The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1899 Page: 7 of 10
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full Ter.t of th« Measure as hushed
l y the Texas Legislature.
IT IS FULL AND COMPLETE,
The Kill I'mhihlts I'mtN, Trusts Monop-
olies and Conspiracies to (ontrol
. lluMlnchs unil the l'rlceu
of All Articles.
A bill to lie entitled an act to prohibit
pools, trusts, monopolies and conspir-
acies to control business and prices of
uitideH, to prevent tlit) formation or
operations of {tools, trusts, iiiouoftolies
ami com hi nation of charters of corpo-
rations that violates til** terms of thin
act, ami toauthorize the institution of
prosecutions and suits therefor.
IV it enacted by tho legislature of th
state of Texas:
Action 1. Any corporation organized
lunler tho laws of this or any other Htate
or country, ami transacting or conduct-
ing any kind of business in thin state or
any partnership, or individual, or
other association of persons, whatsoever,
who shall croute. enter into, Itccomo a
member of or a party to any pool, trust,
agreement, combination, confederation
or understanding with any other corjto-
ration, partnership, individual or any
other ] tor son or association of persons,
to regulate or fix the pricoof any article
of manufacture, mechanism, merchan-
dise, commodity, convenience, repair,
any product of mining, or any article or
tiling whatsoever, or the price of pre-
mium to lie paid for insuring property
against loss or damage by fir *. lightning
<>r storm.or to maintain said price when
so regulated oi fixed, or shall outer into,
become a member of or a party to any
pi>ol, agreement, combination, contract,
association or confederation to lix or
limit the amount or quality of any ar
tide of manufacture, mt-chaiiism, mer-
chandisi, commodity, convenience, re-
pair. any product of mining, or any ar-
ticle or thing whatsoever, or tho price
or premium to bo paid for insuring prop-
erty against loss or damage by tire,
lightning, storm, cyclone, tornado or
any other kind of policy issued by any
corporation, partnership, individual or
association of persons aforesaid, shall lie
de. mod and adjudged guilty of a con-
spiracy to defraud, and to be subject
to the penalties us provided by this act.
Sec '4. A monopoly is any union
or combination or consolidation or atfii-
ation of capital, credit, property, assets,
trade, custom, skill or acts, or of any
other valuable thing or fsissossion by or
between persons tirn.s or corporations
or associations of persons, firms or cor-
porations, whereby any one of the pur-
poses"or objects mentioned in this act is
Hccompliflho 1 or sought to Is- accom-
l>b|^||, or wher*by any one or more of
!<> H.r« vrouiotuil or attempt-
..<1 f«, > . l%r '
whereby the se-eral r,-nits de-
hx^^are reasonably calculated O be
pr..J* vo'l, and a monopoly, as tln:4 de-
fined and contemplated includes not
merely such couibiuiittioris by am' be-
tweon t\vi> <>r uiore p«r-<i iis firms or Cor-
porations acting for themselves, but is
e-.pt-c-i.il j \ defined and intended to include
all aggregations, amalgamations, affilia-
tions consolidations or incorporations,
of capital, credit, skill, assets, property,
custom, trade orothor valuable thintr or
possession, whether alTocted by the ordi-
nary met ho Is of partner ship or by act nal
union under the legal form of a corpo-
ration or an •'"•orftoruted body resulting
from the union of one or more district
firms or corjsirations or by the purchase,
ac.Jin-'* ion or control ol shares or certiti
cat's of stock, or bonds, or oth -r corpo-
rate property or fr.inchi-es, and all cor-
pora)ioi]< or partnerships that have
Ih'cii or may hi cr> ated by tho consolida
tion or amalgamatiou oi th" separate
stock, bond*, capital. a-sets credit,
proper!ies, customs trade >r corporate
or firm tielongings of two or more firms
or coi poratlions or computm s are espe-
cially declared to constitute monopolies
within tin- meaning of tins act, if so
created or entered into f .r any one or
ii.ore of tlie purposes named in this act;
u:i a 'monopoly lis defined in this
section is hereby declared to be unlaw-
ful and against public policy and any
and all persons, tirnis, -orpurations or
a * oi i.i t ions of persons engaged therein
shall lis deemed guilty of a conspiracy
to defraud, and shall be subject to the
penalties proscribed in tiiis act.
