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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-10
RELIEF.
description.

Corpus Christi, Texas, July 9.-After tht
services at the Catholic church this morn
ing special called meeting of the HI
bernians and Catholic knights convened
for the purpose of securing aid from these
two organizations for the food sufferers
Each member of the organizations con-
tributed fifty cents, aggregatng 10000,
while Rev. C. Jaillet donated 5000. max
ing a total of $4,000 subscribed as re-
suit of of the meeting This money VIII
be used tomorrow in purchasing provls-
ions, etc, which will be shipped TO Brook
shire, Fulshear and other points In the
inundated district. large amount OF
clothing will also be shipped slmultan-
eougly with the provisions while members
of the above organizations will circulate
a petition for more aid tomorrow.
Denton, Texas, July 9.--An appeal from
Governor Sayers for bacon. meal and 9TH
err articles OF food was received by county
Judge Ferguson today for the relief OF
the flood sufferers in Waller county and
saying that the railroad would give free
TRANSPORTATION A call for mass meeting
at the court house was read at all the
churches tonight and big crowd is e&-
pected to attend and II Is thought car
load of provisions will be secured Other
smaller towns near here have also been
asked by Judge Ferguson to get up what
ever they can.
Hllisboro, Texas, July 9.-Mayor Quick
ensteadt received the following telegram
from Governor Sayers today: Distress
in Grimes county is great; can you not
have your people donate meal, -four,
bacon, molases, etc? Railroads will furn-
ish free transportation" An effort will
be made tomorrow to collect consider
able amount OF money and provisions
which will be sent to w. N. Norwood at
Navasota.
Ledbetter, Texas, July s.-The people
in and around Ledbetter have sent the
food sufferers at Chappell Hill about $50
in cash and several hundred pounds oil
provisions. clothing and bedding. and will
send more.
Glidden, Texas, July 9.--Contributions
amounting to $500 solicited by The Post
correspondent at this place were forward
ed to Richmond for food sufferers.
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YACHTING ON rRp FLOOD.
A Party of Young Men Went ITO"
chnnpeII Hill to Nnvasota.

chappell Hill, Texas, July "a ~"
aavs ago a number of young men conceiV-
ed the romantic idea of visiting Navasota
nv water. fine yacht" was thereupon
built and with the euphonious and hign
sounding name Carrie" inscribed upon
her bow was launched upon the deep
and raging waters of river and plains ana
hn,div started out upon her dangerous ana
romantic tourney Captain Harold Perk-
inc was in command w. D. Crockett
piiot: King Fielder, purser; w. @. Foo.e.
first mate; Bob Lide, second matei JOIN
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A,.,etop, Texas, July s.-Angleton
little Venice tonight The great
,oa Of the Brazos river commenced
arrive Saturday evening, and in a
:, hours all the streets were under
.,.r to the depth of from two to
hree feet and remain so when this
plegram is sent.
On Friday, when 1t first became APP
aren't that tho Oyster creek valley
ould be flooded, all mechanics were
nj to work making boats. and as fast
! possible they were hauled by wagon
the nearest water and launched.
lmost as soon as one expedition was
tied out another was organized and
emit out in different directions.
The Post correspondent has been In
he Oyster creek and Bastrop bottoms
Tor two days and nights and found the
destruction wrought and the destitu-
lion of the people far worse than he
able to portray in words. In large
elds, of hundreds Of acres, only the
Tops Of corn can be seen waving above
(he rushing torrent of water. From
lhe time the boats were launched at
thenango, Friday night, not parti-
tle of land was seen until the return
"Trip and then only the top Of the In
ternational and Great Northern grade
WAS discernable this side of Chenango.
Fhe party came right on to Angleton
in boat, and then passed on to Bas-
trop bayou in the same boat.
Very few lives have been lost, but
There have been many narrow escapes.
THE correspondent of The Post had the
good luck to rescue Frank Owens,
naturalist, from the top of live oak
kree, where he had been for fifteen
hours All the people along the Bas-
|trop escaped, but their loss in live
stock and crops will Re very heavy.
Cattle along Bastrop have been drown
led by the hundreds. The destruction
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RELIEF in I,urIeson County.

Caldwell, Texas, July s.-Judge A. W.
Mcrver today received check from Gov
ernor sayere for $500 to be used in re-
lieylng the food sufferers Of this county
making $1,000 In all sent by the governor.
Judge L. G. Banks also received
check for s25 from the Texas Tie and
Lumber company Of someryllle.
The citizens OF the county VIII meet az
the different voting precincts Monday ana
tdopt measures TO further relieve the
sufferers.
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Mr. Grubb., Inau.triaI Campaign.

