The Bastrop Advertiser (Bastrop, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 38, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 50
rail UKART8, VKEE MINllH, KHKK PKOPLB, AKK TIIK MATKKIAL, A Vl THE ONI.T II AT K HI A I., OUT OK WHICH Kit UK (JOVKHNMKNTN AIIB OONHTBUCTUl. J KKKKllHON
IUSTKOP. BASTROP (OlINTV. TKXAK. SATURDAY. I>K<\ 2<i. I
M'MHKK J1K
THE WEEK'S EPITOME
A RESUME OF THE MOST IVIPCR
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
!
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current Newt
Domestic a-id Foreign.
The Woatherford it terurban sub
scrlpihm Is mm |50 0(Hi, and It Ib
claimed th.' amount will, in a few
days, reach $7i>,<0
Tlii" Him it li County Fruit and Truck
(■rowers met Saturday afternoon in
Tyler and subjects of great Impor-
tance were discussed
Judge John I/. Neh ii, grand f ire of
I he Independent Order of Odd Fellows
of the World, died at a local hospital
in Nashville, Tenu., Monday
William lUirnhnrt. a wltchninn on
the Chicago and Alton railroad, lute
Sunday night shot and k lie ! hi* bride
of three months at Itoiiudhousc. 111.
Will Cummiiigs, a fisherman. Is sup
posed to have been drowned In th>
liver about ion miles south of Bay
• 'Ity and an effort is being made t
find bin Itody
Something of a flurry was « an e,| in
diplomatic « inh s in Washing! r.
Thursday over the report which gen-
erally obtained tlii! Vetiec,i'*ia bad ib
elared war against Holland.
In-trui ilotis wev sent i y the State
department to American Minister Fur-
niss at I'ort iui I'riiice to a cord recog
nltion to the new gov rnmeiit o;
Haiti, headed by (Jen Simon.
I lie comluf year slum id prove prof
(table to the prospective purchaser and
. M'ttler of Texas land, rs a vast quail
of public domain will o on the
market alter the holiday .
Nearly 1000 mcmhci* of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement
of Science will meet in HaltImore dur-
ing Christ mux we k to celebrate the
ceii'riiary oT the lirth <.>f Charles
I>aiwin.
There will pro', mid/ b no livers and
^harbors bill at tlii.-. session of (.'on
■fcn 'lb reason given is that tii
condition of the (loverniiient't- finances
Is such that it can not undertake any
new protests at this tine-
II L. Crouch of Corpus Chrl ii up
peared before the Wuis and Mean
committee We h • sday in 0'asi t gton
and urged that a duty of 10c a pound
be imposed on • n • mil duty on mo
hair talsed from lie to 1 Kc
Ann iiinceiui nt w;e ma le 'i hurs
d iy aftcriim .1 \ L. Krlang- i the
t.lie.ii ricai i -t a in." ' 1' i t a I'-a
combination llmaf r nd h a I Is to Lie
e tablishcd In Clib g<> f*ii.| hat the
p .ii s ar ii ci u: 1 of form t i n
Chief \': "i j) ,ti ||or • a noted S o• j\
The contract was let Thursday for
the Swisher county court house at
Tuliu. Contract price i.
Th® Limestone County Teachers' In-
stitute convened lit (i roe beck Friday
..th about 100 teachers attending.
At a il.uiie six miles from 1/ove-
lady Friday night Chester Thompson,
son of F M. Thompson, wits cut to
death.
Manuel Alcaron, (Jovernor of the
State of Morclos, Mexico, died Tues-
day after a short Illness of ilrlght'a
disease.
Walter Sneed. a prominent busi-
ness man of Austin, dropped dead
on the streets of that city Tuesday
night.
The Vrgentliie legation in Ixxidon
'ias been Instructed lo ask for bids
for two Dreadnoughts and six de-
stroyers.
The will of th" late t;, orge L. H'.irne
TEXAS HOMESEEKERS. DESTROY THE COTTON STALKS.
