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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04
LOCAL NEWS.

~. B b. Sanders arrived yesterday
"a Austin.
+. s. Kennedy was here from Stone
" yesterday.
Prot. W. X. Mrnio,t was here from
rvey yesterday
'foi. aud Mrs Miller was here from
llege yesterday.
ohm Payne was here from Payne
uric yesterday.
Drink Mount Vernon Pure Rye At the
position saloon. l4itf
irs. Paul Bradley returned from
sfman yesterday.
am X. Henderson left yesterday for
yasota and Cameron.
amps bottled beer 10 the best and
est summer beverage. 1875
in sale-Good saddle horse. APP
TO Dr.. II. T. Coulter. 1853
Iiss Kate Brietz left yesterday for
sArkana and Winthrop, Ark.
-OR SAFE Piano in good condition.
ply ~ Miss Josephine Clarke. 1903.
irs. II. Kernole and daughter re.
ned from Nayasota yesterday.
lean up the town and save the e1.
zee and and danger Of sickness.
he best bottled beer brewed Is the
up bee Ask your-dealer for IL. l67
Ill. Wilson Of Tabor, was among
callers At the Eagle Office yesterday.
|. nor Sale-The Bryan Brick Cotton
Nj House. See or address J. T
. $1,000 LIS
-. A. l.. Baaks, +. +. Giesecke
,hers we're here from College yeS-
ke General Arthur clgars-besl
rh-sold At the Exposition "a.
d l4ltf
shr Iemps bottled beer when you
nsool refreshing end invigorating
~. Ia
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04

Paris. June 3-The arrest Thursday
evening Of Lieutenant Colonel Du Patty
de Clam. who In 1894 was commissioned
20 investigate the first charges agains,
Dreyfus, was ordered after the minister
Il war had consulted Premier Dupuy.
The prisoner who is confined in the
military prison az Cherche Midi. Is
charged with forgery and uttering for.
gerry, It's not yet known whether be
viii BE- tried before a court martial o.
the disciplinary court
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04
No More nurIai. At s.n.

Washington, juno 3 requests have
come from the war department that no
persons dying on transports coming OF
going from the United States 10 Manila.
shall b. buried at sea The secretary
Of war has made an order 10 that effect.
For this purpose he has detailed an
expert embalmer for duty on each trans.
port The department has a sufficient
number Of these men already in the ser.
vice and the assignments have already
been made
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04

San Frdnoisco. June q, Judge Fran.
els Corhin Randolph. formerly an Ala
hama jurist. Is now serving out n.
year sentence In q Colombian
Jail He bought lands from a German.
The title proved 10 be bad and during q
quarrel he shot the German in selfde.
Tense. be alleges. In a letter 70 friend
in this city he bitterly assails the
American consular officers In Colombia
whom be declares have not exerted
themselves in his behalf.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04

Rev. q. A. Foster, VI. +. Viiopil and
others were here from Providence yes.
terday.
wanted--To buy a good combination
riding and driving horse. Apply to
DR.. II. T. Coulter. --lGs
A special from Austin announces
that Gov. sAyers will attend the com.
mencement exercises at College.
wANTED-i3,OOO Brazos county
scrip. Will pay % cents on the dollar.
Apply TO DR.. Z. II. Harrison. JUL
Many towns in Texas are agitating
sanitation as never before aud cleaner
leagues, have been established in some
places.
For accident and life insurance either
In lodge. ~ straight life companies see
Joe h. Reed. Also sells -four, rice and
coffee. II
Mics Annie Adams went % Dallas
Yesterday to attend TIE commencement
exercises OF Oak Cla college. where
Miss Marie Adams has been attending
school.
The painters have finished up their
work on the depot property here, paint
ed the section house above. ami will
on Monday begin work on the railroad
tpropefiy-sl College.
Rev j. u. Cochran has gone TO
Chapel Hin to preach the commence.
meut sermon Of the female collie ie there
today and the usual services will be
omitted at the Methods, church today.
A.C. L. Hin left yesterday for the
home Of bis father at Gail, Borden
county, Texas. Before leaving Charles
had a second operation performed on
his injured left hand, from which about
half Of three fingers have been removed.
Mrs. +. A. Lee entertained the
younger set Friday night eompll.
nentary to Miss Henry Wilson.
Music and dancing with refreshments
made an exceedingly pleasant evening,
Capt. J. +. Nichols OF GreenYille. a
graduate OF the A. and VI. college and a
captain In the volunteer Texas troops
recently mustered ont, will deliver m
address before the the A. and NJ. col
lege alumni, 1t is announced In tele.
gram from GreenYille.
b Kew. II. L. Beach Of Houston, super.
inlendent junior work Texas conference
Epworth League. + here and will or.
ganize a Junior League at the Meiho.
dist church thi, afternoon At 4.SO
o'clock. A full attendance OF those IN.
ierested in the work Il desired.
Friends Of Rev. and Mrs. A. NJ. Stew.
art gave them a surprise party at th5'i
home Friday night by assembling there
in large numbers aud while a part Of
the crowd engaged the attention Of the
host and hostess IN the front part ol
the house others invaded the kitchen
and left many good things there in
testimony Of their esteem. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sewar, request The Eagle 10 ex'
press their thanks.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-06-04
Top Of Head blown ON.

