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Daily lighi U(i 1ST IK, 1»OH \l Mltl ll 11' OHIO LAWYERS SUE GOVERNOR Chief Executive ol Oklahoma Made Defendant in $9,900 Suit. defendintTehies debt Declares Thai at thr Most He Does Not Owe Complainants More Than $3,500—Governor Not Scared. Gutherie, Okla . Aug. 19.—John P. Bailey and Dan M. Bailey, attor neys of Ottawa, Ohio, yesterday filed suit in the United States court here against Governor C. N. Haskell to recover $9,900, alleged due them for attorney's fees in representing him in several cases. Lillle E. Has kell. wife of the governor, is also made a co-defendant in the case. Judgment is asked for the amount with interest at C per cent from date of filing. Their petition alleges that said sum of $9,900 "is due and unpaid and the defendants and each of them failed and refused to pay the same." The account appended to the suit as an exhibit sets out several items in the following cases: Calvin X. Broadhead vs. C. K. Haskell, in the common pleas court and supreme court, April 2?, 1907, $2,800, less $1,000 credit; John P. Bailey, trus tee, T. O. & C. Railroad company al., in common pleas court, Aug laise county. $3,200; services pre venting sale of securities at Colum ι bun. Ohio, bv thp trust company, il 00; Ullle Κ Haskell Colum bus Savings Trust company, in common pleas and circuit courts of Franklin county, Î1.700; in case John P. Bailey vs. Illinois Steel com pany, $1,020: John T. Adams vs. Illinois Steel company, $1,020: ad vice and other services, $Γ>00. Governor Haskell made the fol lowing statement relative to the suit: "If Bailey & Bailey can show me that I owe them anything I will pay It. I paid them every cent their ser vices were worth, and I will venture that under the Ohio statutes, which fixes lawyer's fees, these services would not total $3,Γ>00. Some peo ple think that when a man holds public office he can be. scared into most anything, but I am willing t.-> let the court decide whet lier I owe them anything." FINISHING UP THK WOKK. Bra/os Valley Tracks Will Soon Be Ready for Heavy Trains. The work of ballastng the Trini ty and Brazos \ alley tracks between this city and Teague will soon be finished. A short, gap in the city is now being closed and then the side tracks will be ballasted. The track will be in fine condition for the es tablishment of the through service on September 6. W. C. Connor. Jr., of Houston, general freight agent, was in the city Tuesday. He said about twenty work trains would be pulled off Sep tember 1 and the engines transfer red to the freight service. This will necessitate a complete reorganiza tion of the operating department and it is expected that several official changes will be made. Washington Architect Coming. Washington, Aug. 18.—William Windom of the office of the super vising architect has been sent to Texas to inspect sites offered for public buildings in the various towns of the state. EARTH SHAKES «MOWS CRACK Minerva Sends Stall Hurlling Through Rool ol Califor nia Courthouse. EUREKA HAS A BIG FRIGHT Th ree Ί reinors in Rapid Succession f hn>ws People ol California I own Inlo Panic—Many Uiimneys Are Shaken Down. Eureka. Cal., Auk 18.— Three sharp earthquake shocks which knocked down more lhan 100 chim neys. shattered about forty plate glass windows la the business dis trict of Eureka, broke much crock ery in the houses and sent many people scurrying from their beds into the streets, occurred here ear ly yesterday. The damage reported so far is estimated at between $2, 000 end $3,000. The first and sharpest shock came at 2:58 a. m. It was almost as severe as the one felt here April 18 and 19. At 3:08 another lighter shock was experienced, followed by a third at 5:30 o'clock. The first shock caused practical ly all the damage. Besides shaking down many chimneys and breaking I crockery, the trembles caused the i sixteen foot statue of Minerva on I the county court house to drop her ι heavy staff which crashed through jthe root' into Superior Judge Hunt's : courtroom. The walls of the court 1 house were cracked in several pla ] ces, but the damage is not great. I The walls of the Carnegie library ' building, erected seven years ago at ja cost of $25,000, were slightly ! cracked Reports from the Zaya ranch, six ι miles north of Eureka, state that ' the earthquake caused a big fissure I in the earth half a mile in length. A j number of chimneys were thrown I down in that vicinity, but otherwise little damage was done. HAS A WAR ON VAGRANTS. ι I City Marshal Wants it Understood ! His Town Is Not an Asylum. ! City Marshal Tom Morgan of En nis stated yesterday that the driving J of negroes out of some localities is ι apt to cause them to bank up in ] other towns less hostile toward them : and he wants them to understand ! that, while worthy, peaceable and : industrious characters will not be : bothered, Ennis will not furnish ' asylum for worthless bums, white 1 or black, and he proposes to enforce ; the vagrancy laws to the limit. I He says there is plenty of work I to be done on the farms and men J who come to Ennis must work or I move on. ; GREAT COTTON CROP EXPECTED Railroads Prepare to Handle tlie Fleecy Staple. Dallas ,Tex., Aug. 18.