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SOVTHERN MERCVRY.
Vol. XXV. No. 14
Dallas* Texas, Thursday, April 6, 1905
$1.00 Per Anum
ROLLA WELLS
IS ELECTED
Contest in St. Loots was a Hot
One.
the new members will affiliate with the
present Democratic administration.
In Idiha,
A SMALL MAJORITY
Wells Leads by 1,448 Voles—Vote
For Other Uty
Officials.
St. Louis. April 5.—The complete
first returns of last night's municipal
election gives Mayor Rolla Wells, Dem-
ocrat. candidate for re-election, a plu-
rality of 1448 over Judge John A. Tal-
tv. Republican, the vote for the can
DEMOCRATS
CARRY DAY
Chicago Elects Judge Donne by Big
Majority.
ISSUE OF CAMPAIGN
Boise, Idaho, April B.—Town elec-
tions have been held throughout Idaho
excepting in Boise and Lewiston.
There was no political significance at-
taching to the contests anywhere, and
In only two or three places were party
tickets placed in the field. The Issues
were purely local, the one most fre-
quently raised being in connection with
control of the liquor business and sup-
pression of gambling. Where anti-
gambling tickets were run they seem
to have been generally successful.
Palestine Election.
Palesltne. Tex., April 6.—Ths city
election here Tuesday was one of the
quetest ever pulled off here. A light
vote was polled. The following ticket
was elected: Mayor, A, L. Bawelse;
alderman. First ward. J. W. Ozement;
alderman, Second ward, G. S. Hunter;
alderman. Third ward. J. A. Caldwell;
alderman, First ward, short term, Adam
Cone; recorder, Lawrence Sweeny: en-
gineer, C. C. Merrick; treasurer, Lu-
cius Gooch. Chicago, April 5.—A political torna-
Democrats Win It. do overwhelmed one of the most rug-
Denver, Colo., April 5.—A Demo- Ked,y unltlue leaders In the country.
Municipal Ownersh'p the Slogan.
Picturesque Fight—Elections
Elsewhere.
ment of the traction question are the
best, but the people thought different
and voted In accordance with their
convictions. There Is nothing much
that can be said about my defeat. The
figures tell the story.*"
"Party lines and personalities of
candidates were entirely forgotten In
tailed to accompany President Roose-
velt into the wilds to send and receive
his messages. An army automobile will
convey the field outfit as far as the
roads will permit, after which the ma-
chinery will be transferred to the backs
of horses.
Yesterday the weather moderated
yesterday's election/' said Judge much and "three or" tour* days^ofVua
Dunne Iftit nlfht. Municipal owner- shine will clear off the snow now cov-
shlp was the one arreat issue before ering the hi* game country and make
the people of Chicago to-day and, it very comfortable for camping,
the returns show plolnly how the iy,i- The presidential party will arrive at
jority of the people of Chicago feel Glenwood Springs at about 9 o'clock
toward the private ownership of pub- the morning of April IS. They will pro-
lic utilities. It Is the very first victory'ceed to New Castle! twelve ml7es west
municipal ownership ever won in this, of Glenwood, from which point the
co«"try- . . * * ii W*rty will take their first excursion Into
"Every r'edge that T made during the country north of New Castle which
the campaign will be solemnly kept, sextremely mountainous and Is filled
Chicago wants municipal ownership is extremely mountainous and la filled
and during my tenure of office It will
be my aim to bring about such n con-
dition as rapidly as possible. I believe
that before many months, you will
see the city of Chicago owning and op-
erating at least one street railroad
line."
Judge Dunne was elected by a plu-
rality of 24,248 and received a major-
ity of 945 of all the votes cast. He
also has the distinction of receiving
Annual Statement* Filed.
