The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-24
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New York. May ,ai.-Betor. W.
Keenan,. Jr.. Of eittsburg $500
the L. A. W.. went aboard the p.rs.
which had to return to port s...
Are in her hold. we enjoyed .
chat, during which the well know, u
paper man Sutlined the plans :, i. ~
abroad. Ht is going to Paris 4 w
with United States Commissions, ~ .4a
Peck relative to the establishes.
headquarters for American usv,,..
men visiting the international 1.,s.
Press clubs. Mr.. Keenan, will Ala u.
a meeting of the great cycle tou,,as 'ss
sociatlons in London on June 5. wbsss.
international alliance will be con,rp..n',
which Will give each National orcsr,..
ton the rights and privileges Of al 1''i T.
Keenan, contemplates the establlshm.,, ~
Paris OF branch OF the recently orgsnI,ss
touring bureau OF the l.. A. W.. in a.ss.
that l.. A. w: members who visit tbs Y,
position NAV be furnished in advance VA ~ !
reliable information Concerning ~ "
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sition. 'APo
Nikola Tesla who is ALWAYS aso,..,.
he is going to accomplish wonde,, (.
means OF his marvellous electrical ~.
lions. has again broken loose, on, i.
Chicago he has been telling the quinn,
people how he is going to telegram 4
Mars by means of recent inyent,o, K
exists only in his mind, and. no aouS,
never will exist anywhere else III.
could make himself solid with a Ia, !.
people right here in the East by sIv,s
demonstrating his ability to telegram y
tween New York and philadelphia NH
out wires And then. again, there L !.
doubt but that the inhabitants Of M,
like all the rest OF us. have trouhles !,
their own without listening to Tesla's n
the latter ever fulfills one OF the m,sy
claims he has made about bis inyentoa.
he will be forgiven: but telegram 4
Mars? This is too much to stand. ev,s
from Tesla.
of course, Jersey City has littlesto ~.
ommend it outside of the fact that u,.
! sengers from the West are dumped Oh
there before they can get to New York
Until today the average citizen over ther,
has never made any great claims for biz
city, outside of 1t being the largest one ii
the greatest mosquito growing State ID
the Union; but now he holds up his hands
and bowls in derision even at New York
The cause is apparent upon crossing The
river, for on the wlndiest days no du;.
whirls through the air in Jersey City nov,
Whether the solons are "hayseeds" Of
not they have succeeded in having 10.
serted in the street railways franchises
street sprinkling clause and now all the
trolley lines are operating sprinkling can
on the streets where they have tracks laid
"Oh. / don't know" shouts the Jerseymsn
now when the wind blows. I'VE are not
so slow!"
1t is amusing how so many brides thai
were to have been June birds have
thrown superstition to the winds and an
to enter the happy state Of matrlmoly
this month. 1t is said the reason for this
/ is that some of those useful persons VITO
go about the world collecting statistics
=, for the benefit of the women race have
made ND a little tablet of dates Of las
weddings of the famous divorces OF TIE
last five years. and that not one OF then
was married in May. 1t Is quite a lons
table of statistics. and apparently hN
had a convincing effect upon the brides
and bridegrooms to be; so that, after lL
| 1t would seem that statistics are Of VIA
| Importance silent statistics especially
In some of the uptown fruit stofa
large and luscious watermelons sas
placed on sale today, a big consgnmE'
having come in from me States Of III
| far sunny South. Promenaders, OF course
stopped and stared at this popular tfl-
| but there were few purchasers. In oas
place / overheard one would-De buyer in'
curing the price of the melons. rioa
/ $3.50 up" was the answer. and i ddh'
seem to hurt the man who sold tnen,
either. While the other was recOVsrlls
he again blurted out; But they WIZ
/ probably be down to $500 in about 1
week" Very well; will return IN aoou;
six weeks, was the parting remark %
| the would be buyer and he bolted'
The bulldog is under the ban o. 'n'
trust. American dog fanciers have iornsa
combination to cover the market, a14
today the price in these savage aninsl'
will shoot up The young man VINO Ia
girl to call upon. whose father sllos'
dog 10 run in the front yard ass ! !.
/ problem to solve. II bulldogs are " Y !.
placed in trust what trust Is 70
placed in the dog? They live in tne W.
that the frightfuliy oppressive innueus \,
of capital will probably suppress ~ ~.
vicious CANNES into eternal docliily -, |,
trust" seems about as broad as
long.
Andrew Carnegie is still purcna'l'
Fifth avenue property. Today De wv ".
ceeded in acquiring another plot % :.
Fifth avenue block between Nineteen -
Nlnety-frs streets The purchasoe, sd 81.
sists OF two small houses % and = .s,.a
Ninety first street. and cost tne is.sIlT
steel manufacturer .00O--consiue',Ir, m,
more than the property is wo,ta' 0r,o
he wishes to buy the block ana sns r.
erty holders all know 1t now
No Place for smnIl Fnrmers'
! Brownsville Herald.
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