The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1905 Page: 4 of 10
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STEPHENVILLE WEEKLY EMPIRE.
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TEXAS
Monarch* Share Birthday.
* The King and Queen of Portugal
share the same birthday. ‘ They
were both born on September 28.
A Versatile Brazilian.
Elias Zerola, the moted author
'of Brazil, is also a scientist, geog-
rapher , philologist, linguist and
physician.
Mother Goose’s Husband.
The name of Mother Goose’s
husband was Isaac Goose, and her
rhymes were first printed by her
aon-in-law, Thomas Fleet, a print-
er in Boston.
Sardou a Great Talker.
M. Victorien Sardou, the French
dramatist, is a wonderful talker.
He talks remarkably well, but so
incessantly that it is very difficult
for any one else to get a share of
the conversation when he is pres-
ent
Royal Stable Looted.
It has been discovered that the
high prices offered for horses by
the Russians last winter caused
the theft of many animals from
the Chinese imperial stables. The
stolen horses were sold to the Rus-
sians for cavalry mounts.
Monument to Columbus.
Cardinal Richelmy has institut-
ed a movement to secure funds
for the erection of a monument
to Christopher Columbus in the
neighborhood of St. Peter’s,Rome,
to commemorate the 440th anni-
versary of the great discovers
death.
West Point Class of ’55.
The West Point class of 1855
holds its half century reunion this
year. There are only five surviv-
ors—General Alexander S. Webb,
General Charles B. Comstock, Gen-
eral David MvM. Gregg, Chief
Justice Nichols of the supreme
court of Louisiana, and General
Samuel Breek.
May ftll to South Pole.
Since the first visit to the ice cap
of the south pole was made, some
fifty years ago, there has been a
steady recession of the belt of some
thirty miles, and it is argued that
in the course of time it will be
possible to make approach to the
pole itself, and that the land in
that vicinity may even become in-
habited.
Motor Boats in Venioe.
The motor boat has invaded the
romantic canals of Venice. The
city of Venice has just established
a transportation system of its own,
and is operating fifty or more mo-
tor boats through the canals and
and lagoons, much as London
Ifiight operate its own street cars.
The fare is equivalent to x cent
Latest Submarine Boat
The latest style of submarine
boat with which experiments are
being made is a little English mid-
get, thirty-four feet long, armed
with two torped'o tubes and carry-
ing a crew of three men. It can
be transported on a railroad truck,
or hoisted over the side of a bat-
tleship with the greatest ease.
Moroooan Troops in Khski.
The Moroccan troops who lined
•he road to the palace in honor of
Mr. Lowther, the head of the Brit-
ish mission, when he had an audi-
ancc with the sultan recently, were
clad in khaki uniforms, which they
wore for the first time. In many
cases th« sale tickets were still af-
fixed to the garments.
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From Ooesn Dspths.
The sea around the shores of
Tlreece is full of treasures. Some
time ago the divers brought up
statues lost when a ship which
was taking them to Rome was
wrecked over 2000 years ago. Lat-
er, the relics of the battle of Nav-
arino, fought in 1827, were fished
up, and a number of old bronze
cannon, swords, guns and pistols
have also been recovered from the
wrecks of Turkish and Egyptian
•hips.
ONE CASE Of YELLOW EEVER IS
IN QUARANTINE AT SHREVEPORT
Shreveport, La., Aug. 2.—Barney*
Tracey, a traveling man out of Chi-
cago, is in the detention camp just
outside the corporate limits of this
;ity suffering from yellow fever.
There are no other cases in the de-
tention camp nor any case in the
3ity. Tracey has been isolated since
his arrival here Sunday, and the
health officers are confident that
this spasmodic case will be confined
to this one patient. The infection
has been traced directly to New Or-
leans, although Tracey spent but a
few hours in that city.
When the existence of the disease
it the doors of the city became
known yesterday through an official
diagnosis by Dr. G. C. Chandler in
charge of the detention camp, con-
firmed by Drs. Gray, Furman and
Eaves, the latter a special health
officer of Texas stationed here,
there was almost a panic, several
hundred people leaving on outgo-
ing trains.
A vast majority of the population
however, show no alarm, but are re-
doubling their efforts to perfect the
work of sanitation commenced a
week ago. A shotgun quarantine
was established four days ago, and
it was due to the efficient work of
the guards that Tracey was prevent-
ed from coming into the city.
