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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
GRAND JURY TOLD TO INVESTIGATE
The Recent Burning OF Abe Wldner in
Grayson County.

sherman, Texas, September 16.-Tbe
grand jury was sworn In today. In de-
liyering his charge Judge Maxey said that
until recently it had been the proud boast
Of Grayson county that its people had not
taken the law in their hands, but under
caused hy one OF the most brutal crimes
in the history of the State the people had
broken the record, and that no matter
how heinous the crime the visitation of
death or punishment upon the offender
outside of the legal course of the law Is
itself unlawful. and IL was the duty OF the
grand Jury to investigate the burning OF
Abe Widner in this county. Judge Maxey'
ness bred crime, and he especially asked
that the grand jury do the best II could
TO uproot and put an end 10 IL.
He charged upon the question OF freight
rates and rebates.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Saloon Keeper Assaulted.

BeaIhont, Texas. September i6-Thls
morning about o'clock the proprietor OF
the Pee Gee saloon was assaulted by two
parties who entered the saloon for the
purpose OF robbery. The proprietor was
asleep on cot when they struck him on
the head with piece Of rubber hose loaded
With an iron holt. He was knocked nsen
sIble and made so much racket that the
thugs were frightened away, He is In
precarious condition and may die.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Proceedings in Contempt.

Galveston, Texas, September 1e.-Walter
G. Jones. mayor Of the city Of Galveston,
has filed petition in the district court
in which he represents that on August 81
the defendants were enjoined by Judge
Charles f. Asbe of the Fifty nth judicial
district from moving the steamship Roma
over the water main OF the plainun and
that the said order was continued In eff
feet by Judge r. VI. Franklin Of the Fifty.
sixth district court; that In obedience OF
said injunction the defendants Charles
Clarke. Robert Clarke and Charles Clarke,
Jr; and tie agents and employees OF q .
over the water main of the plaintiff.
Therefore the plaintiff prays that the
defendants he adjudged In contempt OF
CONT and TINT process be issued citing said
defendants TO appear before the Judge OF
the Fifty-sixth district court to show cause,
II any there be. why a hndl order should
ants for contempt.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Will Be Mo Contest.

Austin. Texas, September 16.-rhe Will
Harrisburg City Fire Insurance company OF
Brooklyn. which was recently sued by At
torney General Bell, has decided to obey
the law and the case against 1t will be dis
missed by the State. General Bell on he
half OF the state sometime ago fled suit
against this company for failure to comply
with the Texas antitrust law by falling
10 file an antitrust affidavit that II is not
In any way connected with a trust or com
hinc The affidavit has been filed with the
secretary Of state and the suit will be dis
missed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

were being compelled to pay 10 per c.r,
OF their salaries to their chiefs has taken
all the evidence in reference to tho conn.
troller's department and the treasury ana
land departments are now being Invsst,-
gated and report Will be made on Wa
nesday morning. w
THERE WAS NO SESSION Of the senate
on account Of the absence Of a Quorum
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate.

Inere was no quorum present when Presl.
dent Pro TEN Davidson dewitt, called
the senate to order this morning, and on
motion of Senator Savage adjournment 10
10 a. IN. Tuesday was had.
The senators present were Beatty, David.
son ,DeWitp, Dibreli, Goss, Grlnnan. John.
son, Lipscomb, Patterson, Savage sehos.
tian' Staples Swami, Turner, wayland and
Wheeler.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Chnrter ices FaIIlnn Ga.

Austin, Texas. September l6--Since the
lull in the filing of oil charters in the secre-
tary of states department the receipts
have fallen OF considerably. The receipts
for the mouth of August were $4,000 %
which Is So 600 less than the receipts for
July, which is due principally to the fallinG
off In oil charters The receipts for August
month last year,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Moved the Roma.

Galveston, Texas, September l6.-There
was high tide yesterday morning and the
fact was taken advantage of by Charles
Clarke & Co to move the steamship Roma
from her berth at the draw Of the old La
Porte bridge. Two tugs were attached TO
the steamer and the vessel also worked
her own propeller. Satisfactory progress
was made for time but the tide sud
denly went down and the work on the yes
sci had To be discontinued until another
tide comes in. This was expected thls
evening and II is likely that the ship Will
be brought Ia the wharf some time tomor-
row She is now lying distance of
about 1900 feet from her former berth at
the Laporte draw.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Affravs at Corsioana.

