The Austin Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1889 Page: 3 of 8
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Married at the residence ef Mr
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Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock by Rev-
erend R. B. Garrett ' R. C. Hatch of
aijBj xuamie Long of Taylor
The TMveniitv.
To date two hundred and seventy-
Tu tt ve mamcuiated at
the Umversityforty more than on the
same day last year. The University
now has over three-fourths as many
students as the University of Virginia.
ORANGE BLOSSOMS.
Happy Wedding Ceremonies Last Nlglit Here
in the City.
Whitlev-Mathis Tim TOO Klin rt rt
Mr. John J. Whitley and Mrs. Mary
I " Juainis Dotn ot this city occurred
I at 8 o'clock last night at the Oumber-
j land Presbyterian church Reverend
i E. B. Chappell officiating.
I Notwithstanding the decided inclem-
; ent condition of the weather a goodly
$ number of the many friends of the
s high contracting parties were present
s. to witness the tvinir of t.h mitpj.
')?T)onial knot' and by their presence
v Ty6id God speed to the happy couple on
Mr. Whitley is tho eldest son of
Col. S. R. Whitley editor and proprie-
tor of fie Austin Globe and
came to Austin about a year
ago from Overton Rusk county. He
is by profession like his father a
printer and at present is employed in
the composing room of Thb States-
man. Among his fellows of the craft
he stands .high as indeed he does
among all classes of people who know
him. His accomplished bride
is no stranger to Austin
society. She has lived here
many years and is remembered
as the relict of the late Doctor J. T.
Mathis .who in his lifetime was one
o our most valuable and honored
citizens.
The newly . wedded couple are
happily mated and in their new
aphere of life host of friends among
. whom is The Statesman wish for them
long life happiness and prosperity.
After the ceremonies at the church
the bridal party with a few friends
repaired to the home of the bride
where a pleasant evening was spen t
with music social converse and re-
freshments. '
The happy couple were the recip-
ients of many costly presents from
their friends.
Schutze-Wolf The marriage of Miss
Emma Wolf daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. August Wolf to Mr. Ed Schutze
was celebrated hist night at 8 o'clock
at the family residence No. 400 East
Sixteenth street in the presence of a
select circle of friends. It was a most
happy affair and scores of friends wish
the young couple all the happiness
and prosperity possible.
A Timely Suggestion. .
It has been suggested that the
county can make use of the Montop-
olis bridge by taking the spans and
having them placed over the creeks in
the county. There are several points
on the public roads where they can lie
used to gieat advantage and the
structure will not be a total loss to the
taxpayers. Even if the fallen down
portion of the bridge can be raised it
is evident that the structure is not
one that should span a powerful
stream like the Colorado. Put it over
the small creeks. It will make six
very good bridges and they are
needed.
THE MONTOPOLIS BRIDGE.
It is Still in the River and the Commissioners
are in the Soup. .
Mr. S. A. Oliver state agent of the
bridge company was in the city Tues-
day but left for Houston Tuesday
night. A Statesman reporter called
at the Hotel Orr to see him to get
his side of the bridge question but he
was out.
Mr. Oliver is well known
in this city where for
years he had his headquarters and he
is a gentleman of integrity and solid
business sense and is recognized as
such by all who know him.
He informed the reporter of The
Statesman some time back that he
had faithfully carried out the work on
the Montopolis bridge exactly as the
county engineer directed. He wanted
to bring his own engineer
here but the county concluded
they could furnish one. Mr. Oliver
knew nothing about the water level
of 1879 and he had to take and did
take the county engineer's word for it.
He raised the bridge to the height re-
quired by the engineer and then as
Borne doubt had been expressed he
asked the commissioners to go down
and examine it. They did so. He
asked if they wanted him to go higher.
They consulted together and de-
termined to have three feet
added. This he did. The weight
and strength of the bridge is precisely
as his contract calls for. He never
believed in locating the bridge where
it is and it was against his judgment
to nut mirh a licht structure over a
stream like the Colorado but the
about it
than he did and they wanted a cheap
bridge. The Montopolis bridge for
the monev. is as eood a structure as
can be nut nn. dimensions considered
It was erected under the personal bu-
'Tjervisinn nf their own engineer ac
cepted by him and them and paid for
in full bv them.
