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RIVER REPORTS
' Crest of the Rise in the Colorado
' ' Is Now at Columbus.
BRAZOS WITHIN BANKS
Large Acreage Which Has Been In-
undated Will Have to Be Re-
planted Leon's Waters Are
Now Going Down.
River Bulletin.
River Siars. In 1-rct and Tenth..
y i olli ni rulMn tune.)
f -. ! Stan-.. Rain-
Stations .-1jk"- b a in. 'Change. UU.
Trinitv river
Dallas 2.1 32 4 0 8 K
Kn trsi I . . 4 21 U --Oft 00
Labem . . . 24 IX . -30
Braxoi ii' ci
Koppcil . . . I 2 0 9 00
Waco. 22 13 4 4 7 Oo
Valley .1 41 37 4 0 0 - OO
Colorado 1 1 v i
Ballinj-.t 21 OH 0 1 OO
Marl... J'.i 1 30 ft 7 - 7 B 0
Austin is H : - 10 3 K)
Columbus .24 33 0 0 .00
Twenty four hours.
Houston Pst Special.)
BAT CITY Texas. April a. The Colo-
rado river at thl pi are reached the dan-
ger BtRK 1 to t Jilf afternoon nnd stremi-
ous efforts are now belli; exerted to pro-
tect this tow n against u possible over-
flow. Jt was mh'M Iy ti o'clock that the
levee was In danger of tflvng away be-
fore the heavy pressure of the great tor-
rent of water and a large force of men
was quickly asi-m bled f .r the purpose
of rvinfoi clng and strengthening It. So
effective has th- wt k l.'-n so far that it
is believed timifc'M that the levee will re-
sist the flood hut the fore at work will
be augments. Sunday and the efforts to
avert un overflow run tinned until nil
danger is past
The Santa 1- mil mud Is co-operating
In this defensive work and has providej
a train for the transportation of men and
material from the i-it tu the river
Leon Valley Getting Clear.
(Houston Post Special )
TEMI'LK 'IYxh.v April 2Tv.-The wor-rt
of the flood in tiif lyi.-on river vally n-w
appeals to !. o.-r. and the river 1m rapid-
ly assuming normal conditio) id. having
dropped about fifteen feet lust night and
Is now wi I !: In 1 1 .s h.i n ks mm' rtirr Th3
worst dunuige In'lh'if.l In ttm po-st twenty-four
hours w u tiit Mahout of forty
feet of t ! e.ifctrrn e'pr"ni h to the
-ounty w aon br i lg--. uiiiiix of that
method oj . . limn 1 j ni--a! Ion tie; ween Te;n -plo
and Hilton. '1'Ke wapiti bridge was
condemned Hotrn tnonthh uk and a con-
tract iet lor a new hrldgo in a different
lucatluii The daiiiai w ill not be re-
paired. The Missouri. Kaunas and Tex ad
railway U now operating train ivgularlV
Into Helton Ttu- Santa l'e rail way is
making little h. adway In repairing
daniiiK'' hitil t- 'l on Its tro'k. hh the work
1 Wasl.i 'I "mI a.- f.it us .oiupleted. 1.
will l- .unl.i.v n.Kiit 1 fore Santa Fa
trains can K't Into Helton from this sldn
of the river Tin- Temple water works
I'UnipltiK tat:on Is now out of tb water
and fi.
has been rewuined In tills
city.
Damage Near Calvert.
iHouil n I' st pt )
CAl.VKK T. T.-xas. April If.. From the
best lnf"i imitinn within reach and from
talking with a few w ll Informed fanners
this correspondent alhera the following
fart us to the damage done by the re-
cent rise In the Hlg and Llttl" Hrazoa
river - adj.o . rit o th:s place: Koine sev-
eral ntindrod ncrvs of land in cotton here
has been suhinei gi-d and nioie or less In
jured much f It will have to te replant
J. whil- al' kinds
f pr
Picts ilantwl In
low lar.ds on t n
from overfi"w I h
nipht bus id mat
situation except to
t'TH have huffered
rain of Thursday
iu.i v t hat.gcd ttm
render Hie (ground
more tii'ist and ire . nt Its i ultlvatlun.