Sec, !l If any person, persons, compa-
ny. partnership, association or corpora-
tion engaged in the manufacture of any
article of common consumption
from the raw material produced or
mined in this state, shall, with
the intent or purpose of driving
out competition, or for the pur-
pose of financially injuring com-
petitors. sell at less than the cost of
manufacture, or give away their manu-
factured products for the purpose of
driving out ooui|iet i tiou or financially in-
juring competitors engaged in the manu-
facture ami refining of raw materials in
this state, said person. ftersoiis.company,
partnership, association or corporation
resorting to this method of securing a
monopoly in the manufacture, refining
ami sal" of the finished product, pro-
duced or mined in this state, shall be
deemed guilty of a conspiracy to form or
secure a trust or monopoly in restraint
of trade, and on conviction shall bo
subject to the penalties of this net.
Sec. 4 If any person, persons,
company, partnership, association, cor-
poration or p.gent engaged in the man-
ufacture or sale of any article of cum-
in, tee or consumption produced, matiu-
{ ictured or mined in this state or
elsewhere, shall with the intent or pnr-
o I financially injuring eoinpe-
■ ;tioii, sell within this state at less
than cost of manufacture or production
or sell lu such way or give away within
this state their product* for the purpose
of driving out competition or financi-
ally injuring competitor* engaged in
similar business said person, (icmons,
company, partnership, association, cor-
poration or ugent resorting to this
method of securing a mono|ioly within
this state, iu suoli business, shall lie
deemed guilty of a conspiracy to form
or secure a trust or uioiiopoly in n?straiut
of trade, and on conviction thereof
shu'l be subject to the ]tenuities of this
act.
Wee. 5. Any person, partnership, firm
or association, or any representative or
agent thereof, or any oor{>oration or
company, or any officer, representative
or agent thereof, violating any of the
| provisions of this act shull forfeit not
loss than $200 nor more than $.1000 for
j every such offense, and each day such
| js'rson, corporation, partnership or asso-
j ciution shall continue to do so shall be a
i separate offense, the |tenuities in such
i cases to 1st recovered by an action iu the
name of the state at the relation of the
I attorney general or the district or conn-
I ty attorney the moneys thus collected
to go into the stute treasury and to Ite-
come a part of the general fund, except
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. (5. If any two or more per-
sons, or corftorations who are en-
I gaged in buying or soiling any article of
i commerce, manufacture, mechanism.
, merchandise, commodity, convenience,
: repair, any product of mining or any
i article or thing whatsoever, shall outer
into any pool, tiust, agreement, combi-
nation, confederation, association or
understanding to control or limit the
trade in any article or thing or
limit competition in such trade by re-
fusing to boy from oi sell to any other
person,or corporation any such article or
tiling aforesaid for the reason that su.'h
other person or corfstratiou is not u
member of or party to such p ol, trust,,
agreement, comhination, confederation.
, association or understanding, or shall
boycott or threaten any person oi cor-
| poration for buying from, or selling to
any other person or corporation who is
not a member of or party to such pool,
I trust, agreement, combination, confed-
eration. association or understanding
vny such article or thing aforesaid, it
shall be a violation of this act; and any
person, firm, corporation or association
of persons committing such violation
shall b" doomed and adjudged guilty of
a conspiracy to defraud, and shall ho
subject to the penalties proscribed in
this act.
Sec. 7. Any corporation created or
' organized by or under tho laws of this
state, which nhnll violate any of the
1 provisions of the preceding sections of
this act, shall thereby forfeit its eorjwir-
| ate rights and franchises, and its cor-
porate existence shall, upon proper
proof being made thereof, in any court
of competent jurisdiction in the state,
be by tho court declared forfeited, void
and of noneffoct, and ahull thereupon
1 cease and determine, and any oorjmra-
{ tion created or organized >y or under
the laws ji any other state or country,
which sljP# violate any i f the provis-
ional ling sections of tliis
,o, 1 Kx.wi *. 2* ~ r v.
ie .oaftor to do any business
in this Pvl-l, ami upon proper proof
Iteing nithereof in any court of com-
petent jut * diction in the state, its rights
and privileges to do business iu this
! state shall )h declared forfeited: and in
all proceedings to have such forfeiture
declared, proof that any person who has
been acting as agent of such foreign cor-
poration in transacting its business in
this state, has Iteen while acting as such
agent, anil in the name, hehalf or inter
est of such corporation, violating
any provisions of tho preceding sec-
tions of this act, shall be received us
,• •111111 facie proof of iho act of the cor-
poration itself and it shall by th'- duty
of the clerk of s lid court t t certify the
decree thereof to the 'secretary of tho
state, and if it l > an insurance com-
pany, to the commissioner of insurance,
statistics and history of the state, who
shall take i otice and be governed there-
by as to th • corporate powers and right*
of said corporation.
