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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-28
Devoted to the T. p. A.,
the U. c. IT,, and other
Travelling Mems Or
CARNATIONS.

tained the visitors by an illustration OF
the working OF the Kirker Bender fire es-
cape
The ladies' auxiliary to the T. z. a. IS
Il populsr move and bids fair to aid and
increase the membership of the various
posts considerably.
The Texas Benevolent league ELECTED
considerable Inquiry, and other States are
considering the advisability Of getting up
similar organizations in conjunction with
their divisions.
The carriage drive rendered the ladies'
and the visit to the Louisville wagon works
probably the largest OF the kind In tie
world-was quite interesting. The man
ayers served light refreshments to their
guests.
The Louisville newspapers were espe-
cially kind to the travelling men, Entre
pages were devoted to illustrated accounts
OF the proceedings of the convention
About thirty-five Texans were in at
tendance at tho convention
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THE sEcRETARY,s REPORT.


National II. u. \.
To the Officers and Members OF the Trav-
elers' Protective Association NJ Amoric,
co,,ie,,op H. ,..,,.,.
't'us my annual
report rs secretary ana treasurer O. the
Travelers' Protective Association OF Amer
lea / desire ia cali vo,tr a4,a,,,ta, - -
folIo,i,,, e,,,.o-. ~ '"o
ms "ouicS'
Durlhs TINS year ending May /. 1899,
we received, accepted and issued cer,t7
Gates for 217s ren, ,,o,,A.. ,,.-
"i"N'hS "H
i9nip at the close OF said year IA
IN, net gain of 016 members For tina
increase the followinr c,.,o. 49,. ,,,.I
10 credit
Aiatsr,
C.I,r,rnia 70 sen oI - members ,
r,At,.a On, Cp'"Iduo' ~, lllnolG l32 :
Nassacbreo,.Ii '0Nyhy, - Mary land, 10;
ia 80 80 -, - NiI5ouri' 5el NehfaSA q,
Washiovto, to, unlo oregon AMI
Iy,.cnns, las, Ls9i virginia, ~
,eerar ~ lUta!' -
sboo - uaO iut tohoWlng states
-. 80 !" iueupcrshlp IN IN year
Nri-,ysa 10
ri.,,ti 80 ~ members, connecticut, !,
,t, ~ NV =, CoI1IhPla. b; Florida. II, Geor
q N,esienir,ri o. i5ouisian l5 % Minnesota
z r,-,,,,..-,i iPi' 20 NuIlh CarpllnG, ~,
,,,ss.o - Hpoae Island, Tea
40 "'' hahS"9' ~ utah' o. Total
r,r-,.
a. piiIs lne yetr We nave mad 2l99 lapses
noiitt NJ ,nSui OF cues, dealh ami can
iilti'uS' Nnile thi5 may seem to some
~, Urge NUMBER OF lapses, in my
=, o5otr,L,,t ere lWo causes winch large
~ 'i .,9 10 our loss OF memhership.
20 ,.e IN war vas declared, very many
~ iuiil otrs ennsiea ana Cancelled their
t,,.a tu su' ~ IS true mat on their re-
uin tiu,n tus war some OF these old mem
p,,a, ,snoWep' pu' believe thar several
G 1t.p.' oi our lipses can be attrihut d
-, ny 10 ne val win spain Again.
! iU.u' ulSfsilsIonh ana MISUNDERSTANDING IN
IVY oi 'ne elstes Where we hoped and
u~peSlsu 70 mete an increase or gain have
aeleu uetr liuentai 70 the divisions and NE
"ssu'iotl9u' ana NOSE states which Ia
Teat ulaue . Ealn thls year show quite a
'VSS ~ meiul' sup,
W NV pdlu ~ - liat year ool clalms'
allo I.. 70 aG'fp. - " thls nulnhe
s ssN cn "eio uro,u ',alns' amounting 10
s 800 l'"'inN S'9''fN'si ior WeeNif m
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ONE DRUMMER's FAD.
He Steals Hotel Keys and Has n
Wonderful Collection.

