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THE SOUTHERN
OLD POLITICIAN and Younfc
Reformer No. 2 held a short
aesHlnn last evening. "It Is
Sull," remarked the veteran, "the dying
fear is ^olng without a struggle. Sen-
ator W. C. McKamy waa in the city
to-day and I found him 'bunched' with
Colonel Dowser and Curtis Hancock,
ft was Just a friendly cull, u Watch-
night, so
Hancock
surprise
growing
on the bloc!
Df Senator Al
k'ers, not the
custom of my
In public with a
lies. Now the
My young friend
dy to spring a
solniiH. He is
whisktyt
eminds one
the whis-
een the
o appear
of brls-
has him
rolng "und he's u sight. I told him
10. 'Well,' said he. 'there is method In
my madness. 1 tried brains 011 the
Twenty-eighth legislature; I am going
io try whiskers on the Twenty-ninth.'
I've known men who pitted brans
igalnst brains and won In a canter, but
I am not so certain about hair win-
ning. Peffer of Kansas wore the long-
est whiskers In the Vnite.1 States sen-
ite. mad* the longest and prngest
ipeeohes and always put the janitors
to "Sleep. And .lust think what ha.p-
ened to Samson, who was long on
>alr. Senator McKainy will g<> to Aus-
Fe. tfirou.ih MK Blddle. it* freight tnf- i **•/> /^TTHT A TT
fl< maiffcei', had charged the Col >rado! Ill ( I 11* I All
Fuel company 91.10 a ton for coal! * V VUi\ I Allrf
transportation from Trinidad, Colo., to
iJCfnln?, N. M.. or 91.15 less than the
rate named In the tariff (lied with th^
commission.
provides that it !<hall be sufficient for Mr- K'l>>< y made a statement to-day
the proponed amendment to receive the a"d «ay :
votes of a majority of those voting many and such distorted state-
upon the jjubjeit. to Insure? Its ad op- ' ""« • h ive I, en published as to the
ticn. while the new constitution ex- ! e,.,f before two members of
pllcllly says thai an amendment must ' • t «to cninmercB commission
receive 'u majority of the vo(h cast' v',U:"'ln company Is charged with
before It shall be proclaimed adopted. "hort rebates to the Colorado
Under familiar rules or cotml ruction. ' u,! Iron company that It ir, oroiJ-
the change in the language of ih • con- " l,lut# 1 "hould nwke a simple state-
stltutlon makes It plain that it .vas I"""1 "f '• H" that the ,nav "ot
the Intention of the framors of the n j p* H'fJurod by the public, as it scorns
Instrument to require a majority of all ? ,1!!v? '"V". ,,y 0,10 !,nK!"her at ,0:JHt of
the votes cast at nn election to anu-nd '!'<J11e to'T," !, on' ,
the constitution. This, i! s' wms to inc. Atchison, lopekaand Santa J*e
Is apparent not only from .the language << mpany has not In this c.iho been
of the constitution Itself, but from the violating the spirit and Intent
reasons that should control in the for- | "f'he interstate commerce law. 1 don't
mailon of an Instrument, as important | """{f " ev'en been guilty ot a tech-
ns a constitution. The ten<lency of vot- l a violation, thonch this is a mat-
■ ler f<ir adjudication bv the lesal minds.
"There Is no pro vision of the law
which requires that divisions of
through rates with other railroads sh.ill
bo ft lei with' the interstate commerce
RT.
e
tin on the 9th of January and Messrs. I lerity of all lh votes cast at the elee-
f-m • *. . ... . . . Ilr. I.. 1 1 1 t
ers is always to refuse to vote upon
subjects with which they tire unac-
qnainted. and It Is certainly mos! con-
sistent with the public welfare* to re-
quire an affirmative vrte of a rnalorltv
of all the electors voting to work a
constitutional revolution.
"This question ban not come before
our own supreme court, but the Identi-
cal question whs decided bv the Mis-
sissippi supreme court In 1300. and
that court. In nn able opinion In the
case of Stale ex. rel McClurg vs. 1'ow-
ell. reported In book 48. Lawyers' Re-
ports. Annotated, construed language
almost identical with the terms of out-
own consl I tut ton to require that n ina-
THE ACREAGE
Cotton Men Held Important Meet-
ing in Dallas.
