The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVth Year, No. 27, Ed. 1, Monday, May 1, 1899 Page: 8 of 10
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WUIE TO DR BYERS
Snrm rWiftf yesferday by Rev W
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TIE FIRST PRESBVTERIAN CHURCH
f
r cn the tcimonji to Be Gained from
the tlfe BBd Chnrac < er ofIlev
y il > H Byer DtJ
Men shilt come to the erave In a lull
ce like as aBhoclc ksti corn cometb In
ln Its 6eason Job v 2Sj
pa Tuesday ML the 23th day ot April
at halfpast elgbf in the morning the Rev
Robert HsmMon Byers D D after 85
years of mortal life entered upon his In-
heritance of he nnendinc roars ot Im-
mortal lite On Wednesday the 26th day
of April at haltpast three In the after
nopni I read the burial service over his
lifeless body and It was laid away In the
crave hidden under a beautiful mantle of
flowers No words of eulogy woru pro-
nounced Soma weeks before his end Dr
Byers ent for mo and told me that ho
was sure his remaining days would bo tow
and that he wished mo to conduct the
funeral services when be should die lie
told mo that ho had requested his family
to bury him with the utmost simplicity
and that ho had bent for me to say that
he desired I should road the scripture
and offer a prayer when the occasion
should arrive bu that he did not wish any
oration ot1 eulogy pronounced over him
lie had no wish he said to violate custom
and have what was unusual done That
was not In bis thought lie had lived
simply and wished to be buried without
ostentation that was all He did not
feel that he deserved anything raid that
he was a sinner saved by the grace ot our
Lord Jesus Christ that he hail honestly
striven to do his duty in the world and
that was not a thins to boast of and wheu
be would pasB to his judgment a Judgment
to bo rendered by the allwlsc God and lov
Inc Father who knew ail his weaknesses
and all his endeavors Then be added
Read the Word ot Uod and oiler a prayer
Brother Leavcll and then lay my poor
bedy away
So 1 said nothing when ve came to bury
one of the most romarknble mcu It has
ever been my fortune to know My desire
to say something fitting tugged away at
my heart but I respcoted bit dying wish
and Bald nothing And even here In this
placo today where my own sense of fitness
must be my guide rather than bis sense
of fitness I would not go so far j to
violate his wishes But I am stir be
would be tho last to In pose upon me a
wjsh of his which would in my judgment
Interfere with my duty to this church and
this community Vet In foMontDg my
sense ot right I will endeavor to keep In
mind that nothing could be less congenial
to his sntnt than a fuUome aed glowing
eulozr
Mr wish Is not so much to prahe the
dead as to draw some lessost from that
completed life for the encouragement and
guidaoce of the living J r my duty is not
to the dead e much as to the Hving My
personal relations with Dr Byers were so
close a to warrant this use of his life and
cbsracter and could I help any man to a
braer life by so dUng my old friend
woald not tinder I want too to pluco
ca record my affection for him and my
Elia aooreclatlon of bis character and
abilities He was not a man lo give or
socep open praise I have henrd from
osers many kindly things he said about
ae but I recall no compliment or tlat
tericr word he ever said lo me And
sareSy 1 < jo not need to tell you that I
Postess oo flattering lips Close as was
our association mutually appreciative as
we Vaew each other to be no words of
mere compliment cvor tpagsed between
us And vet our mutual confidence our
treedem with each other our constant con
sultation on matters pertaining to the in
terests of our common Master our nlmost
uniform agreement on nmters of policy
the mutual deference W > own for each
others Judgment whenever wo differed
all
testify to a verv unusual friendship
between tivo men whono aao wero ro
wl < ie apart Dnrnc all a he mon < than six
years of our tonrtant asao talion there
never wan the rlnnlr of a disturbance of
our relations I have never received
greater dnfrrence from any man and I
never showed more reverence to any min
ister ot Jesus Christ
J very dav racll < Kouston he
called to see me at the hquso of his ven
erable friend Mrs llhirlottr M Allen
and gave mo an oxnreislon of his Interest
our reliilonM ripened into a friendship
wh rb was neither broken nor disturbed
to the end
I endrcc cJty returj > J < o a ministry
l v e
in
the South from a ministry ot many
J cars In Now England and by some
jealous ministers or the church was on
mat account looked unnn askance Mnc
jusocoted ot having imbibed a modicum or
ii5il2 op < c P11 whch llmltB e six
rClhrL i ly 0 ethlM l > P
nfn
fvL 1 rMfh Hoimop thev had under
at once rankly told me what warning he
had received and who had warned him
tb fv rosli e XDres5ed h Pinion of
aratv f to iilm from th t day
and I
neyer failed to do him