Galveston, Aug. 2.—State Health
Officer Tabor is flooded with tele-
grams from friends, acquaintainces
and business men of Texas and
Louisiana who are at present in the
latter State, but who wish to be
passed to the former, asking that
they be permitted to pass the quar-
antine lines. Friends in this state
of the parties directly interested al-
so intercede in person, by telephone,
by telegraph and post, but it was all
in vain, although many of those who
now have such a strong inclination
to escape from the infected terri-
tory are influential.
“It is a waste of money and ab-
solutely useless,” said Dr. Tabor, as
he discussed this matter, “to send
such messages to me. No human
being, with the exception of the
health authorities, will be permitted
to pass the quaratine unil they have
complied with the regulations. I
have directed the inspectors to say
the same thing to everyone, regard-
less of whom, he or she may be. I
shall not permit it under any cir-
cumstances and shall absolutely
make no discrimination. The bars
will not be let down. Of course I
regret this exceedingly because
many of those who appealed to me
are personal friends, but I am de-
termined no exceptions shall be
made.”
Would Control Insurance.
Chicago: Government and legisla-
tive control of life insurance com-
panies is sought by the Iroquois
Club of Chicago. The plan outlined
is to take the subject up at Wash-
ington and prepare bills for con-
gress, and it is proposed to invite
the co-operation of other clubs with-
out respect to political affiliation.
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A rain fell Wednesday night east
of Paris, which amounted to a small
waterspout. It caused two serious
washouts on the Texas and Pacific
line and blocked traffic east of
Paris.
THE COTTON ASSOCIATION
HAS INSIDE DISTURBANCE,
Secretary Cheatham Denounces the
Vioe President.
Washington, Aug. 2.—Secretary
Richard Cheatham of the Southern
Cotton Association, dubbed as “un-
warranted and malicious” the
statement given out by Col. E. S.
Petera of Texas, vice president of
the association, that the views ex
pressed by President Jordan rela-
tive to Secretary Wilson do not rep-
resent the sentiments of the associ
ation.
“At the meeting of the executive
committe held in Memphis, Twin.,
on June 20,” said Secretary Cheat
ham, “nearly a whole day was de-
voted to a discussion of the affairs
of the Statistics Bureau, and to the
course that President Jordan and
myself had been pursuing in the
matter. The State presidents of
the association were present and
there was almost a full attendance.
The report prepared by me of the
proceedings up to that time was
read out to the committee and the
action taken by myself and Presi
dent Jordan was unequivocally in-
dorsed. 1 was instructed to return
to Washington and resume my
work. Col. Peters was not present
the the meeting. Among the other
business transacted by the commit-
tee was the discontinuance of the
salary of $3000 Col. Peters had been
receiving from the association as its
vice president.”
Secretary Cheatham failed to
state why the salary was discontin
tinued.
The charter of the Texas Glass
company of San Antonio has been
filed; capital “took $100,00; pur-
pose, to manufacture glass. Incor-
porators, H. Torres, L. P. Hilde-
brand, L. F. Carter. J. B. Mosby,
This is the first charter of the kind
ever filed in this state.
Lloyd McPherson, a young farm-
er of Guthrie, drowned in the Deep
Fork River, near Bristow, I. T.,
while fishing with a companion.
The Columbian Club of Dallas
has bought a lot at a cost of $10,250
and will erect a club building at aD
early date.
While returning from Salado
Mrs. P. F. Jarangan had her arm
broken at the wrist. She was lead-
ing a horse behind a buggy and he
became frightened, jerking her arm
against the back of the buggy with
the above result.
Mack Wheeler, who had been
cashier of the bank at Joshua since
its organization, resigned the posi-
tion recently to engage in the bank-
ing business in Whitney and'is en-
gaged in organizing a bank at the
latter place.
Beginning August 19 there will
be an old fashioned campmeeting at
Goodnight. Preaching service will
be conducted by J. T. Bell, mission-
ary evangelist; song service by Prof.
J. L. Barrett of Louisiana and Prof.
A. II. Thornton of Goodnight.
The Woodmen of the World of
Waxahachie are talking of erecting
a building of their own within the
next twelve months, of about the
time their present lease expires.
