The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899 Page: 3 of 6
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London, Oct 9.—Whatever
may be the tmnit of Gj tt Brit-
ain's controversy with the South
Alrlean irepubUcrovery depart*
With The Houston and Jttqpt of tfw government is is
aM™<aKTii though nctuaiboutifttlcs
id begun. ; , '
The electric-xttash that •
©ttuced the mobilization erf the
army reserves end the eummoa-
ing of parliament set every wheel
of the government machinery is
motion.
An hoar after the Gasetfte ap*
|a peered executive orders. were be-
ing dispatched from the Uraf'o"
to every seetion of the king*
and the 10,000 bulletins whioh ap-
id throi.gbout the
tn||j| are said to have been
with the proclamation
prepared for use had the Feshoda
incident required sueh a step.
At the same time Lord Salie-
rity and Mr. Half our were issu-
ing the necessary orders for the
reassembling of parliament the
Adsrinltr trss concentrating fit
transports, twenty-four of which
are now secured at Liverpool
1 alone. _ - !■■/ ■
So complete were the prepare
tlons that *5,000 reserves hare
already Individually rscelred oour
pon wliti, which contain in-
structions where each man shall
report for railway transportation
to[the place designated and a
money order for three shillings
for provisions en route.
At Wootiwfeh it was asserted
that 96 per cent of the reserves
would be fully equip|>ed within
six days.
In the meantime the members
ofttotwo houses of parllamsnt
are arranging to rsturn to Loa-
a force of men are busily
In eomplet •? the fan*
ovsmwnts at Wsstn stor,
The moat important news from
SouthAfrica conies from Mafo-
kinggjwhere twice on Saturday
the British camp was aroused, the
to their anne. guns
puny have ( een discharged. The
i<*ft ciatiii it is btjcauso they
joined the union, The cOmpauy/s
tvprsHentitive says ttis men are
un-nti lWtory. One man has been
emjri.iyci for 00 j'Sttrs.- fbn'
ira •*- assembly, committee la
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Short
Galveston end Dcnison
via Boeston and DaBas.
Qahrestoo and St. Lotb
via BooSos,
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t. B. Morse, Passenger Traf
M'g'r., Houston. Texas.
ToThe/j rg
Ssth, Lart. aid MtMLast
CM tie hast for yoer money
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IF YOU VOULD TRA
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tfw uT.i<« m«i ^ UbM tr« not w ttiefcr itfected,
Caineron Mill and. Llev^or coiu~' v ~ 'T^SmwrjzT
ejti ^
The Cera Grsf*
Chicago, III., Oct. 9.^-°Thb
year's corn crop will be one , of
large*} in pur history," said 8ee-
rstaryof Agriculture Wilson, who
F'irCWcago • wit' f the presidea-
iiW#Pt||^| *4Tht* liital-yield -it w
estimated Will b<t tx tween 23,-
000,W 0OU an42.>,«K)a,000,0<HJ of
bushel#. There will lie plenty
tor nannufaeturiny and feeding
and there will btf alt the com to
■111 fhat hnyboify wants to buy.
To what extent the crop will be
ahipped abroad will depend large-
ly upon the price it will bring.
The high price* offered for meats
will incline the farmers to use
iheir corn for feeding puiposes.**
Waco, Tex., Oct. 9.—Lieut.
Frank Marshall of the battleship
Olympia has not yet reached
Waeo, and his arrival here is for
the preeent postponed, audi to
the regret of the committee wbo
hed^^apsrj^-a royal reception
fo^ tlie Waco sailor who assisted
in/destroyieK the Spanish
commanded i y Monte jo.
— ... N# hortUJtto*
VC^T. yet, hut the
practically to fhesiSdrdsr, eight
milee from ICafekiag, In feroe
estimsted at 0000, comprising
Are commands.
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PARLOR CAP* CABS
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Oiml W1+ K«iM
nmsch+ckn.
THE BEST ROUTE
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Dallss, Tax., Oct •.—Walter
Brooke!, of Bi|. Commerce street,
fell in fr*nt of a Harwood street
oar yesterday afternoon near the
corner of Martin and Commerce
streets and wse badly bruised aad
mangled. The car was in sharge
of Mortorman Beeu pre and wa*
running at the usual speed when
the socideat happend. The v r*
torman wliea he saw the bey fall
reversed the power, hut the car
was not stopped until the nufort-
"fuuate victim was dragged iftcea
or twenty feet over ths rough, un-
even street. -
Tender heads rsmored the hoy
from beneath the sar and be eras
conveyed to his home. Three
physicisns were cellfcd aad dressed
the Wounds. An sximiastinn-ae*.
ulaMas siadp weeeds, abfa-
sions of the skin on both shoaM>
ere and ka «• and briicea ebontjj
the side. be right feet wa« ba<^
ly crushed sad maagled, all the
bones ware broken - and ••** « ♦*.
