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IDA BELLE HOPKINS RECOGNIZES
NEGRO ASSAILANT.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE HAS TWO
MEASURES BEFORE IT.
RIVER WILL DO SERIOUS DAMAGE IF
NOT CHECKED.
RELATIVES OF ARKANSAS VETERANS
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1908.
DIES AT BILOXI
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BUT ONE LIEUTENANT GENERAL OF
. CONFEDERACY SURVIVES.
Proposed civil service law for Texas,
Interesting City league games are
played.
Ausin defeats Galveston 7 to 6.
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Japs Quit Coffee Plantations.
nio Janeiro, Aug. 20 The Japanese
Immnigrants who were sent to the state
of Soa Paulo by ‘ho Imperial Immigra-
tion company of Tokio are leaving that
section in large numbers. They have
been at work on the coffee plan tal ion a.
but apparently were not satised with
their employment.
Anarchy in PorsiAn Provinees,
Teheran, Aug. 10.— Latest advices
received hero indicate that all the
In the meantime is to be applied to the
I extension of the plane of using all the
felony and misdemeanor convicts of the
state In improving the public high-
ways. building and maintaining bridges
and other public works.
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and the suburbs. During the course
of the afternoon numerous private en-
tertainments were given.
There were comparatively few visi-
torn to the warships, owing to the dis-
tance the vessel are lying from shore,
but those who made the trip were en-
laid the crime at the feet or Golden.
The negro cowed and said nothing.
Good Shower at Temple. ,
Temple, Texas, Aug. 80.--Refreshing
•hdWgm fell here today effectually set-
tling the dust which had grown to be
a nuisance and cooling off the atmon-
phen*, avoiding a welcome rellet from
the oppremfye hot weather df the past
week. No damage was innicte on the
cotton crop, which is opening rapidly,
and the product being rapidly ginned.
WEATHER FORECAST*
Washington, Aug. 30.—West Texas.-
Showers Monday except fair in south-
west portion, cooler in north portion)
Tuesday fair except showers in ex-
treme west portion.
East Texas—Partly cloudy Monday)
Tuesday local showers with cooler in
I north portions; light to fresh south-
east to south winds on the coast.
joint board of engineers of the United
States and Mexico* to plan some per-
manent improvements. At present the
river is eating Its way across a point
of land jutting out towards Mexico.
The national cemetery is en this neck
and If the river eats its way through,
the cemetery will be on the Mexican
side. The matter will be dealt with at
length in a report to Washington by
General* Myer. Unless something is
done some of the best of the post-build.
Ings may be abandoned.
emeue
ED PRES
Shot in an Affary.
San Antonio. Aug. 30.—in an affray
in the Crystal on Main plaza late last
night Ed. Stens was shot And slightly
wounded in the head. W. H. Ford, one
of the proprietors of the Crystal, sur-
rendered. Ford claims that the shoot-
ing was accidentaly. He claims that
Stevens started at him with a knife
and that ho struck him over the head
with a sixshooter and that the gun
. went off. The bullet hit Stevens in the
forehead, but glanced. He is not se-
riously injured.
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Melbourne, Aug. 81.—(Monday)— the Protestant churches and later the
Rear Admiral Sperry, commander of (Melbourne Automobile club, in 100
the American fleet, expressed himself cars, took the officers of the fleet to
view the points of interest in the city
June, 1842.
at West
CAROLINAS
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New Orleans, Aug. 80—Fire which
broke out Jn the center ot the com-
merelal district here this afternoon
swept over portions of three blocks
destroying a large number of whole-
sale houses, manufacturing plants and
small stores, origimting at Bienville
and Chartres atreets, the names
worked their way north as far as Conti
street and west toward Royal, bringing
about a property loss of between 1,-
000,000 and $2,090,000 before they
were finally subdued.
Several circumatances combined to
give the re a headway, which proved
hard to overcome. At the time the
alarm was turned in, shortly before 8
0 elock, the New Orleans nremen were
In the midat of their annual picnic at
a surburban park and the engines and
patrols responded with a mere handful
of men, It was fully an hour before
the deparement waa in a position to
Two Warehouses in Pathof Destruction
Were Filled With Whisky, Brandy
and Inflammable Material.
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the last roll call and his death left
only two officers of the Confederacy of
equal rank. These were Gen®ra^ Stew-
art and General Simon Bolivar Buck-
ner of Kentucky. General Stewart’s
death toAny leaves General Buckner as
the only surviving lieutenant general in
the Confederate States army.
war.
The palpit of St. Patrick’s cathedral
was occupied Sunday evening by Rev.
