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♦1,700,000, cutting the reserve down
to ♦66,796,000, or about 18,000,000
lets then on the date of the aouounoe-
ment of the last bond itaue.
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«n.nt prepared at the Internal rerenue
N. V.. rooently.
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8TEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. PHI DA V, KERRUAUY I, 1895.
VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 25.
ALL OYER THE WORLD
HAPPENINGS OF GENERAL
TERESTTOALL.
A Censprehcmlvs Epitome of Serious
•■4 MiMtloatl ►«: tmKt ( ondtDietl
All the L«»iUiik for tb*
Tmat W««k.
At Birmingham, Ala , several week*
•go, i’iukio Hardy, a young woman.
WM shot in tho breast ami instantly
killed at her home ono night. Charles
Joseph, a former sweetheart, and an-
other girl were in tho room at tho
time and both cla'med that tho
woman was examining a pistol when
it was accidentally discharged.
They were arrested, tried and ac-
quitted. A few days since Joseph
called at tho police station, saying
that he had killed Pinkie and that
God had told him to surrender. An
examination showed him to bo insane.
Tho house, on motion of Mr. Outh-
waite, Democrat, has elected Mr. J.
1>. Richardson of Tennessee speaker
pro tern during the absence of Speaker
Crisp who is at Asheville, N. C.# for
his health.
The electric light Which It to bo
erected on Hre Island, on the New
York coust, will give an illumination
about 250,000,000 candle power It
is expected to bo visible 120 miles
out at sea.
SKIRMISH OF WORDS
OVER THE REFERENCE OF
LATE MESSAGE.
The supremo court
States ordered Kiu
of tho United
V. Debs and
ad
jgene
associates in jail in Illinois to be
mitted to bail in tho sum of $2000
each. A bearing will be had
March 25.
Resolution* favoring reciprocity,
subsidized shipping and government
control of tho Nicaragua canal were
adopted by tho national convention of
manufacturers held ut Chicago re-
cently.
Tho steamer Chicora foundered
near Benton Harbor, Mich , recently
.. . . . . , , i and twenty-six lives were lost. The
the result, it is believed, of the crime, boat is a total wreck and cost (If.0.000,
During a heavy rain and hail storm ami her cargo was valued at $20,00d.
near Breckenridge, Mo , the other
night, a two story farm house was
blown about ninety feet from its foun-
dation. Tho building, having made
two complete revolutions, landed I
on its side intact. Tho family, con- |
slating of Mont Mattux, his wife and
three children, w as in bed nt the time
of the accident, ami all ©souped in-
jury except Mrs Mattux, whoso arm
was dislocated.
Tho grand jury of Jackson county.
Ark., haa indicted Walter Anderson
for perjury. Anderson was a member i
of the jury who tried and acquitted i
Pennyweight Powell, one of the Oli-
phant train robb'rs and im rdcrcrs of !
Conductor McNally. It it- charged 1
that Anderson, before the trial, d< - I
dared that ho would vote to acquit if
placod on the jury
A bill to suppress prostitution, has
been Introduced in the legislature of
Arkansas. * The bill makes it a peni-
tentiary ofTonso to enter houses of ill- I
fame and tho penaltv on property 1
owners renting houses for such pur-
poses is severe. The hill, howover.is
designed to take ©fleet sixty days af-
ter the adjournim nt of the present
legislature.
At Norwalk. ( onn., the other even-
ing Harvey I. Brower and Mrs. Mar-
tin 8. Shaw woro married Mrs. \
Shaw's husband died hut four months |
ago. Mr. Brower is 87 years old and ;
this is his third matrimonial venture. ,
Mrs. Shaw is 77 years old and has
outlived four husbands, and says she
will outlive this ono.
In the house tho other day Mr.
Uootnbs of New York offered a pre-
amble aud resolution which was ro- ,
ferred to the eommilteo of foreign af-
fairs requesting the president to take |
steps toward co-operating in tho plan
of settling by arbitration all disputes
between tho United States and Great
Britain
According to the report of internal
Revenue Commissioner Miller for
1892 tho patrons of saloons in tho
United States paid $6U9,o to.om for
whisky aod 4017.2.)H, |.,o for beer, a
total $1,220,259, I tit), tho interest of
which for ono minute at 0 per cent
per annum is $8515.68.
The third annual report of the
state board of agriculture of Now
Hampshire, soon to he issued will
state that during the year there woro
750 abandoned farms reported as
against 1RI when the work of ascer-
taining their number wus begun by
the board in IMS9.
Philadelphia has 869 miles of
paved streets. 126 unpavod aud RO •
miles of turnpike: R5 miles of bridges; j
1,100 miles of water mains: 1,140
miles of gas mains: 012 miles of sew-
ers; 400 } schools: lot) miles of
stroet railways and Oh 1 miles of steam
railway tracks.
SIr. Wilton Trying to <i#t a Votf on Ills
Sufor lit 11 — Ssnftturi Llilcu Attentively
to the K«a<lIntf of the I‘re*t tent's
Memi|«—Income Te*.
VY a si UNO TON. Jan 29 All interest in
the house yesterday centered on the
president’s message, which was read
after the body convened. There wan
a slight skirmish over its reference
and that of the administration bill
which Mr. Springer introduced, but
both were referred to tho committee
on banking and currency, Mr NS ilson
having waived jurisdiction of the
bond feature of the message, which
could have gone to the ways and
means committee.
