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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
TAYLOR ,YcRv.
Says the Decision Is Triumph or
Fraud over Liberty.

Says the Decision Is a Triumph or
Fraud over Liberty.
Indianapolis. Ind, May 21--Governor
Taylor was tonight handed the Governor
neckham interview. and. after reading It,
lie sRid 70 a Journal reporter:
81 have no orltlcism to make of tho su-
preme court. That court doesn't 70 into
the merits OF the controversy. 1t does no,
adjudge that Mr.. Goebel got a majority OF
the votes, and no lower court or tribunal
VIII over so declare. Mr. Beclham knows
he did not get q majority of the votes ana
so does every other honest man that un-
derstands II.
THE supreme court simply holds that
II can not take jurisdiction.
Tho arbitrary action Of the general
assembly was tho greatest crime ever
committed against civil liberty. The re-
publicans and interviewing democrats
have been long suffering and submitted
to the foulest usurpaticr ever perpetrated.
Tho fact that this wrong has been done
under the forms Of the laws makes It
none the less a crime. The success OF
the democrats 10 Kentucky is triumph
Of fraud over the liberty Of Kentuchaps.
II Mr. Beckham chooses TO rejoice be-
cause no and his associates robbed me
Of an office ard overturned the VIII OF
kentpckians by brute force l shall not
envy him in his delight"
Governor Taylor late in tho afternoon
issued the following;
ITO General d. T. Collier Frankfort. Ky.
''The supreme scourt OF the United
States having decided IN favor Of MI.
Beekham, nothing now remains TO be done
except to dismiss the militia and surren-
der your office to your successor. appoint
cd by Mr.. Beckham. You are therefore
directed 10 at once dismiss the militia and
TO surrender your office TO your SUCCESSOR
as soon as the mand@e OF the supreme
court Is filed er sooner ~ you wish. Ten
der tho militia my kindest regar1s and
sincere thanks for their brave, manly and
patriotic service. w. 8. Taylor"
Chairman G. M. Barnett OF the republi-
can State central committee stated eohght
that he would car 4 messing OF the com
mittee a few days after the National con
yention at Philadelphia TO tx time and
place for holding State convention.
Chairman Barnett said TINT the logical
candidate OF the complementary for gov
ernor would be william S. Taylor and I'M
less he positively refuses to accept the
nomination. MIR, Taylor will be the can
didate
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

Texans granted pensions today; origi-
nal-Jphu Q. Hanna, Olga, sd Additloa-
ai-Reuben r. Scott, Vernon, sl2.
widows.-Amanda j. Terrell, Rolyat. 50
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

Fourth-elass Texas postmasters appoIn t-
ed today: Bonus, Whsrtcn county WI
liam r. LoeRer Bremand, RobeTtsra
County, Mary f. Morehead. Franh n.
Robertson county, Alkaline P. Carpenter
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22

Texas pcstoffices established: syringa.
Upshur county, Samuel J. Childress post
master. Toilette. Lamar county, George
N. Wise postmaster.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
I,cant Feeling

u. mai, used to our work,
" year linen Numbered
rEtIln W something missing
7bFs fulshl No other work
tFusI y 1roy Laundry and none
5tftg IN 10 those who have
q ss' =. Up Phones sss.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-05-22
BRIEF WAR TELEGnAms.

London, May 21-six siege trains have
been ordered prepared at Aldershot Tor
transportation to South Africa.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
CITY DREvITIEs.

Post c. T. p. A., will hold meeting today
There win be song service at the shearn
Methodist Episcopal church Sunday night at
$3.50 D. u.
Louis De Nette. well known IN hotel cir
cles. has Just accepted position In the
efnce of the Lawlor.
Dick Bowling camp U, o. ". will hold a
regular meeting In Its hall at the market
house this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
The charter for the Carnegie Library assoc
citation has been sent TO Austin for the an
proval OF the secretary OF state
There are undeliyered telegrams at the
Postal Telegraph company, 11S Maia street.
Altsn l.. Eaton. d. K. Brown. Miss All
BAHIA
The regular monthiy meeting OF the Harris
County Belgian Hare club VIII be held at
fls Travis street. Wednesday night August g.
at D. m.
There will be game Of baseball today In
the First ward on Sabine and Weber streets
between the Wares and the Athletics A
good game is expected.
The South Texas Poultry and Pot Stock
association Will hold q special meeting Nom
day night at O'Clock at the HutchinB Hous SO
for the purpose OF selecting a Judge and
trHrsaetng other important business.
L. O. Devices and Miss Mae Hubert were
Earried by Rev. Amnons at the latter .
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
CAUGHT THE WORM
That Gnnyys Under Cave.


