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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09
A Delightful Parry.

Miss Jennie Gentry gave very pleasant
rarty at her home. 1907 Franklin avenue,
on Friday evening to number of her
young friends
Dancing cards and an exceedingly good
lnucheon, combired with the spirit Of
youth, made the evening one long TO be
remembered.
Those present were: Misses Glen and
Willie Finley, Alma Mims, Maggie Moody,
Fla Butts, Nellie Burke. Ora Brown, Hat
tic Waters. Blanche Minis, RUBY and An
ME Ayers. Messrs. VIII Everitt. Arthur
Scudamore. Ed and viii Finley Hugh
Costa. Charles Coleman, John Dunlap
Louis Peler Dow Minis Edgar Berry,
Amstead Triplett and Edgar A. Gentry.
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United commercinI Travellers.

United commercial TraveIers. Houston
council. No. 50. held a special meeting at
the Sharks hall last night. Initiating J. M.
Brown and " f.. Fermier, recently elected
members. Nine applications Of other trav-
cling men We're received and acted upon.
The thanks of the council were rendered
Messrs. JEFF Lamar, r. NJ. McGarvey and
w. A. Henderson of Dallas council No. S.
for their assistance In the meeting The
regular meeting OF the council will be held
January 20 at Sharks hall
DIR. w. II. McElroy. after an absence
from the city, has established his dental Of
flee at 4o7h, Main street. over Baldwin's
hnnk sfnre
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n THE SPECIAL LIQUOR TAN

'cnt in which the Local w. a..
4 Y. 4. Is Taking Part.
fiiowing letter addressed TO Hon.
Ball, member of congress from
rill explain itself:
ps. II. Ball. Washington. d. {.
Of State Press Superintendent.
] Texas. Janunry n 1898. Dear
Rnclpse a bill, which l believe is. now
(ur National coRgreaa. 10 wnich j
call Your snecial attention, Tins
brconie law, by all that makes
What IL now is--the land of the
leedless for me 10 Remind YOU that
IN laf Tie United States in the mar.
rantirf licenses or permits to sell
p local ap'lon localities is di-
Fingement upon the rights OF our
pu know II was this Interference
'ate rights''--this Is only different
pf ii--tilat brought ON the civil
Fhe women OF the Christian Tenn
Union arc ieeniy Interested jr
nge Of this bill. AMI pray that you
Ioniy vote for Il yourself. nut that
use vcur influence In whatever
needed 70 bring about this much
Fired result. IA
|nlted States as law breaker
nd. TO say the least Respectfully
Mrs Elizabeth Strong Tracy
'nfing sdcrHtary Central Womann
Ian Temperance Union,
9 undersigned heartily indorse the
MIS- Fannlc Resss pugh. Dreaident
rentral Woman'a Christian Tam.
Union o. Houston. Mrs Jennie
Noman's Christian Tesnperanc.
Resident First district; Mrs. Cath
sehureman. recordins secretary OF
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Miss zadie Steel was married at hei
home. 1904 saulnier street. TO Mr.. Mat
thew r. Harris at 10 a. m. January .. In
the presence II a few friends and relatives
Of the contracting parties and at night
about fifty couples gathered to extend con-
CALCULATIONS.
Dancing Was enjoyed 10 late hour.
Mr.. and Mrs, q. ". Steele, parents Of
the bride. are well known residents OF this
city. and the groom Is a well and favorably
known and trusted emplrye OF the South
ern Pacific Railway company,
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Tl,a.sa,l,nnI ccnrus.

Mr.. Louis LllIepthal has been appointed
by the mayor to take the scholastic census
for 1898 and will start in on the work with
two deputies tomorrow morning. They Will
begin with the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
wards and will take the names OF all chill
dren between the ages OF and II years. In
addition to the names they will take the
location of residence and nationality Of
parents As the State appropriation is
si.62 per capita upon the scholastic popu-
latiou, every facility possible should he
given the census taker IN securing names.
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MISREPRESENTATION.

Mr.. George S. Worstall and Miss May
j. Wallen were married by Rev. Fl D,
Ayes on Wednesday az Christ church. only
fow friends being present to extend cen
gratulations 10 the happy couple.
Mr. Worstall is well known for his fine
character and good business qualifications.
and his bride Is beautiful young lady.
accomplished and good
They taye the best wishes OF many
friends
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Divorce Granted.

