The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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THE ALTO HERALD
T. M. McCLURE, Proprietor.
ALTO, .... - - TLX AS
FLEE! IS HI MELBOURNE
CRASH ON STREETS SO GREAT
ACCIDENTS OCCUR—MANY
WOMEN FAINT.
fEXAS NEWS HEMS
Surveyors have ascertained that
San Angclo now has !i(iO miles <>I
streets anil alleys.
Albert Fcrricr, formerly City Au-
ditor of Galveston. died in St. Louis
Mondav morning in a hospital.
Conservative fanners say the heavy
rains which visited Kllis county Sun-
day will lie worth thousands of dol-
lars to the country.
As a result of the heavy rains
recently the city dam at Kaufniiyi
lias been broken and thousands id'
dollars worth of damage done oth-
erwise.
.1. II. Bosser, a well-known farm-
er, living between Brookston and
Ainbia. was seriously stabbed with
ii pitchfork while in the field loading
and hauling hay Monday.
Mrs. John L. Peeler, of Austin,
wife of John L. Peeler, nominated
for Senator from the Twentieth L>ir.-
1 rict. died Monday afternoon from
the effects of prolonged illness.
Receipts at the Dallas post office
for August were $lO.M/il.*8. This
showed a verv healthy increase over
the same month of last year, stamp
sales alone making an advance of
more than $1000.
frank English, son of Kev. Dr.
English, pastor of the B'tptisi
Church at (Jlen Hope, drowned in
the Bryant pool about a mile south-
east of the court house at that place
Sunday while in bathing.
Mrs. II. Weaver of North Fort
Worth, when threatened with vio-
lence by a peddler Tuesday morning
because she refused to buy his wares
grabbed a revolver and held him at
bay until officers arrived and arrest-
ed liim.
Henry SwafTord. aged 17 years,
son of Mrs, Bebekah Swafi'ord of
North Sherman, enlisted in the
I nited States Xavv with grade of
apprentice seaman, is the winner of'
the Admiral Trencher gold medal
for markmansliip.
Hon. Marion Robertson of Mar
shall has a six-year-old olive tree in
his yard that has been bearing fruit
three years. It is twent.v feet high
and twelve feet or more in diameter,
and has always been of lusty growth
and stood all kind* of hardships,
Saturday evening the Gravsou
County old settlers made the last
payment and became the owners of
the grove and park in which they
hold their reunions. It contains
thirty acres and its proxiniitv to
Sherman makes it easily worth $25.-
000.
In order that he may more closely
watch the yelolw fever situation and
avoid any possibility of it getting in-
to Texas tSate Health Ollicer Brum-
by has sent Drs. Lindsay and Fares
to Vera Cruz and Tanipico, Mox,. re-
spectively, to report to him on the
matter from those points.
Seven car loads of machinery have
arrived at Brownsville for the Ohio
and Texas sugar mill, and as many
more are coining. Work on the mill
is progressing rapidly and everything
will lie in readiness for this year's
crop of sugar cane, which will be
much larger than usual.
William Oldenburg, grand presi-
dent of the Sons of Hermann of
Texas, died Monday at his residence,
in Galveston. He was iil years of age
and had been a resident of (ialvcs-
ton forty-one years, He organized
the first paid fire department in Gul-
vston and was its first chief.
The four days' picnic and old set-
tlers* reunion at Bonliam closed Sat-
urday. The occasion was the most
successful one, both in point of at-
tendance and attractions, that haa
ever been given there.
Will Garrett, a negro, who hag
been in the Dallas county jail for
four years was released Tuesday on
bond. Garrett is charged by in-
dictment with the murder of Letitia
Bedford, a negress, in the summer
of 1004.
i In trouble over cattle near Pecos
late Wednesday, A. Powell was kill-
ed and two other men wounded.
William ('leghorn is under arrest,
('leghorn's cattle are said to have
gotten into the other man's pasture.
OFFICIALS EXTEND WELCOME
Brilliant Electrical Display at Nigh'—
Friendship of Two Nations •
Pledged.
