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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27
TEXAS LEGISLATURE
sunday Baseball Bill Is Killed
10 the House.
|nRl1y OF TWO AGAINST IT.
.,,x pistrict Court Dill
|rf" .,,I order for saturday,
AZ. . create u Labor Burenu'

-, Texas. January 26.-The house
u, morning killed the Sunday law n,'''
w., IN for debate last week. Inc
Gu w. ,,ose hut the Sunday law advo-
..,used to accept any amendment re-
compromise and the result was
.'s,.,.d,, members rallied their forces,
..'o votes succeeded in killing the
sure. ,r o, -,
$50 nm regular order for passage to
,o..mept. but was made special order
next Saturday, it Icing measure oil
h significance
:, house committee on State affairs
"A 10 take any action tonight upon the
,r.nsnt of so-called fee bills which have
votsrred 10 It for consideration. A
avn ., the committee did not show UP
,,o matter went over until tomorrow.
.rrrher of county and precinct officials
m different portions Of the state reached
city today prepared to 20 before the
rmittee and show cause and give reasons
| ,hs smothering of any radical change In
rrssent mode of compensating them.
ev do not oppose any reasonable reduc-
In such fees as they now collect where
IN fees as are in any sense cxorbitant.
1 they are not onamorcd of any of the
assures so far proposed And II may bs
,,a IN truth that many dlsinterested
nm, are OF one mind with them on the
Met for it Is being urged that not one
ma iee bills so far introduced works
least reform, as they all contemplate a
p.Ipu,ton OF present fee collections, the
h rroposod change In the situation be-
, diversion OF portion of the aggre-
a 10 certain county funds. The people
no benefit from this, as they are ex-
red BY such reformors in this. line as
he 10 date showed their hand to keep
paving the same official fees as now.
fhere are a number of railroad attor
b. and express company representatives
70 today all OF whom are attracted by
B fellow servant bill, the 2-cent milo
ksenger fare and the bill to compel ex-
ess companies TO maintain general offices
the State. Tho express men may expect
Der bills that will interest them as well
/ the railroads. For instance, a bill to
|mpel railroad companies to accept express
blight from any express company. This
4 - IL l.. 4
3ny from agreeing to allow but one eX-
|ess company TO do business on Its line.
bother bill OF similar import, hut apply
3 to sleeping cars, may be looked for.
The so-called school book trust Is in for
this time also and its accredited agents
on the ground rustling hard but quietly.
10 demand for the passage of a text book
Is well nigh universal, though Judging
pm the amount of mail received by the
fmbers on the subject Il law bearing
ereQn Is almost a certainty,
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Orange, Texas. January 90, account
Of the sleot every mill in Orange was idlo
today. It being impossible for men to ham
die the lumber. The steamer Chas. Lee
succeeded in getting on a load of bridge
material and left for Poison Bluff. but
other vessels are still In port awaiting =
thaw before they can complete their car
goes.
Mr.. John n. Olds. Southern Pacific rail-
road agent at this place, slipped and fell
on the ice this morning, brulsing him up
considerably and confirming him TO bis room
for the day.
A transfer OF property was recorded In
the office of the county clerk yesterday by
which Mrs. II. Sckolski becomes the owner
OF the Bluosten brick building on Front
street which was sold last week to Major
y. II. Noteworthy by Mrs. W. Bluestein.
of Houston. This was the first brick bust
ness house erected In Orange.
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Austin. Texas, January 26.-puring DE-
bate on the Harris county court bill TINS
morning the question was asked Repre-
sentative Holland if the late judge OF the
Eleventh judicial district had been active
in trying to clear the docket, and the inu-
nation was that some believed that Judge
Brashear had been tardy In his duties
Representative Holland replied that he was
an energetic. active young man. VINO hau
applied himself closely TO the work II me
people of Houston will make some showing
as to the cases disposed of and the consio-
Grafton of things in addition To the showins
already made, The bill will probably pass.
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.

