The Rice belt journal., February 20, 1914, Image 2

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NEWS OF THE STATE
SI DROWN AS
A PACKET BURNS
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMER GEM
IS DESTROYED NEAR
HAHNSVILLE.
Wtr torn N,.w pn,,er T" fa N trwt S.rvice.
New Orleans.--Six persons were
drowned when the river packelt Gemn
vas destroyed ." fire opposite Ilahn
villA, 40 miilFs up the Mississippi river
from New Orleans.
The dead: E. J. Cromeaux. 20 years
old, son of ('apt. R. J. ('omeaux, and
clerk of thie boat; W. 1E. iLarre, one of
the best known river pilots in the
New Orleans district: S. ILariox, an
old negro steward, well known to river
men; two negro roustabouts and a
negro woman passenger.
Those who succeeded in swimming
ashore from' the burning vessel were
brought to this city by train. Capt
Comeaux of the Gem was badly burn
ed. He was taken to his home here
In a serious condition.
$43,000,000 FOR THE RIVERS
,Bill Carries Larger Amount Than
Was Originally Intended.
Western Newspaper Union New. qervice.
Washington.-Appropriations aggre
gating $43,000,000 for waterway im
provement projects all over the coun
try are provided in the rivers and har-'
bore bill, to be reported to the house
within a week. This total is less by
about $5,000,000 than that of last year.
It is larger than was contemplated at
the outset of this session of Congress,
however, and comes as a result of ap
peals from various sections urging the
commercial growth of the country and
the vital necessity of the projects.
"The bill is featured by a $7,000,000
appropriation for the improvement of
the Mississippi river up as far as
'Rock Island, Ill.
rNEW IBERIA AND NORTHERN
I'ts Sale to the Frisco May Be Com
pletely Set Aside by Receivers.
Western Newspaper Union News Servlce.
St. Louis, Mo.-The purchase by the
Prisco of the New Iberia and North
ern railroad, oxe of the "feeder lines"
in which B. F. Yoakum was heavily
interested, will be completely rescind
ed if negotiations now under way be
tween- the Frisco receivers and the
St. Louis Union Trust Company are
successful. The plan provides that
'the New Iberia and Northern shall be
turned back to the syndicate which
'built it, and that the Frisco (bliga
tions totaling more than $3,500,000
'shall be canceled. The amounts ov
ing to the St. Louis Union Trust Com
pany also would have to be paid off t
before the property was turned back >
%by the syndicate. I
Former Judge James W. Lusk of St.
Paul, senior Frieco receiver, corro
'borated the fact that the Frisco will
rid itself of the burden connected
with the New Iberia line by canceling
tha whole transaction. c
"The plan is for the Priaco to get
back what it puit into the proposition,
and for the other creditors to get back
what they put into it," said Judge
Lusk, "thus leaving the New Iberia in
the hands of the syndicate." a
It is said on high authority that d
'both the Southern Pacific system and A
the New Orleans, Texas and Mexico p
railroad would like to acquire the New P
Iberia property, which extends for 88 a
miles from Port Barre to Shadyside. ti
The agreement for the purchase of a
the New Iberia by the Frisco was o
made just three days before the Frisco r
went into the receivership. '
Walters Trial in April. P
OpelouRas, La.--W. C. Walters, al- i
leged kindnaper of Robert Dunbar, N
when arraigned in the districtP court, N
pleaded not guilty. At the request of A
Attorneys Dale and Rawls, of Colum-' N
bla, Miss., representing Walters, the it
trial was set for April 13 instead of
April C. the date originally agreed
'Upon.' The delay was granted on rep
,resentation by counsel for the defense C
that it would be impossible to assem- .
tble witnesses sooner. A special term to
will be called to try the case.
8atsumas to Be Tried at Crowley. F
Crowley, La.---Flve hundred Satsu- re
ma orange trees have been received la
for distribution in this section. About te
2,000 have beet planted this year in a
and around this city. tb
Death of Capt. J. E. Morris.l
Monroe, La.-Capt. John E. Morris,
ed 83 years, one of the best known
citisen of Ouachfta pariah, died Feb.
