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EVERYTHING FOR CHRISTMAS S
USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL
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The most choice selection of useful and artistic orna- 0
mental articles suitable for all kinds of gift purpose^ for 0
home use or deooratiou we have ever shown. Marble, Busts, 0
Castilina Marble Vases and Pedestials from Italy. Vases, 0
Jugs, Pitchers and Plaques trom Auatri* Bohemia and«
France. Chinawareof French, English, Austria and Amen- «
can makes. Electroliers in both French and American JJ
bronze. Solid and plated silver from th* finest American
factories. The only line of genuine Libbey cut glass in Dal- 0
las "Libbey" cut in each piece Other choice lines of Cut $
Glass, shown in Dallas by Sanger exclusively. The latest «
styles in Lamps and Dent Glass, beaded fringe Shades. Baca- o
rac and Austrian etched Glass Tableware. Rock Crystal 0
Vases in plain, white or colored combinations. 0
Set of Six solid Teaspoons spe- worth 17.50 set of six, this 0
cial for this sale $2 60 sale for $5 00 g
Set of six solid Silver Table Fancy decorated Lettuce Dish-
forks worth $9.90, this sale es, worth $1.26, for this sale, 0
for $7 95 ®*ch 85c ®
Set of six solid Silver Table- Large size decorated China a
spoons, worth $8.95, for this Rrll Trays, worth $6 50, this 0
sale $7 20 sale for $3 50 0
Set of six solid Silver Oyster Large size Cake Cutting Trays 0
Forks, worth $4.25, for this worth $5.00, this sale $8 25 0
sale $8 40 Fancy decorated China Tea, 0
Set of six solid Silver Butter nine pieceson aChina Trsyto °
Spreaders, wurth 7.00, this match, worth $8.60, (or this 0
sale for $5 95 eale
Fanov handle solid Silver Reduction in llnest plated Sil- „
Butter Knife, worth 160,this ™rware, aU guaranteed to be O
sale for $1 10 'he hestquadrupl.plato-Sin-
gle Candlesticks, worth $1.75, 0
Fancy handled solid Silver for thig sale 1 85 «
Sugar Shell, worth $1.25, this v 0
, - onR Engraved flyrup Pitches and o
sale tor . .... OUC worth $ ^ ^ 0
Fancy handled solid Silver i ^ Q_ 0
Gravy Ladle, worth $2.25, this ror n'O0
sale for $1 85 Plain' bright flnish Coffee Set 2
m „ i-j cs-1 a four pieces, worth $11.00, for ®
Fancy handle solid Silver Soup F MO _n Q
Ladle, worth 110.00, this sale thlf $« 50 CJ
for $7 95 New style French gray finish $
A Special—Fancy Wood Um- Tea Set of five PieC68' worth g
brella Stands, entirely new, $85.00 fop this sale. $27 00 c
worth $1.25, this sale for 05c Porcelain lined Ice Pitchers©
Fancy odd pieces of China at with tops, worth $6.00, in this g
reduced prices^- sa^e • -$450 0
' Large size fancy decorrted Satin engraved round Waiters $
Cake plates, worth $1.25, fur large size, worth $3.60, this 0
this sale 65c sail $2 85 0
Fancy decorated Salad Bowls gugar Bowl and Cream Pitch- £
worth $8.50, this sale.. JjJl 75 er to match in neat box, worth O
Fancy decorated Scolloped $5. 00, in this sale $3 65 g
Dishes, worth $2.00, this sale Satin finish Baking Dish, 0
for $1 50 worth $5.00, this sale. - 75 g
Fancy decorated Desert Plates gold lined Nut Bowls, bright O
worth $1.50 set of six, this iBb, worth $3.50, in this ®
sale 95C sale $2 85©
Fancy decorated Dinner Plates n
4.1 •« ka Bright finished Gravy Boat n
worth $2 50 set of six, this ® \ ,, _
sale $1 75 and Trfty worth *5,00' ln thls 2
Fancy decorated dinner plates sal®
We Prepay Express on Orders' Value $5.00 or More
ORDER BY LETTER, TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH.
SAN6ER BROTHERS,
Dallas, Texas.
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With purchases of $5.
or over in our Boys' De-
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A Genuine Ingersoll
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CASHIER PEAP.
Himself Just After y Cresting
Bank Examiner.