Corslcana, Texas, September 16.--A shoot
ing scrape between two negroes occurred
this evening, Bob Madden, colored, bx,ng
shot In the arm.
Lyon Clark while working In his father
restaurant, was hit by a stray bullet Sc
riously injurlng him,
johnson, the negro who did the shooting
Is In jail,
Family troubles caused Amos Dovell Of
Purdom to shoot his father.in-law last
Saturday, seriously lnjurlng him. Dovel
Is I'm jail In this city.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
eou.rnor Goes 70 San Antonio

Austin. Texas. September l6-Thc gov.
ernor has accepted the Invitation to at
tend the meeting Of the National Grand
Lodge. Sons Of Hermann. at San Antonio,
and VIII leave for that place tomorrow
morning. He will return Wednesday morn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Veterans to Hold Joint Meeting.

Beaumont. Texas. September 16--At the
meeting Of Albert Sidney Johnston Camp
OF Confederate Veterans yesterday after.
noon a committee was appointed TO meet
with a Ike committee from the local camp
Of the Grand Army of the Republic for the
purpose Of arranging for a Joint memorial
service to be held at one OF the churches
Thursday In memory Of the dead president.
The committees Will select n church and ar
range a program which will be announced
tafpr
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
BEAUMONT BUDGET.

Mrs. Lloyd Remanded to Jail Without
the Benefit Of Bail.
Beaumont, Texas. September 16--Mrs,
veatrice Lloyd was tried Saturday before
Justice Of the Peace Brown on the charge
Of numbering her husband, l. w. II. Lloyd
and was bound over to await the action Of
the grand Jury without the heneht Of bail
Application viii he made To the district
court for a writ OF habeas corpus
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Personal Mention.

Austin, exas September 16 Judge n. F..
Simmons. office assistant attorney general
who has been spending his vacation at
Corpus Christi, returned last night. He
was accompanied by his family.
Prof II. c. Prtchett, principal of the
Sam Houston normal Is In the city from
huntsville,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
proa Had ! Good Majority

LewIsvlile, Texas. September i4.-Prohi-
hilton election in precinct No. B. Denton,
Texas. resulted IN majority Of over 100
IN favor OF prohibition; official returns not
received from waketon, but sutlcIent 70
state tina above.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
as comnared Win IJUN.

Austin, Texas, September 6.-Comprroller
r. NJ. Love returned last night from Hills
boro, whore he has been attending the
meeting Of the State synod Of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Tax Rolls Filed.

Austin, Texas. September 16.-The comp
troller's department today received the tax
rolls Of the following counties showing the
total amount of assessed property for 1901
as compared with 1900:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Department Notes.

Austin, Texas. September i6.--The state
department of insurance today granted a
permit to do business In Texas TO the Ma
tlonal Union Fire Insurance company OF
Plttsburg, Pa, The company paid office
fees $40 and So agents certificates.
The charter OF the Gainesville Gun and
Rod club of Gainesville Cooke county,
capital stock 5000 was hled today In the
secretary Of states department lncorporn-
tors c. o. Turner, c. u. Potter and 5. t,
Bartlett.
The sherman Gas Light company of
Frankfort, Ky, was today granted re-
newal OF permit to do business In Texas.
This corporation has its Texas office az
sherman and capital stock Of SlhoVo.
The Phoenix Athletic club on San An
tonic, no capital stock, filed its charter to-
day.
The Bank of Fort Worth this afternoon
fled an amendment to Its charter changing
its name TO the HunterPhelan Savings aud
Trust company
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
EGZE:MA IS
ITGH IS TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness aud in
fammation little pustular eruptions form
and discharge thin, sticky fluid, which
dries aud scales off sometimes the skin IS
hard, dry and assured. Eczema in any
form is tormenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and burning at times are
almost unbearable; the acid burning
humor seems to ooEe out and set the skin
on FIRE. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains in the blood
it will keep the skin irritated.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
AWFUL CRIME CHARGED.
White Man Jailed for Outraeing His
Baby Stepdauehter.


