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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
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NNNHl'Nl hlkut az wv ''ty
Mr. NJ. $, Freeman OF HJrvcy was
hero Friday
Mr. + a smith was a visit fron
Reliance Friday
Mr. ], u, Martin Of Edge visited the
county capital Friday
Cosy matinee this afternoon at $500
O'Clock. I
U, u, G. benefit skate at the rink
tonight I
Don't forget the Z, u, C. Skate at
the rink tonight I
Cory matinee this afternoon at 3
O'Clock !
Skate tonight aud help the ladies' Ia
most worthy effort I
Don't fail to see the amateur contest
at the CoEy tonight I
Mr.. aud Mrs, lno, \, South have ro'
turned to their home In Simonton,
beginning Monday the 9Th, Cor one
week, ticket to the Coty VIII be
given away with every shc cash pur
chase ut Cayitts DRUG store, Sl>
Mrs. ], r. Martin OF Reliance was
In the city Friday,
Miss Tommio Todd OF. Harvey was u
shopper In the city Friday,
Mr. WIN Weaver OF Thompson Creek
was visitor to the city Friday,
Mr.. Roger Astln returned yesterday
from trip to Dallas,
Thugs beautiful as web us usefnl at
Buchanan. Moore Co,
Santa Claus says furniture TINS
Christmas. buchanan Moore Co
Mr. W, u. Stalllngs OF Tabor was u
business visitor TO the city Friday
Fresh shipment OF lowney's candies
IN fancy packages, Emmol 4 Maloney
Mr.. Tom pcnbow OF Harris school
house community was In the city tr''
day,
Visit our show windows, see the
beautiful Christmas tree buchanan
Moore Co,
Mr.. phlnip Endlcr and Miss Emm'
Endlcr nf Kur,cn were visitors to 'h'
city Friday,
Emmcl A Maloucy's holiday pack
arcs of exquisite perfume win delight
YOU
County Attorney Hetheo went ove'
Ia Valley junction yesterday to sur
vcy some land,
Aid the ladies' In providhg comIor
for the aged widows Of the Copiede'
ate veterans by patronillng the RIM
tonight,
Mrs. Matte Mike, agon, Tor A. he'
ris A Co. will spend Tuesday the lot
An Dallas. An orders given VIII II
cc,yc prompt attention, Phone SOS'
Mrs Mabel Castles. with other re
latiycs residing here, are IN Brennan
Ito attend the funeral of County m's
lE y. curry. which occurred yes'er "a
Miss Bessie Robinson OF WiNon va
! IN the city Friday ON shopping tn
NcSsrs, Hugh Goens aud Tom Sml'
of Harvey were In the city Friday
Have that joyful telling, let our III
niuure wagon back up to your doc
with Xmas presents, Buehonan'Mo
co.
}. Something new is the burnt Voc
naJ Its possibilities are limited, ON
| nv tho ideas of those who take M u
| work for Development Mt NJ
lanes has lust received an invoice
Mood for the purpose OF picturlng al
| the pyrographic machines with Whh
Ia execute the designs, He VIII
pleascd To show these new Ideas
Mrs. \, Lamar Davis arrived Wo
| Houston yesterday afternoon, who
| she has been for the past several ia
| tho cues, OF relatives, Mrs pSN
| ions her husband her in n visit
Mrs NJ. w. sims OF this city,
Tho Ladies' Aid Society of the Pm
hy,crlon church win have n meeu'
IN the ladies parlor OF the churc
Monday afternoon NJ O'Clock, \ n
attendance is requested, Business
Importance
| Seeing is believing, See our We
hig stock az Christmas TOYS ami y
| win bclicyc We have the thing y
l , t,,,,,,,.A Al NlanolDV
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River Forecast.

