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The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-25
TEXAS HAS A BLOODY DUEL.
Friends and Enemies of Edit0r
Brann Fight TO the Death.

Editor Harris OF the Waco mes-Heralo
Killed and His Brother is Fatally Injured.
Judge Gerald, Who Led the Assault, So
Badly Hurt That He May Die.-A Negro
Shot Through Both Legs by Stray
Bullet.
Waco, Tex, Nov. ia sensa-
tional and deplorable tragedy was
enacted this afternoon at the corner
of Fourth and Austin streets, the
most crowded point in the city 1t
was a duel to the death between j
w. Harris, editor of the Waco Times
Herald, the morning paper OF This
city, and w. A Harris, his brother,
on one eide, and Judge G. B. Gerald,
one OF Waco's most prominent
citizens
The shooting was terrific. Fright
ened people ran in every direction
to escape.
Gerald was walking across the
street when j W Harris, from the
door of the corner drug store. open
ed fire on him Gerald pressed
forward, drawing a revolver from his
pocket. He stood at the curb a
moment and began returning the
fire. Harris drew back from the
door so that the wall screened him,
and continued firing
Gerald went forward to the door
and, reaching inside, shot Harris in
the neck. The latter fell.
When Harris began shooting, and
az Gerald rushed forward, W. A.
Harris, who stood on the opposite
corner, began shooting at Gerald
from the rear and wounded him ir
the side and shattered his left arm
When Gerald saw that J W. Harris
had fallen he rushed across the
street, where " A. Harris wal
wrestling with policeman, who had
rushed to the scene and disarmeo
HIM. Gerald walked up and shot
Harris three times, exclaiming: "Yor
-! You shot me in the back"
Harris died instantly.
j. w. Harris wound is declared
to be fatal The bullet severed the
windpipe and struck the vertebra
column. His body is paralYzed FROM
the hips dowa.
A pitiful scene was presented ir
the drug store, where j. w. Harri'
lay gasping for breath His wifi
held his hand, his mother bent ovel
and kissed him aud his little daugh
ter knelt on the floor and pray ei
earnestly for his life
Gerald's wounds are not consider
cd dangerous
The shooting is an outcome of th,
mobbing of W G Brann, editor o
The Iconoclast, by students o
Baylor University October 2. Judg,
Gerald left communication, bitterl,
criticizing the students who hae
, attacked Brsnn, at the Times Herald
Office for publication. The com
The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-25
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The Butler weekly times., 1897-11-25
Good Roads Men to Have a
Lasting Organization.
Work Must be Done in 4 Perma
neut Manner BY Able
Direction.

Post-Dispatch.
When ha,rmao W H. Moore
csile the Geo Roads convention |
to orde II 'ason" hail Tuesday |
morning wi 90 delegates in at |
tendanc
Interest en'et. q l. the adoption
OF q const' u u and bylaws and
the pro n~ed or auizatIon of per
manent State Goo Rnads' Associa-
tion. Everyone III the hall engaged
free In the discussion, and senti-
msnt was unanimously in favor of
founding a permanent association.
The committee on nominations
reported for permanent president,
" Fl. Moore, St Louis: treasurer,
Thos Fl. West, S Louis. Fifteen
vice presidents were selected from
| he several congressional districts of
| he state.
Dr.. Shields of Hannibal offered a
| resolution from the committee on
ways and means reclting that there
| are 80 counties in the state author
lied to levy a tax of SO cents for
county purposes. and that these
counties be asked to set aside one
third for road improvement.
7 P. Rix-y, of st Louis, spoke
vigorously in favor of the resolution
and cited instance where county
courts were Influenced by politics
and the necessity of retaining their
own positions to dole out repairs
that were USELESS and build bridges
where not needed
The committee of ways and means
reported, asking for further time in
which to prepare bill for presenta
ton to the next general assembly,
| as the sense of the convention. Time
was granted.
Stephen Delacelle moved an
amendment to the DR.. Shields reso
'ution requesting the governor to
call an extra session of the lsgisla-
ture to consider the question OF
good roads. It was adopted.
l Gen. A W. Doniphan from the
committee on resolutions, reported
} resolution recommending to the
general assembly an increase of ap'
preparation for the state board oi
charities.
Another resolution was reported
asking the submission of constitu.
tional amendment permitting county
courts to increase the tax levy TO,
road purposes.
Both resolutions were adopted.
Mr. Salzman of st Joseph moved
that $4,000 copies of the proceeding
of the convention be distributed BY
the secretary. The secretary asked
who was going to pay the bill 4
delegate from Jackson county moved
Z to amend by purchasing $4,000
copies OF the ''State's Duty" for dis
! tribution, which was adopted.
! Mr. Jacks of Montgomery offered
i resolution recommending to tn.
next General Assembly the appoint
ment of State Road Commission
THIS was adopted.
Mr. Florea of Nodaway spok.
} strongly in favor Of q special session
of the Legislature He said nc
> proper road law could be enacted a
Y q regular session. Every member
had his own bill, and between then
| all, when complicated with q thou
| sand other interests, nothing VA
done.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
0ivyH0 AWAY FRANCHISES.

