The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1907 Page: 2 of 8
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JOHN BANGER, PubHshsr.
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The Commissioners' Court of Travis
County has ordered a prohibition elec-
tion to be held June 1. The petition
was signed by 1,600 voters.
Mr. J. A. Patch, of Fredericksburg,
aged 84 years, an old pioneer settler
from Germany, killed himself with a
ehotgun.
Oklahoma Republicans will hold a
State Delegate Convention at Tulsa
June 6. when Secretary Taft is go!r
to be present and make an address.
President Roosevelt has been made
an honorary member of the Army of
the Potomac at the thirty-seventh an-
nual convention at the Belasco The
ater in Washington.
Thirty years after being indicted
for the murder of William King in
Madison County, Ga., William Graham
■was arrested recently in all County,
where he has lived since 1877.
W. D. Wilbur, of Paris, Tex., and
associates have purchased thirteen
acres of ground one-ha)f mile west
of Hugo, I. T„ and will at once be-
gin the erection of a {90,000 oil mill.
The House has passed the bill fix-
ing telegraph rates in Missouri at
25 cents for the first ten words and
1 cent additional for each additional
word.
Major J. B. Fairchlld, for thirty-five
years a citizen of Sherman, died sud-
denly Thursday evening. He had been
enjoying his usual health during the
day, and was quite cheerful.
Arthur McEwen, chief editorial wrl
ter of the New York American, and
well known throughout the west in
newspaper circles, died last Thursday
at Hamilton, Bermuda, of heart fa'l
ure, .
Three hundred teamsters In Ken
Bington, a suburb of Chicago, went on
6trike, asking for a scale of $15
week, and team owners employing
about one 'hundred men have conceded
the demands. < ■. iVi
It is announced that preparations
are being made by the Rock Island lo
build a line that will give that road
the shortest route from Chicago to
Mobile, and eventually from Chicago
to New Orleans.
Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock the
train bearing members of the Dallas
Commercial Club on their annual trade
excursion pulled out from the Katy
depot and on Tuesday, April 30, the
party will arrive in Dallas at 7:30
oclock over the Texas and Pacific
Railroad from the east.
At Woodstock, Ala., Frank Richard
son, a negro, fatally shot J. E. Sulli
van, agent of the Alabama Great
Southern Railway, who in turn shot
the negro dead in his tracks before
he fell.
' Sir Alexander Sweetenham retired
from the Governorship of Jamaica Fri
day. He has gone to his residence
In the hills, where he will stay until
he leaves the island. Colonial Secre
tary Bourne has been installed
William A. Brady, the American, is
planning to Invade London with two
of his theatrical companies
Ten trans-Atlantic liners brought
more than 15,000 aliens to New York
Wednesday, which is a record number
for one day.
Snow, which in many places fell to
a depth of four inches, covered the
greater part of Nebraska last Friduy
tmorning. It had all the marks of-a
blizzard, and breaks all known rec
ords for the month of May
The volcano of Alarcon, province of
Neuquen, Argentina, is in full ac-
tivity.
Local physicians report quite
number of serious cases of measles of
a dangerous type existing in Taylor
and vicinity.
A movement is on foot to Improve
the physical condition of. the congest
ed "loop" district of Chicago. The
plan embraces new rapid transit ar-
rangements and the removal of the
downtown railway terminals.
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FOUR LIVES ARE LOST. MANY
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
TWO TOWNS ARE DESTROYED
Rldgeway
stroyed-
and Birthright Are De-
—Heavy Hail Follows,
Ruining Crops.
Dallas, May 7.—Dispatches late last
night said: Four persons known to be
killed; upwards of forty injured, al-
most a score seriously; the town of
Birthright, near Greenville, complete-
ly destroyed; a dozen houses smashed
at Rldgeway, in the same neighbor-
hood; probably half a hundred farm
houses wrecked, with property loss
running from $100,000 up; these are
some of the results estimated of
storms that swept over parts of North
Texas yesterday between noon add 3
o'clock. Probably, the greatest dam-
age was done in Hunt County, where
houses were unroofed for miles, and
one town destroyed. The wind was in
a northeasterly direction. It was in
thlB section of the State that the
deaths occurred. Forty persons are
said to have been injured in the coun-
try adjacent to Greenville and Sulphur
Springs. Only a blacksmith shop was
left standing at Rldgeway.
Across Cooke County and into Den-
ton County swept another storm, Its
pathway near the town of Hemming,
which suffered so severely recently.
Nine houses were demolished at Burns
City, eleven miles southeast of Gaines-
ville, it is said. Telephone wires are
down and it is impossible to secure in-
formation as to the extent of further
damage, or to ascertain whether there
were any fatalities.