hlJ1 1 m ° ed occasio
tlon and that was wed with
a incisure
I did
not uoderlake
to conceal Thi
w b UIWnR w < flnished and wJ
inv fVi M nlei n this roontat
ny one time
since
ha
nreached with i
tXiitnlnVilL tor of tbiusW
f ifrMh funded
those of u who even
were somewhat famllfir
year ago nnw mor han forty
c itcelehtT > ni nlM 5f8rs < > and
niMon Dr Brer r i i i wnoortu
paws Ktnoar
tS ° r W oj fha
was engaged and the singular ability of
the man it Is perhaps true that Texas
Pe abytcflanlim owes to him as much as
to any other man Us preient position and
power By this I do not mean to sub-
tract trora tba honor due any other but
simply to place Dr Byers selfdenying
labors ameng those splendid forces which
have brought about a great result
Snie years before the rlvll war he held
the pastorate of this the first church of
Houston And now after more than forty
years 1 hear men ssy that his preaching
was so powerful In these early days that
the Intellectual men ot this youdg com-
munity waited with delight upon bis in-
structive ministry
But it Is not my purpose to preach
memorial sermon and so I will not so
Into the details ot his long and uselul
career In this State My purpose Is rather
to draw from his life and character cer-
tain lesosns that may prove useful to us
who remain and who have lifes battle to
been uniformly men of simple tastes and
habits eschowlng ostentation of every
sort I believe It Is the judgment of all
Mber minded peopl that simplicity K a
necessary quality ot greatness for they
see so many ostentatious people who cer-
tainly aro not great and they aen so few
great people who are ostentatious that is
not simple in ihclr manner of life Bo
much Is this true that a man must have
peculiarly great abilltcs even among the
great if he can be ostentatious and at the
same time Impress other thinking people
with his greatness 1 may have happened
once or twice in the history ot men but
tho rule Is that great natures arc not os-
tentatious arc not fond of display but
are on tho contrary simple and unassum-
ing Their own simplicity makes them
Intolerant of what is not unassuming
They resent display And it Is practically
impossible to get them to think that men
who love display love to mako a show are
right thinking men arc much worth-
while
Now in a marked way Dr Byers was
without any element of the spectacular in
the competition of his nature Indeed
were
The elements so mixed In him that na-
ture might stand up
Aad say to all the world This was a
man
So he has set before us in this thing
a very worthy example None of us can
hope to develop powers that would better
warrant our cxhlbtton of ourselves before
our fellows than were possessed by this
Tenctabie man of God and yet he was
characterized by simpllcty the simplicity
that is in Chriit His final request was
in keeping with that simpllcty Iew men
who have labored here in Texas could
bate bcttter deserved to have bis funeral
services mado the occasion for the mani
festation of the honor in which wo held
him But no he was simply a mlnlstsr
cf Christ he was only a sinner saved by
grace and in his mind the only appro-
priate way to lay him away was to do It
without ostentation And so he was bu-
ried In tho simple manner that was con-
sonant with his simple life
In another respect ho taught me a most
useful lesson I never heard a word of
dissatisfaction that It was In the provi
dence of God his lol to labor in the less
prominent pulpits of the church Thoro
is some human nature In all of us and It
Is bith natural and common for men con
scious oj possessing marked abilities to
wish far thoso opportunities that gain
wldo attention to their services In Itself
such a desire Is jiot wrong and Is not nec-
essarily Injurious to tho usual tono In
our profession tho placo to secure such
general nttentlon to our words and sor
vlce Is thn pulpit of somo church promi
nent In the denomination I do not sup
pose that I make an unworthy charge
against my brethren or mako an altogether
now revolatlon when I say that our mln
JstorR do seek the more prominent and dis
tinguished places of the church Indeed
not a few of our brethren in the ministry
do not think It unbecoming lo publish In
the papers accounts of their successes nnd
so call public and general attention to
their cfnclcncy Some Indeed carry
this to an extent which la disapproved of
by others who Indulge In tho samn thine in
a small way
Now I venture to say that few tnlnls
tnrH have ever served the church with less
nf selfsicklng than Dr By or l vcntilro
In declare that In all his long ministry
he hover onc sought a rnnsplcuous pulpit
wherr his nbllltlea would be more likely
to claim attention to themselves and
whern his material situation would ho
rendered easier He bellved that the
providence of God should be unhampered
and that wo should never presume to
force Ills hand and no was content to
labor whero God was content to put him
