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iBeaent: ~~toial: Bargains for the
titr as Trade -
: ome and see us. We can please you.
SR. G. Hollembeak & Co.
EVERYTH-ING MUSICAL.
Mister Hlorse
Owner ; b e
We are after your trade in h9
feed line. We are after it
good, clean, honest feed; w th
prompt service, full weigh Ibr
and right prices. It doesh't
matter to us whether you buy ai
feed for one horse or a hun
dred-we want to sell yoe
what feed you buy. th
FAIN & KRIELOW. 1
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.DR.W~LLIAMS & Co. se
-JENNINGS, LA. di
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REAL ESTATE P
Wild Lands, Improved Farms 1"
and Town Lots, Rice and Pine
Lands in Louisiana and Texas il
Office in the new Bullick building, at
upstairs, tb
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. jo
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C. E. HIJNTER, M.D. t<
-'Homw pathist- b
dver and Bowel Trouble a Specialy.
Rooms 3 and 4, Morse Block.
Phone Nos. Residence 35, Office 4. n'
BOLLES BROS.,
HousePaioters
Will take contracts for painting any
-rind of buildings. Artistic house paint.
?ing and hard-oil work are our special. t
Jennings, Louisiana.
S. HEMPSTEAD,
Justice of the Peace.
Collections, given prompt at
tention.
Office next to Terry's drug
store.
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S Send us a list of twelve
names and address of t!:ose who
you think are intereteLd in a
business education, and receive
six cards with your name beauti
fully written.
Address New Orleans Busi
ness College,
New (,rielans L '.
Lots For Sale,
Resident l.,ts four blocks east
of school house, on Academy
street; also L. L. Morses, sub
division of town of Jcnnings,east
side of South Main street.
@'Mioses & .i. ( iun ix ill
sell you stock in any oil crtl;,:lnvy
in Jennings. Soo, tlhim at Citi
tens bank.
gEmbr;rdery aiiks and
fancy articles dolls, le. a t Gib
son. (Mrs. Abbott's buildi:,:.)
stnEp thde Ci:utgh , I n L: 0 ' i • (:,i Io on.
_ n - ,'ld it, l'!i. +t'y. No (:,.n.. N-, :13
PC rice c.fln'..
~~'The Magee, adjustabl!"
underskirts at Gibson's (Mrs.
Abbotts building.) 2_2ditwl.
pp-Water c'stei ns, oil tank:
for wagons or reser'v):', se J,
B. Killinger. .nm ncings. la.
* ' ,pid Writer Fountua: Pens.
Guaranteed for five years- uncon
*. (tionoally ut Hulburt's.
pg--'- Shoes, Shoes, Shoes at
Scost at Gibson's, (Mrs. Abbotts
S building).
ler... sicritlnon f,r Malaria
r, ever is a bolt Is of Grove's
i .Tonic. It is simply iron
n \a tasteless form. No
Price 50c.
liable insurance see
SGermain at bitizens
mily mare for sale.
~t rECORDnD office.
I 'ITED--To run job
at, BCoRD office.
CMtiuuud From Pnag( 1.1 -
couple.
Immediately following the R'
b enediction to the ceremnrynr that
made them husbaud and wife, to w1
i the strains of a lively march, the
I bridal party mnarched down the Li
7 aisle to the d,,(,r where carriages
were in waiting that conveyed
the company to the home of the fe
bride where amid profuse deco
ra.tions of roses and palms, they in
received the congratulations of a
). select company of th:-ir in me
cdite frienats. After congratula.
tions itad been tendered, and the
best wishes of their ft:ndls ex bx
pressed, the doors of tile dining
room were pushed back reveal- is
ing tabies beautifully decorated d1
and loaded down with the good
things and dainties that are en
. joyed on such occasions. To
- this repast the guests were seat
ed, and each tried to do justice
to the occasion in honor of the C
bridal pair. b
Honduras Seed Ritce.
So:wn from;,i imported seed on
new land. For sale cheap it n
taken in 15 days. Inquire at
Lang & Co.'s. warehouse. o
2i4-10w2
The Rice Convention.
