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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
CHARGED with Killing His Brother.

Austin. Texas, July s.--Alfred Bedford,
negro, aged 10 years. was shot and Instant
" killed today by his brother, Randall Bed
ford aged % years The killing occurred
four miles enst Of this city at the home
of tho hoy's parents The boys had n dis
pnte over the possession OF 80 cents. armed
themselves with shotguns and fought 1t ont
The slayer Is in iail.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
Celebration Abandoned.

Galveston, Texas, July s.--After anuounc-
Ing It was the intention of the Business
league to appropriately celebrate the ar
rival of the first Southern Pacific ship
yesterday. Secretary Gardner today an
nounces that after giving the matter due
and careful consideration the league has
decided the time was too short to permit
Of any extended program being carried
hrst announced would not take place. OF
course n suitable social entertainment will
be provided, but MS far as the league Is
concerned there will be no general eel
ehration.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
New church Tor San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas. July THE congre.
CATION Of the First Presbyterian church has
purchased A lot ON the corner of Marlin
and Navarro streets for 5000 ana will erect
thereon q new building 10 cost $4,000.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
NEGRO Stabbed 10 Death.

Waco, Texas, July s,-Lawrenee Wright
was stabbed 10 death this morning by
Oscar Farris. Both are negroes. The
trouble came up over money matters.
Wright died within an hous after he was
stabbed.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
The San Marcos Normal.

Austin. Texas. July SIT was learned
today that the San Marcos normal school
viii not be completed In time to open In
September and viii not open until the
middle of January ana hold a half ses-
sion.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
polioemen Summoned as

Policemen Summoned as Witnesses.
Austin. Texas. July s.-The case OF State
against G. S. Handy Of this city charged
with killing Ben Raulin win come up AT
Georgetown. July 81, and the entire police
force Of Austin. with three exceptions, has
been summoned as witnesses.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
TEXAS TO SEND ANIMALS.
Which Are TO Be Used TO Restock
the Island of Cuba.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS PLEASING.
People Have Discussed at Length the
Coming OF the First Of the Southern
Pacific Boats.

Galveston. Texas. July S,--Texas live
stock is being shipped to Cuba to be used
in restocking that island. Cattle. sheep.
goats and horses are being shipped from
Galveston for this purpose. 1t was an
nounced In The Post some time ago that
Cuba would likely look TO Texas for her
supply Of beef cattle, but now 1t seems
that she will not only do that. but that
she intends purchasing stock cattle as well.
In the cargo of the Norwegian ship Albis,
which sailed last evening were 400 horses.
400 stock cattle, 24o sheep. 30 mules snd
40 goats. Several shiploads Of cattle have
been sent from Galveston to Cuba during
the summer.
Coming of the Southern Pacific Boats.
Galveston. Texas, July S.--The official
announcement Of the Inauguration OF the
New York-Galycston steamship service of
the Southern Pacific has been the most
discussed subject here today. The citizens
are very much eated, but the time is too
limited 10 have celebration on account
o. the event. 1t has been considered prac
tIcally certain for some time that the ships
would eventually be sent here, but II was
not known when. There have been so
many false reports about the time of It's
Inauguration that the majority OF the peo-
pie or Galveston had made up their mind TO
wait until they saw them However ~snce
tho local representatives have been author
lied 10 announce that the ships VIII com
mence with the first one leaving Galveston
after August | 1t is conceded that they
will come.
There will be three ships each way per
week and this should ueccssitute the en-
ployment of between 400 aud 800 men and
clerks to look after hauling the freight In
addition To this II will give the port pres
tgc which It has not hitherto enjoyed and
will be greatly beneficial In many ways,
The effects on Galveston Will be far-reach.
and the aid comes at time when IL Is
most needed
None of tia details have yet been given
out regarding the arrangements further
than that many of the clerks viii be brought
from Algers and that most OF the labor
VIII be employed here.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09

Runge. Karnes County. Texas. July t.
Fine showers have fallen here this morning
and IL Is still raining.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
TO YOUNG LADIES.
From the Treasurer OF tho
Young Peoples Christian Tenn
perance Association, Elizabeth
Game, Fond du Lac, Wis.

DEAR Mrs. PrSKuAM II want to
tell You and all the young ladies of the
country, how grateful am 70 you for
all the benefits have received from
using Lydia Il. Pinkham's vcgc-
table Compound. / suffered for
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
MOVEMENT OF OCEAN VESSELS.