At the conclusion of tho debate
yesterday Mr. Wilson attempted to
effect an arrangement for a vote af-
ter two hours of debate to-day for
his sugar bill, but Mr. Gronvonor
[Hop.] of Ohio objected. Despite tho
objection Mr. Wilson stated his pur-
pose to try to secure a vote at the
end of that time.
A I I murlRl lietiir.
Washington. Jan. 2 4 In Senator
j Jones’ financial anti currency bill,
I introduced yesterday, authority is
I given tho secretary of the treasury to
; issue $lo Ob') bonds, payable in
j coins of tho present standard value
and hearing R per cent interest. The
I bonds are to mature thirty years from
1 date and may ho redeemed in twenty
I years. The proceeds of tho bonds
aro to be used to defray current gov-
.V I atton. near El Paso, III. recently | eminent expenses und for redemption
........ of United States treasury and legal
At Lawrence, Miss.. Waller P.
I Wright and wife were found dead in
1 bed tho other morning. A bullet hole
| was in tho head of each and a re-
volver on tho bed between them.
Pour famous battlefields: Shiloh,
Miss.. Antiotam, Md.. Uhickainaugua,
Hu., and Gettysburg, Pa., have been
converted into national military parks
by the government.
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature of Connecticut prohibiting
the employment of married women
in shops, so as to enable girls to earn
au honesl living.
Pour men entered the home of P.
and after a tight in which a number I
of shots were llrod, socured $900 and j
escaped.
The lower house of the Indiana
legislature refused to pass a bili pro- |
vitling that a United States f[ug
every school h
bo
that
put on
state.
Miss Sophie Harrison of the famous
Harrison sisters, recently eloped with 1 ri0t«»rt
Count Bernstoff from Berlin. Germany, )0.d led °v
to London, where they wore married.
Lord Randolph Henry Spencer
Churchill, the second son of the
seventh duke, of Marlborough is dead.
He was born on February 18, 1849.
The biggest catch in the Osage
river, Missouri, this winter was a
179 pound cattish with a mouth mous-
ing thirteen inches in the clear
Clarenco Schrader and Gus ('ass,
each aged 1 I years, while attempting
to cross Heath’s creek near Marshall, 1
Mo., rocently, were drowned.
Government architects dcclaro It!
vv ill be impossible for them to com-
plete tho new •Chicago postoffiee
within threo years.
I he present cost of the municipal
government of Philadelphia is $25
per head for every man. woman and
child in the,city.
I ti ward Solomon, the composer and
one of tho husbands of Lillian Russell,
tile opera singer, died of typhoi J fever 1
a few days ago.
A bill to prohibit the teaching or
practice of mesmerism has been in-
troduced in tho Missouri* house of'
repot sentatives.
Senator Lodge is planning to be-
come secretary of state if the Repub. j
licans are successful in electing the
next president.
A bill to regulate printary eductions,
which provides for incorporating poli-
tical parties, has been offered in tho
Illinois house.
Jack rabbits arc getting so thick in
Vernon county. Missouri, that the
dogs arc worn to skin and bones
chasing them
•Parson" Shaw and tivo other
A recent dispatch from Teheran, the j moonshiners were captured in a ro-
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capital of Persia, states that the town
of Kushan, in tho province of Khora-
san, which was destroyed by an earth-
quake fourteen months ago and which
was subsequently rebuilt, was again
destroyed by an earthquake shock a
few days sim c
Tho house committee on oloction of
president and vice president have
agreed to report a joint resolution
amonding thr» constitution so us to
provide that the president shall bo
ellgiblo to service but ono term.
There was one dissenting vote.
Tho California assembly, by a vote
of 67 to 9, lias ad op tod a resolution
demanding that congress defeat any
,rofunding scheme for tho Pacific rail-
roads and demanding the foreclosure
of tho government mortgages against
tho railroads
At Berlin, Germany, rocently, Mrs.
Margaret MoVorney drowned two of
her children at her homo and after
laying them out for burial called at
the police station and told the police.
The woman is believed to bo de-
mented.
At Philadelphia, Pa., William Mc-
Grath went into the collar of his house
the other morning and called his
child. Lillian. 2 years old. He shot
the girl through the head and then
sent a bullet through his own brain.
At Condon's ferry, on the Colum-
bia river. Washington. William Con
Jon, "Wild Goose Bill,” had a dis-
pute with u man regarding cattle.
Both began shooting. Bill fell dead
and his assailant died soon after.
The striking street car men of
Brooklyn. N. Y., lost tho strike. A
largo number of men left Chicago to
take tho places of the strikers in
charge of George W augh. who calls
himself “the king of scabs.”
A memorial was rocently presented
in the lower house of tho legislature
requesting tho Nebraska congress-
ional delegation to work for tho de-
portation of Satolll and prohibiting
hi* return to this country.
In a harangue by a member of the
general assembly nt Springfield, 111.,
one day recently, a eulogist of Sena-
tor Cullom referred to President
.Cleveland as "the bustard of the
white house.”
The sugar trust gained a victory in
the Knigbt-vase, the supreme court |
holding tfigjfcatl trust law ioapplloa-
The three
Colorado legislature take
I’iko
■ont raid by officers
Arkansas.
Myrtle Townsend, Klsic Hughes
and (Joorgo Crosby warn drowned
while skatine near l ort Madison, la ,
rocently.
.Judge l.ymun Trumbull tbo great
jurist, patriot and scholar died sud-
denly at his home in Chicago a few j
days ago.
A scaffold thirteen stories high fell]
recently at Chicago and several per
sons woro injured, but no one was
killed.
Fourteen hundred people called in
ono day recently at the Idttle Hock.
