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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Mrs. John Jacob Astor is believed to own the
most costly ring in America. II was made in
Paris and has three large crcralds surrounded
by diamonds. The entire circle is incrustcd With
tiny diamonds aud the cmcrads arc declared to
be as nearly perfect as any ever seen in Amstor-
dam. hawlcss emerald is the rarest OF gems
The ring is valued at $4,000 by experts
When young Mr. Armstrong was appointed an
assistant secretary of the treasury BY Mr. Shaw
there was great connection among older sspirauts
tor the position. = friend Of one Of those men
said to Secretary Shaw:"Of course Mr. Arpi-
just little young: Mr., Shaw replied with
quizzical look Well maybe he is but then
give him time and he'll get over that all right"
Something in the Ohio political situation gave
displeasure TO Senator Hanna day or two ago
and he was complaining to one OF his honohmen
that so-an-so had not been done. You did not
tell me to do It, protested the Ohio man That
makes no difference, snapped the senator You
should have done it anyway The smaller pol
itician said Senator, m willing to obey your
orders, but how long do you think should last
if took to anticipating them
The death OF Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont re-
calls the story OF how her father Senator Ben
ton of Missouri, violently opposed her union to
Lieutenant afterward General John {. Fremont.
After her marriage the senator went to a news
paper ofhco and handed in notice announcing
the wedding Of Jessie Benton to John {. Fro
mont. he editor suggested that the groom, s
name was usually put first whereupou Benton
said exposively 1t viii 60 in that way or not at
all. Fremont did not marry my daughter; she
married him"
W. S. Gilbert, who wrote the sardonicslly hu-
morous hbretos for Arthur Sullvan's operas,
abomnatcs interviews One Of these venturesome
gentlemen visited him at his country place, but
could not set him to talk Finally the news
paper man. hoping to dccoy the crusty Scot into
al he rlpd into az,
article, said to the bretist You have a lovely
view here. Mr. Gilbert YES, know. was
the answer. q built the house here because o.
the view, but the views getting on my nerves
now, for the first thing every fool who comes
down here says is, What lovely view YOU VIC
got Mr.. Gilbert I'm tired Of the view. I'm
sick of the view. Coniound the view. Good
day to YOU sir"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-14
Coal Operators Broken Pledges.
New York World.

New York World
The release of the so-called Independent" coal
operators from their contracts to\permit the rail
roads to market half their PRODUCT ruling rates
is the latest of series of broken promises and
pledges unfulhlled that have arouSed the public
to deep and just indignation.
Before election, while the strike which shut
off production for FIVE months, was still unset
tied, the coal presidents assured the people re-
peatedly that there would be no scarcity that
everybody would be looked out for" There was
scarcity, The presidents knew that II would
continue, would grow greater, would cause much
inconvenience and suffering, as it did What a
calamity to twenty million people would have
followed had not Mr.. Roosevelt forced the op-
orators hands the public can only now appre-
ciate, but the operators knew it with absolute
expert knowledge at the moment when. with re-
assuring words, they stifened their backs for
further struggle.
We we're told that the roads would see that
coal was sold at 50. so that only dealers who
maintained that price would get coal that if
there was any attempt to extort higher prices
the roads would open in this city eight retail
agencies TO protect the public. Orders" to that
effect we're even given out for publication Yet
after the strike reputable dealers who kept list
prices--the very men whom the railroads promised
TO supply-could get no coal, though there was
plenty for Spectators. And now contracts IN
der which nearly 100000 tons were sold BY
the railroads arc broken expressly because the
independent" want 10 sell all their coal to spccu
lators
Two excuses are given--both ridiculous The
FIRST is that the contracts, though they involve
many millions, are so loosely drawn that they
won't hold The second is that the railroads have
no restraining influence over the wicked indie
pcuden,s being only common carriers" Com
mon carriers They tx rates at their pleasure
and hold the independents so utterly at their
mercy that in spite OF the Pennsylvania laws
forbddiug railroad companies TO engage "di-
roctly or indirectly ~ mining they already do
three.fourths Of it Their power over the in.
dependentsf in Pennsylvania Is as absolute as il
i. over the "spseulsters" In New York
II trem the beginning OF the coal controversy
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Railway Company (Wisl, 81 T. r. A., 46s to
render the company liable for injuries to travellers
caused thereby.
The privileges aud mmuni,os Of citizens OF
other States arc held ia State vs.. Travellers ln-
suranee Company Comb, 81 /. K, A., Asi not
to be violated by statute taxing the resident
stockholders OF certain corporations in the town
in which they reside, deduetng from the market
value OF the stock the value Of tho capital IN
vested IN real estate on which the company pays
taxes, but imposing State tax on nonresident
shareholders OIL the market vaiue OF their shares
without any provision for deduction OF capital in
vested in real estate
a tax on al! renianders or reversious which
vested prior to a certain date, but which shall not
come into possession until after the passage Of
the act even If it can be regarded as a tax on
property, and not on transfers. IN held in nc PcIl
On W, 81 /. r. A., $40, TO he invalid as not
bearing equally upon the entire class to which
the nroperiy belongs.
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Too Much Government.


