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SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1910.
ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL 41, NO. 186.
FAST TBAIN MEETS HEAVY FREIGHT
WHIES AND
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MOST OF TROUBL IN THE NORTHERN CITIES
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at His Cottage at Sorrento, Maine, and Feeling Well.
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His seconds called to Rickard to stop
the fight.
Then the referee stopped the time-
keeper and it was all over.
Soothing liquids were applied to the
former champion's bruised face, but his
heart was something that couid not be
a
DTAKSINTGLYHUMOR
PYTHIAN SISTER TEMPLE
INSTITUTED AT EDDY.
Destruction of Life and Property Is Worst in That
Section of the State and Is Caused by a
Misunderstanding of Orders.
called the "Age" whe
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service as presiding justice in
highest tribunal of the American
gameness and his great
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chief justice of the supreme court of
the United States, but Chief Justice
Marshall presided over the court for
thirty-four years.
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Nineteen Persons Killed Outright in Collision at
Middleton, Ohio, on Hamilton Road
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Washington, July 4.— East Texas—
Part cloudy with shower near the
coast Tuesday or Wednesday.
West Texas—Generally fair Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Fuller was
Boasters Punished.
Kansas City, July 4.—Negroes boast-
ing of the fight resultg airs being pulled
from street cars and rots are threet-
ened m downtown streets at midnight
Extra police are on daty to prevent
mobbing.
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Senator H. Bascom Thomas, candi-
date for lieutenant governor, makes
address at the opera house.
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Conductor Shot.
Talluluh, La., July 4.—When Con-
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Eminent Jurist Had Been Enjoying Summer Rest Former White Champion Does Not Show Any Signs of Even a Remnan
Washington. July 4.—Chief Justice
Fuller was third in rank for length of
RACE RIOTS ALL OVER COUNTRY FOLLOW JOHNSON’S VICTORY
his old self.
Bam Berger, Jeffries’ manager, ran
alongside tnu ring and said Lo Bob
Armstrong:
"Bring that towel, you know what I
mean. "Don’t let him get hit again."
was only the shell of
io interest
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ay. They S
are camp- y.
University t
Race conflicts follow winning of
prise fight by the negro, Johnson.
Taylor fair opens with tremendous
crowds.
Over 4000 persons attend Fredonia
barbecue.
Pythian Sisters Temple instituted at
Eddy. 1
Ban Antonio lad run down by auto
and badly injured.
Negro who shouted for Johnson
while on street car in Houston has
his throat cut by white passenger.
Frank Sykes, one of the witnesses in
MacFarlane case in Houston, is under
arrest for perjury.
latter shot Roberts down. The con-
ductor is probably mortally wounded.
He was rushed to the railroad hospital
Ing the worst of the argument in prac-
tically all cases, following the an-
nouncement of the result of the Jef-
fries-Johnson fight, there have been no ... ----
killings thus far. Nearly every hour, I attempt by four negroes to shoot up
during the night has brought a new th town in honor of Jack Johnson’s
...... victory at Reno, tonight. A negro con-
■■■ y Killings Are Not Numerous But Encounters Are
— " Frequent and Attacks Upon Offensive
pushed him into oblivion, he took his
head in his hands and groaned:
"I was too old to come back," he said,
Corbett and Joe Choynski and Brother
Jack and the others were ready to cry,
but they united in trying to cheer the
defeate <l ma n.
"It's all off with you,” Corbett said,
"but you did the best you could."
"Cheer up; well go fishing tomor-
row." Frank Gotch, the wrestling cham-
pion, said.
In an Instant after the crowd had
realised that the fight was over the
ring was stampeded by a wild throng.
Before the fight Berger asked John-
son to toss for corners.
"Take any corner you want,” John-
son sad, “It is all the same to me.”
Berger took the southwest corner and
gave Johnson the northeast. This put
the nun in Johnson’s eyes.
Me., August 11, 1833 He became an
John W. Cooley, MeCutcheonville, O.