IIP could hut sen and recognize the firt
that otbrr men of far lopst blll y and
worth were occupying ptacru nf larger
prominence and opportunity than ho was
ctllrd to fill and which he knew hln pow
ers tilted him to occupy and yet In his
estimate of such men which was as I
have occnslon to know n singularly fair
fBtlnutp there was n ver a shadow ot
disoppolntroent that God had not called
him to i similar prominence Ho rose lo
distinction indeed but it was In no sense
due to the places he filled He was con-
scious of strong powers disciplined by long
and hard study and these he freely aud
fully consecrated to thn service of his
Mnstor
1 have felt more than once that had ha
been called to a professors chair In one
otour theological seminaries tho efficiency
of
our ministers would have been greater
Tba thing I want to emphaslie is that he
was content to serve where God was con
tent to have him servo
To his latest hour he had a Joy In pre
paring sermons and prearhing the gospel
ot Jesus Christ that was as eager as that
Ji ° 7 ° wh0 n m eners th sreat
service The gospel was always good
Zl t ° Wm > ad hc lQvei1 ° dS J
< ° wu
nto the
underlying principles upon which
it was based and then by a most clear
elucidation
exhibit the sweet reasonab
2T ot truth was always sceklnK
some fresh view
of the old gospel by which
he could unchain the attention of e7eleii
hearers and bring them to a saving know
edge of the truth Up to the very ult
nT WOrlnE at n w r 8n 31 would
often surprise me with some striking and
V lT W h on he C0Irt r
v 5 bJw hly wouM < Klc tip to mr
study and say fBro I avell vhit Is your
interpretation of thl
o mwT v yon
ever preached upon Itv Ho wo Id quota
the scripture
passage and then enter nnon
h hounht telling mVhow
It l tho hm n3u how he proposed to tiso
sermon be was then preparing
ind JW n he would Inspire my
tning along the same 1 ne
At such timm
anT nTad 0 d thin
ann a ih p
glafl light wou d
como Into his olt
A
WMTrlse < ghe i °
us urst triumphs He was
lone
strength r 1S a could set
for tho
service hq was deter
mined to use it in preactlng tbB seand
Al the last meeting of the
Preibytory
onlv
eek or tho before his Si ti iCJ
accordance with hl n n deske ve l- 1
oU hlmlh Luhbfk sireoVc Krch
0 eonttnuo him In sarv ce as stated sun
Jl0lvr was more amazed
ofi
V
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at mother evidence ot his alertness of
mind which was constantly before me
his continued Interest In the questions
of theology which are now la the heat
of discussion Ills Interest In and study or
advancing thought never flagged Most
old men rest on their oirs and do not en-
deavor to keep abreast with theological
discussion But Dr Byera was not so
What the advanced scholars werj think-
ing and teahlng was always mitter of
Interest to him and his familiar acquaint-
ance with the details cf their thought as-
tonished me over and over How he got
at it I could not tell He had few of the
newer books he could scarcely see to r d
and yet he kept acquaintance with what
was going on and he would discuss the
matters lp controversy with wonderful
Intelligence and sometimes with amazing
sympathy He would euter upon an ex-
amination of some rather advanced line of
thought trare Its regular movement ac
cording to iho iequlrements ot logic and
fight Ufas labor to do Byers was < lw TV fc >
In I5iFFIIXIJa
many respects a very remarkable nan
He had one quality In large measure that ° hal m 521
seems to be the Invariable accompaniment f fJ 1 jLT hi
of greatnesssimplicity I have known not because emanated from a source of which
he was Kenerally doubtful But If after
a tew men of great power and they have
examination it approved ftself to him
he would unhesitatingly give In his ad-
herence to It without fear
For hc had an unfaltering and invincible
tyust In the truth whatever It was tlo
had a habit of enylqg that truth was one
thing In all the world that rould afford
lo be known He had Bn Intimate ar
qualntance with tho history of theological
thought knew many of the changes
through which some of the most generally
accepted dogmas have passed saw that
all that was vital had remained nnd so hc
never feared discussion If wo ctn get
new light lol tia get It only let U3 be
i sure It Is true light he would eay with
conviction He was never hysterical be-
cause those things which he reverently be-
lieved were subjected lo the crucible Ho
had an unfailing Interest In the examina-
tion ot their component parts and a keen
cyo for what was true and what was falso
And he believed that all the truth would
stand the test and come out whole and
unbroken He had eonjidcred the days
of old the ycaro of ancient time had
meditated upon the movements of God In
the past and was utterly willing to trust
him for tho future Tho God on whom he
believed and the truth of the divine reve
lation had always been nnd would always
