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ASTN DAL ETATEEMAN, SATURDAE, FEBRLARY 1, 1902.
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A Big Cut in HATS
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device
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Wortham ia-
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THEY ARE PESTEBED WITH COMMUNICAT1ONS
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People Want Committee to Investigate Everything--- Sot
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ittees lot Tet Ready to Report.
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Bedded on Reduction of Work.
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BEN HUR BOILERS REJECTED
Important Opinion From the Attorney General
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COMMISSION OPENED SEVERAL NEW BIDS
lit NoAward Was Bide—-The Matter Will Be Determined
You are advised that It is the
opin-
ion of this department that
notwith-
standing the fact that the
owners and
claimants under these
pre-emption lo-
law only at
$2.
bollers
the matta
of awarding the blds was
letter were counted
appropriated
om
and In the absence of Clerk McNamara. mind.
Insurance Receipts lor Tear 1901 are Rea
>1 from presen
State Purchasing Agent Hakes Some Award
State Lunatic Asylum,
melee the wound was inflicted unin- court.
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THE EPWORTH LEAGUE
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A CROSS WOMAN
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Bartlett reiterated that the
Sa plain
boilers would
C. 0. YATES, Special Agent.
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d]ital
An Escaped City Convict Voluntarily
Returns to Work Ont Bis Fine
Two Lively Fights Occured Testerday.
Participants Were Roughly Bandied
The state insurance department has
completed the compilation of a gen-
eral nummary of the receipts of the
department for the year ending De-
cember 31, 1901. The total receipts for
that period were $147,592.23, of which
$18,529.10 was for office fees and $129,-
00X13 for taxes. These receipts are de-
rived from all foreign, domestic. ma-
Land Commissioner Charles Rogan
gave out the following opinion from
The contract for the two steel <
storage tanks, one for the North Tex
Insane Asylum and the other for tl
pressure
stacks.
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Hail
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to the state penitentiary. The contra
price was $283, and the tanks are to I
8x22 feet, and contain about 8000 ga
ions each.
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filer ad Light Commission Rescinded its
Former Action Yesterday.
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tmnerce.
It Cost the State $274 Per Day ti Roa the
Upper Base.
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at Monday’s Meeting--- Question Discussed
for Two Hours to the Cold.
values, marked down to-
75 Cents
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You choice of 300 men’s alpine and and crush hats,
$1.50 values, now
95 Cents
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PRICE, 81.00 PER BOTTLE
AT onUG sronts.
indications thetceipts win-aggregat
$160,000 for 102, aa there has airead
250 men’s splendid felt a^htoebatndate FelodhsP6o
Prickly Ash Bitters
THE SYSTEM REGULATOR.
INVESTIGATING 23RD SENATE The Work o Collecting ■ Exhibit
__________ for the World's Far His Been Starte
that the work of investigating the re-
cords of the senate of the Twenty-
third legtslature has been completed.
Commissioner of Insurance Jeferso
Johnson lestimates thar
commissloner Doom said he did not
Fortify the system nratnst disease
by purifying and enriching the blood
—In other words, take Hood 3 Sarsa-
parilia.
SCARBROUGH I HICKS'
CLOTHING STORE.
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At a recent meeting of the executive
comanttee ut the Texa- Worlds Fair
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which would not produce 500 h. p.
Dr. Morse declared emphatically that
while he wanted the city to buy his
boilers. he wanted It to be distinctly
understood that he would not have
the city buy the boilers unless the
commission thought they met the re-
quirements and would produce the
necessarz horae power; that it would
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Mr. Frank Helerman stated that it
would be absurd to think that the Ben
Hur boilers could produce 500 h. p. He
was speaking as a citizen and a tax-
payer and not with a view of selling
boilers. (
A. R. Gosnard, representing a boiler
concern, next addressed the commis-
sion in behalf of his boilers. He told
of the advantages of his bollers.
This «reg‘ remedy reroves at once the blous imapurities la the
ayatem. cures comstipation and stremgthens digestiom. A few domes make
a womderful change; the tired, pate- nervons. despondent .11 be
comes stromg and happy, with rosy eheeks and cheerfut sprits.
