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MERIDIAN TRIBUNE PUBLIC SERVICEFAVORS
TO EXTEND FREE DELIVERY.
SOUNDS RATHER FISHY
A SMOOTH GAME IS SQUELCHED.
The Tribune Printing Co., Publishers.
Published Every Friday Morning.
MR. RANDALL MAKES STRONG
LOSING FIGHT.
Entered at the Postoffice at Meridian,
Texas, as Second-class Mail Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION $1-00 PER YEAR.
THE DEMOCRATS ARE SOLID
LEVI A. DUNLAP, Editor and Pub.
Tulsa, Ok., will after May 1 be a
free mail delivery city.
Free Pass Packers, Frank Holders
and Public Service Beneficiaries
Win.
Sir John Lawson Walton, a mem-
ber of Parliament, and Attorney Gen-
eral, died in London last Saturday.
Waco is holding “Good Cheer”
meetings to propagate the good feel-
ing upon the passing of the threat-
ened panic.
Col . John O. Handley, Supreme
Vice-President of the Fraternal Union
of America, died of appendicitis Fri-
day at his home in Denver.
A year ago, when cars were scarce,
the high price of coal was attrib-
uted to its scarcity; now that cars
are standing in all the railway yards
idle, coal is still higher.
Mary, the little five-yea-old adopted
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Ad
amns, living near Duncan, after trying
to swallow a capsule which lodged in
her throat, choken to death.
Between the Baptist and Metho-
dist congregations at Bixby, Ok., a
controversy is on over the possession
of a church building, where both de-
nominations insist on holding serv-
ices.
Congressman H. Burd Carrell oi
Pennsylvania and others have been
indicted under a charge of grafting
$50,160 from the State in connection
with the building of the new State
Capitol.
Dan Gallegos, a pitcher of the Fori
Worth baseball team, who was shot
early Saturday morning, died at the
Medical College Hospital about noon
Sunday. Palmer Maddox was arrested
and gave bond.
The buffalo fence in the Wichita
National game preserve, erected at an
expense of $15,000 to the Government
inclosing 8000 acres, was completed
and turned over to the Governmment
representatives.
A fire which totally destroyed the
• Julius Marquez warehouse at Janes
ville, Wis., caused a loss of between
$160,000 and $200,000 in tobacco, which
was stored in cases. The origin ol
the fire is unknown.
Washington, Jan. 22.—By a vote of
109 to 86 the Houst yesterday after-
noon, sitting as a committee on the
whole, rejected a motion made by Mr.
Randall to incorporate in the crim-
inal code a section making it a fel-
ony for a member of Congress to ac-
cept a gift or employment from a
public service corpbration, or a cor-
poration doing an interstate busi-
ness.
Previously, by a vote of 82 to 56, the
House rejected Mr. Randall’s other
proposition, making it a penal offense
for a member of Congress or of the
Federal judiciary to accept a pass.
All the Democrats except four vot-
ed for both these propositions, and
the opposition vote was made by the
Republicans. Every Texas member
present stood up when the ayes were
called, but several of them were ab-
sent.
Judge Hardy of Texas supported
Mr. Randall in a vigorous speech.
With that exception Mr. Randall made
the fight alone and acquitted him-
self well.
Mr. Randall declared that if what
he proposed was already a law, not
a man in the House would dare to
vote for its repeal. Congress, he said,
ought to be composed of men who are
not only honest, but men who can
act disinterestedly.
“It would seem,” he continued, “that
a sense of propriety, considerations
of ethics, might be sufficient; but it
is well known that a sense of pro-
priety does not prevent not only some,
but many men from accepting em-
ployment from public service corpora-
tions. Not only a few, but many men
receive gifts from public service cor-
porations. To receive a gift is to
put yourself under obligation to the
man who gives it to you. It is un-
derstood among men of high moral
character, as fell as among men of
low moral character that when they
accept a gife they are expected to re-
turn the favor if the opportunity of-
fers. Members of Congress should
not only do what is right, but they
should avoid the appearance of evil.”