Austin. Tex.. April 5.—The follow-
Department United Confederate Veterans
The editor of this department de-
sires to have a correspondent in each
camp of veterans, and among the
Daughters ^nd Sons. If Items of in-
terest to the veterans, their families
and friends, be sent in each week from
all sections of the brigade, much good
will result, and many old comrades
and friends will hear of each other
again, who had long since .believed
each other dead. The Daughters of
the Confederacy especially are re-
quested to use this paper for their pur-
poses, and will always find a hearty
welcome. Send along your lists of vet-
erans for publication and be sure that
the command and birth place of each
Ing companies have filed statements «, liv n anS D «n Place or each
In the Insurance office of business . an<' °' "lfl wlfes also. Come
transacted In cxas for the year end-|a,ong' boyB: you <* tSLlk well enough
Ifg Dec. 31, 1904. and have been It-!'1* your camps; let's see how you can
censed to operate In Texas for the cur-
rent year:
The Aetna Indemnity company of
the greatest vote ever cast In Chicago: : Slate tax paid $8.71, office
for a candidate ror the office of mayor. |
do It in our Confederate page.
cratic landslide struck Colorado, where' Incidentally the Republican party met
municipal elections were held in all'defeat In a memorable effort to cap-
cities and towns excepting Denver. !. _ „ „ „ t
In Pueblo, Colorado Springs and mayoralty office. As a direct
Iwin. fntinws- Wells 44- Leadvllle, normally Republican, the result the city Is officially committed
didates being as follows. Wells. 44, tickets were successful. In; to the policy of the quickest possible
cja8®,the fllnt t!JTie ,n tNyen" i possession of private franchises for
ty years. In the smaller towns whore .
party lines were drawn the Democrats P utilities. Municipal ownership is
won, the notable exceptions being, especially threatening street car lines,
Cripple Creek, Victor, Golden and Ceil- valued up In the millions.
tral City.
208; Talty, 42,760. Lee Meriwether,
Independent Public Ownership, 3233.
Never before :ln the history of St.
Louis has a mayoralty election been
fought so stubbornly. Until the com-
plete returns from the last ward had
been reeclved the Issue was in doubt
and the official canvass of the returns
may yet change the complexion of the
result.
After winning successfully four re-
markable biennial fights of Independ-
Results in Kansas.
Kansas City, April 5.—Elections'ent8 against the regular party here,
were held In the larger cities of Kan- - John M. Harlan, son of Associate Jus-
, sas yesterday, The Democrats carried tice Harlan of the United States su-
— I Kansas City, Kan., and Leavenworth, ,. ,
The candlates for city offices either, this being revolutionary and entirely i p ' y ay
ran sllirhtlv ahead or behind the party unlooked for In each case. Topeka. «• Republican candidate for mayor,
ran sllgntly aneaa or oenma me pa. y eJected the RepubHcan ttcket. |The defeat Is attributed to an extra-
Wllllam W. Rose, Democrat,waHordlnary whlri of causes, starting with
elected mayor of Kansas City, Kan., .... '' *
for the offices other than that of mayor.' by probably 1500 plurality. Of a total1 po,ltltal revenge and taking In a wide
The proposition to Increase the bonded .registration of 18,000 voters, 5000 were, sweep embracing the most up-to-date
Indebtedness of the city by *9,000/000 I women and the election of Rose Is due, Socialism as a factor. The victor Is
for the purpose of making public Un-i to the women. Finley Ross, Republl- JudK Edward F Dunne a Democrat
provements, which Was strongly en-lean, was elected mayor of Wichita by JUUBC * wunne. a democrat,
dorsed by Mayor Wells and his party, a large majority, and the entire Re-
was ' overwhelmingly' defeated. Two publican ticket.
amendments . to *the city charter were i
leaders, and Democrats and Republi-
cans about equally divided the honors
also defeated by large majorities.
L*/..
Additional Returns.
St. Lo\tls. April 5.—Complete elec-
Tom Perkins Elected Mayor.
Seldom, If ever, has Chicago wit-
nessed a more picturesque contest.
Yesterday particularly, the city was
hideous with the ringing of cow bells
and the roar of cannon crackers.
The Republican, candidate suffered
McKlnney. Tex., April 6.—The may-
oralty contest here yesterday was one
tlon returns give Rolla Wells (Dem.),' ^uuTng'^fhe'elertfon of*EditorSTom ;heavUy from attacks charging that he
candidate foe re-election to the mayor- w Perkins of the McKlnney Dally and was a political assassin. Alleged un-
S?I USt M" •>"" •"« • «•
for mayor stands. Rol
44,367. John A. Talty
Wlillam M'. Brandt (
Lee Merry wether (lnd.) public owner- i IT,
ship 2936. Grand tR|al 97.3e5 votes. ",una* _____
The new house ot delegates as ae- « ; . « ^ _
leeted yesterday- will be composed of New Court House for Chicago.
nineteen Democrats and nine Republic- I
ans. In the c?ty ./ounril the Democrats'
previous campaigns were con
splcuously absent from his support.
