The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 102, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 1911 Page: 4 of 10
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TEXAS CREDIT GOOD DEL RIO’S PLA INT
AUSTIN STATESMAN
Argu-
The first day of the Railroad Com-
mission’s hearing for April
not
A BANEFUL DOVTRINI.
Abe
No Alum—No Lime Phosphate
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ucation.
Grit
For
to iminish the
NOTES OF THE CAPITOL ■
of the masses to recall
in the pot
RETURNED FROM MANEUVERS.
Adjutant General Tells of the 9ft un-
San Antonio.
quirements of the department.
have
Williamson of Graham, Young County.
Humphreys"
Si
CHANGING POINTS OF VIEW
BVILD MOM BOTBU.
HK WILL COSIER MATTER.
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State Will Advise Labom
Seenetary
Element on Eight-Hour Law,
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ASSISTANT NANK CLERK I. NAMED.
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trinu
Rosel
THACHING TBB NKiaHBOBS.
shap
and
ha. tor the full stop?- Memphis Com-
Mt but mamply be-
Fit
iodations
Railroad taro*
TNI loot hara lo
to
teachers 8
ineludos
everythine from correct information on
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and M
suit ;
Fo
recei
Whit
new
$2
—Harry A. Beers.
sales.
1; Greenvle,
so
al
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ing I
med
met
Gains
shap
butte
Hit
r?
you
Till
courts becomes an I
the ends of justice.
influence baneful to
The judiciary sets
Requests continue to pour into the
State Health Department from vari-
ous sources for a certain amount of
diphtheria antitoxin which, as previ-
Col. O 8. Newell, division superin-
tendent of the Fullman Company, was
There seems to be a commendable
inclination on the part of vaudeville
Washington correspondents say that
the railroads have been divorced from
the coal business If that is so, the
public will soon begin to pay th all*
mony — Philadelphia North American.
In advance of all inqutry the par-
agraphers union wishes to state right
now that it is warm enough for us.
No -doubt every State Capitol con-
tains papers of great value but the
greater part of each fire in a State
Capitol probably results from the tons
of valueless papers.
If we were naturally inclined to be
down in the mouth we'd be right dis-,
turbed at present to find something to
be down in the mouth about.
A little more uplift for the skyline,
gentlemen. a little more uplift for the
Austin skyline.
Judging from the threats of some
of our stout friends to purchase laud
summer suits we are inclined to think
Al G Fields would like to come down
shortly* and look us over.
For some reason the sight of a man
who lacks a leg never does make a
bumped ahin hurt any the less.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING
A pure, wholesome, reliable Grape.
Cream of Tartar Baking Powder.
Improves the flavor and adds
to the healthfulness of the food.
KxtoM Hu.____
----Corral ,li
—Atack
W
LAmt of These Reeogmine by the Naw_
< ational Department.
WANTS COMMON POINT TERRITORY
EXTENDED THERE.
vaL
To store the acid rinsings, thin and
flat.
Bqueesed from th. prens or troaden
under feet.
In buying baking powder
examine the label and take
only a brand shown to be
made with Cream of Tartar
Yop ma
is )
"That v
1722
meat all During the Day—Other
Matters Heard.
• I am quite positive that the use of alum bakdng
powder mhoule be condemned."
* —Prf. Vanghen, Unversiby of Michigan
Read tha LM and ramambar that
L Whe
But ren
Wht
That 3 o
Till
SUMMER NORMAL FOR NEGROES,
practically made up his mind
A great many persons believs they
are optimists because they say every-
thing is all right in spite of the fact
that they are absolutely convinced It
isn’t.
seat at. a considerable elevation over I
the surrounding floor area and let thd
muititude eome to pay homage.
2.2:*-
NEw CORPORATIONS CHARTERED.
1
The st
’olk son,
story
tunately many of these
Advocates of tbs recall must not
forget that the integrity of the judici-
ary as the arbiter of disputes is found-
ed upon fearless adherence to the law
and the right Any infuence tending
HAS NO RECOBD OF HIS DEATH.
