The Fort Stockton Pioneer. (Fort Stockton, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1909 Page: 1 of 8
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THE FORI STOCKTON PIONEER.
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la taken of drowning* which properly
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ported a ’o'a! of eleven drowning*
LYNCHING CASES DISMISSED
Tp’tr Qrsnd Jury Makes No Indict
manta.
Tyler The apodal Grand Jury which
• i* otai nleid June 21 to Investigate
participant* In the lynching of the
negro. Jim Hodge, adjourned Thur*
dav without finding any hills against
the parties
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WASHINGTON NEWS
l*r*%id* at Taft signed the Mil Tuea
da» pro«id hi a tor fund* for taking the
o BMjt of t91S
A call on National d*-|*»»altf>ry banka
for a return to the treasury of Um»>is
inent fund* aggregating approximate
i> |?S.nS0,dSS an made Tuesday hy
trie Heerntarv of th* Treasury M«
teagh at W^ahltigtiiti
1 he tno amendment* off* red hy
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America's Tallest Man Daad.
Mt Pleasant <’ol If (\ Thurston
need seventy nine. tallest man In the
United state*, died suddenly Saturday
at hi* home near here He ws* seven
feet seven and one-half Inches high
standing In hla hare feet. Ha was
widely known a* a Confederate vet-
eran and attended the Memphis re-
union. where his great stature attract
ed much attention The casket In
which h<* was burled was eight and a
half feet long and nan especially con-
structed
Railroad Mileage In Texas.
Austin Over 276 mile* of railroad
were added to the niRin llnea of stand-
ard railroad* in Te*«* during the
twelve months ending Juno 30. the end
of the fiscal year In railroad circles.
This makes a total of over 13.000 miles
of main llnea in Texas According to
the figures, 370 42 miles were added
during 1938. making a total of 13.293 10
Tnar*»*l«>, which does not Include
spur and second track*.
Takes Several Liven.
Aberdeen. 8 D.: Though several
hundr**d armed men are searching the
country, no clew ha* yet been found
to the identity of the man who mur-
dered John W. Christie, his wife, hla
daughter Mildred, aged eighteen, and
Michael Koynane. a hoy of fifteen, em-
ployed on the Chrlatle place, eight
miles from here
Meat Kills Many.
Chicago r The effeota of the hot
weather of the past week were notice-
able In the health commissioners' but
tettn Saturday when s summary of
deaths by the torrid temperature was
announced. Of the total for thn week,
eighty four deaths, principally of In*
fant and aged persons, were due to ths
extremely hot woven.
Five Lives Are Last.
Fort Collins, Colo.: Five of ths sev-
en members of the family of Geo. Full-
er. a farmer, were drowned In reser-
voir No. 5. three miles northwest of
Wellington. Colo., while on a Ashing
trip late Saturday afternoon.
Oeaf and Dumb Mutes.
Houston: The first State convention
sf deaf and dumb mutes ever held In
Texas assembled In the city hall Sat-
urday afternoon with mom than 100
delegates in attendance.
Unsls Sam Well Raid.
Dallas: Dallas Imported last year
Prom foreign countries merchandise
totalling In valns the great sum of 91,•
324.000. On this was paid 1323,400 In
duties to Uncle Sam. Cacls Sam ts
now asked to make Dallas n port of
sntry-
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this made «f
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lit** Southern P.iclflc VTi^Vr
1*1*0 d*r litre* h** ha* diacmer--d th*-
hint art nf tein|*-rlng eopi*er
The nHilr»(li»r« have *tari**d to
work on the 1041-foot with- cerm-nt
bridge aerne* Town t're* k In Weather
ford They **|»e<-t to have it corn
ph-tod In time to accommodate the
wagon traffic thie coming full
Thrashing I* about completed In
Denton and the nut of th*- w--«-k will
*• e about all th<- wheat and <e'* sat--
ly thrashed and most of It sold Bal-d
ont*. wflth straw too short to bind and
thrash, but fin*- feed. Is being sold her**
at from 113 to $1:* a ton
A terrific rain, accompanied by a
severe windstorm, struck Coahoma.
