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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

Mrs Augusta q. Genet owns % large
tract OF coal land 100 JHr I1ybawauul
anthracite district Do 1885, Says Do,
sun sac mado o oputra,. with The Dell
aware aud Hudson canal company.
whose main field OF operation ls 100 tine
district by which 90 was tu mine the
.oll on her land, paying her 400 annual
rental for the property and % royalty
~ ~. cents o ton on an coal that
would pass over a screen 81 one-half
nrh moshthn coat that passed through
.hr mesh 10 De- waste. Twenty years
later IL was discovered that by rc-
screening this culm through smaller
ncshrd screens large proportion ~ IL
ould bo reclaimed and made valuable
commercial coal, known as pea coal.
subsequently, sim smaller size.
Wown 49, huckwhoal ooal. was screened
rom the waste These long neglected
ulm piles the disposal of which Wa
. serious problem with coal operators.
lave since yielded millions of dollars
% The companies In 1856 Mr.. Genet
'ound that the Delaware and Hudson
anal company was using q scrscn Of
much smaller mcfnos than was men.
uIonoI 10 the contract with her. and
ry % obtaining from the discarded cuIm
large quantities of coal FOR which sho
received no royalty The company did
not recognize her claim To the product
y the culm. and She began suit against
% iu New York to compel a. settlement
The company claimed that under 10,
contract the waste coal was virtually
conveyed 90 il and that IL was simply
utilizing Its own property Mrs. Gen.
cts contention Was that the waste 90.
verified 10 her after II passed through
the ouc.half inch screen This view
the New York courts took OF the ease
up to the Appellate Division, which
has recently also decided In her favor
giving her judgment for $4,000.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25
DEATH OF ELIZABETH.
she Bseam. De.ponasnt Al at Onss
aud Pinsd Away.

% the efficacy 0f pIya.t Queen Eliza
beth had always been akeptical says
the Coinhil Magazine. Now ten or
twelve physicians came 90 the palace.
each promising with 40 manner Of as
scryaiisu." "Hrr perfect and easy rec1y-
cry " she would follow q staple courlc
Of treatment" Bur th,y spoke IN vain.
Nor could the protests ~ councillor.
diriucs and waiting women induce her
o. accept medical assistance Her mel
anrAoly aas settled and irrcmoyablo.
and she had no wish 10 prolong Il by
Engineering out her liir She only
broke G.lcnee 90 mumur q am not
Sick, ] feel no pain. and SET I pine
away She vas asked whether she
hai any secret cause ~ grief She re-
Piled that be- lHsv Of nn.h,ng In the
world worthy Oi troubling her. At
''ng'h. ~ force ~ o. .aidl she vas
li''d from th' h.aus and put to
bed. Tier condition underwent no
change Gradually th,.r about her re-
allied that she o. -hi Use u she would
d.r m'anr.' but Tat flr would not be-
persuaded. and princes. a5 they tear
iu.iy arknowIelsc cannot Doe cuor.cd.
Nevertheless. until the rl'rI woc.. they
looked forward Co : renewal Ul her Old
'iFarity and The dispersal of her lc,h-
. orsf but during tho Ua.t % was
+ perceived that the ground she had lost
/ COULD only Doc recovered by miracle. on
/ "wednesday. March Do. her councillors
. entered her h0iOhamHrr Go receive her
I ia.. Iu.iur'lorT She bad none 90
f.,c The arefhIhop anal bishops of.
/ icrrd Up prayer 90 her bed ic. and She
. derived som. comfort from their min
/ lHtrarlona lu ro evening .hp sunk
into o. quiet sleep such ls she had
sought without avail ur nearly %
month Sh0 meyer woke afair About
q O'Clock n ,'. H.r-ue H' March g
sun departed .na l.,. mildly DOS, a
.WuH. ..Iy 'iko q r.pn lnp.. from The
.Un' When .1r WI examined after
death hor physicians reported that
"shc bad body OF nrm IuI perfect
. constitution likely t1 have lived many
/ ''.rs' Death wH 100 G.' prepared
to 'hr Ias' .D bargain with hrr for %
/ o.. moro years OF Il'r uul h.s terms
Implied 900 enlightenment o.. those fac
u.'lD 900 who, unrestricted exercise
/ bog pIoDn.y 'umr e.mDI 90 u.r tu de-
pend liy refusing Go HD party t1 tho
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

