The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1901 Page: 1 of 8
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THE DEMOCRAT
WTERED AT Tk.iF pnirnEnre ... — %
wirr't! i,,vays Ueep fmie with *°nian' ' SCHLEV IS TO SUF
will. Diere are energetic, homr-lovine 1 ■ ■«- ■ V UtLi
tTi e'l'm "'■ " ' Sl' '*rr. J010e of wil1 kee
•iTERED AT TvE POSTOFF.CE AS .ECOND-CLASS MAIL MATT*.
M'KI.VN KV, TEXAS, Till 1<.|,AV .lr|iV ,,K)|
hunt succeeds
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^esg„jnK and fancy that strengtE
v . take the place of stre ih of
body. But it can't Every day will nee
a low of
strength,"
and t h a t
loss will be
indicated
, by a IOM
weight. When
the weight begins
to fall helow the
normal it is lime to
ask. Why ?
I" general, ill
health in women
may he traced to
those womanly
diseases which
sap the
strength and
undermine
the vitality,
nr. fierce's
Favorite Pre-
set- i [>t i on
dries enfeehl.
ing drains,
heals iitflani-
tnation and
The Admiral Will Proceed to Insti-
tute Proceedings
< ot. Alton tin the (liter
f'orto Kiru.
t' «ulln
Washington, July 24.—William II
Hunt, the present secretary of Porto
Kico, has been selected to succeed Gov.
,r.Charles A. Allen on the retirement or
AGAINST AUTHOR OT HISTORY the latter from the Insular goveru-
nient. Gov. Allen brougnt with him
I to Bo8ton all of his household effects
1*1 teferi to ,*e Niv4l Battle ,t rcTur^o^'
DfCIDEl) IPROAR.
Speculators furnish Onii« an fx.
citing Spfciacie
fourteen thousand
CORN CULTURE
age sad Results in Considerable Ad*
verse Criticism.
Washington. July 24.- -ho Washiu...
Hico.
The formal announcement of the se-
lection of Gov. Hunt is witlihrid until
the regular appointment is made, and
__j , , —— ulceration,
and cures female weakness. Where the
disease is marked by loss of flesh, there is
with the wei«ht coincident
Willi tliecii.e which proves the renewal
ul healt i to e thorough and permanent
n', r, ■
poiin.U M,ice i surtrd t cm mil
P:
I !' >«• ! I tkm
"Will you do this?
statement."
Prescription.'
«<> use your • Favorite
. Dr. Pierces Pleasant Pellets cleanse the
bowels and stimulate the sltii'eisli |iver
LQNE STAR LINES.
ton Post Monday night telegraphed of the lpave °f «ov. Allen next Sen-
Admiral Schley that in an editorial it tember'
MweU mV", ,°Wf " 10 hin'Se,f Wil"am "• Hunt' wh° h«8 Keen se
as his friends to begin pro- 'acted to succeed Charles A \llen w
eedings against Mr. Maclay, the au- governor of Porto Rico was born in
Spates navy T7 °' ?' l UilCd ^ «• «dTt£
charge adL! P''°Ve lattel"" u ! T °f U,P 'ate Wi,liaQ1 "««T
unt of Louisiana, who was secretary
Please wire of the navy In the cabinets of Presl-
T.,„ua .. (1entfi Garfle,d and Arthur and minis-
legram y rece,ved the following ter to Russia. Judge Hunt received
«reat Neck I r . , , education at Vale college, but on
Washington Po^' V , ,y -3'TE,Ul0r ttCC°Unt °f 111 health < " not finish his
Msiungion i ost. I believe the first course.
step should be investigation of all He was attorney general of Montana
matter by a court, then a civil action when 27 years of age a
afterward. I am preparing to take th« constitutional
this course. \V. S. SCHLEY.
The Post as a result of extensive in
quiries, based upon the admiral's dis-
putch, nays in part;
His action is the sequel to the de-
velopments during the past week. The
entire country has been stirred by the
Publication of the unexampled abuse
P i.o . KegUtttrvii „t E|
dreili «t |.„ntuu.
