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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23
Club Congress.

The programme OF the second annual
congresY OF the Texas Federation OF
women's Literary Clubs, to be held this
week in Galveston. offers most tempting
menu OF intellectual delights.
'''ro make our appetites more keen
Win eager compounds they our pslates
urge
Just read this:
Tuesday
$40 a. m.--mectlng OF the executive
board,
1000 q, m.--Delegates pay dues and re-
port to committee on credentials
1890 a. m.--Cnll to order invocation by
DR.. W. N Scott, report OF committee Oh
credentials reading OF the minutes, cleo
lion OF clubs to membership. report of re-
oording secretary. report or corresponding
secretary report OF treasurer, report or
committee ON credentials as to new clubs,
report of committee on lectures, open dts
cussion OF lecture courses. report OF COM
mttee on libraries. open discussion OF IL
brary work.
ESQ p. m.--Call to order, address OF
welcome Mrs, NJ, G. Kimbal, Wednesday
club, Galveston; response Mrs L. G. AL
Ian, Bronte club. Victoria; music greet
lug from Colorado federation by Mrs.
Theodore Hawley; discussion Value OF
Originality in Club Work" leader Gave
minute TALK Mrs. j. H. Meana Quaero
club, Oak Cliif paper what Has Shakes
peare Done for Women?" Mrs. Fannie
Norris, Abilene Shakespeare club music,
discussion, Village Improvement; Trees
as Factors In Ethical Development" lead
err 1--we minute talk Mrs. G. G. Cody, Ini-
tlal History club, Georgetown.
200 p. m.-lnvooaion. Rev. c. NJ. Beck
with; music; presidents annual address;
paper, Have We as Club Women a Duty
TO the Public Schools Mrs Leigh Clark,
Woman's club. ri Paso music; address,
Some Ideals Of Woman In English Lit
erature" Miss Hill, houston.
Studio tea given to the delegates and
their hostesses by Mrs. Maria c. Klmball.
president Of Galveston Wednesday club,
from to p. IN.
Wednesday.
o;30 a. m.--CalI 70 order; invocation by
pr Bradheld; unfinished business; revi-
sion Of constitutions discussion, Club
Houses 0aF Club Women leader ave
minute TALK Miss Eleanor Brackenbridge.
San Antonio History club; open discus
zion 1.-TWO minute talksl, paper. Benefits
Of the study of Household Economics for
Club Women" Mrs. II, Wilson. Irving
club Lockhart,
Luncheon given by Alias Ballinger to the
officers of the Federation
2;3O p. M. call 10 rider
Music.
Paper The Value Of Imagination 70
Everyday Life" Mrs Louis Tyler. wo-
mans Wednesday club Bolton.
Discussion. (which Is More Harmful to
Family Life, Nagging or Bad Cooklng?"
| Give minute talk.} Miss Annie Brown.
sorosls club, San Marocs; response. Miss
Ella Beauebamp. Standard club, Green
| Vile
| Music
Paper "My Noigh5or and Yours" Mrs,
| c. A. Brown, Yamparika club Vernon.
| Discussion. obedience OF American Pa
rents, leader (iye- Minute talll, Miss An
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luncheon in honor of Mrs. Edward Muegsc
last week.
~
Mrs j. w Scott entertained the Thurs
day Afternoon Euchre club.
49,
Mrs. G. A. Mistrot gives card party
next Tuesday evening.
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Kennedy. Bartlett Chew, Philip snuer,
Paul Fitz Gerald. Roh, Norris, il. Brook
Leman. Albert Bowles Edward Jones.
Edward Dupree, Charlie Bein Hildreth,
Everett and Burton McAshan, Ernest
and Allen McAshen. Roland Ring, Mnr-
iory Dorrance Carl and Randolph Eehardt,
Prosper Packard. Bird and Robert KnoE,
Brown and Baldwin Rice, Edith Dwyer.
Sylvester Heyer Luella Cochran, Earl
Blake, Miriam, Henrietta and Louis
Grunewald.
Mrs James A. Bakers home awaited her
guests for Thursday evening. brilliant ia
Its array Of flowers and vines and soft
crimson light of shaded lamp and chan
deiier. Tho eyes OF the incoming guests
toasted upon the glow Of beauty, and tho
further pleasure OF tho musical programme
met with sympathetic response from an
audience made especially receptive by their
lovely environment. The sweet music
dwelt lovingly among tue masses OF roses
and fingered lovingly WITH the graceful
lines OF draperles which the tender smilaX
wound aboNt the manlcs and stairwaES,
In the hall the brign warm hues o. meteor
and American Beauty roses were III happy
keeping with the crimson shaded chande-
Z Tiers and in harmony with the masses OF
pink roses in the drawing room ana the
pure white OF the dining room decorations.
I Mrs. John Shearn opened the programme
with Foatc' Irish Folk Song" witch APP
pealed SO strongly to the sympathy OF tnc
audience that they Insisted on an encore,
when she gave a Lullaby that was very
charming. Mrs. Parker followed with ar
andanto Of singers on tho violin. very
sweetly accompanled By Miss Ruth Finch.
/ Mrs PARKER steaaiiv refused an encore
and was followed by Mr.. Munger. who sang
\ u am King DER Land and sea. n,
4 Thompson II was masniacently sung and
an encore demanded For this he gave
the anyil sons IRON hopin llooa, eau .n
az Wen 40 N',a p'esau W. NJ peo o,,,
cbarminrly accompsnied by Mrs. q. II.
Lucy 10 the Arsi, Tho Stars OF Earth, .
there was a violin ohligato BY Mrs. y, y
10 ~, p s,,ag With ,bs mann alone Mrs.
pa5en'e deIiobtful voice b always listened
n with exquisite nleasnre. nor was thla
occasion an exnentfon TO that rule by an,
means. either In these two songs or in IN,
n.'oa.a distinctions . nv well Mrs pai
49, 49, sein ,,N-orgegian Rridal pro.
W. p.sn ~. Croi,, gas &c, evo,,isIto go,n
Isselon ~ "A ~ t,tarrrot tbaf doIignt.
~ ~, PC tes''' Int M rohn shaafp',
10 - e,tsbr4 win, a "chanson pro-.
sMee. ~. a-,,,.s v,birh was demand.
Veheai ana az ot ao,,se, y 49,
~ - -. -, 90 oftar Tho nrogramrae wa!
an nouI al , 90 Si No niossrre of m,
passed IN dlscuaslhs ny pi 's 80, t,as,
evening and ualHts ~ ~. s.ea,v, s,d csir,.
salad, with couee ana lce cream , az danart1,,,
and then the tnanks OF Ine ueps ~,
guests for dehghtlal evsh my 70 ON
charming hostess, VINO, WIN NJ n.'' ~,
had done so much Tor men pleaSui ,t,,a ,n
guest of honor, Mrs. coates o, np.ie ~.
shared with captain sun ~, NJ =, ,his cas,
expressions Of pleasure whlch III tnis cas-
were certainly sincere
~
-. ,,..sa,. Mon. Mr.. and Mrs. Ike L
Last A'o"ua5 - ,heir frienaa At In,
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Of
reared Texas having made 1s their home
planted colony in Georgia has hee Of the South and for the Southland her
just pride calling
Of
mother
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

