Corpus Christi Weekly Caller (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, March 13, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. FRIDAY. MARCH 13. 1908
NO 12
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MED H EIRE IE BEDIM [MU
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STARTEI* IN SKIt*N|> I LttOK I HIM
THIS MORNING
SOLDIER* MfttFD 1*00 N LABOR*
Ills HI IHOIMNOS
1II1S STOCK 111
OUT OVER BAY’.
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ntiitw. iiik thirteenth.
ALL RECORDS ARE SAFE MACHINE GUNS USED
HAS DECIDED TO
3DEL HOTEL
(Sftci.il tt Tke Caller,)
Htdug l.ix krd iu limit* Occupied Wl» Mere Strewn in tlx- Mrcet*—
mum, i n> iiiiiuifntii.
Inn llnlt-l Fiudllie-
i- V'kimr for » l.eu*c
n*rt v-
Norfolk, Va, March 12.—If
Governor Swanson does not in-
terfere, Leo c. Thurman, con-
victed of murder in the first
I’weiiL Year- Value
Insured for
Govmuueul l’urp«iMd) Misrepiv-
sealed the l,e»s of Life.
- Pavilion
< eiuplelion.
» hanged totuoi
San Marcos. Texas, March 12 The
Hays county courthouse was almost
h' .illy destroyed by u fire which start-
ii on thi second floor at -I o’clock
s Mi ' ilit hi. was not Jla-
Sati rranclseo March 12 Vecortl
in • to tin officer- oi the steamer
Clirtatian lions the loss ot life >u
tlu* Jan nary dftnfbof between troop.
(Sftn.il to Tht CtUtr.)
. r the ha
■ailisitig that the F
were very <i«; ; ruble,
Tic favorably on jke
Atlanta, (la., March 12 The
arrangement* have been com-
pleted at the city prison for
tin- execution tomorrow of the
>i<-i;eu, \nd row Johnson. con -
vlet.h1 oi the murder of Police-
man J A Minder while the lat-
ter was nUcuipoup to pine© the
tier:to under acre t The exe-
SCIENTIFIC TESTS MADE
BY DR, GRIFFITH ON GOVERN-
MENT EXPERIMENTAL FARM
Prickly Pent (eataina sit Per Pent
Wilier and Mure Protien Titan For-
age I'esG Puvered a Period
of Three V ears.
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AC1IVE AGAIN
i I hs III Pit V 11 ' I VV HOMI’.
I WO MEXICANS Pi I TO lit ! ! II
H0HRIHL1 M INNER
IlHttd'oiiic Slrticlun Tutted iu '.outli
Dttkoia,
eoken by Hie troop:
WwrfeCfi rt UUW declared to
in verge of : titrvnflon.
1HL TEXMEX.
IT
i ms k vi, u ro i.o » \*i
VM I -PHTsllM NT VII LI,Lit HAYS
Is V WILI* lit Min;
uiltliug will be erect
the tieautlful yavii
lit tor Mr. Fox. fi>
feet on Water strc>
tile pavilion take
This leaves ample
hotel, with some to.
building* that thi
ini may sec lit to.
EXTENDING OPERATIONS
Vssatili Max O.nl'- a< Plact Hitlicrl*
Not Hull sli d the Prefect Took
Hit- Field vv ith Soldiers
Watertown, B I), March 12. The
local lodge of Flktt ottsorvad its fifth
anniversary today by dedlc;
handsome nev, home, The el: -
were of an Interesting eharn ai d
were participated iu by man omi
neat uietnben if the order f
side the city. The nev bn
u large three-story sinrture ' r
e.i brick and contains, baths, n,
House .ladlclur) ( emiultlee ( unxlder-
ff|j* W'|fff’r Toift
has decided definite
will be hullt, he will
tet for the work ftu
r perhapr long< i
BJ i'uso, Texas.. March 12 l*r. K
I v Ten ui gfrfUtn’ nt Douglas
A’i.'i y.....-rday repo*"ed tlm: thi a][,>v smoking rooms, dins;
miiH bad horrii-iy outraged ail,j „|j (jje other convenlet
* Judiciary '.-ofniaittM* of
held h hearhi thi* at
tht pending d* -•It'd pi
tit* uMt.e.iii f )f let ration a
however, by about
the summer,
il be entirely on the
btrilt so that more
dfil aa occasion de-
nl la- two storms hi
two .Mexic.ins and kiiled t -rn near
Opute s iuora, clos» to the well
i tiown i'diutacoehl min' it a region
inhabit* tod b.v many Americana and
hitherto undi.-iorbed by the Indian*
The preftci of Montv /iitua ha
>'(|uipmcnt oi a first class clu
l*ls( I ss t iili.it i Vitinc.
I buries P. Neill Hefnn Vlotherx* ( on
i>re.s (euIiii.
» N-Sf.U I s VV \ V| \ v||| | ION.
CONSIDER DEIHCLD IMIls.
that he will int i, a
(* ii he finds fhat lie
in doing so.
rooms will be added
'lie building, thus ex-
ier out into the bay.
<■ building could be
h distance, as Mr
id far out into the
Niiuth Dakota Hailway (ommi-xlon
Holding se**mu I'udny.
