Graham Leader. (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1889 Page: 2 of 8
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graham leader. STATE HAPPENINGSiZZt&A’Z rr.tv.;,:
{. w. GRAVES, Propria tor.
GRAHAM*
TEXAS
ply U now all regular. Thrrr will, no doubt,
be a new tower botlt a* toon a* It can be done
District Fair on th« Tapis—Shipments
of Wool—Crop Outlook—Coal
in Young County Heavy
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Bail Required.
Fkokkn Bjoknnon, daughter of the
Norwegian poet, has made her debut
in ojx-ra in Paris -■ •*■ —— -“
~----~ | Horse Thieve* Hauled In State
Aronu the portrait* on the walls in Capital Culling* Sent Up to
Hi the study of the latfc John Bright. Serve the State Killed
* ln „ s*w Mill
Are one of (•UuisUtuo, one of \Yashing
ton, undone of Lincoln.
( aught.
MaK'U May 1 * Night tVairhman
Henry Harria heard a chicken squall al«out
two blockf off at the residence of M. Stein
last night ahont 4 o'rlork He »Hp|>e(| to
the place and bid huuaelf awhile, when a
negro came out with fixe h<o,_ jn JUU boaom.
The negro. (Jrorgc Field t»v name, also had a
aet of harness which he bud stolen from some
one else. He attempted to run when Hljrjl
•poke, but the t-oTIifug of the latter'* gun
Stopped-Shu. Field now Imigm-be* (n the
aowatv teil, _,—:-2—■' 1 ■ ■■ -
rei ngnieed by ('apt. Millikan aa a *oe cj Fritz
Wood*, of FI Raw. The father went to bl*
brother'*, Cllut Wood*" raneb in (. lay county,
wrote for the ehlld to meet him here, and It 1*
Mi Piloted he ha* not ticen advlaed of hi* t**y'*
departure Hr i* kindly cared for.
WASHINGTON NEWS.
H'RTICE FULLER O.N (MIS t'IRCI IT.
Voting Man Killed.
Kot xtzs, May IT - A young man named
Joe < ooper, who formerly reaided in < hainber#
county, wa* accidentally killed at (Simpson *
mill, near this place, this afternoon. He wall
employed a* «lab turner, and while attempt
ing to pull off a piece of timlxr partly cut by
the saw the piece broke suddenly and hi; fell
b ekward iuto the wheel of the mill and was
in uncled ill a horribh manner and dentil in
ev»> d .ii>t int’v . , a.
Reward of KAOS OITored for Robber*.
*ilow Progress 1* land Kntrjr In OKI*- .
hnml ln Hehwlf yf Ott* Coat
.Postage—Appointment*.
Wisirt vems , May w: TaWfc Fricrcr Pal-
mer, to day appointed Thomas J, I.aaer >>f
New Hamshire chief time clerk of the tt<*> -
eminent printing offict . .• • •lame* "
signed. »
Assistant Land < 'oiotnissiotier Wotte a»» t>i
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M Skciift.an, the head Of the bund-
ed copper nyudicate, ito the owner of
Millet a famous painting “Angelua,”
which w ill now have to bet sold.
Injunction Refused American Prisoners
Released Wcliool Tax Defeated Ten
tear* In The Penitentiary.
Sundry Happening*.
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< OI \V. H. U. Taylor, of Ht. l*aul,
A!inn., the state librarian, ia I'resl-
tl* nt HnrrisonSt uncle. He i- 75 years
qld, and knows hit) work well tlyjt
he carries the whole library catalogue
in his head.
In War Paint.
A Too Wise Phrenologist.
Gainesville, May 15. Monroe Wilson, a
farmer, living on Clear crock. In this comity,
wa* brought to the city Jo-dn> and lodged in
jail for *afc keeping Wilson ha* Ix-cn some
what promluenth known In this county as ati
advocate of free thought, ami a few day* ago
_., ,, a phrenologist, who, claimed 1 lulls- ns bl*
A.srtv. May 16. The adjutant tro.ier.l Uf-ur „an*nV(1 Wlteffr* bumps and advised
W*txAViilTMAN Is again confined to
M>mc dav* ago received a letter from Amarillo,
Potter county. In the panhandle, from a ju*
tieeof the peace faying the sheriff had killed
tils constable and had been required by the
justice to give a $5000appearancebobd. This
him to make his peace with heaven, frighten
ing him so that he l>ci tin* a ravine (iranlar .
and it wa*found necrssarv to confine him In
the county jail to be removed to the asylum
Ten Years In the Pen.