When the storm, which is reported
to have originated in the vicinity of
Pilot Point, in Denton County, passed
across the State into East Texas, a:
Deport, the wind cut a swath two hun-
dred feet wide through the town, but
no one was killed or seriously hurt.
Four houses at Deport were smashed,
one being lifted from Its foundations
and carried away.
In Bell County, the Temple Gas
Company's plant was struck by light-
ning and damage done to the extent of
$15,000. No one was hurt. Hail ac-
companied the high wind in Bell Coun-
ty and in other sections of the State,
and the crop damage will be great.
LYNCHING AFTERMATH.
Prominent Citizens of Sterrett Are
_ Placed Under Arrest.
Durant, I. T., May 7.—At noon yes-
terday three prominent citizens of Du-
rant, J. H. Newman, Omar H. Perkins
and James McCauley, were arrested
by the United States Marshals on a
charge of complicity in the hanging
of the negro Jim Williams at Sterrett,
five miles south of Durant on Sunday
sight, March 31 last. The three men
were taken to Atoka yesterday after-
noon, Instead of being admitted to
bail in a hearing before the United
States Commissioner here.
Jim Williams was the negro who
assaulted Miss Maud Mizner, a Ger-
man girl on Red River on the after-
noon of March 30. The next day. Wil-
liams was apprehended by United
States Marshals, who drove with him
to Sterrett. While waiting there to
board a tr aln for Durant, William*
taken from the officers by a mob of
several hundred men and was hanged
to an oil derrick a short distance east
of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
station.
AGED WOMAN BURNS TO DEATH.
Mother of John Storp of Cooke Coun-
ty, Perishes.
Gainesville; The home of John
Storp, who lives in Delaware Bend,
this county, twenty miles northeast ol
Gainesville, burned Sunday. His moth-
er, who was very feeble from old age,
perished in the flames. Mr. Storp was
away from home when his house
burned, and it Is thought that his
mother perished in trying to save
some of the household goods.
A New Skin Game.
Kaw City, Ok.: The common labor-
era of Kaw City have abandoned all
other work and are making a mint of
money Bkinning Southern cattle that
die as a result of being dipped in crude
oil at the local dipping vat. During the
storm Sunday thirty-eight steers died
in one herd. The sklpners get one-
half of the hide's worth for their work,
and a good hand averages $25 a day.
Continued cold and rain cause the cat-
tle to die. 3
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Seel HI# Aides de Camp Fall Into the
Clutches of the Law.
Chicago, 111., May C. --Former Mayor
Dunne's political lieutenants were In-
dicted late Saturday afternoon. The
Grand Jury found true bills against
ex-Chief of Police John M. Collins,
ex-Police Comerford, ex-Public Works
Commissioner Connell, former Pur-
chasing Agent Roche and Detectives
James McGrath and James McNulty.
The allegations are: Conspiracy to
defraud the city by using Its police
for collecting campaign contributions
and doing other political work in the
recent election; violations of the'civil
service laws; collecting bribes from
saloon keepers and mutilating and de-
stroying police records.
Collins Is indicted three times, la
two charges he is liable to fines not
exceeding $2,000 and imprisonment of
from one to five years. Roche and
Connell are liable to the same fines
and Imprisonment and the detectives
aro liable to imprisonment to the pen-
itentiary. The men who had charge
of Mayor Dunne's campaign are al-
leged to have collected at least $50,-
000 from the police and unestlmated
amounts from other sources. Saloon
keepers and owners of dives are be-
lieved to have paid much more than
this to the police.
Two Men Shot near Pottsboro.
Pottsboro: Ben and Jim Mathis
were shot and Beriously wounded Sat-
urday on the Burdett place, seven
miles north of Pottsboro. A single
barrel of a shotgun was used, both
men being wounded by the same dis-
charge. Ben Mathis was shot In the
side and eye and Jim Mathis in the
back. Hense Delay, a farmer living
on the same farm as the Mathis
Brothers, went to Pottsboro Satur-
day evening and surrendered to the
Constable.
Fort Worth's New Officers.
Fort Worth: Fort Worth's first
commissioners under the new Char-
ter were elected Saturday as follows:
Mayor, W. D. Harris; Commissioners,
George Mulkey, G. H. Colvin, Sam Da-
vidson, Lee Stephens;. City Attorney,
Sidney Samuels; Assessor and Col-
lector, W. J. Gilvin. Those elected
were members of the Citizens', which
had little opposition.
Gulf Pipe Line Progress.
Paris: The Gulf Pipe Lina Com-
pany has about completed cutting a
canal half a mile long, S feet wide and
about 10 feet deep, froih the north
band of Red River, near Arthur City,
back for the purpose of laying the
pipe across the river. Two lines of
pipe will be laid across the river,
one of them as ah emergency pipe In
case of breakage of the other. Two
large storage tanks have been erect-
ed at the pumping station at Pow-
derly.
