Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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Ü'I!LFU* 0HRI8TI TEXAS, FRIDAY, SKPTEMBER 18. 1908
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n íííiki ti vain, mud and
si.-xican patriotic societies ¡
f4r wttj i brough the street*
Wednesday from their
, ríirru-r >f Antelope and
down through the city
#<xin. They made stop*!
iuhI Suites Customs House j
postoffice, where bands;
• :,,>!«• .Mexican lmts.'e There1
an horse, a foot and men j
i ¡i float*, while there were
¡•.f. five woman ami chltd-
! •. .iking through the mud
ihe MexiCftn independence
¡ holiday for all Mexicans
l , re the} may lie, and
m'i:«II> observed in lunch
• inner a> the citizens of
,1 stai- - celebrate on the; ,.rn¡sm
luly. Nearly every Mexl-
. s!«l)li|hment in the
irat-< '1 w.Ith Hags and bunt-
h an and Mexican tla«
•i v. •.•,.• <i. wiili She American
i ¡.lene.-. Every society
tl>. I'raiernal orders and
inioj lie' church societiesj
,lir ( <■!«•' ie^ combined ill
11 inn The speaking began
,i, ii : o'clock at the hall
■ i i! \ntelope and Lester
,n ■. of I he lead ins Mexi-
. eity addressing large
('here will he a dance to-
be game hall.
„de had originality been
it •> o'clock hut i he rain
;M i bout that time and it
nt'.l from hour to hour In
ten( the rain would cea.se.
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CATHOLIC PAPER
UNDER POPE'S BAN
New^Vork, Sept. 1". The Catholic ;
Review has suspended publication :
and it is said that it maj not. re-
sume It is under the han of the l-'ope
it i?, stated, because of several ar-
tilles it published by Rev. 13. A, Man-
ila on the "Human Side of Christ.'
and several articles from tlw Catho-
lic encyclopedia by the same author
on the subjec of absolutism which
he condemned. The action is a part
of the Cope's crusade against "mod-
which lie believes is grow-
ing alurmiiiKls in America.
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' Mr. J 8 Peter, vice-president and
aeneral manager of the 8. A. A A. P.
Railway, arrived In the city this
week and «pent the time between
] hi arrival aad l|t# departure on the
12:4Tt train in looking luto a number
of mat tern in which hit company if
i luí crested.
New Orleans. La.. Sept, 17. -Col-{ The particular purpose of hie visit
ton night riders are active in North- ro meet Superintendent DeWolf
em Louisiana and Mississippi Mori- oí íhe Texas-Mexican and discuss
dlnn reports that they circled a vast with hint matter* pertaining to the
COTTON NIGHT
RIDERS ACTIVE
BRICK BUILDINGS
: ::: of the pilot boy with excursion crowd.
ber 2. the day after she arrived on her maiden trip. " The eompany tZU ££££
gave an excursion complimentary to the stockholders, their fami-
lies and friends and the photo was taken as the ship was leaving j
the wharf.
track connection. Th two official*
went over the route of the connoc-
tton and decided upon the connecting
spur, which will Join the irauk at
Stupid stnut., near the Joint passcn-
A row o
territory ln*t «light and warned
planter* not to deliver cotton. Notices
on al public road* threateu farmers
with death unless the> whw hauling
cotton by September 18, Several In-
««ranee companies ,uv consideringf|«r depot with the Texus-Mexlcan
Die above is a photograph taken of the Pilot Boy on Septein- <,,, of polities on gin* main line After a conference, it was
mrnm I —jg"" announced that the connection, Includ-
ing the Joining «pur, would be rushed
to completion as soon as possible.
As soon a* the "Sap" construction
Kant now at work on Mm main track
of the connection complete the work
up (o the depot, the track will at
onee be Joined with the To*as-Mexl-
cau and the much-discussed and long-
dealred connection will I a reality.
While hare Mr. Peter also conferred
with the secretary of the Commercial
out.
