneed TSSo ,Ss ilsss
his 0s nm and for the hrst lime IN
slipped ma md s Ss, aOt lar, for he
a s0. bat had preseosa o ~ MIN
hewisrs, % crowd a few rocks into my
Tvs head NS On Jet drive, ieariag the srlsr-
nd. s1,d Teddy. as / assistsS S SS JOSH.
I, ana v ~fe mere than 1900 words aSou,
cd him ~ ~. sash have The skin" thank
's4s OF cur psssy. ~ 'nsss 'n0
$3.50 Josh Singer.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22

London Chronicle.
one Jew and four rF
were playing poker On a.
The pool was piled VIII Y
The Jew asked for ls'
OF them was turned-N
monds. Il won't take Y
"But you must SAD Z
won't" said the Jew
supported the dealer
persisted the Jew. W
pounds out Of the poo
game" you can leafs Y
mus. leave the money I
So he gave In snd 'eA
two were betting, one
Jew, who raised and hm
But. my desr fellow
can't be worth mueh--a.. N
the Christian, Well y
the reply. The christie
knaves. The Jew saVs.
but What on earth.+,u., /,
The queen OF dl-uonas'
The jew smiled pleassaSs, Y,
the pool. That is ny y
pied. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
Telephone Numbers: | Ss,siss,.. A.

Tho City The Post I, delivered 20 any Part OF the
city BY carriers, per month. si.ooi three months
$500; six months. se.ooi enc yeat Sis.oo.
M Theodore Berne has charge OF the elU
circulation and collecting Messrs. Theodore
Bering. ChaS. Lott and Burt hull arc the au.
ihoriret collectors OF al city ells (eoih atNel'ls-
ing and sueseripuon) and no money should be
raid 10 any one other than those named. unless
special written authority signed By the business
manager Is shown. Az accounts OF any size
should be paid BY check in favor Of The Hous-
ton prntlnE Company.
Subscribers failing 10 receive The Pos, regularly
Will please nedty the ONCE promptly Evsty
pager Is expected u bo delivered no, later ihan
e.so O'Clock a. N.
under no eifeum stances win orders given by
employees on tho office be recognized and
paia. or accepted In payment OF accounts.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22

Honey Grove cresernl
One sign thar this F'|
parting from our iraaN
fusal Of the oeacers d W
public into their c''
Is to be a "goysfn'.. 4. 4
by the people and g,
people must know ~y
their Representative, II
belong to the wa9ls n
whole public has a ~
Aud when the exeeai IN,
some of state" or -
fuses to give fun
10 the pSShlie. bui y
branch OF the goHsi'',se
eress or a Legislature, \. I.
Should know that sass. :.
ing done of which
prove. Corruption
only flourish under WA
the best guarantee 9
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-01-22
MAKO l, snent, rhcni

NaoosdncheS sentinel
There Is mere oil up here in East
Texas than there is at Beaumont right
new, in splte Of the bis geyser, They
are just setting down there what Hows
from the immense lake that unaerliss
this seetlon.