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FOURTEENTH YEAR
BRYAN, TEXAS, TUESDAY MORMMi, JANUARY 26. Ufr.
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Accused of Selling: Article Not
j Written by Cleveland.
New York, Jan. 25. In the criminal
' branch of the' supreme court the. trial
of Broughtou Brandenburg the liter-
ary agent accused of grand larceny In
' the secoud dogree In connection with
! the gale of the New York Times of a
I political article purporting to be writ-
ten by the late Governor Cleveland.
I was begun today '
"It Is a very simple case," said DIs-
trict Attorney Jerome. "There Is no
j doubt in my mind as to this defend
i ant's guilt. I have had a chemical
analysis made of the Ink used in th
FEAR LOSSES.
A. J. Hoover Tells of Disaster
of the Deep.
REPUBLIC IS HIT AMIDSHIP
Wintep
Of Every Description.
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Sc.Jly Dressed and Frightened Men
. and Women Placed on the Florida
and From That Vessel Moved to the
Baltic and Taken to New York.
New York, Jan. 25. The White Star
liner Baltic, bearing 1.650 passengers
from the steamships Republic and
Florida, which was In collision Sat
urday, anchored off Ambrose channel
lightship at the entrance of New York
harbor early Monday waiting for the
fog to lift. She tiien made her way
Into port.
H. J. Hoover of Spokane. Wash., and
wife, were on board the Republic when
the collision occurred. Mr. Hoover d
scribed the transfer of passengers
from the Republic and laterifrom the
Florida to the Baltic. The transfer of
the scantily dressed and frighten I
men and women from the Florida list
ed twelve hours. During the night the
searchlight of the Baltic Illuminated
the se, making ;a weird picture as
boatload after boatload was safely
gotten on board the Baltic. Two of
the Republic's passengers tumbled Into
the sea while being placed In a boat,
but were promptly rescued.
Mr. Hoover said the Injury to the
Republic was about anildshlp on the
port side. Just forward of the center
hatch. Staterooms 34 and 28 were
stove In by the bow of the Florida,
which withdrew from the gap almost
instantly and vanished In the mist,
leaving one of her anchors In the
wreckage, which demolished the
staterooms of the Republic. The Im
pact and withdrawal were so swift no
one on board the Republic had a
chance to Identify the steamship. la
half an hour, however, summoned by
distress blasts from the Baltic, the
Florida picked her way through the
murk and came alongside, Captain
Sealhy had his own boats lowered and
In these and those of the Florida all
passengers "of the wounded liner was,
put aboard the Florida. This opera
tion took two hours in a placid sea.
' Among the wounded, who were put
oa the Italian liner, was Eugene
Lynch, whose wife had been killed In
a stateroom on the Republic. Lynch's
leg had been broken In three places
and he was otherwise injured. As it
was considered unsafe to transfer him
to the Baltic he was left In charge of
the Florida's surgeon.
Mr. Hoover said there was very lit
tle panic aboard the Republic, al
though many came on deck in their
night clothes, and the discipline of the
crew was perfect The collision, he
said, occurred between I and 4 o'clock
Saturday morning, when everyone was
In bed. A great many passengers
were thrown from their bunks by the
crash and numerous rushed wildly on
the deck In their bare feet. With the
return of the Florida the transfer of
passengers began. The women were
placed In the boats first and In two
hours all were safely on board the
Florida.
The Republic went down Sunday
afternoon In thirty fathoms of water,
ten or twenty miles a little west of
Nantucket lightship.
Captain Sealby and fifty members
of the crew of the Republic were
transferred to the derelict destroyer
Seneca off Vineyard sound lightship
at 8 o'clock Monday and an hour later.
th Seneca started. lor New York.
