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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-14

iFALED Rms WI he received 6y The
pendent school district up to 10 o'clock a.
m. Monday, August ;, 1901, for the con-
struction OF Il two-stOry frame school
house at NeasCo, Texas; plans and speci-
icatoas may be seen at the office Of the
secretary Of the hoard OF trustees All
bids must be accompanied by a certified
check for $500 drawn In favor of said
board Of trustees as guarantee of good
fifth, should the successful bidder fail to
enter into contract he shall forfeit TO said
board OF trustees the certified check as
llquidated damageS The successful bid.
der shall furnish good aud approved bond
In the amount Of two thirds Of the con
tract price within ten DAYS from the time
the award Is made The board of trus,
tees reserves the right to reject any and
all bids. BIDS 10 be marked proposals
for School House and addressed; L. T.
Hoeac, secretary board of trustees, Ve-
lasco, Texas -
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n. NJ, Love,
Comptroller Of Public Accounts.
John w, Robbins,

1-2T treasurer.
SUPPLIES for state Charitable lnstitu.
ttons-Offce Of State Purchasing Agent,
Austin Texas June 2lst, 1901. Sealed
proposals viii be received by the under
signed, at Austin. Texas, until 10 a. M,
furnishing the several State charita-
Bile and eleemosynary institutions sup
Der per schedules on die In this ofdce, for
either the three. six, nine, or twelve
months period, beginning September LIST,
ali bids, and 10 accept any bid IN part.
OF reject IL IN part. Prospective bid
ders In their application 70 this office
fol schedules, etc, on which TO submit
their proposal, Will please state on which
lires they wish to bid. c. Il. Dodge
Stale Purchasing Agent. 20
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THE Bay City Independent school district
desires plans and bids for public school
building. Address Secretary, Mt Bay City,
Texas. IA
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GALVEsTON STOOLS.
UAIvEsToN GRAIN MOVEMENT.

Receipts today OF wheat Cars.
Cuff Colorado and Santa Fe ....... d2
Missouri. Kansas and Texas .....,.. 43
Information and Great Northern $50. ,
Total lO7
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ICE PLANT-i would like to have dgures
on ten-ton ice plant complete set up, In
running order ut Marlin. j. G.. Oltorf.
Marlin. Texas IA.
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BIDS AND PROPOSALS

notice. TO CONTRACTORS Sealed rro.
pvsais are Invited for the erection OF /,
church bnilding Tor the First German,
CONGREGATIONAL Lutheran church. on the
corner Of Texas nvenue aud Caroline
streets, Houston, Texns. Bids addressed
TO H. Hermann, secretary Of building
eommlttee. and nled with the architect,
marked Proposals for First Gefmn
until y. m. Friday, July 90 1901. Each
bid must he accompanied by n cerIl1cd
check IN the sum OF Eve hundred dollars
W5OO.OO), Endorsed to c. w. Docrtng
iieasuler, to be forfeited as liquidate1
damages, In case bidder should fnll TO
furnish good and acceptable bond 10 The
sum OF ten thousand dollars tS10,OOO.Ou)
Tor the faithful performance Of the work.
Ihe committee reserves the right 10 re-
ject any or all bids Drawings ana
specifications may DO seen ut the office
Of Il. p. steele architect. 3i2 Blnz build
ing g. w. Dcerng, chairman building
committee. ID
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WELL DRILLING for oil and water; only
the best steam rotary machinery en-
ployod, are now drilling for oil In Harris
county; best references. =. NJ. Granher
~ CO, Houston, Texas. TBS
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lOTlCE 10 CONTBACT0RS.- sealed pro.
poeals for the construction Of a library
building on the grounds OF the sam Iious-
ton normal institute at Huntsville, Texas,
VIII be received until T. III. Monday, July
after luly 4, 1901, ut the onlces OF j, H.
o Conner, Austin, Texas. Ollie ! Lorehn,
Houston, and the normal building at
Huntsville Texas. bids should be plain
ly marked aud inclo3ed Within double
envelopes, addressed To the secretary OF
the building committee, Sam Houston
normal Institute, huntsville. Texas. A
certified check to the amount OF per
cent of bid shalt accompany each pro.
posal aE a guarantee that a satisfactory
bond win he furnished 10y tho accepted
bidder Bond TO the amount of one-thlrd
of the contract price win he required.
The right is reserved to reject any OF all
bids. A. 7 Mckinney. chairman local
board OF directors, Sam Houston normal
institute, Huntsville Texas
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The Modern Fable of the
hungry Man from Bird Cen.
ter and the Transatlantic
Touch. - - * y -

