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THE BRYAN WEEKLY EAGLE
' T. ? I In It. Filth
awarms of flies in Bryan are a
the town and to everybody
and flies are Inseparable;
Entered at the Postofflce Bryan Tex 'the relation between them Is that of
is. as second-class mall.
THK KAGLE PRINTING COMPANY
BRYAN TEXAS. NOV. 21911
or Woodrow Wilson favors
hoolhousei as social cen-
lie people of the commun-
ycuss all questions af-
lerests Including poll-
is of educating the
fctalnly the best that
jested.1 If all the
community would
to talk things over
le an end of deraa-
lachines graft and
All that Is needed
fo realize the lmpor-
an Interest iu their
hse meetings should
fid every effort to get
by cliques and rings
(iched.
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cau3 and effect. By the way what
has become of the Civic League which
last spring proclaimed a campaign for
cleanliness and sanitation? Have
these good ladles looked back after
putting their bands to the plough?
Referring to the suit for the dissolu-
tion of the steel trust John Plerpont
Morgan contemptuously asks "How
can you unscramble eggs?" The peo
ple never ordered scrambled eggs and
Chef Morgan having served what was
not wanted must stand for the loss
One thing is certain: he can't force
ibis scrambled rotten eggs down the
throats of the American people.
UNCLE MflSE SiERLING
The Boys' Corn Club of Center
numbers among Its members one girl J
who Is said to be in the front rank of
the progressive corn growers. Did
you ever see the like? If the boys Mr- D- M- Dans by of this city has
don't watch out the girls are going to ;Just nad erected a nice monument
grab everything. j over the grave of Uncle Mose Sterling
; : one of his old-time slaves. Uncle Mose
"Who Is going to be the George did a fW month3 ago at the ago of
Washington of China?" asks the Hous- sixty-two and was as honorable and
ton Chronicle. Nobody; a George 'althful servant as ever lived In the
Washington would be as Impossible South. He was perfectly trustworthy
in China as a LI Hung Chang or a Wu in a11 things and lived a clean life.
Ting Fang in America. Uncle Mose was given to Mr. Dana-
- I by by his father when he was 15 years
Happiness b within the reach of all oI1. wa still his at emancipation and
and whoever deserves it gets it. The rontInued to live with him after being
r
v
ns of an easy victory for
ters when they meet the
V in the annual football con-
Ik fom next Monday are not
by the showing the Varsity
le la3t Saturday in the battle
I Arkansas Razorbacks. The
1 have a good show to win
can't afford to be over con-
r to neglect any detail how-
tiute that will strengthen their
The Varsity team is going
lyers ts level best and calculations
w to be made with that under-
-g. The game In West End
Iou3ton on Monday November
j be the battle royal of the sea-
Apropos to Bishop Candler's strlc
tures on "mischievous mendicancy a
rich man can't hold a seat he buys in
the United States senate and he takes
much longer chances trying to buy
one In heaven by endowing a church
or a college the assurances of the
clerical mendicants to the contrary
notwithstanding.
mistake of those who fail to find it is
in thinking that It depends on circum
stances. It is not what one has but
what one is that counts.
After a vigorous campaign in which
the merits and demerits of the rod in
the public schools were discussed ex-
haustively In the newspapers and on
the streets the Atlanta school board
voted to retain that instrument of cor-
rection. The rod is a relic of barbarism-
of course but it seems some
school boys are still barbarians.
jne of the democratic congress-
say that the suit to dissolve the
.1 trust Is for political effect and
il be dropped as soon as next year's
""e over i usjiuiy mis may
IfTiave been the intention at the begin
The time will come some time in
the sweet bye and by when the world
will realize that the wilful killing of
men Is murder though it be called
war and the taking of another's prop-
erty without his consent will be
recognized as robbery or theft though
it may assume a euphonious name
such as high finance.
The Eagle didn't.gush over the 150-
page anniversary edition of the Hous-
ton Chronicle because we can see no
good in publishing a paper so big that
nobody has time to read it. We
nlng but as Patrick Henry quoted I coudn't ven sPare the time to hunt
"there Is a divinity which shapes our !out tne many Kod things which we
Wilbur Wright says ninety-nine pr
cent of the money spent in aviation
has been wasted. But he and hi?
brother OrVIlle have secured enough
of the one per cent that was saved to
feather their nest.
The suit for the dissolution of the
steel trust will doubtless prove to be
history maker. In It is involved the
question whether the government
shall control the trusts or the trusts
the government.
