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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-10
CRY BREVITIrS.

The regular weekly meeting of the city
council Will take place at o'clock this
afternoon.
\ tlIc IRE at the corner of Clay and
Main yesterday called out The fire depart
mont, but no damage was done.
Tile beautiful weather OF yesterday
brought many people ont on the stree Is.
The street cars We're fun and many car-
riagcs and buggies were out on the Harris
burg road.
Tho rc sular monthly meeting of Dick
bowling Camp will take place tomorrow
nisht In the camps armory IN the brown
building, corner Main street and TcNoL
avenue. a FUN attendance IS requested.
u. ". Crouan reporter of Houstuu
Lodge No I5l, Knights of Honor. yester-
dly received $2lo0 to pay the amount due
On the life of the latc lion. Charles stew
Htt. with this death the order has lost
= W members and has paid out SA ,ooo.
In the account of the Building Trades
fopial IN fridays issue the name of Nm.
Si'owright of the Plumbers union was in
?dVcrtcuiiy nnitt"d from the committee
ou arrangements. Mr.. S!Vcwrisht rendered
Valuable assistance to ;hc committee and
tho correction IS made at the request of
tho committee.
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THE BUSINESS LEAGUE.
Movement on Foot to Establish a Per
manent Exhibit,

Movement on Foot to Establish a Per
mancnt Exhibit,
gecretary Dexter has returned to the
city and once more has oil his rustling
cap. one of the most important meetings
yet held by the league Is called for this
afternoon to ratfy an arrangement made
Saturday by President Cotton, Vice Presi-
dent Sydnor and tho secretary to locate
tho lelguc on the ground floor of u bUld-
ing on Main street. between Franklin and
Congress This move is not only good
ono but ovinccs no little pluck and enter
prise In the lcaE ic. an organization purely
Tor the good Of Houston and the coast
rountry. Several firms In the city were
20 much pleased at this step that they
volunteered liberal amounts to see It oar
lied into execution. This the league will
not ac ,cpt. but win reduce the monthly
dues to 81 per month In order to increase
us membership and, If possible, have
Gene a living part of this essential and
Important orga;L1ation, 1t Is confidently
believed that 500 members can easily be
obtained on the new basis Of operation.
The league VIII AZ once open Its doors
To the public with permanent exhibit OF
the products of The earth. manufactured
There VIII also be thrown open to the pub
lie one of the most extensive reading
rooms IN the South, embracing daily pa
pcfs periodicals, trade journals and maya
ziEcs. This room is part of the league
and VIII he open to the public every day
il the week The surrounding counties
win also he represented with individual
exhibits Nclusco has signified It's desire
( 90 bc represented aud Mr.. Dexter ycstcr-
day notified the people of that thriving
| rity that the league was now ready Tor
! their exhibit
| Thus it wll lac seen that the Houston
| Business League has become part of the
! bone ana sinew Of this city and country.
| The membership -a not restricted to !lous-
! ton, bur to all the coast country, and now
| has upon tt8 rolls the names of Il. j. Kerr
! of Hockey. l'hil Y. Peers of Dickinson,
| +, NJ. MRlly of Iiulen and others.
! The Mprkingman, machnist, contrac tors
/ and business men generally are expected
/ To Join this league at once, and In doing
/ 20 GREAT" for II one of the most influential
/ end powerful ORGANIZATIONS in the South.
| Fort Worth has club Of 1--WE hundred
| ncuhers; Houston should have one OF a
! thousand
! Mir Dexter brought back from the At
! auta Exposition II half carload Of eN-
4 hilts, which will Immediately he placed
! IN tho storcroom alluded 10.
! Houston can point with pride to this
! league. 1t rs an Important factor in the
/ uphul1iug Of this SECTION.
I ON the 18th party OF Chicago capital
/ ists Wil visit this city. Where is there to
! be topud % place of more interest to take
! 5hcm than to these exhibition rooms?
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iconocIasts who delight In knocking down
other people's idols are enthusiastic ne
levers I'm Ingersoll. They read his Worhs
and swear by him and boot at religion
but II is nothing but second hand inndei-
ity at best.
Ingcrsoll Is a student. thinker. ana
when he has case can be n close rea-
soner After he sneers at Christianity,
laughs at accepted religions, heaps jest
after lest and ding after fling upon the
beliefs Of Others, he sets up nothing In
Mace of what he has torn down. HIS wit
is genuine, his humor fine. and his pow
ers of sarcasm and ridcule great. One
who had never heard him. or read MS
writings would expect him to treat the
