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Atkin, Raymond & Haupt's Confection- ery Store, Lockhart St. [ AL QUALITY, QUANTITY, If you bay from PRICE LEMAN HASSLER, a8 1580 SPEAKS FOR TEXANS Roosevelt In Senate. “Racial Question Is Ureatest Problem With Which the Union at the Present Day Has te Deal; It Cansed the Civil War.” WASHINGTON. Jan. 4 The debate on the resolution offered by Seuator Foraker concerning the discharge of negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth United States lofantry for participa tion in thes Bruwusville riots. which had been begun before the boliday re TPE, Wis resumed in the senate Senator Culberson (Tex), who uvpened the debate with a stirring speech In condemantion of the discharged negro soldiers. responsible for the trouble in Browns offered to citizens of that town A rufllanly negro sotdier, he sald. Con ditiens Uad finally become so chaotic that the mayor was requested to deny streets. Such an order was made. | ee He to declare evel iu this great | J Shaimbae that they purpose 10 protect u With their lives what jo their wo | 1h is the immediate jewel of their sonia” : Court Martial Postponed. i | BAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan 4. ~The | court martial of Major C. W. Pen and Captain E A. Macklin eof ae | Twenty Ath infantry ou the charge of | neglect of duty in connection with (he | Brownsville affair, which wag te have | | been begun here Lixlay, Las been pust i | poned until Feh 4 on account of the | disability of Captain Macklin, who re! cently was shot by 8 sd, “used robber at Fort Reno Okla Negroes (all on Congress, NEW YORK, Jau 4 At ga meeting of negroes held at Couper | Union under the auspices of the “con mittee of a hundred negroes of Great: | [ef New York” in celebration of the) | emancipation proclamation resolutions | were adopted calliug upon cougress to make a wore thorough inquiry iuto the Bruwusville affair COREY OUT OF STEEL TRUST. mass ‘Report In Sew York and Pittsburg ! That He Had Quit, NEW YORK, Jan 4 It Is ramored | In Wall street and in Auancial circles | i in Pittsburg that William E. Corey has | lost his job Alva C. Dinkey, present head of the | Carnegie Steel comp any, bas been se | peinted out that iu the face of the facts people were asked to believe that the citizens of Brownsville “rioted among themselves, shot and wounded their “REDS” KILL PREFECT Dead at Capital HATED FOR HIS EXTREME SEVERITY Ceneral Vea ive laure Assassin Killed by Saber Thrust of Stag USicer—Uead Hebel Not Yet ldentified. ST. PETURSBUNKG, Jan 4 Major Geueral Vou der Launitz, prefect of po- lice of St Petersburg, wus shot aud killed by a young mau at the lustitute of Experimental Medicine Vou der lLauuitz, at the invitation of Prince Peter Wlexaudroviteh, duke of Uldeuburg, busband of the Grand Duchess Olga, yonogest sister of Em- secration of the lustitute chapel. Dur ing the services there aud while In the widst of a pumber of high officials the & revolver aud shot him In the base of the brain. Vou der Launitz fell forward and Uied lu two winutes AS the assassin turned to Hee vue of the officers preseut drew his saber, cut the | wan down aud killed Lim. The ideutity of the assassin bas net | been established After the dissolution of the Russian parilament powers little short of those petty dictator were conferred offending citizen Mr. Culberson president, the army, bad the right to discharge any seldler without honor. But he ad contended that the Arrests could be made Ly his order without process of law, Dewspapers cvuld be forced to suspend publication order without trial On Nov, & last You der Launite, diers from reenlistment or frow bold ing say civil office the president's order waa lnoperative “Discharge without honor” was a dis tinct class of discharce recognized by the statutes over which the president bad control. He read from the statutes and from the Ary pursuant thereto charges and added that 4 men, both white and