davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24

places in New York for the ualulng Of q
child.
The money fer as support is got hy the
board paid by the mothers. subscriptions
and membership fees,
HOW THEY WILL SPEND CHRIST
MAS.
went down Go the homo TO nnd ont
what r. going TO happen there ON Christ
mas such wonderful thiuss FOR thcse
lltIo oncs Some have spent several
Christmascs there and know what 70 OK
nect. Bul tho dear little eyes OF many
tired lut, faces VIII open for the uret
time on the wonders or christmas tres.
Early ia the morning, right after break
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24

sowing class, and that be wanted every
one to come and buy.
crovded An the church people and all
NE friends Of the little girls were there
The saieslndies disposed Of Their pm hall3
and dolls CLOTHES In "a very short time ana
n t,as All they could do 10 Furnish the
crowd with sufficient cream and cake.
Whenever there was nothlng, wateTer KY
10 sell some DROPPED nNe aol'HI "'''7 '"'"
the hands OF the children. IT,. ,,,
Excited, flushed and Triumphant me TX
lie girls ended the far Ana new IN auci'
The next Monday Or Collyer called me
little girls together in business meeting .r,.Il
10 decide what 10 do with The money i,niey
mis- businesg meeting Without their elders.
When the doctor asked them what 'hsy
were going 70 do with ne n2Rhey' ,3 3ne
should foiInd a home for poor children
thinking $500 a truly enormous sum XII,
Collyer said they could hardy 40 t'"7
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24

toss Of her hatless head ~ wrote SANITY
CLAUS 1 never wrote melody before
Mans awful SICK. We haven't any coal
nor wood I'm two ays Denind on my
"Qn your shirts2'' echoed otto. looking
both dbzcd ana amazed.
I make button holes In flannel shirtB' -
explained Garry MigBa. II Few Tor
susnender Brothers I'm one Of their old
hands. You Hin't SANITY claus" She end
ga with mournful triumph, as n she hnd
scored point against him,
Yes, ] am" answered Otto draWintg
himself up Importantly You bet / ami
See, Isn't that your letter." He brought
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24
EIGRTEEN LITTLE GIRLS.
The Story of II Home Founded by
Children for Children.


EVEN years ago there
were eighteen New
York children who had
a sewing class, not one
,of them being over 10
years old. They met
at ono auother's houses
and made little fancy
bits under their school
teachers directions.
They all belonged to
the Sunday school OF
the Church of the Mcs-
siah, and said that
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24
'ase enroll my name IN the Childvn's
Jennie Alice purcell


livingston, Texas. December S--Dc1r
s@l AS / have not written in $50 long
ume thought ] would write again
s,gha4e sai news 20 write this time Ny
s-,lef died November o. 1885, on Sunday
iTgng, with heart disease
t..s9 70 school NOW and like nay teaoher
n8 much Her NAME Ia Miss Irene Doak.
sii55s estimates name rs Matte DqaK /
fss5E seven Studies. They are arithmetic,
INV Y. phyhlplogy geography, Texas MS
iys grammar ana spelling
a. 81 Sunday school an the time. ] got
Nv pke once this year for good attend
Ia I. and best lessons My Sunday school
vB name " Mr.. Jim Dickson,
"N' close for this time, Your friend,
Emma Rigg5
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24


