The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. ELEVENTH YEAR, No. 357, Ed. 1, Thursday, March 26, 1896 Page: 1 of 8
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Engines and t
Boilers
TflJfi
CARRIED IN
STOCK
HOWARD F SMITH
iWx S0DA60 lb cases and
112 id kegs first Glass
usTER CIGARS 50 In box
tjiefcest 50 Ciijars extant
iiGH LIFEImportltl Sardines
tin roll top a
decorated veru
fancy article
PORTED MUSHROOMHloh
oradej a rare luxuru
reieDhone us pur orders for
ttiese and other Groceries pu
mag need todan
lEEOTTSTOrtT
FIRE PROOF
ROOFING
P
rj Steel Asbestos Httberold Itendy
etc Tairetl Kelt 1 2 and
Bock
3Ily and Pitch
SUIET IKON
Both Oalvanlrcd and HIack
TIN PLATE
eier Zinc Metal Shingles the largest
Jbest assort d stock In the Southwest
Get Our Prices
STOItAGH ItOOM
sf ill Claiscs of Merchandise Get our
ltntcs
Peden Co
CHOSEN by theij
GOVERNMENT
lie War Department proposes to testa
Ibe btoclo thoroughly for army usee
ul recently advertised for blels for
Hr bicycle ltesult liids from > n
19 IS5 each for other mnchnes Jlftir
each for Columbian The governments
CiUM n
COLUMBIAS
The committee of experts who nndoo
the choice dc Ided that Columblaso
re worth every dollar asked for
tlua We sell Columbian j
EK Dillingham
Furniture Co s
701 7 3 03 Slain Street o
JUST RECEIVED
ONE CAR HACK
AND
MILLET SEED
H THOMPSON iSCO
UOUSXOM TEXAS
fa 8r non hroiiBli tho winter I of
Rtcffiri 3ua1tl < of choice Mower
E SSald U hnl m lm < h nuI
fort
cms ami Artlstlo Iloral
WH I TAKER
I 0 Mi Travis
Street Houston
0t 8T
uc l t hu8T II thiatiii HAT
r
> >
b Mfd 9m 0 Mnrtfh KTho housa
lrti hiif in to Pnhlblt tho weirlni
JMment y cn ln thcitw An
KlnSl he i bill tluhiff the min Str
J trn l0F0 or tbenei for t rml
ahatM S l ° Vear an obJtructlon il
ile43al of a hat or luudK or was
f y
MAILABLE EDITION
Cor ru gni > 4x
Galvanized and Painted V t iii f
Roofi MR V
Galvanized mil Uhick
Sheet Iron
Tin riutc Bolder etc
V o aro headquarla p Wrlto for prices
HI I
HOUSTON TEXAS
FOR 01 m tic
Poller and Sheet Iron Work of every de-
scription Smoke Stack and Urccehint
HARTWELL IRON WORKS
not STON TEXAS
A E F flcGOWEN
IRON BRASS WORKS
HOUSTON TEXAS
Steam Pump Steel Shifting lion Pul
ley Woi d Pulleys llncl Holler
Tube Marhinciy and llc
pair W ork
01 LH 1 WINE fifl
IS
PERFECT
Wo Invito attention to our old It Mon-
arch Sour Mash Special lalrfax Hve
J M Held notnbou Whiskies Our
Claret Ithlno Wine haute rue Sherry
and Port aio uucxcclicel Prices lowei
than ever
Wo aro Agents for tho following 111
Uelmont Clear Havana Clears Search-
Light Mexican Hand Made Ione Star
Manltou Tahlo Water ind Ginger Cham-
pagne Ictorla Natural Mineral Water
Call and Beo nte before purchaslnn
Open onlera receive prompt and caroful
attention
THEO KELLER
HOUSTON TKXAS
TODAYS FOREGAST
W A S 11 INfiTON nduard Owj tine
nephew of Mr form Huh Ynndrrbltt
and Mlsa lltlen Stulo will ho inariicd to-
day
NiW YOIIK fancy dress ball ulll
lm irlvon for the lienetlt of the Hallet
filils a oei itlon at Terrace Garden this
evenltip
nOSrON MiaTho republican State
convintlon will niett here tomoirow The
MiKlnliy min will ho on hand In Krtat
nupibcr
PHILIIPSIIIUO Pa Tho miners of
the Central nnd North Pennsylv inla soft
< ml regions will hold a meetlnK here to
dnv to dlseitHS n demand for higher
wages
KNOXVlM < U Tenn irra Hamilton
aged IT veir was sentenced In rehiuarv
to lianc tomorrow Ho was madly lr
jovo with a > otitic woman and killed
Walter Hansard hli rival
CAPITAL CtLMNGS
Washlrston March > Tho senate com-
mittee on foreign rclitton today briefly
conslrtTOl the Hawaiian cable question
but dferred action until next Wcdnrsdnv
when the committer will mike on effort
to dl poao of the qiuitlon
Ttr lioitbc commltteo on libor toliy
ileidwl to icport favomblv tho bill In
relation to arbitration between carrier
i caRed In Interstnto coininerio and thlt
cniploje
lltprrrentatlie Sperrv from the pott
iiflln enmmllt e h i reported to the hoUM
tli > bill aKteed upon by the commltlen
nxtni the maximum salnrles of bttei
nnlon in ettbs of more than J7S OO pop
uliilon at SIS per star and In eltle
of than 7iW > Inhabitants at J1000 per
jttr
The horv tary of live Interior todav
sfiit In tho house an auroement iCRotlnted
with the Indian of theSan Carlos reer
v at Ion
Tin it niirv depirtrntit todn > loft 311
r < i i In ifold which leavs the true amount
