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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06

Charlottesville. Ind. Aug. Ethel
BLrnham. the stepdaughter Of jerome
Ward. a well known farmer, near Kirk
patrick. went 20 milk an unruly COW,
and to prevent the animal from escap
ing. she haltered IL and tied end Of the
halter TO her wrist The COW suddenly
started to run. pulling the girl from th'
stool The animal dragged Mas Burn
ham over the field until dead
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06
Grand Council Red Mon.

On August Z and for train pass
ing Bryan las a. m. August s,
the II. & T. c. will sell round trip
tickets to Galveston for $3.50,
limit August IL. Tickets must be
signed and stamped in Galveston
before good for return.
W. S. WILSON, Agent.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06
K.nd.lr. nallnr sa.,.ln.d.

Austin. Aug. The state board Of
education has acted on the Houston
school trustee matter They sustained
Superintendent Kendall's ruling 10 the
effect that school trustees holding their
Office on March 30. 1898. cannot be law
fully removed by the city council. but
are entitled 10 hold said Office until the
expiration Of their terms 1901 aud 1893
respectively
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Calvert. Tex. Aug Tho Calvert.
Waco and Brazos Valley roadbed Is
being graded az this place and II is esti.
mated that the road will b. in operation
from Hearnr this far north by Sept H..
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06
Excursion to Galveston and
Houston.

For special train passing Bryan
600 a. m. August 10, the II. Il 7.
c. will cell round trip tickets to
Galveston at 50. Houston, Sl.75
good to leave Galveston on trains
1880 p. m. August -, and Ia. m.
August II, good to leave Houston
on regular trains up to and includ-
ing 8 a. m. train August ii.
w. S. WILSON, Agent.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06

Hampton. Va. Aug. . No new cases
and two deaths Is the yellow fever
recordhere Friday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06

Mikado Mosquito Mix'ure-acquaint
ed with il? Toe a bottle. Emmett
Pharmacy. 2l7
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06

= 1t affords the country pleasure
~ 20 extend little aid to Texas. 1t
"rldom the Lone Star State needs
I'M Ta~o1 Of the Sort and it is al
u Shia, Kirk, L Jay to respond to calls for
NTH, Lowre. ;" e from other parts Of the
fRoos Steele, F. New York Star
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1899-08-06

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Kennard NJ
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A DOUBLE TRAGEDY.

A Wealthy Society Man of Spencer. Massa-
shusetts, Dsspondent Over Love Affair.
Boston, Mass, Jan. Io-Today came
the climax in the sensational mystery of
the double tradegy in Spencer. Massa
chusetts, Henry Hammond. leading
wealthy society young man of Spencer,
who was engaged to marry Miss Iris G.
Prouty, the daughter of another promi.
nent family. today. committed suicide
last Friday. Sunday. Mrs. P,outy, the
mother of the BRIDE, hung herself. But
it was not untila today that the reason
was divulged. Hammond was in love
with Miss Florence Johnson, and killed
himself through despair because he was
about to marry another girl.
An heiress in her own right, Miss
Johnson is the daughter of wealthy par
ents. Her father, c. F. Johnson, is in
Boulder, Colo. this week with bis wife
and younger daughter. He isproprietor
of one OF the largest wholesale commis-
sion houses in Denver and in company
with wealthy Chicago lawyer, owns
several ranches, one of them being a
fertile tract of 1000 acfes in Texas.
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At nseting of the University Athleti