There WAS In those days "A serious
hammered Irish member named Blake
mot 10 be- COMPOUNDED with the cX-
premier oi Canada, sitting member for
South Lungfordl. who h. remembered
FOR a brief correspondence hc read 10
the delighted House. II was intro
duccd In speech delivered In debate
on the Irish Sunday closing bill Mr..
Blake had ho conndcutIally Informed
the House, an uncle who regularly took
six tumhlcrs o.; whisky toddy daily
This troubled him, and after much
thought be- resolved 90 write and re-
moustratc with his relative. The FOL
lowing was the letter My Dear Uncle
write 20 say how pleased I should
be- II you could soc your way 10 giving
mp your sis glasses OF whisky a day !
am sure You would find many adyant.
ages in doing so the greatest N which
would De- that gs ! am persuaded. 10
would Dee the mems " prolougng your
days The uncle replied. My Dear
Nephew am much obliged 10 you
FOR your dutiful letter was so much
struck by what you said and, IN par.
tIcular, by your Nnd wish TO lengthen
my days, that last Friday gave ur
the whisky I believe You are right
my boy, as to my days being length.
cnod, for, bodad' It was the longest day
| ever remember"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

CITY Cousin. aud summer nonrdcr..
In q sketch ON "Pcl,c'.,l VALLEY" plc.
turing life loo lu ideal rural rommuul-
ity. Mrs Lyman Abbott To- the Lad
Home Journal presents this realistic
picture GO Let us spend a winter
in Peaceful Valley as nm experiment
Tho summer visitors will have gone.
The city cousins. who find II yer,
convenient tu spend % few economical
weeks with Cousin John ON grand
fathers old farm to ride about loo hI
plain, sprIugloss wagon. 10 enjoy 90.
cream and fresh butter and Cousin
James home cooking. with The great
advantage Of having saved good
many dollars tu Boz pat into added luN-
uJr and festivities loo town. wii have
departed Gone. too. viii br the 'rIty
bulrlors who can End more fault boz
an hour than any other class of pcu-
pile. and who show great power NJ en-
duruucc hy staying ON iu places and
returning 10 them year after year
whore, according TO their myaryme
testimony th" food is poor and the
beds are hard, where there is no meat
worth eating. whore the insects and
flying iEngs are Fostering. whore IL is
too hot or too cold and whore gcncr-
ally so far as the landlady ever hears
things are about az uncomfortable as
they can possibly b."
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

The Dlngley tarin act re-cnacted. In
IT'S twenty-second section. the proyls-
ions In previous acts imposing q dis
eliminating duty Of ten per cent. on
goods imported In foreign vessels But
the wording was 80 changed that the
exemption from this duty applied 10
vessels entitled 10 equal privileges
with our own by treaty or conyon-
tlon" instead OF by treaty or any act
OF congress- A clause was also added
which laid the discriminating duty on
goods produced In % country not con-
tlguous TO the United States but COM
ing In TO the United Siate8 from q
contiguous country. These changes
were capable Of a construction which
would levy the additional duty on for
eign goods brought In British or
French vessels. hitherto exempt under
act OF congress; and also on goods i'm
ported W way Of Canada or Mexico
The attorney general holds that con-
gress did not intend to effect either OF
these results. lie finds no evidence
that congress meant TO repeal the law
under which British vessels have been
exempt. and argues that the passage
OF bill amondatory Of that law, o. the
same day the tarin bin was enacted.
shows an intention to keep IL alive.
The clause relating to contiguous coun-
tries he regards as an amendment 10
guard against evasion; not as ne
determination.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25
The HOUSE OF HAPSBURG.

