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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24

n, A"nieht you feel that you have at
'aur aspirations. that moment you
"asus'ed your usefulness TO the
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)ssls,,. ask n fellow to Join the
y. N. Protective association don't
b IA a, u'nk that the organization is
Hb~. 'p unless he becomes a
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t. "e experience Of old timers on the
aa' 100 last travelling does rot nay.
'''''Se says so, and experience doesn't
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24

NJ, esn-possess'on. judgment, pene-
/, az anu Concentration are indispensa-
Errs., commercial traveller NJ grant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-24

' 'aeas of doing business ore
rs. wv can't convince your trade that
~. are all right and your sample
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h II NAT 10 say, how to say II ana
10 let customer believe
NJ yo, "ns MS own way when IN
f-,h,r. e having it all Your own
sap we reward of skillful sales
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= reputation of commercial traveller
ENVY made but easily ruined.
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a Alp.srMMEK pAY.s DREAM.
Strictly First Class.

%iD'st NM EN- IA 1 > DhE
drummer sat In an ,rsy chair
And DRAINED he had ceased to drum;
prosperous ice mum ned suddenly
turned
Nd the world was under his thumb.
more on the earth both up and down
% be go in frenzied quest
elders 10 satisfy h., house.
S'l he had Il most blisslul rest.
aqers for ice kept pouring in
hey formed. IA perfect stack,
ns busy wagons which hauled ice
ere hauling the dollars back.
vrlving fans KEEP, whirling about
~ an Ice chair was his scat.
pug he wrote receipts with an icicle pen
No ice slippers eneasei. his feet.
sco and nice" he thought to him
Tis yeriiable heoven below.
pity the boys of the sample brigade
~ sueh pleasures can never know"
then he awoke with a fitful start,
M he porter was calling the train.
a .M persrlra,lon ran down his baSS
axe great drops of summer rain.
Iam leaf fan
~ gathered his grin in his hand,
i, ne nod taste Of the future bliss
A'sa is found in the heavenly land.
| s he tolls through the summers
w vain attempt to keep cool,
'vss's that he'd willingly change his
that of an ice mans mule.
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,,snc., ,VuF mead II your firm shows
! nlss ~, VI your work by giving
" knovr" your salary. There is a
kn irs az The "sweiled head" that
silx MAJ 10 wreck many good
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TOLD BY TRAVELLERS.

Henry u. Harrison, the grocery sales
man. is known TO be thorough ladies'
man among the members Of this division.
Henry was in Waco one day last week.
As he passed down Austin street in front
of the leading dry goods establishment.
q Waco belle crossed the pavement III
order to enter her squipage. when Henry
unavoidahly stepped ON the young lady $
train VIII utmost presence of nina he
lifted his Dunlap and slid; Though !
may not have the power to draw mn
angel from heaven. ! have pinned one
to the earth The young lady smiled
sweetly and. Of course excused the mis-
hap.
There's Houston travelling man VINO
comes In nearly every Saturday night In
order h. spend sunday with his best GIN.
He called at the house as usual, ms,
Sunday evening and on the porch sat
ohis girls little brother AN. yes Willie
said the commercial angel. you have In
deed good time. love 70 see your
pony. your rabbits, your white kittens.
hut there's something about the house |
love to see better than all these Things.
something that makes me come here: do
you know" "Oh, yes" shouted Willie,
Il know. it's my sister"
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PACKAGES
Miss Lena NiAliue, Mcirsw Wilson pr
II l. ADAMS. DIR g Smith. pr u w
Armstrong, Dr q w Cook Dr n l.
Sphnn llr s ] Guidry. foreign package
for a G I.aValle.
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" th,s many mich COWS on the
y thet, eountry-cows that don't
Apn ~, 'ard--and the up-to-date
''u rid OF that sort of cattle.
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that of an ice mans mule.
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fvlving fans KEEP. whirling about
~ an Ice chair was his scat.
pug he wrote receipts with an icicle pen
No ice slippers eneuseI his feet.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
A NEMORIAL on ROANOKE ISLAND.
1T MARKS THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN
AUTHORIZATIONS COIONISTS.

