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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
HARRIS COUNTY PoPULIsTs.
They Meet and Elect Delegates ia n
Congregational Convention.

Congregational convention
There was a meeting OF Harris county
nonuliste Yesterday afternoon at Union
Labor hall oIiis Franklin avenue. There
was a good attendance.
The meeting was called 10 order and pre-
sided over by County Chairman Il. IL.
Hurt and r. B. Miller was elected secre-
tarv.
The following delegates were elected to
the congressional convention to be held In
this CITY June %. DIT. j. j. burroughs,
iames Marmion. Il. T.. Alsbury, w. H. Mel
son. j. +. Y, Ivy. 5. Kramer. A, Koch, Il.
u. Miller j. w. Macarthur. w. w. Haw-
kins. u. II. Hurd. ]. w. Lewis, Joe II.
Eagle II. Is. IL. Schneider. Charles Daley.
ID. w. Leach. II. G. Still. Houston; G. w.
Randall North Houston; Myron Tower,
James sullivan. George Van pelt, La Porte:
william Stout. city: Schinn, Almeda; $.
Stineman. Wooster. Mach Taylor, J, X.
Humphries. IL. ii. Martin. l.. ". Yarbury,
Westfieid: ]. w. Baldrldge. Deer Park; A.
G. Wadleigh. +. a. Jones. $. A. Patton.
Genoa: Levi Dunks. Jeff Dunks, Jim Pruitt.
Huffman; Louis Korhen. Chaneyvilie; The
odore W. Hiliendahl, Nollmer; II *. Nc
Combs, Lynchburg; Terry Grossly, Spring;
l.. Whitford. Webster: j. 7. Balentino. Red
Plum; J. c. Harvey. Crosby; r. H. Archer,
Mr.. Thompson. Drummer; W. c. Watkins
A. Stockdick. Brandon: w. H. Woodward
Ed. Cabiness. Katy; T. V. West, Il. King
Richard DUFFY, r. CLAY, Houston Heights.
] The following resolutions were adopted;
| ]. Office holders or candidates shall moi
be allowed as delegates to conventions.
Q. Proxies are allowed. provided instruc-
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Mortuary Report.

The official mortuary report for the city
Of Houston for the week ending IL o'clock
m. Juno IL. 1897:
June &c. c. Alexander, male, white.
aged 67 wears. heart failure.
June 6-Mrs. Osborne. female. white
aged g. Years. enteritis: Mrs. Matilda Car
gill. female. white. aged IS years. senility.
Juno Priscilla Blunt. female black,
aged AZ years. heart failure; ]. Il. Bowers
male, white, aged 22 years typhoid fever.
June ST. Miles. female. BLACK, aged II
months, commissions; NJ. p. Anderson male
white. aged 20 years, hemorrhage, Fannie
Williams, female. black. aged so years
poritonitis.
Juna "a. Vandervoort female, white
aged So years. dysentery.
June io--c. Il. Young, male, white. aged
30 years. paralysis.
June 1l--Giadys Alhan. female, white
aged 2 months. maraxmus.
Death rate. 81. Robert McElroy.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
At THE car SHOPS.
The v VI. 6. \. SIM Making Round.
Among the Lnboring CIns~c-.