El
«n,l Hun. Wm, Ih. rir.1 Toplo DUcu..^ . Ih.
FAfiiiMri' Coi|r«ii,
VOL. 18, NO. 2.1.
SIXTEENTH OUSHKR
Heno, Ok . July 23.—Monday's
registration at this place was another
Two'!; W 14.556 were registered.
ON NtVVVORK STOCK UtHANGtlr F™ 2 ^
The booths remained open until «
„n! .k' u'""«and, seven hundred
and sixty-four wore registered at Law-
on. Total of both places 118,591 up
Wees Sought to .soir a< Hic.s a, ,he Mer.
tury and th' Slwrt* m rabbled U
fffect ftwl- Ik ope
nijfiu tc
• f. </ •
N- w York, july ^.- V.Vh ,
ture In tl
in many places and practicllli
"mpera-
to date.
The cheati rates made by the rail-
roads In the north and east will brin*
iho'isands who had never tliou*ht of
• oninte |t is ;h(|f 200 ^
ry gir's are comlu* from New York
- • ",,,i i"u' licany no rain 1"' ftsbnrS. There are many "ten-
over bunday, the exeltemert in the 1 h''re "ow' Most of them are
sreatly surprised to
They expected to see nothing but eat-
hes and non
Indians.
e corn belt front 100 to 106
corn market exceeded that ^ urPr'«Hl to see . clvillwd clt,'
took place there laf-t week or the week , expc''teU to see noth
before. Not since the corn failure of '! e..rancheB nn«' "one but c
ind a member of
convention.
1894 have prices soared as they did at
the opening Monday morning «„d even
luring that year the volume of speCu
it'°n was ,,ght as compared with the
par^Tf! "U>'ing reP"r,ed from "
paits of the country. Brokers came
down to thof earller than u«uaj
«.h n 7 ther° ,,U'! '"'P" «"V
change in the situation from that re-
owhoys and
.. J here are thousands of In-
dians living near here
but few of them
come to town during the excitement.
, a,v K'catiy annoyed by strangeis
who crowd around them. Most of
them run from the kodak fiends, of
whom there are many. The Indians
generally are afraid of a camera.
W. J. Edwards, a civil engineer, has
Collie Station, Tex., July 24.-pr.R
Ident Connell called the fourth annual
session of the Texas Fsrmers' congress
to order Tuesday, with an attendance
Of probably 200 delegates.
R«v. Dr. Buekner of Hallas prayed.
An "experience meeting" consisting
of flve-mlnute talks on various topics
was then then takeu up, according to
programme.
The discussion of corn culture was
I'd by Mr. T. H. Wilson of Collin
county.
' The Old Cotton Planter" Col
Aaron cofr,.r of M :{ln,.„y ,n j( ^w
fry speech, ocuplert ih( platform in a
brief oratorical effort upon the subject
of corn. He said he had raised as
much as eighty-eight burhels of c.irn
oi an acre in Collin eol|ntv, und his
neighbor had produced as much as 120
bushels. D-en p'owing was the secret
President Cinnell siatel
thought it possible
o- •plndleu,, vat In s. AVrwm„99
Aftarnoon.
Beaumont. Tex., July 23.—The Na
tlonai Oil and Pipe Line company
brought in a gusher Sunday night
about 7: 30 o'clock on the Adams tract,
block 23. Splndletop Hill. The well
was finished wit.hout spouting more
wua necessary, because of the
danger from fire. Of course the oil
flowed from the well several hours
before It was finally finished, but it
was not permitted to spout over the
top of th.- derrick. This was pre-
vented by keeping; a heavy water pres-
«>«re on top of the oil. Monday morn-
" D'P* "'< an elbow was acrewnl
on th- i.asing and t;„, 4,; ,,,)er *
The oil was thrown in a «lx-iireh nor
izontal stream fifty feK away, fat
\ s th..n pronounced a success
by t><e National company and accepted.
I he well is on the ten-acre tract
train captured,
Th, Sclze S„>rri s„ure 0yfr
One 11 it n<| ,,.<| Prlioiiers.