The result was painfully evident be-
fore the ballot had been in progress
Chicago, April 5.—By a vote that left o_ . ,,1. . . . T, ...
01m. „.r " ' J* .. " „ , . an hour. Districts where Republican
have live hold-o.K r councllmen and |no reason to doubt the final outcome major|tJes ha<V^seemed constant and
the Republicans one. Five Republic-! when the country towns were heard t, honored as the
an councilmen and a Republican pres- from. Chlcasro hi.s dei Ided in favor of as the seasons weie
ident and one Democratic councilmen a JB.OOO.Ol'O bond Issue for a new court ominously reported as "slow." It
were elected, making the new city house. Votes cast for the proposition was a raw, blustering day, gloomy and
council stand seven Republicans and 131,270, and those against 93,341, leav- ld . _ th _ t t ... th .
Ing a plurality of 34,935. This means, * , ° 7, um" tne ho,,r
according .to the plans of the county r. the close of voting.
boord. that a. new court house will be Appeals to fear of domination by
erected at once. The bonds run from corporation wealth appeared to sway
six Democratic members.
IN MISSOURI.
General Stephen D. Lee, command >r
^ d of the United Confederate Veterans, 1s-
He was irlven 161 659 votes out of a to- I CoJu'county"MutV '.'l "Aasoclatlon In- ! 8Ue^; on^March 28, from headquarters
tH? of 12^ 371 ' ' sura"°e company of Gainesville: Office at New Orleans, the following orders:
Mr. Harlan, the Republican, cumll- ! I)nl^ • . "A reeling of sorrow, deep and pro-
date received 137,411: Collins, the So-' J'"11"'""! Companies—General As- ! found, will enter every Southern home
clallst candidate, 20,323, and Stewart, ^s",n7" !t,1,H morning when It Is learned that
Prohibition. 2980. I Fra?ernnl nf Hnmrnnf1 u*'• : Mtss Mildred Lee. the youngest child
~ ■" sofiri: Office^ees oa'd ja' • M1«- of our Immortal chieftain, Robert R
John F. Smulskl, the Republican
candidate for city attorney, was rc-
elebted over his Democratic opponent
by nearly 15,000 votes. The new city
council will probably be Republican.
JAPANESE
FINANCES
Toklo, April 5.—The profits from the
GRAND LARCENCY
J5 OIARGED
Railroad Constructor Accused of
Making Way with Large Sum*
Lee, died suddenly In this city ■ yester-
day. She was devoted to the old sol-
diers of the Confederate armies, and
was never so happy as when In conver-
sation with one of them, or talking to
others of the glorlousydeeds of our boyn.
Her untimely death Is a rlstlnct loss to
the whole South and an extreme grief
to Every Confederate veteran."
My command of Stephen D. Lee, com-
manding. W. 10. Mlckle, Adjt.
GENERAL ORDER NO. 59.
Headquarters Texas Division. U. C. V.,
Fort Worth, Texas, March 21, 11105.
Judge R. E. Beckham of Fort Worth
New York, April 5.—DeWltt Smith,
president of a railroad construction
tobacco monopoly for the first year are company has been arrested by an at- _ _
27,000,000 yen. about f 13,500,000. This tache of the district attorney's office Is hereby appointed Inspector flenerai
exceeds the government's estimate of on a warrant charging grand larceny, of *1"' Texas Division, of U. C. V., with
7,000,000 yen. j A large sum Is snld to be Involved. ',he runk of Colonel. It Is further order-
The celebration of the victory at 1 The complaint against Smith was',hl" ,le b<* ''expected and obeyed In
Mukden has been postponed until next sworn to by Thos. Stokes, who charged 1 n£('ordnn^® ^1!^rposlt,on" un<1 rulvk uS
Monday, owing to a storm which oc- the prisoner with misappropriating ttt)0^e-
curred today. The business men and '^nds of the^ Stokes estate." The spe-
. . . „„„„ ,ctflc amount in the complaint was $25,-
labor guilds today ari.mged an enor-^^Q jt wns an ftccountlng was
rnous procession, which picturesquely t0 be asked for of nearly $1,000,000.
