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HOUSTON DAILY POST MOyDAV MORNING! DECEMBER 24. 1906.
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GIANT PROBLEM
American Engineers Faced by Serious
Situation in Imperial Valley.
THEY MUST ACT QUICKLY
lo Prevent Disastrous Besulti from the
Spring Flood Fifteen Millions in
Property and Thousands of -i
; Homes Threatened. . i v
(Houston Post Washington Bureau.)
WASHINGTON. December ZJ.-A giant
engineering project second only in dlfflcul-
ties and Importance to the problem Involved.
In the construction of the Panama canal
confronts the United States government on
the United States boruer along the south-
ern boundary of California and Arizona. It
. Is In brief to control the waters of the
Colorado river thus preventing them from
. oversowing what are now habitable and fer-
tile lands.
The story of the Salten sea has been told
in many forms and at great extent but tiio
aeveiupinent of the' past lew weeks in the
lormauon of the sea and the change in the
course of the Calorado river are vastly more
Important than hitherto has been imagined.
Lo you appreciate" inqulreu Director
Woliott of the United States geological sur-
ii1yi!n'Ltnat olir Prop's certainly will lose
u.lAiIMl ana perhaps more tlum that unless
W'la waiers ot the Colorado ure brought
under control within a few weeks.
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SITUATION IS SEKIOUS.
"That is the situation we are face to face
with now. The river very deep and with
Its tremendous fall very swift has wrought
out for itself a new channel along the Mex-
ican ooundary. The channel now runs three
or four miles south of the boundary in Mex-
ican territory before it twirls back into the
United States. It already has overflowed
much of the lowland In the Imperial valley
and wuh liie conuug of the spring tlooub
two months hence the enure imperial val-
ley of luu.UKi acres will be wiped on:. Eigtil
or ten thousand people now .mere will be
homeless as one result of the Hoods. The
territory now irrigated by a great canal
will lie rendered unimiaDitaule anu the future
operation of the irrigation canal win be im-
possible. "The diversion of the waters of the Colo-
rado has been watched for a considerable
time and heroic efforts have been made to
prevent the stream Irom getting beyond con-
trol. The Southern Pocift.' railroad has
spent at least W.OuO.OOu either directly or
through the California Development com-
pany n It- eitons to avert the rimnage to
its roadbed and to the surrounding country.
Duiu aim ayues have ueeii cuuairucieu at
various points not only in American but
also in Mexican territory but they have
proved Ineffectual. Owing to recent- floods
which in terribie resuiLs are incomparable
to those which will come in the spring the
Southern Pacific has lost seventy miles or
track and It Is not unlikely it will lose the
treat bridge at kuma."
"Do you think the waters can be controled
In time to avert disaster from the spring
floods ?"
PROMPT ACTION NECESSART.
"Possibly-' replied Director Wolcott "but
the expenditure of an enormous amount of I
I saved we scarcely will have time to wait
f until congress shall have enacted legislation
on the subject."
In the opinion of the engineers of the re-
clamation service who have investigated Hie
- subject It will be necessnry for the work
of control to begin at least in Mexican
territory. To that end the state deparime.it
has obtained from the Mexican government
permission to send a corpa of enxinVers and
. bodies of workmen into Mexican territory.
They will begin operations very soon. The
work could have been done before this had
the seriousness of the situatiou and .een
' equal In ability to the emergency; hut their
methods were archaic and the works they
constructed were undermined and swept
away by the terrific force of the waters.
It means much not alone to the people
of the Southwest that the Colorado be
brought under control but -o the whole
people of the United Stan s. for the terri-
tory that may be devasited constitutes
some ot the finest In America. F. H. H.
WHAT A SCOREB MUST DO.
" Vast Understand the Playing Bales
and Intricacies of the Work.
(From the Galveston Tribune.)
Harking back to the subject of scoring.
lere are but few In a league like this who
understand the difficulties and intricacies of
the work much less than are able to do it.
