The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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HASKELL MAKES TALK.
UNDER FALLEN WALLS.
TEXAS POULTRY ASSOCIATION.
THE WEEK’S EPITOME
IN
SAVE
Will
HE ARRAIGNS THE PRESIDENT.
FIREMAN DAVIS STILL ALIVE.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
ar
morning
Guthrie,
Ok—Characterizing
A street car was demolished and Hr
company, moved
An-
ALVIN NURSERIES PASS.
DEFY NIGHT RIDERS.
Alvin. Tex.—Sam
CLEARANCE AT GALVESTON.
f ght men out in the open." (Applause.)
was
Justice Mills of New York Saturday
statement
such
A Careful'/ Digested and Condensed
Comp lation of Current News
Domestic and Foreign.
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
State Inspector Has Been There and
Given Health Certificate.
Mcst All Titus County Ginners Went
Ahead With Their Work.
him
A cheer was giv
Three of Four Caught in Dallas Blaze
Rescued—Loss Between $150,-
and $200,000.
fell dead Saturday morning
auk of a stroke, nf appoplexy.
In a desperate battle. Sunday, in the
’ Breeders Throughout the State
Send Their Pens Here and Com-
pete for Prizes.
Leslie Carter, at one time capitalist
and president of the South Side Ele Ozarks, near Prestoria. Mo., between
▼•ted Ra I road Company of Chicago, officers and mounta.neers. four persons
died in that city Friday. were killed and several seriously in-
President Roosevelt's final vacation
during his term of office, came to a
close Tuesday when he, with his fam- murdering Clery
ily. left Oyster Bay for Washington
F.
j com? at a mlnftntrm of expense as far
I as railroad fare is concerned.
will be held during
Carnival the very
W.
comprising the failed firm of
eruor or the Prison Commissioner.
Jett Hooten of Denver, 28 /ears of
a< “. Friday night fell from a third
story window in the roar of the El-
was
The citizen*
offered the ginners every assistance
possible. One thousand dollars wilt
be raised as a reward for the arrest
and conviction of the guilty ones.
Joseph Linz Dead.
Dallas. Tex.—Joseph Linz, pioneer
» man and
Newspaper fo Arlington.
Cameron. Tex.—A few days ago the
Arlington Printing Company, with a
pai 1 up stock of $7,500. was chartered.
The plant is equipped with latest
i presses, costliest Xfergenthaier lino
type machine and other printing ma
chinery for turning out any class of
book, job or newspaper work.
and honest effort to make Oklahoma
a state respected throughout the un-
ion. and to give our honest people hon-
est government. You realize as well
as I do that Oklahoma had these
thieves who were the thieves under
the law as well as the thieves through
the medium of the trusts and monopo-
lies. Do you expect me to win their
favor and their compliments without: Alvin. Tex—Sam H. Dixon, state
help ng them rob you? You know very i inspector of orchards, has been here
Making Preparation* for Fleet.
Manila -Manilla is preparing an
elaltorate program for the water p
October 1.
' Partisans of President Castro have
' in recent speeches initiated a move
i ment to proclaim Castro President of
j Venezuela for life.
; Beginning Friday
was found dead
I in his wagon Saturday at San
' tonio. He cam from Castroville.
Before a crown numbering thousands
Capt. Baldwin s dirigible baloon made
a successful flight Saturday afternoon,
sev-
j eral maneuvers under perfect control
i of the pilot.
The mayor of Denison has ordered
that the phonographs at the five-cent
shows be discontinued. They made so
' much noise at the door entrances that
; a number <>? lodges in session could not
; transact business.
In a duel with ordinary pocket-
knives, in IJttle Rock, Sunday, Char-
j les Dunfield of Pennsylvania was
killed by Sam Wray of Tennessee as
j the culmination of a first quarrel be-
tween former friends.
Fully five thousand delegates and
visitors are in Denver to attend the
eighty-fourth annual session of the
sovereign grand lodge. Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, which began
its deliberations Monday.
The police have arrested several
dangerous anarchists, who. with oth-
ers, were engaged in elaborating a
plot to assassinate King A fonso of
Spain when he passes through Biar
ritz Saturday on his way to Paris.
