The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1905 Page: 2 of 8
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Heavy rains have started all the Ala-
bama rivers on a rampage and the
flood stage Is reported at all points.
Warrior River Is now fiftydive feet
and is expected to reach sixty. People
living In the lowlands are moving out
Louis A. Bacon, aged
Waco of append ictls.
himself
hunting.
Plague Scare Disturbs Russia.
St. Petersburg: Russia may have to
face a new difficulty in the spring.
The authorities are manifesting con-
siderable alarm at the possibility of
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All th- guards but thr- » a/<>uud th-
quaiaii tied i>urt;on of Quaker, the i><
gro settlement In Denton, bare b<*« n
discharged, and all the <**.-•• of the
d.seise have bo n <!;» . ,targ<-4 except
one There was a total of aavsm cases.
Two men. Charles Harris and John
Winston, are said to have engaged in
a fight near Lorena, when the latter
was dangerously stabbed in the left
side, the blade penetrating the left
lung.
Ben Van Hoesur, an engineer stack
his head out of the cab of his engine
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eral merchandise; loss *9.000. insur-
ance *4.000. W. H. Andrews fc Son.
hardware and undertakers; loss *0,000,
Miss Ida Houcb,
no insurance.
slice will also be given between this i The fire originated from the explosion
city and Sweetwater. Texas. <4 an oil stove in the Martin Telephone j months.
Fruit growers of Texas generally ex-
1 at
the outlook at this time. They say
that the recent severe spell has eat
ths buds back so that there la Httto
little gas and a strong mm after the rale and that ft MH be danger of the blossom* being
- —™ lepened and opemted a«ni& * Maia* oat teo aarUt.
The Racfne-Sattorly Manufacturing
Company of Racine, Wls„ and Spring
field. Ill., have recently opened up a
Southwestern branch house at Delias.
In the district court, at GreoavUle,
In the suit of A. A. Hawks vs. the San-
ta k'o Railroad tor damages for the
death of his wife all ged to bare been
caused by waiting for a train at Ce-
leste, in a cold depot, the jury brought
In a verdict for the defendant road.
A well defined movement is being
agitated al Austin for the construction
of a trolley or interurban railroad be-
tween Austin and Fredericksburg via
Dripping Springs, a distance of about
biventy-five miles.
Game of Hen, Chic
Rs manr boys an
can play In this gan
One flayer Is picl
hen. Another of th
weight ii selected tt
away at the home of her daughter, hlRht. Her clothing ignited from a
Mrs Lulu Wheeler, after a lingering heater she rushed into the yard of
Illness. The deceased, was the mother
i of a most in tertel i ng family, and her in8, thence into the room occupied by :
Orient Buys Locomotives.
Kan.-as City. Mo.: The Kansas City,
Mexico ami Orient Railroad has placed
in the Ecst an order for locomotives
to cost *1,000,000, to be ready for de-
livery by January next. Before next
fall the company expects to be hauling
cattle in its cars from Texas and Okla- insurance *2,000.
bc-ma to Kansas City. A passenger ser- millinery; loss *1,000,
Three additional work train* were
put on the Dallas division of the Katy
Friday and two more will be put on in
a few day. Superintendent Sullivan
state s that the work of ballasting will
be rushed as rapidly as possible.
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Never before has
president of the United States vis- I
Ited this little known part of New
York and never before had a fraction
of die thousands lliat cheered him
seen the nation’s ruler.
I
ft 1.4 warm
< aretul n*«><
A man K-vinx h» name bf ('bar! .-s
Mm Undo, a Rush .an. speaking no Enx
hsh, riding <>u the rods of a train from
the north, fell ai Paleatin and was so
< ru.shcd as to lose his left foot and sus
tain other injuries.
