Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 10, 1902 Page: 2 of 4
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Hlpine Rvalancbe.
J. 11 OUKn. PabUakar.
ALPINE^ TEXAS
EVENTS OF IVIRYWHIM.
rlea, U., la to hai« a i
>n, Mlai., will hOfe a Urge COir
!>■ Bill.
Gold uMrloi |700 «• the too has
boa found l» Barr; county, MlaoourL
Premier Laurier of Oauada wishes
to secure better trad# relations wltb
Prance.
The vault of the Bank of Mineral.
Mineral. III., was blown open and
|2000 taken
Mr* Nettle Hartsell was murderous-
ly assaulted at Monmouth, 111., by an
unknown person.
A*scaament rolls of Brookhavea,
Miss , show an Increase of over 100 per
cent In taxable values.
Will llarnes. rolored, was sisesel-
nated near Mendenhall, La. Hlateea
bullets entered bis body.
Henry C. Shell. a wealthy New Tork
fuel merchant suicided owing to loss-
es occasioned by coal strike
Mr. J P. Dorr shot Deputy Clerk
Ward live times at flateaville. Ark.,
while th# latter w<i« at bl* desk.
Hen. Alger bits been appointed United
Hlatee senator from Michigan until a
choice Is made by the legislature.
Genuine "Mark diamond’* atlrk plea
are on sale in t'bi<ug<i at 15 renta. The
'diamonds are lumps of anthracite
roal.
Paul Itoyer. a de.if mute and soldier
In tbs Hp.iul*!i-American war. was
struck by a train near Vandalla, 111.,
and killed
Edward llyddvn and N. K Kdwarda
of HI l-oul* have purchased a block
of stork In the Guthrie National bank
of Guthrie.
As an offset to the bankruptcy pe-
tition of Waller Hlantou of New York,
showing liabilities of |4.15€.942. ia an
asset or |2i.
llarty M Heardon, a young book-
keeper of Mobile, Ala , was shot and
fatally wounded by Gilbert K. Jarvis, a
. straatrar Inspector
IJeutenant Commander Bruaaugh
committed suicide on hourd the battle-
ship Kcatsarge at the Brooklyn navy
yard by blowing his brains out.
Claude Kills, a young man. was killed
at Platten. I. T. ten rallea north of
Denison. Tex A warrant was Issued
for the arrest of bis brother, Oscar
'Kills
While ( leaning a Winchester rifle at
Blanche, la., a young man named
Crowder accident ally ahot It. The bul-
let hit And killed hla 14-year-old
brother
North Carolina supreme court haa
granted a new trial to James WllcOi,
charged with the murder last Novem-
ber of Mlae Nellie t'ropaey at Ellzn-
betta City.
In a freight wreck on the St. Paul
branch of the Frisco line, running out
of FityettevUle. Ark., Fireman Abra-
ham was killed and Engineer Kinney
badly araldcfl.
Clerk lOverldge of the Third Judicial
district court In the Choctaw nation
aaya that at the recent term of court at
Mayhrw, lasting two weeks, seventy-
flv# divorces were granted.
A monument to Nancy Hanks, moth-
er of President Lincoln.' waa unveiled
BOLL WORMS
THEY HAVE COET TEXAS THIS
YEAR 800,000 BALES.
ESTIMATE OF F. W. SALLY
Need for Organization and Enlighton-
mist' to Fight tho Phots—Colonel
Pstars Confirms Estimate.
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The following lettera explain them-
selves:
Agricultural and Mechanical College
of Texas, llavld K. Houston. Presl-
deat.
Dear Hlr: Herewith I attach a tabu,
lated form of the various counties se-
riously damaged by the two great cot-
ton pests, the boll worm and the boll
weeevll. In both instances the esti-
mates are extremely i uiueivatlve. us
these (lets are a* they wo appear In
my official report ul-iitt to be sub
mlttcd. ami H is not intended to rep-
resent tue a< tnal loss any more than
to be an Intelligent anpioximatlon to
give an Indication «t the tremendous
lussci, the Texas planleta are experi-
encing each year, and wnleh might be
mater ially reduced by proper organ Isa
tlon and education of the planters In
the best cultured methods. < alculated
to overt ome these pests and protect
their crops from sriious ihvu'.cs. Toll
will readily concede from an
tlon of tills date that the |uw* is .real
enough to present a forcible argument
even though It must also be < on reded
that the estimate* shown ate plainly
conservative. Till* b plainly Indicated
by the following example Take the
following counties from the Itnll worm
Hat Fannin, Hill. Navarro, Hopkins.
