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Vol. XXIV. No. 11
Dallas* Texas, Thursday March 17 1904
A BUDGET OF
AUSTIN NEWS
Interesting Statement Compiled by
the Bond Gerk.
NEW ROAD PROPOSED
Eastern Capitalist Suggests One to Be-
gin at Dallas—Department
v News of Interest.
Austin, Tex., March 16.—G. N. Hol-
ton, bond clerk of the comptroller's de-
partment, has lust finished a state-
ment which he will send to county an 1 roads in handling axle grease, while
city treasurers, and also the treasur- ! handling petroleum meat risk is as-
, , , _ . , i, , . , .. sumed, which should afreet the cost of
were large enough to justify the Im-
provements wanted by the people.
Judge N. A. Proctor, representing the
railroad, showed from maps that the
road had already established and was
maintaining stations along that section
of the line at convenient distances for
the accommodation of the traffic, anl
that an order compelling the road to
establish a depot at Mercury was not
necessary and would work a hardship
on the road. '
Mr. Cox was placed on the witness
stand and testified that there were now
four stores in Mercury receiving about
"00,000 pounds of freight and a lumber
yard doing a large business. Besides
this, if the commission should issue the
order many new stores and lines of
business would be established and the
freight received and shipped out largely
incr eased.
Some other testimony was taken,
when the matter was taken under ad-
visement.
The readjustment of the rate on axlp
grease in "carloads and less than car-
loads was next considered. Those en-
gaged in the manufacture of axle
grease contended that this commodity
was a product of petroleum, and while
less valuable the rate was much higher.
Theie is no risk assumed by the rail-
1 record in the state department:
! First Fresbyteriin church of Clifton;
no capital stock but property to the
value- of $1200. Incorporators. R. L.
Scott. J. W. Butler and Oscar J. Rea.
Benai Jilon Orthodox Hebrew con-
gregation of El Paso; purpose holding
religious meetings. The congreKalion
has no capital stock, but holds assets
to the value of $2000. Incorporators,
L. M. Goodman, Joseph Cohen, H. \V.
Fisher and Joe Goodman.
E. A. Sterling, incorporated, of Beau-
mont. capital stock $20,000; purpose,
purchase and sale of goods, wares and
merchandise at wholesale and retail.
, incorporators. E. A. Sterling. Georgo
W. Armstrong and A. H. Bowen.
Continental Oil and Cotton company
of Abilene. The capital slock is }200,-
000 and the company is formed for the
1 purpose of constructing and purchas-
ing cotton gins and mills. Incorpnr<-
; tors. R. O. Anderson, E. S. Kean. \V. J.
; Thompson, John Guitar Jr., and J. G.
Lowdon, all of Abilene.
A LIFE AND
DEATH FIGHT
Employers and Men are Preparing
for a Great Struggle.
FIRM STAND TAKEN
ers of independent school districts of transportation. The ratio of difference
the amounts of annual interest due was out of all proportion.
April 10 on bonds held by the perma-
Disaster Threatened.
The governor of Texas has a regular
correspondent in a neighboring city
, who keeps him advised of all Hie dis-
asters that are at all likely to overtake
this country by land or sea, of war,
; famine or pestilence.
The latest of these direful warnings ' over Hie question
struggle probably
Waco Humane society, culling atten-
tion to the fact that In the Texas lati-
tude the nldlAcatlon period would
soon be on, and the rtestlng birds
would 'be ruthlessly despoiled of eggs
and young birds unless protected thor-
oughly. Higher prices than common
were being paid for eggs and certain
kinds of birds, including mocking
birds, red birds, etc., and this would
tend to heighten the scramble for them
In this section. Mr. Harper ulso said
that last year the number of birds and
eggs shipped from Texas showed al-
most double what it had in previous
years, Indicating the manner in which
the hunters are getting In their work,
i [He asks that In the Texas cities the
[ mayor and police officers keep a look-
Enip'oyers Maintain That the Open out for persons violating tin- bird laws,
and that police officers make all need-
ful arrests on this score. The Iq^ter Is
a strong plea for the birds and a strong
argument is presented against the men
who lake the eggs and young birds for
gain.
