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BRYAN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY .vIOitMNO, FEBRUARY 17, 1909.
NUMBER 61
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IIIItT fashions are just
as fickle as any other
fashions. " '
Styles come and styles go.
Unless you buy a shirt
made by a house that knows
where and how to secure
the authoritative styles, you
cailnot be sure that your
shirt is correct.
TheCLUETT label war
rants correctness as well as
durability.
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A CHOICE LIST
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TAKING OF TESTIMONY.
It Begins In the Cooper-Sharp
Case at Nashville.
MRS. CARMACK ON STAND
BAILEY STAYS IN SENATE
Writes Austin Friend Has No In
tention of Resigning.
TO AGAIN BE CANDIDATE.
REVOLTING CRIME.
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Newest Patterns
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Including Pleated Bos
om Negligee, Full'Dress
and Pongee.'J
PRICES:
$1.00, $1.50 $2
$2.50
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VAGUER
CO.
INC.
Says He Knows Large Majority of In
telligent and Patriotic People of Tex
as Have Honored Him With Their
Confidence and Supported Him.
Austin, Feb. 16. Captain A. II. Cook
of this city has received the fi.llo.v
ins letter front Senator J. V. Lailcy.
under date of the 11th Instaiii. which j
tin? former has marie public: It Is as :
follows: .
My llcir Friend: I h.ive r-cive;L
yours of the f,th Irs.nni ami I rem?- j
ii '- that your Joyn) friendship c:i
titles you to-ftrite fully to nip' on any!
subje, t. J?', enemies, bavin-. f;n! )
first p defeat mo In I -M'slaUiie at: I
iifUsfward before the people, have b"-i 1
IftimiiiR for somo time 1 !i;te-nb , to .
rehtfr:). or t!:ar in any event I .m;!!
not !;o a candidate for ic edition
: Without intending to admit the truth. ''
'v ! they thus reveal the knowledge that!
; if I retire jroni the public service It!
f-1 will hi? of my own
Twenty-Eight Knife Wounds on
Body of Little Girl. j
Marseilles, Fob. 16. The discovery,
of a revolting crime, recalling In Its;
details a case which occurred In Pari 9 j
In 1 f07, has caused a sensation here.'
The body of an eight-year-old girl, torn
by twenty-eight knife wounds and fur
ther mutilated by burns. has been
found i:i a populous quarter ' of the.
city. It was learned the child had been .
ill treated before being k-IL'd. A man,
j who ha ! 1 eu living with the girl's
I tnotiier, who Is a widow, was arrested.
RAILROADS MAKE DEFENSE,
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be of my own volition and not
through tin Ir successful action. Of
course, no man can bo absolutely cer
tain of what his future course will be,
but I have no thought at this time of
resigning my seat In the senate, and
try present intention Is lo.be a candi
date for re-election.
( will fay to yon very frankly that
sometimes when I remember my faith
ful and laborious service in behalf of
the people of Texas, and also remem
ber tho Infamous fight which was
made on me, I feel that us a matter of
self respect I ought not to devote my
time and strength to the service of a
state whose people would thus assail
me but I only need to think a little
further and then I realize that I must
not hold Texas responsible for what
a set of political desperadoes have
done, t know that a large majority
of Intelligent and patriotic people of
our state have honored me with their
confidence and sustained me with their
support, and looking at matter In that
way It seems my duty to continue
In their service.
With best wishes, I am, very truly
your friend, J. W. BAILEY.
The lettor has created much Inter
est among legislators, state officials
and citizens generally.
CAUSEWAY CONTRACT.
BUI
Has
For Benefit of Galveston
Final Passage In Senate.
Austin, Feb. 18. In the senate Tues
day Senator Masterson secured final
passage of his bill ratifying and con
firming the Galveston causeway con
tract mads between railroads and
Galveston county. '
Senate adapted the free conference
committee report on drainage district
bin: -
Among bills Introduced In the house,
mere these.
By Wortham, was one to prohibit
bucket shops and gambling In con
tract tor future delivery.
By Ray: Providing for an ad va
lorem tax of 7 1-2 cents- for general
reveuue.
Tuesday was suspension day In the
house. The house killed the bill au
thorising sales by attorney general un
der elocution, and passed to engross
ment Brownlee's bill placing prohibi
tion tax sale on cannon crackers and
pistols', toy or otherwise with fire
cortrldges; also engrossed Gilmore't
bill fltlng terms of courts of clvtl ap
peals.' commencing the first Monday
In September, continuing to first Motv
rayvln August; also engrossed I fa if Is'
bill permitting purchase of school dis
trict bonds Ion permanent School fund;
also Ballanger's bill prohibiting sale or
gift of liquor to minors.
