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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-28

Mrs. bessie Lawrence today sent
splendid exhibit of Magnolia figs which
were greatly admired by the hundreds
of visitors to the rooms where Brazos
county and the club has Headquarters
The secretary extends his personal
thanks to the club workers, and es-
peciany to every member Of the three
committees which was appointed to
rustic crowd to visit the campus
during the congress for their splendid
work. These men have planted seed
which viii be growing for many years,
and no man -an estimate the extent
of the harvest
Mr.. B. F. Johnson, of the Texas
Realty Guide. was a business visitor
ito the campus headquarters today
Fully one hundred badges were dis
played today " enthusiastic Bryan
boosters. Tho ladies are just as en-
Enthusiastically working as the gentle
men. This is most hopeful sign.
If you are not member OF the clul
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
HISTORIC BRICK
IS PRESENTED
THE ENORMOUS BRICK WEIGHS
TWENTY-FIVE POUNDS.
DR.. OLlNER FAv0RS MUSEUM
Piece Taken From Great Wall Of
China TO States Collection
Through Former Resi-
dents Courtesy.

Indianapolis.-An enormous brick.
weighing approximately twenty-five
pounds. taken from the Great Wall OF
China by DR.. Robert Todd Oliver, ex-
amining and supervising dental sur
geon OF the U. s. army. but formerly
of indianapolis. a presented TO the
Indiana State museum, through Gov
ernor Marshall. by DR.. Oliver. who has
been visiting in indianapolis.
The brick was taken June 16. 1904.
while a British expedition 10 which
DR.. Oliver was attached, was en-
camped within the shadow OF the
Great Wall. Another brick was taken
also, and they we're carried to Picking
and thence in saddlebags to Manila,
where a Chinese servant threw them
on the ground with such force that
both were broken. II vas apparent
that the act vas malicious.
The brick, which is said to have
been sun-dried, formed a part Of the
parapet near the Badai ling gate. which
is the portal Of the famous Ku-yung
kwan pass through the TALKING noun
tains. situated about fifteen miles
north of the little walled own Of Nan
kow. The inner wall. from which thu
brick was saken. was built in 542 A
D.. by Emperor Waiting Of the We
dynasty. Fifty thousand men wer'
employed in its construction.
Mark Thistlethwaite, secretary q
Governor Marshall. accepted the brio
on behalf of the governor. It cam
from West Point, y. Y, where Or. Oh
yer has been located since 1904. Tn
brick is d~rab-colored and the contou
is almost perfect. Both bricks wer
mended and the second presented I
n museum at West Point.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

IN HE United States is to test the SIN
certify OF Russia and Japan In e
recent claim OF adherence TO the open
door policy in China made recently CO
incident with the signing OF the new
treaty by the Car and the Mikado. IL
has been announced at the state de-
partment that the government VIII
press at once for recognition from
these two powers of the railroad on
cession recently granted by china TO
an English-American syndicate.
This is the concession which Russia
blocked with an emphatic protest last
winter. Since then the negotiations
have been in the statu quo. Now they
are to be resumed at once. The gov
eminent "a to find out whether or no.
Russia and Japan intend TO bar the
United States as well as other powers
out OF Manchuria by raising unjusti
fable objections to the admission o
other nations TO that rich field.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
CAPITAL a Suffragette Stronghold

that the believer wore short hair. I'M
possible frocks. a mans hat and other
cranky accomplishments OF queer
views"
Time has changed all that. The
women who compose the committees
which have appeared to demand the
vote AZ the last few sessions OF con-
r have been modishly gowned,
attractive and in most instances so
cially prominent. The cause Of the
ballot for oma has swept the ooun-
try TO such an extent that MANI OF
the senators and representatives OF
the present congress are avowed sym
pathizers and not a few OF them have
put themselves On record as favor
Ing suffrage. The votes for women"
agitation is now discussed openly and
sympathetically at many a Washing
ton tea table presided over by a hos
tess whose social prominence is undis
puted and whose graces and talents
are distinctly OF the most feminine
kind.
II IA not safe to scof at woman SUI
frage anywhere In Washington now
for too many members OF the sci
which Is really influential have de
yeloped leanings Of that kind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