—The of ficials of Texae railroad lines be lieve that Texas is going to have a large coton crop this year, and they are ριον ng it In various ways. For instance, the Missouri, Kansas and Texas ailroad company is enlarg iMi ttr cotton platforms at scores ot stations and other railroads are adopting a similar course. One Mis souri, Kansas and Texas station agent writes to headquarters at Dat as that the present cotton platform is too small by a third to handle the bales expected for shipment this year. Railroad companies are laying in supplies of cotton hooks, trucks, re pairing every available flat car and Instructing car accountants to se cure by every possible means the line's rolling stock by September 1. The car shortage Is looked forward to with more seriousness than earl ier in the season. "If the business is as large as we expect," said a traffic man, "we will be loading cotton into box care, cat tle cars, and we may have to use the available space, on the tender of the freight engines." The last re mark was humorously made, al though the official waa serious about the car shortage and the roqulr· ira»·ilts to bo made upon his depart ment to meet the situation H J Owens, commercial agent ( f tin Missouri Pacific lines, has re turned from a trip to B1 Paso and points in West Texas West Texas is a flower garden this year," he said 1 believe that the cotton looks better there than It does In central and southern Texas. I noted that the Texas and Pacific is making pre parations to handle the crop by en larging cotton platforms and doing other neessary work." Sali Antonio ()<l<t Fellows. The San Antonio Gazette of Aug ust 12 says Every chair in the Odd Fellows' hail was occupied last night and everyone who was present was glad to be there It was a memorable meeting of San Antonio Lodge, No. 11. Indepen dent Order of Odd Fellows, the mother of the order in this city. Three Past ('.rand Masters and a number of the other active members of Grand Lodge of Texas were among those present. Among them were the ever young veteran. Past Grand Master C. R Gibson, editor of the Texas Odd Fellow ; Grand Master ('. A Keller. Past Grand Master and 1'ast Grand Chief Patriarch J. K. Powers of Iowa. Past Grand W. 1* Sebastian, member of the "senate" of the Grand Lodge of Texas; Past Grand S. C. Son, a constant attend ant of the Grand Lodge meetings. Of course there were many others whose names were not mentioned. Under the head of the good of the order a timely aud eloquent address was delivered by Past Grand W. P. Sebastian. This was warmly applaud ed. Then that grand and beloved vete ran who never will grow old. Past Grand Master C. Κ Gibson, editor and a life long fraternalist, delivered a soul stirring ora tion that aroused the enthu siasm of everyone in the hearing of his voice. It was a gem of oratory and was full of historical informa tion of the most inspiring character. That it aroused the enthusiasm ol hi-j brothers of the triple link sr that they could not hold their fre quent applause testifies to its mer it as well as their unbounded love for dear old-young "Uncle Charlie," as the children of the Odd Fellows' Widows' and Orphans' Home at Cor sicana call him. That Widows' and Orphans' home, as he stated in his oration is the oldest, largest and the best endowment and equipped institution of that character in the state of Texas, and no grander mon ument of practical benevolence of Texas Odd Fellowship can be erect ed. It is the sanctuary of every Texas Odd Fellow and is the pride of the order througout the whole world. After the business meeting of the lodge was closed a refreshment feast of several kinds of ice cream, home made cake, sandwiches, etc., was served in the ante rooms of the hall and received the appreciative atten dance of all present until just time to catch the last car for home. Dr. C. W. Simpson has returned from Lake Chautauqua, Ν. Y. Mrs Simpson and the children will re main there until about September 1 CASTRO CREATES EW SENSATION Declines to Let the Brazilian Minister Look Alter the French Interests. THINGS ARE TOPSY TURVY Mad Diclalor of Venezuela Continues to Run things According to His Own Ideas—French In terests Neglected. Caracas, Auk. 17, Via Wlllem stead Aug. 10. A sensation has been caused in diplomatic circles by the refusal of President Castro to permit the Brazilian minister to take charge of French interests here, although Dr. Jose Paul, the minister of foreign affairs, origi nally agreed to this. As a conse- i quence of the attitude of Castro, the foreign minister has indited a second not to the effect that the government refuses to accede to this arrangement because the dispute between Venezuela and France bears close relation to Venezuela's dis pute with the United States, and the proposed arrangement will there fore endanger the continuance of friendly relation with Brazil. The French interests necessarily are be ing neglected, and many monthly installments due to French claimants are still uncollected. It is unlikely, [in view of the present state of af I fairs, that President Castro will per mit the representative of any for eign country to take the French in terests in hand. ! CREAT GAY FIR THE CHILDREN Special I rain Conveys Orphans irom Corsicana to Waxahachie. Nearly two hundred bright faced and neatly dressed children from the Odd Fellows' Widows' and Or phans' Home at Corsicana had a gala day at West End park in Wax ahachie Wednesday. A special train was operated ovei tlie Houston and Texas Central railroad for the ac commodation of the children, wid ows, teachers, officers and employes of the home. The train arrived in Waxahachie about 8:4» and was met at the passenger station by a large reception committee from the local lodge. The children formed a pretty