Chicago Chronicle
Whether agreeing with all that Mr. Eckels said
at the banquet Of the Illinois manufacturers or
not most men who arc capable of tracing cause
and effect will applaud most heartily his genera-
zation that the country needs not more laws but
fewer laws
The world is governed too much, and that
section OF II which began its independent ca
reer BY subscribing with some unanmity to this
doctrine has come TO he as much Of sufferer
from too mtoh government as any Of the mon
arches OF the eastern hemisphere,
More real reform, more progress, more justice
and more prosperity could he promoted in Amer
lea today by repeating laws than could he accom-
pshed 10 any other way. Yet the public man
who would win a name for himself has but one
idea. apparently and that is to associate himself
with new law OF some kind
Many Of the greatest measures Of reform Of
which free government has any record were sin
py acts repeating laws which had been amended
and patched and proppcd mp until the very ap-
pearancc of them had become ntoerablc There
IS only one way TO get away from the gath
cred wrongs OF elder times and that is TO repeal
the laws which give them force
One bad laws calls for another bad law and
in the course Of time = system arises which
comes TO he omnpotent. Wise statesmen rack
their brains in an attempt TO remedy matters and
eApsdent; Of all kinds are tried and tried again,
with the result, generally, that bad matter is
made worse, and nothing effectual is done until a
new generation comes upon the scene and lays
the AK at the root OF the obnoxious growth
The fact that human Progress is largely as
ISOLATED with repeating legislation is the best eyi.
dence that can be presented ttat the world is gov
erned too much
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lsL Loni, Glob,. pemoerat.l


Berlin january io,--"God save me from my
friends" cried the kaiser after reading these
comments Of high officials on the Monroe doc
trine. In the scm-ofhcal Tag, Prof, Nord-
hansen points ont that Germany doesn't care a
rap Tor the money Venezuela owes'--what she
wants arc colonies. aud these she must acquire
by war there can be 10 doubt, the spider web oil
the Monroe doctrine notwithstanding.
I'VE arc hungry for colonies shouts the pro-
fcssor, "and arc building a mighty navy not for
nianeuver and parade purposes. nor Tor inc pro-
lection Of our export either VIC are building it
TO acquire colonies. The seli-cvident purpose OF
a strong German navy is to lay a mailed INST
upon transocesnic territory"
Dr. Martin who signs himself Royal Bavarian
Real Pryy Councillor ndorscs the above and
continues After exhausting peaceful ucgotia-
tons for tho acquisition OF coaling stations and
war ports in all parts of tho world, Germany must
take with her mailed fist such colonies as she
needs and that arc now withheld from her by
various cnyious and mischievous nations. The
Monroe doctrine is the last thing in the world
which VIC should mind after we possess the neces-
sary number Of fighting craft
The German Shoe and Leather Gazette shows
I'd the combination OF American trusts as the
cause Of a widespread ruin among German in
dustrics Its figures prove that the American
leather trust FIRST created scarcity OF shoe
leather in Germany by buying up calf and horse
hide in immense quantities and forcing up prices.
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RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS.

Grabbing purse from ones hand so quickly
that he has no opportunity 10 resist is held, in
Jones vs.. Com. (Ky), 81 l., R. A., 437, to in
voive sufficient force to constitute robbery. With
this case is note reviewing the other authorities
as TO what force is sufficient to constitute rob-
berry,
In case Of an agreement to convey an interest
in land to one for services in securing the locs-
tion Of railroad depot thereon it is held in
Reed VS. Johnson (Wash), 81 L. Il, A., 4oa. that
specific performance viii not be enforced where
the grantee has agreed 10 divide with certain Of
hcias Of the road all money received by him
from sales Of land during the construction Of the
road
The removal. BY street railway COMPANY Of
snow from its tracks 70 the adjacent roadway IN
sues q manner ~ 70 lssvs deep aiteh and
rsadss the street IAIais aud dangerous fer pus,
Lie travel "a held. 10 Gerard va Laesess City
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Merely Matters Of Talk
Philadelphia North American,

