The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-10
and was inally elected by the legislature

I
| IDENTIFY A son OF the American revolution
I and IS proud OF Il. Mr.. Thurston carefully
| sets forth hts Puritan ancestry, stating
| that two OF hts grandfathers served IN the
| revolutionary war. Ancestors are such
| rare Inhabitants OF the congressional l.
rectory that their appearance here Is no.
| ticeablc Senator THU sion also recitos
| thei he did much manual labor IN the way
| Of driving teams and farming lie reca ls
| his position rs general solicitor for tho
! Union Pacific railway company and also
| the fact that on he occasion q his cleo
/ ton he was rendered tho unanimous vote
! OF tlle republican membership N the legis-
one Of The most remarkable stories Of
rast experience on 1.-THE Read to Gre't t.
ness" Is given by Hon. Henry clay Minor
/ OF New York; II is worth giving In tull
\ Henry Clay Miner Of New York city was
Thorn IN that city March q, 1912; was edu-
gated at the New York grammar schools
!lnd at tho American Institute school he
Alluded tho drug business and has been
N1ore or less engaged in that business In
| ,tGi he went out In advance OF Sgnor
! Nts. tho magician and bird trainer; his
tNt engagement was with the Tlayer
| &&Noyts circus. and eventually he bccam
| M head q a metropolitan theatcr and
| thN arose to the proprictorship OF 1--WE
| l'hssp'an resorts, the ruth Avenue. the
| Peoples. Miners Bowcry, Eighth Avenue
| NAT Miners Newark thcatcrs Besides
| big theatrical interests he takes hand In
! directing the Cestinies OF several great
! enterprises, In which n portion of hiss CAP
| ttal Is invested; is pres dent OF the SPRING
! cr Lithosraphtng company. owns large
| ~ osphate Interests In the South. holds
| largo blocks of railway and nluiug stock
! Ia Western corporation directs a New
| York newspaper syndicate and Is the own
or Of % argo drug store and Photographic
material house N New York CITY. rs also
| the compiler and publisher = an Am ricau
/ dramatic litcctOry, standard work fer
managers az uts and companies in tho
amusement world. IT was he WHO organ
Ied equiuped and sent TO Florida the
! leading hospitals Of New York during Nh .
| yellow fever -courge In the South; he vat
maae presl 'cut az that famous nstu' ion
knouu ~ the Actors Fund assoc alton
nh'u ), was deeply in debt and when -
Nithdr from his onice at the eul OF
/ bis sev rel terms II WIS no lopsor w
! d'h' aud there was sululus of $lH"o 'u
the t'c1s.ry. md he 'u-tiFatct an ; rusrc
10 20 succfssful termination the late g"oat
fa.t iu Mi OF the actors fund. which
nottad 'fe organization between Si11r1d
and SN 40 for the support OF oil and
d,crcg,t actors and their families.
Eea, ihat II you can.
Another New York man. by showing an
array Of school rriles. runs very good
race with Mr.. Minors theatrical tn'or-
phi Mr Rcwlud Blennerhasscu Ma
haney. one of the KID congressman tells
that mo was educated loo the publ
schools of H1naio and graduate with
the highest HonCrs from tile high school
IA iA,l iu nc summer OF lS,i hc wcrbed
on % farm u Chntluqua. New York aud
In lsN9 became instructor iu Latin and
CIR ID lu ihn llif1l' riH' eau .cioul on
tercd Hobart ,alicg IN l>Nl AMI remained
head ..f ni-D l1-+. went To- ilartHri untN,-.
sity iI ny uni was one NJ i.' ur