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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-23
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC PURCHASE.
Railroad People Were Delighted Upon
Receipt of the News

7 '0F'T7 Wv N7F,T y 7. V'TNTTNDN ODVVT
Receipt OF the News.
The purchase Of the Hutchius house prop.
erty by the Southern Pacific Railroad com.
pany. the announcement OF which was
made in The Post yesterday, was the sole
topic OF conversation in railroad circles dur.
ing the day. The beads Of departments
and the hundreds Of clerks We're delighted
at the news. Vice President Markham said
the plans for the new office building had
not been prepared hut that work would
begin at once. The number of stories has
not been agreed upon yet
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School Fund Stolen.

Little Rock, Ark April PA special 10
the Gazette from Clinton. Van Rurcn conn.
rs. says ne county safe al tho court house
was blown open With dynamite last night
ana $1,000 belonging 10 the school fund
stolen. The robbers escaped.
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Overhead crossino Necessary.

Austin, Texas, April 1.-The railroad
commission has reached a decision In the
Cotton Bclt-Katy crossing case at Dallas,
and finds that the Cotton Belt must put In
an overhead crossing.
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Pahst Beer can be had at Theo. Kellcr's.
Wholesale Distributor II Is the only table
beverage, purer than most water. Teie-
phone Tor q case.
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c. z. |. & ?. Ertension

Los Angeles. Cal, April 81 The nrst Of
fetal confirmation Of the plans for the
western extension OF the Chicago, Rock
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Mr.. seger is well known ma the auditor
Of tho Texas and New Orleans and other
local Southern Pacific lines, and his many
friends viii be glad to hear tho news Of his
promotion He win represent all the local
southern Pacific lines as auditor with the
exception of the Houston East and West
Texas
while not so stated Mr. Seger's appoint.
ment comes as result of the visit of
General Auditor Young OF the Southern
not talk II was learned there would be no
further changes In regard to the Southern
Pacific officials In this city
MF. Young IL expected to visit Galveston
today, and II Is probable that Mr. Seger
will accompany him MIR. Young will look
over the Southern Pacific properties while
in the Island city
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ME-. GEORGE KIDD RESIGNS

And Mr. c. q. Seqer Is Made Auditor Of
the Houston and Texas Central.
The following circular was issued yes
terday from tho office If Vice President
Markham Of the Houston and Texas Cen
trol Railrond company:
Hou>tcn Texas, April % 1902 Effective
this date. MIR. G., r Segcr Is appointed
auditor Of tho Houston mud Tcyas Central
Railroad company, Vice MIR George Kidd,
resigned G. II. Markham,
Vice President
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slroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic
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ter using White Ribbon Remedy.
Endorsed by Members OF w. C. T. u.
=, Mrs Moore, press superintendent OF thc
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TO hhd a practical }tnd economical treot.
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Mrs. NJ A. Gown, Of the Woman,s
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know Of 80 many people redeemed from
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nor remedy that | earnestly request Won
70 give Il trial" Druggists or Nv mail
~. Trial package free by writing Or cali
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RAILROAD SCHEDULE.

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Al these trains esve the Santa Fe Congress
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Texans in New York.

Especial 70 The FOst)
New York. April % The following Tex.
ans are registered IN New York:
Houston.--J. ] McNnlty, Sinclair
Fl Paso-M. 70. wetham. 81. Denis.
Dailas-D. Montgomery. A. NJ. Tyler.
Imperial.
San Antanio.-R. Joyce. Everett
) ciarksville.--A. Williamson. Grand Union
Teras.-~A. Warner. Broadway Central
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MORPHINE

Opium aud Liquor habits cured at noms Dr.
treatment wholly new In method. acton
ana results. No pain. suffering or prostra.
eyery day. No dreaded last stage. or sun
stitution, but thorough lasting cuge Ere,
trial treatment and sealed booklet sent on
request. Write today TO ~
III, SuhoY, sinz Bldg. Houston. Texas
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The surveying purity now ut work Ire
tween Houston aud Beaumont is making
good progress. They had quite hard
job for the first tcw DAYS because ~ the
hard rains, but they are now In camp and
getting along smoothly. Engineer Turner
Is In charge Of the party
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Grand Central Depot
Lave Nc tsr 1918 a. m Arrive No, rs1 SIS p N
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Grand Central Depot
cave No. zoos an Arrive Nos. $50 ., n
cave No. q. Ills .. N Arrive. No. bo.4,0o a. -
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
No Indian Profanity

