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The Austin Statesman
STATE
ence 336.
ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL. 39, NO. 69.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1908.
SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS.
CHINA’S NEW PERIL
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TATSU MARU SEIZURE A VERY SORE POINT
THAT CITY IS FULL OF REVOLUTIONISTS
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NEGROES USE THE TORCH.
has
to Canton waters.
ago
lered most improbable. the naval
THE OLD MAN BEGINS TO DREAM OF HIS NATIO NAL GAME.
BIG LOSS MADE GOOD.
ith Dal.
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WORTH
Aade Re*
Van
on the charge that she was
arms and ammuni
(Continued on Page 3.)
TRACK GAMBLING
criticised the action o the
appointing permanent
LOSES ITS FIGHT
Summary of News
GOVERNOR HUGHES’ BILLS TO BE LAW
IN NEW YORK STATE.
GNERAL.
JAPAN’SNAVYHAS
GROWN GREATLY
i'
STA‘CI3.
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very briefly to
Ing
lett
time
ter to me
pub-
h in-
n
BATTLESHIPS
papers of the fill
•Rome reliable fig-
Expert chauffeur is found dead at
THEY WERE THIRTEEN
ures are now to hand showing the pres-
HUNDRED
' Drak, Mr ma i
J
merclal traveler. com
MILES SOUTH OF MAGDALENA.
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LOCAL,
ot
Iwami; th. Peresviat, now the Mam-lo
It Seems Fated to Become Em
broiled With Japan.
RAIN AND SLEET
IN NORTH TEXAS
that Japan will make an;
take the Tatsu Maru ai
LYON’S ROASTING
OF PRITCHARD
corpora-
) depart-
of Gal- .
Its char-
Seaboard
Flag of Japan Was Hauled Down and the
Dragon of China Hoisted; and This
Is an Insult Not Forgiven.
Mount
e Incor-
C. Lev-
El Paso;
corpora-
obb, W.
n Texas
he state
‘o., book
tal stock
ters are.
a of the
J a con-
s at the
k board.
lor, api-
rporators
od, D, F.
TURNED WEAPON
UPON HUSBAND
: CO.
me and
, Hair,
me Ce-
Five Bomb Explosions Since First Day
of January and Not Single Arrest
of Authors of Outrages.
re-
dis-
iation of
ck. The
Oliver
well and
of An-
ions and
Eastern
Its char-
eadquar-
tin.
$ •
• o:a
EDWARDS UPON
THE PRIMARIES
DAM CREATING BIG POND WILL
BE TORN DOWN.
g school
The in-
Smith,
ed, J. R.
ELGIN NEGRESS HAD THE BEST
OF FIGHT FOR PISTOL.
Assortion Is Made That Bailey’s Near
Fribnds Are the Ones Who Blocked
Demand For People's Choice
of the Delegates.
KATY LAKE IS
TO FADE AWAY
■er
),
ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKS STRICT
URE EVEN STRONGER.
OPEN LETTER TO OUSLEY GIVEN
TO NEWSPAPERS.
TONNAGE OF WARSHIPS IS ALMOST
DOUBLED.
rovement-
tal stock
A A. C.
K. Hal-
Recent Rains Have So Damaged Tki
Structure That It. It Not Safe to
Stand Pressuro Likely to Come
Any Day.
EON.
EXAS.
ug Store,
reet.
hurch of
The in-
in, A. E.
oh, E. R.
FULL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERVICE
your lengthy open
lished in the daily
ships t
conside
Dallas-
Charls J. Van Deusen, well known
jockey, riles
Loss of >80.000 by fraudulent bills of
lading 1a made good to Santa Fe rail-
way.
Severe storm in North Texas,*
iy effort to re-
nd eend war-
While war is
■
attempt to smuggle
ition.into China.
prestige in the shape Of some fori
hyvotheontion.
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bbon.N/
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raysRellabie
RYWHERE.
