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The Austin Statesman
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AUSTIN, TEXAS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1906.
SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS
ESTABLISHED 1871
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Denison, Texas. Aug. 24.-Relatlve to
a dispatch from Austin, which stated
that the Lyon republicans had filed a
certificate of nomination for nominees
leans has been going over the eight
routes heading out of Seguin and thus
far is pleased with the conduct of the
SALTON
SEA TO GO
FIRST CEREMONY OF THE KIND
IN TEXAS, IT 18 BELIEVED, PER-
FORMED BY MINISTER OF JACK-
SONVILLE.
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President
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in Aca-
ments in
nual ex-
I Proper
utions.
TION.—
1 degree
to State
The fifteen examiners from the cen-
sue bureau, who are working in room 8,
it used to be the custom for many
judges to announce decision from the
bench, "Decree granted to the plaintiff,
or defendant,” as the case might be. It
was then the duty of the attorney to
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PLANS TO
CUT OFF WATER AND LET BID
BODY OF WATER DRY UP IN A
FEW YEARS.
[ months
d course
n Phar-
es thor-
cation,
agland.
tidings
iserva-
Their unsuspecting clients since then
have married again and raised other
families.
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both
ACHESON SAYS HIS IS
BRAND NEW STATE PARTY
R. M. Logan; Stratford, Mrs. C. W.
Strain.
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Lancaster—Great Northern, W. O,
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AN END-OF-AUGUST SKETCH.
Perspiring Humanity—I'm certainly glad to see you headed toward the "Exit" sign.
MAN “KILLED" IN WAR
DEMANDS A PENSION
FIOATORIAL CONTEST
TO BE DECIDED TODAY
BAS
POLICEMAN ARRESTED
FOR KIDNAPING BOY
Statistical Fori, kt Work In New York
Learna of Many Cakes In Which
No Formal Deoroo Ever
W„ Made.
FULL
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERVICE
Colorado Must Be Dammed to Cut Off
Flew From River Into Gigantio
Sink Hole Far Below Level
of Bad of Stream.
STATE
SERVICE THAT IS
UNEXCELLED
He Only Hints at What He Will Do to
Senator Bailey,
He Could Not Well Send it Over th?
Wire and That Part of Transaotion
Was Deferred to Later Meet,
ing of Parties.
Henderson Said to Be Unable to Add
to Hie Plurality and to Be Ready
. to Drop Out, When Maya t»
Slated to Win.
MEXICAN CELEBRATION.
Split at San Antonio With Local Poll-
tica •• the faaue.
Rural Route Inspector Coe. Over the
Routes With Carriers.
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11 trains north
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expect in a few week, to begin work on
a plan by which the Colorado river
will be once again re. to rod to it, old
channel.
Thia will probably coat the company .
1700,000. A large force of men and
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Seguin, Texas. Aug. L.— ul--,
Route Inspector Springer of New Or-
(B, University Observatory Station.)
Maximum femperature for twenty-
four hours ending 12 p. m. August 24,
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San Franctsco, Aug. 24.—Southern
Pacino omelals state that the Halton
kidnaping boy.
President orders new spelling used.
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would be
manded by the civil authorities.
There was much opposition here to
Washington, Aug. 24.—T. __
and New Mexico: Fair Saturday and
-T-e" -nen .
and they wer returned to him.
Matters were under high tension
here tonight and it looked very serious
for a while, as many were bent upon
holding the negro prisoners at any cost,
but cooler counsel has prevailed and at
this hour things have quieted down.
Major Penrose and the negro troops
I will leave by special train early in the
morning. The governor has requested
’ General McCaskey, commanding the
24— Rural qepartment of Texas, to have the pris-
' N— O-- ’ oncrs held here, but they will not be
left, according to the latest orders
from the war department.
LATEST ORDER REMOVES PRIS-
ONERS TO FORT SAM HOUSTON
TO BE HELD FOR THE CIVIL
AUTHORITIES.
have reached the year 1887 in their ex-
amination and compilation. Already
they have discovered that nearly twenty
are incomplete. They do not contain
any final award or decree signed by L.
judge. Without this they are invalid.
(nto theditck. All the cars were piled
In,a.henp and it is considered as re-
markbl that only two passengers
were badly injured, those being A. I.
ire as;
, Cor-1 Castell, Gaines, Okla.
