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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07
SOME posTscRIpTs.

Dean Watkin H. Williams of st. Asaph's
has been made bishop of Bangor. He can
talk Welsh.
| An English vicar just sent to jail for
| forgery had published a book entitltd, Re
sist Not Evil
William Morris library recently sold
at auction in London. brought nearly $55,-
| coo for 1916 lots.
Dried bananas are now being exported
from Queensland, They are INTENDED as a
substitute for raisins in British puddings.
France is burdened with 4O0, 900 public
officials, costing the State $4,000. 900 francs
year, according to the estimate of lie
Temps
The only colored men ever members of
the United States senate were Hiram R.
Reves and Blanche X. Bruce both from
Mississippi.
London is delighted with the novelty of
having some of its fire ladders drawn by
horses instead of by hand. These are callei
horses fire escapes
Rev. Mr.. Grundy has been vicar of Hey.
In Lancashire, for sixty years. He is 81
years of age, ami read prayers before the
Princess Victoria in William Tvs time
Lord Curzon OF Kendleston attracted at
teption on leaving Lordon for India by
dressing like an ordinary tourist" in a
tweed suit. blue overcoat and a pot hat"
Poker has been declared game OF
chance by the Vienna supreme court ana is
forbidSen in Austria Hungary as coming
under the law passed in 1884 against games
OF hazard The judges, before arriving at
their decision, discussed the intellectual
element in bluffing
Lolston plumber is under arrest for
stealing two houses. He was two months
at work tearing them down and taking
away the material without any one inter-
terrlng- with him. 1t was only when the
owner went to look at his houses himself
that he found they We're gone.
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POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

General Wheeler says that during this
past war he used the same spurs he used
in tho civil war.
The late Colonel George Warnings old
newport home was called the Hypothenuse
because II was built across corner.
COLONEL Roosevelt. has six children the
eldest OF whom, daughter, was the child
OF the colonels first wife, Miss Alice T.aa
of Boston. lee
aubrey Beardsey's original drawing,
nave made their appearance In LONDON a'c
Tons The first lot sold since the artist,s
death. brought from s36. so to SsS. 30 niecs
me late Senator Morrill, of Vermont haa
as u faVorite story that OF his conetit,,,n.
VINO was sneeringly asked what thev ma
ago9 70 raise in Vermont The reniv was
Dvorak, the composer, has lust rece,ved
from the Austrian emperor tbs "Decorat,e
-For Arts and Sciences which is yarn
raie.y bestowed, the last musician n os,
1t being Brahms 70 get
mrs. Russell Sage gives this accour. =,
ner marriage AIR. Sage was a w,dnwo or
anu wanted wife. He HAD known me IA
q ssnool girl and when he asked me
with quiet husband Nio away
mia ~. f'aneis NJ Brooke OF phiIadel.
pri an mas been Identified with many pubnc
Me av ,,n,S but latterIy he gave mueh ~
tio u ,r,ns ana interest to the old reyo.
Stat bark p pb,oS OF Valley Forge. The |
the battle-ground, is mainly e ave out OF
exertions 'uiy due TO his |
,o rsaMeln Wedeklad Of the Raw, 49,.
hsr Dresden, recently declipea 70 opera
ner eegasement at Dresden 70 renew
p Ena received government ann n. in, ner
~ rsen KINGS have to bow 10 tha ar,,a
ons ar 20 that his majesty of ssrony oe.aey
o 49, aces-sd 10 Fraulein WcasSinas.r acl-
assessor assess sa =, appointed her young man ,s,
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his wife always says he has a peculiar
deposition which must be understood to be
appreciated
Groesbeeck Journal: Whenever meat,
flour, corn, potatoes, turrsps, peas. cabbage,
fnolasses and other good things to cat
are carried to town instead Of from town,
the country will be prosperous and bios
som as the rose
Dallas Times Herald. After all, McKin-
ley and Wheeler might not be a bad presi-
dental ticket 1t would be starter for
the South through her great cavalry SOL
dier to Wheeler self once again into the
saddle as Of yore
Navasota Examiner: Dewey wants an
American statesman sent to him. There are
plenty OF those kind of fellows out Of jobs
in this country who wouldn't mind going
to the jumping off place for a snap-and
whom tho country wouldn't mind seeing
jump off.
Victoria Times: There are thousands OF
whites. as we'll as negroes who, If they
had devoted to sheep or poultry one-half
the time and energy they have wasted ia
pursuit of some thousand dollar office,
would be in a position today where they
would not take such an office as gift.
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NOTE AND COMMENT.

