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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

There was called me citing last night
of Houston council No. So United Com
mercial Travellers, held at the parlors Of
the Hutchins House. Mr.. W. " McMaster
OF Waco, grand counsellor of Texas, was
present, and exemplitied the work. Con-
siderable business was transacted and the
meeting was an enthusiastic one.
The new officers elected we're. II. 8,
Hardy, senior chancellor; w. C.Akard, jun
Tor chancellor; Thos. l.. t'realand, secretary
and treasurer l.. Z. Kaufman, conductor
Louis Schwartz. page; j. NJ. Mather, SEN
tinel.
There were five applicants for member.
ship acted upon ani they will be in
stalled at the next meeting.
vote of thanks was extended Mr.. Nc.
Master for his splendid eXemplificitlon o
tie work
The Houston council is now in first class
shape and is rapidly growing in member.
skin.
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the gross postal receipts st atty OF the
largest offices for November amounted u
Sd'aZ"''>, an decrease OF $3S2 o33, or l2.g pof
cent over the corresponding month oi
las year.
JEFFERSON CITY, No. Governor
Stetsns has committed the death sentence
OF William Williams. the Kansas C:ty
n'NTo VINO murdered a Hungarian ~ that
cliy ON the day of the carnival last fal
hccarse he was hurrahlng for Bryan. WI.
Edms who was sentenced 20 nang nexi
iu,'nGy, VIII get off with ntty years i'm
pr.soDment.
FALL RIVER Mass. Tine special com.
miltee Of tho Alanufac;urers' assoclat 81
10 Whith was referred the matter Of n
now wage scale on "A lower basis, met SAT.
urda$, hut the meeting developed no.. min.
rev, Tho committce will meet again ne>
TUESDAY evening The situation has m.
Nerguhe little change.
WASHlNGTON--l'he supporters of na-
Wtliaa annexation have decided to con
slider the question an executive SESSION II
the senate IN order to do This. they vii
nSv, 20 t3ke up me treaty rather than 4
JOINT RESOLUTION providing for annexAuUl
klCH MoNp, Na.-'rhe committee of In.
VeStSaron of the United Veterans his.
| tory scandal has recommended that Granf
COMMANDER Stuhbs of the State camp he
requested to restgn HIS office and hi,
! membership ON the committee Stubh,
says he Will do neither.
| fAlFlS-TThc intransigant SAYS Dreyfu:
! was reaT'y German army officer by an
J r2intmelt OF Emperor Wmiam. thourl
holding an official position in the Frenci
NEW foRk-A Herald special says tn.
Malirid press il referring N bitter term
10 PRESIDENT Mckialeys threat o. inter
ver ton in CuNa.
HANANA--l.a Lucha says the cane Gro,
- large but there are no oxen To grim
i and no money to handle IT,
/ OF EtNSTOW N-The british steame
MlAiiotd was wrecked by Heavy seas. IA
| palts or Fastnet. Tho crew WAS take
OF by the Cunarder titrlria.
CH ARR ESTON, =, C.-Ex- Prcsi,ica
/ cleveland and party are AT a .'N 1.iil
| rrvScrvc, some miles down the coast
! TACOMA, Wash, The steamer 'raeom
| Brings news to the effect thl, Japan /
l'Nerclsed over Russd's attitude In Corel
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leadership of few determined men the
mob made rush for the negro and sue
ceeded in getting him from the sheriff.
They then put pillow line around the
negro's neck aad ran up the hill vita nm.
He was put en- big black horse aud
driven under tree. After the halter was
fastened 10 a limb the horse was driI en-
from under him. Ills feet touched the
ground. but he was strangling, and MIR.
Arlington. enc of the lawyers. ANA another
man cut him down. The crowd allowed
MIN to be revived and then hung him in
earnest His body was left hanging by
the roadside. Lewis denied his grilt to
the last.
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THE MISSISSIPPI METHOD,
Negro Who Murdered Brown Smith S
Family Lynched.
MOB WOULD NOT BE REASONED WITH.
Even Appeals by Smith Were I'm
avaiiing - Wns Cut Down and
Then Hanged TIL Dead.

