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PUKK HKARTfl, FRKB MINDS, FRKB PEOPLK, ARK THE MATERIAL, AND THE ONLY MAlXRIAL, OUT Of WHICH FREK OOVKRNMKNT0 ARB CONSTRUCTED.—JBFFKRSO*.
VOLUME 54.
BASTROP. BASTKOP COUNTY. TEXAS. SAT Till) AY, FKU. HI. 1907.
MI31BKit 4<i
COTTON SEED
TjME will pay the Highest Price, in
Cash, give Honest Weights, and
buy at any time, winter or summer,
all Cotton Seed offered to us at our
Mill.
Bagging and ties.
To exchange
for Seed only
We buy and sell
everything for
CASH.
Poujell Oil JVlill Co.
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A Repair Shop.
Having opened a Repair Shop in the building
formerly owned by John B. Clopton, North Main
Street, 1 will appreciate the patronage of the citizens
; of Bastrop, in - - -
Plumbing, Lock and Gunsmithing.
All orders receive prompt attention,
^-OSCAR PFIEFFER.
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SUNK BY A SCHOONER BUTCHERS IN PRISON CELLS.
STEAMER LARCHMONT RAMMED
BY THE HARRY KNOWLTON.
MORE THAN 1G0 60 PDWN.
INMATES CP PENITENTIARY
FIGHT WITH KNIVES.
One Man So Horribly Slashed That He
May Die—The Other Cut on
the Hand.
PROCEEDING'S OF THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE
«* HO. 4091
B. D. OkQAiH. Pre*.
Uium Kebabs, Utah tar
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T. A. Hiilii, Vlea-Frta.
First National Bank:,
Or BASTROP. TEXAS
CAPITAL STOCK PAID UP, $50,000.
AUTHORIZED, S*50,000
Dtafti drawn on the Principal Bank* lo the United State* tn amount* t FY*
Dalian and upward. Moae? received on deposit In large or ttnaU ataounU,
tubjeot to obeolc. Thl Hank I* fully equipped and prepared and wtll be
laUbf'il oorratpoodect II you Intruat any part of your bunnea* with li.
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FREJI UPC OF OUR FIRE-PROOF VAULT TO CUSTOMERS TO STORl
THEIR VALUABLE PAPERS.
DIRECTORS 1
B r. tUO*«TT. B D. OhGAlB, f. A. bAM.II W. A. McCORD, W. B. SAfftOMB
CDIDTItH IVHA1II A T, KWMAmt)
Fop Bargains %
IN
Fresli Family wi Staple (taris?,
r. . • . CALL AND SEE . . . S
t MAX M. GLOECKNER. f
^ (Successor to M. Olo.ckner).
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New Store. New Goods. 4^
And therefore FBKSH GROCER IKS can he had at Lowest
possible figures. Quick SbIob and Small Profits in my motto.
W" Fre h Foaming XXX Lager Beer always on tap.
Best and purest Native Wiues from tbe cultivated grape.
Max M. Gloeckner, Prop'r.
Avenue Hotel,
Austin, Texas.
Impelled by Fierce Gale. Crashed Into
Steamer With Terrible Impact
—Estimated Dead. 150.
Mack Island, It, I : The Larchmont,
a side-wheel Bteamer which was only
put Into ihe Joy Lino service tiullHi!
the past season, li-ft her dock la Prov-
idence Monday night wiih a hcuvv car-
go of freight and a passenger lift esti-
matcd at 150 to 200. A strong north-
west wind was blowing us the itonnter
plowed her way down through the
eastern passage of Narvaganselt Hay,
but the full effect of the sale which
was blowing out In the sound was: not
felt until the Larchmont rounded
Point Judith.
Oapt. George McVey, who had re-
mained In the pilothouse until the ves
sel had been straightened out on her
course was about to retire, when start-
led by several blasts of the steamer's
whistle, lie rushed Into the pilothouse,
where the pilot pointed out a three-
masted schooner sailing outward be-
fore a strong wind.
Beforo another warning signal could
be sounded the schooner, which was
tbe Harry Knowltou, laden with coal, I
crashed into the port side of the J
Larchmont more than half her bredth. !