Raleigh. y. c.. Nov. 2s.-To-day n memorial was
dedicated on the site OF Old Fort Raleigh. on
Roanoke Island. in Dare County. to commemorate
the first English settlement in America. 1t was
erected under tho auspices OF the Roanoke Colony
Memorial Association. The base Is Of North Caro-
lima granite. The memorial tablet Is Virginia
granite and bears the following inscription ION
this site In August. 1855. the Coonists sent from
England by Sir Walter Raleigh built the fort called
the New-Fort in Virginia.
The cooniss were the first settlers or the English
race in America They returned TO England in
July, 1856. with Sir Francis Drake At New-Fort
born. August B 1857. Virginia Dare. the
first child of English parents born in America. the
daughter of Ananas Dare and Eleanor White. his
wife. members OF another band of colonists sent
by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1851.
Two days after her birth she was baptized Manteo.
friendly chief Of the Hatteras Indians. had been
baptized the Sunday preceding These baptism5
the first celebrations OF the Christian sacrament
IN the territory OF thirteen original states.
The monument was dedicated with appropriate
religious exercises. and an address was delivered by
Graham Davis. president Of the association. Outlines
of Fort Raleigh distinctly visible. and the angles
are marked by granite pillars.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29

that the party. by repudiating at the first op-
nortunity the doctrines proclaimed at Chi
cago can quickly recover much of the ground
lost in the late campaign
II is TO those Democrats who followed Bryan
solely on the ground of regularity" and to
their brethren who organized the movement
leading up TO the Indianapolis Convention. that
Mr. Cleveland looks for the reorganization ana
rehabilitation of the Democratic party. He is
confident that they will not follow the free-silver
extremists into the Populist camp. but Will
gladly come back into the Democratic fold when
the parting of the ways is reached as soon
II will be- in his opinion The number of these
Democrats is much greater, Mr.. Cleveland be-
leves than most persons suspect. 1t is his esti-
mate that in many of the Southern states par
tcularly probably third of the votes given 10
Bryan were cast by Democrats who were infiu-
enced solely by the idea of regularity.
Mr. Cleveland is said TO expect that the radical
element Of the jarty, composed as il is OF men
who enthusiastically indorse all the dangerous
doctrines proclaimed at Chicago, will soon be
swallowed up in the Popust organization. 1T
ts the Presidents idea that the sooner they go
the better il will be for the Democratic party lie
wants the reorganization To be effected along
the lines laid down in the Indianapolis platform,
which he regards as the embodiment or essentiai
Democratic principles.
The President insists that II Is only TO the
Democratic party. purified and re1uVenated as
ne hopes il will be by this sloughing-oit process
ana by uecc>sfUns from the Republican and m
dependent voters, that the people can look with
any degree of hope confidence for relief from
their burdens. He thinks the greatest dangers
which now menace the country are the greed
Of organized wealth and the rapacity Of corpora
tiors He sees in the return OF the RepuDllcan
party to power no prospect Of the abatement of
evils
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
TELEGRAPHTC NOTES.