CAME IN ON THE KATY LAND
MEN S SPECIAL THURSDAY.
A CONCENTRATED MOVEMENT
AGAINST THE BOLL WEEVIL.
i of Austin "."as filed for probate. Tho
•state of the deeeih M amounts to
; about $."ib,0(l0
i
The sidewalk building has taken a
lew stall In Itrownvvood and many
contracts an now being let for ce
tie tit walks.
Sunday another
Dock Huke, living
died of piieitmoula.
within seven days
The temperature
highest for the
of the children of
near Henderson,
making five to die
Tuesday was tho
15th of December
ince the record . as been kept; that
is, seventeen venr .
Hi it fro II Creager vv a named Tiiurs.
day to succeed John W Vann. re-
lit ved of d Hies a.-, collector of till'
customs at llrownsviile.
Many of the -.enators left Washing-
ton Thursday to ; pejid 'he holiday <
it their bonus, a oougre-s will ad
siurn Saturday until Jantiar> I
A Ktatenient Is | Friday by th"
National (linnets' \ssoelution esti
nates Hi, ,'imoant of i tt n ginned
to December is at 11,8712 bales
David Herman of Abilene, Tex . was
klled at the Texas and I'acilic termi-
nal In New Orleans, Monday, when he
was < rushed between two freight cars
The Postal Savings Bank bill was
before the Senate Thursday for over
hi hour, Senator Hurl."It of Nebra.v
Ail making a comprehensive ar:: mu nt
in favor of its passage.
Thursday was known as Woodman
ot the World c!"ty in Cooke County
and nearly every member of the fri
:einlty throughout the county was
iresejit a- the guests of the tiallies
vilie Camp.
William II Taft, Pesldent eld t f
the Cuit"d States, Friday atinounne I
'lie appointment of t'nlted Stab's S -n
'tor I'hilundcr C Knox • I'ctinsyl
retan
vania a,
■aldnet.
The hi re of Mrs
Han Antonio which
week «nd in which
Jwclry amount
I bur it a night
Delia Smyth a i n
b irglriri/.o I last
the n l h m's got
ii., to $7iKi was rit " I
e\ iilent.ly by three
re
Indian ehl'-f. i f I'ine Kid-re s I
W -due day
place Situ
Ik( s In ha
to t he r • •
Slouv and oilier I mil in tribe
After an Interval of thirl) wn
on th
e b i\ itiu the war pa
renderi d v a'ualil' se
i nim lit In sitbd lint:
died
rva11 -n at that
h )r
ice.:
the
I upon a sec
at
iHistll is' ii ma 1 g i
'ii
In
, crn
< 'on
i
parllaai
'.tilloti ;
In .lull
!
I'urkey T
end alt''
iiieut wi !i 'hi inaustirat
HtIiM l«r ■; le o| I ||«' lie.'.
eh i 11.| ii id r the const
mult -ted h> l he S lllaill
ibis year
Ari overcoat and <onie other wear
lio: up pan I ha • In- n found by a < hem
1st of Iio i: ton to be , artially satunited
with blood The clot lung w as i • -i ver|
in a suit'a e from Dallas Monday. ,md
may play an important patt In the
Iiim ligation which is now aciiig mad"
h> lie' Hi.ui I Jury Into tb" killing of
Is\ (till} ton
Tired of the restriction thrown
iitound them since Oklahoma a d In
di.ni l'i itItorv becalm a State and
having been otTered local s"lf .-n\ rn
II ent by I't« I'll III Hla/. of Mexico a
fai ii .n of the Cln rule e tribe will
ahai don the l'nile,| Mat< - and colon
l/.e a tr.ti i of r.0,0011 ai re ne r Vera
Cl ti/.. M> Xii'o
II i, ("handler, employed by the
(Jalveston. Houston and liar isburg
I al'.road in tin- train dispatcher's of
fl<e in (Jalveston. Was killed Tuesday
J'^ht about 7 :io o'clock by being run
i|it by a string of tars
" New York: John W Castle form
• riy of the grocer* br.n of Cameron,
Cast Ids & Story Waco, Texas, was
Tuesday elected pi'i's d lit of the
I'll ion Trust Company. The trust com
luny controls more than $7e.n<Mi,uu(i
Mr. Castles' r'se to affluence has been
the marvel of the (luanelal world
The t-xplosion Sundax at Huso utils
py ^ifjii i went> five-ton dynamite blast
niost Set lolls accident III e 111
nectlon with the building of the Fana
ma Canal slni e the Fnltod Slates took
charge Fourteen pervons were Killed
,i f ti >■ , ami d • t ro> i d.
