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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-25
CITY RRevlTlEs.

The Big Boston store will have its an.
II o'clock,
There is. an undelyercd telegram at the
Postal Telegraph office, lis Main street,
for j. II. Berry.
The social meeting of the Current Litera.
ture club has been postponed from Janu-
airy to January o.
]. NJ Ledbettcr and Miss Caledonia
Wegmock were united In marriage yester.
day by Justice Matthews
There. are undellyered kilograms at the
office OF the Western Union Telegraph com
pany Tor Il. j. Huston and j. u, Critics.
Fire AZ $50 yesterday morning damaged
the residence at 1li8 Taylor street 10 tho
extent Of $50. defective iue is given .
the cause.
NH, The s editorial force Of The Post thanks
the Rice.
The remains of Mrs. Van Astyne have
oeen shipped from New York for Houston
which time the funeral announcement viii
be made.
Albert Marshall. the negro preacher who
performed the marriage ceremony for Helen
Pendleton and John Addison, Jr., was ar.
rested yesterday on an affidavit sworn ont
der S'"s "'u''
society will meet at o'clock D. m. 1anm.
ery at the CALIFORNIAN hail 20 arrange
that feature or the Robert Burns birthday
celebration which has been entrusted 10
their care.
The Houston Hardware company. No
BIB Travis street, this city, has gotten out
and issued very pretty aud attractive
little calendar for the year 1902 The cal.
endar Is ON neat stamped aluminium back
and Is very convenient
Box g. at ~ o'clock last night, called
the nre department TO the corner OF Lib
erty avenue ana Mckee street. Some per.
son threw a ire cracker through a window
on TO a bed and set II on 1re. The damage
was slight. The house Is occupied by
negroes.
Clerk Bowen and Inspector Ralley Of the
with DIR. Brumby during the health Office
Ambroglio by orders from Or. Brnmby. re-
ported 70 DR.. Boyd for assignment To work
yesterday, DIR, Boyd Informed them that
ne had no place for them aud referred
them 10 the mayor.
A mass meeting Will he held by the
Ezrey Zion society at the synagogue, cor
ner Hamiltop and Preston 90 I o'clock this
evening In honor Of the Jewish National
congress which Is now going on in Bazel
ewitzerland. Speeches by noted orators
snd Debates BY prominent dabatants Will
be feature Of the event.
There WAS O very enjoyable Christmas
tree. celebration yesterday afternoon at the
rssidsnee u Nj y A Peden. corner Of Bell |
svenue and Fannin streaf n was purely |
family affair, given chiefly for the en-. |
1eXment Of the grandchildren Of Mrs Sam |
Aasen- M hkltls Allen fmpersonsted Santa
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With Prominent Visitors
TO and Citizens of Houston
Who Have Something In
terestIng to Say,

friends Of the young man and publication
Of these incidents may lead to his ldcutt-
hCation."
another big oil field will he opened o.
through the operations Of Pennsylvania
capitalists" said MIR Hugh Hamilton OF
this city last night. Mr. Hamilton is in
tereSted in the Sornto field rs a stock
holder in the Beaumont, -SAsntoga oil com
pany- Said he; These PENNSYLVANIA poo-
pie win eNpcnd $4,000 in developing tho
land, building storage tanks and marketing
the oil Ihey have commenced work on a
pipe line from the oil field 10 the Santa Re
track, i've miles off. and by February II
ther VIII be ready to put oil into the tank
cars. They have two rigs Mt work now
splcndidy and is now running 1900 barrels
per day. II Is four and n half inch
well and is down exectly 800 feet"
~
The bombardment began in earnest about
dark and as the hours grew apace the din
Increased In size until at midnight there
was Il rumble and a roar and six-shooters
and other shooters awoke the echoes. 1t
was Christmas and those who might have
overlooked the fact were soon made to
realize II. All night long fire crackers
cracked and sky rockets rocked and money
was burned every way You turned. The
saloons, Of course, did their share Of the
business and II was not n hard matter
TO spot a jag here and there. Some Of
them were full grown and ready for pick
ing and every once In while there was
free wagon ride. Then there were some
all night iags, the fellow who takes one
every now and then and wanders around
until the early morning dew fingers In his
back hair. But take II oil in all they were
not so bad" this year They could have
been worse.
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A DAY IN THE CITY.


