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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
No promises Were Necessary.

Seattle Post-lntelligeucer.
Senator-eect Ankeny says that during his cam
paign he did not make any promises III regard to
office or enter into any political alliances. Why
should hei He had the cash,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

Mas PnLANpEs KNOX is said to be suffering
collapse as result OF the severe strain OF so.
eial life in Washington. She must 90 after So
eiety great deal harder than Philandsr goes
after the trusts
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

INSTEAD of suing that English ship building
hrm for damages on account OF its failure 70 de-
liver four boats in time for use in the Spanish
American war, Spain really should have paid the
firm bonus, She is just four boats ahead bv
these builders DELAY
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

To such an extent does religion pre-. d
Gonoatoa, in the South Seas inal de.s
woman and child on that island wno Is
60 10 church at least three times Going
bic to be arrested and Ene1 che Az
the king.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
THEY CFRTATNY Had

"A couple named Maude Adams and Richard
Mansfield have been married in Brooklyn"
Well with such names as that they ought to
act well with one another"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

The Lookhart Post says chicken fight is
sunday school picnic compared with San An
tonic .politics-Hoaston Post,
And wasn't it, Did You see how the San
Antonio Light appropriated the old democratic
bird for republican jubilee: If that don't beat
rooster fighting we give it up.--Loekhcrt Post
Democracy will have to wear lock on her
chicken coop doors hereafter
The Hillsboro Ministers union has refused to
Nc5rS
Doubtless because they have wheels.
oo Did you ever see true Pslestneite who was
Palestine is the best town on earth to tie to-
even if she is afflicted with a few has beens'
This can be no serious objection, for the under
taker will soon get all of then.-Palcstjuc Her
Has beens~ You're lucky not to be afflicted
with "neverwases"
There are some curious things in English spell
ing and pronunciation. and the knowledge of
them does not come by instinct saws an ex
change and gives the following
II an and an and an o and a L,
With an at the end spell SUI
And and y and an spell an
Pray, what is the spellcr to do?
Then II also an and an and G
And an II Z D spell eide
There's nothing much left for the speller TO do
But to 60 and commit Souxeyesighed
Orange Daily Tribune.
That next to last line if we had been youx
We'd have written, There's naught for the speer
to doux"
The recent mark in the price Of cotton has
been REACHED, and not a farmer has bale
Ioaknm Herald.
The present price of cotton. you will notice. il
you look at last spring number OF The Post.
puts us in the 81 told you so class
Please dear, dear, good Mr.. Jupiter Pluvus.
what have We ever done to you?-CorSicand
oWler-Ltght
Yet ten TO one, your cistern is not full of
water-DaHdS Meas.
Ten to one that mans cistern is full of water.
blooming Groue RuStier.
Don't argy with Bill Sterrett He don't know
no more about water than we da-.flkaif Eve
Funny isn't it, that both Roosevelt and the
trusts pleased with the trust law.-4Iiee
Echo.
Considering the iunocuous nature Of the law
it would seem whole lot funnier ii they weren't
pleased with it,
Never snub boy He will some dsv be a
man and perhaps will remember it when vo,,
may need his good will.--ShermGn Courier.
And he may be big enough to wsllop you, too.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

From the way the Southern negroes are ris-
ing up TO bless Senator Hanna and his bene6.
cent pension bill says the Newark News. Mr..
Clarkson has pretty good reason to fear that
some of his delegates are declining TO stand
hitched"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

lHE police have ordered five notorious char.
aeters TO leave Houston. blessings brighten as
they take their fight
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

SAYS the Washington Post The Post is ex.
tremely sorry that it is unable to explain to
those persistent inquirers who want to know why
we paid Spain $2o,ooo,ooo for something she
could not deliver and which we did not want.
We never did know the answer to that ono.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
TRANSFORMED.

