Alpine Avalanche (Alpine, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, August 5, 1904 Page: 2 of 6
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BWnc avalanche, | STATE CONVENTION HALL IS READY. HOUSTON FILLED WITH DELEGATES.
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J. If. CARNES. Publisher,
ALPINE,
TEXAS j Delegates On Hand—Contests on for Chairmanship.
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.
Delias Commercial Club la moving
to induce the location of a Governmonf
cipcvlnaeulal farm near that city.
After >«int*ncing three gamblers to
sis months and a floe of 8100 wb.
« Muskogee Ik froe from gambling
. house
laampanun s.ilootis < loaed down
Thursday night. the prohibitionists
having wOn out In a long drawn light
In that county.
On a End. William Hoyt drove from
Moline. III., u distance of 315 miles, to
the World's Fair, on a sullty plow, car
rylng himself, wife and child.
Fire at Pilot Point Thursday night
destroyed three frame business houses
on South Jefferson at reel, enur ing a
lose of $2500. with only 8500 Insurant n
Muring a heavy rainstorm In the
Telly community north of Terrell a
hmee. mule and three head of hoge be-
longing to John Hliue w* re killed by
lightning
Edward K Harris of (3aJvr>st«n, 1*
xluicri to place the nonte of Govurnoi
H. W T Ijmham before tbc Memo
•Tulle Htalo tlonventlon t)<M Tuesday
at llourton
At Ptu.hlo John Andersen shot and
insinnHy l Died Mrs. .1. .1 Afflry. ami
then Plow his own trains out. J«*al
nusy *.*" the sii|i|)omi it enure of the
Insane deed
At Derby, Conn., lames Hurrett Marl
ed through b 2J Inch water main At
.100 feet from the enterance he was
found lif-sne lliti vlnrlntts and still
ttesN hating driven him to madness.
Farmer* ait pup ha dug latge ijunui
Hits of seed potntocH ami planting for
fall crop* Iiuk loramenred. It I* pre-
dliletl that tlmie will li* it lnrg< i torn
age than iihiisI planted In fall pot at oca
Eight laige mu l.n of dynamite and
two doien rap» were found under tne
station hens* nr 111 Patio The to
plosives were m ni ranged that It li*
Ihttughi nay l»-i*\v jar would it i them
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Wcsl<<> Allen, tin- Iti year-old son of !
S II Allen a l.'tiiiier living n*\v |
Knlm, died after differing the most »n-
tet>se ngonv f-jr several hours with
mu attin k of loehjaw, <tiii«.'d l*j stir* '
lug a rusty ti. I In Irt. foot.
I
While Fdp and Fottiva-lti Gray, "two
t eg to tjov i on tljc Ahlrli,g< plantation, ,
oti itn* Itcu. o i. m at Br>*au, wore out
•it|iiltivl ituiiilm.. Felix's gun was u<
tldttii.i'lv til'('hinged i-luintliu Ftnin- {
tr. In and I, I'd lug him Insiatii!).
Tho old settlers arid old soldi.trx will '
have a Joint reunion at Aiken* on
Wednesday. Aug It), tlov. I.anhuiu lia'
been Invited to tnaUe a apeci h on that
eit'Aslon. uml I J I'll til It will also
speak.
The ranch of Thontn* A. IJall, near
VWt McKavctt. has Just been fttrn
tihsd with a large Irrigation plant. A
centrifugal pump run by n fifty borne
power gUftOltne enguic aupplb s 3.0OJ
gallous of water per minute.
The movement over the eolfon Hell
thl* >ear totals lJ7b egrn of fruits ami
vegetable*. This Is divided lu 5G."» cam
of pot a loos. 155' earn of tomatoes. 8SG
ears of peaches, 51 car* of cantaloupe-
16 cars of watermelons and 17 cars ul
cabbage, about 2tn> t»«r •••-m mer i.st.
year.
Henry O. Mavis. Msmonath Vice
Presidential candidate. sa>a previous
engagements prevent his acceptance of
an invitation to parthlpaie In the
proposed meeting here Aug. 30 to rat!
f> the National nominations.
