The Temple Times. (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1899 Page: 3 of 12
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E SHIPPING FACfiUTIFS.
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of Kansas City Assort* that til?
I City Will Become a Great
exporting Point
r. J. IC. Davidson of Kansas
ft one of the big grain export*
f firms using Galveston for
ring its grain from cars
ip, was a recent visitor
He was shown about the
t by General Manager Bailey
; wharf company and Chief
Inspector Robinson, and is
1 pleased with what he saw.
he is better pleased with
treatment that has been ac-
led his firm since they have
doing business here.
facilities and the manner
[ handling grain—I mean as re-
the elevator work and in-
ion department—are better
any Atlantic port; better
at any other port of the
ratry,” said Mr. Davidson,
fe have less trouble getting
ugh this port than any other,
ad we have to meet the courte*
treatment and deep interest'
the wharf company officials in
idling the grain business. They
ive taken a great deal of inter-
st in it, and have endeavored to
our business relations here
pleasant as possible. It all
Ices it a pleasure to do business
e.”
Would the port do more busi-
if there were facilities here
^handling it?”
“That is a proposition with the
railroads. Of course there should
facilities for handling the
business, but the railroads will
have all the business they can
handle. 1 think Galveston will
handle 20,000,(JbO bushels of corn
here this season. You have two
lines of road running from the
country over their own
Is right into Galveston. The
it that they run over their own
Is is a greater advantage to
port than you might suppose
first thought. They do not
ye to divide earnings with any
ther line. The grain business of
these lines is limited only by
their ability to handle the traffic.
Already there is sold at least
$00 bushels of corn for De
ber shipment through Galves-
i. Galveston has from the first
November to the first of May
a corn shipping season, and
that five mouths they can do
immense business. The corn
movement through Galveston
this season is going to be some-
thing enormous. In fact, the
movement of the country will be
something big. It is estimated
^hat the corn crop this year wil
be about 2,000,000,000 bushels.
Of this a great deal will probu-
bly be exported, and Galveston
will get much of that. For the
December, movement through
this port I may be too low when
I say 4,000,000 bushels; I proba-
bly am.”
“Why is there this great move-
ment of corn?”
“There is a better demand for
American corn than ever before.
The Europeans have learned how
to use it, and they like it. That
is the principal reason.
“The export business of Gal-
; veston is in its infancy. Away
back here twenty-four years ago,
shortly after I started in business
in Kansas City, my partner and I
came to Galveston to look at the
“ facilities here for doing business.
There were no facilities and no
prospects of there being any. We
recognized then that if this port
-ever secured deep water it would
‘ make one of the leading grain
ports of the country. The west-
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Kansas
and Baltimore over its own
rails all the way. Galveston is
about half the distance irom
those Kansas grain fields. There-
fore this port has the advantage
of distance and the advantage of
two lines that run over their own
rails all the way from the grain
fields to the port. The future of
the export business, therefore,
depends on the ability of the
roads to handle the business, and
upon the elevator capacity at the
port. There is the greatest future
for this port, and in time it will
become one of the greatest grain
markets of the country. Nobody
here realizes what the growth of
the grain business has been since
it was started just after deep wa-
ter was secured. Already this
season you have exported almost
8,000,000 bushels of wheat alone,
and this is the second wheat port
of the country.”
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ountcastle, representing
>0. the Steam tug Ibig fct. Louis grain firm of
, Capt. Allen, which was Charles Outhwein’s Sons, after
spending a couple of days in Fort
Chicken Fanciers.
The members of the Southern
Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock
association, in conjunction with
those of the Southern Poultry as-
sociation, are making - prepara-
tions to hold a big poultry and
pet stock show at Dallas on Dec.
12 to 16. Premiums aggregating
about f2000, exclusive of specials
will be offered. Exhibits are ex-
pected from all over the state and
from adjoining states.
The officers of the first named
organization are: President, J. Y.
Webb, Dallas; vice president, N.
L. Hutchinson, Crystal Springs;
second vice president, George W.
Brown, Camden, Ark.; third vice
president, V. L. McCarty, Okla-
homa City; fourth vice president,
R. C. Campbell, Shreveport; fifth
vice president, R. M. Skelton,Dal-
las; secretary and treasurer, J. E.
Lawtlier, Dallas; assistant secre-
tary, J. E. R. Chilton, Dallas. Di-
rectors, W. L. Terrell of Dallas,
Roy Simpson of Dallas, E. P.Wil-
Hams of Dallas, C. W. Guild of
Dallas, J. E. R. Chilton of Dallas,
T. C. Harry of Dallas, R. A. Cfr
ruthers of Clawson, Tex., George
W. Eyrick of New Orleans, La.,
E. Dunston of Winona, Miss., J.
E. Randall of Fort Worth, Turn-
er Hubby of Waco, and H. Low-
rey of Bouham.