_ 4 ftrats
Ulirich«vll|e, ()., Oct. tt.—
James lir.oly, a bridge jumper of
Pitt*l urg, traveling with a wild
we t show, w ii • a tally injured by
eking a high dive at Strasbuig
Saturday. Ilw heed struck the
bottom of the tank* rendering
hhn unconscious, nnd hs was
dragged pot of the water by his
pet Newfouadlaad dog. Brady is
paralysed and wilt die.
Street Car Strifes.
8ei) Antonio^ Tax., Oct. *.7—
ployfs of the street car aystem
fHfterttay morntnx far nine
We-lWwC*-nnd np
no cef -has meved.
The county commissioner* pessed
resolution® this morning "endors-
ing the action of the strikers snd
solicit labor party in circulating
a petition asking the city council
to forfeit the company's charter
for failure to run cars. A mass
•eating has btcn called far to-
morrow to urge people to refuse
to ride on cafe operated by scabs.
The general public sympathise
with the strikers.
CalvtMton, Tex., Oct. 7^—Near
ly every ship agent to the port
received h cable yeatorday ad
vising against booking their ves
sets far into the future, the infor
mation being- that the British
gcSernment is chartering very
freely on account of the prospects
of war in Mouth. Africa- As a mat-
ter of fa t owners tafneed to
The result of this ta a stiffening
of freight rates. The near posi
are
but the
because of the poaaifrlfttjr tif
scarcity of tonnage by the tinif
the vessels will be tteeilip;
Freights have been quite flrir
here for several daffS on this ac-
count, aud the additional facl
that cut-to. is begimi. ig to ui<«\>
With soiue freedom OW, Tht
corn movement is be^nuing iu
earliest,, t! • arrivals thua far hav
Ing been from Texas P^M^
This of course stiffens rate* and
the agents aiv feeling i^
ter about the outlook
.did a. Week ov ten daya
Chicago, Oct T,-r-From now un
til Tnesdn,|. night business is
Chicago will be practically sua
pended, the, city being given j
to the celebration of the fall fes-
tival and the federal buildiiif
dedication ceremonies. The most
distinguished guests, includinf
President McKinley and partj
and Vice-President Mariscal 01
Mexico and Premier 4^ Wilfrii in columns snd headed fcy jftgufss"
Laurler of Canada, will arrivj
4hs Ml iMgsn his penciling in tl
<ss * >«« '4 .nlsheS.
_jFort Worth^NU, Oct.
tip Forty-eigfith district „ fourt
the habeas corp« s ease, eX; |nrtr
Levonia Williams, which was
continued fwmr yesterday, wa#
not disposed of, as neither I>el
ftmith nor the child anfteared
fore the i*< urt. An order sap
therefore mude^jastructing^ tie
clerk to i«sue a writ of
a
marking:
illuminated blcj
cle parade, will be held.
' .i'srllsHsat ts ilssi. ;
London, Oct. 7.—A royal pro-
clamatiuu summoning |>arliamenl
to nwet on Oet. 17 and anthorb
ing the calling out of the reserves
wa4 tuis morning.
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Cswbejr BiaUng t'satssu
St. Louia, Mo., Oct. A vast
concourse vf people witnessed the
cowboy ri< Ing contest yesterday
for the championship of the world
given under the auspices of th<
St. Louis Fair association. Theii
feats electriiled the spectators.
One th^jguLnd dollars^was put
up in purses of which $700 weal
the winner. Kach man rods
ftw Corses. Bruce Norton of
Texas captured the big prise
Jack Joyce of Buffalo Bill'a wild
west abow took second money
and Frank Schramm of Calif or
Bin third. '
corpus to J. C. Young, constshls
ar Tsrrsnt county, to take and
bring the body ot the aforsssM
l^ivonia Williams before Jp
court, the wrtt being made return
able insta liter*-
No other proceed! ugs
had In this court. -
afternoon. The thermometei
ranges between 45 sod 72. Tin
state board of health yepterdaj
notified the health o®cer of Kan
kla county that the board woiiL
take actioi) to compel a mod.flea
tlon of the Kankin quarant.uc.
