Galveston Tribune. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 35, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 31, 1898 Page: 4 of 4
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A Corner for Women.
By this we mean the Coal most extensively used in Galveston.
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The Churches.
THE SHERIFF’S FEES.
MRS. BOONE DEAD.
Amusements.
Paul Wheeler Dairy Choice Cream. Tel. 61.
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MORTUARY REPORT.
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STORES CLOSE MONDAY.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
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Mrs. Lillie Williams Boone, wife of Mr.
Manly B. Boone, died at 6 o’clock last eve-
ning. The funeral will occur from the Sec-
ond Baptist church, 37th and M%, at 3
o’clock this afternoon.
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We, the undersigned merchants of Gal-
veston, agree to close our places of busi-
ness on Monday, Jan. 2, 1899, in order to
give our employes an opportunity to spend
“A Happy New Year.”
P. J. Willis & Bro., Mayer, Kahn & Frei-
berg, A. Theakston & Co., J. F. Smith &
Bro., R. W. Wolston & Co., Sass & Cohen,
Ullmann, Lewis & Co., the Galveston Dry
Goods Co., W. J. Hughes & Co., Gus Lewy
& Co., the Behrens Drug Co., Geo. Schnei-
der & Co., J. S. Brown Hardware Co., the
J. Rosenfleld Notion Co., M. S. Ujffy, Men-
sing Bros. & Co., Focke, Wilkens & Lange,
Jake Davis & Co., L. W. Levy & Co., Gust
Heye & Co., Rice, Baulard & Co., Wallis,
B'andes & Co.
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from the neck to the left side. The leath-
er belt may be omitted or not, as pre-
ferred. The dress is made with a short
guimpe having short puff sleeves. Individ-
ual taste will suggest many pleasing de-
velopments of these fashionable modes.
Rough and satin-faced cloths are appro-
priate for the jacket and soft woollens for
the dress.
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ASAFOETIDA IN WELSH RABBIT.
New York Times.
If you are anxious to know, to give a de-
licious flavor to your Welsh Rabbit you
want to put in just a little bit of asafoet-
ida. Oh, you don’t tell your guests about
it or have any big label around, but you
will find if you do give them the rabbit
with that flavor they will all want to
know’ your receipt. The way I do is to
put my butter in the chafing dish in the
kitchen, and there I add" the asafoetida,
just as much as you can put on one tine
of a fork, the very end of it. It mixes
with the butter, and no one knows any-
thing about it, except that you have giv-
en the rabbit an indescribable flavor that
they like, but can not define. Just try it
if you don’t believe it.
General Office of McRAE COAL COMPANY,
phonS ioo. 2113-2115 Mechanic Street, Opposite Galveston News.
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HELEN GOULD’S $15,000 CRYSTAL.
New York Letter.
The first quartz crystal found in North
America which can be properly classed
as a precious stone is said to be a pellucid
crystal ball recently cut by Tiffany and
about to be sold for $3000. It came from
the old gold mining district of California.
It is said that Miss Helen Gould last year
paid for a Japanese crystal ball about
seven and one-half inches in diameter and
not absolutely flawless, together with the
silver and gold mountings, $15,000. Crystal
gazing will hardly become a fad unless
the California yield increases more than
an hundred fold.
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TRAMPS’ CODE OF SIGNS.
“A STRANGER IN NEW YORK.”
Hoyt’s “A Stranger in Nev/ York” made
his second bow to a Galveston audience
at the Grand last night, and though we
knew about what he would say and do,
his performance was scarcely less amus-
ing than when he came as a stranger
indeed a year ago. Mr. Joe Coyne is still
the “Stranger,” as unique, artistic and in-
factious as ever. The other faces this
year are nearly all new, but the company
on the whole is hardly less clever. The
audience was enthusiastically responsive
from beginning to end, and kept the
house ringing with laughter and applause.
But to show how futile it is for a man
to play against the game it is only neces-
sary to figure on the chance a player has
when he “bucks” against a “straight”
machine. Take, for instance, the slot ma-
chine that is the most popular—the one
that has five apertures and on which you
play for from 10 cents to $1. There are five
colors—red, black, green, white and yel-
Tonight the Galveston Spiritualist so-
ciety will give a holiday celebration and
fohn G. Arrington,
Galveston
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To close out as many goods as possible
before taking inventory, we offer you this
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HAULAGE and STORAGE.
Telephone 173.
How the Wandering Willies and Meander-
ing Mikes Mark Gate Posts.
Chicago N^ws.
At Oak Dark the tramp mark which
stands for kindness and hospitality has
been placed on both gate posts of the
community of tinq houses and from early
morning to late afternoon “Weary Willie”
and “Meandering Mike” ring door bells
and ask for “hand-outs” or old clothes.
Hieroglyphics known only atnong the As-
sociated brotherhood of American tramps
have been found by the. residents on the
porch columns and on the gate poosts and
horse blocks.
