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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14
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- tnc Euitor OF the Post
still the battle OF the physics goes an
and yellow fever or not yellow thu, a.
the question, still Is being fought an,
amongst those under whose care comes
the health of the thousands OF orr neo,,e
10 my mind. there never was seen in al,
history more fragrant exhibition ~
medical dccrepitude than is exhibited IN
our midst today While vast business In.
terests are slowly crumbling TO ruin ana
people are being swayed to ana fro nv
their own dread uncertainty, the med,ca,
fraternity are pickering amongst tbar,'
serves, and seem totally unable 70 noin,
TO any star IN the medical horizon With
might be guide to the drifting multi.
tudes- This morning your paper starts
IN with the Information, Two Susni.,nn.
Cases in Houston How many ,norn ~,
those suspicious cases are 10 come hesora
US as the daily morning repast serynd
up TO the public by an incompetent rn,sS,-
cal authority Is there no Moses amongst
the medical doctors that will rise I'm ana
't,i tne people by CAREFUL mior,sconi
cal d.aSnosis that each particular csse
invited to that diagnosis the best me.,nss
skill, OF the city? SA'esi
Mr.. Cievelard's remarks are exce,Ier,
We want no nuch diagnosis as came Ia
US from this balloon visit OF N roNarn~
ment expert II seems to me 10 be- nan.
ing less than an outrage iron the nih II
tnat tncy are compelled TO Listen "a fhis
nauseSetng talk about suspicious csses
ann that y Al! they are going 10 ret n
Fe'inas No ~ the Fenlan rising Ia IRE,
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Personal MENTION.

Miss Sadie Kahen Is Ill at her home.
III Crawford street.
:. Mr.. NJ. d. Leach of Achcnbach &
Schultze Is quite sick.
Miss Jennie Wiggin Is convalescing
from an attack of the dengue.
Mrs. George Lopas, Jr., and children
left yesterday for Benton, Ill. to visit
relatives.
Mr.. ID. w. Michaaix, travelling repre-
sentative of the James Butte establish
ment. left last night for New Mexico.
whore he will work several towns IN tho
interest Of his firm until the guarantees
are raised in Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward S. Heffernan OF
this city are visiting the family of Judge
W. NJ Atkinson at Gonzales, and expec,
TO remain until November 3, on which
date Mr.. and Mrs Atkinson's daughter,
MISS Cora BGile Atkinson, ls TO wed Mr..
Charles FleNellNn Kemper
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assertion and explained that DR.. Guiteras
did not come to Houston at the instance
of the medical profession, but upon the
invitation of the Cotton Exchange, COM
merc!al organization.
Nearly all the visitors gave utterance to
the belief on their part that there was no
yellow fever in Houston. They felt salts
fled Of this from what they had heard
and would gladly carry back to their
homes the assurances that communication
with Houston was in their opinion par
fectly safe
After partaking Of such refreshments as
were accessible at the depot the delegation
departed on their return trip without hsv-
ing left their cars.
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tfve mat h dsd not 80 how he could pos
sibly spare The time 70 % 70 Galveston
but <bst be would take the matter up with
De members II tho board and endeAvor
Do bavs them 70 In body. Up 10 the
time Il adjournment the board Of health
Ind not decided to 80. but they may de-
eide to tsks the trip within day or two
while the meeting Of the board Of health
was In session Or. Stuart received also the
following message from DR.. Harrison al
Gilvestons
Dr. D. r. Stuart, President Boerd d
Health. Houston, Texas.
Galveston. Texas, October 13.-Have
ecen ali there is. Find absolutely nothing
upon which to diagnose yellow fever. True
hearts CAGE was probably suspicious In the
outset, but patient has never agreed that
he was even sick. Vests case not oven up
to Eva Duncans' tyre. DIR. Fisher all
right. I report to board OF health at II
a. 10. Il. II. Harrison.
TT. McElroy, city physician. was pres
emit a. tho meeting, last evening, and Wis
tied the patients along with the board OF
health.
Before adjournment II was decided to
raise the quarantine against Galveston for
both freight and passenger traffic, and DR..
McElroy was authorized 10 notify the rail-
roads to that effect
So far as Houston is concerned, the quar-
lntine Is also raised against New Orleans
and all other infected points. as all the city
and county quarantine guards have been
,al.ed in, the city relying entirely upon the
State quarantine,
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weakness and dragging, torturinR pain.
No wonder women weep. The wonder 10
that they are not oftener in tears for all they
have to bear and suffer and the saddest
thing about il Is how little their sufferings
are understood. Even the doctor, nine
times in ten says "Oh, little nervous
ness, that's all y or " neuralgia, " or "insom-
MIA" or "dyspepsia." If he suspects the
real cause be insists upon examinations and
local treatment, about the very worst thing
possible to a nervous, overwrought woman.
There Is no need of these repugnant
methods Any woman may insure health
and strength In wonianly way. by the Use
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
cures the weaknesses and diseases OF the
feminine organism absolutely and com.
pletcly. It was devised for this special
purpose by one of the most eminent and
experienced physicians in this country; an
expert specialist in women's diseases.
For nearly 40 years Dr. Pierce has been
chief consulting physician of the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo. N Y.
Any woman nay consult him by letter, free
of charge Her letter will be answered MT
by a mere nurse or uneducated, unscientiRc
person, but by the most competent medical
authority anywhere obtainaole;
Ali women should read Or; Pierce's thou
sand-page illustrated book, The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" 1t con.
tains more clear and comprehensive advice
on medical subjects than any other book
ever published. A paper-bound copy sent
free for twenty-one one-cent stamps to pay
the COST Of mailing only. Or cloth bound
for thirty one stamps.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14
COTTON CROP ESTIMATE.
Dry Goods Record Fixes Maximum
at 9,137,532 Bales.