TOOK LETTERS
ROM BOXES
$1.00 Per Annum.
^ ■ .1 llll ,' —
Shop Policy is the Only Thing
Leit to Ihem.
nent school fund.
This statement represents the inter-
The railroad men contended -that the
volume of .11 commodities necessarily
affected .the rate. There was scarcely
a person in Texas, outside of the cities
est on all county, city and school dis- where electricity was generally used,
trict bonds held by this fund which is ^n^^^^^Ttherhand^'There
as follows: were comparatively few people who
County bonds, annual in- used axle grease, and those who did
terest $302,583.59 [ use it consumed very small quantities.
City lionds, annual interest.. 20,093.24 This, of course, increased the traffic in
School district, annual in- i petroleum, which enable 1 the roads to
terest 9,340.00 fix a lower rate. Having heard all the
arguments, this case was also taken
Total annual interest. ..$336,216.83 ; under advisement.
It will be noticed that none of the I The rate on lumber from mills located
, ,. on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
above accounts are delinquent, but all rallroad, Center and south to Port
interest paid promptly, and not an in- Arthur and Sabine Pass was the next
stance has occurred where any of these , ease considered.
. , ... . • Mr. Fonda, representing the railroads,
funds has lost one dollar in mvest- ; state(J that inusmU(.h ,1S the ]umbel
ment in county, city or school district industry was having some trouble he
bonds. This not only makes a good was willing to fix a rate of 4 cents from
"* «•*«"" •"«" ; 8!%2&XSU'$TS 5S\ra
equally well for the counties, cities and. considered only a temporary .uTan^e-
districts whose securities are held. ment, and that they be allowed to ad-
Since this class of securities has! yance it when the present lumber trou-
., , . . ! bles are over.
proven to be such a satisfactory in- . jj,. "Woodhead, speaking for the
vestment to the state permanent school lumbermen, said that the proposition
fund there is no reason why it should: Mr. Fonda would be satisfactory,
,, ... . ' b*it since the rates on lumber were too
not prove to be equally as satisfactory. h,gh he reservc J the r|ght to make a
to the counties over the state for the.fl^ht before the commission when an
Investment of their school funds. It1 effort was made to advance it.
would be perfectly safe for money that j ,nM^Y wm "Slrendy 'lower"th-.n^
Is idle, earning no revenue, and at the any olher state. The roads were here
same time furnish a market for bonds to build up the lumber industry, but
that are forced to seek purchasers ^ entitled to a fair just and equit-
, „ ... ... . | able rate for hauling it.
elsewhere, and often sold at a discount There was some general discussion by
to Eastern bond dealers. j those present on a proper export rate
The interest accr'ii'iir on these bords on lumber and the advisability of maK-
,, . „ i , ing this the subject of a hearing, when
Is applied to the available school fund, (h0 ,,af,e was dosed, the commission
and thereby increases it to the amount reserving its decision.
of these interest payments, while if the The (disagreement between the Gjjlf,
Colorado and Santa Fe and St. Louis
^iis the following prepaid telegram:
"Coventor of Texas and War De-
parment: Imminent dunger by Italy.
England, Germany, Jews, Furrlugers
and Gould's police." *
Tills telegram was signed, and seems
to have been meant in all sincerity.
New York, March 16.—Employers i
and their men In the building trades
here are preparing, according to the!
Herald, for a life unci death strug ;te j
of unionism. The 1
will 1m' precipitated j
by a declaration on the part of the
employers for the open shop policy and
the destruction of tin' building trades
unions.
The disastrous strike here last sum-
ANNIVERSARY OF
A GREAT BATTLE
for the Democratic t. vnlnatlon
congress from this dlstriqt against the
present lncembent, Osoar W. Gilles-
pie of :>ils city. He has not yet made
up his mind on this score, however,
and does not know what he will do In
the matter.