Melbourne. Sept. ] , The s| reels of
Melbourne last night were tilled with
surging, good humored crowds, num-
bering hundredc of thousands, all I
out to do honor to the visiting Amer-
icans, who arrived here on Saturday
aboard the sixticn great battleships,
and the sceiic challenged compari-
son with that et an election night in
New York, though happily the ear
ticklers and blasts from the lin
trumpets were dispensed with. I he
crush in the principal thoroughfares
was so great that many women faint-
ed and several persons were injured.
The entire day was set apart to
jollification and the da,\ will ever
live in the memory of the inhabi-
tants of Victoria. The Federal Gov-
ernment tendered a banquet to the
Admirals and senior oflicers of the
visiting warships at the Parliament
House, at which Lord Norlhcote,
Governor Gcnerul ol the Coinnion-
wealtli. and Prime Minister Deakin
made brilliant speeches, throughout
which prominence was given to the
friendliness which exists between
the Commonwealth and the I nited
State-.
Great Oil Well is Saved.
('ilv of Mexico; Wold reached
the firm of ,S. I'enrson iV Sons that
the great oil well fire which has raged
at Dos Bocas, near Tanipico. for two
months, was extinguished la.-l Sun-
day. Six giant centrifugal pumps
poured gravel and mud into the
mouth of (he burning well for Ion
days, and this, coupled with persist-
ent dynamite blasting, choked the
orillce and smothered the fliini"-".
The oil ha* again worked its way to
the surface and !.ho well i- flowing
at the rate of OOll barrel- a day.
Curfew Lav/ for Wnxahachie.
\\ axahachie: Beginning Saturday
night, the curfew ordinance, which
lias not been observed lor four or
five veins, will be color ed by an or-
der of the City Marshal. This ac-
tion has been taken because of a
number of robberies ol business
houses which have lately been com-
mitted by boys who were too young
to be prosecuted.
Revolters Send Ultimatum.
St. Petersburg: A dispatch from
Tabriz savs the revolutionists have
sent an ultimatum to the Shah, an
aii>vver to which must be given with-
in five days, demanding the forma-
tion of a ministry composed of mem-
bers of their party: exile reaction-
aries from Teheran, full amnesty
and the immediate conservatism of
a National assembly.
ONE HUNDRED ARE DEAD.
Worst Flood in Experience of Caro
linas and Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga.. \ ^
the number of <|.ud estimated at ,
loo, the financial H'1,'''
Irolll two to five mi ■ u dollars, the
floods of the prcfren week through-
out the Carolina^ and •" 'g'ui nave J
been the most scv "• c\|wrien> < i by
these tSatos in tin tnn
( 'itie.s have been dniiergeil. busi- j
iless demoralized. ks "I good-
covered with slm ■ line furniture
and house furnisi: tig- ruined an I
buildings undermined and "llupscd.
In the country -• ton- lountv
and railroad bridge- hav< been wash-
ed awav iu ail diiect lis and railroad
traffic brought i" a standstill.
Travel by railroad is iinpossihl. 1
and it is though) that many will
ul'fer for food ainl -heiter before
all can be located
Twenty-two ili ad bodies have
been recovered at Augusta and more
(orpses are being found even hour.
It has licen reported that nianv
bodies were seen !!>>aliug down tin
Savannah river daring vestcrday.
bill it was inipo—hile to re-cue
till iii.
Fayetteville. N. <'. I he ('ape
Fear river at this point lias reached
a height of seventy-nine loot, break-
ing all records of former floods. I he
river valleys on tie i list sidi are
covered for miles witli a rushing tor-
rent ol muddy wan i and houses and
bridges are swept ..way for nnles
around.
FIFTEEN ARE DEAD.
Flood in Cimerron River Follows a
Cloudburst.
Trinidad, Colo \ flood in the
Cimarron river, following a cloud-
burst. washed awa\ a number of
dwellings at Folsmn. N. M.. I'ridav
night and fifteen persons arc report-
ed to have been drowned. hlcvcn
bodies have been recovered. I'en
miles of track and twelve bridge- mi
the o(Dorado and Southern were
washed out. Trains aye lien la:d out
forty-eight hour-
Meager details n eived Ic-ie -av
the entire town was swept hv the
flood caused bv t e'oadbnrsi. S.y-
end houses wen wept a win com-
pletely and nearly eveiv house in the
town was diim'aged. I lie advices
siiv searching panic- havi been
formed and that it is c\pe. i.-.l man
more bodies w ill be found.
