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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-31
BEING 6oMeARpEp.
Adviees State Niearaauans Are Firing
on Annspaia, Honduras.

Washington. March 9e.-The state
department has received dispatch
from United States Minister Merry a;
San Jose. Costa Rica. saying IL is re.
ported there Amapala. Honduras. Is
being bombarded.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1907-03-31
Pride { Kentucky
Stands at $500
Per Season

Pride of Kentucky aIaa registered in
Vol. V. of the American Saddle Horse Breed
ers Assn. of Louisville, Ky. He was foaled
March 7, 1896, is dark bay with two white
hind ankles, 10 hands high. Property of the
Brazos Valley Horse and Mule Co.
He is one of the best horses in the United
States As combination horse he has all
the gaits with speed. has the size for an all
purpose horse. Twenty-one of his colts have
sold for over 100000. Forty-eight have
sold for over $4,000. and his colts are fire.
quenty sold at sIoo.o to $4,000 at yearlings.
II you see him and have a good mare you will
breed TO bin.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
STEEL And IRON RECORDS
High Marks Broken IN the PrOduc-
tiOn During October.

Cleveland, Nov. 9.-Reports from the indus
trial steel and iron trade reveal some remark
able conditions Although for a number Of
weeks new business has been reduced TO
small volume. statistics of production for the
last month show that seldom in the history Of
the trade have such large tonnages been turned
out. For example, the American Bridge Com
pany. the largest producer of structural mate
rial. turned out $4,000 tons last month. but
sold only one-third of that amount.
The great plants of the United States steel
Corporation at Chicago and Pittsburg made sur
prising records. The Carnegie Steel Company,
for example. broke fifteen records at its va
rous plants. The Illinois Steel Company not
only broke all it's previous records. but did so IN
every individual department in all its works
South Chicago. Milwaukee and Joliet.
The blast furnace production for October was
even more surprising than all Of these. Accord
ing to the statistics of The Iron Trade Re
view" it reached new high point in the his
tory of the trade. the production being 2,So2.53O
tons compared with the largest previous out
put. 2291 .O30 tons. in May OF this year. In
other words. the production for October was
at the rate of about 2S.OO0,OOO tons a year.
The statistics for November will doubtless
have a vastly different story. Many sheet and
tin plate mills have been closed and the sheet
bar mills Of the steel corporation at Columbus
and Bellaire are idle. The corporation now has
twenty-one blast furnaces out of commission.
and Independent concerns are Curtailing their
production Hence. It may be confidently ex-
pected that the output Of both pig iron and
finished materials will be much smaller this
month than for any other month of the year.
This policy is believed by men in the iron trade
to be wise. as 1t will prevent decentralization
in prices, which UP to date have been main
tanned remarkably we'll.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
BALLOON VOYAGE COLD.
SteUens and Photographer Pass
OUer SnOz0 Covered Mountains.

No. 81 landed in New London, N. H.. at 5:O5
p. to-day after a successful trip from North
Adams. Mass, where the ascension made
at 1910 p. Leo Stevens. of New York. the
pilot of the balloon, and Frederick II. White.
of New York, a photographer who went along
TO take pictures, said that their voyage was a
pleasant and that they passed over many
mountains which were white with frost and
snow. For a greater part of the time the bal
loonists found the temperature rather cold, as
they travelled quite near the earth during most
of the journey.
The landing made in an easy and COM
Portable manner near a roadside. and persons
dwelling near by assisted the aeronauts in pack
ing up the balloon for shipment.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
H4DLEY ATTACKS GOULD.
Questions Statements Regarding
Effect of Missouri Rate Lac.
LRy Telegraph to The TrIbuns.I

