Rockdale Messenger. (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1899 Page: 3 of 8
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fl?HB MESSENGER, ROOKDADE, TEXA% -THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1899.—EIGHT PAGES.
OMINOUS SILENCE.
MATTERS ARE NOT SO QUIET AS
THEY SEEM IN CUBA.
Soldlara Want Their Rifles anil Will
H l‘a|i Thai.., Tliejf list Mo
Money—Tit a I'ourae la Much I'omiumd-
-eU—Other Neira Notea.
New York, May 23.—The Herald has
the following from Havana:
General Gomez said In his manifesto
that if the occasion required he would
go to Washington and plead for the
welfare of Cuba. Cespedes said last
night he thought Gomez would see
President McKinley If something was
not done Immediately. Cespedes 1r
going to America on Thursday on per-
sonal business, and Gomez may ac-
company him.
The situation here was the same yes-
terday as Sunday. Governor Geuerul
Brooke took a trip into the country.
There is no information at Vedado
In regard to the much-discussed de-
cree. General Gomez Is fast losing
prestige with his army, and the antl-
Gomez leaders are taking every oppor-
tunity to increase the feeling of bitter-
ness.
Cuban officers were forced Into ac-
cepting the last agreement between
Generals Brooke and Gomez to disarm
quietly and hand over their arms to
municipal authorities by the strong
feeling of the Cuban people against
further delay and tlieir desire to see
the men go to work, but now that it
Is probable another hitch has arisen
they condemn Gomez for ever enter-
ing into negotiations with the United
•States, declaring lie lias been a tool in
the American bands.
The quietness prevailing among the
old assemblymen and strong anti-
American element of the Cubans looks
suspicious. Under present conditions
it is the black element wherein danger
lies. Their leaders are most bitter
against American occupation.
Juan Gomez is in Havana, but Quin-
tin Banderas is somewhere In the
country, and he has influence with
the blacks.
Muster Out ut I’r«*Ullo.
Washington, May 23.—In anticipation
of the prompt return of the volunteer
troops In the Philippines, the secre-
tary of war yesterday issued instruc-
tions to General Shatter commanding
the department of California at San
Francisco to establish a model camp
at the Presidio for the accommodation
of about 4000 volunteers from Manila,
pending tlieir muster out.
Washington, May 23.—The war de-
partment is proceeding on the theory
that by the end of July not a volun-
teer soldier will be left in Manila and
General Otis’ report yesterday that
the transport Warren has arrived ad-
vances .the time when the forward
movement of the volunteers will begin.
Already notice lias been issued that
mail for the First California and Sec-
ond Oregon volunteer regiments should
hot lie sent to Manila, ul to San Fran-
cisco.
Lieutenant Wj^ntlow t.<» Murry.
New York, May 23.-iFormal an-
nouncement was made by Mrs. Theo-
dore A. Havemeyer Monday of the en-
gagement of her youngest daughter,
Miss Dora Ilavemeyer, to Lieutenant
Cameron Melt. Winslow, United
States navy. Mr. Winslow distin-
guished himself at Cienfuegos, hist
summer when lie was serving on the
Nashville by commanding the expedi-
tion which ran the gauntlet of the ene-
my’s fire and cut the cable. He is a
native of the District of Columbia and
was graduated from tlie naval aca-
demy at Annapolis in 1875.
Cyclone In Krutli County.
Fort Worth, Texas, May 23.-—One of
the worst tornadoes that Las visited
Texas si nee the cyclone which wiped
Cisco oft the face of the earth three
years ago, and in which some fifty
people were killed, passed over the
northwestern portion of Ernth county
Monday noon, the nuiw or WHICH wore
received here Monday evening. The
storm came from the northwest and
passed over a strip of country about
200 yards ylde in a southeasterly di-
rection. The storm was accompanied
by vivid lightning and a heavy hail
storm. Country homes and church
buildings wbre wrecked in several lo-
calities, the most serious damage be-
ing at Mount Pleasant, Titus county.
The noon services had just closed and
the people were leaving when the
wind struck the building. A bolt of
lightning and the wind struck the
house simultaneously, wrecking it and
scattering the debris in all directions.
William Kauffman was instantly
killed and some fifteen other persons
more or less injured, some fatally, It
is believed. Tlii-ee are in a dying con-
dition, according to later reports. A
woman with a babe In her arms was
struck by lightning, ’but' miraculously
escaped death. A little girl was
stripped of her clothes and when res-
cued was alive and hut slightly hurt.