W. j McGee of the Geological Sur-
! vey, who has returned to Washington
after a visit to the Adriondacks, states
that a conservative estimate of the
. Uitilao, iv*.--ju.njni i.iai
and * Texan, prominent business
T., and therefore his r founder of the jewelry firm of Joseph
rade with which rhe city will welcou.1-
i the battleship fleet cn its arrival
I When the fleet has taken its position
at the anchorage assigned to it. a fleet
' comjiosed of fifty steamers and
I launches, carrying as many spectators
as <’an crowd aboard, will run out to
; the anchorage, steaming in regular
formation, and circle about the an-
. chored vessels.
berculosis Association, which is very I --------------------
SAYS REPUBLICAN SENATORIAL
CANDIDATE STARTED FIGHT.
MEETING WILL BE HELD
HOUSTON NOV. 9 TO 14.
Tuberculosis Organization.
Washington - The Texas Anti Tu-
badges, Ixtuis Christiansen on hall
i largely represented at the Internation-
I al Tuberculosis Congress in session in
this city. will speedily become affili
ate.l with the national association for
study and control of tuberculosis.
well who fought me a year ago. and for the pagt few days inspecting the i
you know today they are still fighting. Alvin orchards. He found the nurs-
Could 1 offer you any better proof of eries free from disease of any Kind
would ?
"Dennis Flynn, my friends, is at the
bottom of the fight that has been made
on me. My friends. 1 ask no better
evidence of honesty on my part than
the confidence of the people I may
have been criticised for being too
blunt in my expressions, but I have do
recollection of anybody ever criticising .
me for being a coward or afraid to Cotten Valued at More Than $2,500. Black Hand Ganfl Terrorizes Citizens.
000 Leaves Port.
Gaiveston. Tex.—Monday
Joe James, the negro convicted of
Ballard in Spring-
field, III., was sentenced Saturday aft-
D. Robinson or Cleveland, own-1 <'rIino11 by Judge Creighton to hang
er of the St. Louis National baseball
team, street car promoter and capi-
ta 1st, died suddenly at his home Fri- '
day
RESCUERS WORKING TO
MAN AT DAL LAS.
Calls Him a "Four Flusher" and
"Ward Politician"—He Shows i
Strong Emotion.
John Murray Dowie, father of John
Alexander Dowte, founder of Zion
that during the last eight years five
i dwelling houses have been completed
I within the corporate limits of the city
for every working day.
hereafter prohibits the leasing of fel
on., excop’ by the eons, nt or the Gov- I cre"r '"•I'"'11 S'lndc.- when a religious
j parade of 1100 persons led by Bishop
Paul Rhode became a maddened mob
in Chicago Height* in Chicago.
• John Heiner, aged 70 years, a mor-
do~ado lodging house at Denver to the *nS Pictur<* exhibitor, who had been
aHey W> feet below and a.ed six hours by wagon,
later.
Four hundred cotton mills in Lan-
cashire, Eng., are idle, as a result of
a lispuie over wages between opera-
tors and employers, which means that
mere than Hb.OOO operators are out l’“verl“g sU mlles a”'* '‘‘"'“‘"g
of work.
Justice Gerard In the Supreme Court
of New York Thursday signed the final
decree of absolute divorce in favor of,
Elide French Vanderbilt from Alfred
Uwynne Vanderbilt on the recommen-
dation of Roieree David McClure.
Richmond. Va.—As a result of the
i shooting of N. M Gregory, a promi-
nent citizen of Buckingham county, aa
appeal has been made to Gov. Swan-
' son to aid in breaking up an allege!
black hand gang. A communication
received by the governor Tuesday
from Aronia reads:
"Conditions here intolerable. A
gang of assassins strongly intrenched
; three miles away. One citizen shot in
back; others threatened; county au-
thorities appear powerless. We need
' detectives and bloodhounds."
--ZZ .. .. Galveston, Tex - Monday was an-
REUNION OF TRAVELING MEN °<h. h< avy day in clearings, for eight
---- ocean going vessels. The vessels car-
All Drummers in the State Are Expect- ried mixed cargoes, consisting of cot-
ed to Be in Attendance. ton and cotton seed products. The
Houston. Tex.—Under the direction total shipment of cotton as shown by ,
of Adolph Boldt, general chairman, ar- the clearings was 53,803 bales, which,
rangements are being made for a re- figuring cotton at an average of $50
union of traveling men in Houston No- per bale, would make a day’s ship-
vember 14. at which time all "drum ment of the staple valued at $2,690,-
mer*" in the state irrespective of their \ 05u
affiliation with traveling men's organ ------
izations. are expected to attend
Mr. Boldt is a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the T. P. A. »
also of the U.
object in rhe affair is one of truly a Linz Brothers, died in St. Louis Mon-
non-j artisan spirit H. H. Cherry is day morning at 3 o'clock. The fu-
secretary of the committee. The fol- neral will be in St. Louis. the time
lowing have been appointed as an ex- to depend upon the arrival in St.