VIZ ASHINGTON-Arny horses are
w 10 become tattooed animals IL
a suggestion made by Capt. Casper
III. Conrad, Jr.. of the cavalry arm, Is
adopted. Captain Conrad Is detailed
for duty In the quartermaster's depart
ment. and is recognized as an expert
on horses required for military use
Horses are now being purchased by
members OF the quartermasters de-
partment. who are making their selec-
tons In various parts Of the country.
The success attending this effort
has been very gratifying TO the quar-
termaster general. who has estao-
lished an army remount system, with
a view to improving the cavalry
mounts and the horses furnished 10
the field artillery. When a young horse
is purchased in any locality to be sent
to one OF the two army remount de
pots-at Fort Keogh, Montana, or Fort
Reno. Okla-he is marked with q
mineral. The mark lasts about four
months, when 1t becomes obliterated
and it is necessary to apply another
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
Uncle Sam Is to Test the Open Door

When the recent convention be-
tween Russia and Japan was sprung
on the world American diplomats ex-
pressed little surprise. The govern
ment has believed from the first there
Is a secret article in this convention
which has not been made public. 1t Is
felt the unpublished portion is an
agreement on the part of the two ma
lions to support each other In barring
other nations from the territory In
question. The United States intends
TO force Russia's hand and determine
whether such a secret bargain exists.
The concession granted to the English
American syndicate was for the con-
| struction OF the Chino how-Aigun rail-
road line. English capitalists were TO
furnish the funds and the materials
we're to be built in America.
There is one drawback to the situa
ton from the standpoint Of this gov
eminent. England for some unknown
reason. is weakening. Her enthusiasm
for the Joint undertaking cooled per
ceptibly after Russia had entered an
objection. Diplomats seem to think J
quite likely that the United statesawh
have to make the fight s~ingle-hande'
to keep Manchuria open with equal OF
oortunity to all nations.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
VIII Lead in War on the Opium Evil

means of international agreements
through which opium producing oun
tries will protect, by means oil gov
rnmen supervision. ports where the
importation OF the drug Is prohibited
The first realization OF the serious
ness OF the opium traffic SO far as the
United states is concerned came when
the government started to put the
P~hilippines in order. An attempt 10
regulate the unlimited traffic there
called for the appointment of a com
mission. The commission In tracing
the many Americans engaged In the
opium trade found that the United
States. with some 200.0 900 American
users of smoking opium, TO say moth
ing Of the Chinese users here. pre-
scented almost as serious a question
as the insular possessions. Since that
time the United States has led tho
fight among the powers against the
drug.
About a year ago a law absolutely
prohibiting the importation into this
country of opium for any except medi-
cinal was passed. But there
are now about 10000 Americans using
the drug, and In spite OF the prohibi-
tory statute about $4,000 pounds OF
smoking opium Is struggled into this
country annually.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
Arrange Institute Visits.

DIR. Robert ]. Alley. state superin-
tendent of public instruction; Elmer
G.. Bunnell, assistant and John l.
Hoffman,. deputy. expect to visit ~
of the 80 county teachers institutes
this year. Those Institutes which "
will be necessary to omit were visited
last year. although a number OF those
visited last year will be visited again
this year.
The state board of education mas
ruled attendance at a county sutu
does not count as a part of the twelve
weeks professional training required
of new teachers. In many cases the
local institute takes place during the
time prospective teachers are In train
ing schools and they find 1t necessary
10 be absent either from school or from
the Institute. The absence o the
institute affects their salary under the
state law. Some school corporations
have offered to pay teachers in school
the additional amount they would have
received for attending the Institute
That as many as possible may attend
the dates of the institutes have beer
moved forward.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
Special Day for Veterans.