London, July 24.
The war office has
poured out upon him In the third vol- [ecf' v®'' the following dispatch from
ume 0f E. S. Maclay s history of the It Kltchener- dated Pretoria, July
nited States navy, jn which publlea- "
tion. Schley is said to have run awav . train from CaP" Town, with 1
Business is good in the state.
Cooper has voted a specla 1 school
tax.
Corsicana wants free rural delivery
routes.
T(,„ rvn „ nounced as a coward,
lho O Connor Guards of Victoria de- ' traitor.
ded to disband. 1 -Th,, Sch]ey court #f lnqu,ry w,u 011 the morning of July 21. Our eas-
undoubtedly be one of the raost cele- "„,!!!!.Were eight kill-d and eight
fro!l0dJn, !he 8Peclal bulletln issued laM 0l,t a town for women"only"' The
[TZTTn lUU' Sa,Ur(,a)' n|Kht, :°m,La,iy iH name(1 the Women's Mu-
but pi n ate telegrams from everv sec-
tion of the corn bell showed .10 relief
and what was of more Impo.tance the
■weather authorities held out no hope
any c ange in the Immediate future
It was still dry and hot. drier and hot-
record-breaking
same time doing
e run away town, with 113
In caitiff fight,' and is In addition de- 8 and 8tores' was held up
captured and burned at Scheepe.s
eight miles north of Beaufort West'
fin fha i_ . _ '"L'
cur and a
five wells will be drilled for oil Id
There were nlne homI(:mg8-TO-^rtt,|^.^jv^ ,^a, ,,,,;7hV' "'r v
ninty between May 24 and July 12. omjcel® ™VOJvra f/W'rjUvriltncf ,
-«
county between May 24 and July
While bathing in Gazley creek, near
Smithville, a 12-year-old negro boy was
drowned.
For the first time in many years ev-
ery gambling house at Corpus Chrlsti
Is closed.
Daniel Boland, a prominent railway
construction contractor, died at Deni-
lon after a lingering illness.
enry P. Thorpe, an old resident of
Btonewail county, died at Aspermont
from an overdose of morphine.
Jack Simmons, 21 years old, living
near Honey Grove, shot himself
through the head with a pistol.
Maj. L. J. Farrar, one of the first
aettlers, died at Groesbeck. Hhe was
the oldest member of the bar in that
oity.
Rev. Lee R. Scarborough of Camer-
on has accepted the call tendered him
by the First Baptist church of Abi-
lene.
The Rudd Rifles of Marshall have
received from the state $104 for two
days' services in answering the recent
call to Trinity.
The comptroller registered $18,000
Williamson county refunding bonds,
and $5,000 of Bay City school district
echooibouse bonds.
By the explosion of a lamp the resi-
dence. of W. J. Huckabee at Greenville
was destroyed and Miss Delia Merri-
man, 19 years old, burned to death.
B. F. Cohron. a leading merchant ot
Bfcv He. died from blood poisoning, r«*
lulling from the bite of a fly on the
end of his nose. His suffering was in-
tense.
Arth Wester, a negro man, in cross-
ing the Neucec river at the Bell ranch,
wn drowned. He was an athlete and
one of the best co whanda in tho eomth-
west.
Judge T. S. Johnson, assistant in
the attorney general's department, ap-
proved an issue of $6000 of Bay City
Independent school district schoolhouae
bonds.
A hammer weighing considerable
(ell forty-aeven feet at Corsicana and
•truck Ben Watson, colored, on the
head, Inflicting a serious but not fatal
Injury.
The attorney general approved for
registration $16,000 Williamson county
courthouse and jail refunding bonds
and $2,000 bridge refunding bonds of
the same county.
Night Fireman Caples at the old
water-works plant, Fort Worth, while
en the dam arranging some fishing net®
and lines, became entangled and
tailing overboard was drowned.
While Henry Caldwell, a Dallas ne-
gro, was visiting at Marshall, he was
•truck by another negro with a fenca
paling and at the muscle of a pistol
forced to part company with $27.
