The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1903 Page: 2 of 2
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COLD IN TEXAS.
THE WORST IN YEARS.
JUDGES NAMED.
EDITOR WAS ATTACKED.
Gre? fly
EVERY-
of the worst sto
EVL.m 1 o d.
THE SENATE CONFIRMED BOTH.
r
president lx t Thura-
BETRAYED BY CUCKOO CLOCK
W‘!Ft
up.
that
■
and
the
Reed
Smoc
'rom
con-
A. J. Gault,
her
The deposits
An Ideal Womar'- Mi
Richland:
London
bearing
of
be
Ben* j
HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL R. R
now
tuition.
to $75 in 1S99 are
» head. Thus the low-
>f
His body was frightfully man-
wtalth.
bf
It 13 stated
rompany has
in the Kirby
that John H.
Tire observar.
more genera! <
than ever befo<
The Oklahamri senate b ?s pas ?J
bill appropriating >30.000 for
tion
•And w won<.
be Pana.na car
expects to
:dd farm over in Clay
chanticlea 3
1 1V3
th a
re n
It!
for
Brazoria County Relief Measure Went
Through and Is Now Ready for
Governor’s Signature.
suppression of crime.
<ame angry at the article.
1 Igh on both sides.
The trouble with most people who
can t »ing is that they don’t know IL
had a number of friends here. Funeral
services were held this afternoon.
ionists.
•ase was
McCurfby and his
He had
Likely to be a Heavy Loss In Stock In-
terests in the Northern Section of
the State.
A man usually blows in a lot
money on a blowout.
their
ants.
New Train Gives Satisfaction.
Hearne, Texas.—The new schedule
inaugurated by the Hou ton and Tex-
as Central today, whereby a new train
is added, meets with general favor
here.
Verdict of Not Guilty.
Tyler. Texas.—The verdict in
to
at
in
If you don't get the biggest and best
it's your own fa alt. ~ “
is for sale everywhere and there is
positively nothing to equal it in qual-
ity or quantity.
fused
salary
The house committee on say-
mean reports--1 favorably Bitt-ion’s
til Imposing
Bnlgxria rontem; I a tea
armj divis-
hvay
rests
but
as
cre-
bas
ted.
miles north
The loss is
was caused
natural gas.
It if
never
Killing Near Buffalo.
Buffalo, Texas.—Last nignt rv ‘
7:SO Frank Long shot and killed Bob
;ate 1.
vet.
Contracting a iisease la reality ax
paada iL
WESTERN CANADA AROUSING
GREAT INTEREST.
The Wonderfal Yield* of Wheat Attt«o*»
Ttiiu»aud».
Until the last five or six years but
Too many grandmothers spofll
child. |
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Egotism is often mistaken for
i nius.
a-e.
by
/
I
i
TWO MEN WERE WOU|NDEC.
an f-xhib!-
the St- lands World’s Fa r.
of Indian .hkf.i, head-
18.
stowaways
a few
*r Common*
to lb
to' ft '»
r ci‘ileas
Iowa, last wee
jThrt poem was
^r Gault to hi|s brother Tcjn.
Sues Travis County.
Austin, Texas.—A. Baldwin & Sons
filed suit in the district court to re-
cover from Travis county $230) for
publishing tax lists of unknown prop-
erty owners.
4n_— —
Identiabi, unon
A Can Jacinto Petition.
Austin, Texas.—Mr. nubeaa of Fay-
i e county pre .catcd a petition m tne
uju e today from tblrtyfiv* citizens
it La Grange, fifteen from Eumger
.ad twelve from Fayetteville, asking
n appropriation of $25,00J lor the pur-
» e of inc.o ing and otherwise im-
ovizg San Jicinto bal lie field.
and will open a rice farm two miles
They were going home and ' south of here.
request the advice
and consent of the senate to the fol-
lowing appointments:
J. H. Calhoun of Shackelford county,
to be judge of the Forty-second judi-
cial district of the State of Texas.
Norman G. Kittrell of Harris county,
to be judge of the Sixty-first judicial
district of the State of Texas.
J. H. Arnold of Coryell county, to be
district attorney of the Forty-second
judicial district of the State of Texas.