Batch of ( oneerns That Will Do Busi+
sees la the State.
Austin really ought to get that Lock-
hart railroad but we'll grow right nt
over to Lockhart and then do the job
with a street car line if it can't bo
accomplished any other way.
Dr IL
versity j
1 Guild
b" clock i
r Helpin
o'clock
Capitol.
Dr.PRICE'S
CREAM
BAKINGPOWDER
Houston, June 1; Luling. June I. Mar-
shall. June I; Pert Arthur, Juno s;
San Augustine, June • Seguin, Jne
• ; Teague, June 5: Texarkana, May
29: Welmar, May 11
Becond Series— Austin, June 23:
Brenham. Juno ft. Bryan, Juno 26;
Dallas. Jiao It; Fort Worth, June It;
Gilmer Juno 25; Groveton, June It;
Livingston, June 26; Paleetine, June
26; Bomerville, June 11; Waco, June
II. Wharton, June 26; Yoakum, Jne
Boss Cox’s hike to Indiana provs
that the wicked who flee when no man
pursueth also scoot when somebody
is on their trail — Louisville Courier-
Journal. 1
Bpeaking of punetuation, did you
ever notice how little use a woman
The Attorney General’s Department
yesterday approved an issue of $10,000
Stsbee Independent School District
bonds bearing 1 per cent interest and
maturing in twenty years with an op-
tion of ten years.
ettielent mi
cause acco
While a, full grown G. O. P. elephant
probably has more square Inches of
ear surface than a Democratic donkey
the latter shows a commendable in-
chination to keep Its ears nearer the
ground.
The day will probably come when
Texas booators will throw the stumps
of their fifty-cent cigars out of the
Chamber of Commerce building win-
dows down onto the courthouse tower.
fearlessness of the
the multitude whose work
book bindings to essays on the simple
life are se mincere that they must be Nor bring hiswid fruit to the common
stepped by some other means than a I
managers to let Madero finish
revolution before hiring him.
Wikerson Last
The New York Sun wants to know
what makes the Caucasian white, the
negro black and tbs Indian red. We
advise the New York Sun to ask Tom
Ball about it. He knows everything.
the Railroad Commission.
E J. Fires of Childrens was her*
yesterday on business with some of
the State Departments.
from the lecture stand. to print it In a l— zvr v •
book and then mount a comfortable mercial- Appeal.
all steamships through
STATE HAS NEVER REPL DIATED
ANY OF IrS DESTS.
the settlement of groat public issues
that come to them for review and
Pull ar.'
Hei;
But the
Has
Keepye
for you
Till
GOVERNOR GRANTED A PARDON-
I em#
I gerreqr cPs
| al"Lna.
I Wzfahgzdancs ntxo,ux"
mas,"25
- public wervice, thereby promotine the
: oppertunity at the consctentiota.
hand in case, of necessity. The latest
request came yesterday from a Dr.
UM
■ Inrreagsd.—Report says
lbuters Insult wmen caP-
tarta V journey to
on Juarez seems
and Secretary of State McDonald wilk
probably agree with him—the revult ,
being a mandamus case in the Su~
preme Court.
The Fort Worth Record Informs us
that a book entitled "My Three Loves”
has recently appeared. This might be
an attempt to put one over on Eleanor
Glyn and then the three loves might
be breakfast, dinner and supper.
tavp Soth quentionable if not ignominious coh+
ved-—- Laboring, formty to it. This would not be uni-
naw dam °om, versally true, of course, but good men
It wss announced by the Governer
yesterday afternoon that he will ap-
point the judge for the new District
Court of Lubbock County on Thurs-
day next. It is said the Governor has
Reserve agents were designated yes-
terday by the State Department of
Insurance and Banking for the follow-
ing State basks; For the First Guar-
anty State Bank of Nadler. the National
Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Mo.
and the Denison National Bank of
Denison; for the First State Bank of
Channing the Guaranty State Bank and
Trust Company of Dallas, for the Win-
ters State Bank of Winters, ths Na-
tional Reserve Bank of Kansas City,
are not so high that the man who can
interest IM persons at every stop is
unable to have something left for good
cigars The printing press to st his
disposal and there are plenty of vio-
tims scattered about among the M.*
000,000 or more population of the Unit-
od States.
