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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29

House Committee on Revenue and
Taxation Agrees Upon Procedure.

House Committee on Revenue and
Taxation Agrees Upon Procedure.
Austin. March 2S.-The house com.
mittee on revenue and taxation held
its first meeting Thursday morning
for the purpose Of considering the -four
tax bills. known as the administration
measures. The committee adopted
set Of rules governing the consldera.
ton OF these measures. II was decid
ed TO consider first the bill relating Ia
intangible assets OF railroads and to
add to the present intangible assets
law the following lines OF business:
Ferry companies. bridge companies,
turnpikes and toll roads. wharf and
terminal companies. telegraph and tel
ephone companies. interurban and
traction and express companies. chair
and refrigerator car. stock and tank
car companies, sleeping. palace and
dining car companies. packing house.
stock yards. brewing and street rail-
way companies. sewerage. messenger
service. cotton seed. compress. lumber.
pine line and oil companies doing q
pipe line business.
After the consideration OF this bill
II was decided that the committee
would take up the measure imposing
q gross receipts tax upon telegraph
and express companies Of , per cent
and exempting them from the opera
ton OF the intangible assets tax BILL
This measure includes all the compa-
MES mentioned above and In addition
insurance. casualty and guarantee
companies. commercial and collecting
agencies. public service corporations
and stock exchanges. building and loan
and lsrd ,ompanies with authorized
csp'ial ~ $4,000 or more.
The cor n!ttee then adjourned until
night without making any ruling re-
garding the consideration OF the other
two administration tax measures.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29
SMITH DIVORCE BILL.
lie Confederation Occupied Thursday
Mornings Session of House.


Austin. March Reconsideration Of
the senate bnf by Senator Smith.
known. as the divorce bill. occupied
the Thursday morning session OF the
house. This bill has passed the senate
and adds two essential features To al.
vorce laws. One Is that Il provides
that the entering of a decree finally In
a divorce case shall be held up for
twelve months after II Is granted. and
the other is that in case the wife Ia
plaintiff that the husband shall put up
a proper bond to cover alimony allow.
ance. The house Is somewhat opposed
20 the measure.
The senate devoted practically all
Thursday mornings session TO consId
ering the house bill providing for the
creation and establishment OF home
for feeble minded children. carrying
an appropriation OF $4,000. Senator
Looney offered an amendment making
the proposed home an adjunct 10 the
state insane asylum. The bill and
amendment was still pending at the
end Of the morning session.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29
TAKEN TO MONTAGUE.
Prisoners Were Allowed TO Garry
Weapons TO Protect Themselves.

Bowie. Tex. March 2s.-Following
the threatened lynching here as the
result Of a shooting. in which two
peace officers were fired upon and
wounded by Walker and Robert Har.
groves. brothers. all Is quiet. The two
Hargrove boys. surrounded by a posse
Of ten deputy sheriffs. were taken to
Montague. the county seat, thirteen
miles from Bowie. During the jour.
ney the two prisoners were allowed TO
carry arms TO help IN case the threat
ened lynching should be attempted.
but there was no demonstration.
After they fired on the officers ear.
ly Wednesday night they barricaded
themselves In a house with their
mother and Walker Hargrove's young
wife and held at bay a crowd. Sew
eral shots were fired In the house. and
. mob OF 500 surrounded the house
until nearly daylight The sheriff
talked TO the two men over the tele-
phone and about daylight arranged to
get them away through the crowd.
which was still lingering there at the
time. A call for help was sent to Fort
Worth police. but II was not responded
to-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29
AFTER sALooNisrs.

Latter. Fearing Attack by q Mob,
Closed Doors Of Establishments.
Bowie. Tex. March 2s.-with the
two Hargrove brothers safe In Jail at
Montague. popular indignation turned
toward the saloon men. who sold them
liquor before the shooting. and at noon
Thursday every saloon In town had
been ordered closed by an armed mob.
which filled the streets and was con.
stantly growing with additions from
the country. Fearing violence the sa.
loon men all closed their places OF bus
mess. The saloon men were warned
that all goods would be burned IL thes
reopened.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29

WIN be feld Il Presbyterian Church 10
this City. BeslssisS Friday mafen
I1-wHl Csatisse Several
Days.