Conditions Threatening.
Washington.—Upon further report
from United Stated Consul W. Ek
Alger, at at Puerto Cortez, that con-
ditions in Honduras are threatening
and that American interests are likely
to be endangered, owing to the inter-
nal turmoil. Secretary Moody tod ar
decided to send Admiral Ooghlan’s
fleet of cruisers and gunboats
cruising Is the Caribbean, to the gull
coast of Honduras. The orders wil
be issued tomorrow.
Bids for Fresh Meat
Austin, Texas.—On the 25th cf Fel-
mary State Purchasing Agent W. I.
Xnderson will open bids for tte fn -
Mshtng fresh meat for ail State 11 -
ititutions except the Southwestern In-
sane asylum at San Artonio for the
six months beginning March 1, 1903.
Sickening Suicide.
Buckboltz. Texas.—Mr. John Rus
l-ka, aged 6'1, poured a quart of oil
on his bead and set fire to ft. burn ni
out his eyes and so burning tfie flesh
about h's skull anr face that, it slough.:
ed off, leaving the skull and bonef,
of face bare.
The victim died within e. few hours
afterward. Mr. Ruscika had made dif
ferent attempts to snicMe.
February 17.—A
name of Lola
up near the ■ ties Matthews’ court, charging W Ison
Representative Seabury Introduced
three very important corporation bills
today.
One mak«>s the permit fees of for-
eign corporations the same as domes-
tic.
Another provides for 4he annual
franchise tax. and puts both foreign
Mayor Thad Holt of Houston left j
for his home today after spending two
days in town looking after the Hous-
ton city charter. He said a hard
fight was being made on the charter.
Sh.r.cr’s New Postmaster.
Shiner, Texas.—Mr. R. G. Fiato, the
w.y u^oinicd postmaster at tn s
-c •. w,ll take charge of the orfice on
.-rch 1.
author of "Tw nty
ftrears Apo, Ton,” Ted near Clii ton,
c, at 84 years of
x real letter writte
Mrs Rebecca Burks, the Doncaater
(England) centirarian, now In her
104tb year, haa just lost a daughter,
who has died fr>rn heart disease, al
the age of 74.
Shot His Wife During Quarrel.
Houston. Texas, February 17.—Ser-
ious re. ult3 follow a shooting which
occurred about 2 o’clock this morel ng
fn front of a restaurant at 1008 Mc-
Kee street. Though the nature of the
controversy was not obtainable at rhe
hour of going to press, it seems that
the responsibility
the collision at'Vaiis betw< en th? f* in-
set limited an.t the Crescent City i
pr<*ss on tiie Si iithtra Pacific, Jan.
on Operator Cliugb.
The principal sto-thouse of the gov-
ernment at Rcjik Island, was de-
stroyed by fire past Tuesda ■- night. -he
contents were | alued' at $1 f00,000, an 1
Included cavalily and infaitry equip-
ment and 1001,000 round; i of smoke-
less rifle amm ;
Frank Jame?. of SL Lotii. has been
buying fancy ihkkens lat- y from In-
dependence fanciers, and
stock up the
county with aristocratic
which can boa. t of blue b.-xid.
Mules that cost $6Q
naw worth $’l) to $125. ai annual ad-
vxnee of $12.50
ly Missouri brayer is toe ay 60 to 80
per cent bette
TJOAN’S
Drilling for Oil at Tolosa.
Kemp. Texas—The oil well bein?
sunk at Tolosa having reacted a deptl
of 12<M) feet, work has been stopped
Tolosa is five miles from Kemp, anc
report has it that surface indicatiom
cf oil there are good. This company!
has a contract to drill three wel s.
San Jacinto Rice Canal Plant
I.a Porte, Texas.—The San Jacinto
Rice Canal company, which is engaged
in putting in a large plant across the
bay from La Porte, has closed a con-
tract with the La Porte Lumber cora-
during Clevelan i’s first ad:uinis. ration,
ec aeator,
w ‘ek.
under bonsider. t on a
prohibiting offering any ort of
_ -----».---- tobacco in
any form mania*icUred for £.joking
or chewing.