Denton County Popcorn.
Mr. J. R. Chambers, from near
Bartonville, Denton county, took
to the Dallas News correspond-
ent’s office at Denton three ears
of popcorn which are curiosities.
Many of the grains on all the ears
are popped and on one nearly ev-
ery grain has been burst open,
making the entire eaF look white.
TheKot sun of July aud August
is responsible for the “popping,”
the corn popping in the field
without outside aid. The speci-
mens shown are nothing more
than ordinary popcorn, but the
bursting by the sun of the grains
gives them a peculiar appear-
ance. Mr. Chambers says when
he read in the News of similar oc-
currences he believed the taie
only exaggerations, but that the
his personal notice, has convinc-
ed him of the truthfulness of the
present instance coming under
others.
Freak of Nature.
A sow on the farm of Mr. Ar-
gyle Wynne, four miles south-
east of Paris, gave birtli to a lit-
ter of pigs, four of which have
suouts like an elephant’s trunk
growing out of their foreheads
and extending down below the
nose. Three of the pig:* died in a
few hours. The fourth pig lived
four days.
Heavy Land Sale.
The biggest land sale that was
ever made in that section was con-
summated at Texarkaua several
days ago,capitalists from Indiana
being the purchasers, and differ
ent land owners at Texarkana the
vendors. Eleven thousand acres
composed the amount, all pine
led in the United States court
at Galveston a few days ago and
dismissed for wunt of prosecu-
tion, was a suit for damages ag
gregating *14,318 against the
steam tug Eugene by thirty-eight
colored men, and the bill of com-
plaint is an interesting document
of about fifty p^ges, being some-
what out of the ordinary libels.
The suit, which grew out of the
Mallory wharf strike in Septem-
ber, 181)8, relates to the transpor-
tation of colored laborers from
Houston by water, aud particu-
larly to one boat load which
started from Houston on Sept.
19, 1898, and met wit an accident
in Galveston bay.
It will be recalled that on that
night a storm prevailed in Gal-
veston and the bay was wrought
up to a pitch of angry waves. It
was a high sea that rolled that
night when the little tug steamed
into the bay, having made the
voyage from Houston down Buf-
falo bayou without a mishap. The
steamer got off its course and at
7 o’clock in the evening struck a
sandbank or reef, or some ob-
struction, in the bay about a mile
west of the Mallory wharf, and
went aground with a high sea
rolling over the little craft and
the storm threatening veery min-
ute to beat the steamer to pieces,
there were some wild scenes
aboard, as reported that night.
The rescued laborers told some
thrilling talcs of the frantic-
stricken negroes on board the
tug that night and of the excite-
ment which ensued when it was
discovered that the boat was
aground. Four of the men got
away from the boat and rowed
to Galveston and notified the
authorities. Another tug was
sent out to the rescue of her sis-
ter boat and about 10 o’clock the
following morning the crippled
tug with its human freight was
brought to shore.
The libellants averred among
other allegations, that there were
eighty persons aboard the tug,
which was licensed to carry not
to exceed fifty souls; that the offi-
cers of the tug were armed with
Winchesters and drove the libel-
lants to the lower deck, where
they were compelled to remain
at the risk of their lives; that the
lower deck was under several feet
of water after the tug went
aground, and that the libellants
suffered greatly from the expo-
sure and severe treatment as well
as bodily injuries and htondirieg
as bodily injuries and other in-
dignities. Loss of time and the
loss of their personal effects are
included as actual damages and
the amount claime aggregates
*6518, while the exemplary dam-
ages is set down at $7800.
The losses of each of the libel-
lants are itemized in the bill of
complaint aud the amounts ruu
from *50 to *2100, which is the
highest item for any one individ-
ual (complainant. In the enumer-
ation of the losses of the passen-
gers are included all kinds of
wearing apparel, from a sh|rt val-
ued at 50 cents to a pair of pants
and a coat aud vest valued in pro-
portion. From the wording of
libellants prayer there seem-
ed to have been a great deal of
instruments of war aboard the
tug when she went aground judg-
ing from the claims set forth for
pistols. The list of the losses
and the value thereof occupies
considerable space in tlie bill.
The libellants were under con-
tract to work for the Malloiy
line unloading and loading their
steamers and to take the place of
the strikers on the Mallory line
wharf. The scale of wages to be
paid them was 30 and 40 cents per
hour, and the wrrecked Houston-
ians claim the loss of time and la-
bor in sums of from about *60 to
*85. Several of their number*
Worth left for the north. When
in this city some weeks ago Mr.
Mounteastle said that the firm he
represents would build a large
grain elevator here, in addition
to those they have in other cities,
and he said they had already be-
gun to carry out their intentions.