Philadelphia North American
Senator Hanna and Senator Scot ". |.
sist that there are no trusts W.
question Is forever on the tip o. ",
tongue. On Monday Senator Jones = " I
and Senator Spooner debated one w y,
subject, and Senator Plat OF New ~ VI
on another. On Tuesday Senator w
version, Senator Hoar delivered W.
speech on his antitrust bill and hp.,sl
eral Knox's letter, setting forth tn' 7. 7
TONS views as to proposed legi'lau'n .
mitted to the senate -.
And so it goes with the tarih CUE
ator Lodge introduces a fesolup0a
the duty on anthracite coal iof nlnsS
Senator Vest urges that the daIy
suspended but abolished, in accoroaee.' NJ
dent Roosevelt's recommendation = M
appear as though there were sop's 4.
discussion. But Senator Fla" vsa..
says no. There is no duty on '''''
he blandly informs the senate h.. 4
No trust question, no tariit qus' w Ii
pine question: What is all TINS 's NH
ate about then? We are almost plI \, 4
next that there is no senate--'ns' -. !
matter OF talk. That would y ..,ss
explain the apparent want OF any IVY
pass needed laws.
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A New Game.
Denison Heral

Denison Herald.
A Southern Kansas farmer is the nvenotor of a
new game called improved ping pong" II is
to be played on a farm in the fall of the year.
The player gets up at o'clock in the morning,
milks the cows feeds the hogs and horses, eats
breakfast, then bitches a team to a wagon about
the size of box car and starts for the corn
field. Here is where ping pong comes in You
grab big car of corn in the left hand and with
the right hand and oontraption OF some kind
you yank the shucks off the corn and throw the
car at the wagon, When the car of corn strikes
the throwboard it goes ping" and when il hits
the bottom OF the wagon it sounds pong" max
ing very interesting game at about ~ cents
bushel II is safe to predict that like many
other Kansas ideas the game will never be
popular
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a request TO the district attorney In Boston
to name a negro as one Of his deputies. 1t
is wonder that he did not read another
lecture to people with racial sensibilties.
The harm of negro appointment consists
more in the noise and the agitation than in
the appointment itself, This is forcibly IL
Illustrated by the demand Of negro politicians
OF Georgia, which has been made during
the last few days, to dictate the appoint
ments in that State or to punish Mr.. Roose
welt In the next republican convention The
presidents sensational actions and utter
ances have awakened the passionate ambi.
tions OF thousands of unworthy negroes, and
this is where the danger lies Nobody OBJ
jects to the official recognition OF negro in
telligence and responsibility. On the con.
trary all right minded Southern men hearth
ly approve any encouragement or reward
which may be discreetly bestowed. What is
objected to is the forcing of negroes into
positions where they necessarily come into
close contact with white people.
The president seems utterly unable to com
prehend these common sense requirements
of social peace. Apparently he delights in
offending Southern people, At any rate he
adheres with blind aud vehement intolerance
to conceited abstraction and refuses to
take into consideration facts and conditions
which are plain to any rational mind.
No man since the war has done more to
revive race prejudice. And the pity Of it
all is that he is doing the negro the great
est harm by provoking feverish aspiration
from which the thoughtful negro leaders
were beginning to divert the attention of
the race. He will he indirectly responsible
for any disorders which may grow out Of
the friction his pugnacous course has
caused
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The Effect II Would Have.
Current Issue.

Ourrcnt issue
A subscriber in New Orleans asks: "Iias Texas
more than ono lunatie asylum? Are all the
crazy people in Texas kept in the asylum at
tho expense OF the State Texas has three
lunstie asyums one at Austin one at San An
tonic and one at Terrell No an the crazy
people are not kept in asylums II they we're it
would cause large decrease III the democratic
majority, leave hardly enough republicans so
mske nuprnm Al a State convention and sVsr.
lia.isEy vss the thigd party Of the face Of the
earth.
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erotesqus English
London Express,

London Express. .s
No doubt purchasers in other ' T. IN
son to smile at English attempts ma
scribe English wares in foresLh ,,csg
to be hoped, however, that ow ., MI I
do not send forth announceenAs A
grotesoue as some that conc ~
Here is form issued by ssi q
continental firm: Does your a. y. ~
by chance, superhne anti ,,i','. ct,ir
getic perfumed lotion, delicious .,!.,, : II
palpable veloutine, very uess;,ut Y
extract and unmatchlessly eiu S,;ri,. i
Or do you wish to buy those 10 -
present, the most desirable one ,,,sa
person on its saints or bif'nu''
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POEMS YOU SHOULD KNOW.
Robin AdaIr.