New Haven. Conn., pec. 16.—Asa C.
BuabneU, cashier of the Yale National
tank, who shot himself yesterday Just
after greeting a tank examiner who
tad arrived unannounced, died a few
hours later. Prasldent Edwin 8. Or«e-
Ir <>( tta bank stated that an examlna-
Mos of th* books rtiowed that the
ler ww indebted to the bank in a
tarn between $18,000 and (36.000.
Buahneil had been in the bank for
twenty-one years. It 1# said that ho
had recently been engaged ln •peculat-
ing in etocka.
ADDITIONAL SHORTAGE.
New Haven, Oonn., Dec. If —An ad-
ditional shortage of 91000, making a
total thue far known of 117.000, has
been dieoovered tn tta accounts of Asa
C. Buahneil, caahler of YaU National
bank, who committed suicide yssier-
day.
TO CURTAIL
PRODUCTION
Important Meeting of Ce-
ment Manufacturers
Held
All Plant* arc to Close Down for
a Period of Six Weeks
Early Next
Year.
Washington, Dec. H.—Information
of an Interesting and highly important
character lias been received at the in- )
terior department concerning a meet- '
in* held in New York last week of the j
Association of Portland* Cement Mgnu. ■
facturers. The press having been ex- I
ciudea from the meeting, tne reporie! I
action of the association which has,
leaked out here has aroused great in-
terest, in view of the effect ii will
have on tlie building trade. It has
been learned, on good authority, that
the members of the association weie
of the opinion that with prices at their
present basis, a very large reduction
In the Imports of cement may be ex-
pected for the ensuing year. Stock [
was taken of all the cement on hand I
on December 1, In the mills and ware-
houses of the concerns belonging to
tne association, and tne supp.y was
found to be light and much less than
anticipated. Yet the association look
action which will further curtail the
supply by agreeing unanimously to
close down all its planta for six weeks
soma time between January 1 and
April 1, 1904. About forty-five of the
largest manufacturers of cement in
the United States are members of the
association, repre 3nting a large per-
centage of the $350,000,000 capital In-
vested ln this Industry, and as their
mills each have a capacity of from
10«u to lu.OOO barrels of cement a day,
the shut-down means a curtailment ln
the cement production of more than
3,000,000 barrelB at a conservative es-
timate, and is consequently of the
greatest importance to the building
trade of the United States.
During the past two years the
cement mills have been running night
and day to supply the enormous de-
mands resulting from the great build-
ing projects going on ln> different parts
of the country. The New York sub-
way alone has taken about 1,500,000
barrels, whiich is represented as being
about the same quantity that will like-
ly be used in the construction of the
Panama canal. The. continuous use of
the furnaces and machinery of the
mills has rendered their closing down
for repairs a necessity, as in one in-
stance, at least, a mill costing $200,000
will have to be entirely rebuilt, owing
to the efflect of the wear and tear on
its machinery. At the same time the
sharp competition during the past two
yearn has demoralised prices to such
an. extent that cement which sells at
>1.75 f. o. b., at San Francisco, can
be had as low as ninety cents a barrel,
in the Lehigh valley.
The great interest which the Interior
department has in the action of the
association is due to the fact thut •vith-
ln the next few years the government
will oonsume large quantities o! ce-
ment in connection vith the irrigation
projects of the West, the filtration
plant in the District of Coluiiibi.%, the
Panama canal and in fie erection of
public buildings, diy docics, etc. At
Truckee, Nev., 30,000 barrels have al-
ready been contracted for, to l>e usod
in the irrigation project, and the Tonto
basin dam in Arizona will consume
200,000 barrels more. In view of tho
buiky and heavy character of cement
.the cost of transportation enters large-
ly Into the question, as Is evidenced by
the fact that cement which costs $1.75
per barrel in San Francisco can rot
be delivered at the Tonto batln dam
site for less thyn $5 or $6 per farrel.
The association has pieseuied a prop-
osition to the secretary of the Interior,
and a tentative agreement has been
reached on the same, that bids will be
submitted for the supplying of ctment
for the Tonto basin dam cither from
established mills or to be manufactured
at a mill to be erected by the govern-
ment at the site of the dam, for which
the department ha.< purchased machin-
ery with a daily capar Ity of 80C barrels.
