The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 21, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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FKKE HEARTS, FREE MINUS, FREE PEOPLE, ARE THE MATERIAL, AND THE ONLY MATERIAL, OUT OF WHICH FREE GOVERNMENTS ARE CONSTRUCTED.—JEFFERSON.
VOLUME 4H.
BASTROP, BASTROP COUNTY, TEXAS, SATURDAY, .II IA' 21, 1900.
NUMBER 29.
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W. J. MILEY,.
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DRUGGIST.
Bastrop,
Tkxas. . .
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The
Pearl Beer.
MANUKAnTKKI) BY
san antonio
brewing
association
Special and careful attention
given to the Prescription I>e-
partment. and patrwns waited1
on either day or tilurlit.. A full |
Hue of Patkmt Mkihcimkh,
pk.km mkhy. toii.kt aktic-
Lies, Stationery, Etc., Ktc.
Ha* taken the Lead In Toxu on acoount of
Its Nourishing qualities. Once Tried Always
I!net!. For hale in liastrop by
PR OFESSf ON A L CA RDS
1900. |
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V. SCHILL, Manager.
+*\ IqOO.
ESTABLISHED IMK.
SAYS HE WAS INNOCENT.
Th > Real
Lamont
Murderer « f Blanche
and Minnie Wil-
liams, on his Death Bed,
Confesses the Murder.
Lawyers.
H. D. ORUA1N.
W. K. MAYNAHD
OKGA1N & MAYNAliD,..
A tto rn eys-at-La w.
Will In
forior courts.
ItHntrop, Tex ah.
ill the hiK'liur U'l lu-
PAUL I). l'AGK,,
County . Utorney and
Attorney-at ■ Law,
llBntruli, Tux
Orrioi—Court Hotuu.
j. c. uhiiwn. jonathan 1.ani-. ii m oabwool)
E. Bastian, Sr.,
: DEALER IX:
STOVES. HARDWARE & TINWARE.
All kinds of
TXXT ~ WORK
A SPECIALTY'.
REPAIRS
Promptly and
Neatly Done.
BUOWN, LANK GAliWOUl),...
Lawyers.
LnOrange and Houston
Houston office — Rooms ' \ Cam|> Ul^
fratlU'i' in nil Court*. Stale au>l Ku«lvi«
HrO MAKE ROOM for New Orders, I will sell my present stock at
Greatly Iteduced Prices, li shall be my study, in the future, as in
past, to please uiy friends ami customers, both iu quality ami price.
1 liankmtr one ami all for their very liberal patronage during the .'12 years
I have done business here, 1 ask a cootiuance of same at the "old stand."
E. BASTIAN, Sr.
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B. I). Okoain, Pres
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.* NO. 4093
T. A. Haslkk, Vlee-Pres.
Ciikster Erhard, Cashier
i JliNKIS.-.
J II Mll.KY
JKNKJNS A. MILKY,
Attomcys-at-Law,
B ASTRO I' .... TKXAS.
Only complete sot of Abstract Htmks in the
County
Notary In oltlce.
OKUi i over lit National Man*
First National Bank:,
OP BASTROP TEXAS
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, $250,000.
o. w. jon i s
J 3. JON ICS. 1
Drafts drawn on the Principal ltunk> in the I'nlted States in amounts of Five
I ii'llar* :iinl upward. Money received <>n deposit in large or small amounts,
subject to check. rills Bank is fully equipped and prepared and will be
faithful correspondent if you intrust any part of your business with it.
I'KEK PSK OF 01'It FIRE-PROOF VAULT TO CUSTOMERS TO STORK
TI1E1R YALl'ABLE PAPERS.
JONKS & .IONKS
Attorneys-at Law.
HA8TROI', ... - tkxas.
Okkick—t'|i tHir In Krhard HuIMIiik
T I
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KOWLKU
Attorney-at-La (i
w. |[
R1VPKS, !' O
W. C POWKI.I.
DIRECTORS ;
KI.ZNK'K, W. j. HIM., R. I). OKOAIN, T A. HASLEK
UTCKKTT. A C. k.RIIARD. CHESTER KRHARD.
11 r.
1893.
Bll*fOp, lVlAS.
11 ((flier mil lu-
Will p.'ftrlliv ill nil till'
fur Kir 1 uurlK
OKKlrK (in i hirst National ll«uk
c. C. UKillSAlI I'll,
Attorney-at-Law.
BAST KOI'
I K X A S
Will practice lu hII the Holier ami Inferior
CuiirtH iu lilt; stiiti.
Abstracts 11I title furnished Loan* ncgoUa
ad ami 1 olkx'tuiux promptly attended to
Old I.ami Claims investigated iu all parts of
tlie State
COTTON SEED
W5 will pay the Highest Price, in
Cash, give Honest Weights, and
buy at any time, winter or summer,
all Cotton Seed offered to us at our
mill.
\
J. H. 1'KICK
County Judge and
Attorney-at Law.
IlMtrop, Tozrn.
Will practice in all the higher court*.