9, after an illness of several months, U
Captain Morris is survived by three
daghters, Mrs. W. K. Duncan of Aq.
ton, Mrs. iK N. Faulk and Mas R. L. i
Rinehart of ~est Monroe, and two B,
sons, Mr. W. L. Morris of West MIon- at
ros, and Capt. J. Mrnest Morris of the I a
United States Army, now htationed W.
near San Francisco,
MUSIC TEACHERS TO MEET
Arrangements Being Made for Annual
Convention at Shreveport.
Western XNewsppen r U'nin N*ws 5rvl,'e.
Shr' cport, La.-The fourth annual
con\'vntion of the Louisiana Music
Teachers' Association will le held at
S hre , port. Apiril 1t, 17, 18, 1914, at
alO :,Ille time as the annual convoen
tion of the Public School teachers.
Plans art now being f, rmulat ed th
TI:o Exctutlve Committee for the va
rious sessions \which promise to I:,
not only of unusual interest, but of
\ast imporrtalice to all music teachl
.rs thiroiughout the state. It is ex
Ie)rted that the attendance will he
large, as all members must realize the
necessity of co-operation and the great
benefit to be derived from it.
"Standardization for Music Teach
ers" will be given a prominent place
on the program. It is planned to
devote one of the morning sessions
to the consideration of this subject
There will be special conferences for
piano, voice, theory and public school
music. In these as well as In the
general meetings, papers will be read
by teachers from Homer, Shreveport,
Plneville, Arcadia, Tallulah, Natchi
toches, Lake Charles, New Orleans,
Monroe and other places. At the piano
conference Walter Goldstein will pre
sent the report of the committee ap
pointed at the last year's convention
to consider "Grades in Pianoforte
Teaching."
A serres of excellent musical pro
grams will be given during the con
vention, and special entertainments
for the visiting teachers will be ar
ranged by the Shreveport committee.
The officers of the Louisiana Music
Teachers' Association for 1913-14 are:
President, Mr. Leon Ryder Maxwell,
New Orleans; vice presidents, Miss
Lizzie White, New Iberia: Mrs Helen
Yates Martin, Mr. J. Brownie Martin,
Natchitoches; secretary-treasurer,
Miss Louise Favrot, New Orleans.
Executive Committee, Miss Blanche
McCoard, Miss M. V. Molony, Mrs. J.
MI. Gwinn, New Orleans; Miss Alma
Sabourin, Baton Rouge; Mr. Darden
Ford, Homer; Mr. Walter Goldstein,
Mr. Henri Wehrmann, New Orleans.
All those desiring information in
regard to the Association and its
work may address Miss Louise Fav
rot, 1571 Henry Clay Ave., New Or
leans.
CARNIVAL AT THIBODAUX
y It Promises to be One of the Greatesi
1- Outside of the City of New Orleans.
e Western Newspaper Union News Service.
e Thibodaux, La.--The Thibog.ui
t Carnival promises to be the grandesi
Mardi Gras celebration ever given in
any town outside. of New Orleans,
Mayor Frank Bergeron has received a
telegram from Geo. D. Hunter of the
Texas & Pacific Railroad, in which
he informs the people of this parish
that special excursion rates will be
{ given on the Texas & Pacific between
Donaldsonville and Thibodaux with a
special train running out of Thibo
daux at 10 o'clock on the night of
1 Feb. 24th. Those in charge of the
Thibodaux carnival are planning to
make every minute of the 24th a jolly
one. There will be several parades
t during the day aside from the regular
parade.
Art Exhibition In New Orleans.
New Orleans, La.-Announcement is
made of the formal opening, on Tues
day, Feb. 17, of the New Orleans Art
Association's annual exhibition of
paintings and art crafts. Several
paintings from a number of local
artists have already been received at
the Delgado Museum of Art, and there
are also quite a number on hand from
ouside talent. Among the latter, Cu
rator Charles W. Boyle stated that
two or three valuable contributions
had been reecived from De Voll, of
Providence, R. I.; scenes in Spain, by
Mrs. Francis D. Jones, formerly of
New Orleans, and now residing at
New York, and about twenty by Geo.