Hunt. I.umar. Kaufman and Dallas
The < orres|vmdence of this depart-
ment the past moil'll atiowa that tor
thc*e eight count lea the damage seems
to be 25 per (*tn Ip a J 1-:? |ht cent.
But to lie on the sale aide, suppose
It he cut down to .o per cent of tho
crop. Tlila uukea the -hum to these
eight counties alone at least 134.uk*
bales Deducting the am-iunt of cotton
produced by these eight counties (tom
the entire amount of the boll woim
district, sixty six counties, a* listed
herewith. Ellis. Williamson, Fannin,
Hunt, lllll, McLennan. Navarro. I.a-
mar, Collin. Kaufman. Travis. Grayson,
Kalla, Dallas. Bell. Limestone. Guada-
lupe, A11 la in, Hopkins, Bed Klver, Co-
mam lie, Johnson, Caldwell, Kiath.
Smith Fayette. Bastrop. Denton, Bur-
leson. Lee. Freestone, Robertson, Up-
shur, Henderson. Wood, Van Zandt,
Delta, Bains, Titus, Franklin. Bowie,
Camp. Husk. Cherokee, Cass. Nacog-
doches, I lari Ison, Marlon, Bosque, Bar-
nett. Hamilton, Coryell. Palo Pinto,
Hast land. Hood. Parker, Tarrant. 8om-
ervelt, Wise, Jack, Rockwell, Cook,
Gregg, I .avion. Lamp: ah ami Wash-
ington. and remembering the further
fact that the boll worm la more or
less distributed In every cotton pro-
ducing county In the Slnto, we have
a total loss from boll worms of 238.35b
hales. In other words, the Ions from
boll worms this year will he fully equal
to. if not greater, than the losa from
boll weevil.
CONSUL IS MI83INQ.
Alarm la Fait at Laredo About Garrett
and Hla Family.
Laredo, Texas, October 7.—Anxiety
is felt here for th* fate of United
States Consul Alonzo Garrett of West
Yirginiau. Uulted States cdhsul at New
I-aredo. Mr. Garrtu and a party left
for a hunting expedition to the 8!erra
Madre mountains In the Interior of
Mexico. The party was last heard
from September 9. when Mr. Garrett
wrote that they would return on Sep-
tember 2.V-* Since then no word has
been heard from the party. Alarmed
over Consul Garrett's absence. Consul
General Hanna at Monterey Informed
the state department at Washington.
The Wanhlnvion authorities In turn no-
titled the Mexican government, which
has sent out soarchlrg parties to look
for the missing official a:i! party.
STRIKING CAR MEN
CONDITION OF IN ACTIVITY WILL
UNDERGO CHANGE TODAY.
MAYOR SENDS ULTIMATUM
“HUSTLERS” IN LOUISIANA.
Notified the Street Railway Company
That Cars Must Be Opertaed on
All Llnee Today.
ARE AFTER A WHITE MAN.
The Pecplc of VcCreqcr Aroused by
an Attempted Arsault.
Waco. Texas, t)--l -her 7.—News
rer.clicd here of no atcinpted criminal
tumult i-intritted m ar Mi Gregor, this
county. A young white man was ar-
rested and while In charge of Consta-
ble l.lnsav he made Ids escape. A
le|«*i hone message received from ,\lc-
Grcgoi at 13 o'clock states that about
t.J > men aie after the man who ea-
• aned and have h!< nlhonin!* on his
trull It Is believed that If lie U caught
In* will be dealt with summarily. Sher-
iff Baker left tonight f. >r McGregor
and will try to art In- in time to pre-
vent any violence. The victim waa the
II year-old iiotr-hu-r of h farmer who
lives a lew miles from M'Gregor.
Cholera m Egypt.