None ef the officers or crew were In
jured. NOTED DIVINE DIES.
j North Texas Fruit Growers Worried
Over the Warm Weather.
i Fort Worth, Jan. 25. Reports from
various parti of north Texas say fruit
growers fear loss or heavy damage to
crops because of the extremely warm
weather of the last few days. Berries
of all kinds are in bloom and a cold
wave Is certain to come before spring,
killing the buds. Denison, Weather
ford. Paris and Gainesville dispatches
say farmers expect loss of fruit. The
temperature reached 87 here Sunday
Result of Too Tight Squeezing.
Waco. Jan. 25. Miss McOowan, a
teacher of rouble in Baylor university,
was embraced so heartily Monday that
she sustained a broken rib. She was
accosted by a schoolgirl returning
from a vacation who was overjoyed
at the night of her teacher that she
placed her arms around her and
squeezed with the above result. Miss
McOowan is confined to her room.
Twenty Years For Kannemacher.
Dallas, Jan. 23. Herman Kanne
macher, convicted on first trial on
rhara- of killing Will Rasbury in Sen
tenilcr. 1T'3. and given death sen
tence. Imt granted a new trial. In
criminal district court Monday plead
ed guilty to murder In the second de
gree and twenty years was the verdict.
Purchases Holdings.
Mount Fleaant, Tex.. Jan. 23. The
new railroad building from here to
Paris has purchased the Hoffman
holdings of the Stave company's road
extending ten miles north of Mount
Pleasant. It will he Included as part
of the n- line.
Three Dead, Ten Hurt.
Piedmont, W. Va., Jan. . 23. Three
men were killed and ten others In
jured, three perhaps fatally, in a coal
mine accident here. Two carloads of
miners ascending the plane at the
mine of the Piedmont and George
Creek Coal company. Near the top
the cars became uncoupled and dash
ed with fearful rapidity down the in
cline and collided with other cars at
the bottom. James Coudry, William
Hamilton and an unknown Italian were
killed outright. Charles Knight and
two Italians sustained injuries which
may result fatally.
Copy Sent to New York.
Guthrie, Jan. 23. Senator Roddie,
author of the amended banking bill,
has sent copies to the New York legis
lature, where a bill guaranteeing bank
deposits has been introduced. The
New York bill is drawn to conform
with the present Oklahoma law.
waich, after a year of experience, had
shown the need of amendment. Legis
lators of other states have requested
copies of Oklahoma's new hanking law
also
Legislator's Wife Assault.
Ilobart, Okla., Jan. 25. Mrs. J. R
Faulkner, wife of State Representa
tive Faulkner, at her home in Hobart,
was assaulted Monday by J. F. Bow
den, a white man in the employ of
M. Faulkner. The sheriff was tele
graphed Bowden had escaped and a
posse started In pursuit. The com
munity Is greatly excited.
Four Bubonic Plague Cases.
( :ccas, Jan. 25. Four cases of
bubonic plague are reported here.
Primate of the Anglican Church In
Canada Departs This Life.
Toronto, Jan. 25. Most Rer. Ar
thur Sreatman, archbishop of Toron
to Metropolitan of the ecclesiastical
province of Toronto, Canada, and pri
mate of all Canada, died Sunday after
noon of bronchial pneumonia.
The last primate waa bora in Eng
land in 1834, and was educated at
Cambridge university. After his ordi
nation he came to Caaada In 1868. He
was elected bishop to Toronto in 1879.
Two years ago. at the death of Arch
I Ishop Bond of Montreal, he was elect
i d to the highest honor of the Anglican
church In Canada t
Slips on Ice and Killed.
Loraine, O.. Jan. 25. Thomas Wat
son, eighty-three years old. fell ottt-ice-and
w as killed.
Tax Assessment Upheld-.. .
San AugusUmrTet' Jan. 25. Dis
trict court has upheld the tax assess
ment against the Lufkin Land and
Lumber company. The corporation
was taxed $15,000 on 60.000 acres of
timber land aud alleged discrimination.
Highway Robbery Charged.