I n 1 d Stall on ei rs Pride * dl
■ • I e I ;■ > I lie ' | OV I'd t WO (if till' 1.
t illicit dStillorie. ever fo:;nd i'l
Vibania They wen1 in the i.orih
wi tern part ui Madi-en county, with
:n a few yards of the Tcnm s o line
The sic inter Calalotie, InlHiund from
Iiostoti. t<i New York, collid I with
• mi i ink the I'.rit,sh st> a'ner D ■ :' •
■ t 11, s < 111 it 11 of (i"direv Channel Fn la-.
I'lie cre.v o| the I lav ie tan wa.-. saved
iiid the t'aialctie ancliored apparentlj
net gn atly damaged
Okl. -.o -la Stale banks operating
mler Hie Suite i: .iranty law, accord
to a slateaietil . sued Friday b>
ii lt itiklnR Depai; meat showing tlx
million as of November 'J7, 'ti
roa ,ed $l.i. 7.. _in Individual d •
,o it comp: i'e I with tlii pri ' ion. call
for Septemb r "::
S ui:mer ai are the cases ol petty
family ditlleullles hroight before th<
■ mits of New York that the board o.
a.agist rales has been asked by tin-
l.uw Ituroau of the l.egul Alliance ti
• !'i)r:n a -pei lal dU isioa to deal exelu
iv> 1 \ with iM-ies bearing on • I > i• .• 11■
I flat Ions.
It is reported in SI Louis that John
W ate.> -.vill hat k up the Hhodu lloyal
.how with f'joo.ooti, being a partner
<blp deal and not a sio k company
\ftei twenty rounds of hard light
it ':, the go be'wi'i n Hugo Kelly ol
i ;'lil« ago ami Killy I'apke of Kewatieo
i\ i:. dei tared a draw in l.o Auge|( s
'I sday,
.Vhlle loading sand live mles north-
west of San Angelo. Monday, workmen
unearthed a buffalo head, the wrist
hone and lower leg bone of a man
nine feet below the surface
Secretary Uarfleld submitted to Con-
gress Wednesday the draft of a propos-
ed bill to enable htm to remove the
restrict lor. - on the all<'toeiils of all
Indians, other than member* of the
Five Tribes, living in what was for
im rly Indian Territory
Fire ib stroyed an old landmark
of Dig Springs In the Texas and I'n
ciflc hotel which burned Tuesday
night.
KDmcr Illll, charged wtli the murdor
of Mamie Wotnack at Monticello, Ky.
| was dragged from the Jail and can
1 ried four miles to Greasy Creek, and
there hanged to a tree
A BUNCH OF ONE THOUSAND.
From Houston They Scattered in Sev-
eral Directions. Being Attracted to
Various Sections ot State.
Houston, ley A falling off in the
lionieseeket travel was expelled Oil
the advent of the Christmas holidays,
hardly enough honieseekers to lill the
regular trains were expected, but a
genuine surprise occurred Thursday
morning when the Kuty Landsmen s
special pulled into tin Kilty station
In four sec'ions, comprising f i11 \ a
t liousand hoiijcseeker-
S (!. Luugs'on. general colonization
agent for the Katy, was nboard tho
lost train an>1 had the sutlsfection of
seeing it lull into the station nearly
two houri bci'ore th • si-hedule time.