Evans Brady, last Of the line in direct
descent from the mighty king Of the Seneca
Indians, Powhatan received Christian
burial recently, reports the NV York
Times. Several of his race witnessed the
burial service of the Baptist church, to
which he had been converted and Of which
he was a devout member. The service was
in the rooms of the stephen Merritt Burial
and Cremation company, and was per
formed by Aga Tahament, medicine man
Of the Seneca tribe.
Just before the beginning Of the service
the Indians filed in, and, as they passed
the casket, they said, one after the other,
Friend and fellow" With the Indians
was Mrs. Harriet Maxwell Converse, the
only woman ever admitted to the Senecas.
The Indians ranged themselves in a semi
circle near the body. Albert Page. John
and Ernest Brady, cousins OF the dead
brave, wept bitterly, but the other Indians
betrayed no sign Of their sorrow. Annie
Thornlaw, the girl for love Of whom the
dead chief lost his mind, was at the far
end Of the circle.
The service was opened with prayer and
quotations from the Scriptures. Then those
present sang the dead mans ]favorite
hymn, Nearer, My God, to Thee Dark
Cloud spoke in culogy Of the dead. His
voice trcmblcd with emotion as he told Of
the Indians conception of the Great
Spirit"
81 am not Boosting" he said, "but it is
true that there is no ~profane word in any
Indian language. We marvel at His works
and wonder that the pale face dares to
speak lightly of the Ruler of the lightning,
the flood, the sun, moon and stars, and
that in anger he dares to use the name Of
the one who in his anger can destroy all"
Brady died in the pavilion for
insane at Bellevue hospital. He was
taken there from the Fall River steamboat
Priscilla, on which he was an assistant
steward. Some time ago he fell in love
with Annie Thornlaw, the daughter Of the
engineer on the boat, and when he learned
that he could receive no hope Of marriage,
as her parents objected to his color, he
brooded until he became insane. He was
born and brought up in Virginia.
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ally conducting parties. Always they are
heard by Mrs. Fremont, invisible through
the curtained but open window. Having
a keen sense of humor, she enjoys thes"
comments. particularly when they describe
her as the mother of the "Pathfnder."
When alone this energetic woman Is
busily occupied in writing; she takes sole
charge of her enormous correspondence, in
addition to her literary work, which is
considerable. OF reading, she never has
enough. Her most absorbing occupation
now. however, is the work of preparing
her autobiography, which she soon hopes
TO have completed. Fascinating glimpses
these will be OF a picturesque and romantic
past. which has become history.
One of her first political friends was
President Jackson, and one Of her earliest
recollections being taken to the White
House by her father and remaining with
him and the president while they had their
talks. 1t pleased Jackson to have her
near him, where he could put his hand on
her head, and sometimes, in the interest
of discussion, he would forget what he was
doing and AXE an unconscious grip on the
pretty Curls, but the little lady never
WINGED. To have shown pain or displeas'
ure would have displeased her father, VIII
always praised her afterward when she
was brave, and managed to have her re-
wardcd at the time by a play in the nur'
sery with the children Of the presidents
niece, who lived with him.
Mrs. Fremont made her social debut al
the White House at the age of 10, whCr
President Van Buren, gave a dinner for hi
son, and at IA she attended a great state
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

"In the evening of October 10 his gem
eralship came with six attendants, which
composed his family. A large guard of sol
diers, a number Of horses and baggage
wagons, the yard and house in confusion
and Uttered with military equipments.
. . The gen'l is tall, portly, well
made, a truly martial air, the behavior and
manners of a gentleman, a good under
standing and great humanity of disposition
constitute the character of Smallwood."
For weeks her journal resounds with the
clanking of swords, the rumble of military
wagons, the tramp of marching soldiers,
busy perhaps with the care of wounded SOL
diers whose line Of retreat from fatal
Germantown lay close to the old house,
she only briefly refers to the battle there
and 'the horrors Of that day" She tells
her absent friend the gossip they get at
the mill-a mill was part of the FOu Ike
estate-but warns her by saying: eve
don't place much dependence on mill news"
One day several Of the company which
formed this distinguished Colonial house
party went to the mill. We made very
free with some Continental flour. We pow
dered mighty white, to be sure" Another
day 21-year-cld and hirtatious Brigadier
General Lacy rides by "in expectation of
drawing the attention Of the mill girls,
. . . but as i'll luck would order ii had
been busy and my auburn ringlets were
much disheveled; therefore l did not glad
his eyes, and cannot set down on the list
Of honors received that Of a bow from
Brigadier General Lacy" She comments
further on that day as being almost ad-
ventureless."
A gay young blade from Virginia, Alex
ander SpOtswoCd cambridge, asks her to
marry him on exceedingly short asquaint-
ance, she thinks, although she hastens to
explain, had we been acquainted seven
years we would not have been more So
ciable. The moon gave a sadly pleasing
light" What a wonderfully complete pic
ture Of sociability this entry suggests!
She tells of the pranks she and her
girl friends played on a certain Mr., Tilly,
"a wild, noisy mortal" who appears bash
full when with girls" and who talks so
excessively fast that he often begins a SEN
tence without finishing the last, which con-
fuses him very much, and then he bushes
and laughs" Mr.. lilly plays two tunes on
the German flute, and he is numerically
jeered about his brilliant musical talent.
Tilly was something Of a braggart, it
seems, and the merry company decided to
have some fun with him, so they fitted IN
the figure Of a British grenadier and stood
1t at the door of the house. While they
were chattering in the gloom OF one Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28
Romantic Life Story of an American Woman

