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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

Miss Louise Harris, the charm
ing sponsor of company c, gave
the officers of that company an
agreeable surprise last Saturday in
the way of a box containing lots of
good things to eat. Captain Bur
rift was the recipient of the box
and is ready to 90 into ecstacies
over the beautiful decorations on
the outside and the delicious ed
ibles on the inside. The colors, red
and white, were the noticeable part
of the arrangement. Some fine
specimens of red and white roses
were also enclosed that all might
be complete; that the aesthetic
nature might be appealed to also.
The officers are all very thankful
for kind remembrance. The Bat
talon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21
SUI ROSS SOCIETY.

From The Battalion.
At called meeting of the SuI
Ross Society Saturday night, tn,
following men were elected to serve
as the officers during the winter
term:
President, Il. L. Burney.
Vice president, J. K. Tabor.
Secretary, G. A. Smith.
Treasurer, w. B. Workman.
Chairman of Program Committee,
Benn Gleason.
Sergeant-at-Ar Arms, J. A. Wassen
dorf.
Final arrangements were made
concerning the banquet which was
contemplated for January 18th.
II is an assured fact now, as every.
thing was decided upon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

Tie Texas students from here
were the first 70 arrive at Chicago
for the purpose Of entering the inter
national live stock exposition. The
two cars OF live stock which left
here also made the journey in good
shape and will probably be heard
from later. Several other agricultu-
raj colleges will be represented there
also and the cadets here are waiting
with interest to see what the show
ing made by our team will be. C..
NJ. Evans, T. NJ. Pedell, J. &. Burns
aud T.. =. Van Zandt from College
are also at Chicago .-The Battalion.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

Before many years Brazos county
lands will be commanding prices
that would cause the average man
Of today TO open his eyes in amaze.
ment. The young man who puts
his shoulder to the wheel, acquires
a home and the knowledge of how
to make his land productive, will
be able in middle life and old age
to live in independence and COM
petence. There are enough ex-
amples of such thrift now to prove
the statement conclusiyely.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21
Z IMP POWER OF SONG.

tftoih e"o n"'@ -" So"si"ehi
In the great st that swept
over the Atlanti ocean once,
many lives were ID II and on every
craft beyond harbor, terror.strick-
en- people thought that none Of
them would survive the fierce gale.
On the ocean steamship Cam
psnia ten we're swept to death into
the sea and lost, while scores Of
others were MANNED. On the La
Ssvole, another Of the big liners,
that was also directly in the path
of the typhoon, while there were
fewer casualties, the CONSERVATION
among the passengers was quite
as great az on the Campanii.
While the gale was raging around
the La Savole, the wind being at
the rate of eighty.five mile. AN
hour, and tremendous seas were
lifting the huge liner like a cookie
shell, the terror.stricken passen-
gers huddled like so many fright
ened hares into the music salon.
At the very height Of the fierce
storm a woman quietly seated her
self at the piano and in a rich
voice, whose melody arose above
the bowling OF the gale and pene-
trated every part of the ship, she
sang the songs that in any theater
in London or New York would
have earned her so, 900 an hour. IT
was Madame Calve, whose Carmen
had thrilled hearts on both CONT
nents.
She is a fine sailor and without !
one thrill Of fear to mar a single
note she sang the folk songs of
many lands that had descended
like racial benedictions upon the
many peoples. She then sang the
soft lullabies that babies love to
hear and with grooming accompani.
ments sink to sleep. Then came
in rich melody from her beautiful
throat martial tunes that inspire
valor and arouse men to slaughter.
She also sang love songs that
southern lovers of Italy and Spain
breathed into the ears of the women
IF their hearts.
Before il had ended, the effect
upon the multitude was like the
voice Of Christ upon the turbulent
waves Of Gallilee. With the last
lying notes the storm began to
'ubside and the entire body Of
happy and treasured passengers
hronged about her with thankful
ears, expressive of their gratitude.
Benedictions of the hottest saint
Who could have been summoned
assurances falling among the
passengers from the
Ups of the bravest man; the sense
{ security that sometimes comes
nth prayer, none of these could
ave so stilled the terror and
in their souls as did the
weet songs that Madame Calve
lng
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

The Scientific American thinks
this country is going to lose caste
and dignity, not to mention coin,
on the Panama canal proposition,
unless present tactics are aban-
doned, the plans Of competent
board Of engineers adopted, and
the work placed under the direc-
ton Of a chief engineer.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

The school sentiment of Bryan
has been growing for years and is
strong-practically unanimous. 1t
is generally conceded that Bryan
is the best school town in the state
south Of Waco, and her people will
see to it that she continues to re-
main 80
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

Rapid progress is being made In
the building of the new hotel. IL is
thought that 1t will be ready for the
long looked for house-warming in
the course Of few weeks.-The Bat
talon.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21
BRYAN ROYAL ARCH MASONs
Invited 10 MadisonyiIIe to Witness In.
itiatiOn OF Eighteen Candidates.