AT l/IWrCVIIIF The Pilot Boy arrived at Central wharf on Tuesday shortly
ttl fllMUIJ > ILLL a^er six o'clock, having left Galveston the night belore at ten
o'clock The trip was made in almost; twenty hours and the cargo
was the heaviest yet brought over. C?ews of men were put to
HIDALGO PEOPLE
ARE LAW ABIDING
adorn the sit' ol the wooden build
iliK* destroyed by the fire «( Kinc.-
yiile some time ago. ¡tccordln« to a
statement by Kditor Fred Warren,
who wiin in the cilj today
The Williams Mercantile ("onipany
Is lis;.uriii); mi a large buildlnu It
will be brick and svili be eith< • a avo-
ided shorth after!,)! a three-slory ItuUdittg. Tidn con
substantial structur win worjt at once unloading the ship and reloading with cotton, and she
left here yesterday with a heavy cargo of cotton. It is the pur-
pose to have the ship back here Saturday night if possible or early
Sunday morning in order that an excursion can be given. Manager
O'Leary stated this morning that he had securer! his papers to
carry passengers on excursions, and the ship has a capacity for
four hundred.
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|fW 'he i'ftln had set in purohtised the lot from Mi-
ami that the parade must which adjoined their other build -
proceeded with or aban- m,; aJHl ^elr new building will ha<
'hey WOfl? not think "f f( mmtiitfe Of f?cventy-five feel. '
it. so when it. ' '' iln watt !)s, j0|n, g_ Haghmd will ere< t a
Je ihey started, i\\ o-stoi".v i-oncere Imildlng. while the ¡
was headed b> tlx- ln,.,u marki-t peoplt- •«ill erect a new
I
•ad i
by the
■ hal, Cecil lio Mendragon. |
hoi'se and followed by the
ith the iiiBiilbW< of the
immittee.
m came ihe Mutual Aid
oat. in which there were
of pretty girls costumed
•nt goddesses of liberty,
the float of the Mexican
Honor, and tilts' was fol-
Ihe members of the lodge
,r came the float of the
V 1'. O. I'." the Free and
orkroen of the
ing the float was the mem-
lodge In regalia on foot,
tnc the members of the
s union on foot and they
nued on Page Eight.)
building of brick, hi it whether a one-
or two-story has not. y el been decided
upon.
The Insurance adjusters have been
on the ground and all claims have
been satisfactorily adjusted.
Mr. Warren stated that there will be
a handsome new school building Tor
KlngBVllle within the next year. The
plana for (he building have not been
decided upon, but It has been decided
CLUB; PURCHASE YACHT
The organization of the Klks' Yacht-
ing and Outlna Club has been per-
fected and In addition to the pur-
chase of the hotel at Flour Bluff
which Will be used as a club house,
the cluli has purchased a handsome
yacht, tin Arrow, owned b> Captain
HI FLOATS
II) GULF
Heath This boat has been rechrist-
i that a sum betwe'en Jlfteen and twenty (.¡i^ und has a capacity for
it i.-n.-ma ■ • thouHajid dollars will be expended in ,,nr,.vjj,g twenty passengers cotnforf-
' the construction of the buildim; ,ltj|y
The officers of the club are as fol-
lows: W. O. Blake, captain; .). H
! Hopkins, first male. L it. Clerkuon.
second mate; .fas, C. Kulfon. cox-
! swain; E. It. Howard, steward, and F.
i L. Maanenat. keeper.
j The tnemfiership of the club Is Km
•■ (ted to fifty and It Ik the purpose of
' the members to make this one of the
WM. J. BRYAN'S
NEW YORK VISIT
New York, Sept. 1.. Ihe Demo- ¡(i,|(,)tlR ,,vvfani>iatfr>r*v- of the kind In | adjacent to the territory for larger
' era tic national campaign managers ¡ ()lj, co«int ry-. LettOTft are being writ- j game, for deer are m be had within
| nt the headquarters in this city aro . IHt ft| t|1(. nXalted nilers of every j a «hori distance and the country near
I highly pleased at the public Interest in the I'rilted States, there be*ll fall * f jnvnllna .