There Is one thing, however, that
V. h t\. , lr n f.. «< Judge Poindexter !• very decided on.
Young Man Did a Very Profitable He believes the present Judiciary ays-
• , tem In Texas Is u great deal more im-
ousiness. perfect than perfect. He contends that
the arrangement of the work of dla-
1 trict judges makes It next to Impossl-
i hie for them to serve without finan-
cial loss. He believes that with the
same amount of money now expended,
| by a rearrangement of the system,
much better results coiild be obtained.
| . I
MADAM SEMBRICH THE SOLOIST.
$7,000 HER PRICE.
MADE $50 PER DAY
He Abstracted Letters From Boxes Af-
ter Mail Carrier Had Passed
Along.
| mer which caused losses amounting to
millions, ended in agreements to arbi-
trate future troubles, but now that the
bricklayers' laborers have gone on I
Observed Event That Contributed
to Cornwallis' Surrender
New York, March 1G.-The North
Carolina society of New York has held !
its fourth annual banquet on the tuinl-
i versary
Insurance Business.
Up to March 12. 142 old line fire and
life insurance companies had (lied
statements of business transacted in
Texas for the year ending Deo. 31. ,
1!)03, with the insurance department ' strike, followed by the bricklayers, re-!
and been relicensed to operate in the ' suiting in the idleness of 10,000 men ■ house, which so largely contributed to
state for the present year. 'and tying up of work all over the city, the surrender of Cornwallis. President
the employers declare that they cannot Charles S. Hryan presided.
afford to enter into farther agreements I
with the unions and It is asserted they1
are preparing to settle the matter, in a
finish tiijlit. The employers maintain
that the open shop policy is the only
course left to them If tlicy wish to
continue in business.
A firm stand is being taken by the
men. however, on the ground that their
plans for arbitration were thrown aside !
by the employers, circulars are being
distributed broadcast warning the
men to prepare for a determined Unlit eral of North Carolina, also spoke
against the open shop. These contain brlelly. He declared thai politicians
copies of letters thai have been sent,1""' philanthropists can not give the
out by the National Association of | negro social equality.
Manufacturers of the United States, ] * — .
which Includes employers' associations
in every branch of manufacturing and
i is said to he making a national eani-
] paign in favor of the open shop.
Chicago, March 16.—Edward Kerlln.
who has been arrested, has confessed
to stealing hundreds of letters from
I mail boxec In Hyde Park In the last
i three months. He says that after forg-
ing Indorsements on checks and money
: orders, he cashed them, chiefly in de-
partment stores..
Kerlln, who Is thirty years of age.
was released from the .Toilet peniten-
tiary last October at the expiration of
a three-year sentence for robbing mall
boxes.
THE GREAT SILVER JUBILEE.
STATE SAENGERFEST.
Dallas, April 25th, 26th and 27th.
Success has at last attended the un-
tiring efforts of the Saengerfest Music
j Committee to secure for the festival
the greatest living singer In the
world. Mine. Marcella Sehibrlch. This
has been accomplished under circum-
stances and conditions most discour- -
nglng from all directions. Influences
were brought to bear upo.n Manager
Conricd of the New York Metropolitan
Opera House on the one "hand, and
Mine. Sembrlch on tihe other. After
He claims to be a university | leading musical managers in the East
| The amount received from these
companies for slate tax. agents' cer-
tificates and office fees has not been
footed up but is not far from $150,000.
All the companies expected to enter
, the state have not reported, and when
i all are in the number will perhaps be
increased to 1C0, and the amount re-
ceived $175,000.
In addition to the standard compa-
nies, sixty fraternal companies have
reported and been relicensed and have
i paid office fees and agents' certificates
to the amount of $500.
OIL SHIPMENTS^
FROM THIS STATE
the battle of Guilford court-
Senator Lee S. Overman, who spoke
to the toast, "The C.ood Old North
fit ate," said:
"Conservative, progressive North
Carolina has surmounted the horrors of
the civil war and is in an era of pros-
perity. She has partially solved the
negro question, if let alone she will
finally solve It."