Baby Stepdauehter.
Sherman, Texas, September 16--BIl
Duncan, a white man. was this evening ar.
rested and placed in jail charged with
criminal assault upon his 7.yenr-old step
daughter. Duncan is q cotton picker. and,
with his family. was at work near Carpen-
tiers Bluff on Red river. The child went
for walk with her stepfather Sunday
and he returned without her, stating she
had fallen down and could not walk in,
then hurried of.
The mother secured assistance and a
search discovered the child in thlcket
little thing cried piteously: Il begged
papa not to treat me rhat way"
Or. McCulloch, attending physician, gave
as his Judgment that criminal assault had
been accomplished.
Duncan went to Sevoy, then to Bells and
reached Sherman last night, spending the
night in Sherman. lie was alJested this
At each place he tried To secure the serv.
ices of physician, stating the child had
fallen down and crippled herself, bni
would not accompany one to the child.
Excitement is high In Sherman tonight
The officers are taking precautionary meas
ures.
Denlson, Texas. September 16.-A war
rant was sworn out today for the arrest
Of W. II. Duncan on the charge of assault
ing his stepdaughter. She told a pitifu
story Of the outrage, and said after benl
outraged she had been kicked. She was
left by him in the woods and laid there
without any attention for several hours
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
FROM THE CAPITAL CITY.
Commission on Girls Industrial Home
Will Meet at Waco.
ANTITRUST LAW WONT BE CONTESTED
BY the williamsburg Insurance Com
pany, and the State viii Withdraw
the Suit Il Recently Filed.

Austin. Texas. September i6.-rhe gov
error today announced that the commits
sion appointed by him to select a site for
the girls Industrial school, Will hold Its
meeting in Waco ON October 1.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
THE VOTE OK cLERKs.

Following is the vote by which the reso-
luton providing for reduction in the
clerical force OF the house was defeated
this morning:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
BAn FORM or TETTER.

For three years I
had 7 etter on my
hands, which caused
them to swell 20 twice
their natural size, Part
Of the time the disease
was in the form Of run
ming sores, very pain
full, and causing me
much discomfort, Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
10 be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me. took only three
bottles OF s. 8. S, and
was completely cured.
This was fifteen years
ago, and I have never
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

M COMMITTEE appointed to investi
sa'e the report that department clerks
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

IituWtISVN TI1dUldTI' ny ~ 1sIU NHUUIF VVNS
ent and not voting. Paired Kennedy
Limestone), present, who would vote yea.
with Lively, absent, who Nould vote nay.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
Mrs. lohnson,s Good Work.

%, " van. - -r,t,o r,,st
10 Inc Euitor oi uu lps''
The legislature Of Texas has ADJOURNED
uftor missing the appropriation bill, which
s,0oon fa mo oractIot of a
Included Slo'ouo loI lne
monument to General Albert sidney Jouh
sion and the bill has been signed by the
a,,l h,,,,, f. q law For vears
governor anu ueA'c 10 A." 81" "
al each recurreut session Of the leBlsla-
trre the Daughters OF the Confederacy of
-, I'D tho enort "a serure an
ieAAS nav in'ue
appropriation Tor TINS purpose, anu al last
tba realization OF their hopes has come
-, +,,ro,,,,b tho sniendid work ANA
10 tnc'u g. ~
executive ability OF their president, Mrs
Cone Johnson of Tyler. When It had be
-. -, mar tho ,overnor would call
come certain 'n"' Nv ,,,,., ~
a special session OF the legislature ms
eun,mer Mrs Johnson, ascertalning that
sr"riaI session would be no oOstacie in the
wny OF securing an appropriation, and that
the constitution made provision for sucl
apprnpriations, went to work in the most
Siistteiii1tic way with careful aud well
laid plans for its success. This she al
Wars does I'm matters great ami small, be.
licyinr that if a thing Is worth doing at
ali III is worth doing well. She wrote
hundreds of personal letters to men of in
duence over the State, asking for their
hearty support and personal letters 70 the
C,,s,nor ttver tsU petitions were printed
End sent ONT. Eyery town, section and
co,Inty of great Texas received, signed and
ucre written TO and their support request
ed Two hundred letters and petitions
,,nre sart to the camps Of L. G.. vs. in
tc.oe 0ne hundred circular letters and
,ile,i%inns were sent to chapters ana me.u
H.. az no AlbeTf sIdpcg JoAnston mon
u,nent committee. An this she did with
u l,li ietanre ana hv constant apd IN
Uu, In work Tor weeks a great Inter.
est Vas aroused over the state in this
matter When the legislature met Sena-
niS 'SSttaoord 81 Niineoia presented to the
~, he hundreds OF letters and pc
7,|ions which mad been signed aud re-
,t,I'4i 70 Mrs Johnson Governor Say
tIs ~ H., ,tItb Inc niovemenf and stated
9EmpJit"' was magnificent petition, aud
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
BATTLE OF GALVESTON.
W. P. DORIAN.