As stated Mr. Oliver was not seen
by the reporter but a friend of his
stated that Mr. Oliver in a conversa-
lion lead him to believe that he
would have nothing to do with the
"nugo. ins Dona was nx the nature
of a compromise to protect the bridge
from a flood level equal to that of
1869 and was not to protect it from
winds settling and consequently
careening over. The foundation of
the piers are exactly as ordered and
they were constructed and the piers
raised under the daily direction of the
county engineer whom the foreman
of the bridge company doing the work
obeyed. -
A Big Suit
Copies of papers are now being
made in the district clork'a nffino in
the case of Burke of Galveston against
me apiioi syndicate for one-sixteenth
of the profits made erecting the capi-
tol. It will be seen from a charter
published this morning that the capi-
tol lands are valued at $15000000 and
a sixteenth of the profits will amount
to quite a snug sum.
The Evening Dispatch.
Yesterday Colonel R. A. Ruther-
ford proprietor of the Evening IDis
patch broueht suit
Tansey and F. M. Clark for $200 rent
due and closed the office and asked
that injunction be granted restrain
ing uie saiu ansey ana uiark from
DUblishin? a nnnpr in Travis nnnntw
under the name of Evening Dispatch.
For Ladles On y
Ladies why is it. that when vour
husband or your children are ill you
consult the best physician at once
care for them day and night wear
yourself out with sleepless watching
ana never begrudge the heaviest doc-
tor's bills if only the dear ones are re
stored to health ; while day after day
week after week you endure that dull
pain in your back that terrible
"dragging-down" sensation and do
absolutely nothing to effect a cure?
In a few years you will be a helpless
invalid and soon your broken-hearted
husband and motherless children will
follow you to the grave. Perhaps del
icacy prevents you consulting a phy
sician but even this is not necessary.
Poor sufferer tell your husband how
miserably you feel perhaps you never
did and ask him to stop to-night and
get you a bottle of Dr. Pierce's Favor-
ite Prescription. It has cured thous-
ands of women suffering from weak-
nesses and complaints peculiar to your
sex.
AXTELL TROTS IN 2:12
The Greatest of All Three-year-olds Breaks
the Record at Terre Haute.
A mile in 2 :12 is a great feat for an
aged horse at any harness gait. When
it is done by a 3-year-old stallion at a
trotting gait it means a record that
will stand for many a dav it means
the acme of physical endurance cour-
age and all that goes to make a king
of all horses. The fourth day of the
fall meeting at Terre Haute brought
out a crowd large and enthusiastic
as ever a perfect Indian summer
sun shone upon to witness an
event that one is fortunate to see in a
lifetime the great Axtell. to beat the
3-year-old record 2 :13J held by the
California filly Sunol. When brought
out for the warming up heat he mov
ed with such freedom and determina-
tion that but few thought the record
would stand ; but that he would knock
the one and three-quarter seconds
from it the wildest enthusiast did not
dream. George Star was behind
Father John as a helper. Williams
nodded for the word at the second at-
tempt and the great flight was begun.
With that smooth action that marks
him as the purest gaited horse
that ever lived the first quarter was
reached in 33 seconds and the clip
made faster to the half in 1 :05. "Too
fast" says Colonel Conley and a sigh
goes up from the crowd as it is felt
that the drive is made too soon.
Thirty-two and a quarter is the gait to
the three-quarter post. With never a
falter he breasts the hill and turns
into the stretch. A shout goes up
"He'll do it." On he comes and with-
out a wabble or false stroke he fin-
ishes the mile strong in 2 :12 thus at
one stroke reducing the 3-year-old
record 1J seconds aIo the records
for stallions at all ages. Pandemonium
breaks loose the stretch is black with
a shouting yelling mob. Williams is
taken from the sulky and borne aloft
on shoulders and cheer after cheer
goes up for the gallant colt and driver.
