The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-10-04
THE PASSING TnRONC.

the storm we furnished meals and pat
up lunches for 1900 refugees. Tho relief
committee assigned me the duty OF chair
man CT the htchen department. After
ward they adopted the meal ticket sss-
tenn and We fed them 1T our own dining
room. The sad faces. despairing looks,
IT. ngrey actions wiz ncys. We forgo,san.
Had We entSred into sympathy with them
as We would havei dono under other cir
oumsianccs We would have peen unhuci
for the pressing claims MAIDS upon cur
time aid strength. as We have been
called at midnight TO f.. up or send out
from ter 10 atty meals. But We We're
glad to do that much. During the hot
summer months we closed the dung hall.
but have opened again. and we ask for
public patronage. We are Up - date with
all expenses. owing no uias anything hii;
love and good will. We ara low prepared
10 furnish meals at $40 Travis street ami
we continue our original idea OF helping
the working class OF girls 20 homes and
places of employment. During the year
over 45V girls have been directed TO
homes and work"
Some years ago in 'hc district oorrt
OF this county will was Involved. There
was a bcspectaoled lady On tho staud
On, of the interrogatories propounlei by
one OF the attorneys WIS:
"Madamc, you say you E0ew the de-
ceased. Now do you know whe her he
lett any money!
We'll II she didn't what are all you
lawyers scrapping ahout'"
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when l was in New York" said MIR.
i. Cargil, everybody WIS hnl'shly in-
clined on cotton. Nobody believes in
cteap cotton this year. although the -snre
of vision is quie wide. There are thoF-
who predict II and 1919 cents pound
and one bet was made that cotton would
10 to 10 cents. Anyhow It does u Soun-
ern man good to hear everybody talking
OF high prices for cotton. The svCrage
belief is now 100000 so you may judge
1 how strong the feeling Is In the East.
( Liverpool was caught mapping, although
/ New York was a little bit long, but Is
orking to level now and no one need
| look for what 10 called cheap cotton"
our work is progressing as rapidly M
might be expected under the clrcnm-
! stances" said Mr. A. +. Jeavons OF the
/ Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone
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yesterday. Heretofore, since the storm,
we have had great deal OF trouble in
/ Mountaineering limo between here and
Galveston, TO say nothing of the arduous
work by which communication was FIRST
established The wires across the bay
were liable to get out OF order at almost
any moment and It was only ~ using
what is called a phantom" circuit that
We were able TO do anything at all. Now,
however, we are just finishing the placing
OF line OF poles across the Jay and,
the wires once strung OF .hese, we eS-
pect to have comparatively little trouble
OF course there is an enormous amount
OF work to be done at Galveston. AS
every one knows who has boon there, OF
whj kept ,p with the newspapers, tho
Galveston system was very badly wrecked
and practically new system OF wires anc
phones will have to be tut IN"
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"Do you know" said C. A. Riley, agen
OF the Pacific Express company. that
since the storm disaster there has not
been day that money from Johnstown
pa. has not been forwarded through the
EXPRESS companies? II is still coming
and Is of course handled without charge
by the express people. II shows broad
ness OF mind and feeling OF gratitude
on the part OF tho YOUNGSTOWN people
which is worthy OF commentator. Ther'
, are so many base ingrates these days tina
+ when whole community or city snow'
It's gratitude 1t is refreshing
4 49,
"Galvestonans who passed through th
awful times of September will Away
] have a kindly feeling for our Houston
neighbors." said jim Cassidy, the Gal
weston News ad. compositor. who lost 81
I all in the storm and is still IN padl
v crippled condition. u Tas one oil "
: unfcrtunates who was unable 10 &c
away from the island at first. but "
heard such good encouraging news HOE
Houston that ali OF us who were in tn
, hospitals suffering from wounds an
, bruises wanted to get up here TO Hous
, ton got up here at last and foun
:, that the Houston people are the MOI
hospitable in the world. ] have near
+ That Houston suffered considerable 'os'
: but that when she heard of the situate
. at Galveston she simply suspehde ois
. ness and went to she relief OF lie Islam
. City. | am tolerably well acauaiaiei
! Houston. but never before did trul
3 appreciate how good the people mere are
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n Houston will get more than her shar
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IS remarked Manager Bergman. she wi
not only get her own bookings b
every night booked for Galveston IN
n season will be transferred TO Housto
= hence we will have no one night stands
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h, Mr. j. D. TobIn who was clerk
IS the Houston East and West Texas raj
y, way office In this city at the breaklr
N out OF the Spanish American war az
~. who organized the Houston Post Rim
- and left with the company as hrst liel
=, tenant to Join Hoods immunes and wi
= since the close of the war has remain'
in Cuba as an inspector In the quartz
:. masters department; In charge OF co..
,. strucuon. has returned to Texas al
~ will remain here. He says II the Poop
u OF Texas could he transplanted In Gu
he would rather live there than in Texa
but he don't like the people and ID 81
to get back home.
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- These sociaki are great benefit
10 our company as well as A source OF mu