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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-10

members Of thu house for the purpose Of
discussing trust legislation, The membcrs
present included Chairman Cannon OF the
appropriations committee, NIfssrs Payne,
DalEell md Grosvenor OF the ways and
means committee, and Messrs jenkins,
Powers Ninss) and overstreet OF the ju-
dietary committee. Consideration was given
to the department OF commerce bill az
agreed on by the congressional conferees,
and 20 the IGlkins railroad bill as we'll as
TO the Lttlcaeld antitrust measure, Just
passed by the house President Roosevelt
is anxious to have legislation with refer.
enco 90 trusts OF this session rounded ont
into an efficient and harmonious whole and
for this reason went over tho seevral meas
ures with the representatives Of the house.
Reference was made to the publicity fea'
lures Of the new department OF commerce
bill and TO the fact that the Elkins meas.
ure contains, 60 far as railroads ara con-
eerned, prohibltory provisions as to rebates
and determinations.
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THE DELAWARE CONTEST
DAY REPLETE WITH INTERESTING
INCIDENTS AND RUMORS.
Coalition Proposition Made but Not Ao.
cepted-Feared Addioks' Ennssarles
Are at Work in Democratic Ranks

Dove. Della, February o Another day
has passed and the senatorial situation Is
apparently no nearer "a solution than IL
was when the legislature met, but the day
was replete with interesting incidents and
rumors The first surprise of the day was
the democratic ultlmatum. Then came the
democratic caucus, which was participated
in by all the democratic members and later
the regular republican cnucus which was
attended by all ten members Of that fac
ton. The democratic ultmatum was a
proposal to be submitted to the regular re-
publicans, in which the former agreed To
support Congressman Thesler Bail for the
long term senatorship and eventually to
support some other equally staunch regular
republican for the short term, But the
ultlmatum failed OF its purpose. The reg.
ulars" held a caucus late In the day, at
which It was decided TO continue for Ball
and Dupont It is an open question whether
the democratic leaders can turn enough
votes TO the regular TO elect Ban or any
other man A leading democrat said to-
day, in summing up the situation;
THE democrats were sent with instruc
lions to elect two democratic senator's
Nothing was sAiu ABOUT coalition WIFI
( either the regular or union republicans, ant
| il 1t decided to choose two republican,
| there is nothing to prevent the democrats
from voting for any republican they ma!
! see ct"
This statement is significant, coming, al
/ It does, at time when fears are ex
pressed that Addicks' emissaries are a
work IN the democratic ranks. II by an,
means the union (Addickg republican,
should be able TO elect two United state
senators, which at present seems doubtful
It IS admitted that Governor HUM woul,
be one OF the senators chosen.
Should the second senator elected resigi
his seat 10 enable Addicks to be appointed
the union republican leader would still fai
to attain the much-coyeted goal, as Lieu
tenant Governor Philip t, Cannon, VIII
would have the appointive power, said &c
day to d representative Of the Associate
Press;
III such contingency should arise
would not appoint Addlcks, but would Sc
lect man acceptable to all the people Q
DelaR are"
The ballot today resulted In no election
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Youha FLeApep oylLrY.


Mrs. PuhtLafg Slayer Sentenced 10 life
lmFrz9rmeHt.
Nav YORK. carar Wii'm Hooper
20 ms, Oh tf.al 10. tae AHdag So Aana
puii.aef p.cpje4 guilty. % mlri Do tuo
second degree ana was Sentenced 70 In
prisonmtnt Tor NE.
Justice Heriick explained that be hal "a
vlsed Youug's counsel 10 change his plea.
and also ADVISED the district attorney 10
accept II. tais action being taken because
Of the prisoners mental condition. Accord.
ing to the report OF the doctors he was NOT
insane In the legal aspect Of insanity. but
from purely medical point Of view no ID
not sane
In sentencing Young the justice said
There IS no occasion for making refer
ence TO the crime. You are aware OF the
penalty for yonr crime. The sentence Of
the court Is that you he combined In State
prison at Sing Sing at hard labor for the
term Of your natural life,
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WILL NOT OBEY DEMAND.
Santo Domingo Has Given a Direct Negative AM
swer to the United States.