The marks became the talk of- the town
and soon everyone was seeking a sigil and
an explanation. By chance the Social
service group of Oak P^irk apd vicinity
heard of the Rev. W, C. DeWitt, pastor
of St. Andrew’s church, Chicago, who is
learned in tramp lore and has been malt-
ing a study of the tramp for more than 10
years.
The reqtor was invited to come and tell
what he knew of tramps, their ways and
the “marks” which distinguish thein, and
he will do so at Scoville institute tomor-
row evening. At his home, 733 Washing-
ton boulevard, the Rev. Mr. DeWitt was
found studying some new marks which he
discovered on his door post. He said:
“The way I became interested in tramps
and their ways is most commonplace and
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low. On the disk which revolves and which
determines the winning color there are 54
compartments. Twenty of these are red,
20 are black, 8 are green, 4 are white and 2
are yellow.
Red pays 10 cents, black pays 10 cents,
green pays 25 cents, white pays 50 cents
and yellow pays $1. Therefore if you play
red and it comes red you win 5 cents. If
you play black and it comes black you
win 5 cents. If you play green and it
comes green you win 20 cents. If you play
white and it comes white you win 45 cents,
and If you play yellow and it comes yellow
you win 95 cents.
Any mathematician will tell you that
when you play red you have only 1 chance
in ZVz to win 5 cents on the red, 1 chance
in 2Y2 to win 5 cents on the black, only 1
chance in 7 to win 20 cents on the green, 1
chance in 13 to win 45. cents on the white
and 1 chance in 27 to win 95 cents on the
yellow. And yet so strong is the desire
for gambling, so potent is the craze, to try
one’s “luck” against this game that some
men spend more money “fighting” the slot
machine than they do on theii* household
expenses.
A gentleman well known in this city
played $32 against one of these machines a
few days ago. He wanted to ascertain
what element of chance a man had to win.
He knew the machine was “straight.” He
kept at it two hours until the $32 in nick-
els was exhausted. He had more than
the average luck, for in that two hours
he got back nearly $15 and was “only” a
little more than $17 loser.
WHIMS OF AN HOUR.
Painted chiffons or liberty silk are costly
and ethereally beautiful, and both are
most difficult materials for such decora-
tions, yet they are second to none in their
popularity for debutantes.
It is true that the glitter of spangles, of
jets, of jewels and of beads adorns the
fashionable toilet for both afternoon and
evening.
Trains are an established fact on cere-
monious afternoon gowns, and. redengotes,
tunics, polonaises, princess robes, cutaway
coats, empire wraps and flounced ulsters
are all accepted modes this winter.
Brides’ garters, to be up-to-date, must
not only be differently made—one blue or
yellow, but the metal clasps must also be
of different design. With the yellow gar-
ter a gold buckle, if the odd garter is blue,
a dainty enamel, and for the. white garter
frosted silver or white enamel. Granite
and turquoise are favorite stones for the
bride’s lucky garter.
On the newest tortoise-shell combs are
noticed dragon flies, the bodies and wings
heavily jeweled. They are the latest con-
ceit in jewelry, and are ornamented with
diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
Artificial flowers, both in velvet and
satin, are vei»y popular for trimming
evening gowns. The latest idea is to have
the flower arranged in the form of two
bouquets mounted with trailing virtes of
smilax. One bouquet should be placed on
the left shoulder and the other where the
velvet ceinture fastens at the right. The
roses of the lower bouquet are of a deep-
er shade, than the upper, the same is true
where violet or other flowers are used.
A new fad is that of wearing a conspicu-
ous bracelet with one’s theater or recep-
tion gown. The custom with elder matrons
of England has never given out, but here,
instead of the immense bar of gold, we
have a brilliantly jeweled affair, and just
now it is worn outside the sleeve, where it
gleams to perfection against the rich back-
ground formed by the material. A band of
velvet drawn through a diamond buckle is
used in the same manner.
Velvet is much liked for handsome win-
ter toilets. It is also made into blouses to
be worn with cloth or velvet skirts. For
vests and panel effects on skirts a new
weave of velvet Is used, showing a de-
sign of small figures on scrolls in the vel-
vet. Velours, miroir and velours ombre are
very popular. Velours glace and velours
mousseline make up handsomely for eve-
ning waists and theater bodices.
Pretty and quaint are the the new bed
room slippers, made of moleskin, with
the velvety fur of the little beast turned
outward. They have tiny diamond bow-
knots on the toe.
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known to faiEMT1'’"
$1. J. Jft Schott, druggist.
DRS. LUBBEN & LANDRY,
Dentists, 2120 Market street, upstairs.
The “crooked” machines are equipped
with a “trigger” that renders it impossible
for a player to win on one of the yellotv or
$1 strips. This trigger throws the arm or
needle just one space beyond the yellow.
This trigger is adjusted for only one of the
yellow spaces, but it is sufficient to reduce
the chance of the player winning 95 cents
from 1 chance in 27 to 1 chance in 54. The
man who plays the yellow and misses it
just one space may -call attention to the
fact of how close he came to “hit.ti.pg” the
machine, while he is in blissful Ignorance
of the fact that if the machine wasn’t
“fixed” he would have won.
