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AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 1902.
VOL. XXXI.
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In a World Where Clenliness is Next to Godliness
No Praise is too Great For
Venerable Methodist Divine Died at
Rusk of Heart Failure.
LAMPASAS PRIMARIES.
Faubion Men Are Confident
Success Today.
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Business Was Suspended at Many
Places and the Day Observed In
Parte of the Country,
Fine Pictures and Picture
Framing, .
903 CONGRESS AVENUE,
Austin, Texas.
DR. C. J. SMITH.
Dentist.
Crown and Bridge Work
a Specialty.
THE GRAVES OF THE NATION’S
DEAD DECORATED WITH FIT-
TING CEREMONIES
put IS o'clock Mr. J. M. Neal made
Ik to the people, thanking them
Ha nomination for county attor-
He seemed to think he could "de.
the goods" all right. if the people
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» to 7. In favor of Round Rock ' MACHINISTS STILL OUT.
e was no squabbling or unpleas- ! -----
Bae throughout the game. I Neither the Men Nor Company Have
from different cities. Tbe G. A. R.
placed at his tomb the flag of the or-
der and a cluster of flowers taken at
random from the supply provided for
all dead comrades, making no distinc-
tion in favor of the late president.
AT COLUMBUS. .
COLUMBUS. O., May 30.— Memo,
rial day was observed here today. At
the penitentiary B. J. Lamas deliv-
ered an address to his fellow soldier
prisoners.
’Capital City Book Co.,
AT KNOXVILLE.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., May 30.—Me-
morial exercises and decoration of
graves were conducted at the National
cemetery In this city this afternoon,
where 3800 Federal soldiers lie under
the sod. The address of the day was
delivered by Hon. A. J. Goeghan of
Chattanooga.
>u within doors or
epings.
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MOUNT M’GREGOR COTTAGE.
SARATOGA, N. Y., May 30.—Mount
McGregor cottage, where General
Grant died, was decorated today by
members of the G. A. R.
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DECORATION DAY AT HOUSTON.
Special to The Statesman.
HOUSTON, Tex., May 30,—Decora-
tion day was observed here by the
Grand-Army—of—the—Republic, — the
Spanish war veterans, many Confed-
erate veterans and ladies. C. B- Per k,
past state commander of the drand
Army, was orator of the day.
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SUCCESSFUL SAFE BLOWERS.
County Treasurer's Safe Blown Open
and Robbed at Kountze. -
Some people buy most any freeter
and think that's the last of it
A point that should be considered,
and it's a most important one, too,
is the economy and quickness with
which It produces cream.
"Wonder" freeters have all the es-
sential good qualities. All sites this
morning. White Mountains have stood
the test for years and can be depend.
ed upon—1 to 10 quarts.
.49uart New Ideal 4-minute freeter,
13.35.
TEAGARDEN A SHUMATE, ,
AT CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, May 30.—A parade, par-
ticipated in by veterans of both the
Civil and the Spanish wars, was the
feature of Memorial day In this city
today. Business was generally sus
pended and services were held in
many churches.
There are imitation baking powders, made
from alum and sold cheap, which it is prudent
to avoid. Alum fa food is poisonous.
AT MARIETTA, GA.
ATLANTA, Ga., May 30.—A special
train on the Western and Atlantic to-
day carried the Atlanta post, O. A. R.,
and their friends to Marietta, Ga.,
where the graves of the Federal dead
were decorated.
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Comnissioner of .
Insurance aul Statie
Special to The Statesman.
SHERMAN, Tex., May 30.—The case
of D. C. Petty.-charged with the mur-
der of a justice of the peace at Potts-
boro several years ago, was today dis-
missed from the docket on account of
weakness of evidence. This case has
been tried four times, resulting in
three hung juries and one conviction
of murder in the second degree, with
a penalty of five years. This was re-
versed by the higher court and sent
back to the lower court.
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INSTANTLY KILLED.