and impressive sight as they as sembled in line to march to the pub lic square where street cars were waiting to convey them to the |>ark. Their tidy appearance attracted many complimentary expressions as they marched from the railroad sta ' tion to the street cars. The proces sion was headed by the Boy's band. Although the children came here as the guests of Waxahachie Lodge No. 80, all tin lodges in the county t'.nd the public ingeneral had a cordial invitation to ai'end and take part in the festivities. The attendance was large and the triple link people vied with each other in their efforts to make the day one of pleasure foi the children. Long winded, tiresome speeches v cre tabooed. Congressman Ja. k Beall delivered a short address ol welcome and the response in behall of the children was by Grand Sec retary Walker of Dallas. At 12 o'clocx a magnificent din ner was spread on long tables in the park grove. If anyone went awaj hungry it was his or her fault. Tht children weie given a right of waj at the tables and when they wer« t'irough therfl ivas enougnt left tc feed the remainder of the people and then some. Delightful music wa^t furnlshqd by the Boy's band, which was organ ized in the home several months ago Under the direction of a trained musician the boys have made won derful development along musica Unes. After dinner nu 1 been disposed oi the children were given the freedon of the grounds and were permitted tc entertain the people In their owi way. No on· contributed more toward making the occasion a pleasant one for the orphans than did Hon. C. R. Gibson, editor of the Texas Odd Fellow. Every child in the home knows him and they delight, in call ing him 1'ncle Charley. Wherever Uncle Charley was seen today the children were grouped around him. He always has pleasant words and a bit of fatherly advice for the lit tle fellows, and they never grow tiled hearing film talk. THAIN Al'MTOlt ASSAULTED. Ticket Taker oil Flyer Cut on Hand by ObetrejM'rouN Coon. The auditor on the southbound Katy Flyer was assaulted by a negro at the depot here Tuesday night and cut on the hand with a pocket knife. The assault was made when the au ditor attempted to eject the negro from the train. After whipping out a knife and slashing the trainman across the hand the negro jumped from the train and made his escape through the crowd on the depot platform. YOUNG MAN HAS A CLOSE CALL Hit t>y Few Shot that Puss Through I Door Sert en. I ] Nearly the entire charge from one ' barrel of a double barrel shotgun ι which was accidentally tired Tues ; day afternoon passed through one I of the screen doors of \V. B. Rey | millier s paper and paint store. Mr. I Reymuller's clerk, Luther Allen, was hit on the hand by several of the shot. Some of the shot punctured cans of paint which were sitting in front of the store. The accident occurred in a rather peculiar manner.Two young men who were traveling through the country on horseback hitched their horses to a telephone pole in front of C. A. Arnold's music store. A double bar rel shotgun was tied to the horn of one of the saddles. The weapon is supposed to have been discharged by the horse shaking itself. The charge of shot struck the cement sidewalk in front of the store, glanc ed upward and passed through the screen. Mr. Allen was sitting in a chair at the end of the counter and some four or Ave of the little missiles hit on the back of the hand, barely breaking the skin. The report of the gun attracted a large crowd to the scene. E. L. Feray says he Is willing to give $10 toward the co&slruction of a sidewalk on Washington street, from Madison street to the Brazos Valley right of way. Two or three other citiiens have expressed a will ingness to contribute something. It Is not a very appealing proposition to build sidewalks for other people, but this le a case where something should be done and that at once. Read the Advertisements. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES f It will be hard to find a line of fruits and | vegetables that will equal ours. We receive J shipments of fruits almost daily direct from California and you can't beat them. Our veg etables are a choice lot and we can satisfy ! : χ, tl IWItV 1^1 UliU »» V, V.UII JUll J I j i I the most exacting household. | : ===== I Phones \ 3 J. B.HINES i ! ♦ ♦ Nice, Fresh, Sweet Cakes | I We have a large stock and well assorted line of ♦ Sweet Cakes in packages. Soda crackers in packs t and bulks. All fresh goods. R_oy Connally Ù Co., | f. Why Not Be Our Customer? Our stock is complete end as food as the best. Our services are unequaled. Our prices are right. Our specialties are nice Melons, Fine Fruits, Eggs, Chickens and Butter. E.. C. LUMLEY, Both Phones 31 Opposite P. O. Olive Branch Flour and Swifts Ham and Bacon makes eating worth while. Substantial food, if is the right kind will argee with anyone. Phone us an χ order for a sack ot Olive Branch and a Swift's Ham. ♦ 0I"*-· P. P. SMITH Ô CO. "ST Toilet Soaps of most every des cription can be found at our store. We have the kinds that can be used for any purpose. We have the kinds that are highly perfumed We have the kinds for everybody, we have the kind you are looking for. flff OIK 11 Only the Best AUGUST PRICES ON SUMMER WEARABLES. Men's Suits $25 Suits 512 50 20 Suits 10 00 15 Suits 7 50 12 50 Suits 6 25 Straw Hats $3.00 Straw $1 50 2.50 Straw 1.25 2.00 Straw 1 00 1.50 Straw 75 Low Shoes. $5.00 Oxfords $3.75 4.00 Oxfords 3 00 3.50 Oxfords 2.50 3.00 Oxfords 2 00