How long the slot machine men will be
permitted to operate their gambling game
without inteference is an opdn question.
This city has proved such a rich field that
other slot machine men wknt to get some
of the good thing. They are the ones who
intend to come in with a lot of new ma-
chines and give the old and the young, the
rich and the poor, the lame and the halt,
a chance to buck against the game with-
out-bothering to go into a saloon or other
resort for the opportunity. If the public
will stand it the.-.slot machine men are
willing to make thermachines as numerous
and -as prominent as telegraph poles and
awning posts.
They can not lose anything. They don’t
have to pay. any tax, the machine costs
comparatively little to make, it doesn’t
eat anything and it works automatically
or by electricity.
Some of the saloon keepers, -as soon as
they saw what a, gold mine the slot ma-
chine was going to be, refused to work
with the makers on a percentage basis, but
insisted on buying the machines outright.
The slot men have, sold some of the ma-
chines at from $100 to $125. They can be
made for less than one-third that amount.
THE NEWSPAPER WOMAN.
Touching the sensational reporting for-
merly done by women, 'It may be said
such work has had its day. Women no
longer go down in diving bells or go up in
balloons or fall in front of cable cars to
test the practical working of the fenders.
In justice to women reporters who did
work of that kind, it should be added that
many of them, indeed, the majority of
them, were good and modest girls, who
accepted such assignments under protest,
and only because the editor called on them
for the work and their living depended on
their acquiescing. With the passing of
the sensational specials should be chron-
icled the decline of the woman’s columns
and woman’s departments. They, also,
have had their day.
To meet those and other changes the
newspaper woman of the twentieth cen-
tury will be a new type, and much will be
expected of her. She will be a well bal-
anced, well educated and practical young
person, with a body as carefully trained
as her mind. She will know more about
the English language than do most of her
sisters of today, yet not a bit more than
she will need to know. The newspaper
woman will have passed the experimental
•stage of her professional work. Conces-
sions to her will not longer be made, ex-
cuses for her no longer accepted. She will
be out of the ranks of amateurs and in
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which _is sold i»:
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money. Sold for
guarantee. Price
J, Schott, druggist!
The following real estate transfers were
filed for record in the county clerk’s office
yesterday:
Robert Bornefeld to Agnes L. Eichlitz,
lot 17 in west half outlot 17: $1405.
Robert Bornefeld to. W. R. White, lot 23
in west half outlot 17:; $1005.
Sarah C. Parker to James F. Parker,
lot 2 in northwest quarter outlot 21; $1134.
Jennie B. Whitsitt tiAJo’
2 acres in outlot 299, sfeetioi 1,
island; $122^,23. |
Hood’s Sarsaparilla,, containing
curative po^er, is bjie 'bSst medicine
money can buy. ■.
Your cow will give you a larger quan-
tity and better quality of milk;
Your horse will keep sleek and healthy;
Your hens will lay continuously;
If vou v/ill give them “Standard” stocl?
food'w'th their rations.
Phone 703. HANNA & LEONARD.
UNCLE EPH will save you money..
Rhine MJnes. of FredJKi
hid’White’ WA
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tirton & Gusher,
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Old Forrester,C
O. F. C., Oscari
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[To insure insertion church notices must
be in the office by noon Saturday.]
First Church of Christ (Scientist), .south-
east corner 22d and Ball avenue—Sunday
school at 10.30 and services at 11 a. m.
Subject, “God.”
First German Lutheran church, 24th and
Winnie—Sunday school at 9 a. m.; Ger-
man service at 10.30 a. m.; English service
at 7.30 p. m. J. C. Roehm and G. J. Ide,
pastors.
West End German Lutheran church,
39th and H—Sunday school at 9.15 a. m.;
divine services at 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
W. H. Kurtz, pastor.
A Christmas entertainment for the Sun-
day school will be held tomorrow night at
7.30 in the Scandinavian M. E. church,
corner 17th and Mechanic streets.
The Galveston Port society will have no
service at 17th and Mechanic tomorrow
afternoon, the church being decorated for
the Sunday school entertainment in
evening. John F. Barner, chaplain.
The Broadway Memorial Presbyterian
church—Services tomorrow as follows:
Sunday school at 9.30. Every scholar and
teacher urged to be present punctually.
Communion service at 11 a. m. Subject,
“The Indestructibility of God’s Institu-
tions.” Westminster league at 6.45. Even-
ing service at 7.30. Subject, “Christian
Unity.” Every member is urged to be
present on the first Sabbath of the new
year. Henry Austin, jr., pastor.
Y. M. C. A., Tremont and Winnie streets
—At 4 p. m., meeting for men. Rev. W. N.
Scott is-going to talk to the young men,
and every man in the city is invited to
hear the address. Building open from 2
to 6 p. m.
Rev. Jesse B. Haston will preach morn-
ing and evening at the Central Christian
church, 20th street and avenue K.