The next meeting Of the Brazos
Presbytery will be held with the
Presbyterian church in this CITY,
beginning at II a. M rfiaay,
April IL, and continuing severa'
DAYS until the business is complet-
ed. Rev. w. S. Red OF Hemp
stead is moderator and will preside
At the meeting. The number OF
delegates in attendance Will be
about forty. The territory en-
braced in the Presbytery extends
from Bremond on the north to Cal
weston on the south and is approx
imately the width OF two counties
for the entire distance.
The meeting will open on the
date above mentioned with devo-
tional exercises at II O'Clock. The
subject presented at this hour WIZ
be IAN Effective System OF Mis-.
sions the Only Cause OF keai
Growth to the Churcn, ny NV
G. p. Storey OF Houston; DR.. NC
Farland of Navasota, alternate.
The general discussion OF this SUD-
ject will occupy the afternoon ses-
sion until 3 o'clock. -.
AT this hour the subject, "A
Consecrated Ministry in its Reia-
ton to Church Efficiency" will be
presented by Rev. X. M. Hall OF
Galveston; Rev. +. L. Fincher OF
Houston, alternate.
At s o'clock Friday evening the
moderator, DR.. Red, will preach
the communion sermon. after which
the communion service will be con.
Quoted by Rev. G. w. Story OF
Houston. Thereafter the Presby.
terry will be constituted, and Will
continue in session until all the
business is concluded. Sunday Will
be occupied entirely with religious
services with preaching at II a.
m. and at night.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29

Maundy Thursday was observed
by the local Scottish Rite Masons
according to the usage Of the order
last night at the California restaur-
ant. A table was laid with six
covers and the menu included
lamb, peas and unleavened bread
with a small amount Of light wine.
The arrangements were in charge
of Mr.. B. Kaczer and those pre-
sent were Gen. II. B. Stoddard, b.
Kaczer, b. Seigle. J. r. Hartgraves
Of Caldwell. c. G. Parsons and j.
o. Allen of Kansas City.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29

The Eagle has received the following in
vitation; Mr.. and Mrs. Henry X. Har-
rison invite you to be presen, at the mar
rage Of their daughters. Mollie White to
Mr.. John Ethelber Astin, and Margie to
Mr.. George Matthew Coale. Jr., Tuesday
evening, April the 9Th. 1907, at 9 o'clock.
St. Peters Episcopal Church, Brenham.
Texas. Mr. coale is a residen, of Hous-
ton.
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$500 REWARD FOR MULE.

Lost OF atrayed-Tuesday afternoon from
my home near Bryan, one brown mare
mule, abou, IA r'i5 hands high, about
nine years old. branded Y on left shoulder.
win pay $500 reward for return to Mrs.
Angela Lama. "
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awaited Worries End.

penison. March ga number OF
negroes held prayer and watch meet
inr wednesday night In Red river bot
tom TO await the end OF the world
One of their preachers had told them
the grand smashup was due Thursday
night.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-29
EASTER EGO HUNT.

Let all the children remember the annual
Easter Egg Hun, in the courthouse yard
Saturday, March 20, At $50 p. m. Come
and find the eggs and drink ice cold lem
onade. Admission 10 cents. IS
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cvclonlc Proportions.

Chanute. Kan. March 2s.-Haif
dozen houses were damaged by .
storm resembling n cyclone.
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Lawn mowers-,he Pennsylvania and
other good brands. 81 j. 4. Myers.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Pope's Aid SoIicitated.

Rome, Jan.-W. T. Stead, in connec- tion with his efforts to interest Pope Plus n an international movement, wrote Cardinal Merry del Val, the pa- pal secretary of state, enclosing let ter to the Pope in which he declared his ideas as to the action the vatican should take and pointing out the enor- nous moral enhuence such action by the Pope would create. It it reported that MT. Stead's desire is that the Pope issue an encyclical in favor of peace and the limitation of ornaments in vain.
 Fl Paso, Tex, Jan.-James Duncan, one of the members of Company D, Twenty-Gfth Infantry, discharged with out honor at Fort Reno, applied at the local office for re-enlistment but was rejected under the orders of the pres. idPUt
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
AM epIToME OF THE MOST iM- poRTANT EVENTS AT HOME
 AND ABROAD.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH
4 Carefully Disested and condensed Compilation of Current News
 Items, Domestic and Foreign.
CONGRESS-.

