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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20
SOUTH BEFORE THE WAR.

Those who enjoy negro melody
and mirth, who happened TO be
present at the opera house last
night, found in "The South Before
the War much to enjoy aud pro.
woke laughter. The darkey no.
ton Of parental discipline as prac-
ticed in ante-bellum times was
displayed with old.time vigor to
the amusement Of those to whom
the scene was familiar. The buck
aud wing dancing practiced by
several members OF the company
was capitally done. Zella, the
human frog, proved TO be a con-.
tortionist equal 10 the best, in
PRODUCING some novel and difficult
feals. 1t was, however, the music
Of the program that pleased most.
A male duartette furnished some
good music and the mixed chorus
in rendering familiar plantation
melodies deserved the very hearty
applause received.
\ female quartette was one OF
fthe hits Of the evening, singing
most pleasingly a number Of selec-
tions without accompaniment,
One of the number, Pauline Cotrill,
is the possessor ola contrAlto Of q
volume and richness worthy OF
something better than the ragtim,
melodies she sung so well.-Pales
tine Press.
Opera house Monday night
Jan. %.
lost tatr.hs uiua nra al.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20
General otl. sho, A..

Chicago. Jan. IA special to The
Record from Victoria. B c.. says J. p.
Molera, who has just arrived from
Manila, tells Of an attempt on the life
Of General Otis In conversation with
reference 10 the situation there he said
that General OTIS once appeared on the
firing line when a shot from the rifle Of
one Of the soldiers whizzed unoomforta.
bly, close 10 his head. As TO who fred
the shot no clew was discovered.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20
rh,.leI.n CemmI,. sulela..

Jackson. Tenn. Jan i0-In his room
At the McCoy-McDonald sanitarium. Of
this city DR. John Taylor. one Of
Jackson's most highly esteemed phys..
clans, shot himself in the right temple,
The ball passed through his head caus.
ing death in a few minutes Recently
be SAID TO a friend that in consequence
OF bad health he intended 10 end bis life.
lie was 80 years old. and leaves a fam.
uv
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

Harrisburg Ills Jan. 10 The board
Of health has ordered the schools Of this
city closed on account Of smallpox. Two
more cases have developed. Postmaster
7. $ Reynolds aud Robert Carlyle. a
barber Up 20 date there are nine cases,
SO far none has proved fatal All sur.
rounding towns and all towns on the
Big Four railroad, from GRANVILLE TO
Parker. have quarantined against this
city.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20
PLAGUE IN HAWAII.
Frs'h Oa,br.sk Of the Disease occur. =.
Honolulu.


San Francisco. Jan. 10 The steamer
Dorie has arrived here from Asiatic
ports via Honolulu. From Honolulu
comes the news Of fresh outbreak Of
the plague. six deaths havisg occurred
between the departure Of the steamer
China, which arrived here Monday and
the departure Of the Doric. which left
Honolulu Jan i3 This brings the total
number % deaths from the plague up to
%, and It is understood there are -
cases In the hands Of the health officers
The Doric brings news that Honolu.
LUIS Chinatown is being burned and that
every effort is being made 10 stamp out
the disease.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

Guthrie. O T., Jan. 10 j. + walch-
er, who is charged with killing Colonel
John f. Stone near Columbia a week
ago, was arrested and taken 10 the King.
fisher Jail, charged with murder Walch.
ers wife and brother were arrested and
Jailed. charged with being accessories
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

Worcester, Mass. Jan 10 o. Martin
Bergen, o member Of the Boston base
ball team, shot and killed his wife. two
children aud then Aimself in North
nrn.Ehnll
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

indianapolis Jan 10 IT, John Mitchell
and W G. Pierce were reelected presi.
dent and secretary-treAsurer OF the
United Mine Workers by acclamAtion
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

Frankfort, Jan. 10. Colonel Colson is
still in Jail; no bond being allowed until
the grand jury reports, The jail Is
closely guarded.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

Denton, Tex, Jan. 10 Lee Presley $
left leg was broken just above the ankle
near waketon by limb Of a tree fall
ing on It
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

indianapolis, Jan 10 The Bank Of
Ellettsville, 10 miles north Of here, was
robbed aud $500 is reported taken. The
robbers escaped.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-20

LOSr-A laprobe. Blue one eide
sud black on the other Finder will
please return to e. 5. Parker Tor re.
ward. a
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
MORE SUBMARINE BOATS.
Lewis Nixon of Elizabeth, n. j., Will
Build Five for the Holland
Company.