S'iilo ti. : io.ss bat MO'ii s -ilous. It can bo
overcome as t he crops as a whole are
much further ad vam-ed t hiui for several
jeur i.'i it t i.e t .i in w til not Interfere
In a snort nine they will assume their
regular '-w.d-.t : .n. and tin- re. ent mishaps
will not he reuardtl as no very serluua.
At a Standstill at Navasota.
I Hcustn I it Sf i
N A V A Si i a. Ttxu s.Aprll 25. -Urr
news this afternoon seems to be largely
opinion and bangs between a slight rise
to a stand The fact developed being
that 1 1 i prnctl. ally at and and looked
to be falling S iii luy The . ..millions hero
are lo-l 1 t the .Navasota river to a large
degre. Ih.:e Was probably a three lii. ii
rise bet we. ii hero and Allenfarm last
nlgl.l. tut ti.it noted souib of -Nuvuaota
was c.nsider.i more The bottom
Boiilhw.ir.; d--. aia'i-d lA .-ry fanner
will r- -l.m i oi nt un- . but tn. mat -
ter oi -..d u. gi..ng to le u ery great
i Item
$ It Is rep. t t bat "oh-n"! John I
f- f.io i i.ri" lo J t s "1 I on on at A 1 1 to i
farm this w k by b-illdlng a lever and
keeping It mni fot ubue Ha river
Brazos River at Hempstead.
tHvujtor I it .Sfrn.iV )
HEMTSTKAIi
Braxus river Is -considerable
(in tn
bottom Ther
acres of ctt.n n
there is no t.-U:
8om' of it. fan
on ac. ..Tint i
weatt.ri 1 1 .11 r t::e
!f the wt. r g.
four ua s T p a;
A pe. ulnti - .-
young no : '.:
T. a. is. April 2C. The"
H.I 1 1 ing and U doing
ig.- to the crops in the
un' ni proximately 1!00
. r - .ii t under wafer and
'x w ) ern It will Ft op
i h. t m to t bink t hat
(. omparat cly cool
1 'tton will not t.A hurt
off 1 1 1 Hm next 1 hree or
el . i .i)R are doing fine
b -g bus Rttack-d the
s and Is destroying
them rii idi
o seems to know
What to do with the pest.
The Rise at Columbia
(J7.-i4.r- n '.-.r Special.)
COLUMHIA. Ti'mh April X.-The
Brasos river at place rose about
five In' Ties in t . ' o k water in ten hours
nl Is still rl-.-.y Ad low lards are
being cuv.r-d -i y f.st. The water Is
over the awn-.i.- 4. a-l:i.g to West Colum-
bia for tbiee-i. rt: s : a mile. All crops
and ganb-ns w;::. i.-u ex'-eptlons ar un-
fier water 1 ' . wn. r nus about fifteen
Inches of being- un i.Jb as November.
J907. The pKm kn.n la..- almost all ntock
driven out of t ! o h. .t i i
ti and no damage
id garden truck.
to far only to crops i:
The Brazos at Velasco.
(lioust.-n ft1 r. . i il )
VET-ASCO. Texas. Apni 'S. -The Hrazos
tm bank full here bui n.r -t runninn
OTST. It ha risen very slowly hei e and
- If the accounts from ab e are 1 1 i it
y. tehows Itself mighty stubborn In gidng
out In the bottoms as heretofore The
cleaning out of the river of drl fts and
' ' fnags has had a wonderful effect upon
riV the stream.
New Mark at West Toint.
( Houston Vot Spe i.il. )
"WEST miNT. Texas. April 20.- The
Colorado river b-ero Is twenty eight feet
ibove low water mark the highest elnce
1900 when tho Austin dam broke. All
jtha low bottom farms are under water.
Wo have had no raltis since last Sunday
ajMl only good rains then crops are fine
fjjftcopt that portion overflowed.
Cotton Crop Badly Damaged.
V Houston Post Special.)