The cyclone struck Stephenville and
did considerable damage, wrecking
many houses, but no one was killed.
The Cumberland Presbyterian church
was unroofed and badly damaged.
Alarm creek, six miles southeast of
Stephenville, wras in the storm’s path.
Many buildings in that town were
leveled, among them the Methodist
fliurch; TT Is reported several were
killed, but the rumor has not yet been
confirmed here. Trees jiud crops in
the wake of the storm are reported
to be totally wiped out, but authentic
details of the disaster have not been
received. The report also comes that
several people were killed and injured
in the country through which the
storm- passed.----—-——_____
DAMAGE BY STORM
NO LIVES ARE REPORTFD LOST
AND NO ONE WAS BADLY HURT.
Much Lom of Property W»» Kutalled—
Wheat, Tom eiwl Other . CrflW fftft
lllowu Down ami Much Injured—A
Wide Territory—Other New* Note*.
Mutfeot a Success.
Dallas, Texas, May 23.—The fif-
teenth annual maifest, which opened
Sunday, was continued Monday and
concluded at night. It was the most
successful maifest ever held in Dal-
las. The procession of German and
other civic societies and the grand
flower parade was elaborate and bril-
liant and was more than a mile in
length. Fully 20,000 visitors came to
the city on excursions. The program
nt the state fair grounds was a long
and strong one, and included every
grade of high class athletics, band
concerts, military drills and numerous
amusements. The principal oration
Monday, which was in English, was
delivered by the Hon. .1. .7. Eckford
of this city. Several thousand dollars
worth of prizes were awarded. The
finale of the occasion is a grand an-
nual ball, which is in progress.
HulT.ilo strike settled.
Buffalo. May 23.—The grain shovel-
ers strike lias been settled. Tlie agree-
ment was signed late last night by a
sub-committee representing the strik-
ers. President Kief of tlie ’Longshore-
men’s association being present, and
Contractor Connors, lias been approv-
ed by the full committee of the grain
shovelers’ union., The strike is to be
declared off and the men will return to
work Wednesday morning.
Trouble ut Coluinbud. |.
Avtin, Texas, May 23.—Upon direct
information from Columbus, received
Monday morning, to the effect that
there was Imminent danger there of
fresh disturbances in consequence ot
the recent killings which lmve taken
place in that city, the governor or-
dered Adjutant General Scurry, Cap-
tain McDonald and two Rangers to
gather at once and reinforce Captain
Seiker, and they departed for that
point Monday afternoon.
Negro Boy Drownotl.
Navasota, Texas, May 23—A negro
boy named Jolinnle Gothron was
drowned in the Brazos river near Al-
leufnrm Sunday, and up to the time
the last information was received from
that point tlie body had not been re-
covered from the water. He was sit-
ting" in a small boat fishing; the boat
capsized and there was only some chil-
dren on tlie bank to witneas the trage-
dy without being able to render any
assistance to Johnnie.
Paris, Texas, May 24.—This immedi-
ate section was visited by a most dis-
astrous rnin, wind and hall storm,
between midnight and daylight. Crops
were literally beaten Into the ground
and many acres laid waste. Many
bridges and fences were swept away.
Crops in Saunders creek bottom are
overflowed and ruined.
The Presbyterian church at Petty
was blown from the blocks and wreck-
ed. The barn of Arthur Freeman,
four miles southwest, was struck by
lightning and burned down, together
with farming implements, corn and
hay. Two horses perished iu the
flames. '• -‘ ' C
The residence of J. E. Emmett,
seven miles south, was riddled by
lightning, rafters and weatherboards
being shivered. lie and his wife oc-
cupied one bed and their son another
in the same room with a bureau be-
tween. The bureau was riven, the
pillow cases on the beds burned up
and the occupants rendered uncon-
scious.
Ollie Sims, a young woman, was
found dead ill bed near ltoxton
terday morning. The negroes were
greatly terrified during Monday night’s
electrical storm. Justice Shaw held
an inquest and reached the conclu-
sion that she was frightened to death.
Reports last night from Roxtou are
that a strip of country four miles be-
low there, a mile wide aud several
miles long, was utterly devastated, the
rainfall amounting to a water spout.
John* Endsley has seventy-five frying
size chickens drowned on the roost.
The Sulphur on tlie line between
Lamar and Delta is higher than in
many years. It extends from hill to
hill. Many farms are submerged and
great quantities of timber were blown
down. .. . i
v Faria May Not Float Again.