There viii be no important change
In the Braxos and Trinity rivers, The
Colorado and Guadalupe will rise mod
erately In their lower portions,
n. BUNNEMEYER,
Section Director
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12

| have fruit trees OF all kinds |
will sell at reduced prices. See me
at Plasek's shop, opposite postottice,
J. L. Bond. BIS WS
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-12-12
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
Al n @. Sehedule.


iOSN1o rN'NS 't'SN
Rouse for rent. See ID. Mike. BIS,
i Ms. Rash OF Harvey was In the city
May.
! Dr. Eaves came over from Austin
u evening.
Mr. II. r. Ross Of Harvey was IN
pan Friday.
We urge you To visit our store open
|Very night Buchanan. Moore Co Bin
Mr.. Jack Goyon has returned from
trip to Dallas
Mrs. l. l.. Rains OF Harvey shopped
Bryan Frisay,
! Fancy odd pieces In holiday mrni'
re puchansn.Moore Co. SlS
AIR w / jtsey Of WiNon transact
laaA.i A Bryan Friday
Sellers of Harvey was In
y on a shopping trip
1resh me for sale at GOWNS
Nd mill a reasonable prices, Sls
Ar. @. MI bond Of Prospect was a
iness vi or to the city Friday
8aye YOU seen our show windowsG
en every night. Buchanan a Moore.
4 alS
hrs. Whit Doremus of Calvert ar
IA last evening FOR visi, to Mr. ana
4 ]. w. Doremus of this city
me- Eagle has for sale old news
pers, clean and suitable for wrap
AZ paper, 25c per 100.
s0R RENT-My residence nr'
Ma or unfurnishcd. Mrs DR. Jas
,hnson SO2.S?S
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See our show windows open evry
night Buchanan.Moore Co. z

5-RoOM HOUSE FOR RENT-In.
Guiding acres land, good water, out.
houses etc, one block from School
house. Apply to Joe Greeland. 32l
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THE WEATHER.

New orleans, la. Dec. ll.-Tonlght,
fair. colder; Saturday. fair.--Cline.
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River Bulletin,

River stages In feet and tenths
(1a Meridian time,l
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1908-12-28
NEW YEARS WEEK BRINGS
NEWS OF LIVE INTEREST

New Years week, with many important
changes in governmental affairs, and
other spheres of human activity promises
to be full of news of wide interest. In
many states the first day of the year
marks the ending of one administration
and the beginning of another, legislatures
will convene, and a new order of things
governmental will thus be inaugurated.
In the foreign field there will be the
Inauguration of H. Deucher as President
of the Swiss republic, and the opening
of the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon.
In the same category, perhaps, may be
mentioned the evacuation of Cuba by
the American troops, who for nearly two
years have been on duty in the island.
On New Years Day the return of these
troops will begin.
In Atlantic City, n. J., the first three
days of the week, the American Sociolog-
icaI society will hold its own annual con-
vention, and it will also have joint meet
ings with the American Statistical as
ISOLATION, the American Economic asso-
citation and the American Association for
Labor Legislation. During the first four
days of the week the American Historical
association and the American Political
Science association will hold a joint meet
ing beginning in Washington and ending
in Richmond.
Leading financial authorities of the east
will confer in New York this week with
Senators Aldrich and Teller and Represen-
tative Vreeland in favor of the bill to be
introduced into Congress shortly after the
holidays recess to correct defects in the
laws governing the administration of
banks. The trip to Panama of the House
committee on interstate and foreign COM
merce, starting from Charleston, is sched-
uled for the week. The committee be-
Iieves the time is near at hand to give
the canal zone a permanent code of laws.
With this object in sight, they are going
to look over the ground.
The report Of the national conservation
commission is expected to be rendered this
week On 1t the President will base a
social message to Congress.
Many cases and hearings of interest in
terrupted by the Christmas holiday will be
resumed among them the night rider
case in Union City, Tenn, and the hear
ing in New York in the matter of the
bankruptcy of the Fidelity Funding COM
pany to determine whether the affairs of
the failed Kieran concern, with its liabili-
ties seriously affecting large number of
Roman Catholic institutions, shall be
wound up by the federal or state re-
ceiver.
In the domain of the criminal law there
are the decision, scheduled for Monday,
in the application for bail for the three
men under arrest for the killing of former
Senator Carmack in Nashville; the sem
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fencing of Abe Ruef in San Francisco on
ing in New York of the case of Sarah
Koten, the nurse, who killed a doctor in
revenge for alleged wrongs at his hands.
The 2-cent postage rate with Germany
will go into effect on January 1. On the
same day the Canadian and United States
governments simultaneously will proclaim
the new uniform fishery regulations which
have been adopted for the boundary
waters between them.
The New Years lists of winners of
decoration of the French Legion of Honor
is expected this year to contain the name
of Wilbur Wright, the American aero
pianist. Out of Paris this week is due
the court decision in the contention of
the Count de Castellane that the children
of his marriage with the former Anna
Gould, now Princess de Sagan should be
taken from their mother and intrusted to
him.
There will be two events of particular
interest in the automobile world. For the
first time in Is months an automobile
show will be held in New York. 1t will
open on Friday and last a week. The
other will be a two-day run to Philadel-
phia and back of the Women's Motoring
club of New York on Tuesday and
Wednesday, with only women as drivers
and passengers, but each car will be al
lowed to carry a male machinist for
cranlsing the motors and such other
work.
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FABULOUS VALUES
INVOLVED IN SUIT