( a Ml. mo V Miry 17 Thursday 'the district
court began the .trial of Wllf, Jacobs,
charged with the tnurdelf of Deputy Sheriff
Lee P«*»4 iff this wiiinty ut tev»;. Althu* dark
the judge delivered hi* charge to the jtjry,
and they returned a verdict Jitodlng the de-
fendant guilty of murder in the Second dc
gri-e mi.I assessing Id* pmii-lnheut at ten'
year* in thf .penitentiary
j the sheriff regent1 and getting a chance tie*!
f I the justice over the head, trying togeTT’pFe
lion is ho great thtit tho good gray j,.^ j0 gjq y,|m< therefore, In fear of his life
>1 llllU’ipMl >1
Ft. Paso, May l*. . The* republican 'TPHTT
Killed by Lighting.. v
Mi;KKKl..'‘M*y IT Mrs. M 1". Garland was
killed by lightning near Newman jxvstoftlce In
Fisher county Frltluy evening Mr, and,Met*
liiud entiles at ki.Vt per acre wlfh’n the
granted limits of tffc leva* ami Pacific ru1!
road iompitnv (which Ktant was formed fell
•>. I'vN'i, by an act of congress), arc etc fbd
to a return of #1 'd.r> |«t acre.
\ I p| , at jon was made to the *e< rctar >t the
state foi'auMiorlty for the return to the l nited
State* of a f’hlnaiu.an now in Hong Kftng.who
was formerly a pupil of Mrs. Mary K. .*cott
^in a mission school in Baltimore. ^Assistant
SccreRiry Tb'henor has infonnc.l th<* appli
rant that the ('hiniuiuirr*'!n (|uc*tlon will,
be allowed to return to thl*-eou'iitry provided.
he I* not a lalmrer > Ithln the mean in/ of the
Lhincse exelualort ao'
. , , . If. |-------------. ------ dabs for municipal honors die hard. They.
poet 1H unable. tQ write Bt-all, Hut j and to preserve the peace he r,itlone.l for a , |wv<-'appllwl to Judge Falyft v ter a_writ of
physician,1 however, says that ho i* in
no immediate ^danger.
John Field, tho pucUnaBt
eral’* choice for postmaster of Phila-
delphia, was offered a salary two. years
ago of $26,0f)0 to Utk** charge of YVana-
niaker'a wholesale huklnow*. He ilu-
rlim'd the offer b«vrause he did not
care to sink his personality in an-
other man's business.
s(|uad of rnnger* for protection. The sdju i mmHtimus to rei(iiire the coilueil to mert
tant gcnenyl at ouce ordered lApL MoMurraV, (orlhwiUl %nU nl .i^m and canvass the rn.
stationed in that lection, to send a *<(u«d to turn,*B,, aM.er,ttlll aiMj u.-cthre the result SI
|9. To day UlC gumaar mulved B , rteeMkssteW-.Vtif. ha*
telegram from the county judge <M that . ...in (^m,TTlaI„|,Ml r<m,H Ul B1,jM.ar Mav ,g an,|
ty saylt.g be had l« cn lalled and Mated the ,how |f „1V they have. « hy the writ
Immediate preaenue.df rangers wa. neecsaary | (1]nu](1 no, ]tf, Umu>(,
to kee|» the i**acc. | - ,____ ”
;.'T.r -■ ....... ir? "nM, ' Heavy Rail.
Garland had gone out in.TJie iTeTiT cTh" fliXnjc'
prowh of a rainstorm to save some turnip
seed While returning to the house the
lightning -struck Mrs. Garland, Killing her
and huilly burning one side of Mr. Garland'*
face
ha« recovered.
The Law's Stern Mandat*.