At a mseting of the University Athletic
association. yesterday afternoon, H. G.
Glaze was elected captain Of the base
ball team for the coming season. F. G.
Folsom will be the coach. There are a
large number Of candidates for the team
and the prospects seem good. Among
others. A. J. Gardiner, former sub pitcher
at Ann Arbor. and John NIXON of Greeley
are two promising candidates for pitcher
and catcher. There are four candidates
for the pitchers position and goodly
number for each of the field positions,
No schedules haye been made, though it
is probable that an intercollegiate series
will be arranged.
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Joe Luxon this morning went up to
Nederland to assume the superintend-
ency of the Boulder County mine for NJ.
F. Leech. Mr.. Luxoh will commence
work on the famous properly tomorrow
with force of fifty men. 1t is expected
to furnish the Midget mill at Nederland
with twenty five tons of ore day.
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A meeting of the Boulder book club
was held last evening and the list of
books arranged for the year. Last years
books were donated in bunch to the
state preparatory school library. 1t was
decided that during the coming year a
regular collector and distributor will
have charge of handling the books and
passing them on at stated times.
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The nine months old child of Henry
F. Sprecker died in the Denver orphans
home last week. Sprecker and his wife,
who are we'll known in Boulder, seParat
ed some months ago. and Mrs. sprecker
placed the little one In the home. The
managers of the home are attempting to
find some trace OF Mrs. Sprecker, but
have been 80 far unsuccessful.
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The attachment suit of the First Ma
tlonal bank VS.. F. M. Greenlee of Eldora
was on trial before Judge Atwood in the
county court yesterday. Tbs suit in
wolves s1oo. Giffin and Rowland ap.
peared for the bank and June Hender-
son for the defendant. Judge Atwood
found for the plaintiff and entered de-
cree of foreclosure.
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Mr.. Hicks, half.b.other Of Theodore
Davis, is here on visit to Mrs. Davis.
His home is in Duluth, Wisconsin. He
will accompany Mrs. Davis to Pueblo to
see Mr.. Davis before returning home.
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Miss Lulu Chase, who formerly con-
Quoted the millinery store now owned by
Mrs. R. M Crosby, left for Denver this
morning to accept position in millin-
cry store there. She does not expect to
return here. Miss Cora Whitney ac-
comPanied her this morning and will
visit with Denver friends for couple of
DAYS.
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The members Of. Boulder hose company
have dec;ded to give dance in Ma.
sonic temple on Washington's birthday
or the nearest date available. The COM
mittee having the affair in charge com
prise G. F. Fonda, J. B. Hiskey, ]. L.
Moorhead, A. W. Border, F. M. Williams,
Walter chamberlaia and r. T. Willis.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

The board of regents of the university
met this morning at President Bakers
house. E J. Morath and Harold D.
Thompson. the two new members. took
their seats. The results of the day S
meeting had not been announced at
Z o. m.
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Mrs. H. ]. McWade has returned to
the city to do first class dressmaking;
will also take boarders and rent furnished
or unfinished rooms. at 1910 Water
street. T. Jan 4
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A. ]. Mills, an agent for some Of the
Boulder meat firms is missing with s60
belonging to A. B. Withey and John
Kirtop. Mills went to Nederland last
week with quantity afbeef, for which
he collected the above sum. II is under.
stood that he got into poker game, lost
all of his own money and subsequently
used some of his employers. He re.
turned to Boulder but did not stop to
give an account of himself. Klrton and
Withey are trying to get some trace Of
the missing man, though no warrant has
yet been sworn out.
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]. B. Teagarden, who was painfully in.
jured by fall on Wood mountain Satur-
day night. was able to come to Boulder
last evening and have his wound dressed
again by DR.. Russell.
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Wanted
At w. c. Dyer's Real Estate agency,
your property to sell. If you really
want to sell your house and lot. or if you
want to sell vacant lot list it with Dyer's
agency. | have several customers for
houses and lots close IN; also if you have
a grocery business ! think | can place i,
for you at the right price.
WARREN c. DYER.
Camera Block.
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Rev. M. u Hornbeck united in mar
rage George Smith and Grace Graham,
both of Louisville, yesterday afternoon.
at the Methodist church.
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The condition of Prof. M. E. Dun.
ham. who is at the university hospital,
seriously affected with heart trouble. is
said to be somewhat improved. He will
be taken to Des Moines tomorrow.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Mr.. Charles Melvin will teach dancing
at armory hall Monday and Friday af-
ternoon and evening during the season.
Strictly private lessons may be arranged
for. The very best of music furnished
for all occasions. I21m
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~ and Kiaal,ss .. vsellsa.hsvn's