First Directions Were to Hold All for
Further Investigation of the Out-
rages Committed at
Brownsville.
taken against him there.
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Smehow it got on the records that
Brady had been killed in battle, and
when the soldiers’ monument was
erected at Flushing it carried the
name of John Brady. For years
Brady used to go to the monument on
Decoration day and keep his own
memory green with fowers.
Brady, as’ he grew old, became crip-
pled, and a short time ago he applied
to the government for a pension. He
was notified that he could not get the
money because he was dead.
The veteran gave the matter deep
thought. He saw the justice of the
war department's contention that if he
died a hero's death he clearly was not
Liberals to Be Quiet.
Havana, Aug. 24.—In an interview the removal of the prisoners, and Cap-
today Alfredo Zayas vice president of | McDonald of the state rangers
the senate and leader of the liberal ■ , rmest
party, said: "The liberals will take I held bench warrants for their arrest,
but to prevent possible trouble District
— • • • ’ the warrants
New York, Aug. 24.—"It I am .dead."
.aid Mr. prady, “then it 1 “P t9 tne
government to pension my widow.
In 1861 something told John Brady,
now living at Corona, L. Ithat he
was wanted to do some fightins and
he enlisted in company H. Eighth Ilton.
U»ted States volunteer Infantry. He
was mustered out in 1863, a little bat-
tered and shot up, but still very much
business. Every day he goes out with
one of the carriers and makes his re-
port from actual experience. His
headquarters are in New Orleans.
Havana. Aug 24 —During the vacan-
cy in the secretaryship of the interior,
due to the resignation of Senor O’Far-
rill, who was acting secretary. Senor
West Texas Montalvo, secretary of public works,
aturday and 1, M.n civen chargi nf all matters
San Antonio. Aug. 24—During a
bNef stay as he accompanied his wife
totRis city on her way to Marfa with
p by the +
I a vain- |
hr sheep ;
I driving
I drivin$ •
have this
Corner atone of Odd Fellows* building
at Taylor to be lal l September 14
Great numbers of homesekers pass
into Southwest Texas.
Colonel Campbell to speak in Hous-
ton on Labor day.
Sid De Lamar of Henderson, in the
race for sergeant-at-arms of next leg-
iblature.
Denver road train wrecked north of
Amarillo.
Floatorlal contest for Harrison and
Marion to be decided at Jefferson to-
day.
Henderson unable to add to his vote
and man with least popular backing
may be nominated for congress.
Jacksonville couple married by use
of phone.
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$reesneus
New York, Aug. 24—- Amazing and
disquieting irregularities in many of
within twenty years havnLNn"aiscovk sea, in the Colorado desert, |a rising
ered. So far there is a flaw in one
divorce out of every five examined.
These defects were found by William
H. K. Jarvis of the census bureau, and
his corps of fifteen "divorce girls” sent
from Washington for statistics of di-
Jacksonville, Texas, Aug 24.—A min-
ister here last night was called up from
out of town and requested to come
for the purpose of marrying a couple.
He had just returned from conducting
a funeral in the country and did not
feel like making the trip, so he notified
the couple of his inability to go. The
young people were determined to get
married and finally -succeeded in per-,
suading the minister to marrying them
by telephone* The license was read to
the minister by a third party, after
which each contracting party was
called by phone by the minister and
each obligated separately.
"Join your' right hands,” said the
minister, and then after a few words
the ceremony was closed with "I pro-
nounce you man and wife.” “What do
I owe you." Inquired the groom. "Just
send up what you think is right.” re-
plied the preacher,”.
So far this is the first couple ever
married in Texas over a phone.
Question of Whether Population of the
Captured Towns Will Join His
a Army is Crucial Test of His
Chance of Success.
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entitted to ald. Finally
Han Antonio, Aug. 2.—Blg propara* .
tion, are belli, made by tho Mexican.
Ot the city for the celebration of the
annyersary of the independence of
Mexico, which will be held on Sep-
N tember 18. 17 and 18. Unlike last year,
a there will be two colebrations thia
your, as the result of a spirit of rivalry
which has cropped out between two
factions of the Mexican population, pol-
itics is at the bottom of this, and the
two faction. In control of tho city and
of the county are lined up against
each other so far as the Mexican vote
is concerned. Both celebrations will
have prominent speakers in both tho
English and Spanish languages, and
while the cause of the Independence
of Mexico will be the subject of dis-
cussion. tho interests of tho Mexican
population for patronage at the local
mltieal crib will also form a theme
thought struck him.
