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EYES SPEAK
Volumes, at times, of woman's happi-
oeas or misery. The dull, sunken eye,
with its dark circles almost surely speaks
Of womanly ill-health, and its attendant
suffering. With the dull eye goes usu-
ally the sallow, sunken cheek, the drawn
mouth, the shrunken form—the whole
*k ry of woman's beauty marred by the
effects of disease.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription cures
the diseases which undermine the health
and mar the beauty of women
PRESIDENT ANGRY,
It is Alleged that He Berated the
lieutenant General.
WAS VOCIFEROUS AND BRUSQUE
DEMANDS A TRIAL.
Mac lay Awerti that He is Protected hf
the Civil Service Law.
Miles' Coarse is Not Known, bat the Pre-
. vailing impression Seems to he
He Will Remain Silent,
lishes regularity, dries weakening drains,
heals inflammation and ulceration, and
cures female weakness.
Sick women are invited to consult Dr.
Pierce by letter free, and so obtain the
*dvice of a specialist upon their disease.
All correspondence is strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address Dr.
R- V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The reprl-
It estab- mamj of Gen. Miles by the war depart-
ment and by the president in person
fairly shares with the case of Admiral
Schley the complete attention of offi-
cial circles in Wash4< ?ton. When Gen.
Miles gave out the interview in Cin-
New York, Dec. 24.—Edgar Stanton
Maclay, whose connection with the
Schley case led President Roosevelt
to request his resignation as special
laborer in the navy, made formal de-
mand Monday for trial by usual naval
procedure.
He averred that his cr came un-
der t"he civil service law and that he
could not be dismissed without formal
charges, trial and conviction. The re-
quest for his resignation was sent to
him by Rear Admiral Parker, com-
cander of the navy yard at Brooklyn,
and he replied at once by letter, for-
mally setting forth his position.
Discussing the case Maclay said:
"The president can not have me dis
missed under the law, as I see it. I
do not see how he can force me out.
1 am protected by the civil service laws
cinnati commending the dissenting
opinion of Admiral Dewey in the i enacted by congress, whose enactment*
*WUthhaPt'T£> mT.ch "than'Schley case he could hardly anticipate I the president is bound to execute. I
the storm that he was raising. When <io not know positively, but ! believe
he returned to Washington and found
out that a hot censure was on the wav
he did what he could to avoid it. Upon
the receipt of Secretary Root's note
MILES CENSURED.
Secretary of War Rnot Sends the
General a Letters
WHOSE CONTENTS ARE PLAIN.
DONE IN DIXIE.
The Recipient is Sharply Rebuked and
formed that nis Criticism of Ooa.'d
of Inqnlry Was Wrung.
wars before talcing your medicine." writrs Ma
Pierce Geise. of S?_> Wc?t Phila. Street. York. Pa.
"Will recomra-ncl I)r. Pierce's medicine to everv
person who may inquire as to what it has done
for me I was troubled with female weakness.
and began to think I won'ri never be well. If I
had continued the treatment prescribed by my
doctor I don't know what would have hecorm- of
■me. When your treatment was commenced my
weight was teS pounds, at present it is 130.
Have healthy color and my friends say 1 look
well. My best thanks to yon and my best
wishes, too, for what you have done for me."
"Favorite Prescription" makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
my position under civil service fur-
nishes me complete protection so long
as I violate no rules cf the service.
That I have not done and I have so
asking if the interview represented his | 8tated in '*tter to th* commandant
opinions publicly expressed the general ; *u answei *° fhc request for my resig-
interview ' nation- No, I did not say that the
promptlv replied that 'he
was practically correct, but pointed j president is as bad as the czar of Rus-
out that he had a right to such opin-'
Ions and to express them, since it was
the clogged system from accumulated- not a criticism of any government au
"I have done nothing more than
write the commandant and ask that
impurities.
TEXANETTES.
thority, hut merely the action of cor- 1 char«K> be Purred « *. «
tain individuals. l.ater on hp oupple- 1 i0 «* "« j"8' now
"I have not been suspended arid am
All Texas has shivered.
