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TEXAS
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• HAVE SERVICE AT ONCE
Fact That Few Mert Can
Walt With Patience for Tele-
phone Answer.
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Why Is it that when a man has to
for "Central’* to answer him
heeia minutes? Many a busy
will wait minutes for anything
Hlft never turn an eyelash. But
when he faces that?" formidable gutta
fear on the w$ll, when he
in vain for “What number.
$*;-;of the telephone girl, he
all his patience. With his par
go his temper and his man*
t 1
BtiTely obvious
has
it? The reason is compara-
to one who analyzes
the problem. People sre not accus-
tomed to delay at the telephone. Cus-
us all in its deadly grip. Any
from custom affronts those
lc nerve cells of ours which
ns that a discussion from the
track leads us into unknown
terrors. Of course, these world-old in-
stincts are dying, bat they still pos-
1 ^M^force enough to render a change
Men are used to waiting for others.
delay in a bank or store
wrath. But men—and wom-
not accustomed to delay
telephone service. They are
the quick, cheery inquiry
JlPjaost .instantly fol-
i the first call. The unwonted
thus makes the busy man
leads him to needless expend!*
valuable temper and to equal*
(Venting of his anger in
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Safe to Hold Radium.
,t Is described by its makers,
the most ingenious safe ever con-
has just been completed by
company of London for the
corporation. The prob-
to the manufacturers
only to construct a safe that
d defiance to burglars, but
would at the same time prevent
" ..... win pass through
and hardest steel. For
er coffer of this
of lead three Inches
rttkift a burglar-proof
There are many other spe-
w including a meat^ of col*
i the radium emanations before
of the safe is de-
of radium.
The total
. reason the ton,
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Practical.
who contends
value or artistic verity.
was showing her, to-
ll several American tourists,
y*s dressing-room especially
ad her—the rare mellow
1 usly rich with intricate carv-
the exquisite narrow windows
-- ■»'—^ Resign.
One of the Americans, evidently a
middle-aged man of business, poked
fUs nope into the room and out again.
§£ *Whose did you say? Darnley’s?
? Humph? Very poor
shaving.**—Harper’s.
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p? /; Well Shooter Blown to Atoms.
A terrible fate was that of Charles
oil well shooter, living in
Bn, whw was blown to
by an explosion of nitro-glycer-
Key was shooting s well about
> later a terrific explosion
miles around was heard
as*
k " In-
ed a mammoth hole
and nothing but small
atoms of the man and horses could ba^ct whlcl» has caused such a commo-
*«“«*• It is thought that the man
f dropped a can of liquid while unload*
fng his wagon at the magazine, as he
had not used the entire contents of his
load st the well. I '
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Strangs Death.
would seem that there are still
__________of death wMch have not
aa yet come within the scope of the
* * Stan's ob*#Vafhm—certainly
tffThls registration. Thus we read
of a man la a southwestern city who
died as the result of having trumped
his partner’s see. And one of our eon-
who la more sophlsd*
in these scatters than we are,
upon the incident, re-
rr-i.in. .'that there Is Only one thing
that Is more positively fatal than
trumping your partner's ace, and that
is tickling the hind legs of a mule.
So far as we are able to learn,'careful
and complete prophylaxis is the only
effective preventive.
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A Model.
“So yog think Mr. Meekton is a
model husband,” said the new member
of the society.
“I do,” answered Mrd. Voteby Qumm.
•Me is studying stenography so as to
help bis wife with her suffrage
GOV. CAMPBELL CALLS
SPECIAL LEGISLATURE
to ENACT A LAW REPEALING
LAW MADE BY THIRTY-FIRST
LEGISLATURE.
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TO CONVENE JULY 10,1910
TEXAS GETS 20 NEW BUILDINGS
This Is the Third Omnibus Bill Whiclj
Mr. Sheppard Has Helped Frame.
Also Adequate Law Preventing Dis-
crimination By Insurance
Companies.
Austin, Texas: The Executive Of-
fice, State of Texas, Austin: I, T.
M. Campbell, Governor of the State
of Texas, by virtue of authority vested
in me by the Constitution, do hereby
call a special session of the Thirty-
First Legislature”* to convene in the
city of Austin,/Tex., beginning at 2
o’clock p. m., July 19, 1910, for the
following purposes, to-wit:
1. To enact a law repealing the
law enacted by the Thirty-First Leg-
islature at its first called session,
known as Chapter 18 and entitled:
“An act providing conditions upon
which fire insurance companies shall
transact business in this state and
providing for the regulation and con-
trol of rates of premiums on fire in-
surance and to prevent discrimina-
tjw therein and to create Fire Insur-
ance Rating Board, to provide penal-
ties for violations of this act
2. To enact adequate laws pre-
venting discriminations by fire insur-
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Governor Tom M. Campbell.
anee companies and to prevent com-
binations between such companies, td
destroy competition in fire insurance
rates in Texas and to provide penal-
ties therefor and to provide .namMor
the enforcement of such laws?
