Denton Evening News. (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1899 Page: 1 of 4
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fij Devoted to the Upbuilding of the City of Denton and\ the J'l
DENTON, TEXAS, FRIDAY EYKXIXG, AI'CUJrfT J|
*ests of Its People
NO. 30.
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m tor,on |, Pat.
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A TEXAN KILLED.
TOR.
|C']i:irgcd
ranco
TTng of
fS.
Athens, Te^l^^^^^V A sensation
iwas caused her^^^^^Bly during tha
/habeas trial (S^pi m charged
I wi th jhe lynching of the Humphries,
the arrival of James Patterson, who
i accused o\the murder of Constable
Rhodes, which: occurred in tho Trans-
nr neighborhood i»*. December la3t,
Lwhich led to the lynching of tho
^phries.
Itterson left the county immediate-
Iter the killing and was not hearJ
uutil officers brought him hert
Isday.
|e hearing was void of interest until
Upk in tho afternoon, when the first
jed to tell his story.
Its it was an unusual
Ft did with tho work of
Failing men anxious ti,
1 through a wild and al-
Ited country.
rom the (haracter of th1
^Tiniiy offered, however, there are
Henderson county who can safe-
Jj gj jaid to be versed m all the signs
** "~<ve.
V three of the m told of tracking
n the underbrush of tho bottonin
Trinity and, from the size and
prints, telling much about tho ani-
>d
vasby the e men tl. / nough wnJ
" ' l'lf) °"i'
!il[^^M|^f> arrests,
lows are now her
rd at the inquest
sd as evidence in the
3nn 3IcKcnii© of <;nin*;8vlll© Killed In
Coloiudu by it Hotel Walter,
Colorado Springs, Aug 11.—Gus Mc-
Kemie, a prominent merchant and a
member of tho school board at Gaines-
ville, Tex., was killed in a row with
waiters at tho Barker hotel in Manitou
Thursday. George Groves, the head
waiter, had remonstrated with Mrs.
McKemie for insisting upon entering
the diniugroom before iia was ready for
the guests. He was later accused by
Mr. McKemie of having spoken insult-!
ingly to Mrs. McKemie and an apology
was demanded. When Groves said ho
did not consider an apology due, Mr.
McKemie struck at him with a cane, j
Groves grappled with McKemio and in
the melee the latter was wounded by a I
blow on the k;ft side of the head which
proved fatal in about 45 minutes.
A number of people saw George Mc-
Cormick, one of the waiters, with a de-
decanter in his hand and ho is under ar-
rest, charged with the murder. He was
brought to this city immediately after
being placed under arrest, because the
feeling of the thousands of people in
Manitou was running high and a lynch-
ing was feared.
The body of McKemi ewas taken back
to Texas.
CONDITION OF COTTON.
m
11 VIJ
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Hurricane Strikes the Place
lii'aw.: !L a Total Wreck.
and
REDU^
tande/nlipj
Wash i a
retary V'j
I reports itf
"HEIR V. " 3.
Liltf t
a "lit ti-..:
tug I>ej»ari nit i.-.
Aug. 11.— Assistant Sec-
Jflip was asked about the
C' had <>: I -red a reduction
THE COMMERCIAL CLUB.
The Coiaifierclal Club Will Meet Monday
Night to Devise Mean* for fOnter-
taining the Hail-
road Men.
The" Commercial Club will mi-' t nr-.t
A FLOOD
FOLLOWS.1
| in salaries of several chiefs and assist-
ant chiefs of division offices of the an- Monday night for the purp< ■ of look-
diting department because h< had visit- lug to thr* entertainment of th train-
36th
li Is :: <: Thai Two llnnlrcd
Persons AVere Drowned—No News
From the Interior—Other Went
Indian Islands Suffer.
! ed the offices and found these chiefs and
I their clerks reading newspapers ar.d
loitering during working hours, sai'i
that he had for some time been investi-
gating the auditing of the bonds ;i .
other papers in the third auditor's of-
fice.
Last week he went to the third audi
men at tin j' picnic here on the
inst., and t/j " people v.iio atte.i t.
A letter to ti''.-' elrfb from .m<- of their
committeemen . tates that is their inten-
to make Dentira their annual picnic
grounds, if encouraged by the Denton
Ighers' Bill.
1.—The"weighers'biH"
.-gislature, has ore-
■
I
:omfnul
/.ssed by tho
.I'orney germr-
CoSt<ieS to be flooded
I ittna and gr in men
r
In official ikitf rprotation of tli<> law.
pll go into t\.i ct Aug. and it in
tint 'A i-• ly th reaft-t
h will be taken, by direction of th*1
fas Grain Dealers' association to test
I constitutionality in the courts.