Ark , jail to see Hill Cook, the out-
law.
(.old has been found in a creek at
Marysville. Iowa. The Inhabitants
are much excited over tho discovorv.
A now coal mine has beau opened
near Tuscaloosa, Ala., and the output
is from 70 to 100 per tons per day.
Treasury department regulations
for tho government of sealing vessels
have boon signed by the president.
A female member of tho Colorado
legislature has introduced a hill fix-
ing the ago of consent at ‘>1 years.
.lames I). Tillman of Tennessee has
boon confirmed by tho senate as Uni-
ted States minister to Ecuador.
Mrs. Cleveland gave a new photo-
graph of herself to each of tier Iriends
as a Christmas present.
A sugar rofinory. with a dally ca-
pacity of 4000 barrels, it to be built
at Camden. N. J.
The United States lias offered to ar
bitrate the trouble between Mexico
and Guatemala.
There aro 8000 applications for of-
fice (tending before tho governor of
Pennsylvania.
Thirty-one corporations and indi-
viduals own 7,800,000 acres of land
in Louisiana.
The permanent fund of the Smith-
sonian Institution amounts to nearly
♦1,000,000.
A barge blew up near Gravesend,
Eng., the other morning and five lives
were lost
tender note* iabtied under the act of
July L 1890. The houdn are to bo
of tho denomination of *20 and $55
and multiplies, aud will l>o free, from
taxes. 'They must be paid for in gold,
or the *oeretary may accept United
Statoi*. notes and treasury notes under
the ad of 1890.
National (tanks may i**uo ciroulat-
to the amount of bonds de-
posited with the secretary of tho
! treasury, and the tax on such circuia-
i tion is reduced to ono-iourth of 1 per
[ cent
, Section R provides that no national
1 bank shall retire its circulation with-
out written authority from the secre-
tary of the treasury.
.Section l says that national batiks
I desiring to retire th** whole or any part
I of their circulating notes are required
to deposit gold coin equal to the
amount of the notes to be raised, anti
at all times to keep on deposit with
| the treasurer of the United State* in
gold coin a sum equal to 5 per cent
of their outstanding circulating notes,
to be issued for the redemption of
such notes.
Sections 6 and 7 provido forthodis-
placeuiont of all national bank ami
United States treasury notes of de-
nominations of less than $10 with sil-
ver certificates.
Thff LUtriifit.
Washington, f.t 29.- Tho read-
ing of President \ ' Aland’s message
on the financial situation formed the
ii ost interesting feature of yesterday s
session in the senate. It was pre-
sented shortly afternoon and there
was very promptly a tilling up of
empty chairs by senators who were
not on hand when the senate mot.
The president's views and recommen-
dations wore iistened to with close
attention by senators atul by occu-
pants of the galleries, and when tho
reading of tho message was concluded
it was sent to tho finance commlttoo.
1 hr f 'mill lii jc 111.
\\ ASHIM.TVN, J no. Arr.ingf -
men!* are being made (or tho t-onsid-
oration in tho house of tho I’aeitio
railway funding bill. Chairman
Heilly of the committee on 1‘acitic
railways will lead tho debate for his
bill, while Hoatnor of Louisiana, who
made a minority report against it,
will control the time of tho opposi-
tion. The four Democratic mem-
bers from California aro devot-
ing their timo to a campaign against
the plan for extending the debts of
the Central and Union Pacific.
lnronin 1m Advanced.
Washington, .Ian- 79.—Tho su-
preme court of the l nited States yes-
terday granted the motion to advance
tho Income tax on the docket and set
tho argument for the first Monday in
Mai eli.
Arbitration Hill !trportc,|.
Washington, Jan. 23___Tho amend-
ed bill for the settlement of labor dis-
putes by means of an arbitration com-
mittee has been reported favorably
from tho committee on labor. Ap-
pended to tho report aro letters of
approval received by members of the
committee from Samuel (tempers,
John W. Hayes, H. C. Deuning and
J. K. Sovereign.
Washington, Jan. 27).—The Ko-
publioan senator from North Carolina
J. C. Pritchard was sworn in yester-
day. Ho was escorted to tho pres-
| ence of the presiding officer by Sena-
tor Jones, whom ho succoeds.
Washington, .Jan. 24. — The house
committee on banking and currency
has arisen from the lloor where It
seemed to have been knocked and is
slowly recovering from its dazed con-
dition. Its members have been in-
terviewing Mr. Carlisle und discuss-
ing twr things Ono as to what are
tho prfispeats of a bill in the lines of
his bill getting a majority- voto in the
house, and second on the side of tho
committee as to how far the adminis-
tration will go In regard to silver.
There is, however, little hope of any
legislation.
Washington, Jan. 24.—Assistant
United (states Treasurer Jordan says
that the total withdrawals of gold
sub-treasury yesterday was
down
W.l*«n and Rugar.
Washington, Jan. 28.—Represent,
alive Hopkins of Illinois, a member
of tho way* and moan* committee,
will offer an amendment to Mr. W il*
sou’s bill to remove the discrimlnat
ing duty on sugars from certain for-
eign countries, which will be designed
it is stated, to insure the efficiency of
Mr. Wilson’s bill in accomplishing its
object, that is, the ending of retalia
lory measures against American
meats. The amendment will be sub-
stantially as follows “Provided,
that iu tho caso of a foreign country,
whether independent or dependent,
that makes or permits any inju-
rious discrimination in such
country against any of the
products of tho United States, the
duty mentioned In this bill shall re-
main in full force and effect as provi-
ded in the law in force prior to the
enactment of this bill. Tho amend-
ment, if enacted with tho bill, will
leavo the power of enforcing the law
in the discretion of tho executive
branch of the government. If tier-
many and her allies do not conclude
to discontinue their discriminations
against American meat and other
products after the discrimination has
been remitted, the president has au-
thority to enforce it against tho gov-
ernment offending \\ ithout some
safeguard of this character, Mr. Hop-
kins argues, there will be no assur-
ances that the administration bill will
attain tho object for which it is de-
signed.
