Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 1, 1900 Page: 1 of 8
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Loudon, May 36. Mr. U. J. Wins
limn, special corivapoudeut of lito
f'ally Mall, sends the following to Lis
Lorcnao Munjuc*. May 2 . 1 have
Just rvturiHHl from Pretoria, wbla*i
P'ace 1 visited ut some rl*k In dm-
The «tato of di'iiiorullsuilou tn
the TrauHvr.nl ta remarkable. J'auit'
md «uafUHioii prevail everywhor*.
I;very one it> w >iiry of (be war ami
full of fear of the coming of the Urn-
it-h troupe. l*rc*idt'iit Krugcr bud nil
airiuigeiucMiM uinde fur iitiiuidiui"
ll.ulii, pn Mtiiuubly lo IIoIIiiihI. A ..p -
clitl train, provisioned, always rtidy.
wltii «i >niu up. Mailt, nomki dbiUnu-c
from I'll torlu. Last Humiuy the «•>*•
eminent consigned to llullutid thirty*
*U lx xc i of bullion, insure ! ...V*>
I'ouud* per Ihjx. Not much g* ld l#
I'kely to be fouiid In tbc treasury. fbe
Beat ot governm lit will Ims ivmatud
to Waterval liuven. a tttiuill station u.t
the Uelagot; Jlny railway Hut*: then, if
necensary, to l.ydcuhurg. In lohati-
msburg then? baa Ihh*ii a decided
t Itange in puhlie opinion which ti««
bei tac aulle English. The hurgbci* I . ..
* ' * ity ycMerihiy afternoon to
on com matulo are now singing "Mod | „ , , .
have the Quwn," and can not l><
«topped. 1 have excellent reasons f„ir
believing that the lie waarpln a t«->n
right* have liemt sold to a French
syndicate without tin? MUCiAB of fh •
Yoiksraad The government bo{icM hy
this tin-ai * to brlug about ■ffmii u In
u rveuilon for tin- protnülmi of Prmch
rights in the Wltwatersrand. ami t hus
ta une Ktigiaml grave difileuiiles.
mm «f
fa rail
company vs. W. B. Oakua. frota
ir county, «ai submitted to tue
rourt yesterday on certllud
from the i ourtb court of
civil appeals. Tlila la a novel caae and
when the supreme court renders Ita
doelslon it wl'l set a precedent, aa It
la the IIrat of Its kind. The Hut*ta
Fo planted Bermuda graas on Its track
embankments to prevent theui wann-
ing down duritig rains and the grass
wusbed Into a Held owned by Oakcs
ttud spreud. He Instituted a suit for
«lamages and secured u Judgment in
the lower court, (flic case was UP*
Itea led to the court of appeals and Is
now before the supreme court on eer-
tltled <|ue<«tlouH. lion. Henry l>. Ale*
Donald of Paris argued the cu e be-
tore the court yesterday on heltalf of
the railroad company. The inanition
certified "Ik the railroad liable?' Air.
Mel mould contended ihai any owm r
i i.f laud luis the lawful rigln to phi it
j Hcriiiudu jiras thereon; tliat be Ik not
' requltt-d l y law to prevent It from
I sprvadiOK onto the lands of others and
j If it uutrs w i>read and cause Injury
i h I not le^aU.\ liable therefor, 'l'hcro
i Ix not un authority cited lu the e iso
i and thiN in the tlrst time the ipteniiou
lias been raise*].
Itm ( utility Hrluiit.
licevillc, Texas. May ¡¿1 . There was
I a nteetitig of the Heevllle Kxp-rl-
' mental Melon and Truck (Jrowers' as-
1
c^M'latluí in (In* court botise in iiiin
u*r« 'be
tmsle and manner ef «UmiiohIiii; of their
melon crop, which will i^- ready lor
marketing in ahoui two weeks. ?Siiu<i
ot the lacmlxTS want to contract • I * i*
ROMRTI WE.ACHED OKIIMItTON.
NEAR JOHANNESBURG.
