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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-24
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS.
Tracks Are Gone for Miles aud Bridge
Wrecked by Log Jams.


Wrecked by Log Jams.
Mobile. April 23.-The food situation
around Mobile shows more desperat'
condition and everywhere the loss IL
growing greater. The Louisville AnS
Nashville road which has heretofore
b.on free from damage and has beer
hauling freight and passengers Of th'
Illinois Central. the Northeastern ant
the Mobile and Ohio roads for the pas
six days. now is a sufferer also. Tbs
bridge over the West PascagoulA river
four miles from Scranton. was washed
away Sunday night by high water and
the terrific pounding the foundation re-
ceiycd from the thousands Of logs against
il.
The Mobile and Ohio railway did not
show mp as bright in prospects rs was
expected, but on the contrary worse
than ever. The water has fallen very
much, but the damage cannot possibly
b. repaired before TIE latter par, Of the
week sufficiently 10 allow trains TO 70
through. In one place ON the Mobile
and Ohio 300 feet Of track has been
washed entirely away and where the
road bed was there is now gully five
feet deep. The damage is incalculablo
and nearly all Of the road bed for %
miles Will have 10 b. made crtiroly over
again.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-24
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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-24
No Drugs
No Knives

Female DISEASES a speciality.
All Chronic Diseases Treated.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-24
WASH GOODS

Figured Lawns in dark and bright ground worth &c at
Fine quality figured dmities worth r5c at...........
Sheer quality white India Linen Lawns worth ioc at
The evening times., 1900-05-14
TURNING EMERALD GREEN.
Lieutenant WhippIc's Pearl slowly
Changing Color.


Changing Color.
NEW YORK. May 14-When Lieutenant
Whipple. while at dinner at the Waldorf
Astoria. bit onto pearl Of wonderful size
concealed in the inner economy Of a baked
oyster he uncovered a gem that has since
puzzled the IaDidaries of the country.
The pearl has recently betrayed Irish
tendencies which are unaeeountable-
When first brought to public view it was
of pale pink hue. This color was sup
posed to be the result of the baking
process 20 which it had been exposed. But
since then it has gradually turned green.
until now it looks not unlike a brilliant
green pea
II will be remembered that Lieutenant
Whipple was about to leave for Cuba when
he discovered the pearl while at dinner
He told George c. Boldt. manager Of the
WaldOrf-Astoria. of the find. who al once
asserted that the gem was of great value.
Lieutenant WhippIe turned il over 20
William Benedict, who carried il 10 a Jew
eler in Fifth Avenue. ordering that it be
set in a plain gold scarfpin. IL was re-
Gently forwarded 10 Mrs Nhipple who
lives at No. 1901 Fourth Avenue. Louis
vile. Ky. Mrs. WhippIe valued the pearl
highly. but as she saw it gradually chang
ing its color she became superstitious.
and feared that il might ne exeTting a
baneful influence either upon herself OF
upon her husband
For some days she refused TO touch II.
AM then determined 10 submit the pearl
to experts for an opinion Louisville jew
elc.s viewed the gem with great interest
IL Is the largest they had ever seen, but
they could not diagnose its disease. That
IL is changing color is indisputable. ard
until IL finally settles down TO some steady
course Of life q value cannot well be put
upon it.
What the final outcome will be Louis
vile connoisseurs would not predict One
suggested that the pearl might be an
emerald in disguise. while another thought
that .c might be well 10 hold il on the
possibility that It might ultimately turn
into a ruby or a diamond.
One Louisville gem fancier, already the
owner OF several large sapphires and dia-
monds would like to add the pearl 10 his
collection He offered a generous prize
for il. but there is little probability that
he viii get the pearl. for a New York
jeweler has written that he viii pay an
advance on any offer made by anyone
else for the gem.
Mrs. Whipple. who is still bit super
stitious about the pearl. has not deter
mined whether TO part with il or not
She has written 10 her husband asking his
advice. In the meantime experts are
watching the chameleon process that is
taking place in the pearl and il il works
out TO high price conclusion. baked
pearls viii probably be the fad next sea
son
The evening times., 1900-05-14
SCANDAL IN ALTERED BILL.
Roosevelt Mny Call an Extra Session
40 Investigate.