be sovereign nnd triumphant Tho se-
renity of his faith In God and his faith In
the truth was therefore never fretted
never a wave ot fear or doubt disturbed
its peace
But I mu3t stop lest I trench upon for
bidden ground unci be found In spite ot
my wish a trespasser I have called at
tention to somo of the qualities which
inarkid Dr Ityers life and character and
you will agree with mo that It was vl e
o do so Such men ought not to be al
lowed to pass from our midst 1n the U
lenco that would be fitting In most casus
From them wo can loam much that will
be U3oful to us In living our lives and uu
Ing our work although our Jives be dif
ferently cast Of Dr Dyers it may be paid
vithout much exaggeration Hc vns a
man take him for all In all I shall not
look upon his like again More than any
other outside or his Immediate family I
shall miss him In the days to come I
Minll miss the Inspiration of that Impact
of mind which sc often stirred mn to
thoughtfulncss I shall miss the oppor
tunity of consulting with his great expe-
rience In trying periods that I must yet
pass through before my own work Is done
I shall miss tho splendid Illustration ot
mental alertness nnd productiveness de
spite enfeebled years which he always
Placed before mo and I shall miss the
buoyancy of his undaunted faith with
which ho trusted all things to God His
death U to mo a loss which I can hardly
Wipe to repair for It Is net likely that I
will again bo thrown Into Intimate asso
ciation with such a man In th > Immedlatn
neighborhood of my work Whllo know
rip what rclrase from his body meant for
iilm I could not but regret to sse him go
I shall always thank God that Ho gnvo
ine tho friendship of Dr Byer in thesa
lust crowning years of his long life
I mtiBt not olofc without
adding that
th a vcnornblo man camo to his death
with a serpno and undisturbed pnaco tho
standlng mth un unfaltering faith In
tne saving power ot Jesus Christ wluso
gospel of
redemption he preached for netr
l
> fifty years ami with nn undlmmed hopo
of that rrown of righteousness which Hi
Righteous Jjdgo will give to all who
fuin led the Scripture which saltlr Thou
shall romo to thy grave In a full gC iu <
m a ohock of corn cometh in In Ita sea
1 KV liAlUCIVS HKAIVW
Ohrtrcli nt 3tclu U n rrPntlT
Jlpiiulltoi
Mria Texas
April 3n Thn Baptist re
vival services have hern In progress for
two weeks Tho meetings have been or
great spiritual power Tho whole com-
munity has been blessed Christians from
all tho denominations have taken part
iaiy hr < > conTssta falt ° In Christ and
ii Lr h 0hcrs are pccted to iolu to
night
Dr Lamkin has done the preaching and
it i needless to say it has been well done
> etv men aro his equal in revival serviced
apd no church csn have him with thorn
nn unl Bf < uro ft Massing from his labors
Tho Mexla church will long remember
nla visit and the great spiritual blessings
that have como Into our homes through
the influence of the meetings will be in
Inspiration in our Christian lives
He will leave tor his home in Houston
Monday and the prayers of our Christian
people will follow him
AIlITESTKn OV AN IXDICTWRNT
V Jf Champion Plnreil Undnr Arrest
Yeaterdny
The grand jury before adjourning on
Saturday turned in lo the criminal court
an Indictment against E M Champion
cashier of the Houston City Electric Street
Railway company charging him with em-
bezzlement and upon this lndlctmsnt ha
was arrested yesterday his bond being
fixed at 3000
This arrest grows out of the loss by Mr
Champion of 3000 less W5 which was
not taken he
claiming to have besn
robbed of tho balance about u oclock one
morning on Franklin avenue near the
postoftice about three weeks ago
SDliltitnllMlo TIcMlnn
The Hpirltuil orlciy jal
ne of thrir u u
lillereMlug and iuHrtictiv u ectlu5 at Brjau
hall tlerday afternoon Tre tubject of Mr
F K n 3hsn ra dlscouric was
Tread Not
h
ioaou cre lna 1 l niVB ffi Sff I Wte
ot tclllns how tha nover 10M <
new o trqth alwaya SJit Present wrs Iorroii
raent but C u eJ many who had
minrtbVplratlon his
alert ever
mind
So I
° at hR m
rrclv d ono
she acquired the know
lliiuton Mprltt Arilllrrr
There will i u ery Important meeting of
tb Houiton Lisht Artillery this eyeing at
8 0 clock at tho armory iw Texas avenue
A tow of tbe members are determined to
keep the organtutton
together at any con at
m during the cenloc summer a theyiu
t members ask forMtoVop Mon oYVii I
wjc haveany Interest whatever In the wsi
fare of the battm At the meeting tonight
s tew captain lll probably be fleeted to lilt
the vaesnoy caused by the resignation ot
Captain Thomas It Is also expected that a
numbr of ne memberwillbe voted on and
a Urge attendance is requested for this pur
rose
DEATH OF It T DOTiAJf
A Former Citizen of Houston Die on
Hi Farm In Liberty County
Niws reached this city yesterday of the
death of Dr N P Dolan whlc h occurred at
hit farm in Liberty county about nine mlhs
from Shepherd on the Houston East aad