- TfA-ORAN;K- Teas. AprtI 2T The
pbkfftdo fiver had risen to thirty-two
gtJtili0 Otrnoon at 6 o'clock and was
itUl tiottltf Very slowly. Tha riae during
Vfrt llAJt AttkOVtod to only oua and ono-
'''7 j ':?.?
half feet. W. H. Thomas a cotton
planter said this afternoon that about
twenty acres of his cotton land Is under
water. Some of the other ; Her farrna
are slightly Inundated but It is expected
that the waters will recede tonight The
recent rains have done a grrat desJ of
damage to the cotton crop.
Eaglc Lake Farms Inundated.
Houston p9tt Spectai
EAGLK LAKE. Texas. April R The
Post correspondent has Just returned
from the river it Is very high aod a
number of lowland liver farms are under
water.
Algenon Horbert a well known young
farmer from down on the rl er oatd be
had 1 tiO acres of coro covered bi.tlrely
with water.
Brazos Getting Into Bank.
(Houston Pujt Special.)
IIEARNi:. Texas. Apprll 2t.-Both the
Hlg and Kittle Urazoe rivers are reported
to be tilo w i fulling and the rivers will
gradually m I within their tuiks within a
Few days If tb-ie Is no more rainfall.
A large a resign of cotton ajid corn will
have to bo rep .anted.
Water in Little River Receding.
Houston I'vit S penal )
CAMERON . Tex ts. April . -There has
been no rain sin e Thursday night and
this la a beautiful. iear day The water
In Little river U re-e. ling and by tomor-
row morning it wi.I be lit banks aaln.-
Damage to Bottom Farm.
BMITHMLLK. Texas. April 26. After
reaching a height ot t went) -sven feet
the Colorado river at this point began
lulling this morning gull.' an amount of
damuo was duiie to the bottom farms.
MAY INCUR KLAVY PENALTIES
By Failure to Make Report Under
Gross Receipts Tax Law.
Houston Post SftiMi )
AUSTIN Texas April 26.-J. J. Averltt
of the tax department of the comptroller a
office said today .
"It seems that a number of individuals
firms and corpof attuns aubj t tu Lhe
H russ receipts lax will allow penalties
to accrue against them for f all ure lo
make report and pay the tax within the
time prescribed by law.
"These reports showing gro. receipts
of January Frbrua ry and March were
due April 1 and must under the law be
llled In the comptroller's department dur-
ing April. The same rules gov ern the
payment of the tax except that the law
makes It payable to the State treasurer
"While these reports ami payments are
due on April 1 and thirty das are al-
lowed theieaffor in which to make same
the law is very specific In Its requirements
that said reports and payments be made
within such thirty days.
"Hut a few days remain tn which to
comply with the law without Incurring
penalties atid about 2U0 have so far failed
to report."
UPHOLDS CHAIRMAN LYON.
Deposing of William White Was in
Accordance With State Law.
(Houston Post Special. )
AUSTIN Texas. April 25. The attorney
general's department today upheld Colo-
nel Cecil A Lyon chairman of the State
republican executive committee. In depos-
ing William White of Austin as chairman
of the Tenth congressional district for
the reason that he was not a count y
halrman In this district The opinion
cites that the district rointnltK must be
composed of the chiUrtnen of tho countb'S
which compose the district and that tho
com ml t tee ehvt one of themselves as
chairman consequently It Is necessary
under the election law that the congres-
sional chairman shall also be a county
chairman.
Corporations Paid Taxes.
Houston Post Special.)
AUSTIN Texas. April 26 Among the
corporations remitting their gross receipts
taxes for the quarter ending June 80 to
the comptroller today were the following:
Hun I'lpe Line company of Heaumont. tax
M4 0" Hun company of Beaumont tax
417 Tti. Lailas Consolidated Klectrlo Street
Hailwny ompany of Dallas tax $74fc.33;
Hapld Transit Hallway company of Dal-
las (ax Jlv Lallas Klectrlc Light and
l'ower company of I 'alias tax $tC.o7
Metropolitan Street Hallway compuny of
LaJlas. tax L.M 39.
THE AUDITORIUM AT DENVER
Will Seat Nearly Fourteen Thou-
sand People.
Houston Post Speiiat.)
