Bryan Morning Eagle (Bryan, Tex.), Vol. THIRTEENTH YEAR, No. 196, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1908 Page: 1 of 4
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THIRTEENTH YEAR
BRYAN TEXAS THURSDAY MORNING JULY 23 1408
NUMBER 196
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Batavia Syrup in quart tins
Batavia Syrup in half-gallon tins
Batavia Syrup in 1 -gal. tins
HOWELL & NEWTON Inc.
Phones 23 & ISO
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY."
July 23.
1 4i 1 IluK'lad sucked by the
Tartars.
1779 Miunlsink settlement 111
OraUKts county New York at-
tacked by Indianx.
1794 Vicomte Alexandre do
Beauhariinin first hUKlmnd of
Empress Josephine died on
the guillotine.
1840 Hill for the union of Up-
per and Lower Canada receiv-
ed the sanction of Queen Vic-
toria. ISS'i General I'lysses S. (Jrant
died. Uorn April 27. 18:'2.
1 S!i2 Election In Manitoba fav-
ored Provincial Prohibition.
1S7 Dingley tariff law went
iuto effect.
190.") The I'nlted States naval
sitiadron arrived at Annap-
olis with the remains of Ad-
miral John Paul Jones.
FOR A DRAINAGE DISTRICT.
Land Owners In Lower End Brazos
County File Preliminary Petition.
There was filed In the county clerk
office here yesterday to be submitted
tc the commissioners' court a petition
signed by a number of land owners
in the lower end of ltrazos county ask-
ing tbut the court take under consid-
eration the advisability and necessity
of establishing a drainage district in
that section lying between the Hrazn
ami Navasota river definitely desig-
nate.! In the paper and covering an
area of 7314.:!." ucres. To the docu-
ment were appended the following
lintnes: John D. Kogers. W. I.. Steele
W. J. Terrell. Tom Steele. E. II. Ter-
rell I). V. Hardy. A. P. Terrell S. S.
Clay. Ai i onipanylng the petition to
insure the payment of any expenses
incurred in an investigation of tie
feasibility of the plan submitted were
checks to the amount of SJOO.O'l.
Judge Hoard set a hearing of the
l tit ion for yesterday afternoon but
through the inability of several mem-
bers to be present action was de-
li rred to today .
SAN ANTONIO INTERESTED.
Plans to Bring Annual Meeting of
Aeronauts to This City.
San Antonio. Tex.. July 22. Since
Dr. Frederick J. Fielding of this city
in his big balloon 'Fielding San Au-
h.nio" won first place in the great
International races held last week in
( hi ago San Antonio has become
very much interested in ballooning
iiinl plans are being made to bring
the annual meet of I lie American
.Aeronaut Association to this city
next fall. It is proposed to raise a
large sum of money to offer as prizes.
The promoters of the enterprise point
out that the tests made in this city
L.st spring with the pilot balloon
fi rnlshed by A. Holland Forbes of
Ntw York demonstrates the fact that
the gas manufactured here has gri'.it
lifting power. This fact added to the
condition of a steady southeast blee.;
which will blow the balloonists In-
land make conditions entirely favor-
able to balloon ascensions in this
city.
HARD TO BEAT.
C. S. Martin has furnished us with
the result of his peach crop to date.
From 4:? acres of Elberta trees he
gathered 7214 bushels which sold
delivered nt the loading shed for $3-
250. On a part of the same land he rais-
ed between the peach trees gath-
ered and sold $400 worth of Irish po-
tatoes making S36".0 from the 43
acres to date besides two acres of
sweet potatoes and 12 acres in cotton.
This land will not lack much of
going 100 per acre for the year.
Mr. Martin sold his peaches deliv-
ered at the shipping shed the pur-
chaser to furnish all crates and bas-
kets. In 1907 when the price of peaches
was much higher te went consider-
ably over $100 per acre ou .ts peach
crop. Franklin County Record.
Trenien ious Egg Receipts.
New Yor'.. July 22. Egg receipts
Tuesday were 24461 cases.
Much Wheat Received.
Kansas City July 22. Wheat re-
celpts Tuesday were 362000 bushela.
Night Riden Operate In Ken-
tucky County.
VISITS TO THREE PLACES.
At Grace? the Telephone Exchange la
Captured Two Operatora Taken to
Railroad Buiding Latter Destroyed
and Incendiarie Depart.
Louisrllle July 22. Night riders
burned the Illinois Central stations at
Oracey Otter Pond and also Cerulean
Bprtngs Christian county. The object
Is supposed to be revenge.
