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ON THE CENTURY LINE.
ltlE CAS COUNTY SUN
JOHN BANGER, Publisher.
LINDEN,
- TEXAS
Some of the candidates who do the
most promising are not by any means
the most promising.
Sir Frederick Bridge is going to
Quebec, but he will scarcely till the
gap left by the bridge that went down.
* Mrs. Eveline Wright Allen, a grad-
uate of Leland Stanford university,
has been appointed dean of women for
that institution.
However, even $300,000 a year might
not be despised by Prince Helie de
Sagan, considering that he has not
the price of a meal.
Minister named Fyshe jumped from
an ocean liner and was drowned. And
now there are more good fyshe In the
sea than ever before.
Foreigners can never say we're Im-
polite in one respect. When counts
come fortune-hunting you never hear
of American competition.
The Eaton county farmer who blew
off his head because he couldn't quit
drinking evidently didn't have much
faith in the prohibition wave.
While no official word has been sent
out as to the result of the shooting in
Magdalena bay, we fancy that the tar-
gets would come in handy for sieves.
A HOTEL HOLOCAUST
A poet has been shot by the Haiti-
an soldiery. While we have'nt read
any of his poetry, we should say off-
hand that the punishment was rather
too severe.
It Is the proud right of the Ameri-
can hen to cackle since she is pro-
ducing more wealth than steel and
Iron combined. The consumer knows
who settles.
Mr. Balfour Is reported writing a
book on a political-philosophic subject
In intervals of parliamentary business.
This ought to afford a consoling pros-
pect to the enemy.
Metals get tired as well as living
things, a scientist declares. Telegraph
wires are better conductors on Mon-
day than Saturday on account of their
Sunday rest, and a rest of three weeks
adds 10 per cent, to the conductivity
of a wire.
A Turin, Italy, paper accuses d'An-
nunzio with plagiarism because he has
transferred a number of passages
from the Bible to his new drama "La
Nef." Thus It is, we find, that the
devil not only quotes Scripture but on
occasion even claims authorship.
If the finances of the Gould family
are In such shape that Helen Gould
has been obliged to close two of her
charitable institutions the family has
little occasion to kick on Anna's
matrimonial aspirations. If they are
poor she will have to take what she
can get in the way of a husband.
If war Is "hellish," as Takahira says,
and stock gambling is "devilish," as
Senator Tillman says, a battle between
the bulls and bears must be nothing
if not "fiendish."
A rich Chicago boy married a chorus
girl before he was 19 years old, having
doubtless heard that if you are going
after the matrimonial sweepstakes you
had better get an early start.
A Belfast girl who was scalped by a
laundry machine has grown a new
head of hair, as t.he report .goes. Yes,
and no doubt its shade is much more
to her liking than the first crop was.
And doubtless in Paris there is
some other nobleman in training al-
ready to take Prince Henri de Sagan's
place in Anna Gould's affections, when
Anna gets tired of giving Henri
money.
Prof. 'Barus of Brown university
recommends as a motive power for
Bkyships some form of high explosive,
particularly those which can be
worked up into wicks and ribbons. He
proposes obtaining a continuity of
power values from nitrogen explosives
by using cold storages.
GUESTS DIE IN FIRE IN A FORT
WAV'?JE HOTEL.
[HE REGISTER DESTROYED
An observer in Milwaukee has dis-
covered three big new spots on the
sun. Two are calculated to be more
than 8,000 miles across, dimensions
which would permit the earth to drop
through. If the theory that connects
meteorological disturbances with the
appearance of sun spots may be relied
on some pretty lively shakeups may
be anticipated. But sunspots are not
always reliable prophets.
Chile Is starting out on a search for
new artillery equal to the most mod-
ern requirements, and invites gun-
makers of all countries to send repre-
sentatives to the tests that will be
made next October. Here should be
a chance for Americans. The United
States is turning out abvut the bqpt
weapons of this sort that can be pro-
duced. The Watervliet factory hat
done much to establish the present
high standard.
