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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12
TEXAS IMPROVEMENTS
GALVESTON HAS SEVERAL BUILD
iNGs NOW UNDER WAY.
rHila. ~ Have Two New Buiidtngs.
4 Block Of stores for Wharton.
oth-r Notes.

Galveston. TEXAS. Agrh io--The-e IS a
eao3 deal o, Naiiaiug IN progress ana in
Immediate prospect = Galveston .ust a.
( 5resPat- TIE list 3ucluaes re SANTA fe
:taoe lsel5,ag AID s,LsseaEe- depot. now
sel. u1@el way. wo-E-nea having COM
( zzles-s4 vsrk aa Tie seeon4 s.1;y ,o4ay
Z Tie wharf oo-DTa-ys grain elevator .s
/ Fearing o9u.al+tsoa as5 tie roo. NH he
70 = week o. 1ea d4ys. The addition
+ % ihe ReyIaershosler gran elevator Viii be
uaCef ~ay. Il IS said. est as soon as Nj.
4 E.e3I1e rsaoGer returns tro-1 Mexico. which
VIII - IL few days NNorE o. ne county
SAL annex VIII begin 1e1i MONDAY sad On
& IL aew court house :ys, as s9oa IS tne
o-tr4c. ie le.. which IS scheduled icF
May ~ TIE Sisters Of 81 Man have
AWARDED Tie contract .1r Tie saal-AI. IN "a
I - creed IL connection 7Ti'h = AAfl
.Lfli-lr!. 81 ccz. g. sH9-i S~3''N- Co..
NLrk ~. os pe-@n sJoi.- - O4+feSl0A
bsss!ug and CGrdaEs company have o.-1ei
tl1s f1r = SO coo warehouse. The Plans
.o- tie Home and Training school Tor
Nurses - undergoing some ALLEGATIONS. Dlt
i is sad ~oTk on TIE building Mil o-s-'lu
a dSoC+ Two weeks. OF business cu..llnSs
the7e are ihree n course Of construction.
cza % Postoft!ce between Tweuty-s ecold
aad Tws1ty-third st.ee's. pBe corner ot
f Church and Twenty kerond and a-otaer a
he cotner Of Market street and ba ave-
1ta ~ private residences there z:e many
n course o! building.
Dallas. Texas, April 9-Mr. Jas Moro
-ey broke ground yesterday On raciiic ave-
nue. fer new tour-stoty business house
which viii front en- Elm street ard run
through to Pacific avenue. j WIZ be
56xzD9 feet. On May the contract lcr The
new building will he awarded and q largo
( forcc ~ gorkn1en employed
Il vas stated yesterday in building ctr
{ CleS that the McCe.n iok Harvesting Ma
chine company has decided 10 erect siH
story brick building corn"r Marriott and
T Pacific avenue This building III 10 l00x
( 100 and will be used for general hcalquar-
tiers Of the company and werehm7e pur-
( posrG- Work on the new siding viii begin
usx. week.
Hu;to Tezar April e.-Hutto wil soon
have a now school building work viii be
I begun as soon IS tho prcsent house OF
learning can be removed The contract
was let today to Dawson SOUTHLAND. con-
/ tractors Of this place. for the sum Of
$500. that Icing the lowest bid in thirteen
bids. which came from Taylor, Georgetown
and Austin. This much net-led school
I hoIse o. SIX rooms is the outcome. o, p
/ long fight FOR new building. Bonds were
voted last year 10 build j house, but owing
I 10 some small technicalty were overrued
! and me new hous" vii! be paid for by pri-
! Nale subscription
MCKINNEY, Texas April Sat the
I morning services Yesterday the balance u,
N''is' iNN'S Tor 'n' ne" 'hriStan church
N''N ''.,.i 'c'"rS WIN oee'h
'he'r "orh AL once. men completed and
I goo n3o all viii ,,-,.a.n III -.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12
Annrn,rr.nu,rn nrrMIng Ass,n.

recommends the usc OF the greatest OF all
tones, Malt Murine" and guarantees
the merits elaimed for it. For sale by all
druggists.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12
RHEUMAlIST

Munyon's Rheuma ,isn, a..
tsed TO cure acute on rn,,ss,ys !uA0a
ilSm IA from one TO five SaN. shsaht
shooting, pains IN any par, -, !. shs1
stopped BY few doses. a nra.Ms bcl
plete and Permanent; cure for o'Ihnt COZ
s s2S oins s' rnr Ssek and all pains Il s
lumhNso or pain ia the back ~. NAtla
cured II seldom fails to give re,l ssc,e,str
ono or two doses. and almos, ir ,el ma
cures before one bottle has bss ss' ~
Price, Is cents. 'eea wt4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12

