The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1901 Page: 4 of 8
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The Bastrop Advertiser
WASH l NO TON LETTER.
JfFP'ft -HAUbof Huildlui Kmi Mftlti Plrwt
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Denials having been rendered
ridiculous by press dispatches
from Manila giving names and
details, War Department officials
kou r««i i iit« bmuvp. Ttiu, fom-oflim • I now confess that there have been
TH08. C. CAIN, [
Editor and Pro
priktor.
ieooud eia . Matter
Mtrol) l l, 1H63. \ol. 47.
Bastrop, Texas, April >7, 1901
Meridian, Mi**., has $1,289,-
500 invested in factories.
extensive frauds in the eominis-
** Wt have four children. With lh« first
thrre I iuffenrd almost unbearable pains from
12 to 14 hours, and had to be placed under
the inilucnce of chloroform. I used three
bottles of Mother's Friend before our Lut
... * t child came, which
sary branch of the army in i « a rong, fat and
Philippines, and announce with !• healthy boy, doing
flourish of honesty and virtue my hous* vork up
that an official investigation i,: io within two hours
. . , ... . . of birth, and suf-
ncw being made with a view M ,<ridbutiftvvhArd q
the exposure and punishment of This lini-/
all those who have been guilty of j ment is the grand-'
A Wife Says- ti WtffcVW ^
~ about"
Mississippi tax collections this
year exceed last year by Sv>l,0tK).
New Orleans Street Fair and
Spring Festival from May 0th to
10th.
Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland,
is the only woman ruler in the
world.
Gonzales voted to issue bonds
for roads and bridges, by a big
majority.
A tract of about 7,000 acres of
land fronting the Llano river, re-
cently sold for SI.75 per acre.
Congressman A. S. l'.urleson
and Insurance Commissioner
Jefferson Johnson are visiting
New York. j
About 200 discharged members
of the Thirty-third Volunteer In-
fantry, have returned to their
Texas homes.
More than a hundred compan-
ies haj/o been organized in Texas
in toss than six months, and the
good work still continues.
The West Point (Miss.) Female
College built a fine music: hall by
petty contributions on a basis of
two cents per capita per week.
The case of the State vs. Ed.
Larramore, charged with murder,
tried in the district court at Lock-
hart last week, resulted in a mis-
trial.
Much activity reported in the
mining district of Llano, and
heavy shipments of copper and
gold ore to the smelter will soon
begin.
The United States Supreme
Court decided that the war reven-
ue law imposing a tax upon ex-
port bills of lading, i.s unconsti-
tutional.
Notice is given that ex-slaves,
who accompanied tluir masters
during the Confederate war, are
invited !•> attend
Memphis.
the re-union at
Mrs. John Irley, near Spring
Palace, Tenn., recently gave
birth to four babies, each weigh-
ing four pounds, all living and
doing well.
Saturday night, when the east
bound night train on the Central,
was near Manor tht engineer dis-
covered a pile of ties on the track
and had difficulty in stopping the
train in time to prevent an acci-
dent.
The governor has discovered
another defective bill, which pro-
hibits Johnson grass from going
to seed on the right of way of
Texas railroads, does not bear
signature of the chief clerk of the
House,
A shortage of &S1.000 in the
First National Bank of Yancan-
der, Wash., caused C'has. Brown
and E. L. Canly, president and
cashier respectively, to commit
suicide. They both used the
same weapon.
A Milwaukie, Wis., Judge rules
"that the Scientists can no more
be held for practicing medicine
when their means of healing is
by prayer than can a minister
who prays at the bedside of the
sick and recieves there a fee
either directly or indirectly."
C'assius M. Clay is said to be
01 years old, and is yet able to
"kick up a row," when things
don't go to suit him. He still loves
his "child bride" notwithstand-
ing she deserted him, secured a
divorce and married another fel-
low. The General wanta to will
her all of his property, j
wrong-doing. This announce-
ment would have carried more
weight with the disinterested pub-
lic had it not been accompanied
by another saying that the eon-
duct of the investigation had
been placed in the hands of Ad-
juvant General Corbin. Gen.
