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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01

Mrs. Fannie Calhoun and children
returned 10 San Antonio yesterday.
Mr.. aud Mrs. COnnor are at home
at the residence OF Mrs. w. II.
Rhodes.
Mrs. II. Rowland returned TO Waco
yesterday after visiting Mrs. Harry
DillashAw.
For Rent-On hundred acres Of
land near town. Apply TO Capt.
George Polk. -
DR. J. r. Eaves and Commissioner
p. II. Arlington were here from Mil
llcan yesterday.
Will Boehm and Miss Maggie
Boehm returned TO Riesel yesterday
after a visit TO relatives.
For Rent-Store on Main street,
Zannatti block. Apply to James
Dunn. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. g. Dukes have re-
turned 10 Llano, after visiting the
family Of Mrs. NJ. X. GoOdson.
Mrs. J. X. Horn, Mrs. ID. l.. Barto
and Misses Lille aud Annie Horn
raturned 10 Waller yesterday after
visiting at Madisonville.I
Smoke "Silver Crown" cigars, the
best 5-cont cigar Ia the state. No
iO-cent cigar beats the silver Crown
For sale by Dunn Il Daily and Tay-
lor x Cox. l-i-O2
Miss Bessie Scale returned 10
Bsnchloy yesterday accompanied 10y
Misses Vivian James, Lizzie Wilcox
and Irma Collins.
The Eagle learns that Mrs. Ed
Stuart, wife Of Lieut.. stuart, will
pass through Bryan Thursday en-
route from Dallas 20 join her husband
Ia Havana and makes this announce
ment 30 that friends who desire 10
do So may meet her at the depot
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01

The Eagle wants 10 say that the
switching of trains by the /. n q. y.
on the street west Of Main, in day
time, is nuisance that should be
abated. We understand that when
they were granted the privilege Of
that street, the company agreed to
do all their switching there at night.
They are not doing il by a jug full.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01

- s
"Thc Minister'S son" one Of the
best attractions that has ever been
presented in Bryan, was given at the
Grand opera louise last night by Mr.,
w. B.Patton anda capable company
la the title role Mr.. Patton clearly
demonstrates his right 10 be- denom-
mated "a peculiar comedian" He
D, original in his methods aud inn
bucd with rare genius. lie has sur
rounded himself with a good COM
pany and fine scenic effects. The
play is a beautiful pastoral drama,
full OF interest, naturalness and
mirth. The audience was large and
thoroughly appreciatiye.
Horse lost-Black horse, very lit
tie white on face. white saddle
marks on back; 10 hands high. s.
reward for information leading to
recovery {. VI. spell. p
The Eagle desires To call attention
To the advertisement elsewhere in
this paper announcing the purchase
OF the Johu W. Coulter stock OF dry
goods bv Mr.. W. J Coulter, which
takes effect today. The new propri-
etor is well qualified for the rcspon-
sible duties To which be succeeds.
He is graduate of A. d VI. college
aud Of Eastman Business college OF
Poughkeepsie. In addition, he has
had lifelong training in the dry
goods business, and has been the
buyer-and practically the manager
for this house for several years.
He will conduct cash business for
various reasons which are set forth
In his advertisement and which will
appeal at once to the good Judgment
Of the public. The Eagle bespeaks
for the new proprietor continuance
Of that popular favor which his
house has so long enjoyed.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01
cisterns Galvanized Iron cisterns.

make all sizes Of galvanized iron
cistcrns and tanks. Cheap. See me
aud get my prices.
- j. Allen Myers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01
To Cure Malaria In Four DAYS,

Take ouInorIa. All druggists are Au
thorised TO refund the money in Any
case Of chills. fever or malaria Il falls
TO cure. Price soc per package. N
q James. the leading druggist. Bryan
leXCs.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01

Lost--A young black shaggy Shep-
herd dog, female. four white feet.
breast and tip of tail white; answers
10 name OF Bess. Notify Dr. H. J.
Pugh. Il
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01
70 sue YyspepsIa 30 IndIue.tlon

Sour stomach or HearJuurn. take Res
Dyspepsia Tablets. All druggists are
authorized 10 refund money II they
Tail 20 cure. Price 90 cents. NJ "A
James. the lending druggist. Bryan
Texas
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Farm for Rent or Sale.