«TU! Enter Jaheoirntousg TmUx After Mia
! ■■■< fur lis asrrsaOw-Kspssls to
am Mo BwwHia - -r*sfs or
la Ik* Vlty.
l/>udon. May :w. Lord Holierts baa
scored another triumph. At half-past
U last night be, with the British main
army lu Mouth Africa, reached (Jerw-
isteu, which is practically a suburb
of Johannesburg, lie states in his of-
ficial dispatch tliat hu intended to
summon the commaudant of the city
to surrender ut daybreak today. 11".
as expected, no opposition is offered,
lie will euier floiiuiincsluu g at uoou at
I lie head of his army. At the same
time there in some anxiety here about
the safety of Johannesburg, and will
until it is definitely known unit
I lie town is sale in the keeping of the
British commander in cliiel. There i#
uo denying thai much irreparable
damage might be done lu a single
ulglit. The fact can not la questioned
hut that iHitd Roberts outwitted the
melóle enemy by which he is con-
fronted, as they did not expect him
at Ovriuigtoii for another twenty-four
hours. They had not time or liad not
taken the precaution to remove thO
rolling stock to Pretoria, and tbc re-
salí wis it fell into Uoncri*' lards.
U,v seizing the railway Junction at
this point he has gained command,
not only of the Une lo Natal, but the
blanch railway running from Klciks-
dorp to Jolialines!>uix'. it Is consid-
er. V. Mint ret ta for the delivery cf «red her thai whoever heavy gun i
all mcb<iM to hi'" <mi the track at ih^ tlie lk ers may )ia\< at l.aiug's Nek
jwjlnt in act-ordaiifc with a proposition I and Port chef st room are now dooumd
to
sf Hidalgo itHimy was wnavtsdl
Bundajr at the Lucen ranch, toS
northern part of the county. The act-
ors we ra Kiuumtt Coy, who haa for
aomo years beeu lu tlie employ of Qil*
euther it Jones as ranch superinten-
dent. and Houlfuclo Peres, a uierchaut
of I^ucero. It aeeuis that bad blood
had existed for u loug time between
Coy aud Peres, aud both it tbeiu be-
ing men who were always ready to
act ou the offensive or defensive, aa
the case might be. it was only u ques-
tion of when ami where tbey would
meet fuce to fact* that one or both ot
them would be killed. Last Sunday
they both came to the ranch, each on
his own business. They passed but a
word or two when McCoy kicked ai
Peres. That was the signal for the
duel which followed. Moth men drev
pistols simultaneously, and the two
shots which followed sounded like oue.
aud two dead men fell to the ground.
Both were shot through tne heart,
and death was Instantaneous. Coy
was unmarried, but Jcavca a larg«>
number of relatives in this section ot
the state. Pere* leaves a wife and
two small children.
'Tt
Imt expect-
•at mother*."—
Written hyaKen-
t cky Attorney-at
-Uw.
Hi.bmltiisil to them early In the spring i u> is
' and which )ut~ already liecn signed I•>*
si teral if them. Others are for *c!l-
• ink' to the ittfcuts of the eomiiiisslon
captured by the Hritisli army.
* liich is astride the railway ut the
chief strategic ikiIiii. it now remain
to Im> mi'u wL '1. •• the Hihts will re-
Ml* In • Miar.
Houghton, Mich . May 29 — fire
broto out at the Iwentirth l*v l It* No
t shaft of the Heela branch In the CaJ '
umet and H«rla mine yesterday even- i
tog All the men escaped and a forc >
of men was eeut down In Nn 3 shaft,
adjoining, to put up the doors to pro
vent the ire from spreading One of
these parties, consisting of t*j lve men.
was overrome with gas. and started for :
the ladders. One man felt behind snd
had to be left The men barely crawled ¡
to Ibe surface. After a resrue party
bad gone down twice sfter the missing
man be was brought up from the ninth
level, where be was found hanging on
a ladder After half ui hour's work j
over him be died. He was Will M<
Rae unmarrleu, a pipe man
Five men are now In the h «p!tal
Ben Saunders. John Maun lllrhard '
Martin. Richard Richards and Mimnn
Romel! the last named being in a pre
t arlóos condition Men are tiow leav
lug ofher parts of the mine liecause of
the gas.
NfttWtiMl llrnim nll. I ommlltre.