Mr.. Langworthy. of Nortonville, Kan
sas. is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. N. H.
Silliman.
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Gwinn, brother-in.
law and sister Of DR.. ]. H. Parsons. who
have been visiting the latter's family
here, left this morning for Pueblo.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Good board, with or without lodging.
Mrs. d. S. Boyington, 18th steeet. oppo-
site Trezise's livery barn. Give her a
call
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Nothing can be learned of the Johnson
family who are reported to be visiting
here. Their names are not in the Den
yer directory.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

We have bought five cases of rem
nants (mill ends) specially for the sale
Shirtlngs at &C.. French ginghams worth
I2Hc at &c. The PEOPLES STORE.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Miss Effie L. Knox, who has been Wis
iting her relatives, the Potters, in this
city for some months, left this afternoon
tor her home in Hoopston, Ill.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Mrs. Matilda Federspier. a German
woman aged 80 came over from Bloom
field this morning to get treatment for
paralysis in the university hospital.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

]. B. Mayberry. general agent of the
Judson powder company. was in Boul-
der On business today.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Mrs. l.. Herman gave an elaborate
dutch lunch Monday night, covers being
laid for fourteen.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Pres. ]. H. Baker, of the university. il
confined to his home with serious at.
tack Of grip.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

We sell good strong and durable cor.
sets worth soc for 28c each during this
special sale. THE PEOPLES STORE.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

H. N. Bradley was over from Denver
in consultation with his former business
partner, Geo. M. Mcclure.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles l., Barnett are
now comfortably settled 10 their new
house on Spruce street, between 10th
and nth.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Dressmaking by competent lady at
1916 Walnut street, corner 18th. 70 tt
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1t is the firm conviction of every travelling man
that visits Boulder, that she leading all other
throughout the State The history Of place depends
upon the geography of place. The State University,
The Colorado Chautauqua. the location the
"Short Line' between Denver and Salt Lake, and
Natures other abundant resources destnes Boulder
to become thriving, growing city Therefore, take
advantage of advancing prices and you
home in
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Attend the great January sale now 60
ing on at The Peoples Store.
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Fresh ground bone tor poultry at
Temple market. If
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B. & B. Packing Co., located in rear
of Boulder market. Sausage of all
kinds.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Hoods Pills are easy to take, easy to
operate. Cure indigestion, sick head.
ache.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

The Choral Union have kindly con.
sented to give the "Creatlon" on Sunday
afternoon at 1 o'clock at the Methodist
church for the benefit Of the poor of the
city. The house should be crowded.
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Wanted

Fresh ground bone for poultry al
Temple market. IT
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Fresh ground bone for poultry a,
Temple market, #
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Mrs. Rosa Strawhun left for Mulhall,
Indian Territory, this morning.

Mrs. Foote and Mrs. Brookfeld spent
the day with friends in Denver.
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

Rooms and board I427 Spruce street
Under new management. GOT
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Nice room and board at 1885 Pine.
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n,.~ prices are reasonable.
Ou treatment courteous.
LOCAL NEWS.
Madame Lewis is quite ill at her home.

Coal and Kindiing .t woollstt. Browns
Daily camera., 1899-01-11

o0d s
said: 6 You never know You
have taken pill till it is all 0.h>
over" 25c. c. I. Hood & Co..
Proprietors, Lowell, Mass,
The only pills to take with Hoods Sarsapariia
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asy to ! axe
asy to Operate

Are features peculiar to Hoods Pills. Small in
size. tasteless. efficient, thorough. AS one man
Omaha daily bee., 1899-09-17

