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ANTCNIO TUESDAY EVEN’Q. JANUARY 31. 190-
HELP THE MAN WITH THE HOE.
Th< time has beam in Texas when it wan no sin to
take What one wanted to ea’ out o( the growing crop!
in .hi Reid and in ’he orchard. bu» tnat time is no more.
With the advent of the truck farm and the fruit orchard
and the berry patch a new order 'wnw in. and the need
of sew regulations to protect these follows the new sit
nation That movement of the farmers to make steai
Ing from their fields and orchard a felony instead of a
simple misdemeanor Is a case in point and it would ba
good policy for the legislature to take steps in that direc-
tion With the increase o f truck farming and berry grow
ing nnd fruit culture It would be unwise to leave these
industries to the depredations ot tramps and the lawless
unprotected by any greater restrictions than those now
imposed upon a misdemeanor and yet a danger does ex
Ist in passing a law of the kind asked for. in another
direction It would not be possible to make a distinc-
tion between the fields of a man who grows vegetable*
and garden truck of all kinds fruits and berries as well
and the fields of the man who grows these only as an
addition to the luxuries of his own table and yet undci
such a gen-ral law. making this theft a felony the man
guilty of it would lie liable to the penitentiary. It V
time that no community of ownership was allowed to what
is growing in the fields any more than what is found in
the bam or the cellar or the house Some additional leg-
1 islatiou seems needed and there is nothing in the way
of a just law to cover the n -d. Tramps who live off th*
fruits of the industrious and lawless hoodlums in and
around the towns and cities and the mischievous coun-
try lads all require a wholesome restraint and the law
1 1 hat is. framed to meet these needs without bearing too
heavily on the thoughtless trgvpusECr will fill a lo*g felt
want in Texas It is to be hoped that the so’ons while
'resting from their arduous duties hi devising devious and
unncressary ways to harrass the carrying companiqi and
the industries of the state will devote a little attent-ou
’to this demand of the truck farmers and give ft their un-
divlued consideration it should sui. them down to the
Igruund. for they are eternally prating of the hardships of
’the fanners and that the la».° arc not framed for llielr
|bcn< li l . Here is an opportunity to serve th<- man with a
i hoe.
f Tic term rt-ign of terror is now applied to the |M»ssi
| hie ftuatlon In Russia and that name carri w with It ver*
suggestions aiik • lor the lovers of liberty and
autocrats.
I -
The .snowballs are a good crop this winter mo T any
jwlicre outsede of this favored south Texas.
I Th Mormon saints or sinners rather have not good
■ Judgment or they would not f.iug :: ted flag in the face
of tire American bovine when th«. cas-v of Siuator Smoov
1 is still pending.
I There is a strange fatality attaches te everything with
J the name of Russia tacked oh to it now. Those poor te.
J lowi who were scalded to death in Ute steam closet cf a
K Russian bath in New York arc a caae in point. Had they
■ been in any other kind of a bath there Ji mg a doubt they
5 could have been steamed to ti eir heart’s content without
B mrifocuiing in the scalding steam from which in the dark-
Iness they could not escape. Bome<hing decidedly hot
B aboii' a bath of that kind and then- should be a hot in
B vesiigat ion into the conditions that made such an acci
4 dent possible. Will the proprietors contend that the vic
■ tints were their queemed friends?
Xutllng off the seed distribution seems to go hard wilt
IP some range in Congress.
T The state relations to the federal guv>”-ntneut in this
■4country offer a bar to any arbitration treaties with tor-
countries that might evolve the colluctlou of some
• alate debts.
_3 ’The Jjgiil has no disposition to detract from the Irem-
Socratic supremacy in Texas. There Is a certainty a flnal-
Blty abom this thing that admits of no question Wore it
■ otherwl««thefe &uld not bd wi’niss.-q at Austin the won-
Rderfnl things that are seen and heard therb In the way of
Slaw'making Without an overwhelniing Democratic power
atliut leffislatloh would not be poasu> Whether this la
ama"cr of congratulation is certainly open to serious ques-
lotion
■W ■ The Japs .are not rushing io fight with the mercury be-
low aero and the tnowahorms blinding.
Tin cabinets of Europe ar in a shaky condition. France.
and Hungary arc all ehan.-mg or have recently
W|Cliauged The spirit of unrest is in the air. and qop<U
l”® lions an- not stable.