The Amllerican lice Gi rowers
Contv' litiont is being held in Crow
Lcy. t(n y". We expect to be able
1,) give a a Irep'r) (of the inell.il tig
lta tf;)i11 'I'(.'. n tllhOi ! 1i :.s c" who t
Wvent fronmt Joniii.s this loliln
ing to nittO -i \'.er,::
S. L. Cary, Ed MAIler, '-". . t
DSt. Juli, Albert Atlierst,rI. W.E. I
H-arris, I. Ilovik, A. Kjsec, i'. d
V'listad, ir. an; U 'v ils. Joh!; Cole, t
at- Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King and
Mrs. E. E. Henry and child.
ag sy'Now is the time to buy oil
stl;.l if you expect to make w1,,n
- ey on y(iour invest mnlt. Moses
Ive & .' . O caln su1 l)ly your
'ho Wan s.
na A Pai:iful Accideat.
ive .rt ~ Ritti r ntt, with a close
t ;Nl ti ling' his right hand, by r
Isi- having iti ci uht in theco)g wheels
On thi.' tltv r 'of the forle in
S t .h( f-: .."y this mlol nin . Ft)r
tuna:t:"'" ie yotu:_ ln.n wi ionly
ast be )it uti the a'ld Of a t.lhunt .
my Dr. ',:: 'irry is attd:tli;tg the
oh- I case.
ast w ' . E. U!1! '1a t 1:n just re
ceivel an iin't.ict (1i slol'1y books
ee l l lO t': i ,r ,; y t" ( I) s" ). by
.\ " 1111)0on a.itltlr J.L. 1 i.li)l)Stetad
\,i- l. ic rare ,;(,ll r dl ,-) (' is. 'Ti-iey
Iuika;:' V',V' 1i1('(; vth ri.-, i u ;s pros
n '12( is ..V aie. short stories,
i .,- 1' itl ,f 'ihilich: tell or i;t', .early
.". i O:ldI, fin tCAla sieu
pi 11l,.s. The: b).ks are hand
'ool' ht I i0 2(.th.
, ut Kl. Tti itt Iat i r ci'tV aing
t'\ W iiyou)ll 10k1 ,E iihýll 'r 1 a iT t1lesn
For1 yl.l() (Iir lenses i:tthl legal
|I, (t I 'l " :mt ow' t, ;ill t la is
{ -u.im •y p~r:ui- , ,i . t v r.y btottlý shituwit,
1S. t1t it is sii plld .ig o i i, dill i1
1:,itl,,s fr.. t l[ ire ii P iay.
ilL itiitilnrg ic," ill carlpets and
iott.ii)in i at the Jennintgs IEldw.
I. t i V -(:1lcni otlice. Ai lrin ung
. i",i:;.I;.. d l rtit," il Slhoe - Store.
.ves :: ,: v,('d all e af eour " lotes and
iron ' . . i l ts. All kidt s of harness
No 11:10 illi(150 h 111 ptis, Olso have a
- . .-A.k t)f Liai wagtlons. Call
see Ste us
seens IltA.c, lthos. & Co.
aensI
i ':*u:.al a 'i pens at ilulb art s.
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job ., is , .ient rt . or. -scry _ 1 ... .i tle, go.e:ilt
fice. Laxative Iia-inlo--Q,-iaine Tablets
the rmedY that cumres a eoll in OS da'
ENliN GS DAILY RECORD,.
. Jfdtt. Publihser qind Proprietor.
Entered for transmission throuRh thh | jjsl Bat
second-clas rate'
h- ba
lagrpetist items Conmee~ai JennInags d
and Ithe tic1ihbogrl. Conltry il.
Raisn smassars" urAB. the
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p Ut13ST No. 9. . 4:44 p, m.
P~ROUT. 1:0am laa
O ~~- No. 8 ............... 1:50 a. m.
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eat
Mrs. A. Anderson was at 30
3 R"anoke this morning. is
tlt
Fred Limbocker of Klondike
3 was in Jennings today. ter
Mayor Sweet spent- the day in
Lake Charles yesterday.
t W. D. Conklin is building a run
fence around his barn lot. re
Gee. E. Bockoven of Welsh was
F in town today on business.