Ihc Y VI. G. \. SIM Making Rounds
Among the Lnboring Classes
yesterday The boys held services In the
ear shops " the Houston aud Texas Cen
trail railway. nearly every man was pres
ont and most enjoyable service was held.
The quartotte sang some fine pieces and
the entire meeting was one OF interest. At
the very first the men began to enjoy the
meeting and this interest grew Till the
close. Al seemed sorry that tho time flew
Is SO rapidly Mir. Nash spoke briefly on
What !: meant to have our sin covered and
~hy God never remembered our gin when
We come TO Him.
There Will b. a moonl.gh; excursion from
Houston 30 La Porte on Monday night,
leaving the Central depot At { y. m. and 7
y M returning leaving La Forte at N
O'Clock sharp. This Is an excursion for
the members Of tho Young Mems Christian
association and their friends. Parties can
take their supper and have most delight
ful time. The round trip Is but 80 cents
All OF the young peoples societies have
hcca extended 4 cordial Invitation 10 Join
in his excursion and n Jolly good time Is
anticipated. II is said that a delightful
programme Will he furnished. consisting OF
reci'ations and vocal and instrumental
music This Will 10 free to all who so. In
fact the event will hn ono OF the best that
il will be possible 20 make 1t and every
man and woman is cordially invited TO 70
The street ears will wait for the return OF
the last train and all can get back before
the cars stop running.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will tevicr rc-
cention 10 all the ladies OF Houston Nhc
desirc attending next wednesday after
noon from 4 to 6 o'clock. in the parlors OF
ii. association. All ladics ara cordially IN
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
White Goods.

Sc quality Checked Nainsook, In
all sizes checks, this week. per
yard ..... .......... .....,.....
S l3c quality Checked Naiusook.
all sizes checks. his week. per
Nafl ..''. ...... .............-...
nc quality Checked Nainsooli.
all sizes checks, ;nis week, per
yard .,...... ........ .............
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
A CHAPTER IN A ROMANCE.
Mrs. Blanthcr Seeking to Clear Her
Husbands Name.
DECLARES THAT HE WAS INSANE
When He KtIicd Mrs. LanGtcldt IN
san Francisco, and when He
killed Himself in Texas.

Killed HtmsCb IN
In MAY, 1895 san Francisco was startled
by the murder Of Mrs. Langfeld,. s wealthy
ard eccentric old lady. and the killing was
traced 10 Joseph Edward Ritter Won Blan-
Their who had been an officer o. bieh rank
in the Austrian army. and had deserted his
post Of duty and his country for the pur-
poSe Of coacoaiins his secret marriage with
an American sirl named Irene Campbell.
celebrated IN 1883. and came 10 the United
States. where they were subsequently re-
married in 1857 all traces OF the former
marriage having been obliterated.
Joseph Edward Ritter Won Rla1,hcr was
not captured until last March, when he
was discovered at Kopperl. Texas. teach
Ing scncol. he was arrested and the san
Francisco authorities were notified OF his
capture. hut before they arrived to identify
him he committed suicide by takins poison.
supposed 10 have been secreied upon his
person.
Since his death several claimants n've
appeared who aliese that they are entitled
TO be recognized as the lawful widow OF
the unfortunate man, but only two OF ihese
have taken any stfqs 10 prove tnelF claims.
one @, the TWO now resides IN Eoiston.
md there seems "a be no doubt ou' t4as
she is the lu, hertic Mrs. Hl1uthc-
She has placed her case 10 the hands 81
Attorney J Z, Hutsor, and ne rs con
WINGED that b. uysDs her claims he Is
lighting for the s.ght
What artultes The other claimant is not
known. but the story OF Mrs. lrsne /.
Ii4n-tttr Is ore of devotion 20 the faeunfy
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
LOW VACATION RATES.

The Queen and Crescent will sell oxcur-
sion tickets at low rates to the mountains
and soashore resorts every day from June
l TO September 30 inclusive, with final
limit October 81, 1897.
The Queen and Crescent route offers Ia
tourists this year the most perfect train
service and appointments ever offered the
southern travelling public Through Pull
man sleepers of tho finest pattern.
Apply TO your nearest Queen and Cres-
cent ticket agent for rates and fun infor-
nation. A, T. Barnett,
G.. +. A.. New Orleans. La
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
UNCLAIMED PACKAGES.