Wm. A. Barber, former attorney gen-
graduate and says his parents
J wealthy residents of Woodlawn.
declares that when released from
penitentiary
when released
he secured a
ar-i
H,<
the
position
failed, one after the other, the persis-
tants of the Music Committee "won
1 out," and Will A. Watkln received a
i telegram on late Saturday evening
(March 5th) trading as follows: Will
with a real estate firm In Woodlawi, I m n
but the constant surveillance of gov- ) , A ■ , * Contracts
eminent detectives who learned of his. received. One copy signed and 1'6-
whereabouts annoyed his employers j mailed to yotl. Yo,U may announce
and he Was discharged. •> ! the Sembrlch engagement. Henrlc
Then he decided to resume criminal Conrcld." Thus was secured for what
operations. A bent pin attached to a li
piece of wire or a small stick with ad-
hesive liquid were the only Implements
used by Kerlln. Following after the
Interesting Resume by the Invest-
ors' Journal.
bonds are sold to speculators, this in-
terest goes of course to other persons.
The last report of the superintend-
ent of public instruction shows $2,714,-
119, bonds held by the different coun-
ties in the state and $448,439 cash on
hand in the county permanent school
fund of these same counties, which if
invested In bonds bearing 4 per cent
interest would yield an annual income
of $13,937.40.
♦ ♦
New Road Proposed.
Mr. F. C. Halm, a railroad engineer
Southwestern as to a division of th
through rate on milling in transit
wheat from Santa Fe points, and milled
at Piano, was called for discussion.
Pending consideration of this case, the
hearing was closed until lo-day at 10
o'clock.
♦ •
Austin, Tex., March 15.—The su-
preme court decided an interesting
question yesterday in reversing and
rendering the case of the Texas Cen-
tral Railway company vs. E. Bowman
from Comanche. The plaintiff desig-
nated and occupied a strip of land for
its right of way across an alternate
section surveyed for and appropriated
Beaumont, Tex.. March 10. —'Oil
i Investors' Journal, which appears to-
day, has the following interesting re-
sume of oil shipments from Port Ar-
' tliur and Sabine Pass, and rail ship-
, ments from the several Texas oil fields:
j The shipments of oil from Port Ar-
1 thur during the period from Feb. 28 to
1 March 11, inclusive, amounted to 303,-
' 800 barrels, counting a cargo of 65,602
GIVES ADVICE
TO DEMOCRATS
BURTON ON COST
OF GOVERNMENT
letter carrier he quickly secured all
the mall not al once removed from the
boxes by persons to whom It was ad-
dressed. Letters not containing checks
were destroyed.
"For three months I have averaged
not less than $50 a day," he said.
MOTHER APPEARS
UPON THE SCENE
Clark Howell Teiis Georgians to
Wait for New York
Washington, March 16.—Congress
man Burton of Ohio has made a speech
in the house on the subject of the
growth of governmental expenses In
the United States, comparing it with
the expenses of olher govoinnuioifl,
which has made' a decided Impression. | (l)
Mr. Burton has an enviable reputation j
as a student and a thinker, and his
Will Help Daughter Fight Extradi1
tion Proceedings.
address was prepared with much cai".
Atlanta, March 16.—In advising j He called attention to the steady
Georgia Democrats as to the best j growth of governmental expenses iu
course to pursue with regard to "lln- j this country, which, he said, had been
inK up" for any particular man, Clark | more marked since 1X30, but especial-
barrels loaded at the Gulf Kefinery ! .. . i. .. . , .. ,
i : Howell said. | |y notable during the last twenty years.
"I am for the man who can win. An l He made a comparison of llie expenses
to win we must have the doubtful i of various governments since 1880,
states. Of the doubtful states the most I which showed that the Increase In
needed and the one without which France had been greater than In any
Democratic success is impossible Is
Fort Worth, March 1ft. The mother
Mrs. Florence Levey Is iu the city.
