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FHfcJt HKART3, FRKK MINDS, FREE PEOPLE, ARE THE MATERIAL, AND THE ONLY MATERIAL, OUT OP WHICH FREE GOVERNMENTS ARE CONSTRI CTED.-
VOLUMK 5*.
IIAfctTKOP. HA ST HOP COUNTY. TKXAS. SATURDAY. JUNK IK, 1904.
NUMBER 14.
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1886. 1904,
JULiIUS THlEliElWRHri
dkai.hr in all kinds ok
Guns, Pistols, Fire Arms and Anninition,
Sporting (roods, Fishing Tackle,
Bicycle Sundries, Base Ball Goods,
Pocket Cuttlerv, Etc., Etc., Etc.
Lock, Gunsmith and
Machinery Repairing
Executed on Short Notice, in lirst cla^s style and
under Strict Guarantee.
- jlir Your continued patronage in the future,
as in the; past, will be appreciated.
JULIUS THIELEMANN.
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SIX HUNDRED PERIS HED.
OLD WARRIORS ARE HAPPY.
Awful Fate of a Sunday School Excursion on 'Sons Join Their Fathers at Annual Confederal*
a Steamboat in East River—Fire the Cause. Reunion at Nashville, Tenn.
New York, .lime ! •.—One of the | UMt the pier mi Third street. Kusl Nashville, T«nn., June 14. -Nashville! The battle abbey committee met *v
iiiom anj)ul!lnK disa.*erH in the history H'v. r though ihe KulckerlHX-ker u crowded toniitht with visitor*. vet- j niRht at the publication bouse
III New Yo k, tragic in its immensity si. im-hip Comp-.ny, which owns th ten«na and de i«ates to the fourteenth
and duply pathetic In the tender ape Slocum. officially states that the mini- annual reunion of the United ("unfed-
of most cii iu vlotlms. took place to j her of pass* ngcrs wa« s";l that being orate Veterans, which upens ternor-
•lay in the Ko t River at Uie entrance, only one-third of the vessel', rapacity row. All day long and far Into the
The most important matter taken up
for consideration wan the report of
the committee on the aiitx-y. Thin
tn lxng island Sound, within u mhort | It I* thought howovei that tharc were night trains were arriving at froquont j *'"1 ho submitted to the convention
distance ot the New York t horo and i several hundred children in arms for interval from all istrts of tho South,
within sight of thousands of persona,| whom fates are not usually charged bringing the old warriors. and their
the majority o whom were powerless
to minimize the extent of the eati-
Itophe. My the 'burning lo the water's
edge of the Oeneral Slocum, a three-
decked excursion steamer, the largest
iu these waters, more than six hundred
persons. the majority of whom wen
women ami ohildren, were burned to
fr ■
n 11111 n
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A Repair Shop.
Having opened a Repair Shop in the building
formerly owned by .John B. Clopton, North Main
Street, I will appreciate the patronage of the citizens
of Bastrop, in - - -
Plumbing, Lock and Gunsmithing.
All orders receive prompt attention.
^-OSCAR PFIEFFER.
on tin -«■ trips. The scene on the d#ck friends, families and sponsors, each
of thi' steam* r as slu proceeded up eager to fill his part in the reunion
the i Hiver was one of merrymak- which for many years has been a
Ids' customary <>n such o«ca*<io!i!>. The *<r,irco of much pleasure. There are
mas- of lla ;s llutten d In the June delegations present from Mbaourl and
brei the bands were playing and as far north as Montana.
children were singing dancing and The I'at Cleburno division of the
wavina hantlkerchiefs in answer to the ; Texas veterans, with headquarters at
death or drowned by Jumping ever--j salu'sions of those on shore or from Waco, arrived during the afternoon,
Inrird or by being thrown into the pasMig steamers. At tin extreme end but the live other Texas trains wore
whirlpool* by the lurching of the ves-1 of HamUll* Island, oft i:J" tb street. less fortunate, they fc \lng been de-
srl and the frantic rush of the panic- there i. a stretch of water known a-. layed by a washout near Pine MlulT,
stricken imssengers. j Sunki n Meadows. At this point, Just 1 their destitution not being reached un-
Approximately f>00 passengers have as crowds were watching the gaily til late tonight.
