Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1909 Page: 2 of 8
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»««»!« WEEK'S EPITOME
T. W. HILL, Editor.
TEXAS
A RfcSUME OF THE M08 IMFOR
TANT NEWS AT HOME AND
ABROAD.
Tb© In vi'(i him roljrtit
mont with colorl**aa autos or smok*-
clears.
p© ri-
les#
Rtat I sties stow that tb« death rate
!• fneteaeing, h«t that it because pto
pie are living fa -
NEWS FROM EVERYWHERE
The America!! Museum of Natural
History has bought a duck 8.000.CHH) j
years old. Ret th© bird's deed’
The radicals in the suffragette mors
men! a/e the worst enemies of the
cause • I,
Carefully Digested and Condsnssd
Compilation of Currant News
Domestic and Foreign.
WASHINGTON FEWS.
L'tiwii AlirU HiUiuuck, (secretary of
!« Interior t nder Presidents McKtn
7 Clifford Coe burn, of beau moat, arte i
| took his wife lor a burglar early Mon
day uioroiDg aud shot ber through tb©
neck Her condition Is crlt'cal.
The Honthweot Interstate Com ml a I
sian on Country Life Is to meet at
Outhrto, Ok . on May 5 end 6, for 1
which preparations are being made
Mrs. Woodward, the wife of ( apt j
E. A. Woodward, a wealthy farmer
and stock man. was killed Tuesday
afternoon In a ruoaway accident In
Waco
Three men were killed when
quarts of nltro-giycertn exploded
the construction camp of Bixley A
Blue Sulphur
SIX DEAD; THREE HORIi
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND1
DOLLAR PROPERTY l OSS IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
A CURE FOR RITE.
BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED
tmStf surprising Hie v*.t number «t
pie who have already been cured of » u
*h™
enter
Carpcn
Friday
The Rtat© Senate of Arkansas Tuea
day passed a bill placing a Leary pen
aity oa persons dr in King in toucan**
on trains In the State, or on station
Til. chuc* di.cov.ry I. mad. that '** aD<' “oo.ey.lt, died to Wa.himtton I pla.forma
llscorery
Prnlddit Kllot of Hsrvard can
milk a cow Sooner or Intsr an over-
rated man la found out.
1 Friday, aged 74 years
An Indian home ' for good Indians
1 Is the flrst proposal that K.'presenta
live Creager. a new mcinhcr from
It would seem to be a wise economy Oklahoma, has made to Congress. He
the part of the city to lop off Rom has introduced a bill for an appropria
lar sentiment
•tly
iu still higher wheat values as It was
to the contrary preposition some six
ninths since
Loss of Lift Caused by the Explosion
of Turpentine, Paints, Oils and
l.*noi. Maes. April 12 BIx per
sons lost their lives three others were
Ladiy burned and a property loss of
$24)0.000 to $300,000 was caused by a
Me in Un- |MM1 •! ttM bmtm **
lion of this city yesterday Four
everybody
medicine,
large inal Valuable literature, riia- .
tory of Kp'rpav and t©*‘ nu.nial*. will he
sent by mail absolutely free to a.I who
write t j the Dr Mav Laboratory,
Pearl Street, New York City.
WHY, OF COURSE.
l'opul»r tuntlment m cklrago la now , „„„ or tlll, clty ,,..u.rd„y
aa .onfld.nlly conuulU.d to a boliaC , i.u.ln... blmka, two dw.llloo and
ro other structures wen- destroyed I
The fin- !s believed to hare started !
in the Clifford Building from spoulan
• pay
i not In
Inspectors who
Nearly $:«) »K)0.000 Is to be eip«nd« <l taught,
this year on automobile tires, ~ * 1
.f fi.000.ff0b for the
of such a liotiif in Oklahoma iu which j batiii-ship
the Indian arts and sciences w-juld be I nartoei
appropria- j Theodore Roosevelt and King Victor 1 t«ou» combustion
tbllshment Kuinanutl met Tuesday *»u the Italian
yanr
coming the «alue of the « lud j ump«
Into them
April 6 Is the date set for the ad
trniucnt of the National Congress in
aahlngton.
Another knock * !<•
*
•'* I."1 i- • ■ ..t• I t •
exercise the suffrage togethci?
an extended recess of the House aft*;
passing the tariff bill on Friday, are
Umberto in Messiuu
lot* n.et ttng w« a marked be
the utmost cordis lit)
The first xhipments of strawbervt©*
In carload lota for this season was
made at Tyler Mondav two cara beiug
sent out. ins bernen were sent to
Si. lamia and Chicago.