Henry Simons and other well known
horsemen with split second watches
and standing under the wire claim
that Axtell's mile was made in 2 :11.
Mr. Williams the owner and driver
himself drove with a watch and claims
2:11J.
The night following the great race
Axtell was sold to a syndicate com-
posed of W. P. Ijams of Terre Haute
and others for $105000 which is the
highest price ever paid in the world
for a horse of any description.
Consumption Surely Cured.
To the Editor : Please inform your
readers that I have a positive remedy
for consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been
permanently cured. I shall be glad
to send two bottles of my remedy
free to any of your readers who have
consumption if they will send me
their express and postoffice address.
Respectfully T. A. Slocum M. C 181
Pearl St.. N. Y.
The Nail Sent Home.
Fnrt Worth Gazette : .When freight
of any class can be shipped from Al-
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hanv TV Y t.O AtlSUn. lex.. IUr i
pont. a hnrwlred nounds less than the
same freight can be shipped from Fort
Worth to Austin it ia time for the
people of Texas to remedy the dis-
crimination if ever they would have
factories at work in the state.
Caution. Buy only Dr. I aac Thomp
iro Wotpf fiHrefnllr examine the
Bull a ajjv '
outside wrapper. None other genuine.
THE PANHANDLE.
THREE HUNDRED DELEGATES FROM
THE GREAT NORTHWEST TO
SEE ABOUT MATTERS OF
GRATE IMPORT.
Reckless Lawsuits Brought by the State Dis
turbing Land Titles of Record for
Years and Creating Dire Confusion
and Distress Among Our Inno-
cent People.
An extra special train on the Mis
souri Kansas and Texas railroad
pulled into the city last night about
8 :30 loaded down with from 250 to
300 delegates from the great plains
and caynons of the northwest.
They are here to see Attorney Gen
eral Hogg relative to the woeful con-
dition of land titles in their section
and the direful consequences which
will immediately follow to hundreds of
innocsnt people if the disturbing
influences are not removed.
These influences are certain law
suits instituted by the attorney gen-
eral. The gentlemen here are to request
that the suits be withdrawn and their
reasons are powerful.
Delegates last night talking to a
Statesman reporter said the act of
the attorney general had created wide-
spread alarm in the Panhandle and
uneasiness was felt everywhere.
Innocent people in happy homes
were ' Jin sore distress. They
were not certain about their homes
although they hold patents on which
is the great seal of the state put there
by her duly authorized officer.
Oneentleman prominent and with
state reputation as a lawyer said :
"The acts of the attorney general
are disturbing and clouding titles
which have been of record for years.
No fraud is charged by the attorney
general. Land certificates and the
patents have been regularly issued
by the regularly constituted officers
who passed upon their legality
and the lands in a great measure are
now in the hands of innocent persons ;
in scores of instances have improved
them and have happy and prosperous
homes. The attorney general has not
found something which has been hid
away. Every inch of land he is dis
turbing is a matter of record. Sup-
pose he is correct which he is not
but suppose he is the irregularity is
the work of the state herself and
should he succeed in his objects and
recover every foot of land the loss to
the people of the state will be fourfold
greater than the value of the land.
It will break up established homes
and prevent immigration. It will set
back the state a quarter of a century.
Again suppose he is successful can he
stop at one suit? Will he not to be
consistent have to go back and rake
in the ashes of the past and bring suit
for over one-half of east Texas a sec
tion of the state denounced by Hous-
ton and other eminent men as being
plastered over with erroneous certifi-
cates many of them so bareface as I
understand it to smack of
downright fraud something not
charged by the attorney
general in his suit or suits he
threatens to bring at this time. If he
refuses to hear us tomorrow or is deaf
to our appeal for simple justice we
shall appeal to the governor to call an
extra session of the legislature to re-
move clouds from titles by legal enact-
ment and make things so un-
mistakably clear that succeed-
ing attorney generals will not
be able to make up imaginary
wrongs and evils."