Texas Wednesday, about 3 o'clock
and It rained and blew for thirty tutu
ute* The wind did considerable dam-
age. completely destroying the Farm-
era' I'nlon large cotton warehouse.
The find storing and forwarding
warehouse, having all the modern
equipment, to be opened In Dallas will
be ready for business August 1 It is
now In course of construction and enq
tainlng 25.000 square feet of floor
space, the most extensive single floor
In the city.
The temperature registered 103 de-
grees In the shade at Ik-nlson at 2 30
Monday afternoon, being the hottest
day of the year.
Another carload of workmen and
material for grading on th** Santa Fe
came to Hnyd*-r Sunday It Is under
atood that the work will be pushed all
along the line just ns fast as the right
of way can l»e staked off
The committee having the matter In
charge haa completed and is hasing
printed the program of the annual re-
union of the Confederate Veterans’ and
Old Settlers' associations of Hill
County, to be held July 21 10
The three National banks in lv»nton
show de|*oslt s exceeding $916,000,
which, considering that there are
twelve other banks on deposit In iv-n
ton County. Is very good
Glonwood was officially annexed to
FT Worth Tuesday by unanimous vote
of the City Commission, thus adding
about 4,000 to the population and a
considerable sunt to the tax values.
The arrest In Juarex, Mexico. Tues-
day of three Chinese on a charge of
murder gave rise to the rumor that
I>«on Ling, the alleged slayer of Elsie
Slgel of New York, had been caught
there.
Minnie, the 3-year-old daughter of
J. W. Sawyer, living near Marshall,
while trying to draw s bucket of water
at ths well Bunday afternoon, fell Into
ths well, n distance of thirty feet
To check automobile speeding on
ths streets of Brady, the officers, coun-
ty and city, are advertising that all
violations of ths speeding law wilt be
severnly dealt with.
In thn Pleasant Grove community,
five mtlee west of Thornton, the 10-
year-old daughter of Nathan Smith Pell
from a tree and was killed Thursday
Reports from Point Isabel and Tar-
pon Bench, confirm reports of n storm
Thursday, la which two persona were
killed and other damage done. .
The question of cleanlinesa and
baalth Is one now engaging Tulsa. Ok.
The City Health Commission haa In
saturated n cruaade against the fly
and ns another sanitary precaution haa
purchased hundreds of garbage cans
which will he placed over the city.
Doe Boaey waa Instantly killed and
hla mother was severely shocked bv
a bolt of lightning that struck their
residence Monday afternoon at Thur
her. y
About 33(1 of the 700 State banks o*
Kan ana have qualified to participate In
the hank guaranty taw, wblck became
Affective Thursday.
Galveston haa Joot received Its coo
(Pam Dumps of 190 barrels of
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*r«' Southern Seam ora came within
•even vote* of winning a victory oxer
♦he ate..| tru*» In hi* tight for fr»*.-
cotton tie* Senator Culberson won
♦h** llghl for fr**e cotton bsgg'ng with
the Senate Furnace Committee, and
w b**n flenator Mcl-aurin called up th*-
amendment Monday it was adopt* d
without debit** by a viva voce vote
The House Committee on Approprta
Hons ha* In mind the taking of step*
| to prevent th*» Government or It* em-
ployes from Irelng charged vxtrava
gant premiums by bonding companies
OOMESTIC AND FORkfGN NEWS.
Saturday night, while religious ser
vice* were being held at Sandflat
school h'>flfi*auv«ut miles west of
Chico. JoliMl|(hhV*3MB*DBttRtofi hlitod.
closer Mrtdfcn jjptuMMHMi U
Lqpn th
the dtwcfpPMW* df ton ■■■fiwf nf
Slgel. Cl
cldc Bureau
day that th® shrewd Chinaman left |
vicinity only last Sunday, headed for '
New Orleans
Floating In the North River off the
dock at Rlverdale, N. Y., the body of
a Chinese was found drowned Thura- ;
day which In many Important partic
ulars answer* the description of VVII
llatu L l.eon, who la being searched
for hy the police, charged with being
responsible for the death of Klslo
Slgel,
Failure to Inclose tinsel or frosted
t>o*t cards In tightly sealed envelopes
to prevent the escape of particles of
tlusel and mica, a* required by th**
postal regulations. Is causing front
15,000 to 20,000 of such cards to be
withdrawn from the malls and sent
to the dead letter office of the postofflce
In Washington every day.