Salvador proposes a tr pi? alliance
with Hon juras 'and Costa ties, against
Guatemala. It Is fekrei that the
whole of Central America will be in-
volve! in war.
K/0.000 last ye ir.
nh-uld b? ma k
ity off the reil
A delegation
ed by Chief Joseph of tjbe Ntt i’erce*.
called upon thi
da;-.
The fat; that
the nx>bi izaiioi of tw.>
ions on the T irklsh frontier,, causes
uneas ness.
Dr. J. I.. M. Curry, minister t* Spain
They will
with their own machinery,
in abcut 200 acres Chis
KITTRELL FOR NEW CCURT AT
HOUSTON.
When Andrew Carnegie was com-
pelled to borrow a dollar to place in
a contribution bex the other night it
must have been the happiest moment
of his life. At la.it hlt> great ambition
had been realized. He was penniless.
R
So says Mrs. Josie Irwin, ot
325 So. College St, NashviHe. j
Tenn., of Lydia E. Pinkham si
Vegetable Compound. \ 1
Never in the history nf medicine haal
the demand for one particular retoedjfl
for female disease* equalled that
tained by Lydia E, PinkhtwtK^E
Vegetable Com|iound, *nd
during the lifetime of this
me'he.n* has the Jemard f <r VfHMI
so great as it is to-day
From the Atlantic to V-e^H
’ •'•'ha
.'i - t uert
Cbc HIvin Suri.
A. J. BIRCjHFIELD, Editor,
u—-----—
-ftulTriiL, -----Texas.
Heffner Badly Hurt, But McClung’^ In-
jury Not So Serious.
Houston. Texas, February 17.4-Do-
tails secured yesterday by Sheriff Ar-
■ chie Anderson of the mysterious si 'not-
ing of Mrs. Bert Wilson, out the Har-
risburg road Sunday night, throw an
entirely new light on the situation.
Instead of being h?id up by twoj ne-
groes at the Houston and Henderson
tracks, as first stated to the authori-
ties, it develops that Wilson himself i
fired the bullet which wounded his
wife.
Acting upon this information, which
------- --------- ----- in a
confession from Wilson in the co inty
jail yesterday mo niug, an affii avit
; was filed ye terday aiternoon in Ju»-
ligi-t tax on gi nera
Ian ! requiring :hem to re > >rt t;
■censes bureau ill cotton ginned.
Austin, Texas, February 18.---Gov-
ernor Lanham sent the following ap-
pointments to the senate today. There
were several applicants for the judge-
ship of the Sixty first, the new Harris
county district, but this nice official
plum has fallen to Judge Norman G.
Kittrell. Judge Kittrell was formerly
a district judge In Ecast Texas and a
member of the Twenty fifth legisla-
ture:
To the Senate.
I respectfully
’Ssible.i as it w >u;J
control I
The Eattlechip Maine.
Philadelphia.—The new battleship
Maine left the league Island navy
yard today for Hampton Roads, where
its bunkers will be fl.led with coai.
The war vessel will then proceed
join the North Atlantic squadron
Galveston, Texas. The Maine is
command of Captain Leutz.
backs arr
every
Two checks Tor $57,500 »ach
turned up In
forged signature of J. P. Morgan, g
for purchase df pictures a :d br
brae Tte sig jaturrs a-e faid to
excellent imita .ionj of Mi. Morg; n’t
writing.
Coroaer Rich?y’s jury br ; glit In
verdict placing
Senator Grlnnan arose to a question
of privilege today, relating to drawing
for long and short terms by the sena-
tors. He charge;! that the first in-
vestigation was unfair as senate of-
ficers were Intimidat'd, and that the
Hogg amendments had something to
do with it.
Senator Hicks replied that Senator
Grlnnan was the only senator out of
the thirty-one who was dissatisfied.
At this point adjournment was had.!
but the senate may go into the affair |
again.
Child Burned.
Appleby, Texas.—Mr. Carl Moans*
child, aged 9 jears, was quite bauiy
burned while playing with ligh.cd pa-
per. The child lighted the pap* r at a •
school house stove.
f enator-eiect
(‘tab, will apei d this week n V ash-
^ngton. whe v ie w 11 present his
which he »ays he
uo doubt '.e w.ll b‘ regilirly se
ifc L
ibHhmi lb.
off than iie was fou.’
years aga. at least, his oarers rega d
him as such. !