Tehuacana, Texas, July 7.--V. w
Grubbs spoke in the college chapel this
morning in behalf Of the girls Industrial
school. His address seemed to be APP
preciated. He suggested the place for an
Industrial school was here at Trinity uni
versity.
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Tbree Deutts Near scaly.

sealy. Texas, July s,--The BODY OF an
unknown negro man was found in the
backwater near the Katy bridge Two
deaths on the mound last night The bodies
were brought to this side In boats ana
buried at San Felipe.
The river has fallen four feet
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nrynn's First Mail

Bryan. Texas. July 9.--The first mail
In eleven days came today and the people
were certainly glad to get The Post.
The first through train from Houston has
Just arrived and the people are reading
The Post by the engine headlight.
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Fielder. storekeeper and Jim Hartneld.
carpenter. Seven as gallant, determined
sailors as ever manned a boat OF pulled
an oar.
They left here at IL a. m. Wednesday
last. and 1t Is learned that they made Nav
asota In good time and were highly en-
ertained by the good people Of that town.
thrilling account OF their venture VIII be
given.
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A big Cnn,n Meeting.

Ramlrena, Texas, July 6--The camp
meeting going on In Mr.. Richard Dobies
pasture is being lightly attended, there
being but few campers The weather for
tho meeting has been quite Hue.
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Rushing Gravel far tho Central.

Ledbetter. Texas. July s.--Contraotor
Mcclellan has been instructed by the
Central to rush the loading OF gravel. It
will be used to fill in where the track was
washed out by the Brazos. He has very
near 100 cars loaded on hand here and
several cars at Chappell Hill.
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sKAr TOURNAMENT.

At meeting OF skat tournament held here
TODAY there we're ninety-two players from
every section of the State. The prizes were
won as follows: First prize. Ed Raube OF
Caldwell county: third prive n. Erenns Of
San Antonio: fourth prize. A. weinbaum OF
Lockhart; fifth prize. David Harrell Of Aus
tin: sixth prize, j. +. Kuntzen OF Warrentpn
The next meeting will be held in Houston.
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RELIGIOUS.

Mulkcy's Grent Meeting at HilIsboro
Closed.
Hillsboro, Texas July e.--The Mulkey
revival closed tonight with two hundred
additions to the various churches. A col
lection of $500 for Mr., Mulkey was made
at this mornings service who Immediately
sent the entire amount to the Methodist
Orphans Home at Waco. Seventy dollars
was also collected for the flood sufferers
In South Texas, which amount was sent to
the governor for distribution.
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THE STATE CAPITAL.
The Standard OIL Company Securing
Lenses ON Petroleum Lands

Austin. Texas July s.-The Navarro COM
nany, branch CT Tho Standard Oil company.
yesterday secured lease on 1924 acres OF
land In this county, which, added 10 leases pre-
viously secured, runs the number Of acres II
controls near this city IN 10 $4,000. These
leases cover lands between New Sweden and
Pfeugerville which have heen ,iaed up by ex-
perts as oil bearing and boring for petroleum
is soon to BEGIN there.
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s,, raII,nv ~ Drenham.

Brennan. Texts, July s.--A . O'Clock
tonight theriver at the Central bridge i\a
fallen seven and half feet from the high
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Dsmnse at Tehuacnnn.
hon. ssa' Texas, July s.-The damage
N ~ Msre BY the recent overflow is great
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YOUNG MAN pRowNrp.

Robert Mercer stenographer for C. h.
Johns & Co.. was drowned while bathing In
the Colorado river near the Montopoiis bridge
this evening.
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HorEL ARRIVALS

At the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Foley. Boston: q.
c. Fiji. Houston: J. Pinton. Detroit. K.
Lsushin. Port Arthur. II Foster. South
Omaha: Win @. Barber and wife, San Mar
cos; John Pearson. Little Rock: +. *, Rsrks
Wm. Loman. A. Roy. New York; Kris. 3.
N. Bacon. Albany. N, r.: y. G.. Lewis ana
wife. Boulder. Colo: W. =. Malcolm. Bal
Beckett Miss McCauslpnd. VI, snowden. y.
s.. Polk New York: Walter sullivan San AM
torio: W. J, Barker. Hartford. Conn; Heniy
B. Forbes. New Haven; charles J, caSrou.
Towanda. Pa: p. G. Hierce. Cleveland. Ohjet
u. X. MaeCiain, Dallas: Miss Mas Lougskey.
PHILADELPHIA: A. J. Haber. Nsy York; 4. @,
Korn. city: w. G. salter. A. p. Jeasans, "a.
vile, s N s. i
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GOVERNOR TO VISIT GALVESTON.

