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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

Liberty. Texas. September i6. Miss
Laura Jones and Mr. ]. t. Ellis were
united In marriage at the home of the
brides parents tonight. The marriage was
a surprise to eyry one. The couple left on
the $50 train for North Texas. Miss Anna
pickett and Mr. j. G. McDenrmAn accom-
panied the party as far as Dayton.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
WEATHER INFORMATION.
Storm "a the Mlssisslppi COAST

Storm Of the Mississippi Coast.
The following advisory message was re-
ceIved from New Orleans La:
Weather Bureau, Advisory Storm south.
east 6 p. IN. for Mississippi and eastern
coast of Louisiana. Easterly winds are
likely to become high on middle gulf
coast tonight and Tuesday.
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Munner Declines 10 serve.

Dallas, Texas, September 16.-Stephen l..
Munger, who was appointed fire commits
sloner Of the city Of Dallas for the ensu-
ing two years by Governor sayers last
week, today formally declined to serve. It
Is expected that the governor viii be
troubled again with insistent friends Of
various other candidates and with big
patches OF recommendations.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Remains Laid % Rest.

BRENNAN. Texas. September 16.-The re-
mains Of Mr. Marcus Harris. whose death
was chronIcled In today's Post, were
brought TO Brennan on an early morning
train from GlddIugs. and at 10 o'clock
Monday morning the funeral took place
from the Jewish synagogue, on North
street md his remains were followed 10
Hebrew Rest ny large number Of friends,
who turned out TO pay this last earthly
trlhute Of respect 10 the deceased. and all
that was mortal of Marcus Harris was
laid to rest with solemn ceremony at ~
O'clock. Rabbi Rnlinowitz OF the Jewish
synagogue officiating.
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a. lnsane Chinaman.

san Antonio. Texas. September ie.-Fang
Fin. a chinaman. was arrested today, tried
on a charge Of lunacy and adjudged In
sane He has been taken to the South
Fang Fin Is the hrst Chlnaman to be adj
Judged 4 unatie In the courts Of Texas.
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sysWY%Wx1 for acceptable ideas.
wI A~n State II patented.
hA YNE THE PATENT RECORD,
AQ&VSs Baltimore. Md.
THE TEXAS EDITORS
Put In Another Pleasant Day at Salt
Lake City.


Lake City.
Especial to The Postl
Salt Lake. Utah, September i8.-The
Texas editors had another field day here
today. In the forenoon the salt palsce
was visited. In the afternoon a reception
was rendered them by President Lorenzo
snow of the Mormon church at his resi-
denee in the Beehive. The Lion and Bee
hive houses were both visited and In
spected.
Fort Douglas was also visited.
AT a called meeting this afternoon Presl-
dent Felt Of the Utah Press association
for his untiring efforts In entertaining the
visitors. and President Fred b.. Robinson
gotfen mn the excursion We're each present.
ed with a handsomely inscribed gold headed
cane by the excursionlsts.
The party leave tonight for Denver a, on ahu
boulder. VIII return to Texas on the 2Oths
schndnla flme.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
District AVERAGES.
Central
Probabilities.

Washington, September 49, Eastern Tex
as-Rain Tuesday; cooler in Interior: north
erIy winds, probably high. Wednesday
cloudy, with rain IN western and southern
r,nrtInns
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
YOUNG Man BadIy Cut.

Ardmore, l. T., September 16.-In a dlfn-
Guilty yesterday at Berwyn. ten miles north.
Guy Attoway was seriously and believed
fatally stabbed by Lea Melton. Two
wounds In the side and one In the thigh;
the liver Is cut Melton is here in jail
Both wera yeuns mea Of prominent
families.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
COMMISSIONERS NAMED.
They May Now Take Charge of The
Cover ment of Galveston.
W. 7. AUSTIN IS TO BE PRESIDENT
The Other Members Are A. P. Norman,
]. h. kempner, Herman c. LANCE
and Valerie T. Austin.