Jefferson City Mo-, Nov. 9.-Referring to the
recent statement of George Gould In his COM
ments on the effect of the Missouri 2-cent
fare law upon the earnings Of the Missouri Pa
cific Attorney General Hadley gave out a state
ment to-day In which he takes issue with Gould.
1t is believed railroads in Missouri will take ac-
ton on the 2-cent law on December i.
Railroad presidents seem to be determined TO
put up a poor mouth about the railroads
business without much reference to the facts"
said Attorney General Hadley. Whether they
do this through force of habit or expect to be
able TO mislead the public and the courts do
not know. Mr.. Gould ought to know whether
his road is making money or not, even though
he has spent the last four months riding in an
automobile in Europe. But when he says. the
road would save money If it would take off all
the passenger trains. it is evident somebody has
been misleading him or else he is trying TO fool
the public.
According to the return made by the Mis-
souri, Pacific to the Missouri Railroad commits
sioners, the average return of the Missouri Pa
cific for each passenger carried a mile in 1905
and 1906 was 1893 cents. In 1904 and 1908 the
Missouri Pacific. according TO it's own figures in
the maximum freight rate case. had net earn
ings in the passenger business in Missouri of
over a million and half dollars. and these
earnings were produced with average reve-
nue. of not two cents mile for each pas
senger carried.
Another interesting fact, In view of Mr..
Goulds doleful and ludicrous proclamation, is
the fact that the Missouri Pacific is about to
lose more money by putting two pas
senger trains between st. Louis and Kansas
City. II / were a stockholder in the Missouri
Pacific and believed what Mr.. Gould said L
should certainly, get after the directors TO find
why it was that they going 10 lose more
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
DENIES MORSE IS OUT.
@. ". Perkins Says Morgan Has
Not Control of COaStzCiSe Lines.

George W. Perkins of J. p. Morgan & Co.
published report that Mr. Morgan had obtained
control of the Consolidated Steamship Company
the coastwise shipping trust recently organized
by Charles w. Morse.
The attention of Mr. Perkins was called to a
story printed in evening paper. in which 1t
was said that the controlling interest in the
Consolidated Steamship Company had been
wrenched from Mr.. Morse by Mr.. Morgan at
the time when Mr.. Morse resigned from the vice
presidency of the National Bank of North Amer
lea, as well as from all the other local banking
cording to this story. the directors of the Con-
solidated Steamship Company were to meet to-
morrow to issue a statement announcing the
change of control. Mr.. Perkins was asked to
confirm deny the story.
81 have read the story" said Mr.. Perkins,
"and there is absolutely no truth in it,
Asked If he cared TO make any further state
ment, Mr.. Perkins significantly replied, Il don't
think it is necessary; do you?"
The coastwise steamship companies included
In the Consolidated Steamship Company are the
Mallory the Clyde. the Eastern. the Metropoli-
tan, the New York and Cuba Mail and the
The company is capitalized at S60O00OO0 II
also has a large bonded Indebtedness. The
bonds sold yesterday the curb at SIS. while
the stock was quoted at u. Mr.. Morse organ
lied the company and has always held con-
trolling interest It IS looked upon the most
important of the Morse enterprises.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
DEFENCE OF RAILROADS.
Reply Issued to the Charge of
OUercamtdlizatiOn.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune J


Chicago. Nov. 9.-The long expected reply Of
the railroads to the popular cry that the rail-
roads OF the United States are tremendously
overcapitalized and that therefore freight rates
are uuduly high was issued to-day in a pam
phlet prepared by Slason Thompson, manager
Of the Bureau Of Railway News" The docu-
ment is a spirited denial Of the many charges
which have been made by the critics of rail-
roads as at present managed.
Where the net capitalization in 1906 has
been officially declared to be only $11 671 94O649
the cost of the railroads through several proc
esseg is approximately $130O0OO0O00. In com
pairing these figures with the cost Of railroads
I'm other countries Mr.. Thompson shows that the
same roads would cost: On Canadian basis
S13 ,3S4 24O 600; on German basis, 2l,969OOo,ovo
on French basis. $2S.712,OO00OO; on Belgian
basis S34 795 100000, and on English basis
SOS. GA, 100000.
on the ratio of assessed value 70 the true
value of all property in the United States. as re-
norted bv the federal bureau, the assessment Of
American railways for the purpose Of taxation
e a certificate Of value for SO. 90.O00,OOO. or
more than 81 100000 above their net capt.
talization.
Although looking at the question strictly from
the noint of view of the railway officials, MT.
Thomson is a strong advocate OF the popular
demand for a governmental valuation OF the
railways He denies, however, that the ques-
tion Of Capitalization has any bearing on the
question of rates, such as is insisted upon by
what he describes as social agitators"
Their view. he declares, is but IAN iridescent
bubble proceeding from more water on the
brain than there is in all the railways In the
universe"
The prevalence of such popular hallucinations'
he says, emphasizes the necessity Tor an lhtell-
gent attempt by the government TO ascertain
and nubish to the world reasonable. trust
worthy estimate of the cost and true valuation
Of the railways of the United States"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
FLY FROM QUAKER CITY
DR.. Thomas and Party Land Here
after Sir-HOm Trip.