nent in one Month aid not seem 10 ex
cite any burning Interest Whenever h,
pulled his Itinerary on Ship Mate ana
began 10 explain how he was going fc
jump from Rotterdam to Amsterdam and
The Hague, an In the same Afternoon.
so az to save Time, he would he toll thaf
he ought to put In NJ least Two Weeks In
each city. After that he would keep qnlet
FOR a while.
The Voyage was not as much Fun as
he anticipated. A majority Of the Pas.
sengcrs lay about in Comatosc Cnndi.
ton, rolled M In loud Rugs. The others
did numerous Laps around and around
the Deck. like the Participants in Six,
Day Match. and spoke 10 no one. The Coal
Dealer spent most of his 1'lmc In some.
body else'S Steamer Chair sucking Len,
on and trying to get his Mind on of the
Rolling Motion
In due time he landed on Alb;ous
Shores as he called II IN writing To the
Homo Paper He had read all about tho
Anglo-Saxon Alliance and the Friendly
Feeling for Americans and Blood being
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| lust alike and had the same damp oder
nnd he stood Ia front Of several thousand
iaded Masterpieces and let on TO Admire
them. After while all Scenery looked
hilke To him and when Guide tried 10
pun him into Gallery he resisted.
however there was no escaping the Hotel
told-up. lie thought he had learned a
few Tricks in the Coal Business. but these
lnnkcepers made him look like a pale ynunr
AMATEUR. Wherever he stopped smiling
Manager gave him the sleeve across the
wind Pipe and went through his Pockets
If breakfast was Francs he had 10 nav
an Extra Francs for Wear and Tear on
the Cutlery. Attendance was charged In
the Bill and yet every Employe had his
Hand ont and demanded his Bit They
soaked the Coal Dealer for Candies he
hidn't bnrn. Not that he cared so much
for the money. bnt he hated to be Done.
After couple OF weeks, though. he rot
used 10 IL and would extend hIs Necr
and take It IN the Jugular without Muir
muir.
Tie began to count the Days until he
would sec Bird Center again. He wanfod
u be back where the Teams we're hitcbad
around the Court House Square and no
Building was more than IS years old and
everybody said Hello Bilir'
IN addition to being Home Sick. he was
Hungry. He could not get his Steak and
Onions Al the sad Roundup known as
the Tobble Dote. they passed him a lot
Of Trimmings that he could neither Pro.
nounce nor Asslmilate. He sat In the
Forum at Rome aud longed for Rhubsrh
Pie. Az he tioated on the Grand Canal
IN Venice he realized that Green Corn
was coming into the Market back In BIrd
Center, and the Blow nenriy threw him
'nt Of the Gondola, He stood in the
Majestic Presence Of Mont Blnnc ana made
~ Open Offer Of Seven Dollars for Gun
u Mothers Coffee without any dag goned
,hicory IN IT,
Il was Joyous day when the Coal
Dealer climbed into a Six Day Boat headed
or Sandy Hook He had used the Cahle 10
yet Two Hundred over and above the Lei,
er. He didn't know whether or not his
Trip had Broadened him. but he knew Il
iad left him Short.
He realized that when he Landed In
New York he would be Searched as SNUG
Her and then sand-baggcd BY Hackman.
mt he was ready 10 stand for anything
nat wasn't done In a Foreign Language.
''rhe Latin Races may be on the De.
line, but they didn't refuse 20 take All
Mine. said the coal- Dealer, as he
loked back across The Vastly Deep. The
MY way ! can get Revenge Is to 70 back
Bird Center, and talk Europe for the
MORAL: The Time 70 enjoy. European
rip Is about Three Weeks after Unpack
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ana explain ihei he was merely a Bounder
from Bird Center who wanted to 70 il
Cheap. So he Let so rather freely. aud
the FIRST thing he knew his Letter OF Credit
began 20 look Top sided
lie went against the london Tailor and
bought q LOT Of strange Garb with Cush.
ions In the shoulders The Garments dld
uot IT him. but we're said 10 be Durable.
The Tailor said he couldn't Wear tholp
out and after he returned Home he found
thai he did not dare TO.
After remaining In London for a Week
and getting fairly wen acquainted with a
Walter he struck ont for the Continent
where they had been saving up All thelr
Bad Money to give to him. lie aid not
know how TO make change In the sx
element Of Travel he forgot his French
Sentences and became so locoed that they
did what they pleased TO him. lie was
from the T. S. A. wlero the Currency
grows on Bushes, aud they felt at Liberty
to 20 through him.
lie was 50 busy scrapping over Bills.
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g MODERN FABLES. g