List n unclaimed goods on hand for
week ending June 70. 1897. at Pacific Ex.
press company and Texas Express companv
Office:
A. Allen. T. r Bell. =. Y. Bell. NJ Ia
wilson. G.. Dackey, Charles DeBard. II
i!oughdrll. George Elder, T. II. Frank :
lin, t2); j. T. Garrison, ], Mitchell
Humble" F. n. MAYO. A. Thomson
Mage Wicks, Adell wilson p. r.. At
goor, Leon Brown. Mrs. 4. T.. Deklc.
mhSries Ferguson, Mrs. r. a. Madison
II. schantfler. Charley Joplng. A.
rrlek' ": and p. Oh Co, C. Mcclure
VIM Jefferson. Mrs. NJ. s. willy, Ed
hieks' W c. Goosey, n. n. Bassett, /.
L. Hood. Mrs T. c. swope.
List OF packages remaining on hand a,
Wells Fargo G. Co Express office for the
week ending June 10:
II. Alexander. G. c. Hampll, Hlllendahi
W. J. Tolive-. l.. Adding,on. r. W. Knox
Mrs 3, Wilson. =. V. Anderson, 8. Lewis
J. ID. Wolverton. j. W. Andy, W. May
shack. w. II. Weeks. II. Ameyer, Lynch.
burg; J. n. Caleb. NJ. v. Wright, NJ. A.
Bailey, H. D. Martin, j. N. Wolf, ]. C.
Baker. +. r. Miles, II, I. Warner Il.
Coleman. Eug Mitchell. r. curran. C. N.
MCGOWAN. NJ. Coleman. NJ. Il. Nelson, T.
r. Franklin, Patrick Il b.. b. Ford. NJ
w. Roper. George Fisher, A. Robinson
Robert Green, r. n. Sims. 7. j Hurs,
G. Shepherd. Ho. Inst. Co.. J.. Sweeney
Reese Hill. NJ. Schufcr. Mrs, J. IIogg. b
+. Taylor.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
Shirt Waists.

Second 17loor-Take Elevat,
SOC quality Ladies' Laundercd
Shirt Waists. with white de-
tachah.e collar ..........,......
75c quality Ladies' Lawn Laun-
derad Shirt Waist. achable
tollar ...-. 600. ............-..-
1.25 quality Ladies' Monogram
Laundered Shirt Waist. fancy
Batisie and Percale .........
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

tons by regularly elected delegates as how
70 vote are sent to chairman OF executive
committee ~ writing,
Tho convention adiSlrned sine die.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
A SIMILARITY OF NAMES
Causes an Injustice 10 Be Done
the Hollywood Cemetery.

BY confounding of names it was stated
in Sundays Post that Ellen Vance, col
ored, would be inferred at Hollywood Gene
terry.
The Information left at the office of Tho
Post was that the intcrmont would be at
Olive Wood cemetery. The phonetic sim
ilarity OF the names Hollywood and "Olive
Wood" was the cause of the erroneous
statement, and it is in justice to the Holly
wood Cemetery company that this correc-
tion is made, particularly as the by laws
OF the Hollywood company provide that
their grounds are to be used for the burial
OF white people exclusively.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

Deep Rock. Bed Rock. Nichy and Lithia
Waters on draught at Keislings Soda
Fountain. 502 Main Street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
Separate Skirts.

H.25 quality White Plque Skirts.
nun sweep .....-.,.. .............
$50 uGaliiy Striped Linen
skirts .,.-+-.-.- .-... 900. ......
s2.9S quality Satin Striped Pique
Skirts .... ........ .............
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

Angostura Bitters are used by mothers
TO stop collie aud looseness OF the bowels
IN children. Dr. J. G. u. SiegeN 4 Sons.
Manufacturers.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

