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Texas Travelling Men.


the few travelling men in Corpus Christi
this week.
popular travelling representative OF Bon
ME Bros. OF Louisville, KY. was In Cor
pus Christi this week soliciting trade for
his we'll known house.
d r. James OF san Antonio and y. B.
HarOinson of Shreveport la, travelling
salesman for large groceiy houses q
their respective cities. were amUng the
''knightsH in Corpus Christi during the
week
The following railroad parties we're
among those registered in Corpus Christi
this week J. L. Pickney Southern Pa
cifc, San Antonio Allan Irvin and wife
and George r. Kaiyes. Arkansas Pass san
Antonio
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To the Editor Of The Post.
uanetsvnle. Texas. June l5.I read in
last sundays Post Rev Mr.. AYES address
to the Terry Rangers upon the life and
character of General Lee. The address
was chaste. eloquent and appropriate
notice. however, that Mr.. AYES falls into
the error OF quoting twice from letter
said to have been written by General Lee
to his son. Custs while the latter was a
cadet at West Point The imposSibility
of General Lee having written the letter
in question was shown when II was hrs'
puhlished In the South, by Colonel preston
Johnston The letter was sent North dur
ing the war by a newspaper correspondent
and was said to have been found among
the family papers, when the Lee resi-
dence, at Arlington. WAS taken possession
OF by the Federals
In the letter General Lee is made to say
that he is upon the eve Of starting to
New Mexico for the purpose OF providing
for the comfort Of my noble old regi-
ment" General GUSTS Lee was graduated
from the military academy IN June, 1903
The only regiment to which General r. 70
Lee was ever attached in the United States
army was the Second cavalry, which was
not organized until 1880. He could hardly
have concerned himself about the comfort
| of a noble old regiment two years before
It had an existence Duty may be the
! "subhmest word in the language, but il
the son OF Light Horse Harry" Lee and
! the near relation by affinity to George
/ Washington had wished to illustrate the
/ idea Of devotion to duty in a letter to his
SON he would have found illustrious exam.
/ pies nearer home than the Connecticut
legislature The letter was either never
written az all. or, il it had a foundation If
/ some letter really found It was so chAnget
before being sent North for publication al
to have It's Identity as a production OF oui
great leader completely destroyed. APR
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think OF, let alone make the slightest pro
vision for this emergency To be sure, the
benefit from the league certificate is not
great in one sense; in another II isi II one
considers its cost
The organizers of the league had III mind
the possibility OF creating reserye fund
when they proposed to levy az sessInent
Of 81 for every death Of a :cember They
hope to create such a fund O the amount
OF $4,000 or $4,000 Then 1t will tJt be nee
essary TO levy an assessment very time
an Indemnity is paid. It is hoped and be-
lieved that this reserve fund VIII reach
the amount named within year or two
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The .semi-Annnn,nna.

oh July the semi annual dues are nav
IS especially desirable that no
. ,apSss shall occur in the Texas division
ana mat all members viii remit their due.
. p'.ulp'iy' The Travellers Protective AS
s soeiaiion Is the strongest organization a,
,sNeHue men In existence ana is rrov,,,,,
stooEr every day. The Insurance fe,'nrs
n,on sufficient remuneration Tar re
ohtai expended, but we win and hans
,n,s a.nsu thousands OF benefits besides Tbe
sIsbt hs n,s, mileage for Texas Is in
the senr, s' ana travelling facilities through
stantlv ana ms examination are cor
'1p'aiy improving and the tie
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Beaumont Texas June 16,-AmonE the
travelling men who were guests Of theCorA
dova were r. b. Markle. ST. Louis; C. j.
Grant Dallas Edward c Lyon. Norris
town. N. J.. Harry c. Koke, Dallas. r. d
Smith. Chattanooga 7, A. Goodman. St
Louis; F. G. Nubhel. Des Moinss; S.
Goldman. Houston; T X Half, Houston;
j. ~ Thomas, New York
Dave Heidenheimer OF Galveston was
telling about the good thugs he had for
sale.
Sam Herman Of ulman. Lewis & Co..
day
Frank Leake, one of New orleaus' most
popular hardware drummers after spend
ing, his honeymoon for the past thirty
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The Benevolent Leaeue.

20 not delay sending IN your applica-
s. -, 70 the Benevolent League; it is one
q the magnificent features Of the Travel
s s5a Protective Association CTexas divi-
~ y PROVIDES burial fund OF $500 in cas-.
Dan Sst :, rom any cause ana at slight ey-
10 T,an ~ me members, The only reouisite
in GOOD st iSnip Is that you are a member
Inc Travellers Protective Associa, iS,o" u
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~ Corpus Christi.