H F. Krons&yn, of Seoul. Korea, ar
Xived in Tacotaa on his way to New
York and Philadelphia to contract foi
k»ls to be ci^nufaatured for the hea-
tire*temples qt bi- country as well as.
Froezn to Death.
Wharton. Texas,
negro woman by the
Devenport was picked up near
Southern Pacific depot this morning
in a dying condition from cold. She !
was removed to a nearby house and
County Physician Andrews was sum-
’ moned, but she expired in a short time.
with assault to murder, and the case
is set for hearing tomorrow moruinj
at 10 o'clock in Justice Matti ews’
court.
After hearing Wilson’s story o' tbe
shooting. Sheriff And r on institu ed a
■ search for the other parties who were
i with the Wilsons at the time it oo
. curred, and about 9 o’clock yesto relay
morning he found Samuel Cornet, tne
blind man mentioned in yesterday3
Tost, and William H. Sullivan. *ho
ha3 been •tramping over the country
with for the last nine years. Yester-
day afternoon these wi / sses w ro
brought into Justice Matthews’ court
by Sheriff Anderson and sumn.oned
to appear in the hearing tomorrow f
morning. Their story was pract cally
• the same in every particular as that
i told by Wilson in his confession tj the
1 sheriff in the jail yesterday morn-
ing.
Fears for Fruit.
I-ake Charles. La—The mercury
dropped to 20 above zero this morn-
’ng. the coldest record for four years.
It is feared that fruit, especially or-
anges, which are just beginning tc
near, are badly damaged.
Weather Is Hard on Cattle.
Llano, Texas.—A heavy sleet an ! '
snow £torm prevailed here last night. '
about an inch and a half of snow fail- I
ing during the night. Today has been 1
the coldest of the winter, the ther-
snd a p omiumt southern
died at Chariot e, N. C,\ l ist
Congress has
bill
.prizes or prerdiums
Killed by a Switch Engine.
Sherman, Texas: Last Night about
7:30 o’clock Jack McCur’ey, agei 35.
of Gunter, was run down and killed
by a switch engine in the North 8h*r-
man Frisco yards. 1------.
wife were visiting relatives.
been to town and was returning when
he was run down by the switch en-
gine.
fled.
the
I Tyler bank cases was returned this
’morning at 9:30 o’clock, find.--’ tne
I defendants, J. D. Moody, Horace H.
I Rowland and A. L. Clark, not guilty.
mometer at one time registering as low ;
as 16 degrees above zero. This ex- 1
treme cold weather is very hard on i
cattle, and a resu t some stockmen
have been forced to feed cattle, 'toe !
cold weather still holds on tonight, it !
having not moderated a particle curing i
the day.
Eavesdropper on Telephone Line Very
Neatly Caught.
Two business men of this city, one
of whom has residence phono on a
party line, were discussing an Import
ant business proposition from their
homes the other day, when the.1' heard
’.he click of a receiver being takes
town, and knew that some c-er per-
son on the party line was listening to
their talk, says the Kansas City Jour-
nal. One of the men then addressed
the party who had “butted in,’’ asking
him to bang up his receiver and keep
out, but no response was given and
the receiver was evidently not hung
up.
The two men gave tip the Idea of
their business talk, and continued to
converse along other lines, endeavor-
ing all the while to find out the iden-
tity of the interloper. Finally, as they
talked they heard the sound of a
cuckoo clock. At its first stroke the
third party had hung up his receiver,
but too late, as it was well kuow-n to
the man at the other phone that there
was but one cuckoo clock in any of
the houses along this particular partg,
. line, and the clock had betrayed the
eavesdropper.
The men who were talking have
rather expected to hear some sort of
an explanation offered by tbe “butter
fn,” but if anything of the kind should
be offered it will not be very cordially
received.
