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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-02
COLORED BAPTIsrs,
u. y. II. u. and sunday school Con-
vcntlon ut Wharton

Ncntion ut Wharton,
Wharton. Texas. Seotomber 1.-The
Southwestern Central District Baptist
Young PEOPLES Union and Sunday school
convention opened In regular annual ses-
sion here this morning at Concord bap-
list church. OF which Rev. II. j. NcOin
is pastor. The church in which the con-
vention Is being held Is located a little
distance from Wharton and is the finest
OF colored church buildings in the coun-
W. Every preparation has been made fer
me entertainment of u large number of
ueiesates. Tho opening exercises saw on
naha representatives from Eagle Lake.
nlcnmond. Roaonburg, Houstoni Beau
mont, Sealy. Kendleton, Wallis and MAJ
gorda, Prominent among them are Nv
=, H. Collier OF Houston. the oryaniser
ana Iirst president OF the convention; L,v.
q H. evans OF Houston, present tresi-
uent' hevs, A. n. Wyatt, J. w. Robin
son. L. w. Wilbourn, Professor r., n.
marris. II. IL. Branch. c. II. Sparks,
mere are about fifty Sunday schools and
tnirty-five or forty local unions in the
district. all OF which are we'll represent
ca, TO Rev. p. II. Collier and few
associates Is due the credit of the present
district. "s VI the
ny session was called to order TODAY
~ ~ O'Clock and after devotional exeI-
eises the president ordered the r:,nted
p1sramme read. which was adop ed with
few minor changes "'A
me Introductory sermon was p-ca, he'd
py Rev. J. ID. Montgomery. Several yis,s
.ors wera introduced and the meeting ,io.
eseds with much interest. The t.ains OF
me day from both directions brought In
sood crowds. besides u big number that
is arriving through the country by pri-
vate conveyance.
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charge OF false swearing to procure a mar
riage license for friend, waived his ex-
aiming trial and made bond.
w. E. Week. boiler maker apprentice.
fell six feet from a tank, striking some
iron. which made painful wound
The new Baptist church was organized
with twenty-five members. and will meet
to call pastor Thursday night.
r. Bruce Crow of the railway mail SER
vice has exchanged runs with Ham Lee.
Mr.. Crow will run now from Texarkana to
Memphis and Mr.. Lee will run from Gle
burne to Paris
Born. to Mr.. J. Ed. Brown and wife. :
girl. Saturday. August rs. 1897.
Born, Saturday, August 2S, 1897, to Ed.
NJ. Allard and wife, a girl.
The teachers, Mrs. c. Z. Benick Hardin
Plummer. Miss Louise Copeland and Mr..
Bryson, who were on examination yester-
day for city certificates, passed and at
tanned the desired grade.
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Court ut san Augustine.