Other gentlemen were heard" to ex-
press themselves and if there ever was
on this earth a set of men who mean
business it is the men now in
town from all over the match-
less plains of the great northwest
a county which under the great seal
of this state they have settled and
made to blossom as the rose. They
are here to plead for simple justice
to plead that the state may act hon-
est with them and stand by her titles
as becomes a great and dignified and
powerful commonwealth. Among
those here the reporter gleaned the
following names last night:
J. F. Walland' G. S. Perry Thos. T.
Turner V. C. Thompson Ben Chis-
bee W. H. Savage H. Shoemaker J.
D. Ford J. B. Hurekle E. L. Star-
warth W. E. Johnson of Amarilla;
Wm. A. Ish S. W. Mabry S. R. Tal-
bert L. W. Hearne and J. B. Orr of
Vernon ; W. A. Symes A. K. sswam J.
B. Hopkins H. J. Strickfadden H. B.
Ford J. F. Pierson J. W. Summer and
S. Martin ot Henrietta; 1.
B. Carter K. Aycock J.
W. Golston W. y. Henderson
and R. H. Highsmith of Quannah ;
D. A. Turner A. S. Kelly James R.
Talbert E. T. Murchison L. O. Snow
George Watson R. bl. McJJarland V.
C. Quinlan George Langley D. E.
Summer W. Westmoreland J. II.
James W. T. Dickey G. M. Uook J.
T. Johnson. L. A. Jayne J. W. Kerr
of Vernon ; P. Harris J. C. A. Lippel-
man S. A. Sampson is. H. Kelly ol
Hall county ; J. Sloss George B. Berg
W. C. Bright. F. H. tun a. ii. Htana
hnne and red A. ueau oi
Panhandle; V. J. cesser oi
Marrilo: W. A. Nourse of Miami;
Honorable J. N. Browning W. II
flnoke. George Morgan W. D. Ram
sey W. A. Allen H. J. Stockett B.
H. W hite 01 uiarenuon ; s. uuvcr
M Warden. James Logne P. H. Mil
ler J. M. and D. Campbell R. L.
Thick. H. H. Granger of Washburne;
F. W. DeBoise H. H. Wallace James
M.rMasters. James H. bast ol lascos
R F. Scarboroueh.W.M. Scarborough
A. J. Kolf and T. N. Tibbetts of Iowa
Park Tex. ; L. E. Haskett. J. D. Ad-
amsus Chas Crews Lee Crews Tom
Egerton W. S. Gross W. M. Holland.
J. H. Williams C. E. Brown Doctor
J. H. Uustlee of Chudres county.
The delegation will call on the at
torney general this morning.
From Saturday's Daily.
Yesterday at 3 o'clock the delegates
from the great Panhandle of Texas
called on Attorney General Hogg at
his office.where he received them with
that hospitality for which he is dis-
tinguished. After all were seated
that it was possible to seat
in the large reception room.
Honorable J. N. Browning spokesman
for the delegation look the floor and
in a brief but pointed address present-
ed the attorney general with the reso-
lutions adopted in the convention at
Vernon on the 16th of this month. He
explained the causes leading to the
convention at Vernon. They had not
come to Austin to intimidate the at-
torney general nor to censure him.
They had no tesentment but on the
contrary admired his zeal and energy
in the dispatch of the business of his
office the management of which
should challenge the admiration ef the
people of this whole state. "We are
not here to intimidate you for you are
not of the material to be intimidated.
We believe you are just
and hope when all the facts are laid
before you we will have that consider-
ation from you that we demand."
Mr. Browning then alluded to the un-
certainty of land titles and consequent
discouragement- to enterprise immi-
gration and settlement of the country
growing out of the threatened suit by
the attorney general against the Hous-
ton and Texas Central railroad to re-
cover lands he alleges were illegally
granted to it and to recover lands al-
ready patented. He lluded to the
steady tide of immigration to the Pan-
handle which exhibits all evidences of
prosperity and civilization. Farms
are being fenced crops made and
gathered grainaries built churches
and school houses erected and all
tliia is threatened by the feeling of
insecurity as to land titles. Mr.