Denver that the Anaconda Mining Company had
Srom "a q 70 s. day would 90 into effect on De-
cember Is officially denied here
Nclsonville Ohio Nov 2s.-A powder explosion
took place this morning in the mines of the H9Gk- lock
lone and Sheldon. were fatally injured
stratton Neb. Nov. 2s.-J. ". Burney, Of this
young twenty yone years of age The deed was vas
provoked by the elder B!rncy, who threatened the
life OF the youth and his mother
tied fact that work on the Soo's big water-power
canal will be begun within thirty days The canal
will be built to the width OF about 100 feet, and not
25o feet was first intended
Columbus Ohio. Noy. 2s,A special to The
Press from Nesonville Ohio, says the entire
there there was destroyed by hre early this morning.
The loss is estimated at 10000 and the insurance is
employ yment by the fire.
San Jose Cal. Nov. 2s.-J. p. Kelley jeweller.
who lived in the Of his store in this city. with
husband locked the door OF the store $50 o'clock
this morning and began shooting at his Wife, The
through the glass doors the tragedy being enacted
ohieers broke the glass and fired repeatedly at
the head The woman nan vas was fatally shot through tn h
blood, but uninjured
LawrIe.. ~iie. J. f. Mcdonald. Thomas. IL. Bryan and
half dozen others. living near Mckinney. we're
spiracy against Lord r. T. Brooke OF Tonkawa,
to burn his home and kill both Lord Brooke and
his Wife The charged with hiring Charles
Graham and two others TO do the work. In an
attempt TO carry out the contract alleged to have
been made. Graham killed. and two others,
'Bil" Jones and Kenneth Mcdonald. were fatally
injured Before his death Graham made a confess
sion OF the conspiracy.
Bath. Me- Nov. .S.-News was received this after.
noon of the drowning of Henry NJ Todd and his
grandson. Palmer Todd at the mouth of the Ken
nebec They were fishing with d. Henry Todd.
when the latter fell on the gunwale OF the boat,
capsizing It.
Big Rapids. Mich Nov 2S.-To protect depositors
and other creditors of the Mecosta County Savings
Bank. alta rhments this Afternoon placed on
all the property of d. f. Comstock, late president
OF the bank. by the receiver The value OF the
property attached H. SIS 900.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
rvCLISU LABOR LEADERS IN 1Hh oiii'

,., ,roons AND JOHN MAII.LsON iOlNG To
THE CONVENTION IN CINCINNATI
rro prominent labor leaders Of England Sa"iue
,,s ard Iohn MaiIlison. arrived here yesterday
~, ,he Cunard Line steamship Campania' MT
woods IS secretary and Mr. Madison presuen' .,
,ho Trades Union Congress which met ]" "0o'"
T., So,,embcr 1886 Mr. Woods Is also an eA-'''"
her Of Parliament They came as "e's. I,
,bc trades unions Of Great Britain 10 'ne IN"
,,, convention OF the American Federation' 10
ba opcned on December a.
Mr.. Woods knew little OF the Hamburg 'ohsS"o'e,
mons strike but said he did not believe II "o"u
he successful Il believe in strikes. he SAID o'y
as a last resort. Every effort possip'" s"""' "
made hv labor and capital to come TO an III uusr 20
Standing before either arbitration OF s'h'" "'
rcsortcd to- . ,,,,, vb,cb Nessrs
Woods and Madison represent coihDnS o ano,int
oV' ,.p ooa -. onle The miners the strongest
,boir membership being about 10000
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
THE STAY FOR MAYHEM SERVED.

pIsTRICT-ATTORNEY NOBLE. OF QUEENS COUNTY.
WILL. ARGUE TIN, CASE oN THURSDAY.
The STAY obtained In the case Of Arthur Mayhem.
the negro. who 10 have been executed In sing
Sing Prison tomorrow cor the murder of stephen
Powell OF Hampstead. Long Island. was served on
Ds,rict-Attorney Daniel Noble Of Queens County
in Long Island City. yesterday. The District-At-
torney Will appear and argue the case on Thursday
before Judge Keogh The Dsirict-Atiorney sald
yesterday that the assertion OF John Wayne. to the
effect that Mayhew had nothing 10 90 with the
murder Of Powell was "bosh." Wayne Is now serv-
Ing fifteen years' sentence for his part In the
nurder, and was allowed 70 p!eau gu.Ity 10 H,an n
slaughter because Of mis- testimony against May
hew The Distrct-AttOrney said that the confess
sion was made by Wayne because he mad been toId
that ne himself could be placed on trial again.
and he said further that II was only mace TO post
pone the execution The District Attorney says he
has thirty witnesses VINO Will uphold the testimony
given by Wayne against Mayhcw. The District
Attorney denied that ne forced Wayne 10 make the
confession imDicati Mayhcw
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY.