BY GEORGE ABE,
J. Author of gables in Slang"
Copyrighted 1901 by Robert How
ard Russell,
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thicker than Water He expected tho
Dnke Of Neweastle-on-Tyne Ia be down
az the Dock with Union Jack IN one
Hand, Starry Banner IA the other aud
an Invitation 10 Marlborough House held
IN his Teeth. But the Reception Commit
toe failed 10 Materlallze. The Man from
Bird Center rode up 10 London IN small
Compartment With several OF our British
Cousins. He tried 10 be soclabie and
dab little more Cement on the Anglo
Saxon Alliance, bat they looked ont AT
the Landscape and dld not seem inclined
10 mix UP with one who had not been Pre-
scented. BY the time the Train rumblea
in among the Chimney Pots, they had him
Frozen as stif as a BOARD.
After he had been on the Other side for
about Week, he found out that II lie
wanted to Talk 10 any one he could 20
out and employ q Guide.
still there we're some who recognized the
Blood Relation. and they bied him. The
cabbles charged him three times the reg.
ular tariff for n FoHr-wheeier. lie dis
covered that a Nasal Accent was Er.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

In order Of the Regular Stops on Spu
Line of Western Road there lived
Man who wanted to see Europe. Some
body had told him that Travelling broad
ems one. He had six weeks 10 spare, Sc
he thought he would hustle over and
get Broadened about $500 worth Tic
knew that sum would carry him through
because everything was so cheap In the
pauperized Countries across the sea
once ne had .read an Article on How
TO see Buyope' for $40" by riding a Wheel.
doing your own Washing and living on
Crackers
This would-be Marco Polo wanted TO lie
over and look In Pity on the decaying
Monarchies of the Effete East and compare
them with Bird Center He was afraid
that If ne waited couple Of Seasons they
would be so Far Along In the Process OF
Decay that they would not be Fit TO look
at
He was Coal Dealer In Bird Center, but
he sighed for further Honors He wanted
to he pointed out as the Fellow who had
took in the Old Country. There was ono
Woman in Bird Center who had skipped
over and back again before Europe knew
anything about IT, This Record gave her
goshawful Standing in the Chautauqua.
She had put in two days In dear old Rome,
but what she saw there gave her something
10 talk about for 20 years. When the Circle
began to speak Of Art she had all the other
Girls spiked to the Tan Board, because she
had put In day and a half at Florence.
The Coal Dealer noticed all this. and no
realized that In Bird Center the Man who
Had Been To Europe would he Aces and
Fights compared with the Man who was
going to the Pan-Amerlcsn or the Man who
had shaken Hands with Mckinley,
Before taking a Tour il Is customary 70
get a smattering Of Modern Languages.
The Coal-Dealer had learned that IL he
could pass himself on as a German or
Frenchman, he could travel more chcaply.
So he studied Phrase Book Before he
went away he could say, Give to me ono
Ticket for Marseilles in French. so that
he could understand what he was driving
at As for German, he had "Can you not
English speak?" with both Shoulders on
the Carpet. After making these Prepare
tons he had his Name stenciled on low. |
browed Steamer Trunk. Also he secured a 1
Passport which Identified him as Male 1
American and requested Foreign Powers to 4
overlook all Breaks, as he was from Bird
Center.
His Friends gave him Farewell Din
ner. When nc boarded the Train. the
entire Population was down TO see him
on His Neghbors pounded him on the
Back and gave him box OF lotto Lees
10 smoke on the Trip. because they had
heard tell that Il was impossible 10 get
Good Segar away from Home, They
old him 70 give their Best to Ed mean
ng his Gracious Majesty. and TO ask
Kaiser Bill 10 take one on them. and
o tell the Pope howdy. In fact his De.
,arture was made regular Festival of
ZONE grown Humor, and he felt that he 4
vas something OF a Public Character.
But when be boarded the Liner and q
anne up against the sea.Dog who had
een across forty-seven times and liked I
Heavy Weather and never had been sick. {
s shrank considerably. His Plans for do. q
us Great Britain and the whole Cont. G
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'alsl .csoo livery city of any slzo has II.
FRI cl,,sss ' There are seventv.threS
En- and i laugh, aug In SYDNEY ana IFS
A ~ has 4 ,so nm are 1000 students.
~ srAblts. Theological a,pllo museum with
' g, The including 1000 specimens
20 fSeye@ museum building ,ionn l no..'
a.tsnlcs , are n New South HIM w COS.
sAools. n institutes. MANY of H thaes
1 w ~ attend tboraer thar the WORTH
j ,sSnngmans I'M In Melbourne thers
y az moe,ifge which has hula
s ss5 shleh hsss' ~, worth about ss5o
600 " present In the neigh
Z the eyeS 5iIaents The chief
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butter and the people are experimenting
N every, way to better their product and
the methods of shipping It.
ROW the Government Established a
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self-Approval.

