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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
sou,hnu Get. Ten ycnr.,

ST. rarl, MIMI, December 3.-James Soutn-
ALL whose dealings in fraudulent government
tine checks were said to have caused losses
to firms and individuals NIL over the ooun-
try TO the amount aggregating $4,000. was
at hard labor. The specific charges against
Southal WAS grand larceny and his convtc-
ton was only one Of half dozen or more In
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04
COMAi.a..tsaAL.

Liverpool cotton futures 2-6i down. New
Orleans l point down to point up and
New York to 3 points up.
Condition of the sugar canc crop In
South Texas is ilattering and acreage will
be increased.
Wheat &c. oats isGac and provisions
2Ea71s lower. The weeks clearances brcke
all previous records.
Activity in stocks confined to specialties
and fluctuations very narrow.
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Halacman Acuu.ttea!.,

Cincinnati, December s.--The Jury in the
case against William ]. Haideman. charged
with the murder 81 ex-stats Senator ]. Q.
hichaIdson on september q last. gave a YER
dist Of sequittll after three hours dcliuera-
tion today. The parties were. relatives ana
business associates aud the killing was Ia the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-04

prem Der. in the reichsrath, threatening re-
prlsals against Germany for the expulsion
of Ans;r.ans from that country, was ohiy
palatable on account of the outspoken nos
tiltty for Germany and as the iiist pray
ticai sten toward the dissolution of the
I,,stro-German alliance. The tendency or
The government is now to suppress Germans
In favor of the Slays.
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mrssrssIpPI INSPECTION.
nh. Committee VIII Pint tn Fort-
riuht ON Their Trip.

81. Louis, December s-rhe Mississippi
river commisslon left st. Louis today for Its
semi annual inspection trip down the river.
The commission Is composed OF Brigadier
General George Gillespie. president. New YORK
nd; Il. NJ. Harrod, New Orleans; Lieutenant
Colonel Amos stickney, s., Louis; Ma9or
Thomas Hamburg. St. Louis, Henry L Ma
and Captain Mason NJ. Patrick secretary OF
the comm seiop. ST. Louis
The trip will be made on tho government
steamer Mississippi and Will occupy ten days
or two weeks.
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Galveston Cotton ON Fire.

Liverpool, December 3. - The British
steamship Edna Hail. Captain JEFF
frey, from Galveston November IS, for
this point. passed Point Linus today ana
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.nepubatcan. act CertIneat ties.

4 Frankfort. Ky. December s.--The State
election commission this afternoon decided
the contest over certificate Of election In the
Ninth congressional district In favor Of Con-
gressman Push. republican. over Williams.
democrat Congrcssmnn-elect Boring. repun-
lican, was awarded certificate IN the Eley-
tnth, biz claim being disputed By John D,
White. Independent
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animation and were bound oys, ! y NJ (,
the sctson OF the grant iury. ~
reconvens next THURSDAY. 3 =
EPISCOPAL snRu1nr

Rev. j. w. Bleker will p,,.sA n
Marks Episcopal chumh tomo.,,. 4!
a. m, and 7:15 p. m. MoruiDs a.
The Shut Deer" at nigh , 49,, {
mon TO men Will be preached IN !
not preclude attendance Of lsSis
oaiidrtn. AT morning service NJ n
VIII sing bass solo. Robei carl. |, r
services.
HOUSE AND CONTENTS Drs;vA
Between 3 and O'Clock III
the cook at the home of Mr.. I'd M
Holmes discovered fire at the ID u
Caswell, corner of Fannin and WI ,Is1
The woman gave tho alarm and u p
were followed by . discharye Ii r.
that aroused the entire city. ~ Il
jumped out OF bed, thinking thst I p
battle of some sort was In prurtS
the flames and shrieking fire WAiakl
attracted Il crowd to tie scene 4 nj
aster. When first discovered III 4
SSSiheu W NC SouuHSu W Vuc NlcA1k|
they quickly enveiopei the houAe a.
OF the inmates narrowly escaped viiA
lives. The heat was so intenss 4
was Impossible to remove furnlluE
the burning building and in q tew n
after the flames were discovered tAe !
and contents were Il pile 81 sshta
fire department responded promptly h
alarm, but they could do noht1I e
save surrounding buildings. add W.
done successfully. The oriet v N
is a mystery; some attribute y
dial ism. The loss Is estfmAted y
$4,000 and $4,000, the insurance heiif
1920 ON the house and $500 y T.
ture. The policy is In tho Hknyl
men company, for which curfy Z
are agents.
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WILDOAl
The Penalty
The Remedy