Little Gladys Ewing, youngest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs Presley K. Ewing cole
brated her sixth birthday laet Monday BY
inviting a host of nor little friends to
spent the afternoon with her, It was a
bright warm spring day and the whole
Mace was overrun by children In tneir
sweet spring dresses and natty spring SUITS.
They played games and crowded into the
big swing on the lawn and took possess
sion OF the place generally. The little
hostess had a number OF lovely presents,
each one being received with a bright
smile and hearty THANK you" After
thew had exhausted the usual repertoire
of games they marched into the dining
room. where they we're ranged around q
tong table, beautifully decorated with
flowers and with a line Of tiny baskets.
one for each child. filled with candies and
with an orange covering them In The
effect was very pretty, especially after
ths line of pretty children was drawn
I'm around Il. Miss Vesta Ewing assisted
her mother in entertaining the guests Of
the evening, who were Norma Meldrum,
Irrua Jones Annette Cushing. Resale
Hutcheson. Kate Allen Darlington, Clara
crawford. Lillian Lanier. Mary AYES, Mar
rsret and Robert Morris, Sadie and John
Walker Eula Cockrell. Carrie Belle ana
sue Garnet. Gussie and Majorie Hail,
Mozelle Booth, Bette shearn, Mamie
shearn. Alice and vermeills Sears, Gus
tays Mistrot HARMS McIlhenny, Wyrk-
ham Lucy, Blanche, Ethel ana Edmund
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