An old fltlsen of Austin has donated
to the state library a letter copying
press of ancient make. It was brought
to Texas In the 60s by the French
minister to tha Lone Star republic.
Four boy* about 13 years of age
were adjudged guilty of card playing
In s Corsicana school building. Thalr
parents had to pay lines and coats
u&auntlas. to. IM M
wounded.
rcA^Mi1 "nvtfct t;imiit]
and the intense public feeling which dllwn Ju]y 21 The
has been aroused will combine to give An a|1.day flRht OCC(JITod f|.„
the Investigation a dramatic Interest.
Nothing has occurred in Washington
for many years that will compare
with k.
"The appointment of a court of in-
quiry is oxpccted to be mate by Secre-
tary Long, though it would be in the
power of tile president to make the
selections if he chooses. This is
hardly likely to occur, however.
back on
Might."
Mortimer. Our In. s was
ter than before the
month of July, at the
more damage to crops which have
wit l.stod the trying conditions s' long
Reports before the opening of the
™>'ket stated that corn had burned
hadly in many sections of Kansas. Ne-
biaska and Missouri, with lo-va begin-
ning to need rain and the corn crop
R'le deteriorating somewhat. With
the drouth extending iutr, the great
tending the^)penTr mafffet was
Intense. •'.old
"RICHE RECOMMENDS
tpI'i'"|M'tati int lor ti'iluii
of IMur,
The mass of
j the pi
which the record..
fin,: eoulc' he
/I
OJr'~
mass orv>p '^stood around
t watching- • 'pient dial on
" Ije.'cp^n op
>'*. A.. •"> .. ''
on
nperi-
f V^^a^jCn^nai^
Wnierwuj. Ii,rTces of Satiir^ja ••. At. the closV
Xiturday thousands \of bushels of corn
had been sold for fifear of rain over
tual Townsite company, and Is looated
not far from Anadarko. Ahout fifty
EI Reno women are behind the scheme
Hie women say that they want to show
the men that they can conduct city
afTairs and attend to business matters
In a manner far superior to men.
The postofflce department has es-
tablished eight extra delivery windows
and still handles mail with difficulty
All around bad men are becoming
more numerous, and private detectives
have been sent to protect the people.
burned to death.
'..hat he
. „ to increase the
yield of corn I11 Texas five bushels per
acre by following the directions here-
tofore Riven.
Mr. J. V. Hampton of Hill couuty
suggested that planting four feet each
way. (n north Texas, with shallow cul-
tivation, the lai'Ker the stalk and the
niore foliage the more moisture ab-
sorbed, the longer the corn stands
drouth.
Mr. James S. Kerr of Sherman rec-
onimeuded frequent plowing. Prepar-
ation and cultivation aru the main con-
ilderatlons.
Mr. J. B Salyer of Jonah Tex
guarantee,! $r, from Wlllamson county.'
Mr. Hampton guaranteed $10 from
Hill, Col. Coffee guaranteed $G Prom
Grayson. Mr. Wilcox $r, from Bia/.os,
Mr. Gregg $5 from Travis. Mr. Kirk-
patrick of Collin guaranteed that his
county would contribute $25 to this
fund as premiums, as suggested by
i ~ "" ""l —
fn ini 1 y was burned Tn
Din
11 hit
follow-
of $2:1.000
line 30, 1903:
and Buffalo
river, $325,000, to
I Washington, July 24.—Capt.
"Admiral Schley's letter asking for K'che, In charge of liver am
the appointment of a court will be ad- w°rk in Galveston (Tex.) dis
dressed to Secretary Long, who is his annual report recommend
immediate chief. To address the com- 'ns appropriations in
munication to the president, ignoring for the fiscal year en
the secretary, would not only be a Galveston ship (
breach of naval etiquette, but would hayou, $1,000,000.
be totally at variance with Schley's Mouth of Bi
careful observance of punctillious pro- complete pr«i/
cedure. The court, therefore, will be Brazos r,
named by Secretary Long unless he It'chinon
shall prefer to refer the matter to the ne'
president.