that
eminent that
settled q the
rcpubi and intervention
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inRton dispatch that when the Ldttlcheld
hin was reported to the house the Standard
OIL company's counsel particularly Opposed
tho Nelson amendment to section No.
Of the department OF commerce. bili--the
amendment which practically confirms the
publicity feature Of the Knox antitrust
biII-thc same official said;
80 FAR no know, the STANDARD OIL
company is not against publicity, provided
there Is no discrimination
George w Murray Of Rowland, Murray
& Prentice. Of counsel for the Standard OIL
company and for John d. Rockefeller,
when his attention was called 20 the ac-
count Of tho telegram alleged to have been
sent 10y Mr.. Rockefeller to tho senators in
washington, said
Il know nothing about II, and do not be-
lieve any ono can be found who does know.
/ do not think thero Is anything in It d"
Il. Parmelee Prentice of tho same firm,
who married Miss Rockefeller also denied
any knowledge Of tho telegram
John D. Rockefeller, after tho Washington
report had been submitted to him, sent
word to tho reporter that there was no
answer. william G. Rockefeller begged TO
!
The Press In special from Washington
says:
II Is explained hero today that It was not
John D. Rockefeller who signed the teie'
gram 70 six United States senator's on Fri
day, but that an attorney IN Mr. Rocke-
fellers employ, who, understanding the
wishes of Mr. Rockefeller, who is busy
man and not used 10 handling triles, took
the liberty Of signing Mr. Rockefeller
name. The attorney then came 10 Wash
lngton to follow up the messages and OK
main the wishes Of the STANDARD on cor
/ poration
| After seeing senators md obtaining .
, hearing, tho attorney for tho Standard OF
monopoly returned % Now York The son
ators who would he most likely to be seer
or be tolefrophed 10 have been seen b'
M Rocbefelicrs attorney or having 70
ceiyed taleerana braring hi signature. j
4, known absolutely that the preslden
know about thc etury and TINT 1t wac sen
out With the authority and support OF Ia
pdo'uidraQon n was practically in
.rired
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SUIT AGAINST MEXICO.
Case VIII Probably Be Carried to United
States Supreme Court.

States supreme Cour'
Albany n Y, February 9.-frhe suit OF
John G. Hazard Of Brooklyn 70 recover
from the United States Of Mexico about
$40 100000 Of tho defaulted bond Issue OF
1865 was argued before the New York
court Of appeals today. Hazzard secured
an attachment This was served upon ].
p. Morgan q Co., who were presumed to
hold securities OF the Mexican government.
The appellate 'dlvisIon vacated the attach
ment and from that decision Hazard ap-
pealed. Tho proceeding is opposed by the
United States on the ground that Mexico
- a foreign sovereign state, and that. there
fore. tho courts AZ New York have no jurls-
dictlon to attach any OF its properly; ~; IN
case wlU pionably be carried TO the Unitod
States supreme court,
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eoLp ANp MEN zoe soUApRoN.
Prairie VIII Bring Thorn to the Vessels
While at Galveston.

TEV'fIWT - ~ : ~
New York February 9.--when the cruiser
Prairie leaves the Brooklyn navy yard some
day before the end q the week she VIII
carry IN her strong box $4,000 in gold
which Il to 30 distributed among ths ships
now ia Southern waters. The money VIII
be transferred to the ,atieship kearsaBe
~ Galveston The rraivle viii also carry
several tons Of ammunition Tor distrnu-
ton 10 the hartleshps Massnchusat IN
diann. Illinois md kegrsAge. In addition
to her cnsw 800 ppfentices wlii 20 south
on the pMlr, ialr destination - Inc
tral.iug ship Hartford.
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parading through the streets of Montreal,
he was preceded by an English regiment
which also boasted a crack band and a par.
ticularly skilful drum major
1t didn't take Sake long to see that his
reputation was at stake and he determined
that the American should not be beaten
by the Britisher. He bided his time march.
nifty and pois, he could command, but
keeping his eye all the while on the Eng
lshman further up the line.
Al last he saw his chance. A flag hung
across the street. The English drum major
when he came to it tossed his baton deftly
into the air so that it touched the emblem,
and when the stick came down caught it
neatly and continued on his way. The feat
won loud applause.
SaXie's eye sparkled. Soon he, too,
came under the flag. Then suddenly and
with little apparent effort he sent his gold
tipped baton aloft with such forca that it
entirely cleared the flag rope and came
down on the other side of the flag.
He deftlv caught the stick as it descended
and, it is said never miss ID a beat. This
crowd had to award him the palm and did
so with the spontanety of which Canadian
crowd is so capable when pleased:
In late years Sake occasionally did a
little canvassing from house to house, sell
ing a certain stove polish. II often hap
pened that the good hous wife would not
be in need of stove polish, and perhaps
would reply somewhat uncvilly to his
respectful greeting. Sake never lost his
dignity on such occasions, but would draw
himself up to his full height and exclaim:
Madam, perhaps You do not know who ]
am, l am Sake Pike"
He was buried with the full honors ao-
corded by the Grand Army to dead COM
rade. and the band marched TO the cemetery
without a drum major.
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THE OLD WAY AT new YEAR.
CALLING WASN'T SUCH A VERY
BAD AMUSEMENT, AFTER ALL.
The Old Beau Says Good Word for 1t. and
the Single Man Wishes Somebody
Would Invent Something as Social
and Pleasant for Dull Day In Town.

