Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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Mm ;»««» in«L»'Taf WEEK’S EFiTGHE
EMORY
TEXAS
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
universal" language >* |
Hut does It?
Yon
ug uuku, M>Oi«k
t**S B!»J apple* U|)
a good dkt
NtWS FROM EVERYWHERE
Thar* Is going to b** bd airship trad*
Why not call It a
A Chicago burglar *tol# several bun
dr**d dollars' worth of soap. Cleaned
out tbs place*, as It were*
> put tb
the cabu trust. This Is libs really
diving deep Into trust secrets.
America lacks poets, says a French
What do you kuow about
says
critic. What do you ku
that? Why we're overstocked
ir. nerpe
full of Bibles. but It Is not believed
that b« will be able to corner the sup
ply-
King Fdward orders that "God Rave
the King’* be played In quicker tempo
here*ft* r He appears Impatient for
salvation.
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current Nsws
Domestic end Foreign.
WASHINGTON NEWS
The Postoffice Department at Wash
Ington baa Issued advice to the effect
that etampa will be furnished In rolls
of SOO and 1000 colled on a half-inch
paper core, for use iu stamp veudtng
and stamp affixing machines.
The stir in diplomatic circles caused
by tho resignation of Ambassador (iris
com to Italy has led to much specula
Hon regarding the future of all of
America’s diplomatic representatives
abroad
Special Commissioner Buchanan, ap-
pointed by the State Department at
Washington to conduct negotiations
with V«*nesue|a following the an-
nouncement of that government's dls-
Illlnoia wmuo huo'1 Uk« . drink ‘W*1“M lo M‘"'« Intern.tlon.I
of ««i.r for «0 >-«r«. ami la la » «n»atlo... will h»v» . full eonferaacr
cal lent health I>ont rhecr-whe i w,,h tl1* o,0cl»*» uf Van.auela thla
drinks buttermilk. ", „
- - ■ -. Fresldet.t Roosevelt has named six
Among those jumping all over the *mlnent engineers to accompant
comic supplement Is Prof Hrander Judge Taft to Panama, and his decis
CAN NOT COLLECT FiNt
JUDGE LANDIS’ DECISION HAS
BEEN FINALLY NULLIFIED
9Y H‘GHER COURT.
THE COURT’S ACTION STANDS
Mai thews. who ran get all the fun he
wants ov9 of phony spelling.
Ion will largely de ermine wnethcr
the plan which Is n n being followed
In digging the egaai shall be persLled
lusoi whether ll enao be at»andonc«ld
and preparations made to dig a sea
level wafer way •
_ Mena tor Hale, acting chairman of
Italian newaja; era refer to America j committee on appropriations,
as ’a nation of snobs’’ And If we ! which has In charge the InvesUgaUons
should retort by railing Italy “a nation • of the method of the secret service
A Chicago paper has a store of a
spook that ate a hlsculi We fear
aon e one baa been misleading an In-
nocent and confldiug reporter.
refer to America
m of alobs' we suppose they'd get mad
said Tbursdav there Is no livtesrtlon. so
far as he knew, of jummonlim Presi-
Oreat Britain has just had one more j»*ut Roosevelt before the commltte
fit on tne subject of tlr navigation gftar his retirement on th* 4th of
and It likes the thrill so much that It March aa Intimated In some published
is thinking of having them regularly reports
lively
urler
'Shall »u annex Canada?'’ nalv
asks the Charleston News and Cou[^|
That editor dinew that he was beyond
•booting distance from the dominion
D0ME1TIC AND FOREIGN NEW*
tA ' vet 3600 turkeys have been
•hipped from laidonfa this season at
prices ranging from 7c to 9c Better
trees 1 prices are offered now, but there air
Therw are 4t! spec to
I tm I wttl
States, the wood of Id of Wuleh when Regular passenger and freight serv
•raaoued are to heavy as to sink in ice was started between Wichita
w*!*r Kan , and Sweetwater, Texas, on ih*
. . , . , . Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Kail
Admiral 'Hob Evans has squelched Sunday
a house in j
a pro |
CaVfo
porltion to give him
With tb? arrivals of Sunday, more
- - — — « - «- S
* ^ In Dallas, ready for the show of the
('anon /Sewing handed over the ffouthweatern Poultry Aseociatlon to
the eighteenth biennial report of
of regents of the t’nlver
! Work In nrnrr#««in» an
! female annex of the Insane asylum
in Terrell
Texas has become the third State
j in the Union In point of corn acreage
In point uf production it Is only fifth
| The arrival of the American fleet
( at the Bugs Cant I was announced by
i a telegram received by the Navy D*
partment In Washington Sunday
A strong movement Is being made
by a number ot prominent cltlsena of
IMano for the city to own Its own
| light plant and light up the streets
1 of the city.