Burleson Introduces Bill to Maka
Change.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Mr. Burleson
introduced a bill yesterday morning
to extend the free mail delivery serv
ice to towns whose postal receipts
are $6000 a year. At present only
towns whose annual receipts are $10,
000 are entitled. San Marcos, Bren
ham, Taylor are entitled to the serv-
ice under the present law, and Mr
Burleson is trying to get it for them
Under the bill introduced yesterday
every county seat in Mr. Burleson’s
district would have this service, and
in addition, Granger. The proposed
change would have the effect of giving
free delivery service to many towns
from which rural free delivery routes
radiate, but which now have no de
livery service within their corpo-
rate limits.
Made,a Good Haul at Texola.
Texola, Ok.: After a hand-to-hand
battle with Assistant Cashier Jones,
two masked men robbed the First Na-
tional Bank of Texola of about $4000
in currency at 7 o’clock Saturday
night. Jones was found an hour
later bound and gagged and insensi-
ble from a blow on the head. “Hands
up” were the words that greeted
Jones while he was working on his
books. Jones raised his hands, but
when one or the bandits turned tc
dump the loose change on the coun-
ter into a sack the assistant cashier
attacked the other. The two men
struggled on the. floor until the other
robber hit Jones on the head with his
gun.
To Pipe Gas Out of Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Ok.: Information from
Washington is to the effect that an
effort is being made to involve the
Federal Government and Oklahoma
in litigation over the bill recently
passed by the Legislature prohibiting
the piping of gas out of the State.
The basis for the proposed suit is that
Indians who own the gas sought to
be carried out have made legal con-
tracts as wards of the Government and
under provision of the Interior De-
partment.
CLAIMS AN ANARCHIST PLOT IS
UNEARTHED.
PLAN TO BLOW UP ARMADA
Foreign Reds Said to Have Laid Plot
to Destroy Vessels at Rio de
Janeiro.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 20.—The Brazilian
police have discovered an anarchistic
plot here having as its object the de-
struction of part of the American fleet
now lying in the harbor. The con-
spiracy, while centering in Rio de
Janeiro and Petropolis, has ramifica-
tions in Sao Pauln and Minas Geraes.
An individual named Jean Fedher,
who resided in Petropolis, was the
chief conspirator here, although it is
understood that foreign anarchists are'
deeply involved in the plot. Fedher
is believed to have fled to Sao Paulo,
and police who know him have been
sent to that place for the purpose of
apprehending him.
As yet the people of Brazil are ig-
norant of the details of the plot to
do injury to the visiting warships,
though there has been some slight
inkling of the matter. The impres-
sion which the exposure of this plot
will create here will be a profound
one, because it is the first anarchistic
conspiracy that has even been known
in Brazil.
The police of Sao Paulo have sent
word that they are on the track of
the malefactors, who, they declare,
will not be able to come to Rio de
Janeiro.
Assaulting W. C. Sadler, a police
man, ‘in Oklahoma City, Saturday
night, a negro who was resisting ar-
rest secured a club and struck the
policeman over the head, and was in
return fatally shot.
Arizona mines in 1907 produced
$67,000,000, surpassing both Michigan
and Montana in the copper output,
attendance was 446, showing that ev-
ery pupil, with the exception of two,
attended the institution every day.
The Peanut Goes Marching On.,
Mineola: A committee has just re-
turned from Emory and Hallville,
where it was sent by the Ten Thou-
sand Club to investigate the peanut
proposition. The committee is en-
thusiastic, and steps will be taken at
once to induce the farmers to plant
3000 acres to peanuts in Wood Coun-
ty. An effort will be made to estab-
lish a mill at this place. Every in-
dication points to a larger volume of
business for 1908 than ever before.
Johnson County Diversifiers Busy.
Cleburne: At a second meeting of
the stockholders of the local canning-
factory it was agreed to ask the farm-
ers of the county to plant tomatoes,
sweet potatoes and other vegetables,
at the rate of 70 cents per hundred
pounds for tomatoes and 80 cents per
hundred for potatoes, etc. A long
list of names was attached to the
agreement. Several hundred acres in
the county will be devoted to toma-
toes. The farmers will also plant pea-
nuts.