At his behest his wife has applied
for a widow’s pension, on the ground
and in the conviction that the singu-
lar case is up to the sovrmnnt
somehow.
The only thing that worries Brady
now is that if his widow gets the
pension ths view might be taken that
he is not the husband of his widow.
El Paso—WIndsor Clifton, Mm. J. S.
Thompson, Mrs. R. M. Taylor.
Marshall—Sherman House, A. A.
house at Fort Brown. They a
follows Sergeant W O. Brewer.
us incalculable injury leaving our,
frontier unprotected.”
The negro soldiers of the Twenty-
fifth infantry are still in the guard:
Cornel.
San Antonio—Auditorium, R. Camp-
bell
Brownwood—Palmer House, Felix
Jackson and wife)
Texas- -Palme House, P. V. Benja-
min. W. Maxwehband wife.
BOLT KILLED
MEN IN WAGON.
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TERRELL LAW EXAMPLE HE IS GAINING FORCE
Big Springs, Texas, Aug. 24.—
Near Garden City yesterday
evening lightning struck a wagon
in which were six men looking at
the country. Charles Stamps, 8.
J. Peterson, J. E. Ritchie and A.
W. Ashby were killed. J. B. An-
derson was knocked unconscious.
All from Winters, Runnels coun-
ty. Brockton Taline, land agent
of Garden City, was not hurt.
The team was killed.
teams will be employed to construct
heavy embankments where the river
water is flowing into the old channels
and thence into the Salton basin,
which is 262 feet.below the level of tho
sea.
Engineers in the employ of the rail-
road state that once the river la sent
back into the old channel the water
in the so-called Salton sea, notwith-
standing it is thirty feet deep in many
places, through percolation and rapid
evaporation under the terrific heat of
the desert, will disappear within two
or three years.
poral Malison, Privates C. W. Askew,
Oscar W Reed and James W. Newton.!
company C: Corporai Davl Powell,
Sergeant George Jackson and Private
John Holloman, company B; Sergeant
Reed. Corporal W. IL Miller and Pr-
vatez 3. H. Howland and Jams:, C. GUI,
company I* besides Ernest Allison dis-
charged since ths crime was commt-
tsd. They will be turned over to the
state on demand.
As a matter of law all such mar- poN
riages are bigamous and all such chit- for
dren of the second marriage—though ft L
was contracted in good faith—have no 5
property rights.
De Lamar for Sergeant.
Henderson, Texas. Aug 24.—Sid De
Lamar of this city, has made known
he candidacy for assistant serseant-at-
arms of the next house of representa-
tives Mr. De Lamar made the . race
for enrolling clerk last session and was
defeated by only five votes.
Havana, Aug. 24.—All eyes in Cuba
are turned toward the provincial capi-
tal of Pinar del Rio, for upon the ability
of Pino Guerra to capture that city
depends. it is believed here, the out-
come of the insurrection.
A serions question is whether the
populations of the captured towns and
that of the thickly settled and mar-
velously rich vuelto abajo tobacco re-
gion surrounding them will join Guer-
ra’s forces. If they do the insurgent
leader will approach Pinar del Rio in
overwhelming forces. The outcome
depends on the loyalty of the people.
It is undeniable that Guerra is gath-
ering hundreds of veterans and others
under his leadership, and it is impos-
sible to estimate the sincerity of the
people in Pinar del Rio who have been
looked upon as likely to support the
government. A detachment of twenty-
live Cuban artillerymen from Havana
have reached Pinar del Rio, where they
will co-operate with the rural guards
and volunteers. These artillerymen,
however, can only act as infantry, as
they have not been trained to use field
guns. A hospital corps and other de-
tails are following the artillerymen to
• Pinar del Rio in readiness for what is
expected to be a short and decisive
campaign. The province of Havana is
quiet.
Considerable sympathy is developing
, in Havana for General Gomez, who is
commonly „helieved to be too broad-
yorce. If made known they would make
bigimists of many couples married in
good faith and illegitimatize many chil-
dren.
How much and how many of these
discovered will be made public depends
largely on action to be taken by Mr.