SERVICE THAT IS
UNEXCELLED
J fl
11
my years a com-
nmits suicide in
tainod the country must expect to
invite foreign distrust, while forthcom-
ing attempts to negotiate a new loan
are likely to encounter no small oppo-
stion, and even if successful will
.prove so only at the cost of a sacrifce
s(.
9
\
severely
judge in
house, at St. Louis. is expected to
reach Dallas tomorrow night to attend
the funeral.
-
to Canton
engaged i
Well Known Jockey Dead.
' Dallas. March 8.—Charles J.
.(26.9
M»
in addition to the troops who will
line the - routes Wherever the king
goes practically al] the civil guards
in Spain, except detachments in Anda-,
lusia, are concentrated ’here and 800
saseM
1 Sod7
sion state that the question of juris-
diction will be taken to the supremo
court of the United States, contending
that the suit is really one against the
Btate of South ‘Carolina which is Im-
mune from suits unless It consents.
Secret instructions have been issued
to the police to search all persons
wearing long Spanish' capes, under
which, as was the case in the Lisbon
tragedy, arms might be concealed. This
will be King Alfonso's fourth visit to
was attempted, and again last fall.
While here he will greet the Austrian
fleet and inaugurate an extensive
scheme of street improvement.
In an
INCIPIENT BLIZZARD TURNS TO
HEAVY PRECIPITATION.
Dusen, 36 years old, jockey and horse-
man. known on all tracks of reputation
in the United States. France and Ger-
many. died at the home of his parents
in Dallas tonight. He had been af-
flicted with pulmonarv troubles for
nearly a year, and a few weeks ago had
to leave his stable of horses in Los An-
geles to come home in the hope of pro-
longing his life. Van Dusen was a na-
tive of Texas and began his career as
a jockey on the Dallas track nearly
twenty years ago.
uary 1 and not a single culprit
been caught. Only a few days agy
placards were posted throughout Bar-
celona. stating that an attempt
would be made upon the life of the
king should he carry out his determi-
nation of visiting this city. The pla-
cards were Torn down by the police, but
the fear that an outrage would be at-
tempted remains.
Reports From Eastern Oklahoma and
Northern Part of This State
Are of Storms Threatening
the Fruit Crop.
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e, 231,
X
Temple, Texas, March 8.—It will bo
remembered that about one year ago
the Santa Fe Railway company suf-
fered a loss of about >80,000 by reason
of rhe issuance of bills of lading for
a large shipment of cotton at Belton
when as a matter of fact the shipment
was never made. The igrand jury of
Harris county returned a number of
bills against certain parties alleged to
be connected with the cas. It is now
learned, however, that the losses of the
railway company have been made good
and that the criminal proceedings are
to be dismissed.
Asheville, N. c,, March 8.—The at-
tack made on Judge Pritchard by At-
torney General Lyon of Bouth Caro-
lina, wherein the attorney general
Barcelona. He came here first' with
his mother when a baby on the occ-
sion of the international expositlon;
next in 1905, when Premier Maura's life
Negress attacked by her busband et
Elgin turns pistol upon him and kills
him.
People of Temple raise purse for
popular priest.
Fan Antonio Business Men’s club lias
lost a toy balloon and would be glad
to recover it. y x
Luther Newsome, in Jail at Ran An-
tonio upon charge of attempted crim-
inal assault, unable to procure liberty
on habeas corpus.
celvers. for the Houth Carolina
Mies Mamie Lindsay, who has charge
of the news stand in the Jefferson
tiage, and who is now captain general
of Catalonia, will be in supreme com-
mand of the military armv and in con-
- junction with Inspector Arrow, late of
~ Scotland Yard And now chief of police
here. Is taking every precaution to in-
sure the safety of the king, who will be
his personal charge.
do not attempt to consume the time in
talking and writing about it, but act
it is dependent on Mr. Bailey’s friends
of the committee, they being in a ma-
General Linares, who was in com-
mand of the Spanish forces at Han-
Waco, March 8.—The following wax'
furnished the newspapers tonight at
Dallas by.E. G. Senter:
Hon. Clarence Ousley, Chairman Bailey
Campaign Committee, Fort Worth.