J. F. Miller cone up from the n
Illinois plant thlis morning. et
of
Ie . . rake of Roanoke was a it
business visitor in town today. a1
Doaplex Broussard of Lowry po
l is a business visitor in town to- ca
d day. an
d E. S. Hempstead, justice of the of
Peace, has a card in today's tit
RECORD.
su
e A tt'y. J. D. Cline of Lake c
e Charles is here on professional ls
business today. th
Dr. A. A. A. Petersen has a card se
in today's LREc)ORD. He is now
if nicely located in his new office.
it A. Cross sold a house and lot VC
on South Main street to Johanna w
RIeed, also six lots just south of 11i
the Catholic church to Fred
Plitt.
The new bridge across Bayou
ie des C ounes which is being build
, to give CJr;aley a shorteor route 0,
o to the* Maluou oil fields, is nearly
- cm1leted. L
Among the rlecnt, reed estate
3. transfe:s we notice: A. M. Bar- h
. ber to 1. W\Vat.htgtou, warranty
L. deed, lot 4. blocut 1, Bariocr's add.
e, to Jennings, $5". a
it Preaching service tonight at it
the M. L. church by Rev. C. C.
Morris of Lake Charles. A cor- ti
1 dial invitation to all. Service be. a
es gins at 7:45. It
'rThe subj ,ct of thev. Autrimn's: ti
sermon n Sunda;y nl)rllinoitg, will
be '-Tht EvI idece o1 ;L a f'tutoC IS
E. St~te: or, ~eeing the Unseen.' I1
by The evning subject will be "Ti
Nls Ministry of Angels."
in
C. . Otis, the nurcry man uof L
L:thke hiat'rles, ';ittie over ,es, "
i day and brought with i :it a l-t
he of ferns to decorate the cluci ot
for the Spencer-L,.mn:ita wed
ding, MNr. ()i ts had thi- ciet Ira t..
r~ for the decotratioe.
>ks
S T, e buildl i;:. o f 1r 1'. l ube: ', . tI
;d steam lauti(iry l on eat I'lqu,
nmnilne S:treel is I)bout crmlitl:Ied. '1
The nitchini ry haes arrivedt and c
es, wil be plhtCed i the buildih 1l
shortly. Mr. Iuber expests to I
u be ready for business in a fewi
nd- dIs.
The lv. Doctor Antrim, will
ho!l services this; evenring alt 7:3
, in EJagle hall. 'ihe subject for to
Sniiizht will be (of the greatest in
Sterest to, everybody. Riev. Aut
rim will be here until riftler Sun
tid day. Althougi we halive been cc)i 1
1 pelle I to ehas_ e places for h't -
ing servi:es, yet the c ,ugrmen
gal tion are very g t, d. Evetryb )by
so cordially in vi, e.d.
at Tai Et iscopalian missitn s5
g" vices ,ill be held tonight in ti,
Eaigle 1ll. And on FriEl3y
we and Satur!ay nights in t!,
my Congregational church. A mnis
re. ta'te i~ptearet 1 1in ye-.'l,(tlrd "'t
md iss:e 'in stating tha; sitrvics
es would be !held in the M'I.holld
J church. Owing to the c.rntr
ence ofMethodist ministers !,.i r
. held there, we are req unsrtd ',,
behalf of Rev. Dr. Antrira ti at
nounve the change.
I am prepared to, take board-:
ers at my home. We have a nice
:i place for you. None, but. meoat
e gentlemanly men need inquire.
ai Inquire at Record office. -
The Coming CountrY. yNE
Tuie aSuth istin the morning of
a nw. ly,.....HaS r mines, her f:or- on
ests, her fields and her fra to ies i'
have beg-un to a.ttract. thLe t id, of l ic
nnnp iaion., Says thief nnat4L.Jho
Vindicator. T.ie lats:t ci.,u:u, wh,
indicates that her po~tuletif:n has Tuh
increased by a larger pereenitLge will
than that of the Wes t. The jlw bib
regime in Cubliid ihe: opelning uIped
of our ISQhmian caal will en iof
laage her markri. By nLl i::c-lr
turing her own '-.,i,,u ~sM willii
easily increase hr an n ual income- oi 1
300 per cent. Her industrial life Inv
is fast becoming idcntic.l with isto:
thatof the North, a.nd hr plii . pe
cal sympathies wili inucvitaly ten
tend in the s:une ;li rection wh
1 I
ThFor sale. . , rusi louce.
