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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
PERSONAL.

Mr.. George Courts OF Clarke & Courts
left last night for Dallas.
Mr.. e. H. Barnett, agent for the Santa
Fe at Brenham was In the city today.
Travelling Passenger Agent S. A. Ken
dig left today for trip to San Antonio
and other points
Passenger Agent r. n Field OF the San
Ia Fe, accompanied by his wife and daugh-
ter from Temple, were visitors to the Is
land City today
Mr.. Charles w. Steere Of Kansas City
arrived today TO accept position In the
office OF Commercial Agent Archer of the
Kansas City. Pittsburg and Gulf railway.
Auditor w, II. Mitchell OF the Gulf,
Beaumont and Kansas City and Gulf and
Interstate. with headquarters at Beau
mont, was looking after business for his
road Ia Galveston today.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
TEMPLE TOPICS.
Negro Stole Money. hut Soon Sur.
rendered It,

rendered 1t.
Temple, Texas, January 5.-on Wednes-
day night as the boy in charge of the Will
Zig Bros grocery store on the south side
was preparing to close up, negro came
In and purchased some coal oil. When
the clerk was making change from box
which contained some $50 the negro
struck him couple of vicious blows,
grabbed the money bag and fed. Officers
were notified Of the robbery and man
was arrested as suiting the description of
the negro. After being placed behind the
bars and questioned bit he admitted his
quit and led the officers to where he had
concealed the money in a post hole. The
money was found not to have been dis
turbed and was ret,yned to Messrs. VIII
iig' whiic the thief was locked up to await
'iaes 2atS Z ,ot the grand jury now in ses-
a ion.
:, The local ledge Knights Of I>iaIas held
n specially interesting meeting last night,
W being the regular installation Of Off
tiers and since custom has made this func-
{ ion time of feasting the members last
light enjoyed the hospitality of the in
oming officers in a neat little supper at
The Bennett Smith oyster parlors. Tho
officers installed we're: r. l.. Cooper,
>, hancellor commander; C. NJ organ. vice
chancellor; j. w. Riley, prelate, o. T.,
eAllen. master Of work, G.. G.. Jones keep
g,r of records and seal; James W. Bonner,
mlaster OF exchequer; H w spar. master
pa arms; II. II Allen, outer guard; John
a osy, inner guard; T. A. Tinsdo master
re. finance
do,The Salvation Army. which few years
Gro had a camp in Temple, will soon again
ne, tablish a quarter here. Stan Captain
reammons of Dallas. with other Salvation
al rny people, will be here on Monday
h,ext to reopen the work and will hold the
narst meeting at the Presbyterian church.
~, The German Gesongverein announce a
Masquerade ball at its hall on the oath
81 this month, to which the public is in
avited. The Ladies of the Maccabees are
W SO arranging for a grand ball on the 10Th
esistant of The Clover club hall.
OF f. F. Hawkins. travelling auditor OF the
lFoulf, Colorado and Santa Fe was in the
deity on company business Yesterday.
gsi Santa Fe Ticket Agent Dan Fields and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
Mrs. Lottie C. E:fnor Deal

Hampstead, Texas, January {
Lottie Cameron Efnor died this q
at the advanced age OF rs yeats
funeral will occur tommorrow a0s
at 3 o'clock to the city cemetery
Mrs. Efnor was one OF the earllss
ers of Texas and won an enviata
from poetical contributions to tisl
She was born in Liverpool. n. !
came to Texas when IL years Old
at Velasco and proceeding by stuI
Old Washington, where she lived
years before coming to Hempstas
was married twice, the last tine q
mel II. S. Efnor at Saratoga, AS
lSi9. During the war she was MAJ
the Hampstead hospital. For theF
Years she has been an invalid y
made her home with her only che
+, w. Iadow. Her poetical connn
have numbered Hundreds and ~
from her pen with biographical y
have been incorporated in Herrlnf
Poets of America and Sam H.
Poets and Poetry of Texas.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
Gonzales Knights of PythIp