garbed, formed at Hibiya park, and.The Issuance of the warrant followed
marched to Hyeno park. Passing the a conference of an hour's duration be-
palace each unit halM and cheered tween Magistrate Cornell and counsel
the emperor, his cabinet, and the com-jfor tlie Stokes Interests. Definite In-
manders of the army land navy. Ex- 'formation was refused, however, by all _
erclses «'ere held In Uvene park, where the jiartles In the case and great se- lutlon asking that the present legJsIa
there_wa« a l.fige croWd. Lieut^ jerecy surrounded the arrest
By order,
K. M. VAJ4 ZANT,
Major General Commanding.
GErt. JACKSON,
Adjt. Genl .and Chief of Staff.
MISDIRECTED SYMPATHY.
A meeting of Camp Winkler, U. C. V.,
Corslcana, adopted, March 28, a reso-
Terachl, minister of war. responded In
behalf of the army. antl Barvn Yamnm-
oto, minister of the iiuvy. in behalf
of the navy. Fireworks and sports con-
cluded the exercises.
CLOSE FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN THE TWO
Contraot Fo^^lew Jli
In Various Towns Isaues Were Local September thl«? year and the construe- many voters and perhaps more than
and Party Lines Not Drawn.
tlon of the work will begin as soon as Ilny Influence was Incorrectly
Kansas City, April 5.—Elections
♦ere held in many cities and town of
Missouri yesterday. In most Instances!
the Issues were local In nature and
1 the is?uo is floated.
gauged by the Republicans.
Calculation upon colored voters was
another source of error In Republican
expectations. An unmistakable defec-
Lancaster, Tex., April 5.—The fol- 'tlon suddenly manifested Itself In dls-
Lancaster Officers.
party lines were not distinctly drawn,1 lowing city officers were elected here tricts where Afro-Americans are num
In Jeflerson City, Henry J. Wallau,' yesterday: J. V. Ojjffln, mayor; W. R. I erous and gave a severe Jolt to Repub-
Deniocrat, was elected mayor and the Moffett, murah i]; K. L. White, treas-
entlre Democratic ticket was elected, urer: H. E. Rawlins, secretary; R. P.
reversing the result of two years ago Henry and L. B. Howell, aldermen,
when the Republicans swept the city. • ^ 0
A sweeping victory for the citizens'.
"ticket, nominated by the Joint Repub-
lican and Democratic conventions re-
sulted In Sedalla. The Socialists,
against whom the other parties com-
bined. made a vigorous campaign, but
polled a small vote.
IN CHICAGO.
llcan campaign managers. The most
plausible explanation was that Judge
Dunne, from the bench, had shown a
spirit of fairness toward colored men
and women In exigencies when free-
dom from raee prejudice was sorely
needed.
An upheavel among temperance ad-
vocates against Harlan undoubtedly
did much to ruin his chances. The
smallness of the Prohibition vote Is
regarded by many as evidence that
temperance voters, regarding him as a
j special enemy, voted for Dunne In ap-
A11 stin T.r Anrii s _Tb hnit«> Prehen.iton that Harlan might win If
I Austin Tex., April B.—The house too tnany voteg were g,ven the Prohl.
j today took the advice given yesterday hition nominee. Harlan's first act In
READY FOR
ADJOURNMENT
Dunne's Plurality is 24,061—Other Of-
ficers.
Chicago, April 5.—Judge Edward F.' by Gov. Lanham. tiiat It was getting public life as an alderman had been In
Dunne, mayor-elect of Chicago, began time to adjourn, and adopted a sine the interest of a political friend to
preparation today to leave the bench. ... secure. It was charged, the passage of
He Will assume his new duties April dte w#lttt,on providing for final ad- an ordinance breaking the boundaries
10. Dunne's plurality Is 24.061. Other Journment on April 15. The resolu- of a small local Prohibition district In
pluralities are for city treasurer, B'ockl tlon was sent over to the senate for a residence neighborhood, bordering
(Dem.) 13.769. For city clerk Anson cor,eurrence and It is believed It will L,nf,°In Park. This allegation' has
(Dem.) 14,182. City attorney, Smul- concurrence, and it is believed it will fceen stern,y held aKaln„t hlm aB
ski (Rep.) 17,596. The new city coun- be adopted In the upper branch. pugnlng his sincerity and good faith.
ell is Republican, thirty-eight to thlr- ' Before its adoption In the house. One of the amusing features that Is
ty-one. Speaker Seabury urged the members recalled In Judge Dunne's behalf Is
IN ARKANSAS.
not to adjoiirn too soon, as much im-
hii; record as a father. He Is the hap-
py father of thirteen children.