a moments delay and not ask why. lie
obcycd her instructions to the letter The
returning messenger brought her the as
surance that he had seen her husband
and the party off. She then wrote the Of
fetal in Washington that she had neither
forwarded his order nor informed Fremont
Of 1t and that the expedition was wei
under way.
To defy official orders was a good deal
Of a responsibility for an is ycar-old girl,
but she had inherited her fathers courage
Gus spirit and did not hesitate TO act for
what she thought were the best Interests
Of her husband and the country. Her
father. when later he joined her in ST.
Louis and she told him what she had
done. approved her act, and every Amcri-
can owes her a debt Of g%ratitud' for per
hitting nothing to interfere with plans
which eventually not only explored, but
developed the Pacific coast and led to tn
conquest Of California.
Mrs. Frcmont's influence was instru-
mental i'm bringing California into the
union as a free state. Her husband was
opposed to slavery, and her people, though
Virginians and large landed prOprlctors,
with hundreds Of negroes on their estates,
were not slave holders, having given free
dom to their people i'm the hope Of put
ting slavery to an end. I'VE did not own
our negroes. they owned us, recently said
Mrs. Fremont. who recalls many Of them
with great affection and smiles at the re
membrancc Of the proprietary airs they
assumed toward the families they so faith
fully served.
When Mrs. Fremont decided to join her
husband in California in rs she made the
difficult tourney by way Of Panama, sail
ing from New York. The trip was one OF
r hardship and extreme peril from beginning
! to end. Every sort Of unexpected misfor
Y tune overlook her, but with splcndi,
courage she held to her purpose of goinl
Y to her husband. though she had had nc
70 news from him for months and did MOI
> know If h were alive or dead. She was
l more dead than alive herself when fnalil
t she made the long sea voyage up the Pa,
d cihc coast and was rewarded by rcachinl
. San Francisco, with her husband there Il
y greet her.
. OF California as she found 1t in thos
o exciting days, when the gold fever wa
T. bringing the new country to the motto
5. Of the world, she tells most cntcrtaininEI
It in a little volume entitled "a Year q
= American Travel" other of her wei
4 known works are: souvenirs Of NJ
l, Time "a Sketch Of Senator Fremont,
I, STORY of the Guard" and VIII and Wa
1t Stories
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customed from infancy to distinguished and
cosmopolitan society, she made many warm
friends, among them the Empress Eugenic,
with whom she still corresponds.
Today she has many wonderful memories
to cheer her, as she spends her old age in
her charming Los Angeles home-a spacious.
two-story cottage presented to her by the
women of California. But she has moro
than memories, for at the advanced age OF
rs Mrs. Fremont retains much of the bril-
liancy and beauty which has so Justly made
her famous. 1t is difficult to think Of her
as old or even helpless, although she prac-
tically is so, owing to a broken hip which
confines her during the day to an invalid
chair. Before this catastrophe two years
ago she was the gayest of the gay and the
accident is another of those pat i~llustra-
lions of the old saying that pride goCth
before a fall. 1t happened at the time she
was rejoicing i'm a glorious sense Of health
of which she boosted one day and in an
excess Of spirits danced across the floor to
display her eXubcrant vitality. But she did
not reckon on that snare Of snares-rugs
on a polished floor. There was a slip and
a slide and down she went. her walking
as well as her dancing days forever over.
T She is a woman physically of large build.
e wherein she takes after her distinguished
= father, Senator Benton, who was over six
e feet and of powerful physique. She has
strong, handsome, aristocratic features and
g an expressive countenanCe, with a regal
poise Of head and mien so majestic that
e as she sits and bows a smile Of welcome
II to her visitor she gives the effect of a
Re gracious parsonage receiving in state. The
g bow is accompanied-if the visitor takes
her fancy-bv a wave of the hand to indi-
y cate the seat nearest her, for this grande
"a dame is a little deaf and does not partici-
1T pate as much as formerly in the general
l. conversation.
a, An up-to-date woman she is in the
l. broadcast sense of the word, with q keen
as interest in national and internationa
m affairs; thoroughly in touch with current
st events. which she greatly enjoys discuss.
ty ing. 1t is no longer possible for Mrs. Ere
It mont to go into the world, but the world
m goes to her, both personally and by letter
On President Mckinley spent a delightful houl
e, with her during that California visit las
by year, and her cottage has long been thu
y mecca toward which the footsteps of dis
tinguished visitors have turned. The tour
a list, plain and simple, doing the town o
gh Los Angeles, always makes a pilgTimag
nd past the house, frequently stopping bofor
nd the gate to comment on the illustriou
vt woman and her history. Often these re
a marks are amusing, particularly when the
&C. are made by the carriage drivers person
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

