The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. [13], Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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f Walls**, the wreck mm* |ti<t to
itl«mlN «||. tti «• *>f orders b> Motnrtiiitit
AJnorg* A R*-**t of th* ••«««■• immmuI car
thu »«« kill* it
Til** imparl of the rant w :i* mi great
that (hi1* »i'h» reduced in h iua«a of
wreckage
Tim i ttuttMMjiid < ar, lunimn; a* train
No 7*0. It la •lati'il «aa rdlitK at tin*
ral«* of Oft* n*l|i’M an hour to mak*-
up lout tilin' \Vh« n tli" crash or
nirri’tl the • at-Hsiund rar was tcl**-
xn*i» <1 anti atiiwi<it *•»» 11r* * I> a racked
In this train were ail of tin* killed
and most of th** Injured pa**#*, ng"r*
Those on Haiti No fit. wmtbouDd, «•*
4-a|"‘d aiili alight bruises and minor
arratrhoa.
TELEPHONE WITHOUT WIRES.
United States Army Will Conduct
Experiments.
Washington; Extensive experiments
ar*1 to be mad" by the I’nlled Hist*-*
Arrnv Ibis miimnn alth alrd' ss tele
phony. e»pe< tally with a vie a to the
utilisation In linos of aar The SI*
nal ('orpa a III have the testa In chaigc
and they are to tie conducted under
the nioat try In* rondltlona It la b*
Moved the results will prove that wire
h as telephony ran be made a valuable
adjunct to the wireless telegraph al
though It la not believed that Its field
Of usefulness will ever be ao great as
the telngruph
Temperature 53 Degree*.
New York: All records for low
temperature for June r.» went to smash
Saturday when the thermometer went
down to 53 degrees at ft o'clock in the
morning At no time since th** eatab
liahment of the local Weather Bureau
haa there been such a low figure on
June 15 There were snow (lurries in
Northern Now York during the night
and early tnoming
No Penalty For 9lavery.
Washington As h result of * re
markable omission In the Federal stat
utea, disclosed Incident to a recent In
veatlgallon of peonage by toetntiers of
the Immigration Commission. Congress
next winter may lx* asked to pass a
law actually making slavery a crime,
and providing a penalty fur holding
persona In Involuntary servitude
Prisoners Escape From Jail.
Tulsa, Okla : Six desperate prls
oner* sawed their way out of the
county Jull Six other prlaonera re-
fused their liberty utid remained In
jial The delivery occurred Hunda.v
night, shortly after Inspection, while
the Jailer was III the front end of th**
buildiny used as a Jail
Five Parish In Duluth.
I Hi lut h. Minn : Fire of unknown
origin Snturdiiv caused the cremation
of five men and sixty-eight horses In
the Hoard of Trade livery harn, and
the building waa damaged to the ex*
tent of 930,000.
Five Hurt In Wrack.
Denton: In a collision on the main
Joint track at Mingo, a station five
miles northeast of here. Hunday mom
lug. IK** men comprising all of the
crew of the nnrthlsmnd Katy freight
were Injured and the big engines were
badly wrecked.
Threw Hurt In Accident.
Corsicana: Cashier O. H. Melton of
the Hurry Hank. IiIh wife and 4-tnonth
old baby were badly hurt by a horse
hitched to it buggy, running away with
them Sunday evening, nliout dusk.
Waterspout at San Martins.
Toynh: A Mg wnterapout visited
Kan Martlne Saturday. It la reported
that the Texas and Pacific bridge Is
destroyed and all trains will be de-
layed Indefinitely. Three miles of
trnck uro under water.
To Handle Trains by Phone.
