Weekly Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1902 Page: 2 of 10
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White*boro voted dr/.
A general car famine lit on.
Sneak thieve* infeot Dallas.
A roving panther frightena Bell*.
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Shawnee, T T., has a shirt and Dallas, Kov. W.—Hon Mown*
•versll factory. I Sheppard, congre**uum-<tect from
Pretidot Roosttell i* bunting! the lint Teas* Strict, arrived in
black bear in Mississippi. \ J ~ Tuwlaf mornings a^Hp^yartriKd dared LTfriws bey* to
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THE KENTUCKY WAY.
Neighbors Fall Out snd Orgsniza
Armies of Extermination.
Caney, Ky.: This little town was
in a state of n Monday night on
aceount of a tig t o< tween the Iris-
bee and Man fictions, which has
been going bn j- interval* for the
la#t twenty-four hours.
Sunday the child of Bob rrisbee
was burned in Uo* county. Kelley
and Bob Mar- .md Gatau Howard,
enehwes of 5b*i . i’riabee, and Frank
and A1 Lykin* '**•• at the cemetery
and began rai- ng a diiturbsscs.
| Frisbee’* IrietrN protested. I he
Mans boys walk'd outside of the
'majority.
II. K. Johnson has sued the Beau-
mont street railway company snd
others for $81,000 for alleged in-
debtedness.
Owing to ill health Mr. Hanna
will retire to private life after his
term as senator, which expires
March 1905.
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While out hunting near Paris Al-
bert Tatum shot a carrier pigeon
with a silver band around it» leg in-
scribed, “A. G., 1901, 87.”
Chas. L. Fair, who, with his wife,
was killed in an automobile acci-
dent in Franco, left personal proper-
ty in New York valued at nearly
$500,000.
. - .John Edmundson, aged 53 years,
• prominent citizen of Tuvcumbia,
Ala., committed suicide thi* morn-
ing at an early hour by cutting hi*
throat with a rnzor. Ho wa* quite
a factor in politics and was a man
of wide influence.
The British steamer Klingannta,
bound from Sydney, N. 8. W., for
Auckland, has been wrecked on
Three Kiugs Islands. Forty-one on
board were saved and ninety-six are
missing.
Four Chinamen were captured at
El Paso in a sealed boxcar going
through to California from Mexico.
The Chinamen were held for trial
by the Federal court on the charge
of violating the exclusion act.
Work on the Texas and New Or-
leans extension is being pushed for-
ward rapidly. It is stated that the
last spike will be driven, connecting
the two ends, before the first of
March.
Frank Lee of Paris, assistant
U. S. attorney for the Eastern dis-
trict, and a prominent Republican,
comes out as a candidate for con-
gress for the short term to fill va-
cancy caused by the death of Judge
Sheppard.
A comparison of the amount of
duties collected at the port of Gal-
veston for the first four months of
the fiscal year as compiled by Entry
Clerk 8. B. C. Hill at the custom
house, shows a net gain over last
year of $37,482,620. The months in
which the largest gain is shown are
September and October, in which
months the collections were nearly
double the collections of the same
months last year.
Up to Oct. 28 there had been
ginned in Hill, county 7300 round
end 27,500 square balea of cotton,-so
reports William Wood, agent of the
census department
Owing to frequent labor troubles,
rendering the business unprofitable,
it is likely that the biggest rubber
plant in Chicago, Morgan ft
Wright's, may close up and go oat
of business. , r
The Plano Cotton Oil company,
organised teat May, with a capital
stock of $35,000, subscribed by
home people, have completed the
mill which has commenced grinding
I iiid-ii connected with the Woodmen
of the World. <>f which Mr Shep-
pard i» the sovereign banker. Mr.
Sheppard wiM retain hi* official |*>-
nition with the order until the ex-
piration of hi- present term in next
May. He i* now serving hi-* -ixth
term in the place
-—^Mwermnfl the approaching -<•*- jdomcn. After reaching the house
sion of congress, Mr. Sheppard »ai<l i amj [7^ friend* stationed
started with th- l.ykins boy* for the
hotel by anoih'T route when the
Mans boys begin -hooting.
'fhe Frntbec-. >\eml their retreat
with revolver- .md the Howard-
Man* faction ind at long range.
One or two sp' t.itor* were slightly
wounded and uw «>f the Man* boys
received a bull* t in hi* shoulder.
Frank Lykin* ua* shot in the ab-
hc would not he able to reach Wash-
ing until two hour* before the as-
sembling of the congress, a fact
which he very much regretted. He
expects to take his -cat for the imev-
pi red term of li is father upon the
opening of congress, but it is not
certain that he will do so, Iweause
hi* certificate of election cannot is-
sue by that time. The election hv
which he was chosen for the unex-
pired term in the Fifty-seventh con-
gress was held on Nov. 15. The new
law require* the returns to be held
forty day* before canvassing, after
which, the secretary of state will is-
sue the certificate of election. Mr.
Sheppard's certificate for the uno-
pired term, therefore, cannot issue
until Dec. 23.
“Judge Russell is in a like situa-
tion with respect to the unexpired
term of DeGraffenreid,” said Mr
Sheppard. “He was elected on Nor.