The elevator will be located
east of tlse new oil mill on the
North Side, and near the Rock
Ioland aud Denver tracks, the
site having been secured some
time ago. The surveying for the
necessary side tracks has just
been completed, and Mr. Mount-
castle said that as soon as the ma-
terial could be secured the work
of building the tracks and the
elevator also would be begun.
There is now an existing short-
age in the market for such mate-
rial as is necessary, but they ex-
pect to secure it soon. The ele-
vator will be completed and
ready for business in about four
months. It will have a capacity
of 250,000 bushels a day. Mr.
Mountcastle said that owing to
the threatened short wheat crop
on account of the drouth, and the
large corn crop, the latter grain,
would probably be handled most
at first.
Improving Capitol Grounds.
Superintendent of public build-
ings and grounds at Austin, Sam
Harlin, was met by a corres-
pondent and asked how thingB in
his department were moving
along. In reply thereto he said:
“I am trying, in a measure, to
beautify the grounds here, and,
as you know, am working on a
very limited amount of money, as
the legislature failed to make any
appropriation for this specific
purpose. I am doing my best,
however, with the means at my
command. Unless I have the co-
operation of the citizens of Aus-
tin, who are in the habit of walk-
ing across the newly made road-
bed leading to the western gate
of the grounds, I will be compell-
ed to cut them off the walk en-
tirely by stringing barbed wire
around it, as the soil is loose and
seriously displaced by every pe-
destrian who crosses the same.
Black soil is being placed on the
terrace, and as soon as a good
rain or two comes to pack the
dirt and make it firm, this tem-
porary inconvenience to those
who frequent this part of the
grouuds will be obviated.”
Texas Boy Kills a Filipino.
Tom Porter of Dallas has re-
ceived the following letter from
his brother, Charles Porter, who
is a soldier in the Philippines:
Sun Fernando, P. I., Sept. 8.—
Dear brother: Received your let-
ter yeseterday aud was glad to
hear from you and home. The
fighting at Angelese was one of
the warmest engagements I was
in, and I can tell you the bullets
did sing. 1 thought my end was
near. Wo are having a great
deal of fun with the insurgents. 1
killed one at the range of 400
yards. I was on outpost duty. 1
heard bullets fiying near me and
I watched more than thirty min-
utes before I found where they
were coming from. I discovered
Mr. Filipino in a palm tree. I pre-
tended that I did not see him, so
I could get a good shot. Crouch-
ing behind a mound aud setting
the sight on my rifle at 500 yards
I tired and missed him. I shot
too high. 1 then lowered it to
400 yards and fired. I saw him
fall aud he did not get up. I re-
ported it to my lieutenant and he
sent out a party aud found the
nigger. He was shot through the
stomach. They brought him to
the hospiial where be died. The
lieutenant complimented me on
my good shot. CHARLIE.
OUdtat.* Tr.ll. 1.4.
Among the many bloody deeds
that occurred on the old overland
stage line none was more tragic
perhaps than the death of James
Biddings, a brother of Col. Geo.
H. Biddings, which occurred
some time in April, 1863.
The guard to the overland stag
The guard to the overland
stage that made the discovery of
the massacre of Biddings and the
men at the station were under
that veteran old frontiersman,
Capt. Skilman, whose tragic
death afterwards will be remem-
bered by old citizens of west Tex-
as. The party consisted of the
following men, some of whom not
long afterwards met with a trag-
ic death near Cook's Springs: Bob
Swope, Bob Avnline, William
Wright, Freeman Thomas, John
Wilson, Mat. Champion, Charley
Lowery and William Ramsay.
The Indians had ambuscaded
pear the road by building blinds
on each side of the road about a
quarter of a mile east of Stein’s
Peak station. They riddled the
stuge wills bullets aud arrows.
Probably the first intimation Bid-
dings and his men had that Uos
tile Indians were around was the
volley of bullets and arrows from
the Indians behind these blinds.
The Indians followed and out
them off from the station, but the
men at the station had probably
all been killed before the stage
coach was attacked, as the stage
ran near the station and turned
past again and was upset about u
hundred yards from the road.
There was a great deal of blood
du the dashboard, and the bottom
of the stage was covered with
blood, showing the first volley at
close range must have killed or
wounded mrist of the party.
Nothing was seen of Giddings
or his party. The Indians had
built a fire within 200 yards of
the station and killed and eaten
two of the stage mules, their
bones showing they had been
roasted for the marrow, and the
ribs gave evidence of being barbe-
cued. There is no meat the In-
dians fancy more than that of a
fat mule. They would rather kill
and scalp a white man aud eat
his mule than have the best ra-
tions the government could issue.
;At this fire a pair of gloves wus
found, and chips as though some
one had been whittling. Some
poor devil of the party reserved
for torture could not resist this
pleasure from force of habit. As
none of the bodies were found at
the station, stage or Indian camp.