Fort Worth: A force of linemen
hate reached Fort Worth, putting op
the wires for the Ranta Fe'e telephone
system, to ho used la handling tratao
*oa this division
'mint* Wednesday ap|**»lbt<-d Mrs T
A .latvis to the otfl* #• of lax assessor
u fill out the uaexplred term of her
lusband who died June
Krnest Dterolf. a butcher, aged 7*0
sent to his room Wedne**dav It* Hwn
Antonia *tt* k mg he* wit - and
tvi* children good live. an*l -hot him
lelf III the mouth. and died llistnlitl*
ChniruiHti of the relief committee of
Zephyr r**|Mitis th** storm sufferers do
ng nicely and said those who were
k*-n to I ■ ' 11 1 • i - **1 > Sr. le.if'
‘he hospital oon Humes are being
j rebuilt
A g *h blowout occurred Hunday aft
•enonn In Sour lake which wrecked
Ihe Jerri* k xnd Mew out th* drill snil
several Joints of pip* at th* new well
*t Roebuck nil Company n**sr the
Kim* lie Hotel
Saturday and Sunda* « trains Into
Jalve-uoti brought 3.600 ilsltors who
•pent most of the d*\ at the beach or
u|*oa the wst*-r* of the bay. A large
^ercentag** of the visitors Indulged In
the pleasures of H*„rf bathing
Haiti Saturday and Sunday over a
large pari of North and Central Texas
seems to ha*e come Just In time to
be of sufficient benefit to the corn crop
to Insure a good yield uud to be of
much help to cotton
Citizens of Blossom and Deport have
dosed * contract with C. Moore and
associates to build « railroad between
th*' two town. Blossom pledged
$5,000 snd Deport 915.000 to secure the
road It Is claimed that work will be
commenced at once
Brownwood whs Friday night visit
ed by one of the worst electrical
snd windstorms experienced 1n some
time. Hundred* went Into storm
houses and others * loaely watched the
i clouds Crest damage resulted from
' wind and lightning
Dr E H lomraater, State lmcteholo
(1st, announces through ihls month's
Health bulletin that anhyloatomloala.
i »r hook work disease. Is epidemic Iti
.he southern part of Texas The Hoard
>f Health Is preparing to tight Its ag-
(re**loti before It cause* great tmu*
file.
The Decatur Commercial Club ha#
•otmldered the matter of co-operating
with breeders or thoroughbred stock
n the matter of holding a live stock
exhibition during th** coming reunion
gild has agreed to assist In raising the
hind n*-ccsnu> to present the re*i*ect
Ive awards and prizes.
At a mass meeting of th*' citizens
held at the court house In Hun Angel*.
Wednesday, It was decided to accept
th** proposition of J. J. I.anln, the rail
road promoter, to build a railroad from
that place to Sterling City for a bonu*
of $40,000 and free right of way
through the county.
A. C. Cates of Decatur, who was ap
pointed by the District Court as re^
reiver for the abolished corporation ol
the town of Alvord. has made a report
to the court which places the taxable
valuation of the property owners n|
Alvord at 1360,000.
Indications point strongly In the dl
rectlon of an entirely new compan>
entering the Hold for the purpose of
supplying Fort Worth and Dallas with
natural gas front the Clay (kninty
fields.
On June If* city free delivery wss
established In Brownwood. Carrier#
have been assigned to routes
In re*|w>n*e to a petition presented
Monday In Fort Worth, the County
Commissioner# Issued a call for nn
election to be held July 17, to deter
mine the Issuance of $1,000,000 In
bonds for the construction and main
tenajice of Tarrant County roads.
The Texas Adjutant (leneral's de
panment Is taking on that busy alt
that always Indicates the coming ol
an encampment of the Texas National
(iuard and all of Its force la engaged
In preparations for the maintenance
of the soldiers during their ten-day
stay at Camp Mabry.
The big Brownsville land deni,
which has bean pending for aotuo
time, was consummated Saturday
when Otto M. Pratt paid 9217,000 for
the San Joan plantation. It nontatna
2.200 acroa, part of wbleb la Iho old
C loaner sugar
lv The l**ty ternhl* burned but Aetna am
lived frn three hours, and told Ms fa J hat. beg
ther hew th*- *«** til* tit happ* n*-rt The t* rti.it).il |
mother of th** two children di*d recent ijuttc h I*
li i.n.i He fsth«'f whs romiwlled to and then-
b* isx at tile. - In .Hi. ml tn b*« crop nr ■-lit) t
Mr I** aree s boui" ts re
H*i)uiu*' MrU'iinxn Countv
South eon at ruction, cuius
• main « Mflrt-tltel*
br**(«ktng dirt for the
led* sn«l deimt This Is
m* v « ' <>' *> ii>.ting
bow kiinii'llilni like flft)
i«*ss hottwea In coarwa of
linin' in* nt tn
dabi*M, in w
Johns*ui Kiri
hesd and k
wound* *1 in t
Hie fiddler* til
lured
Sheriff Hull
l through the
stable Wtrk*
in and on*- of
in*b d and cap
Oxter An Invextigstion.