Hon. Adolf Kraus. corporation cOtin.
sci under the former Mayor Carter II.
Harrison. writes:
when the city desires to sell any Of
It's real estate II advertlses for bids. re.
serving the right to reject all bids II not
satisfactory. When II desires to buy
Il follows the same method. When the
city Is rendy to surrender a portion of a
street to a street car. gas. electric or any
other company II Is prepared to give
something of value. for which It ought
to receive recOmpense, the same as
though II sold or leased It's school lands
or other property. How much cOinpen
sation should be obtained is the n,xt
question. This Is easily answered.
1.-The city should prepare a draft Of
nm ordinance showing what rights II II
willing 20 cOncede and then advertise
for bids. reserving the right to reject all
If not satisfactory. Parties desiring
franchises could then come with clean
hands and clean conscienccs. without
taking the risk Of offending against the
penal laws Of the state prohibiting
bribery: and. as II would not be neccs.
sary to see the Aldermen. the party
desiring a franchise could AFFORD to pay
more TO the city. Parties desiring ran.
chises ought to be willing to pay for
them as much M they are worth, and
ought to be willing to compete with 9th
ers to obtain them. Therefore any one
desiring franchise should apply for II
by fling petition with the City Clerk.
The Council ought to pass only on the
question whether the city is willing to
grant such a franchise. IT yes. then III"
Mayor ought to have the power to
award II TO the highest bidder or read.
vertise. AZ no party applying for a
franchise could tell beforehand wheth.
or or not he II going to be the highest
bidder. II the Council should decide ia
grant the franchise II would be useless
for him to attempt to brIbe any Nom.
bcr " the Council"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
IMPORTANT OPINION BY COUNTY
ATTORNEY lies.

County Attorney lies has given his
opinion on the payment Of money by
the fee officials to the County Board In
order to meet the monthly payroll Of
the employees Of the fee officers. The
questions were submitted to him Ivy the
Finance Committee rs follows:
Can monthly payments into the coun.
ty treasury of the fees and perquisites
of the respective county fee offices be
made by the several county offices In
such manner as to be available as coun-
ty funds Immediately after the re.
ccipts of such payments by the County
Treasurer?
Will the payments. IL made by the Of.
ficials and accepted Ivy the Treasurer
upon order of the County Board, be an
acquittal in full Of the amounts 80
paid?
County Attorney lies held that the
fair Interpretation of both the statute
and constitution requiring the fee Of
| ficials Of the county TO make semi.an-
nual reports does not mean that they
may not make reports oftcner. 1t
means. he says. that they shall be made
not less than once in six months.
The question will be submitted to
three judges Of the Circuit and Su.
perior Courts for an opinion. II they
sustain the County Attorney In his
| view. II Is believed some Of the fee Off.
GERS may assist the County Board In
putting into effect the new plan by pay.
ing over the receipts Of their offices
monthly.
Some Of the officials will never con.
sent to paying over their receipts un'
I'll the law Is changed. County Clerk
Knopf says that rs County Clerk he
will not change from his present meth
DDS Of doing business. as the constitu
ton and statute are both silent In refer.
ence to his office. As Clerk OF the
County Court he will come under the
new rule.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04

given sufficient time In which to do the
work. The valuation Of real estate will
stand for four years.
The County Judge. City Comptroller.
and County Treasurer are to be Board
Of Review and will hear appeals from
the valuations made by the Assessors.
What the bill provides on the ticklish
point of the percentage of actual cash
value to he taken as basis for taxa
ton has not been made known.
1t IL to be hoped that the members of
the revenue committees and other leg
'slators to whom this draft Of bill Is
to be submitted will make M their
minds speedily TO support It. They GER
tainly will do so when the necessity and
the legality Of 1t are explained to them
ty the eminent lawyers who have pre-.
pared 1t. With strong legislative back.
ing assured. the Governor cannot hest.
tate to include revenue legislation IN
the list Of subjects 70 be considered nj
the special session he II going to call.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
REVENUE LEGISLATION