Austin, Texas, September 1G.-Governor
sayers this evening received telegram
from Judge William II. Austin advising him
that he had qualified as commissioner Of
the city OF Galveston. TO which position ne
had been elected, and had rendered his
resignation
The governor thereupon appointed Judge
Austin president OF the commission and
Hermann c. Lange and L. H. Kcmpner as
the other appoinuve commissioners. He
also appointed Valerie Austin to MI the
place made vacant by Judge Austln's rcslg.
nation.
The governor forwarded Ahe commissions
10 the gentlemen tonight and they can
qualify and take charge Of the city gov.
ernment tomorrow.
Galveston, Texas, September 16-The
county commissioners met at o'clock this
afternoon and canvasscd the returns Of
the recent election Of city commissioners.
There was no contest filed and the result
was the official announcement Of the cleo
tion of Judge w. T. Austin aud A. T.. Nor
man. Judge Austin resigned to accept the
appointment of the governor MS chairman
OF the commission. His place as member
OF the body Will be filled by Vulery Il.
Austin,
II is said that the different departments
Of the city government Will he represented
on the commission MS follows Finance
and revenue. J. H. Kempncr;~a ater works
public improvement, V. Il. Austin; police
and fire, a. +. Norman
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

Observations taken by United States
weather bureau at s p. m, 10th meridian
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17
Notes and Personals.

Brenham, Texas. September 18,-The con.
cert that was 70 have been given at Fire
mems park Thursday night by MrA~J, ID.
Campbell has been postponed until Friday
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Cotton Reaion Bulletin.

For the twentycour hours ending at
a. m, 10Th meridian time:
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-17

"a meeting of the board is to be held
i Waco in October to settle the natter
rhe Post)
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General Observations.

Not included in means.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
WITHOUT TIE FRILLS.
Editor Who Discountenances
Frippery.

An editor who was thoroughly tired of
the foolishness that goes on at a church
wedding finally got even as follows, says
the Aschison Globe man: They were
married in great style. All the elite Of the
town were invited, principally because 1t
was thought that they would be more likely
to bring elegant presents for the bride.
''Of course, the ceremony took place IN
the church, and the church was most beau
tifully decorated for the occasion. Potted
plants were borrowed here and there,
wherever they could be secured without
max ang the owner. mad enough to fight.
The brides young lady friends had the
decorations in charge, and when they were
not making nosegays they were chewing the
rag about the trouble and work, and wish
ing that the bride had sense enough to get
up her own wedding. The ushers wore
claw hammer coats, parted their hair in
the middle and stepped high when they
walked down the aisle. The coats were
hired from cOstumer, and their white
gloves came from an undertaker's, who kept
them on hand for funeral occasions.
"It was ring ceremony. The ring was
monstrous gold band borrowed of the vii
lage jeweler. People called the bride love
ly, but she was so homely that hollyhocks
wouldn't grow in the dooryard where she
lived. The bridegroom was dressed in con-
ventional black, SO called because his father
once wore the coat to a democratic con-
vention. The presents were simply ele-
CANT. They came from people who couldn't
afford to hire the washing done or buy
bakers bread. Then after a 'sumptuous
weSNSirg supper the bride and groom went
to !. Louis on their wedding tour, where
they spent more money in "a hours than
both Of them can earn in month.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
YOUNG BUT PLUCKY RIDER.
A Courageous Lad who Follows the
Hounds with the Enthusiasm
of II Veteran.

In hunting community not far
from this city there is son of enc
of the members who seems destined
to throw famous leg over the pig
skin. That is, it will be famous if
the recklessness of its owner permits
it to come TO maturity. His courage
is of the first water, his nerve without
limit, but he is only IL, and his dis
erection leaves something to be de-
sired. Once the ardor of the chase
is on him, his father says, he will
put his gee" at anything in his path,
even if it should happen to be "a
church. He has until recently rid
den to hounds on his pony, but SO
clever was his work that the atten-
ton of the master of fox hounds was
attracted and he gave the boy re-
Gently a leg upon one of his own hunt
ers. The horse was rangey, half-bred.
17h hands high and with a temper of
his own. says the New York Tribune.
After they were in the field the mas
ter of fox hounds remembered the
hunters peculiarities of temper, and
his heart misgave him. The boy was
excited and happy, but he looked a
bit lonely and forlorn seated on the
huge horse, and the master of fox
hounds decided to ride close at hand
and to keep a careful eye on him.
After the hounds found all seemed
to go we'll, however, and the master
of fox hounds forgot his good inten-
tons as his sporting blood rose. Sud-
denly he remembered and looked
around just in time to see the boy
put his mount at a five-barred gate.
The horse refused, and up his neck
the youngster slid. He grabbed wild
ly, and his tiny arms went round the
horses neck So close was the horse
that his head was over the gate he
had refused, and as the boy slid off
he struck the top bar. To this he
hung. and as the frightened master
of fox hounds rode up he held up his
hand. please, Mr.. Blank, does that
count as a fall?" he demanded. 81
didn't touch ground" "Why, no, Reg
gle" said the master of fox hounds,
as he disguised laugh in cough,
II don't think that ought to count as
a fall. Are you hurt?" ''Aot Bit
was the cheerful response, land now,
if you'll lead him up I'll mount from
here and then | won't have to touch
ground" He did, and was in at the
death, and anything he wants in that
club now is his, from the best hunter
in its stables TO the mastership of
the hounds when he grows up.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
Why the Empress Went to War