Rosebud Tex. June 3-W. X. Nc
Donald. insurance agent, was killed al
his home In the south part Of town II,
was az home alone AZ the time, his wifi
having just walked over 20 nearby
neighbors for some vegetables for din
ner. She returned 10 find his lifeles
body lying on the floor in the dining
room with the whole top Of his hea,
blown Of and 45-caliber pistol lay BY
his side
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Commander sehosnrsiA.r decorated.

N"I"H'aHIFF ''H"'hF'IH0F Herorafeds
Berlin June .. - Commander Schoen.
fielder Of the German warship Fake
which was Vt Apia during tho recent
trouble there has been decorated with
the order ~ Red Eagle Of the third
class. with -ibhon and crown.
The sun., 1899-03-05

away. the land reverted to worse state than
II was before the people practioed irrigation
Nature must have compensatlorfor water rs
well,as everything else II. man diverts the
natural now OF streams. he must answer for 1t
sooner or later. II he hews down forests he
cannot escape the penalty-that OF n desert.
From what we found. I believe that exca-
vations will reveal series OF buildings II not
nm entire city. on the plateau above the valley.
The ground lies we'll for a city. both for de-
fensive PURPOSES and 10 escape q food that
might inundate the valley. The washing, down
OF earth from the hills has covered everything
except the single doorway thatlwe found. Afew
men with nothing but shovels could easily deter
nine whether these ruins are extensive or not.
Whether they are or not, the fact remains that
indisputable evidence has been found there OF
a former occupation OF the land. and by n peo
Gle possessed Of enough engineering ability
to carve and raise hugo stones and to build an
aoueduct and Law It through broken country
on true plene. This argues high degree
OF civilization. The carvings and 'mouldings
point TO some DEVELOPMENT In a RELIGIOUS way.
Taken on these grounds. l believe we have
found tho relics OF people antedating the In
diana and far superior to them mentally"
The sun., 1899-03-05

The street so that he could the better see any
have an an unobstrneted @ % @ ID view % to aim II he were
attacked For1unately for the general Spm.
5%npity he seldom Ens nt0IIcasedq od mnSn n
the least provocation, His fayorte amusement
with tenderfoot whom he did not like vas
PERSONS head "just to give him, come m music. |"
be used 70 say. he was no. slew in telling
HIM RS That II Ss Uvss was bossnS @ ing Tom6stone az
, that time. and that it would not only bo an
aodsn Rns dance hail. Su sasT Tor az ooT
about but ,Panchita had eyes for a yognE
out from Michigan. For some time Allen did
not suspect he had secret rival in Panchita's
TO . neighborine camp Henderson could not
resist the opportunity TO drink aud dance with
about midnight Alien came am Into 10 to the place
, as was angry IN moment and A.. ,eyefat we
ss Sns mn tSan Il es To
had shot Henderson. through the sboulder.
The dancing stopped. Upon RECEIVING Pan.
his weapon. Henderson went out with some
friends apparently TO hunt up Q nhyslcia3.
with him. never giving a second Thought as to
& how his sho2tinE might result Once n out t,o Of
en Me nd anTsr
ed It with buckshot. Then. with two, com
the dance hall. whore he could aim at Allen;
some one must have gone to the latter ,.GM and
Tor Just as Henderson and his ,companions
were creeping past the dance &C. nall Allen nh has,
raised tSe 9Ge gun al 70 f shoot him. The
moment. HENDERSON re reeied and fel and Al:
bpekshot he raised himself sufIicently 70
shoot eight times at the, fallen Henderson,
Both men were desd in n minute moro,
The sal2oLs and DANCE halls were the hubs
q lie in Tombstone No mining camp h ip the shs
we're always crowded from sunset TIL dawn.
Bars extended nearly the entire length OF the
gambling table. were In operation, in each
between Saturday night and Monday morning
thousand miners 6ocled from the hills every
week to spend these intervals in the city and
to try their luck at the gaming tables. Hun
dreds werc left without money enough on Mon
day morning to nay for drink before starting
tsrvai5 that, murders occurred among the
Rsnblers. But murders in Tombstone we're
tol was heard and some one was wounded or
minutes Many q time the little Tombstone
RlSha5d dird SbS ear eS%s So0 out 2 Of % the Tomb, m
beautiful ranc h In Pomona Valley. Cal. said re-
gently The IN were the
there. / remember one. The dance hall girl
Of Sheriff had died. woman called Joe Ann;
Jose ephine Ann was her name II she had any
other no one know 1t. Everybody ent to the
funeral. In the room where the body lay all
the gamblers and women OF the town assem-
bled with the decent people on equal terms.
a big funeral. The women we're ali dreseed
in mourning. a custom they always followed
when one Of them was to be buried. Tho
little woman. was with him. hymn was
given out. Just as l am. without one plea
The preacher held one cover OF the book. his
wife the other. and between them was Fanny
Garrison. tho prima donna OF the frontier
town variety elbows who led the singing The
It in my life by that motley congregation Of
saints and Sinners"
The sun., 1899-03-05
Bob White and the Serpent.
From tie St. Lom, Globe. Democrat.
From tie Fulton Leader.