At Gracey shortly after 1 o'clock
Wednesday morning twenty masked
and armed night riders captured the
telephone exchange took two opera-
tors with them to the station set the
house on fire and then rode away.
At Cerulean the burning was quietly
accomplished.
At Cobb after the building had been
fired the night riders shot guns and
pistols and then rode away.
Each raid was by a differen squad.
TEXAN INJURED.
Thrown From Automobile In a
Car Collision.
Chicago July 22. J. W. Wade of
Paris Tex. wan seriously Injured and
an automobile belonging to E. F. Jud-
kins president of the Judkins com-
pany furniture man. .'acturers was
wrecked early Wednesday when a
west bound Thirty-fifth street car
struck the machine at Thirty-fifth
street and Michigan avenue Judkins
who had been entertaining Wade dur-
ing his stay at Chicago was driving
the car at a rapid rate down Michigan
avenue and did not see the approach-
ing car. The force of the collision
threw both men from the automobile.
Judkins was not injured. Wade was
picked up unconscious and taken to
hl3 room In the Auditorium Annex.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.
Gross and Other Earnings of Texas
Roads Past Eleven Months.
Austin July 22. The railroad com-
mission bus made public comparative
statement of gross and other earnings
of principal Texas roads for the eleven
months ending May 31 19d8 as com-
pared with the previous period in 1907.
It shows a net decrease in gross earn-
ings of $12423033 or 14.17 per cent.
In the same period operating expenses
decreased $1041727 of 1.64 per cent.
Of this great decrease the commission
attributes $4077934 to a change in
the methods of bookkeeping. Passen-
ger earnings show Increase of $94979;
freight earnings a decrease of $8440-
079; other earnings a decrease ot
$4077934.
Exchange Prices Query.
Austin July 22 The department of
education submitted the question to
the attorney general's department as
to the construction of a paragraph In
text book contracts with contractors
on the matter of exchange prices. The
question Is whether a pupil will have
to pay the exchange price to the deal-
er or whether In exchanging the deal-
er will allow the difference In the ex-
change. This ruling will affect most
of the textbook contractors.
Denied by Consul.
Mobile July 22. Dr. Andrew C. De
Leon consul general of Guatemala at
this city In a signed statement de-
nies the reiort that President Cabrera
of Guatemala donated any money at
all to the Republican campaign rund.
He says that Innumerable charges have
been made against the president and
all of them have fallen flat lis says
that Dr. l'rowe was exiled from the
country and like all the rest made
charges to get even with the presi-
dent. He urges the American public
not to puy any attention to the report.
No More Liquor Selling.
Chicago July 22. General Passen-
ger Agent Hatch announces that the
Illinois Central Hallway company has
decided not to allow the sale of liquor
ou any of Its buffet cars south of the
Ohio river. "There are too many lo-
cal option states along our road" he
said "that have decided not to permit
the sale of any intoxicating drinks on
our trains south of the Ohio river.
Texas has had a law similar to that
of I-ouislana in force for some time
and this effect. I understand has been
beneficial to all concerned."
PRESIDENT PRESENT.
Participated In Conference Relative
o Naval Construction.
Newport R. I. July 22. With arri-
val of President Roosevelt there to be-
gin at the naval war college on Coast-
ers Harbors Island the most import-
ant conference of nival officers af-
fecting the future construction of
American battleships and cruisers In
the rlstory of sea fighting is on.
For several weeks two score of of-
fices comprising the staff of the war
college members of summer confer-
ence and the personnel of the newly
appointed "battleship commission.""
have been struggling with plans for
future battleships without arriving at
an agreement. At this conference more
than loo officers of the navy together
with a large representation from the
armv. ttpiti nditreit In fh. nm-lo f
1 various plans with officers and also
took up critic isms that have recently
! been made upon American naval con-
struc tion. He expressed the views he
! formulated as a result of his consulta-
; tion with naval authorities and critics
i during the past six months.
A large part of the president's re-
marks were to the public some 2"0
guests made up of officers and wives
having been invited to be present but
whatever of a confidential nature was
attached was delivered behind closed
doors.
MAYFLOWER SINKS SCHOONER.
Noted Englishman Dies.
London July 22. Sir William Ran-
dall Crenier died Wednesday morning.
He was born in 1S3S. Sir William
Randall Crenier was for many years a
member of parliament He was founder
of the Intel-parliamentary confer-
ences which have met since 1SS:. He
thrice visited the I'nlted States and
presented memorials to the president
and congress from the house of com-
mons in favor of a treaty of arbitra-
tion between Great Britain and Amer-
ica. He was for forty-seven years
secretary of the lutei ualloiial Arbltra
tion league.