There Is a tendency, y a W.
a as,fns the sins and folli ..s. q 3,
propo s,tss az Tor the moral ressusf:
other% MISE i been guilty Of ths
, wns ns This is one way y! . "a y {
the millennium. but tnet III "a
What MIA people who have n'sP' n
or need. 80. .,,rroupde p -
soon dispelled. Gua tI nsaco;3 ~ |.
R S marks and sca ,r1sys dni
t u occasion for is;aIss
penalty OF bitter expe''s q
lessons. M
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Managua, Nicaragua, December 9--The
government of Nicaragua as result of the
collapse of the Republic of Central Amer
lca. mas pupilshed deorse declaring Mica
Na-,a TO DO an independent sovereign
state.
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GoLDTHwAITE.- Cotton has been rush.
ipg to market for the past week. The riss
In price will cause 4 all in this vicinity to
be put on the market. There will only be
few bales left In The hands Of the farmers
after this week The two gins here have
turned out up TO data 200 bales
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College Station. poconber s.--Aftc, a hara
fought contrs; the College football team a..
tsstsd Fest wcrth University eleven n
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Your friends may smile
But that tired feeling
Means danger. 1t
Indicates impoverished
And impure blood
This condition may
Lead to serious illness.
itshould be promptly
Overcome by taking
Hoods Sarsapariila,
Which purifes and
Enriches the blood,
Strengthens the nerves,
Tones the stomach.
Creates A appetite
And builds W.
Energises and vitalixes
ne whole system.
Us "a I'M 70 Get
\. Re-. .l Only Hoods
Evening star., 1898-01-20
Tricks of Pensioners.

Dr Geo 5. Stebbins in the Springfield Republican
NO one not familiar with the cunning
deceit and feigning of disease practiced nv
the soldiers In the late war. in camn in
hospital and in the field, in order to escape
duty and active service, can have any con-
ception of Its extent; and no one who has
Eot served upon an examination board of
surgeons for pensions can have any ade-
quate idea of the absurd grounds upon
which many seek to establish their right to
a pension. AS soldiers in war time would
walk on crutches for years, with one leg
uraWn up. and Kept so night and day. as if
permanently contracted by disease all the
whlIe feignlrg the whole thing; would so
simulate consumption in its advanced
stages, by painting their cheeks to initiate
the hectic flush, and by an artistic use of
the brush, exceeding that of the expert in
the theater green room, would draw lines
here, cast shadows there, upon the face
giving 1t sufficiently cadaverous appear
ance to secure their classification among
the hopeless cases: would manufacture and
raise sufficient bloody sputa by free chew
ing of red chalk, as to deceive the medical
inspectors of army hospitals; would claim
to be lame, partially blind deaf, dumb, de-
mented, everything but dead; is it not fair
to suppose that the same devices are re-
sorted to by the soldiers in their efforts to
secure pensions? Whether fair or not the
truth remains that many have and 1t
might even surprise some of the pension
enthusiasts in Congress and lessen their
zeal in creating, new classes of pensioners
if they knew how many have based their
claims for a pension upon having been
kicked by a mule thirty odd years ago.
without a single evidence but the soldiers
word that the vicious beast ever served
them thus rudely."
Evening star., 1898-01-20
Big Virginia Bear Hunt.

Lexington Va.) Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.
Constable Samuel H. Moore of South
River district reports one of the largest
bear hunts that ever took place in this
county. He met while riding near the
headwaters of Irish creek a party of eight
cen men and sixteen dogs. Some of the
men were mounted and others were on
foot. They were armed with Winchester
rifles, old-fashioned rifles and shotguns
single and double. The Clarks, Tyrees
Painters and Humphries composed the
larty. Upon inquiry as to what was the
trouble, he was informed that it was
bar hunt, He laughed and said that he
would eat all they would kill.
On his return Mr.. Moore found that the
party had killed and dressed five bears, and
he Immediately Cancelled his eating con-
tract. The dogs had discovered game .un-
der a shelving rock, and the hunters OPEN
ed an entrance and saw a bear. One of
the Humphries men, climbed to the top,
looked down through a crevice and saw
three bears. He opened fire with his Win
chester, and, after firing seven times,
everything became quiet in the den, and
the party hauled out the bears, which to
their surprise numbered five bears, one
very large and four smaller ones.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
The Forests of the South.