Vote on 4 ah it I HIM-
Washington, Jan 26. The bill
pledging the faith of the United
States to do the construction of th<•
Nicaragua canal passed the senate by
tho decisive vote of 81 yeas to 21
nays. It wan a termination of a de-
bate which has lasted since the pres-
ent session of congress began. It
was, moreover, tho first realization
in either branch of congress of the
vast project so long and vigorously
urged for a canal joining the Atlantic,
and Pacific with the Uni-
ted States government standing
sponsor for tl\e execution
of the work. The final vote was not
secured until 6:80 o’clock last night,
but notwithstanding the lateness of
tho hour, there was an exceptionally
full seriate, owing to the interest felt
in the culmination of tho long discuss-
ion. Tho Nicaraguan minister and
many other diplomat* Interested in
tlio project had seats in the diplomatic
galleries throughout the voting on
tho many amendments and the final
question. Tho bill in brief directs
tho Issue of $70,000,000 of Nicaragua
canal bonds.
Su-i.lrr < 1VH IHII I’n.uml.
Washington. Jan. 26.--The sundry
civil hill passed tho houso yesterday
in the shortest timo. so far as known,
on record. It was under considera-
tion but threo days. As passed tho
hill carries 439.120,721. Two propo-
sitions offered respectively by Mr.
Sayers and Mr. Coombs. tho
former to elotho the secretary
of the treasury with power
to issue 1 nited States bonds of
such denomination as lie should see
fit instead of as now to reissue them
of tho same denomination, and tho
latter to retiro and eaueol the pohl
certificates and make them non-re-
ceivable for customs dues after July 1
next, furnished tho principal theme of
discussion. Mr. Sayers' proposition
was defeated 71 to 37- w ilo that of
Mr. Coombs was carried w ithout di-
vision.
I nr T.rrlturlnk l>«l.,Htr.
Washing ms, Jan. 2.7__Mr. Little
of Arkansas has introduced a bill in
the house providing for representa-
tion in congress of American citizens
residing in the Indian territory. The
bill provides th it a delegate is tc
servo in each congress snd who shall
bo a citizen of tho United States und
Who shall III! entitled to the same
rights, privileges and emoluments us
exercised by delegates from other
territories. The first delegate shall
bo elected on Tuesday after tho first
Monday in November, 1895. The bill
then provides for elections and quail- 1
Heat ion of voters. It Is not at ull
probable that this bill will become a
law.
An tenxIlahtnRU prsawnl.
Washington. Jan. 25.—The four
houso resolutions evoked by the re-
eont Hawaiian disturbances furnished
food for au interesting half hour in
tho house committee on foreign affai rs 1
yesterday and a hardly less significant
discussion was inspired by the ap-
pearance of Mr. tremor, tho British
member of parliament, who Is hero to ]
forward the movement for interna-
tional arbitration The Hawaiian
resolutions went, into the hands of
subcommittees without action upon !
them.
Can’t lie thee Meetlw
Washington, Jan. 28.—The co-j
operative social tabernacle of Nash-j
villo. Tenn., has been restrained from
sending its circulars through the mails
by a fraud order issued by tho postal j
department. Tho concern, which |
claims te ho a charitable order, had a
bond scheme, which tho denartment I
held would not allow all buyers of
bonds to roeoivo the monoy due thorn j
and the company would ovcntually
ceaso to exist
Washington, Jan. 26. -Tho seora-
tury of the treasury has authorized |
the sale of gold bars for export on the
payment of a premium of one-third of
1 por cent to cover the oo»t of manu-
facture and transjiorlklion. Yester-
day’s withdrawals leave tho gold re-
serve ut ♦58,840,428 and the amouot
of gold coin on hand above tbe
amountof outstanding gold certlflcataa
U ♦19,912,280. While the situation Is
trying there fs no thought of Involv- |
ing tho crodit of the government 1
which the secretary will fully main-
tain at all hazards.
lUllraail mil.
Washington, Jaa. 28.-Saturday
the house passed the bill graating the
Gainesville, MeAlester and St. Louts
railroad the right to ran through the
Indian territory. Delegate Flynn
Oklahoma also secured, the paseage
Btfme privilege
AFTER FOUR CLERKS.
WANT THE FORCE REDUCED
AND LONGER HOURS.
A llaeuluttoU Y. a p rest i it g ilia N«u*e u( the
Motile Ii f Mietl by m Vote of M.% to 13.
Committee lleporte on Three Hills.
Life Tims Certificate.