Miss Fay H. Feaumeyer, Pleasant-
Villa, O.
Ray B. Schneider, Iondon, O.
A. S. carrigue, Columbus, O.
Richard Van Horn, Dayton, O.
Charles H. Moulton, Youngstown, O.
Mrs. Jesse J. Bodey, Dayton, O.
William Dunleavy, Dayton, O.
King Yen Tung. Chinaman, Colum-
bus, O.
C. B. Grant, Springfeld, O.
One unidentined woman about 40
years -11.
Unh.rntined man, initials "W. A.” on
clothing.
Two unidentified men supponed to
be from Dayton. O.
The trains were the Cincinnati sec-
tions of the Twentieth Century Limited
on the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago
& St. Louls railroad (Big Four), and
the second section of a freight train
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railway.
The latter wan attempting to make
a siding to give the passenger train
a clear riack when the flyer, traveling
at a rate of fifty miles an hour, flashed
• round the curve and crashed Into it.
In addition to the regular crew It
carried a pilot engineer of the Cin-
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton road, who
was practically In charge of the train.
A misconstruction of orders caused
the worst wreck that this section of
the country has ever experienced.
The train ahead received orders to
wait at a siding station three miles
north of this city, according to rail-
road ofcials. The passenger train
was to have passed him there, but was
late in pulling out of Middletown.
The first section of the freight had
taken a siding here and Conductor
John Weaver. in charge of the second
section, tried to reach the north and
of the game siding. Before his train
had cleared the switch points the PA9,
senger train rounded a curve screened
by the thickly wooded lots on each
side of the track. The engine crew
at Magne Ark. Stetston jumped from
the train and he is being searched for
by a large crowd of armed citizens
tonight. That he will be lynched if
captured seems certain.
Temple, Texas. July 4.—-A Pythian
Sister temple was instituted at Eddy.
In McLennan county, fifteen miles
north of Temple during the past week,
the Instituting officers being Mrs. K.
W. Sneed of Wortham, grand chief;
Mrs. E, B. Lewellan of Temple, deputy
grand chief, and Mrs. H. N. Nahler of
Cameron, grand guard. The new tem-
pi* is known as No. 98 and starts eg.
stence with a large membership under
the most flattering conditions.
knockdowns. The
killed. Several fights between whites
, and negroes started at a local theater ‘ ston, a negro. here this afternoon, the
\ where the fight returns were received hat "nl •- « "hs
Two Negroes Shot.
Little Rock Ark., July 4.—Two ne-
groes are reported killed by white men,
one by a Rock Island conduotor coming
into this city tonight, and the other
by a white man at Second and Silt
streets.
Further reports concerning shoot-
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New York, July 4.—Reports of more
or less serious clashes between whites
and blacks all over the country fol-
lowed receipt of news of the result
of the Jeffries-Johnson fight. Late
reports are that fatalities were com-
paratively few.
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brother with a bottle. Both shootings
at Enoka are attributed to the fight
news, which caused great excitement
among the negroes, who had been at-
tending a pienic.
QERMAN-AMERICANS MEET IN
SAN ANTONIO AND INDORSE
THE COMMISSIONER FOR
GOVERNOR—ALSO A.
B. DAVIDSON.
first two of these were each of nine
seconds’ duration. The last was of
eight seconds. Then Jeffries’ seconds
rushed in and the referee gave the de-
cision to Johnson. There is no doubt
that independent of this fiction Jef-
fries would have been counted out.
ilton and immediately began an
try into the cause of the wreck.
Jeffries was not actually counted out
he was saved only from this humilia*
tion by his friends pleading with John-
son not to hit the fallen man again,
and the towel was brought into the
ring from his corner. At the end of
the fifteenth round Referee Tex Rick-
ard raised the black arm and the
great crowd tiled out, glum and silent.