Readers of newspapers note that all
veterans are "grizzled" all negroes
are "burly" all college athletes are
'husky" and all men and women who
die had "splendid" characters.
set free until his death.
Uncle Mo3o's wife also belonged to
Mr. Dansby having been given to him
when a little girl by his grandmother.
She also remained with Mr. Dansby
and is still living near his old farm
In the country. She and Uncle Mose
lived happily together and reared a
large family of children who are
among the leading colored people of
the Boonvllle community.
The monument is the double type
a 3pace on one side being reserved for
Uncle Mose's widow when she goe
to join him.
The erection of the monument by
Mr. Dansby is a beautiful tribute to
the memory of these two old and
faithful servants. t
MRS. MIE'S LAWYEBS
CONFINE OF ACQUITTAL
Unless Lawyers Take More Time
Than Is Expected the Case Will
Be Ended Today.
Py Associnted Tress. 1
Opeiousai La. Nov. 1. Unless the
arguments of the lawyers in the case
of Mrs. Zee Runge McRec accused of
the murder of Allan Garland six weeks
ago consume all of today's session it
is expected that Mrs. McRee will know
her fate before nightfall.
. The lawyers for the defense are con-
fident of a verdict of acquittal.
ON GIRL'S K
By Associated Press.
fireenvllle Texas Nov. L-FranL
Orr was badly burned when L
clothes 'were Ignited as she sat n!
the fireplace thU morning. The clou
lng was burned from hep body.
SECOND mshm
There U food for thought in this
observation of the Galveston Tribune:
"Sometimes a boy leaves a good home
because It is too good which isn't al-
ways good for the boy."
Nearly fifty per cent of the acres In
Brazos county are asleep. They ought
to be tickled with the plow till they
wake up and get to producing some
thing.
ends." The administration has started
something it can't stop even if it
wanted to. But it is best to give the
adm!ni3traion credit for sincerity in
the absence of evidence to the contrary.
took for granted were there because
the Chronicle is always good.
Some business men of Bryan realize
that the world is moving on and that
Bryan must move with it. and some
there are who seem to think that prog- ! from the trat k wept this man who
MEXICAN KILLED 6Y TRAIN
The southbound Houston & Texas
Central Hustler placed another notch
on its gun barrel yesterday afternoon.
This time a Mexican was the victim
and the scene was shifted to Bench-
ley.
But meager particulars could be
learned today In regard to the acci-
dent. It seems the Mexican himself
was wholly responsible for the terrible
fate that befell him by his own care-
lessness. The Eagle reporter was in-
formed today that he and a number of
other Mexicans were working on the
track in plain view of the swiftly on-
coming train. AH of them stepped
FATAL RESULT OF A QUARREL
One 'Dead and the Other in Prison.
The Survivor Says Deceased Ac-
cidentally Broke His
Own Neck.
I By Associated Press
Greenville Texas Nov. 1. Jake Bo-
dine is dead and Henry Morris was
arrested as the re3ult of a quarrel lu
which according to Morris not one
blow was struck. Morris says the two
men were returning from Celeste to
Whitcrock. On the way they quar-
reled and got out of the buggy to
fight when Bodino stumbled and fell
breaking his neck.
FOR STRIKEBREAKER
Met
with Rough Treatment
Striken in New Orleans.
from
ress means danger and disaster.
A current cartoon represents Cali-
It is reported that former President
Roosevelt "snapped his teeth" when
asked about the petition for the dis-
solution of the steel trust in which ic
is alleged that he was "deceived" in
regard to the absorption of the Ten
nessee Coal & Iron Company. But
gnasihng of teeth nor wailing will re-
move the stigma. It Is as indelible as
the blood of Duncan on the hands of
McBeth.
Reports says the imperialists and
republicans in Pekin are scared of
each other. Considering the way the; office
insurgents acted when they captured
Hankow last week and the way the
government soldiers acted yesterday
when they retook it nobody can blame
the Pekinese for their fears.
evidently misjudged the speed of the
i t.rttn nnA ! ... r. - . I- I f 1
mm nam U"U It was UJJUH UIII1 UtMUIt? lie
The withdrawal of Colonel Hail ' realized it. As he made an effort to
shows that there Is at least one pro- 'jump from the track the train struck
hibitionist leader who is more anxious j him and he was ground beneath the
to get rid of the saloon thin to get wheels. His body was cut entirely in
i two.
fTlv Associated Fress.l
Terrell Texas Nov. 1. W. P. Allen
was mistaken for a strike breaker in
New Orleans last night and assaulted.