San Augustine. Texas. August 31.-Dis-
trict court convened here yesterday, Hon..
7. G. Davis presiding, Judge w. E. Don
ley. district attorney. The grand jury
impanelled with James Scott foreman
After being charged by his honor they
returned to their room and went to work
as II they realized the duties to be per-
formed by them. The balance OF the dsy
was consumed in the civil docket. Visit
ing attorneys present are Hon. James T
Policy and Judge Drewiy Field Of Can
ton. George H. Matthews of Nacosd oches.
Hon. G. c. Greer of Beaumont and w.
Nj. Imboden of Rusk.
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prices. The market for meal. cake and oil
has been strong for more than month.
Today prices are 81 a ton higher than they
were on July 20. Aside from this there
has been n sharp advance within the last
week for meal to be delivered at Calves
ton In the first half OF December. This
advance In from so cents to rs cents a
ton, but II only applies TO the first half OF
September shipments and may be duo to
speculative interests or 10 a ship broker
cutting rates to enable him to fill out ship
ments. Generally. however. the legitimate
advance during August amounts to 81 per
ton.
The average price today for meal is
from $50 to s20.50 per long ton delivered In
Galveston. Last year the average price
was $3.50 per long ton.
The maximum price reached by meal
was In 1894 when 1t was $23 per long ton ;.
AZ that time ocean freighis on meal were
~ shlllngs per long ton. Now they are II
shillings. In 1895 meal was down TO sl4 A
long ton. From these figures 1t will be
seen that the present price Is an excel
lent one.
Cotton seed oil was. early In June,
quoted at 15ls cents for primo crude, I'M
barreIlcd at the mill There has been n
graudal advance since then CT from 40
TO nc at a time. Today prime crude un-
barrelled at the mill. is worth 1S cents.
Dealers In cotton seed products say the
export demand has been very good. Tho
advance In prices is due to the high prices
prevailing abroad for cereals. Cotton seed
meal Is preferable for stock feeding pur-
poses to ccrn and with corn and other
cereals higher. meal follows suit
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taken to tho Ton,bs. whence he was res
cued BY his grandniece, Mrs. Harriet
Mitchell Of Brooklyn. The old mans cx-
citing experiences made him Ill, and he
died ia Mrs. M!tchels home.
The old man left his wealth to two wo-
men. and now Mrs Mitchell. who lives
In the most humble part OF Brooklyn
Heights. need struggle no more for Der
tive children and her husband. who has
had more than ono mans share OF hard
luck.
Mrs. Mary Ann Donohoe, who lives rear
the navy yard. can move up on the a,sto-
cratic hill on tho lower slope OF which her
home now is. DR.. kaub. executor OF the
Will. thinks the estate will foot up moro
than $4,000. and may go above 100000.
He is inclined to think. however, Mr. Hus-
scv carried the bulk Of his wealth around
With him. The real estate consists OF .
SQUARE IN the most aris.ocratic part OF
MOntgOmery
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he has put in the furniture will "

he has put in the furniture will NJ
best at this place.
Mr. Jake Strack has had all the|
modern Improvements attached TO ha|
He Is now very busy ginning.
Miss Ida krimmel and Mr.. Bammd
Houston will be married at the home y
bride. They will leave for Housta|
once. where their future home will BEL
Mr.. Dunlop has been visiting his III
here. He will soon return 10 his
in Montgomery.
Misses Edna and Alma Blackshe.
KEN. Texas, will leave for Sam Hid
normal in few days.
Mr.. John Ehrhardt will return N
Agricultural and Mechanical college.
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Wants on the Text noul nnnrd

Bryan, Texas, September Major Will
lam A. Banks OF this city is an applicant
before the state beard of education to be
appoioaed as one of the State text book
commissioners under the new uniform text
DOCK law. There Is no man in the State
better qualified for the position than Maior
Banks. He has occupied important chairs
III inc Agricultural and Mechanical college
OF Texas, the college ut Tehvacana. ana
also served number OF years MS superiu
tenueAd OF the public schools OF Bryan and
other cities of tho State. His large ex-
psriehce as n teacher and general knowl-
.use OF text books admirably fit him for
.he pace and his many friends throughout
tno otato would be GLAD to zee him get IL
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SHORT TEXAS SPECIAl|

ENNIS-Joe Beauchamp was ciit !
neck and probably seriously womb
an ARRAY.
MARSHALL--Jim Mcfarland, a.
boy aged 16 years. accidentally $40.
SELF. and the wound resulted iah.d
FORT WORTH. Il. EgglestuI
farmer. was seriously If Mt fatally II
by a runaway team. winch he It'd
stop; by his brave act he saved wi
OF the driver.
tEI -DER- charrell IltIl. Texas, Al
% Mrs. Dora Fielder. wife of n
Fielder % Aoul un.. die 4 this evcut
me rssid"iHr. az M. NJ. NJ. Fed
.IlS pace she leaves husband
two children
FORT WoRTH-John NJ. Webb huI
suit against the Fort Worth Street
road company for $4,000 damages I'll
count, as his petition alleges, Of :
run down by car while driving
across the company's tracks.
MEAlA-Colonel j. Fl. Vickers and
ID. M. Prendergast and Others are I'D
at work toward organizing an a
street car line connecting tnis ely
Tehuacana. A public meeting was
at Tehuacana last night to devise
and means to push the project throz
SHERMAN-M. Alsanbrook aliesd
the civil district court by suit ;n /
ages in the sum of $4,000 that M
Higginson. liverymen of Denison, al
and permitted a wild and vicious ho{
be driven ON the streets Of Den.son
that the said horse ran into buildiM
inflicted serious and perman ent iii
upon him the said Alsanbrook.
BEEVILLE-Sa Senior Augustine n
prominent local Mexican POLITICAL
president of the Society OF Miguel u
iende. was disturbed after returnln
some Mexican boys who were try1|
Duilv the Mexican part OF town.
Ramos arose and went outside to ID
the intruders. and while remonstr
with them in an excited state Of
drOnpp5 doad
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GONZALES, Texas, September AGAIN the
county commissioners have let the contract
Tor an arteslan well. Mr., Mlnsor. who has
tho contract, is to 30 at least lb0o foot Il,
necessary. II is believed urtesIan water
Will be the result ""'s'
Mr.. H. l., Kokernot has purchased the
interest OF Miller 4 sayers in the Kokernot
ranch near Alpine. The ranch is now
owned BY ii. l.. Kokcrnot aud J. w. Kokcr.
not The consideration is said to be about
sse'voo, This city loses one of It's most
eh.eIprislng citizens and useful and influ-
entail business men. He takrs his ,han"
to improve his impaired health caused Nv
close indoor confinement In his large mer-
eah'iio establishment In this city
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A REMARKABLE CURE OF CHRd
DIARRHOEA