AR. Gomils comes OF an old Spanish fam.
ny, who have lived for many generations
IN New Orleans. Mrs, Charles II Poscsy
sister Of the bride, viii leave tomorrow
night for New Orleans ana VIII remain
over for the wedding '''"
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Tho wedding OF Miss Ella Wiggin'
daughter Of Nj. and Mrs. c. c. wiggIn,
to Mr.. Arthur Torrey Gomila, TO take place
at the residence of the brides parents IN
New Orleans on the LIST of May, at
o'clock in the evening No cards. MISS
Wiegin Is very well and pleasantly Known
in Houston. where she formerly resided
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

land Mrs. II. NJ. Hall. Mis-. q. wattcs,
Mrs Il. A. Rcichardt. Mrs. II. r. Ring,
Mrs. NJ. L. Robbins and Mrs. J. II Ruby.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-23

The programme OF the second annual
congress- OF the Texas Federation OF
women's Literary Clubs. to be held this
week In Galveston, offers a most tempting
menu OF intellectual delights.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21

and minute knowledge of those OF Glou
cestershire had occasion, not long after
Davies had discovered the Wills, to con-
suit the diocesan archives. To his surprise
he found certain testament lacking. and
in its place that of one Shipway He pre-
pared the records as they stood with
copy taken some years ago: the result
confirmed his suspicion, and he notified
the authoraities that a viii had been alb"
stracted and Shipways testament forged
and substituted for II. A long inVestlga-
ton ensued. that gradually wrecked the
coonel's ped gree and revealed the end
less deceit that Davies had practised. lie
had CHANGED upon the seal and turned IL
TO his purposes. The hallmark of he
watch belied the date that he had engrav-
ed upon il. He had carved the Shipway
name in old parish churches and the ship
way arms on old metal collins with his
own hand he had made the ShipWay en-
tries, with a hint or two from local his
tories in the parish registers. When he
had done all this, he did not hesitate over
wills. If Shipway testaments were neces-
sary. he had only to draft them and re-
move others to make a place for them in
probate and diocesan records. None of
the custodians that had left him alone
with their achives had suspected any lr-
regularities. He had made his entries and
written his wills so skillfully--and the
forgery of a legal document of the six
teenth century is very intricate and deli
cate task-that even the British Museum
had been deceived. Chance revealed one
of his forgeries and opened the way for
the discovery OF the rest. His ingenuity
matched his audacity. He deserved
shrewder dupes than rural parsons. Flo
should have made the pedigrees Of mediae-
val barons rather than of retired colonels
of militia, and then have had a prorY
not a prison, for his pains Until he ia
forgotten there is likely to be more eau
ton in the care of parish and OF probate
records-the hunting ground of pedigree
makers-than there has been in England
for long time past.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21
MEETING OF COTTON MILL MEN.
Many VIII Not Sign the Agreement
for n Combination

