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TEXAS HAS MANY NEW LAWS. Teniobt is the Time One is an Insurance Law Requiring Companies to Deposit 75 Per Cent of Reserve on Texa* Business In Texas—Anti-Pass Law and More Stringent Legislation on Whiskey Question. Austin, Texas, July 11.—Laws tliat are calculated to turn things in the Lone Star State more or less topsy turvy for the time being will come into operation at midnight tonight. The new law of which the country at large has probably heard the most Is the Robertson act, which requires foreign insurance companies doing business in Texas to ueposit 75 per cent of the reserves on Texas bust ness in State depositories. It also requires a tax on 1 per cent on gross premiums collected. As a result of this law two-thirds of the big insu ranee companies doing business in Texas have already withdrawn from the state and the rest will probably do likewise before December 31, on which date the first Investment and deposit required by the law must be made Several other laws are of a more or less radical nature and have atf graded widespread attention. One of these is an anti-pass law and another places more stringent regu lations on the sale of liquor in Texas Still another requires that all praaj other pltffces ffr" the accommodation of r the "traveling public shall furnish X top sheets not less than nine feet In length and provides a penalty failure to comply with the law. The new law for the regulation of the liquor traffic, known as the Ba> kin-McGregor act. requires every dea ler In the state, whether wholesale or retail, to take out a new license. The' new licenses are to be Issued to per sons of good character, who have re sided for more than two years In the county where the application is made, who have never had a license revo ked or forfeited and who have never been convicted of a felony. The antf-pass law practically re vokes the tree railroad pass system throughout Texas. Even the State Railroad Commission will have pay railroad fare, as the new law cuts off all passes for the commission ers and employees of that body. All of the railroads of the state have sent out requests to holders of annual passes and mileage asking that such transportation be returned to the general office for cancellation. . ATLANTA’S MUDDY WATER ; The City Takee Action That May Clear up the Situation Some. Atlanta, Ga., July 11—The Atlanta papers, making a great ‘•feature" of the muddy water situation, are clam oring for prompt action against poli tics in the waterworks department, and practically demanding the head of Park Woodward, general manager of the department. The special committee of council paid & visit to the water plants yes terday afternoon, and found from' engineers that a pressure of 120 pounds could be put on the pumps without necessary danger. This is directly contrary to Mr. Woodward’s contentions in the past. An order directing the Increased pressure was signed by Mr. Woodward upon writ ten demand of the committee, and clear water will result in a few days, probably Sunday at midnight. The delay will be due to the desire to completely fill the depleted reservoir before using the Alteration plant. A recent report shows that co-op erative farming is making great headway in Germany. At the close of 1905 no less than 17,912 coopera tive farming associations were In full swing, with a membership o! over one million farmers. Senate Temperance Com. Adopts the Hardman Bill. Atlanta, Ga., July 11.—By vote of 159 to 0 the House this morning passed the anti-lobbying bill by Mr. Wright of Floyd. The Senate Committee on temperance by a unanimous vote this afternoon recommended the passage of the Hard man prohibition bill. Many persons were heard, pro and con. Atlanta’s delegation was heard this morning. SOME SCENES BEFORE THE COMMITTEE. July 11.—Before Atlanta, Ga. crowd which filled the hall of repre sentatives to overflowing and filled the gallaries until no more could be admitted, the committees on temper ance of bouse and senate heard argu ments for and against the Hardman- Covington bills yesterday afternoon. Delegations were hero from Savan nah, Macon. Darien, Brunswick, Au gusta and other cities, with a big delegation from Atlanta. Represen tatives of both sides were here from lovery potyit named. The meeting was intended for the senate chamber, but it was necessary to remove to the larger hall of representatives to accommodate the crowd. Senator Gordy asked for a post ponement until Thursday to permit the Columbus delegation to arrive, but this was lost. Dr. G. R. Nunnally, of Newnan, a former candidate for governor, spoke for the prohibition side. He was fol lowed by the Macon delegation. Form er Mayor Henry Horne said that the proposed legislation was the most drastic he had ever known. Rev. W. M. Rich, of Macon, spoke for the pro hibition side, saying that the local option law In Macon would have paas- ed had not the liquor men corralled the negroes and voted them. Ben L. Jones, a prominent capitalist of Ma con, jumped to his feet and denied this, but was called to order. Col. Nat E. Harris, of Macon, one of the best known men In the state, started the crowd to yelling when he spoke for the bill: "I come in the -eventide of my life, 1 he said, "to atone for the error I made in the legislature, when I voted against a prohibition measure." tiori Meets at Jamestown ITHE ANTI LOBBY to Discuss Pure hood Laws. July 11.—Of much In- t«tlon In production, preparation, leneral public will bo tranoportotlon and marketing; at the eleventh annu- city milk aupply; the unlnepectad lo ot the Aoooclatlon ofi oal elaughterlng houae, bake (hop, :ional Food and Dairy which lo to bo hold next Jamestown expoaltlon. wilt be attended by tho federal officials aa well'at the pure food and dairy commissioner. of near ly all the atateo of the union. ,- Among t|ie subject* to bo dloouaaod with a view to final recommendation, where additional legislation la need ed, or final action where prooont lawa are sufficient, are tho following: Clooor restriction and prohibition of artlflblpl color, Which, whether harmful or harmlou, la the oloak of moat food fraud*; problemt of ean|. coda fountain and Ice cream plant; co-operation between tho atate and municipal authorities, and between tho otatoo and federal Government; uniform leglalatlon, baaed upon the combined boot In the atate and natl* onal lawa, and not on any Imporfee- ttona which may have bean Injected Into *lthor; the continuance of tho joint eommlttoo from the official agrl cultural ehtmlata and from official food' analyata to collaborate tho re search of aclentlsta and the expert, •nope of producers and manufactur ers for tho mutual Information of both the food official. and manufacturers. Man and Woman Murdered by Jealous Lover of Woman. Buffalo, July 11.—Peter Forrestel, a saloonist, and Marie Smith, a waitress in Forrestel’s saloon, were murdered early today. Giiorg* Hodson, a painter, is accused of the crime. The Smith woman formerly lived with Hodson, and her refusal to leave, Forrestel’s place and return to him is believed to be the cause of the double crime. Refused to Enjoin Against Adoption of 2c Fare by Road. Desmoines, July 11.—Judge McPhearson, of the federal court, today denied the application to jestrain the Iowa Central, and the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroads to prevent then put ting into effect a two cent passenger rate law. The judgh ruled that no injury to the roads is shown in the application-attd that the ne* xafewill out down Aoki Says Talk of War is Creation of Trouble Makers. New York, July 11.—Ambassador Aoki today issued a state ment reasserting his previous declp* ‘hat the^g is no Jap- anese-American situation and that 4 t trouble between the two nations is the creation of irresponsible trouble makers e Parker Addresses Lawyers. Hendersonville, July 11.—The feature of today’s session of the North Carolina Bar Association was the annual address de livered by Judge Alton B. Parker, of New York. Tflj Force Members of Tn^»# to Answer to Indictments. Strikers Have Lost $4,000,000. Havana, July 11—It is reported that the cigar manufacturers will get together today and adopt resolutions yielding to the strikers’ demand to reopen all factories. The strikers say that they will return on condition that their demand is granted and that wages shall be paid in American money. The strikers estimate their loss at lour million dollars in the strike. Daughter of Dan Sully Marries. Providence, R. I., July 11—Mitt Beth Sully, only daughter of Daniel Sully, the famous cotton king of a years ago, was married today to Douglas Fairbanks of New York. The ceremony, which was largely attend ed, took place at the 8ully country home, Kenneth Ridge, at Watch Hill. /The bridegroom was formerly actor In a stock company In New York. It ie said he was obliged to give up the stage before Mr. 8ully would give hi* consent for him to wed hie daughter. He Is now vice- president of the corporation which formerly belonged to ,Mr. Sully’s brother-in-law, Colonel Thompson. ^fActlng w of Justice Judq^Wal of tHf United Stater district court of Virginia is to conduct a hearing to day on the action of the Government to force nine of the officers of the so-called fertilizer trust living In Vir ginia to answer an Indictment returned against them in Tennessee. The indictment charges twenty-fpur officers of the fertilizer combine with violations of the trust laws of*the ntry. These officers live in dlffpront part, thtbp So^h. ^nd thi moot has found It a^natter difficulty to force them to Tennessee to stand trjal on the indictments, in the first effort in that direction the Government lost. If the Virginia de fendants are required to answer to the indictments in the Tennessee courts the Government will proceed in the same way against the defen dants in other 8outhern States. Thousands Witness Opening of Christian Endeavor Meeting Seattle, Wash., July 11. -Today in the presence of ten thou sand delegates, Dr. Francis E. Clarke, president of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, presided over the opening session of the twenty-third international convention. President Clarke delivered an address, a letter was read from President Roosevelt and the report of Secretary William Shaw was read. The Deed of a Desperate Lover Tacoma, July 11.—Driven to desperation by the false pro mises of a woman he loved, Frank Harvey early today shot and killed Mrs. Gertrude Hall and probably fatally wounded Sher man Blanchard, whom he found in a room with her. Harvey surrendered to tde police. Wright Introduced. Every Paid ReprM.nt.tlve of a Cor poration Shall Regleter With the Secretary of 8tate—Glenn, of Whit field, Want. Newtpapere Put In the Same Franchise Clasa With Railroad*. Atlanta, Ga., July 11—'Yesterday*, session of the bouse and senate was taken up principally by tbe election of Senator Augustua O. Bacon to an other term In the United States Sen ate, and Senator Bacon’s address to tbe general assembly, In which he thanked the members tor the vote and urged that the people magnify and enlarge the dignity of the setate rather than the Federal government. In the house, Representative Glenn, of Whitfield, Introduced a bill plac ing a franchise tax on newspapers, placing them very much In the posi tion of railroads. The antl-lobbylng bill of Mr._ Wright, of Floyd, was put on paw-' age arter the third reading, but the discussion was suspended before peo nage by the beginning of the Joint session.. -The bill provides that every patfi representative of . corporation shall register with the secretary of state stating tbe particular legislation In which ba la Interested end by whom he Is employed. It alw provide, that every corporation employing a paid representative in the Interest of leg- tlon shall file with the seoretary of the fees paid tho repreeentatlve of a cor; shall speak to a member of the leg. hhiture privately In regard to pen ding legislation, but that he shall ap pear nnd present his argument for or against legislation lu the presence of committees, If he appears at all. In the senate. Honator Hardman In troduced n hill to provide for a per manent commission fo ho named by tho governor, to Inquire Into and ax- amine Into the primal chhaeg of crime, pauperism, Insanity and men tal degeneracy. ° •'« • 't Tho sonate concurred In n resolu tion Inviting Prof, A. M. Soule, the dean of tho School of Agriculture, to address tho assembly on the night of July 18. TWO CONVICT8 ESCAPED. They Squeezed Between the Iron Bara of Their Cage, Twenty-five dollars will he paid for the arrest of John Henry Goodman, aged twenty-five, height 5 feet 10. Inches, weight 186 pounds, color black, little moustache, sore on right ankle from shack, wearing a white hat. Walter Terrell, small nogro, weigh- New Orleans Embezzler Caught Louisville, July 11.—B. F. Robinson, alias Robert Frazier, the alleged embezzler of twenty-six thousand dollars in New j at Bridgeport this morning. Orleans! today admitted his identity and -expressed a willing- oil, which was set on fire. ness to return to New Orleans without resistance or extradition. Seven Killed in an Explosion. Hazleton, Penn., July 11.—A reported explosion of white damp in the Audenried Mine, three miles from her^, early today and the company officials share the belief that seven men were killed. Charles Moyer on the Stand. Boise, July 11.—Charles H. Mover was recalled to the stand in the Haywood trial today for cross examination, which was conducted by Senator Borah. Knighis Templar See the Sights. Saratoga, N. Y., July 11.—'With were to be teen exchanging calls, practically all of their business die- j The progressive ball which it the pqsed of the Knights Templars today j crowning event of the entertainment devoted themaelves to the enjoyment | programme, takes place thi. evening of the purely .oclal feature, of the ,nd the 'O’ «>• ««nt _ __ have been completed on a moet olab- ing 160 pound*, about 6 feet 7 Inches programme. ,t wa. a day of frater-' KJ „. Th . bll( wlll b . opened ; h)Kh , dBrk Kln(tl , r cak „ Si” nal visits and everywhere about ths j W fth exhibition drills held slmultan : ! moustache, No. 7 ahoe, very stubborn, streets, hotels and other public places leously In the Grand Union and United* has but little to aay. Escaped from the knights in brilliant uniform and 8tate« hotels, Congress hall and Con- Colquitt county gang la t night. J. ladies dressed In exquisite toilettes 1 vention halls. |F. Monk, clerk county commiaBioners. * j The above notice Is being sent out Lightning Fired Thousands of : Z 'oTuT^7Z y Z\Z\7.l r _ log Of tho portable barrackB of the Gallons of Oil in Huge Tanks. rr ^rdem^M^eontc,: 8 ^ 6 ^ Vincennes, Ind„ July U.-Lightning struck three oil tanks Each contained 37,500 gallons of dr bad the ahackles removed because of a wound on hi* ankle. 1-ast night was their first night unchained sad they took advantage of the opportu nity to escape. They seemed to bavo escaped by prizing the rods, of the av y—, . • • car and slipping through. The other IN ext Conclave in Chicago. innia,e « ° f they knew nothing of their escape until thl. Saratoga, July 11.—The grand encampment of Knights Tem- morning.—Moultrie Obaerver. plar today voted to hold the next triennial conclave in Chicago — in 1910 Something new In labor Injunction* The entire town was threatened for a time, but entrench ments were hastily thrown up and kept the oil from spreading, The loss is one hundred thousand dollars. was Issued by Judge Loring of th. supreme court In Boston recently, when he restrained the teamsters' . , . „ , unlon fro “ paying the car fare out New York, July ll.-President Amador, of Panama, sailed ol the city ot non-union men brought today for a three months tour to Europe. there to break the teamsters’ strike. Amador Sails for Europe.