32»it a Tragic Death.
inh mi, Tex., Aug. 14.—A young
|,i named N. M. Mosley met a tragio
Vh just across the river north of here
Be Territory. He was ridinga horse
• lima1 -J^ecame frightened
way and the young man wa-
control liiui before lie reached
kTlie horse ran.at a bn ii:-
■ouch the woo
and
r
Twt:
and 20
struck a tree and wai
_r to the ground, from the
i he died.
Kpideinic Over.
>ws, Va, Aug. 11.—The
spideinic is practically at
quarantine e li he
Pun-t Hampton and \ i
i..raised. The record of the
[to thu<iate shows a total of II
if which li resulted fatally,
cas's were discharged a * cun-d
(invalescents remain in the hos-
pital at the Soldiers' home.
Murdered aud Ilolibed.
Chattanooga, Aug. 11.—A special from
Kew Decatur, Ala., says the body of an
.unknown man was found sitting up in
la freight car which was sidetracked
"there. A link pin with which his skull
lia<l been crushed was found near the
body and a 44-caliber ball was found in
his head. His clothing contained no
money or valuables, and it is supposed
he was murdered and robbed.
Just received, a new line of white
paists for the ladi-s, at the Mis-i- i:.i
pre ?t
Ins llollie and Dora Lee Berry, <-f
[ir. and Miss Kate llt--ve- cf
O. T., are visiting the family of
Slewett this week.
The Report Shows Cotton the Lowest
Average in Ten Years.
Washington, Aug. 11.—The monthly
report of the statistician at the depart-
ment of agriculture shows tho average
condition of cotton Aug. 1, to have been
84 as compared with 87.8 on July 1; 91.'J
on Aug. 1, 1898; 80.9 at corresponding
date 1897 and 85.8 mean of August aver-
ages for tho last 10 years. There was a
decline during July amounting to 5j
points in North Carolina, 6 in Georgia, ,
Alabama and Texas, •! in Tennessee and
2 in Missouri. On the other hand there !
was an improvement of 1 point in Louis-
iana. '! points in Virginia,((klahoma and
Indian Territory, ■'! points in Florida
and Mis issippi and -t point • in Arkan..a .
M <* A rt li ur'rt Losses.
Washington, Aug. 11.— A o-ibl-.s dis-
patch received from General Otis says
the losses of General McArthur in the
recent battle were five killed and
wounded. The new volunteer regiment
under Colonel Bell participated in the |
fight and had three officers wounded.
MacArthur's movement Wednesday
was very successful and cleared the
country in the rear to the left, and right
1 of tho insurgents, ho has advance Inorlli
to Calulet, 0 miles from Sa > Fernando,
where he is now reconnoitering.
MacArthur's alviv.ee consists of the
Ninth, Twelfth, Seventeenth and a part
of the Tw-'nty-second regiments and a
nortion of the Fifty-first Iowa. The
1 movement was very diffieult on account j
of the mud and surface water.
Mac Arthur report the insurgent lo^s
at 100 kilhsl and some !J0o wounded.
They werj rapidly driven northward
and have apparently abandoned Porac
where they blew up the powder works
Marines tor Manila.
New York, Aug. I1. — Major Elliott
arrived here from Washington and re-
ported to Hear Admiral Philip, com-
mandant of the Brooklyn navy yard, to
take charge of a batallion of marines
for Manila. Four companies were
formed and Captain Borden of Louis-
iana, was placed in command ot the first
company; First Lieutenant Porter of
Washington, in command of company
B; First Lieutenant Berkley of Virginia,
in command of company C, and Lieu-
tenant Brown of Washington, of com-
pany D. The men will leave tho navy
yard for Manila Fri 'ay.
Want » Liuigfr Hold On.
Manila. Aug. 11 Captured letters
from high insurgent authorities are ex-
horting the inhabitants to hold out a
little longer, that European recognition
would be granted by Aug. 31, and the
present United States administration
would be overthrown.
Whipped l»y Whiterups.
Bloomfield, Ind., Aug 11.—Joseph M.
Britton was taken from his home in
Newark and severely whipped by white-
caps. The house was surrounded by a
number of men, and while several of
them guarded the family, the others
dragged Britton out and unmercifully
whipped and kicked him. He was so
badly injured that he is unable to lie
down. Mrs. Britton says she recognized
several of the whitec-ips a* citizens of
the village. Mr. Britton was recently
| indicted for illegally selling liquoi.
Ladies are invited to call and get fresh
I candies. JOHN Pixm.
