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MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
The Tribune Printing Co., Publishers.
Published Every Friday Morning.
Entered at the Postoffice at Meridian,
Texas, as Second-class Mail Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 PER YEAR.
LEVI A. DUNLAP, Editor and Pub.
Ellis County has substituted a trac
tion engine for mules on the county
road work.
The proceedings of the last Farmers'
Congress will' be published by the
State and distributed through the
•State Department of Agriculture.
The beef trust has raised prices on
all meats in Chicago except pork. The
advance is from one to four cents a
'pound, and it goes into effect at once.
The Chicago Tribune’s poll of New
England shows 85 per cent favoring
Roosevelt’s policies. Taft is shows as
first choice, with Hughes a formidable
rival.
Reports from various parts of Dal-
las County are to the effect that the
pecan crop this year gives promise of
being one of the most abundant in
years.
Between 40,000 and 50,000 pine and
oak cross-ties were burned at Kilgore
Sunday. The loss of ties and damage
to the railway tracks and wires is
$12,000. ,
Boll weevils have reached a point in
Louisiana twenty-five miles from the
Mississippi River, and it is expected
that they will cross over into Missis-
sippi this season.
An old coal mine twelve miles north
of Brownwood is to be reopened. It
was closed because of its distance
from a railroad, and has not been op-
erated for many years.
The Alvarado Baptist Association,
and the city of Cleburne have under
advisement the establishment of a
Baptist college in that city, the build
ings of which are to cost $150,000.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Y. M. C. A. last Thursday
might, it was unanimously decided to
erect a Y. M. C. A. building at Hills-
boro, to cost not less than $25,000.
In attempting to board a train on
the Denver Road Friday afternoon,
Dan E. Austin, a brakeman, fell and
both legs were crushed. He died soon
after from the injuries received.
Fifteen thousand pounds of powder
exploded Saturday at the Equitable
Powder Works at East Alton, Ill., two
miles from Alton, III., killing Charles
McGinnis, and shocking Charles Mc-
Gilson so that his mind is temporarily
gone.
It is stated by Frisco men that the
probability that their line will enter
Dallas over the Rock Island rails by
October 1, at the outside, is getting
stronger than ever. They are count*
ing on this outcome, and are making
arrangements accordingly.
A grain of sand is responsible for
the death of Major J. S. Walker, law-
yer and Civil War veteran, sixty-four
years old, of Columbus, Ohio. While
spending his vacation on Lake Erie
recently, a grain of sand got into his
shoe and caused an abrasion. Blood
poisoning developed.
Bail was fixed at $50,000 for Vir-
ginia Reed, the negress to whom the
defaulting tax clerk, William R. Let-
ten, of New Orleans, says he gave
nearly all the money, $118,000 which is
missing. The woman is charged with
having received stolen property. A
charge of perjury has also been made
against her.
The three-year-old daughter of J. C.
McDonald, foreman of the section at
Covington, ate the heads of about a
dozen matches Tuesday and became
slightly ill. On Friday night she was
taken very sick and died at 5 o’clock
Saturday afternoon.
Eddie Latham, one of the victims of
a boiler explosion at Holland, Septem-
ber 6, died of his injuries Saturday.
He was thirteen years of age. The
others hurt at the same time are all
making good recoveries.
According to the report of the de-
partment of sanitation of the Isthmian
Canal Commission, great improvement
has been made in the sanitary con-
ditions in the canal zone, and the ill-
ness among the canal workmen is
much less than a year ago.
Roy Phillips, a well known printer
and newspaper correspondent at Hills-
boro, has received notice of his ap-
pointment as a deputy for Hill Coun-
ty of State Game, Fish and Oyster
Commissioner R. H. Wood.
It is said that Mr. Cleveland’s health
, is giving way rapidly.
Carrie Myers, a girl aeronaut, fell
300 feet to instant death on the Olean
fair grounds Saturday afternoon. Her
parachute failed to open promptly and
she lost her balance.
STATE IS DEMOCRATIC
THE CONSTITUTION AND STATE-
WIDE PROHIBITION CARRY.