From the Florida Times-Union and Citizen
Unquestionably our present wasteful
methods must soon strip the south of her
forests and leave her without one of the
greatest sources of the national wealth
which was one of the many on which We
relied for recuperation when, stripped OF
everything else, We returned naked to our
mother earth in 1865. asking her help TO
grow and to live. But we are too apt to
look upon this as matter of mere mo-
mentary considerations is far more than
that.
The tree plays a most important part in
the economy of nature. Forests have much
to do with climate, and it is climate that
makes the state of Florida what it is. The
experience of all other countries proves
that they temper the winter, freShen and
of rivers, store the water for the time of
need, shield the earth. from summer sun
and winter weather, bring the rains in their
season and fructify the soil.
Dare We contemplate the possibility of
the withdrawal of so benign a friend from
our state? What will cur country do when
the useful woods are no longer available
for every hour in the day-from millions of
cross-ties to fuel for the kitchen fire? OF
course substitutes can be found, but at
what cost: We know by experience that
new forests must be planted and grown,
but how shall We suffer till the effects of
our waste are repaired, and how much must
we labor?
How easy it is now to provide against
the needs of the coming time in state
like Florida, where nature seems to tempt
us to care and Providence by offering us
land fitted for little else than trees already
standing thick upon it, where we know our
sand would be uninha BILE and unproduc-
tive without it's covering of verdure and
where not. only comfort but life itself de-
pends upon our thought and timely care.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
On the Subject of Shirts

To the Editor Of The Evening Star:
want to say something that affects the
Interests of that much-neglected class your
men realers. 1t is this: The surprising lack
of enterprise and accommodation of the
dealers in ready-made shirts for men. 1t
Is n fact that a man six feet three inches
tall, If he hes Fifteen" neck is expected
To wear the same length shirt with the
same little bosom" as a man four feet
high who happens to have a "ffteen" neck
ana vice versa. And so on through all
sizes of men and necks. The neck gov
erns The shirt Then, too. n four-foot fell
low is given sleeves of the same lengths as
the six-footer, and vice versa. These state-
ments are rot made without consideration
as L have personally inquired for shirts
made to FIT the man" al five of the largest
furnishing aid dry goods establishments in
thls city. Occasionally different-sized bos-
ems and lersths of shirts are advertised
Out on inquiry the advertisements have
always proven delusive-have been mis-
takes of the ad. writer or something of
that sort Why cannot the ready-made
dealers use as much judgment and exercise
as much energy in the shirt business as
those who make different-sized suits of
clothing for big and little. thick and thin
ana long anc short-boded men? The one
who first catches on, and who has what he
advertises, will be sure to reap a good
reward. SUFFERER.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
4 GOOSE HIS MODEL.
Cincinnati Man InVents a Flying Ma
chine Patterned After the Bird.

From the Cincinnati CONGRATULATIONS.
John NJ Carroll, an expert machinist,w who
Is we'll known in organized labor circles OF
Cincinnati thinks that he has hit upon
plan for the successful navigation of the
air.
Mr. Carroll is building airship. He has
q working model at his home. 1923 Gest
street. which will fly around the room like
bird and he is hard at work on the ship
itself, which he hopes TO launch some time
between now and spring.
Most people look upon airship inventors
as L harmless sort of lunatics,' said Mr.
Carroll. when approached for information
concerning his machine for aerial naviga-
ton land l do not care to advertise my
self as u member of the grand army Of
cranks''
50 at first Mr.. Carroll declined to show
his model. but later relented. and after
Showing, il he warmed to his SUBJ, ct and
talked quite freely of his labors and his
hopes.
Ills present experiment is Mr.. Carroll s
third attempt in this line. His two formre
Inventions We're built on the conventional
airshIp lines-with a long, cigar-shaped
body aud huge screw propeller. with rud-
dc.s and the like TO guide it through the
unmarked sea of atmosphere Both OF
them would fly" explained Carroll, but
they possessed the common fault Of so
many flying machiues-they were unman-
cable. and would support no burden"
When the machinist hit upon his third
plan. he decided 10 work from living
mOtcl Man cannot improve upon nature,
he argued with himself. He has never been
a bic 10 do il since the dawn of civilization.
Nature is supreme IN everything, and l
guess nature knows best how to navigate
III. air Then for days Carroll spent much
time along the river front watching the
fis hts of pigeons and birds of all sorts.
Then he went home and thought some
more.
Il have it, he said one day to himself.
II will build a ship modelled after goose.
Wild geese can fly farther than any other
living creature. rhey start in Alaska and
flap in unison with the honk, honk, of the
big gray gander all the way to the waters
OF Florida.
Carroll bought n goose. took 1t to his
workshop and started to work He mod
eled his wings after the wings of the goose,
'f,atnerlng' them with thin strips of ISM
glass. which readily admit the passage of
air when thEown up, and close like valves
when the wings are given the downward
stroke. In order to critically study the
movement of the goose's wings Carroll tied
the legs Of his model and poked 1t frequent
ly with stick.
The body of CarrolIs machine is modelled
In measure after the shape of q goose.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
IN MEMORY OF A POET.
Movement for Erection of a MOnu
ment to LOnEfeIIOW.