IL can't say that think New York has
improved much on the fashion of celebrat-
ing New Years Day." remarked re1ectively
a New Yorker who fifty years ago was
one of the most sought men in town. There
was something doing in the old days,
whereas for all the fun it means now New
Years might as well be wiped of the calendar
No one, believe, would care if it was. In
other words, New Years is bore.
Some people are inclined to poke fun
at the time when making calls was the
supreme business of New York men on
New Years, and at the custom which, for
the time being turned private dwellings
into hospitable clubhouses presided over
by charming women. But they are mostly
of the younger generation. l know one
thing: we fellows felt pretty important on
New Years Day, if on no other. We got
a lot Of fun out of it, too,
"You don't mean to say some one re-
marked, "that you enjoyed making New
Year calls?"
"Of course we did 1t was not the men
who stopped the custom. The women were
answerable for that
"As general thing, l suppose, most
men are not keen about making ordinary
calls, but New Year calls we're something
out Of the common They were jollier
more informal. Men had the right Of way
and we're made much of, and in round of
thirty-five or fifty calls man was pretty
sure to meet every man he knew. and he
enjoyed that, too.
"The occasion was not so tame as one
might imagine-not the least like pink
tea, for instance And you have no idea
how carefully we younger men primped
for the part. Once, l remember, l spent
many anxious moments trying to decide
between trousers of a fine black and white
check-a style much worn just then-and
a pair OF light grays; ana N NJ, choosing my
may as we'll confess, was because had
learned that certain young lady, stranger
to New York would be in the receiving
party at a particular house. Evidently
/ succeeded in making good first impress
sion, for the young lady afterward con-
sented to marry me.
THAT was forty years ago, when Bond
and Bleeoker streets and washington
Square were fashionable thoroughfares
and the practice of making New Year calls
set in soon after, as the increasing number
of baskets hung on door bells indicated.
Among those who kept open house then
at New Year were the Du Boises, the Van
Burens, the l. b. bronsons. tne StuyVe-
SAINTS, the Rutherfurds, the Motifs, the Rem
sens, the Anthons, the Cammans, the Do
remuses the Bells, the Peterses, the Aspin-
walls, the RenwiCks. the Fosters, the
Jameses, the Grinnells, the Wendells. the
Bacons, the Van Rensseaers, the Coopers,
the Hewtts. the De Peysters, the Gerrys,
the Pells. the Livingstons, the Jays, the
Beekmans, the Duers, the Morrises, the
Fishes, the Delafelds, the Emmets, the
Heckschers and the Lawrences, And there
were many more, of course.
what put an end to the custom?
.Well, my wife would say, if the question
was put to her, Because many women
decided that it was encouraging young
men to drink more than was good for Them
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by slashing the inner band just in front and
overcasting 1t 80 that it will not fray, yet
will allow spring. OF course the collars
cut up in front are all right, but the turn
over with no opening in front is more or
less OF a problem.
Many of the new hand wrought collars
are not turnovers at all but merely supple
mentary collars with tabled or pointed
fronts, These are usually curved at the
top in front. and are worn fiat over foun-
dation or dress collar, or without any sup
port.
Some Of these are made in heavy linen
with raised embroidery in white and these
have body enough to hold them up in shape,
but the finer ones need some support. The
tabs upon many of these fiat collars reach
almost to the waist and usually broaden
toward the bottom.
Turnovers that have an air of much
more elaboration than is really theirs, are
made from the narrow fancy linen braid
used on children's frocks and feather
stitched in color. This braid is set together
with fagoting of me, -erized cotton into
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He WASA FAMOUS DRUM MAJOR
THE FAME OF SAKE PIKE, A DEFT
MANIPUL4TOR OF THE BATON.
His Majestic Progress Through Baltimore
Streets in War Time When His New
Hampshire Regiment Seemed to
he in TrOuble--Buried with HOnOrs.