Farmer Jones had lost pig.
A Texas razorback;
1t wandered, lost in porcine thought
Upon the railroad track
Twas just a common razorback
Before it died but now
The farmer names it in his suit
% highbrcd Berkshire sow
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

The senate is in poor shape for adjournment
but it might as well adjourn as to continue 10 b
held up,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

To-Day the battle for and against new city
charter fer Houston viii be "6t to finish" By
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

II is rumored that Mr.. Cortelyou sat up and
played with his new portfolio all night the first
uqht after he got IT,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
HORRIBLE

Lord Angesey, so an article says, has in
vented motor car which scatters perfume in
stead o! the smell of gasoline
He must be endeavoring to create a scentsa-
ton
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
gamperIng 10Th Tifles
DON'T IT SUIT your

Amt this Just the brand o weather that I'd sun
yeh all the year, RI
Little children are a-chatterin' an traipsin OH
ter school,
An the suns come out a-smilin' an the air IS
jest as clear
An the wind amt scarcely 'urrin an us CRISP
an sweet an cool
An the honcysucke's droopin with new leaves
all dewy wet
An the hens goes round a-sinsin ike 'hey
thought they was bird,
An Gods simply splashed the Landscape with the
greens yeh can't forget
Like the essences inearnate Of his everlastin'
word
Don't it suit yeh this here weather, when the
airs so sweet an clear
Yeh kin hear the dogs a-barkin' TN Lord
knows how far away
An yeh hear the children giggn on their way,
an you can hear
Birds a-singin where they're swinsin', an the
branches dip an sway;
An yeh see fcer yonder seitin' drsamin' chin
in hand,
An yeh know the spring has got him, an yen
laugh an ketch yer breath,
An yeh feel like goin shoutin UP an down the
bloomn land
An yeh feel so glad an wiggly that you're
tclsled most to death.
Silk OF different colors is now being pro-
duccd by dying the leaves on which the silk
worms feed There is now no reason why we
can not dye our chicken corn and produce an
altogether original brand Of Easter eggs.
THE GROWER.
A dog IN yard all his own
A big dog aggressive OF town.
Crowded out to q pup
ri eat you right up
If you don't let me gnaw on your bown"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

AND now they are talking Of Greater San
Antonio How much larger do they want III
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

tonight virtually We will have done expanded
Conspuez the mossback
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

THE Maeedonians claim that they viii pull off
their little scrap OH March /, but they haven't
deposited a forfeit
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

WHEN asked II she would he our un,pir,
Wilhelmina didn't even say, This is 50 sud.
den"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

IT might he good thing to have that Balkan
trouble and be done with ii.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

THE last full week Of congress began yester-
day, All that now remains is for congress to do
something OF Importance before it adjourns
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

Catered al the Posiof6ce al Houston. TsraJ, as
Second Class Mali Mdfter.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

ntosr buffers in the Balkans seem to be
adopting the tactics Of prize fighters and conduct
ing their battles by word Of mouth
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
THE GROWER

A dog In a yard all his own,
A big dog aggressive Of town,
Crowded out to a pup.
IN eat you right up
If you don't let me gnaw on your bown
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

OFFICE or PUBLICATION
Nos Itoi, iios, iios, 10Y and iies Ffanklin Ave.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

The recent mark in the price Of cotton has
been reached, and not a farmer has bale
YoGkum Herald.
The present price OF cotton. you will notice. If
you look at a last spring number Of The Post.
puts us in the q told you so class"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

& \ f12 2EENAEERRoN FF::id:s'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

The Hllshoro Minister'S union has refused to
marry couples in buggies and wagons-Dailq5
Nc5rS tE9
Doubtless because they have wheels
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

That next to last line if we had been youx
We'd have written, There's naught for the spelle
to dioux
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24
SUBSCRIPTIONS BY MAiL-fs Asvosss

TR4YELTNC 4CENrS-C. s. r. Holland. Audi.
tor; a. v. Painisr i. B. ThrooP, J. II. Barton and
s. NJ. Gibson.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

II that young man Of Many, La, had not been
guntoter he could not have dropped his gun
and fatally wounded himself.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-24

end OF the telephone wire, His exeelleney, the
Italian ambas ,ador, would be able to Use his
maSam after all. Another international difficulty
Was composed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO FINE TREES.
Telephone Company Employees, Unauthor-
lied, Have Injured Them by Climbing.