of the tenoni JlJViil 173
IlilpaUcr flerernl Thomas llilon Casey
retlreil for many yrar chief of enRln ers
of tho Inltcd States < irmy dbd todiy
A MPRDHUOrS iiipiiant
ChliviRO Mar < Ii 55 A crazed cleplnnt
which Ifiil killed her keeper and escaped
fiom her quarters thirccd up and duwn
tlio treetN and nlbv of tho west sldo
escorted In
his ofttrnoon and ulthoush
r wanderings by u ftnall urniv of no
was not lopturd until < W
lle men
lirh The animal was tho hlc eplmtt
elriis and
attached to a traXeltiK
vi v
Prank Scott whom she killed this after
lion had had charKo of her for a mimbcr
of ears He Is the thin man Ovpy hai
killed
THi I2IOHT HOUIt DAY
Indianapolis Ind March 23Tho exec
utlve committee of the Pedcnitlon of 1
adjourned this aftcrncin It was
bor wouldl b
Sven out that headquarters
mm 1 at the do e of the presmt > cur-
S some othr rlts probably fhcuso
eounclfs committee l u l
Tlii
drras strohulv favorlnc the eliht hou
moTemt iinl nsklnB all labor orfranlra
on to Join them In a simultaneous stand
for tho elBht liour da
YOU IN A HURRY
> a ii irnnT RI nil
tAKE
HE
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IS
Mly For MEMPHIS
I W LOUIS CHICAGO
AXIJ THE yOUTII AND hASJ
n
Quickest time ever made Leaves Houston daily
525
P w with Through Sleeper
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TODAYS FEATURES
rrbltlltp lnct ilnff Clouitltiest
s iitbtly witrnieTt suiiberly to wenirrly
itIihU
IoiuTio
Turkey Ins appealed to Itu rla and
Iranco to Intervino In Hsvptlin affairs
and mav ral the question of usurpation
lis Itrltaln It I believed however thai
nothlnu short of armed Intervention will
prevent KngKind fiom pushlug tho Sou
dan campaign
Advauco on Donsola believed to l
Client Hrltalus imswtr to the TurksItus
Finn agreement
Tho Itnllan tcnato lias voted HOOtOCCO
lire to continue the war In Abvuslhla
An Intrigue nualnst ltal > and niiKland
1 said to huvo been KoltiK on for a yi r
hitwein tho jorlo and 0 man PlRnen
Italian ministers id somn plain tnlkltiK
In tho seimto and pioduccd i setisillon
Situation In Hit Transvaal 1 vety erl
ou
llu H and Prance are trjtns to stir tip
all Mahommcdan powers against ntiRland
nnd Italy
Two of the blackmailers of the Ircnch
millionaire Iebaudy convicted
Police prevented nnother demonstration
nealnst tho United States consulate at
Harcelona
DOXnTsTIC
Houston will bo dcslsnited as a Na-
tional bank reCtve city an acknowledge-
ment of he r supremacy a the commercial
city of Texas
Ohio house of representatives pasred a
bill against big hats In theater
CUHAN
Refugees who have sought lefttKC In
Nt Otleans tell of conditions a they nro
In Cuta
InsuiRcnts waisted a Spanish eonvo
and captured a mulo triln of provision
Man Spanish soldleis luvn died of
yellow fever
Money for the Insurgents has bctti rais-
ed In Peru
Another New York correipondont has
been est tiled from Cuba
Insurgents are gaining thousand of ro
crults In Cuba
POLITIC A I
Pctllgrevv was beaten in South Dakota
ni the State diclircd for sound money
and Instructed for McKlnley
Senator Jones of Nevada sajs there will
bo no tariff legislation units sliver I
also protected
McKlnev punctured Uradloys Kentucky
boom twice
t
STATU
J A Otto aCTcrclmnt and M Zlmmens
his bookkeeper shot by tho Norwood
bilitncrs ut Ottlne
Luther A Lawhon ncmlnatcd by the
populists for congress ttl the Hluvontb dlv
trlcv
It J Puston of Haynor who killed a
man for ruining his daughter voluntarily
Koei to thn penitentiary
Cooper falls to leoovtr damuges In hs
suit for KiOO0O ngnlnst 11 V ioiknm
T bo Mongan a fliheston saoon msn
loitully wounded by J L Williams U
soninlaw
Mrs John Ungelko cf Oalveston dl s
from burns received while attempting to
stamp nut names of a gisollno stove
whlih had esploiled
ilza Hijwojil living nrir Detroit kills
himself because Ills mother whipped him
CONGItnSSlONAL
Conferees on tho Cuban resolution
agreed to nothing hut may try to pass
tho senato resolutions through tho house
Senator Piatt Introduced an adjourn-
ment resolution naming itiyl as tho day
Allin tlop objected to cxPrisUUnt
Itmrlson receiving decorations fiom Spain
and llrizll
Oalllnger Introduccl an American Pro-
tective association constitutional con-
vention
Senato agreed to chango fees for sala-
ries foi niatshals and attorneys
llouso lmdo rapid progress on the naval