Austin, Tux., Jun. 29.-—Yesterday
morning in tho lioune tho following
resolution came up for final uclioii.
and after a longlhy dUcuaeion it wu*
adopted by a voto of 85 to 1R:
V\ heroa*. there is a law on the
htatuo books which roads a* follows
The employes in tho beverai depart-
ment* of tho btato government shall
be and they aro hereby required to
labor nine hours each day under such
regulation!* a* shall be prescribed by
tho heads of departments; and it is
hereby inado tho duty of tho chief of-
ficers of the several departments
to establish rule* and regulations in
conformity to tho requirements of
this act to go into operation as soon
as this act shall take effort; mi l
W hereus. tbe said law ha* not
hoen properly observed by tho head*
of some of tho departments of the
state government, and the depleted
condition of tho state treasury de-
mands retrenchment anti reform
wherever tho saint) car. bo made
without impairing tho ofliriency of
tho udministration . therefore bo it
Resolved, that it is tho sense of
this house that tho force in the de-
partments bo reduced and that tho
hours of labor bo extended so as to
correspond with tho statutorv pro-
vision.
Kep'irt on 1 lire#* HiIIm.
A i si in. Tex . Jan. 29 House judi-
ciary committee .No. 1 will reeom-
mond the passage of tho bill changing
tho law of venue, so that a man can
bo sued on a contract only m the
county in which he resides.
Tho house committee on revenue
and taxation will report udver-uU on
tho bill oxempting liremen from poll
tax. jury service, road service, etc.
Tho house committee on revenue
and taxation will report favorably Mr
Mill*’ bill providing for the imposition
of a state tax amounting to 2 per
cent of their gross earning* upon
railroad, express and telegraph com-
panies.
lloniM I n*ur.*nr*« < oiii |i.« ll te*.
A rs fin, Tex., Jan. 2 8. Tin* senate
committee on insurane*- agin «-d Sat-
urday afternoon to make a favorable
report on Mr. Bowser's bill providing
the manner in which homo insurance
companies shall be chartered i:i tin*
state It also provides that if sued
companies invest tho surplus arising
from policies taken in this state it
shall bo relieved from any occupation
or frauchiso tax, and that any funds
arising from any of tho insurance
money shall not be subject to legal
process. It aim is to encourage tl o
organization of homo companies in
Texas.
I lf«*t l ui< tvi i llirn t .
Ai si in, Tex., Jan. 29. I he senate
committee on education will report
favorably Tips' bill, amending the
school law so as to provide that
teacher* holding diplomas from cer-
tain schools shall be allowed to teach
in public schools, and their diplomas
servo as life certificates, where tho
course* of study in the schools spe-
cially named are approved by the
board of examiners and state superin-
tendents of public instruction
A 1 len’e I l«n la it.
A miv. lex . Jan. 26 Mi V:*n
has ccured a favorable report from
hoc->0 judiciary committee No. 1 on
hit bill providing a new line law for
the protection of laborers, mechanics
and material men. Tin?, n* among the
most important bill* now pending be-
fore tin* house for it repeal* the pres-
ent law und muke* some radieul
but simple change* for protection
against the abuse of the prenent law.
Ihe bill requires the owner to see
that all bill* for material and labor
aro paid before making anv payment
or advunri'd to tho contractors. It
also requires that tho builder and
the contractor shall both keep a true
copy of tho building contract
subject to tho inspection of
tho material men and laborer- or
their agent* If this is dom*
then tho contract price shall bo the
measure of liability ho far as the
builder is concerned; but if the
builder shall fail or refuse to permit
material men or laborer* to inspect
such contract when requested in
writing *o to do. then the builder
shall be liable for tho full amount of
tho value of tho material and labor
furnished without reference to the
contract price. The builder is re-
quired at any time during t1'** con-
struction of any building or improve-
ment on |th-’ written request
man or lalxir* r to furnish a sta
showing the amount of mono
and iialnl.U incurred unde
building contract up to tin* t
KUe), request.
ALL OVER THE STATE.
Iltiio*' Commit lr» l< *< |> i ■ t t ».
Al MIN, lex.. Jim. 25 Ihe house
, committee on internal improvement*
ordered a favorable report on the
seriate lull extending the time for
completion of work by sundry rail-
road companies, thereby saving their
* charter**. It is understood that ow-
ing to tho situation of two or throe
reads the committee will endeavor to
have the bid pushed through linin' ■
I diatety. I'liis committee also con-
sidered and ordered a favorable re-
port on the house bill provid-
ing for rxonarato depot rooms
for colored and while passengers
\ subcommittee has recommended
a rathe- radical requirement of *la-
t'on agent-, which was j»ulist itutod by
an amendment lq Mr. McBride, pro
vuling that : ( t Im ticket agent at
-nrh depots sha., knowingly permit
anv person to remain in any room
who is prohibited from doing so by
the act without promptly notifying
such p- on to \ acute. Mi’ll
shall i •• • 11. t •. of a in isiiemean
be sc 1 )_.•«■* to a tine of >.5 :■ • $!
house committee on road*,
and h rr.os will report favora'u
agent
>r and
1 he
•t Idges
r v A hit ml m ♦* n '.
I., .Ian 28. 1
role 8at inlay
a bill grantiog
Oklabo
No fjtmriim.
Ai MIN. Tex . Jan 28. At the
hour for the meeting of tho senate
Saturday morning Lieutenant Gover-
nor Jester, president, of the senate
and sixteen member* wero present,
less than two-thirds required for a
| quorum. A motion wa» made for a
call of the house, which was t vl sus-
tained. and on motion of Senator Ag
new the senate adjourned until 10
o’clock this morning
Aflnr Delinquent*.
Aim in. Tex., Jan. 28. In tho
houso Saturday Mr O’Neil of ( ass
introduced a bill to provido for the
holding out of unpaid taxes from war-
rants and to provido for tho prepara-
tion of a list by tax collectors for tho
information of district clerks of per-
sons delinquent in tho payment of
state and county taxes.
tli*» Sfiialr.