I
open this ans fec what he Wants OF santa
! CLAUS"
swoted mo of0cial taklng the letter ouig,t...
/ Tor any one who opens letter nor ad-
] dressed 70 himself ,..,,t, , ,,,t, az atsop-
pSlSSttneet rben hS iauFh5d
"Sce here" h. said. I'm lust az much
santa ClPns aa my one h W. ", SIM.
| Gmv school iog Chrstmas AND came
| down the chimney I tell you what
rapn," he continued, I'm he SanN NlAuas
to This letter I'm gong to .gci some in9
| ont of H. Let ne have H. lta addressed
! 60 me now, yoH know -
He pat ont his hand his t9ce Eieamn,E8
with she instantaneous enthusNNn ~
| determination natural 70 a. N'Eh-sPl' ""
lad. a,,
nut 30 you know what tnHt mcehH
asked Mr.. NluderpooL lauknnS az MY
hoy q quick a}lpuun ui lue plNuVvi'
You claim Santa ClluT rlghts YOU ml,rt
[ tuiill santa Claus qubce. hVN WI h'aNH
| To- ave ne Wrltsr %haisNGi Ny W. "SNa '"''
"How much money, have You brought
with you ngWNWuNo AT 8st ln,,i a.,
The boy oil ms M, he PUT nis hVu1 IN, AZ
his pocket ana pdlteu cut th'e' l-''"'
pieces. 49,, s.,,., ,1,ue
How SO you oNPeet to pV ht'ttge M thry
VIII hut Nltte cents tVHn,x!"," IN hn,.s
with Affected syNVritg' YOU WI nWNN
to givo NJ someuhnE soc TX vlnateu WY,
I onre you take tha letter Wh"' WIZ H""
give up ,,. .t.,t.,.
otto expected y new paw Ni IN s,t,,St-
! or "a p1ir oi tut klpNtH or sohl' s"Nl' MN
| uoua luNurN thRt POOR uuyn 20 NY NM "
| Of EcttmF. Y W3s q Nnoft "''"bh'' t"N"
his fac, hriehtcned 80, ,., 49,, BON,
II ten You what I'm >ENrs ,I9ips SSSVp
| Christmas 90 me. rather, NOW Nt " NNN'
| hg, louer, ,,,,,.. ,,,r,.
ned Tor your Chrptm1s 70 this playins
santa. Cmus' YOU innsW SNNlHe' ,,,,,ft l,E
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24
ONE ORpMAN I-Nss.

Nestneld Texas, December b. - Dear
Post: ] have not written "a letter 90 The
posl N 4 lonE, time. go 4 Thought 1 would
told you | had eight orphnn cbiczcng'
have had bad luck with my chickens
since that-one of them died ] have only
] never see any OF Tnrrlet ana Bessie
FARMERS letters now. like to read their
am going to school now. our school
viii he out on the 22d of December yeq
igrday was my brother Malcom's birthday.
He was 10 years old, The 18Th OF this
month VIII he nv sister Teresa birthday.
She will he Z wears old. Well dear post
as have no more TO tell, I will close
Your loving friend
II. Nellie Madelcy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24

POSI- y ne Texas. December 3 Dear
rateiy hls rs my third letter. Unfnrtu-
rs gs5sV! poor little me my second found
asais 70 the waste basket viii try
/ ~, z school and am Ia ~ 1ftb apr ItIs
Is Mss 3 teacher very much Her name
"a, ~ w Scale, She is very Kind 10
fgi an, M" z iittle girl 8 years old. We
hanma ,ishoft cards FRIDAY. asked
pc ssia help me write this letter, hut
= 81 ihat would not be me writing
your friend Pearl Heard -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-24

pM.. THAT GOOD DOG.
Gear Pa, A4ls, Texas, December Is
VIII write to The Post for
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02

could not state any cases. Offered to sub
nit his books as proof.
Representative Winston at once took
advantage of this statement to contract
with him on the spot for supply at
reduced rate.
Mr.. Wales stated that his company
acted as agents for Cox Brothers, OF
PittSburg and New York, ANA sold on
commission, and although he had an
severed all questions freely up to this
point he baked somewhat when asked
what this commission was. After some
little Sparring back and forth, however,
he stated that his company received
or 6 per cent of the selling price.
He estimated the amount of coal han
died at the head of the lakes approx
mqteiy at 100000 tons annually, and of
this amount he thought at least half
was handled in Minnesota.
w. 5. Alexander. general manager OF
the Eastern Minnesota railroad, gave
the rate charged by his company for
TRANSPORTATION from Duluth to st. Paul
as $3.50 for anthracite coal and 81 for
bituminous coal. This discrimination,
he said was to encourage the use OF soft
coal for manufacturing purposes.
n. NJ. Lorig. a small dealer an Rice
street, testified that he had paid S25 to
become subscriber 10 the bureau of
coal statistics, and that he had been in
duced to do so by threat to the effect
that if he didn't subscribe and abide by
the prices made by the bureau his sup
plies would be shut off.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
REFORMERS REWARDED
The Mayor Makes Several APP
pOintments With a Flavor OF
For Services Rendered"
But 1t Is Quite Likely That in Two
Instances Efficient Servants
Will Hold Over.