Mr.. J. s Chapman. Manager for Texas and
Arkansas. Mutual Reserve Fund Life As
ISOLATION. 223 Main street, Dallas, Texas.
Richmond. Texas. May ., 1S97.-Dear Sir:
beg to acknowledge the receipt Of check
No. 1909 for $1,000 in full payment OF
claim under policy No. 306,9l4. held by
George Slyfeld (deceased) Tho payment
OF this claim has been prompt and entirely
satisfactory. Thanking you and the Off
GERS of the Mutual Reserve for courtesies
shown. and with best wishes for the con
tinued and much merited success of the as
socation. l remain. yours very truly.
James Slyfield
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

p ST the late George Slyfield had
taken an ordinary life policy in an old eys-
tenn company and paid the same amount in
premiums as he paid the Mutual Reserve
his heirs would only have received 5000 In
stead OF $1,000 Gain by being insured In
Mutual Reserve. 1897.
Good agents wanted in every town in the
State. Address manager for information.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
OUR BLACK DRESS GOODS VII.
NOT FADE OR CROCK.
Linens.
(Flrst FLOOR, Right AISLE

dFirst Floor. Center Aisle.)
&c quality Turkey Red Table
Damask (oil colors) IS inches 00Io
wide, this week, per yard. -. -2e
iOc Quality Bleached Table Dam
ask. 80 inches wide. this week. 05r
rcr ward OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ""N
soc quality Colored Border
Frnged Doylies, all linen. this S1c
week. per dozen ....,...........
loc qrality Huck Towel size ls Sc
N3G, this week NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
Is tbs Gna Mssk Oriental nnth Towel. Sic
zoe this 2g2 Mesk Oriental rI. Bath Towel 12ac
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13
Ladies' Underwear.

SPECIAL SALE OF Cow?
i5c quality White Muslin Gowns,
tuchd yoke, extra long and
wide .... ...,...... .............
Csc Quality cam brio Gown. round
yoke. trimmed with embrol-
uSIS ..''.s. $50. ..'.....''''...>
81. 30 quality Cambria Gowns. V
neck. trimmed with insertion
and embroidery ..,-.,.,. ,......
g 90 quality tine Cambria and
Lawn Gowns, trimmed with
lace and embroidery ..........
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Gloves.

81 80 quality 10 and 90-button
length Suede Gloves, sizes So.
~, t and-6h. In Gray, Pink,
Lilac. Purple. Green and Ycl-
low, per pair Observation-Disclosures.
sl.e0 quality 4 and S-button
White and Yellow Chamois
Gloves. per pair .................
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-13

HOUSTON GAS LIGHT co.
Gas for illuminating. cooking. heating
and power IL desired. Apply to ]. ]. Me-
keever. general manager.
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
Business FURRY.

Il had an awful scare this morning;
tae whole ofice force ran out into the
straa+
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
Giants and Dwarfs.

How tall is giant?
In order to be able to answer this
question in a general way, 81 recorded
cases Of giants have been examined,
ranging from one at feet 10 inches to
one at feet 9 inches. Taking an av-
erage, we find that feet is the height
of a giant. No giantess figured in the
calculation. 1t is curious, by-the-by,
to notice how many of these giants
were Irish as If the soil and climate
of the Emerald Isle were well fitted for
the rearing of great men. How small is
a dwarf? 1t would hardly be fair to
the miniature specimens of humanity
to ignore their claims also to proper
measurement Well, seventeen cases OF
dwarfs have been dealt with, including
two or three examples of the fair and
gentle sex, from which it seems that
the average dwarf is, as nearly as may
be, only 2 feet 9 inches high. The
range was from 18 inches, the smallest,
to feet 10 inches, the tallest.-Cas-
sells Magazine.
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
WROUGHT-lRON FAD.
1t Had an Ancient and Most Respecte-
BILE Beginning.

