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eral car as it 0 re of mourning on the building, $50,000; ler, for Madero and ing and site, $50,000; elm site, $5,000; Memphis, site, e Denton, increase in cost of cons rings $1,250. tion to $75,,100. written by George Accordingly, thl senate I wi ount Vernon on Feb- carry more than $375,000 for Texas and referring to the buildings and sites over what is car- nc 'representatives to the ried in the house bill. sewe o1 tes congress, was sold and ti y for $1,250 to an Over 1,026 Acres in Lettuce. three y Harlingen, Tex.-The late killing freezes on the Pacific slope and fail HamlK. amtol- tre of special crops in Florida has Tosk . K. Hamil- left the lower valley of the Rio Grarde Texas from his flying as the almost sole purveyor of early closed h Thursday lettuce and other green crops. The..g the ne. He es- demand for lettuc especiaily, far ex- we ton jumped ceeds the s . y, and cash offers are nei men bei - ade here on the track of of hamper for the salad. As iley o grown lettuce runs about 3 iads to rel D. the hamper, an acre's PP uct would be worth $1,000. Ther are 1,026 acres planted to lettuce ..as year in the val Sley and the y ad is good. ne d ne ecMiso C ital Punishment Remains. fw oo oenix, te Ariz.-The proposed law r abolishing capital punishment in Ari on Tomb. zona was killed in the legislature d( -Wreaths were Wednesday, the senate postponing ac b of Washington tion on it indefinitely. the George Washington Ty obb s Lucky. Assoiation and the George Ty Cobb Is Lucky. Masonic Memorial Asso- Detroit, Mich.-Ty Cobb has won a. over the Dtroit club in his fight for at a $15,000 salary. ,000 Montengrins, 4,000 Servians Die. r Washington-Bix thousand Montene- Snow Failing in Los Angeles. grins and 4,000 Servianfl perished at Los Angeles, Cal.-Snow fell in Los Beutari in the last battle between the Angeles Wednesda for the first time alied troops and the Ottoman forces, in many years. acording to an official dispatch to Constantinople by the Turkish ambas- Interurban Rtiiroad Building Active. Fort Worth, Tex.--Twenty-four miles ador Bunday. of steel rails were laid during Jan Five Miners Perish in Fire. uary by tne various interurban lines ' Eldorado, Ill.-Five miners were under construction in Texas. burned to death by an explosion in Wants Good Rods the Seagraves mine. near Eldorado, Kyle 'thursday. Three others were hurt. Kyle, Tex.-A move has been launch ed for a $100,000 road bond issue and Anahuac Rice Farmers Are Busy. the chances are very much in favor Anahuac, Tex.-Farmors are busy of it. preparing the soil for the 1913 rice crop. Some have put on a night force Robstown Grows Rapidly. to facilitate matters. There will be Robstown, Tex.-Fifty residences something like 7,000 acres planted in and three brick store buildings have rice dn this vicinity. gone up during th past 60 days. For a $50,000 Sanitarium. Poet's Body to Be cremated. Palestine, Tex.-A petition signed San Francisco, Cal.-The body of by a number of well known business Joaquin Miller, the poet, who died mna and citizens will he presented to Tuesday, will be cremated and borne the city commislsiouners asking that to the funeral monument which the they call an election for the purpose poet built with his own hands several of vott( ads to beild a sanitarium eares ago, and there the ashes will Do "tO cost orV ttered to the winds. Postoffine fesay ae for Good By City, Tex.