• h*r#ss Well. , \
Corsima. Ten., Oct. 7.-—T0
woods iu driHing for oil three
a half miles northeast from thf
city Friday evening struck a big,. - 0 _ . ,, ,
. , . . .. sAaee in bt. Louis Nitunlay.
Sow of gas snd yesterday the well ^ ^ .
was tubed. There was no all
struck In the hole, but the |
sit ion la a good one on account of
the gas oatpat. This makes 11
good gas wells la this field.
.Watsr SMuattea Ssrteua.
Ionian. Tex., Oat. S.—The
scarcity of water in the county
was never mors keenly felt than
at IbS present In some localities
farmers are oompelled to go esv-
eral miles to preeure water and
then havs to use tacit water.
Bo a ham is aot suffering on that
nvcount, however, for she is U&s
only town in the oountr that h >s
smtanrurks, but the whole count!
IS very mucA In need of raia.
■sKlalejr ta f
Osieebnrg, lit, Oct. 7.—On tht
mpua of the historic Knox col
lege* where 41 years ago Abraham
Lincoln aad Stephen A. pougjass
Artfj (stlss Psrrtass.
- Ardmore, I, Tn Oct. 7.—Thf
largest cotton deal in the Indian
Territory was closed hole yreter
day altrnMOB-i. Palmer^ a gin
asr^nnld' 140S to 1809 hnlea of cot-
ten to local buyers nt § IS l<k f
o. b. at Anlifore. This la aqnal te
OJKle landed at GalviSttn, about
fU a bale more than the Qalvcs
ton quotntkHUk The receipt 1
are Hfht and drmnnl great. \
few sinuit lists are being held,
but the b >lders are aakiag 7 centi
and above.
^ VUahsr as*
Jscksonrille, FUu. Qtt, 7.-
Jamos J. Kvsus nnd Ma lByear
old daughter while tetBrnion
from prayur a letting nt Lakeland
Wednesday night were run evei
hy an engine, Mr, JCvaae* bod*
was cut in two and Mlhs ftvaas
died yesterday. .
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t*mt*ti*, r> sf
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Waller Brooksi * ~ , v
and has been employed in a mee-
seuger service far nearly t fear
Saturday he nsigasd fee the pur-
t - |ose of cntertng the Kast IHillas
Sfehool this morning. He wes
dows town yesterday for the pur-
pose of settling with his employer
when be fell n victim to S deplor-
able fate. ' -* >"• li I
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Austin, Tex .Oot 9.— Attorney
. General Tom Smith aad State
Health Oftoer Blunt will leave
here to-morrow night for Wash-
bitftiin In yihnsanl tWtiA ti Imp
mfmu w rtprfwin ivxiv
interests called la question by the
following telegram received this
ing.
" D fls
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on next Monday. October It, the
1 Of Louisiana will
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United Htatee senate, Prealdcst
McKinley aad Peeta§aster Qi
era I Char lee fmsry fclmith this
morn lag dellvsnd stirring I
dreeees commemorative of the
contest hstwocn theee two great
of forlner daya. The eitt
of Onlssharg turned out en
IS boner the preeideet aad
cf tie cahinef and aa
opportunity was given them te
great their distinguished guests
as they were driven In carriages
through the streets of the city
before the exercises at the eo!<
lege begun. At the eXerciSee the
preeideet delivered a short ad-
master Ocncral Smith, who dell*
mod the oration of the day.
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atotrtOTM, I. Oct. T.-Ut«
fWt Worth, Tn^ Oat. T^Fmi
IMfsf), PSI^S# Statea Bxpress
usssagST cn the Fart ffTgfth sod
Rio Oraade, fell from an express
wagota yeeterday afternooa and
wee severely injured. Be had
just come In off his run to
Bmwnwsod, rati ■< ytod «
top of s show < as* in the wag ^
on his wsy op to the aprtowa
office of the compeny.
f g „ '• . *4>|pS.
holes" that polka dot that thor
oughfare, and the shew cam
skated off to the ground, carrying
Mr. Bdgefl with It. lie etruck
the ground first nnd the showleiae
fell over mi tap of him.' He whs
picked ap by J. B. Maddox,
carried htm A thf office in bin
buggy.