When the force of the impact had been |
spent the schooner temporarily re- j
mained fast in the steamer's side, hold-
ing In check for a moment the in I
rushing water. Hut the pounding sen |
soon separated the vessels, unil as they
backed away the water rushed into the
gaping .hole in the steamer with a ve-
locity that could only mean the swift
doom of the passengt r vessel.
There were no water tight compart-
ments to be closed and therefore the
flood could not be confined to the dam- j
aged section, and it poured over the
cargo and down into the hold. As the
water struck the boiler room great
clouds of steam arose which created
the impression oi a lire.
The pasengers rushed on deck. Few
waited to dress, but. none could return
below. It was a physical Impossibil-
ity for anv but the most hardened to
withstand the cold, which turned ears
and noses white with frost.
Shrieks of pain drowned the r^ar of
Inrushlng water. Pandemonium rcj-jned
but. in spite of it the women on board,
suffering more intensely than the men,
were placed in lifeboats, the male pa
senders and members of the cr- \ se-
lecting the unprotected rafts at their
mode of escape. A coating of ice cov
ered everyone.
One man In the captain's boat al
though dressed warmer than th ■ oih
era, was suddenly driven insane by lib
intense suffering. lie pulled a t-i:
knife from his pocket and gashed hi-
throat. Those who sat near him were
either too dazed to interfere or looked
upon the act as justified. The man':,
body fell to the bottom of the boat
where it. remained until he died.
In the lirst lifeboat which drifted
ashore were seven men whose suf
boat were also seven men whose suf-
ferings were co intense that they
seemed oblivious to the fact that relief
was in their midst. The bodies of sev-
eral otuiera lay in the bottom of the
boat.
Forty-eight bodies reached shore
Tuesday, and nineteen were alive
when taken from the lifeboats.
The list of pasengers and crew was
locked in a safe aboard, but. it is esti-
mated at 150 pasengers and a crew of
60.
('apt. McVcy, one of the survivors,
was so overcome that for a time he
was unable to give a lucid account of
what happened.
Huntsville, Tex.: On Tuesday morn-
ing, after the prisoners at the peni-
tentiary had been called to dress, two
cell mates, I'aiierson and Huchanan,
had a difficulty which resulted in both
prisoners being badly n.u. Huchanan
was the aggressor, and they fought
with knives At the llrst cut Patter-
son's knife blade became useless, and
In securing Buchanan's knife he re-
ceived a had cut on the band This
was his only wound After securing
the other man's knife, Patterson used
It with almost deadly effect, cutting
Buchanan across the breast, the
wound reaching to the hollow, and
more than a dozen other places.
When Warden Coleman i cached the
cell in which the bloody duel bad oc-
curred, it resembled a slaughter pen,
and Huchanan was crouching between
bunk and wall to protect himself Pat
terson had cease-l cutting and was
standing by, knife in b".nd, waiting
for the guards. Hucluman is badly In-
jured, and thi' chances are again, t his
recovery. He has the reputation of
being overbearing, and Patterson
claims that he has been playing the
bully and imposing upon him for some
time. Patterson has just started In to
serve a fifteen years' sentence and
camo from Gainesville. Huchanan was
a short term man from Harris county
and his time will be out In forty days.
TO EXTEND STATE ROAD.
Penitentiary Board Will Go on Three
Miles and Build Saw Mill.
Austin, Tex.: The Penitentiary
Hoard, which met here Wednesday has
ordered the extension of the peniten-
tiary railroad at Rusk to the State's
timber, throe miles west from the
present terminus of the lino. A saw
mill will be Installed and the timber
will be converted into lumber for use
in penitentiary Industries. Whi'.o no
announcement Is made on the subnet.,
tl:i. 'otrtd indicate Unit I'ne pveuMit
board has decided against the project
of selling the road, but means Instead
to carry out the original intention of
extending the road by easy stages tin-
til it shall connect with the I & O.
X at one terminal and the T. N. O.
at the other.
VESSELS TO CARRY SULPHUR.
Five Are Expected Between Now ana
March 1 at Sabine.