"Pop" Anson, the old time hero of
portant legislation would be left tin-
rr L,_ J flip AflRUII, IflC OIU 11IT11? flCTO UI
Democratic Tickets Were Elected for £" I ^ of 77 ?o 12 adopted baBeha„,
was the Democratic candl-
the Most Part. | y V°le °' 77JVl' toT, ^lerk. His popularity
Little Rock, Ark., April 5.— Munlcl-' The house pasred finally a bill to ,p?rf°P_all£'-
pal elections were held throughout Ar- prohibit the adulteiatlon of milk prod- if'—,* t
kansas yesterday. In-the cities of Lit- ucts. The house passed finally a bill
tie Rock. Argentine. Pine Bluff, Hot by Senator Stone, providing for the rit^ ion«t in rhiram «™ ih
Springs and Helena, the Democratic condemnaticn of land by the federal
tickets were elected without opposi- governmeiit for locks and dams. original a.nd only genuine opponents
Relation Ex'^ng Between Chair-
man and Engine r.
New York, April !>.—Theodore P.
Shonts. the newiy appointed head of
the Panama canal commission, has ar-
rived here from Washington and will
today proceed to his home in Chicago.
ture pass a law "prohibiting any Con-
federate soldier from being dismissed
urch. ^ or expelled the Confederate Home
Wftxahachie, Tex., April ' 15.—The'"' Austin, after once being admitted to
building committee of (he Methodlat' ""'f home' f°r any^cause except a vlo-
. . . . , . .. latIon of the laws of the State of Texas,
church yesterday awarded the con- 1 . ,! „,J „,,„„ „„„K„ „• . '
. . . . 'and then only after conviction by a reg-
tract for the erection of a new church ; ular epl)rt (r||1, and nft)>r ,m |n,lloltTient
to B. F. Sargent of Ennls. The build- | found by a Oraml Jury legally authoriz-
ing will be a brick veneered structure ed to find such true bill. That a copy
Hnd will cost not h-ss than $20,000. of this resolution be forwarded to the
Work Is to be commenced at once arid president to the State Senate, the
completed within six months. The speaker pro tern of the House, and that ! he stay at home, where he belong.*),
and not be coming down here to kill
my brother or some other Southern
prehend, really, what war meant, ot
what we had to expect. 1 had a vacua
Idea that it meant fighting, and that
lots of people would get killed, henoe,
the thought filled me with fear and
grief at the Idea of any one dear to ma
going to take part In it.
My father was living In Blenvllla
Parish, Louisiana, where he had re-
moved from Alabama In 1850. My old-
er brother was one of the first to en-
list, he not being of age, but my other
brother was too youn.T. My mother*a
brother, Gus Cobl wei' out at onoe,
as captain of a compa • and two un-
cles by marriage. alsoV rent into tlta
service. Every day th- inspiring muste
of fife and drum could be heard, and
occasionally the mellow blast of bugles
as both infant j and cavalry went
marching past my father's home, to tha
seat of hostilities, fortunately quite a
distance removed from us. All these
scenes kept me excited and my childish
heart thrilling with varying emotions^
more of sorrow and pity, than of any-
thing else, as 1 would wonder how many
of those brave young men were goiny
to die, were never more to see tlvdr
loving mothers, tho other dear ones of
their homes, and then I would shed
tears for them and my brother, so far
away, whom, perhaps, I would never
see again, and, child as 1 was, 1 would
pray for them. As 1 look back upon
those days of my childhood and remem-
ber what I suffered, albeit I knew so
.little of the realities, the mere childish
imagination of which caused me mucJi
pain, I shudder und thank God I knew
no more thnn I did, too, that with iny
sympathy for the Southern boys and
their cause, 1 was very Indignant at tha
people they were going to fight, "tha
Yankcees," as everybody called them,
and could not comprehend why they
should want to fight and kill the South-
er npeople, (and I am not much mora
enlightened now, than I was then).
