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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-08-05
CHICAGO pLATFoRMERs.



Albany, N. y, August 4,--The executive
committee of the Chicago platform demo-
Gratis, of which Thomas NJ. Cantwell OF
this city Is secretary, tonight issued a call
for conference TO be held at Syracuse,
August Q. to perfect arrangements for the
proper organization OF the party In this
State for the coming National conven-
ton.
The call, In part, says: There Is now an
organized effort being made In this State
10 send to the next convention a delega-
ton hostile to almost every principle laid
down in the Chicago platform The avowsd
purpose Ia to create dissension In the
ranks OF the party and bring about such
a condition OF affairs as Will result In the
defeat of the democratic candidate at the
next presidential election. IL behooves
all democrats to be on guard aud save
the party from possible defeat
New York, August A meeting OF Chi.
cago platform democrats OF this city was
held tonight. James II. Brown. the chair
man, rendered report with reference 10
his recent visit to Chicago. where he with
others attended a meeting OF the National
democratic committee Mr., Brown during
his trip held conference with the ad
herents OF the Chicago platform in the
north and central portions OF the Stat
In the report which he presented tonight
he said he found everywhere strong
and growing sentiment in favor OF ths
adoption OF the Chicago platform.
A committee was named 10 perfect Ar.
rangements for Labor Day mass meet
ing al which time ex-Governor AltveI6 =,
Illinois viii be the principal speaker
Mr.. Bryan ON "pending Problem. ;,
l.udington. Mich. August 4.-six thous.
and people were on the Epworth assembly
grounds today when Colonel William ].
Bryan delivered his address on Pend
ing Problems" His first propositions
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

Washington, August 4.-The runbxl
enlistments yesterday was 3il, nikiil
total of 94S1. This leaves S6os yet d ,
enlisted.
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The president today appointed \
Mary c. Darby postmistress at WEI
ton. n. c.
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OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
A Wonderful Transformation Is Shown by
Returns from National Banks.
The Reports from Texas Especially Are Very Good
and Show Development Greater Than i'm Any
Other Section of the United States.

Exchanges for clear
Ing house ann. ......... ........
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Hence the Printing Will Go to Edwards and
Broughton and to E. M. Uzzel-
Endorsed by Both Houses.

The House will complete IFS Iohors TO-
nay ana ny noon the General Assembly
Oh North Carolina. for 1890. will be Il
thing of the past
Save for a few bills ..bv request" q
ieW with unfayorahle reports and
sun fewer number that were never in
'enued 10 De enacted into law, the cal
endar is now cleaned IN.
To-Day VIII see the picking up OF a
scrap Of legislation here and there the
rauhcation of stacks of laws and the
presentation or a gift or two-and AL
will be over.
Nobody will raise the point of quo
rum today-for there'll be no quorum
Many oil the members left last night
ana others this morning. They've been