\Va uingtou March 12.—Hon t'haa
i* Neill, of the department of ootu-
mecci uud labor, addressed the moth-
••rs' congress today on the subject of
Heeatixe of u Sniltias Kuiik Ultieli
Weal broke.
Washington, March 12. "Payment
. ii Vnom !'• mu March 13
Cactus which growe so luxuriantly
in Southwest Texas has been demon-
i titrated by Dr, David Griffith of tho
i idled States Department of Agricul-
ture t<» b* a most i tillable nroduct
for stuck (Vtotlitig. For a good loany
■ SI : I h<’ c.'itt teliu'Jl Of Oout! V. :,t
; Twwt; have when the grass failed
1 fed the variety of cactus known as
prickly pear to (heir cattle, but this
i was unit done sporadically, it rm
I in#mod for Dr. Griffith to establish
an experimental ftun near tills city,
mo! deiuouHtrat.e srtenlificalJy the
value of prickly powr ns roughaga.
lie deditres after three yoars of ex-
perience that tho prickly pear is as
itood per ucre as sorghum, hay or
any othor forage crop. It Is how-
ever, a i oughago and not I bo main
ft -ii and so he . ffectlve must be used
In connection with grain or cotton*
j seed I,ical.
A leprcamilHtlve of (ho ChllelM Ohemlcal unnlyst* show that the
iuterviovi d Mr. Jeff N Millar, j prU-.hly pear contalfta f.1 per cent
General Manager of the Gulf Coast | 'V8,, r' “•» iMicy as the water-
Hue, Who arrived iu Corpus Christ! ’ ,h'" lf ,,aG ft
this noon, in regard to the rumor, protein and other nutritive elements
current ilml (he si Louis, Drowns- Hutn bay and other forage crop*. Dr
villi' ii Mexico Hallway, were oogoli j Grlflliiis proved on his farm here
mlog ror control of ihe Texas Moxi-J Mint ,1“ feed acventy-fivo head
can Kallwiiv. vlt Miller s*M«d moat j of dulrv vvattl*. roughage from seven-
uinphaUcally then L noi a xom I D f,vs :«,,rprickly paar. lie cul-
lilatHi- of truth In the rumor; that j 'Dated the prickly pear as a crop
WAS NOT EVEN DISCUSSED
During HI* Trip !«» Mexico a t onpli
Weeks VrO—Hives Illiet'vii’VV
iu Caller
have never cotmldcied aucb a ! ;l 11 lound l! hard and prolific, in
proposition and that no negotiations I ***** enltivMion it was necessary
child 1 .iihor " \ dlsniaston of Gil- l,y th,‘ government of a million dol-
lar to ex-slave: of the Houth and
topic largely occupied the session.
proposed reduction.
entirely on the Day
i'y* In this section of
l i ids one feature will,
i many people to Cor-
to this stopping place
'irvenient to the city
; to the new pavilion
by its side,
that tin? new pavit*
•- the E'dte of tlie pro-
now nearing comple- pies party
Fort 1‘ierre, S. D„ March 12.- Tb«
slate railroad eorriniisston held a
si. dal session here today to consider
the proposal lor reduced freight
rate in western South Dakota. A
committee representing the State
Federation of Business Men’s dub:
appeared before the commission and
ANI* IIKit N.VMK VV \S v| Vi !l.
*1 i*'i**lp|ii Farmer Muffi ring From
Mule's hick.
Jackson. Mias., March 12.-.....Chaw
Hubbard, a Hinds county planter. Is failed and the hIhvch lost their money
offering from severe injuries as the - — ——
pr*-.- nt'"i mimm' in in' r,.Ml]t of a xM, p, « Vickaburg mule Niflit.NVL LX 1*1*. IN IIKV/JI,
were pending for control of tho prop-
erty ; that the operating officials
while on their trip to Mexico had
their heirs Ine been asked ..f the « conference with the Mexican Nat-
hou ' hanking cmnniiUre l>> icpre mua) iieopir for the purpoae of dla-
sentalives of the Freednten « Savings CUsalng the uueatlon of Improved fa-
una Trust company The company at, Corpus Chriitl and en-
wae formed shortly after the civil war l*rgo'l yard arid Duck improvement
and given governmental supervision ''otween Itohstown and Corpus flhriH-
<(s a waving hank for ex-siavea. it »»»1 thoro was, no other Qumtlon
of any character diacusimd or con-
sidered.
Tin- i'tesh lias pul Into circulation
merely to plough tho ground and lay
the leaves lint along the furrows
These leaves curl up like a cup catch-
ing rain and dew and wend out nfftfs
froll) tie' bottom. Shoots sprout ai-
uioat at once and the plant grow*
rapidly.
ales stable. One mule kicked an-
thot the syndicate managers and op-
hlNsfs POIM LISTS,
other over
the heart, hilling Instantly l "rni»cun Kxhihll* More In Erlileuce* **rutlng ofllciuls of the Hrownaville
Once Powerful Parly In Session
Topeka,
and the dead animal fell on Hubbard,
breaking hie lev and can si rig interim!
injurit s.
limn Vmerleuii.