ment to LOnEfellOw.
A meeting was held last evening at the
residence of Rev. DR.. Mackay Smith, 1925
10Th street, when the first step was taken
in a movement which 1t is hoped will re-
suit in the erection in this city of an out
door memorial statue of the poet Long
fellow.
DR.. Mackay-Smith called the meeting to
order and stated in brief the object of the
gathering, which, he said, was to promote
the erection in this city. where so many
statues of military heroes are to be seen,
a statue embodying the peaceful ideal. He
said that it seemed appropriate that there
should be here in some enduring form a
memorial of a poet who had deep hold
upon his countrymen and was pre-emi-
nently an American and national poet
Longfelw, he said, is to many our first
poet; others give him at least the second
place in their hearts. There are but few
sites left now, he added, and Congress,
doubtless, would give a site If private
means should provide for the statue.
committee of three, consisting of
Chief Justice Fuller, Senator Hoar and
General Greedy, was appointed to con-
slider plan of permanent organization
and the committee subsequently recon-
mende'l that board of regents be estab-
lished, all the gentlemen present to be
members, together with others in various
parts of the country to be added by a
vote OF the DOdrQ.p InlS was accepted.
The committee also reported as permanent
officers: President Melville w. Fuller; vice
president, George F. Hoar. 1t was agreed
that an executive board Of five members
should be named hereafter, and that this
board shall appoint a secretary.
Mr.. Edward f. LOCKER of Riggs Bank
will act treasurer for the present
An informal interchange Of Views result
cd in favor of an outdoor memorial of a
high order of artistic merit. Chief JUS
tice Fuller said that a classmate of Long
fellows at Bowdoin, James w. Bradbury,
was yet living, hale and hearty, at the
age of ninety-three. Senator Hoar named
Charles Eliot Norton, President Eliot and
other prominent scholars, who would
heartily favor the undertaking.
Those present were Chief Justice Fuller.
bishop hurst, Senator Hoar. President
Whitman, Rev. DR.. McKim, John A. Kas-
son. General Greedy, Mr.. Henry E. Pellew.
Prof. Bigelow, Mr.. John Joy Edison, DR..
Swan NJ. Burnett, Mr.. Frank W. Hack
cit and Mr.. George r. Stetson, together
with DR.. Mackay-Smith.
Mr. Hackett acted as secretary of the
meeting.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACE.
No Decision Regarding the Intermen
of Mr.. ButterwOrth's Remains.

NO decision Regarding the lnterment
OF Mr. ButterwOrth's Remains.
NO decision has been reached by the
family regarding the final interment of
Commissioner Butterworth's remains.
After the death Of Commissioner Butter
worth at Thomasville, it was decided by
the family to have the interment here. be-
cause the family would make their perma-
nent residence here, and they could not
bear to have the remains so far from them
as Ohio. BUT since Mrs. Butterworth's re-
turn much pressure has been brought to
bear by leading Ohio people to have the
remains inferred in Ohio. This has caused
the family to hesitate as to the inter-
ment.
One of the features of the funeral of
commissioner Butterworth yesterday was
the profusion and elegance Of the floral
tributes. Among those who sent offer
ings were:
The President and Mrs. Mckinley. Mrs.
A. L. Barber, w. w. Dudley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Portner, Woodward & Lothrop,
Colonel and Mrs. James A. Bates, Captain
and Mrs. Frank P. Gross, Mre. Nathaniel
II. Mclean, Mr.. and Mrs Julian C. Dowell,
the Patent Law Association of Washing
ton, the United States patent Office, F. M.
Criswel1, Mrs. Stuart Harper, Mrs S. H.
Belle, Daniel Fraser. Henry w. ParseI,
Ella Steele, Miss Moore Mrs. Angie Den
mson ware, Miss Josephine Strong, John
D. Bartlett and family, H. o. Edmunds of
Chicago, H. N. Higginbotham of Chiea go,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. H. Deere, Moline, Ill
Mr.. and Mrs. John Deere Cady of Moline,
Ill; Mr.. and Mrs. c. P. Skinner of Moline,
LII. The contribution OF Assistant Secre-
tary of the Interior Ryan was exceedingly
touching and graceful, in view Of the close
personal ties of friendship and love that
have for SO many years existed between
him and Mr.. Butterworth. 1t was a large
n
seribed. with violets, the simple words,
my Friend"
Evening star., 1898-01-20
Convicted of Larceny.
TO REGULATE PLUMBING.
Draft of Bill Submitted by COmmis-
AiOnerA tn C0nMHeaa.

