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The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
INQUIRY ABOUT FINISHED.
The Court Dl.mis.e. the Divers 81 tho
Wreoklng Company.

Havana, March 1.-THE court Of in.
quiry did a good deal Of work Yesterday
examining Ensign Powelson and such
divers Of the wpcking company a. have
been examining the wreck. Il Is said
that these divers have been released
from further work Of this kind and In.
structed to pursue their labors under the
wrecking contract.
The court viii have the services Of
the naval divers as heretofore and, II
II necessary, can call again upon the
civilian diyers Il il thought the court
viii close IT, labors here during the pres.
cnt week, and will probably examine
some Of the survivors Of the Maine at
Key West This rumor however. Is
not officially verified, the members Of
the court insisting that they can fix no
date for the conclusion Of IT, sessions or
their departure from Havana.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
roads 90 arrange for the transportation
Of artillerymen and their accouirements.
Ordsr.d tn Gal,s.inn-

San Antonio, March I4.-Light bat.
terry X. first artillery, was recalled from
the target range at Kerryille, and or.
derod to Galveston. The battery had
Just reached the range, after a march Of
three days, and without giving the men
or horses more than days rest ha,
started on the return. Light battery X
consists Of brccch-loading pieces 3 10
Inch caliber and Is men. Il is reported
to be the crack battery Of the regiment
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

Madrid, March IL. Ell lmperical says
"Ihe government is momentarily ex
pecting 10 receive the report Of the
Spanish commission, which. IL is under.
stood, will maintain that the Maine OK
plosion was internal.
Although the American commission
may give another explanation, the gov.
eminent will theoretically uphold the
Spanish report"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
PROCTOR ON THE MAINE
lie Says the Battie.hlp Was blown
Up Prom the Outside.

Washington, March l4.-To Post
reporter Senator Proctor said
Concerning the cause Of the Maine
disaster, feel free to say that such in.
formation rs have obtained indicates
that the explosion was from the outside.
II does not show that the Spanish gov.
eminent or any Of It's officials in Havana
were participants in the crime. In the
first place, do not think there were any
mines in the hnrbor / have not the
slightest knowledge Of what the decision
Of the naval court Of inquiry will b. or
when twill reach Washington. Such
information as have is entirely Of an
unofficial character"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
The Firenen.
ELEcIioS % OFFICERS AXD OTHER IlroH.
TANr business


The fire company. which will reach
It's tWenty.seyenth anniversary 10 May
next, held an important business meet.
ing last night with a full attendance Of
the membership.
The annual election Of officers WA
held and resulted a. follows: q T. Jcn-
kins, foreman; W J Christian, lot 40.
sisiant foreman viii Wooten, 2nd A..
sistant foreman; George Jenkins, presi
dent George W. Smith, yiee-president
J W kisile', secretary; ] II Mawhin.
ney, treasurer James Ray, steward; a
W HOLMAN, engineer; G T. jenkins,
delegate to Firemen's State convention
at Waco 10 May; Jim Christian, alter.
nate
The president announced committees
a. follows Finance committee-R
Webb, John Whitman, Geo W Smith
Relief committee + Lemsn, Joe
Nasatka, w j Christian.
g l. jenkins, j II Mawhinney and A
W HOLMAN were appointed a commit.
tee 10 select the size and style Of new
combination chemical engine desired
by the company, bids for which have
been solicited to be presented ut the
next meeting Of the city council.
George jenkins and J II Mawhlnney
we're appointed a committee to solicit
subscriptions to the fund to purchase
horses for the company.
A rising vote Of thanks was rendered
to the retiring president. Mr.. W. 5.
Howell and the retiring secretary, Mr..
George jenkins, Tor their faithful and
efficient services.
Foreman jenkins annual fepor.
shows 10 Ores and false alarms the
past year. membership Of company %;
value Of equipment, $500 cost T. the
city for maintenance Of company aud
equipment for the past year, $40.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
KnIInr I'D Chnrlr. LrnnInr.

