The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1908 Page: 3 of 8
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THE WEEK'S EPITOME
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR
TANT NEWS AT HOMF. AND
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
A Carefully Digested and Concerned
Compilation of Currerv.' News
Domcstio and Foreign.
A fire in Chicago Monday caused
damage to the amount of $1,500,000.
Bomb throwers Friday night at-
tempted to wreck the banking house
of Salvatore D. Auria In Newark. They
did not succeed, but managed to blow
up the big stone stoop leading to the
bank.
A telegram was received in Dallas
Wednesday from Lake Charles, La., to
the effect that Percy O'Beirne, a trav-
eling man of the former city, had been
seriously injured in an accident at
that place.
A surveying corps of fifteen men un-
der the direction of Civil Engineer
Cunningham of St. Ixmls started Wed-
nesday morning to make the survey
for the proposed Fort Worth-Mineral
Wells lnterurban line.
The Chinese steamer Ying King, en-
gaged in local passenger trade, near
Canton, foundered during a typhoon.
Three hundred Chinese are known to
be drowned. Only twelve of those on
board were rescued.
Because she kissed her daughter Es-
telle, who died laBt night of hydro
phobia, Mrs. Lemuel Blythe of Na-
tchez, Miss., was taken to the Pasteur
Institute Monday and put under the
treatment for th edlsease.
Three laboring men who were walk-
ing on the railroad tracks of the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road and Pratts Crossing were struck
by a local train from New Haven Mon
day morning and instantly killed.
George Coffey, an employe of the In-
ternational In the Iwller shops at Pal-
estine dropped dead while at work
Tuesday. He leaves a family. He has
been with the road for many years
and was well along In years.
At Pensacola, Fla., Thursday, the
^ 'Sher'lf and deputies were overpowered
and a negro, charged with criminal as-
sault, was taken from the Jail and
hanged by a mob, three ot wnom were
killed In the fight which took place.
Seven members of the American
Olympic team competed Monday In
the games of the Dublin, Ireland, po-
lice at Balls Bridge. The feature o!
the contest was the throwing of the
hammer by John Flanagan, who made
173 feet and 10 Inches. Ralph RoBe, the
California!!, put the shot 49 feet 5
Inches, breaking the British record of
48 feet 2 Inches.
A supposed burglar broke open a
window of the Fort Worth Evening
Telegram's press room Monday night
and climbed through the opening. It
was dark In the room and he did not
perceive the ink vat which was direct-
ly beneath the window. He fell Into
this, and after doing so escaped by
means of the door, leaving a trail of
Ink reaching some distance north of
the door along the street.
After standing off Sheriff Rufe Le ,
fers and his lege number of deputies
who were hiding In the grass near the 1
barracaded home of L. M. Phillips,
near Tlnney, Okla., J. M. A. Phillips
blew his brains out with a rifle t .thw
than to surrender and stand trial for
the killing of Mrs. June Smith.
At La Porte, Sunday, M. J. Bouner
was shot and killed, a Jeweler of
Houston was arrested, charged with
having done the shooting.
Dr. Jas. S. Blackburn, an old and
prominent citizen of Vort Worth died
Wednesday from injuries received In a
runaway a few days before.
There was a sensation in financial
circles aS Racine, Wis., Wednesday,
when It bccame known that John
Schulte, "paying teller of the First
National bank, was short $15,000 In
his accounts and had disappeared.
Juan Pinto, a Mexican who worked
at the round house at Mart, was way-
laid on his way home Sunday night
and was cut several times about the
face and then shot through the heart.
HIb slayers fled and so far have not
been captured.
At Houston, Tuesday an agreement
was signed by Judge W. T. Burns
which closed the famous suit in the
Federal court between the Maryland
Trust oC. and the Klrby Lumber Co.
in which millions of dollars were In-
volved.
It has been decided to hold an elec-
j tlon Aug. 27 to determine if Glen wood,
1 a popular suburb southeast of Fort
Worth, shall be annexed to the city
J proper.
