The Jacksboro News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1906 Page: 3 of 8
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Jl Speck of Warcloud.
France and Germany Can*t Somehow Get
Together On Morocan Sentiment.
New York, March 2.—War or ru-»
mors of war is all that the State De-
partment can see in the international
conference at Algeciras. The officials
fn their comments upon the situation
are decidedly pessimistic and the
statement was made today.
"If no agreement is made at Alge-
ciras it will be because Germany
wants war. France has made, several
concessions and the situation is not
as if they were up againBt a stone
wall and could not sidestep."
It has been said repeatedly that Mo-
rocco has but a small significance in
the international discussion and tAat
European politics constitute the para
mount subject of discussion and of ac-
tion."
Washington.—While no immediate
break in the conference at Algeciras
is expected by this government, the
negotiations have reached the stage,
which, acoordlng to the reports re-
ceived here, threaten the failure of the
conference unless there is a change
in the attitude of Germany. A long
conference ocurred at the State De-
partment today between Secretary
Hood and M. Jusserand, the French
Ambassador, during which the nego-
tiations at Algeciras was the main
subject under discussion.
It is likely that some of the neutral
powers more directly interested will
renew their efforts to bring France
and Germany to accord. The Wash-
ington Government, however, it is
chiefly interested at Algeciras and can-
not be expected to intervene in Euro-
pean politics.
Wireless Tests to be Made.
New York: Wireless te’egraph tests
are to be made for the next thirty days
by the officers in charge of the various
stations established by the Navy De-
partment to determine if possible the
cause of the many failures to receive
and to send messages at sunrise and
sunset. Repeated tests have shown
this to be the case, and it is said that
the navy operatods were the first to
make the discovery of this strange and
Important phenomenon.
Just why the power of the wireless
apparatus and the sound waves should
be at the lowest ebb at sunrise or sun-
set operators say may not be difficult
to ascertain, for it has long been
known that messages can be sent by
the system at night 40 per cent better
than in daytime, especially when the
sun is shining.
P08TAL AFFAIRS IN TEXAS.
Will 8tart Creelman Plants.
Chicago: All the mills and lumber
camps of the F. E. Creelman Lumber
and Manufacturing Company of Chica-
go and New Orleans will resume oper-
ation next Monday, with F. E. Creel-
man as general manager. At the con-
clusion of the conference between
stockholders owning 90 per cent of the
stock and creditors representing 60 per
cent of the claims^against the compa-
ny, it was decided to petitition Judge
Wright for an order directing Receiver
LanBden to start up the plants.
A negro named Frierson, employ-
ed in the railway yards at Fort Worth,
was run over by a train and received
Injuries from which he died a few
hours later.
A rumor reached New York on
Thursday that the empress of China
was dead.
The Negro Up in Ohio.
Springfield, Ohio: As the result of
the shooting of M. M. Davis, a brake-
man, by two negroes, light companies
of troops were called out to suppress a
mob, which burned six houses Tuesday
night, two houses Wednesday night
and seriously hurt a number of per-
sons. A large number of the houses
of negroes have been stoned, but the
mob was finally brought under con-
trol.
Mr. Debs Gets Wrathy.
Eugene Debs a leading socialist and
,former labor leader, is a recent com-
munication to a socialist paper-com-
menting on the arrest of Hayward and
Moyer for complicity in the murder of
Gov. Steunenberg, says: "Let mass
meetings be held all over the country
and the workers be aroused. A mil-
lion men will meet the issue with guns.
We must fight. Another Haymarket
will precipitate a revolution.”
Doings in the People’s Arm of Federal
Functions.
Washington: The Senate has con-
firmed the following nominations of
postmasters: H. A. Cady, Ballinger; A.
R. Hill, San Saba; J. A. Gammill, Cal-
vert; T. L. Ball, Decatur; J. D. Abney,
Grandviwe; J. D. Cranford, Mineral
Wells; R. R. Hyland, Round Rock; F.
W. Reast, Whitesboro; Frank Sterrett,
Albany; H. C. Butter, Anson; L. M.
Barkley, Fort Worth; C. J. Lewis', Clar-
endon.
The following nominations have
been sent in by the President: Flor-
ence Shtasby, Elgin; M. O. Gleason,
Hico; R. E. Troutman, Jacksonville.
Fourth-class postmasters appointed:
Clay, Burleson County, Mary E. Ward,
vice E. E. Hollingsworth resigned; Cot-
tondale, Wise County, Horace M. Kel-
ley, vice T. L. Taylor removed; Datu-
ra, Limestone County, William E. Hey,
vice W. M. Prichard resigned; Dickens
Dickens County, Joseph H. Reynolds,
vice S. R. Davis removeij; Globe, La-
mar County, Thomas H. Halcomb, vice
W. A. Wheeler resigned; Gustine, Co-
manche County, S. A. Speed, vice C. C.