Falmouth, Eng., Mfcy 24.—The most
of the passengers of the American
liner Purls, which ran ou the rocks
off Lowlands Point, near Coverack,
Cornwall, early Sunday morning,
while on her way to New York from
Southampton, left ou special trains
Tuesday morntng. Some of them
went on board the North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Grosse, hut the majority of them will
go ou the American line steamer St.
Paul, which is to sail from Southamp-
ton on Saturday next.
A leading Cornish diver who ex-
amined the Paris Tuesday takes a
very pessimistic view of her condition.
He said: “1 do not anticipate that
the Paris will ever be refloated. She
Is pierced by rocks amidships, her
foreholds are badly damaged, the
bulkheads are practically useless and
even if she were gotten off the rocks
I don’t believe she will float. In my
opinion the only, remedy Is a false bot-
tom, which It would take a month to
complete, and I believe that even
moderately rough weather In the
meantime would break up the ship.”
Everything is in readiness to float the
vessel if the weather continues favor-
able.
TEXANETTES.
Smith County Fruit Crop.
Tyler. Texas. May 24.—The present
outlook for the peaeli crop is encour-
aging. though the crop will be^, cut
short. Tlie ^quality, however, it is
thought, will be excellent. It is not
likely that over onehalf the crop of last
year will matuue, as much young
fruit has been dwarfed and killed by
the late spring. Fruit shippers, how-
ever, generally expect good prices for
the peaches, since tlie shortage in
quantity will increase tlie quality and
likewise the price.
The strawberry crop iu this section
has been marketed, and it brought
thousands of dollars to tlie farmer.
Something near thirty solid cars have
been shipped North, and when we es-
timate that each ear contained approx-
imately (500 crates, twenty-four boxes
to tlie crate, or 432,000 boxes of straw*
berries, tlie reader enn very quickly
, see the enormous proportions assumed
by this new industry. Many straw-
berry growers have made over $250
an acre on berries, and this certainly
knocks the block out of cotton.
The blackberry crop will be ready
for tlie market within the next few
days. The yield of tills berry also
will be large though it will not bring
so much money into this country as the
strawberry crop brought.
A PecuUiir Condition. S',
San Antonio, Texas, May 24.—Rev-
enue Stamp Clerk R. A. Campbell of.
Naval lutelllguuce, •
Washington, May 24.—The first of
the general information series of bul-
letins for this year Issued by the
bureau of naval Intelligence is a
on of a_carefully prepared pa-
per by Captain Susenltli of the Ger-
man navy. It composes a compara-
tive sketch of tlie navies of the world
and calls attention to tlie fact that
all nations are profitting by the lesson
of Santiago, where the heavy battle-
ships brought about tlie destruction
of the Spanish fleet, and are building
battleships of 12,000 and 15,000 tons
displacement. Another lesson that the
German constructor draws from the
American-Spanisii war is the worth-
lessness of tlie unprotected ship in
battle. One of the most remarkable
confession that England, on the com-
pletion of the ships now under con-
struction for her navy, will be in a
position to meet the combined navies
of any two powers in the world. It
is also stated that England has under
construction and to be completed in
the next three years vessels that will
be more than equal to tlie total Ger-
man navy as It stands at tbe end of
the nineteenth century. Japan Is mak<
ing great progress with her navy.
Mrs. J. W. Hades was painfully In-
jured In a runaway at Bonham.
Rabbi Sodousky ot the San Antonio
Orthodox Jewish congregation died
suddenly.
E. T. Tussle of Files, HU1 county,
captured a white squirrel. It has plum-
colored eyes and a bushy tail.
Two boys had a fight in the Rusk
penitentiary and one out the other.
One Is in for horse theft and the other
for burglary.
The county commissioners of John-
son county have purchased a number
of teams and will work the county
convicts on the roads.
In the Federal court at Paris U. S.
Cobb was granted leave to withdraw
his suit against the Houston and Tex-
as Central railway without prejudice.
Maj. Norris of Gainesville ’received
an armadillo from southern Texas. The
animal is quite a curiosity there, and
has attracted a great deal of attention.
The palatial residence of Mrs. Dr. A.
C. Reid, on Walnut street, in Texar-
kana, was sold. W. A. Arthur of
Paris being the purchaser; considera-
tion $5000 cash.