But whereto tends all this? Unfor-
ously announced, is being distributed here yesterday and had a conference
ftee by the Department. The places with President steiner of the State
that are asking for this antitoxin are Hoard of-Health. The conference was
not infected with diphtheria by any elatve to the sanitary rules now lm
means, but want bo have a supply on ertect. Dr. Steiner said that the com-
" • pany is complying with all of the re-i
Mme. Tretrassini says California *
the art center of America. Beyond a
doubt they do bottle some very good
stuff out there.
Editorial Room, old phone.......
Editorial Room, new phone .....
SusinosaUffice, both phonos.....
Society Editor, old phone....... • ■
West Texas Ginners Assoetation Com-
plots of Cotton Taro Ast.
"Please, sir," said the boy. "I don't
know how many you have.”—Brooklyn
Ufa
It is going to be difficult to buy
Easter lilies this year. Some young
men wish it were Imposslble.-Hunt-
lagton (W. Va.) Advertiser. ,
—g. . -- has reached home and then permit
hetet, w• CM plan R l. be torgotten. There is ror
lays. T
Protesting against Senator Owen’s
theory of applying the recall to State
Judges, the Washington Herald perti-
nently remarks that State Constitu-
tions afford remedy for inefficiency or
corruption that may taint the ermine,
by allowing impeachment. For this
reason, the new theory is not expected
to find extensive favor among the poo-'
ple who are disposed to regard it with
their natural suspicion of experiment,
and to condemn it as a doctrine too
radical to bo tooted when the adequate
means of the Constitution are not yet
impaired
The Herald observes:
One of those health hint specialists
informs us that violent emotion stops
digestion But if a fellow will give
his digestion a good beef steak lead over
the violent emotion there isn’t ahy-
thing to. get wrought up about.
ome enterprising person has writ-
ten three long vernes about why the
birds sing. Now, a wide-awake sort of
a bird that travels about some during
the day couldn’t possibly avoid seeing
this Tolas cotton crop snd thats
enough to make anything sing.
J. H Neill, Director of Farmers' In-
stitutes, leaves today for Maypearl,
where he will begin his itinerary. He
has twenty-wo-places where he will
deliver addresses at institutes.
J. H Blocker of Wolfe City was
here yesterday. He has a son herd
who is attending school snd is ill.
Frank B McKay, general freight and
passenger agent of the Texas Midland.
more inglorious though not mute
teachers who will win admiration from
the man who lives across the street
or the neighbor who tills the adjoining
farm.
would soon tiro of serving a captious
people and afface themselves from
The Boy Didn’t Knew.
•Tour wife wants you on ths tele-
phone,'’ announce the new boy in an
office where the phones of two nepa-
rate companies wore Installed
"Which oner Inquired the boss,
thinking of the two telephones, of
The department of education yes-
terday gave out a list of summer nr-
mal institutes for colored institutes
that have been recognised by the de-
partment for the first and second se.
riea The list is as follows:
First Berles—Athens, June 5; Cen-
ter, May 20; Del Ria. June S. Gon.
“Alum, sodlum alum, basie aluminum sulphate,
sulphate of aluminum, all mean the same thing—
namely. BURNT ALUM."-taaau taut afHaMk •
proposed order cancelling an alleged
illegal iesue of bonds of the Texar-
kasa and Fort Smith Rall we y was
postponed for consideration. The pe-
tition of citizens of Granger to require
the American Express Company to
maintain an uptown express office and
free delivery service was dismissed by
agreement under the terms of a satis-
factory arrangement to all parties con-
cerned. The proposed readjustment of
carload ratings upon hardware arti-
cles was postponed in accordance with
indications. The application of Drueo
on the Eastern Toxas Rallroad fofr de-
pot and station facilities was post-
poned, as was the hearing upon the
proposed order requiring a connecting
track between the Katy and Frisco at
Bherman.
