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DEATH or c. j. KoEHLER.
One OF the Pioneer Merchants al
Houston pnsscn AMMN.

One of the Pioneer Aicrchuuts of
Houston PASSES Away.
G. j. Kochcr for the last thirty nine
years proprietor of tho fancy goods and
notion store at 900 Congress avenue, aud
probably the Oldest merchant in Houston.
died yesterday morning shortly after Z
o'clock For the last four years Mr.. Koch
Ter had suffered from a stroke OF paralysis
and since then the business has been man
aged by his son, G. II. Koehler. Death
was due to the affliction, which came upon
him january g. 1894. since which time he
had not been able to speak inteliigently.
Two months ago he grew worse and sank
rapidly He was conscious within two or
three hours OF the time he died The fun
cral will take place to-day at $3.50 O'Clock
from the late residence, 800 Congress ave-
nise. The services viii be conducted by
Rev. Mr., Blassberg of the First Lutheran
church. Interment Will be in Glenwood.
| MIR kochler was born January II, 1895,
| in n small village called Schnnuder, in
SaNony Germany He served rs private
soldier through the war between Prussia
| and Denmark, and omigrated to he United
| States. landing at Galveston IN 1851. A
year later Mr. Koehler cume to Houston.
| where he taught music and piled the vocal
|
organized the first brass band the town
had In 1881 he embarked in the notion
and fancy goods business in a mouse oil
| Main street next to Kiam's clothing estap-
lishment and five years later purchase
the property Mt 900 Congress avenue and
built a building, His business was intme-
diately moved there, where he remaiued
| ever since.
Mr.. Koehler leayes n family OF four chill
dren two sons and as many daughters. G.
II. has managed his husiness for the last
| four years, and the other son IT, f., CON
duets general merchandise store ut the
corner of Semmes and Providence, in The
| Fifth ward
Deceased was n thrifty man, frugal and
strictly business, by his frugality he nc
cumulatcd considerable property, being
here In the early days when property was
cheap, In the early SOS or the later sos
Mr.. Koehler was on a steamboat called
Farmer" that was blown i'm in Galveston
bay. and In which he received some in
jures. The craft piled between Houston
mud tho island
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Local Labor notes..

The Cooks and Walters local union No.
II. OF which j G, Caviniss Is president and
Ed Tracey secretary, have issued pro-
test against the spread OF Chinese labor
in this city.
The Legislative committee of the Ameri-
cain Federation of Labor at Washington arc
urging the passage Of labor bills now be-
fore congress among them being the eifht-
hour bill prison labor bill. anti injunction
bin, scamen's bin. Local organizations
have been requested to urge the same with
their congressman
The retail clerks have lately organized
with a. National charter at Fort Worth
Texas. They have six State branches.
ono hundred years ago February I was
organized the first Carpenters brotherhood
| In America. The Arcadian Recorder. pub
llished IN Noya Scotia. makes mention OF
the books OF the Carnenters' Brotherhood
They were found In the city hall, which
VAS being torn down. The organ.xation
was founded February I, lbs. Among ths
officers were mentioned Inhn Taylor, SIR
| president. and William Taylor. cierk. Dur
Ing the first ten wears OF tho union 400
] mpmhers joined
! The laundry workers OF Houston will
have meeting at l:2o D. IN. for the purpose
| OF forming laundry workers. organization
The employees Of each laundry have in thu
main been invited and all are expected tc
be present. The meeting viii occur al
Union Labor hall
Journeymen narhprs celebrate their firs
Anniversary Ia You're Mems Christian AS,
ISOLATION hall AT IL 4. M. today.
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ms CONDITION CRITICAL.
Fred w. IroN, who Was Assaulted
EridnN Night, Is Very Low