New York. October 7—Cholera sta-
tistics for the week Just ended were
I Ho# fresh ca*es and 1782 deaths, says
a dispatch to the Times from Alexan-
dria In wav of London The figures
sh-nw that tin- epidemic Is rapidly dis-
appearing Cabo. 1 uxor and Ramleh
are now almost -free from cholera und
Asr-nuntown and provinces are quite
free.
Jessie Morrison Free.
Topeka. Kan.. October 7—The su-
preme court today formally approved
the Iloilo bond of Jesse Morrison, who
Is serving » fifteen years' sentence
In the penit* Hilary for killing Clara
Wiley Castle Miss Morrison will now
be released pending the consideration
of her case l»y the United States su-
preme court.
Killing at Gainesville.
Gainesville. Texas. October 7.—In a
difficulty this afetrnoon about 5 o'clock
between Vernon l.ldell of this city vd
Frank Puryear of Thackorville, 1. T.,
Pnryear was shot four Union and died
soon after. The trouble grew out of
an old feud. Udell surrendered to the
officers.
Bond lasus Abandoned.
New York, October 7.—The tentative
plan of tho Southern -Pacific directors
to Issue 125,000,000 bonds for Improv-
ing the system bus been abandoned,
so a representative of E. H. Harrlman
said today. It la understood that con-
Oscar Fewox Admitted to Bail,
llennessy, Texas. October 7.—Oscar
Fewox. who was arrested and impris-
oned for the killing of two negroes.
Robert Harris and Louis Curtis, Inst
week, gave an uppearanee bond of
$2000 and waa released in a short
while.
It Is alleged that both men were
shot In self ileteiiKe.
Fears of an Overflow Are Past.
Cuero, Texas. October 7.—T/ o r/er
Is still very high. Two of the bridges
are still shut off from the travel. It
ia on a standstill this morning and
feara of n big overflow are now about
over Thu recent heavy rains have
New Orleans, October 6.—The con- j
dition of masterly inactivity (bat has I
characterized the street car strike for j
eight daya will undergo a change to- >
day. Mayor Capdevielle last night at 7 *
o'clock notified the railway company 1
that it would have to operate Its cars I
upon all lines on or before lO o’clock J
this morning. The notice waa served j
on me president of the company by '
City Attorney Gilmore in person. While
the alternative ai t ion fo (he city ou- :
tborities In not stated in the letter, it j
Is undeiatood that steps uray l»e lakeu i
to attack (be franchise of the com-
pany.
An official notification of the action
taken waa sent to the carmen. This
move Is what the carmen have been
looking for tor sometime and It is loud-
ty applauded by the sympathizers of 1
the strikers.
The company had. however, pre-
viously announced Its determination to
run cars today, and issued a statement
to the effect that it had refrained from
making the move on the advice of a
number ot t itUcn*. who Spared the
consdqui nt violence of such an at-
tempt.
The company made quite a conces-
sion yesterday afternoon. It haa here-
tofore siood squarely on the propo-
sition of Thursday afternoon, in the
negotiations w-,.h the men through the
day. but last night advertisements
were sent to the papers offering 20
centa an hour to experienced motor-
men and conductors.' While not di-
rected to the strikers. It is evidently ,
Intended as a concession to them, as
It Is an advance of 2 cents an hour
on wliat they were gelling on the old
contract. Applications under this call
are to ,.e made by mall. It Is under-
stood that the company has received
nearly 200 applications under the calls
printed two days ago.
It ia positively asserted by the com-
pany that Its cars will be run today.
The mayor was In ronsultalion last
night with the chief of police and t|ie
police board with the view of affording
the necessary protection. At the flrst
show of violence a call will be maJe
for special police. It Is the general
opinion that the response will not tie
as general as It waa during the Charles
riot of a year ago. Then the gov-
ernor will be called upon for troops
and they will be mobilized quickly^
Negotiations for a settlement, so far
as the edmpany Is concerned, stopped
Friday.
The mayor tried yesterday to get
the carmen to agree on Borne sort of
a proposition that he would submit
to the company, but up to last night
he had not received any reply from
them. It was on the line *of 20 centa
aud ten hours.
The telephone cable, containing for-
ty-two wires and connecting all the
barns aiul offices of the company, was
cut on Harmony street last nLght. The
trolley feed wires were also cut In
Several new places during the night,
op to the present time there has not
been a single arrest for catting wires,
though the company has a standfng
offer of $1000 reward for the Identlil-
Party Wll Study the Mo* Industry in
Louisiana and Texas.