Texas.
Alfonso Dzog0,"ad
n110Noi9nvuasi
ABEa uu. .
and 20 to 40 feet deep. Many .boats r.Lt. March g
were placed on the clear waters and .." ch.
She Admits Firing Fatal Shot and
Saya It Was Done Ih Struggle to
Prevent Man Using Gun to
Murder Her.
Santa Fe Railway Recovers Money
Paid on False Bille of Lading.
rescue, in which event it ws deemed
probable that the Chinese gunboats
would have sent the Tatsu Maru to the
bottom without further ceremony. The
fat then would have been in the fire
with a vengeance. It was to safeguard
the vessel agaist any attempt to es-
cape that the Chinese commander ran
up the. dragon of the Chinese, thus
technically placing the vessel under ar-
rest.
Further inquiry has elicited the In-
formation that the seizure of the Tatsu
Maru was brought .about through a re-
port sent from Kobe or Osaka to the
Chinese-authorities to the effect that al-
Dallas, March 8.—A blizzard started
in the vicinity of Dallas at 3 o'clock
this afternoon. It has turned into a
driving cold rain, and will probably be
sleeting before morning. Reports from
eastern Oklahoma and upper North
Texas are to the effect that it is blow-
ing. snowing and sleeting violently,
particularly along the line of the Mis.
souri Kansas and Texas railroad.
There is danger of serious damage to
the North Texas fruit crop.
for gambling at or in /connection with
horse racing. The present law forbids
such gambling, but provides that where
the wager is made within an authorized
track enclosure. the only penalty or
redress is a civil , suit for the amount
wagered. The other so-called anti-race
track gambling bills would amend other
statutes in detail necessary to achleve
the main end keommended by the gov-
ernor. It is now expected that this
week will see a vote in both the sennit
nd the assembly committees on the
Penal Code amendment. The immedi-
ate outcome can hardly be foreseen, but
the impression grows on both aides of
the question that the legislation desired
by the governor will be passed without
serious delay. The race track people
here now admit in private that they re-
gard their fight as practically lost ale
ready.
Barcelona, March 8.—The city is foe-
mg extensively decorated and no of-
cia efforts will be spared to give Kig
Allonso a creditable and enthusiastic
- reception .on lils arrival hero on Tues-
day. Nevertheless the greatest con-
cern is felt as to the kings aafety, ow-
1n8 to the activity of the Barcelonan
revolutionists and anarchists who re-
cently have created almost a reign of
terror in this c«yf There have been
five bomb explosions here since Jan-
. Adams,
e United
ginia, a
, is in
i cousin,
ma 18 a
Merkel,
dished a
Ich may
of the
old theii
nd wat
hots in
emainder
e pulled
the fleet
slant. I have to fay:
The people who condemn the conduct
of Senator Bailey desire a legal and
regular primary election to determine
MESSAGE FROM
Albany, N. Y, March 8.—The center
of the legislative stage is now occupied
by the group of bills embodying the
recommendation of Governor Hughes
that the constitutional prohibition of
gambling within the slate be obeyed by
. the legislature.! specifically by the
. passage of ' appropriate laws” to abol-
ish the present statutory discrimination
which virtually protects gambling at
the race tracks. I Jt should be under-
stood that there are several bills in this
group, all introduced by Senator Agnew
of New York.city and Assemblyman
Hart of Utica, and they. are popularly
known as the governor's bills. There
will probably be no further hearings on
the bills before the codes committee,
the precise effect Of which would be to
amend the Penal (Code-so as to pre-
scribe a penalty of "imprisonment only
.Nadrid.Aarch 8.— King Altonso will police have been speclally dratted tor
to argz ,h"
served as to which of the two routes
he royal train will take. In the opin-
ion of the public the king’s visit is
foolhardy, but the cabinet believes that
the. danger has been e<»Wrated, and
that the visit will prove beneficial po-
liieally. Queen Victoria will not ac-
company the king.