Jarvis. If he applies to the court for
necessary data in thousands of cases,
an order may be granted to “unseal
the papers.”
From 1888 to 1896 divorces were
granted in the supreme court and in
the court of common pleas, here and in
Brooklyn. The average was about 490
a year for the ten years. Since they
were replaced by the supreme court in
1896 the divorce records of these two
courts in New York county have been
filed away on the top floor of the
county court house. Records of di-
vorce since 1896 are kept by tho county
clerk.
that summary action
San Diego, Cal.. Aug. 24.—Policeman
J. C. Couts was arrested today by
Deputy United Slates Marshal Place
on a charge of kidnaping, preferred by
the Mexican consul, Diaz Prieto of this
city. The charge has been made a
matter of international correspondence
for some time past-and Couts has been
afraid to go on the other side of the
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"VARMINT" ONLY BABE.
Man Came Near Shooting Infant
Thinking it an Animal.
Ada., T. T., Aug. 24.—An infant boy .
about ten days old was found last
afternoon near the residence of Abe
Crow, about six miles south of here,
A strangen went to tho house of Mr.
Crow and Mr. Woods and reported
that there was a “varmint” of some
kind in, a dump of bushes on the
prairie. The gentlemen got their guns
and went to the scene with him.
The stranger pointed out the bundle
to them and insisted that they shoot
it, but the party dedined, saying that
they had belter Investigate and see
what it was.
One of the men went up to It and
found the baby wrapped In h white
wool blanket. It lx reported to be a
nice looking little fellow and was well
drensed. Mr. Crow took charge of the
child.. No one seems to know the
stranger. ,
........... ......... • ,, along the thirteen prisoners. With in-
has been given charge of all matters a l ..
referring to the maintenance of public structions to turn them overt to the
order. Senor Font Sterling, secretary imilitary authorities at Fort Sare Hous-
of the treasury, will have charge of the ton, who will hold them until de-
in St, Louis.
St. Louls, Aug. 24.—Texans in St.
Loula:
Fort Worth—Southern, Mrs. B. M.
Hubbard.
San Antonio—Southern, Mrs. E. G.
Griffin;: New St. James, J. Hardy;
Terminl, A. Norton.
Houston—Planters, A. Harrls; Ter-
minal, E. Mullins.
Austin—Laclede, B. J. Bonner.
In Paris.
Paris, Aug. 24.—George N.
Steinmetz of Galveston, Mrs. Harold
and Mira Lucile Alexander of San An-
tonio, and Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Durban
of Dallas, rogitered at tho 1osald of-
floe today.
rar,
Austin.
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TEXANS ABROAD.
In New York.
New York. Aug. 24.— Texans H
tered nt Now York hotel.:
OMventon —Hollana, W. A. MeVitte.
Tt-xno Saranac. Colonel F. A. Moyer.
Slarksville- Imperial, W. n. Moore.
El Paso— Algonquin, F. J. Foldman
and wife.
Eagle Pass— Albert, J. Krantzhor.
Dallas Algonquin, Mrs, M. L. Wal-
ton; Savoy, Dr. J. O. McReynolds, Miss
M. C. McReynolds; Grand Union, R. 1-3.
MeQuir"k and wife, Dr. J. W..Bousland.
Terrell—Marlborough, O. Price and
wife.
Fort Worth—Manhattan, C. Jennings.
Jefferson—Sinclair, Miss L. Goetz-
man, M. Rosenfeld.
Houston — St. Andrew, H. Prince;
Broadway Central, B. Zullles; Raleigh,
B. Zindloy; Albert, p. a. Huston;
Herald Square, W. Kelly.
San Antonio—Astor, T. A. MeVlear;
Imperial, Mrs. T. T. Vanderhooven.
In chiongo.
Chicago, Aug. 24.— Texns in Chi-
cago:
Galveston—Grace, G. A. Dobbin and
wife.
Dallas—Auditorium, B. T. Barry, J.
If. Fields and wife; Briggs,‘J. D', Rich- ,
mond and wife.
Allizator Killed.
Orange. Texas, Aug. 24.—Josh Grif-
fith killed an alligator in .Sabine river
this morning near where the Orange
and Northwestern depot is being con-
structed. The alligator had been seen
swimming promiscuously up and down
the stream all morning and occasional-
. ly came in range of a gun. Griffith
secured a gun and fired three shots,
the last one taking effect in the ani-
mal’s head. Those who. saw the ani-
mal judged that he was about eight
and one-half feet long.
discussion. There will be danc-
music, sporte and fireworks on
i occasions.