Out of the twenty-six esses thirteen
remain to be disposed of after the
various continuances snd dismissaln
Among these is the party line base-
ball rate of a rent and a half.
Railroad officials, as well as those
interested In the several cases, were
hers in numbers yesterday for the hear-
ing.
On Month-in. aq‘s..........»
One Month—in advance...........”g*86
yrn ai^aa. $88
ioml-W«ekfy. one year........ ihd
City building.
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Austin Statesman. ...
Entered at the nostoffke^at Austin
Texas, as second-class mail matter.
DEL BIO-EAGLE PANE CANE
The first case called upon the Rni-
road Commission docket was that in-
volviag the application of Eagle Pass
and Del Rio for an extension of com*
mon point territory to include them.
Rufus B Daniel of El Paso con-
ducted the case for Cho applicants.
George B Carstapen, a Del Rio mer-
chant testified that the greatest com-
petitor he has in business io Han An-
gelo, which has common point rates
and has a distinct advantage thereby
The feet that Ban Angelo has common
point rates, he thought caused the
growers of wool and ranchmen to
go to Ban Angola to ship and they
trade where they ship
J. R Christian, general freight agent
for the Heo thorn Pacific lines, ques-
tioned Mr Carstapen for the opposing
railroads and attempted to show that
the oouatry roads are better toward
(Continued oa Page 7.)
Commissioner of Insurance
judges because of dissatisfaction with
decisions, the tendenoy of the courts, in
view of the common failings of
one marked with great accomplish-
meats. In fact, the greatest part of
the time was used in hearing argu-
ments upon one case—the application
of Eagle Paaa and Del Rio for recog-
nition as common point territory in-
stead of differential territory. The
argument in this ase consumed all of
the morning and most of the afternoon,
after which the commission took the
case under advisement. Citizens of
Del Rio and Eagle Pass insisted ve-
hemently that they must be recognised
as common point territory in order to
compete In prices, for they will get a
reduced rate thereby. Likewise, they
insisted that the progress of the West-
ern country demands this recognition.
The railroads denied that they can
afford to have the common point ter-
ritory so extended from the stand-
point of revenue, and the Westerners
insisted that the increased business
would make up for the decrease in
freight rates.
Before the commission took the case
under advisement almost every con-
ceivable matter had been discussed
more or less.
When the question of the extension
of the common point territory was in
progress. Chairman Mayfield suggested
that under the present method of ex-
tension it might soon be necessary for
the Railroad Commission to readjust
all of its rates. He suggested a higher
maximum with a scale of rates for
such territory, saying that the short
haul and long •haul shipments fare
alike, perhaps unjustly. The sugges-
tion afforded food forethought for all
present.
At another time during the hearing
there was some Interesting discussion
as to the steamship companies oper-
ating through Galveston. Dr. Coup-
land. of Eagle Pass .was testifying as
to rates and showed that he was get-
ting a reduced steamer rate. Railroad
Commissioners suggested that the war
is over among the steamship companies
it was also suggested that perhaps the
Southern Pacific and Mallory JIaes had
combined in the matter.
J. R. Christian, general freight agent
for the Southern Pacific lines, was tak-
ing the opposite view when the Rail-
road Commission announced that it had
sworn certificates showing that ths
Texas City liners are now controlled by
the Mallory line. The commission was
very emphatic in its assertions in the
matter and declared that It seemed that
one music from a thousand straps and
strings
Pieces the note of that immortal
songt •
"Migh over all the lonely bugle
grieves."
• humanity, would be toward ascertain-
• moat of popular whim or caprice in
Published Dally by the Austin states-
____________man Company.
L A. PETIT, President and deneral
GQAGKwAVERLEY BRIGGS, Man-
aging Editor. *___
Six committees and ninety-eight
House sinecures abolished! One hun-
dred and eighty-two thousand dollars
a year to be saved! No wonder the
Republicans say that the Democrats
have no aptitude for the affairs of
Government.—Albany Argus.
THE AUSTIN DAILY STATESMAN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 1911.