Messrs. John l.. Wilson and John =,
Miller have completed the draft of n
revenue bill and steps will be taken at
oncc to secure It's Endorsement by the
revenue committees of the House ana
Senate. If it meets with their approval
1t may be taken for granted that ma
ioriiy of the members of the Legisla-
ture will favor It..
II Is understood that the bill incor'
porates the suggestions made by Mr.,
Wilson In his speech at the Commercial
Club dinner. That is, 1t abOllshes the
Chicago Town Collectors and makes
provision for the election Of Board OF
Assessors OF three members. Assess
ments are made by them and they are
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
PUBLISH the PAYROLLS.

Now that the City Council. In what
may have been u moment OF inadver'
tence. has passed an order requiring
the publication OF the pay rolls cach
month. the aldermen must stand by
their action.
The municipal code. which provides
with some particularly for the publ
cation Of the pny rolls. together with
Interesting concurrent Information rs
to who gets the pay and what he IL
paid for. has been allowed to slumber
peacefully. II enforced It would nave
compelled some Interesting disclosures
as to the leakage through which public
moneys are dribbled away. Politicians
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
ron A METROPOLITAN POLICE.

Gov. Tanner will he asked by the Re.
publicans OF the Sixth congressional
district to include police department
legislation In his call for special SEES.
sion.
The action of the police department
In the special election OF lns. week II
made the basis Of complaint. The men
who managed BOutell's campaign want
such a system Of police administration,
by metropolitan police board or other.
wise. az will remove the police from
political influence. At a meeting Of the
executive committee Of the congress.
si0nal committee these resolutions were
adopted:
"Whereas. 1t has come to the knOwi.
edge Of the Republican congressional
committee OF the Sixth district that the
members of the Chicago police force
stationed In said district have been per.
niciOusly ana extensively partisan In
their efforts to secure the election Of
the Democratic candidate by openly,
publicly and extensively soliciting sup
port for said candidate, and by going
beyond the lines of their official duty
In calling upon the Democratic Judges
clerks, challengers, watchers and work.
ers mt $50 o'clock election morning,
Nov. 23, 1897, In order to secure the at
tendance of said judges and Others mt
their respective polling places; and
"Whereas, The undersigned believe
that such action Is beyond the line OF
police duty ana Is demOralizing to those
members of the police force who be-
licve in conscientious discharge OF
their duty; therefore be 1t
Resolved. That we express our
condemnation of the action of said po'
lice, and recommend the enactment OF
such legislation rs will remove the po-
lice force from the influence OF political
craftsmanship"
The resolutions are signed by Graemc
Stewart, John j. Healy. Joseph Letter,
John &. w. Rhode, Fred a. Busse, John
Linn, George A. Carpenter and others
| 4 committee will be sent to Springfield
to lay the matter fOrcibly before the
Governor
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04

There Is discord and many other I'M
pleasant things among the Democratic
members of the General Assembly, all
brought to the surface by an effort to
line up the Democrats ON some hypO-
thetical special session policy.
Isaac Il. Craig, who poses rs the lead
or OF the Democrats In the lower house,
came from Nation Wednesday with
what your gambler would call "cOld
deck" up his sleeve. Twelve other
Democrats of the lower house We're in
vited to sit into the little political
game. Before attempting to deal from
his "cOld deck" the willy man of Mat
toon cOntrlved to find out whether all
present had their eyes open or would
bllndly follow his lead. He discovered
Immediately that three or four of them
We're decidedly open-eyed. The pol
icy-moldng conference then dissolved
promptly, without having accomplish
ed one thing,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04
DEMOCRATS FOR REVENUE BILL.