At min, lex., Jan. 25. Ihe hill
ha* passed the senate providing for
the transfer of cash In the treasury
belonging to special funds to general
revenue as amended by striking out
the direct tax fund*, appropriates
only some $90,000 for goneral pur-
poses I he house will doubtless pass
tho bill promptly, but it will not re-
■toro cash payments of members’ per
diem warrants
K<w| dtrlrtlns: Revolution.
Austin. Lex., Jaa. 25. — la the sun
ate yesterday Mr. Atloo offored a ros-
olntion proposing a joint committee
of tivo senators and ten member* of
tho houao to consider and report upon
the advisability of redistrictinjf the
state, ami spoko In support of tho
resolution. Adopted.
Austin. Tex., Jan. 24 —A petition
was Introduced in the house yesterday
by Mr. Bailey of DoYVltt and referred
to tho committee on constitutional
amendments asking tho passuge of a
joint resolution to so amend tho con-
stitution as to make tho pavmcnt of a
pool tax a pre-requisite to’the right
to vote.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 28.—Tho senate
committee on agriculture will report
favorably on Mr. Tips’ hill amending
the stock law to apply It to cattle and
homes.
liars Talked It for years.
Austin, Tex., Jan. 24.—Some of
tha members of the legislature are of
the opinion that the department of
Ofrlaaltara, Insurance, statistics and
history is sadly in need of tbe prun
taf knife U not of active reformation.
Tha last published report of Commls-
JgjJ HoUlnfsworth shows that the
over
lut *re«t tut ( nlllnji on \Mrlt»u«
lMkrn from lit* l>«lly I'm#*
Reccutlv at I Vnhun u colored wo-
man lh« wife of Jo*h \N il»on, driver
of an cxptMHH wagon, was shot and in
slantly killed by her non-in-law. Col-
lio* McKinney. A crowd coon path
rred who found tin* woman dead, and
near by Mood Will Floyd, a young
colored man. w iih a bullet woun i di hit
left arm McKinney, with th* piMol
still nuiokmg. made a gesture a» if to
take his own life and tired th*) wcan-
on in clone proximity to inn head hut
dm no damage be\oiuJ grazing hi*
neck. II*- then mu<i a rush at tho
crowd a-v if to fore*- hi* way through,
hut whn prompt,y grauhod by two
young whit*- men and h**id until offi-
cer* arrived
\\ i»e countv i* eon*id*-rahly agi-
tated over- t/ o removal of th*- countv
neat A * it now MamJ- it i* a four-
cornered fight between Deoa'ur.
Bridgeport, Paradin') and Aivord A*
it rt ijUii’i-i a t wo-third* vole to re-
move the county Heat. Bridgeport, Ai-
vord ami l’uiaui**’ **•*• they have no
showing again-t Decatur, mi then* i*
now a move on f.m» to withdraw two
of them an 1 unit* on the other
against I >■ < at .r l i• • • • « « t i• <n ior
Newt*
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t rou te
Dav In
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A i min. To
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eighteen at**-’nice* were recorded an
Mr. Radford of Parker *ont up a joint
resolution, which W ft- referred to the
committee on constitutional amend-
ment*, prov id ing for an amendment t"
the con-t 11 ut ion to reduce ihe salary
of tho governor to ijR" >o p. r year,
tin- tsalurv of the •-e.ret.arv
of state to *15 i *. ih*' -alary of the at-
torney gem-i a! to -t 1 •»'»»*, tie- huIui’v of
the roinptroller, treasurer and eom
mi.**inner of t he general iand to $1 Si " •.
Mr. Braiulet;*•'* bill to create a
more efficient road sy.-tem for I anniu
county w i* plaeed upon its second
reading and the rules suspended and
it passed to th<‘ third reading and
final passage, with the amendment
that it apply to Kaufman countv
I or l.oc «I < >|» In i.
A i "Ms. T e \., Jan. 26. A lull was
in trod need vesterday in th*' house by
Mr. Simmon* of Grayson. pf-"\ iding a
lire- for tie* introduction of intoxicat-
ing itqUur.s in local option districts:
providing for the suppression of blind
tiger-: prohibiting tho giv ing of pre-
script ion* * ailing for liquor in io* a
option district*, except in ea-e* of
actual sirknc-s, and providing that
an order of record he entered on the
i minutes ot the commissioner* tie- 1
I Haring prohibition curried ii: n
1 county shall be prima facia evi-
dence that tho law covering such
election has been in all things com
| plied with and that said eieetion h
; valid, and said order or a certified
1 copy thereof shall be admitted a* i
j deneo in any court.
li«*port4 on I ill por t H lit It I «*.
Ai s'in. 'l ex.. Jan. 25. The senate
judiciary cominit*oo No 2 agreed
| yesterday afternoon to report favor-
ably senate bill 89 Amending the code
of proceeduro a* to the manner in
which citation shall be served on re-
calcitrant witnesses in criminal case*,
also senate bill 54, amending the
same code a* to attachments of wit-
nesses in criminal case* and payment
of expense* of witnesses in felony
rases; also seuate bill 12, providing
penalties for maIiciously»throwing mis-
siles or tiring gun* or other firearm*
at, or into moving railroad train*.
Alikin** Count).
Ai min, Tex.. .Ian 28. Tho bills,
memorial* and petition* relating to
tho creation of tho new county of
Alamo out of th** eastern portion of
Brazoria county will ho taken up by
tho houso committee and county linos
and boundaries on Tuesday, Fob. 5.
No I hi* for Contest*.