Washington Evening Star.
I've saved a heap o time" said Mean
deIing Mike, complacently.
BY hurryin,Y8 asked Flooding Pete. ap-
pIthenslvely.
"Ne les by takin' II easy. Instead o.
p!lln' up wealt' an havin' 10 git poor by
eivIn' ii away, started out poor In de
fusl place an have belt me own manfully
eyer since ~
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looking up Time Tables. paying Excess
Baggage and sending illustrated Postal
Cards back TO Bird centes. telling what
Grand Time he vas having. that he had
very little Time for sights. SAN be man.
aged 10 look into 400 cathedraIs that looked
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Her French ) eIt Mixed.

Chicago Record Herald.
''Did you hear what JUDY oioDs sainE
NO. what was ltf
.'she said the new bride next door TO
item has the. most elegars repertoire OF
shirt waists ehe ever saw.
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ON EDUCATION in AUSTRALIA.


) o...r Features Of the Public
/: 800. soy and School systen1--News-
,s as Readers-The School
Ppss,'s.nan--Pupils Get Railroad
oO0..ss.--sohools Of Art and Tech
r., Institutions - Something Of
/: y, "s Newspapers and Colleges.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
THE MILITARY COURT.
Record of Its Proceedings and Find
inSs Submitted TO Root.

Washington, Jan. S.-The record of the
proceedings and findings of the military
court of inquiry appointed to investigate
the case Of eX-Cadet Oscar Il. Booz. whose
recent death was attributed by his family
ana friends to injuries received from haz-
ing at the West Point Military academy,
has been received ut the war depart
hlent. 1t came hy express and was hand
I'll to Adiutant General Corbin. to whom
il was addressed
The record comprises four large vol
umes, each Of LOCO typewriter pages,
Hnd constitutes Il verbatim report of the
entire proceedings of the court, including
;il the testimony taken, and concludes
with an elaborate review of the testimo-
ny and the conclusions Of the board there
On 1t is signed hy all the members Of
the court--viz. tseHeral Brooke. COM
handing the department Of the east:
General Bates. lEiNmaster general. and
Colonel Clous. judge advocate Of the de-
rnrtment of the east
Without undertaking to read the re-
port. not even the conclusions If the
court, General Corbin took it to the sec
rotary Of war personally. That official
was engaged at the time in conference
of the senate military committee and laid
the Booz report aside for consideration
later in the day.
In accordance with the established rule
of the war department, no official infor-
nation concerning the character Of the
report will be divulged III advance of the
secretary's action upon it. 1t is the gen.
cral opinion. however, of army officers
who have closely followed the published
testimony of the daily proceedings of the
investigation that the court decided that
Booz was hazed while at the academy
but that his subsequent death, many
months after leaving the academy, was
not proved to have resulted from such
hazing. 1t also is understood that the
court found that the practice of hazng
was generally INDUCED in at the acade-
my, but not in brutal form, and recon-
mended that radical and extreme meas.
llres be taken to eradicate the practice in
every form
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
HARBoR BILL.
Legislature VIII be Urged. Today to
Consider It.

The Legislature will probably be urged
today TO consider tile bill to Authorize
Wilmington to expend money towards
the improvement u Christiana harbor.
The matter will be urged before the
Legislature By William Il Smalley, Jr.,
attorney for the COMMITTEES Of the Board
of I AIDE who have The bill in charge.
1t is desired to show Cong ess that the
city ls willing 10 share tie expense Of
hai Dor improvement in the hope that
Congress may grant an appropriation
this year AT q meeting OF tile coniu it.
tee on Monday night the following
amendment was added in the bili
Whereas, The continual increasing
tonnaga OF shipping, ana the demands OIL
trade and Commerce, ma ka aoso ntel>
necessary tie securing and ni4intaining
OF greater depth in the channel Of said
Chri.tiana RIVER, in order that the por;
Of Wilmington may have, and continue
10 Offer, tqua' a1ytntal Is and facilities
at all times with other ports"
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
BANK DIRECTORS MEET.
Few Changes Made in Selection by
Local Financial institutions.