Browning said this state of affairs
necessarily reacts and affects
the whole state. The Panhandle
is affected by everything that injures
other sections and an injury to the
Panhandle as 'a part of Texas must
injure every citizen of the whole state.
He said his section had suffered from
Indian depredations then from wire
fences and these have only been got-
ten rid of when we are now threat
ened with a greater evil than all the
others. The people of the Panhandle
appreciating this had met in conven
tion and determined to call on the
attorney general for relief and they
adopted the following resolutions. Mr.
Browning then read as follows :
it a convention of delegates repre
senting the various counties of the
Panhandle and northwest Texas held
in the city of Vernon on tho 16th day
of October 1889 tho following resolu
tions were adopted:
Whereas The attorney general
threatens to institute suits to cancel
patents upon lands granted by the
state of Texas to certain railway
companies claiming such lands to be
illegally obtained from the state;
and
Whereas Such threatened action
on his part has greatly effected the
values of lands located in the counties
represented in this convention ; and
Whereas Many of the lands for
which the attorney general proposes
to sue are now the property of indi-
viduals and occupied by actual set
tlers ; and
Whereas The tide of immigration
now pouring into the Panhandle has
been and will continue to -be greatly
impeded by the said threatened suits;
and
Whereas It is but common hon
esty as well as the best government
policy and public interest that every
act calculated to inspire confidence in
the land titles of the county should be
adopted by the state of Texas ; there
fore be it
Resolved by 'the people of north
west Texas in convention assembled
That we believe the said proposed ac
tion of the attorney general has great
ly damaged and will continue to-
damage our said country in depre
ciating values of real estate and of re
tarding immigration ; and be it fur-
ther Resolved That we hereby request
the attorney general to refrain from
instituting said suits until the people
of Texas may be enabled to petition
the legislature for redress in the way
of remedial legislation.
A true copy.
. R. 8. Kelly
Chairman of the Convention.
Johei'h A. Kemp Sec'y.
After reading the above Mr. Brown
ing continued saying the threatened
suit hadjalready injured the value of
land titles in that section. That
much of the land to be sued for is
held by innocent settlers and occupied
by tnem under patents issued by the
state by her duly authorized officers
and having on them the great seal of
the state. He alluded to the fact
that the towns of Amirillo Wichita
tuanah Clarendon Vernon and
others he named were all located on
land involved in the controversy. He
said immigration had been and will be
impeded by the suits. He referred
to the letters recently published by
Mr. Hall and the attorney general and
said as to their differences they had
nothing to do. He maintained that the
principles of the suit should it be suc-
cessful would and should be made to
apply to lands in all parts of the
state as it was well known that there
were thousands of acres located and
patented just as irregularly as have
been the lands in question. He also
alluded to the land frauds of Ham
Tullis aod others of tea or fifteen
years ago and asserted that the con-
templated suits would be a thousand
fold more injurious. He argued that
the attorney general could wait until
the convening of the legislature with-
out jeopardy to his view of the rights
of the state before dealing the blow
threatened and in behalf of the Pan-
handle people he asked him to wait
until the legislature could act. Mr.
Browning's argument throughout was
a very strong one and his appeals
were forcibly put.
Attorney General Hogg responded
by saying that he was glad the delega-
tion had called on him. "Some of you
you probably came hoping to do some
good; others to se the capi-
tol ; some out . of curiosity and
some to get a free ride
on the railroad." He defended his
construction of the law and positively
declined to accede to the wishes of the
delegation. He said that if every man
woman and child in the state were to.
ask him he would not grant the re-
quest. He pictured the Panhandle as
being under a Damascus blado aud
resting over a slumbering volcano
which provoked a broad grin on the
part of his hearers who were not
aware that they were between a keen
Damascus blade and a burning sea of
fire. He referred to corporations and
pictured the great Panhandle in their
possession. He insisted that if
the people of the Pan-
handle understood their danger
as he did they would not want the
legislature to remove clouds from
titles.