appropriations bill
Jloutello and Wheeler continued their
altercation over rrcoids of Southern dem-
ocrats on thu bill to retire fioncran Grant
SI OUT
New Orleans winners Nlchola 7 to I
Newhouse E to 1 Inspector Hunt 12 to 1
ltoboit Latta 13 to 1 irellle It 0 to 6
Garzi 11 to r
HAILltOAD
Ncv Orleans dlssatlsllc with the arbl
tiutnis nport ln tho export grain rate
case
Comparative stnttment of weekly earn-
ings
Tho new transcontinental traffic ngieo
ment effected
Suit to enjoin contractors of tho Gulf
and Interstate
llrakeman I P Black of tho Southern
Pacific badly hurt v
Local and general notes and personals
Tim MAIiKKTS
Cotton Puturc lower In all markctsj
spot declined at several points
Lirgo supply of Southern eggs at Chi-
cago
<
Purlher statistics as to Cubas sugar
cropWheat
Wheat advanced C8 on active buying
supposed to be by Armour
Prices for cattle on tho down grade
Stocks and bonds dull An advanco In
exihango may compel tho treasury to
makii a second call on depository banks
LOCAL
Tho new Plrst lresby terlan church
Suit tiled against the Houston Cemetery
company
Tho total registration of the city 81it
Meeting of tho Good Government league
Tho war department wants th position
of Hoods llrlgade at the battle of Hfiarps
burg
Tho days record In the courts
ividinoi ok muiidek
Llther a Doublo Kffort or the Girl Took
Her Own Llfo
Philadelphia Pa Murch S5 There Is
little doubt today that Annlo McQrath
tho plrl who was found dead at JWJ o
rard avenue Monday night vvjs either
killed a the result of a plan for a dou-
ble suicide with Samuel Jjindon the
wealthy eoal npeiaor whosa mistress
he was or that sho alono committed
suicide The evidence thus fur ndjueed
r ilnts to tho theory that Langdm took
her life then attempted suicide but for-
sook this purpose and tied from the bouse
rf 1 v V fjft <
TEXAS REPUBLICANS
All the Leaders Mnnciiuring for
Aihantiigc
THO niLD IS riGMTING MKINLEY
Cotncntlon Not Yet Permanently
Orfjnnlictl
ALL SOKTvS 01 KUM0K8 AlLOAT
One S r Ibe llrKtnleylles Will Hull it
thn Itepnrt ufllie CredentlnU Coin
liilltre Is Against tliom
Austin Texas M arch 53 After the con-
vention adjourned list night the McKIrley
leaders got together mid talked tin Jttuii
tlon over until daylight They sized It up
ono way nnd down the other nnd all they
could make out of It wa that they hud
misjudged their hand or that tlwy were
tho victims of somo of tho worst man-
agement that over wrecled tho blight
Iwpes of any political faction They
and they came to tho contluIon hat
although John Grant I n clover fellow
ho kicks a great deal of being up In evtn
the alphabet of politic They avv that
ho had mado a mistake lit assuming that
ho could win without tho us lstivnce of
tho Itetd men and that ho undo a bad
Lrrak In refusing to treat with Chntllo
lVrguson nnd Hill MelHinall vhen those
two were willing to entertain propositions
Monday night
Hut It was too late to grieve over split
milk so they tacitly agreed to Mmplv go
out nftet whit seemed the only thing
lett within their leach nam ly tlu tlip
Hon of Grant n ono of tho delegitesat
hirgo to St Louis They llguud that
the > sllll had a show to gi t this ns a
majority of the iklesttes veto lnstructe1
foi Clitiiy and Giant and they thought It
probable that since Ciiney had won hi
tight foi temporarv chairman nnd nnii n
conclusively that In wis still the rulei
of tho republican party In tbl State tho
di legates would be disposed to respojt
their
Instructions for delegateoatluurs
When the Molvlnley inople showe1 up
til motulng hovyvver they talked as lr
they didnt can how tin thing went and
simply wanted the convention to wind up
IIS bustneoH ns qui k as possible a thev
expected to get even at St Louis onv
way The HfldAlllsoi force smilingly lis
tened to th < McKlulcylteH talk but kept
inum Mini It was leanvil from some of
them that they had Misitoitod a trap
and tint tlrfv weie Incllnr to believe
that this sudden rubsldercc of thn Mc
KlnUyltes
was only a pn ten to divert
nttention from tlteli real purpose which
was to make a sudd n ibish to eaptun <
the delegalesnllargo and adjourn in i
whoop
At 10 oclock the delegates iKgan lei
gather nt convention pavilion but none
of the oflleets showid up nnd at II orloik
tho nnnnuiirrniiMit ins nimle that he
leiiiporiry chnlnnnn woiill be iinnhlc to
