The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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nuu HKARTS, PRKK MINDS, KKKK PK0PLK, ARK THK MATERIAL, AND THK ONLY HATKKIAL, OUT OF WHICH KREB QOVKXNIf KNT8 ARB OONSTRUCTTKD.—JWYKH80N.
VOL11MK 55.
iu>tkoi\ lusTitop eorxTY. h:\as. sati kdav. may 25. i o7.
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COWARDLY POLICEMEN
the angel of peace.
COTTON SEED
cm 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.
Bagging and ties
To exchange
for Seed only
We buy and sell
everything for
CASH.
HID IN BATHROOM, WOULD NOT
COME OUT.
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Pouuell Oil JVIill Co.
SHOOTING FROM BARRACKS.
Herbert ElkinB Told Story Simply-
Undecided Whether Committee
Will Go to Brownsville.
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P. C. MAYNARD,
Insurance and
Real Estate.
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#"-1?.-* lu'pi -scuts only FIRST CLASS Companies,
and Till iippx'i'intc your Inihiness.
It' you want to still,
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.st your property with tne yL
1U|:' I will linil a buy r. IT you want to liny, tell
me what you want ami 1 will pet it for you.
Ollit't. with Oitfaiu v.V Maynaril.
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, />. OauAiH, Pros. * Oukhtbb Kniuan, OtthlM
T. A. Haslkr, Vtus-Prss.
First National Bank.,
Or BASTROP, TX2XAS
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, $250,000
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Fresl Family and Staple Groctrie? \
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f mil 11 ni nrnuiirn <}
i> MAX M. GLOECKNER
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(Successor to M. Gloeckner).
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f* New Store. New Goods. «•§►
g&Ai And therefore FKKSH GROCERIES eiin he had at Lowest
V possible figures. Quick Sale* and Small Profits in my motto.
v j" Freeh Foaming XXX Lager Beer always on Up.
Beat and purest Native Wines from tlie cultivated grape.
^^ggfMax M. Gloeckner, Prop'r.
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Avenue Hotel,
Austin, Texas.
"<fj On American Plan."*"^
D. M. WILSON, M'g'r.
. Washington, I). (V: The testimony
to the Brownsville investigation by
the Senate Committee on Military At-
tn Irs Wednesday was far and away
Lhe most important that has yet been
brought out on either side. Herbert
Hiking, a yon 11 k man employed in a
confectionery store In Mrownsvllle,
| testified that on the night In question
he not only recognized the men who
| did the shooting a.s being negro sol-
diers, but he swore positively that
much of the shooting was done from
the galleries of the barracks
I'aulln Preclado, editor of the Mex-
ican paper at Mrownsvllle, In his tes-
timony Tuesday Identified the shooters
as negro soldiers, but the testimony of
Hiking Wednesday, that much <>f the
shooting was done from the barracks
galleries, was new and made a deep
Impression upon members of the com-
mittee. Senator Ka/.ler of Tennessee
examined Klki* • and did it with so
natch care and skill that the story was
told in a most effective manner. Sen-
ator Forukcr cross-examined the wit-
ii« . but lie could not shake the story
of Klkins.
The story was not only Impressive,
hut humorous us well. Klkins' matter
.it* fact description of the cowardice
if two pohceinen who had hid in the
oath room at Leahy s while
Ing was In progt'Hs.-. and c<
In forced out created much
uino. ■ 1L • members of the
the
loot
and pei t
tee re
eel's were
sed
not
One of
regret that
to t ilfy.
01M hnrdiy
merriment
ie committee
the I tIf 11 tnit-
the two ofti
Drafts drawn on the Principal Ranks in the Units'! State* In amounts of FWS
Dollars and upward. Money reosived on deposit 111 large or small amounts,
fubjeet to cheek. Tbu Bank In fully equipped und prepared and will b«
faithful correspondent if yoa Intruvt suy part of your busmen with It.
fRI* OAK Of OUR FIRE-PROOF VAULT TO CUSTOMERS TO iTORB
111 KIP. VALUABLE PAPERS.
DIKEOTOR9 1
1L f LOOItTT, B t>. OR'DAIM. 1 A. HislJCM W A McCORD, "• . « RAftlOM>
OHXSTRS IfiHAEt A 0. RBHAKP
SANTONE GOING APTER IT.
Will Try to S«curr the Kcxt C. .c
dtc Reunion.
