Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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people hiive uu
it in order to
bunk account,
t have u large
<lepo'it: that
does not care
tiered by small
uwever, is not
le Delta Naton-
This bank
new accounts,
of $1 or *1.000.
same courtesy
ice is accorded
I depositor, as
more fortunate
ances.
our object and
erve the public
ial matters in a
that shall be
ory to all—old
y, rich or poor,
mt Your Banking
nd will be pleas-
ure you open
nt with us.
lational
r pain from
Miles’Anti-
11 relieve it
o bad after-
s the impor-
Neither do
mbit. More
icks become
[>r disappear
Dr. Miles’
Is have no
xcept to re-
quiet nerv-
Ithout Dr. Miles*
(y husband and
ilway* subject ta
wo hognn using
ley have broken
Don't think they
n for six months,
to every one. A
nurd nn old lady
went to nee her.
h 1-aQrlppe. and
awful backache,
le Anti-Pain Ptlla
r her to tai:e In
helped her right
she will never he
l.ast winter my
with pluerlsy on
iw he would have
en for the Pill*.
in hour he was
;o bed and slept.'
O. H. WEBB.
\ustlnburg, Ohio.
Dr. Mllss’ Anti-
authorize him to
•t pseksgs (only)
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Architect’d Assistant Makes a
Startling Statement.
If CUTTING DOWN OF BILLS.
Stanford B. Lewis Testified Contractor
Sanderson Opposed This, J “Because
Ha Had to Put Up a Big Wad For
Qthar People.”
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Horrisbur Pa.. Feb. 12.—The cli-
max In the state capltol conspiracy
trial was reached Tuesday afternoon
just before the commonwealth closed,
when S'unford E Lewis, axrtgtant to
Architect Joseph M. Huston, declared
on the witness stand the* Contractor
John H. Sanderson, one of the de-
fendants, complained that he did not
want to cut down his bills because
he "had to put up a big wad for other
people.” Lawis also testified that the
letter which he produced Monday with
the explanation that it was responsi-
ble for his being indicted for eo .pi-
racy had been written and brought to
him by former Auditor General Sny-
der, a defendant In the present rap"
for his signature, in which •L.eivls vo
made to sav he had certified to ' 11
for 1187,737.20 paid to the Pennsylva-
nia Construction company for metallic
filing cases, which he had found cor-
Tect" "2S& - xp
!— IfSwis' testimony followed the in-
troduction of documentary evident'. to
show that thousands of dollars were
paid to Sanderson for capltol furr
lngs months before their deUive*T !r-
spite of the fact that certificates of r< •
ceipt in good condition were require'!
toy law before bills could be approv; i!
The testimony of Lewis was direct
Mid unqualified, and was not attacked
by the defepsa.
HUTCHINS KILLS HIMSELF
JO ABBOTT NO MORE. ! FAVORS HIGH LICENSE.
Former Congressman Pastes to
Rest at Hillsboro.
Hillsboro, Tex., Feb. 11.—Hon. Jo
Abbott died at his residence in this
city at an early hour this morning.
Jo Abbott, who was born Jan. 15,
1840, near Decatur, Ala., came to Texag
with his family when twelve years
old. He worked on a farm and attend
school until June, 1859, when he be-
gan the study of law. In 1861 he en-
tered the Confederate army, being first
Cardinal Gibbons Opposes Pro-
hibition In Larga Cities.
New Orleans, Feb. 8.—Cardinal
Gibbons was Interviewed here on pro-
hibition. He said: "1 am satisfied
that It is practically Impossible to put
prohibition into effect In any large
community and the best means, therer^
fore, to promote temperance Is to limit
the number of saloons by high license.
I would be In favor of inflating severe
lieutenant in the First Texas romnanv Punl8hment proprietors of saloons, \
T^h1"bo violated the law. In the first in
Though wounded he continued until
the war ended.
