The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 159, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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WANT ADS IN
DAILY LEADER
PRODUCE RESULTS
VOLUME ONE.
ORANGE, TEXAS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1908
ARE BOUND
FACETOFACE
COUPLE FOUND IN JAMAICA BAY
WITH BODIES BOUND FACE
TO FACE.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
German Vassal* Coma Together in a
Oanss Fog off Schavaningan this
Morning and Thirteen of Crew of
One Boat, including Captain, are
Drowned.
Hearst New* Service.
New Vork, Oct. 10.—'The bodies ofjdenly called to Austin on account
a n*an and woman. borhjw-otmg and
| handsome and well dreaaed;bound face
to face by ropes and bits of wire,
were found In Jamaica Bay at an ear-
ly hour this morning. It was at first
thought Chat the qouplc had been
murdered, but the police state that
they believe It wa* suicide.
Jewels and small sums of money
were found on both bodies, but not
an article wa* found by which their
Identity could be established. Both
COLLEGE IS ASSURED
ORANGE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
WILL HAVE FIRST CLAS8
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE
Prof. L. R. Walden, With Twenty-
five Years’ Experience, Secures a
Building and Will Open Next Month
With From Thirty to Forty Pupils.
A business college for Oran-ge is
now assured, arrangements having
been completed by Prof. L. R. Wal-
den this week for the establishment
of a first class commercial college
In Orange and the school is to o|>en
during the early part' of November.
Prof. Walden was in Orange In the
early summer with a view to locat-
ing a business college in Orange and
after spending several days In the city
working on the proposiflon was sud-
or
Austrain Newspapers Warned by Government Officials not
to Publish News of Mobilization of Troops
WAR FEVER GROWING RAPIDLY
the fitness of Mrs. Walden and has
been detained there on that account
since,
However, Prof. Walden realizing the
advantages that might be offered a
good commercial college In Orange, j International politics In the Bal-
returned to the city this week and bans situation are still far from clarl-
has completed arrangements for the fled. Events the past twenty-four
opening of his school. He has se-1 hours show various indications. The
cured a lease on the building for-1 war map today points to dangerous
MASS MEETING HELD AT BELGFADE RESULTS IN PEOPLE CALL-
ING UPON THE SERVIAN CABINET TO DECARE WAR OR RE-
SIGN—VERDICT OF GUILTY IN GOURT MARTIAL TRIAL-
ROBBED A MAIL POUCH—KNIGHTS TEMPLARS’ DAY AT PHILA-
DELPHIA-HEAVY FINE FOR VIOLATING PROHIBITION LAW-
LOCOMOBILE MAKING FAST TIME IN AUTO RACES.
At the Henry Berwick Home on Banka
of Sabine River Friday Morning,
But Charge ef Buckshot Emptied
Into ’Gator Ends Hie Life.
merly occupied by the Salvation Ar-
ms', Just to the rear of the Sabine
situations In some quarters.
have brown eyes, fair complex Ion and building and left yesterday morning
the woman ta remarkably beautiful, j for New Orleans to purchase sup
» plies, such as desks, books, etc., for
the opening of the school.
Prof^Walden has for the past twen-
: ty-five years been engaged in work Austrian troops.
Hamburg, Germany, Oct, 10.—The
German steamers Pretoria and Nlp-
ponia collided In a dense fog this,
mmuring off Schenevenlngen Thtr-!'« undertaken In Orange 1
teen of the Nlpponla’a crew
I drowned
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government officials not to publish 4*
reports concerning the moblization of 4*
ASSAULTS WOMAN.
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Thc l>r.-toria wok not dan.-! ra«W«>*»<!Mtoiia. He has opwraMd
AFTER DEEP WATER
War Fever Growing.
London, Oct. 10.—Dispatches from
a chain- of these schools throughout the near east this morning indicate
Texas, ixrataitna and Mississippi, and that the war (ever is growing rapidly,
through his fine work In lAkc Charier At a mass meeting held at Belgrade
| CAPTAIN AXTELL RECENTLY VIS
ITEO JOHNSON’S BAYOU
COUNTRY.
has built the attendance of
that
this morning a call was made by the
Says the Bayou Can be Deepened to
Meet Freight Draught Boats' Re-
quirements With Expenditure of
About Ten Thousand Dollars.