Th* *
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Col <’ A K aims’ f«»r Ihlf-./ /<ars
a i««a<irr f.gur* in tL< iinph m«n*. but-
lif »a m IM. a has r *• ( from (bn
Keating lmph;n<nt and Machinery
Com pany. an d will devote bis Ume to
bi« private business.
n*>n. Fra:
and Georg
HMw M-»»
I Mr tease
Negress Burned to a Crisp.
Lufkin. A negress, Ella Brown, was
rf th* firm *ud
hi I’r. stdept i
oapwt t<» this
indebtedness
I winter has decreased the the num be of i m>d are still working. They expect to against the company,
cases at Tiflis and other Infected ■ P®* this holo down 1,500 foot and if lene*d mill operatorw have
places in the south and also in the L “ 2 “ _
I Omsk, in the Steppe region beyond **4 go ’’own eleswhere,
the Urals, sporadic cases have sppear-
I ed nt various other placca
To Promote Navigation.
Denison: A company I. rm.-d
Cotton Mill to Be Sold.
Denison: The Denison Cotton
plant. In South Denison, one of
Two Daughters Burned to Death.
Texarkana, Ark.: Margurite, aged
5 years.
T C Phillips, provident
the private bank of San*,
khirman Mr Phillip* will i
and Mr Furmau •ill go
.-oust <if hi* health.
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purrhSM*
II be pla<
In a collision between a passenget
and freight train at Carneros, Mexico,
Friday, thirteen persons were killed Ncw York; uniJin Ru.gell>
i dona of the opera company which was
■ forced to end its run at the Casino
theater on Saturday because of a fire
I advent of warm
Strike Terminates.
St. Petersburg: The last
vestige of the great St. Petersburg
strike disappear, d, when employes of
the Putilotl Iron Works returned to
work. At al! the works ballots are be-
ing distributed for an election next I
Sunday of representatives cn a mixed I
commission of masters and workmen.
Current rumors of trouble that revolu-
tionists have planned seem to be whol-
ly without foundation.
in 4lc{ m<
Mlteb
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accompanied them into the passenger St. Denis, near Paris, beating the pre-
coach of the Shreveport train anil mar-
Roland Jarrett, the young man who
accidentally shot himself Saturday
week whilo out hunting, died last
Thursday morning at the home of his)
father, W. A. Jarrett, about ten miles
south of Waxahachie.
Coleman Is preparing for a big car
n val and street fair beginning Feb.
20 and lasting one wek. The carnival
is under the management of the Board
of Trade. Low rates have been prom-
ised on the railroads.
President Roosevelt has been chos-
en an honorable member of the league
of former German University students,
an honor accorded to oniy one other, 16 years, and Mamie, aged
the Grand Duke Baden, uncle of the daughters of Ettian Brewer, living five
Kaiser am1 rector in chief of the Uni-
versity of Heidelburg.
With Bottle
Tell your compan
liottle and a goblet
brim of water, and
Ing to empty the gi
the bottle without
water from the latt
This is the way
With a red hot wi
through a cork and
two straws, one o
.above the cork as 1
t« deep, the other
high.
Now. with a lltt
or wax close the i
shorter straw and tl
into tt - mouth of tl
water spurts out tl
straw
Meanwhile you h
water cn the table t
a basin or bowl and
. Hold tho goblet ovi
your left hand, ant
turn the bottle ups
the shorter straw
. A3 you do this hat
the scissors »nd c
end ot the sbiitiet s
at onco begin to run
«tnw into the bas
I tlnue to run until th
• You must, of cotirs'
»o that the short
down to tuc bot*.o:
This Is simply ths
' siphon.
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or received injuries from which they
died soon afler the accident.
