The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 10, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 13, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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■ KAKTft, rui KIN DA, ntGX rVOPUk, IKK TUB MATKRUL, AND TUB ONLY HATKJU1L, OUT OF VHJGB ruu OO V nuniCJCT* Ul OOMWrmUOTKD.
VOLIJMK «.
IIASTROP, HASTKOP COUNTY. TKXAS. SATl ItDAV. .U N K IH, MM>K.
NCMIiKK In
Tl'E WEEK'S EPITOME.
(' \ t.annus of \t>i Tie nought tno
Wort ham brick plant laM week, pay
ing 125,000 for It.
The Tex;;-. anil I'uclIU* Itnilr >:t<l sent
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR "'H III" lust Dulla.. 1CI Paso train since
W
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
A Carefully Digested nnd Condensed
Compilation cf Current News
Domestic and Foreign.
A Pan-Siavio exposition to be hold
'n Moscow in llMu I planm d by Uu
fcia.
I! il.ljiMs enioki I the safe of tli
Dank of Falrlund, at Falrland, Ok ,
ami escapi <1 with $ 111,000. The rob-
bery was com mitt' 1 by three men, who
esc j|ii il on horni I aok.
W J. Hi van was indorsed for the
INi slileney by the Louisiana Demo-
cratic State Convention. It was.
however, decided to Send the dolega
tlon to 1 lonver uiiiiisimeted.
Charles T Mitir, paying teller ol
the Forty Secuul Street hram h of the
Corn Kx eh an.ire i;. nk. N'> w l : k City,
eoniiiii;11 i| sulci :• in the basement ol
tile ! auk a few day s since.
Mr- l.eavltt, daughtei of Hon. \V.
Hryuii, has been nanieil as a dole
gate to the I>«>ii11M iat!<• National Con
\en11<in aecn-diii | to Col irado Tin
' o.orado tli1' gati H nin:isti'.11 ted.
The law pa . d by tin iec.nl Mis
i'oiiri legislature in a U i ii l; ii unlawful
for a teh-i raph • ■ rat u to work more
than eight eons hour- ha been
di'Oiared unconstitutional b> Judge
! .aniiu.
Ii'iturns from Monday's elect ion
sh ia that iio\i i nor Chamberlain, a
m ior.it. will have a majorit) ol
% 1 < ve I idgo Calve l;i K• -1int>1 i. .i n
«>!> •• un lit i.e I 'ailed .• t a! • . Si natoi
lii. n Oregon.
An uuideijtifii | man and woman
were drowned in four feet of water in
Cteio Coeur l.ali". St l.ouis, Sunday
afternoon, Had the retained their
pre iniud they could liav"
V I le I to silo, ■
|A Many fainiei in the |!ru/os hot
Villi-, whose i .ops were d ■.~t:oyed,
aie u.r in:- i-.ii ;i(Hcult , In ..■curing
' 'e I for leplan: ing, being heavily
lialldli -Ipped 1,> r.i i• I(\ ill M-ed and
from lack of funds.
Hun lit attacked a pay train on the
V a : 11 t h I ,os i i ra i 'le in I lies, nea i
H il- i .ii th" •>-'tai. , f i iuerrerc. .Mi \
Ico. Of the escort u] four men. three
were killed and one wounded Colli
Ihoiuand lollai U"ro stolen.
V|ip!iiat|on for the organization of
llvj.-ioti- in South Xnierica and in tin
canal •• uio iavi been i ec *, e,| In the
It: ot hot hood of 1.01 < l|l< > ive ICllglllocr-
Tli application 11 <>111 South America
• '.line chl' llv 1 1 (I*,l lll'll/.ll.
i'lle Oklahoma allti nepotism act, bv
which (In employment of relatives of
I01 marriage to the third decree,
1. •" 1 le a crime involving a line from
$" "i to finun and forfeiture of ollic
I ■ cann effective Monday June s
Complete returns received hy the Su
peilnteii lent of Co .niv Instruction
from tile I lev ell • I'ltlH ratoi who were
engaged in takillu h" s *'iolast Ic cell
sir- of tile city of Dallas shot II'.,"IS
children of school age in the city
lion. Peter White of Mari|iiet?i one
of tin most prominent ni'-ri In the up
per penln-nla of Michigan dropped
dead in pet nit Saturday in front ot
the cits hall Ileal* disease Is sip
po e| to have beell the cause of ill.
dea'h
line million three hundred thou and
appliaction for divorce were mbade be
I ween the years and liMiG, and of
these between I wo thirls ; 111 d three
fourths resulted in decrees of divorce.