Employees of the New-york and New-Jersey Tele-
phone Company have recently done great damage
to fine shade trees In various parts OF Brooklyn by
climbing into them with their spikes and looping
of branches in order to string their wires. The
citizens whose indigna ton has been aroused by
the vandalism, not being aware that under the
charter all complaints OF that nature should
be sent to the Park Commissioner. who IS made
the legal guardian OF ell shade trees public
highways and property have sent protests TO the
Brooklyn Tree Planting Society.
Among the places where handsome trees have
been damaged Fourth-st.. between Seventh
ave and Prospect Park West: Third-st., between
Eighth-ave. and Prospect Park West; Prospect
Place near Classon-eve.. and Clermont-ave.. be-
tween Myrtle and Flushing ayes. When the ntten-
ton of Park Commissioner Young called to
the matter he said that he was handicapped by the
trees rarely reached him. 1t was not known
that he was responsible for their care. and be-
cause his appropriation for inspectors in that de-
partment limited.
II wish that people would always communicate
directly with me-" he said. "a message by tele-
phone telegraph mail viii always receive my
Instant attention and / will dispatch a to
the scene as fast as a wheel carry him. Brook
Iynites need not fear that any tree Will be need
lessly destroyed"
Henry Sanger Snow. treasurer OF the telephone
company said he had not heard that his men had
injured any trees and wished that the public would
report to the company any Instances OF that kind.
1--WE shall be only too glad to call men down
IN such cases" he added I'VE have given strict
orders that in case shall any tree be destroyed,
and we mean TO enforce them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
CHINESE TRADE.
Consump tion Of american Goods
Shoes SteadY Increase.

Washington, May 81 (speciaD.-Chinese official
returns show that the imports from the Uniteo
States in 1902 amounted to 3e13s713 Haikwan taes'
against Is COS taels in 1901 % 2si5 taels In 1872
y 800 taels in 1897 and 531S2 taes in 1872 Inc
total for 1902 Is the largest in the history OK COM
rnerce between China and the United States ana Is
six times as much in 1895 two ana one-halI
times as much as In 1897. about Is per cent more
than in 1929 and nearly 60 per cent larger imam III
1901.
Cotton goods. kerosene oil and -four continue 10
form the chief imports from the United states
The mportations of American Jeans in ~ a.
529 1872 Haikwan taes, against zA4zo e ~ ea
1901; American drills e02i 443 taels ag5nst SIS
taes in 1901 American sheetnSs, l3,l5O'ooo iaeiS
against 7sSs taels in 1901 while American k S07
sene oil shows reduction amounting 10 So sc ~
gallons In 1902, against 575s.67 gallons IN 1901. me
decrease in Chinese imports OF oil. however is is
general, the total having fallen from lSgVgoU;go
gallons In 1901 to 900O00o0 in 1902 That from Russia
900 900 gallons in 1901 TO leVOOO9 IN t'
and that from Sumatra from z0.5ooooo galIohs IA "a
1901 to &c. gallons IN 1902 Flour also sho" o5
a slight decrease total value imported IN 1su-
being 3s4e3ls HaikWan taels, against !, EZO5oI N
1902 Ginseng which chiefly from the Cnil 6
States shows an increase, being IN l@z !oI1rSo'
Haikwan taes against 1.la 5S6 taels In ISL Inc
average value OF the Haikwan tael IN 1sV| u &c
ported 63 cents American goio-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
GIVES WARM WELCOME FOR JEWS.
Dr.. Grant Thinks Country May Be Saved
by a Hebrew.

The Rev. DR.. Percy Stickney Grant. rector of
the Church Of the Ascension, spoke words Of
warm welcome to the oppressed Jews of Russia
in G sermon yesterday.
"I see a nation coming to this Shore Dr.
Grant said, 'eXiled from other lands. The He
brews are coming in large numbers to America,
and I am glad of it. The object of hatred In
Russia is the ability of the Jew. The Hebrew
people are money makers, and the Russians
every once in while have to exile the Ar
menians and the Hebrews to rid themselves OF
competition; but they are making themselves
weak through lack of competition. Are we
afraid of the Hebrew? No. The Scotch and the
Yankee are never afraid Of the Hebrew. Mark
Twain said there was only one Hebrew in Scot
land and he there only because he could
not make enough money to get out.
What an interest this race had in education
and good government! Every Hebrew who
comes here is ambitious for his children. and
gives them an education, no matter how much
he may have to deny himself Wherever there
is q library or lecture, there are Hebrews
Wherever there is any reform the Hebrew is
there, and thank God for sending him here
Some day we will turn around and say, There
is a Hebrew who has saved the United States! "
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
VIOLENCE AT MONTREAL.
Striking Street Railway Men Assault En-
ployes-More Cars Running.