Vallejo, Cal, March 8—The first com-
munication which this cosat has had
with Admiral Evan’ fleet was estab-
lished through the cruier St. Louis
late last night. The St. Louis under
command of Commander R..N. Ushr.
is at Magdalena for target practice. The
message from the Connecticut showed
the fleet was moving at regular speed,
1300 miles south of Magdalena. The
message was repeated by th St. Louls
to the stations on this coast and was
picked up at 2:80 o’clock this morning.
5:30 yesterday afternoon the husbana
accused his wife of infidelity. She te-
pefied the accusation and a bitter quar-
rel resulted. The man drew a pistol
and, according to his wife’s story, was
attempting to shoot her when she
thl; Poltalv, now Tango; Retvisan, now
the Hisen, and the Pobieda, now the
Hue.
In addition there were taken eleveh
Lharmored cruisers, 71,276 tons; five de-
stroyers, 1749 tons, or a total of twenty ,
tons. Thus the net gain without fur-
ther building on Japan’s part is seen
to be tw9 in number and 88,924 in
tonnage, the discrepancy between tin
dfviston» being- due to the fact that
Japan’s chief gains were in battleships
and cruisers.
Critics of the expansion program are
naturally asking why, in the face of
these figures, which indicate an ad-
vance of fully 90 per cent, including
new construction, the government
should still persists inmaking appro-
priations for,the army and navy more
than 36 per cent of the total national
expenditure for the next fiscal year.
Lending financiers and business men
do not hesitateo point out that so
as the above disparity is main-
state tJ
sent.
Ban Diego. Col. March 8.-~At 10:30
th morning the Point Loma wireless
telegraph station reported a dispatch
for the navy department from Admiral
Evans on board his flagship, the Con-
necticut. which with the remainder of
the battleships comprising the Atlantic
squadron, left Callao for Magalena
bay February 19. The Point Loma op-
Elgin, Texas, March 8.—William
Kelly, a well known and heretofore
highly respected negro, aged about 25.
was shot and killed late this afternoon
by Ills wife, Mary. The woman's story
is that she and her husband had been
separated several times and had re-
cently resumed living together. About
turned the weapon upon him and filed,
shooting him in the back of the head.
The woman was arrested upon a charge
of murder. She tells a straightforward
story of the tragedy and it is generally
believed.
Expert Chauffeur Found Dead,
Dallas, March 8.—Cecil KInsor, an
exvert automebllist chauffeur, in the
employ of A. L, Clark, a millonaire
lumberman of Dallas, was found dead
in a bath tube in a downtown rooming
house this afternoon. His half-sister.
his candidacy for delegat-at-large.
If as many as two friends of Mr.
Bailey on the democratic executive . .
committee who debated my resolution Dallas,
for such a primary will now support C.
the resolution, then, as you well know, mt-ee
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, March 8.—Oklahoma,
West Texas and New Mexico—Fair
Monday and Tuesday; warmer Tues-
day.
East Texas—Rain in south, fair in
northern portion, much colder except in
northwestern portion Monday; Tuesday,
fair and warmer.
the democratic masses of this state will
by ballot select their representatives in
the national convehtin
If the Bailey campaign committee
really desires to afford the democrats
f this state an opportunity to which
they are unquestonabiy entitled, then
plained by the statement that her draft
was too great, to permit her to enter
the harbor in safety, and that the in-
tention of the captain and the con-
signees .was to have the cargo dis-
charged into lighters.
According to the captain's story, the
vessel was surrounded by four Chinese
gunboats and was shortly afterward
boarded by the Chinese commandef
who declared that although the steamer
was in possession of a certificate issued
by the Portuguese authorities at Macao,
the Chinese government was informed
that she was bound for Macao with a
cargo of 134 cases of arms and ammu-
nition consigned to a Chinese firm and
that he had been ordered by the tatol
of Canton to, stop the discharge of the
cargo. Later two customs officials and
twenty bluejackets boarded the.steam-
er. The incident created no small ex-
citement among the steamer's passen-
gers. some apprehension being enter-
tained that the Japanese cruisers in
Hong Kong harbor might attempt a
New Torpedo Tube.
