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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
TWENTY-FIVE DROWN
Believed to De Worst Disaster Since
Galveston Flood.
PROPERTY DAMAGED
Mother and Three Little Perish at
san Angelo, Family >weptsAway
at BalIinger and Hund .eds
Of Cattle Killed.

81. Louis. Aug. s.-A special TO the
Post-Dispatch from Fort Worth says:
twenty-five people are known 20
have been drowned. hundreds were
rendered homeless and 100000 worth
Of property was destroyed as the re-
suit OF a flood In southwest Texas
Tuesday when the Colorado river was
forced out Of It's banks by heavy rains.
II is believed the worst disaster since
the Galveston flood that has visited
Texas Relief trains are cut Of. tele-
graph and telephone wires are down
and the fate OF the inhabitants OF sey.
erai Isolated towns is unknown.
The rush came without warning. and
inhabitants at San Angelo and Ballin-
ger were forced 10 flee for safety In
their night clothing An entire family
at Balllnger. named Cook. were drown
ed as they attempted 10 leave their
home on an impr jvised raft. which
struck an obstruction. The Colorado
rive: is from four 10 six miles wide Ia
places. and the tributaries south are
out OF their banks. Two thousand cat
tie were killed. The Santa Re track
and bridges were washed out. and traf-
fic Is al a stnndstill Persons made
homeless sought refuge In churches.
Provisions and clothes were rushed
20 the scene.
Reports from the country say the
loss Of life and damage are great
One man on horseback was lost while
trying 10 warn the inhabitants. A
mother and three children at San An
gelo perished In sight Of a score Of
men. who were unable 20 attempt a
rescue. The mother was In the upper
story Of a house In the bottoms. She
was caught In the house. which totter-
ed and collapsed. Twelve inches Of
rain fell all over south Texas. causing
all rivers TO overflow their banks. Re.
lief trains were rushed out, but were
unable 20 reach their destination. Res
cue parties in boats are going from
house 20 house taking people from
second story windows and taking the
dead 20 morsues. Heartrending scenes
were Witnessed In towns where lost
children were hunting parents. II Is
estimated that 200 miles Of track were
washed away
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
JANITREssEs STRIKE.
VIII Assis, Their Husbands In Getting
an increase Of Wages.

an increase Of Wages.
Chicago. Aug. S.-The first family
strike 10 be recorded in the labor
movement in Chicago was ordered
when 200 janitresses voted to go TO
the aid Of their husbands. who demand.
ed raise in wages in the window
trimming trade.
Mrs felicia Pendergast turned the
tide OF sentiment In the ianitresses'
meeting. Speakers pointed out that
the wives OF the strikers ought TO stay
at work and earn a living for their
husbands while the latter were out OF
work.
That Is a false doctrine" objected
Mrs. Pendergast Women are sup
posed TO be helpmeets OF their hus.
bands. but they are not their slaves.
Moreover. believe We can assist them
better by refusing 20 scrub the floors
and stairways In the big once blocks. y
The vote was practically unanimous
IN favor OF laying down mops and
brooms in twenty skyscrapers.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
SAW SEVENTY coRPsEs.
Diver Who Went Down In sirio Says
That Number Are There.

Cartagona. Spain. Aug. S.-A diver
assisting In the salvage OF the wrecked
Italian steamer Sirio saw seventy
bodies IN the interior OF the vessel.
He made an unsuccessful attempt 20
enable the salvage corps 10 raise the
safe Of the steamer The steamer Is
wedged between rocks and listed forty.
sven degrees 90 starboard.
Subscriptions for relief Of destitute
survivors have reached S2S.000. Thea.
tors everywhere are giving benefits 10
behalf OF the fund
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
RAINEo SIX DAYS.