Tbs First regiment of Texas Con
fsdsrsts Veterans held a reunion gt.
Campbell. Speeches were made by
U«a. H. W. Oraber of Dallas. Col. W.
U Joase, Hon. M. F l<ooaey. Green
villa, aad lion. J P. Copeland. Wolfs
CMjr.
Tbs OnAsmMan baass af rsprsssa-
taUvas bw.fusH m first deb** *
motion to* dselars the formal annul
msat of treaties between Cstsmbls bad
tba rotted At also aad aasmettlag *U
dlplomatie aid consular hhhot *
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Orayson County wbeat has throated
out rually better than hoped for.' Med-
iterranean wheat baa predared on na
average twenty bushels per MTS. a va
rlety Of smooth, bard wheat nan thresh-
ed out Mfek^tettylYo to thirty-six
hostels par pere.
Contestants for Attorney General.
Chnventton a Record Breaker in Point of Attend-r
ance-Contests Settled—Lobbying.
Houston. Texas. Aug. I.—Everything
is In readiness for the State Demo-
cratic convention which meets at the
big Auditorium in this city tomorrow.
Advance delegatee began to arrive
yesterday and every train arriving to-
day has addej hundreds to the list of
arrivals. . . *
Auditorium la All Ready.
The committee of arrangements
having in charge the auditorium today
pronounced every detail as perfected
and that the edifice would be In ap-
ple pie order when the State Demo-
cratic convention was called to order
Tuesday, Aug. 2. The seating facili-
ties have been put In proper shape
and will accommodate all of the dele-
gates, the electric fane and lights
have been Installed and there Is noth-
ing lacking to make all of the ar-
rangements perfect.
As the candidates arrived last night
they seemed to add btrength to Coop-
er's prospect for the permanent chair-
manship.
Carlos Hee of San Antonio, as well
aa Imboden, are mentioned for the
temporary chairmanship. This candi-
dacy seems to he chaotic or unerys-
taliecd.
Attorney General Charles K. He!!
was an arrival' yesterday evening. He
Is very popular with tie- delegates.
Tho East Texas delegation was atig
men ted yesterday evening by aeveral
arrivals.
<’h!«f Justice J. T. Hrowu arrived
here yesterday evening, but almost
immediately received a telegram that
bis wife waa ill and be left immedi-
ately for Austin.
The friends of Frank Andrews bad
a protracted conference in the Alee
hotel last, night, and he consented to
become a candidate before the con-
vention for the chairmanship of the
state executive committee.
Messrs. Davidson, Ware and 61m-
rons, all candidates for attorney gen-
eral, aro here, and are all In the race
for the nomination. It bad been stat-
ed that ‘Mr. Ware had withdrawn, but
he has not, and stays in on the claim
that no candidate has yet had enough
instructed votes to nominate him.
If was stated last night that the
£trcngth of Hon. Ben Cabell for the
chairmanship of the executive com-
mittee, will come down from North
Texau today in a way that will terrify
the opposition unless they he very
strong and bold.
Hogg and Others.
Ex-Cov. James 3. Hogg was one of
tnc notable arrivals in the city yester-
day. 'He is on deck, though be does
not expect to take any very active
part tn the proceedings, unless, per-
chance he should be drawn into tbo
fight by a surprise of some kind. From
the manner in which the visitors gath-
er about him he has not lost much of
his old popularity.
Other prominent figures will reach
here this morning.
TUCUMARI HOLDUP.
Rock Island Pacsenger Train Waa
Robbed Saturday.
I El Paso, Texas: Northbound Rock
Island passenger Haln No. 4. In
, charge of Conductor J. B. York, wa*
held up by three masked men, sup-
posed to he Mcxlcnus, at I»gaii. N. M.
' 350 mile* northeast of here, at 10
I o'clock .Saturday night. The express
! car and safe therein were dynamited,
| ‘but not mora than (TOp was secured
j by the robbers, who. after terrorizing
■ ho train men and passengers, rode
off toward the rugged mountains, near
I the Colorado line, win re they havo a
j rendezvous.