Helerman A Bro., for four
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be done under the circumstance? Thels
flared that it was only personalbus-
and as a result It.developed that itness.
The woman in the scrap was Sallie The participants In this fight were
Monroe and the man's name is Good- I Eveline Green and Robert Green, and
rich. When they were taken to the ' the funny part about It is the fact that
exceedingly different from the nece
titles answering the same purpose fi
the American people. The solos sur
by Mrs. Jourdan W. Morris and M
S. F. Hill were considered a rare tre
by the audience. Mr. Hill ban a sple
did voice. I
A Sad Case of Insanity===Mind
Unbalanced During the Galveston Flood
An echo of the Galveston flood was through the awful experience Aer mind
brought to light yesterday morning, I was unbalanced and at a recent trial
when Sheriff Henry Thomas of Gal-lor her case she was declared i«g-y-
evidently
The in- the attorney general, which explains
produce the required
bollers, $4530 without the
the woman won the fight. It is said
she handled her opponent very rough-
ly. The fighters were arrested and the
woman fined 35 and the man acquitted
at yesterday’s session of the police
At a special meeting of the water
and light commission held yesterday
afternoon they rescinded their action
in purchasing the Ben Hur boilers and
also rejected all bids which were
opened at the time that the Ben Hur
boilers were purchased by the com-
minsion.
New bids were then opened for the
purchase of boilers producing 500 horse
power, but no final action.wandeeme
station the negro claimed that the
cutting was accidental. He said the
woman assaulted him when he had a
knife in his hand and that in the
The state purchasing agent yester-
day morning awarded the contract for
furnishing 722 books for the library at
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum to the
Perkins Book company of New York.
The price was $422.07. The books are
to be delivered at once. There were
six others bidders for the contract.
sued the Lollowing letter, mhich has
been mailed to every memter of the
commission.
"The Texas World's Fair Commis-
nion.- Dallas. Texas. January 2%, 1902.
Dear Sir: At a meeting of the exec-
utive committee of the Texas World’s
Fair commhission. held la Dallas on the
34th instent, the following resolution
was adopted:
"Resoived. That the counties where
there is a local commtssioner or com-
minetoners, he or they be requested to
furnish the general manager and ex-
ecutive committee the name of a gen-
tleman as chairman to organise the
men of the county, and the name of
a lady, to organise the women of the
veztigation of the records of the sen-
ate of the Twenty-seventh legislators
will now be commenced. It is expected
that the shoe-polish episode will bob
up again in food shape.
Since the committee has -been In
session it has been pestered with all
kinds of communications asking that
an investigation be made of this and
of that, over which the committee has
no earthly jurisdiction. It only con-
sumes mor- of the valuable time of
the committee to pass on these mat-
ters.
There are several members of the
Twenty-seventh legislature in the city
and It is very likely that they may be
called before the committee. One of
the representatives was seen and ask-
ed as to his mission here, and he de-
Of the First Baptist Church Enter-
tainment Last Night Well
Attended.
think the city would want
is a dinagrecabte creature to live with:
the trouble la in the atomach and
bowel, she needs
Will Stallsworth, an escaped eity
convict. willingly returned to this city
and Informed Chief of Police Harry
Montgomery that he has come home to
work out his fine. Stallworth said that
he just could not stay away from Aus-
tin any longer, and had to come back.
Will is one of the negroes who made
a jail delivery at the city bastile sev-
eral weeks ago. He and Steve Morgan,
were confined on a charge of vagrancy.
Earty yesterday morning much ex-
citement was created in a resort in the
tenderloin by a desperate fight in
which a white woman and a negro
participated. In the scrape the woman
received a knife wound in the head
which bled profusely. Before any very
serious damage could be done Officers
Bracken and Tannehill Interfered and
placed both participants under arrest.
'ey, etc., as set out in chapter 8, title
SI, Revised Statutes, they thereby ac-
quire a vested right to the land, which
could not be divested by a failure to
take out patents as provided In the
act of 1900. Whether this conclusion
he correct or not, the land is not sub-
ject to sale by you as belonging to 1ha
public school fun, under section • or
the act of 1400.