John H. Fisher fame in Contact With
a Live Wire.
few minutes, but his place
and the game proceeded.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, May 30,—The grave* of
16,000 soldiers were decorated today
In St. Louis despite the threatening
weather. As usual the principal exer-
cises were held in the National cem-
etery at Jefferson Barracks, where
most of the soldiers lie.
There was plenty of good things to
eat on the ground and one and all did
justice to them.
In the afternoon Hon. W. F. Robert-
son of Taylor was booked for a talk,
but he failed to put in an appearance,
whereby his friends were very much
disappointed. Mr. J. W. Ledbetter
read the program and list of prizes of-
fered by the oltizens of the town.
Mother hearts were made glad that
they had the prettiest baby on the
ground; married ladies felt their im-
portance that they were the nicest
dressed: young ladles made vain and
some jealous by prizes given for the
prettiest girl, and so on.
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AT CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn , May 30.—
The graves of 14,000 soldiers In the
National cemetery here were decor
ated today, including the graves of
about 200 veterans of the Spanish-
American war.
CHESEARETHE3
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■at one wishes to be out of ❖
ors. For your amusement 8
here, we can show the Best a
nd Largest Line of Golf or 3
pnnis. Hammocks to rest you
men you are tired, the Latest g
ovel to revive you. Ping Pong 3
5 play should a shower drive $
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.. years old, and at the time of Ills death
__________ Ed. was chaplain of the East Texas pen-
hi first base, made a good plax itentlary at this place. He has been
B Lee, short stop, was not so I preaching for nearly sixty years as
: at ball: Jack Hill. third base, [ a minister in the Methodist church,
pme nice work. I south He leaves a wife and two
in. Round Rock's pitcher, was daughters. He was a Confederate
lent John Weaver and Ed. Brad- 1 soldier and a Master Mason.
Will Be No June Term of the United
States Court at Beaumont.
Special to The Statesman.
BEAUMONT, Tex., May 30.—Fed-
eral Judge Bryant today notified the
clerk of the United States court to ad-
journ the June term of court as soon
as he had opened it. The term will
be passed because of the failure to ap-
point deputy marshals to serve the
papers in the cases. There is a large
amount of liquidation on the dockets.
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DECORATION DAY IN MANILA.
formed and the sheriff and his men
started in pursuit of the parties. They
traced them to Silsbee, but nothing
further has been heard from them.
The safe was an ordinary book safe,
with drawers for the purpose of keep-
ing small amounts of money. The
county treasurer does not keep any
large sum on hand at one time. The
safe in Hooks' saloon was broken into
and HO taken from it. The guilty
parties have not been arrested.
CUBAN RELATIONS.
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CASE DISMISSED.
Sherman Man Tried Four Times on a
Charge of Murder.
AT PHILADELPHIA.
PHILADELPHIA, May 30.— The
feature of Decoration day exercises
in this city was the unveiling of the
memorial bronze bust and pedal erect-
ed to the memory of President Mc-
Kinley by the Philadelphia letter car-
riers and employee.
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M’KINLEY’S TOMB.
CANTON, O., May 30.—Many beau-
tiful floral offerings to be placed upon
the tomb of the late President Mc-
Kinley were received last night and
today, including a large crate of
choice flowers from the White House
at Washington and other offerings
Many a cloth that looks well in the hand is not •
the sort that looks best in the suit. That’s
only one of the many advantages that "Our
Kind" of ready to-wear-clothes have over the
tailor made. Here you can see how it looks
made up. How it fits and whether it is be-
coming—in short whether it’s the suit for you
or not. Some of the other advantages aie bet-
ter style, larger range of fabrics to select from
and a saving of about half tailors’ prices.
Men's Suita, $10 to $30.
Just as good clothes for the boys as for the men at the same
money-saving prices.
Boys’ Sults, $2.50 to $9 00. all styles.
Do you ever have the fidgets?
Underwear that soothes tired nerves is underwear that fits.
$1.00 a suit up to $5.00.
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Pharmacy Is Now
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ish. All prescriptions ire com- 3
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Special to The Statesman.