Austin. Texas. January 26.-The follow
ing bills and resolutions were introduced
By Tracy-A substitute for the assign
ment law previously introduced by him,
By Moore of Lamar-ro enlarge the
scene Of the gaming law so as to include
don,inoes high dice, etc.
By Ewins-To establish and maintain
bureau q. lator and for the appointment
Of commission of labor for the State OF
Texas and making an appropriation there
for. 80. ,r,
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the inappropriate public domain and other
, lands of the state reserved by the present
laws. and lands recovered from railroads
Illegally held by them
Bv Calian--To prevent the Introduction
of scab disease among sheep IN the State
OF Texas and to prevent the spread and to
eradicate the same.
BY Alexander Regarding special venire
and extending the amount which can be
paid juror in a Justices court.
BY Flint--To provide a better security
for the payment for certain labor by civ
ing to said laborer prior lien on the
products of the Ilborer.
by Peory -Pr0Hding n penalty for the
putting out of poison
by notwithstanding than when AN az
signee has enough TO pay 10 per cent
he shall make n pro rata distribution.
BY Burney-To facilitate the collection
of wages. salaries and earnings due for
labor performed.
by Ayers-ro perpetuate evidence Of
the heirs at law OF deceased persons dying
intestate as to real estate.
BY Fields-A joint resolution to amend
section !, article 7, of the Constitution. so
as to repeal the provision authorizing the
legislature to add to the available school
fund not exceeding I per cent annually OF
the total value of the permanent school
fund.
BY Tucker--A joint resolution to amend
section .. article g. of the Constitution, to
provide that counties may levy special
tax to rid the county Of pests.
The appropriation bill to provide for the
payment of mileage and per diem Of presi-
dental electors, was passed.
House bill No. 1903. by Seabury, being the
bill to make tho Statute of Texas conform
to the United States Statute. came up for
third reading, and passed.
House bill No. IL. the Reubell Sunday
law. came up on n motion made last Friday
TO reconsider the vote by which the bill
passed The motion carriei-GS 20 "A.
Ward offered the following amendment to
the original hill
Amend by striking out all after the word
Sunday and insert the following: "Or any
person who shall hereafter hunt game Of
any kind whatsoever on Sunday within enc
half mile OF any church, school house or
private residence or any person who shall
hereafter play baseball, football or any
game Of like character on Sunday within
cne-h half milo NJ any church or other place
of public worship shall be deemed guilty
OF a miademcnnor and on conviction shall
be fined in any sum not less than $50 nor
more than 5000.
The Ward amendment was lost ly vote
Of 81 to 3S--two- thirds being required.
The vote then came IN on the final pas
sage Of the bill. The bill was lost by the
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c,r,,s,ca rIrction Cases.

Austin, Texas, January ao'-ihe must
committee on elections today refused 10
hear the case of Asberry VS.. Blackburn
from Robertson county. inc CONTESTANT
having failed TO make the proper showing
through the house, the committee therefore
had no jurisdiction. 49,. NIT,
Tho committee took vote on the Brlg-
nnce VS.. Bennett case, from Grimes. lhe
vote was In executive session, but II IS
learned that Contestant Brigance had ths
majority. The matter was deferred UNI,
tomorrow, when the entire committee wiz
be present.
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WEATHER INFORMATION.
L.,t N,xht.s synopsis.

An area OF high pressure predom'nates
the weather generally tonight. An area or
low pressure Is central ut Jacksonviiis.
and there r. another area Of low pressure
over Western Texas
The wea thcr IL generally cloudy tonight.
Precipitation amounting to 10 Of an men
or more lis reported from jacksonville ana
New Orleans. while several other stations
rcport light showers,
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ton DAILY POST WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 81 1891

out all after the word ''garnlshmcnt" In
last limo OF the bill. Tablsi.
Evans Of Grayson offered substitute to
insert the words "up to $4,000" between the
words proceeds" and of" Tabled.
Henderson moved to adjourn until 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, Carried. and
at 1922 o'clock the house adjourned.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27

Rockport, Texas. January 25.-only a
handful OF pupils showed up at the public
school this morning, and though the teach
ers were all on hand-martyrs to duty, etc.
they were sent back nome. through re-
spect for tho weather.
A large party OF duck hunters came in
on the 10 O'Clock train, but tee ducks have
departed from the mouth OF tho Orinoco
and FISH have gone to the deep seas.
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sEsArn rmoCEEpINGs.

