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0eu- Oilngman does not become an
Inmate Of this institution because OF
acute arrangement OF his mind. His
case Is one Of mere senility. II Is
against the policy Of the institution to
receive such inmates; but In the case
Of a man who. as q representative In
congress. as United States senator and
Confederate general, rendered the
state conspicuous service. It was felt
that an reception might be made.
Aged poor. inflrm mentally and physic-
ally. the state offered to care for the
once great statesman, and during the
remaining years Of his life It will give
him home and a protecting hand.
Gen. Clingman was born eighty-one
years ago In North Carolina. Few
men today realize what q political fac
tor he was during the quarter OF a
century ending with the surrender Of
Lee. Looking upon him today. bowed
with age, expressionless from mental
inhrmity. depressed from poverty. few
people would recall without surprise
the record he made as q statesman.
orator, legislator, warrior. duellist and
scientis..
Few men before the war made so
remarkable a record as a public de-
batter. During the slavery debate In
congress his speeches were full of
southern fire and enthusiasm. and his
fame became international because of
his aggressive attitude towards the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty. One speech. on
the causes of Henry Clay's defeat, led
to q duel with William Yancy st Ala
hanna.
The political career OF Gen. Cling
man began when, in 1885, then q young
lawyer at Hillsboro. N. c.. he was
elected as q Wing to the state legisla-
ture from Surrey county. In the au-
tumn of 1886 he removed to Asheville,
as there was prospect that the proposed
Charleston and Cincinnati railroad
would pass through that place. In the
convention held to discuss the subject
Of the change OF route he took a lead
ing place and opposed Col. Menninger
OF South Carolina, an experienced de-
DateT, Will bucn dDitllg Iudt MS name
became known throughout the country,
and his fellow-townsmen rewarded
him with an election to the state SEN
ate. He became a leader Of the Wing
party, and in 1913 was elected to con-
gress over James Graham, and con-
tinued also continually In Office until
June IA. 1858. In 1858 he was appoint
ed to I'LL the vacancy In the senate
left by the resignation Of Asa Biggs.
At the end of his term he was re-elect-
ed.
On Jan. 81, 1851. Gen. Ciingman with
drew from congress, with the other
southern members. and In May was
sent to the Confederate congress to
give assurance that North Carolina
would support the cause of the south.
He entered the Confederate army as
colonel Of the Twenty-fifth North Caro-
lima Regiment. and in eight months
time he was made brigadier-general
He was In command Of the defense OF
Goldsbcro, and held SulIivan's Island
and Battery Wagner during the attack
on Charleston. He led the attack on
Newbern in February. 1854; broke But
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AMOS RITTER.

dozen years ago. Their children are
all adults, with homes Of their own,
consequently the aged father lived The
Life Of a recluse. farming his fve-acre
plot and residing in the weather-beaten
frame house by the roadside. There
"a an air Of abandon about the place,
and the inside Of the house Is a tum-
BILE Of domestic disarrangement, which
shows the long absence Of woman's t.
diness. The house Is hemmed in by a
growth Of pear and apple trees. In the
rear there are quite a number OF fruit
trees, the limbs Of which scrape and
grind over the moss-eovered shingles
at every breath OF wind that sighs
through their bows. These trees stand
on the edge Of the clover field through
which the old man chased the rohber.
ana almost hide the house from view
when one stands in the potato patch
where the body was found.
There Is strange thing about this
murder. Hardly q mile from the spot
where old man Ritter was brutalIy
murdered, In the corner Of a field on
the Everett farm. is the unmarked
grave Of Nelson T. Wade, the murderer
Of the aged McBrides, near Linden.
twenty-five years ago. These old peo-
pie, too. were murdered for their gold,
ana It was the free use Of HIS chastity
acquired treasure that placed Wade nm
der the ban ofsuspieion and led to his
arrest. Wade wss hanged in the fan
gard 1t Williamsport. aad although a
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The lynching of txo Italians in St.
Charles parish, nea- New Orleans, two
years ago. for the murder Ct an old
man cost the general government sew
eral thousand dollars by way Of indem-
nifty to Italy; and now an old negro
confesses and proves that lie was the
murderer and the Italians had nothing
70 DO with the crime. The doctrine
OF an eye for an eye would make it
necessary to hang the lynchers; but
perhaps the matter may be compro-
nised by bringing the innocent Italians
to life.
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n common maxim that histo. +
repe@ts itself: II is quite as true but
less understood. that life repeats itself
rom generation to generation. The
meaDness that has been forgotten, the
lie that was too small to be remember
ed, the impurity. the lAtred, the skep-
ticism that We think ase hidden deep
~ In our hearts. only lie faIlow, pos
sibiy 20 bear fruit in our sons and
daughters. Whatever We sow, we
reap" This makes life q problem of
tremendous importance But the fact
that what we SOW others may reap,
complicates our responsibilities, and
snakes us not only the arbiter OF our
own destinies. but the prophets, for
veal or for woe, Of those who come
after US. The science OF life should be
taught in our public schools.
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The Cataeomb. of Paris.