Pahi*, May 17. W. L. Wilson, a Highly
rc*|»eeted young man of this. Lamar county,
wa* convicted of murder in the second dc
-StTLPtii'R SpKiNtiv, May 1*. .laapcr Rrom
Icy, recently arrested in Firath county and
brought here to answer two charges of tnur
der wa* to-day ududtted to ball lu the sum of
John Jacob AMTOK has all hia life maJa the dl»trt«t eowrt to-dax and wa* given 10,000 nnn -.*■ andBMBftiw the other He
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la.on a Arm baUavar ia the efficacy of
pivleatrlan exercise ap a means of
health. He rarely enters a public ve-
- kiclaj 00 iCitter whaA U*e weather may
be, aod seldom make* two of his own
five years In the penitentiary. Wilson had
gone in search of the -perjietrator of a bur-
glary and jMistofth-e robbery at Roiton in com-
l>any with aeverak-uLher* when tom'’'tramp*
were fouad to a box ear. One of the tramp*.
Is accused of killing Wm. Fry and Robt. New-
som at Black Jack Grove, Ghrlstmai day,
Accidentally shut.
Mi Da nr. May 15.—Thl* town wa* shocked
by a sad accident which iM-curred this morn
in^. AVhile Thomas Hci*«i. mmi of the justice
of the peace, »i< dressing, Walter Green,
who was in the room with htm. was handling
a pistol, which went "IT accidentally, tho,h*H
striking Reed on the right side of the nose,
jnisslng downward through the tongue. Thr
doctors have not yet bWatt'd the bulb lie 1*
retting easy and It 1* thought he will rewaver.
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private carriage, one of the plainest ]'*T' te^ih^ eff.^aTf
and moat conspicuous of all of tho
millionalres in New York.
Paris papers record approvingly a
vigorous rtemark of one of the seconds
In the recent dtael at -Brussels between
the Vioomte de Jonghe and the Prince
tie Ligne. One of the seconds on the
other aide proposed swords as weapons. .
“Nevexv* was the answer. “I will
have none of your duels out of whifch
which O’Donnell did the neit day. The
tramp* proved.a«t U> l»e the perpetrator* and
Wilson wa* Indicted by the grand jury for
• vaster,
Sherman Court <'■****
Hhkhman. May 18. In the district court
Two Vcxh, •
Ahfrwan, May 18, —Joe Jones, an ebrjny
colored prisoner, occupied the prisoner's doi'k
In the district courtroom on the charge of
burglarizing a box cur-in Denison. Joe saw
there was no-way out of the difficulty; and
"feased" np. The jury retired and In a few
miuutes bad jpade Joe a present of two years’
. board w ith the state free of charge.
tp-day the jury returned a verdict for the ,
plaintiff ln the sum of SJA5Q in the ca-c of R.
L. Jones vs. the 8t. Lotfl*. Arkansas and Tex-
Ta ( oal Dlxrovery.
Doxneli.* Mill. May is. Much excite
meat exists over the recent discovery of eo*t
of excellent quality. I.ast week the Donnell
P**p Water CoiuailMtea.
R<« afort, May 15.—Tl»e board of United
State* engineers chosen to examine into the
merits of the various port* on the Text* cost,
arrived here last night, taking a late supper
at the city hotel. This morning they went to
Aransas 1’asS, where they now are, and will
return this evening and go to t'orpua Christ)
to morrow. All seemed well pleased with
what they *aw here.
I Prisoners Released.
Eagle Pass. May 17 -The four Americans,
dtou walk ttitA ynur thumb-null .ia m , .ot » piu. driver,
as railway wherein it Is alleged that the plain___ . _ , , . „ .
, , , . . * , ... , , broitiers discovered a vein three miles above
tiff Kas injured about the head while at work ”, ...
Messr*^ TtoacE, Greenwood, Ballantvne and
Martin, who had been imprisoned In Ifledra*
1
sling.’
* Thf. widow of Richard A. Procter,
’flTeYisti »)t)otncled In NotY Torlf
.Tame* McLaughlin; charged with the tnur
der of WUlie <Albert In 1882Asvas admitted to
itall la the sum of 12500 this afternoon
here which ia pronounced immeuw,
coal
within tru -feet of the surface.