Captain Anderson, a well known
|boat man of Johnson * Bayou, arrived
in port this morning with hia new
I stoop which was recently constructed
I at Port Arthur and has not yet r.
reived a name, The vessel wa* laden
[ with cotton seed from the bayou gins
Captain Anderson recently wold hi*
| old sloop the Florence to Galveston
parties sod realising the tact that
I he could not do without a venae I. h<*
had his new sloop constructed
Captain Anderson .Mated that the
bayou people were in much better
J spirit* than usual ,as a result of a re
cent Inspection of the bayou by Cap-
! tain Axtrll, government engineer,
with a view of deepening *l the
benefit of traffic to and from fhe
| Johnson’s Bayou country. Captain
Axtefl canvassed the bayou country,
gathering data with reference to the
I •prospect* ftr enlarging the traffic
! by production of a larger amount of
| articles adapted to that country. Cap-
tain Anderson states that the farm
| ing and trucking would be conducted
on • much larger scale If freight
| rates could be sufficiently reduced to
warrant the change and that the
freight rate* could only he secured
| by the deetvening of the waterway,
which would allow deeper draught
vessels to com* In and light draught
vassal* to load heavier. At the pres-
| ent time there Is about three feel of
water In medium tide In Johnson's
Bayou and with the expediture of
| about 110,000 seven feet of water can
he had. so Captain Axtell has In-
formed the rttlsens of Johnson’s
Bayou. From what could be galh-
uchool up until It has passed the bun- j people upon the Servian cabinet to
dred mark. Prof Walden will pur declare war or resign. The news
chase equipment for forty pupila for agency report* the Servian minister
the Orange school. of war as saving at noon today: "The
e»---* situation is moat critical and it ta
Card of Thanks. bard to avoid hostilities."
We desire to extend <dtr most sin j
cere thank* to the Knights of Fy-! Found Guilty Dismissed,
thla* lodge and the Woodmen camp I Manila, Oct. 10.—Midshipmen Con-
of Orange and all other friend* for nor and Bernard were convicted at
courtesies exieuded to our husband court martial of being Intoxicated dur-
and father, ('has C, Pat Hip, whose ing the parade at Melbourne and have
tragic death resulted from an Injury been sentenced to dismissal. It is
at the t>«p«r mill this week. May the announced also that Lieut. Evans, son
blessings of Him Who dooth all of Fighting Bob" Evans, was found
things well abide with them forever guilty on two count a, hut the verdict
* MRS. CHA9. C. PATILIjO j was not dismissal.
CHILDREN.
Ilearst News Service
Spartanburg, Ga., Oct. 10.
—Misa Lillie Dempsey, an es-
timable young lady of Sax-
son, a suburb of Sivartanuburg,
while on her way to the city
thla morning was seized by
a negro and ravished. Great
excitement prevails and {tos-
ses are searching for the fiend
and it is believed that he will
not be able to make gtxtd his
escape.
LATER.—John Irby, the ne-
gro who assaulted Miss Demp-
sey, was captured. The mil-
itia has been ordered out to
protect him. The young wom-
an has positively identified
the negro as her assailant.
Great excitement prevailed at the
home of Henry Berwick on the east
bank of Sabine river from Orange
Friday morning at ten o’clock, when
a seven foot alligator crawled out
from the marsh back of the residence
and indicated his intentions of se-
curing a dinner from the premises
gagardless of whether It ^unstated
of human or beast and had it not
been that the saurian’s attention was
attracted by a helpless pig in a pen
near by, it Is posible that be might
have made a raid on the family. For-
tunately, Mr. Berwick was in hearing
distance of the house and immediately
answered the call of his wife who
notified him of the approach of a
monster alligator. Upon hi* arrival,
Mr. Berwick found the big alligator
making preparations to lift the fran-
tic trig from his pen. but before the
Monstrous Strip of Prairie Burning in
Northern Fart of Stato—Distance of
Fifty Milos Burned Loot Night and
Dallas Entertains Fear*.
Detroit, Mich., Oct. Id.—Detroit has
been in holiday attire since sunrise
and a great throng of maddened citi-
zens is besieging the ticket windows
of Ben net Park, the occasion being
the initial clash between the Cabs and
the Tigers for the baseball champion-
ship of the world. In the forenoon
special trains brought several thous-
and Chicago tana who will be on band
to cher for their favorites. Both
managers are confident of taking the
work was accomplished, he was?
brought down with a charge of num- Hrst game. Kil iam for Detroit and
ber eight buck shot fired into hits j Reulbach fw Chicago will probably
and a second shot killed him on the ! b* pitchers this afternoon,
spot.
Mr.
•i
Berwick came over In the af-
ternoon to sell the hide of the aliiga-
Dallas. Texas. Oct. 1#.-
Btrip of the country is
being’ sweptfc:
.j.; tor and to tell the exciting story which by the prairie Are, hot a shift of the
.j. has been tbe principal topic of con- ; wind’ has turned the coarse toward
.j. - versat ion, especially among the river j the Nebraska line. A distance of fifty
mtles wa* burned during the night. ‘
. Ashes, flames and side fire* may tfffB
reach Dallas.
4. men. _
± LOCAL CONTRACTORS
•Ja s|« a|a a|a a|a *J* sja sjt *|a *j*
J! CLOSE CONTRACTS
| „ FOR IMPROVEMENTS
4* J. C. Markwith. a well known build !
4, i
T ) ing contractor of West Orange, closed
4. ‘ a deal this morning whereby he will
—P. 15 Cole, a prominent young
lumberman of Houtos, was in the
city today on a special mission.
GIVEN OYSTER SUPPER.