Itch I im 111 i. train cnnie three more,
i itch lllb d • it I land buyi rs and hwiuc
seekers from nil points of the North,
including lo.vn. Nebraska, Illinois and
Indiana.
\\ lint is known as tl
.andnien's
special uime In two sections, while
right behind it came the Ixaiy Flyei
in two sections, brliiging bemesi eUers
who were not able to find in commoda
lions In the (list two sections The
four trains pulled into the station one
riuht nfier the other ami tin pas "ii
g*TH streanu d to the (ilnti'ortns to look
around : then they , uteri d the trail.s to
l e tiirrb d to Hu ll de-tInations One
of the spei Inls w- brought down by
a land company d'
tor In cruntry. while
load went down tin
leaving soon after
Houston. The balanei
S' . kers scjil t.oreil her
via the Sunset to West
era points.
Destruction of Cotton Stalks a Good
Preventive—Farmers Are Active
in Raising Vegetables.
College Station--Prof. W C. Well-
. born, vice director of the Texas Fx
perim ut station of the A. & M col
: lege of Texas, has recently visited the
communities of Taft and tlregory in
Ban Patricio county, Texns. whero
then Inc. been a colonl/.ation move-
ment during the last few years, n suit
lug in several thousand acres of that
land being settled by farmers from
portions of Texas, Arkansas and Ok-
lahoma. lit 11 u(Is that they have had
Hue results in the production of cot-
ton, inakim an average of thico ipiar-
tcrs of n bale to tho acre. They by
general con: out, destroy the cotton
stlilk in the fall, plowing them up
and burning li em. It? this way they
have minimized the work of the boll
weevil and while ii.< \ have had some
troilbh w II; the pest, It litis caused
very littlo loss. The concentrated
move i-ut ef , i| in tii,' community in
tile ci trii'tlnri of tho stalks has I
of gri. t efi'i rt, in addition to cotton
they are raising milo ititil, ■ kafllr
corn and nthci forage stuiYs and
there ii la ■ -i \ et a! tin isand acres now
in witiiet vegetables, cabbage, beets,
etc \ r W' Iborn says the lauds
there are ctilii'.ated like ia any other
seeli'ci t!ic\ go tbrougb it. with a
middl" buster and follow the general
rubs of cultivation, without the ne-
cessity for sin oiling, deep plowing,
( to.
GOVERNOR BUSY MAN, W0RI( STAR1tD 0N tR T DAM-
TO BE OF NATURAL MARBLE
APPOINTMENTS AND SUNDAY FALLS GRANITE.
LAW OCCUPY HIS ATTENTION.
veloping t'.'e ^■ic•
half another train
Itrow 'isvllle road,
tl.ey arrived in
of the home-
, soni'' going
Texas and dlv-
State In !ii- i
ROBERTS CRUSHED BY TRAIN.
He Was Caught as the Train at C. ines-
ville Was Backing Up.
Ci'eein ille, To*: - Thursday after-
tiii the weslbound freight train
truck an I < ut into pieces I T Koh-
rt • whose residence Is believed to be
it Cntndnll Tex.
II" was walking on the Cotton Melt
tin k lilii ut seventy -live ards west
i the | n eiiger station, and the train
a iis bin king up w hen it truck IJob
• rls\ who wi s dra;: o'd by the trai l
about fifty arils. Sheriff 1) L. Ib n
ill invi it i.'iit, | and found that bis
ketbook was Itil.act. It contained
• a |n in inonev, a I 111 and y i•
tn.iindor in s-null change, A n < • ipt
noin the Crandall Woodmen Cjitnp «:i«
. aid OH Ills pel ■<•: . I e d e. Used
t hi load < -1 a fa ml! v ef n i. • ii
lading his wife and I was about la
vein's of a_e. Tl'.e laial Hies at Cilili
!e11 Tin■ ri main xvi-re taken In charm'
by let al Woodmen of the World.
Little C ir I A .-.ii'entally Shc.t.