Montreal, May 24.-The second DAY Oh tno
street railway strike leaves the SITUATION sum
more favorable as far the moving or cars IL
concerned. Twice many cars were opera'ed
to-day as yesterday. and they were unequai 10
the demands made upon them. There was some
violence. The police allowed the strikers 10
hold a parade this afternoon whose members
held up several cars, assaulted the motorihe"
and conductors and ill-treated the police AS d
result of these encounters two motormen are III
the hospital this evening seriously injured
In front of Empire Hall. in which the strikers
meet,the strikers have been allowed to hold I'M
disputed sway To-day every car which passed
this corner had to have a way cleared Tor u
through yelling mob of men crying ScaD'
Once the police attempted to clear the crO"o
and ten men were arrested and placed In a pa
troll wagon. In instant mass oil strlhSI ,
poured down upon the wagon, unhltcned the
horses and liberated the prisoners
on St Dens-st., $50 this evening crowd
of strikers attacked car, beating the motor
man. He was seriously injured
The power company is having conslderaDle
trouble with its wires. Several were cut early
this morning. -, h.
The longShoreDlen, who only Went odch ~
work ten days ago, again FESTIVE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
MIR. sHAW's NEW ASSISTANT.
Charles H. Keep, Of Buffalo, to Succeed MI
Allies in Treasury Department.

Washington. May 24-The appointment OF Cnarles
HaIlam Keep Assistant Secretary OF the IfeaS-
ury 10 succeed Milton E. Allies, who recently re-
signed TO accept the vice-presidency of the Riggs
National Bank was announced to-day at the
Treasury Department Mr. Keep is a resident Oh
Buffalo N Y, and was graduated by Harvard
University In the collegiate and law courses. He Is
forty years old. Since graduation from Harvard
Mr. Keep has been a practising lawyer in the city
Of Buffalo his speciality being along investment
II is understood that the appointment Of Mr.
Keen IS satisfactory to both Senator Platt and
Governor Odeu. and he has been strongly ind9rsed
Nv Congressman Alexander, of whose district he Is
a resident When Secretary Shaw was with me
President liz Iowa several weeks ago, me iat Ter
signed blank commission thus putting the IlatIe
OF The selection of an Assistant Secretary IN the
hands of the Secretary -. aoo,-,or
However. when Mr. shaw reached the ce e 4e1
that Mr.. Keep his choice for the place ne lel-
egraphed the President TO that effect, and mas re-
ceived an answer approving his selection 49,.
Mr. Keep is expected to reach Washington take
the oath and assume the duties of his once on
wednesday next. AS there is to be no new asSI6n-
rnent of duties for assistant secretaries, MI Keep
will have charge of the same business OF fhe 0s-
partnent as his predecessor. Mr. Allies
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
ChiIdren'S Underwear

At 1Oc-Children's muslin Drawers. with
hem and cluster OF plaits; patent facing. six
buttonhoIes: sizes / to 3 years. Same 4 20
years. 12c: 10 TO IA years. 15c.
At 25c-ChiIdren's Petticoats Of muslin.
with cambria ruffies; hemstitched hem.
headed with cluster Of plaiIs; sizes , to "A
years.
At 1Sc-ChfIdren's Muslin Drawers; cam
brio ruf1e. h-inch heTnstitched hem and head
ing; patent facing, six buttonhoies; sizes to
IA years. Basement
At 35c-ChiIdren's Drawers, four styles; OF
muslin with cambria ruffie. lace insertion and
edge; or cambria with embroidery ruffie and
cluster Of plaits; OF umbrella Tuffie. with
henstitched plaits and embroidery edge; sizes
2 to 16 years.
At 1Sc to S5c-Giris' Corset Covers Of cam
brio; round OF V neck, trimmed with en-
broidery: or nainsook. low back and front
trimmed with lace edge: sizes 80, 50 and 81.
At 35c-Chtldren's PetticOats OF cambria.
with lawn ruffie. edged with lace and cluster
of plaitS; umbrella rufffe, hem and plaitsi
sizes 2 TO Ii years
At 3jc-Children's Nightgowns OF muslin;
yoke OF cluster plaits: cambria rufffe at
neck and sleeves; sizes 2 to IA years.
At 50c-Children's NightgOwns OF cam
brio: bishop styles: hennstitched ruf1e at
neck and sleeves yoke with plaits; others
of muslin, with embroidery insertion, plairs
and hemstitching; sizes . TO II years
At 12c-Childrens Jean Drawer-wafSts,
with strapped button tabs; pearl or China
buttons; sizes TO 10 years
cambria or nainsook. with wide hem and clus-
ter plaits; narrow hernstitched hem with four
plaits: or wide ruff1e with hernstitched pla1cs;
sizes q :
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
Drawers