Prospective revenue legislation caus.
cd u row ut the meeting Of the Demo.
cratic members Of the Legislature held
Wednesday In the fremont House. The
representatives gathered ut the hotel
to talk over the special session In gen.
eral ana plans to Illustrate the proposed
Republican appOrtlonment bill In par-
tIcular.
ike" Craig presided and "Cnle"
johnson was his mainstay In the meet.
Ing. At Springfield Craig. johnson ana
Free =. Morris are known ns the Dem.
Ocrntlc big three" ana their word goes
with majority OF the Democratic
members. Almost all the discussion
was on the proposed revenue legisla.
ton. During the last session Free r.
Morris had revenue bin Of his own.
He did not Introduce II. 1t was claimed
that the few representatives Of cOrpOr-
atoms who had been favored with u
glance at the Morris revenue bill had
become panicstrlcken Immediately, and
had exerted their best efforts to pre-.
vent any legislation bearing on the rev.
Cnue laws.
1t was decided that Morris. who In
the chairman Of the Democratic steer.
Ing committee. should call that body
together rs soon as the special call II
Issued and set up the pins to secure
some Of the glory Of the revenue legis'
lntiOn. 1t was urged that It would be
an immensely popular thing for the
Democrats to do. and that there was
not a little political thunder awaiting
the party which took the initiative.
There were present ut the meeting
Isaac Craig, Jacob 3. Edelstein OF Bel
vidlere. Edward NOvak Of Chicago, Den
mis- Sullivan Of Chicago, G. G. johnson
OF Sterling. John p. McGOorty Of Chi
cagO, william McIlniry Of Rock Island
Ross G. Hall of Oak Park ana Hugh
Murray OF Carlisle.
Word came from Springfield Wednes
day to some Of the machine member
Of the Legislature that the session
would not be called until Jan. I. Las
week Gov. Tanner said he would call i
as soon as possible In order to allow
the members who expected or had Sc
cured Federal positions to qualify To-
them. 1t Is said In delaying the cal
that the Governor IL getting a little re
venge on the Mckinley members of tn
Legislature. One day In talking of tn
appOrtionment bill the Governor cav
his views on President Mckinley ant
his followers:
Mckinley" said Gov. Tanner, cha
placed prize for party boiling. Ever!
man he Is friendly to In this State Is
hotter ana kicker. Mckinley is try
ing to tear down the party In Illinois
ana he Is using his immense patronag
| To bring about that end"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04

pany cannot re.elect Conrad Kahler In
the Twelfth Ward. Hon. David w.
Clark, the popular Warren avenue Re-
publican, may Ike his successor.
Hon. Chas. G. Schumacher IN quite
likely to be the successor Of A. w. Mil
Ter from the Tenth ward.
Hon. W. ID. Kent can beat GaxxOlO In
the Eleventh ward II he wants to 70
back to the Council chamber.
Hon. Michael Ryan may succeed
John Anderson from the Fifteenth
Ward.
Hon. Peter Kiolbassa should IN re.
| elected from the Sixteenth Ward.
Hon. +. BrignadellO II talked Of to
succeed Aid. NJ. g. KnudsOn. who IL
said to have gone daft on police uni
| FORMS"
John A. Rogers will put up good
fight for reelection in the Eighteenth
Ward, and he Is popular with his con.
| stltuents.
John Powers IL said to be trembling
; In the balance In the Nineteenth Ward.
John Adnnk. the popular livery man.
may succeed q. W. PrVhst In the Tween.
| tieth Ward.
Hon. Edward MuelhOefer IL said to he
slated for the Republican nomination
for Alderman In the Twenty second
Ward.
Mr.. Samuel Cotton. the well.knOwn
architect. will probably be the Repub.
lican nominee for Alderman In the
Twenty.fOurth Ward. 1t Ia not known
whether Mr.. Walker desires reelection
or not.
Hon. Geo. h. Milne II pretty certain
Ia succeed A. W. POrtman In the Tween.
,y.Hfth Ward. Mr.. Milne IL strong with
the people In his bailIwick.
VIM. j. Mc(;ariglc IL talked Of as the
successor Of Mr.. Schlake In the Tween.
ty-siXth Ward.
Hon. Hubert W. Butler will undOubt.
edly succeed himself from the Twenty
seventh Ward.
Hon. Charles II. Rector cannot be
beaten for reelection In the Twenty
eighth Ward.
In the Twenty-ninth. Thirtieth and
Thirty.first Wards things are decidedly
mixed, as there IL q large crop of Al
dermanlc asiDirants who are stirring up
the Indians ut lively rate Just ut this
time.
Hon, VIM. MavOr will succeed him
self from the Thlrty-secOnd Ward with
out doubt, ana Cyrus ii. Howell IL
also slated for a winner In the Thirty
third Ward.
Napoleon BarsalOuX, manager of the
Colonial Hotel, may succeed ]. II. Math
In the Thirty-fOurth Ward.
Hon. 4. w. NOhe reports q great
business In fire escapes ut room 12i
Hartford Building.
Col. Il. II. Bliss, II given the Repub-
lean nomination for County Judge,
will come pretty near winning out.
Hon. John L. McGOOrty and Hon. i.
, j. BrignadellO will make n strong eff
fort to pass u revenue bill ut the special
session.
Hon. ]. II. Craig may be elected
Speaker of the House at the special ses-
sion, although Free =. Morris and John
, T.. McGoorty are also talked Of.
CAuTIoN.-There q Q white soap
q shaved up and sold 20 Dobbins' Elec.
, trio. It is fraud and viii ruin clothes.
The genuine IL never sold except In bars,
stamped Dobbins' Soap Mfg. Co., Phils.
= delphia, and In wrappers with pictures
= of Mira. EOQy.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-12-04