After a sail of more than a hundred miles in
the air from Philadelphia to New York in the
balloon Pommern, which he recently made
rangements to purchase. DR.. Julian p Thomas,
accompanied by Mrs Thomas, oscar Erbsloeh,
winner of the James Gordon Bennett cup, in
the ST. Louis race; Captain T. T. Lovelace and
Lieutenant Robert Henderson. chief engineer
of the battleship Missouri, landed at 10th street
and Westchester avenue last night. The balloon
left Philadelphia about II o'clock in the
morning and was in the air for about six hours
and half
The trip was taken primarily to demonstrate
that it possible TO govern the direction IN
which a balloon will sail by running 1t into the
right air current. 1t proved this to the satsfac-
ton of DR.. Thomas, and also, as he said. 1t
proved that the German balloons and the Ger
man balloonists the best in the world.
The big bag was "steered" most of the way
by Mr. Erbsloeh. who according to DIR. Thomas,
threw out the sand not in bags as is often done.
but in handfuIs sometimes, and watched with
the instrument each movement of the balloon.
the course OF which he governing. There
was a lot of cheering by the crowd that as
sembled at the start in the Quaker City but II
ended when the balloon was two thousand feet
in the air going at high speed.
At that height the navigator caught the cur
rent that he wanted and the balloon sped along
toward New York. At times the progress
was slow. once the balloon remaining for nearly
half an hour over a boy who was trudgiuE along
a New Jersey road. At Allentown the aeronauts
were forced to descend until they were only
few hundred feet above the ground, and
throughout the journey they never reached
height Of more than four thousand feet. The
bag sailed up over Fort Hamilton and then to
Astoria where 1t doubled back TO Manhattan
and TO The Bronx. as the result OF clever navi-
eating.
DR.. Thomas spoke in highest praise Of his
pilot whom he called the most competent and
scientific of all aeronauts with whom he had
made asoents. German balloons also came in
for a good share Of praise. He said that he
believed the Pommern, which he purchased a
few days ago. was the best balloon in the world
1t is said that it stay in the air with pas
sengers for twenty-four hours if desired.
Before DR.. Thomas started his flight yester-
day the former owners of the balloon appeared
and demanded their money.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
d STORY ABOUT GRANT.
Sad to Haze asked Davis for Com
mission an Confederate Army.
by Telegraph to The Trihpne

10y telegraph 10 The Tribune
oaIllinore' NOV 9.-Captain A L. De Rosset,
OF wilmington, N. c.. in an article in ''The
confederate Veteran" the official organ OF the
confederate societies, says that General Grant.
Aoflral Farragut and General George H
1homas applied to Jefferson Davis for commits
slons in the Confederate service. Il have been
tod' continues the writer that the wife Of
each OF these officers either dissuaded or OBJ
jected to his resignation from the federal
service"
captain De Rosset says that Colonel Chalaron
who is the custodian of the Louisiana Histor
ical Association. has in his possession the let
wrote to Davis. De Rosset continues: "Mr
Pierce was elected President in 1852 and ap-
pointed Jefferson Davis his Secretary of War
Later, at the suggestion of Davis and for good
reasons. Grant then a captain resigned from
the United States army. Upon the secession of
the Southern States. in 1861, Captain Grant ap-
piled to the Governor of Illinois for commits
sion TO raise a regiment to serve in the United
States army. His request was ignored at that
time, and later. Jefferson Davis having been in
augurated Provisional President of the Confed-
ing for a commission in the Confederate army
While in New Orleans some time ago I men
toned the incident to Colonel Chalaron. He told
me my information was correct and that he had
in his possession the original letter from Cap
tain Grant to Mr.. Davis making the request but
that in accordance with the terms of Davis's
Will. the correspondence could not be published
until two years after the death of Mrs. Davis"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
PLOT TO KILL THE CZAR.
attempt to Stop Imperial Train
Shots Exchanged.

st; Petersburg. Nov. 9.-What is believed to
have been carefully conceived plot to take
the life of Emperor Nicholas while he on
the way from Peterhof to Tsarskoe- -Selo to-day
was frustrated by the vigilance of the railway
guards Early this morning a guard discov-
cred six men trying to cut the wire of
phore signal at Lgovo station. at the junction
of the railroads to Peterhof and Tsarskoe-Selo.
The guard attempted to arrest the men. but
was fired on and wounded. The shots, how
ever aroused the officers and guards at the
station and several vOlleys were exchanged
between the outlaws and the soldiers, the
former escaping without injury.
The police profess to be unable to understand
the attempt to cut the semaphore. as such
an act could hardly work any harm to the
imperial train. which was due TO pass few
hours later. 1t is generally believed. however,
that the outlaws intended to prevent the use
of the signal with the object of bringing the
train to a stop at that point. No arrests have
been made
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
CALLS CONDITION GOOD.
Prominent Banker Optimistic OUer
Financial Situation.