Burnett, Tex, March ll,-Chlrlcs w.
Jennings, was killed at Bertman, by
james Turner. The trouble arose over
family matters. Young Turner, against
the wishes Of Jennings, had boen going
with Miss Jennings, dau yhtcr Of decoas.
cd. The weapon used was a knife.
Turner Is In jail here.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

Columbus, Tex, March l4.-All tine
guards around the town have been laid
of by the county judge These guards
were placed there for the protection Of
the surrounding country againsta spread
Of the smallpox, and I'll infected points
being closed, further guarding Of the
roads Is deemed unnecessary.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

The jury for the week was dismissed
yesterday until Wednesday. The grand
jury returned another indictment yes.
terday. The following divorce cases
have been disposed Of. A. +. Moreno
ys. Matte Moreno, divorce granted ;
Haywood Dorsey W. Benana Dorsey.
divorce granted; Powell Harvey W. II.
len Harvey, divorce granted Laura
Randel ". VIII Randel, divorce
granted.
! The Eagle learns that Nayasota has
challenged Bryan for a game Of base bal
TO he played at the former place on San
Jacinio Day, April q, when the Navaso.
ia people have arranged to have big
celebration Of some sort. We hope the
Bryan boys will get themselves in shape
10 give them n good game.
News reached here last night TO the
effect hat yesterday afternoon on A
farm in the bottom across the Brazos
river one negro shot two others, one
OF whom was shot IN the breast and
will probably die, while the other re-
cciycd u wound In the shoulder aud is
MT 30 seriously hurt. Names and de.
tails could not be obtained last night.
According to the News.Chronicle, a
chicken house right in the city Of Cald.
well was invaded by wolves one night
last week. The same paper Gays in an.
other column: "There are by actual
count | ,0is, 672, $50 measley yellow ours
and about dozen good dogs' in that
town. What are dogs fed for anyhow
Mile. Lorene in her fire aud electric
dance was the talk Of New York during
her engagement at Koiten and Beals
Theatre, You will see her at the opera
house with "a Tramp's Luck" next
Tuesday night, March 10.
Bhsco and Roberts, the comedians
with "a Tramp's Luck, do the funniest
blrlesque trapeze ever attempted. To
see them once il to always remember the
act. Opera house next Tuesday night
The cake sale given Saturday after.
noon at the residence Of Mr.. NJ. D. |
Cole by the Methodist ladies'
was a complete success and the ladies'
announce that they will serve straw.
berries, Ice cream and cake at the
same place next Friday from 3 TO 10 20 |
p. tn.
The ladies Of the Presbyterian church
viii have a cake sale Saturday, March
10, g a. IN. 10 p. M. at the residonce OF
Prof J.. b. Mclnnis. The patronage II
housekeepers solicited.
II may be long time before You have
"a chance to see another theatrical at.
traction, 30 don't miss "a ramp's
Luck" at The opera house tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bnntley Of Georgia and
Misses Thomas Of Nayasota arrived
here yesterday and are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Il. Johnston.
For Accident and Life Insurance
either in Lodges or Straight Life Com
panies zee Joe y. Reed n
Miss Mabel White Of Abilene, who
has been visiting Mrs.C r. Moore, wen.
to Hammond Sunday.
For Rent-The cottage next to my
home. Apply to Mrs. T.. Is. Roberts. ~
Don't forpet "A Tramp's Luck" At
the opera house tonight.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. r. J. Ford, a
ron.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

Atlanta, Ga, March il.-Claudo law.
renee, treasurer Of the Atlanta Soda
company, committed suicide by taking
90 grains OF morphine. Nothing 4
known ~ 70 the cause. His books are
correct.
Tcxarkana, Tex, March IA gang
of robbers invaded the yards Of the Kan.
sas City, pittsburg and Gulf Railroad
company at this place. They made for
a car Of meat and looted It. The thieves
have not been captured.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

New Orleans, March li.-Eycrctt L.
Box, a young white man OF Hill.boro,
Tex, follower Of rncchorscs, and en-.
ployod AZ the local track, shot and killed
Jim Sanford, a negro. Sanford, who
was a giant in strength, had frequently
abused Box, and the shooting was in
selfdcfOn.n
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
Got "A LII. s.nt.pr..

Guthrie, o. T., March lI.--At Wa
tonga stonowall shacklett, charged with
killing 4. j. Overstrcet at Yukon last
summer, was found guilty Of murder in
the first degree and got life sentence.
At a previous trial the jury disagreed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
Carpenters! Carpenters /.

Kindly remember that, would like
10 make you figures On all kinds OF
builders hardware. Give me your
specifications II don't got there,
there will sure be hot time in the Old
town. ]. Allen Myers,
90 The Hot Cutter.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

Washington, March 1.-THE govern.
ment is pcrfccting is plans to move the
troops for the ouast dcfcnsos, orders Tor
which were issued by the war depart.
ment ON Friday A conference was held
here by representatives Of various rail.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
symrathI,e WIN snnIn.