Mr. (Reason, chaplain of the Connecti-
cut, and the congregation overflowed
the edifice. Service® In the other
churches were again well attended in
the evening. Much informal individual
hospitality was shown to the sailors
and marines and many of the officers
and men enjoyed the pleasures of Sun.
day meals at the family board.
2 "The population of Los Angeles is
largely made up of wealthy seekers \ the international tuberculosis congress,
after health from all parts of the State democratfe executive commit-
United States, and for Dallas and tee meets here at noon today.
Texas to make a big showing at the “ ----- * “
Elks’ convention there next year would
in our opinion advertise her to more
quarters of the eat th than anything
we have so far done.
"We believe when the business men
of Dallas conalder this matter cre-
Dallas, Aug. 30.—Dallas Elks are
working to take a large delegation to
the annual convention of the order,
to be held in Eos Angeles next July. A
committee for this purpose has been
appointed and la already actively at
work.
A formal statement of the commit-
ted has been issued. It follows:
"The formation of a Los Angeles
club is well under way, there being a
number of notes already signed, al-
the American fleet, expressed himself
s highly appreciative of the warm
welcome extended to himself and the
mingo de Obaldia the document setting । a xew aays arter lh
forth tIW final count of the votes of • milted to prevent a
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the constitutional successor of Presi-
dent Manuel Amador. To celebrate
♦his event, Senor Obaldia was given a
banquet by the most prominent Pan-
amans and foreigners on the Isthmus.
provinces are in a state of anarchy and
that the country is on the eve of a
civil war. Word has reached here
from Nuddea-that a party of liberal
murhtaleds has started for Persia to
proclaim a holy war axalnst the sbal
among the Djat population.
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thg United Confederate Veterans, who
held the commisslon of a lieutenant jou
general in the Confederacy, answered 1oos
leans during recent y,_____ _____
devastated was made up largely of old
buildings, ome- of them over a half
century in use. They proved like so
much tinder to the flames, and fanned
by a high wind the fire made rapid
progress.
Two warehouses, filled with wines
and liquors, were among the building
destroyed by the fire. As they burned
the barrels of whisky and brandy ex-
ploded with thunderous roars, which,
could be heard for blocks and which
shook the walls of adjoining buildings
and endangered the live® of the firemeu
engaged in fighting the flames.
It wan not until several hours had
elapsed the fire was under control and
make anything like a suocesstul fight
Against the fire and even then the
handicap was added to by an in-
adequate supply of water.
The fire was one of the most spec-
tacula that has occuaged in’Naw Or- i
nn5 durine recent yeare The setion
vunt of a shortage of gas was cut
•0se at 6:60 o’clock this evening with
Charles J. Coey, ns pilot and George
Bambaugh as pussenger. and willed
Little Rock, Aug. 80.—State Auditor
Avery E. Moore today announced that
he doubted whether he would issue any
penelon warrants in Arkansas this
year, owing to a question of Interpre-
tation of the law governing appropria-
tions. If Auditor Moore decides to not
issue the warrants he will withhold
>472,000 from mothers widows and
relatives of old Boldiers in Arkansas,
ee flood,
the then
upon the
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pon the
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must fain
Landed.
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Ohio, Aug. 80.—The big
igo, which failed to start
lumbla since Thursday night arrived L .
here about noon today, being a few \ )
minutes late. The Wateree river
bridge which has been under water foi
three days was passed over successfully
and found to be little damaged.
No trains are moving north of
Florence owing to the unaafe condition
of the Pee Dee river bridge.
The line from Columbia to Charleston
is open by the way of Blackville, in-
creasing the distance about fifty miles.
The Southern railway bridge over
the Conga ree * river has been tempo-
rarlly repaired and trains are moving
into and out of Columbia over that
line.
Railroads between Columbia and j
Bpartanbur and Greenville are still
blocked and it can not be said when
traffic will be resumed on these roads.
The bodies of the little Hinson boy
and the negro driver of Henry Ravage
of Camden, who were drowned when
the toll bridge over the Wateree river
at Camden went down Wednesday,
were reto’vered today. Three or four
others who were on the bridge at the
same time are still missing.
No report of the conditions at King-
Ville has been received here tonight.
The Congaree river is falling and no
doubt the water at that point is re-
ceding. No loss of life has been re-
ported there.
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fully we willi have their hearty co-
operation.
"Dallas, either alone or joining other
Texas lodges, wants to capture some of
the prices that those princely enter-
tainers at Los Angeles are proposing
to hang up, and for the second time
Ih twelve months to call the attention
of Elkdom and its lateral connections
to the Queen City of the empire of the
southwest.
”C. L, WAKEFIELD.
"Chairman.