Side Of the channel and grounded All cf
Forts 10 get on were futile and he ordered
blow mp the ship. A long time passed after
q fuse had been nXed near the powder
magazine of The ship and, heading boats
crew under Mldshipman Zimmerman and
eight men returned to the ship, and Just
rs they mounted the deck the magazine
exploded, blowing the crew 10 atoms. not
vcstige Of thor remains being afteryard
found.
Soon after the Harriet Lane raised flag
Of truce, as already stated. an the other
gunboul5 were observed slowly creeping
towards the gulf and after being out Of
range Of the hight battery guns on shore,
rapidly steamed over the bar aud escaped
10 New Orleans, the Lane and the Two
sailing ships and Colonel Burre aud about
r@hty men Of company ID aud others, HS
Stated being the fruits OF victory. The
United States commander az New orleans,
IN answer 20 a communication from Cen
cral Magruder why the ship5 escaped with
under the circumstances, replied that the
lOufedcrates first violated the truce py
masking, prisoners % war Of Colonel Bur,
rell and company u during the absence OF
the Confederate commissioner "a CommO-
dOrc Rcnshaw. Wien the company was
marched ashore Vt was seen that only one
man had been wounded, an Irishman, whose
leg was amputafed at the temporary hos
pital, Ursulne convent. The company car
rled regulation stand OF cOlOrs about dXS
feet, ana / suppose that n was this nag
The battle Gag With the figures 80" on
both sides which General Howard found on
the Harriet Lane after hhe battle was over
and where he visited as one OF the com
missiOnerR a. stated in his speech, Is a
great wonder 10 me which can only be ac-
counted for by other former visitors leay-
Ing the battle flag after lootiHg the quar-
tiers ON Kuhn's wharf. There certainly
WIS shameful lnoting, both on the captured
ship and the quarters mentioned. and the
truth Of history c0mpels me TO say 50.
Another error tho general made; He stat
ed that Commander Leon Smith, the com
mander In chief OF the Confederate naval
force. who WAS among the men that first
boarded the Harriet Lane was the man
who killed Captain Wainwright In battle.
This story was current after the battle
and Ia an interview with Commodore Smith
the first time me met he emphatlcaily stat
cd that the report was not true
Mr.. w, O.. wilkins of BRENNAN, ore. OF
the participants. and who saw Captain
Wainwright fhll from the bridge Of his
ship. stated that Private sam Num-, one
~ HIS comrades, fred the fatal shot. Dir.
wilkins rushed forward and secured VAIN
wright's Colts revolver, whch he afterwrad
turned over 10 a comrade named Howell
Now the question Is: What became OF
the regimentai 1agf II was made OF regu-
lation bunting and about 6xe. "A already
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13