He is a director in the Texas Midland
railroad and cashiVr of the American
National Rank.
Chicaeo. No'v J 1 sinn. w !
..ll.r nnn 4 - . '
jem u iiivimre lor the see
ond advent of Christ on earth accord
lng to a declaration on fllo In the office
of tho county Recorder. The reappear-
hiivj vi vvou mm luu ICUlUUUg 01 Lfl f I
lost tribes of Israel Is definitely tet
for November 1 1912 In the remark-
able documents drawn up and filed it.
Harry L. Burnette and John Tayloi
disclpleB of the late "Prophet" Join?
Alexander Dowie. It aska that all tiy ;
followers of Zion rally to the support
of the "King" when he shall come.
According to Burnette who is to
prophet responsible for the prediction
the Christ will remain on earth 434
years. This time will be consumed In
reuniting the lost tribes of Israel and
in building cities throughout the earti '
after the model of Dowle'e Zion City. '
The rebuilding of Jerusalem he sajn I
will bo the last work of the Christ I
upon earth. ' j
SANITARY CONFERENCE.
Senator Culberson's mention of Gov-
ernor Wilson's Southern birth started
Orville Wright is not superstitious 1
or he never would have selected a
place with such a name as Kill Devil j
Hill to test his new glider.
MUSIC RECITAL.
Prohibition Snapshots" in the At-
lanta Georgian makes this point:
"The brewers blame the saloonkeeper?
for being the cause of the ill repute
Into which the liquor business has 1
fallen. The same brewers however
will sell a keg of beer to the lowest
divekeeier anywhere."
. 1
Peach tree3 and cherry trees in
Georgia are reported to be in bloom.
Don't they know any better than to
mistake October for March?
Basing an estimate on the present
The music department of the Bryan
Baptist Academy began a series of
students' musicales on lat Saturda
afternoon. The following program was
rendered:
Duet Novellotte ReinhoM
III Allison and Mr. Reed.
Titania Minuet Ducelk-
Florine Batte
Caprice Tellam
Some of those in a position to form
a correct estimate told us about Sep-
a tidal wave of applause during which tember 1 that cotton picking would be
the band sent "Dixie" thrilling through finiihf(l in iv hit li if ia
the last of -October and much cotton
still in the-fields. And the chances are
that some of It will stay there till it
is plowed under.
the hearts of the 7500 people in tho
Dallas fair coliseum last Saturday. It
is on such occasions that the deepest
fountains of emotion are stirred. The
demonstration was a recognition of
tho fact that Governor Wilson meas-
ures up to tile Southern ideal or
statesmanship.
The first syllable in the name of
New Jersey's great governor Is
"Wood." The surname of Alabama'3
most distinguished congressman Is
Underwood. In this there is a sugges-
tion that the proper place for the
name of the Alabamian is under that
of the New Jerseyman on the national
democratic ticket next year. Make it:
For president Woodrow Wilson; for
vice president Oscar W. Underwood.
Bishop Candler in hij sermon yes-
terday reamrked incidentally that in
elections his man renprnllv i?nt lnf
because he ahvnv trlprt n vt- fr I has lots of thinSj to be thankful for.
an honest man. This is all we know
rate of progress it will take forty-two Petite Fleur
weeks to complete the jury In the Mc- Lillie Fay Sanders
Namara case. j Dancing lesson Lichner
Sallie Weaver
It is one day less than two months 'song.j Can Not Help Loving
till Christmas yet there are ever so i Thee lirown
many jieople in Bryan who haven't I Louise liatte
done their Christmas shopping yet. ! Plerott Valse Impromptu... .SeyboM
! Ruth Boatwrlght
me iiunuiB 01 overripe eggs ai it. PorpetUill .votion M imnie lici j'i
SIX BANDITS HELD
UP EXPRESS
Ransacked Mail and Blew Safe but
Were Frightened Away Before
Securing Much Booty.
Santiago Chile Nov. 1. Under the
auspices of the Chilean government
with Dr. Alexander del Rio presiding
tho fifth International Sanitary Cot-
ference of American Republics wn
opened here today and will remala
In session twelve days. Representa-
tives of all the republics of North ul
South America are in attendance fa.
eluding some of the foremost phjv
clans and sanitation experts of tit
new world.
Subjects of interest to every nation
including sanitary legislation soclafj
hygiene and the hygiene of sea tram-1
way and railroad traffic w'll be dis
cussed. '
CAUGHT NEGRO AT JEWETT.