N0nderful CORRECTION,
II know New York drummer" said A
local travelling man, chatting with party
of friends, who has decorated one of the
walls Of his bachelor apartments with a
trophy composed entirely of hotel keys
1t Is the queerest thing ever saw in my
life The keys are arranged in a huge
circle, and each Of them is attached to a
metal tag, some round. some square. some
triangular-in fact. they are of every i'm
aglnable size and shape, and of all kinds
OF material, from cast iron TO alIminum
In the middle or the decoration is a
cluster OF enormous specimens. most OF
them battered and rusty, aud looking as
II they might have locked the gates OF
ancient fortresses. They came from
small village taverns. where modern i'm =
provements are unknown. All the keys
In the collection, and / am sure there are
at least 200, have been stolen from differ
ent hotels throughout the country Their
present owner, or rather their present pos
SCISSOR, told me that he began getting them
together several years og0, and wherever
he CHANGED to stop he always made q
point of carrying away his room KEY. The
thing is done so often by mere inadvert-
enoe that il eXcites no suspicion. and f1r
tunately for his particular mania he was
representing line Of goods that took him
into nearly every State in the Union AS
fast as he would secure a dozen or so he
would express them to his address in New
York, aud when he at last had a sufficient
number he arranged them on the wall
The trophy ia enough to throw any hotel
man into spasms Of fury, for they all sui
fer continually from the loss Of keys. but
must confess It has n certain uncanny
interest. In looking over the TAGS ran
the whole gamut, from the neat nickel
disk OF tho Wnldorf-Astoria to an un-
calmly sheet-iron panel Inscribed with the
name Of a hosiery M in the Black Hills -
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deg to busIness ronai.,. /.

dex to business conditions Il,
encyclopedia on crop condit, sua IN
ell the latest news. H. IONS a, ID
coined everywhere. He M sAl,
business institutions out a o . n1at
iiings. He has builded cjfiss sa,l
ins energies in making ai,n ns ~ BY Y
pinces great wholesale an aaye .., uaA'sl
ters. But the day OF the t,, ,o,ail
man Is nearing an erd JTshs ~. i
Killing him. These grnt 1s I'M
can see no use of sendInp , v,n'aia
soll their wares when ,hev c Sr.a ~!
tier kind of goods in tbs e oa'' 4
knowing the people mrst h,s s0sllil
because they can obtain W., iIsa
from no other source. tho tr, rs w
occupation is zone. Tboss.osal.as Y
best business men in The crn a1ss
left without employment ana \. q
seek other means of a liyelihros We ,ales'
they are now following ana w, WI
have to enter other fields whIcs q.
already crowded, thus tendipr ~ Y
earnings of as many more ars a XIV
all toward that poverty ina .s',
trusts would crowd all humani,v l = u
their own ends. w
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rho Trus,. A.. k,uirr u,,,