West Texas railway His death occurred at
lam yesterday and he was burled it 1
p m Death respited from an accident tho
exact character of which wss not disclosed
in ths dispatch tnnounclng his death The
fl dlspstcb asked that a doctor be sent out
but before medical aid from here could reach
lira another dispatch announced his death
Dr Dolan was well known and highly es-
teemed In this city where he had lived for a
rnmber ot years He was 65 yesrs ot age
and was born In Sullivan county Tenneseee
Ik cams to Houston In 1S66 from St Lout
and though at that time a licensed physi-
cian be engaged in the insurance business
the firm being Dolan Pollard then Dolan
Price and afterward Dolan Steele the
pns nt Insurance agency ot A L Steele
Co being a successor to the old nrm After
qutftlng the Insurance business Dr Dolan
returned the practice of medicine In 1584 or
lf > ho represented this county In the legis-
lature and for tho term preceding lDfi be
served this county as county physician being
succeeded by Dr Noark It was Just after
the expiration ot bis service as county phy-
sician that ho left Houston for the farm in
Liberty county where he continued to live
up to tho time of his death Besides a
widow and two unmarried daughters who
wer with him nt his country home ut Dolan
leaves a son and two married daughters resi-
dents of this city Joe Dolan Mrs Frank
Lcckhart and Mrs J A Pearson a married
datghtcr Mrs J M Parker living on
Greens byoii a brother Sbafcr Dolan living
at Cypress in this county two brothers liv-
ing In Tennessee and a sister Mrs Duncan
living in Missouri
Dr Dolan served In the Confederate army
uider General Price
During his long residence In Houston he
ratio a host of friends who will regret to
Itarn ot his death He was a man of strong
Impulses great determination of character
nt < d had the courage to forcibly express his
convictions upon any and nil subjects but
withal hc was congenial and companionable
and thoso who knew him best admired him
most
THIS CIlITTIiVroV MISSION
ArrnlRtm KIiik Alcolinl nml Convict
Him
Tho service at tho Crlttcnton Mission
last night was a novel and very interest-
ing one Tho hall whs crowded a great
many ladies being present The meeting
was opened as usual with singing nf sacred
songs by the audience and solos by Mlsa
Camlllo Bradburn and Mr F M Sherfy
and the reading of passages of Scripture
all bearing on tho curse of drink r
Mr Thomas J Rentro mounted the
platform as prosecuting attorney In the
celebrated caso ot tho people against
King Alcohol A Jury was drawn from
the audience representing the dlffernnt
churches and religious and temperance
organizationsand a bill of Indictment was
read by Mr Reirtro This bill was a
strong logical document ngalnal Intem-
perance or as tho prosecuting attornoy
termed It King Alconol clear and lu-
cid showing tho evils wrought by strong
drink in tho departments of Justice In
tho church and In tho home and was lis
tened to with the utmost attention
At tho closo of tho reading It being too
late to present tho argument in tho case
Judge Justice Mr Bradburn gave
tho charge to tho jury which returned a
volllct of y without leaving Its scat
The meeting closed by singing tho hymn
Meet Me There During the singing a
great number of men went forward and
gave their hands as evldcnco of the fact
that they had taken their last drink
u
terdav
rnnsoxvi mkxtioi
Cono of Vclasco was In tho city yes
Mr J TV
Trouoe
Rust came In yesterday from
Ycstprdav Y0UnC ° Glv < Etn w B th city
° lle1 Krkl of Richmond is quartered
nt tre Bristol
J h6 on ot Radne TVlss domiciled
at thn Bristol
Kdcar A Roberts ot Angelina is stopping
at tbn Bristol
Mr A A Varden ot Dallas was In the
city vestcrdav
Mrs M Mrllhcnny of Bclton was In the
city vestcrdav
Miss Bdlth Chtisty was an arrival trom New
Orlcins yesterday
Mr TV It Dial was In Houston yesterday
from Nacosdochei
Mr 1 lllllsou of San Antonio was a Sun
nay visitor to Houston
Hon John D McOall mavor of Austin
was In th cltv Yesterday
Charles S Oheeiborough ot Galveston spent
yesterday in the cltv nt theBristol
Messrs C B Howard and C Monroe ot
Galveston wrr In the cltv yesterday
Osotatn Tyre Taylor a prominent nlantar
of T barton county was In the city veeterday
Mrs Beatrice Conlaughton of Sealy is visit-
ing Mrs F B It Shatter 107 San Feilpa
street
Mr I C Griffith sheriff of Montgomery
ccuntv Tas In the cltv vealerdav en route
lo Shelby countv to get a prisoner
Messrs TV B Llvlnsood and M Sllsh two
well known hotel men of Oalveston arrived
In the cltv yesterdsv overltnd by bicycle
Messrs D H Caswell Ray McDonnell
TV D Patrick Geo A Hill and Suh Mob
Icy were a partv of prominent arrivals from
Austin yesterdav
Miss Haiti Johnston left last night tor
New Orleans to bo one of the attoudsnts at
the marriage of her friend Miss TVlculn
daughter cf C C TVIetln formerly a resi
dent of Houston
CITY nitUiVITtlS