Especial TO The Post)
Pert Eads, Ls.--Arrivsd; John Wilson
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09

FROM POST CORRESPONDENTS.
Shappell Hill, Washington County. Texas.
|SuN 9'-The great rain tust a week ago
proved OF immense value to the cotton
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
Cotton Region Bulletin.

Report for the twenty.four hours ending
at d. M. 10Th meIidian tlun.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-09
General Observations.

Observations taken by United States
weather bureau at a. M, 10th meridian
, 1902-09-11

Here are a few bulls" that have
been perpetratcd from time to time in
the Austro-Hungarian parliament:
"One most important point Of the ag.
ricultural question is the maintenance
of the breed of horses to which l have
The honor 10 belong"
I'VE are here for the veal aud woe
Of our constituents
Gentlemen, consider this question
in the light Of a dark future"
"Thc eye Of the law weighs heavily
On press legislation
"There, gentlemen, is the cvcr chang
ing point of which the opposition has
made a hobbyhorsc."
"This tauut is the same old sea ser.
pent which for years and years has
been grooming in this assembly"
, 1902-09-11
ADDITIONAL LOCAL,

Florence with Mr.. SCOTS relatives in
Los Angeles and 0l"nn III the berk-
erly college.
A. i. ParshoII. who i, with the
Tn;ted state Cianlnoiral Surye is
up IN t,ls par Oh ,ne 'o1"tLl' io3"
ins 4i''l ~, H. 49,
suPplA "''! w. ",.,'
places '"' S'"''"| ''' 9'"'' az ~ VI"
tau'
Say, are YOU going to do any iall
blowing? We will give Won Il good
Gne Jensen 4 Bro
hauling the freight Of the Carbon
Timber Company. from Walcott to
the camp on the head Of the South
Fork of Encampment River. 1t will
amount 10 something like q million
pounds a wear.
.d
40" l. ~, ,in' :" I'I, ~
mn =" y ,r'"'' -, ..nJ
add to its value. Gus. Jensen n Bro:
have what You want IN pumps and
windmills.
Nov is the lime 10 buy your lamps,
we have +, fine selection and our nric
es mr." low. Can and see them.
Gus. Jensen " Bro.
A.. j. Duggett lett Tor the railroad
Saturday morning. He had "A letter
Friday from Dr. Sober, Superintend-
ent of the Insane Asylum, winch con
tanned the Information that his brother
gradually growing worse.
Summer goods ai cut prices 1T
a. Peiri" ~ Go.
n. ,,..
", puSJ', :" na,'" up S,,. we
an ou''TIiu ~ ',IT'iI -
;"sI, WI Iii ,n,r' ,"
ni7 a''9si'' r,n,iiM I "
mems ~ 'Gns lIS ttIhi H.. '',,.
.n' viii '"'' u, ~"
.ei' I'm Wn" n'ows tL,'I, N,Ji
iilu1l'nl 't'til.' hn,l m",L ~ "'''''
, 1902-09-11

Ever notice at the end of Il day when
you have fooled along with your work
and slouched through everything in u
slipshod that You are tired as
if you had worked steadily and done
your work wellI And how much bet
ter satisfied you feel with yourself
when you have done your work ms you
should. Your employer also notices
these things. Don't belong TO the Slip
shod class. DO your work well. You
will feel better and stand higher in the
estimation Of the man you work for
AtchiSOn Globe.
, 1902-09-11

No" said the Widow Rakeleigh,
Il didn't altogether like the minister's
scrmon ovc poor John"
why, / thought it quite sympa-
tbetic," said her friend.
We'll, | didn't like his pronuncia-
ton when he said John had gone to
that undiscovered country from whose
burn no traveller returns. "-Philn-
dolphin Press.
, 1902-09-11

This is the church where yuu hold
your services, | SUPPOSE"
we used 10 call II n church, but Y
have outgrown all that. 1t is a tent g
Of progressive thought now."-Chlcago
Tribune.
, 1902-09-11

"A Mohawk valley justice of the peace
Invariably gave judgment for the plain.
tin in civil suits before him without
hearing the defendant, silencing that
unfortunate hugant with, Vel, vot /
links he sue you for if you don't w
him. Rochester Democrat.
, 1902-09-11

4. j. Doggett left for the railroad
Saturday morning. He had IA letter
Friday from Dr.. Solier, Superintend-
ent of the Insane Asylum, which con
tanned the information that his brother
Newton was hopeIessly insane, and
gradually growing worse.
, 1902-09-11
| a. VAN METER,
THE SARATOGA BARBER.