frederick w Fox. agent for the Kansas
o,... M,,,,,a, ia Insurance copn,ny in
Wy "'"''"' i''N ~,
Houston, with an oillce IN 'he NAM po'''-
ing, who was assaulted while going nome
Friday night lies in critical condition
,aoe tra..oc ..,,ot No a. ot-
~ MS hoiie' i-p' ''s'""' ,,,,
tended by Drs. Daniels and CHRISTIAN. me
latter remained at the home last night 10
,,,tch aayo,onnents and about Midnight
49,, ,.,,
reported me pa'ient Us VEINS Ne.' ~"
The physicians say that there Is an et-
fusion of blood ut the base o. inc praip.
ard the location OF the injury renaeFs an
operation out of the ques, on, II hot
thought to be II fracture, however such
condition is not Impossible. -.
Mr.. Fox had spent the evening" at '"e
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The rapid progress made by the Houston
Newcomers Association is best shown by
the fact that the membership embraces
representatives from thirty-seven States
and Territories. BY l o'clook Monday Sec
rotary Tom Richardson win have 5000 new
lettsr heads for distrihpiion ana be re-
quests that not only members OF the or
SANITATION. hut that all newcomers VIII
call and get few OF these letter heads,
upon which 70 writo their letters The
matter complied for tho back OF these
letter heads contains u comparative showing
81 thn distanrcs frum many Western paints
IN Houston and To New York.
Tho regular mreting OF tho association
will b. held nj the Business League room.
under tho Hatchins house. Wednesday
mnrning at i0:SN
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AanEsrED ron BURGLARY.
A Negro Shot ut While Attempting
10 Get In PnciMc Exprchs Office.

Ia Get la Pacific Express Offlcc.
negro giving his name as S. l..
Green. and for some time porter at the
Business League rooms,on Franklin avenue
adjosning the Pacific Express company
office. was arrested last night by Private
watchmen Elgin and Naquin, while Mt
tempting to burglarize the express office.
He oriered scme resistance, which caused
tho watchinen to shoot at him He was
uninjured and landed In the city Jail,
where he viii be held until taken before n
Justice OF the peace and given prslim-
mary hearing
About u week ago burglars entered the
Pacific Express office and ransacked he
phoe. Agent Riley placed two watahnan
In the building the following night 10 de-
tecl the visitor They waited IniiI last
nifht, when between and O'clock a
window that adjoins the league rooms with
the express oiiice, was opened and the form
OF a negro cntesej. He CROPPED around in
tho darkness and when Naqun and Elgin
orfered him TO throw up hts hands he
Jumped as II to run. They fred at the
form which quickly cime 10 standssiil
until the police erriyed. He made nc state
merit at the polite headquarters.
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dent S. j. r. johnson is now in Omaha
making an effort 10 secure 1000 feet Of
space we expect full Meeting of all
The committeeman ut the business League
Monday morning at II o'clock and Will
be pleased at that time TO receive fun re-
ports from tho different committees
The following gentlemen compose the
committees as "a whole y. A. saesner,
vice president; Rufus Cage, chairman n.
l., Dennis. r. Hacker. w. y. Cleveland,
john Lyons, Il. " iartwell C. w HAIL,
w A. Childress. II. A. Reicnardt Charles
Dllingham and George Kidd
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nasium have been broken. The Galveston
basket ball work Is already making quite q
stir, and all who desire playing on teams
are notified that attendance IN class work
constitutes the prime requisite for the va
rols places
Many men are now coming In and tho
classes are larger now than they have been
Lon. rinDI hc
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l,uiiding Permits,

The following building permits were Is
sued yesterday by CITY Engineer Guer,
niger:
g. e. Riestor. clubhouse, block Al,
FlctchNr street $40.
G, Y, Muller. addition 10 house, LOT 6,
block sac, pease avenue Sos,
n sonnen repairs. lol Z. block /, An
diews street, SEQ.
John Cayrop. new floor lot &. block 4
Prairie avenue. SIS.
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The orchestra viii meet this afternoon at
: O'clock for practice The mems meeting
win be held al I o'clock.
The athletic department is making arr
rApsemenis for come lively work. or lat,
several Of the old-time records in the gym
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The l1lnNhn Can, nj elcr.

Wa want 70 set down 10 business In re-
gard 70 Texas and especially 10 Houston
belng represented a. Omaha. !, sad Mr.. y.
\. Rlqsner. vice president Tor this senatorial
1istriet Y : rest reporter. "vice Presi-
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2. All members Houston division AZ
and brother conductors are res;pertfuily
vited TO meet him at Knights al KY
hall. corner Main and Prairie, at =
John j. Donovan. Chief Conduci
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COMING OUR WAY.