Physicians and Surgeons.
H." IV^UCKKI I , M. I)
Physician & Surgeon.
liKHtrop, TcXH>4.
OKKH K At W J Milc> * l ru« Stoic
I H. 1{- COM US, M. I)
Cou nty J Viysicia n
and Surgeon.
BAHTROI", TKXAS.
OMU K—C. Krliar.1 X Son's Drui; Storo.
KbmidkNck- HaMlnu Cottnite.
Dentists.
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T)K. N. O. FOWLKK
Dentist.
OFPICK—Otm Klr*l National Bank.
Union Hotel,
ELGIN, - - TEXAS.
The Best In the City, and respectfully
V "cits the patronage of Bastrop county.
Able supplied with the best the mar-
ket allords. Terms reasonable.
C11AS. UlLLKSrUS, l'Bor'l.
Bagging and Ties
To exchange
for Seed only
We buy and sell
everything for
CASH.
We have repeatedly heard law-
yers say that circumstantial evi-
dence was often stronger and
more to be relied on than any
other evidence. This is certain-
ly not always the case. The Ad-
VERTISEk'h readers doubtless re-
member the conviction, sentence
of death and ultimate hanging of
jTheodore Durant, at San Fran-
cisco, Cal., not very many years
ago, for the murder of two young
girls, Misses Blanche Lamont and
Winnie Williams, their bodies
found mvtilated in a church
building. The pastor of the
church, Rev. Gibson, was the
strongest witness against Durant,
whose mother and sister alone,
believed him innocent. Durant
protested his innocense to the
last, and on th * scaffold prayed
to God that the true murder might
be discovered before his mother
died. The detectives expressed
full confidence in his guilt, and
laughed at his piotestations of
innocence. He-ently the pastor
of the church in which tlie girl's
bodies were found, on his death
bed, confessed that he alone mur-
dered the girls, thus, after it was
too late, proving Burant's inno-
cence. The report given does
nut say whether his mother and
sister are yet alive.
The following from the Salt
Lake Tribune will be read with
interest:
"One of the saddest and most
atrocious of the legal murders
s<> far recorded is that of Theo-
dore Durant, who was hanged in
California a few years since, for
the murder of Blanche Lamont
and Minnie Williams, a most >iin-
bolical double crime, its very
liendishness hardly having a par-
allel in the annals of vice, and its
= >1^ | perpetrator was sought high and
1900. 1 low for several days, the whole
* world hoping for his capture and
punishment. In the meantime
the so-called astute detectives
and police authorities conclude"
a victim was needed, and after
fastening their clutches on young
1 I >urant, proceeded to collect what
I they termed evidence, the whole
mass of stuff in all probability,
being manufactured for the pur-
pose of conviction and all of an
unsubstantial nature. Durant
stoutly maintained from his ar-
rest up to the moment of his exe-
The Waco Times-Hearld gives
the Democratic indictment against
the Republican party, and pro-
gram, in sumary as follows:
"Imperialism is held to be the
most important issue immediate-
ly before the American people.
Extensions of government with-
out the consent of the governed
is opposed. Independence is
promised the Filipinos.
Expansion to territory which
can be made into states without
injustice to the inhabitants of the
United States, and with the con-
sent of the people annexed, is
favored
Militarism, with a strong stand-
ing army, is held to threaten the
liberties of the people and the
stability of a free government.
Strict construction of the Mon-
roe doctrine is demanded.
The Chicago platform of 1H1M1
i* re-affirmed, with special de-
claration in favor of free coinage
at the ratio of 10 to 1.
The Porto Rico bill and the re-
publican policy in Cuba are de-
nouneed.
Trusts are charged with robbing
both the produce! and consumer,
and rigid legislation for their
suppressing is called for. Free
trade in articles used by the
trusts is urged.
The Dingiey tariff law is con-
demned.
The ne*v currency law is de-
nounced as being a measure in
the interest of the national banks.
The retirement of all national
notes is demanded.
Arbitration is urged as the
means for settling industrial dis-
turbances. and a department of
labor, with a seat in the cabinet,
is advocated.
Liberal pension- are promised
to soldiers.
The construction of the Nicar-
agua canal by the United States
is demanded,and the Hay-l'aunce
fide treaty denounced.
Statehood is held out for New
Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma.
Sympathy is expressed for the
Boers in their struggle for liberty
and independence.
Reduction and repeal of pre-
sent war taxes are demanded."
C. Erhard & Son-.,.
DRUGGISTS
RastroI'i
tux as. .,
Prescriptions carefully com
pon tided a' all hours.... Pat-
knt Mkimcinks of all kind*.
AS VIEWED BY A CHINAMAN
LOK NOW TALKS FOR PUBLICATION
ABOUT THE BOXERS.
At Niagaria Falls, 011 the 9th,
l'cter Nisscn, of Chicago, or Mr.
Bowser, as he styles himself,
shot the rapids, in his craft,
"The Fool Killer," and thus des-
cribes passing through the dan-
gerous whirlpool: "Had I known
just how bad the whirlpool rapids
are I would never have attempt-
Pocuell Oil JVIiH Co.