I'eeVille, 'lev. At iHliero, e, .'iltei n
•
niiles We ! of hl'l", the I yeal old
11 let* i t I-: (' <1.1 : w ,n '.v:i . :e i I
'i toally kill* d Wedm -day all rnoon.
Tlii I h i III '.as \ i ; i r 11 4 ut i| hot!)' of
I l. lohn: on, a neighbor. \ on of the
alter had leturned from huniing, leii\
ing his gnu ai th" b irii ne ii wle re the
e|. I hlt'etl Weil pill V ill: « llle of t lieni
:t little gill !l yeal j of age picked up
'be -Ml iltld alio:,ti . lo uule; d i:. i h.
piece l eiii't di c bar I and the full
Ic ml sirikiiar ilie li't le <;«. ,1 a in i in
In ! be I ace, kitlitU' I'er in <1 ant i ■
War on f:( vci Tic
I alias, Tex. A "■ 1 .l.ul 1 the c\
t rts at th" novel ti - 1 xpi 1 .11 "lit
station in thl> city will di• ■ ■ t their
inVistignt.lon luiL'eh to •inthods and
means for the exit rmlnnthm of ii •• r• x
. 1 licit, lt"i . tit 1 I 1 1 : m It r id
led the Uiivellili.i tit clilot lib" i. lo
believe t hat tii v. lie.' is let mm h
of 11 fsictor In 1 be 1, -1 cm turn 1 :
11ek for t he 1 ■ .i on t at heir fa* or
ite food i lls been lio HI le b" Veg. 'tli
tIon 1 at In " 11 im aulma' in.' iter.
Fire Ragi'o) in a Russian Port.
St. I'< lei'sbtirg I'lsprtchis received
l ere state that a • 1. at (ire is inning
in Itostov-nn-i le i ion, which has do-
si roved the e, ut, r of the town, togetli-
with tile entile seitioil. Several lives
were lost.
itostov-on tin Don is a busy com
mercliil center and the iirltu itnil shiji
ping point tor lis win "' ind o'I.■ r
t rotlui Is of :"otnhern I'uss a. It has
:< popnlal Ion of Ino
Crr.Kjer Was Nominated.
Washington Hentfm H t'renger
was 1.•lined Tlinrsilii> to succeed John
W Vnnn. who wii< letnovi'd in cellee-
tor of iu«ionis at I.row n - v!!'e, "r
Creagei It i« iin.li tstei.d Inn used fn
be a 1)< moetat, but has lat.iv • n
affiliating with the Hepublh nns lb
was a iiindldnto for centtty Judge on
the Independent tb ki t In the lust elec
Hon.
DIARY OF A SUICIDE.
Coolly of Fort Worth Recites His
Feelings.
Kert Worth. Tex. Friday morning.
.1. A. Doiley, a lib long resident of
Forth Wor'h. committed suicide at the
Texas Pacific depot by swallowing
a ipinntitv of cartiolic acid He left
a diary of his feelings (luting the
twelve hours' contempt,) ion of the act,
in which he bade good-by to all, said
'•e I tiled to do it, but tlt.it he had
no Lome ami was sh k. He wrote that
he had tiieil to think of some way to
a void suicide and 1 tided In endearing
terms to his mother and sister. A lit-
tle later ne complained because he
had no otlii r way to kill himself than
by inking carbolic m id. lie had a
wise of unbearable "blues" and his
brain was in a whirl. A little later it
a Young man. beware of whisky
i'd women "
I cot ,plained ol having to Ink'
inn again, lie wrote. "It is so hard
0 rive up," and tin hour ufterwuid
ib la d notation was made: "It is go-
ing to lie a bigger Job than I at liist
oauitt. I hope | make a success of
' : ev er did make a m i ess of any
11 else "
i be depot policeman saw 1'ooley
tluow the mid lo ll" aw; v, and short
1 tie leafier I s; al> to the lloor ami
tiled.
Girl Prevented Fire.