Fatal Wreck on Frisco.
I \i i i.«: \ head-end coll - ion ' ■
red on i In- Frisco Friday n: >i n ia
live and a half miles south of \ni-
lets bctWeoll siUltllboUIld pils-etl:_'e!
train No. t aud a northbound i \t
work train going out of Hugo, 1 '.n-
gineer Ballard and Condnetoi tlra-
1 in in of the work train wen i lei
outright and Brakeiiian of
the work train was fatallv injured.
Kngineer ( imphell of the pus-engei
and I lie lireiuan of the work train
were slightly hurt. Kxpre«.> ,\I. —.«•!:-
gei Jimmy Flyitn was bruised and
badlv cut about the face.
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
ITEMS FOR BUSINESS PEOPLE
A Carefully Digested end Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Domesti-. and Foreign.
The I 'acifie lb ' f iimb i Bear VI-
miral Swinbiirg ailed Monday from
Sun Francisco for Honolulu, towing
seven torpedo de-trovefs.
The hank in I dlinore. Allegheny
County. N. Y.. wa- robbed Saturday
morning, and it is said that the rob-
in rs got a large >11111 of money.
Frank Jensen of Fort Worth ie-
vcived a letter Fndav telling ol the
death by accidei.'i .if Herbert Fors-
ter. formerlv of that citv, but re-
cently of Tantaliion. ( anada,
Friday ni<irning at S <«•!•• '• n
train at Conio knoi !...! John Miller,
a blacksmith. 1 'f the track and killed
hi 111. The man had started to cross
tlu track in front of the train.
Hock Island officers have received
dispatches from HI Iteno. okla..
saving that F I'. Haines, a well
known W ichita I ;.lis citizen, died on
a train Tuesdav of appoploxv.
Thi Holder 1 oiivid bill, providing
for the termination of the convict
lease system in Georgia, passed the
IIoun of Keptesj-'itatives Friday
afternoon hv a vote of tei to .18.
Capt. P. C. Haines Jr. and his
brotlicr, T. Jenkins llains of New
York were held without bail for the
action of a grand jury Friday on a
charge of thi miinii 1 ol \\ illiam I!.
Annis.
There wa- a .(11 a: rel and a fight
between two yn.iiig I.• r.IIt Dallas
early Friday mern.ug. As a result
Julian Sutton, aged IM vears, was
stabbed under '■ nipp'.e. IF died
vi itliin a few mi- ut< -.
After an illin of several months
I ir. I,. Nlevel - ( « i 1 in 11. reputed one
ol the most capable chemists of tin
Southwest, died iii a private sanitar-
ium in Fort Worth Friday. The re-
mains were chipped to I home ill
Vlareum. presidei t
Bank of Commerce
Tuesday at. Oi l
Abilene Tax Valuations.
Abilene, Tex.: Citv Tax Assessor
Leake has finished the citv assess-
ments for the year, and the total as-
sessments foot up $:!,o;i>\:w.i.
against .Ho.W.',220 lust year. While
the real estate values thw year are
over $4(KI,((CO more than last year,
vet the personal renditions fell otV
some $'<.'00,000, which account* for
the small increase in the city.
Methodists May Unite.
Hannibal, Mo.: The Missouri an-
nual eonfi.renee, Methodist Kpisco-
pal Church, South, here Monday
adopted resolutions taking a stand
for union of all Methodists. The
committee's report, which was adopt-
ed unanimously, petitions the gen-
eral conference of the Southern
Methodist Church to invite a confer-
ence of representatives of the three
larger Methodist, churches with ref-
erence to their union, and also peti-
tions the general conference lo con-
sider practical suggestions for or-
ganic unity of the three churches
under one governmental body.
The new s came to the Aero Club
of New York Thursday that Fritz
Grawert/.'s luck has turned. After
spending $.'H),000, his entire fortune,
trying to solve the problem of avia-
tion and meeting with little encour-
agement here he has sailed for Ger-
man) at the invitation of a noble-
man, Baron von Klitzking, to ex-
hibit. his aluinuinuh) and silk aero-
plane
lnent Land
lilies that
if the
a health
in- more
• •rs than
I line
swept
t his
Fleet is Nearing Melbourne.
