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VOL. It.
THE BOWIE BLADE.
! BOW IK MONTAGUE, COUNTY,, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 17. 1905. H
BOWIE MONTAGUE, COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 17, 1905.
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Three J\[egroesLynched. j
A Quiet Mob Gets to the Jail at Henderson
and Hangs Three Negroes.
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Henderson, Texas], Nor. 13.t—A mob*
250 stronug at Sunday mofnlng
broke into the Jail by battering down
the doors and overpowering the offi-
cers, The mob uiok from (the Jail
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DOWN ON THE ISTHMUS.
LOCK OR SEA LEVEL?
roe of
)n)fi
The t (
id qi
ve n arods'wlijo -jwere in-
•oe days before, Bu-sipect-
der of] Elias Howell, ten
Is cityi Everything was
•eUy qnd there was ;no
tihat [hour £he: negroes
ip on the public1 square,
anb named
tad Henry
y the bob that these he-
POLAND IN REVOLT
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Autonomy Impossible Says the Rus-
sian Powers.
live n ^rocs who were In- St. Petersburg, Nov. 13 ^-Poland is
not to be permitted;to become a sec-
ond Findland. The Russian Govern-
menit In a strongly worded communi-
cation published this morbing, serves
notice on the Polish Nationalists that,
for good and all the ancient kingdom
J<j>htt Reese, I of Poland has npw become an Integral
Sherrow. It!! Part of thb Ruslslan Empire and that
while the Government in|ends to ob-
id crime. The oth- serve fully the National rights of Po-
l4rt in the jail, are j land. anY attempt to wreit Polish au-
tonomy from the Emperor would be
considered an act of revolt and
would lead the Poles into sorrowful
paths such as trodden by' them in
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The Russian ; authorities recognize
the gravity of the movement in which
two antagonistic parties, the Nation-
alists and the | Socialists^ under the
leadership of such Poles as' Henrik |
Sienkiewrez, the novelist, have joined
forces and declare that none of the
Great Britain and Japan Propose to
Dig Too.
Washington, Nov. 14—There Js very
good |information to prompt the pre-
diction that the four foreigners who
arc ipembers of the isthmian canal
board of consulting engineers will rec-
ommend the making of a sea-level
canal and it may be said with equal
ccnficence that the five American
members of that bpard will recom-
mend! that it be a lock canal, j [
| fehpuld one of the Americans join
the foreign engineers thei major-
ieport would be favorable to a
rea-ievel canal, but tthe assurance
was jijiven today by one who hks ex-
cellent sources of information that
the American engineers will he a unit
en merely! aecorn-
in re commending a lock canal.:
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negroes taken is
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news of a mob
leriff Stonie about
til
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ellabk
t to Sheriff
•day wight, when hie be-1
:cps toj prevent the jfafagj-1
J i n g Senator j Chja rltjs1 L. !
d F. j-L. Youngi to: the [
the mpb was! forming 3 I
if the city, to talk with
d Ipslit on their waltllhg |
rt had it an opportunity to!
act. and promising them that tihe court
Would meet on the frg. i
[Their appeals, failed to have any ef-
fect, and wiKn thfa appeared in the
city limits Sheriff .Stone appeared be-
fore the in and maVh: a strong appeal
to his friends in the crowd not to take
a 1 vantage of his condition, but to give
him an opportunity to protect his
prisoners. -
IA11 his app«
sympathy, ant
the jail.
^Following the lyhchlng, th© town is
qbfat. The dangling bodies Were cut
down when the mob had Aspersed,
and were placed ig a corridor of the
court house by Sheriff Stone, where,
all morning, they;vfere viewed by hun-
dreds a£ people, both white aind black
- The citizens’ deplore -the tragedy, but
lay no blame on [the officers,! recog*
the faet tbat' they | mado what-
fforts they could to protect their
failed to arouse any
crowd marched to
benefits of the emancipation manifes-
to can be conferred on a country “in
revolt.”
WANT 15 CENTS FOR COTTON.
Presidents Jordan
gether on
•is understood the foreigners1 will
that it would require sixteen
to make a sea-level canal, but
It
report
years
as they are not susceptible to the im-
patience of Americans to have; this
work begun and hnished, the’ long
time that would be! required to; carry
out Iwhat they regard as the hotter
i plan, has had no influence in deter-
mining their recommendation.
THE BUSBY CASE.
Warsaw, Russia: The proclamation
of martial law in all of the ten Gov-
ernments of Russian
ed surprise arid ejx
Poland has caus-
aspejfation here,
N(Jw Dwindled to Insignifk, ice,
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Comes to Trial.
