The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1899 Page: 2 of 6
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that
we give them to day
of the
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be sent Out
gtTM you all the new* once
throe dsyg,--43emi-Weekly Oowv
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The above fulsome article ii
clipped from the Courier of Aug
r-!
which was published three
days after the destructive Are oc-
and just two days eaftfcr
Now, how "fortunate*' it
IfeOrmrier that the ire ow -
Saturday • evening instead
evening following. If
occurred on Tuesday eve-
then Th* Democrat would
"scooped" The Conifer*
have dong so
••Budget Wilson" play,
>pt to gull an una us
at our farmer
not get a chance to
gushy editorial in
The Courier before getting this
of Tn Dkmociut, and
Because people in the ru-
ral district* do not get their msil
eo often as people ia the city—
majority of them onty get
roail onoe a week, oooae-
; It $;nmttetn not whether
get the news in sections or
ogether., In a recent issue of
Courier ia a half-column n*>
entitled, "About the Cour-
ier," in which the words ''only
occurs eight times, wind-
with the statement that it
"in Texas, out-
side the elites," that w pubhsbed
twine n week and furnishes a teW
amohic MM -rim.
r i
i$t' ".W
Mm*--'*
that it Is the
te only send*
the state, of
■ up a row:
administration is about to ap-
point a populist supervisor of
census in that district The |not-
negrb of Kaufman, Goose-
prime mover against the ap-
tment. Wo he&r of Demo-
being appointed in other
sections. If tbeif is anything
that mnkiit a gang of politicians
of either of the old parties hot
■ a pop-
ulist elbowing up beside this pie
;W
How. J. W. Bailey in a ^
at Bonham Friday took occasion
to flaunt the bloody shirt in the
Hyjifijl
«tUh im those who not only
we be loyal to the
but that in order to be oalled true
citiaens we cease to respect those
who fought and ^ed in the con-
crete cause and that we term
them rebehtnnd traitors. I know
not what may be the opinions of
others, but as for me and my
tonae* before we will concent to
that we will be contented to be
called trait oj*tor
our live- >*
- 4^/-J
MEXICAJ jFtJM
• A mammoth stalk of Mexican
June corn was on exhibition
Tuesday at the store of Keen £
Walker. It was brought in by
ex-county Clerk M. W. Keen who
grew it on his place nesr Prosper
this county. 1 was planted June
U on stubble land and stood 14
feet in height with one average
sised esr in the roasting ear state,
10 feet from the ground.
Tbto Jlriety of corn is quite a
valuable introduction to agricul-
ture i oar section owing to its
rapid growth and maturity. By
planting on stubble tend the last
oTMay or during theTrst half of
June it yields n profttable neoond
crop on the same land in one year.
* f-tt- - ^ sm^na ^nn
It ib Mpecitllf m in rtmtwng €
corn and reachcs thet state of
maturity at least e month and n
half earlier than the ordinary
eon.
Ut *
in the
will understand that such
Is all bosh. To intimate
have n monopoly oftha
contented In The Courier
turn, Will not go among intelligent
The "telegraphic aews
ronsists of plate
in Dallas and
here daily by exprsjZhnd
to the daily, Jmrfa which
is lifted second-handed
••Semi.** f
Th# -paper then is rushed on
•TIN* wunpte" style, with s
cheeky slur abort '<cbeap ndver-
tiaing," thrown fct the established
of the city. The Courier
it, but it tnkes it for
ttat its readers ars ignor-
an *ub-
•* iilvMtidM. That is
dav tor advertising to ill up their
i The plain ssrrta
as being "telsgraphi.