In 1862. when l served my county
private in Company A, Tooth PennsytJ
volunteers. I contracted chronic
rhoea. 1t has given me a great daI
trouble ever since. l have tried q Y
different medic mes and several prom
doctors without any permanent n
NOT long ago a friend sent me ~
bottie OF Chamberlain Collie, CholenS
Diarrhoea Remedy, and after thi :
bought ard took a 50-cent bottle,
now | can say that l am entirely
can not be thankful enough to ":
this great Remedy, and recommend
all suffering veterans. If in doubt
me. Yours gratefully, Henry Steinbe
Allentown. Pa. Sold by all druggtf'
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Took Rough on RMS.

San Antonio, Texas, September l Juan
Lopez. aged IS years. committed suicide
today bv eating whole box of rough on
rats. He fingered in terrible agony twelve
hours. before death relieved him. Lopez
suffered from consumption, and firing of
life decided to kill himself. The poison
he took had been lying around the oouse
long time
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Warm Prohibit,on Fight.

Waxahachie. Texas. September IA
not debate was listened to in the district
count room last night between Judge VOL.
ters OF this city and DR.. Cheayey OF Dali
las. The last named gentleman repre.
sente! the pros, while Judge Wolters
talked on the other side.
knsts OF inen are seen here and there On
me streets nnd nearly everybody il talk
ns proninltion or anti-prohibition. The
ea,on comes on on Saturday. September
county Will be glad when IL ia over WV
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A Wnrlsmnn Mnnn,sa

Velasco. Texas, August Nv. n. Ey-
ans. one of the hands a, the OIL mil, 20.
Gently from Arkansas 10 this place, and
one OF the hands attending tho conveyor,
met with a fearful accident Just at dark.
h's right foot slipped and caught In the
eohvesor and was pulled clear through TO
.ne mp managing and breaking the h,Les
IN terrible manner, Several physlciuns
are attending him. Ho is strong nan.
anu WIN no doubt pull through, Lut viii
doubtless lose his right leg.
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New nnd Peculiar MnIndy.

sherman, Texas, August 3l.-There is al
most an epidemic OF peculiar though as
yet net serious affliction In this city. The
strange trouble begins with sore throat
which impedes swallowing, and tho mus
cles o, the neck become sore 1t Is quite
annoying In its attacks, but has in nearly
every instance passed away in two or three
DAYS -
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nought n Ncwrpnner.

sherman. Texas, August Sl.--Today the
sherman Daily Register, an afternoon pub
LEGATION OF this city, belonging to Captain
Tom Richards. but recently leased and op-
Grated by G. S. DUNN, was purchased by
Professor II. l.. Piner, who will continue it's
publication. Mr. piner has put In charge
as business manager and managing editor
Mr.. J. Frank Andrews. a Well known aud
popular newspaper man OF this CITY
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MEETS FRIDAY.