Pennsylvania Capitol Frauds.
Pittsburg: Civil and criminal suits
will be brought by Attorney General
Todd against those responsible for the
capltol scandal. A complete list of
those who will be named as defend-
ants will not be known until the In-
quiry is completed. The suits will
be based on the testimony showing
that the contractors cbllected from
the State for 752 thermostats and in-
stalled only 3C3, and In substitution
of domestic for baccarat glass and an
inferior glass for Tiffany favrile.
T. L. Simpson, better known as Coon
Simpson, one of Morris County's best
known farmers, was found dead in
bis bed by his wife Sunday morning.
A Sad Tragedy.
Crockett: Wyatt Lane, a well-to-
do farmer living eleven miles east
of Crockett, came in Saturday morn-
ing and surrendered himself to Sheriff
John C. Lacy, making the statement
that he had shot and killed W. S. Dud-
ley near his home Saturday morning.
Both parties are men of families, and
both were armed with shotguns when
they met. Dudley is said to have
fired two shots at Lane and Lane
shot and killed Dudley, shooting him
four times.
Lake Traffic Is Heavy.
Chicago, 111.: With more traffic In
sight than any previous season, the
opening of navigation on the Great
Lakes this year was the latest on rec-
ord. Even now Ice blocks the way
to some harbors on Lake Superior.
Without a Bign of labor trouble any-
where and with a fleet of enormous
carrying capacity, the total tonnage
of grain, iron ore, coal and lumber
for the year will, it is believed, ex-
ceed all previous records by from 10
to 20 per cent.
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TRAILING THE OCTOPUS
DEVELOPMENTS INDICATE THAT
UNCLE SAM IS BUSY.
COAL MEN ARE EXAMINED
Scores of Witnesses Give Testimony
Before Secret Service Men. Se-
crecy Maintained.
Milwaukee, Wis., May 4. — From
facts which have developed here dur-
ing the last week, It is clear that the
Government is about to proceed
against the coal combine. For two
weeks, it is now learned, two secret
service men have made their head-
quarters at the St. Charles Hotel,
where they have examined several
scors of witnesses. The people who
have come before the examiners were
in nearly every instance those who
either now or in the past were con-
nected with the uoal business.
The two Secret Service men, F. W.
Sommers and C. R. Brennan, both of
Chicago, would say nothing regard-
ing their visit to Milwaukee or its
purpose, nor from those who were
brought before them could much be
obtained. They had evidently been
cautioned not to say a word regard-
ing the statements which they had
made. Enough has been gathered,
however, to Indicate that the Govern-
ment la not only investigating the
'coal companies, but is also after land
companies which own coal lands.
Seed Scarce In Denton.
Denton: Farmers from different
sections of the country are fearful of
a scarcity of cotton seed if there 1b
to be anything like a general replant-
ing of that crop. Much of it la not
yet up from the earlier plantings, and
it is believed by many that It will not
come up at all. A farmer from Sll-
dell said that there was not one-fourth
enough cotton seed in that part of the
county for replanting, and the eame
conditions obtains in other sections.
.Prominent Indian Dies.
Ardaore, I. T.: Peter May tubby,
whose death is reported at Caddo, was
for many years prominent in tribal
affairs in the early days and assisted
In the framing of legislation in the
Interest of the Chickasaws. At one
time he was the Governor of the Na-
tion, and was re-elected to the same
position, but did not serve because
an act of Congress continued the old
tribal officials in office until statehood.
He was 60 years of age and leaves
a wife and family.
Pythians Amalgamate.
Shawnee, Ok.: Amalgamation of
the grand lodge, Knights of Pythias,
of Indian Territory and Oklahoma was
affected here Thursday, with Grand
Chancellor Barnes of Jacksonville,
111., presiding. Addresses were made
by Vice Grand Chancellor H. B.
Brown of Cleburne, Texas, and C. F.
Sn Neal of the Endowment Rank of
Chicago. The next annual meeting
will be held at Sulphur, 1. T.
Cuts Out His Tongue.
Milan: Arcangeio Rossi, a tenor,
who was with the Conreld Opera Com-
pany In San Francisco during the
earthquake, and who, as a result of
the fright he experienced, has not
been since well, endeavored to com-
mit suicide here Friday. Recently he
lost his voice. This calamity weighed
so deeply on his mind that he went
crazy and he cut his tongue out with
a pair of scissors. He was taken to
the hospital in a critical condition.
Drug Plant Culture.