Sudden Violent Insauiiy. Mrs. II. C. Nelson, a widow living
Austin: Cyrus Arnold, aged 80 nt Pale8tine, found a six weeks’ old
years, became suddenly insane Mon- *,a^y on gallery Monday
day evening while his wife and son ni£,
were asleep, grabbed a hammer and) The local branches of the Anti-
hattered their heads, and came near , Horsethief Association of Musko-
killing both before help reached Kee an(* Goose Neck will hold a pic-
them. The son was bleeding from Ilic and barbacue at Hyde Park
the wounds when he awoke. He seiz- Muskogee on August 22.
ed his father and overpowered him.
Arnold was placed in jail. His son
and wife are in a critical condition.
HORRIBLE HOCH
HUNG-
Fever Crazed Man Run* Away.
Dallas: The report compiled by
Postmaster Robinson shows the pos-
tal receipts for July of this year to
be $30,993.94; for the corresponding
month last, year $24,756.32, ai» in-
crease of $6237.62 or of 25 per cent.
This gain is the largest in the his-
tory of the postoffice and shows the
marvelous growth of Dallas in pop-
ulation as in other ways.
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Nashville negroes are getting to-
gether in an effort to have the Jim
Crow atreet car law repealed.
The committee appointed to raise
money to bring the interurban road
from Fort Worth by way of Weath-
erford to Mineral Wells reports
$28,000 subscribed. Indications are
that Weatherford will have two new
roads in the near future.
Judge J. T. Patterson, a well
known resident of Dallas, celebrated
his ninty-fourth birthday Monday.
Judge Patterson is one of the Dallas
county pioneers, having moved here
in 1846, when the city was ft hamlet.
A strong statement is made by
Mr. Peters of Texas taking issue
The Man of Many Wivea Obtains"a
Reprieve at the Last Moment
Chicago, July 29.—Johann Hoch,
convicted murderer and confessed
bigamist, who was condemned to
die yesterday for killing one of hia
many wives, and for which a re-
prieve was granted until the middle
of September at the very last mo-
ment, was in some respects a most
remarkable criminal.
Th« exact number of the women
he married will probably never be
known, bqt he ib reported to have
had more than a score of wives in
the last ten years. Seven of this
number he wedded in this city, some
of whom are said to have died under
auspicious circumstances.
Mrs. Marie Welcker Hoch, for
yrhose murder Hoch was sentenced
to hang, died of arsenical poisoning
after a short illness, Dec. 10 of last
year. Preceding her death he had
obtained from the woman all her
money, as he had done in most of
his previous marriages.
Five days after her death he mar-
ried her sister, Mrs. Emelia Fisher,
his last wife aB far as the records
now show, and the day following the
wedding he obtained from her $750
to be used, he said, in paying the
mortgage on the furniture and
house where he lived. A day or two
later he disappeared and Mrs. Hoch
told the police.
A search for Hoch extending to
Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Pittsburg
and New York then began. He was
arrested in New York Jan. 30, on
information given by a woman at
whose house he was boarding, and
to whom he is said to have proposed
marriage after an acquaintance of
scarcely twenty-four hours.
The polygamous practice of Hoch
started in Germany, it is said,
where he was known at Jacob
Schmidt, and it is supposed that was
his real name. His first wife was
deserted by him in Vienna. The
list of wives as compiled by the po-
lice after his arrest numbers twen-
ty-seven.
Hoch was promptly brought back
to Chicago. The body of Mrs. Ma-
rie Welker Hoch was exhumed. A
coroner’s jury found that she had
died of arsenical poisoning. iTocli
was indicted and after a trial last-
ing a month and replete with unique
features was found guilty.
After the trial Hoch complained
that he had not received fair treat-
ment by the jury, which, he said,
did not ^ive enough time to the con-
sideration of the evidence, having
reached a verdict in two or three
hours. He denied the stories of his
many wives and all he would admit
was that he had committed bigamy.
II. R. Vanderhcrst, secretary of
the Brooklyn base ball club, died
Friday of heart failure. He was
fifty-four years of age.
A subscription is being raised in
Parker county to induce the Rock
Island railway to extend its line
from Bridgeport to Weatherford.
The new machinery being in-
stalled in the Midland shops at Ter-
rell is completed. The machines are
of the latest pattern and best
equipment. When completed the
new shops will be one of the best
plants in North Texas.
A petition is being circulated at
Hillsboro, the purpose of which is
to ask the city council to extend the
corporation of the city about a half
mile in all directions for school pur-
poses only.