.
lint periM-tual prohibition in the Indian Territory in ordei
lr to become a state Is what’
SAN ANTONIO DAILY LIGHT. SAN ANTONIO. TEXAS. TUESDAY. JANUARY 31. 1905.
DARKNESS DEEPENS IN DARKEST RUSSIA.
rh< week opcaa with no new sun of hope ahinitig int
darkest Russia The light In the • as’ throwing a tain
roseate tlng v on the horizon has uot grown to a real Ait
ria.’ or even to any promise of oue. The dun ekroda o
disappointment and futile effort and expectation dm
down upon the horizon excluding that little promise t
light which appeared when the minister of the (Bterib
and the patriotic Witte appeared to be high in th. <.«
fidencc of ’ha Czar and instigating his policy and du eri
lug the tpovemci.t of affairs within the cßipkr. SM
.hat unfortunat- blonder of the eoviinmenf.' 1n which I
refused to hear IB the person •»< “•* '“H>ror the pe*
lion of the people the Czarahaa commlllod blmndf to ’•»
■lrtMtiac pt his ancle the Grund Dube Sergius the moj
of all the rmtloulats. au«i the councils i
mo illation are 3o longer liatened to In tho royal el<»A
All Russia I* in a fermetn nir e dlstreaa and disaster C
foretold and the foreboding of the >icople are voiced
every powible way that is not prateUM by rigorous pt-
scription and cen.»orship The voice of th.- liberally I
dined Is hushed in proaacutlon and denunciation and se
tonce to Baath. The hero priest of that St. Petersbm
demonstration is In exile. Tl..- great Russiun writer f' <
his patriotic utterances at Riga is threatened with deal
and a movement to prevent such a calamity to the wor
of letter* as the death of Maxim iTorky would cause
on foot throughout all Europe. The consuls of foreii
governments are assaulted in the sub-capitals ol the e
pita and strikes are spreading with the attendant sr
faring all over the empire. The queen dowager and t)
Grand Duke Sergius are in the ascendant with their het
on the neck of prostrate Rwtsia. the bayonets of the C<
sacks at her throat and no ho|>e in the sky of her imrr
diate future. Blood is upon the mcon and the wall
distress is on every night wind. In the far east ’here
no light for Ure premature hope of better fortune in th
field of war. awakened by the reports of Kuropatkin hav
died out in the knowledge that so far from being vicl
rios he was checked with considerable loss and his mov»
ment upon the Japs' flank ended in failure. With th
railroad blocks by snow. Vladivostok cut off by lan
and her reliefs by sea falling into the hands of the Japai
ese cruisers there is not much hope for Russia from he
attempt to seize an empire from China in the orient
Gloomy at is the outlook in Manchuria it is light iuel
compared to the outlook in interior Russia. What the en-
is to be no one can even conjecture but for the presen
the Lopes of the people are crushed tn the mailed grip o
despotism and the index finger on the dial of nation?.
events has been turned generations backward.
Kuropatkin made a mtstaK-j wnen ne cabled St. Eeten
burg that he had driven the .lai>s beck but that is noth
ing new; in fact has been the usual thing ever since b-
crossed the Yalti
Wbat the pods are not doing to destroy Russia In ih
way of making her mad is not visible.
The railroad building of the nex’ two years promise
to be greater in this state than in any one year of all it
past and whether this ii so or not will largely depen
upon what treatment the railroads get at the hands o
tho slate solons. Not only so but what aid is to b<
given the state fairs the excursionists who seek out Ter
as. the hundred and ono things that depend on low rat
carriage will be determined by that same legislative at
lion.
If that Infant of the house of Russia goes down will tb<
people cal] it a just judgment on this ruler who would no
see the ne<-d and destitution of his people and slaughters
them.
la-running a big bluff in his attempt to collec
money from Standard Oil people.
Every day hath toil and sorrow aud every day adds b
the knowledge of how little We actually know about hi
pestlfarousness the boll weevil. It was rationally sup
posed that this incent Ivo to extra labor and vigilance o:
the part of the cotton grower would die out of the cotto
fields if bis cotton rations were cut short but here come*
in expert testimony from Mexico to show that the fieldt
where no cotton has grown for years are still swarmlnj
with the little prospectors who are living in hopes of th<
resumption of the Industry. If this is so it adds one mor<
difficulty to those that the Texas cotton grower is facing.
