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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26
THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT.
ComptroIIer Dawes Is Betng Deiuged
with Contributions

Washinston, Oouober 5.--Comptroiie'
Dawes is being delugei ~ith CONTRIBUTORS
from the school children Of the country lot
t.s Lafayette monument fund In some
cases ole teachers have omitted MS or ne'
own name and have sent the name o. eas can
rtr.brtor with the gum given, IN feou
csses sta,h 5 and Decent donation - 81. 81.
tired In the name OF its donor VI .ne
ts,usAns OF letters which have oeSn
ceiyed. but barely 300 have peen opcno>.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26

Portland, Ore. October rs Bids for cx-
terdiag the north and south iessies at VA
quri bay We're opened by Major W. l.,
Fisher al the United states engineers Of
nee here. TIE lowest bid was from Chi
cage, beng s5ii.sa5. There were eight
other bids, ranging from s6oS.7e6 to $751;
sSS. Bids will be forwarded to the war
department, which viii select the lowest
responsible hid
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26

Chicago, October es.--A Tribune special
says The oregcn and Iowa are now on the
soath American coast participating in a
celebration held by one OF the South
American republics, and can be recalled II
the administration sees lit TO acquiesce
In the Spanish demands
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26

was confident that the republican admin's-
traitor would take the proper course In the
peace negotiations and that the Philippines
would be retained II 1t was best, and east
aside, If that was the best policy for the
country
The affair ended tonight with dance.
The celebration has been a great success
and tha peonle have been showered with
congratulations for their phenomenal Sue
cess. II was celebration tina, was every
way creditablo to a town ten times the size
of Yorktown.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26
storfs. rron, the IxIonaike.

srcouver. p. c.. October e5.---Iohn NC
(sie. who has just returned from the
r river country tells 81 story OF ao
nwn prcspector being killed by sriz-
pear two months ago on the trail.
her Of McKenzse's stories related TO
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26

SEATTLE. Wasla., October 25.-sherlff Mey-
er eas reecivei q telegram from Mt. Hope.
Kan. saying tilsi man under arrest there
was thought to be Richard Lee. who muir
dered Special Officer Thomas Roberts in
this city
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26
CANE GRINDING.

A dozen or more couples OF young people,
clapcroued by Mr.. and Mrs. S. Blanehetfe
and Mrs. Ivy Teyis, took advantage OF the
beautiful moonlight last night and drove
out TO the home OF MIR and Mrs. John
French. ana enjoyed Whit is known as Il
cane grading This 81 social diversion
which furnishes considerable wholesome
pleasure 10 young people Of this city in
The fsh Of eacss year. and the one last night
IL reported as bting exceptionally delight
full as dancing was INDUCED In the spacious
rooms OF Mr.. and Mrs. French's hospi'abie
home
Ths couples participating were clauae
West and Miss Zelda Dugat, Mr.. Weaver
and Miss Wilcox, VIII Crawford and Miss
Lulie S-effeid, Van Sheffield and MISS
jane Shelters. ] Smith and Miss Annie
Banchctie, Fred Lamb aud Mrs. Emery.
Esd Gray end Miss Edna Egter. Jim Good
hus end Miss Mamie McGreeyy. Geores
Bryant and Miss Katie Lamb II. ". VII
ron and Miss Floy Merritt. Tom Van Aui-
sens and Mss Winnie West. Guy Harding
and Mics Meiia Blanchette ], Price and
Mrs Clark Claude BFanceette and Miss
Nora Long
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-10-26

II ice schools OF the country are heard
RON and maintain this average the Lafay-
eve memor al VIII be ~ splendid success
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remain with detachment OF men aud lake
care u government property IN thai city.
und "A letter from him to Mr.. John n.
Goodhna OF t6s city, his former employee,
indicates that the authority OF the ,1ung
volunteer officer ieas widemed and he Is
COW charged with grave responsibilities AMI
under his direction the government Is do
ng some lmporant aul expensive work.
Lieutenant Blaine writes that because of
the transfer 10 other points Of superior oin-
Gers lac Il now commander. quartermaster
general aud superintendent Of construction.
IL has complete authority Mt the military
post. directs the chipping OF all supplies
from Key West % the United States arrny
In cuha and is experimenting thn recon-
structlon OF Catholic convent which .hs
government recently used for barracE pur-
posgs.
The lieutenant does not, however. COM
plain OF his dut.es except IN SO TAR as they
deprive him OF time which he is anxious to
4evute 10 studies necessary 10 equip him
for a military life He expresses a desl re-
TO enter the regular army provided I've can
Obtain d commission, and with this pur-
pose In view he IL asHiduously applying
h msen. Hgs Beaumont friends wish ham
SUCCESS and believe tthat II merit Will win
commission IN Uncle Sans army. Lieu
tenant Blaine viii wear the straps.
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npuRNT cork BELLEs.