Lewis Nixon. of Eliza beth, n j.,
will build five submarine boats for
the Holland company. Four of the
craft will be for the navy, under the
contract which calls for six subma-
rine boats, and the additional boat
will be used as a sample craft abroad.
The Holland people intend to present
propositions to foreign governments
for the construction of their type of
submarine boat, and already it is said
the firm has been greatly encouraged
by the reports which have come from
the European experts IN regard to the
Holland, The naval attaches at WASH
ington have been interested specta-
tors at the various trials of that boat,
and have made favorable reports on
the step. The newer types, which are
embraced in the naval order. compare
more than favorably with the subma-
rine boats designed abroad. The con-
tracts for the six boa<s for the navy
have been executed, and the deliveries
of the first Of the boa.s will be made
within eight months.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
Welded IN SHIRT WAISTS.
Ceremony at Camden. n. j., at Which
: y Only Minister Wears =
Il" a Coat. - .7$ f~$$ - sc

Rev. DR.. Levy was the only man at
the wedding in his church of Morris
Blunstein and Miss Annie jacobs who
wore d coat. Tt was a shirt-waist we'd
ding, even the bride dof1ing her bridal
robes until the evening reception. The
parties belong to the 400 of Camden,
N. j. When he visited her two weeks
ago to close arrangements for the Ger.
emory he was in shirt waist, but
apologized, pointing by way of excuse
to the thermometer.
''Why, | wouldn't care if you wore
a shirt waist in church, said Miss
Jacobs, and from this remark grew
the shirt-waist wedding. sSSz- 81 /.
Z DR.. Levy had allowed himself to be
half persuaded to appear in a shirt
waist. but he could not quite bring
himself to the sticking point when
: the. moment arrived. A long line Of
coaches, driven by men in their shirt
sleeves, awaited the party. The young
couple then started on what they
called a 'shirt-waist honeymoon = RE-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
SEWARD AVERTED WAR,
Sir ~. ,. Monsoon Says American
Statesman Prevented Clash
with britain.

Sir Edmund J. Monson, the British
am bassador at Paris. takes exception
to Naval Lieutenant J. S. ~Trotter's
assembling the happy escape. of Great
Britain from wfpf with the United
States in bha Sitlell- Mason affair as
due TO Admiral Mines influence on
William H. Seward (then secretary of
state under President incoln). The
British ambassador. who was at that
time an attache of the British lega-
ton at Washington, writes to the
Spectators: The happy result of the
negotiation was principally due to Mr.
Seward, who was almost alone in the
American cabinet in seeing that it
was mot only good policy, but con-
.sistent with the principles always
held by the United States, to concede
the demand of Great Britain. AT, this
distance OF time it can do no harm
for me to state that that demand, as
formulated by Lord Russell, was de-
ivered to Mr.. Seward by me, private
~, Lord Lyons having charged me,
after his first interview with Mr.. Sew
ard. to go at once to the state de-
partment and place copy Of Lord
Russell's dispatch in the hand Of the
secretary of state for his official pc
rusal' "-t ..- ~>..,a.r, ~
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
DOUBLE-BARRELED MONSTER
New Species of Sen Serpent Is Seen
Off Long Island ResOrt-Is
Green In Color.

A big sea serpent was seen in the
great South bay, off Bay Shore. L. T.,
the other afternoon, but he escaped
without being caught, and the natur-
alists have missed an elegant oppor-
tunity. The monster was observed be-
tween 4:3O and o'clock from three
different points, and from people in
three different directions comes the
story. So there is no doubt as to it's
authenticity. Mr.. and Mrs. P. T..
Ryder, of Brooklyn, who are summer
ing at the Prospect house, were in the
yacht Aida in Great South bay when
they saw a green body about 40 feet
long floating ON the surface of the
water. They were curious to see what
it was and headed their yacht in the
direction of the body. When they got
nearer they saw that about a few
feet behind it was what appeared to
be another body. With the aid of a
glass they saw that the smaller body
had two fiat eyes, and upon approach
ing nearer still found that it was a
monster of the sea. Suddenly the ser
pent disappeared from view and went
down. Mrs. j. H. Belden and Miss Ida
Bera Simonton, of New York, who
are also stopping at the, Prospect
house, saw the monster and gave the
same description Of him.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
SMUGGLING PLAN SPOILED.
inspectors Mt New York Find Mans
Clothes Lined with
Diamonds,