DFNVLU. Colo.. April 26.- Plana for
seats In the new auditorium which Is now
Hearing completion have been sent by
Secretary Mills of the I en ver chamber
of co mnier e and convention league to
Secretary Prey Wend son of t demo-
ratlc National committee for guidance In
making seat lng art anements for the
democratic National convention which
meets in Lenver July 7. There are ll.E&l
hairs shown In the plans and by plac-
ing chairs In the aisles or In the space Jft
for standing room It will be possible to
f-eal H.Ooa people. This is a greater seat-
ing capacity than that of the Chicago
' olleum. th Madison Hquare Garden in
w V ork or the Mnnnon tabernacle In
S.i.i Pake City.
FOR Y. LI. C. A. SWIMMING POOL
Campaign to B Inaugurated at Pal-
estine to Raise $5000.
Houston Post Specuil.)
PALKSTINK. Texas. April 25. Interna-
tional Secretary Hamilton of the Young
Men's Christian Association Is here from
New York and in the past few days has
arranged fur a campaign to raise $5000
for a swimming pool for the local rail-
road asocial Ion.
Next Monday headquarters will he
opened downtown and captains nf the va-
i ous working teams will report daily
progress made by their respective t'-ains.
The members are very much ent h uHd
especially ho as n prominent citizen In the
Ftart pledged $1000 If the lioys rah" the
other $4oiO In two weeks. Something llko
P.iOo Is now In the treasury and tben- U
no question of the balance being raised.
Brightwell Quits Railroading.
(Houston Post 5frtoL)
VELASO . Texan. April 26. flunerln-
fendent C IP Hrlghtwell has tendered
1 Is reslgnat Ion as superintendent of the
Houston and Hrazos Valley rallrond. and
has Kone to Port Lavaca where lie has
mnde a deal with the Uentry LTsh and
yster company where he becomes a
Mockholder and working member of ho
t on i pan y. No successor to Mr. 1 '.t I ght -well
has yet been selected by "lener.il
MuniLger Jackson.
No Graduating Class at Alvin.
f Houston I'ost Spettal.)
ALVIN. Texas. April '& Th Alvin
public school closed yesterday after a
most succeKsfnl term of eight months.
There were no graduates this term con-
UMpient 1 y t here w ill he no sr hool exer-
cises the flrRt tlrn In the hlatory of the
Alvln public school.
1
Drainage Carries at Velasco.
(Houston Post Specuil )
VKLAH . Texas. April 2f. Drainage
carried In this place a'fTd at Lake Jacksun
by a vote of R3 to The people are
greatly rejoicing over tho victory.
i
Puts Rifle Bullet in Head.
(Houston I'ost f-enai.)
TltOY. Texas. A pi 11 Thm.lay A
nan ahout W) years old hy the iimne of
L L Held 11 vIiik midway he I w en here
itnd Temple committed roih-lde by shot-
1 ilk himself In the head wt ih a rifle.
Financial trouble Is attributed a tli
e&uM Us levi & Xamll
Honest Treatment. "You Pay
for Results Only"
$3.00 to $10 is All I Charge
for CURING Some leases.
The mnn In npoii of treatmfnt for any disorder especially the deli-
cate ami M-nsiilve centers should be content with the services of
proven with and reliability. The confidence of my patlenta la not
frittered away with questionable transaction!. I have cured hun-
dreilH I iiMMini you that if there Is a cure for you. you will find
It here My f. eB are as low as they can be consistent with high
gn.de ireuunnit. I iflve a dollar's worth of service for every dollar
paid. No extra charges are made for medicine furniihed to my pa-
tlents. H your case U accepted a CURE Is GUARANTEED In every
cane.
We Successfully Treat and Cure
Acute Nervous Chronic and 8peola Disease Including Blood and
Skin Diseases of every character Kidney Diseases Liver and Stom-
ach Trouble Nerve Exhaustion Debility Varicose or Knotted Veins
Stricture Rheumatism Paralysis and all 6peciflc Disorders.
V.'e never try to scare our patients. The eract nature probable
duration period of contagion and the different methods of treatment
ure carefully explained to each patient
3
201 Mason
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Lafierty's Bermuda Letter
(From the itermuda Colonist April 4 1908.)
