The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-16
Thieves and Footpads Are Numerous
on the Island.
STATUS OF THE UNION DEPOT PLAN.
Project Not Yet Entirely Abandoned.
Preparation for the Poultry show.
Cleaned Out Church.


and vet the police records show an I'M
usual degree of petty theiving, highway
robbery and bold burglary. II is true the
Offenders are apprehended and punished
in nearly every instance, but this does
not seem to check the carnival OF crimes
not 30 helnous as bold and desperate.
The perpetrators are. in nearly every
instance, strangers In the city. men who
have been here but a short time.
Numerous burglaries have been commit
ted Of late, and when arrests follow the
culprits are nearly always found TO he
birds of passage, who have merely stop
ped over here.
About . o'clock this morning Dominic
Belderac was walking along Market
street, between Eleventh and Twelfth.
two men jumped from behind clump
of oleander bushes, Knocked him on the
head and robbed him Of s. when tei-
dsrac was found shortly afterward his
Injuries wers so serious that he had 20
be conveyed to the hospital. Occupying
an island as Galveston does, The escape
of criminals IS not So easy AS IN towns
and cities on the mainland, and ~" raS-
calls are generally caught. bat tns rear oI
this docs not appear 10 deter tnem from
prosecuting their nefarious business.
the depreda lions viii he continued uu,n
the officers run them out.
UNION DEPOT.
There have been So many rerorts about
the proposed new union depot that It is
difficult TO say just how the matter
stands. a few days 1t was currently
rumorea that a deal had heen closed hy
which The various railroads ceuterng hera
were TO unite IN The building OF ura ana
cummoGious structure for depot pur-
poses upon a size which hRu naru b.
terward thnt this r. port Was premature.
The site hal been selected amt. ne lglii il-
lions were entered into for The purchase
u the property, but the price asked was
claimed 70 be out OF all proportion To lts
value. Yesterday ~ was stated that use
Santa Fe Railroad company had pfir-
chased four and one~halt lots on avenue
a ana Bah avenue contiguous 20 ms
general Office building. ami had lHnscA
the lower floor OF the willis bWldiur,
corner OF and Twenty fourth streets.
own independent of N.- other railroa is.
Today II Is said that the Union depot
prospect has not been entirely abandoned.
that another effort viii be made To iu.
dUCe q better UNDERSTANDING bsrUpen trr
owners or the property wanted and The
INTENDED purchasers. and that the I.os.
Ices arc i1yorahle for suti-lIl tory
agreement. IT matters should turn out
as hoped for, It Is probable mat the COM
suucuon Of buildings for "A new and
lailusOine union depot on avenue \ be-
streats .,,ti i t.y1li .l ana Jwenty-seventh
thing has got to be done within the next
LEW lev, m9htns' as tho railroads have been
np,.,ns thaL ,, they must give IN their
p '"'eta usPot quarters which IS tAa
R.oPHrly or the Wharf company, Icy the
middle or next summer.
THE POULTRY SNOW.
Ihe TACT that today was Sunday ala
a,ie,ns IN ,,r,,.,ss. ~ - 'i' ." 'f"'-
which a., - '.' ''' '''0 poultry sAo"i
,,,,,,so r,.,.,t,,, ''''"' "l''."
a.hn,.,-. '''4' 'i'.s' I"9 ni'1s ior
,,. a,,t -, W. - I've S'S'' o"' ''c'-
,YsrE of lnsyaiist'ii'',I " aIiI.tl i"la}t The
ably and bv 'Titoe.I.,,' r,iaa,,,',, ". i
Will Do M readinees f,,r ,,'l'r ,' ..i.'
In ono OF the b,t,,, trer.. y'If 'o ~, g'l'
iucubators IRON ~ W. "" Ni PEE
hatehed duri,tr. tb st 81, NF VIVA t'
ing carefully 1atchei otd ttl .e .i'v zee
cd at certain periods. Nv Mr. ,n'-.',ft
Alpine who ia In .6n ~
of ths ehnNg In ~ eNi, e. 81 Jii, I"s Won
I've hrooder. in eIicH IN. 80 &c .., W r.,
rating arn,nd Il, az tt,. rltae,"' .ls s,nd So
With which IND rorr 80" 80 1.'d' - HAh4
on the frJnt Of nc. st,,, ~" w. ''rt',4
lights and across the Gr6hesfra ' nit 'V tGe
exhibited T,bers nj 1I' tF pgl VIII ne
anoe in witch uo',it,,,o ~ 81 ft,,"NIy ltulH-
win be shown. niso ',4,'' sitA T." 'l"s
The pxhiI,jtto,, III -, "a nrpdrlheut Tor
and appliances no,taip G,ia o. m,,'ehlile ry
ing, sii,.S os prittailhs 70 poultry rats
cutters. egg rases 80 pI'odeIs' BONE
Galveston ara Ii,',et' an
Competitors in mo 'a nH,,t, NV ne active
Afarnolia f,itti '''is nNuluitloh ana the
some very dns sro.i, ni',.tru 70 contribute
City faneiers ySiT tind !, "ntGh me island
class "hi Niu IL dlhlcult TO OUT
THINGS rrru, ,,,,,,,
~ - IRA RIVAL.
NO event IN local dramatic circles has
created quite 30 much interest thts sea
son as the engagement of creston Chart,
and Miss Adelaide Prince, which be,in,
at the opera house tomorrow night AR.
Prince formerly resided In thlg city nm,
was prominent IN social circles ANA ais
,iei,r4er q local amateur dramat III
a.. tsr,, ,s,ou ik nor a native OF Texas
this S, me nan llVeu from childhood II
thaa, 49, ulatn she resolved To enter IN
ne aivsn pro- l les1ioh' Mira. Prince vii
Chas Fowler. ar ,or, u,,y mo"'t on Ars
from to o'clock and In the evening
in tha " nsSt,i,,p Party VII occupy the poxe
follow. - banquet WI
, harmony Hall win be opened tomorro,
sort and 4, ps3Spular price amusement Re
factory IL viii ~, Npellileht proves satis
meet n de,ns1e, oe r9htihutd as such
Isl Tho attrao,, WHICH Is believed 10 eX
Fayet Dramatie cn, NIL pc me Ruby Ia