Directors for the various banks in the
city were elected yesterday as follows:
Union Nrtional Bank, Preston Lea,
William Canhy, William III. Swift,
Charles E. Rumford, Willard Salisbury,
Washington Hastings, John III. Dandy,
William = Luke, Harsan G. Scott.
Central National Bank--Phllip Plum
kett, Charles E. Fiiiz, j. d. Sisler, Fl.
+. Dure, S. g. Simmons, Benjamin
Nields, James A. Hart, Allen Speakman
A. Al Capeile; William X. Crosby, Viii.
liam = Sharp, Henry M, Lodge and Ed
ward II Brennan No successors to A
S Reed or CHARLES Baird were chosen,
National Bahh of Wilmington and
BrandywIne- rye S CapAlle, Viii.
liam Porter, Alfred d. Warner, @. Yves
ley Weldin, j. Newlin tiawtbrop,
Thomas Johnson, Charles r Jones, Viii
liam I. Lyman and Richard G. Cooper.
Mr. Cooper was chosen to succeed James
@. Morrow.
National Bank OF Delaware-Henry G
Banning, Richard p. Gibbons, ] Ii. iiof
fecker, Jr,, Francis Ii. Hoff cksr. Ed
ward Andrews, Frederic Pyle and John
Richardson, Jf. Mr.. Richardson wa,
chosen in piace Of w. w. Pusey.
First National Bank-James r. Win
chester, q James Belt, James G. Nc
Comb, Cement b. Smyth, w. Haroit
Smith, Samuel N. Trump, George R
Hoffecker, Peter j. Ford aud Howard T
Wallace. MIR. Wallace fills the vacancy
created bY Mr. Vandt griit's death.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
Mill Creek Insurance Officers.

at the annual meeting OF the Farm
ers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company Of
Mil Creek hundred, which was held in
Stanton, the officers were elected as fol-
lows: Spencer Chandler, president; Fran.
CTS ID. baldwin, secretary and r. H..
buckingham treasurer. Thomas K. lay
was elected director for Brandywine hun.
drei; James IL. Walker for Mill Creek
hundred; W. S. Talley for Cnr.stlana
hundred, and Daniel Thompson for
Whine Clay Greek hundred. The report
OF the business for the year showed an
unusually prosperous condition, with a
taxable basis OF nearly $1,000, 90, anu q
large and increasing membership.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1901-01-09
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.


Washington. Jan. 3. - More than the
usual amount of routine business was
transat>Sl by the senate at the opening
of the session, about half an hour being
devoted to the introduction of memorials
and bills.
The senate then resumed consideration
Of the army reorganization bill. An
amendment offered by Mr.. Bate (Tenn.)
was adopted authorizing the secretary of
war to appoint 100 additional hospital
itewards in the regular army. hospital
rewards for six months in the volunteer
army during the Spanish war being Civ
en- preference.
The committee amendment relating to
the so called "canteen'' question, which
had been passed over, was laid before
the senate. and the discussion was open
ed by Mr.. Gallingcr On. H.) in opposition
to the proposed amendment. He declared
that the old question whether saloons in
the army should be legalized again was
before congress. He maintained that IL
beer was sold at post exchanges other in
toXicants, of course. would be sold.
| Mr.. Gallinger made an extended argu-
rnent in support of his position, quoting
many eminent authorities to prove that
the use of alcoholic stimulants among
men in and out of armies was most dele
tcrious in its effects.
/ Speaker Henderson, who has been con-
fined to his room by illness for several
days. called the house to order. After
some routine business had been transact
ed, the debate upon the reapportionment
| bill was resumed. Mr.. DalZell upa.) took
the floor and delivered speech of an
hour in support of the Hopkins bill.
| Mr.. Dalzell denied the affirmation that
under the rules this was an efficient
house; on the contrary, it was an ineiii-
Gent house. The records showed it. He
argued ut length in opposition TO an in
crease i'll the membership of the house
and produced records of its business to
demonstrate his declaration that the
house, even ut its present size, is inelii-
Client in administration.
Mr. Bingham Ha.l expressed his op.
position 10 The Hopkins bill and his IA
vor Of the Burcigh bill. He declared
that the ineliicicncy in the administers
tipn Of the business of the house was due
| in part TO its size
| Mr.. Grosyenor (O.) declared he would
vote for il smaller rather than a larger
house. If the Burleigh bill became a law
it turned over % per cent of the power
of the Fifty-cighth congress to the cities
Of this country and stripped the rural dis
tricts of their power.