The Lampasas Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, November 26, 1897 Page: 2 of 10
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(TEXAS.
marriage
f.d within the
to make the
•he greatest
* ins have
>r;:goes the
Fr htrii.
Cheapened by
a newspaper
Fove of the dis-
Fthe n^^^^^^he sclioolhouse
rday. ThJP^Wt only unphilo-
ial, so far as tnwry is concerned,
Experience shows it to he an error
""judgment. A sacred thing is not
feapened by fulfilling one part of its
fission, namely: the-inspiring of rev-
erence by sight as well as by thought.
(‘Forever float that standard sheet.”
newspaper of Pottsville, Pennsyl-
^ia, records that fine day recently,
Judge Bechtel's court, a foreigner
an applicant for citizenship. Be-
an 'Englishman, he had a most
jdent air. The judge asked him
question: “Did you ever attend
^hdol in this country?” “Yes, sir,”
PEmswered the man. “What school?”
‘The naturalization school,” was the
reply. To obtain an explanation of
this answer, the judge asked several
more questions, and the fact was de-
loped that there is in the town a
Freight. Kates.
3&vestonIj Tex., Nov. 23.—The traffic
c ^’alls whjo were here Thursday and
Fi^Jr of /last -week conferring with
thejship bwokers on the matter of cot-
ton/export! rates met in adjourned ses-
! sicII yesterday morning and concluded
thrir deli Derations at 3 o’clock. Mr.
E/T. Camjpbell, chairman of the South-
western Ip’reight' bureau, presided for
the railrcjtad end of the meeting, and
Mr. Dan Ripley for the ship brokers.
After the meeting those who partici-
pated absolutely declined to discuss tne
results, tout uniformly referred report-
ers to the two chairmen. They were
scarcely) more communicative. They
said the practical result of the meeting
was embodied in this statement: That
the shijo brokers agreed to renew the
quotation of rates to the Southwestern
Freighit bureau as heretofore, the rail-
roads [agreeing to abide by such quo-
tations and also to abide by the award
of thefarbitrators in the matter of in-
surance differentials on cotton moved
by rail routes to Atlantic ports. This
was the extent of the information giv-
en oijit.
Th|e Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe re-
stored its grain rate to Galveston, ef-
fective December 6. On November 4
it pjut in rates on export grain from
points on its line on the basis of the
corribination made by adding locals to
Kansas City to a 15-cent rate from
| Kajnsas City to Galveston. This was
! done because of the fact that other
' lin/es were carrying a rate of 15 cents
| to' Galveston and were scalping the
! Santa* Ee’s through rates from points
oil that line. Since that time, as a re-
A SAD FUNERAL.
t of • agency or process, connected Sl[lt Qf the several conferences held be-
_.i * tween representatives of the east-
bound lines and the gulf lines, it was
aigreed to restore all vates both to Chi-
cago and the gulf ports. The rate from
Kansas City to Galveston on wheat
will be 21 cents and on corn 18 cents.
Fith political headquarters, where for-
eigners are regularly instructed or
“coached” in the art of obtaining nat-
uralization papers.
A peculiar property of slang is that
a word which fits a distateful person
may at the "same time characterize a
whole obnoxious class. The noun
“faker,” for instance, means, accord-
ing to the Century Dictionary, a thief,
or a person who .deals in worthless
merchandise, or af hangftj^on of the
wJrical profession; and under its
lorehensive shelter one feels justi-
the cheap tricksters
H^-invited, to agricultural
[die useless wares, exploit
►ames, or give vulgar “tent
It is easy to determine the
attitude of good citizezns to-
'such persons, wTho menace order,
suit decency, ,and corrupt the young
Id thoughtless; and the most cheer-
news we hear from the fairs of the
Isent season is of an earnest and
[general effort to shut the “fakers”
lout.
PHYSICIANS IN SESSION.