Names of Some Will Never Be Known,
Old Fire Trap Burned Like
Tinder.
Fort Wayne, Ind., May 4.—Ten
known dead, many missing and thir-
teen seriously injured is the result of
a fire that destroyed thfc new Avenu
Hotel, Fort Wayne's principal hotel,
at an early hour Sunday. Chief of
Police Auckenbruch said yesterday af-
ternoon he believed twenty bodies
were still In the ruins. The interior
of the building is a smouldering heap
of ruins, and how many dead there arc
concealed by the debris can only be
conjectured . The hotel register was
consumed by the fire, and there are
no accurate means of determining who
is missing.
The fire was discovered at 3:30
o'clock in the morning in the elevator
shaft by Night Clerk Ralph Pipkins.
He rushed to the upper floors, alarmed
the guests until the flames which had
spread with appalling rapidity drove
him back. His efforts, however, saved
many lives. The hotel was e;|;cted half
a century ago and the woodwork was
dry as tinder. It burned like match-
wood, and, within a few minutes from
the time the fire was discovered, the
whole interior of the hotel was a mass
of flames that filled trie corridors and
rooms with suffocating clouds or
smoke and laid fiery barriers across
all means of escape, save by the win-
dows.
GETTING READY TO ADJOURN.
The Boys are Trying to Get Back
Home.
Washington, May 4.—The date of
the probable adjournment of congress,
recently predicted for May 16, has
now been set by political prognostics
tors for May 23, while some sherwd
congressional habitues put it into the
last week of the month. Certainly
there seems work enough to last until
the end of the month.
To date only two of the fourteen
general appropriation bills have be-
come laws—the Indian and urgent de-
ficiency bills. Five other important
measures have not yet been passed by
the senate, viz: The postoffice, agricul-
tural, sundry civil, military academy
and the general deficiency appropria-
tion bills. The last three have not
even passed the house.
Shreveport Negro Runs Amuck.
Shreveport, La.: After a trifling dis-
pute Sunday Charles ^cDaniels, a
negro, shot and killed George May-
field, another negro, and was later
shot tc death by a posse. After killing
Mayfield McDaniels, armed with n
shotgun and revolver, snapped the re-
volver at his sister, tried to sliooe in-
tj a passenger train and snapped the
weapon several times in an unsuc-
cessful attempt to shoot members of
the officers' party.
Boosters Land a Factory.
Tulsa, Ok—The first practical result
o.' the Tulsa Boosters was received
Saturday when the Commercial Club
secured a factory for the manufactur-
ing^ oil and gas well packers. Spang
& Co., of Btuler, Pa., is the concern
coming here. On a site along the Mis-
souri, Kansas & Texas a large brick
building will be built at once. Twenty-
five skilled workmen will be employed.
Found His Mother Dead.
Braman, Ok.: Mrs. Ellen Hand,
mother of W. M. Hand, who lives two
and one-half miles south of town, was>
found dead in her bed. Mr. Hand had
been over to Salt Fork and when he
returned home he heard his baby
daughter, who was sleeping with her
grandmother, making a noise and went
into the room to see what was the
matter. Ho called to his mother and
then discovered she was dead.
BAILEY IS LEADING
BY ABOUT 20,000
Dallas, May 6.- Up to date complete
roturns have been received from 78
counties, and very full returns from
all the remaining counties in Texas
which held primaries, the Bailey tick-
et has 116,CCS votes and the Johnson
ticket 95,745 votes, making a majority
of 20,823 votes for the Bailey ticket.