"Secretary Long has stated that if
Schley requested a court of Inquiry
he will grant the request, and he ha
also expressed his willingness to p
sonally select the court."
C'ournf 4 f S4-lilf y.
York. July 24.—Th#
Herald
New-
says:
Rear Admiral Schley hp asked Sec
retary Long to appoint*1 court of in-
between Velasco ami
Vest Galveston bay chan-
10.
Pass, $500,000.
(vAi'ston harbor, $550,000, $500,000
which is for repairs and the re-
mainder for maintenance.
Capt. Riche estimates that $1,500,000
will be required to complete repairs
made necessary by the hurricane of
last year.
i Sunday. A great m;why had gone short
for a possible brer^« in the price. A
few years ago corn .told at 19c a bushel,
and 55c, Saturday's closing price at
Chicago, soemed very high. Shortly
after the gong sounded ithe hands on
the dial started at 55c. moved through
6Gc, 57c, 58c and finally touched 59c.
The opening prices as quoted at Chi-
cago showed opening prices to have
been 57c to 59c, an advance of 2@4c
per bushel from last week and an ex-
treme advance of 16c a bushel above
the level prevailing a month or six
weeks ago here. September corn sold
to 61%c.
In Chicago the pit was completely
demoralized at the r'irt. but later the
Intense anxiety over the situation
threw a quieting Influence over the
average operator.
Atfuiitti Arft'fttrtl.
Rrminghani, Aia., July 24.—The ex
«uii, I,UII8 m .ynuiii), portatlon of 100 negro laborers to Chi-
ouirv to determine tly facts ill regard 1
. 10 einun "> cago and other northern cities to work
to his course in ** Santiago cam-
paign.
When Admits''Schley was pressed to
make some statements of his position
he wiote. , attorney of the Tennessee Coal and
"1 really think that as this matter _ '
in steel mills was stopped here by the
arrest of H. R. Bell and D. M. Ryan,
two negro labor agents. The arrests
were made on warrants sworn out by an
Iron company, charging the defend-
ants with enticing, decoying and per-
suading sonants of that company to
leave its service. This is a misde-
meanor in Alabama.
le liable to take the form of a judicial
investigation I ought not be subject
to an interview. 1 think action is
preferable to words, and 1 have decided
to act. More than this I ought not
to be expected to say. but I will add
that It is a very great, pity that there
should be any controversy over mat-
ters where everybody did his best."
Mr*. M. KInley n Party.
Ely, Nev.. July 21.—Suit has been
Instituted In the United States court
by Mrs. Ida McKinley, wife of the
president, and Mrs. Mary B. Barber nipa * t0 assure thp Punishment
against John Steele. William Hays and (,f th' 1> n, hera ot th,! [n MiB'
others, to recover possession of the 8l8sl >t ' ' ,hls connection Slgnor
Elijah mine, one of the patented claims Prin,Mtl h*8 expressed his full ,'onfl-
Kvei'j l.4 |fnl MfHin.
Rome, July 24.—In accordance with
instructions from Washington the
American charge d'affairs here has in-
formed Slgnor Prenetti, the Italian
minister of foreign affairs, that the
federal government wiil take every le-
of the Canton Mining company, on
donee that thore guilty of the lyrnh-
which defendants are operating, and ln*8 w, bfi 8f"«ht °ut authorities.
also for $10,000 damages for ore taken
out. and shipped by defendants during Twenty-Two Ktt«iiiin.
the period of occupancy of the mine. St. Louis, Mo., July 24.—Tuesday
Steele is the owner of the Macon afternoon at 3 o'clock the mercury in
City mine, adjoining the Elijah, and <he government weather office regis-
deniea that he has extracted ores from tered lOfi. Out of a total of fifty-five
the patented claim, all his work being Prostrations in this city during the
well within his own lines.
day twenty two resulted fatally.
Oik* IItithlrr'tl Common.
Washington, July 23.—One hundred
degrees temperature was common
throughout the great corn belt Mon-
day, according to reports lo the
weather bureau here. I11 various places
all previous heat records were
smashed.