Speed removed; Iberia, 'raylor County,
Walter B. Hale, vice N. P. Kirby re-
signed; Kilgore, Gregg County, John
N. Linsey, vice D. H. Zuber resigned;
Len, Fisher County, Nanle Hughs, vice
H. R. Terrell resigned; Monahans,
Ward County, Mary E. Moore, vice H.
A. Wren removed; Mountain Home,
Kerr County, Julia McNealey, vice C.
L. Elledge removed; Waneta, Houston
County, Mart H. Howard, vice N. J.
Tims resigned; Willard, Trinity Coun-
ty, James T. Beail, vice J. L. Thomp-
son, removed; Winston, Mitchell Coun-
ty, Lola McCarley, vice J. H. T. John-
son resigned; Woodland, Red River
County, John L. Kennedy, vice D. j.1.
McClosky removed; Canadian Mills
County, John M. Poor, vice S. L. Car-
raway resigned; Geislnger, Grimes
County, John Wagner, vice F. A. Gie-
singer resigned; Gough, Delta Coun-
ty, John W. Patterson, vice W. T. Cpr*
lngton resigned; Elmtown,. Anderson
County, B. F. TIppen, vice B. F. Rog-
ers resigned; Midkill, Midland County,
Thos. M. Cotton, vice J. R. Midkiff re-
signed; Stellar, Fayette County, Albert
Dome, vice F. G. Landig, resigned; Tal-
ly, Harrison County, J. T. Nelson, vice
S. C. Mays resigned; Archer City,
Archer County, Morton L. Robertson,
vice N. A. Benoist removed; Haw
Creek, Fayette County, Otto F. Hen-
king, vice Henry Henking deceased;
Marcy, Haskell County, Richard H.
Green wade, vice C. Chapman resigned;
Burrow* Hunt County, Wm. I. Bour-
land, vice W. C. Mays resigned; Fen-
tress, Caldwell County, J. Morgan
Rector, vice W. A. Wilson resigned.
Texas postoffices established: Dam-
site, Hardeman County, William C.
Pro vine, postmaster; McDowell, Aus-
tin County, Andrew J. Martin, postmas-
ter; Oakdale, Liberty County, Robert
F. Anderson, postmaster; Williams,
Hardin County, Henry P. Geisendorff,
postmaster.
The postoffices at Goff, Rains Coun-
ty; Hillspur, Lee County; Mills, Free-
stone County; Wade, Guadalupe Coun-
ty; Wied, Lavaca Cpunty; Worthing,
Lavaca County, and Zorn, Guadalupe
County, Texas, have been ordered dis-
continued.
MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
- - SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
A Furious Storm 8truck the City Just
at Nightfall.
Mobile. Ala.. March 3.-A long dis-
tance message to the Item from J. D.
Breaux, service nian of the Cumber-
land Telephone Company at Meridian,
gives complete details of the tornado
that struck Meridian at 6:30 yester-
day evening as follows:
During a heavy rainstorm at 6:30
o’clock a stormcloud developed in the
south and moved on the city, striking
ITont street, the business section,
with full force. The wind was blow-
ing probably sevexty-flve miles an
hour. The tornado passed over in
about two minutes and during that pe-
riod three or four whole squares wero
devastated. A conservative estimate
places the number of buildings blown
down at between thirty and forty.
Among the heaviest losers are the
Meyer-Nevllle Hardware Company,
Tom Lyle & Co., wholesale dry goods
and groceries, the New Orleans and
Northwestern freight depot and other
buildings. The Mobile and Ohio depot
is safe, as well as the Southern Hotel,
but the Grand Avenue Hotel was con-
siderably damaged. The guests in the
latter escaped and no one was injured.
From the business center the tor-
nado jumped to the east and a number
of residences were blown down and
others badly damaged.
Mr. Breaux stated that the number
ct lives lost is small. One of the vic-
tims, a man named Johnson, was hem-
med in between the wreckage and at
10 o’clock he was reached by tne res-
cuing party, to whom he spoke and
begged them to hurry and extricate
him.
Several fires were started as a re-
sult of the tornado, but only one was
serious, that of the compress. The
fire was extinguished by 10 p. m. Mr.
Breaux reports all trains entering the
city on time. Wires of the telegraph
companies are still down.
