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VOLUME 31
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, Thursday, March 23, 1911.'
NUMBER 7
STATE RIGHTS
Says Views of New York 'op Texas
Have Nothing to Do with What
Kind of Constitution Ari
zona Shall Have.
By Associated Press.
Phoenix, Ariz.," March 20. Colonel
Roosevelt In, a speech here this morn
ing said the fact that Arizona adopted
the Initiative, referendum and recall
in the constitution was not sufficient
warrant for congress to refuse to ad
mit her to statehood, and that the
"v,iews of New York and Texas on the
question" hv.'e nothing to do with the
merits of the case. .
Fully 125 American and Canadian
Fishermen Lost Their Lives
During Past Season.
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Boston, Texas, March 20. During
the fall and winter fishing season just
ending fully one hundred and twenty
five lives were lost among New Eng
land and Canadian fishermen. .
CATTLEMEN AT SAN ANTONIO.
Ily Associated Press.
San Antonio, Texas, March 20.
Fort Worth, Oklahorov City and El
Paso are In the field for the next con
vention of t tie Cattle Kaisers' Associa
tion of Texas. Cattlemen from all over
the state are arriving today' for the
convention, which oiens tomorrow.
Oil Burning Route
"On Time."
Direct Line to
St. Louis anJ Kansas City
"Tho Hustler"
Fastest train in Texas.
Through Steel Coaches, Chair J
Cars and Pullman Sleepers,
, Dining Car all the way
Leaves Bryan 2:20 p. m.
Arrives Dry an 3:45 p. in.
One Way Second Cla.s Colonist Fares
to California, Washington and Oregon,
Effective March 10th to April 10th
For further information call on local
agent or write
T. J. ANDERSON,
General Passenger Agent,
Houston, Texas.
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take a course at the
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eleven more
' bills
including Provision for Instructor In
Terracing for A. & M.
College." ;
I3y Associated Pren.
Austin, Texas, March 20. Governor
Colquitt today approved eleven bins,
including the Hillsboro charter, the
Abilene charter, the bill providing for
a terracing instructor for A. & M. col
lege, the railroad commission bill
which authorizes it to regulate the
rates of dock and terminal companies;
the bill authorizing surveys for the
construction- of pools, lakes, etc.; the
bill regulating the practice cf profes
sional nurses; the bill fixing the time
of the Fifth Judicial district court;
the farm products experiment station
bill, and the bill regulating the invest
ment of fraternal associations' funds.
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By Associated If rem.
Quanah, Texas, March 20. Crawling
alongside a wire fence, a man with a
handkerchief over hij face and a six
shooter in his hand, 0ened fire on
T. Y. Landers last night as the latter
was driving to tMa city. One bullet
struck Landers in the.calf of the leg.
Bloodhounds carried to the scene
failed to find the scent. Landers Is a
grocer here.
BIG HOTEL FIDE IT CAMERON
GUESTS ESCAPED IN NIGHT
CLOTHES, LOSING BELONG
INGS LOSS $10,000.-
By Assocluted Press.
f'amprnn Texas. March 10. The
Ruby hotel, one of the leading hos-
tc'.ries of this city, was destroyed by
fire at an early hour this morning.
Thorn fw mnnv truosts in the hotel
at the time and they barely escaped
from the burning building In their
night clothes, many of them losing all
their belongings. The loss is about
$10,000 with no insurance.
ON BULL STRAP
DALLAS COUNTY CONVICTS SHOW
MARKS OF CRUEL
BEATINGS.
By Associated Press.
Dallas. Texas. March 16. The grand
grany l.s making an investigation of
the method of handling the Dallas
county road convicts, and as a result
the use of the bull strap may be abol
ished. Six prisoners testifying before
the body claimed they were unmerci
fully whipped recently. One is scarred.
TEXAS
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American Adventurers Get Little
Mercy from Federals and Insur
rectos Don't Care If They
Get Killed.
By Associated Press.
El Paso, Texan, , March "0. "The
Mexican Insurrection is no place for
i American boys or American men. Con
ditions, are hostile to them. The fed
eral troops will show them little mercy
and the Insurrectos do not care
whether Ameriacns are killed or not."
Tiii3 statement was made today by
II. C. Converse after visiting his son,
Lawrence Converse, who, with Edwin
Blatt, Is Imprisoned at Juarez. Mr.
