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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-05-10
1861 90
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| Net floating dent 'siv.'oso -. - ~.
| There was s36, 1894 to the credit oil the
having and sewer fund. but that amount
| will fall over 81, 900 short OF paying the
outstanding contracts made by the pre-
| csding administration on this account, as
| Estimated by the city engineer
There was also s4s,6sl.72 on hand Ia the
| school building fund, ard IT 10 calculated
that after paying the contracts outstahd,
| ing against It, with architects ices ana
expepses OF inspection and furniture, TX.
| lures. etc, added. there viii be small
balance remaining, but Just what amount
| is uncertain.
The CITY also holds the notes o. the
| Houston Electric street Railway company,
| aggrcgatng s27,it326, but they are not
duo until from six months to four years
from April. 1898.
The france committee and myself nave
materially reduced the running expenses OF
Tho city already, and will continue to do
SO long as II can be done without I'M
pairing the public service. OF these mat
tcrs We expect very soon TO give the couh-
Gil full statement.
am encouraged to believe that by prt-
dent management we VIII soon be anie W
retire n very considerable portion OF our
floating debt. and In all nruhuphiy ny
next winter will be able to pay operating
EXPENSES (such as wages OF enlpioyesJ IN
cash and that before the expiration OF our
Term will be enabled to place the Guy on
n cash basls. so far is all current expenses
are concerned. Respectfully
& H. Brashear, Mayor.
Tbe mayor submitted the following re
port upon report OF the scnoui Ivy l' 49,,
tcndent showing that the poun'y W., Of
city about sl0OOO on inc envy pro '''' W
the state school fund
To the Honorable cry ,ouuuu. ,1
Houston, Texas, May " w "l,''
report OF the schooi super 1''nH'"s tao'
referred to mo by the poalu U, w.
trustees. 1t refers to matter Wn,'u ""
in the hands of my preueoeHfor nnH -.
Is still open for action resp'ouu'!
ommcnd that you take the steps hcHVNsal
for q collection ni tho amount Nv P''''n9
the matter in the hands ol the pI"po' -"
thorites with power TO enter SUI ~
settlement can not be- otherwise onlh'heu'
Respectfully, II brhShrhi' Mhs"'-
70 the Honorable Board ot School iiuh'eo9'
Houston, Texas. May 3-~lhe l'npoi'auNe
Of the subject involved lS my apology lo'
submitting tho following report
NV experience In The state department
of education led me to discover shorty
after / accepted the supenntendepcy ol
tho Houston schools that for many yea
tho city of Houston has suffered loss by
failure of the county authorities to nay
the city It's rghtful share OF the aViilahIe
school funds arising from the Investment
of nermaneut county school funds. me
law upon tho subject Is as follows;
"1he county superintendent, upon re
CENT of the certificate issued by the hoard
Of education for the State fund belonging
10 his county. shall apportion tho same 10
the several school districts mot including
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on for the Elks' convention.

A special sleeper was provided by the
Southern Pacific last night to carry the
Houston delegation to the Eiks annual
meeting to be held in New Orleans. These
who departed last night We're: Major G. A.
ounlan, r. n. Browne +. A. Rechardt.
j. c. White, George 7. Jones. H. w.
Downey. Judge June Cox, W. w, Thomas,
William Byrnes Dr. j. T. ]. Boyes and
NJ c. Howe
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A CURE FOR ALL

Suffering with tapeworm. Call on Dr. ]
W, Mattox OF San Antonio who Is here at
us Travis street. representing the DR..
Mite cure. The remedy is Endorsed by
leaoing physicians OF San Antonio. Test-
monials from hundreds who have been
cured.
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Seattle to st Michael,

