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AUSTIN, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1909.
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RUSSO - ITALIAN PACT GREAT DESTRUCTION
SLATER ACKNOWLEOGES HIS RIDOOY WORK
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RIVER TRIP
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TOTAL LOSS
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Summary of News
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Georgetown,
WEATHER FORECAST.
Georgetown - Bolton -
OF FISHERIES TREATY.
GENERAL.
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ALL
STATE.
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Again the boat was cap-
in the boat.
sizen and thie time all disn
Meanwhile those on bon
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a
many years.
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in thla sectlon.
continued on Page 6.)
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Universal Sentiment Is Th
of Korea Has Been Des
Eve of Great Achiev
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” SELF
USE
DELEGATION WILL ATTEND THE
MEETING AT WACO THURSDAY
TO COMPLETE THE PLANS FOR
GETTING CUT-OFF.
Japanese Statesman Was Bow
ing to Cheering Crowd.
Citizens club will have n delegation of
citizens at the Waco mecting on next
Thursday to complete plans for the
ETTING
ST!TUTIONAL
KATY IN TEXAS
NOT SWALLOWED
ASSASSINATION
OF ITO DRAMATIC
THREE MATTERS OF WORLDWIDE
IMPORTANCE ARE SETTLED AT
CONFERENCE OF RUSSIAN AND
ITALIAN RULERS.
FRUITS OF
CONFERENCE
ale Show D:
OMPANY, S
In the regu‘
erected
i have
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COLVILLE H. COLT
IN SAFE ANCHORAGE
GEORGETOWN EARNEST
IN WORK FOR AIR LINE
He
not
YOAKUM SAYS MANAGEMENT IS
TO BE INDEPENDENT.
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FULL
AS9CIATED PRESS
SERVICE
Money Equivalent of Damage by Higk
Water la Five Million Pesos and
That Scantily Represents the
Ruin of Homes,
Rumors That Rock Island Would Soon
Absorb Other Line Under Single
Head Are Authoritatively
Set at Rest.
S/'
Wheelman la Believed to Have Been
Wrong About Lights He Sighted,
But This Is Merely Usual
Guess Work.
Assurance of Independence and the
Development of Montenegro, Crete
for Cretans, Spheres in
the Balkans.
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Smiling and bow-
e his way toward
come of the trial.
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Third Mate Sewart.
Second Engincor Morgan.
senmen Keer, MceKnzie, Smith and
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VTHEWORID
THE
GREATEST
homes in country and town. washed
away and thoueans of head of cattle
drowned are the known results of the
Dinner It Taken on Board Steamer St.
Paul Which Is Accompanying the
Flotilla and Has First Post
Behind Oleander.
the remaining seamen except elx en-
tered the boat Th®*® alx vero the only
ones rescued hy the life savers.
This aftertoon CnptnitNowmon and
hs men succeeded In hnulin, two of
thorn etrugeling in the water into their
?
re the known results of the
cloudburst and storm that
MarquisHirodumi Ito
a
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ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL. 10, NO. 300.
coAleM=
___ - , tenu farms escaped from
the terrific onslaught of the waters.
Five hundred families are homeless
capt
vai!ii
for New orleans to take pert in the] -
Taft celebration tonight.
A
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ing out the seizure occurred.
further testified that they were
fishing at the time.
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paying pfeces of road in the state. .
it is understood hero from the recent
visit nf the officlalu of the Internatlonal
overcrowded craft, but they were uN-
able to rescue others Mhone cries could
be heard nbove the gale a
Through the hours if dhrkness and
dawn the Heslia gradually settled by
the stern. At daylight Mato Stewart
hofstej the Union Jack reversed ng a
signal of distress. In the face of the
gale several fishing echoohers Fet out
to assist the Heslia. One by one they
were forced to turn back after answer-
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TREACHEROUS CURRENTS
Recent Portrait of Japanese Statesman Who Was Assassinated in Harbin
by a Korean.