■an be had from the Ameri-
X niofj. A. N. Kellogg
the same motter can
from the Dallas News
morning, in MciOhnney. before w^tam f
force get ont of bed
no doubt, would
DnsKKmsr gushy, in-
we would honat of scoop-
Semi'Courier, even in
of Tin Dnssoonav by
of jC
* hence burning'} a fall
and the rule* laid down
;,.rM law; the Hew Orlanaa
The following details of the
shooting of Wm. F. Trenchardby
Mercer Which occur-
red in New Orleans on Thursday,
am taken from the Mjaw Orleans
mocrat, Ann. i8r,l|fS|
illiam F. Trenchard, a cot-
V residing at No. 1806
near Erato,
rauss & Co., o
KB
0m. c.- ' w ' — ~ • • —
m
HIRlHi
IdlleJ me, the ^
ever had!" and he;
I have «*hot the
have ever known/- ■■■
Mintancc of her servant sin
front room. It was this sorvant,
running up the street to a tele^
phono To tret a doctor, who gave
the information that her mistress
had Just shot s man twice
1 First pieut.Alfred|p,; Drew,
of the Twelfth Infsnt/y, was
air occurred ijlllS St.
avenue, near Calliope
* jhborhood seldom b
scandal. Jealousy was the
„ , , HPHpilf. gjfrunzied
by neglect the woman fired twice
and tried to kill the man. Then,
woman-like, sbegwept. 8be ca-
oe came
would not die.
Drew was a Texas boy and wu« k
Major in the late Third Texas
where he became known to all iur
Collin county boys in that
... . if* ..ma „
j * The present spell of hot
er is onis of the most
on
NEGROES
were killed
before 1 o'cloc
summoned from his plnoe
mesa by a telephone call.
first declined to go, "but o
Mercer's threat to no to *"
and make a scene, he says
lumned on n car and
town, hoping to placate the irate
woman. Previour to receiving
the isleohone message he receiv*
ed the following leKsr through
the mailt
•'Trenchard—8o you think by
my note you are ssfe.
Now I will* give you till Thursday
at 8 o'clock to bring me that $25,
and if jou fail I will go to the of-
ioe yridav rooming,
care for the eoneequeooe.
don't
Xou
oan not and ahnll not outdo me.
I will wade through hades. No
dirty, dishonest liar will ever apt
the beet of me, and if yon think
so, try it, yon wretch. I will yet
oondndve to beat fruiting thnn a
higher state of euWvnlfco, the
latter prodncce too much stalk,
as in his case Ihie
the
it
highest yield. Altar _
should he plowed oujy lor
times vera tightly and then with n
view to keeptug ooma feu^nese
mote tfctt toths benoflttiag ol
the com by the cultivation. 1
TtENCHARD B0T
Jna
The following epMS to the
Houston Post will be rand with
interest by many jot our rsndara
who ars acquainted with the
wounded man, William F Tran-
ohard., who rasidsd tn McKinney
three or four years ago, and
bought oottoo for a couple of rea-
sons. While anting McKinney
his hoane, Mr. Trenchnrd moved
In social nirvles and becoming,
through his biisinai
extensively acquainted with
people, both in the «ty
through the country tributary to
It:
NewOriean*. La., August 17.—
h5 M
>hooti
cotton
who re aides at No. l&Oi,
wes shut jrn the
the left arm ttii
before 1 oclock
MeroaT. The
og occurred in a roum on
the second ioor of Mrs. Mercer's
bearding house. No. 111ft St.
Cherlee street, near Calliope.
Mrs. Mercer formerly reaided
l^anM w* 1%^ s"e% a Ko
Til IIOuiwnlf ili'
;lv divorced from her
Two yeem ago, arhl
conducting a boarding
recentli
.
. , W
a*
of Baylor
of lee-
of the
ro yeara ago. smile
«ting a board!
ree or four months ago
te the city end induced
esr to oenae here. She
opened up n boarding house st
the above address shoot, two
months SgO. Mra. Mercer clnim
tb«t T nm,hntd nlwum tnwni
that be would merry her, and It
of this alleged prmn-
rrfu«e«l to make up
Ibel
Mra
lee that she
with her
ago Treaeberd *
Mrs. Msteer el
dor
manner
time
toward
His ar
and
i^-ps wnasfips
j: j! ynaaM
hf
B.Mil>a>1
the Second
jflHKfKtk]
mmm wmW
n primmr
fain us.nl ■
ara satisied with billing
you curee the day you
met aseea|dkl/nn. I had n let-
ter today from Mra. — in re-
gard to that matter. I smiled to
think 1 will yet make others suf-
fer even mora than I. 1 never
aril! raat day of night nntil 1 am
mtWbd, and I will be. Bemem-
wonld be willing to
to get even
with yon for your "dirt, and no
one hae a hatter ahow than 1, nnd
—* I don't any 1 enn, count ss many
lte>v v-.
rou
Cnas.