Isaac kaufmann, jewelry and dia-
mond agent, was caught by United
States custom inspectors trying. to
smuggle more than $4,000 worth of
diamonds into this country the other
day. He would have succeeded had
the government inspectors not been
on the lookout. The government Off
Gals at Washington received word
through secret service sources some
weeks ago that wholesale smuggling
of diamonds and jewelry would be at
tempted at all of the eastern seacoast
towns this fall.
Kaufman, who is well on in the
siXties., arrived on the Lain from
Bremen. His baggage was closely ex-
amined by INSPECTORS Donohue and
McLamara, and nothing dutiable was
found, but while the examination was
in progress Donohue noticed that
Kaufman was nervous.
The mans coat collar appeared
bulky, and an examination of Kauf-
mann's coat showed that jewels had
been sewed in the Innings of the col
lar and of the tails.
After the clothing had been exam
ined Donohue insisted that Kaufman
take Off his shoes. Many diamonds
found there accounted for limp
which had been observed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
LOVE LASTS FIFTY YEARS.
seSaEenartnn rs Wed in Pennsylvania
Thus Completing Life
long Romance.

Mrs. Sara c. Bechtol, aged 60 years,
and Matthias KaRn, aged 6S years, were
married at MeKeesport, Pa, the other
night. The groom is superintendent
OF the Central Illinois railroad and a
resident of New Orleans, La. Im1ne-
diatelv after the ceremony the couple
left for New Orleans.
The marriage is the result of a love
match that started when both swere
children at Berkeley Springs, w. Va
The bride was sitting on the doorstep
of her fathers home when a runaway
horse threw James Bechtol at her
feet. He was carried into her fathers
home and she nursed him through his
injuries. and in two years married
him.
Matthias Karn left Berkeley broken.
hearted lover and went west, where
he married. His wife died at New Or
leans two years ago. Mrs. Bechtol's
husband was killed at Uniontown
Pa, nine years ago.
Through correspondence that start
ed last January the marriage was ar
ranged and took place at the home OF
the brides daughter, Mrs. Marion
Craig, of McKeesport. The bride has
five children and six grandchildren
while the groom has four children
and nine grandchildren.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
FEARED SHE'D BE AN OLD MAID
Why Mas Alice Sinclair Made Ludi-
crows Haste to Get
Married.

Three hours after she acted as
bridesmaid at the wedding of C. w.
John, of College hill, and Sadie C.
Tucker, at the brides home, 1921
Chambers street, Cincinnati, O., the
other night, Miss Alice Sinclair,
daughter of Charles S. Sinclair, living
in Williamson avenue, was married to
Willard Keller, the grooms best man.
The SinclairKeeler wedding was to
have been celebrated next week, but
at the wedding supper OF her friend
she found the thimble, the supposed
symbol of old-maidship, in her piece
Of wedding cake, and fearing that the
saying would prove true invited the
entire wedding party and the minis
ter. Rev. L. F.. Lee, of the North Pres
byterian church. to the home of her
father and was married in her brides
maid dress.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
TO BUILD MORE HOTELS.
William Waldorf Astor May Improve
His Broadyvay Property with
Family. apps rfment Houses.

William Waldorf Astor is credited
with an ambition to corner the ele-
yator apartment structures along the
upper Broadway line. Mr.. Aston does
not intend to operate his corner
through the familiar means Of pur-
chasing properties that might com
pete with his new eight-story family
hotels. But he may soon give orders
to improve all of his vacant plots
which dot the Broadway line from
Forty-second street to Washington
Heights. If he decides to undertake
this great operation he will come to
this country for an extended stay and
take. personal charge of architects,
contractors and builders until his
houses are we'll under way. lar. -s.Gz .,
Mr.. Aston contemplates the erection
of another. mammoth apartment hotel
along his vacant Broadway holdings,
provided the eight-story structures
now being completed on the. Seventy
first street corner and at the junction
of Seventh and St. Nicholas avenues
and One Hundred and Sixteenth street
prove as profitable as he has been led
to anticipated Operators and investors
will therefore keep close watch on the
first of these structures, to be opened
late in the fall. 1t will be the st.
Nicholas Avenue hotel. Mr.. Aston ex-
poets it to return nearly ten per cent.
on his conservative valuation of land
and structures. =,
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
ROOTS GRASP A CORPSE.
LOcust-Treer rFibers Found Growing
in Partly Petrified Body
in Maryland.