At 1Oc-Of muslin: plain hem; platts
above Only three to buyer.
At 15c-Of muslin; deep hem and plaits
above Only three to a buyer.
At 25c-Of muslin or cambria: four styles:
trimmed with embroidery and plaits. or deep
ruffie Of lawn: hemstitched platts.
At 35c-Of cambria or muslin; trimmed
with torchon lace embroidery. Or hem
stitched lawn rufffe.
At 5Oc-Of nair sock. cambria muslin;
twelve styles: trimmed with embroidery or
lace; some with insertion, others with hem
stitched lawn ruffie
At I5c-Of nainsook or cambria: trimmed
with Valenciennes lace and Insertion, or
torchon lace or blind embroidery and plaits:
ten styles.
At S5c-Of nainsook or cambria: eight
styles: trimmed with point de Paris lace
and Insertion or Valenciennes or torchon
lace or embroidery and plaits.
At S1-Of nainsook cambria: three
styles: trimmed with deep rufie. embroidery
or lace.
At Sf25-Ot nainsook or cambria; three
styles: trimmed with point de Paris lace and
insertion. or handsome embroidery; some
ribbon-trimmed.
At S1.50-Of nainsook or cambria: six styles;
trimmed with Valencennes lace and inser-
ton or point de Paris lace. or blind EN-
broidery: ribbon trimmed
At S1.75-Of nainsook cambria: eight
styles; trimmed with open or blind embroid-
cry, or Valenciennes lace and insertion. or
point de Paris lace; all ribbon-trimmed-
Others up to $40.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-25
INCENDIARIES At WORK.
Robbery MotiUe in One of -Four
Harlem Fires.

Four cellar fires took place in Harlem yester-
day afternoon and last night, in one of which
thirteen horses were suffocated. Battalion ChleI
Short says the fires were of ncendiary origin,
and the police and the fire marshal are inVest-
eating. The fires were at No 234 East One-hun-
dred- and -seventeenth-st., a stable, where the
horses were suffocated; No. 1892 second-ave.'
which it was rumored was set afire to get at
money said TO be owned by Henry Sax, furni-
ture man; No 2315 Second-ave. a five story
tenement house and Second-aVe. and One-huh-
dred- nd-sixteenth-st.. a five story tenement
house
The One-hundred- and seventeenth-st fire was
in a stable owned by Frank Beatty. Henry
Schwartz q coal dealer and Peter Carson d
rnilkman owned most of the thirteen horses
which were in the basement. The Watcnrhah'
whose name is Herman. could not be found
citizen saw flames and smoke coming out VI
the stable and sent in an alarm
The lremen had hardly got back to quarters
after the fire when an alarm came in for fire
in the cellar of No. 2,322 Second-ave.
II Sax has a furniture store on ths
ground floor. and lives with nus, ms Nm M a The
IandIady went into the cellar and found q ptie
of rubbish afire. She tried TO stamp 1t out OUT
failed and then she ran screaming upstairs
alarming all the tenants. 1t was rumored that
this fire had been started bye thieves. VINO wait
ed to get at money said to be kept by Sa e,t -,
his APARTMENTS II was said Sax had no Ialth
in banks He refused to say anything aptait
the runor. 1919
Almost at the same time another fire started
in some rubbish in the cellar of No. 2'5lo sec
ond-ave The ground floor store is occupied oy
Henry Passe & Son, undertakers. sixteen ram
flies live upstairs. They got frightened, as many
had been asleep, and they rushed out INTO the
halls and down to the street with their children
The fire in the afternoon took place IN some
rubbish in the cellar at One-hundreo-and-siA-
feminist and Second-ave.
Chief Short believes the old Harlem gang
which did work of this kind some time ago may
be fourishing again.