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waterfall In thirty-two years, A large
part of the lower section of Han Juan
OFF Bautista is under water. The Barrio
~AXNn MANAN LEAD STEAMER o SantnCruzhesboen totally depop-
GRAND MANAN -kA- lmN ulated and the water is three and four
TO DEATH UPON ROCKS OF feet deep in many houses Temporary
AH.,~-AArg REEF lodging housen havo been fitted up by
PROPRiE‘°F8 RttF. . the authorities of Han Juan Bautista
land more than a thousand people are
being fed and lodged at the city’s ex-
-
aning," W. J. J. <
p. m. “What is
for Texas." W.
it. General dis-.
1 meeting; 7:304
olt. /
Missionary sei
CAPTAIN COCHRAN 19 TO
COMMAND THE WINDOM.
a । In the railroa,
ing, he turned
■ building of the
selves to bo. , ,
At the second shot Prince Ito la^.
gered and tell. It was subsequently
found that he had received three.bul-
lets two Of which entered the abd0t
men. Prince Ito did not recover con-
sciousness and died twenty minutes
The rusll.de of shots threw the
crowd into a panic and it was some
time before it could be determinedoho
beside the prince had surrered. Waen
the excitement had somewhat subsided
it was found that three other mem:
Derat the party on the platform had
beerfinjured. Prince Ito’s private sec-
ond Great Northern railroad that noth..............m ..... -- ■ - -
ing can be done uneer the receivership launched th* 1!G bont It was In.
in the way of bullding new road. At last remaining hope and they sarr!e!
th® sare tlm® gravel boda were pur- J some iittle time to make certain that
chasec along the Hau Gabriel river and , this craft should nol go the way of Ha
ells’
°por‘to his departure, Prince Ito
said to the Associated Press• .
"I am going on my own initiatV:
with the approval of my emperor. With
the hope of securing a better under-
standing with China and of, aaxuring
the world that Japan’s intentions n
Manchuria are amicable to China and
friendly to the commerce or all na-
tions. when I return I hope to give
positive evidence of this.”
undoubtediy prince Ito Intended to
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dented this report.
"No such changes are under consid-
eration," he declared: “In fact, no
changes of any character are being
considered."
Mr. Yoakum was accompanied by FI.
U. Mudge. second vice president of the
Rock Island, and W. H. Tinsman, gen-
eral manager of the Book Island in the
Choctaw and Southern districts. It 19
stated that his visit to Fort Worth
P, GUESS I
( ‘AINY
, POPULAR,
Sa. NEY!
Kgpe
Important results of the conference ,
at Raccogoni are made public in paper
which professes insid information.
Steamer Heslfa wrecked off Grand
Manan and most of her people lost. i
Important announcement of results
of conference of Nicholas and Eni- ve
manual. w
Dotals of th® assaseinatlon of Prince %
Ito of Japan.
kvszrsun, was awaPling him on the
rang out, followed by the cries of those
standing near iho prince, who .nad
either been wounded or imagined them-
PRESIDENT FINDS LIFE ON A
LIGHTHOUSE TENDER VERY IN-
STRUCTIVE AND FAR FROM
WEARISOME.
Texns, Oct. 26,— The
Persons Aroused by Shots See Man Run
Into River Bottoms Three Miles
South of Dallas and Bay
It Was a Negro.
miniayer raid that pollH-al question*
Continued on Page 6.)
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Slaying of the Prince.
Harbin. Oct. 26. Prince Hirobumi
Ito was assassinated at the Tsalinsaset
railroad station here today at the mo- i
n ent the Japanese diplomat was aC- l
knowledging the noisy welcome that j
ynd greeted him as he stepped down <
jom the coach that he had occupied
Mississippi river for thirty-four year:
and knows its possibilities. Ha difficul-
tie s its disappointment a and H^ values
as well as anybody The president H
hopeful that some plan can be evolved
by which at least ten fet of water can
be s» cured it alt eeasons to thte gulf.