New Orleans, October 6.—Two hun-
dred immigration agents arrived in
New Orleans today over ,ue Illinois
Central railroad. These "hustlers,*:
who are In the employ of the Southern
raclflc railroad, will go through the
rice and agricultural country of Lou-
isiana and Texas for the purpose of
famlljailzlng'Themselves wltn the con-
ditions there existing, ao u to be able
to give prospective homeseekers all
about the great country of the South-
west. These "hustlers” comprise the
flrst aggregation of Southern Pacific
land and immigration agtpita. recently
engaged, and others will follow iater
In the month, the latter part of Octo-
ber witnessing the visit of soffie 150
men. including those who desire to
look j|nto the question of settling in
Ixmlxlana and Texas.
This is the inauguration of the move-
ment of colonization by the Southern
Pacific announced last winter, when
Colonel S. F B. Morse .traffic manager
of the passenger department, made
the statement that the Southern Pa-
cific was about to secure 1000 Immi-
gration agents aud spread them broad-
cast all over the thickly populated
Middle and Eastern States to secure
the most desiialdo class of immigra-
tion for (he fertile lauds of Uiuisiana
and Texas, with particular rofen nee
to rice cultivation.
The party ot Immigrati.'n agents
which arrived today came from Ohio,
and are tinder the direi tlon ot Captain
Moling, one ot the l»e«t known immi-
gration agent "H|M*e!allata" in the coun-
try. The part), after seeing the
sights of New Orleans, will leave for
the west, taking in Crowley, centring*.
Welsh. Uueydau, 1 -#»<- Charles. Sul-
phur. Orange and Heautuo:* Fiom
Beaumont they wBI go to Houston and
then visit all the large cities >t Texas
and dose I y study the rice belt.
Tha Gian Flora Sugar Mill
Wharton. Texas. October C —Mr. I-
•nthal who ta employed on the
Waterhouse plantation, was in Whar-
ton a few daya ago He stated that
a force of men were at work repairing
t^e mill and putting in Improved ma-
chinery to be ready to hanula the sea-
son's cane crop. A aide track is also
being placed by the Cane Belt toad
to the refinery, which will acceleiata
the shipping of cane and sugar Tha
mill will be run on a much larger scale
than last season.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans. Oct. 8.—There was
an active demand for rough rue at
the end of the week, with all offerings
quickly absorbed. Honduras lines
were firm, especially for top grades,
l/ow grade Japans were a shade low-
er. Clean rice wan active with a
faiily liberal movement. Prices held
firm, especially for the better grades.
The Bteamer Arkadis cleared for
Porto Alcan ports with a cargo of rice '
In the early part of the week. The
steamer San Juan Is loading another
cargo of the Ixxilsiana and Texas pto-
duct ann will sail some time this week.
Reports from me Louisiana rice belt
show no improvement in the condition '
of the crop. In fact, the recent heavy
"ains have Increased the damage and
further reduced the yield.
Flood on thp Guadalupe.
Victoria, Texas. Oct. 6.—The Guad-
alupe river Is still rising and covert
all the bottom lands and the lowei
part of the city, being within ten inch
ea of the highest point reached last
t.y
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i
l, ^
nl Lincoln City, Ind., on the 1st be-
fore 25.000 people. One thousand
school children from Evansville were
present.
A man sold hit wife near Odin. III.,
for $2 to a farmer. The husband waa
traveling in a wagon. In a few hotira
hla wife returned to him. The farmer
had the man arrested for obtalulng
money fraudulently and he returned
the money.
The stagecoach Pioneer, which makes
dally trips between Warwick and Oo-
than, N. Y., waa held up and robbed
by three Claud Duvals. The trio ae*
cured much money and considerable
jewelry. >
John R. Meriting died at St. Louis
A few daye ago aged 77 years, lie was
A bulltler. gad his first contract waa
fir (he erection of a eparlotu country
home, sear lUloil. Mias., for the tooth-
* "■* Jefferson Darla, years ago.