Douglass Will Not Accept.
Brockton. Mass. July 22. Friends
Brockton Mass. July 23. Friends
of former Governor Douglass declare
he will not accept the chairmanship
of the Democratic national committee
If offered to him as reported It would
be. Douglass' unwillingness to re-
enter public life is regarded as th
basis for his opposition.
Number Put to Death.
Constantinople July 22. It Is re-
ported from Monastlr that the whole
Orchlda district has declared in favor
of the revolutionary movement and
bands are committing serious depreda-
tions In villages near Monastlr. Twenty-five
Bulgarians were killed at
lubaraska and thirty at Belpllcia both
villages being burned.
Much Booty 8ecured.
Reno Nev. July 23. Masked rob-
bers held up the Alturas stage and
forced the driver to surrender the
Wells Fargo Express company box
containing $23000 to pay the California-Oregon
railway employes. The rob-
bers essaped without waking the pas-
sengers. Vigilantes from California
are pursuing them.
Captain and Crew of Five Ven Taken
on President's Yacht.
Newport. R. I. July 22. The presi-
dent's yacht the Mayflower in a
dense fog ran Into and sunk the lumber-laden
schooner Menawa. All on
board the schooner consisting of the
captain and five men were taken on
board the Mayflower. The president's
yacht had been bowsprit and one an-
chor carried away but the Jar of the
collision was so slight that none of tho
president's party knew of the accident
until they arose Wednesday morning.
The Manawa belonged to C. O
Pendleton of Islesboro. Me. The colli-
sion occurred about 1:15 o'clock Wed-
nesday morning when the Mayflower
was between New London and New
Haven.
Sothern Sued For Divorce.
Reno. Nev. July 22. Virginia
Harned actress and wife of Edward
H. Sothern the actor has filed a suit
for divorce In the district court at this
city. The complaint Is a sealed docu-
ment and nothing can be learned ot
the character of the charges made.
Mrs. Sothern would make no state-
ment. Whether Mr. Sothern will con-
test the divorce Is not known.
Nothing Taft Can Say.
Hot Springs. Va.. July 22 "There
Is nothing I can say regarding over-
ruling of Judge Landis in the rebate
case" said Mr. Tart when the sub-
stance of the decision of the circuit
court of appeals In the Standard Oil
company case . was made known to
him by the Associated Press.
Bullock Invited.
Colorado Springs. Colo. July 22.
Seth Bullock Roosevelt's hunter
friend has announced the president
has Invited him to accompany the
hunting trip to Africa. Bullock ex-
pects to accent.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE
CITY NATIONAL
BANK
OF BRYAN. TEXAS
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS JULY 15 l'XW.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $276019.97
U. S. Bonds and Premiums 101.000.00
Furniture and Fixtures 2626.00
CASH 129.916.39
Total $512562.36
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 50000.00
Surplus 80000.00
Undivided Profits (net) 9122.29
Circulation 50000.00
DEPOSITS 323439.44
Total $512562.36
I G. S. Parker President of the above named bank-
do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
G. S. PARKER President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this July 17 1908.
F. L. Cavitt
Notary Public Brazos County Texas
Correct Attest: J. W. ENGLISH )
J. K. PARKER Directors.
E. H. ASTIN )
STEVENSON MACHINE and REPAIR WORKS
Manufacturing and Repairing
BATTERIES FOR ALLlPURPOSES.
Phone 7 BRYAN TEXAS
OFHCE AND WORKS
IN NOKTHEKN AKT OF TOWN
ALWAYS READY
With the Newest Seasonable Fabrics for Men's Clothing. The old reliab
JOHN WITTMAN TAILORSHOP
Can always be dependi J on for Quality Style Kit an J Promptness.
Give us your orders. JOHN WITTMAN Merchant Tulo
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We have completed
our line of
i Eastman Kodak Goods i
HaswelFs Book Store
Tfy the Svlilburn Wagon
BEST ON EARTH
FOR SALE ONLY BY
SANDERS BROS.
Dealers in Staple & Fancy Groceries
1880
29th YEAR
1908
Experience Longest
Comoanies Largest
Business Methods unexcelled
MOORE & ROBINSON Agents
FRESH SHIPMENT
WILEY'S CANDIES
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given orders for iLHi sMEirilfl prices
MARTIN & LOCKE
Phone for
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