75,000 FOR CONSTITUTION
Republicans Concede Nothing, but Re-
sults Show Almost Clean Sweep
by Democrats.
Oklahoma City, Ok., Sept. 18.—Mid-
night—Last night’s indications , are
that the new State of Oklahoma has
gone Democratic by a healthy major-
ity;. that the Constitution is adopted
by 75,000 or more votes, and that
Statewide prohibition has been victori-
ous. As reports are somewhat vague
and scattering majorities furnished are
only estimated and it is believed noth-
ing will be known, so accurate figures
can not be given until the end of the
week. Practically nothing has been
heard from the tickets except Gover-
nor’s race, the Constitution and pro-
hibition. Both Democratic and Repub-
lioan headquarters are receiving re-
ports. The latter are displaying them
on canvas to a large crowd, while the
newspaper offices are beseiged- by eag-
er crowds seeking information.
The Republican Committee claims
Frantz has carried Major and Alfal-
fa Counties, both being new counties
in Oklahoma, and that the Rough Rid-
er candidate, has been successful in
Muskogee by from 500 to 1000 major-
ity. The Democratic Committee has
information that Haskell will carry
Alfalfa by from 100 to 200. Reports
from Muskogee say both city and coun-
ty are for Haskell. Shawnee, claimed
by the Republicans, is clairned by the
Democrats for Haskell by 1400 major-
ity.
Oklahoma City gives indications that
three precincts will give Frantz, Re-
publican, 500 majority, and seven pre-
cincts give 500 majority for the Con-
stitution. A basis for Republican
claims has been, the alleged light reg-
istration in cities and heavy registra-
tion in northern sections, together with
overconfidence on the part of the Dem-
ocrats.
Practically nothing has been re-
ceived from Indian Territory, where
the Democrats hope to secure their
heaviest gains.
Returns on the State-wide prohibi-
tion amendment are almost exclusively
from the cities, and show the proposi-
tion to have been quite popular.
SALOONS MUST OBEY.
Court Holds That Commission May Re-
voke License.
Dallas, Sept. 18.—In a rather lengthy
opinion, Judge W. W. Nelms, of the
Criminal District Court, holds that the
Board of Commissioners of the city
of Dallas has the power and author-
ity to enforce the provisions of the
new city' charter regarding the revok-
ing of saloon licenses, as well as the
power to enforce all the other provi-
sions of this charter. This decision
was rendered in the W. W. Irby case.
Irby, who is the proprietor of a sa-
loon, had his license revoked by the
Board of .Commissioners. He contin-
ued to operate his place of business,
and was arrested on the charge of
running a saloon without a license.
Attorneys for Irby immediately sued
out a writ of habeas corpus, taking
the matter before Judge Nelms in this
matter. The court has had the case
under consideration for some time, and
heard lengthy arguments from the at-
torneys on both sides of the case.
The court orders that the relator
immediately file an application for a
new license from the city, and holds
that if this license is refused the re-
lator will be barred from further run-
ning a saloon for a period of two years.
The opinion of Judge Nelms is con-
sidered a strong verdict for the city,
and there is much rejoicing in city
hall circles.
A commission consisting of three
members is to be appointed to look
after the San Jacinto battlefield.
The Way to Do Business.
New Orleans, La.: Captain John
Fitzpatrick, Tax Collector of the First
District, has made good to the State
the vast fortune which his chief clerk,
Chas. E. Letten, stole and squandered
on the negress, Virginia Reed. Capt.
Fitzpatrick, Mrs. Fitzpatrick and their
daughter executed mortgages for $114,-
000 on property for the purpose of
raising funds to meet Letten’s short-
age. The mortgages filed include one
on the Captain’s home.
Twenty-Seven Jape Killed.
Tokio: Forty-three of the crew of
the Japanese Kashima were killed and
injured by an explosion within the
shield of a ten-inch gun after target
practice near uKre, at 4 p. m. Septem-
ber 9. The Kashima then went to
Kure, where the wounded were placed
in a hospital. The fatally wounded in-
cluded one lieutenant, two cadets and
one staff officer, the rank and name of
whom was not given.