Several Matters Arc in Need of HIS
Attention.
Galveston. Texas. July Sit is underwood
that Governor sayers as soon as the extra
work Imposed on him by the nood Is over will
visit Galveston on business.
The pilot matter is still In an unsettled
condition and inside OF sixty DAYS the com
petition among the regular and independent
The question OF public weigher 10 also caus-
inp a pretty little fight and It Is said this
may be inquired into also.
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BONDING OF OFFICERS.

Bonding Companies Grow Fat-MaZet
Committee Thinks it Suspicious.
New York, May 1S.-The Mazet in
vestigating committee spent the
greater part of the day in an attempt
to show the respective bonding in
terests of city employees held by the
so-called Freedman and the so-called
Platt Surety Company. Counsel
elaborate examination into this mat
ter, said that the significant feature
of what has been shown was the
growth of the Freedman Company.
the youngest of all the bonding com
panies, during the past year or two,
in the bonding of city officials.
Police Commissioners Hess and
Abel were on the stand for short
time today. Commissioner Hess
agreed with Counsel Moss in an eX
preston of an opinion that facts of a
suspicious nature had been presented
before the committee. Commissioner
Abel stated that he had accepted the
position of commissioner with a view
to first performing his duty and.
second, to protecting the Republican
members of the police force.
He, too, agreed that there was con-
siderable crime in the city of New
York, but he failed to furnish any
significant details to aid the commit
tee.
Sheriff Dunn was on the stand for
brief period, but his counsel was per-
mitted to take his place and to eN-
plain the bonding of the officers in the
;sheritf's department by the Freedman
Company.
The committee will meet tomorrow
moraing, and at the close of the ses-
sion will adjourn until May 31st.
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THE MASONIC TEMPLE
THE CORNER STONE LAID WITH IMPRES-
slvE CEREMONIES.
Col Julian Carr re'ivers an Appropriate Ora
ton. Masons Of Wilmington Banquet
Members tf he Grand Lodge.

Wilmington, y. c., May 1S.-'rhe cor
ner stone for the first Masonic Tenn
pie ever erected in North Carolina was
laid in this city this afternoon at >
O'Clock by the Grand Lodge. Inc ccre-
monies were very elaborate and were
witnessed by several thousand people.
Colonel Julian :. Carr. of Durham,
y. c., was the orator OF the day and
delivered Il beautiful and appropriate ora
ton.
The Temple now in course of con
struction. is to be a splendid S500UO
structure and is to be completed by
October 1st. 1t is being erected by
the five Masonic Lodges of Whining
ton.
The Grand Lodge held session in
st. Johns Masonic Hall tonight. fol-
lowed by the serving Of sumptuous
collations in their honor by the Masons
of Wilmington, by whom the visiting
members of the Grand Lodge are being
entertained.
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THE SOUTHERN ASSEMBLY
SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE PR:SBYIEaI-
ANS CONvEtE /, RICHMOND,
Rev. John F. Cannon, Of Missouri, is Elected
Moderator. The Regular Business Of
Assembly Begins To-ray