siOners to Congress.
The District Commissioners have trans
mitted to Congress the draft of bill to
regulate plumbing and gasfftting in the
District. They explain that such a law as
the one proposed by them has been rem
dered necessary by the decision of the
Court of Appeals in the case of Kerr
against Ross. In that case the Appellate
Court held that so far as the plumbing
regulations promulgated by the Commits
sioners under the plumbing act Of April %.
1892, delegate to the board Of examiners.
thereby created, the discretionary right of
passing finally upon applications for plumb
ing licenses, such regulations were unwar-
ranted, and that the Commissioners have
this power alone.
The bill, drafted by the Commission
erS, authorizes them to appoint q plumbing
board, to be composed of two master
plumbers, one journeyman plumber COM
petent to be licensed as master plumber
and two employees of the District having a
knowledge of plumbing, gas fitting and
sanitary work, at a salary of $500 per an
mum. payable monthly. The board, in ad-
dltion to duties assigned it by the Commits
sioners. shall examine all applicants for
license as master plumbers or gas filters
The age of applicants must not be under
tWenty-one years, and a license fee of 81
Is fixed. 1t shall be unlawful for anv per-
son to engage in the work of plumbing or
gas fitting in the District unless he is
hcenSed, or Is an employe of licensed
master plumber and is also made unIawfuI
Tor owners or lessees to, knowingly, en-
ploy unlicensed plumbers, and further to
cut or trench in any highway, reservation
CT public space without permit from the
commissioners For violations of the pro-
Visions OF the act penalty of not less than
30 or more than 500 is fixed with the usu,l
provision for default
Evening star., 1898-01-20

The class of 1881 of Princeton University
has added to its memorial collection of an
cient casts in the art museum a valuable
series of casts of ancient sculptures of the
triumphal arch of Trajan at Beneventum.
This collection was begun in 1891, and the
recent addition to it makes it as complete
as Is possible. The casts for nearly all Of
the sculptures were made for the first time
by the American School of Classical Stud
les at Rome, under the direction of Profess
sor rockingham of Princeton, two years
ago. The enterprise was, with one excep-
ton, the most extensive of its kind ever un-
dertaken, and, as result of it, casts of
the most valuable art treasures of Rome
have been added to American art mu-
seums. Princeton's new collection is prob
ably the most valuable of it's kind now in
the United States.
Evening star., 1898-01-20
Receives Reports and Entertntns
Visitors.

Minnehaha Lodge. 1. O. G. T, held a
meeting Tuesday evening. There were
visitors from Friendship. Columbia and
Perseverance lodges One new member
was initiated. Chief Templar Henry r.
Smith presiding. Mr.. A. n. Garfield dele
gate to the recent meeting in Columbus,
Ohio. of the American Anti-Saloon Lea que
made report, showing that the number
or states now organized was four-fold
larger than those reported at the last an
nual meeting of the league, and that an
equal ratio of increase would bring the
number UP to twenty-eight states to re-
spond at the meeting next December. lie
referred to the address OF Mrs Leonora
Lake as perhaps the most forceful of
the many able speeches on that occasion.
Mr.. X. A. Dinsmore presented a program
including vocal solos from Mrs. Clara
Smith and Miss Nellie Smith. a recitation
by Miss Jennie Griffin and the reading OF
prize essay by Mr.. S W Russell. In "A
geographical game the prizes were won
by Mr.. Brady and Miss Blanche Ford.