The only barber in this part of the
country who uses AN Anti-Septic face
lotion and sterilizes his razor every
time after using, thereby guarantee
ing all customers absolute safety from
all contagious blood AMI skin diseases
liable to be contracted by shaving.
me Choicest Manufactured Choco-
lates, and Home Made Tafies kept
Constantly in Stock.
Nuts, Tobaccoes and Cigars, Fruits
III Season.
, 1902-09-11

Mrs Bcnham-You don't seem 10 DE
very glad that mother is here.
Benham-What did you expect me 10
do-dic Of joy?.-New York Herald.
, 1902-09-11

Quick, GeOrgeg' the wife scrcaucd
Hurry to the baby! She's trying te
swallow her rattle!'
81 know it," replied the husband
calmly. 81 want her to get ahead Of
Buifkin's baby, who swallowed a INT
ton,"-Ohio State journal.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

ever saw. / got him out and il was
weeks fore I got over IL. sure you
haven't got a tick on you now?" he So
licitously insisted.
I still protested, but took the first
opportunity OF disappearing in order
20 scan the location OF the itch.
II wasn't tick. ! don't know what
1t was-it got away before could
catch il. You've got to stand those
little things in an outdoor life.
8 g 8
Although Uncle Charlie was amply
able and cheerfully willing TO pay
generous sum for a servant in his
household, my aunt usually had TO at
tend 10 the Homework herself be-
cause Of the scarcity Of servants in
Casper.
"An the women folks get married
here" complained my uncle. Take
EN- Is years old, right out Of school.
Last year six OF US heads Of families
put our noses together and Matched
up a scheme. We supposed II we went
out and imported some of the original
green goods from the old country
which couldn't talk Wyoming they'd
be only too glad TO come 10 this free
and glorious country and work for a
living We got six German girls from
Germany direct-paid their fare over
and treated them like princesses. Now,
what do you suppose happened? They
hadn't been here six months when ev-
cry blamed one of 'em was married,
sir, every blamed one! And has her
own house right here in Casper nowi
There isn't a working woman In Cas-
per 10 wash your aunt's dishes, not
a man who'll clean up my lawn for
me- / got to do it myself But l
guess We got 'em fixed this time all
right" he added. significantly
Are you importing some more
girls?' I asked.
You bet"
But they'll get married. too. won't
they?"
I don't guess" chuckled Uncle
Charlie. Il got six colored ones COM
ing up from st. Louis next week."
"Did you ever get lost, unele?" I
asked him one day, as we were rid
ing over what seemed to me an ut
teriy trackless prairie.
IF | did / got found again." he re-
piled. When we was living on the
ranch your aunt came TO town one
day with your Cousin Charlie when he
was baby. Coming back she took
the left road insteadaOf the right, but
the hoss-that was Belle. finest boss
ever owned-wouldn't 80 down the left
road"
eco on. Belle says your aunt.
Belle lays back her ears and plants
her feet solid without budging.
Maybe says your aunt, in a in
iured tone of voice, you know more
about this than / do Belle.
At which remarks Belle turns
around and makes for the right road.
She got home on time, too. There's
more sense in bosses than. some folks
/ like 10 allow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

happened. And II you should have any
friends along the way where you want
to stop OFF for little visit of an hour
or two. just speak 10 the conductor
about il and he'll hold the train till
you get back.
mo, 1t amt the New York flyer, but
it's more accommodating and it meets
our wants. Besides, one OF them fast
trains would raise a fearful dust in
the country and maybe scare away
game. We're suited, and you can tell
that TO Sam Hill when you see him."
who is Sam HIP I innocently in
quired.
"HOw'n Sam Hfll do I knowi" ejac-
ulated my uncle. as he bit of the end
Of another cigar.
Casper has a curfew in the form of a
whistle which blows promptly al 8
o'clock every night. After that hour
children must keep of the streets.
The first night I heard II / asked
what the whistle was blowing for.
''That?" said my aunt. 'Oh, that's
Just the kid whistle
There are no mosquitoes in Casper,
Wyo.
But there are plenty of snakes!
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