SHORT MILEAGE RATESORDER.
Far-Reaching Passenger Order Promul-
gated by Commission.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 17.—Rather a far-
reaching passenger order was issued
by a majority of the Railroad Commis-
sion yesterday, Mayfield, Colquitt and
Judge Storey not signing, which direct-
ed that a road shall never charge more
for a shorter distance than a longer
distance, and it makes compulsory the
custom the roads have of meeting com-
petition by using the short line mile-
age between points.
For instance, the Houston and Tex-
as Central has the short line between
Dallas and Houston, but the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas and the Santa Fe
charge the same rate as the Houston
and Texas Central, in order to meet
competition. This will enable passen-
gers to pick their routs and pay the
smallest fare between the points trav-
ersed.
The other proposition is to protect
numerous local points close to compel-
itive points having short line mileage,
using the same points for illustration,
a small station just outside of Houston
on the Katy would have a straight
three-cent rate from Dallas, and the
aggregate would be larger than to
Houston, which was further, simply be-
cause the latter had the Houston and
Texas Central short mileage govern-
ing.
Innocent Man Confined Thirteen Years.
San Francisco, Cal.: After having
served fifteen years in the San Quen-
tin penitentiary, it developed recently
that William Evans, one of the con-
victs, was an innocent man. Proof
positive that he did not commit the
crime for which he was sentenced is
now in the hands of the proper au-
thorities. The Judge who passed the
senterice declares Evans is innocent.
The man who prosecuted him made
death-bed statements that he was in-
nocent.
Wins Against the Saloon.
Columbus: In the district court
Mrs. Johanna Farenhold of Weimar
was recently awarded a verdict of
$2500 and costs of suit against H. Birk-
man and his sureties for selling whis-
key to her husband after being warned
not to do so. This is the suit in which
Judge Kennon ruled against the opin-
ion of the Attorney General’s office in
deciding that the new liquor law did
not release bondsmen under the old
law.
Noted Evangelist Falls Dead.
Louisville, Ky.: Evangelist Felix
Lawrence of Nashville Sunday night
fell dead of heart disease after deliver-
ing an address in the mission where
he was converted seven years ago from
a dissipated wanderer. The dramatic
end of seven years of successful reli-
gious work came at the Hope Rescue
Mission, at Eighth and Jefferson
Streets. Lawrence strayed into a meet-
ing at the mission seven years ago
and was converted by Rev. W. Bruce.
Fort Worth’s Rapid Growth.
Fort Worth: The new city directory
shows a population, based upon the
number of names in the book, of 68,-
137. The actual number of names list-
ed is 35,500, the actual count showing
a fraction of less than two in popula-
tion to the name. The Federal cen-
sus of 1900 showed a population of 26,-
688, the directory giving 29,065. The
census counted only those within the
city limits, and the directory included
those in the suburbs.
And now vast quantities of cotton
oil are being used in canning sar-
dines.
Pensions to Be Apportioned.
Austin: The semi-annual Confeder-
ate pension apportionment will take
place October 1, and the amount to
each pensioner will necessarily be re-
duced, as there are a number of new
applications on file and approved. The
maximum $500,000 allowed under the
Constitutional amendment has been
available, hence the addition of new
names reduces the per capita amount.
There will be close to 9000 pensioners
on the rolls after October 1.
Negro Killed by Cattle Guard.
Rice: Joe Tate, a negro about thir-
ty years old, while returning from Cor-
sicana on Saturday night’s train, was
struck by a cattle guard and instantly
killed in the city limits. A large num-
ber of negroes were on the train re-
turning from Corsicana. It is said that
Tate rode all the way on the steps,
and at intervals would extend out as
far as possible. His remains were sent
to Hempstead.
Samuel Malees, aged seventy-six
years, Monday afternoon fell dead in
the lobby of the American National
Bank Building in Fort Worth. A phys-
ician who was called ascribed Malees’
death to heart disease.
Will Hill, a young man about twenty-
five years of age, who was working in
the Farmers’ Union gin, three miles
south of Grandview, has his right arm
and hand badly lacerated Saturday
evening. It is feared that he will lose
his hand, and possibly his arm.