A solid car of poultry left McKinney
Friday for the East. which partly destroyed the interior of
One of the oldest boxers In the ; ttw play house, has undergone an op-
world. Benjamin Van Slyke, is dead at eration for the removal of growths in
his home in New York. He was elgh- , the throat which threatened to destroy
ty-stven years old and had been an in- her voice. The operation was not. dan-
•tractor in boxing on Broadway f«w | gerous and Miss Russell was stole to
tka Urt fifty years. j bo out in about two hours.
h< la h
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Hv Mart o*i a >hii
f! e homa of a n I
haa a £<n»4 Hat
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In his irHtth’i'H f'i
• *ara n«* <*!<»th« *<. bi
the noft fur W
h»* craw 14
Sotn* Huftaian <r
wood or braid**! r
nnd out with akifi>
which are left u|»r
<’Jonrd in w inh r !<
<i tbeae quart* i . v
little skin covered
*hi<h the mother
while to kt in th*- r
Then are oth» r
f radio*. 8otn< , lik<
aet on the gound. <
walk, and Mill ol
carry atMiut the fleb
work These la*t 1
tlwm to ahade them
The little Comari
only a ntraighi pl
lared up with a
into the foot, to h|
in. yet it never com
Tho little Sioux
reatinx place, but <
able, in my opinion
frame, painted yel
with brass nails,
strapped down tig!
hung a wooden hoo
feather*, bright ph1
raffF. There are I
great turtle ahell
sone South Califon
a few months old t
artride its mother's
hanging down in fr
___ | London to Paris in a Ba loon.
Married on the Train. j N« w York: Three a: . iiauts, who year*
Greenville, A young couple came up I made an axe* nt frem the Crystal Pal
from Rockwall on Saturday and hurry- ' ace in London at G: 4" o'clock Saturday
Died tn the Bastard
Kuala: A atrfwon of John Hr
I aged 32 yeart. aandared away
Ihona Saturday night and It vaa
I' I that be had mme from their home
at Alndnrf to fCnni* The young man's
teij .I him an <«! ;* <•• of
constant care and Mr* SchHka came
here aearrhing for him le arning h« re
that he bad probably gone to Curaira-
na, the Marching party proceeded
'there Sunday and found the young
man dead. He had left the Central
train at Rice, and it is Buppo^-d that
he walked on toward Corsicana and
was overtaken by the blizzard Satur*
a day night and perished In the cold.
To Go 2,500 Feet for OU
Lawton, Ok.: The Illinois company
who have been at work boring for oil largest cotton mills In the South, is to
for some time are incorporated with a be sold early next month to satisfy a
a genuine cholera epidemic with the • 125,000 capital stock, fully paid up. I judgment outstanding and to pay the
weather. Although the j They are now down about 1,900 feet j bonded indebtedness outstanding _ __
--* **>- -----*---• ; ^4 Bre Btm working. They expect to against the company. Several eaper- I press themselves as much pleased
! nilZ thia bnlA fiefiftn 2 KOf) ZaaI anrf if IaiiaaJ mill zivwx*.aAz*m*. 1*a**^, TlCPB iw - *ki. m*
_ , •v~»»VTn* '-vtrx; i ot wi vy ix*»v^ W LU in
nothing lw obtxlned they will pull up Denlaou looking at the plant and> it la
» So far Uroy thought there will be • revivM of the
dommoncing March 17th. the Ro* k
1 aland trains, Dallas to FYjrt Worth
will handle mails. This service will
inure to the great benefit of the Pan
hand!* and the Territories and to Iial
las busin<*aa men.
. uxa xxccau vrixu kj. luv- vtt-U ULS
and (truck a post be was passing. In-
flicting injuries, which he claim* are
The building of thia addition permanently disabling, and a jury at
, Exchange. E. Q. Michels &: Co., drugs,, will necessitate the cmployuiwut ut a , Waco bas award ?d him judgment fur
President Dines in Little Hungary. ' damaged about *1,000.
New York: For the first time since ■
the days when he was Governor of
New York. President RooseveTt Tues-
day night revisited the heart of the
East Side, r.herc, as a guca't of the
Hungarian Republican Club, be ddned I
and spoke at the rcfitonrarrt known n« I
the little Hungary. Never before has : . . .
M . • ,v tT . 0. . husband was prominent la early Texas
a president of the United States vis- I „ , , , ,
politics and entertained leaning puo-
iic men of the State, including Gen.