William J. White. thrty-two years old. OF Pater
son. ~ j.. arrested at No 20 Warrenst. yester-
dav afternoon by Policeman Mcmahon. and taken
10 the Ieonard-st station, where he was locked ND
on a charge Of grand larceny preferred by William
d. Keller a publisher Of No. 90 Nassau-st. White
is foreman for printing firm with whom Keller
had contracts for work A large number OF cuts.
elcctrotypcs. etc. were In the firms place which
belonged TO Keller. who yesterday replevined about
five hundred OF them. which were recovered by the
Sheriff. The printing nrm was removing their
plant TO Paterson, ~ j., yesterday hence kellers
anxiety to get his cuts.
After the rcplcvin proceedings had been con-
summatcd by The Shcrlffs officers. Keller dscov
cred. so he alleges. more than so worth OF his
clcctrotypes II truck which was about TO leave
IN. State with the printers effects and. calling
the policemen. had White arrested. White said, In
his defence. that he acting under orders from
his employers He was experimenting the
moyal Of the goods when arrested.
The Will come up in the Centre street
Police Court this morning.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29

station and the college campus The location Is
healthful and approved before Its purchase
by DR.. Bryant, the Presidents physician Excel
lent views are to be had in all directions. To the
north are the links Of the Princeton Golf Club.
stretching away 10 the Rocky Hill Ridge, five
miles distant. To the south lies the town. with
its clustering trees and pretty homes, with here
and there a spre tower rising above the COM
mon level and showing the location OF an edince
dedicated to education and religion.
The Presidents new home is Of Colonial archi-
lecture 1T is surrounded by pines and elms, Win
spacious lawns and neatly trimmed walks ana
driveways. 1t is pretty but not extensive Hs
dimensions 5OxJo feet. with an IL about I"N1o
feet interior is divided into fifteen rooms WIN
n wide hallway running through the centre III ~
two and half stories in height. with "A we'll
finished basement. 1t is built of brick ana stone
with cream colored stucco finish DARK prov"
trimmings give tasteful aspect to the puioihs
and the green blinds In the almost square WIN
dows which are placed at regular Intervals iorih
an agreeable contrast with the light yelo" DICK
ground At the front of the house are the con-
ventiona white pillars Of Colonial archi'ec'u'c
supporting coscy portico. ana at both ehos "'
smaller porticocs. with fancy iron supports n
large glass window the street side provides for
house plants The whole place bears an aspect
that savors OF the antique and secluded a henee
surmounting an embankment six feet hish shu,s ns
occasional openings where walls and Cri'es pierce
the hedge only meagre " ven S OF nnns ,e and ems
and laurels almost hiding the house The PLACE c,Y Is
well eqnpped Win an ncorGenrrs house and we'll
The hcuse was bull, about $50 BY Coin,nod%ore ore
+ s stockton whose interests in his native W, VI
lage gave Princeton man ee4"n Mrs William A.
Dod who ceIpied for several Years ana recrni ny'
sold it 70 Mrs sde c,eS for OF 'r Prcsden; s
Cleveland in purchasing the place, refuses 10 si,
@ut n, an ~ ~, ,o go 90 but the truth will probably
not be known until the deed is filed at trenton
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
MTSSTONER-GENERlL STUMP HERE.