Valparaiso, March 8.—A Chilean
naval officer has - invented a torpedo
tube which after official trials with ex-
cellent results the admiralty has or-
dered aboard all torpedo boats.
Megoon at Havana.
Havana, March 8.—Governor Ma-
gon arrived here this morning on the
revenue cutter Haturi. He was re-
ceived with a naval salute from the
guns of abananas fortress. This af-
ternoon the governor rode in an auto-
mobile in the carnival procession
through the Padro,; being showered
With confetti and sfbuts of "Viva Ma.
goon."
Georgetown, Texas. March. 8 — The
report has gone out that recent rains
have damaged the Jawns' mill dam on
the San Gabriel river so badly that its
present owner has decided to save the
timbers and material In the dam by
removing them, which will destroy
Katy lake three miles from George-
town at l he Junction of Berry’s creek
and the Han Gabriel river. Die Katy
railroad in 1903 leased the park and
lake and made a summer resort of it'.
The lake has been two miles in length
To add to the Irritation Inseparable
from, such a course of action, the
Chinese commander hauled down the
Lyon Makes It Stronger,
Columbia. H. C., March 8 -When
Attorney General Lyon was shown the
press dispatches As to the reported at-
tempt to have him attached for con-
tempt on account of the stritures on
Judge Pritchard, contained in the in-
terview given out by him in Augusta,
Ga., last night, he said: "It is not
surprising that those harpies (re-
ferring to the liquor lawyers) should
wish to have me attached for con-
tempt. This wall was probably
coused not from any disregard which
may have been shown the learned
judge, but'more probably .from the
prospect of being kept for a long
while from plundering- and feasting
upon the revenues of Bouth Carolina.
"I repeat again that I will use every
lawful means to rave the state from
the possibility of such plundering and
will proceed in the courts of the state
to checkmate the liquor houses that
had fed upon the state whenever it
may be proper to do so. any orders of
the United Htates circuit court to the
contrary notwithstanding."
base at Sasebo is extremely active. The
armored cruiser Chi Yodo suddenly left
port last night. Coaling is proceeding
rpidly. a number of torpedo boat de-
stroyers having already coaled. Enor-
mous supplies in storage at Sasebo are
being hurried aboard the vessels.
At the office of the admiralty it is
pointed out that the first squadron ex-
pected to start on training maneuvers
.this week, a fact announced two
months ago, therefore the activity at
Sasebo should not necessarily be con-
sidered In covection with the Tatsu
Maru incident.
Japanese flag en route and ran up the
Chinese dragon ensign in its stead. The
Japanese foreign office has demanded
the immediate release of the Tatsu
Maru and the immediate punishment
of the officials responsible fur her
seizure. Quito irrespective of the
merits of the case, the Japanese main-
tain that the action of the Chinese au-
thorities in seizing the steamer and
hauling down the Japanese flag was an
insult to Japan.
The facts of the case, as near as can
he ascertained from both sides, appear
to be these:
The Japanese contention. Is that the
vessel left Kobe on January 26 With
ninety-four cases of rifles and forty
cases of ammunition consigned by the
Ataka Shokai of Osaka to Messrs.
Quong Yoa & Co. of Macao, who are
licensed by the Macao government to
deal in arms. It is asserted that Ataka
Shokai had obtained the necessary per-
mit from the Macao officials with re-
gard to the arms and ammunition ano
that the usual customs and police for-
malities had been complied with at
Kobe. The fact that the Tatsu Maru
anchored outside Macao harbor is ex-.
China seems to be constantly finding
new trouble with Japan. Case of the
Tatsu Maru not fully cleared up.
Adolph Meyer, formerly an officer of
the Confederacy and long a member of
congress, dies at hia home in New Or-
leans.
Japan’s navy has almost doubled
since the war with Russia.