ill the convention to ordei until Welork
n ho had not yat flnlslKd making up Ills
eommltt s
As to the complexion of those omrnlt
tee tho Mt Klnleyltes knew that Cuney
would rohtml the ptlnclpal one whlih
Aas th committee on rede nl lis end
that ihoy would gee thn n rnia vut rhalr
miii and two ilclcg itesutlirge
After the niinouni enitnt vmik mnde that
tho convention would not ine t until 1
oeloek several speiclun were llstenel
to and thu crowd ilbixrseil for linn r
At 1 31 p in Phnltm n Cuney eill 1 the
convention to onlcr nnd innouiiid tin
following committee
CredentialPit si eongrcslonil dlsltlcl
John Parish Hiimil Deo W Hutkllt
Third L 11 Gray Iourth Jam iro
fifth II J Hendricks Sixth J P Ll
llott Seventh J T Stewart I IcJitlc
Marlon Mulllns Ninth J a lilckev
Tenth A J Johnson eleventh D U
ceathern Twelfth Go G Clifford Thir
teenth O T Itacon
Permanent Otgxilzitlan PlMt W L
Law on S oond J jlrlnkly Third
Di Key round II H Wall i 1ifth
W i llinnvllle Sixth I P Jllleitt
Sevnilh J T St wart eighth H I Me
Aiiilrmvs Ninth J 1 Woodwurel Tenth
P S While eleventh 1 O luhy
Twrlflh Itolicit Gillagh r Thlrleerth J
11 ItnlKton
neeolutlons Plrst U Itepslorph Sec-
ond P J Dennli Thlitl Web er Plan
n igan rnurth C l IVrgison Plfth
II M MeConnell Sixth J M MrCormlrk
Seventh L 1 Kliuhlni I lghth H
Davis Nlnlli Henry C Oriy Tmth II
It I law ley llbvenlh It II lienlfro
Twlfth Geo II Jackson IhlrUrntli J
i Minion
The following were announefd as com
mlttee ehiieii Itesiilutlons It II Haw
lev oftinhctlon i red ntliK W M Mc-
Donald of Poiney i rrnn i nt cihantzi
tlmi J P lllllott of ennls
All tin en of the above are Heed men
as nre the majority of tli otimlltee
whleh goes In show Hut IerglHou nnd
Mi Don ild got whnt in y vent after In
tlio shape of eonresshns ny ijtibltilng
KS V f5
with Cuney nnd helping hln to win lite
temporary elwlrmaaahlp After the com
nillteo list had ben read somo ccilfuslon
aroiw over niljoiulniitt but after Ciiney
had stnlod that tho oommltte on cre-
dential had n great deal of work to at-
tend to It was agreed to suspeiiil fitrthor
eipcrntlons until t > p m lo glvo the
tultttvs a chance to attend to their elulles
Tho drlrgntlon had no se > oner left the
cnnventlon ltall than the MeSICInleyltes
stnrtcAl out to rally their forces Good
workeis Wire sent to ilo mlsslonvry woik
and nn > usa sonio enthusiasm and n MoKln
ley caucus was soon In full blast Tho
leaders of tho Ohio mans filenis luul
taken toun cl and resolved to make tho
Irst posslblo ellsplny of their itrongth
Delegates with McKliley HMitlngs wero
nt for Tho weakKneed we to braced
up uoss were cnuiitid and the conclusion
was rceichcd thrtt If the committee on
cledenllaM trentesl tho McKlulylea nny
ways fairly tltev had n gooel ehancn of
winning out after all mid naming thu
deleitnusatlargt
In tho mciimime the AllisonHeed com-
bination had not tnkn Its eye off tho
gun and Its managers circulated among
thn boys ready lo get In tho way of rtiy
break that might threaten
Uwrvoncn In a while 1111110 got abroad
that the committees writo having loeky
llnio of It and that It was linprobible
that they would lm ready to repott lit
0 p m nnd tho possibility or another
adjournment until tomorrow was dls
cu cd
Helioc from the committer on ereslen
tlnls vivre to tho effect that the McKlnley
contestants wore being BlaitRhlenvl Ight
and lfl and that the lti > eei crowd was
having everything Its own i1
In Grnvson Grants own
j
committee at flist ebcldeHl to unseat the
led bv
Vligation Grant himself lliuil
nut
n 1 in > > v 1 inK
icallied thnt they had mado mistake
a 1 nKr0 < i 1 nem halt the repre
In throwing down tho gauntlet to Cuney
scntvtlon ln Dallas county tIn cor
t t was withdrawn nnd tho vote dUllel
betwieti Heisl and McKlnley
Tho Allison eont slants fiom Tinvls
couutv wen glveti half the repioscutlVlon
nod ri It went th McKlnleyltes not get-
ting benefit or til eloubt III any case
The whole thing was being worked to
beir Upon coligresslonal district mnt > ntH
and to lay the pr ellnule for giving the
Allison and Peed contingent a prlnin facts
ease to go to St Loul with In tl inittei
Of district delegates
At 7 13 p m Chairman Cuney nirnln
cilled the convention to onl r and staled
It was Impossible to go nheul with busi-
ness until the 1ommltlio on creel ullils
could report and that he hud Information