Paris, December q. = (special)-A
claim involving billions is being
brought against the city of st. Louis
by the Marquis and Count de Lafay-
cite. 1t involves the ownership of what
is now Carondelet park and the site
of the old Southern hotel. When they
were farm lands they were both
owned by widow named Motier,
which is the family name of Lafayette.
The present marquis and count claim
to be descendants of a wealthy widow
of the city of st. Louis, who was au-
thorized by the state of Missouri to
obtain a quit-claim deed, but the La
fayettes are holding out for a sum SO
exorbitant that it would bankrupt the
city.
The Lafayettes say they need the
money to keep up the dignity and posi-
ton which the family name demands
and to protect their title against the
claims of the count de Chambron. They
were once peasants to whom the courts
allowed the titles.
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LARGE PARTY WILL
GO TO THE ISTHMUS

Washington, December 27.-(Special.)-
Richard Sherman, son of Vice Pres1-
dent-elect James S. Sherman, will be
member of the party accompanying the
House committee on interstate and for
eign commerce which will leave Monday
for Panama to inspect conditions with
a view to drafting law for the per
manent government of the canal zone,
At present the President is the gov
ernor of the zone and has autocratie
powers as to laws and their administra-
ton. The committee is contemplating
a government like that of the District
of Columbia or the Philippines.
others to make the trip are Chair
man Hepburn and wife, Representatives
Stevens, Esch and wife. Cushman and
wife, Townsen and wife, Keddy, wife
and daughter, Knowland and children,
Hubbard and daughters, Adamson, Ryan
and wife, Richardson and daughters,
Bartlett and wife, Lee and wife,
Humphreys and wife, Loud and wife,
Morse and wife, Ellis and son, Conner
and son, and J. F. Bryan, clerk to the
committee.
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MRS. HAMS SCORES
BROTHER IN-LAW

Boston. December 3.-(special.l-Mrs.
Claudia Hams said tonight:
~ have been away from home for
week and / have just returned. do
not care to say where I have ben, but
have been in close touch with every
movement of Thornton Hams trial.
"r do not think that Thornton Hams Will
escape punihsment for his crime. How
he can is beyond my comprehension.
Think Of 1.-TWO heavily armed men go
ing out to buy real estate!
"This is a fair sample of the maeh-
boasted Hams courage.
ut makes my blood boil when l think
Of the audaeity of this man. know
that he is fighting for his life, but there
are some things that are better than lie
itself and one is real courage. Hams Is
n coward. a brute. and his actions that
afternoon showed it, as did many OF ms
acts before that day.
HE talks about the men at the yacht
club not running in and disarmins the
two men at the yacht club. and yet the
defense will try to show Y sane men
that Thornton Hams and his brother We're
there that afternoon looking at real es-
tate. 4..,,t,1a II,
INV home. This trouble was almost more
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COTTON SCANDAL
CASE REVIVED

New York December 27-(Special)-
Through a bankruptcy proceeding begun
yesterday the cotton leak scandal which
resulted in a number of Indictments sew
eral years ago, has been revived. Mrs.
Sarah Peckham, wife of F. A. Peckham,
a broker indicted at the time, is sub
hitting to bankruptcy although she owes
little more than $1,000. The Peckhams
were afterwards divorced.
The last time Mrs. Peckham figured
in BANKRUPTCY case her safe became ia
nous because it was thought 1t concealed
the secrets of the cotton scandal 1t
then was supposed that she had $4,000
worth of jewelry in the safe and if she
is now penniless 1t is likely the govern
ment may make a further effort to see
what may still be hidden In the safe.
The petition in bankruptcy is made by
Stettiner Brothers, printers of this city,
and c. A. and e. G. Read of Chicago.
Mrs. Peckham informed them that she
was penniless and was willing to be adj
judged a bankrupt
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than L could bear. But I never expected
any such outcome as the tragedy at the
Bayside Yacht club II l ever thought
there would be any trouble I felt sure
it would be brother against brother.
Thornton Hams claimed to be hyp-
notist-that is, with women. But never
was able to use any of his boosted occult
power on me- He Dragged about 1t on
others, but he failed when he met me,
and that is one of the things that ranked
in his breast.
zone of the pieces of evidence that the
defense proposes to introduce, have
heard, is an affidavit purporting to have
been made by Minnie Rhone, colored
maid, formerly in my employ. This afii-
davit purports to tell things that have
taken place in my home that are detrl-
mental to me. 1t Is said the girl wrote
the statement and signed it herself. Now,
as a matter of fact, l know that the girl
can neither read nor write
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KOREAN ASKS FOR
DEATH SENTENCE