(Jueen's cliH'. Victoria: Bear Ad-
miral Sperry's flagship, the Connec-
ticut!. entered Port Philip heads ai
11 :'.'n o'c 1 noI. Saturday morning with
the oi.hri liftccn hatleships trail-
ing slowly behind and started up
Port Philip Bay for Melbourne
l it v. The last of the ships passed
in the heads at 11 o'clock. The
villagers o| (Queen's Cliff lined the
shores and enthusiastically greeted
tile fleet.
Crew cf 53 All Lost But Two.
Tokio: News of the sinking of
the British -teamer Dunearii and
the loss of all but two of the liftv-
tlirce members of the crew in the tv-
phoon which raged on August VH >fT
the coast ol Goto, on the Island of
K i 11 i*u. wa- received here in a re-
port from Moji, a town on the miiiic
island. The names of the survivors
are given as William Philip, an en-
ginei'r. and John Lanhiim, a sea-
man, both of whom were picked up
bv the Japanese steamer Sakyo
Mam.
Negro Lynched in Tennessee.
Nashville. Tenn.: While Sheriff
Priinni and two deputies wet, renioy.
ing George Johnson, charged with
having attempted to assault 11 young
white woman, from the jail at Mur-
frceshoro to a place of safety Friday
night tliev were overtaken bv a mob
and the negro lynched. The threat
of the mob to dynamite the jail
caused tin sheriff to remove the 111
gro. Several shots were fired
Dallas.
' 'n : h f his reti 1
1 'oiiniiissioiier Tern ! .
I! • ollie. of I 'Olll III I s- ii'Iler
1 o iiera! Laud < Itl'r 1 11111- •
giving jiosition. f' " tlier
Iiv ing e\-Laml 1 onimi--
aliy other State ofliec.
Tuesday, for the tier.
seasiill. Bis: ice. \ I . w a-
disastrous flood, when torrents of
water jen feef high swept down the
two main streets of thi town, Great
damage was done, - mic leuddin.'- be-
ing entire;-, ihv.roycd.
Assaulted by a Mexican while she
via.- walking along the •s iuthwe-tern
railway track near Tucucai . \. M
Monday. Mis.s Fdna Walla., of Ala-
magonlo, fought him for an hour, or
until a train passed when the M,\i-
rlln- The girl is in a critical
1 condition.
I lie I nited Stat.
piirtment ai Washi
asked bv the lo<al
New Orleans to institute a
"I the s,.;1> fnr ,||(.
revenue , utter Holll rt
I w hich left Baltimore
j three weeks ago for tl
stationed in that district.
I lie st. Petersburg papers state
II bat t oiin: I>«vi Tolstoi's , ..ndton i-
ven grav. He has h,,n suffering
. I'.r some time with dilation of the
yn" of !«;• feet. Which more „t-
''omplicafed bv an attack
UllllU'N.M.
| Mrs. K :e Howard, alleged mob
| 1Va,V'r 1111,1 killed herself
springtield. 111.. ,h„nK ;lft(.r
I tak' n usto.lv M edne-dav on an
indictment voted bv the >,HviB|
Kiand jut\ charging he, with nnir-
U«T.
'I'lic gland jury for H,l| .ountv
has adjourned after ase.,o„ of only
'lll',"'u "'rtun wh.h time
"ZP'r \n"\,lil,s returned.
'i wInch only thirteen nrt, f,,r f,,]0|1.
lilted
('.
more
port to be
.T.is. C. Von
f the National
,d' St. I/mis
Forge, \. V.
It i< reported that eight men wet
killed and several injured in a nut
at Warrior Bun. eight miles fro;
Wilkesbarre, Pa., F iday.
\ stampede followed the colli-
! two st ears Monday in ( h
c.;ei> and seven j trsons v. . > • • -
e.i. two of ihem perhaps fatallv.
\iigiist B. Pearson, aged HO, dn 1
I ridiiv 111 the hospital at Beaumont
Iroiii the effects of a gunshot wound
received Saturday night at China
Accepting an invitation from a
committee of the Dallas I rail. - \.
s. nihlv, President Samuel Goiupcrs
of the American Federation of Li
hor has agrued to deliver an ad.Ires,
in Dallas.
