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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-16
FORECASTS BY FOSTE

81. Joseph Mo-. July 16.-(Copyrighted
1899, by W. T. Foster.) my last bulletin
gave forecasts OF the storm waves TO cross
the continent from 18th to 18th and 18th
TO ed and the next will reach the Pacific
coast about Esd. cross west OF Rockies
country by close of cath, great Central
valleys 18th to 9th, Eastern States 2sth.
Warm wave will cross west of Rockies
country about Esd. great Central valleys
26th. Eastern States 27th. Cool wave will
cross west of Rockies country about 26th
great Central valleys 2Sth, Eastern States
30th.
Temperature OF the week ending T.
m. July 81 will average above normal ems,
OF the Rockies and below west Raaaall
for the same period will be about normal
east OF the Rockies and below west.
inc Northern States are now near the
hottest part OF the summer. have cal
cuiated that the turn would come near
July 20. While July Is the hottest month
n the year - general average. It IL NOT
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stetson. the Boston millionaire and the
atrical manager, who died three years ago.
and the subsequent death OF his widow,
katie Stokes. the oncs famous circus rider
and stage celebrity Airs. Katharine
Hitchcock figures In the story as the
daughter OF Katie Stokes by a marriage
previous to that with Stetson and conse-
quently claims TO be the sole heir TO the
fortune Mrs. Hitchcock's sole object In
seeking to place her husband In the hands
o. the police. she says, is to recover Quit
claim deeds 10 the Stetsop estate. to which
she alleges her signature was obtained
by hitchcock through intimidation. Ac-
cording TO her story she was compelled
TO sign the documents in Hitehcocl's Once
on July /. without knowing their nature
and then made to accompany him 10 the
office OF Mark Foote, commissioner CT
deeds, and acknowledge her signature.
am known as Katharine Shirley
said Mrs Hitchcock, who Is young and
pretty. but my real name Is Hitchcock
for ] was married to Hitchcock in CHI
cago five years ago. was born When
my mother. Kathie Stokes. was only Il
years old, and my father died few
months afterward She was married about
a year later. leaving me In the care Of
Mrs. Gertrude Johnson OF this city. M,
mother was at that time q circus rider
but after her husband died she went Y
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THE MONEY MARKET.
Verpiexity and Uncertainty Regard
Ing Its Source


New York. July 14-There has been
perpiexity and uncertainty regarding the
future of the money market during the
week. Last Saturdays weak statement
OF the condition OF the associated banks
aroused uneasiness. and banks which
were below the legal limit of reserve
eaiiea loans OF money. London sold
STOCKS mere on large scale. There was
at the same time acute weakness in a
NUMBER OF specialties. due to Individual
causes. Prices broke violently Monday
ana the bears were large short sellers
wiping out margins and bringing sales on
sae market In large volume TO stop losses.
NeAt gay when the bears attempted to
cover they found offerings scarce and
s sneis was smart recovery on a dimin-
,sneo volume Of business. The bears were
,Io g.e eircumspect afterwards, but the
ushlness OF money checked speculative
expansion, Strength OF Individual stocks
ssssea more than ANYTHING else to hold
ane market frm notably Missouri Pa
, vsne; ~ Faul, Northern Pacific and the
,unk lines. A number Of industrials
showed good gains in value
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the stage. II was while playing an en-
gagement in Boston that she met john
Stetson, who fell in love with her and
married her When no died he left her
all his property. and ten days later my
mother died. without making any will.
Since that time I have been harassed al
most constantly by other claimants to the
estate, who are trying to prove that I
have no legal standing in the case.
II have known Hitchcock ever since |
was little girl. ! met Charles Shirley
in Kansas City In 1891. and after short
acquaintance he persuaded me TO marry
him at Austin, Texas. I afterward learned
that It was a mock marriage Ceremony.
We came to Chicago; then Shirley wen,
TO Kansas City and became stock broker.
He died few years ago.
Hitchcock was employed by A. C. Me-
Clurg s. Co.. when he persuaded me TO
marry him under the assumed name OF
Laura Snoddy. He explained that he had
known a girl OF that name in Kansas CITY
anA.aesired to have her parents believe
was she. After We had been married
some time he told me she was dead. 7
became afraid OF him and ran away from
him four years ago. taking up my rest
dence In Kansas City"
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A VERY OLD STORY REVIVED.
MRS. HITCHCOCK SEEKS TO HAVE
HER HUSBAND ARRESTED.
This serves to Bring Out story In
Connection with the stetson
Litigation Suit.