At Galveston Martin Mayo died
from the effects of a gunshot wound
sustained at 11 a. m. Friday. Eugene
Hull, a negro, is held on a charge
of murder.
A train of seven or eight wagons
containing farmers who have aban-
doned their crops in Red River
County and are moving west passed
through Paris Friday. The movers
were carrying along their cattle and
all of their belongings.
The quantity of oats being mar-
keted in Temple this year is wond-
erful and far in excess of any pre-
vious year. Endless strings of wa-
gons line the roads leading into
town.
Elder Herbert Crippen of Alamo-
gordo, N. M., completed the twenty-
eighth day of fasting in order to rid
his system of impurities. He goes
about his daily tasks and chops wood
for exercise. Elder Crippen
ANOTHER RESIGNATION.
Dr. Moor* of Phyeiologioal Depart*
mant Resign*.
Washington, July 2d.—The resig-
nation of Dr. George T. Moore,
physiologist of the Bureau of Plant
Industry of the Agricultural De-
part, makes the fourth employe of
that department to go_0ut as the re-
sult of the investigation instituted
in that branch of the government
service.
It is said that Dr. Moore’s resig-
nation does not by any means com-
plete the list and that more will
soon follow.
The manifest mismanagement of
the business of the department and
the harsh criticism leveled at its
head, is weighing very heavily on
Secretary Wilson, who feels keenly
the humiliating position in which
he has been placed by his subordi-
nates. It is freely predicted that
his days as executive officer of this,
one of the most important branches
of the Federal service, are num-
bered. Those who take this view
of the case say that he owes it to
the Administration, of which he ia
a part, to stick to his post until the
department has been thoroughly
cleaned out, but this task having
been accomplished, it is his duty to
step down and out, so as not to fur-
ther embarrass the President. What
is needed, say these critics of Secre-
tary Wilson, is a strong, aggressive
man as well as a thorough agricul-
turist, as ’head of the department.
Secretary Wilson is a man of ability
and cannot be excelled in his line,
but his seventy years are telling
upon him and have deprived him of
that alertness which is essential to
successfully manage the affairs of a
big undertaking like the Agricultur-
al Department.
Tennesseean"tackles ticks
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son’s resignation.
Wii-'aelf denial.
Says He Has the Hot Stuff to Rid a
Farm of Tioks,
Knoxville, Tenn.: A director of
the government Agricultural Exper-
iment Station in this city has de-
vised what is said to be entirely a
practical method of ridding the
farms of the Texas fever cattle tick.
The method is exceedingly simple
and inexpensive and it is said can
be practiced upon practically any
farm in the South.
Texas fever having been the bane
of the cattle industry of the South,
the discoverey is regarded as being
invaluable to farmers and cattle
raisers of the South. He has been
enabled to work out this method
by a careful study of the habits,
life and history of the tick which
conveys the dieease from one animal
to another. Details of the method
are given in official bulletins on
“Texas Cattle Fever Ticks,” just is-
sued by the experiment station in
this city and Baton Rouge, La.
Judge Paquet, city judge of New
Orleans, is dead in that city.
Tobe Gunnels, living seven miles
north of Tenaha, shot and killed
himself this morning with a rifle.
A New Orleans man broka
through the quarantine lines and
managed to reach Houston, was ar-
rested and placed in a detention
camp. The state quarantine is be-
ing made more rigorous.
Thirteen Chinamen, hidden in
box cars, at El Pa30 got across the
border only to be discovered trying
to get away from the train. The
entire lot was surrounded by im-
migration officers and arrested.
Word has been received by cable
of the death in Seoul, Korea, Wed-
nesday, of Arthur S. Dixey, private
secretary to United States Minister
Morgan. He was graduated from
Harvard with the class of 1902 and
was a native of Boston.
George Z. Work, long a leading
wholesale tailor of Chicago, died
suddenly a few nights since of heart
failure, while riding on an electric
car.
Manager Henry Fabian of the
Waco base ball team seems inclined
to believe that there will not be fur-
ther molestations as to Sunday base
ball games and that it will be pos-
sible to play out the season with-
out interruption again.
A plot against the life of the Sul-
tan of Turkey has been discovered
by the authorities at Kustenji. Ai
search of houses occupied by Turk*
disclosed large quantities of revol-
vers, rifles, cartridges and compro-
mising documents.
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The Stephenville Empire. (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, August 4, 1905, newspaper, August 4, 1905; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882538/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stephenville Public Library.