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 24.—A tele-
gram has been received from the police
authorities at Parsons. Kan., to the
effet that Charley Littiepage, son of
T. B. Littlepage of North Fort Worth,
who disappeared from his home last
Saturday night, had arrived in com-
any of Frank Stephens, a laborer of
North Fort Worth, and that both were
bring hTd in custody pending arrlvnl
of instruc tionn. T. H. Littlepage left
here Wednesday evening for Parsons
and will on his return bring his ion.
Mr. Littlepage stated Wednesday that
if possible he would bring back Nteph-
er r on a charge of kidnaping.
Charley Littlepage is 13 years of
age and was last seen at his home
about 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon.
Stephens has been .working as a
day laborer for the Northern Texas
Traction company an while he lived
tn North Fort Worth he talked of
Kansas Citv as his former home. It
was found since he left town that his
address left at the postomice was Pat-
sons, Kan.
Nearly two years ago, while searching
for Frank Burns, aged about 16 years,
who was wanted on a charge of break-
ing into 44 house. Couts went to the
other side of the line ami induced the
young man to come on this side, where
he was arrested, tried and sentenced to
five years in the reform school.
The Mexican authorities have wanted
(.'outs punished for his method of get-
ting the prisoner. He will be taken
before the United States commissioner
and held to the federal court at Los
Angeles.
revolutionary schemes.
The government forces in the city of
Pinar Del Rio today consisted of 250
artillerymen. 300 volunteers and 200
rural-guards. Reports from the coun-
try say that the people generally have
been influenced and the liberal leaders
are inclined to be distrustful of the
motives of President Palma’s govern-
ment. Therefore they are ready to
sympathize with the insurgents.
The government's offer of 82 per day
for all recruits, does not meet with
more than slow response. Many men
are Interested in the crisis as onlook-
ers. but a genuine general desire to
fight for the government is lacking.
Guerra Has Two Thousand.
Havana. Aug. 24.—A letter received
here from a reliable correspondent who
visited Pino Guerra at San Juan De
Martinez, says that the insurgent lead-
ers' force amounts to 2000 men. The
correspondent says that l the people
in that part of the country are liberals
and sympathizers in the insurrection,
but that Guerra has neither ammuni-
tion to take Pinar Del Rio. or sustain a
prolonged fight. The- people have
plenty of arms but little ammunition
and they have no chance of procuring
it. This is believed here to be a cor-
rect view of the situation.
Fort Worth—Lexington, W. F, Mad-
dox, Mrs. C. E. McKissick; Kalserhot,
signed by the judge and file it for
record. Many lawyers negledted to do
this.
party, said:
no action or make any official state-___. .
----------- — 24, ment with regard to the present revolt. Judge Welch revoked
91 degrees at 4 p. m.; minimum tern- unless the independence of Cuba
perature, 7b degrees at 6 a. m.; pre -should be menaced hy actions of the
cipitation, none; wind direction, south revolutionists or the government which
sout heasti -weather clean; river stage would be likely to bring outside inter-
at 6:30 a. m., 3.4; change in twenty- f
•four hours, drop 0.6. Local forecast :
for Austin and vicinity,: Saturday,
partly cloudy, probably showers.
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ands of
Scotch. .
ho have !
sea by •
by cor- 1
prietors. '
Sunday.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Arkan-
sas: Fair Saturday and Sunday.
Louisiana and East Texas: Fair
Saturday and Sunday, light to fresh
winds.
Houston—Great Northern,
Diego policeman arrested for
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HL <> -MARRIED WITH NO
DeLAY TO GET FREEDOM FROM
OLD BONOS AS THE LAW RE.
QUIRES.
Wooten Wells, Texas, Aug. 24.—It
may be that the democratic convention,
which is to meet here tomorrow to
nominate the democratic candidate for
congress from the Sixth district, will
exemplify the scriptural promise that
the, last shall be the first. Friends of
T. H. Henderson, who was first in the
popular and convention votes say he
will withdraw from the contest and
while they disavow any purpose to
try to "throw” his votes to either one
. of the other candidates it is admit-
ted that with the Henderson delegates
Mays is preferable to Hardy. If that
should be so, Mays would be nominated
albeit he got fewer popular votes and
fewer convention votes than either of
his opponents.