Chicago. July 4.--Louis G. Hitchcock.
special agent for New York insurance
company, is sought for by police officers,
In whose hands are warrants sworn out by
Katharine Hitchcock. who claims to be
his wife and who charges him with big
amy and other offenses. Policemen
searched the residence of 22is North
Paulina street today for Mr.. Hitchcock
and Mrs, Emma Smith. with whom he is
said to have been making his home. but
neither could be found.
Behind the effort to have Hitchcock ar
rested is tangled story which comes TO
the surface as result OF the litigation
over the S2.ooo,ooo estate left by John H.
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| always the hottest, June ana ~ rsw
being the warmest months. Irtl
regularity as to what pat s.,trbI
be warmest and therefore 70 I'm Y
hottest month, and particuis.n sru(
days OF that hot month, A. 1890. 40
great difficulties OF weather ~. ~, M
In my charts. and In all oI .s,h n
the dates are given for the ~!
near the general line OF a. sasdrJ
rlver-when not otherwise u.s,mos
The sun reaches Its noftns, 49,
and we have our longest oss Il, =
90. but in the long aveMssr !
part Of the year comes nsa" W.
later in the Northern Sa' ltlls Z
temperature average comes
in the Southern States. :, fhby
All calculations for July uu,o,,ld q
dicated that the month ~ !
above normal temperature b I,
lake region and north OF .n,sIb Z
the average temperature Il ~
farther south to below no'
Mississippi valley. All a "
The great temperature III W.
gan about Goth. that OF July ~
near Goth and will so 70 Asud
during the hrst days o.
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SAILORS TO SLEEP ON SHORE.
They Can BE Better Cared For Thal
on Shin.


New York, July 1.-THE navy depart
ment has under consideration the housing
OF sailors In barracks on shore. Speaking
on this subject, Rear Admiral Crownin-
shield. who will sail on the Campania for
Europe today, said: f." ! am going to
Europe to study the foreign systems of
housing OF sailors in barracks. CONT
mental countries long ago ceased to have
the men slep on board at home ports, and
Great Britain is also adopting the GUS
tom. Something will have TO be done here
In the same direction. We have n large
building at Newport for the use OF our boys
IN training schools. This is to be ma
terially enlarged and another is to he
built near San Francisco. Tho mon can
DO better cared for on shore, where II
will be easy to give them sleeping quarters
with 1000 cubic feet of air. while on board
ship and on the old hulkB such thing is
impossible. ! shall be absent about a
month"
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BfG SILVER MEETING
re Do Held at Chicago ON Laboi
.. DAY.

New York. July 1.-THE Chicago plat
form democrats at a meeting last night
adopted resolution providing for big
silver meeting to be held In this city or
at one Of the nearby summer resorts on
Labor DAY. At this meeting. II the wishes
OF the local silverites are carried out.
addresses will be made by William j.
Bryan, Ex-Governor John 'P. Altgeld,
George Fred Williams and Judge Tarvin
of Kentucky. Mr.. Williams has already
announced his Willingness to be present
ana the strongest possible efforts win be
made 70 SECURE the other speakers named.
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cluster tucks.
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Skirts, full swtep.
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Hose. lace ankle. s1a
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900 Shirt Waists, h
merly sold at 'set
ST. 50. sizes bfei9i
close you gss M
choice for.
White Bed sprsAd,
ready hemmed. am
large size. full Ira
Marsellles pa'taA !.
worth SI.sc 10 Oh
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Specials.