TEXAS COTTON IS 61.03
NEWS’ SECOND REPORT INDI-
CATES THIS FIGURE.
TERRITORIES SHOW UP BETTER
Acreage Is Much Larger, and Yield
Shows Higher Average of Con-
ditions.
Dallas Sept. 16.—The Morning News
this morning presents its second cot-
ton report, of which the following is
the gist:
Five hundred and forty-four reports
from Texas and the Two Territories,
the average date of which is Septem-
ber 10, form the basis upon which the
totals for its second cotton crop con-
dition review for the season of 1907
has been computed. The first report,
published on July 10, and written on
July 5, went from 447 correspondents.
The present corp report covers 179
counties and districts; the former was
for 184 counties and districts.. It wi'l
be seen, therefore, that while the ter-
ritory is this time rather more re-
stricted, it is covered in a much more
thorough manner than was the case of
the former occasion.
The present reports show an indi-
cated yield in Texas alone this year
of 61.03, the comparison being with
the yield last year. The percentage
of the crop picked in this State is
20. A better showing is made by the
two Territories, the average indicated
yield being 130.3, or 30.3 per cent bet-
ter than it was last year, but of this
only 12 per cent has been picked.
The following table indicates the
acreage and condition of the crop this
year compared with that of last year,
the first column of figures indicating
the percentage of acreage and the sec-
ond the condition:
North Texas ......
Central Texas ...
East Texas ......
South Texas .....
, 100
, 93
.. 83
„105
West and N. W. Texas .... 153
Middle West Texas
Southwest Texas .
Indian Territory ..
Oklahoma .......
79
75
73
82
81
80
77
81
83
. 108
. 115
. 97
. 101
Texas and Two Territories . 106.1 79
Texas alone ..............108.1 78.1
Two Territories ..........99 82
Depredations by the boll weevil
seem to have ceased in a great meas-
ure about a month or six weeks ago.
At that time the weather became al-
most insufferably hot. The theory of
the Government entomologists has
been that the weevils could not stand
hot, dry weather, and this fact would
seem to be borne out by the experi-
ence of thousands of cotton growers.
In some sections boll worms have
been doing more damage than the wee-
vil. But one is struck with the fre-
quency that the statement is found
in the reports that the hot weather
has done more harm to the crop than
all the insect pests put together.
On the date the reports were writ-
ten picking was more than half fin-
ished in South and Southwest Texas,
a good start had been made in East
Texas, while in all other sections of
the territory under consideration it
had just begun. It was the general
opinion that the weather and the in-
sect pests have conspired together to
prevent much of a top crop. In many
sections it is boldly declared that there
will be none at all. In other sections
the hope is entertained for a better
yield if there is a late fall.
TWENTY-FOUR ARE KILLED.
Train In Vermont Collides In a Fog
with Freight.
White River Junction, Vt., Sept. 16.
—A fearful head-on collision between
the southbound Quebec express and a
northbound freight train on the Con-
cord division of the Boston and Maine
Railroad occurred four miles north of
Canaan Station early yesterday, due to
a mistake in train dispatcher’s orders,
and from a demolished passenger
coach there were taken out twenty-
four dead and dying and twenty-seven
other passengers, most of them seri-
ously injured. Nearly all of those who
were in the death car were returning
from a fair at Sherbrooke, Quebec,
sixty miles north. Fred M. Phelps, of
Ochiltree, Texas, is among the dead.
The Jewish immigration bureau pub-
lishes statistics showing that over
500,000 Jews have emigrated from
Russia to the United States. In addi-
tion many Jews emigrated to England,
Canada and South America.
New Texas Road.
Ballinger: For several days a move-
ment has been set on foot to organ-
ize a company to construct a railroad
from this city to Abilene. The neces-
sary amount of stock was subscribed
in a few hours, a civil engineer has
been engaged to locate the line and
began work Saturday. A preliminary
line will be completed within the next
two weeks, it is said, and a permanent
line will be located and profile made
within the next thirty or forty days.
GREAT TRIUMPH FOR THE TURBINE.