Paris, March li-Tho Temps says;
Spain does not deceive herself when
she counts upon the sympathies, nc
least latent, Of European governments,
but It would be mistake for her 10 *.
pect any eifectual support from either
Great Britain or the triple alliance. BE-.
fore all she must rely upon herself"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

Mckinney, Tex, March ll.-Ed
Moore was seriously and probably fatally
stabbed In the back near the depot in
this city by some unknown assailant.
The incision Is In the shape Of u ores.
cent and reached 10 tho lungs
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

u'' narke ofIola, was here on business,
tsEaaY. !
saln arrived Sunday from
wihKinney left Yesterday lor a
no Elgin.
Al. White OF Macy was 10 The
" YESTERDAY.
Prescription work speedily At d..
fed'h drug store. %
Bart Sims returned to sewanee, Ten.
ssee, yesterday.
~. J. /. Hopkins was here from
nchley yesterday.
Mrs. +. NJ. Hall IL visiting her
ushter 81 Hampstead.
or Sale cheap-A second hand phae.
and buggy John Q Tabor 50
Mrs. Judge Frost Of Copicana is vs.
Ag her sister, Mrs. A. ,. McConlieo.
seal Of America" best % cigar in
Jan. For sale by Howell Bros. 100
iFs. True aud daughter, Mrs. Chas
'Iendon cane down from Calvert yes.
day.
Ike and Knohlauch have just sold
oiihelf 6ne game chickens to parties
Mexico.
ohn 7. Payne, a prominent Madison
nly citizen, was here from Willow
% Saturday.
and lae your lawn mowers to sharp.
! do all kinds Of tin and water pipe
\ on short notice. Phone ll0. My
~
a ev. &. 5. sandel ofMillican. preach.
! ihe Methodist church nero sunday
'ns, bic theme being the confession
Christ before men.
N and plumbing department. Your
h"ofk wanted. ! can mend your
iu'leFs, water pipes, tin roofs etc
'ker and cheaper Than anyone.
Ne 10 Myers. %
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

San Francisco, March IL. -Andrcw
Schiller, financial broker, shot his
wife and killed himself In his Office
here, Mrs, SCHUYLER will probably die.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
IInnkrr IinrrI. nnn,l.

New York, March ll-Fmncis NJ.
Harris president o. the Nassau bank,
died at his homo W. this city.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
FOR MAYOR.
The Eagle il authorized to announce
CLIFF 4. ADAMS

~ a candidate for rC.eltc'iol n the
office OF Mayor Of Bryan ~ the ensuing
city election TO be held Tuesday, April
3, ls9s.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15
Cotton Seed Hnlls.

Place our order for hulIs, with G. 7,
Moore. VIII have car here 10 few
days. no
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-03-15

n Burke ofIola, was here on business
t1aay.
Saln arrived Sunday from
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07

PEELED Northampton to either sub
NIT or withdraw. Were they fear
full of the opinion of the Court, and
so refused to wait lest they might
be put in a minority position by its
decision? They argue that Judge
Albright's opinion could not settle
the question of regularity of the
conferees, because that matter was
not before him. True, it was not
squarely so, but it might be sup
posed that Democrats who were
desirous of being law-abiding might
at least await an opinion which
would throw considerable light on
the subject of regularity. But had
they done so, would they have
dared to so far set aside the Court s
intimations as to urge the seating of
the Lauer conferees? To disinter-
ested beholders it looks as though
Pike and Monroe, being afraid of
the Scylla of law fell into the
Charydis of illegality.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
COLONEL STONES PLATFORM

1t will be my purpose when elect
ed to so conduct myself as to win
the respect and good will of those
who have opposed me as well as
those who have given me their sup
port. I shall be governor of the
Whole people of the state. Abuses
have undoubtedly grown up in the
Legislature which are neither the
fault of one party nor the other, but
rather the growth of custom. Un-
necessary investigations have been
authorized by committees, resulting
in unnecessary expense to the State.
1t will be my care and purpose to
correct those and other evils in so
far as l have the power. 1t will be
my purpose while Governor of
Pennsylvania, as it has been my
purpose in the public positions that
have held. with Gods help, to
discharge my whole duty. The
people are greater than the parties
to which they belong. ! am only
jealous of their favor. l shall only
attempt to win their approval and
my experience has taught me that
that can best be done by an honest,
modest, daily discharge of public
duty.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
TRIM THE NAPLES.