Aged Editor and Veteran Dead.
Atlanta, Ga.: Captain Varly Pritch-
ard Sisson, one of the oldest editors
and publishers in the South, died at
his home in Kirkwood, a suburb, Sun-
day, aged seventy years. Captain
Sisson was a- Confederate veteran,
and served with distinction through-
out the Civil War. He was connected
with the Atlanta Intelligencer before
the war, and with the Constitution
for a number of years after its ter-
Plot to Use Mails as a Liquor
Carrier.
Washington, Jan. 18. — Representa-
tive Sims of Tennessee discovered a
man whom he knew to be the legis-
lative agent of distilling interests, in
the Balcony of the House. Mr. Sims
recalled that he had seen this man
several times during the consideration
of the bill to revise and codify the pen-
al statutes.
The .codification bill is a most im-
portant but at the same time a most
uninteresting subject of legislation. No
one who can escape ever listens to
the discussion.
“There must be a nigger in the wood
pile,” thought Mr. Sims, and no soon-
er did he say it than he began to
explore the wood pile, which, in this
case, was the huge codification bill.
It was a long, tedious search. Sev-
eral sections were ransacked, but no
suspicious circumstances discovered.
After a while he came to the section
which describes what shall be non-
mailable.
He discovered that the section had
been copied faithfully, except for the
omission of the words “and liquids,”
so that if the section had been re-
enacted with this omission, whiskey,
if properly packed, would have been
mailable matter.
Mr. Sims thought it perhaps was due
to inadvertence, until, looking into an-
other section, he discovered that words
had been inserted which made it man-
datory on the Postmaster General to
prescribe regulations for packing that
would have left him no discretion as
to the carrying of whiskey in the
mails.
Every rural and star route would
have been an agency of distribution.
The section in which it was sought to
make this revision of the laws had
not been reached. Mr. Sims rose and
warned the House.
Two Killed in Fire Panic.
Scranton, Pa.: The Imperial
Un
derwear Factory, employing more than
one hundred girls, was burned early
Friday. The factory was a four-story
building in a largely built section ol
the city. There was a panic when
the alarm of fire was sounded. Flor-
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE
A suit was brought to an abrupt
end a few days since in New York
City by one of the jurors pulling off :
an epiliptic fit.
Z. V. Payne, father of A. J. and U.
D. Payne of Colorado, both dry goods,
men, was killed by a freight train out
at Plateau, near Sierra Blanco, a few
daysago. .
Secretary Taft has written a letter
to the President recommending an in-
crease in the width of the Panama Ca-
nal from 100, as is at present planned,
to 110 feet.
As far as he can, Secretary Taft has
committed the United States Govern-
ment to a promise to withdraw com-
pletely from Cuba in the beginning of
the spring of 1909.
John Mahac, a Bohemian farmer re-
siding on the Dickey place, about six
miles east of Hallettsville, hanged him-
self to the limb of a tree in his yard
early Monday morning.
At an early hour Wednesday morn-
ing fire destroyed the custom mill and
elevator belonging to Chris Renas; es-
timated loss $7500, insurance $2500;
origin of the fire unknown.
The Delta County Farmers’ Asso-
ciation cotton warehouse burned Mon-
day with about 250 or 300 bales of cot-
ton in it. Forty or fifty bales on the
platform burned or were damaged.
The British steamer Tolesby, bound
from Galveston for Havre, went ashore
during a heavy snow storm Monday
night at Freshwater Point, Cape Race.
It is thought the vessel will be a to-
tal loss.
Edward S. Whitaker, inspector of
police, entered the office of the Morn-
ing World in New Orleans Thursday
night and fired two shots at Joseph
M. Leveque, the editor. Neither shot
took effect.
mination. He leaves a widow
daughters.
and
ence Waitrouse was
burning building and
death in the flames,
who, with a number
caught in the
met a terrible
Mary Buckley
of other girls
Three men were killed and two per-
haps fatally injured at Corrydon, Ind.