Sam Houston, former Gov. James T..
Throckmorton and numerous other les- bo;h were badly burned about the face chinery for a 50-barrel plant, to ba
•er lights. i and arms. ready for the next harveal.
Tha Cumb< ria nd
Cbutrb of H'Cbao* h:
largo p.i>* «nwan i
p» It will
ildiA* at <
about U.S
'I • ’ ha
Kinder a Ha> cmiy. judgw of the
n*w sixty fourth judicial diatrirt uourt
in th** Panhaad.** !• C (giavcKiw
named as dlttric: a” »rr« j Tin aenats
confirmed the appohjtxrftutw
Mr*. Sarah Munden, aged eighty-ona
yean died at the home of her non,
J. A. Munden, In Dallas Mrs. Munden
was born in Saulsbury, Tenn., but aha
was an old resident of Texas, having
come to this State in 1848.
That |»>>rtton <4 tbe rw-oluiiori trial-
Ing to Mr Covir was <>ff r*Ml by R* p-
rwM’Ot at I v<» H re lr ford and ac< pled by
Judge A W Terrell, author <4 th’* res-
olution. In speaking of the resolution.
Judge Terrell said:
"Yesterday aft< rnoou we parsed by
a unanimous vote a resolution inviting
the President <4 the United Stat*** to
usit the capital of this State. By bin
firm stand in favor of enlarging the
p< went <>f the Interstate Commerce
('ommlssion so as to more effectually
control the transportation companies
of the country in the Interests <4 the
people and cheek their exactions. h»*
has shown a eourag • far in advance of
the party that elevated him. While In-
structing our Senators to sustain him.
It is our privilege to express our ad-
miration for the courage thus shown
by the Preaident, which we do. from
the standpoint of patriotism, regard-
PRMMI taMMA
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th ib» i«
miles south or here, were burned to
death. Mamie was standing in front
of the five when her dress caught fire,
growing to a blaze in half a minute.
She ran screaming into the yard, but
was pursued by her sister, who, in a
heroic but fruitless ettert to save her,
I sustained injuries that she died four
I hours later, -Mamie uieu in a few min-
26, died at utes.
The deceased [
•was a member of the association of
soldiers who served in the United
States Army in the war with Spain.
He won distinction in the campaign in
Cuba.
Col. Jxke Hodge* Dead.
Baric Col J. C. Hodgea died at bl*
home in tbi* city at 1 oclock Monday
morning. Col. Hodge* was a well ■
known criminal lawyer and was r •
prominent fiure In Texas polities. Col- I
onel Hodges had been In failing health
for some tlm<- and his death was m no
wise unexpected. some tlm- ago Io push the pnjeci for
•-------- -------- 'the navigation <f K< <i River, has re-’
Died of Grief. <<;ve.l a r.ap'ba launch to be placed
Grieved over the death of on the river Th- purpose vt Uris
her youg son, who was killed by accl- launch 1* to run up and down the riv. r
dent about two months ago, Mr*. Mat- j chiefly to investigate condition*, and
tic Bellamy, a widow fifty years of age to gather itatlsiies such as may bo
died Saturday. Her health broke necessary to forming a large boat com-
down after her son was killed, and sbe pany to put boa: • on the stream .
grew worse and worse until her death. , ------—
Charles Jean Jacques Maezau, the
distinguished French statesman and
judge, is dead. He served as minister
of justice in 1S3G and was appointed
first president of the court of Cassa
in 1X90
of <lra Or.piirolicr
*r> fnwa ’he front I
e4 up and I* «MM*Bt
J«rf m>uh irre^
Geo Kulbar* ba
the '.Mum,
It I* tbougl
take over
army
N«n»» brought direct from ifcr front
by • foreign attache I, to the effect
that the Russian Army I, in fine con
d:tk« and nuailx-r, almost iooooo
The aitacbc lift beCoro the. recent at
tempt of the right flank, but lie say*
the nuivcroent had already be. tt pro
jeet«-d, thu* putting n«ld<- the tho-iry
that it was undcriakr-n by order* from
Ht Petersburg after tb<- affair of Jan
uary 22.