When I
Wit
Don’t }
The Herald, ws believe. Is em’nently
correct . Its assertion that the
recall for judges would do more harm
than good. ‘The province of states-
manship of the high order is to op-
pose its application tn their direction.
st tend educational rallies and discuss
with the people the methods and meshs
of improving the schools of the State.
They will not return to Austin before
Saturday or Sunday..
“The Chocolate • Soldier’ certainly
chose a very poor time to put on a
performance in San Antonio.
- Ne better eavertiaement u powiM-
tor a etty than sutrietent and desir-
■M« hotei accommodations Th. repu-
tattoo at a elty dependa lareety upon
the comment at its visitora it ia tatt-
oo for granted that IU own residents
are Ita ndmtrera, for, as a rota. if they
were not, they would be ataposed to
ehange their place of abode. But
strangers to a olty here no sentimental
regara for se and they are qulokly
converted into caustie erittes by con-
aitions that do not meet approval.
When a vimitor enters a etty, reg-
latere at a hotel and tinds necommo-
dations luat to hla likine. he le in-
elined favorably toward the tow*
When he falls to find what he desiren,
he becomes sn energetie knocker, and
is eapable of doing conatderabie harm
by the unsavory tmpronatons he ersstss
Jwhen laree erowds room to Austin
V - our hot .la are oongented. The pixels
have to be on the alert to get the
oorvlce they require, net becaune of in-
Upon the ettisens who choose .their
own judges devolve the responsibility
of aearching the records of the men
_ i. c.I... nominated for positions on the bench,
MOV*®—G®»arnor Ginuie and, for the moat part, three are men
i aperdon t0.4o2 XIK: who have been eo long in the Public
eye that there la no doubt of their
integrity a. e rule, the Judaea are
moa of proven worth, whose honor is
beyond uapielgm, and under our s>s-
tsm the liberues of the people are
plentifully sateguarde4.
Judges ere chosen to interpret the
lews As they stand »n constitutlons and
statute books To subject them to
popular caprice when court decisions
So not spran «o mset with instant
approval at ths people le to make them
uEerile and timid, dealing out tne
kind of jnelice required to suit the
itt clamor and to render the iadlcial
system unstable and unjust fhe re-
ean”for judges would do more harm
than good.
EXTENSIVE IRRIGATION PLANT.
The hearing lso brought out plans
for an extensive irrigation project In
West Texas whereby It is proposed to
dam the Devil's River near the South-
ern Pacifie bridge for the purpose of
irrigating 350,000 acres of land in Mav-
erick. Kinney and adjacent counties.
David R. Francis of Missouri was rep-
resented as being interested. The pos-
sibility of irrigation from the Pecos
River was also shown to be under
consideration
A. C. Fonda of the Santa Fe lines
plead for exception of the Pecoe and
Northern Texas if the common point
territory is readjusted
The petitions of Baird on the Texas
and Pacifie for depot facilities and of-
Giddings on the Houston and Texas
Central and San Antonio and Aransas
Paaa for a union depot were dismissed
by agreement, owing to satisfactory ar-
rangements between the citizens of the
whom he will name for the Seventy-
second District Court
There are several applicants for this
position. J. J. Di Herd of Lubbock wee
here yesterday conferring with the
dovernor regarding the matter. He is
here in behalf of J. H. Moore for the
position.
If there is anything which makes the
paragrapher's uaion enthusiastic about
Democracy It’s to see Governor Col-
qultt wending his way along the side-
walks of Congress Avenue - carrying
an umbrella and wearing a plaih busi-
ness suit.
PROTEST AGAINST THE STATUTE.
quate to satisfy demands mode upon
them It to not in reason to suppose
that three or four hotels can take care
of tko people who flock here during
conventions or who are brought and
kept bare by recurring sesslons of the
Legislature The natural nhux oT
visitors, due to the constant businens
transacted with the departments of
the Government, is even too great for
our hotels to provide for it. and in
consequence Austin is sub joe ted to ad”
verse criticism throughout the State.