One of the bankers who attended all the con-
ferences OF the last two weeks. and did more
perhaps than any other individual to avert the
threatened crisis. when asked last night for his
opinion of the present situation said:
cit is immeasurably better
When it was suggested to him that yesterdays
bank statement was nothing to brag about he
replied quickly:
why. that was good bank statement in
view of what we have passed through All this
gold which has been arriving and viii continue
to arrive is not yet shown in the bank state
ment"
Asked II there would be any conferences OF
bankers to-day. he replied vigorously in the neg
ative.
I'VE haven't had much sleep lately he added
"but I intend to get considerable between now
and Monday morning
The tone of the entire interview. indeed. was
exceedingly optimistic. and cannot fail TO in
spire return of confidence, coming as it does
from one who knows thoroughly whereof he
speaks.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
ROBBERS DYNAMITE PAY CAR.
Armed Guards Repulse Desperadoes, How.
ever, in Fight Near Pittsburg.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

Pittsburg, Nov "a special pay car of the
Pittsburg Coal Company, in charge of.fve armed
guards. was attacked by six armed men at
Seybold's crossing, near Finleyville. early this
morning. after having been wrecked by an OBJ
struction the track. followed by two expIo-
sons of dynamite A fight followed in which
the woud-be robbers repulsed after one
had been hit and a guard slightly wounded
1t is thought the attacking force expected the
to be guarded only by the conductor and
motorman. Immediately following the fight the
regular pay of the Pittsburg & Charleroi
Railroad came up. and it is thought the robbers
also expected to plunder this. The authorities
at FinleyviIe informed. and a search OF
the neighborhood was made but to no avail
The special pay car was carrying cash TO pay
miners who had refused to accept Clearing
House checks
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
LITTLE HEROINE DYING FOR BROTHER
Saved Baby's Life from Speeding Auto at
Expense of Her own
fBv reIegrarh % &c Tr!bune. ]

Meriden. Conn. Nov. 9.-Alice Monahan eight
years old fs dying at the Meriden Hospital from
Injuries received last night in saving the life Of
her baby brother An automobile racing in
The North Colony road, and the baby stood in its
path The little girl her brothers peril and
pushed him TO side.
She was struck by the car, and fell in front OF
another car owned and driven by William l..
clough, Of Springfield Mass, which running
IN an opposite direction. The wheels Of the car
passed over her. The first chauffeur disappeared.
ont Mr. clough placed the girl in his and took
her to the hospital where il was said she would
not recover
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
MODEL TOWN OF PULLMAN VANISHED
LRy TeIegraph 10 The Trihul

by Telegraph to The TTbune
Chicago, Nov. 9.-The model city upon which
the late George NJ. Pullman expended millions OF
dollars has finally faded away. and the estate has
closed out the last of the houses and lots Yes
terday Mrs. Frank o. Lowden, daughter of George
M. Pullman. and wife of Congressman Lowden, of
Illinois, bought all that was left of the town She
gave her check for $4,000 and took deeds for
ninety-nne buildings and the lots upon which they
stand. Altogether the estate has disposed Of AS
fat buildings and @ houses to Mrs. Lowden.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
TEXAS TREASURY sUSPENDs.
Financial Str:ngency Halts the Payment Of
Warrants.
fRv reIegraph b The Trlbune. J

Dallas Tex. Nov 9.-The financial stringency
hit the State of Texas officially to-day when the
ctate Treasury was compelled TO suspend payment
80 arrants The state has S4.504,637 deposited I'm
various banks under the state depository act OF
this amount 100000 belongs to the general fund.
None OF the money can be drawn from the banks.
The Treasury has paid out from SoooV 10 Sivoooo
Iay for the last week. until its supply of available
c,eb is exhausted.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
FOR BEsT TRANSPORTATION ESSAY. s1oo

The National Municipal League through Clinton
~ woodruff. fne secretary announces its intention
- - award annual prize OF 800 designated the
lam II Baldwin prize. 10 the author of the
Dsst essay THE Relation OF the Municipality 10
- transportation Service" The competition closes
- +iay y. 1904, when the Essays not exceeding ten
,rssnd words must bc at the Office OF the secre-
- IN tie North American Building. Philadelphia
-. contest Is limited 10 registered undergraduate
AiupaLss
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
MUST NOT REMOVE OIL PROPERTY.

