The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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$1.00 l'EH YEAR.
THE DEMOCR,
ENTERED AT Ti'E POSTOFFICE AS SICOND-CLASS MAIL MATTER.
M'KINNEV, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST^ 1901.
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ONE WOMAN
With two faces ; one face bright with
health, tile other face pinched ami drawn
by illness. Many a woman can take the
portrait of herself made luit a few years
•go, and holding it by her face in the
mirror realize a similar change.
Behind this change in form and fea-
ture is always disease, and generally dis-
ease which affects the womanly organ-
ism. The backache and bearing-down
pains put a heavy strain on the nervous
8>steni. There is loss of sleep, lack of
appetite, and, as a natural result, loss of
strength ttnd flesh.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
cures diseases of the womanly organs.
It establishes regularity, dries enfeebling
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera-
tion and cures female weakness.
" Word* cannot If 11 what I -ufTrrf d for tliirtrcu
years with womb trouble nn<I drngging-down
pains through my hips and hack," writes Mrs.
John Dickson, of Crenfell. Assinilioia I list , N.\V.
Tcr. "I cun t describe the misery it was to he
on my feet long at a time. 1 could not eat nor
sleep. Often I wished to die. Then 1 saw Dr.
Pierce's medicines advertised nud thought r
would try them. Had not taken one bottle till
1 was feeling well. After I had taken five
tiottles of ' Favorite Prescription' and one of
' Oolden Medical Discovery' I was like a new
woman. Could eat and sleep and do all my
«vn work. I would entreat of any lady suffer
tng from female weakness to give Ilr Pierce's
Favorite Prescription a fair trial, for I know the
benefit she will receive."
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
biliousness and sick headache.
EVENTS OF E/ERYWHERi
Bishop Moore of Florida is dead.
Chicago has many typhoid fevcf
cases.
Maj. Thomas T. .Jones, 70 years old,
the oldest traveling man iu Kentucky,
died at Pnducah.
The government la to establish, ac-
cording to a Washington dispatch, a
printing office at Manila at a cost of
$100,000. and to be equipped with type-
setting machines.
The First National bank of New
York has declared the enormous divi-
dend of 1000 per cent, or 000,000
upon the basis of the old capital stock
or $500,000.
--V+/ th.j Sbi-Uz county (Illinois)
Chautauqua Rev. Sam Jones preached
lo 5000 persons on the decidedly warm
subject of "What 1 Know About He'd."
The old yacht, Defender, is being
dismantled by a junk dealer at City
Island, N. Y., to whom she was sold
for, it is said, $.10,000. Portions of
the vessel were reserved for souvenirs.
Commissioner of internal Revenue
Yorkes has ruled that in cases of es-
tates coming within the legacy tax
law the assessment of the government
must bo made on the value of estate
on the day of testator's death.
A baby farm, situated in a one-story
set of Mats in a low-lying part of Kan
sas City, where at least lluee infants
have been wilfully starved to death,
has been disclosed by the police of
that city.
The resignation of Vice-President
Kanartu of Chile is announced from
Santiago, says a dispatch lo the Lon-
don Daily Mail from Huenos Ayres, as
a protest against further military prep-
aration in Chile.
William D. Aydelotte, of Sunrise,
Tenn., was gored to death by a bull
while taking the animal to water. He
was attacked and tossed several times.
His son fired several shots, killing tho
bovine.
In a difficulty in front of a. church
in l.amar county, Alabama, over an
alleged slanderous remark about a
young lady, John Yarborongh stabbed
John II. Cole to death. Yarborougli
fled, but was captured by the pastor
of the church.
1). A. Thompson, the well known
cotton mill builder and expert of Char-
lotte, N. C.. has been elected super-
intendent and manager of the textile
exhibit of the South Carolina Inter-
state and the West Indian exposition
at Charleston.
The Pulaski county (Arkansas) pen-
sion board concluded its work and ad-
journe.l. They allowed 137 pensions,
amounting to $7085. Only seventeen
out of one hsinderd and fifty-four ap-
plications were rejected. Twenty
more were allowed than Uu.t year.
E. Kirby. proprietor of the Park
hotel, at Dodge City, K.tn., shot and
killed his wife, and then shot himself,
both dying instantly. The wife wns
shot in the forehead. Kirby in the
throat. The cause assigned is a <1Ib-
Hgreement over property.