Fort Worth Register.
The Passing of the Travelling Man. will
be one Of the chief subjects trestei in
books and papers for many years to come,
The travelling salesman the drummer. or
The basman, as the English people call
him has become one OF the great institu-
items Of this country. Next to uewspa-
pers has he done tao most "a keep differ
sat tteusrt IN touch one with tina cthcr
His friends are everywhere. He is an in
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Dan NJ. Lasker, ESD President Ts,,.
vision, 7. P A. Galveston, Texu.
Fort Worth, Texas. May S--aIy b
Sir; l duly received your telsgfsn Il
18th ultimo advising me Of nv sua
ment as State attorney for the /,
division OF the Travellers Protective b
citation. | have great pleasure IN Id
ing the appointment and thank you h
honor conferred. Yours very truly
Thomas D, Ri
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Mr.. Dan N. Lasher. President III.
vision, T. P. A, Galveston Tst,.
Waco, Texas, May 6.-My Des, \
have yours of the SOth ultlmo ,ons..
wire of 9th ultimo appointing m, J,
man OF the employment COMMITTEES 4,
division 1t is en- appointment M (,
prociate and If | succeed in doss !,
thing for the unfortunate boys HI
delighted Yours traternally
E G Bsrsr
Chairman Employment Commute, \
Division. T. P 4.
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A Plan Adopted by Which II Gun Re
Secured.
Members Texas Division, Travellers Pro-
tective Association.
Fort Worth, Texas, May Pot is with
much grat!hcation beg to advise YOU
that what have labored for for the past
three years has at last been realized, and
am in receipt OF communications from
several OF tho general passenger agents,
stating that the Southwestern Passenger
association. at their recent meeting in ST.
Louis have adopted the interchangeable
mileage system for Texas. This is one
CT the greatest Victories we could have
hoped for, and ! am quite sure that the
C nc ssion has been made by the policy OF
handling this matter Of which all of you
are instrumental in. The system will take
effect on July i, and at an early day you
will be advised fully in reference to tine
matter. While as adopted II is not exactly
what we want, still 1t is a move IN the
right direction. and enc that will not only
be appreciated by every member Of our
organization, but by every travelling man
In Texas Yours truly
A. F. Foute,
Chairman Railroad Committee Texas Di-
vision, Travellers Protective Association.
The plan for interchangeable mileage as
referred to in the above is explained in the
following resolution submitted to the
members of the southwestern Passenger
bureau.
Resolved That lines hereinafter men
toned individually agree n adopt the in
Interchangeable mileage credit system in the
territory embraced within the Southwest
ryn Passenger bureau, the system TO be
applied to all hu5iness 10 and from the
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The Cordova Hotel,
BEAUMONT. TEXAS.

New brick building. handsomely furnished;
elEctric fans, bells aud lights building heated
Throughout; service strictly hIsl class, Rates
s. 81 Ter day. FREE SAMPLE ROOMS
e -. ROME, Manager
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Building, Seventh and olive Streets 81
Louis, Mo.
TEXAS DIVISION, r. p. A. OF a.
President--Dan NJ. Lasker, La Grange
First Vice President--B. NJ. Gateley, Fort
Worth
Second Vice President-D. W. MichauI.
Houston.
Third Vice President-c. 5. E. Holland.
Victoria.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Post C, Thom as l.. Freeland, Houston.
Post d. Frank Arnold c. S. Austin ard
c. V. Holland. San Antonio, Texas
Post E, H. 3. Marchbank Dallas.
Post F. C. O. Horton. Austin
Post G, II. ]. Labatt, Galveston.
Pest II. Thomas Farmer Waco.
Post /. II. w. Singletarry, Corsioana.
Post j. r. l.. Frye, Fort Worth
Post X, S. G.. Bennett, Gainesville.
Post l.. G. A. Heilig, La Grange.
Post n. C. H. Cox Temple.
Post o, p. J. Burgess Victoria.
Post p, Tom C.. Swope, Houston.
Post G. l.. 2. Harrison, Brennan.
Post R. Ernest Kohlherg, I'll Paso
COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN.
Railroad. A. F. Foute, Fort Worth.
Press. Adolph Boldt, Houston,
Legislature. ice Lee Jameson, Austin.
Hotel. Ernest Lasker Galveston.
Employment Paul +. Erb. Dallas.
Lively anu transfer ~ ~ IuEhIs id4ee-
dine.
state physician, Allen Kyle. NJ. n,
Houston
stste chaplain. Homer T. Wilson, Fort
worth
Executive committee. Frank Arnold
chairman, San Antonio; c e. Austin and
C. V. Holland, san Antonio
Nots.-The committee chairmen are also
members OF board OF directors.
OFFICERS or THE UNITED CONNER
CfAL TRAVELLERS or TEXAS.
PsEt Grand Counsellor---A. f Dechman
Dallas
Grand Counselor Mitchell Dallas
Grand Junior C'unsslor--Alf Dieckmann,
San Antonio.
Grand Secretary p sseser Dallas
Grand Conductor 2 Ficklin, Waco
Grand PHge-B K James, San Antonio.
Grand Sentinel-W L. Kean. Fort
worth
Executive Committee " sedbury OF
Sherman and ". c. Akard OF Houston.
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Texas Travelling Men.