Aimin, Tex., Jan. 26.—Tho sub- j
committees has proparod a report on
contested election ease* which has
hoen signed ty Chairman Patterson j
and all tho Democratic members ex-
cept Plemmons. It will bo presented
to-day and recommends that tho con-
tests against O’Neal, Joseph and Ihiff I
ho dismissed, a* under section 8. at (
tide R. of tho constitution there is no
law for contests, and the legislature
ha* no power to go behind tho rn-
turns. Plemmons, Smith and Cure- ^
ton will prepare a minority report. j
I otlrd to Afro*.
Ai min, 'lex., Jan. 25.—The sub-
committee on state affairs, to which
has beon reforrod the bili regulating
tho foes of county officials, mot again
yoaterday. but failod to agree on a
compromise substitute bill harmoniz-
ing tbe differences existing between
tbo advocates of tbo different roeas-
L urea presented, 'they wiU cail OH
ttoVtiCuibareon again to-day for coa-
| and advice with little hops
j either, ae he is uadarstood
i much at sea oo the subjeot
^ are
vv a’ u w it m a hi .
iJ11*that ml
re-t©d
ml r«-u of -i’huIa-1 u
aj*’
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t * - * i t*i a 11 ud ih*
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eciiilty
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i it
r**hi i*'- ri*»t
Nam
l li*! amiing that it
m a \
li;i.i' !»'•. mi
w a- k .i
lUM’rat*’,! *»r tn.i'.
ha*
i' at ti'n-i' d
t . . i >1.
At Morgan a distillery, seven miles
wcel of Gainesville, receoily, Gk W.
Morgan wa* shot and killed by a roan
named Wright. Wright had been
working for him and they had a diffi-
culty over a settlement. Morgan was
cut on the hand and face with a knife
by \N right.
H. 1 Clement, a farmer living near
Ambia, Lamar county ha* been jniled
ut Paris on tho charge of aggravated
uHhuult und battery upon his wife.
Hi* vvife wont to town, and ffndiug
him safely lodged in jail preferred
unothcr arid more serious charge
against him
\ hill has been introduced by Rep-
resentative Patterson of Bell, to pun*
ish pernon*. firm*, corporation*, etc.,
who shall enter, take possession of or
u*«* and occupy anv vacant house not
his or their own without the consent
of the owner.
\ petition from citizen* and
taxpayer* of Bra oria county, praying
for the division* of Brazoria coun*
ty and the creation of the
county of Alamo, w*a« pre-
hciitcd in the house a few days ago.
Representative Mill* of McLennan,
hu- introduced a bill to abolish the
bureau of agriculture owing to the
co*t t<> the state and countie* for col*
icct.ug and publishing agricultural
aim farm statistic-.
>cnat'* Giil No 25. to regulate the
i-s’ianro oi * x< cutions upon judg-
ment- ot court* of record and and to
pre’. **nt j ulgmerits from becoming
d innaiit, ha- parsed tho house by a
villi’ of 1 19 to
Nt-ar Warren. Tyler county, ro-
cmitly llev. N1 r i .n t- r was robbed of
$MR by two unknown parties. *ui>-
j.o-«-d to be negro* -. Hi* hands woro
ti'-d Ixditim b in around a tree when
found.
During tii** pa-t two years R8R par-
don-, have b« « n grant-***! in felony canes
arm 1 i.i in misdemeanor oases. This
i* three time*, a - many a* there were
I ho two \ * at - j rev ion-
I ur 2 \ <uir-*> *i child of William
.\«lieiuft, living m ar Abie’s Springs,
iti Kaifrnan county, wa* severely
I* ;r11«• i! the other evening and died
M tun the effect* of it
Mr Smith of Milam county wants a
. t v\ |).i-*» ii to require cotton weighers
t*» keen a record book, giving mark*,
wo giit- ami name of person raising
t.no ool ton vv e.ghed.
( apt. .!«■• Barlow Sawyer, the old -
" ornotive ongineer in the United
M.V' - suicided tM Denton recently by
.ii. ,g mo, j.liin • lb* was sixty-six
' • a* - of age
W \ I hurman charged with swin-
uiing tii I avlor county ha* been ar
Jon*** county and turned
authorities of the former
on u
*'•1,1111. « ’!«so W l.oU.
and providing b>
certain count m- f
to 111
of tii** \ * ;
* v i * 111} 11 i i * 11
i** d l -1 ilit -•
iunm of Littio Rock, Ark.,
orii'v, Kaufman coun-
moming reccutlv while at
• to board r. moving freight
, c
b *V
onuL
the •* *-•<” n par
He ha- to g.** ilo*
^.,:tiff or some of hi* d« r l" take
him out of ail so the monev « l’
socured and promise* to divnl** h.it
tho officers ridieul*' the st<»r y
Near Whitney, Hill countv. n>
c* tit 1 y. a little R y ear old boy of
Simon lLid-on. ‘•a v a largo rat run
under the barn Hi* infantile efforts
proving fruitless to ou-f him he de-
cided to burn him out. and accord-
ingly set, fire to the building Before
assistant e arrived the entire bn* n arid
about Roo bushels of corn were con-
sumed by th** (lames
Mr Furrier of Busk has introduced
a bill prohibiting the comptroller
from issuing a warrant to any person
who may be in arrears for anv taxes
for eight years; also prohibiting
county und district clerks from draw-
ing any jury certificates a* warrants
on the county treasurer in favor of
any person who may be in arrears
for any taxes
Ih' nerve of the Denison iawbrea*- i
er - bfcgina to assume colossal propor-
tion- The other night ono drove up
to tie* residence of Conductor Hank :
Kindi and helped himself to a ton of
coa . I he track* of th* wheel* were
c.early d i-cei nible ne\ t morning Mr-. 1
Bu-h i" congratulating himself that (
the fellow did not take the house
At Tyler recently Henry Harris. I
coiored. had his thumb mashed off .