The mayor has appointed John d.
O'Brien and W. d. Cornish as members
OF the board of school inspectors for the
ensuing three years. Both gentlemen
are at present OIL the board, having re-
Gently been appointed to fill vacancies
caused by retiring members.
Two park commissioners are to be
named to succeed MeSSrs. PetSch and
Horton, but as yet the mayor has not
designated who the lucky ones will be.
1t was announced yesterday that the
mayor would reappOint Horton. and
give the place made vacant by Petsch's
term expiring to D. d. Merrill.
The statement is made from what
might be termed an official source tina,
MeSsrs. German and QuinbY, of the
board of public works, will succeed
themselves III that body.
The mayor Yesterday appointed
George j. McNcllis, contractor resd-
ing at 1T Annapolis street, as patrol
man. vice w. j. Mcbride, who is now
i'll the asylum at Rochester
Another reform move was made yes
terday by the appointment of Nels Lar
son as street commissioner in the Tenth
and Eleventh wards. Larson is a grad
ing contractor living at 1887 Ellis street.
and will succeed Pat Gleason, who has
been streetcOmmissione in the district
for the past eight years.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
PAID BACK THE LOAN.
The State Worlds Fair Commits
sion Settles the Notes Given
by Citizens.
Matters of Space and Exhibits
DiscHssed-WiIl Meet Next in
Chicago March 10.

The worlds fair commission held an
other nearly-all-day session in Gov.
Nelson's room at the capitol yesterday.
The most important business was the
settlement Of the notes given to the
parties who loaned the money used by
the commission. This was done out Of
a payment of $50. 2O9,39 secured from
the state treasury yesterday.
The commission talked over the criti-
csms that have been made because it
does not officially inform its cOnStitu-
ehts as to the best way to get to the
fair. but it was decided that the board
should not endeavOr TO select any of the
many good ways and designate it the
best.
II was decided to allow space for ex-
hibitS from the five state industrial
scholastic deaf, the dumb. the Feeble
minded, the Red Wing reform school
and the state school at 0watOuna.
The Indian exhibit was also decided
upon the contingent of the securing
OF the necessary out of door space.
The plans for the booths for the rail-
road and agricultural exhibits were APP
proved, and a collection of winter vege-
tables will be begun at once
MeSSrS. Reeve, MOnfOrt and Hunt
were appointed a committee to furnish
the building at cost of from g, 600 to
s., 200.
1t was decided toprint $4,000 pamph-
lets descriptive of Minnesota, and it is
likely that the title page will bear one
of the unsuccessful designs for the state
banner. The commission will meet
March 10 ut Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
WANTS HER WAGES.
Suit Brought Against the City by
Mrs. Gerber for Services
Rendered.
a Mysterious Prisoner in the Case
Who Never Was at the Cen
trail Station.

Papers in suit brought by Mrs. Ella
f. Gerber against ThesCity of st. Paul
were served on the corporation attorney
yesterday. Mrs. Gerber is the wife of
eX-Detective Sam Gerber, and served, so
the complaint says, as matron at the
central police station at the special re-
quest of the city from Nov. Z, 1892, to
Jan. 9, 1898. The complaint further
sets up that the plaintiff cared for a GER
tain female prisoner confined there
(name not given) who was sick and
wounded, and needed the care and con-
slant attendance of some female person
during all the time mentioned. For
such care and continuous attention to
the said female prisoner, the plaintiff
demands $1,000, which amount. though
long past due and repeatedly demanded,
has not been paid.
Inquiry at the central police station as
to who the wounded female prisoner
was that Mrs. Gerber was obliged to
give constant care and attention to
elected the fact that no female prisoner
mad been confined at the station for
period longer than thirty-SiX hours.
The suit is brought by Johns q Johns,
attorneys at law.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
So Cents

a yard. Regular price 81.
Enough to last several days.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
COUNTERFEITERS.
Two Bad Men Caught at the In
stance OF the Kansas City
Lottery Company.
They Were COunterfeiting Tickets
e. Fox & Co. Will Protect
Patrons.

