The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 31, Saturday, April 17, 1897 Page: 2 of 8
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Lummrermen Oenvene..
,Hbuistoao, Tex., Aprtl 14.-The state
,lamventio'n of the Diumnibermein's association
was called to order yesterday
mo-rning by President Sam, T. Swinford
arad M'ayoir Bice delivered the aiddress
of welioome. Hon. J. E WVhiteselle,
mayor of Corsicaare, responded.
Th'e fdlloawng eomrtteeG we're ap-poiinted:
Order of business, constitution, resolutions,
memormias and arbitration
By a umaninmoius vote the chief's
badge was given to Secretary Drake.
Prectdenjt S'winifroed presented Ais report
and it wad adopted. SecretaryTreasurer
Carl F. Drake read his report.
The report as secretary was adopted
land the report as treasurer was referred
to the finance committee with instrumiobon
to report this morning.
The chairman of the committee on
membership, Cecil A. Lyon, presented
a report showing a total memben'hihp
now o'f 254.
The committee on stattitics reported
thoe output.
Uncle William Camieron of Waco
mride a lengthy address, lin which he
said be was of the opinion that Texas
manjufactueers should fix a foreign
market and be ready to assist in organizing
a company with a capital
stock o~f $5,000,000.
The committee on legislation repoeted
that it anticipated no necesislty of
any acts hberng passed by the legisl'ature
that would especially advance the
interests -Gif the assuaioation or its members.
Girls' Industrial School.
Waeo, Tex, April 14.-Mrs. Helen
M Stoddard, state president o'f the
Woman's Christian Temipeir'ance union,
ik
here consulting with the W'aco, ladies
a,s to reform work. Mrs they all got up and left tho
hall."-Yonkers Statesman.Valuable Stock Killed.
Lmaxgview, Tex, April 14.-A gnat
resembling the buffalo gnat made a
sudden appcarainc~ee in thiz county Monday
night and be fo,'e stock owners
were aware of the'rr pretsence a co,n's'derasble
ntumlber of valuable huis'es and
mureas were killed by 'them Caetleberiy
Brco, mill men, Six mn les west of
this place, lost five valuable mulees It
,seems that the principal 1I,0sos wetre
where stock was clo,s'ely confined,
though many Small and weak cattle
were killed in the pastures and rivei
bottoms near this place Thim
rs 'the
first-serious viisisatioan from this pest
to this county
New Steamship mine.
GCalvestan, Tex , Apiil 14.-T~he Mmml
St'eamsihip company is the name of
the new line to, ply between Galveston
maid New York. The deal was clo,~'ed
Monday between OChariles H ,gain of Hogan
P. R. Freeman of
Dall'als, secretary; WilLiam Axe'r of
Brenham, Charles L iSanger of Waico,
Thomas Bel'l of Brownwood. A. L. Leman
of Corsi'ca'ia, F. ,Lange of San
Anton~io, Bryan, Heard cf Tay lor, H L
Edward's of Daillas, J. D. McDade of
Paris, D. T. Inglehart of Austin, Z. M
Lehman of Dallias, Thiolmas' Forbes of
S'h'erman, E. S. Peters of Calvert, W F.
Ladd, of G'a'lveston, R B Templemain
of Nlavasota, George F. Miller of Corb
cana, C G Daivzs of Pittsburg, W. A.
Arthur of Texarkana, W M. Read, of
Houstoon, C. R. Boyd o'f Tyler and E
Siesfiel'd of G-ainmsville.
The board, th'e ,metnbers of which aggregatelly,
handlee mcre th.atn 50 000,000
worth df cotton annually, has studied
cotton in all its aspects a'nd there is no
disagreement on th'e part of any mem,ber
with ,the assertion of Director Axer
of B're'nham that $2,000,00,0 a year is lost
to prcduneers by bad ,ham'd'ling between
*th'e field in which ,the cotton is grown
and t'he compress. Better haun, dlinhg, expert
weighlmng and a re'gulkar wa'reh'ousse
system are the points t'he board seeks
to accetrtuate. In th'e :informal discussions
the remarks of M'r B. Adoue,
president of the Mari!,ime associa'tion,
were, h.'isatilly en'daonrsed Preside'nt
Adoue made ,a short atdkdress.
The Lumbermen's Convention
Housto'm, Tex , Ai'pll 15.-T-he siaconnd
day of the lnimtbermen's conve'nitio'n
opened at 10.20 o'clock yesterday.