MEXICO YET UNWILLING TO GIVE Ie saw today, however, many caving
UP HOl n UPON FISHING CRAFT banks, evidences of how the chiannel
up hulu upon B-r13 constantly is undergoing radical
SEIZED FOR ALLEGED BREACH changes and how th® piecemeal’ work
of imnprove inent in the past han gone
practically for naught. i
At Cairo the president Was followed ।
by Speaker Cannon, who det iared that .
Mexico City, Oct. 26.-The fishing he approved P’resident Taft ‘s declara:
vessel Colville B Colt, belonging to the : tion in nearly • very parieular, and
Barren Fish company of pensacola,wishes he could approv,them ‘n.ej '
Fla., and which was recently selzed by h. stat .by dent Talts Plan *°
theatoxican,cunoontrprayofor Al i pruemon? antc. ATX. 1" N at countryin Wsson, W5l Fh? of"toresoatswer avaltbt
pnroouto"Sn"harortXe‘Sexrcnaomhoniy as rabidly "" it can be pala for ihestraighteL line from Uto afate capl-
ihorities. out of current funda.in.mhe.trea"I:
The vessel goes to Vera Cruz for safe
Dallas, Oct. 26.—A highwayman killed 1
Joseph Bold, a carpenter, about mld-
night last night, about three miles
south of the city. The object was rob- l
bery. A negro is believed to have com-
mitted the crime, as persons living in
the vicinity, aroused by the shots, saw
a man running toward the river bot-
toms, who. In the moonlight. looked
like a negro. Redd was shot four times.
In the arm, the neck and twice in the
body. Death was instantaneous. The
place where the body was found indi-
cated that there had been a struggle
and Redd ts believed to have resisted
robbery before being shot He was
seen to have had some money before
leaving a grocery store in the southern
suburbs during yesterday evening.
A sheriffs posse and a large party
nf citizens have- been searchins the
river bottoms sinoe 2 o’clock this morn-
ing.
for the Greeks .. are inundated, thousands are
A further and more important en- ana ......aline 1- - ,„ imi
gagement covers the respective spheres
of influence that the two countries
Portion of the Terrell election law to
be appealed to the United States su-
preme court. Conslitutionahty ques-
Honed,
Apportionment of about 1200,000 will
be made on November 1, to pay
salaries of teachers. v
Vast Increase in tinted in the receipts
of the state department for October
this year, as compared with the prevl*
vug year.
Ten automobiles arrive from Han
Antonio, contestants in San Antonio
Lght and Gazette rellability run be-
tween San Antonio and Dallas.
Security Oil company and Navarro
Refining company confers judgment in
anti- trust suit and penalties and judg-
meht of ouster are inflicted against .
these companies and other defendantA
o
Fort Worth. Oct. 26.—B. F. Yoakum,
chairman of the board of directors of
the Rock Island and Frisco lines, who,
with Edwin Hawley and James Speyer
recently secured control of the Katy,
was in Fort Worth today and stated
that the Katy will be continued under
a management independent of the Rock
Island -Frisco lines. Reports that the
three lines are to be consolidated under
one head are without foundation, he
statd, and no changes in the manage-
ment of the Katy are in prospect.
| It has been currently reported that
i the Katy, the Rock Island and the
i Frisco are to be consolidated and that
B. L. Winchell, president of the Rock
Island, is to be made president of the
three lines. Mr. Yoakum specifically
Hlekman, Ky., Oct. 26.- After twen-
ty-four hours on the Missjgsippi river,
with a mile or so on the Ohio thrown
in. President Taft arrived here shortly
after 4 o'clock and made an. address
from a stand erected on the levee.
This.being Mr. Tafta only stop in Ken-
tucky on hl» trip. M ople came from all
parts of the state to greet him.
Tonight the excursion fleet of a
dozen.or more packets which'the pres-
ident is leading to the lakeg-to-the-
gulf deep waterway convention at New
Orleans is procceding down the big
river under a brilliant moon just round-
ing to fullness. The weather is de-
lightfully col and a more fitting sea-
son for the voyage could hardly have
been planned.