Crockett, Texas., Nov. 14.—f 9 case
!. of the State of Texps vs. A. S. pushy,
with misapplying
charged with missapplying State
funds while Assistant Financial Agent
. of tine Rusk penitentiary anti trans-
and there are apprehensions that it ferrtd on a change of venue to this
will provoke disturbance^ worse than j from Cherokee, was,, i begun
yeserday morning in the Criminal
pri
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lur! negroes ws
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is Howell, who
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! s north of! th<
History of the case: Oni Monday
6, about i|l o’clock,
Ihjed about eleven mi-
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alcS
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and wl
kiOricj’
o was an
and ou
those-that have aldready; taken place,
The city is panic stricken. There are
persistent rumors of the organization
of anti-Jewish riots, an<jl the houses
of Jews are barricaded [and watched
day arid-night.; The Jews are arming
themselves with knives, revolvers anjd
rifles.
Owing to the. general strike the dis-
tress is hourly increasing. There is a
scarcity of coal and food.
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rtacking the house one of thie negroes
6t6od guard while the ofae.ij broke in
the door with an axe and murdered
tii* ol.l man. whilq he was fa bed, by
t: riking him several times on the head
wfi L the axe,' cutting his! throat,-! and
o» In rwise nuilijating ms [boidy: They
then searched the house fbr mdney,
tearing, up eveo tfang in their efforts
to. find It, They (found $ P>,j anid over-
looked $100! whiqli the officers found
latcjr. After demolishing
liter. ' After Completely d
tjc household goods, they
to burn the house! Preparations jwere
made to start a fi^e, coal ©ilj wa$ pour-
v I over the material, which .was placed
near a window, -arid from thje uot-
eide they dropped matches iwhich! fail-
ed to ignite, It i:as fortj’-'Hshtj hours
b-fbre the body das discovered by an
ol 1 negro who lived near the place.
The negroes who were hanged, (yester-
day assisted ! in making preparations
for the* burial.. The only cljue that the
officers had to work ’on wds that one
of the negroes wore a ladyis shoe and
A man’s shoe. r:; [T ■ [ ti'
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Wreck of Excursiap Train.
Fort Worth: Texas arid Pacific pas-
senger train, w|hich is made up at Big
Springs,’ diS-e"1 here at 7:45., was
wrecked about sixteen miles south
of here, near Aledo, Saturday morn-
ing, aq a result of whi^h a locomo-
tive fireman by the naffie of Luther
Wilson lost his life and ten or fifteen
persons, principally trallnmen, were
injured, some possibly [fatally, and
ethers serious?y- • ;
'me flrath, ip aclditoiop to the Dag-
gage and maijl cars antj the regular
train equipment, was carrying a num-
ber of additional coaches for the ac-
commodation of the crowd on the last
day to the Dallas Fa|ir.
District Court.
By written agreement filed tiy Hon-
Howard Martin, Assisl-ant A-tt°ra®y
General, who is conducting tl^e pros-
ecution, the State practically con-
sents to dismiss the five indictments
upon the docket previous to’No.\ G.023,
if tie Court find that they >ain3 the
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and Calvin Get To-
that Price.
Dallas: Fifteen-cent cotton is the
aim of President Harvie Jordan of the
Southern Cotton Association and he
has appealed to the Farmers’ Union
for co-operation. The union has giv-
en assurance of ei'ery assistance. The
master was arranged by telegrams be-
tween the presidents of the two or-l
ganizations. Preslident E. A. Calvin
cf the Farmers' Union says that the!
11c minimum seems low and that I5c
is not too much fbr the cotton now in
the hands of the flarmers.
President Calvin favors the farm-’
ers holding each his own cotton until;
the time conies tjo sell; but he says;
that ample provisions will be made in:
all the central piints for storing the
staple if the farmiers desire it sq. Dal-
.as, Galveston, Houston and other
points in Texas and many places in
the rest of the cotton states will be
the depots. Frofa these it may be
sold by sample land delivered from
them as the demand comes.
“What the farmers can do,” said
the president, “is shown in the action
of the cotton seed crushers, who have
set the price of $10 per ton for seed
and are adhering to it. It is a rea^
sonable price, considering the quota-
tions for oil.
“Starting in Rlains County, Texas,
our union has spread all over the cot-
ton states, and ik now going into oth-
er territory.; We have locals In Ore-
gon. Now we are engaged in cotton
chiefly. We shill take wheat next
of interest in all of
farmers raise. We
ip of half a million,
iteeting of the Nation-
al union will convene in Texarkana
and it is expected that there will be
.some five .hun4red delegates preai-
NO. 25.
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Farmers’ Co-Operative
Union of America.
STATE LIFE INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED.
GROWLERS ABOUT DUES.
ELIMINATING THE SPECULATOR
sam|e transactions
case now on trial,
that this is true,
and then in order
the things [the
have a members
On Dec. 5 the
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fencant is now that he is to toe fh’d that valley.
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Visit Considered Significant.