colored discharged In that way year Mr. Culberson enumcrated the Inel dents leading up to the riot. A white wotnan bad been assaulted by a colored soldier. wre had been a quarrel over the detla! to the perro soldiers of equality with the whites in sowie of the saloons. A megro soldier Lad clashed with a white customs officer and an other uegro soldier bad been struck over the head with a revolver by a white custews officer for lusulting the customs officer's wife, To the officers of the army who inves tigated the trouble, be thought should be given credit for some Looor word eught to go for something. They | bad Investigated the whole matter {in partially and had reported that the so) dlers did the shooting. “I care nothing about the president,” exclaimed Mr. Culberson. “My per sonal relations with him sre about as cordial as are those of tha senator from | Olle.” Mr blushed furiously. Other senators shar ed In the hilarity at the expense of the Ulie senator, “There was never any question as to who did the shooting In Brownsville," the senator continued, “until the ques tion was raised ou the oor bere wade I 2 enlisted regulations intharizing « in the jast honor of the voniform.” exclaimed Mr Culberson. “Every true soldier ought | to be luterested ia detecting these ruf faus who have disgraced the uniform and see that they are expelled from the army #0 that the Louor of the en uniform continue to be hodor reference to the uegro yuestion lu gen eral, saying It had existed frown the early history of the country down to the present time and still contioued to be the wost Important and the wost daugervus question which coufrouts the American people. He referred to the civil war, wherein nearly a willion white wien lost thelr lives. Today, Le said, the coudition of the black rusce, With its sages of slavery, its ignorance and poverty, excited the deepest sym pathy eof the great body of the white people of the south. “But,” he continued, “in spite of the past, with its countlicts and sacrifices, sorrows and destruction of life and property, this problem Is still the greatest with which we bave to deal It lavolves labor, education, suffrage ment and the lutegrity of the white race. The end no wan can see. South erners feel deeply and profoundly ou this race problews and Its ultia yg, so lution. “Speaking in part for the people of Texas—and plainiess of speedy is best —it Is Bot hmproper to say that they have dealt fairly aud generously with the uegro in all essentinls—in educa tion, In charity, and ln the protection of life, liberty aud property. But I would not be can did with you If I did vot say that In Other respects thelr purposes are equ) ly resolute and unalterable “They are opposed to political domi nation by the Jgnorant or vicious: they Are opposed fo social equality with the Negro; they ure opposed to every tend. Ay which will ultimately be destrpc. tive ot the purity and integrity of the race. bove all { | | ! i 1 a 5 { MABELLE GILMAN lected, according to the report, to suc | ceed Corey as president of the United | !Stgtes Steel curporation This move is credited to Charles M | Schwab, who, it Is sald, uss bLecowe most bitter against Corey because of | | bis 1nfatuation with Mabelle Gillman the mctress, and all its attendant wo toriety. Should Mr Schwab refuse to relent, the beautiful actress will have cust the stew! trust president the $100 RK) Job and kis conspicueus position ing the industrial world A. C. Diokey, who 1s only forty years | old, was ounce a telegraph vperntor and later a wachinist His rise to the bead { of the greatest corporation ou earth! | outside of Standard Oil bas been even | more remarkable than that of Corey | bituselt vlicw a day laborer at the steel | | works | —————————— Work of Expert Safe Blowers. NEW HAVEN, Coun Jan 4 Rob bers eutered the office of the Monarch | Laundry company, blew open the safe | with nitroglycerin, broke into the cash | {register aud secured about $200 