davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

80 p'e"Hule IN lie, but iailius -. !.
robbed me of this pleasure M "A
~ VAN TO get glasses that would M
ana mad become very much discs.
! could find nothing that would M.
realize that my left eye ". v,
useless In fact, considered !, 1,
eye and my right was fast beconh, b
Tess also. Those who know ma s..s y
Deeh k,na In expressing their syrnll,
my falling vision and tried ID b,,.s,'s b
NE out no one realizes how dresa,uI /
10 be deprived of this, the gre,t,sl n
ing bestowed by our Maker.
l felt that was fast growing ia u
think now must have been la,,s,, b
70 encouragement, but since / h,v, \.
treated by you and received slassa, Y,
MAKE mo see better than have d, n
years past, ! feel that have ill.,, !,
new lease OF life. have even ~, =
to read fine print with my leit 81 Y,
supposed to be blind, and throurh Z
patience and skill In prepasIsx \,
glasses, am now able to read q IN I
did twenty years ago Every DIV ,da.,
the improvement and feel perfect, I
that within a very short time / mi
attained. through your assIstsnce
far better than the average persSu i
age enjoys.
l realize that there are many petpI
this city who may be suffering y /
but have perhaps been DISCOURAGE q
coming to see you. as one Of ~
friends tried to discourage mo b(tuI
went to you, simply because yus M
stranger to me. l hope that any Htl
may know Of me will accept ny sayt4
call ON you and not lose this oppurtu
which ! truly feel has been q grul r.
ing to me. Yours gratefully
E. U. RANSOM, 1916 Calhoun AM
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
..u.L-.. .L.l-NlI-

cuban Generals ictcnhcd to HrculE
Into Military etiquette.
Havana, February 1f.-Major General
John II. Brooke, governor general Of
Cuba; Major General Ludlow. military
governor OF this city, and Major General
Fitzhugh Lee. military governor of Ha-
vana province, attended the funeral Of
the late General Calixto Garcia. whose
body has been lying in state in the munic-
ipal chamber OF the palace here since the
arrival OF the remains on the United
States gunboat Nashville on Thursday
last. The fun<ral took place at 1 o'clock
Thursday.
The Cuban generals and soldiers who
were to take part in the funeral process
sion of General Garcia withdrew today
because they were not allowed to march
between Governor Brooke and his staff
The incident has caused intense feeling
among the Cubans. who, 1t is understood,
Will probably appeal to the president.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
HOUSTON. TEXAS. February i IN

HOUSTON, TEXAS. February II I'M
DR.. W. I. Seymour, Houston. Tetlt
Dear Doctor-You are perfectly sde
TO refer to me during your itay a 4
city, and assure you ! will DO oil b 4
power to further your excellent FoFk
Is a pleasure to me to recomntpd y
ability of enc whom ] belicTe to Be iss2
deserving.
can speak from experience, 4 Y
glasses you have made for me have "
wonders in relieving my headaches in'
can now read with perfect ease, whca 2
impossible with any glasses J nase e
used before coming to you. tnan 7
pleased to meet any one which you -
TO me, as feel that there are many ~
who can be benefited by your shh =
hesitate on calling upon you pecaus =
are stranger. Yours very resps'uulh
MRS. b. S. RYAN, 1911 Capitol A'sa~ 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

IIlTUIJl WlIe kept Wlthln haIt OF tno
amount OK The contributions, hence there
ia a balance OH hand~of about 5000.
The executive committee that had
charge o. tho event. Messrs. ]. G. Borden,
James j. Hanna. Ben Levy. A. b. Homer,
j. w. Iackbusch and Lucian Moore, met
this morning In the chamber OF commerce
rooms and after auditing and ordering the
payment Of all bills, instructed Secretary
McMaster to return to the subscribers
81 per cent OF the amount of their sub
scriptions.
This is the third time during The past
few seasons that committees Of the cham
Der have SO handled matters that n con-
siderable balance has been left for the
subscribers and returned to them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

r. p. Marshall. Dallas; Arthus r.. Pearce.
day and wife, Indianapolis; Howard G.
Durham, Louisville ; A. Caasch, New York;
G. W. Chambers. e. NJ. westervelt and
wife, Lincoln, Neb.; II. q. Downey, Beau
mont: O.. w. Elder. Chicago; Charles F.
Black and wife London.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
IS. MONOGRAM, 1114 Hardy Street.
The popular horseshoer for Mo4ehart 6