Corsh .ma, Tex. Fiu ii 1: possible
iter 1 h and with the probabilities li nt
1 ■ would receive serious injury and
■I performing tin dong roils f> ai al
n -t in safety, while iliimfoumled
11"rks Men, women and gith loolo d
on, Miss iOlla (lOOilwlii eniplev I i 1 a
. I" I nri tnent store of Cotshann • f •• I
an oil stove that had < yplotted and
rn, ''ing to th an si door threw
It Into t i 1 • • street, pi. '"tiling what
might have been set Ions dntnnco to
t! " 1 stnb'islitni nt from lire and n pos
'b'e panic and attendant injuiies to
<■ in 'Pliers r. ml emplo'' s.
Expects $15,000 From Onions.
j-'ih Anti 11I0. I'ex Xettlng 'an
on forty acres of onions. \\ 1" Stile
ef Mitsion, in II" lowei Hlo (!::.nih
vab'v, evpects this year to net fully
I • '• ■'• 1 fto 111 fifty at re ; ('ond i iom.
«• re net the most favorable last yi ar.
fated Mr. (Hies who i: now in the
«itv He savs this vein that every
I ot dltion is more priipitlous ;i,id he Is
.111 "lied that last v. n ret ortl will be
• •e|.: soil. His profits Ilea season
s • t prin t n n!|y .<1 pet .-*<■ 1
Claim for Cotton Seized.
Washington Mr. Cooper tailed up
anl passed Ftidav a bill authorising
the heirs of Mrs Sarah J. Montgomery
to bring suit in the unirt of claims
for the ptocei'ds of I " bales of cotton
seized during th< Civil Wat It also
nullort/es the use of evidence taken
In a former suit '1 lie cotton I al-
let.''d to have twi n >. ;,•"•! In l.onisl
ana but the heirs IHo in Houston.
I lallcttsv lib", Tr \ The president
of tin stockholders of the Warehouse
ef the County Purniera' 1'lilon hns
been tailed to meet bet" oil .Ian s
Th" Farmers' Union will meet the
si ne oay.
Platonic. Tos—Turke>a ehlckens
and eggs nie In heavy rccilpts i;,|m
week. I'rlf en hold up except for cgf s.
They dropped to 30c per doten.
ALSO APPEALS FOR PARDONS.
Pierce Case, Textbooks—Certain Suits
Contemplated by the Attorney
General.
Austin. Tex The governor will
probably he compelled to do some rap
id work In the preparation of his mes-
sage to the legislature It will he dif-
tb till for hltn to do a great deal on it
until mar the liist ol the your. II"
being from Austin for several weeks
because of poor health, and since his
| return has been besieged all day every
nay. The annual rush for Christinas
pardons nss been as large as usuul, in
fact more delegnlions and Individuals
visited (lie e x ecu 11 v e office (ban Inn
tofon ami this week will set it tn.i
tinned Then the next seven day < Is
j taken up wltii those who want tic
poor men pinioned in order that they
may be home lor New Year's Hay and 1
start am v 011 that occasion when all
mankind make pledgt s.
The governor will have several im-
portant appointments to make by Jan.
I. Including the district Judge for Har
| ris niul (!ii 1 veston counties, superin-
tendent of the lmiiuie asylum,, mem-
ber of the board of regents and oth-
ers These matters and the! Sunday
closing agitation iu Calveston, San \n-
lotiio, Si gi.il!, New Mraunfels and La-
1 "do are occupying the governor's at-
tention. All of these things take his
'time, and the preparation of the mas
i sage may require an entire absent 0 1
from the executive office during the
, (lr>i week of lanuarv
Some pathetic menes occur In the
executive office. Mothers plead for
their sons, wives for their husbands,
and occasionally (htilren for their
lather, i't ars that are shed would
turn th.e s 11 o 111 •;.i heart. Most limn
turn away with moistened eyes and
swear they would pardon all.
LID CN TIGHT IN CALVESTON.
Bootblacks, Cigar Stands and All
Places of Amusement.—"The Devil."