Tin census bun an e\p«'ct to have the
analysis of It- liKiin s icady to make
public iu the iwar future
>11 1'anhandi) well No ;t about
t ilve miles 111.tli of Henrietta a* ,1
<lep(li of 1,1 feet, astr.itum of nil was
mi rui k that i . •"> r 1 -iv 11> The w •:I
'U' CI* 1 -e,| awaitillK experts fl. .11
'lllli lit.
Void hn- ins' r. ached Me\|ca Cil)
that 1 went> live* were lost and prop
ert\ damage to the extent of $i!n,iiuii
lis a cloudhu! in liuanajiiato, Mexl
co. It is 11ml' rstoi.il that one of the
mine tunnels wa- Hooded
Capl. John I I la iiibl-ton, ald< imaii
at large and one of the best known
«likens ot San Antonio, died Sunday
afternoon after h Ioiik Illness lie w i:,
.ste luyiyiiat pilot and captln In the early
day^ron the Mississippi and worked
with Mark Twain and othur noted ri\
«r men.
the llood Thur.-day niuht
1 William A Cocks of San Antonio re-
: fu.- e.-v 1 1 -land as a candidate for n
election in the Legislature.
M dierly, V.o., ca|iitalists have pur
1 ha.se.| u tract of land near San Angelo
i'! tieoi i;e llauel.-te n and propoiiU to
i m 11le ii with Northern Jartnera
| Secie arv Mete ill' has aunounceil
I that the 11 am .- of the two new bat-
1 lesii I p.- aii'l.oii/cl by the recent Con-
Kress wi'l lie Florida and I'tali
Two boy 1. at Hrady emptied a lar",e
curtrldge into a beer buttle and drop-
ped a lighted match into the bottle
also The explosion waa immediate
and both may lose [heir eyesi>;ht.
illshop I 'otter I- a I.is home In
Coop -i town. N V . s.i.l •riiiK fiuni ner\
011s bi'i akdown. Ii is declared the
Iti-hop's liuli.-p isition caused hi ill to
abandon his 11 ip to Europe.
The (Ive mills of the ,1. and I' Con tea
Company. Limited, in l'awtiicket, It.
I . and C.eutervllle, It i , have resumed
tin il . ■ -ll 111 1 (,f (Ive day s a week. \t
least If Ol 111 ope-aiixes an affected.
Tlininas (J ore, tl blind nator
from Oklahoma, who is undergoing
iii aUneiit the Kpi ■ ip.il Hospital
iu Wa.-'uim ton. linn > be'leve;, I: 1-
naill. Mint hi-, sl^iit v. 1;I lie re. oied
I hn 11111 • 1 ' a 1 ill1' In •. 1 \\ ho | .
resided for many v.mi on a farm 10.1:'
Kor's' Hill. Tiirrant Conn' dropped
<!i ad u hile plow ing iu Held one day
last Week. lie was 7C, years of age.
Houston Sueed. a n o. was run
over by a street car in I ten i.son Sun-
day night and was taken to the s,ini-
tio ium in Sherman, where lie died th ■
II e>.f tuornlng. lie resided in Sher-
man.
Mall aihlce- from \nstialia state
itre.it prepura ions are being made to
receive the American battleship lleet.
There will be a round of banquets,
l"ilia, picnics iej;utUv. Ci'j^ket .mil
baseball mat dies.