Wapo: The significance ©f the trip
,of thie Santa F© oflicialls; to Texas,
'while not understood fuljljr, is no
doubt highly im|portafi>t aud .will re-
jsult in building! a branch by which
Santa Fe trains will enter Waco on
tracks belonging to that system,
meanwhile using the tracks, of the
jCoiiton Belt for 4 temporary entrance
Into the city. If the Beajumppt line
Is to be extended from its northern
terminus at Center to Dalfas, as some
l elieve, a profitable hr inch from
Moody, through Waco, to Center
would become a practical proposition,
janii. although dd officiak of thp sys-
tem has authorized the j statement,
many believe that the Beaumont line
will form the basis of the large im-
provement evidently in contempla-
tion.
L. C. Swick, the engineer of the Ill-
fated engine No. 300, Which was in
the wreck Saturday jikorning near
lola, and Conductor George Corpeny
of the train, died darly (Sunday morn-
ing at St, Joseph’s Infirmary. The
body of Luther Wilson, fireman of
engine No. 3t0, has been recovered.
Engineer Swick had been In the em-
ploy of the Texas and Pacific Rail-
road Company for the past twelvet or
fifteen years, and bore a good record.
May Rebuild Carlsbad System.
Washington: I]t is more than likely
that the Federal Government will take
over under the provisions of |he rec-
lamation act what is left of tihe irri-
Carlsbad, N. M., and
the status of th^ <fa- [ rebulid it for the benefit of the people
The dam which im-
involved in'- the
As it is coinct’'ded | gatjon system at
•i single charge only of entbezi de-; pounded the wafer for. irrigation was
taken.
$500..
to allow the case now on trial U» de-
termine also the fate of the othejr in-
dictments will undoubtedly save mon-
ey for the state. Clerk Stanton/sug-
gested today that if the trial Of the in-
dividual cases was persisted iiry, the
cost to the State would undou’-ptediy
excoed he amount all€-ged to have been
mi sappropiated, as
tinuances, possible
J. I, Gilbreath, an old citizen, living
four mites noirth of Dublin, was shot
and instantly; killed about C o’ctock
Sunday evening., Tom Gregsby Sur-
rendered to tfie Constable.
and the drawing of witnesses from one
pa;-t of the State to the other.
A Dallas negro ; was fined $50 for
lowing and annoying a lady at the
Prospects are fiattieting for the
building of a $25,000 opera housq in
Wichita. Falls. The enterprise is
headed by J. A. Kemp and other prom-
inent citizens. i '
Orient to Close the Gap.
Guthrie, Ok.: Col. M. P. Paret of
Kansas City, chief engineer of the
Orient, and G. R. Haver of Springfield,
Mo., were in Altus during the week
superintending the construction of a
switch connecting the- Frisco road
with the Orient, in order to lay ma ,
terial down in Altus for the furfhei
hnd Immediate construction of the
Orient north and south from Altus,
Altus is only a short distance north
of the Red' River, to which point the
Orient -builders in Texas expect to
construct thp road by Jan. 1. From
Altus to Thomas, the southernmos.
point fo wjhich the Orient is novr
constructed In Oklahonija, is about 100
miles, the only gap in; this territory
yet to be constructed Pj the Orien
people. j
met t or missapprojpriation, iifsteacf of
the twenty-six, which at one. time! oc-
cupied the docket.! None of the1 six
cases transferred to this? county
agajinst Busiby. have as[ yet, bow,'ever,
been dismissed. Tjhey are as follows:
No. 6,018* amount alleged to be
misappropriated $800; No. G,0It\ $1,-
200 No. 6,020, $75jo. No. 6,021!/ 1900;'
KcJ_6.Q22. $700, and No. 6,023, onc
now on trial and supposed tp iipclude
the other five,. $7,500. In each'-’ case
except the last, thp bond wag ;Maced
ange of venup was
23 the bOnd\ was ;
of the cohnsel1
400, when a c
In No.
The decisio
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destroyed several years-ago, and thie
proposition to have the Government
rebuild it and permit the users of the
water to purchase control of it in the
manner provided for in the; reclama-
tion act has bepn under considera-
tion siDce that rime. The reports of
the engineers sent to investigate the
matter have beien favorable, but the
iilttsrltrr Dcpartiaorti hds IlOt bOGTl
quite sure that. th0 available funds
would be sufficient |for the purpose. :
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the result erf con-
changes of venue.
Plans for First Look Forwarded.
Dallas: The revised plans and speci-
fications ftir lo&k aind dam No. 1 on
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the Trinity River hjave been complet-
ed by Engineer Wooten and his as-
sistant and forwarded to Washing-
ton for approval. [As soon as these
are returned approved, bids will be
advertised for and contractors will
be given a month. It is estimated by
Capt. Wootien that the plans will ba
back and bids will be advertised for
by Dec. 1.
We want to talk to you a few. If
we; asjk you some straight questions,
for the good of the cause, will you try
to let; them “isoak In,” so that you
may absorb the idea we desire to em-
phasize?