A. Clements, also a former resident of
New Orleans, and now one of the lead
ing New York painters.
U. D. C. Chapters Asked to Unite.
New Orleans, La.-New Orleans
Chapter, U. D. C., has voted to send a
most cordial invitation to the two sis.
ter chapters to unite with her in the
short time that remains to bestow
crosses of honor upon the veterans
Feeling that there is but little time
remaining in which to perform this
labor of loved the New Orleans Chap
ter feels that it would be a gracious
act for the chapters to combine in
this loving service to the veterans.
Sells $170,000 Road Bonds.
Crowley; La.--The police jury has
sold the $170,000 bond issue to Chica
go capitalists. The money will be
used in building good roads.
SIuaton Reelects Its Mayor.
Ruston, La.-In the Democratic pri
mary here for municioal officers R.
B. Knott, present mayor, wBas nomin
ated over both his opponents. The
vote ,was as follows: R. B] Knott 175,
W. D. Tarrentine 70, H. A. Knowles
OfFICERS ARE NAMED
BY G[N. M'N[[SE
J. E. EDMONDS BECOMES FIRST
LIEUTENANT OF BATTERY B,
AT NEW ORLEANS.
'Vecteern New spapur 'Unrin New's Servlce
baton Rouge.- -Adjutant General
MlcNeese has issuted his order of the
a!,poiintments and resignations dur
ing the nwhith of January.
The appointment s include J. E. Ed
1monds to be first lieutenant, Battery
H,. New Orleans: Battalion Sergeant
Major Edwin MI. Kurcheedt, to be sec
ond lieutenant, Battery 1T; Sergeant
Thomas Harlie, to be second lieu
tenant Battery B, all of the Washing
ton Artillery; David Adiger, first flieu.
tenant, medical corps; Pleasant D.
Ferguson, captain C, First Infantry;
Lieutenant Claiborne A. Duval, to be
captain Company 'H, First Infantry;
Lieutenant Richard A. Young, to be
battalion adjutant' First Infantry.
The resignations during the month
were: First Lieutenant R. S. Win
gate from Company M, First Infantry;
Second Lieutenant Carl N. Hagius,
Second Separate Troop Cavalry. Cap
tain C. C. McCrury, adjutant of First
Infantry, was named as a member of
the permanent examining board, vice
Captain L. A. Fitch, First Infantry,
resigned.
Adjutant General McNeese has re
ceived information for the War De
partment that the joint maneuvers of
the regular army and the national
guard for the Southern department
will take place either ait Fort Sill,
Okla.,.or Ft. Sam Houston, Tex. Two
provisional divisions will be formed
for the purpose of carrying out a
maneuver campaign, involving the
contact of two forces.
* MEXICAN WARSHIP IGNORED
r Gunboat Zaragosa Was Not Saluted
as it Passed by Jackson Barracks.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New Orleans, La.-When coming up
the Mississippi river to this port, the
Mexican gunboat Zaragosa saluted
with 21 guns as she passed Jackson
Barracks. The salute 'was not ansWer
ed by the guns or by any other man
ner of recoglition.
As the vessel passed the United
States immigrant station the Mexican
t band played Maxican airs, but the
serenade, also passed unnoticed by
government officers there.
At Jackson Barracks it was said of
t ficers had telegraphed to Washington
t for instructions as to what action, if
I any, they should take on the question
of a warship of an unrecognized power
i being in this port. No answer was
received up to the time the Zaragosa
passed the barracks.
Immigration authorities had not ex
pected to inspect the Zaragosa on the
ground that she was a foreign warship
of a friendly power, but it was report
ed from quarantine that three aliens
were aboard. Commfissioner Redfern
gave instructions for an inspector to
meet the Zaragosa when she docked
and to ascertain if any attempt was
being made to bring aliens into this
country unlawfully.