3. To consider and act upon such
other matters as may hereafter be
presented by me, pursuant to Sec. 10,
Art III., q| the Constitution of the
•State of Texas.
In testimony whereof I have set my
hand and cause the seal of the State
lo be affixed at Austin, Tex.,
the 15th day of June, A. D. 1910.H
|||7. M. CAMPBELL,
Governor of Texas.
Wv B, TOWNSEND,
:;'f • " Secretary of State.
Many motives are attributed to the
executive and taking up the last par-
agraph of the call first, a statement of
the utmost importance and one which
will create ar sensation over the state
is that the Gtyemor contemplates
submission in his special session in
a way not yet dreamed of by the gen-
eral public.
He has remarked that there was a
vast difference between amending the
Constitution and an amended Consti-
tution and that it required only a
majority vote of a regular or special
session to provide for an amended
Constitution and not the two-thirds
vote of a regular session to submit a
constitutional amendment.
Reverting to the first two para-
graphs of the call their purpose Is
evident, being -to correct the present
IBrauJteiing Board law, to repeal the
A Change.
“Papa, dess a hyphen change the
totalling of anything?”
with a hyphen you can change
a fine-tooth con|h into a\flne tooth-
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tUm and adopt another in its pldce
which Will have the desired effect, and
also to prevent insurance companies
from corabinii^Lto fix rates
It wifi taka several days to accom-
plish all of this, posBibly complica-
tions may arise and more time than
la anticipated will be com tmec
$U«M)00 FOR TEXAS BUILDINGS
Oklahoma Will Probably Get $50,000
More for Seme Purpose.
Washington: The program of the
leaders of Congress is that the House
Committee on Public Buildings shall
report out & public buildings bill
which shall be passed under a suspen-
sion of the rules, after a two-hours’
debate. The Revisionary Committee,
which has the Texas items In charge,
will meet and settle these items, it
Is expected that Texas will get about
$1,200,000. Oklahoma will get about
$1,250,000._
Good Prices for Fruit.
Tyler: Not in several years hate
the fruit and truck men received such
fine prices for early peaches and to-
matoes as they are receiving this sea-
son, Tomatoes have not sold for less
than 55c per crate for a single car. and
in moat instances they have brought
from 65c to 70c. This is for four-bas-
ket crates, which is equivalent to
about $1.65 per bushel. At this rate
tomatoes realize the growers very
handsome profit. An ordinary field
should yield from 250 to 306 bushels
per acre.
Washington, D. C.: When the
House Committee on Public Buildings
reports its bill, Texas, it is under-
stood, will receive in the bill substan-
tially the following items:
Clarksville, postoffice building on
site already purchased, $45,000.
Paris, separate annex on present
site for postoffice purposes, $100,000.
Weatherford, postofflee building oa
site already purchased, $65,000.
Bryan, postoffice building and site,
$50,000.
Austin, postoffice building on site al-
ready purchased, $210,000.
Brownwood, postoffice building on
site already purchased, $7$,Q$0.
Belton, site $5,000.
Marlin, postoffice building on site al-
ready purchased $45,000.
El Paso, site for customs house,
courts and other Federal offices. $60,-
000.
Longview, building and site, $50,000.
Wichita Falls, addition to present
building, $25,000.
Ennis, postofflee building and site,
$50,000.
Magphall, postoffice building on site
already purchased, $65,000.
Huntsville, site, $5,000.
Cuero, postoffice building on site al-
ready purchased, $46,000.
Yoakum, site. $5,000.
Uvalde, postofflee building and site,
$50,000.
Eagle Pass, addition to present
building. $25,000.
Denison, addition to present build-
ing, $40,000.
Galveston, addition to present build-
ing for courts, customs, etc., $90,000.
The total for Texas is $1,100,000.
Mr. Sheppard, the Texas member of
the committee* has labored earnestly
for all parts of the State and the re-
sult is practically the largest for any
State outside of Illinois and Okla-
homa. This is the third omnibus
building bill which Mr. Sheppard has
helped to frame during his service in
Congress, obtaining each time in the
neighborhood of $1,000,000
State.