WACO. Tex.. May 30.—John H.
Fisher was killed instantly in front of
his residence on Speight and Ninth
streets this morning at 7 o'clock, by
coming In contact with an electric tel-
ephone wire. The deceased came to
Waco last year from Weimar, Colo-
rado county. He was 61 years of age
and leaves a family. He was a re-
tired lumber dealer and was a man of
family.
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DR. MITCHELL DEAD.
AT SPRINGFIELD.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill.,- May 30—All
business was suspended today, and
buildings were hung with the national
colors. In the morning the graves of
the soldiers were strewn with flowers,
and flowers were scattered on the sur-
face of Sangamon river in honor of
the dead naval veterans .
At Camp Butler, National cemetery,
twelve miles east of Springfield, Camp
Butler post, G. A. R., impartially dec-
orated the graves of the 1200 Federal
and 700 Confederate dead.
NEW YORK, May 30.—Decoration
day was observed with Impressive
solemnity in this city. Crowds attend-
ed all the exercises, the weather be-
ing fine. There was an impressive
parade of G. A. R. .posts, National
Guard, United States troops and blue
jackets and marines from the navy
yard. The parade was reviewed by
Lieutenant General Mlles, Rear Ad-
miral Barker, Acting Governor Nixon,
Mayor Low, Generals Howard and
Brooke.
A soldiers’ and sailors' monument,
said to be one of the costliest of the
kind in the world, was unveiled in
Riverside park. There was a parade
of the G. A. R. In Brooklyn.
Services were held in the afternoon
at Grant's tomb in the presence of
5000 people. The exercises were con-
ducted by U. S. Grant post, Brooklyn.
"America” was sung, and Lincoln's
Gettysburg's address was read. Judge
Thomas G. Jones of the United States
district court of Alabama delivered
the oration.
President Roosevelt sent a wreath
of roses and the Chinese minister,
Wu Ting Fang, also sent a wreath of
roses.
Special to The Statesman.
LAMPASAS, May 30.—Much Interest
is attendant upon tomorrow's prima-
ries in this county, especially as to re-
sults in the state senatorship race
between Faubion and Rountree. To-
night It is apparent that the1 Faubion
men are In the lead, and they are con-
fident of carrying the county tomor-
row.
I
I Fills physicians' prescriptions
in a highly accurate and thor-
ough manner with only the
purest and beet of chemical*
and medicines. The most ap-
proved appliances and check-
| mg system is used. The ser-
vice in every respect is up to
the iighest and best stand-
ard. -Try us once and you
will Always bring your pre-
scriptions here.
ornwell,
620 Congress Ave.
Both phones 288.
Agent Nunnally's famous
candles.
IRIBUTI TO FRENCH ADMIRAL.
NEWPORT, R. I., May 30.—Having
honored In Washington the memory
of the Count de Rochambeau, the
members of the French "mission came
to Newport today to offer a tribute to
the memory of the Chevalier de Ter-
ney, the commander of the fleet of
war vessels which conveyed the
Rochambeau soldiers to Newport,
their landing place. The tribute of
France to its naval hero was paid by
placing upon the torhb of De Ternay.
in Trinity churchyard, a wreath of
laurel sent by President loubet
Newport’s streets bore the garb of
memorial . day, but the colors of
France.were mingled with the Amer-
ican emblem. • The members of the
French mission were escorted through
the streets by a large body of sailors,
marines and soldiers who took part
in the various features of the pro-
gram.
any overtures. The machinists held a
well attended meeting this morning at
their hall, but would furnish the cor-
respondent no news, except that they
were in the fight to win. There are
fifty-two journeymen and nineteen ap-
prentices concerned in the strike out
of 300 men employed in the shops. No
effort has yet been made to get the
other workmen- tgouut,butitisal-
leged by the machinists they will come
if called on. The same thing is said
tobe true of the shops at Taylor and
San Antonio. The officials of the com-
pany are not at nil perturbed at the
outlook. They believe they are in the
right, and contend that it is a matter
of principle and not of wages. The
shops, they say, will be run with jus-
tice to the men, but the company will
also insist on Justice from the men.
