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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28
"a. \. 7. LEWIS HURT.


Mr. n. Lewis happened to seri-
Gus actnt at noon today In which
he wasFiously hurt.
He hbust gone down TO the resi-
dence osr. W. II. Oliver. where he
Is buildi an extensive addition and
went up, the second story TO In
spect th4ork. He was on the gal.
lery OF 4 tlsecond story and In some
way lost footing and fell TO the
ground bk. He struck on some
pieces OF iber In one piece Of which
were somdils and his back was bad
| ~ laceratgThe ccncussion from the
fall render him unconscious and
he remainSo for nearly an hour,
His lowelulbs are paralyzed and
II Is fearedat his injuries are se.
ricus. Dr. yer was summoned at
once and evlhing possible was done
for him. amt $3.50 this afternoon
he was remS to his home.
At the hobf going to prcss ho
was resting lastly a., could be ex'
pected. and hope is entertained
that his injuawill prove less than
at first thous
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28
|W|1I EYE PIERCED
| 'T|Cks TO THROTTLE
|Brsv' Engineer Is Hurried to Hospital
\ bet May Loose His sight.


slcAl to the Eauc.
lew York. Aug. 2s.--with his right
ey pierced by n piece OF glass from
n roken oil cup. Engineer Andrew
I'D Of Jersey City. who runs the fast
BehrdsvilIe express from Hoboken
to smmit. n. Y. stood at his post
andpn the train with undiminishei
sped into Summit station. whence
he hurried to the Overlook hos
pitaISr treatment. The doctors fear
he m lose the sight Of both eyes.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

Lockhart. Texas. August 27.--R. c.
Emmcl yesterday sold to his brother,
4. r. Emnelo Of Bryan. Texas. his drug
store and viii 10 . few days leave Tor
Houston. Galveston News.
There has besn,> no change IN the
interest Of Mr.. Emmel IN the drus
business Of Emmel a Maloney Of this
city. and Er. Emmel Is expected to
return from Lockhsrt IN q few days.
Il IL not known what disposition he
win make Of the new business he has
purchased there.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

Play Proved Too Funny for the ceIs~
Cd Sister.

Special to the Eagle.
New Orleans. La. Aus. 2s.-Marsa
ret A. Lethers, negro woman. laugh
al so heartily At the performance Al
q local theatre last night that she
became unconscious and died before
abe could be taken from the theatre
Her son afterwards stated that she
was subject to heart attacks and Il ID
supposed that violent laughter brought
on the attack.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

The commit4om tho city school
board to securbod for the schools
for the comindnter. has awarded
the contract u n. r. Knowles
The contract for GO cords Of
good merchantaFood.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

A cotton holding movement for bet.
ter prices Is said to have been started
at Dallas. and an effort viii be made
to include the whole South.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

Dr. Florence Of the State health de-
partmsnt. has returned from Mexico
and reports no yellow fever there.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

when II was discharged. the load tax
Ing effect In the body Of the little two
ycar-old baby. killing II instantly.
II was q fearful. horrible tragedy. Ia
the presence OF which we stand ap
palIed and wonder at the dispenaa
tIons Of Providence. II Is indeed q
hard blow to the parents and they
have the deep sympathy Of theil
neiehbors and friends.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1909-08-28

One Of the most distressing TRACE
dies Brazos county has known in ma
ny a year, occurred this afternoon in
the Kurten community In which IT.
|ue twoyear.old child was shot to death
by ls little brother.
They were children Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Quinn Lloyd and we're playing with a
sun. The older child had the gun
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

lingsworth thereupon asked unanimous
his speech either upon the floor of the
House or in the Record. Representa-
tives Spight, of Mississippi, and Harri-
SON, of New York, objected, and the
regular order was demanded, which
cut Representative Holiingsworth off.
All the same, the matter will not down,
but will be brought up again and given
a complete airing before the country.
Representative HollingswOrth seems
quite competent to take care of his
own case, and he has behind him a
sufficient number of. members of Con-
gress who think as he does to force
the House to give proper consideration
to the gross breach OF good taste and
patriotism involved in the presenta-
ton.
Representative Hollingsworth scored
a point in having the editorials read. 1t
brought dismay to the Mississippi dele
CATION, and upset their program for
quietly working the matter thru. These
flrebrand editorials arouse the country
and incite opposition where none exist
ed. Men who had not thought of maxi
ing active opposition are now moved to
make a determined stand. The Repre-
sentatives from Mississippi find they
have quite task before them in coun-
teracting the effect of these intemper-
ate utterances
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
THE WORD AXHIsKY.,