Converse said that since the state de
partment made its representations to
the Mexican authorities the boys are
better treated in jail than they were
before.
RESULTS OF 'UMUTODR'S
. . EDIN6 TO MEXICO
Supposed It Will Have Important In
fluence on Destination of
Troops irl Texas.
By Associated Press.
San Antonio, Texas, March 20. The
general impression here today is that
.Minister Llmantour's visit to Mexico
has a vital bearing on the destination
'of the troops in camp here.
MINISTER LIIUIANTOUR
ARRIVES SAFE
Great Crowd Greeted Him Went Di
rectly to Hit Home.
By Associated press.
Mexico City. March 20. Minister
Limantour arrived here this morning
and went direct to his suburban home.
A great crowd greeted him at the
train.
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Temporary Buildings To Be Erected
i for Flour Mill and Power
Plant.
Work will start tomorrow morning
on the erection of temporary buildings
to be used while building the flour
mill and power Vlant, Temporary
buildings will also be used to store
the .three cylinders of the large en
gine. To give some idea of the size of
this engine it is only necessary to
state that each of the three cylinders
weighs 6000 pounds and the entire en
gine weighs 88,000 pounds. This is
one of the largest iJeisel engines in
the United States, there being only
three of the same size in use, and only
one larger, which is at Efftngham, 111.,
where it furnishes power for lights
and water.
In a letter received today Mr. Law
ler states that the loading of the ma
chinery is progresisng as rapidly as
could be expected and that the ship
ments will arrive in Bryan soon. He
also stated that his father, J. T. Law
ler. has returned from Cuba, and that
they will both arrive in Bryan for per
manent residence between now and
April 1.
FINAL GINNERS' REPORT.
The final government ginners' re
port for the season 1910-11 came in
today, showing 11.941,563 bales of cot
ton ginned to March 13. The report
was about what the trade expected,
and had no effect on the market either
way. The market closed about like
Saturday.
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CHEST
Yyan s Big
White Man Says He Was Peering
Through Keyhole Negro Says
He Was Looking at
Name Plate.
By Associated Press.
New York, March 20. Dr. Booker
T. Washington, the well known negro
educator, was so painfully hurt by a
beating on the head last night that he
was unable to appear In court this
morning against Albert Ulrich, a white
carpenter, who U held under bail
charged with felonious assault on
Washington. The latter says he was
looking at the nameplates in West
Sixty-third street for a negro named
Moore, to whom he had a letter which
he had left at his hotel, when Ulrich
attacked hlra without provocation.
Ulrich lalms he hit the negro,
whom he found peering through a key
hole and whom he believed had
spoken to his wife a few minutes be
fore. F
Last Crop Shows Increase Both in
Number and Weight
of Bales.
By Associated Press.
Washington, March 20. The census
bureau in a bulletin Issued today
shows the 1910 cotton crop to be 11,
941,.'.C3 bales, counting round bales as
half bales, compared with 10,386,209
bales for 1909.
In 1!H0 Texas produced .3.071,203
running bales.
Linters for 1910 were 297,592 bales,
sea island 90.368 bales, and round
bales 112.S87.
The average gross weight was HOi.J
pounds for 1910, compared with 496.6
for 1909.
In 1910 Oklahoma produced 954.433
bales, compared with 937,004 In 1909.
READY FOR EITHER
HORN OF DILEMMA.
By Associated Press.
Galveston, Texas, March 20. Gen
eral Mills' brigade of coast artillery,
which has been mobilized here as in
fantry, is ready for field service or
maneuvers.
SELLS $2,000,0C0 BONDS.
By Associated Press.
Fort Worth, Texas. March 20. Two
million dollars of city bonds, mostly
for building a surface reservoir for the
water supply, were sold today at 5
per cent. ,
THE METHODIST REVIVAL
What is declared to have been one
of the most successful revival in the
history of the Methodist church for
many years was brought to a close
last night when the after service was
concluded with the old hymn of
thanksgiving, "Praise God fromHVborn
All Blessings Flow." The meeting was
one of two weeks' duration and full of
interest from the beginning. Larger
crowds were in attendance during the
week days and the capacity of the
Methodist church was on several oc
casions taxed almost to its limit. The
visible results have been between
seventy-five and eighty conversions
and reclamations, and to date forty
one applications for church member
ship with a few more to follow. Four
of these will go to the Presbyterian
church, one to the Baptist and the rest
to the Methodist.