Galveston. Tex Tile lid went 1 1
| Galveston Sunday afternoon with a
lutng ami the consensus of opinion is
I that "The Devil" caused It ail To
start Willi, the saloons made no pr.
! letise of t'.oiiiL Sunday morn
i ing as they bad been during the past
well few months !?ut tin blue law
wire In full effect during the after
noon, and for one day at lea t in re-
cent ' ears it can he said that the town
W'll s t 11 IS* (1
i he alt'moot; proces s of screvvm;:
ib iw 11 tIn- lid started when CI • 1 ot
i'ollei \\ || |'t t n t t IIt the Hid < ' '
1 in |(oust instructed Ma 11:11:<-r W<
III take iilC Devil" "IT tl"' beard'- up
on the conclusion of the lits' net v
•jrnntl i lo inc of n oving picture si "W i.
111« :i' 1 e■ and vaudeville house vvll
is cigar tatiils and poll and billinid
balls.
Alvln Cattle Shipment.
A• vi 11. l'i x. Mr. \ M Mi Fadden
shlpi" d tbillv ti'.e cMiiC'Ild - of I a: le
to <) 1.!*11' 1 ina Saturday. Then vv> re
about I "ti 1 head in the shipment. The
t it',- v. ei, from his Monto \'edo
t;i!i(h about fifteen tulles from this
"itv, near flit bay, This Is the bug
1 t : 1 1 [ 11111 nt from ibis seciion for
< nn time.
Freeze to Death in Slient Vigil.
Ventura Cal Frozen to death
while keeping silent vigil for hour be-
-ide tile (bad botlies of his I wo play
tnnti s. who ha I fallen over a high cliff
wi ib- lost In Hit snow drifts of the San
Cnyetaio iiitig' the corpse of .lohn
I,lats. aged I I. was found bv a st art li-
lt ■ party beside those of (ioude and
Cl.lford Sl.arp. i ged ' and IT, resp-•
lively,
Came After Atjar.
Itrowtisvllle Tex Three offlt en of
Print eton, Intl artiviil Sunday 1 on
. int.- lo take Hot ; y K \gnr back to In
liana for I rial. Agar was arret si
Ion on a ih.atk'i ol default Ing 111 Imtl
alia two years ar.o, lb appears 10 be
confident ol winning out in the ca. ••
and set in 1 to be taking things lu a
matter of fact kind of way.
Temple, Tex At P.iiton, In the
county court S.-.turda;-, two whit 110:1,
named Dave Savage and Chaiicv
lot'i s, pit aib I guilty to the 1 bail. ■
of having stolen an opp" sum from a
Temple restaurant, and w re sen-
tenced to one day lu jail Mil to pay
a fine each of J1 nnd costs, whit ii
amounted In each case to a total of
JUL
Work Started Monday on a Project
That Witt Produce 10,000 Horte
power and Cost $200,000.
Wan Amcmio, Tex K. C. Linsnor of
Marble Falls, Tex., Is now pun busing
supplies to be used in building th«
gieat dam ut thai place, work upon
which was begun yesterday. This 1*
to be one of lb" neatest power pro-
ducing projects ever undertaken In
Texas. Mi Limner sahl
' When completed the clam will ha
one of the highest ever built for th*
purpose of dt living kinetic energy
from the fall of water. It will pro-
duce no bs than 10,000 horsepower,
which will he used In driving machin-
ery of sen ml Industrial enterprises.
\ cotton mill which It cost $40,Out) to
erect has Ju l been completed \h
Hon .1 s ih< power generated from tho
lulls over the 1.1:.I dam. which is to be
..2 l'i ■ t hi. I- contracted for another
dam will In constructed further down
the Hi I eam.
"While the cost of the dam now
tilled Would be about. OlM),000 If
foiiminiions had to be dug, ft will fn
fad cost oiiy $250,000, the natural
1 anile dim, already then1 being used
as 11 foun ation. Willi the dam filled
a Ink" about ten and one-half inllen
long and 11 : ; l.t'00 to 2,000 feet vvltlu
will be formed."