Appointed to sail about June Is. %. co.
fleet of new Yukon River Steamers, jnsuring
prompt through passage 10 Dawson City and
Other Yukon River points, Apply EMPIRE
TRANSPORTATION CO, COZ First ave,
Seattle. Wash. Or TO INTERNATIONAL,
NAV. CO. 6 bowling Green. Now York
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all the aldermen present except Alderman
Sonnen.
PETITIONS.
The following petitions were read and
disposed of:
From s. Westhelmcr, proposing to fur
nish the city an ambulance service. Re-
ferred TO hospital committee.
From Robert X. Smith, Jr., asking for
correction of error and reduction IN az
sessment on property In block s. south side
Buffalo bayou, in order to pay taxes Re
ferred to finance committee.
From Mrs. @. Curtis for compensation
fSr property used as sidewalk on Liberty
street. Referred to street and bridge com
mittee
From Polemanakos Bros. for reduction
OF assessment on stock. Ruled out OF or
der.
From Margaret Smith, for correction OF
assessment Oh property in block 43i, south
slide Buffalo bayou, Referred TO finance
committee and assessor and collector.
From James REM, for appointment as
electrician Endorsed by about twenty clti-
zens. Referred to fire committee.
From George D. Crossley, for same posi-
ton. On motion the petition took the same
course as that Of James ken2.
.,, wess oa,a, un'' -, ,ssns,n,on, frn,,,
ashinH ior r.uuot'on y, "oo. io'
soo1uo as being oNceSsv9 ana ,na oo o., Pro
Poit,Vn 20 ooinpa.u q" "i'u ~. No'u " Wv"
pant ana us earhlns c"p'c''y' No'''''"
10 nuance coin"i..ee'
FROM ", ~ Mu.'eS anu p'n'' "sh'm,
ior an electric Ilsnt uoine, y, io,nn .,,i ano
San 1aclnlo he,erreu 20 i,snt oup , w. t,.
FROM !. ~ ~, m1' anu otuc's; ashiuH H..
al,oh III me ruin "aIu near INC spu'noln
iacille crossing, heiu'fea 10 S''e'' anu
bridge committee
from rom Jones ana otaers, ashins mat
mairleu men De BNei, p'V,ufpueo ",e' s'n'
s,u ,non ~ ,itS WIN a a',nrnoy ~
prpop1s
n, .,roo, and nr,aeo oo,on,,tsc on po,.
ton Of l. S. Mycr. recommending that
section in Fair Ground addition be drained
as prayed for. Adopted
vi s,rc.' an" p',use so.'ur ',,, ~" po1,
tion VI ~, ~ 'r,,'' '"It ,s,t,b '.I
huNey !" oi'rN st'ec' III r'''" ""'"'
Adopteu' ,a ,.,aao ,o,,r,,,t.a ,,a, 4,
VI street unt pl'utu v''l,'' ~. ,i'',
eolnlaipnee win request o' street com,
m'sS'oner, 1ae" heH1SnS W." 'ooon,,oisp
nau eonieIreu "i.n w Vou.',S I'LL,
s,oners ana thas ,ney nan 9s'Ie Ion 10 u'''h
OF street and bridge committee OH pei
non OF W. II. ureatho'Se, reVo',,he =,
thar the enslne.r MAKE surnoS WY ., oc"'o,
suee,, ~ an' ,Son,oa
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Nttticsbnch Lodge is2, q, n, ~. y.
Every member is requested 10 be at 80
r. m. tonight at Saeneerbund Hall. ur-
gent and important business.
Candidates for initiation are requested
70 come. J, Wiese, President.
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OCEAN STEAMERS.
TO ALASKA.

by new EMPIRE LINE S5oO-ton steamers
Chic. Pennsylvania. Illinois, Indiana, Cone
mat gh. Steam heat. electric lights, and all
modern improvements.
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THE PRESENT CITY DEBT.
New Administration inhcrits Net
floatino Debt Of Oo,523.la.
a DISCOVERY BY suPT. KIMBRouGH
ny which the city May Recover
SIO.OOO from the County-Postni
Telegraph Franchise Sat Upon.

The city council met yesterday In regular
session with Mayor Brashcar presiding and
all the aldermen present except Alderman
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Personal MENTION.