At the beginning of the year 1900
Tsze Hsi An (the empress dowager)
was harassed on every side. All her
experience in the evasion of danger
pointed toward the shedding of blood
as the only certain means of success.
1t seems as if she had adopted as mot
to the CORY platform of Robespierre:
al ny que les morris qui ne review
nent pas" That was the only solu-
ton which she was able to discover,
and she seized upon it with avidity.
Her experience was not broad enough
to forecast the result, while her SUI
perstition, ignorance and hope led her
to accept the supposed invulnerabili-
ty of the Boxers as an established
fact. When that Illusion vanished and
II. allies appeared at T'ung Chow, IA
miles from Picking, she fed, taking
with her 90 carts filed with the most
valuable wealth, and poor Kaung Hsu
who was to serve as hostage for her
own safety and immunity,-R Van
Bergen in Atlantic,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Cook-''How'm l goin' to make
mince pie when We haven't any mince
meat in the house?'' Mrs Feedem-
Put some sugar in that cold hash"
baltimore American.
First Bull-"Why did you gore the
poor farmers fat son to death?" Sec
ond Bull (gleefully)-"Then you
didn't hear of our prodigal calf COM
ing home yesterday ?"-Town Topics.
Il notice that a California soldier
claims that he has the great seal of
China in his possession" Dear me;
is it a seal? / thought it was a
dragon cleveland Plain Dealer.
Sympathetic Friend-"Why haven't
you exhibited anything This year?'
Artist refused all their offers-I
simply can't sell myself to anyone"
Friend-'Hum! Something like your
picturesl'-Journal Amusant.
Were you satisfied with that cor
netist | sent your well, as you
said" replied the orchestra leader, ''he
certainly does play the cornet to beat
thS bdhu. All right. en- NO liz
couldn't keep time" - Philadelphia
Press.
First Sweet Young Thing-'What
on earth are you going to marry Fred
for. dear? He has no money; he
isn't good-looking; he can't talk or
dance, or drive or bike, and he's never
done anything" Second Sweet
Young Thing-"Yes, l know. dear;
but he is so fond of dear Fido, and the
dear dog is just as fond of him
Ally Sloper.
In the dance | trod upon my be-
loved's toes. stupid" she Missed.
"Alas!' quoth l, profoundly shocked
at this display of temper. Are then
my IDOLS feet of clay?" well, they're
not cast iron, l tell you those!" eX-
claimed the beautiful girl with heat
in her voice. | tried to laugh, but
there was a chill at my heart.-De-
troit Journal.
THAT COMPOUNDED life insurance
company refused my application for a
policy" said Hunker. why, | should
think you were a fine risk" replied
Spatts. What made them refuse your
application" well, they found out
in some way that l am in the habit
of eating mushrooms that ! gather
myself. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31