Keller writes to DR.. Seymour:
HOUSTON, TEXAS. Feb. H. 1899.
Or W. |. Seymour. Houston, Texas:
press our gratitude for the service YOU
have been to us in Strengthening the eyes
of our little daughter Aida. Your method
OF DOING this work with glasses alone
should be appreciated by every parent
who has cross-eyed child. Our little
girl continued to grow worse until we
found the sight Of one eye was failing,
and 1t has been very serious matter with
US, as we dreaded an operation, but thanks
to your improved system her eyes have
been entirely Strengthened, and if you wish
TO refer any one TO US We shall be more
than glad to have them call and Geo the
ehect OF your work for themselves, Yours
sincerely, ]. e. BARBER.
2l11 Franklin Street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

At tho Tremont--R. b. Baer, houston.
A. NJ. Strauss, New York, A. p. Borden,
Pierce, Texas; J. G. Murphy, Temple; G..
H. Durrie. New York: G. b. Robson.
Richmond, Va; William y White, New
rork, 70. T. Lion. BALTIMORE; Morris
Cohen, Chicago; NJ. pequode. New Orleans;
T. b. Brooks. Houston; George A. Cox.
Dallas Eugene P. Thomas, Atlanta w.
r.. Davis, Now York; H. l.. Lawrence.
Louisville; r. p. Boyd, Reading, Pa:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

now writing this to thank you for what
you have done In bringing the sight back
to the poor eye. With the glasses that you
made for me l can see Just as we'll with
the poor eye as / do with the other. This
is wonderful TO me and feel certain that
should have lost my sight entirely had
not been so fortunate as to receive skillful
treatment In time. 1 can never fully eX-
press the Joy I feel nor speak the thanks
wish to tender you, but, believe me,
neither myself nor friends will ever neg
lect an opportunity to give credit to whom
credit Is due. Yours very sincerely,
MRS. FANNIE WEAVER,
1904 Maffitt.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

Bryan. Texas. February 11.--Another
severe blizzard struck this place at 0
O'Clock last night. and 1t has been intense-
ly cold since. Snow and sleet began fall
ing at II O'Clock this morning and at this
hour (3 D. ND II is still falling.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
xesetahlc. Have 70 q

La Porte. Texas, fep. ~
arisrle has prevailed here I
morning, which has nov Ed X an
the mercury 10 down e v y ~
ND and is still falling, i, ss pssi
OF the opinion that on emf saS1f =
were in fun bloom, "" we
Early vegetables 'na' ,scl1d}
ysneed viii have to q Y ~
tursge Is excellent ~ epsflC
Of stock have hsen xsM
" siH0st ~ 2 usS M
paopls are - -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

needing the presence OF warshlps to pro-
tcct foreigners ana their property.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

offensc. and thereby syoi ~ ~ y
controversy between the w !
on the question Of eStra''' '
diction. .----- Il
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

the chnrBo That AL UI TT- ON ""---
doing business unlawluliy, Va lhat lhair
bonds were not approved b. the full COM
mission, as required by law. MIR. Fox says
that during the four years he has been a
pilot commissioner here he has never been
called upon to approve the bond OF any
branch or deputy pilot.
This Is the situation that Governor Say
ers will attempt to straighten out. The
new men want licenses from the State
claiming that there are not enough old Or
regular pilots here to do the business Of
the port. n they win, It will probably
mean tho breaking UP OF the Pilots ASSOC
citation. as tho independents will refuse to
become members of that organization.
The proposed conference at Austin will
be watched closely here
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
HOUSTON. TEXAS, Feb. 10. 1899.

DR.. W. I. Seymour, City:
Dear Doctor: We wish to thank you
for what you have dono for our little
daughter May, whose eyes you have
Strengthened. Her eyes were straight
when she was born. but became crossed
few years later and have caused us a
great deal OF anxiety. We have often
thought of having them Strengthened, as
they were continually growing worse, but
have dreaded the thought OF surgical
operation.
Through your wonderful system of
glasses we can now say that her eyes arc
perfectly straight, and it is with deepest
gratitude and heartfelt appreciation that
we add our testimony to those of your
many other patients who have been SO for
tunato as to receive the benefit of your
skill. Yours very sincerely,
MR. and MRS. H. GRoTH,
1901 Maple Street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

feed the regular Galveston channel and
consequent shoaling along the wharf front
here.)
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
CAMPAIGN OF SANITATION.