.1 K. rittman, a veieian resident
of Corsicana, was found dead in liis
tiedriMiin at Ills home Sunday night
lie was a widower and his son and
-on's son, who live wi ii hi 111, were
i 11 I'ales: i 111 ■ on a \ isit
cliai 1 H. Hr.gus. one of thf most
prominent machinery men of Dallas,
h « d ol il llrlggs ' asei Machlni ry
Conipa:r lit * mi that city Monday
night lie ha l lu en a resident of that
city tor twenty years
\\ .irni* : la in en M-nt by Slate Kae
tory Inspector liavie.- nf Illinois to
.'1 l'i idac.es ot amusement In Chicago
that the. Will not he allowed to ex-
hibit i hildii'ii iimb r miineon years
of age under any circumstanced
A home industry iiaiuinet was given
at the Commercial Club rooms iu Mc
Kinney Monday evenili': which was
attended by a hum number of cltl/.eiis.
I'very tliing for the batupiet w as fur-
n.shed by Mckiniey business men
\ incssaKe was received ill WllXll
hachle a few nights since from Sail
\ntoulo, s a'ing thai Colonel John C
(ilhson, one of tie' early settlers of
Waxahachic, had died there Mr (lib-
son went to San Xntotiio several weeks
ago for the benellt of his health.
l-'oiir young men re cue I a man by
th<> name of llici.s ..lei his wife and
two small children from the Trinity
li'i d in tli" southern port of Kant
man cou 11 \ thin week Hicks and his
family were in the second story of
their house, and the water was six
feet deep In |||e liotom story I licks
Is a one armed mini
Several small lists of cotton have
been turned loose within the past few
days by farmers who u re holding \
prominent farmer at lctt> refused
11 'l|C for I 111 littles
President l{o'ise\olt ha been giving
attention lately to plan - for a trip to
Uritish Kast Africa next siimniei 01.
which it is understood that his son
, Kerniit will aceonipauy him
Henry Y Allen, Si , aged eighty four
yi-ars, died Saturday afternoon after
a brief illness at his home, after a
| residence of live years iu Dallas
A gas tank explosion in Imliaiiapo
lis injured eleven persons Saturday,
some, it Is feared, fatally
I loll Long was held without bail
Saturday before Justice of the I'eace
lloyett in his examining trial for the
murder of I'rof J (•. Jacoway In
Paris last Saturday.
\ movement is on foot ;■<> organ!/.e
Village Itlacksmlth Williams" |>emo
cratlc clubs over the State, to boom
the C11111 by blacksmith lawyer who
has announced as a candidate for
i tioveriior,
ALL DEMANDS GRANTED THE IIEilOES CF '01 -'SS.
VOTERS CIVEN CHOICE—LOCAL
OPTION OR PROHIBITION.
PRIMARIES TO DECIDE CHOICE
Payment cf the Election Expenses Will
Fall on the Candidates—One More
Than Half tiic Committee.
Dallas, Vex \t its meeting he'd in
this city .M.nday, the Democratic
State Kx' i hi ive Coininlt'c ordered
that tile following proposition be sub-
mitted to the voters iu the primary
election to be held on .luiy U.">:
"For the submission by the Thirty-
tlrs' Legislature of this state of a ceil
stituliouul a fin ■ ii il II11 lit to the people
for their adoption or rejection proh.h
itlng within tiie sta.e of Texas tin*
inanuiac' ur •, sale, gift, exchange and
intrastate shipment of spirituous, vin-
ous and malt liquors and medicated
hitters capable of producing Intoxica-
tion. except for medicinal and sacra-
mental purposes."
Against the foregoing."
"Cor tlie sys.ent of local option and
proper legislative enactments for the
perfection of th" laws so as to prevent
the barter or ale of intoxicating bev
erages in local option districts."
AAgainst the lore-oVig "
When to the paragraphs which have
(led tills one is added the state-
ment ihat Sun Antonio was selected
•or holding the sta c convention of tin-
party in Angus . and thai sul able ar-
i angements w u e made for putting in
to efleet all the actions taken, tli"
story el the > uieii! ft atari's of the se
! .-ions of the coniniittee has been told.