San Francisco, December N.-(Special.)-
Pleading for DEATH I. w. Chang, the
Korean, who slew Durham w. Stevens,
Japanese adviser to the court of Korea
at the ferry building, and found guilty
of murder in the second degree yesterday
begged Judge Cook to sentence him to
be hanged
When the case came up for sentence
Chang asked for the extreme penalty of
the law He declared that he would weep
his heart out in prison; that he fully ex-
pected to be hanged when he undertook
the crime, and that his one consolation
had been the thought of sacrificing his
life for his unhappy country.
However, under the law, Judge Cook
cannot administer extreme punishment.
The jury returned verdict of murder
in the second degree for which life i'm
prisonment or less is the punishment.
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Bio Fire In Brownsville.

Brownsville, Tenn, December 27-(spe-
cial.)-Fire which started at 10 o'clock
Saturday morning and was still burning
fiercely at 1880 O'Clock this morning
threatens to destroy the whole town. AL
ready rs buildings on the public square
have been destroyed and the loss so far
Is 100000 The places destroyed were
chiefly two-story structures. the lower
floors of which were occupied by mer-
chants and the upper floors by physicians
and lawyers. The amount of insurance
is unknown.
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"ron.u In woman's Suffrage.

Chicago. December N.-Actove workers
in the cause of woman's suffrage nave
reached the conclusion that a certain
amount of "tone'' is needed in order to
play politics successfully, and with this
end in view an effort will be made to
induce Mrs. Potter Palmer, Chicago's So
cial leader, to interest herself on behalf
of the women who are anxious to vote
in the municipal elections Officers of the
equal suffrage association decided today
to learn Mrs. Palmer's views on the ques-
ffnu
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MAJESTIC THEATRE
THEATRE BEAUTIFUL.


GRAND RE-OPENING TONIGHT
WITH ALL-STAR VAUDEVILLE.
Might Prices 80. Zoe, 35c, soc and Toe.
Matinee Prices. ........-.. Zoe and Doe.
1. Overture-Majestic Theatre Orches-
ira.
O. Mr.. Harry Tsuda-The Great Jap
anese Equilibrist.
4. Miss Flo Adler-The Popular Sing
er of Popular Songs.
4. Won Mitzel and Maynard-Comedy
Playlet, "A Timely Awakening"
4. The American Newsboys Quartet
The Famous Harmony and Hi
larity Four
a The Mozarts-Original European
Snow Shoe Dancers.
r. Tom Powell-Blackface Comedian,
Singer and Jockester.
4. Bert and Lottie Walton-Comedy
Knockabouts and Eccentriques.
.. John H. w. Byrne-Prince of Story
Tellers.
N The Five Brown Brothers-Expert
Exponents of Euphonious Excel
lence.
n. New Motion Picture Films.
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Notice.