The campaign of sanitation seems to
have taken hold of the town In earnest,
and the aid OF the recorders court is to
be invoked In the work. The following
letter is self-explanHtory:
MIR. Arthur Keetch. City Recorder, Gal
weston.
Mayors Office, Galveston. February 10.
iS9s.--Dear Sir: In your official capacity
you will please instruct the police and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
HOUSTON, TEXAS, February 10, 1899.

HOUSTON, TEXAS, February 10, 1899.
DR.. w. I. Seymour. Care Capitol Hotel,
City.
Dear Doctor-Allow me to express my
hearty Endorsement of your method of
Strengthening cross eyes with glasses. My
little daughter, Ruby, has been deformed
in this way for number of years and
even though her eyes have been operated
on. which somewhat improved her appear
ance. still regret very much that 1t could
not have been done by glasses altogether.
as she has been obliged to wear them any
way and under your successful treatment
'her eyes have been very much improved.
Yours gratefully,
MRS. MONOGRAM, lila Hardy Street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
THE PILOT FIGHT.


The dispatch from Austin in The Post
today saying that Colonel Walter
Gresham and Robert Weber had n confer
ence with Governor saysrs yesterday In
regard to the pilots night. which has bsen
going on hero for sons time. wAs road
with much interest by large number OF
ualvestonians.
As result OF the meeting another con-
fsrence will be held with the governor
both sides being present, on February a.,
20 Which time Major Sayers expressed the
lopo that he would be able to settle tho
-raunla In n satisfactory manner.
lively interest has been taken In this
m.ulr from the very day tho fight was
.rItI. 10 has been the only successful
"a, independent pilots to do buai-
"t n opposition 90 tho Pilots' os-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

to send him to school, but found that 1t
was impossible for him to see. had taken
him to every specialist recommended to me
in this city and had tried glasses in vain
and had at length given UP hopes OF ever
restoring his sight or strengthening his
eyes, as / could not find any one who
seemed to understand his case at all One
man would want to operate, another would
wish TO treat him and another would
prescribe glasses, but everything I tried
failed accepted your generous offer made
two weeks ago and can say today that for
the first time in his life does my boy
see to read perfectly and he is about to
commence school. His eyes are practically
straight and the oscillation or twitching
has very much subsidized 1t seems more
like a miracle to me than anything else
and do hope that IL any one is skeptical
about the wonderful cures you can make in
this line, that they will come to see my
boy for themselves. We are poor people,
but you have our deepest gratitude for
this blessing, which is the greatest that
could have been bestowed upon us. Yours
very sincerely,
MRS. BENNETT. eO6 Page Street.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
THE RACES.
Ne,, nricnr. Results.

New Orleans Results.
New Orleans, February 1i.-Iscn Ronald won
the Merchants handicap. $1,000 stake; track
fast.
seven furlongs hnndicap--sir Tlortcn, Dam
dy H.. voiandies. Timo 1891.
-Four furionEa-Als1. Guasie BAY, lnl'au.
Time I'D.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

-ubun Generals Ictcnhcd TO Rreniz
LmLn ALiLLLnl.-- L.LLr.unttn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

supreme Lodge Business Mems Fraternity,
Office Rooms 4. 9. /. 10 Bee Bldg.
OMAHA, NEB., July 2, 1897.
Fully approaching the need of properly
ground glasses for tho cure of many ner-
vous troubles, such as headache poor
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

sight. and having perfect connas
w. 1. Seymour as skilliul aae
optician, / take pleasure IL fsoe'
him to all persons who need s \, ! Mi .
DIR. L. A. MAR q
Supreme Medical Director Su'''' q
Fraternity. N
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

