Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell
THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 54
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, November 27, 1907
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CURRENT NEWS IN BRIEF
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World's Doings Condensed for
Busy Readers
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The burglars at Richmond,
Texas, entered the jewelry store of S. Wilinkin Wednesday night and carried off
a large quantity of valuables.
Bernice LaCompte, a 11-year-old boy, while
playing on the street in San Antonio, was run over and killed by an automobile.
The yellow fever, on Island of Barbadoes,
as reported is very epidemic at an alarming rate. Within two days seven
new cases were developed and two deaths.
About 150 bales of cotton were turned loose
by local parties at 10 1-4 at Runge, Texas, the largest number on record during
November after holding cotton spell was set in.
Scott Mead, master mechanic of the
Long-Bell Lumber Company, was killed near Lake Charles, La., by being run over
by a wheel of one of the train road engines.
While out hunting near Granger T. L. Teer
was accidentally shot by a companion named Chester Beatty. The wounded man
is in a critical condition.
The local business men of Marshall have
formed a stock company to be known as Texas Excelsior Manufacturing Company for
the manufacture of excelsior on a large scale.
Eight hundred and ten bales of cotton have
been hauled into Waelder by farmers, and had them weighed and housed in the
Farmers' union warehouse. No sale was made to local buyers.
Tommie Miller, six years old, fell from the
second story gallery of the of his parents at Shreveport, La., dashing out his
brains. The child's head struck a brick pavement in an alleyway.
The prohibition injunction suit at
Corsicana before Judge Cobb is still grinding away. 500 witnesses have
been summoned, and so far only a few have been examined and the trial will last
about ten days.
About $1800 worth of damage was done to the
Heywood oil field near Jennings, La., by fire. The fire destroyed the rig
that was on well No. 1 of the Crowley lease and several other attachments.
The fire started from a cigarette.
The third term utterance of Supreme Court
Justice Brewer have turned to be a bombshell thrown and exploded in the
political circus of the country. The straightforward blow from the arm of
the judiciary at the solar plexus of the executive has knocked wind out of more
than the White House, though not in such painful manner.
A sensation occurred in Temple was
occasioned by the execution of a dog. Deputy City Marshal Keeble was
standing close and witnessing the execution by a brother officer, who shot the
dog. The bullet went whizzing entirely through the dog's skull, striking a
wet board and rebounding with great force, striking the marshal full on the
breast over the heart, which caused him to stagger monentarily. The gold
badge saved his life.
Personal injury damages suits aggregating
$60,000 were filed against the International and Great Northern Railroad Company
at San Antonio by passengers for personal injuries alleged to have been
sustained in the wreck at New Braunfels on August 27 last. The
complainants are D. J. Woodward and wife of San Antonio. In one suit Mr.
Woodward asks for $20,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained by him and
in another suit he asks for $40,000 for injuries alleged to have been sustained
by his wife.
A man succeeded in passing forged checks on
the firm of Spence & Howe of Port Arthur and got them cashed. The victims
of the forgery are: A. F. Wolff, $40; J. T. Lavery, $27; George Wilson,
$26; Harvey Morris, $25. The crime came to light when some of the checks
were presented at the bank. The man left town in time to escape being
arrested, and no one as yet knows his whereabouts.
The Trans-Mississippi Commercial Congress,
which was held in Muskogee, I. T., for several days, has disbanded after very
strenuous work. Among the prominent features of the program was the
resolution introduced by Governor Francis of Missouri endorsing the issue of
$100,000,000 of 3 per cent, certificates by the government. It was adopted
after four hours of stormy debate and the final vote stood 96 for the
endorsement and 45 against. The next meeting will be held in San
Francisco. Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio was elected first vice president.
A gang of Dallas boys were found taking
copper wire from the electric light plant but they dropped it and ran. Two
policemen fired and felled one of the boys named Henry Kern. His leg is
badly shattered by a large calibre pistol bullet.
At a joint meeting of the executive and
advisory committees of the Ohio League of Republican Clubs, United States
Senator James Benson Foraker was indorsed for re-election to the United States
senate and for president of the United States. This endorsement was the
result of Foraker's attitude on the Brownsville affair.
At San Antonio the city board of
equalization is in session and assessments are going up. This is bringing
a roar from the property owners, especially those who own only a homestead.
The members of the board say that they find the assessments too low in San
Antonio, as compared with other cities in the state, and they argue that
increased assements, will result in a lower tax rate.
Some time back the H. E. & W. T. road
placed a negro crew of switchmen in the place of white switchmen, rather than
granting their demands. The negroes made the bust by walking out because
the company laid off two of the negroes for want of sufficient work to justify
employment. The white crew has been replaced with their demand granted.
Cupid balked at the Dallas county court
house, during which time the runaway couple from Fort Worth had a strenuous
time. Scouts were sent all over the city hunting the marriage license
clerk, who was not found any where in sight. Next morning the embarrassing
couple secured the much needed license, got married and went rejoicing
exceedingly.
The Taylor County Farmers' Union has
adopted a resolution calling upon Governor Campbell to call a special session of
the legislature to pass a stay law, which will prevent the forcible collection
of debts in Texas until such time as the financial situation shall have so
clarified as to render their payment possible without the sacrifices which might
follow any general attempt to force collections at this time.
W. E. Duke, of Mermentau, La., stood in
front of the Dallas Medical College and in presence of many doctors and students
attending lectures, cut his throat in many places, severing the wind pipe and
jugular vein. He is not dead yet. Papers found on his person
revealed that he was a pauper from sickness, and owing to the fact that he had
nothing to pay for a decent burial, he bequeathed his body to the medical
college and further, that his family was in destitute condition.
Rev. Thomas Clark of Abingdon, Va.,
preacher, politician and prophet, who foretold the eruption of Mount Pelee, the
destruction of Galveston and other calamities, has made the prediction that the
earth will be destroyed early next year and men high in the councils of the
nation will shortly fall victims to assassin's bullets. He also predicts
there will shortly be another outbreak in the Philippines and that New York city
will be partially destroyed by fire early in December.
C. A. Suggs is suing the San Antonio Sewer
Pipe Manufacturing Company for $10,000 damages for the death of his son.
His son was seven years of age and the petition alleges that he was injured
while playing on a car of clay of the defendant company for the accident for the
reason that the car was left near a public highway and that cars of this kind
are unusually attractive to children of immature minds. The car ran over
the boy and he died from the injuries, it is alleged.
Pablo Ocamp and Benita Legarda, who have
been chosen as commissioners from the Philippines to Washington, expect to leave
for America by the liner Manchuria on November 28. Legarda was a member of
the Aguinaldo congress under compulsion during the revolution and a member of
the Philippine commission since the civil government was created. He has
visited the United States several times. Ocampo was identified with the
revolution in 1899. He was secretary of the Aguinaldo congress and was
sent in exile to Guam. After the surrender of the revolutionists he took
the oath under the general amnesty act and since then has lived quietly,
practicing law.
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