"Once when was a coWpuncher ont
on the prairie my partner left me in
the morning 10 90 to town for a couple
OF weeks. Around bout the middle OF
the afternoon I saw him coming back
Hello says !, forgot something
WHO are your says he. taking a
squint at me. 1 don't know you.
The deuce you don't, says l. Then
/ don't either
He'd just naturally got lost and
been going round in a circle till he
got back where he started. He hated
TO own up, though. like blazes."
= . 9
A thorough westerner is never so
happy as when he can stretch the
truth. I made a remark one day about
the slowness of the train that had
carried US TO Casper.
Yes, IT'S some slow" admitted IN
Gle Charlie. but I've known it 10 go
ten miles an hour! It's a mighty ar
commodatin' train, and we couldn't
get along without 1t. But I'm not say
ing It's a fast train. Bill Buscombe
was on It one morning when il hit a
bunch of cattle-bout o'clock, l
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

think he said it was. Along bout
in the afternoon it hit another bunch.
and when Bill and the other folks got
out to shoe 'em off they discovered it
was the same bunch. I guess they
wasn't going very fast that day. A
man come in one day who wanted to
be sarcastic about il. He said the
TELEGRAPH poles looked like a fence,
they went so terrible swift!
But. as l said. it's an accommodate
in train. and if you want a rabbit
pie for dinner il won't mind waitin' for
you to bag a few cottontails. They
say II left the track once and followed
a covey of sage hens till the boys got
'em, so not TO make the fellows walk
back so far. I wasn't there when it
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

If durin' my diseoase which I is gVine
to deliver. anything should escape from
my vocabulary which Obfuscates you
understanding, give you leave 10 ak
any question you please.'
After that he drank a schooner Of
water and began:
When the granite foundations OBJ
de universe Wuz laid de Great Archi-
tect Divine flung from his mighty car
penter shop dis yere ball which we call
de yearth. out into space. where she
have been evolving ever since. and de
fust ting he made and put upon his
yeaTth was a cOlOred gentleman, which
he made out OF mud, and he sat dat
eolored gentleman up against de picket
fence for 20 dry, and de sun bleached
him white, and dar is whar de whole
white trash come from
An old darby over in the audience
who had been giving earnest attention,
sprang TO his feet and said:
'Brer Ryan, you done give de privi
lege 10 AK a question and you done OBJ
fuscate my understandin'. Do you say
de first ting de great Carpenter OBJ
de universe made was a colored gen.
tleman and sot him up agin de picket
fence for him to dry?'
% Yes. sir replied Wyatt. pomp-
ously.
Den, Brer Ryan, will you please
10 tell dis here congregation who made
dat ar picket fence?'
This was kind of Tom Paine bomb
thrown az Wyatt, which he was not
prepared for. He drank another quart
OF water and said:
'Brer Alec Brown, you ought not
TO have asked dat question, for IL is
just such questions as dem dat will
break up any system of theology.
This was a sufficient answer to
Brother Browns question, and Wyatt
proceeded with the discussion of Gre
alton to the entire edifcation and sat
isfactiOn Of the audience"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
Lessons in Politics.


Eyes. my son. the sugar beet was origi-
mated abroad. but 1t attains its worthlest
uses with US. Abroad IL serves for ROOD,
merely. while with as il is a buttress OF
the protective system
And vet they say Of the sugar beet
that IL is mostly a mvth?
Precisely. II Is the mythical character
of the sugar beet that tits il for the i'm
pOrtant part il PLAYS in our civic liIe-'
PRAY. father. how NAV this be-
THE tariff makes wages so high tnat
the farmer cannot afford to hire the help
needed TO cultivate sugar beets unless
there is a very large duty on sugar. This
duty would come out of the consumer,
who Is also a voter. were il not that beet
sugar Is a myth. ANYWAY.
Rather involved logic. this. is IL not"
Theoretically. yes. Practically, now
ever. there is no difficulty. The sugar
beet in practice is an excellent stalking
horse for capturing the farmers. while
still leaving il possible TO fool most of the
rest of the people long enough TO starve
the Cubans into favoring annexation"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
he "DRIv GENERAL GRANT"
Story of Negroes Qualifications For
the Ministry.