-Jdge -A very vote m- has L received a tel eekr Betor Cnuiberso whitsk and bws: he semmste w * pastsoe be 'ý'eiIld and ry, the ,generally jo. 1 on the t been washed r. That monument ugh diligent search was i but the present boundary ion, appointed two years ago e Stephens act, located it by ad distance from monument e nearest one ,o the point of the Rio Grande. proval of this report by Presi ft settles a controversy of rs' standing between Texas Mexico, and does it accord he contention, surveys, maps nts recognized and issued by authorities, and is therefore tisfactory to Texas and Tex use it fully protects the in f the State and its people. lecond Northern Expedition. I Francisco, Cal. - Completion of the arrangements for the pur of the Karluk, a 30-ton steam er, Thursday disclosed plans of !lman Stefans, discoverer of the e Eskimo, of a second expedition P'ar North. He will sail from ~ancisco May 1. The definite: t of the expedition will be the plored portion of the Arctic sec north of Banksland. Nearly a a of scientists will accompany him tie vessel will be equipped for a e years' voyage. Crearsery Men Elect Officers. a bomb Yoakum, Tex.-The meeting of tlf~ tes r -xas Creamery Men' so' Tin a I -sed Vedtes tn was chosen spit the nr- eeting place. Officers out were elected as follows: George Con nely of Houston, preside .'Rovt^e ' of Runt; Professor J. Ic Idgeway of College Station, sec- sch retary and treasurer, to ' I a New Cabinet Ministers. hat City of Mexlco.-The following cabi- re. net portfolios were awarded and the cot new ministers took the oaths of. of- dit fice Friday in the yellow room of the au' national palace: Foreign relations. Francisco Leon de la Barra. War, General Manuel Mondragon. lil Communications, David de la Fuente. ap Work on Port Arthur Conduit. fo Port Arthur, Tex.--Contractors who ca are to build the nine-mile, 30-inch con- vw duit, to bring water from the artesian of wells, near Port Neches, have started at real construction work, and began a week ago making the conduit. The te Gates ditcher has been cutting the trench for some weeks and has six sl miles cut. ee Four Texas Companies to Border. at Austin, Tex.-The wires flashed S es Texas' threat of swift punishment to a any Mexican commander who harmed o a citizen of the Lone Star State. e Governor Colquitt Monday night or .h- dered four companies of militia to ad Brownsville with all possible haste. ror t Matt Wells Wins on Points. ID London.-Matt Wells, lightweight. c defeated Hughie Mehegan, Australian t es champion, Monday night in a 20-round t ve fight at the National Sporting Club. i Wells won on points. Nevada Divorce Law Amend. of Carson, Nev.-- overnor die Fri led day signet the Btrnes am dment to re the divorce law. lt b es effective , the January 1. 1914. er that date an 1 ral applicant for div4rce must have lived ill i Nevada a year instead of six months. Improvements at Rogers. rote Rogers, Tex.:- Improvement still eek continues. A nu ber of residenhes are ear- under construe on and a great many a~4 home owners putting down ce m1at walks. b City sxas New Census. bY City T .According to a cen en tly under the direc the mess easgue, the popu Bay ity is now 5,000. There tely 900 families in the scholastic estimate is or Eosf Shipped. -0. C. Bimmons ship toNe Nw aver I t M~t ;, 1[t 'ol 111*- 1 . .';o . n elt at d been ill only a few . ..,tn .if . . d the syill tItu s of her uIlder the sembled appendictºtiN cree and < o Na La was a slautht-ar of duties, tlh Slang, a Manchu. She ni trried havie \ beetn .mperor Kwangsu in 1.'. p-he was I0o per it 48 years old and the niiec a of the late The M11: empress dowager, Tsu 11il. instructitcl Tsu Hsi, who always had .. impered foreilin r, I Kwangsu with lavish attention luade no rItdolcti the most important event in I:is life nized, rtes the choosing of his bride. .'