Miles is commander of the army,
and as such should have dite tted
that investigation, and if the
truth and the whole truth, re-
gardless of whose toes might be
trod on, had been sought, it
est remedy c v
made."
Mother's
Friend
Sales, your Auction Sales,
3ost and Under Cost Sales,
season of the year the pal-
something light and dainty,
these demands a selection
libles should be made from
te stock of
will do for every woman what it did for the
Minnesota mother who writes the above let-
ter. Not to use it during pregnancy is a
mistake to be paid for in pain and suffering.
Mother's Friend equips the patient with a
strong body and clear intellect, which in
turn are imparted to the child. It relaxes
•he muades and allows them to expand. It
relieves morning sickness and nervousness,
[t puts all the organs concerncd in perfect
condition for the final hour, so that the actual
labor is short and practical'y painless. Dan-
ger of rising or hard breasts is altogether
avoided, and recovery is merely a matter oi
a few days.
Druggist! sell Mother'* Friend for $1 a tattle.
the investigation The Brad field Kcpubtor Co., Atlanta, ca.
would have beeiy hllowed to re-
main in his lnwrtds where it pro-
perly beh^nged—he had proven
his fearlessness in uncovering
iryViie embalmed beef cases. Hut
if the object of
be to whitewash the guilty offi-
cers who have republican politi-
cal pull, and to make scapegoats
of those who have not, the choice
of Uen. Corbin to direct it was
wise, lie has a record of politi-
cal partisanship never equaled by
any holder of a major general's
commission in the II. S. Army,
and there have been some radi-
cal partisans in the army, too,
while Gen Miles has never been
a partisan and is suspected of be-
lieving in democratic principles.
Major George B. Davis, one of
the officers said to be implicated
ih the frauds, is now in Washing
ton on sick leave. He has been
connected with the commisary
branch of the army for several
years, and was regarded as Uen.
Eagan's right-hand man when he
was Commissary General. Major
Ddvis was at the War Department
this week and was questioned by
Commissary General Weston, lie
denied the charges cabled from
Manila that the books of Evans
& Co. government contractors
twwiUB- r.n i
mnanai
Send I or our tree illustrated book.
said on the coming visit to Wash-
ington of a committee of the:
Cuban Constitutional Convention, j
"The Cubans do not apparently I
fully grasp their status. They
are not now a government. They
have no power to treat diplomat- j
ieally with the U.S. The pres-i
ent constitutional convention was ,
I called into being through our
agency. It only has power to
submit the U. S. for approval a
plan or constitution for a repres-
entative government. If we re-
ject it outright the existing sta-
tus continues. They can do
nothing. Hut if the modifications j
and conditions which we propose j
are accepted then they can pro-
ceed to organize a representative |
government. And until such a
government is organized the
troops of the U. S., in my opin- |
i m, cannot be completely with-
drawn. I am firmly convinced
that the convention, after it
showed that sums of money had hears the report of the coramis-
been paid to him and other offi- 9'<>n which it has sent he-e, will
cers; also that he had any know- the Piatt un:end nent. I
ledge of wrong-doing on the part believe that the members of the
of either officers or contractors, commission will learn much 01 .
and announced his willingness to va'ue to Cuba on their \ is-it here,
return to Manila at onc^ and as- and that sot-n after theii retain;
s>'st in the investigation. lie the constitutional' on\ent ion will
might be able to render valuable take favorable action.
assistance in the whitewashing. Every repubb^an President
Mayor Carter Harrison, of from Grant to McKinley has had
Chicago, whose third election I dreams of establishing a res pee-
that office has cauaed his name to table white republican party in
be more or less talked of ir. eon-1 the Sonth, but every effort to1
neetion with national politics, mak
•ing great inducements to Cash
would suggest that you drop in 4^
trial order, promising prompt Jl
service to every one. ^
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Is our established motto in the line ot - • - t
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Supplying Your Needs.
Free Delivery.
Bastrop, Texas.
Phone
PROFESSIONAL CARPS
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QRGAIN & MAYNAKD
Attorneys-at-Law.