The city council will meet thl afternoon in
regular session
Th Fittvnfth civil district and the county
court will commence thetr regular May terms
todav
A number of delegates left last night tor
Autttn to attend tb meeting ot th grand
ledge of Sons nf Hermann
Chllilrenii Uny Services
Special childrens day serviceswere held
at the First Bapltst church last night at
S oclock An Interesting and appropriate
programme had bean prepared for the
oorasion which was rendered in a most
excellent manner to a large congregation
by tho little ones and others who took
part as follows
Orgau Voluntary MissAnnie Bearden
Marih The Children
Prayer Superintendent ot School
Grcetlns Primary Department
The Choir
uU Oockrell
lnlftffrb fn S ninber qt auotatlons from tho ° n s Utle 0nes Tho Children
tired
Address
Duct
Recitation
Anthem
Doxology
F D Mclntyro
Mary and Willie Ktmbrough
Mabel Roberta
The Choir
SaeiiRfrliiuiil Uiitertnlmiient
A musical and dramatlo entertainment
was given by tho Houston Sacngerbund
fcoclcly at their hall last night at S oclock
Studentenstrcicho a comedy In one act
was rendered under the direction of Mr
William Freekmann assisted by the fol
lowlntr cast
RuhWrs capitalist
Mr n Kreltr
JLeoatlne his daughterMIh M LuSpS
Barthold studentDr H A Engelhardt
Sturmfeder student Mr H Walther
Mrs Zlppel matron Mr L Scharck
Bock tailor Mr J Hartung
Esslg Innkeeper Mr John Roeisler
Lottcben Buegel mildMiss Rosa Suhm
The entertainment was concluded by
music and a dance
The flaengerbund entertained the audi-
ence with several well rendered selec-
tions
IVoodVolce uptlnts
A very prtty and Impressive ceremony
In which Rev John E Green officiated
Yesterday evening at 6 oclock Joined in
holy wedlock Miss Josephine Voice and Mr
Edward A Wood at tba home of the brides
parents No 2214 Congress avenue in tho
presence of > abont fifty ot the young friends
of tho nuptial parties Mr Wood is a
nephew of William C Brann the dead
Iconoclast and the bride a membejr ot tho
younger society of the East Third ward
Alter tho ceremony a sweetmeat and wine
supper was enjoyed by all present
BALDWINS NATATORIUM
Will open for the season on Monday May
1 Prices aduits 25 cents under 15
years ot age 15 cents or two for 23 cents
The pool la supplied with a constant flow
of artesian water at a temperature of S6
decrees
On the opening night at S oclock there
will bo given an entertainment of races
for prizes for ladles boys and men as per
following programme
Boys race under 12 1 length
Ladles race 1 length
Boys raco under 15 2 lengths
Open handicap tor men 2 lengths
Amateur championship ot Houston
i lengths
Fancy swimming and diving by Frof
Tom Protheroc of Bristol England with
Messrs Nosworthy DeTrevllle Lucy and
others concluding with a dive from tho
roof by Prof Rotherc Music by band
Ladies especially lnvtcd Admission to
pool 23 cents
Entrance fee to races 23 onts In-
cludes admission entries must bo mado
at Natatorlum by Saturday noon
To Tho Houston Io3t
Sour Lake Texas April 20 1S09 Please
say to tho public that Sour Lako has un-
dergone a thorough system of repairs Tho
hotel and lake park3 and Inclourcs havo
beon enlarged The gardens have been
made productive Sour Lake dairy prom
ises an abundanco ot milk and butter tUo
hotel buildings have been methodically
overhauled and covered with new roofs
that which was old and worn has been
made to look new again and all the sui
roundlngs assumo a cheerful aspect
The arrangements for hot mineral and
acid baths are good and the sun baths
are being used with comfort and best re-
sults
Renovation of this unparalleled and re-
nowned watering place Is complete and
Its patrons aro assured that health com
fort recreation and enjoyment Is In store
for them should thoy visit Sour Lako after
May 1 1809 A line of hacks run In con-
nection with the hotel from Sour Lake
station under tho supervision of Mr F
H Patrick Very truly S S Ashe
Coke and Tar For sale by Houston Gas
Light Company
fiECROLOGICAL
GRIER Floresvllle Texas April 29
After a lengthysickness Mrs Refugla L
drier died at her home here this morning
at 2 oclock
SANDERSONiManor Texas April 29
Sanaeon after a
inness of somo months passed quietly and
peacefully away and was buried at this
Place yesterday afternoon
BREWER Cleburne Texas April 28
Mrs TTarrcn T Brewer of this
city who
nas been sick in Woatherford for sevoral
weeks
died this morning at 9 oclock The
remains arrived hero this
evening and
the Interment will take placo tomorrow
SESSIONSRce Texas April 27Mrs
b o sessions wife of Colonel
G Ses
fi S u bo hJV reslde1 ln th cunty for
V1 flfty yDars dlcA suddenly of
heart failure at tho family residence In
this place yesterday and was buried ln
Rice cemetery this afternoon
BOOTVOeorgctown Texas April SO
i n ° 0ty dled at thc
residence
fn W utn Jln la7 Jdso R Brook
Helday and was buricd h ° rB
odava s hc ded f
J ° cancer She leaves a
J h
2 le lsbam1 and t0 sons here and a