President Taft is finding fhe river
trip a bit resting And enjoyable. On
the lighthouse tender, the oleander, he
ig surrounded only by a few members
of his own party ahd is the guest of
(ommander E. H Tillman of the
Unite d States nayy,in charge of the
lghthouse distrie t rom Cairo to New
Orbans. Mr. Tillman has been on the
have been destroyed, compelling the J
occupants to seek relief from the town 1
authorities. SImilar conditions prevail
at ‘Tincotalpam and ‘Tlapa.
Reports from the interior state that
the storm accompanying the heavy •
tain was the most disastroua known in
The president tonight was the guest ternational ami Great Northern
andorasa nwmssninilistcylof zovemors whe are muking th. tri....... cut otrtrom the North Texak trar-
un II n or' Tndauthoriniesha made" « i down the riler on ihe steamer HI. IMul. fl. and frelsht .... account' ..f the sixty-
full "esnignGonuo? th" cha. In COnMIWNIeh immediately rollown ihh pican- mile 1osa 10.2 by X alley Junction.
Tuction wiher caplure: Sfomra or der. H. had been inviyoe 10 ainner ' ver! of Ine .have ben
the erew or the boat have alroady left . lant night, but wanw.uzueA.nna
Progreso for their homes atter giving worn out from the efforts of sp>aklng
their, testimony in the Mexican courts several times in St. -oU8natnel
at a preliminary hearing. segged to be excused until this even-
The vessel wil
s21 Nov. orana Manin of lh» Don- thia section in yeare, Foresta of ina- ■
Siof IIR .Umnn Healin krom Gial- poxanzanrrsrdar.were uprooted bythe
Wow for Ht. joln" and Baltimore, iur foren.o wins.andurin and.th oucanda
nt the iletima warn scottish iadieg ox.trees.wnshpdnwax < atllr ranches
who worn on tho ill-fated steAmr and alsounzutfered. hravi n'rd stock ,5ene
others wore members of the orow. Cap- Arownna "*11 JkSIhe "od.rrom thab
tain Nowman and twenty or more rain anA.ware waon d into the treach-
memmorninr iha arow. porewnnt"wan Every'crop in the state traversed ,
tinomorninKinennnirorhotownunwa" the atorm ” thought to be deatroy,
of the forty parsons who were aboard who ehquranqtoracrenware undei
the steamer when silo piled upon the watere the stricken’cHlos ami It is
,lne at 1 c-nrL ontv st” nre nosltivelv swung in® 5rricken cites and It is
known tv hi vokixon «tv. d Dy W r iIkely ,h"' the .eovornor will Sen out
Foredtoniing to th- wreck. Shifting •“ appeal to the foderal government
their precarious positions often as thell ""
steamer was tossed by the great seas, rm=-re-.-----v. ■■——— --------------f
it was not until 3 p. m. today tha: lie
savers were able to man their boats
ami reach the stranded vewel. When
reseued the surviVorA were in a weak
state aft®r their four-hour ordeal.
Those known to ba sayd:
pense. Ho complete is the Inundation
of the twn of Santa Roea that it re-
sembles an arm of the sea. Streets,
parks and gardens are Inundated by
three feet of water and the population
is living on roofa, shivering and starv-
ing. praying for the waters to recede.
Jalapa yuffered heavy losses on ac-
count of flood and many.Indian huts
25.—The first!
s decide today!
nti-betting law
nature was con-
d to jail Flank
Ite l to test the
feted for having
b "The death of Prince Ito will not
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[ maintained and the traditions left by
F him will be always followed." i
2 TIi® entire nation is in mourning. ,
I the flags on th® foreign embassies have ,
J been placed at half mast, while all
I nubile and private institutions have
A been abandoned. The Japanese and
I foreign newspapers appear with black
J borders. Only the death of the cm-
I peror could arouse similar demonstra-
b tions of pympathy.
| perhaps Prince Ito's death causes
E more universal sincerity of grief be-
I cause he was idolized by the masses as
I the great counselor of the elder states-
I men, the creator of the cabinet and the
I friend of the emperor himslf.
| The boy crown prince of Korea 1s re-
I ported to have been inconsolable when
I the news of the Assassination of his
I aged tutor by Koreans was broken to
I him. For the last two years the crown
L prince has been a resident of Japan
| and the frequent companion of Prince
| Ito. who formed an affection for him
I which was warmly reciprocated. The
I fact that he was assassinated by Ko-
I reans was especially shocking to the
I youth, who was well informed as to
I the prince's plan regarding Korea.