MEASURES ADOPTED
Twenty-F.v* Per Cent Reduction in
Acreage is Contcmp'ated—Re-
solutions Adopted.
J. H. CONNELL,
President Texas farmers' Contra*
CiEO N. ALDfUDGK,
President Texas Cotton Convention.
Six hundred acres In tbe heart of
the fruit growing district of Cass
county is now the property of a cor-
poration composed of members of the
local exchange of the Southwestern
Telegraph nnd Telephone company.
Manager J. E. Furnsworth, as soon
as the charter Is Hecured, will be
president of the company and F. E.
Uedlow will be secretary and treasur-
er. The assaciatipn at tfce present time
contains about twelve members, and
but few aha res of stock remain that
have not been subscribed for. The
new concern will be known as the Cass
Land company, und its purpose is jto
cultivate the l*md in question and
share In the proceeds to the extent
of each individual holding of stock.
The property is situated between
Dalngerfield and Jefferson, near the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Hallway,
And the chief industry of the company
will be the raising of vegetables and
fruit.".
This year about 100 acres will be
placed in cultivation and the remain
Dowser and Hancock will make the
trip to Austin on their automobiles.
Hon. Thomas B. Love, it Is said, will
tlon were neccsHurv in order to adopt
proposed amendments lo the constitu-
tion of that state. This opinion elt'jx
. . ^ here was an Important meeting of! '"K 500 wil be planted as soon as It Is
coinmlMsiou nor Is It. customary to do ! '■'Otton men at the Oriental hotel yes- i possible. Practically all of the prop-
There is no provision nor has the \ 'erday afternoon made up of the cxe- 1 e''ly is clear of timber and is said to
be among the best in East Texas.
Secretary Jfediow stated lust night
that it was the purpose of the com-
pany to apply for a charter right away.
From a member of the newly or-
ganized association ir was learned las>t
;«o. , .. __
commission ever claimed the sum we f'u"VB committees of the National Cut-
expect as a proportion of a through ' ton association and the National Kai-
from the Colorado fields to points " "" ""
rate
on tlte Kl I'aso end Southwestern road
| should be the same as'our rate to the
Junction with that road, nor Is there
any reason, legal, commercial or ethical,
why these rales should be the same.
Indeed, the courts have held there may
well be a difference.
"The arrangement which Is under <]ls-
cusslon was made with the 10! Paso and
Not th western for its own benefit and
not discriminated against in any cor-
poration in the coal business. Neither
leave for the state capital on the 7th.jthe lending authorities upon th" sub- ! c< ,,7nanv or.'inv of its 'omTerB'ar^ Ti'i I I"11 !i l" be hold in each coun-
lect. nnd thev are almost uniform In ,7, y T- y in er 'suVl flnancd v ot' other- V \h" '""""-growing states and
support of the rules of construction in III ™ w"2!y 1I l^.torlM .to. ta held on Wednesda
adopted by the Mississippi court.
■net's union, with representatives from
the Texas Farmers' congress mid the
J exits Cotton convention.
I lie purpose of the meeting was to ,
adopt certain resolutions affecting the I "'K"1 that the chief object of the en-
greutest industry' of the south and ' tt'rPI'se 'H to afford .a lucrative invest-
,.1,1..!, ...... « ment for the savings of the employes
of the company, it will cost each in-
dividual about $10 per month to pay
for his stock, and it Is expected that
dividends will begin with this season's
crop.
Manager Farn^worth stated last
night that he was so in favor fit the
which are given in full below:
Probably the action of greatest itn-
portante lies in a set of resolutions
adopted with the object of curtailing
the next year's acreage. To this end
It was resolved that eacli vlce-prosi-
dent of the Matioiiitt Cotton adociation
It, is my opinion that charter arneud-
itents will be permitted to slumber
Tor a long spell after reaching Aux-
in."