Jeffries was dragged to his corner
bleeding from nose and mouth and a
dozen cuts on the face. He had a
black, closed eye and he held his
head on his hands, dated and inco-
herent.
Johnson walked off the ring without
a mark on his body except a slight cut
on his lip, which was the opening of
a wound received in training.
Ring experts agree that it was not
even a championship fight. Jeffries
had a chance in the second round, per-
haps, but after the sixth it was plain
that he was weakened and outclassed
in every point and after the eleventh
round It was hopeless.
It was the greatest demonstration
the ring has ever seen over a tighter
who failed to “come back" after years
of retirement. The youth and science
of the black man made Jeffries look
like a green man. The great Jeffries
was like a log. Johnson was like a
panther in his alertness and defen-
sive tactics.
* Jeffries fought by instinct, It Seem-
ter of the city, but the reports were
all exaggerated. One negro was
stabbed and another Injured about the
head by a beer bottle. Both were at-
tacked by white men. It is reported
over the city that Johnson has been
• Jeffries’ Statement.
Reno, Nev., July 4. Jeffries tonight
gave out this statement;
"I lost my fight this evening be-
cause I did not have the snap of youth
I used to have. I believed In my heart
that all the old time dash was there,
but when I started to execute the speed
and youthful stamina were lacking.
The things I used to do were impos-
sible. For insfance I used to shoot
in a right hand body punch, a nort of
short range blow that never used to
Bar Harbon, Me., July 4 Chief Jus-
tice Melville W. Fuller, of the United
States supreme court, died of heart
failure at his summer home in Sorrento
at 6 o’clock this morning.
The death of the chief Justice Was
entirely unexpei ted as he has beem in
apparently good health lately and there
■ had been no premonitory symptoms of
any kind of trouble. Yesterday he at-
tended church as usual and wher he
retired last night he was to nil appear*
anseatin eimcushomar’shceih this president of the counc, R
morning. m« daughter, Mr... Nathan: I "• and then " ouletor. Soon
".7 Fmnel.. and <!» Il-v. James F thereafte r he HI Maine for the great-
Iwm,- who wa a euest or Justice er opportunittes in Chicago and from
Fuller al hl« Sorrento cottage, Sram- 1856 to 186% he lived in Chicago, but
N were with the surist when he nttracted little attention out-Ide his
qed. Immediate circle of friends and asso-
" The funeral services will be held nt cinter nt the ber until hr undertook the
Sorrento and the Interment will be at defonse of nishop Cneney on a charge
Chicago The date for the funeral, ha- of hereay: Hi- knowledge on eccles-
not yet been fixe! Chief Justice Filler siastical hiatory and procedure aston-
w— in hl. 76th year. Ished those who conducted the cane
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State departments closed during al
day yesterday on account of legal holi-
day.
collectors of twenty-eight counties
have failed so far to file annual set-
tlement paper In comptroller’s de-
partment.
County tax assessors have been re-
lieved of task of gathering agricultur-
al statistics.
Prussian National Insurance Com-
pany advises fire rating board it will
comply with order reducing rates.
County Judge R. E. White called his
criminal docket and set number of
cases.
Harbecu and pleni at Oak Hill la
delightful success. Candidates speak.
sherift goes after man wanted on
charge of burglary at Manchaca. Man
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1910—Jack pnnsoxhdoreated James J. Jeffries in fifteen rounds at Reno, Nevada, for a purse of 8101.000. to which
was added >10,000 for each man. Johnson gets 1 <0,500 and Jeffries 3°1b%* ___________
He was unwilling tonight to offer any
conclunlons of the result of his in-
vestigatlons nor could he state when
the formal inquest will be begun.
It is likely that in addition to the
coroner’s inquest, an investigation of
the disaster will be made by state
railroad commission.