The following are the counties which
have made complete returns
Camp, Cass, Delta, Hopkins, Lamar,
Morris, Red River, Angelina, Har-
rison, Jasper, Shelby, Gregg, Hender-
son, Kaufman, Rusk, Van Zandt, Col-
lin, Rains, Rockwall Brazos, Cham-
bers, Galveston, Grimes, Harris, De
Witt, Fayette, Gonzales, Refugio, Bur
leson, Caldwell, Washington, Coryell,
Hamilton, Falls, McLennan, Coman-
che, Hood, Johnson, Somervell, Tar-
rant, Anson, Archer, Armstrong Bay-
lor, Clay, Deaf Smith, Denton, Hale,
Hardeman, Hartley, Jack, Knox, Mon-
tague, Hall, Randall, Potter, Wichita,
Wise, Young, Bexar, Gillespie, Lam-
pasas, Llano, McCulloch, Polk, East-
land, Lubbock, Martin, Mitchell, No-
lan, Palo Pinto, Reeves, Runnels, Tay-
lor, Schleicher, Stephens, Tom Green
and Ward.
The returns from Dallas County,
while not quite complete, are almost
so, since but six very small boxes are
missing. The same may be said of
all other large counties from which
complete returns have not been re-
ceived; what is missing is but a very
small fraction of the total vote of these
counties.
Johnson carried only three Congres-
sional Districts, the Third, the Tenth
and the Eleventh. Johnson lest the
Fifth or Dallas District, though there
is a bare possibility that the returns
yet to be received from this district
may change this apparent result.
Returns by Districts.
While the figures given below are
subject to minor changes, they are
generally fairly complete, and the final
difference will be but slightly
changed.
Bailey Johnson
First District 8,545 6,897
Second District 7,362 5,541
Third District 5,247 7,121
Fourth District ..11,567 5,556
Fifth District 10,617 10,251
Sixth District 5,953 5,688
Seventh District 3,803 2,612
Eighth District .5,939 3,770
Ninth District 4,419 2,886
Tenth District 5,059 5,877
Eleventh District 8,475 9,647
Twelfth District 9,364 7,758
Thirteenth District ...13,187 7,564
Fourteenth District ... 6,306 5,183
Fifteenth District 656 219
Sixteenth District 10,069 8,913
Totals 116,568 95,745
Growers and Troops May Clash.
Frankfort, Ky.: Defying Governor
Willson and his State troops, night
riders Monday morning dashed by the
soldiers and burned a warehouse of
Jim Stogden, near Benson. It was
given out that the barn was struck by
lightning, but it is said that the troops
saw the fire and did not advance on
the night riders, fearing they would
be ambushed. The electrical storm
came up four hours after the ware-
house had been destroyed.
A small cyclone swept over part of
Lamar County near Ambia Monday
morning. A tenant house on Mrs. Jen-
nie Rose's farm and one on J. D.
Boyd's farm were destroyed, but be-
yond breaking the leg of an eighteen-
months-old child, no one was injured.
Express Robbers Confess.
Laredo: It is learned here that
through the activity of the police of
the City of Mexico the two robbers ot
the $63,000 from the Wells-Furgo Ex-
press are in jail and both men have
confessed. When first arrested both
men denied having anything to do with
the affair, but after several days' «on-
fiuemont in communicado they broke
down and confessed. The money was
found by the police.
Cotton Crop Increased.
Brownwood: Since the recent floods
which destroyed all crops in the bot-
toms, the farmers are busy preparing
and putting iu cotton, which will
mean many thousand more acres than
was at first thought would be put in
the fle< cy staple. The farmers think
it would be too late to plant corn,
and as the bulk of the bottom ground
was in corn, wheat and oats, ail tills
ground will be put in cotton.
St. Louis, Mo.: Benbow City, the
flat town which has grown up around
the Standard Oil Company's new re-
finery, eight miles south of Alton, Is
the wettest town in Illinois, and be-
cause it is the wettest it is also the
richest. It began its corporate exist-
ence as a village Monday with eigh-
teen registered voters and twenty-
three saloons. Within the corporate
limits of Benbow City' there are 300
porsons and one saloon for each thir-
teen Inhabitants.