Thousands of people—yes. think of
It. thousands—are brought to Austin
every year on individual business with
the state They come not alone froM
Texas, but owing to the rapid de-
velopment of the commonwealth, and
the constant inerease of commerce snd
Industry, promoted by foreign capital,
business men from nil States of the
Union find themselves th Austin soon-
er or later in the prosecution of the
Work they have lala out befere them in
Texas. Favorable impressions upon
' these men are valuabie to the city,
and they are not easily made when
betel facilities are not sufficientiy
pleasing
it to not a question of neoding a
hotel; *• have several hotels, but we
haven’t enough and we demand moren
There has not boon a hotel built in
Austin in a score of years or more.
* Why since the last hostelry was erect-
od Auntn has doubled its population.
Failure to meet growing demands
has the appearance of unprogressive-
nens, ant Austin is not nnprogressive.
We mudt have more hotels to forgo
icorougly ahen In the development
ora that has eome upon us. Therefore,
1M M busy at once and buha that
nnir.miion-dodlar structure we a
talking about. Then when that is
compieted we ean start another
upon deliberation, calmly, judiciously;
the mauses act upon impulse more fre-
quently then upon thought. Were it
If Uncle Sam will wait until cotton
picking time we can kpp all the white
troops in Texas buy protecting that
dark complexioned infantry.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings
returned yesterday from Ran Antonio
where he has been conferring with the
military authorities there. Genoral
Hutchings said that he found that the
soldiers are preparing for a long stay
at Ban Antonio, that they are screen-
lag some of the tents and in many
other respects settling down to spend
several months at least in the present
location.
He said that it was impossibie for
the foreign -military attaches of Ger-
many. Russia and other powers to ac-
cept the invitation to attend and par-
ticipate in the military tournament at
Fort Worth April 11-11. Some of these
attaches have already left for other
points.
Touching on the story that Mexico
has entered into a secret treaty with
Japan with a view of the first named
country making certain cenceaalons to
the Japanese. General Hutchings said
that from what he could learn the
story is not credited. He said that if
there is any treaty at all it was more
likely to be with the insurrectos and
Japan, for the reaeon that if the rebels
make a showing Japan would send sol-
diers to assist, and if the rebels won
out then Japan would be given a coal-
ing station and other concessions.
J * M Stewart Transfer and Storage
Company of Fort Worth; capital stock
$10,000. Incorporators E R Glenn. F.
M Stewart and T L Btewart.
Mrs. G. V Brow, Inc, of Fort
Worth; capital stock $10,000. ncor-
porators J. H. Armstrong. Miss Ida
Steel and G. V. Brown. Purpose, mer-
chahdtoing
First Baptist Church of Quanah, no
capital stock IncorpcFators Joe Tal-
ley. J J Hanna and I. O Hart.
Wall Cycle and Plating Company of
Waco; capital stock' $3000 Incorpor4
tore B C Manton. Lawrence Hall and
T. G. Hall.
A letter received by Govrnor Col-
qultt from Becretary of State Philan-
der Knox at Washington was referred
to the State heaith department The
department at wAshington is making
inquiry for the record of the death of
Manu Bobef Petroff. whose death oc-
curred at Fort Worth, March >1. 108.
The request we made for this sec-
ord by the Bulgarian government to
the American lation at Buchares,
Registrar of Vital RtetlsUcs Rower
said there was no record of the deith
of the-person mentioned in the ladar
in the departnent
Charters of the following corpora*
tions were filed yesterday in the state
department:
Texas Pise Rales Company of Hous-
ton; capital stock $15,000 Incorpora-
tors J. N Broussard. W H. P Me-
Faddin. Wm M Carroll.
Schulenberg Creamery Company of
Shulenberg; capital stock $900 In- !
corporators Gus Rursek, Chao A Vogt
and E J Russek
Specialty Enginpering Company o
Houston: capital stock 125 000 Incor-
pork tore David M Duller, John N.
Murphy, George M Duncan.
Walker Grain Company of Fort
Worth; capital stock $25,000 Jneor-
perators J- ,L Walker R A. Walker
A few slow beads, blood-red and
honey sweet.