Tonce, Aug. 11.—A hurricane struck tors office and accompanied by one of j I" "In-
here at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning and the officials walked into a large room; This will lie a go »i tiling lor Denton,
lasted until 3 o'clock p. in. Tho rivers where he wanted to make an investiga- A great deal of moiiM' will be expended
were overflowed, flooding the town. It tion. He found a general state of idle v,y these men while berf and if Denton
is estimated that 200 persons were ness. Clerks were reading newspaper- will treat them right, bh<? wiil d(,rive
drowned. The town and port are total or gathered in conversation. This was
wrecks. It is believed the damage done after 9 o'clock. The following Monday ithe l»aiefit.
will amount to over $"00,000. No news 1 morning Mr. Vamlerlip again visitel I he club desires to see everybody
has been received from the interior the auditor and they went to another present at their meeting next Monday
i department to make an investigation. |light and hopes that the citizens of
Mr. Vanderlip says the same state of
,v . • v i Denton will extend a warm welcome to
aftairs was again discovered.
Mr. Vanderslip says he decided that these people.
the chiefs and assistant chiefs of these
divisions were responsible for this state *" Sv'" 1" ' >,,lmiw-
I of affairs and at once ordered a reduc- Jim- is something worth knowing,
tion in their salaries. He thinks that In many eases it is a long and tedious
process to finally kill outright the
employes under some regulations as to
much property swept away. No news w)len work should begin and how em-
ployes should conduct themselves.
It is said by officials.', in tho treasury
department that had Mr. Vanderslip
discovered the same condition in an of-
fice well up with its work he would
probably have said nothing. He was
led to this action, it is said, by -the fact
that the work in the auditor's office is
nearly two years behind.
towns since the stoi in broke.
DESTRUCTION GREAT.
Mauy Places in I'ortci Rico Damaged and
Hundreds of Lives Lost.
San Juan, Aug. 11.—The hurricane
that broke over the southern coast at 1
o'clock Tuesday morning did enormous of thjs ^ ghoul(l ilave thf5
damage. Many lives were lost and
from the interior as all wires are down. :
At San Juan foui natives were drown-1
ed in the harbor, 80 houses were demol-
ished and hundreds unroofed. The
damage to property is estimated at ■
$500,000. Commissary stores to the I
value of $50,000 were destroyed.
The news from Ponce is that the town
was almost destroyed. All the frame
buildings are down, the bridge is swept j
away aud there is no communication:
between the port and city proper. Dam-
age to the port is estimated at $250,000.
The records and i roperty of the custom-
house are ruined, all the vessels are
ashore.
At Alb./iiito very little remains stand-
TRANSPORTS ASKED FOR.
Soldiers to
They Are
to Take British
Soutli Africa.
London, Aug. 11.—The St. Jam'
stumps and roots of trees that it is de-
sirable to destroy. A cor respondent of
the '-Country Gentleman" tells how t<>
promptly get rid of these undesirable
trees.
"For the last 24 year: I have applied
common live salt to every stump of tree
or shrub us soon as cut that I wish to
destroy, without a failure. My first'
experience was with ailanthns and
lilacs; next was twelve acres of land
covered with a second growth of all the
varieties of the northern oak ahd hick-
ory, soft maple, white thorn and moun-
tain willow usinj;
twelve barrels of salt.
»ng except the cathedral and barracks. . .. .
" '. , , -. i mediate dispatch ot troops
Four nativis perished and three united y „
States sokliers were badly injured.
El Cayey was leveled to the ground,
200 houses being demolished. Two
United ' Stat** soldiers were injured
there, find many cavalry horses killed.
At Bayamo a majority of tho houses
w re destroy dand the rest were flooded.
lundre 1 cuttle were killed.
Gazette says all shipping companies un- [ have also cpplied it to the stumps of
der charter to tho British admiralty for Loiubardy i«oplar, which is very tena
transport purposes have been notif ■ :•>
hold all transports in reserve for the iiu-
The steamer Dunera has been ordered
to be in readiness on Saturda yto ship a
detachment of horse artillery to S.iul.i
Africa.
cious of lift- and I have not a failure to
report. I apply about one-half tea-
spoonful to a small shrub and a half
peck on a stump measuring two feet in
diameter, varying according to size. I
recommend late simmer or early fall as
I'rcnclier /\rr«»tou mi
Perry, O. T., Aug. 11.--Officers havel
arrested a preacher west of here on the
charge of swindling farmers out of
money, and they are on the lookout for
young man and young woman, who are
also implicated with him. It is Charged
that tiio preacher has been traveling
over western Oklahoma iukI spending
the nights with well-to-do farmers.
During the evening a young man end a
young lady would come to the farmer t
home and ask for a minister, saying
that they wanted to get married. The
farmer tells them that a minister was
spending the night with him, and the
couple requesi, rhatrthe preacher marry
them, which he does. The then groom
asks th° farm r and his wife to sign the
marriage certificate, ami later the cer-
tificate turns up as a banlt note.
M i»sls*ij>i>i Girl Disappears.
