Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1908 Page: 2 of 8
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MILK COUNTY EMTERPBISL
By MANRY ft WEST.
LIVINGSTON,
TEXAS
NEWS FROM
OYER TEXAS
The Sam Lanham irpn plan at Rusk
after being shut down for some time
has resumed operation.
The dead body of a man, identified
as that of J. S. Boggs, was found in
San Antonio, Saturday, on the steps
of a residence by the milkman, who
had called to deliver a bottle of milk.
An amusement resort, at Ft. Worth,
known as the White City, was nearly
completely destroyed by Are Wednes-
day night, supposedly of incendiary
origin.
A negro believed to be the one who
committed the assault on the 13-year-
old Ada Hopkins at Beaumont Wed-
nesday has been arrested and lodged
in the Galveston jail.
At Deniscon, Saturday, Miss Viola
Hudgins, 17 years of age, was found
dead at the home c< her parents, a
pistol, which told the story, was found
by her side.
Zack Isabel, of Sunset, Montague
county, while attending religious serv-
ices Sunday was called from the
church and shot to death with a double
barrel shotgun.
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At H! Paso Tuesday Mexican revo-
lutionists attempted to kidnap the wife
and ch 'dren of Vice President Corral
of Mexico, who were on their return
from California.
The statement to the effect that ne-
gro foremen were employed in the con-
struction work of the Dallas-Sherman
interurban has been denied by the
management of that road.
Bob Wright, aged 32 years, killed
his wife and himself at their home
<*near McKinney, last Tuesday, a razor
-being the weapon used. They leave
a little girl three years old.
The new Tarrant County Benevolent
Home, located at Fort Worth, was
opened Wednesday, and forty children,
who occupied the old building, were
transferred to the new home.
The Hill County Record, a weekly
newspaper published at Hillsboro, in
its issue of Friday announces the sale
of the plant and business by W. S.
Mayes, by whom it had been conduct-
ed several years, to W. C. Blassin-
game.
The Young Men’s Industrial Club, of
Mexla, has received a letter from the
United States office of Public Roads,
stating that an engineer would be sent
in the near future to lay off roads to
be macadamized in the Mexla neigh-
borhood.
At Beaumont, Wednesday, Ada
Belle Hopkins, a 13-year-old white
girl, while in the woods alone, was
assaulted and beaten unconscious by
a negro, who escaped, but who was
later captured and landed in the jail
at Galveston.
Four Mexicans, alleged to have vio-
lated the neutrality Jaws of the United
States by conspiring against a friendly
country while on United States soil,
were bound over to await the action of
the federal grand Jury at the close of
thejr hearing before United States
Commissioner Olive at El Paso Thurs-
day.
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Henry Ryder Taylor, aged 56 years,
died July 14 in a local hospital at
San Antonio. In point of service be
was probably the oldest newspaper
man in Texas, having been in the
business since a boy. Cancer of the
stomach was the cause of his death.
The Boston Finance Commission is
to present a report at -the conclusion
of its work on Investigation of the
Hub’s finances in favor of a commis-
sion to govern Boston after the Gal-
veston plan.
The State Election Board’s official
list of those who have filed petitions
for nomination in the primary elec
tlon of August 4 at Guthrie, Okla.,
shows there are 420 candidates as-
piring for 140 State and district of-
fices. , ' l
J. D. Snider, office assistant Attor-
ney General, at Austin-, in an opinion
given out recently, held that it would
be illegal for a person connected with
a bank biding for depository of city
funds, to hold a public office.
THE WEEK’S EPITOME
A RESUME OF THE MOST IMPOR-
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
A Carefully Digested and Condensed
Compilation of Current News
Domestic and Foreign.
J. A. Dunifer, a Katy brakeman,
was killed Friday in a railway acci-
dent.
At Alvarado Saturday George Hen-
ry, a negro, was shot and killed on the
main street by another negro named
Tom Hart. Henry’s neck was broken.
J. M. Parry, a brakeman familiarly
known as Mexican Pete, was killed at
Herman, six miles south of Decatur,
on the Fort Worth and Denver rail-
way. ,
Hugh Jones, a negro, was hanged
by a mob at Middleton, Tenn., Tues-
day, as a result of his having attempt-
ed an assault on a 17-year-old white
girl.
John C. Witt, for more than fifteen
years manager of the Postal Telegraph
company in Houston killed himself
Thursday morning by shooting himselt
two times, once in the breast and once
through the head.
As a result of a head-on-collision on
the Iron Mountain railroad, at St.
Louis, Tuesday, the engineer is dead,
the fireman has a broken leg, and
many passengers are more or less se-
riously injured.
It is not believed at the Interstate
Commerce Commission offices at
Washington that the railroads of the
country will undertake any general
Increase of rates at this time, or any
time in the near future.
