The Commerce Journal. (Commerce, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, March 24, 1905 Page: 2 of 10
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HIM* rbrand was crashed the left leg
John Byrne.
The Boy. the Fence and Gun.
Sulphur Springs:
Z, franchise has l>een granted by the
I council of Bartlett to R. 8. Decker
The wreck occurred on a j charged. The bullet entered the right
side just above the nipple, coming
out just under the shoulder blade.
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Some one signing himself “A Sinner"
has just remitted to the Washington
authorities <12.000 stating that the
sum was fourfold payment for a sum
of which he had defrauded the govern-
ment.
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Th* r*-w brick Stat* Lin* Method <f
Church ndlflr* at Texarkana Is near*
lac completion and will be ready for
occupancy within the next four week*
Th* opening service haa been Ret for
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Oklahoma and Texas Railway.
Guthrie: A charter was Issued Tues-
day to the Oklahoma and Texas Rail
road Company, with <5.000,000 capital
gtock. to build from Oklahoma City
southwest through the counties of Ok-
lahoma, Canadian. Caddo and Com-
anche and the Chickasaw Nation, to a
convenient point on the Fort Worth
A Denver Railroad, either in the coun-
ty of Clay or Wichita in Texas. The
estimated length of the Use is 2uu
miles.
Mr. Green Hangs Up a
New York: E. H. R. Gree
who has ordered two Amerlc
ed racing cars for the Vand
race, has offered a perpet ua
trophy for competition at
The first race for the trophy
place on the track at Dall
and thereafter the select!;
course will be made by the
the cup. Col. Green already
American racing cars, one
holds the 100-mile tracck r<
hours C minutes 42 3-5 eecoil<
Solomon Rugle Is dead, at Hillsboro,
a: the ago of So. Be fought the In-
dians In the early days of Texas, serv-
<-d under Gen Houston In the war for
Texas Independence and shared the
hardships of the Confederate army
through the Civil War.
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They walked In and asked to look at a
watch, as one had a time piece that be
1 to exchange, and while the
Clark was showing the watch the other
| reached over In the showcase and took
the trays. Two men and one woman
were arrested, charged with the theft.
The armored cruiser Washington was
launched Saturday at Camden, in the
presence of a Washington delegation.
At Index, five miles north of Canton,
Sunday, a vicious cow hooked down
and trampled upon a Mrs. Conway,
riously If not fatally injuring her.
D. R. Dollins of Waco, fed hotel
for nearly the length of a rail had been . through a wire fence the gun was dls-
The condition of Jules Verne, at
Amiens, is regarded as hopeless. Tel-
egrams of sympathy from all quarters
of the globe have been reccelved.
Many of them are from children and
scieatiste.
Brig. Gen. Thomas H Barber, first
| 1------* governor of Hawaii, who
served many years in the regular ar-
slops to a largo number of hogs and
sixty head died from eating concen-
trated lie which bad been thrown into
the slops.
Edward Payton, t '* ''
v*ry ’argc yltlda of cotton of form«r!of Gal.vatoa, wu killed by tne
times no longer may tie possible In ’
the region now Infested by the boll
weevil. It Is entirely feasible to pro-
duce cotton at a margin of profit that
will compare favorably with that re-
sulting from the production of most <>t
the staple crops of the United Htatoe
by following what Is known as the cul-
tural method, by cleaning up all stalks
and wide planting.
J. V. Watkins has received accep-
tance from the New York investors,
.with whoen he has corresponded rela-
tive to the financing of an Intenirtian
Germany and France May Make Up.
London: It It stated that Gc-many
is anxious for a reconciliation with
France and that Emperor William Is
de- roue of getting on terms of closest
friendship with the French Govern-
According to a high official of
Tlio Georgetown Mercantile Compa-
ny M<niday shipped 75,000 eggs For
Clio week It shipped ICO.COO eggs, 5h5
chickens and iiraO pounds of turkeys
These are tihe largest shipments of
poultry ever made from Georgetown.
