Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 75, Ed. 1 Monday, February 20, 1905 Page: 5 of 8
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THE GALVESTON TRIBUNE;
MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 20,
1905,
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Of LOCAL INTEREST.
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REPORT ON BRIBERY COMPLETE.
SAVED BY INDIAN STUDENTS.
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Extension of Time to Grade Rais-
Considered by County
Commissioners Saturday.
Another Victim of Chicago’s Blue-
beard Turns up Looking for
Vengeance.
Pathetic, Pungent, Pointed Philo-
sophical—People’s Peculiari-
ties Pleasantly Portrayed*
Brooklyn Man Falls Heir to $400
000 Estate of Beggar Uncle
in France.
Some People We Know, And
We Will Profit By Hear-
ing About Them.
Novelty is an essential attribute of the
beautiful—especially novelty in hats.
After reading the minutes of meetings
the court adjourned until Feb. 28 at 3 p. m.
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Johnson, the negro charged with crimi-
nal assault in Bastrop county, died in the
county jail from wounds received while
[ trying to escape.
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for four miles and arriving at a critical
time. The fire was brought under con-
trol after it had caused a loss of $75,000.
Two firemen were hurt by falling walls.
F'A KAT and
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den, an’ I doesn’t have a very extinct
recomembrance ’bout dat; but I does re-
member, now dat you speaks of hit, dat I
did heah de white folks tell about heatin’
somep’n drap.”
By Associated Press.
New York, Feb. 20.—From Tarrytown
to Nyack the Hudson river is frozen over
solidly for the first time_ in ten years. In
the channel at Dobbs Ferry the ice is
eight inches thick..
Tell
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you feel
10 days alter quitting
Santo Domingo.
Chile has released the Argentine revolu-
tionary officers.
Believed that the Swayne trial will be
long drawn out.
The American Bowling congress has be-
gun at Milwaukee.
Bishop McCaren of Chicago died in New
York of heart failure.
Hearing of testimony in the Peabody-
Adams contest has closed.
China presents United States with
trait of Tsi Ann done in oils.
Turksset fire to Bulgarian village and
cremate women and children.
A Spanish jeweler smuggled goods into
Mexico in an ice cream freezer.
A Spaniard in Paris causes an explosion
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This is a purely local event.
It took place in Galveston, '
Not in Buffalo or New York. \
You are asked to investigate it.
Asked to believe a citizen’s word,
To confirm a citizen’s statement.
Any article that is endorsed at home
Is more worthy of confidence
That one you know nothing about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
Richard E. Meyer, employed at S. P.
wharf, residing at 4216 avenue I, says:
“‘Doan’s Kidney Pills, which I bought at
’J. J. Schott’s drug store on Market street
In the winter of 1902, and used at that
time, cured- me entirely. Since then there
has not been a recurrence of my old
trouble and I am pleased to continue my
fendorsement of this valuable remedy.
Many of the men at the wharf have asked
tne about Doan’s Kidney Pills and I have
always told them that in my case they
proved to'De an excellent remedy. I can
tecommend them to all sufferers from, the
back or kidneys.”
For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y., sole
agents for the United' States.
Remember the name—Doan’s—and take
iio other.
/You cannot run the risk of
* rats in the house with the
baby. Rid your house of rats.
Keep baby from harm.
Stearns’ Electric
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NOT AN ODIOUS COMPARISON.
The head clerk had been invited to an
afternoon wedding, says the New York
Press, and in order to save time appeared
at_ the office in the morning fully
“groomed” for the ceremony. As he
threw aside his overcoat, he was disclos-
ed in ali the majesty of a swagger frock
boat of the latest cut, gray trousers
fashionably creased, patent , leather shoes
and white puff tie.
His position in. the office made him im-
mune from comments by the. underlings,
who, how-ever, regarded him with serio-
comic admiration and longed to say what
they felt.
But the barrier was broken a few min-
utes after the day’s business had begun
and by a friend who dropped in for a
moment’s chat. He was somewhat lack-
ing in dignity, for which the clerks bless-
ed him.
“Good morning, George,” he said cheer-
ily to the head clerk. Then as he took a
second glance at the sartorial “dreafin”
he added: “Great Scott! What’s up?
You look like a certified clerk.”
And even the head clerk joined in the
general burst of laughter. "
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Facts About the American Indian’s
Healthy Hair.
The American Indian accustomed from
time immemorial to go bareheaded in all
kinds of weather is never troubled with
falling hair or baldness.
The close atmosphere caused by our
“civilized” headgear is conducive to the
breeding of infinitesimal germs which dig
into the scalp an dthrive on the sap of
the hair-root.