Vernon Mills, youngest son of Mr
| and Mrs. John-Mills of Beaver, Okla,
! Friday was bitten by a rattlesnake. He
j is in a critical condition, but with
| chances of recovery.
President Truesdale of the Lacka
wanna and Western Railroad Friday
refused to see the switchmen In con-
nection with troubles on the Buffalo
division of that road.
The Frisco Meteor, northbound, was
wrecked Monday evening while leav-
ing Madill, Okla. The mail car was de-
railed. The wreck was caused by a
drawhead pulling out.
Reports say that considerable bet-
ting on the election was practiced in
the recent primary over the State,
much to the surprise of many, as this
Is a violation of the law.
Twenty-four thoroughbred horses
that were bought by Dick Wilson for
the officers' school of the lTnited States
Army at Fort Riley, Tex., were shipped
from Lexington, Ky., Friday.
Aaron Johnson, a well-known Swe-
dish farmer of Georgetown, was at-
tacked by a vicious hog Thursday
morning and received three great
gashes In his thigh and left leg.
The Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Bllnt of Temple died very suddenly on
a Santa Fe train at Dodge City, Kan.,
Wednesday while the parents were en
route home to Temple from California.
Six Chinamen, found In a fruit car
while trying to smuggle themselves
Itno the country, are under arrest at
Almagordo, N. M.The men were In a
Into the country, are under arrest at
to Kansas City.
According to figures furnished Sat-
urday morning by Capt. John Lynch,
officer in charge of the dog wagon, 709
canines have been taken In charge In
Dallas since the wagon began its an-
nual tour this season.
The body of Dr. Earl Dycus, former-
ly of Fort Worth, was found on the
Fort Worth and Denver Railway track
two miles from Wichita Falls, Tues-
day. The young man had been dead
several hours when found.
Robert Hdda, a 15-year-old boy,
whose home Is In Chamhersburg, Pa.,
whs struck by a street cur In Dallas at
midnight Friday and so badly injured
that the amputation of the right arm at
the Bkoulder was necessary.
While resisting arrest Sunday after-
noon, Calvin Flymtnlng was shot and
killed near Tracy, twelve miles west of
Cameron. Flymmlng refusod to sur-
render and had a sholgun anfl two p s-
tols. He fired twice at officers.
Harry Newning of Houston, while
out boating near that city Monday,
was trailing his foot along In the
water, was caught by a large alligator
gar, and before the g^r was killed the
boy's foot waB terribly lacerated.
The reunion of the Confederate Vet-
erans and Old Settlers' Association of
Hill county, to be held on the reunion
grounds three miles east of Hllisboro,
Aug. 11 to 14, inclusive, la expected to
be the largest ever held In the county.
Saturday was the last day In which
corporations subject to the gross re-
ceipts tax had In which topay tax for
the present quarter. It Is learned there
are nearly 200 of these corporations
which failed to pay the tax.
At Oenavllle Tuesday \V11I Fltts
a farmer boy engaged In playing base-
ball, received a blow In the nock from
the ball while at bat, the injuries re-
sulting fatally in a few hours. De-
ceased was twenty-four years old.
Miss Ely Gre n or Savannah, Ga.,
and Porter Harris of Memphis, Tenn.,
were run down In a skiff about forty
rods off the Chautauqua Pier at Lake
Chautauqua, at Jamestown, N. Y., Tate
Saturday night by the steamer Chad-
kin, and both weer drowned.
Haecorn Allen, a young man of Wylle
was killed Saturday near his home. He
was breaking a colt to a cart, and it ia
supposed that he got his foot In the
wheel In some manner, breaking his
leg In several places and hurting him
otherwise.
A fire occurred In Quanah Wednes-
day night which caused damage to the
amount of $80,000.
Information from Winfield tells of a
wreck on the Rock Island two miles
north of Dodson, La.. Friday night
Two coaches of a passenger train roll-
ed down an embankment. Fifteen pas-
sengers were hurt, but none killed.
Construction work on the big Y. M.