You have heard members kick
about the dues, haven’t you? In fast,
yopl have occassionally indulged in
that sort of leg-service yourself, have
you not? And you pay the sum of
fiv© dollars per month—no, we mean
fl\e cents per month—as dues, do you
m4? That’s a mighty heavy strain
on your purse isn’t it? And you nev-
er; spend a cent foolishly, do you?
Those dues would buy your tobacco
and cigars and snuff and licker for a
long, long time, wouldn’t they? Your
dues for a yhar cost you almost as
much as the sum you spent that after-
noon whacking away “like a good fel-
led” at that fake “strength testinjr
rcachine, in your ambition to show
the gaping crowd how" much “stouter”
ypU were than your neighbor, Bill
Jaheq, eh? The money you donated
to- that clever shell game man at the
show last fall wouldn’t have paid your
dyes ahead for more than twenty
years, think you? And when your
local secretary once suggested, after
you sold your cotton, that you pay
your dues ahlead for the year, so as
to have it settled before you run
short/you intimated that you were
afraid the union might accjdentialiy
“go dead,” amd lose your whole in-
vestment, didn’t you? You didn’t
want to take any chances,! did you?
Well,; you aife consistent; for when
ybu bucked the shell game; you took
no chances at all! None whatever.
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Suppose the dues were doubled, for
In^tajice: D|o you .think you qould
stand it? Wouldn’t it paralyze you,
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though? Do! you suppose for a mom-
ent that the members of the city
trades unions ever pay a nickel in*
dues? Weil, they do npt They
never think [of starting witfi a nickel.
i Had you l ever dreamed j that the
printers’ union, for’ instande, has al-
most a milljon dollars in their treas-
ury? And that each printdr at work
pays one-half of one per cent of his
total wages into the treasury? And
that the union printers whp w-alk out
oh a strike !n pay oity draw $7 to f 10
per week ujntil they get a Job under
union conditions? Now, suppose the
seven millidn farmers—or even a few
ousand—were tjo pull to-
that; wouldn’t they make
fellows “come across,”
Slowly but surely the whole cotton
world is coming to recbgnize the im-
mense significance of organization
among the farmers of the southern
s edes. There have been many “or-
ganisations of farmers in ways, prin
cipally because of the speculator, nev
er was such a movement
along practical lines,, henc
1905 were practical resul
tained.
Viewed from old stand
situation today is remarkable in many
J ways, principally because
later has been very largelj
as *he dominating price making
trip. This has been brolugh’; (tboiu
solely through the logical effect of the
intelligent marketing ©f
the farmers themselves,
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The Purpose le to Protect Interests
of Texas Polcies.
Dallas, November 11.—In response
to the call of Hon. W. J. Clay, State
Commissioner of Insurance, for a
meeting of the Texas holders of life
insuratce policies, about one hundred
such policy ; holders assembled’ in
convention yesterday forenoo In the
auditorium of the Dallas Commercial
Club, hnd another session was held in
the afternoon.
The; most’important definite action
dtitenipted taken was the adoption of a resolu-
p nob'until tl0n recommenditg to the trustees of
:s ever at- ! Equitable Life Assurance Society
that W. F. Beers of Galveston be
j elected a director of that society,’ thd
; inviting ail Equitable policy holders In
Texas; to join in phat indorsement.
Mr. Eieers is one of the most wide
known fire insurance men in th*
Southwest-
The convention adopted the report
of a committee declaring the forma-
tion of a Texas policy holders’ asso-
ciation, which among other things! was
Doinis. the
the sp-eeu-i
eliminated;
the "crop by
the conse-f
quent pressure on the srilnners, an.( (o end^avor (0
the natural tear that, in future
cotton supplies will not te so easil,! ‘°Jaers Iw the ntapage-
obtainable as in the dry3 when thq
farmer's first thought was the dispoj
siiion of his crop to the first comer
who had the cash to biiy t With.
This is all just as it should be and
will inevitably work wor ders in th©
upbuilding, of the cotton growng
states:, provided the farmers do noi
get sidetracked or over-do the thing.
There is now no reason to fear thf
development of other cotton growing
fields in other parts of the world, bujt
should the healthy grovtn of the
world’s spinning and weavisg indusj
ry 'be cheeked by the American farm-
er the development work
ish Cotton Growing ass
receive an immense imp
The practical coursfe
is. beyond a doubt, the r;
pie cotton each year, the
hat cotton slowly and
possible advantage, (the
tion of chops, the raising
of the Brit-
bclaffen wijl
etus.
fpr the sout|i
; using of aid-
J
marketing of
to the best
diversifica-
of all fartn
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supplies possible, and thb avoiding 0f
all such schemes as that proposed by
Mr. Sully for the cornering of the cot-
ton market and the' gambling in ^cat-
ton futures.