Sunday, when a giant engine of the
Southern Railway, westbound from
New Albany, plunged from a ninety-
foot trestle, dragging down two freight
'cars with it.
Orders have been received at the
Boston headquarters of the Northern
Texas Traction Company to resume
improvement work on the power plant
at Handley, which supplies power for
the city and interurban lines, and
$160,000 will be expended.
It Is Now Senator Williams.
Jackson, Miss.: In the two houses
of the Mississippi Legislature Tues-
day Congressman John Sharp Wil-
liams was elected to the United States
Senate to succeed Hon. H. D. Money,
whose term expires March 4, 1911.
Wednesday a joint session was held
to ratify the election, and the nomi-
nee delivered an address. Edmond F.
Noel was inaugurated Governor of
Mississippi. N
Oldest Preacher Dies.
Waxahachie: Rev. Angus Johnson,
reputed to be the oldest minister in
the United States, died Sunday at his
home at Avalon, Ellis County, where
he had resided since 1899. Had he
survived until August 26, Rev. John-
son would have reached the century
mark in life’s journey. He was a
man of wonderful vitality, and was ac-
tively engaged in the ministry until
just a few months ago. His death
was primarily due to old age.
It Means Business.
Tecumseh, Ok.: Alfred, a promi-
nent banker of Tecumseh, advocates
the merger of Tecumseh, the county
seat of Pottawatomie County, with
Shawnee, six miles distant, in order
to unite their efforts to secure the
State Capital. A delegation of Te-
cummseh citizens has been selected
to meet with the. Shawnee Commer-
cial Club to draw up the merger con-
tract. The merged town would have
a population of 14,000.
jumped from the fire escape, broke
her neck.
The large sawmill of the Sabine
Tram Company at Deweyville was
starter up Monday after a long
idleness, during which time extensive
repairs were made on the plant. The
mill will run a full crew and on full
time.
A $40,000 Fire at Denison.
Denison: Tuesday the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railway was visit-
ed by the most disastrous fire in its
history at this point. The coal
chutes, the largest in the State, sev-
en cinder cars and three loaded coal
cars, the sand house and about one
thousand tons of coal were burned.
The coal chutes, a structure four hun-
dred feet in length and forty feet in
height and six engines were endan-
gered, and barely escaped.
Charles Emory Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press, former Minister
to Russia and Postmaster General,
died Suddenly at his home in that city
Sunday, aged sixty-five- years. Death
was caused by heart failure.
Hon. W. W. Half of Temple, candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
for Congress in the Eleventh District,
formally opened his campaign Satur-
day. His opponent for the nomina-
tion is the present incumbent, Hon.
R. L. Henry..
Wants $100,000 Repairs to Feelings.
Houston: Suit for $100,000 dam-
ages has been filed against the city
of Houston, George Ellis, Chief of
Police, and other officers, in which
allegations of brutality are made in
connection with the search of a pri-
vate dwelling for alleged stolen prop-
erty. G. T. Redding is the complain-
ant, and alleges that his sick wife
was disturbed and his fifteen-year-old
daughter insulted by the officers mak-
ing the search.
Two-Cent Rate Law Invalid.
Philadelphia, Pa.: The 2-cent rate
law now in force in Pennsylvania was
Monday declared unconstitutional by
the State Supreme Court, which hand-
ed down an opinion affirming the opin-
ion of the Common Pleas Court of
Philadelphia rendered last September.
The vote of the court was four to
three.
Elevator Burns at Beaumont.
Beaumont: The Josey-Miller Com-
pany’s grain elevator, grist mill ana
warehouse were destroyed by fire on
Monday night, causing a loss estimat-
ed at $38,000, with insurance amount-
ing to $19,000. The origin of the fire
is unknown. A negro employe dis-
covered the flames bursting from the
third-story window of the elevator and
gave the alarm. The fire department
responded promptly but could do noth-
ing.
Harvester People Fined $12,500.
Topeka, Kan.: Judge Dana, in the
Shawnee County District Court here,
has assessed a fine of $12,500 against
the International Harvester Company,
which the Court found guilty on forty-
three counts of violating the Kansas
anti-trust law. The maximum* fine is
$1000 a count and the minimum $100.