Corpus Christi. Texas. June i6-h,
Moede representing the G. A. Duerler
Candy company of San Antonio, was here
this week soliciting orders for his well
known mandatory
II G. Derringer, the travelling represen-
tatiye OF the Cincinnati Drug company
OF Cincinnati. Ohio, was noticed smons
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be of vast benefit to the caAs aas 40
various National committees ~ on )
able them 10 use the idsa i,.rsn 4 o
in advising committee cnal .assr yslul
States. snd in that way l'A ~ IBIS
assistance TO other states
rparatfnu
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HepoFts of Committee cha,ru.n

a''ineh OF the various state com
ni't'eeS should not forget that the Ma
sionai constitution provides thai thew
suoulu make report 10 the various Na-
ttonsr committees every sixty davs Lei
s sne leNas committees bear this in mind
a ~ snow other States that our members
,h Mlaeawake and are looking ont for
'H9 interests OF the association.
us reports OF the State Committees viii
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INDrsrR1AL pprcarl'''
Time and Place of Mee., n,a.
Cnnnlittee ChahR n

Committee ti r.riuiiias
To the Members Of the sac n So
Industrial Educator aao u Isissi
terested IN the Sunly
Education in Texas "A al BE 4
Greenville. Texas. June sa,-,o,s,,isssi .
gestion Of a number Of me .,iIss ihs Fs
d dent Of = the saperintsnds9I's o ri d
pals association. when ny a1lh iaslA'',
ing at For; Worth on Ks q. tipe ist u y.
have decided TO change s,ste ssa2s...
OF the meeting OF me ram Galss:..
of industrial education me Il rs
June %. to Fort Worm. : be,trr az
By making this change :. ssrarst i
rate and Attendance WI .Sss caainS'
Papers interested please
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rEcTlyE ASSOCIATION OF AMbu-
National Secretary and Treasurer--Louiss
+ La Beaume. room Az Union Trust
auiIdinr seventh and olive streets, ST. I
Louis Mo.
TEXAS DIVISION. T. p. A. OF A.
President-Dan NJ Laeker Ia Grange.
secretary--James E Ludlcw san Anto-
First Vice president-B. NJ. Gateley. Fort
second wee President-u. ". Michaux,
Third Vice President-c. 5. e. Holland
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Post g. Thomas L. Freeland, Houston
Post u Frank Arnold. G. 5 Austin ara
G. V Holland. san Antonio, Texas,
Post L. II B. Marchbank, Dallas.
Post p c. @. Horton Austin
POST G. II J Labatt, Galveston.
Post II. Thomas Farmer, Waco.
Post ], H. w. Singletarry. Carslcana.
post j. r. L. Frye Forl Worth,
Post X. s. &. Bennett Gainesville
Post l.. G. 4 Heihg ia Grange.
post n. c. H. Cos Temple.
Post o, p. Burgess. Victoria.
Post P, Tom G. Swope Houston.
Post O. L. 4 Harrison, Brennan.
Post Ernest Kohlberg ri Paso.
COMMITTEE CHAtRMEN
Railroad A. Foute Fort Worth.
Press Adolph Boldt Houston
Legislature Joe Lee Jameson Austin.
H9ict Ernest Lasker. Galveston.
Employment Paul f. Erb. Dallas.
Livery and transfer A. D. Edgar, Pales-
tine.
state physician Allen Kyle. NJ D.
Houston
$50 chaplain Homer r. Wilson, Fort
Worth
Executive committee, Frank Arnold,
Chairman. san Antonio G T. Austin and
G V Holland san Antonio.
Notc-The committee chalmen are also
mbcrB Of board OF directors.
OFFICERS or THE UNITED CONNER
CTAA TRAVELLERS OF TEXAS
Past Grand Crunssllor-A. + Dechmau
Dal,as
Grand Counselor e b. Mitchell Dallas
Grand Junior C7unsel1r-Alf pieckmann
san Antonio.
Grand Secretary sseEer Dallas.
Grand C9n1uct0r--J e Fickin. Waco
Crane P7ce-F K James san Antonio
Grand sendael-W L. Keau For
Worth
Executive C7mmt'ce-J NJ sedbury O
srerma and vs. C AEard Of Houston.
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should continue to grow strong in tb..
general si,na effort for the welfare Of The trave
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visited victnrin.

Victoria. Texas, June l6 - D
have been rather scarce in this Sc
the past week for some reason
even the hotel men 'can not expl
n. X. Newsum. who, as 6
knows, sells lumber for the Ts,
Lumber company, visited the
Victoria and adjacent towns
and took very nice olders. Tim
siderable activity in the builhe
Victoria and Edna for this sehe
year and he Is reapins his
harvest re-
5. W. Paris of Cincinnati. re
sen.ing Proctor & Gamble, Dry
Gently eXpatlating on the m
soap. lrls
CAPTAIN j. II. {. Waite OF Co.
ii, representing Wallis, ", IA
Galveston, IN Victoria, the
their interest, Isite1
Victoria last week in the& Co.
well known Arm of john from
Sam Goldman, Jr. whlis FOR
Houston. but travels oupmpany
the ly-Goodfellow Victoria
( showed his samples TO
last Friday eseniine
( Jim Osborne OF a, dealers
Houehton & Robinson week.
in whistles. was in vi John c
John c. Adams. OF Birming-
Adams & Co., left thi who ac-
ham, Ala, the home relatives
companied him. shds 10 New /
there, while Mr.. Ad'ther trade /
York. Baltimore, Oh
centers on business Goggan &
Thomas f. Hart, Interviewing 1
Co. san Antonio, rehasers OF 4
prospective and y coed suo-
musical instrumen
cess. 'uhn1h co..
Melville Eart e this W. Elk
co,nut. visited Il was here the
w ]. oertling on shipments,
other DAY loakir
which he Is puVood company,
~ a. Fry. Of ,toria and Fl
san Antonio, uylng hay ana
Campo last we
melons.
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Barrow, of w. NJ. Moves Lumber

Barrow, of W. NJ Moves Lumber
i y Houston; jeff League. Blum
re company, Galveston, ]. M.
son and J. E Way OF New York
. surance company Victoria; ]. w.
{ an, Harter's Medical company. Cid
B, B. Mcdonald. Stamp company.
= us We're successfully filing orders
,'telr firms,
=. Roberts, oil mills John A. Stew.
hardware, George Morrill, R. F.
ans and 5. c Brasher of Brasher
hard & Co; George Best cotton seed
man NJ. Smythe, War Eagle che
3 We're active rustlers for the Bayou
II Hollingsworth VI. Foste - and
Woody, Chaply Hardware company.
'ood work in the interest Of st, Louis
NAL, popular Jim Osborn, who is ali
inner on the road, sold fine liquors.
Osborn halls from the Capital City.
n Lusk, selling undertakers' SUP,
]. GunacheauX, drugs, and William
dry goods, represented the Crescent
r. Hoyt was busy in the interest of
" York house.
aodore Parks Of Tennessee visited
ton for the first time.
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sold G. i6.-A goodly

Sold G. ia goodly
Wharton. travellers have
number of Is week. talking
passed throi Colorado at its
business, abe prosperity Of
best and enterprises, which
wharton's the merchants and
expands th their patronage
makes th,he Grocery Supply
p. @. y, NJ. Lincoln. Of
company5y. Cleveland, Ohio.
Harbroui
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OF THE TRAVELLERS PRO
irECTlVE ASSOCIATION OF AMERl-
CA.
National Secretary ana ifeasuIe a 1cou.s
building. Seventh and Olive streets, st.
LOUIS. Mo.
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TEXAS DIVISION. T. p. A. OF A.
President-Dan NJ. Laeker. Ia Grange.
secretary--Jamcs + Ludlow, san Anlo-
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H Hollingsworth. ] VI. Foste A4nd
Woody, Chaply Hardware company,
bod work in the interest Of St. Louis
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-02-02
CHINESE PERISH
IN BURNING HUTS
Made Stupid by Opium, the Celestials
Do Not Attempt to
Escape.

VANCOUVER, 3. c., Feb. 1-China-
town, at the big Chemainus Lumber Mills
near Nanaimo, the coal center of the
province, was almost completely de-
stroyed by fire yesterday and a number of
Celestials We're burned to death. News
of disaster reached this city late this
afternoon. The conhagration was accom-
panied by incidents of an extraordinary
nature. The big lumber mills are now
running night and day. The night men
had just quit work and repaired to their
numerous shacks when the fire COM
menced.
1t appears that the Celestials, on reach
ing their town, were chilled and wet
through. They. built several large bon
fires near the shacks to dry their clothes
and then turned in to rest. The ineyita-
BILE opium pipe was INDUCED in until the
Chinese were oblivious of their Surrou1Id-
ings. The day shift had left for the mills
some distance away, and no one was left
to watch the bonfires, which blaZed
fiercely dangerously close to the dwell
ings. A brisk breeze sprang up and drove
the flames right on to the snacks and in
less time than it takes to tell, the whole
settlement was in flames.
The day workers speedily went to the
rescue. Smashing in door after door
they were confronted by their half-stupid
countrymen. who apparently had no de-
sire to escape. Some were carried out of
the burning buildings, but others less for
tunate slept their deem sleep while the
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ATLANTIC LINER
RHYNLAND ASHORE
Driven Upon the Beach During the
Gale Off the Delaware
Coast.

PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1.-The trans
atlantic liner Rhynland Captain Hannah,
from Liverpool for this port, went ashore
on Cotton Patch Shoal. about four miles
north of Fenwicks Island Life Saving
station. during last nights storm At a
late hour tonight she was still stranded.
but lay in an easy position, and it is hoped
to get her off with the next high tide.
The tug North America went to her as
sistance this morning and succeeded in
moving her a short distance Later in
the day the tug went to Delaware Break
water and brought back the lighter Lot
tie. Part of the steamers cargo will he
taken off, and when this is done she will
be foated. The steamers propeller is
broken and it is thought her rudder has
been carried away. There are forty-two
passengers and a crew of seventy-nine
men on board and all are we'll
Fenwicks Island light is about twenty
five miles below the breakwater. which
would indicate that the Rhynland was a
few miles out of her course when she
grounded. This is accounted for by the
condition of the weather at the time
A dense snow storm was prevailing and
the island light could not be seen.
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INTERESTS THE COAST.
Army Orders. Issued and a Batch of
Pensions Granted.

WASHINGTON. Feb. by direction
of the Secretary of War Captain William
W McCammon, Fourteenth United States
Infantry. will report in person to the COM
handing officer of the Twenty-second
United States Infantry at San Francisco
for assignment to duty with that regi
ment on its journey to Manila, and upon
its arrival at the latter place will proceed
to join his own regiment
BY direction of the Secretary of War
Second Lieutenant Edward s. Walton,
Tenth United States Infantry, is relieved
from mastering duty at Chicago and will
report in person TO the commanding off,
Ger of United States troops on the trans
port Sheridan for assignment to duty
with the troops on that transport until
their arrival at Manila, when he will pro-
coed to join his regiment.
The following officers will also report
to the commanding officer of the Sheri-
dan for duty in Manila: Captain John A
Dapray, Captain Daniel B. Devore, Cap
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CONGRESS WILL PUT
THE PRESIDENT ON
RECORD At ONCE
Compelling q Declaration Of His
IDtentions With Regard to the
independence Of tbe
Philippines.


YORK 1.-The Washington corresnondent Of the Her
.. aid sends the following: President Mckinley
policy commission has had Developments
g require the
g
g
g He allow become without
g would he.sam
his policy
g to o he 1T
onsby
g spoone temporarily
Sullivan
itwu
it.
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feeling was expressed as various ru-
mors of underhand work were dis
cussed.
The cause of the failure has assumed
the nature of a dispute between those
most interested, the bank officials and
E. B. Howard, fruit shipper The bank
people claim Howard brought on the
difficulty by overdrawing his account
and by having his drafts protested after
liberal advances had been made to him
This Howard denies He admits being
indebted to the institution in the neigh
borhoCd Of 100000 but says the bank
never protested any of his paper. How
ard says none of the fruit he is hand
ling is held as security by the bank.
He intimates he is being "crucified,"
and points to the fact that just before
T. r. Weaver attached him for $4,000
Weaver knew the bank was to fail and
drew $1,000 from the bank. Weaver at
tached about twenty carloads Of fruit
and Howard's home.
The Union Savings Bank has always
been regarded as a good thing" by
people in want of funds, and it is to
this liberality that it owes its entangle-
ment. Merchants, orchardists and
struggling professional men could al
ways go there and get money on their
notes. 1t is said that a large part of
5000, AZ IOdueu on peTSOlldl is
almost worthless. 1t is this liberality
of the bank officials that is being con-
demned by the people.
Authoritative news in connection
with the bank failure was scarce to-
day. Bank Commissioners A. w. Bar
rett and John Markley, accompanied
by Secretary c. II. Dunsmoor, arrived
this afternoon and assumed charge of
affairs. Work was at once commenced
on books and papers. Aside from say
ing the books appeared in good shape
and the condition of the institution
seemed better than they expected, these
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Bitter Feeling Created
at San Jose by
RumorS of Under
hand Work.