The train bearing the Pennsylvania
delegation home from the Denver con-
vention was attacked Sunday as it
was entering St. Louis by a gang of
thugs, and some of the passengers
were Injured and maay narrowly es-
caped being hit by flying bullets, rocks
and elas.-
The largest yacht in the world
driven by motor power was launched
Friday at Charles L. Seabury & Co.’s
shipyards at Morris Heights, N. Y.
She is a graceful, well built vessel of
130 tons yacht register, class Al, at
Lloyds, 111 feet over all, 90 feet at
the water line, 31-foot beam, 4-foot
draught, 2C0 horsepower.
Wrecked on the coast of Nicaragua,
losing their life-boats in a fight
through the surf and suffering many
hardships wihile making their way to
civilization, was the experience of the
crew of the Norwegian bark Fraden,
according to Capt. N. H. Galmert and
eight of his sailors who arrived in
New Orleans Friday.
Thousands of Indians are congre-
gating in Little Chief’s camp, two
miles west of Calumet, Okla., to at-
tend the great “Willow” dance,
which will continue for three days
and nights. It Is said 3000 Indians
have already arrived at the camp
and that delegations of visiting tribes
are coming every hour.
The great oil gusher In Tampico,
Mexico, now on fire, is the third test
well drilled in the Ceronia oil re-
gion. Standard Oil experts, basing
their figures on the depth of the wal,
size of casing and height of flame
given them by Mr. Lineman Friday,
state the well is making a minimum
of 77,000 barrels of crude oil every
twenty-four hours.
The Rock Island shops at Shawnee
are not only putting on all of the old
men whom they laid off this past De-
cember, but thfre are now fifty more
men at work in the shops than there
were ever there before and men are
being put on every day.
Friendly relations between the
United States and Venezuela were en-
tirely severed when the former with-
drew their representatives from that
country, immediately followed by the
withdrawal of the Venezuelan charge
from Washington.
Terrell Adcock, age- 30, was found
dead in his fleia, near Goldthwalte,
Wednesday. His death was caused
by gunshot wounds. A widow and
children survive.
The work of straightening out the
once flooded portion of West Dallas is
progressing well. Many houses have
'been set again tn the locatiohs from
which the floods washed them, and
something like a dozen new ones are
going up. Some of the farmers have
begun replanting, and fence-building is
the rule.
Joe Gass, aged 6 years, was acci-
dentally shot and killed at Dodge Sat-
urday by Alfred Dixon, his uncle.
August Duerr of Dallas employed by
the Plater Tobacco Company killed
himself Tuesday bj‘ taking strychnine.
Mrs. H. W. Brand, treasurer Of the
National Woman's Christian Temper-
ance Union, died Friday at Evanston,
111.
Assistant Health Officer Winn cf
St. Louis claims to have discovered a
plan by which he proposes to rid the
city of rats.
In attempting to cross the swollen
S*n Saba river, Friday, Paul Wright,
e/itor of the Brady Star, was drowned
near that place.
The Idaho State hoard of pardons
has commuted the sentence of Harry
Orchard, who was sentenced to hang
to life in prison.
At Palestine, Friday, in a wreck on
the I. & G. N.j caused by two trains
colliding, Engineer M. P. Johnson of
Dodge was killed.
Jack Alfien, 23 years of age, was
crushed to death in a gravel pit in
Oak Cliff, Dallas, Wednesday after-
noon about 5 o’clock.
At San Antonio Monday Walter
Duke shot and killed Walter Evers,
as a result of a quarrel. Duke used a
double-barrel shotgun.
B. O. DeJennett of Greenville was
struck Monday at Dallas by a street
car which jumped the track and re-
ceived a fractured thigh.
George Goodsell, aged six years, is
a patient at Bellevue hospital, New
York, as a result of his mother brand-
ing him with a hot iron.
John J. Taylor, for many years a
resident of Dallas, died Wednesday at
the home’of his parents In Providence,
R. I. He was only 26 years oLage.
Indictments to the number of twenty-
two w^re returned by the grand jury-
in Brooklyn Friday against persons
charged with betting at the race track.
Honolulu has completed all arrange-
ments for the entertainment of the At-
lantic battleship fleet and awaits the
coming of the ships with the greatest
Interest.
Messrs. E. M. and John Hopkins, of
Detroit, Mich., were in Bonham Tues-
day to meet wiilh citizens in the In-
terest of the proposed interurban from
Bonham to Fort Worth.
Harry Thaw left Poughkeepsie Mon-
day for White Plains to appear before
Justice Mil's at a hearing to deter-
mine his right to a jury trial to de-
termine the question of his sanity.
A dynamite bomb, exploding with
terrific force Wednesday in the Area-
way, a fashionable apartment house
of New York, hurled scores of occu-
pants from their beds, shattered many
windows and threw the tenats into a
panic.