After tossing off a ItiKhbill. war-
ranted to be non-explosive. Old Politi-
cian remarked: "My friend Senter is a
lawyer as well as a newspaper man.
He thinks with his brain and so I h ind
bis opinion up to Governor Luuh nn
nnd the wise men at Austin."
♦ ♦
Bill B. Cook's Blast.
After advising Young Heformer No.
Amendments Void.
"Governor Lanham mttde haste to
leclare constitutional amendments In
force," snld <Jld Politician, "but there
re otheis, E. G. Senter doesn't hesitate
to say that the amendments failed to
carry. Speaking of the amendments
this morning Mr. Senter said:
"I do not helleve thut either of the
(onstltutloiml amendments at the lite
election has been constitutionally
adopted or that a law could be based
upon either of them which would have
any force or.validity The total num-
ber of votes cast at the election was
about 27&.00; 60,003 votes were cast
for the bond amendment and &0.373
Against It; #0,042 votes were cast for
the pension amendment, and iL',035
against it; 70,066 votes wtjre cast fov
the state bank amendment and 54.100
against It. Thus it appears that neith-
er of the amendments received one-
third of the iotal vote cast tit the elec-
tion. They were so vaguely described
upon the olllclul bnllot thut the people
did not'understand them, and hence a
large majority of the people did notjyou. The rank and tile of I
vote at all upon the amendments. Pallas ure not agitating tltelr minds
"The constitutional provision for the over the question of initiative and re-
submission of amendments Is as ful* erertdutn, municit* I ownership, coin-
lows: 'It shall be the duty of the sev- mission squabble, but are tending
era] returning offlrera of said election strictly lo the question of wages and
to open a poll for. and make returns to hr.urs, trying to keep the former on an
tltn secretary of state of the number of equal plane with the cost of living,
legal votes cast at the said election for i'1'he employer pays the taxes out of his
nnd against said amendment, und If -* 'u~
George N-
Texas Cot-
wise In the Colorado Fuel and Iron ! j.1M,1 1<)(tr • .1 1 ,,e
company or its operations or in any i jor tho ourriose n'r a. in.,
other coal company, and this statement I n„n ,0 this end porfcct"lsf <"-ganlza-
In,dudes Mr. Morton, who Is not now j K. S- Peters.' president of the Ma-
tin officer of the coniourlf, but was at | tlon .l Cotton association, presided and
he time this statement was made. We Oswald Wilson of Fort Worth acted as
have broken no law and Have nothing secretary. Among those present at
to apologize for. The interstate com-: the -meeting were: M. C Murray prcs-
tnercp commission has permitted Its df j tent of the NaticmJ Farmers' union
It I e used is u cat's paw in furtherance J. n. Connell, president or the Texas
of a suit (or damages instituted by a Farmers' congress, and
ecu I company which is located In a , Aldrid?e, president of the
2 to MV his I,oil tax Dl.l Politician totally different section of the country , ton convention.
branched off Into u discussloik of or-"in ;""J wh,,"h 1,11:1 ',ce" neither discrimi- | Oswald Wilson, secretary of the Na-
ir.ed labor and organized labor leaders. !,U'L"1 0,1 wlllth the complaint ; tional Cotteri association, submitted a
"Mv advice tn worklncmrn list wee'e I'8 1 °^' lesolutlon which was adopted by tits
nnnears to h-^ve stirred up i hornet's "T,li« s"'t has been brought in New meeting. In effect it aims to have
nest. The flrVdulv of a workliigman lh'? v UII,'!J ;."ul congress provide for the compilatioi
Ih to pay his poll lax. His next duty 1/'u,iy)lt" lr* 8"ch f"1' °1r,1Us "erlt" ^
Is to educate his brain and lastlv to ['.'E* l,,e .s"lect1eU by Ul" D'iJ' "
cast his ballot for clean, courageous I ' 1 would heem. houejet. th.it the
nnd Just men who offer for office. 1 am coal company Is making the effort to
a toller, a bread-winner, and I am ! ,lt3 ,:ise bsfore ll,e commission and
proud of It. but hfivm't nnv uHtlence ,.V, ewsiiaper .