leaving all the week. until today there's
only a handful left.
BUT those that have remained have
labored faithfully and done their duty
likc me patriots they are. They have
scorned to desert their most till the
states business committed to their
care was disposed Of. THAT done they
will to-day turn gladly home. conscious
of duty We'll performed.
Yesterday was Il day Of legislative
drudgcry-or rather it would have been
had members permitted il. But the pros
pecf of an early home going made too
glad the heart for duty TO seem
irksome. Instead OF long faces
and an i'll temper there were smiles
and good will and gift-giving.
The whole day-from $3.50 a. M. to 1C
p. m.-was spent by legislators ut then
desks. and when the hour OF adjourn
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the punishment the offence deserved =
Later, Mr.. Williams said, the gentle.
man who offered the insult had apolo-
gized. and he did not care to have any
further notice taken of it.
Mr.. Powell, of Wake. said he was
the man attacked. He had tried to pro
vent trouble and to settle the matter
in more gentlemanly manner. The
other party had been the aggressor in
both word and blow. He had resented
them only as last resort. He had
no desire to have any further vengeance
but he simply wanted to declare his
innocence of any desire or intention 10
get into the ARRAY.
Speaker Common inquired if a man
going from one hall to another, or about
the door of either House was not in the
eye of the law in the PR sence of the
body.
Mr.. Overman thought he was.
Mr.. Allen, of Wayne, agreed with
Mr.. Overman that some notice ought to
he taken of the MATTER. but time did
not permit the case hcing properly dealt
with.
The resolution went to the table.
Later i'll the day the matter was
brought up again and sent to the Com
mittee ON Rules with instructions to
report back to the House this morn
ing.
Mr.. Foushee. of Durham. didn't think
the MATTER had been correctly disposed
of. and he moved refernce of the resolu-
ton to the Committee on Rules with
instructions to report back a resolution
appropriate to the case.
Mr.. Rountree. of New Hanover, took
a similar view of the matter. 1t ought
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doorway for n vote that he had east.
Mr. Clarkson, or Meckienblirg, agreed
with Mr. Mclean that the House ought
not to take any notice of the matter.
He moved to lay the resolution on the
table.
Mr.. Williams. of Iredell, didn't think
this course ought TO be pursued. He
doubted that the House would have
time to take proper action, but he didn't
think the resolution ought to be tabled.
Mr.. Overmall. of Rowan, hoped it
would not be tabled. 1t was too serious
n matter He suggested reference to
the Committee on Rules.
/ Mr.. Williams. of lredell, said he had
had little matter of tins same kind. lie
had, during consideration of the Sol
dier's Home bill been approached and
insulted by citizen of Raleigh CAlr.
Str0nach) who had charged him with
making a false statement on the floor.
But for the fact that | had too
much respect for the House To resent it
on the floor, | should have answered
with a blow. Had il been outside the
hall | would certainly have administered
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THE DAYS BUSINESS.
PASSED THIRD BENDING.

