Free State Enterprise. (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1901 Page: 1 of 4
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Free State Enterprise
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EQUAL RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO NONE.
ONBDOLLAR A YEAR.
CANTON; VAN ZANDT COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1901.
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WILL NOT ACCEPT.
VISITED THE KING.
A TOWN WIPED OCT
A GREAT PARADE.
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NIS DECISION WAS A SURPRISE.
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Governor Refuses to Accept Resig-
nation of the Senators.
and shot herself, her lifeless body be-
ing found beside that of her daughter.
were
the
sou til's
the streets of Memphis Thursday.
the past,
ample evidence Thursday.
items Yeeeg Pewwie. M a Fleet* Oettag
were Drawasd.
Jesse made nq effort to escape.
" The tragedy grew out of some family
troubles, the exact nature of which in
not known.
Want Amerieaa Meefetaerg.
London. May 31.—It in said th* Brit-
ish government has decided to intro-
duce new American labor-earing ma-
chinery, ouch aa pneumatic drilling and
riveting machines, etc., at the Ports-
mouth dockyards.
then - about fifty feet from the
the wrong way.
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Clklt AppUsM -lbe Parade was
Large aed Mageifkeat.
The school census for the city of Ab-
, Bene shows s scholastic population of
j 857 children between the agee of I and
III years.
I June I.—A fright
lace at the home ot
Western avenue and
third street, Covington, Ky., Friday
night and the bodies of an entire fam-
ily now lie at the morgue in that city.
Mrs. Kate Hester, aged 32. after a
quarrel with her husband, Ottle Hea-
ter. aged 42, at the supper table, shotx.
and killed him as well as their 3-year-
old daughter, after which she put the
revolver to her own head and blew out
her brains. It is not known what was
the cause of the quarrel. —
A heated argument was heard in the
dining room at 7 o'clock and a few
ypinut^B Istor pcvcr&l piiotw were heard.
The Senators tigress a Doubt as ts Sis
gstUrlty is Regard ts th*
Refusal is Ucept
Will Strife*.
Newport Nows, Va., Juns 1—The
machinists employed at the plant of
the Newport News Shipbuilding and
Urv Docks company. Friday, bv a orac- R“*®ce-
tically unanimous decision, decided to '
strike at 8 o’clock Monday morning,
their formal demand for a nine-hour
day with ten hours' pay having been
formally refused. About 1000 machin-
ists will walk out
Mr* Kddy Sami.
Boston, Mass., May 31.—The jury
trial of Mrs. Josephine A. Woodbury
of this city, claiming 1150.000 damages
from Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy of Cot-
cord, N. H., founder of the Christian
Scientists' sect, for libel, wee begun
in the Suffolk county superior court
here Wednesday, and according to the
statement of the different conneel It
may last three weeks. The suit was
brought by Mrs. Woodbury on the
ground that two yearn ago Mrs. Eddy,
in a message to the ....
Science church, which was read four
time* and afterward published in a lo-
cal paper, had la mind Mrs. Woodbury
when she used the words, “The doom
of Babylonish women referred to in the •
Book of Revelations is being fulfilled.**
Vfe# <>l* Seal*.
Chicago, III.. May 31.—Frasier A
Chalmers of thia city, who recently
Hanged l»y • Mob
Birmingham, Ala., May 31.—Frank
Beeves, a negro, was hanged by a mob
Wednesday afternoon lietween Georgf-
ana and Dunham, two small villages in
Butler county.
The negro had assaulted a young
lady and while attempting to drag .her
from a buggy whs frightened away by
several men who had responded to the
you ng lady’s screams for help. Reeves
fled info the woods, but was captured
and after being fully identified, con-
fessed his crime and pleaded for mercy,
mr sfqicafr-wan-Tret he efled afifl hfi-MF
nearby and after tying a rope around
his neck forced hinu to jump off. A
large crowd witnessed the hanging and
not a shot was fired. When the negro
was pronounced dead the crowd dis-
persed in an orderly manner.
Wise county's wheat crop will mA
Ohio /firagedy.
Cincinnati, OP',
fill tragedy toe
Ottie Hester,'w*?
Philadelphia, Pa.. May 31.—A row
boat containing a merry party of eight
young persona was awept over Flat
Rock dam in ths Schuylkill river
Thuraday afternoon and seven of them
drowned, five girls and two boys. Th*
victims, all of whom were orphans,
were: Floreses Densmore, aged 1*:
Roy Ricker, aged 18; Masie Kennedy,
aged 11; Maude Rutter, aged 18; Ma-
mie Sullivan, aged 21; Florence Bond,
aged 21; Bertram Osmond, aged 18.