In lies Moines, la., the temperature
officially reported Monday was 108; in
Springfield, ill., 108, and In Cincin-
nati and Ixmisville 105.2. in each case
breaking all previous records.
In Indianapolis Is was 105, five de-
grees highe rthnn ever before reported.
In St. f?ouls It was 106, Omaha 101,
Bismarck, N. 1)., 101. and Concordia.
Kan., 102.
!
In the east. Bftston reported 104,
Philadelphia 98, Washington 93, and
New York 90.
aver no , a Pennsylvania ' "•'"inmahTtiir,.!' ".ViTTen Mn.n.rTf.rii
avenue etnement fire shortly before 8 W.i.ed A,.,.
o clock. Monday moruiug, The mother -—-
and three children are dead and the 0,*co. Tex.. July 34—It Is reported
H ^Uly„buru«(t a"d l now h're 'hat a waterspout fell northwest
oil tan r b''~the7 0t, Mn , VfOI"'"'r 'Voia* that
^ Jan. feV 1 BiUC|i wus ,|i)U(l (o pm[)„.
i- i u'hjw pr-paring lirnMUaw L ..Wlll( . ,, f u property.
- v * Kks , A«w ut ten miJe« .W
)f Turn — < nj,"^8 aud .
apaitmenpt on the tnird floor of im
tenement nouse in the rear ul' 27JU
Peniisylvania avenue shortly before 8
o'clock. The fire in the kitcheu stove
was not burning as quicKly as she
wanted it to and she took an oil can
and poured some of the oil on the lire.
In a moment a bla/.e from lie grate of
the stove ignited the oil in the can and
an explosion, which was heard
throughout, the house, followed.
The burning oil was smrtered over
the room, setting fire to the clothes of
Mrs. Bat/,11 and their children.
The husband was in mi adjoining
room and his injuries were sustained
while trying to suve his wife and chil-
dren.
. ..-v.. be-
longing to Adams, upon which the
atty gusher was brought In, and the
well is the second well to be brought
1" on this land. The new well ia
about 2iio feet to the east of the Bentty
It is a six-inch well, cased off to the
rock. The hole drilling was all
removed from the hole and It Is in
every respect a perfectly finished well
and ready to shoot oil into the tanks
«' the rate of about 30,000 barrels a
P. M. Lean & Sou are the contruo
tors, and in putting down the well they
have brokeu ail records for fast drill-
ing. The drilling was started on July I
and finished Sunday night, making Just
seventeen days sin. e the hole was
commenced. The next best record for
fas tdrlllliiK was held by Ben arper
ho drilled the Hey wood wells, the No
1 well being orllle.l by Mr. Harper In
twenty-one days, and Mr. Lea takes
tour days off this time. Experience
will eventually bring the time of drill-
ing down, but few of them will equal
this time, because, added to oxperl-
ence was a remarkable streak of luck,
The National Oil and Pipe Llns"~^~
company is the company which pur-
chased the Beatty well, it i« now
building pipe llneH. tanks, pumping
stations and has already completed one
steel tank with
be t w e e nL "XTrrrrrT^Uv
age being done at I
I.Mm and Order T.eagne.
Fort 8111, Ok.. July 24.—A law and
order league has been formed here to
■uppress the dosens of crooks who have
infested the country since the Kiowa-
Comanche registration began. The or-
ganization has decided to print and
distribute handbills bearing the fol-
lowing:
"Notice Is hereby served on all con-
Horn Tnt« Court.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 24.—The combine
forces have decided to carry the strike
Into the courts. It is learned that
Judge P. M. Smith of Wellsvlllc, O..
has been retained by the American
Sheet Steel company to prepare papers
for presentation within a few days to
Vfrltiibl" Hot lllitftt.
Kansas City, Mo., July 23.—A ver-
itable hot bla.--t scorched the southwest
Monday, breaking all heat rerords In
the history of the local bureau. Sun-
day Kansas City experienced the hot-
test weather ever known, the govern-
ment thermometer registering 104 and
remaining above yie 100 mark seven
hours. Twenty four prostrations and
nine deaths resulted. At 3:30 o'clock
Ihhe bureau thermometer, at the high-
est point in the city, showed 106 de-
crees.