In spite of the fact that hedge sell-
ing usually depresses the price of tie
speculative market In the fall of the
year, the intelligent marketing of spot
cotton this season has exerted such a
powerful influence on the trade gener-
ally that both spots and options have
advanced nnarly two cepts a pound,;
hundred th
gether like
the other
though? If; the printers and painters
and other draftsmen can do this), why
Hot the farmers? Are we not made
Of the same clay? Don’t you see that
we must bdeome less “skittish,” more
determined; more willing to do what-
ever may tie necessary to do in order
to make this union of tjie farmers
strong, influential, and irresistible ?-
Mercury-Pafssword.
As to the future of
,ti©us operators as a
that with the world’s til;
factured goods at high
no very serious inroads
e staple, caju-
ru|le now agrjee
ade in manu-
water mark,
in the price
are likely before new crop considera-
tions next spring begins
views of operators and
to affect the
spinners, ana
not then unless new crop prospects
are bright.
Meanwhile, according to the Times-
Demoorat, there is an excellent pros-
Samta Fe depot.
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!Harvey Jordan fias come out In a
ca'd advising farmers to hold cotton
for 15 cents per pound. His advice
s based upon the report
which at this time it
with usual conditions.
The Governor hafc received a letter
from Gov. Penny packer of Pennsylva-
nia, requesting him to appoint dele-
gates to thfe divorce congress which
will be held in Washington, D.iC., Fe?b.
19. The purpose is to draft new dl-
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vorce laws.
John Robbins, State Treasurer, has
appointed his son. Brown Robbins, to
68.8, compared thh postition of chibf clerk, in his of-
fice.
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of cotton,
Referring to the discussion in New
York over the sex of angels, the Lon-
idon Standard remarks,; “Iin old, Eng-
lish paintings and stained glass, in
the works Of Orcagna, and in the en-
gravings of Albrecht Durer, the angels
are depicted as robust masculine fig-
ures, magnificent in their sturdy
strength, irresistible power and
speakahle [solemnity.”’
pect of shortage in the
of cotton, and- a tendenh
men to hold such grades
ferenees, or to dole su
in small lots as an
buyers of the low gradri
better grades
y among spot
for wuder dif-
ch cotton out
inducement to
s.
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un-
The Farmers Unior
come out good and
good roads—roads th
traveled every day in tli
you would see every w
date lining up for the v
it is possible to build.
Star.)
{ to
;for
be
ought
strong
at .can
e year. Then
ould-be eandi-
ery ;best roiads
(Palo Pinto
Inspecting Corsicaha-Palestinc Route.
Corsicana: Chief Engineer Terrell,
member of a Kanisas City firm, and
C. E. Eason, of the! same firpL arrived
here recently, and in company with
J. V. Watkins, of this city, led by pri-
vate conveyance went over; [the pro-
posed route of the Snterurbaii rjailroad.
They will go via Fairfield to Pales-
tiges. It is stated that this is pre-
litjiinary to an early survey of the
The Stork Line.
The current pun Is to the effect that
Denver: Major S! K. Hooper, gen- [a machine ihas been invented for milk-
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Found Dead on the Stjejps
oral passemger agent of the Denver
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and Rio Grande, is thinking of chang-
ing the well-known catch phrase “The
Scenic Linie” to “The Stork Line."
Within the last three months four ba-
bies have been born on Denver and
Rio Grande trains—two in the Royal
Gorge, one at Tennessee Pass, the
very crest of the continent, and sur-
prising to relate only one in Utah.
T|yler: J. W.; Miink, a merchant of
White House, was found dead on the
6tpps of his store Sunday night abdut
30 o’clock. Deceased had been a3
ell as usual during the day, ate u
dinner, and late in tihe even-
Big Japanese Foreign Loan.
London: The Associated Press Is
informed that’the Japanese Govern-
ment has deejded to immediately is-
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Bedford Forrest, a boy about 15 years
of age, and namesake and| relative of
Gen. N. B. Forrest, broke 'fcjls leg while
wreeiling with a Campaniojn Saturday.
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j Lived 60 Days With Broken Neck.
I Fair view: Alv n Chamberlain, aged
lb. died Sunday after living 2 months
with his neck brbken. While at work
wiith other young men entting broom
corn two month3 ago, one of the oth-
ers in play Jumped on Chamberlain’s
[neck, drawing hi|n to the ground and
dislocating his neck. Sinde faeh his
ientire body has beep paralyzed. Cham-
Lerlain contended to the lpst that his
neck was npt dislocated.
The re
in West
night,
burned
sidle
nee
of F. H. McMahan
Waco was burned Sunday
Mrs: McMahan- was severely
in vainly trying! to save ai roll
sue a ne<w foreign loan of $250,600,000
at 4 per cent, which; will be used part-
ly for converting the external 6 per
cent loan and partly for the redern-
ing went to his sjtore for some pur- ption of the internal loans. It is im-
pose. The door was found, unlocked derstoofl .that France will participate
and’ the key in the hand of the dea l to a considerable amount, the Rdth-
7 *
w
hOarty
of currency amounting : to $225.
mlan, presumably
dead as he w-as
store.
he
coming
having fallen child's Paris house being the issuing
= -• 1 ^ 1 f
oUt1
of the
Democratic Gains iln Virgin!