In an attempt to burglarize a Gal-
veston store three men discovered Vin-
cent Monteleaona asleep in a wagon in
the yard and they gave him an unmer-
ciful beating.
Preparations are being made for a
two days’ picnic and barbecue at Bal-
linger on the 28th and- 20th of J*une,
the occasion being an ex-Confederate
Anil-lruac Dinner.
St. Louis, May 24.—Final arrange-
ments for the reception of the guests
who i will attend the anti trust dinner
at the Coliseum next Thursday even-
ing were made at a meeting of all the
committees Tuesday night. Tlie van-
guard of the guests is already iu St.
Louis. Sam B. Cook, chairman of the
national ways and means committee
and of the state committee, reaching
here. The principal invited guests, in-
cluding William J. Bryan, J. P. Alt-
geld and II. I’. Belmont, as well as the
bulk of the national democratic com-
mittee, will meet in St. Louis on
Thursday mol-nlug. The caterer is uu
der contract to have dinner over in an
hour and fifteen mlnues.
Berman Baptluli
Roanoke, Va., May 24.—The first bus-
iness session of the German Baptist
association was held yesterday. Large
crowds were iu attendance through
out the day and proceedlugs-were full
of Interest. The first session was call-
reunion on the 28th and on the 29th
is celebrated the thirteenth anniver-
sary of the town.
While playing in the streets at
Gainesville a few nights ago with a
party of small boys, Frank Bridges, 9
years of age, was run over by a deliv-
ery wagon. The boy’s face was cut
through to the mouth and the chin
hone broken.
A contract between Eastland county
and a water works company was final-
ly consummated, in which the county
and town will be supplied with a sub-
courthouse, Jail and town.
Col. E. B. Smyth, a pioneer citizen
of Mart, at one time a member ot the
legislature, and a member of the peni-
tentiary board under the Hogg admin-
istration, died very suddenly at that
place.
Dr. Douglass Harris, a pioneer citi-
zen and physician of Hill county, is
dead, aged 69 years. He was a native
of Alabama and a prominent Mason.
Miss Bettle Coplln, 18 years old, a
sanctlflcatlonlst, has been attracting
large congregations at Henrietta.
El Paso after quitting their Jobs as
tracklayers of the El Paso and Norflv
eastern extension were Bent back to
Louisiana.
Thieves broke into the paint and
paper store of Webster & Petrie at
Texarkana and riddled It to the ex-
tent of $300. Many valuable goods
were carried away and considerable
damage was done to the stock.
The Santa Fe engineers were at Fort
Worth, and se| the grade stakes for
the new passenger station. Work on
the structure, It is given aut by the
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contractors, will be pushed as fast as
possible.
The North German Lloyd steamer
Wlllehad sailed for Bremen with a
good list of passengers and a full cargo.
This was the first fast first-class pas-
senger steamer in the foreign trade to
visit Galveston. It is believed the visit
of the Wlllehad will result In the es-
tablishment of a regular line of passen-
ger steamers to foreign ports.
Wheat and oats will soon
for cutting.
Three large gins are to ba erected
at Franklin.
* Considerable cotton is being planted
ground Iowa Park.
Texas raises one-nineteenth of the
sheep in the United tSates and stands
fourth.
Lee pros, of San Angelo bought from
Seaton Keith seventy-five 2-year-old
steers at $22.
Oats In Grayson county are heading
finely and ere long they will be ready
for the reapers.
Farmers in the vicinity of Crisp,
Ellis county, are organizing a stock
company to put up a flour mill.
The Hopkins County Wool Growers'
association sold their spring clip at
Sulphur Springs for 14% cents per
pound; 25,000 pounds in this sale.
It Is thought that the next session
of the Georgia legislature will consider
the uniformity plan in cotton classifi-
cation.
M. Halff ft Bro. are now' stocking
their pastures with yearling steers
from Inex, near Pearsall. They recent-
ly received thirty-one cars.
It is said that large quanlties of sor-
ghum will be sown In Frio county this
year. It is regarded as a most excel-
lent feed for cattle. •
W. J. Lee of Belton bought from
elch er county
290-3 And 4-year-old steers at $26.80,
n
which stock will be put on cotton seed
meal for feed.
Mr. John E. Owens of Wills Point
recently shipped In a small herd of
thoroughbred registered red Durham
nettle, and will put them on his ranch,
south of that city.
Dale Bros, of Bonham shipped twelve
cars of cattle to St. Louis, recently,
the third shipment of the past week.