Dry Goods Record Fixes Maximum
at 9,137.532 Bales.
New York. October 13.-The Daily Dry
Goods Record tomorrow will say:
Working on these lines by which such
close estimates to the actual cotton crops
of the last two years were obtained, the
figures just now obtained indicate a crop
TOR lSl7-@ which varies from S953, 7SS bales
TO 9.y7l.532 bales of 500 pounds each In
the last crop our estimate was S722 sol
bales against s.T1i0l1 bales as the actual
returns, while the estimate for the pre-
vlous year QS5-a6) was, 7.l42.0oD compared
estimates to the actual returns has
stamped them with the Imprint OF correct
ness, and for the current crop year our
estimate is submitted with a degree of
confidence that. barring unexpected hap
penings. the yield for lSg7-9S viii not ex-
coed the maximum figure of 9371. 532
bales of 800 pounds each.
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The supposition that common fowls are
harder than pure breeds Is not borne out
by the facts, Those who hatch chicks az
the common kinds hose large number a.
them, only the strongest surviving. and
every year they are more and more Inbred
Tue pure breeds suffer from being pans
10 which cases they do not compare favor,
ably with common fowls; but common fowl,
are a but little value compared with ~
pure breeds, which have been found 70 ~
se psontahie In every sespecl
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14
A. WESTHEIMER A co

Milliners, 1919 Texas avenue. invited
tho public and their patrons to atteni
their opening OF new fall and winter hats
and boanets which took place Tuesday and
Wednesday. The line displayed was iine.
consisting OF the latest styles. and stood
perfect inspection by the many ladies
who visited tho establishment The parlors
were well Allied both days. aud by thos }
who declared themselves charmed with the
becoming Styles. beautiful and rich mile
hnery exhibited on this occasion.
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There was a small blaze at $40 o'clock
last night at 1916 Texas avenue in two
story house owned by Mrs. Il. c. Burke and
tenanted by l.. Jones and family
The fire was started from gas let. but
was soon extinguished. the damage amount
ing TO about Sic
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14
The Telephone Service.

Vice President Glldden of the South
western Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany has telsgraphed General Superintsnd-
emit II. X Baker instructing him to place
the entire local and long distance service
at the disposal of the health authorities
at Houston. All employees are Instructed
to render all possible assistance.
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ANOrHER cuANcr

me auction sale OF books Will continue
nntl Wednesday night. There is sim a
n ino SOCK 70 select from and every one
snou,n avail themselves OF this opportun-
save packing and freight. Auctions daily
az io.So q. M, Gao and 7.sO D. m.
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gasoline stove exploded at the resi-
dence of Il, Il. Patterson. 4oS IaHranch,
at l2;l0 o'clock yesterday and the fire
alarm was sent In. but the blaze was soon
extingulshed with little or no DAMAGE
done
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14

Have your clothes Numbered by tho
most improved hyglenie method Which,
inssres perfect disinfection. Send them
70 u fackard's Troy Laundry. 9ia Prairie
avenue, phone Ss2
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ably distends the kton,Ats

ably distends the stcn
craving for food, msls
lie down and rest ~ y
I'll repose restores Y
shows slight sy,npton
a warm bran Inasn W.
Of steaming and corr y
the irritable mucom
air passages. It Is 2 !. n
gently promotes the ss,''
tive apparatus; 49,
medium for the aaus
simple remedies. i n,
lameness a lower dle !.
it is INDUCED wnen W.
diclous, and bran Z e. e !,
to administer parssMss.
mash or two renders saal
ceptible Of its action 3: e J,
Of the drug is thfs ss,s =
duce the desired III
the same time, les
.;ro IA upu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14