", D. IUWIV M y ~
City Physician, &, ~ \
Offices 22-25 Continent 4
OMAHA. NEBy Aus' : q
To Those with Poor Eyes. M Y
] have been personally a'ss .si
DR.. Seymour for a numDs h .,1irfl
he has at different times hl's4 sI,, y
myself and members Of my L u
have always given the pes' :. ..1
and it is with pleasure tha' .,'.;'i I
him as a young man q ss'e''' IA
ity in his line of work ,,ov,,t I 4
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12
ONE WEEK MORE OF FREE CONSUL ATIOA]

Difficult cases especially solicited Don't be discouraged even if
o ais laoe by the highest medical authorities in the country
rom lne hundreds OF personal letters brought with him from Omaha
eminent physicians OF the Northwest ~ 'N
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-02-12

TT" = w
bl. eve. aAra.g .nu..Loa. j have u-o-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18
ELECTION.

The death of President Faure of the
French republic, reported in yester-
days papers, was a sad surprise, n
must have been a severe shock to his
government.
France IS not in the best condition
right now to sustain nan shocks with
out being visibly affected.
With the administration mixed up in
the Dreyfus affair, with colonial rela-
ions in Africa strained almost to the
swapping point, with an impending
clash between civil and military au-
thorities, with public sentiment divided
and the people suspicious inc irritable,
with a growing public debt and taxes
levied to the limit of endurance, it is a
critical time to change executives.
There will be a clamor from one fac
ton and a threat from another, there
will be riots result in all probability.
and-it NAV furnish an excuse for a
demonstration on the part of the royal
lists whose exiled leaders have been
watching the course of events for some
time.
President Faure's death was wholly
unexpected, for he was a young and
vigorous man who might have served
his country with distinction many years
longer had it not been for this attack
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18
STORY OF THE COBBLER.

We doubt very much if u morning
contemporary would open its columns
and allow its office affairs and business
relations to be discussed in a hostile
manner by the hired attorney of an OPP
position publishing concern.
But The Herald printed such a letter
recently and consented to do so for
several reasons:
L. A refusal would have been miscon-
strued, owing to political complications.
>. The attack, in spirit and in Ian
guage, was almost identical with the
editorials in the Tribune for several
weeks along the same line.
8. 1t is a good thing to have the
screeds of seeming friends signed once
in a while, that the public may under
stand the animus of private insinua-
tons.
4. The Herald has received no money
from Mark Hanna, c. p. Huntington
or John w. Mackay to start or assist
it; nor is it maintained on p. H. Lam
mans oratory; therefore, publicity does
not embarrass it in the least.
3. The writer of that letter took adj
vantage of the courtesy extended to him
and attacked this paper and it's owners,
even as his client attacks them every
day. In r~esenting his insolence we treat
ed the gentleman with respect, applied
no epithets to him whatever, and care
fully refrained from exhibiting any
churlishness or employing any oarse
methods like our morning contempo-
rary invariably uses under similar cir
-cumstances.
1t to the defense of the letter
writer, as a matter of course, and
speaks of the kindly letter he wrote
which reads almost exactly like the
kindly attacks on some one which
appear in the Tribune every day or so.
kindly is a good word, but it some
times gets badly out of place; which
the Tribune admits further on when it
refers to the same letter as sharp
criticism"
What our neighbor has to say supple
mental to the remarks of its attorney,
concerning The Herald, reminds US of
a story told of a Birmingham cobbler,
as modest a man as Mr.. Lannan, who,
when times were duh, walked through
the streets behind his son. who cried:
amy shoes to mend? Any shoes to
Fathers the man that can do
it" To which the cobbler added, in
solemn tones: "Alrs true that the boy
The Tribune's defense of that letter
The Herald company" shows that
the cobbler is strutting along close be-
hind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18
VICIOUS ON CHAM

