The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-14
A DAY IN The CITY.

FUNERAL OF OFFICER JAMES.--The
funeral of ]. c. James, one OF the Off
GERS who was murdered Wednesday az.
ternoon, occurred yesterday morning at
10 O'Clock from the residence, 2Sl2 Com
merce avenue, Rev. Ammons officiating.
The interment was in the German GENE
tory, aud the following gentlemen acted as
pa II bearers: Police Officers Fowler,
Reed. Andrus, Anderson, Judge A. K.
Raiey and Matt brennan. There was
large attendance of sympathlAng friends
THE HARDY STREET BRIDGE.-The
friends and advocates of the Hardy street
bridge over Buffalo bayou did not ma
terlalize before the commissioners court
yesterday. The failure of the commission
ers to hold any session Thursday Afternoon,
which was thought by the movers in this
work to be the regular day for the con
sideration of road and bridge measures
put them at sea They will probably get
together today, as II is the last day OF
the special term, and appear before the
commissioners and endeavOr to have the
matter taken up and acted on.
CONFEDERATE REUNION. 80 Captain
David Myers, of Sterling Price Camp, U.
c. ". of Dallas, arrived in this city late
Thursday evening. Captain Myers visits
this city on his initial trip through the
State soliciting In behalf OF the Confed-
crate veteran reunion, to be held at Dal-
las next April He viii remain here over
Sunday, when he expects 10 attend the
meeting of Dick Bowling Camp and lay
the after before the members OF The
camp at that time, and sec what aid can
be socJled. lie says that the Reunion
AS Cciation at Dallas is aiming TO make
the reunion in that city the grandest
meeting the Texas Confederate veterans
have ever held. He has seen quite mum
Der OF the members of Dick Bowling Camp
personally, and they have promised to be
present at the meeting tomorrow afternoon
and see what can be done in the matter,
Captain Myers asks that every member ot
the camp be present. be will be pleased
IN meet every old Confederate soldier pos
sible.
TO ESTABLISH A LOAN COMPANY
Colonel Mark l.. Besrdsey director aud
loan supervisor Of the Connecticut Build.
ing and Loan Association Of Hartford is
in the city upon the invitation Of Messrs
Watkins & Jones and Colonel W. 3. Slos-
son, with the view of looking into the
prospect Of his company doing business
IN Texas. The president Of the assocta
ton, Hon. z. c. Linn, has been IN cor
responderce hete securing facts and dg-
rres regarding TeyaF laws and the safety
OF Easl ern c9pital to be invested here,
for Texas the dire ctors decided TO ia
vcrGbly consider Texas as new held, and
Colonel Boarcsley Is on the ground investI-
Gent n Tc&as II a favorable decision Is
reached. He has been In close cOnsulta-
tlon with atiorneys and bankers ana Is
very favorably Impressed with Houston and
and the future OF South Texas His intro
duction to Houston was on Thursday, and
he had the pleasure Of Witnessing the
Flower parade In December, when re-
ports from his eastern home mentioned
casually a heavy snow storm prevailing at
his home, which means two feet or more
Of snow prevailing.
no ESTABLISH ROE KITCHENS
The delegates from this city 10 the meeting
of the Rice Association OF America at
Crowley, La returned home yesterday.
Colonel s. f. p Morse, In his address,
| dwelt at length on the importance Of es-
tablishing rice kitchens. similar to the
one at the late Buffalo exposition, through.
out the United states Not that the as
ssciatlen should establish them, hut that
they should he established as business
propositions he referred 70 the big prof
It's realized by the rice kitchen 81 Buf
fslo and said this should be an incentive
90 men tn 90 into -4hs business On plain
business principisS- He suggested that