In 1866 he was licensed to practice
law. his first law office being at
Springfield, Limestone county. He re-
moved to this city in November, 1869,
he was elected to the state legisla-
ture and served one term. In 1878 the
govr-nor appointed bis district Judge
of the Twenty-eighth district, which
position he h< a two years and was I
then elected by the people and served !
four years. In November, 1886, he j
was elected to congress from the Sixth
district. He served in the Fiftieth, j
Fitty-first. Flftysecond, Fifty-third and j
Fifty-fourth congress.
Mrs. Abboti died some weeks ago
in the state of Washington, where she
went in search of health. Her hus-
band brought her remains here.
BURGLARS BLOW SAFE.
ELI ENTERS ETERNITY.
After Two Fights Negro Taken
Nitro-Glycerin I. Utilized Wi,» j
Pilot, the aegro wbo criminally as-
Telling Effect.
LARGE AMOUNT SECURED.
LLINGTON
fTIST .
Pattesoa Building,
le Square.
TEXAS.
OK. M. D.,
I Practice
ar, Nose
hroat. :
Texas
Moving
y-At-Law
ie State. Federal
Joints,
ge solicited,
a National Bank,
ir, Texas.
ite Bargain.
id 5 1-2 miles east
11 in the next 30
ere. Black-sandy
5 acres in culti-
fell water, two
vo rooms each,
. Incumberance
bargain for the
jone Star Realty
llano- whic!
Second Vice President of Bank
Suicides In Building.
Fort Worth, Feb. 10.—IJnUm C.
Hutchins, forty-nine years of age, sec-
ond vice president of the Fort Worth
National bank, one of the largest fi-
nacial in¥titutlbns in the city; also
vice president of the Manning Lumber
company, was found dead in the bank
building, corner Fifth and Main streets,
Just before the noon hour Sunday,
with a pistol shot wound In his right
temple, near the center of his fore-
head, and a pistol clutched in his
E'hich was folded across his
.iWX’ „ ^
* JJJs lnfeless body was found b>'
of tile clerks. If was lying upon
tb<j floor of the washroom, at the west
end of the bank, a portion of his skull
away by the bullet and a.-joo!
looil beside the IjjiAd. •
Mr. Hutchins’ family attribut< hi'
act-tQ intense'riervonstiess.
Major Van Zandt, president of t!
bank, with whofe Mr. Hutchint had
been ^sojiated for thirty years, was
greptly jtfffcted by the occurrence,
attributed it to q nervous break-
down, due to overwork. He said that
Mr. Hutchins, whose duties at the
bank we?e very heavy, had shown
signs of n nervous collapse for son
time, and that his associates had urged
him to take a month's vacation. Mr.
Hutchins had agreed to do so, and
xfas arranging his affairs. His ac-
counts are correct in every way, says
Major V6n Zandt.
Mr. Hutchins was regarded by his
associates and by bankers general!
as one of the most expert bank nu-,:
In this part of the country. He had
all details of the business of the in-
stitution with which he had bet.:
connected for so many years at his
fingers’ ends. His standing in the
community, in which he had resided
sines boyhood, was of the highest,
and he was a consistent member of
the Christian church.
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r gambrEll ends life.
t -ijjh. -i5*.....
Former NewspaperJ^n Kills Hlmsslf
at~a PortWortT Hotel.
■ Fort Worth, Fein 10.—night
I watchman at the Hotel Worth at 8
AVI?-V Cnr>d?.y *£->.-,* * ptqfn!
shot in a room op the third floor. En-
* tering, he ftiuhd Eric C. Oftmbrell, a
(qrwer newspaper man, breathing nis
list from a wound just over the heart.
Ho Was lying on the floor. A pistol
lay on the other side of the roofli.
(Hnbrell had dlvest*4 hi ms id [_ of
bln hat, coat, v?qj And shoes, ?fid had
written) two letters, one of fofcich Was
a rtiued message to his wife at Dal-
las, and the other an open not c,d
SEIBRECHT PASSES AWAY.
Eight Times United States Marshal of
West Texas District.
San Antonio, Feb. 11.—George L.
Seibrecht. for eight years United
States marshal of the western district
of Texas, with headquarters in this
city, former postmaster at LaGrangd
and for years a leading Republican,
died of kidney and liver troubles nt
his home in Eimendorf, where he had
resided for the last year.