The news that Arohduke Franz Fer
dinand Of Austria. son OF the late Arch
luke Carl Ludwig aud Princess An
nuuciata. and heir presumptlye TO the
throne Of Anstr.a-ilunrary has mar
ricd beneath bis station. while O. will
assuredly cause CONSERVATION in the
great courts Of Europe. will hardly
surprise those who know how prone
the male members ~ the Austrian inn
perial houses have been 40 least dur
ing the present century. 20 enter in-
10 matrimonial alliances OF this kind.
In this respect many Of the HapsJurgs
nave won much uueuyiabie uptur.ety.
Love. indeed. has played a great part
10 the lives ~ many Ui thrm bringing
10 TOO many instances ostrac.sm and
social ruin. and Ia one Instance. AZ
least. q lamontable and untincly death.
Never slnguiarly fortuuaie.th Haps-
burgs have of late years been singu
larry unfortunate. Study their his
tory for the past few decades. and
how many domestic casualties and oc-
centric acts You Will find recorded.
Only few years ago Archduke John
o. Austria disappeared. and they say
that the Old emperor SIN mourns for
him. \ brilliant fellow Do was. but
wonderfully h1' headed and indopend-
ent His teachers complained that
he seemed 10 lack % sense ~ rpyer-
ence.' llo entered The army and 90
once Inauguuted several sweeping roe
forms. The state authorities checked
bin, and then 100 revenge. Doe published
bitter pamphlet 10 which be- To-
Weighed hcrcely against the Austrian
military auih0ritle8 and claimed that
the army was ahamciully mIsmauaped.
The emperor punished him by sending
him to CracOw. but be- was soon back
IN Vienna. writing music. studying
spiritualIsm. ana otherwise busying
himself The red tape Of oflc.alism
be constantly dcdcd. and 40 Iast.in Sep
TENDER. 1887. the emperor deprived him
u all his offices and forbade him 10
appear at court la disgust the arch
duke loft Vienna, and the world next
heard that be- had assumed the nam
o. Johann Orth, and had married En-
HE Stubel a pretty little Austrian
singer u was o love match. pure and
simple One day Emile met a hand
some young man who said b. was a
student. and with whom she fell In
love, because he loved her so tcnde-ly.
Only she thought be dressed much TOO
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

bad odor at the court Of Austria as
King Leopold
Probably the most unfortunate Haps-
burg of recent times was Arghduke Ru-
dolf Francis Charles Joseph he was
born August "a. 1883, and was the cid
est son of Franz Joseph. Emperor NJ
Austria He was carefully educated
and learned To- speak ten languages
and also became yersoi ln zoology and
the natural sciences Ho was also q
great traveller and hunter he was
married 100 1850 10 the Princess
s.cphau.o Duchess OF Sayouy. daughter
Of Leopold a.. King OF the BcIgIans.
u was one OF the most brilliant uup-
tial ceremonies Of the century The
royalty welded pair did not live happily
and the princess sought Bon vain FOR @
separation. 90 was said that she was
In love with nn American whom the pol.
icy Of the state forced her 10 marry
Rudolf
Rudolfs sudden death. which occur
red at Mcyorling, near Baden. on Jan
30. 1889, astourdod Europe. and was at
first supposed 20 have been caused by
apopleXy Then the statement was
given out that the heir 10 Austrias
throne had met His death by being ac-
cidcntally shot while on a hunting OK
petition to Mcyerllng. Later the en-.
tire civilized world wss startled by IN,
news that the prince had committed
suicide.
The archduke was deeply infatuated
with the charms OF the Baroness Vet
cera. a beautiful young girl. who ne
turned his love. He wished 10 b,
united to her by morganatlc marriage
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