ALBANY. May 14--When Governor
Roosevelt returns Thursday he will take
immediate steps to find out how changes
were surreptitiOusly made in the ROches-
ter School bill by which Superintendent
Of Schools Noyes and other school off,
cials were retained in Office.
II Is believed that there may be an ex-
ira session Of the Legislature over the
matter
Leaders OF both parties look upon the
changing Of the bill as one Of the most Sc
ri0Us crimes ever attempted against the
Legislature and the executive. and the
Governor will make every effort TO hnd
the culprit-
Il has been discovered that the copy OF
the bill sent 10 the Governor for signature
vas not Identical with the one passed by
the Legislature, and that a new print
of the bill was had from the State print
ing Office containing the section which re-
tains Superintendent NOyes. so the decep-
tion was intentional
Clerk J. 8 Whipple, Of the Senate, where
the bill originated. says that the new
matter was not put in on his side. After
passage II went to the mayor and the
section was hot put in there. The mayor
returned the bill 10 the Legislature. and
il IS believed that the change was made
then.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
STARVING SOLDIERS SUICIDE.
Handy Served With the FOrty-sev-
enth New York in Porto Rico

enth New York in Porto Rice
CHICAGO. May 1f-Samuel H Handy,
OF Brooklyn, who fought with the Forty
seventh New York. committed suicide here
because he would not starve or beg Work
he could rot obtain
He shot himself through the head On
the lake shore. directly in front OF Potter
Palmer-s castle. lie registered at the Nor
wood Hotel April Is. He paid one weeks
board. and then said he had no more
money He was told 10 stay fer another
week Handy spoke TO Day Clerk Fergu-
son Of the hotel. yesterday. sayi-= - had
rot been able 10 make any money and
would give up his room All his effects Of
any value, even 10 his underwear. had been
pawned-
I'VE felt 50 sorry for him" said Clerk
Ferguson. that he was given another week
after he had fallen two weeks in arrears
He was so despOndent I feared he would
Kill himself. 50 I told him rot 10 worry
about what he owed US
In his pocket the police found his dis
charge showing he had served in Porto
Rico, and had been mustered out q cor
poral at the close Of the war.
Not cent was found in his pockets. and
his suEken cheeks told the story He has
a sister IN Brooklyn His mother lives IL
New Haven
The evening times., 1900-05-14
Now for Action.

The Nicaragua Canal bill was favorably
reported to the Senate this morning pre-
cisely as it passed the House and is now on
the calendar subject to call
So far so good.
Now let Mr.. Morgan call the bill up at
the first opportunity and get vote on it.
Never mind the Republican Steering CON-
mittee. II is acting Of course. under in
structions from the White House, but it is
powerless against majority of the Sen
ate. What is wanted is a test vote. The
Democratic minority cannot force Repub
lican Senators to pass the bill, but if they
refuse it can make them accept respon-
sibiiity for defeating it. This is what the
country desires to know about.
The Times believes that there is a ma
jority in the Senate for the bill as it stands
and that when the time comes that major
ity viii declare itself. But let us have
the vote at once. When the bill reaches
President Mckinley he will have ten days
in which to consider its fate and his own
The evening times., 1900-05-14
NEW METHODS OF NUMBERING.
Adirondack Trees to BE FeIIea by
Saws and Ropes.

Adirondack Trees to BE FeIIea NV
Saws and Ropes.
WATERFOWL. n Y. May 1.-THE
managers of the Great Cornell timber tract
above Upper Lake. in the Adirondacks, are
10 introduce the European system OF Ium-
berjng. They have completed arrangements
for thinning out the hardwood forests by
means Of the rope system, saws being used
for telling the trees. thus avoiding the
damage to small trees caused by the chop
ping method and saving the waste from
chips caused by the use Of the axe.
BY contract with the Brooklyn Cooper
age Company all the hardwood timber
down to three inches in size Will be taken
The company is manufacturing all the su-
gar barrels for the Sugar Trust, and most
of the timber will be used for that purpose.
The smaller timber viii be consumed in
the production of wood alcohol
Several large mills for the preparation
Of the timber are being built upon the
tract. and also a wood alcohol distillery.
These operations are being watched with
keen interest by the other large timber
owners in the Adirondaeks. and, il the saw
ing method proves successful and prohta-
bic, it will probably be generally adopted.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
MARYLAND's ANrI.LoBBY LAWa
Promoters of Legislation Required
to BE ReEfsfered