Ii ought to lie added, however, lli.it
tlie committee failed to come to tho
te cue ot the caildida!e> for County of
(ices, who must bear all the expenses
of the lection, including th one on Lli■ •
prohibition <iiii*;>tlon. No provision
whatever was made for relieving these
aspirants for ofllce of a part of the
burden cf the cost, tfhieh, Il is said.
Will be onerous.
/.IL
$100,000 FIRE AT cNNiS.
Fire Broke Out in a Rcotiurant at 11
O'Clock Monday Nirjht.
broke out In lied
i I ; .'!n o'clock Mon
Uu o'clock over
mam business
(•one and the
under control
1.
Knnls, Tex Fire
ford s restaurant at
day night, and at
half of one of the
blocks in town was
Haines were not yet
Among the llrnis burned out are
Thomas Walker Shoe Company, ited
ford's restaurant, a frosty joint, pool
hall, the Ktinls pharmacy, K ('. Vick
cry's wholesale and retail grocery, the
Independent Telephon Co. Thoina \-
Hill's six chair barber shop, W Ii
lirown's law ofllce, Dr. .1 P Clark,
leutist; I ir Logglns' and McCall's of-
llce and other ofllces.
Till loss is $1 nil,(Mill or more The
block is composed of brick buildings,
ill two story except T'inmus Walker
Sho. Co s
FIRE IN HEW ORLEANS.
Block and a Half of Residences and
Stores Destroyed.
Ni w Orleans. La \ llerce w ind
• titriii was responsible for tire de-troy
ing obut thirty buildings in the up
town residence section at Magazine,
Merlin and Milan streets Weilno-day
night A cheni cal engine h "i e stood
a few yards from the lire's origin, but
wn.i n i check to the blaze Several
small stores were destroyed a I uig
with the residences, and tin- loss is
estimated at between $luii,iiu:j aic1
$ 1 ;ni,nun.
Fails County Oats.
Ma'dn, Tex, The oals crop has
turned out fairly well, both as t() yield
ami ((Utility. Corn will need rain with
in the next week, and with thai a good
crop will be made
The demand for cotton choppers
continues without abatement The
wages offered are good, and Idleness
IIIIW is without excuse
Lumber Fire at Timpson.
Tlmpson, Tex About ,'hill,HOI! feet
of lumber in the miilytird of .1 Itecj,
live miles from Titupsoti. was de
stroyed Monday night by Hre 1'here
was only Jl,""1' Insurance on the luui
her. It was thought that tin lire y* as
of Incendiary origin
Out in Low Places at Booth.
Month, Tex The llrazos river run
six Inches Irotn 7 a. in to 0: In p. in
Thursday, coming out In low place i,
but no damage to crops as yet
Noble, Tex People are sllll digging,
hauling and shipping potatoes from
here Mlackheri les are very plentiful
Ami the women are cannlni; a good
naiiy.
UNITED CONFEOERATE VETERANS
ASSEMBLE IN BIRMINGHAM.
Cen. Clements A. Evan Chosen to
Succeed General Lee as Com-
mander.
Illrniln."! mi, Ala It Is conseiva-
"lively e lima e I that there are no less
thin J.i,utin visitors iu Mirmingham
attendltu'. the annual n union of the
I lii . d Coiifiil' la •' Veterans which
began here | m day Oi' this niiniber
it is though' about S,0uu ure veterans
In addition to ihe Hrst session ot the
veterans eutivi ntion which yy.is held
there were meetings of the Sons ot
Veterans, the C infedcrate Surgeons'
Assoi : itiell, the ConI'edei «ite Memorl
til As.sociaiioii and other organl/.aiions
allied t i the veterans In one way or
anothi r.
Time was littl" done at the first
sessitiiis i t the vetwr.ns, th" tune tie
ill}.; i.iv.*n over to organization and
welcoming addresses Chattaiioi ".a.