TBy IeIegfuph IIIUuLo.I
Austin Tex, Nov. 9.-In accordance with the
temporary writ of injunction obtained by the
state against the Security oil Company and
other alleged Standard oil concerns. the At
tornev Generals department addressed letter
10 each of the general managers OF the railroads.
in Texas to-day, advising them not TO remove
-, I,a,,I ort Of the state any of the property Of
lhese conceTDs.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
AN IRISH PEER A SUICIDE.
Lord Francis Kilmaine Throws Himself from
Window in Paris.

Paris, Nov. 9-Lord Francis William Browne
Kimaine. representative peer for ireland since
1900 who bad been suffering from neurasthenia
threw himself out OF a window of his apart
ments, in the Avenue d'Iena, tonight and was
instantly killed. He was born in 1913
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
DIR. FORAKER TO SPEAK.
WM Soon announce. His Presi-
Dental Candidacy, 1t Is Said.
az Telegraph % The Trlbune. ]

Gallipolis. Ohio. Nov. 9.-"The Gallipois
Journal to-day prints the following dispatch
from Columbus:
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker will enter
the race for the Presidency within the next ten
days as an open and avowed candidate against
Secretary of War William Howard Taft. The
movement for Foraker is to be led by Charles
L. Kurtz. Commissioner A. T. Vorys refused
to discuss the new development. The result of
the elections over the state has not encouraged
the Taft managers"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
LBy Telegraph to Tie Tribune. l

Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 9-Three Republican
papers heretofore counted for Taft. have come
out for Senator Foraker for President. They
are The Monroe Courier" of Woodsfied; The
Carrollton Free Press-Standard." of Carro'lto1.
and THE Minerva News" of Minerva. These
papers say the result of the election in Ohio
cities has put Mr. Taft out of the race.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
DEAF PERSONS CURED.

The Leonard Invisible Antiseptic Ear Drum
pronounced success ANY deaf person who calls at
the office of a. o. Leonard suite 3O7. Nos. Il61 TO
Il75 Broadway. viii be given free trial of this
drum under supervision of competent auristS. No
charge is made for examination of Head
noises are instantly relieved most cases Mr..
Leonard, the inventor, a deaf man. Full in
formation by mail.-Adyt.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
Won BRIESEN TO ASSIST.
Legal Aid President Member of Knicker-
booker Committee

1t was announced last night that Arthur Won
Briesen. president of the Legal Aid Society, had
consented TO become member Of the Satterlee conn
mittee, which is endeavorng to straishten out the
affairs of the Knickerboeker Trust Company. Mr..
Satterlee. who is a member OF and counsel 10 tia
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
TRuMBuLL coMMENDs PRESIDENT.
TRy Telegraph 10 The TrIbune.

Ify IeIegraph 70 ne IIIUuIle'I
Cheyenne Wyo.. NoY 9.-Presdent Trumbuu of
the Colorado & Southern Railroad. at dinner here
tonight said that government ownership of rail-
roads is impractcabe and that restrictive legisa-
tion by states and President Roosevet's idea of
railroad regulation are the only solution of the
many evils of the railroad situation.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
WON HIS BET, THEN PAINTED.

Washington Nov. 9.--Max Duffek, Of Munich
Germany. to-day walked on his hands down all the
steps of the Washington Monument, and won
wager of $500. He tainted reaching the bottom.
and was afterward ordered off the grounds by the
watchman.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
TEXAS SUITS AGAINST 100 MILLERS.
Aggregatc Penalties in Antitrust Prosecu-
ton May Be 100000.
iBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

Austin. Tex. Nov. 9.--Attorney General Davidson
iiied suit under the Texas antitrust laws to-day
against i29 members Of the Texas MiIlers' Assoca-
uon. Ia case convictions found for the alleged
nifactions Of the statutes the aggregate penalties
may be 100000.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-10
WHERE TO TAKE LUNCH

And drink the Highest Types of American Wines
--Adyt