.. a pre- closed po 1 liminary she picked out about two M.W. i hundred can":'tt "- ,nd set the ment- the Natioi bers of the board of rites to work in- suumied a I quiring Into the horoscope of each. tlrnted to Wy hen these "officers who had gone p t to heaven" had selected about a dozen likely candidates from the lot, Tsui Htai had them come and live at the ernon Spalace until by her observation of minutes their characters at first hand she min tes 'J s could pick out the most fitting one. i i- The final choice fell upon Ye Ho Na verdict of s La. The marriage ceremony was per- Buand other y formed with great pomp. the jurer e With the deaths of the husband and Ilan g E. the dowager empress, Tsu Hsi, with- Glancing I. in two days of each other in 1908, Ye on whiet Ho Na La became dowager empress. Judge Na With the accession of the baby em- and part peror, Pu Yi a son of Prince Chun. i t i n and the commencement of the reform verdict w r- movement which resulted finally in "We, t n I China becoming a republic, Ye Ho Na not guilt f La never had the sway that fell to h Immed ºe the lot of her predecessors. ands wi n Ye Ho Na La abdicated February 12 glanced mt of last year with the emperor, Pu Yi. "'It was te and other members of the Manchu ant, whd edynasty. wrea will Mrs. Pankhurst is Arrested. m London.-Mrs. Emmeline Pan urst a was arrested Monday in cr nectionr with the destruction o e country tivel residence of Davi loyd-George bT quar a bomb exploil^ last week. . 1er ar- inco . rees ed from her declaration at Wil Ston!a public meeting that she had con- poin chosen spired with her followers to carry defil ifficers out the outrage. Se ;e Con- of _ ra eland's New School Building. o ssor J. Grapeland, Tex.--Grapeland's newi Q" n, sec- school building has been turned over p, to the school board by the contractors leso and school is now being held in the S, handsome structure. The building Dan ig cabi- represents an outlay of $12,000 and is T ,nd the complete in every detail save that ad- are of. of- ditional seating is required for the ly 1 of the auditorium. Igos S~fort Leon Pleasanton May Have Oil Mill. Pleasanton, Tex.-Pleasanton is very agon. likely to have an oil mill before the T Fuente. approaching cotton crop is harvested. live Certain parties have purchased land pet dult. for this purpose, and if preliminaries set ars who can be arranged satisfactorily it Is its ich con- very likely that an oil mill will be in $7: artesian operation the coming season at Pleas- ma started i anton. mi began a' ho it. The Castro Purchasing Munitions. ing the New York.-Evidence tending to has six show that agents operating for Gen eral Cipriano Castro a few days ago La made heavy purchases of arms and At lorder. ammunition was obtained by United let flashed States secret service men Thursday, th iment to and it is known that the department ba harmed of justice in Washington has extend- gc r State. ed its inquiry to several gulf ports. th tight or ilitia to Castro Goes to Cuba. haste. New York.--General Cipriano Cas tro, ex-president of..- -Ziele-., left ly nts. i New York sud4dfily Sunday for Cuba m htweight. on the Ward liner Saratoga. He said ni ustralian there was nothing secret about his at 20-round Itrip; that it was merely for pleasure, w ng Club. anl."nat he would return to New York d some time in March. a tn Allies Will Demand Indemnity. 'die Fri- Sofia.-The ministry of finance dment to states that the payment of an in- p effective demnity by Turkey is an essential . Sdate an condition to the conclusion of peace. a iave lived It is added, however, that the allies I of six will not insist upon immediate pay ment. S Belt Railroad to Be Extended. tent still Fowlerton, Tex.-It is reported that len:es are the Artesian Belt railroad will be ex reat many tended from Christine to Crowther, a 1 down ce distance cf seventeen miles, . as cost of $110,000. enasue. Bus Forty-Two Interurban Cars. Sto a cen- Dallas, Tex.-The second largest or the diree- der 4ver placed for interurban rolling the popu- stocj was made Thursday when the 000. There Sout ern Traction Company bought lies in the forty-two modern interurban cars foa etimate is use om the Dallas-Waco line - Many Homeseekers to Texas. hipped. - tm, TeL-The second largest mas shiPD movement of the year Fla -i ind Houston riday. More than aver- fit cars containing at least 1.000 -_ e to sreeking new v aui ar If NUEVO LAREDO ORIT CLOSED AUTHORITIES AND NEW GOVERN MENT FAIL TO AGREE. Consul on American Side Refuses to Sign Consular Invoices, So Revolu tionists Name a New Consul. Lart,:o. T,'x.