The first speech in defense of Sen o+or Smoot in the senate was dellV- cred by Senator Hopkins, of Illinois. The senator argued that United states senators are not officers of the United states and therefore can not be i'm noached. He cited the case of Sen ator Blount. of Tennessee, many years ago. who was charged with treason able correspondence with a foreign nation. The senate of that day so held and refused to impeach him. That conclusion, said MT. Hopkins, has never been reversed.
 The senate has passed the service peusion bill, and it now goes to the house. The bill authorizes a pension on application of SIP month to civil war veterans 62 years of age and over: S15 a month to those 65 and over and $20 month to those 70 years and over. A similar bill increas- ing the pensions of Mexican war vet erans passed the last session and Is pending in the house.
 MT. Slayden, of Texas, addressed the house on his bill to discontinue the en- lstment of negroes in the United States army.
 MT. Zeron, of Illinois, delivered an address in the house in opposition to the ship subsidy bill.
 A compromise has been brought about between Senators Foraker and Lodge, and if nothing occurs to break the harmony, a subcommittee will be sent to Brownsville, Tex, to investi- gate the shooting up" of that town.
 Senaor Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Senator Foraker, of Ohio, debated the right of the president to dismiss troops without trial. Senator Lodge contended that the president as con- mander-in-chief has tEe power and Senator Foraker contended that the president was not above the law.
 Senator Carter las introduced a point resolution, providing for a joint committee of four senators and five members Of the house to investigat and report to congress before January next its findings as to the cause of collisions on railroads and the best means of obviating them.
 In round numbers, the military ap- propriation bill carries $73,00,000, which is a reduction of about $6,000,- OOO in the estimate submitted by the war department, and about S2,000,000 more than the appropriation made at the last session.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Railway WreeX.

Fl Paso, Tex, Jan.-Running at a high rate of speed, Rock Island pas seng-r train No. 50, which left here at 6:30 p. m., January 12 for Chicago, dashed into an open switch at Bar ney, N. NJ, 190 miles north of Fl Paso, early this morning. Five persons were killed and eight injured.
 When the train dashed into the switch the engine left the track and turned over, pinniug the engineer and fireman undernea tli and killing them instantly The express car, dining car and a Pullman were thrown from the track. Of the eight passengers hurt none will die.
 The train wrecked today was in col lision on January at Volland, Kan, with No. 29 on the same road, and g people, mostly Mexican laborers, on the way to Fl Paso, were killed and over 30 injured.
 Fl Reno, Jan.-A special train car rying a party of Rock Island officials went into the ditch near Hydro, Okla, Nc one was injured.
 The wreck was caused by spreading ralls. The railroad men are on a tour of inspection.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
MISCELLANEOUS.

Suit to dissolve the alleged merger of the Wabash, Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain railroad companies and tue Pacific Express Co.,, and to revoke tne licenses and charters of the Pa enc Express Co.,, the American Re nigerator Transit Co.,, the Western 1oal and Mining Co., the Rich Hill ooai Mining Co.,, and the Kansas-Mis- souri Elevator Go. have been filed in tue supreme court of Missouri by At 'ofney General Hadley. The petitions aiiege that the stock of all the com panies named is owned by the same .l'efests, the Goulds, in violation of tue constitution and laws of Missouri
 january l9 the one-hundredth ami ,sersary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee Will be celebrated throughout the entire South.
 A resolution providing for a sweep ns investigation of the conduct of T wui'ed States Senator J. w. Bailey, of .eAas, has been introduced in the n, TUuse or representatives of the state. le resolution also provides for the ~vestigation of R. V. Davidson, attor- s sss general, on the ground that 1t has S S.en charged that he conspired with standard oil against Bailey.
 |, Is an explosion of gas in furnace ta, h'sourg. Pa, seven men were fa- .aiiy injured. one escaped. three were s,u ~uhu dead, and six are missing, and r. e believed to have been covered 1Iuer six fec of molten iron.
 ma MT Harry New, now acting chair as.a ,aan Of the republican national com pas, p'ee' Is quoted: If vice-President ssgp.O g.Osnks allows his name to be pre- oon. n'su 10 the next republican national sdonS'ion as candidate for the pres. na n'ucy, .;, and I take it for granted that ana "nl' he will receive the hearty delegation" ppo' oi 'he inuiana Ria steamship Ponce, from Porto ~aS so to New York, two weeks overdue mn .oand disabled at sea by a Ger. pa. n vessel and lowed into st Georee,s
 as' s, the Berumadas.
 burnas ssen girls and four youths are ~s.sneim, Germany,
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
ltaiy and the Pope.

