The Mirror. (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. [29], No. [40], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1906 Page: 4 of 4
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Plenty of Money on Hand •
New Gas Plant for Tyler.
Washington:
Representative Taw* - Tyler: The City Council in rgular
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Business at
dred skilled mechanics.
Philip Mieklebrough, aged about 20
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas de-
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When not paid in advance, 50 cents
per year additional will be charged.
While swimming in the middle pool
at the San Antonio Hot Wells nata-
toriub, Thomas S. Kidder, of Pontias,
pot pt Wilburton was dynamited and
badly shattered in an attempt to rob
after blowing the safe to pieces odly
secured 7 cents, tfe agent having tak-
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urday i
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nounced in the House that instead of
facing a deficit in the treasury at the
close of the fiscal year of 1908, as
seemed imminent at one time, there
would be a surplus of $20,000,009 at
that time. ‘ The total appropriations
made at the present session of Con*
gross he said, would aggregate approx*
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Axer & Strikert building in New
Birmingham, and will begin the man-
ufacture of gins there in a short time.
Mr. Woolridge, the patentee and gen-
eral manager of the company, says
their intention is to put at least four
hundred of thelr gins on the market
this season, which will necessitate em-
ploying about seventy-five or one p
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Senator Bailey had a group photo-
graph oY himself surrounded by the
faithful in The Senate Uken Thursday
afternoon at Austin.
From advices received from Panama
the indications are that there will be .
a general conflict throughout Centra)
America unless the friendly interven-
tion of the United States and Mexico
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WHAT CONGRESS HAS DONE DUR.
INO THE SHORT SESSION.
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BER ARE HURT.
slon was authorized to ascertain add
report if the express companies are
evading the railroad rate law of the
last session by buying, selling and
handling on consignment, fruit, veg-
etables and oysters.
Reed Smoot was retained by the
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'* The Senate ratified treaties with
Santo Domingo and Algeciras.- -
The President was authorized tq use
his good offices to prevent atrocities
in the Congo. ■ .
The Senate also launch^ an exhaus-
tive investigation of the Brownsville
affair. • ■
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Closing Session ef Fifty-Ninth Con-
gress of the United States attend-
ed by President Roosevelt
, Washington, March 5.—With a new
record for large appropriations and far
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Culebra cut for the
will amount to al
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alty, thus saving the lives of several < .
men who are waiting execution. ( x
Official returns of Argentine trade
for 1906 show the imports to be 9269,
000,000 and the exports 1292,000,000.
The imports increased $65,000,000 and
the exports decreased 130,000,000.
A dispatch from St Petersburg says
that the police have learned that ter- "
rorists have planned a wholesale as* e
sassination of officers by means ef dis-
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made at very small expense, and as
the Invention is in the hands of the
Government the cotton planters who
use it will not have to pay royalty on
it.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
One yeah, in advance, .........
Six months, in advance........
Three months, in advance, ...
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hubs of EVERYWHERE
Seedsmen Do Big Business.
Dallas: The seed dealerg of Texas
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The ship subsidy bill passed the
House Friday afternoon because the
haste of a few to leave the hall con-
verted a minority into a majority. # It
the subsidy bill will become a law ab-
senteeism will be the chief cause of
it P-se2
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12 John Bouldin, a merchant of Key,
while returning from a trip into In-
Cape Blancos There was nothing
show wha became, of the crew.
theAaval recruiting
et picking up and j
of about aighemen
The Russian Emperor Thursday
gave his first diplomatic entertain-
ment in years. All the heads of the
embassies - and legations dinea at
Tsarkoe-Sel.
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Senator Spooner Resigns.
Washington, March 4: — Senator
Spooner has-written a letter to Gov.
Davidson of Wisconsin, tendering his .
resignation as a Senator, to take effect
May 1, next -
In Mr. Spooner's, letter giving the
reasons of his resignation is the se-
cret of his poverty, for Mr. Spooner
declares that with one or two "trofling
exceptions,” he has adhered to a rule I
which holds it "incompatible with the
full and uninterrupted discharge of •
public duty" to practice his profession..