Mr. Patrick Lafferty an Irish gentle-
man from Texas now in Bermuda write
to his old friend Mr. Uooley the famutii
Chicago phllowopher Lafferty word
ahout IlenniKla -The Auto Car Mark
Twain "Mr. Ruse Felt" and other nota-
bles are faithfully and correctly Veported
by Larry Chittenden Pot Ranchuian M
follow:
Me dear frlnd. Mister Dooley OTm end-
in' yez a line
To tell yea ov me trareia Bdad Ber-
muda' a fine
Buch lovely radiant islands grajid vlewa
on every hand
A region uf enchantment a flowery fairy-
land. No other place Is like It for here bedad
wo find
The lsiea of Maine the Indie and Italy
txmibiuetl
And oh Bu h wondrous water old Erin's
emerald green -'Mid
peacock blues and sapphires the
purest ever neen
No ii tun can ever paint them or words
tan ever name
Ilernmda'a w-ondruus picture all In a
coral frame
And yet the Artist Kwnum now on the
isle of Wight-
May make this land Immortal: his wots
Is 'out of Bight.''
When Nature brewed her rainbows she
mixed her colors grand
Upon a gorgeous palette In fair Ber-
muda's lane"
Wld bruMhes made of palm trees she drew
a canvas bold
Then framed It round wld oedar and sun-
set hi' a of gold.
She studied art In caverns Ood's oastles
underground
Wld miles of lovely lilies and onions all
around.
The air U pure and bracing the trees are
ever fi reen
The houses are of ooral the cleanest
ever seen -Each
one has some attractions all
charming Ol confess -Neat
caettes of contentment real homes
of happiness.
In simple kindly fashion the people live
along
On tourists flowers and onions and life
1m one sweet song.
Our oid frind. Cecil Tucker. Is now post-
master here
MfM'allan his assistant will help him
mall (rood cheer
Our Hftlley b bay postofflce la In a parlor
fine- --
Where Mr. North and daughter deliver
us sunshine !
Ilermuda's e grund country a lovely par-
lor land
And here we common pepiill can view1
the great and grand -Mark
Twain arrayed and hatless wld
Itogers rides In state;
Wld wit and oil and money Bermuda
should he great -Mark's
giving us great lectures oh ucfc
full of human light
Faith every one should hear him this
coming Thursday night.
Ol'm told that our ltlr Baker Just now
has wondrous schemes.
Bhure Kd In a horn magnate-wid rale
Thorn psonlan dreams.
TJp-Tiiwn (Sinclair Is writing a grand Im-
mortal fake
About our Social Plnnera. our Tennis
Teas and Cake;
And here we have a Poet a crazy chap
they Bay.
Wrho lives amongst the tombstones and
mermaids of Church Ilav.
Borne citizens are making a lot of auto
"noise"
P'r'ap!1' they have livery stables Which
every tine employs
A studv of this buflincRs? Borne won-
drmis things reves In-
Borne hidden combinations the wheels
within the wheels
This herding up the Tourist In dear old
llumllton
Po llverv men can bleed them Is too
mil' h overdone;
Yet now the House of Wisdom" Is fa-
vorlriK the nteeds;
Autos with close restrictions are what
Bermuda needs.
About 2000 penplu have used the Spurting
cars
Tills m ason In Bermuda without much
hurt or Hears;
One Lo. tor got prune bruises--eome onions
had a fall -tfome
hlim-ry folk were frightened much
talk but that was all.
BecniiHo a few Hpolled horses may Shy
or prick their ears
Must Lrorens he forbidden and stopped
nHtH for years?
And nuiKt our patient people now pay
?hft pounds
To hi iv "p nil the autos upon Bermuda's
grounds?
Arrah there don't be talking Ol know
what Oi'm about
Herniui'it needs cheap transit to move the
pe. 1 1 1 1 out ;
To tnl them to Bt. Ooorge's and far
off Somerset
ICpf ron n y K.md Hemiudtans their old
time friends forget .