THE MATSUHIMA SINKS
FATAL EXPLOSION ON JAPANESE
TRAINING SHIP.
A SMALL NUMBER IS SAVED
Only 58 Cadets Out of 300 Rescued.
Cause of the Explosion Is Un-
known.
Tokio, May 1.—Admiral Yoshimatsu,
commander of the training Bquadron,
reports that an explosion occurred In
the stock magazine of the crusier Mat-
suhima at 4:08 yesterday morning
while anchored at Makang, a harbor
on the Pescadores Islands.
The Matsuhlma immediately sank,
until only the bridge was visible. Ef-
forts at rescue by boats from the
cruisers Hayashidate and Itskuku-
shima continued until 9 a. m., saving
the lives of 141 men, including some
officers.
The majority of the officers were
saved, and at the time of the Admi-
ral's report the cadets numbered 58
out of a completement of 300.
The sons of Baron Chinda, Vice-
Minister of the Foreign Office and of
Prince Oyama, Field Marshal, among
the cadets who, it is feared, are lost:
also Captains Yoshmori and Yashiro.
The cause of the explosion is un-
known.
Knox County Weather Pranks.
• Goree: Something seemed to be
wrong with the weather in this sec-
tion Tuesday night. At 9 p. m. it was
a nice, sweet, peaceful night—a near
midsummer night. Then came change
No. 1. A rift of clouds blew over from
the northwest and we had a heavy
wind storm. The wind blew with ter-
rific force until about 2 a. m.—about
four hours. Then came change No. 2.
The wind calmed down and a slow,
steady rain set in, which lasted four
hours. Then change No. 3, a regular
snow storm, set in, and for about an
hour it snowed as hard as it did any
time- last winter. Then the weather
man seemed to get control again and
the sun came out and everything
looked lovely once more. Nothing
seemed to be damaged by the sudden
changes.
Col. Gary Dead in Washington.
Washington: Col. Thomas A. Gary,
for many years a citizen of Galveston,
died in this city Wednesday night.
Col. Gary was born in Virginia, and
was 74 years old. When a boy he re-
moved with his parents to Talladega
County, Alabama, where he received
his early education. Later he re-
moved to Plantersville, Texas, and en-
gaged in the mercantile business. At
the outbreak of the war he entered
the Confederate, Army, attaining the
rank of Colonel.
After the war Col. Gary established
the firm of Gary & Oliphant, cotton
brokers, at Galeston. In 1876 he was
elected President of the Galveston
Cotton Exchange. He came to Wash-
ington in 1894 and retired from busi-
ness in 1897.
Up to Rooseveltian Standard.
Dallas: Dr. C. D. Roberts of Cedar
Hill reports to the county clerk's of-
fice that Mrs. Frank Nelson gave birth
on April 29th to her sixteenth child.
April 29th was Mrs. Nelson's birthday,
also. Dr. Roberts' report is that Mrs.
Nelson is thirty-eight years of age and
has been married twice. She has three
children from her first marriage and
thirteen from her second.
Pythians Select San Antonio.
Austin: The thirty-fifth annual con-
clave of the Grand Lodge, Texas
Knights of Pythias, closed Thursday.
It was said to have been conspieous In
the history of such conventions from
its marked success. The lodge was
treated most hospitably here, and the
delegates felt grateful for their cor-
dial entertainment and expectant of
similar courtesy in San Antonio, which
will be their hostess next.
French Detachment Massacred
Paris: A dispatch has been received
here from Dagana, West Africa, say-
ing that a detachment of troops eou-
SBting of thirty-one native infantry and
three European officers, was ambushed
by natives, while on a march to Nouak-
schoott. Every man in the detachment
with the exception of one officer was
massacred. Dagana Is a French trad-
ing post and military station In Sene-
| gambla.
A Dallas County Great-Grandmother
Gone to Rest,
Dallas, May 2.—Mrs. Lucinda Neel-
ly, aged 99 yoars and eight months,
died yesterday morning at 6 o'clock
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Miles Hopkins, about one mile south
of Oak Cliff.