It was said today at the White House
that Mr. Spooner had once rejected a
fee of 130,000. No one doubts that Mr.
Spooner will quickly safeguard him-
self from the wolf of poverty.
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A destructive tornado struck the
। town ow Washington, Ark., and al-
i most literally wiped it out of existence.
Two negroes are reported killed, and
several persons injured.
■ The Legislative Assembly of Porto
Nevada, one man was killed and two
were fatally injured and died later,
and about forty were seriously hurt.
The dead are Greek laborers.
Plans for a large edition to the Dal-
las Brewing Association’s plant have
been announced. The building is to
be 80x140 feet and five stories high.,
and will be constructed of steel, stone
and brick with a tar and gravel roof.
The battleship Connecticut, a large
number of whose crew contracted ty-
phoid fever while cruising in Wes In-
dian waters, arrived in New York
Thursday, and the sick, were tans
ferred to the hospital.
years, eon of R. M. Mieklebrough, fell
K through a raft in the Neches River,
below the old Reliance Mill, near
Beaumont, Friday afternoon and wax
" drowned.
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One man was killed and fourteen
severely injured in two explosions that
occurred aboard the Brazilian steam-
er Hloreanopolis at Rio de Janeiro.
The men were loading gasoline when
the explosion* occurred.
The Japanese cruisers Tsukuba and
Ohilose left Yokohama Thursday morn-
ing for Jamestown, Virginia. They
were given an impressive send-oft.
Vice Admiral Bato, and Admirals Togo,
Ito and Inouye were present.
Wendell Phillips Garrison, a son of
William Garrison, the abolitionist,
and for more than forty years editor of
the New York Nation, died at South
Orange, N. J., Thursday, aged sixty*
six years.
The Compagnie Generale Trans-At
lantique, better known as the French
Line, announces Its intention to build
.A passenger flyer larger and faster
even than La Provence. The new
steamer will be named La Picardie.
Engineers Take the Field.
Wichita Falls: J. W. fields, chief
engineer of the Wichita Falls and
Northwestern Railroad, will take the
field again this week with hl*, survey-
ing corps. It is not known whether
his purpose is to run out an exten-
sion of the line or to change that here-
tofore rn. This railroad .is now under
tofore run. This railroad is now under
The progress made by the Pales
tine-Corsicana interurban -promoters
is promising, and hope is high at both
places for the success gf the projeot
Miss Lou Patterson, while burning
. grass on > her farm in the Nix neigh-
"borhood, Lampasas County, Thursday,
was enveloped in flames and died from
the effects of the burns.
The Miller Hotel, the largest at Sour
Lake,"Tex, is being torn down and the
lumber will.be shipped toFortWorta
where it wilhs build dwel!-
South Side.
Last year Williamson County paid
■*- » cash for $25,000 worth of bridges and
this'year that much will be spent on
petmanent. roads id the .black land dis-
tricts._ . ,
Rev. Adair, the converted Dallas po-
liceman, is meeting with great suc-
/ .' . cess in Collin county. He has recent-
ly closed a great revival in Farmers*
- ville, there being 181 conversions.
Dallas postoffice receipts for Feb-
ruary were 139,377.11. For the same
month of last year they were $34,598.
81, showing a gainjof $4,781.30, or
about 15 ber Cent. ,
A. B. Albert of-San Antonio, dropped
dead in Memphis, Tenn., Wednesday
night while waiting for a train to take
him to Tyler, Texas. Physicians say
his death was due to heart failure.
Austin, Tex., March 2.—At a special
session of the Supreme Court-yester-
day the opinion was handed down, up-
holding in every respect the consti-
tutionality of the Williams’ intangible
tax law witn reference to the valua-
tion and assessment of taxes of rail-
roads, telegraph and private car com-
panies, The terms of the law pro-
vide for the creation of a board to
value these properties and certify
their valuations to the county- boards
of equalisation in an advisory man-
ner tor the guidance of the boards in
making the assessments. . 3
The law was attacked throughout
and its validity was sustained in all
of the State courts. The case may
now go to the. United States Supreme
Court. This is quite 9 victory for the
State, as several hundred thousand
dollars in taxes are involved.