Georgetown. Texas, April 10 Davidson
& So,bard secured the contract for the new
public school building nj Hutto on n bid q
$4,000. There were thirteen bids. ranging
from $1,000 down The building will be n
frnme ono and constructed at once.
Tho oil mill Mt Ennis will be rebuilt Mt
once and be in readiness for work next
season.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12

Beeville, Tcxas. April 9,-It is rumored
that two more brick business houses will
be erected here soon.
Some mammoth immigration enterprises
are talked of in this section and the com
ing Of fall may yet find solid trains Of
immigrants rolling into Southwest Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12

Wharton. Texas. April s.--Thc Anderson
hotel Is being moved from the corner block
on Milan street to center block across
tho street. The place formerly occupied
by the hotel has been purchased hy Mr.
4. r. Erwin and a handsome row OF hrcH
buildings will soon occupy that block.
Messrs Carrot, are also building three
large brick stores on Main street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-04-12

Mckinney, Texas, April Sat the
morning services yesterday the balance Of
needed funds for tho new Christian church
were raised and contractors will begin
their work at oncc. When completed and
furnished the building Will have cost about
$4,000 and viii surpass all other like
edlflccs in point Of beauty in this city or
county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
TIRED OF PUBLIC OFFICE.
Gov. Taylor Has Made up His
Mind to Resign.
Tells Mr.. Thompson, Speaker of the
Senate and the GOvernOr.tO. be,
of His Intention.
in the Early FalI.-He and His
Brother All Will Take to the
Lecture Platform.
TUESDAYS Nashville SUM-

81 am certainly going to resign; so
hold yourself in readiness to take up
the cares of State.n
These were the words of Gov.
Robert L. Taylor to Hon. John
Thompson, Speaker of the Senate,
last night at the Maxwell House.
The meeting of the Governor and
the Governor-to- was an in
cidental one.
Gov. Taylor did not indicate the
time he proposed to resign, but it is
generally understood he will retain
the Executive chair until the early
fall. His resignation will go to the
Secretary of the State.
Hon. John Thompson, as Speaker
of the Senate, will accede to the
Governorship and fill out the un-
expired term.
Gov. Taylor's resignation has been
talked of for several days, but many
people refused to believe the rumors
that have been flying around. But
yesterday it became evident that the
Governor had unalterably fixed his
determination to rid himself of the
WOlllCo VI OlllCO' AuO Duu VI ocCI6Cy
was removed from those around
him, and the truth of the resignation
talk was openly admitted by the
clerks of his office and other officials
high up in the Executive confidence
Gov. Taylor will, as has beer
stated, resume his lecture work. He
and his brother, Hon. A. A. Taylor
will probably take the rostrum once
more together. 1t is understood
they will prepare a new joint lee
ture, entitled Drivers of Pearl anC
Oceans of Clam Shells"
Gov. Taylor will be the SECOND
man to resign the Executive chat
of Tennessee; Sam Houston, who's,
romantic history never fails to
arouse interest, being the first.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
LINGOLN'S ASSASSINATION
AS Told by the "New York
Herald"
In Its Issue of Saturday, April 10,
1865, Published the Day After the
Crime Was Committed.
Details of the Attempted Assassina-
ton of Secretary Seward-Presi-
dent JEFF Davis Last
Proclamation.

Through the kindness of Mr.. Sam
McGaw, the HERALD has been loan
ed copy of the New York Herald"
of Saturday, April Is, 1865, which
gives in detail the assassination of
President Abraham Lincoln at
Ford's Theatre, and the attempted
assassination of Secretary Seward at
almost the same hour, besides other
important news of the war between
the Federals and Confederates. At
the time of the publication of this
paper the murderer of President
Lincoln-J. Wilkes Booth-had not
been apprehended, and it was not
positively known who the assassin
was.
The average reader knows nothing
of this most important event in
Americas history, save for the
information gained from the meagre
accounts given by historians; and
as the details given by a newspaper
published Immediately after the oc.
currence would necessarily be more
explicit, we publish them for the
benefit of our readers.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
Tried to Rob a Maury Countian.