slavery and denouncing southern
states because they upheld that in
stitution. Being but little more than
a child, did not understand his great
purpose as l do now.
81 was still here after Sumner went
to the senate, and | remember well
when Brooks attacked him in that
chamber. That story has never been
truthfully told in print. At any rate,
have never seen it truthfully told.
The current story is that Brooks
struck Sumner with heavy cane, and
that he almost killed him while he
was at his desk in the senate, after
an adjournment. That is absolutely
false. l was in the senate chamber
a few minutes after the occurrence,
and picked up the shattered cane
which Brooks used in his attack upon
Sumner. If | had known that it would
become of historic value | would have
kept it. But l didn't, and so l smoked
it,"
In reply to inquiry concerning this
peculiar statement, the old man said:
"The boys in those days used to smoke
fibrous wood called rattan. 1t would
burn like cigar. 1t was full of pores,
and the smoke easily ran through it.
Brooks carried a rattan cane with an
ornamental silver handle. 1t was very
light and in no sense murderous
weapon. l do not remember the cause
of the trouble, but Brooks felt per-
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sonally aggrieved and went to Sum-
ner in the senate chamber and de-
manded an apology for something
which Sumner had said in debate.
Sun. ..er looked up and said he had
nothing to apologize for, and Brooks
struck him over the head with his
light cane. SCATTERING the cane.
Now. | was very sure at that tir-,
that Brooks simply intended to pro-
woke the giant from Massachusetts
into a personal fight or a duel, and
that has always since been my i'm
preston. | believe he expected Sum-
ner to arise and grapple with him in
a personal fight, or to resort to a duel.
But the blow stunned Sumner. and he
fell back on his chair and seemed to
be almost dying. The word passed
quickly about the capitol. and l was
one of the first to rush into the cham
Der. Brooks had gone, and | picked
up the shattered cane. Nobody ever
called for it; and. as | said, | cut it
up and smoked pieces of it with the
boys. That is what became of the
shattered cane which would now be
a historic thing, if it were in exist
ence.
LAS a matter of fact the blow which
Brooks delivered was harder than he
intended it to be, and it lacerated Sum-
uer's scalp, and put him to bed. But
| know very well that it did not frac-
ture his skull, as reports have said, and
it caused him inconvenience only for
few days. The difficulty was not. as
the newspapers and historians have
said. "A murderous assault Brooks
was not a man to commit murder. adj
though he would fight a duel with any
body.
But that episode helped to inflame
the differences between the northern
and southern states, and it had more
to do with bringing on the civil war
than any other one thing. except Mrs.
Stoves novel, Uncle Toms Cabin"
That story alone would be interesting.
| was here when that book was pub
lished. l heard many representatives
from southern states say that the book
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31

was dangerous and likely TO produce
harm. and some of them thought it
ought to be suppressed.
We'll all of those handsome men
have gone to their long home, and | am
still here. Breckenridge was the kind
est man of the quartette. He remem-
bered the names of the little page boys.
He gave them little bits of change for
their services. There were no cigar
cites then. but we had other ways of
getting rid of our extra money. He al
ways spoke to us in kindly manner.
Consequently the boys all believed in
him and loved him.
Mr.. Morrill, went to the senate and
was the foremost man in that body dur
ing the civil war. He framed the war
tariff bill of 1868; and | remember that
while he was engaged in that great
work | went to the senate one day with
an official document to deliver to the
secretary of the senate. and Senator
Morrill, called me to him. gave me a sill
yer quarter. and told me that he re-
membered me as a good boy over in the
house
Brooks was never very considerate
of the boys, and we did not like him
particularly well. Mr. Sumner was also
Indifferent to us. Consequently. when
Brooks attacked Sumner we page boys
had no ground of sympathy on either
side. We didn't care particularly for
either Brooks or Sumner. Hence, YOU
will see. that it was not then nor is
say that the sentiment at that time was
not against Brooks, for nobody believed
that he intended to hurt Sumner as
much as he did when he struck him
with that rattan cane.
when the civil war came on those
big men divided on geographical lines.
Brooks and Breckenridge went into
the confederacy, while Sumner and
Morrill, remained with the government.
Morrill, had no aspirations other than
for the general welfare. but Sumner
was candidate for the presidency as
long as he lived. He would have been
a great presidents; but. like Douglas,
and many other great men that | have
known, his ambitions in that direction
were not gratified. 1t was not so writ
ten, and Sumner died as unhappy a
man as Blaine did. covered with honors
and fame. but without the one partic-
ular honor which he most desired.
"All of these little details concern
ing those men may be interesting to
you and your readers, but the thing
which stands out in my memory most
prominently and which you cannot
comprehend is the fact that those four
men were the biggest men physically
that have ever come together at any
one time in any congress; and that they
all proved to be intellectual as we'll as
physical giants. ! have seen many con-
crosses and many aggregations OF
great men, but believe that the four
greatest and most distinguished-look-
ing men that ever came together here
in the national capital were Sumner,
of Massachusetts; Morrill,, of Vermont: :
Brooks. of South Carolina, and Breck.
enridge, of Kentucky, in the Thirty.
fourth congress"
SMITH d. FRY.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
Unreasonable Expectations.