Reno, Nev., July 4.—John Arthurl ++*+*+***************+*
Urhnnoxmencgno w: he1: BOOST for governor. ♦
undispriad heavyweight champion of + Rilly MUIA - got into the ring ♦
James J. Jertries of California, win- ♦ and made a speech in .which he $
ner of twenty-two championship + suggested that as a token f re- ♦
lights, the man who never before wal± H-t and.estemfor thec itizena t
hrnnirht to his knees by a blow, to- ; ♦ and for the one man who would T
night passed into history as a broken,* stand up before the world and ♦
Idol. He was utterly defeated at the ♦ say that all men war fr . h
hand of the black champion. While
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Han Antonio, July 4.—After a stormy
session today the state convention of
the German-American alliance indorsed
Colquitt for governor and Davidson for
lieutenant governor.
Edgar Schramm, president of the or-
ganization, was requested to resign by
right of thirty-one organisations be-
longing to the branch because he had
publicly Indorsed R V. Davidson for
governor. He refused to do so, and
when called upon to explain refuted all
charges made against him, designating
some as false, but agreed as president
of the organisation to sign resolutions
indorsing Colquitt for governor and A.
B. Davidson for lieutenant governor.
At the same time he reserved the right
to personally support whom he pleased.
The convention also denounced pro-
hibitionists for trying to make a cat’s
paw out of the democratic party and
urged all Herman-Americans to par-
ticipate in the democratic primary elec-
tion and oppose submission.
The alliance also decided to send a
strong anti-prohibition delegation to
Austin during the special session of
the legislature In case the liquor ques-
tion comes up.
The Dallas county delegation, headed
by F. A, Altermann, led the fight to
! oust President Schramm, and the coun-
ty organisations joining In resolutions
requesting Schramm's resignation were
। Tarrant. Williamson, De Witt, Gonsales,
! Fayette. Dallas, Gillespie and McLel-
• lan.
I The committee on resolutions WAS as
. follows: Hugo Moeller, San/Antonlo;
F I a Fra nt so. Han Antonio; H. G. B.
t Gozmann, Seguin; A Tipps, Rung®!
r Lous Schehe, Loockhart; J. R. Fegerle,
• Seguin; F. Fresun, IA Grange; Fmil
. Voelker, New Braunfels, and Oscar
Fissler. Shelby.
The old “power to take a terrible beat-
ing was gone. After the third round
Johnson treated his opponent almost
pr a joke. He smiled and blocked
playfully, warding off the bear-like
rushes of Jeffries. With a marvelous
science, now ducking a blow under his
arm, again plucking it out of the air
as a man stops a baseball.
Out of the sea of opinions and argu-
ments that bolstered up this fight and
made it the talk of the world, these
pinnacles of fact h^ve been cast up:
The fight was on the square. Of
that there was no doubt after the
second round.
There was no evidence or hint of
the famous "yellow streak" on the
part of Johnson.
eeffrles had lost the power of de-
By the Timekeeper.
Reno, Nev., July 4 -By George Har-
tin, official timekeeper:
Time was called at 2:45. Johnson
entered the ring at 2:28 and Jeffries
entered four minutes later. The fight
lasted fifteen rounds. The time for
the last round wax two minute* twen-
ty-seven seconds. The fight was
had time to jump and escape serious
injury.
The crash when the two trains met
was, therefore, terrific, the freight train
being made up of gondola cars, flat
cars and box cars loaded with lum-
ber.
Directly behind the passenger leoo-
motive and the tender was a combina-
tion baggage and mallng oar. fol-
lowed by a day coach and a chair car.
All the dead and injured were in tho
first (wo coaches, there being six pas-
sengers in the smoker and twenty-ono
in the day coach.
The engines locked Inta a mass of
smashed steel and iron.
First In the freight train was a steel
box car loaded with six-inch timbers.
The heavy gondolas ripped the floors
of the combination car and tossed it
and the locomotive and tender down
a ten-foot embankment and into a
corn fleld.