Brother Dick Kelley the apostle OF everything
truthful. brought into the Leader Office box
containing a snake and partridge. both OF
which had been frozen to death.
Mr.. Kelley had gone down to his lot a few
mornings ago. followed by his faithful setter
dog. which Mr.. Kelley avers can set" par
fridge the other side OF Ice three feet thick.
Sure enough. the dog began on a" set the
moment he got near the pond, and Mr. Kelley.
the house for his gun. knowing the dog never
gun the dog was still pointing toward the mid
die Of the pond; Cautiously creeping along
over the ice. Mr.. Kelley came upon dead par
fridge lying on the ice. and upon pulling up the
bird he was startled 70 see snake come up out
OF the pond along with 1t.
Careful examlnatiop showed that the quail
snake. on the watch for stray morsel. grabbed
his birdship by tho bill and as ~ was impossi-
BILE to drag II through the small hole the snake
clung on till both were frozen TO death. The
bird is a large one and plump as the best OF It's
fingers and some three feet long.
The sun., 1899-03-05
QUEER RELIGION IN KENTUCKY
A Court Trial Leads to nm Airing of the
Beliefs of Fanatical Sect.

From the Hartford Herald.
One OF the most interesting trials ever occur
ring in this county was terminated at the
Court House Wednesday. 1t was a prosecu-
tion against Henry Brown. Granvil Brown.
James Withrow. and Charles Bard. charged
with disturbing religious worship. The story
brought out at the trial is a most interesting
recital OF the extent to which religious fanati-
csm may easily lead a community Of people,
The defendants with certain OF their neigh
bors. some years ago left the Methodist and
Baptist churches In their community and
organized church OF their own. teaching
many doctrines not countenanced as orthodox
by either OF the denominations to which they
formerly belonged. Sanctihcation was among
the least Of the differences between them and
their former church associates. AS time went
their peculiar methods OF worship They save
up association with the rest OF mankind. re-
training from going to town or anywhere else
Voting almost o @ fr their me to upon
thee the exercises 81, o. their church They built
ngeglected their farms until within, the past
utter want what was eW SS%e Years s%Ss' aso ohe TO
OF the richest sections OF the county game to
GSS were ke as hf 59ted down
were singing their weird songs and repeating
over and oyer r again their peculiar forms Of
ment. and as a part OF their creed they did not
use any kind OF jewelry or give any but tho
pearance The Women aowed @ tRes tReisona Sair aR5 70
grow at will without coiling it upon the head
as others do. The men did not shave. and their
the general look OF diapdation surroundinR
the, community. They observe Saturday as
their saehah and e. to church early IN the
Rrote,sqne performance ever seen IN the form
Of religious ceremonies In a. civilized land
They slng, and dance and shout and pray and
1mpuntl the veryhills resound with the noise
round and round until they grow into perfect
. TO o. ali Of this and much, that was new in the
doctrines taught some o. the dssenters did not
agree The result was that part Of those who
bought. Q farm and. erected house for wor-
ship All went well for few months until the
more enthusiastic and loudest shouting party
crowd, Then the trouble, began. The quiet.
sanctihed brethren who dld not approve OF the
new w-fangled methods objected to being cap
then proceeded to do by force what they had
been unable 10 do by persuasive means. Then
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES from the Others the % swinnn aSh IN
eaters las they eat meat, while the others ars
vegetariansl demonstrated and undertook TO
oyerrun. however. and their ministers WAS
ders arrested. After trial they we're acquitted, @
the line at which tho law may interfere with
ones religious exercises.
The parties Al live in Ehst known
people in tho locality are still true to the older
senters formerly belonged. and are. OF course
much disgusted with this whole business The
law seeming to anord no relief, 1t is whispered
community will try moral suaslon with q club
the next time their congregation Is broken mn
by an onslaught Of these fanatics.
The sun., 1899-03-05
Catsup and Vino from Bottle Labelled
"POison" at Communion.