Constablo C. L. Baker returned late
yesterday afternoon from Jewctt with .
ill Holland c olored wanted here on
a charge of enticing a minor awa
'from home. Holland is also charged
nt Harvey with disturbing the peact
innd at .Irwett with gambling.
INTERNATIONAL FAIR
AT SAN ANTONIO.
Cook in Copenhagen proved the truth"
of the old adage about there being
something rotten In Denmark.
The turkey crop is good and Bryan
A few days ago a terrific blizzard
with accompaniments of snow and ice
was ravaging Oklahoma and the Pan
handle and at the same time a mighty
about the bishop's political predilec
tions but it is enough. He's all right.
i he Houston Chronicle says: "Some-
how the republic idea jn China seems
like a bull in a china shop." Disre-
garding the pun we have no doubt
the republic idea in America had a
similar appearance to Lord North
about a hundred and thirty-five years
ago.
The relation between these two facts
is obvious.
If the nights were always clear and
ithe full moon would always shine
Bryan wouldn't need any more or bet-
ter street lights.
An Alaska earthquake split a glacier
and a mountain and opened up what
is said to be the richest deposit of
West India hurricane was lashing the ?"artZ gId eW knWn' and another
waters of the Gulf of Mexico while
between the great body of Texas lay
peacefully basking in the sunshine
made more genial by occasional show-
ers. Come to Texas.
The cotton wagon still has right of
way over everything in Bryan. May
it ever be so.
Klondike rush is on. Yes. there are
people yet who would go to hell for
gold.
Bryan now has a municipally owned
and operated sewer system and the
next step in providing for complete
sanitation is a crematory for burning
up the offal garbage and other refuse.
' : mUJT. 0Ut ? Goverr Dna Arkansas in.
u...6. Vl uuvcuun WOU1Q Rit. that tha rwnn1a .11 . .
cost more than to build and operate V7k uU
ti.-.i-..u. Le t0 tne Mature men who ought to
This twaddle about Governor Wil-
son being the American Gladstone is
well meant but it causes a feeling of
weariness to creep over us. Woodrow
Wilson is one of those towering char-
acters who don't need to be measured
by a standard.
An editor to be successful must
have two qualifications: He must
know things and must know how to
tell them.
Annie Belle Batte
Cornet (a) Werner's Parting
Song Nessler
(b) Melodic in F Rubinstein
Paul Watanalie
Petit Galop de Concert Perrie
Lottie Hensurling
Valse Klegantc Luebor
Lucille Batte
Third .Movement Seventh Sonata
Mozar
Annie Iee Ellis
Moment do Caprice Lack
Evelyn Sanders
I fly Ari-oi iatcil Press 1 i
Memphis Tenn. Nov. 1. Six j
masked men held up the Arkansas- Following are the distinctive fei-
Wklahoma express train midway be-1 tures of the International Fair at San
Ueen Memphis and Huilburt. Ark.. J Antonio November 3-12:
early this morning. The bandits ran-1 Tiie main expoistion building Iscoui-
sacked the mail pouches and then j pleiejy filled with exhibits.
fired nltro-glycerine caps into'the safe Two hundred and fifty thousand
the express car tearing away the square feet are appropriated for lan4
e doors and wrecking the car. 'show exhibits
The Right Spirit.
As an example of magnanimity Sei
ator Perkins meets the demands in
editorially refuting statements by
Wichita Falls paper relative to Sam
Rayburn of Bonham. Senator Perkins
knew that Mr. Rayburn would likely
be an opponent in the coming contest
in this district for congress but nev
ertheless he defended the reputation
of his opponent. This is the right
There is one consolation If The! spirit although few men would have
Eagle misspells the names of some of j been fair enough to deny the false
The Danes didn't believe the pic-
ture of the North pole exhibited by
Dr. Cook was from a snapshot taken
on the spot.
those Chinese towns nobody detects
the error.
SEEING THINGS AT TYLER.
a crematory. The time ha3 come when
the city council ought to investigate
the crematory proposition.
A farm in Fall3 county which was
purchased four years ago for $40 an
acre was recently sold for $120 an
acre. The price of good farm land is
aavancing rapidly everywhere but
poor land will never be worth much
more than it sells for now.
be in the penitentiary. That's good
advice for all the states. Illinois and
Wisconsin did it and are suffering the
consequences.
Speaking of the senatorial race tho
Houston Po3t says: "Others are going
10 announce we presume."
"Others" an alias of Clarence Ousley
or of Tom Campbell?