property on Cary ,''t.:ue. -H rite Oo
. itme for price and terins, at t'.,,ri
rexas, Gteo. I$ str
3 Professional Nurses N-e :" ant
A couple of good pruife:;,.-io:ai de
nurses could gotoml.tas-L: ,, , a :u a
erative employment in 1I. o,-v u rae
of Jenaings at this time; i:u fa'-t tO
it is a need that has beJa fc*l ,. atc
a long time,for it his bOel U,, i in- tor
possible to get anyoue t, Lake ed
care of the rice he) ne-_L :-ipial st
and constant attention. ca c:.auts
of this kind are almost at:l t.
to
timein-demand in a city ut LOis
sike and right-at the present,t.v o m
such nurses ate. neededg but < -. cm
e not be secured. The nurses be
should be located in the c:it"y, so PR
that they caun be colied when t1hlir be
d services are neit edd. e]
to
For Rent. be
My property (ol k Lake A rIti.u
venue. 1ith agood hou.;eL, buru,
a well, garden, etc. Aii"':;" El,
) prjicel;-a, Lo uH.r. T.iller. d ;'. ;;,t
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
ca
,u Mrs. ii. Piper of L.a.ka CUa. rlie.s
waa ill attendance at L.w; C"
,c; r-Lchmnanl weLoduii g ld.a. ui,lt. tb
Y A MtexicaU. ;'mworkin:ti on the tl
Loxiey & .Martiu Ltr'cai1n a.i ii
ue under aui Lginie yesterday and p
.i- lost an arill. a1
L'y Davie lRchie of ):ia .ale .v.... i
d. placed under $15U bond by the
district court o( a chaL',-e ~ ,.- pi
it iug liquor on S1unday. ti
* The police jury at.j.tu,:m ile ue
f- ixod the liqu:>r liconse for 1902 1,
at $5t00. This coinmpels the city I
to levy a simiilar atimouniii t, 1. rega
tin $10'r:0.
11 'PTie blo,,odlh ,u nid-; lurch :sed by
•c SItrii t i'arkiils ome I.i .. a;~,
have not prven .::tis!'act. nd t
:they are toube shipi; o i. -,a ireo
iwhence< they came ,and , '.oil
If eidLV0aO to get ()tietrs ililoe
- reliable.
s
it . cripple going about on t
c crutch'es was arrested it Lake Ii
!i-, a rht; few days ago. It is s
'' lsai[ !1hat he outran the police
i\weon th--y attCllemp? to arrest c
" lhim but w;ts tinally calptured a
at{ atfl tr ivni thooflicers a big race. t
.d. This led to an investigati:n of iis
id coi; ditio,i as a crilpile, in I Dr.
eg lryons after an examiniationl re- r
to 1),1 )t(!,l I lhat the fellth,w migllt have t
I, elt bad ut sonl l time i;, I is ii ,:i . t
hotl .t tite presentl til e .' :'e was ,
inphys -,:(O ai n(e1 t trou1 ". ':' g i' 0.
i X'oW.'id fr' sale ;" " I.l.
I) Kistner. 294
iu- ;-£" .. i G )bson has movedt
lt- his stockof Ltdies and chilr-ens
-n- s,,st, ana fancy articles in the
n n >1th room of Mrs. Abbotts
II store wher le he will sell his stock
1at cost. Those looking for bar
t :ain- will (10 well to call and ex
by amine goods.
T' a .Jenings kidw. i'.. j,: $
" )',c d, ant ie1" ca of funt j
Uk th inr- a1d m:it1.inl-g.. (t'2r
. l-o"or oil stock ill anl, oIf the
i'puall ooasiS i -'i MqO,.eS & St.
lis ' , . in. -
Appl ic0tion for (:lll f .l.
IT I r:ilshinglon. Dec. 12.-Apllication
for c:lmenrcvy for Miss Eastwick. the
American girl illn prison in London for
- "raii.g ~'in" a railroad hand. has been for.
w - wdn:1d to the United States embassy
at London.
SWashington. Dec. 12.-Mrs. Ada Gil
rt-t bert Dennis. who was mysteriously as
fice saulted in her apartments Tuesday, is
,at hovering between life and death. She
ire. shows some improvemlent, but her
chance for recovery is slight.