C. A. building in Dallas has been en-
tirely finished and the building will be
complete and ready for occupancy by
Nov. 1 .
DAVIDSON'S MAJORITY
IN EXCESS OF 2!,000
KWS FROM
OVER TKXAS
Willi 310,000 Votes Counted Davidson Has "a
Majority of 22,073—This Is Estimated to
be 92 Per Cent of the Vote Cast.
SUBMISSION 30,000 VOTES SHORT OF MAJORITY
To Determine a Number of Contest* It Will Undoubtedly Require n Full
Count of the Votes Indifference Shown as to Local Option
Count Is Slow .Indues Refuse to Work On Sunday
Dallas, Aug. 3: Th<
returns from i vaca. Leon. Limestone
Is
I At Comanche, Thursday, J. W.
| Reese, who was a candidate for rep-
resentative from that section, was shot,
I from the effects of which he died on
j Monday.
A negro man. whose name appears
on the docket as "Sweet Sedalla," op-
posite a charge of lunacy, died in the
city jail at Dallas about 7 o'clock Sun-
day morning.
Dr. N. J. Mills, brother of ex-United
States Senator R. (J. Mills, and one of
tli" best known and most prominent
citizens of Corslcana died at his homo
here after a long illness.
Percy O'Beirne, a well known trav-
eling man of Dallas, died at Lake
Charles, La.. Sunday. He had not been
i In good health For several months but
Llano Lub- I his death was entirely unexpected.
the Democratic primary election this [ bocli, McCulloch, Menard, Milam. A Belgian named Leopold died Wed-
morning account for 31",oo0 votes, or
92 per cent of the total, if the total Is
325,000. It Is becoming apparent, how
ever, that this number has been ex
ceeded. The returns are complete
from 160 counties and incomplete from
54. The remaining counties have not
been heard from at all. These are all
small.
The returns from the completed
counties give Davidson in",141 and
Wynne 116,894
counties the returns give Davidson
27,040 and Wynne 21,214. The grand
totals are: For Davidson 1 GO, 1K1 and
for Wynee 138,108, a majority of 22.-
073 for Davidson, as compared with 18,-
796 as shown In the returns up to yes-
terday morning.
The totals of the completed returns
for submission are 114,099, against
103,948. The incomplete returns for
submission are 15,635 and against 23,-
035. The grand totals are: For sub-
mission 129,734 and against 126,983.
Majority for submission 2751 as
against 3068, as shown in returns yes-
terday morning.
It will be noted that the total vote
for attorney general in the same count-
ies was 298,289, which shows that sub-
mission will fall anywhere from 30,000
Mills, Nolan, Panola, Robertson, 1 nesday morning as a result of a t'rae-
Kockwsll, Sabine, San Jacinto, San j ture of the skull. Ills employer, 1..
Patricio, Scurry, Smith. Starr, Tyler, J Meschault. is being held pending an
Upshur, Val Verde, Van Zandt ami
Williamson.
As has heretofore been said, Mr.
Davidson's strength seems so uniform
over the State that it seems Impossi-
ble that the result, so far as he is con-
cerned, can be changed by the returns
yet. to come In; but these unreported j
votes are full of possibilities so far i
From the incomplete] as they respect the question of submit-
ting the prohibition amendment. It Is
to be borne In mind, however, that the i
law requires that a proposition to be
made a platform demand must have
investigation at San Antonio.
Jean Dowling of Denlson was hit In
the face by some acid thrown out of
the rear window of a building on
Main street Wednesday and as a re-
sult will probably lose both eyes.
Sunday morning at 10:45 Wilber
Westerslde. a young man 21 years old,
| a member of the crew of the steam-
ship Memphian, which Is lying at pier
| 10, Galveston, was drowned in the
grade raising canal.