300 acres on Cedar creek, A. miles
northwest of Bryan; good houses on
same. Apply 10 Mrs. u. Bonneville,
Bryan. d27
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Weaver, = l.
LADIES
FOREIGN
Iitta, Frank

Above list Of letters remaining In
the Bryan postotilce FOR the week
ending December 80. a charge Of
one cent Is made on each piece of
mail advertised. When calling for
these letters please say advertised,
giving date. Very respectfully,
Tyler Haswell, L. NJ.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1902-01-01
Business Change.

Having sold my entire dry goods
business in Bryan TO Mr. W. j.
Coulter, / desire to thank my
friends and customers for the lib.
eral patronage | have received at
their hands for so many years. and
to express the hope that my sue
cessor will continue to enjoy the
favors and patronage Of the public.
Respectfully,
John w. Coulter.
Referring to the above, ! desire
to state that / will conduct the
business on a strictly cash basis
because can run it at less ex.
pense and sell goods cheaper for
cash, and because / have not the
necessary capital TO conduct a
credit business. The same straight.
forward, honest methods and close
attention 10 business which have
characterized the house in the past
will be the motto for the future,
and | respectfully solicit the pat
ronage of the public.
w. J. Coulter.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29

will enable me to forget or ignore election
days in the future"
On the other hand, Senator Stewart says
prosperity was the cause Of the democratic
victory in Nevada, one result Of which will
be that after March 4 he will have a demo-
cratic colleague in the senate-the present
Representative Nevlands.
why he said, ION election day I saw
one man in Carson City, who I know has
been fighting poverty for years, with three
SO bills. when / asked him where he got
the money he told me it was given him
by an old friend for voting three times
that day. Thirty dollars will keep a frugal
man a month OF two in Nevada, and, II
this man was a sample Of what went on
there in the campaign, / know there will
be no suffering in my state this winter"
Colonel Ike Hill, the veteran Buckeye
politician and democratic whip in the
house Of representatives, whose fame rests
somewhat upon his complaint in a former
campaign that certain id scoundrels
wouldn't stay bought has returned to
| Washington, dazed over the result in Ohio.
II cannot account for It" he said frankly.
80 far ms have been able to learn, more
democrats went to the polls that repub>
licans and yet, in the smallest vote cast
for years, the republicans got the biggest
majority since the war. The democrats
must have voted the republican ticket"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29

effected not long ago. Fifty retail stores
were brought under one head. The manager
buys in carload lots and retails through his
own stores at prices the ordinary merchant
cannot get when he goes to the wholesale
house. How can a man with small capital
meet this kind Of competition, and these
combinations broadening their sphere OF in
fluence? No. the clerk Of today lie not the
merchant OF tomorrow, but the merchants
sons or the stockholders sons of today are
the merchants OF tomorrow, for the business
is handed down from father to son, and the
opportunity of the clerk becoming the mer-
chant tomorrow is becoming less and less
a possibility.
There is one way, 1 believe, that It can
be done. That is by cooperation and or
ganization-by organizing one great body OF
men and women and cooperating with or
ganized labor, with vac earners like our
selves, and demanding. as other wage earn
ers have done, "a Just days wages for a
Just days work"
How do the salaries OF clerks compare
with the wages paid in other lines7 The
average wage paid male clerks is S12 a
week; the average for women clerks. IS 4
week. For this they are compelled to work
seventy-four hours a week In more than
rs per cent Of the stores. Skilled labor
works forty -eight hours a week and'receives
an average Of 324. Unskilled labor works
but hfty-four hours and receives not less
than IS cents an hour
Ministers OF the gospel are asking why
the attendance at their services is not
larger. Need they wonder when SO many
human beings are compelled to labor so
many hours and have 80 few given them
to attend divine Worship / say to the min
listers, look into these conditions and they
will find their reply. Let them assist or
ganized labor to eliminate them from the
lives OF the retail clerk. Theh they may
have an opportunity to attend the churches,
the prayer meetings and receive the benefits
that are derived from a Christian educa-
ton.
The farmers complain today that they
cannot get hands to help them In their
fields. Yet their wi sons and daughters
are leaving their homes and entering the
city because the hours OF labor on the farms
are too long. There they must toll from
sunrise until s o'clock In the evening with
out receiving enough to live on comfortably.
They come to he city and become our
clerks, not realizing that their conditions
will not be bettered. The only remedy for
these conditions, in my estimation. lies in
universal organization and cooperation.
without them the retail clerks never can
become successful and the existing condi-
lions be eliminated from their lives.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
THIS CROw PICKS POCKETS.
Also Acts rs an Alarm Clock for PeO-
pie of n Jersey Town.