I don't enraif over^bodyxin
Mew Orisons nnd Houston Mil
know B sooner or Inter. I want
my photoa. I don't want any-
thing of mhm to remain on your
dirty paroan.*
written in lend
no punctun*
evidence of
It was written by a wom-
an who waa wild with hate end
whoae mind was evidently made
^Teaterday feranoea Mrs. Mer-
cer dreeeed and went down town.
From one of the Canal street
drag stores i.he callod up the of-
ioe where Trenchnrd was at work
and aaked him {f he |iad reoetvetT
(attar and waa going up to
the bonae. t^fhjiil claims
itlmr letter
Ittempt
would
aot go up to her house. Thee
she- replied that she would go to
his hoo«e and 4SBftS scene
Fearful of the consequeucec, the
man told her that he would go to
her bonae aa requested The tel-
ephone conversation ended, ebe
boarded a 0t. Charles avenue car
and went fcottu
indoors wl
the servant, who was preparing
the table for luncheon, went to
the front door nod admitted Tree-
"Ml .MJVa B1UL_ H ,
w w*"«r
hut little use for Delaware,1' re*
marked a man from the Stat* of
<*Oae Addleks" the other day.
"Hie aversion had Its origin in a
< statement made hy~£hie«f-Justice . ,,. -
now Home
ered in VV ashington one Of his pr<!H8 baieaa to WashiuKtoo und author-
• w
,0m Win iippii — m
PP _1 ■ $j % ewrtle UtefraSMiii.
Chicago. Aug- U,— Castor
chairmau of the pewociatio i
committee, has o!o«m1 the Devlin inci-
dent ..that .fh&pmm msA.. bar-
OYCOT.
lectures agurinst ^
f
the religious
MKW «rit*e y tlrred w •**«.
emeu!
- • •r:
the great
any mow* he
Xkfrlia Will't a oa|p aeeoon aa
, Ston® CM w the right vauw to
\antl the chief ju ;Wlu. Tb|kt wW1 u withinthe next
*****
abate ceutral tonuuittaa, ~.'be
next editor of the bureau Hr Cook is
general manager of the way* and means
there
erreet and try
along between
grees during the hott
of the day. Ifel
_ . I 11 I •
The Democtst's Clear Lake
correspondence in this issue con-
tainsnotioe of tjie death of War-
ren
Ctilleoka, from the effects of in-
ries sustained in a bicycle fall.
Speaker T. B. Reed has ten-
dered his tosignstion to the gov-
ernor of Maine to take effect Sep.
7 - - i-,A
- ainapMHHMMaBW''!i:9'';- ■
Some cotton Is now coming in.
The McKinney market o*nnot be
excelled for prices.
Br. i. . MrrtMM-
As sre go to press we learn or
the shooting of Dr. J. B. Harris
at Bruceville, Texas, by B.
Harris is said to be fa-
hurt. He Ss tho populist
McLellan county.
of
cratic paper at Brnceville. We
ara not in possession of the fscts
of ths trendy. We are person-
•allei 1-A^ J -.inL TV— V n L*.
ally ftoquunuHi wiiis
The letter wes wi
peesirt. TVrP ^
lion, and there were
haate. It waa wntU
the
bouse. Tr
thst he replied thgt
nothing short of an <
at blackmntl aid that be
She was hardly
the bell fang and
They went upstair* to her room
ton the second ioor. She seeted
heraslf on the bed, he on s chair.
5
trifling with her enactionsi of
having pretended marriage as his
object and then showing attention
to other women. She told htm
how she had learned from a young
lady employed in the milHeary de-
partmeet of one of the largest
orjr gmda stores in the city thst
he hnaohaa pgylnf ber attention
for ten years, ami roe IheQ found
out that ha did not intend fo
marry her. The upshot of this
intervieeK was that she told him
to go to the bureau drawer across
the room sod gel his letters.