The Post correspondent has been reqrest.
ed 10 announce that the ladies' who are
Interested in tt,e female minstrel perform
ance to be given az an early date are ex-
pected TO meet al the opera house tomorrow
lwednss iay) at o'clock .. IN The pcst
correspondent has not been furni shed ue-
tails OF the proposed entertainment. except
that some OF phe most talented ladies In
the city VIII participate. They have or
ganized what ia termed 1.-THE Burnt COX
Bellies and IL is Inferred from this paAt
they propose 10 give a regular black-face
mlpetrel performance But be II what II
may The affair is In charge OF ladies' whose
talents have heretofore entertained the
people Of Beaumont, and this is an assur-
ancc that the coming affair will be L.
cjded SUCCESS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

After salmon are secured by the seine or
other means. they are. for convenience in hand
ling placed in pens or live-boxes made for this
purpose. the ripe or nearly ripe males and fe'
males being kept separate Where the eggs are
taken on large scale it is desirable To have
separate compartments for ripe males. ripe fe-
males nearly ripe females and males partially
spent that it may be necessary to use again. and
two spare compartments are found to be
convenient where large numbers OF fish are
handled.
"All methods of taking salmon spawn
very much the same. there being only slight
differences in details. chiefly in the manner OF
holding the parent fish and impiognatng the
eggs. Where there are plenty OF assistants and
the salmon Of medium size. the most eX-
pcditious way Is for the man who takes the
spawn to hold the female in one hand and press
out the eggs with the other. another in the mean
dime holding tie tail Of the fish The male fish
is handled in the same way. This is the method
employed at Baird. but on the Columbia. where
the salmon larger and harder to manage
the strait Jacket" it is called, is used: this
is a sort of trough made the average length Of
the salmon and followed out 10 fit its general
shape. Across the lower end IS a permanent
cleat and at the upper end Is a strap with
buckle. The fish. when manipulated is slid into
the trough. the tail going down below the ceat
where it is securely held. and the head buclicd
in at the upper end with the strap. 1t Is now
unable to DO any harm by its struggles and
the eggs can bc pressed out at leisure The
s'raitjackct is almost Indispensable with very
large salmon. and is very convenient when the
operators are Timed in number. In impregnat-
lag the eggs the main object Is to bring the nlilt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

and the eggs together as quickly as possible
after they have left the fish"
When the eggs have been secured then the
operation of Matching follows; after that they
are packed for shipment
The methods employed In getting the eggs OF
various other varieties Is equally interesting.
Stephen G.. Worth. Superintendent OF the United
States Fish Commission station at Washington.
d. c. describes the taking OF shad eggs by the
men OF the Fish Hawk as follows:
"Collcctng eggs Is the work Of experienced
watcrmon, who must be prepared to endure all
kinds Of weather in open boats. The boats are
toWod out to the fishing grounds by steam
launches, where the spawn-tallcrs visit the nets
Of the market fishermen. obtaining from them
the spawning fish. After eggs have been OBJ
tanned ticket is dropped into each painful, with
the date and the name Of the fisherman, FOR
entry on the books Of the station. The price for
eggs IS always above the market price Of the
shad and payment is made at the end Of the
season on the basis Of twenty eight thousand
TO the liquid quart the price being $40 to 80
per million. on the Potomac forty to fifty
spawn takers employed at the station, be-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
TIE CATACONBS TO BE LIGHTED.

