The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-11
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Coast Canal Company to Actively
Work on the Project.
ATTEMPTED 10 COMMIT SUICIDE
s'rtnrer Severed HIS wirdrlpe-- In 9th er
HiIeh in the Depot M<sisr-Netes
and Personals.

Galveston. Texas yszua-y 18th.
s.eS-1 yacht Arro. oas of the r-ettiesi
rpee.-nsns Of sea craft ever seen at TINS
5ort for some time arrived here toasF'
70 te used b. TIE GuE Ccss; Canal and
Navigation company n making q pre-
---riua-y survey q ire INSIDE waters along
lae gllf east WITH view 70 establishing
Ike q vessels to ply regularly II the
n-il9f1Ns bays, bEyous aLe rivers along
tae Texas ocast- Il Is p-oS'1Ssd 20 ca.ts
l,e@= various bodies G. water by means
% c@ne-s 10 De coEtE--cteo md r2Ear-
,Aifs=- ~ lie corporation Eu.A orized Do
isae state legs >atvre at n. as; session
ana Wnicn ls capitalized Al = 81 10. This
corpora lea. known as the Gulf CcaFs
Ca1sl and Navigation company. aAs hee-.
qu4tt4Y a. Work since lite Incorporation.
getting Itself la sn&r,@ 20 carry out It's
pi-sHI, ana tie arrival Cf the Arro vii
t-4ee t'as7'H IL position % begin TIE pre-
l-ti'aly SURVEY at once The com Parry
Nll make its hsAdpua rte-s In Galveston.
and VII open an Once here WITHIN q
snort t-ns- The president q the corn
paH4 Is NJ. Charles L. NsTcornb # EaE-
fs-2En- Ind. sr1 us associates are well
k'oTn gentlemen % Detroit. Mich. Hag-
s-sioWfi, IND, and Dallas Texas a nu-.lb e
u stockno,asr OF the company are A.
50 A-f- Ll4a dl-4 u A4 NJ & fsW
Says leaNs IN the vessel f9- . Trip aleur
far Texas coast. probably as far iov7n
~ brownsville. After me t-1p gc,azi
"ork ca the new enterprise viii es CON-
ruerced
SUICIDAL ATTEMPT.
Aeout o'ciock this afternoon a man
~as FOUND in the switching yards az the
santa Pc with his throat -ut The switch
irF crew o. the Santa Fe Wicked hi-, ~,
arc placed him on The incoming Inter
rational aad Great Ng-he-7 ,rai, ana
on It's arrival at the depot the man was
taken i1to The patrol wagon and ,onveye5
~ me sesly hospital. There he gave his
tzfns as James D MelaslSy, aged IS years
and taia he was recently from Camden.
AK The ugly wound IN his neck is said
r. Re the result Of an attempt 20 suicide
nu' nothing could he learned as to why
be made the effort to shuttle 90 this NOR
TAI coil The attending physician says
tbs man VIII recover. HIS wirduir- was
I Guy nat In TWO. so tnat he could not talk
bot he wrote on a piece Of paper that he
was an old odd Fellow and gave the
! number OF MS lodge, Persons IN the
{ switching yard say they saw him iuagc;
: the wound upon himself and tried 70 md
/ the kn!fs in the weeds where l. was done.
/ but did not succeed.
THE NEW DEPOT
/ There is another hitch In the matter Of
zion haT.ng been raised as 20 whether the
} Santa Fe can lay and maintain tracks
On tae Strand east Of Twenty ninth street
/ as v0ula 10 necessary in order TO reach
tEe proposed location. The city charter
/ appears % be clearly prchlhtiye but the
/ attorneys who are investigating the MAJ
Z ter arc said TO be Of the opinion that
there is a way out Of the difficulty and
/ that the council Will be able 70 grant the
/ franchise. Galveston people arc very
: anxious for the new Uni0n depot and
I they would Ike 10 have It located on the
exact spot chosen for /, and little
/ stretch II authority on the part Of the
! city council would probably be coudoned
in this Instance. II the matter should be
! satisfactorily settled at the next meeting
Of the council It Is probable that work on
| the new structure would begin at very
| early day
GALVESTON MUSICIANS UNION.
The annual election Of officers OF the
Galveston Musicians union for the ensu-
| The following was the result Of the bal
| loting: President. r, Lindenberg. vice
| president C. Kennedy; secretary, e. W.
| Holland; assistant secretary, II. c. Shear
or; treasurer. VI j Malone; executive
committee. NJ j. Malone. l. Webster. r
A. Rogers; hoard OF directors. r. Rizzo.
C. Case. II. Tiedemann, d. +. shaw; ex-
animation committee H. 4. Lieoerman,
e. Lindenberg, r. J. Ressel; trustees. j.
Singer. 4. Newman A. Muller.
SOME RACING SPORT.
There was somewhat novel parade on
| the streets today in which there were
about thirty race horses. with Jockeys In
full reRalia. The parade was designed Ia
advertise the turf events which are schen.
uled to take place at the Galveston race
course, located in the Denver Resurvev
tomorrow and Sunday. Tho progra mrie
for today embraces a 30 tro,, 2;25 pace
and quarter five-eighths and seven.
eighths running races, Tho entries do no,
include any horses OF more than local
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
General Manager Yoakum OF the Santa
Fe left last night fer short trip to sar
Antonio.
p. II. Smith returned to Minnen nolis
MINI, this evellng after a visit OF thra.
weeks TO the Island city.
Justice of the Peace Tim Finn has re-
covered from his recent Illness and was
again on the bench today.
The Daughters OF the Republic viii
hold II meeting tomorrow afternoon at tn,
residence of Mrs. q. II. Mensing.
j. c. Gregory, superintendent OF the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson rail
road, was In the city last night.
There were three more offenders befor,
the recorder this morning charged viii
removing sand from the beach
Mrs. r. G, Murray has returned from
Navasota, whore she spent the holiday:
with her daughter Mrs. Backloupe.
An effort to open the rear door O.
SchwoebcFs saloon with chisel las
night was frustrated by the miscreant be
ing frightened away.
Paul Koch, n longshoreman. fell ant
sprained his ankle on the wharf thi,
. morning and was conveyed to the hospi
tai in the patrol wagon.
In the United States court today in tn,
case of j, A. Sonnentheu VS.. Christia,
Moerlein Brewing company bills of ex
cepti9n were filed covering 80 type writ
ten pages.
THE STATE CAPITAL.