NY person desiring to observe
the effect of trimming our
beautiful shade trees should make
a tour of the town and carefully
note the appearance of number,
which, prior to cutting away the
dead branches and a judicious tax
ing off of some of the lower limbs,
were apparently diseased beyond
recovery. Those same trees have
now thrown out vigorous shoots
and seem to have taken q new lease
of life. A dead limb is a great in
jury to q tree, besides marring its
beauty. There are now many trees
the foliage of which indicates dis
ease, but if the saw was applied,
and all the limbs which appear de-
caying cut away and some of the
larger lower ones taken off, we be-
lieve the life of the tree would be
greatly prolonged. 1t is much cas-
ier at all events to make the effort
than to allow the tree by such ne
glect to die, and to replace it with
another and wait For the growth
But where the tree is past hope an.
other should be planted at the pro.
per place, and this fall is good
time.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
A BIG SALMON TROUT.


A paragraph is going the rounds
of the papers that a salmon trout
weighing nine pounds was recently
caught by Jerseyman while bass
fishing in the Delaware some three
miles below Milford. Gen. Geo. b
Mcclellan is credited with having
planted them in the stream, and
the article says "a careful perusal
of the reports of the Pennsylvania
Fish Commission fails to show that
any salmon trout have been planted
at any time in the Delaware, If the
person making the careful peru
sal" will turn to the report of the
State Fish Commissioners made in
1896, page 433, he will discover that
in 1871 number of Easton and
Philadelphia gentlemen interested
in fish culture raised a sum of money
and purchased 10000 salmon eggs
at New Castle, Canada. These were
carefully Matched and transported
to Easton, only 25OO, however, ar
irving alive. A portion were placed
in spring ON the Bushkiil, about
four miles above Easton, and the
remainder in other springs on the
same tributary of the river, and
soon after Prof. Baird, the U. S.
Fish Commissioner, presented fifty
thousand spawn to Pennsylvania
and New Jersey each. OF these
forty-five thousand young trout
were deposited in tributaries of the
river, so that in less than three
years no less than fifty y-eight thous-
and, five hundred salma salar
were planted in the Delaware.
In 1877a salmon thirty two inches
long was caught in the Bushkill at
Eagton, and between that date and
1879 several were caught in the Del
aware river, some weighing as much
as twenty pounds. After 1879
the catches closed, and in 1884 the
Commissioners admitted that the
experiments we're failures, and that
our waters were not suitable to the
fish. But in 1889 the Fish Com.
missioners, of whom S. B. Stilwell,
of Scranton, was President, secured
100000 eggs of Penobscot salmon,
had them hatched at Allentown,
and the fry, all strong and vigorous,
were deposited in the streams trib
utary to the headquarters of the
upper Delaware in Wayne County
and two years later 300, 900 more
eggs were Matched and deposited
in the same streams. In 1895 q
salmon weighing nearly fifteer
pounds was taken in net, and al
the close of the shad season there
was record of 237 salmon caught
They were seen playing at Bush
kill and at Egypt Mills, and at other
points, and in 1896 many were
taken.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07

Capt. r. w. Austin, U. S. Mar
shal for the eastern district of Ten
nessee, now in Washington, said of
public sentiment in his state "The
most popular man with Tennesseans
is President Mckinley whose course
in the war won for him the appro-
baton of men of all parties. The
idea of retaining every acre of con-
quered territory is favored in our
state. The opening up of Cuba and
Porto Rico will be of immense adj
vantage to the south, for it will
give us splendid market for our
coal and iron, flour, and other pro
ducts. To man we are in favor of
building the Nicaragua canal, the
construction of which will add mill
ions to the revenues of the Southern
States.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
THE POINTS AT ISSUE.