dinncr given by the president in honor OF
the Russian minister, Bodisco, the Spleen
did. and his 16-year-old bride. This re-
markable marriage of May and December
Uhe bridegroom was 65) was the most gor-
gcous ceremony Washington had ever seen.
The bridal party was composed of the most
beautiful Of the youthful girl friends OF
the bride and men of about the age of the
groom. Jessie Benton, then Il, was one
of the bridesmaids, with Mr.. Buchanan,
afterward president, as her groomsman.
The other groomsmen were distinguished
men in official life, and the bride was given
away by Henry Clay.
lii this way began n brilliant social
career which brought her in contact with
such women of the past as Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton and Mrs. Dolly Madison and all
the prominent people of her fathers day
and generation.
Though Mrs. Fremont did not accompany
her husband on any Of his exploring ex-
petitions across the continent, she made
the most important of them possible, AMI
it happened in this way: The government
had given him his first separate ommand
and equipped him for an expedition to the
Pacific coast, but there was much jealousy
and opposition in Washington, and while
Fremont was on the frontier preparing to
start an order was sent to st. Louis re-
calling him to the national capital. Mrs,
Frcmon received and read this order, but
she had no intention of allowing her hus-
bands expedition to be ruined, so instead
of forwarding it to him she sent instead
by the swiftest messenger she could find
a letter telling him to start west withou
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

V~IHEhE is an ancient mouse at
Penllyn, Gwynedd township,
- Montgomery county, Pa, that is
kx&4N associated with one of the pref
- test contributions to the history
of the stirring times in the fall of 1776, re-
lates the Philadelphia Record. 1t is the
old Foulke mansion, wherein a young Phil
adelphia Quaker girl wrote the charming,
sparkling narrative that has become famous
as sally Wister's Journal"
The document has been a fruitful source
Of inspiration to many writer's of fiction
dealing with the days Of our nation max
ing. Just before the British army slipped
into Philadelphia after weeks Of fighting
and feinting Sally's father, Daniel-a Phila-
delphia merchant-sent his family out to
"Gwynedd" to the Foulkes, the two fam
lilies being kin, to escape the many unpleas-
ant features of life in a city with an army
OF occupation.
Previous to going away Sally and her
friend, Deborah Norris, another young
Quakeress, who, by the way, told in after
years how she peeped over the garden fence
and looked across Fifth street to see what
was going on the day they publicly read
the Declaration of Independence, agreed to
keep journals which they would exchange
when they met again, as it would be mani
testify impossible to get letters through the
lines of the two armies. And Sally went
out to her widowed "Aunt Hannah's,' the
uncle. William Foulke, having died in no.
The long. low stone house wherein the
Foulke family and their city relatives shell
tered that troublous winter is still in eX-
cellent preservation and doubtless In very
much the same proportions Of a century and
a quarter ago. It's present owner, MI.
]. f. Caldwell, has done much to give 1t a
splendid setting in a landscape gardening
scheme CT rare beauty.
In one of the rooms of the picturesque
mansion this light-heartCd girl jotted down
her chatty, familiar expressions Ct the great
makers Of American history as they ap-
peared on the little stage Of the hospitable
Foulke home. The first entry in her diary
was September %, 1777-124 years ago this
week.
One day she writes: 1.-TWO %genteel men
Of the military order rode up to the door
and arranged for the billeting Of Genera
William Smallwood of Maryland at the
house. One Of the officers dismounted
nd wrote 'Smallwood's quarters over the
DOR, which secured us from struggling sol
diers. After this he mounted his steed
and rode away. When we were alone cur
dress and lips were put in order for con-
quest and the hopes OF adventure gave
brightness to each before passive coun'
tenance."
Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-28

last they found Tilly and explained the joke
to him. He was induced to come back,
and when he rejoined the group he sol
EMMY faced the company and remarked:
"You may all go to the devil" Sally
touchingly and suggestively comments, 81
never heard him utter an indecent express
sion before"
But it would take columns to reprint the
full account Of Sally Wister's journal and
it's Astounding references to the qualifca-
ton and character OF the various officers