Rock Island Lost Seventeen Bridges
and the Frisco -Four.
Muskogee. Aug. Six days Of rain
have damaged crops and interrupted
railroad travel. the gorge in the stream
having washoed out many bridges.
The Rock Island has lost seventeen
and the Frisco four. one Of the latter
being the North Canadian bridge be-
tween here and Sapulpa. The loss OF
this bridge will prevent running Of
trains for several days.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
oUsERNAToRIAL VOTE.
Primary Returns trom Two Hundred
and Ten Counties

Austin. Aug. s.-Primary returns for
governor are prorated as follows:
Campbell. 2O9.T2; colquItt, i6342;
Bell. i5S.O2; Brooks. i52s4.
Following Is the popular vote:
Campbell. Ss.7s5: Brooks. 6S.55i. Col.
quit. 67.5S6; Bell. 6l.754. Total 6s4.60.
For lieutenant governor and rail.
road commissioner the complete re-
turns are from a smaller number OF
counties. These give Hill for lieu.
tenant governor. i33.iSf and Davidson.
130.2i3; for railroad commissioner
they give Williams 1910 and Storey
lissS3
II would seem that the total vote
will fall below 100000. being only about
one-half the total qualified vote % the
state.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
BUSY BANK.
Intention Is to Transact Business All
Of the Twenty-four Hours.

Of the Twenty-Four Hours.
Pittsburg. Aug. s.-A national bank
that will do business every one Of the
twenty.four hours Of the day and night
Is a project that has been announced
10 this city. The treasurer OF the new
bank is 10 be David J. Richardson. now
cashier OF the Cosmopolitan National
bank. The new institution will have a
capital Of ,25O.00O and a pald.in sur.
plus OF not less than s62.5OO. while II
Is claimed that deposits OF about
si.000.000 are assured. The local In.
stitution will be a national bank with
a savings department, aud the pros.
pectus announces the stockholders.
directors and others will be composed
principally OF bankers and business
men OF well known financial standing
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
ALMOST a cLoUpeURsT.
Canadian and washIta Rivers Higher
Than In Years.

Than In Years.
Ardmore. Aug. s.-A terrific rain. al
most equal TO a cloudburst. fell In this
section Monday night and Tuesday. All
streams are out OF their banks and the
lowlands are flooded. A portion Of
the Santa Fe north OF Paoll has been
washed away. All trains are running
behind schedule. The Canadian and
wa5hita rivers are the highest In
years.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-08-09
WHAT THEY SPENT.
Statements as Filed by -Four csssl.
dates For oubernatorIal Mammalian.

Dallas. Aug S-Expenses OF four
candidates for gubcruatorial nomina-
tion. as filed. are as follows: Camp
bell. s15.664s3: Brooks. si3.S5254:
Colquitt. s9.S06.57; Bell, Ss.73f65
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
Want Wages Increased

The Miners Union of Goldfeld has
decided to demand of the mine.owners
md leasers an increase of 81 per day in
pay. The miners are now receiving
s4.50 and $5 for eight hours work, and
according to the new schedule which
mas been demanded will receive $3.50
md $6 per day. 1t is not known what
the mine-owners and leasers will do in
regard to this matter. but the miners
say they are confident the demand will
he granted. as the leasers are anxious to
extract as mnch ore as possible by
Janury /. when the leases terminate.
and for this reason cannot afford to re.
fuse the demand. The miners are the
poorest paid of any class in Goldfield.
where bartenders. cooks and other re-
ceive as high as sS per day. The cost
Of living is SO high that miners cannot
save any money.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
States Rights and We the People

The ancient but greatly modified
question of States rights was discussed
Wednesday from different points OF
view by Senator Raynor of Maryland
and Secretary Root. Senator Raynor.
who classifies himself as Democrat Of
the old school, started with the japanese
In San Francisco and ended with great
principle. saying: "In the night Of our
despair the reserved right of the States
is the only constellation that for our
party has no fellow in the armament. !"
Secretary Root escaped despair and
the consultations to note the undenia-
BILE fact that more power Of regulation
and control Of activities which extend
throughout all the States is gradually
1assing into the hands of the National
Government. He said that under con-
ditions which now exist no State can
live unto itself alone. and that If any
State encourages practices condemned
by the public sense of the whole couno
try 1t is violating conditions upon which
alone ITS power can be preserved and
promoting the tendency Of the people
of the country to seek relief through
the National Government. and to press
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
Goodwin Replies to Guggenheim