She Is here for the purpose of giving
her daughter such consolation
moral support as Is possible. Her
name Is Mrs. Iirider and she Is from
New Iberia, La.
of prominence in the East, familiar Public school fund. 1 he plain-
wlth conditions in Texas, writes a gen- 1 ^as title to the section by purchase
tleman in Austin, who prefers for the ■ 'I0'?? e !'tale subsequent to the doings
present that his name be withheld, °£ a, ,s l,1f inception
proposing a new line of railroad for ° ,c'a ' . the railroad company,
the state. The line proposed begins at "v '"13 originated after the adop-
Dalhart on the Frisco and runs nearly ll<JM °£ present constitution and
due south 175 miles traversing the i ^v'sed statutes of 18,9 took effect,
counties of— Oldham. Castro, Deaf rhis action was begun by plaintiff to
Smith, Hale and Lubbock. The line interference by defendant with
crosses the Pecos Valley near Here- i ltK light of way; and in this answer
fonl I defendants pleaded In reconvention
By those whose Judgment in such ! £°r thc land claimed by plaintiffs and]
matters is valuable the proposition is agreement in the district co.ut, the
thought to be a good one. and it Is waH tried on this cross claim, ail
thought will be taken up by Eastern questions as to the Injunction being
and Texas capitalists and pushed to , el minuted. The judgment of the .lis-'
successful termination. trict court antl court of civil aPPealH
Charters Approved.
were in favor of the defendants for i
the strip of land in controversy. As- j
sociate Justice Williams, who handed |
down the opinion, says: "The case
upon two questions
Charters of the following corpora-
tions have been approved and filed
for record in the state department. j ul.'1 'w'." 'i1,'" - ..
Selma-Oll company of San Antonio, Klrs - Does article 4423 of he pre.4-
capilal stock $25,000; purpose, to pros- ent revl5«e<1 tvvhlcl the same
pect for ami develop oil, coal and other a? article 4167 of the revision of ISi. ,
minerals. Incorporators, Anna de «'ve to '"aili-oad companies the right
Basse, j. j. Maclin and Emily A. Em- "f way over such la,,d as that ln
prson I Uon-
New York Chemical company of "Second. If so, is this provision, as
Dallas filed an amendment to its char-
ter Increasing the capital stock from
$5*5,000 to $50,000.
The ''onklintf Planing Mill company
j tion
"Second
it so effects school lands, const it at lon-
i.ai? Article 4423 provides as follows:)
, Every such corporation shall have the
iKht of wav for Its lines through and
of Dallas filed an amendment increas- °ver any lands of the state, and to u.-.i
ing Its capital from $20.0r:0 to $30,000. ! ?">' earlh' or ",hp! la-
doeks on Feb. 17 on the Shell Transport
and Trading company's steamer, Gold-
mouth, consigned to Dover, England.
The Texas company loaded its first
cargo of solar oil on Feb. 29 on the
steamer Northman, consigned to tlie
Standard Oil company at Buyonne, N.
J. The shipment consisted of 22,493
barrels and was the first run of solar
oil from the Texas company's Port Ar-
thur refinery.
Up to and including March 11, the
shipments of crude and refined petro-
leum from Port A thur since Jan. 1
amounted to 1,386,457 barrels.
From Sabine Pass in the period from '
Feb. 23 to March 7, inclusive, four car- j
goes were shipped, three being crude -
and the other a shipment c;f 23,000 bar- !
rels of solar oil from the Security Ke-
finery to the Standard Oil company ut
New York. The Security company also i
shipped a cargo of 33,000 barrels of j
crude oil to New York.
The Iliggins Oil and Fuel company
shipped the other two cargoes from
this port aggregating .12,136 barrels of
crude, to S. Pearson & Son at (,'oatza-
coalcos, Mexico.
The oil shipments from Sabine Pass
since Jan. 1 up to and Including-March
7 have amounted to 400,956 barrels.
Shipments of oil by rail duritiK the
periods indicated have been as follows:
Southern Pacific--From Sour Lake,
Feb. 25 to March 11, both inclusive, 1190
cars; from Jennings. Feb. 26 to March
II. both inclusive. 216 cars; from Gladys,
(Spin 'It-top;. Feb. 26 to March 12, both
Inclusive, 128 cars: from Beaumont,
Feb. 26 to March 10, both inclusive, 41
cars.
Total shipments du
| New York. Fortunately the Democratic
c onvention of thai state meets early In
April, before the date of the Georgia
; primary election. There Is plenty of
1 tlirii- then for Georgia Democrats l >
keep cool, aligning themselves one
France
other nation.