The extraordinary subterrznean
quarries known by the name Of the Cat
acombs extend under a very great part
security the catacombs have been
closed from the public. and It is a mat
ter of difficulty to obtain admission.
The catacombs contain all the visible
remains of human creatures that had
filled burial places within the walls of
Paris for one thousand years. It was
the plan Of II. Lenoir. lieutenant-gen-
eral of police. that these bones should
be placed in regular rows with appro-
pirate inscriptions. serving as lessons
to the living. The skulls, Of which
there are over two millions, are placed
in conjunction with the bones Of the
legs and arms In a manner which gives
a most striking appearance. In pass
ing through these dark, cold gypsum
beds along the walls and battlements
Of skeletons the grim visages can not
but suggest to one what a momen-
tary space is the life Of man; where is
now the abode OF the spirits thai once
animated these skeletons and what is
to be our destination after death? For
thousands Of years philosophers have
speculated whether or not our souls
survive our bodies. with no certain re-
suit. II is religion that holds cut the
strongest hope that the grave is not
our last home. and that our destination
is to higher spheres than tom5s and
catacombs.
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$1,000 Given Away.

Think or it. Une thousand dollars
in gold coin offered free by the Sterling
Remedy Company, to the friends and
endorsers OF Casearets Candy Cathar-
tic. The Sterling Is honest and re-
liable, its offer is liberal and attrac-
tive and Cascarets are the best medi-
cine preparation ever discovered. Don't
miss your share Of the gold, for you
can easily get IL by reading and an
swering the big ad in this issue.
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motive was evidently robbery, first bat
tered his aged victim over the head
with a hatchet and then shot him
through the heart, holding the pistol
so close to the PROSTATE man that the
clothing and skin were predetermined.
Ritter's body was found about o'clock
in the morning by Jacob Betz, a neigh
Dor. The corpse lay In Mr.. Bets po-
tato patch, Just over the fence which
separates Mr.. Belts land from that OF
the murdered man. The body lay on
its back, with two large cheap bandana
bandkerchiefs drawn over the face,
these surmounted by q black SLOUGH
hat. The shoes Of the dead man had
been remoyed-evidently for the pur-
pose of searching them for money.
which Ritter was supposed to have
and were standing together between his
feet. Blood from the half dozen hor-
rible wounds In the head was spattered
over the ground. and evidences OF
fierce struggle were apparent In the
soft soil that comprises the potato
patch, But the shrewdness Of the as
sassin was shown by the fact that he
had covered his footprints by scraping
the soft soil over them. All tracks
about the corpse were thus obliterated
and the footprints made by the murder
er when he left the scene were also
successfully covered in the same man
ner. He had evidently gone from the
patch backward. covering each success
sive footprint by scrapirg ground over
II. The marks Of his fingers were dis
tinctTy seen.
A reporter visited Dewart, where the
body of the murdered man was in
charge Of Undertaken Charles Romig.
The corpse was a CHASTITY sight. There
were seven gashes on the face and
head. One had separated the left ear.
and another, Just in front Of the left
ear, laid the cheek open. There was
another deep cut. evidently delivered
rs the aged victim was falling, or as
he lay on his face. on the back OF the
over the top Of the head. and ran from
right TO left. showing that the assassin
had stood over his victim and chopped
him as he lay. The murderer must be
a human fiend, Judging from the butch
cry of his victim. or else the old man
fought long and hard for his life. What
a scene the pale moon must have
looked upon that night, when the muir
derer Of this gray-haired. inoffensive
farmer chopped and battered the pros
trate form as though 1t was some hor-
Fible monster. Any one OF the wounds
would probably have been sufficient to
stun an ordinary man. bat II Is said OF
old man Ritter that he was more stur-
dy than the usual run OF men-that he
was = powerful fellow in his day. He
lived alone in the little story and a
half house for several years. his wife
and he having become estranged half
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II appears that the freight rates ON
the Great Lakes are not the cheapest
IN the world. as We recently asserted
them 20 be. Our attention Is called 70
tie fact that two dollars viii pay tor
the transportation Of ton OF -four
nom the Pacific coast 10 Hong Kong.
4 distance Of between seven and eight
thousand niles me two dollars can
be bought for about ninety cents in
e6Id. Accordingly the Pacific freight
rte is about one-elshth Of min. or
one-el<htieth OF 3 cent. per ton per
me- reekoned By the English none
iazy standard.
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An English Tory army oficer who
died lately left directions that his body
should be eremated and the ashes bur
led IN garden by the side Of his IA
vortte dog. The dog was a Scotch coll
he that had been taught to bark and
growi whenever Mr.. Gladstone's name
was mentioned. After 1t died its mas
GER used to decorate the grave with
primroses on Lord Beaconsheld's birth
day.
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Il. H. Smith. Coshocton. Ohio,
farmer. pastured eighty sheep In an
unfrequented part Of his farm. When
he went to look after them a few days
ago. he found that the entire flock had
been stolen
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The latest thing Is a human sand.
wich man trust. the corporate name Of
which Is the Animals AdTertfsins
Company" and the object Of which Il
-the exhibition Of animate and inanI-
mate advertisins-"-NeW York ri.
bunA
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Deep Coal Mines I'm e.rm.,x