In it recovered and are now being <1* enroled steamers front the shore, the
t.iKgid at the morgue of the Bel lev uo ; General Slocum took Arc, and as the LOOKED LIKE RIOT.
Ill spltal at Harlem Divers were still lege if the vessel—elio was milli In
busy at a late hour taking ibodle* 1 k; l -had resulted In the thorough Police Had to Quell an Angry Crowd
from the hold of the vessel, which, seasoning of the woodwork of whleh on Washington Street.
they ay, is choked with the remains she was a moM entirely built, she was Houston. A car accident on \\ ash-
of htsiuan beings, while the bodies soon ma.-s of tlames ington street last night came very
; of scores of others who leaped or The fire la gild to have Iroken out (',nl:,lu* a ri,,t An oW man by
M-H-t-I-M-H-M-t !">' I 1-11 II I t I II II I I II I ' I I I I ! !■ IIHIIHIIH
; were thrown into the river have not jn tt l-.nich room on the forward deck
been rei nered. It is the season of through the overturning of a pot of
Hut ay hool excusions in New York grease. The wind was high and all
Hay and Long I.Mand Sound, the lat (Tort- to subdue the fire were futile,
ti r oi, Cif the most pictures. |uc bodie j ,\t 13th street there are several I urn.
j the name of Powers, who w'as in a bug
gy, was run into by a car. The car
wn.i demolished and ho was thrown
tvi the pavement and his back Injured.
It was stated that the buggy was killed
tomorrow for Its action. Tho report
ol the committee shows that the treas
tirer has In band nearly $106,000 in
cash. In addition theroto 1m the giW
of thi« chy of Richmond, ff.000; s *>
scrljptions collected, $12,000; balance
due from Clarence Hroaway Hows,
$ to,000. This latter amount !s payable
at any time. This makes the total
money available for the erection of the
abbey 1206,000. The committee Is ./
Ing to raise $300,000, but the work
can begin any time with the money
on hand. The exact date for the in
angulation of the work, however, has
not been decided upon.
Russian Losses.
St. Peteralmrg: The following of
tidal hUi'i ment of Russian losses In
the war has 1 een Issued:
Navy:
Forty four officers and 9-0 men
killed.
Thirteen ofticcrs and 220 men ha>e
been wounded.
Army:
Thirty six officers and 9080 men
if wa,ier in the countr^\ (Ireat prep |j^r vards ..nd oil tanks and' as (\*i>' , ^ ^ 1 h< i One hundred and thn?e officers and
ti ,i i .'111 ill 1 * i ■ .« . r Kik.t , . i, I k • t . . . Art*" I
tn at ions had .l een made for the seven-j William Vi-n Schaik. in command of
horse (became hung beneath the car.
208U men wounded.
nt.li annual excursion of the Sundav 1 thi General Slecum «"arted t> iurn "l w>lh ''"n' l,ar, j Taken prisoners, 20 officers and 696
t of the buggy was shattered. It could1
not be learned who was at fault.
Within ;i few minutes after the acci-
dent occurred the street become pack !
| men.
NO. 4003
B. U. OaosiN, Tro*.
CHr.sTxa KatiASD, Csthlsr
T. A. Ham.kr, Vlo«-Pre«.
First ZSTa.tiona.1 Bank.,
or BAITAOr, TBZAI
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, $250,000
S hool (.f Ht Mark's German Luther- |,js v.s •! toward the shore there, he
an Church, the congregation of which Vva> warned 'hat it would set fire to
- di.twu from the denae papulation the lunaber and oil tiinks, and as Oflpt.
1' th. lower Kapt and \\«'st sides hi course for North Hrother Island
11 nd the General Slocum had
c.haiiered u> carry the excursionl
t i l.oeus! Gn.ve, oni of the man., re- wjy I,i ached
— .its iui Long Island Sound. It k«i She sin!; near this More .1 I2'2T>
varli usly i titna ed tl.at there were o'cloi-k in tho nfter*ioon. two hour and
bet wi 111 l.r.is. and 2..MNI persons on twentyllve minutes after the lire wai|rlvud thal waR ai| Ul(iy collIJ do to!tht.ir v„r to #tJimp <mt the disaase
board the General Slocum when the Urst discovert I
Charbon at Jenninys.