Pittsburg. Pa.—One person was cre-
mated, two fatally hurt, two othe s
seriously injured and seven buildinirs
totally destroyed. In a fire which vis-
ited Tarentum. Pa., a village twelve
of here, early Sjundai-.
about $50,000. T<»
by an overpresw-u
Cost of Construct on.
San Ang?)o. Texas.—The t..m
tlO.f 'O has been expended for roi-
•troctlon on the Orient In this coun y
during the month J*nn*r>
mine the full extent of Heffner’s in- J
juries.
After being treated by the physi-
cians, McClung and Heffner were tak- !
to their home at Elysian and Prov- i
adjoining I Richland: It has rained all night
■ and is still raining, and, from all ap-
I pearances, we will have another over-
i flow.
Ity, and fees are graduated as to capi-
tal, placing $1 on $1000 up to $100.
*M>0, and on each $5000 over $100,-
000 and up to a million. This will
more than double the present receipts |
of the state department.
The third bill, which is farreaching.
requires all corporations to report
annually to the State their exact fi-
nancial condition, together with re-
ceipts and disbursements for the year,
assets. Habilhles and the amount
paid on the capital stock. Also names
of stockholders residing in Texas and
how much of the stock is owned by
the corporation.
In tbe savings bi aka
of New York increased more than 1 10.-
A units d t.’ot
to keep Gen Pro^jer*
cd list
Dallas Prohibition Election.
Dallas, Texas.—Dallas county tocay !
declared against prohibition in a very I
cu-et but very decisive way. Ow ng
to the lack of interest in the contest,
cue to the fact that the resuit wa.i a
foregone conclusion and on account of
the slush and mud and impassable!
loads the vote was unusually light.
Tiie total number of ballots cast l
will approximate 6.,00. Over 5000 °f euori was niaae lo K?ep ireignt trains
i|hese were cast against local option. | moving Or(Jer3 wer(, giv(m M h01[)
thorn where they were, except la ci&es
of perishable freight. Di) I trains
are badly demoralized. A passenger
train on the Cotten Belt was stuck in
a snow xlrlft twenty miles east of this
city this morning. The first train
jut of this city left at 9 this morn-
ing, but made a slow progress. There
were eight inches of snow at Bowie
and six at El Paso. ; ••e» w<«>
: Sheriff Anderson first obtained I
Whole Family Dead.
Mazatlan, Mexico—There
and domestic corporations on an equal- three deaths from the plague yester-
day. Two hundred and two patient!
with the plague have been admitted.
• ..... 1 ™ t « 4 ♦ W'z, o ZiO • O 1,1.
j land ____
north of the 49th parallel and imme*
dlately adjoining the northern boun-
daries of Minnesota and Dakota.
The Canadians themselves were
aware of the wealth that lay there,
but being unable to fully occupy it,
they have asked the Americans to
assist them in converting the land
from its virgin state to one that will
largely supplement tke grain-producing
area of the North American continent
and the response lu.s been most lib-
eral.
During the year 1901 upwards of
£0,000 from the United States went
over to Canada, being induced to set-
tle there by the reports that reached
them of the success of those who had
preceded them dur.ng the previous
years. This 20.000 was increased to
10,000 during the year 1902, and it is
fully expected that there will be fully
>0.000 during the present year. The
work of the immigration branch of the
Canadian government is not now be-
ng directed towards giving informs-
tion as to tbe advantages of settle-
ment in Canada as it is to extending
an invitation to the Americans to fol-
low those who have gone.
Those who have charge of the work
point with considerable pride to the
success of those who have been in-
duced to take advantage of the offer
cf 1G0 acres of land free in Canada,
and have no cause to hesitate in con-
tinuing the invitation. Many of those
interested ray there are bo more tree
homesteads to be had ir Canada, but
the writer has most positive assurance
from the Canadian government that
there are thousands of such home-
steads to be had, ax .1 in oue oi the dis-
tricts now being opened up fully as
good as the best, and it is probably
the best.
The Canadian gt-ve.-nment has es-
tablished agencies at St. Paul, Mina.;
Omaha, Neb.; Kamas City, Mo.; Chi-
cago, Ill.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Milwau-
kee, Wis ; Wausau, Wis.; Detroit,
Jault Ste. Marie and Marquette,
Mich.; Toledo. Ohio; Watertown, S.