Returning, the war department in
structed the fort to salute the vessel
as it would that of any other power.
Double Midnlght,,uneral Service.
New Orleans, La.-For the first time
in the history of Masonry in America
a double Kodosh service was conduct
ed over the bodies of tsdo thirty-third
degree Masons at the Scottish Rite
Cathedral, beginning at the stroke of
12 midnight. Side by side before the
altar lay the bodies of William J.
Collins, aged 71, who died Saturday
night, and George J. Pickard, aged 86,
who died Sunday night from burns.
The service was conducted by Gus
Levy, himself a thirty-third degree
Mason and grand master of the Ka
dosh. The euploby was deliver.. by
Charles F. Buck, also a thirty-third
degree Mason and sovereign grand in
spector for Louisiana and the Canal
Zone.
Kansas City Southern Family Meeting.
Shrveport, La.-The Kansas City
Southern will hold a family meeting
at the Hotel Ouree, Shreveport, Feb.
23 and 24, and representatives of the
line from all over the system will at
tend. J. F. Holden, the vice presi
dent, will preside, and among the
questions to be considered will prob
ably be the extending and broadening
out of the Southern business general
ly,
Reported Death Was Incorrect
Murfreesboro, Ark.-The report,
published in a Murfreesboro news
paper, of the death of Mrs. R. A. Cook,
at Vivian, La., has proved to be in.
correct, as a letter has been received
here from Prof. Cook, stating that his
wife is recoverin frtm an attack of
illness, and that they will visit Mur
freesboro soon. Prof. Cook was edn
cated in the Nashville schools, and
his wif was fomerly Missu Gladden,
both being 'ell known is this Weottom
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TEXAS NEW WATERWAY PROJECIS
e TO MAKE SURVEYS ALONG GULF
COAST FOR IMPROVEMENTS.
1- Port-Arthur Ship Canal and Colorado
River Improvements Are Among
5, the Recommendations.
it Washington.-While Texas fared ex
ceedingly well in the matter of appro
priations for waterway irqprove
ments, a statement given out Satur
day by Congressman Burgess, Texas
member of the rivers and harbors
committee, indicates further recogni
f tion of the needs of the gulf coast by
1 authorizing surveys of several new
t projects, and has announced the' fol
lowing as agreed upon for Texas in
the bill to be reported to the house
this week:
Port Arthur ship canal, with a view
to making an entrance into Sabine
lake, near Port Arthur.
Austwell, to connect with the inland
waterway in San Antonio bay.
Port O'Connor, for a deep water
harbor.
Colorado river, from the mouth to
Wharton, with a view to removing the
raft, including consideration of any
proposition for co-operation on the
part of local interests.
Lake Charlotte, Chambers County,
with the view to including it in the
West Galveston bay improvements.
Special interest will attach to the
Colorado river survey, as this project
has been reported upon adversely by
the board of engineers, but the deter
mined citizens have refused to be de
nied an opportunity to get river navi
gation and are preparing to share in
the cost of the work if a favorable
report can be secured as tlhe result
of the resurvey now recommended by i
the committee.
In addition to the item of $200,000 s
for the establishment of the Bureau of
Markets, in the interest of the farmer,
the bill carries $378,240 to be used in
fighting the boll weevil, with an ad- n
ditional $46,000 for investigating dis
eases of cotton and, $80,000 is pro
vided for testing the tensile and spin- t
ning strength Of weather damaged cot- d
ton.
For the advancement of the co-op
erative demonstration work, in which a
Texas is deeply interested, the sum s
of $378,000 is provided.
A new departure is the appropria
tion of $5,000 to be spent in conduct- 0
ing electrical experiments for secur- h
ing nitrogen out of the air for use as
fertilizer.