Special Train and Regular Passenger
Collide Head On near Waterbury, •
Connecticut
Waterbury. Conn., March 4,—With
an impact of sufficient force to crush
the ponderous locomotives together
like paper and topple them down an
embankment, two passenger trains, a
regular and a special, met in head-on
collision early Saturday on the Naug-
atuck division of the New York, New
measures brought over from the long
session, was completed under the spur
of the President, that he might meet
the California-Japanese situation by
giving the Administration control of
coolie transportation through pass-
ports.- The bill further restricts the
admission of alien* into this country.
A bill was passed for the establish-
ment of sn agricultural bank in'the
Philippine Islands.
The free alcohol blfi of last session
was modified that farmers may distill
the waste products to be denatured
and used in the arts and sciences.
The right of appeal in criminal
cases was granted the Government, a
measure intended to strengthen the
anti-trust legislation by affording a
means whereby the Supreme Court
may pass on the constitutionality and
construction of such laws.
An investigation was authorised re-
ry was killed Friday ina
his team. LA
III., met death from what is said bv. ney « Minnesota, Chairman of the
Dr. F. M. McEwen, who examined the Committee on Appropriations, has an-
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During a heavy rainfall Thursday
afternoon, lightning struck the cupola
of the court bouse at Greenville, scat-
tering splinter* all over the public
square. While there were a numver
of people who received a slight shock,
no one was injured.
More Money Appropriated Than Dur-
ing Any Previous Session—Ap-
proximates One Billion.
Washington, March 4.—More money
has been appropriated during the
short session of the Fifty-Ninth Con-
gress, which passes into history at
noon today, than during any previous
session. The amount, as near as can
be estimated, approximates a billion
dollars.
Two big battleships were author-
ized for the navy, and, the artillery
corps of the army was reorganized
and enlarged. A general service pen-
sion was granted to veterans of the
Mexican and Civil Wars, and like pro-
visions were made for the army
nurses. , L
For river and harbor improvements
the appropriations aggregated $83;
000,000.
Increased, salaries were given to
Cabinet Ministers, the Vice President
and Senators, the Speaker of’ the
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■ Entered at the postofice in Gilmer.
Texas, a* second class mail matter.
Office: South of the Public Square.
The senate and house conferee*
have agreed upon the bill increasing
the salaries of rural delivery carriers
from 1720 to $900.
Orson D. Munn, head of-Munn A
Co., publisher* of the Scientific Amer-
ican, died at hi* home in New York
City Thursday night in hl* 83d year.
There is a possibility that a match
between E. T. Stotesbury’s Sweet Ma-
rie, 2.03%, and C. K. G. Billings’ Major
Delmar 1.59%, at the Empire City
track at Yokers next fall.
Pilgrims from Milan to the number
of 400 were given an audience by the
Pope cof Rome. They presented 38000 '
to his holiness to be used for the sup-
port of the French clergy.
Electricity as the means of capital
punishment supersedes the gallows
to New Jersey from this date, to eo
cordance with a law passed last win*
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The Harriman Merger.
Washington: It was stated at'the
Department of Justice Monday regard*,
ing the report that it was the inten-
tion of the department to take action
to prevent what is popularly known as
the Harriman merger, that should the
Interstate Commerce Commission send
the evidence which it has obtained to
the Department of Justice asking for
action, the department would give It
consideration, but at present there is
no intention of beginning proceedings
on any evidence now before the de-
partment
Haven and Hartford Railroad at Platt
Mills, about a mile and a half below
this city, resulting in the death of four
men, the serious wounding of two
more and the lesser injuries of over
a score of others. The dead are the
crews of the two engines. • —
The. special was made up of an en-
gine and one coach, in which was a
party of about sixty-fve members of
Company F of the Second Regiment
of the Connecticut National Guard,
known as the Greys, and Governor
Woodruff and members of his staff.
The Governor escaped injury.
The attorney general has ruled ou
the construction of the anti-nepotism
bill passed by the Legislature. He
holds that the act does not apply to
relatives of officials now engaged but
which may hereafter be employed.