(sY LADY CAROLINE KErprL.
What's this dull town to me-
Robins not near
lie whom I wished "a see
Wished for TO heart
Where's all the ioy and mirth
Made life heaven on earth
Oh, they're all fed with thee
"oo'n qua"
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Pobin Adj
wiz ia, tLc L,lI g., s.,oa
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vrbst ,rber tbc ,'s,, ,y,s o.,-
Wat made NM, besC, 60 .orc
ob Il ~ o,r,;,c ,.,t,
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Pohrr Ada.
p,4 ,,o,, rs,.r 60.
pol,;, Adj.
W, tn 7 I,,..l e., ,..t
sill IN 49,, ha,tt ,h,ti d,.i,.
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Mr.. synum's Latest =

indianapolis Sentinel oyef 81
w. D. Bynum now sls'es protS
that the American people WI. VIZ. 81 \
the question ought to be i'at ~, M
and that Il am willing thai NE y
Queer and manufacturer snau . ,st Al'
lection TO compensate the'n to,r;. .
and every other increased ss q, I'D J.
OF production Ii that dos'n ,'.auoui
hard to conceive what the
could ask.
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, aoooeooooeee 9aeaseaaaa....

the railroads had set out to ofi,,a "
the public they could hardly Nave .,s.'s
ter than they have done. Tbe ttu.
reached when, with all the mines y :.
is again advanced to famine nri,,,
congress is higgling and hating ~. \
posai to abolish the duties put upOa IN
benefit of monopolists only 81
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The Mailed Fist. S:f7 ~fBo Will r, NJ

Then. when the German sho.
compelled TO raise the price ~ T'snuil;ls.
can shoe trust walked IN. uns svsol Z
shoe manufacturers, The Ca,..s' Nli'
leans did not need the Germs, s', !. s!all 4
them UP in collision with tbs II. lag
The kaiser still continue, ing h
disappointment anent Rocsey.l,, ~ 4
arbitrator After offering tbs !. nsE
dent, he sent to all distino,,;,l IN = 1
Berlin at the time, asking wL.,s au:s
he would accept. As all answers !, W =
tive Williams ultimate disappoir,'.a.a =
more keenly folt. FrV'a'nst
Entry of Emperor and Fr..
lem is the title Of great mga, M i's
by Prof. knackfuss. II will he N.Y.. ,'' y I
royal Of the Berlin schloss sh y
Poultuey Bigelow and the t,,.
outs for good since Poultnev ss;.s I y
culed the imperial administrs,;aoa' ''' !
colony in China in a lecture del;v v. \
The kaiser characterized the Isr,n. y
Of d. impudencc like the My N.Y.
To make Chancellor Buelow y;
kaiser caused him to be sazet,,a
the chain OF the Hohenzolien o,s..
publication, it was found that ths s
to that particular decoration an5 !. Y
matters Buelow had TO be made ~ y ~
The kaiser acquired by inberi,,sn ~,
nalp, Canton Bern, mountsnor navy, \ I
twenty miles long and includin, .a J
Niagara BY accepting the inherii,,.. /
became the owner of salon ma i T..
now conducted in his name. azw.,
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DO you think that England viii he driven by
the iingoes to war with Russia; p
No no enlightened power ever permits itself
to be driven to war with a stronger nation
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~ CHICAGO

