The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-28
New York Maryels at Greene's Ap-
pOintmentas Police Commissioner.
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DEvERY TAFFIEs REV. DR.. PAREHURSf
Tho Story Of DOG ard Dog Catcher.
One Of DepeSfs Latest on Marriage.
Heiress Weeds Aged Count,
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his cabinet OF freaks. Necessarily General
Greene as head OF the police department
| win come In for lot of Dotoriety and II
| he does one half the things he ought to do
| TO stralghten out and reform the police he
| win add greatly to his already long list OF
| enemies. No one doubts Grecno'a ability.
1 Ho is one OF tho ablest men in America. \
/ But whether General Greene IL n success 4
| Or a failure Ms police commissioner he will
| have niche in the temple of fame AZ
master of theoretical art of warfare he
occupies ns high rank In the, army circles
OF the world as does Captain Mahan In tho
navy branch. His report on the Russo-
| Turkish war is tho text book In all the
military schools OF Europe and, this great
work came from his pen before he was, 80. :
| Ho 81 as cold, calm and calculating as
Moltke, and among military men,hcls COM :
monty known as tho "Ice Man" ~
At the outbreak Of the spanish-American
war he was colonel OF the Sevonty.frst
regiment OF this city. lie started with
the regiment for Cuba, but getting appoint.
cd to brigade command In the Philippines
petent subordinate. In Cuba the Seventy.
hrst turned tail at the hrst sight OF smoke
and sound OF bullets and was sent home
aisgrnced. The men have never forgiven
Greene accusing him OF deserting them at
the crucial moment In order that he might
advance his personal interests The stain
OF cowardlce VIII be ON the regiment until
another war offers an opportunity Tor the
men TO redeem themselves
But it was as the asphalt man that Greene
made most OF his enemies, He hoQteu
the S1oOO00OO0 corporation about which
| there has been 80 much scandal. The
bondholders who recently nssented TO
reorganization on n basis ofl3O cents on the
| dollar made II provision of the accept.
nnce OF the plan thar neither General
Greene nor any OF his associates should
| hold Office in the new concern. Strange in.
deed II "a that Greene should now be
selected HH chief OF one Of the most i'm
! portBnt departments IN this clty--n city
the asphalt ring has robbed openly and
hraZeuly, IL Is less than two weeks slncn
Comptroller Grant In the presence OF Mayor
apportonment denounced the rcpresentntiyu
of the asphalt trust and said; "Cond!-
lions Ia this city are not tho same rs they
were few years ago, and you can not do
the things you used to do
The things the asphalt ring ala worc' to
juggle with specihoauons for paving 30
as to make It impossible for any com
pctltor 10 get n city contract. Thla was
accomplished usually by defining the quail
ity. Of asphalt 10 he used so that only the
trinidad. controlled by the ring, would be
accepted. The ring worked 80 urustically
that the city had 10 pay 5000 q square yard
cities nt the same time was approximately
| s. The city 10 now letting IT'S contracts
| at about 81, and companies outside the
| TRUST ma wei as the trust llAtlI nNNe INNbN
awards. The trust, IN fact, "a anxious 70
get the work at anything near 81 basis,
and 1t was the violent effort OF the trust s
agent to prevent It competitor from getting
II big piece Of work at that rate which led
Comptroller Grant 30 talk 80 bitterly OF
the work General Greene'g company used
To do, There was nearly Sl,OOO,O0Q worth
Of work obtained by the asphalt ring 0t
| tho rXorbitAnt figures that formerly pre-.
vailed yet In the light Of this General
| Greene Is now called In 10 save reform
administration from disaster. Queer old
town this, but not 80 queer as some or me
big men In II.
The unspcaEable Devery wants 70 shake
hands ncrosa the bloody chnsm with Dr.
, Parkhurst, The militant clergyman, when
asked for an opinion as to the appointment
" or Greene said he wouldn't trust himself
3, to glyo uttoraucc to II, Devery, hearing
.s this, sent a message to the doctor. "Tell
y him" said Big Bin 20 n reporter, ''that II
~ hell COME over 60 the pump and converse
= with me for ten minutes he'll advocate my
h appointment ms police commissioners TEL
VI him / say he's a good old sport and i
u amt got no hard feelings against him.
y \ y y
o There probably never was aaidog thatghad
e. such n glorioua Christmas as Hugh Porter'E
y, bull pup. From all quarterssof the great
n Irty and even from the forei gn'ehores OF Jer-
g sey Santa Claus sent collars tugs, ribbons,
. chains bows, dog biscuit and the deuce
only knows what not to sport" The
owner Of the pup is lawyer who lives at
No. 126 w. 72d street. II IS the inaenable
n right OF the rich as well as the poor man
to own a dog, Sport was sporting In front
r. Of the Porter home on Monday when James
t. Roche, dog catcher, tried to corral him.
f Roche got good hold on the pup, but the
h pup got a better hold on Roche. Those
3. who witnessed the subsequent proceedings
=, say the action was too rapid for the human
!. eye 10 follow 1t was difficult to tell which
If was dog and which was dog catcher, but
judging from the fact that Roche had his
he wounds dressed In the Presbyterian hos
- plta and later went 10 Bellevue TO have
T. them cauterized and at the latest report
ID the pup was able to sit up and take nour-
= lshment as usual, It is reasonable to sup
~ pose the pup held his own In fact the
= pup held more than his own, for the dog
catchor's left ear is missing. The dog
I, catcher tried to get n magistrate to sen
~ tence Sport to be shot, but the learned
fudge quoted the law which says every dog
"a Is entitled TO one bite and every horse TO
one Kick. II was IN vain Roche insisted he
!. had been bitten more than once. The mag
Y istrate couldn't SOC the wounds for band
q ages. We are a peculiar people We pick
y up some representative and peculiarly quail
ieu ClllLeu anu invest MN Win inc ItbpVi'
a sibilitles and dignltes attending the Inn
!. portant office Of dog catcher. Then we
3 turn against him, make pariah Of him
aud glory IN his troubles, his defeats and
u his sumerings. Hundreds Of thousands OF
y US rejoice In reading OF the battle of ia
D. street. Hundreds and hundreds of us said
u good boy, Sport" And then Santa Claus
Is got busy. But the good saint never thought
to send a left ear 70 Mr.. Roche.
II ~
"A Such Of us old dodos as have survived
= the horrors OF many Chrstmases can find
u solacc only IN the knowledge It wont come
,r again for a year.
" ~
Ia One Of the biggest Of the department
g stories IS advertising square pianos Of the
finest make at prices ranging from $40 &C
W $3.50 These pianos sold few years age
y at from $3.50 TO s15Oo. The modern, OF
rather the New York, style Of living, whict
IS being copied In the larger ciues, has
ruined the square plano industry. Yor
couldn't get one OF these Instruments Of
nj ipf Net at