Captain Seibrecht was born in Han-
over and was sixty-eight years old. He
emigrated from Germany before reach-
ing his majority and for a time was
•mployed in building the Kansak City
and Pacific rajlrgad. He moved to
LaQrange in 1866, where he resided,
until appointed United States’ marshal.
He was closejy identified in politics
$ith former .Congressman Hawley of
dalvestoir. was’one of the great-
est exponents in Texas' Republican
party of anti-race suicide, being the
father of sixteen children, including
thre sets of twins. Eleven of his
children survive him.
When asking reappointment about
a year ago he had himself photograph-
ed with his family and senf the photo
to President Roosevelt, and while he
received a very complimentary letter
from the president, he failed of ap-
pointment. ...... • e-
"IS
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CARDINAL GIBBONS.
stance, and in the-seeond instance of
violation, 1 would revoke the license
altogether. \
"In country places 1 suggest local
option as an excellent means for the
repression of intemperance, if, in the
judgment of the majority of voters,
the sale of liquor is entirely eliminat-
ed. Laws, like prohibition, that are
certain to be violated, had best not
be made for incessant violation draws
down upon them disrespect.”
Ten Thousand Dollars Taksn From a
Bank br| Five Bandits, Who Have a
Battle With Citizens, Escaping on a
jHand Car, Posses Pursuing.
Willard, Mo., Feb. 11.—The Bank of
Willard was looted of $10,000 by five
robbers early Tuesday after the safe
had been blown open by nitro-glycerin,
The explos'on aroused the citizens and
aaulted Miss Williams, a young white
woman in this county several weaks
ago, was taken from the custody of a
Jackson military company and posse
of deputies Monday morning and
hanged from a telegraph pole within
less than 100 yardc of the courthouse,
where he was to have been tried for
kis crime. The military company and
pease were overpowered by a mob of
more than 2,000 citizens. Several shots
were fired during the melee, and two
members of tbe mob wounded.
Plgot reached here shortly after 7
o'clock from Jackson In the custody
ef Sheriff Greer and under an armed
NARRATED IN
El Keno, Okla., Is to have
•ra.
A barrel of wblsky was aeuea u
Minco, Okla.
Oklahoma City Elks will build a $60,-
000 structure.
Oeorgla Democratic primaries will
be held Jun« 4.
J. C. Lawrence, proprietor of two
New York hotels, Is deed
Tulsa county. Oklahoma, kaa 6,Bo0 H
childen of scholastic age.
The British government denies that
It will replace old Pacific fhset.
Miss Mary Barnes of Denten, Tex.,
sixteen years old, dropped dead.
F. Dobert, a prominent business
man of Brenhara. Tex., died suddenly.
During a rabbit hunt in the vicinity
of Troy, Tex., 325 cottontails were laid
low.
The Pullman company will park at
, , „ ,, . . i escort of the Capital Ldght guards,
a street baltle followed, but amid ; ordered into serviem by Governor Noel
shots the robbers made their way t0 a I to protect the neg o. w uen the train ; Daifafl V;ringlhe"¥:i“7 reunion*
A posse, com- 1 slopped at ’he depot and the sheriff !
and the so' der escort disembark;’,
with the prisoner, the mob surged
around them and a fierce hand to hand
fight ensued, In which fists were freely
used and t^ie soldiers clubbed many
members of the mob with guns. The
fight lasted about five minutes or
more and officers and soldiers man-
aged to retain the custody of the ne-
gro and resumed their journey to the
courthouse. When within about 100
yards of the biulding the mob, which
by this time hr.d been thoroughly or-
ganized, charged the officers and sol-
ham’ -ar and escai d.
posed of deputies w..re quickly formed
and started in pursuit.
The report of the explosion was ter-
rific and in a short space of time citi-
zens from all over the town hurriedly
went to the scene. There was a brisk
engagement and many shots were
fired. While the engagement was the
hottest the firemen beat a retrbat, the
two posses soon following. The rob-
bers made the hand car finally fly
along thy railway track, thereby gain-
ing a. long lead uvei their pursuers, i
The boory was taken along. |
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STILL IN COMMAND.