Oozed from the grape, which burst and
split its fat.
But Time, who soonest drops the
heaviest things
That weigh hla pack, will carry dia-
monds long.
through the poe’s orchestra, which
chance-grown wheat.
According to the Nacogdoches Senti-
nel “the country boy who rides ten
miles to the fair, wears a boiled shtrt
and keeps bis shoes .on all day is en-
tilted to some of the luxuries of UM*
Not only that but at the end of such
a day bo’s entitled to go barefoot until
the next fair.
Banking Gill yesterday afternoon an-
nounced the appointment of Reuben R.
Cook, assistant cashier of the Texar-
kana National Bank, to the position of
assistant bank clerk in the Depart-
ment of Insurance and Banking Mr.
Cook will assume his new duties April
ld. He fills the vacancy caused by
the promotion of L J. Davis as one of
the State bank examiners.
Replying to a letter of inquiry from
W. N. Coler ft Co., bankers of New.
York, the Comptroller advised that
firm that Texas has never repudiated
any of its obligations with oat possible
exception, and that was certain Civil
War claims and bonds which Were ren-
dered null,and void by the adoption of
the Constitution in 1866.
It appears that this firm of bankers
have been considering certain heavy
investments in Texas securities and
wrote the Comptroller for Information
on the subject. This is the only in-
rtance that any clgims or other in-
debtedness of the State has been re-
pudiated.
Some time ago State Treasurer 8am
Sparks requested an opinion from the
Attorney General’s department regard-
ing these bonds, which were issued by
an act of the Legislature approved
April 1, 1861, several of which bonds
were presented to the State Treasurer
for payment, and before taking final
action on the matter the Treasurer
obtained a ruling on the subject.
This series of bonds, the Attorney
General advised, were issued by the
State for the purpose of paying oil in-
debtedness of the State “created for
the defense of the frontier and for the
payment of appropriations made for
the military defense of the State.”
Continuing the Attorney General
says: "The statute was passed by the
Legislature la pursuance of the au-
thority conferred upon it by the Thirty-
third section of article 7 of the Con-
stitution of 1845. However, the con-
stitutional convention of 1866 passed
an ordinance providing that all debts
created by the State of Texas in aid
of the Civil War, directly or indirect-
ly, should be null and void, and with
the further provision that the Legisla-
ture should have 0 authority to ratify
the same ort assume or provide for
the payment of the same or any part
thereof. Under thia ordinance the
bonds above referred to are null and
void and you have no authority to pay
the same.”
Secretary of State McDonald yeaters
day advised Harry M. White of the
Federation of Labor that he will give
due consideration to his letter Insist^
ing upon the printing of the eighth
hour lew. which Governor Colquitt “ '
toed, as a duly effective lew. It IU
this law which certain labor interesta
insist became a law because Governon
Colquitt vetoed it after him twenty days
expire. Governor Colquitt dentes this
Governor Colquitt has received his
first vigorous protect against a law
of the Thirty-second Legislature. Yes-
terday a letter was received from Pres-
ident Charles Baugham nt the West
Texas Ginners’ .Association urging the
Governor to recommend the repeal of
the bill requiring cotton ginners to
mark the exact weight of begging and
ties upon all cotton and providing for
the deduction of the exact weight of
the tarn and nothing more in buying
and selling catton.
The leter represents that every
gin n er is opposed to the law and re-
quests the Governor to recommend its
repeal in the .special session to be held
this summer.
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for apartment houses and- flats. We
need them, too.
It is time to act. f
F. M Bra! ley. State Buperintendent
of Public Instruction, and C. E Erans,
General Agent for the Conference for
Education, left yesterday for Albany.
Bhackelfor County: Breoke n rid ge,
Stephens County; Woodson, Throok-
morton County, and Throe km art on.
Throckmorton County, where they will
subsided in their rate war.
Later. Commissioner Willlams showed
certificates of ownership by the At-
lantic. Gulf and West Indies steam-
ahtp lines for the Texas City boats.