HIS MISSION ABROAD TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN
FEATURES or THE IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
Herman stump United States Commssioner-Gen
eral OF immigration at Washington. who has been
abroad for months on Immigration matters ar
rived here yesterday on tho American Line steam
ship St. Paul. He. Dr. Senner and Mr.. McSweeny.
OF the Ellis Island Bureau OF Immigration. were
appointed n commission OF three to study the ex-
tent OF supervision over emigrants exercised by
foreign nations DR. Senncr returned from his trip
In tho summer and Mr.. McSweony only recently
arrived on the other side. AZ his labors were con-
nncd to ascertaining the extent to which foreign
cuigrants from Europe intend 10 come TO this
country ha wen, 10 England for few days So
Iourn before sailing. I'm order TO avoid the Cont.-
mental restrictions upon their movements. He has
completed his work and already taken passage for
New-York on the umbria. The reports OF the three
Commissioners will be made soon to the Treasury
Department at Washington.
4 remarkable feature OF Mr. Stumps work
abroad was his effort In the direction Of preventing
the wholesale immigration OF Armcnians 10 this
country. He visited Marsecs and other French
cities where the political refugees from Turkey
congregated. and made 1t understood that every
possible impcdiment would be put In the way Of
landing whole bodies OF Armenians In this coun-
try. should they arrive here on steamers lie could
but hc Indicated TN" dIhcuties 10 De encountered In
trying land In such effective way that scarce
Is Armenians have arrived here since that irst
body that came on the Obdam.
lie made careful inquiry concerning fourteen Ar
menians who had been concerned In the bomb out
rage I'm Constantlnope and escaped arrest. fear
ing that they had arrived In this country among
those the Obdam He found that they had been
sent 10 South America by the French authorities
The result OF Mr.. Sump's Investigations into the
restrictions placed upon immigrants seeking this
country from foreign ports viii be set forth In his
official report He asked 10 be excused from CIV
ing any details OF his work He did say however.
that he found that the class OF immigrants at pres
enf "a
than that OF "A few years ago He will remain IN
this city for 4 few days before going TO Washington.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
CLEVELAND AND HIS PARTY
.,r HOPES TO SEE THE DEMOCRACY
PURGED OF BRYANISM.

.,,r EXTREMISTS HE BELIEVES. WILL GO INTO
TIE roPULisT CAMP. AND THE SOONER THE
rrrrEE REORGANIZATION on TIE
LINES OF THE INDIANAPOLIS
PLATFORM LOOKED FOR.
1r,oshinrton Nov. 2S.-An evening paper here
--,,,s an account of a conversation between
rp.o,,dent Cleveland and prominent Demo-
.-o,c nolitcian in which the former expressed
=. ,anpth his views on the future of the Demo-
-.o,,c Marty. The President believes. according
a. ,he story. that blunder was made by the
leaders who controlled the Convention at Chi
..eo last July. and he is hopeful that many of
,,s men responsible for that action will be con-
..,nced Of their folly in the near future. He ex-
,oc,s 10 sec the organization brought back into
,no,true Democratic path, and he is confident
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
A WATER FAMINE THREiTENED.

LAKE RoNKoNKoMA LOW AND LONG ISLAND
FARMERS ANXIOUS.
The residents Of Ronkonkoma arc In fear OF
water famine that will be Of permanent charac-
ter The waters OF Lake RonkCnkoma were never
known 10 be as low they are at present. ana TINS
Is thought TO be the reason why the wells IN the
neighborhood have all run dry
Farmers having no other water supply than their
wells are much alarmed at the outlook. and many
OF them are compelled ct the present time TO driye
10 Lake Ronkonkoma with wagonloads of barreis
10 secure water for their live stock and household
needs. II Is thought by many thai the brooklyn
water system, which draws its supply from the
lake Is responsible for the present dearth of water
Should the scarcity continue, the farmers VIII SUI
fer
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
r,UOTS ROBBERY RECALLED.

The Episcopal Church of the Redcemer. Astoria
~ which the Rev. Edmund ID. Cooper Is PASTOR
will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary 'o-ua'
M a,,,roh 60 at Temple and As,or sts.. Astoria.
49,, ,,as started thirty years ago In a small store
II then had a membership of seventeen. NO" the
congregation has grown TO S'2 families inc
church is a magnificent stone structure ana cost
$4,000 1t the only church IN hsoFa of abs sunday
school is over seven hundred a. mn noo T., ho,x
scrHt sn,Hts Is the church i'm which 2OOVN ln pann
,o,ms ,yas found The bonds were secreteu tneto
by burglars who had stolen them be bonds were
an,p,dT amppd Stored away in a corner OF the tower.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
HIS PRIZE ATTACHED.
, FREE sIIvERITE WHO MAY NOT GET THE
MONEY HIS ESSAY WON.