Yesterday morning Judge Tod in the
Eleventh cistdct court granted a decree
for divorce In the sui, Of Jacobs vs. Ja-
colss. 18th rarfifs TO this suit are well
known in Houston the defendant, Sol ia
cobs, being a well X. own travelling man.
while his wife before marriage was Miss
Irsdericka Roscnfield. daughter OF Mr. NJ
Rcsenfield.
Mrs Jacobs by The decree resumes her
maiden name and retnins the custody o.
hsr child, SAMUEL Edwood Rosenfield-
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schuclsenyrrcIn Elccllon.

The Houston schuetzcnyercin will have
their annual meeting and election OF OFF,
GERS, this afternoon. at Morkels Grove.
There will be practice shoot also at the
100 yard and l00-yard ranges AS there
has been very little practice shooting done
on account OF bad wolther and roads, Il
good day should bring out all the active
members
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spirItuaiistic Meeting.

Tha Houston Spiritual society meets this
Afternoon at 1890 at Bryan hall Mr. Jonn
W. Ring OF Galveston viii oifieiate on the
rostrum and lecture on subjects selected Wy
the audience. The public is invited
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tremendous E.odas 10 the TSiondiL,

Despite the WARNINGS OF those who have
been OF, The snot. aad predict niiiseRine in
the klondike region. thousands Of adyen-
turous Americans are vending their way
thitherward All Of them should ba pro,
vided with that medicinal safesnafd. Hos,
tetter'g Stomach Bitters. watch YARNS and
nouTishes the system and prevents malaria
rheumatism. kidney troIble. besi ~ refn-
edying liver cornplelnt dysosDSia and cnn-
situation.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09

ducing classes. ana that times win con-
unue TO set worse while We remain up,n
tho singie gold standard. Mr.. u. I; !.
Crow. president OF the Ilabor Exchansc,
win be present and Is on tho programme
70 explain how the people can better their
condition through the Labor Exchange.
speaking will begin at q o'clock
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09

Il. L.. Putnam, the switchman on the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railway who was
hurt on Thursday at Smithville by being
run over by the cars. and was brought to
the Houston infirmary in this city, died
about midnight Thursday and his body was
yesterday shipped to Loveless. The de-
ceased was 81 years of age and unmarried.
lie mas brother at HilIsboro and another
at Barry. His father resides at Cooley
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09

A.. Allen Noel, "The Buckeye stormer,''
recently from Ohio. viii address the citi
zeus Of Houston at the market square this
afternoon. In this talk be claims ne VIII
show that the cause OF hard times Is due
to the enactment Of laws in the. interest
OF capital, hence. oppressive 70 the pro-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-09
TIE DEATH ROLL.

Z Died yesterday morning. at the family
residence, 1914 louisiana street, Houston,
larissa. wife of j. l.. Williams. aged a.,
after an illness of more than two months
Duration The body was taken to Fort
Worth last night via the Houston and Texas
Central railroad for interment in the fam.
lily lot. She leaves, beside her husband,
three children. 10 mourn her loss Miss
Pearl, Dryden and Frederick
The pail bearers escorting the remains to
the depot were5J G. Borne IL. II. Mitchell,
A. y. Eyerts, j, @, Alborts. T.. G. Minor and
b. Il. Bonn Or 80 u u -
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
ODD FELLOWS OFFICIAL VISIT
Grand Lodge Committee Inspect
Campbell Estate

An important meeting of Odd Fellows
Is being held in the city yesterday and
today which interests not only members
of the fraternity, but Wichita citizens
generally. A committee of five represent
atives from the grand lodge arrived in
the city Monday night for the sole pur-
pose Of inspecting and examining the fine
B. H. Campbell property in Riverside.
with the view OF purchasing it for a
home. This committee was appointed at
the last session of the I. o. o. F. grand
lodge, held In this city last October, and
they have been at work ever since. This
splendid property has been under their
consideration for some time, and their
visit here now is TO officially inspect IL,
and at the grand lodge annual meeting
next month to report their findings. No
finer spot and no more substantial and
picturesque buildings could be found IN
the state than this Campbell estate, and
It ds reasona bly, certain the committee
will give the proposition their most care
full attention. Mr.. William Matthewson
of this city, is one of the committee.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14