The report of operations in the In-
diana oil field for July shows that '2U
wells were completed, of which forty-
three were dry holes or gas wells, the
rest showing a daily output of 3700
barrels, or an average of eighteen ami
onehaif barrels.
Cowboys who were credited by n
newspaper correspondent with liani?
iu£ an alleged cow thief, hut who aui
elded and was not u tliief, Mia tied tu-.
autlior of (he article, according to a
Jmson, A, T„ dispatch, out of that
family^.
week.
Co'
WITHIN ONE WEEK
Every Union Man and Every
at Heart in the Employ
Man
Or THI: INITI O STATES STEEL
Corporation Will b* Asked to Join in the
Amalgamated Association Strike,
Says President Shaffer.
PLEA FOR LYNCHING.
Senator Tillman of Hit* ralincllu
S| rul.s In ll 1>« tVust*.
Stall
Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 5.—"Within a
week every union man and every
union man at heart in the employ of
the United States Steel corporation
will be asked to join In the strike now
being waged by the Amalgamated as-
sociation. We must settle Whether
unionism Is to stand or fall.
"There will be no more conferences
with the United States Steel corpora-
tion unless the meeting is asked for
by the officials of the corporation.
The Amalgamated association will not
request a peace meeting."
These and several other significant
statements wero made Sunday Might
by President Shaffer of the Amalga-
mated Association of' Iron, Steel and
Tin Workers upon bis return from the
fruitless conference with J. Pierpont
Morgan and others in New York.
It is now a fight to a finish between
the billion-dollar trust and organized
labor. Mr. Shaffer says that ho is
ready to employ every peaceable
means within the power of man to
win a victory. No quarter is to be
given and none is n>ked. The entire
management of the battle has been
placed in the hands of President Shaf-
fer. Ho has absolute power to call
out every man who is connected with
the organization, and he intends to do
it. Ho is satisfied with the progress
of the fight to date. He finds that
none of hiss battle lines have been
broken. Promise is made by Mr.
Shaffer that the trust will find the
Amalgamated association is strong in
many of its mills,
Mr. Shaffer, Secretary Williams, I).
I. Davis, M. F. Tighe and John Chap-
pelle of Wellsvillo came In from New
York Sunday evening. The president
and advisers did not appear to be the
least cast down. When acked when
the advisory board would meet to or-
der a general strike, President Shaffer
said:
"None will be needed. The fact of
the matter is that we held one in New
York Saturday evening."
"Was there any action taken at that
meeting about calling out all «f the
men in the employ of tho United
States Stel corporation?" was asked.
"I was given full authority to act.
The meeting empowered me to issue
a call whenever, in my judgment, it
was time to act."
"When will that call bo Issued?"
"That depends upon a number of
things. It is difficult to say just tho
exact day that I will bo ready to ex-
ercise the authority vested in me."
"Cannot you fix some definite day
when this order will be issued?"
"You can say that within a week
every union man and every union
man at heart in the employ of the
United States Steel corporation will
be requested by me to join the Amal-
gamated association in winning this
strike."
"Do you think you will be able to
close all of tho mills of the steel cor-
poration?"
"I am of tho opinion tlint every one
of them can be closed. We have some
great surprises in store for the trust.
The men have been organized in some
of their mills that they never dreamed
could be touched. We have the sym-
pathy of tho workmen, and they will
not throw any straws in the way of
our absolute victory."
Mr. Shaffer said that the stories that
Mr. Morgan had been ugly during the
conferencc on Saturday were untrue.
He said tho gentleman had been cour-
teous and business-like throughout the
entire meeting, and if he had lost his
temper it was after the adjournment
of tho gathering.
"Are you afraid of southern ne-
groes being thought in to break the
strike?"
"Not In the least. The negroes of
the south are thoroughly organized.
Wo have not been overlooking that
detail. They make the best, kind of
union men. Tho 300 colored men
brought from tho south to assist in
starting the plant of the Latrobe
Steel company in Chicago were nil
members of tho union. When they
discovered what was wanted of them
they returned to their homes."
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 3.—A sentinel
. pccial from Marinette, Wis., says:
United States Senator Den]. F. Till-
man of South Carolina addressed a
large audience here on tho race ques-
tion from a Southern standpoint. One
of the features of his remarks wr.s a
| plea In justification of lynching.