Fire broke out In tl<» cotrnress at
Mln.'oU Saturday A br,«a t-utb Monday mornln* on tb* flr.t
The Iota of Mfi* orruirmt In thr Cllf-
ford Bulldiug where the blase started,
anu r* suit *4 primarily fn»;u a series
of explosions among the turpentint-,
paints, oils and dynamite stored in
the cellar of the Janies Clifford 4 Rons
(V hardware dealers.
To Maks Cotton stalk Paper.
Oordele, Fla: Dirt was broken here
‘Oh. Willie! You’re
“Nsw, 1 ain’t! I'm try I
•trio oi gkatla'—dnt'a a
tolng to fall*"
r a new fancy
COt to!
arranging a trip to Panama to inspect w,n<1 fanned the flame*, which s*ka«i autoa paper mill ever erected A rot g£r
____jlng a
I™. N high»»upric«Hl u,e work in progress on th© Isthmian
value of Ita aharoa la $50. an
Wilfrid Laurter nava that war **e
•we-n Canada and thr U ml tad Stole*
Is Impossible The *»remter rot It rtshl
the flrst time Rest friends spat, but ; Monday
draw the line at rutting an I slashing
Comal.
Kaunas National hanks will not he
allowed to participate in the B n«*e
guaranty fund. This is settled definite-
ly In a decision by Attorney Genera!
Wlckerrhain. given in Washington
iiveUu.. d the • mtlrw atrad ■
jnsge Is estimated at $5,060.
Rev. J. M. lame of Cisco brought |
iu armadillo, capiurtsu in me canyon i
north of town This Is an animal
that Is not often seen In this ro satrv
and It Is called quite an audience
uip at
er*-d.
paper company hu;
with a capital Cork of
H75.660. and the mat* ml li
ground for the erection of the build
ings. The capacity of the plant will
be twenty five teas prr day AT .jt
forty tons of cotton stalks will be con-
rM* WMl
• HX rum. irrairuviii \*r
|W*M ( *t»rrf> U. Fm
■ w» ■ *«* *»!■ ..i-i.-j-va—os!
»!*.•• \.mn. Sr * J «S***f
a Os. Tulrtv ossa. M IS. o* v < QMlltaUnMi mart mm
IS* m*r*M M to t*R*s to>t*m»itv Si *m fn.* IS
UrutM u * t*asp»o*rw .; *r»« ivnv* m IS* I Trt
*»••! nuevw •urt»' .« o( IS* i. *Um T br» oStt *•
in4r*S mi if *mm U (*!!■ Wj mr. ‘*af
r rlrvuian aoj «**!.< onuat*.
ASarra* » J I HI M I 4
Soul b» Orjmumu. -W
1*** it*.i • l a/ua) i-lUB luc •
* CO . TNrt* oss*
« irisens or Roswell, ft M.. received turned in making a day s output. News
notice Wednesday from Washington print paper will be the principal pro
A Boston woman. w« arc told
*
may be that up to the present time mcsesslon
she hss not found any that reel pro
cated
James V. Hmith. (iovenor Oemerml I that the die t ■
of the Philippine*, end Jdentlffrd with ; building to be erected there at a cos*
tb* political life of the Islands ever <»f 912&.000 had been selected
‘‘ Two m«‘n were burned to death and
To he tired may be foolish, as th<
psychotherapists say. but obo cannot
blame President RoosjevHt for a feel
lug of relief as he gets a somewhat
recalcitrant congreas off his hands.
the United
Stats, will soon resign his post and
will depart from Manilla for San
Francisco, May 16.
T*o Millions for Texaa Lands.
Hannas City: Two million dollars
have been paid out by corporations
having headquarters in Ksnsns City
lor Peeos County lands within the last
i Cali, eight*- i *u> is the
phone companies who want
i w
as much popi
tach to the i
DOMESTIC AND FOR fcfGN NEWS.
New Yorks mary ’’fight clubs'
which have for Home time past con
ducted bouts up to ten rounds prac-
second largest county in Texas, and
the tracks of the Kansas City Mcxi
co and Orlcui Railroad will pass .
through It. Fort Stockton Is tLe pre*
t^e wi
h popular Interest as wotiM at*
tlon to abolish the
> propoeltl
lie’s busy ’
Friday.