Salvation Army—There will be a watch
night service at the Salvation Army to-
night. Ensign Keuntz of Houston will be
here to conduct the service. The ensign
is an interesting talker and a good time
is expected.
Watch night service at St. John’s Meth-
odist church tonight. After an inaugur-
ation service of the league and Sunday
school officers, commencing at 8 p. m., an
informal entertainment will take place, to
be followed by religious services, closing
at 12 o’clock with New Year’s greetings.
Refreshments will be served. Friends of
the church are cordially invited to be
present.
>St. James Methodist church, corner 14th
and Postoffice—-Sunday school at 9.30 a. m.
At 11 a. m., New Year’s services. Theme
of sermon, “The Presence for Untraveled
At 6.30 a joint service of the
senior and junior leagues. At 7.30 the
usual service. All cordially invited.
J. Oxley, pastor.
St. John’s M. E. church, South, corner
’ Broadway and Rosenberg avenue—W. D.
Bradfield, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m. by the pastor. Morning
subject, “The Authority of Jesus Christ.”
Evening subject, “Jesus Christ the Re-
vealer of Character.” The Epworth league
of St. John’s church will hold a sunrise
prayer meeting Sunday morning
o’clock.
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week SPECIAL BARGAINS. Don’t miss
them.
MEN’S FINE SUITS, _
don’t claim
only house In Texas si
st class delicatessen groj,
jcelain and tin, but
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watch meeting at Chosen Friends halk
The following is the program:
8 p. Singing, marching, reciting
The Progressive Lyceum.
Christmas Story, “The God’s Birthday.”
Mrs. Nettie M. Wood.
Recitation “Somebody’s Mother
Master Willie Thompson.
Character Song....“Curly Headed Coon”
Lucille Neuroth.
9 o’clock.... Disclosing the Christmas Star
Distribution of Presents.
10 o’clock Refreshments
11 o’clock Song—“Angels Are Near”
The Choir.
$1 kind for 75e
Men’s Heavy Fleeced Underwear, SuitS5o
Men’s Dress Shoes, from $1.25 up.
Men’s Hats, from 50c up.
Men’s Mackintoshes, from $1.7o up.
ARTHUR HIRSHFIELD’S
BARGAIN STORE.
Corner 20th and Market Streets.
Balance Sheet Shows $231.11 as the Salary
for the Year.
Sheriff Thomas this morning filed with
the clerk of the criminal district court his
report of the operation of the office for
the fiscal year ending Dec. 1, 1898. This is
in accordance with the provision of the
new fee bill passed by the 25th legislature,
•which requires all county officers to make
annual report of the business of their of-
fices. The sheriff is the first officer to file,
his report. It will be presented by Judge
Cavin to the grand jury for the January
term of court for inspection and <approval.
Briefly summarized the report shows the
total amount of fees collected from all
sources to be $3496.51; total amount paid
out to deputies and assistants $4135.05,
leaving a deficit for the year of $638.54. The
fees earned and uncollected amount to
$1362.55. Of this amount $203.05 is for costs
earned in the criminal district court in
oases where the defendant was acquitted,
and of course is worthless. None of it can
ever be collected. The balance of the fees
outstanding are from the different courts,
as follows: Civil district court, $758.10;
county court, $287.65; probate court $113.75,
making a total of $1159.50. It is estimated
that 25 per cent of this can not be col-
lected, which will leave him $839.65 as good
costs yet to be collected. Deducting the
deficit of $638.54 from that and the sheriff’s
salary for the year stands as $231.11. Don’t
forget to put emphasis on the 11 cents.
The sheriffs have all along contended
they could not make a living out of office
under the new fee bill, and the sworn
report of Sheriff Thomas- would indicate
that the claim was not exaggerated. When
the new fee bill was pending before the
legislature a -strong effort was made to
have sheriffs exempted from the opera-
tions of the law and an amendment to that
effect was adopted, but when the bill went
to a joint committee for agreement this
feature was stricken out. The Sheriffs’ as-
sociation will send a strong lobby to Aus-
tin next month to work for the repeal of
the present law, and in this they will be
joined by members of the County clerks’
and County judges’ association.
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* " $15 kind for $10.00'
MEN'S FINE SUITS,
$13 kind for
MEN’S FINE SUITS,
$8 kind for
MEN'S FINE SUITS,
$4 kind for
MEN’S FINE PANTS. .
$a kind for
MEN’S FINE PANTS. .
$2 kind for
MEN’S FINE PANTS.
Y. M. C. A. STAR COURSE.
In securing an attraction to take the
place of F. Hopkinson Smith the Y. M. C.
A. was very fortunate in engaging the
Louise Brehany company. Besides the
star, Miss Brehany, there is the noted
pianist of whom the Cedar Rapids Ga-
zette says:
“W. Guillaume Sauvlet, the pianist, is
without doubt the finest artist ever heard
in the city. He has spent a life time upon
the instrument, and no ordinary musician
has the slightest right to criticize his
work. There are many ‘pianists,’ but
Sauvlet is an artist, with an artist’s sym-
pathy and a master’s touch.”