Richmond: Complete; unofficial j re-
turns from the recent State electio.i
show that the Republicans elected on-
ly eighteen members of the general
assembly, the Democrats making a net
gain of three members over their
strength In the present assembly.
The Republicans have six Senators
and twelve members of the House.
41I of the. remaining members are
Straight Democrats.
ft!
by
Killed by Blursting Millstone.
Bowie: Saturday night Johfi Kirby,
wfio worked in the mill and gin of
J. K. Thomas, about two miles from
town, was so badly hurt by the burst-
ing of the millstones -that he died
early Sunday morning. The mill was
’running at two thirds greater speed
than usual, and Kirby attempted to
reduce speed when the [burrs were
lopked, and the stones burst, scatter-
in every dfrebtlcn, sjome pieces
Jy mashing Kifby'i head.
Fight Will Be Bitter.
New York: Charles K. Knox, chair-
man of the Tammany Hall law com-
mittee, announced that every step ta-
ken by Mr. Hearst and the Municipal
Ownership League for a recount
the votes cast at the recent election
would he bitterly opposed. Mr. Knox
said that the basis for the opposition
would be the decision o< the Court
of Appeals in 1904, written by Judge
A. B. Parker, now Mayor McClellan’s
senior counseL ] ;. [
Will Carry to Highest Courts.
New York: At the close!of a con-
’•©nce of twelve lawyers; retained
Mayor McClellan in th§ , contest
1 his election begun by; William
mdolph Hearst, the statement was
ade that every poipt made
Mr. Hearst's lawyers will bet car-
ed to the highest cJurt| In the
The conferejacO was held fa the
of former Judgq Alton B. Par-
ker. Plans were made for One of the
ost notable legal battles ever waged
house there. The exact date of Ihe
issue is not determined.
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land,
office
Last Session of Indian Schools.
Guthrie: The public schools of In-
an Territory have upward of 15,000
p ipills enrolled. They have entered
poa their last term under ithe aus-
ceS of the Indian nationSj and un-
less Congress takes some action pre-
lously the schools will ' close on
March 4th next, and hot reopen. The
t ibal governments expire by law on
faat date. The Indians have support-
ed the schools out of their tribal
funds at an annual coat of $450,000.
McKinney’s Niew Railway.
McKinney: The people of this city
are jubilant oyer the prospect of the
early building bf the Texas, New Mex
ico and Pacific railway. President
Jesse Shain and General Manager M.
J. Healey authorized the statement
that contracts for grading the first
100 miles from McKinney west have
already been awarded and active op-
erations are to begin at once. The
surveyors are now in the field.
ing the cows, but that the “machine
for milking the people has been in
full operation fbr some tome. The
pun is a jgood one, but loses point
when we consider what a miserable
failure thje cow. milking machines
have been; 'while what a glowing suc-
cess the men milkers have made.
Still, who’s to blame? If a set of
hulks are ja mind to drift around and
run abaft sunken rocks, just let ’em
sink, and if a lot of chumps are pleas-
ed to be the constant dupes of every
fool scheme that comes along, what is
to be done about it? So far as the
farmers aie concerned, they have an
'organization that is educational, and
good common sense with a little ed-
ucation will fix things mighty quick,
and it won’t be very long till the
milkers of! men will go to limbo with
the patent: milking machines.
the ‘ mini-
There is a large element of our pop-
ulation that has been as silent as the
grave on the subject of holding cot-
ton for high prices. Tjhis element is
composed of men—influential men,
too—so situated that they could bet-
ter afford to watch the game than to
help play it. By personal' interroga-
tions and otherwise we have brbken
into this silence on several occasions
recently, and to our surprise found
that where opposition or indifference
was expected, men have been secretly
hoping that the farmers would stand
pat for their 11 cents and win [out
Farmers have no idea of the support
that would soon come to them if they
would only exhibit the fiecessary back-
bone.—Farmers Journal,
ment of the life insurance companies,
the “big three” of New York being
specially named. This report provid-
ed that officers should be elected and
an executive committee, appointed.
But after the adoption of the report
it was suggested that no final action
should be taken until the meeting of
policy holders called by Commissioner
Clay for San Antonio, Nov. 24. After
much discussion, during which many
of the policy holders left, it was de-
cided to sb postpone action, but a
resolution was adopted continuing in
free the committee which was ap-
pointed in this meeting, and which
drew the report above referred to.
To this committee was added: the
names of the men recently; appointed
by Commissioner Clay tD receive
proxies. This committee is to act up-
on the part of North Texas, is to se-.
cure proxies and is to attend the San
Antonio therein.
The objects of the meeting of the
' : j '
Texas life insurance, policy: holders
yesterday were:
“L Tio protect the interests Of, pol-
icy holders.
“2. That policy holders maiy be
furnished with unbiased information
as to the management andi conditions
of all insurace companies In which
they are interested.