with men who whine about their rtehts ; onttary to Its usual practice a
and then refuse to pay poll tax auJ j copy of the order of the comujission dl-
vi to to protect their own Interest ', liy | "H pat'nation of the case in
the way. Hill H. (,'ook sent tile the fol- I Paso, Texas, was not mailed or sent
lowing Christmas sift via the United I lo officers of tlte right company and
States mull mute: ! lhe>' dilt not know of its scope until
old Politician: Just a
of more authentic statistics showing
the consumption of r.iw cotton and the
demand for manufactured goods. The
resolution nlso states that these latter
are of as much importance as accu-
rate Information on production of the
staple.
A recommendation that all owners
of cotton who can do s-o attend the
meeting of the. National Cotton associ-
ation In New Orleans, .lunuuty I'l to
2G, was adopted- '1 lie nieisure was
word to they appeared before the company in presented by Ci- II Jenkins.
abor in that city. i, 1 he resolution tor the called me t-
lr iiilnda "Neither was the Investigation and i J" each cotton growing county is
more than one be proposed, then the
number of votes cast wTr and .uguiust
eriCh of them: and if It shall appear
frogm wwl^return-4hat a majority of t^ic
votfes wist KaVe been cast in l'nvor bf
any amendment, the said amendment
ao: receiving a majority of the votes
casf shall become a pait of ibis consti-
tution and proclamation shall be tnad<^
by the governor thereof.'
"The constitution of 1889 contains
tbla provision on the same suiiject:
profits and pot out of the w.isres of the
workman. Hence is not troubled about
the tax question. The poll lax is it ilxed
qn.'Mitlty that all voters >mV alike, henfcp
wc an; luterei.tcil. Hut there Is a row
In Dallas labor circles. At the 'ma.fi
meeting' severah Sundays past about
twenty-five 'massed' to hear several
'hot air merchants' explain how It
rould not be done. The applause could
easily be heard In the next room. We
have several 'leaders- who have made
futile efforts to climb into the b.md
hearing conducted because of any sne-
c.lllc complaint of Injurious discrimina-
tion In rates but because of a general
rumor, but It Is claimed to huve heard
that the coal rates in this territory
were 'out of line.'
"One morninjj paper quotes a mem-
ber of the Interstate commission as
saylits In all his experience he has
never seen such bare-faced disregard
of*la\v ha is manifested In this cas\
This' statement Is made to the public
irniiieijiately after tho close of tiic herr-
ing arid III the face of the fact that it
In full as follows:
Whereas, A~red'!ction of the cotton
acreage fcr Hie year litrSkls deaiandad
for ti:e Interest of fie cotton Industry;
therefore, ba It resolved: Flrrt that
each vice president of the National
I
Lg« ■ ■■ m 9WW9WW m Ml %niMrW3 0f
to study tbe following truthful facts: ®<*stiarjr for jrou
THINK ABOUT THIS! te-s
motamot more (bau «5o.oooramiiiM ATinv^.
th* world. Do you know It'* u.*d daily !>r ^a cblTdreT ln.Hu
*f£Sa' ■ulT<'rt«,« mm ^fortb*b*[larturnl of th3rh«ui1
iSK2jFB0Tfhat.',!J"' wWMW-hoaMt whUtarj -otd tlm« mu iltod
whfukav nroducnl her® Jm our own beloved Southland-Is (he imu
ih . Wehaee rigbi hy. «,e Mountain.of Xmh
HANDMADE
SWEET MASH
IOMROIfl
CfflffRP'STtUfp
PMENOmHaMA
^WHISKEY-®
idea that he not only consented to act
as president, but also invested In the
enterprise.