The west bound Golden State limit-
received a majority of all the votes P<1 fro,n Chicago on the Rock Island.
cast In thnt primary. The returns
have shown from the beginning that a
large number of voters ignored this
question entirely, strange as that may
seem. A rough calculation shows that
the vote on the Governorship contest
is about 15 per cent greater than that
cast on the question of submission;
running over the Southern Pacific
was ditched Monday morning tn'ar
Benson, Ariz., It Is reported seven peo-
ple were injured
Another clow In the Dycus tragedy
Monday may help solve the mysterious
death of the young physician. The au-
thorities found a piece of blood stained
therefore, even though the number or ; clothing at the river bank and carriage
votes cast for submission might, be j tracks. It is claimed Dycus was kill-
several thousand greater than the ; ed there and the body carried to the
number cast against it, it might still
lack a majority within the meaning of
Denver track and placed on the track.
Austin Saint' Lnwls, a negro con-
the law.
I viet who, in escaping from the v>r.-
The congressional contests are all | vlct farm near Houston,
to 40,000 votes shoit ut a majority of decided except that In the Second dis-
all the votes polled In the primary. ; between Mr. Cooper, the Incunj
The complete returns for governor bent, and Mr. Dies. I he count shows
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d River Saturda"$7m Vln#'
give Campbell 142,683 and Williams
90,333. They give for local option 77,-
425 and against 23,959.
! ,!)28 for Cooper and 8.4N6 for Dies
This would seem to show that Mr.
'Cooper has been renominated, but
These figures result not only from '""Patches from I! -aumont say that
additional returns received las. night I Htl r,,ll"r ret,,rn' «ot ,herP B|vn
but from a careful revision of returns
previously published, as well as a re-
ago, shot and killed a
I f ri'i
j Bernard
from wounds received while making
bis escape.
The Santa l'e Railway Company,
Monday, presented Arthur Mullltis, a
young man living near Temple, with
addition of its figures to correst any
errors which might have crept into its
first calculations. It will be seen,
therefore, that the figures printed this
morning are entitled to a high degree
of credit.
As throwing some light on this It
may be said that the returns are com-
plete, or very nearly so, from the fol-
lowing named counties: Anderson,
Angelina, Austin, Bastrop. Baylor,
Bee, Bexar, Brazos, Brewster, Brown,
Burleson, Calhoun, Cameron, Camp,
Cass, Collin, Collingsworth, Colorado,
Cooper a lead of only 300, with Pa- | a costly gold watch as a reward for
nola county to yet hear from. It Is j his courage in (lagging a freight train
conceded that Panola County Is fav. which was about to run into a wash-
orably disposed to Dies. Therefore the j out bridge, some months ago near
result of this contest will depend on j Helton, thereby saving the crew and
what Panola County has done for Dies, j the train.
As yet no full returns can be got ,n tryln(? t0 adJ(|gt ft wlndow A. J.
from that county. j pr)(7 of San ^ngelo, Friday, fell from
The account of (!>• votes cast In the I a Bte,)|adder and 8(ruek hl„ wrlst
contests for Superintendent of Public
a stepladder and struck
against a null In such a manner as to
penetrate an artery. The service of a
physician was required to stop the
blood.
As a result of the accidental dis-
charge of a shotgun Monday morning,
H. N, Jones, Oak Cliff, Dallas, had to
submit to an amputation of Ills left leg
below the knee. Mr. Jones had traded
Instruction, Land Commissioner, Court
of Criminal Appeals and for Governor
has been dropped. As for the govern-
norahip, it Is of course, only a ques-
tion of majority and will of necessity
wait until completed county returns
are available to make this calculation,
Comal, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Crock-1 ,0 0[|,er contests It Is Indls-
ett, Dallam, Dallas, Deaf Smith, Delta, ; pmablo that Robinson has been nonr.l-
Denton, DeWitt, Dickens, Donley, Du natid for Land Commissioner. Cous- j for ho gun and discovered that there
val, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Kills, , jna for Superintendent of Public In- was a cartridge In It, undertook to ex.