The question OF calling n constitutional con-
| sention ~ being extensively agltatcd md dis
crssed. This is no doubt the quickest and
most economical way To dispose OF the mat
| ter. IL has boon clearly demonstrated Tint
y IS Impossible TO get a; full and Intelligent
vote upon any amendment. MS such. that may
! hc submitted TO tho people for approval. This
| thing OF putting. new cloth onto an old gar
ment. 50 to speak. Is not good policy, the rent
iss not much improved by the operation
| Hampstead News.
/ Tho Post has been asked how this matter
is to be arrived Mt Tho people viii do tide
! u. The legislature simply submits the aues-
tion to the people and they decide by bal
/, lot. in the same manner an general cleo
tiors IN held, whether or not convention
K hall be called. They will at the same time
vote for delegates, to serve IN case the vote
| of the people is favorable to calling the con
vcntfon. Tho legislature will fix the num-
her OF delegates. representon. etc. The Post
believes the popular sentiment Of the State
is in favor OF holding the convention. but In
any event the legislature ought to let the
people vote on the subject About the only
opposition The Post has noted comes from
some who fear that somebody may have de-
signs on the railway commission and the
homestead law. This apprehension is without
good grounds. No man could be elected
delegate who is opposed to either law.
~
Tho Houston Post intimates that Dudley
Wooten Will attempt to give the railway
commission come trouble,-Cameron Herald.
Oh. no. he has no designs on the commits
sion but may take a notion to submit few
remarks on tho subject OF tho commission
law as It now stands But The Post has an
idea that Mr.. wooten will hne it deep
wsding,"
~
Charley Edwards sends out the story that
General Wheeler recently oroposed marriage
to Miss Helen Gould, who without hesitation
making love to the widow of Gtorge w childs.
All this Is probably slanderous. but It Is sus-
eGed that uss g very rich could Obj
rheumatic joints Of the old general II she
tried right hard. Beaumont Journal.
Charley swears to It.
~
Henry watterson editor Of the Louisville
Courier journal, has nominated George Dewey
| of Vermont for president OF the United
states and Fitshueh Lee of Virginia for vice
president. Platform: The Stars and Stripes,
God bless them. The mon are all right In
many respects, but in others they are not
Dewey is an expansionist and Lee Ia a gold
STANDARD man an; and me den9o,as party IS
after the adoption Of the Chicago platform
Floresville Chronicle.
Nobody takes Mr.. Watterson seriously these
days.
<*%
Many citizens OF Austin have received in
vtations TO the banquet OF the Houston Cot
ton Exchange and board of trade at Houston
January IL, While 1t Ia ostensibly given IN
celebration OF the heavy cotton shipments
from the port OF Houston, there are certain
wise ones who anticipate In the affair the
initial skirmish In the fight between the Gall
weston Cotton Exchange citizens committee.
ETC.. against the Wharf company at Calves
ton.--Austin Tribune
Away OFF. Guess again.
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TEXAS PRESS SUGGESTIONS.

thmtt. .st !, Advocate Thriving cor.s :,
ana anal u you don't believe !, 90 ZONES OF
""a see = You don't thrive SCI thrifty
Marshall Messenger. -.
n, nsn.r you feel so or moi yo,, pheasant
n iu NM, 70 Yourself your family a uS owe this
Naa''s which tclsrates rou aua the COM
be FURNISHED 'o sI, MI Z is said work VII
4 That's What e. oa ss,r, who viii accept a.
callss ~ pun that won't he
80 internally mar .n,oaiele When a man !.
ssss ~, ne: ssy Ell cranky ~. aoseas
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An Insult to the whole Country.

Fort Worth Register.
Tho fact is n self-evdent one that the
administrations policy Is to belittlc the
dignity Of General Fitzhugh Lee, and sub
ordinate him as much as possible in his
command In Cuba Such pointed thrusts at
men beloved and houored by the entire
Nation. by an administration as rotten as
its heaa 10 false, Is an insult to the North,
ms Well as tho Southland, where tho nume
and likeness Of Lee Is a household treas
ure. Thus II Is that rep,ublscanlsm plays
fast and loose with honor as we'll as with
heroes. ard II Is not the only thing that
viii be remembered when the question OF
the presidency lis again the issue.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07
Criticism ti. na.ed on Envy.