Yesterday morning the Salt Lake
Tribune published a dastardly attack
on Senator r. c. Chambers. 1t was as
vicious as it was dishonest, but in
line with that desperate organs
d%espicable methods in slandering any
body and every body whom P. H. Ian
nan can neither coerce nor control.
Waving all its peevish references to
former owners, arrangements and en-
ployees Of this paper who, not being in
the business now. are fit objects of our
bellicose neighbOr's assaults-who are
absent yet not forgotten by the organ
of ancient hatreds-let us review its
reference to present conditions:
1T I'VE vas conducted on an honest
basis editorially save for two brief
terms, and so soon as the proprietors
found out what was going IN, those
in position were discharged"
There are reasons why the insinua-
ton against the honesty of r. c. Cham
bers come from the editor and owner
of the Salt Lake Tribune with exceed
ingly poor grace. The reputation of
the present ownership and manage
ment of The Herald will compare
favorably with that of the Storm
Starter. There has been too much of
this brutal viciousness on the part of
the Tribune to longer pass unchal-
lenged and unrebuked. This state has
outgrown the methods of the political
bruiser and our ~neighbor may as well
begin to open its bleared eyes TO the
fact.
Why does it falsely insinuate that
Senator Chambers discharges men
whom he discovers to be honest. Simply
because r. c. Chambers has refused to
bulldozed by the would-be Boss,
whose personal organ has libeled the
state, driven capital away, discouraged
immigration, discredited local enter
prise, maligned the people and de-
clared that the present legislature is
assemblage of fools, totally unfit to
frame laws and only fit to shake dice
a senator.
1t would be just as easy and far more
truthful to pa~raphrase that paragraph
the Tribune to make it read:
The Tribune never was conducted On
an honest basis %editorially, not even for
one brief term, for as soon as the
proprietor found out that he had a
thoroughly dishonest workman he
never made a change.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18
sHFRIFF,S SALE.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT, THIRD
judicial district of the state of Utah.
county of Salt Lake. Emily 5. Nowler.
plaintiff. vs.. Mary Ann Chugg and George
". Chugg. defendants.-To be sold at
sheriff's sale at the west front door OF
the county court house. in the city OF
Salt Lake. county of Salt Lake, state Of
Utah. on Monday, March 18th. A. d. 1899,
at twelve o'clock. noon, of said day. the
real estate described as follows. tO-wit:
Situated. lying and being in the city and
county of Salt Lake. bounded as follows:
Beginning at d point two and One-half
(2i5) rods east of the northwest corner Of
lot six 90. in block ninety-eight (9S). plat
"A" Salt Lake City survey. and running
thence south ten Q0) rods; thence east
two and one-half (2M) rods; thence north
ten Q0l rods; thence west two and one
half (21s) rods to the place of beginning.
together with all and singular the tene-
ments. hereditaments. privileges and ap-
purtenanceS thereunJO belonging or in any
wise appertaining.
Purchase price payable in lawful money
of the United States OF America.
Dated at Salt Lake City. Utah, this nth
day Of February. A. D. 1882.
JOHN L. HOWELLS.
Sheriff Of Salt Lake County. State OF
BY JOHN MONTGOMERY, JR..
Deputy Sheriff of Salt Lake County,
T. Ellis Brown. Attorney for the Plain
tiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-18
DETERMINED TO DEADLOCK.

One hundred and twenty-one ballots
have been taken for senator.
Yesterday closed with Powers, 0;
King, l; McCune, IS; Chambers, l;
Nebeker. Il; Cannon, Z, and suther-
land. II.
Judge Powers and Judge King are
still willing to retire from the race if
Mr.. McCune will do so.
1t begins TO be apparent that there
is a studied effort on the part of some
people TO prevent an election, altogeth-
er. But this is not the purpose of all
the minority members of the majority
party.
Some Of them are sincere, but, unfor-
~tunately. others seem to be imbued
with personal bitterness for which there
is no real reason, but which has been
instilled into them by the designing
heeIers of a meddlesome opposition.
If these minority members will pause
and reflect seriously for a momen
they Will see the fnger-prints of a fine
Italian hand in the moulding of preju-
dices and personal animosities.
So long as minority members voted
for certain candidates u of pure def
erence to the wishes of their constit-
uents or from admiration of the orator
zeal powers and intellectual attachments
of their candidates. no one could i'm
pugn their motives, although Their I'M
yielding persistence may have been
criticised.
But when men cease to support their
ideal candidates, when they go outside
of the wishes of their constituents in
one instance, it is no longer a valid ex-
cuse for them to plead inability to
do so.
Men have declared tina none but an
orator and scholar should be elected.
yet they have voted for candidates who
were neither.
Men have said their constituents
wouldn't consent 20 their leaving a Ger
tain choice. yet they have left him.
Persistence is only c~ommendable
when consistent. In the absence Of
consistency, persistence demonstrates
thai it is nothing but obstruction.