OF course, a high-priced lawyer can
talk on hour after hour about anything
that he is paid for. We have to marvel
at the Presidents patience in listening
for two hours to arguments by emineat
counsel on the whisky question. The
whole problem is so simple that 1t can
be stated in a very few words, and a
volume as big as Webster's Dictionary
would add but little more to the infor-
nation upon the subject. Stating it in
its simplest terms, a syndicate, largely
composed Of gentlemen Of Hebrew ex-
fashioned distilleries. mostly in the
South, who are making whisky in some
thing of the old-fashioned way; that is,
distilling it over the direct heat of the
fire in copper stills. After this product
has become somewhat "aged" by lying
in barrels they extend" it with Peoria
alcohol. and they claim that this is the
only real whisky. Opposed to them is
still another syndicate, also largely Of
Hebrew extraction, and which has been
doing an immense business. with estab-
lishments in every considerable town in
the country. by taking Peoria alcohol,
reducing it one-half with water, color
Ing and fayoring it. They claim that
this is just as much whisky and just as
good whisky as the other. The Ma
tional Tribune has said that in its ef-
fects upon the system one IS no better
OF no worse than the other. They are
alike in every physiological and patho-
logical effect. The only question be.
fore the President, and the one which
has been referred to the Solicitor for
an opinion, is whether the liquor made
by diluting Peoria alcohol is entitled to
the name whisky" The makers of
imitation whisky can claim that theirs
is simply an improvement upon the old
way of manufact uring the beverage,
and they are just as well entitled to the
name as the men who make Portland"
cement in this country or those who
put up "sardines" on the coast of
Maine, thousands of, miles from the
island of Sardinia, where the industry
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Gen. L. G. Kingsley, of Rutland, VT.
defends the spirit displayed by Roberts
Post in the matter of the ST. Adams In
vitation. He says that 23 years ago
the Rev. w. B. Buckingham, an ex-
Confederate, gave a Memorial Day ad-
dress at the invitation of the Post Off
GERS. When Charleston was suffering
from an earthquake Roberts Post sent
S35 to the relief of the Confederate yet
Grams. Roberts Post was preparing to
invite Gen. Henry Kyd Douglas when
his death intervened. When Gen Cor
don gave a lecture at Rutland the
members of the Post sat on the stage
of the Opera House with him. Recent
ly the Post has contributed towards the
the martyred Confederate soldier All
these were regular Confederate soldiers,
doing their duty as they saw it, and
are entitled to credit for it. 1t is abso-
lutely different in the case of Bennett
III. Young, who was not in line of duty
as Confederate soldier, but was prose-
cutting a raid very remote from any
military operations and which could
not contribute to their success We
have only his evidence that his raid
was intended to aid the Confederaey,
and not for the private benefit of HIM
self and his associates. He says that he
intended to turn the money over to the
Confederate Treasury, but this state
ment was made after he had been
caught and was under trial.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
DUTY ON POTATOES.

Few people think that there is a duty
on potatoes or that it is necessary We
raise SO many potatoes in this country
and so cheaply that 1t would seem as if
there We're no need of protection. Yet
this duty is of much Importance to the
people of Maine. A large portion of
the income of the farmers in the north.
ern part of the State comes from pota-
toes. Of which they raise as fine as
there are in the world. If nor the finest
1t is the same with Montana, and now
1t will become highly important inter-
est for Florida, In one day last week
1,O71 barrels of potatoes were dis
charged by steamers at the port of
New York, This represented s1,115
bushels, representing a value at pres
ent prices of $70,sS0. More than 1000
bushels ofIpotatoes were brought in on
one of the steamers from Bermuda.
These should be coming from Florida.
The duty bn potatoes for one day last
week at the New York Custom House
aggregated over $4,000. An income
of $7O.0o0Da day even for short sea-
son wouldfaje a most agreeable swelling
of the revenues of the people of Flor
ida
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
REELECTED % TIMES.