Wild reports say that at least 150
lives were lost and that many fires
broke out and raged furiously, burn-
ing many dead bodies as well as mim-
ing to death those pinned in the
wreckage but not dead.
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
The Brazos Valley road expects to
be handling Corsicana freight by fall.
Charles Coleman, the negro rapist
and murderer of Maggie Lear, a 15-
year-old white girl, was lawfully hang-
ed at Shreveport Thursday.
A fox bunt and fiddlers conters to be
pulled off at Monte Ne, Ark., May 2,
3, 4 and 6 is attracting attention all
over the Southwest.
After lingering four days, ex-County
County Commissioner U, C. Halrgrove
of Smith County, died from the kick
of a mule. Halrgrove was a pioneer
citizen.
William J. Gray, aged fifty-four year*
and for the past eighteen years a resi-
dent of Dallas, died at his home Thurs-
day morning from a sudden stroke of
appoplexy.
Dan Thomas, a negro from Corsi-
cana, Texas, bled to death at police
headquartters at Oklahoma City from
a stab in his right forearm. He re-
fused to say how he was injured.
Harry Tenny, who was knocked out
Wednesday night at San Francisco by
Frankie Niell, the bantam champion
pugilist, died at 8 o'clock Thursday
morning.
A dispatch from Rome to the Her-
ald says that it is officially announced
that the Dowager Queen Margaherita
of Italy, has abandoned her proposed
trip t othe United States.
John Hessler, a railway man whose
home was Texarkana, was removed
from a Cotton Belt train at Fort Worth
and conveyed to the hospital, but be-
tween the depot and the hospital he
died.
After twenty rounds of fast and fu-
rious fighting between Fred Landers
of San Francisco and Clarence Eng-
lish of Omaha, at Hot Springs, it vaia
declared a draw. Landers was the
cleverer of the pair and appeared a
certain winner during the first thirteen
rounds.
A Justice Given 8ome Pointers.
Houston: Trouble is threatened over
the recent killing of a man named
Booker at Humble by a saloonist nam-
ed Myatt, Monday. Myatt was ar-
raigned before Justice Lambert and
was released under a $500 bond. A
law and order mass meeting was call-
ed. A committee was appointed and
waited on Justice Lambert and gave
him some pointers about how he
should conduct his court
Monta J. Moore In the Running.
Waco: Hon. Monta J. Moore of Cam-
eron, is arranging his campaign and
will soon make his opening speech as a
candidate .for Governor. He says that
reports that he was not in the race
were unwarranted. "I am out for Gov-
ernor and expect to make my first
speech in Waco about the close of
this month." Mr. Moore says he will
give the press an outline of his views
from the standpoint of a candidate for
Governor in a short time
Texas Horses Win.
New Orleans, La., March 3.—Texas
operators figured heavy at both tracks
yesterday,, which wero-anuddy from
the morning downpour of rain. At
the Fair Grounds, Clarence and L. T.
Waters of San Antonio slipped a good
thing under the wire when their Ed
Early won the race with odds of 13
to 5 about him. He carried a bunch of
Texa^ money. Just as they went to
the post, Ed Eearly was backed down
to even money, owing to the heavy
play on him. The second race, an
affair for 2-year-olds, went to Mose
Goldblatt’s filly, Helen Lucas, the 7 to
5 favorite. She jumped out in front
at the very outset and was never head-
ed again, winning by herself at the
end. Dorothy M, at 12 to 1, owned by
Sidney Murray of Houston, was sec
end, and Little Wanda third.
At City Park, Jack Phillips of Tex-
as enjoyed a strenuous day. Albert
Simons and his following had a nar-
row escape from taking down a big
bet with his 2-year-old Monterey In
the handicap, as the riders of Polly
Prim and Wild Irishman of Phillips’
stable lodged an objection against his
win. Monterey "opened up at 8 to 1,
but that price did not remain up very
long, as Simons and his crowd got
busy and sent it down to 5 to 1. Mon-
terey raced in behind his field until
the last sixteenth, where he lumped
Into Polly Prim, who in turn interfer-
ed with Wild Irishman.
The first inmate of the new jail at
Grant’s Pass, Cal., a public improve-
ment of which the Grant’s Passers are
proud, is a pretty nlne-teen-year-old
girl, who is accused of murdering
her father. She is not confined to her
cell, is provided with every comfort,
including the latest magazines, and
is allowed to go out shopping when
she so desires.
Minor 8uea for Damages.