Leslie Goff, a rubber stamp dealer,
of Lawton, Okla., Wednesday, re-
ceived notification from Michigan that
the $50,000 estate which had been left
to the Spiritualist Church by the will
of his father had been awarded to
him.
J; T. Jones, Jr., a visiting Elk from
Jackson, Tenn., died suddenly Thurs-
day night at the home of his uncle,
E. E. Flippen of Dallas, with whom he
was staying during the convention. He
arrived in Dallas Friday and to all ap-
pearances was in good health.
The promoters of the Gainesville,
Whitesboro and Sherman inteurban
railway stated Thursday that a train
load of rails for the road was expect-
ed at Gainesville in a day or so and
the laying of track would begin as
soon as the rails can be distributed
along the right of way.
As Mrs. John Rouloff of Chicago was
on her way to the hospital accompan-
ied by a nurse, she gave birth to a 10-
pound girl on the street car, a physi-
cian being called there to wait upon
her.
As a pistol shot sung at the city hall
Thursday a little athlete, In running
tights, carrying a silver tube, contain-
ing a message from Mayor McClellan
of New York to Mayor Busse of Chi
cago, started away up Broadway oil
the first relay of a thousand-mile jour-
ney to Chicago.
Fire that broke out at midnight,
Wednesday, In the town of Orcutt,
Cal., a shipping point for the Santa
Maria oil fields, caused two deaths
and destroyed oil tanks and other
property valued at nearly $200,000.
At the United Confederate Veterans
and Old Settlers’ reunion at Decatur
while the Confederate Grays of Fort
Worth and the Decatur Rifles mere en-
gaged i na sham battle, Grady Helm,
the 18-year-old son of' City Marshal
Wes Helm, was very seriously in-
jured.
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BRYAN TO FARMERS.
HE URGES THEM TO CONTRIBUTE
TO CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY.
KIS NEWSPAPER A MEDIUM.
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Until National Committee Is Organized
the Commoner Will Call for the
Subscriptions.
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.—The first
appeal for compaign contributions by
the Democratic candidates for the
presidency and the vice presidency
was made Friday. In a formal mes-
sage directed to the farmers of the
country, Messrs. Bryan and Kern urge
them to contribute according to their
means and in other ways to assist in
restoring Democracy to power. The
appeal is as follows: “To the Farm-
ers of the United States: The first
contribution made to the Democratic
campaign fund this year so far as we
know was made by a farmer of Iowa.
Just before the Denver convention met
this man, who modestly prefers not to
have his name mentioned, journeyed
more than 100 miles to Lincoln with
his contribution of $100, which he left
with Mr. Bryan to be given to the com-
mittee when organized, for the cam-
paign.
“It is very appropriate that this first
contribution should come from that
great body of our population known as
agriculturists.
“Now that the Democratic party has
announced its determination not to ac-
cept contributions from corporations,
not to accept excessive contributions
even from individuals, to publish all
contributions when over a reasonable
minimum, it ought to be able to secure
a sufficient sum from the citizens who
ask from the government nothing but
protection to their rights and consid-
eration for the general welfare. There
are hundreds of thousands of farmrs
who are abundantly able to contribute
to the fund. There are thousands who
could give $100 apiece without feeling
it; there are tens of thousands who
could give $50 apiece without sacrifice,
and still more who could give $25 or
$10 or $5.
The farmers’ fund will be turned
over to the national committee as soon
as its permanent officers have been
selectd. Who will he the first to re-
spond?
“The Denver convention was a peo-
ple’s convention; it adopted a strong,
clear, honest platform, and its nomina-
tions were made with practical unan-
imity.
“Our fight Is a fight for the whole
people. Our aim is equal and exact
justice to all; our purpose is to restore
the government to hands of freely
chosen representatives of the voters.
How many farmers will join in fur-
nishing the funds necessary to present
the issues?
Until the National Committee is or-
ganized the Commoner will call for
subscriptions.
“JNO. W. KERN.”
“W. J. BRYAN,
BANKERS AGAINST INSURING.
Member* of Texas Association, by a
Majority of 72, Reject.
Austin, Tex.—By a vote ot 72 ma-
jority, the bankers of Texas have de-
clared against guaranteeing deposits;
and official notification of the result
of the ballot was announced by J. W.
Hooper, secretary of the Texas Bank-
ers’ Association and vice president of
the Austin National Bank. His offi-
cial notice follows:
“In accordance with a resolution
adopted by the annual convention at
Fort Worth on June 16, 1908, I sub-
mitted, as secretary of the association,
the following question to all of our
members: ‘Are you in favor of a guar-
antee of bank deposits through the
state or governmental agency? An-
swer yes Or no.’ The ballot was
closed today, with the following re-
sults: Those favoring guaranteeing
of bank deposits, 210; those opposed,
282. Of those voting ‘yes,’ 109 were
state banks, 90 were national banks
and 11 were private banks. Of thifce
voting ‘no,’ 69 were state banks, 176
were national banks and 38 were pri-
vate banks. The capital and surplus
of those voting ‘yes” aggregated
$1,670,000, and of those voting ‘no’ $5,-
334,000- Replies were received from
fourteen members, who for various
reasons did not express themselves on
the proposition.”