Dakota; Grand Forks. N. Dakota, and
( reat Fails. Mont . and the suggest'on
Is made tli&t by addressing any of
these, who are authorized agents of
th? government, it will be to the ad-
vantage of the reader, who will be
given the fullest and most authentic
information regarding the results of
mixed farming, dairying, ranching,
and grain reining, and also supply in-
formation as to ire.ght and passenger
rates, etc.
Three Hours fn a Suhrrtanne.
Lieut. Lawrence Spear, formerly na-
val constructor in the U. S. navy, re
cently gave an interesting description
of his experience while under water
during a three hours’ trial of the
“Adder” in Peconk: bay.
Fifteen mitos were traveled under
water without coming to the surface
once. After the first hour the trip be-
came- monotonous. There were ele ven
men in the boat, r early 18 feet below
the surface of the water. No noise
could be heard except that of an elec-
tric motor driving the boat through
the water nt 7 knots. The captaifi
stood with his h-.ad in the conning
tower, steering by the little compass
and timing .the beat by his watch, so
that he might know when to turn her
around and begin the return trip of
the three-mile course. Water could
be seen rushing ty, but nothing else
could be distinguished except the small
brass whistle which stands close to
the rear of the tower; the rest was
just a wall of green water through
which the “Adder ’ was rushing. Ol>
jsets ten feet away could not be seen.
as for the air, it was as pure as any
could be in a room of the same area,
and much purer than that of mary a
card-room hi whf*?h men sit, not fOi
three houurs. but for ten and twelv<
hours with closed doers and with tbe
air vitiated by tobacco smoke.
A Philadelphia pastor who has (
’ for thirty years to accept a '
wishes L> resign, but ig op
posed by his congregation. There's i
pretty exhibition of gratitude
' 'he vote in the city is 49G8 and only.
: 41 of these were cast by prohlbi-
ionists. The prohibitionists knew the!
hopeless from t\e ?;tart and
leithrr side expected and particulai
‘fforts. Very few negroes voted. II
ras the business Interests of the city
that caused the dump against loca!
option.
It was tht? first local option election
ever held in Darias county,
freely predicted that there will
bo another.
BAD BACKS,
Btd
fan1 nd tn
household.
A bad ba<!k is
a back that’s lame,
weak or aching.
Most backache
pains come from
kidney derange-
ments and rhonld
be promptly attend-
ed tc.
Reach the cause
of backache by re-
lieving the kidneyc
and curing their ills.
Doan's Kidney
Pills are for the kidneys only and cure
the dangers of urinary and b'adder
d Borders, from common inflammation,
to Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's disease.
Case No. 40,321—Mr. W. H. Ham-
mer. well-known builder, residing at
125 N. Hinde street, Washington C H.,
i Ohio, says: “I am glad to endorse a
remedy which possesses such inesti-
mable value as Doan’s Kidney Pills.
They cured me of inflammation of the
bladder which bad caued me much an-
noy ance and anxiety because of the
frequency and severity of the attacks.
I have advised others to take Doan’s
Kidney Pills and I know they will not
be disappointed In the results.”
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr. Hammer
will be mailed on application to any
part of the United States. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
! ?al% by all druggists. Price 56 cento
per box.
Street and Railway Traffic
Delayed at Memphis,
Memphis. Tent . February 17.—Ono
s hat has visl;cd 1 little attention was gi'er. to that vasl
this section set in last night and con- j area^ grain-producing land lying
tinned throughout this morning.
Trains are reported from five to ten
hours late in all directions, and stieet
car traffic of this city is practically at
a standstill. Telegraph and telephone
companies are seriously hamy'-ced and
communication is very uncertain' in
any direction.
Rain commenced falling early Sun-
day morning and continued through-
out the day.
At night there was a drop In the
temperature and the rain turned into
sleet, which fell without cessation un-
til 3 o’clock this morning. Then it be-
gan snowing. Street cars ran at n ght
to keep the tracks open, with only
partial success.
Report? from Mississippi, Arkansas,
Indian Territory and Texas state the
storm general. In the Southwest it
assumed the proportions of a blizzard.