H Hldcr Haggard, the celebrated
English romancer, la now In Han An-
itoolo, accompanied by hla daughter,
a most IntAn-stlng young lady. Ha U
In Texas In the Interest of a coloniza-
tion scheme for Now York and Dondun
poor.
During a heavy rain and electrical
storm Wednesday morning a three
room frame house In San Antonio, oc-
cupied by T. A. Colar. and family, ne-
gwww. vm Mraek by lightning tnd de-
molished.
collap-i d. A large number of men and »n and has no claim
women who wt-rc working near the school funds,
supports were alive after the floors j
and walls fell. From these unfortu- i
nates thrilling cries of agony and ter-ia
ror went up. Almost all had
Increase Tobacco Aer«
Nacogdoches. The Florid
and Sumatra Company ol
Fla., has leased tne Redfle:
farm, north of town, and
twenty-three acres In wrap
co under the shade this
Friedman, the local manure
company, closed the contra,
land for this year’s crop. 1
company raised an experlm,
here last year on a small t
crop was eonsidered a succet
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teat of n
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dished by
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Boll Bug to Stay.
Washington: The Department of
Agriculture has Issued report on the In-
vestigation by the Bureau of Ento-
mology, giving recommendations look-
ing to the averting damage by the boll
weevil. The report says that the work
of the Bureau for years has Indicated
that there Is not even a remote prob-
ability that the boll weevil ever will
be exterminated; and that no Injurious
Insect ever has been exterminated.
It says, however, that although the
< arl Anderson, a raw mill employe
a- Iztngvlew, In a difficulty, was knock-
ed on the head and badly hurt by Ju-
lius Htevena, a neifro. The next nw/rn-
Jng a nurb broso Into the jail and shot
the negro to death.
Waco music lovers are sounding the
project of holding a several days mu-
sical festival in May.
An opium den was raided In W’aco
a few nights since and a big bunch of
men and women were placed under ar-
rest.
Information haa been received that
C R. Leverett, a prominent stockman
of Ixmeta. had shot and killed himself
with a pistol on his ranch near that
jilace. Mr. Leverett resided for sever-
al years at Prairie Dell, Bel! County.
There have boon no fatalities from
bubonic plague and thus far only one
case has been reported in Valparlaso
de Chile, according to advices from
that city. The authorities are taking
every step to prevent the plague
spreading
Col Henry Glitch, a pr -mlavrt law-
yer of Anadarko Ok died very wid
zienly there Thursday morning He
was found dead, anting in his elialr iu
Ala office
Hon. D. A. McFall De.
Austin: Hen. D. A. McFa
noon Sunday, after an lllne
twenty-one days. Not of robt
tutlon. an attack of grip sett
heart, and for several days h
between life and death. D
past week bis condition
Saturday he relapsed and b<
amadous. Judge McFall wai
«f ago. He came from Ten
AaaUa with his father at the
'A same to begin wthln twenty days.
III. 8. Anderson of Corsicana who
■as accepted the position of member-
ship secretary of the Dallas T. M. C.
A Will leave with his family for De Use
about April 15 to assume bls duties.
An artesian well Is going down on
the lot rm which the Praetorians are
to erect a seven story office building
In Dalias.
high embankment the road being soft
a IC-year-old boy I
2 t“ *--j acci-
dental discharge of bls own gun while
hunting on High Island Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. Hl las Adrln, of the
Cedar Hill district, celebrated
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Cottan in Africa.
Iz,r.'' ■ The r-port of the cr«.iz,.»
sPmers wnt out by the British Gov-
ernment to ir.w;*«t the c-r-,* growing
posetbilltles In East Africa is publish
ed. It rayw: “Unless difficulties which
at pre* nt appear to be insuperable
can be removed cotton cultlvw-lon In
F-ast Afnra will never be undertaken
on any considerable scale." First
among th<- difficulties the commission-
ers place labor, on acruunt of the apa-
thy of the na’lvea ar.J their dlaliscll-
r-ation for work.
Near Thackerville, I. T., C. West,
farmer, accidentally kllhal bis 4-
been year-old girl with a shotgun.