Weevils Very Plentiful.
Kenedy, Tex.—Several bales of cot-
ton have come in this week and many
farmers have begun to pick, and with
favorable weather picking will soon
be general. The recnt showers -have
nearly ruined many fields and the wee-
vils are very plentiful, and unless the
weather is favorable and the weevils
quit many fields will be very light.'
Some farmers have a fair crop made,
but as a whole the cotton crop prom-
ises a light yield.
BRUMBY ON TYPHOID.
FINDS CONDITIONS IN NORTH-
WEST UNSATISFACTORY.
APPREHENDS AN EPIDEMIC.
Water Situation Must Be Given Atten-
tion or Epidemic Will Follow—
State Will Analyze.
Austin. Tex.—Dr. W. M. Brumby,,
state health officer, returned Monday
from a tour of inspection through the'
northwestern part of the state, his pri-
mary purpose being to ascertain what,
precautions the citizens of that sec-
tion are taking against the develop-
ment and spread of typhoid fever. His
inspection dod not encourage him, as
he found an apathy on the part chiefly
of physicians, whose duty it is to re-
port to the county health officers the
first indication or polluted waters that,
comes under their observation. Dr.
Brumby apprehends an epidemic of
typhoid fever if the water situation is.
not given the necessary attention. The
State Health Department is prepared
to make immediate analysis of sus-
pected water on the submission of
samples to the various health officers:
of the state, and considers this one of
the most important means of freeing,
communities from epidemics, and min-
imizing instances of sporadic cases.
When the source of disease has been
ascertained, it is always less difficult
to combat its aggressions, and the de-
partment believes that this feature'
of the sanitary campaign so persist-
ently waged during the last year or
two can not be stressed too greatly.
NEGRO QUESTION A FACTOR.
Chairman of Democratic National
Committee Will Not Be From South.
Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.—According
to the Democratic leaders who have
been in Fairview and conferred with
Bryan, the ability of the Democratic
party to secure the negro vote in Ohio
will depend largely on the attitude of
Senator Foraker. So long as he re-
mains outside the Republican breast-
works, at least as regards Judge Taft,
the delegates feel assured of a large
negro support in that state. Holding,
as they do, the balance of political
power, there being something like 60,-
000 of them, the negroes In the Ohie
campaign will be the most important
factor.
One thing is definitely settled, and
that is that the chairmanship of the
national committee will not go to a
Southern man, because of the attitude
of the Southerners toward the negro.
Although Bryail thinks highly of
James of Kentucky, and his name was
prominently mentioned for the place,
the position taken by James some
time ago favoring the disfranchise-
ment of the negro has made his ap-
pointment out of the question.
ROJESTVEN8KY DIES.
Commander of Russia’s Ill-Fated Fleet
Expires at Nauheim.
Bad Nauheim, Germany.—Vice Ad-
miral Rojestvensky, who commanded
the ill-fated Russian fleet which was
annihilated by the Japanese in the
Sea of Japan in May, 1905, died here
Sunday night of heart trouble.
It is believed that the heart affec-
tion resulted from injuries received
by Admiral Rojestvensky in the bat-
tle of the Sea of Japan.
Packing House for Taft Ranch.
Corpus Christ!, Tex.—The Coleman-
Fulton Pasture Company, which em-
braces 500,000 acres of land known as
the Taft ranch, are making prepara-
tion for the establishment of a slaugh-
tering and packing house, where the
-thousands of fat cattle that are raised
on the ranch will be prepared for the
home markets at ■« much lower rate
than Is being paid at present.
Mexia, Tex.—The weather here Sat-
urday was terrific; 98 in the shade was
the record for the maximum tempera-
ture. We are beginning to need rain
here in some localities. Cotton is
shedding, due to scattering showers,
as is thought by many, and it is said
that a good general rain would be ben-
eficial. Tljis has been the warmest
week of 1908. The leaves on young
trees and grass give evidence of tho
fact.
Vanguard at Manila.
Manila.—The battleships Maine and
Alabama, composing the special serv-
ice squadron which is going around
the world in advance of the American
Atlantic fleet, arrived here Monday.
The^run fron* Guam, from which isl-
and they sailed July 14, was unevent-
ful!
Floresville, Tex.—The county assess-
or, with three assistants, Is working
on the tax rolls. The work is nearly
completed.
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Manry, E. J. & West, W. L. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 23, 1908, newspaper, July 23, 1908; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656873/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.