The situation as it presents itself to
the delegates who are gathered here
tonight is an interesting one and one
which illumines the possibilities of the
Terrell election law. In the primaries
Henderson got 6075 votes. Hard 4711,
and Mays 4472. The apportionment of
the conveneion vote is carried to the
third decimal place, Henderson,
13.594; Hardy, 9:814; Mays, 9.583.
There will be thirty-three votes in the
convention an if Henderson could get
three of the nine which would be
emancipated if Mays were dropped
the nomination would be his. But in
the convention of Limestone, Navarro,
Freestone and Brazos counties, the
Hardy rind Mays men are said to have
combined with the result that the
dropped vote of the one in each of
these counties will go to the other. It
is said the only dropped vote which
Henderson could hope to get on the
second ballot are those which are in-
s tructed for Mays in Milam and Rob-
ertson counties, but as these make only
1.993 convention votes they would not
be sufficient. Yet, according to this
analysis, while the nomination is be-
yond the reach of Henderson, he can
give the victory to Hardy or Mays as
he chooses.
Conventions at San Marcos.
San MarcoN, Texas, Aug 24.—Con-
ventions to nominate a representative
and a district attorney will he he’d
here tomorrow. Hon. J. L. Storey has
no opposition for the latter office,
while Hon. William Gelsen, Sr. will
receive the nomination for representa-
Uva.
Farmers' union of Texas carrying
out its intention to control cotton
market of this state.
Department of education preparing
for the next school term. Favor uni-
form text book law.
District cohventions will be held
throughout state today in accordance
with provision of T’errell election law.
Judge Frank Adrews gad he is re-
lieved as chairman of the state demo-
cratic executive committee:
Commissioner Colquitt gone to Min-
eral Wells to spend vacation.
Force in comptroller’s department
working on tax rolls.
Special session of city council held
te arrange settlemet of account With
the county.
R. Randig dies from effect of poison.
Throe companies of Twenty sixth
infantry leave Camp Mabry for San
Antonio. .
Analysis shows that milk sold in
Austin ia pure.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT
WOOTEN WELLS MAY NAME
FOR CONGRESS MAN HAVING
LEAST POPULAR VOTE.
The complications of thia sort that
will arise if the incomplete records are
ever made public are matters of dis-
tressful conjecture.
Of late years final decrees of divorce
have been awarded only after the per-
fection of an interlocutory decree.
Three months must elapse after the
termination of an action and the de-
cision from the bench and then, on ap-
plication, a final decree is signed by
the judge and filed for record. It is a
matter of common knowledge among
the attaches of the county court
house that lawyers in hundreds of
cases have neglected, to obtain the final
decree. In ninety-nne cases out of 160
the client leaves this work to be done
by his attorney and n^vor asks whether
or not this formality has been com-
piled with.
The discovery that thls final judg-
ment decree is missing from so many
divorce records has brought a scandal
squarely up ’ to a point where the
reputable- members of the bar may be
forced to action. The Bar association
will be asked to investigate a subjett
which it has heretofore ignored genem
ally, the blackmailing of clients by
“shyster” lawyers.
In many cases where the papers on
file have not been perfected the lawyer
has been either careless or dehborhtely
has neglected to do so in order to com-
pel payment of fees from a clnt. The
client, having rend that the case was
decided in his or her fvot, belleves he
or she has a legal right to marry again,
and does so. This marriage is Illegal.
At the rate of progress so far made
it is estimated that Jarvis’ "divorce
girls” from Washington will be at 'work
for a year before they have finished
with the twenty years' records. In
these twenty years in the two counties
of New York and Kings 120.000 or more
divorces have been granted. In most
of the imperfect cases one or both par-
ties have marrled again and. children
have been born to the second "‘mar
riage." The only way to legitimatize
suchchildren !■ »>y act of the legisla-
ture.
Brownsville, Texas, Aug. 24 —Orders
were received tonight for Commander
Penrose to leave Fort Brown at once
for Fort Reno with the three negro
companies of his command; to take
iveston.
First Order Countermanded.