Last Sundays Nashville Sun says.
"T. G., Mcdonald, a slick pick
pocket, who rolled in on the Cen
tennial wave, was picked up at the
race track yesterday, by Lieut.. Tur-
ner and Detectives Sidebottom and
Fitzpatrick and he is now enjoying
berth at the police station. Nc
Donald was caught in the very act
of plying his nefarious trade, and
will in all probability receive the
full limit of the law.
"a. b. Harlan, of Columbia, was
the intended victim, but he was too
alert for the light fingered artist.
The Duncan Hotel Handicap was on
and the three horses were at the
post ready to start. Mr.. Harlan was
greatly interested in the race, and
was paying close attention to the
start. He was standing i'm the
grandstand, and Mcdonald, think
ing his attention was wholly en-
crossed in the race, very deity
slipped bis hand into Harlan's out
side coat pocket, and was drawing
it out with handful of tickets
when detected.
Mr.. Harlan held him, until the
officers came, when he was turn ed
over to them. He is regarded as an
adept in his line. and there is a
strong suspicion that the attempt
yesterday was not the first one in
this city,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

small piece of paper folded, and saying,
in answer to refusal, that he must see
the Secretary, as he was entrusted with
particular instructions regarding the
medicine.
He still insisted on going up, although
repeatedly informed that no one could
enter the chamber. The man pushed
the servant aside, and walked hastily
towards the Secretary's room, and was
then met by Mr.. Frederick Seward, of
whom he demanded to see the Secre-
tary, making the same representation
which he did to the servant.
What further passed in the way of
colloquy is not known; but the man
struck young Mr. Seward on the head
with billy, severely injuring the
skull and telling him almost senseless.
The assassin then rushed into the
chamber and attacked Major Seward,
Paymaster United States Army, and
Mr. Hansell, a messenger of the State
Department, and two male nurses, dis
abling them all.
He then rushed upon the Secretary,
who was lying in bed, in the same room,
and inflicted three stabs in the neck,
but severing, it is thought and hoped,
no arteries, though he bled profusely.
The assassin then rushed down stairs,
mounted his horse at the door and rode
off before an alarm could be sounded,
and in the same manner as the assassin
of the President.
1t is believed that the injuries of the
Secretary are not fatal nor those of
either of the others, although both the
Secretary and The Assistant Secretary
are very seriously injured.
Secretaries Stanton and Wells, and
other prominent officers of the Govern.
ment, called at Secretary Stewards to
inquire into his condition, and there
heard Of the assassination of the Presi.
dent.
They then proceeded to the house
where he was lying, exhibiting OF
course intense anxiety and solicitude
An immense crowd was gathered in
front of the Presidents house, and a
strong guard was also stationed there.
would be brought to his home.
The entire city tonight presents 8
scene of wild excitement, accompanied
by violent expression of indignation
and the profoundest sorrow many sheC
tears.
The military authorities have dis
patched mounted patrols in every di
rection, in order, IL possible, to ares
the assassins. The whole metropolitan
police are likewise vigilant for the same
purpose.
The attacks, both at the theatre anC
at Secretary Stewards house took plac,
at about the same hour-ten o'clock
thus showing preconcerted plan Il
assassinate those gentlemen. Som,
evidence of the guilt of the party VIII
attacked the President are in possession
of the police.
Vice. President Johnson is in the cit Y
and, his headquarters are guarded b!
troops.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
SANCTUM SENTIMENTS.