' The United Slates, Great Britain,
Russia and Germany iu the order
named had shown llie largest Increas-
es. It was pointed out, however, thai
a comparison of aggregate totals was
I Mrs. Levey is
I the hearing of the appeal that has
I been taken In her habeas corpus case.
I II Is the intention of Mrs. Krider to
j keep house with her pending the re-
I suit of tills appeal. In the meantime
Mrs. Levey will, of course, remain un-
der surveillance.
Mrs. Krider Is far from being Iu
promises to be the grandest Musical
Festival ever held in the South, the
greatest llvi.ng singer in the world at
this lime. •
To the most casual observer resid-
ing ln Dallas it is evident that won-
derful preparations are being made for
the State Saengerfest; ln fact It can
be "felt ln the air," eo to speak. Those
in charge of the arrangements are kept
so busy in the furtherance of their
pia.ns, that, not only the musical peo-
ple of Dallas but the social and busi-
ness elements are Intensely Interested.
The Saengerfest officers who are cog-
nizant of the comprehensive plans un-
der way, and which are working out
smoothly, arc convinced that, the South
has never heard a musical festival of
such magnificence as this Silver Jubl-
lee Saengerfest will prove tg he.
Mr. Chas. A. Mangold, president, la
full of enthusiasm over the beautiful
manner in whicn tiic plans are being
realized. The children's chorus of one
thousand voices selected from the 5th,
and and 7th grades of the Dallas Public
Schools will lie under the direction of
Miss Ora Crawford of the public
school, who will have the hearty co-
operation of Supt. Long and the teach-
under guard, pending j ers.
Pleasant, news comes from Musical
Dlroelior Carl Beck of San Antonio, as
lo the progress of the male chorus. A
ladies' chorus of one hundred selected
voices, Mrs. Edwin S. Jackson, of Dal-
las, director, Is already being formed,
and llie rehearsals will begin in earn-
est. next week. There will also be
way or another, if they will, but above I not satisfactory ami even Illusory lie-
all things, 'hey should keep In view the j
fact that this should be an anti-He- i , , ,
publican flKht' only, and that It is not bookkeeping and the scope of na-
gfiod policy to be spiking by abuse or i tlonal undertakings.
denunciation any of the Democratic | M|. |Cut ton called attention to
Kims which may In- needed for effec
good health. She could not be seen loj,, w|,M.r no|e(, Wj|o)BU,
lie Interviewed and consequently her ,... a ,
veision of the exciting events of the * J Chicago Symphony Or-
pasi few days cannot be published at | clieitra of 60 men will be one of the
this time. With !!•<• officers to whom I principal attractions %of the festival.
Mrs. Krider has talked, she expressed j The Orchestra to accept this engage-
herself as h lug prepured lo stand by J ment are compelled to come direct to
Ive use against the
the fall elections.
New York."
common enemy In
All eyes then ou
BRYAN'S FRIENDS
MAKE WINNING
They Won First Preliminary Battle
by Close Vote
Lincoln, N'braska, March 16.—
By the close vote of I i to I I the
friends of W. J. Hryan won the first
preliminary skirn.i h iu the political
fight of this si t'e, the Unlit being made
by Bryan's opponents to dominate the
delegation to St. I.-ails.
The session wan decidedly i lormy, a
Session of Railroad Commission.
When Chairman Storey of the rail- 1
road Commission called the meeting to
or.ler yesterday the first case taken up .
this able opinion concluded in the fol-
lowing language:
"The legislature is permitted to pro- |
vide for the incorporation of railroad '
companies by general law only and li
| determined and fi ml: minority pro-
, . ing the present i,testing against following Mr. Bryan
year up to and including the dales In- , , , , , > , ,
dP ated: Sour Lake. 4297 . ars; Jen- | aml )liK w,:'hcH «« th"
rtings, 694 cars; Gladys, 466 cars; Beau- • past.
mont, 197 cats. | jr. Bryan wished early delegate and
Santa Fe -From Beaumont (< ommer
gov-
ernment ownership of railways In con-
tinental Europe, and also lo the differ-
ent scope of local activities there and
here. The contrast betw.en lh< Cull-
ed Slates and l-'rance in this respci t.
was very marked. About 60 per ce it
of taxation In France Is applied lo war
expenses of the central government;
In the I'rilled Stales only 30 per cent i ease
Is so applied. '] ' ,j.((
Mr. Burton warned Ills hearers
against extravagance, saying, "We can
not allow ourselves lo be excused for
extravagance by the enormous In-
crease in the wealth of the country." |
lie ill nod the adoption of a policy of
conservatism and of the utmost care.