The rabbet8 hoarded the engine at
a water tank and covered the engln-
' eer with their Winchesters. The ex-
press car was uncoupled and run n
• maiter of a mile up the road, where
1 it was dynamited. The train wax de-
tained l.y the outlaws more than an
I hour, and ihe passengers were torror-
! Ized by a continual discharge of Are
i arms. A number of armed men who
I happened to be on the train were so
' badly frightened that they hid their
j weapons.
j The iM'skengtTH were not molested,
j though many of them were well pro-
[ vlded with money and Jewels.
A large posse under Sheriff Webb
came from Dnlburt on a special tram
and took the trail fifty miles behind
the robbers. Another posse starteJ
out from l.ognn. The leader of the
outlaws appeared to he an old hand
at the buxines*, but his two compan-
ions were nervous.
Miss Gould's Pictures Damaged.
fit. l-ouls: Charles U Frank, on
artist, who waa formerly special ser-
vice nmn In the art department at tho
World’s Fair, liaa made the statement
that three paintings loaned to the Ex-
position by Milas Helen Gould, and
valued at flOO.OOO, were badly dam-
aged >by remaining packed fur too long
a time after hhvln garrived hen.
K Iliad During a Row.
Dallas, Texas: During a row, rliree
miles east of Wilmer, thin county. BUI
Groff, a negro, wad killed Saturday
night by another negro. In Is told that
tho two men become embroiled over
a game and tho killing followed. No
arroota have bean mole.
Killed by Quilty Conscience.
Chicago. 1U.: Attar a week of men
tal disorder, la which ho continually,
wvpt and prayed. Frank Benedetto,
who murdered hi* wife In a Bt of Jeal-
easy, committed suicide In hia coll by
hanging himself. Tho murderer made
a rope out of tho sheet on the bed.
tied one end oroand hi* nock and the
other to the highest sxr liable point
from tho darkest corner of Sis cell.
Tken ho lifted Mg feet from tho 'floor
aad slowly strangled to death.
Weevils In Baton Rouge.
New Orleans, la.: Reports from
East Baton Rouge parish are to the
effect that planters arc greatly agitat-
ed over the discovery of something
like boll weevil killing the cotton. J.
W. Hillman of Hope Villa says there
Is a weevil of some kind killing the
forms on the cotton of that section.
‘Mr. Hillman had several of the af-
fected bolls brought to him, and after
Investigation, found In one of them an
Insect resembling a corn weevil, with
tho exception that It iB btrlped and
gray.
Ominous Silence.
New York: Ominous silence fell
upon the theater of war Saturday, the
only news being to the effect that the
Russinn rear gunril in Its retreat from
Ta Tche Klao Ik being attacked at
Hal Cheng nml Is in great peril. A
similar lack of now* was apparent
with regard to Port Arthur, although
a Chinese report stated that the fort
resa was completely eurroiinded l:y
the bt siegers.
Away Out of Date.
London: The Tokio correspondent
of the Times sends a published trans-
lation of tho reply of tho Port Arthur
gnrrison to the Japanese summons to
surrender. ThiB reply showed that
the garrison Is under the impression
that Field Marshal Oyama and all his
staff were sunk with the t/ansports
Hitachi and <Sado, and that tho Rus-
sians wholly disbelieve that Gen. Ku-
ropatkln has ever been defeated.
Terra Cotta Works Burned.
Philadelphia, Pa.: The group of
four buildings of tho ornamental ter-
ra eotta works, owned by Conklins,
Armstrong A Co., at Wlssahlckon av-
enue and Brlatol street, thla city, wki
totally destroyed by Are Sunday night.
The loss la estimated at $150,000, fully
covered by Insurance.
Struck by a Street Car.
Memphis. Tenn.: W. N. Brown, a
retired cotton factor of thla city, waa
struck and killed by a street car on
Poplar boulevard Sunday night. Mr.
Brown was 75 years of age, and hw
been prominent both In business and
poUtlclal affairs In Memphis and woe
wall known hero aad la Arkansas and
Mississippi.
Roosevelt's Chanoaa Slim.