NEW TORPEDO IN
One T'hat Wo.ke by W
from Aboard h* Ship.
New York,- Dec. 12.--Commander
Richardson Clove . S. N., attache of give
~te Bsy at London,.
who with his family arrived hern
the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Tuesday.,nlght to -pend the
will report to the government in an ex- e
bibition rf a_working md~1 d':a tor-',as
rpedo operated by the Marconi system mill
of wireless electrical tuaq n .be' Wn - e
fore he returns to his post on Decem- the
ber .28. The jlOventar is a man named
;Gardiner. By.means of Tie apDpicafot n of
of his .idea Commander Clowsr-said the, w
inventor believed tiat he could start, ern
stop, start again, steer and"fire a .toLn-,, '
pedo from a key)oard in9.ship arA.
land, using the llarconi d ireless- sYs- an,
tem in conjunction with his device. lyii
which is the apparatus on the torpedo. bra
In an exhibitinh 0f a working model pie
In the inventor's rooms in London is
Commander Clover said that the in- pre
structor did everything that he saitT7 h' plo
could do. He showed that he could, start the
and stop a propeller and turni the -ru4.- In
der in either direction at will, a*s-rll
as ring the bell which represented the an(
explosion of the torpedo. The Vacca- trn
1 ras and the Orling Armstrong systems, anc
t the commander said, could do only one to.
thing, and then became powerless. The fee
different operations in the -Garliner ,-f
torpedo were determined by the length'
of the wave. One length of wave start- deo
tio
ed the motor of the torpedo, another the
I stopped it, a third pulled the rudder to -
one side, a fourth to the other, and the gai
fifth exploded it.
e A defect in the mechanism appeared sai
to be that there was no position which sal
could be given to -the rudder when it ca
o moved from its normal position ex- pil
cept hard aport or hard to starboard,
ai the case might be. The torpedo 0
S be operated in this way could be only
partly submerged. A mast equipped
with a wire to receive the wave must ac
1 be used on it. This of course might ._
serve as a warning to an enemy." The* T
torpedo was in an experimental stage, T
Commander Clover said it had not fa
been accepted by any government. de
on
FEDERATION OF LABOR. oK
trr
Executive Ounoll'Ps Report Presented and Ei
Referred to Cnommltee. Ei
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 12.-The Ameri- to
can Federation ofa Labor convention or
was slow in getting down to'business li
yesterday. Alter the roll had 'been W
called the first matter taken up was dc
t. the report of the executive council of lo
the Federation. The report was very
voluminous. It makes no reference to
the Shaffer-Gompers-Mitchell trouble.
President McKinley is eulogized and 1p
an ap!,ropriation to McKinley memor-.! pr
ial fund recommended. The report was rii
referred to the committee. -t
The following committee was ap- lo
pointed to consider all questions of e¬
trade autonomy: President Samuel W
Gompers. amnes Duncan of Boston,
John Mitchell of Indianapolis,. John F. o1
Mulholland of Toledo and O._N. al
ty Hughes of San Antonio, Texas.
A large number of resolutions were
reported from committees.
A resolution calling for the appoint- o
ment of -more colored men as southern c
-Y organizers caused a debate and was re
ferred to the executive council for ac- tr
d tion. i
if
I Repo,-t. V.'t Imlprovement. p
L Iondon, Dec. 12.-Sir Christopher is
Furness. the English ship owifer anid I
ie steel master, who has just returned a
from an extended tour of the United
States raid in an interview published ii
nin this morning that during his visit he r
h had been forcibly struck by the im
provemcnts in American railroads. Te
iS said that since his last visit to I e
e United States in 1892. there had be .t a
wonderful development there. Ameri
'St can trade was busy and improving in d
ed all directions. British masters must a
get their backs to the wall in order d
-" to meet this serious competition.
Tunnetl Instend of Bridpe. $
New York, Dec. 12.-The Pennsylva
re- nia Railroad company may construct a
wv tunnel under the North river in place
of a bridge which that company in
tended building in conjunction with the
Sother railroads which enter Jersey t
i. City. The exact location for this tun- e
nel as. contemplated by the engineers 2
II. could not be learned, but it is supposed a
that the terminal would be near the r
terminal of the Long Island railroad
tunnel, at Thirty-second street.
us Want Re.zed Ves*Ie Returned.
