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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-09-25
4 C,iId's Lonu Fan.

For' Worth Texas, September "a
1iaoyS Johnsen' the small child of Mrs.
Iohason' who conducts the Tennessee no.
'ei on West w rutherford street. had mar
rev escape IN Instant death yesterday
afternoon WNle playing az one OF III
SohN-fiary widows s. The be.liiag. sh
,'H "a the ground b 'ow, a distance OF
tMen'y-one feet. Strange TO say not
slneie bone was broken. She was badly
bruised by the fall. however.
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Parker County liz Wei.

wcatherford. Texas. September 2i.-The
prohibition election in Parker county to,
gay went wet BY i46 majority as far as
ose sn IRON. With indications OF majority
y ~ when reports are all In.
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GUILTY OF MANsLAUGHrER

me trai OF Louis Jeske for the killing
OF Henry Horstmann, was concluded Friday
hlght, the jury rendering a verdict OF
sullty' and assessing his punishment AT
two years in the penltentiary
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Luling, Txas. SEPTEMBER 24.-RsN
Mulkey, the well known evsnssI
preached his opening sermon Of ten y
meeting at the big pavilion in Lonss' }
last night. An immense audience Wa Y
ent and from all appearances the ~
PROMISES TO be one of the most inles's]
@nd successful from a spiritual pos|
view eNsr held in this city. The ~
feature. Of the nesting is cared io' Il
large choir OF trained voices and me n
OF visitors ard all from a distance I
been amply provided for. II is eAl,3
tcef tomorrow Will witness one
largest religious gatherings ever kns'''
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penison, Texas, September 24,-Jim Call
'ahan. shot and killed at Ennis. was buried
hero today There was large turn on, q,
citlzens. The father Of the murdered bnv Is
an engineer on the Houston ard Texas Cen
thai railway.
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MISS DAVIS MolrRNrn

ola Glory" from one o, the TALES, fla.
s'a.'s IN me State was at half mast $.
tef'ay ANA today In honor OF Miss Winnie
DAVIS this queen Of royal womanhood VII.
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was identified with the old s,utt

was identified with the old South and
vita sectional memories, due to the SUE
roumiings ofsher birth and the homage of
winch she was made the recipient on the
part OF the old soldiers. rather than TO
any absence of National ss.rlt in hsr al
legeance. Today Washington camp Of
Uindtod Confederate Veterans passed suit
able resolutions to her memory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