Also Acts as an Alarm Clock for PeO-
pie of . Jersey Town.
The farmers and residents of Browns
Mills, N. j., to a man declare that their
town shelters the most knowing crow hat
ever dug up newly planted corn. and lest
some u%nknowing person might go cunning
for him they are guarding him zealously.
They keep a sharp lookout on the bird
for another reason, relates the New York
Sun. He has a way Of indulging In pranks
which are not always appreciated.
In appearance he looks exactly like any
other black crow. but he isn't. He has
a name, Jim, and an owner, Job Stephen
| son, who says he has not yet had an offer
OF money enough to buy him.
Jim was a member OF a big flock that
made a lot Of trouble for the farmers, but
being a superior crow he forsook his bad
company and went to live on Stephenson's
, place last spring. Job soon learned that
the bird meant we'll and fed him. Jim ac-
cepted the compliment and has never
changed his headquarters.
Every morning the crow accompanies the
men to Whites cranberry bog, flying along
with them a distance of two miles. While
they work Jim amuses himself In the man.
ner which has given him his local reputa-
ton.
His pet diversion is picking the pockets
Of the coats thrown of by the men at
work, and there is no use in trying to
hide a coat from him. One man recently
thought he would fool the bird and hid his
coat in a cornstack. Jim found it and
cleaned out the pockets Of tobacco, matches
and a pipe.
What he does with his plumber is a
mystery. He hides it somewhere, but no
- - - 49, III. - IAonNn ht0 troa0-
ure house.
Jim is also an inebriate at heart. though
he seldom has a chance to indulge his
fancy. That fact came out a few weeks
ago, when one of the hands stuffed his
coat pocket full of corn soaked with whisky
and left the coat in sight of the bird. Jim
ate 1t with relish and In a little while
became so overcome that he few to a tree
and went to sleep.
The next day he returned to the coat in
which he had made the find and hung
around near It for a week before he finally
gave up hope Of another debauch.
Jim acts also as a rising signal for the
village. Every morning at $3.50 be flies
through the streets squeaking notes, which
the villagers declare are the nearest he
can come to saying. Get up; get up"
Wher he first became a member of the
community the crow was the cause Of Q
good deal of trouble. People awoke to
find that the milk cans, left on their back
stoop6, had been overturned and for q
while no one knew who the miscreant was
At length a housewife saw Jim grab the
handle Of a can with his beak and use his
entire strength in turning 1t over. She
charged on him with a broom. So die
another woman the next morning, and after
that Jim behaved himself.
AS a watcher the crow is most useful
Several times he has given the alarm wher
a polecat or mink threatened stephenson''
chicken yard, and 1t is for this faithful
ness that the crows owner refuses to part
with him.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
A MODERN
Up-tO-Date Method Of Arranging the
PreIimInaFieS.

FEGHHnAuAHAcbs
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Eyes, I put your
father onto a good thing last month"
Ibid you? That was nice of you. Papa
asked me the other day If I kneW you"
what else3'
when 1 told him I had met you he asked
me IL 1 thought you had the m~oney-making
instinct. And I told him 1 didn't think
you would be asleep when dividend day
came round"
THAT was nice Of you. 1 gave your
father a good tip yesterday. He took 1t,
too. 1t must have Melted him q couple o.
thousand"
why, you are quite a good fairy, Mr..
Simmer. I'll remember that tip the next
time I strike papa for my pin money"
But why not give poor papa q restT"
81 beg your p%ardon?"
why not let somebody else put up for
the pins? I happen to know that papa
isn't on Easy street often enough to estah-
lish a permanent address there"
Pray make yourself a little palmer,
Mr.. Simmer"
That's quite impossible, Miss Bimler. 1
feel that nature has done her worst for
me-"
"Ah. you are fishing for a compliment"
NJ, MibS DlmleTs you wrong me. i
have no time for fishing. But let me par
ticularize. / am neither young nor hand
ONE My temper is fairly good, my health
excellent. That, I think, d~isposes of the
minor details Here is a schedule of my
worldly possessions-sub1ect, CT course, to
the daily fluctuations of the market. May
l trouble you to look It over?"
with what end in view, Mr.. Simmer
81 will come to that presently, Miss
Bimler. / have shown your esteemed
father a duplicate of this schedule. It
seemed to please him. He even entrusted
me with a note for you. Here it is"
(He hands her a sealed envelope which
she opens with a pardon me-" 1t con-
tains but two lines. MY dear, nail this
chap-I need him in the business. Your
doting papa.")
1T is quite evident, Mr.. Simmer, that
you have made a favorable impression upon
papa"
And how about papa's ~daughter?'
viii you make that a little clearer, Mr..
Simmer"
with pleasure. How does the sum total
strike your"
"oh. of the schedule? Why, it seems
very satisfactory"
"And-and will you share it with me,
Miss Bimler-subject, Of course. to the
market fuctuationsF"
"oh, Abner, this is so student"
Quick curtain.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
LOCAL BREVITlES.