Will Budd a <25.000 <
Fort Worth: At the co
the morning service of thr
Baptist Church Sunday It v
that the location of the t
would be changed to the no
per of Lueda Street and C
tiue. Dr. J. W. Gillon. annr
| work would be commenced
the new church, plans am
tlon for which have been
and which will cost som*
<25,000
1V.e M*r z a-> ,f Waxs-'b a have
a- ■ ■ . :■ f - a I.'
fr. diK and on April 1 blds wUJ be
«t,-r -d for •!.»- o-.rs-.rj-- ’.a of the
4r. - rig It is -o be built of brick
with llin>-Wz>ne trimmings.
Harv:« Jordan of Mmrtteeno, Ga .
pr- tit «>f V e Southern < ouon
gr-rwers AOTociauon, will arrive in
izalisa March 22 and will addr-av the
people of the city on the eotton sl'ua
Uou at 1 o- »k In the aft*,moon.
The cornerstone of the new Metho-
dist church at San Angelo was laid
Friday with Impressive ceremonies
The Masonic lodge hart charge of the
the ceremonies. Bishop E E. Hoss of
Dallas delivered an appropriate ad-
dress.
Two Wt-« Kdisd
South McAlester I T A Roek la-
train was ditched near
Howe by a def-v-lve swi-ch The en-
gine and ail ears went down the em-
* r of f * ■ "zw. * a vi - g
all team this saaacm is
«af'tM appointed to
■wrtp'i r, of <; , q fqr
■ported that it was ua
Cyclone in Alabawa.
Columbus. Ga R-ports are receiv-
ed from R anoke Ala . of the most dia-
astrou- t'jra that ever vHdted that
sect in. swept acroaa the southern part
of Randolph County late Tuesday
r. ght Eight or nine Ilves are known
to have been lost and damage amount-
ing to thousands of dollars was done to
property. 7 ne started at •
point near Double Heads and proceed-
ed in a northwestern course.
Wsewsw
Wai's End in Sight
Ht. Petersburg: The Novoe
editorially for the first time has ad-
mitted the ptissibinty of peace. It anya:
'After all, the war Ir like others—
it must end some time b/ peace. R<-
nit-mln-rlng how dearly we p. Id for the.
lack of foresight of our diplomacy dty
Ing the negotiations preceding the
which was largely responsible foj
military sr.d navsl nnpreperednJ
would be well now for our dlpwi
I to look ahead for peace." /
from heart failure. Ho was graduat-
I ed from West Point In 1867.
The Texas and Pacific Railroad an-
nual report, just issued shows an In-
arease in gross earnings of <338.000
as compared with the previous year.
Total expenses fell off to the extent of
<174.000. causing an lnerea»e In net of
I *512.0oo.
t . M. Oliver, il.n.z- u by Indletniwal
with arson and murder, Is on trial in
the district court at Hillsboro. Sever-
al years ago the Commercial Hotel
wau burned up and two men were
burned to d-«t.h In it. Oliver was
running it at the time.
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Kewoi
•d ac ex.-rance to
bul.et InSirtlag a
4 the others slightly
wouag r.g the <krverror :a the leg
The Governr»rs e>rks and »-rr»<sry
were uu . e to stop the wvu!4-bo as
-ass.fi who resebed the street where,
i.owever, bo was arrr>-<«3 wvboirt a
*■' r-' e, fte Governor a cotdiLob la
Diamond Robbers Arrested.
Fort Worth: Tuesday night two
young men relieved a lower Main
their Street jeweler of two trays of dla-
diamond wedding at Denison Sunday, moods of the value of about <1,000.
the first Instance on record there.
Former Governor Alva Adams wag
Jegsrw-n (‘it
«*•••> IS a 4«4I
oelerGoa 1 t>l««4 |
•wrvwod Frsarls M <
dslaturo st nn<-<-a mu
<Ue adjourai
Major Willis
Kansas City
aaacy
Hev-o ballots in joist
<aktn In eg. < ■ * g ,j,«
rioMhg arenes of -he Leg
t>ot bw-n parallola-d la th
Mlssmirl pol tlea When li
dent that Harner would b
the I»-tn<« rats, who had
supported Cockrell throu*
horns with the Hepubllcat
•put on the caucus txunli
K NeMnngbaiM. Richard
and a ecore of other nomir
assembly chamber becam.
■--neral riot.
Efforts were made to at-
on the seventh ballot, s-v.
ed to tear the presiding
(he chair and the Denax-i
effect an adjournment w
tlon The time for sine
mint had i-eeii set for 3
concurrent resolution and
appneu hed the clock was
the melee. Amid an upr
■noet beffle-l control at tin
enth ballot of the day w
suiting In the election of
■ er.
The vote stood: Warm
rell 82, Ntidringbaut 1.
was 175. making 88 nec«
choice, and Warner reet
Vetis more than the major
SUght unduatory earthquake
shocks have been felt in Napleo. They
were more perceptible and longer at
Benevento, Soltrno, Caeslr.o, Avelllno
and CMtellamare, caus ng a panic,
without bowwver doing any damage.
- Hounded by money lenders to whom
he bad assigned his wages for a long
.period In advance and finally discharg-
ed because of tins by Ms employers.
Frank Duncan, an enlgeneer ob the H-
Jlnols Central Railroad, haa commit-
“7 “
Durant, J T, H In the throee of a
Aa4 acare.' Two rai d 4o<r from
the county entered the city and bit
nine people—Mx children and three*
men. The citizens are wrouKht up to
a hirh pitch.
After a Rtreouous carrnnim of three
monthf, •uffl'detit acm?** has been
ai4ne>d up to in an re the success of the
.Co-Operatic** Raison Growers Compa-
ny of California. The total acreage
airned !« >9.000.
Tho thr»a»'*r4*'d Mrtkn of
cotton mill weaver* at Fall fl.ver be
ca-jf'f of <r1evarx«?« over the nmnter
<4 <<l/h operator wae required
I't run wan av*rt/*d whr-n the manu*
fa^turer arre^d to jymt notice* of
/*< w fry b«j offered for w<ravlx*<.
The fnataliation <4 br A. E Turner
ax pn dent of Trinity L’niveraity and
the formal dedication of the Him* pub-
Jic library will take place in Waxaha-
chie April 2G. Arran<<rm/rnt* are be-
Jng made to make this joint celebra-
’•'in ax* event of *:onklderable Impor-
tance.
ar d vm *•* *
a > yea
In a fit of despondency. Geo. Holden,
of Georgetown, aged fifty year*, com-
mitted aulcide by taking a big dose of
chloroform. He waa dead when found
In his room. He leave* a wife and two
daughters.
ehlnery. eoHapa* 4 with a rraah that
waa beard for bloeka M«-n and worn
*n operative* w'/fking In department*
*4 tht* Bcctioa, wbo were buy* at th*lr
mar tine*, had Uh*e but tn turn in an
attempt to flaw after th* fir«t dull
roar vImi the fl/x/ring flank beneath
tt*m aad they were carried to the
ground fkeir, crushed end bruised
amid tb«- mass of d« br1« Many fell in
to a veritable fiery furnace.
In ft* »»*efion <4 *h<- far’ory remain-
ing fltandlng th* operative* were panic-,
R*r r«n f ■ th*y M/ught to *-'ap*.