The committee on insurance reported,
relcoannmending the diiscu'szion of a
proposition from ,the Lumbermen's Exchange
of Kansas Oity, an association
of retail lumber ddaflers, for the mutual
underwriting of lumber risks J W
Garvey of Kansas City representing ,the
association., explained the operitionas o'f
insurance rby wvhiich 25 'per cent of the
rates would be saved
The discussion, o'f the 'Texas members
joiiiinig th-e Mutual Insurance company
lasted all mornrn'g, and into the a'ftern'oon
session The result was that the
,mom'bers subiclibed tto nearly $50'0,000
wrt'h of insurance to be placed in t'he
Kansas City associationn
T'he coimmittee oun memorals reported
t1he deafh of the late D W. Angle of
Houston,. It eulogized his life in the
/highest terms
' Who place o'f thie miext meeting was
'brought up and Bc'aumont was unianim'ouisl'y
elected for the riexft convention
Last night the Hoe-ho'as 'had a concaaftenaation
a't -which they initiated a
number of eamd'idateo.
The candidates in 'I'ockgtep paraded
the streets by red fire and a brass band,
and the initiation work lasted nearly
alH night.
New Waterworks Dam.
Abilene, Tex, April 15.-Work on
the waterworks dam on Lytle creek is
already under good headway About
300 men are now at work. About
twenity-five Perapelrg and teams are 'being
used. This force will be doubled in
a few days. The dam is to be built ofearth and rip-rapped on the upper
side. At its highest point it will be
over thirty feet and about 130 feet in
width at the base It will be 700 feet
in length. A talk with Mr N. Werenskiold,
the engineer who has the matter
in charge, discloses the fact that it
will be the greatest waterworks dam
and reservoir in western and probably
in northern Texas, and that it is the
greatest undertaking of its kind now
in progress in the state. The reservoir
will be one-half mile in width at its
widest point and more than a mile in
length a'nd will have a storage c'artac',V
of 225 000 ROLO gd,n's
Taking All the Risks.
"Now, mother," said the Boston boy,
"before you get down to business, let
us reason together You only spoil
your slippers, and do me not any
good."
"I'll take the risks on this proceeding,
George, my son," said the wise
Boston mother, as she took a firm grip
on the slipper.TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.
Several evenings ago the 2-year-old
daughter Qf F. A. Bominnet of Terrell,
Kaufman county, was seriously burned
by spilling on herself a vail of caribolic
,R. E. Lewis, a bmakemana on t'he
Houston and Texas Central, got his
right ban'd badly mashed while coupling
cats a few nights ago at Kosse,
Ft35is county.
Jim Gaitrey, ta negro, was shot and
killed at tfhe court house door in
-Hempstead, Waller county, recently.
The party charged, wlth the shooting
Olaims self-defense.
A 10 or 12 months old dhild o'f George
Pnitcheitt, giving near Cra'ndall, Kaufman
county, wa~s burned to death a few
nights ago. Its clothes caught from
the kitchen ~tove.
E. H. Walker oif Oameron, Milam
county, whose case ,was transferred to
*Bell 0o0rnty on a charge ,of forgery, a
few cdays ago, waived exain'mation an'd
'wa8 placed under $1000 bond.
The residenrie off Ex-Sheriff Sherman
I'n Sulphur Springs, Hoopikins county
,burned a few mornings ago. Insured
for $1600; Tuimnture for $880. Very httle
of the houseioild effects saved.
Devers, Liberty county, was visited
severaR eventin'gs ago by a 'hail storm.
Hail fell larger than, a hen's egg. A
hard ,nain following d'id some damage
to fruit and beat down young corn
A deputy sheriff shot and killed a
'horse, afflicted with glanders, owned by
Dr. J. J. McKenna in Houston recently.
The ,animal was cremated to thorouglh1y
exterminote the germis of the disease.
The wife of John Crenshamw, living at
Mo~ntague, Montague county, while
washing in the yaxd the other day had
her, clothing to get on fire and she
burned to death before assistance could
come.
Sevemal evenanigos ago, while at play
the 2-year-old daughter o'f George Williegnson,
leaving three ,ma.les south of
Dodd City, Fannin county, fell into a
kettle of ,hot soap and was fearfully
burnedd.
Nine carload of c)tock cattle were
shapped fmrm Georgetown, Williamson
county, to Kanzsas recently by R. H.
Mosely o'f Llano, Llano county, who
'has been buying cattle in th'aL section
for several weeks.
It is reported that Ch/arley Weams
*and another party had an altercation at
Grovebon, Tyler ooun'ty, recently,
Weamts getting eleven knife wounds
about the face and neck. His condition
is considered critical
In the distirct (ou, rt at McKinney,
Colhin county, several ,days ago the
criminal docket was reached. Five
boys pleaded guilty to burglary, commuitted
at Rlhea's mill and Celina, Oollin
county, and were sentenced for two
yers each.
The balance of the required amount,
$21,00'0, was raised the other dfay to
'build the proposed brick chu-rch fox the
Chrtstian congregation at McKinney,
,Oolhin county. VWork wllll begin as soon
as the plan and
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Ezzell, Frank. The Ferris Wheel, Volume 4, Number 31, Saturday, April 17, 1897, newspaper, April 17, 1897; Ferris, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18845/m1/2/?q=%221897~%22: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Ferris Public Library.