Lottis of Clarence, the son of the de-1
ceased, and Albert and Simon, broth-
ers, who left Monday for St. Louis
Dallas, Tex.—At 1 o’clock Wednes-
day morning fire, which starred the
night before at 10:30 o'clock, de-
stroyed property to the value of be-
tween $150,000 and $200,000 and re-
sulted :n the injury by falling wa’l*
' of four firemen.
The heaviest losses are L. Craddock,
liquors, large damage io stock, valued
at $70,000; two building*, valued at
$2.»,000; Egan Electric Company. $10,-
’ "00; W. A. Kelley Furniture Com-
pany, $50,000, stock badly d imaged
by water; Peacock, the jeweler,
11,000; W. R. Allen, sporting goods,
damage* not obtainable; two build-
ings. owners not learned, $20,000
The roof and a piece of the wall of
No. 229 Elm street fell in at 11:45
and several firemen were caught in
the wreckage. Will Brantley of en-
gine company No. 6 was brought out
1 adly hurt. Rescue parties dug other*
! ou of the ruins.
Fireman Wolfe of the central fire
station and Holbrook of No. 6 engine
were ta<en from the ruins badly hurt.
Fireman Davis of engine No. 8 is '•ble
to call feebly for help and men ul'h
axes are trying to cut a way to h’m.
Fireman Davis is still in the ruin*
and can't talk He is badly crushed
and his legs are broken.
While working hard in the endeav-
or »o rescue Davis, who is invpn.- med
undt r the ruins, the dead body of J.
M. Pari in. Driver of No. 2 engine,
was lound. Heroic efforts are still
making to rescue Davis, who, at 2.30
o'clock Wednesday morning. was still
alive. Efforts to release him are ham-
pered by the fact :nat the fire breaks
out anew every lew minutes.
Davis is bein'; kept alive with in-
jections of morphine and whisky and
water is given through a straw. Elec-
tric light has been ringed up over nim.
Doctors think he will Hve li gotten
out quickly, but the work is hazard-
ous on account of the danger from
falling timbers.
Flatonia. Tex.—Since Saturday night
our town has been inconvenienced by
not having electric lights. Part of the
engipc broke early Saturday night and
now parts had to be ordered The
management promises to have lights
on Wednesday night.
new —----------
Every minute • that the railroads will extend the
of the time since then I have been , privilege of cheap rates to take in a
working late and early in an unselfish much wider territory than heretofore
making rates from the Red River,
from as far west as Rel Rio and into
Northeast Texas as far as Shreveport. :
Capt. Dasley Found Dead.
San Ange'o. Tex.—The ci y re-
ceived a severe shock when it learned
I that Capt. Chas A Dasley had been
found dead in a room at his home He
was shot in the head and a shotgun
■ lay near him He was prominent in
i social and business life and a high
j Ma^on.
of grand la cenj as they were leaving
the Federal court room Friday where
they were be.ng examined before a
United St a es commissioner.
Negroes Sunday shot and killed
Charles Jones, a member of their own
race, whj Saturday killed a white
mat <c. two negroes at Eden Station,
Miss.
It is stated on excellent authority
that the Department of Justice Is in-
vestigating the question as to wheth-
er it is a Violation of law for a mem-
ber of Congress, who became such
after the Government a ad leased from
him a build ug to be used as a post-
office. to continue to receive rental for
the building.
Mount Pleasant, Tex.—Most all gin-
ner* in Titus county resumed opera-
tions Tuesday, disregarding warnings
vyvwaw • **.< . j w>.*.> —- ri ivs live num uiovaar- v»i <*uj nuiu. ,
the matter that I have been their en Tfae orchards thus Inspected will ftom, night riders who posted notice*
emy and your friend, as I told jou 11 at liberty to sell and ship their stock ! ’ ** *u **"
bearing the certificate of inspection.'