What is the matter with Daniel Gug.
genheim, asks Q. G. Goodwin in the Salt
Lake Telegram.
He is shocked at the speculation in
mining stocks in New York.
Are not mining stocks as safe as stock
in any of the trusts that are foated in
New York in which the besis Is 80 per
cent water.
II all the water were squeezed out of
Mr.. Guggenheim's own great smelling
trust, how much would be left.
And if mining and prospecting were
to cease. how much would Mr.. Guggen-
helms shares be worth.
He tells of the collapse of the Com
stock in the eos. That shows that his
memory is treacherous. The collapse
of the Comstock came late in the '70's,
but not until the Comstock had yielded
800, 900, 900; had steadied the Nation
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
General News Summary

s225. 900, 900 State controlled company.
in which American bankers are to be
largely interested.
John Mitchell. president Of the
United Mine Workers Of America. in
addressing the National Civic Fedora.
ton at New York last week. attacked
government by injunction and declared
the workingmen had lost all confidence
in the Federal judiciary.
President Roosevelt's stand on the
Japanese school controversy in San
Francisco was attacked last week in a
speech in the upper House Of Congress
by Senator Raynor of Maryland, who
defended State rights and declared the
President seeks to be omnipotent.
The German Society Of Wireless Tele-
graphy has succeeded in holding wire.
less telephone communication between
Berlin and Nauen, "a miles away. Pro-
fessor Slaby says the problem Of WIRE
less telephony is solved. but that the
limit of distance is not yet known.
BY a vote Of 106 to 10S the House OF
Representatives on Dec. IA refused to
increase from 5000 to $500 the salaries
OF Senators, Members and Delegates
The House. however. by an over
whelming vote. increased the salaries Of
the Vice President, the Speaker Of the
House. and members of the Presidents
Cabinet to $l2 900 each.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22

forward the movement for National
control and the extinction Of local con.
troll" No theory of States rights can
stop this tendency. With their Gin
stinct for self government" the people
will have the control they need. land
il the States fail to furnish it in due
measure, sooner or later constructions
Of the Constitution will be found to
vest the power where it will be exer-
cised. in the National Government.
This is the teaching of all our history,
past and present. 1t is the people who
are supreme. and it is the rights Of the
people that are to be respected. The
governments, State and National. are
merely the agencies through which the
the people accomplish their will, and
they will use them as they see fit. This
is not to intimate that State govern
ments will be destroyed, since in many
ways they are valuable instruments.
But the effort will always be to get the
highest efficiency out Of the dual sys-
tenn, and certainly nothing can stand
against the public sense of the whole
country.-From the Chicago Record
Herald.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22

through the great war by supplying the
bullion to meet the interest on the Gov
vernment bonds; had practically built
San Francisco; had doubled the real
money of the country, for Of the $780,
600, 900 which the placers Of California
had yielded up to the time Of the panic
of 1857. not $500. .00o. 900 remained in
the country; and more. had supplied
the money which had vitilized the bus
mess and doubled the value Of property
from Showhegan Maine. to San Diego.
California. In six years in the '70's one
company paid $e7.0O0,0Oo dividends;
another sis, ,0O0, 900; another $2l, ,00o. 900.
or conrse there are some "wildcats."
but the best mine thst Mr.. Guggen-
helm owns was ence q prospect, and II
the men who opened it had followed his
advice, he would not Of had foot Of
mining ground in the world.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
BUY GROUSE FOR NEVADA
One Hundred Pairs Will Be Turned
Out in This State

The State Fish Commissioner. Louis
s. Finneean Of Goldfield, and Governor
Sparks have contracted to have 100 pairs
Of pinnated grouse sent from Nebraska
to this city for distribution throughout
the State. A bill will be introduced at
the coming session of the Legislature
favorable to the preservation Of game
and also the stocking of the State with
different kinds especially adapted to the
climate here.
The pinnated grouse is known in the
central States. where it is found in
numbers. as the prairie chicken. 1t is
considerably like the quail and is re.
garded as a good game bird and is
adapted to high upland country. The
birds will be protected by adequate
laws for period Of several years so
that the number will multiply. Those
here who have hunted the grouse are
over the action of the COM
missioners.-Carson News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22