Ine city press are criticising Lieutenant
Hobson for kissing the young ladies In
his trip about the country. 1t is nothing I'M.
pure envy. These editors would do the same
ming |raer similar circumstances. The
the man-on the order YOU kno,v =, t%a
song, Let me kiss him for his mo,ber .
Hobson was fair, too; he kissed hotb
young and old, pretty and homely.
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Terrell Transcript.
me soap bubble contains a lesson In
eNpuns'on The swifter Its imitation, the
sooner i breaks and passes into nothing.
. ~. of course, 4 Is evanescent al has,
put expansion hastens its destruction
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Dtdnocrat.
To inoculate free America with the spirit
Of CONQUEST and acquisition OF territory, to
tax the people for a large standing army
una then with the growth Of colonies and
European entanglements our youth win he
conscripted to DO police duty far away from
home. Then goodbye. free Amerlcal Let
Your ballots say no TO the proposition In
1900.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07
HOW THE POST STANDS.
Lockhart, Texas, January S.-The reading

LOCkhart, Texas, january O.-The reading
democrats of this section who are in the habit of
thinking with their reading are highly pleased
with the position Of The Post the expansion
question, and are gratfed to know that it is stick
ing closely to the issues made in the Chicago plat
form. It is confidently expected by the friends OF
The Post-and they legion-that it will be a
power in the coming great political campaign Of
1900. A paper with the courage Of its convic
tions,' it has, and will continue to fill, wide
sphere of usefulness This is the judgment Of the
.'vox populi.
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Carter Admitted "a n.,,,

nau'msn' Texas. January Henry Car
M naa ms examining trial here today for
me pns cling OF Charlie Carter crandall on
Nh, ,,sssneer u. Ills bond was set al si5oo
'''S-' ie gave ana was released from Ia,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07
Cart TOO often Before the Horse.
Marshall Mecsonuer

Too many get the cart before the horse
arid grow up thinking that money getting
10 the principal purpose for which man
was created, and that living is Only a Sec
ondary--or thlrdary- The
world would be happier. healthier and
further removed from the Darwinian link
II this order OF things could be reversed,
and get the cart where 1t belongs.
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Ia,perlali,,n Come. nirh.
Beaumont Journal.

beaumont Journal.
Legislation Is proposed that will increas.
the cost Of the army from 1000 900 to
$1,000. 900 The cost Of the navy viii also
% Increased. II is the prizes OF i.nper.al-
ISM, historic glory Is attained BY high
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!, One Aa.antaxe Of Poverty.

Willis Point Chronicle.
After all, poverty has one advantage over
wealth: When poor man gets sick there &
no desire on the part OF the physician TO
prolcrg his Illness. "
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Long ON Advice.
Wills Point chronlcle.

Wits Point Chronicle.
Every country Jack o. an editor in the
sAts y b1i1iy engaged ir labelling out
$500 = 49,: = s4:ss =: T. Sis''s'
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Algcr MS n Guardian q

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AIgcr as n Guardian o.
New York Journal.
The Washington Post venene
fer,3ts Secretary Ayers order -
h,mtelf the sole right TO dlepos
| franchises and concessions "a ~
! Rico and the Philippines. y
that companies are forming
speculation in Cuban propert iesf
some of them will be "ansmas9
questionable motives and 70
business by very devious pats
of lone scheme which was
the very narrowest chance, and
for that timely intervention,
launched our d!spensatton up@
dIlrty and malo5orous wave.
In view of these facts ~
claims:
Secretary Alger Is right, ~
public opinion will rustain him
lean people want no dlsbcnef
their name or upon their higp
the scandals that will inevlta&
by q ewarm OF jackals raven
army's wake. Our duty in Cupk
to aid, to civilize the populeI
preside over their looting sne
slavement. We are bound by
lion of good faith ari1 decency
life ana property are protecleQt
maintained. ard the machinery
ernment set up upon u lastinS
we are thus bound: II we are ~
protecting the inhabitants o.
spoliation in a violent form,
equally responsible for tbe't,sss
against spol.ation practised ~
peace? IL we are pledged 70
nrmdi mnrauder shall be ~
are we not also ~.
that seizure and confisca!ao1
forms of law shall be prohipHs
Iyg"
A most edifying view OF tho
ioubtedly. Our contemporary
Iimerts ans unexcHptiOnable y
with the unanimous approval 2.
can people. It % true thai
want no dlshonor put upoe
'r upon their high mission BY
hat viii inevitably be brdd
Il jackahs iavening in the e
That is why they do not waEf
n the affair. AS a jackal-ra
10 peer. HIS record in that
'roachab!e.
L. is right 10 have check
{ the local authorities 10 cune
4 franchises. but taat chesk
commission Of hlgh chsrac3
ngtnn To intr,,et such .
o Aleer woul7 be Ike "a
,ysnide Wh.ffts OF the T19
'ekss club 70 Sussd . eaAe
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Nrs RoFins Ryan well known 10 n,,n
column. Il Ths s'1 ae. is snI,ven,ng ,hs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Tho publication Of tho peace treaty will
prove source Of unalloyed delight to the
SPECTATORS In claims against the government.
Tsere IL the provision in the treaty. in clear
aud explicit terms. hxing upon the United
States the payment OF the claims Of It's citl-
zens against Spain. II can no longer be ques-
toned that we have adopted the open door
poliey-to the extent probably OF about $50. :
900. 0C0!
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Halletsyille Herald.