The Chinese government i- n>i.
sidel ing the reiall of Wu Ting l"ns 1 >_•
the Chinese Minister at Washing-
ton, on account of the recent diselo
tires on bis part, which are believe!
to have been indiscreet.
An oflieial order calling off the
strike of coal miners in the Binning
bain districts was issued to all camps
Monday. The order ends the strike,
which began July (i, and which lia,-
b. . ii marked with much Violence.
Secretary Hester of the New Or-
leans Cotton Exchange reports the
commercial cotton crop of the I'm:
ed States for the season of 1SMG-0S,
ending Aug. .'tl, to have been 11-
.1* I .;<< ( bales, as compared with 1.'L-
.">Io,|i«' in the season of 1 ?>(>(•-( "
Charles M Johnson, an obi and
well-known resident of Lamar Coun-
ty. died suddenly Monday morning
at hi- home, two miles east of Paris
while sitting in a chair. He was at-
tacked with a swelling in the throat
Friday night, which prevented swal-
lowing.
\ resident of Burleson statid
Monday that the soil of J. B. Thom-
as. living near that place, drowned
111 \ alley Creek. The boy could not
swim, and it is thought that he fell
oil' of the springboard, which the
-w,miner- had placed on the edge . f
a deep hole.
J. If. Met lure, foreman of the
White Star Laundry Company, a:
Dalai-, bud an exciting d««l uitli
a burglar at an early hour Mondav
niornii _ at his place of business
Mr. Mi 1 lare tired once with a don
; bli—burr. l shotgun, and the burglar
:i 1 e.| three time- with n revolver.
The I i en so 'if the Frisco to do
business 11 Oklahoma was revoked bv
V :: 11 _■ >. leiarv of State l<eo Mover
Siturdav afternoon for the road's
plea of f. reign domicile in a . as"
| pending 111 the Comanche County
Di-trie! Court, whereby it might
| traiisfi r the litigation to the Federal
( i hirt.
she) f Bamsey of Mnskoge..
M. n.iif. I 1 -ated and seized for the
''.lie tioe, car loads of beer wliic >
j t;a* Mi .iiiri, Kansas and Texas rad
■ad ha - been trying t.' !,tcp out < f
I • 1111 n for two M'nl, he locati 1
'be ..I 11 the lxatv viiid- and i:
w as 1.11 . .an .• and stoiod.
I reasurv De-
igton has been
depa
at
search
States
1 lav ev.
than
I'lic Attorney General has advise I
the Commissioner of the General
Land ('Hi. e that the fee for patent-
ing land on Mustang Island is $"> for
each tra.-t, and they arc all acre
tract.-. There is some ambiguity in
1 he law placing the Mustand island
laud on the market relative to the
patent fee, and the Attorney General
rules that $."> is the correct sum. It
s the uniform price charged for all
lands.
W. II. Shelton, manager of the
* '-nilnier. 1 a 1 Oil Company at Ilott--
ton shot himself through the left
breast at dawn Tuesday. The bul-
let lame out near the back bone un-
der the shoulder.
A tierce riot between striking
capmakers and strike breakers
took place Saturday in Cleveland.
Ohio. One nian was badly beat-
on and several were hurt by fly
i"i; missiles. The police were com-
pelled to fire on the mob before
breaking up the riot.
I'lic report comes from Conway,
that a white fanner of that
A rl
•'"'m J Bav nor of \\, „t j|H„...
7' !• f««.,d a diamond in ,i
usual tn'r !?" "I' *' is
lo f lid pearls Of nior. or h-ss
V",'Jl1"!fl'"1 elams. but this
11KN,,,1 .to t1"' lirst time n dia-
"ond to l,e found
ihell.
111
a clam
neighborhood had killed his wife
I bur,-day and then made his escape.
Hear Admiral Kdwin Fithian, re-
tired, chief engineer of the United
Statis \'avy, died Saturday at his
, home jn Bridgeport, N. J., aged
years.
Mis« Grace Cox, aged 18 year?,
fired three shots from a pistol at a
negro w hem she discovered peeping
' h.-r window alaiut >0 o'clock Fri-
day uiyht at Beaumont.
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