In | ouey besides several packets of in | Surdnce papers aud Lusiucss records { The robbers eutered through a rear | window after first breakiug Into a | wagon shed and taking half a dozen | | blankets, which they wrapped around {the safe to deaden the sound of the ex | plosion The robbery wus uot kuown {until the office was opened This was {the second visit within a year of ox | bert eracksmen Murdered Girl and Cot Up Bedy ST. PAUL, Miun, Jan 4A special {from Ellsworth, Wis. says: "Michael {Llo, alias Joe Safagusa, a metnber of aD Italian raliroad crew, who was re | cently convicted of the murder of John Isanc at Prescott, Wis, but who was {discharged Ly the court, has confessed {bere that be murdered Marie Labrissl io New York om the night of May 27, 1902, and then cut up her body. Lio was arrested on suspicion by Sheriff Nugent of this county, who secured {the confession from him. ™ Balifreg Mines For Schwab, BAN FRANCISCO, Jao. 4. Miues lo the Bullfrog region of Nevada valued by the owners at $2000.00 were awarded to E. A Moutgomery by Judge Z. Scawell agalust the claims of C. B Flewing, who had sued for a half luterest because of a dispute ln a grub stake agreeuient. It Is now stated that ithe property will transferred to Charles M Schwab, who bax swalted the verdict be Three Young Men Held For Murder DANVILLE, Va, Jan 4.-Flet her Harris, George Stevens und Albert Ad Kins, three young white men of this city, have been arrested and placed in Jnll as suspects in the supposed wr | der of JM. Thomas, whose dead bundy was found In a ravine near this ity on TFoesday worniug. All of them deny any Know ledge of Thowas' death Knox to Be hares With Marder, NEW HAVEN, ¢ Ian. 4. Coro ner Mix states that Samuel Knox, who shot and killed Frederick McGann Kel ley on the street New Year's olgbt, will be held on the eharce of murder oun Gabbas' Force racing Ljaat, TANGIER, Moroecn Jan, 4, ~The forces Muder uiste: of War 8 bigher suthority, dispersed a meet: lug of Constitutional Democrats in St viously sanctioned Uo Nov. 14 Von der Launite sup pressed the Russ of St Petersburg be Cause of the publication of au articles Uy M Karavaelf, 4 well koown Jur “the debasement of all woral couscliousaess tu Russia” Some Idea of the recent uctivity of the late prefect of police of Bt Peters | burg way Le gathered from gures which be caused to be published Dee |= last. It was then anounced that | the “fying section of the secret [21] lice” had uiade 05S arrests in St Pe tersburg during the three days preced lug Dec. 25 The prisoners, who lo ed with “revolutionary activity ' Ihe police have uot yot succeeded in identifying the terrorist who shot and killed Vou der Launitz and whe coolly turned his revolver against bimself while be was falling under the sabre of the prefect’'s escurt Tbe authorship of this crime. how ever, like the recent assassination of f Count lgoatielf and the unsuccessful | attempt to blow up Premier Stolypin With « bomb, has been traced to the Oghting organization of the Soclal Rev- olutionists, who recently resolved to ductivity. The proclamation svowing sud Justifylag the killing of General Von der Lau Ou the revolutionary death list Beya te Choase Between Parents. MILWAUKEE, Wis. Jan 4 Judge Halsey has granted a divorce to Mrs Clara 8. Heyl from Jacob Heyl. There Was no contest, Mr. Heyl having with {drawn bis answer to his wife's com plaint. In the division of property by Agrevinent the sum of $120 (ak of life Insurance of the defendant is assigued to Mrs. Heyl Mrs Heyl pays over to (00, partly io real estate and partly lu first mortgage bonds, and about $60,000 cash. Mrs. Heyl Is awarded the cus tody of her two children, Reinhardt aged fifteen, sud Helmuth, thirteen years, but at the age of sixteen the boys are to chovse for thewselves be tween the parents White House Heception to Diplomats WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 The recep- tou in bouor of the diplomatic corps, ther first of