/ AM-siik Black Satin Duehesss. rich celsr, ~,
\ worth every cent Of 7sc. special prce....... ~
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Bleaehed Satin Ds,,
FrInged Napkins.
worth 7,c dozen, ~,
ioH''''..... I'M
Bleaehed Satin f,N
Damask. worth *,
yard, for a flyer y Il
a ai-yard piece 81
for'...............vx
Corded Swlss Bsk
Gaps. worth s,c, m
for...."..,.....W
Ladies' Fancy I'm
Wrappers. lace tIinpa
worth Si.eo sat 81
Sizes broken.
choica of LAT "A
for
yards wide BAstkl
Satin Table Dansst,
worth 7sc per pan.
special price fof on
as-yard places ....j&|
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II is an established fact that we carry
the best and largest stock OF Corsets in
the city. This week we offer some very
catchy specials In this department,
All our SOC Summer Corsets, o.
now only '.'.''.'...'.'t'.''..
All our 100 French Coutll Summer 400
Corsets, now only ..,.........,,.,.FS ~
and e-hook regular and dress form fnc
Corsets worth 90. now ........ fSA
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Coke and TAr--For sale by Houston Ga,
Light Company.
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Specials.

Ladies' Serge Umbrellas. paragon fr,ms :.
steel rod porcelain handles. worth 7se, for. w
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

A BILL has been introduced in
the Minnesota State Legisla-
ture which practically reduces life
Imprisonment to a communication OF
twenty years. There seems to be
a strong probability of the meas
ure becoming a law. If it should
do so it will be a step IN the direc-
ton of civilization and humanity.
There are few countries in Europe
where life Imprisonment is not
susceptible of time communication,
and there is every reason why it
should be SO, as without the hope
of a final release the death penalty
is really the more humane of the
two modes of punishment, from a
prisoners standpoint, and were it
not for the hope of ultimate par
don or release few men would care
to survive for twenty years, and
indeed a still smaller number
be able to do SO.
Another thing, why should num-
erously signed petitions, pro or
con, be considered by the pardon
ing powers? Are not the author
tiles the sole judges of the merits
of case? There seems to be no
good reason why the fact that a
man has host Of active, petition
circulating friends should entitle
him to more consideration than
the friendless one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

The MAN who now edits THE
PRISON MIRROR is too able man to
be in there and ought to have
known better than to have got
there. With the ability he mani
tests, turned in the proper chan
mel, he would be an ornament to
any community. We are sorry
for you, old chap, and hope that
your term of service is not long
one.-Litchfield News Ledger.
Indeed, [ appreciate the sym
pathy expressed, yet I need sym
pathy less than any man here.
In fact, I have sympathy to give
out, and do, too. This community
needs ornaments worse than others
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16
effective sermons against the opium
practice that I have ever seen.

effective sermons against the opium
practice that I have ever seen.
Vice is nasty. Your reformer
may speak against it and handle
it with gloves, but the man who
wants to do good must get the
subject by the scruff Of the neck,
hold it up before his audience and
strip it until no horrid deformity
is covered, but the entire naked
monstrosity stares his hearers in
the face.
[ could and would preach such
sermons as those, but, though 1
try to put on a brave face to make
you believe that [ am not afraid
of the truth, yet [ know in my
heart that | am a coward-for T
fear ,yst such criticisms as those,
above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

by which many Of the senators
have obtained their seats.
But the people are probably not
any more honest than their repre-
sentatives, and therefore the man
who is able to buy his seat from a
state Legislature would likely have
tmall trouble in effecting pur-
chase from still more corrupt DO
litical convention.
The United States Senate is an
unnecessary evil, and so in fact
are all the other senates. The
purposes Of the government Of
both the country and the individ-
ual state would be better served by
their aboiistlon.
Such men as Hanna and clark,
not to mention a score of others,
are the greatest criminals of the
nation, They stand before the
eye of the public as an inspiration
to dishonesty and lawlessness.
But not only this: Their DELHI
erations are obstructive and farci-
cal, and it is a most discouraging
fact that the Senate Of the United
States frequently uses weeks and
months in irrelevant discussion,
while the most vital interests of
rhe country are hanging in the
balance.
The least that the country might
expect from the Senate is that it
adopt parliamentary practices less
obsolete and dilatory than those
now in use, by the means of which
one or two determined opponents
of a measure may practically de-
feat the adoption of any measure
by filibustering.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