DR.. Tebault's yellow fever and dengue
preventive supplied by A. Z. Kiesiing.
drugEist. 500 Main street Carefully pre-
pared and 10 strict accordance with the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-14

Wanted at once--Fifty horse. mule or
OK teams TO haul wood Can make good
wages. Apply Jules Hirsch. corner Milan
and Prts.cn.
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W Wuat IuCy
wrote the poet
T n nyson.
But tears al
| ways m c a n
so nj ing.
7 h { re are
tears of mel
ancholy, tears
Of JOY, and Of.
despair, and
those saddest
most pathetic
tears of the
nervous over
wrought wc-
man who has
been bearing
up as bravely
} as she may
under a daily
hnrdau of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
MAYOR HOOS' LUCK
His Honor Had a Narrow
Escape in the City Halh
This Afternoon.
ELECTRIC LAMP FELL FROM TIE DOME
Had Bssn Standing on the Spot
Only a Minute Before the
Big Bulb Fell With
a Crash.
ELECTRIC LAMP FELL FROM TIE DOME

Mayor Edward Hoos had a very narrow
escape this afternoon from an accident
which might have terminated fatally. He
had been standing conversing with
News" reporter at the foot of the main
staircase in the rotunda of the City Hall
and then went upstairs to his office. He
had been gone but a few seconds when a
loud crash, resembling the report of gun
brought the janitors and elevator men to
the spot where the Mayor had stood.
One of the big electric bulb lamps in the
huge chandelier in the dome, fifty feet
above, fell on the very spot on which the
Mayor had been standing and smashed
into thousand pieces. Had it fallen a
second or two sooner it would have surely
hit the Mayor on the head, and the blow
His Honor was informed of the acci-
dent moment or two afterwards, but he
merely smiled and placed on his desk as a
memento of his lucky escape, the brass
collar of the shattered lamp. The attend
ants swept up the pieces of glass which
Uttered the floor for several yards around.
City Hall Superintendent e. Datz came
in almost Immediately after the accident
and said he was much surprised, because
the lamps were put up by expert men, and
had been up some time He supposed the
hammering of the men in the upper part
of the building had probably loosened the
lamu
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
CATHOLIC CLUB PLANS.
ENTERTAINMENT foF the Coming Sea-
SON Now Prepared.

At the meeting of the Catholic Club di-
rectors last evening three new members
were elected and one resignation received.
A letter of coincidence was ordered sent
to the family of the late Mr.. c. H.
Q Neill, and the flag on the clubhouse is
to float at half mast.
Next Monday evening billiard tourna-
ment will begin and there are at least
twenty entries in it.
Thursday evening, November II, pro-
gressive euchre and dance will be given
and Mr.. P. T. Doyle, chairman of the
prizes are the finest the club has ever
given. and they expect to have at least
fifty tables. The prizes consist OF set
of vases, silver mounted ice cream set,
a handsome pocketbook, dress suit case
a tourist case, and a silver penknife The
programme for the three-act farcical
comedy, entitled Tragedy, is as fol-
lows
Mr. Gregory Grayson, Mr.. Healy; Mr.
Mumford Merry, Mr.. Sweeney; John
Phillip Macready Burbage, Mr.. Buettner;
Isaac Parcher, Mr.. Mccarthy; Christo-
pher Cute, Mr.. MacHorney; Mountcashel
Stoker Mr.. Clerkin; Mrs. Gregory Gray
son, Miss Mccain; Mrs. Mumford Merry
Miss McCartie; Mrs. Hawke, Mrs. Les
lie; Mary, Miss May.
Dramatic and Entertainment Commit
tee-John J. Eagan, chairman; William
Banon, William Woods, Joseph Buettner
Joseph Biggalke, William Mccarthy, Jas
A. Duff, and Jas. F. Farrell.
The play will take place November 49,
a I the clubhouse.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
PALMA'S TRUSTEES INDIGNANT.
Tney Reset Scurrilous Articles
Againtl the stability of the Club.