The board of commissioners appointed to
fix value on the two blocks OF land
wanted by tho La Porte for freight depot
purposes viii meet Friday to consider the
matter. The board will make an early re-
port to the court, when tho matter Will
be started on its legal journey.
The settlement of this depot matter Is
one OF the chief difficulties In the way of
the contamination OF the deal to sell the
La Porte to the Huntington interests.
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Commencement ana HARD wor,s

indoors, particularly In the sitting posture.
are far more pretudicial to health than ex.
cessive muscle exsrtion In the open air
Hard sedcntary workers are far too weary
AFTER Office hours to tax" much needfui
exercise In the open air. They often neel
tonic Where can they seek invigora-
ton more certainly and agreeahIv thar
from Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. a reno
want, particularly adarsed to recruit the
exhausted force Of nature. Use also To-
ayspepsIa. kidney, liver and rheumatic
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A GOOD HAUL.
Thieves Get $3.50 in IA saloon mt sn-
hinc Pass.

Thieves Get $3.50 in IA saloon mt sn-
hinc Pass.
Sabine Pass. Texas. August 31,--The Ma
tional Dredging company's dredge Bismarck
arrived yesterday In tow of the tugs lie
Barron and Chief. The Bismarck will
commence work on the LIST inst. on the bar.
Mr.. j. l.. Brownlee. assistant engineer in
charge Of the government improvements.
left today for New Orleans. after having
supervised the sinking OF the first two
mats by tho jetty contractors. Christie &
Lowe.
The rainy season has set In and heavy
showers fall every day. The continued wet
weather has brought the worst crop of
mosquitoes In number OF years.
Walter Conklin's saloon was broken into
last night and $3.50 in money was taken
from the cash drawer
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ton breathes III typhoid or diphtia
germs ard down he goes.
The best healthinsurance man CT
Is DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Div
It acts directly on the stomach and
1t gives the blood making organs %
make healthy blood. 1t clarifies liz +
from all impurities, and builds n
healthy flesh, muscular power and .
energy, which fortifies you against ar
His lifelong success in the treatfusJ
Chronic diseases has given DR.. Prl
medicines a '7orld-wide reputation
Pleasant Pellets " cure constipationy
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wArERWoRks BUSINESS.

Secretary Dermody Of the Galveston wa
tcrworks reports collections during the
month OF August to the amount OF s51S5.02
and total collection for tho eight months
Of 1897 OF 1872, 1861 .35. When the budget was
made II was estimated that the revenues
from tho waterworks for the year would
aggregate $40, 900. AT the present rate the
indications are that this estimate VIII be
exceeded by at least $4,000. The commits
sioners will meet Thursday morning to
transact regular business.
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CHARTERED.

The Farmers Mutual Fire association Of
Texas with headquarters at Montgomery,
TODAY filed It's charter. under the new law,
with the secretary Of state. No capital
stock. lncorporators; j. G.. Nettler, w.
X. Jones. +. Mcdonald. w. IL. Gay and
N. W. Chatham.
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CLEDURNE LOCALS.
test OF the Local Option Ruling
Will lie Made

clepurne, Texas. September The com.
m'ssioners court met yesterday and decided
to test Judge Halls rulins in the local on.
ton case. The matter will be decided by
the civil court OF appeals at Fort Worth.
The mechanics of cleburne are MAKING
preparations to have Labor pay picu,c
September 6.
Marriage licenses have been issued to r.
H. Braek and Miss May Hansen; A. Carter
ana Emma waldrup; G. l.. paggett and
noble Hunter; ]. o. Wooten and oliys
er,snAm' Frank vosburg and Eva Woods.
W. Il. Davis. who was arrested on
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A BEAUMONT BUDGET.
SAM JONES WILL SOON BEGIN A
MEETING.
An Auditorium with a Large scpt-
ing Capacity VIII lie Erected,
Great Revival Expected.