- RE MARRIED THURSDAY Miss
Estclle Goebcl. daughter OF MIR. and Mrs.
II. A. Goebel OF this city, will be married
tomorrow afternoon at o'clock Mt the
residence of her parents, 10 MIR. Emerson
kitz, 2 promising young business man NJ
Fort Worth, at which place they will make
their future home.
SLIGHT COLLISION. There was 4
slight head-end collision yesterday morning
al $40 at Thompson's Switch on the Cen.
trail about twenty miles from the city.
Two freishts, one going north aud the
other south came togt Their The north.
hound was IN charge OF Engineer Torrance
ana Conductor Smell aud the southbOund
was In control Of Engineer Euloe aud con.
ductor Aldertou The engines were slightly
damaged, hut not sufficient To put them out
OF service. No ono was injured. Three
cars were derailed and traffic was delayed
Lhree hours. The wreck occurred during
dense fog.
CHAPLAIN SURPRISED One VI tho
happy surprises nj the Mckee street Meth
odist church Christmas celebration last
evening occurred Just before the distribu-
tIon Of the presents FROM the tree was be
gun Rev. Green. the pastor, has been the
chaplain Of the Typographical Union Of
after the entertainment which preceded
the distribution of presents. Mr. Charles
BUTLER Of the Typographical Union stepped
to tbs platform and addressing Rev Green
in few well chosen words and happy re-
marks, In behalf Of the Typographical
Union, presented that gentleman with mn
elegant silver water pitcher and gohicts Of
beautiful design Rev. Green was taken
cc.npletely by surprise, as he had received
no intimatlon whateyer ~ what was com
Ing. He, however, responded I'm n very
FEELING md appropriate address Of thanks.
II was indeed happy OCCASION
OFF on A HUNT number ot thor
oughbred sportsmeu VIII leave on the 7
o'clock Houston East aud West Texas train
tomorrow morning bound for the Trinity
bottoms out from New Caney. At New
Caney they will meet Mr. Morris with hts
pack Of bear and deer hounds, taking teams
for the river, some eight miles away,
where they will so In 10 camp with trap
per Fatheree. The crowd viii spend a
week or more In camp and intend bringing
In at least five bear and plenty Of deer
and turkey. MeSSrs. r. s. Clover w T.
Humphreyville. G. NJ Kuhn Alderman
Thompson, G. l.. Bering, Frank Rue, j. NJ
coleman, nr Aiken, Dr. Whipple W H.
Taylor, Judge Coort nj Bryan, A. Brcycr,
]. c. Butcher, Ross Groves and two cooks
4 special wire SAYS game Is abundant, and
the crowd will go into camp at once, some
twenty strong. Mr., Rue will kodak the
crowd during the different stages OF camp
NE Tor the sporting papers.
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AT THE THEATER.
Olympia Opera Company in "Mikado"
LAST Niaht.

Olympia Opera Company in "Mikado"
Last Night.
The Olympia Opera company, at It's fare.
well performance at Sweeney and Coombs
opera house last night presented Gilbert
and Smlivan's "Mikado" perhaps the most
popular OF the whole Gilbert and Sullivan
series.
There were some changes in the cast
from that given In the program, notably
Dir. Seamans playing NankA 200 Instead OF
ar: Weston, and MIR. Weston playing Pooh.
bah instead OF Mr.. Comick Mayor Roth
or weston ana MIR. Seamans were good.
mr. seamans particularly in the "A Wan.
uerlng, Minstrel T. song and In the duet
Win Miss Kendall, 4 Would kiss You
Mr.. Ben Lodge as Ko.Ko, Lord High Exc.
cutioner, was In one Of his best roles In
the songs Taken From the County Jail, ("
~ We Got EN- On My List" "The Flowers
Willow 0GT III @ ioS spfhl IL was W snaoyca r a.
Pcatedly until his verses gave out in the
last song and he had 20 beg on IN a anal
verse which conveyed tho Information that
ne had sung all he knew.
Miss Kendall. Miss iIoyt AMI Miss Downs
as Yum Yum, Pitt sling and pecp-Boo were
erX pretty and charming aud sang very
Miss Kendall Is exceptlonally pretty a.
ium-Yum, Miss Hoyt. too. looks her best
And sings with great deal of animation,
very charminRly. She sang tho Gle Is
6oing 10 Marry Yum Yum" with great
deal az spirit and dash.
that y possible 20 make OF the ungrateful
role of katsha
The rest ~ the company and the chorus
were good
The next attraction will he "when W.
Were Twenty. one, at todays matinee and
tonighta katformAnce.
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DEATH ROLL.
funeral Of pr. M. A. Tryon