At this point the two tell wide-
ly diverge *?rjs* Trem-hsrH
says there was something in u
woman's manner n hr acid ijw
that excited his euaMMfc She
wss nervous. He started to go
for the packet, and the thought
flashed through hie mind thst
sne Jhad aht a tro|htvw turned
juet ia time to receive the first
bullet in the right sida. It was
fotlwwed tU 4 se^'ond l f another
that entered the' right igm( shnt^
« T<np.pe- bone, tin iays thst
she had been seated on the re^.
volver and as soon as he turned
his back e Imrricdly drew it and
fir <g. He says thst if he
not t irned when he did she
ia ft fmjjtled her revolver
M^foer gave this version
m4
iv-'
wCW*l! mWWpi fw,
I' jll .
t gentlemen,
the medical cc
Dr. J. K. Gibson of
city, ^srho tsstiins to his
price paio waa a h centa. i
mi am was paid the seller.
*- — .f "*S 1
Ha
IV jm*
attention vi of the
lecture. Inger-
soli waa, of couree, ready with h a
retort when he heard of what the
Profj^nnttaliat' low I
only one at Mgh tide; that it wa
Inhabited chdefty by eyatera and shocked end 18 other* aaveraly
damn, whoacr oaly reason for nut
migrating was that they hsd no
lege. But all the same, Colonel
Boh didnt come to onr town to
•aksitss Trefiey Cesipetlttea.
H curious problem is presented
to the railr5adsJ entering Qoston
from the north, which is one that
will be of interest to all roads har-
lag terminals in large cfitiea. la
1870 the number of panseu*rr r-
at the union etaAkms in
i 8,B65,WK>; and thla
nnml^er Increnaed steadily each
until 1818, when It reached
Btaqe that year there
very
decline
until 1898, when it was 2g,8<NM>00,
tn decrease of 4,20.1.WO.
Thla falling off nf the passenger
of Benton railroads is ac-
Obyme b the editor of a denfo- mated for by the grant develop
in electric manna of trann-
pnvtntian to nnd from the sabnrbe
Dr.T Hsrris ^ fhat cHy. The same coodttioos
jjgmhlianMafli mim ^^faa anm ian
A
In n Bttle aMe atraet In FMIn
iilpMa Uvea an old couple wha
n living following
The building oecnpie*
by thorn ian amadl two-ntery affait
that waa one time na
tj. for a groeavy store. l%elowe>
la pneked fall aI cngm. surf
of these engeo ore tw<
They nra ef nl
land kinds. Ties*
ars pepila, and they a«v
e speak aay phrnar, or r
af them, thet senad eo jfivtr
ottered by a well traiaw<l
Many ^ toot birds art
traised to order. ^Dne of
"An aspectsllysine bird, U
for the danghttf of r
wenlthy persoa. whenr name if
If stile The btrf can now any
«Oeed ssoralag. Nellie," "One*
night Ma." "Be n good girl
Tike old iedv affectionate
to her place aa-*th*
• iM| •
The triomphaJ arch that Bow
Tort's Dewey
equate iota
teHal and labor ec
This oae Item ia aa ennaapte of
the mngMcancr at th# #etaila of
the reeapties that New Xajrfc in-
tends to gtve A dm teal Dewey.
The aitys appropriation of
|10O,MO will eeoa be oaad op.
and eootributleos by loyal dti-
sens to an slmoet unlimited
t M.t will be fipniM If
ttmmUttf *• « 6 «•
he New Terra iprant Ai# a( the
from which trolley rondo extswd
ont to the eabstrhs tn all dtrec-
donely parallrliag the oteaua
^ a^ pan
la |want| mlka
A Pennaylvnnln dnctnr who
haa a dscidnd vela of hnnaor la hie
makeup telle thle etory: "I had
aa Irishwoman for n patient
many yeara," anid the doctor.