Lean over the back of chair
her blonde hair hanging in two long
braids down her back and her face
earnest and full of sincerity, Miss
Olafia JohannsdOttir. spoke yesterday
afternoon before a large gathering of
temperance people, men and women,
Protestant and Catholic, in the rooms
of the st. Paul Commons.
Miss Johannsdottir comes from Ice
land, where she has been interested in
the cause of temperance for the last
twelve years, though during that time
she has not always been an active
worker.
In appearance there is nothing re-
1rarkable about the lady. She is pure
blonde. a type common among the
Swedish people, with rather full, clear
ewes. a firm mouth and chin, and a
broad intellectual forehead. Her figure
is short and sturdy and her hands,
while not large, are those of worker
Intellectually Miss Johannsdottir is
che of the ablest women who have ever
visited ST. Paul in a public way, and
her personality is strong. Firmness
and sincerity are expressed in her face
and eyes. as we'll az through her voice.
Her remarks yesterday had to do
with the origin of temperance work in
her country and her own interest In
the same. She said that from child
she had always been interested in tenn
perance, from seeing the effect Of
strong drink on the men and women
around her. Twelve years ago the Good
Templars sent a group of workers to
Iceland, and the people felt that only
''old women (meaning both men and
women could take an interest in such
a cause. However. she attended one Of
the meetings and Joined the society.
Her friends thought her very odd and
queer, but she thought the work good
one and thought that the way to show
her sympathy for 1t was to join those
Interested She was the first girl in
Iceland to associate herself with the
work For four years she took no
part in the meetings beyond attending
regularly and seeing to the entertain
ment or refreshments. At last when
she did make her first address she ran
away at the close of it. In Norway
she became interested in the White
Ribbon work and joined the Norwegian
Women's Temperance union. and when
she returned to Iceland organized a
White Ribbon society with fifty mem
bers. She advised the women to join
with the worlds association and in
tended writing to the national officers
and asking for information. But she
learned that some of the American
women associated with the work were
coming to Iceland, and so waited to
have them instruct her.
Jessie Alderman and Miss Pratt,
daughter Of Capt. Pratt, were among
the women who visited Iceland, and
a society of 200 members was organiz-
ed. Miss Johanssdottir said that she
had always thought the American
women wore short dresses. felt hats,
and were entirely unwomanly But
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give their readers a plain, practical,
common-Sense description of what is
going on in South America. He has
instructions to investigate the resources
of the various countries, to describe in
detail what Americans are doing there
and to look up the possibilities in the
different countries for American trade
and American manufactures. He is in
fact a commissioner for the American
people to describe for them just the
things they want to know about this
comparatively unknown continent. He
will also describe how the people of the
various countries act and live. how
cur sister republics manage their bust
ness and the other curious features of
life above and below the equator.
There are few travellers who start
out on such an expedition so well
equipped for good work as does Mr.
Carpenter. He will have with him
during the most of his journeys excel
lent photographs, and his letters will
be, accompanied by illustrations and
photographs made upon the ground.
His extensive travels, covering nearly
every part of the world and his long
residence at Washington have given
him a wide acquaintance, and he will
also have the assistance of cur dipio-
mats and consuls in carrying out his
plans. He is we'll equipped with letters
from the state department at Wash
ington, with introductions from the
chief of the bureau of the American
republic. and in connection with farm
ing matters he goes by the appointment
of Secretary Wilson as an honorary
comm ssiorer of the department of 2 gri-
culture.
This expedition cannot but be of enor-
NOUS value to our readers. 1t will
bring forth information that cannot
be found in the libraries, which will be
full of suggestions and informatio for
the business men and at the same time
be interesting to all. 1t is, in fact, the
exploration of a comparatively I'M
known lard by a trained observer and
a we'll equipped newspaper man.
Speaking Of our business interests
abroad, the tour was planned because
it Is believed that South America is
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FIELD, SCHLICk 90