Il have had quite an experience with
the Use OF coffee. without knowing why,
I gradually became seriously constipated,
with all the disagreeable effects OF this
most aggrayating disease. was also
bilious and stomach badly out Of order.
Il had no idea of the cause and kept
using coffee every morning.
zone day friend TO whom I spoke OF
my troubles, remarked that pertains 1
would find the cause In the coffee Gun and
suggested the use OF Postum Cereal Food
Coffee. / was impressed with his ra-
marks and made the change from Coffee
70 Postum. The old troubles have nearly
disappeared and l am one OF the happiest
mcrtals you ever saw. l have proved 10
my entire satisfaction that coffee was the
unsupported cause Of the difficulty and
while Il nearly ruined my health for q
time. have practically recovered again
by the discontinuance OF coffee.
Il have known 4 number Of persons who
have been driven away from Postum be-
cause II came to the table weak and char
acterlers. !. simply was not made right
and i would be the same with any other
kind OF drink, teu, coffee, cocoa, etc. Pos
tum. when made according to directions. 4.
a delightful beverage.
There are q number OF people in thls
surrounding country who are using Pos.
tum. and their number Is increasing daily
II Is sort OF q stampede. Store after stor,
Is putting IN stock OF Postum that never
thought al such thing before.
u inclose list OF twenty or thirt,
names OF those that know OF as users o.
Postum. among my immediate acquain-
taneea. DO not use my name. please"
y. q. Box ". Jefferson. Wis.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
a pedlgreed nelrinn nnrc.

DIR. and Mrs. Z. L. Fox ara exhibiting
70 their friends a fine pedgreed Belgian
hare buck. which they have just received
from the woodlawn rabbitry OF Louis
vile, Ky. The buck, Milford Burlelgh, Is
q handsome animal months old. Ills
coat Is a uniform red we'll licked, and his
ears are finely laced, His owners deem
him prize at 500, the price which they
paid Toy him. His lordship was ac-
cornpanied by two promising young does,
one descended from Champion Yukon, The
other from Fashoda-names familiar "a
the ear OF the Belgian hare fancier. MI
lord Burleigh himself is OF the strain OF
Lord Britain.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05

residence last Tuesday. Mr. Devices ~ a
Young business man and Miss Hubert Is q
popular young lady Of the Sixth ward.
The Rough Riders viii meet Monday night
70 discuss the arrangements for their pro-
posed oncampment at Seahrook. They ex'
pytt 10 80 to Seahrook on Thursday evoning,
August ,. remaining there until tbs following
Monday.
Lula Chapman coiored Was arrested yes
teriav on the chsrge of stealing LOT OF
wearing apparel from Mrs. Elders, at 1912
CLAY avenue. A lot OF the garments were
discovered in the possession Of the Chapman
woman.
Mr. Robert W. Scott, a well known young
business man OF Houston, has connected him.
self with Harlequin, the literary weskly OF
New Orleans. in the capacity OF business
representative IN Texas BE Will continue "a
make his headquarters In this city.
Detectives Quinn and Smith yesterday found
In the possession OF a negro fne lot Of
heavily silver plated silyerware, consisting
OF half dozen knives and forks, six table
SPOONS and a dozen teaspoons. They are al
the police station awaiting claimant
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
NOT HIS SECOND BATTLE"
Mr.. Bryan Has Repudiatcd Any In.
tcrest in Book of that Name.
St Louis Renuhltn SDeciaI

Chicago, ILL.,, July 29.--William Jennings
Bryan and his friends are denouncing as
an outrage the publication by the w. Z.
Conkey company of book entitled THE
Second Battle" by William ]. Bryan and
others.
Mr. Bryans name. as author of It, IS
printed in very conspicuous type, while
the words and Others" ale in small type.
The book Is compilation of speeches of
Mr.. Bryan and other conspicuous demo-
Gratis.
'"The Second Battle" Mr.. Bryan's
friends say Is made to appear as a sequel
TO The First Battle" the book which Mr..
Bryan did write after the campaign OF
1896, and which was published by the same
drm.
Mr.. Bryan has repudiated responsibility
for connection with or interest in this
book.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
GOOD TIME TO co,

'The mineral waters and acid baths at
Sour Lake are now better and stronger
than have ever known them to be-" said
an old patron Of that resort recently.
month spent at Sour Lake now. using
the waters and baths freely, will save
many persons from la grippe and kindred
Ills next winter. II will dt she system to
resist disease. It's the cheapest medicine,
and entirely harmless. Try It. you'll
know it's true
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
bankruptcy Matters At conro..