It is understood that neither express i
: tion of the night
■ demne-d in strong terms.
on October 23.
Ed Murphy of Sherman aged 32,
was killed by a tPain in Fort Worth
early Saturday and his body was
! found along the Texas and Pacific,
ground to pieces.
OGy. died Tuesday at the home*or his I The huildlng records of Dallas show
son's widow, Mrs. Jane Dowie, of
White Lake, Mich.
Gov. Hoke Smith of Georgia has
signed the convict lease bill, which
‘ Beginning Friday morning at 9
| o’clock the Texas State Association of
I Spiritualists will hold it eleventh au
I nual convention in Dallas.
I As a result of an explosion of a
Robber.-; entered the store of ». C gun on a French armored cruiser
Compton of Armour. S. D., Saturday Wednesday thirteen men are dead and
night and secured $35,000. others seriously injured.
I>ate Saturday night John Lott. I C. B. Scarborough, aged 5i» years,
•bout 32 years of age. was shot in for many years a citizen of Abilene,
the side and seriously wounded at fell dead Saturday morning as a re-
Lancaster
ecutlve committee: W. C. Munn,
chairman; Tom Flaxman. J. Kahn.
S. C. Brashear. E. W. Kirkland. Adolph
Boldt. J. A. Bryan and W. L Howze
Tom Flaxman Is chairman of recep-
tion, J. A Bryan of parade, E Smith
on
and Adolph Bc-ldt on entertainment.
There Is to be a meeting, a recep-
tion. a parade, and a banquet. Mr.
Smith I* senior councillor of U. C. T
council of Houstin. He says, "We
want every traveling man in Texas to;
attend this reunion and Houston prom-,
•ses a proper entertainment. It will;
be one day of good feeling and goqd
fellowship, and there will be no dis- j
tinction between members of organiz-■
atlons, as T. P. A.'s and U. C. T.’s
and 1 T. M. and all others are to meet
on the same footing that we are all j
‘peddlers,’ and we are together for a
good time and a reunion."
The affair occurs during the last day .
of the No-Tsu-Oh carnival, that is an
annual affair in Houston Cheap rail-
road rates will be In effect, and it is
believed I’ will be the largest affair
jf it* kind ever held in Texas
Houston. Tex.—Arrangements
being made for the annual exhibition
i by the Texas Poultry and Pigeon asso
i ciation which will be held in Houston
i during the dates intervening between
November 9 and 14. and Secretary
Robert Black, who bas the affair in
charge, has a large number of letters ,
from breeders throughout the State i
advising him they will send their pens ;
here for the exhibit, and will compete ,
for the prizes.
In fixing the date for the show, No-
; vember has been selected, for the rea-
son that shows lu the latter part of De-
cember Interfere with the mating sea-
son on account of having to fatten
•he chickens several weeks prior to i
exhibition in order to bring them up I
i to their staudard weight. To keep the
’ birds in the show say for six days
I away from the cock bird, knocks the
i breeder out of twelve or fifteen days
before he can get fertile eggs. Ar-
rangments ar uejng made to accommo-
date all the exhibitors who will come.
For the chickens the association has
'engaged H. B. Savage of Belton, a.
_.r_. chicken fancier, a poultry journal
by a band, a company of the Oklahoma publisher and a member of the Texas
National Guard and a large crowd, legislature Mr Savage “has a fine
prominent among whom were state of reputation among the bird fanciers in
ticials and employes. As he stepped Texas and the fact that he is engaged
train his eyes filled with for this : how is a strong endorsement
being for it.
Charles F. Taylor has oeen engaged
to judge the pigeons, and it will be
and ' the first time where an exclusive pig-
1 military i eon judge will serve. Mr. Taylor has
hotel Al written from his home in Detroit that
HJf , »«V W ••• W8M8: «*I>U a dCSirO ,
and to visit other pans of Texas while he
usual self-composure returned,
mounting a chair in front of the hotel
he made his address, the crowd, about I
three hundred, applauding bls caustic*
references to President Roosevelt
The Cholera at Manila.
Manila.—There were fourteen
cases and three deaths from cholera 1-alestloe. Tex—The laundry room
re|>erted for the twenty-four hours end : „f international £ Great Northern
ling at S oclnck .Monday morning. i hospital was slightly damaged by lira
from the
tears, the first to greet
those of his family.
en as he passed to a carriage behind
which a number formed a line,
.preceded by the band and
company, moved to the i------ .
though vlsably affected, the governor’s he will come and expresses
self-composure returned, and . to visit other pi.