that she discovered that Miss Aor-o..
man was the most graceful woman sba
Had ever seen. and Miss Pratt tho
sweetest. She thought the freedom of
women here made them more woman
~ and she told the men abroad that
Icy Ieeu not fear to lose womanIi-
ness IN women by suffrage The do,
When the men see perfect nenIir,nsI,
SldiI ne when they are free She eaTd
she had been in America six montbs
anu Sne thought more and more how
noole In every way the American
woman was. She explained that tborn
~ no Tree hospitals in Iceland. that
tne SICK were cared for in their own
MONIES; and that while there u-se ~,
heeu lor the flower branch Of the yor,;,
DIS lnere Is where the friendIeee o.
cared Tor by strangers. still the women
cared Tor the needy sick bv brinoinoy
cIedh clothing to the houses and look.
ihms out LOT such needs. The white rib
Jon girls were being trained to no
sood nurses. She thought that the
greatest Improvement in temnaranca
ieoultS would come through the u,orll
win the children. It was NOT her In
tehtlon to come to America. for she
10 very subject to seaSickness and
qreadS the thought Of a sea vovsp+e
put When the national convention waa
held she decided to come and mn,
may remain two years so as to haconna
l&fnlllar with the language. She 10 a
student in her own tongue. or Mies
wizard. she said that she thought
ABOVE all her good qualities, her great,
est charm lay in her "smoothness." At
the national convention she made ev-
cry one feel that she was the very
person above all others Miss Willard
wanted to see.
HAD Miss Willard been Interested In
French affairs, there would have baen
no revolution, because Of her great
sympathy for all. That was exactIv
what was needed III the work. She
dld not feel that the saloonl1eepers had
such bad hearts. after all, If one could
get at them. She believed greatly I'm
magnetic influence. She thought every
one was born with it and could cuIti
Vate 1t and make people feel that there
is a heart power they can't resist. She
said that she was gathering all of It
she could in America TO take back with
her. " IL"
Her address was informal and made
IN broken English, as she has not mas
tered the language yet. Following her
remarks she was given an informal re.
Ception.
In the evening Miss Johannsdottir
spoke in Assembly hall before a gath
ering Of 300 people, mostly men. Her
first address had to do with the tenn
perance work, and was in Swedish
After an informal musical programmes
she spoke briefly in English.
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final approval will be given and work
commenced at once
The dam, according to the estimates.
will entail an expenditure of 5000 O00
part Of which has been provided for
by congress. and the rest is in sight.
The large outlay Of money, which will
be strung over a period of nearly q
year, will, a large proportion of II he
spent for labor. 1t will give employ
ment to a large force Of men All tha
time.
AS soon as the entire amount for the
construction has been appropriated
efforts will be made to secure an adj
ditional appropriation to make posi-
bic the construction of Dam No. / so
called, which will be situated a little
above the mouth Of Minnehaha creek.
1t is claimed that with these two
locks and dams navigation up the river
as far as the old steamboat landing
in Minneapolis will be possible. 1t has
been said, however, by prominent
steamboat men, that great difficulty
will be experienced just below the
mouth Of the Minnesota river, where
the water flows very rapidly. In or
der to make the other twin the head
of navigation, it will be necessary, &C.
cording to the statement Of a river
captain, to build another dam Just be-
low the mouth Of the Minnesota river.
hclC ID quite d ldll from Nllnnenana
creek as far as the lower end of Pike
island. where the greatest difficulty
would be experienced.
The two upper locks will cover what
is considered the worst part of the
river, but the government will still
have the channel in the vicinity of
Pike island to contend with
Capt. Abbott is expected back from
st. Louis next week, when the plans
and specifications will receive immedi-
ate consideration
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which would cost $1,000 each, it would
| be hardship to order the company to
vacate. 1t would cost. he said, $50, 600
to build and equip the interurban line
as proposed. and if. after this had been
| done. the park board should have the
! right to suspend travel on the line
| through the park, it would be a hard
ship.
By unanimous vote the board placed
the termination of the right of way to
! operate the line at fifteen years
The question of privileges was then
| taken up. and. after a lengthy discus
| sion, the president of the board was
! authorized to enter into a contract with
| the company for three years. The
terms as agreed upon were:
That the company pay 81. 800 for an
addition to the pavilion. to be con-
structed by the superintendent of the
board. and an additional 5000 for a
music float. That not less than $1,000
be expended by the company for music
and entertainment at the park. the
program me Of the enterta inments to be
approved by the superintendent. That
waiting station. to cost $1,000. The
plans to be approved by the board. be
erected near the site of the present
shed. The company 10 maintain the
present eigfty-seven arc lights. proyid-
ing the interuTban scheme does not go
through.
The boating privileges will be in the
hands of the board. ard if any addi
tional boats are needed outside of the
siXty-six now owned by it, they shall
be purchased from the railway com
pany at SIS each.
The Plan for the line through the
park provides for a strip twenty-five
feet wide, the space between the tracks
and on the sides to be sodded. After
leaving Hamline avenue on Langford
avenue. which is 100 feet wide, the CITY
railway company will occupy the TWEEN.
ty-two feet in the center of the avenue
On each side of the tracks will be road
ways twenty-five feet wide. and on
each side of these will be eight feet de-
voted to tree lawns and SIX feet side
walks.
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SOUTH AMERICA IN 1898
GLOBE TO HAVE A REMARKABLE
SERIES OF LETTERS
Frank G. Carpenters Tour of $4,000
paper Expedition to South Amer
lea for the American Business
Man and the General Reader.