The young man saved is John Moor*,
aged 21.
The party started out for a picnic
early In the morning and pitched their
I camp at Rose Clen, along the Scbuyl-
The party separated after
Old Veteran* Sagg**» -
New Orleans. La., June 3.—At a
meeting of Confederate veterans at
Memorial Hall Saturday the late policy
of making the annual reunions great
social affairs was roundly denounced.
It was said that the veterana bad ao
ahow in the practice of making the
occasion one for maids of honor, spon-
sors and distinguished personages.
Tragedy la Mero phi*.
Memphis, Tenn., May 31.—William
Wooten was shot to death by his
brother, Jesse P. Wooten, ax 1 o'clock
Thursday afternoon on Austin street
near Front. The death of William
Wooten cloned a duel with pistols at
close range. Jesse Wooten received
two wounds, one In the right shoulder
just below the collarbone and the
other oa the top ot the head. Ho io
not seriously injured.
Jeqpe Wooten fired five shots at his
brother and every one of them took
effect about the head and body. When
he had emptied his pistol his brother
lay almost at his feet breathing hie
bad of Safe Brewers Burn Ont the
Little Trw<u of Jasper.
Th* jury in ths Will Sneed murder
case at Austin failed to agree and was ■ buaheu p*
filMhargsd.
B9K&: 'la,:...jutes »■
Admiral1 Sampson is residing, the
Port that he is about to retire la still
current in Washrington. It Is said
In naval circles that the Admiral con-
templates asking for voluntary retire-, *"7
■tent on account of his 111 health. la
r»«e such aa application is made it -
be granted by the department. I "
Under the regulations the Admirali-
•*»fi aat retire until ata ««xt winter j-
.
the machlniata. announced that tbs
firm would go back to the old scale of
wages In effect before May 00. Al-
though over sixty firms in Chicago
signed th* new agreement. It is said
that the majority of them will follow
the lead of Fraser A Chalmers and go
back to the old scale.
* OMaefl* Strike.
Chicago, Ill., June 1—Chicago's ma-
chinist strike began Friday. Ihore than
1000 quitting werk ia varitrns shops
and factories because the employers
refused to sign the agreement sent out
for a 12% per cent increase la wages,
a nine-hour day and extra pay for ail
Ums over nine bourn
ail the officials concentrated their at-
tention on Mr. Morgan. Their curios-
ity was not unmixed with awe One
of the highest of the household hu-
morously confessed that an inspection
of the list of visitors made them trem-
ble lest Mr. Morgan or one of the mil-
lionaires should take a fancy to Wind-
sor and buy it.
After an inspection of the grounds
the delegates were taken to the east
terrace, where they were revived by
the king. They were surprised to find
the queen was also present, for her
appearance was quite unexpected.
Each delegate was formally presented
to both the king and queen, shaking
their hands. The ceremony over, the
king asked the American visitors to
replace their hats on their heads and
both he and the queen began to-etotrt~
in the most friendly way tfith the lit-
tle group. The king remembered meet-
ing previously William Butier~Dun-
can and Janies W. Pinchot, much to
i their own astonishment. This little
reminiscence over, the royal party in-
dulged in small talk, the king pointing
out the beauties of Windsor's chestnut
trees and referring to the need the
county had for rain and sufforth. His
majesty regretted tt»® ^tate apart-
ments were po upset as to be invisible.
He appto ran tly avoided business and
politics, beyond reiterating how glad
be was to meet so many well known
' men from America.
When the audience was over the
delegatee partook of a small feast.
At Muenster. Texas, five wells kava
been sunk and oil found 1* all of them,
and th* consequent bustle and excite-
ment prevails.
Jasper is at the ena of the Gulf.
Beaumont and Kimai Clip railroad,
which has just been completed that
far and trains are not running
through tp the burned city and the
robbers would necessarily have been
compelled to escape over the country.
As this would be the place where they
would probably come, the railroads are
keeping a close watch for them on all
trains.
The fire Is the sole topic of conver-
sation on the streets since the news Prise In store-for the country,
was brought here by the passengers
on the evening train from Kirbyville.
Jasper citizens and Beaumont people
are close friends, and the loss there
is felt by every citizeh of Beaumont?
There is a disposition here among
leading citizens to render some aid to
the unfortunate town, if any is needed, i
but there is no telegraphic connection
there and nothing can be learned of
the conditions existing. As far as can
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Windsor, Eng.. June 4.—Twenty-two
American gentlemen, dressed in the
deep black ol English court mouruiwg,
representing many millions of money
and vast commercil interests, were the
guests of King Edward at Wiudstr.