The long drawn out discussion
of the peace treaty INDUCED in by
the Senate is again calling atten-
ton to the weak spot in our gov
eminent, which places the power
of ratification of treaties in the
hands of this obsolete and incon-
gruous body of aristocrats. For
eign powers also take notice of the
oft-recurring failures of the senate
to arise to the emergencies which
it meets.
The senate of the United States
is a relic of the influence which
was felt by the founders of the re-
public that the mode Of govern
eminent of England was to be fol-
lowed as far as compatible with a
republican form of government
They therefore erected the senate
as an imitation of the English
house of lords. In England there
has long been a strong agitation
in favor of rhe abolition of the
house of lords. In this country
also there has been much agitation
in favor of the direct election oil
the U. S. senators by the people
mainly on account of the public
and open corruption and bribery
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
In 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man.
aged by them. Its objects are to be home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redempton.
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds, the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

ONE would hardly look to pub
LEGATION published at the state
prison for a standard Of morals.
It is nevertheless true that the
editor of The Prison MIRROR,
published at Saltwater, has a
higher opinion of what should and
what should not be published in a
newspaper than many of his broth
ers on the outside.-Mapleton En-
terprise.
Wonder if our contemporary
read the article in the issue of The
MIRROR, of Dec. 8th, entitled Hit
ting the Pipe?" With this excep-
ton we agree with the Enterprise,
and we will go farther and say
that The MIRROR contains more
bright things, more happy hits,
than any other weekly paper that
comes to our sanctum. Martin Co.
Sentinel.
The week after the article Hit
ting the Pipe was published l
took occasion to make a sort Of
apology for it, because it contained
quotation from Bill Shakspere.
Bill, as you all know, is a writer
whose works are found together
with the Bible, in most homes of
culture, but you see what happens
to man who quotes two lines
from "Venus and Adonis.'' The
trouble with Bill is that he calls a
post hole-eXcavator a post hole-ex-
cavator. You will find the very
best people at a performance of
Romeo and Juliet" and nothing
said about it. l went with a
friend once to see Margaret Mather
in that play. When Juliet was
standing at her window incoming
about her Romeo not coming, my
friend asked me what [ supposed
would happen if Margaret were to
follow the Shaksperian text, in
stead of using an emasculated YER
sion. l said [ did not know
"Well." says he, 'they would have
to call out the fire department
That's ALL" Afterwards [ looked
the passage up, and found that il
was SO, only that the police and
militia would probably also be
necessary. Since then I have
been shy Of quoting Shakspere
The Bible is troubled the same
way. George Francis Train was
put it Jail for sending things
through the mail, and the Com
stockians were just going to senc
him to the penitentiary, when they
discovered that it was collection
of excerpts from the Bible he hao
been sending out.
| I don't wish to defend the
sketch "Hitting the Pipe,'' but al
the same it was one of the mos
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16
n 0 TIC E..

ALL PERSONS receiving copies of
THE MIRROR who are not Oh our
regular lists will please consider
such as sample copies. If, after
reading, you conclude that THE
MIRROR is worthy of patronage
send your name to this office for a
trial subscription at rates as pub
lfshed above.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