A scorer first of all must thoroughly un-
derstand the playing rules the game and the
players and show no partiality for either
home or visiting players. The work must be
done rapidly and there Is no time for the
worker to stop sad figure out or turn it over
In his mind when s question of doubt comes
ui it must be done by instinct. To get
through this labor with any degree of suc-
cess and satisfaction to himself he must be
able to Judge the playing qualities of the
men before himwhether the. batter is a
hard or weak hitter to what point of the
field he usually raps the ball or whether
he la a tricky bunur or a "k:ller." lie must
be en rapport wuh tiie buttery signals and
understand the weakness or sLrengiu of tne
pirouetting marksman on the center of the
diamond. A bailed ball U to be Judged from
different standpoints whether U is hit too
haxii or too slow to haiittle and the condition
of the (round as to good field. ng. A bat-
ted ball may be fumbled mom ntariiy aud
the runner beat the throw to first fcrhups
the runner was speedy enoujh to beat It
out regardless of the fumble e.nd then again
he may not. Then again there is t lie thrown
ball w here the matter of an error on it may
go to either deliverer or receiver. Muffs
of fly balls by puifieiders are also question-
able sometimes. Often the ball will strike
a man s hands when he is on a hard run or
he may fail to grip the sphere on an over-
head drive. It's left to the scorer s Judgment
whether Dan error Is to be marked or not.
He is to keep track of the players in their
batting order and is the court of final ap-
peal where the umpire Is In doubt on u point
of rules or time. The scoring is done In a
style of shorthand that makes a Chinese
laundry sign look like simplified English.
To do his-work with any accuracy and speed
a scorer must ketp one eye glued on his
book and the other eye on the hall in play.
He hasn't time to whoop ami yell over good
plays or pay oo.i-r
fired at him by nearby auditors. Neither
do opinions carry weight with him. He is
sole arbiter and If he is right he will suit
3ly himself managers pluyers and fans to
theVontrary. After the game he puts in two
hours fixing up the score for the papers
and another session Isler In framing up the
official report to the president.
Vmm box office point of view the scorer
Is s more valuable asset to a club and the
esrue than the umpire. He can boost the
game or queer It and can assist very mate-
?iii. in send ins a nlayer Into fuster com-
' . I 7i n V. k..hA. U..'.....
tany or ciw " ." v.."...
i nnlv ereen. amateur scorers who phow
favoritism Or vem lllPir iirni un luo piiiy-
ers. The league should engasre competent
men only and It will be llko putting money
In bank.
THE PEIZE FIGHT ARENA
Por Gani-Herman Battle Largest in the
World Seats Nine Thousand.
Housion Post S fecial.)
TONOPAH Nev. December 22. The Gans-
Herman fight for the world's lightweight
championship scheduled to take place In
Tonopah on New Year's Dny will be held
In what will eventually be the greatest prize
fight arena the world has ever seen. By
the time that the building now under con-
struction Is completed It will be equipped
In every detail with appurtenances for the
accommodation of spectators fighters at-
taches etc.. In such a way as to place It In
class by Itself. a
There IS every pruiiuso mm uio icw ivnri
'opening will be heavily patronised. The men
were well matched and James J. Jeffries
who has accepted an otter to reiereo tne
fight will be himself a drawing card fur
'hWhenlJoe Cans and Kid Herman hook up
for the UU and a SOI.OW purs It wUl be In
a building that Is only a stsi-er of 'he
structure that will place Tonopah on the
puglllstio map In very large . w
lack of time between now and. the New
Year's Day contest hai forced the club to
bullosa structure that will have to be re-
modeled after the original plana and which
when finally completed will cost the Casino
Athletic club more than HO.K
The arena covers lot 15 feet square.
The ring- platform Is tn the. center and Is
twenty-four feet square. It Is three and
oue-half feet above the floor level and Is
surrounded by a double row of press seats.
Three rows of boxes run back from the
four sides of the ring each box having a
eating capacity of twelve persons
Btartin directly back of the last row of
boxes la the Inclined plane on which the
bench seats are to be placed. There will
be nineteen rows of benches and from the
first row to the last the elevation will be
thirty-one feet This Incline will STve the
Interior of the building an amphitheater like
appearance and will allow an unobstructed
view of the ring from every seat.
Entrance to the building will he through
two double doorways at either side of the
building which face toward town. The wide
aisles will lead from the entrances to the
ringside where radiating aisles will run to
all parts of the house. The seating capacity
of the arena figures 8800. and the box office
receipts from a complete sale of the house
will total $82500.
:i BIO PTJBSE FOB BOXEBS.
State of Nevada Is the Prize Pumpkin
O'Brien and Burns Matched.