THOUSAND DOLLARS GONE
. *
Arkansas Institution Is Visited
by Bandits.
Sulphur Springs, Ark., Feb. 10.—
Four men early Sunday morning blew
open the vault of the Bank of Sulphur
Springs and secured over $1,000 in
cash, besides notes’^ and other valua-
r-xtcft -—
_lze8§
two explosions, but
bleif' Th? cTtJzerf^ w?;re aroused by
' by the tin^e the
diers again, and another fierce batt'e
{'ensued, but it was only a hand to hand
! fight, the soldiers failing to use their
_ guns, and the mob managed to ir<
ml. d« Z5v.ua
linquish the Alamo, rope secured and he quickly swung
San Antonio, Feb. 12.—Without food
or water for over thirty hours, in total
darkness, through a long, dreary night,
spent in the room in which Bowie
met his death at thi hands of the Mex-
icans, blit still firm and defiant, Miss
Adlna de Zavalla, like her patriotic
forefathers, is holding the Alamo
against all comers. She says that she
may be starved to death, but that she
will not surrender.
Although weak from her long fast,
although her lips are cracked and
parched from thirst, although duriny
the long night the rats scampered
about her feet and ghostly shadows
of the patriqtic dead flitted through
the darkness, Miss de Zavalla was a’--
brave us ever. She positively says
tjut she will hold the Alama against
all comers. — «- - -
Monday the old Alamo property was
vacated by tile llugo-Schmeltzer tom-
up. His body was then riddled with
bullets.
TWO NEGROES HANG.
Second Man Executed Five Min-
utes After First.
Lake Charles, La., Feb. 10.—Albert
West and Charles Williams, both ne-
groes, were hanged in the parish jail
here. West was hanged first. The
rope broke when the trap sprung, but
He was quickly strung up again and
soon strangled to death. Wil'iair.s
was hanged five minutes after West's
body was cut down. West was hang-
ed tor Ihe murder of John Chancy, a
white man, whom he chopped to death
"ijjl aR iL
West maintained to the last that he
acted In self-defense.
Williams killed Alice Charles, a ne-
gro woman, with whom he lived. He
confessed his guilt.
BY OWN HAND.
John* Lusk Terminates Mortal Ca-
* reer With Aid of Pjstol.
Fort_\yorth, Feb. 11.—John M. Lusk,
a I'.unsuuipiive, about thirty-eight years
of age, formerly a professional nurse
at the epileptic hospietal at Abilene,
but who had been residing in this city
for the past five months, shot himself
tSrough the head Monday and Justice
Waben's vepdlct as coroner was that
theTase was one of self-destruction.
The tragedy occurred in the toilet 1 '
roofn of a pool and billiard hall on Roosevelt Sunday jr^ade answer to
Main street, between Ninth and Tenth '
streets at a time of day when the
officers’ reached the downtown dis-
trict the work of the thieves had been
accomplished, and four men were seen
to mount their horses and ride west-
ward, in which direction the moun-
tains are filled with many gorges, and
it is believed that the men have made
their escape good. The bank is wreck-
ed and the vault is totally destroyed.
ROOSEVELT REPLIES.
Charges Are Declared as Being
False and Malicious.
Washington, Feb. 10.—President
vacated oy tne Jiugo-Senmeltzer coni-
PftfiVs which hi* It fo? rfifiv
yrtRB. 'Atit id 7i o'clock thaT evning
Miss de Zavalla appeared at the mis-
sion in company with two men and
took formal possession and gave in-
structions about the disposal of the
property.
A few minutes later Sheriff Tobin
and two deputies came to the building
and served an injunction issued b.v i A rope was placed around the nog:
NEGRO STRUNG UP.
Charged With Murdering White Man
Without Any Provocation.