. San Antonio, Te\ Sati Antonio has
flnni!> dedded to extend an invitatioj.
to the l*nlied Conf'-d' i atc Veteran- to
Id their reunion In this city In IDO*
I II K:rkpairick will go to Richmond
n- 'he repre.-entutive of the Hitsini s-
IN'eii's Club and extend the tnvilatiou
He will be ussisted by Bishop .lolin-
sioii. t'ol. M. I' Moaserrate, Col. I I".
Collin.- and others.
This action was decided upon b> lhe
Businc; Men's Club, the clti.-.en^ and
tin Cnnl'e lerate Veti rans at ii tin t-
111u held Tuesday ufternoon. The only
que lion was one of flnunee and a wa>
to raise the necessary funds was I"
lieved to have been arrived at and it
wa decided to extend the Invltat <ia.
CORTELYOU BANQUET.
Two Hundred Postal Officials Do Hon
or to Former Chief.
New York: Two hu nil red postal
ficials nf the Stat(> of New Vnrk
tended a dinner given to George
Cortelyon, now secretary of the trea-
lly. but formerly Postmaster General
of the I'nited States, at the Hotel As
tor Wednesday night. Postmaster Wil-
cox of this city was toast master.
lie.sides the guest of honor the
speakers Included Charles Kmory
Smith, former Postmaster General,
and James McLear.v, Second Assistant
Postmaster General.
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ENGINEER KILLED.
Fell From Running Board of Speeding
Locomotive.
. Schiilenburg. Tev : Arthur Hail, a
Southern Pacific engineer, was killed
three miles west of here early Wed
tiesday morning while running his en-
gine at a high rate of speed He
stepped out on the running board t"
oil some part of the machinery, when
he fell, and his neck was broken. Af-
ter an Inqueuit his body was taken to
San Antonio for burial, where In lived
with his mother and sisters
fifteen years for knowles.
Negro Convicted of an Attack on Capt.
Macklin.
t San Antonio, Tex Hornier Corpot
al Knowles, Twenty Fifth Inlantt .
charged with attempt to murder Capt
Macklin, has been sentenced to fifteen
years' hard labor In the the Leaven
worth, Kan., penitentiary The pun-
ishment meted out to Knowles is but
two years less than the greatest pun
Ishment a court martial can Inflict In
time of peace. Th< sentence has been
approved by G«n. Meyer
New York: When the Anchor liner
Astoria, Just In from Glasgow. w<ti
about l.ooo miles east of Sandv Hook
on Saturday she passed through a flel I
of twenty icebergs The bergs wer •
all medium slied, anl wure scattered
ovei a wide area.
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M-Lni 4o<-ii Jwrntl
COihu INTO THE COURTS.
a committee appointed TO
fight anti-pass law.
Uncle Sarn—If he's like this as a peace representative, heaven preserve
us from a visit from Mr. Stead in any other capacityl
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lie incident ^
ail ray and
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Senator Uornkei
tejilion to the (
THE NECRO SHOOTISTS.
TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE MIL-
ITARY COMMITTEE.
Policemen Who Saw the Soldiers and
Were Shot At—Senator Foraker's
Sharp Cross-Examination.
Washington : 'I'lli < < tie tnheri of the
Brown: vllln police force w.-k- qu- •
thin \| ill tin illla . i i , alien Im I lie. eon
dueled by till Senate Cninmittee Oil
Military \flair- Ail tin. d coneein
attending i h< I trow us-
all became somewhat
i . t-.; t \a;,d .iil* loll Lv
when he culled at-
II erepattcles between
theli ^^orles Monday and those told
on the stand on a prev ious oci a -don
Polieeinan Victoria P. rnande/. t« «t I -
fled that he heard the shooting and as
he ran down town from hi- home he
was summoned to the Tillman saloon,
where In? found the hurtender l>iiu;
dead. He aw it as his opinion that
11'< man had been killed by ie ::r<> -tol-
dc is. He said that lie had ia en no
Idlers that night, as most of the
shooting was over before he got iIo a u
i i n. Senator F*oi iker < ailed att>
tiun to the testimony before the cite
/• i,s' eonimittet in Brownsville two
days after the affray, when Fenian-
'I• told a story of having been chased
i y two negro soldiers, who fired sev-
eral shots at him. lie denied that lie
had given such testimony, and as a
result Senator Fornker gave him a
very uncomfortable hour and told bin:
ihat he would want him back on the
stand at another time.