1t Had an Ancient and Most Respectr-
BILE Beginning.
There is no doubt that wrought iron
is more and more used every year in
domestic economy and decoration. De-
servedly so, says the New York Her
aid. There is nothing that lends itself
so easily to the requirements of both
utility and art. Besides, it has an an
cient and respectable history. Ger
many in the fifteenth Gentry produced
much wrought-iron work of rather
special character, such as the grave
crosses and sepulchral monuments to
be seen in the cemeteries of Nurem-
berg. Iron was also employed fol. well
canopies, such as that at Antwerp at
tributed to Quentin Matsys. Originally
a blacksmith from Louvain, he came
to Antwerp to seek his fortune. There.
as the story goes, he fell in love With
the daughter of a painter and, to pro
pitiate the daughter as well as her ia
ther, exchanged the anvil for the paint
er's palette and before his death, in
1881, he was successful in helping to
raise the school of Antwerp to celeb.
rity equal to that of the schools Of
Bruges and Client. Iron work was ex-
tensively produced at Augsburg
the fostering care of the Fugger family
taking the shape of brackets project
ing from the walls and grills over fan
lights or in a balcony. Grotesque
knockers are also common in Nurem
berg. Keys were sometimes elaborately
decorated and the part which is now
common ring was once occupied by lit
tie figures in full relief, with coats Of
arms and the like. The French rev.
olution was the cause of much splen-
did iron work being destroyed, when, in
1893, certain provinces had to gather to-
gether every available piece of iron to
transform into pixies and other weap
onS
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
Special Announcement !
Ore wor'h reading and acting at the same time

You all k1cw about that Car of High Grade Furniture and
Upholstered God that arrived too late be Of any benefit
for the Holiday Trade have finally made ar1ang accep
it. and in e1d settle this claim, will morning in
argurae the largest
Daily camera., 1897-03-17

WAS the building on fre?"
NO; the janitor's dog had caught a
rat. "-Detroit Free Press
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
HOUSES LONDON AND Der
The Former Were Very Inconvenient,
According to MOltke.

lHe fOTner were very IncOnVenlenC,
According to Moltke.
| live at Berlin in a house where
there are eight families, each of course
inha biting a separate part, says "Molt-
ke's Letters to His Wife" Only the in
evitable piano practices break through
the barriers, and that is certainly not
less the case here, where the walls are
so thin, than with us in our more mas
sively built houses. The only real diff
ference consists in this, that the cas-
ties" of the Englishmen are built up
close to one another, while ours are
above one another, and that in con-
sequence thereof we have our rooms all
on one floor, while theirs occupy sew
eral floors. One can safely assert that
by far the larger number of the houses
in London have frontages of only two
or at most three windows in width.
They live on the middle floor, take their
meals on the ground floor and sleep
on the upper floor. AS a consequence,
there is a total absence of reception
rooms Should any one wish to invite
the court to a ball, he has to get a
large temporary room erected in the
courtyard for dining purposes, another
as a retiring-room for the queen, while
the refreshments are to be found served
on the ground floor, that is if one sue
ceeds in getting down the narrow stair
case Everywhere there are crushing
and difficulty of moving about Again
and again you may expect to find in
London mansions the frontages of
which are in bad taste, though of i'm
mense dimensions. The whole side of
a square or of street may be COM
posed of one uniform set of buildings
which are throughout in the same
style and of the same color.
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
Clever.

Tom Burnet, son of the bishop OF
that name, dining with the lord mayor,
was called upon to drink to the min
istry." AS he was whig, and the min
istry tory, he hesitated to compromise
his principles. Cried the lord mayor,
who saw his glass had not been
touched: Where sticks the min
istry?"
cat nothing" replied the whig, and
emptied his glass with a good con-
science. Words
Daily camera., 1897-03-17

Bishop Tugweu says gin is ths
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
The Classics.

The savage monarch shook his head.
"Nisi bonum de mortuis," he said.
THAT is, don't roast the dead. l guess
you'll have to make it a plain fry"
The royal chef de cuisine heard the
kingly mandate in silence, as became
him.
AS for his majesty, it was well un-
derstood that he was strongly affect
ed by the inspiration of the classics
Detroit Journal.
Daily camera., 1897-03-17
Notice of Foreclosure Sale.