This bill will also carry the follow-
ing items for Oklahoma:
Kingfisher, $50,000; Blackwell, $50,-
000; Ardmore, $150,000; El Reno,
$100,000; Oklahoma City $130,000 (ad-
ditional); Lawton, $130,000; Musko-
gee. $60,000 (additional); Guthrie
$125,000 (increase).
HAPPY DAYS
(Copyright. 1910.>
THE COURT APPROVES AWARDS
Land Company Gets $199,000 for Ele-
phant Butte Dam 8ite.
El Paso, Texas: In the District
Court at Socorro, N. M., Judge M, ,C.
Mechem approved the award by- the
Board of Appraisers of $199,000 to t£e
Victoria Land and Cattle Company for
the site of the Elephant Butte itw
and authorized the Government te
take immediate possession. The last
Obstacle is thus removed from the
progress of the Government^ project
and work will be resumed immediate*
iy.
Jefferson City, Mo., June 21.—Attor-
ney General Major has instituted ous-
for his- ter proceedings aganist five meat pack-
ing companies by filing quo warrahto
Information in the Supreme Court.
The companies attacked are Armour
Packing Company, Morris & Company,
Swift & Company, Hammond Packing
Company and the St. Louis Dressed
Beef and Provision Company.
The Armour, Swift and Morris com-
panies are charged with violating the
anti-trust law and conspiracy, and the
JEIammond and St, Louis Dressed Beef
and Provision Company, as subsidiary
companies of thek National Packing
Company, with conspiracy to control
business in Missouri for the five com-
panies named.
Two petitions filed asked that the
corporations be excluded from all cor-
porate rights, their licenses be for-
feited and all or such portions of their
property as the court may deem prop-
er be confiscated, or in lieu thereof,
that fines be imposed.
NEGRO BURNED AT* STAKE.
Charged With Terrible Crime, Citizens
Take Brute From Officers.
Rusk, Tex.: Sheriff Norwood re-
ceived a phone message from Lone
Star, a village about fifteen miles east
of here, that Miss Maudie Redden, the
17-year-old daughter of W. H. Redden,
Constable of the Lone Star precinct,
was found on the roadside dead with
her throat cut from ear to ear. A negro
man, arrested by the Sheriff and charg-
ed with the crime, was taken by a
mob of citizens and tied to a stake
and burned to death.
MARRIED WOMEN S CONTRACTS
Cannot Hold Office of County Superin-
tendent, Says Attorney-General.
Henderson. Tex.: On account of the
ruling of the Attorney General’s of-
fice that a married woman could not
hold the office of County Superintend-
ent, because she had no legal right to
make a contract, and consequently
could uot execute a bond, Mrs. Irene
Gaston, who has been making an ac-
tive canvass as a candidate for super-
intendent of the county, announces
her withdrawal from the race.
$4,500,000 CONCERN FOR TEXAS
Permitted to Enter State—Headquar.
ters at Marshall.
Austin: The Secretary of Stats
granted a permit to do business in
Texas to the Arkansas Natural Gas
Company of Wilmington, Del., which
will have its principal Texas office at
Marshall and has a capital stock of
$6,500,000. This company holds leases
on lands In Bowie, Cass, Harrison, Ma-
rion and Panola Counties.
Graduated Land Tax.
Guthrie,' Ok.: The graduated land
tax pending in the Federal Court was
enacted by the First Legislature, seek-
ing to impose an additional tax upon
such persons as own land in excess
of 320 acres, and of a value greater
than $12,800. The tax is in addition
to ad valorem taxes, being graduated,
the rate being increased as the hold-
ings increase. Under the law the Tax
Assessor is required to ask of each
person liable for the tax a sworn state-
ment of their land holdings and tax-
able values thereon.
MISSOURI TO OUST
PACKING PEOPLE
FIVE BIG COMPANIES ARE AT-
TACKED AND FORFEITURE OF
LICENSES IS DEMANDED.
CONSPIRACY IS THE CHARGE
Petitions Ask That Concerns Be Ex-
cluded From All Corporate Rights
By the Supreme Court.
MOODY LEAVES SUPREME BENCH
II! Health and Age Causes Retirement
On Full Pay. !
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Washington: Having appointed two
Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United States in a little more than
the first year of his administration,
President Taft now will be called upon
to fill a third vacancy in that body.