II. b. 1885. Act TO amend chapter
~. Public Laws of 1891.
III. Il. 1870, :. Il. l,445. Act @ APP
propriate $1,000 Tor the purpose of
erecting a bronze statue in Capitol
square to perpetuate the memory of
Zebulon Il. Vance.
ii. Il. 2.04S. :. b. 1..53S. Act to change
the May term Of AIamllce co@r, irom
a mixed to a civil term.
III. b. 749. $. r. 403. Act to appro-
pirate $4,000 annually TO the lnsf'tl-
ton for the Blind at Raleigh for ma n
tenance and $4,000 for repairs.
III. Il. 2,019, 5. Il. 6J6. Act making
appropriations TO the State Hospitals
for the insane.
Ii. Ii. 2.05O, S. Il. 800. Act appropriat-
ing $1,000 to the Agricultural and Me
chanieal College. to establish sewerage
system. The appropriation IS to be
considered as a loan.
H. b. 2,051. Act to elect tax col
lector of Mccklenburg county.
Ii. b. 1859. Act to protect trout III
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4 MoNrMENr lro vANCE.
An Appropriation Of 5000 for Bronze
Statue.

statue
The appropriation billS-such as had
not already been pasSed--werc put
through" the House yesterday.
They were as follows:
For the Penitentiary. $4,000 a year
for two years, for maintenance.
For the Institution for the Blind at
Raleigh, $4,000 year, for support and
ST., 500 n year contingent appropriation;
$4,000 for repairs.
State Hospital AT Raleigh: For sup
port and maintenance, S5o,OUo year
For paying Indebtedness, S6,J49.9o; fol-
enlarging stables and barn and repairing
administration building, to change water
supply and for store-room and cold stor'
age plant. $500.
State Hospital at Morganton: For
support and maintenance and necessary
repairs and improvements, S9O.oUo a
year. For building for use of female
patients and building for colonlZlng
male patients, $4,000 a year for lS9s
and 1900.
State Hospital at Goldsboro For
support and maintenance and necessary
repairs and Improvements, S4',U1o q
year.
For sewerage at the Agriculture and
Mechanical College. $500 ito he consid
cred as a loan.)
For monument to Zebulon Il. Vance
5000 (to be used in connection WIN
the nearly $1,000 collected by popular
subscription.)
The Vance monument is to be q bronze
statue erected in Capital Square.
"The president and treasurer of the
association, together with committee
Of three members of the present General
Assembly. to be appointed by the Presl.
dent of the Senate and thd Speaker OF
the House, are authorized TO purchase
and erect the memorial of bronze. The
appropriation shall be paid by the State
Treasury on demand Of the Legislative
Committee. The act is in force aiter IT'S
ratification
On this committee the Speaker last
night appointed Mr.. Boushail, of Wake,
and Currie, of Moore.
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States Prison Of North Carolina shall
be disabled from executing the proyis-
ions of the act ratified March 9Th, 1899.
entitled An act to authorize ne issuing
Of State bonds to pay off certain indebt-
cdness arising from the conduct Of the
States Prison and for otherpurposes.
then and in that event the powers vested
nv said act in E. L. Travis, w H. Os-
board of States Prison. shall be vested
in said T. l.. Travis. W.
H. Osborne and W. c. New
land or any two Of them as. in
diyiduals. and in the event of their in
ability TO act the said powers may he
executed by amy three members of the
said board of directors Of the States
Prison Of North Carolina whom the
said board OF directors may Designate
or by "A majority Of said three members"
The House yesterday afternoon passed
the bill making an annual appropriation
of $4,000 to the penitentiary nor sup
port and maintenance.
In calling up the bill. Mr. Foushee. of
Durham. who introduced it, read a
comparative statement of the number
of pnlliONpS Htu tND4liStS utiliilS It'c'
and 1898 This showed that in 1897
the nay roll and other expenses were
1881 13 while a year later they had
reached S5.1O1.16.
The expert accountants who had inveS-
tigated the affairs of the institution
had. Mr.. Foushee said, recommended
an annual appropriation of $4,000 and
a snccial appropriation of S1o,0oO for
permanent improvements.
The executive committee. however,
asks for only $4,000, and they cannot
Get along on less. For they will have
to expend the following amounts: For
mules, $1,000 for $50 tons of fertilizer,
S1O,56O repairs, $4,000: pay roll for
eight months. So, 900: communication of
prisoners. $4,000.
'Thcy have ON hand no wheat except
the 5000 bushels damaged in the Wei
don mill. which is worthless. They have
no meal, no clothes, no shoes, no hats;
need new wagons. new harness and
other things. Everything is run down.
'sThe Communication for good behavior
of prisoners is increased from So to Sc II
year and this must be paid"
With this explanation the bill passed
without discussion or opposition
The appropriation can only be paid
To the new board of directors.
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allowed therefor shall be ut the usual
customary rates charged by printers for
such work. 10 be approved by said com
missioner of Labor and Printing rs re-
luired by law.
1t is further understood that whenever
one or more duplicates of any job work
can and may he printed at the same inl-
preston the charges for the press work
thereon shall he computed ut 20 cent.
per token for each two hundred and
forty sheets run through the press.
1t Is particularly understood and
agreed that all printing done under The
provisions of this contract is ~ be done
with type of standard size and face to
insure first -ciass work. as may he desig-
mated by the head of each department
sub-tcpartment. penal and charitable IN
stitutions. except aS herein specifically
called for The SHnnatc and House
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THE PENITENTIARY BONDS.
The House Appropriatcs $4,000 With q
String TO II.