« “HENRY HAMILTON.
"Fred McJunkin,
“J. M. TYLER.
“Committee.”
OBALDIA SUCCEEDS AMADOR.
Chairman of Panaman Jury on Elec-
tions Preserves Document,
Panama, Aug. 80.—The electoral
r several weeks ago, today came to
veston in company with her mother
■ and Sheriff Ras Landry of 3efferson
. county and positively identified Claude
. Golden as the guilty one. Golden and
another negro were brought to this city
I a few days after th® crim® was com-
Tad Powers, " Bell county pioneer,
dies near Belton.
Farmer living near Lockhart dies of
hydrophobia.
General Myer returns from Fort
Brown and will report upon danger of
government property washing away.
Ran Antonio woman falls off, street
car and le seriously injured. k
Creamery project for Temple. ■
Ida Bell Hopkins of Beaumont visits
jail in Galveston and at once picks out
Claude Golden as negro who assaulted
her.
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Honored by King Frederick.
Copenhagen, Aug. IE—King Fred-
crick has conferred upon Dr. Axell
Hellerung of New York and Halvor
Jacobsen of Ran Francisco, the order
of Knight of Dannebrog.
and served as an Instvuctor in artillery.
. At the outbreak of the Civil war he
was commissioned as brigadier general
in the Confederate Blates army, made
a major general in 1863 and received
his commission as a leutenant general
one year later. The cluse of the war
found him in command of the army of
the Tennessee.
Like the Lees, General Stewart after
the close of hostilities between the
states, gave himself up to the instruc-
tion of southern youth and served
from 1874 to 1880 as chancellor of the
University of Mississippi. In 1890 he
was appointed one of.the cosinisalon-
ers of the Chickamauga National park
and from that time until he moveto
Biloxi he made his home at Chatta-
nooga. General Stewart spent th® lost
years of his life devoting himself
largely to literal y work. He was re-
garded as an authority on interesting
events which had marked the country
during his lifetime.
General Stewart married at Warren,
Ohio, in 1845, Miss Harriet Byron-
Chas. Rhe died in 1898.
Only three months ago General Ste-
phen D. Lee, commander-In-chief of
San Antonio, Aug. 30.—Brigadier
General Myer has returned from
Brownsville, where he went to investi-
gate the report that the Rio Grande
was seriously endangering Fort Brown.
He found conditions as bad as reported
and recommends that >1000 be spent At
once to stop the approach of the river.
Brush work is redgmnmended owing to
the fact that the international treaty
prevents the building of the proper
stone abutments. General Myer, how-
ever, favors an agreement between the
may become
Trinity and
away to th® west in a light breeze.
The Chicago carried only 250 pounds
of ballast and a long flight is improb-
able. No definite tidings hail been re-
ceived early tonight from the Queen
Luise, which started in the race yes-
terday. but it was reported to hay
landed at Lima, Ohio.
Davis la for Calvin.
flan Antonio, Aug. 80.— Frank C.
Davis of Ran Antonio will represent
Will A. Morrlaa At the meeting of the
stat® democratic executive comritte
which meets tomorrow for the purpose
of naming a successor to Agrleultural
Commissioner Milner. It K# understood
that Mr, Davis will vote for Calvin ot
Houston.
Biloxi, Miss., Aug. 30.—General Alex-
ander P. Stewart, one of the last two
surviving lieutenant generals of the
Confederate States army,’ died at his
home here today. Although In his
eighty-aevehth year and suffering from
the infirmities of old age, General
Stewart’s death was sudden and came
as a distinct.shock and surprise to his
relatives and friends. General Stewart
had been in falling health at the home
of his son, Dr A. I*. Stewart, Jr., for
a year or more. Death was due to
heart disease,
A native of Tennessee, General
Stewart lived the greater part of his
life in that state, but of late had been
making his home In Biloxi, where he
found the salt air and pine woods of
great benefit to his health. He was
born at Rogersville, Hawkins county,
Tennessee, October 31, 1821, and re-
ceived his early education in that
state. Later he was appointed to the
United States military academy at
West Point and graduated with honors
oVR year.
» One hundred leading clubwomen of
Columbia, S. Cu Aug. 30.—The flood
sltuatlon throughout Routh Carolina to-
night shows considerable improve-
ment. Water In the various rivers and
creeks is falling rapidly and some
progress is being mod®. In the mattei
o repairing railroad and country
bridges.
The first railroad train over the At-
lantic Coast Line from Florence to Co-
ant in the Third United States artil-
lery, and later transferred to West
Point, where he served as one of the
assistants to the professor gf mathe-
matics.