The railroads are heavy sufferers, jand
many trains are annulled.
When a plugged dime is passed on
a woman she argues with her
science that it would be a ein tc at-
tempt to pass It, but puts it in
purse, knowing that some day it will
be pushed along when she la aot
thinking about It.
At Par 3 it Is reported in tee lob-
bies of the chamber 0f deputies that
the condi :ion ojf tbe pdpe is very c it-
ical. The report cannot be cjr.firmed,
and its soiree ciinnoc b? traced.
Th* mi.d winter hasj done deadly
work with the toal octopus, but it has
been of great r.-omfjrt‘ to hl jt mating
wheat and co:,ton bugs aic fruit
worms.
i zler wl -tj h- - L; c:
al.
of Liecj’u d :y wa
ver thel Un.t.d i-tate
The senate today passed the bill
granting relief to the citizens of Bra-
zoria county in the way of tax pay-
ments. The bill has now passed both
houses and is ready for the governor.
Two Schooners Sunk.
Newport News, Va.—Two small
schooners, the Roger Quarles and th!
Pcratur. laden with building: material I
sank In the harbor today during , i
severe squall. Both will be floated
The crew ; escaped.
Snow fell here today and there hw
been a gradual fall In temperature1
A heavy sea has been running all day
and while the wind continues high
Ttle can be accomplished toward
loading and unloading the numerou
small craft In port
en
ideme, where they have
rooms.
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Sheriff Took Exception to An Article
and Used Stick.
Nacogdoches, Texas, February 18.—
a difficulty occurred this afternoon on j
the north side of the public aqua, a j
I etween A. J. Spradley, sheriff of tbe I
county, and R. W. Haltom, editor of ALL PARTS OF THE STATE HIT.
the Daily Sentinel. Haltom was at-
tacked by Spradley with a stick ar.d
’.as struck several times over tha
I cad. sustaining two scalp wounds-
< ne of them a severe cut. Haltom
took the stick from Spradley, who
then drew one of his pistols. At thia
joint parties interfered and separated
t lem.
The difficulty grew out of a publi- ’ mercury at 6 this morning register-
cation In yesterday’s Sentinel in which ing 12 above zero, the coolest period
Haltom accused the officers of the known here for many years. The
county of not doing their duty in the’blizzard struck the city at midnight
Spradley he’and continued its fury until noon to-
Feeling is diy, when the sun came out, but the
wind continued to blow a gale. Five
inches of snowfall. Street cars at a
standstill, wires down, railroad travel
impeded,, swltcles frozen solid, and
general business practically demoral- ’
ized. The first real sleighing in twen-
ty years was enjoyed today. The rail- .
roads suffered most and traffic nas ;
been at a standstill since midnight, j
Many trains have not yet arrived and i
wires being down it is not known
when they will. During the night no j
effort was made to keep freight trains
moving.
Major Roff Dead.
Gatoesvllle, Texas.—Major C. L
Roff aged 85, died Sunday night rd
Ms home. Mr. Roff has lived »n
Gainesville for a number of years and,White.
had gotten about a mile from town i
when the shooting occurred. The 15- I
year old son of Mr. White, who was
riding behind his father on the same
horse, was the only on® who taw tne
•hooting. They had h d a dispute in
town and It is Eaid bith were intoxi-
Long has net betn captured
Senator Mor'yan hap Berr»d notice
on the senate that he will jfler at
least thu v anieJttme its to the canal
bill, as now 4rawn, ' hen it ci mes up
belorc than Ihxb » ■
The secretary of the Nat'.m PStock
^ssoe.atlon contends t”uat the pJ ker’s
merger is impJsaible.: e * r « >•’-
Attire $L50<',0’.k|.000 to
•caneh of industry. |
that the Frisco ra
.ecureq large mt
Lumber ccmpany
Kirby‘ will rema
manager of the business.
Limestone County Tax Rate.
Groesbeeck, Texa.1—The countjj
?oni miss loners’ conrt has fixe! the
•ax levy for 1903 at 75 cents on th«l
MIX valuation. This rate is the samJ
xa last year’s rate.