A strange spectacle was witnessed
the other day when the grave of John
W.. Young was opened in the grave
yard on the farm of Isaac Forsythe,
Indian Spring district. Washington
county, Md.
= The body had been in the ground
for II years, and when disinterred it
was found to be III a partial state of
petrifaction, having the appearance
of clay. The roofs of a locust tree
standing near by had penetrated the
grave and grasped their CHASTITY prey,
piercing the body iir places. One root
had grown into the head. and fibers
extended thnosgh the eyes. and nos
trils.
The legs were looped around by
roots the size of a, mans finger, and
the entire body, which was intact,
was securely in the grasp Of the roots.
The body was removed to another
spot and again buried. asS = ~~,-,G
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
THRASHES A WASHER
Mayor Of Minneapolis Furnishes a
Man for Annoying Woman.
Takes the. Law Into His Own Hand
and Administers a Wholesome
Lesson to Middle-AKed
LOthariO. =[f.s< .zE

Mayor James Gray, of Minneapolis,
gave a - 'masher" sound thrashing a
day or two ago in the presence of a
large crowd on one of the principal
downtown streets. The mayor was
waiting for car when he. saw fash
ionably dressed woman retreating be-
fore heavy-set, middle-aged man. The
mayor first thought it row between
husband and wife, but soon discovered
the man was trying to impose his az
tentions on the woman. The next mo-
ment the stranger had caught hold of
the woman's ARM
"I'll call an officer" she cried, in
great alarm.
What are you trying to do?' in
quired the mayor, advancing on the
fellow
None of your business. Who are
you?" was the reply.
"Waiving the fact that it cuts no fig
ure in the case" said the mayor. get
ting little closer, my name is Gray.
I have 200 or 300 policemen working
for me-but I don't see any of them
now"
please have that man arrested; he
has been following me- cried the
woman.
The mayor caught hold Of the fell
low. who jerked away. ''She lies; you
mind your business.'' he shouted
rough combat followed. the mayor
raining blow after blow on the mash
er's head. knocking him into the gut
ter.
Just then a woman issued from a
nearby building, screaming, and said
the man was her husband. She wanted
to know the cause of the trouble. The
mayor said:
well. madam, am in politics; was
trying to induce this man to sign lny
petition. but he don: stand for me, ev-
IDENTIFY Then he whispered in the
Washers ear: Clear out, now. or I'll
have you locked up
No second invitation was needed.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
CHANCE FOR YOUNG MEN.
Abran 5. Hewitt Thinks Ability and
Industry Will Bring Its Due
Reward In Business Life.

Abra4n S. Hewitt emphatically dis
agrees with Richard Croker's declara-
ton that the young man to-day has
no chance in business.
Mr.. Hewitt declares opportunities
for young men are as great as ever,
and competent men are needed in al
most every line of business. He be-
lieves young men will do well to put
their savings into stock
Industries and enterprises are in
creasing and there must be men to
conduct them. Men are dying as fast
as they ever did. Who is to take their
places? Not the sons of Rockefeller
and Vanderbilt. They are going to
spend their fathers money. The COM
petent young men must fill the places
of Importance, and there are places
for all such men,"
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
SHIP OF MERCY.
Account Of a Visit to the Hospital
Ship Maine.
Has Done a Blessed Work Among
Wounded of south Africa and Is
NOwsIn Chinese Waters-Work
of American Women.