Sec * It shall b> tho duty of the
secretary of the state on or about the
first day of .litis of each year, undat such
other times as lie sh 11 deem necessary,
to address to the president, secretary or
treasurer ■ f each incorporated company
doing busine s in this sfate. a letter of
inquiry as to whether the said corpora-
tion has all or any part of its business
or interest in or with any trust, combi-
nation or as- iati n of person* or stock-
holders as named in the proceeding pro-
visions of this act, and to require an
answer, under oath, of the president,
(M'cretary or treasurer, or any director
of said company A form of affidavit
hhall be inclosed in said letter of inquiry
as follows:
AFFIDAVIT.
S'ate of Texas, founty of
solouily swear that I
am the (president, secretary,
treasurer or director)of the corporation,
known and styled duly incorpor-
ated under the laws of the....
day of I*.., and now transacting
or conducting business in tho state of
Texas, and that I am duly authorized to
represent said corporation in making
this affidavit, and 1 ilo further solemnly
swear that the known
and styled as aforesaid, has not
since the day of nor
at any day nice that date, and is not
now, a member of, or u party to, any
pool, trust, or agreement, combination,
confederation or understanding, with
any other corporation, partnership, in-
dividual. or an* other |wrsoii or associa-
tion of persons torognlateor ti\ the price
of any article of manufacture, mechan-
ism. merchandise, commodity, conven-
ience, repair, any product ot mining, or
any article or thing whatsoever, or the
price or premium to be paid for insuring
property against los« or damage by tire,
ligb'ning, storm, cyclone, tornado or
any other kind of policy issued by the
parties aforesaid, and that It ha* not en-
tered into or become a member of, or a
party to any jtool, trust agreement, con-
tract, combination or confederation, to
tlx or limit the amount of supply or
guaranty of any article of manufacture,
mechanism, merchandise, commodity,
convenience, repair, or any product of
mining or any article or thing whatsoever
or the price or premium to l e paid for
insuring pro|>erty against loss or damage
by tire, lightning, storm, cyclone, torna
do or any other kind of |Killcy issued by
the parties aforesaid.und that it has not
issued, and does not own any trust cer-
tificates, and for any corporation, agent,
officer or employe, or for the directors
or stockholders of any corporation, lias
not entered into, and is not now with
auy combination, contract or agreement
with any person or persons, corporation
or corjKirutious, or with any stockhold-
ers or directors thereof, the purpose
ami effect of which said combination,
contractor agreement, would lie to place
the management or control of such com-
bination or combinations, or the manu-
factured product thereof, in the hands
of auy trustee or trustees, with the in-
tent to limit or fix the price, or lessen
the production and sale of any article of
commerce, use or consumption, or to
prevent, restrict or diminish the manu-
facture or output of uny such article
of commerce, use or consumption, or to
prevent, restrict or diminish the mauu-
facturo or output of any such article;
that it has not entered into any conspir-
acy defined iu the preceding sections
of tlii ■ act, to 'orui or secure
a trust or monopoly in re-
straint of trade; that it has not
been since Jan. 81, A. I) 190(1, and
is not now a monopoly by reason of
any conduct on its part which would
constitute it u monopoly under the pro- |
visions of sections 2, ii, -I. 5, 0. 10
ami lit of this act, and is not
now the owner or lessee of a patent to
any machinery, intended, used or do-
signed for manufacturing any raw ma-
terial or preparing the same for market
by any wrapping, baling or other pro-
cess, and while leaning, routing or oper-
ating the same, refuses or fails to put j
the same on the market for sale, that it
hi's not issued, and does not own any
trust certificates, and has not. for any
corporation or any agent, officer or em-
ploye thereof, or for the directors or
stockholders thereof, entered into and is
not now in any combination, contract,
or agreement with any person or per-
sons corporation or corporations or
with the stockholders, directors or any
officer, agent or employe of any officer,
agent or employe of uny corporation
or corporations the purpose and ef-
fect of which combination, contractor
ugreement would be a conspiracy to de-
fraud as defined in section 1 of this act,
or to create a monopoly as defined in
sections 2, ii, 4, !j, ti, 10 and bf of this
act.