Mhe Madrid. Dec. 12.-In the chamber of
tt deputi~i Senor Maristani asked the
government to negotiate with the Unit- (
ed States for the return of those Span
tr- ish vessels seized by that country be
PX- fore the declaration of the Spanish
American war. The minister of foreign
afIfairs promised to accede to the de
S mand of Senor Maristanl.
Sli Hlumiltnn 5, 'pri. .Ho1-r..
SLondon. Dec. 12.-Kitchener, in a dis
patch from Standerton, Transvaal Col
the ony, says. c -neral Bruce Hamilton, af
St. ter a night mna-ch surprised and cap
tured practically the whole of Boor'
Bethel commando at Trichardsfontein
early that morning. Seven Boers were
killed and 131 made prisoners.
t Krulg'r in Hi. New omra,.
or Utrecht. Dec. 12.-Mr. Kruger, for
for. ser president of the South African re
assy public. has arrived here and taken pos
session of his new residence.
Kruger, who appeared to be in ex
cellent health, received a great ova
tion from the crowds.
I lague et Sydney.
She Sydney, N. S. W., Dec, 12.-A death
her from bubonic plague in the suburbs of
this city is reported,
R1tkles in Maotana.
r B utt a~ , ? ' 1 ' p p
gives promise od eopi-tg to lawt
most wonderful oe'f tts "Infhd''l n the
extent is ag_t un wn Fu a
has beheh xasidfld for a ti e ,
a miles, and to a depth 0r
--,^The entrandt8 fitb 'tikv s
, the track of the laorthern Pacific ral~i
S.War, . ad abo " t
n of the river, was discovered a few
weeks ago by" a hunter, and -the
t ern hasbJust been explored by a part. Ia
pevert. _e~onptr 'W4 fia ' kt a
SandI utensils oT'stonfr and copper werefe
lying about, some of which have een for
* brought out, cel ~
1 pie of giga-tic stature, and the belie
n is that the cave -was theoildelo eoY s
- prehistoric people, and that further ex- ,t
ploration wil bring to light prdof of tiot
t .that- fact and moreienat of jtstin- -in;
11 -: Aheo r ,ft that by ae, sutde ai
le and disturbance of the earth the -en- ma
a trance to the ancient home was closed ha
s and the inhabitants walled sup and left
e to die. A large river, -i~th a fall of 100l
e feet at one place, is one of the wonders
r A the cave,-and. as~coe of irti ntl , I s
-- same hundred:.of feet iinic t,,aMre
decorated with the wonderful forma
tions of nature. One room resembleas 4
the interior of a cathedral, with a gi- a*
gantic pipe organ. na
e Access to the cave is very difficult, as kil
a direct descent of 400 feet is neces
s sary before any footing can be secured. ne:
.Another party -will -shortly --rist-~he his
cave, fully equipped for a thorough ex- he
d ploration.
- . dri
A Serious' >w - :
d Brenham, Tex., Dec. I1.--A'rafi a
st accident resulting in the death of Fire. en
mt man Elkins and 'the severe scalling 'h re'
e Engineer StevenW onectrred tat= Beffvflie p
Tuesday morning. The -,K24 as Ci c
ot fast freight started ndrt .om Bell- ca
yulle yards and' a southbihd fret ht_ Al
destined oor Galveston was standln WI
on a sidetraclk. The conductor of thl ju
Kanasas City f~st Treigit, tiinklig the Il
,d track was clear, statrted an his route.O '
Either maliciously or the result of an es
accident the switch was turned so as ti
r to throw thbe Kaisas City fast freight
on on the swithch instead of the main
iss line, the Kansas- City tiiatai trashing
en with terrific force into the, standing
on the sidetrack. Both trains were zi
as double headers. Three of the freight Ci
of locomotives were badly wrecked. w:
;ry
to W. T-nIn t ~ris-. B
le. Wac., Tex., Dec. 12.-The largest a
pecan in the wnr-lI, exhibited by H. H. Y
ad I Holbert of Co'-man. Tex.. won the '
:-r-. prize of $100 offer-d hi E. W. Kilpat
ras rick of McKinney. C. Faulkner of Waco S
-and S. P. 'Ramsay of Austin. Mr. Hol- P
bert's prize pecan was over two inches di
L- long and in girth as large as a hen
of egg. Robert Ha i!lton of McKinney 01
eel won second prize. The judge was Prof. '