Lump*
A cull for the report of coni’ tlon it the
X.rTTT M'-budin-sV "(IP1 Monday. \8tb -May.......
l'tyt. Ini* been made 00 national bank* by tin-
comp! r»»Her of Ihe currency.
( hb'f, JjjStice Fuller of the l uited Sjtatc-
.ii | ,111m 5 uni left here tin' alter noon for
< arollRH on his district court, circuit. The
a-'iH late justlcea have not yet annotfliccd
when they Intend starting 011 their saminct
district tiwirs.
Tlic atfornev general has aulhnrtzc-1 tin-
marshal of Arizona trfoffer a reward of A'sk*
each for the arrest and,conviction of the rob
tiers of Paymaster Whaain.
WasIiiroton, May 17. There w*j a great
crowd of caller* at the while house to-day
anil the~pir*Id7'iTF did n*>t have a mln.utr to
hfffiself from the time the rush began until
lime for lunch. The civil service eonamt*
stoners called In body *nd paid their n-
sjiecta. It was the first visit to Comabwiuu
ers Thompson and Roosevelt since their 3^
potntment. ' ........—
The president made the follow ing appoint-
ments to-day: John T. Plummer of New
York City, George E. Leighton of 8t. Lout'*.
Je>se Spalding of Chicago, Rufus B. Bullock
of Atlanta, Ga., to lie government director*
of the Union Pacific railway company.
Alvin Saunders of Nebraska, to be-**mem
l»er of the board of registration and election
lu the territory of Utah,
VVm. A. Lyon of New York, tp he--* mem-
ber of the Indian commissioners, Bennett S.
Vegra*, Mexico, since Friday .morning, werij
released by Judge Mollno after a fair and Im of N„,,raskMi w register of the
lal examination*IlfTTl 711?"merit* of- tbe-H........... —1 ------—
accusation filed against them.
i4ty of yollow fever oontmrted Ift-Wor-
idu, htu been granted a civil list pen-
sion of #500 a year, Jn pursuance of a
-.-k'Aritur.ia.ff:e
Jim Anderson, - "lorcd. wa* put In jail by B|?1 liKVl t:_ ^ 14. —A nice rain >11 ve*
Whtfr-wright officer* pn the charge nt ertmi elU!lullnf5 Dorn thtTumter to tec
nal a»*ault on a female to-day. north ;iart irL,the 'ennnty Good crops are
v- Sev*re on l(im. now assured and every body feels goo^. The
lnjiumliiiii Uafusad
land office atO'Nell.'Neb.. Su
of Nevada, to be superintendent of
aL.kaiatni l.itv. ..Xau;,. .. - ■
The punt
Srr.mt-n Sent nos, May 17.—George Me
farmers Rre well up with their work and are
uK'inoriaPsiguoil by tbe dllke of Argyll,'1
tho earl of CVnwfortl, j.ord (irirtithropc, j ‘ ' "J (k,™',vay f jp U1< now making ready lot the harvest that will
1 rofehsor1 Tyndall, Ibof. Ilttxk), ! Kreaaur |„ hard. La*t week he «i3 louud," " ....... .‘'V--
John Lubbock and many othob promU , ^,tv of a forK(vl „rdfr for a dollar■/ ?
Fug! ishmen. ^ . — ----^ ,Jj worth at ffocectei. ;£ja»W tound m djic i (in%x,trn Ml, v .........
indictment and the verdict was set aside. He
‘ TitK I^)n9on Court Journal says:
• I hcrc i« a story about Jay (iotild. the
iHouarrh fmancier, from which, it
seems, we anc to have hint with us in
London. His home is not the same to
1.i 111 slneo tho death of hiAMrife, and he two yeiir* and on tho sej-ondfitc-
. bus (li*.lorpn'ned to taxlco up hi« .jruui=-)_
(truce abroad — protuthly in lrfiHjlmi
nod operate fppni that jvoinl, leaving
bis American interests under the man-
agement of his son (leorge.'*
is now under a fatf headway in this com
then went before the grand jury and Rwrfre muultVt UIJ(1 faa. ;hort of
tbattsmith Bromley signed the order. ,^e \termer years. It i* exjiei ted the entire crop
graud iuYv then indlct.'d him for knowingly , wiH ^ harrr^, wi„,io 4)m. m.x< ,jav^
l"i'*lng ^ forged Instrument, for perjury and ¥nrmi.fi Hr<1 er4.Mt ,1(<!<.a ,lf raio al pruscuf.