Delhi, La., Feb. 7.—Robert Mitchell,
an alleged negro murderer, was taken
from a deputy sheriff by a mob at
Oak Grove, near here, and lynchul.
large hftll was crowded with players
and loungers. These were thrown into
a state 5f consternation by the loud
report of the pistol emanating from
the rear of the house. An immediate
fiivesugatlon disclosed thaj Lusk was
sitting upright inside the toilet room,
his feet against the door and with life
extinct. A jagged hole in his skull,
where the bullet had plunged, the
hlood-hespaUqrt^l walls $nd a pistol
clutched in his hand, told the rest, fif
the story. The bullet had entered just
above “he right ear and had come on1,
near the top of the head, directly Over
the left ear, tearing off a portion ol
the skull several inches in diameter.
has made use of Federal patronage to
further the pkesideiitial interests of
Secretary Tart. The answer iq in the
form of a letter to William Dudley
Foiilke of Richmond, Ind., and includes
a letter from Mr. Foulke to the presi-
dent suggesting the need of such a
statement. -■ - *
The president begins by character-
izing tlie charges as “false and ma-
liclous^’-"??** fnUows this with an analy-
sts’of all appointments sent by him
to the senate for its action to' show
that in no case has the proximity of
a presidential contest influenced his
actions. - —- .
dressed to Hunt McCaleb^ ijfewspaper
man of this c]Jji-, asking that his fam
lly at Dallas b« n&tTfied. s»***
”ric C. GamljY^i, who v
of Rev. »
kaa iU
-DAf!
aPl
Eric C. QamijV-fc.li waa the thud
**>" of Rev fx* j. R Gambiell of Dnl-
Iftgt was hhtttH forty years bid. Hi-
done hewfiVieper Work here npd at
Jla*. ReUrntiy he had practiced law
•Dallas, but signified his intention
of resuming journalism. A widow nn<\
little soj> are left. -
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•y TERRIBLE ’fHROW. >'
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FATAL FIST FIGHT.
Jshn D. Rogers 8ucc,yfnbs to Hemcr
rhages and Dr^ Spradlin Arrested.
^ailas, Febj’lo.—John D. Rogers, a
voting man, had an altercation Thurs-
day ^lth Dr. J. Q. Spradlin. It wa$ a
fist figIVt and quickly stopped, heither
fhaii deeming ^0 be Injured. Sunday
Rogers died. Death Is said to have
been a result of hemorrhages under
tbe, ffytin, He was said tb be subject
to, bleeainj spelts.
Dr. Spradllq, who ,had previously
Hsen, under $500 bond on charge of
afesault to murder, as soon as Mr. Ro«r
ers expired, gave hlir.fielf up.
CONTINUE THEIR WORK.
Judge Normal G. Klttrell of Houston
against the de Zavalla chapter of the
Daughters of the Republic taking pos-
session of the property.
It was served on the two men Who
were assisting Miss de Zavalla. Miss
de Zavalla had secreted herself In the
shadowy portion of the buildings and
Sheriff Tobin djd not find her. Late
She sought refuge on the second floor
in the room Bowie died, and
t*fu«lU8- wif Ht: i;;
junction rend.—--— -L.*. i»
Permis$ion was asked by the deputy
to br^tig Miss de zavalla a cup of col-
fee'ana food. This was refused. Nev-
ertheless a cup of coffee was secured
and brought tp tbe mission. The dep-
uty t hr e a J ea n bj i^t ^ the coffee
passed Throiighlrie’ apert\jrg Tn til
’’’a. Tb'
bag gf vlmti'b-
X glass of water
neck and he was hanged to a nearby
railroad water tank.
Mitchell is alleged to have shot and
killed without provocation Leon Tluil-
keitl, manager of the Pioneer Coop> r-
age company, two miles west of Oak
Grove. He escaped, but (later war.
captured and turned over to the parish
officers. A deputy sheriff was on the
way to Floyd, La., with the prisoner
wljen he was met by the mob.
The body of Mr. Tbeilkeld was ship-
ped to Ills old home, Harrisburg, 111.
C , r;* - 'g-- -*•- ■»- -
KILLS HIS WIFE.
oor tu Miss jSTallS. Tbe coffee j
as take’p iTack and a bag of ddttgK-
its hffinght Perffi’lsMlori C7S give them
BRAVE BOY.