■ I is in the State.
As this show
the No-Tsu-Oh Carnival the
| cheapest rales of the year will be on.
Among the other thing the governor so that all who wish to visit it can
said:
"Fellow Citizens—A year ago you as railroad fare is concerned. Anoth
honored me by electing me the first! er feature of the rates this year is i.’
governor of this state. Every minute | that the railroads will extend
into service out
goes into service on the Choctaw di-
vision and one goes to Dallas.
The con"roller of the currency at
Washington Friday issued a call on
National hanks for a statement of resulted In the death of Lieut. Edward
the!r condition at the close of busi- J. B’.oom of the Fourth infantry and
nes- on September 23. Private Suttles of Company K of the
Albert O Brown. Edward Buchanan, same regiment.
Rhea Whitman and Lewis Young The annual convention of tne Texas
.. .... - . . q i league Of Postmasters of fourth
Brown A Company, (stock brokers or class offices is to be held in Dallas
New York, were arrested on charges October 21 and 22. and an order has
been issued by the department at
Washington granting all such post-
masters in Texas a leave of absence
for five days.
As a result of injuries received •»»
falling while swingin* the “Roman
Swing’’ while at play In the yard of
the San Antonio public school, Thos.
Tanguma i* dead.
Holland has addressed a circular In-
struction. Through Its diplomatic rep
resentatives abroad, presenting to all
the nations that were represented at
the second peace conference, an in
vitation and proposal to hold a dlplo
matic conference to meet at Ths
Hague at a date to be agreed upon
later.
the
president of the United States as a
■fourflusher” and a "ward politician,'
who at the behest of two United States
senators representing special interests
wa.* directly responsible for the Prai-
rie Oil and Gas Company's advantag
eou* position in Oklahoma, were lea
tures of Governor C. N. Haskell’s ad-
Iress to the crowd that gave him wel-
come Sunday upon his return from
the national Democratic headquarters.
He .“tated that his resignation as treas-
urer of the national committee had
be»>n voluntary and that in the first
place the appointment had been
pressed upon him. His resignation, he
sai l, was for the purpose of prevent
ing embarrassment to Mr. Bryan’s
campaign. He charged that Dennis
Flvnn. Republican candidate for Unit-
Mi States senator, was at the bo.tom
of the fight against him.
The governor was met at the depot
' Three Dallas druggist* have b^en In-
dicted by the grand jury for Illegally
. selling cocaine.
Orders have been Issued at the
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR large iron and steel plants of the
country to prepare for resumption by
Frank, popularly known as “Bud” ;
Moore, lies dead at his home on Miller '
Creek, near Johnson City, having been
shot through the heart with a Win-
ches-er rifle ball. The shooting occur-
red about a mile from Moore * ranch
Thursday.
James Nunnelly of Brook smith is in
a critical condition from injuries re-
ceived when thrown from a horse
Tuesday. His shoulder blade, wrist
•nd collar bone were broken and he
sustained other injuries. The horse
was killed
J W. Hurt, one of the first settlers
of Dublin, killed himself Tuesday by
taking carbolic acid. He was known
to be in the best of health and spirits
Cor the past few months. He was 56
years old and had been a resident of
what was known as Old Dublin for
over thirty years. that a lve
estimate of
Eight Katy engines have been re- J damage being done In that section by
celved at Denison after having beer, the forest fire* Is $1,000,000 a day.
rebuilt in he shops at Parson*. Kan . ,
Four of th-*m will go into service on denied tne application of Harry Thaw
the North Texas division, two will go for a trial by jury to determine wbeth-
of Smithville, on»* er or not Thaw is sane, but promised
to give Thaw a hearing before him-
' seif. Justice Mills.
A tragedy occurred at Camp Jessa-
mine. P. I , on Saturday night which
on all but three gins In the county
Saturday night At a mass meeting
. held here Tuesday afternoon the ac-
* *’ ’ * t riders was con-
companies nor freight agents are al- j
lowed to receive nursery stock of any
kind that does not bear the certificate
of inspection.
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Bailey, Charles B. The Alvin Sun. (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 2, 1908, newspaper, October 2, 1908; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1249994/m1/3/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Alvin Community College.