Judge Burnett has returned from cou-
roe. where he presided at meetings Of
two sets Of creditors of bankrupt enter
prises Friday.
u. G. Collins of conroe was appointed
trustee for the estate OF the Internatio "a
Lumber company and az such was in-
structed TO sell the live stock and look
after the machinery.
The creditors OF Il, NJ. Smith also ibid
a meeting. The business conducted BIZ
Smith was a saloon and he went into
bankruptcy on July 1s. The sale OF the
liquors end other stock for so cents on
the dollar was closed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
CARRIED BACK TO KANSAS.
Citizen of Houston Extrndited on n
Felony Charge.

Felony Charge.
Il, J. Stuart OF COS Silver street was ar
rested by Sergeant Bussy and officers
Tuffly and Crum of the police force Fri
day night. The charge against Stuart Is
for obtaining money under false pretense
and is the result OF land TRANSACTION that
the accused is alleged to have been con
nected with at Kansas City, Kan, bafore
he came to Texas about year ago Orfi-
Ger James Walsh Of the former place
came for him, and after the officers pa
pers were examined by Deputy Chief
Thompson of the local police force
Stuart's arrest was ordered. officer
Walsh and his prisoner Left for Kansas
City yesterday morning on the Santa Fe.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
ABOUT CHARLTON.

DIR. w. A. Knight enys that CHAIR on
Does Exist in This vicinity.
To the Editor Of Tho Post.
Houston, Texas August Ain answer 10
letter in yesterdays Post relating TO
cnarboE not existing in Harris aud adj
Joining counties and existing only in y
seasons, l will say that parties writing
are surely no. reading the newspapers AID
stock journals. as there lave been numer-
Gus articles published In the laSt SIX
weeks asking for State assistance. Any
party desiring the address of persons who
have chsrbon In Harris county caa call Cd
me. w. A. Knight,
Veterinary Surgeon
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
SAM ALLEN cREDTToRs

MeetfnB Yesterday Adjourned TIL,
Next saturday.
a nesting of the creditors OF the Sam
Allen Lumber company, bankrupt, was
held at the office OF Judge j. R. Burnett.
referee Ia Bankruptcy for this division OF
che district, yesterday. but no action was
taken in regard to a settlement OF the
estate. The creditors adjourned to meet
again next Saturday and It Is believed
that by then the affairs will be In such
shape that some definite action can he
taken
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
NO cHARBoN AT cLopINn.

]. NJ. Frost OF Houston, who mas ranch
stocked with several hundred head OF cat
tie at Clodine, telephoned The Post last
night that not a single case OF Charlton
has appeared among his cattle. He also
stated that he spent great deal Of time
at his ranch and he oonld say with posi-
tiveness that there has not been a case OF
the disease in that locality nor anywhere
between Houston and his ranch.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05

gust s, at p. M, to be followed BY a
crab gumbo smoker, to which all menu
oers are invited. IA this will be the
first called meeting the company has had
since the encampment at La Porte, Inn
nortsnt business Will be transacted, and
it is expected that every member will
DO present--to take q part
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
HOTEL RATES At SOUR LAKE,

From August to October /, sl.OO. $3.50
and $500 per day, according TO rooms.
This includes best board and all you can
drink of the finest mineral water In the
world. Now Is the time for all to get
cured and save misery and money next
winter. Try It while cheap prices prevail.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
DENTISTRY.

Monday August 6, between aud II
and 3 to 4 o'clock, make our best set
Of teeth for S4.7s. Bring this "ad.'
Boston Dental Parlors.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05

Have your prescriptions filled at
DRUG STORE, 5o2 Main
street, cor. Prairie avenue. Fresh
drugs; reasonable prices
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
Liuht Gnnrh nIantinr.

At the armory, corner Main and Capt.
tol. 1.-THE Houston Light Guard VIII have
q business meeting next Wednesday. Au-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
Muslin Underwear.