Washington. 1). C.. May 29.■—Sena-
tor Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the
democratic national committee, has
sent the following to each member of
the national committee
My Dear Sir You remember that
the nMtlonai committee adjourned to
meet at Kanaaa City on the 3 day of
July. It la clear In my mind that
there should be s meeting of the full
committee at least one day earlier, and
I therefor request that you meet in
the "ommKtee In Kansas City at noon
on Monday, the 2d day of July, tor
the purpose of transacting such busi-
ness as may regularly route before the
committee Very truly yours.
James K Jones. Chairman
' houses of th«' Molth ami west whom i tire through Johannesburg on the road
Kntiirilim In I'rlnl
Fall River, Mass., Mnv 2S> The sell
Ing c mmlttee of the Fall River cotton
manu fact oarers" association voted yes
tnrday to reduce the price of print
cloths from 3 1-2 to 3 I * cents. The
rut wan made on account of a falling
off In the general rt.-mand The nomi-
nal price for standards In the local
market has been 3 I 2 rent* for the
paat two months, hut few, If any. hhIch
they l>< heve i-an lw> induced to come
It re and buy aud pay the cash for thj
melons on the track.
St'hufil C«*n*u«.
San Antonio, Texas. May ÍS . Spe*
i >al Hc1mi.iI Supervisors of Census Tbeo
N tick of this city. In an Interview.
s«l l yesterday that San Antonios
school census would l e this year in •
twi-en lO.UUO ami 11 .<■* . lie sai l un-
precedented bad weather had evidently
int the si hool census numerically, aud
'hat had the city enjoyed better weath-
c- tlw school census would have be<jn
I'ljOVC ]Ü.ISSI. He tlKUri-S this out on
•ic< oiint of some dlsiricts Iteing srp
pbe«l with |Hior si(b*wslks. anil. b¡.*ing
lu ih > black bind , where there 1.-, a
dcM-iH-as '. whil -. on the other hand,
rt her 1 the sidewalks were g<MHl, I in
«;ih nn bicr *ase in the school ccustiH.
The estimation of Mr. Venck pla cs
Salt Antonio's ixipuhiiion at 'f
¡ ihe old rath I carried out.
ItUlurlHtnr - i f Wor*lil|i.
Sherman Tesa . May -1 Yesterday
evening Chief of P dlce Hlaln was
Ttiil with noilec that the grand Ju**y
had return ' ! an Indictment against
him tor alh-g HÍ disturbance of pun'.lc
worship. s«uiie weeks ago (h¡' • ity
t ouncll. by resolution passed at a sp<>-
cial s -sslon. declared a holiness tent
iikhIIiik In lUtst Jones street a puMIc
nuisance In the manner that It was
conducted, and «irderetl the chi f r
Isdice to aban* the same. Mr. Bltiin,
aruieil with this tnier. proceeiletl to
ilie tent Slid enforced the order to the
htter, and this «MM-urrenc ' Is the tiasis
t.«r the linllciinent Just returned I y
the grunt! jury.
to Pretoria or whether they will re-
treat toward Krugersdorp.
* . a«'
KoImtIs at .lulunoiMbiiri,
Ixindon. May :M) lirltlsh troops
have occupied Jobaunesburg. The nn-
noum-ement of the capture, very wel-
come. diHiplte its iM'ing generally ex-
pectetl, was made by Ix r l Salisbury
late this evening at a banquet of the
Oily of l/oudoti conservative associa-
tion. and was received with a great
display of enthusiasm.
.% r<Mltua lrr Knjnlnrit.
Kansas City. May A peculiar
situation was created yesterday when
the l ulled Suites district court is-
sued au injttn- ilou staying an order
of the posiuiHster geueral. It was in
tin* case of Siepiien A. Weltmer and
Joseph Kelley proprietors of a school
of magn «tlc healing at Nevada, Mo.,
who were receiiily liulicteil for using
the malls for tin' purpose of fraud,
tmd whose mail has lM>en Icld up on
the older of the postmaster general.
The attorneys for Weltiuer and Kellev
llttptlst t'MMipcnitlve I iiiniulltrr.