At la ir i, Houston and Memphis ware
the coiite-taiits for the next reunion,
Memphis was chosen by a majority ot
TH vote,- One ot the hottest lights
ever witti"-soil ni a Confederate i"
union was enacted on the convention
floor of the eighteenth reunion Wed
nesday afternoon over the elcc ion of
a commander iu chief of the ('unfed
crate loi ' The contest was not a!
ti.;eth> i nevoid of bitterness. (Jen
Clement.- A Kvans was chosen ovi t
I Son U n L ('abell by I 1^ y ote
Tin \ot was, l-'vaiis, I.L'.tJ. Cabell,
l,ns|. I'lle feature of the contest wa
the niagnaiiiiuous speech delivered by
(Son. i it.. II prior to the holding of the
elec loii I'he Texas general in a
nittnly "rli di clared thai lie would
not enter a contest for honors I
will share my canteen, my rations and
all with my fellow confederates, hu' I
will not . nter into a li. lit for ofllce."
Maj. (Sen (Seo. P llarr son, com
inamiing the Mabama division of tin
Confederate veteran.-. cu 'eil the c -n
v.■ ntii n In order, and, follow ng the
invocation by the chap'ain general,
Hev J Win. Jones, a chorus of Sinn
school children accompanied lb" reun
ion band in Southern airs, while the
ve . rails cheei ■.!
(Sen. 'A ill. A Cabell of Dallas, Tex
as, acting commander In chief of ti e
Confederate Veterans, delivered otu
of tin most pow rfnl addresses ever
heard at a reunion. The veteran gen-
eral was full of Hre and enthusiasm
The re-election of (Sell Cabell n-
lieu'> nant general commanding the
l'i aiis Mississippi |)e|iai tnieiit nieaiu
that (.en Van /.amlt w!M rank as tlie
nui.ioi general commaniling the Texas
division.
Col It It Paddock of Texas was ap
po tiled to convey tlie greetings of tile
veterans to the convention ot the son.-
now iti session
The reunion of the survivors of the
Confederate States Naval Veteram-
w held Wednesday Judge << ()
W right of Jacksonville, I'bi . wa- re
elected com ma ndi r and W F Clayton
of Florence, S C , i b eted secretary
\ number of new members hive
joined the organization
The following r solution was n.*opt
. I
He it resolved, That it is with the
lend, rest regard for the noble women
of our Southland tlia this convention
ia pei t fully recommends that h« r •
a ft el no women bo appointed on thi
-tail' of the depat'i in. lit, d.vision ol
i brigade commanders "
The report of the Mattle Abbey com
mitteo shows that l.'uu.ii'lfi liiul been
I lie |. indlldlllg the fl1 III, nil" offer I I
liroadway Itonss
JOHN MITCHELL IHC0H8ED.
L.e itlmg Democrats of Dailas Put For-
ward His Name.
>'alias, Tex A conference of the
lea I ng Democrats of Texas Including
many tnenibers of the lietnucrat ic
State Kxeoutlve Committee, which ad
jounsed here Tuesday night, wa;. held
here Wednesday and John Mitchell,
\ ifeslilent of the I ni > (| Mine Work
ei was Indorsed for vice president on
ih> ticket with W .! Itryan, and a na
a,mil campaign in the inlet".-u of the
a i leader was launched
Royal Visits Exchanged.
i(. val. Kdward VII. king of ling
Ir.iid. and Kinpcnir Nic.hoias "xchang.'d
royal visits Tm--day on the water-,
of the May of Uevoal In the (Suit' of
Finland It was a noticeable meet
ing, and one which may have a far
reaching effort In the world polielc.- of
l the inline
Floresvllle, Tex The total rainfall
In Fl'.rcsvllie during the month ot May
was i l Inches. Crops are in line con
dltlon and farmers are happy iu conse.
UNCOLLECTABLE FEES.
JUDGE SLUDER'S ANSWER TO
CENTRAL TEXAS INQUIRY.
APPLIES TO DISMISSED CASES
Commissioners' Court Can Not Raise
Judge's Salary for a Period
Already Served.