The State pf Nevada Is the prise pumpkin
of them all" when It comes down to giving
big purposes for boxing contests. Carson
City was the first city in the Base Brush
State to appear on the. pugilistic map and
then came Reno. Next Goldfleld bobbed up
as giving the biggest purse ever offered for
a prfose fight and after Goldfleld Tonopah
took up the running. Now there is another
town in the only Bute In America where
prize fights are lawful that seeks honors
puglstlcally. Rhyollte is the name of the
new fighting center and Just to get busy a
purse of 825.000 has been hung up for a finish
tight In April between Jack O Brlen and
Tommy Burns. O'Brien was reported to
have retired from the ranks of the heavy-
weiRhts but when that announcement was
made it was staled that Jack would not long
remain a full-fledged middleweight if a big
purse should be offered for another go be-
tween Burns and the Phlladelphian. When
Jack heard of the Rhyollte proposition he Im-
mediately announced that he was on the Job
and If the fight does not come off Jack says
he will not be to blame from a boxing
standpoint we all want to see these two .men
meet and the winner of this battle will with-
out doubt be regarded as the heavyweight
ehnmpion of the world. Their hist tent at
Los Angeles was a hummer and since then
Bums has repeutertly stated that he clearly
bested O'Brien. These statements made
O'llrien quite angry and now he Is deter-
mined to force the Canadian Into another
and longer meeting. The contest Is good
way off. as it Is not to come off until May.
tut when It does take place It will create
lively interest throughout the United Mates
and the befing will hardly be better than
even money.
AN EIGHT-CLUB CIBCTJIT.
Waco and Cleburne Have Made Ar-
rangements to Join League.
(From the Galveston Tribune.)
Elsht clubs are now a certainty in this cir-
cuitHouston Galveston San Antonio Aus-
tin Dallas Fort Worth. Cleburne and
Waco. The latter two cities have made all
arrangements to go In and will be accepted
nt the January meeting. The new league
looks like a mighty good money making
proposition with Its compact circuit and
comparatively short Jumps. The only travel
of any distance Is between Houston and San
Antonio and from North Texas back to Hous-
ton. From the Alamo City It's short stage
jumps to Austin. Waco Cleburne Fort
orth and Dallas and the faref from the
lutter two cities will not be at all burden-
some. Dallas and Fort Worth are great
bail towns and have been big money makers
for years in fact they carried the rest of
the North Texans. Waco and Cleburne are
not very good and for the first time in its
baseball career Austin was able to show
some figures on the profit side of the ledger.
Henry Fabian eays all the enthusiasts In
North Texas are heartily in favor of the all-
State circuit and the South Texas teams.
r:r?ci lrly Houston will be great drawing
cords. There Is intense rivalry in sports as
well as business between the north and
south sections of the State and there will be
some fun when bawbail breaks out again.
BOBEBTS INTEB VIEWED.
Hands Ont Some Baseball Dope Per-
haps "Doak" Was Only Fooling.
.Houston Post Special.)
TEMPLE Texas December 23. J. Doak
Roberts of Corsicana formerly president of
the Texas Baseball league was a visitor here
yesterday remaining several hours while en
route to his home. He was interviewed con-
cerning the recent newspaper reports to the
effect that he had purchased a half Interest
In the Houston baseball franchise with
Claud Rlelly to which he replied that he
could not Imcglne where such a report oritsi-
uuted and that It contained news to him.
According to his statement he has sorts
plans for baseball next season but they are
not fully matured. He announced that C.
II. Thacker and associates were negotiating
for the Cleburne franchise wlilcn he still
owns and thitt they would doubtless acquire
the same Mr. Roberts will not have any
connection with the Cleburne te.xm during
the comng season. From a private letter re-
ceived here it is learned that Ben Shelton
is contemplating an engagement with an
Oklahoma team next season.
Tne proposition to organize the Texas
lengue or association as the name may be
determined to comprise Waco Teuiple Cor-
sicana and either Hillaboro or Tyler is
processing nicely and a meeting will be held
nt Waco some time in January about tho
lath to finally close the matter up.
TODAY'S RACES
Ascot Entries.
. Short course handicap steeplechase Cas-
ndor 153. Declmo 145. William Farrtsh 140.
Protrero Chico 139. Dr. Logan 14S. May S
125 Lady Chlswell 12S Indian II 128.
Five and a half furlongs selling Nappa
110 Treasure Seeker 110 Round Dance 110
Elanccr 107. Phil Igoe 106 Domlnus Arvl 105
J oslo S 102 Early Flower 102 Buna 102 Irish
Mall 97.
Mile and an eighth selling Reservation
109 Uncle Henry 107 Bill Curtis 106 Coill-
llon 105. Gentle Hurry 102. Treesius 9S Van
Hope 98 Ding Dong II 7 Baron Fjher 95
McGrathlnna Prince 91 Needful 93 Luck-
ette 8 j.