to he Registered
ANNAPOLIS, Nd. May I4.-One Of The
acts passed by the Maryland Legislature
Iast winter which viii be watched with
most curious interest is the so-calied Anti
Lobby Law Of Senator Stevenson A VII
liams. The act is copied after the Massa-
ehusetts act which has been IN operation a
number OF years and is carefully drawn.
with severe penalties for its violation
J. J. Myers, Speaker of the Massachu-
setts Eoase Of Representatives, has writ
ten a letter in regard to the ADG-LObby
law in force there in which he says:
The impression is very general and
strong in this State that the law has been
Of distinct value in the interests OF clean
legislation and in diminishing the numbsr
OF members OF the third house. One OF the
great objects aimed at I am tod by one
OF the officials al the ate House in Bos-
ton who Is very familiar with these mat
tiers. was TO put a stop to the rapid in
crease in the number OF men who. having
served two or three years in the Senate or
House. betook themselves 10 Join the third
house as a means to earn livelihood.
This law requiring registration, il IS he
lleved by everyone that l have consulted
Was of real value in putting a stop 10 this
tended TO secure a higher class Of men in
the ranks OF legislative counsel and agents
and 10 drive out and suppress the weak
and more dangerous and Objectionable
men"
According to a list accompanying Mr..
Myers letter. it appears that since the law
went into effect, in 1891. there has been
a steady increase in the numJer OF legisla-
tive counsel registered and a steady in
crease in the number OF legislative agents.
In 1900 the number OF the former up TO
April was "a and OF the latter 9l-
The Maryland law requires each peTson
employed by another, whether as counsel
or agent. to oppose or promote the pas
sage OF bills To register his name and eI1-
plCyer and the bills ne is employed upon
in a docket to be kept by the Secretary OF
State No person is 10 be employed for
compensation dependent upon the action
of the legislature OF a committee. With
in thirty days Of the adjournment of the
legislature each person CT corporation en-
ploying counsel or agent must render an
account under oath Of all expenses in con-
nection with such employment The Gov
ernCr may require such a statement when
a bill Is presented 10 him for approval
Employment OF counsel OF agents must be
in writing
Persons violating this act are guilty OF
a miSdemeanor and are subject 10 a dEe
Of not less than 800 nor more than 81 -GG0.
and counsel and agent are, in addition.
subject TO disbaFment.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
A KOREAN WOMAN DOCTOR.
Mrs PAX to Receive Her Diploma in
baltimore Tonight

lOnlEEs-
BALTIMORE. Nav 1.-THE eighteenth
annual commencement exercises cf the
WOmau's Medical College viii be held to-
night at Lehmann's Hall Dr. C.aribel
Cone, the president Of the faculty. viii
preside. and the Rev DR.. J. B Van Meter
viii deliver the address 10 the graduates
Miss WiIlena A. Peek, Of Massachusetts,.
will be awarded the gold medal gwen b.
the college for the highest final averages
in all her studies
4 particular interest attaches to the
commencement first from the fact that Il
viii probably be the Gully commencement OF
the season in Baltimore at which a woman
will preside. and second because one CT TIE
gradUates-Dr. Esther Kim Pak-is a IA
tive Of KGrea and the first of her ration
to take the degree Of doctor OF medicins
ii this country.
DR.. PAX has spent four years az thu
Woman's Medical College. taking the full
course She speaks English fiuentIy. and
has been successful in all Departments of
her work. DR.. Pak's husband came to his
country with her. and the two bzEan me
study Of medicine together. with the view
OF returning 10 Korea ID do nj cnary
work among their own peop,e. Mr.. Pak's
healt1 broke down, consumption developed.
and he oied before his course was finished
DR.. PAX VIII return alone to do the work
they had planned TO 60 together Much in
terest has been taken by the Korean Min
ister IN the progress OF Mr. and Mrs. PAX
Two OF the members OF the Korean Lega-
tion al Washington will attend the com
mencement-
Mrs PAX and the members of the Lega-
tiOn viii be entertained at dinner before
the commencement by DR.. Joseph T.
Smith. secretary Of the faculty Of the
Woman's Medical College. at his home.
1e10 Madison Avenue. The other guests at
the dinner will be DR.. Claribel c. Gene.
president Of the faculty; Rev. John Timo-
thy Stone, and the Rev pr. ]. B. Van
MpTrpr
The evening times., 1900-05-14