Hint said committee was as yt unpre
puresl to mike known the iiseilt of Its
labors and the contention adjourned un-
til 10 oclock tomtit tow mornt ig
COMPLHTHLY DONE UP
McKlnley Delegates bv the Score nre
Itelng Knocker Out
Austin Texas Match S3Tho commit
tea bn creelentlal conclmlid Its labors at
f 11 and It soon beenine known that It
bad knockesl out McKlnley delegations
by tho score This riled Chairman Grunts
followers nnd talk of bolting If the re-
port vvas adopted was hraid from many
direction In reply to this the managers
of the Allisonlie enl combliio say they
will oust Grant and create a new State
chairman
CunoyM lieadquiirtersjwcio crowded all
rtltsht Hnel thn MoKlnlijIlra caucuseel at
Bullitts opeta house but thev bulk of tbolr
foroes hung around tho Dtlsklll hotel
It having been noised ahtotd that a Mc
Klnlev hull el wits bilng tapped seiino
vvhetei about thul hostelry as a matttt
of fnet not a few of the colmed htctllieii
approached leputeel IteedAlllsou hosses
and liifoiinrel tiieitt that suinilhlug vould
havu in lie eioiiti for 1 1111 tb ihey well
here em expanses ind lad Dun offued
lerialu sums lot thelt voua
Pliet ItiidAIIHonlttn In most InHnnccs
told Hi m lei go and gen thu money unl
lake Ih llrst nam fen home
Aa it iiiuilM ut fact uiiiy C thn roloied
McKluleyltcs aiu Jusl In he ikmIIIoii now
wheiu 1 uuey anil his hcuttiuuus vviiut
lliom and vvliiiu ticy allied to > liiein
by postponing thei nn utioii 110111 lime
to time Ihey nri luiout lu hKve ml
wunt to leuv
tl I lturucel that quite a wad of Mc
Klnley funds was lMnllil villi > it Aii
tlil hank this evening hetei 1111 ihul
thu word was passud iiiuune Unit ny
MeKlnlry elele gitte ttcelir n SMtateo
eotild m I It ut said urk by making ho
proper showing henc ile 10 lvil cf Vt
Klnley entlniiidsiii lho triibl about It
Is however Unit th MtKl iHy petleaic
111 many Itistatus putlim up to diligate
who wont gel toil It tin ronwimipii to-
morrow If lilll McDitiells eled ill Us
cnniinltlen report iroi 4 n iiiirli
1 K Pollard Me Klnleyh Ohio frleml
who Is on his way to California for his
health Is still be m helping Gnint run
things and Myton Derrick anothr Ohio
ehnmplon of tho gentleman front union
has shown up and Is taking n lively In-
terest In the pineceilings lleiilek Is
thirty timed a mlllloiiiilrn nn < II ha be >
iiuiin cuirent iimong tho bovs thai Sin I
rendv to hum monev for Melvlnlev but
this Is probably 11 mistake for If ho has
any Intuition of rommltllng 11 son upon
his pile he hasnt betiiyed It yet Chalt
man Grant look worried nnd denies that
ho I scared but declines to talk furthci
THU CItiriINTIAIH COMMITTHl
Austin Texns March 25 The enmmlt
teo on credentials w1 meet ngaln at R
oclock tomorrow moinlng to settle tin
Uimar and Hidalgo cojintloi eonlesls
which will yet iincllsposi of at tho time
of udjournmi nt tonight ihei Dull is coun
tv cusn may he icopeneil nlso upon new
nvldencei dcveriped slnio adjoinnmeut
Ah to the commute en report Chairman
McDonald said thut It would ho perfectly
THE OLD ALCALDE
The Tca Patriarch Is Not in Politics Uiit Itcfuscs to Uc
ten tewed
Marble Palls Texas Marh 23Tho
publication In tho Statu pipers of 11
rumored effort on dm part 3f tho pop-
ulist leaders lo Induce ixOovernor
Itobcrts familiarly and nfoctlonately
nppellated Tho Old Alcaldes to accept
at thn hands of thut polltlcil pirty thn
candidacy for governor In tho ensuing
November election baa caus > d consider-
able comment among his mlghbors unil
friends Thoso who know hn best have
declared that tlio old man pould ict l >
enticed Into such u game In tho first
place they say his rnfetlul phyalextl
condition consequent upbt ono of hlu
years would not admit of tho exacting
requirements of a atmiulgu and be-
sides that there would lm o Inducement
to a man of his position ind reputation
111 tho outlook to day lothlng of his
well known loyalty to he democratic
organization In Texas A grc t deal has
been mado of his recent Idler to Harney
Glbbs but It Is simply ciempalgn thunder
without any real basis As a publication
of the letter would she < v
ixaovinNou iioiiihitb
Ill
Notwithstanding hlu well known aVcrslonio iToTiigVn to prlnron tho subject
of i ltlcs a commlsslener of The Houston Post ventured today to sound the old
man on th subject of ho recent rumor connecting his name with the populist