Good
On the 22d of next January there
rill be a total eclipse of the sun, to
,’hich astronomers are looking for-
ward with great interest. The moon’s
Ishadow will first touch the earth
itbout three hundred miles southeast
Irom Lake Tchad, in central Africa,
the early morning it will pasa over
>ndokoro, and after crossing thji con-
sent and the Indian Ocean, willireach
le western coast of India neaij noon
;>out one hundrj
iuth of Bfis
|n the prep-
• the Paris
1900 is the
the Seine,
le and earth
sand, easily
luds of flood,
fercome by a
|VI. Louis Du-
fand one-half
■about six feet
lik to varying
■fifty feet by
[driver, having
leal form, and
[a lime and ce-
rammed hard
’different form,
a series of mono-
anchored into the
frete spreadinguo some
sides of the wells. In
Jiments with this system
Fwas enabled to construct
frting a load of nearly four
fuare foot on ground that
kvoul'd not carry a tenth as
fa later building weighing
tons per square foot was
hand where the first fall of
■ng weight had thrown up a
semi-liquid mud to a height af
r.y fefet.
i'hey Convene at Corsicana With
Attendance.
Corsicana, Tex., Nov. 23.—The Cor-
sicana District Medical association
met in the Commercial cilubroom yes-
terday afternoon at 2 o’clock, with Dr.
S. W. Johnson, president, in the chair
and Dr. W. T. Shell at the secretary's
desk. The meeting was attended by all
local physicians, besides quite a num->
ber from the different counties em-
braced in the district. As stated there
will be two sessions ©f the meeting,
but the one that was to be held at 8 >.
m. was postponed until to-day on ac-
count of the Keene performance at the
opera-house.
After the formal opening of the as-
sociation by the president Dr. Suttie
offered the following resolution, which
was adopted:
Whereas, there is being an effort
made on the part of the so-called hu-
mane societies to have enacted a na-
tional law opposing vivesection; and
Whereas, this field affords to the!
medical profession a useful field for the
development of the science and art of
medicine, filled with good results al-
ready being reaped and enjoyed by the
laity as well as the profession; and
Whereas, these experiments are dona
earth * witll a minimum of pain to the dumb
of Pe' brute, always being protected by the
best means of preventing pain or cruel-
ty; therefore, be it
Resolved, that the physicians of the
Corsicana District association request
Senator Mills and Chilton to use their
efforts to prevent the enactment of any
law opposing vivisection.
The first paper read to the associa-
tion was by Dr. Shell of Corsicana.
Subject: “Supercubic Cystomy.” The
paper was well prepared and was at-
tentively listened to by the association,
and was afterwards ably discussed by
Drs. J. N. Suttie, Kerr, Oates, Clay
Johnson and others.
Among the visitors were noticed Drs.
Florer of Waxahachie, Oates of Mexia,
Blair and McKinney of Kerens, Sloan
and McGee of Rice and several others.
The attendance of local physicans on
the meeting is large.
miles
travels
lis near
Pctieally
in In-
1,t, it is j
(stations '
shadow
tty miles
(northern
totality
ten sec-
seconds. j
(ier condi- i
trable in '
Imers have :
fetter fate !
Iiost of the
Ilie Harris Brothers Biirietl in One Grave
at Waco.
Waco, Tex., Nov. 22.—Under a
changed arrangement, the funeral of J.
W. and W. A. Harris took place in the
great Baptist tabernacle. It was
found that a. public funeral in a large
auditorium was the desire of the peo-
ple, and the bereaved relatives con-
sented in deference to the general sen-
timent. The dead brothers in their
coffins remained at the residence of the
elder brother until 9 o’clock yesterday
morning. At that hour the Maso-ns
and Pythians escorted the remains of
their departed brothers to the taber-
nacle, which was crowded. The taber-
nacle contained over 3000 persons, and
an equal number were grouped under
the trees near the building, forming a
compact mass of people, who, having
failed to get inside, kept close by, and,
when the services were over, followed
the hearses to the cemetery. The
broad platform was occupied by the
civic orders to which the dead men be-
longed, and b-y the two' ministers, Rev.
Harvey Carroll and Rev. John G. Ken-
dall. The music was given by tho
choir of the First Baptist church, led
by Prof, and Mrs. Hargrove. The two
coffins, each upon its catafalque, side
by side, were covered with flowers,
heaped profusely on the lids and trail-
ing to the floor.