Cambria Corset Covers made full lace edgng and ribbon bead
hS, iol CSC
Cambria Corset Covers with fancy lace yoke edged with
Camorc Undekir deep lawn ounce with hemtchd tucks SOC
Camorc Skirts deep double founce trimmed of lace in
Serton and tucks with wide lace edge, for
muslin Gowns best quality embroidered aud tucked yoke finished
with embroidered rufle Sc
Fancy Cambria Gowns fancy lace 'front.' trimmed with embrod
cred beading and lace. ........ ........L7s
CamoHc Drawers best quality henstiched tlcks for soc
Cambria Drawers trimmed with lace insertion and edges for
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05

W. L. STACY PHARMACY CO., SIS MAIN
ST. UNDER CAPITOL HOTEL.
Complete stock new, fresh drugs, drug
GIT sundries, toilet articles Mail orders
solicited. Prescription work speciality.
Phone &54; night bell; prompt delivery.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
RIBBONS.

All Six heavy Satin Ribbons, extra qUde, Nos 40, 50
and so, selling regularly for SOC and $50, lOr
all colorS, nozv per yard ...... ....... ~
All Six heavy Satin Ribbons, Nos I6 and y, all COL
ors, selling regularly for CSC and SOC, I0c
nozU per yard AVS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-08-05
HOSIERY.

Chdren's Black Ribbed Hose, f21c value per pair. ..
Chdens Black Ribbed Hose i5c value per pair
Chdren's Black Ribbed Hose CSC value, per pair.
lhaenS Black Rbbed Hose SOC value, pair 2sc
Ladies Black DropStich Hose pairs for .........2sc
Chdns Tan, Pink and Blue Isle Hose soc value for roc
Ladies Pink and Blue Lis Hose, soc value for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Mince Pie. Welsh Rarebtt. Any Sort q
Food Dsge>ted In a Tumbier BE-
Your Eyes
ANY ONE CAN DO TT.

A niece of unince pie Is usually made this way
Lean beef sJet currants. raisins. apples lemon
peel lemon juice. sliced citron. wine. brandy, or
cider nutmeg. sugar, mace. and cinnamon are
the common ingredients This tempting mess rs
inclosed in a grease-laden crust, dry and hard
at the top soggy and leathery at the bottom
Bits OF skin and gristle are frequently mixed
with the meat. despite the cooks utmost care;
mold. twigs. and even bodies OF insects conns
with Zante currants-
A more thoroughly intractabie dish never
crucided the stomach OF humanity. and yet Il
is a favortte dessert with many. coupled with
a slice Of cheese. II would try the digestion Of
a crocodile
cit Don't Like Me-"
This is important news FOR the person who
SAYS of a ravorite dish: 'rI like IT, but ~ dor't
like me-" Every indulgence has been punished
with dreadful pains in the stomach. with sense
of bloattng with headache and fatulence- Now.
II what your palate Graves be. IN your opinion
harder on the stomach than mince pie. substi-
tute your pet delicacy and see II Johnson's Tab
lets will not digest that readily they d.
gest the pie.
little common sense. without tina least
knowledge OF chemistry, shows the value of the
Tablets You use overcoats. overshoes, and UNI
breIlas as a precautton against cold and wet
So you take two three Johnson's Dtgesttve
Tablets after a hearty meal. particularly a pub
lie banquet midnight supper when the play
is over. as a precaution against dyspepsia
Every brown-faced country lad and city peo-
pie brought up in the country know what milk
weed is Fancy a tree forty feet high. with
trunk. stems. and fruit full OF milk the
weed. and you have an idea OF the source whence
Johnsons Digestive Tablets get their remark
able properties The trees grow in ths hot.
storrn-swept West Indies and other tropical coun-
tries. The digestive powers OF the milk were
known TO the natives long before they were dis
covered and applied by skiIlfuI chemists.
Ease and Comfort
While Johnson's Digestive Tablets digest
ing the roast turkey. cucumber salad. mincs pie.
and cheese you have eaten your stomach rests
as truly as your whole body rests while you
sleep.
They are put up in blue bottles. and all drug
gtsts keep them. If sample trial package Is
desired send a two-cent stamp TO The Bruins
wick Pharrnacal Co.. New-Brunswick. ". l. and
IL will be mailed free OF charge.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