Justice Of the Peace Precinct No. (, Flarl
County. Texas.
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army officer of high rank, who was
nevertheless a plainsman and hunter
of more than average prowess.
Cody's remarkable ride occurred at
the breaking out of the war declared
against the allied plains tribes during
the winter of 1S6S-69, in which cele-
brated campaign General Sheridan took
the field in person, having such Indian
fighters as Sully and Custer as his
principal lieutenants. Cody tells the
story in excellent taste, and although l
was in active service at the same time,
and was cogniZant of the facts. shall
quote fully from Cody's own version, as
published in his excellent autoblogra-
ply. 1t was commenced on the day
on which Cody had his funny yet
rather tragic experience with Santata.
the war chief of the Kiowas. when Cody
pulled the wool over the eyes" of the
wicked old savage regarding some cat
tie which had no existence in fact, crea-
lures of Cody's fertile imagination, yet
the necessary lie was the means or saw
ing the famous scouts scalp. The
story will be found in full In the cnap-
ter of Famous Men or the trail, IN
nv 1.-THE Old Santa Fe Trail
Cody saws: 1.-The commanding Off
Ger at Fort Dodge was anxious to send
some dispatches to Fort Larned, but
the scouts. like those at Fort Hays,
were rather backward in volunteering,
as 1t was considered very dangerous
to make the trip. AS Fort
Larred was my post, and as | wanted
to go there anyhow, said to Austin
hat I would carry the dispatches. and
u any of the boys wished to go along
I would like to have them for COM
oany. Austin reported my offer to the
officer, who sent for me and
said he would be happy to have me take
he dispatches, If I could stand the trip
On top of all that had already done.
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excelled, II they have even ever been
equaled, which Is doubtful.
Aubrey was a Scotch Canadian by
birth and emigrated direct from Quebec
to the remote West. He was a man of
education, apparently, for 1 find that
he was the author of one or two meri-
torious articles on journey and So
journ in California, which were pub
lished in one of the -rly magazines of
the country, about the time of the dis
covery of gold on the Pacific Coast. He
had also travelled extensively through
the then almost inaccessible region of
what is now the territory of Arizona,
and from him was first learned the fact
that the savages of that remote Mexi-
can country employed gold bullets in
charging their crude firearms.
General Marcy met F. x. Aubrey in
1S49, who had just returned from Cali
fornia, and en- route crossed the Colo
RADIO near the outlet of the big canyon,
where he met some Indians, with
whom, he informed Marc he ex-
changed leaden for golden rifle balls,
and that these Indians did not have
the slightest idea of the relative value
of the two metals.
The first ride Aubrey attempted was
In 1850. He made bet that he could
cover the distance from Santa Fee.
n. NJ, to Independence Mo-, over the
trail, in eight days. 1t is 765 miles be-
tween the two points via the Santa
Fe TRAIL" as the freight caravans
Travelled it. and by that route, on a
wager Of $1,000, Aubrey was to ride
Aubrey succeeded in winning, making
his destination, the Jones House in In
dependence. three hours before the ex-
piration of his time. During this, his
first ride, he killed a number of horses,
the death of one when within twenty
five miles Of Council Grove compelling
him to walk to that place, carrying his
saddle on his back. where he obtained
another animal and continued his won
derful ride.
This feat of Aubrey's was regarded
as the greatest ride ever made by any
one In ancient or modern times, and he
became the hero Of the incipient bor-
der town. Independence, where he was
feted and made the lion OF the day.
His fame spread throughout the entire
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hours of warm day Is sight never &c
be forgotten. They are quite playtu
and exhibit a great deal more nvel-
ness than would be expected or them
But it is a sight that gives most people
the ''creeps" In fact, manv people In
Klamath Falls cannot be induced to go
near the river for fear Of seeing horrl-
BILE sights.
What starts the snakes seems to be
something of a mystery. A bunch or
several thousand will be stretched out
on the rocks as motionless as II dead
Suddenly one moves, then anolhea anu
another Instantly the whole mass be-
gins to Wrfggle Here and there the
snakes glide over one another utterlng
a peculiar squeal that is almost blooo-
curdling.
Then the fun begins. The snakes are
from five to six feet in length ana
thick in proportion. Their bodies are
correspondingly heavy, but they move
about with the greatest ease. All
through the wriggling mass big feiloWs
can be seen raising themselves hlgh IN
the air and swapping their jaws just
as if they were angry and would attach
the first creature that came near them.
But it Is all fun, and when they get
tired they draw out to one side and give
some of the others a chance.
In a few minutes the wriggling mass
somehow gets to moving in circle.
Round and round they go, one trying 10
catch the other, but never succeeding.
The air is now full Of squeals of the
kind.
After the snakes have been "exercis-
ing few minutes peculiar, indie
scribable odor can be noticed. AT first
it is not very unpleasant, but after
while a similarity to skunk can be de-
tected. What the smell eventually be-
comes is not known, for at this stage
OF the game all spectators move back
as far as is necessary.
why don't you people get rid of
those snakes?" l asked one of the in
habitants who had been watching the
performance one day last week.
Don't want to-" he replied. They
are useful as we'll as ornamental. And
besides there's another reason why we
don't give the boys permission to go
out among them with clubs"
whats that?" I asked.
They'd smell bad"
Don't they smell bad now?"
Eyes, pretty bad, that's true, but that
amt marker to the way they'd smell
if ten thousand dead ones was piled
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All I want is a good fresh horse, SIR
I said.
I am sorry to say that we haven't
a decent horse here; but we have a re-
liable and honest government mule, If
that will do said the officer 'Trot
out your mule said /, that's good
enough for me. I'm ready at any time,
sir
When the trip was finished had rid
den from Fort Larned to Fort Zarah,
sixty-f1ve miles-there and back-in
twelve hours, which included the time
was taken by the Indians across the
Arkansas. In the succeeding twelve
hours l had gone from Fort Hays to
Fort Dodge. thirty miles on horseback.
and thirtyfive miles on foot, to Fort
Larned. and the next night sixty-five
miles more to Fort Hays. Altogether 1
had ridden and walked 355 miles in
fifty-eight hours, or an average of six
miles an hour. OF course, this may not
be regarded as very fast riding, but
taking into consideration the fact that
it was mostly done in the night and over
a wild country. with no roads to fol-
low. and that had to be continually on
the lookout for Indians, 1t was thought
at the time to be big ride, as we'll as
q most dangerous one"
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SNAKES ooRoINo THEMSELVES WITH ToADs.