I A warship will bear the body to Yo-
l vohama from Darien, probably arriv-
I ng a week hence. The grand cham-
| Lerlain will accompany the body with
| a navat and military guard of honor.
I No details of the funeral have yet
■ peen arranged.
■ The newspapers without exception
I editorially express sympathy and hor-
I ror at the act, pointing out that Prince
■ Ito was Korea’s best friend always.
| even in the face of indignation af home.
■ He looked for the regeneration of Ko-
I re a and endeavored to alleviate the
I evils of its condition.
| immediate friends nf th® statesma:
I are too stunned tn discur3 the situa-
| tion, hut they are of the belief that th®
| death of the prince will hav no imme-
I dlate effect with regard to Korea, but
I that Prince lto> hope will probably
■ influence the policies of Japan for
Tokio Oct 26 — Hirobumi Ito,
prince of Japan, but the greatest com-
Moner in the empire, and tor.two
the uncrowned ruler of Karca a 2
hoping to rebuild the country, stood 002
Fawn5 and the degradation of
immediate annexation, waz, 53“
sinatea by Koreans today just a- h
alighted from a speclal. train. At. Wwent
bin. Manchuria, to which • ace neuwene
from Toklo In Ills capacity
dent of the privy council on a mission
such a conferenice and Harbin wax
lagreed upon as th'’ meeting plat®. In
jaccepiins the invitation the Runsan
be held until th® out-" ‘Fhe st. Paul was brought up In mid- ir-go it would xoon bo one of the best
mt orponsacolaistream alongnidethe prenidenta boat
lay. having coyne this evening and lashed while, the party
- - wns (Ondm-ed on board. Th® sume
Eastport, Maine, Oct. 26 —More than
a score of lives are known to have been
lost in the wreck at Proprictor’s reef off
and Metnnan -counties ana will make , and one by one they were sating
the deck, but while the tackle of one of 1
tal to North Texas, For years th® in- i the boats was being fastened th® amal
■ - .. .. has craft dropped from the.davits Into the
eea and wag soon beyond recovery.
Then preparations were mad® to pre-
vent a second similar mishap.
n erected into another bont wero placed th®
through Central Texas which have four boys and over R dozen member
efiminated a great deal of traffic from of the crew. They had barely token
, th® old road. It H thought that the their places when thMr tackle EVe way
new line will have the support of th" ' and th** boat with ts ocuepAnts WAG
International and Great Northern and precpitated into the turbulent waters;
’• •• - -* ... » t- »... The <raft capsized, but soon righted
and one of th® boys waa reon clinging
proved to be a Korean, and with two
companions of the same nationality
boasted of a conspiracy to take the life
of the former resident general of Korea
in satisfaction of. the alleged tyranny
he had caused.
As the police pounced upon th® three
Koreans the one who did the .shooting
exclaimed dramatically:
■ I came to Harbin for the sole pur-
pose of assassinating Prince Ito, to
avenge my country."
None of the three Koreans attempt-
ed to escape. The assassfn, while
claiming to have been inspired by a
patriotic motive and to believe that
Japanese wrongs to Korea justified his
action, admitted under 1 examinat on
that he had a personal grudge arainat
the Japanese statesman. who while
resident general in Korea had caused
the execution of several of the mur-
derer’s friends It had been supposed
that police protection for ihe prince
was adequate, but the police stated
later that they were unable to dis-
tingulsh- the Koreans among the many
Japanese who had been admitted to the
railway’station to welcome the prince.
The Russian police stated that
Japanese Consal General Kawaknwan
had requested them- to provide the
necessary police protection which they
thought had been done.
A great crowd gathered, among them
being the three Koreans whose na:
tlonnllty was undetected.