Few women fn the United States
enjoyed the same distinction, as Mrs.
Neelly. She enjoyed every minute of
her long life, in spite of the fact that
she came of pioneer parents and en-
dured the hardships and trials of the
frontier life herself. She was probably
the oldest Confederate mother in the
South, and was revered and respect-
ed by every old soldier in Dallas Coun-
ty. She was the mother of four sons,
two of whom fought and died wearing
the gray, leaving only one offspring
who returned home from the war
alive. He is ex-County Commissioner
George Neelly, well known In county
politics, and a grandfather himself.
Mistaken for Burglar.
Kaufman: Bud Duncan, one of the
most prominent farmers of Kaufman
County, was shot and seriously In-
jured Wednesday night at his home
near Daugherty. Mr. Duncan had
left home to be gone for the night
and got Henry Pursfull, stay with his
family for the night. Late in the
night Mr. Duncan returned home and
Mr. I-'ursful heard him at the barn,
and, thinking he was a burglar, fired
at him with a shotgun, the load tak'
ing effect in Mr. Duncan's face.
Meets Horrible Death by Cars.
Nacogdoches: Hosea Ryan, aged 19
years, was accidentally killed Friday
while coupling cars on the Hayward
Lumber Company's tram at Hampton
Front. The cars were loaded with
logs, and as the young man stepped
between the cars to couple them his
head was caught between the ends
of two logs, crushing his skull. He
fell dead across the rails and both
legs and his right arm were severed
from his body.
Talaquah Boy Wields Ax.
Talequah, Ok.: While Fireman Gil-
more of the electric light plant was
away from home some one attempt-
ed to break into the house. Mrs. Gil-
more warned the would-be intruder.
Still persisting in trying to break in,
her little son, a boy of twelve years,
seized an ax and attacked the man,
who was severely injured. It is stat-
ed that there is no hope for the man's
recovery.
. Heir Last Seen in Waco.
Boston, Mass.: A fortune of nearly
half a million dollars, which was left
to a Harvard student, William S. Whit-
well, who strangely disappeared from
his studies five years ago, and later,
from Waco, Texas, where he had been
traced, was begun in the Probate,
Court in behalf of two brothers, who
seek to divide the estate, believing
the missing heir dead. Cutler Whit-
well of California and Sturgis Whit-
well of Arizona are the brothers.
Johnson Bureau Busy.
Washington: Frank Lynch, treas-
urer of the Democratic committee of
Minnesota, chief mogul of headquar
tors in Chicago of the Presidential
candidacy r>f Governor Johnson of
Minnesota, has selected Eastern repre-
sentatives who will have charge of a
press bureau in Washington. It will
be the chief duty of this press bureau
to make a Johnson impression on the
Southern States, most of which have
not yet held their conventions.
A $63,000 Haul.
Laredo, Tex.: The Wells Fargo Ex-
press Company has reported to the
authorities of Torreon, Mexico, the
loss of $63,000 in Mexican currency,
which they claim was taken from a
through safe on their City of Mexico
train. The money was consigned to
one of the banks of Chihuahua. So
far two arrests have been made in
Torreon, although it is not believed by
the officials that the men who were
arrested in Torreon have the money.
Two Hangings in Palmetto 8tate.
Columbia, S. C.: Ned and Tad To-
land, two young negroes, who mur-
dered Mrs, Paul Elison, an aged white,
woman at 'Cayce, Lexington County,,
two months ago, were hanged at the;
Lexington Jail Friday. Gaddy Graham,,
a Legro aged about 35 years, was
hanged at Darlington for the murder,;
of Furman Moody, a white man, the'
manager of a plantation in Dariingtou'
County, on November 18, 1907.
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Banger, John. The Cass County Sun (Linden, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 19, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 12, 1908, newspaper, May 12, 1908; Linden, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth340724/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.