Inspector General Breckinridge has long
been terror to the Administration. which.
in all its departments, has naturally wish
ed things to run along smoothly and po-
litieally and no questions asked 1t will
be remembered that. during TIE Spanish
war. the rotton beef horrors we're made
possible Of preparation only hv depriving
his bureau of its functions. Now it ap-
pears that last year he urged that the
Army inspectors should be authorized to
examine the accounts of the Pseudo-civil
officials in Cuba. His advice was rejected.
and very properly. If it had been followed
a number OF faithful Republicans would
have been unable to personally collect
their political machine arrearages.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
ELEcTRo-cHEMIcAL ETCHING.
A New system BEING Perfected by
German tnventors--

German Inventors
Referring to the German electro-engrav-
ing system, Consul Brainard. at Leipsig.
writes the State Department:
The electro gravure is an eleetro-chem-
ical etching. such as is used for making
the Illustrations for books. periodicals. etc,
which. however produces pictures in relief.
which formerly could only be made by en-
craving
In 1897. Josef Rieder. of Munich, sue
ceeded in producing an etching on a steel
plate by using porous gypsum model dip
ped in a special solution capable Of cor
Quoting an electrical current Two full
years of hard work were necessary. how
ever. TO make the invention Of practical
worth. as it was found that the electric
current became ineffective almost instantly
Tin fifteen seconds, on account of the
etching ingredients. the carbon refuse from
the eaten steel especially preventing the
transmission Of the electric current, thus
necessitating the cleaning of the model.
The cleaning could not be done by hand.
and so a machine was invented which made
ii possible to remove the model from the
plate and replace it in exactly the same
position.
''The model is brought in contact with
the plate and allowed TO remain there
about fifteen seconds; then it is raised and
carefully cleaned with sponge brush. and
again applied TO the plate
The new machine works TO perfection.
and is so simple that it is thought that
before long It will come into general use,
and enable photographic and cardboard fac
tories, manufacturers of jeweIry, stamped
leather goods, wall paper, etc, to make
their own dies easily and quickly
"A company has been recently organized
for constructing these machines and be-
fore long Will be able to put them on the
market
The evening times., 1900-05-14

The Administration has not been dis
playing much anxiety to furnish infnrma-
tion concerning its tariff doings in the
Crown Colonies. On January % the Senate
oy resolution called on the Secretary of
War for full and exact copies Of all proc
lamations Issued OF made respecting the
collection of customs, internal and other
revenues in Cuba and the American ISL
and territories, together with the rates
aud amounts and total amount OF such
revenues, and list Of persons with their
compensation engaged in the services
named. No information in reply to that
resolution has been furnished. Why? Is
the department afraid to expose even the
she'll Of the colonial system?
The evening times., 1900-05-14

We are glad TO receive information re-
garding the fourteenth monthly plot in
Manila to massacre the whites and estab-
lish free and Independent republic under
George Frisbie Washington Aguinaldo.
The military authorities on the ground do
rot seem TO take these periodical exhibit
tions of a noble native spirit very seri-
ously. but We fancy that it would be bet
ter recognized by a few dozen hangings
than by customary Indifference The halter
is a good thing with which to halt con-
spiraeies for the purposes of massacre.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
EXTREMES IN TEMPERATURE
Heat Prostrations tn Chieaso-saiIors
FrOstbiften on Lake Michigan.


CHICAGO. May 14.-Mother Nature has
juggisd considerably with the weather dur
ing the past thirty-six hours and stranger
meteorological contrasts have seldom been
experienced. It was 81 degrees in the
shade in that home of billiards, Winnipeg
yesterday.
Two sailors had their ears frostbitten
out on Lake Michigan 1t was s. degrees
at the coolest place in Chicago Two men
were overcome by heat there. and at Hell
ent, Mont, the people are wearing over
coats buttoned up. Ia Florida. however, the
cool breezes famed the cheek Of the pine
apple planter.
Charles Myers was o. ercome by the heat
az Harrison and Clark Streets last night,
and Joseph Fountain was 9rostrated by the
heat while hauling dirt at Twenty first and
Wood Streets.
William johnson and Jonas Hatch had
their ears frozen while al the helm OF the
schooner Julia B. Merrill on Lake Michi-
gan. They came to Chicago and suffered
from the heat.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
Not Hampered by Russia.

from the North American Review.l
Tic opponents of Russia generally close the door
OF discussion by the statement Russia has al
ready taken possession OF ManchEEia- Facts how
ever do not support this charge. Manchuria Is
still under Manchu rule and the people paw take;
to China. not to Russia. There is even less inter.
ference in internal Affairs than China COMPLAINS
cf IL other parts OF China from other countries.
Nothing has been done 10 fruStrate the work Of
eifher Protestant or Catholic missionaries The
port of Newchwang is still an open port and IL
is yet TO be proved that foreign trade in Man
cburia has been hampered b5 Russia
The evening times., 1900-05-14
A Monument to the Promotcr