VVOlih.VfI ' Tt* VII M
.Supreme
road had gone to Mexico for tbs pur-
pose of ticuulring eotiiro! of the Tet-
Hlo Janerio, March 12. Kxhlbit1 as-MexIcan Railway and considering
entries to the Brazilian national ex- bridge proposition ' ither of these
pie-Mlon will clone three days hence, duesHops was discussed
on Bunday, and space will not be al- • -
l*,s lotted to foreign manufacturers after VO'IT. tHUNHI KMM < LION,
that date Within the last few days ----
Topeka, Kan,, March 12. -.hi
remnant of the once-powefful Ben-
in Kansas assaambled in
work w ill be finished j mass convention Its Topeka today to
he job turned over to select delegates to represent Gm
I R(ntp al the People’s party national vice-presidents, general managers
... ................... I..-I.E a «. Lo.". chief ......... «< •» «W«W E“™'
l„. ,i..w rl„. net moneh. bwi .111 b.«. tw™-, oth-r oEUH.I. of Iclio. r.ll«y
on Mr Fox and pub- T'-six delegate* at the national con
taller several weeks volition.
Lodge t om-lavc i
Vloines in June.
Chicago March 12 Presidents manyapplications have bt*on rweived !,0*bni and Maine RaHwiiy Pm ploy es
from America, but is likely that the
Are Batflbm.
l.iean tnanufacturers wilt be more ex-
f km ton. March !2—According
By using prickly pear and cotton-
seed meal Dr. Griffith maintains he
can (fatten Hteem for the market at
cents per pound. It ia a known
fact that Kansas cattle raise™ make
money on steers fattened at a cost
of five cens per pm)fid. Furthermore
Dr. Griffith tmlntM out that the cus-
tom prevailing In Texas of Heading
cattle to Oklahoma in the spring to
lie fattened will noon he Imporudhlo
because tho cattle ranges are being
put Into farms itul the riHtrlcted
range left will he exhausted In a few
years. He believes that, the prickly
was only done sporadically. It re-
profitable method of fattening cattle
for the innrkel. He burns the stick*
•os off the peer with a burner, and
•o tlum the cuttle i at it with great avld-
t'‘rnH in
the Fnitod States, Canada fensh.'than those of American firms '
the returns from the Boston and
and Mexico will congregate is Chi- Th" ’ W'ion will open on June IS
Maine railway employees they will op-
ity He iielieves the time will come
(Alien every farmer will raise a crop
cago next week for the convention and will* celebrate the centennial an-
;io:e t'hi wage reduction. The votes of prickly p<>ar just as he does a
d about February 20.
has l»eeu pushed as
dt it will lie turned
< by about' March 28.
.11 begin putting in wa-
fer the shower baths,
OkLAiiOXA PD8I HASTEHS, ,t{ thi American Railway engineer- ‘‘D'ermry of the opening of Urn ports
have not bean fully counted
crop of corn.
-- | ing and Maintenance of Way asso-
t*f flu First and Second < hi** Mc«l* .jntj{in The sessions will open on
Tuesday and will occupy three days,
of Brazil to international commerce
ing Today.
IU .MOK DEMIT* IN ST. LOl IS.
Okiahonin City, Okla., March 12. i
The State Association ®t First ami
while the electriciam g,wn<| cia*- Po unasters met in
•n day* begin the work1 convention here today t.o discus* m«B
■use for electric iigh'si:} (<,rs 0f mutual interest in relation to,
art m Corpus Cln i--- their dutb" PuHfiui'• '-r •''*'f' u*
up wp.ii Mr. Fox for Lawton, president o’ tb'- a.-s©fiiam»t
pavilion when com- presided over U*e galhetln
l>e rented and ut««ned '"***’"
•y atout the first of, Mr. auo airs. C. •- .......- ■
W. P. Jones, Jr., of Plaftshurg, Mo..
Delegate* are expected from South
and Central America and Europe.
Trust f oriipuny Bay* Texas-JTexIca.i
Deport I* Not Truth,
MONEY TO LOAN
on Farms and Ranches
Mr. F M Fox s latest inoirovemenls
m -toe ummM m uiv uwiuism van m
($fecial *o Tkt Caller.)
tai. ijoais. Mo.. M*ren ia.-
town. nnm; tin- of wharf., hath; ixiuis Union Trust company, which
mm?>s and fine office and reception mu* a crmtroflfng Interest in the St
room Hie Uttor oa the Cuban style toot#,
Vendor’s Lien Notes lionulit. Real Estate for Sale I
•row navi It*1 and Sl#Xtw* Hail
th»:
rij, |.:i i"> i/< 1 at ’UK
tt ,. t ii*),, .* • fit *•** t*1 ■' *. yTTAAk**kKf i t-LWt I UAltDi
E. IL CHANDLER,
piete their • ntraci thiv week.
??.n Antcth, Trnr..
that the l!rown*vil!e road has bought
NTt. 3"2 K, Crockett or,,
»’ • *i ’
♦•*** -**
Mjiont yesterday la Corpus Christi.
"he Texaa-Mexicao.
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