Five Indiana Civil War regiments
are planning to hold reunions at the
state house during the week OF the In
diana state fair. The old soldiers VIII
be admitted free Tuesday. September
1s the second day Of the fair. The
day is set apart TO the memory OF Gen.
John Coburu, a valiant soldier ana
prominent In Indiana politics Tor a
number of years.
The Woman's Relief corps meets
septcmber 6 at the state house; One
Hundred and Twenty-third Indiana In
fantry. September IL and IL. IN room
10. Thirteenth Indiana cavalry, sep
tember 13, Room IL; Thirty-third In
Dana regiment. September IL. room
IS; Seventh Indiana regiment, sep
tember IA, room IL; Sixty-eighsn inui
ana regiment, September 10. room 90
and seventy-ninth Indiana regiment
september q, IL. The Thirteenth
indiana cavalry and the Thlrtty-third
Indiana infantry will serve luncheon
at the state house.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
Suggested for Army Horses

A third marking takes place when the
horse IS sent from the army remount
depot to the troop or battery, and II
must be renewed from time TO time.
It is Captain Conrad's idea that a
more enduring designation could be
accomplished by applying a mark TO
the inside OF the upper lip OF the
horse. lie has devised an Instrument
for this purpose, and suggests the use
of India ink, with the result that the
mineral adopted will be indeliDle.
This will require. OF course, a regular
system OF marking so that there may
be no duplicates. BY this means a
horse accepted for military service
will keep its number. Ii may be nee
essary TO have legislation to prevent
tampering with the designation or ma
king use OF a similar mark in the case
OF horses not used In the military
service.
Captain Conrad's quest Is expected
to lead to several important acquisi-
tons during the coming year. BY this
method the middleman is avoided. and
horses are obtained at a much lower
price than under the contract system
| Besides, there is a better opportunity
Of selection, and controversies are
avoided which so often have prevailed
between the government representa-
tives and the contractors who fail to
comply with specifications in the de-
livery OF military animals.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
BOYS Now Friend Of AIey.


Robert J. Alley. state superintendent
OF public instruction, has approved a
resolution adopted by the township
trustees OF Howard county. whereby II
is provided that teachers in he pubic
schools OF the county shall not count
an absence against any pupil who
takes a day from school to attend the
state fair. which viii begin after the
Howard county schools are opened.
and further provides that the teachers
shall urge their pupils TO attend the
fair.
The action of the trustees. said
Mr.. Alley, is along the line OF recent
activities Of the state board OF educa-
ton in seeking TO Interest he pupils
OF the common and high schools In ag'
riculture and manual training. A day
spent by a pupil at the fair. If he Is
observing OF the exhibits on display
will far more than compensate for his
being absent from school. ] wish other
trustees OF the state would take &C
ton similar TO that taken In Howard
county
John r. Fesler. assistant adJutan'
genera OF the Indiana G. A. r., ma:
become interested in the action OF TN
trustees. and hopes that the children
OF the schools can be at the fair on n
day commonly known as Old Soldiers
day.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

THE United States will lead the ma
lions In the fight against promiscu-
Gus opium traffic at a conference 10
be held at The Hague in September
according to statements of authori-
ties in Washington. The conference
was made possible through diplomatic
correspondence with the interested
powers by Secretary Knox. The ma
tions represented will be the United
States. Great Britain. Germany
France. Italy. Austria Hungary. Por-
tugal, China, Siam. Persia, Japan. the
Netherlands. Russia and probably Tur-
key.
The work OF the conference VIII foi-
low along lines suggested by the In
formation Opium commission which
met last year at Shanghai. on the In
yitation OF this country. The hgnt
against the p~romiscuous use OF the
drug and other narcotics which hsure
in international trade will be made oy
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
INDIANA HAPPENINGS
Ncwsy Notes of Interest from the Capital
and All Around the State.