eral deposit of fine red earth dust and called
for the payment of a crisp 80 bill to a highly
excited housewife.
The "erectors' follow the ground men
closely. Each erecting gang carries a "but-
ting board" pike poles" a ''deadman'
and a plumb bob" The butting board is
placed upright in the hole for the pole to
butt against 50 that the hole may not
be enlarged during the process of erection;
the pixies are for the pulling and hauling
OF the poles this way and that. The
curlously named "deadman" is a tool used
only in setting telephone and telegraph
poles. In length tho 'deadman' Is a little
less than six feet, to correspond with the
average live man. 1t is made of heavy,
strong wood. One end is shod with a piece
of pointed iron so that it will penetrate the
earth a little way; the other end is hol-
lowed out for the reception of the pole and
furnished with a sharp steel pike.
Tho name dead man was first used after
the killing of a live man who filled the
place now filled by 1t. Erectors use the
deadman as a prop while raising the pole.
Having fitted the pole to the butting board
the small end Of the pole is lifted by main
strength till 1t lis about six feet in the air.
Then the deadman is put in place under
meath and the pole allowed to rest on 1t
"hio 'Ao wv hiSh 6NL iiSSh oiu Nv iilt
it a little higher. When this has been ac-
complished the deadman Is showed a few
feet nearer the big or hole end of the pole
and these operations are repeated till the
pole is up. After the e%rectors the 'align-
ment man" comes along with hiD plumb
bob to sec that the pole is exactly vertical,
and he and the Hampers complete the set
ting OF the pole.
Working. I'm the Air.
The wire stringers follow about two
miles behind. They work much more rap
idly now than formerly. In the old days
they were content to put up one wire at
a time; now they string ten together.
The first wire-stringing operation Is per-
formed by a man who drives a horse haul
Ing the running rope To 1t is attached
the running board" formerly made of
wood, but now OF steel, triangular in shape
and fitted with snap hooks somewhat
like those on harnesses, to which the wires,
as unwound from the reels, are attached.
The rope is carried over the cross pieces
Of the poles and a halt is made FOR each
pole as soon as the wires have reached 1t.
While the horse has been hauling them
a lineman has been shining up the pole.
He attaches each wire to It's proper insu-
lator with fingers so expert that the work
is done at an incredible rate. Then he
climbs down, makes for the next pole, 1870
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the extra places at every table. Every
construction gang Is preceded by one or
more men hunting for boarding places, and
these men are also charged with arrange
ments for the transportation OF the force
to and from work mornings and nights.
From seven to eight miles is about as far
as they can be taken economically, and
there Is, therefore, an average distance OF
about fifteen miles between headquarters.
When the country is thinly settled the
party Is furnished with vans-great spe-
cially constructed wagons. somewhat like
circus wagons-some containing berths for
sleeping purposes, som being fitted with
ranges and cooking utensils to serve as
food for the men, fodder for the horses
and miscellaneous supplies. A camp Is
pitched at the close of each days work
and the number of men in the party 10
augmented by teamsters, cooks, walters and
doors OF all sorts OF odd Jobs. Households
were built to accommodate the party which
constructed a line along the course Ct a
certain southern river through 4 region
III -supplied with highways, and all hands
were fioated down the stream by night be-
tween days works. That party was highly
unrortunate; the men insisted upon drinking
the river water, a lot OF them fell sick OF
typhoid fever and several died before its
ravages could be checked.
Getting poles, wires, cross-pieoes and
other essentials OF construction to the men
promptly is as necessary as feeding ant
housing them. This work is In charge Of
the material man, who precedes the con
struction party, and must be possessed o
unusual executive ability. He must be Ii
close touch with the pole-buyers s~cattere'
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end Of the route to the other. Besides fran
chises, they also secure permission for the
placing of the poles from the farmers and
other property owners in front of whose
premises the line Is to pass. This must be
very carefully and thoroughly done, hence
lawyers are employed mostly, and we'll paid
for their services. The title Of every piece
OF property involved must be looked up and
when there is a mortgage the mortgagee's
consent, as well as the owners, must be OBJ
tanned, otherwise, in case of foreclosure and
sale, the new owner might cut down the
poles, thus Gripping the line seriously and
still be within the law.
Naturally, the right of way men operate
In harmony with the surveying party. The
surveyors are as important in laying out a
telephone line as in laying out a railroad. AS
fast as franchises and permits are got the
poles are located and their height deter
mined. There is variation i'll height only
when the country is broken; then poles of
extra length are employed to overcome IT.
regularities of the ground. Telephone men
term his grading" At curves in the line