All hnli tho Scarlet Ktinner-let's hare
Ml eut five more -
With -ireful thoughtful driver-when this
KTat din Ib o'er
Then when the war Is over-as It will be
Hi'iii" day
lt'H know each other better when mists
have rolled away -Let"
hnnlsh nil hud feelings-and do the
tw'M v e can
To I1vn that KH-at religion the Brother-
Llfo here Hhould le n poem-and though It
now Is I etit 1
The Bosun Birds are nesting in Islands of
content
There's no place like Bormuda -this Eden
of ttie Hra
Is Just an earthly Heaven where erery
one seems free;
Here is no White Man's Burden or hatred
of one race
Kach lives nnd has his being 1n his ap-
pointed place
The Him Us ni" nil respectful can rtad
un 1 me te
I lere at evn yon pass them they always
nay "Good nlRht I"
Bhure. rnoey dear. Of m thinking the
British folks are wise
In their administrations John Bull can
oolonlsel
MEN MADE
DM. HARLAN TEASE & CO.
Ol know the old West indies have lived
In England Poo
And been a close observer of British Jus-
tice too.
Until somehow Ol'm thinking that British
laws are Just
And that our Yankee freedom Just now Is
all a Trust;
W'ld crooks and politicians-Big Btlcks In
Printer's Ink
And Law son and The System U. B. Is
on the blink.
There's too much White House Thunder-
when will it ever ease?
Our Presidential Barnuni should give his
country- pence.
Ills playing to the galleries ts too muoh
overdone
Oh for another Lincoln or God's own
Washington.
Some steadfust Chlmboraso a statesman
great and wise-
To fly Columbia's banners across the
troubled skies.
But Uncle bain will prosper. In spite of
Toddy's screeds
Intercommunication Is what Bermuda
needs
The auto or the trolley. It's all the same
to me -
Cheap rides for all the jeopla that's what
eays Lafferty.
"Larry's Lodge" Church Bay Ber-
muda April 'A 1H.
FEARS GHOST OF HIS VICTIM.
2fegro Confesses Because the "Hant
Disturbs Him.
(Houston Post Special.)
RICHMOND Texas April 28. Torn
Jones the negro who murdered and
burned up old man Morris Lemon an-
other negro was brought into court to-
day and sentenced to be hanged on Satur-
day June 20. Jones received the sen-
tence with a smile and appeared to be ut-
terly Indifferent but thero was nothing;
of the bravado In his manner or appear-
ance. There ure some singular feature
in this cane; the p;iHt record of the negro
for good behavior Is excellent. He ws
an Industrious hard-working negro and
was liked by all the white people who
knew him. and was about the last negro
who would have leen suspected uf com-
mitting no foul a murder. When asked
why li confessed he said: "I Jest
blldge to tell it kase dat ole man Is
banting me to death. I sees him all the
time and I would rut her die dan bo
hunted all the time."
XEW COLORED RELIGIOUS SECT
Organizer of the Faith Is so Em-
phatic as to Anger Other Men.
(Houston Post Sptcial )
MAHI.IN Texas April 26 A colored
preached named Fuq.ua. of more than or-
dinary Intelligence and well equipped
with oratorical munitions for a crowd-
drawlng ileclaliner came to Marlln a few
weelts an sprang a new doctrlno and la
ibataMlnhlng an .organization according
to th nw sect represented by him
which he ilnoinlnaten the church of Ond.
Jle It is suld has hurled Invective nhafta
at many preachers nnd their following
and as a remilt of the allered terms of
opproblum and censure employed by him
the other evening; a disturbance took
place at his meeting. Five complaints
have been filed In the county court at the
Instance of the preacher charging that
number of colored men with disturbing
L religious worship.
ASSAULTED BY A YOUNG NEGRO
jiiss Oliver at Beaumont Struck by
Black Who Afterward Fled.
Houston Post Sptcial.)
BEAUMONT Texas. April 26. An tin-
known negro assaulted Miss Ollvor of 1193
Laurel avenue tonight about 9 o'clock
rear the old Bcaunwnt rice mill on Laurel
avenue The woman was on her way
home from the business section and was
just passing tin- old mill when the negro
orawlliig on Ms nil fours suddenly am
proacheil and grabbed her. lie hit her
once over the head and dragged hen
about fifteen feet when he suddenly ro-j
hnsed his hold and fled presumably1
frightened hy the screams of Miss Oliver.