H. T. Atwater of Hooviton. There were p
on, four -exhibitors, each showing pecans s1
of unusual size. The prize pecan will
N. appear hereafter at the Dallas fair.
ere uses. t, _ -. d
Denison, Tex.. Dec. 12.-A number 1i
nt- of Grayson county tf::,ri" U:' L u.,
cn cattle owners in various parts of the -
re- state, as well as in the Indan terri. tl
ac- to~'-, especially in and about Di'oggtr t
,. .toms. have .l~st - oet le rece tly S
from mysterious causes. Cows in Ihe
pasture well one dam-. the next morn
oer ing would be found dead. Feeding
-id cattle on corn stalks is one of sever
aed al theories advanced for the fatality
ted to cows. Dr. Knight. the state vet -r- g
ned inarian. has been .pn-·oled to for ac
lie, remedy to stop the ravages in Texas. $
im-l - - -I
s e A Caee of >ntlr!lpntx. h
Ci Paris, Tex., Dec. 12.-Dave Braden, b
. s a resident of Glory, developed a case
en- of smallpox Tuesday. He was a juror
in during the recent term of federnl court d
mut and is supposed .to have contracted the b
'der disease from some of the Choctaw wit
nesses who were in attendance at the
Hotema trial. A case of smallpox de
veloped in Paris a few days ago, and it 0
va- Is attributable to the same source. I
!t a
fact Almost Slept Himself to Death.
in- Clehurne. Tex.. Dec. 12.-A number
the of Cleburne Masonic lodge, after sit
sey ting up continuously with sick broth
un- ers. lay down to sleep. After sleeping
sers 24 hours he could not be aroused and
se(d a physician was called in. After h
the roic work the sleeper was aroused. The
oad state of coma had set in and might i
have resulted in death but for the ln- t
terference. -
r of: A Wmo.m EIIe*dC. I
the Eagle Lake, Tex., Dec. 12.-Jo
Init- sephine Homes, colored, was shot and
)an- instantly killed in her home, and Dan
be-' Homes, her husband, had his throat
ish- cut, the instrument Cutting into the
eign windpipe. The husband is under ar- (
de- rest, charged with the murder. The
cut in Homes' throat was sewed and
he is resting easy at present. but the 1
outcome of his wound is considered by
dis- the physicians as uncertain.
Col
a- 1 BShoutlng In Oklahom4.
cap-' Mangum, O. T.. Dec. 12.-Rush Ardry
Booer' was killed. Garrett Thurman shot in
itein the back and may die and L. S. MeDon
were ald shot in the left shoulder in a sa
loon row in the village of Port, Wash
Sits county. The men had taunted the
bartender, Sam Pepper, one of them
for- Jumping upon the bar, when Pepper
Sre- opened fire.
pos
SllIltg at Mrexta.
ex- Guthrie, O. T.. Dec. 12.-Attorney
ova- who 1ived near Canaan Switch, seuth
Sof here, was killed on the main stcr~iit
of this town. Two charges from a
shotgun were fired at him, one of which
eath entered the breast and the other the
•S of hip. He died in about -10 minutes. A.
F. Jordan, who also lives at Canaan
Switch, was arrested. I
Trentonl, Dec U.
papers for 4 oo
laws of New T
p!C 1is 4 : ta"l
enwi disclose :'
.ed.. to construct, operate and CO
4,44I" transportation undertakings.. te
__t es s ar for transporta
if tion by land or ater in any states sand
- in anr+l tfo .countries.
* It qn it was believed
th$ee s gart .was for the -pa.
pose ofU carrying into effect one of,..
many railroad combinations ws-hic
have been recenttly talked of."
O VuE- TO DEATH. -
II t In aW rae In4 WI anIew
.. .. k Are Dead.
aolts, :la.,.#ec. 12.-G. L. 'Powell,
i- nd J. . 4-se treet. both prominent
naval stores manufacturers shot and
-f tkilled each other in a face to face duel
d near here. Overstreet went to Powells'
e turpentine -stil, =tawe miles west of
- here, to see about some hands. The
- tw men had sha ords and both
d r o and commenced
ag . tom sns are at pres
ent obtainable, both men emptied their
revolvers without doing any damage.