daughter In Austin to mourn her demise
ARNOLD Denlon Tcxes Anril g
blow hi LnYP ok frcm tho suits cfa
rec Iveit
ln thp abd ° n several
df v ei ago Ho was endeavoring to catch
his horse in the dark when ho ran against
tbe blow which caused his drab
N eijn Te 8 April 29Colo
J D u lnD Prominent pioneer citi
zen died today Colonel Qulnn loft a
fortune estimated at over 300000 Within
Catholic P charities yars he na3 Klven 5 ° 0 ° n t °
He made nearly all of
worimnTn tr f tUn contr < ctins for stone
9 Hostoa
nd Texas Central
r T b Xune al 8ervlces
dufliMr wll con
ducted by Bishop
Dunno of Dallas
M LETClburne Texas April 23
J Hnr J one of tbe oldest and
best known
citizens of Cleburnn and John
fj1 w Jeira eId was v < president of
a ldcnfi
fled with other Interests ceb rne and
of tbe town Ha
also owned valuable nronertv VLJ8
view aa well here ear urann
yew as hia
state belne val
u U l I 0000 to 125000 He few
ot consumption Hon Wo Him 3
elected county attorney
Ho serving two vears
represented this county in the Nln
pointed teen h legislature In 18S5 and 1SS6 was ml
district attorney ly bSvernSr
i g afn aPP ° nted UnitedI States dis
mKct hist t Sty bLrrV lent Cleveland
I Ks em Ho
v was a Mason and
was hurled with Masonic honors April 37
JII houses all closed a the
hIV AL1 as th Rest for many
years
J lnh ° norabe an muehloved by
a b n
il u5new hlra He lav 3 wife and
finerll RcV Donner Preached his
Miisltiile nt Giilimt
Oollad Texas April 3TThe doors of Mr
aud Mr J H Ew l were thrown wide open
pn Thursday evening by a muslcale and lit
erary entertainment in their elegant home la
ivuitucKy style thereby succeeding admlm
Til 5 a 7f rdne Ms delightful even is
h a r oLC l pSms ndered their several parf
dtnh becPlns Wnner to tho gfeat
fh olbcr
tlon r hhJ KUts Arter tho rudl
S served prmamml > an cal > t luncheon
B sn th Tha Kind You Hara Alwais Bairtt
Blffratr
ti
Santa Fe brcakman was suddenly stricken
nets He was apparently quite well and at
thu Gem club shoot In the morning and In tho
aflernoon started west on bis run on tba
passenger At Belton he was taken violently
B d 0li8nLbacH to ue Sana Io hospital
rnh i
rn
nVl i 5 ver ihe ls dangerously III HU
TmL Bnsd 8 table meningitis
Th T pmple oca baseball ctub the Mat
i U 0 hCr 3 tPa
ldcrU 0le nl te i ora
c ldcrab le
0r n
Texas Central
o cover somo thirty days out They
r tb ° y and return homo on
IS roads n As piaylD Matthews Jth bt Brnthera Iocal teams arc on a
rrnA 8 l1lm Borao K00 < 1 ba payins
is expected of them
Thc we kly hand ronrcrl nnd Friday night
Hops of tho Metropolitan and Clover clubs
were the evenings entertainments withquit
h number over from Belton participating
Jc r8rt Santa Fo engineer who
has made Temple his home for years while
running west has decided to make San An
gtlo his homo and is moving his household
effects th re
CnATlGRD WITH SllURGMVO
Arrest 3tn le nnil Mexican
Selred nt Bl Inso
Cigars
El Paso Texas April 30 Customs of-
ficers raided La Union International cigar
factory in this city and several thousand
Mexican cigars In boxes that had pre-
viously been used for other brandB were
seized Nicholas Qulntro the proprietor
was arrested on a warrant from tha Fed-
eral court charging him with smuggling
and refilling cigar boxes
Eugene Del Ara an Italian faloon keep
er and Jack Colderette a fruit stand
keeper were also arrested on warrants
charging them with receiving smuggled
goods
The officials assert that the arrests will
result in breaking up a well organized
gang of smugglers and that a number ot
other parties are Implicated who will bo
taken Into custody The boxes In which
the smuggled cigars were found had been
steamed relabeled pressed and properly
stamped and each contained high grade
Mexican cigars on which do duty had been
paid The contraband goods had been sold
to retailers In all parts ot the city and
other seizures will follow
TO REM IJIUEOT TO FACTOHIES
JCoIIln County Ftirmirii nml Mer
climtth llnvc Surli a Plan
McKlnney Texas April 2A mass
meeting of farmers and merchants was
held In tbo district court room here this
afternoon under a call Issued several
weeks ago to consider a plan of selling
the coming cofton crop Ulreet to tho fac
tories E W Klrkpatrlck was chairman
A committee will report a plan of
perma
nent organization at a future meeting
During tbo meeting a lively discussion of
A al ° E > 8tern brought out tho Tact
Iarrncra are divided on tho sub
jeet
Pnxliicnt AttcnilH Cliurvli
New York April 30 President McKin
Jey attended service today at tbe Calvary
Methodist Episcopal church Ono Hundred
and Twcntynlnth street and Seventh
avenue of which Rov Dr Willis P Odell
ic
pastor
11 M ° ° n ot Dr Pdell w a purely doc
I Waal u the c ctldent bad ilgnlfled hb
All firstclass clybs and
dealers handle
LA famjb
Havana Cigars
M Stachelberg Co Makers
BE3T RUSSELL CO CHICAGO
SOLE WESTERN ACENT6
HYMENEAL
BRIGGSELLIS Victoria Texas April