(President. Secretary, Treasurer or Di-
rocti >r )
Subscribed and sworn to before me, a
within and for tho county of..,.,
this.... day of IS...
(Soul.)
And on the rcfu-ial to make oath, in
WW*r-'ii
thereof,such failiir '~..i., ii im piiuiufucio
proof that such incorjHiratcd company
is transacting business in the state of
Texas, and has violated the provisions
of this act every day after the expira-
tion of I!" days from the mulling of said
le'ter of inquiry, the secretary of tho
state shall certify to the prosecuting
attorney of the district or county where-
in said corporation is located, mid it
shall be the duty of such prosecuting
attorney, at his earliest practicable mo-
ment. iu tho name of the state, and at
the relation of said prosecuting attor-
ney, to proceed again.st such corpora-
tion, if a domestic corporation, for the
recovery of the money forfeit provided
for in this act and also for the forfeit-
ure of its i barter or certificate of incur
poration It a foreign corporation, to
pr d against sueii cor]«,ration for the
recovery of the money forfeit provided
foi in tins act, and to forfeit iis right to
do business iu this state, ami provided,
that whatever money, bonds, or other
securities limy be mi deposit in this
state shall remain subject to the decis-
ion of said uirt to secure whatever
pe:ialt'« s or osts that may be adjudged
against said corporation or individual.
It is provided, however, that all parties
making the affidavit provided for in
this section shall be exempt from crim-
inal prosecution for any violation of law
that may be disclosed by such affidavit.
It i - further provided that the secretary
of state shall, from time to time, when
he may have reason to believe that in-
dividual* or partnerships are doing busi-
ness in this statu in violation of this act.
address the letter of inquiry herein
provide 1 for, to such individuals or
partnerships and require of them the
same answer under oath proscribed in
this section for the officers of corpora
tiotis, the affidavit to which must bo
made by the individual addressed or
some member of the partnership ad-
dressed, the form of affidavit herein pre-
scribed, with such changes as may Ite
necessary to make it upplicable to indi-
viduals and partnerships. shall bo in-
closed in said letter of inquiry.
Sec ii. It shall be tho duty of the at-
torney general and the prosecuting at
torney "teach district or county respect-
ively to enforce the provisions of this
act The attorney general and prose-
cuting attorney shall institute and con-
duct till suits begun in the district
courts, and upon appeal said suits in the
courts of civil appeals and supremo
court The prosecuting attorney shall re-
ceive for his compensation one-fourth of
the penalty collected, provided, tile fees
allowed the prosecuting attorney repre-
senting the state, provided for in this
section, shall be over and above the fees
allowed him oy the general fee bill now
in force
c in. .vil actions authorized und
brought under this act shall have prece-
dence on motion of the prosecuting at-
torney or attorney general, of all other
business, civil and criminal, except cases
where the defendant* are in jail.
See. ]l. Each corporation, copartner-
ship. firm or individual who may be the
owner or lessee of a patent to any ma-
chinery, intended. iimhI or designed for
manufacturing any raw materials or
preparing the same for market by auy
wiapping, baling or other process, who
shall lease, rent or operate the same in
their own name and refuse or fail to put
the sume on the market for sale, shall l>e
adjudged a monopoly and subject to all
the pains and (tenuities provided iu this
act.
Sec. is. The sule, delivery or disposi-
tion of uny of the articles, commodities
or things hereinbefore mentioned by any
individual, company or cor|stration
transacting busiu ss contrary to the pro-
visions if this ac., within this state or
elsehore, is hereby declared to be unlaw-
ful und contrary to public jtolicy, and
the purchaser of uny article or commod-
ity from any such offending individual,
company or eorixiration shall not lie lia-
ble for the price of payment, whether
the purchase was made directly from
the individual, company or corporation
so unlawfully transacting business, or
indirecty from one who acted for such
individual, company or corjsiration as
agent, representative, solicitor or can-
vasser; and provided further, thut where
any money or other thing of value is
paid to such individual, company or cor-
poration so unlawfully transacting busi-
ness, its agent, representative, solicitor
or canvasser, the person paying tho same
may recover back the amount of money
or the value of tho thing so paid.