Where proof is made to your satis-
faction that any of these pre-emption{
claims have been abandoned, however,
I think you should be authorized to
treat such lands as a part of the pub-
lic school lands and sell them as such.
In view of the provisions of section
4 of the act in question, however, we
could not advise you that you woula
be authorized to issue patents to any]
of these lands, unless proof of occu-
rancy has been ( filed in the generad
land office and payment of patent tee-
made and patent applied for before
January 1, 1492. Yours very truly, 1
T. 8. REESE,
Office Assistant Attorney General.
FEMALE WEAKNESS CURED.
I was troubled with severe female
weakness for over six months I was
treated by’ six very prominent physi-
cians without any market benefit. My
last doctor was a skilled specialist and
he told me the only hope lay in an
operation. I heard of Smith’s Sure
Kidney Cure, and after using it for
one month I find myself cared, and
even the doctor who last treated me
now pronounces me wan.
MBS. J. R FAVER, Atlanta, Ga.
Price M cents and 81. For sale by
M. c. CORNWELL.
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Gregg’s Shorthand.
The famous systeu t augn at
Grimts’ College of Commerce, also
PitmaD and Graham systems if do
stred. Day and nigh sessions Tele
pbone at collage and residenca
be better for the city to rescind its
trade with him than to tak the boil-
ers at a risk of their uo being what
was needed.
Judge Doom moved that the resolu-
tion purchasing the Ben Hur boilers
and all otner bids be rescinded.
Commissioner Powell aeconded the
motion, stating that he thought it
would be making a mistake in buying
the boilers.
The new bids were then opened as
follows:
A. R. Gossard, for four I2S h. p. high
rine and other insurance companies been a great increase In the ai
doing business in the state, also all of business over 1901.
veston brought to this city Mrs. Frank . She imagined thatsmj^M^Sfficrfamlly
Mullis, the wife of a well known in , nood ana
glneer^of that place. is bewailing their fate, sheriff Thomas
at the 'SWT? !M?pe Asylum | declared that It was a very sad case,
u-. w.u. ..- ..land he believes that with the treat-
Mrs. Mullis was perfectly sane until ment she wil receive hefe she may
the Galveston llood. and after coming, regain her mind.
rraternal and beneficiary organizations
The above areaattering increase
over 1999. The receipts for that year
were $132,283.47 for (he year ending
February 28, 1901. ) !
high pressure 125 h. p. boilers, with all
fittings less stacks for 14017, to be de-
livered in four weeks. The same firm
submitted another bid for four boll-
era. water lubes, for 85930.
Walter Tips, for four 125 h. p. Allas
boilers. high pressure, $5191.70 less
stack, fire tube.
Heine Safety Boiler company, three
bollers aggregating 428 h. p., Heine
safety boilers for 85145, water tube
boilers.
No further action was taken on the
bids and it was decided that the
awarding of the contract would be
taken up at the next meeting. Mun-
day afternoon.
There was a lively discussion re-
garasng the removal of the stand-
pipes which are used to get water by
the strest sprinklers from the main
thoroughferes, but no final action was
taken. M
It was decided to sell eight barrels
of oil to the Austin Golf club, after
which the meeting adjourned until
5:30 o'clock next Monday afternoon.
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2tdaKded was on account of the un-
certainty of the time for delivering the
boilers. Fhe commisslo xant the
boilers as soon as possible. Some ”
the bidders asserted that the boilers
could be delivered within four weeks
Erom the time of securing the con-
tract. . .
There was a marked absence or fire
works at the meeting, as had been
generally anticipated when the boiler
quention came up for consideration,
and the reason assigned for this is
that the room in which the meeting
was held reminded one of a refrigera-
tor. For two solid hours the members
of the commission had to keep beating
a la too on the floor to keep their pedal
extremities from freezing, and not-
withstanding this exercise, they were
forced to quit in sheer desperation.