The House has fortified itself against
any possible surprise by the courts IN
the penitentiary contest, as will be seen
from the following bill in regard to the
bond issue introduced and passed yester-
day:
Whereas litigation has arisen involv-
ing the constitutional power of the Gen
crai Assembly to abolish the office OF
the Superintendent of the States Pris-
on. created under the act Of 1897. and
whereas the action TO test the same Is
now pending in the Supreme Court,
'Thc General Asemsbly Of North Car
DINA do enact:
Section l. That if the act Of the Gen
cral Assembly, ratified January 10Th
1899. entitled 'an act to incorporate the
States Prison of North Carolina and to
provide for the government thereof
shall be decided unconstitutional III
whole or in part by the Supreme court
whereby the executive board Of the
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House yesterday morning on the follow
ing resolution introduced by Mr.. ilol-
land. of Wake:
..Resolyed. by the House of Repre-
sentativeS. General Assembly of North
Carolina:
..rhat Robert II. Jones. of the city of
Raleigh. be summoned to appear be-
fore the har Of this House and snow
cause why he should nor he adludged
guilty Of contempt Of tins House
The resolution cansed some discussion.
Mr.. Mclean. of Harnett. regretted the
incident but feared it was 100 near the
end of the session TO do anything about
it.
Mr.. Boushail. of Wake, said the
House ought not TO sit idly by and see
one Of its members attacked at its very
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for each and every job of such worl,
shall he computed Mt 30 cents per hour
for the time taken by the compositor in
setting or arranging said job. and the
time to be allowed the said composition
in doing said work shall he on the basis
of the actual time in which first-class
journeyman printer could do said work
in doing honest faithful and prompt
work, which said price of 80 cents shall
also pay for the distribution Of said
work The press work on all of said iot
work shall be charged for at the rate OF
so cents for each one thousand impress
sions.
For doing any other kinds of jol
work. the prices for which are not herein
specified, the amount TO be charged and
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MIR. GATTIs. OF ORANGE.

MIR. G1ATTIS. OF ORANGE.
As Chairman Of the Committee on
Counties, Cities and Towns He
Had Hard Task.-He Per-
formed it With Signal Ability.
ment came there was nothing of import
.anee LETT TO be done beyond ratitca-
ton of large number Of laws.
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to he made plain once and for all that
the members of the House were not to
be waylaid and called 10 personal ac-
count for their action ON the floor.
Mr.. Craig. of Buneomhe, suggested
that the matter between Mr.. Williams
and Mr.. Stronach be included in the
resolution.
Mr.. Mcneil, of Brunswick, objected
to this. the difficulty between these gen
tlemen having been amicably arranged.
Mr.. Winston. of Berthe, made the
point that it WAS more than personal
matter; it was matter involving the
dignity Of the House and thu safety OF
its members.
The motion prevailed and the Holland
resolution went 10 the Committee on
Rules.
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Journals and documents, Except tabular
or rule and figure work, are to be set
in loaded small plea type, each page 10
be twenty-threc plea ems wide, and
forty-two plea ems long, including head
and foot lines. The text of the public
and private laws is to be set in loaded
brewer type each page to be twenty-five
plea ems wide and forty three plea ems
long. and the side notes TO be set, i'll
nonpareil type, five plea ems wide. and
separated from the text by IL three-to-pica
lead The text of the Supreme Court
Reports mot reprints is to be set IN
loaded small plea type. and the index
and syllabus thereof to he set in loaded
BREWER. the width and length of the
pages To be the same as those of the
reports printed during the past two
years.
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THE PUBLIC PRINTING.
1t Will This Morning Be Awarded by
.1,n Ts.,,,,. ;{fn, ~

1t Will This Morning Be Awarded by
the Committee.
The Capital Printing Company
Barnes .Bros.), failing TO comply with
certain requirements imposed by the
Printing Committee. the contract for the
public printing viii this morning be
awarded to Edwards < Bronghton and
Il. M. Uzzell. of this city.
The contract which the Barnes de-
eliped 10 accept. and which the last
named firms will comply with, was yes
terday passed by both branches of the
General Assembly and is now law. The
sections Of it fixing the price at which the
work shall be done are as follows:
..Thc prices agreed upon and fixed, or
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-09-27
Tested Her strength.