The following letter explains it.
self and will be Of especial interest
to the Royal Arch Masons of Bryan
and vicinity:
To o. Il. Saunders, Most Excel.
lent High Priest, w T. Austin
Chapter No. 81, r. A. NJ,
Bryan, Texas.
Dear Companion:
Authorized by Madison Chapter
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21
BRYAN, TEXAs, DECEMBER 81

Congressman Longworth bids
fair TO be known TO fame a. the
husband of Alice.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-21

Titles.
FOR SALE.
o32 acres of land located
about twelve miles east of
Bryan. About 500 acres
of this tract is first class
postoak land; the balance
lies i'm the Navasota bot
tom. Price SIIoO. 90.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

Surely Alabama has no money to waste in mere ostentatious ornamentation Surely the comparatively small sum she has felt able to devote to providing a house for the transaction of the most important Judicial business of her peo- pie. should be applied to the building of a house of the very best possible adaptation to the carrying on of that great work, to the end that the causes of the people-issues of law and fact upon which their property. liberty and lives depend-may be properly heard and considered, and speedily and cor rectly decided. In these matters all the people are vitally interested. They are of vastly more importance to them than the perspective of the building In which their work Is done.
 Court Did Its Best.
 It was upon these considerations that the Judges, knowing, as the executive officers did not know, what sort of building was necessary for the work of the Supreme Court, conceived 1t to be their first and highest duty to the State and its people to select from the plans submitted that one which best provided for the convenient, and. therefore, prompt, and efficient transaction of the great governmental business which the constitution and the laws assign to the
 
 this duty we acted not for ourselves in any personal sense, but for the court and It's work, for those who should come after us to do that work, for the bar of the State and for It's people. It was sought to conserve not the indi- vidual convenience of tho judges, pres eut or future, but the convenience and of consequence the facility and efflcien- cy of the work; and not for the present only, nor only for such of the future as may concern us personally. but for an indefinite length of time, probably for more years than are numbered fin the States history. The judges are not here and will not be in the new build ing for their personal pleasure, but to do the governmental work devolved upon them; their time while in that building will belong not t6 themselves but to the people, and every moment of 1t may be lost because of or in over coming inconvenience and inadaptation of construction and arrangement of their workshop is time lost by the peo- pie, and not by the judges individually; and as each one of them does more work than any other officer in the State government, and all of them have more work than can be fully done. they as officials are especially entitled to, and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

cially said in effect that ornamental CT ornamented drawings, with lights ana shadows. etc. and drawings in fact but those of the plain fiat line character could be made very beautiful by arch ttects, very seductive and deceptive and that instead of helping to cor rect conclusion upon real merits, they were Calculated to cover defects which flat lines could not and to mislead and deceive the judgment. Upon these considerations, the executive officers were led to adept the rules I have quot ed. excluding from consideration all but plain fiat line drawings.
 The executive officers having settled these and all other material terms of the program of competition, at this meeting of May 4, requested Dr. owen and myself to reduce the program to writing. This we did, and on May 3 presented the formal written program drawn in strict accordance with their views. The writing was read over to them in full. and they unanimously adopted 1t. The whole of 1t In every material sense was the work of the executive officers. Not one judge vot-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