When the venerable mother, the two
widows, the seven orphans and the sis-
ter of the dead brothers entered, a
hush fell on the assembly, and iater on,
when the old mother, the widows and
the orphans were mentioned by the
ministers, sobs were heard throughout
the multitude.
“Nearer, My God, to Thee” was sung
by the choir, after which Mr. Kendall
read his text, and again the choir sang
hymns, among them “Some Sweet Day
By and By.”
After a prayer by Mr. Carroll, Mr.
Kendall delivered a touching eulogy
on the brothers, both of whom wer9
members of the Baptist church, and
both eminent in Sunday-school work.
The remarks of Mr. Kendall were
followed by a hymn, after which Rev.
Harvey Carroll spoke. Mr. Carroll is
a son of Dr. B. H. Carroll, the dis-
tinguished pastor of the First Baptist
church of Waco. His style resembles
j that of his father.
At the close of the services at the
tabernacle the Masons and the Knights
' of Pyithias formed in ranks. The pall
j bearers in two sets took charge of the
| coffins and the procession formed. It
' contained 200 vehicles, besides the
civic orders marching on foot.
In the southwest corner of Oak-
wood there is a group of Druid oaks,
perhaps centuries old, whose nigged
trunks are full of vigor, and in a grave
in this grove the Harris brothers were
laid to rest. It was a single wide
grave, walled and floored with white
and golden chrysanthemums. Several
acres around the double grave were
occupied by the multitude during the
services conducted by the Pythian and
Masonic orders. At the head of the
open grave, during the solemn rites,
in three chairs, sat the moth<^- of the
dead brothers between the two widows.
Duel at Waco. j
Waco, Tex ,• Nov. 20.—When the sun 1 He
was shining: brightly and the streets one.
were crowded, the long expected battle
growing outs of the Brann-Baylor
trouble, took place yesterday after-
noon, and thie result is that one is fa-
tally wounded, one seriously wound-
ed, another tpainfully and the fourth
dead.
Col. G. B. Gerald was advancing
from one corner diagonally across
Austin avenue to the next corner, and
J. W. Harris, the editor of the Waco
Morning Titnes-Herald, was standing
in front of the old corner drug store
talking to Drs. H. L. Taylor and W. W.
Wiles.
When Editor Plarris saw Col. Gerald
coming he remarked to the physicians
that trouble jwas on hand and that they
had better gjet out of the way. With-
out further delay he drew his pistol
and aimed past Dr. Taylor. With his
arm touching Dr. Tayjor’s shoulder, h«' and the^ interest^ was intense,
fired at Col. Gerald, who was rapidly
moving in bjis direction.
When Gerald saw Harris he halted,
unbuttoned his overcoat, thrust his
hand into his bosom and drew his own
revolver, after which he advanced on
Harris rapidly, and when at close
range fired :a shot which penetrated
Trie Hooter's Mistake.
was a rooter if ever there was
His enthusiasm was at a boiling
heat all the time. He rooted with Joy
when the :home team scored, and he
rooted with disgust when the opposing
nine added to its score. In every move-
ment of either team he saw an occasion
for rooting. He knew the game and
understood it—at lea3t-he thought he
did. He made his comments whether
those around him liked his complaints
or not.
The rooter always claims the right
to be the critic of every one connected
with the game, from the lordly umpire
to the mascott who hasn’t yet reached
his teens, and including the barefooted,
ragged urchin who gains admission to
the game by recovering the ball thl
was batted over the fence. Our pij
ticular rooter exercised that right,
bothering himself a bit whether he
allowed or not.
The result of the game was inj
Hardfords were in the field, and^
opposing nine was at the bat. A bat^
made a “swipe” at the ball as it cams
like a shot from the hand of Vickery,
winding into a graceful inshoot when
it reached the home plate. The bat
whistled through the air, but didn’t
come within hailing distance of the ball.
Just then a sparrow rose from the turf i
Harris’ windpipe, touched the spinal; and flew toward the left field. Thej
cord, paralyzed 'him from the neck to
the toes and: sent him to the floor help-
less and hors de combat.
Meanwhile from the opposite corner
in front of the Cititzens’ National bank
death like silence was broken by thej
rooter shouting:
“Go for it, Pettit!”