"In Wisconsin you havo 5000 black
i men," he Raid. "Why don't you try
tho bleaching process and exterminate
| them by intermarrying? The idea is
j repugnant to us. In South Carolina
wo havo 750,000 blacks and 550,000
whites. The carpetbaggers, tho nigger
j and the Southern scalawags and
I scoundrels ruled us after the war until
they had stolen everything that there
| was In the ft-.itc. Then v. ■■ went with
our shotguns to the polls and took it
away from them. All men arc not
created equal and tho niggers are not
fit to vote. Ct nie what may, the people
! of the south will govern their own
country."
He condemned Booker Washington's
I'choine of educating the negro along
industrial lines as an attempt to place
hitn oil ail equal with the white arti-
san, something that would itnensify
\ race hatred In the south.- He raid that
| among the -1,000,000 of slaves during
tho rebellion there were more Chris-
tians than there are to-day among the
0,000,000 blacks in the south. "1 don't
Want to uphold slavery," he continued.
"I thank God thro are no slaves to-
day under tho stars and stripes."
Mr, Tillman made an eloquent plea
in justification of lynching, saying that
southern women could not be brought
into court to testify to their shame and
degradation before a jury for the pur-
pose of convicting a beast.
FAILURE IN TILING
THREE TOWNS TAKEN,
After a Slight KosUtnnro Tliey Wer«
[Compelled to t npUuZntc.
Manila, Aug. 5.—The towns of Cala-
pan, Mamjah and Pola, on the north-
east coast of the island of Mlndanoa,
were occupied by a battalion of the
Thirteenth Volunteer infantry and
Maccabcbe scouts after a slight re-
sistance. Tho insuvfenfnmv'ierirg
250, fled to Cio interior. Their com-
mander, Howard, who is a deserter, is
hiding in the mountains and the Amer-
icans are in pursuit.
Adjt. Gen. Corbin, who has returned
to Manila after an eleven days' tour
of the islands, including a visit to the
sultan of Jolo, with whom he ex-
changed presents, says:
"The trip has considerably broad-
ened my views, as well as afforded me
great pleasure personally. What I
havo seen should bo of considerable
benefit to the government.
"In my opinion, tho changes now be-
ing made in the Philippines could not
be carried out by abler bands than
those of Gov. Taft and Gen. Chaffee.
Both have had wide experience. They
are men of tact, and ability. Their do.
ties are entirely separate arid yet In
many ways co-operative. One could
not very well go forward without the
other. I am gratified to observe the
firm friendship established between
them, and I am confident that under
their guidance tho Philippines will get
out of trouble into peaceful water."
The adjutant geueral left Manila for
Shanghai.
Struck n Itnrk.
London, Aug. 5.—Tho British tor-
pedo boat destroyer Viper struck a
rock off the island of Alderney, in the
ICnglish channel, and Is a total wreck.
No loss of life.
Tho Viper was the only vessel in the
British navy fitted with turbine en-
gines. During her speed trials in May
and June she attained thirty and one-
half knots, and wac capable of doing
thirty-one knots. At that time she
was handled by an inexperienced crew,
and her builders believed she would
yet ettain thirty-four knots.
Ttie Critic Arrive*.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 5.—St. Louis, ac-
ln the world, the Celtic, of tho White
Star line, reached her dock Sunday on
her maiden voyage. Her time from
Liverpool was ei^ht days and forty-
six minutes. As sho is berthed, her
steerage deck is higher than the en-
trance to tho pier. After she was
warped in the iron doors aft of the
cabin had to be opened to land the pas-
sengers. Three hundred and forty-five
cabin and 2G8 steerage passengers
came over.
Paris, Tex., Aug. 5.—The hot weather
New York, Aug. 5.—The biggest ship
Wi*1i Federation Aid.
Washington, Aug. 5.—President Shaf-
fer and other members of the execu-
tive board of tho Amalgamated asso-
ciation havo been sounding the Amcri- coming more unfriendly, and that as
ean Federation of Labor as to the ex- troops depart the Chinese
tent the latter body can be depended ro|iurno (hoir „|d habits of Jostling
upon to support the great steel stiike. curbing foreigners iu tho streets.
Ill lV<liliK.