Erath, Fayette, Fisher, Fort Bend struction and Davidson for Judge of tract It, for fear his little son might
Freestone, Galveston, Gillespie, Gray- the Court of Criminal Appeals. As to shoot himself. The ejector falling to
son. Gregg, Guadalupe, Hall, Harde- the race for comptroller the account twork. he tried other means of remov-
man, Harris, Harrison, Haskell, has been kept until now. but It Is evl- inK the shell, and in the course of his
Hayes,Hemphill, Hidalgo, Hill,Howard, j dent that there will be no longer any
Jack, Jackson, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, j necessity for doing so, as Mr. Steph-
Johnson, Kendall, Kerr, King, Lam enB has gained a lead of over 10,000
pasas, LaSalle, Lee, Liberty, Lynn, votes over Barker,
McLennan, Madison, Martin, Mata- Auother thing made manifest by the
gorda, Medina, Midland, Mitchell, returns Is thnt the majority. In favor
Montague, Navarro, Nueces, Nacog- of local option as It was placed on the
doches, Moore, Morris. Orange, Palo ticket will be smaller than that re-
Pinto, Parker, Pecos, Polk, Potter, quired by the law, due to the fact that
Presidio, Rains, Randall. Red River, such a larger portion of the voters Ig-
Reeves Refugio, Roberts, Runnels, nored this part of the ballot. Indeed,
Rusk, San Augustine. San Saba, it is doubtful If half of them voted on
Shackelford, Stonewall, Sutton, Swish- it one way or the other. Therefore, j worhed foi. three hours Thursday
Tarrant, Taylor, Terrell, Titus, It Is Impossible that either side of this j morn)ng t0 extricate a large mule be-
u _ i"""1 longing to Sanitary Officer Coe, from
efforts exploded It. the charge of shot
almost severing his leg a few Inches
above the ankle.
J. E. Walker, a prosperous and pop-
ular farmer living a few miles south
of Valley Mills, was found dead in his
field with one side of his head blown
o ffand a gun near by, at an early
hour Tuesday.
The crew of the hook and ladder
truck at Central Fire Station, Dallas,
Tom Green. Travis, Trinity, Uvalde, j question should have a legal major-
Victoria. Walker. Waller, Ward. Itv. If, then, submission should fail
Washington, Webb, Wharton, Wichita, of the requisite majority, the next
Wilbarger, Wilson and Wise.
Democratic convention will meet with
Its hands tied so far as the making
a well twelve feet deep into which
the animal had fallen.
Col. R. T. Mllner, Commissioner of
From the following named counties ^ (le(Jlandg 1)f concerned, for It will Agriculture, has completed a tour over
the returns lack very much of com- ^ r(vca||(jd (he party ,g forU|d(|on to Hast Texas and other sections of the
pletlon. In many case s fully one hair; ^ ^ ,,|Htfonn demands unless those Stute and reports that crop prospects
Aransas, _Arch«r- _ proposed demands had first been ap- are good and estimates the yield of
majority of the peoplo cotton will be 3,000,000 bales.
Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria. Briscoe,
Burnett, Caldwell. Callahan, Cherokee,
Chambers, Clay, Coke, Coleman, El
Paso, Falls, Fannin, Floyd, Franklin,
Frio, Gon/ales, Grimes, Hale, Hamil-
ton, Hardin, Henderson, Hood, Hop
kins, Hunt. Houston, Jasper. Jones,
Karnes, Kaufman, Knox, Lamar, La
pledges as it thinks will be redeemed.
propose
proved by a
voting In the primary. If this should
turn out to be tiie fact, for the first
flme, perhaps, In twenty-five years, the
Democratic platform will make no "de-
mand" o nthu next Legislature and
will have to restrict Itself to the mak-
ing of recommendations and such
The interest on money for the pur-
chase of lands sold to Individuals by
the State of Texas Is now being paid
and money Is rolling Into the State
treasury like corn in the hopper, much
to the satisfaction of the officials and
clerks at Austin,
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McClure & McClure. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1908, newspaper, August 7, 1908; Alto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214013/m1/3/?q=%22McClure%20%26%20McClure%22: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.