The
When Judge Sterling B. Toney of the
ehancery court of Louisville returned
to the Brown Palace hotel last Wednes-
day from a visit TO the mountains and
on his way home. says the Denver
Times, several men, who knew his rep
utation as a raconteur, surrounded him
and begged for a niger story In
his after-dinner speeches in Louisville,
as we'll as in Alabama, where he has
one of the largest plantations in the
south, Judge TOney includes numerous
capital negro stories. The judge par
ried the attacks upon him for while,
but when one of his assailants sug-
gested that he tell the story with
which he captivated some banqueters
recently, he began:
when General Grant paid his last
visit to Louisville. KY, some months
before his death. the city awarded 10
him a Pharsalian triumph. Over l0O,-
600 people fiocked to the city 10 pay
honor to the great captain. In the
parade were the Kentucky state guard.
the Orphans brigade, commanded by
General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Cen
eral Grants elassmate at West Point
and lifelong friend, who surrendered to
General Grant at Fort Donelson; the
Louisville legion, and ali the civic pa
geantry. of mounted police, some 900
strong, and the fire department
@ q Z.
1.-The committee on reception, of
which General Eli Murray was chair
man, called on me TO request the use
of my wife's high open park carriage
for General Grant the governor, the
mayor and General Eli 10 ride in at
the head Of the procession. OF course
I told them that carriage and horses
were at their disposal, with one pro-
viso or request. however and that was
that my coachman, a darby that / had
imported from my plantation in Ala
hama, Wyatt Ryan, should occupy the
box. They said it made no difference,
as they were 10 have eight white horses
hooked TO II with a white man in uni
form at the bit OF each horse.
THE procession was formed with
the park carriage at the front and
Wyatt on the box. with General Grant
and other officials within; over 800 car
riages were in line.
After several hours driving through
the principal streets. the head Of The
procession halted at the Gait house. A
guard was at once formed as an es-
cOrt TO General Grant between whose
gIttering lines he was to be escorted
into the hotel The cOachman. Wyatt
Ryan, and the footman, in full livery,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

&C. < Wooley in Chicago Record
Herald}
2 had been furtively scratching my
,..sboae during the evening. and
-.suy Uncle Charlie caught me at il.
Haven't got a tick on you. have
,qgq" b. asked.
asserted with vehemence that 7 had
I0..
aWeu YOU never know" he said.
.rye had 'em on me. Sheep camps
,Fs place where you get the most Of
l.a. They get on the sheep and then
they get on you.
TICKS are bl0odthirsty things, and'n
,s.- YOU a lot OF trouble II you don't
81 'am In time / remember when
mas cowboy one day / felt a pain
(, front here-right on the end OF my
rib. 4 didn't pay much attention 70
n and let 10 90 for about a week
ne didn't take our clothes off much
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
Crumbs From Kansas.
(Atchison Globe.0

(Atchison Globe)
If YOU can't do a thing good naturedly.
don't do il AZ all
Some people think that their fOreheads
bulge more than most mems because
thew understand the game of chess.
II YOU own a calf that bawls all night,
what do YOU suppose the neighbors are
thinking about?
When a man dies who has buried a
wife there IS always curiosity 10 know
If his wife viii bury him beside his first
wife or save him for herself
One of the mistakes a wife makes
which proves so fatal 10 her husband 8
love is 10 saw she is sick after he has
claimed the privilege for himself first
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21
A Freckle Lecture.
(Stray Stories.1

'And what is to be the subject of our
lecture tomorrow night. professor"
We'll. my dear young lady, l can hard
" hope il will have much interest for
you. I shall lecture on Sun Spots
20. but that's Of the greatest interest to
me. ! shall certainly come. You've no
idea how / suffer from freckies."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-21

IN those days. only when we went to
town. and sometimes we didn't hit
the town In couple Of months. Any
how. that feeling finally got so had
that / looked 10 see what twas, and
there was the biggest, fullest tick you
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1902-10-08
Fitz Willing to Flqht.

Portland, Ore, October AZ l
can get my hands in good shape and
if good inducements are offered me l.
shall fight again. said Robert Fitz.
simmons, who is here today with his
theatrical company. 81 would rather
meet Jeffries than anybody else, but
would also like to give Kid Mccoy
change, as | see he is out with
$4,000 challenge But l shall not fight
unless good inducements are offered.
The only man besides myself who
would stand the slightest chance
against Jeifries is Gus Rubin. Rubin
is far more clever fighter than JEFF
fries, and has improved good deal Of
late, but still / think Jeffries would
whip him and remain champion for
some time"
When asked as to his future plans
Fitz says that at the conclusion of his
present ten weeks theatrical engage
ment he will go to New York and
take charge of his Bensonhurst physi'
cal culture school.