Macedonia Ramirez, another police
man, who claimed not to understand
Knglish enough to get along without
an Interpreter, became somewhat en-
tangled also, and blamed the sten-
ographer w ho reported the proceedings
before the citizens' committee, and be-
fore Assistant Attorney General Pur
dy The other witness was Policeman
Calderomo, who testified that he
heard shots and that he found dis
charged cartridges and ammunition in
the streets which he identified as of
the character used by the negro sol-
diers
SLEEP IS A BAD HABIT.
Thos. A. Edison Thinks We Can Get
Along Without It.
New Yurli Thomas A. Hdlson he
llevcs that in. ti will learn to do with
out : lee ii ll>' thinks human being:-
sleep loo much ie- a rule, and say-
sli i• i>i11is a bad habit anyway. In
ill i -mi.' a proper mode of life hi'
said: "There j. nbsolu > lj no reason
why We * 11 ild sb ep except that out
pi elli -t 11|'1< a la est i \ cut into the habit !
and thai wi have nevei
elves of It. There It; nc ,
p now W i an turn th« ;
night into ill ' I': lit CM
I ie lights, so why siioulc
people sleep? I believe that It we li.n
perpetual sunlight we would In n few '
geiierathi, at over this bad habit oi
sleeping."
of sleeplnj
broken on
need of si
i'l;' :'k ie ■-.• t>
by our el
SHOT FIVE TIMES.
Bessie Hern Kiled in a Houston Board
ing House,
Houston, Tex.: At 0:15 o'clock
Thursday evening Floyd Brown llre<
two shots into the body of Bessie lien
at a lodging house here, and. leavini
In r in a dying condition, lied from Hi
hot: e. Will Smith, a police detective
who happened to be standing on ih<
tree! below, heard the sliols unr
reached the stairway Just as llrowt
came down with the smoking re.volvei
in Ids hand Willi the aid of a by
standi r he placed Brown under ai res'
and sent for the patrol wagon.
The ambulance was hastily sum
niotied from Wright's undertaking
parlors and the dying woman was em
rled to the, St. .Joseph's Infirmary
where she died a few moments attei
the arrival.
DEFENDED HIS MOTHER.
Bitten by Coperhead.
Brenhnm, Tex Mrs M H Roue,
living a few miles from town, was
bitten on the hand by a coperhead
snake early Friday morning while cut-
ting cabbage In her garden. She re-
ceived medical treatmuet In Brenham
and returned home In the afternoon
This had is badly swollen.
Bride Burned to Death.
Mount Pleasant, Tev : Mrs. Albert
Green living three miles from town,
was burned to death by oil catching
her dress. In her frnnMc rush for help
she passed a pond of water but took
no notice of It Mrs Green had been
but a few month married and was on-
ly 11 years of age.
Turin Veretn Openig Postponed.
Houston, Tex The opening of the
series of summer night concerts at
the Turner Hull, that gave promise of
so much brilliancy, was knocked out
ay the rain and the storm Wedties
day evening. It will go over to next
Week
Boy Used an Ax on Hubard With Fata
Results.
Wharton, Tex : Sheriff Krtelil was
called to Pierce Sunday night and re
turned Monday morning with Marsha!
Williams' mother when Williams se
• barged with the murder of John Hub i
bard last night at Pierce Station.
All parties are colored and Marshal
Williams Is only a boy. It appears
that Hubbard was attempting to whip
Williams' mothcNr when Williams se
cured an ax, the nnlv available weap-
on. knocked him down with It and af-
terward hit him a number of time on
the hcud, making a successful Job of it,
TWISTER STORM AT bello.
Several Outhouse Blown Down and a
Dance Hall Movad.
Cuero, Tex.: Tuesday afternoon
about 1 o'clock a small tornado de-
veloped «t Bello, a small town In this
county, fifteen miles from Cuero.
Small outhouses were demolished and
a large dance Im'l was blown about
ten feet from Its blocks A merchant
of that town in describing the storm
said it was a genuine twister.
LAW IS NOT CONSTITUTIONAL.
Editors Belisve It an Infringement Up-
on Thoir Right of Contract—
Col. Sterrett Chairman.
Galveston, Tex : The editors finally
Cot to it. During the two days they
have been here the members of tht
Texas Press Association have threaten*
••d and hinted Hint intimated that they
were going to take up and do aomw
hlng with regard to the law pussed al
lie last session of the legislature pro*
liblting the exchange by newajuers ol
heir advertising space for transporta-
tion on the railroads.
