The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-31
1 AND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
|. Revenue Cutter Galveston Is
Again in Port.
b,,n .wQY FOUND AN INDICTMENT
p..uIt Of the Recent Murder. but
+ Arrest Has Yet Been Made.
Notes and Personals.
IN Jury FOUND AN INDICTMENT

Vc.Iveston, Texas, May So.-The revenue
b '.ar galveston is berthed TINS morn NJ
,,iv the same place where she was
M September storm swept down
has and played such havoc on board.
W. =, bar now, however. no one would
,hat anything unusual had ever
49, "a the vessel From appearances
pp.,,a he taken for an entirely new
matter of fact she Is almost
~ .ha repairs that have been added
w ." as,itnte almost half OF the equip
ne' .no vessel. She has new bottom,
SOW pilot house new pripg.s' enc Ns
.r,s ana log rails. Ihe vessel mas
scaled inside and out ana painted
Z III load and zinc, covered with wnite.
80. now foremost, foretopnast and
,ars and also two new propeliers. me
Nave increased the speed Of the YES
- an average OF 30 knots per hour.
-, ofecers of the Galveston have all
hanged with the exception OF the
!, engineer and his assistant.
n.n,oln James Butt is now in charge Of
galveston captain Butt Is man %
.s Of age. though apparently SOMEWHAT
aor Mis- wIte accompanied MIN TO
,s.,on Yesterday, and he has an adopt
aach,er. Miss Roman Butt, who VIII
.sabty he here later from Nicaragua
a gott is a soprano singer of note anu
N no an addition to the musical people
,to clty She is a cousin to Hiss Llara
M, the well known cuntralto VINO sings
"A rStain Butt is a native of France, but
me to the United states when only Z
L.lrs, old He says that ne distinctly ~
smners being scasick ON the trtp across.
M however did not deter MN from tax
y 10 the sea. He entered the navy IN
~ ana was appointed maze o. the uulttu
es,es steaplship jamestown in 1868. In
M he received his COMMISSION ana b $
I'm, in the revenue cutter service ever
Hnce During this long period of service
has been stationed everywhere almost,
Il be expresses IT, lie has crulsed on me
"a kos with headquarters at Detroit, along
N coast OF Maine, New York, Alabama,
II florida. the Pacific coast, and ia $50 he
H. stationed in Galveston for period Of
IN weeks as third lieutenant on the
keward More recently captain Butt H.,
Zen stationed for two years AT New YORK
4nd during the two years previous he was
a charge OF the Golden Gate at San FraA-
&seo His home city, however. is Pniladcl
mia.
n Inc roster of officers now in charge Of
81 he Galveston is as follows Lieutenant
- ~ 4. Butt. Second Lieutenant Eben Bark r.
fhird Lieutenant II. q Fisher, Chief EN-
neer +. W. H. Whitaker and Assistant
LDgineer Charles S Root The two latter
lee Oh the vessel during the storm.
The cutter Galveston has come to as.
hume her old duties. which are to cru
|eiween the Rio Grande and the pass .
the Mississippi. ON June she WI
Dlyey the rivers and harhors commltttc
1pwn the bayou from Houston.
II
The Death Roll.
Galveston Texas, May 30.-John A. Limo,
nd died at 1880 o'clock last night at MS
Fsidence, Ills Strand. The deceased was
active worker in the Swedish Lutheruu
Eurch and his death will be deeply de-
lered by its membership. The funeral VIII
ike place at ~ o'clock tomorrow morning
Fom his late residence.
The remains OF John Weber, who was
iifd recently In railroad accident near
beaumont arrived here this morning 1,r
plefaent. The funeral took place at IL
~ CLOCK this morning from Wolstuns un-
uiaklng establishment Rev Young con
leted the feuneral services.
# me funeral of Miss Autoinette Tucker
foS place at 10 o'clock this morning IRON
ate residence, Ihirty-second and l1e
ae services We're attended by the OrGel
tle Eastern Star, of which she was a
f3Eonllnent member
u
tsterday afternoon. lie was resident Of
Eon'e@omery, Texas and was 10 years 4
~. me remains were shipped to Mont
nefy this evening for lnterment
A Moonlight Picnic.
Galveston, Texas, May 3o.-The Denu
ntes club will tender their friends 4
Oonight picnic at Woodlands lake mex,
a'urday 1t will begin at o'clock II
evening and continue until midnight
" young ladies are as busy as bees pre-
'i'ns ior this picnic, which Is to NAH
eiose Of the Debutantes' club OF tn,
sson lSo01. They are preparing ,
y, - .ol Their guests and dancing viii he
fho @ Ine pleasures Of the evening.
n nnr picnic VIII mark the close of de
SSls Az period Of the following young
@s c VINO compose the club: Nisse,
. n.y., cannon. Painter, PEBBLES, shannon
800 Evans, LANCE and Lobit Mis-!