The other members of the company are
Miss Jessie Waters, a mezzo soprano;
George Dethlefs. who “has a wholly
charming baritone voice of great richness
of tone;” Walter Herbert Wheatley, ten-
or, and Miss Agnes Pringle, violinist.
Miss Brehany and Sauvlet were in Re-
menyi’.s famous company.
Tickets for Hawks or for Smith will be
good for this concert.
The concert will be next Tuesday eve-
ning.
Food and Cloches.
SIGNS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.
natural. Being a minister, I am what is
known as ‘a mark’ for beggars and all
kinds of people wuth hard-luck stories.
No minister minds listening to a story
of ill luck, but when he discovers he is
being systematically attacked he either
quits all his charities or begins to study
the cases.
“Tramps have an international code of
signs which are common language to all,
and they have signs which belong only to
gangs or divisions and are used generally
but for a season. During the winter
tramps congregate in lodging houses and
gangs are formed for a summer campaign,
and it is the gang signs which are found
most common in the cities. In the sub-
urbs both are found.
“The clothes and food sign is most often
used, in the city, and many people will
wonder why tramps always ask for old
clothes at their house. Those folks better
go out in front of their house and look for
the cross and circle.
“In the lodging houses of this city are
information men, who have lists of all
charitably inclined people, and their list
has lots more names than even the asso-
ciated charities of this city. The informa-
tion man sells his names to tramps. The
scale of prices is varied from 10 cents for
an old clothes name to 50 cents for a. man
from whom money can be obtained.
“The informer must have his money in
advance and I find his Information is quite
reliable. He always buys the old wearing
apparel brought in by the tramps, and
pays pretty good prices, too, for some of
the clothes collected would surprise most
of the uninitiated.
“Certain tramps make a business of call-
ing on some minister, and if he is ‘worked’
by one his door post is marked by the gang
and he will be compelled to listen to stories
much more touching than the original one.
“Tramps are organized, and their
brotherhood is as strong and as binding as
that of any secret body. One tramp will
never desert another, and they always
share with their own. Their loyalty to
each other is pretty to see, and if there is
nothing else good about them one can not
help admiring that. Some of the most re-
markable stories I have ever listened to
were told me by tramps, and I have found
some of them to be highly educated. One
cold day last winter a tramp called on me,
and, after a talk with him, he read and
translated from a Greek testament for al-
most an hour and never made a single
blunder.
“You will never find a tramp who is
really a pessimist. They will tell you. that
90 per cent of the people of this country
are charitably inclined. As a class they
are not resentful, and I believe I would
prefer their mark saying, ‘Come in.’ ”
g The McRae Coal Company g
Mi We are doing an extensive business—wholesale and retail—but must
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Gibsoji’s XXXX
llctuicl.il ClllO, AViGuilL vpx-»
Eposes, Saratoga R. C., Saratoga
«tam. Paul Jones. Windsor Ckb-
IWO, Hoffman House, Quaker
ingahela, John Dewar’s and Sir
"rs’ select Scotch and Irish
large variety of Cordials,
A census of the slot machines in Galves-
ton has not been taken, but the number is
not far from 50. One saloon keeper is au-
thority for the statement that $1000 was
played against one machine in his estab-
lishment in one month, pnd his place is
not as largely patronized as are several
others in the city. It would be conserva-
tive to say that $25,000 a month is played
against the slot machines of Galveston
and that of that amount the “man behind
the machine” keeps $15,900.
The slot machine is .the most* vicious
form of gambling ever introduced into the
community. Faro, lottery, craps, gold
brick, flim-flam and green goods are mod-
est in comparison. The player has no more
chance to win than he has to catch money
in his mouth while swimming in the sea,
but the game has such a fascinating in-
fluence and the gambling instinct is so
strong in the human breast that men and
boys play it just as long as their money
lasts. In every saloon or other resort
where there is a slot machine it is pretty
sure that you will find a crowd about the
“wheel.” Some of the saloon men are free
to confess that they make more money
out of the slot machines than they do out
of their regular business.
The men who introduced the slot ma-
chines in Galveston are said to have made
•a fortune. The first machines they brought
here were rather crude affairs and fre-
quently got out of order, but the ones that
are coming into use now are handsome
pieces of furniture and are much more
elaborate. Some of the machines are
worked by a spring, but most of them are
operated by electricity.
What proportion of the slot machines are
“crooked” is not known, but it would be
an easy matter to find out if the authori-
ties made a raid and had all of the devices
examined.
Piano duett
Chorus and Echo
“Where Are the Friends?”
Choir and Echo Response.
Piano Solo
Vocal Solo—“The Storm”. . .
Miss M. Dobyns
Remarks Mr. John W. Ring
Duett (vocal)....“Ring the Merry Bells’
Misses M. Dobvns and E. Keuhlhorn.