Ih'HwiiiK riiiiiinlHc0.
Washington, July 23. -The secretary
of the Interior has announced the com-
mittee to supervise the drawings for
the lands of the Kiowa and Comanche,
who ar oas follows:
Ex-Gov. Richards of Wyoming, chair-
man: ex-Chief .Justice Frank Dale of
Oklahoma and ex-l'nlted States Dis-
trict Attorney D. P. Dyer of St. Louis.
The committee has been instructed
to report at El Reno not later than
the 2Hth instant to arrange for the
drawing.
Washington, July 23,—The census
bureau made public Its figures giving
the population by sex, nativity and
color of the Indian Territory, as fol-
lows:
Males 208.952, females 183,105; na- (n^0 camp
lives 387,202, whites 302,680, colored j
89, .'180.
Of those classed as colored 36,856 are
negroes, 27 Chinese. 1)00 Indians taxed
an d61,39S Indians not taxed.
A1 bflft.riy ari(,
u'«n. lift a.
. 'bany
Three middle terfii* . '
steel bridge across Nortfc" iVt/Jroad
river have been washed away. The
north-bound trains can get no further
than Moran and the south-bound trains
get no further than Lueders.
Engine No. 1*8, in charge of En-
gineer Tom Beene, went, through a
small bridge between Reynolds and Al-
bany. Fireman Alfred Johnson was
killed and Engineer Beene was in-
jured, hut not fatally. Henry An-
drews, a brakeman who was in tho
caboose at the time, was slightly In-
lured by jumping from the train as
the engine went down.
<•< « ••rnor In i m 1111>
Camp Mabry, Tex., July 24.—'The
feature of Tuesday was the arrival of
the commander-in-chief, Gov. Joseph
D. Bayers. He reached the camp at
10:30 and was met ouslde of the
grounds by Surgeon Gen. Blunt, Col.
Eaaley, Col. Burns and Adjt. Gen.
Scurry of his staff. Troop A of Hous-
ton. under command of Capt. Breed-
love, served as an escort and preceded
the governor's carriage from the road
into the grounds and up to headquar-
ters, where he waa received by Major
(ien. Oppenhelmer and staff. During
the governor's passage to headquarters
the artillery fired twenty-one guns,
the salute to the eommander-ln-
chlef. The governor's approach and ar-
rival was communicated to battery
ijuarters by the signal corps by means
af the wigwag. The governor went
* capacity 0' 37 500
f "arr mils
d "'"« • SWn,l'"e,^ '"f ■J*""'"'-' £JL ,r
* " n. „elr "" '•' "•
which may be «, u n,orp' well.
.'"f 'Zrt-"
Guffey wcllA''nUJmpany, the \\ ^ f"
The M K. & T "001.., J™ K- «
down 700 feet, with a tcn-lnAl
and drilliug is progressing remarkably
well Tills is perhaps deeper than any
oilier drillers e\or put down a ten-
Inch pipe, and there Is a probability
that the well will lie something out of
the ordinary, although It is yet too
soon to predict anything.
Hfrlou* Charg*.
Paris. Tex., July 24.—Sheriff Martin
and Deputy Sheriff Pink Anderson had
a call by telephone to Jennings, ten
miles south of town, and returned.
Thrown into n Pi.nd, having in custody a young farm hand
Knoxville, Tenn.. July 23.—Tht charged with attempted criminal as-
bodies of Wheeler and Mynatt Hat-
maker were found in a millpond near
the Kentucky line not far from Jacks-
boro, Tenn., and au Investigation by
Si 1 Death*.