Resigning* from the army in 1846,
General Stewart accepted the chair of
mathematics and natural philosophy at
Cumberland university. Tennessee. Be-
sides attending to his duties as a
professor. General Stewart held a com-
mission in the Tennessee state militia
Decrease of 100 per cent in numbet
df charters filed this year as compared
with last fiscal year,
Prfessor Wenborn of Agriculture
and Mechanical college issues a bul-
letin on winter bur clover.
Condition of "frats’ in Texas for th®
past year as compared with the previ-
• men under him and the kindly greeting
of the Australians, both at Sydney and
I Melbourne/ and has developed a fee-
' ing of gratification throughout the
। fleet. All are looking forward with
pleasure to the-coming week, of which
this is he official landing day. The
weather is fine and hospitality prom-
ises to be abundant.
Sunday was set down on the pro-
1 gram as a “free day," nd thing in the
way of formal entertainments having
been arranged for the visitors, .but
I nevertheless those who came ashore
I from the warships managed to -spend
| some enjoyable hours driving and
) sight-seeing. Reventeen 1 military
trains arrived -Sunday morning from
the various copters throughout the
country bringing into Melbourne a
large body of cavalry, which will par-
ticipate in the grand review on Thurst
i Twenty-five hundred men of the
( ships were given shore leave Sunday,
! of which 1000 marched through Collins
| street to St. Patrick’s cathedral, where
pontifciai mass was held at noon. The
American blue Jackets and marines
। wero preceded by 2000 cadets and a
1 /number ef bands were in the proces-
‘ sion.
| The streets were thronged with
i spectators, who gave the men a hearty
I A welcome. After the services in the
• church were ended, the men were
\ served with lunch in the cathedral
’ hall. Special services were held in all
Duchess to Open Exhibition.
Galway, Ireland, Apg. 80.—The
duchess of Manchester, who was Miss
Helen Zimmerman of Cincinnati, and
who- recently became the owner of
Kylmore castle in the Connemara
highlands, hAs consented to open the
Galway great exhibition to be held in
connection with the all-1reland Indus-
trial conference In Galway on Septem-
ber 16. The conference will conclude
its sittings on September 17,-but the
exhibition will remain open till Sep-
tember H.
as there is that amount in the treasury
to bo distributed..
The law reguires that no appropria-
tions be made for longer than two
years. The question of reppropriating
the pension fund never arose. hcwever,
until now. and It is the direct result
of the decision of the Arkansas su-
preme court to the effect that no money
could be spent on the new state cap-
ito) building until the capitol und is
reapproprlate.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 30.—When the
senate meets tomorrow. it will have
before it for a first reading the Holder
bill to terminate the convict lease sys-
tem. whieh, passed the'house last Fri-
day. >
Th® measure will have to be read on
three separate days In the senate be-
fore it n be taken up and put on its
passage;
No convict bill has yet been passed
by the upper body,, although the extra
session began work on last Tuesday. A
compromise bill signed by twenty-
three senators who introduced on Fri-
day and will be read for the second
time tomorrow. This provides for the
termination of the system of leasing
convicts on April 1, 1909. On the last
day of March of next year the present
contracts expire.
The' Holder bill provides that the
convicts again may be leased after
April 1 next, but provides that all
counties wishing them for road worK
Have first choice; that counties that
desire more than their pro rata share
for road work shall next bo accom-
modated; that municipalities shall then
be provided for, and any convicts re-
maining shall be leased to private con-
fractors until December 31, 1911. At
that.date the lease system shall end.
The fund which will be accumulated
Georgia legislature will renew con-
sideration of convict bills this week.
General Alexander P. Stewart dies
at Biloxi and General Simon Bolivar
Buckner is the sole surviving lieu-
tenant general of the Confederate
States army.
Arkansas likely to omit all pensions
to relatives of old soldiers under new
ruling as to appropriations.
Men of the battleships had fine time
at Melbourne on Runday, attending
services and seeing points of interest
under skillful guidance.
Bryan starts upon speech-making
tour. a
WINES AND UQI ; THE FLAMES
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a lively fight to be made over the sug-
gestion to tax the manufacture and
sale of near-beer to provide revenue
for the penitentiary system. If the
senate passes the income tax amend-
ment, it will also meet with vigorous
opposition in the house. Unless some
such debates are precipitated there 1s
a probability that the extra session
wilt adjourn the latter part of this
week.
-t final count of the votes of 3 mitted to prevent a lynching. He and
fe republic which makes him four other negroes were lined up at the
- - Galveston county jail alid with "That’s
the one,” the little girl unhesitatingly
general manager of
Brazos Valley railroad.
oven then It continued to burn well into
th® night. e
Among the establishment® burned
were:
Central Glass company.