*«d Naval Stores corn-
stock of $2,000,-
u week at
'Mtatioa
luoara
.** Mia-
ur
dltions are regarded as unfavorable to
such plan at this time.
damaged the roads a great deal, but
tbe county has not lost any bridges.
Negro Killed at Bellvllle.
Bollvllle. Texas, October 7.—Jeff
Shelburne, white, ahot and killed John
Terry, colored, this evening about 5
o'clock In William Strauss’ saloon, on
the south aide of public square. Par-
ticulars can not be obtained at preaent
writing. Shelburne was promptly ar-
rested by Sheriff Palm and la now In
jail.
Dragged to Death.
Guthrie, O. T.. October 7.—Dr. W.
H. I)unn of Mangum. one of the most
prominent physicians and cattlemen of
Southwestern Oklahoma, has been
dragged to death by being thrown from
hla carriage, the lines catching around
hla feet.
cation of any wire cutter, me tele-
phone cable which was cut last night
waa being watched by three watch-
men. They were evaded In some way.
week. There haB been. no rain tc
amount to anything here to cause the
rise and It is due to raius In the up
per country.
Taat Suit Filed.
Lwnlson, Texas. October 7.—A ault
haa been filed before the court of
claims for citizenship court to teat the
right of "court citizens" In the Choc-
taw aud Chickasaw nations and the
case will be one of great Importance
to tho nations, as the decision will
forever settle the claims of the so-
called "court cUisens.”
Engineer and Fireman Killed. ..
Mount Pleasant. Texas. October 7.—
A Cotton Belt passenger engine Jumped
the track nine miles west of h^-o.
killing engineer Cicero King and Fire-
man I* W. Ashrroft. None of the pas-
sengers were hurt.
General Booth Arrives.
Now York, October 6.—On the
cteamship Philadelphia, which arrived
today from Southampton, was General
William Booth, head of ...e Salvation
Army. Twelve tugs and three side-
wheel boats, bearing soldiers of the
Salvatkm Army, met the Philadelphia
at quarantine ant. gave an enthusiastic
welcome to General Booth.
Eight new theaters will be opened
to New York city within the next
eighteen months. -
Red River Out of Banks.
Bonham, Texas, Oct. 6.—A Report
reached here yesterday afternoon thal
the Red rlxer had overflowed the low-
lauds north of here and several farm-
ers had lost their cotton crops, nlsc
several head of cattle and hogs, tl ia
feared the stream will change ita lied
and place several good farms over in
tbe territory.
The coat of making a cranberry bop
productive la $31)0 to $500 an acre and
three to five years’ ...me.
Dealsoa, Taxaa, October 7.—Tha
Eaty haadlad thousands of homeeeek-
ara last weak. They kave ooaae from
tks North aad amt mt tha puipoas
af tsamMsattst agricultural conditions
hTRMud many win remain Is tks
Colorado la at a Standstill
Wharton, Texas, October 7.—The
Colorado came to a standstill last night
at dusk and during the night fell about
six foot Thia la good news to the
rice m*n, tor If tha water recedes
rapidly aad the tunny weather con-
tlauoa. vary little material damage will
ineult from tha recent rice. Cone cut-
ting wi*l commanoi at once, aa a larga
Mi. Sweet
crop aad
par east of tha oaae ia motor
ssrsttarME*
Flood Damage In Kanaae.
Topeka. Kan., October 6.—Traffic on
all tha railroads la greatly retarded by
tha wet weather. Today the Union
Pacllc trains had to enter Topeka over
the Rock Island tracks on account of
a bridge washout. On tha Solomon.
Blue aad Republican rivers ui waters
washed over tha Rock Island's track
slightly gear tha Use, (.eaylag trains
twnffal knew. Rata baaa falling
Caaa Novy in Court.
Hll'.aboro. Texas. October 6.—The
suit of Dearlng & Walton vs. J. D
PUts, mayor, is on-trial. This Is a suit
to mandamus the mayor and make
him sign a warrant for work on an
artesian wall. The nrm was employed
to dig.a we., upon terms the mayor
declared to be illegal aad hence re-
.used to alga tha warrant.
Rank.—It has bean raising hare for
twa days, hi teat It haa raised tor ua
last too Eaya a law at daily. Cottoa la
kin
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