This true cause of baldness is of recent
discovery and explains the non-success
of all hair-vigors which treated baldness
as a functional disorder.
Newbro’s Herpicide is a direct exter-
minator of the germ.- “It destroys the
cause and permits the hair to grow as
nature intended.
Sold by leading druggists. Send 10c. in
stamps for sample to The Herpicide Co.,
Detroit, Mich. J. J. Schott, Special Agent,
HAS STOOD THE LEST 25 YEARS.
GROVE’S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC.
The first and original Tasteless Chill Ton-
~ Rat and Roach Paste
[willquickly exterminate rats and
Msi 'amice. They eat it because they
htgA jk like it and they rush out of
8 the house to die.
2w.t3x, 25c;hotel size, 16oz. MOO
A ttim ggists or sent express prepaid on
receipt of price. Money back if It falls.
STEARNS’ ELECTRIC PASTE
Chicago, II!., IT. 8. A. gl
Manager Heath of thelclcal Postal tele-
graph office advises that he is in receipt
of information that the Commercial Cable
company, which is closely connected com-
mercially with the Postal company, is
preparing to lay an additional cable across
the Atlantic, which, when completed,
would embrace every lately discovered
feature that would insure high speed. Mr.
Heath also advises that his company has
opened new offices at the following named
points: Chickasha, Purcell, South Mc-
Alester, Vinita, I. T.; Muscogee, Perry,
Shawnee, Ok., and Mineral Wells, Tex.
By Associated Press.
New York, N. Y., Feb. 20.—Max Fidler,
a Brooklyn quilt maker, has learned that
he is heir to part of a fortune of $100,000
left by a beggar in France, of whom Fid-
ler happened to be an nephew. There are
seven sisters of the quilt maker, some of
them living in Odessa, who also receive a
share.
Abraham Fidler of Nice, Prance, died
there last August at the age of 90 years.
When his clothes were removed the
shabby receiver of alms was found to have
sewed in the linings drafts amounting to
the sum mentioned. A will also -was
found bequeathing the entire sum to Baron
Rothschild.
When informed of his legacy the baron
asigned detectives to trace the beggar’s
life and relationship. It was found that
he had been kidnaped from Odessa in,
childhood and became a professional beg-
gar, which he continued to be all his life.
MESSENGER SERVICE
WITH WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO
PHONE 3i0 2121 STRAND
Messengers for all kinds of errands. Ser-
vice promp , reliable Try us and be
co ivinced. Will cill for classified Ads
lor 1 HE I’KIBUNE FREE OF CHARGE
GUS. SCtlLLlZ, Manager.
SHE HURT HIS FEELINGS.
-“Look here,” said the housewife to the
match peddler, “you were along here two
weeks ago and said you had the best kind
of pallor matches to sell.”
“You speak the. truth, mum.”
“I bought a quarter’s worth of you.”
“I’m saying you did that.”
“But there’s not one that will likht.
• They are positively worthless.”
The man stood for a moment gazing
at her, and then a tear rolled down his
cheek.
“Well, what is it?” she asked.
“It’s me feelin’s, mum. You’ve hurt ’em
to the quick!”
“How so?”
“When I sold you them matches I took
you for a real lady, but I see that you
are not. Had you been you would have
used them for toothpicks and said never
a word to humble my pride.”
CAN YOU ENJOY A SQUARE MEAL?
Do you sit down at the table with a fine
appetite intending to enjoy your meal Im-
mensly and after a few- mouthfuls give up
in despair? That’s a typical “well along”
case of indigestion or dyspepsia. Hundreds,
yes, thousands are in the same boat and
are willing to do almost anything to be as
they used to—healthy, well and strong with
a good sound stomach.
The best and quickest cure offered to that
big army of sufferers is
DR. SPENCER’S ENGLISH DYSPEPSIA
WAFERS.
The curing powers of these wafers are very
Simple to understand. They are natural in
their workings and effects, taking up the
work of the worn and wasted stomachs,
digesting the food thoroughly and com-
pletely.
British Pharmacal Co., Milwaukee, Wis.,
Distributors.
Price 50 cents a box.
For sale by
J. J. SCHOTT, SOLE AGENT.
II V V U D n 111 u 1J £111 u
THE POPULAR OYSTER RESORT
H is been thoroughly r fitted and we are
now prepared to serve th« public with
Oysters irom our owa private bds in
any stv e or quantity. L'or turther in-
iormation app.y to
1BO. CUMMINGS
F’HONE 717.
on a charge of wife murder.,
Prof. D. C. Lake, superintendent of the
Flatonia high s'chool, is dead.