4 to fill the unexpired term and the
certificate of hi* flection eai >t is-
sue until about Dec 12. Senator Cul-
berson informs me that a similar
difficulty was presented when Mr.
Kleberg was elected to fill the un-
expired term of Congressman Crain,
but he (Senutor Culberson, who
was then governor) sent an informal
telegram to Speaker Reed explaining
the situation, and asking him to rec-
ognize Mr. Kleberg. The request
wa* complied with. 1 telegraphed
Gov. Sayers tonight asking him to
aend a similar telegram to Speaker
Henderson in my behalf.”
It has been stated several times
in Texas newspapers that Mr. Shep-
pard would be the youngest mem-
ber of the present congress. He sav*
that this is an error, that there is
one member younger than he. He
will, however, be the youngest mem-
ber of the fifty-eighth congress.
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Cut Washing Dishes.
Greenville, Tex.: While Mrs. W.
F. Jones was washing dishes Mon-
day a china plate broke in her hand
and one of the sharp edge* fell
against her wrist, cutting an artery,
from which the blood liegan spurt-
ing. By the time a physician could
be summoned Mr*. Jones had lost
about a quart of blood and was very
weak.
mills ip the state.
Getting Down to Business.
CorsicanaA party of Rock
Island surveyors in the city:. Some
of the perty are examining the titles
to the land through which the road
will pass and others arc running the
final line between this place and
Dallas.
themselves at the window and be-
wail tiring rapidly at their enemies,
when the Howard-.Mans faction re-
treated. An b"i<r later they return-
id reinforced l>\ - veral friends, and
riddled the hotel with bullets.
In the meantime Lykin* amt Fria-
bee had escaped to the mountains
on horseback to alarm the neighbor-
hood. Both sides arc heavily armed.
Frank Lykin- will die and Kelly was
dangerously wounded. Both fac-
tions include rm n prominent in the
affair* of the county. The town
ha* no protection except from the
'ounty officers, who are powerless,
because of the standing of the par-
ticipant* in the battle. No arrests
have hem made ami each hour it is
feared will bring n renewal of the
encounter.
IIP TO Till SENATE
New Senator Smoot of Utah Is an
Officer ia Mormon Clunk.
WHAT Hill THEY DO ABOUT IT?
Tke Sesstsr-flect Is OrtfesOn. bat Ha* (My
Ose Wife. Shall Ofistos
AbrtofC 4 Citiies’t Rl®bt*7
SEEKS REST IN THE WATERS
Widowed Wanderer Wraps Her
Wretchedness in the Wsves.
Washington' Nov. 19.—The elec-
tion of Hon. Reed Smoot to succeed
Hon. Joseph Lafayette Rawlins a*
senator from Utah seems to be a
foregone conclusion. Mr. Smoot i*
one of the Mormon church—and n
wonderful organization it is. too.
The fact that at the opening of the
Fifty-sixth congress the house re-
fused to allow Hon. Brigham II.
Roberts to take his seat because he
was a Mormon bigamist had led to
some speculation as to the senate’*
attitude toward Mr. Smoot when
this high official of the Church of
letter Day Saints presents his cred-
entials. Roberts, a Democrat, was
Cuban Conditions in English Eyes
Havana: Lionel (\raden, the
British minister, in a report on the
situation in (*uba, says none of the
evils so confidently predicted by the
advocates of reciprocity has come to
pass. No -agar estate of any impor-
tance wa* compelled to stop, and the
recent eri«is, far from being destruc-
tive to the island’a prosperity, has
really been of immense service to
cuba in teaching the planter* to be
economical in the management of
their plantations.
Under preseat conditions, the
minister adds, Cuba ha* little or
nothing to fear from the competi-
tion' of .other countries in the pro-
duction of sugar, whether cane or
beet. . 1
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Nationsl Bank for Blue Ridge.
Washington: The application of
C. D. Allison, J. O. Kuykendall, J.
J. Pendergrass, F. M. Dean and B.
B. Braly to organize the FH-st Na-
tional bank of Blue Ridge, Tex.,
with a capital of $30,000, has been
approver! by the controller of the
currency.
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, Two Boys and a Gun.
Dallas: Early in the week,
while hunting on Mountain creek,
0. G. Cannon, 15-years old, was
wounded by the discharge of a gun
held by his brother. The gun struck
the elder boy's leg while he was
jumping across a small creek and
the hammer was released. It ia be-
lieved that Cannon will recover.
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Corsicar a's Trolly About Complete
Corsicana: The etreet cars
to be used here by the Corsicana
Transit company have arrived. Work
is progressing rapidly on the track-
Texas has now over 800 more new l*y*n8 and unfavorable weather >a
postofficM than it h.d .1 th. *me “»* °"G
|atw*t car peopla. _*_
expelled by a Republican house of
representatives because he was a big-
amist and not because he was a
member of the Mormon church. Ia
tions had nothing to do with hi* ex-
pulsion, but his proved practice of
polygamy was in violation of the
law.