The company was given a stay of ex-
ecution of sixty days to prepare a
case for the Supreme Court. The
criminal suit was filed a year ago.
School teachers are so scarce in
Chicago that many of the classes in
the public schools are turned over to
the best pupils to manage, rather than
dismiss the classes and turn the chil-
dren into the streets.
John R. Walsh Found Guilty.
Chicago, Ill.: John R. Walsh, for-
mer President of the defunct Chicago
National Bank, was Saturday found
guilty of the misappropriation of the
funds of that institution. The penal-
ty under the law for the crime is im-
prisonment of not less than five years
nor more than ten on each count.
This does not permit the substitution
of a fine for the prison term. He was
convicted on. fifty-four counts. New
trial is sought.
Death from Carbolic Acid.
Corsicana: John Kennedy, aboul
thirty years of age, who had been
working for the pipe line company
was found dying condition Friday or
a sidewalk on Eighth Street. Before
medical aid could reach him he died
An inquest resulted in the verdic!
that death was caused by carbolic acid
poisoning. ‘ Letters found indicate he
had relatives living in Newark, N. J.,
to whom telegrams have been sent.
Seventeen More Oil Cars Seized.
Austin: The State has laid its hand
on seventeen more cars of the Union
Tank Line Company, a defendant in
the Standard Oil anti-trust suits, and
now has a total of sixty-six cars ol
that company impounded in the State,
but has been unable to get service
The cars will probably average about
$600 each in value, making a total ol
$33,000 impounded in the State. The
receiver, Guy A. Collett, is having a
list made of the cars.
Waco is undergoing one of its pe
riodical invasions ow rats. The city
is said to be literally overrun with
the rodents.
To Inspect West Texas Soil.
Washington: At the solicitation ol
Judge Smith the Department of Ag-
riculture will shortly send Prof Young,
blood to West Texas to study and re-
port on the agricultural resources ol
that country. This report will include
a study of the soil and of the climate,
a consideration of farming methods
and as well as of the adaptation ol
various crops. Prof. Youngblood used
to be attached to the Agricultural and
Mechanical College of Texas.
Fred W. Gooding of Idaho was elect-
ed President of the National Wool
Growers’ Association at the session
recently held in Helena, Mont. The
next convention will be held in Poca-
tillo, Idaho.
J. M. Leonard, a prominent jurist
and Confederate veteran, was found
dead in bed in Columbus, Ga., Tues-
day morning. He was recently knocked
down by a trolley car, but was thought
to have recovered.
The Southern Cotton Association
will convene in annual session in the
auditorium of the Fair Grounds, Dal-
las, on the 19th, 20th and 21st of Feb-
ruary. An attendance of between five
and seven thousand is expected.
The large sawmill of the Sabine
Tram Company at Deweyville was
starter up Monday after a long
idleness, during which time extensive
repairs were made on the plant. The
mill will run a full crew and on full
time.
Claimed First Shot at Shiloh.
Paducah, Ky.: Napoleon Rouleau,
the Confederate soldier who fired the
first shot at the battle of Shiloh, died
here Tuesday, aged seventy-two years.
He was a member of Cobb’s Battery,
and won special mention for courage
at Shiloh. He was a French-Canadian,
but came to Kentucky when a youth.
He was wounded several times in the
war, but continued in service until
surrendered by Johnston in South
Carolina in 1865.
A world’s record was broken dur-
ing the first hour of the six-day bicycle
race Monday afternoon at Kansad
City, when 26 miles and 7 laps were
made on a 12-lap track in Convention
Hall. The previous record for one
hour was 26 miles and 3 laps on a 10-
lap track.
W. U. Perkins was elected Mayor
of Nacogdoches without opposition to
fill out the unexpired term of R. T.
Shindler, resigned. The term ex-
pires next April.
Representatives of a Pennsylvania
oil company have secured options on
150 acres of land in Camp County ana
will prospect for oil or gas, as there
are indications of both.