. Anti-rating bill, by 85 to 84, was
taken up In the house.
Robertson (of Travis) offered an
amendment providing that convictions
may. be had upon unsupported testi
mony of accomplice or participant
which amendment was adopted, with
a further amendment that such wit
ness be free from prosecution for vio
lation of act .
Crawford offered an amendment,
which is' entirely a new bill, v and sub
stitute for bill under consideration.
This bill permits betting on horse rac
ing under the pari mutuelle system.
This amendment was pending whea
the hotrse recessed.
Elgin Butter Sales.
Klgin. , ill.. Feb. 1.. Butted
past.we!k were 437.100 pounds.
sales
This Side of the Government Case Be
ing Heard at New York.
New York. Feb. If,. The railroads
of (be anthracite region have com-nn-iui-d
In court tin-ir defense against
tie charge of the government that
!!: form a ronspirat y In restraint
if t :!: in ):v, coal.
'Mir a: t.cii of the government was
In - in in June, l'j't", and. the prosecu
tion was rf.fiHwVd In Philadelphia,
f : 1 1-1 jiioiith. . Anient; tho evidence of-!
fcri'd by the government Is a t ible of,
btatistics rht.wins ili.it of the T'.wi.-;
'"'1 toil.; of cm;-.! tolhl cd. cnly ICMO.-j
coo. or rbrut -l er cert, are produced'
'.; ir.ilt pi nrb nt orepators. Of thiso
lii,(M.i),(:ot) tons it is alleged that ex-i
cept G.0i".0nt tons are in the control
of 'the roads by contract or otherwise
at the time the coal leaves the mines.
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.
Earthquake In Asiatic Turkey Attend
ed With Disastrous Results.
Constantinople, Feb. 1C Numbers
of houses and government buildings
at Sivas, capital of the vilayet of the
same name In Asiatic Turkey, col
lapsed Tuesday, the result of an earth
quake. I.OHS of life is not yet esti
mated, but reports say thirty persons
were killed and many others Injured.
Sivas' population is 6,000 families.
Lasts Ten Seconds.
Buda Pest. Feb. 16. An earthquake
shock lasting ten seconds was felt
Tuesday In the districts, of Keeshemst.
Nagy, Koros, Czegled and Felgyhasea.
The Inhabitants fled In terror to the
country. Wallas of a number of
bouses cracked, but otherwise there
was no damage.
EAST TEXAS FRUIT.
Reports Are That it, Especially Peach
es, Is BaoMy Frost Damaged.
Jacksonville, Tex., Feb. 16. Reports
coming In are to the effect that fruit
in east Texas, especially peaches, has
been badly damaged by the cold wave
of this week. Regions around this
city, Palestine and LuOtin are said to
have been the greatest sufferers. Some
estimates place the total damage at
$50,000. Gardens are not believed to
have been seriously damaged.
Mortally Wounds Two Men.
Ghent, Belgium, Feb. 'IS. Russian
Terrorist, giving his name as Alexan
der Soumaroff, mortally wounded two
police officials who arrested him on
the charge of attempting to extort
money under threats of death from a
Brussels merchant. Russian refugees
have always been well greeted In this
city and there Is great Indignation
over the affair. 4 '
Agonizing Accident.
Carthage, Tex.. Feb. 16. John Ryan,
a moulder, was probably fatally burned
while at work. He accidentally spilled
a large pot of hot liquid lead over his
body. He was alone at the time. De
Spite Ms agony he ran from the build
ing home, where physicians were summoned.
Large Ranch Changes Hands.
Caldwell. Tex.. Feb. 16. A St Louis
capitalist named Charles Hooper has
purchased the 6,000 acre ranch of J.
D. Splllman In McCulloch county for
$65,000. It Is reported that Mr. Hoop
er will stock the land with fine breeds
of cattle and sheait
Ton Stores Burn.
Rlson.Ark.. Feb, 16. Ten stores,
with loss of $20,000, were destroyed
by fire.
Collapses Upon Entering Courtroom,
and Amid Sobs Says She Last Saw
Her' Husband the 8unday Previous
to His Tragic Death. -
Nashville, Feb. 16. In a crowded
courtroom the taking of testimony In
the case of Duncan Cooper, Robin
Tooper and John Sharp, charged with
killing former United States Senator
Carmack, the selection of a Jury for
which trial commenced just one month
before within a diy, was begun
today. ' "'' ,
Colonel Cooper entered the court
room accompanied by his youngest
daughter, Mrs. Wilson 6f Mobile, Ala.,
Robin Cooper stepped in just ahead of
his other sister. .Mrs. Lucius Murrh.