I A! Kaufman won In the prise fight
I Wednesday against Barry of Chicago
Harry's seconds threw up the sponge
I calling it off. Kaufman Is will tug to
to fight Johnson.
j The latest news received from the
scene of the mine disaster at Lick
• branch. Va, a few days ago. la to the
effect that twenty two dead bodies
have been taken ont of the ruta* uf
i the mine.
I Mrs Lou Hall, of Home, Ox, who
weut to sleep at noon on Chrletmr..-.
; doy, was at*il in the arms of M^ipbeu*
Friday morning. repea’ud efforts of
physicians during the past mi days
having failed to awaken her
j At about 1.30 p. ui Friday a steel
tank at the plant of the Gulf Refining
Company at Port Arthur, containing
| StOO gallons of light oil treflnedt. ex
! ploded The explosion was plainly felt
In the city, three miles away.
‘'Hob" Fitzsimmons, former heavy
weight champion of the world, aud
Jack (Twin! Sullivan have Issued
j challenges to Jack Thompson, the
conqueror of Tommy Bums, for a
j fight for the heavy weight title.
I CAS Blake, the contractor o>>n
, vlcted of attempting to bribe J. M
Keily a prospective Juror In the Ku-f
bribe* y *M*1 III 3su 1'ubUe.u lo vote
for acquittal, sas sentonced by Judge
i Dunne Thursday to 'our years' impris
I oumeut at Sau Quentin
The Us. teuton t-su'ewsy contract
' has been signed by E H Harrlman
1 In New York, and Is now on the way
bark to Texas The contract has been
signed by the Galveston. Harrisburg
and San Antonio, tbe Interurban and
the Galveatou. Houston and Heuder
•on Kailroad It now remain* to be
j signed by the Sauta K«* and Galveston
; County
With fire eating through her cargo
of paper and carbide* the new freight
steamship, Texas. Captain fstsrtoA.
, Umiul trom Christiana, No-wey. to 11s
ranna. Cuba, put into the Savannah
j r«vc- rri ’ay morning, and Utronghovt
I rhe day chemical engines of tke Suvait
nah fire department and fir* fighting
i t Mrs fought to save the vessel from u
| total loe*
The earthquake which has deva* tat
1 ed tbe Hi*.Mat: State* of Ca'Abi ia anU
Sicily ha* wrought the greatest die G'ves $45,000 Fe« Horse
alter which ever has befallen the. Mluneeg*,ll.r After many month*
Christian world Its measures esn not dickering M W Ravage of Mtnne-
Umted States Su. rsrr.« Court Refuses
Petition of Government to Take
Case Under Consideration.
Washington, j*n 5.—The 92k.240.000
fine In the case of the Standard Ol!
Company will not be reviewed by the
Supreme Court eg the United States.