While digging a postbcle In an aban
dolled lot Friday In Lexington Ky
workmen discovered a brass kettle con
^ t taining $H.600 In gold and allver that ent county seal, and there the Orient
will not" find lir*1,y unnivdeeted. under the name of apparently had been burie * for hall Railroad expects to establish
*“K * | 1 w a century. *
The British torpedo-boat destroyci
Bla< kwater was cunk at iniduigbl
Lime war vara a uomptsint.
Four year-old Barbara went to church
with Lar two slaters and .am* homo
crying.
“Rntt Is the m tier, flearf' inquired
har motl.< R
“He preached a whole aaenros-
about—M Maty aud Martha • t»t»e<i
Barbara, "and—never said—a— word
about ma“—Llppiacott’a.
Here's Relief.
If we must b* sflllcteU with weak,
sore and Inflamed eyes. It Is consoilng
to know there Ik such a ready relief
within our reach t* fk>ctor IfttcbeJ! s
Kye Halve One bottle irAually effecis
complet*- cure Have
this wond*rful rein*
Price 26 cents
medy?
athletic clubs, are to have a clash wi 'i J
Gov. Hughes
By two explotlons, on© caused by the
vision point and build shops.
Her Wsmsnly Curiosity.
'T have put aside enough trv
other,
wo l-lj l©
in mine
Boston women har- de< lined to take White Coal Mining Company,
No. 37 of the Berwind 1 Wodm-Mlay night off Dungeaoeaa as a
Alfonso Stselr SJ Years Old.
Mcxia: Alfonso Steele, the sole
e put a
aald the bachelor of 62. "to make It
sure that I shall be decently buried
without expense to the public "
•‘Why.'* asked the maiden who whs
verging on 35 ”do you think you ought
to bay# docent burial"
Important to Mothers
Rxamtne carefully every bottle of
'ASTORIA a safe end **trc remedy for
thHr hals off at a symphony concert.
This Is s great discouragement to peo*
to concerts to see rataei
pie Who go to
than to *'»**»r
WInuoof. Pa., Friday, at least two
men were killed, three others are in
the hospital, and at least foil, others
gre Stitt entomb***! an.1 probably d**s«i
i vault of a collision with the steamei | survivor of the Battle of Ran Jacinto
Hero. Tho crew of the k
was saved.
Charles P. Taft, brother
dent laft, left New
A man in Iowa wants a divorce from
hla wife because she per«!st* In writ-
ing poetry and making him print It.
This ought certain!- to maku out a
At a meeting at the hea
the United Confederate
uarters of j
-terans In ’
Texas to look for the flrst
the home that ha* be«*n recently
ter * celebrated hi* ninety third birthday
Hatui day at the home of his daughter,
wi Mrs. T. Eubank, at Forest (Hade The
mod Monday following luteivstlug hUloiy la Col.
New Orleans Fridav, It waa decided built for him on the banks of Corput
that the statue of Oat Hie phew I>
l/ee. lat*» comma: :cr in chief, at VU ks
gnou . i ■■ i m„ burg. Mill . fthut.Id !»• un.rll.rt Kr!
liH,«n*rl-n In lvnn«vl-»nl». Jar 1J, »l 2 o'clock IB th<
father of thirty odd children, has Just uooti
Htcelrts family was gathered: Tha
flrst of his original family was (him
wolf and wife), 2. children, ll; gr»nd
cnildren. M. greet grand children. S3; j
Kreat great grandchildren. 12, total,
Irty-o
married his fifth wife He se xns to
I»a slightly anticipating the rejuvenat
Ing effects of radlo-thor
News from vessel* Ui the Alaska
trade will be published In a dally
pecti
Falk
• laatied on
p il
the grounds of the
expo
knot
kl'vrton P«.flc ipoMino. TlH^pob ^
More than ft.000 delc^stOs are ex
ted to attend a convention of Odd
lows in Muskogee. April 13. The
old Indian Territory and Oklahoma
Territory districts will be represented
y (t* The most Important work to be tak.-n
’■ i a .... wiu ik. — — - - - ik.. i...
Chrtatt Bay
The French Government d^tded
Friday to expel Clpmno Castro, thx
former President of Venexuela. from
the the French Island of Martlnlqut
on the ground that his presence than
Is likely to foment a revolution in
Wnesuela.