Sec. l!l Tho following corporations,
copartnerships, firms or individuals are
also adjudged a monopoly and subject
to all the pains and penalties provided
in this act.
Every corporation, copartnership, firm
or individuul which may gather items
of news or press dispatches for sale U>
newspapers and which shall refuse to
sell said items of news or press dispatch-
es to more than one newspaper |o a stut-
ed number of inhabitants m liny city,
town or subdivision of tho stuteiif Texas
or within u certain radius of 4'rritory
Kvory association of newspapers form
oil for the purpose of oxcliungi
of news and press dispatches wl
require its members under pai
(citing their membership, thai
not sell to or exchange with lie
not lnemlters of said associa
item or press dispatches.
Sec. 14. The provisions of f
ing sections, and the pains
ties provided for violation
I CI
Governor Savers Approves the Anti-
trust Iti.l as r.isw'tl.
g items
ch may
of fi >r-
they do
spapers
>n any
in ?
to if
>ict
nhall lie held and construe ' 1-
ulutive to all laws now ryTT T %1 p*
state And provided, tin • ' j
ions of this act shall not „ ^ \
punishment or forfeiture JJv/ VII J",
firm, association of person
tion, who may have violati
against any law now in existo
may lie, or may lie construed ti
pealed by t his act or iu confii.
with. And provided further. ti t noth
ing in this act shall be deemed «r c >n
strued to affect any suits or pro ic.i^tiou*
now pending or he«L "♦er to lie i -*
ed upon any causej| ac,;
Oi ItMlllLltV-^iiitl" :.j L
all such rights to iufli',PAU*'
OTHERS APPROVED.
I.lttlo Business Transacted hj the Leg-
islature ami Very Little Mitre
Kxpcctcd before Haul
Adjournment.
Ii*
1
prosecute all such
hereby reserved ti^.ho si.it
re
iin the
same manner and with the s i| b effect
as if this law had not beef passed.
Provided further, that this net shall
take effect from and after Jan., II, A. L>.
r.iuo, T
Sec. 15. Emergency clause, a
Tlif Wurren Kfiiclu
Washington, May ".'-I
Warren arrived at Manir
Austin, May 89.—The Twenty-sixth
legislature adjourned at high noon
Saturday. Tho morning was sptmt in
loitering around waiting for the noon
hour.
Senator Culberson by special request
addressed the house jnst before adjourn-
ment.
Neither the house or senate had a
quorum present, ami many of the mem-
l>ers flocked to the trains to go home as
siton as adjournment was affected.
Austin, May '27. The Texas legisla-
ture will come to a close at noon to-
day. The usual formalities will take
place and the Twenty-sixth session of
the legislature of the state of Texas will
lie adjourned sine die.
The last working (lay of the house
and senate was spent in passing many
bills, some Iteing important.
The following wore passed by the
house.
Senate bill to authorize the superin-
tendent of the state penitentiaries, with
the advice and* consent of the governor,
to sell the state's interests in certain
lands situated iu Maverick "ounty.
Senate bill to fix and define the limi-
tation of time (which is four years),
wherein suits for tuxes may be brought
and to declare that taxes for the recov-
ery of which suit has boon b.'ought
within such time, shall be conclusively
presumed to have been paid and to for
bid any action therefor.
The senate passed the following meas-
ures;
House bill placing Sun Patricio county
under the hog law.
Hill prohibiting gambling in cotton
futures.
Hailey's house bill providing for the
collection of six months' tuxes from the
International and < treat Northern rail
way company, commencing in August
of next year.
The senate concurred iu honse amend-
ments to the bill permitting the railroad
commission to charge for certified cop-
ies of records on file in that department.
House bill by Chi Ids, providing for
the protection of workingtnou by author-
izing the formation of labor unions.
An uiuMtidmont was added by provid-
ing tbiAv is not lawful for members of
liibojj^am^u^ous Utinvudo or truHpasa
the owner thereof.
I>eck^s house bill diminishing the
civil criminal jurisdiction of the
* Senate bill amending the Houston cit r
charter.
Senate bill providing that upon appli-
cation of a majority of the inhabitants
of a municipal corporation having lesa
then I'lO inhabitants an election shall he
held to determine whether or uot the
the said village shall abolish its incorpo-
r V in. was signed
Senate bill providing for the issuance
of process for witnesses residing in the
county befor) the meeting of district
court to testify before the grand jury.