you know he'd said (their quarrel
Had been patched and they were glld)
I'm d good husband She replied,
The best l ever had
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A chicken hatched in Guelph street. Wsnds-
worth London, recently, and which died soon
afterwafd, had two beaks three eyes, five claws
on the left foot and four on the right and three
sets Of brans.-DeniSou Herald.
hat chicken must have been hatchcd from a
scramblcd egg.
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Ms RoosEveLT certainly displayed rare d.
plomacy when he selected Boston as the Northern
city where negro was 70 he put IN Office The
Hub will doubtless he tickled half TO death at
the honor. Let MI Roosevelt appoint a negro
postmaster in. say, Cleveland Ohio. II is a rep
reseutauve Northern city, right IN Uncle Marks
own bailivick, ard it has a considerable col
orcd population. law-abiding, hardwordus nc
groes many of whom are capable OF administer
ing the affairs Of the ofneo il the citizens will
stand ior 1t.
Turst European scandals show the results Of
having a roy al good time
Tur Rice association meets in Houston next
week YOU owe it TO yourself as citizen of the
rice growing center to contribute every way in
Your power to the success Of the occasion
Tue slot machine IS now facing the wall but
Ike the wcrm, it viii turn.
sAlooNIsrs threaten that ii slot machines arc
done away with they will close all the gambling
houses. This would indeed be calamity
The sultans troops are loyal, but they are
selling their arms and ammunition to the pre-
tender.
THAT man who has just shufhed Of and IS
said 10 have received wound in the Of
1872 certainly died lingering death.
REPRESENTATIVE Hull says Our transport serv-
ice is the best in the world. We are in trans
ports
WHAT does Representative Babcock consider
reasonably prosperous Would he refer to the
trusts as unrcasouaby prosperous.
The new race track near Beaumont will with
cut doubt be the only aquatic equine race track
IN the world
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OFFICE or PUBLICATION,
Nes iicr iios, IrOs. iio7 and 1909 tfankhh n'S'
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SUBSCRIPTIONS BY MAIL--rr Adp'"es,

TRdYELfNG 1cENTS-c s. z. Holland. Audi
tori A. w Palner, B. B. Throop j. H. Barton ana
S. VI. Gibson.
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Catered al the Posioffee at Houston, Texas a.
Sccond-cioss Mail Matter
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u
The best ever had 70
A chicken hatched in Guelph street Wsnds-
worth London, recently, and which died soon
afterwatd had two beaks three eyes, five claws
on the left foot and tour on the right and three
sets Of Reconsideration Herald.
That chicken must have been hatchcd from
scrambled egg,
There seems little or no objection by the
peoplc generally to the expenditure OF the ueces-
,ary millions to make the American navy the
greatest sfoat Now that We have done eN-
pauded' it is only right that we should he pre-
pared to stand by what we have done-BrounS-
,iIe Herald.
US.
High license very high, is cutting down the
number Of saloons wherever it is introduced, and
for the benefit of the public the revenues the
men engaged IN the business aud all the rest, it
is the thing--Sdr lutouto Light
High license not only cuts down the number
Of saloons hut closes up the dives leaving only
the better ones.--IoaFprt Times
He talks like tonnosscur in dives The bet
tel" ones quotha
Pref Bells airship is heavier than air, yet they
say it do rise,-Btydn Eagle.
However, there seems TO be string 10 Prof
Bells claims He says his airship is like kite
When We were boys we regarded New Years
Day as a cog to be jumped and the adjustment
OF the machinery TO the new state as the most
important part OF the work Now know the
cogs are ali the same size and that the machinery
is all in our heads.-TemPic Times,
Wheels?
Governor sayers has decided TO make San An
tonic his home at the close of his present ad-
since the governor saw Cleburne.-Cic6mnG
Chronicle
The governor evidently desires to settle down
in nice quiet country place
When girls go out with saphead dudes
count 1t plainly true
That. though they have no schooling, vet
st Joseph Gazette,
Why take for text the saphead youth.
With head Just like pin? II
May serve for rhyming stunt
But still, there's nothing in it.
We will soon begin to read of the efforts
to improve the political and material interests
Of Texas The soons arc gathering at Austin,
and the lobbyists will be there along with the
first.--EHnis Meas.
And the legislator who permits lobbyist to
influence his vote is lobster.
The subscription department OF the Sun is now
on a cash basis, and the paper will hereafter be
sent to no whose subscription is not paid in
advance.---WhHergM san.
No chance TO submit this matter to arbtra-
ton ?--OrdHgc Daily Tribune.
This affords the delinquent subscriber a splendid
chance to inaugurate peaceful blockade
Problem in the rule Of three II the heart Of
woman So years old is worth 100000 in dam,
age suit what is the heart Of a I7.ycar-oid maiden
worth ?--MGrliu Democrat
Millions Ncvid NcaS
That is, OF course il she is a Texas maiden
Down with INC trusts Down with the knock
ersl Down with the pcssimstsi Mas les boil
weevll Marlin Ball.
Conspuel the razorbackl,!
hat,--FisNe Siay.ceutsr,
| That's better than having en- ID ssI garrett
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