ENJOIN SCHOOL TAX LEVIES.
Districts Are Geing Placed Unneces-
sarily In a Sad Plight.
Austin. T The attorney general's
dc|aitmcn( has been advised that in-
pint lion ; nils are being (lied la a num-
ber ol (lie independent school dis-
tills of the Stale against tho school
districts re gaining the levying of tho
si hool tax
Th.s :. lieu i< characterized as be-
ing out tif pliu 1 by the attorney gen-
eral. department, as the Supremo
Court a bori 1 ime ago in un opinion
overruling a motion for a rehearing
in the Haird 1 dependent school dis-
trict. -pec.1 1 , i!; tb'iir "I t'-o' ' had
never par-eil on the validity of any
school hotels In any district; that tho
Hnit'd 1 are only applied to that partic
11 Inr disiric t
In toniieitlon with this detiarntloii.
Gem tad Lhividson came out iu an ln-
ti rv b vv in which he advised the people
that the bonds were valid and an en-
isling obligation against the districts,
i be action ef taxpayers in those dis-
I rict in en mining the levying of the
tax pint' . such districts in a sad
plight.
I' 11.o Tl v.
\'o. 1 1 n 1 he
I I II .pie! 1 it. I I'l
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Ik.II,1
Complete Returns of Election.
Houston, Te*. Hryan's plurality is
lf>s,4a3; CauipbeU'a, US.220, A 11.
Davidson's, 1 till.217. populists drop in
scale; socialist party now "Third Par-
t> •'
The main w-all of di.ai
Trinity river has been
I it only remains to put
nnd to hang tho gates.
1 is '' that If the weather con-
I in f;. v, 111 'i|e to the prosecution of
il • woti, the dam will have been com-
pli '"tl lo .inn. la; after that there
■AilI I" twi iv. feet of water in the rlv
' 1 id Dnlla- Miove the dam the river
. il In liJtvir. Ide throughout the year.
May Pension Admirals' Widovj.
Wnshlnutoi -A bill providing for
a pension it ?100 a month '0 Julia H.
("ougbbtti, w low of Rear Admiral
Coughhin, I n been Introduced In con-
ic ' by If. pr. tentative Olcott of New
York Owing to unfortunate invest-
ments in tin later years of his life,
.t Is nuclei'sit oil that the estate of the
admiral is totally Inadequate for tho
support 1 I I 1 widow,
first Sti lwberrles of Season,
Alvln T'^ The first strawberries
of the .1 on are now on the market
and nil" •: i t :>• cents per quart The
f ■ id are white with blooms and the
pli.its load id with berries. The pros-
r111 for 1 hkr crop are flattering, ami
w th"' ' a In /e Alvln will furnish a
"■I n 1 t -hies wifh berries for
Chiis-n is dinner.
CII14 Plantation Abstract.
Aus'lii ' * The abstract of title
II the I A. 1011 in plantation tn
Ft' I' • I '• intv which was pur-
" i I h i Stale penitentiary sys-
teni 11 n 1 ago, has been appraved
I > 1 iv , Vttorney (lenerai Walt-
la 1 lin p'antntion comprises 5fil)0
acres.
Thaw Decision Affirmed.
Phibule.phln Pa Harry K. Thaw,
slti'er of Stanford White, ami now
on I to I tie Slate Hospital for the
Crlnib.nl |: 1. at ^.fatteawan, N. Y .
I an in 1 I..- t "ti to Pittsburg to testi-
f' In tt • I nikruptcy proceediiiRs, ac-
II ri'ing th Ho decision of the Su-
I ,-enic Court.
FlrM Srow of the Season.
Te\;n h'lna, Tex. The first sno of
.the st asou fell here Monday after-
noon. It was accompanied by sleet
.".ml t ot Id. 1 aide rain, and melted
about as fast as It fell. The worst
spell or winter weather Is now pre-
vailing that has been experienced
here in two years.
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