JThe Bryan
AGLE.
VOLUME 32
Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, Thursday, November 9, 1911.
NUMBER 35
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STORY
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Joint Meeting of Commissioners and Good Roads
Committee Decides on Plan for Ordering
a Bond Issue Election
SECRETARY HEWITT TO
System of Improved Highways will Radiate
From Bryan to Every Part of Brazos Co.
Commercial Club will Begin the
Campaign Immediately
A history-making event for Brazos
county was tin- Joint meeting of the
Hood roadi committee of the Conimor
Hal Club anil tho members of the com
missioners' court in the office- o1
v County Judge A. 0. Hoard at 10 o'clock
una morning, at wuidi meeting all ex
eepl one of the committee and four
members of the. commissioners' court
were pre-cnt. The matter of a bond
issue to provide funds for the im
provement of (lie public roads in the
entire county was discussed from ev
ery viewpoint. The members of th?
court were put in possession of all
the data compiled by the committee
up to the present, and the county
Judge and commissioners expressed
tbomeslves as endorsing tho general
plans. Judge Hoard suggested some
'changes to conform with the laws un
der which the bond issue Is to be
made and tho work done, which sub-
.geslions were adopted.
After all details had been fully gone
over a motion was made by Major
Melnnls and unanimously carried that
the chairman and county Judge com
pose a committee to prepare a et!
tion to be presented to the commis
sioners' court asking for an election
for an lssu of $200,000 forty-year
(twenty-year option) 5 1 2 per cent
bonds, to secure the necessary funds
for improving the public roads of j
I
IDE VICTIM
Texas Drummer Waiting for Train
Accidentally Shot and Kilted
in Oklahoma Town.
J, T y Associated PreHH.l
Frederick, Okla., Nov. 7. T. A. Phil
lips of n ,iham, Texas, wasilled last
m night at Tipton, Okla., by person
;f shooting at Henry Weaver, tho town
marshal. Weaver 'was shot twice, nut
not dangerously. Six men "have been
arrested on suspicion of doing the
shooting.
Phillips was a traveling salesman
for a candy firm. He was standing
at. the railroad station awaiting a ttaln
. when the would-be assassins of tho
marshal ooned fire, killing Phillips i
accidentally. I
GftSGLINE PASSENGER UUP
EXPLODED MD BURIED
By Associated Press. 1
Port Lavaca. Texas, Nov. 7. Tho
"isollne passenger launch Dona H ex
ploded and burned five miles off
snore. All on board were saved by. a
fishing smack Just before the explo
sion. Alabama Confederates.
Montgomery, Ala., Noy. J. The Ala
bama division, United Confederate
Veterans, began Its . annual reunion
.here today and the old soldiers were
given a warm welcome by the people
of the one-time Confederate capital.
It was in Montgomery fifty years ago
that representatives of the Southern
States met and formed a new govern
ment under tho name of the Confed
erate States of America,
MORRIS SHE
OPENS
Paris, Texas, Nov. 7. Congressman
Morris Sheppard, one of the five can
didates already entered in tho contest
to succeed Joseph V. Dalle in the
United States senate, op nod his
speechmaking campaign hou today.
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CIRCULATE A PETITION
Brazos county, the petition to be fur
nished to I lie secretary of tho Com
mercial Club, who is to secure the
signatures. Judge Hoard said that the
petition would be ready for the secre
tary by Wednesday morning. U is the
purpose of the- committee to present
the petition to the court at it s session
next week.
The mileage of roads to be im
proved, as mapped out, is about one
hundred and thirty-five miles. These
improved highways are to extend into
every part of tile county.
It was moved and unanimously car
ried that the thanks of tho committee
be extended to the members of tho
commissioners' court for the courtesy
o' this meeting.
It was found by careful figures that
the tax rate on the bond issue will le
20 cents on the $1"0 of taxable val
20 cents on the $100 of taxable val
ues. It was pointed out by Judge
Hoard that more than one-third of this
tax will be paid by the railroads and
by the city of Hryan, which makes it
a very light burden for the rural tax
payer as compared to tho inestimable
Ix'tiefit to him.
The committee will meet next week,
as soon as tho election has been or
dered, to consider plans for a county
wide campaign In tho interest of tho
proposed bond issue
DENIES CLAIM
OE AN ACTRESS
Cen. Sam Houston's Granddaughter
Repudiates Alta Virginia Hous
ton's Pretension To Be a
Descendant of the
Great Texan.
By AjROciated Press.
San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 7. In a
signed statement Mrs. Hoy W. Hearne,
wife of General Hearne of the Texas
National Guard, challenges tho claim
of Miss Alta Virginia Houston, a mom-U-r
of an opera company now touring
this state, that she is a direct des
cendant of Gen. Sam Houston.
Mrs. Hearne, who is herself a grand
daughter of General Houston, says
: there are only five granddaughters of
'thai name, all of whom she knows
' personally.
Sanitation Congress.
Paris, Nov. 7. With America well
represented, tho International Sanita
tion Conference was opened today in
Paris. The congress is under tho aus
pices of the Fionch government.