william +. Magnus, a saloonkeeper mt
~ North Clark street, reduced upon
payment Of tribute.
The matter was brought to the atten.
ton Of Chief Water Assessor Harkins,
and Chief Inspector Ward was instruct.
ed to make an investigation.
Mr.. Magnus Informed the water Office
officials that last Wednesday the two
men entered his saloon on North Clark
street and made Inquiries regarding
the number Of faucets and basins used.
The men represented themselves az wa.
ter inspectors In the employ Of the city
and asked whether the winter bill for
the premises was not too high.
The inspectors. II In said, then sug.
gested that there was way Of having
II fixed" II Il was desired and satisfac.
tory arrangements could be made. Mr..
Magn,is answered that his brother usu-
ally attended to matters Of the kind
ind referred them to him. He was out
at the time ana the inspectors waited
for him.
After waiting for nearly nm hour the
inspectors became uneasy ana left the
place. saying they would return. They
never came back and Mr.. Magnrs, he
l!eving the men to be impOstOrs, report.
cd the matter to the city hall later In
the day.
Saturday morning Inspectors Trip
and Pagan were positively identified by
Magnus IN the men who offered to Xix"
his water bin. and they were fired" at
once.
Acting on the approval Of the Mayor,
the street car authorities will place rat.
tan tenders on all their cars.
Hon. Sidney McClOud, who has 80
fearlessly and honestly represented the
people Of Illinois In the state Senate,
may receive the Republican nOmina.
ton for sheriff Of Cook County. lie
would run like q scared deer.
Hon. f.. Il. Brainerd. who II In the
lead for the Republican nomination for
South Town assessor, was unanimously
reelected president OF the First Ward
Republican Club Oh Tuesday evening.
Voters Of the Thirteenth, Twenty
eighth and Thirty.secOnd wards should
not fail to re.elect the following faith.
full guardians Of the peoples rights to
the City Council: Hon. VIM. MaypOlc,
Hon. Charles II. Rector and Hon. Win.
MavOr.
1t Ia rumOred that John j. COughlin
will have no cake walk In the First this
time. Ike Powell may succeed him.
Alderman Charles Il. Gunther II a
credit to his constituents.
warders will return II. =. Fitch to the
City Council.
1t Is claimed that w. =. Jackson will
not run for alderman from the Fourth
ward next spring. His retirement will
he regretted by good citizens generally
1t Is stated on good authority that
VIM. l.. Kent vii be laid on the shelf
In the Fifth ward next spring.
Hon. Henry Stuckart will probably
succeed Chas. Martin from the Sixth
ward.
\. II. Bremen may not stand for re
election in the Seventh ward.
Unless Hon. II. j. NOvak decides t
run for State Senator he may succeed
+. Meek from the Eighth ward In thu
City Council.
Hon. II. L. CullertOn will endeavOl
to succeed v. Klenha In the City COun
ell from the Ninth ward.
Aid. Vim. Il. MaypOle will succeed
himself.
A. w. Beilfuss Is popular with thu
people and has made a good record II
the Council.
Rockwell street residents and prop
erty owners say the Pennsylvania com