The shaft Of the FreIe voge, eoIliery. NJ
hoerde. which has attained a depth OF 1000
let. has hitherto been the DEEPEST In the
hos,a spnahan COS neld. This depth will,
~ uSselsenkirchen. where. at the RhelneIbe
eollery. new shaft Is being sunk. the in
T Tha eeing to carry It down to 1850 feet
slnklng 3 new shaft to 20OO feet, In Nth
S.s ~ u ~ intended to work the coal seams
az the deepest portion Of the basin.
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A eat fen from the eighteenth story
Of q building in Wan street. New York.
the ether day. The superstitious
stock brokers rushed the market and
holders Of sugar stock lost sl.e50. 900.
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The city Of Copenhagen has probably
TIE largest proportion Of cyclists to
the population Of any large city IN Eu-
rope. N q totaf population Of z5o.ooc
there are 5000 riders.
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he IS IN MADHOUSE.
DARK CLOSING OF THE CAREER
OF a SOUTHERN SENATOR.
oses he was fsnous as an Orator and
Debatsr In the Hails of csagres-
Career OF Rebel General. Explorer
sad seisatsst.

E N. T H o MAS L
Gin 6 m an. ex-
United States SEN
ator, whose name
thirty-hye years
ago was on every
{ o n que in this
country, was re-
Gently admitted TO
the State Asylum
for the Insane In
Morganton. n. c.
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PAINFUL AFFLIcrIoN
Son Writes = Letter Telling How HIS
Father Was Troubles

MaaAAoE, ND.-"My fsthsr was
sroao,ea with boils and earbunelss. Aftsr
.ensring for some time, he heard Of =
.,n.lar case cured By Hoods esrs.uariils.
49,. ~ taxing this medicine and con-
..1so ~ use until he was cured. Nv
.. o.ns- : taking Hoods earsapuriIIa for
: s,s-m-.eSS and IL b hslping hsr.p 0ux
- AEwxrzx, Box lsl.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Iake Laxative Bromo ouinine Tablets. All
O'usslsS retuno the money iftt fails 70 cure. 80
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AGED MAN FOUND DEAD IN A
POTATO PATCH.
His Head Was Horribly Haeked-Then
TO Make the Foul Deed CompIsta the
Assassin sends Bullet through His
Victims Heart. :

N THE cemetery at
Muncy, Pa. recent
~ was buried the
body OF aged Amos
Ritter, whose bru-
tai murder near De-
wart was one Of the
m o st a e n d l s b
crimes in the his
tory OF Central
Pennsylvania. The
murderer, whose
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Entered at PostorAcs a. .econd-ela.. matter.
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Hoods Pills z: y; !. % .S:.: - :
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-06