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FOSTERS WEATHER FWMMWM
Washington, Nov. 7. (Copyrighted,
1911, by W. T. Foster.) Last bulletin
gave forecasts of disturbance to cross
continent November 4 to 8, warm
wave 3d to 7th, cool wave Cth to 10th.
The features of this storm wave that
will attract attention and bo of in
terest will be the continued high tem
peratures, the frequent showers and
threatening rain, accompanied by
stormy winds and severe waether.
You must not expect these radical
weather events to occur at all places.
These bulletins are read on all part.i
of this continent and to understand
the forecasts you must follow the
weather features across the continent
and expect the weather event fore
casted to occur in connection with the
eastward movements of the weather
changes forecasted.
Next disturbance
will reach Pacific
er 8, cross Pacific :
coast about Novembe
sione bv close of 'Jth. groat centra
I
vallevs 10th to 12th, eastern section
i:;th. Warm wave will cross Pacific
slope about November 8, great cen
tral valleys 10th. eastern sections
12th. Cool wave will cross Pacilic
slope about November 11, great cen
tral valleys i::th, eastern section-?
13th.
Temperatures of this disturbance
will average about normal, but the
cold wave following will cause much
colder weather than the cool wave
preceding, both of w hich are described
above. The cool wave following will
be a cold wave north of latitude 3S.
The term cold wave means that tem
peratures will fall 20 degrees or more
w ithin twenty-four hours and go down
to the frost line or to freezing
weather.
This disturbance w ill cause raitu in
many sections and north of latitude ,
3S the rains will turn to snow as the j
cold wave comes in. This weather pe
riod will not be a good time for mar
keting, but it w ill be good for winter j
grain and in preparing the soil
for
next year's crops.
The cotton Mates are always inter
ested in the first killing frosts. The
top of the cotton plant continues to
grow and make good cotton long after
the cotton has been picked from tho
lower part of tho plant, therefore an
early frost cuts the cotton crop short,
while very late frosts tend to larger
cotton yields. I am expecting killing
frosts in large sections of the cotton
belt from November 11 to !.". In the
extreme south tho killing frosts will
come November 23 to December 2.
All readers of the newspapers in
which these bulletins are published
should have one of Poster's weather
maps on which all sections of the con
tinent are plainly marked and this is
a great aid in understanding the fore
casts. That map will be mailed to all
readers of this paper on receipt of
stamp. Address Foster's Weather Bu
reau, Washington, D. C.
Indications are that November will
average warmer than usual and that
more than usual rain may be expect
ed. Hut In Texas and southern parU
of tho other cotton states loss than
usual rain is expected. The plains
states will be deficient In moisture.
Irf-ss than usual rain between the Hud
son river and the Alloghenies and
north of Washington and Philadelphia.
November cron weather will be fa
vorable to all winter grain, but not
generally favorable to marketing prod
ucts from crops; too much rain for
moving grain. High temperatures will
prevail first ten days of November
and from lfith to 22d. Colder than
usual near November 13 and 29.
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THE ELECTIONS TODAY
MASSACHUSETTS.
Boston Republicans Hustling.
By Associated Press
Uoston, Mass., Nov. 7. The weath
er is good for today's election for gov
ernor in Massachusetts. The repub
licans are hustling in carriages and
automobiles to get out their voters.
The Tariff is Bay State Issue.
Uoston. Nov. 7. President Taft's
.vetoes oi me culiuii auu wi o.m.u
'ules. as revised by the democrats In
i . . . . ,
congress, is tne great, issue in luaaj
election in Massachusetts. The repub
licans have made their fight for gov-
.... v i.. ti V
ernor on tnis issue, in neany au iuc
speeches delivered during the cam
paign by Louis A. Frothingham, mo
republican gubernatorial candidate.
the support of President Taft has been
the keynote.
The issue was clearly defined by the
president himself when, in a speecn
before the Essex county republicans.
he called upon the state to elect
Frothingham and sustain him in his
policy of protection for Massachu
setts industries. At this same meeting
Senator Lodge predicted that the re
election of Governor Foss would mean
a democratic president and a subse
quent revision of the tariff that would
be harmful to the textile Industries
of the state. Hard times and panic
have been predicted In case or a dem
ocratic victory by all the republican
stump speakers in the industrial cen
ters. Tho result of today's election may
moan much to Governor Foss, the
democratic incumbent who is a candi
date for re-election. If he wins today
he may loom large in the national
democratic convention next year, and
his supporters consider that there is
more than a possibility that he might
be chosen to head tho national ticket.
I Governor Foss in his speeches has
1 belittled the injection of the tariff
I question into the campaign, declaring
'that his administration is to be judges ,
on state rather than national issues,
j He is confident that the voters will
! send him back to the statehouse today-
because during n.Siern,01uu,lc.. a..,
progressive measures have been
passed. .
The reptiDiican ramp " -u-.
are unanimous in the belief that tne
; re-election of Governor Foss will be
j construed by tho nation as a direct
' slnp at the president.
NEW YORK.
Rain Unfavorable to Republicans.
By Associated Press
New York, Nov. 7 The rain up
state has caused tho prediction that
today's republican vote In that sec
tion might be light. The principal
point of Interest is whether the demo
crats will maintain their present ratio
of their supremacy in the legislature.