29 Married this morning at 10 oclock at
the home of tho brides parents Mr3
Laura Ellis and Mr W E Briggs they
left on the moraine train for New Orleans
on a brief wedding tour
LEMMDN Ltifkln Toxns April 2P
Profi C C Letnmen president of East
Texas college died ot menlngltln this
morning at tho home of Mr B F Ncrren
Prof Lommcn was a man of splendid
character and a great educator and will
bo sadly missed by the people ot Ltifltln
His son arrived tonight and had tho body
embalmed Tho remains will bo shipped
to his homo In Kentucky
FREEMAN DAVIDSON Toxarkana
Texas April 30 A prominent Jowlsh wed-
ding occurred In this city today tho con-
tracting parties being Mr Jako P Froo
man of Shrevcport and Mls3 Teeny David-
son of this city Tho groom is a capitalist
and Is engaged In the banking business at
Shreveport Tho brldo Is a daughter ot
Dave Davidson ono ot the leading mer
chants of Tcxarlcana and la highly
cultured possessing remarkablo literary
talent Tho ceremony was performed by
Esqtilro P G Henry and tho couple left
immediately afterwards for Shreveport
where they will reside In tho future
SHORT TEXAS SPECIALS
WACO Heny Silas charged with the
murder of Jim Patlllo a colored hack
driver in December last Is on trial ln
Judge Scotts court Silas depends on a
plea ot self defense
LAREDO At a mass meeting of citi-
zens resolutions sotting forth tho peoples
debt of gratitude to State Health Officer
Blunt and others for services during tho
smallpox epidemic wero adopted
SHERMAN Tho smallpox situation re
mains unchanged no new cases having
aeveloped The > city officials aro busy
Isolating all persons suspected ot having
been exposed to the disease
NEW BIRMINGHAM R L Coleman
left today for St Louis to meet parties
Interested In tho Lasslo Belle furnace here
and It Is hoped that the moeting will result
in a decision to start up the furnace
WHARTON The ladles of tho Metho
dist church will give a recital and enter
tainment Tuesday night May 2 for tho
proceeds to be donated to the seating ot
the new Methodist church Local talent
of the town will bo assisted by Miss Sandall
of Galveston
ROSANKY Alex S Hooe formerly tel-
egraph operator here has enlisted for threo
yeara in tho United States signal corps at
Kansas
City Ho will bo located at Fort
Myers
TKMILB TOPICS
nrnkemnn UJnililpTuV Stricken with
Menlngltln
Temple Texas April 29Mr D OOauis
Temple Texas April 29Mr D G Sauls a
eo tilta
iP
5
My Face is My
Fortune Sir <
Said the pretty maid In the M
English
ballad She had tho propefi
Idea
at to the value of a prettrt
face In a matrimonial market
Eyes mako or mar many n tuse l
the other features may be over
so comely a pair of weak red In
flamed or twitching oyes will
spoil its beauty Properly adjusted
glasses will euro most ot th csO
troubles by removing tho causeiV
But dont get tho idea that ahy J
body or ovorybody can do thsV
proper adjusting JH
ys + > v BUT COA1E TO vw4
L LECttENGER
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deairo that no reference to him or
tics be made
BEAUMONT IIUDGET
liOdr TirrtnreK nu1 Temiieranc
Siiililon Death
Beaumont Texas April 30 Miss A
Murcutt of Australia a young lady w
oratory and logic has won her a repD
tlon throughout the civilized world
the first of a aeries of lectures underi
Womens Christian Temperanca TjBi
this afternoon The lecture was In
nectlon with a oraise service condu
by Mrs J C Mow president of theVli
temperance union during which Miss
cutt entertained an audience that
fortably filled the big auditorium
lady ls a most pleasing speaker Asfl
subject sho took tho twentyfirst y
fourteenth chapter of Romans and
whit may bo Justly termed an impassla
but forceful appeal for suppression of j
liquor traffic Tomorrow night shen
lecture at the Methodist church and
stereontlcan views of some ot the srf
witnessed by her while doing temper
work ln Australia
The body ot J W Smith aged 55y
Is at the county undertakers Smith
yesterdav of heart failure It Is 1
he has relatives ln Falls county so
wife In San Antonio and an dffort to oi
municate with them Is being made
TtrlrU Jlnnnfactory for Terrell
lerrell Texas April 2The presseiJ
manufactory for Terrell is now a cer W
and thc plant will be put In operation
a possible
H Virginij
Mother
Friend beginning six months beforel
llnemcnt She felt perfectly well upi
few hours before the baby yas borJir
was In labr les3 lhan two hours Shj
na morning sickness no headache r
Iresslng tightnpss no swollen o
breasts Her baby was strong and tS
ture of health
Mothers Friend Is the onlji
edy known vhicb relieves the cxp <
mothets It is a liniment to be appli
lernally Nothing but harm can corrV
taking medicine Internally at suchv
A1J Internal preparations said to re evi
Ing mothers are not only hum > uf
positively dangerous
Mother5 Friend costs 1 a bottl
druggUU or you can tdi to
The Bradflcld Rejniiator Co Itl
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