A physician wss called who ex
amlned lim snd foui d that m
bones were brofcea. Mr. Bdgsll
wss paralysed hy the shock and
perfectly belpiece. He is suffering
intensely from injuries ta III
Decatur, Tsx., Oct 10.—This
mild wjtb ruui rs San-
day aight about tlie world's
championship eontest which took
A
report reached this plaoe early
Sunday morning that Gus Pickett,
ft contestsnt for the prise
f«om this pUe *, had woo
fast money. Several telegrams
wars seat to Mr. Pickett Im-
mediately after the report reach-
ed hers, but ' notlViit^ definite
aould he heard, but upou the
Strength of the report several bets
placed by Mr. Pickett's
frisads have, A telegram roeeived
>Ssterdsy states that Pickett
irst money, $70.1, and Stony
MoSpedden, another Wise oounty
boy, won seoond money in the
eowboy pony race. There is con-
siderable talk here among the
msny admirers of Pickett and
Moip&den of giving .he winners
s royal reccptioa os |he|f fetura
home. Fleaatt has to his credit
for ropiag aad tying down a steer
ths remarkable time of At seconds,
msde at Vernon, Tex., last year.
Hie time at St. Louis was 1:09,
hut the rslss; if«., were much
different from those govgrglna
the Vernon contest (ins Plehctt
is the son of Hon. Gsorge B.
Pickett, ex-ieprescntativo of this
pount^.
other evening juti jefore we
changed wstches," said the clerk- at
one of the hdcls, wa fst drummer
came qp snd began figuring out his
expense account for the day. H«
took ths first piece of psper he could
lay his hands on, and didn't no ice
that it was a blank that we used for
keeping a memorandum of the morn-
ing calls. The blank is srranged
representing hours and half hours,
jaw. First he jotted
$1.50 for buggy hire,their 15 oentf
fdr stamps, 311 cents for car fure,
$1 60 for as^^s package, $1.10 for
telegrams, 60 cents for a trunk
8 cents for a paper and 26 cen
for messenger service. Down st the
bottom, as an after thought, he put
40, and wrote 'beer' after K, think-
ing to work if sonsshoe f suppose.
Well, st 9:>0 o'clock n xt mornii
there was trouble, snd plenty of it
The night clerk supposed, of course,
that the calls had been left in the
ordinary way,, sad while he wa a
little surpi ed st so many people
v anting to get up at such an un-
esrthly hour, he told the boys to
wskejfa. 160, 16, 35, 100, 110, A
and 86, and carry a quart battle ot
beer to No. 40. They had a terrible
&me getting the people up, and ev-
erybody wa« as mad as blazes, par-
ticularly the fat drummer himself,
who hsppened to be in No. U0, and
who swore be wss going rght down
to lick the clerk. About thst time
the hoy with the beer got to No. 40.
There Srss s preacher from North
Georgia in the room, and hs oalled
out to know what was wanted. Tee
He Mew fsses at Jsskaea. "
« Jackson, Miaa^ Oct T.—Then
were no new caaee of fever yeatcr . . ,
^ « K. «"o„ died ^ ^ °^1
hollers M the kid, and the preacher
nearly had s it Uerci'il heavens!*',
he psid, thii will ruin me for life I
I wil go down immedistely and ess
the propri' 'or!' He snd ths fal
drummer etruck the office together.
The drummer wanted gore, but when
he saw the call list he turned pale
sround the gills snd snssked back
up stairs. It took nearly an hour to
get the ml ister cooled off, and
a hen the facta leaked out next day
several peop'e began leoking for the
fsidrummei with clubs. He lay law,
but he has bought a new memoranda
book on purpose to figure up hie
ossh."—Fm n the New Orleans
Times Democrat
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Thorough ooussss o# Study. - _
Experienced eod yeogremive fsculty.
Practical education.
estthfnl location., . '
Modem building and apparatue.
Enthusiastic Ltterarf 8oeMiee.
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attention to backward iteidei^s
-aHtep
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but finsu—
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MiWr'Ikt spirit snd ds
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J. H NEWTOJN, Secretary.
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TailorrMade-dotMnff;
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CJegnt Line of Samples to
Prwn Lowest to Highest. Satisfaction guaranteed. ~
; • -j-A' J. S. jRodej^^
Office North Side S«aare, Scffinei, Texas-
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,r Kfw York, Oct T.—A seasatlst
waa caused la KbroSilyn veeterdaj
by lbs arreat or Bdwsrd L
Wheeler, s ship chandler
her of a prominent family
aad
tffil
~ •Why did you pleas scch a tough
fowl befote a f* asked the indig-
nant lady patron cf ths waiter in a
downtown restsnrant.