{ Au-llti I'he t'lty i uniluiSMioti Tu*
d i'* adopted n r*xoltttliui Introdm ed li>
Foil* •• <'nimuissiotier J I* Hurt m
bring sti In net I gallon to determine
! th" resfmn-ihlllty of Hi* nmnlrlpnl |k>
i It*1** with r* sp*** t u> th** pugilistic «*x-
hibition < ofiduc.it at a gvmnasium Frl
bay nivht. which r Hiilt«-d 'n th** death
trf Victor (.you.-* *•»*" of Hi*- pnrtlcl
I 1j ni t
,i. ... .i. i . .
Texas Railroad Prospects
Au-tin Th*’ poslHbllltl* for rn 111<> i«l
const ruction tn Texas nr** hhI*1 to b**
, brighter Just now than ut an* time
! s' lie* the iu --I money burry An **n-
1 eoiitrfglhg re|*ort co';i*-s that th*' Mama
i F<* is to build Its cut off silo *. th<
■ i’liilns from New Mexico to a connec-
tion with the Rati Angelo branch, giv-
ing a direct lino to th** < Di If
Wheat and Oats Are Short.
Fort Worth According to an esfl
mate mad** h> President II H Dorsuy
of the Texas drain Ihalers' Assorla
tlon, based on reports from various
parts of th<* State, the Texas wheat
crop will be between 3,000,OOP and
4,000.000 bushels i.n*i the oal crop
about the same or about one fourth of
« normal crop
No Normal Appointments.
Austin: Announcement Is mad' tv
P H. Cousin*. State Superintendent of
Public Instruction, that the Uovetnors
veto of th*' appropriation for normal
scholarship* alKillshes the system and
makes it unnecessary for the members
ot th*- Legislature to make the appoint-
ments otherwise authorized
Capital Stock Now fi2.000.000
Austin: J K. Wolter* of Houstn i
Tuesday procured the approval of th**
Attorney fJenernl to nn amendment of
of the charter of the Guarantee Life In-
surance pf Houston, increasing the cap
Itiil stock from $lo0.00t> to $2,000,000.
Th*' smendment w.is filed' witli tli*'
*'ommlssloner «*f Insurance.
Damage by Hailstorm.
Fort Worth: Reports received by
local Win k IsUmil olllcinb* here are to
tip* c(T. et that Havre, a village on that
lln*' In Oklahoma was visited Wedne>
dn.v by a severe hailstorm and wind,
which anroofed house* and broke win-
dow panes and otherwise caused dam-
age to property.
North Texas Doctors Mset.
Greenville: The city wus full of doc
tors Tuesday there b»*lng something
over loo plivslclnu* here from various
cities ami towns over North T**\as at-
tending 111*' North Texas Medical As-
sociation's f.9th semiannual meting,
which open*1*! here Tuesday.
Four Art Drownod.
Pilot Point: While bathing In Hie
creek several miles west of this place
Hunday evening two daughter* of
(h'orge Dugan and the wife and daugh-
ter of George Younger got beyond
their depth ami were all drowned
•
Detroit, Toxao, Hoo Big Fire.
Detroit: About 3:30 o clock Wed.
ne.'day night tire w-** discovered In
the rear of ll*»ath Bros.' dry goods
stoic and spr**ad rapidly, doing $75,-
iioo worth of damage
Amarillo Hoe Good Belli.
Amarillo: Tho rain which fell here
during the past two day* ha* done
great good to growing crop*. 1'lnM
tng of KafTIr corn, mtlo tnaixc and
broom com has been renewed. The
acreage of the latter crop will he
largo.