Every eye was turned toward the
place from which the loud bass voice
W. A. Harris, brother of J. W. Harris,; of the rooter came, and every one won-
was firing at Gerald, and Gerald was dered.
now woundeid in two places and bleed-
Bob didn’t obey th9 command of the
rootbr, and this made the rooter mad.
He began to abuse Pettit, and for a
minute &ob’s reputation as a baseball
ing. After (disposing of Editor J. "W.
Harris, Gerald faced his second an- mjuuLe XiV,J D
tagonist and marched straight across ^aye^ suffered
the street• after him at a double-quick j did you want
time. I for?” asked a person w
Hunt Bell'efant, a policeman, rushed near the cenSorious critic]
between the two and did all he could , “why, the ball that
to keep the tnen apart at the point of a left field,
pistol, but ijlhey closed in spite of the | “The ball! Why, \y
policeman’s j effort and continued i^blanked chump, that was
shoot until (w. A. Harris sank to th^pplied the other. ;
The rootev’s rootitag ce
sidewalk a [corpse.
Col. Gerald fell once during the fight,
but arose tci his feet quickly and when
both of his 'antagonists were down oh
the ground; he walked off with one
arm shattered, swinging by his side
and blood sjpurting from a wound in
the hip. And after glancing about in
every direction he found an officer and
offered to surrender. He said:
“They lai(I for me but I got them
both; that is,'I think I did."'
ford Times.
Ho'* Ostriches Run.’
Considerable misconception piv
as to the manner in which the ostril
runs. It seems to be still general
held that when running it spreads
its wings, and aided by them skfins
lightly over the ground. This is not
correct. When a bird really settles'it-
self to run it holds its head lower
than usual and a jlittle forward, with a
deep loop in the neck. The neck vl-
Meanwhilp an immense crowd had ^rates B.imiously, but the head remains
Colored Confer< nee.
Terrell, Tex., Nov. 22.—At the A. M.
S. conference Saturday night prayer
meeting was conducted by Rev. C. L.
Morgan/scripture lesson by Rev. I. M.
Burgan, sermon by Rev. J. R. Carnes
of Dallas. Yesterday morning mem-
orial service was participated in by
Revs. I. M. Bergan, Waco; G. W. Sim3,
Mineola, and W. A. Davis of Finn-
castle. Addresses were then made by
Rev. M. M. Moore of Washington city
and Rev. H. B. Parks of New York.
The financial report was read showing
an increase over last year.
collected, sc!) that , the streets, which
cross each other at that point were en-
tirely blockaded, street cars and ve-
hicles all chine to a halt and wildest
excitement 'prevailed among the peo-
pie. I
Men came forward with stretchers
and the deak and wounded were borne j to hold them extendpa or t
Col. Gerald had grown faint from assistance from them
flight. When an ostrich, al
run, is very tired its wingJ
droop; this is due to exhauf
are never, by a running bil
steady, thus enabling the bird, even, at
top speed to look around with unshal
en glance in any direction. The win)
lie along the sides about on a le-c
with or a little higher than the lW
and are held loosely, just fri
plunging “thigh.” There* isi
off.
loss of blo<j>d and was removed from
the field Anil taken to his home.
The corpjse * TT
of W. A. Harris was i
borne oK by friends to an undertaker's;
establishment and Editor J. W. Harris .
was stretched out on the floor of the ^
drug store And examined by the sur-|
geons. His rigid limbs disclosed the • ajjiing the bird to double abruptl
from the sides to lighten its wei|
increase its pace. But the wings
to be of great service in turnii
Robbed, by Pickpockets.
Tyler, Tex., Nov. 23.—Saturday night
just after the circus performance Dr.
Arthur was relieved of $95 by pick-
pockets. The doctor sounded the
alarm and Deputy Sheriff W. J. Smith
and other deputies arrested H. C. Moore
and Ed Olan, who were placed in jail,
charged with theft from person. On
being searched $733 was found on their
persons. A number of other people
were relieved of various sums in the
like manner.
Pastor’s Union.