*-'Agr b fsfp hceuty, always, you
knew, madam," was ths sal lest re-
ply.. >
And thew. women-like, site smiled
•ml fieid ISS W without a wur-
posr.—From the Chicago Xews.(
Improve With : , ,.. .
"Edith, dear, mid ths fond mam-
ma. 'you are aeaeU i^in old new,
'Vi , <<wa '
Fdithf mem* ta m* topiehow
thai thf oldsr t gat the better I like
It •—from the ^t faul Pispstch.
Is fssSlet With tie Psete.
The ststement thst "ministers'
do net gtnsrsUy amount te
much" Is uamwsssfi^ #nisd by a
writer, who Had*, ta tne seatrsry, g
list including ths names of ftiehard
Watsiui Gilder, vHenry James,
(Jcorur Bsncroft. Olirer Wendell
Holmes. 1'residents Cleveland and
Arthur, l>ei1 p, Jfprton, half a iaS-
en nteuihsi^ of the ne|$
foitj
US wee
VeMssUtirs WW,
ye w^r >rk,Oct. 10.—The Timee
saysi "A close friend of the
Vended Mt family made this pre-
diction as to what the cootents of
the will |of Cornelius Vanderbilt
wpnld prove to be:
'J understand If' frill very
oloeely fallow the linee of that of
his father. Mrs. Vssderbllt will
get Ibe Fifth svenus residence
sad 'Ths Breaksrs' at Nswj ort
for life and an annuity of $600,-
000 to keep them up. This In-
come Is sll« tied to Mrs. Vander-
bilt sad grid st hgr death pare to
the third son, Bagumld,
"The flY* children will receive
$10,000,000 each and the residue
of the estate will be divided into
two parts, one of which will be
glvps po Cornelius aad the other
to Alfred Osrn e V^dej-b K.
The property will be mode a tmat ^
eetate for t term of yedrs. Mr. |
Vsnderbilt wss, I think, fsr
richer thaa lie waa popularly euo-
to be, and I believe the
fbares Of hl« pldeet sops mill be
sver $10,000,000 apiece."
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Aaetber BtpHSsrts Caee.
Corsicana, Tea., Oct. 10.—Dr.
J, 4. Miller pcports snother esse
sf diphtheria, Ua patient bpipg
Aaale MeCurdy, aged S years.
The case bee been Isolated and
all precaatione taken to pravaal
the diseaes epresdlng. * Tim cess
jf Mr. 4. s. M°PP«r> «(>iW «?■
poited mors favorably * ,
Tho Ptaoa to fat them la at
Q. H. Provlno's Drug Store.
..... prsseriptmns Promptly and Accurately Oosspousdsd ..
Complete Llae of Toilet ArtlcleM, Perfumes,
Tooth Brushes and Powders, always
oa Hand,
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Soda Pouatais and all popular SSM dr|nb4v r-
North Bide el
G. H. PROYIN^P roujetotf
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W own ami ottan
am i/mjw cm
bwl SSf l« *•
3iit«n hanSr*4 cw
Wtaess
pus oaiissei. carei.
WlMtoftU mill M Si«r sil
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SMTMSHY w/ussn.-^-sisar'
McKjnnev Practical Business College,
McNINNBV, TSMAB
Schoel tadorssd in kfgh tarms by
Psasoaashlp a specialtv. OS
ssetoa* thaa who piedaele la
t kssp car Sft ol books
It le essy to get e posMoe
of Us feture mast have s
Moe y fartbsr |alory Hea
POSITION CERTAIN.
New York.Oct 10*—The a
irt of a woman's body was fou
on the beach
etatlon St I o'clock to-day by John
Hclman, If years old. The, pot-
md vil from the wu*e
to the neck. Tkes:
iseh wac <)a!te
baas hat s short tl -s In
baeli
London.Oct 10.—Forty persont
pft r*'j orted as drowne<l, accord-
lag to s speclfh patch frotg
Nsplss, by the loads following
the severs raias la the | roriBoe
af Hatono. A number of sural!
villsges and factories have been
destroyed. The troops havs been
gsat tp be relmf cf the lahabltaas. j
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 12, 1899, newspaper, October 12, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252270/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.