Austin, Texas. January 26.-In the sem
ete tbs morning after the prelimlnaries
had been disposed of the following bills
were introduced
BY Woods-To amend the law with rel-
erenre to theft from the person SO as to
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House ana Contents.

Nayasota, Texas. January 2s.--IaSe
night the cabin OF WIN Wills. on or near
Fayette Smiths place. in sorney bottom
was completely destroyed by fire. A Gift
came very near being burned to death and
willis lost lot OF supplies. among whlc(r
were seven killed hogs 0Ni tl1
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weather Indications.

Washington, January 26,-The weather
bureau isslos the following: The toinper-
ature has risen slowly on the Atlantic
ccnst westward over the Ohio and Upper
AIfalsedpp ana the Northwest. IL con-
tanues low and has fallen slightly In the
soit.hwest and It has fallen decidedly on
tho Central Gulf and Wcst Florida coasts.
whore 4 ls below freeD'ng, There mas
bc.n little change IN temperature IN FLOR
IA an To aIpHt oclock. ana as THIS re-
piou h cow. ed with an area OF rain II "
mol able tho coll wave may not extend
sduth 81 jarksonvlNe with sufficient in
tcnssty to cause INJURY TO crops. althouEn
the temperature may roach freezihR ~ the
interior OF the extrtme northern portion.
Tho temperature Will remain apout Sun
tionary "Wednesday IN the Middle Atlanuc
StEtes north to Virginia, with lalr weatn.
or. on1 VIII rise slowly In the Central val.
ley. with fght local SHOWS. 80
The barometer has risen In the 81. Law
renee valley, In New England and ~ tho
Southwest aud N has fallen from Fiorld2
northwest 10 Montana, IL " lower NORTH
east OF New England and higher north
of Montana. There IS a second depression
centrnl over Florida which is apparently
moving 10 the northenstward ~,
The high winds which have prevailed on
the Atlantic coast north of fiaucras. due
to the depression in the Lower .St. Law
renee valley. have been succsAedef by BRISK
mort hwesterly winds, which wiz continue
Wednesday. the depression having passed
to the eastward OF Nova Scotia.
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shcriNs, Dcpnrtnent.

strayed or stolen, from Wharton, about
the goth of January. 1897. ono hay pony.
about 8 years old. no brand; hook joint on
right hind leg a little enlarged; gentle 10
ride VIII pay s. for delivery to T.. A,
Rich. sheriff. Wharton. Wharton county.
Texas.
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Austin, Texas. January a6--The Goldman
Mercantile company OF Hillsboro filed It's
charter in the department OF staiP to'Ss
capltal stock. 10000 lncoporalors; D. u;
Golman, L. Goldman. o. Goidihah anu
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.rauss. al wharton.

Wharton. Texas. January 25.--ManaS4
Piene presented Roberts in "Faust'' 4
the Wharton public last night. Tho ~
wass plendidy presented and IN npile r.
the Indictment weather larga audleaao N
present. n a 81 .l ','|X
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ue.eral Ohservntion--

Observations taken by the United States
weather bureau at s y. m. 7oth meridian
time: ~
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Washington. January 26-For Eastern
Texas--Light local SHOWS. followed by fair
weather; north winds; temperature below
freezing except In extreme southern por.
uon. Ss
Western Texas-IAght enow. followed BY
fair weather: winds shifting to east; slow
iy rising temDcrature. n
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-27