indescribable fatalities in which things
happen with too rapid sequence 10 be
followed or described.
THOSE WHO WERE HURT.
Mrs. Salhe Avery. VINO resides at 205
North Main street, was killed almost in
stantly. She was sitting in the rear of
the carryall and was one of the first ones
thrown out. Her dress caught in the
forward trucks of the engine and whirled
her around at a fearful velocity. Her
head hit the pavement and probably rem
dered her unconscious at once. Her head
was badly bruised and a fracture of the
skull was noticeable. A frightful cash
extending clear across her abdomen would
have caused her death had not the other
wounds done so. Her body was placed on
a stretcher and taken into a hotel next
to the tracks. About o'clock the body
was taken to Dunbars undertaking estab-
lishment
Mr.. Cherry, supposed to be John Cherry
of Mulvane, was drawn into the trucks
and had his legs cut off. His right arm
was cut off between the wrist and elbow
He had some very bad cuts and bruises
on the head and body. He was taken
Doctors Purdue and Hoskins summoned
He died in less than an hour after ne was
taken 10 the hospital. He was conscious
until the very last, and asked the doctors
TO telegraph his father IN Mulvane.
Mrs. A NJ Ford, mother of Mrs. Frank
Myers. died at about $50 last night. She
had a fracture Of the skull and was in
jured on the right shoulder. There were
other wounds on her body. Mrs. Ford
never regained consciousness, and died at
her home on North Riverview. She was
picked up by some people standing near,
and taken 10 her home.
Mrs. Charles VI. Jones, wife OF Chief Of
Police Jones, had her left leg broken just
above the ankle. Her head was cut and
she had deep cash across the left side
Of her neck which bled profusely. Mrs
Jones was found on top of the pilot or
cow-catcher. in a comatOse condition. but
she soon revived and was taken TO her
home on North Topeka avenue
Mr.. George McTaggart, of the firm Of
McTaggert < Dillon, was slightly injured
He fell on the pavement and bruised his
left hip. He was conveyed TO his home
on South Market street He did not con-
slider his injury of sufficient Importance
60 summon a physician. However, it is
thought that he is hurt more than he
realizes.
Mrs. J. c. Marshal. OF Mount Hope. was
seriously injured about the base of the
skull and physicians say it Is fractured.
She was thrown from the carryau out
onto the east side Of the track. where
she was picked up few minutes later
by her husband who was thrown near 20
her but not seriously hurt. He was bruised
about the hip and leg, caused by being
tangled up in the wheels of the carryau.
Mr.. Marshal says there were about hf-
teen in the wagon when the train struck
them. He blames the driver for the acci-
dent His wife was unconscious until Il
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
SILENT IN GRIEF
Mrs. Streeter of Hesston
Comes to the Show.
HER HUSBAND KILLED
PitabIe Scene of a Woman
and Her Children.

Yesterday afternoon those in waiting
at the Union depot were witnesses of a
peculiarly pitiable scene. Away on in
one corner alone and in tears sat woman
OF middle age with two small children.
one boy, the other a girl. probably aged
about six and nine years respectively.
They were all well dressed and only
the woe of the mothers pale face, and
her nervous demesnor, indicated the fear
full struggle she was having. She didn't
speak
That morning Mrs. Frank Straeter, the
lady referred to. had taken the train at
her home at Hesston. near Newton. 70
come TO Wichita on a visit, in company
with her husband and the two children.
That was the last slime the little group
were ever together, alive. The sadness of
the tragedy is enhanced by the early mys-
terry of the disappearance OF Mr.. Straeter
and the suddenness and shock of her be-
ing made acquainted with mis- death
At Newton Mr. Straeter started for the
smoking car and his wife paid no especial
heed to his absence, supposing, of course
when they arrived at Wichita be would
rejoin the family.
Upon arriving here, no husband and
father was to be found. In vain the wife
with the aid of the train crew. searched
all through the train. He was missing.
For hours the poor, distracted woman
walked the streets and finally in sheer
desperation sought the Union depot to
wait for the next train back nome. While
waiting there and trying her best to
soothe her children and explain away to
them as best she could the unaccountable
absence of their father, she was handed
a telegram saying MIR. Straeter had been
killed at Newton.
Just around a curve of the track com
ing out of Newton, near the carriage
works there, Mr.. Straeter, who it appears
must have been standing on the platform,
was jerked off his feet and hurled from
the car. No one on the train had seen the
accident or had missed him.
With a crying and fatherless child on
each side, the woman walked slowly down
the platform as the risco train for New
ton pulled in. 1t was sad and bereaved
group, and many heart was touched
with pity and many an expression OF true
sympathy went out from the bystanders
as the little stricken party boarded the
train to go back to a cherries home and
the corpse of him who only few short
hours before had been devoted husband
and fond, protecting parent
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
DAWSON DEAD
DIED YESTERDAY AT s 80 p. M.
Was Shot BY Paddy Shea Last
November