Every seat in one of the ooaches was
torn from its fastenings by the mas-
sive timbers hurled with awful force,
which struck among the men and
women and children. Rescuers were
quickly running to the wreck from
the Middletown station of the Cincin-
nati, Hamilton & Dayton, some 200
yards south of the wreck. Every sur-
geon in town was summoned and calls
for arelstance were sent to Dayton and
Hamilton.
Relief trains were made up and the
dead and wounded were brought to
Middletown.
but were quickly stopped.
L. E. Roberts of Argenta, Ark., con-
ductor on the Iron Mountain, was shot
and probably fatally injured by a ne-
gro. Julius Stetzin of Lake Providence,
L.a., on Roberts' train near Enok.
La., this afternoon. Stetzin escaped
from the moving train, but is being
followed by three posses and is cer-
tain to be lynched if caught. Roberts
started to collect Stetzin’s fare when
the negro suddenly shot him. Roberts
is a thirty-second degree Mason. He
is being rushed to Littl Rock on a
special train.
Two negroes were shot and a third
Injured by a white man who found a
negro bartender beating the former’s
Lively at Little Rock.
Little Rok, Ark., July 4.—Although
there have been a number of fights
over the city in which whites and
blacks clashed with the latter receiv-
fense. A series of right and left up-
percuts, delivered at will, sent him
staggering to the ropes. He turned
and fought back by instinct as though
he "8i dying hard.
With the exception of a few fast
rounds, the fight was tame. Jeffries
did not have the power in hie punches
to hurt Johnson after he had received
blow after blow on the jaw and his
vital power was ebbing. But eve.)
before this stage came Jeffries could
not reach the black. 'I he blows, al-
most all of them, landed with all the
speed taken out of them. It was like
hitting a punching bag.
Jeffries crouch was in evidence at
times but during most of the fight Jef-
fries fought standing straight and
working with something of his old ag-
gressiveness.
The fifteenth round started with a
clinch after Jeffries had failed to land
on the body. Johnson then tore loose
and before the spectators were pre-
pared for the finish he had sent Jef-
fries down with lightning-like left and
right blows to the jaw. Jeffries reeled
and fell half way through the ropes on
the west fide of the ring. Those near
him saw that he had lost the sense of
his surroundings, and that the faces
at the ringside were a blur to him.
His time had come. He was feeling
what he had caused others to feel in
the days of his youth and power.
Johnson came over to the spot and
Mood pofeed over his adversarys hotly
ready for a left hook as Jeffries re-
ganed his feet.
Jeffries painfully raised himself to
his feet. His jaw had dropped, his
eyes were nearly shut and his fare was
covered with blood. With trembling
logs and yielding arms he tried to put
up a defense. But he could not stop
a terrific right on the jaw, followed
by two left honks. He went down
Again.
Jeffries' physicians and other friends
jumped into the ring.
"stop |(." they cried. "Don’t put the
old fellow out."
Middletown O.. July 4.— Nineteen
persons were killed outright, throe
fatally hurt and a dozen aeriously in-
jured in a head-on oollision betweon
a freight and passenger train on the
Cineinnnati, .Hamilton and Dayton
railway here today. Of the killed
eighteen were passengers, the other
victim being a member of the paseen-
ger train crew.
The dead:
H. P. Baker, Cincinnati, O.
H. A. Smith, Dayton, O.
J. Smith Kirk, Dayton, O.
Chief Justice Fuller dies suddenly at
his summer home at Sorrento, Me.
Rare riots of varying consequences
follow outcome of Jeffries-Johnson
prize fight.
Fast train on Big Four in head-on
collision neat Middlewton, O., and
nineteen paSsengers killed outright.
Conductor shot by bad negro; other
negroes killed.
Little girl killed by auto at Hot
Springe.
George Frohle, Dayton, O. '
Frank Golden, passenger
brakeman.
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«• suggested three cheers for the +
♦ people and the governor of Ne- ♦
a vada ♦ reached. As soon as he regained his
* sense of the rapid-fire event* that had
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