Austin. Tex Ofllce Asslstanr At
torncy (ieticial .1 T Sluder Wednes
day held thai the collection of fees
for criminal cases dismlssi d, but not
tried, is repugnant to that section of
the code of criminal procedure which
allows the county judge a fee of ft
for each criminal action tried and tin
ally di.-posed of In fore hint I'he ills
position of a number of cn-es merely
by the entering of an order of judg
mint is likewise held to lie insufti
eieiit under the law to justify tlie col
lection of the fee
The question arose In a Central
Ti xiih county, which has twice sub
milled similar in'errogutories to the
attorney general for solution In this
Instance the county judge Is said to
have tried and acquitted a defendant,
and entered similar orders iu 111 J
cases of a like nature on the same
day Judge Sluder holds (h it the col
lection ol foes for the IL; cases is not
local, as they were In reality not tried,
but dismissed Kviuentlv from the
teuoi of the communication an effort
will
mane to
■nil
Oil
l'i
•lie judge's
should they
quince.
Ilrcnham. Tex The past two days
i Inn 1 bei ii ti e warmest of the season
, i'he crops Hou.h and wo.t of iln uliatn
are reiMirtiui vi t v tine
bnnd to reclaim tli
have been allowed
In the same letter Judge Sluder
bold- iImt a Conitni -ionois Court has
the power to increase the county
judg. s exoflicio salary, but such an
order can not operate reiroactlvely;
or. as in tliis instance, an order can
noi be entered in I'Vliruary increasing
the salary from the preceding Novell,
her to the subsequent November. Ar-
tie'e ti, Section II, of the constitution
declares that "the Legislature shall
p'ovlde by law for the compensation
of all officers, servants, agents and
put ii ci.itrac irs not provided for In
this constitution, lint shall not grant
e\i ra coniponsat ion to any oftlcer,
agi n , servant or public contractor af-
ter such public service shall have
been performed or contract entered
uto f' r the p"i formanco i f the same."
THIEVE S RICH HAUL
Registered Mail Pouch, About $100,
000, Made Away With.
Los Angolan, Cal Reluctant admis-
sions made by the postoflico officials
of 111ri i ciil s Wednesday conflrin 'o
some extent the belief that the disap-
pearance of a registered mail pouch
from Kansas City, Mo. postofHoo last
Satuiilay ni^lit. will prove one of the
bigi.est hauls iu the history of the
piisoit lice depart llient
From private sources it was learned
late Wednesday that a package of at
. i t In currency was among
■Ii contents of lie pouch, which car
rii d in addition an unusually largo
number of letters and packages con
mining money and oilier valuables to
an amount which can only be conjee
lured, but which may reach $.>0,000
more.
O. H. P BELMONT DEAD.
Showed His Patriotism in Spanish
War—Interested in Politics.
N">j York Oliver II I' Melmont.
aged all years, dleil at Ills home ill
I ii inpsi end, I. I . Wednesday after a
t>n days lllm.-s with appendicitis
Hi- death had been anticipated for
days but iu the end it came suddenly
and so unexpectedly that, with the ex
(•option of Mrs. Melmont, none of the
members of the family had lime to
teach the sick room after the hurried
summons was sent to them
Adoue on Brewers' Committee.
Milwaukee, Wis |! Adoue of (SnI
vest on Is named as a member of the
I "nit -il States Mrewors' Association
Vigilance Ciinmlttoe in the annual
election of ol'llcers of the association
Wednesday Mr Adouo's work for the
cleaning up of joints by the brewers
canie in for frequent commendation
during the convention
ratatly Gored by a Bull.
San Anton) Tex A 10 Carter of
\ this i'i' y who resides at 17 III Com
tneri'i ireot. wan probably fatally
j :;oi oil hv ii bull Tuesday morning Ho
j was . ailing the animal from the yard,
when hn was attacked Mr Carter
was gored in the stomach, a frightful
wound being made
'
I'al.-stliie Tex A regular meeting
of the city council was held Monday
evening In the council chambers of
j the city hall and much business was
; transacted, though nothing of lni|K>rt-
an Co d :velop d during lU« uu * uug
NKWS I KOM
<>V Kit TKXAS
The i uhllc buildings at Wheeler, ibt;
new loiinty seat of Wheeler County,
are ncaring completion and will bo
.ere.' toi ocelli it'oy about July I.
Iti>* ert Vance Havidsou opens his
(atiipalgn at Corsicana June it!, for re-
el. clio.'i to the ollice of \ttor:iey (J. u
oral.