Klamath Falls another silurian
millions Of snakes Every year the fall September
countless thumb,
through end of the
the big bridge which the river Where they
and where they nobody All
have that regularly every
deluge toads through the and
the bridge and there's millions of them The snakes
annual feast these little fellows, they gather by
thousands at the bridge to intercept them Each
usually devours eight toad but this evidently makes
impression the number of toads according the
natives, s'theres always millions Of toads left"
klamath Falls Ia bullfrogs
The deuge burogs along three four
like the toads, there
They pile in the porches yards
feet the chill their
like the toads they hop along and disappear
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sands, millions of them, al
spread out on the logs at the
foot of klamath Falls in Ore
gon.
And what Is more the residents up
there rather encourage their existence,
For any one caught killing any OF them
is likely to be zealously prosecuted In
fact. it IS a case of the people liking
snakes.
These water snakes of the klamath
River are one of the wonders or nat
uraI history. Scientists have spent
years in studying them and there is
a great deal ve+ to learn. The snakes
are absolutely harmless and belong to
what is known as the "eutaenia TAM
ily For miles and miles up and down
the river they can be seen at any time
during the warm season. During the
winter they roll themselves into living
balls. sink to the soft mud at the bot
tom of the river and pass several
months alternating.
These snakes seem to be most nu-
merous in the vicinity of klamath .
Falls. the county seat of klamath
County, Oregon This is a town of 1900
people and makes some pretension to
being metropolitan. Yet there are
snakes running wild in the streets all
summer long.
Early in the spring the snakes come
from the bottom of the river and dur
ing the first warm days spend their
time summing themselves on the logs.
AS the season wears along the snakes
become more and more numerous, until
the logs will no longer hold them and
they begin to climb the river banks
At first they are rather timid and
scurry off into the water at the ap-
proach of a human being, but in short
time soon grow to learn that no harm
will come to them. When this stage OF
intimacy with the Inhabitants Of Klam-
ath Falls is reached the snakes can be
watched from a short distance and they
will not pay the least attention. 1t is
even possible to walk among them, but
not many people care to do this.
Although the people up in klamath
Falls know the snakes are no more
harmful than a pigeon, nobody ever
goes in swimming during the snake
season"
To see the snakes amusing themselves
on the river bank during the long
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In beginning slight chill the
trying keep above the chill rocks by ong
Before torpid through the weather the
ball sometimes rolled
piece hoarda a
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In Teneriffe the people communicate
with each other at a distance of over
four miles by an organized system Of
whiStling.
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COIL OF SNAKES BREAKING THE LIMB OF TREE.
get in the hot summer days the
bordering the and en-
they take great deght IN
forming wrgging, coing network of snakes AS TINS oa
size the limb grad
bends very frequently the increasing mass OF rep
Along the river bank OF banches ana
limb have broken in this fashion
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WILD RIDES
ON THE
OLD SANTA FE TRAIL.
ON THE