\ ladivostok will be the next polut blocked out by Japat
for an attack and she will hit hard.
V .tie is not master of the altual; >n in SL Petersbun
and Interior Minister Mirsky ;s no more beard of. Gram
Duke Sergius the m<x*t repressive and aristocratic of al
tho grand dukes is it.
Westward the star of truck farming is surely taking it
way and now it Is in order for the empire of fruit and ber
ry raising to journey toward the setting sun. Put in th<
canning factory where the truck gardens congregate aw
the preserving and pickling plants where the berries an<
the cucumbers and tomatoes hibernate and there will be
money in the land and the people will prosper even if th<
boll weevil bolds his own and the cotton bale shrinks.
Baseball is getting on its clothes tn south Texas an-
if tLe American and National leagues understood tbeii
bus‘ness and their interests they would open practi.l
here in April
If Routh Africa could dig up a few hundred such stone:
as that great diamond recently found near Pretoria sir
could quickly rehabilitate herself and make good all het
war losses put the country in first-class condition bull
that Chpe and Cairo road and introduce all needed Im
provements. That find was a whopper. A pure diamond
of such flawless brilliancy weighing about a pound mils'
lipbeen the biggest thing that South Africa has sen
Tlnce the diamond fields were opened and together- with
Ute gold bud brought on the Boer war.
—
There is nothing in the conditions gr Panama to jus
' tify the fears (or of yellow fever down there
Those who are really afraid that yellow fever is going t<
be n prevailing condition interfering with work on th<
canal can dismiss their fears while those who hope t ha-
lt is going to-io embarrass the government at to bandicai
the canal work will have tn surrender that hope. Condi
tious are greatly improved over former years and the sit
'UktiuJk grqws more assured every week. There is no
much fever there and that is growing less.
The lovers of liberty and a grand manliness will he glut
to know that Pnl' M Gopon is «afe
HAKER OF BROOKLYN •
V Ca«sr*>>M*a Mlinar rotlry Ila*
Karnrit Him Rr|inlatlnn aa Ohjrrtnr.
Few rongre«smcii achieve national
‘eputation in n single terin. ns Robert
Buker of ItnHiklyii hns done. Hnkei
•nitod into fmne by refusing a railroad
vass caused sensation after sensation
n eon cress nnd was defeated at the
•oils reertitty when he sought re-elee
lon. Not long ago Representative Bilker
ntrodueeil 11 resolution demanding nn
n<|ttlry Into the conduct of Pnul Morton.
<e< retary of the ngvy w ho white a rail
ray oflli lal la saliT toliqve been a party
0 praelka-s in alleged' v Mtntlon of the
awa pertaining tp biterslAtp commence
ifr. Raker objia-teil recently tq tho rcao
atlon |ierin!ttlng the' hohJing of the
aangitral ball In the pension office and.
natlyor RBjnatly Iqis earned a reputa
'on ns U'e “kicker" of Hiebouse.
Mr. Baker was liorn in England in
<62. Before election to ebugress from
RXPRKSgXTITTVK KOBF.RT HVXKR.
be borough of Brooklyn he was proml
tent In reform movements in Greatet
vew York. “It takes nerve" he said
e<-ently. “to stand on the floor of the
muse of representativea nnd know that
vhile yon are ohje< ting to proposeil leg
tint lon as the result of a deep eonrlc-
lon visitors in the galleries are ntidg
ng one another saying. ‘That's Baker
he Brooklyn crank.’ I've lieen called a
■rank and 1 know what it means. I
mow the ins and outs of crankl«m."
THE GOOD FELLOWS.