*HJod root her aonU she Is now
KI once pulled her through
jeriag attach of typhoid, tak-
ing her temperature from time {e
time by having her hold a thet
measeter under her toague.
When she had nearly icnorcred
I railed .one darfSlal nlthont
farther ttmltng her temperature,
left a siaanle prsorr^ptten. and
started on my Way
About three miles from her
I was overtakea by her eea an
horsshaak Hother la worse.'
ssid he; 'cease right bark.' Bark
1 treat 'Docther.' ssid the old
lody, repeooehfaSi/r TTe
ye give me the Jigger another my
teagneT* That did aae
than nil ths
trash r .\
m n Henri chaen of Jackson ville, Ula.,
haa bean nie*d for'the plaoa Jby llHaoti
■HfiMdaMmuMm
•hocked while engaged in rsooastsuo'
tion of 8t Ch arias avenne electric oa*
line in this city The pen placed a rail
again*t a pole charged with 400 volts of
Staetrkily. due to defective
Two of tfci negzoes fall aa
and ifere inataatiy killed. A third fell
acroaa the rail bat waa dragged away
with sticks aad hk life aavsd. .
^VifghlMMdh ^JUi>4uhti %i 0i'tiuw Cttlasya
Aug. as.—The
on the
Fliilippinc
either s
astaa or a hittm oonfliot
matss courts, s
' 1*1.. j - ... •
ine reoeivsni «
the United
V!
^|wsrsBsSl^lt|^J
Jjjyjj^lh||lfl BOu?
tory. hot decline to
BQvaa thev intend to
east of trannfer.
|Ss applied the Chinese
|the Philippines. TheH^H
surnriae to the anthori
[state and^^^^^^^^^|
Iheeu uniie^SnsideraUm^or
land it waa not known thatB
notice
nam with
i ■ ■ *
fvewMuree SMI. W*
the Chinese
held
f^r fine yssrs
ELECTROCUTCP.
BMssi mm
, two painfully burn.
'! _ mrnm
•fran wy m mv
• Onthrta, O. T.. Aug. <ML
s# O. Qevinger.in ths
of this county, Mr. Cleviagsr sod
saet Brown, s hired man. ware earioae-
ly injured ia a battle with an enraged
hull Brown went Mto the yard to teed
the animal and was thrown down ant
When Cieviager arrived oa tbs
fee animal had Brown pinned
down with ' ki horaa Clevingsr at-
tacked the bull with a pitchfork and
was ia tarU thrown to the ground "sad
fcstd there, tke sntmafs horaa pa swing
side of tke neck and
to the graaad. Brown then at-
tempted to drive ths sntmsl off aad wpa
again kaodked dswn. Cieviager ia ie>
ssvstiag. but Brown will dla
bornesasataaoa ^
ths right of range h
Wiling Oeeras Ostt shst Toss Byes
In Dawes at ths
Ooti wes
Ryan wms
r-— • -
\~r r-
olusioolaws against the
been applied to the
diapatch waa brought to tee
Of the state department and inquiry
made aa to bow the action wae brought
ahniKnjfllirrhliisai"' '
Wss ^ unable to
village fundafcv-Bb
Aug. It to saaka good
to
his farm valusd
piaaa that the United
Is ws shoold not be
exel uaion
over thel
made inquilBnf
the war depsrtssant The military an* j
Ihorities, however, were eqeaOy with-
out information as to Qeofsal OUs'
in this particulsr. Aooordlngty
tke Chiasm «s>*i*i« ereve advised thi
nay . notion taken bp Oeareal Otis in
applying tiM Chinese excloaloa laws to
ths PklUippinss waa not ths leanltct
i from hors. but. eras,
doubtieea due to an sassoimef his an-
f Areola, Ills., Aug. ti
of broom corn in tiris
cresting rwaaidsfsble alarm """f
farmers. Orowsas from all over the dis-
trict ooeas to tke city lookisa foe - ssaa ^ '
and etsty incoaaing paseenger is
oloenly watched by'them in the kope of
aecuring help Several of tke man
weat to the soatkem pert of the state
to secure man to work in tke harvest.