To do so they must elect their candi
dates in eighty-five out of one hun
dred and fifty assembly districts. "
HEARST VS. MURPHY.
"New York, Nov. 7. Today's election
for ' assemblymen and county and
other minor offices has been preceded
by a warm campaign in which the
roniihiicnn-indenondence league fu-
sionists have made numerous
bitter
BETTER SERVICE
AT IT SINCE 1882
attacks on the Tammany Hall nomi
ness. ' William Randolph Hearst has
led the fusionist forces in their cam
paign against the Murphy regime.
MARYLAND.
Fight Is Close.
Baltimore, Md., N'ov. .7. Although
normally Maryland is a democratic
state, the political situation preceding
today's election has been so chaotic
as to make any prediction of the re
sult mere guesswork. Arthur Pue Gor
man, son of the distinguished senator
and democratic leader, is the candi
date for governor on the democratic
ticket, and is opposed by Philip Lee
Goldsborough as the republican nomi
nee. Gorman Is very popular and there
was little doubt of his election until
the revelation of fraudulent voting in
the democratic primaries in this city
came up to injure his cause. There Is
no evidence that Mr. Gorman profited
by the frauds of the democratic city
machine, but necessarily some of the
flying mud has stuck to his garments.
Mr. Gorman has publicly disclaimed
the pcrjietrators of the ballot box
stuffign, but he has had an up-hill
fight all the way. .
Mr. Goldsborough, the republican
candidate for governor, comes of a
prominent Maryland family and has a
flawless record. The party has lined
up behind him and is confident of vic
tory. Maryland's normal democratic
majority is about 13,000.
i The race issue and the disfranchise
ment of the negro voters has not been
brought to the fore during the cam
paign just closed, but it lurks in the
' background and will hold thousands
of democrats in line in spite of all
'other issues.
KENTUCKY.
By Associated Press.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7. The Ken
tucky gubernatorial election is being
held today. It is raining in the moun
tains, where it is said that bad weath
er is expected to lighten the repub
lican vote.
In Doubtful List.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7. All state
officers from governor down and many
, and ,esislators wiU be
,n th,g sUte
iWith Kentucky now numbered among
the carapalKn has
been a hard fought one and marked
bv much bitterness.
James B. McCreary, former gov
ernor and United States senator, is
the democratic standard bearer, while
Judge Edward C. O'Rear hopes to suc
ceed Governor Willson as a republican
jehief executive of Kentucky. Neither
candidate is making any extravagant
j claims of a landslide. The republicans
of Kentucky are "standing pat" on
President Taft's record, so far as na
tional issues are concerned.
Col. Henry Watterson, in his edi
torial review of the campaign, says
the democrats will be successful but
that they will have little cause for
shouting.
TWO NEW STATES.
Washington. Nov. 7 Elections for
governor and state offices, congress
men, legislators, judiciary and county
officers will be held 'today in New
Mexico and Arizona, preparatory to
tho formal entrance of the two terri
tories into the sisterhood of states.
btisi
ness
United States senators for the new
states will be chosen in January. The
democrats say they will certain carry
Arizona, and possibly New Mexico,
but the republicans are eually confi
dent that both of the new states will
be found in their column.
OHIO.
By Associated Press.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7. The vot
ing In Ohio began early and Is brisk.
IMPERIALISTS STILL
HOLDING PEKIN
Most Loyal Troops Are Concentrated
There and Emperor's Body
Guard Is an Army Division
of Manchus.
By Associated Press.J
Pekin, Nov. 7. Reports that this
city had fallen into the hands of the
revolutionists are without foundation.
There is no evidence that either the
emperor or the prince regent has fled.
The imperial government has concen
trated here all the most loyal and
faithful troops in the army and has
craftily sent all doubtful troops to far
distant points.
The emperor's personal guard is an
army division or 10,000 Manchus.
Wu Ting Fang Joins Revolutionists.
By Associated Press.
Shanghai, Nov. 7. Dr. ' Wu Ting
Fang, former Chinese minister to the '
United States, has joined the revolu
tionists.
Dr. Wu Ting Fang was known in
this country as "the human question.
mark," because he had a habit of
stating his objections to religious and
philosophical propositions in the form
of questions.
GETTING JURY TD TRY
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Five
Farmers Were Impaneled
terday New Venire Sum
moned for Today.
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By Associated Press.'
Cameron, Texas, Nov. 7. The Mex
ican boy lynching case entered the
second day of the trial with a pros
pect of consuming the entire time
completing the jury. In the afternoon
and night sessions yesterday five
jurors were secured out of a venire of
ninety. A new venire was summoned
today. All five of the Jurors secured
are farmers.
Vote on Commission.
Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 7. Califor
nia's capital city is expected to Join
other progressive citle3 having a com
mission form of municipal government
as a result of today's election. The
prospective charter has been highly
endorsed by the Short Ballot League,
of which Governor Woodrow Wilson
of New Jersey is president.
M. Crown of Waco is in the city
soliciting subscriptions to tho capital
stock of the Brazos Valley Trust Com
pany, now being organized In that city.