The negro Is described as about 20
years of age and very black. No arrests
have been made.
Calvert Church. Culling.
(Houston Post Sptcial.)
CALVKIIT. Texas April 26. The ladles)
of the Presbyterian Aid society held a
very Interest Int.' mlto social at the resi-
dence of Mrs YV. C. Anderson Thursday
evening In th)a city. There were a large
number of the members present and tho
evening whh fussed In a very delightful
manner. A very handsome little sum ot
money was realized which will be applied
by the ladles to worthy purposes In mat-
ters pertiiln'.rm to the church and which
will be expended in the general good of
the community They have but on pur-
pose to sul.serte and that Is to assist
others In tniveiing smoothly over the
rocky paths of life observing the golden
rule as nenriv ns they can.
At a meetn.e Wednesday night last Ihei
following nnni-d gentlemen were elected!
vestrymen .r the Kplphany Episcopal
church of u. s -Itv: J B. Lewis Jack
Lewis S M 'ol.snn (leorge Voile. W. H.
Bailey. I' T I .ud nnd 1. Porter for the
ensuing e;j
Is Painfully Burned.
(Houston Post Sptcial.)
PORT l.A V ' 'A Texas. April 28. Mrs.
Frank Pudge.. n received some extenalva
and very palm -ti burns on the back arms
and lumds e-triy evening The gaso-
line wltli Hut li site was kindling a fire
Iwcarne lenii.d from a small blaze in the
slow sn.l :i . ..mi. manner her clothing
cauglit on file Mrs Dudgeon was alone
at ilia lime i.iii succeeded In almost ex-
tlngultdih t ik. flames before any assist-
ance readied l.er. While the burns are
very painful they are not considered ex-
tremely danceroua.
'1
DR. HARLAN TRASK.
"9r
Following Is an address by Herman
Rldder delivered at the Reform club's
dinner at the Hotel Astor New York:
Of the three potent agencies for the ad
vancernent of general education and cul-
ture among a civilized people the press
the pulpit and the stage the first named
has In this country by far surpassed In
eitent and Influence the two others. The
reasons therefor need not here be dis-
cussed; It suffices to lay stream upon the
fact that the voice of the pi ohm Ih reach-
ing larger audiences and In appealing to
far greater communities than any other
public exhorter or Instructor. And yet
while others are left unimpeded In the
pursuit of their professional work the re-
nonned free press In this free country of
ours Is having thrown in the path of Us
material development obstacles In the
shape of detrimental legislation by the
National government. Upon one of the
Indispensable and most expensive mate-
rials used In the composition of a news-
paper print papeiL an import duty Is
being levied whlchMs Iniquitous and op-
pressive while at the same time the cost
of the domestic manufacture uf paper Is
greatly Increased through the operation
of the duty on wood pulp.
Is there any necessity for these taxes?
Can they he reasonably Justified? They
are simply a present the American paper
makers have by lamentations pretenses
and other means less fair than foul ob-
tained from the government. At whoss
expense? Solely at the expense of the
most unprotected among all manufactur-
ing Industries In the Uniterl States the
printing and publishing Industry more
especially the newspapers. The latter in-
sist that the paper manufacturers in view
of the protection granted Uim against
competition fmm abroad are at least un-
der so much obligation as to provide for
the demands of consumers In thin coun-
try. Have they lived up to the fulfillment
of this just expectation?
When the paper manufacturers got to-
gether for the purpose of bettering their
conditions they accomplished the first
step through the Dingley tariff which
put a minimum duty of $I per ton on
news print paper valued at not above 3
cent a per pound and raised the duty on
wood pulp from $1.30 to $1.67 per ton. The
next step although encountering muny
delays was finally consummated hy cre-
ating a combination to exhaust the sur-
plus stock of paper to cause a paper min
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in ldOd the price has been raised to $40 in
1907 and to $60 In the present year being
un increase of ' to 40 per cent respective-
ly. The pretext put forward by the man-
ufacturers lor their advance In prices is
the Increased cost of wood and labor.