These certificates have been loaned
by the Rallroad 'Commissioner to the
Interstate Commerce Commission,
which has just returned them and af-
ford an interesting topic in the steam-
ship line, for the Texas Rallroa1 Com-
mission believes that thu “war has
subsided and peace has been declared.”
Railroad Comminsion Listens
lit 452:
a; ikt :
x* m 2b! •-Ff?
Miejzemmaumnp:
t8pzuessgt“itocurwaitenet. •
daphmontrontcr
spending most of the day conaidertng
the complaint of Del Rlotobe ln*
. eluded in common point territoryt-c.
Summer normals for negro . teaherg
to be recognised by Department of
Lynchers Ges Freedom.
1 in accordance with the recommenda-
Mon ef the Board of Pardon Advisers,
Governor Colquitt yesterday issued a
I pardon to Joe Wilkerson, the last oR
the Humphrey or Trans-Cedar lynch-
1 ers remaining in the Penitentiary undem
1 a life sentence. This famous case waa
explained Tuesday morning. Bud
Nash of Kaufman and James Grinnan
of Terrell left last night after securing
the pardon.
The Governor yesterday, appointed
W. T. Williams as special judge , of
Brazoria County Court in place of J.
W, Munson, the regular judge who is
disqualified. In the case of J. C. Fred*
erick vs. W. A Johnson The Gov-
ernor also appointed L D. Miller as
special judge of the County Court of
Collingsworth County in place of Judge
R. H. Cocke, who is disqualified in
the case of the Panhandle Lend Com-
pany vs. T. E. Benge.
I elub. With their sincerity is mixed
just the right proporon of human
vanity to reduce their useful ness end
increase the amount of noise they can
make until it becomes a bora
it would probably be infinitely better
if many of them would settle down in
the simple life homes about which they
toll us sad live the life upon which
they expatiate They would then be
reasonably certain to convert a num-
ber of the neighbors and sustain the
conversion by their constant good ex-
ample Their fame might even spread
over whole counties and States and
even ranch the nation if their proposi-
tlea were good enough There is
something in the very nature of teach-
ing the people which requires that the
teacher shall not hasten after the peo-
ple. overtake them and then shout in
their faces.
There to something is the nature
of the work those publie-spirited per-
sons undertake which requires that
many of those they reach should meet
them more than half way. Modern
facilities for reaching the neighbore
dive m all * naturat ineltmation to
rush vMIr about hurline forth oar
memmaga, hor stoppiing ta m. whether
Xew York Danker Mak. InteresttmE
Inguiry te < omptreller—only Ob*
Excepten after War.
State Labor Commtsstoner J? A star-
ling be. returned from How ton where
he conferred with certain real aetata
men relative to immigration to Texas
The Sime-r of one Sone
He Sana on. sonk and died—no more
but that;
A ainele song and earelessty com
plete
He would not bind and thrash hie
one of the old jokea that wm r
tir.d this Aprit la Chauncey Depew
nortolk Dispateh. •
This le aa aqo ar rather a decade la
watch the man with aa idee wants M
inniet it upon ae many persons aa he
eaa reach. Martas redtneovered wome-
thine that the Eeyptian• forgot neverar
centurtes ago he yearns te ahout It
two towna with the railroad. Th. was here yesterday on businesa with
. Both Reduce the Healthfulness
of the Food.
The Governor yesterday afternoon
signed the commissions of the follow-
ing officers in the Texas _ National
Guard: J. Lee Gammon, Waxahachie,
Major in the Subsistence Department;
G F Jones, Second Lieutenant; F. G.
Day', First Lieutenant and T. G. Park-
er, Captain, all of the military com-
pany at Center; George R Bringhurst,
Eirst Lieutenant and Benjamin H.
Dyer. Second Leutenant of the Hous-
ton Light Guard.
Nulanrian Governmeat Wants Infore ‘
mation About One of Its CAtinens.
KJMMIITIC—Working committees
Congress named---Nation, mourns
ith nf Tem Johnson:—--Inetetfae-
y ofcals as result of New York
• probe----Hyde granted new trial
Mlssourt Supreme Court
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