experiences of Buffalo Bill x Aubrey and
and daring pony messengers
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-HE old Santa Fe trail, Ike many
of the worlds great highways,
has been racecourse at times,
over which some Of the most
Il marvellous rides have been eff
fected by men W Sc powers OF
endurance have never been excelled in
history.
Among those who were famous as
long distance riders in the days of the
Commerce of the Prairies" was F. x.
Aubrey His remarkable feats In this
particular have certainly never Deen
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MAKES, snakes everywhere; but
not one 81 them Will bite.
There are hundreds, thou
sands, millions of them, all
spread out on the logs at the
foot Of Klamath Falls in Ore
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WARM CORNER ON THE ROCKS KLAMATH FALLS ORE CON-

b Mrs s Harsh
was mad N
to photograph he the
O. day
pdm
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-09
STOCKS FLUCTUATED.
inere Was an Advance, Then q
Quick Decline and Later
Recovery.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY.
Bar silver, New York. SO BsN
Call money. New York. 1AQ1A 1ZQ1h


NEY YORK. Aug. s.LThe stock market to-
DAY underwent one Of the processes which
is usual In a strong advance. Even where
the general trend Of prices is upward for a
interrupted. Hats and reactions are usual
even In strong market. and are to be
looked for even in the continuance Of favor
time today. and 1t looked as though the
reactionists had gained the upper hand.
Front taking began from the start in some
OF the recent favorites and held them back
While the rest of the market was rising buoy
antly on the outside orders, which had come
into commission houses during the Sunday
interval inter- The volume of these orders was
iarge ana indicated growth of confidence
pg es the b ha RgSG in the value of
the strength Of this outside demand caused
Keeling OF doubt in the minds of room
traders and the rumor got into circulation
that the large monicd interests which bought
stocks last week were selling out. The pro-
about the time when accumulated commits
sion house orders had been executed The
bears were also inclined to take a skeptical
view of the reported acceptance by Spain OF
the terms Of peace and they had detailed
report in circulation that new quest ons
were opened up by the reply which endan-
fore Tor the receipt OF the reply in cipher by the
French embassy at Washington, but 1t was
effective In causing reaction in spite of
the strength OF the Spanish securities in
wiped out In practically all cases, the mar
ket falling below Saturdays level At this
point very large blocks of stocks began to
be taken again and before the close there
was almost a complete recovery number
of the industrials notably Tobacco, Leather
preferred. the mailing stocks and stocks of
some of the iron and steel companies showed
conspicuous advances.
The late movement of the market is likely
to get the suspicion that the reaction was
looked upon complacently by the monied
men, who have assumed the leadership of
the market. The speculative outlook had be-
come so clearly bullish that the market was
becoming filled with weakly margined &C
counts based on paper profits. The volume
OF stop loss orders dislodged served to show
that a considerable bull following of this
description was shaken out by the days
movement The later trading showing a de-
cline in animation, and slightly yielding
tendency in prices.
The pressure of funds for investment In Sc
curftles paying fair rate of interest and
reasonably safe gave continued strength to
bonds today. Total sales 81, 100000. The new
government IS when issued showed a decline
OF kc in the bid price. Otherwise there was
no change In government bonds.
The following were the fluctuations of the
leading railway and Industrial shares fur
nlshed by q. H. F. Smith & Co.. members
New York stock exchange and Chicago board
of trade. $500