niiicen; statesmen that had been produced
In that glorious old State.
Saturday the Louisville and Nashville
railroad placed a special train at the dis
posal of the committee and the visitors
enjoyed a trip to Mammoth Cave. Ii was
a trip long TO be remembered.
Some took a three-mile trip, others the
seven-mile trip and still others, who were
more strong and vigorous, took the fifteen
mile trip through this wonderful cave. 1t
is a sight worth trip OF thousands OF
miles to see. The bottomless pits, starry
chambers, Methods; church room, opera
house the underground stream. known as
Echo river and thousands OF sights which
would be impossible TO describe from
memory made an awe-inspiring sight for
those who had never visited this cave
before.
All the ladies donned boomers for the
occasion and to Texan It looked like
an immense bathing party, as they started
for the entrance 20 the cave
Those who took the short trips arrived
in Louisville at midnight. while the hf-
teen-mlle stagers remained over until
Sunday afternoon.
This ended the pleasure position Of the
weeks trip, which must have cost the
entertainment committee thousands Of dol
lars. Kentucky's well known reputation
for hospitality was fully sustained and
every visitor will sing the praises OF that
grand old State for years to come.
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OFFICERS OF THE TRAVELLERS PRO
TECTIvE ASSOCIATION OF AMERI-
ca.
Terre Haute, Ind.
National Secretary and Treasurer-Louis
T. La Beaume, room 4l2 Union Trust
Building. Seventh and Olive streets, st.
Louis. Mo.
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INrERcMANeEAuLE MlLEAGE.

Louis LeBeaume,
National Secretary.
The evening times., 1899-03-10
PUTRID TIMED BEEF
n wounded Soldiers Description of
Algerian Rations.

New York. March 10.-Harry Sommers
who fought and was wounded at San r,an
hiil as private in Company NJ of The
"e'enty-hrst Regiment. is dangerously in
at the Hahnemann Hospital.
ii Is not his wounds that trouble him
ai'hough Mauser bullets pierced his left
ieg and ploughed through the lid of his
rieht eye. He has almost forgotten his
wounds 1t is his stomach that is from
piing him, and if you ask him how il
happened he will grow eloquent in his
portrayal of the canned beef which made
the Cuban campaign veritable horror
ms is what he says:
had a splendid stomach when az, It. a.
CITY But before we got to Cuba ! ,,t s.'ts
icaHs knocked out. Even on the trsnsnor. -
i. ,idu hothlng but hardtack and salt bacon ui,h
htuic canned beef thrown in once a weaL
Inc memory of the bacon makes me nausso,,s
~ ""s h"rrid stun, and most of the bovs got
soies all over their faces and bodies from eating
But the pink of everything that ;s d;so,,s+ ~.
was the canned beef 1t was rotten mil
green, mouldy mass Pu'iiu--i
u, nut What won't a man do when he is stor,i,o,
- e a'e .hat aWiui carrion and the result ,ras ef
course, inevitable. All who swaJlowad ,,s was, ol
became deathly sick Hie SUM
Inc cans IN which this beef came ,ve,, ;.,
red On one of them we noticed !. I;,,i pa,p.eu
III the paint. We picked this off and co.,
heath 'he pant printed label After r; @
more of the paint made out tIa rai's te,'u.ihg ..g
mour, and the date 1856, e Ar
The evening times., 1899-03-10
BANKS IN THE COLONIES.
SeIfgmans TO Start Institutions n
Manila and Honolulu.

