The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-01-10
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January 1.-THE last act II
ant the n,eteoric career Of Oscal
r.tein with the Olympic theate
cluded yesterday when the prop
rently purchased from the New
ise insurance company by Henr,
vas transferred. The stated con
IN is 4z.ol0.o00. A mortgage o
| with three years to run. at l.;
made in favor Of the New Yorl
Sursnce company. was also record
ronnecvfon with the conveyance
Of the olympia, the block from
esst side Of Broadway, between
,u,,h and Forty-fl ith streets, wa.
No Hammerstein in 1894. Latel
rs,.,y vas mortgaged to the New
~ insurance company for $780,
4 circular recently issued, over
,sts,re OF Mr.. Hammerstein. 1t IL
Ihs1 the first years business u
nra Welded net profit of $l37,.
ken the property was offered OIL
last hume It was bought In by the
NJ Life Insurance company, az
for about $96S. 900.
II Il s------
that Or. Seward Webb mentions
rnor,w. p. Dillingham; as likely to
red as the late Senator Morrill's
u Dillingham; was governor Of
from 1883 10 1S9og His father,
nlinshsm, WAS governor In 1865. He
II GOOD Vermont stock, and would
SedIy uphold the high prestige OF
a In the United States senate, and
brthy successor to Morrill,. l re-
Dillingham; we'll as young man
upon his political career. This
{iNSS. when I was a legislative re-
~ Montpelier. As district attor-
! Dillingham; had Just concluded q
la murder trial. In which he had
1 ne conviction Of the murderer. He
u been elected member OF the
S,re.. was thrown a good deal
company at that time. and formed
bpinion not only of his ability, but
haracter. He has a brother, Colo-
3rles Dillingham;, in Houston.
kers OF the Woman's Health Pro-
association nave started the now
18th personal crusade against
ration In street cars. The deter
81 is to make the offense more not
calling the attention of Offenders
placard which the association has
iced In cars. The following will
eome idea OF how the crusade is
Iarried on: ~ was riding in belt
4 the other day." said Mrs. L.
Ike, when a laborer got in and sat
he. He began to expectorate free
Isked II lie did not see the placard
said, Yes, ma'am.' I then ex-
about our organization and its OBJ
hd again he said, Yes. ma am. :
y time all the people In the car
behing convulsively.b but for all that
ne that man may reform" An
|waring and another Wilson are
ke association most earnestly hope
municipal affairs just at present.
canine carnival at the big .Madi-
hare garden promises to eclipse all
B efforts in the dog show line.
hole OF Fifth avenue is expected to
he bow-wows, and 1t ia. quite safe
hrk that after the banks are over
Amber of those who admired the
Winners will seek to drown their
! In the reminders that come and
kn the demnrtion bow-wows over
bose who failed to capture either
kups. blue ribbons. honorable men
X otherwise banked on the opin-.
their dog fancying friends. The
Of some kennels know about as
kbout dogs as they do about the
uts that our. mothers made. For
b. Frank Gould. who gave $4,000
mir of alleged st. Bernards a week
ago. Fad followers and their pin
are quickly separated in this fool
-four thousand dollars for a ten
RIP OF land; but then 1t was on
venue, and land for. sale is scarce
way. Coils P. Huntington paid
b. William Waldorf Aston received
It will help him to keep the wolf
DO door during the winter. The
UNI was $54,620. The ten foot strip
b length. 1t is on the east side of
hvenue, south Of Fifty-seyenth
1t is the northerly end of a big
archased recently by Mr.. Aston.
Pntington's palatial home Is OH the
OF Fifty-seventh street. Mr.. AS
pot is south OF it. Mr.. Astor is
. build on the plot. Mr.. Hunting
POND of afr, and he does not desire
ftors new residence to blanket"
pse on the south. Hence his pur-
D the strip, which will increase the
between the houses,
4 VIII SOM be no more mosqui-
Ter IN Jersey II a certain genius on
per side OF the ice cased Hudson
own way. He declares IL petro-
sere hoated down stream in suffl-
uentity to deoderize the marshes,
(eqing grounds of the Jersey pests,
would soon be no more OF them
|Wsring memorial fund OF 800, 900
mpleted today. The interest will
tne widow and daughter of the
PISSED sanitary engineer. and after
's!n 1t Will be donated on q chair
cal institution NJ Iaorrinu