The preaching during the entire
services was done by the pastor. Rev.
Glenn Flinn, with the exception of a
few children's services successfully
conducted by Rev. A. C. fisher, of
Fort Worth, who, with his wife, had
charge of the music. As leaders in
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Condensed Statement of the Condition of
The City National Bank
At the close of business March 7th, 1911
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RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $-134,851.40
U. S. Bonds and Premiums '.. 102,000.00
Bonds, Securities, Etc 6,212.60
Furniture and Fixtures 2,000.00
Cash 296,852.12
' $841,916.12
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $ 50.C00.00
Surplus and Profits (net) . . . 126,638.79
Circulation ... 50,000.00
Deposits 61SJ77.33
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State of Texas, 1
County of Brazos )
Correct Attest:
J. W. English
J. K. Parker
E. H. Astin
J no. E Astin
Direc.ors
this department of the work Rev. and
Mrs. Fisher proved to be wonderfully
successful. The congregational singing
was the best ever heard in the Meth
odist church and .Mr. Fisher's solos
and duets with his wife won the audi
ences from the beginning. As a choir
accompanist Mrs. Fi3her's superior
has never appeared In Bryan, and the
same may be said of Mr. Fisher as a
gospel singer. He has a tenor voice
of great tenderness and charm, and
to hear him is to be helped and up
lifted. The pastor. Rev. Glenn Flinn, In
speaking of the results of the meeting
declared them most gratifying and
said that from the many expressions
received from his leading people he
believes that his church is in the be
ginning of a forward movement be
yond anything in Its history.
COLQUITT FAVORS
TEXAS OFFICERS
WANTS THEM TO HAVE PART
MANEUVERS NOW IN
PROGRESS.
By Associated Press.
Austin, Texas, March 16. Governor
Colquitt wants all Texas officers ap
plying to be given a turn of duty in
the maneuvers of the regular army
now in progress in this state. The ad
jutant general's department today is
sued a statement urging friends of
the national guard to urge their re
spective congressmen to favor the
passage of the new pay bill for na
tional guardsmen which is to be intro
duced in the next regular session of
congress. t
WOODMEN'S BALL.
The Woodmen of the World lodge
at Millican is preparing to give a big
ball on Thursday night, March 30.
The arrangement committee is com
posed of Messrs. Charles H. Vance,
!Jr., H. B. Crawford and R. Q. Wil
1 Hams.
CHILL
MY BUSINESS CREED I believe a man gets
what he goes after; that one deed done today is worth
two deeds done tomorrow; and that no man is down
and out until he has lost faith in himself. E. F. P.
naav
soy
$841,916.12
Albert VV. Wilkerson, Cashier of
the above named Bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true
to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Albert W. Wilkerson, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
9th day of Mar. 1911. F. L. CavitT,
Notary Public. Brazos County, Texas.
IBBSZ&aSEfll
GOVERNMENT TO MAKE REFORMS
SATISFACTORY TO INSUR
GENT LEADERS.
By Associated Press.
Xew York, March 16. It is learned
that Senor Limantour's sudden depart
ure for Mexico was on the understand
ing that he has made tentative plans
for substantial reforms'whlch will sat
isfy the leading insurrectos.
TEXAN III TROUBLE IN MEXICO
EAGLE PASS MAN ARRESTED
CHARGED WITH AIDING
INSURGENTS..
By Associated Press.
Eagle Pass, Texas. March 16.
Henry Whittle, for many years a resi
dent of Eagle Pass, has been arrested
and placed incommunicado at Cuidad
Porflrlo Diaz, charged with carrying
messages to the insurgents. He has
worked for twenty-five years in the
Mexican International railroad shops
in Cuidad:
Whittle wbs translating war news
from an American newspaper to Mex
icans at the time of hi3 arrest. His
wife and children live at Eagle Pass.
The American consul at Cuidad says
he can do nothing for Whittle.
SENIORS GO TO DALLAS.
The senior engineering class of A.
& M. college went to Dallas yesterday
to spend a day or two inspecting the
various power plants of that city. The
object of the trin was for the nratiral
knowledge to be gained In the inspec
tion oi tne plants asan aid to the
young men in their studips. Thia la
one of the strong points in the educa
tional system or a. & m. college; It
combines the practical with the theo
retical, and when a young taan is grad
uated he is thorouzhlv nrenare.l to hu
gin at once t"he work he has selected
ror nis me vocation.
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