Wesson, Miss, December IA gentle
man named Mcbride, who left the scene
OF tho murder OF the Smith family at ,
O'Clock this afternoon, has just reached
here Mr.. Mcbride says mob Of 1000
men has formed. ami that wholesale
lynching Is taking place in that neighbor-
hood. courier is expected to arrive hers
IRON the scene before midnight.
Additional particulars in regard TO the
Brown Smith murder Wednesday and the
subsequent lynching OF the supposed MUIR
derer were received today, After captur-
Ing Charley Lewis. the alleged murlerer,
the mob placed him alongside of several
negroes and asked the little girl who was
spared by the murderer to pick out the
man who killed her mother. She at once
pointed TO Charley Lewis. This strong
evidence aroused the mob and made i;
difficult for Sheriff Gassel OF Montevillo
to induce the people to turn Lewis over
10 him. He assured them he would Rave
the negro at Bankston Ferry yesterday at
~ O'Clock lor trial. As promised he nr,
rived there on time with Lewis and an.
other mob of POO men, armed with shot
guns and Winchesters met him on III,
opposite banks of the river. Speeches wer,
made by cool headed men, among Their
being Hon. a. II. Wetherby senator from
Lawrence county, ana Rev Drummcnds
Methodist preacher, who pleaded elo
quently for the Negroes life.
Mr. Brown Smith he man whose tam,l,
was murdered and who should. OF course
nave felt the most aggrieved. Jumped upot
me water-shelt of the little store saller,
and pleaded with the crowd 10 lie pat,eu
ana not TO rush hastily into thing they
might regret. He SAID that whila he d
| not doubt his child's word. as she Vas :,
| young there was "A pCssi5.ll.y that an
! might have been mistaken. He said Their
was something In there fpoin.ila, to hi
left hreastl that did not satisfy him abou
| the matter
As soon as The rain started tho sheriff
| and prisoner took TO the store for reitl.e
| Afterwards an attempt was made to hol,
court but this was found to he imposs bic
After parleying for some time under tn
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Al the Oaera House.

Ihe veriseope exhibitions OF the Corbett-
rl'zsimmons prize fight We're given to good
audiences again yesterday, matinee and
evening, and We're admired and enjoyed by
al-ooth as wonderful reprodreti ms OF ac-
sS"i scenes anu movements and as pictures
OF an exciting ring contest. The eyhihis
tiohs yesterday closed the engagement
here.
mere Will be no other attraction al the
opera house until Thursday night OF this
week when Creston Clarke and Adelaide
frlhce VIII be seen in the new romantic
drama, The Last of His Race"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
CAsTELLANOs TO RESIGN.
Ills Action May Disrupt the Diet OF
Central American RenmhIics.

Managaa, Nl'a n. NoyemocI So
Senior Jaclnto Castellanos president OF
the diet OF the Greater Republic of Central
America, appointed from Salvador. it Is
reported, has rendered his resignation. His
retirement, it is said, endangers the ability
OF the Independent organization to unite
the people and will probably soon result in
its disruption. The inancfai condition is
unimproved. There is much difficulty in
getting laborers TO gather the ripenins
coffee crop.
a revolution against Zelaya's government
is apprehended and war between Near
aqua and Costa Rica is imminent.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
THE COL. cRARy OF SABINE PASS.

many smaller coastwlse craft: ei,hteen
more are due. and the visitors flccll 10
this ndm Mecca on the coast will Zee in
january thirty to forty SHIPS to be laden
with lumber for foreign ,leariace TWO
OF these mighty ships. he "Jaaerar and
me virginia" carried out thirty train
loads OF twenty cars per train, or an ag-
segate OF 100000 feet ~ lumber This
Is mentioned as an index OF The caIacity
OF me channel 10 float the helyiest ships
aneA' Eiehty-siN million eet OF I'm her
haNa been shipped frtm This mort IA ers,
ten months OF 1897. These figures ,an he
verified at the office of the Deputy collec-
.or OF THIS port. Alresdy one s,ip. -cCxil0
ieet ana twenly-seven ieet deep mas been
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
SHORT MEMS STOKES.

hkl SSl.i 81 ne movement G"ograph-
l.gNt' wh,ch on Tues'iay last announced
MAJ tPtn2n eNpr1 Ton under Mayor
MAiet Aii' waile ON rs way w tho Ndv
~ u,e ,, m',|sacte'' ueat i'd'lfuis hAas
Nm .1Nar.J' ~ h,,, '', 49,,
N,tcbnr1 Va "'' - "'"'''
,'',
IN NoDN LIE t4a,-AdnTal WaiH'
er and 'he Nicaragua canal commissioners
aiil'ei al Key West After coahnS, iht
fH'p proceeded on her way
BUCHAREST \ duel win svs:ur No.
been rNSht between NJ. Lahovary. al
rcct,r w. the IuIeqeiI>isnttnc i,ouemaail
am Jean tLilpesou, director of The EpJe tu
NJ ngyary Vas killed,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
Building Permits Issued.