It Is understood that action was
taken looking toward close- i Cations
between the Association oi Porrland
Cement Manufactuiers, 'he American
Society for Testing Materials, tne
American Society of Civil Engineers,
the National Builders' Supply i ssocla-
tlon and the American Railway En-
gineering and Maintenance of Way as-
sociation and that reports were receiv-
ed from committees appointed to con-
fer with such associations In li.e mat-
ter of uniform contracts between man-
ufacturers and dealers, and between
manufacturer and customer, and in the
matter of standard specification* for
cement, iron and steel-concrete con-
struction, the contents of which reports
It has been Impossible to procure. The
association also will undertake, it Is
said, to procure concessions from the
railroad companies, both in local and
export trade.
Mr. R. W. Lesley, of the American
company of Philadelphia, who was
president of the association during its
first year, was succeeded by J. P. Lo-
ber, of the Vulcanite oompany, also of
Philadelphia, Other officers elected
were: A. F. Oerstel, of the Alpha com-
pany, vice president; E. N. Young, of
the Lehigh Valley company, secretary;
E. R. Ackerman, of the Lawrenos tom-
Sany, treasurer; executive committee,
[. W. Maxwell, W. H. Harding. R. W.
Lesley, W. H. Warren. George E. Bar-
tol, E. N. Haggar and 8. W Newberry.
It is understood that during the com-
ing year the executive committee will
take steps looking toward the develop-
ment of closer relea lions between the
members of the association
OIFT OM KINO.
Louisiana Territory Ones Presented to
the Kino of Spain.
Paris, Deo. 14.—Through a research
of the archives of France it hss been
ascertained that that section of the
United States now known as the Lou-
isiana Purchase waa once presented
by Louis XV. to his cousin, the King
of Bpala, ss a gift, lhls search
also developed that tt|ls great territory
was previously ofle ed as a preeei-t to
Great Britain, which refused to accept
the gift. The letter of the Kir.g of
Spain accepting the present was found
in the search.
TOOK LONG TRIP
TO PAY POLL TAX.
Waco Man Traveled Over a Hun-
dred Miles.
Waco, Tex., Doc. 1«^—Chief Clerk
Hixon of the office of State Superin-
tendent Lefevre of public instruction,
has Just left Waco after having come
all the way here, over a hundred miles,
to pey his poll tax, the election law
making this necessary, as persons who
reside in cities must pay in person,
though parsons in the oountry can, un-
der certain conditions, pay through
another. The trip entailed upon Mr.
Hixon the loss of two days' time and
the expenditure of railroad fare both
ways, besides other neiessary ex-
penses. He did not grumble, but re-
marked laughingly that It took good
patriots to vote under such circum-
stances. There are some persons at
the state capitol, living In the Pan-
handle, who will be obliged to expend
In the neighborhood of forty dollars in
order to secure their poll tax necelpts,
counting all expenses. In addition to
this there are hundreds of voters in
Texas staying temporarily at one place
and claiming another as their home
and voting place, and these will be in-
convenienced also. It is claimed by
some, however, that the law will be
highly salutary in some ways and off-
set the drawbacks.
CAPTURE IS
IMPORTANT.
Officers Believe They Have a
Man with a
Record.
Suspected of the Murder of Of*
ficer Pale in Ihis City.
An Interesting
Career.
BOLL WEEVIL BILL
IS TO BE RUSHED.
Will Pass Congress Ahead of the
Appropriation Bill.
Washington,. Dec. 16.—The indica-
tions are that Burgees' cotton boll
weevil bill will pass as it was drawn.
The Texans met to-day with the house
agricultural committee and Burgess is
gratiti'edi at the result of the meeting.
The bill Is to be rushed through long
before the general appropriation bill
comes up.
A SUMMARY OF
MISSIONARY WORK.
Results of American Board's Ef-
forts in Other Lands.
Houston, Tex., Dec. It).—The capture
of Jim Moody, alias Jaik Nelson, anas
Jack Neal, by Deputy United Staies
Marshal Van of this city, usslstcd by
the sherilts of Wharton and Mutagoroa
counties, a couple of weeKs ugo, is con-
sidered by the oilici-rs ami ail wno are
luiuhiar wiin tne rccoru of .Utuuy 413
being a fine piece of work.
