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<Xbe IRefugto IRevtew.
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Only Paper In the County.
PUBLISHED IN THE INTEREST OF REFUGIO COUNTY.
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Subscription $i.oo Per Annum.
YOL. 6.
REFUGIO, REFUGIO COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, DEC. 23, 1904.
NO. 49.
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New York, Texas and
Mexican R’y Co.
i JAPS FIRE A MINE
Why a Trip Oeer the “Macaroni” is
Cheap, Comfortable, Enjoyable,
and Enlightening.
Safe,
Track is almost straight as an arrow, very few curves aud em-
bankments; well ballastel; steel rails.
le Engines are oil burners, no smoke, no dust, no ciudets. 'The
coaches clean commodious and comfortable:’
\e^SchedMles coiiX(im^mt aud 'as fast as consistent with extreme
safety..
Jie Connections via Houston good for all points Erst, North and
South,
The Fare, except in a very few cases, is figured via the shortest route.
The Territory traversed h undergoing wonderful development, afford-
ing enlightenment to travellers as to tbe vast and varied possibilities
cf the Coast Country.
N. HICKS, W. J. CRAIG, G. P. A.,
Local Agent, Goliad, Texas. VICTORIA, TEX.
W. B. Campbell,
President.
R. B. Stout,
Vice-President.
1TT7MBEIS 4565.
Org'a.siizied. 1891.
P. L. Campbell,
Cashier.
60'r/J-/. j/t'l Jr//?/'
OF GOLIAD, TEXAS.
capipa'i stock..........................................................$50,000.00
Surplus and Undivided Profits........................................$40,000.00
YOU
UNDER NORTH FORT OF EAST
KEEKWAN MOUNTAIN.
STRONG POSITION WAS SEIZED.
infantry Charged—-Firing of Mine Was
Followed by the Occupation
of the Fort.
Tokio, Dec. 20—The Japanese fired
an immense mine under portions of
the north fort of East Keekwan moun-
tain, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
The infantry immediately charged
and occupied the fort with heavy
force.
It is reported that the Japanese have
seized a strong position about 1000
yards southeast of 203-Meter hill, pre-
paratory to assaulting the,-erev, 'anvil' — • ^
and pushing between JJtao mountain
and the Russian jif/adquarters at Port
Arthur.
The fighting Against Sungshu moun-
tain continued,.
HOSKINS BANKS CLOSE.
These at Veiasco and Angleton Shut
Down Yesterday Morning.
Angleton, Texas: W. W. Hoskins
of the banks of Velasco and Angleton
-closed both banks yesterday. He came
from Velasco yesterday noon and plac-
ed a-notice on the door of the bank
stating:
“Bank closed account heavy run on
it Saturday and this morning. Expect
to arrange affairs and settle with all
depositors at an early date.”
The bank paid all claims promptly
until Mr. Hoskins arrived. The peo-
ple have great confidence in Mr. Hos-
kins and believe he will pay all claims.
Velasco, Texas: Quite a little ex-
citement was created here yesterday
at noon by the closing of the Bank of
Velasco, caused by a run on the Bank
of Angleton, which is a branch of this
vvZk. ' IVo Tniu.eineuf~oT aSLfffe- or lia-
bilities -can now be obtained, but bTr
Hoskins stated that every de
posiitor would be paid in full. Conn
deuce is expressed here that Mr. Hos
kins will be able to meet all difficul
ties and that the bank swill be able
to resume business in a few days.
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A TREATY ALARM
POSIBLE COMPULSORY PAYMENT
OF SOUTHERN BGNDS.
SPECULATORS REPORTED BUSY.
London: According to the special
correspondents jwith the Japanese
army the capturei of the Keekwan fort
was a complete surprise to the Rus-
sian garrison, tin 4 c having been no
preparatory bomLardment. The Jap-
anese sappers dr five shafts forty feet
unde^U^sparape|: of the fort from
and moat. In these
Early Development at Humble.
Houston: 'Within the next few days
the ominous quiet that has followed
the first excitement after the discovery
of oil In the Humble field .will, it is
believed, be broken. Slowly but sure-
ly, against the terrific gas pressure,
and against the resumption of the
awful eruptions of ten days ago, drill:
These Bonds Were Repudiated Over
Twenty-five Years Ago—Treaties
May Not Be Acted Upon.
Washington, Dec. 19.—Senator Fos-
ter of Louisiana has taken alarm at
the arbitration treaties which have
been signed with England, Germany,
Italy, France and Switzerland. He-
fears they may be the means by which
the Southern states will be compelled
to pay $200,000,0.00 in repudiated
bonds. In a letter written toJJj^flNew"
MeimJ3oartl of Trarj^g^tor Fos-
ter says:
“I will call the attention of the
Board of Trade to the well defined re-
port that there lurks in the treaties
under the fair guise of peace and ar-
bitration a great menace to the South,
more particularly our own state. *
“As you probably know, a few New
York speculators, under the pretense
of performing a charitable act, recent-
ly donated to the state of South Da-
kota a few bonds of the state of North
Carolina issued during the reconstruc-
tion days and subsequently repudiated
by that state when the people gained
control of their government.”
J
)ARD OF DIRECTORS -W. B. CampTS
M. W. Fowler, Joe Taylor, R. R. LeMaster.
——-____ _ ESTABLISHED 1891.
AN ft OF GDt hr
GOLIAD, - - - TEXAS.
L. A. Msetze & Bro., and W. A. Pettus, Propr’s,
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES
FREE TO PATRONS . . .
A General Banking Business Conducted. vP'P
ACCOUNTS OF THE PUBLIC RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
THUEM’S SALOON
GOLIAD, TEXAS
Is Headquarters for the Traveling Public. He
keeps a fine line of Whiskey, Wine and Cigars.
Be Certain and Call on Him.
H. L. TfiUEM, Proprietor.
R. C. HAYDON & CO.
dealer IN
gtb and Dressed Lumber
rBoors, sashes, Pickets, Laths, Cement, Lime, Brick,
Paints, Oils and Builders’ Supplies.
TEXAS.
GOLIAD,
j&
C. E. Simpson Furniture Co.
REFUGIO, TEXAS
......Dealer In......
Furniture of Every Description, also a
full and complete stock of
Coffins and Caskets
WHICH MAY BE HAD AT ALL HOURS. DAY OR NIGHT.
The only escape from the ..illusions
l^sins is, declares Dr. McLaren, to
our, ears and our hearts to the
of Him who is the Truth and
He will give us more than
imises. His promises fall be-
blessedness 'of the reality,
away the evil conse-
consequences, the
tees of our sin, and
to walk with
and holiness
sixty of them became!
mass of -debris, greatl’
a/ttack. Despite this miscj
unteer force dashed forward"
tured the parapet. In the rneiS
the Russians had been strongly rein7
forced and a fierce hand to hand strug-
gle with bayonets and hand grenades
was continued until near midnight,
Avhen the few Russian survivors re-
treated to the city and the fort was
captured.
Its construction displays the utmost
scientific knowledge.
Panama Elections.
Panama: The municipal elections
yesterday passed off without disorders.
Of the fifty-three municipalities the
opposition claims to have carried twen-
ty-five. Of the big towns, Colon, Bocas
del Toro, Los Santos and Sona were
carried by supporters of the govern-
ment. Panama, Agua Dulce and San-
tiago w'ere carried by the opposition
by small majorities.
Representative Stephens’ Measure.
Washington: Representative Stephens
of Texas presented a bill yesterday
authorizing the appeal of a test case
from t'he citizenship court of the Choc-
taw and Chickasaw nations to the
court of appeals of the Eighth circuit
at St. Louis, Mo., to determine the
legal status of intermarried citizens
and their descendants.
The late C. H. Spurgeon described
a guilty conscience as follows: “Con-
science is one of the worst lodgers to
have in your house. A guilty con-
science is one of the -worst curses of
the world; it puts out the sun and
takes away the brightness from the
moonbeam. A guilty conscience casts'
a noxious exhalation ..through the air,
removes' the beauty from the land-
scape, the glory from the flowing liv-
er, the majesty from the rolling
floods.”
Drawing the Color Line.
Hot Springs, Ark.: Because a white
man has been employed as a profes-
sional attendant in one of the bath
houses here the negro attendants went
on strike and demanded that the
white man be discharged. This de-
mand was denied and the places of
the negroes were quickly filled.
Brothers’ Fatal Quarrel.
McKinney, Texas: Ben Washing-
ton, a negro about 40 years old, was
shot and killed at a negro restaurant
here last night. The coroner’s jury
returned a verdict this morning to the
effect that the deceased came to his
death by a pistol shot fired by Kirk
Washington, in self-defense. The two
negroes were brothers. Kirk Wash-
ington gave himself up to the offi-
cers, waived his examining trial and
was bound over to the grand jury in
the sum of $300.
fir
or has"
penetrate the"
exact situation.
ra tne
Would Bar Liquor Agent. /
Austin, Texas: Rosser Thomas, rep-
resentative-elect from Fannin country,
was here yesterday on department
matters, He states that of several
measures he will propose one will
make it a penal offense for persons to
solicit orders for intoxicating liquors
in prohibition districts. This is to
prevent the shipping in of liquors
where prohibition has prevailed.
Marlin Getting Gay.
Marlin, Texas: The public square
of Marlin is being covered with tents
and various kinds of wheel structures
preparatory to the carnival, which will
perhaps be in operation today, and
which will continue all week. The
fair ground is being rapidly gotten in
shape for the races and stock show on
the 23d and 24th. Yes, Marlin will
get gay this week.
Sentence of Death Confirmed.
New Orleans, La.: Unless Govern-
or Blanchard-linterferes, Lewis V/. Ly-
ons, who assassinated District Attor-
ney Gurley last year, will hang. The
supreme court yesterday affirmed the
decision of the lower court in his case.
The court also affirmed the death
sentence imposed on Sam Asparh,
who murdered Antonio Luciano. As-
para is t’he first one convicted here
with capital punishment of a crime
growing out of the Mafia.
rchcloi
^Southern senators
losecf to take fright at the
fcJRWHWi bonds question, it is not im-
probable that the treaties may not
be acted upon at this session.
May Bridge the Mississippi.
New Orleans, La.: A prominent of-
ficial of the Southern Bacific is au-
thority for the statement that the com-
pany is now working on a big project
that includes building a line from La-
fayette to Baton Rouge, spanning the
Mississippi river at that point with a
great bridge and then building deep
water outlets to Gulfport, \Miss., and
Bensacola, Fla, It is stated that the
plan includes traffic arrangements for
the Texas & Pacific, the Frisco and
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas to util-
ize the bridge at Baton Rouge, tnereby
cutting out ferry transferring lower
down.
Filet Point Fire.
Pilot Point, Texas: Fire broke out
in L. T. Martin’s dry goods store, on
the east side of the square, last night
at about 7:30, and before it was got-
ten under control had completely gut-
ted two brick buildings and several
frame warehouses, entailing a loss on
stocks and buildings of about $30,000,
only partially covered by insurance.
The principal losers are L. T. Martin,
Salmons, Jones .& Co., Light Bros., S.
I. Newton and Mrs. Atkins.
Japs Lost Two Boats.
Tokio: The Japanese have lost two
torpedo boats during all the operations
against the battleship Sevastopol,
which was reported yesterday, in a
dispatch from Port Arthur, to be’ com-
pletely disabled. ■
Three Men Ambushed.
Madisonville, Texas: Hunter Gibbs,
Bill Bruce and Morey Wells were way-
laid and fired on Saturday night with
a shotgun......Gibbs is thought to be fa-
tally shot, while Wells was hit with
six buckshot, but is not thought tb be
fatally wounded. Bruce escaped un-
hurt. A negro has been jailed.
Stopped the Japanese.
Huangshan: A correspondent who
went over all the front positions of
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the Russian army from Poutiloff hill
to Erdagou on December 15, reports
everything quiet, except that midway
between Poutiloff hill and Sinmintin
the Japanese were observed trying to
extend their frontal works and in-
trenchments on Double Hump hill.
The artillery on Poutiloff hill and Er-
dagou opened upon the Japanese and
forced them to quit work and seek
j shelter.
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