Mile purse J. F. Donohue 10J Sly Ben
103 Clg:ir Lighter 104. NlbBtck 9 John Lyla
99 Colonel ltronston 98.
Futurity course maidens J. R. Laughrey
110 Otto Price 107. Virginia Loralne 107
St. Allans 107. Roynl Ascot 10" No Bid 107.
Idv Kitty 107. Ardgon 105 St. Edgar 105
K B H 102. Cadet 102 Gold Ledge 102. Faos
102.
. Mile Gilpin 108 Sheriff Bell 108. Merllngo
105. Prince Chlng 105 George E. Mllner 105.
Line of Life loo. Black Gem 102 King of
tno ausi xvi-.
New Orleans Entries.
Four and a half furlongs maidens selling
2-yeur-olds Duchess of Montebello 88 Zan-
llss 98. Bell Mence 98 Toyboy 98 Joe Davis
101 Spider Web 10! Kalserhoff 108. Earl of
Leicester 103 J J Jr 103 Malolc 103 Kan-
kakeo 104 Windfall 105 Apprise 107 Gar-
gun tu 110 Coldness 110.
Six furlongs Sidney F 103. Merrick 103.
Palloday 103 Babs B 103. Grevllla 108 Gen-
tlnn 10i Calabash 108 TyrolUn 107 Dapple
Gold 107 Wood Claim 107. Silver S ain J07
lncKiitailnn 107 Old Hal 107 II Dottore 110
Frontcnuc 110.
Mile and seventy yards Beau Brumuv'l
83 Jaeoma 86 Royal Breeze 86 AllowmitaA
8S Knight of Ivanho 88 Mlssnurl Lad jot
Debar l"4 Joe Lesser 107 St. Valentine HO-
Onlsro 110.
Blx and a half furlongs Oentllly selling;
stakes Pompadour 79 John Kaufman 87 Sir
Toddlngton 95 De Oro 95. Glamor 98. Co-
lumbia Girl 9S. Belle Strome 102. Dargln 103
Rebo 104 Hannibal Bey 108. Toboggan 111'
Monet 111. (Couple Sir Toddlngton and Re-
bo B. O. entry; couple Belle Strom and
Pompadour Watklns entry.
Six furlongs selling Anna Ruskln 104
Dele Strome 104 Splon 104 Luoy Maria 10'
Hyperbole 108 Glendover l Black hum 101
Baneful 108 Ben Scott lot Netlrs 108 Frank
Maii!lwfe
315000 Won
Every Sterling Silver Set in the Kouse f or men
and women $5.00 and up.
Every Stag Horn Toilet Set or Comb and
Brush Set for men and women $5.00 and up.
Every Smoking Jacket in the house.
Meaning and
of 1906 will
R
ALL
ONEraSED OFF
This evening tne store will remain open
time if humanly possible . . .
or over and shipment will leave store f
Flosher 109. Sally Preston 110. Prurhm 11J.
Jivlge Burroughs 112 Paragon 113. Narelle
113.
Mile and a sixteenth selling Lena J 9..
Mahognny 102. Bethe Brown 103 La Cache
103. Marvin Nal 105. Sanction 106. l.im-
pndrome 10S Florlzel 110 Lucky Charm 111.
Henrv Watterson 112. Gladiator 115 King
Ellsworth 117 Old Stone 120.
Oakland Entries.
Five-eighths of a mile. Ardenes. Nnpscy
Sachet Lady Laughter. Jezebel Bona Pes-
catlora Nancy W Rose Cherry. Salpeart.
Calla. Furze 110.
Mile and one-sixteenth selling. Nabonas-
serTl2. Bearskin Chablis 109 Jack Moose PH.
Oiiblas Varro 109 Prince Nap 106 Leila Hill
104.
Mile and one-sixteenth. Invader lc9 Frolio
II. Csrtaln Burnett 106. E!ie 1M. Clandestine
M. Rotron Alma Boy 105. Monaco Maid W.
tme nine selling. jacKtiiu u-y. rresuse
B-kPr. K''ig Cole pi7. Anvil W. a. Gates 104
Andrew Mack 11-. t-an Remo lu2.
fix furlongn. Wool Sandals Fair Fagot
Clamor 108 Salnrld:i. Gracely Bhigg Hi
Burning Bush. Convent bell. Miss Turtle 100.
Six furlongs Jud.sc 112. Cloudllcht. Shady
Lad l'. Rightful 107. Bolonan Hector liu.
Woolma 88.
AUTO RACES WERE NOT RUN.
Webb's Machine Broke Down and the
Crowd Was Disappointed.