These cattle have all been fed at Bon-
ham during the past winter.
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Fine rains have fallen In Knox coun-
ty, relieving the stockmen and farm-
ers. Early wheat will not make mors
than half a crop. Spring wheat looks
fine. Corn and oats are good. Cotton
planting was delayed on account of the
dry weather.
Maj. Wlckman of San Antonin
bought from Bean Bros, of Independ-
ence, Pecos county, 1700 muttons, after
shearing, at $2.62%;, from T. T. Dow-
ney of Pecos county, 5000 muttons at
$3; from Duncan Campbell of Pecos
county, 800 muttons at $3.50.
Rev. I. B. Kimbrough on Blue Grove
was in Henrietta a few days ago and
stated that he had killed over 1000 jack
rabbits during the past year and took
out ammunition to continue the work
of annihilating thc| destructive pests.
Mr. D. C. Hill of McKinney, fed
about 2100 cattle the past season and
mbarketed them at a range of $4.40 to
$5.25, the' average being about $4.75,
and the highest in his experience as a
feeder. For a hunch of 2-year-olds he
Last winter there was a heavy loss
In range horses. From some sections
it is reported that horses died by the
thoQsanfls. They wers regarded by
many as worthless. Since spring came
there has suddenly developed a sur-
prising demand for fange horses.
Two prominent shippers of Texas,
J. J. ^Uttson of Abilene and T. J. Crog-
gin of Met'kel are credited with having
purchased 10,000 head of cattle In the
Mormon colonies near Casas Grandes,
Mex., for shippment to the Panhandte
and the Pecos valley.
Deputy United States Marshal J. H.
Bickley left Texarkana Friday morn-
ing with thirty-nine prisoners, all con-
victed of moonshlnlng at the present
term of the Federal court In Texarka-
na, Ark. They are consigned to the
prison at Fort Smith, where their sen-
tences will be served out.
The Woodmen of the World at
Whltesboro unveiled the monuments
to Sovereigns J. E. Hammond and J.
E. Brazington. Orations were madfc
by Rice Maxey and G. P. Webb, both of
Sherman, and immense concourse of
people attended the sad and Impressive
services. ; •
The summer normal for Montague
and Clay counties will held at
Bowie in July. » .. .. ,
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Rev. J. M. Purcell of Austin was
duly installed pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church at Lockhart. Rev.' A. J.
Jones of San Antonio, Rev. J. P. Rob-
ertson of Cuero and Elder T. M. Har-
wood of Gonzales conducted the ser-
vices. V"
The Katy bridge building department
has enough work in the way of build-
ing new iron bridges to keey them busy
during the entire summer. There, are
about twenty of the bridges in addition
to those at Waxahachle and Lorena
which are In course of construction.
William E. Ewing died in Texarkana
at the age of 61. He was an old engi-
neer, having worked on the Iron Moun-'
tain railroad for a number of years.
His remains were Interred by the A.
P. Hill camp of United Confederate
Veterans. " V ^ \
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Failure of Hie IHg Trust.
Now York, May 23.—Leading men In
(lie steel and iron trade said yester-
day 'that, tlie incorporation of the new
Carnegie Iron and Steel company un-
der the laws of Pennsylvania means
the failure of the contemplated big
iron and oteel trust, which was to
Include tlie Federal Steel company,
with a joint capital of nearly $1,000,-
000,000.
Farmer Accidentally Killed.
Texarkana, Texas, May 23.—Babe
Wommaek, a farmer at Red Water,
Texas, teu miles west of this city,
while mounting Ids horse yesterday,
lost his footing and fell to tlie ground.
A revolver that lie had in his back
pants pocket was discharged by the
fall, sending a ball through Wom-
iuuck’s body. lie died instantly.
No Agreement Reached.
Manila, May £t:—The conference be-
tween civilian members of the United
States Philippine commission and tlie
representatives of the Philippine com-
mission continues. Military and civil-
ian confmission differ regarding the
wisdom of continuing tlie conferences,
the former adhering to their original
demand for the unconditional surren-
der of tlie insurgent forces.
Albany, N. Y., May 23.—The legis-
lature met in extra session, listened to
the reading of Governor Roosevelt's
message and adjourned.
SI e.-nmii Mills In Operation.
Sherman, Texas, May 23.—The looms
and spindles of the Sherman cotton
mills \yerc started on regular work
Monday.' Eighty operators are al-
ready at wbrk and others who have
been engaged will be put to work just
as soon ns they arrive. The manage-
ment of the mills say that everything
moved off wdthout a hitch and quite
satisfactorily.