At 6 oVIofk Friday mom'ng flro la mg c B Dorcheste
Hrowsw(M>d destroyed the plant of th« for the Water*-Plerca Oil Company
Wat rs Pierce Oroersd to Rsy.
Hh< rman Late Sunday the order
given by Judge David K Bryant, hold
lug Federal Court at Beaumont, dlr.nt
nears fba
Signature off __
In Use For Over .‘40 Yeart.
Tha Kind You Have Always Bought
A Ours Wav
**I wonder," s.ld tha practical man,
thfiughtfiilly, why detactivaa do not
wiuuoui. «T"CV automobiles
k client! y. fliwl4.
up will ba the merging of the two i
licit Urn will
lass, and will contain both local ann
foreign news received In Heatt la bj
Wireless.
A Boston inventor has succeeded, he
claims. In storing m rays from the
aun to make electricity Perhaps In
days not lar off natural fog and
days will be made brtgl
■iinshine kept In *fors|
such emergencies. This I* a truly
gnat age.
.. - i "-1. 1 1
“Tha Daughter of the Regiment*’
has become a reality among the Hal shall Insure bank dejmslts This com
lan troops. At the suggestion of the' pany will b*- organlxcd under the regu
oudv dt
llficlsl
b>
for
Brown wood Gas and Electric Con*
puny, Bo>>on's meat m »rket and cold
storage plant and the stock of C. 11
Cox & Co., produce raukint, a loss ol
from $60,000 to $70,000
When l>*o Stephens of New York
makes his next lallon ascension 1st
will take w!»h him a wireksr tel*
phone, whrough which, he is assured1
by the maker, be will be able to carry
on conversation with persons on thf
ground, no matter at how high an alii
Information received late Friday
night in Austin Is to the effect W. J.
McDonald, Htate Revenue Agent, Is on
his way to Beaumont to collect the
gross receipts taxes which the Waters
Pierce Oil Corm-aav over the Bta:< nf
Texas The taxes, with penalties
amount to about $56,000.
Tha national bankers of Kansas.
IkitRfll tfi* i i-.nil committee of 1 D*'1" b* ■***
twenty-five, wincn met in Kansas lHy. I The opinion is gaiumg strengtn id
Kans. Friday, took the flrst step* In Han Angelo that the Hants Fe ail
lay to the Hint* the grows tax was re
:i ived by W O. Brackett, clerk of the
ourt here The amount Is $55,000.
Niagara Froxen, Falls Dry
Buffalo, N. Y The voice of Niagara MINT alter
was vwwfe for » vr*cond time tn the
memory of man The first time **a*
late tn February, when, folkiaing a
sevafa northerly blow, the falls ran
dry. Now. following a severe south
wester, the river Is froxen solid from
bank to bank
It would be easy la
I prescribed w.d«key."
“I took It. You can t smell It ba-
rs use I chewed WRJOLKY 8 HPKA'l
There Is no grace in a benefit that
sticks to the fingers - - Seneca.
Howe Ms© Shoots Himself.
launching an Insurance corn pany which shortly begin s westward eitenslog (-hatuntK>ka. Tenn N p* McNeal
ops.
r of
minister of war each regiment h
adopted an orphan from Reggio
lopied an orph
esslns. and the
officers will defray ty Company.
Insurance laws of th* State
will be called the Depositor!' Go
the cost of their education and main
tenan< e till they reach their majority
We knew that If a count-y doctor
George A Clark, twenty five years |
chief operator tn the Galveston West
L*m Union office, died Wednesday.
M**t
horseback rUHog SNtift, the prsgfiafll
wot'd be a hasbeen He Is beaten
39 tulle** by that physician of Plqun
Ohio, and the doctor Is 66. Odds art
that he carried saddlebags, wore leg
gma* and did his equiu** prompting
with wpurs
~
Hum an hon*>« and soil *H»lnw he*n
the date of 1747 were unearthed In j
New York In the heart of the do" n
town Jobbing district Tuesday Work
from Ban Angelo to connect with theli
! Perot line. This Is strengthened by
the report that a roundhouse and nth
! er improvemetns are to be mad*
t there In the near future.