11.55 p. m Aspiring Silence
Doxology All sing
“Seek Truth, ye mortals here below;
Seek Truth, from whence all blessings
flow;
Seek Truth to clear away the gloom
That lingers still about the tomb.”
A Deal Reported Which Will Involve a
Plant of $125,000.
Houston Post.
Last October Messrs. F. S. Brown and
Albert F. Keeney, representing.' some of
the largest cotton mill interests in the
east, came to Houston and without making
the purpose of their visit public, or making
any fuss or flurry over the matter, quietly
negotiated with Mr. H. T. D. Wilson for
some 18,000 or 20,000 acres- of land at Web-
ster, in Harris county, upon which they
propose to erect a $125,000 cotton mill plant.
Mr. Keeney is a Chicago capitalist and
interested with him in his Texas enterprise
is G. G. Benedict of 786 Monroe street,
Chicago.
The proposed new enterprise, which
means so much for the development of
Harris county, was disclosed through the
following letter, written by Thomas F.
Farmer, a well known traveling man
throughout Texas, to Mr. James B. Baker
of Waco:
“Chicago, Ill., Dec. 26.-Mr. James B.
Baker, Waco, Tex.—Dear -Sir:-' Having
been called to Chicago on business I
dropped in to see Mr. J. F. Keeney about
the cotton mill and at the same time put
in a good word for Waco and her people.
Imagine my surprise when I learned that
the company had already arranged to lo-
cate the mill in Harris county, and having
bought some 18,000 or 20,000 acres of land,
will expend something like $600,000 to
$800,000 in the enterprise.
“I regret very much that Waco did not
get this mill. The machinery the company
intends to use is all first class and up to
date in making fabrics of all kinds. 1
have seen some of the goods turned out by
the machinery and I am sure it is all right
and equal to any cotton goods manufac-
tured.
“Mr. Keeney told me that in several lo-
calities through Massachusetts and Rhode
Island he can find first class cotton mills
which would only be glad of an opportu-
nity to remove to the south, and from what
I can gather if some good representative
citizen of Waco could make a visit to some
of the ‘down east’ states- and submit it to
some of the mills I believe Waco could
have a first class mill in operation by next
cotton crop.
“With a cotton mill located in.Waco we
would have a city second to none. Yours
truly, THOS. F. FARMER.
Galveston sincerely hopes that the in-
formation printed in the Post this morn-
ing is correct. The establishment of a
cotton mill at Webster or at any other
point in the coast country would be a
great benefit to this city. No Galveston
institution would profit more by such an
enterprise than the Galveston cotton and
woolen mills. The great trouble with the
Galveston cotton mills is the difficulty
about securing labor. The more mills
there are the easier it will be for the fac-
tories to recruit their forces of operatives.
In districts where the population is sparse
and where it is a long distance from
manufacturing centers factory men have
hard work in getting operatives. Texas
is slowly but surely overcoming this ob-
stacle. When there are 20 cotton mills in
Texas the labor problem will be solved.
CRESTON CLARKE.
The theater patrons of this community
are loo-king forward with great pleasure
to the engagement of Creston Clarke, who
will appear at the opera house tonight and
tomorrow night.
The management has made arrange-
ments with Mr. Clarke to stop here for
two- nights on his western tour, and al-
ready there has been a great demand for
seats. Mr. Clarke, assisted by Miss Ade-
laide Prince, will present his latest suc-
cess, “The Ragged Cavalier,” tonight,
while for Sunday night he will put on
“The Last of His Race.”
There was a time when Mr. Clarke an-
nounced himself as the nephew of the
great tragedian E'dwin Booth, and drew
patronage on that account. Today, how-
ever, all that is passed, Mr,. Clarke ap-
pears on his merits as an actor. Much of
the success of Mr. Clarke’s plays is due to
Miss Adelaide Prince. Miss Prince’s pow-
ers are too well known to need much
comment. Educated, as she has been, un-
der Augustin Daly, playing seconds to
Miss Ada Rehan, and for the last several
years as a star, in leading roles, she has
proven herself in every way capable
from an artistic standpoint, worthy of all
that was expected of her by her teachers.
Mr. Clarke carries with him special cos-
tumes and settings for both plays.
Belasco’s “Heart of Maryland” will be
presented Monday and Tuesday, and the
McLean-Tyler-Hanford organization will
follow Wednesday and Thursday.
IG^OTHERS.
terror of thousands of
jicausk its outbreak is so
AqueiWy fatal. Shiloh’s
f&mpticm Cure acts like
feCroup. Jjt has never been
Known io ia,xx. -/The worst cases relieved
immediately. Price 25 cents, 50 cents and
ir Mash, Pam Jones.
. Whiskies:
Old Harpers Nelson County in bottles
or bulk, Ba&er’s Rye, Cibson’c MNYTC
Monongahejf, Canadian Club, Mount Ver-,
N. 6, Mono:
inet, The'
Club Morjj
John Poy
Whiskies
We h:
■Y; HOTEL, a
V/ N. B. SLIGH, Proprietor.