For several weeks the representatives
of the Kansas City Lottery Company
have been here, quietly investigating
counterfeit tickets which have been
pouring in on them from this section of
the country, and they succeeded Ill capt
uring the numbering device and other
tools and breaking up the gang. I'M
fortunately for the Lottery company,
when they went to swear out warrants
for the arrest of the counterfeiters they
found that the law of 1874, making it
crime TO counterfeit lottery tickets, had
been repealed, and they were unable to
proceed against James Marchant, alias
Green. and Chicago crook, name UNI
known. who have been distributing the
bogus tickets IN the Northwest.
A great deal of good work was done
by the Pinkerton detective agency i'll
running down these rascals.
They succeeded in capturing a
number of blank tickets and the
numbering devices. which consisted of
small blocks looking much like wood
type, except that the wood is mounted
with a small plate of zinc, upon which
the number had been etched with the
aid of the Photographic camera and
acids. But how they obtained the blank
tickets is still mystery.
E. Fox IL Co. is by no means the
only institution which has suffered
from the work of these gangs of coun-
terfeiters. Tickets have been counter
feited in large numbers of the COM
pany which has headquarters at New
Orleans. Only few weeks ago the
Louisiana company was bothered to a
large extent by the issue OF bogus
tickets. After ii long period of hard
work they were successful in locating
the plant of the rascals in a Autograph
ing establishment in Chicago. The
concern was raided, and the plates and
lithographing stones destroyed.
K. Fox IL Co. enjoy great popularity
in the Northwest. having recently paid
several large prizes in this vicinity.
They are always so anxious TO pro-
trct their patrons that they are OH a
continued lookout for cOunterfeiters.
Now that the gang has been broken up,
there is no danger that tickets will
again be cOunterfelted in many months.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
FROM ARCTIC REGIONS.

Lieut.. Peary Will ell AbO1t and
illustrate Scenes in That Coun-
try.
Arctic explorations have a certain
charm for the majority of people, who
realize that the supreme test of human
skill and endurance is. after all. the
struggle with the elemental forces of
nature, and the man who meets and
conquers these in their own domain not
1only allies himself in avery profound
way with the whole past of human
achievement, but is sure of the recogni-
ton of his kind and the plaudits of the
world. Such man is Lieut.. Peary, who
is to lecture in St. Paul OIL the after
noon of March 10 and the evening of the
18th. He has been remarkably sue
cesSful in the lecture field, avoid
ing the purely scientific aspect
of bis journey and combining
himself mainly to its typographical and
personal details. The lecture is illus
trated by frequent stereopticon views
taken specially by Lieut.. Peary, and is
made additionally interesting by the
production of team of Eskimo dogs
and sledge. Mrs. Peary, wife of the in
trepid explorer, accompanies her hus-
band on his lecture tour as she did on
his trip to the icy North.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
And Will Offer q Prize of $25
for One That Will Fill
the Bill.
Various HustlerS OF the Bust
ness World Approve the
Project.
Eloquent Erwin May Defend
DR.. PeaPee in His Second
Trial.

The Commercial club has decided to
offer prize of S25 for trademark to
be offered to manufacturers for their
use, and to be used by the city gem
orally. Such course was adopted at
meeting in the club rooms last night, at
which a number of manufacturers were
present and after general discussion
on the subject of trademarks. The
club Will advertise for designs, and the
following committee will select the best
design offered and award the prize,
namely: w. A: Wallingford, John +.
Broderck and Edward Vanish. At the
next regular meeting of the CONNER
cial club, March IA. the manufacturers
of the city will be invited to be present
and discuss the trademark question
further.
There were a number of designs eX-
hibited last night, and the discussion
on adopting general one was discussed
in an enthusiastic way. John +. Brod-
erick, chairman of the com mittee on
trademark. reported considerable in
terest OH the subject, and earnestly ad-
vocated that some design be secured.
Capt. Henry A. Castle spoke of design
that might be used by the state, as well
as the city. Y. j. R0thschild spoke OF
the advantages derived by other cities
in adopting a trademark. 5. 0. Brooks
spoke of the advantages derived by the
Kansas City railroad by the striking
design, 1.-The Maple Leaf and adj
vOcated the adoption OF novel design.
He regarded the Tallmadge design, 81.
Paul as the Center of North America"
as an excellent one.
\. S. Tallmadge made an enthusiastic
speech in which he gave striking illus
trations of the advantages of trade
mark. He favored the use OF good
general design, and then put it on goods
of merit and have the manufactures
also use his own name in connection
with the trademark. He favored the
adoption OF one for the city and not for
the state at large, and believed that 1t
should be adopted by the Commercial
club. and then ask the manufacturers TO
use il. He also spoke OF the need OF
pushing home goods al home, and said
that there will be within year over
$1,000 a day paid out in the city to
laborers, and the trade even among this
number ought to be given to home con-
Germs.
John F. Broderiek spoke of the value
of home men pushing home goods. lie
believes that fifty men with deter
mined effort can greatly enlarge the
trade in home products by calling for
such goods and urging others to do so.
I. ID. MerWin said that the use OF
trademark is beneficial is truiSm, and
the question to be solved Is to bring 1t
into general use. He favored the idea
OF adopting one and asking that it be
generally used.
w. j. FOotner, president of the Com
mercial club. also spoke on the general
subject, and did much in presiding over
the meeting to draw Oat an interesting
discussion on the subject.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
LITTLE TO STARTLE.
Witnesses Before the Coal Com
bine Investigating Committee6
Tell Nothing
That Will Serve to Give the Pub
lie an Inside View of Its
Workings.