for forgery. On the first indictment he got. j H tMr ,lvine from the
.Mk. Bkaffot, tho Glhdstoneun who
was elected to parliament at Klnning-
ton the other day. le said to bo tf dos-
, oendant of that Beaufoy who, in 1787,
moved the fopttivl of the test and oor-
Ikiration iwts. and of whom Krskine
May says: “From the force of truth
nffd 'Wni (jufid ‘rfitflte. hti
ajieoch put to shame tho arguments
with which the find statesman of tho
day ventured to oppose him:”
, ,-ffc, t' of tic drouth.v
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Prrrm t tTT, May lf>. During the |>*M . A,.„TIN, m„v IV The governor has in
spring there has U'en an eqormous amount of formation from Dr. Rutherford, the state
freight carried front here to the New- Mexico heajth officer, that he had purchased a (|uhi
Irrigating dltchea In wagons. This has grown antlne steamer for IUrt.000, f<> take the place
lo such proportion* a* to cjuse every man oftKeHygca. “laid out.-'
A ho own** team to go on (fie road, the bartered today: Trinity Methodist
freighters living all white men. Saturday *!* ch,,rrh Of Waeo and the Missionary and FxluJ
Mexican* with team* in charge oi J K. t*M... I*»ion of temharo.
Dempsey, loaded uji and pulled out for Ntjw
Mexico. When they had gotten about ; ........ '"11' . . a
eighteen mile* from town they were suddenly
ordered to bait Wr a party of men, who or* ,
dered them to return to town and not do any ,
Artillery for Galveston.
San Antonio, May 15. Three troop* of the
third artillery, under command of t'apLChahv
will arrive froth Fort Clark to-day, haring
more frrtgbtfng The AWclriWx bb^vrn’rile 1-can aiv. On) s oU the ipar< lu They arc o t
, . . B their wav t«,the (itlvcston drill, and after*
irder and returned to tow u. ' , , , ' ’1, ,, .
, ______ — xhort stay at this |«>lnt will jirtlceed to their
Discovery of DoliL de*tlliatioU.
Com akchf.. May 16.
For the past week
Given Four Years.
Tiik death of Mrs. Esther Hulliduy,
widow of the noted Ben Haltidny, has
recalled to Washingtonians many roin-
iniscencea of her life there in the days
of her husband's prosperity. It whs
she who brought over from Europe. Bl
a cost of #6,000, the fac-similes of the
famous bronze Hons of Munich now re-
posing on the front steps of the Cor-
oomn art gallery. For a long time
they lay In the front yard of the Hftl-
liday residence, and op its sale Ijtst
summer they were bought by the man-
agers of the Corcoran gallery for
#1,900.
this dly has been conalderabl^ agitated over Mav K Di.tr,let court epa
the discovery of gold In the konderni! cave yputfrdftY ind will etkivtlniw* three
lately reported to the papers, six miles we.tof ( J(tba EfelL‘ ,.0iored, waa given four
thl* place. There Is no doubt but there 1* tbe ,clientiarv to day bj^jeft and
old miners here : , . W
burglary. _ _
Tttetrlct Fair na ttiw Tapli.
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genuine gold In the find, as
nave crushed piece* of the ore and found mi
mlstakablc gold duet. A eom|>any is now
I icing organized to fully test the paying qual
ml"' Tl“ **»*» «M» >" -
Abii.knk, May 18. Tbe pGMHreaaivc coin
mltteo held a meeting recently and dlseusaed
working very quietly, and are
on the real merit* of the find. A few days
may develop a real mine boom for < .*mam-hc
here this fall. They al*»* made arrangement*
for s representative at the spring palace.