Protection of hides" will be the
very thing the Republican congress-
men will most need when it comes
the turn of the people to do some
skinning instead of being skinned
Chattanooga News.
1t has leaked out that the princi-
pie animals for the Mckinley pros
perity show are mortgaged to some
English brokers, and that the heavy
gold shipments of last week were
necessary to secure their release. 1t
is now confidently expected that the
performance will begin in very
short time.-Pulaski Citizen.
The question of prohibiting nigh
hats from the church as well as the
theatre is being agitated in some of
the northern cities. We oppose the
prohibition. Sitting in the pew be-
hind big hat or two we could safely
indulge nap where the preacher
couldn't see us.-Tullahoma Guar
dian.
1t is possible for man to be I'M
consciously ahoat on Salt river
when he imagines that his political
bark is steering for the United
States nate.-Franklin Review
Appeal.
Henry Watterson made a sig
nificant address early this year at the
New York bankers annual banquet,
in which he said that as a nation
1--WE are to teach the lesson that the
citizen exists for the government,
and not the government for the citi-
zen." This thoroughly destructive
and revolutionary doctrine is now
the trend of the legislative theory
and practice of the plHtocratic
political influences controlling the
administrative, executive and
! judicial departments of the federal
service. 1t would make the citizen
a slave and the government his
master. This was the condition OF
the French peasant before bloody
revolution changed this dehumaniz-
ing and MONARCH order. This was
the English lPborer's status until
Cromwell's Ironsides struck king
craft a righteous and stunning blow
American Outlook.
"An eX-Confederate soldier and
lifelong republican" is the way
they describe Hughes, the new post
master of Birmingham. Was he al
once a Confederate soldier and q
republican? Or did he begin to live
after he ceased to be a Confederate
Observation-Disclosures Times.
We fear that something really
serious may have happened. The
Nashville papers have not pub
lished Mrs. Van Leer Kirkman's
picture in two whole days. Actual
ly!-Springfield Leader.
what is that dull and sickeninl
thud?" said Dingley-on-parade
ITS another Dingley schedule
dropped" the senate sergeant said
Memphis COmmercial-Appeal.
The new tariff will double the duty
on coal, but the coal operators de
mand a reduction of l6 per cent. il
wages; it will raise the import taN
on iron ore and yet the iron mills arr
cutting wages of their employees, ant
still we are told that the tariff is al
that is needed to restore prosperity
Where is the prospect of better times
if such is to be the effect of the new
d law?-ChattanOoga News.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
Curious Signs.

The following specimens Of printed
notices may be seen by the observ-
ant traveller who visits England and
Ireland:
At an English watering place the
following warning notice appears:
"Nisitors are cautioned against
bathing within 100 yards of this
spot, several persons having been
drowned here lately by order of the
authorities
Another specimen of this may be
seen posted up by the side of high
road in Canterbury: "Traction en-
gines and other ersons taking water
from the pond will be prosecuted"
An Irish tramway exhibits the
misleading warning: ut is danger
Gus to walk on the line by order of
the director" And in another
place: Anyone tre9passing on these
grounds without permission will be
prosecuted
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
Among the important war news is
the following piece, which will
doubtless be of interest to many:


the following piece, which will
doubtless be of interest to many:
JEFF Davis Last Proclamation.
DANvILLE, VA, April 3, 1865
The Communicated found it neces-
sary to make such movements of his
troops as to uncover the Capital. 1t
would be unwise to conceal the moral
and material injury to our cause result
ing from the occupation of our capital
by the enemy. 1t is equally unwise
and unworthy of us to allow our own
energies to falter and our efforts to be-
come relaxed under reverses, however
calamitous they may BE-. For many
months the largest and finest army Of
the Confederacy, under command of a
leader whose presence inspires equal
confidence i'm the troops and the people,
has been greatly trammeled by the
necessity of keeping constant watch
over the approaches to the capital, and
has thus been forced to forego more
than one opportunity for promising
enterprise. 1t is for us, my country
men, to show by our bearing under
reverse, how wretched has been the
self deception of those who have be-
lieved us less able to endure misfortune
than to encounter danger with courage.
We have now entered upon new
phase of the struggle. Relieved from
the necessity of guarding particular
points, our army will be free to move
from point to point to strike the enemy
i'm detail far from his base. Let us but
will it and we are free.
Animated by that confidence in spirit
and fortitude which never vet failed me,
| announce to you my fellOw-country-
men, that it is my purpose to maintain
your cause with my whole heart and
soul; that | will never consent to aban-
don to the enemy one foot of the soil OF
any one of the States of the Confed-
eracy, and that Virginia-noble State
whose ancient renown has been eclipsed
by the still more glorious recent his,
! tory, whose bosom has been barred to
receive the main shock of this war
whose sons and daughters have eX
hibited heroism so sublime as to render
her illustrious in all time to come-that
and by the blessing of Providence, shall
be held and defended, and no peace
ever be made with the infamous in
vaders of her territory.
II by the stress of numbers we shall
ever be compelled to temporary with
drawal from her limits or those of any
other border State, again and again will
we return, until the baffled and eX
hausted enemy shall abandon in de
spair his endless and impossible task o
making slaves of people resolved to b'
free.
Let us then, not despond, my country
men; but relying on God, meet the fot
with fresh defiance and with uncon
quered and unconquerable hearts.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
GarwOOd's Sarsaparilla-for the blood
guaranteed tocure. A. B. RAINS
Observing the Letter.

"And you promised me-" she Sob
bed, intensely, THAT when we were
once married you would be as steady
as a clock"
"Well, hully geev' was his impas-
stoned answer, faint 1? Don't
keep runnin' around allertime?"
Yet, as women are VIGOROUSLY
without a sense of humor, neither
his innocent utterance nor his play
upon words struck her as the least
amusing-Clncinnati Enquirer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
ATTEMPT TO AssASsINATE sECRE.
TARY SEWARD.