-Nt:withlstandin thf' city of Nuelvo i.ire.o, i in ithe hands MUCH CC of the I''.toltut 'r;;i flr't's tinder the ltad(t'r!hill of Andl, ;al'za Ca-n, I'', Hens Sing tretolitot hat beti r .'lled bqtweh House V the' Nult\ Larndo aulhoriti-is altl the Ir oi'"\\ ) et'v* mrlllll1tlt 111 t!h ' 1 i% (y .uf "-;1(o and thus the port iof N 'Vii lilrtid is Tn our w cl,.-' d as pa rlI ot trtly. snowy day shortl' after the ( urell' ' of -%1Pe'o as if thny l.ar'd, l, o , t u yi: for'. i t.itd weather. at "htii'll of 4t' {or (cent i i tlt's v. ith larg. il ;ll i tll' ,' l . i1:.ll iV i 4 ''-n t' I- t exposure. tiltd , l;k, adlll Vallt;lu : 111. i tdIll'- clei an, i Ivtt 1 . 1,lit ihl ' >ti hli" bl h k b ll t a. t'o I With grit to ' i t ' r fo .sal ,f tihe sexi l banktd l!,! . l on the Amtllrt''ie';In t.id It) plut his w.i,,..S r", " ' ' i i collt lilt l lh ' d I rout ii . s (: ' 11 ,r14 i l i T '' t , ' 'ti\t il }'. fr~i diat :(.! 1,Ine l froni I r i v ft.i t-'it 'u c ' 'tn ci llm thel fllir l e ts o : ',i eral tiu , T tr ler the 4 i p;r ie r''Iili t i' lg. Tlit.png lilipini. creiie aItl c l im l"Iv r'.c' IIo We hlave, II hav ''i blt 'ii too iAi t.-I t l'"l V li lty of t e 'h' l '·" ic;n" cI tIll rceivitl i HANDY F instructio: ns fro me a the e -: +"r,'tinen of -Ie fi uctio l in duties ' ili h ri-,i.t. Each P njiz'd.- rs.ll"ii inl lie tIt till of a S cltrstd port i"t \ S e4ot I .''i' Mo M. W. Bretntna cust:2 a t of When tra . Sutiltl ; h lil ir lttitud' alt : i L ri' for each tllin~t e'id I t. he 'l . x nl n s'i''t' \ o10 1 '|t ' 1 4 uit his l uli'h tt liS 're ttl ry i Leri I' I' i d. t l oll ni tf iprior to the capiture of ti ti ill to corr mrilt. Tuesy i I for umorrAinD for e in thle J. li. Sneed case to Ir f verdict of "not guilty." Foreal Tol a Bunker handed thr e written vf hit n rand other papers to Jude Na rs Id the tjurymen filed the box. sl indig. SGlancing hastily at tile alip of Palet'r hon which the verdict was writte iA Judge Nabors warned the tspectators and piarties to the clas'e trat thO re must be no demonstrat Jl. Then the ; m verdict was read. It .as: in "We. the ury, nd the defendant the pe .s not guilty." board Immeliately thB re was a clappin of posit v er it o M si' ls a ' ' rliin hands within thte ail. Juge Naors numb 12 glanced in that 'tirection,. frownini i, "It rwasme, judgl e " said the f cnd u ant, whh he ' his feet his face B itI' e wnas it, Mr. Sneed? I Uttle u ill fiNa u$50s,' said the court. P a prst Ms Be New Cabinet nection e ashin en.-It was stated pos- Th ountr m tively Tuetay in high congressional cery rge ba quarters, csey identiiied with the or for Je ar- lancom:ng actinistration of president ful tion at w ilso, that he following cabinet ap- won' d con- pointments hd been determined upon the i carry definitely: and Secretary olState, William J. Bryan sele of Niebrska. t comi Iding. tecre ary ofthe treasury, William Whe ' neOw Q. McA(oo of "ew York. to tl ed over Postmjster gneral, Albert S. Bur- as ractors leson of exas. som in the Secrety of the navy, Josephus fan building Daniels o North Carolina. s ato i Sand is The fo goi ngames and osition egg that ad- are said have been advanced entire live fo r the l beyond he state of conjecture or cle Sgossip, and became finalities in the ,m forthcoming cabinet list eac Mill. I yot n is very $800 dlnlmum Salarye er fore the Washingto That a man can not b rvested. live on $720 year and "keep up ap an ed land pearances" id bthe declaration of the I minaries senate Tuesd vhen it overturned pr ily it is its postoffice c mittee, voted out all st, ill be in $720 salaries postal clerks and minimum oltate, Wpovision by thel house. dm ding to Mras. Scotteasury NWilliam Wh for Gen- London.