the series of forwal recep tions at the White House, wus given last wight by President aud Mrs Roosevelt. About 2000 guests were present. Invited to meet the diplomatic Curps were the members of the cabloet. the supretne court, the wembers of both houses of congress, officers of the ariny and pavy aud representatives of otiicials and resident society. Andrew Caroegle and Cornelius Vaoderbiit Were preseut Not Hurt After Long Fall NEW YORK, Jan. 4 Although she fell five stories and struck ou the stune sidewalk, Lena Kopp, five years old, escaped with a few slight contusions The clilid lives on the top floor of the five story tenement, She was playiig In the front roow when ber mother missed her, aud, looklug out of the window, she saw her daughter lylug on the sidewalk Fatal Viase at Montreal MONTREAL, Jan 4 -One man was killed, six firemen Injured and $500 (6x0 worth of property destroyed by a fee that stqried at 2 o'clock in the morning on RL ADWiIne street. Two blocks w ere burned, The death of H. Gaguon and the Injury of thy sis fireiuen was caus ed by the collapse of walls A Town Without Fuel, LAKIN, Kun. Jan. 4 This town 1s out of fuel. Dorens of cars of coal 0 weeks sgo bay n diverted {10 other towne or used SB the raliway a, b FEVER RIFE IN BCRANTON. Troheld Epidemic Number Canes BCRANTON, Pa, Jan 4 Withato | tal number of cas of almost 1 x and | MOB INDECENT PLAY Pariefans Pelt and Hiss “A Dream of Egypt." is beginning to take pect. Nine deaths were reported during the past twenty four hours. making a3 to tal of eighteen since midnight Monday i veuly aloe new cases were reported in the same time. The tota’ number of cases, acconding to oMcial Brures hive not heey reported The eomditions on the south side are the worst that can be Imagined Doz ens of the tenvment dwellers ure lying sugrouninlings Iustances have found of whole families prostrated by the plague in two or three sinall rooms ters were found lo an advanced stage of the fever Iu one bed They were dpe The four hospitals of the city are ali part of the new treated in thelr bowes twenty hours out of twenty-four to get it In some kind of shape head nurse during the ‘Butler epidemics and competent. FAVORITES NOT IN IT. la First Have at New Urleans Went te Eanliss. at 10 to 1. NEW ORLEANS Jan ¢ The vic tory of Zaullss at 15 to | in the frst race at the Falr grounds was a sur prise all around ite, Affshed third, while the other choices Bolsbed outside of the money Jockey Aubuchon, who was injured Wednesday, was back in the saddle while Jockeys Swith and Gsroer are Summaries: First Race -Zaullss first; Dinewock sevend; Npider Web, third Second Race —Workaday first; Harel M.. second; Rebel Queen, third Third Race. Silverskin, first: tling Slik, second; Limerick Girl third Fourth Race Florizel, tirst; Telegra plier, second; Kitty Plate, third Fifth Race. Splon, first; Cawpalgn or, seculid; Refined, third Sixth Race. Flavigny first; Harma Racing at Oakland. BAN FRANCISCO, Jau. 4-—Jockey L. Willams had a narrow escape from death at Oaklend, belug thrown Caluiar after leaving the post Liorse went rideriess arcund the track not burt St Elwwood, Triumphaot and Hooligau were the winnlug favor ites Accident at Ascot Track LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 4 cident warred the races at Ascot plechase and rolled over Jockey Collis probably fatally lujuring bim Dr. Leo fourth May Bring Sault For Libel NEW YORK, Jan. 4 I'he board of | managers of the New York Cotton Ex ter attack upon Congressman Living Jordan of the Southeru Cotton Grow cation to the postotlice af fraud order against the exchange The managers of the ¢xchauge are con sulting counsel as to the advisability of bringing a sult for libel Raliroads Favored Jtandard 01). WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. —Discrimina tion lu favor of the Standard Ol com pany by raliroads agsinst other oll shippers 1s charged In a petition and culnpliaint fled with the Interstate