salem were In the city on .So,.
their future home 'ehl making
Mrs. G. b. Patton ana Az. AZ -,
visiting the city 's' ~ mast are
Mrs ID. X Cason and ch,ir.,
returned from their visit Ia DsI1iarren have
Mrs and Mr. II j Curi ~ w,
visiting relatives .n the CIV Snireho are
=, Miss Morrison has been vienna. :,
". q. kennard for some tin,H 'l,S Mrs.
turned 70 Longylew this weci que re-
The ladies' OF the Epleeon1t a,h., 80,
the amount Of S102 80 fru,i dc IA ~ arsan We 4
convention, which was unique ana n.r uialas
Miss Mary Hoya. who has beer a, 80
nan, IeXas, for month is AZ bn,,a eoie'
friends. VI "er numerous
Mr. and Mrs. June Harris ana NJ, -,
err Lindsey went to Dallas ftir tbis nVo'
". ana Mrs. Mayfield returned N 49, ~,
from Auo, where they have becn SI5Ytiuna
famliy). VN"iohel farris'
Mrs. Matte Tenctch of Cbireno Il ,t.,.
ng her daughter. Mrs r. / Kinso,. ''t ~
this city. this week % hlhseN OF
MISS Bette Perkins Is visiting Io,t.,.
Ni,ie, guest OF her sister. Mrs Deyerso1,,,yo '
Mrs, Robert +. Brown and cbtIarras Hu ~;
nave heeh visiting Mrs. Cor1vrsv ~ ~, W u9 /,
va Railas e their home al Coleman s ~, te,'
>.Nillnm Burrows and Miss Fnn,ie ~ = ,,
Nier were married on tho 9th ~ pia,l =.
school house. large crowd ~ frin Se !
ION Nacogdoches were present '''enuS
n Mss Arden Crawford has retnrncd 90
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work Of treasurer and registrar passed
through the secretarys office At the last
convention she introduced amendments TO
the constitution. which were adopted. SO
that the respective officers could carry on
their work with much less confusion and
expense. The per capita tax Is insnth-
Client to pay for the printing uf m" an
nuals, much less the other expense Of run,
ming the division. Mrs, johnson realized
this fault last year and introduced an
amendment to correct that shortage, ar
ranging that each chapter pay n special
tax OF 81 for the printing Ot the annual.
but It was defeated. This year an
empty treasury has been soaring tlc III
vision In the face for months and Mrs.
Johnson has had 10 make a call for vol
untary contributions from the chapters to
pay for printing the ANIMALS, All officers
have paid the expenses Of each re-
spective office. and only 1000 ANNALS
were printed when there are 1900 mcm-
hers This makes The lcNaS DIVISION
bankrupt when II could have had funds
In the treasury had Mrs. Juhnson's ameno
ment been adopted, Mrs. Johnson has
been president of the MoIlie T.. Moore
Davis chapter for three years, and under
her direction II has grown ~ hr on
the best chapters In the division. They
win soon be ready to erect their monu-
ment In Tyler. They have a regular
course Of historical and literary study and
have delightful meetings many Of their
members being elderly ladies who can aud
do .2cite the most thrilling war eNperl-
enceS They are loyal and devoted ad-
mrers Of their able leader Citizen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-13
TIE BASEBALL UMPIRE.
A Modern Solomon Concludes He Is the
Human Up-Apajnst-it.

a Modern Solomon Concludes He is the
4" "'NN'o' {,,,os,, r-6nsi,,sf-It
'u''''' OP-'Nsa'Hs'''
Who hath woe. who batG meanings, VINO
botb lamentations and spfferlnas in the
n"'n '""''N''""HS az" '"He''"aS !" '"o
flesh?
Verify, II is he who looketh upon the
h,srhoIl when # curycth itsaIr orlcht
DS, 80, >, ~ ~. - ~ 49,
When It slldeth through the center of tho
afternoon and fooleih the baseman that he
dod,etb tberefroin.
-
Nuen IL com'tA over lhe HhuhIe Oh the
plate and the umpire caileth It II strike.
Won vnrjly nv San &c no tbot IL tho
umpire that gctteth the not end Of fate,
a Reb Mp y" 10y adotb III 6Sbnd no coth.r
ami soninterh across the diumond and say.
sih i'm ~ Iutj ynirr "one stri,e,"
ana ana come 1He FS ali eI pat s 81 the 6ed a
declare unto MIN Tint hc tx A liar;
,rh"t tio trrtb ,at, pot he fou,d tr hin,
r.,tn n,lIiirn rnudln ro,,-ar senrrbiIGi,t mi
n vii ~ renIct.in
And tbcv tb,t sit uuon iI1e blea,i,ers
e. - ~ ,bt ~, XXI ali g., ~ in a
Toice. i
,,nb thou rohbCr, Thou footpadi Rnrk
10 the huckster wagon!"
w ~ ,bn nynni,e stIrteth "a Il and an.th
the niaycrs AKA s,ndetb them to The bench
and Inc came .esumeth Itself
Now. pergdvcntufe. he asscrteth TINT tho
-, ~ a. w. ma ~ wy
ne&e otS - ,it,i,lr rt.eib pnop ne hind i,,,s
orh bo,,lotb lIta nuto a man in ac,,,,y
e ~ WV" - 7'"' >
''SnreI, nut II souare In the center NJ
tho uiatS Or trnti thor are filted win
r,atr Of hmm iamps
,EHbot thou Eu0Seth nor about halls and
strikes womb take ali of Carnegie's money
~ ~, Mia -, i,5|tIy f. contain me hnnts
,eiIing NJ il
ar a bnrscthief and picEpocket
o.d ,rn,,leth M tho umpIre and teiieIh
Anu Anu Ei1"t, o ronid not zoe n nov car roIii,,
nm es t"u' i,nc5tan
actVSS a. AZ basnfr,n veJleth pnto hin,
Gnu Wv tture he vet In M Togues' al
5lnt N'S
'tS'nd tho Second bssemsn ana tho short