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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
THE COURTS.

There was filed In the office OF Ed II.
Dupree. county clerk. q patent from the
State of Texas to A. IL. Rippetoe. as
sgnee Houston and Texas Central Rail-
way company GAO acres. section S. block
], dated March s. 1879. with this was
filed certified copy of the will OF A. H..
Rippetoe from the probate court Of Wash
ingtcn county, bequeathing the entire es-
tate of A. II. Rippetoe. deceased, to his
wife. N. A. Rippotoe. Charles II. Breidel
and j. d. Glddings being appointed exec
utors without bond. The will was dated
March II, 1869. There Is also a certified
copy from the probate court OF Washing
ton county of the will of Mrs. N. A. Rip
petoe. deceased, bequeathng TO Ida Luehn.
Maud Daniel. Mary. Albert c., John A..
and Hattie Rippetoe all property of the
estate OF deceased except certain special
requests, X. Il. Luehn being appointed
sole executor without bond. There is also
a power OF attorney from Maud Daniel
and others heirs OF A. II. and N. A. Rim
petoe. to r. L. Luehn, granting authority
70 sell bonds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
New Postofnce,

washington. September S.--(speciai. -
A postofnce was today established at Ru-
fus. Kaufman county. and Rufus Hamilton
appointed postmaster.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09

Died FronA Hemorrhawe.
Yesterday evening a. old colorcd man
named Doc Bsnnett. who has been IN the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
suite riled Yesterday.

Suito rIheU hSstGEuNSs
The following suits were filed yesterday
In the office Of J. b. Williams. clerk Of the
district courts. in which the City Of Hous-
tor Ia plaintiff:
Charles Bollfras, $40; lots and 8. block
8, lot TO- Holman survey.
Lizzie j. Baker, Administrative, $i2;
lots 2. 3. 4, s. s. 0. block 3. lot 80, Holman
survey.
J. A. Baker. Jr.. s24; lots 2. 8, part
and o. block 10, lot 7. Holman survey.
Barbara Kiiper ct al. 1920: 4 lots In
northeast one-half lot 20. Holman survey
Bette Merriman ct al, 500; lots and q.
lot Is, Holman survey.
Ella II. Scott ct al, &fS; lot Q. block 604.
south side Buffalo bayou.
j. H. Kirby ct al. $40; lot O. block 4,
lot 10, Holman survey.
Mistro. Bros, a. Co. vs. r. A. Malsch ct
al: debt $3.50 and foreclosure.
+. A. Smith VS.. Albert Erickson as sher-
III. and John NJ. Nolan to cancel deed to
lots to 10. block 67. 8 TO S. block 80, lots
to TO- block 80, Runnels survey; also
lots and 6. block 49, to 8. block is.
Castanie addition, south side Buffalo
baynu
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
An Unidentiacd sulcta..

Cincinnati, Ohio. September S.-The BODY
Of an unknown man. who had commit. ID
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09

Dickson. J. B. Barker and Thomas r..
Franklin appointed appraisers.
Estate OF Walter Goldberg. minor;
Theresa GOLDBERG appointed guardian.
bond fixed at $500. J. l.. Dickson. j. r..
West and w. M. Baugh appointed ap-
praisers.
Estate Of Henry Hartmann, deceased;
contest filed September z, set for October
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-09
Three Kind. or Poyc,,,

An empty pocket is bad, an empty mind
= worse and an empty heart Ia the most
deploFable kind Of poverty. - '
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

The extent to which cities are resenting
the interference of the country members
of legislatures in their municipal affairs is
being made the subject of a good deal of
comment. 1t was an issue in the recent
election in Boston whether steps should
not be taken to prevent such offensive in
reference in the citys affairs by the coun-
try members of the legislature of Massa-
chusetts as has been the case during the
last few years. 1t is well known that the
feeling that if Gen. Tracy the republican
candidate in the recent mayoralty contest
in Greater New York, was successful
Mr.. Plat, through the legislature of New
York, would undertake to rule the city
helped to bring about Gen. Tracy's defeat
st. Louis has a charter which practically
emancipates her from the control of the
legislature of Missouri. Other cities will
be following st. Louis example in this
matter unless legislators come 10 the con-
clusion that it is the wiser plan to let
cities have such control of their municipal
affairs as they want The sentiment in
that direction in Chicago is very strong.
In this state, at the last session of the
city, as expressed by her mayor and rep
resentatives and by the representatives
from this county, was defeated by SEN
ators from the rural portions of the state.
They did not know anything about our
municipal affairs, certainly not as much as
those who spoke for this city And they
We're encouraged in the course they pur-
sued nv polif5cians who live in f,a north
ern part of the state.
Naturally such interference makes the
cities resentful, and we may expect to sec
greater and more frequent efforts on their
part to free themselves from the dictation
of country legislators. 1t would not be
at all surprising if when the next consti-
tutional convention meets in this state
| the cities should endeavor 10 free them
selves from such Interference and dicta-
| ton.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Ecl,els md singerIex,. bank