Texas has surely had winter.
Cil was struck in Reeves county at
a depth of ISO fe^t.
Erath county Demcorats hold their the receipt of Secretary Root's letter
primaries March S. of censure, and before it had been pub-
Four cases of smallpox were discov- hshed. ( en. Miles called at the white
mented this letter with another state-
ment. essaying to make cl^ar his posi-
tion to the department. Secretary
Root's letter of censure, already pub-
lished. showed how utterly Gen. Miles
failed to satisfy the department. After
ered at Yoakum on the 17th.
First National bank at Blum, capita!
$25,000. has been organized.
A negro woman died ai Farmer who
was said to be 107 years of nee.
H. A. Lingrotn v-as ncouitted San
Antonio of t!;c chara" of embezzle-
ment.
house Saturday evening to make a per-
sonal statement to the president, in the
hope of having the reprimand with-
held Thert- were probably a dozen
callers in the president's room when
Gen. Miles called. The general had J
barely b^gun to state the object of his
visit when th*> president, anticipating
the object of his call, interrupted him
working here as I have been doing for
fifteen months. I have tried to do my
duty here and have broken no rules,
and shall simply stand by my rights,
more for the principle of the matter
than anything else, for my position
here pays me very little and i3 chiefly
valuable because of the experience and
information it affords me as material
for my books."
Rear Admiral Parker forwarded Ma-
clav's letter to Washington.
ORDER EMBARRASSED.
The Phoenix Club House association brusquely. In tones almost, vociferous.
of Dalias will soon erect a $2f .000 club
building.
Charles J. Lewis has been confirmed
by the senate as postmaster at Claren-
don.
A movemeut is on foot to construct
an electric line between Wavahacliie
and En nis.
Philip Wright. 3 years old. was
kicked to death by a hor>o nr-ar Cor-
pus Christ!.
Passenger trains arc expccted to en-
ter Fort Worth v>a Carroilton. Dallas
county, by Jan. 1.
The Katy will put up a three-story
freight office building at Hillsboro. The
structure will cost $ 10.00'.'.
The cold weather aus^il cravks to
appear in the asphalt pavements on
rome of the streets of San Antonio.
Ernest Fomby. a farmer, committed
suicide five miles southeast o?
Farmersville by cutting his throat with
a razor.
Hon. W. R. E aah o*. Fannin count*
announces his candidacy tor ihe Dem-
ocratic rumination for commissioner
of the land office.
Rev. Charle;. Reign Stovili?. <>a tor
of the Greenville t iristian church,
iias accepted a call to the l.'nion Chris-
tian church of Chicago.
Owing to smallpox th*> j,em :arv >f
war has authorized t' e transfer of the
recruiting station at Okklahoma City
o Sherman.
Cracksmen blew open the sal« iu the
peat office at Port Arthur and e< ured
MOuO in cash and about $800 worth of
l ostage stamps.
\ sixty-foot iron bridge is being put
over Duck creek. Dallas county, near
Garland. The cost of the ructure
Will be defrayed by that coun*;-.
Peter J. Berry, p. well known citizen
of Dallas and an ex-Cnofederate sol-
dier, died at that city. He was a mem-
ber of the Louisiana Society of Texas.
Louis Voight a German *'armer.
committed suicide near Taylorville.
Caldwell county, by shooting himself
la the head with a 32-callber Winches-
ter rifle.
County Judge Hodge of !.amar
county fined Sheriff Baker of McLen-
nan county $2S for failing to make a
return on a subpoena sent him for a
ias J. Smith. 64 years old. for-
of Newton county, but recently
of Haskell county, where
nrh. dropped dead in
at Orange.
President W. K. Simp-
upbraiding him for having said any-
thing about the Schley verdict and de-
nouncing Miles' conduct wholly
wrong and unpardonable.
! Those present wpre thunderstruck.
The spectacle of a young man. who lit-
tle more than three years ago was a
colonel of volunteers, with uncertain
record, railing at an old man wbos?
public service extended even beyond
the period of the president's life; had
never before been presented in the
white hcuse. Naturally it was a most
sensational scene. Even if Gen. Miles'
conduct merited censure, the formal
and proper way was that adopted by
Secretary Root. The president's per-
sonal rebuke, delivered In the presence
of others, in a loud and offensive tone,
was startling. Of course Gen. Miles
got from under the president's roof as
soon as possible.
The nearest parallel to the Miles
case in recent years was that of Rear
Admiral Richard Meade, who upon re-
turning from a cruise in Venezuelan
waters with the white squadron accord-
ed an interview to a New York news-
paper. severely criticising the admin-
istration for its lack of vigor in deal-
ing with the Venezuelan question. The
outcome of that case was the early re-
tirement of Rear Admiral Meade from
active service.
Katlibun Convicted.
Jeffersonville, Ind.. Dec. 24.—Newell
C. Rath bun, who was tried on the
charge of murdering Charles Goodman
by giving him poison, was found guilty
at 10 o'clock Monday night of man-
slaughter and his punishment was fixed
at two to twenty-one years' imprison-
ment. As Rathbun is under 28 years
old. lie will be confined in the reform-
atory at Jeffersonville. if he has to
serve a sentence.
The jury considered the case since
Saturday afternoon at 3:15 o'clock.
Prolwtfil Knights of tiutrics S euii to
Have Financial Difficulties.
Natchez. Miss.. Dec. 24.—W. D. Cam-
eron of Meridian. Miss., supreme pro-
tector of the Protected Knights of
America, has notified the local chap-
ter that the order must suspend busi-
ness.
The local chapter immediately ap-
pointed a committee to institute suit
against the supreme officers and the
services of State Senator James A
Clinton have been retained for that
purpose.
The order was organized in May,
189?. and afforded fraternal insurance
on policies of $1000 and 52000. Its
membership extended through Texas,
Louisiana and Mississippi and dwin-
dled from 7800 to 2000. The local lodge
had 84 active members.
In his letter the supreme protector
says that death claims amounting to
$20,000 had accumulated at the time
he was inducted into the office last
January, and amount now to $25,000
Taken to I.ittle Hock.
Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 24.—Charle3
F. Moore, who shot and killed James
Garner and mortally wounded Will
Garner here, was taken to the peniten-
tiary at Little Rock Monday for safe-
keeping. after he was declared by the
coroner's jury guilty of murder in the
Erst degree. Threats of yynching
were made.
com-
VF«shington at White Hou«r.
Washington. Dec. 24.—Booker T.
Washington, president of the Tuskegee
Normal institute at Tuskegee. Ala.,
was with the president for a consid-
erable time Monday. He was received
in the cabinet room. While he was
One Killed.
Sparke, Ga.. Dec. 24.—In attempting
to arrest Henry Porter, a negro gam-
bler, at this place on Saturday mgiat.
Marshal Kinard was wrmded and J.
L Kirbj, who wen to K> wrd's assist-
ance, was instantly killed.
The negro opened fire on Kinard and
Kirby as they approached him. Kin-
ard s right hand was badly shattered
and Kirby fell dead at Kinard's side.
Kinard picked up his pistol and wirh
his left hand shot the negro three
times, but he escaped.
Three Extomloat.
Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 24.—The Mi&sonri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad company
filed a charter to build three exten-
sions in Oklahoma and Indian Terri
tory.
The main line will run from Guthrile
to Stevens, I. T., length 135 miles; a
branch of the line from Oklahoma City
to this main line, length thirty-five
miles, and a branch from this main
line to Wvbark. I. T., length eighty
miles.
The entire cost of the
will be $10,000,000.
extensions
Prize Money Paid Schley.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The treasury
department drew a warrant in favor
of Rear Admiral Schley for $3334, hiis
share of the prize money due for the
destruction of the Spanish fleet at San-
tiago. uJly 3, 1898.