James Horsburgh, ossistnnt general pas
senser agent OF the Pacific system, With
neudQuarters at San Francisco, arrived
from New Orleans yesterday morning.
The gentlemen spent the day In Houston
the guests Of friends. and left on the he
rated southern Pacific last night for San
antonio, where they will spend TODAY. An
Important result CT the New Orleans meet
,s, Which was mentioned In The Post last
, week' was the forming of the preliminary
lis Tor the semi weekly dining and
sleeper service mentioned some time ago
~ GENERAL Manager Kruttschnitt while In
iious'oh. Mr.. Stubs talked the matter
ovG thoroughly with his lieutenants and
ueciues tnat tho service will begin Deem
per ~. This will connect the Limited at
~ Paso for California and returning for
New orleans. which, in addition to the
through service from the south, will give
iexas travellers an advantage they have NOT
heretofore enjoyed.
III speaking OF the outlook for winter
travel in general. Mr.. Morse expressed
himself as confident that 1t would increase
10 It's former standard by January Is. In
testimony OF that fact they point TO the
tourist business they have had since the
guarantees were raised. They say that
hothing is now heard OF the yellow fever
epidemic that prevailed in New Orleans
me hotels there are filling up for the
winter. which may be taken MS an indca-
ticn that Northern people are not afraid TO
'lsit Louisiana Taken as whole the
oihcials regard the present indications as
favorable Tor flatterng showing by the
time spring breaks
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-12-06
DICK BOWLING CAMP.
MAC STEWART BECOMES MORE
CONCILIATORY.
An Able Address by Judge Norman G..
Kittrcll-PreDnrin for the
Division Reunion.

Dick Bowling camp, UnAed Confederate
Veterans. met yesterday afternoon with
Commander Beavens presiding Adjutant
PM Fall at the seoretary's desk and
good attendance present.
Colonel John II. McLjary was expected
TO be present. but up to the time OF the
meeting he had evidently not reached the
city.
Commander Beayens reported the reno
walton of the hall and that 1t would be
kept open to visiting veterans during the
Festival. The hall has been repalnted
and calsomined in keeping with the bal
ance OF the building.
A letter was read from William p.
Hardemap. superintendent OF Confederate
home, stating that Patrick Clark had not
been received at the home. as he could
prove no stability,
A communication from Colonel j II.
McLeary was Tt adj, stating that Mac Stew
art had finally cons sated tina. he should
go on with the case IN his interest and
that he was taking what preliminary steps
wsre necessary.
A letter was read from Mac Stewart 10
Commander Beayens Of very different
tcne from some OF the letters he had
previously wrtiton, reienting Of previous
letters ignoring the aid Of Dick Dowling
camp and accepting any assistance the
camp would render.
Ssyera. communications were received
from camps which had contributed funds
fer the Mac Stewart fund. asking for In
formation as to what disposition had been
made CT the fund and with what results.
A letter was Rad from Mrs. Calmeis.
thanking Commander Btayens and tho
camp fer the atient on shown her deceased
husband in his last Illness and for his
burial by the camp.
John Kenny wrote from the Confederate
home that he was getting on excellently
well and he returned his thanks to the
camp for their aid In securing bis admls-
sion TO the home.
Commander Beavens reported that all
thee communications had been answered
and they were read for the Information
CT the camp.
Colonel Thompson asked whether or not
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WINTER IN NEBRA SKA.
4 suntn Fc Engineer Tells of HI
Experience

4 snntn Fe Engineer Tells of Eis
Experience,
Cleburne, Texas, December Sin con-
versation yesterday with a Post represruta-
tive, Engineer Headley of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe railway said do you
recall the terrible blizzard of either the
winter OF lS77-7S or 1S7S-79? 1t ragged
violently all over the North and West, and
in fact was general throughout the United
States. At that time | was driving an en-
CINE in Nebraska running into Lincoln.
was the only engineer who succeeded in
getting In on his run that day. and | tell
you | had a terrible time with the snow
and the cold l plunged through snow
drifts that completely covered the engine.
Af,er getting through / would have to stop
to shovel out the snow and patch the
planks that covered the cab windows.
had on a heavy Chinchilla overcoat and a
rubber coat over that, but when | arrived
at Lincoln the snow had drifted under my
coats till was wet to the waist, When
got Is my trousers had frozen so stiff that
they broke when ] walked. ] was nearly
frozen myself. The next morning my en-
CINE was a sight. II had died in the yards,
and was frozen through and through 1t
was covered with snow Newspaper men
and photographers came down to see Il,
write II up, and photograph it. Nothing
OF the kind was ever seen before in Lin
Cnln
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The 0. R. c. And 0. R. 7.
urievancc Committees of Both Or.
ders Are in Houston.
THE GRAND CHIEF CLERK IS COMING.
w. g. Lee, First Grand Mn.ter n, a. .
irainmen, Arrived aesteraax-.
conference Ii 10 DC Held.