The opinion of Judge Albright in
the matter of the legality of the two
Democratic conventions held in
Carbon, states as matters of fact
that "a of the rs names placed by
the county Chairman on the list
met Aug. 20, the day specified at
Concert hall. The number of dele
gates leaving the Hall represented
36% those remaining 371S. The dele
gates were regularly assembled and
their first duty was to organize sothat
their acts might be valid. The law
requires that certificates of nomin-
alton shall be signed by the presid-
ing officer and secretary. The first
duty then was to select presiding
officer, and for years past that has
been the custom, after being called
to order by the County Chairman,
but no rule or custom vests HIM with
power to act in the organization of
a convention beyond calling it to
order. However after the list of
delegates had been read and two
had been nominated for presiding
officers, motion was made to ad-
journ upon which there was a viva
voce vote. 1t is not proved that
majority of delegates voted for or
favored an adjournment. The 36X
acted in concert and with the chair
man lett the hall. The meeting in
fact was not adjourned, and if the
County Chairman so declared it, his
action and the entertainment of
motion to adjourn was beyond his
authority and was void. He had no
authority to entertain or act on a
proposition to disperse the unorgan-
ized body of delegates, at the ut
most he had power to act only
while the delegates were selecting a
presiding officer. But even conced-
he had such authority, such action
would be wrongful because of the
party rule which provides that in
all questions voted upon any five
members may require the ayes and
nays. This demand was made, and
known TO the Chairman before he
made the announcement on the
proposition to adjourn, but he re-
fused it. The delegation remaining,
3711S in number, representing a ma
jority of the "a present organized,
and admitted three more ON cor
tests, and then made the nomina-
tions. The other party of dele
gates, who had withdrawn, met at
the Hotel, and with the one pre-.
viously absent, who had then ar
rived, making S71S, made nomina-
tions and adjourned. The Judge
therefore holds this to have been
irregular and void and the Concert
Hall convention TO be valid
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
EDITORIAL.
SPECIAL PLEADING.

OUR neighbor in last weeks issue
editorially INDUCES in a little
specious and special pleading in re-
gard to the Democratic Congression-
al Convention held at Mauch Chunk
and also asks that Judgment as to
the acts of that convention in noml-
mating John E. Lauer be suspended
The candidate from this County
knew before leaving Milford that
Northampton had changed the date
of the Convention and that her con-
ferees would not be present on
Wednesday, the 21st, and that
therefore a full convention could
not then be held. Were he and the
Monroe candidate desirous of har-
mony when with knowledge of this
fact their conferees convened and
admitted the Lauer people? plead
ing first that the time of the con-
ference could not be changed unless
by mutual agreement, and, second,
that as no one contested the Lauer
conferees, therefore they should be
admitted without scrutiny. North
ampton wished to change the time
of meeting Pike and Monroe with a
majority of conferees, and being a
majority of the counties whose con-
ferees were uncontested, refused to
do so. Why? The two could have
controlled the convention and COM
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1898-10-07
MISSIONS AND THEIR BASIS.

1t is safe to predict that the church
will ever seek to defend its mission
airy work, and well 1t may, for it
has come to be the essence of all
that keeps the church of to. day
alive. Losing it's deep influence on
the races most highly cultivated,
it seeks by missionary work to ex-
tend it's power to fresh fields and
pastures new. That Matthew does
not distinctly teach socialism is of
little Importance when we consider
that the Christ, upon whom the
church is founded, did put forth
much pure socialistic doctrine; if
he is correctly reported. We should
not endeavor to establish the Bible
as an infalliable reference book,
when much it contains is in dispute.
High literary authority not only
ascribes other than the reputed
authors as the writers of several
books in it, but clearly shows that
several others were not written un-
til long after its chronology claims
they were. These facts cast a
shadow on its authenticity also, and
if not authentic, then like all other
books it must be judged by the or
binary rules of literary criticism.
1t is not an infallable guide, or why
should dozen or more differen
sects, all differing radically from
each other, draw the reasons for
their existence from its pages and
quote passage after passage, not only
in defense of their several doctrines
but also condemning that of every
other. The believer in Mormonism
in the death penalty; in a little
wine for the stomach's sake, ii
slavery, in fact, almost every ''ism
under the sun, can draw defense
of their peculiar views or doctrine.
from its faeile pages. II was 4
great book in the infancy of tn,
race, but the people are outgrowine
it at rapid rate, and its regular
revisions TO bring it up to date
with its use as a reference to show
what varied conceptions of goot
and bad, of science in its various
branches, and an ancient and semi
barbarous pc pie We're capable of
will give it place with the purely
literary world, and by whom it will
be appreciated as a link in history
solely. As a matter of course, al
long as the use of it will enable TIN
clergy to retain their power, serv'
as foundation for all the differen
sects, and justify their numerous
collections from the people, just So
long it will be in demand, and th'
foreign missionary swindle vii
find plenty of defenders. II.