The Bowie Blade. (Bowie, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, August 26, 1904 Page: 2 of 8
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THE. BOWIE BLAl>E
W. M. COBB, Pub and Prop.
BOWIE,
TEXAS
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
The Government report of tho cot
ion -crop is rather depressing. takca as
a whole.
Work will soon commence on a
new $20,000 city hall for Gainesville.
The building will bo up-to-date in ev-
ery detail.
A move Is on foot to pave thejnaln
business streets of Gainesville. The
property owners are almost all in fa
vor cf it.
Alex Arachlna, tho son of a promi-
nent Italian business man of Denison
drowned in the Red River Friday
.........morning, _T_. ____...._________.......
It is given out that the Dallas Fair
grounds are to be beautiiied with an
arlificiariake in the center of the mile
race track.
-.....The Now York Central'Railroad is
arranging to trolleyize all its branches
immediately and the entire system in
course of time.
The Loren a High School has let
the contract for the building of a two-
story brick school house, the price be-
ing about $5000. t
It Is thought that Judge Parker will
make a stump of many of the most im-
portant Western cities in the interest
of his campaign.
Joe Jefferson, the great actor, lies
dangerously ill at his home near Buz-
zards Bay. He is suffering from a
complication of diseases.
It is given out that Congressman
Randall, of tho Sherman District, will
take the stump- .in the fall for tho
Democratic National ticket.
Great efforts are being put forth to
make the Prohibition rally at Waco on
August 23 and 24 one of the largest
Was Sunk Without Cause
o.l
The Capital Is in Gloom
The citizens of the Cache, O. T.,
community have organized for tho
suppression of cattle stealing, and are
making life miserable for maverick
:" ........
Herman Illcka, aged eighty-sevon,
who had lived on the same farm, three
miles from Ann Arbor, Mich., for the
past, seventy-nine years, died a few
days since. „
*•*'-.....
The Panam^^Cankl Commission ha3
m^le requisition for a large amount
oi dynamite, which indicates that ac-
tive work will soon commence on the
canal proper.
Miss Clara Bourland, the lG-year-old
daughter of Hon. W. F. Bourland of
Dixod, Ky., was! killed by lightning
•while talking over a telephone during
a heavy thundrestorm.
CoL Prentiss Ingraham of Chicago,
who enjoys the distinction of having
written more than 1,000 novels, died
a few days since at Beauvoir, Miss.,
at the age of 00 years. - - -
The contractor will be at Gaines-
Tille next month from Dallas and be-
gin work on the new $80,000 postof-
flee building. The building must be
completed by September 1, 1906.------
Projectors of .ue Kansas City, Okla-
homa and Houston Railway are “get-
ting busy.” Surveyors are making
estimates and all indications point to
the early commencement of the line,
which as surveyed, is about eighty
miles shorter from Kansas City to Gal-
veston than any existing line.
Heavy forest Ares are raging in the
hills close around Bonita, some twenty-
four miles east of Missoula. The fires
started four days ago and have spread
with rapidity over a vast territory,
causing incalculable loss.
Work has commenced on the Odd
Fellows’ temple at Guthrie, Ok.
, Charles Neary of Milwaukee, and
Louis Long of Oakland, have beep
matched for a twenty-round fight tc
take place at Seattle, September 27,
130 pounds.
.......Shanghai, Aug. 24.—The finding of
the naval court of inquiry in the case
of the British steamer Hipsang was
delivered yesterday morning, The
Hipsabg was..torpedoed and sunk on
July it) while passing Pigeon Bay. The
findings of the court are as follows:
‘‘A Russian [ torpedo boat destroyer,
now identified as the Ratstoropuy,
came up at daylight with the Hipsang,
whose lights were burning brightly
and who had tho British flag flying.