*'or j ears uioudy w as the leader of
the Blaca Jaca sang, whion terrorised
the Inulan Territory, lie wus also a
member of the famous Daiton guug,
bix years ago Neison, accompanied by
Lou Moore and Lioren Cady, also rem.
nants of the ttiack Jack gang, left the
territory and entered Texas, heauing
toward Dallas. Aioiig the route they
committed innumerable hold-ups.
tiherilf Cabeil (now mayor of Dallas)
received an Intimation that the tnree
men Intended to enter Dallas, some ons
familiar with the men having given the
tip. He sent a number of deputies out
to watch the different roads leading in-
to the city. Ad Pate and another offi-
cer were sent to the bridge across the
Trinity river. Nelson and the other two
men came to the bridge and upon being
halted by the officers a battle ensued,
which resulted ln the death of Pste.
Owing to the wide acquaintance of
Pate, together with the reputation of
the men, the news flashed from one end
of the cc intry to the other, and every
officer ln the state was on the lookout
for the men.
Sheriff Cabell took up the trail and
followed the men to the Western coun-
try through Beveral counties, where he
lout it.
At this time Mr. Van was sheriff of
Kerr cpunty. One afternoon he was
standing on a corner In Iterrvllle and
his attention was attracted by three
men. He conversed with one of them
for quite a while and gave Information
concerning the arrival and departure^
of the trains. While he felt suspicious
that the men were outlaws he did not v {
at that time connect them with th#N .
maiim/IAM A# Data ^Phnt H I mk 4- inm Minn (1W
section house, where his pistols were
found. He was taken te Wharton and
there confined is jail. Word was sent
& and night DeJStJ
Sheriff Brlttaln of Dallas arrived at
Wharton and the man was turned over
to him.
Deputy Marshal Van tried to get a
confession from the prisoner. While
the man admitted that his name was
Jim Moody, and further that he waa
acquainted with the men wanted for the
killing of Ad Pate, he denied that he
waa with them at the time of the kill-
ing. However, he waa recognised by the
Dallas offloer when he arrived. Dur-
ing a conversation with Officer Van
Nelson stated that he had been In Ala-
bama, Just having arrived In Texas
a few weeks ago. However, the officer
has learned since the capture that
about three years ago he was In Bee
county and thnt he picked cotton there
and alwaya carried a Winchester strap-
ped to his side. He was indicted by
the grand Jury of Dallas county for the
murder of Pate.
Before his departure from Wharton,
Sunday, the prisoner confessed to Sher-
iff Rich that his real name waa Jim
Moody and said that he was the man he
was after, claiming however, that h
waa Innocent of the Dallas murder
charge, which grew out of the killing of
Deputy Sheriff Ad Pate. For several
reasons It is believed this will prove
to be one of the most Important crimi-
nal arrests made for several years.
TO PROTECT ISTHMUS.
Msrines Will Be Depended Upon for
the Present.
Washington, Dec. 16.—So far as the
pinns of the administration concerning
the Isthmus have been made public,
they contemplate that th* marines
shall protect the Isthmus and maintain
order, pending the1 ratification of tho
treaty with Panama, but If any con-
siderable force of Colombians should
attempt to or«ate any kind of dlsordor,
the marines will ltkiety be supplement-
ed or supplanted by United States
troops. Tnis emergency Is not looked
for, however.
TO QUARANTINC WEEVIL.
BUI Passsd Louieisna Senate Appro-
priating *26,000.
Baton Rouge, La., Dec. IS.—Louis-
iana will quarantine against the spread
of the Mexican boll weevil from Texas
into this state. This action was de-
cided upon through the passage of a
bill appropriating $26,000 to fight tho
threatened encroachment of ths wee-
vil. The money will be expended by a
board, which will be given power to
enforce any regulations which It may
see At to make.
Boston, Dec. 5.—The American board
of commissioners for foreign missions
made public today a summary of Prot-
estant foreign missions. In most items
there is shown to be an advance over
the reports of preceding years. The
Income of the societies in the United
States and Groat Britain shows an ln-
crease to over )S,000,000, as follows: j
Stations, 5771; outstations, 22,864;
total missionaries, 16,618; native work- 1
ers, 75,281; communicants in churches, '
1,497,042; pupils under instruction, :
1,127,853. The total native constituency
is i,618,391.