charlotte, N. c., April 3O-There is a
meeting here tonight Of cotton mill men
who are connected with Southern mills
making print cloth counts The purpose
Is TO put the control of the products into
the hands Of an executive committee of
three with forfeiture of IS per loom In
default Of holding goods at prices made by
this committee.
The committee, who signed the articles
proposed to be agreed TO, are T. c. Dun
can Union, S. c.; H. D. Wheat. Gaffney,
>: C., and w. B. Smith Whaley. Column
bia, S. c.
quite number of mill men are in the
city who are not attending the meeting.
refusing to commit themselves to this
proposition. They say that the members
OF this committee are in charge of mills
IN which New England capital is largely
interested. 1t is not generally thought that
any pool can be made by those represent
ing the mills that would be binding.
boards OF directors would in some cases
anhul such agreements if made.
Inc following are some of the mill men
VINO are present: ]. r. Baron, Rock Hill.
,. e; M. Well, New York; F. billing,
hlhss Mountain, S. G.; r. S. Baker, Kings
Mountain, S. c.; M. S. Bailey, Clinton, S.
G; J. c. Clark, Cherokee Falls, S. C.; E.
3. Harris, Rutherfordton, N. c.; J. A.
RooInson, New York; J. f. Sheriff..
MooresVllie, N c.; J. NJ. Beatty, WINS
Doro, ). c.; Waddy Thompson, Lancaster.
5. C.; w. p. Drewry, New York; Lou
Oppenheimer, New York; w. NJ. Anderson.
Charlotte, N. c.; ]. L. Stroup. Cherry
vile N. c.; H. D. Wheat Gaffney, S. c.;
I. c. Duncan, Union, S. C.; George II.
Bayne, New York. w. A. Courtney. New
berry, S. c.; D. w. Oats, Charlotte. N. C. ::
). J. Durham, Bessemer City, N. c.; L,
w. Parker, Greenville, S. c..
The meeting will be of advantage to
southern manufacturers in bringing them
into contact with each other and to a. bet
ter knowledge of trade conditions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21
WILMINGTON's COMPLAINT.
Is Now Being Heard by Interstate
Commerce Commission.

Wilmington, N. c., April pa special
session of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission was convened here this morning
for the purpose of investigating charges
made by the Wilmington Tariff Associa-
ton that unjust and unnecessary discrim-
nations are made against Wilmington by
the railroads in the matter of freight rates
as compared with the rates given to Rich
mond and Norfolk, especially from Chi
cago, Louisville, Cincinnati and other
points West.
The commissioners holding tic court are
Hon. Judson c. Clement of Georgia. pre-
siding, and Hon. James D. Yeomans of
Iowa. Several prominent railroad officials
and local business men testified before the
commission to-day Ii is expected that the
hearing will be completed tomorrow.
Judge w. A. LAY of Washington is con-
Quoting the case for the tariff association
and Hon. Edward Baxter, attorney for
the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Company, is conducting the case for the
defendant RAILROADS, with Col. A. c. Davis
as associate counsel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21

sorrowful voice told her he had to depart
for the Sandwich Islands at once, as he
had been appointed secretary of the COM
pany, and il was necessary for him to see
the king without delay.
Must you go?" asked the widow.
81 must"
rs there no way out of it?''
"Only one; l might get somebody to go
in my place. But have no money TO pay
him for his trouble. II you have 800, l
could let him have a letter giving to him
full power to treat for me with the king. ="
II never heard of the King of the Sand
witch Islands," said Mrs. Richards. rs
he honest and honorable?"
LAS sure as he lives, he is the most hon
orable King that ever ruled the Islands,
"Wen, here's two 500 bills. Let them be
your valentine. We are TO marry soon"
Warden did not go TO the Sandwich ISL
ands. On March u, while calling again
on his tiance, he said he wanted $50 TO pay
the taxes on a $4,000 house he owned In
New York She gave the money to him.
Several days later he asked for $50 more.
She said she was saving it for a carpet for
their new home.
Carpet" he exclaimed. why. what's
a carpet compared with our schemes"
The $50, however. was not given. In
few days the widow received a cold note
from Warden, saying that he and his sis
ter had TO leave the city suddenly and that
the marriage scheme was off
Before this note was received Mrs. Rich
ards had been suspicious, she says, but
now her eyes We're thoroughly opened. She
told her story TO Justice Rapp charging
the alleged Warden with getting $3.50 UNI
der false pretenses. When Rapp called
at No. $50 Sylvan avenue, the address Civ
en- to the widow by Warden, the man was
not there, but Charles Rockefort, 81 years
old, an engineer in Heller & Bros file fac
tory, said the man for whom the justice
was looking had boarded there, but mad
left town.
on the following day. April 5. Justice
Rapp and Constable Higbie, accompanied
by Mrs. Richards called at the house again
and the widow identified Rockefort as the
alleged Warden, business associate of the
King of the Sandwich Islands.
by the way" said Mrs. Richards, "I
find that the King of the Sandwich ISL
ands has been dead some years. l pre-
sumo your company is uansacting its
business there through his ghost"
Rockefort is a married man. He denies
that he ever posed as Warden, aud that he
ever got $3.50 from Mrs. Richards by false
pretenseS,
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WILLIAMS TO DIE ON GALLONS.
Murderer of LOvett Peacock Quickly
Found Guilty.