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Defends Sj8t*r ?.nd tier Lady
^panion Pkoru an Interloper.
■urn a Warehouse and Barn and Keep
a Town ijnAr Guard.
Hopkinsville, Ry., Feb. 11.—Night
riders at 3 o’clock Sunday morning
burned a warehouse on the farm bf A.
H Ardin m 'urntenaen county, con-
taining 35,000 pounds of tobacco, pur-
chased for Buckner, Dunkerson fe Oti.
of Lofilfiville, and a barn oCnLah/mg
10,000 pound* of tohf^pho belonging
to Cardin A Cov. Car6in Ib said to be
the only didejiendent thbacco buyer in
Crittenden county. He was not at
Homo at rbe tjmo* A ft>w shots were
fii*ed bj -the pifcht ciders, it is said,
r.6 pgrtonal vRSlence done.
\ They went through Fredonia, about
six miles aWay, in Caldwell county,
! captured the telephone operator and
Com ! several other persons, cut the tele-
l phone wires and kept the, town under
1 until th*. wnrk nt Pnrlln's was
was
nlI-
d>as alfeo refused,
was then brought and permission given
Miss (Ji Zavalla to drink it.
As the glass wat; too large to go
through tbe hole, IVJiss de Zuvalla had
to stoop and jjie water was poured
through!^; jjfcle lntq her mouth.
Half an Hour Af\j/ward S^ C. Cotton
PJ°W? 0ut 0wn Brain®-
Talladega, Ala., Feb. 8.—S. C. Cot-
ton, h farmer llvne near Lincoln, this
eounty, shot and killed his wife Sind
then iilew out his brains. Cotton sJjo'j
twice, but missed, and as his wile fled
he relaoded his gun and ^hot he? in
the back of the head. After remain-
ing on the premises about half an
hour Cotton lay down beside his wife
and blew off the top of his head.
Cotton accused his wife of intimacy
guard until the work at Carlin's was
completed. The ma'n, body of the
riders passed oAok through Fredonia
about 5 o'clock in the morning.
white, bullet-proof.
Fort Wqrtlj, Feb. 7.— Elmon Prewitt
fourteen years old> defended his sis-
ter had a lady, friend spending the
night With her from the attack of an
lnUmieiv Jmst at daybreak the lad saw
a. \nan-■attempting to enter his sister's
bedroom. Securing a revolver he flrro Hsld Up Four Times, but Always Got
twk»* at the man, who ran. One bullet ef Highwaymen.
B. B. Chitwcou Hurled by MUie Against j took eff -ct, as f bloody trail was lift J Fort Worth, Feb. 7.—J. 13. Whits.
Fencs, and Throat Cut FstaUy. . : behind by th» Interloper. I Port Worth's bullet-proof man, turned
Bonham, Tex.,’Feb. 7.—B. B. TV,It j Maraculous Escape. the tables on two would-be burglars
wood was throtvn'by a Vlctooa, table J.r J poi,t worth, Feb. 10.—The cThw of and they are now In jail,
was riding near Ucton kod htiieq 1 a freight train on the Texas »Tid ua-j tw0 mcn accosted mm down town
ugalnBt a barb wire fenoe. Hit throat I cirie,, which Wrecked n« Wiles, re j f()rced him to go to tjie outskirts
was cut '.torn ear to ear, death noon j pen the train, while speeding forty . whtte managed to tele-
’ miles an hour, dashed across a viadtic
ninety Teat high with a pair of true*
derailed. The crew was unaware of
it* perilous Situation. It Is Votisid-
ered a miracle that the train ws» not
thrown into the canyon below.
CLASH AT COLLEGE.
Senior Class Is Decided to Have Been
on a Strike.^ — ^ -
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1)1 1 Ull, * Vi»-| » • -* -51 » > * *’ * -I’*'-
that differences arose between the
senior ctass of the agricultural and
mechanical college From what cuu he
gathered the two principals are Pres-
ident Harington and Dr. Jqe Gilbert,
the 1 evident pnyaician and snrg'eon. It
is also reported the senior class is dis-
posed fo uphold Dr. Gilbert in his al-
leged disagreement with President
Harrington. Rumor has It that the
senior class refused to attend lectures
or participate in class woik and that
the reason for it was that Dr. Gilbert
had not been sustained in some stand
I he had taken. 1
Commissioner of Agriculture Milnei
has arrived at the college from Austin
to Investigate the affair.
with anotherjj^au.
Hanged at Last.
Birmingham, Feb. 11.—Hehry Tlinx-
ton, a negrq, convicted for killing W.
E. Hunslucher, white, two years ago,
alter tieing thrice respited by the *- ■
etnor, once while on the gallows, was
hanged here idonday. He mounted the
scaffold i.miling. His neck was
broken by the fall, death being an-
nounced In fifteen and a half minutes.
Prominent Alabamian No More.
Montgomery. Feb. 10.—A. S. Knowles,
Head of the Knowles Dry Goods com-
pany, for years a leading merchant and
citizen, died of tuberculosis.
Boy Decapitated.
Shawnee, Okla., Feb. 10. A
cut off the, head of
ten years old. He
track.
train
Leander Adarns,
was walking the
resulting.
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> r Another Pipe Line.
/Gtr'fk Tex., Feb. 10 -It is reported
' jhnt in tho spring the Gulf Vlpe Line
'•company will begin laying a second
’line from the ’fniss nil field to Beau-
mont. The single line Is being henv
ily taxed to carry off the oil at pres-
* >nt and new wells are being brought
in. __
Bam O. Smith Dead.
• Dtiiaft, Feb 7.- 8am O. Smith, a
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mil-, an lour, naahn.t n.-rnan n vlzdnct: polire on the way nnr]
the arrests followed.
Four times the last six months,
White has been attacked by hold-up
men, who fired upon him, but he ui-
way* managed to beat them off.
NO Seat, No Fare.
Guthrie, Feb. 10.—The state corpora
tlon comn teBton Issued an order that
exempts any pemon who Is unable to
neeure a Beat In a railway coach from
paying Ills fare or giving over his, tick
et. Unless rescinded the order win.
in slty days.
Twrnty Affinities Alleged.
Philadelphia, Feb. 11.—Mrs. Mary
; McCormick sues her husband for non-
1 support, charging he has twenty af-
finities. She claims the'women have
written McCormick a pile of letters
three feet high.
REFUSE TO RESUME.
Dismissal of President or Fair Trial
Demanded by the Students.
College Station, Tex., Feb. 12.—At
a meeting held early Wednesday morn- ]
lng, In conjunction with the president I
of the sophomore and freghmen class-
es, it was decided that school would 1
nnt Kn ertouna hwH bpon yyt*avIoii*$- I
ly announced, unless the pdesldent of |
the college was dismissed or a fair 1
trial to both sides be given by the
boa rd.
The Junior classes decided on this
unanimously, acting with a committee |
from the senior class, and also with f
representatives of the sophomore and j
freshmen classes
Accused of Raps-
Denison, Feb. 10.—Charged with
raping Annie Brown, a twelve year
old girl of hi* race, Skltt Bryan was
committed *0 j»il at 8hermaa without
Drunken Men Shoot at Priest.
Youngstown, O., Feb.
O'Byrne, a Roman Catholic priest, was
shot at by drunken men, but not hit.
cars
Farmers' Exchange and Lindsay
(Okla.) National banks have consoli-
dated.
Charlie Diggs, a negro boy, was
found dead in bed at Fort Worth; nat-
ural causes.
O. L. Hatcher was killed and C. Tay-
lor shot three times In a pistol duel
at Meridian, Miss.
During January there were 117
births -in Grayson county, Texas, and
ihiny-five deaths.
Warehouse and 528 bales of cotton
were consumed at Waxahauhie, Te\.,
entailing $10,000 loss.
By a fire at Shattuck, Okla., $75/100
loss was sustained. A restaurant and
several stores burned.
After losing his fortune speculating
Edward C. Brooks suicided in the New
Yopk produce exchange.
Six horses afflicted with glanders
near Beaver, Okla., were killed by a
deputy state veterinarian.