Chattanooga, Teiiu., May 30.—At the
; recent meeting of the Sou ¡hern Bap-
tist convention at Hot Springs, Ark.,
i a committee was appointed to pro-
mote co-operation between the con-
vention and the ls.inst individual bap-
tist churches of the South. This com-
ifelttttc consists of I rs. K. J. Willing-
ham, I. T. Tichenor, F. W. Kerfoor.
C. 11. Rylaiid, Lansing Burn vs. XV.
W. í.audrum, C. K. Folk. J. M. Frost
and Mr. William Ellison. The mem-
bers of the committVe met here yes-
terday to discuss their work. It was
decided not to appoint a s.*creuuy at
this meeting, but to meet again lu
August for that purpose. Provision
was ma<lc for appointing a seittole
clerical force to carry on the work of
promoting co-operation bet ween the
churches and the convention.
prevents nine-tenths of the
tufferlnf tocldenl to child-
birth. The coming mother's
disposition and temper remain unrnfOetf
throughout the ordeal, because this relax-
ing, penetrating liniment relieves the
usual distress. A good-natured
is pretty sure to have a good-na tired
The patient Is kept In a strong,
condition, which the child also
Mother's Friend takes a wife
crisis quickly and almost pai
assists In her rapid recovery, .
off the dangers that so often Mlow if
livery.
M4 fcy dragfiats lor SI a hsttte.
THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA. OA.
Send for onr free illuatratsd book written
esprestly for ««pecunt raothars.
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A Young Matt Drowned.
Lake Charles. La., May 30.— Fore-
man Brown of the Sulzer lumber com-
pany's camp on West fork, two miles
above the Kansas City Southern bridge
brought the wnains of Emll Tremler
to the city last night and shipped them
to his home at Scranton, Miss. A week
ago Sunday the young man who had
Just graduated from the high school
at Scranton. osmc out to work for the
Sulzer company as lumber grader. Sun-
day morning about 6:30 young Trem-
ler went out fishing on the river with
two companions and about an hour
later the boat struck on a drift, which j
none of the party had observed, and !
capsized, throwing them all Into the ¡
water. Tremier e companions man- ;
aged to save themselves, but the young j
man was washed under the drift and !
sank to rise no more.
Tit MaUr Stiukm Hullero.
Sabine Pass, Texas. May VS Vic,or
v m Schtnd r of New Urhvins. t • ii * -
it Ivor of ill 1 Interstate Navign ton
cntnpain was here yesterday at rang-
ing to have located and ral*ci¡ the
boilers that wer lost from the steam-
er Kthel which recently sank near 'In
mouth of the Jettles at tills place, the
steamer nfterwatd Is-lng raised .TTWl
carried to Shell Ranks, I.a., to be re-
built. Mr \oit Schooler has a -rov*
have been modi at this figure sine ! eminent contract lor removing >' -
the products of most of th * mills had ! stttictiotis to navigation in the vicliii y
been contracted for up to June and ,,t the Narrows, about twenty utile*
July. In view of the fact that con- ; abo\« Orange, on 'lie Sabine tiv« r.
tracts aro expiring the committee en- ........
tahllahed the new price to conform to ' r Mi> from MNcAriitnr.
l olllilrit With an Knglne.
San Antonio, Texas. May 30. — A
Southern Pacific California through
went immediately to Washington to ; freight train collided with an engine
hav ' the embargo removed from their
client's maII, but tbey were not sue
cessful. The lawyers then appealed
to the l ulled Slates courts. The post-
master of Nevada had orders to re-
turn yesterday the mail under cm-
and four stock cars on a curve In the
city limits at 5 o'clock yesterday aft-
ernoon. John Ollllard. aged 24, was
killed, and Andrew J. Crowley, aged
22. fatally Injured. Both men had
Jumped the train at the East Com-
bargo to she senders. If possible, and merce street crossing and when the
when the sender's name was not on
the envelope to the dead letter ofllee.
Before these orders could be obeyed
shock of the collision came both were
pinioned against the car ahead by loose
ties. Both men were going west. Two
an injunction was secured from Judge ! negroes and a young white boy were
business conditions
Work of Man Nn «tari.