Within the next few weeks The
G o b e will begin the publication Of
the most remarkable series Of letters
ever pup!!shed in al newspaper. This
series will describeSthe South Ameri-
can continent as it is in 1898. 1t will
De the result of a tour which will cost
thousands of dollars and which will in
cluds travels ofEnore than $4,000 miles
for up-to-date Information
The tour wasEbegun by Mr.. Frank c.
carpenter, wheh he sailed from New
York the other day for the Isthmus of
Panama. He has already landed at
Colon and is now investigating the
condition of the Panama canal, upon
which something like 1000 men are
no" working. Crossing the iSthmus
MI carpenter will travel down along
the Pac1hc coast of South America to
the bottom of our hemisphere to the
Strait OF Magellan, stopping at the
various ports and making extensive
expeditions into the interior.
He Will stop for a while in Ecuador
will travel extensively on the plateau
of Bolivia and will make his way by
mule and stage through some of the
widest parts of the Andes. He will
visit Lake Titicaca, the highest lake of
the world which is navigated by steam,
and will report on the business cOndi-
tions of Peru and Bolivia and the
chances for American investments
there.
An interesting part of his tour will
be journey from the tops of the An
deS through the wi!dS of Bolivia down
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The preliminary plans for the Meek
er island dam and Lock No. 2, which
were sent to Washington a fortnight
ago for approval, were received yester
day by United States Engineer Abbott,
approved by the proper officials.
The plans were delayed for some
time in Washington, as it was neces-
sary to secure the approval Of several
heads Of departments, aside from the
sanction of the war department. The
authority to go ahead with the minor
construction of the dam and lock
which came along with the approval
Of the plans submitted by Capt. Abb
bolt, virtually means that the red
tape which has delayed the work for
several months is at an end, and con-
struction will begin at once. The Sec
rotary of war has approved the gen.
eral outline of the plans.
Preparatory work, such as grading a
road down the slopes and also the con-
struction Of a road along the top Of
the bluff, about a quarter Of a mile
south of the Short Line bridge, will
begin in a few weeks.
Capt Abbott wills as soon as prac-
ticable, appoint an advisory board Of
engineers, who will enlarge upon the
outline approved by the war depart
ment. The appointment Of the board
will be made from the corps under
Capt. Abbott. After this is done the
construction will be pushed with as
much dispatch as possible.
The board will, after the idea Of the
dam is put on blue print, submit it
to Capt. Abbott, who will send it i'm
mediately to Washington, where the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

destined to be one of the chief news
cehters Tor the people OF the United
states The day is past when America
can rely upon her home trade to feed
her factories. From now on our busi-
ness Is to cover the world We are
already reaching out towards Europe
England trembles when she views fine
Increase Of American products into boz
nome markets. Our machinery is now
being introduced into most every CITY
OF Europe and we are making heavy
shipments to Asia
South America naturally belongs To
US, and our trade there is steadily in
Creaslng. 1t is nothing to what it will
De. and Mr. Carpenter believes that he
is in the advance guard of a movement
which will result IN opening the great
est Held for commerce and money
making that the United States has vet
mao. He says that we are Just on the
edge OF another era in our national life
the commercial era, and that we are To
look not at nome, but to the world, for
our trade. There are today scores Of
our people who are scattered over
South America. Some have concessions
1ol gold and silver mines Others are
making fortunes by raising coffee and
others have vast rubber interests on
the Amazon. There are a half-dozen
different concessions which have been
recently granted to America to build
railroads on the Pacific coast of South
America. and it is an American who
is building the gap which remains in
the great railroad across the continent
from the Pacific in Chill to the At
lantfc at Buenos Ayres. There
are American colonies in South Aueri-
ca engaged in agriculture and stock
raising, and there are American trad
ers en- the upper Amazon whose busi-
ness is with the wild Indians of those
regions. Mr., Carpenter will tell just
what our people are doing in these diff
ferent countries and will show what
chances there are in the different coun-
tries for American muscle, brains and
capital.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15