The water and light commission met
yesterday afternoon in special session
for the purpose of taking some action
on the purchase of four boilers. There
were present all the commissioners.
The minutes of the last meeting were
read and approved.
Captain Bartlett, who is well ae-
ncqua inted with the Ben Hur bollers,
addressed the commission stating that
T’wanan rot about the Ben Hur boil-
ers not being able to produce 500 h. p
He declared that he had generated 500
h p, with these boners more than fifty
limes. He said he would guarantee
that the boilers would dvelq 600 h. P-
and if they did not produce the much
they would be given to the city 2
gracious gift. He gave a technical de-
seription of the boilers.
D. H. Caswell addressed the com-
mission. He said that he had seen the
boilers and according to all caleula:
lions tha each of the boilers could not
produce but 25 h. p. and the four boll:
era a total ot 100 h. p. He said he had
had considerabte experience in the
handling ot boilers and could not see
how these boilers could develop 509 h.
p. He rave a detailed calculation of
the diameter of the boilers.
Dr Morse asked Mr Caswell if he
was prepared tt state that the boilers
could not produce 500 h p.
Mr Caswell replied he was not.
Mr Garber. representing the Heine
water tube boilers. stated he had .had
the boilers examined and that they
could not produce more than 23 h. p.
each
the patent fee. and soon, what should, parties making these locations have
|^*ll>TTed “with "Theprovmns-oe
law as to applicatton. settlement %
Twenty-third; they were
heavy and studious readers.
The regular monthly entertainment
given last evening by the Epworth
League of the First street Methodist
church was largely attended and very
interesting. An exceptionally good pro-
gram was well carried out. The feat-
ure of the evening’s entertainment, an
address on Japan, by Dr. Halsted of
the University. was especlally inter-
esting. and also very instructive. Dr.
Halsted is a man who has traveled
a great desk ad his address last night
was very mtuetpprec tated, and is one
w hieh will long be remembered by
those who were so fortunate us to hear
him. During his talk he also exhibited
many domestic articles of the Japan-
ese race which were very pleasing and
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Dall;
C ommiasion. held at Delias,
suzgested that a eut of me
Janitor Harrison entered the cell.
When the janitor entered the negroes
made their escape, locking him insjde.
Stallworth says he has been in Dallas,
but declare that he does not know
where Morgan could be located. The
prisoner went to work yesterday
morning At first he declined to work,
because Road Boss Thompson wanted
to put shackles on him, but one meal
of corn bread made him change his
itself:
Hon. Chartes Hogan, Commissioner
General Land Office, Austin, Texas:
Dear Sir—This department is In re-
ceipt of yours of the 27th Instant,
which is as follows:
"The act approved February 25, 1999,
appropriating all of the unsurved land
in Texas to the public school fund pro-
vides for the issuance of patents to
certain pre-emption claims on file In
the general land office prior to the 23rd
of May, 1898, prodded, applications for
patents are made, the patent fee paid
and proof of occupancy is filed prior
to the 1st of January, 1992. Theremust
be at least one thousand of these
claims in the hind office which remains
unpatented and for which patents
have not been applied for. I believe
that many of them have long since
been abandoned. In which case, where
proof of that fact is filed in the land
office. I would accept a survey under
the ac i of 1900 and sell it as public
school kind, but suppose the pre-emp-
tion has not been abandoned, and sup-
pose the owner has the ability to make
proof of three years’ occupancy, pay
#-*inelssamKce ol
cations have not applied for patents
on or before January 1, 1402, as pro-
vided in the act, you would not be au-
thorized to sell these lands as publk
school lands.
We are of the opinion that if the
supreme court in the Hogue vs. Baker -
case <42 Texas Rep.. 581, the act re-
ferred to must be considered as a final
settlement of the land account between
the state and the public school fund, !
and declares lands covered by the pre-
emptions referred to in your letter free a
of any claim on the part of the pub*,
school fund that would Interfere with 1
the validity of their location under 1
these pre-emption claims. I
I understand from your letter that )
the pre-emption claims referred to by |
you all come within the provisions of J
reclion 4 of this act, that is, that they k
are claims of "persons who settled ]
upon said lands and had field notes I
thereto returned to an actually filed in .
the land oiice prior to May 23, 1848,” J
and that the law under which said 1
settlement and pre-emption was made I
has been compiled with. ]
lands. In arriving at the amount of un-
appropriated land <4.444,145 acres),
which is set apart to the public sc hool
fund.