Carolina the l.ir|ut Mull Order H'kUkey lloiuc latheVi'.rUL
ou' • rt°nr «"> Proof bulldiuK i-.iverln« one entlre
- btosk-andlutbutnot leaet—wcLave a capital of MLT MIL-
[ DMIXAlta,
-V •"••Id of inrtr Money, we are proud toannonnre, that tadar
^0laUtV¥y,!.lu* "'""'"'y held In thle wvUon of fk.rW.CaK
k!aT* d*cWi,) • thwart unreliable competlton b> o.Terlnir
V,f °"110 Y'"r ?" "•■<> Made kwmu,^
w htakejr at t he Mlnhf reaaeaahle prtreai
IO FOIL QUARTS SS.SO; SO FULL Q1TAKT8 *10.00
40 FUU QUA ItTS •tiO.OO. lOO FVUQVART8 •SW.OO
111 Cmrgti PrtpiM. tklfpH l( Plato leu* with M Rirtii.
Oar bottlM raiMure sx ouna* and are full rjuarU. Buy nothJ||
mvh, apiwuvn wuu MvcniN «uu ootues ana iblp plnti or ihoifc
ineaaure qaarU. If «• ware of th«aa. Wa are an old established concert
and refer by imrmlsKlon to ivoples National Banker Win ton-Haleni.
K C. jand Piedmont Bavlnga Bank, tho Largeat C'ayltallaed avlsga
«fer
v..ana neumo
Haak In our city.
L*"l' y* Ktfir.w cimWj •llbtrln. t«f n. Inula, Iwto Mi or |$$ortil
A« Ions uayau live ne other reliable Mrm aay where will e%er
wWake* at ake.e ■■area. We vkh fa
I 1W.IWO aeir i-nateatera to our list at once and can
————— afford to be liberal. To avoid delay aend
full amount with order4as we do not ship
C. O. I).) and address plainly -
Tbe Casper Co., Inc., 7.^7;^
OMm. aad WarebeaM. tlba I'aaptr Balldla(,
Urfcit nud Leweat I'rtecd Mall
Ordtr Wktekey H.aw,
COUPON 2227
Vet your friends to club
with yen
Cut this out and return
it. If you tend us a tlO.00
order we win include
• full qu
— or If order
#90.00 we will
E three fu
oldwhldke
• .uI*v.n<.u<iorderw«wWi
send FKKElifulliiuarts
lft year old whiskey,
whiskey-
amounts to
send FHKK three full
quarts lnyaaroldwhldkey,
or forat-' 0.0uorderwe will
IV The above liberal offer made by The
C^spei1 Co., Inc., may not appear again.
We urge subscribers to send their order
In at once and do not fall to mention this
paiier—Editor•
WILL SEEK
KNOWLEDGE
Prof. Alwater Plans Trip to Old
Mexxo.
Houston, Dec. 31.—Prof. II. P. Att-
wuter has arranged to accompany the
Southern Pacific mid-winter tenting
and horseback trip to West Texas and
Mexico, which stmts the midille of
January. Prof. Attwater Roes to con-
duct a nclentiflc research in the miner-
al and vegetable kingdoms. He wi'l be
equipped with all required implements
and instruments to pursue extensive]
investigation!". The party will be strict-
ly a cosmopolitan one. There will be
two famous doctors along, to study cli-
matic conditions, they being Or. J. Jo-
seph Kindred, ptes!dent cf the Astoria
Ijong Island Sanitarium, and Dr. J.
Warren Achorn of Trinity Place. IJos-
ton. A number cf wealthy New York-
ers will go In fiuest of health: others
Cotton association cull n meeting to ■ will devote their time hunting gam',
be held in the county seat of each conn-"!there will be at least one literary se-
ty In tho cotton crowing slates and j n'UB i:i the party who will do the de-
terrltorl'es on \V" !n,'s lay, .Tan-niry 11, setIptive work for numerous magasslncB.
1!l05,'nl in o'clock it. til., for tlie pur-
pow of perfecting organization to re-
the cotton acreage for 1905, and
that all producers of cotton, whelln.-r
as lan'l owners or tenants, be requt-st
was fullv demonstrated at that hen- ,,,| tn attend s-iid meeting;'second, th it
ing that there had been at least no s.,j | meetings elect a county president,
violation of the spirit of the law and secretary and one vice president I'or
th.it nobody had been lniured. Hut i mich voting or school preefiiet in tile
however t'.ils may be. and admitting | <c: ntv and delega*r>s lo the IntPi'! t :te
that there may be an honest difference Ot ton convention, to ! e held at New
•Prc j of onlnion. what is to be said of the Orleans, La., oa January 4th to 2tit:i.