-Dr. ce, a brother of ays ago Q.Lady Robert F. ew t, widow of the rms and Antarctic eplorer received a wire y United less from his sistr Tuesday saying nhursday, that she had just heard of her hus- t partment band's death and that she was in a extend' good health. LadyS cott is on board ports. the steamship Aoratni. ic a. Two Negroam fynhthi.es 1 . iano Cas- Marshall, Tex.- negroes were B la, left lynched and a third as wounded by for Cuba mobs in Harrison nty Tuesday Hesaid night. The dead are: Robert Perry about his and a negro named der ion. The pleasure, wounded negro is nam Getrge Red New York den. The scene of lyn hing is about ten miles from p sta Fields. mnity. $10,000,000 in 25 inu finance Washington.-The senlte -sesdal of an in- passed the '80,00i0,000 an tlension e essential bill In the record time of 1nutes of peace. and with less than 15 mi'i es ebate. Ir the allies It is the largest amoutat qf a an miiate pay- nual pension measure in e htory of the government. It tended. Illinois Miners Vott F ds. oorted that Peoria, llo.-Ill-inois stae l a~. will be ex- ers Tuesday voted In favor givg rowther, a the striking miners of West 'irgina , as coat $900,000 if necessary to aid them their struggle. an C ars. Withhold Lumber Orders for e largest or- Orange, Ter - Mexican coyi 'bn rolling who have had large orders with when the lumber manufacturers for a ay bought have instructed them to withhold fur Sccars foe ther shipments by rail and by water ee to Mexico, pending a settlemeon of t the Mexican war troubles. and largest Colemdan, Te.-D ring thie pd t ft the year week there have been $wo more More than oil wells brought in on the Trscd least 1.000 field sonutherast from Coleman a aliie U o ar tkenty miles. The oil is of avg r superior quality SAYS ks Her I fight Resul All Ladie MUCH COMFORT FOR POULTRY .. I' Cackle in Cozy Winter Hens Sing ands Kept Busy Scratch House Wher Their Feed. Ing ft i , S t!-.ltry holoe on cold. In our win:t, Le:ns sing and c:tackle . '' snowy dat;s « 'r'e enollj i sumnlOm er as if th. h Louse is 4x..,; tfet,' weathe "r ,Ie,. S onI the' soutthern I v. it lrg. t i ,:iilm it consists Of ,, exposutr . r ,. l, '-f, ders .. ,I : cdean invitini sl, lls. tl , d l ',' floor' « with grit aiul: \ ith leaves anll .t-f:i., It banked 8t V. Irtn,. on of l:titancock rit '- l(,i in the N\w England . Ctuit'- h , . k,'ep till, liens busy "I h ,2 ( until tt rcet tune dig- a t . fr- tit li_-t-til rtin, sc.tt rtld sev- , ling aflter s: iy in tihe litter. l.aawn -o eral tin l, i :t otha:l hi. It, lllllkills. clippings, tin' ai ocs ' a:i-nt:l ti.at of I :isbtea , etnd r (chlv rtilt h: t ss.ntded t ' heat t. ,,ts oti t l' t l lI . busin .ss fromn It. i ., ,lisy he u tilt la-i the 1. It -is t stle a d ha- rd blood I . tils . n!de , hl tr vt ins to k .P ht r ip - t " c('tursin i : i la s. Our pterchi s cant (;i, C'. .:': i ha-n , W1 the rnut. and it we hue " B ?tors 1 teen the tock inclined to any dIr2 . e t the ,ty t n th f perch ".,',, l-'nd IntUh . he perches to tle ceil- f we Just I, I ; ot1t,, ,et til'h habit of I ing. Thlt , the r st of the tioc k. BY hustling ait is use fur drones on our We have , i urv alpiary. farm save. irt COLLECTING EGGS HANDY F T Keep Separate Box for Desirable t Where Trap Nests Each Pe -e Being Used. A tnsts are used it is some When tra le to keep t , --: ing; box times dtesira which reeivt's i the 4"W for itach pei g;ther.d says the Farm " " . Nilbl.r each tray or box I vand 11"p t are used inl some hhen tnurapr of to correspon t t ry nru ict as First A I1". . handed r ,er two days en, " --. Second ors . - trunk out tore theT Handy Egg Tray.They ant the pen. The holes in the bottom haven't board keep the eggs in an upright fact, the - of position on the small end where the says the hors numbers can be easily read. friend m inug. c be yesterua; ien<a HABIT OF EXCHANGING EGGS back. faceI _ --ell. I? I little Money and No Satisfaction in h. P. practice-Best to Sell Direct "i ha to the Consumer. my i post- There is no satisfaction, and but food eve tional very little money in exchanging eggs '"I am 1 the for groceries or