The resolutions provide that the COM
pany shall construct a bridge over
Woodbine avenue according to plans
approved by the park superintendent
That, after five years. the company
shall build two bridges. either over or
under roadways In the park, so as to
avoid crossings. The company is to
furnish and maintain the eighty-seven
arc lights now in the park, and after
June 1, 1899. fifty additional lights, and
within the next three years another
fifty, making a total of 1877 lights.
These lights are to be maintained
between May and Oct. of each year
from sunset to midnight.
The company during 1899 Is also TO
pay $1,000 toward the expenses of
grading Midway parkway as soon as
the park board has acquired the land
for the same. The sum of 5000 is also
to be expended by the company toward
the grading and widening of Autumn
avenue through the park.
The loop now operated at the en-
trance to the park on Lexington and
Churchill avenues is to be maintained
and all cars on the proposed interurban
line are to be operated around the
loop.
AS soon as authorized by the coun-
Gil. the company is to vacate and take
up it's tracks on Lexington avenue, in
order that this thoroughfare may be
made a parkway to Como.
The right to operate the line through
the park is to terminate July l, 1913
The company is to accept the condi-
lions and file an acceptance within
twenty days after the council shall
give 1t the right to construct an inter-
urban line on Langford avenue from
the west limits of the park to the west
ern limits of the city.
There was considerable discussion
over the term of years for which the
company should have the right to OPP
crate the line through the park. The
board favored the time being limited to
ten years Vice President Goodrich
wanted the time fixed at twenty years,
and argued that if in five years the
company had to build two bridges,
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=
into Chilli, crossing the great rainless
zone and spending some time in the
nitrate fields which have made so
many men rich.
He will visit the gold regions of Be-
Iva. Chilli and Peru, which are said
to far surpass- the Klondike in rich
ness. and from the southern part of
Chill will make his way On down to
the bottom of the continent, where
there are other wonderful gold file. DIS
After extensive travels in Chill and
Patagonia, including journey into
the Andes mountains to describe the
work row being done on the Trans
Ardean road, Mr.. Carpenter will sail
for TERRA del Fuega, and will there
visit a country inhabited by savages,
some Of whom live in holes in the
ground, and will then make his way
up the Atlantic9coas1 to Patagonia and
On into that wonderful country the
Argentine Republic
In the Arge 1tine,3he will visit the
wheat fields which eompete 50 greatly
with our farmers, will investigate the
cotton industry, (which is rapidly grow
ing, and will travel. for thousands of
miles over thisuland. which is as large
as all the United States east of the
Mississippi river. s.;
After describing the capital of Bue-
nos AyreS. which Is almost as large as
Philadelphia, Mr.. Carpenter will make
an expedition fnf something like 1000
miles on the bio de- la Plata and Pa
rama rivers. riding 0far up into Para
quay and visiting its capital He will
also travel extensively in Uruguay
ard Southern Brazil.
In Brazil erwilffVisit the greatest
coffee region of the world will make
a trip to the diamond mines, spend
some time at Rio. Janeiro, and, among
other expeditions, will travel more
than 1000 miles on the Amazon river,
exploring some of the widest and least
known parts of our hemisphere.
Mr.. Carpenters newspaper expedition
Is taken at the expense Of The G. o e
and some of the other leading newspa
ptrs of the United States who wish to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-15
MUST GIVE MORE DETAIL.
Assembly Committee Wants n More
Definite ..Heuo" Ord;n,noo


Definite "HeIIO" Ordinance.
The question of franchise asked for by
the Minnesota Central Telephone company
for long distance telephone came I'D be-
fore the committee on streets of the as
sembiy yesterday afternoon
Charles S. Cairns, counsel for the COM
pany, made talk similar to the one deliv-
cred before the aldermanic committee last
week. The question OF the time for which
the franchise should be granted was brought
up by Assembiyman Thompson. who stated
that the people were favoring limited fran
chises. Mr.. Cairns thought twenty-five
years would be about the right length OF
time. although he said the ordinance passed
i'll Minneapolis did not limit the time. The
ordinance in Minneapolis gave the city S
per cent OF the gross earnings, and this, Mr.
cairns said was very fair proposition
The question was raised as to whether the
company would cooperate with any new
company which might come into the city
and operate a local exchange.
To this Mr.. Cairns said the company
would object to dividing any of its tolls for
the long distance telephone with the local
company. but would be willing to cooperate
with such company, and make connections.
AS to the rates between st. Paul and Min
neaDelis. Mr.. Cairns was not able to say.
He lad talked informally with Vice Presi-
dent Webster and the intimation had been
that 10 cents would be fair rate between
the two cities.
At the suggestion OF Assemblyman Al