mouths as possible. This idea had been at first
opposed by military authorities, but they gave
way eventually and he managed TO get ria OF some
eight thousand out of the ten thousand natives IN
L. Finn his agent, who, understanding the natives
thoroughly, their confidence and explained tne
position them and then led them out or the
town in detachments They started on their way
cooking pots. blankets. etc, together with SOME
ratOns fully intending. many of them, 70 return
when the AS rule, the boerS al
lowed them out-in the of the Basutos anu
remain on good terms with them, and also, we
supposed they wanted to employ them IN digging
trenches. In some cases they turned back the APE
Colony Kaffirs they said, account OF slelI
friendliness with the English The behavior OF the
natives throughout the siege was very gooo-IneE
quiet and orderly, and there was httle gIuIn-
bling. In the early part of the siege the Doets
pursued a different policy with regard TO the ma
Wesseltou compound between two thousand anu
three thousand, having become restfve under sneli
fire they were sent out of the town. but retuIhcu
next day, the Beers having stopped therf ten
ing them they must go back to their rather,
Rhodes"
expected to be in Kimberley almost immediately
sent a message to Colonel Kekewich that ne wouIu
be able to remain any time and so, practicaI,
", all non-combatants must leave. little 1000
would be sent in and the town would be only occu-
pied by its defenders This idea caused great con-
sternation among the people, who thought II very
hard that, after enduring q siege or Two Hohlns
they should be called upon TO leave the town ana
go, nobody knew where at almost a moment s
notice It was strongly felt also that 1t would be
a humiliation for them Wis a Wis Of the Beers.
Colonel Kekewich stated at a meeting OF the Town
Council that the people would have 10 leave i'm
nediatey the entry Of Lord Methuen nut, all
the same, numbers Of the people said they Intended
refusing to the great proportion Oh them peing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
THE HEAT on THE BATTLEFIELDs.
A PRIVATE LETTER DESCRIBING SURGEONS
HARDSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA

A PRIVATE LETTER DESCRIBING SURGEONS
HARDSHIP IN SOUTH AFRICA
Frank Virgins, OF the Imperial Hotel. has
ceived a letter from DR.. J. Alton Harriss.
mandng the Fifteenth Brigade Bearer Company
Seventh Division 1t is dated Jacobsdal Orange
Free State March I. and is follows
have Just returned from Paardeberg where
on February -. We hs re seven hundred wounded
In our convoy, and although it is only twenty
seven miles from Jacobsdal, lost good number
the way | going TO the MOdder at !
o'clock, where I two weeks at the Kimberley
relief. You should the Boer trenches ad-
mire them at MagersfOntein-reaIly wonderful.
/ am attached to the medical staff of the Fiji
hands are quite full. The heat is terrific.
man who tells you II rains in South Africa
lies for never in my life have seen such awful
thunderstOrms; and it is no joke to be sleeping
the ground when they come along. AT Paarde
berg took seventy-ive BOer bodies of the
MOdder River, and the place damned up with
dead horses and oxen. The smell horrible
periaI. I hope I get of this campaign alive
and 1 will be satisfied, for the Beers very
cruel and nothing for the Red Cross. Nv
strength has stood by occasions. No
paper stamps can be had here; in fact, there Is
absolutely nothing TO be had You cannot tell the
when going into a BOer lager for our wounded
I could write you hours, and will have much
tell you II ever return must be of now TO do
dressing Kindly pardon penmanship and
composition, due to the sand table and the
terrific sun head.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08
AMERICAN BOY TO VISIT ERUEGER
HIGH SCHOOL DELEGATES FROM THIS AND orHEm
CITIES WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO
ROE,R PRESIDENT.

Twenty delegates from the Manhattan Hfzn
School and the Boys High School Of Brooklyn. met
in Parlor No 116 Of the WaIdOrf-AstOria on Fri
day afternoon. and elected Daniel Quina z. Ten
Eyck Reynolds and Louis A. Kissler Of the Mar
haitian school and Henry Joachim ". :. Mat
thews and Robert p Schoeuiiahn OF the Brook
lyn school. delegates to the prO-BOer meeting
In Philadelphia Monday night. consist OF
delegates from leading high schools. at which one
boy will be chosen tn carry a message IN person
to President KRUGER The hoy will sail wedn.s-
day from this city in the steamship ST. Louis. and
will go direct South Africa
Louis A Kissler. OF the Manhattan High School.
presided over the meeting at the Waldorf y-star-
day and Henry Joachim OF the Boys High School
Of Brooklyn. acted secretary. The delegates
chosen 10 the Philadelphia meeting win go Pnila-
dephia to-day. The Boston and Philadelphia com
mittees viii return with them and will be
tanned at breakfast the Waldorf Astoria. After
ward the visitors will call Mayor Van Wyck
and President circuit OF Brooklyn. There will be
reception the WaldOrf-AstOria in the afternoon
In the evening a meeting viii take place az which
members OF the National Boer Relief Association.
including George ". Van Sicien and ". Bourke
Cochran. Will speak.