Sherman: J. Long, whose experi-
ments in drug plans farming have
attracted much attention. Is in receplt
of a letter from Allaire, Woodward &■
Co., pharmaceutical and drug millers
at Peoria, 111. They ask him to let
them know what quantity of drug
plants he can furnish them this year,
as they are waiting to hear from him
before ordering elsewhere. Indian
Territory parties are investigating
drug plant culture.
N. A. Craven Gets a Plum.
Austin: B. B. Cannon, who was ap-
pointed State Purchasing Agent by
Governor Campbell, resigned Friday
afternoon and Judge N. A. Cravens,
Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb
institute was appointed to succeed
him. The announcement of Mr. Can-
non's resignation was first made in
the message to the Senate announc-
ing the appointment of Judge Craven.
Nothing was given out as to Mr. Can-
aon's reasons for resigning.
COTTON SEED JUMPS.
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CATTLEMEN WANT REBATE.
BILL8 ARE VEfOED.
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MINISTER CREATES SENSATION.
Young Lady, Not His Wife, Disap-
pears at the Same Time.
New \ork, May 3.—The u^embers
of the fashionable St. GeorgeB Epis-
copal Church at Hempstead, L. I.,
were astonished yesterday when they
learned that their pastor, Rev. John
Jere Cooke, had departed from Hemp-
stead. and that Miss Floretta Whaley
had also left home and had written
letters saying that she would not re-
turn. Rev. Cooke is married to a
daughter of Rlenzi A. Clarke, of Hart-
ford, Conn. She left Hempstead
some time ago and Is now at her
father's home. That no official cog
nizance will be taken of the mysteri-
ous departure was made evident from
the formal statement which was Is
sued yesterday by Bishop Burgess, ol
the diocese of Long Island. He Bays
immediate action will be taken by the
vestry of St. Georgje's Church to fill
the vacancy caused by the departure
of Mr. Cooke.
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Arkansas. Farmers May Have to Pay
$100 a Ton.
Little Rock, Ark., May 3.—Owing
to the fact that almost the entire
acreage of cotton in Arkansas will
have to be replanted because of the
unusually cold, wet weather in April
causing the seed to rot, cotton seed
has jumped to as high as $75 a ton
in many sections of the State. Many
planterB are unable to get seed at all
and It is expected that the acreage
will be cut 10 or 15 per cent because
seed cannot be had. One reason for
the scarcity of seed and the abnor-
mally high price was the weather
condition last tall. The storms last
October kept the seed damp for many
days, and as a result many tons ol
seed sprouted, rendering it unfit for
planting purposes. The best seed was
saved for planting purposes and the
next best sold to the oil mills.
Planters are in desperate straits alt
over the State, and it is expected
that the price for seed will go to $1001,
Suit will Be Entered for 8ome $600,-
000 or More.
Fort Worth, Tex., May 3.—Secre-
tary H. E. Crowley of the Texas Cat-
tle Raisers' Association, is preparing
to institute suit through Attorney S.
H. Cowan against the railroads for
the recovery of more than $600,000^
alleged freight overcharges, and is
sending out blanks to all members ot
the organization who have been mak-
ing shipments, for them to send in the
amounts involved by their transac-
tions with the lines. The Interstate
Commerce Commission has ruled that
the cattle rates of the railroads oa
shipments from Texas, Oklahoma, In-
dian Territory and other sections
should be lowered, and on that de-
cision the association Is to bring
suit.
Governor Disapproves of Three Meas-
ures Carrying Appropriations.
Austin: Three bills; carrying ap-
propriations were vetoed Thursday
by the Governor, and his reasons filed
In the State Department The first
Is the wolf scalp bounty bill carrying
$100,000; the second is the act car-
rying $40,000 to build' an addition to
the general land office, and the third is
an act carrying an appropriation of
$25,000 to build an adjunct to the
state insane asylum for feeble-minded
children.
Charters Come Higher.
Austin: The first fruit of the spe-
cial -session was plucked Thursday
afternoon when the • House agreed to
the Senate's amendments to the bill
increasing the charter and permit
fees. Only the Governor's signature
is necessary to make it a law. It will
not become effective, however, until
ninety days after adjournment. Gen-
erally speaking, It doubles the fees
now charged.
Will Hang for Uxorclde.
San Antonio: Henry Vaughan, the
gigantic negro wife murderer, was
aentenced by District Judge Dwyer to
be hanged on Wednesday, June 5.
Vaughan killed his wife on Septem-
ber 29, while in a Jealous rage. He
cut her throat with a razor and Bat
down calmly on tho gallery and
watched her die. When sentenced he
showed no signs of emotion and said
that he was ready to die.
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Banger, John. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 20, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 14, 1907, newspaper, May 14, 1907; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340915/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.