Jetiniugs, La.: Or It A. Tabor, a
eil with people, who talked of handling : well known veterinary surgeon, atat-
11 ,A'" l!,'a,!',s' ,l ' ' n1'1' tho motormnti iu a summary manner.fed this morning that during the past
unlets j away where On boat, lartially burned, ()f ,>olici) Klli- rwlvw| llu,wo weeks .hero had died In the vicln
report and hastened to the fc« tie with'ity <if Jennings twenty head of cattle
several of his men. Tho fteling was and mules from charbon. The plant-
so great by the time the officers ar-jera of thts locality aro doing all in
Drafts drawn on the Principal Hsnki tn the United State* lo amounts t FWt
Hollar* and upward. Money received on depoelt In large or small amounts,
subject to cbeck. Thta Uank !■ fully equipped snd prepared and will be
faithful correspondent If yon tntruit any part of your butinosi with It.
mw C8« or ofr rim proof vault to custom lbs to itori
rHIIR VALUABLE PAPERS.
• DZASOTOM j-
V r I.DOIBTT. B. P OkftAia, T. a. MStLKB
OBBITBB BKHllb
a. utconn, w. b bajibomb
JL. C. bbbakd.
GENERAL REPAIRING,
ALLEN DUVAL
Now oecttples the old Voi^hi aland, corner Main
and Poatotflce Striata, prepared to repair all kimla
of Sewing Machmea, Bicycles. Musical Instruments
(itins. Pistols, Watcbi*sand Clocks.
Satisfaction guaranteed on all work. Will hs pleased to
ha«« von come and inspect inv work.
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LEE SUCCEEDS GORDON.
Louibville Get* Next Riunion Won by
Singing ' My Old Kentucky Home." .
Noshvtl'e, Tenn . The United Con-
federate Veterans today selected llu ftf (,H
! fnllewing officers
Commander in <*hl« f. Lieutenant
• General Stephen I). Lee of Columbus,
: Miss
j Commander of the department of
Northern Virginia. Oeneral C lr\,tiR
Walket of Greenville, S r
Commander of the dei>ariuient <f
ietinessee. General ("ark A Kvat:-* of
\tlanta, Os
Commander of the Transmisrti-^ippi
di '-.irtinert. General L CoJiell ol
: H-.Has, Texas.
A Aweet-voieed you. g woman of
Norfolk, Va., Mi.-s M ry K Kwell. ;
Money Is in Bank.
keep down u riot.
During the trouble the motorniau
was struck in the face and severely
A New Plan.
Knowille, Tenn.: S. M. Ilaln, pr><
fessor of botany of the University of
s- . Louis. Mo. What will in aP wounded. Five or six cars became
probn'illit.v he tho last meeting of the blocked in the stroet, and this 1,ut j Tenne^eo, has bten appointed s ape
bi ccmral tee on arrangement* of the adde(, ,Q the f(,„)!nK of Uu, or(>W(, I rial agent by the United Static go%
National democratic convention con- After tlie arr|Ved lie had the
I* fferson hotel today (.rtr>l moved and this prevented serious
Those jin 'tit were J. K .l ines of Ai i lrtKl^j0
:< :i?a< .1. G Johnson of Kansas. .1 Powers was taken to his home, a
I' Gufley di Pennsylvania, .lames M , short distance from the scene, and a
Head oi Tennessee and William II physician summoned. It was variously
Stone of Missouri. The members of stated that ho was seriously injured :
ornment In its tight again t the boll
weevil. Prof Ilaln Is directed to
breed, with view of producing an
early variety of cotton which will mu
lure before the boll weevil arrives.