Mr. Browning interrupted aud said
the grasping corporations and land
companies were selling lands to the
settlors at lower figures than the
state asked for them. The attorney
general replied by saying that the
railroads gave only quit claim deeds.
Some one spoke up and said almost
every tract of land in east Texas has
a quit claim deed.
Another gentleman said nothing
but quit claim deeds would ever be
had in Texas if the state persisted in
bringing suits to recover lands ' for
which she had issued patents.
General Hogg declared as he con-
strued the law it was his duty to bring
the suit. He did not make the law or
establish public policy. When he
could or any officer could se
lect what laws he would en-
force and what laws should be
held in abeyance the rights and liberties
of the people were without any pro-
tection and subject to the whim and
caprice of the officials. He forsibly
alluded to the distinction between the
functions of the executive legislative
and judicial branches of the govern-
ment and insisted he had no option
as an executive officer but to execute
the laws as he found them. He
made an eloquent and strong
onslaught on corporations which
was well received by his hearers
and when he concluded his speech he
was applauded.
POME BENTIMENTS.
Mingling among the Panhandle
folks last night it was ascertained
that Attorney General Hogg had
made some friends among those who
had como here dead set against him
and all admired his pluck in stand-
ing by his construction of the
law aud his convictions.
There were those however who did
not hesitate to say that his on-
slaughter on corporations was the
trick of a domagogue and that he was
not sincere in anything he said.
Others admired his tilt against the
corporations and contended that he
did not overdraw on his imagination.
A great many indeed nearly all
condemned the remarks insinuating
as tiicy believed that the delegation
was composed of the emissaries of the
railroads who came here simply in the
interests of railroads and because
they have a free rule. It was quite
transparent that it would have been
infinitely to the interest of Genoral
Hogg had he left such remarks out of
his speech.
One gentleman who from his con
versation evidently was in sympathy
with tho attorney general on his
general stand on the questions in
volved said he thought the remarks
were an insult to the delegation.
Another gentleman said the attorney
genet al after the meeting it thecapi-
tol had intimated to him that the
delegation was here simply because it
had a free ride and he the attorney
general advised him while about it
to take the grand rounds -and visit
San Antonio Galveston and then go
by and take in the Dallas fair. He
said these remarks and insinuations
by the attorney general were uncalled
for. The railroad company bring
ing the delegation to Austin
never had received a foot of land from
the state and was only interested in
the settlement and development of
the country through which it passed.
Being interested it had contributed its
share in the movement by bringing
the delegates to Austin. The com-
pany had no interest in the suit
beyond what business men of the Pan
handle had.
A great many of the delegates con
curred with the attorney general as to
his duties but they could see no harm
in his staying action until the legis-
lature meets.
Of all the delegates the
reporter heard express themselves
only three concurred fully
in what the attorney general had said
in his speech.
The delegation will wait on the gov-
ernor this morning and will ask him
to call an extra session of the legisla-
ture. Some of the delegates went over to
San Antonio last night and some in
disgust left for home.
Honorable D. C. Kolpof Iowa Park
and proprietor of the Iowa Park
Texan was met by the reporter. He
says that the late decision of Attor-
ney General Hogg is already inter
fering with the heavy immigration
set in from Iowa and that some
prompt action should be hal o that
settlers would be free to purchas6 the
Droad rich acres of the lexas l as
handle; that the fifteen or twenty
delegates here from Iowa Park were
not induced to come because of tho
free rai'mad ride as sug-
gested by General Hogg but because
they believe some remedy might
he had by appealing to Governor Ross
so that the rapid settlement in and
around Iowa Park might go steadily
on and without the least interruption.
The Iowa colony have spent much
time and money in gettin immigra-
tion started and now that they are
meeting with such great success he
regrets the question of land titles be-
ing raised by the attorney general.
In reply to the question "what
about the town of Iowa
Park?" Mr. Kolp replied
that where eight months ago there was
nothing but a switch now there is the
prettiest site and best platted town in
America with one hundred buildings
of all kinds well built and mostly
painted and two hundred rustling in-
telligent poople and a college located
under the auspices of the Austin
Methodist Episcopal "conference $20-
000 raised as a bonus and with a capi-
tal stock of $200000. And where cattle
roamed at will six mouths ago 30000
acres have been sold in quarter and
half sections to actual settlers mostly
from Iowa and northern states who
in a few years will make tho land flow
with milk aud honey and bloom as
the rose.
Captain Dave Turner of Wilbar-
ger said: -"We ask for legal pro-
tection and equitable adjustment of
the Panhandle land titles between the
state of Texas and the bonofWe set
tlers of the state.
"There are now some 2000.000 acres
of unpatented lands located by the
Houston and lexas Central Kailruad
company and it has heretofore pursued
the policy of only ottering for sale and
selling the lands that have been pat-
ented to by the state theroby placing
in the hands of actual settlers only
patented lands; and the demand as it
now exists and is made bv the
attorney general only amounts to
about 1000000 acres of said land. I
is asked by the people of the Pan
handle in behalf of themselves and in
behalf of others who are now hunting
homes in the west seeking to develop .
and civilize that part of the state that
the attorney : general frame and
present his suits in behalf of the state
of Texas so that it may and will only
efl'ect.the unpatented lands now held
by the said railroad company thereby
relieving the present property
holders in that region of the
cloud that now hangs over them
and placing confidence in tho state
government and making the. settle
ment safe and secure in thoir rights.
"We think it just that a call session
of the legislature should bo made if it
be necessary that nn act validating
the titles in question should be passed
so that we may have that immodiato
relief that is due us as citizens."
The following delegates were omitted
from the list published yesterday
morning:
Doctor Hardy C. F. Conkling Esq.
Samuel B. Wise John Highley John
Funderburg John Auckerman of
Hartley county; A. Sime Professor-
Clock of Hall county; Geo. L. Gray
of Panhandle; T. II. Wilson and Goo.
A.Kemp of Wichita Fulls; J. W.
Abbot M. E. Smith 8. R. Talbert W.
T. Dickey J. W. Kerr It. S. Kelly
H. il. Kelly and James A. Talbert of
Vernon.
Ladle
Examino our new line of shoes for
$4.00 $5.00 and $0.00; all widths and
styles; best you ever saw for the
money Burt Shoe Co.
703 Congress avenue.
Nothing Sectarian. '
San Antonio Times: State Super
intendent Cooper has done exactly the
right tiling in taking a decided stand
against sectarianism in our public
schools. It is not onlv the dictate of
the law that he follows but his course
is in line with the public school policy
of this country. Under 'a government
like ours where there is absolute
separation or church and state no
other policy is practicable. Mr. Cooper
.1 1 I l I l n
gives uuuiuonai evidence oi ins ntness
for the position he holds by his un
equivocal action on this important
matter.
It has at last been acknowledged
that Dr. Thurmond's Lone Star Ca-
tarrh Cure is the peer of all catarrh
remedies by some of the best physi
cians in the United States. Try it.
For-sale by Alexander fe Cornwell 219
East Pecan street.
Larky to Have the Greatness.
Houston Post : Dallas is in the sev
enth heaven of delight just now. Dal-
las is never so happy as when it has
got a crowd of visitors to stuff to over-
flowing with the greatness of that
town. .
For boils carbuncles old sores
rheumatism Bright's disease indiges-
tion constipation take Dr. Thur-
mond's Lone Star Blood Syrup. A
sure cure. For sale by Alexander &
Cornwell 219 Eas Pecan street.
A Good Man Becoming Famons.
San Antonio Times: Governor
Wm. G. Bterrett of the Dallas News
is not content with anything short of
the whole stock of notoriety in the en.
tire earth. He tumbled off a Galves-
ton fishing boat and nearly drowned
himself. The papers "norated" that
all over the land. In addition he has
a towa named for him on the Dallas
and Waco branch of the Missouri
Pacific and a big town lot sale is ad-
vertised there. The fame of the man
is rapidly approaclung world-wide dimensions.
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