'And If thereupon It shall appear that wagon, but haw fall.-n down and w
tlon ratify the same tiniendments by
yeas and nays/they shall be valid to all
Intents -and purposes as par.t of this
constitution;' * This Is substantially a
copy of the provision for amendments,
as it appear* in each of the preceding
stata conventions.
"It Will be observed by comparison
Uia£- tire old constitution specifically
example
luniite etiouch to laud in tho band wag-
on. The gentlemen have put on a ro
tundlty
bor
be changed
where
Bavldpt.
the same. HlLli B. Cl>OK
the non judicial tm;l pnt'lisati charac- j convention elect a committee or thivo
ler pt the present cotntnlsslon and its 1 on aii-. nire and membership; tlfl.h, that
itso an artist who wl'.l make pictures
.of landscapes ijjil the campers!
This party is to be led !>y Col. John
T. Patrick and Col. Anderson, general
passenger agent, will make the start
with the party, being out a week or so,
and then return. The governor of Chi-
hulhua has notified Cel. Anderson th-.t
he will meet the party when It Invades
Mexico and spend some time with it.
As!di from this main party others
are being arranged which will travel
j over the same country but under dif-
i ferert leadership More than a thous-
i and letters have been received from
I people Interested, some asking terms
and others for permission to join.
Ho unexpectedly popular has the
journey become that thf> passenger offi-
cials of the Southern Pacific are con-
TWO HIGH
UNDER
OFFICIALS
INDICTMENT
Portland, Ore.. Dec. 31.—The climax of the Oregon '-md fraud sensation
eame this evening when United Stales Senator John Mitchell and Congress-
man Blnger Hermani), former United States land commissioner, were ln-v
dieted by the United Slates grand Jury on charges of complicity with the
men convicted at tho recent trial of rabbins the government. It Is gen-
erally understood that these statesmen were In the grand jury room, and
they were closely questioned by the special prosecutor, and It Is stated
on good authority that Mitchell lost his tempef more than once and made
such admissions s weighed heavily against him-
The Indictment charges that MHtcheli
and Herman assisted those convicted
at the recent trial to receive favor at
the land office by which they were able
to carry ouT their plans to rob the
government of valuable lands. Messrs-
Mitchell nnd Herr.mann both refused
•n the plea of public business to ap-
pear as witnesses ^n the. recent trial
when the grand Jury began Its' Inves-
tigation. but both - hastened here with
loud protestations of innocence.
Tho Investigation of th* Oregon land
frauds has been In progress for the last
two years by sjfecial agents of the na-
tional department of the Interior and
the probing developed frauds Involv-
- In* wealthy irten. officials of the land
office of the state and others of In-
terests of vast amounts. The_ In-
vestigation by the grand jury Is still In
progress, and It Is almost beyond ques-
tion that, there will soon be further
Mnaatlonal developments-
Secretary Mitohoook's Comment.
Washington, Dec. 31.—Secretary
Hithcock received the news of the In-
fllctment of Senator Mitchell and Rep-
resentative Blnfter Herman late this
afternoon, in a private message from
charge of dM land frauds Investigation
tn Oregon and who la now assisting
the department of justice In gathering
for the pending prosecu-
nt «f Senator Mitchell
re Herman in no way
with respect to
Ortgon or the attl-
ment of tho interior
Mr. Hltcfccock
In the hand* of
the deKirtirfeut of justice. We will
simply render es'ery assistance possi-
ble In proving those whom we believe
guilty.
"Every one against whom we car
obtain evidence will ht> prosecuted
whether of high or low degree. Public
position will not stand In the way of
public justice, and the highest will
have tO stand with the humblest if
investigation connects them with these
frauds."
When asked if he felt gr.atilled at the
finding of the Federal grand Jury In
Oregon, *Mr. Hitchcock said he had
nothing further to say. that his only
Interest was In the prosecution of those
who had been guilty of criminal op-
erations In public land transactions.