tOunO guilty.
McRae, Ga, April 20.-Telfair Superior
Court is in session this week, Judge c. c.
Smith presiding. The criminal docket
was called this morning, the most import
ant case being that of the state against
VIII Williams, colored, charged with the
murder of Mr.. Lovett Peacock, near Lum-
Der City, on Oct. IA, 1885,.
He was without means to procure coun-
sci and the court appointed Messrs
Wright and Frizzelle of the local bar to
defend him. Solicitor General De Lacy
prosecuted the case.
The evidence of his guilt was so con-
elusive that the jury was out not more
than fifteen minutes and brought in a YER
dict OF guilty. The judge Immediately SEN
fenced him to be hanged May 10 next.
The murder of Mr.. Peacock was a very
heinous one and altogether unprovoked
Williams was at large for some weeks ar
ter the murder, but was finally captured
az Lumber City, and for fear of his be-
ing iynched, he has been kept in the Ma
con JAIL and was carried back there this
evening.
Revival services of much interest have
oeen IN progress here since last Tuesday
week conducted by Rev. E. w. Cakes.
ana VIII continue through next Sunday.
seats nave been placed in the brick cot
'on warehouse, and large crowds attend
'He services twice a day. Mr.. Cakes is
profound eXpounder of the scriptures,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21

mered on the mule. Great Jupiterl How
did this occur.
As can be easily imagined the astonish-
ment of the citizens was great when they
heard of this strange affair. A woman
shod like mule. Had any one ever
heard the like? And In crowds hocked
the wise men of medicine and theology
to hear the blacksmith relate the wonder
full tale and to see the mule-shod woman
After many learned discussions, all agreed
that Juana had been punished by Divine
Providence for her sins; that an agreement
must have been entered into between Dr.
vine Providence and his Satanic Majesty,
whereby the latter would undertake the
work. and that the two negroes were epe-
clally sent for the purpose. Everything
was now satisfactorily disposed of: the
smith returned to his forge, but never
again would he shoe a mule. The priest
who ought to have been punished, entered
a monastery. where, by his exemplary
manner of life. he led many into the paths
of virtue and righteousness. But from
that fatal night the neighbors, whenever
they hear Of a woman forsaking the mar
row path 90 enter the broad one. always
very chaiitably say that she will meet
the fate OF Juana, who, for her sins, was
converted into a little black mule ana
Shod as one.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21
odd Happenings.
From the Now York Sum