Rome, Ian..-Unoflcial advances that have been made in an effort to ascer- tain Italys attitude toward the ques- tion of a representative of the Vatican at tbc coming peace convention at The Hague have found no encouragement. AithoGca the relations between Italy and the church are now the best, the Italian government does not think t can abandon the principles estab- lished ia 1899 when the papacy was excluded from the first conference. Besides this, there is now another country that would strongly object to q papal representative, France.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Col. J. c. Young Shot.

Col. J. C. Young of Dunnington who was recently shot by one of his ten ants, is in a very serious condition. The trouble arose over a rent settle ment. Col Yancy claimed that the tenant had sent him lot of spoiled corn in payment of his land rent and demanded that he replace the worth less portion of the corn with such as would be salable. A quarrel ensued and the tenant shot Col. Yancy, the bull let entering the foot. Blood poison has spread through his whole body, form ing large quantities of pus in his shoulder and thigh.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
WILL FILE SUIT.
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILRAoD TO BE REQUIRED TO GIVE AN Ac- COUNTING TO THE STATE
 AUTHORITIES.

Springfield, H., Jan.-Preparations have been completed by Illinois state officials for the suit to be filed by the attorney generals department against the Illinois Central Railroad. Action probably will be instituted immediate ly. The proceeding will be filed in the Supreme Court and will be in the na- ture of a bill for an accounting. Ac- cOrding to the states contention this proceeding is necessary by reason of the magnitude ofthe accounts, the diffi- oulty of examination of the compli- cated records of the railroad and the extent of the computations.
 No specific amount of indebtedness is mentioned in the bill of the peti- tioners, for the reason that it has been impracticable to compute the same.
 The bill is voluminous document covering 135 abstract pages of printed matter.
 w. H. Boys of Streator, former as- sistant attorney general B. T. Lin coin of Ottawa and Maj. J. H. Wid mer of Ottawa prepared the case and will have charge of the entire prose- cution.
 The rules of the Supreme Court stipulate that a bill must be filed at least 20 days before the opening day of court term to insure the doeketing of the case for that term. This will bring the case on the docket. for the February term Of court
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Summit Hotel at Mt. Nebo.

A suit that is attracting some atten- tion is that growing out of the draw ing held at Mt Nebo last summer. A large amount of property was in- cluded in the drawing, and the Sum- init Hotel, valued at between $40,000 and S50,000, was the capital prize. w.. T. Dunbar of Fort Smith held 100 chances on the hotel and he traded them to Mrs. Stella Grusendorf of Fort Worth, Texas, for 160 acres of land in Texas and small tract in Arkansas. In the drawing Mrs. Grus- endorf won the capital prize, but be- fore a deed to the hotel was executed Dunbar secured an injunction and had a receiver appointed. Mrs. Grusen- dorf has been allowed to take charge of the hotel and operate it. The case will come up in February, and will be represented by prominent attorneys on both sides
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Gardens Are Full of Blooming Flowers
 and Growing Vegetables.

Blooming flowers and fresh vege- tables from the garden are pointed to as indicating the climate that prevails in the vicinity of Waldo in the middle of winter. Strawberries that are almost ripe have been gathered from the garden of Oscar Parker in Waldo. His vines full of blooming roses, hyacinths, vio- lets and geraniums. In the garden of A. D. Butler there are string beans, young onions and new potatoes, tur- nips weighing one and two pounds each, green peppers and radishes. The residents of that section think this a remarkable showing for the middle of January.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Twenty-four Drowned.

Cu,.haven, Germany, Jan.-The Ger man steamship Pengwern, Capt. Will Hams, from Taltal, Chile, October 6, for Falmouth, with cargo of salt petre, grounded off Scharpern. about tea miles northwest of Cuxhaven. Twcnty-four men, comprising the crew, were drowned and her cargo is to- tal loss. The tug Vulkan went to the assistance of the stranded vessel and passing closely to her the crew Of tho Poagwern threw live dog and bun de cf clothing on board the tug, but diarosarded appeals to jump overheard and be picked up.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
State Cotton Sold.