Austin. Texas, January 26.-Senate en-
mttee on internal improvements decided
this evening to report iavorably on the
three following bills by Colqutt: To re-
quire express companies to keep general
offices in this State and to furnish in
formation to the railroad commission as
TO their physical condition, business and
indebtedness. To give the railroad COM
mission jurisdiction over the compressage
of cotton to authorize the railroad commits
sion to promulgate emergency freight rates
to meet cuts in interstate rates.
The house committee on internal i'm
provements decided to report favorably
Logans bill with regard to express com
panies, which is similar TO Colquitt's bill,
which will be favorably reported in the
senate. Also favorably the bill extending
for two years the time In which railroads
chartered since 1887 can comply with the
terms Of said charters in the matter OF
construction. Action on bill reducing pas
senger fare to cents per mile and reduc-
Ing price OF sleeping car fare, etc, was
postponed until next Thursday.
The house committee on constitutional
amendments this evening killed the reso-
luton providing for constitutional conven-
tlon; the bill making the payment OF poll
tax prerequisite to the exercise OF the
right of suffrage. and the bill making
street Improvement tax lien upon abut-
ting homestead property.
Senate judiciary committee No. ] heard
argument this evening from Mossrs, A. w,
Houston, j. W. Terry, T. NJ. Campbell ana
John Duncan against Lewis fellow servant
bill. and concluded to report said bill IA
Norably.
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Dean Swift was walking on the Phoe-
nix road, Dublin, when a thunderstorm
suddenly came on, and he took shelter
under a tree where a party were shell
tering also-two young women and two
young men. One of the girls looked
very sad, till as the rain fell her tears
began to flow. The dean inquired the
cause, and learned that it was her we'd
ding day. They were on their way to
church, and now her white clothes were
wet, and she could not go. Never
Mindful marry you,' said the dean;
and he took out his prayer-book and
then and there married them, their
witnesses being present; and, to make
the thing complete, he tore a leaf from
his pocket-book, and, with his pencil,
wrote and signed a certificate, which
he handed to the bride The certificate
was worded as follows: Under a tree
in stormy weather, I married this man
and woman together; let none but Him
who rules the thunder sever this man
and woman asunder.-Jonathan Swift,
dean of st. Patrick's."
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upon the unsuspecting mother and
child. There was not a minute to be
lost; he must act at once, or it would
be too late. Quick as thought and with
the nerve and alertness only an old
frontiersman can show, he grabbed his
Winchester, which was standing
against the door, and, fearing the
larger of the two beasts, which was
in advance, would spring before he
could shoot, took a quick aim, without
raising his rifle to his shoulder, and
fired. The panther was in the very act
of %springing, and as the ball hit him
he fell in a heap at the mothers feet.
The cow started off in a mad run, kick
ing over the pail i'll it's rapid flight.
The wife and child were speechless
with fright, and stood trembling with
fear. The dead panther's mate skulked
off, but not until it had a ball in it's
hide.
After ~reassuring his wife there was
no more danger the ranchman started
in pursuit of the wounded panther,
which was limping and making slow
progress toward the forest on the
mountain side. After a short chase the
hunter overlook the beast and killed
her by firing two more shots from his
rifle. This narrative made me after
ward keep my eyes open and on the
lookout, should l happen to run across
any mountain ions during my soiourn
in this region.
A few DAYS after our conversation 7
was in a small party hunting for an
telope, which, the ranchman said, al
though they had been very plentiful,
were TO- becoming scarce in the neigh
borhood. We had seer a small herd of
these pretty creatures, but they were
very shy, and to approach within shoot
ing distance it required great caution
on u part.
We all rode horses and had splendid
mounts, not knowing what moment we
might fall in with some of Sitting
bulls warriors, and it depended more
on fast horses than arms. We kept
together as much as possible, but be-
came separated in chasing the game.
Not that We followed them on horse
back, for we had picketed our horses,
and were Still" hunting. Each man
tor himself tried to approach the game
BY stealth.
It was an exceedingly hot day. and
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ceiient horseman. The mountain lion
had risen and was flying through the
air as the bali from the hunters re-
volver went crashing through his brain,
and in d second it was writhing in
agony upon the ground like an enorm-
bus cat in its death agonies. AS she
fell two young panthers ran to the en-
trance of the cave where she had her
den.
This was probably the same animal
which had tried to carry off my ante
lope a few hours before. The noun
tain lions, or cougars, are known to be
very savage and r%avenous, and require
plenty Of meat, especially when they
have young, and large quantities of
prairie chicken are destroyed by them.
The rest of our party, who had re-
turned to camp, had only succeeded in
bagging a few Jack rabbits and some
prairie chickens.
The next morning VIC went to the
cave and endeavored to catch the cubs,
but all to no purpose. They were evil
IDENTIFY feeding upon the skinned car
cass OF their mother, but or Il ap-
proach skunk off into the cave
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band that a sail had been noisted or
the scow which helped the dogs over
the lake."
Bad Luck ut Eorty-Milc Camp.
When they arrived at. Forty-Mile
Camp this brave pair found there was
absolutely nothing to do. The husband
struck a claim and made a little money,
but it was hardly enough to pay ex-
penses. But they had the supplies
which they had brought along with
them and a little money left. So they
kept on probing and poking the earth
and hoping for better luck. Then fol-
lowed weary weeks of encouragement.
No gold worth talking about was
turned up and Clarence Berry began
to feel depressed. But the little wo-
man at his side kept telling him that
success was bound to come.
Soon afterwards reports began to
come in at Forty-Mile Camp that there
was a wonderful find of gold in the
Klondyke district. Mrs. Berry told her
husband that the best thing he could
do was to start at once for the new
fields and leave her behind. He vas
reluctant to do this, but she persisted
in her counsel, and fortunately for
both he finally acted Upon it, -
What Her Husband. Says.
This was the turning point in their
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Il rode all the way from Juneau to
the mining camp. During the journey
| was strapped to the sled or boat, as
the case might be, and while it was
considerably better than walking there
was always an uncertainty about my
position which made it uncomfortable.
At first it vas very, very cold, u
after a time | got used to it. One OF
the greatest difficulties we had to en-
trail. The snow fell so heavily and the
winds blew so high that it frequently
happened we were able only to follow
the trail with the greatest difficulty.
81 think the most remarkable ex-
p~erience l had during the overland
journey was the trip over Lake La
barge. When we reached that point
we found the lake broken up in the
daytime, though at night there was q
thin ice which made travel possible. We
saw that it would be impracticable to
make the portage from there to the
river, so we determined to make the
trip during the night. l am SURE l
don't know just how it happened, for
| was asleep most of the time. One
night in May l retired to my berth on
a scow which we had built and woke
up the next morning thirty-six miles
away. We had crossed the lake in one
night, an undertaking which l do not
think had ever been accomplished be-
fore or since. l was told by my hus-
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A CLIM BER'S AWFUL FALL.
Trying to Ascend Mount Hood Drop.
Seven Hundred Feet.