In eommemoration os the building Of the ST.
berian Railway, whicE is approaching its
completion, the Car has ordered monument
to the late Emperor Alexander Ill, whose mi
tiative the work was undertaken to be erected in
front OF the Nicohi Railway station. the starting
point of the Siberian Railway. The monument
will be executed according to the design of Prince
Trubetzkoi, the sculptor, and NJ. Schaechtel. the
architect
The evening times., 1900-05-14
CURRENT HUMOR.
No Difference.

From the Chicsgo Sews)
There IS . funny story Of an Irish drawing-room
being told. woman, trying TO get into a
drawing room, had f5rgotten 10 bring her card
and was stopped But" said she, indignantly,
Il am the wife Of a Cabinet Minister -
81 cannot help it, was the answer 'fevcn
if you were the wife OF Presbyterian minister
it would be no USE
The evening times., 1900-05-14

From the Detroit 5ournal)
The Boston mamma was thoroughly out OF pa
tienca.
ssThoredu." she exclaimed shaking her three
vear-old son until his outside pair OF slasses
fell OF. how often must / tell you not 10 de-
vour books with your elbows on the table"
To have & child who IS dchcent in manners is.
IA some towns, sharp, II not sharper, than \
serpent's tooth
The evening times., 1900-05-14
Strange COincidences.
From the ChIearo ChronicIe \

>
On December g. 1864 vessel crossing the Ne
nal STRAIT, with elghty-one passengers on board
encountered a terrific gale and foundered. The
only who escaped death was Hugh Williams
More than 100 years later, on December 5. 1885,
another vessel with large number OF passengers
sank in the same circumstances and in the same
place. All the passengers were drowned except
one again Hugh Williams Again. on December
5. 1870. boat laden with thirty people sank in
the same SPOT. The sole survivor once more
Nras Hrlrh Williams
The evening times., 1900-05-14
Put in a SicascI and Get PRAYER

Prayers blessed by hadf can be obtained by
dropping a coin IL the slot machine which has
been placed in Street in Algiers. Affixed Is a
notice in Arabic tosthe effect that any miscreaHt
who dares TO cheat the prophet by annexing a
prayer in return for disc of lead or a spurious
coin will be consigned to eternal punishment.
without the hope OF entering Paradise BY any
subsequent act of repaTsIion.
The evening times., 1900-05-14
POWDER IN A BURNING TRAIN
a Freight Crew Snved by an EnGi-
neer'S HerOISna-

neer'S HerOi>n-
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. May 14-Engi-
neer Wolfkill. Of the P. & y. W. Railroad.
had an exciting experience Saturday. He
was coming TO "Punxsy'' with train
made up of "empties," with the exception
of the third car from the engine. which
contained powder This car was 10 have
been left at McGee's- but was forgotten
until the train had dashed into strip Of
woods between Sidney and HiIlman which
was on fire
When il was discovered that the car in
front of and the one behind the powder
car were on 1ire WOlfkH opened wide the
throttle, dashed to safety. and then stop
ped until the flames on the blazing cars
were extinguished-
The evening times., 1900-05-14
The Magic of n Name.
(From the Philadelphia Press.

Marcus DAILY. the copper king tells several
amusing stories about man in New York bear
ing the same name The other day this person
went to real estate agent 10 search of house.
was treated to champagne and expensive cigars.
sad. after being shown only the most luxurious
houses, explained that he wanted something lit
tie cheaper, az he w<s making only S25 week
The evening times., 1900-05-14
In n DimcuIt Position

The late Duke Of Afgyll, it is said, had for
years been engaged upon his "reminiscences. and
these ought 10 be Of the most interesting char
actcr II is recorded that a Scottish irnkeepar
once said of the Duke: 'Iiis Grace is in a vera
deefcult poseetion whatever. His pride of intel
iect Will no let him associate with men OF his
ain birth, and his pride Of birth will no let hn
associate with men Of his ain intellect"
The evening times., 1900-05-14

tFr0m the HeiteTe Meltl
Customer-Whg do you charge 20 ufenSige ss-
shaving me. when your sign says that shaving
costs only 10 pfenHiHge?
Barber-why, you have double chin