Justice Moody of Massachusetts, long
unable to sit with his associates be-
cause of rheumatism, is to retii£. This
action on his part was forecasvfit the
time of the selection of Governor
Hughes to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Justice Brewer. Inti-
mation that Justice Moody would re-
tire, if the way was cleared, was con-
tained in a letter received by Sen-
ator Lodge. Since Justice Moody is
not 70 years old and has not served
ten yefirs, he can not retire except
under a special act Such a bill has
been Introduced in the Senate by Sen-
ator Lodge.
LIQUOR DRINKING ON DECREASE
Expenditure for Alcohol Falls Millions
in Two Years.
New York: Government statisticians
have figured that the nation gradual-
ly is becoming sober. Within the last
two years the people of the United
States have lessened their expendi-
ture for alcoholic beverages by a sum
estimated to he $110,185,600. Notwith-
standing this the country’s drink bill
for the last year was $1,681,135,445.
According to the Bureau of Statistics
and prices quoted in the current issue
of the American Grocer every man.
woman and child in^thls country last
year spent $19.43 for alcoholic bev-
erages and each consumed nearly 22
gallons of spirits, wines and cigars.
Since the experts figure sixty drinks
to each "gallon there were 1,320 drinks
for each inhabitant in the year. This
would give to each man, woman and
child nearly four drinks a day.
HEAT CLAIMS MORE VICTIMS
In Four Days, In Chicago, Heat Kills
Twenty-One Persona.
Chicago, III.; The death-dealing hot
wave which has been sweeping over
Chicago has claimed eight more vic-
tims. This made a total of twenty-
one who have died either directly or
indirectly as a result of the torrid
weather in the last four days.
RIO GRANDE FOR IRRIGATION
Would Use River for Irrigation Instead
of Navigation.
Washington: The problem to turn
the Rio Grande into a series of reser-
voirs for the purpose of storing enough
water to irrigate 1,000.000 acres of
semi-arid land on the Texas and Mex-
ican sides of the Rio Grande, from Del
Rio to Brownsville, will be presented
to President Taft by Census Super
visor Lawrence E. Bennett of Mission,
Hidalgo County, and Representative
Garner of that Congressional district.
This can be accomplished only through
a new treaty ■pith Mexico permitting
the use of the Rio Grande for irriga-
tion, instead of for navigation, as now
provided. The whole matter Is fully
set out in a memorial prepared by the
Mission Truck Growers’ association of
Mission, Texas, which, among other
things, sets out the following: “We
favor the abrogation of the present
treaty with Mexico which establishes
the Rio Grande aa a navigable river
and the utilization of ail the waters
of that river above Brownsville for ir-
rigation purposes and. its abandon-
ment for navigation west of Browns-
ville.
PARTY GOES TO FROZEN NORTH
Steamship Boethrc Departs On Trip to
Arctic Region.
Boston, Mass.: Carrying a bounti-
ful supply of trinkets and gumdrops
for this igloo dwellers of the frozen
Nortli, the steamship Boethic, charter-
ed by Harry Whitney of New Haven,,
Conn., and Paul JL Rainey of Cleve-
land, Ohio, for a hunting expedition in
the Arctic, has sailed from South
Boston.
The Boethic is under the command
of CapL Robert Bartlett, who made
the trip with Peary. Others on the
steamer were Dr. M. J. Johnson of
Lexington, Ky, and Hugh M. Inman of
New York.
Speculation as to whether Mr. Whit-
ney would attempt to recover the rec-
ords said to have been left by Dr. Fred-
erick A. Cook at Etah remained un-
satisfied because of the (last word of
Capt. Bartlett, who said with a smile:
"We probably will not bother to take
the time to hunt up Cook’s records.
CUSTOMS OFFICER CETSJSIOO^OO
Uncovered Frauds Against Govern-
ment by Big Sugar Company.
Washington: Richard Parr of New
York, who In his capacity as a cus-
toms officer, made the discovery
which uncovered the gigantic frauds
against the Government by the Amer-
ican Sugar i Refining Company, has
been awarded $100,000 for that ser-
vice. His case has been pending be-
fore the Treasury Department ever
since the Government began to force
money from the “sug^r trust” in mil-
lion-dollar amounts In settlement of
its claims. Parr, who is modest put
earnest, asked for recognition under
the Federal statute which gives a pro-
portion of the money thus returned to
the Government to the man bringing
about the restitution.
TAFT SIGNS RAILROAD BILL
Some of the Chief Features of the New \
Measure.