ed on a single one of its provisions.
 Upon this program. its rules ana suggestions, the architects were re- quired and supposed to prepare their plans. Seven sets Of plans were pre- pared and submitted to the commission composed of the judges and the exec utlve officers. In passing upon them the two great objects to be attained were. first, the erection of a building the only building intended to be erect ed at this unexplained and contrived to conserve in the highest degree pos sible the work of the Supreme Court, of it's judges and officers. and of the lawyers of the State. and for the hous> ing and protection of the library. and It's convenient use by the court. the judges. the bar and the people, and, second, to gSe to the building, taken in connection with the proposed future north wing, such exterior lines. pro- portions and dimensions, and such con- nections with the present building, as should in the first leave the present capitol to dominate the whole and yet lose none of it's architectural individu- ality or beauty, nor necessitate any change in It's structure except possi- bly by enlarging its dome" and. In the second place. to give to the whole mass of buildings such correctness of lines and proportions as would, without i'm pinging upon the architectural identity and individual symmetry and beauty of the present building. present satisfy- Ing and pleasing perspective
 In this statement of the problems be- fore us, I have advisedly given first place to considerations going to the utility of the proposed structure; and in SO doing follow at once established principles of architecture and the dic- tates of common sense. Nor am l ac- tuated to this by any necessary to jus tify exterior faults in the plan we have adopted by reference 10 interior re- quirements. for there Is no such neces- sity. To the contrary, I shall endeavor to show that both exteriorly and inte- riorly, and as well from the viewpoint of beauty as from the adaptation to It's uses, the structure we propose thor oughly meets and secures the objects and purposes sought to be obtained by all of the commissioners
 Work of Anci ants. ...+-
 Ancient peoples were wont upon oc- casion, or without occasion, other than vain glory, to rear mighty structures to beautify a city or adorn landscape, and for no vulgar utilitarian purpose whatever. Modern, however opulent
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08
whether the wings should be of two or

whether the wings should be of two or three stories.
 My suggestion as to the interior ar engagement and construction were con sidered and adopted by the executive officers. Prominent among them was the important requirement that the court room, the reading room, the H. brary stack room. the librarians office and the judges retiring room should be on the same floor.
 Dr. Owen, Secretary of the Commis- sion. presented some suggestions made to him In writing by Mir. Lockwood as to the kind of drawings to be submit ted by the architects, to which and to the discussion upon which subsequent events give a peculiar interest. These suggestions. l was given to under stand, embodied the rules that are GUS tomary in competitions of this sort. Among them were the following:
 All drawings on heavy white paper of uniform size without borders or su- perfiuous lincs.'
 "Elevation, section and perspective drawings shall be outline drawings and made with India ink or pencil, without shading or shadows"
 The perspective drawing is to show west and south fronts of the buildings as they will appear from a point 25O rect distant ana at an anBle OI 10 ue- grees with the plane of the building the horizon being taken on a level with the first floor"
 'One figure to be used to give scale but no background or foreground, sky or other accessories shall be shown in drawing"
 "The plot plan CD and if practicable the perspective drawing shall show the whole building. including both wings or annexes, and their connecting struc- lures" -1
 Opposed Line Drawings.
 So far as these rules propose to re- strict competing architects to plan flat line drawings. I opposed their adop- tion. said that my profound igno- rance of such things needed to be in structed in every possible way, and that 1t seemed to me that we could get better basis for decision by having the drawings present the buildings not only In fiat lines. but also fin lights and shadows, and by figures, and fore ground and background and sky and other Illustrative accessories. But my views. themselves perhaps the product of my ignorance, were not concurred ir by the executive officers They. O, some of them. and one of them espe-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

they may be. individually or, nationally. erect buildings only to subserve the ends of practical usefulness. Mortuary monuments they build, and here and there a triumphal column or arch. But not even our own, the wealthiest of na- tions, nor yet our Lucullouses and Midases, a thousand fold perhaps, more opulent than their prototypes at Tus- culum, and of the Ass Ears, indulge In edIfices for ornamentation merely. They rear no lofty detached porticos or the like merely to gladden. the artistic eye. They build primarily for use. Their structures are designed and planned to conserve the uses to which they are to be devoted. Architectural effects in this utilitarian age are of great but secondary importance. It is only after the uses for which the building is in tended have been provided for as fully and perfectly as possible that the ar chitect undertakes to give to the ex- terior such lines and proportions of beauty as are possible without impair ment of Its adaptation to the ends of its construction. This, understand. Is a maxim of architecture. It Is un-
 doubtedly a common sense proposition.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08
,IJSTICE MCCLELLAN PRESENTS SUPREME COURT
 SIDE OF THE CAPITOL EXTENSION CONTROVERSY

the whole satisfying architectural perspective. to alter the present build ing in any respect, except possibly by enlarging its dome"
 Threc-StOry Wings.
 The executive officers were inclined to favor wings of three stories. l was of a different opinion for the reasons which will be amplifed later, that wings of equal height with the pres ent capitol would not only destroy It's dominance and identity architecturally speaking, a result we were all anxious to avoid, but would also give to the mass an appearance of length entirely too great for its height, and to the whole a squat. unsightly and inartistic perspective. In the program adopted by them 1t was left an oren question
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

entity of the present Capitol which the people are justly anxious, to maintain as we'll for Its beauty and symmetry as for the sacred memories which clus- ter about it, and left in it's stead mass of buildings wanting in correctness of architectural lines and devoid of archi- tecturaI beauty.
 The first of these propositions-that the building which the judges prevent ed being erected would have been radi- cally unadapted for it's proposed uses I will undertake to demonstrate abso- lutely. The second proposition-that that building would have subserved in stead of meeting the architectural ends universally desired--I shall undertake to demon strate, in so far as such an abstruse proposition can be demon-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