Rains general over the central and
southern portions of the state.
Gen. Joe Wheeler arrives at
from extensive visits in Mexico.
Freight wreck on the Austin branch of
the Houston and Texas Central.
Cattle losses in Brazoria county placed
at 30 per cent in some localities.
Death of John W. Barrett, near
ton. Was a Confederate veteran.
The place for marketing truck
ranged at the Longview meeting.
Mr. Lane Gillespie, aged 86 years, an old
settler of Newton county, is dead.
Belton opera house and other
destroyed by fire. Losses reach $14,800.
Tyler county commissioners order
election on the question of prohibition.
One hundred El Paso merchants leave
for Mexico on trade extension excursion.
Will Neighbors was arrested in Harris
county as a result of the assault on
. Foddee.
Bexar county will have largest delega-
tion of any county at Austin good roads
convention.
Sloppy weather did not prevent a good
attendance upon the good roads meeting
at Smithville.
The residences of Tom Fitts and J. B.
Dolson, Palestine, were destroyed by fire
judgment against the county for $1043 was
discussed at length. Finally the matter
was assigned to a committee of commis-
sioners who met with Mrs. Fulton today
at 11 a. m.
Railway telegraphers in Moscow
strike.
Reported that 20 lives were lost in a fire
at Baku.
The grand duke’s funeral will take place
Thursday.
An independent oil refinery is planned
for Indiana.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee reports quiet at
The county commissioners’ court met in
adjourned session at the court house Sat-
urday afternoon at 3 o’clock for the trans-
action of the remainder of the business
which Was to come before the first quar-
terly meeting of the year. Judge Fisher
was prevented by sickness from being
present.
The request for extension of time by the
grade raising contractors was the first
business taken up. Com. Henderson sub-
mitted a letter addressed to him by the
contractors after which the following
communication was presented:
Galveston, Tex., Feb. 18.—To the Honor-
able Board of County Commissioners:
Gentelmen—From the published statement
made by the honorable county judge at
your meeting of yesterday, we are quite
sure that he has not considered all of the
facts relating to our contract with the
county for the filling of the sea wall right
of way, and without the slightest inten-
tion of criticising any one, wre beg to
kindly ask that your honorable body con-
sider this statement before arriving at a
conclusion respecting the granting of an
extension to Dec. 31 next, as requested in
our communication of the 1st inst.
It is an error in saying that we have
had an opportunity of doing the work
within the year allowed under the con-
tract, but failed because we were engaged
in filling the city.
A canal 2000 feet long had to be exca-
vated from the channel of the bay to the
Sealy hospital before we could reach the
city; then we had to remove the rocks
forming the jetty at that point and con-
struct a drawbridge and drive considera-
ble sheet piling. The difficulties that we
encountered up to this point are well
known to the general public. Until the
canal reached Market street it was im-
possible for us to begin the county filling
on the sea wall right of wray. The delay
cost the county nothing, because it did not
employ County Surveyor Luttrell to make
estimates and look after the' filling until
after we had reached Market street. By
granting our request the county will only
find it necessary to pay Mr. Luttrell a
salary extending over a period of ap-
proximately 12 months. As stated in our
communication, we began discharging on
the sea wall right of way Sept. 8, and
therefore in five months it can be easily
seen we have placed a very large part of
the fill called for. We figure that the en-
gineering expenses incident to the grade
raising, taking everything into considera-
tion, will hardly cost the county exceed-
ing 1 per cent of the contract price, which
perhaps is the lowest engineering cost that
could possibly be incurred for a piece of
•work of this magniturde. Now, as to
whether or not bad weather existed dur-
ing the period equal to the extension of
time granted Messrs. O’Rourke & Co., or
as to the cost to the county by reason of
said extension, that is a matter which we
do not care to discuss, and Is also a mat-
ter about which we have no criticism to
offer whatsoever.
We do want to say, however, that we
have not neglected the county’s work for
the city, but, to the contrary, have given
it preference.
Excepting in connection with the city
contract and through the construction of
the grade raising carnal, it would have
been impossible for us to have contracted
THE NEWS BRIEFED.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—Mrs. Mary Kyle, who
has identified a newspaper picture of
Johan Hoch as the husband who deserted
her several years ago in Chicago, is th:
second Baltimore woman claiming to be
a victim of the alleged bigamist. A let-
ter has informed the police of her exist-
ence. ? «**■
Mrs. Kyle says she answered an adver-
tisement in a Toledo newspaper of a man
who wanted to marry a “refined widow.”
She received a letter from “Henry Kyle”
asking her to come to Cincinnati. She
did so and they were married on April 27,
1898.