(Houxton Post Sffaal.)
GALVESTON. Texas December 23. The
auto races did not take place this morning on
the beach and about 2000 people were sadly
disappointed. Three races had been sched-
uledmile two-mile and five-mile events on
the straight course on the beach between
Eddie Bald driving a 90-horse power Pope-
Toledo and AB. Webb driving a 110-horse
power Premier. These two racers have never
been together In a straight course race and
Interest was wrought up to a high tension.
But Webb did not reach Galveston this
morning and his machine the Premier which
nrrlvcd last evening brulte down in the try-
out of the course before the races this morn-
ing. An exhlblllou of the racers in action
was afforded the crowd which weathered tne
biting north wind for over an hour expect-
ing to see real racing machines In s real raos.
But a the two autos chased Up and down
the course limbering up the Premier hmke
some of Its vital parts and the races had to
be called off.
Eddie Bald decided to run against time In
his Pope-Toledo but the beach wss rough
and the course unfavorable for record speed-
ing. Ho covered the mile In 52 seconds. In
the langmiKe of those not accustomed to suto
racing tins was going some but when com-
pared with the mile record of 28 1-5 seconds
tho professional autolsts considered It very
slow running and was only a little better
thau the record for two miles-is :- seconds.
WILL PUNCTURE RECORD.
Webb and Bald Will Go After Barney
Oldfield's Record Christmas.
The speed contest between Webb and Eddie
Bald In their whiz wagons Christmas morn-
ing Is attracting much Interest In automobile
circles. Both men have great reputations as
fearless drivers and the race between them
will bo lull of thrills from gong to gong.
The races will be hM on the Harrlsburj
race track and will start at 11 o'clock.
A number of other races are on the pro-
gram and the day will he crammed full of sn-
tluis'ng features all the way.
Webb and Bald were In Galveston yester-
day and gave an exhibition of fast driving on
the beach Bald and Webb are both confi-
dent that they will fracture the record set
up by Barney Oldfleld and they intend to
do some fast whizzing In their gas wagons.
Practically every auto fan In the city will
attend the races aud a burly and robust
crowd will be nt the course when the racers
get the "go away" sign.
COCK FIGHTS CHRISTMAS."""
Hack Fights Will Be 'Fought Tomor-
row Main for Sunday.
N. O. Jones Intends having soma great
spart nt his cock pit on the Harrlshnrg road
Christmas Day. Beginning at 1 o'clock there
will be some ten or twelve hack fights and
Fotr.o rare sport Is anticipated by those who
enjoy that kind of sport.
Next Sunday. December 3D there will be a
nuiln of stven battles between Houston and
iji'lveoton cocks. Hack fights shakebag con-
tests etc.. will also be pulled off. The sport
next Sunday will start at It o'clock la Uis
morning.
STOJtr
including $15000 worth
be offered and sold today
GAMES FROM 25c TO $10.00 HALF PRICE
oty
minutes after
A. M. . CONFERENCE
For the West Texas District Brought to
a Clbse.
(Houston Piit Special.) .
COLUMBUS. Texas!; December . Ths
thirty-fourth session of the'West T?xns con-
ference of the Methodist Jkiiscopal church
has been In session here. - Large crowds are
In attendance. Bishop L. B. Wilson of Bal-
timore presided and he has completely won
the pastors. The reports of tie five presid-
ing elders Rev. N. J. Johnson. Austin; D.
C. Lacy Columbus; J. W. W ;Weakly San
Antonio; J. H. Swann Waco; Lt H. Richard-
son Dallas showed much progtess. The en-
tire benevolent collection was 14910 with an
entire membership of 13000.
Many diztingulahed visitors were present
among them Drs. E. M. Jones of Montgom-
ery. Ala. Sunday school agent; R E. Jones
editor Southwestern Christian Advocate. New
Orleans; 1. U. Penn decretory Eji worth
league; I. L. Thomas agent Church Exten-
sion society ot Philadelphia; E. M. Randall
general secretary Epworih League Chica-
go; Dr. Floyd Field agent Missionary so-
ciety Cincinnati; President R. 8. Lovlng-
gcod of Samuel Huston college Austin: Prof.
J. W. i'1'az.er. Austin; Prot. P. W. Tucker
Lullug; Prof. R. A. Adkinson Lockharl
and hundret-s of others.
T. H. Wyall was elected secretary with
T. S. McMorris assistant. Statistical secre-
taries: C. 1'. W'cstbrooks N. H. Townsend
A. L. Carper J. S. Wedlock F. L. Kirk-
palriek and J. W. Warren; treasurer Harry
Saun; assistants J. C. Eusau and J. S.