St. Louis, Mo.. July 23.—The terrible
heat, which broke all records In the
state of Missouri Sunday, continued
Monday. Higher temperatures were
recorded In every section of the state
than ever were known In Missouri be-
fore. A thermomoier registering 10 >
was considered comparatively cool, so
flerca was the torridlty common over
a Federal court asking for a rent rain-
fldenoe men, pickpockets," thieves and ,D« ordpr t0 "t0P Htr,k"r" nom PCC0"t- .
t/ooks who are caught plying their lng or mo,e8,ln* ,n an> WRy non-union tj,e ,tate. Small towns with no estab
vocations that they will ba hanged to m8n 00 tl,e highways. The move prom- j|ah*d weather bureau report as hlfb
the nearest traa." ' '*** * crisis In tha strike. M Ul In tha shade Six deaths hera.
a coroner's Jury showed that the boys
had been murdered by being stabbed
and beaten, and that their bodies were
thrown Into the water. The boys were
only 11 and 14 years old, and excite-
ment is Intense In the community.
There is a suspicion as to the mur-
derer.
sault on the 5-year-old daughter of
Walter Morgan, is examining trial Is
«et for Saturday.
Well lira-ill licit.
Midland, Tex.. July 24.—Midland and
vicinity have been visited by fine rains
for the last few days. Rains have be-
come general over the greater part of
this section, extending to the Pecos on
the south snd for 100 miles In other
llrectlons.
Draymen llun't Drive.
San Francisco, Cel., July 23 —The
draying business of this city Is almost
at a standstill. The teamsters' strike
went into effect at noon Monday, and
nearly 1000 teamsters are now idle. On
the water front thoui-ands of tons of
freight are piled up on the docks, and
Incoming steamers are continually
adding to the congestion. The larger
wholesale dealers, the fruit canneries
and the factories have been moat sari
oualy affected so (ar
Normal F.iamtnern.
Austin, Tex., July 24.—'The state
summer normal nxamluers met and
organised by electing R. W. Tarrant
of Washington county chairman, and
Dan E. Davis of Coryell county sec-
retary. The examiners are F. M. Bral-
ley. Charles W Bules. W D. Butler,
r. W. Chanfleld. N. J. Clancy. 8. J.
Creswell, J. H. Davis. W. E. Edelen,
Win. Ellers, J. T. Johnson. W F. Jour-
dan. James O Keefe, R M. Parker. W.
O Smiley. A. L. Stubbe. Charlea
Thompson snd J T I'srv _
t|**fcl4'titi Ontrnl W rw k,
El Paso, Tex.. July 23.—The Ptilltnat
attached to the regular south-bound
Mexican Central train was wrecked 100
miles south of El Paso Monday after-
noon, and fourteen passengers were in-
lured, some of them seriously.
The accident was due to the careless-
ness of trainmen, or the fact, that a
native engineer was pulling the south-
bound At Montezuma, the north-
bound was met and an effort was made
to exchange first class coaches It got
away from the brakeman and ran sev-
eral miles down the steep grade. The
south-bound train backed after It. and
when It was stopped the collision oc-
curred. smashing the Pullman and
knocking if from Its trucks.
*111111 U lli'uln.
Pecos. Tex.. July 23.—The Cactus Oil
company expects to commence boring
Its well on the lloss section in a few
days. This company has a proven field
ind developments show oil of the fin-
est grade. The property Is located in
Reeves county.
The Consolidated Oil company's well
on section 114. Pi-cos county, struck
oil at a depth of thirty-seven feet.
Th eoll Is of a very fine grade. The
well will be put down until the reser-
voir Is struck.
llmtlMT* hroMii.
Claude, Tex., July 23 —Several young
men and boys were bathing In the Bar-
nard tank, when the l4-year old son ol
Mr. and Mrs. S H Vaughn, having
ventured out into deep water and be*
lng unable to swim, went down. As
okler brother, although partially
dressed, plunged In to his relief and
went down for his brother, but was
drowned also
J
severe Storm.
Waxahacnle. Tex. July 23.—Newt
came in of heavy damage caused by
the high wind Saturday evening. On
the farm of Mr. W. Q. Lomax, near tha,
thla county, the storm assumed cy-
clonic proportions, and caused the total
wreck of three large barns. The fine
barn of W H. Kldd. near Boyce, was
set On Are by lightning and waa 4a-
atroyed together with Se hales ot hay
and aeveial hundred bushels of
and other feed stuffs.
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