Many fled down the I’alrways and
r*arb*d the »tre*t, other* ran to the
window*, the fire e«rap*« in many
cases having tyeen lf>rn away by the
explosion. In d«-flp< ration many jump-
ed from the second and third fltory
window* to the ground and were dan
r*r<>u / L 'J h« cr i-h on the fltair- Texas Win* Greer County,
ways r< ilu-d In numerous minor in- Washington: An opinion by Justice
H' -r'< ly had the rear portion Holmen of the Supreme O/urt of the
of th< f ' ir<- rollapR* d when a Stat«-* derides in favor of Tex-
tf/nr .*• at flame started up from th*- as the controversy between Greer
lx »r pit and reached out at it bound- b ounty, Oklahoma, and the S’ate of
« I forth, communicating ui’h splinUtr-j Texas over land* grante*! ty t<-t*w
*d wr* f r and immediately after-1 to the county for school purpose* when
w: Al’h th» standing ails. Soon the county was a part of Texas. The
th* entire factory was in flames. decisioin is basc-1 on the ground that
Initnnt death wa -: the fat* of many < Greer County, Okiabo-ma, is not the
who went down with the floors that same person that Greer County Texas,
A number of men and was and haa no claim upon Texas
*fl <4
-WAvil* H 1* irw.“ raig Mr Tarai-v.
“that tba Trio* Cattla Raiwro a<*»
ria:ion t.az aimoat th* cattla
thk-vaa. it has ret gr-at.r work to go *
An a*-r*cm<-nt wax raarbeg lazt nigi.t
ahcrib, Dallas l« t„ g»- th* IkvC ton
v-t>tloa An amlcwbl* a-ljuBtn.*nt <rf
tba tnatter van bag af-.r tuember* <4 lang freight
th- executive committee, tn-lullng
F'<rt Worth citlsenx. appearag before
b-a-llng Fort Worth cltlz*nx of the baokment and Engineer W W' Anger-
>P«rg <4 Trad* and explained that the a"i> aaa Inxtaatiy killed Flr--man John
beat Inrereatx of the organization da-
mandeg that Itallax have next year ■ *111 likely be amputated
Th* motion to e-.r t-d* thg a tramp who wae x^rreted tn the coal
convention to the city at the bead of ear. wa* fatally injured and died ooon
the Trinity navigation made by after being found
Clarence Outley, who took the poxitlou
that Fort Worth could ill afford to
atand out agalnxt the executive com-
mittee In Itx concluxlonx that it wax
extremely nacexaary that Itg great aa
x-xlatl'-n meet next y- ar ir. Da ; vs. and
fclx motion wax to th- effect that Fort
Worth content Itaelf with prexentlng a
formal standing invitation to meet
here each year, but refrain from an ac-
tive fight for the meeting; that also
when It wax offered the invitation ex-
plain that Fort Worth would devote itx
aoerglex next y-ar to an ei .-g- ment
of and a better fat stock show. Mr J
Ousley’s motion Involved the idea that
It should be made plain that the F irt
Worth fat stock show was permaaent
and would be given regularly whether I
the conventions were held here or not
His motion m-.t with several seconds
and carried by a unanimous vote. ment Z " ‘ ' — - -
---------------- j the embassy the present moment is
D-x-k A M-Bean of Baileyville, went considered most opportune to arrive
to Houston and commuted suicide be- at such an understanding, the Russo- _____________
cause he had been jilted by a young Japanese war having entirely change-1 line between Corsicana and Fairfield,
woman. <be political situation. and the construction will be commenc-
--------------- --------------— < ed soon
rvriucr governor Alva Adams wag ■
welcomed home Sunday afternoon by i .wanted
one of the largest and most enthua- clerk w
lastlc popular dcmonstrailous ever ao | r<>u.hez
corded to a man In the history of
Pllelilo.
A dlxpateh from Pslm H-orh F’s
reports the death of Meye* Guggen
helm 'he copper rapcalist Iw-a'h waa
rause-1 by pn«um nia. He wax 78
years of ag.-
Plunged Down Forty Feet.
Des Moines: Rock Island officials; I' ”
say the wreck or Rocky Mountain lim-: Sulphur Springs: Lawrence Kean- military
lied near Homestead. Iowa, early Tues- 'er **>’ 11-year-old son of Judge K B.
day morning was the work of robbers Keasler, was shot through the right D’^- *s at his home in New York
who succeeded in escaping Seven per i'd« with a 22 target rifle Tuesday ar-
sons were injured In the wreck, three ternoon at 5 o’clock. He was in a
them fatally. An examination of the neighbor's barnyard shooting at wheat
track developed the fact that spikes birds, and In attempting to crawl
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