Wyatt.
Welcome address wss delivered by Rev.
J. 1.. Moaeley of the A. M. K church. Kev.
J. S. Wyatt replied.
Much attention waslgrven to the aged
ministers their wives nd children i Uo
sura of f 1011 was given for their support.
The value of the church property is Si..B.
i;ev. Mr. Mills of the A. M. E. chureh.
South Rev. Mr. Webb evangelist and llev.
J. A. Faust returned missionary from Afri-
ca were Introduced. Rev. J. Mercer John-
son of Hotwtcn- was also Introduced.
H. S. Lovinggood was elected to report to
the newspapers.
Miss C. 1. King superintendent of the
El;a Dee home of Austin Texas had a
beauiiful exhibit of the work of the girls at
the Lome. The beautiful work attracted a
grea; deal of attention.
Tii' educational anniversary brought out
manv facts about the school. Samuel Huston
colli'te at Austin. The enrollment Is 0.
teach.rs 15. property valuation J55n00. A
bea.ii:' d laundry building costing more than
J10O1 has Just been completed. Sewerage
eoiiiMiioiis are being put In sit a cost of
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cell.
N.
s. tiprigffs inaae a grana report i ne
n was S5C0.
officers elected are: Conference
t Mrs. Sus'e Burgess; secretary and
pre.-:
r..n Ki- Mrs. r.. d. npuKsv. rvcoruing
. v Miss D. N. Walker.
Tli.
"V.lllsiers oru.i'iieu muvi .it. . .
L R Parker W. B. lxtt J. W.
7' J. H. Napier The deacons or-
nrc: Wm. M. Allen J. W. Brown.
W illiams. H. A. Jones J. E. Browa.
Humphries. J. G. Brown.
j v. Frailer was elected president
. Conference Kpwcrth League
op I.. B. Wilson preached a helpful
spiring sermon on Sunday. Rev. 1. !.
preached an able sermon
wing are the appointments:
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- AUSTIN DISTRICT.
X T. Johnson presiding elder Austin.
Te s; Austin College supplied by R. S.
Xiv .4i:ood; Austin. Simpson to be suppl'ed;
Wesley. Moses Smith: Betton circuit
H li Quails: Davllla circuit. O. W. Town-
i Georgetown circuit. N. H. Townsend;
iVi . v Hill circuit. W. M. Allen; Idttlg clr-
"it 1. Adam: Cockhart circuit. 1. T. San-
r . i I "ling circuit T. H. Wyatt; Mount
J."'".' 'ircuit. to he supplied: Montopolls clr-
T Vance; 8mithville circuit. S. N.
urif- S.iuth Austin mission to be suo-
il ! l'avlor and Round Rock. T. D. Huff:
?-. circuit P. A. Morrow; Winchester
elm! Joseph Harrlford.
COLUMBuirillSTRICT.
ti v. l.acy. presiding elder Austin Texas;
Alley' n and Eagle Lake W. M. Mooney:
Col. "t ... M. 8. Jordan; Columbus circuit.
jl nmchlnson; Edna and Morales O. W.
Nevii-- rayettevllle and Industry to be sup-
BVtA riatonla and Schulenaurg. J. W.
Worlulcy; Hallelsvllle and Adams Branch.)
t a V itt; La Weoge and EUlnger. Felix
linin.i 1 Orange circuit P. B. Bennett:
SSlia'nd and Brown's chapeL to be supplied;
3 SsZifs?isi'sj wT!i
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We will pay for telegrams and long distance telephone orders for all goods of the amount of $10
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Warren; Weimar and Smith's Point. J. L.
Stephens: Wharton and Bay City S. W. Har-
vey; Yoakum and Sweet Home T. 8. Mc-
Morris.
dallas"district.
L. H. Bicherson presiding elder Dallas
Texas; Abilene and North Forth Worth to
be supplied; Corsicana E. C. Henderson;
Dallas St. Paul F. U Kirkpatrick; Denlson
C. P. Westbrooks; Ennis Sebrun Hall; Fort
Worth C. B. Melton; Hubbard and Daw-
son G. A. Shanklin; Lancaster to be sup-
plied; Mexla N. J. Moore: Milfnrd and
Italy George Waters; Pelham T. 8. Moore;
Pilot Point and Denton. W. M. Wood; Sher-
man W. H. Purnall: South Dallas and Mc-
Klnney to be supplied; Waxahachie and
Ferris K. D. Dennis.
WACO DISTRICT.
J. H. Swan presiding elder Calvert
Texas; Bremond and Long Branch K. H.
Duncan; Calvert and Mt. Zion J. W. Stone;
Cameron and Rosebud W. J. Mitchell;
Gatesvllle and Valley Mills L R. Parker;
Groidefck and Thornton. A. M Mason;
Groesheeck and Brownwood R H. Ponton;
ILampassas and Browuwooil. R. 11. Ponton i
Marlm and Big Creek. F. L. Jackson; Mart
and Spring; Hill John Blckham; Mayasfield
1. H. Timmons: Moorevlile and Chilton B.
J. Goff; East Waco to be supplied; San
Angeio to be supplied; Waco Andrew's and
Major's chapel. A. T. Jackson: Waco clr-
euit J. a Medlock; Waco 8u James' P. M.
Carmiohael.
SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT.
J. M. Weakly presiding elder; San An-
tonio Texas; Belmont J. W. Wright; Ben
Allen J. G. Brown; Cologne T. J. Carper;
Cuero Albert Johnson; i:i Paso to be sup-
plied; Floreevllle and lUddlevllle J. H.
Napter; Goliad and Corpus Chrlstl W. E.
Blackson; Gonzales and Sh Inner. A. L. Car-
per; Gonzales circuit G. E. Taylor: Hondo
circuit A. J. Lynch; Kerrvllle circuit J. T.
Jacobs; Lavemia circuit C li. Franklin;
Pleasanton and Hossvllle. W. H. Moshy; Sail
Antonio East End. KUey Sodia; San An-
tonio St. Paul Harry Swann; Seguin and
Olmus W. B. I.ott; Yorktown and Karnes
City J. C. Eusnn.
W. F. Waters. 8. E. Jones and T. D. Huff
left without appointment to attend school.
CONDOLENCE FOR BOREN.
Tnrf Writers' Association Paid Tribute
to Deceased Member
Associated Press Kerortl
NEW ORLEANS. December 3.-The Turf
Writers' Association of America of which
John Boren Jr. who died at S.iranac Lake
N. Y.'. Saturday was a member at a meet-
ing held In New Orleans today adopted the
following expression of condolence:
"Resolved That the death of John Boren.
Jr. means a great loss to the newspaper
world a loss to racing also for which he
labored long and well anil the end of a ca-
reer of much usefulness. It Is further
"Resolved. That this resolution be engrossed
on the minutes of the organization and that
a copy b forwarded his family."
W. C. Edwards and W. 11. Fitzpatrick were
delegated to represent the association at the
luncral.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port of Galveston.
t Houston Post See w
GALVESTON. Texas. December IS. -Arrived:
Concho. Young. New York; Media l-
iclan (Br). Ball Liverpool. Saile I: M li
(Nor.t. HiP'slUson. Mexican portw; Dongola
I nr. v. Mar-.'hbanks. Hsvre: Horatio (Hr.
Dean. Liverpool; Klldale (Br.) Mllner. Ui-
meii; ltolton Hall (Br.) Simmon is. Genoa:
Frankfurt iGer). Konemann Bremen; Ala-
mo .very. New York.
Port Eads.
(Houston Post Special.)
POIiT. EADS. December a. Arrived:
None Failed: iJisalle Reynolds Portland
Me Une'dor Hirney. Havana: Mallnche
iur imrstan l'rogrosso; Antilllan illr)
Jappan l.-.verpool; Vltalla fNor.l. LanRl'e.
Cuban porls. via Galveston; Tltlls (Nur.i
Anderson. Fredefckannven via Norfolk;
Saint Irene (Br.). May. Havre; Mexico Fr .
Panic: tl. Havre- El Albs. Quick. New York:
Dinnsmsre iltal.). Penseo Norfolk; l.imon
tKri Porter. Port Umon; United States bat-
tleship Louisiana Couden Havana.
Ton csn't pass the time rleasanter than
bv seeing "The Vanderbllt Cup" Christmas
matinee and night at the Houston theater.
A
nice Christmas present Is a couple of
ta to see "The Vanderbllt Cup" mX the
tleke
Houston theater.
Every Doll in Baby Lillian Kingdom 50c to $15.
Every piece of Bric-a-Brac or Statuary in
the Main Aisle North.
Every Lounging Robe in the house for men
and women. (Women's Eiderdown and Terry only.)
Come as early as you can.
MADIS0NVTXLE SOCIAL NOTES.
Crystal Wedding Anniversary Cele-
brated. (Houston Post Special.) '
MADISONVILLE December 23.. The chief
social event of the week In this city was
the celebration of the crystal anniversary of
the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Frank pean
at their home Thursday evening from 7 to 11
o'clock. A large number of Invited guests
were present to enjoy the happy occasion.
As the guests entered they were met In
the beautiful reception hall by the host and
hostess and. after wraps were removed they
were conducted to a table where little Misses
Vivian Dean lone Speer and Ruby McMil-
lan presided with childish grace and becom-
ing dignity over a massive cut-glass punch
bowl the contents of which were the acme
of flavor and deiiclousness. At 8:30 all were
Invited into the dining room where a mag-
nificent feast was spread on a table glit-
tering with scintllating glass china imi
sliver and on which almost every edible
that could be thought of was temptingly
served. The remainder of the evening was
pteaaantly spent in social converse and
mental contests. As a result of one of the
latter Mr. R. M. Connor was awarded first
prize a box of bonbons and Mrs. W'llle
Based the booby a china dc.ll. Mr. and Mrs.
Dean were the recipients of many beautiful
presents In cut glass and chlnaware on this
happy occasion and the fortunate guests
voted them entertainers of rare ability.
I.ast Friday evening Hon. E. A. Berry en-
tertained a number of his friends of the
sterner sex with a sumptuous repast at his
home. It was a most enjoyable occasion
while the dinner was one of the richeM
feasts ever spread in our city. The recep-
tion and dining rooms were beautifully dec-
orated and nothing was left undone to aId
to the oimfort and pleasure of the guests.
Soon after beginning the enjoyment of the
fragrant after-dinner Havanas however a
threatening storm called "twenty-three" on
the pleasures of the gathered guests when
each "nk'dooed" to his respective fireside.
Mis' Maggie Dean and Mr. Eugene Glover
two of our cltv's most popular young so-
ciety people were married this evening at
6 90 at the home of the bride's parents. Mr.
snd Mrs. J. T. Dean. It was a quiet home
wedding.
WALLER COUNTY TEACHERS.
The Officials of the Institute Highly
Commended.
(Houston Post ifeciaLt
HEMPSTEAD December 21 Yesterday
afternoon marked the close of one of the
most Interesting sessions of the colored
teachers' Institute ever held In this county.
Early Monday of the week practically every
teacher was on hand at the court house In
this cltv to take part In the organisation of
the Institute. Prof. T. A. Kelley. county
auperlntendent of public Instruction as-
sembled the teachers. Prof. M. B. Lilly be-
ing elected president and Prof. 8. A. Downey
of Brookshlre secretary. The program was
of a high order and teachers assigned to
the respective subjects acquitted them-
selves creditably.
At the conclusion of the last day s session
a resolution was offered by G. W. Locus of
Patterson that the presdent. Prof. M. B.
Llllv. and Secretarv Downey be highly com-
mended for efficient service. The resolutions
were adopted by a standing vote of the in-
stitute amid great enthusiasm.
Prof W. L. Davis principal of the city
schools was of Invaluable aid throughout
the session snd the Institute voted him an
expression of thanks for such service. ItJ
recognition of h's broad experience snd
aHlitv it was unanimously voted that he
Should be conductor of an anticipated sum-
mer normal for this county. Superintendent
Kelley hlghlv commended the work of the
teachers expressing entire satisfaction.
BIO TENT THEATER.
Tonight at the Big Tent theater It. D.
Rucker's famous Korak Wonder company
will open their sixth week's engagement 14
this cltv in one ot tne most oeautinu mays
that :is ever written a play of the South
entitled "A Planter's Wife." In four acts.
witn n'gn-ciass Piwainw in-mrru b.'is.
One-half of the gross receipts of the play
terlght will he given to the Salvation Army
for their Christmas dinner to the Boor of
Houston. " '
Ttiedav afternoon at 2: a special Christ-
mas matinee will be given and the play
will be "Driven From Home." The same
rlav will be the offering Tuesday night
Wednesdav afternoon at 2:80 a free matinee
will be given to the ladles only and Wednes-
day night) the paywlll be Bartley Camp-
bell's greatest success. "Divorced. Thurs-
day night. "I.oA-e.snd Honor": Friday
Sfght "A OamWer's Wife"; Saturday mati-
nee and night. "A Convict's Daughter."
i '
See Christmas matinee and night. "The
Vanderbllt Cup" at the Houston theater.
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shoals we're safe
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Tailors SIS Main ft.
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