Voyage of the Lusitania Marks Epoch
in Steamship Propulsion.
New York, Sept. 14.—A few days
ago there was a local celebration of
the one hundredth anniversary of the
occasion when Robert W. Fulton’s
230-foot steamer Clermont went puff-
ing up the Hudson River at five miles
an hour. Yesterday New Yorkers
turned out to welcome a steam craft,
the passengers of which breakfasted
in Queenstown, Ireland, on Sunday,
and took lunch in New York yester-
day. Both experiments, equally suc-
cessful, were epoch-making in the pro-
pulsive power—the Clermont with her
side paddles and the Lusitania with
her quadruple turbines.
The voyage of the Lusitania was im-
portant in that it was a test of the
most modern propulsive power. This
is the view taken by her owners, who
are satisfied that the practicability of
the turbine for fast vessels has been
demonstrated, and, that this new de-
parture in English shipbuilding has
been justified. The fact that the Lusi-
tania was able to cross the Atlantic in
five days and twenty-four minutes, and
on her maiden trip nearly equalled
the best trans-Atlantic record, is
held of secondary importance. Offi-
cials of the line said that the Lusi-
tania had done all that was expected
of her without being pushed to make
a record, and they were confident that
she would be able, when called upon,
to make the fastest voyage ever made
across the Atlantic.
Heretofore, it was pointed out, tur-
bines have been constructed for mod-
erate speed, but on the Lusitania and
her sister ship, the Mauretania, built
with the largest Government subsidy
ever paid, was staked the British hope
that turbine-driven vessels would not
only prove the most comfortable but
the swiftest liners afloat.
Reform Certainly Needed.
New York: Investigation conducted
by a committee of the Brooklyn
Teachers’ Association, a report of
which has just been, published, shows
the educators throughout the United
States favor a system of promotion by
subjects instead of grades in the sec-
ondary schools, and believe that a lib-
eral educational course should be de-
vised to take fifteen years in its com-
pletion, instead of sixteen years, as at
present. It is likely that an effort
will be made to lay the matter before
the National Educational Association
at an early meeting and have that
body take official action. The reforms
suggested would mean a revolution of
the school systems throughout the
country.
Killed by a Train.
Beaumont: Pink Watts, eighteen
years old, was run over and killed by
a Gulf and Interstate passenger train
in the yards here, just west of the de-
pot. After the train had passed over
him the unfortunate man was picked
up and carried to the Sisters’ Hos-
pital, but he died from his injuries
a few minutes after reaching the hos-
pital. Both legs were cut off at the
knees, but otherwise the man appears
not to have been injured.
Peanut Planting ’Round Paris
Paris: Peanut farmers in Lamar
County declare that the yield of the
present crop will exceed that of last
year by many bushels per acre. Al-
ready buyers are conferring with the
planters and are offering inducements
for the entire crop, but in all prob-
ability the peanuts will be disposed
of to local dealers, who have erected
factories and will put them in proper
condition for the retailer.
Dynamiter’s Devilish Deed.
Joplin, Mo.: The office of the Jop-
lin Morning News-Herald, P. E. Bur-
ton, editor, was blown ‘up with dyna-
mite at 11 o’clock Friday night. Ev-
ery linotype machine and the press
are in ruins. The dynamiting oc-
curred while the office force was at
lunch. Two sticks of dynamite were
placed on each machine with a fuse
leading to the press. The News-Her-
ald has been making a bitter fight on
graft, and has made powerful ene-
mies.
Attorney General Interprets Law.
Austin: The Attorney General has
instructed the Secretary of State to
file no charters of corporations having
for their purpose the dealing in oils
or harvester machinery, and will ex-
tend it from time to time, as judg-
ments are secured ousting different
classes of corporations for violations
of anti-trust laws. This comes through
the re-admission of the Waters-Pierce
Oil Company after it was ousted in
1900.
New Warehouse System.