¡taken in the present, eastern trip of; inj{ hundred of them. The ex- j Corpus Christl is becoming r¡ult a
Mr. Bryan. Even the Republican j M1|(,rf4 are Kiven an idea of what | winter resort for sportsmen and there
' managers are sitting up and taking ¡ |h(. f,lu() ,Jas to 0jfer t„ i;n<s vlsltinu Í if- hs a rule many Elks among the
... „0tiee of ihe travels of the candidate (h|s wr.tlQJ1 „f the State for ah out-! visitors. All members of the order
""V1. " ¡from Nebraska On more than one .(.R T,|( r,)uh „wntt „ |arRe Hrrtp Of! will be granted the privilege of using | thirty laborers, killing Don Peterson
mi a mat onto t >v «*•<< '• accaa)on lhi. ,,a t Mr. Bryan kaa • .<1.„nn,¡ n, F|tmr m„fr which i# oc-i the clubhouse and the yacht and the and another Northwestern train col-
11"-,"-! was exciter an R d<? a stHln,,.«peaking tour of New w|(h „ hofel containing nine: few will be very nominal, ltded near Milwaukee with a uasaen-
who made Inquiries as ,u . York aI1(l n,.|R|,boring states, but ± , ,iittrain. I'eter Verbers. of Park
rooms. These will he fitted up and
the building will be converted Into a
Clubhouse strictly There Is a front-
age of two hundred feet on the water
and the depth is fifteen hundred foot.
Flour Bluff is at the l'a fl entering
Laguna Madre, as well as adjacent to
Corpus Christ! Pan . It is the base of
the finest hunting and fishing ground
in the gulf. Laguna Madre during
die duck sea«OU Is covered with ducks
and It if not difficult for the average
hunter to secure the limit. All kinds
of flail to be found in the waters of
the gulf are caught adjacent to Flour
Bluff the famous Spanish mackerel,
the ponipano and iron!. Those who
take advantage of the «lub's c. nven
lenees in addition to being r!«lit
among the ducks anrt fishes, too, are
The following Is from the Browns-
ville Herald:
The 1«« abiding and orderly county
of Hidalgo will tune money by dis-
pensing with the expense of holding
the regular October term of the dis-
trict court. Judge Hopkins having
consented to pretermit the term, at
•he urgent petition of the county of-
ficers and local attorney , besides a
large number of the leadina tax-pay-
ers of the county. The petition is
ba snl on th < fact that there is no
urgen' litigation pending and very
little criminal businei-iH, there being
out o tie prisoner In the cmuuy jw.il,
and the farmers and truck growers
of the county wishing to be permitted
to ¿the their time and attwnaton to
i heir crops, without being interrup-
ted by atendance nt court as jurymen
or wit musses,
Commenting upon the fact, the
Advance «how* wherein the county
Ib to be congratulated ne follows;
"In addition to the order reuaons
for pertermlttlng said term of court
It will result In a considerable saving
as each term of the court coals the
county a considerable amount of
money. We are too busy and too
law-abiding to he bothered with
courts."
CHICAGO VEILED
IN HEAVY FOG,
TSaBieJa
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Club relative to matters of mutual In-
terest Mr. liter Is very desirous oí
Securing Industries for (tils city and
during his conference with the olub
secretary stated that his company
would h« glad to co-operate with the
club in locating uuch industrie . He
stated that he would like to have bur-
gestiona from tlie club whenever his
company can be of service In this
respect.
The truck connection will prove a
lasting benefit to the dry in thi« par-
Uculaar, Inasmuch as It offers d« tr-
«f «hlppiir.r foci I It let* In conjunction
with nil three of the railroads enter-
ing the city.
Discussing the steamship service
recently Inaugurated between this city
nuil Galveston, Mr. l'eter declared
that his company did not, its some
people supposed, regard It as Inimical
to Its Interests. H« «aid be thought
the development of this city's port
possibilities would exert a wholesome
Influence toward the city's growth and
that anything which will benefit this
city will corresponetngly benefit Its
railroad . There I probably no one
who la more familiar with conditions
la Corpus Christ! bay and at Aransaa
Pass than Mr. Peter, and the tact he
iMJllovea that Corpus Christi's possi-
bilities as a port are founded upon fav-
orable condition* Is therefore signifi-
cant. * i ; "
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1 aiinon, the well known
whs no! ed Wednesday
a <)iianti \ of
Chicago Sepr. 17. The hiBvlrnl fog
t hat this ell y him experienced I- year*
prevails here today and •• nnnber of
minor accident have occurr« I na a
result In one Instance, n girl In a
foggy room walked out of a third-
story window and wa# fatally Injured
by the fall.
A north western train ran Into
cured the mineral or lava,
e was doing with it. This
< ome> from the islands
ifulf and Hoats up on the
re it. is secured by boat-
'•rought to this city and
It has a ready sale at
•er hundred pounds.