The 5,000 Japanese residents of
southern California wish to assist la
welcoming the Pacific fleet.
Seton Majors, a resident of Tarrant
county, Texas, fifty years, died at Fort
Worth, aged eighty-one yoars.
Four days after his wife’* death Y.
H. McAdams of Chicota, Lamar county,
Texas, followed her to eternity.
A bomb big enough to blow up a
town was found in a bootlegging joint
at Pawnee, Okla., during a raid.
Hon. R. B. Cousins announces h's
candidacy for re-election as Texas
state superintendent of education.
While hunting near Plainview. Te\.,
J. D. Stone of Amarillo lost his ltfa
by the accidental discharge of his
gun.
In a special message Governor Noel
of Mississippi favors the legislature
passing a 2-cent passenger railroad
fare bill.
North Louisiana Canning company,
composed of seventy truck growers,
has let the contract for a cannery at
Shreveport.
Near Middletown, Conn., the body of
Mrs. James Bowers, a widow, was
found literally An
ax lay near by.
John W. Gates has organized a
steamship company to operate between
Port Arthur, Tex., Porto Rico, Cuba
and Mexican ports.
Reese S. Allen of Houston and other
Texas capitalists have purchas'd ■
sixteen-story Liggett building at
Louis for $1,500,000*
A Mobile and Ohio railway passen-
ger train was partially derailed near
West Point. Miss. The negro fireman
was seriously injured.
Hardwood Manufacturers’ Associa-
tion of the United States, ip session
at Cincinnati, re-elected J. 13. Ransom
of Nashville president.
The residence of R. A. Adams, seven
miles from Paris, Tex. was destroy*-:)
by fire. Mi. Auntis’ twin daughter*
barely escaped creniaUon.
Merchants* Xslociatlon of New Yor>
City. Tej*res«ntit|g wholesale and re-
tail interests, announces its opposition
to the Aldrich financial bill.
While changing a $20 bill at Dallas
for a voung man the latter snatched
$50 from the hands of R. M. Burlin-
game of Durant, Okla., and fled.
The body of Pat Stonecypher, a saw-
mill owner, was found some miles from
Grand Saline, Tex., with a bulletho'e
in his head. Two arrests were made.
Telling her husband she would cook
.90 more biscuits Mrs. Genie Owor ,
a wife of two months, sang and prayed,
then shot hei'Belf to death at Roekjport,
Ky.
At Sherman, Tex., Mrs. Eliza Alex-
ander got judgment for $6,000 against
the Houston and Texas Central Rail-
way company for the death of her hus-
band.
Four miles from Snyder. Okla.. thi
four-year-old daughter of W. H. Brew-
er was burned to death. Her clothing
caught fire during the burning of a
pasture. <
Jerome Taylor, recovering in an El
Paso hospital from an appendicitis op-
eration, was arrested on charge of
killing five years ago at Merrill, Miss.,
John McGinnis.
After a three-day session the grand
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Two Little Ones Perish.
Anniston,/-Ala., Frb. 10. Two
irpsll
children cf Will Fuller burned to d’ nth
near here. They were alone.
f Burns to Death.
Met!1.'' Fete 1°—The fnnr-yenr-old
child of Joseph Gooseby burned to
death near here.
Killed by Trolley Car.
Mississippi City. MIsr., Feb. 10.—
T. P. Cleary was hit by a trolley car
and kHUd.
Workmen of Oklahoma, which held its
annual session at Enid, adjourned to
meet next year at Muskogee.
In a house at Pittsburg the corpse
of Matthew Redmandtz. a boy. dend
ncarlv a week was found. The pari
nnd seven children were nearly
ed. two dying from hunger.
During the Florida Republican stat.
convention at St. Augustine city mar-
shal and police were kept busy eject-
ing unruly delegates. There were nu-
merous fights and two sets of d-le-
gates elected.
The Jury in the case at Durat:
Okla.. of Tom Lawrence, accused
complicity *ln the lynching of a
at Sterrett last spring, was Inst
by Judge Richardson to
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Tulea, OklR., Feb. 7.
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