Bids will be received for all Shelby coun-
ty convicts for the year 1909, by the I'M
dersigned, up to December 49, 1908. Cor
respondence solicited.
]. A. JACKSON,
Hard Labor Agent.
A. p LANGSHORE,
Judge of Probate
12-18-11t.
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loon element. Prohibition, nominal at
least, exists In so of the 100 counties
in the state. Under local option cleo
lions, Lynchburg, Staunton, Bristol,
Charlottesville and other cities are be-
reft of liquor in legal sense, and Rich
mond and Norfolk are regarded as the
last remaining strongholds of whiskys
adh erents. The anti-saloon people are
now debating whether a campaign in
the cities, or fight for statewide pro-
hibition Is the better method of at
tack. Legislation now entrusts to the
circuit judges the granting of liquor
licenses. Stringent statutes have prac-
tically eliminated fake clubs" and
other places where intoxicants were
illegally sold. Except in few coun-
ties along the coast the country tavern
has been abolished. 1t is regarded as
certain that the issue of prohibition
will be injected into the next state
campaign.
In Texas more than half the coun-
ties have accepted prohibition. In the
democratic primaries last July the
proposition to submit to the vote of the
people a constitutional amendment for
prohibition was adopted by small ma
jority. The Legislature which meets
next month is democratic and in COM
pliance with the will of the convention
will present the matter to the people.
The prohibitionists are threatening the
ants with statutory prohibition. Inc
saloon interests have asserted that the
constitutional amendment will be de-
feated. II the will of the majority
directs an election it probably will be
held next August,
Arkansas.
Under the local option law about two
thirds of Arkansas, or rs counties are
dry" and in the last election the pro-
hibitionists gained another county. The
last democratic state convention carried
in it's platform a proposition to submit
to the people at regular election the
question of statewide prohibition. The
real fight will be in the Legislature
which meets next week. Judge Asher
of Pulaski county recently dismissed
petition filed by the Anti-Saloon league
asking the court to revoke licenses OF
saloons within three miles of school
or church. The anti-saloon leaders con-
tend that their petition was In accord
ance with the law, while the saloon
neople regard the decision as victory.
The case will be appealed to higher
court.
Florida.
The prohibition wave also has been
keenly felt in Florida, majority or
the counties of the state having voted
out the saloons. The principal cities
of the state Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West are fortified against any at
tack from the temperance folk. Most
of the counties where the sale OF IN
toxicants is prohibited, went on the
dry list about 10 years ago when senti-
ment against the saloon crystalized into
a political issue, and seekers for Of
fee were elected or rejected at the polls
upon the cause they espoused. Prohibl-
ton is not now so much of a political
issue. One of the significant results
OBJ served in some of the prom lDltiol
counties is the existence of blind
tigers" and Illicit shops and the G. .. ID.
shipments of liquor to private consum-
ers. Jacksonville rivals Chattanooga as
a distributor of liquor throughout the
south.
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SERU M WILL SAVE
FARMERS HOGS

suit of perfecting a serum that is AN
antitoxin for hog cholera, the Missouri
Agricultural college guarantees the state
legislature that with an appropriation of
$4,000 year it will save the farmers of
Missouri from $1,0O0,00O to $5,00O,OOO an
nually.
The college announces unequvocally
that 1t is now prepared to vanqush hog
cholera.
The serum Is drawn from what is
known as hyper-immunized hogs, the
fbering being removed so as to prevent
CLOTHING. The serum is treated with small
quantities of carbolic acid and will keep
in cool place from six to twelve months.
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PRESENTS FOR CHRISTMAS.

beautiful Towering Plants, Begonias,
Poinsettas, Azaleas, Narcissus. Hya-
cinths. Palms. Ferns and large selec-
ton of beautiful plants, at Greenhouse.
Glen Iris, or store at Five Points; or
der now for Christmas
G. e. HUFFMAN,
Florist and Landscape Gardener.
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Rear Admiral Stricken.

Shamokin, Pa, December 2.-(Special y
Rear Admiral James Mcqueen Forsyth,
U. S. N, retired, was stricken with
paralysis at his home here tonight. Grave
fears are entertained for his recovery.
His entire left side is affected.
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number of cities in which the liquor traf-
fc has been restricted by local option dur
Ing the past year. Advocates Of prohibit
ton assert that its good effects are ap-
parent while those who opposed 1t main
tain it has paved the entrance Of blind
tigers" and consequent evils Criminal
records, however, make q fine showing
for the prohibition year in the city The
number of arrests decreased 60 per cent
and deaths by violence so per cent. There
have also been rapid strides in business
conditions. Buildings formerly occupied
by saloons have been rented to other con-
Germs. The authorities have encountered
much trouble in prosecuting violators.
Hundreds were arrested, but less than
score are serving time for violating the
liquor law. Technicalities invoked to evade
the law are said to be responsible for this
condition. In many cases juries have re-
fused to convict men when the evidence
was plain, and this is due to the fact
that many jurors are not in sympathy
with the law that makes the selling OF
liquor a felony.
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Virginia.

yirginia's prohibition record, presents
a string of victories for the anti-sa