Cleburnel, Tex., Nov. 22.—Last Mon-
day the pastors of the various
churches cjf the city organized a Pas-
tors’ unioii. Rev. F. E. Leach was
elected president and Rev. John V. Mc-
Call secretary. The next meeting will
beheld with Elder Carnes of the Chris-
tian church. Among other matters ta-
ken up was the matter of charities.
Two members from each congregation
are to be appointed to act as. a com-
mittee to look after the needy of the
city who do not belong to any church
and relieve their wants.
fact that the spine was involved and
that there 'was no hope for his life.
Blood streamed down his throat into
his stomach and was ejected with 'se-
vere retchings.
The thre<b parties in the duel were
married men and the fathers of chil-
dren. The! wives and children were
soon on thh ground and the sounds of
women weeping were mixed with the
confusion <bf noises.
After th6 smoke of the ’ battle
cleared awiay it was ascertained that
a stray buillet had severely wounded
Shepherd Jasper, a colored drayman,
who was passing when the affray com-
menced. Jasper was also taken off
on a stretcher, making the fourth man
borne away; from the streets with blood
dropping from his frame as a result
of the awful duel.
when going
Zoologist.
at top speed.—Froi
Star Tobacco is the leading braj
the world, because it is the best.
We wmuld rather see a manunij
ly homely than ordinarily good loc
Two bottles of Piso’s Cure for Cotis’|
cured me of a bad lung trouble.
Nichols, Princeton, Ind., March 26, lf|
No man hates a rival in lovj
hates a rival in business.
new railroad.
No-To-Bac Tor Fifty Cenl
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure.
men strong, blood ouro. oOe.-St. All
Considerable.
Amy—Does her piano pla|
amount to much? Mamie—Oh,^
She’s at it for eighteen hours
Seriously Hurt.
Sherman, Tex., Nov. 23.—Yesterday
afternoon about 3 o’clock Mr. A. Beck-
er, of East Pecan street, sustained a
very painful hurt to his left ankle,
trying to avoid being crushed by an,
overbalanced .hale of cotton which wan
being unloaded in the Texas and Pa-
cific yard, he jumped back upon his
float and threw ail his weight upon his
injured limb. Just now it can not be
ascertained whether there is a fracture
of the bone in addition to the wrench.
Bridge to be Repaired.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 22.^—J. K.
Hughes, the contractor for the Texas
and Pacific railway, leaves this morn-
ing with his gang of men and the big
steam shovel for Benbrook, ten miles
west of here, where they will finish the
repairs to the St. Mary’s bridge, the
Contract Let for the Building of the
White Oaks Railway.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 20—The big
White Oaks railway contract was let
yesterday to Geo. S. Good & Co., of
Pennsylvania, who recently finished
heavy contracts in the Indian Terri- '
tary for the Rock Island road. The j
contract covers the entire construction j
of the road, from the El Paso terminus :
for eighty-five miles out and work will i
be actively begun before December 1. j
There were fifteen bidders, including ;
J. P. Huges of Fort Worth and the j
Grigsby Construction company of
Marshall, Tex. The successful figures
are not published, but they v^ere re-
markably low. A mile a day is stipu-
lated. The railroad company has or-
dered of the Baldwin works six ten-
Surprised at the Wonderful Ci
Power of HoocS’c Sarsaparfl
“I have taken Hood’s Sarsapaif
catarrh and bronchial troublo Ojj
been surprised at its wonderful f
properties. I am now entirely fl
both these complaints, mtd heart!
ommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla forcaj
A. G. Sajian, Clark Mills, Wisco
Hood’s Sarsi
Is the best—in fact the One Tri'
Hood’s Pills act easily, eflj
in i point where the recent accident oc- 1 wheeler engines, having 20x24 inch cyl-
curred. It is the intention of the com-
pany to put the bridge in such shape
that no future accident will likely oc-
cur there.
inders, duplicates of the five just or-
dered of Baldwin’s by the Texas and
Pacific. Three hundred cars of steel
j rails are now in the process of delivery
I the Southern Pacific temporarily fur-
George McDonnell, living near To- | nishing cars and engines. Rolling
eumseh, Ok., had his skull crushed the I stock has been ordered from the Mis-
other day. S0liri Car 111(1 Foun(lry company of SL
Louis.
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