plainly. a. a review OF the army
however she saw her student lover boz
uniform 100 fine that 30 almost took
her breath away She asked some one
who be- was and was told tina, hc was
Archdukr John OF Austria Johann
Orth next became q captain and soon
auorward the world heard that ho haI
los, DIS NE 40 sol while sailing To Val
plraiso from Buouoa Ayros Not very
long ago. however. the um0r spread
that he vas still alive and he had seen
Hghtlng ON the side OF the congrrssl1n-
alists 10 the CHILEAN war Anyhow
there is no more typical example of "A
rebel Hapsburs than Johann Otth.
A kindred soul Is Archduke Henry
Youngest son % the late Archduke
Rainier. yic,roy Of Lomhlrdy lie was
a general Ia the army and while sta
toned at Gratz he made the acquaint-
ancr Of Fraulciu Huimauu. singer az
tho thcatcr. with monthly salary q
5fy forms She was hy no means q
great singer. Her last role was that
Of Pamela. loo Fra pIavolo," but she
was pretty. quick wittCd, the very type
~ Vleunose girl. and above ull irre-
pronchahlr lu her conduct and man
ners The archdukc paid court 20 her,
aud when ho wUs Obliged tu take the
field iu Italy De- promised that he
would marry her n his NE were spared
and h.s promise Dee faithfully kept The
emperor stormod fumod and ala dll
Boz his power to reclaim the prodlgal
but all his efforts were boo vain Arch
duke Henry had vowed 90 be true To
Fraulcln HOFFMAN,. and not all the
powers In ChriHpndum could persuade
him TO abandon her. An Francis JOS
cph could DO was TO deprive the arch
/ duke of h!s military rank and eNpa-
/ triato him The marrlag" took place
on Fehruur, 8, 1865 aud not until 1859
/ did the emperor show any signs Of re-
leuung. lu the latter year he allowed
the archdukc to present his wife and
daughter 90 him. and thus the family
quarrel was ended.
The misfortuncs OF Charlotte former
empress Of Mexico form another sad
chapter IN the history Of the Haps-
burgs. Marie Charlotte Amele Au-
gustc Victoirc ClcmontIne Leopoldnc
former empress Of Mexico, and sister
OF the king Of the Bolgians, Ia now ~
ing dangerously ill. She was born In
1870. and was married In 1857 tC
Macmillan. who was placed on I'd,
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

throne Of Moslco. and was tried and
shot on June !. 1861 MAMMALIAN y
the midst Of Dds troubles sent Carlotta
10 Paris 20 request some cneciual AID
from Napoleon no. Failing 10 her mis-
sion. she proceeded 20 Italy. where her
reason gave way Ia co.'s queucc Of her
troubles and WORRY over the probable
fate Of her husband She was oyentu-
ally removed 90 the chateau o. Blu-
chHnt.nolr brussels wherc.aceordIng 20
report. She has employed herself dur
Ing hor lucid intervals 10 writing me-
mOits of the Mexican empire.
King Leopold Of Belgium Is now
charged az the court OF Austria with
having squaudered in various specula-
lions. notably 10 bis Congo enterprise.
the immense fortune which be- held In
trust for Cari0til Carlotta has been
srcIudod from the View not only Of the
public. but even OF her Austrian. Eng
llsh and French relatives. for the last
thirty years. Some months ago ru-
murs were circulated that she was no
longer insane hut that she was kept
under restraint hy her brother 10 con-
sequence Of his dread that she would
demand an accounting OF her fortune.
Since the report Of the illno. of Car
l1tta these Wmors have been revived.
The relatives 81 the former empress
have repeatedly attempted 20 see her.
bat DO vain King Leopold has per
sstcu'ly refused 90 allow her 10 be
visited by aHy Of them and this has
excited much animofIty against him.
as well as disirust AZ the courts Of
Windsor and Vienna. Queen Victoria
"a an aunt Of Carlotin. and the empress
OF Austria is her sisior-in-law
The death OF CurIotta viii lead 10
sim further bitterness between King
Leopold and the reiguing house u
Austria. for. as widow OF the second
brother " Emperor Franz Josef Car
lotta has been member Of the
Hapsburg family and COS such large
share of her vast property should go
AZ once upon her death 20 her hus-
hands kinsfoik Indeed an account
ing ought 20 have been made with the
Emperor of Austria 40 the time Car
lotta became insane since be- is one
Of his dead brothers trustees King
Leopold has rlways avoided doing this,
In spite % the protests that have
reached him from Vienna. Indeed ~
The present moment there Dr. no royal
parsonage in Europe who Us In such
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