At the recent meeting OF the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the Unit
ed States Maj. William P. Huxford was
reelected Recorder for the ED time.
This is most unusual honor for any
man. but Maj. Huxford well deserves it.
not only for his gallant record in the
war and terrible wounding, but by his
devotion to the Loyal Legion's interests
In all these years. A large portion OF
the success of the organization is due
to his faithful, Intelligent and tireless
work. Maj. Huxford entered the 9TH
Mich. as an enlisted man In June, 1861,
and then became Sergeant Major of the
162d N. Y. He rose to a Captaincy in
this regiment. received brevet of Ma
jor for gallantry at Port Hudson, was
commissioned Captain in the Regular
Army. and retired Sept. 10, 1868.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
GEN. LIE DUO TAKES A SHARE.

Gen. VIM. Gates LIE Due, of fragrant
memory in the Twentieth Corps of the
Army Of the Cumberland, wishes to join
his comrades in Florida, and has taken
share In the enterprise. Gen. LIE Due
was born in Ohio. but appointed in the
army from Minnesota, becoming the Cap
tain and Assistant Quartermaster in
April, 1852. He was promoted to Lieu
tenant-Colonel for splendid services in
opening up the cracker line to Chatta-
nooga, and served as Chief Quartermas-
ter Of the Twentieth Corps thence for
ward. He commended himself so well
by his services as to receive an appoint
ment of Commissioner of Agriculture,
and built up that Bureau until it was
ready to be made Department. Gen.
LIE Due is true comrade, a man of
ability. who has rendered distinguished
services. and we shall welcome him to
the colony. He has been residing for
number of years at Hastings, MINI.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

Now the house fly must go the way
of the musketo. It has been decided
by the doctors that he or she, most gem
orally she. carries typhoid germs and
spreads that dread disease. They are
liable to do this by communicating food
supplies which have been in the neigh
borhoed of typhoid patients. 1t is
claimed that this was satisfactorily de.
terrmined by the ,comrimission which
examined into the prevalence of typhoid
fever in the comps during the Spanish
War. The danger of flies n the city
Is thus very great
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

A few years ago the enthusiastic ad-
vocates OF the primary system exhibit
ed the usual insistence of propagaudists
of political nostrums that their special
remedy would c,Ire all trouble. espe-
cially that of electing only rich men to
the United States Senate. 1t has worked
out as contrarily as these theories have
disagreeable habit of doing. Under
the primary system a man has to be
far richer than ever to get seat in
the Senate. We saw this illustrated
recently in the case of the Senator from
Wisconsin. who is known to have spent
over 100000 to secure his seat, or
nearly three times as much as his sal
airy would be for his whole six years
Another illustration has been furnished
by Senator Rayner. of Maryland, whose
Reelection was absolutely unopposed.
and yet at the first dash he was assessed
$4,000 for his share of the expenses
Of the primaries.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
DEPARTMENT OF KANSAS.

Comrade w. A. Morgan. Commander
Department of Kansas. G. A. r.. has
reason to congratulate himself and his
Department on the treatment it has re-
ceived by the Kansas Legislature dur
ing the session just ended. 1t passed
four of the six bills introduced at the
request of the Department Commander.
the most important OF which was the
one appropriating 100000 for the erec-
ton of a Memorial Hall. which shall
be as nearly fireproof as practicable
and suitable for the uses of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Department Of
Kansas, and the Kansas State Historical
Society and kindred uses, and shall be
a memorial to commemorate the devo-
tion Of the Union soldiers and sailors
for the cause of liberty and the pres
ervation of the Union in the war of the
rebellion"
The committee to urge the passage
of this bill were the Department Com
mander and Comrades o. L. Moore and
A. NJ. Fufier. The bill was in charge of
Comrades T. NJ. Potter. T. P. Murphy
and ID. NJ. Bender. of the Senate, and
H. c. Parker, 4. w. Harrison, A Fl.
Mccormick, j. ]. Buck, ]. 7. White, E.
w. Phillips, B. F. McMillen. ]. w.
Burke and ]. J. Veatch. of the House.
The bill passed the Senate with only
five adverse votes out of 80 members
present, and in the House received go
votes out Of the "a members present.
The Department feels greatly indebted
to Representative T.. B. Jewett, of Wich-
ita. and Judge Nicholson, of Newton,
also Lieut.-Gov. Fitzgerald. The Leg
islature also passed bill exempting
veterans who own and operate baggage
and delivery wagons from having to
take out licenses Also bill to re-
move the bodies of Union soldiers from
the abandoned cemeteries and ceme-
teries connected with State institutions
to incorporated cemeteries. Also a bill
appropriating $3.50 year for keeping
up Department Headquarters. Two
bills failed. One was to strengthen the
soldiers preference law and the other
to exempt property of Union soldiers
to the value of $1,000 from taxation.
Commander Morgan congratulates the
Department on having added 800 to the
membership and upon the economical
management Of the Department
finances. which has added nearly 100
per cent to its fund.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
FAIR WARNING.
coMRADE:

When The National Tribune offered lots and
hveae plots ground outside the city limits subscriptions
began pouring rapidly that warned subscribers
interested take advantage of the offer Coupled with
warning number of lots would
be on those
received several
thousand dollars which the ende being unable
accept further subscriptions under that offer.
The veacre tracts
Subscrip
this offer coming in just rapidly the first We
will only few days before this offer is
subscribed.
After these 1900 and sold prices will be
last chance lot and veace
for SIoo.
Yours F. c. and L,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
President raft believes in "washins

President Taft believes in "Washing-
dinner given to President Taft by the
business men of Washington on Satur-
day night the President took occasion
to outline his belief in the splendid fu-
ture of Washington and to express his
admiration of L'Enfant, who drew the
plans upon which our city of "magnifi-
cent distances" has been planted There
has been much agitation of the ques-
ton of suffrage for the District, of a
member of Congress and of a change
of the entire form of Government for
the District. The business men of
Washington, thru one of the finest
speeches ever made by President Taft,
learned that he does not favor local
suffrage, and does favor the retaining
of the municipal form OF government.
In fact, the tenor OF the speech did
show that President Taft does not favor
any radical change of the government
of the city of Washington, which he
believes belongs to the whole Nation,
He laughed at the idea that the people
of Washington were Slaves" as was
asserted by Justice Stafford, who pre-
ceded him. and declared that they were
the envied of the peoples of all other
cities of the Union. He declared un-
equivocaily that the National Capital
belongs to the people of the United
States, and that they should have in
charge its government thru their rep
resentatives in Congress. He stated
that he thought the wisdom of the fore
who declared in favor of this
plan Of government for the National
Capital. to be farsighted. In fact, Pres.
ident Taft's whole speech was a de-
fense of the provision Of the Constitu-
ton which places the District of Co.
lumbia under the Federal Government.
1t was magnificent effort, and pre-
sented President Taft in that calm, un-
aiterable. judicial frame of mind which |
forever establishes his right to be in
the forefront Of constitutional lawyers
of the country,
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

The use Of convicts for making good
roads is rapidly extending. with gen.
orally satisfactory ersults. Washing
ton, Oregon. North Carolina, Georgia,
Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming
have been employing their convicts for
this purpose, and are quite well satis-
fed with the experiment. Colorado has
So convicts at work upon great high
way which will run thru three States
The convicts have no uniform, and no
armed guards are to be seen. II one
wishes to escape he can easily do so,
but he is certain to be overtaken, and
the penalty is sufficient to deter him.
There are only five officers in charge
of the camp, which is composed of
tents. The convicts sleep In one big
tent, and during the day are divided
into five gangs. with an officer in charge
of each. Washington began working
her convicts on the roads in 1907, and
tried the experiment in the most un-
promising place at great distance
from the penitentiary. The convicts
were set to work building a wagon
road along the face Of a perpendicular
bluff. where the hard granite had to be
laboriously drilled before being blown
off by dynamite. In spite of this. it was
found that each man moved 2.42 cubic
yards of solid rock and one cubic yard
of earth per day of eight hours. The
lowest bid for doing this work was
$3.50 per cubic yard for the rock and
40 cents for the earth, so that the aver
age daily work of the convict was val
ued at s4.03.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

A halt has been called in electriza-
ton. Electricity has at this stage OF
the art not as many decided advan-
tages over steam for railway purposes
as has been claimed, and the practical
results of the use of electricity are not
so favorable as many had been led to
imagine. Particularly the e1ectrifying
of locomotives for entering the cities of
New York and Philadelphia has been a
disappointment. It is found very cost
ly and wasteful of time to change from
an electric engine to a steam engino
after getting out Of New York City, and
then again change to an electric loco
motive at Philadelphia or some other
city. For the run between New York
City and Washington six changes of
locomotives are required, all consuming
time, wages and material.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
THE HEPBURN Law.