Pekin, Aug. 5.—American and Euro-
pean residents say that the demeanor
of the Pekin populace Is constantly bo*
President Shaffer, Secretary Williams,
U. I Da Via. M. F. Tlghe and John
The legation defenses arc now ap-
pioachiug completion. Generally
Cliappelle catno to W ashingtori aftc,- alting, they consist of brick waiU
the cunounccmeiit in New \ork of f,0L1 fifteen to twenty feet hi^h end
their failure to reach an agreement three to fouy feet iiiick, loop-
with the United {states steel officials, j jyj. i-Ulcst
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The Required Anti-Trust Affidavit
Causes Suit Against
WATERS-PIERCE OIL COMPANY
ROCHA tXECUTED.
I lie Aged 1l«'\lrttii Munli'i ri (•!?(
Hit l.ift* lor IIU C rime.
y Ptvent
lo be Instituted
d'.rs Cancellation
Contraefs IntertJ
Or-
Austin, Tex., Aug. 3.
took prompt and de
-tiV. Say ( i s
scii-i"* ^'etloil
Sun Antonio, Tex., Aug. 3.—-Juan
chn, the Mexican peon, who murdered
John Grlmsinger, his friend and bene-
factor, a well known man of this
: by beating his brains out with a club
! while he tdept, on the evening of Jan.
I lti, expiated his crime on the gallows
j iu the county jail Friday.
lie met death bravely and walk*"
: iVe.n his cell to the «raffold with""'
firm find sternly step, head erect nnu>
without the slightest evidence of weak-
ening. There were present in the jail
ill out ten spectators, who had secured
tickets of admission, thero being a
number of sheriffs present front ad-
against the Waters-Pierce Or^onpany Ulnln(S (.mmt xho ron(lelnno(, man
when lie read the dispatch b. omiinting , waf) attcmlw, t0 ,hf> „,atT(ll(, b>. u
him with the fact that that corporation Catholu. th„ ,HSt prnyor fo,
had failed to comply with il.at Wo- ,locha Rim Aa UocUa
| kneeled, lie placed a handkerchief on
the floor of tlie scaffold ?o protect his
pants, anil when the prayer was over
I lie folded the handkerchief and re-
placed it in his pocket. Ho made no
statement from the scaffold, he having
made a full confession before, merely
saying that he was ready to die in obe-
dience to the law's mandate. He was
n.inu
!• ro>
there's a nigger in
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the wood pile
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ernorm: <5e gQjj-
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„m W* , thereby
vision of the Texas antitrust law re-
quiring it to file with tlie se -rotary of
state an affidavit that It is i*Jt a trust
nor iu any way connected with a trust.
The governor had no sooner read tli
dispatch than lie directed State Pur-
chasing Agent C. 1'. Dodge to cancel
the award which was^m?\«lfy4 iiursdiiy
to the Waters-Pierce*."£ /^ ny for
supplying the state ele" ^fVhty in-
stitutions with oil for fuel, lubrication
and illuminating purposes. He also
directed the state purchasing agent to
make no award to any corporation that
has failed to comply with this law.
In addition to this action, tlie gov-
ernor directed Attorney General C. K.
Bell to file suit Immediately against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company for
penalties for violation of the anti-trust
trust law to forfeit Its permit to do
business in Texas. Acting Ste. rotary of
State George Keeble certified to At-
torney General Bell the fa. I. that the
Waters-Pierce Oil compnay had not
complied with the anti-trrs t affidavit
provision of the law.
Suit has been tiled by tho attorney
general in the district coin Vof Travis
county. ''7
Tlie published anno*n?$tirut that
tho company had failed to i iU'l'rdy with
the anti-trust law caused rftr greatest
surprise in political and business cir-
cles here. It was supposed that this
company hail enough to di.-vyith the
anti-trust law
of this sujt.! io
v ly
understand its provlsJ y 1 The ;>oi-
r.or.dl promlsu *'na>. J i made to P.d*.
Sayers by President \H. Clay Pierce,
when the company was re-admitted to
do business In Texas, that it would
comply with every provision of tho
laws of this state hereafter. It is the
opinion of some that tho company had
determined to test the anti-trust net
in the courts, and that it has taken
this step in o. dor to bring about that,
iction.
neatly attired iu a well-fitting black
suit furnished him by Sheriff Tobln.
The trap Was sprung at 11:30 a. m., and
as the body hung twenty minutes, life
was pronounced extinct, tho neck being
broken. There was no convulsion ot
struggle after tlie drop fell. Hocha
was til years ohl. In his confession to
Sheriff Tobin, Hocha said that he hud
no grievance against lits victim, but
killed him because Mrs. Orimslnger,
now under life sentence for the crime,
told liini to do so. A strong effort was
made to get a commutation of the
death sentence, |>ut Gov. Sayers re-
fused to interfere'-'in tho case.