Paris, Tex.. Jan. 25. Two men hava
been arrested and jailed on charge of
robbing George Smith and Will Ivy
on a public highway. The robbers, it
Is alleged. riffled their victims'
pockets at the point of revolvers.
Sunday Payments Valid.
Austin. Jan. 25. In answer to nu
merous inquiries, the attorney gener
al's de:ar'rrent has held that while the
Terrell election law does not contem
plate tax collectors to keep office open
on Sunday to issue polltax receipts,
still if such poll tax are Issued on Sun
day they are held to be valid. The
last day of this month is Sunday.
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Live Wire Causes Fatality.
Washington. Jan. 23. In Vesta miti
4 J-'hn Si-Jion was killed by a live
le
Under Commission's Supervision.
Austin. Jan. 25. Senator Terrell of
Bowie" U preparing a bill to place all
telegraph and telephone companies un-
lor.the supervision of the railroad
commission. The measure will require
all companies to publish rates and
prohibits overcharges.
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BROUGHTON BRANDENBURG.
signing of the article, and it is entire
ly different from the ink used by the
late president and different from that
used In his home. The paper Is also
different."
"If Mr. Jerome relies only on the
facts already adduced," said S. B.
Thomas, counsel for Brandenburg, "I
doubt seriously if he will ever get his
case to the Jury. As to his statement
that the Ink used to sign the article
was not that used in the Cleveland
home. If that Is true It does not prove
anything, for Mr. Cleveland signed the
article in his office, not at home."
Freshman's Appeal Dismissed.
Washington, Jan. 25. The United
States supreme court dismissed the ap
peal of Sam Freshman, who was fined
81O0 In the federal court at Dallas and
tentenced to thirty days in jail for fail
ing to have proper license. The ap
peal was based on the allegation that
the conviction was obtained on evi
dence which Freshman gave to the
prosecuting attorney's assistant un
der the impression he was an Internal
revenue officer and that he (Fresh
man) had to give the information
against hlmselt
Walk Forty-Seven Miles.
Chicago, Jan. 25. Having walked
forty-seven miles In eight days and
ridden the rest of the way from St.
Louis In freight cars and farmers'
wagous. Vincent O. Uskuris, and his
wife have appealed to the police for
food and shelter. They are penniless
and had not eaten for two days. The
couple said they left St. Louis Jan. 12
with but .twenty cents. Half of this
they had to pay to cross the bridge
leaving the city.
Sails For Morocco.
Smyrna. Jan. 25. The American
battleship squadron, composed of the
Missouri, Ohio, Louisiana and Virginia
sailed from here for Negros Bay, Mo
rocco, where the entire fleet will ren
dezevous prior to proceedings to
Gibraltar. Ambassador Leishman,
who has been here during the stay Of
the warships, returns to Constant!
nople. . .
Goes Before The Hague Court.
Washington, Jan. 25. An agreement
has been reached between Secretary
Root and tha British and Canadian
and New Foundland governments
through representatives, on the New
Foundland fisheries question. It will
be submitted to The Hague court for
arbitration.
Falls Dead In Carriage.
Oklahoma City. Jan. 25. W. H, Wll
son, a contractor, fell dead while rid
ing In bis carriage. His horse took
his master home, where the family and
friends found the lifeless body.
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G. S. PARKER, A. W. WILKERSON,
President. Cashier.
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E. H. ASTIN. E. W. CRENSHAW.
Vice-Pres. Asst.-Cashier.
J.N.COLE J.K.PARKER J.W.ENGLISH
ALEXANDER'S WARNING.
If Submission Is Refused Refer
endum Will Be Demanded, j
Austin, Jan. 25. The submission
resolution occupied practically all of
Monday's session of the senate. Only
one speech was made. It waa by Sen
ator Alexander, who spoke in favor of
submission. He took the position that
it was a platform demand and legis
lature had no right to disregard it He
declares that only one senator in the
senate had a right to vote against the
resolution and that was Senator Real
of Guadalupe county, he being a Re
publican and his party had instructed
against prohibition.