My father Is a native of Rhode Island,
but came south when he was 16 years
0 fnge, In 1833. and has lived south ever
since. He had sisters living In Provi-
dence, Rhode Inland, and, coming home
one day, shortly after the war began,
before communication between the sec-
tions had been entirely stopped, ha
brought a letter with him. I noticed
he was looking ery solemn, Indeed, sor-
rowful, and my heart was In my throat
at once, as I learned brother Joe was
dead. He called us all to him, and told
us he had Just received a letter from
Ms sister, Aunt Catherine, living hi
Providence, Informing him of the death
of her son, our cousin Jue. «he w«l
killed' In a fight near New Orleans.
This so relieved me that on the instui*
1 exclaimed:
"I am glad of It!"
"Why, Mary!" exclaimed my father,
horrified, "shame on you to say such
a thing!"
"Well, I am glad of it. He might
have killed my brother Joe. Why didn't
vf|
ber.
A TRIBUTE TO THE JEWS.
be requested."
Our «ood old Confederate friends at
Corslcana are not wise In making any
such demand The writer Is an ex-
C'onfedate soldier As a member of the
By Geo. R. Wendllng.
There is not a drop of Jewish blond 1 Twenty-seventh, legislature he was on
lr. my veins. I am not connected with committee that visited the Confed-
the Jews by the marriage of any -near 1 erate Home. As 11 rule, the "old boys'
or distant kinsman. I owe no Jew a worf' ' mtented, but there were a few
He expects to start for the isthmus dollar, and 110 Jew owes tne. Among b,K kickers and mischief-makers, it
next month. Talking of the work to be all my personal or Intimate friends 1 was th-? consensus of opinion among the
done, he said: I cannot name one single Jew. I speak, 'arKe majority of the Inmates of the
"One f f the rare relations that Is pre-' therefore, from the vantage ground of Home^Ihn4 discipline was sometimes
pented In the personnel of the commit- abnolute independence and impartiality. n©c cieti. and that roor# power should
Bion charged with such an important; It Ih a splendid raee—splendid in ' rent In the officers of the House to en-
work Is that of Engineer Wallace and their patience, In their love for one an- , force discipline. It was seldom need-
myself. Not only have we been fast 0.urr in their endurance ki their sa- c-d. but was some times badly needed,
flmlllw—fnlLr «ndemother\fb«Lh— Kaclty and temperate habits, in their A cross-grained, sullen. Insubordinate
were tlie closest frlVnds? Mr, Wallace's Intellectual resources, and splendid in J'"?, Thidmostln8ir0o,,ih^or^n nn^di'L"
father was the founder and president their Inflexible adherence to their Mo- men, the most troublesome and dls-
of Mor.mouth college, from which I was sale Ideals. Do you want an arlstoera- ; gustlng. And there are such, In rare
graduated." ' cy of blood and birth? The Jews, then , cases, even among old Confederate
are the purest-blooded people and have j soldiers. One or two such, people ought
the best established descent In the j not to be permitted to make all the rest
Neither did Mlrabeau, In the ; of the old veterans at the Home misern-
French assembly, nor Patrick Henry, in , hie, or even uncomfortable. When they
the House of BurgeHses, nor did Ham will not submit to rules and regulations
Adams, In old colonial days, over say they should be fired, ond the board of
a more thrilling thing than Disraeli directors, after due forbearance, ought
said In the English Commons In reply. to hnve power to fire them. If Camp
J I •••• • • ••• • . « .. • -
Confederate Veterans.
Waxahachie, Tex., April 5.—Annual 1 world
officers have been elected by Cainp
Winnie Davis, United Confederate
Veterans, as follows: T. B. Jackson,
commander; Tom Yates, first lieuten-
ant; W, M. Schuster, second lieuten-
ant; J. E. Polndexter, third lieutenant;
J. F. Porterfleld, fourth lieutenant;
W. L. P. Leigh, adjutant and treas-
urer; J. H. Hickman, quart
tlon for the most part. At Alma, W. • Also Cobb's .bill providing for em-
P, Pltcock defeated his son. W. R. ploymont of district court stenograpli-
Pitcock for city marshal. Afternoon ers.