Manila and Honolulu.
New York, March 10.-J &. w. Selig-
man d Co., of this city. are at the head OF
syndicate that proposes to start an Amer
lean bank at Manila The Seligmans ere
already the fiscal agents Tor this Govern
ment at that place.
Isaac n. Seligman verified the statement
yesterday. He said that the new bank
would probably be ready for business be-
fore long, but just when he could not say.
There is pretty general feeling" said
Mr.. Seligman, that a profitable field is
offered in that country. The present feel
ing of unrest in that country may delay
our plans, but We believe that order will
soon be restored
At the present time the Seligmans. as
obliged to transact all their financial busi-
ness in the Philippines through the Char
tered Bank of India Australia, and China.
This business has grown to enormous pro-
portions during the last few months, it is
said.
1t was also reported yesterday that the
Anglo California Banking Company
agents for the Seligmans in San Francis
co-in conjunction with bankers of this
city and London, had arranged TO start
bank in Honolulu. 1t is probable that the
bank will be organized under the law of
Hawaii, since the United States banking
law cannot be applied to banks In that
country. 1t is said that the Manila hank
will be known as the Anglo-American
Bank, and it will do a large Government
business.
The evening times., 1899-03-10

Relics of the Spanish War.

Easton, Md, March 10.-CoI. Edward
Roberts, United States Building Inspector.
who has been on duty at Key West. sent
some interesting Spanish war relics to
Easton. Colonel Roberts got them from
julius Otto, of Key West, who was one OF
the commissioners appointed to appraise
the prizes captured from the Spanish dur
ing the war. Among them is a large Span
ish flag from the Spanish schooner Engro-
cia. captured by the Newport, April 2s:
another flag is from the Spanish schooner
Pienero, captured by the Nashville April
q. There are number of Mauser car
tridges, relics from the Maine. Spanish
cartridge box from the Spanish steamship
Panama, captured by the Mangrove. April
20. and coral from the graves in the Key
West Cemetery where the Maine and Wins
low sailors are buried
The evening times., 1899-03-10
FOUND FROZEN TO DEATH.
Travelling Salesman Loses His Way
and Pcrishcs

Piedmont, ". Va. March 1O.-Frank
Junkins, on Wednesday, found a man dead
in carriage. which was stuck fast in a
snowdrift, four miles from Elk Garden
He notified Justice James p. Dixon of that
town, who, in company with several men,
drove out and found the body which PROV
ed TO be that of J. ". Woodward of Park
ersburg. W. Va, a travelling salesman for
the Woodward Manufacturing Company. of
that place. temporary road had been
cut through the woods to avoid this snow
drift but. it being dark, he did not see it,
The carriage tongue was broken: one
morse was tied 10 carriage wheel and the
other one was loose. Tracks in the snow
show that the man had tried 10 get the
horse out of the snow, but a severe snow
storm prevailing. he froze to death sitting
IN the carriage. His remains were taken
10 Elk Garden and coroner's jury sum
moned. and verdict rendered in accord
ance with the facts. His firm was prompt
ly notified and his remains sent home for
burial, The deceased was forty-three
years of age.
The evening times., 1899-03-10
BUNco KING o'BR1EN's ESCAPE.
Free From the French Penal Col
ony and En- Route to New York.

Free From the French Penal Col
ony and En- Route to New York.
New York, March 10.-Tom oBrisn, the
king OF bunco men," who shot Kid
Waddell to death in Paris and was SEN
tenced to life Imprisonment near Dreyfus
on DEVILS Island has escaped from the
island and is on his way TO this city.
His luck" with good New York assist
Ance served him SO substantially that he
has escaped that most terrible of all The
penal hells, Cayenne, in French Guiana.
There was joy in his old haunts yesterday.
Hot drinks. in long, deep glasses, were
drunk in the Sixth Avenue saloons where
he used 10 lounge snd tell his dare devil
stories Of bullet-perforated life in the
West.
There is a woman in it. Through her
wit perseverance and cash the convict who
was buried alive under che equator, off the
pestilential swamps of Venezuela, is now
fastening TO his old home, where prisoners
are not shot for eating welsh rarebits and
terrapin.
O'Brien shot his old friend, Kid Wad-
dell, the famous inventor of the gold brick
EWindle, for refusing TO keep him supplied
with money. The deed was done in old
fashioned Montana style in the Northern
Hotel, Paris. Four bullets killed the
American, and the French courts did their
best TO give the murderer the death SEN
tence.
But the energetic dark haired beauty of
West Forty-eighth Street, in this city, Miss
Annie Gray. with fortune in ready money
employed the best of French counsel went
on the stand herself and testified in his
The evening times., 1899-03-10