Crane Decline*.
Washington, Dec. 24.—Gov. Crane of
Massachusetts has declined the treas-
ury portfolio tendered him by Presi-
dent Roosevelt last Friday. It was off-
icially announced at the white houses
that he had declined for business aad
domestic reasons.
announcement of Qov
■ ' ; * ;
Washington, Oec. 22.—The deter-
mination on the part of the adminis-
tration to terminate further discus-
sion of the Sampson-Schley contro-
versy took shape in the -publication
Satu.day of some remarkable corre-
spondence that has passed between
Secretary Root and Lieut. Gen. Miles,
relative to the latter's interview pub-
lished in a Cincinnati paper comment-
ing upon the Schley case.
The reprimand is contained In the
following letter of Secretary Root to
Gen. Miles, in part.
"War department. Washington, Dec.
21.—Sir: By direction of the presi-
dent I communicate to you his con-
clusions upon your course In the in-
terview to which your attention was
called by my letter of the 19th instant.
"Your explanation of the public
statement made by you is not satis-
factory. You are in error if you sup
pose that you have the same right as
any other citizen to express publicly
an opinion regarding official questions
pending in the course of military dis-
cipline. The established invari- * le
rules of offic ial propriety necessary to
the effective discipline of the service
impose limitations upon the public ex-
pressions of military officers, with
which our long experience should
have made you familiar.
"Your duty is to express your opin-
ion on official matter.- when called
upon oy your offcial superiors or in
the due course of your official reports
and recommendations, and not other-
wise, The first article of the regula-
tions governing the army of the Unit-
ed States provides:
" 'Deliberations or discussions
among military men, conveying praise
or censure or any mark of approba-
tion toward others in the military ser-
vice, are prohibited.'
"This provision has been a part of
the army regulations for at least half
a century, and the highest obligation
to observe it rests upon the officers,
whose hfgh rank should make them
examples to their subordinates. Any
other rule of action tia the military
service would be subversive of disci-
pline. It would not be tolerated in a
subaltern and it will not be tolerated
!n any officer of whatever rank.
"A court of inquiry has been held
on the matters in controversy and a
report has been msde. in which one
member has dissented in some par-
ticulars from the majority, and the
report was pending before the review-
ing authority. At this point you, the
lieutenant general of the army, saw
fit to make a public expression of your
opinion as between the majority and
the minority of tne court, accompan-
ied by a criticism of the most severe
character, which could not fail to be
applied by the generality of readers
to the naval officers, against whoso
view your opinion was expressed.
"It Is no consequence on whose
side your opinion was, or what It was.
You had no business in the contro-
versy ari no right, holding the office
which you did. to express any opin-
ion. Your conduct was in violation
of the regulations above cited and the
rules of official propriety, and you are
justly liable to censure, which I now
express. Very respectfully,
"ELIHU ROOT,
Secretary of War."
Washington, Dec. 23.—The follow-
ing order was made public by Secre-
tary of War Root:
Resignation Asked.
"Navy department. Washington,
Dec. 21.—Rear Admiral Barker, Com-
mandant navy yard, New York: Sir—
I am directed by the president to ask
Edgar S. Maclay. sperir. laborer, gen-
eral stoiekeeper's office, navy yard.
New York, to send in his resignation.
Very respectfully.
"JOHN D. LONG, Secretary.'
Sew Regent.
Guthrie, Ok., Dec. 23.—Gov. Fergu-
son has appointed C. A. McBrian of
Watonga a member of the board of re-
gents of the territorial university, to
succeed Henry E. Asp, resigned.
Matter* of Interest Lately Wafted
Over tire Wires.
Every section of the south experi-
enced great cold.
""Huntsville, Ala., had a $40,000 fire. A
fireman was killed.
Ed Jackson, a young farmer, was
frozen to death near Greensboro, Ala.
Nearly all of the $7000 stolen from
the bank at Springdale, Ark,, has been
recovered.