The woman says they came to Chicago
to reside. She left him once because he
compelled her to work for him, but after
she had returned to Baltimore he wrote
love letters and she sent him money.
Finally she returned to him. Before she
left him the second time she says he
threatened to kill her.
Mrs. Kyle said she was told the man
had another wife and that she then
charged him with bigamy.
low figure agreed on. We qan only fill
the sea wall right of way as the canal
is dug, and this has been done, and the
filling pushed as far ahead of the digging
of the canal as possible. We are expedit-
ing the construction of the canal solely
and only on account of the county filling.
Were it not for the county filling the dig-
ging of the canal west of Twenty-first
street would not be necessary for some-
time to come. We have experienced un-
usual delay and incurred a, much greater
expense than we anticipated, due to the
quicksand which developed in construct-
ing the canal. In this connection we
wish to say that immediately after bid-
ding on the work, and before signing the
contract, it wa*s explained to Mr. Boschke,
engineer in charge of the construction of
the sea wall, that we hardly thought that
we could complete the filling of the county
right of way within 12 months, because
of the digging of the canal from the
channel of the bay to Market street and
the construction of the bridge would con-
sume a large part of that time. He an-
swered that he did not expect to be em-
ployed to look after the county’s filling,
but-attended to the feature relating to the
contract largely as an act of courtesy.
He also assured us that if we showed
an honest intention and made a bona fide
effort, relying upon the fair treatment
shown the sea wall contractors, he felt
sure that we would have no trouble in ob-
taining a reasonable extension.
We write this because we want you to
know our position and our views, and we
earnestly hope that you will see it to
give our request favorable consderation.
Assuring you in advance of our appre-
ciation of whatever you may do, we are
GOEDHART & BATES
By M. P. Goedhart.
Commissioners Henderson, Ujffjr and
Wolston apparently favored granting the
rekuest but Com. Dick was of the same
opinion as Judge Fisher, that no exten-
sion of time should be granted unless .the
county should be reimbursed for such
additional expenses as might be incurred.
Action deferred until Judge Fisher could
be present.
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The claim of Mrs. Mary L. Fulton and |
Legislative Committee Will Recommend
Expulsion of Accused Men.
By Associated Press.
Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 20.—After delib-
erating from 8 o’clock until nearly mid
night the committee appointed to investi-
gate the bribery charges Involving State
Senators Emmons, French, Wright and
Bunkers completed their report, which will
be filed at today’s session of the senate.
While the members of the committee
would not give direct answers as to
whether the report will recommend the
expulsion of the accused men, Senator
Simpson said:
“The report will recommend that action
be taken in the cases of the senators
charged with bribery.”
THE EXCITING COLLOQUY IN THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
.. J0!111 A- SuHivan, whose recent quarrel with Congressman William R. Hearst in the national house of representa-
t \es has attracted a great deal of attention, is not yet thirty-seven years of age. He is a lawyer and hails from
®° .■ ^es^ved two/ears m the Massachusetts senate and was elected to the Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth con-
giesses. Mr. Hearst is just finishing his first term in congress, having been re-elected last fall. He is a multimil-
lionaire and the editor and proprietor of newspapers in New York, Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and Los Aiwelps
He was a candidate tor We presidency before the last Democratic convention and was sZnd ^Tto jldge
ker ’ii the number of votes received. owvun uuiy lu juuge rar-
to draw attention to his poverty.
Snowfall in New Mexico for January and
February has broken all records.
The Commercial Cable company will lay
another cable across the Atlantic.
Senator Tillman will not attend this ses-
sion of congress because of ill health.
Russian royal family will not attend the
grand duke’s funeral for fear of bombs.
President Roosevelt has another plan for
effecting arbitration agreements with the
powers.
Securities valued at $285,000 disappear
from home of a capitalist at South Bridge-
port, Mass.
Great fire raging in Indianapolis, Ind.
It has already consumed property valued
at $1,500,000.
Closing of St. Petersburg factories mak-
ing munitions of war seriously embarrasses
the government.
Kansas Oil Producers’ association charge
the Standard Oil company and the Santa
Fe railroad with conspiracy.
Professors of the university of Moscow
refuse to resume their duties until fall un-
less political demands are granted.
Bids have been opened in New Orleans
for government contract’ on Sabine lake
ship channel. Bowers’ Southern Dredging
company is a bidder. '■
The qualifying round for the profes-
sional championship of the international
golf tournament was played at the San
Pedro links, City of Mexico.
Conflagration at Santa Fe Stopped
Through Their,Heroic Efforts.
By Associated Press.