Beaumont. Texns September 1. In re-
A. All ,ro,, ,ho nav w w
opon'o +" '"" ,,
watts, pastor OF inc Me'hou'st church,
prominent members OF the several religious
| "a. :, o,,u,. po.,,s,o. e. n,pr,o, lac,
o'".e VI
night 10 arrange LOT tue coming Oh He''
| Sam Jones the great GeorsIc evangelist.
Roy. Wntts called tho meeting 10 order
80, 1910, .,,,
an" s'"'eu 'nal 'ho e'""se''' WIN va
September 20 begin ten days religious
revival In this city and explained the
,oc,zsttv "a ,ur,Isbt,, recommendations
ior inc congregations tnat "ouiu Issein-
BILE to hear Rev. Sam Jones. All present
asreed I'M, n Iorco huIid,,y was nooes-
sary and 10 secure funda for the erection of
n suitable structure tho meeting Organized
itself into nm auditorium association with
Hon. Gcorre G OBrisn chairman and
s. II. Kean secretary.
A motion that n committee on general
subscrlption he named was adonted and
the committee was solocted "a folIows.
George c. o'Ilrien I n stunklc II q
Brown Ike pinphom Rov ~ w wa,ta
Dr. + u coher /, si,,mon., NOV w
l.. Smith Iohn "a Cnodhma lob, ~ III.
bert and Cnptain William Wless
j. II. Stunkle. Captaln William Wiess
and Rev. ". W Mats wcrn na,ned n
committee on plans and buiIdlnp This
committee me, In ,bo nfoco ~, srohi,art
d. +, Kaufman thIs mornlng and seiec,o5
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TIE AuGosT SURVEY.

The August survey Of the bar has bee
completed and the plat of it will be COM
pted within a day or two, II vii. show
a depth OF 25h feet at mean low tide, with
a foot and eight-tenths TO be added to tho
for an ordinary tide, But Galveston has
had deep water so long that an increase OF
an inch or SO now and then has ceased to
be matter of much Importance.
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with wh,tccnpping.

Kaufman, Texas, September 1.--Yester-
day officers arrested Jim still and Fletch
and Ike Mulkey on warrant charging
them with participating in whipping Bit
Pyle Sunday night. an account OF which
appeared in Tuesdays Post. They were
bound over to await the action OF the grand
Jury
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THE STATE CAPITAL

Austin, Texas. September 1.-The
tax rolls Of tho following coun-
ler's office:
Harrison--Totai valuations. s4o5i .255;
decrease, S3i,i65.
Runnels-Total valuations, s., 729. 9l2; de-
crease, sS0,0l0.
DeWitt--Total valuations. s6,2S5, 1906; In
crease, s62,a7.
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MAJOR MIl.LER's pEpARTURE,

Major A. NJ. Miller. corps Of engineers
United States army, under whose direction
the great work OF building the Galveston
jetties has been prosecuted. will leave Gal
veston for his new post In New York Fri
day September 10. Major Miller was or
dered away from Galveston about two
months ago. but was detained here In order
to settle UP some affaiiS connected with
tho work under his charge.
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A Very Narrow E,cnn.

Luling, Texas, September Hanna
bufieson' while entering wire pasture
gate yesterday evening, on Cedar creek
had his stirrtp TO catch ON the harris n.
horse became frightened, ran awav VIII,
the gate hanging to him and fell over
oluh INTO dry arroyo. Burleson had his
arm broken and foot mashed out Of nlace
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ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECK.
SPIKES Driven In the Rails IN IN,
-, y. and y.

Greenvillc. Texas. September 1.-The
westbound passenger train on tho sher-
man, Shreveport and Southern yesterday
morning encountered Instructions ON the
track mile and half west OF Ay,nrer
IN the shape OF railway spikes driven be-.
tween the rails at the joints Engineer Joe
Mercer discovered that something was
wrong by tho humping OF the engiue and
AZ once applied the air brakes and stopped
and wreck.
number Of spikes were found driven
between the ends Of tho rails, which were
removed and tho train proceeded on The
run westward. There is no clew to The
perpetrators Of the crlmc or the motive
that prompted them to II. o''e
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MARK MILLER RESIGNS.

Mark Miller. who for seven years has
held the position of cashier in the City
railroad office. resigned yesterday on ac-
count Of III health He Will leave In few
days for Colorado. accompanied by his
wife.
Last night the employees Of the City rail-
road assembled Mt his office and Super
intendent Uric presented him, in the name
OF tho employees, with gold watch.
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Mike Karney shot.

Brownsville, Texas September 1--M,ta
Narhey' an aged stand keeper at the Oasis
stage stand, on the Brownsville and Alice
stage line, over 100 miles distant frnm
BROWNSVILLE, was shot yesterday and badly
Mounaeu' ofneers here are on the Look
oui Tor the man who shot him.