| subjects with which he deals at least in
n serious manner One would think that
| a man of his ability and power to make
| converts would at least realize that 1t is
| not so light matter to take away from
people belief in which millions have
| died happy and give them nothing In re-
turn. Yet Colonel 1ngersoll goes about
| his conoclastic work with really less seri-
BUSINESS than Bill Nye employs when I'M
loading upon the public his views on
| farming.
| He advances many thoughts and senti-
ments that are lofty, noble and admir-
| able in regard TO our daily life. His con-
| ception of home and family and his words
of praise for the institution of marriage
are AN honor TO him. and can not fail to
| benefit those who hear him.
The note In the colonels eloquence that
Jars is one that he strikes with every SEN
tencc. 1t is his nippant sneers at the be-
lief of others. his picking to pieces of
the lifelong creeds of the majority of
hts hearers and serving them as delicious
| morscls to his audience to the accompani-
ment of the ready but unintelligent laugh
ter OF the little unbelievers that follow
| in his wake.
AS an intellectual feast Colonel 1nger-
soils lecture Is a royal banquet. Past
master in the art OF oratory, and pos
sessed OF much learning and culture. he
can but entertain TO a high degree those
who appreciate the efforts of his gifted
and cultivated MIND. lis lectures are ev-
erywhere heard by large audiences, who
thus testify to the fact that genius COM
mands attention, regardless of the line
| 1t is in.
The next attraction at the opera house
will be weeks engagement of the Grau
Comic Opera company, beginning tonight.
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Chief Of Police l.. u. Byrne of Memphis.
Mo. arrived In the city yesterday morn.
ing from Austin. provided With requsi-
ton papers for T. j. Wood, alias james,
who was arrested few days ago by Spe-
cial officer Cun Ellison. Wood Is wanted
ut Memphis for forgery, chief RyruG say
that tho crime vas committed about II
year ago tho name OF Joseph Rcgnauld. a
relative of Wood. heing signed to drat,
or 500. The authorities AZ Memphis lcaru-
cd that Woods father had sent the money
to THIS city IN the name OF James, and a
photograph OF the wanted man was for
wardcd. and ON that Information Wood
WAS arrested while working us a carpenter
In tho Third ward. Chief Ryruc will leave
this evening for his home
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Published 10y Request
rive years experience with the free text
book law has convinced me that the law
Is wise aud honciiccnt one, and think
no greater calamity could happen to the
public schools OF Nebraska than to he do
prived Of its benefits. First among it's
benefits, | would say. it increases school
attendance. In less than two months
after the law went into effect we had 10
scat two vacant rooms and hire two more
teachers AS the population of our town
had not increased, II showed conclusivelv
that many of our children had been kent
from attending school on account of the
/ expense of text books and the inability
of patrons to provide them This fact
was noticeable in all towns of any size
in the state. Secondly, it effects a saving
OF time Under the Old law Of individual
ownership there would always he a cer-
thih per cent OF the pupils whose parents
from various causes, would be unable "a
supply them with the necessary books at
me beginning of the school year. and IL
/ often happened particularly in the higher
grades. whore hooks were most expersivc
mat from two to four weeks would elapse
before all pupils were provided with the
necessary books When YOU consider that
| Tour years Is the length of the school DAYS
of half of the school children of the T'nt,ed
states, YOU VIII see the necessity and Wis
]
linz oio,,aH NelS moment OF the
hooks ,ho v,or,, ,r l;h iree text
M nroa 80 VI we suhooi commences
allow o,o d r,e e ,m' present system We
such other changes rs are necessary and
,,nrI, 49,. Wv" ""s VI we sohoo' year the
o,s,', g., ~ ~" l,ouupuE ana Slmultano-
,."tns t ~, ~ o~a SvHoo,S, Ihlrdly' II cult
nu,1;c ~ r,r ruP"n nan'' or respect for
het,nr narnd ~. ~ ,na' DOCKS are
,,,t,,,. 49,, ,','JI 'ui "l'l'' inns Jaw the pupils
,"H '""hl' 'ua' 'he books arc not theirs,
a,',, ~ 1lup'lN OF we school district.
IN, ~ U",'"se uone tna' property other
cro,,, 49, Wear anu tear occurring
usase must ne PAID for i'm
If n o,,,',, 80 80 "'StoN,Iy by the teacher
n ', "aa,, '"ses I" nooK ne must pay for
secures 10 the schools better books
az th,,,, "i'.''"l'ues Hhu larger variety
vs,n, "' ~, ~, sn' present time we are
Fam. r., az s's'e OF our lower grades from
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Robert q. Ingersoll.