The Penitentiary Board has author ized Superintendent Pitcock to sell to w. A. Short & Co.,. the 305 bales of cotton now on the wharf at the state convict farm in Lincoln county. The price for the cotton is 11-16 cents a pound, making a total of between $14,O0O and $15,000 for the 305 bales. This is the best price secured by the board for cotton sold this year. In some instances certain bales have brought more money than this, but the average sale price in all instances has been below this figure. When this cot ton has been paid for the board will have about $70,000 to it's credit in the state treasury to be appropriated to the various uses of the penitentiary by the legislature.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Desha County Warrants Burned.

The commissioners of accounts and county judge of Desha county met re- gently at Arkansas City, for the pur- pose of burning all cancelled county warrants. The amount of the war rants burned was as follows: county warrants, $30,O5S.16; school warrants,
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Shoots Alleged Robber.

Dr. E. H. Abingdon, cashier of the Bank at Beebe, shot and seriously wounded Ed Stearns of Beebe. Stearns was shot while in the act of entering the bank through transom over the door. He was shot four times, one bullet grazing his forehead, two bull lets entering his right leg and one entering his right hip and ranging up ward Stearns claims that he was passing by, and hearing noise in the bank, concluded he would climb through the transom and make an in- yeStigatiOn.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Neimeyer Road Incorporated.

The Little Rock, Maumelle and Western Railroad has filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state and received a charter from the tion. This is the railroad to be con. structed in connection with the A. J. Neimeyer Lumber Company plant, and will extend twenty-five miles in southeasterly direction into Saline county.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
ARKANSAS .1 ASTATE NEWS
Former Legislator Now a Minister.

INV O "'fIIToNNT'
 George F. Chapline of Clarendon was recently ordained a minister of the Christian church. He is a prac- tlclng attorney and represented Mon- roe county in the General Assembly Of Arkansas two terms. Mir. Chap line was fined $25 in the Pulaski Court year ago on a charge of conspira- cy to bribe in connection with the Cache river levee bill, which was pend ing in the legislature. MT. Chapline was member of the legislature at the time. He appealed his case to the Su- preme Court, but the decision of the lower court was affirmed and he paid his fine and costs.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Bank ShoWinq.

Notwithstanding last years over- flow, the Bank of England in that town is able to make very creditable showing. The bank was organized in 1898, with capital of $5,O00, and on January 3, 1907, the capital had in- creased to $25,O00, with a surplus of $S,O00. In view of the fact that for three years previous the crops have been almost failures, the individual deposits during the year amounted to $47,72612
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Brothers Overcome by Gas.

J. A. and R. T. McDaniels, brothers and cattle dealers of Jonesboro, were overcome by gas in hotel in St. Louis and one of them is in a serious condi- tion. The valve of the fixtures attach ed to the ceiling in the middle of the room on the second floor was found turned on, and it is believed that one of the men blew out the gas.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Bio Land Deal consummated.

The Brown-Henderson Company has purchased 4,000 acres of timber land in the vicinity of Nashville beginning at White Cliffs on the west side of Little river and extending below the cliffs. The track includes Horseshoe lake, one of the best fishing bodies of water in southeast Arkansas. A club house will be erected on the bank of the lake.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Wild Man Captured.

man known as the wild man" was arrested recently at Mt. Ida for stealing flour and meat. He was found in cave in the mountains, and was dirty, lean and lank, long-haired and lame, and was suffering from an old gunshot wound in the body. He gave his name as Spangler, and says there is a reward of $500 for him.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Child Burned to Death.

While Clay Kitchen and wife of Greenway, were at a neighbours house, their 5-year-old daughters clothes caught fire and she was burned to death before their return. The little one was in the yard having fled from the house after taking fire. All her clothing was burned and the child $ flesh cooked to a crisp.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Anti.street Tax League.

A movement is on foot among the leading business men of Helena to organize an anti-street taxpayers league. The purpose of the league Is to bring sufficient influence to bear on the legislature to effect the repeal of the present street tax.
Woodruff County news., 1907-01-17
Live Stock Shipments.

During the year 1906 the following were the live stock shipments from Gravette: Cattle, carloads by rail, 35; drovers, 2. Hogs, carloads, IF. Ag- gregate weight of cattle, 6S2,00O pounds, representing in value, cattle, $23,4O0; hogs, $170O0 Total, $40,000.