Capt. Skilman concluded they
had been carried off and tortured
affording a scalp dance and gen-
eral merry making to the sav-
ages.
Several small fires were found
about thirty yards west of the
station under some small live oak
trees, and the signs indicated
that they had been used to tor-
ture the men of the station. A
big trail left going south towards
old Mexico. Home of the watches
and jewelry that the Iudiuns had
sold in Mexico were recognized
by Bob Swope and Snap Mitch
ell us belouging to the Giddings
party. The body of one of them
was subsequently found about
Three hundred yards east of the
station, but the coyotes had pick-
ed the bones, and there was no
way of identifying whose it was.
The overland stage and its guard
seemed to offer a constant temp-
tation to the Apaches to rob and
murder, but as there was hardly
ever a brush in which the Indians
did not low* some of their war-
riors, they got to be shy about
making attacks and never unless
the men at the station got care-
less, and it was hard for them to
keep strung up to concert pitch
all the time.
The manager of the Texarkana oil
mill reports that the receipts of cotton
at that place are i& per cent abort
A Pathetic Case.
There was a very pathetic cuse
at the Katy station at Denison
several mghts ago when Mrs. M.
Coble of San Antonio arrived on
the belated Katy flyer. She was
en route from South McAlester
from San Antonio and came via
_______ At the station in Dali
S’Xt&gM
her
panied her, got
get a cup of coffee and a sand-
wich. The train started sooher
than he expected and he got on
the eastbounl Texas and Pacific
train by mistake. . The flyer pull-
ed out for the north Mr*.
Coble supposing that her son Ixad
gotten back on the train. She’
missed him soon and became un-
easy. When she arrived at Deni-
son she was much distressed
over the diappearance of her son
aud uncertain ns to his fate. A
message was sent to Dallas, and
no trace of the boy could be
found, and nothing was heard of
him till next morning, when it
was learned, as has been stated,
that he had been takc-u east on
the Texas and Pacific and
brought back to Dallas.
The night was one of grief and
much apprehension for the moth-
er, who could find no trace of h«r
son in Dallas or elsewhere, aud
she spent many hours in tears.
There was great joy for her wlieu
she received a telephone message
to the effect that her son hud
the fiver from Dallas and accom-
been found and would be in on
pany her north.
Mexican Land Concession.
A. Hart, a prominent real es-
tate man of Hun Antonio, accom-
panied by AV. F. Olsen, a Chica-
go capitalist, arrived there from
the City of Mexico, where they
secured from the Mexican gov-
ernment a concession of 1,000,090
acres of valuable lund fronting
on the Gulf of Mexico aud lying
in the state of Tunuiulipas. The
laud is said to be rich in precious
minerals and valuable timbers,
besides grazing and agricultural
lands, all of which it is proposed
io develop. A line of schooners
will be established with, the prim
cipal gulf ports.
Capt. Stocker Dead.
Th& dead body of Capt. Martin
Stocker of lightship 28, stationed
in Galveston channel, was found
in the bay at pier 15, Galveston.
He had gone to town to buy pro-
visions for the ship’s crew, and it
is presumed he fell into the boy
some time Saturday night. He
wus 64 years of age and unmar-
ried. He entered the service 28
years ago as a sailor on the light-
ship aud gradually worked him-
Belf up to master. He leaves u
8?ster in Philadelphia and anoth-
er in Brooklyn, names not known.
Bunge flranlsd s Franchise.
The city council of Galveston
has passed an ordinance granting
a franchise to Julius Runge, the
purchaser under foreclosure of
the Galveston City railroad* and
the Gulf City and Real Estate
company's railroad. The pew
grant authorizes the consoli-
dation of the two properties and
grants a franchise for twenty-five
years.
The present franchise expires
in twenty-one years, aud this is
a four years’ extension.
The city gets the following
concessions not in the old fran-
chise: The guarantee of payment
to the city of *30,000 for 600
shares in the old company;"free
transportation of children under
5; absolute payment of street
railroad’s proportion of cost of
pavement on a larger scale than
heretofore; contract for a gener-
ul system of transfers when the
income of the company has in-
creased 25 per cent; the relin-
quishment of right of way on all
streets not now occupied by the
railways. k, v
Bank Bookkeeper Dead.
Mr. Ed Dickson, bookkeeper at
a national bank at Paris, was dis-
covered by his wife in his room
at the family residence on South
Webb street a little after day-
light, a few mornings ago, black
in the face and unconscious. Phy-
sicians were summoned, but
death ensued in a few minutes af-
ter they arrived. His death was
due to apoplexy. Up to a short
time before retiring the previous
night he was apparently in the
enjoyment of his usual good
health, but during the night com-
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