Montreal, May 31 . The government
aeeret service men discovered the men
who attempted to blow up the Wetland
cannl because Canada sent troops to
South Africo wore furnished money by
Iho Clan ns Gael, which got money
Maude Gonna.
Washington, H C . May 29. — The
war department has received the fol-
lowing eabl 'gram from General Mac-
Arthur «I Manila dated yesterday:
Three officers and fifty six men. with
forty-six rifles, surrendered uncondi-
tionally at Cuyapo yesterday; three of-
ficers and forty six men. with fifty-six
rifles, surrendered on. ondltlmially yes-
terday Gt Tarlar. These spnntimew
anmndora are very encouraglua
Amos Thayer in the Fnltc l States
court of appeals restraining the Ne-
vada postmaster from obeying the or-
ler of the p isimaster general. The
Injunction is returnable June 2. In St.
Louis.
t'lilii«-« > Trtinhlist.
Loudon, May ;«• A speci il .-tUpntfh
from Shanghai says: "It Is believed
thai Russia Is about to laud troops nt
Taku from Port Arthur, wíum'c :ümm)
nr 1 in readiness. The Chi.iese are re-
ported to Is- sending hug.- masses of
trtsips overland from 11n Sail and
Klang, but the general .refuses to as-
sume command on the plea of sick-
ness. The boxer ',assert t'mt they are
confident of receiving support tram
tell dowager empress. Princess Kaug
Yl aud Ching Tuan md the entire
Manehu nrmy. Througlauit the south
the "boxers" are enlisting hordes «C
desperadoes. They are int <nt u|>ou ex-
isdling everything foreign.
also on the car.
the brush.
They disappeared in
~stat < Hoard of Trail,-.
Wharton, Texas, May 30.-Judge .T.
<S. Barbee, who was one of ilu> six-
nmmi land owner who met and organ-
ized the state board of trad- a: Vic-
tiirla May 10. and who was appointed
delegate for Wharbm county, says
that he has called a meeting of citi-
zens of Wharton county to perfect a
local eoun'y organization and si-lect
delegates to represent .ills county at
the general meeting In Victoria June
12 next, when permanent organization
will be entered Into. He has set Sat-
urday. June 0 proximo, for the meet-
ing lu Wharton.
fn Boaster Olty Friday evening a dry
kiln and a lot of lumber of the Austro-
American company burned^ Involving
n loaa of over I MM), partly covered by
Ineuraaoe. \
O Then go the
Away f best way
T1>* HOUSTON,
EAST AND
WEST
TEXAS
RAILWAY
Is the shortest ana best line
to all points. ..
NORTH,
EAST and
SOUTHEAST.
Elegant Pullman sleepers.
The fastest time*
Write for information.
N. S. Meldrum,
Gen'l Manager.
\V, H. Taylor,
G. F. & P. A.
Wm. Doherty,
A. G. P. A.
Houston, Texas.
Best Passenger Service
IN TEXAS.
4 IMPORTANT GATEWAYS 4
"lo tronbl* to uaver qrMtkaa."
2 FIST TRAINS DAILY 2
..vo...
St. Louis, Chicago
• • • e and the Cast*
Only Uim Running Throng*
SSStrKW MIEINS"2£
A Chllit niirtiixl lo Itwth.
New Waverly. Texas. May 30. —
While the chlldreu of Mike S. Korupln-
Hkl were playing In bits yard yester-
day evening hl« little girl Rosa got
possession of a kerosene can contain-
ing about half a gallon cf olí. Sha
struck a match and dropped It Into
Iho can. The explosion that follow*
ed ignited her dress, burning her In
a terrible manner, from the effects of
which she died at 10:30 last nlfbt
Superb Pullman Vectibuled Buffet Sleepers,.
Hand tome New Chair Cars (seats free).
DIRECT LINE TO
NSW MEXICO, ARIZONA
AND CALIFORNIA.
Operate?, of MagniltaMit New Train.
"Pacific Coast Limited,H
Senri-WMkly. between
CHICAGO, ST. LOUIS, DALLAS, fO*1
WORTH, LOS ANGCLCS AND
SAN FRANCISCO.
R. P. HCBHta. fret. lWopr ipil ft. VWfl, 1*.
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