Senate bill amending the stututes ex-
tending the time more than four years
within which letters, testamentary, or
administration may lie tiled iu claims
against the government on account of
occupation of United States troops.
The senate and house held only brief
sessions Thursday. Ilut llttleeffort was
made to transact business. It is proba-
ble that the few imjiortant measures
now pending will be likely left hunging
iu the uir when sine die adjournment
occurs.
The house dually passed tho bill pro-
viding for the removal of the remains of
Stephen F. Austin from Peace Point,
Brazorio county, to the state cemetery
at Austin. There was considerable op-
position manifested to the bill.
The senate passed to third reading the
house bill legalizing labor organizations
It is doubtful whether this measure will
get any further along, owing to the uu
certainty of a quorum iu that Itody
The following bills were passed by
the senate:
Monroe's bill prohibiting the celebra-
tion of marriages without licenses.
House bill fixing the salary of the in-
dustrial manager of tho < irphai. ' home
at $1,100.
House bill placing Sun Patricio coun-
ty under the operation of tho hog law.
House bill allowing contractors con-
structing public buildings 7.~ per cent of
cost us construction progresses.
House bill exempting Harris: county
from t lie operation of a special road low.
House bill piovidiug that cor-mission-
ers' courts shall audit claims for horses
afflicted with glanders ami are con-
demned ami killed.
Tiie impression now is the legislature
will adjourn today at noon.
TREATED SCANDALOUSLY.
Aiiiorictttia After lining <*nt;ht \Vrr«
I'llioii i HI to I'iect'ii.
New York, May 80. A letter received
in Putersou, N. .1 . from Alexander < 'til-
ross. now in the Fourth infantry in tha
Philippines, tells of the tortures inflict-
ed upon captured Americans by the Fil-
ipinos:
"Two of our men," says Culross.
strayed from caiup and did not return.
The next day we found them in the
woods. Their foreheads wore slashed
in the form of a cross, the skulls being
split Tongues and hearts hud been cut
out and their legs hacked to pieces. The
Itoys of the Fourth infantry have re-
solved to give no quarter hereafter, for
th«£ have the conclusion that
l.ittc
en
no disunities. The Wart''"1
San Francisco on April '«.'(•
artillery and a iletachiuenixtra d
total of s'i officers and l-i' m, ^jivi
under command of (tenor ^ ^
< iiivin I.mini* Kit awaij
Te>:arkaiia, Ark . May I I Calvin
I,"ina x. an aged negro, was Ishot five
times in the body here, dying jnstatitly
A young negro was seen retreating very
rapidly from the scene of the shooting
soon afterward and was caiught and
placed in jaii Louiux was prominent
among tho negroes.
In'lhoi* (inlllitK tgli.
Miles City, Mont.. May .'1 —There
are indication* of Cheyenne uprisings.
Armed Indians drove Mrs. Lorain and
child from home, burned hay stacks and
killed some cattle A posse ha- gone to
Lame Door and will undertake to arrest
the Indian-.
slit,I ll r Firth lliislmiul.fi
Pern, lnd May -^t Charles Hutch-
inson. a young man, was shot by his :
wife during a family quarrel at Arcadia \
and instantly killed. The woman plead*
selfdefeiise She i« but 2U years iild and
Hutchinson was her fifth husband.
<'mitrwrt tor (inn stock*.
Monhatii, Tex May 24. The contract,
was let in this city several days ago for
walnut g'in stocks for 15,000 Krag-Jor-
getisen guns for the government, und
walnut logs are coming in from the na-
tion to fill the contract.
it Counterfeit Mirkcil*
Stillwater, (>. T.. May 24 In the
Fnitod States district court here Charles
Blase pleaded guilty to passing a coun-
terfeit nickel and was sentenced to three
years in the penitentiary.
Cutting it Divorce*.
New York, May 24 Hubert L. Cut-
ting has begun a suit for absolute di-
vorce from his wife Minnie Seligman
Cutting liettor known as Minnie .Sdig-
inuii, t he act rcss.
I irittl llrahtt* It* Collier.
Noiinan. <> T . May .'I The infant
child of Mr and Mrs. William Adams
was found dead hi side it- mother
having smothered by becoming cut ui-
gloil in the bed dollies.
county court of ('arson county.