The Deqf-on Herald teaches a strong
esson in the 1 following:
“The other t'ay a fellow was pointe''
>nt who had drifti l in here fron
I* us ton. He was clothed in rags r
ibyaical wretjk. bleated bleat-eyed
lerve-aharterel and dirty. There wen
edeeming tri'ts of a manhood not a!
ogether ddiaser. a star shining out
hrough a drift of black clouds. A
ew years ago the man nad a beauti
ul w fe and a beautiful home in New
Orleans. HGJnnrrled a fortune atv
quandered it. His wife Is dead and
t her aide ahs-pa a beautiful little
nnoceai girl whn is better off with
wr mother. If there is a Paradise
he little one* fire sure to go there
Booze’ is whpt got the best of th?
nan. It is the old. old story. Fifteen
■cars ago thi-man commanded a high
alary. He was the type of the ’good
ellow.’ To bS this sort of a good fel-
iw you musi do as the other fellow-
lo; if not. move 0.1. The man w<nt
he limit. Hip .was the life <if every
>arty. Genertms to a fault he nevei
urned down a friend; but his friends
tave all tur'-nd him down. They al’
to It If you have no money and espe
tally if yeti are a whisky 'bum.' And
here he leaned against a post at the
’orner of Houston and Main proba
dy never getting sober enough to see
tic vision of flis ill-spent life the fac-<
f the dead wife and the little darling
hat sleeps at her "ide. There Is no
jope for him. Ho lias fallen so low
hat he cannot faJI any further. His
nerves are gone and a man must have
lerves to reform. The vile rotgut has
•aten out the lining of his stomach
ind he will wander and beg for drinks
'o the menial work of the saloon
weep out. build fires empty vile spit-
oons. just for a moment's inspira
ion to banish the devil which is al
rays gnawing at hla heartstrings. I
aiw.iys pay to be a go<xl fe
ow. This dory has a moral but ii
vIH tench nothing. Out on the path-
vay of life there is a great procession;
hey never stop; the grass will never
irow in tli< pathway over which they
task. As they disappear beyond the
orixon there are others to take their
•lace. You had lietter not fool with
bocxe.' and it doesn't always pay to
be a good fellow."
BE LOYAL TO THE STATE.
The Waco Review says:
“if you are loyal to Texas why hot
>rove it in your purchases’ While
he state has comparatively few far-
ones those we have ought by all
scans be given preference when their
iroducts are just as good and just as
■heap. Not alone should our mer-
"hants live up to such a policy but
ivery consumer should stickle for
tome niad< goods and refuse to patro
ilze merchants who will not give Tex-
ts factories at least an equal show
>ver outside ones. StiCa a policy not
>nly means the keeping of millions of
Texas money in Texas but it means
letter markets for our raw material
more labor for our working people aud
'Pportunlties tor the younger gencya-
lion tq leant useful traded- What it
wonderful revolution could bq effect ad
ilmoat instantly if every Texas fam-
'ly would discusv ’his nbllcv arotunl
‘he nr«*»ido and resolve <0 follow It in
tvery purchase."
Without disparagement to the gar-
•age man ft may be stated that he
rushes ihe can” —occasionally
Constipation
llrailacbebiliousness Indi-
gest on. and al! liver Ills are cured oy
Honors Pills
(UE TEXAS LEGISIATLRE
Proceeding* In the Hout*.
House committee on state affair*
having reported adversely on tlw cold
storage bills presented by Thompaoß.
that gentleman asked and received
|M*rmlsslou lo withdraw his bills pro
vid 111 g for greater prohibitive restric-
tions as to the sale of liquors.
The anti-Bunday baseball and foot-
ball bill was ordered engrossed.
The bill Introduced by -Mr. Bryan
and Mr. Carswell fixing veaue and
ippot'Tioiiing d*mw‘* In salt* against
common carriers was ordered eh-
groased
•iMq. Ware’s bill creating the Sixty-
fourth judicial district composed of
’j I--- SWlsher Brisco. Floyd. Hall.
Lubbock. Lynn "terry and the unor-
ganized counth s of Lamb Bailey.
Cochran. HockMy and Yoakum and
the anpolntmvnt of a judge and dla-
‘rlct attorney fur same was ordered
engrossed. •
A communication requesting the
louse to correct inaccuracies in the
vote for governor and lieutenant gov-
>rnor was received ordered printed
'n the Journal and made order of uusi-
less for Tuesday.
The bill introduced by Mr. Harris
fixing the pay of clerks of courts of
•Ivil appeal at $3OOO and excessive
ees to be paid the state was passed
.0 engrossment.
Mr. Cobbs' %ill providing that the
eparate property of married women
vith rents and revenues therefrom
•ball be hers without her husband's
"ontrol was passed by a vote of 54
to 39.