Dallas, Texas: United States Sena-
tor C. A. Culberson returned Sunday
night from Atlas tic City. N. J., aad
other points, whera he has been spend-
ing the time slnoe the damooratlc con-
vention. Senator Culberson left Mon-
day tor the state convention at Hous-
ton. la a brief interview he express-
ed the belief that Roosevelt would be
defeated In the presidential race, the
seaator considering his chanoaa lor
election far weaker than toatoia the
conventions warn hold.
fTouston, Texas, Aug. 2.—The pros-
pect ie that the attendance upon the
democratic 'convention to be called to
order at noon today by Chairman Jos.
B. Wells will be the largest that has
ever been attracted by any similar
event In Texas since the last meeting
of the state democracy in this city In
1802, when the convention split and a
two-ring circus resulted. All day long
yesterday trains were pouring crowds
of delegatee and onlookers into the
city and last night the hotels were
crowded to their capacity and the lob-
bies are in the bands of n moss of
struggling, perspiring, buttonholing
humanity, which has its eye upon
things to be had, all the way from a
clerkship in the legislature to the gov-
ernor's place.
So far as the filling of places, either
of honor alone or with emolument at-
tached to the honor, are concerned,
the contests have narrowed down to
one or two.
It is practically settled that Hon.
Carlos Bee of San Antonio will be tem-
porary chairman of the convention,
and that Hon. Samuel Bronson Cooper
cf Beaumont will be permanent chair-
man. Friends of Hon. Wiley Mangum
Imbodcn of Nacogdoches county start-
ed a boom for him for temporary
chairman several days ago. and he
tould have had the place if ho had
cared to stay In the race. But as
Senator Bailey got out of the way for
a friend at St 1»<ils, so Imbodcn got
out of the way for a friend here-
Friends of Cooper wanted him to be
permanent chairman. Cooper forbade
the use of Ills name, because, be said,
it might injure the chances of Imbo-
den, both of them being from “the
6tiek's.”
“Dad gum It!" said Imboedn; “qo
ahead with Cooper. I would rather he
were made permanent chairman than
that I should -be temporary chairman."
So Cooper's name was put up, but
with the distinct understanding on his
part that Imboden should continue In
the arm for temporary chairman.
Friends of Carlos Bco shoved his
name to the front for temporary chair-
man. When Bee got here yesterday
he met Imboden, and there was more
of the Alphonse and Gaston business.
"If you aro going to run, I shan't,”
said Hee to Imboden.
“No. you go ahead andi run,*' Imbo-
den answered. “I'm out of it."
last, night Mr. Imboden said he
feared that he and Cooper, both being
from East Texas, it might Injure ilr.
Coder's chances, nit hough he be-
lieved the original pledges given for
him In (he executive committee would
stick.
The race for chairman of the state
executive committee is attracting
more attention than almost anything
ol#e, and the managers of each of the
rival candidates—Cabell. Radney and
Andrews—were last night claiming
victory for their favorite. At mid-
night It was pretty generally conced-
ed -by the knowing ones around the ho-
tels that Cabell Is in the lead of the
other two candidates, but there Is dis-
pute as to the occupant of the Becond
place.
End of Contests.
At 8:30 o’clock last night the sub-
committee of the executive committee
Shot by Officers.
San Angelo. Texan: A. P. SnfUh of
Coke county, living seventeenI miles
northeast of Robert Lee. wan shot and
killed Sunday by Sheriff Green and
hla deputy. 8mith claimed that he
lived on the Nolan county line and
that he had a olck wife when ordered
to do road work. Saturday he refused
and threatened violence. On Sunday
morning the sheriff and his deputy
went to arrest Smith, who met them
with a shotgun. The officers fired and
the aecond shot was fatal. 8mlth was
hurled at Coleman.
Telephone Receive rehip.
Georgetown, Texas: In the case of
the Territorial Bank and Trust Com-
pany of Muakogee, 1. T.. va. tke Com-
mercial Telephone Company of Boa
Antonio, hoard Monday in tba district
court before Judge V. L. Proaha. the
venue af tba coart waa sustained and
tba case trill bo board tn Aasttn next
Saturday
tour contests brought before It. and
very abortly thereafter rendered its
decision as follows:
Grimes County—In favor of the Bri-
gance delegation, which favored
Pinckney for congress.