THE REBATES
ARE DISCUSSED
He la Alroady Busy Greasing Up tlio
Legislative Wheels.
Washington* Dec. 31.—Speaker Can-
non 1ms returned to the city and la al-
roady greasing up the legislative
of the navy hut believes
afhount can be reduced.
that tills
nS*' w
'Chicago, Deo. SI.—President E. P.
Ripley of the.Santa Fe Railway com-
pany Is greatly worked up over certain
remarks mftde by a member of the In-
terstate commerce clmmlsslon deroga-
tory to the management of the Santa
Fe in the so-called "rebate" of Colo-
rado Fuel and Iron company amount-
ins to a discrimination of about $1000
per day.
- The revelation of this aliased secret
rebate had come about In the course of
a hearing two weeks ago In the caae
of the Caledonian Coal company before
the Interstate commerce commission.
The specific chars*
MR. THOMAS' CONDITION.
For a Time Yosterday It Was Very
Grave.
Chicago. i>>c. 31.—Theodore Thom-
n?. the well known leader of the Chl-
cn>;o Orchestra, who wus stricken with
pneumonia two days ago, following an
attack of lagrlppe. Is said to be rcst-
ng quietly at 11:30 p. m. His condi-
tion for a time today was grave und
oxide was administered. This evening
Mr. Thomas lias breathed with ease
c&n and suffered le^n pain than during the
day. Dr. Ely said he would remain
with his patient all night to be pre-
pated for any possible uluinge. Tho
doctor added that despite Mr. Tltom-
n" age sixty-eight years, he was of
such robust build as to give great hope
that he will pull through safely. Mr.
Thomas' Illness first manifested Itself
in a severe cold contracted while at-
tending to the many details of finishing
I he new orchestra hall and Its dedica-
tory exercises.
Out of Dangen
Hlllsboro, Tex.. Dec. 81.—It Is re-
ported that Alf Cogsdell or Covington,
who was seriously cut In a difficulty
Christmas night, Is now out of danger
nnd will rtcover. Dr. R. A. Wil-
liamson and two sons were today
placed under bonds of 9500 to await
the Investfgatlon of the grand jury in
the case. _
Smallpox in Oraysem
Sherman, Tex., Dec. 31.—County
Physician Jonea wm called to the
Cherry Mound community by a report
that smallpox had broken out there.
On his return he was seen by the re-
porter this mornlns and stated that
the patient* were found aufferins from
a skin troublo. but not from smallpox.
He also stated that tho seven! cases
found In the Everheart community,
between Whltewright and Bella arq
now on tho toad to recovery juid ""
there would hot likely ho a forth
three"Cam!Uee si
wheels for the remaining two tnoul.is j wjJO wm ;,jrree reduce t'iclr acreage
of this session, ile has his \veit<ier| j-nr «- per rel1t or more, who shall
eye «u. the pile of the gold In the treas-j SjK|1 written statement jriving: tlu
ury and has startcrl in to s. e that the ; nf.reage planted by tiiem la?t year and
several appropriation bills are pared j tho pcr cent (hnt lht,y n,.e wml„s to
down to a common-sense ha sis. The j decrease their acreage for 1905; aev-
navtil bill estimated to, carry $1 >4.0.t0,- , ,.,-,11, ,,jj members who sign tills ugree-
000 at the Itvist, is the one giving '.motit, who do not voluntarily sign the
Speaker canton the most concern. I le i statement provided for in resolution
does not want to hainpei .thn growth No. f srln„ nl a wllUeii statement
nr IIia lull l,.>ll.,a*A.. I li,. I I I. I .. * . .
with the committee on acreage, stat-
ing the acreage planted by tiiem last
year and what they think should be
their fair decrease for 1905 on the bas-
is of a. general average of 25 per uein
decrease and they may give their rea-
sons therefor In wilting, or they may
state them to said committee.011 acre-
age; eighth, said committee on acre-
age and mebershlp shall, on Monday
aud Tuesday. January 16th and 17th,
visit all cotton growers In their pre-
cinct. who do not attend said precinct
meetings, and request them to sign
these resolutions and furnish state-
ments provided for In resolutions Noa.