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WILL HOLD NO SESSION.
Speciab-to The Statesman.
KOUNTZE, Tex., May 30.—This
morning between 2 and 3 o'clock the
county treasurer’s safe was blown
open, and something more than $2500
was secured by the robbers. Eighteen
hundred of this belonged to the
county, and $700 was the personal
funds of the county treasurer, A. G.
Hodges. The first explosion only
opened the outer door, and it was
nearly an hour before the second ex-
plosion that opened the vault, blow-
ing plecerof the door 300 yards. oc-
curred^ Dogs have been sent for which
will be put on the trail. A posse was
IFire Laddies and Friends Have
I an Enjoyable Time.
lai to The Statesman.
UND KOCK, Tex., May 30—The
ssion to the annual firemen's pic-
ormed on Main street, headed by
balm Valley band; next was the
en and fire queen. Miss Sarah
tran and her attendants in a
age The carriage was beautifully
ated in white and drawn by two
kiful black steeds. Many people
ved in carriages, buggies, wagons
brseback. on foot and in any “old
‘ just so they got to the picnic,
he tame from Hutto. Taylor,
ger Georgetown and everywhere.
In a distance of less than 100
At the grounds the comfort and
lure of all was looked after by the
oye.
Heball was next on hand and the
had a lively time. One of the
pleasant games we have wit-
Id for some time, the Granger boys
biding with our home team. Den-
ompiring satisfied the boys all
dd Almost nt the beginning of
fame F. Looch of the Granger
k caught a ball wrong—conse-
Special to The Statesman.
RUSK, Tex., May 30. Dr. F. T.
Mitchell died at his home here at 2
a. m. today of heart failure. He had
not been sick. The doctor was 82
MANILA. May 30- The .military
forces observed Decoration day as a
holiday. There were impressive ser-
vices at the American cemetery,
although only a few soldiers are buried
there. The American club decorated
the graves of the civilians.
It was thought Inadvisable to declare
the day-a public holiday.
he was not examined at length. Sen-
ator Teller attempted to enter upon
a course of inquiry with this witness
to develop the condition of labor in
Cuba, but Senator Platt objected on
the ground that the labor problem is
not included in the resolution under
which the present investigation is be-
ing made. With reference to Amer-
ican holdings in Cuba Mr. Clark said
that his Information is that there are
thirty or forty plantations in Cuba
owned by Americans.
When Mr. Clark was excused Sen-
ator Platt announced that he hoped
to be able to call the full committee
together at an earfhday to consider
the house bill: but that he was not yet
prepared to annoince the exact date.
Adjourned. /
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EX-GOVFRNOR PENNOYER DEAD.
PORTLAND. Ore., May 30.—Sylves-
ter Pennoyer, ex-governor of Oregon,
died suddenly this afternoon of heart
failure.
WASHINGTON, May 60.-Congress-
man Broussard today continued his
testimony before the subcommittee of
the senate committee on Cuban rela-
tione. He said that the sources of bls
information as to American invest-
ments in Cuba were confidential; but
that It was common talk In Havana
that large investments had been ihade
there. In support of his contention
that the American sugar renners
would secure practically all the benefit
of the proposed reduction of tariff on
Cuban sugar, the witness said that
Louisina sugar would be used. to
force down t> e price of Cuban sugar. .
Victor A. dlark, who spent three '
special to The Statesman.
PALESTINE, Tex., May .-The
machinists are still out, and neither
the men nor the company have made
9 Cong. Ave. Res. Tel. 257. +
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+ WEATHER FORECAST. •
+ WASHINGTON, May 30.—For *
+ Western Texas: Fair Saturday +
+ and Sunday. +
+ Eastern Texas: Partly cloudy +
+ Saturday and Sunday; fresh +
+ southeast wind*. +
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