Indications were that the entire Dem- ♦ ♦ ♦
Ocratlo ticket was elected. At Eureka Representative Blount today Intro-
8pr!ngs and Corning propositions to duced a concurient resolution provld-
annex much outlying territory were ing for anti-free nass legislation by
voted on favorably. In many of the constitutional amendments.
towns non-partisan tickets were elect
of race suicide.
MY. Harlan listened to the returns
at the Republican headquarters. As
early at 7:30 o'clock he acknowledged
defeat and left for his home. When
anked for his opinion as to the cause
of his defeat, Mr. Harlan said:
"The people of Chicago became In-
fatuated with the Idea of Immediate
ad. political lines not being drawn.
ARDMORE DEMOCRATS HAPPY.
Klected Entire Municipal Ticket Yes-
terday.
Ardmore. I. T„ April 6.—The election taken on the bill, but it will pass.
yesterday resulted In a sweeping vie- | 0 mm *
tory for the Democrats. No Repub-; War On Weeds.
1 leans were elected. Fifteen hundred
votes were polled. It was the first time
party lines have been drawn. The
Democrats celebrated until a late hour
last nlffht.
The senate spent the entire morning municipality ownership and the ma-
'session considering the Kennedy tax Jor«y the " cast their votes that
,blll which Imposes a tax of from 1 Wf,y to-day. I believed, und still be-
to 5 per cent on the gross receipts of Here, that our plans for the settle-
all corporations doing business in Tex-
as. except railroads which Is coventd
, by the Love bill. No action has been
Abilsns Aldermen.
* dsn Amnio. Tsx.. April 5.—In ths
'city election yesterday Geo. J. Bslrd,
Austin Spencer sad F. 8. Allen were
Total votss cast,
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Waco, Tex., April 5.—There has
been more trouble with lawns from a
rapid and heavy growth of weeds, this
season, than ever noted hn this section,
and many yards which are usually
coated wfth a nice grass turf early In
April are at prsasnt an unsightly moss
ot weeds. It Is not thought that ths
killed, but that ths
PRESIDENT'S TRAIN
SOUTHWARD BOUND
Reports from points along the route travelled by tlie president's special
train Indicate that the train will reach Dallaa not later than *: 10. The stop
at Sherman may be a few minutes longer than originally planned and the
t$ O'Connell's charge that he was a Winkler will take a vote of the old
Jew: "Yes, I am a Jew. And when veterans at the Home It will be found
the ancestors of the right honorable that a large majority of them will In-
gentleman were brutal savages In an dorse Ibis position. The Home has
•nter; ! unknown Island, mine were priests In always a good board of directors and
3. D. Carder, commissary; W. . IJoyd, j the temple." Do you seek an arlstoe- a superintendent whose sympathies tie-
surgeon; Rev. N. tSlvens, chaplain; j racy of talent? The great Church his- long to the inmates Let them manage
Rev. J. C. Smith, assistant chaplain. I tortan. Nennder, was a Jew; Napoleon's 'he Home. Common sense discounts
The camp elected Miss Tipple Smith innr(,h'alB, Honlt and Massena. were maudlin sentiment.—Texas Farmer,
sponsor to the Louisville reunion. oambetta was a Jew; 'Galileo, j
u/iori e«b tpi raniDuv ! sweeping the heavens with the first WAR MEMORIES.
Tfct.fc«HAPHY. j telescope, was a Jew; the brilliant and To The Mercury.