(ii'pw I p 111 a Niglif.
Fort Sill, Ok., Aug. 3.—A town of
10,000 people ,to be known as Lawton,
has grown up just outside of the Fort
Sill limits within a night. Following
the close of the land drawing at 101
Reno, thousands of homeseekers who
drew blankets, started for the three !
points picked out by tho Federal gov-
ernment picked for townsites in the
now country, namely, Anadarko, Ho-
bart and Lawlon. A majority of the
people favored Lawton,
twenty-five miles inland,
sands are camping In and about the
proposed town awaiting the eale of
ots Aug. 0.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
V Koiiiuiiei* In Colored C'irelei In lYhicli
Oc'toftriitirliins Arc* Principal*.
Sherman, Tex., Aug. H.—A romance
in colored circles, in which the prin-
cipal actors were John Qulncy, aged
85, and Viola Flint, aged 80 years, took
pi;1,Co here.
E>!icr Ilarleo, the well-known col-
' V "j Methodist ('lorgyman, perfoNJied
the (marriage ce.'i atony.
This Is tho second time they have
been married. Over sixty years ago
they were married the first time and
lived together for forty-flvo years.
Fiften years ago they fell out and tho
divorce court was appealed to and they
were legally separated. They have
living children, grandchildren and
great-grandchildren, all of whom have
to some extent constituted themselves
committees of one respectively to get
the old people reconciled, and all this
persuasion, backed up by the influenco
of the church, at. last brought about
the result desired and tho wedding
took place at the home of their son-in-
law, John Greenlaw,
ConfeMfted Ills f'rtnir.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 3.—With a
rope around liis neck and death be-
fore him, Charley BenUey, a negro,
confessed to the murder of Jim Vann,
alias Williams, a white man, and was
hanged by a mob near Leeds, Ala., in
St. Clair county, at noon Friday. The
murderer's body was r'ddied with bul-
lets and left hanging to the limb.
At tlie time of the lynching the cor-
oner of St. Clair county was at dinner
in a house near by.
Two More Well*.
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 3.—The field
scored two more gushers Friday after-
noon in quick succession, which makes
which is; the whole number now twenty
and thou-1 Neither of tho wells which came iu wero
expected; that is, one of them has
never been mentioned In the newspa-
pers and the other was thought to be
in such a condition that tt would not
come in for several days yet.
The first well in was tlie J. M. Guf-
fey Petroleum company's Gladys No. -1,
which spouted about 3 o'clock. Thu
second was tiio Yellow Pine Oil com-
pany's well, only a few hundred yards
away, which came In about 1 o'clock.
Took llhii Out of Court.
Smlthville, Tenn., Aug. s.—The first
lynching in the annals of DcKalb
county took place Friday morning,
when Charley Davis, the man who was
charged with criminal assault on tho
person of a young white lady on
last Sunday evening, was taken from
the courthouse by a mob of about
twenty-five friends and relatives of tho
young lady and hanged about a quar-
ter of a mile from town. His prelim-
inary trial w..s in progress.
Heir* lo tiihiiililr Property*
Orange, Tex., Aug. 3.—The heirs of
the late J. A. Richardson of this place
have recently been advised that a val-
tiabe tract of land near Jacobs Wells,
in Palo Pinto county, a place of some
fame as a health resort, is still In the
name of tho estate. They knew the
father had once owned property there,
but thought, he had disposed of it. long
before his death. Their attention was
called to it. by parties who havo
within the last few days made a very
liberal offer for the property.
A 11,000,000 shipbuilding plant is to
bo established at Alabama Port, Just
below Mobile.
Proposed Brazilian
have been defeated.
Cotton I'lckrrft H« t Price.
Paris, Tex., Aug. 3.—It Is reported
that the negioes In this section havo
orgarized >11111 havo a secret under-
standing among themselves to charge
fl per 100 pounds for picking cotton
from the very beginning, and not to
pick a boll for less than that price,
tarlii chngcs ' T'1" movement Is said to be general
I among the negroes.
l(cl«*u«fd on Hull.
New York. Aug. 3.—David L. Short
and Morris Myers, jointly Indicted with
Albert T. Patrick In connection with
tho alleged forgery of a will of Wn.
Marsh Rice, wero released from the
Tombs on deposit of $15,000 cash ball.