The following building permits were H.
sued from the city engineers office yester-
day
To John Brennan, for one story cot
tage on lot 4, block 81, Chestnut street, G.
NJ. Allen addition, to coat about $780,
TO c. King, for shed Improvement on lot
block 2SS, Polk street, TO cost about
500.
To j. X. Mayo, for tar paper roof on
pudding on lot l6. block AL, w. r. Ba-
kers addition, north side of Buffalo bayou
10 cost about $40.
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completed; slip No. ., 1000 'oet long. coo
fdet wide and twenty seven feet does will
Pc completed in February. There has been
cNpehaed SlSo,0OO in wharves atd improve
neh,s anu Sl,OSo,Ooo appropriation by
the government is now being ssnended IN
the splendid jetty system. 4 3ne of rail-
roah from Waco Will be soon under con.
struetion, as we'll as one to Houston. which
VIII place Sabine Pass In coane.i) IN with
an the trunk lines entering Texas and will
mike The greatest outlet for tho mighty
s 9, of the Northwest 10 the sea
me nav Windsor Hotel, under the excel
,ent amusement of Colonel James Fur
,ons makes one wish they could stay
brighter than that Of Sabine Pa,sS =
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TINS beautiful model OF an ocean. eoinr
freight steamer which created facl IN.
rore IN Monday and Wedaes lay NIGHTS
ne, r.anues ana Wn!ci was Subs .usn.ly en-
Thursday aud Friday nights deser,,si W.,
200 incandsscent i,.ilps an! tr.,led t,l md
handsomely decorated car, titled with
distinguished guests, has been a ,harm-
ing feature Of the weeks festivities. II ia
tho sabine Land and lmproven mt Co IS,
CONTRIBUTION TO make the Fruit, Flower and
sesetaoie FESTIVAL a success and incidents
any 70 proclaim to the world that at Sabine
lass mere Is twsnty-four Feet N water
over the bar and that ships from ., arv
principal port in the world enter and 6pd
safe harbor. There are nov az SABINE
fsss twenty ships Of mighty tcnuaee and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
A STORY or HoRRoRs.
Wffc Compelled to Hind Her u..
band and Then Wna A..nuI,.,


Baltimore, December n.-Bin Under.
wood. negro recently released from Tho
peiit.ntiary. last night called at the home
OF Christian Pabst. a farmer living four
miles southwest of here, ana demanae,
mci'ey. Pabst refused and underwoo,
drew revolver and made him law down
on the floor. He then pressed the re-
vclyer against Mrs. Pabst's temple am,
compelled her to bind her husb.isrs arms
and feet with twtne. Tie brute then ,o,,s
her INTO another room and assaulted her.
IRIS morning she managed TO eua,a nan
and ran TO the house OF her brother. N.
law, Louis Pabst mile distant. l.o,,is
reiruaed with shotgun. Underwood me,
ana disarmed him and made him w,,,,.
into the room whore his brother was
bonrd. Louis suddenly made a bonn "a,
Underwood and after scuffs secured ~,
gun and moment later this r,auleo
cofrse of tho negro lay stretched ON he
Acnr ~. Pabst may die.
9enors9 cure chronic consiipatyon Via
~ - &xqr eomoje5nS. Price, Is cents.
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Concert This After,..,

Commencing this afternoon A,
and continuing every Sunday d
till further notice there will ht
at the Auditorium by Herbs a,
chestra. Frank Herb director.
Programme for this Afternoon
lows.
March-Coronation ........ 80.
Overture-Poet and Peasant. -.
Observation-Disclosures War Dance.
'''...... ......... .......s.
Valse di toncert-Au Revdr. W
Selection--Lucretia Borgia 80,
1ntermission.
Overt',re-Semiramido ..........n
Cavatina-Leonora ....,.rs...,..
Medley overSure-Elks' Frolic... !,
Observation-Disclosures Rustioaal.
Patrol--Alabama ............"
lntermission.
observation-disclosures ............
Quartette-(a) Spring. ~ Dawn.
Observation-Disclosures ....... R.
Characteristic--Our Baby $500.
Tarantelle ..................
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
GERMANY TO REFORM" CHIN,

Berlin. December 1.-THE representative
nero OF the Associated Press is informed
that Prince Henry of Prussia. who has been
appointed to the command Of the second
German squadron ON the coast of China
VIII visit fekis, where the Chinese en-
peror will receive him as an equal. an I'M
usual honor. Prince Henry. it is announced
is the bearer of message from Emperor
William to tho Chinese emperor in which
is included Programme of Chinese re-
forms.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
Charged with Assault to Rape.