Influenced by British capital, de-
termined to secure a trans-isthmian
canal free from American domination,
s majority of the Colombian Congress
Is pledged to grant a concession to
Luts Arture I’ndurraga. a Chilean en
glneer, who Is said to have discovered
s nsw route far superior to that of the
Panama Canal. F?nglish engineers are '
coming to Join Undurraga for a* final
survey.
Alexander Howlett. president of the
Kansas district of the United Mine
Workers of America, brought things to
a quick turn Thursday at the con-
ference between the miners and the
members of the South western Coal
Operators' Association by saying that
If the operators would not agree to
restore the check-off In Mlaaourl. Kan-
sas and Oklahoma coal mines, a gen-
eral strike of the 40,000 coal miners
would be called by ths National organ
nation.
tn the shadow of the largest Amer-
ican flag ever made, flying from the
top of ths tallest flagpole In the coun
try. Mlsa Marlon Inwaon, second
daughter of Thomas W. lawson, was
married at Scltuate, Mass., Wednet
day, to Jamen Guller lx>rd of Chicago.
Frank B. Cheatham, who was sent
from Washington to arrange details
and alga the final contract for the
erection of fifty-four buildings at Fort
BUI, Okln., Monday, completed this
work and Luyater A Ix>we of Dayton,
Ohio, warn awarded ths contract at
1710,000.
Mrs. Marin A. Beyer, aged 83, was
found dead tn a water barrel by a
water trough at the home of her
grandson. Oscar Bergman. Monday, at
Boeras.
Chicago anthoiitles Bunday began a
systematic weeding out of missions
where Chinamen are brought la con
taet with yomag women and girls. A
by three sisters la
it* e-*k*n *»-»
vnRteed •*'*«!
I *I« v xe Ttitw Owes *
sad svcund it** a*
M* ti* *‘i*r t. hi | *i»pi
>a Vwfwwi t m4i i a tab*
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the iHvdstSISf wf lb* It
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Feraet
Tb** Ksnwa* rity N**thi
i -In*- 11 n «rb Hto*-* *•(•«»» t
Tb«ir«4s» night •*• wr*
Ft Watte as4 Mtii»v*-|.-*f t injuring
«**vea Rs*s
Atih ir Hub-* wan F'rtdsy *pp » n’**-t
Mtatc l#x**' and Dratsage Cn«nm:<*>«»n
er **f T«*«a* by the Ittatn iWatssge
Iktufil. t-onoUt ng of th** Ikitsiittf, At
t«»m* y General an*! Und «,*N»niii**:<*n
er,
Thut *1*y wmtuiu+. at N* il*-r *ikla
Hr- t-f-k* eat Ik (Be Watoraftoses ui«
« ptost, and balnea H
In- ( heck*
It
knot'
Th-- thirteenffl vtntaet gMstofit gf
militant auffrHg**tt*** in I *»ndnti "fo
Kin *«•«•♦•** to Premier Asquith by
_ Illation resulted 111 exrlted
lfl I'.-trllan - tit *4>|uare and th** arr*-«t
of more thsn l<»o women Tuesday
Th*- first bale of T*-xas cotton of ill*-
|«*n'» acMson wh* auctioned <*ff tn front
of the Cotton Exchange In N*-w York,
Thursday, and htought 3 io a p*>und. or
about fir.O for the bale
The boys of Wnxahsrhle ire >rg«n
Ixing brlgHdt-s for the purpose of wag
mg war on the mosquito*-*
The Ktr«-et railway strike which has
cost the city of Pittsburg, Pi, ov--r
$200,0*6 In two days, w.-is offb-uily *b*
dared to b«* at an end Monday
Mrs. Jiitm-s R«-id. of Tempi, a brfd<*
of nix weeks, took an overdose from
a bottle of liniment Monday from
which she died In severe convulsions
shortly afterward
A landslide occurred at Monmouth
shire, England, Friday, at the works
iiil with the n.-w docks, arxl
UNCLE sin sum •
YU* WITH DEFICIT —Ci"
a* Ih OOVtNBtlf
1C 41 v| sR llfttbl TO DAV
S|htl ISS.MHI.OSO WORt
than RtvtNul
FEDERAL ECONOMY NEEDED
-®e« W|, a* He*s O"**" hy 0*4®
tt|r km| O'•i*®e**i» ®
U*W4't*klS|l
tgtiHI J
The to w fiscal
o-h Apefit t*Mlay, start® out
It* It t*f nuifv ths* ISSOOO.OOO,
«it of iHtrwv. lu te* the
kp*ndlturwHi on the I'ansms
< • mi ng to Ml.too.sno, which
•ieficii for current operation®
roper tn Iium than
ate* eaqMWqs
«m th*
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and Slug
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l inett*ail by K« * ‘J
It
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Of Ilf®
111**11 wore
Aside ft.on tl
t ep'll
\
illctlon of the deficit
There p one method by which the
authorised -*k|*en-.*-s of the Government
m.iv be held down It is the sld<-
tracking of dispensable undertakings
iitthonx* I by an indulgent Congress
This pro. >-ss ts Known in Government
Ircles as strong arming" appropria-
tions. and has been used effnctivsly In
the past
We*t Tfxn State Normal.