“3. That, Texas policy holders may
have advice in the selection of trus-
tees or directors and to secure an
entire change of management in such
companies as have proved unworthy,
“4. To work toward obtaining a
representation of Texas men or.
boards of-trustees or directors of In-
surance companies transacting busi-
ness in this state. | : ,,
"5. To encourage the formation of
similar organizations in other j states
and to act in harmony with same.
“6. " To advocate the passage of
laws in this and other states to more
fully protect the policy holders
against such| breaches of trust as
have occurred, and to insist upon the
investment of Texas premiums in
Texas securities.
“It was contemplated that the per-
manent organization would be com-
pleted, in San Antonio and active
work begun thereafter.”! fa. ..[
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The President was induced to ap-
point the committee by representa-
tions to him of gross frauds in the is-
suance of naturalization papers.
_ A hunter and trapper in the Kiami-
tia paountain country has located a
large colony of beavers there.
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i Under State Parole.
Austin: The first penitentiary con-
vict to be given his conditional liber-
ty under the new parole law was Pab-
lo Ornelos,, whose parole was ordered
under recommendation of the State
Board ot Penitentiary Commissioners
Ornelos was convicted of murder In
1888 in *Vebb Countyj and, was (given a
life sentence. Under the parole law
he must have served fiften years of
the sentence and ipust have had a
clean record as a convict.
He can not leave the state: during
his parole except upon written con-
sent of
a
VALUATION AND LAWS.
Showing of This and Last Year*'
Taxes Contrasted.
Austin: According to the new tax-
able values, the state will assess a
general ad valorem tax this year equal
to $2,298,559, which is an increase
over last year by $463,924. However,
the state wilt not ’collect .all of he
amount first stated, as it will be nec-
essary to make an allowance of 20 per
cent off in order lb cover cost of as-
sessing and collecting the tax.and de-
linquents. But the net increase stated
13 nearly correct, fts the same 20 per
cent should have been deducted from
last year's figures: Thus, the state
will receive; at leas: $1,838,848, against
about S1.,443,708 fbr the last year
a prospective increase of approx-
roately $395,150 or mare.
The total at essrd values is $t.l39.-
79,557, an increase over last/year of
$56,500,000. With this basLs the storj
is best told in a column of figures as
follows I
Last year’s valuation yielded gross
at 16 £-3c, on the $10D of valuation
$1,804,685. t
Last year’s’valuation at the Increas-
ed rate or 20c would have yielded
gross $2,165551. .
This year’s valuation of 16 2-3c
would yield gross $l,S98r79S.
This year’s'vafaatlbn based on the
increased tax rate of 20c will yield
$2,298;708.
The grand total increase, including
same 1G 2^ rate had prevailed on the
new values,-* would have been $339,924.
The grand tofail increase, including
enhanced • values and raised tax rate,
$ ICS,924. r'-V| fl [•: ■ [ bti 'j-''-
The last legislature increased the
ad valorem tax rate from 16 2-3c to
20c on the $100 ais assessed valuation.
Would Discourage Suicides.
Cleveland, Ohio,: Mayor Tom John-
son, alarmed at the offiedl report
that there ha\fe heen eighty-six
suicides in Cleveland in the last six
months has taken* steps to check the
carnival of self-destruction. He has
appointed a commasiion whose duty
it will be to try and; dissuqde would-
be suicides from [taking their own
lives. The commission is made up of
Director of Charities Cooley, W. A.
Greenland, ai member of the charity
bureau, and State Senator-elect F. C.
Howe, j . J | , [■ i; ■'
Men or women in Cleveland who
are contemplating suicide are, invited
to write a letter to; the Anti Suicide
Commlsion and the commission will
then make an effort to remove the
trouble. Fqr people despondent from
non-bfaployonentj the coupnii-vion en-
deavors to obtain employment while
the needs and wants of others seek-
ing aid are looked ifter. The three
men 'ate experienced in such work
proved
1
and their labofa so far have
satisfactory.
: lr
Prominent Promoter Pulled.
Boston, Mass.: ;.Ffcrddnand E. Bor-
gers, formerly a director of the Ube-
ro Plantation Company, and on of
its alleged promote, was arrestld on
the Charge of Iprcepy of $11,000 from
Warren R. Page, one of the investors
in the company’s stock. The Ubero
Plantation Company -has been in the
handjs of . a receiver for several
months. Is properties are located in
Mexico. The appointment of a re-
ceiver: was a result off an intrecro
gation by Investors!