KoKoMo. Ind. Feb. 1D.-An embarrassing In
cident occurred at the MARYLAND Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church. 1t was quarterly
meeting and sacrament was being adminis-
tered. The member whose turn 1t was to fur.
nish the bread and wine was called away. and
her sister, AIRS. DR., Kern. took them TO the
takers OF the sacrament. To the surprise OF
all the, wine refused TO pour from the bottle.
proved to he tomato catsup. Mrs Kern took
the bottle home. and poured some real gine
This proved to be the real article. but the
worshippers received another shock on seeing
the bottle. II was a bottle that had contained
and skull and orossbones were on the label.
After another trip to the doctors ONCE for
service went through without further mishap.
The sun., 1899-03-05

from ono side to the other. They could fol-
low It with the eve for about quarter OF
mile. though In this distance 1t had been
broken many times by boulders and earth
washing down the hill. The party.looked at
q dozen different placessclosely to mako as
surance doubly sure that the mysterious work.
ings OF nature were not responsible for what
they saw. After this inspection. every one OF
the ak men IL positive in.the statement that
they found an aqueduct made by human hands.
cemented on the inside. and 30 constructed as
to carry water at q very slight pitch toward
the building The aQueduct followed the
winding OF the hill and was about 100 feet dis
tant from the floor Of the valley and about
eighty feet above It,
There is a considerable stretch OF ground
about the ruined building. with fertile soil. not
partakinR OF the character OF the desert except
as to dryness. With water. the ground would
donbtless prove as fertile as any. The valley
below. too. though dry and destitute OF veRe-
tation. has good SOIL and In the opinion OF the
discoverers was at some ancient day irrigated
from the great ditch they found. This ditch
was about four and a half feet In depth and
SIX or seven fee: In width. capable OF carrying
q great volume of water. Whether the water
was obtained from the.Colorado River. many
miles distant or from a nearer and now ex-
tinct source OF supply. Is not known. Tho
sprinR feeding the little stream In the canon
above the ruined building is entirely too small
10 iii the ditch.
1T is the order OF nsture-that irrigated
ground shall ono day be desert" said II. G.
Gordon. one Of the discoverers OF the desert
ruins. "This.is the case with Egypt. Palestine.
Babylonia and Algeria. and In this country We
See 1t at Salt River Valley. Arizona. beyond dis
pute / believe. from what have observed.
that much OF what we call the Colorado Des-
ert.sif not all OF 1t. was once denssly populated
and irrigated from the Colorado Riyor. As
the people. Abandoned the place or were Swept
The sun., 1899-03-05

shot nine OF the Martin crowd. and did It in a
novel way. knowng that the fight would oc.
tom i felt He had four Mehs
on him. Al the first pop OF a gun he deliber-
the eve: then running his two arms between
the arms and The body OF the dead man. he
safe ambush Alter the the i sht u ended md, dFG% he
were speedlIy disposed of and the wounded
~, Nike JFitEpatrck kept dive which he called
ii til his money none V was ali gope Some OF The DE- DE.
against some OF his robberies. among others
like any interference with his business. and
one morning got drunk and started out to do q
hut he happened to be out OF. his store. ''i FitH
patrick went up the street and walked Into a
saloon There he saw the city's police Judge.
ehal. Jack Johnson. had been advised that
capture him; Seeing Fitzpatrick come out OF
the sal"Gn johnson made rest for his Win
chester rifle & on well curb and shot him down.
hour afterward the citizens had formed
league, and tho snsplcious characters were
nephew OF old Kit Carson. G wi was sent M tor.and he 3
came came to take the marshalshlp OF the town.
s .Sed three e wess Ths had Y e
=, The greater part Of the shooting affairs In
Tombstone started either in saloon or In a
dance hall In July, 1880. a rather good
Tombstone from Sonora. Hank Allen. who
was running the town about this time. by vir-
tue tue OF ki having Killed Bill Emmons ths boss OF
with Panchta. lie was u six -iooter, about 40
yeaEs old ana had been fugitive frcm justice
in the Panhandle of Texas for ten years be-
fore he struck Tombstone. He was wonder
fully expert with pistol. He had half in
went about town with two or three rOVolvsrS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
SETENTU REGIMENT NOTES.