In asking Senator Alexander a ques
tion, Senator Willacy declared that If
the position of Senator Alexander is
correct, then the constitutional privi
lege or right of the people in legis
lature Is disregarded.
Senator1 Alexander asserted that it
this resolution Is not submitted to a
vote of the people they wilt rise In
their might and insist that the refer
endum be inserted In the constitution.
When Senator Alexander concluded,
Senator Murray took the floor against
submission, but before he could pro
ceed the senate adjourned 10 o'clock
Tuesday.
Under suspension of the rules the
bill of Senator Senter creating a new
district court for Dallas county was
passed. It now goes to the senate.
Acting on a special message frfim
the governor, the senate In executive
session rescinded its action In con
firming the appointment of Thomas E.
Durham as assistant superintendent of
the penitentiary at Rusk. The gover
nor has not sent up the appointment
of his' successor. Henry A. Watts of
Henderson county having declined the
appointment
Among bills introduced In the sen
ate were:
By Coffer: Amending corporation
laws so as to permit incorporation ot
general advertising and bill posting
companies.
By Perkins: Providing penalty for
any person who wilfully obstructs a
road, highway or bridge.
By Alexander: Anti-Sunday excur
sion bill.
The bouse committee or state af
fairs reported adversely the bill per
mitting railway employees who are
also notaries-pxhlic to retain the no
taries' commissions and at the same
time accept transportation over railroads.
Rolls Down Embankfttnt.
Lumotr City, Ga., PN Six per
sons were Injured when a special
freight train on the Southern railroad
Jumped tbe track near here and roll
ed own a high embankment to become
a mass ot wreckage within a few yard
of the Okmulgee river.
Sti'cken Blind n ulplt
Sprtngflel.!, O.. . Rev. WH
bor Davis was stricken blind while
delivering a sermon in his pulpit at
the Hight Street Methodist Episcopal
Church. The bursting of a blood ves
sel is given as the cause.
Legal Publication.
An Ordlance -entitled An ordinance
authorizing tha issuance of $75,000 ,'
of bonds for the establishing of a
C(ty Water, .Light and Sewerage
Plant: - ,
Be it ordained by the City Coun
cil of the City of Bryan, that there
be submitted to the qualified voters
of the City of Bryan, who are proper
ty tax payers in said City, at an elect
Ion to be held at the City .Secretary's
I office at the City Hall for that pur-.
' . i n T..I.... In ll..nl.
liuac Ull lilt; 11191 i ur,-ua iu .tiaiui,
1909, the proposition for the issuance
of bonds to the amount of $75,000.00,
$37,000.00 of said bonds to be Is
sued for the purpose of establishing
City Water. Light & Sewerage Plant,
and $18,000.00 for refun..ng of out
standing bonds. The Interest on
said-bonds to be payable semi-annually
at the rate of four per cent.
J. T. MALONEY. Mayor.
J. B. HIXES. Secretary.
Immense Liabilities.
Boston. Jan. 25. Former State
Treasurer Shaw of Newburyport, a
railroad financier, filed a voluntary
petition in bankruptcy with liabilities
of $1,023,305 and assets of $275,765.
Unwritten Law Involved.
McKlnney, Tex.. Jan. t 25. Dutch
Nowlin, a farmer of near Copeville.
charged with killing Dr. J. R. Holly,
a physician, has been released on bond
of $3,600 after a brief bearing.. The
unwritten law Is involved. '
Costly Pumping.
' Chicago, Jan. 25. Martin Buckley
accidentally bumped into a small man
and the latter became abusive, drew
a knife aad cut Buckley's face from
ear to the mouth, then ran away.
; Store Robbed, Goods Found on Men.
i Dallas, Jan. 25. The Main street
store of James A. Dorsey & Co., was
robbed of $1,300 worth of goods. Two
white men were arrested. It is al
leged they had the stolen articles In
their possession when taken into custody.
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