Max Luther informed ft
reset) t a t i v e. "Weil nesday
phalt iloats up On
it Is freely admitted on all aides
that his appearances have never at-
♦racted the attention In this section
that they do now. The Republicans
¡.rofess to attach little significance
<o the matter, but the Demócrata
declare that the enthusiasm over the
Presidential candidate In localities
where he has never been any too
'7"7 popular heretofore cannot but be
KINDLES CAMP MAN IS KILLED
FIRE WITH OIL; SY A BURGLAR
facing the gulf In great
«Hue times. Once he ran ,
•ge piece that would have
>r« th^n a thousand tons,
have any way of trans
New Orleans, Sept. 17.—In an out-
ing at Covington, Mrs. ChaB. Walter,
city, was
burned to a crisp. She kindled a
Michigan
Ridge, ill,, was seriously Injured and
five other passengers received alight
injurie . There were also a number
of oth*r minor wreck* In which nev-
era I person* were slightly injured.
DEDICATE IfEW BIJILDISO.
Crookston, Minn., Sept. 17.—A two-
day demonstration was commenced
regarded a* a locky 90clet leader of this
The announcement that Mr. Bryan •
will have conference with Alton B.
Parker and David B. Hill at the camp Are with oil am! caught Are.
homes of those two eminent leaders Tw0 young ladies were aerlonaly
•ave her
City, Ind., Sept. 17.
Edward Quick, a penitentiary guard here today to mark the dedication of
early this morning was shot and i the new 150,000 building at the State
killed by a burglar In his bedroom j Agricultural School, fames J. Hill,
i the railroad magnate, is expected to
deliver an addrase,
ar bis home.
hai- any way of - lbf> oUi.,¡ne Democracy has only , attempting to
o this city and It finally u> ^ thi> cur,0Blg. of th„ ««rea
or sunk in the sand. He]^™ ' An ' pñormous crowd is ex- '«•-
undoubtedly '^Wic.
th. stuff unctounteoiy - ^ (o m Carne(?ie „all when the
a volcanic eruption, , ;,andlda(<, „1Bke^ his first speech In Utnans
France, Sept. 6—Wilbur
TERM STORM
AT PALEST
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McAloater, Okla.. Sept, 17.-One
killed, ten serlouslyd injured, an
twelve re«ldenc«* destroyed by light-
ning arc the results of a torrlflc
storm which struck this city this
morning.
The dead; Arthur Richards of
Monroe, La, Injured: Mrs. John Sni-
der, Mr*. Thomas Helm and baby,
Mrs. S, C. Baraoelona, Mm. Samanlto,
a L. Black, Wife and two children, and
Mrs. Z. Cardos .
Lightning struck the powder bouse
of the Samples Mining Company and
the buildings destroyed were the
homes of miners. The scene was two
rolles north of this city.
M. K. k T. freight car
wrecked.
Alderman Ccovich has returned
from San Antonio where he went ISst!
week on bt..ineiks. He states that >
while there he took up the matter j
of the proposed artesian well with
a thrown out on the wat- j ^ p|ty )UirltlR th(, present campaign. 1 Wright made a flight in his airship at a numi.1(.r „f parties who own proper- (
awa>"- It }5 not expected that hp will remala (hft m|j¡tíirj «rouiids at Auvours to-;ty here and added materially to the.
nt
in the city over Sunday, but he will
pt. ie.—-Victor Emanuel t,robabl.v return for a conference with
the peralatent opposi-1 the campaign managers before he j
•° " «.a hi. CM.,
ns wedding. Other mem- osthtWlMtlc over the reception
royal family followed the wj(j, wh!ch Mr. Bryan has met at
but the queen refuses Both ester and other eastern points In
rid ihe ceremony. ^ heard'
dny, covering twenty-nine miles In ¡
tliirtj'-nine minutes and nineteen sec-1
►MbheriptiOn*.
Mr Robt Gregory. Jr.. Is prepar-1
, i in« to leave here in a day or two for
Wright s speed was at the rate oi l A )Ui . M college to linlah hi* j
forty-six miles an hour, which is the j ,.!l(,C(lljon. Mr Burton Dunn ha his j
greatest speed ever attained by any j place now at the Corpus Christ! Ntet-
Money
on Farms
aerial craft.
.lonal bank.
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Weekly Corpus Christi Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 18, 1908, newspaper, September 18, 1908; Coprus Christi, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth168730/m1/1/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .