The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-11-14
|IUDCEr FROM BRENNAN
.u,,rr DENIES HE AIDED IN
S,~rrAT OF LIBEL Law.
. Meeting Of the Commission
..vt--Arion singing society
-..ssed-Pcrsoual Notes.

3. Texas, November l3.-In re-
n statements TO the effect that
n Goodlett, floater from the
.s,rth district. composed of the
!, washington. Burleson and Lee,
d ,bc efforts made to secure the
Il 4 libel bill. MIR. Goodlett says
v,thout foundation and calls at
a the following excerpt from an
resd before the South and West
| press association during its recent
Z d Houston by President Bushick'
s,,c,ua the entire history of the at-
j l,bel legislation in the Twenty.
,..,s,ature, Mr.. Bushick said 1T
..ssry. perhaps, to detail at length
,,,rs TO secure the passage In the
.,sisnire OF the Greenwood libel bill,
VA Nv this association Mt Its last
fhe senate passed in omascu-
sern, a bill originally Introduced by
\. Ijibreil. and II We could nave
IL massage of Mr.. Greenwoods
- some similar bill, through the
- hoped finally to procure the
mi OF compromise bill which
Saye embodied the reforms for which
s,.nd our cause was strong with
smhers and believe the bill would
n,ssed the house II we could nave
4 M for consideration. Despite all
rorts to get the bill reported to the
IN time to be reached in regular
An the calendar, II was smothered IN
Dmmittee room until late IN the ses-
and the bill never got before the
Il all for consideration on It's mer-
rhns was the cause of libel reform
foiled by few individuals. in the
Mace. stabbed in the dark by pro-
| friends, who dared not show their
liz in fair and open field"
a Ed. r. Sinks of Giddings stopped
Brenham several hours last event.
{hile en- route to Caldwell to con-
Inc November term of district court.
4 Oh the midnight Santa Fe, accom-
! by District Attorney Buchanan.
i. Rogers has been promoted to
Sieutenancy In the signal corps VI
Xiv and mas received his commission
Twill be an important meeting OF tho
corps at headquarters Tuesday even
\ meeting held at the residence of
haster Eilors Sunday afternoon the
Singing society was organized with
members and the following officers:
annie Lewis, secretary; Miss Media
treasurer; Miss Lily Huettig. libra
y w 1Sil-
F. ". Eilers, director.
|ociety will meet at the band room
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock and
te singing in the German language.
Z chorus will be organized later.
". A. Griffin received message
|day announcing the serious Illness
sister, Mrs. Rachel Beck at Houston,
BIZ on the afternoon train for that
| iii, Jam Lusk will make an effort to
gagemept for lecture from
SIS Bob Taylor for as early a.
icable.
-. Brown, the RAMS Horn
Eil lecture at Lusk's hall on We'd
evening.
November term of the Washington
commissioners court convened
(fternoon. Judge E. P. Curry pre-
land Commissioners Raynor. Broes-
Pennington and Johnston were pres
rhe first matter of especial impor-
Ito, come before the court was the
fling of the quarterly report of Treas
3. F. Herbst, which shows the fol-
/: Common fund, s691.5t; jury fund.
IS; road and bridge fund, S22l2.34;
bn fund, tjail), s629.5S; estray ac-
sls.ao, total cash on hand, s5451.0S. |
Is road and bridge scrip registered
It that fund to the amount of $500. !
Of the jury fund S3S95.75, will he
frred TO the road and bridge fund.
|iry fund is in a fourishing condi-
the last term OF the district court |
be county a trifle more than 1890, .
one Of the most economical on rec
Every item in the. road and bridge
y submitted to the court BY Treas
|erbst is ltemized, showing the name
lumber OF the fines paid In by the
special meeting of the city council
decided to order $50 feet of Az
pipe. known as drill tubing, and &c
L ~ fieilHlahn ~ 20 OF f1ouston
on account.
land Mrs. A. Zekind have returned
% fornigbt's soiourn at Mineral
for the benefit of Mr.. Zekind's
He expresses his condition as
improved.
Brenham furniture factory shipped
70 solid carloads of furniture today
Pls on the Houston and Texas Cen
filroad. The factory has orders on
Pok aggregating several more car
FL. Little, an Eastern capitalist,
Inc board OF trade at this place
wants TO establish an ice plant at
|nce and wants to know what induce
the place Offers.