Washington: President Taft hae
signed the railway bill at the White
House, returning from Villa Nova. The
house of representatives had adopted
the conference reports, and the meas-
ure was at the White House awaiting
his signature when Jie arrived. - After
speeches of approval for the meas-
ure, even from some of the members,'
who, from political faith, were bound to>
vote against ^t. the house accepted the
report by\?®Yita voce vote.
The chifef features of the bill as
agreed on in conference, in addition
to those already alluded to, are those
giving the Interstate Commerce Com]
mission the right to initiate investiga-j
tions into the reasonableness of rates
and the right to suspend proposed in*
creases of rates for a period of ten}
months while Investigating their rea-
sonableness.
Placing on the railroads instead of
on the shipper the burden of pro#? as
to the reasonableness of rates. < -
The Icing and short haul clause*
which as adopted in conference follow#
the House instead of the Senate bilL
Increasing the general powers of the
Interstate Commerce Commission over
the operations of interstate carriers.
Forbidding railroads in competition
with water routes from raising rate#
after having once reduced them with-
out first getting the. sanction of the'
Interstate Commerce Commission, sd ’
as to guard against redactions of rates
for the purpose of killing off water
competition.
Forbidding Federal Courts from en-
joining the enforcement of State Laws
without due notice and hearing.
Placing telegraph and telephone!
companies under the interstate com-
merce law^, whereby they will be conH
pelled to stop Issuing franks.'
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TAFT SIGNS STATEHOOD BILL
Congratulates Citizens of Two Terri-
tories On Their Success.
Washington: President Taft slzned
the statehood
Postmaster
Beveridge, chairman of Senate Com-
mittee on Territories; Representative!' \
President Taft signed!
ed|biU in the-presence of
General Hitchcock, Senator
Hamilton, chairman of the House Com-
mittee on Territories; Delegate Cam-
eron of Arizona, Delegate Andrews of
New Mexico and several others. V ■*;
‘ Two pens were used In affixing the;
signature.
"Approved, William H<” was
with a solid gold peh made to order
Postmaster General Hitchcock,
has done much hard work ip
the bill through. "Taft” was
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STORM IN NEW YORK KILLS TEN
Scores Are injured and Property Dam-
age Heavy.
New York: Ten persons met death,
scores were Injured, thousands were
given a bad fright and great property
loss resulted from an almost tropical
storm which swept New York and vi-
cinity late Saturday afternoon. Six
persons were drowned from overturned
craft and the others were killed by
falling trees and smokestacks. A num-
ber of the injured will die.
Eight Are Indicted.
New York: The Government came
out in the open in its attempt to prove
that manipulating the cotton market
is against the law. James A. Patten
of Chicago and several lesser figures
in the speculative field have been In-
dicted, charged witlr* conspiracy in re-
straint of trade ui^der the Sherman
anti-trust law. The indictment was
returned by a special Federal Grand
Jury and handed up before Judge
Hough in the United States Circuit
Court. Five of those indicted gave
bond in the sum of $5,000.
WILLIAM J. MILLS.
Governor of New Mexico.
with a big eagle feather pen,
by Delegate Andrews, and "June
1910,*’ was written with the gold
After signing the bill the —
congratulated the citizens of the Ter-
ritories who were present and was "
heartily congratulated by then).
Washington: The; Senate unani , i
mously, though nevertheless grudging-
ly, voted* to give Arizona and; New
Mexico statehood., The-gift, however,
was hedged about with such condi
tions as to make it entirely possible
for the Territories not to be admitted
into the Union for at least a year er
more.
PROPOSES AIRSHIP FAST MAIL
Postmaster General Authorized to In-
vestigate Aeroplane.
Washington: Representative Morris
Sheppard of Texas put In his bid for
the title of “Father of the Aeroplane
Fast Mail Service,” when he intro-
duced a bill authorizing th^ Postmas-
ter General to investigate the prac-
ticability of an aeroplane mail route
out of Washington. The bill stands
jy
Congress meets next December, and
by that time so Representative Shep-
pard figures, there wlll probably have . '
been several transcontinental flights
and may be a trip across the ocean,
and then Congress will be ready to .
consider an aeroplane fast mall ser-
vice.
TEXAS WHEAT IS FINE GRADE
SV»v
Several Cars Received In Dallas
at 85c.
Dallas: Several ear loads of new
wheat have been received during the
last two or three days by the dealers.
The wheat coming in this year is said
to be the best marketed for a num-
ber of years. Indications are that a
large crop of wheat has been made
this year in Texas. The Dallas quo-
tations are 85c per bushel.
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