The body of Prince Ito was made
ready for removal home and placed
upon a railroad train. The casket was
covered with flowers ane in other Ways
the sorrow of the officials and public
was manifested.
Prince Ito had come to Harbin to
meet M. Kokovosoff. the Russia*' m!n-
ister of finance, for what wns be-
lieved to have been an important con-
ference ’ The conference was Suggest- I
eg by Prine Ito. ,
The subject* to he discussed ere
• not definitely known in the public, but
thev werekpposed io corern affair*
ct adilnistrati on of Manchuria.
STATE
SERYICE IHAIIS
UNEXCELLED
4-’ J . «
has absolutely no bearing on any ex-
tension of Friso-Rock inland lines in
prospect, but that it is solely one of in-
spection.
When asked concerning the Brady:
Menardville extension he stated that it
would be built as soon as the contrac-
tor could do the work, but that th*’
the firing began. I company has no further extensions
. --- under consideration at this time.
. i ■ ~ i ■ 1 -------—•—- • •
gurate and enforce a distinct pol- retary received a bullet as did Japa-
irv in Manchuria but the exact nature res® Consul General Kawakan an I
was not disclosed. General Manager Tanaka of the South
of this --- and Manchurian railroad, who had moved
Marquis Katsura, the premierndicloser to the prince st, ei-ina hecon
minister of finance, afterthe jt is thought that these three are not
sination. said in an interv mortally wounded.
The perpetrator o the outrage was
not hard to locate as he stood defiantly
in the crowd, revolver in hand. Ho
SE.
EEN THE
k COATS?
E MOST
AND BEST
ADE TO
terday, following on twenty-one days of
incessant rain all over this region.
Rivers are out of their banks, towns
homelesa
Mexico City, Oct. 26.—An estimated
1088 of 6,000,000 pesos. Including crops
of corn, beans and other grain, fruit
and fine hard wooda, two lives known
to be lost and many others. It la feared,
sacrificed in the floods, hundreds of
M. Kkovowof had previously de-
clinedinn irvitntion to visit Ji pan for
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SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS.
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Waco cut-off. Already meetings have A henvy northeasterly rale I* be-
been held all along the line proposed, at jeved to have been responBible for the
Corn Hill, Salado and Moody, and the HasHr's fat®, although P la FUPPoFC"
| proposed road meets with hearty sup- i the wheelman in belleving that he had
‘ port, I picked up Gannett Rock light, while
■ Several years ago the International ' really discerning th® gleams of the
and Great Northern railroad had a blue lighthouse on Machiae. Beal INaH:
print made of an air lino from Austin severa! miles to the southwest, carried
to North Texas via the Georgetown ’the ship many miles off her course.
tap and thio air line only deviated from Imnmediately after the yPR8el struck,
the present proposed line to Waco a Captain Newman ordered his men to
few miles. Th® mad will run through prepare to put th® life boats overbnsri
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w
fb.
sa sst Friend
? red on
in th® city of Atauta, Other cities
and towns inundated are Huinan-
Dr. J. Burien Pierpoi
was in Mexico city today, n-g , vI-.....
inainncction. "I tha“conurn-iaw"? pposcam was gon® through -hortiy
the president of ►th® company which after th® Y'i left Cairo and the pres-
owns it. Dr. perpont says that the dent was pr esonted with A possum Al
copiAinorutaconauniprcottsoecine ricnox. cnw01 pn 1 rToynd, to ho chnsedhlong Hatt qabrie) river’and 1 this cran shoma not me way of Ita
in'.? that heAenKs‛h.mr°Karov."touervtdatiluhcheontab ‛whlle the I*'” orticial anneuneed that axttnMva predec enaor captain Rewman.nndanir
vnmiinto th. rwatan ""hanTel n"ar "Mm WAS eoinK N arsterroa, 1 tha improvementa would ba made alow the
th® XI-eman r®®f and he went into cairn olcandr a band on th* Ht. 1 atl play* *1 IIne. 1 .
water to make certain repair" Tim the old negr ' melody "Carve dat ‛pos- The corgetown-Round Rock tap Is
- - ‘ • sum; carve him to the heart. to berbalasted and new rails laid. Un-
i Aithough he impresslon has gained leny it was sooner or later to be mad*
ground since lan winter that the preri- pnrt of th® main line tn North Texas
pent was fond Aot 'possum meat, this this would not be necessary, as no
way hln third taste of it today. Ah heavy tonnage now goes over th® tap.