Richmond, Va. May 1S.-The Gen
eral Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the South met in the First
church in this city this morning, but
the session did little beyond effecting
organization. The opening sermon
was preached by the retiring Mod
orator, Rev. +. NJ. Green, of Danvlle.
KY, from the text Think not that |
am come to send peace on earth; l
came not to send peace, but sword. =
Matthew X, 81.
Rev. DIR. John +. Cannon, of Mis-
souri,, was elected moderator. Rev.
Alexander Sprunt, of Rock Hill, S. G.,
temporary clerk, and Rev. T. II. Law,
of Spartanburg. S. c., reading clerk.
On the first ballot for moderator
there were ten or twelve names voted
for. DR.. Cannon received SO votes and
DIR. j. M. McNeilly, of Nashville. Tenn,
twenty-five. while DIR. George Sumly.
of Nashville, received twenty-five. The
others ranged from twenty downward.
At the close of the first ballot DR.. Me-
Nelly requested that his name be
not voted for. On the second ballot
DIR. Cannon received 109 votes and DR..
McNeilly fifteen, while DIR. Summly
got thirty-two.
A resolution was adopted inviting
the diocesan council of the Protestant
Episcopal Church of Virginia. now in
session here, to meet with the Assem-
bly,.
4 resolution of coincidence with the
family of the late DR.. Murkland, of
Baltimore. was also adopted
There are about 200 commissioners
in attendance and the regular busi-
ness will commence tomorrow. To-
night the Assembly went on an excur-
sion down James river on the steamer
Pocahoptas, as the guests of the La
dies Auxiliary of the First church.
The Assembly will be in session
about ten days.
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ADDRESS OF Mr.. De STAAL
THANKS TO WILIIELMINA FOR
HER HOSPITALITY.
N. DE BEAUFORT PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL
Sessions of ,he Conference will be Secret. Next
Session Will be Held Saturday, When
a Program viii be Arranged
and Committees Appointed.

The Hague, May 1S.-The peace con-
ference called by the Gar of Russia was
opened at two O'Clock this afternoon
in the hall of the Hris Ten Bosch or
the House in the Woods" two miles
from The Hague:
Nj. DeBeaufort, President of the Coun-
eli and Minister of Foreign Affairs Of
the Government of the Netherlands, de-
livered the inaugural address and well
coined the delegates.
The delegates decided to send the fol-
lowing telegram to the Gar:
The peace conference lays ut the
feet OF Your Majesty its respectful con-
gratulatfons upon the occasion of your
birthday and expresses it's sincere desire
to cooperate in the great and noble
work in which Your Majesty has taken
Il generous initiative and for which 1T
begs you to accept its humble and pro-
found gratitude"
M DeStaal. the Russian Ambassador
to Great Britain and head of the Rus
sian delegation, in formally assuming
the presidency of the conference said
his first duty was to express to NJ
DeBeaufort his sincere gratitude for the
noble terms in which he referred to his
august master. adding that His Majes-
ty would be deeply touched as well by
the srpontaneity by which the high as
sembly had associated itself Herewith.
After making his address, M. DeStaal.
in behalf of the conference, telegraphed
to the Queen of the Netherlands as fol
lows:
The members of this conference as
sembled for the first time in this beau
tiful Hris Ten Bosch, hasten to lay at
the feet of Your Majesty their best
wishes, praying yoIE to accpet, their
homage and gratitude sor the hospitality
you have so graciousi deigned to offer
them"
The reading of the mI mge was warm
ly applauded.
Nj. DeBeaufort was appointed honor
ary President and the leading Dutch
delegate A. L. &. VanKarnobeck. former
of Foreign Affairs and Deputy
was appointed Vice-President
After the appointment of nine secre-
taries NJ. DeStaafs proposal that the
sessions be secret was adopted.
The next session will take place on
Saturday, when the delegates will ar
range a programme and appoint commit
tees. A
The conference then adjourned
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TO ELIMINATE POVERTY.
Mayor Jones ON System 1lat GIVES
Wolls to AZ.

Cincinnati, O., May IS.~-At todays
session of the twenty-siXth national
conference of Charities and Correc-
tion DR.. George f. Keene, of Howard,
read u paper on the prevention and
treatment of contagious diseases by
municipalities and it was followed by
a general discussion in which DIR.
Flyle laid stress on the necessity of
prevention from contagion in eases
of tuberculosis.
Mayor Jones, of Toledo, read II
lengthy paper entitled Charity or
Justice e-Which?" in which he said:
cable bodied men ever walk the
streets, alleys and highways of our
country pleading for work, yet there
is no lack OF useful and beautiful
work that ought to to be done. Inas-
much as private interests and private
greed have failed to find plan that
will let all who are willing to work
have the right TO live. the time seems
ripe for collective effort to solve the
problems; inasmuch as labor produces
all wealth, let us have more wealth.
Ruskin says that the wealth of a ma
ton may be estimated by the number
of happy people employed in making
useful things Let us set the exam
pie of State made wealthy according
to this lofty conceptions; in short, let
us apply ourselves to the task of in
augurating and perfecting just So
cial system, conceived and carried
out upon scientific lines and poverty,
Crime, vice and human misery will
be things of the past and the prayer
of our Lord will have been realized,
the kingdom of Heaven will be set up
here and His will done on earth as
in Heaven"
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MEN OF KEY AND WIRE
TELEGRAPH SUPERIN fENDENIS LEAVE
WILMINGTON GREATLY PLEASED.
Election of Officers |. b. Foey President, W.
F. Williams Wee President.
Eoison's Stay Pleasant.