The bill introduced by Mr. Barcus.
iroviding for fixing the Fifty-fourth
ludiciai dl»trict of Texas composed
>f the counties of Falls and McLen-
lan. and setting limes of holding court
n said district was ordered engrossed.
The bill of Mr Love of Dallas re-
sting to the fraudulent disposition of
nori gaged property and imposing
>enalties therefor was finally passed
o engrossment.
The bill introduced by Mr. Hall and
Wr. James authorizing counties and
’ities organized under the general law
o issue for the payment of valid float-
ng indebteuness and to provide for
he levying and collection of tax to
•ay such bonds and the interest there-
>n. and also procuring the duty of the
county and city treasurer with refer-
•nee thereto was passed lo'third
eading
The bill of Mr. Robertson requiring
full crews on ail traffls and providing
tenalties for violation was amended
to as to except such train* in which
members of th? crew were injured
vhile out on the run and the bill was
rdered engrossed.
Die bill of Mr. Hudspeth fixing lim-
itation on suits for rights of purchas
ug public lands was ordered en-
grossed.
The bill of Mr. Barcus. requiring all
•ourts of civil appeals to decide all
aauea in causes before them was or-
lered engrossed.
Mr. Hancock's bill requiring the
•ontrol of dependent neglected and
lelinquent children passed its second
reading.
On motion of Judge Terrell. th<
uouse adjourned in respect to the
memory of Mrs. L. C. Pease wife of
ex-Governor E M. Pease. She wa.
buried in Austin Monday afternoon
fudge Terrell'* resolution paid a glaw
tribute to her memory.
The bill of Mr. Davis providing tha:
firms or individuals formerly dofn
business as firms and ’hen incorpora
ing and doing business without chan
ing the firm name shall place th'
word "Incorporated" after the flrri
name was ordered engrossed.
Pure food bill and bill for reproduc
tion of testimony in criminal cases
were not acted on. but postponed.
New Bill* in the Hou*e.
Austin. Tex.. Jan. 30— Th- follow-
ing bills were offered itt the house to-
day:
By Lovox-An act requiring a return
of license to marry within sixty days
after ’he ceremony.
By Kennedy—An act to create a civil
service commission for ’he state of
Texas and providing that after the ex-
piration from the passage of the act
no 1 fllccr or clerk shall be appointed
nor any person now in the employ cf
the sta'e promoted without examlna
licit by the commission.
Ify Gunn —Providing that persons
holding bonds or property must claim
same In good faith and pay taxes te
make the defense of ten years’ llmita
tion.
By O'Bryan—An ac’. provi ling fo-
’be payment of petit jqrors at 12 per
dav.
By Hall and Hancock—An act to
regulate the operation of all classes
of antow aud requiring permit* to be
issued and nnmb-r attached.
By Hudspeth—A bill looking to the
eradication of scab and other diseases
of sheep and regulating the move-
menta of flocks.
By Wlther*|xx>n —An act provid'nt
tits’ charter of an intended corporation
must be subscribed by three persons
two of whom shall bo residents of the
statp and must be acknowledged by
them before a proper officer.
Bv Gafford —An act authorizing
county clerks to dewtroy marriage II
cense* after they havo been recorded
By Hancock —A bill to amend the
Penal Cod- a« to Include policy wheels
in its prohibition.
Bv Sanders —Providing for the e»
tabliahment of a board of examiners
for surveyors and requiring that sur-
veyors bold permits from this board.
By Werner —An act. providing tha’
it shall be lawful for the court of civil
appeals a’ any time after ten 'lays
ftom the return of tho precept served
to determine a motion for rehe’rlng.
By Gray—An act to require county
treasurers to furnish on demand de-
-1 statement of county funds.
By Mt’Kinnev—An act pro4(*rtblng a
morn bidding term of oath to be ad
ministered by couiby to eaehi
and every person assessed by them.
By Aid-rdice—An act to provide for
the opening of a third-class roaft from
the nearest public road to the land or
’ends of another included within an
enclosure.
By Brown of Whartoo nnd Wilson —
Ati act providing for holdlq* courts of
civil appezla In San Antri.ilb. Houston
Fort Worth. Dallas and Austin.
