The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-05
THE PASSING THRONC.

parties who registered from mini o,,t.
side OF the State. afror keeping in their
rooms all day. made their appearance ir
the afternoon and demanded hoy whi,h
lney said they had lett with the cIerk
tne night before and which they claimed
contained $4,000. by strange coinci
dence, but one attaching no cr!minalitv +,
MS conduct. the clerk with whom the my
was charged 10 have been left. anti Inc
service OF the hotel before the demanj
was made for the box He lett the house
on account of illness. Tne parties claim.
Ing the box said they saw the clerk nit
1t in the safe. They were sure of lois
This statement weakened very much thei,
case. as MIR. Boyle knew that this could
not be so. as he carried the combina-
ton OF the safe and the clerk could not
possibly have gotten into it, Detectives
were put on the case. They secured 80
many contradictory statements from the
men who claimed the box that they i'm .
, mediately told Mr.. Boyle that he Was
being made the subject OF a game of
bunco or blackmall.
TIER conclusion was borne out when
subsequently The men said to Mr. BOYLE.
We feel that the loss has been chiefly
through DIR own carelessness in not Sc.
curing receipt. and as we have not
money TO p4y our hotel bill and fare 10
Philadelphia. II YOU will fix 1t up so wa
can get to Philadelphia we will call 1t
SQUARE This convinced Mr. Boyle that
the lost box story was a hoax and the
detectives began to question the men SO
closely that the following night they skip
ped out. leaving their hotel bill unpaid.
They did not take the train al the depot,
but caught it after it had pulled out for
New Orleans. and their movements are
being Swallowed.
81 think Houston made a remarkably
coed showing in her census returns" said
Mr.. E S. Tracy yesterday no other city
in the State can show $4,000 people IN nine
square miles, and certainly our incr ase
N ten years was someth ng phenomena.
Willie. of course, it Is a great pity at
our suburbs, which really belong TO Hous-
ton, have NOT been made a part o. q
city, thereby adding 10000 to l500G u r
population, we have the Consoat on Of
knowing that no other city n the SO til
of $4,000 souls Is doing half the bu in 5
that is done by Houston BanG clea ne
averaging a million dollars d day would
be a fine record for a pa;e twice tie
size OF this, and that we make such a
showing must certainly turn the eyes I
prospector and investor toward this ty.
We also have the consolation of known :
that Houston's city limits can be eX,en el
before the next census is taken Viii e
San Antonio, which ranks first in popula-
ton, can spread very little further unless
some Of the adjoining count es are al
nexed."
Teddy is the first name of a small Houz-
ton hoy, a serious-minded liitle fel.oN,
with the tenderest heart imaginable His
mother told this story of him at a lunche n
the other day Last week Teddy fou-d
nest OF little kittens in the harn. he
mother cat was away and they were
mewing tifully. Teddy immediately d :
cded that they were orphans and that he
must take care Of them so, atlCriag tham
up gently, he proceeded to the house with
them He took them to the kitchen. tut
the new cook, who is from the Emerald
isle. is not fond of feline pets, so re-
quest that they might he kept thee W s
answered sharply. 'Shure, an it's not me
self whatH be pestered with a perrel -
cats running under me feet and yipg
ne tchen floor No, inda7e, Mastcr
Teddy. ye must take them back ID tle
stable. That's where they was born. and
that's where they belong. Teddy a"
well, Maggie. | shall not ask YOU 10 taka
them here Put It Is not the kltties "a III
they we're born in barn You know r
dear Jesus was born in the same place v
~
1T is often remarked that we are living
in fast age. said a Houston gentle
man TO Pest reporter last night II saw
another evidence of this the other night.
Two little boys. neither OF whom WIS
4 over II years of age. came into restsu-
rant where was taking my lunch ami
| began telling the waiter of a trip they
had made to Dallas 10 see the fair They
Rad gone entirely on their own h-oS
/ ard had seen everything there was to see,
having even taken in the 'Midway.' They
/ were newsboys, ard had proated by the
increased sale for PAPERS incident to tire
late storm Most OF Their wealth hid
been squandered or the trip to Dallss,
hut, judging from their talk, would say
they had not expended great deal OF
money for railroad fare o. hotel accom-
modations. If boys can look out for them
selves at this tender age, they ought to be
able to hold their own as men"
II find many people who think that on
account of the ruin wrought by the late
storm my business as referee in bank
ruptcy will be exceedingly lively for 20 ne
time. sa d Judge j. R. Burkett last night.
81 do not anticipate any such coniiti rs.
however. While / admit that the blow has
beea most severe one 10 the commercial
interests. as well as in ether respects
particularly TO Galveston, do not believe
there will be necessity for many OF tina.
clty's bus ness men to 90 into bankrupt y.
It's true their losses in some insanc
have been great, but their creditors VII
no doubt be inclined TO extend all loni my
About all the business men OF Galveston
VIII have to do will be to state Their css2
and il Is believed that few indeed are the
creditors who will be unreasonab or
course some of the business men to whom
| refer VIII take advantage OF the BANK
ruptcy law in order to start rtS1ain ey n
with the world, but tAs'e will 7nost llEely
be from among that class who were o2erst
ing with borrowed capital-ithose Wh d
not own their property. or rather. IN s.
who had not finished paying for II
"One OF the most humorous incidents or
the Spanish American war; said an cd
time newspaper man, 'occutred al jack
sonyille. Fla. One of the boyF had SGT OF
false teeth and heing hungry and tired O.
hard tack he went into res aufanf' n