Attorney General Lyon of South
Carolina repeats his < viticisms of judge
Pritchard and says orders of court can
not prevent his standing for the rights
of the state against the liquor houses.
Battleships reported by wirless 1300
miles south, of. Magdalena bay.
Scout cruiser Birmingham arrives at
Rockland for official tests.
pensary fund created a profound sen-
sation in this elty, the judge's home.
It is stated tonight that representa-
tives of. some of the plaintiffs will
ask Judge Pritchard Id attach the at-
torney general for contempt of court
on the ground that the advice of At-
forney General Lyon to the commis-
sioners to disregard the order of the
federal court directing the deliverance
of the dispensary fund of.>800,000 to
the receiver does in itself Constitute
contempt; in that it tends to actually
interfere with the administration of
the court and to nullify its power.
Judge Pritchard declined to make a
statement. Two local attorneys who
represent distilling companies In the
suit againrt tlie South Carolina Dis-
pensary commission issued a state-
ment to the press today wherein they
handled Attorney General Lyon with-
out gloves, .resenting what they
termed "‘a great Injustice to Judge
Pritchard." They also declare, that
Mr. Tryons' statements are "wide’ofth
truth," W. F. Stevenson and D. W.
Rountree of counsel for the commle-
Attempt to Burn and Shoot Enemies
Ends in Arrests at Roma, Ga. e
Rome, Ga., March J.—At the result
of an attempt to burn the house of a
negro woman, followed py a fusillade
of Bhots into the house und an attack
on the home of Joseph Daniel in North
Rome early today, Joseph Daniel is
dead, Jim Snow is slightly wounded,
the house of Jane Pou partially de-
stroyed by firn and Charles and Loula
Iain and Henry Berry _ are , in Jail
charged with murder and arson. All
coneerned were negroes.
It is alleged that Berry’, the Fain
brothers and other negroes, who are
said to have been dfinking; set fire to
the house and Jane Pou, mother-in-
law of Charles Fin, fired a number
of shots into it. They then went to
the home of Joseph Daniel, it is said.'
andopned fire through the doors and
windowB, killing Daniel and wounding
Snow who was inside. )
Domestic troubles betveen Charles
Fain and his wife, who was staying
with her mother. Is said to have been
the cause of the outbreak.
Tok to. March 8.—The fates seem al-
most resolved to embwoll Japan and
China by fair means or foul. No sooner
does one diplomatic issue appear to be
on the eve. of satisfactory settlement
than another one crops up to prolong
the agency and keep the Tokio foreign
office and the Chinese foreign board
more or less busy. A boundary dispute,
the Tsin Min Tun Fakumen railway,
the North Manchurian customs and the
telegraph questions—all these have now-
ceased to excite much concern in the
minds of those who can see below the
surface of the political current, but, on
the other hand, as though the Chinese
themselves were determined to furnish
the Japanese opposition with its
strongest arguments in favor of a more
spirited policy, is the course of the mid-
dle kingdom, whose Chinese warships
seized a Japanese merchant steamer,
the Tatsu Maru. in Chinese waters just
outside Macao harbor and escorted her
erator was unable tn determine the po-
sition of the Connecticut, as the sig-
nals which, doubtless would have indi-
ate' .the whereabouts nr the fleet, were
indistingulshable.. Nothing could be |
saga as to the contents of the mes- i Jority, whether we have a primary. We
__- , I will have a legal primary duly and
unn I,,. . . .. i properly ordered by the state executive
an Diego. Cal, March 8.—No official committee, provided the friends or Mr.
doVI6S-haxe been received at the navy-Bailey and the manager of hsi present
n partmnent. concerning the battleship • campaign can be induced or driven to
r- 1 8nce ita departure on February 29 allow the people a chance to vote on his
Trom,Ca.no for Atagdalena Lay while candidaey:
ndya officers are unable to give the This is the last of my correspondence
exetocationof the fleet at this time. 'with yo on this subject I now refer
it 18beeve,that it is near the equator you to the executive’committee of the
Southwest of the Isthmus of Panama. t Democratic Club of Texas, chosen st
heestimate puts the fleet about 1400 the democratic mass meeting held in
or 1500 m18a from Magdalena bay Waco on this dale. This committee is
i neer ordinary conditons the fleet * authorized to treat with you in behalf
averages about 140 miles a day, 90 ft ls of the democrats of Texas who oppose
figured it will reach Magdalena bay . your candidate Respectfully.
about March 14. • JAMES M. EDWARDS.