(Itlriv; the large sums annually .appro-
priated for pensions. Mr. Burton said!
he was In hearty sympathy Willi the j
Idea, and remarked that no one will
hesitate to pass any measure which
gives due regard I'
civil war li
continued, "the question arises undi I
what rub- should tills appropi lalton be.
made'.'" ||e Inqulied If congress was!
willing lo establish in this country the
standard that for patriotism, for devo-
tion lo the country, Hi • chief reward
must be in dollars. Th * address w;.a
listened to with closest attention.
her daughter lo llie end, whatever It
may be.
The arrival of Mrs. Krider In this
cliy adds another chapter to a story
Ilia! lias been forced out In the courts,
thai fairly bristles and teems with all
| the elements of strong drama I Ic situa-
| lions. That the end In the flxhl
I against extradition to Louisiana, by
; Mrs. Levey Is hardly more Ilia- fairly
Iickuii Is evident by the preparations
that are being made by Mrs. Krider
lo bejOn housekeeping here with her
1 daughter. The filial chapter In the
hah not yel been written.
Assistant Chief Allen, of the po-
lice department, Mrs. Krider told the
story of her daughter's career, similar
In every detail to the story told by
Mrs. Levey when on llie witness eta ml.
e nd to the soldiers of lh j
their old age, "But," he
MINERS VOTING ON
STRIKE QUESTION
Returns Indicate That There will
be no Strike.
i
I tallas, from Montreal, Canada.
"Children Teething."
Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup should
always lie used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums. a:laya
all pain, cures wind colic, and Is the best
n inedy for diarrhoea. Twenty-live cents
a bottle.
PURE LEAF TOBACCO.
For salo to brother populists at $10
per 100 lbs. Patronize one who has
spent lots of dollars lighting for the
holy populist cause. Address,
W. L. I'AKKS, Advers, Tenu^.
Rural Route No. 1.
SHOT AT THE PREACHER.
is provided that such companies shall
nts w h ere upon Vhecha 1 r- I whith Hecurps compensation for
sd the case would be dis- private property taken, but no such
reservation Is made for the state.
These provisions operate along with
those in regard to th" school fund, an 1
the power given affects those land;:
as well as others belonging to the state.
Our conclusion is that the title pur-
chased from the state Is subject to the
right of way previously acquired by
the plaintiff, and that the judgment
below should be reversed, and that
judgment should be here rendered that
defendants take nothing by their cross-
action.''
♦ ♦ ♦
Charters Approved.
Charters f the following corpora-
tions have teen approved and tiled for
the complaina
man announced
missed.
The petition of the citizens of Mer-
cury for an order compelling the Fort
■Worth and Itlo Grande railway to erect
a depot and keep a local agent for the
accommodation of the traffic at that
place was taken up.
Senator Arch Grinnan appeared for
the applicants and presented a number
of petitions numerously signed, accom-
panied by affidavits of citizens of that
vicinity as to the necessity for the ac-
commodations asked for. These affi-
davits showed, among other things,
that about 1200 bales of cotton would
be shipped from Mercury during the
year 19o4, and that the freight receipts
cial shipments only) during the period
from Feb. 13 to March 13. both inclu-
sive SO cars. Total since Jan. 1 (com-
mercial shipments only;, J67 cars.
WANTED IN DENTON.
8t.
Louis Man Suspected "of Crime
Committed in 1885.