Nothing but a monmumental blun-
der can prevent a democratic victory
next year such for Instance as the
nomination of a reactionary for presi-
dent. If the people can be fooled into
doing this they deserve to be ridden
by the trust3. booted and spurred.
Will Texas newsnaners novr nnif
Is : reprinting that old Mother Shlpton
dope which has been proven to be a
fake?
Tyler is a dry town but who wants
better evidence that there are boot
leggers or blind tigers there than this
from the Courier-Time3:
"People living in Southeast Tyler
saw sights late yesterday afternoon.
Dr. J. H. Holland said it was an air-
ship Other citizens report the same
story. They say the thing appeared
in the heavens and was visible for
several minutes. Those who saw It
are positive that it was an airship.
They were unable to determine
whether It was an Italian war ma
chine or whether It was a Chinese
flying dragon but it was a flying ma
chine. It wasn't Rodger3 for his ma-
chine broke down yesterday several
hundred miles west of San Antonio
so it must have been a straggling fly-
ing machine."
utterances. Perkins has shown a
spirit of faimes3 not met with every
day. Usually In politics an opponent
Is apparently believed should be spat
upon with or without opportunity
cause or no cause. Hasten the day
when there will be better spirit dis-
played among men. Greenville Banner.
LIFE COMPANY QUITS.
South Bend Ind. Nov. 1. The .Mod
ern Life Insurance Company cap'tal-
Ized at $250000 which has been In
existence three years with headquar- I
ters In this city ceased to exist today
when the business was taken over by
the People's Life Insurance Company
of Chicago.
The Modern company has met all
claims of its creditors in full all losses
being met by the stockholders. The
officials of the company found the
cost of production of business exces
sive and decided it could not afford
to remain in the field.
in
saf.
In the midst of their work they
were frightened away by a switch en-
gine which had been sent in search
of the delayed train. They got little
of value.
The roblters escaped toward the
Mississippi river.
harness and
JIf BOX FUll
OF
But Defense Has Twenty and State
Ten Peremptory Challenges.
' I By Associated Press.
Los Angeles Cal. Nov. 1. The in
dications in the McNamara trial to
day are that before nightfall the first
full jury box of talesmen passed for
cause by both sides would be obtained.
But while one lap in the trial will have
been run in filling the box for the first
time the subsequent exercise of thlrtj
peremptory challenges twenty by the
defense and ten by the state will
make it necessary to have many more
full panels before the final dozen can
be agreed upon to try th? case.
Five days devoted to
' running races.
fiver ""0 enti-i'M in lli k.mwl ghni' " I
Bigges: poultry exhibit ever collect
eel In tlie South.
mi
mrv clays or nntomobile racing. 1
State encampment of Boy Scouts. '
Over 2tMi0 boyR coming to Boys'
Corn Club Day.
Great civic and military parade in
nonor of tho governor.
Two million dollar automobllo pn-
rade on November 10.
Free band concert and other attrac-
tions day and night.
Pain's great pyrotechnic display
"Last Days of Pompeii' at night.
Great show of all kinds of live-
stock. Big exhibits of all sorts from Mex-
ico and Cuba.
SEVENTH TBIIL
OF BURREL OATES
1 By Associated Press !
Waxahachie Texas Nov. L Tho
seventh trial of Burrel Oates the Dal-
las negro charged with the murder of
Sol Arenoff was begun here this
morning. Frank McCue was the first
state witness called.
Oates has been twice convicted and
sentenced to be hanged but bis case
was reversed and remanded on techni-
calities. His series of trials have al-
ready cost the state of Texas over
$50000.
Connecticut Pensions Hangman.
Hartford Conn. Oct. 31. After
serving the state of Connecticut for
forty years as supervisor of hangings
George A. Bisden warden of the sU
prison at Wethersfleld ceases bis dei-
ties tonight and retires on a pension
granted in recognition of his Inn and
faithful service. Since 1894 all execu
tions have taken place at Wethersfleld
and it has been Blsden's duty to place
the rope around the neck of the con-
demned and adjust the black-cap.
To Try Alleged Slayer.
Pembina N. D. Oct. 31. A spelcal
term of court for Pembina county
convened here today for the trial of
Ernest C. Stewart the Winnipeg man
accused of the murder of Philip Wor-
rall. The alleged murder occurred last
summer In the Immigration detention
hospital at Neche on the International
boundary line and attracted much at-
tention on both sides of the border j
Y
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Methodist Bishops Meet.
Oklahoma City Okla. Nov. 1. The
Methodist Episcopal college of bishops
opened its autumn session here today
with a large number of distinguished
churchmen from over the country In
attendance.
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