Colonel Appleton Of the eth Regiment gives notice
in order No - OF the election Of Second Lieutenant
John r. Cummings. Of Company \. As first lieuten-
ant vice Schasty resigned. and Of Second Lheuten-
ant Charles W. Nichols. Of Company f. first leu
tenant. vice Steele. promoted. First Sergeant
Wisnell has been elected to fill the place made
vacant by the promotion of Lieutenant Nichols
The concert under the management OF Sergeant
Myer and Dan" Godfrey. which will take place
March o. will undoubtedly be success.
most OF the tickets have already been sold
The companies OF the regiment will assemble In
fatigue uniform for dri'l I'm the school OF battalion
s follows: Companies ID and G.. March 10; Com
panies ana +, March Il; Companies and g.
March 10 Companies | and Il. March IS: Compan-
les II and A. March L.
Admission the large dtillroom will be by ticket
only. and tickets will be distributed under the
direction Of the commanding officers OF the com
panies. In anticipation Of the tour OF camp duty
which will include practice marches several COM
ranies OF the regiment are having drills I'm tent
pitching and other duties which will be dema nded
Of the men when they cave camp AT Peckskill for
the neighbOring country.
Colonel Appleton sent letter 10 President Cuggen-
helmer OF the Municipal Council urging action on
IA resolution IN the Council appropratlng $50 90
for renewing the plumbing In tho armory. and In
closed n report % the Health Board condemning
the whole system OF plumbing In the armory.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05
THE NINTH REGIMENT AVID ITS COLONEL

Nv the election Of Captain william +. Morris as
colonel Of the 9th Regiment q victory has been
gained bv the Rand faction and the Greene party
also hung it's banners the outer wall In sign Of
victory.
Colonel Greene and Lieutenant Colonel Rand each
had fourteen votes and TO prevent the eagles going
20 an outsider Captain Morris an original Rand
man united with the Greene faction, voted for
himself and secured the prize The case has prob
ably no parallel in the history Of the National
Guard and no officer ever assumed command OF
a New York regiment under similar circumstances
There has always been friction In the OH Regi-
ment and even popular officers have found II DIM
cult 10 keep peace IN the regiment
ut was we'll known" said member OF the regi-
ment that Lieutenant colonel Rand. whose ser
vice In the State militia began In 1889 was anxious
10 retire and II would have been Il graceful thing
10 have elected him colonel. lie would have re-
tired IN "A few months. and then II would have been
time to select outsider " necessary. As II ia
the new regiment will begin its work with the cloud
OF the old night hanging over II. and as To the new
comma ndine officer. one knows where he IN at"
Colonel Morris has not yet passed the Examin-
ing Board When General Butt was asked what
the effect OF the election would be on the regi-
ment he said:
II Will not discuss the matter. but | Will say
thai Ito Sth Resiment Will come out all riahI."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

MancinclNs predictions turning naturally toward
tho stage. he compiled with the request from the
festival commissioners By composing the book which
mad long been his admiration and turning the opera
over 20 them for performance as cantata This
performance took place At the festival I'm 1896 and
the work Was repeated in the same form by the
Leeds Choral Union on February OF this year
Meanwhile its career upon the stage has been
considerable one The beginning made at the
Teatro Real Madrll. on December /. 1897. and sub
soquent first performances came follows: Teatro
Reglo Turin January l. 1875. Teatro la Fenice
Venice January u. 1898: Teatro Argentina. Rome
March 20 1885 Covert Garden. London. July l5 lSsS
and Toatro Carlo Felice. Genoa. January g. 1883
The essential elements I'm the classic tale OF
Hero and Leander are preserved in a number of
old German folk-songs which add 10 the pathos Of
tho story By making the death OF the strong swim
,ner due 70 the deed Of a wicked who extin-
guishes the candles set by his sweetheart for his
guidance. Rolto also Introduces 4 third character
principle. L. is the archOn Arofsrnus. who. In
love With Hero seeks her for himself and
eubdue the passion which he observes growing In
her for Leander by imprisoning her in the tower Of
the vesta virgins, and decreeing that her maiden
hood be devoted 10 the worship OF Venus. Among
her duties Is 10 announce the approach Of tempess
by blowing upon a horn. so that vessels sailing tic
Heliespont may seek safety. But her love for
Leander Is not to DO killed thus; every might sue