murder of Pate. That night two men
were held up and robbed ln Kerrvllle
at the point of a pistol. The news was
brought to Van a.t once and he was
ln his saddle with a deputy within a
few minutes after receiving the reports
and hot on the trail. He followed the
trail until daylight, when he met a
ranchman who was heading for Kerr
ville. The ranchman had also been
held up and robbed. The trail was fol-
lowed to Junction City, where It was
lost for several hours. Van and the lo-
cal officers taking a wrong scent and
| going out into tile country about twenty
1 miles. When they rLturned to Junction
I City the npxt morning, they learned
(hat Nelson and his men had slept In a
hay loft there all night and thut they
' had several hours the start of hi in. He
The United States is represented by I followed them-up into^ the mountains
6991 stations and outstations. 1617 *nd finally got ahead of them, but th«y
men, 2638 women, 2001 native laborers;
506,800 communicants, 43,721 added last
year, 259,537 under Instruction. The
Income of ths societies is reported at
$7,176.84.
Missionary work In the Hawaiian Is-
lands having been assumed by churches
in the islands, that mission disappears
this year .from the rolls, but that ln
the Philippines has been added, S9 the
number of missions is still twenty.
In the Chinese missions of the Ainer-
l<\n' board there are more church
members by 885 than before the Boxer
outbreak, while the native laborers
have increased nearly three fold. Other
In some manner gave him the dodge
and the trail was lost In LJano county.
Here Van and his deputy came serous
Sheriff Cabell and Hherlff White of
Travis county (now mayor of Austin).
When Van gave Cabell a description of
the men he wus Informed that they
were the men for whom he had boen
hunting for a couple of w« elca, they be-
ing the outlaws who murdered Ad
Pate.
Sheriffs Csbell and Whits, on Infor-
mation given by Van, again found th'-
trail and traced the men to Waco, anj
they were overtaken iu a saloon, and
one of the number, Lou Moore, wan
captured. He was taken hack to Dallas
CHOLERA 18 RAGING.
There Wsrs 17B Dssth* T<*^r ths Die
easo' Ir; ThH*
nei '0 '>■" a apt-
ra ts raging at rferbela,
South Bagdad. From December 9 to
December 12, 176 deaths from the dis-
ease were recorded*
Two Burned to Death.
Johnstown. Pa., Dec. 16.—James
Crosby's wife and daughter, Grace,
the latter aged thirteen, were burned
to death In their home to-day, while a
son, James, Is missing, and Is bel'eved
to have alfo perished. The family
were all asleep when the fins started
from the kitchen stove.
Bought Lands In Cuba.
Mobile, Ala., Dec. 16.—A psrty of
sbout twenty persons from South Da-
kota, Iowa. Michigan and Illinois, have
reached Mobile en mute to Cuba,
where Ihey puprchased> 24.000 acrss of
grazing land and 48,000 acres of timber
land, In Puerto Principe province.
They will locate there.
organizations have such Interests wllh-
In the Turkish empire, but these in- I a„d gPnt to the penitentlai y for ninety
terests the Turkish government has nlne y(.arB tot the murder of I'ate.
failed to recognize as it should. The j NeiHon and Cady wer<- followed to
United States government Is seeking to ^j,e Territory, wln-re they were again
l^cure the same privileges for Amerl- | overtaken, and during the buttle which
can missionaries as has been granted f0]|<>Wed the latter was killed. Nel-
to the subjects of other nations.
ATTARIAN'8 STATU8.
Porte Belisvss His Embarkation Will
Simplify Matters.
Constantinople, Dec. 16.—Tho Porte
has complained to the United States
legation of ths action of the officials
of the American consulate at Alexan-
dnetta In preventing the embarkation
of Attarian, the naturalised American,
whose recent arrest caused Consul
Davis to leave Alexandretta, for whom
the Porte Instructed the local authori-
ties to obtain passage on the Italian
steamer at the cost of the government.
It Is the opinion of the Porte that the
embarkalon of Attarian will remove
the principal cause for reparation.
The United States flagship Brooklyn
left Beirut Deoember 14. Il Is said she
la going to Egyptian waters for gun
practice.
EXTRACTING GRAVEL.
Some Expensive Machinery Is Being
Used at Waee.
Waco, Tea., Deo. 16.—Two er three
mammoth appliances for extractii.g
sand and gravel from the bed of the
Bra 10* river have recently b«*n put In 11™ going In" the direction of Mark
operation here, and this work has been (
reduced to a scientific calculaUon and ] x^ing the foremen with them, the
son made his escape. He dropped from
sight and wss never heard of again
until a couple of weeks ago, when
Mr. Van learned that a man answering
his description mum working with a
section gang iu Matagorda county, near
Markham, and that he occasionally
went to Markham and gambled with a
section gang. He always went armed,
carrying two pistols with him all the
time. After satisfying himself that the
man was Nelson, Officer Van went to
Wharton county and Informing Sheriff
Rich of that county and notifying
Hherlff Slmnis of Matagorda county,
they laid plans for the capture of the
outlaw.
Going to Bay City, all the officers
boarded the train and Informing the
conductor of their mission, th y told
him to stop when he camt to the sec-
tion gang, which he did. When ths
train stopped the officers got off and
covered the Rang with their Winches-
ters and held them. The foreman was
singled out and Mr. Van beckoned him
to him and the man went to his side.
He was Informed that the officers were
after the msn who had been going arm.
ed. He told them that the man had
only left the gsng a few minutes be-
proposition so far as these appliances
are concerned. On* of these works
with a cable and a huge carrier which
Is operated from a tower on the bank,
the cable extending across the river.
The other is run by an engine and Is
a regular track like that of a railroad,
officera boarded the train and when
within a hundred yards of the depot a
man was overtaken. The section fore-
man told the officers that he was the
man they were after and the train was
stopped, all three of the officers eover-
tluTr^iitur; <*rs running dowii «" *. outlaw from the rear snd of th,
into the river. Ton. are removed dally , ^ ^ ^ ^
In which he greeted his capture.
"Had you com* upon me a few min-
utes ago I would have given you a
fight, but I left my guns at the section
house as I passed."
He was handcuffed and taken to the
In this way. One of tho plants cost
about fifteen thousand dollars, while
tli« other Is also quite expensive.
Sand and grav*i are shipped In car-
load lots. The wagon men are still
buoy, having a good deal o* city busi-
ness to handle-
Interlocking Plant.
FJprt Worth. Tex., Dec. 16.—(1. H.
Ciroce, southwestern agent of the Tay-
lor Signal company, Is here looking
over the groundi and will send a gang
of men here at once to put In an Inter-
locking plant. The plunt here will be
the largest In Texas, and will cost $40,-
100 snd will be as large us any In St.
l/ouis except one. Few In the United
States will cost as much. The yards
here will not. be ready for tho work for
several weeks and the men will go first
to Beaumont and put In a smuil plant.
ARE WORKING FOR
HARMONY IN SENATE
Democrats in Upper House will
Vote Together.
Washington, Dec. 16.—'Th* Democrats
In the senate have resolved to get to-
gether, work together and vote togeth-
er. This action was determined upon ln
a caucus, and «ach of the Democratic
senators except Oockrell la considered
to be bound by the action of the caucus.
Senator Cockrsll participated In the
caucus, but did not vote on a motion
to have all senators bound by the actios
of two-thirde of their number. This Is
ths first effort mads by the Democrats
of the senate to get together, and the
leaders now hope to present a solid
front against any Republican measure
which they may elect to oppose. For
several years the Democratic senstors
have been working at cross purposes at
times, and the new order of things Is
taken to mean that they are now organ-
ised for both defensive and offensive
warfare.
DEMAND IS MADE
ON YOUNG ROUSS
Hew York, Dec. 16—A letter demanding
$500 from Peter Winchester Rous* of
Brooklyn, son of the late Charles Broad-
way Rouss, the blind millionaire mer-
chant, with the accompanying threat
that failure to pay would be followed
by the destruction of the Rouss stable,
is being Investigated by the Brooklyn
police. Mr. Rouss, about two years ago,
received an infernal machine by mall,
followed by letters threatening death,
tho kidnaping of his childrsn and the
destruction of his house.
A BUDGET
AUSTIN N
Lee Bicnd-«tte will Mi
Rav . for Comp-
troller.
Matter of a New Court House if
Being Agitated. Other
Matters of Inter-
est at Capital
Austin, Dec. 16.—According to g
statement made yesterday afternoon by
Bob Barker of San Antonio, chief clerk
of the house of representatives of tho
Twenty-eighth legislature, it may bo
stated that Lee Blanchette, present
county clerk of Jeeffrson county, has
definitely decided to make the race for
comptroller of the state of Texas.'
All along it has been generally
thought that Mr. Blanchette would
likely make the race, but he, when ap-
proached 011 the subject, always evaded
the direct Question, but according to
Mr. Barker Mr. Blanchette has definite-
ly decided to run, subject to the stats
Democratic convention.
Mr. Barker stated that Mr. Blanch-
ette would give his qfflclal announce-
ment on Jan. 1, 1 04. Mr. Barker did
not care to outline the proposed policy
"• H.anchette or the campaign is-
sues.
A new court houss for Austin Is now
being agitated and it will not be sur-
prising if steps are taken at an early
date by the county commissioners look-
ing to the building of a new court
house, up-to-date In every respect and
which would be a pride to the county
and the Capital City.
Ssveral county officials, who have
been approached on the subject, de-
clare that Travis county by ail means
should have a new court house. Tho
present one was built twenty-seven
!#ars ago when not one-flfth of the
business transacted now was done.
However, at that time it was thought
that the building would be entirely
too large, and while It/ ivas ample in
those days it is now tuf .Jy inadequate
tor the present damans.
Speaking fro rathe books and rec-
ords yesterday was said by the state
treusurer to be the dullest day the treas-
ury has known for ten years, or per-
haps has evfr known. It Is possible
fpr It . to have been as dull oh fome
former day,, but is pot possible, for It
to have been worse. Not one dollar
was received for deposit to the credit
of any fund, and only $1*00 taken in
as Interest due on land sales. Under
ordinary conditlohs and circumstances
It would be bad enough for one day
to pass without the state receiving one
oent for deposit, but ln the fact of a
tremendous deficiency in the general
revenue fund it Is infinitely worse.
Not only was business deeperately dull
in the line as stated above, but It was
also the dullest day known since the
collapse came ln the way of register-
ing claims, only 66 warrants weie reg-
istered, uinoupting to $8932.88. The to-
tal number now registered Is 6317 and
the total deficiency $630,936.13. From
this it Is fair to subtract $186,000, the
amount of the three sales, thus reduc-
ing the net deficiency to $1,444,935.IS.
.1 1 ■■ 1 ..... 4
Charters of the following named cor-
porations have been examined and ap-
proved by the secretary of state and
filed for record in the state depart*
ment:
McCheukey-Grlffln company of Cle-
burne. Capltl stock $15,iOO. Purpose,
purchase and sale of goods, wares and
merchandise. Incorporators, S. Y. Mat-
thew, C. A. McCieskey and Kay Grif*
ttn.
Farmers' Lumber company of Chilli*
cothe, Hardeman county. Capital stocl
$25,000. Purpose, purchase and sale ol
merchandise and especially hardware^
lumber and building material. Incor-
porators, A. 8. Fuuua, Quunah; C. L.
Holey, W. E. Olllver, E. A. Jones, Chit-
Ucothe, and W. H. Fuqua, Amarlllo.
John 11. Uonncr, Cone Johnson, W. H.
Marsh and Robert Durrah is the per-
sonnel of a party of distinguished gen-
tlemen from Tyler who visited Austin
today. They were in Austin to appear
berore the rallroud commission in ths
matter of a new depot at that place,
but this case being postponed they
spent a short Mme in calling on friends
in the several departments.
Commissioner W. J. Clay left yester-
day for Fort Worth on official buslnesoi
From this place he will go to BeltOn,
thence to Bryan and Houston. At
Bryan he will attend a meeting of ths
building committee of the industrial
department of the Agricultural and Me-
chanical college and at Houston inves-
tigate the affairs of some insurancs
companies. •"
County Commissioner Day of Ban-
Marcos visited the comptroller's de- ,
partment on business this morninp- B
He says the people of his town are
anticipation of much pleasure during '
the reunion of the Terry Texas
ers.
Judge Gooch of Palestine Is In An
looking after some buelness matters
the stats department
MAN AND DAUGHTER
BURNED TO DEATI
Fatal Result of N«w York
ment Fire.
New York, Dee. 16.—By the
of a kerosene lamp ln ths ten
John Stankervlch, 247 East .
fifth street, Stankervlch and his 1
ter were badly burned and his ~1
son were so severely burned't
are not expected to live. Meir
family living on the floor just r
found half-suffocated, and
assisted them to the street,
age caused by the firs was si
'il
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