one Of the largest audiences Of the sea-
son greeted Colonel Robert 6. lngers "a
last evening at the opera house. Colonel
Ingorsoll delivered his lecture, Liberty ot
Man, Woman and Child" II was evident
from the first that Colonel InFersoll had
numerous friends among the audience.
Regular and tumultupus applause ar2Sc
from those who We're cn rapport with the
colonels line Of IN ught Mt the conclusion
OF nearly every sentence he uttered The
regularity OF this applause Arom certain
portions of the house was 10 noticeable
that about the only conclusion to he drawn
was that considerable portion of the
audience were applaud ling Colonel InGei
soil rather than his sentiments, \ some
what careful calculation II these out
bursts showed that his admirers applaudci
every three and half minutes, whether
they happened TO strike into the middle
OF II sentence or al rs end
Colonel lngcrsllrs ability as public
speaker is well known. lie is smooth
easy aud devoid Of rant He Is an adept
I'm n certain class Of oratory that depends
upon flowery and ornate turns rather
than convincing argument HIS lecture
was made up Of light and ilippant alta ks
upon the Bible. the churches. and religion
Liberty - the keynote ~ his utterances
lie dwelt Tor considerable length upon the
earlier days Of Christianity. when m,
church used the sword TO hcw read
through the obstruction that heset Il
and used MP large amount Of sarcasm N
referring to the intolerance of the church
and her persecution OF heretics.
lngersolrs followers declare that nobody
is able TO answer him. Judging from hi.
lecture last night the obvious reason seems
TO he that he does not say anything Il,
appeals largely 10 that considerable elias.
OF people who are overcome with laughter
At anything that turns solemn and serl
ous subjects iuto riicule. Small-slzet
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STEVE PRATT.
How He Demeaned Himself After lie
Reached Birmingham.

How He Demeaned Himself After lie
Reached Birmingham.
Steve Pratt. the gold brick man, Is we'll
known in Houston since his visit here
with Uncle William Cameron, The Post
has already announced his arrival In
Birming ham. Ala. and the following from
the state Herald reporter of that city,
may be interesting:
A State Herald reporter called Mt tho
county jail yesterday afternoon to see
Steve Pratt. the alleged gold brick swim
dler.
At first Pratt said he did not care to
see a newspaper man but when the prop
osition of the interview was restated to
him he changed his mind and the State
Herald reporter was Invited to talk with
But you won't publish what have to
Here is my pad and pencil" said the
reporter. III YOU want TO express your
self; write II and ~ guarantee that your
mo. that's not necessary" said Pratt
Just say, that | am Innocent of the
eharge.whatever i Is / don't know why
been here it seems that am a very pop
u,ar visitor"
"yes. yo@!r are conspieuouF." said the
reporter 1.-The people want TO know all
about gold brick men, Did you ever hear
of the gold brick trick?"
why. of course. I've read of IL in the
newspapers"
TITS said, Pratt. thatcyou are pretty
well fixed-that you've got considerable
funds with you. Is that true?'
= mo; l have very little money"
Villas Farmer Dobbins been TO see you
hafNo. =, 49,, .... ~.
YES. saw him in Texas"
h, II Thy has he not been to see you?"
S'sooEuess Mr.. Dobbins did not think It
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ADVANCE NOTICE.
Grau's Opera Company.