MANCHESTER, N. H.. Dec. 24.-Francis
Harvey Pike, or Sake, as he was more
generally known, died in this city the other
day. He was one of the most celebrated
drum ma jors this country ever knew His
fame extended even to Canada and he was
the feature of parades in many cities.
IT was during the war that Sake won his
spurs. He went to the front with Baldwin's s
cornet band from this city and was with the
First New Hampshire regiment when it
passed though Baltimore in April, 1861.
Only few days before, the Sixth Massa-
chusetts regiment had had an encounter with
rebel sympathizers and several Northern
soldiers had been killed The feeling was
intense and it was feared that the Granite
State bows would have trouble on the march
through the city.
The crowds lining the streets were menac-
ing, but Major Pike, in all the glory of his
uniform, strobe ahead of the column,
swinging his baton from right to left and
shouting, stand back there. Every gun
is loaded with bullets. Stand back"
The troops passed safely through the mob,
and not n shot was fired. When the New
Hampshire men reached Washington, as
they were passing by the Presidents
quarters they were ordered to halt. The
big drum jor was invited inside and
Vice-President Hamlin treated him to a
bottle of champagne as a reward for his
brave front during the passage through the
streets of Baltimore.
Pike used to travel about with the famous
Amoskeag Veterans, whose Continental uni
forms always attract attention when they
parade. He accompanied this organiza-
t,.,, tta, toll, Ia frif tn
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himself black in the face, ! don't know
what In the world I shall dor
A few days after New Years Day, last
holiday season, a very disgusted locking
woman walked In here, carrying under
her arm arm a box Of pretty good sm9kes-slo
from, me few days before as a. gift FOR
her husband. Only one of the cigars had
been taken from the box,
Can you, she asked me, depositing
the, cigars in front of me, and will you
exchange this box Of cigars for several
accountest two-for-a..nickel cigars that
you have in the placer
Il told her that thought it would be
possible for me to let her have several
boxes of inferior smokes for the box OF
good ones she was turning in.
Why, asked the woman, weren't
these satisfactorily
They were satisfactory enough to me,
that has to sit around and breathe my
husbands smoke, she, replied, but he
smoked just the one, and said that, while 1t
seemed pretty fair, it was whole lot too
rich for his blood, and then he went around
the corner and got himself poo ketful of
the vilest onons-they smelt exactly like
imaginable and sat around smck-
ing them until midnight, breathing sighs
Of content
"'There's no use in trying to educate
that man. He's got more money than he
knows what to do with, and he's not close,
either, but vow and declare that he will
go on smoking rope until the last day of
his life, in spite of all efforts make to get
him TO smoke cigars that will enable vis
tors to come to the house without shifting
as soon as they enter the door and then
running away three minutes later ing
that they've got important engagements"
Another woman customer who staggered
me lot a while ago-she was stout, middle
aged and singularly square jawed-said
that she wanted box of cigars Of a certain
brand. but they must be very dry and light
in color, for inhaling,' she added.
Il got out what she wanted and then,
merely with the idea of making little
pleasant talk, said to her:
But you want to try to induce him to
abandon that scheme of inhaling smoke
it's bad job and very injurious to the
lungs
"She bridled instantly and glared at me
in the most astonishing way.
"Him? she said. acridly. Who said
anything about a him?'
"'Why,' / stammered. I understood
you to say, ma'am. that-er-the cigars
were for inhalng, and
$50 l did say, young man. she broke
in, but l didn't say anything about any
him. These cigars are for my own enjoy
ment, young man, and l don't perceive
any good reason why l should make any
bones about it, either.
"She tossed the money for the cigars
on the case and strode out, leaving me
squnched to pulp
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AFTER A HARD DAYS SHOPPING
Two Young Women Balance Their Cash in
broadway Car.