Georg® Scott, lighting and electric
Instrumnts.
Heidenheim. Levy A Welsa, shirt
manufacturers.
Hohen and. Diets, wholesale mil-
linery. '
Kost Commission comnpany.
Paul Gelpl & Rons, wholesale Hquor
dealers.
New Orleans Junk company,
Isaoro Kelfer & Co’,, boots and
shoes.
Thomas L. Harris, wholesale liquor
dealer.
• Butler Passes Through Berlin.
Berlin, Aug. 30.—Dr. Nicholas Mur-
ray Butler, president of'Columbia uni-
versity, passed through here today on
his way from Switzerland to Copen-
hagen. where he will deliver a course
of keturers at the University of
Copenhagen beginning tomorrow.
Hospital Foundation Robbed.
Isehl, Aug. 30?—Emperor Francis
Joseph on Saturday laid the founda-
tion of a. hospital in memory of thejate
Empress Elisabeth. During the night
the foundation stone was removed
from its setting and the casket con-
taining the Imperial signed record and
the coins were stolen. There is no
trace of the thief.
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Temple, Texas, Aug. 80.—The outlook
. ' for the construction of an interurban
) electric line between this city and Mar-
i _ lin grows brighter hourly and people
here are very sanguine that this long
sought for object is at last in sight of
achievement. A conference was held
I last night at the Elks' club rooms be-
tween Messrs. M. T. Bentzen, William
Clegg, Jr., and W- D. Boyce of St.
a Louis, who have been here several
F days investigating conditions, and about
’ forty leading citiens, at which the mat-
ter was gone oer in every phase. The
'St. Louis gentmen left for their homes
1 this morning/expressing themselves as
| being delighted with thir investiga-
tions and pleased with the result of the
i conference. They will return within
' ten days or two weeks and submit a
i definite prapostlon. It is-believed that
one of the conditions will b that
Temple, Marlin and Intermediate ter-
ritory raise a fund of 8200,000 for In-
vestment in the securities to be issued
by the corporation that will build and
own the road. This is a matter not
difficult of achievement, as Temple and
I Marlin have jointly pledged themselves
I to raise >125,000. of which sum there
[ only remains about >25.000 to be raised.
\ The intermediate country has not as
yet been called upon, in th® event that
the St. Louis offer is rejected the prime
movers in the enterprise will proceed
with their original plans to organize a
corporation of >200,000 capital with the
stock alv’owned by local parties. The
St. Louis representatives desire that the
line should also build into Waco, with
the power houses and general offices lo-
cated in Temple as the center of an In-
terurban system to be built up grad-
ually. Negotiations are to be continued
between th® several parties.
Woman Falls Off Street Car.
San Antonio, Aug. 30.—As a result
of being thrown from the steps of a
treet car while trying to alight it is
believed that Mrs. Kate Dornstein of
735 River avenue is fatally injured.
The accident occurred this morning.
Rhe is a wel known citizen and 55
yean old,
b San Antoni® Wants the Clerks.
V San Antonio. Aug. 80.—An effort is
to be made to have the next annual
convention of postofce clerks of the
United States meet in Ran Antonio,
h he national’convention will meet Sep-
) temnber 7 in Birmingham. Ala. .This
city will be represented by Coleman
Smith and Charles A. Tack. They will
invite the convention to meet here
and will back I up with letters from
Governor Campbell and the Business
Men's club of Pan Antonio.
Shell Road Projected.
San Antonio, Aug. 30.—A shell road
[ from San Antonlo to Corpus Christi
l Is the latest Improvement to be advo-
i rated by the Auto club of San Anto-
nio. They believe that by interesting
the counties through which the road
tuns the plan could be carried out suc-
cessfully. i
Wernette Resigns.
San Antonio. Aug. 30.—Charles Wer-
| nette who is president of the state rm
well as the local Retail Dealers' asso-
cation, ha® resigned as president of
the local assoltion and will also re-
seh as presidnt of the state associa-
n. Hi® reason for 0 doing Im that
he has sold out his saloon busines and
I will engage in the hotel business. Ray
Lambert has been named to succeed
L h ni as president of the local associa-
L tion.
Galveston, Aug. IE—Miss Ida Bell®
Hopkins, the Beaumont girl who was
.. . -- ----- --------- criminally assaulted by a negro in that
proceedings which began last January- city-----*----‘
and'which for so long a time threat- Galy
ened the peace of the republe, ended * * ‘
happily today when Dr. Augusto Bond,
chairman of the national jury on elec-
tions. dellveredto.detor Don Jos® Do-
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