By Hudspeth—An act prohibiting
prize fights bull fight* any tight be
tween a man and any other animal for
money or champion’ship.
Ry Moran—An act decJarlng places
BAN ANTONIO TRANSFER COMPANY
HERNANDEZ BRO» M Prop*. BAN ANTONIO TEXAB.
CHARLES ZOLLER G*n*ral Manager. Raaideno* Now •’’"J* ly*
MAIN OFFICE CORNER SOUTH LAREDO AND EL PASO STREET*
NewPhon 801. Old Phon# 1274.
) Carload* Consigned to U* for Dl*trlbwtl#a
FREIGHT DELWERT f ““ “*
PALACE STABLE CO.
CABS CARRIAGES and SWELL LIVERY
We Cater to First-das» Trad* Only.
Doctor’s Calls at Night Given Special Attention.
Telephone 693.
where liquors are sold without fic-uiro
on storage or furnished or dl_S|Wtuat I
where 'he sale of iatoxicaUng (fouoit
has Itren prohibited to be a nnlsituee
and providing for their suppression by
due course of law.
Comliltee on Revenue and Taxation.
lu the committee room Superintend-
ent Taft of the Well»-Fargo company
appeared and made an argument for
the exemption of his company from
tne operation of the Williams intangi-
ble asset bill. He declared that the
Wells-Fargo company already pays
17 710 per cent of‘their net earnings
in taxes and that ibe proposed law
would force them to pay 35 per cent
which be held an unjust proposition.
He stated that 50 per cent Of the ex-
press company’s gross earnings go to
tbe railroads and declared that the
new law placing a tax on gross earn
inga would be In effect double taxa-
tion since it would tax the same
money in the gross earnings as taxes
and under the new law would be
forced to pay over 42 per cent He
further brought out the interesting
fact that under tbe new ruling of the
state railroad commission making a
horizontal cut of 8 per cent in rales.
It would not be possible for Ibe ex-
press companies to raise their rates
wltaout a written permission from th-
commission. Therefore the ’ax could
not be gotten out of tbe public by in-
creased rates but would have to be
borne entirely by the expies* com-
panies. •
Judge E B Perkins of Dallas attor-
ney for the CBlton Belt railroad ap
peared before the commission and
made an able and Jogical argument
against the taxation of railroads on
Intangible assets. His argument was
based largely on constitutional
grounds and will be given later In full.
His speech provoked many questions
from members of the committee.
Judge J. W. Terry of Galveston at-
torney for the Santa Fe railway also
addressed the committee. He declared
that it was not poslbl# to distinguish
between the intangible and the tangi-
ble values of railroad property any
more than between the Intangible and
tangible value of land. He argued
that railroads now pay 10 per cent of
net earnings in taxes that if the Will-
iams intangible asset bill prevailed
they would pay 20 per cent of net
earnings and if to that Mr. Love’s
gross earnings tax were added they
would pay 30 per cent a proportion
far in excess of that paid by other
property. He furfbor stated that if an
equitaffle increase of the ad valorem
tax were made so that the burden
should be borne equally by all. the
railroads would not object.
The burden of the remainder of the
argument was on the point as to
whether railroads should be taxed on
the net or the gross earnings. At
the conclusion of Judge Terry’*
speech the committee adjourned. Mr.
Wolters of LaGrange attorney for the
Pullman Sleeping Car company will
be heard at the next session.
Mining Inspectors Not Needed.
The committee on mines and min-
ing gave a hearing to mining men on
the proposed bill by Mr. Webb es-
tablishing the office of mine inspec-
tor and looking to the more thorough
ventilation and safety of mines.
W. K. Gordan general manager of
tho Texas Pacific mine at Thurber be
Ueved that a mine inspector was su
perfluous in Texa-t as the mines ot
this state are not troubled with gas-
es as are those of many other locali-
ties. He held further that the exist-
ence of an Inspector would shift the
responsibility from th shoulders of
the mine foremen and make them
less vigilant.
«. E. Bennett of the Lyra minei
held a similar view. Various mine
foremen and employes were present
and testified under questioning from
the gentlemen ns to the thoroughness
of the ventilation in these mines and
to their safety.