REFURNISHED
and up to date in every
particular. T
. Cuisine Unexcelled,
^superlative
id handsome a;
have a full line
L Our aim is C -
K. ThereforeJ?w<
g^ods, and ®ie
finest line of
Vve Clicquot1,
hl, G. H. Mumm
rifis, Pomerey &
Moselle and,
Doblenz, and
mce, French
hlartigue &
ise & Fils
L Rudelle,
-mandoo
ers’ select bcotcii and irisA
y, c xx->e a’large variety of Cordials,
Sherrie/ and Ports, imported and domes-
tic We handle also the American Cham-
pagnef Gold Seal and the celebrated
GreatAVestern, which are almost equal to
the imported.
Alllbf our goods not in bulk are in orig-
inal/packages. You can depend upon,
whaf we tell you regarding their flavor,
purfty and goodness.
An Automatic Money Maker That Scientifically Robs
the Public.
The slot machine people think that Gal-
veston is the softest “graft” they have
ever known of. They are “working” this
city to the queen’s taste, and they are so
confident that there will be no interference
that plans are under way which will give
an opportunity to everybody to go against
the game. At present the slot machines
are only in saloons, some cigar stores and
public resorts, but if things go well with
the “man behind the machine” it will not
be long before the gambling devices will
be set up at all the prominent street cor-
ners.
No one who has not inquired has any
idea of the extent of slot machine gam-
bling in the city of Galveston and no one
who hag not investigated knows that many
of the machines are “fixed” or “crooked,”
so that what little chance the foolish play-
er has to win is reduced to a minimum.
Of course, slot machines are unlawful.
The people who furnish the machines are
aware of that fact, the people who place
them in their establishments know it and
the public knows it. But what has a little
thing like the law got to do with it?
STYLISH CHILD’S JACKET.
This little jacket is an attractive style
for children. It is shown made of castor-
brown cloth with black braid for garni-
ture. A distinguishing feature Is a sailor
collar, which falls deep and square across
the back and has tapering ends that ex-
tend along the edges of the fronts to the
waist. The closing is made diagonally
pi-iampa®
toederer. Reirta
randon White S'
uinart Pere & j, .
Bouche Fils. iAlsp
F:;;"! HubteS,
larbach & Co#Maro
’"he of'
:zil, C^
P. &
f .Co.,
& Co.
Wines'^
cun Fx uixCnsco
landel. per gallcB
si, 90c; Port, per s
ilon, $1.
din Whiskies:
jkmd & Lillard, Old
pgfoaer, Tarantula
The following is a record of'interments
in the city cemeteries during the week
ending Friday, Dec. 30, as reported by Dr.
W. C. Fisher, city health physician:
Dec. 21: Sidney Marzburger, 27 years;
died in Denver, Colo.
Dec. 22: Annie Louise Lauderman, 13
years; typhoid fever. Mrs. Dena Henson,
40 years; drowning (inquest).
Dec. 23: Fred Ward, colored, 55 years;
accident. Robert Parker, colored, 55 years;
traumatism. Frederick Cramer, 65 years;
died down the island. D. D. Atchison, 79
years; heart disease.
Dec. 24: Mrs. Dollar, 48 years; coma.
.Lizzie Smith, colored; septicaemia. Geo.
H. Jackman, 48 years; uraemic coma. Mrs.
Daisy McAlpine, 25 years; crushed by rail-
road engine (inquest).
Dec. 25: Chris Jordan, 43 years; sepris.
Dec. 26: Susan Schoolfield, colored, 73
years; cerebral apoplexy.
Dec. 27: Baby Thompson, colored, 1
month; inanition. R. C. Railton, 65 years;
gunshot wound (inquest). Infant of Ed
Smith, colored; stillborn. Sam Garrett,
colored, 50 years; severance of temporal
artery (inquest).
Dec. 28: Mrs. M. A. Sabin'S died in Dal-
las. Mrs. Carrie M. Drew, 31 years; ca-
tarrhal pneumonia. Mike Long, 22 years;
typhoid fever.
Dec. 29: Baby Kriger; stillborn. Mrs.
Christine Elbert, 83 years; old age. Fannie
Borpa, colored, 47 years; uraemia.
Annual death rate per 1000 for week
15 3-5.
Died in Sealy hospital 1, in St. Mary’s
hospital 1.
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| SLOT MACHINES IN GALVESTON, g
---—.
I An Automatic Money Maker That Scientifically Robs A
? the Public. f
i rttop
■ It is a mecultgrl
f ^Ith “GOOD^fUCL .
G to never g^fefliard and he a1
■§> hiscuitrimit remain soft :
RICHMOND, VA.
NORTH GALVESTON.
Mr. Woodward, wife and daughter a?*,'
rived from Chicago Tuesday. They will;
make North Galveston their permanent'
home.