1
T-
John Qfaon, formerly private sec-
retary to 'United States Senator Wfi-
liam A. Clark of Morgana, Was found
dead in hiS room at a hotel in Kah-
sas CRy, Fri
For our wagon that
this country, there are
are rotted out. What
with yours?
is worn opt in
r . T
a dozen ithat
[the Governor. He must make
written monthly report, [giving:
General' conduct during the month,
name and postoffice address of em
plover, nature of occupation or busi-
ness, number of days worked during
month, number of days lost during
month, reason for time lost amount
earned during month, present postof-
flce address, probable employer and
Hanged Himself in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth: An unknown man Wa3
found Monday morning dead, hanging
to the end of a rope dangling from the
second story window of a rooming
house. The man had tied the rope
to a pair of scissors which were placed
crosswise in the chimney flue. He
had carefully tied the other end of
the rope ardfand his neck and leaped
out of the window. He did not leave
his real naitu
Press Bureau for Vatican.
Pope Pins X, contempltes founding
an official: press news office in the
Cancelleria palace for supplying Vat-
ican news to correspondents. The
idea was suggested to him by Cardi-
nal Merry Del Val and is likely to
save the holy father from much of the
African Negro U arising.
At the recent meet in
man colonia* congre-.s
S 1
in
(faing
employment for coming month, prop-
able postoffice address for
month. |
coming
Probably Fatally Shot
Ger-
Sherman:■ W. W. Copeland, aged 50
l| Dr.
years, a widower employed
Ou the
rjy :j
farm of James Bryant, near Pottsboro
annoyance;
experiences
now
through the circulation of unfounded
rumors And the presentation of views
Inimical to Vatican interests.
South Africa., sai l, in spegk'.ag of the
r.-gro proM igv’ >r. of ’Africa, for the
Africans,” there was no doubt what-
Ethfapian upris.i g
soorer or iatbr in
menacing; alike Brit-
»ih, German and Portuguese authority.
fver that a g;-vr
would take place
South Africa
is in a critical condition from a gun-
shot wound, the result of the accident-
al discharge of a shotgun wffiich be
had in his road cart. The entire
charge took effect in the left arm
and side. The hurts are considered
by attending physicians to be of a
serious nature, and but little hope is
entertained for his recovery,;'
dl*
Dixon had been ill
41: -i ’i - ■ 4’
Couldn’t Show the Widow.
: -*> •;
Boy Killed While Hunting.
Cfedtjo, L T.: Following a hunting
trip after school with several com-
panions, the dead body of Clarence
Schwartz, aged 12 years, and the koir
of a merchant of this plaice, was foun I
about a quarter of a falle west of
town. Five boys were arrested chart;
ed with the killing,,two of whom were
afterward released And the three car-
ried to Durant for examination before
United States Corapitssioner Parker.
One of the boys admits the killing,
saying It was in bidden!.
McKinney Stock Show.
McKinney: Extensive prepara',a
are in progress fort the fine stock r t
poultry sho-w to be held in McK’fhney
Dec. 15 and 16. H. E. Singleton, the
well-known stwibebpeedcr; rls manager
of thei shoiw, and fiys entries already
announced! insures it to be the rn ,-:
extensive affair of the kind ever wit
nesjsed in Collin County. There wUl
be a number of exhibitors from other
counties. ! . U;l: ilifar-
Conjurer Grew Careless.
In a Berlin music hall the other
night a conjurer was pretending to
catch heavy iron balls onhis face. But
his assistant forgot to change one of
the iron balls exhibited for a light
globe, and after the conjurer had re-
ceived the ball in his face he had to
be taken to a hospital.
Don’t tell your wife she can’t have a
<»arrot. if you do, she’ll wan’t one;
Hughes^ Straggling Beard.
Charles T. liughes, tihe ,New York
insurance inquisitor, had a wonderful-
ly straggling beard when he first
came prominently into view in con-
nection w-ith the present investigation.
On the advice of friends he hai had
his whiskers trimmed into reasonable
shape and is muc^h less of an attrac-
tion for the carfigmist, in addition to
ice is; greatly im-
which his
proved.
appeal
?
Fata! Lamp Explosion.
Bonham: Miss Annie Neighbors
a, young ,’ady about seventeen years
of age, was so badly burned Thursday
evening that death resulted about 9
o’clock. A lamp exploded ifa the
home of the young lady and was
thrown out Into the back yard. The
young lady was standing on the gab
lery and the burning oil was scatter-
&d upon her person and her clothing
was ignited with the above result.
Shawnee, Ok.: A swell dressed man
onjthe Rock Island train into Shaw-;
nee trom the East, Friday took up a
collection ostensibly for a destitute
widow whom he represented as being,
on the train: After securing quite a
sura an investigation was made, with
the result, that noj widow was four. !
The man was arrbsted and will ba
held here pending a hearing.
Some Potatoes
Terrell: Mr. Samples, a farmer
living near this city, relates the prize
potato story. Last spring ho planted
one-half acre of good sandy land io
Irish potatoes, frotn -which he raised
75 bushed, selling ..them for $37. Af-
ter digging the Irish potatoes fie re-
bedded the land and planted it 1°
sweet potatoes. He made 125 bush-
els of these, for which he Is offer
$1.25 per bpshel, making over $2
oa, half an acre of ground
half an acre of ground^
hr)'!
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