What popularity called stomach trouble weak
Is condition which the stomach and other organs digestion
nutrition performing their work partially and mperecty The
stomach the the body 1t is there that
created which becomes the vital force is by the
ac and its allied that the food which converted
and the special form of nourisment the
several thence distributed the various the body
The brain tn the spinal cord their supply
phosphorus Th bones must have their lime The blood have
salts all duly proporioned with relation their health
promoting Office the stomach therefore
the of the tree of health Weak stomach do weak
and does. 1t does provide sufficient the
several of the body fails properly prepare
provides Sometimes almost entirely fails separate
required elements The for example without their pos
phaes Oh the blood deprived of salt Then the
their starvation and their be
head heart PAIN lung pain liver pain but you follow that
pain back its you'll find the stomach not doing its work
properly You'll the pain until
where the of the trouble lies and the that
the dose of Dr. iierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
of these facts look the effect of wskey medicines
The poor stomach strengthened but spued into action
needs o fed but it is fogged with
The evening times., 1899-03-10
MURDERER TO APPEAL.
Robert Robinson Found Guilty of
killing James HILL

Belair, Md. March 10.-The jury in the
case of Robert Robinson, colored, for kill
ing James HILL colored. at Havre de Grace
on the night of December 3 last, has re-
turned a verdict of guilty OF murder in the
second degree. The prisoner was not SEN
fenced yesterday, as the defence gave no.
tice that an appeal would be taken.
Edgar Young was convicted of larceny
and remanded to jail pending sentence by
the court.
Trial was begun OF Jacob Livezey, charg-
ed with uniawfully engaging in the sale
of Intoxicating liquors. There are thir-
teen separate presentments against him.
The case is attracting widespread attention
and a determined effort is being made by
some residents of the neighborhood where
the accused resides TO secure his convc-
ton. Many of the witnesses are boys OF
from seventeen 10 twenty years.
The evening times., 1899-03-10
FIREBUGS IN MARYLAND.
The Owner of "a Burning store Bare
ly Escapes Cremation.

Fredrieck, Md. March 1O-Early yester
day morning the large store room and
dwelling owned and occupied by Daniel C.
Shaft. at Jefferson, this county. was enter
ed by burglars, robbed set on FIRE and
totally destroyed, together with al the
household furniture and a large stock in
trade. When the lower story b-came en-
veloped in flames, a large stone was
thrown through window pane of Mr.
Shafts bedroom, arousing him from sleep
He barely had time to awaken his w fe
and two children, all of whom escap I'd
from the burning building with but scant
clothing.
The evening times., 1899-03-10
SEARCH FOR A DERELICT.
Nothing Heard of the Dredge Admi-
raj, Worth 100000.

Norfolk. Va. March 1C-Search for the
derelict dredge Admiral. which was being
towed to Philadelphia by the tug James
Bowen, Captain Cannon. when the tug
sank off Hog Island Tuesday. is in prog
ress. The tug Asher J. Hudson has some
to look for the dredge. which is valued at
$50, coo Ii is believed by seamen that the
Admiral weathered the storm, though Cap
tain Chase, of the tug Triton, reports hav-
ing passed within 1-2 miles of the spot
where the dredge was abandoned four Snd
a half hours after her crew was rescued by
the German ship Albino, but saw nothing
OF the Admiral
The evening times., 1899-03-10
BIG IRON MILL TRUST.
Southern Mills to Re Absorbed in nm
Eastern Combine,

Birmingham, Ala, March 10.-An expert
from the East is here examining all rolling
mill plants, with view to taking them
into a new iron mill trust now forming IN
the East. Representatives of the Birm-
ingham district mills are just back from
New York, where, il is understood. al
rangements were practically concluded by
which the local mills will enter the pro-
posed combination.
The new trust, which will b. incorpor-
ated in New Jersey. viii. it is said, have
a capital of S30.000, 600 and will be organ
lied within two weeks. Practically all the
mills in the South will be included as
well as thirty or more Eastern plants.