One of the hospital officials of the
state Of New York, who recently re-
turned from Europe, has writ ten amin
ter res sting narrative of the missi on: and
work of the American hospital ship
Maine, now in Chinese waters. On the
second return voyage to England from
South Chicago, she visited the shipfand
tells of her experiences as follows:
T. I'VE boarded the Maine. and during the
two hours before we reached the dock at
southampton there was ample opportuni-
5ty to examine her ~.-
= descending into the first ward-named
after Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, the generous
donor and adviser of Red Cross work
eVeryWhere-we found a number of pa
tents IN the COTS It was unnecessary to
ask the nature of their trouble, for the
pale faces and emaciated bodies bore the
unmlstakable stamp of enteric fever-that
-deadnest OF camp followers. The ward
was bright and we'll ventilated, the bed
linen fresh and white, and everything
scrupulously clean. Over each bed was
suspended the name of it's American donor
men and women with sympathies broad
enough to stretch forth into the unknown
for the unknown.
the Ward-capacity Of the Maine is ZIG
peds. Inc surgeons and physicians all of
ttnem nrSt rank men from our best Amer
lean hospitals, the nurses from the Mills
training school, and the orderlies were a
strong, sturdy band, truly a staff upon
which to lean.
''The patients, below deck as we'll as
above. were in excellent spirits, despite
thelr disabilities, and one and all seemed
grate1ul FOR what they termed their good
luck IN having been consigned to,the yam
kee snip AT Madeira a few newspapers
had been obtained telling of the outbreak
OF trouble in China, and all were eager
Tor the latest war news. Soon We'll be
hghtlng together out there a bright
laced freshman said to me, with evident
lmpatlence to be himself in the frav.
When expressed my preference for SOL
diers as guardians of peace, rather than
as forces for war, he looked quite dis
gusted and said: But, ma'am, what
would We be aftur dom, without a bit of
a stir up oncet in ile?-truly a char
acterlst1c race-point of view of the inter-
est and. the pleasures of life
= 1T had been the intention of the Lon
don executive committee of the Maine
all OF whom are women of American birth,
whose energy, efficiency and devotion are
deserving OF home recognition-again to
send her back to South Africa. But the
crasas IN China had become so acute the
provision for many sick and wounded of
the allied forces SO urgent. with no hos
p1tal snip as yet under way, that the COM
nftee decided that the need for their shin
was now create in the far east than in the
far SOUTH
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
GIRLS MOB TWO IOKERS.
Society Bellies of New York State OBJ
ject to Swapping Turtles Put
in Bathing Pool.

party of pretty society girls who
have been spending the hot days dis
porting in the placid waters of the Sus-
quehanna arose in their wrath the
other afternoon and mobbed two Jol-
let (Ill) young men who are summer
ing in the section about Binghamton
y. Y, knocking one into the river and
nearly drowning him-all because they
placed swapping turtles in the girls
bathing place.
The men are registered as H. De
Laney Marvin and Ward X. Hunt. They
came to Binghamton to spend the sum-
mer and move in the best society. The
girls had found a secluded cove, where
they went daily. leaving one of their
number as guard at the roadside while
the others took the water They sup
posed their expeditions were secret, but
the men learned the truth and pur-
chased three swapping turtles of small
boy, placed them in the water, and hid
on the bank. While the maidens were
padding in the cove one of their num-
Der shrieked: my toe! my toe!" and
rushed for the bank. Clinging to her
foot was turtle which it was difficult
to loosen.
The men. unable TO contain them
selves. made noise, discovering their
hiding place. The girls in their wrath
forgot their lack Of costume and hurled
sticks and stones at the jokers. A large
stone struck Marvin on the head, knock
ing him in the water. He was rendered
unconscious, but was rescued by Hunt,
conveyed to farmhouse and his in
jury dressed. After the accident the
girls grabbed their clothes and fled.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
REFUGE FOR CATS FOUNDED.
mrs. Norton, of Chicago, Will Care for
Homeless Feline Wan
dePena

MRS. Leland Norton, president OF
the Chicago Cat club, is preparing to
make very unique departure for the
oeneht OF the feline tribe. She has
lately moved from 4O11 Drexel bouIe-
Vard to 1880 Grand boulevard, where
tnefe Is more room for the ENLARGE
ment Of her kennels, which, she saws.
Will soon be the largest in the world.
In addition to her kennels, Mrs. Nor
ton has begun the construction of a.
building at Grand boulevard and
Forty-sixth street, to be used as a
hospital for cats. The new institu-
ton will be known as the Chicago
cat refuge, and it is the intention of
its founder to be ready to receive
homeless cats about October l.
Many persons from outside of the
city are becoming interested in the
movement, and some Of these are sie-
nltying their intention of making SUBJ
stantsal gifts to the refuge. Mrs.
Norton already has received letter
from Mrs. c. L. Wagner, of Sandusky,
o., containing a check for $50, in
y
be the first contributor to such a.
worthy enterprise.
Every effort will be made to pro-
mote the scheme in other cities and
circulars will be sent out at once to
almost every town in the United
States. Wednesday afternoon of each
week will be receiving day in the new
hospital. Mrs. Norton has In her ken
nels, which will be continued separ-
ate from the refuge, about 40 cats
of the Persian and Angora varieties,
and she has 50 more on the Pacific
ocean coming direct from the orient.
The proceeds of the sales of these fine
mousers will be devoted to the en-
largement of the hospital. The bene-
factor hopes to have an ambulance
in connection with the refuge as soon
as the winter season opens The
movement will be operated independ-
ent of the Humane society.