I<.,«tr<>p, T•>*!.«.
will practice In nil Uio higher airt In-
ferior court*.
I I' KOSVLKK
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.li-
the dream a reality has
miserably failed. For that rea-
son Mr. MeKinley's effort in that
line, in South Carolina, is more
amusing than alarming to South-
ern democrats. Senator Mcl.au-
a. w ton i s
C. C.
spent the most of this wee
Washington quietly resting. Ask-
ed the blunt question, whether he
had any intention of entering tin-
national political arena, Mr. Har-
rison, replied: "I am not fooling rin. who has been for all practi-
with national politics. Itisenough cally purposes an administration
for me now to attend to my du- Senator for several years, al-
lies in Chicago." When asked though he only actually with-
what the Illinois legislature was drew from the democratic caucus
likely to do, Mr. Harrison said: just before the adjournment of
"The republicans in that body the last session of Congress, is
have done almost nothing out- expected to act as Mr. MeKinley's
side of a discussion of apportion- assistant in the present attempt
ment bills. They have a quarrel to turn the dream into a reality.
among themselves ovei the sub- The first open move was the ap-
ject, and I should not be surpris- pointment of John (J. Capers, a
ed if the legislature adjourned g°'d democrat, to succeed a re-
without passing any measure for publican fis lT. 8. District Attor-
apportionment." ney for S. C. Tiie next is await-
That the Philippines must ne-|ed with more or less curiosity.
cessarily be a large and continu- -
ous source of expense tothelT. S. Mississippi has a law requiring
hah been evident from the day the payment of the poll tax on or j b. l'kick
Spain goldbricked us into becom- before the 2nd day of February,
ing their owners. A board of na- to entitle one to the privilege of
val officers, under orders from voting. Thousands of voters,
Secretary Long, are now engag- white and black in that state,
ed in preparing plans for a So,- failed to pay that tax, hence are
00(1,000 naval station, which is to disqualified from voting. We
have a SI,000,000 dry dock, at have before us a copy of the
Olongapo, Subig Ray, Luzon. Aberdeen, (Miss.) Kxaminer,
Those plans will have to receive which contains the delinquent
the approval of Congress before poll tax list for Monroe county,
they can be carried out. Miss., the number aggregating
Senator Cockrell, who was met, .'1500—for that county alone. If
JTOWLKR A: FOWI.KK
Attorneys-at Lau\
Will |trH«'tii'<r in it'I ilit' lllxlH'i hii'I inferior
Courts
OflU< Over Klr t National Hunk
BUUWN, LANK & GARWOOD,...
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PAGE & MILKY.
Lawyers.
HttPlrop and HmtihvilUf i
I'rftctiei* in all (JourU, htato hu<1 KiHlwriU
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J. H. JONKf
JONKS & JONKS
Attorney s-at Law.
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Will practice in all tb
Courtii fu 11>■ • ^tnto
Ahrini' t" of title furulnliL"! I.oanti n"K<itiH
wl an i CollwUfim prompll) attcu<le<l u>
Oli! I.ainl Claima luvcuUttale l in nil partn of
(lie 6laU>
coming out of the White House,
where he had just had a talk with
Mr. McKinley on the subject,
such is the case all over the state,
next election will poll a very small
vote.
County Judge and
Attorney-at-Laxv.
Bantrop, Te*a .
Will practice In all the higher oourta.
Physicians and Surgeons.
H. F. LUCKKTT, M. I)
Physician & Surgeon.
Raatrnp, Toiaa.
OFF1CK—At W.J. Miley '* Urux Htore.
H. B. COMBS, M. D
Physician and Surgeon.
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IVIiss p. Chambers & Co.
Have Reecived a Complete Line of
Millinery, Dress Goods,
Hats, Notions, Etc.,
Which will be sold at astonishingly
Low Prices for the Spot Cash.
Of St.
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ment. W« aik u continuation of thf liboral phtronago extended.' Pttrl
^^Miss F. Chambers & Co.
Bastrop, Texas.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1901, newspaper, April 27, 1901; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205542/m1/4/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.