Tbe decision uf the court to this of
feot was announced by Chief Justice
Fuller goon after tke «our
yesterday Tbe case cam
court upon a petition filed by tbe gov-
ernment eak.ng fn- a wri* of owrtioiarl
to order i^t lecord In the case for a
review of the decision uf the clrojit
couit of appeals for the tleveute^Gth
District, by which Judge Landis' orig-
inal decision. Imposing a fine 01 $2fc,-
24U.OOO against the .Standard Oil Com-
pany for accepting rebates from the
railroads was reversed The action of
the court consisted In the annouuce-
ment that the government's petition
would not be granted The effect of
this announcement will be to leave
•landing the decision F *he cour* of
appeals, which was adverse to the gov-
era me ut, and favorably to the com-
pany.
Earthquake Not at An End.
Messina There Is reason to believe
that the devastation by earthquake of
Cai&bria and titrlly Is not yet at an
end. Scientist* declare that the'
shock* still mure severe should be ex j
ported on January 7 aud S. when ibe ,
relative position uf the wun and moou
will produce the greatest strain on j
the crust of the earth Several minor
shocks were experienced Mat unlay,
anq many tot erlng walls were thrown j
down.
hoc 1 na« Brand of Brwakfaet Food.
‘’Walter,’* said the guest 1n a now
fashionable hotel, ' have you table
d'hote here?**
The waiter considered Then the
fever against warning the “do^oot^ac-
cept -of-asubstitute warning la iaeued.
seized upon him
We haven’t any of that, sir,’' he
replied, "but 1 can bring you some
corn-flakes “
j Foe Haedeche Try Hicks’ Cspudins.
Whether from Cold*. Heat. Btor.arh nr
Nmvoui trouhba the k< Ih-* »r«- *pr«d]iy
• relbved by Capudln* It * l.iq »ld j,
1"d u’ ,*k 1 h * a,u lmm*'flitKtely- 10. m
Diogenes was a wise man for de-
spising little world)/ customs, but a
fool for showing b H«- wiser than
other people If you ran. but do not
Ud them so.—Lord Chesterfield.
Spearmint' Spearmint?
cou«*i ed |that? Nothing—uules* ll'i
to the LEY'S SPEARMINT
To plead that sey h!ig !a srrmab!i
Is to admit that It la wrong.—'TD^oC
I’ll FS H IM) IN • TO 14 HAVE
rxto (HNTMBiri Is *u»rant*<-4 u. <-«r* »■* -*m
li#h ■>« lll.nd Bl*««1.ri* *r I'nnnMliM )'.*•••
I W U SsT 1 or auo*i r*I.M«4 h0>
You may gu«'*» what a woman la.
hut tb*. • yea. limit.
I r.-t Ash■ —t'e* Allen's Vimt-Fn**
mujoUIs Brl use 1 •.>< sImid* 1 fa*
V** irUl 11*4 S*c<* A ». UlMhir-4. !>• k ,y . k V.
It's aivsys the open season for hunt-
ing trouble.
reign
w»rted
New York it Is rwjiorted here
that George Gould Is giving to resign
as president of tbe Mi*«o.iri Pacific
and turn the position over to F P.
Underwood of the Erie, a man who
knows the practical end ot tbe rallnoan
bualess from tbe ground up L F I
ree, president of the Delaware and
Hudson, will take Mr Underwood’s
piace with the Erie Both Lome and
Underwood are ckiee to E. H. Han’t
mao.
WR1GLEYS
whole of the money he received for 1 begin Mon.la
Hoapllil for lncurablia anil tha tha l«>»rd ol . of the
, Itfioll
I MID"
;ht of certain sermous to the
copyrlgl
British
Gordon Hoys home
.'•n emlnei
•Ity of Texas, esperil: attention Is
I called to the urgent needs of the uni
Joglst has given ' verslty, the principal being a new
heating plant and a new library build
In#
The men who boss Congress re-
solved before the gaveW fell that
In Main* a huo.,r ... for . j H «b°ald *> selfcln. thl. a*.