Two young women, sisters apparently,
who, after a day.of Christmas shopping.
were now riding home in "A Broadway car,
were trying to make their cash balance.
The one that carried the purse had n
memorandum of everything they had
bought, and they had totalled that and
counted their cash, and it didn't come out
They we're a dollar and something over;
and they couldn't rest satisfied until they
had found where the mistake was.
And SO they went all over everything
again, the memorandum and the cash
and their recollcctions of whore they had
been and what they had bought.
They talked in low tone, intended for
themselves alone, but other passengers in
the car heard the conversation between
them, more or less perfectly, and some
of them became greatly Interested.
"They are % cents to the good, one
woman said in whisper to another.
"No," said the other, they are 81 short"
And other passengers sitting near, in
cluding one man at least. had apparently
an equal interest in the figuring, though
these other passengers said nothing.
Meanwhile the plrse-bearing sister kept
on with her totalling up and counting, and
trying hard to think And presently a
light beamed on her countenance.
Il have 1t. she said. IN a tone little
louder than before.
And it seems that she had returned
something somewhere and got the money
back for It, and had forgotten to enter this
amount to the credit side Of the cash ac-
count,
THAT just makes it come out" she said
to her sister, triumphantly, but this in a
lower tone than that in which she had
before spoken, and these last words were
not quite caught by another woman pas
senger who sat on the same side of the
car and next to the speakers sister, and
who now leaned forward slightly and
asked:
Did it come out all right?"
Exactly" was the smiling reply, in
voice loud enough to be heard by all those
sitting near, and then everybody settled
back satisfied.
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than their less pretentious kindred, and sell
dom finish a dressy blouse satisfactorily
while they are certainly out Of place with
a blouse of any other kind.
With the dressy blouse it is necessary
that the stock should look like an integral
part of the blouse, and as the ready made
fussy sto cks seldom achieve this effect
it is far better to have stock made to order
to match the blouse.
Against the crime of wearing stock Of
chiffon lace and light velvet with dark
serviceabe tailor blouse, no protest can be
too vehement, yet there is certain type
of woman who never seems to grasp the
excruciatingly bad taste of this combina-
ton.
Trim, smart tailor stocks of stitched
taffeta in black or color have tlaIing bows
or some of the many variations upon the
tab finish and are appropriate for wear
with tailor bouses and under dainty turn
overs more becoming next the face than
the dark silk. Very narrow stiff linen turn
overs are also used with these stocks and
are arranged to button upon them so that
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Farmers All Rich In Texas.

From ihe washington Post,
There was never time In the history OF our
State when the farm,rs had as much money as
as they possess this year" said c, X. Mcclure
of Brenham, Tex. at the Riggs House. Hereto
fore only minority OF our agrlcuturlsts have
been able TO boast OF having ready cash. but this
year a large per cent of them are In funds. An
other thing Is tina, our farmers are beginning to
use the banks instead of putting their cash In old
stockings or hiding 1t away In secret places they
are going 10 their county seats and deposting II
In banks as business men ordinarily do This has
much to do with the big showing our financial
institutions are making. Their deposits are far
ahead OF what they used 10 bc, and the deposits
OF many small country banks make an aggregate
that Is astonishing"
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deep straight turnover collars and cuffs

deep straight turnover collars and cuffs
that are particularly dainty.
Linen collars of the stiff sort are in again
after season of disfavor. but while the
severe!y pIa;:. linen collar is seen. the modish
stiff collar bears an embroidery of dots or
tiny flowers or scrolls. Sometimes its edge
is scallo ped and buttonholed sometimes
its narrow stiff linen hem is joined to the
collar with open work. and altogether it is
linen collar of distinctly coquettish
type that is with us now.
In Paris the stiff linen collar, slightly
pointed at the bottom in front and opening
in the back, where it fastens with two
jewelled studs, has found much favor, and
this model is shown in the shops here. but
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is not sold as readily as is the deep turnover
collar. embroidered.
Severe mannish ties are often worn with
these collars, but the preference is for soft
scarfs. and the day of masculine feminine
attire seems. at least for the moment to
have gone by
bewildering array Of scarfs in soft
silk and in crepe is offered. and these are
either tied in loose bow knot with long
floating ends or tied once in small bow
knot and then knotted loosely again at the
bust line. Many of the crepe scarfs are
fringed and few of the silk scarfs also
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Why the Lawyers wife Got New Dresses

From the Kansds CiW journal.
The lawyers at lola were swapping yarns
the other day during recess in the district
court lawyer whose wife is marked for
her good dressing told how he had come TO
be such good provider. Soon after he was
married his wife met girlhood friend. The
friend said to her that she wasn't well
dressed as she used to be before marriage.
"Oh. you are mistaken, said the wife. Il am
wearing the same clothes did then."