Gonzales. Texas. January s.--i's'
nusl banquet and ball OF the krsss'
Pythias came off last night az u
opera house and was proncunm3
cess, The attendance was ece' q
supper was all that could be deslS,
everybody was In good spirits
standing the weather was dlsas
The grand march. led by Ed osM5
Mrs, R. A. Kyle. was formed % w
and in a few moments the large Il
floor was almost covered win KS
dancers. judge B. r. Abernethy' ~
well chosen words. made the yisi'ss'
come and invited the guests % /,
Rev. C. r. Dudley presided az "
OF one of the tables and ofierea I,
grace before the repast began I
was served again at / a. m. psloa'
kept up until a. m. Among lM =
we're Miss Kane of Houston -
Pearl Herring of Rockport.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

Cards are out announcing tho approach
ing marriage OF Miss Carrie Ligon Gra-
BAN to Mr. Edgar Richard Slaughter of
Dallas The ceremony will take place on
tho evening OF January IS at st. David 5
church In this city. Miss Graham IL the
daughter OF Hon. and Mrs. A. Fl. Graham
OF Austin.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
WATER AT MOUTH OF pRAzos.

Some days ago Captain Richie told a
Post reporter that there was eighteen feet
OF water at mean low lido in the channel
at the mouth Of the Brezos from the gulf
to the end OF the jctties. Not only Is this
true. but Captain Richie stated today that
subsequent reports shows that this depth
is shown more than 500 feet beyond the
lighthouse. Eighteen feet at low tide
means about nineteen and a half to twenty
feet at high tide and at this stage Of the
water vessels drawing twenty feet can got
into Ouintana.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

proba bility. settle around Corpus Christi,
since l informed Ahem OF your fertile soil
and crop resources. The excursion will
arrive here about the latter part OF this
month and will be given several days to
select their lands. after which they can
return home to bring their families and
other belongings"
Mr.. Ranney spent most Of yesterday
looking over the Immense truck gardens
and was highly elated over the miraculous
yield presented this carly ia, the season.
Mr. Ranney returns to Yoakun tomorrow.
but viii come down when the eNcursionists
pass through.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.

Commissioner Of Insurance Johnson has
submitted his report to the governor in
compliance with section "a, article 4, of
the constitution, Of the money received
and disbursed by him In 1899. From jan
nary /. 1899 to June 3d. 1892 the receipts
OF his office amounted to sl4. $3.50. against
disbursements OF s376l.52. From July /.
1899, to December 81 1899, the receipts
were $1s03.40, against disbursements OF
$4GS0s6. The receipts for the year exceed
ed the disbursements by $79S7S2. This
does not embrace any part of the tax paid
during the year by insurance companies,
as occupation tax, amounting to $780,
794.51.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
TENTS FOR TROOPS.

A large number OF tents arc en- route
from San Antonio to Galveston for quar-
ters for the four companies OF cavalry that
are expected to arrive from Cuba In few
days While nothing definite can be
learned II la probable that they will be
quartered here for at least several days. II
not weeks. awaiting the removal of the
three companies now at San Antonio,
which will be sent to the West, and those
from Cuba will be stationed at that post.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
ending a short sssss

wife are spending a short Sstssi
Houston. Galveston and Montgomr
w. R. Matthews, prominent SIG
OF Jones county, is visiting bis k1
Nessrs. T. A. and 3. II. Matthew
Mr.. Q. c. Robson is in the crt,
Marlin. looking after business iuiss
DIR. W. NJ. Woodson has returns
very pleasant visit to his old llst
home. -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
CHARTERED.