Now let us look Into that a little closer.
Government records show that paper
mills In the United States and Canada are
making paper at a cost of less than t'2H
per ton at the mill and that American
mills can and do make paper more cheap-
ly than Canadian mills by reason of a
better supply of skilled labor cheaper
coal and an adequate home market for
their product also lower ocean rates and
lower marine Insurance on their exports.
Furthermore it is a fact that Canadian
paper manufacturers after paying the
duty have profitably undersold American
manufacturers in the American market
and that American paper makers have
with profit disposed of their product
abroad in competition with Canada Great
Britain Norway and Germany at prices
considerably below those maintained in
the American market.
As to the Increased cost of labor fig-
ures printed in the Paper Mill Directory
for 1907 show an Increase of only l per
oent In labor coKt of a news print paper
mill modern machinery and other Im-
provements having offset the Increased
pay of the paper mill employe. The labor
employed In news print paper mills Is not
the beneficiary of the oppressive advances
that have been made In paper prices. Not
one-twentieth of tho advance tn paper
prices goes to tabor.
At the beginning of the year 1907 there
was a stock of 60000 tons of news print
paper on hand. Owing to Increased activ-
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beginning of the fall season but at that
time the announcement came from the
paper makers that a paper famine was
imminent and that prices must be raised.
H was difficult to reconcile this state-
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paper to Mexico Cuba Chile Argentina
and Japan and an export of 60.000 tons
of news print paper during the year ended
Juno 30 1907 in disregard of the depleted
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a flagrant manner as to enable the
American iNewspaper publishers asso-
ciation to lay before the attorney general
of the United States incontrovertible
rice
proof of the efforts made by the seven
groups of the American Paper and Pulp
association unaer wmcn guls
use the paper
trust Is operating to stifle competition.
to increase prices and to DUt an addl-
tk mil burden amounting yearly to many
millions upon the printings and publishing
Interests of the country! One of these
groups centers about tire International
Paper company which operates In tho
Eastern market. It was organized nearly
ten years ago by a consolidation of th.
mills most f them in bad condition with
I antiquated machinery half of which wm
no better than Junk. During the ten years
since that consolidation was made the old
machinery has not improved with ae.
The company's capacity to mako paper
is less today than it was rated at tho
time of the consolidation. Not one new
machine has been added to the equipment
until within a recent period while one or
more of the original plants have been dis-
mantled and abandoned. The Interna-
tional Papei company has not grown with
tho demands of business. It has remained
stationary. It has squeezed out of the
paper consumers all It could without de-
veloping manufacture meanwhile pouring
millions of dollars into speculative invest-
ments In Canadian forests although tho
company previously held woodbind that
would produce forever a supply of spruce
pulp wood sufficient to make twice the
quantity of pulp It now uses.
Contrast the paper manufacture with
the printing and publishing industry. Tho
newspapers and perldicala hud In 1905 a
reported capital Invested of $239000000.
They paid salaries and wages amounting
to $106000000 per annum to 160.000 workers.
They paid $50000000 per annum for their
principal article of uho. white paper. Th
printing and publishing business as a
whole turns over its capital in about ten
months; large department storea that ad-
vertise energetically will turn over their
stock about seven rimes a yar. but the
largest paper manufacturer in th world
the International Paper company with a
capital exceeding $M000000 does a gross
annual business of only $21000000. thus
requiring- three years to turn over Its cap-
ital. To maintain that concern and Its
allied combinations with their oppressive
weight of overcapitalization and to pro-
vide a pretext for protecting the labor of
1&.000 paper mill employes receiving less
than $y.00o.o00 per annum the puhltHhln
business h is been subjected to a series of
'''liherately planned schemes of extor-
tion. The Reform club will undoubtedly lend
Us weighty and Influential n It 1 to tho
president ho that at least this one revision
of the tariff may be accomplished be-
fore tho presidential election.
SAN FRANCISCO. Alexander McAdie
In charge of the United States weather
bureau reports that a moderate earth-
quake shock was felt here at 3:3-1 o'clock
Saturday morning. No damage wns done.
MR. HriNRY CLARKE MOORE.
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