When the excitement at the theatre
was at its widest height, reports were
circulated that Secretary Seward had
also been assassinated.
On reaching the gentleman's resi-.
dence crowd and military guard
were found at the door, and on entering
it was ascertained that the reports were
based on facts.
Everybody there was so excited that
scarcely an Intelligent word could be
gathered. But the facts are sub
stantially as follows:-
About ten O'Clock a man rang the
bell, and the call having been answered
bv colored servant, he said he had
come from DR.. Verdi, Secretary Seward s
family physician, with aEprescTiption,
at the same time holding in his hand q
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
LOOKS OFTEN DECEIVE.

I've allus noticed, fellers,
Hits a risky thing to do
To kalkalate accordin'
TO how things looks to you.
The man at talks the incest
Don't help you up the hill;
The one 'at prays the loudest
Don't allus pay his bill.
Sometimes the biggest fishes
Bites the smallest kinds o bats ;.
An mighty ugly women
Can make the best o mates.
The smartest lookin' fellow
May be regular fool;
You're allus kicked the highest
BY the meekest looking mule.
Atlanta Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14
The Editor Was In.

The publisher of this paper was
assaulted on the street Tuesday eve-
ming by lobe Priest; DR.. Griffith
dressed his wounds and the livery
man hauled him home. We guar
antee satisfaction in job work and
our prices are as low as the lowest
Banner, StOutsville, Mo.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

No mystery about it. When the Sha-
kers offered some time ago to give away
a bottle of their Digestive Cordial to any
one who might call at their New York
office, there was a great rush and a
great many people thought they were
crazy. Subsequent events proved it
to have been very clever advertising
transaction, for although they gave
away thousands of bottles, it was in the
end profitable; nearly every one that
took free bottle came back for more
and paid for itwith pleasure saying they
had derived better results from its use
than from any other medicine they had
ever used. There is nothing so uni.
formly successful in the treatment OF
stomach troubles as the Shaker Diges.
tive Cordial and what is better than all
il relieves at once.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

THE records in the Patterson
Carmack election contest now in the
hands of the clerk of the house
of representatives at Washington,
make a monster book of over 1000
printed pages.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

The State Medical Society held
its Gath annual meeting in Nash
vile Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday of this week.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

The members of Delaware's
House of Representatives are of the
"dead-game-sport" variety. One
night last week two local feather
weight prize fighters Of Dover went
to the House, pitched a ring in front
of Speaker Higgins desk, and there,
in the presence of the Legislature,
fought ten-round mill.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

THE Spanish Government has bor-
rowed $6O,OOO,OOO from the Bank of
Spain in order to continue the pay
ment of the Spanish troops in Cuba.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

JUDGE CARPENTER, of Detroit,
rendered decision last Friday in
which he held that scripture read
ing in the schools was direct
violation of the Constitution of the
State
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

THE National Good Citizens Con-
vention which will meet in Nash
vile, May 1920, has been called by
such men as Josiah Strong, D. d.,
New York; George G. Lorimer, D..
D., Boston; Theo. L. Cuyler, ID. d.,
Brooklyn; Hon. Neal Dow, Maine;
Bishop w. Y. Ninde, Detroit; Col.
E. w. Cole, James 1. Vance, d. D.,
Hon. w. NJ. Mccarthy, Mayor,
Nashville, and many other leading
men from Tennessee and other
states. Among the invited speakers
is John G. Woolley, the acknowl-
ed king of the American platform
in our day, who will speak May 10,
D. M, and DR.. d. c. Kelley, of our
city, who has been requested to
speak on "Good Citizenship from
the Bible Standpoint" some time
during the sitting of the Convention.
We learn that DIR. Kelley has also
been requested to deliver an address
before the Annual Scotch-Irish Con-
gress which meets at Detroit, Michi-
gan, June lO-l3, on the character OF
General James Robertson, "The
Founder of Tennessee" The DR.. has
also been called to speak on Item
perance and Civil Righteousness
by the great Epworth League Inter
national Conference, to be held in
Toronto. Canada, July 1918.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1897-05-14

THE Railroad Commissioners met
last Friday and perfected organiza-
ton, electing E. L. Bullock as Chair
man and De Long Rice as Secretary.
Hence the fight the Nashville Sun
is making on Governor Taylor.