Btg Packsry For Amarillo.
AiiMiln Within th** next three
months, according to State s* nstor J.
VY V«'«|e of Amarillo ther** will be
In operation one of thv most up to-date
pa* king bfiiise* tn he found anywhere,
ut Amarillo which will also lie the
first packing hou-e **v* i • tuhlLhcd tn
th** 1'anhandle country
Fatal Wreck on Peco* Valley.
r**eos An Ineoming double h*‘ad**r
freight train on the Pecos Valley was
wrecked by an open switch as It en-
tered the yard limits hero. I.uther K.
Rhode*, n brakeman. was crushed un-
<l**r the tender of Hi*> first engine unj
instantly killed
Toxas City to Orient.
Galveston: Th**steamer City of Mex-
ico of th** Wolvln Line, riming out of
the subport of Texas City, sailed Wed-
nesday for Contzccoalro with a cargo
of merchandise destined for Japan, in-
nuguratlng a n**w service to the Orient
! via the Tchuantepee Railway.
( Snake’s Bite Fatal.
Walnut Springs: The 5 year-old
* daughter of T. (’ Hill, a farmer living
two gillcs north of town, wa* bitten
by a rattlesnake while playing In her
i father's yard late In the evening and
died at an curly hour Saturday, de-
| spit*' the efforts ofthe physicians.
i ~ "
Big Rain in Comanche.
Comanche: Another glorious rain
fell over Comanche County Saturday
morning, lasting for about one hour.
I The precipitation here was one inch
and a half and was general over thu
’ county, though it. was much heavier
i north and west and lighter south of
here.
and a |s»*se i,| farm
iera with hlo**dhound* are on th< trail
< of Iho remaining two robber1-
The freight crew had Just received
1 th'lr pay at llltnoi Hint ion snd sj.«it
J d toward Itraggs Due mil*' cast of
[Braggs ties were piled upon th*' track
When the engineer stopped the train
lie an*l the tir- in* u wt*r* covered hy
three unmasked white met).
Practical Joke Results Serious.
Crowley, la*. A practical Joke Tiles
lay land' d the alleged perjw-trator,
■Clarence Marshall, In Jail her*- and
cHu-.«*d the serious disfigurement of
Morris Quebvdeaux A ''loailed” cigar
was th*- Instrument of the Joke. The
i explosion blew out (juchcdeuux s eye
and otherwise Injured hint. Mayhem
' in th** charge against Marshall-
Rio Grande Flood DOOS Damage.
LI Paso: The long-threatOMd In-
' vasion of its old etmno«l by tha Rn»
Grande w as a* compMabed Monday
I when the raging flood broke tfcrOHCh
rip-rap placed to i*orte<-t land tn Wood-
. lawn addition. Tr*-*-s were uproot*
and heavy rocks torn away hy the
stream, and already many acres oA
valuable land have been Inundated.
Auto* For Southwaat.
St. I^mis: Two thousand automo-
bile* are to be shipped to the South
west. Jerome K. Harrington, a hank-
er f Watonga, Okla , has arrived from
Indinnapolis, where he has Just closed
what Is suld to be the largest contract
for automobiles ever made In th** Unit-
ed States
Damage By Storm.
Brownwood: Brownwood was Fri-
day night visited hy on** of the worst
electrical and windstorms experienced
tn some time. Hundreds went Into
storm?iouse* and others closely watch
«*d the clouds. Great damage resulted
from wind and lightning
Fourth Class Postmaster.
Waco: On Hi*' same dates, August
1 ft to 12, that th*1 T**xns Postmasters'
j As«oclntlon will meet In this city, the
'Texas Postmasters' League will meet,
, under a call Jusi received. Th** Texas
■ Postmasters’ league consists exclu-
I slvely of fourth-elasH postmasters.
Child Ptriahas In Fir*.
Tyler: An accident occurred Satur-
day night three mile* north of here.
By the explosion of a lamp the home
of Hotuer Burks raught lire und burn-
ed to death hta 2 year old daughter.
Ntw Insurance Companies.