Young Folks of Green Avenue Church
• Treat Their Elder*.
begin the work in a short while of
constructing two four-room cottages
on Jackson street, west of Evergreen
*■ H. Rose, a prominent Beau- j cemetery, for attorney Geo. E.
mooter, was transacting business in land.
Orange today.
Robbed Mail Pouch.
Salt Ijtke, Utah, Oct. 10.—A mail
pouch containing a number of regis-
tered packages for the east, was stol-
en from the Denver and Rio Grande
The young deacon* of the Green depot last night. There ta no clue
Avenue Baptist church sprang a v«?r.vjfo the robbery.
plcwsant surprise on the old deacons --•- f
Friday night at the church, where a Knights Tsmplsr*’ Day.
meeting had been scheduled. The j Philadelphia, Oct. 10.—Closing day
young deacon* accompanied by their j of Founder’s Week celebration was
lady friend* were on hand at the almost entirely in fhe hands of the
appointed hour with oysters prepared Knights Templars, their monster pa-
in ail styles, which they served during rade being one of the most popular
the evening for the benefit Of the of the week’* ceremonies,
senior deacon*. Besides the btiulnes*
transacted the crowd enjoyed the!
event and ail voted for a repitition
Don 7 Take
Chances
of the aftair at some future date.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Orange. Texas. Oct. 10.1SOS
Mr, Editor:
Many have Insured since our last
letter Other* are waiting Tell them
they cannot afford to delay, as so
often demonstrated.
Wa allow them time when desired.
Insure now and pay later.
Yours truly.
MALONE and LOVE,
New Phone 211
Violated Anti-Booze Law.
Columbus, Ga, Oct. 10.—T. C.
Roger* haa been sentenced to three
months In jail and fined f 1.000 or a
year on the chain gang for violating
the prohibition law.
Making Fast Tima.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10—A locomo-
bile driven by Robertson this morn-
ing in the anto races went 2*>0 miles
In four hours and twenty-seven min-
utes and thirty seconds
—W. A. Hail, of Houston, was an
Orange visitor today.
ered from Captain Axtell, the John
,con's BayVu people believe that a
favorable report will reach the gov-
ernment and that favorable action to-
wards appropriation will result.
—A. Simon, a well known travel-
ing man of San Antonio, was calling
on his friend* In the city today.
—Mike Ferrl*, of San Antonio, wa*
here today.
■ CKO. w. BAKcatorr.
SAM C. TBlMML.lt
TkehMklMl
OBOROR M. SELLS
W, L. JOIBSB
Aaa’tOaabta*
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Did You Ever Think of It in this Way?
If you save $100 from your earning during a year it ia the same
amount you would receive on'a 12.000 investment for one year at $ per
cant. "■* v
To sava, oae must sacrifice. The heat things of life are gained in this
way. If you want to lay aatda a part of your earnings, coons to this
bask and open an account. A bank account will assist you greatly In
the undertaking.
We welcome the small depositor.
The Orange National Bank
With your eyes. If they need
j attention let our graduate op-
tician examine and test them
He will prescribe proper lit-
a
ting glasses and we are
“home folks," right here all
j I*
i the time at your command,
j No need to take chances with
traveling strangers, who are
j here today and gone tomor-
row’.
Our line of optical goods
is complete and we guarantee
satisfaction.
Remember, we teat your
eyes free of charge and are
here every day in tbe year
to serve you.
JOE LUCAS
T*l*e* Jtk>*ltr Ormmgt. Tut**
Urn* BmMrmt MM J awl
Official htsfttitr Trite0 Rsil-
uei, O tee ft »ilitU*
Mr. Markwith also has the contract
j for nuking extensive repairs to the ?
residence recently purchased from
Rev. Marion Stephenson by J. T.
House, in West Orange.
B. B. Works, a local contractor, re-1
siding on Front street, has closed d
contract with Fred Hsnkatner. loco-
motive engineer for the Texas and
I New Orleans railroad, for the con-
struction of a three room cottage on
Mill street.
Oyster Supper a Success.
Tbe oyster stjpper given by the
Indies’ Aid Society of the West Or
ange church last night, was a de-
cided success, there being s very
large crowd In attendance. All the
oysters on hand for the supper were
con sun*»d and more could have been
sold had they been available.
The Dredge Will Return
About October 25
COX ft MYERS* Tbe 0M Reliable
Will be here 36$ day* in
the yesr to mike your cit-
tern*, gutter*, flue*, etc ,
)u*t when you need them
NSW rHOSt 222
Saved in
Fuel
Without Loss in
Heat
That’s What WILSON’S
Famous Down-Draft
Heaters
will vo
SEE OUR LINE Of
Coal Stoves, Box Heaters,
Air-Tight Heaters—AM
Kinds for Sale Here
Sabine
Supply Co.
Sommer Aboil Over
HIT BUR ROM IN TBf SKIT KIM
UK IS SI El «MM M
No joking, we caa positively
asaaoios wmi UMBMMMo
R# La Manor & Go#
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Anderson Hardware Co.
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Ford, A. L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 159, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 10, 1908, newspaper, October 10, 1908; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643540/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.