NJ. c. Payne. aged 80. painter by trade.
who claims his home as Chattanooga,
Tenn, was arrested near the baseball park
Jail charged with an assault to rape Miss
Willie Grow. aged 16, of 140S Chase street,
Fifth ward, The complaint was made at
the police station by the girl, who alleged
that she went out for a. walk with Payne
and that while near the baseball park he
assaulted her. She cried for help and at
tempted to get away from him. Her cries
We're heard by some boys, who ran to the
corner OF MCGOWAN avenue and Main street
and notified Police Officer Fem, doing
duty there. He went in the direction
whence the cries came and met the girl
who told him her story He made search
OF the neighhorhood, finding Payne near
where the assault was alleged TO have been
committee. He made no statement. 4.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
Lot of Clothing stole

Temple, Texas, December LID
ex- Postmaster Felix Grundy M
tim of a robbery, by which be ID
$3.50 worth of summer cIotAlt
Grundy had packed all the tamiJ
garments in a large trunk ~ y
was placed on a back porch. y "
a heavy package as to require W.
place it there; nevertheless !. y
and rifled before dark last ngl
found the broken trunk two nS
in the alley.
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The Poultry show Omen Toa,,

One among the guceesssul eyents ~ A.
week passed has been the poultry ard pet
s'cck snow 1t IS a success from every
standpoint and the management have do.
c'aed 70 keep open today tina. workingmen
ann others who have not had opportunity
day '"es me Iast
me attendance heretofore has been
, naoehu'u, ana no doubt a large number az
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ticularly in the feeble or when w
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TT cures Colds, Grippe, lnpus'
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Ask for DIR. Humphreys sPeS ,,f
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
u. e. v. Reunion for .,,

New orleans, December il-Generai Cor.
don O. the Confederate Veterans assoc,a.
tion announces that the next reunion viii
DC he,d az Atlanta. Ga, on July NJ. n y
ana - isss. Wednesday. THURSDAY. Irr,oay
ana saturday. respectively. '''aaS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12
CHINA YIELDS 10 GERMANY

Fek'n, December 1.-THE German Chit
nese difficulty is practically settled. The
Germans refuse 10 discuss the occupation
oil klao chau bay The governor OF shan
Iung province has been removed from Of
nee, bui VIII not be any further degraded.
ceded to Germany. bur Thar country "a
given tho preference Finally. the are,
Immediately surrounding Kao Chau bay Is
SET apart exclusively for Germany. China
yields on all other points.
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Sunday Afternoon

SuHuHy NIterhOOu COutds
Herbs band will this evening 3,
a series OF Sunday afternoon CONF,
Auditorium. The concert hb
commences at 3 o'clock.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

from the Grand Central DEPOT
O'clock this afternoon. Deceaei
employe of the Lone Star Steam,
and formerly lived in this civ,
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), Seore,s purify the blood and beos,,,fv
rue eosnpiexton-Cure constipation AZ
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PRICES.

PRICES.
Our prices are just right and our goods are the finest
I Solid Gold Rings for Children soc to $3.50
Solid Gold Dress Buttons with gold chains in set $500 to 5000.
Solid Gold Dress Pins with gold chains SET 81 30 to $1,000
Solid Gold Baby Pins si.oo TO $3.50.
Solid Gold Wreath Pins, So so to $1,000.
Solid Gold Wreath Pins, enameed $500 10 $500
Solid Gold Wreath Pins enameed and diamonds $1,000 to 5000
diamond Rings, $1,000 TO $4,000.
Diamond Earrings, $1,000 TO 100000.
Diamond Pins $1,000 $4,000
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-12