Charters were filed by the secretary Of
state this afternoon for the following cor
porations;
Marks Allison Supply company OF Groes-
beck; capital stock $4,000.
Oldham WarS company OF Waxahachie
capital stock $4,000.
Mckinney Mining company OF McKln-
ney. capital stock $4,000
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
LAW NOT CoMpr,rpn wrru

United States Court Clerk Dart told a
fosf reporter today that only four holders
q receivers certificates of the Galveston,
ia Porte and Houston railway had for
Marded the number and amounts 10 be
Registered as required by law before they
ran receive their pro rata now being dis
pnrsed Not only have the holders Of
these certificates been notified through tho
press that they must comply with the law
out Clerk Dart has written them person,
ely. and stu they do not seem 10 want
1o 90 So Checks are now made out ana
when they will be forwarded.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

AT the fremont; Wade s. Dent. Oscar
W. Rhodes, II, A. Fickler. w. l.. McCor-
mick, A. Lassner. New York; j. SwaI2,
Miss Edith Chrlsty, Now Orleans e. X.
Baker, Austin; L. T. Noyes, Houston; r.
NJ Shirley Dallas; T. V. Martin, Irondale.
Mo-; N. Patten, Waco; M. Eastman. Beau
mont; l.. Bronner. New York: C. Hill. Il.
w. Lamen, Houston Charles Middleton,
wife and child, and Thos. o. Howe, wife
and child, Janesvllle, Wis; w. H. Bartlett,
Wife and children. st. Joe. Mo-; Dan, b.
miiilkin. Cincinnati o. NJ. Bosworth. G.
II. Boles. Pittsburs. Pa; c. w. Kress
New York. n. d. Gould Winona. Mimi
D. e. osgood and wife. Texas; Themes 8,
smythe and wife, Pueblo. Colo. ]. p. Nor
ton New York; Charles W. stesre, Kan
sas City.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
BoNpHoLDBRs' REPRESENTATIVE.

w. g. Spencer Of New Orleans, attor-
ney for some of the Austin dam bondhold-
ers. who has been here several days siz-
ing up the situation with regard to the
January interest on said bonds which the
city council refuses to appropriate money
to pay, left for Dallas last night. Beyond
saying that he had found that the city has
enough money in the treasury to pay the
interest IL IL wants to, Mr.. Spencer de-
cliued to talk or to intimate whether or
not the courts would be resorted to TO
force the city council to act in the prem
Isos,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
Change In Firm

Alvin Texas. January s-Mr. J. g.
Noore has sold out his interest in the
Lrain and feed business to his partner,
Y. R, u. Griffin. Sr Mr.. Moore will as.
Selate himself with the Alvin Meat com
Pay and Mr.. Griffin will continue tha
faiu and feed business at the old stand
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
INCREASED RECEIPTS

The secretary of state reports notable
increase in the receipts OF his office ow-
ing to the prompt payment OF franchise
taxes due January / by corporations hold.
Ing State charters or Texas permits.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
SMALLPOX ERADICATEp.

The State health department is In re-
ceipt OF information from the Wharton
county health authorities to the effect that
the smallpox has been practically eradi-
Gated in that county.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

Queen City. Texas. January 80 *.
year-old son Of Mr., starkey stuckey. living
= Few miles east OF here, aecidentallv
dropped his gun, disehsrging Il. INA
contents struck him Ia u, stomach. from
raicn ne died few hcurs lstsr. He Was
buried hare this svsniug. ~ -
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

Wedernyer academy this week, coming
from WASHINGTON, Mills, McLennsn and
Falls counties.
Green's brigade will hold the seven
teenth annual reunion at Bolton on July
d 80
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
THE FIRE RECORD.


l Terrell, Texas, January s Or. G. w.
Iray's barn, feed, harness and one horse
tnd other contents, were burned about 4
lclock this morning. Estimated loss
gOoo; insured for s2c0. Origin OF fire not
tnown. NV
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
NEW WELL A SUCCESS.

100000 gallons per day flow OF pure
freestone water was today struck at
depth OF 1918 feet in the new artesian well
being bored by the State at the lunatic
asylum at this point.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
small nuilding ID rn.,or

Taylor. Texas, January s.--Another fire
fst night destroyed the small building
ttuated on Porter street opposite N. Ia
brande hotel and occupied BY negro
lsrner shop. The loss was small.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
Petition in p,p1rn,,

Paris, Texas. January ga petition in
bankruptcy has been filed in the Federal
burt by r. w, F, Burton, grocer AZ
norman unsecured claims S2s, 0oo; assets
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY
ever Q Thousand Additional Applications
for Confederate Pensions.
ACTION THE BOND HOLDERS MAY TAKE
Not Hinted at by Their Representa-
tve-Report of Insurance Depart
ment.-smaIlpox Eradicnted.