For eradication of the Southern cat
tle tick, $400,000 is appropriated. The it
item for hog cholera prevention is ic
dropped out and placed in a separate M
bill, calling for $500,000, which will in
be taken up under special rule next fr
week and jammed through the house. 2S
Although Secretary Houston de- Ji
clined to ask any appropriation to be D
spent in the free distribution of seeds, of
the committee inserted an item for the m
garden seeds amounting to $270,000 ti
and added $150,000 to be expended by
the secretary in distribution of seeds Ci
of rare plants.
Awards Announced at Corn Show. V
Dallas, Tex.-Awards were an- M
nounced Thursday in the dairy 'and C
creamery butter contests at the Na- th
tional Corn Exposition. The contests br
for creamery butter were for three 5t
zones, Northern, Central and South- na
ern, and Wisconsin won first place LI
for the Northern zone, Illinois for
the Central zone and Texas won all
premiums, for the Southern zone. In
the dairy butter contest, open to all 00
comers, Texas won all of the ten pr
prizes, except the eighth, which was loi
won by an Oregon exhibitor. Peder C
Christenson of Cushing, Wis., won the ch
grand championship for creamery and to
dairy butter. Ju
Chihuahua Banks Taken Over. Rc
Chihuahua, Mex.-Local banks which
discontinued business several months gu
ago as a result of chaotic conditions, Jo
were taken over by the state govern- Mi
ment in a decree issued by Governor Mi
1Chao Wednesday. Ice
Hans Schmldt Sentenced.
New York.-Hans Schmidt was sen
tenced Wednesday to die in the elec- thi
tric chair during the week beginning Th
March 23 for the murder of Anna Au. of
muller' twi
IS UNGUARDED CONVICIS 10 BUILD HIGHWAYS
Governor Signs Contract Whereby
SF Fifty Convicts Will Be Placed
on Road. Work on Honor.
Austin, Tex.-A contract of state
do wide interest and importance was con
summated Monday when the governor
sanctioned an agreement whereby fif
ty convicts are to be placed in public
,x- road work in Texas and will be en
.o- gaged in their labors without guards.
re- This is a most important precedent
ir- in this state, though it has been tried
as successfully in Colorado, Illinois and
rs one or two other states where many
71- miles of the finest macadamized roads
have been constructed at a ,minimum
w cost. The convicts are given whole
1- some labor in the open air with the
in ever present guards removed, thus
stirring the men's responsibility and
self-respect.
'If the experiment soon to begin in
e Texas proves a success, it is easily
predicted that there will soon be
many miles of fine highways travers.
ing this "broad land.
Under the contract consummated
Monday fifty convicts will be sent to
to Smith County within the next ten days
to work the roads radiating from Lin
dale in what is known as Road Dis
trict No. 1, which issued $75,000 worth
e of bonds. It, is hoped to build sixty
miles of macadam road under this ap
propriation with convicts. The road
district will pay $15 per month for
the hire of men, likewise it will feed
and care for them.
Of the $15 to be paid the state,
$y $7.50 will go to the penitentiary fund
r- and $7.50 will be credited to the per
sonal account of the convict. This
last will be an encouragement to the
men to work and maintain good rec
ords as prisoners, and it will also tend
t6 popularize this class of labor and
y incite the convicts to apply for out.
side assignments.
Second Protest Is Entered.
City of Mexico.-Charge O'Shaugh
nessy made a second protest Saturday
to President Huerta against the news
.paper El Imparcial, which continues
to publish personal attacks on Presi
dent Wilson.
The charge went to the president,
who assured him that he regretted the
attacks, and would see that they were
stopped once for all.
General Huerta said he would not
tolerate such attacks on the president
of the United States any more than
he would similar attacks on himself.
Court Upheld Pool Hall Law.
Austin, Tex.-In a majority decis
B ion in the court of civil appeals the
s local option pool hall law was upheld
3 Wednesday The motion for rehear.
1 ing in the case of Charles Francis,
t from Wilbarger, was overruled in a
27-page opinion by Judge Harper, with
- Judge Prendergast affirming. Judge
Davidson dissented. The affirmation
of this test case means that pool laws
must go where voted out by local op
tion elections.