Frank Irvine, formerly supreme court
commissioner OF Nebraska and now pro-
fessor of law at Cornell university, was i'm
the city Thanksgiving day.
William Taylor, tried in Judge Bakers
court yesterday on a charge of robbing
Joe Matullon, was found guilty last even
ing by a Jury out scarcely fifteen minutes.
Mary Casey has begun action against the
Omaha Street Railway company because OF
injuries received at Seventeenth and Charles
streets on September %. She asks judgment
for $3.50.
Alice l. Miller has secured from Judge
Read a decree divorcing her from Frank
ID. Miller, who, she alleged in her petition.
was receiving too many scented notes from
people who wrote feminine hands.
The will OF the late George r. Voss. pro-
viding for the disposition of $4,000 in cash
and Insurance, was hled yesterday In
county court. Clancy ST. Clair was APP
pointed administrator with the will at
tached.
City Engineer Rosewater will address a
meeting OF the Southwest Improvement
club tonight at Twenty-fourth and Leayen-
worth streets on the subject OF the fran
chise ordinance which he now has in the
city council.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
PUTTING 1T ON THE WEATHER.
what Caused the slump fin the Fusion
Vote Sn Nebraska.

" NM AA6
Vote I'm Nebraska.
The Washington correspondent Of the
New York Sun interviewed q number OF
politicians at the national capital and
obtained a variety Of individual expressions
on election results. The excuses Of the
victims are as instructive as the explana-
lions Of yictors. Representative William
l.. Stark Of the Fourth Nebraska district,
one Of the ave members Of the house still
outside the breastworks Of the two great
parties. Is convinced that fair weather on
election day makes for republican success.
The farmers in my district" he said,
were SO busy getting in the magnificent
crops which have blessed their labors this
year, that about 1000 of them failed to go
to the polls, and their absence caused my
defeat for ra-election. II 1t had been q
rainy day, so that they could not have
worked in the fields, l should have beaten
my republican opponent. Since then l
have received hundreds Of letters from
these stay apologizing for their
neglect of the polls, but Offering the ex-
cuse thai they supposed It was a sure thing
for me, anyhow. Well. l have a fine farm
myself, to which l can retire after March
4, and maybe l will raise such crops as
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
Had n Fine Time.

Chicago Post: The country editor had
turned the personal column over to his
daughter temporarily. while politics claimed
his attention.
The daughter had studied country edi-
torial methods to some advantage, and the
following items appeared:
tom Jones called last evening with Q
two-pound box of candy. Call again. Tom"
Harry Mason was around with his trot-
ter and sidebar buggy last week. Don't
forget the number, Harry"
George Browns billboard Is said to be
good for two seats for anything that comes.
We always like to see George on show
nights"
'Miss Mary Martin, the milliner. has .
magnificent display OF the latest styles In
her show window. How much Is this good
for. Mary?"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29