Beaumont, Tex.: Texas and New Or-
leans officials have been notified that
five vessel:! are destined to arrive at
Sabine Pass between now and the flu t
of .March to carry sulphur from that
port to various parts of the world
The vessels average from P.,000 to 4,000
tons burden and are expected to ar-
rive at intervals of every five days be
ginning Feb. 15, when the Blackburn
is due.
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9.
New Corporations.
Austin. Tex.: Charters of tho follow-
ing corporations wore field in the
State Dcpartnu lit:
Texas Slate Hank and Trust Com-
pany of Cleburne: caplul stick $5,n00
The Incorporators are: Ctao Sells,
John L Cleveland, John 10, Poindextcr,
II. W. Cooper ami F M (limn.
Cale-Lane Oil Company of Houston,
capital stock $.10,000. The Incorpora-
tors are: George \V C. Carroll, 10. K
(irlnstead, A S. Cule, I-' A. Lane and
James II. Hute.
Donnle Lumber Company of Hous-
ton: capital stock f.Yuiui. The Incor-
porators are: J. C. Hill, F. L. Berry
and John H. Peyton.
The Uvalde Klectrle Light Company
of Uvalde llled an amendment to Its
charter by Increasing its capital stock
fro mtiiO.OOO to 175,000.
Alpine Cemetery Asoclatlon of Al
pine; no capital stock. The incorpor-
ators are: J it Jackson, J. II. Morrill
and R H. Slight.
The New Hope Missionary Baptist
Church of Houston; no capital stock
The Incorporators arc: J. 10. Hdwards,
S II. (i. Trimble, O. Itoss and A Na-
thaniel.
L>>aumont Ice, Light and Refrigera-
tor Company of lleaumout amended Its
charter by i:.-Teasing its capital stock
from ?:i00.: 00 to $600,000,
Houston Can Manufacturing Com-
pany of Houston; c i<y it at stock $25,-
ooo. The Incorporators are It. White,
Thomas li. Goodpasture, W. A Mc-
Clure.
Southwestern Horticultural Company
of Dallas with branch offices at San
Antonio, Tyler and Galveston; capital
stock $20.ooo. The incorporators are:
.lames McMasters, Frank Burton and
W. O. Yarbrough.
Bryan-Perry Grain Company of Bay
City, aMtaeorda county; capital stock
$lo,ooO. The incorporators are: W.
Joel Bryan, S. S. 1\ rry, M. S. Perry
and V. L. LcLullo.
The Coppage Manufacturing Com-
pany of Cooper, Delia county; capital
vl.iek $111,111)0. The It.(••'!•, a' '.
M. A Copapge, L. Coppage and W. It.
Coppage.
bill*
CUBANS WANT US.
Gen. Gome* Says Many of His Coun
trymen Want Protectorate.
Panama, C : Gen. Jose Miguel Go
mez, from Cuba, was here Friday en
route to Venezuela on a business mis
sion. He said: "Many of my friends
favor an American protct orate for
Cuba, but I do not share ( Jiir views."
It is believed here that sslhly Go
mez goes to Venezuela to see Silveira,
formerly of the Havana banking house
of Ceballos & Co.
A CREWSOME CARGO.
The Kentucky Steams up Providence
River With 49 Corpses.
On American Plan."^1^
D. M. WILSON, M'g'r.
Palronizc Our Advertisers
Providence, R. I.: Not fewer than
2,000 people had assembled along the,
water front Wednesday flight as the
steamer Kentucky came slowly up the
Providence river. Along on her lower
deck, on the starboard side, lay forty-
nine bodies, all covered with white
sheeting. Inside the best staterooms
of the boat weru eighteen survivors
of the accident. Miss Sadie Galtrap
of Boston was In such a serious con !
dition when t'.e Kentucky arrived at j
Block Island that It was considered
dangerous to move her, and she was ;
left on the Island.
The dead, still frozen In unnatural
positions, were placed on tho under-
takers' baskets and carried to a near 1
by morgue, where they were arranged j
so that ail who desired might pass in I
an effort to Identify them. Physicians
who had an opportunity to examine
the bodies expressed the opinion that
In many cases death had beeu caused
by cold rather than by drowning
One hundred und thirty-eight lives
are thus far known to have beuu lost
QUICK COURT ACTION.