Horae Thief Arrested.1
Among the many good works of the
queen of Saxony ia her education of
women of all rank” to be nurses, ln
18if7 she admmonod the women of
Dresden to meet her in council, and at
Ute end of a yedr there wero l,200
ntimes ready for service. They were
balled Albertincrinneu, from the name
t>f tbe then crown prinoe. Any one tit
in Dresdeo sent a request for a nurse
to any hospital managed by Albertt-
nerlnneu. Under their charge Is the
QaeerfW boepHal and a convalescents’
eb tt| basks el the Elbe which
tws her pfiiah
Wool Mlilpinonts.
to lor ado, May 18. Wool is coming in
I’rttt, Mav tec- Mr. T. 0. Roby, a farmer ’ ‘ 'V *
: , ,, . , . 1 fast at itre*eftt, 44,000 pound* living received
living near here, followed a man who had , ‘ j * ’ * . . .
8 , ,, . vesterdav and prolwblv a* much more to-dav
Mblen a horse from him to the mouth of Blue, • - * __, , _
,d.I Dr.,I nn him .h.D he ,-Id-I t» Ml,’T,„| •¥«***(« IH..H •
misled him Parties were hunting the same For Higher Wage*,
man, whb#e n»n»s..was not learned, ftMCjhe p4%o. May te. - FWrVy laborrr* <mi tho
theft of four horars in thr territnrv. snd *r f,-de ral building struck for higher wages
rested him after Mr Roby had shot him. and They'werc getting #1 25 per day aad de
Nfr K«by rc< ovcred hla animal. tuanded $1 Ml. The contractor refpsed the
_ demand ami savs that tbeif place* wiH b*l
Tli# Fallon Water Towor. , ,
filled hv new men.
Tukhsii, MIV 16 The a*>lum water ' ----------
tower which fell yesterday, was forty or fifty WttnHw* Mia Father,
feet, high and made of brick. The whole^ Fort Worts. May 15. Two day* ago
thfng seemed to crumble, aa the brick lay In hoy came to the Kill* from El Paso, Saying he
heap* about equally divided on each aide of ; wa* to meet hi* father there by apjxWment.
the foundation. It oeeuried while everybody ; To-day the . hlld waa worried Uv questioning
was at dinner, and, aa a cooaequence no one . until he was hysterical, Imt be waa at teat
El P»so. May 17 —F.x County ( ommla-
BloBfr Ga»l. removed from office by County
J udge Townsend upm a dec-teum of the at
.foruey general, applied to Judge Falvey for
an Injti net load* > rc-lraln hi* *ucces*Or, Mr
Schut/. from acting a* conunlsslpner. lliV
Injunction was refused,
p. \V Halfcrd, the preslilctiG* prtyatc
eetafVT has returned-do VVs-biugtexv Jcomu*-
*b+wt visit to Atlanta, Ga.
The clerk* who were detailed for a few
»y*t
(‘barged With Murder.
GrockkTT, May 17. Whatmay prove to be
an lm|M>rtunt arrest was made yesterday by
Sheriff Bavnc upon the affidavit of Augusta
Austffi, charging John ORSndtrnn with the
murder of Mr«. 11. 8 Flynn. The sheriff has
taken John Grandi-on in charge and lodged
him in Jail..... ”•"*
A XXUniHii * sudden Deitb.
atlxstx tinwun. wnp-
of Anilrew Mftchcl. living at Bivens, died
> citgrilay from heaW disease. It was sup
]s)sed. She had prepared dinner in apparent
lv her usual good heallli and sat down, where
she died almost before anyone knew she wns
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no .mbs at the land office to go to Oklahoma
to n-si'sY tin1 laird’off!Hals nt the Guthrie and
Kingfisher land offices returned here t > day.
They state that al Kingfisher al-ont *00 en-
tries had be?to made up to lu-f Friday and hi
Gillhrle about 1000 hiwl heej] jmxd-'.
total numtier of quarter sections hi the lerri- v
tory o|mti to settlement Is lU.OtjO, hetice lc»>
than oVie-fi/th of tin- whole Ini* been filed
u|«m The force' of clerks now e.riVjdoved nl
the two land offiSh* |y ix-irt VeiniTbc -mVi.-ii-nt
to keep up the work Majiy <*f the "CttUiT*. H"
fs sn+rt, have gone up Ttn-tr"' former home' to
wTH-jT-tom
' m pl2
4 I- \\i
dial
Charged with Infanticide.