They were tije delegates of the New
York Chamber of Commerce.
The king had expressed considerable
I cqriosity to see what manner of n en
these multi-millionaires might ie* es-
pecially Messrs. Morgan and Carnegie.
i As regards the latter me king was
disappointed. Mr. Carnegie was una-
Bermiout. Tex.. June 3.-The beau-J“*3° 1>r,*ent' Frora th* kln< ,1°*n
Anfitber Drctaion. j
The supreme court has another sur-,
I'nleM
it changes its mind between now and
October, the date of its next meeting, •
the court will decide the Philippine
cajse in favor of the government. It
will be another decision by a divided
bench and upon most extraordinary
grounds ,to-wit:~
1. That the United States has never
declared its intention to ^retain the
Philippine archipelago indefinitely, and
the only declaration of policy wfiich
be learned there were no lives lost has been made in the other direction,
and on one hurt. —T_
Th itimized list of losses and in-
surance. owing to the comparative is-
olation of Jasper, has not as yet been
learned.
Morgan In Ctearg*
Now York, June 1.—Official
nouncement was made late Friday af-
ternoon that a final understanding had
been reached between the Union Pa-
cific and Northern Pacific, under which
J. P. Morgan would be left In control
of the Northern Pacific road. This
agreement, was reached Friday -at a
conference held In the office of J. P.
Morgan & Co. AU the partners were
present. Mr. Morgan was present also,
as he was all the time seated at the
London end of his special ca'ble, taking
part in the conference. Men pronftn«n»t
tn Northern Pacific and in Union Pa-
cific were in the room. All agreed to
the settlement, and complete harmony
was assured.
Names not yet made public
canvassed for new directors of
Northern Pacific.
lynching In Vmlfwrnin
Bieber, Cal, June 1.—Details have
leached her* of the lynchiag of five
men at Ikx>kout, Mordor* county, early
Thursday morning. The lyuched were
Calvin Hall. 72 year* old, h's three
halt- breed sons, Frank. Jamea and
Martin, aged respectively 28, 1* snd
1C, and B. D. Yantis, aged 37. Aa
reported her* the men lynched had
been suspected ot petty stealing for
some time’ 1-ast Saturday they were
arrested for stealing barbed wire,
face bits ot harness snd hay forks. A
warrant was issued and the harness
and forks fonud in the bouse ot Halt
and Yantis. •_ •
The charge against the elder Hall
was petty larceny for stealing tbs
forks, hehce he was released on his
own rec ognizance. The charge against
the others was burglary.
They were held in custody, as they
were unable to furnish bail. Pending
senators from South Carolina was re * their examination they were guardd
by Cqrporal Tanner. lai'.er two guards
took his place after midnight.
this mOining a mob appealed at the
hotel and with leveled guns <on<n.and-
e<! the officers to be silent. They thco
see vred the five persons, placed ropei
around their necks and draggd them tc
the bridge that crosses Pitt river. The
guards were compelled to follow.
The men were taker to the main
byldge ai.d Calvin Hall, the father,
was aanged on the north s'di. uud
Yantis and the other boys were hangcC
-on the south side of the bridge
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fed Nrticoiciri UsattsiaiMc, M ths Tswfi
N» •* Wire CsMMXSkslisa-Tbs
Officers 8ls»e se Clew.
heaviest spring storms known to the
government Weather Bureau here
passed over thia aection. Much dam-
age was done and four people were
badly hurt during the storm. The
storm lasted only fifteen minutes,
but in that time three-tenths of an
inch, fell, heavy hail rained manf fruit
trees and the wind blew down several
smal houses and did much damage
to crops.
At Whittaker, near Homestead, a
partly finished store and dwelling was
wrecked, burying in the mine three
boys and a man, all of whom were
badly hurt The man. Daniel Martin, The idea of making it a Confederate
may die from the effects of injuries to reunion was entirely lost sight of. In-
kle head and epine. directly the Memphis reunion was
The boys, George Marley, aged 15; termed a good example of the social
F rank bti
Ashton, aged 18. were in bad shape. lana veterana will strongly, ergo that
Marley remaining unconscious
•ome time afterward, but all will re-' Y®*’’-
cover. 1
halt, and twenty-five i
refuge in the building.
tiful and picturesque little town of
Jasper, the capital of Jasper county,
entirely wiped out Sunday morn-
ing by fire. Seventen bouses, includ-
ing every business house in the place
and a number of residences, were de-
stroyed. The fire broke out about 3
o'clock and owing to the absence Of
any fire protection the town was at
the mercy of the flames from the very
beginning, though the entire popula-
tion turned out and worked faithfully
and bravely.