Miss Contrell was burned nearly to
death while anieep near a fireplace at
"Vooster, Ark.
Cuero Harris, colored, was hanged at
Bristol. Va., for the murder of Samuel
Ware, also colored.
Ore from the gold vein in Grant
county, Kentucky, has assayed $21 in
gold and $38 in silver to the ton.
William Lanham of Middleburg. Ky.,
killed forty-seven rabbits by throwing
rocks at them, killing most of them on
the run.
Laurant Howard, who was stage
manager of a theater at San Augustine.
Fla., for many years, died at Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Wayne Demon, 18 years old, shot and
kiiled three negroes in a saioqn at
Welch. W. Va. They had attempted
to run him out.
'Will Redding and Jim Winter, alias
Will Winton. were hanged at Birming-
ham. Ala. Both were colored, and they
murdered women.
The Hotel Nonpareil w s destroyed
by fire at Helena, Ark. The loss is
placed at $100,000. with insurance
amounting to nearly $50,000.
Salem, Ark., will have a new plan-
ing mill, sash and blind factory, elec-
tric light plart and Ice factory, all un-
der one management.
In the criminal court at Memphis
the widow of the late Cerro Gordo
Hooks, charged wilh his murder, en-
tered a piea of not guilty.
At Kayaee. W. Va., a Baltimore and
Ohio passenger train crashed Into a
freight Conductor Maxwell and
Brakeman Sharpe were killed.
Otto Becker, 16 years old. was thrown
from a wagon by the running away of
a team of mules near Fort Smith.
Ark., and died in a few minutes.
During last week's cold snap two
persons were frozen to death at New
Orleanr and one near Bastrop, La.
In an attempt to arrest Henry Wil-
liams at Russellvilie, Ala., he was
killed, hla brother shot and Frank Mc-
Clurg. a merchant, badly wounded.
The old monastery of the Benedic-
tine order at Subloco, thirty miles from
Fort Smith. Ark., was destroyed by
fire The priests and brothers escaped
Capt. Clem Bennings, manager of
the St. John plantation on Bayou La-
fourche. La., and well known in East
Texas, was caught in the centrifugal
belt" of the refinery and so badly
crushed he soon expired.
Walter Goodman. 10 years old. built
a fire around a loaded shell at Lake
Charles. La. An explosion resulted
and Walter'r eyes were badly injured.
The annual convention of the Inter-
Collegiate Athletic Association was
held at Chapel Hill, N. C.. at the Uni-
versity of North Carolina. A number
of southern colleges were represented,
Including the University of Texas.
Mlaa grand niece of the for-
mer Confederate commissioner tfi
France, whose taking, together with
Commissioner Mason, off a British shfp
by Federals during the Civil war came
near causing hostilities between the
United States and Great Britain, was
united in marriage at Paris, France
to the Duke of Angelo.
tiajiirr Displeased.
Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23.—Isador Ray-
ncr, attorney gcaeral of Maryland aad
counsel for Admiral Schley, when
ibowa the decision of Secretary Long,
declared that "the whole proceeding is
Dkpoted Ot
Washington, Dec. 23.—Secretary
Long has finally disposed of the Schley
ca3e as far as the navy department is
concerned by acting upon the findings
and conclusions of the oourt of inquiry.
He approves the findings of fact an£
the opinion of the full court. He ap-
proves the majority opinion where
there is a difference in the court. He
holds that the court could not have en-
tered into a consideration of the ques-
tion of command at the battle of San-
tiago, and finally he accepts the recom-
mendation that no further proceedings
shall be had.
The secretary also had declined the
application of Admiral Sampson's
counsel to emter upon an inquiry into
the discussion of command and has
notified Admiral Schley's counsel of
that fact as a reason for declining to
hear them on that point.
arbitrary and tyrannical," and
j and
Boar*! Dlasolvetl.