Powell then went .into the house and
Scame o. Au ,a riffle. Both fired to
h eher. man fell. Overstreet
a. l slhoati forhead and Powell
b just below the heart. Overstreet was
he instantly killed and Powell lived only
t-, an hour. Powell was one of the lare
an est operators and owners of turpen
as tne lands in Florida.
ht
In iii rmstn t.. Deed.
as city ' Mexicoi 12.-Jose Hy
ng14 D rte. delegate of Bra
ezil ' aton tconference,
hi cled here trom ineumonia complicated
with heart trouble.
He was a native of Pernambuco,
Brazil. 54 years of age. He had been
st a professor of lay ernambuco uni
H. versity, a senatiQ, minister of fns- -
he tic, member of the 'n preme court and
it- recettly minister -toMexico and dele
ýco gate and first vice president ofithe
ol- Pan-American conference. His wife.
le daughter and young son are here.
en A. Fontoura Xavier, first secretary
ey of the legation here, will assume the
of. duties of hr d'affaires, and it is
Ire presumed la s the delegate of Bra
s aill to4th co aeonce.
Patteersw Will a e DfIportaml.
Manila, Dec. 1.-The supreme court
dismissed the writ of habeas corpus
I In the eo of Plaiterson, the English
,;. man, pverst- e secretary to Sixto Lopes,
.he d.hPe portatios sought by the sa;
rri thorities :here, as he refused to take
M the oath of allegiance to the United
tla States when he landed at Manila.
he Patterson will be deported on the
rn first steamer boind feo Hong Kong.
Pr ereMrs. w'sellil, ir ;e~asst Ows.
it Sanan Francisco, Dec. 12.-The deeds of
t r- gift execuited by Mrs. Jane L. Staord,
a conveying property valued at rfrom
$a. $28,000,000 to $30.000.000 to the Leland
Staniford. Jr., aniversaty do not affect
her control of that institution during
enher life time. The total of her endoew
ws' ment Is said to be three times greater
rr than was ever before given by one in
divtdual to educationil purposes in the
the history of the wprld.
vit
tho Oppose tagle statehood.
de- Muskogee, I. T., Dec. 12.-Opponents
d it of single statehood br Oklahoma atlr
Indian Territory snit here Tuesday.
e he meeting, wLebh wag attended b
about 60 delegates, eI merely the be
ber ginning of an organe ation intended to
it- fight the union of Oklahoma and the
th- Indian Territory as one state; the del
,ig gates want two states or none.
and
he LWstS WIrk *rf Deepsedees.
The Van.t.-Alich.,,,ec. 12.-While In a
ght ~t af doeslip.de over his inability
ti- to liei Woia~di provide for his family,
John Xinoe cuths. arijte's throat, the
throat of a It-yabii-d son, slashed a
younger son ha ,*heik committed sil
-Jo- cide by cuttiaugis own throat.
and
Dan EVieamens Sad5er Deed.
roat ells.mi, Dec. 11.-Rev. Geo. Platter
the, on, pAst-* nf Grace Episcopal church,
ar' died here qt heart tailpe. Dr. Patter
The son was 72 yena of agdlnd a native
and of Boston. Re *as one of thsmost
the prominent of ]Ollacopahlan clergymen.
i by
lm p-oslo nt f ~Pel't n Me'l.
Sharon, Pa., Dec. 12.--A terrifica e
plosion of Inolten met oceurred it
'dry the Sharon Steel works here. Eleven
t in men were badly injured, three will
)on- probably die. and windows in more
sa- than 100 houses were shattered.
ash
the OCltrase. Des. P.hed.
hem London. Dec. 12.-At a session of the
pper privy .ouncil Monday King Edward
definitely fixed Jtine 26, 1902, as the
date for his eoronation. He also de
cidea that parliament woeld meet
ney Jan. 16.
suth
miet Uute G a D~ eserase.
na Boston, Dec. 12.-Gen. Collins, Dem.
hich pcrat, for mayor, defeated Mayor iawt,
the Republican, by about 15,000. Two
A. ngo in the same .preci..- hart,1p a
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