funeral OF Of W. q. lyon.
Tho funeral services over the remains ~
the late pr W. A Tryou were held at tho
residence, No, ITO Lamar avcpuc, yestcr-
Riley. pastor Of the First Baptist church,
conducting the same, There was large
attendance, as the deceased had many
friends. He was the son OF Ir Tryon
who was the first pastor Of the First Ran.
list church, and great grandson of Governor
Tryon, colonial governor OF New York. Ia
the epidemic Of yellow fever In Memphis,
Tenn, in 1878, Or, Tryon responded TO a
call for physicians and worked hard aud
faithfully among the sick In that city VIZ
ont any hope of pecunlary reward lie
papers ~ Memphis and New Orleans THE
pail bearers were Niessrs. i. NJ Court. NJ
J. Journcay, +. f. Chew. ST., \. G. sears
j. l.. Williams and j. Woodhcad
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ShOrtTa lks

Tin glad It's all over" said well
known dry goods merchant ms he was
helped on with h' ovcrcoat. This bust
ness Of Carnival, Christmas and New
Years piling in on top Of each other Is
something fierce. ! don't suppose I ought
to say word, though Why? Biggest
business We ever had In orr lives
~
ITS hit US down here, too, snld the de.
pot master last night "Iust size mp the
lobby and tho waiting room and the news
stand and tho lunch counter. Almost de-
serted THEY'RE all either gone or come
time untli Wednesday night. Then they'll
he coming and going again and Wen start
all over once more
~
This don't seem like Christmas" was
the remark OF one OF the 6re boys at the
Central station as he Gazed yearnlngly at
the alarm dial md prayed that somebody
would pull a box. by this time every
Christmas we have six or eight calls and
here It is j. O'Clock and nothing doing.
Something wrong sure; wen get 1t big
mfr J. Rhea, the manager Of the Retrieve
and Lake Jackson sugar plantations, is in
the city. Mr.. Rhea said he came up to get
duplicate 10 some part Of his sugar ap-
paratus that has broken down. He said
that the. freeze nipped some Of his thin
but that he expects to lose very little and
may be able 10 save most OF 1t.
~
All the hotel clerks in town were on the
loaf" last night and the registers looked
as II they had been struck by a cyclone.
The clerk at the Rice was correct when
he Said II was all of until after the holl.
days" remarked the clerk at the Bristol
last night, Nevertheless we have no
kick. think business has been Just
season and we will see old 1901 90 hy with
regret. No. there are no short talks In
sight here tonight"
Business Is not so rushing" remarked
the night clerk at the police station as he
looked over his blotter about 10 p. m.
There were only nfteen brought in today
and very few tonight They are all for
minor oifenses, such as disorderly
conduct, plain DRINKS, and one or two for
fireworks on Main street The
chief means what he says about shooting
fireworks on the business streets and the
boys Will save themselves lots OF trouble
by doing their shooting elsewhere
~
Mr. A. J. Wine OF Saginaw, Texas.
passed through the city yesterday en- route
10 Nocona "You might be able TO assist
ne 90 obtain some Information through the
medium OF your short talks" said Mr..
Wine. About three years ago young
nan came into Montague county and set
led about twelve miles north OF Nocona.
rwo or three months later he died, but
,efore his death he told some one that he
vas going under au assumed name, hut for
what reason he DID not say. He seemed |
o be painter. He was OF fair complex. |
on and had light hair ami blue eyes |
Among his effects was a picture with Tho |
n o book that he left the name Lee III |
Gilbert was frequently written: also the |
'ames Miss Cora Pitts. Miss Martha Tril |
q Powell. March z, 1895, ga Main Santa |
'e ROUTE. Columoia, TexaS. ! have never |
'ssn able 70 locate any Of the rslatlyss o. |
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Fire Yesterday Caused Loss of Forty.
Five thousand Dollars
10 rHf SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY
Gas lgnited and Caused an Explosion
Under the Tsnks-Fire Department
| Lends Assstance--No Insurance.