There is a most atrocious crime at
th® bottom pf this fire, as evidenced
by the fact that the postoffice safe had
been blown open and robbed and the
safe of the county treasurer was also
found to have been blown open and
rifled of Its contents. The conclusion
ot the people of Jasper Is that the rob-
bers blew open these safes and then
set fire to the town to cover up their
crime and create an excitement, which
would offer them an opportunity to es-
cape.
The loss ia estimated at 3100.000 by
the fire, and it could not be learned
what the thieves secured from the
looking toward a temporary occupa-
tion, the United States being a sort
of trustee for the Philippines, as it was
a trustee for Cuba.
2. That in any event, the United
' State*, at the time the duty com-
^jlatned of (the tOFurteen__tuatnonU
rings) was collected, was not in ac-
tual possession of the Philippines, but
was waging war for such possession,
and the control the United States had
was limited to operations of military
authority.
Columbus. S. C., June 1.—Gov.
McSweeney's letter in full Is as fol-
lows : -
“Gentlemen—Your letter tendering
your resignations as United State.*
Hawaii** Trnable*.
Honolulu. May 21.—The special grand
Jury called to investigate the charges
of bribery in ths legislature has had
aa witnesses Gov. Dole. Attorney Gen-
eral Dole, Secretary of ths Tsrritory
Cooper and other high officiate, and
on the refusal of some of them to an-
swer questions, it has had them
brought into court to show why they
would not testify. They pleaded that
... - . their Information was privileged, but
rniite, aged 13. atffi Daniel -event. In this conuectiou the Doula- ofThemTwereTajuaKTlimtyW
. , ... Jt |B aaJd that Gov. Dole
told all he knew.
The grand Jury has indicted Walter
O. Smith, editor of the Advertiser, for
perjury. It to alleged that he denied
knowledge of the name of the corpora-
membere of the legislature with sollc-
tlon. He v as released on 55008 bail.
for a new policy be pursued at Dallas next
™ WMnwWU, wuw ... .... .-- It was suggested that Dallas be
The boys had been playing requested to take the money which she
or thirty took will raise for the reunion and with
When It col- th,t •UBB bu,ld temporary cottages and
laaped all escaped except those men- quarters on the State fair grounds, to have been Bpproa<.hed by
-■ where the old veterans can go Into
————------ ' camp for a wook and sleep and eat
May B*tlr*.
I hold a genuine soMlem' reunion. This
•hr the denial from Boston, where wouW vetera|l,. part
meeting, and it would occupy the fair
grounds. The social event could take
place In the city, and the one would
not Interfere with the other.
reived on the eve of my departure for
Cht< kanmuga to take part in the rere-
monies imldent to the unveiling of the
monument which South Carolina has
just erected to her brave and heroic
soldiers who lost their lives in defense
of a people on this historic battlefield.
Hence my delay in acknowledging It.
“I respectfully return your resigna-
tions that you may have more time for
serious consideration of the effects up-
no the peojle of this. The commis-
sion which you hold is the highest
compliment and testimonial which the
people of this state can pay to one ot
its citizens. It is possible that you
have taken this step hastily in the
heat of debate and without due reflec-
tion of the consequences to the people
who have so signally honored you.
“It was only last year that our peo-
ple had the excitement and turmoil in-
cident to a campaign and in another
year we will be in the midst of further
political strife. The people are entitled
to one year of peace and freedom from
political battles and bitterness. The
indications are that a campaign such
as would be precipitated oy vacancies
In these two exalted positions would
be a very acrimonious o ie and person-
al rather than a discussion of issues
and from such a canvass our people
should be spared. In fact it would be
a calamity to the state to be torn
asunder by a heated canvass in this
off year In politics. There can be no
possible good to come of it. -—
“People of the state are getting
together and working for the advance-
ment and upbuilding of material pros-
perity of the commonwealth, and I
should regret anything that would re-
tard this progress. v
•'It is not my purpose in thus writ-
ing to prevent the fullest and freest
discussion of all public questions and
the education of the people along all
political lines. On the contrary. I
heartily favor it, and believe it can be
best accomplished without the bitter-
ness and the personalities which
would be inseparable from a campaign
during the coming suipmer. Under
our party rules a campaign would be
necessarv within >. little more than a
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full discussion of the issues now be daughter, Mrs. Hester locked the door
fore the people.
