The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-07
A REGULAR PANDEMONlUM.
Galveston hooters Come Up Twelve
Hundred Strong
AND COMPLETELY CAPTURE TIE CITY
Chief Rooter Williams and All the Other
HOOTERS WIN Instruments OF Tor o.
turc at baseball Park,

\ stranger in Houston yesterday would
naturally have concluded that the city
was in the midst OF the enJoymSnt of a
Mafdi Gras celebration or some other
carnival, where restraint is disregarded
and the conventionalitics of docours con
duct are for the time being set AT naught.
The usual quiet of the Sabbath after
noon was converted into a regular pan
demonium. The streets were crowded
with about l2co of the Galveston root
ers' who came up TO see the baseball
game between the Houston and Galveston
league teams and they were armed with
all sorts of noise provoking instruments
such as tin horns. blowing canes, COW
bells and the like and with flags and ban
ners and a couple of brass bands they
paraded the streets and made Rome
howl
Nobody objected to the noise as 1T was
confined to the business portion OF the
city where no one wa, disturbed and the
home people seemed rather to enter into
the spirit OF the fun and enjoy the un-
usual excitement
Street cars going TO the basctall park
began to be crowded as early as , p. IN.
and after the "rooters'' had finished then
street parade Charlie Lewis band took
an inning and after making circuit of
the various streets they likewise proceed
ed to the park AMI the city was quiet
again until after the game. when the Gal
weston contingent, flushed with victory
came back 10 town and again proceeded
TO make thing lively anil their respective
trains took them back to Galveston at
night. the Cocks Of the Walk
Among the Galveston visitors were Mr.
Tom Finty. city editor of the Galveston
Tribune, Mr.. Spillane ami Colonel j.
HAMPTON sullivan, of the same paper and
al OF them ardent ''rootcrs
1T looked this aorning," said M
tlntN. AS though the whole town of Gal
ve7ton was coming to the Beyon Guy.
Never was there such rush for the
uepoi-never was the quiet OF the Sabbath
NOR" BABY disturbed. Men and boys by
the hundred were rushing hithcr and
I'M h"r excited, outhusia stic-I lie ked out
in their best suits. adorned with badges,
ribbons. buttons and stars. CARRYING
canes, flags, fans and horns and exerting
themselves IN common effort 20 make
Rome howl"
saturday night and un,il m early hour
sunday morning the Tribune oiticc " 5 e.
s'lStd by purchasers of tickets for tho
special trains. who were anxious to secure
IN" RIOTERS pardphernalia' donated by
local merchants. Again. shortly after sui,
up the crowds resumed their visits to
hrtlIuarters ana by O'Clock that part of
town was owned by the Galveston ROTOR
ial society l0W strong.
chief tooter Williams, who by accla-
nation was some time since dubbed
arose from his down couch two hours he
for" the gray dawn. and proceeded to get
everything in readiness for the march on
The eXcursionsts arrived in Houston
about noon and took UP The line of march.
~ Wds headed 10y two brass bands Then
came king Wilhelm" attrcd in an i'm
maculat" suit of white with a etovc-pipn
hat and with the coOrs of the Galveston
team, strung a la Schradcr across his
hiD.-t. rae Wa attrni"u Dy Ms roy al
Langenhach, Lord High Chtmberlain Me"
otherwise known as Lawrence Samuels