~. supper was served In the castle NJ
Mcyerlng. and during the festivities
the Baroness No'coru suddenly made
her entrance into tho supper room and
with nashul eyes asked the prince n
% was true that be- had renounccd her
The prince. after a silence. answered
that his father would allow NJ no union
between himself and the baroness. The
latter then drew q revolver and fired
at Rudolf The ball wounded him but
slightly. and ho caught the Infatuated
woman in his arms She managed
however. 20 turn the pistol against her
SELF and inflicted q mortal wound A
relative " the baroness then sprang
mp and brought a champagne bottle
with AN bis might upon the head Of the
prince who sank upon the noor and
died The lovers were then laid side
by side upon couch and 400 the wilt
uo-ses TO the scene were sworn TO sc.
crocy
4 number Of stories varying In de-
tails were current in Vienna during the
days following the tragedy. and many
startling umorB were whispered
about Tho court. Of course. hushcd up
the affair as much as possible and 800
the story ~ the princes taking Oh has
never been authuriiatlycly told.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

bu, his sihc- rogi. no, allow such IN
arr -rt. On the evening % Jan.
% n. Swn prince met the baroness
in a 4 eeper's house not far from
the cas- To- Meyeriing. and spent the
evening frth her In the morning both
we're 70 d dead. lying side by side
upon a S'A. 10 was asserted that the
baroness fad taken poison and that
the price had shot himself
But there were a great many variants
10 the sOry. and though the fact that
the prince committed suicide Is now
generally accepted. there are different
versions ~ 10 the manner % bis taking
o. One story Is 70 the effect that a
forester already equipped t1r the mora
ing's chase went 10 the house where
the prince was staying Ia order 10 ask
The mmckecpor Tor some instructions
regarding the huat hat was 20 take
place. he Knocked loudly a. the door.
a window was opened and o man jump
ed out and ran away be- forester
aimed and fred. and the fugitive fell,
and when the forester walked Up TO
him he recognized TO his horror the
Gown prince. who had tainted The
sho, had entered the princes shoulder
The forester called for help and. with
the assistance ~ man who ran 10
his aid. carried the prince into the
game keepers house
The baroness. seeing the prince in q
faint and bleeding from wound.
imagined that hc was dead She i'm.
medIately took mp her travelling bag
and pulled ont q ph.al. Before she
could be- prevented she drank its con.
tents and fell dead upon the floor
Soon afterwarl the crown prince
came 20 and Was taken by his own
orders 10 The castle OF McyerlIng
Here be ordered his valet from the
room into which he had been carried.
and here he placed a pistol to bis head
and fired q fatal shot
Letters Of the prince and of the
baroness found after thc tragedy tend
10 dlspruNc this version, ana indicate "a
premedItat,i suicide on the part NJ
both parties There were several Wit
ncssos who declared that they had seen
the bodies Of the prince and the
baroness lying side by side Immediately
after the tragedy.
4 man by the name o, Johann
/ TranquIle.n. known by the sobriquot OF
Baron Schau" who died ON Ward
island after q career OF dissipation IN
the United States. asserted that hC
drove the crown prince 20 McyerlInr
on the day of The tragedy and told d
very different story Of the princes
death Hc said that he drove N,
prince and o jolly party of friends Q,
Meycrlug 80 women were in the par
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25
CramnA


Are canssd ~ an Irritation OF the nerves
They are local Hpasms, frequently The Tcrult
Of utaune disease There are pipcl,n,
Rpawing and eoutraeiiye pains In the rerl1n
Of the stomach extending 10 The back and
chest They are often the symptom and
effect Of indigestion. Dr ". 4. simmons
Liver Medicine should BE- used D. stlmn-
late the digestive organs AMI Dr simmons
sqnAw Nine Wine 90 give lLluledlata relief
and permanent cure.
Alter the old prOptietors o. tho article
now called "black Draught" we're b. tie
United states Court enj0ined from using
the words constituting our trade name.
does not equity require that they siand or
Their own trade name aud merit tfauFl u
their article. aud not seek ~ appropriate
the trade for our article called fuf and
Known ~ Dr. Simmons LIVER Medicine. ~
publishing The picture ~ another Dr. sim.
mons on their wrapper and falsely hdgertis.
Ing thar Their article "Black DrauEht" vas
established in lhi1. that being the year IN
which our article was established while nc
Que ever heard Of "lilAck Dfhught" TN
after $50 Why do they advertise that
fnlsehnoi and associate their article viii.
ours (haViug the picture 0f Dr. Al. \. Fin.
mons on ~ BY their publication % tho
picture 81 another bf simmons. u not done
u unfairly appropriate var Iadeg u lot
TIC motive APPARENT
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