The ootU lp ripe and nsost be eat and
there is not an avsilakle asan to ds Iks
'wy
m si
m
T-.
killed ksre by C It ttall worth, a pseas-
insatettiaen. Tboinsa, a day or twe
room of Mrs. Stall worth
to ravish k
before his
Keenest haa
work done in one department was
t and prit
saki; 4*1
tins
Idc TVn the pmrui
^All of ther mncHis< ry ia
ikpartment Is of apecinl
tnanu fact are."
5Sg'„
The railroad compstni«e of Aua*
tnli* «"* Uttvrmt that t, Wllfa .twin! .nlhn.i
«• !p «p om
the train, hence tke panat-n*grf
are locked in the eats to prevent
aay Of them stealing i ride, snd
when thev arrive at their etatt
arr"'ii«afl^ ont through a tn
etiie and hettlp for their
:ia
t) a«ite*s App1* Wsmsn.
of thi
"John < lallln
ter men in the
atwy teller, a
man and
tj neites
mm HH|
father'e 'habit til
iPjlPlyl*afeci"" U1 Hi B
Mill
m
nil
ist saey wew net a pert off tas mi-
ktloa leers and did not apply to
aad Porto Rioo.
Porto Rieo
CUBANS CAUSE A RIOT.
3m ,.<Aijm
Via . David D. Vee Valaah have arrived
Van Vslmk, s
Civil war vetssan, waa tsr yearn Is
of tke ElghSeeeth infantry her*
St Vbrt Blw and he* been In the Philip-
of sgelssl done sad Is jnst ve
taretog home Qi<
that ks has snm ksrd servlm in
srieat
inolediag a rifle elgkt feet hmg
BaBaH
Acotla. (tla, Aug it
a farm ban 1 «aa h#l«J qp
by two aaknow aeon stylo
Ii*t will
erith blood from
this dtp
have aot bees
fff th* iprr cit th#
^aSu e panic among tke a
K Abrkun. tke
Paris, Aag at— Tke
be an estlsiit
at
baatsrs of Ivory. IL
me slenlbt km prspossd to tks
Vw* < >f th# worM • fair tkeS S
of sQ naUoos ks esllsd
t^vlon Aag. H
koa. wka, et tke sae of 10^
tkJe week I
iwp'irwi with
We®, Tea. Aag. K — Kewo km
tiud et Brnaevllla la
Ur.J. II Bsrrk, eonatr
ft OVrie* sdHer ef
Dr Bank
dhlt^Ji ada ahma 'ftuMmK m^ h^kt
^^paw nMi' ^mi^,
t^ttiai^^anne ? ' U
namiij.
^HAsa K
f tlbsay
k1«uc. ^ M OWtam WW
nser his Ume ky a kaOJ
sr®H
mm tke
hat m a
rtfles la thse
BSSmB
sarTl vePf y
MarttnesiDe. Ini. Aug- it —
eetlagmperem
City.
City cattle rSeo|4t |
f^hfvpirt ptn i%t
w« #
on iept ao. tam wk« s the pseviens ree*
ord wes
windew|
Statp* lAT*
wtnH
Terry, w *-ar
0 Cwfm mnnty ml
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Weat Oar Machinery.
wTSftMtOU. the put.lishcT
of the Rlectrtrnl World and Kngin
eer. who kas just returned from s
trip to Europe, says the demand
tn Europe for American etfrtricsl
and other machinery ia surprisingfl
flevernl Kuropesa factor! *e be via. L
Ited sre rompletrly c«tuipped with
Amerienn tools, engines end gen
eral machinery, and he known of
one prominent Arm of Oermon
manufacturer* which la estsb
lishlag a branch factory ia l^on
don nnd has employed an Ameri-
enn consul ting engineer.^ Wkea
Sir. Johnston was ia Woolwich.
Kngiai^he went over a fact*>ry
Where Atlnntle cables aad el^
trienl ^ machinery' are mannfnc
he noticed that thr
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Thompson, F. C. The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 24, 1899, newspaper, August 24, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth252263/m1/2/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.