The opening entertainment of the season
at the Palma Club will be given on Thurs
day evening when there will be dancing
On Friday the trustees will meet at I:3O
P. NJ, and an hour later the regular meet
ing of the club will be held. Tuesday night
has been designated as whist night, and
will be set apart for the lovers of that
game, of which there are large number
in the club. The Board of Trustees are
somewhat annoyed by a series of articles
which have appeared in a local sheet re-
fecting upon the stability of the club In
the monthly circular issued by the Secre-
tary containing the announcements Tor
November, the trustees say
"The Board of Trustees desires to call
you attention to certain articles inimical
to the interests of the club which have
appeared in a local newspaper during the
past six months. These articles were pub
lished under a misrepresentation of the
facts and were without the shadow of
foundation in truth. The Palma Club
has not suffered from loss of membership
The Palma Club does not propose to raise
its dues. The Palma Club does not pro-
pose to consolidate with any other club.
1.-THE Palma Club proposes to provide
for the entertainment of its members, the
same variety of amusement in the future
that has been furnished in the past. The
Palma Club is, and will continue to be IN
the future what it has always been in
the past, the leading social organization
of the State of New Jersey"
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
NEEDLEWORK GUILD EXHIBIT.
Garments Displayed in the Wayne
Street Reformed Church.

StrGPv kk9E0FueO tnuFcDs
The Jersey City Branch of the Needle
work Guild held it's exhibition today in
the Wayne Street Reformed Church. The
garments were arranged in neat piles on
tables placed around the room. The re-
port of the secretary is not yet ready, as
the reports of all the sections had not
been received. 1t is thought that there is
larger number of garments than last
yearJ1bout 1900 in ALL The star table is
that on which are displayed 316 garments
for the Home of the Homeless. ST. Kath-
erine's Home and Christ Hospital came
next. The garments will be sent to the
following charities:-St Francis Hospital
City Hospital, Christ Hospital, Home for
Aged Women Childrens Home, Home for
the Homeless, ST. Katherine's Home, Day
Nursery, Whittier House, Neuman Mis-
sion and Outside Poor. The Section Pres
idents, all of whom are responsible for
110 garments are.-
Mrs. VIM. Perry Watson, Mrs. VIM. w
Varick, Miss Blanche Manners, Mrs. ]. w.
Hardenbergh, Mrs. Charles c. Black, Mrs.
Montgomery H Throop. Mrs. j. r. Wor-
tendyke, Mrs. N. w: Condict. Mrs Au-
gustus Creveling, Miss c. E. Warner,
Mrs. H j. Cooke, MRS. John Day, Mrs
John A. Shawda, Mrs. William Reed, Mrs.
J. A. Dear. Miss Margaret Wood, Mrs.
John G. Welch, Mrs. Samuel Allison.
Each of these ladies begs garments for
one of the charities, and see that the gar
ments given are of use to the charity.
The officers of this branch are:-Hon-
orary President, Mrs. Alexander 7. Nc
Gill; President, Miss Marie L. Manners;
Secretary, Mrs. William Perry Watson;
officers and section presidents hold busi-
ness meeting late this afternoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
Drink and JEALOUSY
New York Grocer Kills His
Wife and Nearly Ends
His Own Life.
SAVED BY HIS SON
Terrible Struggle for Pistol and
Knife-The Young Mans
Story.

NEW YORK, Nov. 9, 1S97.-Charles
Schlegel murdered his wife today at his
home in this city. He shot her in the
head while she lay in bed. Schlegel then
tried to shoot himself. His eighteen-year-
old son, after a desperate struggle, pre-
vented him from committing suicide. De-
termined to end his own life, Schlegel cut
the arteries in his left arm, but before
he could fatally injure himself his son
again managed to overpower him and
took the knife away. Schlegel is grocer,
sixtT years old His wife was only forty
years of age. The son who fought so hard
to save his fathers life is the issue of
Schlegeps first marriage, stepson to the
dead woman. Extreme jealousy of his
wife is said to have caused Schlegel to
commit the murder.
Schlegers son is the only witness the
police has in connection with the crime.
The story he tells is this
His father came home drunk late last
night At o'clock this morning the son
says he heard his father quarreling with
his step-mother in the bedroom which
they occupied.
''I'll do as I please" he heard his step
mother say.
Then he heard the report of a pistol
shot. He ran into the bedroom. His
father was standing over the bed on
which his step-mother was lying. Blood
was squirting from her head.
Schlegel, senior, when he saw his son,
pointed the pistol he held in his hand at
his own head. The son sprang at him,
and the two rolled on the floor of the
room for few minutes. The older man
was overpowered, and the son took the
pistol into another room.
When he returned he found his father
slashing away at his left arm with a
sharp knife. Another fierce struggle en-
sued for the possession of the knife. 1t
was ended in favor of the younger man
floor, young Schlegel. covered with blood,
ran out in the street and got police
man. When he came the woman was was
quite dead. Schlegel, ST., is seriously
wounded but is not expected to die.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
TALKED BAUK To I'LL UUUhI'
Vice Chancellor Could Not Terrafy
This Witness.

Vice Chancellor Pitney encountered,
this afternoon, in Chancery Chambers,
woman for whom his thunder, backed up
by all the awful power of the Court of
Chancery, had no terror, and who insist
ed on talking back to him. The case of
Louis Buckart against Henry Hankins
was being heard Annie Voorhees, con-
tracted with Amos Cramer to build her
a house at No. rs Clinton street, Hobo
ken. Cramer assigned the contract to
Philip Acuntino, and the latter bought
hardware from Snyder & Buckart OF Jer-
sey City Heights, and Buekart bought
the claim. There was further trouble
over the building and finally Mrs. Voor-
hees assigned several lots to Hankin to
sell and devote the proceeds to paying
off the claims against the property. Han
kin secured an assignment of Acuntinos 5
claim and paid himself, crowding out
Buckart, as the latter claims. Buckart
then began suit to establish the trus-
teeship of Hankin and secure the pay
ment of his claim.
Mrs. Voorhees, was on the stand this
afternoon to testify for what purpose she
assigned the lots to Hankins. She proved
valuable witness and it required all
the strategem of the lawyers to keep her
within bounds. Finally she was asked a
question which she started'to answer with
yers tried to stop her in vain and then
the Vice Chancellor took hand.
Madame be still,' he said, but Mrs
VOORHEES, went on as fast as ever. The
Vice Chancellor followed her and soon
they were engaged in vocal race.
s'You wait until I get through, Madam"
rose the Vice Chancellor's deep base
above the clatter.
s'You wait until I get through, sir"
piped the woman's shrill treble.
The Court looked at her in blank aston
ishment. But Mrs. Voorhees, was not in
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
VRHDENBURGH
REWARDED
The Equal Taxation" Commits
sioner Made a Court Of APP
peaIs Wooden Judge.


TRENTON, Nov. 9. lss7.-Governor
Griggs today appointed William H. vred-
enburgh, of Monmouth county, as judge
of the Court of Errors and Appeals in
place of the late Judge Dayton.
Mr.. vredenburgh lives in Freehold, and
is an active practitioner He is brother
of James B. vredenburgh, of Jersey City
who is railroad lawyer.
The newly appointed Judge is son OF
the late Peter Vredenburgh, who for
great many years was an associate justice
of the Supreme Court. Mr.. Vredenourgh
is Republican in politics. His appoint
ment makes the Court of Errors and Ap-
peals stand eight Republicans and eight
DerOaratS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
BADBDI MUST GO.
Political Chaos Said to Prevail
in Vienna Fears of Riot
and Bloodshed.
[By Gable to The Associated Press.l


LONDON, Nov. 9, 1897.-A Letter received
here from Vienna says the published re-
ports of the political situation in the
Austrian Empire convey no adequate idea
of the chaos prevailing. "Badeni must
CO." is the general war cry now, and his
downfall is considered inevitable, regard
less of the outcome of the present fight
between the Germans and the Czechs.
The letter adds:-
mo one can foresee how it will end II
the Germans win there may be bloodshed
in Bohemia, and if the Bohemians are
persistent the Germans will have to fight
with their sharpest weapons to assert
their prerogative and save the Austro-
Hungar in duality. The danger, however,
lies in the active participation in the
fight by the Germans over the Border.
There is actually a small party in the
Reichsrath which openly declares for
Prussia and wants to see the former Ger
man provinces, as Bohemia, handed to
the HohenzollernS."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-09
VAGRANT TRUCK HORSHS.

One of Mullins & Sons truck teams
travelled last evening a long distance
through the most public streets without
a driver and no accident resulted nor was
anyone's attention attracted. While the
driver and helper were delivering goods
in a house on Grand street the team
strayed away. The police were quickly
notified and a search made, but no trace
could be found, causing the suspicion that
they had been stolen
Shortly after, however the horses and
truck were driven safely up to their own
ers store by Mr.. William Reardon. Mid
land Railroad milk agent who found
them in the Pennsylvania Railroad freight
yard, foot of Second street Nothing had
been disturbed on the truck and the
horses blankets remained undisturbed
showing that the rig had not been stolen.