Ed. Dawson, alias James Dawson, Den
yer Smithy, Ed. Smith and other names.
died yesterday afternoon at $50 in the
Wichita City Hospital. after being there
for ten months, lacking one day. He was
shot on the 14th day of November by
Paddy Shea at his place on North To-
peka avenue.
Mr.. Shea has been tried for assault
with intent to kill, convicted and SEN
fenced TO eight years, but took an appeal
to the supreme court which overruled the
findings OF the district court. Mr.. Shea S
case is set for this term of the district
court. He has asked for a continuance
of the case until January, as he is unable
10 get several witnesses here. The ques-
tion Of a continuance will be heard be-
fore Judge Dale this morning On Mon
day the indictment of the grand jury from
Catskill, Arizona, for Dawson, charging
him with having robbed the postoffice
there, arrived II was never served. Daw-
son has been Ill OF failing in health for
the past few days and yesterday sue
cumbed
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
Liver Ills

Like biIousness, dyspepsia, headache, consS-
patton, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly
cured by Hoods Pills. They do their work
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
CITY IN BRIEF

Mr. and Mrs. John Henders leave for
B@llefontaine, O.. today.
Mr.. Frank Knight. OF Newton. came
down last evening 20 take in the show.
Mr.. J. y. Humphrey. a real estate dealer
Of Wellington. was in the city yesterday.
Bishop Hennessey went 10 Leavenworth
last evening. He will be home Friday.
The funeral Of Mrs. A NJ. Ford. who
was killed last night. will be announced
later.
Mrs. Ida Decatur has resumed the duties
al the postofice after two weeks vaca-
tion.
Mr.. A. c. Husey left last night for
Leavenworth on short visit with rela-
lives.
Mr.. Joe Brubacher and wife are home
from a short visit with friends IN e
Dorado.
Mr.. Milo Mckee. one ot Newton's soci-
ETY. boys. was in the CITY las, night TO see
Buffalo Bill.
Mr.. George Parkinson has gone 70
Evanston. Ill, where he will enter the
university.
Mr.. and Ms. VIII Ls6d are in Kansas
City, where they are visiting with friends
ana relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Murdock are home
from a two days visit with relatives II
e Dorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R McEntire are home
from sn extended visit 20 the eastern
summer resorts.
John II Hortuett proprietor OF The Bon
ton hotel of Winfield. for several years.
has recently moved with his family 70 thts
city and has purchased home az Is s
Main street
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
LONGS DATE CHANGES

One For September goth Is CAN
celed.
The meeting advertised for Mr., Long
here on the 29th of September, mas been
cancelled and meeting arranged for Oc-
tober s. at which time Postmaster Gen
eral Emory Smith Will be here.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
INJURED:

INJURED:
CHARLES DURRAND Mount Hope. Injured in right side
internal.
MRS CHARLES DURRAND Mount Hope Bruises around
ankle
JOHN nARSFfAL, Mount Hope Hip bruised.
MRS. JOHN HARSFiAL, Mount Hope. Skull fractured
CHARLES NJ JONES, 824 N. Topeka Badly shaken up
nRS. CHARLES M. JONES, Sz4 North Topeka. Left lie g
broken ankle
GEORGE McTAGGART 43o N Main Street Hurt in Left hip
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
DEATH SWIFT
AND TERRIBLE.
Fatal Accident the Rock Island
Crossing on East Douglas.
LAST NIGHT AT 7:3O
Carryall Containing Fifteen Persons Enroute to the
Wild West Show Struck By the
Incoming Passenger Train.
UNDER THE WHEELS

John Cherry of Derby and hrs Ford and hrs Avery Wichita
Are Ground to Almost Instantl Deah-Mrs. Marshal of
Mount Hope Probably Fatally Hurt-Chef of
Police Injured.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
DEAD:

MRS. SALLIE AVERY, 2o5 North Main Street.
MRS. A. NJ FORD, 333 North Riverview.
JOHN CHERRY, nuIvane.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
TO GET KEATON'S SPEECHES
Eugene Bali ng of Wichita viii Re
mort Them