cow merce commission by the Natioval Pe trolsum association against Arbor Railroad company aud fifty oth er lines constituting the Central Traf fic association, the Trunk Live ation and the New England territory assoc) Little Warship For tireat Lakes. NEW YORK, Jan. 4 ~The little Unit ed States gunboat Saudoval, intended for the use of the naval wilitis on Lake Ontario, reached ber dock tn this city baving arrived from Norfolk under the command of Lieutennut EN Wal bridge and wanoed by mewbers of the Second Separate division of the naval wilitia of Rochester, NY The Sando val was captured at Guantanamo dur ing the Spanish American war Tas Riots In Spain. MADRID, Jan 4 Serious ances ocvurred at Alicante, lu the pruy ince of Valeucis, as the result of a pro posal by the authorities to ctmnge In the collection of the (the tax levied on the the towns, by which change fod was dearvr wublered, for bade the provision shops from openiug aud the shopkeepers who dis obeyed wake n mide Crowds stoned Galton! Pleads Not Gully PATERSON, N 1) Ian. 4 Luig! Gallonl, editor of an Italian paper In Barre, Vt, who was arrested at that place and brought to this city to su swer charges of complicity in the silk dye riots bere in 12 was areaigned on six indictments (n the quarter ses sions court. The defendant entered pleas of not guilty. + Weather Probablittics, alr and colder; nortiwest winds. NIECE QF NAPOLEON 111. HOOTED. | Notorious Moulin Houge Scene Disorder When Marquise de ee — Attrmpted Debut In Flay Written by Herself, FARIS, Janu. & last ui! There was a reinark xlat thi when the | alle sowie at notorious Marguise de of the famous Duke | de Moruy sud a nlece of Napoleon 1H made ber debut in called Prream of Egypt i Moulin Houge Morny, a daughter an act writtea by with Mise of “Ulaudine herself | Gauthier ataad in coaburation ! Villars, the author | other decadent yoy els The marquis wife of the Belbeuf already achieved an unenviable reputs Hon, and ber heralded appearsnes the stage brought out a storm of erifl To this the marquise replied in letter published un wha Is the divoresd Marguis de has i vistu a 4 newspaper deus ing thet Ler performance was intended 10 be suggestive and losisting that she i Hieant to give au artisth of the winnuers of anclent Egypt. defending ber appearance on the the marquise said This does not cou stitute a disgrace to the French tocracy, as a distinguished scion of this aristocracy, the Privce de Broglie, has | been earning his living for some tis i past by conductiug an orchestra in i New York" Iu spite of this statement a aumber {of clubmieu gut to | gether sud went to the Moulin Rouge i where they cunducted a the like of which seldom bas been wit {nessed in this city. For tites the « urtaiy could HOt In Fai=edd « the owing to the pandemio iim frow galleries sud boxes When it toally disclosing the crypto ran after the Beautiful of | resfoubled | } reproduction | Iu stage aris uid Bonapartists demonstration ten full wig new act went up working out charm of life anid the was 8 Min siies of every description, the audiegee WAT Glse uf the fashion of Galatea Egyptian wumwmy lu | Me. Willy, din { This was followesl hy 4 person the uf fis even throwing i the In spite of thou the pleting their act | ingly | on the Parisian st ge When the enrtain the crowd rushed tow by Mue Mile. Polaire | Stage adaptation of literally drove thew fron hassocks and Loses at Wollivnh on the singe this vociferous demonstra two women persistes] in com Which was as disgust Indecent as auything ever see wis rung down ard thie Imex Ceatithiivr Villars who vu pied shad in a} thd iter Friis wikis the ths Sudden Death of Ex-Mayur Henderson BOSTON, Janu 4 WL I a bauquet to one f ] | the Quincy House Mayor John B. Henders Was stricken with ap wud died within a winutes Hetserson | who was the chlef eves utive of Ever | ett in 1597, had Leen street commis | stoner of that city since At the banquet to Mavor Tho Bayaton who will begin