Hazen, Ark.—Rudolph Thomas, mar-
shal of the town, shot and Instantly
killed Ed Dick in front of the mayor’s
office... ,
the local internal revenue office re-
ceived some news Tuesday morning
which is quite puzzling. The local
government repository notified him
that it would no longer receive $1 hills
on deposit, as it liad been decided that
they wer^i not legal tender and that
repositories were not obliged to ac-
cept them. As Mr. Campbell is com-
pelled to put ills money i : tlie desig-
nated repository, which In this case is
the San Antonio National bank, and
as the law requires him to accept gov-
ernment money in any form* he is in
a quandary. If lie qccepts the dollar
hills lie can not deposit them and if
lie refuses to accept them there is also
trouble ahead. Consequently lie lias
written to Collector Webster Flapui-
gan at Austin for instructions.
etl to order at 11 o’clock a. m. Offi-
cers were elected as follows: L. T.
Holtziuger of Indiana, moderator; Bern
nett Tourte of Illinois, reading clerk;
J. H. Moore of Illinois, writing clerk;
S. M. Eby of Missouri, doorkeeper.
Buffalo Trouble* Kmled.
Buffalo, N. Y., May 24.—Tuesday
saw a general breaking up of the dock
strikes here. The settlement of the
shovellers’, trouble, as liad been anti-
cipated, was quickly folowed by the
disintegration of all of the other
strikes along the water front. The
strikes of tlie freight handlers, mar-
ine firemen, coal heavers and ore
handlers were merely incidental to the
scoopers’ movement and brought
about largely because of sympathy.
Oil Well Plu rgeil.
Ennis, Texas, May 24.—The E. 1.
Pittman well, which lias created so
much comment in this locality, lias
reached a deptli of 1000 feet and Mon-
day tlie work was discontinued and
tlie well plugged. Indications are that
oil lias been obtained and that the re
suits will he kept secret uulil further
developments in other lines.
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Navigation of Ml* Bra*on
Brenham, Texas, May 24.—Hon. D.
C. Glddlngs, jr„ has received letters
from Governor Sayers and Lieutenant
Governor Browning advising him that
they will accept the Invitation to he
present at the Brazos navigation meet-
ing in Brenham July 3 next. r , ,
Colonel Crump Den<l.
Beeville, Texas, May 24.—Colonel
John S. Crump, the noted pioneer, who
lias been confined to ids bed in this
city for several weeks, (lied yesterday
morning at 7 o’clock. He was buried
yesterday evening in tlie Beeville cem-
etery. Colonel Crump was a native of
Alabama. He came to Western Texas
in the early ’4bs.
Berman* Want Indemnity.
London, May 24.—The Daily Mall
published "the following dispatch from
Tien Tsin, the port of^Pekln: Three
German officers were killed on May
20 by tlie Chinese at Kino Cliftu (the
German port in Tshati Tung), which
may lead Germany to tike force to
compel the payment of Indemnity.
Texas is sixth in corn acreage in the
United States, the number of acres be-
ing 4,213,468; in the United States,
77,721,781, which is also one-nineteenth.
In bushels for 1898 the state is sixth
and made a showing of 105,37,000; in
the United States, 924,184,000, which
Is one-nineteenth of corn In, bushels.
T. L. Blackmon, who represents the
Home Land and Cattle Company, once
one of the truly big outfits of the coun-
try, which handled from 260,000 to
300.000 cattle during ten years of the
best part Of Its existence and shipped
23.000 head in 1893, said that the com-
pany would probably ‘stock up again
soon. . v
The strawberry crop around Mtneola
was damaged somq by the rains.
The extremely cold weather and
late spring seem to have had compara-
tively little effect on the Texas straw-
berry crop, and reports from the grow-
ing districts show enormous shipments.
Their flavor, also. Is fully up to the
usual standpoint, likewise their size.
. Mr. T. G. Harrison of New York, ctly,
who with his brother owns about 350,-
000 acres of land In Taylor county and
have thereon 12,000 head of cattle, says
there have been wonderful changes
in Western Texas stuce his visit in
1873. \ i
Farmers from almost every section
of Fannin county say that the oat crop
will be immense this year. They ora
kept busy now trying to give the cot-
ton and corn a chance to outgrow*
j weeds and crabgrass. as the contlnafclj
rains have retarded work.
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