Aitho the wording Of the "commodi-
ties clause" OF the Hepburn law took the
best skill of the lawyers in both Houses,
after months Of consideration, and tho
1t seemed as plain al ordinary Ameri-
can words can make It, yet in three
years time the lawyers and the lower
courts have been unable to agree uuon
its meaning. Now the Supreme Court
of the United States differs from all o!
them. The clause reads:
'It shall be unlawful for any railroad
company to transport from any State
Territory, or the District of Columbia
to any other State, Territory. or the
District of Columbia, or to any foreign
country, any article or commodity
other than timber and the manufac-
tured products thereof. manufactured
mined, or produced bysit or under ii.
authority, OF which 1t may own, ir
whole or in part. or in which it ma,
have any interest, direct or indirect
except such articles or commodities as
may be necessary and intended for Its
use in the conduct Of its business as
a common carrier"
The purpose of this law was to d.
vorce transportation from production
1t was clearly intended to prevent the
common carriers of the country from
becoming competitors with the manu-
facturers, and giving themselves more
favorable rates than were granted to
the other patrons of the road. The
lower courts decided this clause to be
unconstitutional, but the Supreme
Court says that it is not so, but merely
Intellectual. The Supreme Court de-
cides that a railroad may own and
operate mines. sell coal at the pits
mouth. and afterward transport it. II
may also own stock in mining com
panies. The decision has naturally
given great shock to those who were
ardent advocates of the Hepburn law,
and its destructive effects have been
strongly commented upon. Attorney
General Wickersham, on the other
hand, regards the decision quite hope
fully as confirming the powers of Con-
gress to achieve by further legislation
restrictions that it failed of in the pres
ent law. The decision sustains the
principle contended for that Congress
has powers to prevent by appropriate
legislation competition between the rail-
roads and the public.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20
THE INVITATION TO ST. ALBANs.

Ex-Gov. E. J. Ormsbee. of Brandon.
VT, has written letter to Roberts Post,
of Rutland, strongly indorsing the stand
taken by the Post against the invitation
issued to Bennett H. Young. of Louis
vile. to be a guest at the st. Albans
celebration OF the discovery of Lake
Champlain. Gov. Ormsbee says that
he would not have said a word of pro-
test If there had been an invitation ex-
tended to regular Confederate soldier.
but that Young was brigand, pirate
and deserter and a guerrilla in the
st. Adams raid. II this thing is to go
on. why not resurrect Wirz and have
some representative OF him present to
take a seat in the procession alongside
Of Mr.. Young?
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

My interest in the speculations as to
Mars has greatly decreased since have
learned that the biggest photograph SO
far obtained of the planet is only the
size of pinhead. When this is en-
larged to the size of the pictures exhib-
tied man may be able to see almost
anything III the picture, and there
would be very little certainty as to
whether what he saw was in the orig
inal photograph or in some of tho
processes of enlargement. Prof. Wood,
of the Johns Hopkins University, says
that altho he has secured some remark
able results by the use of his 20-inch
revolving mercury mirror. he wants to
make haste slowly in the enlargement,
and is yet far from ready for the 100-
foot mirror which Stamford University
talks about being willing to construct.
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

1t seems likely that uncoated rice is
to have its innings and displace the
white coated kind. The practice has
been. in order to-nake the rice appear
whittier and more acceptable, to give it
a thin film of glucose and taic. This
is said to preserve it against the wees
Wis. Uncoated rice is slightly darker
than the coated. But the food law has
set its condemnation upon this, and
the dealers will endeavor to persuade
their customers Of the superiority Of
the uncoated grain
The National tribune., 1909-05-20

A large number of college Presidents
are now favoring the plan of exchang-
ing professors. This ought to do good,
since professor who goes from his
college to another must come in con-
tact with different minds and different
ideas. and, as rule, professors are az
hidebound as preachers. doctors and
school teachers, and need badly the at
triton of a different set Of ideas to
those to which they have bean accus-
toned,