The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-02-13

Among the distinguished Gentiemcn in the
6clty yesterday was Hon. Z. G. Douglass,
R,srerly state senator from Gray son
ecunty. and at one time superintendent Of
In Rusk pententlary. At present be is
lc,Sted 10 Harris county. He said; 'Hous-
tto1 Is great city, and destined 10 De
a6ae Of the great population centers of the
South Whenever the time comes that sh
Rvil. by reason of the deepening Of BuHdi9
&hyou, have ocean freight rates, she viii
&ro at leaps and bounds that will easily
NIske her the pace setter for Texas.
Mr. R. NJ Brown Of Wharton was in
Atss city yesterday. To Post man .he
8nd. "Our county and town Is getting
fsons nicely. We are in the midst of the
hce belt, and naturally lands are apprc'
stat!rg in value rapidly. AS the present linda
&'lon can not in any sense he termed boom,
'4Ee expect the price to continue to advance, .
N0i course this appreciation has occurred In
eolnty lands, while town property has
#fgily maintained its own. In fact, there
HIS been a slight advance, because the
movement In this county, and all over this
Ggseciion' has benefited us a great deal"
81 10 ~ o.
- hVus H. IlniEs NlthhfI VI Int ANAA9
hcu'e Of representatives., is In tie city from
bis home in Corslcana. He was heard to
8ay ''Yes, ] am In the race for congress
( fon my district, and the chances at this
Tine appear TO me TO be very bright. l
have been doing some missionary work OF
eeoarse, and have converted a good many
Hultn 10 the Idea that ! ought 10 go to CON
akeS About the early primaricsi oh
8ineH4 haven't anything TO say along that
Mte mere viii be one qualification about
#sayng them early any way, and that IS
3Met Candidates will not be kept on the
elI'ous seat very long, Oh, no l can't tell
*g% anything about any one else's race.
n Mlen mans candidate for any Office he
ilnssfn
houston viii probably be given an OPP
&pHunity to witness the first test Of the
&n"eohl wireless telegraph system made In
,'Hs In very short time" said Mr..
f'onn A, McNabb of the local weather ser
~ II the atmospheric conditions re.
|iqu'ed' be found here. These conditions
I'M now being investigated by the parties
7 Sss,,SH'te,1 and am taking the necessary
Hs.'eLYauons 10 that end OF coursNL being
aa Old teegrapher and having had an ex-
tS, ~. Of over twenty-five years all over
Ne United States as such on the old
@rsp.W y stem, | am naturally more than
. S M, interested In this new system, and
|Ito6T 'le test will be made here in Hous-
4Isis,, no sir, ! am not yet at liberty 10
SlSase particulars as to the parties. but
,,sS IAN rest assured they are responsible
"a'e unlimited backing"
~
ai' lnEham Roberts in conversation with
Il '%t reporter yesterday said: zone Of
H0ooies is the collection Of historical
- "hcernins Houston and all It's wen
,vhh institutions, For example, l have a
q. g Of every city directory issued since
nave history OF every churcN II
Nv and ! suppose I am the onl one
- nas complete history of the II custom
idgsbSaa ards BY the way, we hear con.
De loes complaint now and rLen about
LIZ SN price Of cotton when IL is less
+ st,lan se;lnls, Wen, sir. | can tell you that
Esp au IN Houston in 1912 at 3 cents.
tiys Tsv. mat strike you? Ante bellum
ID couId s.i nor so good after all, were they
FouS ~ you several other things that
IS nS 1sleyon time OF which we 'Eids hear
r fd tlS.ar nowadays. There is scarcely ah
fsonnen In THIS city who has alta med any
"a my nnse, whose Houston record is not
{tid' o. 49, l have made a sort Of a
'eua 10 srSt n coliections. and I can easily
Pep the ros.ulhg OF the Kind | With, as
Ply lnds.sS y In regular order a'hd prop
NJ aw., ~
era,y sa, remarked a theater ttoer yes.
f pa ca, \. anSneid is really a greI at actor
- = lle successor of Booth . he will
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