They had been in tlie Tombs since
Murch 20.
It subsequently d. viloped that the
ca;>h bond was funiitiaed by John Mil
Split III* .skull.
Bryan, Tex., Aug. 3. An unknown
i mulatto negro boy 17 or 18 years old,
was killed by No. 81, southbound pas-
senger train, near the section house,
live mil's north of Bryan, on the
Houston iiii^l Texas Central. Justice
Mitchell, wm went to tho scene and
held an inqiust, says the negro was
ush ep on the track and bis skull was
split by the thoe of tho cowcatchtr.
Ilmen of St. Louis, Mo., ty breU.er-Jn- T,irr° W-Vi ncthlor on the bod/ U)
law ot I'atrlr*"
Identity Mm.
who
jooqag/tipung .uy,
t mn beiauBC ot
io«t M. y^*,. wb«
,.. .Dnvenport
worked as a compositor. Ho shot Dav-
enport dead. Running down an alley
he met Sheriff Williams, who told him
to surrender tlie gun, the slitrlfT sup-
posing that he had been shoot.ng for
mischief,
lie dodged into a stone warehouse,
which was near, and converte,t this
building iuto a fort. There wts but
nne door opening otuward, and inside
there was a cistern of water and a big
supply of groceries and canned goods.
Ho announced his Intention to stay
there. Ills mother came, however,
and prevailed on him to surrender und
lie is now in jail.
TEXAS CONDENSED.
At Shiner John Sontag. aged CO
yeas, was sunstruek and died.
Gov. Sayers has appointed John L.
Peeler lieutenant colonel and ald-dc-
camp 011 his staff.
Tho Fort Worth and New Orleans
railway will build a |10,000 round
house at Fort Worth.
The new froe rural delivery in
Travis county has gone in efTect. It
comprises five routes.
During July tho clerk of Navarro
county filed 540 instruments, the fees
for filing and recording being $4277.65.
One of the largest concourses of peo-
ple ever known at Gainesville attended
the ex-Confederate and old settlers'
reunion. 1
The mother of Sheriff Ciailc of Tar-
rant county died at Fott Worth, aged
80 years. She came 10 T pni frr m Hop-
kinsvlllc, Ky., in 1850.
In attempting to kindle a fire with
coal oil Frankey Long, a 19-year-old
colored girl, near Bruceville, died from
tho burns received from the explosion
of the can.
Loekhart, Tex., Aug. 5.—News has
reached here that Mr. Sam MeOee, Sr.,
was accidentally drowned Saturday
evening In a water trough at his home,
threo miles south of here.
The Texas Midland work train struck
a horse closa to Bnloe. The ten-
der, caboose and water car were turned
over. Conductor Gaines was killed and
Brakeman Allen was bruled about the
head, hands and face.
The cornerstone of tho powerhouse
of tho New Century cotton mills, a col-
ored Institution, was laid at Dallas by
Grand Master MeKlnney of tho negro
Masons. Hon. V. W. Grubbs of Ore-en-
villo delivered an address.
Suit UiRiniNM'd.
Austin, Tex., Aug. 5.—-Tho suit re-
cently instituted by the state against
tho Pacific Express company in the
district court hero to enjoin thg com-
pany from doing business .<is for
violation of the law tlirf ^ ?.'«ifnilurc
to renew its permit and a failure to
comply with the law of the railroad
commission, was dismissed by Attor-
ney General Hell.
The suit was dismissed at plaintiff's
cost. Tho Pacific Express company
showed conclusively that it had 110 in-
tention to violate the law and that
Its failure to renew Its permit was
clearly an oversight. Tho company
also filed its annual report for the
past two years with tin- railroad com-
mission, as Is required by law.
To Oil Operators on SpfnflftS- ...
.1: Tho recent stroke of lightning ^
one of the tanks of the Heywood 1
01 i company, the flames arising from
almost miraculously put
preventing the dostruc-
1 of perhaps $1,000,000 worth of
perty. renders fire protection
ilnst a possible recurrence of inch
at event an imperative necessity. Af-
ter considerable dlsuesslon, it is
thought by throwing up earth breast-
works of perhaps four or five feet In
height, and extending in a general
northeasterly and southwesterly direc-
tion. approximately parallel to the
most southerly row of wells now be-
ing drilled oil the original llngg-
Swayno Syndicate ground, this protec-
tion can be secured and immunity from
great loss of property and probable
holocaust that would ensue from the
flow of burning oil from any one of
the tanks on the summit of the hill
could be thus obtained. The cost of
this protection would be little in com-
parison with tho property that. Is
threatened, and it seems of the utmost
mportance that interested parties
should quickly get together to secure
permission from the Heywood Oil com-
pany and the National Oil comtiany.
