The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-10
WITH THE PASSING THRONG.

THE public at large may not be aware
Of the fact said well known merchant
yesterday. pbut there Is on the statute
books Of the State OF Texas law making
the offense Of dog stealing punishable by
confinement In the penitentiary. or course
there are some dogs which are better
stolen than otherwise. but when man
who. like myself, is fond OF hunting, and
to whom good dog Is half the sport
loses fine canine through the rascality
OF some thief, the horse presents an en-
tirely different color. Only a short time
ago ] paid 800 FOR thoroughbred point
er and last Saturday he was stolen.
have had several experiences OF this kind
IN the past and have never failed to re-
cover my property by advertising In The
Post, but this time II appears that the
thief would rather have the dog than the
reward offered. as three days Of adver-
Using have failed to bring results and
know that every man. woman and child
In this portion OF the country reads The
Post. When one considers the price paid
for standard bred dogs nowadays II Is not
hard to see that the offense spoken OF is a
very serious one indeed and. II allowed t.
go on, will result In losses nearly as large
as would be the theft Of horses.
AS | soid before, | am OF the opinion
not well known n It was, surely we
would not hear Of the theft Of 40 many
hne dogs. There is an association OF
sportsmen In Houston. which was formed
for the purpose OF prosecuting dog thieves
and ] am here TO say that Il will go hard
with the first one caught. The hunters OF
the city have suffered for a long time and
they are now very anxious indeed to make
an example OF some one. Dogs those
days form very valuable property and
owners must do something 10 put a stop
TO the thefts which are becoming so very
common. At present at least one man Is
serving out sentence in tho penitentary
for the offense and more will be convicted
II some one Is not CAREFUL
THAT man Huntington is a wonder,
said railroad man yesterday. lone car
scarcely pick up a newspaper nowadays
without reading OF some new enterprise
started by him. Following close on hi.
return to New York from Newport News
where he inspected his shpyard. comes
the announcement that he will erect ar
armor plate factory In connection with thl
yard. A year ago he purchased twelve
ing plant for 100000 and it was Their
prophesied that the site was intended fol-
an armor making plant. This belief IL
confirmed by the introduction of a bill In
the Virginia Legislature to authorize the
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
company to issue preferred as well al
common stock and to authorize the estab.
lishment of an armor plate factory
In the morning papers | see that Mr.
Huntington Is quoted as denying the ru-
NOR that the leading shpbuilding inter
ests of the country We're to be cousolidate c
and that he was TO become party to the
combine, Personally I think he will no,
enter such an agreement unless he is as.
sured that he will fully control It in the
future He has the situation practically
In his own hands now, anyway, and it 1;
not probable that he would pool his issue,
with others for the simple purpose OF
gaining strength when he himself lis the
strongest factor
Il am glad TO see that most of The
merchants on Main street have complied
with the request to pave the spaces left
at the edge OF the sidewalks when the
street was paved with asphalt" said a
citizen yesterday. las these spaces for
awhile presented q very bad appearance
and detracted no little from the good eli
feet of The new street They were. al
every one knows, left in order that poles
might be placed and pipes laid without
the asphalt being torn up and IL was lett
TO the merchants 10 see that they were
properly provided with coverings Some
Of the merchants along the street have
paid no attention to the matter as vet
but feel quite sure that they will In
time. When they do the appearance al
Houston's Main street will be second to
none In the country
Houston can have more different kind.
of weather In the same length of time
than any other city in the country" said
a travelling man at tho Bristol Hotel YES
terday, For awhile this morning Il was
cold CROUCH 10 make an oyercoat fee
comfortable. Then, shortly after noon,
when the sky cleared for time aud Old
Sol came out in all his glory. 1t was really
so warm as TO remind one Of balny
spring day still later the rain began again
and now bids fair 10 continue for day
or two unless there Is material drop in
temperature Houston will not allow her
N7'N'AiN', '''h VI INV h1lltl Il
weather"
Mr., John sehorr, a prominen attorney
OF San Antonio, epent yesterday in the
city on business. In addition 10 attending
to his practice IN the Alamo City Mr. Sc
horn manages to find time In which IA
ir;eresf himself in politics aud his views
on matters political are held IN high es-
tcem among his friends. While he Is a
great admirer Of William Jennings BRYAN
as man he does not entirely agree with
all Of the beliefs OF the great Nebrsstan.
He can, however be relied on to vote the
siraight democratic ticket when the time
comes.
NJ c p Jones, a well known lumber
man Of Liiliard, a station on the Kirby
road in East Texas Is in the city on busi-
ness. guest at tho Capitol hotel MIR.
Jones SAYS that the lumber members of the
lumber trade in his section ~ the coun
Try are highly pleased with the action of
The railroad commission in connection
with the lumber rate matter.
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