St. Louis, March 16. Jatnes Cox, who
has resided In St. Louis county since
1SS7, when he came here from Texat,
has been arrested and Is now Impris-
oned In a police station on suspicion
of being implicated In a murder which
occurred at Denton, Tex., in IKK.". The
arrest was made by request of Hherlf
W. K. Durbln of Denton. Cox denied
the charge and declared to Assistant
Chief of Detectives Keeley that be
would not return without requisition
papers. He requested that the police Of
Denton send a man here to Identify
him. This request will be granted. Th?
St. Louis police believe that owing to
the long lapse of time since the mur-
der Identification will'be difficult.
late nominating convenllotis. This was
oppose I on the (.-round of expense, and
because the national convention was
certain to adopt platform differing
from that of tin- state convention,
which a later one Would have to ie-
count or bolt the i ational pronounce-
ment. Several of M.e members declared
that they would not support Cleveland
if nominated, and i barges of disloyalty
were freely made.
After over thtee hours of vigorous
debate rtic commit tec issued a call for
a. delegate convention on June 1, a
compromise date.
The advocates of one convention were
careful to declare that they favored
sending Mr. Bryan as a delegate, but
they also wanted to ifel in line wRh the
national Democracy.
PLEA FOR THE BIRDS.
Indianapolis, March 16. The natlr a-
til officers of llie I 'lilted Mltie VVorkci s
of America say to-day thai from |e-
I ports they have received from locals of
* I nine states which yesterday voted ou
Somebody After Sin Killer' Griffin, the subject of adoption or refusing the
the Nagro Evangelist. ' offer ul' the operators for a two years' |
, , „. scale, show the scale to lie act epic I,
Longvlew, lex., March 16. At the w,|| |„. „„ *,,,ke. ledums
A T,
conclusion of "Sin Killer" Griffin's re- from ntlal Pennsylvania show 'I to
Member of Audubon Society Writes to
Texas Man.
Waco, T x„ March 16.—N. fi. Harper
of New York, a member of the Na-
tional Audubon society, has written a
letter to Alfred Abeel, president of the1 days
vlval meeting, being held In a te it '
here last iilt?lit. several shots were fir- I
ed at tin- preai her as he passed out '
of his tent, but no Injury was done, j
It Is not known whether the attack wan ;
Intended as an attempt to take the life!
of the preacher or simply to scare him,
and several versions of the affair are |
given from which It Is hard to deduoj! iulri
| any real facts. state
"SIti Killer" Griffin has a reputation
' as one of the greatest revivalists of bin
race and stirs the negro population
wherever he goes, as he has at this
place, his meetings la-lug attended by
white people also, many of whom be-
lieve that he Is doing a great work.
No arrests have been made In con-
nection with the affair and the cause
rernatns entlrely unknown, but Is being
Investigated by the officers The meet-
ing will most likely continue, as It has
j only been in progresa three or four
igalnst a strike,
Action in Insurance Company Case.
Austin, Tex., Mar'-h 16. The action
of the court of civil appeals to-day in
reversing and rcndciiiiK the case of the I
State of Texas vs. the fidelity and De- j
posit eompaay_ "f Maryland, from Tra-
vis county, makes the amount re-
ed by law to be deposited with the
treasurer by Insurance compa-
nies subject to taxation.
MAY RUN FOR CONGRESS.
Judge Poindexter May Decide to En-
ter the Race.
Fort Worth, March 16. Judge W.
Poindexter of Cleburne, who recently
resigned his position as district Judge
ori account, of the exacting duties of
the office not being commensurate
with the emoluments, was In the city
yesterday. Judae 1'oJudas.Ur ma* run
•oopvrickt'
WE CHALLE^QE'THE WORLD
lo produce a finer line of pleasnre
vi hides than tho Enterprise on our
floors. •
In them is combined all the style,
1 canty and wear any vehicle posseBaoa
besides an Individual excellence that
only perfected facilities tot modern
vehicle construction make possible.
Their prices, too, *re equally as
pleasing as the vehicles.
----
When you see the P. A O. C. nam*
plate on buggies on the flqor of your
merchant, you will know that It Btanda
for full value and a good -guaranta
as to quality. Look for it. Write fo
our new Vehicle Catalogue, which wt
be «®nt free to any address.
PARLIN A ORENDORF CO„
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