Brownsville Texas. Aug. 24.—Just
e the three’companies of negro sol-of the El Paso convention and ex-
ger of the Twenty-fifth infantry were pressing doubt that both the Lyon re-
ontnoint of marching to the station, publicans and the reorganized repubil-
to take the train at Fort Reno this1 cans can get on the official ballot. State
morning, orders were received by Ma-(Chairman Alex W. Acheson said to-
tor penrose to hold troops at Fort’day:
Hrown until further orders It is un- "We are not the republican party,
eretdog that they will await the ar-1 and do not set K to have nominees on
rival of General J. Franklin Bell, whothe olHdial ballot under that name. We
comes to investigate the recent out-[are a ew party, the reorganized re-
rog. upon Brownsville. The citizens>publican party of Texas. There have
committee has wired Senators Culber-ibeen eleetions in which democrats and
gon and Bailey declaring Major Pen- social democrats wore both on the offi-
rose's report misrepresents facts and dal ballet. There is no reason, then,
asking them to urge President Roose-1 that the reorganized republicans shail
leitto‘appoint a board of Inquiry to not be on the ballot. In fact, there l«
Investigate the Brownsville outrage.no rearohwhy reorganized republicans.
The megsage says in part: republicans. Illy white republicans and
“in justice to the people of Browns-’ various other republicans should not
vllle and the state of Texas we sug-belon the official ballot with nominees
gest the president be urged to appoint they cared to.”
a board of inquiry. Major Penrose v***s
speaks of the firing upon Brownsvile ,pI n Tnim in
;\r;;hngdS ROAD TRAIN IN
ment not battle, nothing lets than a DITCH;‘TWO BADLY HURT
murderous assault at dead of night ■
by soldiers without a hostile act, word „ . .
or shot from, at or tpwards Fort
Brown or its occupants. We learn that Amarillo, Texas, Aug. 24.—Denver
without trial we are to be condemned passenger train ,87, leaving here at
and punished by abandonment of Fort 10.35 last nightrran Into a washout
' ...... It will be a verdict against us thirty miles north and the entire train
attained by misrepresentation and do Raye one sleeper and the engine went
Marshall. Texas, Aug 24—The con-
test for the nominee of the floater from
this, Harrison county, and Marion, was
called here for 10 o’clock today.Hon.
Ed. Meyer of Jefferson, chairman of
the district, notified the contestants.
John W. Furth and L. P. Wilson, to
meet with their attorneys in this city
at the above hour. Mr. Furth was
represented by counsel from Marion
and this (Harrison) county. Mr. Wil-
son. the contestee, is represented by a
number of the bar from both Marlon
and Harrison counties. The matter of
a contest was discussed in all Its bear-
ings. After deliberation of several
hours it was agreed that the contest
properly marie should be heard upon
the floor of the convention at* Jefferson
on tomorrow. August 23 Hon. W. T.
Armlstead of Jefferson, who is one of
the leading attorneys for the contest-
ants, state] that in his opinion the re-
cent election had in Harrison county is
not in accordance with the Terrell elec-
tion raw, viz.: Two separate election
hoxes were held in Harrison county.
The attorney's claim is that the county
and floatorlal represntatives should
be elected in the same box.
26, 1908.
ibrarfes, i
nd Qeo-
Nomen’s r
n Texas. I
urse of ’
egree of
mn 1
her children, Hon. O. B. Colquitt was
asked if there was any truth in the
report that he intends to go after Hen-
ator Bailey’s scalp six years from now.
and he replied:
“Reports to that effect have been
sent out from Austin and they are a
trifle yellow. • I am not in the political
scalping business, but at the same
time I understand perfectly what was
Senator Bailey’s attitude in the demo-
cratic state convention. I understood
at the time what it was, and reckoned
with It promptly, and I hope intelli-
gently. Beyond that I have nothing
to say on the subject, and as the
French say. 'We shail see what,we shall
see." In the meantime it is pleasant
to be in San Antonio. if only for a few
hours.”
Mr. Colquitt left here for Dallas, and
from Dallas he will go to Mineral
W< lls for a few weeks of much needed
rest.
MISSING BOY FOUND.
Fort Worth Lad Had Gone North With
Laborer.
Salton sea to be t off from river
by Southern Pacific at enormous tost
and then left to dry up. I
New Valparaiso is to far surpass the
old. I
Ail eyes in Cuba on Guerra to see
how much popular support is h’.s.
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