News Agent Robbed Woman in the
Morning, Sentenced in Afternoon.
Lake Charles. La R. J Desaul,
news agent on the westbound South-
ern Pacific No. 7, was detected about
5 o'clock Tuesday Morning, while the
train was nearing Welsh, in the act
of robbing s lady passenger who wai
asleep of her pocket book. He fled, but
the train *us searched and the moi y
was found on him. Desaul was taken
from tho train und lodged in juil at !■
o'clock. He appeaie.l beferi Judge
Miller, pleaded guilty and was sen
tenced to twelve months in the peniten-
Mary.
Waco, Tex.: Alta Cameron, the lit
tie daughter of Mrs. Cooper, who lives
In Kdgefleld, near this city, died Thurs-
day from the result of burns she sus-
tained some ten days Hgo. Her suf
feting has been Intense since the
bums. She and some children wera
playing near the railway track when
she caught on tire, and the blaze was
extinguished by her playmates, two of
whom were burned.
Work Stock 8ales at Hearne.
Hcarne, Tex.: About 100 head of
horses and mules have been brought
here since the early part of Decem-
ber and sold to people of this section
Good prices are being paid for them,
and it is figured that about $15,00u baa
been Invested In this kind of stock lu
the past two months.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11.
New House Bills.
Austin, Tex.: The following
were Introduced in the House:
H.v Dood Reorganizing the Fifth .lit
dicial district.
Hy McKinncy and Peeler—To pro
vide for the construction of an addi-
tional land ofilce building to cost $:!0,
OOO.
Hy Adams and Goodman—To cst i .
lish tho presumption of payment of
consideration in deeds dated thirty
years ago or prior.
Hy Moore—Prohibiting the contrlbu
tion of campaign funds by corporation;,
or money to help elect or defeat anj
official.
By Savage of Bell -Providing that
automobiles shall slow up to a speed
of live miles an hour when passing
vehicle drawn by animals, nil if the
nimal is frightened the autoist must
come to a stand. A line oi $J5 to $1!00
is attached.
Hy Terrell of Cherokee -To assess
all bonds for taxation trom tho records
of the company issuing same.
Hy Canales and McConnell—Provid-
ing that platform demands lie first sub-
mitted to the people on vole and then
acted on by the legislature.
Hy Duncan (hy request)—To prohib-
it he practice of barratry by providing
that no attorney guilty of such, when
his client Is particips criminis, shall
recover in causes of action covered by
such contracts.
Hy .ii uklns and Dean Providing
that the State shall levy $5,000 annual
tax on dealers retailing nonlntoxleat-
ittg malt liquors ard that counties and
towns may each levy annually one-
half this sum.
Hy Thomas of Tyler and Adams
Taking Sabine county from the second
and adding It to the First Judicial
District and chunglu". the court term
schedule to conform
Hv Blanton Providing thnt hereaf-
ter mutual building and loan associa-
tions shall jia franchise tax on their
actual paid In capital instead of an
authorized capital as tbe statute now
provides. Also bills providing ihat the
Agricultural College may leu e thirty
additional acres. To create ixth su
i rente Midicial district and providing
that the seat of court shall lie at Tyler,
Texas.
New Senate Billa.
Austin, Tex.: Hills were Introduced
in the Senate as follows:
By Holsey—Creating a State Peni-
tentiary Commission to he composed
of three members appointed by the
Governor, who shall have entire cop
trol of the penitentiaries of Texas and
their various Industries and farms,
making the penal system a separate
branch of the government.
Hy Chambers—Making It a misde-
meanor for any person to throw trash
Into or otherwise obstruct uny stream
lu this State.
HI niton's safety deposit bill for
banking institutions will have another
session for public hearing Thursday
morning.
By (irlnstead Providing that tho
State shall establish and maintain a
sanitarium for treatment of tuberculo-
sis somewhere west of Gio 98th me-
ridian and between 2Ulh and 31st de-
grees of latitude, carrying an appro
print ion of $7r>.uu0 and providing that
tin* Stale purchase 5,0)0 acres of laud
for the establishment.