I have said that the wisdom of the Legislature, the third equal and CO., ordinant department of the State gov ernment, in giving the judges a voice in this matter is obvious. I now say that this legislative prescience has been fully demonstrated by the result
 But for the presence of the judges on this commission there would have been inflicted upon the Supreme Court, upon the bar and upon the people of Alabama a building for the transaction of the most important judicial business of the people-the final arbitrament of their estates. liberties and lives-unadapted to the uses intended and which as long as 1t should stand. probably for a cen tury, would Impede and delay and Ob- struct the great work of the bar and the court. Not only so. but the build ing favored by our executive confreFes would have destroyed the architectural
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-07
new BOAT NAMED
AZ me Packet Company Steamer
Will Bear Capt. Wjsherd's
Initials.
WILL BE KNOWN AS THE W. W.
To Arrive in Rock Island From Pa
ducah, KY, About the First
of May.

The new excursion steamer that the
Acme Packet company is having built
at Paducah, KY, at a cost of $4,000,
has been christened the w w.
The other steamer of the company,
which spends the winters in the ex-
cursion business between St. Louis
and New Orleans, and the summers
between Peoria, on the Illinois river,
and st. Paul, was named for the pres
ident of the company, Capt. John
Streckfus.
In the case of the new craft the en-
terprising freight and passenger agent
of the line has been accorded the dis
tinction of having the steamer bear his
middle and last initials His full name
is ID. Walter Wisherd.
Receiving Finishing Touches.
The w. w. is now undergoing the
finishing touches, SO the word from Pa
ducah, where Capt. John Streckfus now
is states. She will it is expected, reach
Rock Island about May l. There will
be no handsomer appointed steamer
of her size plying these waters than
the w. w. so it is claimed.
She will be considerably smaller
than the J. S. The latter has pas
senger capacity of 1000. exclusive of
barge, while the w. w. will carry but
1000 The Acme. formerly the con-
sort of the Winona, which has passed
out of existence, will be operated in
conjunction with the new craft in the
accommodation of excursion parties.
The Winona has been discarded. but
a part of her machinery. which was
installed new only a few years ago,
has been placed in the w. w. The di-
mansions of the new steamer are 145
feet long by 35 feet wide. She will
draw about three feet of water
Has Plate Glass Cabin.
She has been fashioned somewhat
after the j. S. notably in the arrange
ment of her cabin, whose interior is
constructed almost entirely of plate
glass There will be no staterooms
on the cabin deck. The only sleeping
quarters will be in the texas, and
these will be exclusively for the mem
bers of the crew.
different policy will be adhered
TO in the running of the w. w, the
company managing all the excursions
that the ]. S. takes out. These are
regulated on the percentage basis,
both as TO the passenger and the re-
freshmentS receipts.
With the w. w. she will be rented
outright, and those engaging her will
be expected to furnish their own re-
freshments. The w. w. will cater ex-
clusively to societies. lodges and
churches. touching at all the smaller
towns that the ]. S. will not include
in her route.
T. J. Glenn Appointed Master.
T. j. Glenn, of Dubuque, has been
appointed her master. r. S. Shade.
of Rock Island. will be her engineer.
Capt. Streckfus will continue as the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-07

master OF the J. s. The latter has
been booked up solid for the coming
.season. She has only two dates out
of this locality in that period She
viii arrive here June 10.
The J.. S. has become one of the
most popular excursion steamers on
the entire Mississippi river She is
constantly in demand. When she
leaves here in the fall for the south
her bookings have all been arranged
in advance. Capt Wisherd remains
here through the winter, and sees TO
her plans on the upper river during
the summer. She has been developed
into one of the best properties on the
river. The territory in which the w.
w. will work during the summer has
not been definitely decided upon yet.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-07
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Warning of an Exhausted NerV-
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