The advisory committee of the In
diana Electric Light association. which
closed It's two days meeting at Indian
apolis. was authorized to decide
Wiener the Z ISOLATION should co
operate with other public utilities or
CARNATIONS In seeking TO have enacted
a law at the next session OF the legis-
lature. creating a public utilities com
mission. Sentiment throughout the
meeting of the association was In IA
yor of the commission. but IT was
feared IL the association introduced a
bill OF its own, the public might mis-
construe the act. The committee prob
ably will lend It's support to any meas
ure that embodies principles which the
electric light men find will tend to
conserve their interests. The advisory
COMMITTEES a given full power to
act.
Municipal ownership in Indiana was
denounced as q failure in a paper
read by Il. A. McGregor OF the Con
nersville Light, Heat and Power com
pany. The burden OF his remarks was
hat there never would have been a
demand for municipal ownership had
not some central station companies
having no competition, undertaken to
override the public will. Mr.. Nc
| Gregor said the central station com
panies have been taught a lesson
There Is 10 longer such a great tend
ency. he said. TO disregard the public
welfare. On the contrary. he declared
there is more Of a disposition TO d.
their duty by the public, realizing tina
the public lis boss OF the ranch In
speaker declared II has been den
onstrated hat municipality owne'
plants cannot be operated successful,
in competition with privately ownei
plants. as they are often involved j
politics and graft and cannot be cor
Quoted as cheaply. Many municipal
ties, he said. are o. trying to di'
pose OF their plants.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

THE increased attention which the
suffrage cause Is attracting IN
Washington has astonished the Old
timers whose remembrance OF the
small body OF women who called upon
the Committee on Privileges ana
Elections at the converting OF VERY
new congress Is the last impression
OF a few plucky women leading a ues
perately forlorn hope.
Time was when the woman VINO
had suffrage leanings was afraid 70
avow them in Washington. and when
I, was thought exceedingly courageous
:, such well known society leaders
~ Mrs. John n. Henderson and Mrs.
Sonn r. Mclean to entertain Miss
susan B. Anthony. the most famous
anostle Of the cause OF woman's
rights. Belief in the right Of women
- the ballot was supposed to imply
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Columbus.-Andrew Hawkins. TWEEN
ty-two years old, a deserter from
the regular army, was arrested
here and taken to Fort Benjamin Har-
rison. where he was turned over 10
the military authorities. Hawkins.
who enlisted In the army at ~lndianapo-
lis a few months go. deserted In
Rhode Island and went TO Brown coun-
ty. but later ne came here and took
employment in the Mooney tannery.
Charles Sipes OF Brown county discov-
cred the deserter. and 1t was he who
took him to Fort Benjamin Harrison
to claim the reward.
Columbus-John X. Shelton, seventy
years old, and Mrs. Arinda
Dim, sixty-three, were married by
Justice Kinney in the county clerks
office. The couple were married on
the same day of the week. at the same
hour. by the same justice OF the peace
and I'm the same place as were David
Fisher, seventy years old, and Mrs.
Eliza Roberts. s~ixty-three. who were
married and lived together but "a
hours.
Brookville. Charlie Wells, an
aeronaut, while starting a balloon
fight at the street carnival. plunged
headlong 20 feet when his parachute
broke loose. His partner. Arthur WI
liams. ran under him and broke his
fall by attempting TO catch him. Wells
wrist was ~dislocated and he was In
iured internally, while Williams II
badly bruised and sprained. Both are
experienced balloonists from Cincin
natl. o.
Richmond.-The engine and tend
er on a west-bound local freigh
train were wrecked at Greens Fork
and fell a distance OF about ffteei
feet down an embankment. The eng
/ neer and fireman saved their lives. es
GAPING without injury. by jumping.
Kokomo-Spurred TO activity b
the foul condition of Wild Ca
creek. which is said TO be tn
& breeding ground for thousands OF mos
o%uitoes. and In obedience 10 the d.
/ mand OF residents near the stream
r headed by Simon B. Stern, a prom
= nent citizen. the board Of works ha
decided TO try the virtues Of mosquit
d oil. many barrels OF which will
a poured into the offending stream
the hope OF giving relief.
5 Bedford.-Members Of the Roc
e family have offered a reward
l. 500 for the arrest Of a man seen
Peerless with a gun, who is suspect'
D. OF being the murderer Of Philip Roc
n He Is believed TO be an Italian name
m Nick Pelloni. B~ioodhounds were p
D. on the trail. but the man hunt vi
4. stopped at night Lecause of the re
for the lives of members Of the hui
II ing party. Citizens criticize the cou
h " commissioners for not Offering a
ID ward for the arrest Of the man Al
IN are soliciting a fund to assist In I
search for the fugitive.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
HARP0ON WINS BOAT RACE
American Yachts Finish Ahead of the
SpanIards in Third Of Sender Sc
ries of M~arblehead.