New Orleans, Aug. 11.—Great anxiety
is felt here over the disappearance of
Miss Ulette F-en, a 20-year-old girl from
Poplarville, Miss., who was visiting
Miss Feen
Two !
The
razad.
At (
Hm
hnriK
recov<
the de
C. w
ma •;
>a- four person-i w(
killed.
ni'-a > wa • to'd! v destroyed by the
tne. F irtv i\- bodies have been
■red and there are many more in
;bris. Eight privates of company
re njured. At the port of Hu-
^ is bodies have bee a recovered.
Three persons were killed at Las
Piedr. s and five at Junco.
The cof:'ee crop, is ruined and the loss
will reach millions. Very great injury
has also been done to the orange crop.
No definite returns have yet been re-
ceived from the southern section of the
island apart from 1'' nee.
Genenal George W.Davis, the gov-
ernor general lui ^cabled to the war
department for assist an CO.
th ■ b
tree f
out-r
ist sea--.ill
e reason t
i at that s;
i salt, whi
aching r<v
'or cutting
lat the dov
a sou will ci
nl til
dis-
the
the
I'ish Curio
they w<
Mondaj
While
fish, tw
brought
ver eel,
h ngth, ai
J lere they %\
and caught:
o of which
home with t
which is si
id sui
?nt
?ral
>n, where
trip last
in the gulf
•alt water
H|k they
a sil-
lies in
OSltl'
One
0 ii
il n.
Destni.tiou on Monte Krat.
St, Thomas Aug., 11 -The island of this city with friends. Miss Feen is a
Monte Erat, British;West Indes, was very beautiful girl, but subject to at-
complet"ly devastated by a hurricane tacks of temporary insanity.
Monday. All the churches, estates and ily. hoping that a change
villages were destroyed and nearly 100 1 and surroundings
rsons were killed. In addition many health, hei
- r. .1 homeless, and
among the suffer-;
1
were injured and n
terrible distress exi
ers.
Strikes Turk* Island.
Kingston, Jamaica, Au~g. 11.—Turk*
island reports that a cyclone passed dur-
ing Wednesday night after doing tri-
fling damage. The center of disturb-
ance was apparently progressing north-1
ward towards tho American coast.
Guadalupe Inland Struck.
Paris, Aug. II. — Advices from La
Pointe, a Pitre island of Guadalupe, say
a cyclone did enormous damage in the
interior of that island, a number of cof-
fee and cocoannt estates being devas-
tated. Le Mourle, a suburb, was also
destroyed. There were a number of
fatalities.
St. Jean advices say the cyclone
caused great destruction in Porto Rico
whence it passe-1 northward to San
Domingo and thence to Cape Haitien
aud ;he eastern end of Cuba,
Evening News, one week, in cents.
Her fam-
of scenery
would better her
mental aberrations being
due to nervous conditions, sent her to
this city a short while ago in the com-
pany of friends, intending that she
should visit a number of different locali-
ties before returning to her home. A
few days a^o Miss Feen, handsomely
dressed, left\er boardinghouse to cash
a postoffice order, since which time
nothing has been seen or heard of her.
Meeting; at Denver.
Denvei. Aug 11.--The Eleventh an-
nual convention of the National Associa-
tion of State Railway and Warehouse
commissioners assembled here today; 31
states being represented by about 100
delegates. President Lindley called the
convention to order and delivered his
address. Three members of the inter-
state commerce commission, Chairman
M. A. Knapp, J. C. Clements and E. A.
Mosely, ar8 in attendance at the conven-
tion. Ex is. liator Rcagm. the father of
men of this peculiar specie
a beauty, and justly dt - er-
uf "silver." which metal it
sembles. The other, a bab;
eight or ten inches in lengt
a curiosity to many of we
Thi- shark is a member
ravi nous tribe of its kind,
state it is in looks the impt
th
Msb, is
affix
so closely re-
y shark, some
h. is indeed
inland folk,
of the most
but in the
•rsonation of
( 1 to
Attention is ea
law passed by th
' 'Be it enacted
uu«l i obit •'- •
,lled to the
e last l"g
bv the
illowing
ttnre:
f
the state of Texas:
"Sectr'on 1. That any person who
shall sell, giva or barter, or cause to lw*
sold, given or bartered, to any person
under the age of sixteen years, or know-
ingly sell to another person for deliver-
ing to such minor, without the written
consent of the parent or guardian of
such minor, any cigarrette or tobacco in
any of its forms, shall be tin d not less
than ten nor more than one hundred
dollars."
The Cumberland Presbyterian church
or Martin Valley, was to have begun a
me. ting August t<th, but Bro. J
Moore, of Lewisville, who was to
the bill winch created the interstate conduct the meeting, was unable to !>••
commercaxommission. is also present
Evening News only 10c a wee1;.
present. The cause was no
the NEWS representative
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