me elitor OF this great religious weekly
~ eating canned tomatoes raised IN his
own garden and canned last y,ne rha. =.
nome enterprise on a small ecala The 49,, 20
shipped here. " Tue STUN
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There are not wanting those who think the
besf furnished the army was excellent They
IRE the fellows who did not happen to strike
the embairned consignment Consplratorb
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

According % the Texas ofhcIal Railway aud
Hotel Guide, the ten largest towns in Texas
AFRO: Houston, population ~ mo- Dallas, $4,000;
sau Antonto. $4,000; Galveston. 10000: Fort
Worth. $4,000; Waco $500: Austin. 5000;
shsrnasn. 1900; PAris and III Psso, each,
lb.ooo.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Il APPEARS finally that It took Just $4,000
wct,h Of ammunition to make Dewey the hero
Of the war and to fnstcn the Philippine white
elephant upon us. The battle OF Manila would
have been cheap At hundred times It's cost
u Dewey had saIled nway the next day!
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Z Sa4nfeeenen ce>pr fp>,s SURE tina. rivers
s = :. 9 : |: =; : ;;:::;'' ~ i: ~ !:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Three matters Of prime Importance are now
before tho Houston people for discussion--a
South Toxas fair. cooperative cotton mill
and q tobacco wArshs D Let US take no step
taclsward In determining these questions. a
city IKE Houston. with aid from such trlbu-
tory t~rritory as Il has, can make anything
''Go,' to which II directs ia ensrgie,.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

The nows from the Far East may change a
lot Of the mastering out orders which were
recently prepared. II Is likely that we will
need 100000 men in the Philippines before We
rcntore order. and need them long before We
get them thcrrt
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

The text Of the peace treaty demonstrates
that after all Spain picked up Eood-sised
basketful Of crumbs.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

1t takes a big city to provide y
tistics: The number of arress Il
New York last year was 1oO,IM Y
number 1856 were females ~
males.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Perhaps the oldest woman y ~
is now in the Hebrew Shelterny
30 Madison street. She Is NIX
Morgenstein. and she is los yets 4
cordang to Superintendent. 8. s.f
has grandchildren all over ~
States.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

The BRENNAN people who are turning their
attention to the possibilities OF tobacco culture
and Of the tobacco business In this part OF the
stste are setting ths Houston people an ex-
ample in taking time by the forelock!
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desire now u TO ~ the proposed channel proc
vided for m such 4 bill The amount Of the
hrst appropriation II Of secondary interest
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

spanking OF liberalization Of crops, 4 South
Texas fair will do more In that direction than
any other ono agency
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Miss Frances Molina; WHO "
much interest In educational el1
the past, sailed for Havana on ~
open "uhe American school w
school will be American In Is q
in ius, curriculum, in its text ta33
even in the use Of the languass
Miss Molina belongs TO a veryseA
family, but she has received ~
glish education.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

The young Cuban generals ars taking this
Nation at IT, woed and going ID for some Of
the hcnors that must At once fall 10 the Gu
bans. Old Gomez is in danger Of finding him
self left by the procession.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

Our imperial policy is about to provoke its
FIRST war in the Philippines. We shall, in NIL
likelihood begin in few days TO pour out our
first libations Of blood and treasure to the
spirit OF conquest. when will the sacrifice
vi
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