and the earthwork constructed with-
out a day's unnecessary delay. This
subject Is of paramount importance to
not only the several oil companies,
syndicates and Individuals possessing
Interests on the hill, but should Buch
an unfortunate catastrophe occur be-
fore immunity is secured, the develop-
ment of the great oil district and the
interests of the entire community
would receive a severe setback. All
interested are strongly urged to attend
.1 meeting called at the office of the
Fagin-Dorsey Investment company, at
the southeast corner of Pearl and B011-
ham streets, on Friday evening, Aug.
, t/t x o'clock, for the purpose 'of j""—-
Kug upon ways and means 10 accom-
plish the desired end. Theae lofty
steel tanks, ,located on the highest
ground 111 the field, ar > especially liable
to attract lightning, and the destruc-
tion of all Improvements, including
machinery and the boring wellB them-
selves, seriously menaced by the severe
thunderstorms that are now occurring
each day, It Is not doubted that all
c( ncerned will perceive the Immense
Immediate Importance of the subject
and be iu attendance at this meeting
"D. A. DUNCAN.
"H. L. FAQ IN."
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LARGE SALE.
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Duvl* lllftpoMC* of If in >lrtl<tll
Itam li to a Ni'ltriakau.
Aunliii Hank Cloitfd.
Austin, Tex., Aug 5 —The following
typewritten notice was posted on tho
door fif the First National bank here
at. 4 p. m. Sunday:
"This bank Is closed and Is in my
hands as agent pending the arrival
of William Lyrkes, special examiner,
who has been appointed temporary re-
ceiver by the controller of the cur-
rency. J. M. LOGAN,
"National Rank Examiner."
Examiner declines to make a state-
ment.
A ♦<!«,000 Hit.
Dallas, Tex., Aug. .—The plant of
the Max Hahn Packing company, val-
ued, with its contents, at about $00,000,
was destroyed by fire Sunday evening
about 7 o'clock. Nolan Brothers,
wholesale butchers, also lost a large
quantify of dressed meat In the fire.
The packing house was situate.1 *n
the line of the Missouri, Kansas and
'IVxas railway, about three blocks
north of the end of Alamo street.
Tbermotncti ih at Dallas flundajf reg-
istered 107 degree*,.
El Paso, Tex., Aug. 2.—Capt. Charlea
Davis of Kl Paso has closed a deal for
the Hale of his large rancn property
In Mexico for $300,000 to William
Humphrey of the Hereford Livestock
company of Nebraska. The land in-
cludes in the neighborhood of 1,250.000
acres. This is the largest land ileal
that has been consummated 1 utlils
city. The trade was on and almost
closed sev-Tal months ago, but through
some bitch was declared off for the
time. It is said Mr. Humphrey will
use the land In Mexico for grazing pur-
poses.
The Hereford company hns other
large land holdings in Mexico and if
breeding fine sto, k for sale 111 the Me; -
lean republic, having already been in-
strumental 111 raising the grade of cat-
tle across the border, making many
sales of blooded stock to some of th/i
wealthy stockmen of Chihuahua anl
•ither states.
The land i< ill the state of Chihua-
hua. beginning about eventy-fWe
I miles south and running a tike dis<
ance west along the Rio Grajlde.
Hue >1111,
Temple, Tex., Aug. 2.—The ma-
chinery Is being placed in tho nev
flouring mill which is being built by
the Workhelser-Polk Mill and Elevator
company. The machinery Is all of thw
latest and most Improved design. Th^
mill complete will cost $40,000. It will
have a capacity of 300 barrels a day
and when complete will be on cot
most up-to-date mills in Texas.
\ Producer.
Beaumont, Tex., Aug. 2.—The well ot
the Splndletop Oil company was tested
Thursday afternoon and found to be a
producer In evpry way similar to other
big wells on the hill. The flow was di-
rected In a horizontal stream and the
well was allowed to flow for some min-
utes i.i Oider to clean tt out. The com-
pany will accept the well from the con-
tractor* and urrangemeuU will b«
made at once for shipping oil by tb#
0pludl«U>i> uouipuuy.
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