Fort Worth: From Farmers’ Union
headquarters notices of a called meet-
ing of warehouse managers for this
city, September 21, were sent out. The
object of the meeting is to lay before
the managers a system of co-opera-
tion which has the sanction of the
Farmers’ Union Cotton Company, the
maintenance of the minimum price
of 15 cents, and also a better system
of communication between ware-
house/
FROM ALL OVER TEXAS
Grayson County Farmers Union
have lined up for 2-cent railway fares
in Texas, and have passed resolutions
to that effect.
The great springs at Longview have
gone nearly dry, arrangements are
making to dig a large, deep well to
augment the supply.
Henry Lee, a negro, was killed near
Fort Worth by the caving of the walls
of a gravel pit on the Stove Foundry
road south of the city.
Governor Campbell has accepted an
invitation to make the opening ad-
dress of the Travis County Fair Asso-
ciation on November 4.
On the third day of October an elec-
tion will be held in Grayson County
for the purpose of determining wheth-
er liquor will be sold in that county.
S. B. Stanley sold a bale of long
staple cotton in Clarksville Friday for
231 cents a pound. Other long sta-
ple bales brought from 1912 to 21%
cents.
The body of J. E. Rogers of Tulsa,
I. T., who was drowned at Galves-
ton Monday, was found Tuesday morn-
ing on the beach, at the east end of
the island.
Excellent indications of crude petrol-
eum in paying quantities are reported
from Shelby County, where some Beau-
mont and Sour Lake people are sink-
ing a well.
A cylinder head on a freight engine
blew out at Temple a few days since,
and nerrowly missed a loaded street
and narrowly missed a loaded street
seagers. No one was hurt
The G. T. Glower gin, located at
Dove, in the northeast of Tarrant
County, was burned to the ground
Friday morning. Origin of the fire is
unknown; some insurance.
Senator Looney, of Greenville, who,
it was currently understood would be
a candidate for Congress from the
Fourth District, has positively stated
that he will not be a candidate.
The fanciest price ever paid for
horseflesh in Paris was the sale a few
days since by Dr. M. L. Maxwell of his
fine matched sorrel span of horses to
J. S. Grinnan of Terrell for $1,000.
An endowment fund of $1000 is be-
ing raised among students of the Bap-
tist College at Decatur, in memory of
the late Mrs. Jennie Ward, which will
be known as the Jennie Ward Chair.
Henry, the six-year-old son of Hen-
ry Rowe, a farmer living two miles
south of Itasca, was crushed to death
beneath the wheels of a heavy cot-
ton wagon Friday. Unknown to the
father, the little fellow attempted to
climb into the wagon as the horses
started.
President C. Faulkner of the Texas
Nut Growers’ Association, and other
officers, have called a meeting of the
nut growers to convene in Austin Oo
tober 8. The object of the meeting
is to see about judiciously market-
ing the largest pecan crop in the his-
tory of the State.
Charles Oric, a young white man,
aged twenty-four years, was perhaps
fatally injured in an accident that oc-
curred last week at the Crenshaw cot-
ton gin at Oenaville, eight miles east
of Temple, by getting his hand caught
in the saws.
J. T. Langley, of Cameron, was
swimming in Little River and was
seized with cramps. After sinking
three times he was seized by a small
boy in 12 feet of water and dragged
ashore.
The Sulphur Springs canning fac-
tory has shipped out thirty-four cars
of fruit and vegetables, peaches, cher-
ries, tomatoes, berries, okra and beans
this summer. The establishment has
arranged to can sweet potatoes, white
peas and hominy.
Dr. B. H. Carroll raised $50,000 in
60 days as a beginning of a fund of
$250,000 proposed to be raised as an
endowment fund for a Theological
Seminary now supported by voluntary
subscriptions at Waco.
Last week some 800 checks were
sent out from the Adjutant General’s
department to pay the members of the
National Guard who participated in
the encampment. The remainder of
the checks will be sent out in a few
days.
The Commissioners’ Court of Milana
County has canvassed the returns of
the local option election on the 31st of
August, and announced that there
were 2,109 votes for prohibition and
2,389 votes against same.
Robert Alexander, a negro hostler
helper employed by the International
and Great Northern railroad, while
riding on the pilot of an engine in the
local yards at Palestine had one of his
legs cut off below the knee by slipping
under the engine.
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