The above company will appear at
Sweeney e Coombs' opera house tonight
and continue for one week in brilliant
repertoire See what the Galveston News
Gays:
The best audience that has been at the
Grand during the present engagement of
the Grau Opera company was that which
gathered last night to witness the pre-
sentHt.on Of Indiana" Manager Grdu
considers il the best opera he has in his
night are now very much of his way of
thinking. II was. AZ claimed, the first
presentation of the opera of Indiana" IN
TINS city, although the same thing under a
different name and I'm different dress
vas seen here last winter as "Dorcas.'
INDIANA, however does not suffer In the
least from that. III TACT L shines with bet
ger lgh and is more pleasing and attract
Nc. There io lots Of fun in ii. II is both
amusing and musical, and In the hands Of
Hrhus company - one of the incest and
c'canost hght operas that could be wished
Toe.
Mics Randall was In splendid voice last
n'gnt and from first to last sang as she
has never sung before during her present
visit The Last Rose of Summer" inter.
polated curing he second act. was superb.
~ sung aud she was forced to repeat It by
the enthusiastic audience. The same thul
was true, hoWcN r.. of every solo she SANG
during the evening. Her voice Is peculiar
8 sweet and attractive, and the more one
hears her the more one likes her
Miss leslie was charmiuE as Nan" Tho
miller's bride, while MI. trear. as the mil
ler WAS al; his best The costumes worn
we're elegant and Vcry attractive. Th,
,totnsrN wero, an good an. the perform
hnoc rs Il whole was WY pleasing
Tonight That always popular ope"a "ltr
'nlhlc WI be pres ,ned With a strong
Gust. Miss Randall viii appear in hei
great character OF Ermiic and Mr.. Tr,t
i'rcar as taldV the thiCf "Indt1no" vii
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pay FOR 1t. At the end of the school wear
each teacher must account for all hooks
gwen her during the year, and all that
van not he accounted for satisfactorilv
must be paid for So successfully has
inns pan been carried ont thar az tho
ehu OF the last school year only seven
.ee', DOCKS remained unGccounted for. and
w "au III use over 1000 books Tho aver
HSe ne OF school books Is ma follows.
Primary, first and second grads ,v.n
Years intermediate. from three to four.
hlSn school, five years Some hooks ,ro
N"In ou' inuch faster than others nrith
"eticS IN particular. The argument was
.'"ne before the passage of the law thar
II would tend to make pupils careless win
DOCKS mat they would abuse them. know
us '"at Uhelr parents had not hou.,bt
s,'n' ! nave asked a great many patrons
,,'t,t V sVhoois curing the past two Years
WIN regard To this, and the uniform
answer mas been that the books received
uet'ef care than they did under individual
u"l'ershlp' Tho teachers feel IL incun,-
IN upon them to correct any child whom
,nt! see lnlnring book in any manner
ny telling him the book IL NOT his own
pu, ohiy loaned to him by the district In
oruer To Keep as strict an account OF our
~ 49,, as we do we have a number
te,nhdr, iortns Tor superintendcnts,
be sent you If desired ms WIN
,o rom me fact that as soon as the free
VIZ N, DOCK law was passed in Nebraska
oro' nv neeh able TO buy books for about
SANE ~ we price that was paid for the
s"ihe DOCK when purchased nv notrons
GU can see that thousands of dol,ars ave..
I"Eeu yearly to the citizens Of o,,r s,ata
uo moi Know OF a single dlsadvantare
t Eon!eeted with the plan If by any chance
nooNs are taken to home whore there
CONTAGIOUS disease, such hooks are
nIt moved 10 he brought bac, 10 tho
sehool-hut must be paid for ''''
soo,,, Mrs NJ r. Reynolds.
sec y School Board, Fremont Neb
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has been tried and grown here with abso-
Lutte success
Sugar cane Ii grown successfully and
manufactured into sugar. The new fiber
plant. Ramle, from which various fab
RIGS can be made, almost equalling the
touch and finish OF silk; canaigre, an
other new thing here. has been tried sue
cessfully. 1t is a tuber. extensively used
for tanning purposes.
These are few of the things that can
be grown here.
If my friends were to ask me II this
was all I would say, NO: come down and
see the tobacco. 1t will make your mouth
water e. Il. Cooper.
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CApETs or SD. ANnREw

The cadets Of st, Andrew viii give AN
entertainment tonight AZ the parish house
on Texas avenue and the following pro-
gramme VIII he presented:
Opening ENcrciscs--From Ritual
Address Regent W II. Cleveland, Jr.
Reading" Mrs caudle's Lecture,
Quartermastcr Sergeant y Lambert
Reading ~"Holding Baby" First Ser
geant NJ Hoyde.
eclnmatiou-"Buriul of Sir John
Moore" Second Sergcau, Fred Clemens
peclamation--"Na Valley Forge" Captain
w. r, Tarver
Essay -"Temperoncc;" Third Sergeant
Schneider
Closing Exercises From Ritual.
lntermissiou
Exhibition Drill
Prize Drill
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WHAT HOUSTON COULD Do.
A City of Great Advantages and
Possibilities.
SHOULD MANUFACTURE FURNITURE,
Texas Timber Can Not he Exceiltd fol
Misunderstanding Purposes, aud Should
lie U,iiized AT Home.
To the Editor of The Post.