The creosote works OF the Texas and
New Orleans railway (Southern Paclhc). 10.
Gated Just west of the Iuglewood yards,
sasut three miles from the city, were de.
etroyed by FIRE that originated at noon
yesterday. None of the material except
that In the cylinders was lost. The build
ings are a total loss and the machinery
is badly damaged, Manager Van Week
places the total damage at s40,OO0, with
no insurance. lie states that the work OF
rebuilding will commence at once.
~
By an explosion. on ignition Of gas, in
the cylinders under the tanks in the cen
ter OF the main shed, tho large croosoting
plant of the Texas and New Orleans rail
way tSouthern Pacific SYSTEM wns set on
AEe yesterday at 11;50 n. M There were
dsa adequate means OF fighting the fire
and the flames spread with lightning Ike
rapidlty. Manager Van Week was at once
notified over the telephone and he commn-
aicated Immediately with Chief Hussey Of
the FIRE department. The latter said he
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mnlian,son county oaodI0' !.

Georgetown, Texas DeceuV s,m.,i
Lee ]. Rounuee announces . u j
week as a candidate ior S''
this district ,os IN ibis g
J. II. Neal, ESQ, amount make u !
local papers ihal We
for county attorney
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Imports Of Chiln psnnsr

Corpus Christi, Texas, December a4.-Ac.
cording to a statement just given TO tho
puhllc by the custom house officials hero
simple article Of vegetation from Mexico
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Funeral Of Mrs. Bonnie Maude BowIes

The funeral Of the late Mrs. Bonnie
Msudc Bowles took place from her late
residence No. ealn Jefferson avenue. ycS
terdny morning nt 10 o'clock Rev. Z. Am
mons, pastor Of the Tabernacle Haptist
church. conducted tho services after which
the remains were taken 10 the German
cemetery for interment
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Peter Josenh strehlA

Peter Joseph, the infant son OF Mr.. md
Mrs j Strehle. died at the home OF
ms parents No 24O7 Mckinney avenue.
burial WIN take place at the German GENE.
lery this morning at II O'clock The
funeral VIII take place from the home of
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THE CREOSOTE WORKS BURNED

would lend all the assistance possible and
he ordered out Steamer No. and the
hose wagon from the same house. He then
jumped into his buggy and went to the
scene himself, where he directed the eff
forts Of the iiremcn and volunteers in their
battle against the flames. II was hard
fight. but the boys and the chief did good
work aud when Manager Van Week, who
had also gone TO the fire, returned at 4
p. m, he said the big blaze was under con
troll
"'rhc nrc was a hot one while 1t lasted"
said MI Van Week" the wooden buildings
burning like finder | was told that two
flames had taken a commanding hold ana
that II was Just impossible to check the
blaze. The shed or building in which the
ire originated was l2iX12O feet and this
and two other buildings jOX71 feet and the
sheds were burned, the pump house, car
pentcr shop ana aN going M In smoke.
The hremcn secured water from a pond
adjoining farm nearby. ana they did
excellent work In saving material We
would have lost considerable property had
II not been for them. There were number
OF cars on the tracks nearby, but they were
all gotten out Of harms way with the
exception of two 6at cars that were de
stroyed. The wind was blowing pretty
stlnly when the fire started and this aided
In the work Of destruction.
,rne creosotc works were built In 1890
and gave employment to about thirty
hands. We will rebuild again Just MS soon
MS We can got things cleared up. The loss
IS rather hard to figure right now. but
guess II win reach about $4,000 with no
insurance"
\ ~
Chief Hussey and his men returned TO
the city about 3 p. m. The chief said the
buildings had all been consumed when the
detail from the department arrived, but
thnt thousands ~ dollars worth Of bridge
lTnl Mt nor "a lttu1, Ia
material was saved by the force that went
TO work.
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Beaumont Needs a Bigger Building.
Especial 10 The Postl
Washington, December 2d-Whcn con.
Ercss reconvenes Representative Cooper Will
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Claus and did It SO effectively az to
strengthen in the minds Of the children the
mythical idea Of old Santa Claus.
4 preliminary test was made Yesterday
Of the pumping plant OF the sanitary sew
cr system and the result WIS satisfactory.
Wntcr WIS pumped through the long line
Of pipe ont 10 the altering beds. The test
was made hy Mir. tlcitmanns constructing
engineer who placed the machinery An
ofictn test viii he made after the holidays,
when the hoard Of public works and other
CITY olhrLlIa viii DO nrcAent.
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Mr.. W. w. Dexter Of this civ has trans.
Iteired to Judge u Masterson his und,yidsd
bracng large tract OF hand I'm NnSslinn
san Augustine, sabine aud Nacoeilonbcs
counties. The Andrew Dexter estate
MnIch was one Of the largest IN Texas,
was an based on old Spanish grants. and
has been IN dispute for many Years The
estate has received an ~ the lands with
me exception 81 those occupied nv sn,iat.
their having occupied ana held Inc shd
suhicienily long 10 own them, and Mr.
Dexter has sold n Judge Masfsrson his
ehiire undivided interest In them
q a. - IN @ ia IA.
Bears tn. ~ The Kind You Haze Llsars Bought
'S. q NMZzlXs<
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-30
BOYS IN
CITY COURT.
The Municipal Court This
Morning Looked Like
a Kindergarten.