“Holding these views and looking to
the interests of the people of this state
—their peace, prosperity and happi-
ness—I respectfully decline to accept
your resignations and beg to return
them herewith." —--
Memphis. Tenn.. May 31—Marching
evermore Iwneath their battle flags,
their hearts aflame with the giorloua
memories of forty yeara, their ad-' kill river,
vance and halt once more regulated dinner for a. row on the river, and thos*
by the bugle's blast, their step* again above mentioned decided to go in one
timed by the tap of drums. 4.00U of the , bpat Heavy rains during the past
immortals marched through week had made the muddy stream quit*
high, and the current was much swifter
That the recollection of what they than usual The boy doing the rowing
dared, of what they Buffered and en- decided to go through the locks, and
dured; that the appreciation of tTeir as he approached the dam he was
constancy, their triumphs and their' hailed by the iockkeeper not to ap-
vaior are still as fresh in the hearts of proach any closer. The young oara-
their people as ever they have been in ' inan attempted to turn the boat, which
the old soldiers received J wa*
As their ' dam, but he turned
columns passed along the crowded Realizing then for the first time that
streets the cheers that came to them they were in danger, the girls began
from the throngs that lined the
thoroughfares, the fervent applause
that floated down from balconies, win-
dows and housetops caused the old
eyes to brighten, the old shoulders tb
spring backward and the marching
ranks to close up, as if to show that,
although they were now less vigorous
than of old. thqre was a time when
they were as manly men as trod the
earth, and who feared nothing that
couid.be sent against them by a world
in arms. It would be no mortal man.
who, conscious of duty done, as he
best could do it with his heart filled
with the memories of the manifold
hardships of war, bravely welcoming
the alternation of triumph of victory
and the bitterness of defeat, could re-
main unmoved by the enthusiastic ac-
knowledgment of his fellow-citizens of
the debt they owed to him and to all
others who have done as he had done.
On thia, as on all simWar occaaions,
there was underlying the joy and
cheers the strong current of sorrow
that swept out toward those m» n who
died In fighting, who. their meed as-
sured by the price they paid, had earn
ed above all others the right to hear
the phmdits of those they loved, and
for whom they gave their lives and
whose hands the old soldiers to-day
can never clasp until the years are
gqno and there Is a full muster of ar-
mies of the south beyond the. River of
Dealh. •- i _—-—
it was a day ideal for a parade, the
sun shining at intervals, at times hid
den by clouds, a gentle breeze barely
strong enough to lift to their full
length, the banners carried bv the
enough to be comfortable, but in no
sense oppressive.
The announcement was made Wed-
nesday by Commander John B. Gor-
don that the parade Thursday would
atari promptly at 10 o'clock, but un-
avoidable delays caused fully thirty 1
minutes to elapse from that time be-
fore the march began. By 8 o'clock
the crowds had commenced to arrive (
and seek places of vantage from which ,
to view the pageant, and by 10 (Fclock |
there was no standing room to be had (
on any sidewalk along the line of .
march, and the crowd had everywhere |
overflowed Into the street. The police ,
vainly endeavored to keep ail sight- ,
seers upon the sidewalk, but they ,
were contending with the proposition ,
of crowding the larger body into the (
smaller space and necessarily gave up j
the undertaking, in front of the ,
grand stand on Main street there was (
a solid mass of humanity, which for a (
time defied all efforts to open a pass- ,
age through which the parade would ,
pass It was finslly done, however. ,
and once the parade waa in full swing
It moved steadily on. there being but
few delays, and these of no conse-
»i*»«i( th* nine-hour agreement with
screaming and the oarsman lost con-
trol of the boat. Swiftly it was brought,
to the brink of the falling waters, and
Just as it reached the breast of the
dam, over which thirty inches of wa-
ter was passing, the entire eight stood
up and the boat went over stern first
The drop to the rocks below is ap-
proximstely twelve feet. The boat
struck the water bottom up, and aa it
dropped the whole party was under it
Nothing more waa seen by the few
who saw the accident for almost a
minute, when the boat reappeared
with one boy clinging to its keel. Then
the other young man was seen to come
uie surtwve made a frantic ef-
fort to reach shore byTawimmlu*. The
girls never rose to the surface.
The boy who was swimming, and
who proved to be Osmond, became ex-
hausted and sank before he could be
rescued. Moore, the other boy, who
was clinging to the boat, floated fully
a mile down the river, and his rescuers
fad an exciting time before they landed
him in another boat
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