fi and 7, and take the names and ad •
dresses of all cotton growers In their
precincts who fall or refuse to sign
these resolutions and "furnish siid
statements, together wllh the number
of acres of cotton planted by them in
1904 and the number of acre>« that they
expect to plant in 1905. Said com-
mittee shall mall a Written report of
the work done by them to Oswald Wil-
son," national secretary. Fort Worth,
Tex-, oif Wednesday. January 18, 1903;
ninth, when such Interstate meeting is
held. If It shall be made to appear by
reports to the national sacretary that
75 per cent of the cotton growers In
the United States are obliged by def-
inite written pledges to reduce the
acreage of cotton for the year 1905 at
least 25 per cent, these obligations
herein set out shall be binding upon
the signers hereto; otherwise said ob-
ligations to bo null and void nnd of
no further force and effect; tenth, we
ask tho co-operation of all business
men and newspapers In the south In
immediately pufillshlns these resolu-
tlons'and give their additional support
to this movement, and we request all
commercial cubs and business men's
organisations In the south to meet at
onoe and sive this association their In-
dorsement and moral support; elev-
enth. we request every probate judge
In the south to at once issue a call
urging all totton growers to attend
said county. "Iheetlngs on January lltli
and precinct meetings on January 14th.
S. 8 PETERS,
President National Cotton Associa-
tion-
M. C. MURRAY,
National Farmers' Union-
Planted by us In 190." 25 per cent be- | P^rte of the United Slates, especially
low tlio nmount thnt wo planted in j from., the larger cities of the North.
1!)04. uni. ss permitted to plant more Detailed reports t>f the trip from time
... . .... .. .. . .. .... ,.... ! to tjn;o will be sent by the campers to
the papers and if the outins: proves all
that In expected it will doubtless create
a preit boom for the simple life in the
Invipornting altitudes of West Texas.
under the rules end regulations here-
inafter set out.", Sixth, the coijitnltte.-
on acrenKO shall oil I for volunteers.
spread; h*
yetis
are
T0F0RMULATE
A NEW TAX LAW
L'.gi-'jtcr w.II Intrcduce Resolution
for Joint Committee.
Austin, Tex., Dee. 31.—J. F. Onion,
a member of the Twenty-ninth legis-
lature, from San, Antonio, who Is here
on business, announced this afternoon
that upon the convening of the legis-
lature he would Introduce a Joint reso-
lution providing for the creation of a
committee composed of twenty-five
members, fifteen from the house and
ten from the senate, to meet Imme-
diately and formulate a brand new tax
law for Texas, one which will meet
all demands and exigencies, for the
support and maintenance of the gov-
ernment nnd also the present deficien-
cy. This, he says, is the only way to
dispatch the tax problem, as of many
bills Introduced on the subject, none
will be passed which will prove satis-
factory. _
FINAL ROUND.
Pennsylvania Succeeded in Landing the
College Trophy.
New York, Dec. 31.—The fourth and
final r'ound of the triangular college
league tournament was contested this
atfernoon when after a close finish J.
K. Johnson and H. M. B. Klrkpatrlck,
the two representatives of Pennsyl-
vania, succeeded in capturing the
trophy for their college with a final
total of five games won to three lost,
as against 4ft won to 814 lost, scored
by Cornell, previous holder of the cham-
pionship trophy. Brown finished last,
with two and a halt points.
The next tournament wlU be held
next December In this city.
Austin, Tex., "d5£.*31.—(Articles of
Incorporation weito Sled today In the
state department by the Soldiers of the
Pentecostal association,' headquarters
at San Antonio. This is quite a novel
organisation, as it provldas tor teach-
ing tho Christian religion anions sol-
diers of the United States army. This
la the first.tin*
' *
Patton Seminary j Conservatory
SELECT SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Number limited. Academic and Conservatory Degrees. Catalogue
gives full particulars. $10 TO RESERVE A ROOM. Next ses-
sion begins Sept. 15, 1904. *
A. S. LAIRD, President, Oak Cliff, Dallas, Texas.
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