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J. L. McA.ee la Dead.
the committee evpress satisfaction ro and that his Injuries were of a mild I Knl?' ° 1': \
gardin, the progress of the arrange- Justice from 1894 to 1902 died
meats for the National convention to Claim Agent Fields of the company j I'"n''' Al 1 " 1 'm' " °
l e held July 0. The flu,nun offere'1 s-tatisl that be was irformed that the wllfl 1 ngnMs n wor
a a bonus by St. L<uii.< If it was lies man's Injuries i.ld not nmount to much, 1> 1'',"cau Nat ona oonv n on
ignated the convention city has been j nnil that he would be able to be out' Room Trouble.
collected and is now in the hands of' in a few day*. I Estherwood, 1^.: Blanc Cole at '
tci National committee. — I I'lacW Peareh became involved In
A Great Jap Victory.
A dlwp:tteh to the Iliilyi,
inn of "My Old Kentucky Home," to-|Kxpri-« from Toklo. dated June t.">
day won for 'Loulsvll'" the
Soil Weevil.
quarrel in a ballroom near .Mermen
1 Ilesrne, Texas. The boll weevil Is , tnwf nl"ht Iloth were much
maid of honor for the South, hy -in:, London: A dlnivXoh to the I • illy 1 ... numerous over I ntgnt. wiro mu
; | pronounced to ;>e as nunii roils o\i r. wroiryj,t up. Cole was shot twice
" the county as at this time last year ' j .. . k elTwt (n Uu, arm. Cole
reunion says news has lieen r< -eived tln-re. ( aI|ti thc farmers are making a vigor d iir'i rou-ly wounded and may not
| next year of the United Confederal..: bu. his not y,; .been officially pub-j „„„ n^,t aKa!ll„, the po8t. Many of, . ,,t , WJW ' urTrM.« No
, Veterans. It was after the old veter llshcd. of a great Japanese victory th(.m ar„ <lllBtln|; thelr cotton with par ,r ,nJl|rcd
ans had chosen Lleute: ant Genera | near Ftl Chow, on the railway, seven- j grwn ri.„ort „ having, ' "
jSuphen l>. Lee as their commander j ty miles north of Port Arthur. The | ^ W,|I](> others reiK)rt ,t doCH
| in <-hi 'f. and had listened to a slir-1 Hit ians. It i„ added, were over- no good The plaint In further ad
flllsn Duval,
r!WL IMI li !«'I> A 1 tt kit
UAWI'l/OP TI, V AC*
Avenue Hotel,
Austin, Texas.
I ring speech 1 y Colonel Henneti II
Young of Kentucky e\t<iiiirg the
tieatles, caiiabilltbs and ho.-viltoW)
: of his lioni(> city and people and their
; desire to entertain the followira of
•he Stars and Itnrs :hat Mies Kwell
,^a • rie,I to tin front of the sta-'e.
Her voice :lirilled the great crowd
t int filled the tabernacle and- the last
note of the 1 he familiar son« hat
i hardly left her lips when the conven-
tion V.'elll Wild Willi shouts of "l/O.ll
I v'lle, I.Ollis\ lie "
Set .inding rpeeches w re unneces
s ry Tin date will be determined
latei
Th« Miliar.;. in nddillon to e1ci?l
'inn ofll •• r^ il " .sed of a van amoun
whelnieil, lost a thousin.l men, left
II tl.i ir g-tns on the field and retrea'-
e I in disorder.
vanccd than it war. nt this time last
year. Many of the farmers are much
, dl couraced over the early appearance
I lie Daily Chronicles correspondent t|l(> |„,u weovll In tnis country, and
at Toklo cables the «me news, add ■ lf rTO„^|0S wm do any R<x,d. the boll
Ing that the Russians to the niifrtber! W|H.V„ w|;, find rotlgll handllns in ,hlB
Ol 7'KIO men are now in full flight to setcloti.
ward Tshi Chaiao and Kal (Tiou.
Monument Unveiled. Thirteen Club.
Neville. Ten: At Centennial Npw Ynrk: Wagnrr, a
nark today the corner stone of a mot. 1 wealthy German resident of Bridge
port Coun., commuted suicide by
t hr . '
iiment to the private dtliers of
C nfedt racy, the triS.ute of the Nash
\ille veterans to the enlisted men,
was lad with Impressive ceremonies
under tlie di'.ivtlon ef the Masonic
fraternity The orator of the day was
• I n ilenrv War. is >11 of I. nisvl'le,
of routine business. ^ ut did not com
... 1 « • di'i|\. red a : Jilendid eul. gy. Stsl
pb te tie ir w .rU. and a final
On American Plan.^fi^
D. M. WILSON, M g r. >
• nrmvvtffmv .r..