A FREE sIIvERITE WHO MAY NOT GET l"h
MONEY HIS ESSAY WON.
A Brooklyn afternoon paper offered pf'~e oi ="
for the best essay free silver sevcral weeks hso
and a few days ago the prze was awarded 10 J"'"es
A. Hickman whose essay was ad)uu9ed me "'' -
,boso n-,n,ed Notwithstanding NJ. Hecknans SUI
ner,r knowledge Of free silver II seems that u mas
not made him thrifty and prosperous. for oeio'e ne
h,d chance to collect the money II was atiacheh Dy
Joseph g. White. When Mr.. Hickman ca'Ied i'' MS
money Yesterday he said that he did not Ko" any
.ah ma, as Joseuh y. White. Mr.. wight. now
ever. had judgment against him for $500 ana nc
,hought perhaps he might be the man VINO mao AZ
,ached the money. 1t discovered tmat the ma. h
hn a., ached the money Secretary ny 9 'Is .
Ham.iton Trust Company. who acied ior , oni'es yes
rsnnrr yyh1 lent $50 70 Mr.. Hickman some .al
o IA Who saw good chance 10 recover par W oi
when il was announced nat inc pT,ae rsd IN ,bs
,m he HICKMAN According 10 the paleis ~ T we
80 tho Judgment was obtained in the Sty .ou. nd
~ Tew-Y6rk on February O. lSs ana VIII YIN cos e % n
1870 Irdre Van Wyck to-morro"
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
DpJsONER'S SKULL FRACTURED.

vvhen Policeman John J. Clare. OF Brooklyn. tr'ed
N arrest Patrick Hughes Of that city, for drnnHe'
ne and disorderly conduct yesterday ne anu
, H.. ,,niiceman in the face. The latter struck
~ ,rieoner on the head with his club rougn-ahd-
rumble fight followed. and both fe. into the street.
When Hughes was finally subdued. 1t was found tnat
he had received a fractured skull Whether iughess
injury was the result Of the blow on the heao o' was
oceived when he fell in the street Is no, known. re
was taken 10 the Long Island Hospitai 10;
lie Is a hod-carrier and lives at NO 2,i "ycko"-s''
xI,f
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
ROSTON STREET RAILWAY ELECTION.

Boston Nov 2S-The newly elected directors OF
the West End Street Railway Company held their
first regular meeting at the Office OF the president
to-day Their initial act was to re-elect every one
Of the present officials OF the corporation. as fol-
lows: Samuel Little president; Prentis s. Cum
mings. vice-presdcnt and clerk c. 5. sergeant
general manager; J. II. Goodspeed. treasurer; II. l!
Wilson auditor: J. f. Rugg. general superintend-
ent The directors elected the following Executive
Committee; Samuel Little ofcio: Alfred Win
sor Joseph T. Russell. Walter s. Swan and w. a.
Cooper The regular semi-annual dividend OF per
cent on preferred STOCK payable in January. was
.l.cla r.1
New-York tribune., 1896-11-29
DECISION AGAINST FERRY MONOPOLY.

St. Louis. Nov 2s-In Circuit Court to-day Judge
Wood handed down a decree In the suit brought by
the Interstate Sand and Car Transfer Company. to
restrain the 81. Louis Transfer Company from dis
eliminating against Il in favor OF the Wiggens
Ferry Company. The decision is in favor OF the
inasmrch as the Wiggens Ferry Company has for
many years insisted that its charter gave IT ex.
elusive rights wharfage on the ST. Louis slde OF
the Mississippi River.