Washington. Dec. 23. — Secretary
Long issued the formal order dissolv-
ing the Schley court of inquiry. Th<
order was communicated at once tc
Admiral Dewey, president of the
who acknowi
SAMPSON PROTEST
It Has Been Filed by Attorneys
for Mie Admiral.
DEWEY REPORT IS NOT LIKED.
Counsel Assert that Schley Maneuvered
With the Sole View of Saving tils
Own Battleship.
After mm Arm Hal Seen
federate Veteran Was
Washington, Dec. 21.—The objection
of W. T. Sampson to that portion of
Admiral Dewey's report of the Schley
court of inquiry In which he says Ad-
miral Schley was in command at the
battle off Santiago and is entitled to
the credit for the victory was filed
with Secretary Long Friday.
The document was brought to the
navy department by E. S. Theail, coun-
sel for Admiral Sampson, and handed
to the secretary. It is in part as fol
lows, duly signed by the attorneys:
"30 Broad Street, New York, Dec.
19.—Sir: As counsel for Rear Admi-
ral Sampson, we have the honor to re-
quest that the department strike out
or specifically disapprove that portion
of Admiral Dewey's opinion filed in
connection with the proceedings of the
Schley court of inquiry in which he
states his view to be that Commodore
Schley was in absolute command at
the naval battle of Santiago.
"1. Commodore Schlcv was not in
command at that bartie.
"2. The president of the United
States and the navy department had
decided that Admiral Sampson was in
command at that battle, and Commo-
dore Schley second in command.
"The question as to who command-
ed at Santiago was not referred to the
court for consideration, and eviArnce
bearing on the point was excluded.
"1. Commodore Schley was not in
command at the battle.
"2. The disposition of the forces at
the beginning of the battle, according
to Commodore Schley's own statement,
places Admiral Sampson in command.
"The Brooklyn and the Vixen were
the westernmost ships of the fleet. The
Indiana and Gloucester were the east-
ernmost. The New York was nearer
both of the latter than was the Brook-
lyn. and notably so at the time when
the Indiana was heavily engaged at
the beginning of the action and when,
the Gloucester was engaged with the
Furor and Pluton.
"The Brooklyn's maneuvers during
the action destroys any claim that
Commodore Schley might have had to
the command. The facts as to the loop
are found by the court. The finding
and opinion show that to avoid danger
to his own ship he maneuvered with-
out warning to the rest of the squad-
ron and in disregard to the licet forma-
tion."
Enforcement Deferred.
Austin, Tex., Dec. 21.—At a meeting
of railroad attorneys as was stated
It was agreed to importune the rail-
road commission to modify its order
affecting passenger trains operating
after Jan. 1.
The committee appointed at the
meeting, Messrs. Mexwell of the Katy,
Lovitt of the Sunset-Central lines and
Terry of the Santa Fe, met the com-
mission Friday morning and asked
that the date of effectiveness of the
order be postponed, pending an outline
of modification to be requested.
The commission granted the request
and fixed Jan. 21 as the day on which
the order shall become effective.
Claricsville, Tex.- Dec. 2L-*A most
unusual Md horrible accident Map-
pened at Bob Sivley*8 gin, near the de-
pot, in thia city. J. B. Van Dyke, who
manages the gin, was adjusting a belt
on a pulley, the shaft being ahput
breast high. There was a sticky com-
position on the belt to better keeyp It
in place. As he was placing the belt
his sleeve stuck to the belting, H is
presumed, and the arm was jerked fu-
riously around the shaft and broken
just about the wrist, and then the
whole arm, coat sleeve and a!!, 1%as
jerked entirely (AI about five inches
below the shoulder.. The lost arm re-
mained in the belting, which^&ropped
fr~m the pulley to the floor. Van Dyke
seized the stump «f the arm to efeeck
hemorrhage, walked out in the yard,
was assisted into a buggy and taaen
home, a distance of half a mile, got
out and walked unaided into the house,
where he calmly told his wife how the
accident occurred. Physicians were
sumnoned and the stub ^as taken off
elope up to the shoulder. It is thought
his chance for recovery is fair. He is
about 57 years old and a Confederate
veteran, having been in the*T^ n«cy-
tbird Texas cavalry.