Chicago, Feb. 20.—A dispatch to the
Chronicle from Santa Fe, N. M.,
Students from the Indian school four
out have saved Santa Fe
destruction by fire. Flames broke out in
the finest business bloek in the place,
J ’t Jp
spreading to other store's and’threatened
the entire commercial district. The lo-
cal firemen seemed unable to check the
fire and called on the Indian- school for
assistance. The boys responded quickly,
dragging a hose cart through'the mud
STARTLING BUJT TRU£.
People the world over ,were hdrrified on
learning of the burning of a Chicago
theater in which nearly six hundred people
lost their lives, yet more than five times
that number or over 3000 people ^died from
penumonia in Chicago during Xhe same
year, with scarcely a passing notice.
Every one of these cases of pneumonia
resulted from a cold and could have been
piecented by the timely use of Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy. A great many who
had every reason to f£ar pneumonia have
warded it off by the prompt use of this
remedy. The following is an instance of
this sort: “Too much can not be said in
favor of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy,
and especially for colds and Influenza. I
know that it cured my daughter, Laura,
of a severe cold, and I believe saved her
life when she was threatened with pneu-
monia.” W. D. Wilcox, Logan, New York,
Sold by all druggists.
Com. Dick introduced a resolution to
the effect that the county treasurer be
to do the county filling at the extremely instructed that in refunding money to
those who had made partial payments on
sea wall bodns that none but original
subscriber be recognized.
Adopted.
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Twenty years ago Port Arthur was used
as a place for the deportation of crim-
inals. Its Chinese name was Lushunkow.
PERSONAL REMINISCENCE.
Some years ago, in the days of Mr.
Barnum, the showman, an old darkj"-
“aunty” lived in East Tenessee who- was
reputed to 1:e of such great age that she
had outgrown the feminine weakness of
underestimating it. On the contrary, the
Philadelphia Public Ledger says, she was
proud of the distinction. Mr. Barnum
heard of her, and deciding that if she
was as old as rumor made her she would
be a valuable acquisition to his show, he
sent an agent down to interview her.
Aunty caught the direction of the wind
promptly, and was prepared for any test
question that might be asked. The agent
proceeded slowly and delicately, and at
last said:
“Aunty, do you remember George Wash-
ington?”
“Does I remember George Washington?
W’y laws-a-massy, mistuh, I reckon I
does. I orter, orten’t I Fer I done
nussed him. We played together evy day
when he was a liT chile.”
“Well, do you remember: anything about
the Revolutionary war?”
“G’way, chile! Yes, indeed I does,
honey. I stood dar lots er times, an’ seen
de bullets flyin’ aroun’ thicker’n rain-
drops.”
“Yes—well, how about the fall of the
Roman empire? Do you recollect any-
thing about that?
The old woman took a good, lonpbreath.
In fact, it amounted to a sigh. She re-
flected for a few moments, and said:
“De fact is, honey, I was party young ic7~50 cents?
Tyler visited by $150,000 fire.
H. C. Foster of Taylor dead.
A $10,000 fire occurred at Quanah.
Two wells were brought in at Humble.
Dallas defeats Houston at cocked hat.
Southwest Texas is getting a heavy rajn.
Williamson county farmers selling cot-
ton.
A Gossett girl, aged 7, was burned to
death.
Cattle losses are not as heavy as
pected.
Celeste Humpries was shot and killed at
Houston.
Miss^Ethel Leaser of Belton dies as re-
sult of burns.
Guadalupe river has risen 11 feet as a
result of heavy rains.
B. F. Randolph was found hanging in
his barn near Leesburg.
Maj. D. M. McBurnett of Georgia dead
at Minerva, Milam county.
Joseph B. Houchens of Beaumont goes
into voluntary bankruptcy.
Child of Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Greenwood,
near Marlin, fatally burned.
Will May was arrested at Fort Worth
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AN UNGRATEFUL SON.
Horacio Anasagasti, a commissioner
from Aregentina to the St. Louis fair,
describes an ungrateful son.
“This man,” he said, “emigrated from
the old county to Argentina. He emi-
grated on his father’s money, and in
Argentina he prospered. So the old man,
who was now poor, came over and, joined
him.
"Some years passed. Then the son
wrote home to his. brother, as follows:
“ ‘Dear Brother—I have got one of the
handsomest plantations in South America,
and have it nearly paid for. Crops are
good, and prices never were better. We
have a glorious revival of religion in our
mission church, and both our children
(Heaven be praised) are converted. Father
got to be rather an incubrance, and last
week we took him to the poorhouse.—
Your affectionate brother.’ ’
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