Notwithstanding what is said by the
capitol was a suitable
blanks lO be distrtbtued
the stats.
General Manager L J.
on any of the bldfhenew bids
ranged from1H029 36000. The reason
•eteTTson such claims up to the 1st
of January, 1992, but it does not pro-
vide that such land shall be sold as
public school land after that time, and
I am at a loss to know how to proceed
with such claims. Your advice is re-
specttuly solicited.”
Although that fact is not stated in
your letter, I am Informed by you in
connection with the subject mutter
thereof, that the land covered by the
various pre-emption claims referred to
was excluded from the estimation
made by the Twenty-sixth legislature
of 4,444,195 acres of unappropriated
land. In other words, that In making
up the account between the state and
the public, free school fund, as recited
In the preamble to the act of February
23, 1990, the lands covered by the pre-
emption locations referred to in your
tentionally. The woman declared that
Goodrich was telling the truth. A
charge of intoxication was preferred
against her and Goodrich was charged
with disturbing the peace. Both were
lined to in the police court yesterday
morning.
Another lively fight occurred be-
tween 1 and 2 o’clock yesterday morn-
ing on Broadway at a big negro ball.
county. In the Interrat of the World’S
Fair work. #
"It is of the utmost importance -at J
> ou respond to this action of the com- I
mittee wish promptness You wi ap- ]
preelate the fact that Texas can not 1
be adequately represented at the st. j
Louis exposition unless our World s
Fair work is systematicaly organised. I
"It Is the Judgment of the executive
committee, that if commissioners in
counties where there is such office,
will at once select a .gentleman and
lady chairmen, as suggested by the ;
resolution herein referred to, active i
public interest, so essential to the sue- i
cess of our enterprise, will be Instant- I
ly forthcoming. |
Trusting, therefore, that you will 1
proceed at once in the matter of your 1
organization, and that I will be able' 1
to submit the names of the officers se-
lected. under the plan proposed to th-
executive committee at ha next meet-
ing. I am, very truly yours,
"LOUIS J. WORTHAM,
General Manager.
The magnitude of the task which the
legislative investigating committee has
ar signed itself is daily becoming more
apparent and is manifesting itself in
several ways it is now apparent to
the committee that it will be unable
to make anything like an investigaliun
during the limited period of 120 days
and they have decided to try and re-
duce the work in some way. Just how
is at present unknown, but the com-
mittee will have a meeting next Mon-
day morning for the purpose of dis-
cussing ways and means for reducing
the work, for unless this is done, hard-
ly anything will be accomplished.
The varlous sub-committees were
busy yesterday and not ready to re-
port and consequently there is not any-
thing of any importance which trans-
pired at the brief meeting held.
While the committee is not giving
out any information as to the pro-
gress of their work, it was learned
amount of steam. He demonstrated
the good points of the Ben Hur boilers
and declared he had developed as
much as 449 h. p. with the boilers.
Captain Bartlett raid he had only
used 14g h. p. when running the Ben
Mar. as it was all that was required,
hot was positive they could produce
Mg k. • without any estra amount of
zueL
cost just esactty $274 per day to zun
the upper house during that sessiqn.
The investigation also developed that
It cost 15.41 per capita for newspapers.
This is not so bad for the lords of the
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Prescrption No. 2851 by Elmer
kmend. will not cure all complain!
Out it will curs rheumatism. E.
&ohmidt, Houston, Texas. Solo agt
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Hear Joaquin Miller tonight at Ui
versity auditorium.
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via Elgin and the Missouri. Kani
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daily.
Persons desiring accommodations
this car can secure and dncupy ber
after 9:00 p. m. For full partieuta
apply to ticket agent of the Hor-«
and Texas Central. |
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