WHISKY CRAZfcD.
>ffln Gups Homo arid Fatally Shoot* Hit
W ife, Then Suiciding.
' Centerville, Tex., Dec. 21.—L T. Ex-
um, living one mile from this place,
went home crazed with whisky, got an
i ax and went into his house where his
wife, two grown daughters and three
sons were. Some were paertly un-
dressed. He struck at each oLhis fam-
ily with the ax, all running out of the
house. He then made threats to his
oldest son, 18 years of age, toirkfll him
If he did not get him his Winchester.
The son got the gun and gave-^lt to
his father, whereupon he went into
the yard and chasing his wife, who waa
unable to escape, shot her in the fore-
head, killing her instantly. Heathen
kept his children from her at the endk
of his gun. His older daughters, taking
their lives in their bands, went to their
dying mother. Exum then assisted um
children in carrying his wife into the
house and put her on the'bed! He
then drove the children from -home
and placed the gun to his heed and
ehot eff nearly all his forehead hut
was still living when Officer W. T.
Vann got there, and in thia condition
he was singing, preaching and cubing-
w8-
Gage to Retire.
Washington, Dec. 21.—The retire-
ment of Secretary Gage is part of the
president's plan for a complete reor-
ganization of the treasury department.
It is Secretary Gage's intention to
relinquish the treasurv portifolto as
soon as President Roosevelt can find
a suitable successor and he has so
informed the president.
Mr. Gage would like to be relieved
before spring.
GROUND BROKEN. *
X-
Initial Steps for the World's.-Fair.^ St,
Lunit Taken Friday.
£t Louis, Mo., Dec. 2JL.—The goVern
ors of four Louisiana purchase states
—Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri and
i -** m "9.
Arkansas—several members of con-
gress, World's fair commissioners and
other invited guests, am&ng themrGen.
John C. Bates, commanding th^-depart-
ment .of the Missouri, and, Sfiist,ohn
D. Oglesby, repressing Gov.,,Yates of
Illionis. participated in the ceremonies
atending the breaking of grbli^ Fri-
day on the site of the ^"ajcld's fair in
Forest park.
Three historic shovels were used Is
the ground-breaking.
The first one was ol'thtfdftd oak.
lent by the Massach^seiftc!jttliMUPrse -
nai, Boston, where jt ffrced
in 1805 as a relic
workmanship.
Smith County Tc
Tyler, Tex.. Dec. 21.—^d#ir2
was hot and kiiled near
this county. Albert Jones
with the killing. Jones aAdf*
Thomas were having a row o^
real estate, and Jones
peacemaker. Iz| an hour or,
was found dead. Jones and{Gla^e^had
had a previous difficulty. Joi
Glaze were brothers-in-law.
is also a relative of both men.
well known. T -*~V
sit'
Paraded and Cheered.
Buenos Ayres, Dec. 21.—In order
to commermorate the formation of the
league of patriots here tens of thou-
sands of young men paraded the
•streets cheering for Argentina, the
Argentine army. Presideut Rota and
4x-President Mitre, president of com-
nision to settle the frontier dispute
with Chile.
The crowds marched in the direc-
"ion of President Rica's residense, be-
fore which national hymns was sung.
An Arrest.
FayetteviUe. Ark.. Dec. 21.—N. B.
Carlisle, a former merchant and later
liveryman of this
nere Thuf
ie robbery cf the
arrested
Salooalit slain.
Galveston, Tex., Dec. 21.
H. Terrell, proprietor
shot and almost instantly
T. Kramer, better known
Dugan, a motorman.su
deputy sheriff at fMe
Is charged with
and his wife were on
circus and had
car on Avenue P
nue when they met
four shots were fired
in a few
New
B. French.
era' lnt
Ky.. spent a
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1901, newspaper, December 26, 1901; McKinney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192101/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.