Tokio, March 9, 1:30 a. m.—There
were no developments throughout Sun-
day or today in connection with the
Tatsu Maru affair. In the meantime
Japan is undoubtedly preparing for
eventualities. The entire devision in
the matter rests with Premier Sainiji
and the foreign minister, Baron
Hayashi. Thee had been no indica-
tions of the period of time Japan will
await China's reply. The Associated
Press is Informed at the Japanese for-
eign office that it is presumed that
Tuan Shi Kai will require three or per-
haps four days’ consultation with the
viceroy of Canton in the consideration
of the entire matter and consequently
no decision may be rendered before
March 10 or 12. What action Japan
will take in the event that she de-
cides immediately to "take independent
action” . Is a matter of speculation in
diplomatic circles in Tokio. It is be-
lieved that .It is entirely improbable
State HeaIfh Officer Brumby is en-
listing assisance of county judges to
push the sanitary crusade for a more
healthy Texas.
Report of dome watchinan for Feb-
ruary shows total number of visitors to
be 1610.
Professor Bralley, general agent for
conference on < ducation. tells of pro-
posed constitutional e nendment.
It may be a week yet before state aq-
entitning board, awards the auditing
contract.
Former governor of Alabama is a vis-
itor in the city. p .
Supreme court will take up question
of purchase of land by department
clerks and officers.
Sermons heard in the city. 1
many fishermen came for many miles
to enjoy the water and the shade of
the big trees. The heavy rains
yashed away a portion of the dam and
the lake has gone down about two
feet already. Henry Doering of
Walburg is the present owner and has
decided to save the materiel before
the spring floods come. The mill
dam was built in 1876 by J. F. Jawns
and J. R, Roberts. When the Mis-
souri, Kansar and Texas railway was
completed from Austin to Granger in
1908. Austin got up the biggest ex-
cursion ever ran to Katy lake. Fully
5000 people gathered there ami a great
celebration was had.
The destroying of this old place of
resort will be learned with much re-
gret by visitors from all over William,
son, Travis. -Burnet and Bell counties.
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Banquet to Flotilla Officers.
Lima. Peru, March 8 Rear Admiral
RaigadA gave a banquet tonight on the
Peruvian oruiser Almlratne Grau to the
officers of the American torpedo boat
flotilla. The banquet took the form of
a farewell to the Americans, who will
Have hero tomorrow morning to con-
tinue their voyage to the north.
ent strength of the Japanese navy as
compared with its strength when the
late war broke out. Details are ap-
pended, but the totals may be briefly
viz: 167 vessels of all descrip-
tfons representing a tonnage of 287,-
487 tons before the war and 294 Ves-
nels and 516,083 tons at the present
day. Further scrutiny of the figures
show that Japan today possesues more
than twice the number of battleships
that she had before the war. a third ax
many more armored eruiters, three
more other cruisers, three times as
many destroyers, but there are fewer
torpedo boats. Her naval Iossm during
the war Included two battleship^ viz:
The HaUusa and Yashima; ' eight
< ruisers, the Takasgo, Yoshino, Bafyom.
Mikayo, Heyen, Atago, Ashimya and
Kimon; two destroyers, the Akatsuki
and Hayatorl; seven torpedo boats, or
a total of eighteen vessels end 46,616
tons. On the other hand, as ngelnst
the two battleship torpedoed by Tus-
elans, the Japanese captured at Fort
Arthur and in the battles of Japan, nve
battleships representing 62,524 tonaar
follows: The Orel, now named the
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