Fort Worth, Texas, February 17.—
-'ort Worth is swept by the worst
I snow and wind storm in seven years,
The better a man ge.z on in thia
world the better off he if. |
It was known early ibis morning that
the jury had agreed, and as a conse-
quence the - ourt room was well filial
With friends of th® deiendants who,
when the verdict was announced rush-
ed through the bar railings to offer
congratulations to the defmd-
SNOW, SLEET AND ICE
WHERE.
to tne lazaretto since it was establ-1
tehed and 121 have died. These fl? !
ires do not include the deaths in the
city.
The family attacked with the plague
ar the town of Oso have all died j
Other rases are reported from that ■
town, where the inhabitants have
b®en delaying the ctmJtary regular
tions. A detachment of cavalry hat
been sent there to compel strict ob
vrvance of the rules.
Governor Canedo of the State of
Sinalao denies that there has been 8
case of plague at Montiel, near Villi
Union.
i The lumber will be delivered from tne
; company’s mill at Lynchburg.
Rev. C. T. Barkuloo has resigned his
, - tidings )t woman’* sufferin^^MHijsg
Defiance . arc i l)y ,t an<1 thousands upos^H f Y
of letters an* po.iring in fr^Hgra|IM|
women say‘ng that it
I lively doe* cure the
female oompl aintA
Mrs. Ffnkham invite• aImK
men who are puzzle-1 alxi^
their health to write her at
Miwsm for advice. Sufh c<re-
spondence is feeo by women niff*
nd no charge is made.
for Ch S3. [
Thirty-seveij:- kalian
came into th|* psrf°f Boston
days rface ojji the stenil
They willl be r t^ni^
aiy. »f. tho:e brej king Uws 1
would hardly be any letter ..
After relUrz u. ”'l
General Passenger Department
New Orleans and Its Carnival, Feb
24th, 1903.
Rex( Proteus, Cornua and Nomus
all magnificent pr-geants, and you can
see them a’l. P-xte one fare for the
round trip. Tickets cn sale Feb. 17th
to 23rd. Final 1 mit Feb. 28th, with
privilege of extoion to March 14th.
Through Pullman sleepers from all
North Texas poin- s, no change of cars,
no transfer. All .rain* operate in and
out of Union Station, tn the heart of
the city.
Send for literal, re, and ask agent
for rate from your station, or write
M. L. ROBBINS. T. J. ANDERSON.
G P A T. A., A. G. P. A T. A.,
Houston, Tex. Houston, Tex.
young “Ja: k” Kennedy, was th<j shoot-
er. There are two wounded men. D. !
D. Melting, a railroad man, and Wib
113 C. Heffner, a bartender in Ham-
brick’s saloon, at the corner of Lib-
erty and McKee streets,
j Oddly enough, the bullet first Strack
■ McClung 7n the shoulder blade, ju-t ,
under the armpit, and plowing its waj I
around came out at the back of the
shoulder blade and struck Heffn?r in
the back, about two inches at the right
of the spinal column. The bullet frac- i
tured one of Heffner’s lower rib* and „
grarlual fall In temperature’ lodged in his side, whence it was ex pany for 200,000 feet of lumber to oe
traded by Doctor b. M. Bcurlan and I used in the construction of the planL
D. L. Smith. ; rm.- -_»** *rc:-
The injuries of neither of the men --------•--««• -- ----*-i-----
are considered fatal, though it was
nor possible at the late hour to drier- pastorate at the Methodist Epircopal
church and will be succeeded by Rev.
j Mr. Hickman of Crowley, La. Mr.
Barkuloo has beea in charge of the
congregation for four years.
The English language i8 found sc.
good a foothold in India that now
fully 9,000,000 ndian r hjects are
fairly well acqua'nted with It. The
language most spoken in India is Hin-
dustani. by 82.009,530 people. *“
gall is the tongue of 39,000,000.
Rice Farm Near Genoa.
I Genoa. Texas.—Parties from lllln-
about i ois have let the contract for breaking
d ----- “-------- -
bore */ells
Will put
seasjn.
She was a cook on the Cane Belt work
train and was last seen yesterday.
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Birchfield, A. J. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1903, newspaper, February 20, 1903; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249956/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.