Friday morning Mr. J. 11 Lowry ol
lhe Honey Grove Signal was Intro
ilnced to read a paper, entitled "Thu
Texas Kdltor and the General Passes
ger Agent." This proved to be tin l «
teresting and warm denunciation of
the action of the legislature i« wsklng
away the right of the editor to con-
tract with the railroads, and It wa«
thought the big discussion was
launched.
There were some of the members
who came to Galveston for the purpose
of doing something about this mutter,
and they were determined to do some-
thing without further delay When the
afternoon session yesterday was about
half concluded the committee appoint-
ed Thursday to "take charge ol the
pta idenl's annual address" made its
report, and this hroiuht on the discus-
sion which finally resulted iti aftt.lon
being taken. The report of this c >m-
luillie, lu (lie for,u ia which It w n
finally adopted, re.nh- as follow
"To tl President and Members of
the Text Pre A -.octalion We your
comnuli' > lo whom was referred the
pre .'(Jcnf- message, bog leave to re-
port a. follows:
"1. We commend the posttIon of our
president in opposing any increase in
the rn ii of sc-olid class postage., h".
1 tev In:.' Slleh liiei cfmi to i>« iir^-iten
utirv ami a discrimination against the
newspapers of the counlry
"J. W. relit rate our off-expressed
opposition to the government's enter
ing into competition with private busi
ne-s enterprise by printing envelope.'
for the trade, believing that such ac
lion Is outside iiii< province of gov
eriiiiientnl functions and au initio* 'C
the priming craft
"It. With regard to Hit anti-pass law,
we commend uiieqnlvoc ill v the stand
taken by our president and other nwnv
l# who have .pol-en on tin m ot r It
violates a fimduinciiial priticipli< of 111)
erty and ju-ilee, and is an unwairan
ted and unjust di-vi ;mn: iio:i again I
the newspaper people of the Siate
which, If allowed to go unchecked
.ieopardlxes tin libe'ties and rights oi
the people To ih!s end, we recotn
mend thai steps be taken Immediately
to test the constitutionality of the lov*
in the courts, by mandamus or other
\n t-< We niniend the apiiointinent
ol a committee of three members to takt
this mailer in charge, with full powei
to act for the association as in their
judgment may seem necessary. Fot
the chairman of the committee pri
posed we respectfully recommend Col
William S. Sterrett of the Dallas
News,
' Respectfully submlted,
"JOHN II CI'LLOM, Chrum.
"BEN F SMITH,
"J. S. HARDY, <" r
"N P. HOUX, . v'
"C. W. W ILSON.
"Committee."
As first read, this resolution at-
sesed au amount of against each
member of the asoetaiion to be used
in pay ing an attorney and defrnying
the other expenses Incident to a suit
in the courts. This change was upon
motion of Mr VV. A Shaw "t Dallas.
TO PAY $1,000 FINE.
Clay Chose That In Prefrence to a
Year in Jail.
Brownsville, Tex : Judge Burns in
the Federal court Friday afternoon
passed sentence on T. .1 Clay, convic-
ted of having bought soldiers clothing
The sentence was J l.ooo or one year's
imprisonment, and (May lias already
tiei eeiled In raising the money There
were onfy ti few cases of petty smug-
gling besides Clay's case that came up
this term of court, and they were all
lisposed of, ami the. court adjourned
for the term.
KILLED BY MAIL CRANE.
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Gren Acqutted.
Victoria, Tex The case of Will
Green (colored t, charged with hors«
theft and on trial hvic for several
Jays, resulted in an acqilPffcl
Engineer's Neck Was Broken and
Skull Crushed at Pecll.
Denlson, Tex It L Williams, a
Katy engineer of this city, was hit b>
a mall crane at Peoil, T x . neat
Greenville, whnre if was prepared for
the coffin Members of Mr Williams'
family went to Greenville on the Kary
Fly*r Wednesday afternoon an-1 wWl
return with the body.
On Trial for Wife Murder.
Crowley, I.a In the district court
Thursday George O'Nell, a Ravnn ne-
gro. ih on trial for manslaughter, being
charged with responsibility for tns
death of his wife It Is sieged that
O'Nell s wife died from a beating ad-
minlsto.red by him The c;ise ts of tin-
usual Interest, because final decision
is likel> to tiiiiKu ou a medical ques-
tion
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 25, 1907, newspaper, May 25, 1907; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205697/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bastrop Public Library.