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G. J. Barlow showed a reporter
of this paper a dispatch from Alan-
reed, Texas, atmounciuK a deplorable
double tragedy near that place in
which his cousin, 8. B. Owens, a
prominent land and cattle owner and
vice president of the Alanreed bank,
lost bis life. Mr. Harlow wrote to
Ills cousin, Miss Mollie Mauguin of
Sherman, who Is ai) aunt of Mr.
Owens, for particulars, aud she sent
him a clipping from the St. Louis
Globe Democrat, which nave details
oj^the tragedy. It states that Mr.
OyenB was shot by B. S. Turbyflll, n
"■Itl estate man as the result of a
disloute over the commission from
thefsale of a ranch which Owens had
ihased. Owens was instantly
killed and Turbyflll, after shooting
twice at Owens' 18-year-old son,
turned and ran, when he hlniBelf
was shot and Blaln by the youth.
Owens bought a big ranch from
George W. Medley of Roswell, N. M.
paying him $105,000 for It. Tur-
byflll brought suit for $2000 com-
mission against Medley. William A.
Anderson, another real estate dealer
had before this made claim for
$2000 commission for milking the
same deal ,and Medley wanted the
urts to decide who should be paid,
le district court decided that An-
derson was entitled to the commU<- '
slon. Then Turbyflll filed for $20,-
000 against Owens.
Portrait of gov. hogg.
Freeman Thorp to Paint LlknrsK of
the Late Governor.
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AuBtln, Texas, May 2.—Freeman
Thorp, a Washington artist, is in
Austin painting a portrait of the late
Govt Hogg. The portrait Is to be
huujrin the House. The House dur-
ing the Twenty-Ninth Legislature
adopted a resolution, offered by Mr.
Crisp of DeWitt, authorizing a con-
tract for such a portrait, the price
to be paid out of the House contin-
gent fund. Nothing waB done about
it then, and at the beginning of this
session he offered another resolution
for the same purpose, and It was
adopted. Judge Robertson of Trav-
is, Mr. Crisp and Judge Duncan were
appointed to contract for the paint-
ing. Judge Robertson made the
contract with Mr. Thorp last week.
The price agreed on Is $4 00. Mr.
Thorp painted the large portrait,
now hanging In the House, of Ed-
ward Burleson, soldier of the revolu-
5<on and Vice President of the Re-
iu blic. Mr. Thorp, it Is understood,
is also painting a portrait of Judge
Gaines for the Bar Association of the
State.
The employment of Mr. Thorp has
orought forth a protest from Texas
artists, who think they should have
preference. Mrs. Huddle of Austin
hung a portrait of the late Gov.
Mo(«: In the House a few days ago.
It "jfes painted from life, but a num-
r of years ago, when Gov. Hogg
ore a full beard. That is the chief
Jectlon urged against the portrait
^>y Mrs. Huddle.
TO ENGLAND
SCOTT'S WOUNDS
PROVE FATAL
Fort Worth, Texas, May 2.—Ham-
II I'. Scott, who was Bitot Friday,
March 22, soon after JefferBon D.
McLean, lute county attorney, had
been shot and killed l>y William
Thomason, died yesterday from the
effect of pistol shot wounds Inflicted
by the man who caused McLean's
death. Scott Is the third victim of
the tragedy, Thomason having died
twenty-eight hours after the shoot-
ing from wounds received in the bat-
tle at Roe's lumber yard with Offi-
cers Bell and Lloyd.
The tragedy will long be remem-
bered by Fort Worth people and
hundreds of visitors from all parts
of the State, who were here attend-
ing the annual convention of the
Cattle Raisers' Association and the
Fat Stock Show.
The first of the shooting occurred
In front of the Stag saloon on Main
street after a raid had been made on
an ulleged gambling hall. McLean
was shot in the throat, the wound
proving fatal in a few minutes.
At that time Scott stepped from a
street car near by and, learning that
McLean had been shot, pursued
Thomason, being the first man to
tfihe up the chase. He ran through
the saloon, up the ftitey IV Seventh
street, then pnsl t.h ™;'K8' Club to
th* alley between Houston and
Throckmorton streets.
There Thomason had stopped be-
hind a bill board and as Scott ap-
proached both men began firing and
Scott fell, wounded in four places.
Then Thomason ran Into Roe's lum-
ber yard, where he fell In a battle
with Officers Bell and Lloyd.