and the b aiS rs of hi* vvn-t toi n on- ,
tirely loo-e from hi- arm in attempt- 1
ing to couple some cars on the Inter-
national and (treat Xorthetn railroad 1
Th'’ pain was so intense that Harris !
was perfect I v wild during the greater
part of the night
A bill lias been introduced in the
house to govern primary elections
called and held by authority of any !
political party, to prevent illegal vo-
ting. to prcvi-nt hril>crv and betting
at -ani'* und biise returns therof. and i
ividing p,nait*c* tlmrfor \ bill
th** same n:it;;i'< i- pending m the •
senate
After a heutt'd discussion recently
bctwc«'n the wmer company represen-
tative* and the city council of Green-
ville, re-olutions were passed con-
demning the water company * service
at the recent fires and ordering that
rentals be withheld unless* sufficient
lire protection be furnishod.
I d Mcir*. a section hand on the
.Marble I alls and Granite Moun-
tain railroad, while unloading ties
from a car at Granite mountain, in
Burnette county, lost his balance bv I
Two .nt,. negro girls named Cora
iin l (L ie Smith ar*' under arrest at
I . Hr charge; with the, theft of
money from ( apt .1 H. Henderson
I •• hoii-o ha* ordered 200 copies
tin* bill offered by Martin
to extend tbo Australian
•m to rural d istricts.
_’<’nt Adams
at Cunnuig-
pr* >
an engine backing up. fell
and rttruok hi* head on another car.
He died shortly afterward.
George lialliday, who live* olght
miles from Sherman, delivered four-
teen head of hog* to butchors thore
rocently. Tho porkers averaged 445
pounds. Two of them weighed over
600 pounds each, the largest measur-
ing 6 feat 3 inches in length and 3
feet 6 inches in height.
The board of trustees of the public
schools of Palestine will write letter*
of approval to ex-Gov. Hogg and Go?.
Culberson on their views of Increas-
ing the school tas, aod will memorial
ize the legislature to make the in*
backward 1 nt K,ace b®on killed.
Tho city council of Tsffstl has pur*
chased tlie waterworka
pi mt***i
< > ‘ h i i, n
1 >.t. i>t -.
1)' pn*
• ham. I ort B*-nd county w a* robbed of
.7 i ‘ the otiior night by two masked
robber- v’. ' chcaped.
I 'ho sentence f Dick Kd wards to
life imori-otiment for V/' tmirder of
Mrs Hattie Huync* at Poait»5.ihlK
been confirmed.
The ]-y«‘ar-oi<l child of Mrs. Mag
gi-’ Bviler of San Antonio drank sotno
*arbolie acid re*,ontly an 1 died in ter-
rible agony.
Miss Ada .lone* wa* burned to
death near Kurten. Brazos county,
recently Her clothing caught from
a -t*>\
Representative Bailey of DeWitt
has introduced a hill to create in each
organized county a board of educa-
tion
1 lie son ate bill adding razor* to the
li-t of deadly weapons wa* killed in
. tie* Henate by refusal to engross the
: bill.
A bill La* l>o5fl introduced in the
j legislature to rod tie© tho price of
leased school land* to 2 cents per acre.
Officer* raided a crap game at
i Paris one night recently. They
caught tho ‘hanker” and ••|>orter.”
Burglars descended upon Koppcrl.
I .Bo*que county the other night and
proceeded to burglarize a store
Bain ha* recently fallen in Victoria,
Burleson. Boll, Bastrop, Fayette,
( aid w ell and Brazos counties.
Sylvester Lee has been jailed at
Tyler, charged with attemptingto
assault Mr*. D \\ . Marshall.
I The state association of mmf6rs,
held their meeting at 7\it^D2 a few
! days ago
Pi (' M Bossor of Dallas has
taken charge of the lunatic asylum at
Ferrell.
Houstonian* are hustling to raine
sufficient im uiis for building an audi-
torium
J. (V League ha* offered tho city
of Galveston $25,000 for Pelican
island.
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Bober! McChinn was killed a lew
days a.,'0 by Hurry Master sod at Bra-
oriu
I ho reunion o( tho confederata vat-
■ runs will tako plaoo at Houston naxt
May.
I bo Hoo Horn will hold a concs-
tenallon at Houston on February 9. )
The senate bill doiair away with.
mi nr vilstfs In *»• •••• rspon or vommil-
raUiwad, ^bloh that the
aadts to Oa- mc,0•, «*P«a*a of roaaiae this d«-
o. to «*• jtatawt for 1898 was someth,n« over
_..v .1 T-T—-
>*n •rltboiettf’ Common sense oarer wae consld-
1 X •*■•« »*ry fashionable
jthe (Jklati
■ «» run 1
Pul9* y
4
ot the
Ir hate
t hall.
| It now looks as If the scalp bounty ^
will bo repealed.
| Tho Bankers Association moats la
[Galveston la August j
■ Boston capitalists hatro bought tho
Denison cotton mill.
| .Spurious nkklos are ia droulatlon
at Sherman.
now hoe a oommerotftl
Bolton bos an act ire boar* of tooAa. >
Temple Is bustUag (or aoottoa mil).
Ho empty housoe in GotaorlUo.
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