Race animosities between the Ger
man and Czech or bohemian elements
In the Austrian Relchsrath became 20
violent last June as to compel the en-
peror 10 close the session. Upon the
reopenlng OF the Relchmath the other
day there was resumption Of the tur-
hnlent proceedings In the lower house.
which made the orderly transaction Of
business impossible. Doctor Wolr.
leader OF the German Nationalist par
~, was 80 violent In bis insults TO
Count Badeni. the Austrian premier,
that the latter with the emperor's ap-
proyal. challenged him 10 a duel In
the encounter which followed. Count
Badeni was slightly wounded.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-02-25

may 10 N|a' Nlalnut Iaf H.t. s.tthl astt4.
ger 90 thc men who u.n the great
guns which perform this task The
neE method is known as high angle
firing
The ono experiment which demon
stratod the fact cited beyond question
was conducted with % wire wound piece
of service ordinance. e. % iuoIe. cali
b"r, weighing nineteen tons ANA which
was on an expanding mounting placed
for high range lriug On. gun uuiiz"d
was one OF great power, range and
penetration Zoo fhO .r.C. of trials ~
the gun the proier,IIra Cred were Pal
User shot wriahiug a,2 mounds ui.a.
and requiring for discharge 90 iudiyid-
ual charge OF go pounds % p0Nd'
| The gun was fred Of .t..uU. angie.
OF elevation. the maN.muu rams. OBJ
taincd not being loss chan twelve
I miles. The elevation was then forty
| degree. Those vHu bad charge OF
the experiments carefully calculated
J tHa speed of ,ln pruicgH.. and deter
] AINNhNf.N 'N.H' '|I' NN..N... N.'.I""N.' ''.'
tanned Dos 4. wI- loo thr vicinity uf lu.-
600 feet. ur about ,hr.. miles The
time occupied Dog tIp onUr, llrur was
exactly one minute Ihls result .s r'-
rardod as one %. the creates, achieve
mDnls Of modern Funu.y The puwr.
/ ul great range and exceeding punotri-
ton which JLg pruicrf.lD undoubtedly
posscas,s under The circumstance do
sorihcl are uHgu.stlUuahly due 90 rhg
wire winding system. which gives high
. resistance power 90 the guns and thus
enables heavier charges to Ur used
/ The run which VIII boo general boz used
upon the coast " Britain weighs 20
tons and has muzzlD energy NJ 90 200
foot tons o. doubtful II amy cNpor-
imont with artillery Tor thirty years
has resulted boo The revelation ~ far'e
800 important to naval powers NJ
needs 90 elaborate explanation to dem
unsIutc chat uO vessel can Ir sU con-
siruct.I uu modern lines .s tl 1r .m.
/ pcrN.ou. 90 puIe.,.u Iuln. from
th, clouds l voI' as fGu.. which arr
/ fired 700 Dor .Go. So. char . .,..-..
/ fh. position lU. modern ..... .u F.
placed 300 D., ta. uI.H. no u. h..h .....
aru. Tb. ..l l.ur... .f U...
angle ar. nu n. 0a .H., Ha.
they cam u. mounted "UrI .r.
| Woh or p...... .rUr... .u...
/ from y..v 500 that DO would I.u ulu..
uf great difficulty tD .l.uO. tb.u
| Again their lro has p.ugug char.
aCtor. and .s lhus effective against OBJ
| ioc,s themselves invisible, The great
effect made possible by the use W guns
Of this class has caused ooutral.ga-
ton ~ attention from military mon ul.