The joint committee of the legisla-
ture, which has in charge the investiga-
ton of the coal combine. sat again last
evening at the Metropolitan hotel, and,
although the usual sOlemDity was main
tanned and the searchlight was turned
on to its fullest capacity, there were no
disclosures of a particularly startling
nature.
The first witness called upon was A.
B. Plough, general manager of the st.
Paul q Duluth road, whose statements
all bore upon freight rates upon coal
and cost to the railroad company OF
transporting the commodity. He gave
the rate per ton from Duluth to st. Paul
as S1.5O, and stated that in his opinion
this was a fair charge. In reply to
a suggestion by Mr.. Walsh, that
the committee might recommend
that the rate be reduced to
81 per ton he said that he should con-
slider such reduction unjust to his
company. He stated that bituminonS
coal was purchased by the railroad COM
pany at the docks for 1926 per ton, but
could not recall the price of anthracite.
In reply 10 question from Chairman
Donnelly, Mr.. Plough declared that the
st. Paul & Duluth company had never
handled coal at less than $3.50 per ton
from Duluth, excepting as an act of
charity toward the hospitals and Little
Sisters of the Poor.
c. p. Wales, president of the Pioneer
Fuel company, rehearSed the testimony
given at the last meeting by Secretary
Coffin, of the same concern, and added
a few items of information. He was
questioned as to John J. Rhodes bureau
of coal statistics, and said that it had
been in existence since last spring. and
that its purpose was to keep the dealers
generally appraised of the current
prices of coal aud wood. The dealers
took this means of having the in
formation circulated for the rea-
son that they had no trade paper.
Mr.. Donnelly suggested that a trade
paper would cost much less money, but
the witness disagreed with him. Mr..
Donnelly then inquired if 1t was true,
as had been stated, that the bureau cost
$50. 600, and the witness answered that
the cost would not exceed 5000 or
ST, 200.
He denied that it was part Of Mr..
Rhodes duty to keep,the subscribers to
the bureau informed of any cutting of
prices that the supplies of dealers thus
cutting might be shut off, and asserted
that some dealers had sold less than
circular price and not been reported or
visited with any such punishment as
had been named. He named his own
company as one of these, and while he
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-02
GOWNS.

This is the strongest line in the de-
partment, and they are the best for the
money ever shown in st. Paul.
Muslin Gowns, Mother H2b6ard yoke,
high sleeves snd turn-6OWn c1Lar, SOC.
MaSin Gowns, with E-shape embr0id-
cred yoke and embroidered ruf7e, for 81.
Muslin Gowns, Piqne collar and cuffs.
with coiored embroidery in pink, blue or
red. Sale price, Sf.25.
Muslin Gowns, with hemstfcbsd, en-
6roidered collars and cuffs, for 81.
Muslin Gowns, v front and square back
yoke of aN-oyer embroidery, for Sf35.
We have dozens of others all equally
cheap, and EXTRA SIZES OR EXTRA
LENGTHS for VERY STOUT OR VERY
TALL LADIES.
Equal values in Skirts.
Infants Cambria Slips at Csc, 40c
and SOC.
Baby Night Dresses at the same low
prices.
Infants Long and Short Dresses that
Cannot be matched in value, style or fin
ISL in these cities.