Immense delegations left Texas
points Saturday and Sunday for the
Confederal' reunion iu ItlruiimUiam,
Ala
\ tornado struck Courtland, Kan.,
in a i the N. '.ii a ska. line Friday night,
l.illiiig several persons and destroying
i.mcIi of the town.
Most ,s C. Harris, Deputy Collector of
luteriial Kevenue, has boon removed
teoin office on the allegation that ho
has boon engaged iu persistent poli-
tical activity."
Present prospect are excellent for
a good pecan cnip iu the Itrownwood
count ry this year I.at year's crop
v. us good, it is unusual to havo
two good cops in succession.
Klla Ueooc. a negro woman, was ac-
cidentally -hot by her husband near
Floyd last Friday. The bullet struct;
her in the right side, ranged through
(lie liv.r a ii I lodged In the backbone.
She is po;liaps fatally injured.
Metrt Isi Leo Thomas, a negf' S - was
hot through the head by a caliber
lui'li t la- ' Friday afternoon c ar Muf-
i'alo ('reek, Johnson Count , and kill
en The bullet was discharged from il
i ifle in tlie hands of Kllle Wright ^rl
was accidental.
Don Wallace, the man wlo was ptB'i-
I.eil hi an afeny at Mis-Ion Miu'ird
Parlors, coiner of Main street and
Pi eat oh avenue, Houston., died Sunday
at the infirmary. A charge of murder
ha- made against Mike Werner,
who was arrested.
Tin badly decomposed body of A.
Murke of Memphis. Tenii . was found
floating iu tho bay fit (Salveston a
•' -w days ago. It had evidently been
in the water some time. The police
ire undecided whether it \ri acci
le ii t a 1 dmw ning or suit Ide
Iu the case of Mdwell v Jackson,
involving property estimited at $2."i0,-
, a mistrial was entered in the Dls
t'ict Court Friday afternoon Plaintiff
and defendant are brother and sister
and reside at Sonora, Texas. The suit
grow* out of the settlement <if the es-
tate of their father.
The Hardy oil Company brought In
gusher Saturday that flows from
•iiidd to 5(100 barrels daily The gusher
i- located six miles west of Markham,
Matagorda county News comes from
Caddo, La . that the Itiehan! Oil com
pair brought in ti gusher on an Island
In the lake that flows SJ.'iOO barrels.
Lawrence llushiioll and Karl Howell
. ere drowned in the Mosque river Sat
rdav night. Thev were Halting; In a
boat, which suddenly turned over.
Piushnell, a -• 11 in, leaves a widow;
I'owell was a youth The accident oc-
curred near the junction of the Bosque
umi Mrazos, three tulles from Waco.
Mi - it i 11 ii - IS lei • ii, la years old, vvho
':ved with her widowed mother, Mrs.
rlli/aheth (Sleen. a mile south of Mroad
way, Lamar county, died at II o'clock
Friday morning from swallowing an
'..unco of carbolic acid. Death resulted
In an hour alter the drug was taken.
\ negro was shot and killed Satur-
iav afternoon at the store of J M
SKlatliner, an Italian merchant, by Mrs.
Saluudiner, who was arrested, had an
i xaniiiilug trial and gave bond In thu
.sum of Ijnnu.
!•' W KirLpafrick of MeKinnov, one
o| the most prominent Southern nur-
ii f> men and a writer of horticulture
, (tended the Vmerlcati Nursery Men's
\ - social mil at Milwaukee this week.
Mr Kirkpatrlek is a former president
of the association.
Mill is Williams of Vvomlale, Tex.,
"1| uu !er a Leaver train an 1 his r ght
i; was cut off and Ills left foot badly
i rushed He was taken to St loseph s
hospital, Fort Worth, m l there is -oiiio
hopes for bis recovery
The State Textbook Mollr I is to meet
again on July 1 to consider further re
purls from Assistant Attorney (Seiieral
Lightfoot with reference to the reia
tlonshi|i of certain successful bidders
in Texas to the book tru-' said to
have bees nncovet. |
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