grain. By being care- a iident ful In gathering eggs. so that they saying et a D- won't become chilled in winter and s0 honeyr upon the hens won't sit on them overnight for bee and using a little care in sizing and Bryan selecting, quite an advance over the common prices may be obtained. Rasti 'il liam When possible, sell your eggs direct ed. i to the consumer. If not possible, get "Ah' r- a market in your nearest city with stealin some grocer who deals in strictly Wash ephuo ancy grocerles and provisions. Agree gwine to furnish him only strictly fresh "Go itionr eggs, and then, for yoe r own e saee, o entire live up to your agreement. Carefl Aly ue or clean all the eggs; don't send nhhik hnr e small, misshapen or large ones t each egg with a rubber stamp, u1 your initials or the name oft r "W farm, and in a short time you illof th . an not have created a demand for your s "B up S- and when you have created such de' of the mand your eggs will bring the higste rtur rned price, 0onsldersbly more than sur out all storekeeper would pay. ks and Several neighbors could send tr he $800 eggs together, paying a cent or two Di by the per dozen to one of their number for to I doing the business, and in this way ,ll w uld gain a little. ther of Cold-StoraIl *Test. - of the of cold storage, as made by p aa wire- o f the experts of the department , : saying of agriculture led to the conclusion her hus- that poultry keeps better when not was in drawn than it does when drawn. The on board reason is that the process of drawing causes bruises which invite the lodg Sment of germs. lItrds that were dry I werd. picked kept much better than those L es were which had been scalded. The experts I unded by summed up the requirements as c Tuesday p. upt storage, dry picking and dry e et p erry ch, rag. These esesntials have all El onnThe h favorable to the cold-storage rreeRed- tr, but seem never to be com -nhihing is pr, reded by the host of agitators iFields. w'mo every year try to secure ab --lIcold-storage laws. uesday t Open Muslin Front Best. itension ofglass front poultry house causes u~ s xtemes in temperature, warming up tes bate.t *he day time and then turning cold t a f an- -ltli the setting of the sun. This i- ha e htry i apt to cause disease and make athe fowls' combs and wattles more nt . e itive to frosts. The open muslin d r - o t is by far the best and at the I al a. e e time the least expensive. Some i Sigiv rg g I may be used, but not exclusive b Coeced5 Montgoemery Elctlon. It s, Tei--COm plete retnrns from for ori 1 elot of s18 boxes give the pros a cooty of 56 in the local option eleo iwwith cal -a held in Montgomery County Sat"L rmtus tio y. The antis have Mconceded the thhol fur- ,ct~ion by a ma ll arlin. Sby bater ______-"- __- __ ilemen e of Russian IdialniSte·r Rdsgl. \ P petersburg.-The emperor has t it ted the resignation of M. Mak the pt elior as minister of the interior. Tne more ma T '- assigned for M. Makaroiffs re' rica '- i i S. BNi ETT SAYS 'HPUBLISH" ks Her Le er Made Publ::, ight Result [in Some Good. All Ladies Should Read. . , I , *- .1. I-'. .i t I ". ,I , . . - , " " " , " '" " "" I!\ yIt t' r ,O .. A,, . ' · " . I e St First Acto ' two days-can Second Ac trunk out of t De They are ttom havent bee right fact, the ho friend met yesterday GGS back. "Well. on In "Oh, ye et "How's "I have my wife d but food every geggs "You m care- "I am. Sthey saying an and so honeyd m rnlght for beets Mg and rer the direct ed. ble, get "Ah'm strictly Washin yfresh ter"Goa aref~ly Ail ma y wchicke y ll of th cer de tan thos y and dir surA t or two Di mber for to this waye eon made by Pay apartment p7 y . f drawing the lndg were dry han those te explerts o ments as Sand tdry have allo lt esorlase Best.y use causes warming up rning cold a c ian. This os rand make open muslin a and at the isive. Some , o4 t exlusive the pros a County Sat* esigns.d V emperor has b iaterior. Tue U Lakaroffa roe