Charley NJ. was ut home from college
spending his summer vacation. The
NJ = were people fairly we'll to do, and
Charley was passing the forenoon very
comfortably on the cool and shady
veranda.
Down by the barn yard fence. in a
neglected place. Il crop Of strong.
healthy weeds had sprung mp and
rourished under the summer sun. Left
uumolested IN the rush of work on the
farm. they We're fast becoming II blot
un The otherwise orderly premises aud
that morning Chailey's father the
"old man''--had sailed forth and was
how making u vigorous assault upon
the patch.
Suddenly he left off his work and
came up into the yard Taking u
broomsticli which happened TO be lean
Ing against the veranda he laid 1t on
the grass. then turned To Charley aud
said
cit down here and soc IL you can
pull me over that stick
He held in his hand small chain. in
each end OF which was inserted stout
stick to serve as handle. Then the
tug began and developed into quite 4
spirited contest. But at last Charley
succeeded in dragging the old man
across the line.
''rhere, thatll do" he said. dropping
his end of the chain. Il guess you've
got strengths enough TO pull them
weeds down there by the barn"
II never said Il word" said Charley,
telling the story afterward. .but before
noon there weren't any weeds left
standing youths Companion.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-09-27
THE MAKING OF A Hal
VARIOUS PROCESSES TO WHICH
IT'S SUBJECTED.
The Boiiings, Bakines, SingeinEs and
other Miseries Through Which u
Piece of HeadCear fassea Ere 1t
Comes to the Wearer.

All men wear hats. but all men do not
know that the manufacture OF these III
dispensable articles CT dress is one Of
the most curious Ia the whole line of
Industrial employment. The process
of hatmaking begins with the lrapper
OF the. Hudson Bay region, with tue
hunter Of Alaska, with the fur trader
of Siberia. even with the small boy OF
our rural districts, who, with shotgun,
sallles out directly after the railing VI
the fisst snow TO hunt the festive ana
prolific rabbit. tor the sine qua non OF
the modern felt hat Is fur. No fur, no
hat, Is the rule IN every factory, FOR,
without fur. hats cannot be made ex-
cent wool hats, straw hats and stove
pipes.
Beneath the long hairs which give
character and color 10 every KIND OF
pe.try there grows n fine, soft FUR,
varying ia length from u quarter to a
third of an inch, which forms the real
protection OF every animal from the
cold, AMI this. the underwear Of all
fur-bearlng animals, heavy IN winter,
light in summer. rs the basis OF every
felt hat. Complicated machinery shears
Il from the skin, performing this opera
ton az daintily and almost AS closely
az ths weIl-tralned barber shaves the
face Of q Gus toner particular about his
personal appearance.
The sheared fur Is thrown into ma
chine which, by u complicated system
OF rollers aud travelling belts, complete
" separates every long hair, every par
ticle of dust or other impurity from the
fur and passes on the latter perfectly
clean, a soft fieecy, almost mpalpab Die
mass, ready for the hatter's use.
When ready to serve as the basis OF a
tile" 1t Is weighed. two 10 four ounces
being allotted to hat, each portion be
lug placed IN little box. and large
trays, containing a number or boxes,
are carried to the room where the hat
making begins. Before each machine
sits a young woman who, with her I'M
gers, feeds into an orifice In the top OF
the mechanism the fur allotted for one
hat. 1t disappears from view and
what happens to 1t then Is this: Just
below the oritice through which the fur
passes there is toothed cylinder,
known In hat-maker's slang rs the
devil" Turning at a rate Of over 5000
revolutions per minute. 1t sefzes the
fur, scatters It throughout the interior
Of large chamber and permits 1t to
fall evenly ON perforated cone below,
to which II adheres. being drawn partly
into the tiny orinces by strong sue
ton current. When the fur for one hat
Is thus distributed, the machine Is open
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1899-09-27

Il had spent a hard winter In the open
air or The rainy season al Manila. Ii
passes on, disreputable brim and all. to
workmen who. with knives as keen as
razors. shave of all projecting hairs.
reduce every inequality Of the surface
and make it apparently AS smooth rs
velvet In some factories this process
is performed by IA machine, which ac-
compilshes the result desired by revoly-
ing the hat very rapidly while The pol
ishing Is done by emery paper. The
hat Is now smooth. but by no means
sum clentiy 50 to satisfy the critical
eyes Of foreman, proprietor aud pur-
chaser, for the public has become fas
tidious la the matter OF Its headgear.
and demands gloss on the derby little
inferior to that Oh the regulation
'.stoyepipe." So the hat must pass
through several severe ordeals before 1t
l. ready for sale, for, after II has been
blocked aud shaved and polished. II
goes on To the tinlsher, who Jams 1t
down on his block with a turn OF his