We arc doing more bundles Of ~.
work than ever before at this SEE
the year Why? Just send US youl1.
you will see. Troy Laundry. Vl1
avenue. Phone 332. Z
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Housekeepers...
Ask Grocer for Davison's High Patent, ranufacaN
Of Soft Texas Wheat by the Empire Flower Hills Housta

Cnpi. Jack kenncdy's announcement
Captain Jack Kennedy announces in The
Post Of today his candidacy for recollection
to the office of street commissioner. He
has held the position for two terms and has
proved himself a capable and efficient pun
lie servant. He viii submit his claims ba-
fore the democratic day primaries.
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ATTENTION. coNnucToRs.
Assistant Grand Chief Conductor VII
ms viii be in Houston Monday. Februnyy
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Mrs. Arson Jones. Houston. Texas,

Mrs. Arson Jones Houston. Texas,
Executive office, State of Texas, Austin.
February |, 1895. Dear Madam; beg TO
acknowledge receipt Of yonr courteous n
yiiation OF the 35th Of January. inviting
me In behalf OF the Danghters Of the Re-
public to mako the speech OF acceptance
IA the occasion OF the formal presentation
on March 2 Of the building at Columbia in
which the first congross of the Republic
was held. and TO assure yo, OF my sincere
Appreciation Of the commitment conveyed
by the invitation. 1t Will give me pleas
nre TO be present on the occasion and to
accept the building In behalf OF your asso-
citation. Very respectfully.
c. A. Culherson
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| GOVERNOR crLnnRsoN ACCEPTS
Aud VIII Receive for the Daughters
the OLD Capitol Buiidine.
Tho following correspondence explains

ING iuI"Nihb NoiltsPoAuVhNS eNPi"ahs'
itself:
To His EScellency, Governor G. a. CUT
berson, Austin, Texas.
Houston. Texas. January %. iS9S.--Dear
Sir: The pleasant duty has been assigned
me of asking your eXcellency to represent
our society Daughters of the Republic OF
Texas, in speech of acceptance ON the
occasion Of the formal presentation by
Mr.. Ed NJ. Mccarthy TO our organization
of the historic building in which the firsr
congress Of tho Republic OF Texas met,
and in which the first president and Vice
president We're inaugWated. The cefe-
monies are TO take pace in or near the
old building, and our Organization Will
feel very much gratifed TO have your press
erce and assistance on this interesting &C.
oaslon Very respectfully.
Mrs. Arson Jones,
President Daughters OF the Republic OF
Texas
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GAS cooking stoves and hct plates for sal,
BY Houston Gas Light co.
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scout
on we want
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We've Just Received

some OF our spring styles In Lace Shoes.
They're In Black and Chocolate, with vestipg
tops. spring heels, coin toe, patent tip and all
the snap OF u ius Shoe.
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13
ouay's Diplomacy,
Copyright, 1898.

The stories told of Matthew Stanley
Ouay's very early days make him out
lust the kind Of human boy that thou
sands of others have been. One of his
earliest recollections was that his faith
er one day brought home a small Bible
and tin sword, and gave the boy his
choice. 1t is "a favorite way Of testing
the incIinations of very young people
which parents have not yet outgrown.
The small boy in this case was but 6
years of age. He had even then, how
ever. some Of the quick wit which has
since been so useful to him. He knew
very well that his father had no one
else to give that tin sword to, so he
chose the Bible, greatly to his fathers
delight, and the sword was thrown in,
as the boy knew it would be- This
kind of diplomacy he cultivated as the
years went on. On the first fly leaf Of
the book thus presented the father
had written few lines of inscription
from Scott On the next leaf the
mother had inscribed some verses.
Young Quay carried this book with
him when he went from home; and It
was with him in all his subsequent
wanderings--a quaint little book in
very fine type and stout leather bind
ing.
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ted snow-shoe. Its frame is of one
piece of squared and tapered wood,
cut in curve like an elongated letter
- on the inside of the toe. 1t is. hent
almost square in front and Joined to-
gether ait the heel with a short trailer.
fiat. somewhat short and broad. md
having two cross bars set well front
and back.
The front and rear netting is very
light, and is attached to the knottad
selvedge thong in the usual wav. The
ingenuity of the maker has exhausted
itself on the long central space The
most noteworthy features are the sfx
sided weaving in stout thong. the
double loop knots above the frame the
single loops above the cross pieces. en-
closing at the same time the salvetIea
thong of the front and rear nettinqs
and the long twisted ends that form
these groups. Then there are the
quadruple cross-thongs of the footing
the neat slings holding the footfngs to
the front cross bar, and the absence
of holes in the wood anywhere about
the middle space. The characterization
on the outside is formed by tufts of
different colored yarns, caught, under
the knots i'm the selvedge thong where
it is tied to the frame.
In these snow-shoes one can almost
trace the history of the development Of
North America.
Copyright 1898 "
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13