| 10 the Edltor OF Inc POST.
In October 1883, Henry w. Grady, who
| was. perhaps, the greatest and wisest man
Of the New South or. indeed, of the
whole Union. because he was the post
unscltish and patriotic, said In MS great
Dallas speech; "'rhc little village OF
Grand Rapids began manufacturing iur-
ntlre simply because It was set In a tim
| her district 1t is now great city. ana
| sells 900 worth of furniture every
year, in making which 1850 men are en-
| poyod The best pre districts in the
word are in Eastern Texas. with less
| competition and wider markets than
Grand Rapids she will ship her forests
at prices that barely support the wood
| chopper and sawyer, to be returned in
manufactured articles, in the making of
which great cities are built and main
| tanned"
While ro-reading the above, few days
ago, my thoughts reverted to Houston,
with it's great advantages and possibilities
as It manufacturing center. not only OF
furniture, but of all such other articles a $
are made mostly OF wood, and also of cot
ton, WOOL hides and other home produce
lions that have been. and continue to he
| sent. in the crude state. long distances and
at great cost, to ihore enterprsing places,
to be converted by skilled labor into art'-
c.cs worth many times more than the
| raw material. 1t may bc that Mr. Grady
oNerestimated the Texas pneries Whch
ne sald these are tine best pine us
trlctS IN the world, but that IT is one OF
inc hest ana greatest pincries we Know 10
hc true. We also know that 1t has a dl-
Hersity or Kinds of Pine some OF which
are Of superior quality for manufacturing
purposes, and that all through that large
pine region we have in unlimited quantity.
rcd oak, burr oak, pin oak live oak.
white cak hickory. ash, walnut. magnolia
cypress, sweet gum. bass wood, beech ana
maple-more than Il dozen knds-all suit
able for manufacturing in one way or
another We now know from actual OK
psrimental tests that the Cd assertion
that Texas grown ti;ihcr is not as good
for manufacturing purposes MS Northern
crown, is false. There is no pine In the
world that will make as beautiful furni-
turc as the Texas curly pine. our lob
luly sap pine will polish ard retain paint
equal to amy other There is no tougher.
moro elastic, ash than the blue ash OF
Texas. Its oaks and hickory will COM
pare favorably in grain and texture to
those of any other forests. and similar
,.J ,al,i V''''
49, '''"' 49, 'N''' 49, -
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DISTRICT, MrDICAI, ASSOCIATIONS

Or ]. NJ. Blair, secretary OF the Hous-
ton District Medical association, has sent
cut notices TO the effect that the regular
monthly mceting Of the associations vii
he held this evening at the office of pr
Il. q. Hodges. corner of Travis street me
4, VAS avenue. The meeting Is an mpor,
ant ono, MS officer viii be elected to scrv,
Tor the ensuing six months. An physician,
Of the city are invited to he present.
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READING ROOM FoR RA1LRoApnRs

The ladies' of the Womcn's Christian
Temperance Union have undertaken tho
task OF providing reading room for rail-
road and street car men, This is certain
ly a commendahle enterprise. aud Is re-
ceiVing the active cooperation of THE
street railway officials and others II Is
expected that the citizens win respond
generally to the efforts Of the ladies ON
this behalf The committee OF the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance Union hay
ing this undertaking in hand request all
street car men to meet them at the power
house at II o'clock on Tuesday night.
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sAENGERBuNp rNTERTAlNMENr.

Tho Saengerbund gave It's 70 gulir month
ly entertainment last night at their hall
corner Caroline and Preston streets. There
was Il big crowd present and the affair
proved success. The programme was n
musical and literary one, the affair cen
Guiding with one-act comedy. entitled
"Elner Muss ilerathcn." After this Ind
been concluded there was n dance, par
ticipated In by many couples.
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was necessary. Everything will come out
In the trial"
"Are you aware OF the fact that the
grand jury has indicted your
mo. bW I'm not surprised. Everybody
is indicted in this country"
Have you engaged counsely'
No" said Pratt, II have not and don't
know that ! shall"
The reporter tnen left the jail II Is
currently believed that the grand jury
has found an Indictment against Pratt.
although, OF course, none of the officers
noon 1t IL authoritatively known, how
ever, that Mr.. Dobhins and Cashier Eu-
gene Enslen went before the grand jury
yesterday afternoon and offered evidence
In the matter.
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LEONARD's orrp,,e,,

e1orla February The trial of tho
miorm members of the Transwnu COW
,tn' which began yesterday was con-
Nnued today. Jacob Dillon testifiod hat
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Birmingham State Herald, February g.
The grand jury returned only one In
dictment, and that was one against Steve
Pratt. charging him with grand larceny
and obtaining money under false pre-
lenses Pratt is the man who, 1t Is al
legged. swindled Farmer Dobbins out of
5000 on the gold brick scheme.
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LITIlOGRAPHING AND PRINTING
In their perfected stage executed by J
J. Pastorisa Printing and Lithograph com
pany, 30i Main street.
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Try Snow Flake Bread. tho finest ever
offered, at Floock's. 1910 Congress avenue.
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Associated Architects. soIM Main street
Consultation free.
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J. REILLY GORDON w. II. FOSTER

T. P. Williams. Dentist. Bina building.