Marblehead, Mass. Aug. 20.-The
Harpoon, owned by c. F. Adams, H..
won the third Spanish-American SON.
der yacht race on here. The Beaver
was 2Ib minutes behind, and the Gina
Az minutes. all three American boats
being we'll ahead OF the Spaniards.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

II. s. jackson. chairman OF the DEM
ocratic state committee, and Myron
King, secretary of the committee.
called on Samuel Gompers and pre-
sentcd him an invitation TO come to
Indiana next fall and make Democratic
speeches. Mr.. Gompers told them he
intended to make some speeches in In
diana on behalf OF labor candidates,
but that he would not come here un
der the auspices OF any political party.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02
SPARKS FROM LIVE WIRES

officials Of Denver. Col. declare mat
health-seekers are largely responsible
for the high suicide record In that
city.
Late reports from the province OF
Baridelle Puglie, In Italy. show tnat %
persons have died from cholera Since
the outbreak some time ago.
Adam J. Swope OF Kokoma. ont, Is
a new claimant TO part OF b estate OF
Col. Thomas ii. Swope, the
independence (.fo.) millionaire.
Deputy Sheriff Fred Reiske OF
Granite City, ILL.,, shot and killed
Samuel Morgan by mistake and mar
rowly escaped violence from a mob.
In a collision OF Pennsylvania freight
trai. at Plymouth. Ind, the tracks OF
the Pennsylvania, Vandalia and Lake
Erie d Western railroads were blocked
by the debris of 80 cars.
Governors or their representatives
from nine intermountain states met al
Salt Lake City TO outline plans where
by the rights Of these states to tneir
natural may be preserved.
II is believed that the X. j. Reynolds
Toba eco company OF Winston-Saiem'
n. c.. has bought all or nearly all the
1909 pooled crop OF the Burley Tobac-
co society. amounting to l2O.OOO.OVo
pounds.
The marriage of the baroness
Vaughan, widow of King Leopold OF
Belgium, to Emmanuel Durieux. took
place at A%rronville. France, near Bal
lin court, the residence OF the bar
oness.
Counsel in London. England. repre-
sentIng Dr.. II. II. Crippen, who is ac-
cused OF wife murder, has begun con-
tempt proceedings against the London
Chronicle because of certain alleged
Objectionable statements
Insanity, due 10 cigarette smoking.
was assigned by a coroner's jury in
Washington, d.. c., yesterday as the
u of William J. Carvefs having
dashed his eleven-months-old baby
against the wall, killing it,
Theodore Roosevelt will deliver an
address ugust 81 at the dedication on
John Brown park on the site OF the
battle OF Osawatomie. which was
bought for The stat, OF Kansas by the
Woman's Relief corps of the G. A. X
Standard OH Declares Dividend.
New York, Aug. 17.-Directors Of
! the STANDARD OIL company declared I
: regular quarterly dividend Of six dol
I lars a share on its one million shares
4 John d. Rockefeller's portion OF thii
plum was s1.62O. 900.
: Scott Bond, an old-fashioned Arkan
: sas darby. stood up in the secon'
. days session of the Negro Bushes
Mems league in New York city ant
vowed that he wouldn't change place
with Theodore Roosevelt. He is sal
|, TO be worth about s4.000.000
A Cherry Q1l.) widow has accuse
Joseph G.. Nicholl, a representative c
the Italian consul Of Chicago. wit
t~reachery. and declared in court tina
the first money she gets from he
= husbands estate she will use TO bu
a revolver with which to kill ID
man.
y The four-year-old daughter OF Mr.
4, Theodore Lewis was killed, Mr.
Lewis injured. Mrs. Clarence Mamie
"A received a broken arm and Mr.
Charles Johnson and the chauffet
escaped unhurt when the automobi
in which they were riding struck
telephone pole and was overturned
IA Kenton. o.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1910-09-02

New York. Aug. ls.-Albert Spies.
owner and publisher OF the Foundry
News, a trade paper. and formerly
editor OF Casters Magazine. is dead
ut his home in Jersey City. from an
overdose of morphine. He was forty
eight years old