In the case Of Michael Jacket and
Herman Kloss, who broke into a
West Front Street, Agent Stout Of
the Society Of the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children reported that
Jachet had been before the Court on
two former charges Of larceny. He
was committed to the Ferris school.
Kloss served over two yeaas, in.
the Ferris School. He VA V}saa1I' 1FIstnar1, III I,
ed 10 The school. 5as'n l"ps :
Joseph Patton and Jose ph sMiller
two boys were charged With lar.
ceny Of quantity Of CASTLE soaP.
Detective Jones testified that
freight car Of the Philadelphia, vii.
ming:on and Baltimore Railroad
was broken open yesterday while
it was on the Church Street siding.
He recovered three boxes Of Old EN-
glsh CASTLE Soap valued at 80 cts.
Patton had the soap in his posses
sion, He was standing near the car
door when arrested.
Irwin Pryor testified that Miller
had large numb berof bsxes Of soap
in his possession.
Miller came from the direction di-
rcction OF where the car had been
robbed.
Nolan Smith testified that he saw
Patton put his hand into, the car
and then drop one box into his pock
ct.
Agent Stout said there was no
use OF looking into the case as Mil
ler had a terrib record. They
were committed to the Ferris
School.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-30
DELLA " ARE
COLLEGE,

Delaware College las now moro stu.
denis than she ever before had in tho
whole cour:e Of her history. The whole
uumbe OF students is ll2, of whom ~ are
iu the Freshman class, 81 in the SoDho
more % III the Junior, II in tho Senior.
and pursuing graduate courses or study
ing with Il view to an additional degree, in
-ome other course lhan that in which they
huve D5en graduated This growth has
not been the result OF any lowering Of tho
requirements for entrance, but rather has
come in pite Of Il slow but steady advance
in such requirements
There Is u markeu increase in the inter-
est excited by the lLngineering and Agri
cultricat courses of the College. This IL
shown not only by the increased mum ber
of Freshmen entering such courses, but
also by the fact that some stuuen, are
specializing in those courses, while others
after having taken degrees in other cours-
es arc returning to obtain engineering do
grces. The four Years Agricultural!
Course, and the Two Years Agricutu al
Course both attract students pursuing
other ccur,es are IN som" instances elect
ing Junior and Senior work in the Agr-
culture. The work OF tho Short Course
in .AgrlculD ure begins with tho opening of
the next trrN and Is expected to attract
some young men i'll search Of practical
help.
White the technical courses ara thus
attlacting studen $. he Latin Scientific
Classical and her Language courses aro
In u healthy condition. : udonts are
specializing by means OF election law, lit
eruture. Latin, Creek, aud po Iii sal science
AID there are more students doing elective
work in modern languages than ever be
lore There Is also increased specialize ng
in chemistry. hv"ry no.. subject offered
Another slgn Of heath Is the incrna I'd
use OF the IiLraries both general and spoci
~
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-11-30
Jeweler and Optician
WANTS SALE
SET ASIDE.
Objects to the Sale of the
Journal Printing
Company.

Martin Smith in Superior
court thi, morning asked that
the return Of the Sheriff sale of
the journal Printing company
be delayed until next Thurs
day, 50 that he might be given
time to file a petition to have
the sale set aside. Mr.. Smith
represents John J.. Mason, of
New York, ,who is the possess
or Of judgment bonds aggre-
eating $4,000.
The court asked ON what
grounds and Mr.. Smith replied
on the ground Of fraud and in
sufficient advertising,
The Court said an objection
should have been made before
the sale and that the case has
no status at this date. Mr..
smith will appeal to the Cham
ccl|or in behalf of his client.