Kanoer. MAt 15. J. J. Douglas*, sheriff iff
Stephen county, came in yesterday with the
Misses Vick, who are- charged, in connection
with their mother, brother and a Mr Morgan,
with Infanticide. These two wind up the
outfit that Sheriff Douglass-ha* been lalxtring
*b hard to-gat for sonic lltne. "
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- .. Hcltpol Tax Defeated. I
Tin a, Mav 17 An’election was held here
today for the purpose of voting a special
school taxi of‘JO cents on the 1100 worth of
taxable property In this district, Increasing
the present term t<j ten months. It wa* de-
feated hv a vote of fiO to ff'J.
Killed In .lull.
Mill.h an, May 17 About J o'clock last
night some parties came to the jail here and
shot and kllltod the uegro boy charged with
outraging the little while girl. Tljejr shot
him through the grates in the window.
Water Work*.
Tempi.*, May 16.—The waterworks com-
pany made a contract to-day with 8t. Louis
parties to furnish pipe and lay mains for
waterworks from the Leon river to Temple, ,*.
dlstapee of six and one-half mile*, the work
to liegin Jn a very short time.
A Family Poisoned.
Ho o, May 17. The family of Mr. J. \V,
Ttttry, living about one mtle item town,' waa
severely poisoned last night. It seems the
poison was In the coffee. Nothing definite
.can be learned. Physician* report two In a
critical condition. _*.
Admlttnd to Kail.
Sherman, Mrj 17.—'Theo. Webber, one of
the participant! la the Torn Bean affair, waa
Ute sum at #600,
arfalgaed to-day an the charge «f wnlt to
murder Joe Hopper. He waa graatad ball la tars and employes of each of the bureau* to
next full to complete t lie entries nml cstitbliili
thpnisdvc* pcruiunCntty ill tbe new terntorv.
S iircity uf water has been to sonic extent
overcome by digging well*.
fb-erctary Tracy has Issued » general . . 1. ^
etiltlng attention to the re|teuted acts of hero
i*m of William Foye, the seaman on the Van
daliii who jumped overboard Feb. fjff and
March it last In. the harbor of Apia and tv-
ewed sfilpoiBte* from drowning, and again
on a later date when the ship'* propeller was
fouled by a ro|«c during a heavy swall. di»-
abling tin-engine' at a time alien the vessel's
position was unsafe. The secretary savs
■•Much bravery and devotion, to duty merit -
Ute highest praise. The department dttecte.
that this order he read at headquarters on
laiard of all ship* of the navy In commission.''
Among other* the president to (lax ap
pqipted the following named postmastei':
Jrtlilf'^barker, l’aragould, Ark ; Wi^. W
8tout, Morrllltown, Ark.
t-Tilef Fnglneer Melville |s of the opinion
That thr rrutser t harlralrm will aurpersl in
making the necessary 7fl09-b«r*e power hr aw-
othcr trial. The fact that the holler* made
steam so rapidly tliat they w«tc blowing off
during the trial Is regarded by engineers a*
promising thr realization of thr horse power
re(|nTremetn, when the defect in the port I n ’’
glnc is Corrected and the steam • an all U-
T*ed.
There are indications of attenqw to tging
public sentiment lojnwr upon the author]]
In LTialf of 1 cent ] wist age.
l be(*lore R(H>*cvclt, of New York, jppojut^
e«l a ntemlter of thex-fa ll aorklee commuaiou,
lots written the secret are iff thf, commission
stating he wlfl accept the place on the coin
mission. The oath of.office alii tM< * bninle
tered Monday
Jtnlgr Matthews, wko(Nteceed* judge Dur-
ham a* first comptroller of tbe treasury, *nd
Me-. Huston a bo succeed* Mr. Hyatt a.] Irea*
urer of the L nited State*,, entered upon the
discharge of their new dntle* thl* morntnej^
There waa no ceremouy beyond taking Hr*
oath of office and usual Introduction of aft*
Ovei
1
the new chtaf*.'
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