Mr. Smoot i* not known to have
more wives than the law allows,
though there are hintd" that some of
his enemies may charge otherwise
when he applies for admission to the
senate aud thus precipitate a con-
test that might be extremely em-
barrassing to both parties, since it
has been shown in recent elections
that the Mormon* wield a powerful
influence in the politics of Utah,
Idaho and one or two other small
western states.
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Lat Us Give Thanks.
Austin, Tex.: The governor is-
sued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation:
Proclamation bv the governor of
the state of Texas: That proper
appreciation of onr obligations to
Almighty God for Hi* manv bless-
ings and mercies during the past
year may be manifested, and Hi* all-
wise and gracious care and guidance
be recognized, I, Joseph 1). Sayers,
governor of the state of Texas, do
hereby invite all the people to ob-
serve Thursday, the 27th day of No-
vember, A. D., 1902, as a dav of
Thanksgiving, abstaining from
every character of work, and mani-
festing in appropriate manner and
gratitude to Him fur His Multiplied
bonefieienries to them.
In witness whereof T have here-
unto set my hand and caused the
seal of the state to be affixed at the
city of Austin on this, the 17th
day of November, A. I). 1902.
JOSEPH D. SAYERS,
By the Governor: GEORGE T.
KEERLE, Chief Clerk, Acting Sec-
retary of State.
I/eavenworth, Kan.: In the Mis-
souri river near here a woman s
straw hat with the following note
has been found:
“To Whoever Finds This: Please
takes clothes to Journal office and
they will send it to 445 North
Twenty-sixth street, Lincoln, Neb.
This is to mark the place where I,
Mr*. A1 Sechrest, and baby, have
gone to rest in the deep Missouri.’*
The woman’s parents live in Lin-
coln. The hat was identified by •
restaurant keeper hr this ett/i-who
says its owner ate several meals at
hi* place last. week. It is believed
that Mrs. Sechrest is the wif# ef
Frank Sechrest, who was killed by
Dr. Zorn at Kansas City three
months ago in a dispute over a board
bill. The river is being dragged.
Mrs. Sechrest was supposed to
have started for Kansas City to te»-
tify in the Zorn case, which was set
for Monday, but up to this hour
has not been located. The killing
of Sechrest by Zorn was a sensa-
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Lincoln, Neb.: John W. Stine,
R . -also st
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father of Mrs. Sechrest, first learned sf
and so
the news of her death from a re-
The
porter who called at his office this
the in
morning.
have
“She was a girl we could do lit-
tle with,” he said, “and was always
gefting into trouble. She was about
38 years of age. Her first husband
was a telegraph operator, and one
of the best in the United States.
»he was a spendthrift and managed
to use what he earned and more,
too.”
Mr. Stir.e was at a loss for the
motive for the deed. He said that
the proper thing for her to do was
to appear at the trial and give her
testimony.
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Three Railway Wreoks.
Dallas: the westbound Texaa and
Pacific passenger train-No. 3, was
wrecked one mile east of Elmo Mon-
day morning. The train consisted
of eight cars, five of which were
thrown from the track and two de-
molished. The train was running
at the rate of about thirty miles an
hour when the wreck occurred.__
Four persons were injured, but
none seriously. The injured are: B.
J. Murphy of the Curtis Comedy
company, left hand cut and artery
severed in left wrist and head badly
bruised; Miss Perrve Ward of the
Curtis Comedy company, shoulder
sprained; W. R. Taylor, baggage
master, hack wrenched; W. Castle-
man, drummer, Texarkana, slight
bruise on the face.
Gin Burned at Brownwood.
Brownwood: Monday fire de-
stroyed the Swinden gin. The los*
was total, amounting to $7000 or
$8000, covered by insurance in the
Pennsylvania of Philadelphia.
Twelve or fifteen hales of cotton
were saved. Several thousand bush-
els of seed were damaged. Part of
the seedhouse was saved.
Fatal Flames.
San Antonio: While attempting
to throw a burning temp from her
house Monday morning, Mrs. Her- etablc
man Brelski was seriously burned by
there ia but little hope for her re-
covery.
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Armond Odom went oit hunting
near Trinity Monday and accidently
shot himself in the thigh.
Monday morning a Katy freight
was wrecked north of Caney, I. T.
The accident occurred on a bridge.
The engine and part of the train
had crossed the bridge when an axle
on a boxcar broke. Two of the cars
went over the bridge and two left
the track just at the south end of
the structure. All four of the ears
turned over. The track was badly
damaged. No one was injured.
Thirteen cars of a Houston and
Texas Central freight were wrecked
in Richland creek bottom, between
Ennis and Corsicana, Monday; no-
bodv hurt. The cars were loaded
with wheat and cotton.
Mineota Truckers Organize.
Mineola: Mineola Fruit and Veg-
ized wiih Capt. N. E. Phillips, pres-
the lamp exploding in her hand* and ident; W\ R. Sparkman, secretary,
H. A. Shaw, W. M. Horton, R. L.
Terry, \V. f». Sparkman and W. C.
Allen, members of the executive
board.
The outlook for large increase in
the truck business is verv bright.
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Newton, W. B. Weekly Index. (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1902, newspaper, November 28, 1902; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1038504/m1/2/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.