Tompkin's house bill increasing th®
number of students at the Prairie View
from otl to 149 ami providing that the
students shall pay one-third of the ex-
pense, was passed. The bill allows
each member of the legislature the up-
| pointinont of one student.
House bill by Mr. Smith of Grayson,
j appropiiatiug amounts to retire some
j state bonds.
House hill by Mr Chambers, provid-
ing that commissioners' courts shall
audit claims where glandored horses are
condemned and killed.
House bill by Mr Robertson of Hell,
extending the time within which com-
mittees appointed by district judges,
may examine into county finances.
Stone's bill providing paroles for mer*,
itorious convicts.
The governor approved thi bill requir-
ing the county commissioners' court of
any county or city council of any incor-
porated city or town in the state to sub
tnit propositsoiis for the issuance of
bonds to a vote of the qualified taxpay-
ers of such county or incorpi rated city
or town and to repeal the provisions of
all city and town charteis in conflict
therewith.
The governor also signed the Houston
city charter amendment bill, which per-
mits parties to plead limitation in tax
suits.
The reception at the mansion last
night by Governor and Mrs. Savers was
a gorgeous affair. It was complimeu
tary to tho university students, who
were there iu force. The graduating
class of Baylor female college at Helton,
and 2.10 students from the agricultural
and mechanical college at Brian, wori
also in attendance. The c, liege ban
serenaded the governor. A large crow
was present. The decorations we
very pretty. The heads of the depart-
ments ami prominent legislators, were
in attendance.
Austin, May 27.—Governor Sayors has
approved the antitrust bill Many in
only good Filipino Is the dead Filipino.
They can't fight in the often, but steu
on us at night und pick off our men
They seem to be better shots ut night
than in the daylight, "
TREACHEROUS NATIVES.
They IHrtplay it FU|; of True* and
l'lr«« I'pon Aiticfrlrmi**
Manila. May 80. Captain Tilley, of
1 tho signal corps, with a detachment
made up of other members of the corps,
landed at, Kscalante, on the island of
Negri is, to ftick lift and repair the cable.
The natives had a white flair flying over
the cable house when the party landed.
The latter, however, were no sooner on
shore than they were fired upon by the
natives They at once took to tho water
and a number of tlieni were flicked up
by a boat, but Captain Tilley and twu
native men are missing.
General Smith with a detachment of
troops, has started on board a gunboat
to investigate the affair,
The transports Senator and Ohio have
arrived.
General Otis says the campaign
against the Filipino insurgents will l i
prosecuted by the American forces with
the utmost aggressiveness ft tssible dur-
ing the rainy season.
lie will show the insurgents bv vigor-
ous action mi the rivers, lakes and
mountains that their belief tin t their
troops cannot campaign in tho rainy
season is untrue.
FALLING IN LINE.
C'ulmn * olili« r<* (tlvfn? np Tli«lr Aran
and Kri'dlvlng Their I'ny.
Havana, May 80. Fully 100 men with
rifles were waiting in line Monday for
the openingof the office for the payment
of Cuban soldiers who will give up their
arms, there were also present about
eight men with receipts f ir arms deliv-
ered lift to the civil authorities. A ma-
jority of those with rifles say they have
had all the fighting they want and add
quiries have been received here from all the% do not care who takes their
parts of the country us to the provisions
of the bill.
The governor also signed Senator Way-
land's concurrent resolution in regard to
an unsettled claim of $128,1144.41 due by
the United States in favor of Texas.
This claim reaches buck before the
civil war and was acknowledged more
than once to be good and reasonable. It
refers to money spent by the state of
Texas in defense of the frontier and re
polling Indian incursions.
The resolution prohibits the payment
of any fee or commission for collet ting
the luonev from the government.
The following bills w ere a Is j signed b)
the governor;
arms so long as they receive their $7. .
It is probable payment will continue
here all day owing to the fact that it
takes some time to look tip each man's
record.
Advices from Cienfuegos say the re-
ports under date of May 1.1 of rioting
on the part of the Cuban dock laborers
has t>een exaggerated, that not over a
dozen men were engaged and that only
one man was wounded, instead of ona
man Itesng killed and seven wounded tt*
first reported.
)ltilIro««<l Ordered Hold.
i incimmti Muy HO Thnmp*
sou of flu* I'uittul State* tV'iirt hu« or*
dored th sale of the Baltimore and Uhiu
Southwestern road.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 3, 1899, newspaper, June 3, 1899; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205450/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.