Mrs. J. W. Bledsoe, aged thirty
years, dropped dead at Ardmore, Ok.,
Monday morning, though in apparent-
ly good health. The remains were
shipped to Denton, Texas.
State Treasurer Sparks issued an-
other call for State funds on all State
depositories. He expects this call to
net about $80,000.
Selected His Coffin and Shroud.
Piano: John W. Martin, a retired
merchant of this city, died at his resi-
dence in this city at 10 o’clock Satur-
day. He was seventy two years old.
About three years ago he had a local
carpenter construct for him a coffin
made according to his own ideas
and had it stored away in the upper
story of his residence. About two
years ago he celebrated his golden
wedding with his wife, who survives
him.
After forty-Six Days Buried.
Ely, Nev.: After having been en-
tombed forty-six days in the Alpha
shaft or the Circoux mine, A. D.
Bailey, P. J. Brown and Fre'd McDon-
ald were rescued Saturday night. At
8:30 Bailey was brought out. Four-
teen minutes later McDonald, while
ten minutes later Brown was brought
up. Whistles over the district blew
loudly, while the crowds in the streets
cheered, and every bell in the town
was set ringing.
Woman Poisons Self and Children.
St. Louis, Mo.: Mrs. Leo Jacobs,
thirty years of age, killed her two
children and herself Wednesday after-
noon with poison. The three bodies
were found Wednesday night, and a
physician said the mother and chil-
dren had been dead about three
hours. Mr. Jacobs is traveling man-
ager for a cement concern, and was
out of the city. Before marriage Mrs.
Jacobs was Miss Camille Blum of
Dallas, Texas.
In a pistol duel in Chicago William
Fenkerhauser was killed early Thurs-
day by Detective Michael Kern. Fenk-
erhauser was attempting to rob two
men when he was seen‘by the de-
tective, and the shooting followed.
The Nevada Legislature passed a
resolution Thursday petitioning the
the President to maintain troops in
Goldfield until the Legislature can, by
the passage of a law, provide either
for a police force or some other meth-
od of maintaining the peace.
And still the grind of the second
Thaw trial goes on. The attempt is
being made to prove that he is crazy
enough to be allowed to kill people,
but not crazy enough to be electro-
cuted or penned up for life.
The Grayson County Poultry Asso-
ciation was organized Saturday after-
noon with an enthusiastic membership
of forty. The officers elected: Dr. R.
H. Harris, Whitewright, president; C.
A. Shock, Sherman, Secretary.
Descendants of General Israel Put-
nam, of Revolutionary War fame, will
in a few days hold a family council
at which time plans will be made to-
prove the right of the family to a for-
tune of $20,000,000 which is said to-
be lying in the vaults of the Bank of
England.
Bert Donlay, night foreman on the
Katy hill engine at Denison, who was
with President Roosevelt as a Rough
Rider in Cuba, received a silver spur
as a Christmas present, bearing the
following inscription: “From T. Roose-
velt. A Merry Christmas. 1907.”
Mrs. Herbert M. Sears, a member
of a wealthy Boston family, and a
guest at the Hotel St. Regis, New
York, committed suicide Friday by
jumping from a fourteenth-story win-
dow.
The Florida mid-winter Internation-
al Exposition will be formally opened
at Jacksonville, Fla., on January 25.
The large building on the banks of
the St. James River is now complete,
and the various exhibits have been ar-
ranged.
When J. A. Pearson and his wife,
of near Denton, arose Thursday morn-
ing they found that their child, ten
days old, had during the night slipped
under the heavy bed covering and
smothered.
The Democratic State Central Com-
mittee of Kansas has formally en-
dorsed Bryan for President.
Another suspected case of yellow fe-
ver has been discovered at Santiago,
Cuba. The new case is a Spaniard of
three years’ residence.
Senator Dick has introduced a joint
resolution placing the government of
the Isle of Pines in control of the
United States until otherwise provid-
ed by act of Congress or through trea-
ty with Cuba.
Chicago packers are selling gall
stones at high prices to the Japanese.
What the subjects of the Mikado do
with the queer products of Packing-
town is a mystery, but they use great
quantities and are willing to pay any
price demanded for them.
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