Austin, Texas, january s.--The comp
troler has to date received 1860 applica-
tons for Confederate pensions since the
apportionment OF last October was made.
Such OF these applications as are approved
will come in under the apportionment to
he made next April and operate towards
reducing the present per capita OF 1851.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

lCopperas Cove, Texas, January e.-Ben-
ett & Rather. druggists. have sold their
foek to NJ l.. Hines a Bro. who win con :
fnue the business.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
SLOT MAcHINE cAsrs

The indictments against thirty seven ga
loon ana store keepers, ,chsrged with hay.
rs estsblishsd lottery in permitting the
eperatto1 Of nickel in the slot machiuss I'm
'eezx p'aese q Sssinsas. have been set
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07
THE oANEY VALLEY.
k.v.n Mile. H.,, Anr..ar n..,

give" Hficr Have Already Beeu
Il Graded.
Wharton. Texas, January s.-worl On
pc caney Valley fsouthern Psoibe ar.
ension, is progressing rapidly. seven
piles have nov been graded ana a s,,h,.
lores OF hands are daily expected to arriv.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-07

city az an advisory member 10 the hoard
of trustees regarding the sl50,090 naye,
ment.
The Bemidji pioneer., 1900-10-18
Increased Cost of Inspection.

The inspection department under
Ltnd's administration in 1899, and
with over 1000 cars of wheat less te
inspect, cost the State OF Minnesota
$4,000 more than it cost in 1898. Hence,
it has cost great deal more per cap
tia to inspect the wheat. Why is this
so? Isn't IL simply for the reason that
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30
EASILY LOSE THEIR NERVE.
Many People Collapse Utterly when
They Are Confronted by
Danger.

81 remember once hearing of a fellow
who. coming urinjured out of railway
wreck. worked ike a demon TO assist
his less fortunate fellow passengers"
said n railway official recently. accord
ing to the Cincinnati Enquirer. "All
the time he was at work. however. he
held one hand to his collar. and, when
it was over. one of his companions dis
covered that he was holding tight to
his necktie. which he had been in the
act of tying when the collision oc-
Cured.
people act very queerly when they
are or think they are in danger.
81 know Young girl who had learned
TO swim quite well and one day she tried
to swim across river. There were
plenty of people aboNt and the distance
was not great. but when she was half
way across some one called out: How
deep is it?' She let her foot down and.
of course. found she was out of her
depth. Instantly she lost her nerve
and sank. She came up once. tried to
scream. but the water choked her and
down she went again.
~ man. realizing that something
was wrong. jumped in, clothes and all,
and pulled her out. He was none too
soon. for she was unconscious when he
pulled her up. Ii was the sheer fright
OF knowing that she was out of her
depth that caused il all. as otherwise
there wasnf the slightest danger"
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30

6CALDlNG IhoUGh IN fOSilloN.
wide. Round the lower correts of
each as shown in cut. so as to form a
circle l foot in diameter. Place
boards on edge. round corners up.
Place piece of sheet iron 10 ft ct long
and 2S inches wide on the boai ds, and
commence mailing in the middle, nail
ing both sides along evenly. 50 that
the iron will not be wavy. When done
mailing the sheet iron will extend past
edge of plank. Do not cut this OF, but
place trough side up and bend the
sheet iron over top of plank and nail
securely. l drove nails every inch, not
in a row. but zigzag. l used No. q, ex-
cept the last few, where the iron was
turned back. There l used No. S.
To set up the trough. dig a ditch Z
or sfeet long, . inches wide AMI inches
deep at pipe end, and tajering a little
toward the end where the fire will be.
Enlarge to Is or 20 inches wide for fire
box. Place the soil from ditch along
the side of trough so that it will when
leveled prevent any fire coming near
edge where wooden sides are. Put on
elbow and a few lengths of sto, epipe
at one end (b). and fire at the other.
The water in the trough will soon be
heated scalding hot and but little wood
will be required to do it. With tight
cover on. you can soon boil 100 gallons
OF water. My trough holds nearly 200
gallons. by adding an extra bottom.
some use this trough for their hog
feed. The extra bottom keeps the feed
from burning. A damper (d) before
fire to force draft under fire is great
help to make it heat better.-J, A. Nc
Pherson. in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30
THEY SUFFER NO PENALTY.
Never Brought to the Bar
Of Justice.