The Oklahoma Republican central COM
mittee have employed Eugene Balling of
this city to report Keaton's speeches this
week in order that Dennis Flynn may
reply 10 them IN full. He is at Woodward
today and will be at Alva tomorroK.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1898-09-14
TheO. Paul

We keep complete stock OF Choice
Fresh Meats and Specialties. The
best Cured Hams. Breakfast Ba-
con, Etc, and Pure Lard, made
from leaf fats. We can please you
in quality. and our rent and other
expenses being small. our prices
make It expensive for you to trade
elsewhere We can save you money.
Let US prove it TO YOU
$50 n. Main
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-12
MISSIONARIES IN CHINA.

The Consular Reports for Septem-
Der contain the text of an Imperial
decree which appeared in the Peking
Gazette and which deals with the
treatment of missionaries in China
The Importance of this decree, as
Minister Conger points out, lies in the
fact that the Emperor emphasized the
treaty provisions authorizing the pro-
mitigation of the Christian religion
and forcibly reiterated his instruction
to the authorities in the various pro-
vinces to see to it that proper protec-
ton should be accorded to missiona-
ries and enjoined local officers to re-
ceive missionaries when they ordina-
rily called upon them.
This is the first time that an order
of this kind has come from the En-
peror and been promulgated. 1t is
quite possible that in this order may
be found a clue to the late proceed
ings in the Palace of Picking, for it
would be intensely distasteful to the
Chinese Conservatives.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-12

hard bread, or twenty ounces of corn
meal. 1t is added that when in the
field baking powder is furnished
The town knows all about baking pow
der, the small grocery stores are all
flooded with it. In fresh vegetables
each man is to get one pound of pota-
toes, or so per cent potatoes and 90
per cent onions, or 20 per cent pota-
toes and 80 per cent canned tomatoes,
cabbage. beets, etc. As fact when
the New York regiment went into
camp it was fed entirely on onions till
the mems stomachs actually turned
from that excellent vegetable. The
French have a proverb about always
partridges," and the soldiers can cap
it with always onions"
1t is needless to go into the minor
details of seasoning and so forth that
are allowed. The list is quite a long
one and were it properly carried out
the men ought to be comfortably
though by no means "luNuriously'
fed. But the practical side does not
realize the theoretical by any means,
and thus though on paper it looks as
if the soldier was well fed, when he
goes out into the field he is anything
but properly taken care of.
Nothing teaches a nation like ex-
perience. Every nation has had a sim
liar experience of it's commissariat
breaking down. The American people
are intensely practical, and the break
down will assuredly be followed by
an entire reform. Among those who
have suffered from the break down
are men who are amply capable both
by education and position to initiate
and carry out these reforms.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-12

The return of Mataafa and the
exiled Samoan chiefs to their native
land marks an era in Samoan history.
Evidently the treaty powers do not
consider that they will cause any
more trouble. Mataafa at the meet
ing with the consular representatives,
reiterated the terms upon which he
had received his freedom, promising
that he would remain loyal to the
government as established by the Ber-
lin Final Act of June IA, 1889, and
would also be subservient to the sue
cessor of Malietoa when chosen. The
other chiefs had promised the same.
The end of Samoa will be it's partition
between the three treaty powers.
These petty monarchs of the Pacific
have reached their end. Rarotonga
will go next
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-12

The peace situation seems anything
but hopeful. The Spaniards do not
realize that they have been beaten,
and they calculate upon the United
States army melting away if they only
continue to negotiate long enough.
They utterly misunderstood the sit
nation. They think that because there
is criticism of the management of the
war in Cuba, that the American ma
ton is divided. Let it once be I'M
derstood by the United States that an
attempt is being made to snatch from
it the fruits of victory, and all criti-
cism will be laid aside, all party feel
ing will be laid aside, and as one man
the nation will assert itself and read
lily give its bravest and best to main
tain what it has won Certainly the
commencement of peace negotiations
has gloomy aspect.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-10-12

That the Hawaiian Islands are a
part of the United States seems to be
more readily realized by the Far
East, then elsewhere, even in tn Is
lands themselves. Japan withdrew
her minister resident some time ago,
and now China recognizes the situa-
ton by the appointment of a consul
who comes direct from the embassy at
Washington, as is the custom for all
Chinese consulates throughout the
United States.