Notice of Foreclosure Sale.
State Of colorade eor,s, In the annrt District
Charles c. Bromley, trustee,
c. r. Bauer, Henry Bloc
baum and F. R. Meyer, 10 to-.c,o,.
deed of
The Spier Extraction Com
pany, corporation.
Defendant.
Under and by virtue OF judgment and decree
of foreclosure and sale in the above entitled
cause and special execution thereon issued out
of the clerks office of the district court of the
eighth judicial district in and for the County of
Boulder, in the State of Colorado, and to me
directed, whereby 1 commanded to make
the sum of three thousand seven hundred and
twenty-nine dollars, with interest thereon from
December 18th, 1896, at eight per cent per an
mum together with costs of suit found by said
court to be due from the defendant, The Spier
Extraction company to Plaintiffs c. L. Bauer
Henry Bloebaum and +. R. Meyer, upon certain
notes secured by a certain mortgage deed of
trust bearing date April Eth, 1885, given by said
defendant to said Charles G. Bromley, trustee,
to secure the payment of said notes to said last
named plaintiffs recorded in book Ill of the
public records of said Boulder County, at page
1853 by said decree, ordered to be foreclosed, out
of the lands. tenemerts and hereditame nts
therein, and hereinafter described. have levied
upon the following property, towit:
The Boyd mill property, lying and being in
the County OF Boulder, and State of Colorado
being the same property conveyed by Chas
Spier, and c. A Russell to The Spier Extraction
company, by deed recorded in book 1888, page 49,
of the public records OF Boulder County, Colo
rado.
Therefore according to said command 1 shall
expose for sale, at public auction, all the right,
titie and interest of the above named defendant
in and to the above described property, or 50
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
said decree on Thursday, the Sth day of April,
1897 at II O'Clock, q. m. at the south front door
OF the county court house, in the City Of Boul-
der, Boulder County, Colorado, for the highest
and best price the same will bring i'll cash.
WARREN {. DYER,
Sheriff of Boulder County
Dated, Boulder. Colo, March &. 1897.
Richard Ii. Whiteiey, Attorney
Daily camera., 1897-03-17

rB- We pay Special Attention to
Plumbing, Heating and Timing and
do business for Profit all the time
with all the people, Can you ask
more?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

Jonah, there would have been more
OF them than Zwingli and Celius
Secundus Curio, who thought that
there were some redeemed heathens.
Ii the Westminster divines had
understood Jonah, they never would
have coined those remarkable state
ments of the tenth chapter of their
Confession, in which the entire hea,
then world and its babes are left out
OF the election of grace. The present
century, brought face to face with the
heather world, is beginning TO learn
the lesson of Jonah. Jonah is the
book for our times. Though written
many centuries ago as a beautiful
ideal OF the imagination to teach the
wonderful grace of God in the saliva
ton OF repenting heather and their
babes, it has been reserved for the
present age to apprehend and apply
Its wonderful lessons. The repentance
OF Nlneveh is a prophetic ideal. Pro
lessor c. A. Briggs, ID. d., In North
American Revieao.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1897-04-15

Mrs. Christiann Foster Is o matron Of Mat
toon, who has recently been restored to the
ranks of health after many years of suffer-
ing. She gave her statement to q reporter
in such concise shape that we print it:
"My name is Christiana Foster, am hty
years Of age and housekseper. have
lived in Illinois ever since | was twelve
years old. During the latter years of my
life | have been much afflicted with stomach
trouble, blood disorders and nervousness,
and these were greatly aggravated about two
years ago. when l became subject to most
disagreeable hot flashes, Tor perhaps l should
say hushes).'
81 seemed to be losing ground all the time
I could not sleep but for short time, not
being able to obtain any appropriate rest
and may say was truly wretched.
About one year ago, after reading an nd
vertisement of DR.. Williams Pink Pills fol
Pale People, | determined to get some o
them, and did SO, beginning to take them
strictly according to directions. ! had MOI
taken half box before ! experienced relief
and before had taken four boxes, | was.
may say well. OF course am growing old