The Standard Oil Company has ad-
vanced the wages Of all employees re.
ceiving less than 800 a month 10 per
cent.
Representative Lacey of Iowa has In
troduced bill to make sl Q the minimum
monthly pension to be paid Veterans of
the OWL War.
In speech delivered in Congress last
week Senator Dubois directly charged
President Roosevelt with aiding the
Mormon hierarchy in Idaho by sending
Secretary Taft there to make political
speech.
Andrew Carnegie. speaking before the
National Civic Federation in New York.
said the major part Of the estates Of
enormously wealthy men should go to
the State at the death Of the owners of
the fortune.
President Roosevelt has given up his
efforts TO champion the cause Of simpli.
fed spelling in his official capacity. on
account of the opposition Of the House,
aud has recinded his order to the Public
Printer calling for the adoption of the
change.
Mrs. Corinne Rider Kelsey, a New
York singer. and her husband. finding
married life tiresome. parted for a year.
at the expiration of which time they
will ask for divorce II they find life
apart pleasanter. or if otherwise, will
be united again.
The Mexican government has made
known the details of its plan to take
over all the important railroads in the
Republic and operate them through a
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
Goldtield's New School Building

Goldfield is to have one Of the finest
public schools in the State of Nevada.
1t viii be two-story building. contain
ing ~ rooms and will accommodate
over 1000 pupils in the grammar grades
alone. 1t will be constructed so that
additions may be built on either wing
as the increasing population requires.
The new school will embrace not only
the regular day sessions mp to the eighth
grade, but also q night school and
kindergarten. The building and
grounds will cost in the neighborhood
of SSO, 900.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22

BoLoBo SCHOOLGIRLS COMING FROM
MARKET = NATIVE WOMEN OF xoNoo
FREE STATE AND THElR WAY OF wEAR-
yyo THEIR HAIR.
made in developing the country and
improving the condition of the natives
and that the cases OF barbarity are not
more numerous than must be expected
in a region only just emerging from
savagery.
The opponents of King Leopold
maintain, however. that the story Of
the Kongo Free State Is a story Of Q
stupendous crime committed by one
man against an entire nation, that the
very name Of the country is a mis-
nomer, that Leopold is looting it to the
tune Of fully $14.000.000 a year and
giving nothing in return and that the
outrages are committed under his rule
upon the helpless blacks.
The question naturally arises as to
how the Belgian king came to hold alb
rica. 1t was due in the first place to
his pretensions as a supporter Of en-
terprise and philanthropy. In 1876 the
civilized world was shocked by the
tales of cruelties practiced In connec-
ton with the Portuguese slave trade.
1t was about this time. too. that Stan
ley's discoveries were interesting the
public greatly In the dark continent.
The International Kongo association
was formed with the view Of develop
ing that part of Africa and suppressing
the slave trade. Treaties were negoti-
ated with the native tribes by 1t. King
Leopold. working through this associa-
ton, gradually induced the powers, In
cluding the United States. to give over
their responsibilities in the territory to
him. His opponents assert that a
large native army is employed In bull
ber at ridiculously inadequate compen-
sation and that massacres. mutilations
and atrocities which battle description
are committed In the pursuit Of the
ends Of trade. On the other hand.
some say much has been done to i'm
prove the barbaric conditions.
The capital of the Kongo Free State
is Bomba, where there is a government
park with beautiful flowers and statu-
airy. The customs Of the natives are
most interesting. and the women are
especially clever in basket work and
pottery and weaving. They are vota-
ries OF fashion, like their white sisters.
and display a sort Of elegance in the
manner In which they wear then
clothes and arrange their coiffures.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
SPARKS PREPARING HIS MESSAGE
Many Reforms Will Be Demanded by
the New Nevada