11v Hrisooe id diminish civil and
criminal Jurisprudence of I lie county
court of Zavala county,
Hy GrlnMeid Providing for the sale
of State properly used Cor recording of
marriage license and providing penal-
ties.
C. O. D. Shipments Taxod.
Austin Governor Campbell today
approved the Thompson bill, which lev-
ies an occupation tax of $5,000 to the
State upon ex pre.,s companies for each
office where tiny deliver intoxicating
liquors on the C. O. D. plan, and au-
thorizing the counting and towns to
each levy a tax of $5,000, making a to-
tal of $10,000 in all on each such oftlce.
The act taken effect at once.
New Incorporations.
Austin, Tex.: Charters of the follow-
ing corporations were filed today:
Millikln Bros. At Co. of Sabinal; cap-
ital stock, $25,000. Incorporators, Ross
R. Kennedy, N. 11. Mllllkin, W. H. Mil-
likln and J. A. Mllllkin.
King iilchler Manufacturing Com-
pany of San Antonio, capital sttx-k.
$ 110,000. Incorporators, 10. S. King, A.
F. Rlehtor, George It Stumbcrg, Jr.
10 (> Richter and A. It McCreary, all
of Han Antonio.
Farmers' "Cotton Growers" Union of
America o* Abilene; no capital, in-
corporators, John \V, Baker, A. A.
Ross, J. T. Gay und others.
The Plains Lumh< r and Grain Com-
pany of Happy, Swisher covnty, filed
an amendment to its chart*increas-
ing Its capital stock from $'.'.".000 to
$:! 5,000.
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13.
New House Bills.
Austin. Tex.: The following hills
were introduced in the House today:
By Itakei \nionding the Terrell
election law providing that the sum
expended by candidates shall be limit-
ed to the income for one year to the
offlco to which the candidate aspires;
provided, that in no case shall more
than $2,500 be so spent.
Py C: mp—Making It a felony to
steal cotton.
Hy McCallum -To prohibit tho
shooting of pigeons or other birds from
traps.
Hy McCallum Providing for the ap-
pointment, of deputy constables in pre-
cincts of over 2,500 inhabitants.
I'.y Hamilton Creating a Bureau of
Labor, to he under the supet vision of
,i Commissioner of Labor, the commis-
sioner to receive a salary of $2,000 a
year. He is to be provided with a
stenographer at a salary of $1,200 a
year, it is the duty of the Commis-
sioner of Labor to compile statistics,
secured from blanks i mil.-bed differ-
ent employers of labor, and to Inspect
all manufactories and mines, mills,
etc., regulating and enforcing labor
hours, child labor and .safety appli-
ances in strict conformity with the
law.
Senate Bills Reported
Austin, Tex.: Senate Judiciary Com-
mittee No. 1 Wednesday reported as
follows:
Favorably, Senator Grlnhatn's bill
providing for the separation of taxes
to be paid for minerals and land on
which the mineral exists. Tho owner
of the minerals or oil is to pay taxes
thereon and the owner of tho land
taxes on It,
Favorably, Senator Chambers' bill
permitting owners of lotw and land to
redeem fame in two years when sold
to the State for taxes.
Adversely, with favorable minority
report, hill by Senators Stone und
I Smith repealing the act of the Twenty-
Ninth Legislature providing for tho
appoint incut of official court stenog-
raphers in Texas.
Favorablv, bill by Senators Gran nan
and May Held providing for the pay-
ment nf tines, forfeitures and penalties
due the State of Texas, and to provide
•'or the enforcement thereof agains'
corporations that have or may her*
after dissolve, and to provide for the
, survival of actions and causes of ac-
tions therefor.
Favorably on two companion bills
by Senator Faust codifying and mak-
ing uniform the statutes relating to ne-
gotiable instruments of ail kinds In
this State.
Hy Grinnan (hy request)- Author
Izlng fraternal beneficiary association!
to insure for the benefit of the es-
tates of members. Same wa« reported
favorably
Favorably, House Bill permitting
married women to become incorporat-
ors tn associations to promote ceiue-
j terics and eleemosynary Institutions.
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Cain, Thomas C. The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 46, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 16, 1907, newspaper, February 16, 1907; Bastrop, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth205685/m1/1/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bastrop Public Library.