Trying to Ascend Mount Hood Drops
Seven Hundred Feet.
Frederick Kim. a well known resi-
dent and groceryman of Portland, Ore.
met with a terrible death on Newton
Clarke glacier, on the north slope Of
Mount Hood, n day last week. In
the ascent of the mountain he straycd
from the path and was caught by Il
mass of sliding rock, which carried
him 300 feet down the steep side of the
mountain to the brink of a cliff, over
which he plunged to the rocks, 400 feet
below. Kirn left Portland late last
week and started to ascend the motn-
tain without q guide. He had EXAM
ined the road with his field glasses,
he said, and would have no difficulty
in following it all the way up. He
retired early and arose next morning
at A o'clock, drinking a cup of coffee
before he started OF the climb, which
he did at half-past four, all alone.
When at night Kim did not return
Mr.. Langille, landlord Of the Cloui
Cap inn, became alarmed for his safe
ty and started in search of him. lie
soon found that he had good cause
for his alarm. Kirn's trail could Re
easily followed TO within 700 feet of the
summit. At this point it varied from
the regular trail, which it had thus fat
followed, and led away to a trcachcr-
Gus rock covered district neal the head
of Newton Clarke glacier. Here M.
Langille discovered, to his horror, that
the unfortunate man had been caught
in a mass of sliding rock, which he had
probably loosened with his feet, and
had been carried with it swiftly to the
brow of a precipice below, over which
the burrows made in the snow by the
small avalanche disappeared. Work
ing his way cautiously and with the
skill of the veteran mountaineer that
he is to the edge of the cliff, Mr.. Lam
gille saw the body lying among he
loose rock far below at the mouth of
the glacier. Kirn's death had been
swift and terrible. The body was re.
covered a few days later.