this book, of course with Jefferson's ap-
proval, but at the last moment this was
withdrawn. On carefully reading it all
over, the inimitable impersonator of
Rip Won Wrinkle concluded that ne
could hardly afford to speak as frankly
and fully to the public as he had to
Mr. Wilson, so the type, which had
been partially set was distributed, and
Wilson made to promise that he would
not let the book see the light. But
he had the manuscript bound up in
sumptuous style. and delights to ex-
hibit it occasionally to a friend,-only to
a thoroughly trustworthy friend, how
ever, since some of Mr.. Jefferson's ut
terances are decidedly the reverse of
fialttering to the persons discussed, and
might make no end of trouble all
around,
DETAILS OF CONSOLIDATION.
1t is impossible to speak of any sort
of trust consolidation without bringing
J. Pierpont Morgan, the arch consol-
dator of his time to mind And this
moves me to mention the fact that
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13

The interior of the mansion at
Marlborough, which serves as, a home
for the Empress Eugene is both sunni
tuous and comfortable, but its distinc-
tive features are the constant nresanre
of all that can recall those who have
gone Just before the departure of tba
Prince Imperial for Zululand tbe nm
press had decided to arrange for hin,
an apartment at Chiselhurst into wbio,
all the historical and personal so11va-
Mrs in her possession of Napoleon the
First and the Third should be gathered
The room was barely finished when
the news came of the death of IT'S
young master. An exactly similar ono
has been arranged at Farnboroueh
with the addition of one large niece
of furniture, the upper part of which
has glass doors. Behind these +ha
mother has herself placed evervthinq
belonging to her son. from his earliest
rattle to his favorite books. In the
lower enclosed portion are locked nm
the accoutrements of the horse he
rode and the blood stained uniform he
wore on that tragic day, mournful
relics brought to the Empress by Col.
Villiers, and on which can be seen the
lance thrusts of the Zulus The old
bedroom OF the Prince has also been
| reinstated at marlborough as it was
at Chiselhurst. Near the narrow cann
bedstead, which is always strewn with
fresh flowers, stands the magnificent
cradle, with it's gilt bronze figures. Of
fered by the city of Paris when France
acclaimed the heir to the Empire--the
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they may be- His love for first edi-
tions and for rare and unique books is
the cause of a great deal of comment
among his friends, and his library is a
Joy to bibhomaniacs. II contains many
volumes Of great value from the col
lector's viewpoint, and some, like his
Jefferson book, that could not be du-
plicated for money or any other con-
sideration.
Perhaps this jefferson book is the
most valuable of these, 1t lis in manu-
script and is priced very highly by the
comedian. 1t was written day by day
during the tour of the famous cal
star combination of which both Will
son and Jefferson were members few
years ago, and consists entirely Of notes
of Jefferson's remarks upon events cur
rent at that time, and his answers to
questions put by Wilson
JEFFERSON'S FRANK OPINIONS.
For instance, Mary Anderson's book
was issued while the tour was in pro-
gress. Wilson asked Jefferson what he
thought of it, and the answer was full
and comprehensive; it would make
mighty interesting reading for the pub
lie, and Wilson wrote it all out and had
jefferson to revise it. Many other top
hes of contemporaneou and profess
slonal moment We're treated in the same
manner, and by the time the tour was
finished Wilson had gathered a collec-
tion Of the brightest wittiest comments
Imaginable.
1t was at first his intention to publish
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INTERESTING FACTS FROM EVERYWHERE.


the system; and as the summer is
very short, we can build as many cars
as may be needed for the following
winter and nave them ready Tor the
closing of the river.
The small engines l refer to are TO
be very light, but very staunch and
powerful. With them almost any OBJ
stacle can be overcome. The engine
operating a winch can draw them
selves up any grade of less than 80
degrees. They Will be fast, and they
will rum on frozen ground as well as
ice. The power will be gasoline, and
the engines will be of special design
with triplex cylinders. The cylinders
may be used either separately or to-
gether.
'As master and owner of steam
boats, having had experience with the
various powers in use, I cannot see
any reason why these cars cannot be
placed in general use on all frozen
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13
ICE LOCOMOTIVE.
Inventor Believes That He Can
Reach Not Only KIOndike
But North Pole With 1t.