The destroyer fired shells, killing and
maiming passengers. The Hipsang
stopped directly, but tho Russian ves-
sel fired a torpedo, sinking her, -There
was nd contraband aboard her, nor
any Japanese. Her captain was expe-
rienced, and he acted perfectly cor-
rect. - The court desires' to draw the
attention of the Board of Trade and
the Foreign Office that the steamer,
while proceeding with due caution and
on her correct course, was torpedoed
and sunk without any—just -causo or
reason. The loss of life, was due to
the shell fire, previous to the torpedo-
ing of the vessel. These acts were
done by the Russian destroyer No. 7,
St. Petersburg, Aug. 24, 3 a. m.—
With all Russia hanging breathless
on the fate of Port Arthur, even such
a National event as the christening of
the Czarevitch is not given the promi-
nence which Would otherwise be ac-
corded it. St. Petersburg to-night is
dim and silent, with no signs of fes-
tivity. Although the fairy-like grounds
of Peterhpf are gay with flags and
decorations in readiness for to-mor-
row’s celebration, and although thp
great palace is filled with distinguish-
ed guests, the scene resembles more
one of a weighty international confer-
ence thaD that of a gathering of mer-
rymakers. The capital to-night is
filled with sinister rtrmbrs of Port Ar-
thur’s desper ate straits. The super-
stlljous are predicting"the fail of 'flje*
fortress on tile day of the baptism of
tho Czarevitch, but this is easily trace-
able to the fact that several big Rus-
sian reverses have occurred on Rus-
sian fete days. - |
It is reported that a message was
received from Lieut. Gen. Stoessel last
night, which was sent from Port Ar
thur on the night of August 22, by
way of Chefoo, saying that a desper-
ate assault by the Japanese had been
la -ppogFesg- 4w4ng"Uw>-4>rMvioMs-f<H5t» '
eight hours. No-confirmation of this
staff does- not conceal its anxiety, the
report can he had. While the general
best military authorities have not
abandoned the hope that Gen, Stops
sel will be able to hold out. The more
hopeful view is somewhat borne out
by an unofficial dispatch from Liao
Yang, saying that in a two days’ as-
sault—on August -J.9. and ..20—the .at
tackers, like their predecessors, were
beaten off with .heavy loss, . .
The situation at Liao Yang Leif is
quiet, but the improving weather pre-
cedes the refiewal of military activ-
ity. It Is believed that if Gen, Kuro-
patkin is contemplating a diversion in
favor of Port ArthurIt will not be long
delayed. .
Conservative critics, while they are
not Chary In giving the Japanese due
n^litary credit for past performances,
say in plain language that the pace is
too fast to last and that every day
Gen. Stoessel holds.out will render the
Japanese position at Liao Yang more
precarious. Even the most sanguine
admit the gravity of the situation,
from the Russian point of view', and
the most serious news from the front
would not be received with great sur-
prise.
.'.A
DEDICATED YHE SEAWALL.
The G reat est St ru c t u re cf the Sort On
Earth.
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 23.—Between
8,000 and 10,000 people witnessed the
dedicatory ceremony lrl- honor of the
completion of the seawall, the great-
est structure of its kind on earth,, on
the beach last night,A The ceremony
attending 'the unveiling ujf the .monu-
ments Was appropriST^and benefiting
THE COTTON CROP.
Pr.yssr.t' Indicatiirrs Cftow 325
Cent Ahead of 1903.
Dallas, Aug. 21—The Morning News
in a summary cf a cotton crop report
this morning Si|yST~~-■--•------■■■-te
“Report# from 4C1 correspondents of
The News, ail written Aug 17, indicate
that the -average -condition of the cot-
ton crop" of‘Texhif’ waste at that time
■3.25 per cbnt better than the condition
(•
the occcasdon. Gov. S. W. T. Lanhaffl i at the corn , ponding period in 1903. ...
delivered the dedicatory mxldresslJulfij/ T.lic crop reportaj^Jisfaed.by Tim
speeches were, alsd riade by ■Senator-' News on July 2G indicated that the
■ft. V. Davidson, City Atttorney M. E-.
Kleberg and others. A musical pro-
gram of appropriate selections was’
rendered by a band.
With the seawall ablaze with red
fire the unveiling of two granite shaW
was performed by the little Misses
crop wan, rtn July 22 ftheqverage date
of said reports), 0.75 per. cent better
than last year.
Too much rain in some localities,
principally in Iho Gouthcrfl portion of
the Of ate; -lneli'ef ■ rain ia others and
ravages cf boll weevils, boil worms,
TEXAS REP UBS NAME Ji STATE TICKET.
Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. 24.—Tho Jefferson; 3, G. L„ Palmer, Kaufman;
. It is understood from an aut horitative,
source that the new Birmingham iron
works will resume operations in the
near future. These works represent
*n Ir.vestment c^ Miree nOtlton dollars
with two practically new furnaces.
Saturday night at Lavada in the
northeast corner of Franklin County
W. H. Thomas was killed. It is stated
he was attempting to elope with
George W. Atartin’s ~ sixtecir-yeartold
daughter, Martin was released on
txuui. <luu au tuamU.;..4 triai.
Republicans of this Slate have hold
their convention, nominated a fuJI
State ticket, fulminated a platform
and betaken themselves home, and the
speed With which-they transacted the
business they met to transact was of
that character as to create the impres-
sionthat it was considered and tho
program for its accomplishment made
some time before the meeting. For
everything was done which the dele-
gates thought was necessary to be
necessary to be done in less than half
-a day.
Following is the Ticket nominated:
For Governor—J. G. Lowden, Taylor
• County.
For Lieutenant Governor—Sam Dav-
idson of Tarrant County, ........... .............;
hor Associate Justice of Supreme
Court—J. R Burnett of Harris County.
For Associate Justice Court of Crim-
inal Appeals—took McDaniel of Har-
ris County.
For Attorney General—Charles W.
Ogden of Bexar County.
For Controller—John M. Claiborne of
Cherokee County,
For Treasurer—C. B. Dorchester of
Grayson County.
For Land Commissioner—Carl F.
Drake of Travis County
For Superintendent of Public In-
struction-Albert Ernst of Victoria
County. \ . - v : :::
Electors at Large—Charles A. Boyn-
ton of McLennan County and J. Htl
Ktirlh of Angelina County;
Congressional Electors — 1, J. J.
Dickerson, Lamar; 2, W. Q. Averill,
4, W. G. McGinnis, Grayson; 5, F. W.
Bartlett, Dallas; G, Tylqr Haswell,
Braz;os; ,7, Dr. W. R. Roberts, Ander-
son ; 8, George W. Jones, Grimes ;9,
J. G. Schermack, Fayette; 10, Paul
Fricke, Washington; 11, A. Suhler,
McLennan; 12, John R. Stanley, Tar-
rant; 13, J. L. Gaston, Montague; 14,
John Marbach, Comal; 15, Dr. T. W.
ivloore, Guadalupe; 1G, J. S. Blanken-
beckler, Stamford.
The usual speechifying was notice-
ably omitted, the whole proceed-
ing, occupying less than three hours,
was characterized by an earnest busi-
ness aspect.
The final act of the convention was
the reo-lection of Cecil Lyon as chair-
man and A. A. Sims as secretary of
the State executive committee. .
-
Died of His Injuries.
—Houston: J, A. McMillan, y SttperiS--
tendent of a rice farm at Chestervilie,
on the San Antonio and Aransas Pass
Railroad, died Monday morning just
as he Was carried into the door of St.
Joseph’s Infirmary at Houston. Struck
by a train, both legs had been fractur-
ed, the thigh broken and internal
hurts sustained The accident occurred
Saturday evening -■—-
Whitney has a truck growers’ asso-
ciation with twenty five members.
Resurveys of Brewster County have
just been completed and a now, map,
will be made, showing- the location of
all the different mineral lands, timber,
etc.
Carrie O’Rourke, and Dctischka Hen- j army v.ointa s.u.l cate, pillars, also
derson, daughters of Seawall Contrac-1 chiefly la tho omiioia LuL of State,
tor O’Rourke and County Commis- have;bccn rfcsuonoiLle for the deterior-
eioner Henderson. Tho granite - shafts htibn which has been emsoi-ih -part by _
' an 'i:ur.rovom :nt. i:i condRrcmrTffih'fly
in’localities in the northern portion of
the State.
Reports from fertr-threo eorrespon-
-4©»tSr4a I n d i au- Tcpritovy--ami—fifteen-.....
in Oklahoma- Territory • reveal almost
uniformly excellent conditions, indi-
'teatlug that tho condition, or the crop
in the-former is 25 per cent above last
year at same time, and in tho latter
42 per cent better.
