The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-20
The Passing Throng.

MR.. CHARLES L. swEErMAN. chief
clerk OF the Bristol, last evening in con.
Nersat'on with Post representative. re.
uafhed' Man and boy, have been 10
the hotel business for number OF years,
hrst with the old Hutchius house. rn-=
win the Capitol ana later with the Bristol;
nut never, during that entire time. possibly
Excepting the Confederate reunion, have
seen sucn big. good-natnred crowd OF
irVPis Us are IN attendance upon the pres
,ut tdFhlNat they are delighted with the
numerous attractions, ana say that every
mug 50 Tar seems 90 have been made 10
,tu'r iog heir especial benefit It's
~ cioWd, sure aud everybody here SCENE
~ ne IN the very best VI humor. despite
the fact that all the hotels have long sipce
,eth biled TO their utmost capacity ana
iatt arrivals have to hunt M tie different
Se.,,,u ing houses Some people search Tor
nuuiS oeiore they can find sleeping accom-
moQations But all our visitors take these
ntle dlscomforts and perplexities IN a
kpod-humored way and ali Of them SAY
ny VII return for next years Carnival n
,in,o ~. ~, only manage g survive the good
onev WINS 'u' p'eSent
~
MIR CHARLES w. BROOKS Of Beau.
mont president and general manager OF the
c. w. Brooks Co.. oil brokers. was Car
nlval visitor yesterday Mr. Brooks com
pany markets nearly the entire output of
the Hogg Swayne syndicate. and, individ.
ually he is probably one Of the best posted
oil men In the field, In conversation yes.
terday afternoon with representative Of
The Post MIR. Brooks remarked; "Au this
talk you hear about Spindle TOP playing
out is the verlest rot ! am not saying
this In order 10 boost up land values FOR
! am not In that line. handle the oil Il.
SELF. In years TO come, long after both OF
US are dead and new generation sprung
up, spindle Top, IN my estimation at least
VIII still continue to he the finest produc-
ing oil field In the world OF course, there
is more or less trouble experienced In the
neld every day--some wells go dry, others
get the casing broken into and are flooded
by water, while still others get Choked up;
hut those are only ordinary incidents and
do not tend to prove the exhaustibility Of
the ned Tor the oil Is there und the ont
put as large as ever
~
DURING THE HEAVIEST JAM on Main
street and Preston avenue Tuesday even
ing about $50 little S-year-od tot was
thrown down aud in a fair way toward
being crushed into a shapeless mass be
meath the feet OF the struggling multitude.
The mother. endelvorIng 10 rescue her
little one, was being carried further and
further away from IL each moment, when
Mr. Charles w johnson. standing some
distance away in a doorway, saw the mis-
hap aud realized tao NttlE one 8 danger.
Quick ms q dash 20 fought his way 20 IL,
rescuing The tot by almost supcrhumau
EFFORTS lie finally managed TO get It
into a convenient rug store where II was
finally reclaimed ny the overioycd mother,
who was aimost hysterica. from fright
and her eNcttlons, All parties were more
or less bruised, and the child nearly killed,
but as II was Immediately conveyed nome
by the mother. nothing further could be
learned regarding the occurrence aud no
names could be learned owing TO the jam
and crush.
~
MIR. f. l. BOOTH Of Richmond, one Of
the best posted aud most extensive cotton
and cane planters IN Texas, is Carnival
visitor this year, as always.