FROM tne new Y ofk sun.
A little girl of Skippack. Pa, fell on the
sharp edge of a tea kettle the other day
and cut Off the end of her nose.
A 10-year-oId Georgia boy, while eating
chicken, got to laughing, drew a bone
down his throat and died in a few min
utes.
A North Carolina woman dropped dead
in church while she was standing with her
child In her arms to have 1t baptized.
A locomotive on Georgia railroad picked
up a pig on its cowcatcher and carried It
six miles without hurting IL.
What was supposed TO be a strange dis
ease that was killing sheep In Wabash
county, Indiana, turns out to be porcu-
pine grass, which punctured the sleeps
skins md poisoned them
A convict just pardoned from the West
Virginia penitendary. got out last Decem-
Der, filed an engagement to play the fiddle
at a Christmas Eve dance and came back
to prison next day.
A fire In Elkton, Md, destroyed a win by
which young lady of that town had been
dlsinherlied by her father, and she got his
property ali right.
A Georgia man struck his funny bone
against a wagon wheel the other day and
has since been speechfess with paralysis.
A silver foxskin was sold IN London
last week for 1,75O at auction This IL the
highest price on record.
w. V. Smith of Florence, Kan, claims
to have the longest whiskers in the world
Five years ago Chester, Pa. woman
gave a tramp his breakfast and last week
he called ON her and offered to pay for It.
He Is not tramp now.
An Omaha messenger boy found 81 600 In
an ash barrel belonging TO a banker of
Council Bluffs, who had lost 5000 and
offered thousand dollars reward for.
A Plymouth, Mass sexton was killed
by lightning while ringing the church bell
for services.
A Kentucky farmer owns a mule which
has in some unknown manner acquired
the tobacco chewing habit, and II win not
work unless It Is regularly provided with
its auid.
When the Kansas Legislature adjourned
the other week, detectives were at all the
doors to prevent members from carrying
OF furniture and other movables In the
chamber.
A Pennsylvania trolley company has had
TO pay young man 5, 200 because it's eiec-
tricity got into a barbod-wire fence near
the track, and when he took hold OF the
fence to climb II he couldn't let go until
his hand and arm were shrivelied.
Twenty years ago a man married a wo-
man In New Zealand and left her next
day, and she is now using him for divorce
In Chicago. They met each other but once.
casually on the street, In all that time.
Seven years ago young Irishman start
ed to this country with X,S0O. which was
stolen from him on the ship, and he
couldn't send back for his sweetheart. He
went to Anderson. Ind. to work. and some
time later the girl followed on her own
hook and got work as a domestic. Recent
ly she became heir to $4,000. and now they
are married and have set up IN a fine es-
tablishment.
AIittle girl Of Bridgeton. N. j., swallowed
her chewing gum and II killed her.
Several soldiers who went through the
fight at Santiago, tainted at Columbus, O..
the other day when they were being vac
cinated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-21
HIpPED BY MASKED MEN.
mrs HAD PROGRESSED HIS SYM
PATTY FOR SAM HOSE.

of "A Hundred Masked Men
Him out and Administered
r,r,sbing-NegrO Had said He
- Tired of the Way His Race
M. BEING Treated-The Crowd
sam Disappeared.
CHM Ca, April 2O.-Henry Harris, a
,cas taken from his house near the
~ If Town tonight by a number of
.,.rov,n men and carried to the place
80 Two negroes have been lynched in
..s,t wears. and badly beaten.
,s,.r the men finished with him Harris
able 10 go to his home, but his In
,,,r.es are said to be of a serious nature.
and there is a possibility thai they will
prove fatal
T5. whipping of Harris grew out of the
.rtr,.. If sam Hose, and was caused by
marks Harris made in connection with
Hoses crime.
If seems that Harris was offered $40 to
tsl where Hose is in hiding. He declared
h. did not know where the negro was, but
soil if he did know he would not tell. He
ssi5 he was tired of the way the ne
or5ss were being treated, and declared if
en-, one bothered him he would raise the
5eyn. In other ways he is said to have in
hmated sympathy for Hose.
Nothing was said about the matter, but
tonight a crowd of 100 men. according to
Harris wife, called at mis- home and took
him away.
The negro's wife notified the police, who
AT once went TO the place where lynchings
had occurred. The negro had already been
badly beaten and there was nothing to in
dicate who had done the work The affair
caused considerable excitement for a time.