These conditions indicate a cron of
2,787,129 for Texas, 453,312 for Indian
Territory and 303,798 for Oklahoma
Territory, ' , : V
stand about fifteen feet high gnd will
be mounted by ornamental figures
holding a cluster of electric . lights.
The shafts are placed on top of the
wall’bn either sHS of the witRrgpUr-*
Way over the wall at the foot cf Tre-
rnent street.
Gov. Lanham, commenting on the
remarkable work which has beep ac-
complished, Galveston is now in line
to sdek the advantage from the unique
position of the city as an up-to-date
American port and a railroavl center,
being nearest of all to the new’ Pan-
ama _CaflaL_aM a natural outlet for
tho commerce of nearly onc-half of
the United States.
The seawall was completed the last
of July. Two grand monuments were
erected at the foot of Trennmt .street
to celebrate - the completion of the
wail. The Galveston seawall in 17.693
feet long, 1G feet wide at the-base, 5
feet wide at tho top and stands 17
years. Bonds to thcaruount of $1
riprap apron extending 27 feet out on
I
the Gulf side. The contract price of^
the wall was $1,959,318, The ^Ctual
one year, four months and seventeen
days.
Tho grado of tho city is r.ow to be
raised to elope cradr.aiiiy from the
tep-rof-1 he^fea-wall;---TM*.- vnH-'rrctresah
tato a raising Of the grade c, from one
to fifteen feet„ according tc location.
For this purpose the State of .Texas
has donated all State tr.xcj coHcetv i
in Galve.stoa fof a period cf eighteen
feet above mean low tide, with a
500,000 are to bo issued for this pur-
pose. A contract has been let for tho
grade raising work.
Under tho terms of tho contract a
canal is to bo dug cn the inside of the
Seawall which will permit the en-
trance of hopper dredges leaded with
sand taken from, tho channel in the
bay to ccrno ia and discharge the. fill-,
ing to the req Jrcd depth.
This work is new under way. The
last session of Congress provided for
an extension of the Galveston Courty
seawall to protect Fort Crockett for
Wcr.’ma Champion Cotton Picker.
Cor; iciaa; John V/illiams, the negro
toy who...lays claim to the world’s
cotton picking championship, loft on
Monday for Lillis County, having
closed the contract for picking the
cotton tn the John Harrison 1,35(L
acre farm near Nash. For four years
past Williams has picked the cotton
on this faim under contract. His
record cs a cotton picker for three
years is av Tolllows: For 1900, 3,700
te-d POMdg; 1901, 3,300 pounds. In 1902
ho broke tho world’s- record by pick-
in'-: 1S.G20 pounds, andylufing the time
picked as much as 1,037 pounds in a
day. In 1903 he picked 42,000 pounds.
John.. corBraots to pick ali,iUa.itQttQiL—
at a stipulated price and then employs -
pic’: rs to a. svmt, he always making
a ft.11 hand and le .ding the van. »He
is-.21 years old, 5 feet 8 inphes high
and v,'chtua 14a pounds. He is a native
of C rricana and between cotton sea- •
sons is- employed by Mrs. II. L. Scales
cf this city.
Hunt Coiir.ty Fair Arranged.
Greenville: The directors of the
Hunt County Faif Association has de-
cided to hold a stock and poultry show
and racing program or, October 6, 7,
and 8. Everything is in readiness to
make it a successful opening. Thirty
good stables have been built and moro
are to bo erected and there i3 every
facility for training and caring for.’
horses. The track lias been graded,’
dragged and roiled until there is prob-
a distance of 4,000 feet, to the wesu ably no better half naUo track in tho
This will extend the wall to Fifty-
Fifth Street, so. that the ejy of Gal-
veston on the Gulf side \yill be pro-
tected by seawall the full extent-of
its incorporate limits.-
Rock Islaind Train Derailed.
Trenton, Mo.:, Chicago, Rock Island
and Paclflc train No. 3, westbound^wS*
senger, due at Kansas City from Chi-
cago at 8:15 o’clock in the evening,
but which was slightly iate, was de-
railed just west of Princeton, twenty-
four miles north of here, Tuesday af-
ternoon, injuring forty-five persons.
-Among those slightly injured are: A.