(thaugh enjoying the novelty of the dish. All thes things point out the fact tbat
Mr. Taft has admitted to his most In- the International must get an outlet to
jiimate frlenda that he does not alto- the grent fields and stock farmsnorth
pemner "hanker' after it as a stead of ceorgetown and on to th® Braz08, At
-hriicte of dlet, the same time thA route mapped out
Ai Cairo today Postmaster General willpetbestralghtesttothenorth.
and Mr. Nogel of the depart - Ah .these fnct* point to the early
ommerce and labor, who hn building of the: Gcorgetowo- Warn Bel-
on the Frastus Wells, joined fori cut-off and the meeting at Waco
---------- % next ThurrAv will be of great Interest
TERRIFIC DOWNPOUR FOLLOWS
TWENTY-ONE DAYS OF RAIN
WITHOUT INTERMISSION AND
LOSS IS HEAVY.
lain said that when the vessel
4%
‘ f
Washington, OcL 26-- Eset Texas-e
Fair Wednesday and Thureday, not
much change in temperaturo; light
variable winds.
Woet Texas and Oklahoma—Fair
Wednesday and Thursday, not much
change in temperature.
JOSEPH REDD KILLED WHEN HE HESLIA IS
Knty In Texas not to be under the
same management as Rock Island. . -
Austin college and Southwestern
play tie game. , 1
Elgin mule beater thrown upon
barbed wife fence and badly hurt.
Highwayman kills carpenter who re-
sists being robbed and disppears la
river bottoms near Dallas.
Lightning brns bed in house at
Kyle, but does not destroy house.
From north to south, extending
AorGing aeros the state from the Moscalapal
shall exert in theBak an; Accorun and the Grijalva rivers, which take the
I to this engagement, Italyls.in thou- two names after forking near Huinan-
pure to act with Ruestnas MdAuEtrm gumo, to the bank of the Usumacinta,
priortot he.Herzezoyl that This latter which ror a short distance marks the
• The Uberte inslgtithat, chl8Lt with boundary between Chinpas and Guate.
agreement was made in full accord with mnaia the entire country is a total
HIGHWAYMAN
GWomvux which prec coded the invitation of Presl: WemhPA
SHOOTS VICTIM him at the frontier. *
gufllo, Tenosique, Jalapa, Tlacotalpam;
Tlapa, Sante Rosa and a number ot
Mui a Her villages along the Mescalapala
river, while on the south border of the
state, Jonuta, Balancan, Carmen, Pall-
zuda and Manta Rita in th® valley of
the Usumacinta river are badly dam-
aged as the result of the flood.
A total of thirty-two and one-half
inches of water has fallen in the state
in three weeks, which la the record for
",/<
Paris, Oct. 26.—The precise results nf
the meeting of Emperor Nicholas and
King Victor Emmanuel at Raccagoni
are revealed, according to Liberte,
which from ''unquestionable authority,’
announces that while no written con-
vention was signed, two specific en-
gagements were made.
The first was a mutual assurance of
! independence and the eventual devel-
opment of Montenegro.
The second was the support of
the FngMsh- French policy, regarding
Crete: that is Crete for the Crotans, not
IN TOBASCO
.uc5”0
TVM.
.29
SEASON
Galveston. Oct. 26 — Captain C. S.
Cochran, formerly commander of the v- ■ r, __________ : ,
.United States revenue cutter Heminole Al Calro today Eotmaster.doneral willhe.tb
of New York, has becn transferreg to Hitch 08
this district to assume command ot the meht "• 1
t cutter Windom. The WIndit wiled coie up
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