One of the most curious of the many
ideas with which the Klondike has in
spired inventive genius is the ice loco
motive and train designed by j. K.
Mulkey, of Pasadena, Cal. Mr.. Mulkey
believes his plan to be entirely feasible
so mach SO, in fact, that he is try
ing to get patent.
MIR. Mulkey sees no reason why the
KIondike traveller should leave all lux
uTy behind, and in response to a re-
quest to explain his idea, writes as
follows:
THE original plans contemplated a
complete palace car equipment. Owing
to diversity of reports concerning the
conditions of ice on the Yukon-many
claiming it is very rough and that
such a train could not be successfully
operated-T have been forced to go
slow in preparing for the enterprise
In the meantime opened up extensive
correspondence on the subject, and am
now fully satisfied the cars would over
come any difficulty to be met with on
the Yukon below Dawson.
81 find that the rough ice is mainly
above Dawson. In the meantime, the
great scarcity of provisions at Daw-
son proves that freight and not pas
senger trains are most needed. My
full size locomotive is designed to be
As feet long and 10 feet wide, com.
structed as shown in the Illustration.
This engine alone would be capable
of carrying quite a number of passen-
gers and several tons of freight. Ny
idea now is to build only one or two
small locomotives, 26 feet long ami
nine feet wide, purely to demonstrate
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nor the United States seem to be able
to explain the cause of so curious a
picture.
The horse pictured belongs to George
E. Neeves, of Cromer Lodge, Bird
hurst road, South Croydon, England.
and the picture was taken at what is
called the New Quay, Cornwall. So
far as human eye could observe, the
horse had four legs-but, 10! when
the picture was developed the fourth
leg had completely disappeared.
The camera was an ordinary one,
and the circumstances were such as
would justify the belief that a perfect
and complete picture would be taken.
There was plenty of sunlight, the
photographer back was to the sun,
ard there was nothing to disturb the
camera during the Photographic pro-
cess. The exposure was of two seconds
duration.
Mr. Neeves declares that the horse
did not move sixteenth of an inch
for he watched him every second. In
answer to letter of inquiry regarding
this strange freak, Mr.. Neeves says:
''1 cannot explain this seeming mystery
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13

from the collier to the deck of the bat
tleship. The device in question is
known as the Temperley Transporter,
and consists of suspended 1 beam,
with a novel form of hosting and con-
veying carriage, travelling along it. 1t
is operated by a simple winch and
forms sort of crane, first lifting the
coal from the matches of the colliers
vertically, then carrying it along an in
cline of about Is degrees until the load
reaches its destination. The carriage
is a self-locking affair, which travels
on the lower flange of the beam and is
capable of travelling it's entire length.
The beam is pitched at a sufficient
angle to allow the carriage to run in
one direction by means of gravity, and
the single hosting rope on the barrel
Of the winch serves to operate the. car
riage and'hoist the load. The rope from
the drum is led about a sheave-wheel
to the point Of suspension of the beam,
Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-13

faulty in the matter of coal capacity,
or of facilities for eoaling. Among the
early experiments looking towards i'm
provements in coaling at sea are those
made with the U. S. S. Sam Francisco
and the U. S. S. Kearsage. These two
vessels, while steaming, 200 feet apart,
at a speed of four knots per hour,
transferred coal from one to the other
The appliance employed consisted of a
cable stretched from high point in the
trailing boat to a lower point in the
towing vessel. An elevator was en-
ployed to raise sacks of coal on the
Kearsage, which was the trailing boat,
and they were allowed to run by grav-
ity on a light trolley along the sus-
pended cable until they reached the
San Francisco. The record made at
that time showed a possibility of thus
transferring fifteen tons of coal per
hour, although no such amount was
ever actually delivered.