Rome correspondence OF The Pail Mall Gazette
The visitor to Italy complains of modern
steam tugs on the Grand Canal In Venice. and
the tangled ideas OF cleanliness in the
streets of Naples and the new quarters in Rome
but the height Of the proSaic seems to have
been reached with the illumination OF the cata-
combs by electric light. No more dim distances
IN which one must take care not 10 BE lost, no
more monk guides. holding lighted tapers no
more darkness. mystery and imagination. This
being the feast OF st. Cecilia the catacombs OF
st CaliXtuS. whore the Roman virgin
buried in III 4. D., were to-day for the first
time all glowing and glarng with thousands OF
electric globes Illuminating even the most re-
mote corners. and giving to the whole a mum
dane rather than mystic air.
These catacombs are outs side the Porta San
Sebastano. on the magnificent Appian Way
that the Romans called the Queen Road and
near the world renowned tomb OF Cecilia
Mctella. st. Cecilia is not the only prominent
martyr Of the Early Christian Era whose name
Is connected with this burial place, for the re
mains lie there Of several POpes of the third
century. as witness the original tombs of St
Antherus. st. Fabian. st. Lucius. st Cornelius
and 81. Entychianus, who all sat in the Chair
Of st. Peter.
Thousands Of Romans and foreigners have to-
day visited this sacred spot The crowd itself
formed picturesque view as from below one
looked up at the pilgrims descending and as
cending the long, steep flight Of stairs. or at
the long PROFESSIONS of cowlcd monks and black
ROBBED nuns. showing In vivid contrast to groups
OF students Of the German College in their scar
let gowns, garb that causes them 10 be called
in fun. the Little Cardinals. The corridors re-
sp0nded In echoes to their chants at the differ
ent affairs While there was Subdued hum from
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
A PICTURE or DONI/ETTI.
THE COMPOSER OF LUCIA" AS REPRE-.
SCENTED BY HIMSELF.

THE COMPOSER OF LUCIA" AS REPRE-
SCENTED BY HIMSELF
The world heard a great deal about the cele-
bration Of the hundredth anniversary Of the
birth Of Gaetano Donizettl. composer Of Lucia
di Lammermoor," which took place in Bergamo
his birthplace, three months ego. Singularly
enough. though the celebration began on Sep
TENDER %. on the assumption that that was
Donizettis birthday there is very it,le evidence
TO upheld that date and curious disagreement
among cyclopHdsts. The authorities give AZ
least five dates from which. presumably the ad-
mirers OF Donizettrs music may take their
choice. Groves Dictionary Of Music and Must
clans" first gave the date as November % but
corrected it before the edition was Of the
press and again in the Appendix. 10 November
-. DR.. Reimann gives November - in his
"Musill-Lexicon" and November - in hi,
"Opern lIandbuch." Mendels "Mus.kalisches
Conversations l. Xicon"-one Of the most salts
factory OF all musical encyclopadas and in
many things the model OF Groves accepts the
Italian date September -. other works set
down November 20 and ~. The "Algomeine
Musik-Zcitung." from which the accompanying
picture is borrowed, commenting on this con.
fusion in dates. and believing November % to
be the correct one, observes: The contradiction
Is not ineXpcable. Perhaps It was thought in
BerIamo that many more persons would come
TO the Donizetti celebration in September han
in splenetic November. and it would not have
been the first time that church record had
been altered for reasons Of utility" The sur
mise is disingenuOus. and 1t fails TO account ZOE
the fact that the September date has been ad-
hered to for many years The volume II Men
del's lexicon which gives the Italian date was
printed twenty-five years ago presumably some
time before Bergamo began thinking OF a CEN
tennal celebration.
But the portrait Of Donizctti, drawn By him
self in 1Sil. has nothing to do with the contro-
yersy over his birthday. The drawing shows that
the composer OF Lucia" like Mendclssohn and
others OF his craft. had nconsderable skin
with the pencil Barring an exaggeration OF the
nose. evidently made with humorous intent II
is a good portrait Of Donizetti. one that all who
are familiar with the many pictures printed Of
him will recognize at once. II was loaned for
reproduction to the "Allgemene Musk -Zeitung'
by Siegfried Ochs, conductor Of the Philharmonic
Chorus Of Berlin, who owns it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

the less devout sightSecr What w0ul. be I'm.
perceived by the visitor. II he were not prcIn.
formet' is that the five miles Of corridors and
chapels are not on the same level, but form
three different floors. one under the other Tho
most interesting spot Is whore St Cecilias tomb
was found, and where also stands A COPY ~
the statue Of the saint designed by Madcrno
representing her after her martyrd0m Next
stands most interesting marble tablet the in.
scrptlon on which was originally a pagan one
dedicated to Marcus Aurelius The Christians
utilized the tablet by turning It and writing on
the back new epitaph to Pope 81. Damascus
Bones and skeletons Of the ancient martyrs
are found all along the walls in three rows
one above the other The lower room Is the
more disturbed. as almost every one tries 70
take something away as a sacred relic. But
the electric light on these bones turns the cata-
combs into a museum
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
THE CRUELTY or SEAL HUNTING.