I4e g>w*lp
<■ shifted to
’ nd Atm. at«J
Bllderllng will
of the Third
,*<■', theft two
• of put<Hr and
Pioneer Settler Dies.
Fort Worth: Mrs. Sarah E. Lucy, a
pioneer citizen, aged 82 years, passed found burned almost to a crisp Sunday i
Her clothing ignited from a , ....
The firm has leased half of the Rock
Island Plow Company s building.
The Waco Milling Company a now
hie mother, and thence hack into the | corporation, which recently acqtjlre-1
yard near a cistern, n-hcrc Mr. Camp ' the William Cameron Flouring Mill.
bell, with the assistance of his son, ha* awarded a contract to the JHtte-
put out the Hafner, not however, until Chalmers Company for put'ing In ma-
organtzatlon. From present app<
c« *. it seems that the effort now
make rhe union Nall' nil in its i
It* charter was f>-?ured in Tula* and
reprt snutative, have been In Southern
ii*a’cs organizing unions, and it is said
that the farmers in South Carolina.
Louisiana and <>th« r State* l:ave been
falling over aacb other to get in. It
is stated, not authors:iveiy, however,
that tlie revenue to carry < n the work
cornea from dues Ad 5c a month from
tach member. One hundred thousand
member* In Texas would mean *5,900
alone from tbit State In other State*
are to affiliate with this State organi-
zation until such States become strong
enough to organize <hcm>eivcs. sever less of party affiliation,
al thousand d ..ar-, it will appear, will "We thus inform the President and
come from outside States. the Union that Texas can and does
According to statements mauo today rise above parilzan prejudice, and that
one of the qtie.-tfi ns to be dett.-mined we will sustain the President of the
at this meeting will be tr.e establish United States in his de.-ire to protect
mer.C of permanent quarters. The j the people against the exactions ot cor
union's main office at this time Is at porate power, which, sustained by fab-
Greenvllie, having been removed from ulous wealth, has be n encroaching
Point .and Fort Wurth is making an with noiseless step c_
effort to have them removed to this people of the State.”
city, it is stated that the organization . -----------
maintains an office force of something ; Geory.* Fields was arrested at Moody
like thirty and purchases *80,000 charged with local option violations, brook of Rockwall,
worth of goods a year. Appreciating He claimed that the election in 1902
what this would mean to Fort Worth was illegal, but he lost out in tha dis-1
the Mayor and secretary of the Baarq Strict court at Waco.
Fire Losses at Marble Falls. ' Packer/ Enlargement.
Marble Falls: Fire destroyed the Fort Worth: The work of exenvat-
First National Bank. Loss *0.00; in- ' Ing for the construction of the fivc-
surance *3.000. George Christian, gen- story additional lard refinery and cool-
ing room ot Swift & Co. has been com- '
menced. It will be built of brick and
will cover ground space of 140x157
feet. The work of construction will
be pushed as rapidly as possible, and
will be completed within the next few
Noah Alex, a well krown old aegru,
died at Teiico, east of Enni*. aged >00
He came here from luoulslana
in the day* of slavery and it L* tisMight
he belonged to the Pannill family, who
the rights of the iog to the county clerk s office the I evening, have arrived in Part*, accord- lived at Chatfield.
young man secured a license. The Ing to a lieraid dis>>a:ch from that
couple were Mr. W. A. Dumas and cky. They passed over the channel at
i Miss Madge, daughter of Dr. J. T. Ben- i a speed of seventy miles an hour and
Justice Campbeell arrived at 1 o’clocl* Sunday morning at
. irt uio, rani*, me pre-
vious record for an air voyage bet a ecu
rled them before the train pulled out. ' London and Paris.
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