In the matter of the suspended Chest
nut Street National Bank of Philadelphia
the Inquirer of that city quotes Controller
| Ecl1els as follows: The condition OF Sin
gerIey's national bank is 50 per cent bet
ter now than it was two years ago. A
year ago an election was on, and it would
not have done to have had a bank failure
al that time" The Press of Philadelphia
quotes Controller Eckels as follows
There is not the slightest suspicion OF
wrong doing on the part of any one con
nected with the bank"
Is Controller Eckels quoted correctly IN
the foregoing statements attributed to
him? If he is the public would like TO know
if he is fully qualified for the very re-
| sponsibIe position he holds, and probably
! the stockholders OF the great bank in
! Chicago. of which he is TO take charge
within a few weeks are wondering if he
is the man they want as president of their
institution.
If Mr.. Singerley's bank was 50 per cent.
worse off two years ago than it is now, it
was in an insolvent condition then, and
Mr.. SINCERELY, his directors and the United
STATES national bank examiners must have
known il was insolvent. Why, then, was
the bank permitted TO continue business?
Is il not a fact that the president and
directors of a bank which receives de-
posts after it becomes insolvent are guilty
of a grave criminal offense? 1t cannot be
said that the president and directors of
the Chestnut Street National Bank did
"
Years ago, if what Controller Eckels is
quoted as saying is true
But there is another provision of the
national banking law which, from the pub
Iished statements, was violated by the
president of the Chestnut Street National
Bank. That provision is that no officer
Of the bank shall borrow of the bank an
amount greater than 20 per cent. of the
banks capital President Singerley owes
the Chestnut Street National Bank $780,,
900 more than its entire capital. And yet
Mr.. Eckels says that There is not the
slightest suspicion of wrong-doing." The
young controller of the treasury must
rave been temporarily out of his senses
when he made that statement. And what
is to be said of the controllers bank ex>
aminers who examined the Chestnut
Street National Bank from time to time:
Did they not know for months, perhaps
for years, the actual condition of the af-
fairs of the Chestnut Street National
Bank? If they did not, they were not
fit for their positions. If they did they
we're so faithless to their trust that they
dl1pht IN he dismissed from the public SER
vice. People are certain to have their
confidence shaken in banking system so
loosely administered.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
House Drainage work.

The work on the house drainage i'm
provement is not progressing as rapidly
as the people of the city were led to expect
it would when bids for the work were ad-
vertised for. 1t was understood that work
would be begun by Dec. /, and would be
pushed vigorously.
Little or nothing has been done yet. A
beginning has been made but it is only
beginning. Unless the work is pushed
much more vigorously than il has yet been.
very little will have been accomplished
when April l arrives. At that time work
must be suspended until fall. 1t was the
understanding that the Improvement would
be completed in two seasons, but the out
look for a great deal being done this sea-
son is not as promising as could be wish
ed. SIN, a good deal can be accomplish
ed between now and April /.
The difference about wages which has
cropped out is unfortunate. but ii is prob
able that that matter will be adjusted by
the time the holidays are over Now that
the improvement has been undertaken. the
people want it completed as quickly as
possible.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
His Berthmark.

A big Kentuckan, one of the kind who
invariably speaks of 'LoI'ville," ignoring
the "u' utterly in pronouncing the name
of his home city, says a writer in the Chi
Cago Times-Herald, was passing through
the Wagner car in which 1 was seated
when he was hailed by my neighbor across
the aisle with the eXuberant remark:
Why Col. Johnson. How do yo' do?
Haven't seen yo' since Mardi Gras var
ago"
why, I'm ID eff it amt Col. Joplin.
How are you, colonel? Right glad to see
you. How are your
Right peart colonel, right peart for an
cid man.
But wizard you get that scar on yo'
face, colonel? Never seen that before"
Never seen that before? Sho! Is that
so? Why, I've had that a pow full long
time, colonel. Fact is, sub, that's berth
mark
Nonsense, colonel. I'm ready to sw'ar,
suh that yo' didn't havesthat Oh go feat
ures, sub, when | saw yo' the last time,
sun
Maybe not Maybe yo' didn't see it;
but it's a berthmerk, colonel. I'm afraid
l was a drink or two ahead, but thar
was no excuse for Col. Eaton to git so
powful full at he didn't know his best
sfriend.
How was that?"
well, sub, it's a berthmark, as I told
YOU l was a couple O. drinks ahead, and
thought I'd get up in the night and smoke
it off. Yo' know how it is"
Yes, sub, l do, TO q fact"
We'll, sub, in going back 1 made mis-
take in the berth, and got into Col Eat
ons-or tried to. He kicked and gave me
that. l swar I didn't think Col. Eaton d
go to bed with his boots on"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
'l's--b------
Personal.


DIR. Daniel FreemanAyno was the first
man TO locate under the Homestead act, -
is still living on the plot of ground he
claimed in Gage county, Nebraska, at
that time,
Richard Strauss It's. GeEmap composer
and conductor Of the opera al Munich, has
been conducting some of MS own orches-
trail compositions at the Colonne concerts
in Paris. His wife Mrs. Strauss De Alma,
sang some Of his songs at the same con-
cert.
A Conan Doyle's detective stories
have been recommended to the police by a
prison society of England. Mr.. Doyle said
recently that after the publication of his
stories he was almost deluged with letters
telling family mysteries and asking mis- aid
in solving them.
Aaron Jones of South Bend, Ind, who
sas just been elected president of the ma
tional grange is native of Indiana and
owns one of the finest farms in the United
States. II includes 500 acres, is in a per-
feet state of cultivation, and Mr.. Jones
has made a comfortable fortune on it,
Francis Conway Mason, the newly cleo
ted speaker of the parliament of Victoria,
has climbed to his present hight from very
humble beginnings. Twenty-Five years ago
he was young and unknown schoolmas-
ter on board the reformatory ship Nelson,
in the harbor of Melbourne.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Tripped over Ills own Name

Some one has forciby remarked that
proper names escape from the memory as
easily as creased pigs, and illustrates the
remark with an anecdote concerning Joe
Jefferson, who never forgot his lines, but
has an imperfect recollection of names,
says the Chicago Times-Herald. jefferson
had been introduced to Gen Grant at a
time when that distinguished soldier was
the lion of the social world and the pop
ular actor was much impressed with the
personality of the hero. A few hours later.
as he went up in his hotel elevator, a
rugged-looking man with a military bear
ing bowed Pleasantly to him, and made an
observation regarding the speed of the
elevator. when Jefferson said:
Il beg your pardon. Your face is very
familiar, but l can not recall your name"
Grant" was the laconic, but perfectly
courteous reply.
Il got off al the wrong floor said JEFF
ferson, "for fear would ask him next if
he had been in the war"
Jefferson did. worse than to forget the
got his own He called at a postoffice in
a small place and asked the clerk:
ANY mail for me?"
what name?"
Name? Good gracousI I don't know.
Let me think. Why, | am TO play Rip
Van Wrinkle tonight at your hail."
Joe Jeferson?" suggested the clerk.
Yes. Jefferson; certainly; thanks. g"
and, recsving his mail, the actor went
away happy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Awkward situation in Paris.

Il was in Paris year ago." says a
contributor to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"and one day while passing a certain thor
oughfare / happened to put my hand in
my pocket and draw forth some sort of
handful. 1t was of no earthly use to me.
and, doubling ii over, 1 tore it in two
pieces. Doubling these together / tore
again. Then l dropped the eight bits of
paper in the roadway.
"A moment later a man in uniform came
across the street and faced me- l saw
he was a policeman. He touched his hat
and then pointed to the litter
Monsieur he said, and ratified off a
lot of lingo that 1 couldn't understand. I
mustered up a few French words for the
purpose of finding out what he meant. 1t
was no use. He pointed at the bits of
paper again and jabbered away for dear
life. He shrugged his shoulders and pat
ted his hands together and made a motion
as if diving toward the litter.
Il handed him my card, but he politely
bowed and shook his head and refused 1t.
Then endeavored to pass him, but he
firmly barred the way.
About that time / caught on to what
he meant. He wanted me to pick up the
bits of paper l had just thrown down. AT
first / thought l would refuse, but / didn [
care to get into trouble over trife. and
the French copper looked decidedly eeri-
Gus
so I stopped over the curb and picked
up the eight bits of paper and dropped
them into my pocket. Whereupon the Of
1icer bowed and smiled and passed along.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Last week it was regarded as certain
that the President would nominate Judge
Paxon of Pennsylvania for chairman of
the interstate commerce commission. in
place of MIR. Morrison, whose term will ex-
pire within few days. This week it is not
so certain that Judge PaXon will be nomi-
mated. Several labor organizations have
condemned him as an enemy of labor, and
the republican leaders are telling the
President that he cannot afford to antago-
nize the labor vote. Even republican SEN
ators are telling the President not to act
hastily, because if labor organizations are
against Judge Paxon the Senate might
refuse to confirm his nomination. The
chances are, therefore, that a capable man
will be turned down" because several
labor leaders are against him. In respect
TO Judge Paxons ability there is no ques-
ton.
1t is said the reason labor is against him
is that he rendered two decisions while
he was on the supreme bench of Pennsyl-
vania in which he took position against
| labor. These two decisions are quoted to
show that he is an enemy of labor.
with the facts and law? That is a ques-
| ton which even labor leaders should ask
| before condeming him. He may have rem
dered many decisions in favor of labor.
Have the labor leaders asked whether or
not there are such decisions? He can
not be called an enemy of labor simply be-
| cause he rendered two decisions against
labor The law and the facts may have
been such that no other honest decisions
were possible in the cases in which the
decisions were rendered. Labor wants. or
should want, honest decisions. If 1t should
demand decisions in its favor in every case
in which it is party it would either take
it for granted that it was always right or
else it would favor unjust judges. We
are sure that it doesn't want dishones
judges. Therefore, before it finally puts
its seal of condemnation on Judge Paxon
it should find out whether or not the de-
cisions of which it complains were sound
and honest.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

Mr.. Clement SCOTS incautious and opin-
donated assertion, which is being coupled
with the incident of the actress at the ball
In Charleston, was to the effect that the
influences of the modern stage are unfa-
vorable TO the preservation of the canons
of strict morality. The speech, as may
have been supposed. has called down a
shower of stars upon the head of Mr..
Scott. Leading lights of the dramatic world
are assuring each other. themselves and
the public that Mr.. Clement Scott is
wrong, and that he does not know what
he is talking about.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER %, 1897
what Boy Did in spare moments.

What a Boy Did i'm Spare Moments.
A thin. awkward boy came to the resi-
dence of a celebrated school principal and
asked to see the master says Success.
The. servant eyed his mean clothes and.
thinking he looked more Ike a beggar
than anything else, told him to go around
TO the kitchen. He soon appeared at the
back door and repeated his request. you
want a breakfast, more like" said the
servant girl, and set him down to some
bread and butter. Thank YOU" said the
boy, Il should like to see Mr. -, if he
can see me-" Some old clothes, maybe
you want; 1 guess he has none to spare,
he gives away a sight remarked the girl,
cycling his ragged clothes. Cant 1 see Mr..
-?" asked the boy, with the most emphat-
ic emphasis on each word. The girl for the
first time stopped her work-'Well, he is
in the library; if he must be disturbed, he
must, / s'pose," and she Whisked him off
TO that room, remarking, as she opened the
door, Here's somebody terribly anxious
to see you, sir, so let him in The
professor laid his book aside and talked
with the boy with increasing interest, and
soon took down some books and began
to give him an examination which extend
ed even to Greek and ever question was
answered correctly and promptly. The
professor was amazed at such youthful
erudition and asked the boy how he man.
aged with his apparent poverty to accum.
ulate such an amount of knowledge. "Oh,
/ studied in my spare time" answered the
boy brightly, and with the utmost uncon-
seriousness that he was an example to
even the man before him. Here was "a
boy hard-working orphan. almost fitted
for college in the spare moments that his
companions were wasting. Truly are
spare moments the gold dust of time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
Minister Moodford,r Vote.

Nobody seems 10 know why the note OF
Mr.. Woodford, our minister TO Spain, de-
Hvered to the Spanish foreign Office las,
Friday, aroused such a feeling of bitter
ness among the newspapers and people
of Madrid against this country. The con-
tents of the note are not known in Mad
rid. They will be known here as soon as
they will be known there. Naturally there
is considerable surprise in Washington
over the rather bitter articles in the Mad
rid newspapers in respect to the note.
The supposition is that the note contains
facts which refute the charge made by the
Spanish premier that the United States
are not doing their fun duty in prevent
ing filbusterng expeditions from leav-
ing their ports for Cuba. on that point
the note could hardly be fuller and more
explicit than was the statement of Score
tary Gage published Immediately after the
meeting of congress In the secretary $
statement it was quite satisfactorily
shown that very few cargoes of arms and
ammunition had been shipped 10 Cuba
from this country and that, as far as
known no large expedition of armed men
had succeeded in Setting away from "A
port of the United States. Assuming
that the foregoing Is about what Minister
Woodford stated in his note, it is. difficult
to see what ground the Spaniards have for
charging that the United States are guilty
of bad faith.
II the Spaniards are trying by exhibit
tons of anger and Indirect threats to bull
doze our government into adopting more
vigorous measures for preventing the
shipment OF arms and ammunition to the
Cubans from our ports, they are doomed
to disappointment Our government has
done and is doing all it is possible for it to
do to comply with the requirements of in
ternational law, and Spanish criticisms
and threats will not influence its action
one way or the other. 1t is a matter of
little consequence to it whether the peo-
pie of Spain are satisfied or not with it's
efforts to do what is just to Spain.
Apparently Spain wants our government
to use its entire military and naval force
in preventing the insurgents from getting
arms and ammunition from this coutry
She wants too much. She ought to be
thankful that our government gives her
as much assistance as il does.
If she continues to show that she has no
appreciation of the assistance our gov
eminent is rendering her our policy may
be so changed that there will be. practi-
caly no obstacles in the way of cargoes
of arms and ammunition leaving our
shores for Cuba.
Our present Cuban policy is not giving
satisfaction to a very large proportion of
the people of this country. Hence a poll
cy more favorable to the Cuban insur-
gents would have a pretty strong support.
The wiser course for Spain to pursue is
to find less fault with our government and
give more attention to preventing the
landing in Cuba of arms and ammunition
intended for the insurgents
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

A Christmas story comes from the up
per part of New York state. Twenty-one
years ago Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart We're
married. One year later they fell out over
some trife and quarreled. From that day
until the Christmas eve just passed they
did not speak a word TO each other direct
~. When they wished TO communicate
they would speak to black cat" accord
ing to a dispatch. The dispatch does not
state, by the way, whether the same black
cat lasted the whole twenty years, or
whether the foolish couple found it neces-
sary to keep on hand a supply of black
cats for speaking purposes. At any rate.
on Christmas eve they reached the con-
clusion that they had carried the nonsense
far enough so they chased the black cat
out of the family circle and went to talk
ing to each other again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29

A Washington dispatch Of Sunday says:
president Mckinley was to-day, for the
third time, compelled 70 be the unwilling
nearer Of sensational utterances from the
pulpit Of the Metropolitan Methodist
church" The preacher was Bishop Grams
ton, and his sermon contained an arraign-
Inent of pugilism. Is the President afraid
he will lose the prize fighter vote? If he
IS so extremely sensitive, possibly he had
better quit going 10 church All of the
preachers c'y out against sin, and If the
President hears the sermons the fact may
lose him the sinner vote.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-29
The Merit system.
From the Galveston News CDem)

The apparently increasing hostility In re-
publican ranks TO The continuance of the
system is undoubtedly significant. II the
President has not begun 10 waver. n is
plain that spoilsmeu OF his party believe
they can drive him 20 surrender. There
was never any such encouragement during
the last admnistraugut ~ the conPrcsslon-
"a spells hunter WEI Cleveland took bis
stand they gave up the Job N Mckinley
gyes way before The present Onslaught
ana b. is 10 be- feared Poe WILL Tho forces
Of honest government should MOI delay he
boailng of che long ron any longer