Austin Th** lumrd created by the
Thirty First legislature, consisting of
th*- Gov«-mor Lieutenant Governor and
th** Bu|s>rlntendent of Public Instruc
tlon. empowered to locate the West
Texas rttate Normal School, will i*roD
ably be calle*| to iii**»»t here nlwuit the
middle *>f next month to transact Its
bit.-mess The school must be located
The first ! w ’’♦t of fh-» *xth meridian.
for the
or five hnu*-** have
is (mi-. -I la. g •• I * b*
her could liot be bJ|
War On lAMCtil
Galveaton Th**
celve.1 Its rnnslgmn
of l*.u barrel® of cr
This will lie used la
deal ruction of p- -t!fe
disease breeding rnic
veslon may b« mi ,i |
the thottaanrf* of p*»o
rive during the eottc
only a beautiful but i
city.
*
tf (NIlHMtlopBn gtonwft 1 number 'owns applicant
curv
shade.
Three denffik nkfi (BaWn am
rloua prostrations wen* recorded «!ur
ing the day, on account of the oxccb
slve heat.
The first death Incidental to over
heat in Sherman this summer was that
of Frank H Blake, married, residing
on South First street His collapse
haa ls-m gradual since h-* was stricken
Saturday last.
The long looked for railroad connec-
tion of the Texas and Gulf with tho
Santa Fe Railroad, at Center, la about
completed, and the cltlxcns of Ixing-
view assltscd by towns along tho line,
are preparing for a celebration of the
event by an excursion on the first pas-
senger train V>lng through to Ualv**o
ton July 10.
An Increase In the number of mur-
der* during the month of Juno In Chi-
cago wa* shown by the monthly re
port of Coroner Peter Hnffniun, given
out Thursday. Twenty four murdera
were committed, while the usual aver-
age number per month Is ten or twelve.
Reports of rain Indicate that the gen
emus precipitation tn Central and
Eastern Texas Is of great benefit to
those farmers who have an abundant
acreage In eorn this year. Rain also
fell In portions of Northern Texas.
Covering a wide area, the precipitation
reported ranged from tight showers to
hard downpour.
Mereedes. Tex., waa Monday award
ed the honor of produelng the first
bale of the rotton crop of 1903, and
the bale brought a record price. Tho
staple was classed as strict middling,
It weighed 388 pounds and was knock-
ed down to a Houston firm for 91-11
per pound—$426 for the bale
The third annual meeting of the
Central West Texas Association of
Commercial Clubs wan called to order
at 10:30 a. tn. Tuesday In Abilene.
|g»e Oler, son of Will Oler, and How
ard Moore, son of Felix Moore or
Greenville, were drowned while bath-
ing In the Knty Railroad pool, on®
mile north of Greenville, Monday.