Slochdick, Katy, Tex., ankle sprained;
O. L. Higgins, Tyrone, Tex., right leg
broken.
Charged With Uxorcide.
Sour Lake: Joe Davis, a welh
kflftwB-d-rUler, was arrested here Tues-
Prisonera Escape at Cooper.
Cooper: Monday night, when the
jailer went to fasten the prisoners in'
the tell*, of the county jail, one of
them, it is thought, secreted himself
on the top of one of the cells and in
the night some time he opened the
Cells and turned all of the prisoners
out ahd they made an Opening in the
brick wall under one of the windows
and let themselves out. The escape
Mil morning.
day charged with the murder of his
wife, who died at Moran, this State,
about ten days ago. The arrest was
made on telegraphic complaint to the
City Marshal here. The prisoner-re-
fused to answer any questions or make
any'statement, tie was taken to Beau-
mont for safe keeping. _
The iceman and the coalman both
swear by the thermometer.
7 tie TUtiadfa'n wltoat crop’is'estinmt-’
®d at _G5,000,000 busheTsif the acreage
being about 2,500,000 Seres.
.....The ^ttle daughter of Rev. W. Vln-
sant of Alma, while playing on Sat-
wtijay, fell and her left arm was
broken.
At Houston two negro boys, Lester
and Austin Jones,' drove over and
killed the 2-j ear-old son of H. Graff,
a merchant. The negroes are in jail,
charged with murder. ~ ’
A dispatch from Donisjon cays that
the gambling houses, which have been
closed for some lime are open again
and are running full blast.
Saturday night a cyclone visited
Bryant, S. Pry&M Mfs. P. S. Hillfirg
was killed and her daughter Nellie
was fatally wounded.
State.
Held for Ransom.
Roswell, N. M.: John Eiland,, vice-
PFeskkmt of the Bank of Portal*-* at
Port ales, N. M., un,l e, wealthy sheep^-
man, has fallen into the hands of
brigands in Mexico. Airs. Eiland re-
ceived a letter from him postmarked
Tho bulletin of health of Chicago
rays th-.t this summer beats nil rec-
ords for healthfullness in the history
of the city. This constantly Improv-
ing condition is attributed to the ef-
ficiency of the drainage canal.
The Smith County brick-plant; sit-
uated two miles south or Lindale, was
burned Monday morning. The fire is
thought to have been of incendiary
origin. It was damaged about $8,000-
or $10,000. No insurance.
An Officer Killed.
Corsicana: Special -Policeman Chas.-
-Maddox was shot and killed on Beaton
street near Sixth avenue on Monday
evening. Maddox had arrested Walter
Earl at tho Union Depot and started
at Qputo, State of -Sonora, --M-ex-., say-[ up town with him. After proceeding
ing that he had been captured by
brigands and they demanded a jtoavy
ransom, aad-that--un 1 ess artangements-
were made at once to pay the ransom
he would be tortured and hilled.
Tempie-Bettoh Suburban Prcgrec3_
Temple: Construction work on the
interurba.n traction lino between Tem-
ple and Belton has reached the point
where the .cautractora prediet the run-
ning of cars by October 1. Tho line
about two blocks shooting began and
Maddo:: reeled arid fell. ’ Earl ran, but
was .soon overtaken by Mounted Dep-
uty Ydarrcn Bradley end arrested. He-
waa not hit.
Shot to Pieces and Body Burned.
Cedartcvn, Gn.: Jim Glover, a ne-^
gro, wan shot to death on Monday
li-iyot- near the hom o of a T3-"yeaT-oId
White g:rl, Levin Reaves, daughter of
is practically completed between tho [ a--well knotm farmer, whom he had
V
city limits of Temple and Belton, tho
powerhouse is rapidly nearing comple.-
-ssaui:cdz and his body then dragged
a distance of fihout a mile into this
tion, machinery is being installed- and j city and burned at the stake on the
carsTaTre ?xpected to arrive daily. Tho public square. A mob, estimated .at.
work Inside the ci.ty limits has com- j 500, composed tho shooting and burn*
•Anofif y —* ■ -■•■■■■ - .■:_!■■ ■ - I ing- party, ' ’ ’ "
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