■ sloti, aside from passing the supply
bills, and It Is likely that their decree
w. ruing that the coal eupply In
. ittsburg district will be exhausted In J
It *• about time 1
substitute fu»l.
less than 60 years
to develop that
squirrel. In Wisconsin for a de.»r. and
In Montana for a bear, says the Phil
adelphla Inquirer. By and by the
hunter will begin to imagine he's a
whole soo
Now thst society is taking up equal
suffrage. It seem* a little contradio
tory to make a stronghold of equal
rights with men in n ubzxc of life
to institute a system of postoflice
I hanking offers the only possibility of
exception.
Thst the Watera-Plerco Oil Com
pany intends to pay the |f»u.lHi0 fine
j recently assessed by the Missouri
Supreme Court 1
by the
I abide b]
tho Bt*t<
wii.i« «umm art practically dictator! ! '»"« »'» erldencod Saturday, wh*u It
and autocrats
The Harvard expedition has re
Ish gold
they found has been Invested In
failed to file motion for a rehearing,
or to nave the Judgment modified
The time limit for llllnr snob vnotfnt*
expired Saturday
President Rooecret and er 9<NK)
people, r*.iiiveutlug «u«i) tand and
yet be aalculsled It la known In gen
•*ral terms that of a population ol
1.7SA.0M In the dcyaa.cd dlatrlct |
•t least 125.000 perished. Latest re-
ports here stale that 4UOO soldiers in
the bararksr at Messiaa wee buried
under the ruins.
The great American baUlexhlp fleet
built for purposes of destruction may
after ail have to go down In history
as one of 4he greatest humanitarian
agents In modern times Not content
with the outpouring of private chartty
robabie the American govern
direct this great Beet away I of
from Its own in an time progress to-
ward home to the stricken city of
Messina and to other Italian ports
where devastation beyond the unaided
efforts of live Italian people theuiscivo*
to repair Aa» been wrought b> earth
quake and tkSa! wave
According to announcement Just
made none but unmarried men will
be accepted by tbe Government In fu
It la probs
ment will
Monday became the owner of ’
W'*r Heir, last year’s pacing senna ,
The amount paid to P C Isaacs
Johnatowr Pa. ww |4i.4N Minor
Heir s record is ) :6k I J By this I
deal Mr. Ravage now ha* In his pos-
session the two great as v pacer* uf the j
age—Dan Patch aud Minor Heir
Fort Worth-Cleburne Interurban.
Fort Worth According to present !
plans a corps of engineers will begin !
Wcdnonda*. the preliminary survey of *
the Fort Worth-ClebtinMi interurban }
The work will be under the direction 1
I. G. I*eake and hlt> aseietant. R
H Hartman, and It is expweted the I
survey will be completed In two
week* The work of construction will f
begin by the first of April.
Presicvnt Sends Message.
Washing**!* • Prrslder* Zi.vm- e!t !
on Mmiday sent to the House of Rep- '
reeentstlvea a aperial m*e—y •**- •
•werlng Its rarolution concerning that !
lemember
that
Rpatn. and the hunt for the | every state and territory in the Union ; without the
lu the Philippine Is
« already lu th« set v
permitted tu marry
onaent
to the
•rice Tie
entirety all that
»nat por
to which
exception and em
nimble, oowtmot pla» American dot rnuay exchanged happy New Year ment until they have attained to their phatlrally declare* that he meant what
Ur will Im
treasure hunters* energlea.
The reforms Include the
ppreeslon
RlmpHfled spelling ha* Its advocates
In hYanee. for tbe minister of public
instruction has lately ordered that the
public schools shall teach the spelling
of a number of words In the form
recommended by the French academy.
include the sup]
of the **h" In word* like “rhli
su*J ihe substitution of ’’I" for in
such words as “analyse.' and of "f
for ph In phenoinene," and similar
terms.
Mr Taft. In hla add res* at the liedl
cation of the p.\szrrsiil
.•ment In Brook
>uMy martyrs
the other
All Maly was nbaken Monday morn
in# by a series of severe seismic dls
turbauces more violent and deatruc
tlve. It is believed than the earthquake
of 1906 as reports which have been re
reived here state that several town»
were devastat<*d In tbe southern prov j
Inc#*, while the city of Messina. In
B’cily, was almost entirely destroyed. ,
the death list there. It is feared, reach !