With Sharp w:e h!s wile anil 'her
sister, i
Just before the attorney general
arose to lieiti Lis si-tew::! there
came a Ktir'fi-em ilie 1 ..or ind lb"
bar. The crowd pushed aside and a
slender Ikture in sable robes lenrin?
nil the arms of a lady friend was a1-- I
sistcd Into th" room. She was scam
ly able to walk and finally, with a I
moan, sank into a chair behind tho
attorneys for the stnte. it was Mrs.
Curmack, wile of tho slabi senator.
' Mrs. Cat ni.ic'.;, who collapsed after
being vented, was again rreatiy af
fected o? the attorney general !
reading the indictment reached the
words: "Hd wilfully nud maliciously
and with ir.iliie aforethought murder
the body of K. W. Carmack." The
widow for a long time lay with her
head upon the shoulder of her sister.
Tin; diiiighters of Colonel Cooper were
also greatly affected.
To the surprise of every one the first
witn. ss call'-d was Mrs. Carmack. Tho
widow was fail carried to the staiiii
by FranU Lander, editor of the Ten
nessean. ami bi lding to her son's
hand. Mr. Lander stood beside her
on the stand, his arm around her. She
told her name and her hirsband's
occupation in a trembling voice.
"When did von last pee veur hus
band?" "Oh. God' Oh God," she anbhed. "On
Sunday, the day before he was killed."
For several moments she was un
able to speak, her agitation was sc
great.
"When did you hear from him last?"
"By telephone on Monday a little
while before he was killed."
' What was that conversation?"
The defense objected and it was sus
tained. The defense declined to cross
examine Mrs. Carmack and she was
ted back to her seaL As her boy ac
companied her he turned a glance full
upon the defendants with a glare of
concentrated hatred that it was hard
to realize could be expressed by one
so young.
The state next celled E. B. Craig,
former state treasurer, who testified
to a close relation with Senator Car
mack. He saw Colonel Cooper the
evening of Nov. 8 at Tulane, by ap
pointment. "After dismissing the per
sonsl matter which led me to see Col
onel Cooper the latter began to discuss
editorial in the Tennessean. I soon
learned Colonel Cooper was greatly
agitated and very angry. He said: i
am an old man, a private citizen, and
It makes little difference whether I
go or not. but If my name again ap
pears In the Tennessean either I or
Senator Carmack must die.' He said
he had written Carmack a note that
could not be misunderstood.'"
The note referred to was one writ
ten by Colonel Cooper to Senator Car
mack threatening the latter with death
If the editor referred to him again. It
was sent after Craig reported his afll
ure as peacemaker.
The defense passed the cross-examination
of Mr. Craig until later, and
Mrs. Charles Eastman, who was
speaking with Senator Carmack when
he was killed, was called.
The witness described her walk on
the fatal ninth of November, from her
home to the" spot 'where the senator
was slain. She-told how she' met
Carmack and Identified the exact
spot.. Mrs., Eastman . then gave
graphic account of the meeting grow
ing quite dramatic as she reached ths
climax. . ..
Mrs. Eastman, after telling of tha
first shot: -I shrank'agalnst the fence
and saw young Cooper and at the same
time heard two other shots fired so
rapidly I thought they were simultan
eous. Young Cooper was standing
near me, his arm extended as though
in the act of firing tha pistol. I was
fearfully wrought up. Senator Car
mack was lying in the gutter In a pool
of blood and I turned and denounced
Colonel Cooper."
"What did you say?".,
"I said he was a brutal murderer;
that he had taken advantage of my
prsence to kill a man without giving
him a chance of a dog, that I'd rather
be the dead man In the gutter than
be him."
Witness said that when Senator Car-
tv.nj.b- f nil h. tla1 a nlalnl tiv fflA lift.
rel, upside down, clumsily in his hand.
She also said after the -shootisg young
Cooper put something Into his all
pocket under his overcoat
CONDENSED REPORT OF TH CONDITION OF
THE CITY NATIONAL BANK
, OF ARYAN, TEXAS , - '.,"'' - i
Am made to tkt CtmptnUer f fht Carre sc? at the tltt
- f ktuiiuu Fekrworj Stk. 1909
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RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts.. $291,794.30
Overdrafts. 386.04
Advances on Cotton 10,749.00
U. S. Bonds and Premiums 104,000.00
- Bonds, Securities, etc.. 8,515.75
Furniture and Fixtures 2,626.00
CASH in Vault and due from Banks 231,393.95 '
Total $649,470.04
LIABILITIES-
Capital .Stock il. . .00t0ff777. . .$ 50.000.00
Surplus and Profits 100,319.72
Circulation f..... '.. 50,000.00
' DEPOSITS..... 449.150.32.