Wilmington, N. c., May 1S.-The
Association of Railway Telegraph
Superintendents, about IS members
strong, who have been holding their
18th annual convention in this city
the past two days, left on a special
train via the Seaboard Air Line for
Norfolk at 1880 o'clock tonight.
The association decided today to
hold their next annual session in De-
troit, Mich, on the third Wednesday
in June, 1900
The following officers have been
elected for the ensuing year:
President. B. Foley, Superin-
tendent of Telegraph for the Delaware
and Lackawanna and Western Rail
way.
Vice President-W.. +. Williams, Su-
perintendent of Telegraph for the
Seaboard Air Line.
Secretary and Treasurer-P. w.
Drew, superintendent of Telegraph
for the Wisconsin Central lines.
The results of the convention have
been very satisfactory to the members
of the Association who were in at
tendance from every part of the Uni
ted States.
general interest was a successful dem
onstration of Marconi's wire less teleg-
raphy made by Mr.. William Maver,
of New York, author of american
Telegraphy."
Thomas A. Edison, the Wizard of
Menlo Park attended the conven-
ton, the guest of the association.
The visitors have been given
splendid round of entertainment by
the city There was a grand recep-
ton and musicale last night at The
Orton.
Today the visitors were given an ex
cursion to Wilmington's famous sea-
side resort, Wrightsville beach. Bath
ing suits were provided and dip in
the surf was feature of the trip.
Thomas A. Edison, the famous in
ventor, has been especially well en-
tertained with a constant round of
teas, etc. He was the
guest of the Cape Fear Club last night
I he concluding session of the conven-
tion will be held in Norfolk tomorrow.
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DOM PAUL TO MEET MTLNER.

London, May 1s.-The Secretary of
State for the Colonies, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, announced in the House
of Commons today that II meeting
between Sir Alfred Miner, Gov
ernor of Cape Colony, and High Cor;-
missioner of South Africa, and Presi-
dent Kruger had been arranged TO
take place on May 30th at Bloemfon-
tein, capital of the Orange Free State,
at the invitation of the President of
the Orange Free State, NJ. I. SteIn
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Opening of the Session at Mime
apdlis.

apGlis.
Minneapolis, Mimi, May 1S.-At noon
today the opening services of the 11Ith
annual Assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States were cele-
brated in Westminster church. this city
Nearly 700 commissioners were present
and the galleries were crowded with
spectators.
After impressive musical and respon-
sive services. the Rev. Dr. Wallace
Radcliffe, of Washington, d. c.. retiring
moderator, delivered the openings sermon.
After the sermon a recess was taken
until 2:30 when the organization of the
Assembly was taken up.
During the morning there was much
canvaSsing in the interests of the several
candidates for the moderatorship. The
election of the moderator was the first
business taken up after roll call in the
afternoon.
The vote stood: Sample. 33S; Haines.
127; Coyle, 1873. Necessary to choice.
300.
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ELECT A NEW PRESIDENT.

Lexington. Va. May 1S.-The trlls-
tees of Washington and Lee Unver-
sity have elected Mr.. William l.. Clark.
Jr., of New York. Professor of Com
mon and Statute Law, to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
Professor Graves. He is a son of VIM.
l.. Clark, of Winchester and has made
reputation as a writer of law books.
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TO HOLD A STATE PRIMARY.

Richmond. Va, May 1S.-Chairman
Ellyson has consented to call the State
Democratic committee together on date
to be fixed hereafter, to take action on
the resolutions passed by the conference
here in this city on the 10th of this
month. asking the committee to provide
at once for holding Il State primary or
Il State convention for the nomination
of Democratic candidate for the
United States Senate to be voted for by
the next General Assembly.
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LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA MA1ES uM NEWS AMID G0RGWlAT00

Chas. l.. Hoffman, st. Peters, Char
lotte.
Why We Use the Prayer Book-Silas
McBee, New York.
p. m.-Calvary Church-Final Ser
vice.
Subject: The Churchman'S Duty.
l. To Himself, G.. Nj. Busbee, Christ
Church, Raleigh.
,. To Society.
3. To the Church, John w. Wood,
New York.