The points brought out by the
mine owners were the safety qt
mines under the exiting conditions
the oneness ot the interests of own-
era and employes in maintaining that
safety and a la<‘k of necessity for a
change The hearing will be con-
tinued tomorro*’-
Banking Garre and F'Sherte®.
The hearing ot the committee on
banking opens Tuesday night. Mr
Webb who is the author of the bih
ou this subject which is attracting
most attention. *as been advised that
there will be a large delegation of
bankers berc to attertd tte meeting
It is expecte! that among file speak
ers will be Colonel A P. Wooldridge
tlH> well known Austin banker. The
private banking Mtera'to will be well
reprtMdnted and ft is said ’h«’ they
will submit arguments against the
proposition to place their iMlitu
tians under the control of the state
banking act. Mr Webb is prepared to
make a strong intense of his bill bb
fore the committee and the opinion
to l»e that tt will be reported
favorably with slight amendments. It
any.
The hotve committee on game ano
fisheries will have an open hearing
next Tuesday night on the several
gam e bills which are before It. Sev-
eral <>f these bills provide for the ex
emption of certain counties from the
operation of the law. In east Texas
some of the citizens want to be per-
mitted to run deer with hounds and
to be permitted to run the animals
In August and September. Taken a'v
n whole tho sentiment L bellev<*d to
** ••• ~ gr « .*■ *
be strongly aga nst the repeal of any
part ot the existing game protection
law. Some of the members of the
hriuse favor the law being made even
piore rigid than it now is. but it Is
unlikely that this will be done. The
market hunters are. of course seek-
ing to amend the law so as to glvo
them an opening for their vocation
but the legitimate sportsmen are
watching the situation carefully and
•such amendments will be vigorously
opposed.
Buy your school books from GEO.
ROE because he will take your old
looks at one-third of their original
cost and pay you THE CASH and ho
will sell you new books at wholesale
list price.
Double-ruled composition books 5c
each nt GEORGE ROE’S.
Glass of all slz.e*
ZIEGLER A ZIEGLER.
LIBERAL PROVISIONS.
TheSont’iern Messenger says:
"The government of the province ot
Ontario. Canada has made a grant of
$10(100 to the University of Ottawa.
This splendid Institution which is in
charge of the Oblate Fathers was de-
stroyed by fire a little over a year
ago. and I* being rebuilt on a grander
scale than before. The action of tho
government in making an appropria-
tion for ’he restoration of a Catholic
educational institution shows that they
do some things belter in Canada than
we do here.
OA.STOn.TA..
Baar* tha Wl W Yaj Hutt tlways Bouskt
Bignttom f j *-£2-
Imp
Other Livery Stables
in the City
but there are none more anxious to
please you to give you quick conven-
ient service at a moderate price than
wo are.
Let us have your business.
Garden Street
Stables
■OTKLB.
REBUILT REDECORATED and Rs-
furnlahsd; fifty new rooms wlta
bath. t
HUNTING Lawn Tsnnls Golf and Mia
usual society smusemsnts.
THE HIGH STANDARD of our Tabla
so well known throughout ths Wss\
will be mslntslned.
SPECIAL ATTENTION given to T#o»
IM and Commercial Trad#.
Southern Kotei
American Plan •
Main and Military Plaxaa
•an Antono T#xa&
Cars from sll Depot* Pses the Do#s
RATES: 82.00 PER DAY.
GEORGE P. HARLOW. Proprlster.
Rexar Hotel
All Modern Convenleno##. j
American and European Plan. <
First-class a la Carte Service 1 ]
ALFRED SANNER. Prop.
MA HN C KJEHOTEL'
Comer Houeton and Bt. Mary's StrsstA
(Csntsr of City.)
•AN ANTONIO. TEXAS.
Rates 82 00 per day. Modern ##»
veniencee. Special apartmw*ita (ew
suite.) Large sample rooms Culstse
t wawwrw*
Ssn Antonio's Select Hotel
THE AMERICAN
Avenue C and Fifth Street.
Both Phones 203.
New from top to bottom inclndlng
furnishings; 750 feet sunny gallery
promenade. No consumptives. Rates
ressonsble. Inspection invited.
HERBERT STANLEY Manager.
Dallas’ New Hotel
THE IMPERIAL
European plan. 81.00 per day. Cafe
In connection.
i GLANCY A WATSON.
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