_. u... Will ' cynical Heine was a Jew. and—but the. Dallas, Tex., April 5.—I am glad to
By This Means President Will Keep wor),r, roj, of KO|,]|,.rs. authors, see you are running a Confederate De-
in Communication. musicians, painters, poets, philosophers partment In The Mercury. Every Con-
Olenwood* Springs. Col., April G.— and flnancitro. contains more rtcor<;w, federate veteran, every wife, son and
During his hunting trip In Colorado, names than I could recite In many, daughter of a Confederate, ought to be
President Roosevei: will kfeep In con- hours. Are you looking for an arintoc- j glad to see this department; ought to
stant touch with !'-eretar/ Loeb and |acy of Weaith? The combined final-| he thankful to you; ought, each one
his official st iff at (llenwood. This . . n0W(.r0f the Jews In Europe can who con, to contribute something to
will be accomplished by means of wire- ....... ... ..
less tele'
Plans* to''tWs''end''are belnV^rfected kets of the world. | the memories of the olden time, when
bv ,irmy offers here. Two expert; It Is a spurious, false Christianity [ our beloved South was In the days of
signal corps optrators have been de- that hates Jews. The mystery of the her travail, when there was mourning
Incarnation found expression In tho : and weeping In her homes for the loved
flesh and blood of a Jew. and, there- j ones who were dying for her—the days
fore, In a sense, we worship a Jew. We 1 when the mailed hands of the ruthless
... Mt ciai pow *r 01 in** ji'wh in ivurupt^ ran «•'" «-«•>•
iHwrlTnhv m,id.ryt7eW,sur^rJ5s!'on P^vent the floating of any national make It readable and Interesting, and
rnlHtatry ariri of t he government, loan which may be put upon the mar- , to keep alive In our hearts andI minds
get our ten commandments—the very
foundation of our civilisation—through
the Jews. We sing Jewish psalms; we
are uplifted by the passion and poetry
of Jewish prophets, and we rely on
Jewish biographies for the only history
we have of Christ. We get our Paul-
ine theology from ef Jew, and we catch
our earliest glimpse of the next world
through the subilme apocalyptic vision
of a Jew. Then, forsooth, we Christians
turn about and sneer at the Jewsl
and merciless Invaders were at her
temple doors, were desecrating her al-
tars, and were sparing not even the
sanctity of her homes. And surely
every one who can possibly spare It,
Should send In the subscription price
of the paper, that it may thrive and
keep alive our department.
But 1 started out to write some war-
time memories, hoping. If they did not
prove Interesting In themselves, they
might Inspire others to write some that
would, and, like a woman, I have gone
boy?"
I felt sorry for my aunt, that she
should have to mourn her son. but iny
heart, child though I was, was with
my own people.
We lived on a public road along
which nearly the entire Southern forces,
going backward and forward between
Hhreveport and Monroe, and from the
latter place to Mississippi River points;
traveled. I do not think there was a
night, especially during the last two
years of the war, whe nthere was not
from three to twenty soldiers spending
the night at our house. My futher's
front door stood wide open day and
night, for those who wore the gray,
whether he was officer or private. As
long as the spare bed lasted, they were
given these, and then they were given
pallets on the galleries, and I have
even seen scores of them sleeping un-
der the trees In the yard. Many and
many a night, were the servants cook-
ing up to 10 and 11 o'clock to feed
the newly arriving groups. No man
was ever turned away; no man ever
left my father's house hungry, or with-
out some article of clothing. If he need-
ed It. The smokehouse was kept full
of good fat bacon, the cribs full of corn
and the potuto pit full of sweet pota-
toes. We always had milk and butfer,
too, and chickens and eggB, at least
enough of-these for the sick, and for
all guests, when the crowd was not
overflowing, as was very often the ca^e.
I remember one day, It was about tho
third year of the war, Pa and Ma were
both absent, at a camp meeting. I think,
and I was the only one of the family
at home. Quite a crowd of soldiers,
with three or four wagons, drove up to
the front gate, about the middle of the
forenoon, and asked If they could get
some milk I told them yes; all they
wanted. I went to the dairy with them,
telling them to help themselves, and
they did. They wanted some butter,
too, and some eggs. The upshot was
that I gave them every drop of milk,
every speck of butter and every egg
there was on the place. There was
nothing too good, or enough of It. for
those boys. Childish curiosity took me
out to the wagons. In one I found a
soldier all wrapped up In a blanket. 1
asked hint if he had a chill—it was
summer time. He replied no; that lie
had no clothes to put On, and had to
wrap up.
"Walt," said I, "I'll give you some,"
and off I streaked It to the house. li|
a big chest there was always kept pan-
taloons, shirts, underwear and sookv
made up on the place, for all snidl*M ha
need of clothing. Oett
trousers and two
and two pairs 1
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