Dallas: A case styled John R. Min-
or, Jr., vs. Magdaline Knepfly, dam-
ages, was filed Friday morning in the
Fourteenth district court. The plain-
tiff in this case is the young man
who was so badly injured by jump-
ing from the burning Knepfly build-
ing on the morning of Jan. 9, and be-
cause of the Injuries received on this
occasion he asks damages against the
defendant in the sum of $15,000.
Washington: Talk of a caucus of
the House Democrats for the purpose
of preventing the election of Repre-
sentative Griggs of Georgia, or any
other southerner, to the chairmanship
of the Democratic congressional com-
mittee, continues to be heard here, and
while it is not probable at this time
that such a caucus will be called, it Is
quite obvious that there is considera-
ble feeling in the premises and this
will manifest itself, at the meeting of
the committee called for next Tues-
day.
Beaumont: J. G. Booth, 56 years of
age, was placed under arrest Friday
on an affidavit charging him with mur-
der. The charge of murder grows out
o? the finding of the body of Frank
Irsch, a white man, aged 30 years, at
Voth, on Thursday morning. The ar-
rest was made after an inquest had
been held by Coroner Holmes and the
affidavit charging murder was made by
Sheriff Landry of this county.
Mason: Judge D. H. Meeks died sud-
denly Thursday about noon from an
overdose of morphine. He was around
as usual on the evening before, but
did not arise at the usual hour in the
morning and when his room was en-
tered he was found unconscious. All
was done that the attending physi-
cian could think of, but he never ral-
lied. He was not addicted to the use
of drugs and it is supposed that it was
taken to lull pain or Induce sleep.
James H. Ward, well known in Tex-
as, and for many years chief operator
of the Associated Press in the South-
west and for the past three years con-
nected with the Chicago office, is dead
there of heart failure.
In North Japan it is estimated that
650,000 people are suffering severely
from cold and famine. Men, women
and children are dying by hundreds
from cold and starvation.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed for the Canadian Southern Rail-
way. Capital $50,000,000. It is proposed
to build from Winnipeg to Galveston.
Headquarters will be at Pierre, with
branch office in New York. E. A. Hill
of Galveston, Tex., is the principal in-
corporator.
The tug Daniel Wllland, which left
Gloucester bound for Maine, struck a
rock off Rockport breakwater Thurs-
day and sank. Three of the five men on
board are believed to have be«n drown-
ed. Two were rescued.
The new train between Denison and
Wichita Falls, which was put on the
Katy Feb. 4, is proving very popular
with the traveling public as well as
profitable for the road. The train now
carries an average of 200 passengers
dally.
Fudge—Troublesh never comsh
shingly. Thash by ’sperience.
Smudge—Mine, too. I’m married
m’shelf, ol’ man.
When Women Carry Pistols.
Evidently the man was a footpad.
The woman did not quail.
On the contrary, she took a pistol
from her muff.
“You horrid thing,” she said, “if this
was loaded and I knew how to cock it
I’d make you go right away.”
Before he got over his astonishment
the police arrived.
Breaking It Gently.
“I hev come to tell yez, Mrs. Malone,
that yer husband met with an acci-
dent."
“An’ what is it now?” wailed Mr*.
Malone.
“He was overcome by t«’ heat, ’
mum.”
“Overcome by th’ heat, was he? An’
how did it happen?”
“He fell in the furnace over at the
foundry, mum.”—Milwaukee Sentinel.
Quite Original.
“He’s got a scheme for a patent
medicine that he thinks should be a
winner. It’s a chills and fever regu-
lator.”
“That doesn't sound like a very
new idea.”
“Oh, but his idea of it is. Hi*
scheme is to regulate things so that
the chills will come on on warm days
and the fever on cold.”
Made Up for Everything.
"I’m afraid, dear,” said Mrs. Sub-
bubs, “that your walk didn’t do you
much good.”
“Indeed, it did,’’ replied her hus-
band, delighted.
“But that awful shower of rain;
you were caught in that and--”
“Oh, yes, but I found a golf ball
that I lost last summer.”
Like Papa.
"It’s a boy.”
“Anything like me?”
“Yes.”
“Break it gently to the wife.”—Ally
Sloper’s.
Identification Necessary.
"Is your mistress at home?” In-
quired Mrs. Borem, standing in th#
shadow of the doorway.
“I don’t know, ma’am," replied th#
servant. "Can’t tell whether she’#
home or not till I get a good look at
ye. If ye hov a wart on the side o’ yer
nose, ma’am, she ain’t.”
The Only Way,
"Ah, good morning, Phocksy! How
do you find business?”
"I advertise in th# newspapers toe
It, of course.”
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Marks, Tom M. The Jacksboro News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1906, newspaper, March 8, 1906; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth734514/m1/3/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.