representatives Of the Order of Railway
Conductors and of the Brotherhood of Rai,.
way Irainmen Of the Atlantic system OF
me southern Pacific have been in Houston
Tor several days attending to matters per-
tanning TO the men employed on the sys-
'ehl' Inose here are T. T. Adams, San
Antonio; William Stockwell. Ell paso.
John Logan, Algiers, La. for the conduc.
'ors' ana b. Shangle, San Antonio, chair
man OF the Trainmen's grievance commit.
tee, for the system, and ]. B. Coffee. sec
rotary OF the committee, from Lafayette
W. G.. Lee, first grand master of the Train
men, arrived here yesterday from South
McAlester, l. T., being SUMMONED by a tel
egram from this city E. E. Clark, grand
chief of the Order of Railway Conductors,
Is expected here from Washington this
morning or tonight
The exact cause of the gathering has not
been made public. To a reporter for The
Post yesterday the gentlemen said that IL
was matter that pertained particularly to
the orders, and when pressed 10 speak of
the relations between the men and tho
company, they said that they were OF the
very best. The meeting, it is understood,
VIII not be OF general interest. and while
they are here on official business as rep-
rsentatlve Texans and friends OF Houston,
they VIII participate in and enjoy the Fes.
tiyal with the other thousands who are ex-
pected to be in the city. All of the gentle
men are quartered at the Capitol.
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delegates had been selected to the diyi-
sion reunion that meets at San Antonio
December Is.
He was informed that the same delegates
had been selected to attend this reunioa
who were delegates 10 the Nashville ra-
union
Mr., l.. l.. Cohen, who was on Beaure~
CARDS staff. was introduced to tho camp.
Mr., Holloway apd Mr.. Campbell were
so introduced as visitors.
Judge Norman G. Kittrell, who was
selected at the previous meeting TO soy
something for the good of the camp. read
an interesting paper upon the objects
and purpose Of the camp. He spoke OF
its lofty purposes and exalted aims. and
its appeal 10 the brave men and noble
women who admired bravery and patriot
Ism, and who loved to perpettiate heroic
deeds.
IL was a beautiful paper, and at the
conclusion Of It's readiag the eloqucat
sentiments expressed were applauded 10
the echo and Judge Kittrell was rendered
the thanks of the camp by rising vote.
One comrade wanted at least 5000 copies
printed In pamphlet form, as maenih'
cont defense Of the Lost Cause"
Colonel Thompson thought II should
he printed In the Confederate Veteran. tho
official organ Of the United Confederate
Veterans.
1t was finally decided 10 have the ad-
dress printed.
Colonel Hunter commended II as an
admirable paper and thought 1t should be
placed in the hands OF all Southern chill
dren, az but few OF them knew for what
their fathers were fighting.
Comrade Leach thought the perpetuation
Of the organization 10 which Judge Kit
trell alluded could be best brought about
By the organization OF the sons and
daughters OF members.
-.
Texas Magazine company. sending the No
vember number Of the magazine, contain
ing a historical sketch OF the battle OF
Sabine Pass with cuts OF Dick DawlinR
and his surviving daughter.
on motion the camp subscribed to the
magazine.
Colonel THOMPSON called the attention
OF the camp TO the fact that Dick Bowling
camp had decided 10 urge upon the divi-
sion reunion at San Antonio thu adoption
OF San Jaointo day as Confederate
memorial day in Texas.
II was decided that Judge Kittrell az
originally intended, present this matter
TO the State reunion.
Comradc r. G.. Crawford said that as
this was the first meeting Of the camp
he had attended he desired to thank the
camp for the honor conferred upon him
In electing him an honorary member Of
the camp He assured the camp that he
was proud OF the honor shown him.
Adjutant Fall said the mistake the camp
had made was in not electing Comrade
Crawford as an active instead d an
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honorary member. That Mr. Crawford
WINS recruited into tho service and had
served the Confederacy one hour when
he was mustered out OF the service with
his mothers slipper She had husband
ana another son In the service and did
not care to give up her baby"
Comrade Crawford explained how he
became soldier for only an hour. He
was but II years old when he was re-
cruited, but his mother captured him be
fore the recruiting officer got away.
Mr. Cohen contributed IA souvenir -
the camp IN the form Of a payroll, show.
ing wherein he had received S36 for three
months service 10 the Confedcracy, He
Talso stated that he enjoyed the distlnc.
a'go stated that he enjoyed tho distnc-
ticn Of being the oldest Confederate sol
der IN Texas. having enlisted on Deem
Der 90 1860, before the stOrming OF Fort
Sumter.
The camp then adjourned