Messrs. Robert and Frank Miller havq
been in Galveston the last week disposing11
of a consignment of apples and potatoes,-
Everything point's to active operations
being commenced by the owners of North
Galveston. Chicago capital will be the
motive power. z
The hop at the North Galveston hotel
was enjoyable. Quite a number of Gal*j .
vestonians were present, among them Mr.
Nichols, son of Mr. Fred McC. Nichols.
3‘
TETE-A-TETE.
Tomorrow (Sunday) is New Years, but ;
it will not be officially observed until Mon-
day, when four prominent houses on
Broadway will be “open.” This is a beau-
tiful custom, and Galveston is right up to
the mark in observing it so hospitably.
Col. and Mrs. Walter Gresham, Mr. and
Mrs. H. M. Trueheart, Mr. and Mrs. M.
Lasker and Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Isaacs,
assisted by a large number of married
people and young people, will give New’
Year greetings and dispense gracious
cheer to their friends, whose names are
legion In the evening at 8 o’clock five
cotilions will be danced at Col. Gresham’s.
The first will be led by Mr. I. Kempner,
second by Mr. Laurence Burck, third by
Mr. Kidd of Houston and the other two
by Mr. Julian B. Adoue. After the recep-
tion hours at the various homes, the Mar-
ried ladies’ seven hand euchre club will
entertain with cards at Mrs. Walter F.
Breath’s.
Tomorrow evening Miss Sonnentheil wnll
entertain with cards.
The Junior Bachelors will entertain
their young friends at the home of the
president, Mr. William Beers, The club
Invites 12 gentlemen, each of whom is ex-
expected to bring a young lady. This
club has been in existence for about three
years and has become noted for its enjoy-
able entertainments.
A number of prominent families will
hold watch meetings this evening.
Miss Nancy Davidson will be' the guest
of Miss Belle Dickson of Houston until
Monday morning, when she will return to
Galveston, accompanied by her hostess.
Both Miss Dickson and Miss Davidson
will receive with Miss Josie Gresham
Monday.
Miss Josie Gresham returned yesterday
from Houston, where she was the guest
of Mrs. R. W. Knox for several days. It
is. understood a party of Houstonians will
attend Miss Gresham’s german Monday
evening.
Miss Ada Evans’ Christmas party, given
to her little pupils on Monday evening last
at Cathedral hall, was a beautiful affair.
About 50 children from 3 to maturer years
tripped the “light fantastic” in a manner
that would do credit to older ones. Miss
Mary Lee Waldron, a tiny young miss of 4,
favored the audience with a fancy dance
which was most gracefully executed. It
was impossible to obtain a full list of the
names of those present. Miss Evans will
close her school with a children’s fancy
dress ball in February.
There is a movement on foot to have
Miss Abbie Hill of Houston and other
prominent women lecturers of the state
come to Galveston and deliver a series of
lectures. Miss Hill is well known in the
different cities of Texas. She lectured
here about two years ago, and is very
pleasantly remembered. She has lectured
in San Antonio, Dallas, Waco and Sher-
man.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, club leader and. so-
ciety light, never did a brighter thing in
her whole illuminated life than when she
threw open the portals of hei’ palace the
other night and greeted as her guests
hundreds of the pretty typewriter girls
of Chicago, says the December number of
Woman’s Home Companion. With a func-
tion that would have flattered her dear
four hundred friends she entertained
these self supporting young women of
the National, stenographers’ association,
which at her instigation was organized
during the world’s fair and has since re-
ceived her friendly and financial support.
This one gracious act of a woman honored
the world over did more to break down
the false social barriers of wealth and to
inspire in the woman who works the be-
lief that worth may always win than all
the cut and dried problem papers that
were ever mumbled from a club platform.
carries anr beNr
exrellehces*
|tearance
lof what-
build up1
■e must
prices.
i
line with the professionals. She must [
■stand or fall by the same tests as are
given to the man at the desk beside hers
in the city room.
•Cross Dog.
SL
Cross Dog and Cross Woman.
■I
PLACED A LARGE ORDER.
In casting around for suitable gifts,
Santa Claus decided to place a large order
with a certain Galveston house. This was
a “rush” order, and has been kept from
the public. Last night, however, the news
leaked out, and it now comes to light that
the old gentleman went to the manager
of the Galveston Brewing Co. and bought
up all the beer that corporation had on
’ ---J This caused the management to in-
crease the daily output enough to cover
the hole made by Santa Claus’ purchase.
It’s the best beer made.
Keep your poultry and live stock ‘‘toned
up” with “Standard” stock feed. We car-
ry It in large and small packages.
L Phone 703. HANNA & LEONARD.
DECEMBER 31, 189&
THE GALVESTON TRIBUNE: SATURDAY,
fiWIil.'Sil
W66SMI ---
S Quickest
h Line
ToSt. Louis, Chicago, NewYork
and all Eastern and Northern Cities.
Through Sleepers.
JOE B. MORROW,
City Passenger Agent.
"RED CORNER.’*- .
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GALVESTON TRIBI fN S
BATUBDAY EVENING, DEC. 31, 1SSS.
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