Ing far Into the hundreds
John M Luther of Memphis ha*
forwarded in* resignation to control |
ler of the Treasury aa National bank
examiner for the Rtate of Texas with
moo- j headquarters at Fort Worth
day | According to Information given oat
captaincies. i ha sa.d.
A violent earthquake shock lasting
three seconds and during which Strom
boll volcano began eruption, occurred
on Stromboll Island Sunday
Reports of expedltlouary movements
in Central America have led to a clone
watch of the situation by the Waan
Ing.on Government, and sctlug under j erm. In com^auy
orders from the Navy Department, ai j roung people Miss
the request of Secretary Root, the Du | la# In front of a
W.L.DOUGLAS
S3.OO SHOES* sj»,0
//. Qg '0 W V A
Ul II ££ U
J
A Peculiar Accident.
Fort Worth: Miss Minnie Hedger
f North Fori Worth was the victim \
f a peculiar accident which may re-
ult In the lots of the use of her left 1
with a party of
Heager wa* walk
building when her >
Tht laaeoa I Vaka sad S*
L 50 ShoM Tkaa Any (
a b*.w. 1 #i»
r.^L~
buque will touch at Ke; West fot ; f°°t slipped and In attempting to pr»' |
falling she ran her arm through j
tionary patriots who endured the suf I taken relative to the request of U»e
ferlng on board the ships anchored in • Farmers' Union for the reduction of
New York harbor rather than abac I freight rates by the general man*rer«
<Lm two jmiinf ana obtain c«>mfort I at their recent moving In Houatoti
and freedom b
Ish oiislrs U has be«»n customary to
dwell ow «he cruelty of British, in
treating their prieonur* fuhumanjy
but *Jr T*b wifely and truly oaliod
aU« ntioti to the fact that them* prison
era were rl^slt wi»h 4e efjt; ty-y
ea» customary a: that ume. Prtaor
riiuiui 1* « ruodcro philanthropy.
■ Lively interest baa been ertatod by
th« new invention of Mark Anthony
of New York, by which a dirigible ba!
loon la operated by use of a wireless
apparatus which ha* been perfected b
a point where a balloon can be opera 1
**v wKirriy at the will of the operator
who terualus on tho g.ound sad mere ]
ly nuuRpala ea an elsrtrle kevbrard I
supplies. Mar preseuce in the neigh ! vrnt^
'wwilwwu of Nicaraguan territory will« ■ window The brefcen gla
have a reassuring effect. In (he event ®d a wound on the fttreanu
tha*' any trouble occurs In that sec I across the twuai». •>*-*•»*. as
tloa. | a half deop
Judge Charles H Y«a»kuan genera) ;
| aftorne- for the Frisco railrt-ad and
i •»««* of the prominent Jurls's of the I 'urcr 1:1; Laot/sre Warned,
state, died suddenly o' a|Kir'«x> at his
ho:ue In Fort Wurth m. Nee- Y^r'i
da)
Hy the collapse of a scaffold at tho
Uentral Blast Furuaci* In Cievelaud,
Oulo, Honda). Cfteen Italian werkmea
wets Uii *fi lo the ground, tme man
a as killed and the vluvia serluuely
Injured Home |>roL*u>lv fstallv The
men were tb(rt> feet in (he air. en-
gage in ceailng down a brick chim*
1 Inflict j
cutting '
arfc and J
Union Cltv T#tn • r!2c_ cC-
eluded thWr testimony In the night I
dde? car,*a Moday a?»»r»ioon an<i the
at gurnets begin lueeiay. The court j
failed to limit the time of argument I
of counsel, but Intluiated that
thraag' a da> and a half fur each j
aide
it 1 •
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Hill, Tom W. Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1909, newspaper, January 8, 1909; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth832252/m1/2/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rains County Library.