James McCoskey has negotiated
with Ohio farmers for the settlement
ot 2000 acres of land on Olive Creek.
Wise county. The tract will be divid-
ed into small farms, the deal involv-
ing about 180,000.
Capt D. Browder has ,a force of sur
veyors at work locating the line and
getting "elevations for the location of
a system of waterworks or Memphis.
The water will be piped from the
springs north of town.
Horrible Death./r hours’ ter I 0 -m--
Amarillo: ad. the, -yearola | EmiesrEtevens the
Mn IL L. Rob-
operation to Red Rivet,
ly after noon yesterday. The last few
hours were calm, but in fact tame, in
comparison with what had been ex-
pected.
The President was at the Capitol for
more than an hour. He devoted moot
of his time in visiting with his Cab-
inet, both retiring and Incoming mem-
bers being present, and in presenting
them to personal friends of the Sen-
ate and House. Retiring Senators were
received graciously, and without ex*
ception the President expressed regret
that these lawmakers were to leave
the Service of the country. Especial*
ly cordial was his reception to Sena-
tor Spooner, who.has announced bis
voluntary retirement
. Vice President Fairbanks and
Speaker Cannon received the thanks
of the minority, for the impartial man-
ner in which they had presided over
the deliberations of the two houses,
and both these officers made speeches,
expressing gratitude with words of ap-
preciation. ...
The Vice President then appeared
in the chamber, took the chair, am
after a short speech, closed the ses-
sion. ..
ALL SOUNDS MIGHTY GOOD.
Government Experts Claim to Clean
CottonSeed.
Washington, March 4.—One of the
most important devices in the history
of cotton culture has been perfected by
experts of the Department of Agri-
culture. It js a machine for the re-
moval of the fuzz on cotton seed and
for the separation of the light from
heavy seed. The process has been. in
course of development for about two
years and it is the opinion of the
cotton experts of the department that
its universal use would affect a saving
of about 10 per cent of the entire cot-
ton crop. As the crop of America
amounts to about 9750,000,000 a year,
it easily can be realized that such s
saving would be of vast importance.-
By the removal of the fuzz from the
cotton seed the seed may be planted
with an ordinary drill. By te ease
with which the smooth seed cap be
manipulated they can be planted in
hills without unnecessary waste and
the plants so located can be tilled in
two directions.
The machine, it is stated, can be
reaching legislation, the Fifty-Ninth
$100 Congress was brought to a close short-
the safe Monday night The-robbers
garding the. condition of women and
children workers. 7 ■ . . ter.
The Interstate Commerce Commis-
imately 9919,948,679.68. -
House of Representatives and its
members, to Ambassadors. Ministers
snd Consuls, to postoffic clerks and
letter carriers.
The public made more inquiries for
formation from the document rooms
of Congress/ regarding the ship sub-
sidy bill, the currency measure and
the bill regulating the hours of ser-
vice of railway employes than any
other pending legislation. Ship sub-
sidy died hard in the last hours. The
other two measures became laws as
the session closed.
The immigration bill, one of the
.... . Rico has adopted the bill providing
Senate as a Senator from Utah, endiLtor the abolishment of the death pen-
en a large sum of money with him for
safe keeping.
New Gin Factory. £
Rusk': The Woolridge Gin Mann- K, or San
factoring Company base leased the
The town of Alex was shot up Sun-
day night by a crowd of revelers and
the 6-yearold daughter of J. M. Wal-
lace died o ffright.
The 11-montb-old child of J. A. Arm-
strong. living three miley from Arthuc
City, died Saturday trm injuries re-
ceived by falling from the porch and
striking its head against the blade of
an ax.
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ed to J. H. Fitzgerald of Palestine,
Texas, and his associates a fifty-year
franchise for operating a as plant,
naming the net price of 91.50 for 1000
cubic feet of gas. Mr. Fitzgerald
says that a plant coating from $100,-
000 to 9160,000 will be put in here. It
is proposed to lay about fifteen to
twenty miles of eight-inch main, and
the work is to commence right away.
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The Mirror. (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. [29], No. [40], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1906, newspaper, March 8, 1906; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1414149/m1/4/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Upshur County Library.