CYCLONE NEAR MEMORIAL
ROSELAND SERVICES HELD
CARS ORDERED
FOR INTERURRAN
FOR TEXAS
Houston, Texas, May 4.—Mr.
Frederick Opp. the eminent English
lecturer has been enlisted under the
banner of the Texas Five Million
Club, and lias already Btarted on a
tour of the British Isles In the Inter-
est of the club.
The English people are In woeful
Ignorance concerning the glories of
Texas, and it will bo Mr. Opp's oh-
ct to tell them of her matchless
sources and to extoll her virtues
bm every pohBlbie vantage point.
It Is hoped by this move to at-
tract the attention of a certain eleslr-
Kble class of English people who, tir-
ing the crowded lands of the
BrlttoiU Isles, will welcome news of
b premised land across the sea.
NEEDLE EXTRACTED.
Had Been in Hand of Mrs. R.
Horn Eight Days.
O.
On Thursday a piece of a needle
Ittauree-quarters of Inch long1 was ex-
ited from the hand of Mr*. R. C.
iom, of Vlneland. The needle had
buried In the flesh about eight
lays. She was dusting ofT a shelr
*hen she stuck the needle and broke
/off In her hand.
We have Just finished our new
Iwall paper department.—Rhea ft
I Scott.
H. K. Payne, manager for the
Frederick Jones & Co., who are
building the Sherman-Dallas Inter-
urban, has just returned front the
East whore ho placed an order for
fifteen cars for the road, says the
Dallas News. These cars. Mr. Payne
says, are to be the latest model of
Interurban cars. They are to be fif-
ty-eight feet in length, with a gener-
al passenger compartment and smok-
ing compartment. Double windows
will let in light by day and electric
lights will illuminate them by night.
The seats are to be of leather, with
mahogany finish. Each car will
comfortably seat sixty persons. Four
of the cars are to have observation
compartments in front behind the
motornian's cab.
The wheels are to have 36-lnch
steel tires, so as to permit of a speed
of from fifty to sixty miles an hour,
at which rate the motor equipment
is to be made to drive them. The
cars are to be delivered Dec. 1 and
the road Is to be opened for business
by the first of the year.
There are now seven camps of
graders at work on the line and they
cover the route from the crossing of
the Katy road Just out of Dallas all
the way to Choctaw Creek In the
suburbs of Sherman. Grading will
be completed by Oct. 1, by which
time all the rails will have been de-
livered.
Part of (ho machinery for the
power house to be located at Me-
Kinney will arrive this month and
the plant will be ready some time
before the road is completed.
THOMASONS
WIDOW IS DEAD
Fort Worth, Texas, May (1.—Mrs.
Bill Thomason, widow of the gam-
bler who killed Jeff McLean and
Hamil Scott and was later killed by
a policeman, died Saturday morning
at Bnllinger where Bhe has been
with friends since the tragedy,
March 22. She suffered a break-
down at the time of the trugedy,
and died of a broken heart following
the dishonorable death of her hus-
band to whom she had been faithful.
A little Kodol taken occasionally
especially after eating, will relieve
sour stomach, belching and heart-
burn. J. B. Jones, Newport, Tenn.,
says three bottles of Kodol cured
him of dyspepsia. R Is sold here by
Smith Bros.
Big Assortment from which to
choose your wall paper pattern
from at Rhea ft Scott's.
V
A destructive cyclone swept Rose-
land and Cellna, a mile south of
Roveland at 3 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon, fatally injuring one and
probably two persons, and Inflict-
ing a property loss of several thous-
| ands of dollars.
The storm was of the regular
twister variety, moving from the
i northwest In a northeasterly direc-
tion, ranging in width from two to
three hundred yards, and leaving
destruction in Its path. The cloud
i was an ugly looking one and before
I it touched the earth an ominous
roaring could be heard that betoken-
i ed imminent danger. For this rea-
, son most of the people in that vicin-
ity hastily sought refuge In storm
houses, which accounts for the fact
that the loss of life was not. far
greater.
The cloud seems to have first dip-
ped down in Light's pasture In Den-
ton county and swept forward with
tremendous force, the first house
struck being that of Mr. Jim
Manness. However, Mr. Manness'
ersidence was not directly in the
path of the storm and it was not
destroyed, though it was blown ofT
its blocks and badly damaged, and
hiij barn d^myjlshed, ^lr. M&QQCHQ'
father, Lark Manness, Was bloWtt
down but wus not Injured.
Continuing, the storm struck the
dwelling on the farm of Mr. Burger
and it was torn to pieces, but the
family occupying it had gone to a
farm house and thus escaped.
A house belonging to Ed Baker
was destroyed but It was not occu-
pied at the time.
The barn of John Stallcup 'wan
badly wrecked but his house escaped
the fury of the wind.
The nice residence of C. E. Pratt,
recently built at a cost of $1200,
was eo badly twisted as to be prac-
tically ruined and his barn was
blown down and a horse killed.
• « • * •
Boys Itudly Hurt.
The most deplorable feature of
the storm occurred at the home of
Mr. Jim Pack, situated on the Al-
bert. Mlze farm. The residence wus
blown to pieces and the four-year-
okl son of Mr. Pack was dangerous-
ly Injured and Willie Mlze, aged
twelve years, who was visiting at
the home of Mr. Pack, was injured
fatally. Both boys were found af-
ter the storm 150 yards south of
where the house stood, with ugly
wounds about the head and should-
ers.
• • • ■ *
The residence of C. S. O'Brien
was damaged and his smoke house
blown away.
The residence of J. D. Jordan was
blown to pieces, but he and his fam-
ily being in a storm house, were not
injured.
The home of John Stein was de-
molished but the family had pre-
viously sought protection in a storm
house.
The residence of S .S. Dlckevsoi.
was turned, almost around and so
badly twisted to unfit it for habita-
tion.
The barn of Mr. Stein was struck
by the storm, a valuable mule kill-
ed and two horses badly Injured.
A horse belonging to Mr. Jordan
was badly crippled.
This paper is under obligations
to P. S. Flnloy of the Roseland com-
munity for Information concerning
the storm.
The property loss can not be ac-
curately estimated but will amount
to several thousand dollars.
The annual memorial services of
the McKinney fire department were
held at the First Presbyterian
church last night and wore among
the nioat Interesting and edifying
that have ever been held in the hls-
tory of the department.
The fire boys met at lie city hall
in full uniform and in company with
l the city officials marched in a body
i to the church*where the front seats
' had been reserved for them. De-
DEATH OF WRECK OCCURS
DAOYROY NORTH OF TOWN
I). M.. Venus, Jr., the two-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Venus of
Muskogee, I. T., who was taken
suddenly ill Wednesday while his
Houston and Texas Central north-
bound through freight train No.
second 22, was wrecked just nwrth
of town at 7:45 p. m. Monday.
mother was visiting her parents, ; Only one car left the track but it.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rogers, In this was off for some little time before
city, died at Hi o'clock this morning, the train was stopped, and, running
An operation was performed on the along the ties for a distance of about
little fellow Thursday night In the five hundred yards, badly damaging
hope of saving his life, but despite ! the? track for that distance,
everything that could bo done by | The wrecker was summoned to the
medical skill and loving tenderness scene and the crew worked all night.
spite the inclemency of the weather;®0 re8,ore darling babe to health, repairing the track, one hundred
he calmly passed away at the hour j new ties being put in to replace those
the services were largely attended,
j this being further evidence of tlie iu-
! terest that the people of McKinney
1 take in their splendid fire depnrt-
; ment which is recognized through-
1 out Texas as one of the best and
most efficient In the entire state.
After an Inspiring song service
] the sermon for the occasion was de-
| 1 lev red by Rev. C. L. Dickey, pastor
I of the C. P. church, his text being
John 3:1<! "For God o loved the
| world that he gave his only begotten
Son that whosoever belleveth* in
; llltn should not perish, but have ev-
, erlasting life." His sermon was an
| eloquent and forceful cute through-
I out and held the undivided atten-
! tlPO vl Ills? hearers from the begin-
| tilng to the end.
According to the annual custom
of the department lit presenting
medals to those members who have
served with honor for seven years,
which exempts them from further
active service, twelve elegant gold
medals, each handsomely engraved,
were presented to the following
members:
stated.
Funeral services wore conducted
at the residence of the child's
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J, A.
Rogers, on East Louisiana street, at
that, were the worst damaged.
Northbound passenger train No. 3,
due here at 9:12 p. tn., was compell-
ed to remain here all last night and
until "fter 5 o'clock this morning
3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, by Rev. i before the track was sufficiently
J. 11; Gober, pastor of the First ! cleared to permit It to go through to
Methodist church, assisted by Dr. j Denlson, The Dallas News train
E. E. King, pastor of the First Bap- ! due here at 4:30 a. in., won delayed
tlst church, interment at. Pecan I here for over half an hour on ac-
Grove cemetery. In common with count of the wreck. No one was In-
h unci reds of friends we extend sin- j jured in the accident.
cere condolence to the grief-stricken i
parents in their bereavement.
DEATH OF NEPHEW,
HOI SEHOLD CARES.
Henry Weehlle of Sherman Dies Af-
ter Long Illness.
Tax Women of McKinney the Siunit
as Elsewhere.
Henry Weddle, aged twenty years,
died Thursday at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Wed-
dle, in Sherman after a long illness.
The funeral took place Saturday
at 11 o'clock from the family
residence, the services being con- kidneys.
Hard to attend to household du-
ties
With a constantly aching back.
A woman should not have a bad
back,
And she wouldn't if the kidneys
| were well.
Detail's Kidney Pills make well
ducted by Rev. J. H. Fuller, pastor
j of the Central Christian church iu Mrs. James Calhoun, of 432 South
P. R. Payne, Douglas and Robert j Sherman. The deceased was fin ex- ] Throckmorton street. Sherman, Tex-
Goostree, Benge Quesenbury, Jim j ceilent young man with a very prom- as, says: "I was completely pros-
Dowell, IJud Ausburn, Fred Burks, Mging future, but was taken sick sev- j trated with my back, not being able
Tom Cloyd, Roger Abornathy, Alfred
Scott, John White and Will Kindle.
The presentation address was de -
livered by Hon. Wm. Abernathy in
a most appropriate manner.
THIRTY-SIX
VOTES CAST
oral months ago with consumption.
He was a nephew of Mrs. Annie
Weddle of this city.
Sanitarium for Deuton.
At the close of the polls at 8 p.
I tit., iu the election held here Satur- I $5,000.
| day for trustees of the McKinney |
j independent school district, only
J thirty-six votes were cast. This was
I owing to the fact that the four trus-
i toes whose terms expired were with-
I out opposition for re-electlo". The
! trustees re-elected were: M. G. Ab-
i ernnhty, J. R. Gougli, J. L. Greer
and .1. W. Webb. The hold over
! members of the board are S. H.
| Colo. <!. M. Oneal and J. S. Dowell.
As will be easily seen from the ex-
tremely light vote cast, there was no
j excruciating amount of Interest in
t i he election.
Denton, Texas, May 4.—Denton is
to have a sanitarium, to be estab-
! lished by C. C. Hoot en at the Brock
j well, a mineral well a tulle and a
j half south of the square. It is to bo
I open July 1 and is for the use of the
I Denton physicians, costing about
MANY CALLED
FEW CHOSEN
GREEN IR'G EXTERMINATOR.
Kansas University Distributing Its
Parasite Enemy.
Fine Reno Clipper Colt Show.
A. E .Buck made a great, show
yes'orday with his fine Saddle and
harness stallion, Reno Clipper 2: IT
1-2, and about a dozen of his co". j
following In pairs, showing saddle
gaits. They attracted much atten-
tion from all and horsemen pro-
nounced them one of the finest lots
ever seen on the gctreets here. No
horse Is better kne^wn or ranks high-
er In Texas than our Collin county
raised horse, Reno Clipper, and his
owner tnkes great pride in ubuitd-
Ing the fine stock of this county, and
is reliable In every way. Visitors
and lovers of fine horses will miss
a rare treat If you fall to see the
fine horses at A. E. Buck's stable
near the union depot (home ofrd
near the union depot (W. A. Ken-
dall's old stand), home of Reno
Clipper 2:17 1-2 No. 0107, Dr. Whlt-
ten 2.15 1-4 No. 680 and Buck
Strong No. 4328C by Gov. Strong
2:10 1-4, also fine saddle horses
and Yong John, a black Jack. d5t
w2t
Kansas City, Mo., May (].— The
! campaign In Kansas and Oklahoma
I to exterminate the green bug, which
| has been doing much damage to
| wheat, is developing interesting
; features. The main effort in being
j directed to the collection and dis-
tribution through the affected ells-
| tricts of the lady bug .so-callad.
which Prof. Hunter, entomologist of
| the Kansas State University, recently
j discovered to be the parasite enemy
j of the green bug.
Since Prof. Hunter became con-
: vlnced of the work of the lady bug
' as an exterminator he has constantly
■ kept a number of students from the
' university in the fields collecting
these Insects. The bugs have been
The county examining board com-
pleted its work of grading the pa- |
pers submitted in the county teach-
ers' examination, Saturday night. [
This was the first examination held
this year and there were thirty-two
applicants, a greater number than
for any examination held here for
years past. An unusual feature of
the examination was that the num-
ber of failures considerably exceed-
ed the number of successful appli-
cants, there being no first or third
grade certificates granted and only
twelve of the second grade, there
therefore being twenty failures, One
reason for this Is that a number of
the applicants were quite young and
were applying for their first certifi-
cates, and another reason is that the
examination was more difficult than
Is usual.
to get out of bed for two weeks,
when nty husband brought me a box
of Doan's Kidney Pills. I had not
taken over half of them when I was
up and around, feeling better iu ev-
ery way. The dull, throbbing paiit
across 'he small of nty back wu.SV
gone and the secretions, which
been very irregn'sc, were corrected
I take pleasure in recommending
Doan's Kidney Pills to anyone suf-
fering in a like manner"
Plenty more proof like this from
McKinney people. Call at Smith
liros. dniB store and ask what cus-
tomers report.
For sale by all dealera Price 50c.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.,
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name—Doan's—
and take no other.
Fine Berkshire.
D. F .Crlm £i Son, breeders of
Berkshlres tit Vlneland, shipped a
fine big hog Monday to Dr. J. S.
Rhodes of Mabunk, Tex.
WORK BEGINS
ON COLLEGE
SVALL FIRE.
Itlu/.e at Home of Beverly
Soon Extinguished.
Berry
Anna. Texas, May 7.—At the last,
meeting of the Collin County Bap-
tist Association $5,000 was appropri-
ated front the association's funds
for the erection of a $10,000 college
at Westminster, three miles west of
this place, Westminster to contrib-
ute the other $5,000, which was
| readily done.
The plans and specifications of C.
W. Bulger of Dallas, Texas, were ac-
cepted. Thes petrifications of the ar-
i rhltect call for the erection of a
$10,000 building two stories in
height, to be built of building con-
crete, composed of hard rock, which
lies close to the proposed site of the
The fire alarm was sounded short-
ly after 1 o'clock Friday, the
cause being a slight blaze at the res-
idence of Beverly Berry in the north-
brought into the university at Law- "i P rt or town. The fire Is thought j college.
renco, packed and shipped free any- '° ,iave originated from a defective Active work has begun on the
where they are needed. "ue an<1 " considerable hole was erection of the building, and It Is the
In the last two weeks thousands burned In the partition wall be- intentions of the contractors to have
of these destroying parasites have I tween the dining and sitting rooms, the building In readiness Tor the fall
been sent over the? South. They have prompt work the fire was ejuick- term of school
shown quite wonderful results, and extinguished,
the demand has Increased beyond
thes upply.
DELIGHTFUL DINING.
A little Kodol taken occasionally
especially after eating, will relieve
sour stomach, belching and heart-
burn. J. B. Jones, Newport. Tenn.,
says three bottles of
At J. L. Franklin's In Honor Dr.
Flt/.hugh Beverly."
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Franklin gave
Kodol cured H delightful dining Thursday In hon-
The association has maintained a
I college at Westminster for the past
j several years In a very commodious
j two-story frame building, but owing
i to the Increases! patronage of the in-
stitution, the new building to be
erected was a necessity.
him of dyspepsia.
Smith Bros.
It is sold here by
Pain caused by bolls, burns, cuts,
scalds, and skin diseases Is promptly
relieved by DeWitt's Carbollzed
Witch Hazel Salve. Good for piles.
Sold by 8mlth Bros.
Wall Paper—From cheapest to
costliest at Rhea ft Scott'a.
or of Dr. Flfzhugh Beverly who has
recently returned from Tulane Uni-
versity, New Orleans, where he has
been making an excellent record In
his medical studies. A splendid
dinner was served and was greatly
enjoyed. Those present besides
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin and family
were Mrs. Bettle Beverly, Dr. Fltz-
hugh Beverly and Mrs. Hugh Mc-
Donald.
NEW INCORPORATION.
Charter U Granted the Josephine
Mercantile Company.
The Josephine Mercantile Compa-
ny of Josephine has been Incorporat-
ed. Capital stock $10,000, Incorpo-
rators G. B. Yeatts, A. J. Lea and
L. Coffman.
Oar Job department Is eomplsta.
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