gubernatTlal nomlnatlty Ho reMisejd flatly to be Interviewed hut referring t
certain recent publications said they Wre wltliout his kuowledgo or consent tout
ho had not been ronsulilbut that mi the wholo i elld not contleier what had
1mii said as sufficient to demand any explicit attention
at his hands Jlei said
ho Is rut < xf politic ji < 1 daea not caro to tret In Ue newspapers
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THE HOUSTON DAILY POST
ELEVENTH YEAH NO 357
HOUSTON TEXAS THURSDAY MAROU 20 3893
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Jour many patrmw pfMiwMBif H
i i v t iWryi ij jL rat
Veil I
Vldl
And I scooped em
1 genemilv tin
I i m llns Cuney
And the boys know II
Im nit nrttst
Ami when they crowd
filr nnd equltible and that lm conven-
tion would undoubtedly adopt It
When lufoitiiiil Hint McKlnley lies weie
illstonntlng It lu adv inc and iluiounclng
the committees supposed iiotlou as uu
niiluiKP he said he eoiildnt he lp Hint duel
that tho committee would not act unjustly
Just to suit the Ohio mans followers
An attempt ivn mnde to h ye > the fan
mltlen ou resolutions re eomnieid i lu
dutsemuit of McKlnley but It cfiltol
Till McKINLUVITKS
Orrnts lollowets Claim a Alajorlly Spine
Talk of a Spill
Austin Texas March 23 Allhoiigi
Chnlrmnn Grant Is not wealing a parti-
cularly cheerful look lomo cf his follnvveri
aio ptelendlng lo fori soinewlul guy
Thev say Ihul Ihey have it innlnrltv of
the ileligales seated In Hie lempniarj 01
ganliallon and that tiny will be nine to
detent adoption of tho committee on
credentials leporl and that vvlile they
will hnvo to let Cuney go to St lnuls ns
n delegate they will inline the other three
men to servo with him at large
The negro deltgates who got Into tho
McKlnley caucus Iftnlght say tiny wcro
morn to holt toinorieivv If the commltteo
on rrslenllnls if port Is ndopted nnd mt
the y werev ptonilcl Jl W pet 1ay to remain
and IIUil It out for McKlnley and that
thv were given tho tip that Ills two
friends from Ohio we 10 hero with stuff
lo tukn cnto nf them
ClNli IN CONTHOL
Austin TVxns March J3 The commit
leei em peimanent oitfiinlnatloii which
completevil ll labniB before tho conven-
tion adjourned tonight will recommend
that lempoiiiiy orgatilrallon bo mniM
priiianiMit which munis Hint Cuney will
ptesldo In til enel
HiiKonn Mat shall of Dallas who was
slated li > III Alllsonltiml iomblmulnti
for permanent chaliman did not Itro to
run Ihe cominltten on resolullMis will re
poit In favor nf ceiuiil money pintettlve
tariff mill the usual platitudinous decima-
tion
Prom thn wav the card aro stacked
now the following Is ronsldeied a iciiseui
ahly iioriirnto estlmnln of the way tho
thirty Texas vote will he el In I eel at hi
Louis Hood 13 Allison V McKlnley t
HOUSTONS hUlKISMACY
Will Do Acknowledged Uy Making Her
n Hank Itcscrvn City
Washington Match 25Comptroller of
thn Cuireney l > kels will prubahly tills
week Issue an older clislgnntlnir llotiHlun
us a National bank reserve city Ibis or-
der when Issuod will bo of Immense vniuo
to Houston rommerrlnlly It will inako It
tho only rescrvo city In Texns ln fact
tho only rescrvo city west of New Or-
leans ami south of Kansaa city It will
permit ull of tho National hanks of Texas
to deposit thelt reserve funds with Hous-
ton banks will In fact bo an announce
1111 nt to thn business win hi that ouofi exas
rlty has rciihed tho highest measure of
business ptospority
ItepresCnlntlvte llulcheson has been very
active ln obtaining this order fiom Comp-
troller Hckles as authority to designate lt
rescrvo city rests utmost wholly within
thoellscriHon of tho comptioiler tho only
requirements being that tho city should
havo a population of not less than 00000
Mr Kckels has about satisfied himself
that Houston has a population amply
within the requirements of tho law and
he has also evidently concluded that other
and mora Important conditions exist which
will make It dcslrablo for Texas National
banks lo havo n reserve city within the
State After tho order Is Issued thn Na-
tional banks of Houston will make a spe-
cial report of their condition In addition
to the live annual calls which arc mado
by the comptroller for a statement of the
condition of National banks and this goai
on record specially from the aggregate
statement showing thn condition of all
other banks In thn State
81LVU11 HAS Till CALL
Senator JoncH Talks on tliq Monetary
Question
N w York March 23 Senator Jonca
Hands lieforo tho world today as tho
nestor of silver senators Ilo wus a mem-
ber of tho International monetary confer
elite am Is regarded us ono of thu best
posted men In tho country among free sil-
ver advocates This la tho story Senator
Jones told today
The next congre aa fur as tho senate
Is concerned will bn In control of tho Ml
ver men Ihere will lm 110 leglslaton on
Ihe tuilrr Thl muoh Is retllnl Indeed
nothing1 will li done on this subject for
the next ten yeaAi unless sliver Is admit
ted to tho mints on theouime basis an gold
The cry now Is protection and free silver
he Took em and went
Mi
7 draw the color line
Anil 1 enteh em so tiultk
On mv ilil that
I hnvo to light ciitulles
McKlnley
Not much
Cuincy
You bet
We will have both ur neither I am a
sound nnd staunch proleolloi st but I do
not believe lu a putlu application of thev
thcsitv eoloiilei silver ban lit much right
to lie prelected us Prnns > lvttiiln coal
hllvei wiiitotn will have tho bitlnnco
of mW r In the upper house of the now
eongies and they will liohl up all tariff
legislation tulles It Is coupled Willi fre
sliver legislation The lit cut onfi rciico
of eastern nianuructutvrs and silver sen
mum nt Washington Imllcntes tho way
lu whleh the wind I blowing McKln
leys nomlnilloii at St Louis will If iinv
thltig lilp our aide The nhln candidate
Is a stiiiddltt pun and simple Head
feir Ihei fruy silver people would Hither
an a man like Gelveiior Morion nomi-
nated mid lb issue iniiele nt once It Is
Idln to illlly dully with this great question
unv longer It I another Irtepresslhlo
tiuilllit and must In fmihlit to n llulsh
hooihm or lnt r the hooiici tho belter
MeKlnliys election wont cut any llg
tue with us Indeed It will only inuke
our position slioiignr He will tint be utile
to secure any larlff legislation for we
will have tho balance of power lu the
somite You may put It down ns settled
tlnie will b no prot alloti grnnteil iinv
Inilnstry until sllvrr In preivlde1 for Wo
silver srniLliirs me eommltled to this
uouisi1
> not ehlldten clnmorlng for lovs
We 1110 men demanding oiti Just rights
Our constituents would repudiate us If
wi did not mukn a hold stand for silver
Thn complexion of Hid nnw congreS will
not be chaiigeel much as far as the sountc
Is concerned We have cori fully consider
il iur course ami wo will bo In control
nf Ihii H nute 80 caHeel sound money
people con amoko this fnct 111 their pipes
Asiatic peril will only help lo bring
manufacturer to their senses Times are
mil going to linpiove mark my word
nor will tho nomination or oven election
of MeKlnlev hasten prosperity Nothing
short < f free silver exnipld with protec-
tion will bring pear nnd praprlf to
our hot liTii
M KlnVy s record shows that he leans
vmv much Inward silver Hut vvn are tint
going to tnke imv dinner and be ilr irl
1 I In a pine h The Ohio candidate 1
neither fhsh fish ur fowl Wlinl wo want
Is a Rulilbiig pltliil against a free sllv r
man nnd Hie country riven n ahnme lo
vote A good manv peope would upon
their eveiH nt the result I tell you
TO IMPItlSON HIMSeLP
A Man Who Kllli llli DaughUra 8e
dueeir Volnniarlly Goea to the Pen
Abilene Texas March 3 A vety un-
usual neenrn tics was witnessed here this
morning Mi It J Puston of Itnynor
who In under couvlctloi for inanslaughtir
bought a tlckot and aimed with the
proper commitment piper got ou the
train for Husk wheio ho will report to
tho penitentiary officials Ilo gos vnltin
tarlly etnd I it unaeoompanhil by nny
guard
Ilo vvas convicted last Juno In Haskell
county for killing the man who fcdureil
his daughter anil given two years ln tho
pciiiltiiitlnry
Tho case was appealed and during llto
pendency of tho appeal Puston wits con
llneel In Jnll at Haskell but was allowed
much freedom the sheriff giving him the
keys of Ihe Jnll and ho acted ns cuarel
of another prisoner ohargul wllh a mis
elimiiinoi He was a tegular attondnnt
upon church and Sunday school during
this tlni
A fow days ago the appeal was dis-
missed and ho Is now going to serve out
the remainder of his term He will go-
by Austin one present to Governor Cul
beison lu person a number of letters from
prominent mon ami officials requesting his
pardon
A petition with over 2000 signature
has preceded him and I now on lllo ln
tho governors office Ha Is about CO
years old has a largo family and Is n
farmer by occupation Ho Is on active
member of the Christian church and was
nu upright nnd Influential citizen Tho
jxoplp hero gavo him on ovation and a
tnrgo crowd witnessed bis departure It
was pathetic nnd Inspiring to se tho
old man thus willing to submit to the
punishment Imposed upon him
ALAHAMA IN I1N11
Montgomery Ala Murch 23 Mors than
a hundred people representing half of the
counlle 01 the State and all Its mnterlul
Intercuts mot In conventleti hire today
iMi
And perhaps Allison
Thats iny tlcleot
Llttlo Ilosey Is too light
To try to upset
Two Galveston men
I n e > ne season
lilu CrovvleyT
Como along boysl
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AMHItlCAN CONSUL GHNDnAT WI1 >
LIAMS nindo two roeUcslB ot Weylof for
liifm million as to Walter Dygarclts case
but had no answer
SPAIN PHOPOBHB to glvo United States
wanting to keep hands oft of Cuba an
soon oh President Clovcland sends a
inessago to congress glvlUK losses or
Ainorlcnnu by hostilities
WMJYLim Is dlslrnatexl by failure of mili-
tary operations commission of outrages
by his followers and political mutlorg
SPANISH liePOHTS of tho burnlnp of a
tow 11 by tha Inirgents
A CcHAN iildev writes of tho operations o
Gomcr
SPAIN DISCLAIMS any responsibility fop
tho utterances of 11 Epoca tho minis
torlal organ
LONDON TIMK9 goVornmcnt organ
warm Krugeir Ulat lio roust net accoril
lug to Englands dlotules or assistance
will l i given tho Ultlanders tho burKh
ers contlnun preparations to light
AMUASSADOR 1IAYAHD in a nnhllo
iqwecli rather ileflunt of conBreSBlomal
censure
Dl ltlJDINI tho Italian premier reported
to he hostile to thu triple nlllanco sal a
ho la a ttrm frlond
rnANCU AND ENGLAND may aatlsfoc
toi lly irntngo their Hgyptlnu elifflcultlcs
but ricticli cruisers villi bo kept close at
home
T1IKKH lavn murdereil moro ChrHtltuvs
at Crete and It Is feared another massa
cto Is presaged
rnAlthUL SUrPEItlNa has been caused
by cllmatlo dlstut bahces In the untlpodes
IASSENOIIK AGENT LellEAUME uya
tho Cotton licit railway reports Indicate
Texas wilt rakeei a big cotton crop next
season
ANOTlietl OUIIAN EXPEDITION land
eel Insurgent governments archives re
porte < el tnkon Venezuela waits United
States to rccognlso cubu
A HOY POISONED HIS FATHER coffea
unloading ut Mobile General 8 D Leo
will deliver the address at thn unveiling
of tha Jeff Davis monument cotton mills
Hturteel nt Homo Oa a negro and a
white man klllei by dynnnilte
A 50000 ItOlineUY at Chicago a peculiar
ault Hied by a St Paul woman
TEHEE MEXICANS KILLED In WOBO
riot date for erarH coronation Japa-
nese repulsed rebels
SYNOPSES of decisions hnndeel down by
tho Kiiprome court
CITIZENS OF DICKINSON making ar
rnugeinciitti to entertain delegates to tho
co tsl country convention
PIVE PHAME UUILDINGS burned at
Ulg Springs
Yon wont net alt the news unless
oii net The Houston Post
nnd unanimously nnd enthusiastically de
elded lo have Alabamas magnlllcent ro
souiees wel dlsplayad nt tho Chisago Cot
ton Statesi Exjiositlon Plans wero mado
for the eollectlon of 11 flno exhibit of Ala
butnas products for tho Chicago fair
A PLOT CONFINED
Two Men Tried teTKIll Their Wives to
Get Damages Vrnm Railroad
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Macon On Jlarcli 23 Warren Chls i
well while under arrest In Ilotidu atorc
In Twlg3 county seven mllei from here
today mado a voluntary public contcssbn
to having removed the mil thut caused <
teen seriously Injured and some iwruuc V
nently iiilurcil In tho wreek c
Chlswull saya he removed tha epIkMjU
from tho rail unelor the direction of TomjP
bhuvv who held him covered with a Bhot
gun nnd tlicntened to kill tilm 1 he did
not do Ills bidding Viii T
Hhaw hus been arrested but denies the >
charges nmde by Chlswell ahe wliea oJ
both men wero on tho train and both werty
Injutcd Tho iletcollves at work onthaw
rase say they havo liccltlvu proof that
the men entered Into the plot to get rid ofV
their wives and at tho name lime tsolUijt1
damages from the railroad compiny
Bhavv vestcrday effected a compromlaeitot41
the Injuries sustained by his wltciw
ceivlng it 1 sjiid two frm the rallroii
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