Austin County—In favor of the
‘Krueger delegation, which favored
Holt for congress.
Brazos County—In ruvor of the But-
ler or executive committee delegation.
Newton County—In Tavor of the
Westbrook delegation.
The subcommittee exg^ts to reduce
the credentials in Its bands to n tem-
porary roll of the convention by tbw
morning and to submit its report ie
the executive committee at 9 o'clock
this morning.
The effect of the decisions in the
Grimes and AuBtin county cases is to
leave Pinckney with a majority for
congress. Had the congressional con-
vention met with Grimes county under
contest, sb it was. but without Austin
county under contest, as it was not.,
the Hoit forces would have controlled
the temporary organization. But with
both Austin and Grime* county non-
participating, the effect was the same
as It now is. with both these counties
now counted, the one for Holt and the
other for Pinckney.
State Executive Committee.
The following ie the personnel ot
the committee:
James B. Wells, chairman. Browne-
vllle.
Jeff McLemore, secretary, Austin.
George D. Anpietead. assistant sec-
retary. Austin.
First District—B. F. Sherrell. Jeffei-
son.
Second .. District—James Clark.
Clarksville.
Thlid—Rosser Thonius, Bonham.
Fourth—J. A. L. Wolfe. Sherman.
Fifth—W. H. Clendennln, Emory.
Sixth—E. H. Hawley. Hutchins.
Seventh—Hampson Gary. Tyler.
Eighth—E. B. Blalock, Woodlawn. t
Ninth—A. B. Watkins, Athena.
Tenth—D. W. Odell, Cleburne.
Eleventh—J. J. Foster, Waco.
Twelfth—W. A. Keeling. Groeabeck.
Thirteenth—F. H. Bayne. Crockett.
Fourteenth—A. D. Hamilton, Hemp-
hill.
Fifteenth—Ben A. Powell. Jr.,
Huntsville.
Sixteenth—Frank Andrews, Hous-
ton.
Seventeenth—W. T. Auetin. Galveer
ton.
Eighteenth—J. F. Wolters. La
Grange.
Nineteenth—S. L. Staples. Smitb-
ville.
Twentieth—J. E. Lucy. Austin.
Twenty-First—S. M. Nixon, Luilng.
Twenty-Second—J. W. Flournoy,
Bcevllle.
Twenty-Third — Amador Sanchez.
Laredo.
Twenty-Fourth—Perry J. Lewis, San
Antonio.
Twenty-Fifth—J. G. Griner, Del Rio.
Twenty-Sixth — Chester Harrison,
Brownwood.
TwentySeventh—P. S. Hale. Merid-
ian.
Twenty-Eighth—John L. Stephen-
son. Abilene.
Twenty-Ninth—R. E. Huff. Wichita
Falls.
Thirtieth—Q. T. Moreland. Fort
Worth.
Thirty-First—F. IF. Hill, Parvin.
A Brother in Calvart.
Calvert, Tegas: Rev. H. A. Hodges,
pastor of the Methodist church at this
place, received a telegram Saturday
to the effect that his brother, Henry
Hodges, wife and two children were
brutally murdered at. their home a
few miles from Statesboro, Ga., aad
their house burned to the ground, their
bodies being found amid the rulaa.
Robbery was the cause of the terrible
crime. The entire community deeply
sympathise with Rev. Hodges In his
great sorrow.
To flue Msxiee.
El Paso, Texas: Attorneys of this
city have been engaged to prepare a
statement of facts concerning tba mur-
der of Clarenos Way and JSdwmid Lat-
imer. who lost their Uvea recently in
Blnnlon. Mexico. The belie of Lott-
mer. one of whom in n drug clerk at
8t. Loots, will nos this transcript tn
connection with a claim for IlfiMOfi,
nr bleb win be psessotsd to tbo state
Uoo team tba Maxkoo govenusent
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