"Alvord's theft of S700.010 and
Schreiber's of s1O6.OOO." said an expert
accountant. according to the Philade;-
phia Record, go to show that in all
business it is impossible TO pr sent dis
honest men from stealing. No matter
how thorough the auditing may be, no
matter how closely the heads watch
those under them. every man who
handles money can steal, with a reason
able chance of escaping detection.
That more such men don't steal speaks
well for human nature. but ! must quail
ify this statement with the additional
one that many do steal and are caught.
but their employers. while discharging
them. do not make public their crimes.
1t isn't charity which impels the en-
ployers to do this. though; it is fear
of hurting the credit of the firm.
"You can safely say that 90 per cent.
! of the thieving employees of Philadel-
phia are not brought TO justice. Usua.-
ly they arrange to pay back their defal-
cations on the installment plan. know
bachelor of 43 who in his youth robbed
the bank that employed him of s4.sOO.
with which he speculated. hoping TO
make enough to marry. He lost all.
was discovered and is still paying off.
out of pa.try salary, that debt of
shame, l know the histories of scores
of defaulters. and in every case the
thefts were. in way, ,innocently begun.
The money was taken with the deter
mination that it would be replaced"
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30
New Form Of Pbonorrnpb

Among the exhibits at the Paris
exposition was phonograph, invent.
ed by Valdemar Poulsen, a Danish en-.
gineer, which uses wire-wound in.
stead of a wax-covered cylinder The
wire is of steel. and over it, in place
of the usual stylus. passes a small
electromagnetic connected with a tel.
ephone transmitter and battery. The
sound waves cause variation in the
Intensity of the electromagnetic, and
magnet. acting upon the wire
,.dssing beneath it. leaves a perma.
nent impression upon the latter
Upon reversing the action the wire
reacts on the magnet and correspond.
ing sounds are transmitted by the tel.
ephone. In order to obliterate the
magnetic trace on the cylinder il is
only necessary TO revolye it under the
magnet while this is subjected TO q
continuous current.
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30
RUSSIA WANTS PEACE.
Her Principal National scheme Il
the Development Of Her
Resources.

The present car has been some
thing of a puzzle to the world. Much
was expected Of him by the friends of
Russian progress because of his known
inclination toward liberalism. His
course has been somewhat, but not
wholly. disappointing. considerable
influence has been retained by PObe-
donoS;zeff. The Russion national par
~ has grown in strength until revOlu-
ton and socialism. if they exist, are
lost in greater movements and are
heard of no more. The good understad-
ing with France continues, being based
on the solid ground of financial self
interest.
The general peace policy inaugu-
rated by Alexander Ill. has been en-
phasiZed by an attempt to reach ba-
sis of universal peace through the
peace congress at The Hague. says a
writer in the Chautauquan. The ini-
tiation of this movement by Russia has
been The subject of heated contro-
versy as to the Russian motive. 1t may
have been due in part TO the enlight.
ened views of the car. but its promo
tion by Russia was unquestionably die
tated i'm self-interest. Ii is to be noted
that Russia is now at the highest point
of prosperity that she has yet attained
and is putting forth strenuous efforts
to extend and consolidate her vast EN-
pire.
Peace is the need of the Russion ma.
tionalist-a peace that will enable
them 10 negotiate with China for Man
churia. and to utilize their wealth in
the building of railroads and in pro-
noting unity in other ways. They do
moi wish TO be disturbed in the Russi.
fication of Finland and the other prov.
inces. which is an important part of the
national scheme.
The Holt County sentinel., 1900-11-30
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