A lady who was unfamiliar with the
streets of New York was much confused by.
the jargon used by car conductor When.
she thought she must have arrived near her
destination the conductor poked his head,
into the car and said: "Umpty bazazas!"l
''What street did you say?" demanded the
passenger. "Ufty-umpth!" said the con-
ductor. Much annoyed the lady from the
buked the conductor for his careless use of
the vocal organs. He only gared at her and
said: What do you expect for So week?
A tenor solo?"-N. Y. Sun.
He who makes n o mistakes, makes nothing
else.-Atchison Globe.
Friendship is welcome ship in any port.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31
OVERCOME BY THE DEBATE.
Mr.. Clubman Tried New Bluff on
His Better Half, But 1t
Wouldn't Go.

'Scuse me for being so late, mummy
dear, but fact is we was having a dis-dis-
chussion on whether the cons-tooshun fol-
lows tn flag" relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, cor tn f-f-fag follows cons 90
shun."
ooh, you were, were you? Well, what did
you decde?"
.Thass it. What did We decide? jim
S-S-Smith says that flag don't f-f-follow any
thing. He says that flag always leads.
Thass what Jim says. Joe Bangs says that
cons tooshun is MORN hundred yearsh old
and when it goes anywhere it ought ito be
t-t-taken in a hack. Jim says it couldn't
by no possible means follow anysing. Good
crack. wasn't it? Joe's got g-g-great
head"
And what did you decide?"
who? Me? Mean me, my dear? Why,
l jus said that the best way to solve per-
oblem was to wrap cons-tooshun tightly
round flagstaff, an then let 'em go into it
togesser. Thass tn way. Watcher thing
of it?"
'Well, | think if you don't pull off your
shoes and follow them with the rest Of
your garments and then wrap the blankets
tightly around you, there'll be enough kind 5
of trouble raised in this family to wreck
the best government that ever was formed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31

Friendship is a welcome ship in any port.
Chicago Daily News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31

The population of Africa is vaguely
estimated at about 100000.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-01-31

Great Britain eats her entire wheat
crop in about 13 weeks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10

human beings have been devoured by
the fish that is known as the man
eater. Although many of these have
been greatly exaggerated, they are to
a certain extent true. 1t is also true
that sharks have been known to fol-
low a ship for days, picking up and
eating that which had been thrown
overheard as waste. Notwithstanding
all of this, the cowardliness of sharks
is well known among men who have
been much to sea in southern waters.
The fiercest shark will get out Of the
way of a swimmer if the latter sets up
a noisy splashing.
A shark fears anything that splash
es in the water Among the South Sea
Islands the natives never go bathing
alone, but always in parties of half
dozen or so, in order that they may
make a great hubbub in the water
and thus brighten away the sharks
Once in a while a too venturesome
swimmer among these natives fool
ishly detaches himself from his party
and forgets to keep up his splashing
Then there is a swish and the man
eater comes up from under him like
flash and he is gone.-Pensacola Re
porter
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-12-10
Doping An Elephant.

One of the most remarkable opera
lions ever performed on an animal has
been done in the Hanover Geological
Gardens of Hanover, Germany, on the
big female elephant Marty.
The huge earth-shaking beast" had
a foot disease that made 1t necessary
to amputate large parts of both her
hind feet to save her life. AS it was
manifestly impossible to operate by
force, the great animal was anaesthe-
tized. II is believed to be the first
successful reconsideration of an ele-
plant on record.
Marty was presented to the Zoolog-
ical Gardens of Hanover by the broth
ere Jannecke. She is said to be one
OF the wisest elephants in the world
And equal to her wisdom Is her con-
stancy. She loved a man once and she
never has forgotten him.
The man whom Marty loved was the
elephant keeper of the garden. He
knew her thoroughly and understood
all her moods. In return she gave
him her unquestioning obedience and
affection. There was nothing that he
could do to her that Marty would not
suffer in silence Twice he operated
on her foot and each time she bore 1t