the strain on the poles is equalized by guy
ing. A stake is driven by the surveying
party to show the exact location of every
pole, instructions as to it's length, whether 1t
is to be guyed or not. etc., being written in
delibly upon the top of the stake which has
been smootohed off for that purpose.
Dynamite and "Deadmen."
The construction party follows the survey
ing party as rapidly as maybe. 1t takes a
party Of about eighty men to build a line OF
ten wires through a well settled region. In
Guiding all the extras, 100 men at least are
needed for construction across a stretch OF
new country. They are placed under dis
cipline. almost military in it's severity, the
party as a whole being in charge of a con
struction superintendent and each division
being controlled by a foreman.
The ground men" come first after the
l%ocators. Ground men dig holes, of course
and are armed with crowbars, picks, shovels
augur and dynamite. Formerly dynamite
was not used when rock was found near the
surface; nowadays holes are dug only a lit
tie way down with pick and shovel, even In
the ~softest soil, after which a boring is made
with a two-inch augur as deep as the pole Ii
to be set, half a stick OF dynamite is in.
serted and the hole is blown out" The use
CT dynamite has increased the rapidity oil
telephone construction vastly and it has also
tended to make construction gangs unpopu.
lar In some places, Thus in a certain New
Jersey town the blowing out Of a hole 10
Gated near a back yard. where a weeks wash
was hung out to dry, resulted in sprinkllne
the spotless linen on the lines with a lib
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feet away. and repeats the operation. This
goes on at the rate of forty poles to the
mile and two and one-half miles a day
Goo poles is a standard days work), mile
after mile and day after day, till the line
is completed. At every three quarters Of a
mile the wires are cut. temporarily dead
ened' to the insulators and new lengths
of wire taken up. While the latter are
being got in place the wires already strung
are carefully stretched by another gang of
men working with 'block and fall" This
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an over the country, the engineer who drew
the specifications for the line and the su-
perintendent OF construction. Working in
harmony with the material man is the
framing gang" whose members assemble
and put together the cross-piecesa and poles.
Their work is satisfactory only when the
construction party finds everything 1t needs
ready to hand at all points along the route.
The commissary and material departments
make extensive use of horses and mules,
which are generally hired from farmers and
others along the line, in the hauling OF
poles, wires, etc., and in the transportation
OF the men between sleeping places and
their work. 1t Is not at all unusuar for a
party of telephone builders to use from
twenty to thirty teams, at least; some
times a teamster will follow along the
entire distance, but not often.
Broad Trail of Money.
1t will be seen that telephone construc-
tiou leaves a broad trail of money through
out the regions traversed. Almost every
one in every neighborhood gets some of it.
Boarding house and hotel keepers, grocers,
bakers, farmers and general dealers all
come in for a share. Possibly the saloon
keepers get least, since drinking among the
men Is frowned upon and discharge follows
drunkenness with the certainty of fate,
From time to time dismissals for this and
other causes make the gangs short-handed
and new men have to be taken on. Thus
1t falls out that nearly every existing tele-
phone party include members from all sec
tions of the union, east, west, north and
south.
Entering towns, building and organizing
exchanges and connecting the same with
the trunk lines are the final operations,
| though generally carried on simultaneously
with the wire-stringing. Formerly towns
were entered on poles, but the time is un-
doubtedly coming when burial of wires will
be insisted upon in all municipalities, and,
therefore, the long distance telephone now
| passes "the limits" invariably underground.
This necessitates the employment OF sub
way builders and cable-layers instead of
groundmen, ~erectors and wire men, and of
tile, wooden or metal conduits In place of
poles. The erection of exchange buildings.
the laying out and installment OF switch
boards, the putting in of batteries and
dynamos, the establishment OF lightning ar
~restors, the threading Of the subways-all
these operations call upon as many different
sets of men as are employed Ia general
construction, and all must complete their
several tasks before the pretty girl opera
tors may seat themselves before the switch
boards and begin their interminable hello
ing" to the talking wires.
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cause no end Of confusion among telephone

cause no end Of confusion among telephone
subscribers.
After the stretching comes transportation"
of the wires. Transportation" means cutting
two wires carried by the same cross-bar and
crossing them at definite intervals so that the
current travels first on one side and then OH
the other side Of the line Of poles. This is
often overlooked in telegraphic construction,
but never in long distance telephone work. A
complete explanation of its why's and where
fores would need to be a treatise on Undue