Good value for your money has been motto for
twenty three years. This months business has been
the largest in the history of our firm. To the
sonists of this week who we were unable to wait on,
would suggest that they let us know their wants
by mail and we will attend to them promptly Send
for our illustrated catalogue of Silver Novelties.
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=, vi "eorKe h. Walter.
Tue funeral OF George b. Walter. Who
0ied IN Galveston yesterday. win take placs
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SWEENEY & FREDERICKS, H'"st%1 Reliable JEWELER

PRICES.
When quality considered our prices the farest,
Solid Silver Nail Files, CSC to $3.50
Solid Silver Nail Files gilt, $500 to $500
Solid Silver BuonerS, 25c to $50.
Solid Silver Butoners gilt, si.OO to $500
Solid Silver Hat Marks, engraved, 75c.
Solid Silver Match Safe, $500 to $3.50.
Solid Silver Match se, with photographs $500 to $500
Solid Silver Cup $500 70 $1,000
Solid Silver Chds Knife Fork and Spoon, $500 to $1,000
Very fine Carving Set, $500 to $1,000, pieces
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-14
WITH GREAT FAVOR
Conference Commission Received in Washington and London.

Washington, April 13.-The naming of three commissioners by President Me Kinley under the act of the last congress to promote bimetallism was the subject of considerable discussion about the cap- itol today. Almost without exception the selections were commended. Sena- tors, regardless of party, were pleased with the selection of ex-Vice-President Stevenson. It apepars that this selec- tion was the presidents own, no one ap- bearing to urge his appointment. The president desired democrat who stood est silver man. He sent for MT. Steven- son and after talking the subject over with him, decided to make him a mem- Der of the commission. President Me- Kinley desired that the subject of inter- national bimetallism should be lifted above party politics and that the men se- lected should be those who would work in harmony toward bringing about an agreement.
 Opposition to this scheme for interna- tional bimetallism had developed from an unexpected source. Morton Frewen, of England, who has given great deal of attention to the subject and who has visited this country several times in the interest of silver, is now opposing an in ternationa1 agreement and declares that the money question is one which each nation must settle for itself. MT. F'rew- en will oppose any agreement and use his influence against the new commission, which goes abroad. B
 Senator Wolcett said that there ap-
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-14
CHEAP AND DESIRABLE.

The pig iron of the Birmingham dis
 trict is not only cheaper than any other
 iron, but it is more desirable for foundry
 purposes. These two clements of cheap
 ness and desirability not only give it
 precedence in this country, but also in
 foreign markets. The New York Finan- cier says:
 There are the strongest reason in the world fer making the assertion that the south will at no distant day wrest the supremacy from long established forth
 ern centers as an iron and steel produc- ing section. Those who recall the early
 days of Birmingham will remember that northern iron manufacturers were wont
 to make light of the claims that the new aspirdnt for this branch of trade was
 able to manufacture iron cheaper than
 the north could produce it, but this de-
 fusion has been dispelled long since To-
 day southern iron is potent factor in
 the markets of the world, and it's in creased consumption has been brought about, not alone from the fact that 1t
 can be sold more cheaply but because in-
 trinsically it is metal suited to the di-
 versified uses to which it has been put"
 An editorial in the Pittsburg Dispatch is corroborative of the above. The Dis patch says:
 ''The Western furnaces which now pro- duce such cheap iron seem to have a slight advantage, but the real fact is that foundry pig iron produced in this state from Pennsylvania ores or from mixed ores differs from Bessenler pig iron made from the western low phosphorus ores as widely as steel differs from wrought iron, and they are used for entirely diff ferent purposes. The competition from which Pennsylvania iron makers suffer
 more or less comes from the south. where foundry iron is made at exceedingly low cost"
Birmingham state herald., 1897-04-14
PITTsBURG MINERS.

According to the Pittsburg papers the miners of the Pittsburg district are in a bad condition. The charge is made that the railroads exact exorbitant rates to the lakes. This prevents the mines from doing what they should for the miners. The legislative committee investigating the condition of the miners found that the majority worked on an average two or three days a week and that their earn ings for week sometimes did not ex- ceed s2.50. The miners complain of the high prices charged at the company stores. As a rule, on pay day, there is no cash coming to the miner. Three times as many men as are necessary to do the work are kept at the mines to fill the company's houses. A house of four rooms rents for S6 month. The cost of production of coal to the operators is 68 cents per ton, of which 54 cents is paid for mining, 9 cents for hauling a nd cents for royalty