few hours Of leisure, however, the clerks
must remain Saturday night until 1890
and IL o'clock and then be in the store on
Sunday from 1880 in the morning until 1
o'clock in the afternoon. Think OF the
feelings of the girls and young women who
are compelled to labor all these hours
in order to help fill the family larder.
They have absolutely no time to partici-
pate in the innocent pleasures of life,
cannot even find time to attend to their
Christian duties. AS an excuse for being
compelled to work on Sunday the clerks
are told "the merchants must keep open
to accommodate the public" In many
cases the stores are patronized by the
families Of the clerks employed in these
stores, thus depriving their own flesh and
blood of enjoying Sunday as a day OF rest.
The clerk in the grocery store is COM
PEELED to open the store at $3.50 In the
morning and work almost continuously I'M
til 8 o'clock at night, and sometimes even
later. In addition to this he must be there
a half day on Sunday. Why should he work
SO many hours7 Does It require all this
time to transact the business done on that
day? No. 1t is only again the selhshness
Of the public in compelling them to work
so long. As solicitors make the rounds for
all the stores orders could be given them
and filled without the loss of the additional
time by the clerk, But because they are
not the grocery stores are keeping open
from early morning until late at night,
when their business could be lone the same
as in the large department stores and the
clerks given shorter hours.
Perhaps there is no greater sufferer from
long hours than the drug clerk-the young
man who is compelled to graduate from a
recognized college of pharmacy and stand
and examination before he can accept a
position as clerk In a drug store. Every
day he opens the store at 7 in the morning
and closes at IL O'Clock at night. Often he
is compelled to sleep in the store all night
so as to be there in case Of call for a pre-
scription or through fear an accident may
happen that would necessitate medical at
tention. The welfare OF the public thus
prevents him from going to his own home
to sleep.
Few to Rise.
There is an old saying that one hears
sometimes today that the clerk of today
is the merchant Of tomorrow Is Il true ?
I do not think so. How can a clerk work
ing on the wages paid today and with the
Increase in living expenses save a suficient
amount OF money to enable him to go into
business? How can he meet the competi-
tion he would have to face7 Then, IL the
competition be so strong today and require
so much capital, what will It be in the flu
ture IL trusts and combinations continue to
increase as they are both in the manutsc-
turing and retailing Of the commodities Of
life?
Take as an illustration = combination
Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-29
CHIEF CROKER IS LET OUT
Nephew Of Tammany Boss Dismissed from
New York Fire Department.
FOUND GUILTY OF MANY GRAVE OFFENCES
Commissioners Gives Judgment IN Re-
cent Trial, but Discharged Man
Says He VIII Continue
Fight to Bitter END.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2s.-Edward F. Croker,
chief of the fire department. was today dis
missed from the service by Commissioned
Sturgis.
MIR. Croker was found guilty on the
charge Of failure to enforce the require
ments of law for properly safeguarding the
Park Avenue hotel; of the conversion OF
public property to his private use; of con-
duct prejudicial to good order and discipline
in prosecuting and uniustly discriminating
against certain members of the uniformed
force, and o. conduct unbecoming an Of
fcer and a gentleman and prejudicial to
good order and discipline"
On the charges of 'incompetency as chief
Of the department in the management Of
great fires and Of sending false reports
he was acquitted.
Mr.. Croker declined to make any COM
ment on the sentence, but it is known ne
will fight the matter to the end. On being
informed Of Commissioner Sturgis' action
Mayor Low issued a statement sustaining
the commissioner and expressing the belief
that he had acted in accordance with the
law and with the dictates of his conscience.
Mayor Low Uphold StuFgis.
In his staten ,nt Mayor Low says:
The charter places upon the fire COM
missioner, ana not upon tne mayor, the
duty of conducting all trials in the fire
department, and it is the sworn duty of
the commissioner to make his findings upon
evidence according to his conscience. 1t
Is due to the provisions Of the charter
itself that the commissioner has been OBJ
liged both to formulate the charges and to
try them.
The circumstances in this case have been
such that l have thought it incumbent upon
the mayor to assure himself that the chief
has had a fair trial, and that every OPP
portunity was given him to make his de-
Tense in the fullest possible way. Being
seemed to be. no reason why this trial
should not take its course like any other
trial held by the commissioners. The dis
cipline Of the department, in fact, re-
quired that this matter should be disposed
of in the usual way.
Edward F. Croker is 80 years OF age and
has been connected with the department
for eighteen years. He Is the nephew Of
Richard Croker. In 1898 he became deputy
chief, and on May /, 1899, he succeeded
Hugh Bonner, as chief Of the department.
He is also president of the National As
ISOLATION Fire Chiefs.
In August last, he obtained leave of abb
sence for rest. When Commissioner Stur-
gis appointed Purroy acting chief.
Meantime, Mr.. Croker decided to remain
in this city and attended the trial Of Chief
Ryan of the bureau Of repairs. The COM
missioner then suspended him from active
duty.
Mr.. Croker complained that this was an
attempt to force him out of the department
and took the matter to the state supreme
court, where Judge Hall decided that Com
missioner Sturgis had no power to relieve
the chief, and reinstated him.