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T. A. Haslen&Co.
WANTS YOU TO PRICE THEIR
Furniture, Carpets,
.... and. l*Ia.tting,
Before you buy elsewhere. They will save you
Fifteen to Twenty Five Per Cent.
cution, that he was innocent oi 'edthat trip, he -aid,
aft
er
THE RIVER BRIDGE
LIVERY, FEED t SALE STABLES.
A. T. MOKKIS, Proi-RU ton.
.... Near River bridge.
Solicit share of public patronage,
llorsca will be taken care of at low
iin
rates, buggies, hacks and gooc
stock kept on hand. Kvery effort
will be made to accommodate those
favoring inc with their custom.
A. T. MORRIS, Pop'rt.
the horrible charge, forsooth be-
cause he could not explain every
moment of his presence at cer-
tain times, he was convicted and
hanged, and once more the ma-
jesty of law, along with the thick-
skulled theory of these police
wiseacres, was duly vindicated.
A few days ago, on the death
bed, Rev. Gibson, who iiv the
time was pastor of Emmanual
church, where one of the m -
ders was committed, confessed
thi*t he killed both of the victims.
He was an active and 1. iportant
witness at the trial of poor Dur-
ant, the reason of which is now
quite plain, and also in view of
the fact that suspicion \\ strong-
ly directed to him at the time."
—— • «w- •• -
Beople marvel at the mechan-
ism of the human body, with its
492 bones and t>0 arteries, but
man is simple in this respect com-
pared with the carp. That re-
markable fjsh moves no fewer
than 4,.'W6 bones and muscles
every time it breathes. It has
1,M20 veins, to say nothing of its
99 muscles.—Exchange.
had passed through the big waves
I realized that my hat had been
washed off.Then s<mie more waves
came over me and I did not know
where 1 was. 1 did not know
what was going on until I came
out in the whirlpool. During that
brief time it seemed that a hun-
dred hammers wore pounding my
head and my boat. I never turn-
e>' over, but v>>
were on out side
times; ai, ! each
I was -i u er. If
for t"e ".boulder
out on
1 iie last
or end • era!
time i thougi'i
it had not bet.
straps which
minuu ' sl.euid ":a .e been hurled
to death. I was c< nscious of no-
thing e.\ •. p* the loarful sensa-
n of being overwhelmed with
biow.i from e\ery side. 1 was
mightv cold and tired when 1
came out at the whirlpool. Three
or four times my breath was near-
ly gone and then the water would
open and I would get a breath of
air. 1 could not use my steering
apparatus. When I got into the
rapids the water took complete
control of the boat and I simply
clung on and tried to keep my
breath in my b> ly."
Americanism, as understood in
these United States, bristled in
every sentence and shone from
his optics yesterday, when a re-
porter for The Daily Express 'til-
led on Lok Now and asked him
for an interview anent the Boxer
trouble in the Celestial Empire.
Lok Now is a Chinaman with
more than ordinary education.
His face is broad, his forehead is
well shaped and he is pleasant,
withal.
"The Boxers are a secret so-
ciety in China," said Lok Now,
his eyes sparkling with the fire of
the Orient, "much as we have
secret societies in this country.
The Boxers represent the lower
classes in < Jhina society, although
they have some good points. I
think this country misunderstands
the Chinese.
"The Boxers first objected lo
the railroad which was built into
Tien Tsin. They objected be-
cause they thought that the rail-
road would deprive them of a
great deal of work. The China-
man, you know, is never lazy and
most of the people of the world
know it.
"The Boxers are as much op-
posed to the Emperor of China as
they are to foreigners. The Em-
peror of China is a Mongolian,
and the great population of China
is composed of Chinese. Li Hung
Chang is the greatest Chinaman
who ever lived, with the possible
exception of Confucius, and we
all obey him, but the Boxers are
as much against the Chinese
government as they are against
the foreigners.
"Your missionaries make a
grave mistake. They are let alone
in China. They insist, however,
on going into our joss houses,
which are equal to your church-
es. These, you know, in the
United States cannot be entered
by ('hinamen.
"The //oxers are treated very
badly by the government officials
—about like your slaves in the
year when that institution was at
its full blast. The Boxers of
China should be put down and
the Boxers of China have a kick
coming, too, at least that is the
way I look at it."—San Antonio
Express.
The age of man, we are told, is
three-score years and ten. From
25 to 40. if the health be good, no
material alteration is observed.
From thence to ,">0 the change is
greater. Fifty-five to t 0, the
alteration startles; still we are
not bowed down. In the earlist
periods of our life the body
strengthens and keeps up the
mind; in the later stages of it the
reverse takes place, and the mind
keeps up the body; a formidable
duty this and keenly felt by both.
Such is time's progress.—Scotish
American.
Gen. Diaz has been re-elected
president of Mexico.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 29, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 21, 1900, newspaper, July 21, 1900; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205504/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.