From The Illustrated American.
Seal hunting In its legitimate form upon land
Is brutal beyond other industries because il de-
Ponds for success upon qualities that We admire
in animals, tractability and tameness Attached
TO the herd there is a contingent Of youthful
"bachelor' seals Their celibacy is enforced by
the Srun old dogs that keep all the Cye-making
10 themselves Ii IS the unfortunate bachelors
that are doomed to lose life as We'll love.
They are not needed in the propagation Of the
species. The world will not miss them dead,
and the women desire their furs. Aleut Indians.
who share the islands with the seals. separate
few bachelors from the herd and drive them
up the hills inland The doce creatures hop
painfully alOng-nO movement IS as awkward
as the progress 0f a seal out Of water-pr0ceed-
ing by short PUSHES and long pauses at the rate
OF about half mile an hour In sin hours
they reach a secluded Killing ground" The
Indians separate them into groups. select the
finest animals. and beat them TO death with
clubs-taking care not TO break the furs lest
they be unacceptable on Ffthaye.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
ADULTERiTING NOLiSSES.

From Tn, New Orleans Times Democrat.
The complaint In New York is that the adnl-
iteration Of mOlaSscs Is go OVerdOne that II has
ceased to be mOlasS Some Of II IL adulter-
ated in Louisiana, ii is claimed mixed again IN
New-York and mixed "a third time 10y the re-
tailers the consequence being mat very lttle ~
the original molasses is left hy the time the
product reaches the consumer.
This adulteration and mixing have brought
great deal Of dscredit to Louisiana molasses,
and have undoubtedly deprecated its standing
and value. The amount Of good open kette
molasscs has decreased very considerably %
late and this ought 10 assure IL a better market
and n better price; ana SO il would were not
the Louisiana product IN too many cases treated
as a mere basis for the mOlass,s ~ commerce
one Of the elements t. be- used Win glucose ~
manufacture the STUFF So frequently s'd ~
molasses in the North. and against when the
New-York and other dealers arc prOi'suhs
II would undoubtedly be- to the adNaii,' 6'
Louisiana planters 10 sell moIAsstS ut
prices which IL would command Do Iul'.
than To- have the production 'rNI'Nd 10 ' as
creased 10y using glucose $50 freely. t'' '''1
quently bringing about decline in Dos F''u.,
The law which New-lork pinI SOS On nnS
subject and which other states VIII p'"o'nha
also adopt will not unfavoraoiy hh'', ,
Louisiana planters, but viii, IN an ptnplu..'"
assure them better price for their mo'a9Sss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

quired for n salmon to mature about -FOUR
years. has elapsed. The adult salmon from
which eggs are obtained for the purposes or
propagation are taken chiefly with drag or
sweep seines, this being the most practical
method OF collecting them in large numbers.
The seines at the United States Fish Commits
sion station at Baird. on the McCloud River. are
from 100 to 40 feet long, made OF about "
thread Irvine. and are about 20 feet deep in the
middle tape-Ing down to about feet at the
ends. they are double-leadcd on account Of the
swift current OF the river. and have 4-inch
mesh. In the rack placed across the "iver to
stop the passage Of fish it is customary 10 build
large wooden traps in which to capture salmon.
and at times. especially during a rainstorm ac-
companied by n marked rise in the river large
numbers Of salmon are taken but at other
times only few while there is never more than
a small percentage Of spawning fish secured in
this way"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02

sides twelve or fifteen men who are engaged
az Matching attendants. machinists, hremen and
cooks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-02
IMPREGNATING TIL

IMPREGNATING THE Eggs.
The taking and impregnating the eggs is an
interesting operation, and Mr. Stone describes it
as follows:
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-15
The COMING REUNION.
A Rate of One Cent a Mile Asked fol
Yesterday,
From All Points from Pennsylvania
to the Missouri River, and it Was
Recommended by the Local Rail-
road Men to the Joint and GEN
eral Traffic Associations.

Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock
Chairman Rawlings, of the Executive
Committee of the Society of the Army
of West Virginia, and Messrs. j. G.
Brady and w c. Beans, of the Trans
portation Committee, met the gentle
men of the local Railroad Association,
at the Office of the Pan Handle Com
pany, and laid before them formally an
application for a cent-a-mile rate for
the coming reunion.
AS a preliminary, the railroad Off
Gals having gathered an erroneous
idea of the matter from a publication
in the Intelligencer that the reunion
made a statement of the real fact. He
said the Society of the Army Of West
Virginia was not composed of West
Virginia soldiers, but of soldiers who
fought in West Virginia, and wished
the distinction carefully noted. Reg
iments saw service in West Virginia
from Ohio. Pennsylvania. Indiana and
Illinois, and men would come from
as far as Iowa, Kansas and Missouri
to take part in III proceedings here
with their old comrades. He also called
attention to the fact that the Society
of the Army of West Virginia is es-
sentially different from the Society OF
the Army Of the Cumberland, Of the
Tennessee, or of the Potomac. These
societies are composed of officers,
while the Society of the Army Of West
Virginia takes in every private soldier
and represents at least fifty thousand
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-15

nan He also outlined the territory
from which these men would largely
come. it including the western half of
ohio Western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia Western Maryland, and In
diana. Illinois, and Missouri points in
general and closed by asking for the
SAME rate and territory as was given
tbe Reunion at Columbus last year, the
latter covering the country from Buff
falo Y. Y, and all Pennsylvania
noints west to the Missouri, tickets to
be good for five days, with an extern
sion for ten days additional, on appli-
cation.
Mr.. Brady followed Capt. Rawlings
and called attention to the advisability
Of having the same low rate out OF
Wheeling via the B. & o., Ohio River.
and connecting lines, that veterans
coming to the Reunion might have an
opportunity to visit the old scenes OF
conflict throughout the State, after the
programme in the city was concluded.
He said there had been many express
sions of the intention by veterans to
see the old battle fields for the last
time. and the extension Of the tickets
for ten days and the assurance OF a
low rate for visits to points IN the
state would not only bring many more
veterans here, but would be an ar
rangement eminently satisfactory to
the Wis tors.
Various plans of the matter were
then discussed by all the gentlemen,
and as a result the Association prom
ised TO recommend the Columbus rate,
with Mr.. Bradys suggestion, to the
Joint Traffic Association, for ratifica-
tion. and later on a resolution to this
effect was adopted.
The dates for the Reunion are Sep
TENDER 10th to 22d, inclusive, and
tickets will probably be on sale by
the 18th. and will be good until the
25th with a ten days extension II
asked for The matter will receive
immediate attention, and the local COM
mittees will be advised as soon as
action is taken and report to the
Wheeling Association.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-15
MORGANTOWN NOTES.

Morgantown, w. Va, March a.
Mrs. j. G. Frazer of Martinsburg, VINO
is a student in the law department OF
the University, arrived here last night
after the most unique trip ever made by
a woman in the history Of the State.
She rode the entire distance over the
rough mountain roads alone, dressed In
boomers and riding astride. At every
point she touched she was the centre
of attraction. and the populace turned
out en- masse to follew her. The trip
Of two hundred and fifty miles occu-
pied four days to complete. The Wo-
man who performed the feat is a III
tie. modest looking specimen or hu-
manitv. She is very wealthy and &c
centric. and is very fond Of outdoor
adventure. Her husband preferred 20
come by rail to the discomforts OF such
a trip. and he arrived this morning
from Fairmont He is also student
in the same department as his wire.
The trip was made without special IN
cident aside from the sensation ere
ated by the rider and her equipment.
The funeral of DR.. George b. MOTIFS
took place yesterday afternoon from
his late residence The attendance
was very large. Interment was IN OAK
Grove cemetery. The will was read
This morning. None of the property
left by the dead man is to go 10 any
of the heirs until the expiration Oh
twenty years. George 9. Baker IS
made executor, and will manage the
property until then. The interest,"
alone is to go to the heirs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-15
SPRING OPENING.

FINE TAILORING. POPULAR PRICES.
Regardless of advance in roolens. we are
prepared to Ike to order Suits. Overcoats
and Trousers at last years reduced and
popular prices Suits $50 90 up Over
coats, $500 up. Pants $500 up. The
artistic cut and stylish appearance of our
garments recommend themselves Inspec-
ton invited c. HESS & SONS,
Fashionable Tailors and Fine Farnishers,
132I-l323 Market street TTH&sAT
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