a secoud term on Mon day, Mr Henderson first to respond to a toast was revit ing an original poems be { drop back into bis chair i ried to an antervomw fwd Heuderson { vid ittending at | last night former uof Everett pes few Hien} is J was the As Le was seen to He where Le expir Was fifty seveu years Wis Car Trial on St. Valentine's Day NEW YORK, Jan 4 The suboom iittew appoluted to try Senator MoCar ! rea aud the state Riuvgs county for political during the last cam ign assembled tere and adjourned until Feb 14 This step was taken ff the legal steps of McCarren and his colleagues who have begun an action to fest the authority of the state committée to ex | pel its members or to Iuvestigate thelr political opinions cot tteeen from treachery becuse Agnin Stricken Deaf and Dumb BRIDGEPORT, Conu. Janu 4. For the third thue within a month James Wilson, Jr, has been stricken deaf aud dumb. About a mouth dpo Lie lost the { use of his faculties, but recoveral a few days after Later Le suf fered a temparary lapse, and last week be was stricken with the loss of speech and hearlugi for the thind thue Wil soli believes his waludy the uf an fnjury to oue of bis bauds several wouths ago axalu result Germans to Study War In Japan BERLIN, Jan 4 Fo i of the general «tall started fog Jape to Fday for two years the Japa Arty to study wethods of tralning aud oth inntters officers have Hat ™~ ery ioe it { | hese rls strategy in order pr been | this things they | er hese wakivg especial prepatatione for awl amoung other Lave taken 0 course ln Japatuese Service, Ex-Army Surgeon Dead | DENVER Inn ‘ bir Josepl | Allrich, formerly a surgeon of United States atfmy, 15 dead hers vighty nine Durlug the Indian wars be was stationed New Uh, Mion, where he distinguished himself hif Services. He Jeives a widow daughter, Mrs Laura Hios a book reviewer - need Vers al by | and dale uli Bank Teller tint Pive Years BALTIMORE William HB White, the youug paying teller of the Canton National bank, pleades! guilty ih the United States istrict was seifenced ta serve five Years the Baltimore city jail fur the embeg themeut of $H.5M) from the bank, where he had been employed since Lis early youth Inn 4 court ami a Ricanora Duse 1). = GENOA, Jun. 4. ~Eleanors Duse, the actress, is lll bere of pueumonia, PRICE ONE CENT Saturday Specials "~~ rr ————— eS Dress Goods Clearance checks and mixtures 3c be Braburn Plaids, special 17¢ Bc Worsted Plaids, special 3% Black Panama 69%¢ Two new reds In Broadeloth ew reds in Venetian re Sie Grey aC Two n —————— January Hosiery Sale © Ribbed Hoalery Sc, 3 palrs Boys a5¢ Boys’ 18 to Ribbed. extra heavy 16he pairs $1 00 Ladies’ 15c Fleece Lined Se or 3 for 2c or J pairs «Corset Covers Jersey ribbed If for 25e corset covers, made special 17¢ or 3 for quality for 39% fo 8 HC Extra bik —— -_ te — Buy Christmas Cost cuts no figure in the following: scarfs now 33e $1 00 now 7se¢ $170 auto scarfs now $1.19. Neckwear up to $1.25 now Bic Opera Bags 1 Ladie St¢ auto auto scarfs 5¢ each Lo Boxed Handkerchiefs $%c fancy hose wupporters, worth tu $1 00 Hoved HOW 4N¢ ruchings six neck lengths, fy yr os the Persian Ribbons now 48c 6 in. Plald Ribbons now 3%c Valley Phone Safety In Thunderstorms. In a thunderstorm the safest course for a human being is to get thoroughly wet. A wellknown scientist has de clared that he could kill a rat when dry by means of an electric’ discharge, ‘but uever when It was wet. While Yet We May. Life Is short, and we have never too much time for gladdening the hearts of those who are traveling the same Journey with us. Oh' be swift 9 love, make haste to be kind —Amiel, First International Athletics, The first International athletic oon: test under recoguized rules governl amateur athletics was In New YG no 1835. There were 11 vents, and the Americans won them all A Daily Thought. privilege and duty, for "weet content that grows, t and perfect happluess—. 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