The excise bill OF last year 4 III
introduced in the Legislature thlsN
bill provides for a graded aystsn I
cense of from SIS to $500. the ". ,
amount to be paid by saloon H.
Greater New York. Under it xAle
be permitted to keep open on Sur
tween the hours of / y m. and u
The bill is said 10 have the appytlj
Croker and the Liquor Deslefs ~
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-07

me American people want peace. A
great many of US believe that the Ameri !.
can people do not want to retain the Phil.
.ppines permanently, but It is even mors
certain that a great majority of the peopIe
would not think OF allowing these posses-
sscns going back to Spain. When Mr.. Bryan
came and advocated the prompt ratifiestIco
OF The peace treaty, arguing that il would
be more practical for members to express
their views on the question of the dsposl-
ten OF the islands when that question canie
more properly before congress-, he saved
the party from getting into a hole ana
showed that he is a leader.
Another hole we were about To get into
was on the question OF the increase OF Inc
army. We are, OF course, opposed to amy
unnecessary permanent Increase In the req
u'ar army, Our people were giving con,
slant expression to their views 70 ths er
fect, and were putting themselves tn the
attitude Of opposing the plans of the adj
without showing them any
other way out OF tine dilemma furr shed H..
Tho necessity u maintaining government
in 4 lot OF islands With a. very inadeousis
regular army 81 the presiier:'s disposal
At the same time that cur reople wers os,
posing the plan for an increase. they wars
asvsa6 sus ~ ~ nUsissias ~ ' \ ~" ~
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
THREW ACID IN HER RIVALS FACE.
AN ANGERED WIFE ATTACKS THE WOMAN SHE
CHARGED WITH STEALING HER HUs-
RAND'S AFFECTIONS.

Mrs Sadie McCarty. twenty-eight years Old OF
No 26s5 Third-ave. Is lying in the Harlem Hos
pital suffering from burns about the face. breast
and hands caused by carboic acid. Mrs. Annie
RYAN twenty-six years old, OF No 5S East
hundred "A nd thirty y-ninth-st., the woman who
threw the acid is a prisoner in the East One-hun-
dred and thirty eighth-st. police station Frank d.
RYAN twenty-eight years old. the husband OF the
prsoner Is the cause OF the trouble, according 10
the police Mrs. Ryan is the mother OF four small
children. For nearly a year the woman and chill
dren have struggled against starvation
While the mother at home without clothes.
and with hardly enough to eat. her husband was
walking the streets with tailor made suit, his
pockets full Of money and enjoying himself. Mrs
McCarty was with him. Several times Mrs. Ryan
warned Mrs McCarty that she would revenge her
self for alternating her husbands affections, but
Mrs McCarty only laughed.
Last night they passed Mrs Ryan's house; ana;
grabbing a bottle OF carboC acid that she had used
for disinfectng purposes. Mrs, Ryan Jumped up
and with her four months old infant In her arms,
ran down into the street. Her husband saw her
coming and fed. Mrs. McCarty tried TO run Dut
the infuriated wife too quick for her. TAXING
the cork from the bottle she flung It's contents into
Mrs. McCarty's face. -
tunate woman ran bndly about shrieking In
pain Mrs. Ryan seemed unnerved by the result or
her work and stood still trembling until TWO de-
tectives placed her under arrest. Mrs. McCarty
was sent to the hospital. and 1t was said That her
condition is serious.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
TWO BOYS KILLED AT PLAY.
BOTH WERE FLYING KITES. AND BOTH
FELL DOWN AIR SHAFTS.


FELL DOWN AIR SHAFTS.
Two boys were instantly killed while flying
their kites yesterday. Joseph Roster, twelve
years Old of No. 166 Columbus-ave., fell from
the roof Of that building into the air shaft In
the afternoon. He died Immediately
The boy, with his little brother, Harry, seven
years old, and two companions was on the roof
flying kite. The other boys were watching
the kite and not paying much attention to Jo-
seph, who was manipulating the string. Sud
denly they saw the kite drop and the string
slacken. Looking about they saw Joseph had
disappeared. They fled in terror from the roof
The boys father found the body in the bottom
of the shaft
The shaft is protected by only a low coping
not more than foot in height. 1t is thought
the boy grew excited over the kite, and either
into the shaft or, in walking backward
stumbled and fell
The second accident. almost exactly similar
occurred in the afternoon, at No. 35l West
Thirty-sixth and also cost boy his life
The victim was Thomas ]. Dempster, thirteen
years old. of No 361 West Thirty-sixth-st. He
was invited by Charles Smith to go over to the
latters house and fly his kite from the roof.
The twine holding the kite became entangled
in a chimney, and in trying to release 1t the
Dempster boy lost his balance and fell into the
air shaft. He instantly killed.