About 2 o'clock Monday morning fire
destroyed property to the amount of
about 938,300 at Fluvanna, Scurry
county. The lone waa partially cov-
ered by Insurance, but the amount can
not be learned. , #
Greater Pittsburg walked Sunday
atnldat thundershowers and a torrid
sum Only one street ear, carrying the
United Btatea mall, moved In the city
or suburbs.
That It Is not libelous for newspa-
pers to crltlclne In a spirit of fairness
the official nets of public officers la
tho unanimous decision of the Su-
preme Court of Mlwoorl.
Reports received Indicate them has
ban* n bonvy
Paper Printed |». •
Hamilton, Ohio: Tr
per ever printed in a t»«JK
celved In Butler County,
There arc w^en a balloon from I)nvfc)M flf
over the wesisro i>art of V niew
of
if
Central Wool Storage Company of thl*
city am! brought the highest price re-
ceived In this market thl* season. The
wool m>M at 27e straight and the tno
hair at ISc for th#* *lx month*’ clip
and 'jr»o for tho twelve month*' clip.
Contract For Galveston Contractor. |
Galveston At noon Monday bids j
on the Galveston causeway were open- |
ed Of twelve bid* submitted unty |
four were for the eno*eway In It* en
tin-ty, imd of the*** four only two bid
der* were within the limit of 91.400,- ;
000 Of these two the firm of Owens 8-
Heffron of Galveston were tho lowest,
they submitting three bid*, the three
being for different grade* of material |
for use In the structure, relating prln
rlpally to the atone work
Would Dismiss Fifty-one Csa®a.
Ban Antonio: To clear the criminal
docket of many old ca*e* In which the
Btnte believe® It Is impossible to ae
euro conviction*. Assistant District At-
torney Chambers hss filed a motion
asking that fifty one be dismissed
Among that number are seven Indctt-
ments for murder.
Tlmpaon-Handarson Lina.
Austin: Amendments to the char-
ter of the Tintpson Northwestern Rail
way were submitted lo the Attorney
General Tuesday for approval, provld
Ing, among other particulars, extension
nf the line by acquisition and construc-
tion, and the increasing of the capital
stock from 412,500 to 9250,000.
Man Killed by Lightning.
Decatur: John ManeNs, 19 years of
age. a resident of the Flatwoods com-
munity, about eight miles south of De
catur, was strurk and instantly killed
by llghl nlng Wednesday afternoon
about 8 o'clock while a shower was
prevailing In that region.
■ sf Copper
El Paso; Produ>N‘* « high I*
pered mtor blade io*Un <’nl»i
proof Of hts skill. Mar*,
a fireman on the South*
mad in this city declar?
covered the kw* art of
per. The rnsor blade
rles with film will .m
steel rasor. and In- aaj
to Washington to patenl
Rain Benefits Many
Dallas: Re|mrtn of rain
the generous precipitation
Mid Eastern Texas I* of/
to thn*** farmer* who Iv
dint acreage In corn fhli
nlno fell In portion* of N
Covering a wld<* area,
reported ranged
hard downpour.
Complete Survey for Lina.
Stamford: The Rock Island corps
of mutineers, who have been making
the permanent survey of that road's
extension from Graham to Stamford,
have practically completed thalr work.
Youth Killed hy Lightning.
Thurber: Doc Bonny waa tnatantly
killed and bln mother was severely
shocked by 3 bolt of lightning that
struck their residence Monday after-
noon about t o’clock.
New State Rani
Dallas; A new
; cHpItallratlon of 94
which will probably^
Stale Bank and Tr
Its operation under tl
anty law, Is to be
according to a deter
Tuesday at a meeting
cat bankers.
Speeder Ask' |
Amarillo: "1 wan*
anaesaed against nu
good sited cancel*/
reminder that will-
doing the same th
A. Hough Monday
was arraigned In
awer to the rhargel
speed limit In hla
night.
Matgh R<
San Antonio:
Inent capitalist ani
operated on here for
throat. A match waa
had lodged Immediately
eal cords, and was
moved. Mr. Kilts,
laugh, swallowed
months ago.
Now Forwardlr
Dallas: The fir
warding warehovu
modern equipment
Dallas will hn1
1. It la now tn
and containing
floor nun, the
floor Is ih
Child
Green vine:
Brawns In 4sr.
Roth Rnhh, the little t
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