Austin: The Attorney General Wed-
nesday approved the charters and
Gnmuilssloncr of Insurance Issued the
licenses to th** following new Insur-
ance companies: International Fire
Insurance Company of Fort Worth,
capital stock $600,0B0.
May extend to Fort Worth.
Fort Worth: It Is rumored In rail
road circle* that Ahe Wichita Falls and
Southern will extend Its lln* from
Newcastle to Fort Worth.
Crowell to Build Court Houoo.
Crowell: Foard Ooenty Saturday
votad ad Um proposition to tonne bauds
to tha amount of 990,990 to build a
•out boons. w
Ponds Voted at Morkol.
Merkel: lu nn election to vote on
th*' proposition of $2f»,i»no waterworks
bonds. It carried by a vote of 176 for
to 4 uvatnst.
Thro# Negroes Found Dead.
Galveston: The bodies of three ne-
groes ware found at an early boar
Wednesday morning, lybHt upon shores
or Deer Island, about Bftoan ulluu
from Galvostou, near whteh tbap
dtfRmed lu the nature
Ittb.
Corporal Shoots Three.
Dcs Moines, Iowa: Corporal L. K.
Crabtree Saturday afternoon fatHlly
shot F. Raymond, commanding officer
of Tnxjp B. Second United States Cav-
alry, at Fort 1 )**N Moines, then shot
and seriously wounded First Mergt.
James 11. Washburn and Corporal
KMJnh Much, who attempted to disarm
him, and then shot himself.
Quell Shooting to Be Good.
El Reno, Ok.: The prosper!s for
good qunll shooting In this vicinity
next fall Is the best for years. The
enforcement of the game law for the
last few years has glv*>n the birds an
opportunity to multiply, and the open
spring this year has afforded them a
chance to hatch their young without
the nest being destroyed.
Chat. Moras Gets Bail.
New York: Charles P. Morse, con-
victed banker, was released on ball
Wednesday pending the taking up of
his appeal In the United Stales Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals next October.
For nearly four month# Morse will bo
free to go and come as he pleases.
Quits Qovemmant Job.
Washington: The resignation of
Francis K. Leupp as Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, which has been pending
since March 4. was accepted Tuesday
by President Taft, and Robert G. Val-
entine, Assistant UoinmlRlsoner, was
named to succeed hint.
Fatal Bubonic Plague.
Amoy. China: On*- hundred and
thlrtyone death* from bubonic plague
occurred In Amoy during the fortnight
ending June 14.
Boilermakers Walk Out.
Shawnee, Ok.: It I* claimed that
tinier* the difference* between the
Rock Island nnd the boilermakers are
settled Immediately, the local shops,
employing U00 men, will be practically
closed down In n few days.
Falls, 9,900 Fust.
Borwyn. Nob.: Us. Boretraou, a ba-
nal blacksmith, whJlo making un In-
itial ascension in nn narngbrnii <
•wa anntmnMon, foil 9,999 font,
nut oertuna Injury to
bln mnebino win
i
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nat* - hi
officials i
publics,
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, vi"*v t(
structiof
through
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\uioug tl
w bus** Sfl
i-xfi'tids
desired toj
W ashini
of the
George P.l
Deuirtmi
sistt
has
Ht,
tnailel
meat
A ustf
perinetl
gave out
which he!
school!
dlttun at tl
ittcMuBtaBy
bettor
BIG Jam
PMWa*J*
day. ile
Jurf- 2, ant
ill for u ti|
on June 6,
unlay. Tl
relapse.
Kill
Woodwt
wife, an
n*ar Mat
Sunday
neath the!
during a
storm.
Banai
New Or lead
t'orfez. lit
high windl
to tlu* bani
number of*
ruined forj
Child'
< fishing, Ol
I .ester Thurt
was instantly^
ing from a wl
underneath thoj
Falling Kl|
Marshall:
chine shopf
Railroad '
nil of the
them killed
M$t
Guthrie:
will ot>en In
hut while tl
dtetmeots
be died. It 1$
not be ni
Br
Rrownwd
nesday, tn
over the
bualnem hi
stocks.
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