Governor Sparks is busy preparing his
message to be delivered at the coming
session Of the Legislature. The Legis-
lature will convene during the latter
part Of January.
Here are some of the matters that
will come mp for attention by the Legis-
lature. and possibly the Governor will
touch on them in his message:
For a new county Jail for the Bull.
frog district.
For q revision of the school laws to
meet the demands of the fast.growing
communities.
For changes in the present outrageous
registration laws.
For a revision of the law relating to
salaries of certain county and State
officers.
For Legislation in respect to manifest
railroad abuses.
And for many other reforms de-
manded by the prosperous and progress
sive conditions of New Nevada.-Reno
Journal.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
Skaggs Favors Many Reforms

other thing that am going to labor for
is Direct Primary law. and an Initia-
tive and Referendum law which will do
away with the CRY OF 'bossism' we
hear so often and which will also be
Of material benefit for the people of the
State.
Another law which will likely be
placed on our statute books is the one
taxing patented claims and which was
voted on at the recent election, receiv-
ing an overwhelming Endorsement by
the people. There are number OF
other things that are equally important
and which I would like to talk with
you about but there goes my train"
and the next Speaker for the Nevada
Assembly swung onto the rear coach
and was gone. Carson News.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
Frozen to Death

Goldfield, New. Dec. l9.-The body
of Lee Squires, better known as doc"
Squires, was brought into this city
Wednesday from Cuprite station. The
man was frozen stiff. squires start ed
from Goldfield on Tuesday to walk to
Rhyolite. He was thinly clad and evil
IDENTIFY tired from his trudge through
the snow and headed toward the Cuprite
station on the Tonopah and Bullfrog
line. His body was found a few feet
from the tracks and but hundred
yards from the station. 1t is thought
that he fell and was too weak to get mp
again.
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22

.,,er since the corporations have made
a business of politics. they have main
tanned paid lobbyists at every Legisla-
ture and In the National Capital to
influence, browbeat, cajole and, IL
necessary bribe the peoples representa-
tives to pass legislation in the corpo-
rate interest or to kill bills aimed at
corporate abuses. As one recent writer
aptly said, business is the greatest
corrupter of politics.
The seekers for special privileges are
ever willing to pay for what they get,
and they generally get what they want,
or have done so until very recently.
In the last few years. however, the
people have been aroused by the meth.
DDS employed by the corporations. and
as result, legislation has been enacted
TO curb them and make them what the
law intends that they shall be. the
creatures. not the masters. Of the peo-
pie.
The last Congress made the first step
in this direction in the passage Of the
Railroad Rate bill. the Meat Inspection
bill and the Pure Food bill. AT this
coming session other legislation looking
to still greater Government control OF
capital will be presented. and for the
purpose Of watching the peoples in
terests, Peoples Lobby" has been
organized to furnish information to
Congressman. to strengthen those mem
bers liable to succumb to the influence
Of corporation lobbyists and to keep
the public informed of the record of
every member of both Houses on every
measure directly touching the public
interest. The value to the people OF
infor nation as to the attitude of any
The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1906-12-22
In the KonSo
Business Men Versus Missionaries
and Philanthropists - What King
Leopold Hos Done - His Alleged
Cruelties TO the Natives-America's
Interest In the Rubber Industry
.HE Kongo question is the very
latest to loom large on the In
ternational horizon. 1t is q

"HE Kongo question is the very
latest to loom large on the In
ternational horizon. 1t is q
question with many sides.
Some appeal to the merchants and
business men and the captains Of In
dustry, like the Ryans and Aldriches
and Rockefellers, and some awaken the
interest Of the philanthropist, the low
ers Of Eight and justice for all men,
whatever their skin. On the CONNER
cial side of the Kongo question the lat
est incident is the big rubber conces-
sion granted an American syndicate, a
concession affecting some 100000
acres Of land In the Kongo Free State
and including a franchise to construct
railroad and operate copper mines.
The amount to be paid King Leopold
of Belgium and the Belgian govern
ment has not been made public, but
the terms of the agreement are said to
have been settled save for the formal
approval of the Belgian parliament.
With the capitalists it is a question
Of "How much can we make out Of
these African wildsy" With the philan-
thropists it is a question of whether
right and justice and humanity have
prevailed under the rule of the Kongo
country by that remarkable monarch,
the king Of the Belgians. The investi-
cation of the matter on the demand of
the Christian missionaries in the Kongo
region has revealed a state Of things
said by some to be a disgrace to the
On the other hand. King Leopold is not
without some able defenders. They
claim that great progress has been