SAN JOSE, Feb. 1.-The financial en-
tanglement of the Union Savings Bank
is becoming complex TO the mind of the
average person, and the outcome of
the investigation by the Bank Commits
sioners is awaited with interest The
directors are reticent and will make no
statement concerning the condition of
the institution. This increased the in
terest in the affair to-day. and many
sensational stories rejecting on the
credit of the bank are heard on the
streets. Nothing definite can be OBJ
tanned, however, and the general opin
ion is that in the end the stringency
of finances will be cleared by depositors
being paid in full and business resumed.
Nevertheless, before the close of
banking hours an anxious crowd of de-
positors lined the street and filled the
bank lobby, and much bitterness of
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MEMORY FOUND
AFTER LONG YEARS
Marvellous Result Of
Brain Surgery.
REASON MAY COME BACK
THE MIND OF A SMALL BOY
DESTROYED.
He Takes Up the Thread of Life
Where It Had Been Broken
Abruptly Many Years
Ago.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 1.-Eleven years
ago Charles Burrell of Chebanse. Ill.
while engaged in a childish quarrel
with playmate, was struck on the left
side of the head with a brick. The mo-
ment he was struck he began to run
around in circle. He was taken to his
home and physician called, but the
boy never recovered his reason or his
powers of locomotion. While able to
walk, he was unable to control his
movements, and had a constant ten
dency to move in a circle.
Some time ago his parents, learning
of an operation by when the reason of
Attorney Frank Collier was restored.
set about to have their son. now 10
years of age, operated upon. In 1896.
believing him to be incurable. they had
taken him to the State Hospital for
the insane at Kankakee. The desires
of the parents were made known to DR..
Stearns, superintendent of the institu-
ton, and on Monday the experiment
was begun. He was placed under the
influence of an X-ray, generated by
1000, 900 volts of electricity, and a ska
graph of the skull taken. This showed
a thickening of the bone near the top
of the skull on the left side. To-day an
operation was performed by which the
thickened bone was removed. relieving
the unnatural pressure upon the brain
at that point. The first words uttered
by the young man, upon recovering
from the Inconsistencies caused by the
anesthetics used during the operation
were:
What made you hit me?'
The question has been hidden away
in the unfortunate's memory since the
fatefuI day, eleven years ago, when he
received the wound, and the boy picked
up the thread of his life where it had
been snapped by the careless act of
playmate.
There is great improvement" said
Dr. Stearns, land 1 hope for still bet
ter results. The dementia has gone so
far, however, I am afraid the young
mans brain will never be perfectly
healthy"
The patient spoke thankfully to the
surgeon when he finally realized what
had been done for him, and when per-
mitted to talk he Immediately asked
how long he had been i'll. His mind
went back to the day when he and an
other boy were romping at Chebanse,
ILL., Everything since that day is blank,
and weeks or months may be required
to acquaint him with what has gone on
in the world since.
The breaking strain of an inch rope in
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tain William II. Allaire Lieutenant Her
bert n. Royden. Lieutenant Howard L.
Loubach, Lieutenant Colonel William NJ
yam Horne and Lieutenant Samuel Seoy
BY direction of the Secretary of War
Lieutenant Colonel Jose E. Maxwell Uni
ted States Volunteer Signal Corps, on
completion of his present duties in New
York City Will proceed to Manila and re-
port in person to the commanding general
Department of the Pacific. for special
pletion of this duty Lieutenant Colonel
Maxwell will proceed to San Francisco
and await orders.
Acting Assistant Surgeon Harry L. Gil
christ, u. S. A, is relieved from further
duty al Albany, Ca, and will proceed to
New York City and report to Major Al
fred z. Bradley, brigade surgeon United
States Volunteers, commanding the
United States hospital snip Relief, for
duty. and on arrival at Manila will report
in person to the commanding general of
the Department of the Pacific.
Major Stephen w. Groesbeck, judge adj
vocate, U. 5. A, is relieved from further
temporary duty in the Department of the
East and will proceed to San Francisco
and resume his duties as judge advocate
of the Department of California
The following named officers will upon
completion of their report upon certain
operations in Alaska proceed to join
ant Percival G. Lowe. Eighteenth United
States Infantry; First Lieutenant Henry
G. Learnard, Fourteenth United States
= Pensions for California: originaEJohn
Wells, Pasadena, SO; George S. Hurd
cisco. IS. Increase-Manuel F. Sidelinger,
Grass Valley, S. to SO. Original widows
etc.-Barbara e. Tadlock. Colusa, IS.
Oregon: Decentralization R. Ferris.
Washington: orginal-John NJ. R. Scott,
Castle Rock, S.