.
2649,470.04
STATE OF TEXAS, f I, Albert W. Wilkeroon, Ca-hier of tiie
Cour.'jr of Hraos. S ahove named Kank, do soiemnly snear that the
, foregoing stateitiant ,i true to the best of my
knowledge and belief. " . ,
Albert W. Wit kthsov, Cashier.
Sub-cribeJ and sworn to before me this Sh day of February, 1'iiW.
Fred. L.Cavitt, Notary Public nrgo County, Texas.
Correct Attest: U. S. Pasker, E. 11. Astin, J. W Lmm.ish, Directors.
Theuoht Frozen to Death.
, Houston, Feb. 16. The body of Her
man, Koontz, nged sixty-eight years, a
recluse and hermit, wa3 found In his
hut a few miles out of tho city evi
dently froren to death many hours
before. He was scantily dad. It was
reported Koontz made a fortune min
Ing in the west, but no money was
found In his cabin. A window open,
leading tho authorities to believed he
was robbed and killed, but theia was
no evidence of violence
No American In Death List
I Washington. Feb. lfi. No Americans
! lost their lives In the fire which de
, stroyed the Flore theater at Acapulco,
; Mexico, according to a dispatch re
t reived lit (he Klate department from
I American Connu! Moorhead. Over 205
J people were ntt'-ncd to- death accord
I lug to the consul.
Taft Applied Some Time Ago.
Houston. Feb. 16. P. W. Hudson, a
prominent Texas Mason, has received
a letter from Deputy Grand Master
Meilsh of Ohio, regarding protests
against Taft Joining the order "at
sight." The latter says Taft applied
for membership before he knew he
would be a presidential candidate and
all steps were in accordance with Masonry.
Commission Form Inaugurated.
1 Tulsa. Okla.. Feb. 16. The conimis
, sion form of government was lnaugu-
rated here Tuesday. This is the first
I city in Oklahoma to adopt tills method
: of municipal government
Dies In Barnyard.
Terrell, Tex., Feb. 16. For twenty
four hours the lifeless body of Mrs. M.
C. Wilson lay In his barnyard, four
miles from Terrell. Her aged com
panion a blind lady, was unable to
leave the house to give the alarm and
S man found her. Mrs. Wilson died
of natural causes. She bad gone to
feed her stock. She was a widow.
Root Sixty-Four Years Old.
Hot Springs, Ark., Feb. 16. Hon
Elihti Root was sixty-four years old
Monday. He says his health was never
better.
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Didn't Take the Bait
Miss Anclente (insinuatingly) I dis
like my name; It's horrid. Mr. Fly
(absently) I fear It's too late to change
It now. ' .
Thick silence. Pittsburg Press. '
Oil Producers' Marketing company
of Beaumont has advanced prices 3
cents.
Waterspout at Humboldt
Humboldt Tenn., Feb. 16. A water
spout descended upon thia clty Lower
section was flooded. '
First Train In Eight Days.
Durango, Colo.. Feb. 16. First Den
ver and Rio Grande railway train to
enter this city In eight days arrived
at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. Snow
blockade on Cumber's Hill Is broken.
May Reach Seventy-Five.
Wellington. N. Z.. Feb. 16. It Is now
believed the death roll of the wrecked
steamer Penguin will reach seventy
five. Twenty-three bodies have not
yet been recovered.
Thomas H. Grasty Diss.
Talladega, Ala.. Feb. 16. Thomaa H.
Grasty of Baltimore, vice president ol
the Manufacturers' Record, died here
of peritonitis.
Legal Publication.
An Ordiance entitled An ordinance
authorizing the issuance of $75,000
of bonds for the establishing of a
City 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
office at the City Hall for that pur
pose on the first Tuesday In March,
1909. the proposition for the Issuance
of bonds to the amount of $75,000.00.
$o7.000.00 of said bonds to be Is
sued tor the purpose of establishing
City Water, Light & Sewerage Plant,
and $18,000.00 for refunding of out
standing bonds. The Interest on
said bonds to be payable semi-annually
at the rate of four per cent.
J. T. MALONKY. Mayor.
J. B. HINES, Secretary.
Groceries, Garden Seed, Poultry.
These are our leaders. No better Groceries any
where. Garden Seed bought in bulk, therefore
pure and fresh J Poultry and eggs always on hand.
C. Bulloch &
Co
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