FREQUENTLY in the past there
has been considerable discussion
about the necessity for more uni
formity in the laws of the various
states, both in civil and criminal
matters.
The homogenity Of the country
is endangered by the diversity and
variations of the laws both as re-
CARDS person and property, and
which frequently leads to infrac-
tions Of them or pecuniary losses
by reason Of ignorance, which may
be said to be somewhat excusable.
Lately the national congress
has. taken step in the right di-
rection by passing national bank
ruptcy law, thus enabling thou
sands Of men to rehabilitate them
selves by being relieved of bur-
den of debt which was impossible
to iquidate.
Recently, however, exigencies
have arisen which indicate a ne
cessity for further national legis-
lation of an interstate character.
The election of a bigamist to con-
gress from the new State Of Utah
seems a somewhat fragrant propo-
sition, when looked at from the
standpoint of the intensely mono
gamistic laws Of all the states, with
this one exception The general
government has already been in
strumental in the enactment of
postal laws which have done away
with much of an immoral nature,
such as gambling and lottery VEN
tures-the latter as against licens-
es granted by several states. 1t
will now be in order for it to take
one more step and interfere in
matters which have heretofore
been deemed the exclusive priv
lege of the various states to legis-
late about.
There is also another side to be
considered in this connection: the
economical. Does it not seem I'M
practical and shortsighted to allow
property laws in adjoining states
to be at such variance as to prac-
tically serve as means of fraud
upon the unwary. By the adop-
ton of the Torrens system of title
registration in some states, anoth-
Ell matter of vital importance is
being placed at variance, and the
election laws are SO widely differ
ing that it might fairly be said
that there are states where the free
and unrestricted grant of the fran
chise has been interfered with.
At last there is a question which
today is causing the true friends
Of this republic more anxiety than
all the others. That is this con-
stantly recurring consultations of
corporations, commonly known as
trusts. The fact of the matter is
that the states of New Jersey and
West Virginia are granting unlim-
tied charters to this class of cor
porations merely for the revenue
which they derive from them. It
is true that the national congress
has already enacted the so-called
Sherman antitrust bill, but this
evidently is no bar to to the extern
sion of the evil. A national re-
striction should be made, limiting
the powers of the various states to
grant corporate charters of such
nature as evidently must be inim-
ical to the best interests of the
country.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16
HITS AND STRIKES.

HITS AND STRIKES.
This may be cold wave, but it is
the longest wave ever saw.
They say that there is no rule with
out its exception, yet l have never
heard a case where a widow did not
live longer than her husband.
*.
Will somebody kindly take peek
into the future and report on the par
ticular style of financial panic which
will follow when the aeriated stocks of
the trusts are thrown overheard on a
collapsing market. 1t will not only be
a panic; it Will be worse.
X
MIR. ROckefeller's income is said to
be $25 minute. Time is very valuable
to him; but just think how he must
worry each night when he goes to bed
for fear the clock will stop before
morning.
Actors with plays that have a cloud
on their title had better stay away
from Chicago, because there seem to
be a good many popular plays that are
never heard of written there.
***
A Nebraska editor, recently married,
sagely remarks: Before marriage wom-
an is charming fancy; but after mar
riage she is solemn fact-and facts
are stubborn things.
x*x
ave have beautiful new stock of
baby buggies. Come in and examine
them before the harvesting of the
spring CROP" is tie way a Salt Lake
City business man advertised lately.
There has been a protocol bet ween
Hastings and Anoka. Strong hopes
are entertained that Pease will come
out of it.
It was so cold in New York the 9TH
or day that they had to burn furniture
IN the office of the health commissioner
in order to keep the microbes from
freezing to death.
Nv
Tom L. johnson is the latest million
aire recruit to the reform forces. There
can never be too much Johnson.
Xxx
A man is known by the company he
keeps is an old saying, but I'll bet an
old hat that if all men were known by
their best girls there would be a sudden
falling off in the number of marriages
also vice versa.
Xxx
Persons in favor of expansion and a
vampirial policy will no doubt be glad
to hear that the Joliet penitentiary is
going to be expanded by the addition
of 400 cells
Xxx
Can it be possible. as charged in
some quarters, that the ad ministratiOn
,,rooipitoto6 tbo Outbrooly in tho phil
ippines in order to force the ratifica-
ton of the peace treaty and the passage
of the army increase bill, which its
passage renders necessary?
Xxx
Aguinaldo has given it out that 2,3OC
Americans where killed in the battle of
Manila, and still people will assert that
a people led by such an able liar is not
capable of self-government. Very few
American politicians could have done
better.
Xxx
Col. Bryan has been in st. Paul and
Mi nneapolis. 1t is said that the latter
portion of his stay was particularly
enjoyed on account of the proximity
to escape.
Xxx
The final decree in the Eagan court
martial was a sad blow to the COM
missary- general of the army. 1t com.
pels him to give up work, but he will
be allowed to continue to draw his
$500 year. It is punishment of that
kind that makes the law awful in. its
majesty.
Aidog down in st. Paul, that bit a
! doctor, is threatened with hydrophobia
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

They say that there is no rule with
out its exception, yet l have never
heard a case where a widow did not
live longer than her husband.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-16

This may be cold wave, but it is
the longest wave I ever saw.