■The Advertiser for Stationery^J
1 Wl!! e 'leld
' lei IU I.n
t! t o'rl i, tomorrow af
•Ir.ind Master .1 I. S' iau presided
D'ed frorr Poiionirg.
i; i'.. 1. T.a Justice Mitchell, act
im *i e . uu-, returned a verdl " to-
il,1; ha Joseph Ninin came to hbi
d. nth 1 h 1 'ttirh rlry t-hnine poironlng.
hu 1 1 l"'l ell le:.vor to f tnt«• III w the
|; >11 Wi . iii'mlrlstereil Nixon wi
Miners Deported.
.'intonlti Col;).: Thirty- \ uni..:i
m>ir 1 and «.vnv>!i:':later* d<-p-.arte«l hei lef
fr :n tJie Cri| :>le Creek dl-trlct w. te
util led fniii tie s.''.'cia! train mar
t).e Ni w Mexico Pile today and wet-
driven n\ ,.r by the gu:wd nnd'-r com-
"iit'd of L.'eittrn nt Col uiel Kemiwh
I y w re moreover warned not to re-
shootlti:; himself with a revolver nt
the Morton house lost night.
Mr Wagner was the moving spirit
of a cli.o of will known German eltl-
sens fi it orgutil/ed as a "thirteen
c;ub." Uite; one :iftor ar- 'her of tl'.e
conee iial ^pirit.-s began to die by .nil-
elde I'ract'calij all of the men who
wir. fi.rmerly id ■•.tlfled with :hat or
•♦atiizai n have died by their own
hand .'here Is . . 1 to ire one mem-
Accidental Discbarge.
Nashville, Tenn.: While stooging
over a wpring to get a cup of water
I11 Mt. Calvary Cornet.>ry thia after
noon, Sergeant Andrew N. Davis of
the city iwllce aecUltuitally dropped
his revolver. The weaptm was dls
charged, the bullet entering Sergeant
Davis' breast ami killing him instant
ly. His 11 year-old daughter was by
the officers side at the time, and his
aged mother was hut a short dlatasce
Reggie Turns Up.
Newport, It. I Reginald Vander
hilt, whom New York officers trie<1 tt^
locate In that city yesterday in order
to nerve him with a subpoena, arrived
at In home at Sandy l*olnt today. He
came here from llorton In an automo
Idle.
W.'.tcrn Nowcpa^er Un.on ^ire.
Ho:
the Ui
Firi In the press room of 1
•rr. Nev. .pa;ie Union Sun lay
night re * 1111 ! :ti a^ < ut fTuoo worth of
t■ • r*1 to Colorado N vertheles, after
th" di •iBiture ot the troren the de
•f.d jT.en walked hack tn this town,
! r«n r :i .anies are conte- In^, i it five miles north .>f the line, where a however, in fur:il«hlng out ef town cus
1 ' i' h" apad 000 meal v. 1 furnlfhd 'hetn by citl/ens I tomers with w^.'k'y shipments.
• er an
le:i\ ill'-
.iled s'ld 'cn'v two week*
$75.0(10 in life Insurance
la.tniu:> < to tf.i presses and stock
Very little, f «;•>. delay will result.
Cevlngton, : The con>n< r's ver
ulet in t'ie ttinlth case .says that the
i,!lllllg wa done in relf*d« feiu-e Jes -e
Williams b. .it Albert Smith to ii i'h
with a 1 t r I.eg nt :• picnic near here
>11 the occasion of the con:; t!on f n
new 1< g road line
1 way.
Alexandria, la.: Peer Mollml HI
in ler arrot here charg. I with murder
u<d et'tlclal i ef C.il . s .• 1 and llaj des
•iirlsh"s are ilglitlng for :h>> ;s s.s.-Hsion
•f hie pers< 11. MclUn:>'ls st 1.W ed i^in
S.irolhers to d< ath near 'he Une of t'm
two parishes.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 18, 1904, newspaper, June 18, 1904; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205860/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.