W. A. Poynter. of idiuolu. rx tiev |
ernor of Nl i»raska,
Htrlcken with
Hose, Texas, killed httnoelf Sundav)
on a Mouth* rn train As the train was j
leaving Gurley. Ala., ©n route to this!
city from Mem phi*. McNeal shot him J
sdf, literally binning ,Js brains out
©port*
at T©
ce to frv.it conditions there
* - • ence to iron ronainuoi men- erxmi,
ame upon bones thirty five Tret oalty for .Jd,nK ,0 a fCK>d product!
below the street level. |
Hevcral well known American suf
Iragetf* h will attend the coming Wom-
an's suffrage convention tn la>ndon
Among them are Rev. Anna Howard
Now you have the data to decide
whether or not Detroit women
political
that several of their automobile* gav<
tb* a peed ml ha ha and
there were but I wo wheels down when Pole expedition, under Walter Weil
fin«tttt**rt* com** “The
| strawberry acreage Is about the taon*
j as laat. but we estimate shipments will
i be larger Crop is later than usual
| Car lota will move about April 15 The
Turns Sunday School Association met J
for the ^rios© of rompb ting the oe-
gMKixatkrti of (ommlttces and ©xpla'n I
Ing the work of the new year. Dallas
was selected as th«* place for the nexf '■
State convention
Peru Bars Boxing Matches
Lima. Peru The Government hat
(can Woman Huifrage association
300 ton schooner for the North
Siberian will not make more than i'6 issued
ttzy tzzt Xta
tins
Ing mark
ra«i * rViuiniuw
hflslaefli *s p’ll th^* d! tlagnlsh
tlon
election d«*y.
The next innovati n in Orest Brit
ain will be the attab rbrnent of a na
“wCu! lahcr v3»chcr**i%. where any oa*
out of work can register his name and
any .me In need of laborer* can pro
cure theta without
thing, on a larger scale, as the free
employment bureaus condi
state expense in many s<*t
man, was launched
Ww<2 iosd«o. li will
rrgen In May.
j per cent of an average crop
j Because of the offers made by othei
' ©»?!** c* the SU? the Parsicrs’ r&Sw*
Cbrlstlansahd j State headquarters may soon be re
moved irum rort worth.
i u tu bpis
i Nicaragua n
Tim i • • l - •!*!.* * • M fi.t v - t , • 1
Washington with an app*al to gfv
yroteetfffE, -galc^t the Iffr'Jlj
pine product. The Payne bill woul
prohibiting bo> ing
match©... either in public or private
EtgfU Hurt Oy Derailment.
Asheville N 6L Four cars of na.
aenger train No. 32 on the Southern
mutilation of official j Railway wore derailed near old Fort
ntra America are un
der earnest con filler &l)on hy tU«
Cvm ihiu. ut.
ions have convinced the official* that
North Carolina. Just
• ssl of h r© Hua .
-. ami two irnw |
OODDS'f
tkidney"
)' PILLS J
"Guir*^
Hooper’sDon’i Scratch
(Tftttrrffm) anJ tusrsrteed hv
1^., druegiits to te a aatift-
factory treatment tor
Dandruff and all Sea p
TrouMrs, 7c rv» r, I Ot<
nta !?£li IlinMfnrw^
Chapped. Sunburned
face and Hands, Ptm-
el#e fw-Mvt* Pile* grt*e
f".-:«!v, H'liUiiw !**«*,
Cuts, tnd all b' tsiions
of the Slln. Docs no*
aim, grease or blitter.
admit 400,01)0 tons of Philippine sugar , dph'T dirpatebe* passing bet
II I. the Hume ! duly free. The beet »u*
to arrange some way
lately tho importation
ducted
iie/^of
op a
hjlipi
John M Gragory. Amertraa Charge at
abao j Managua . Nicaragua, and the State j earthquakes
at at WaaMagum were pur j
, poetry muiilau-d during N'lcaragag'S!
immaMOl military activity
Earthquake In Sweden.
lAlbach. Austria: Threi' s^paratr
stain, grease i
Two Suet, 6t'
Wnf
Fuh
U-recl on
pbae j Dupartiuent at WaaNiaguui were pur
sugar after the Cvb.uoo tons have or , po©oly
i ly a i
idka *
r* gtstered neai i
toll, Cwoden^ They laaU-d awor ]
laute, and. sUbrdifig to reports '
mailed d»i
receipt of price.
IflOPER s^iCUE CO., Dallo, Tu*.
and Jen,ay City, N. J.
derahle damage
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Hill, Tom W. Rains County Leader. (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, April 16, 1909, newspaper, April 16, 1909; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth832047/m1/2/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.