5 Confederate Begins Lincoln Memorial,
Washington.-While freezing winds
dwept across the Potomac from the
Virginia hills where .stands the Lee
Mansion at Arlington, a bareheaded
SConfederate officer Thursday opened
Sthe simple exercise that marked the
breaking of the ground for the con
struction of the marble memorial the
nation is about to erect to Abraham
Lincoln.
Mother Is Made Executrix. i
Milwaukee, Wis.--'he bond of $10,
000 was filed in the Hennepin County
probate court Tuesday for Mrs. Del- t
lora R. Gates, mother of the late t
Charles R. Gates, and she was given d
charge of all the property belonging 2
to her son in Minnesota by order of t
Judge John Dahl. a
Royalty Dined With American Girl,
London.-The king and queca were
guests at dinner Wednesday of Mrs, a
John Hubert Ward at Dudley House.J
Mrs. Ward before, her mtarriage was si
Miss Jean Reid, daughter of the Amer. E
Ican ambassador.
Gave Birth t.Five CIhildren. o
Taylorsville, Ky.- Five children,
three bloys and two girls, were born
Thursday to Mrs. Byrtha Drury, wife ye
of a Spencer Couny farmer. The n
two irl1 died. t
7 MAY AIiEMP1 TO RS BOA
REBELS PREPARING TO G
HOLD OF GEN. SALAZAR.
He Appeals to United States Office
to Protect Hirn-Troops Are
on Guard.
El Paso, Tex.--:n :, u; ul in th
attempt last week tc c, u a mil
tary expedition aga i a. na "tll:,iitutional
ists in Juarez by ::sen.in teti, ar ,
and horses across t!,:( ;:ldier near
Ys!eta, federal syn hi; ! :s in El
Paso are urganizinl; :: er move.
mfent by which thy in: ,:;l to cross
over several hiundt i i within i
few days to wae- .:,r . ( ost
tutionalists. Inform:v! t . - ': rdingthe
planned military rio,,, . haid been
obtained by goverti:; ' ials at
E1 Paso, and a stli'it i. is bs
ing maintained aloL t. b' iiorder by
the UIni td Statesl r,.,~,- r oi ve't
it from being succ' :.t ;: rri. I out
A quantity of arn:s;, :an;~i:, iaion and
dynamite was dis.o\ < . I,,- soldierg
of the Fifteenth cavalry on tl,ho Alds
rete ranch near Ysict:t Saturday and
army officers beli.:c,.e that this we
to be used in the filibuettring expedl.
tiot which was planned for last week
to cross to Mexico and attack Juarez
The war munitions wer. hidden i_,
an irrigation ditch on the ranch. The
material has been con:iscated by the
military authorities.
General Jose Ynez Salazar, who is
an inmate of the Fort Bliss prison
camp, fears that the constitutionalists
will make an attempt to rush the sol"
dier guard over him in order to give
the impression that they are going to
assist him to escape so that the
American soldiers will carry out the
d orders to shoot him if he attempts
d to escape. Salazar has sent word to
General Scott that this is to be at,
s tempted and has asked that he be
a given protection in such case. In re
. ply, General Scott has notified Sal;
e zar that if he so desires, he will place
him in the soldier guard house at
Fort Bliss. - .
Salazar, through his attorney, Elfe.
2 go Baca of Albuquerque, N. M., noti
fled General Scott that he would make
no effort to escape from his prison.
He said he knew that any such an at.
tempt would be useless becausA of his
I guards.
Maximo Ctastillo is still at large l~
the hills west of Pearson, Chihuahua,
thohgh he is being hunted by hunn
dreds of constitutionalist troops. Casr
tillo is believed to be in hiding at one
of the many small ranches in the
mountainous districts west of Pear.
son and is being sheltered by the na
tive ranchmen. Nearly every Mexican
of the lower class in the district is a
sympathizer of Castillo's because in
the past he has divided up amongst
them a great deal of his loot and sums,
of money he has extorted from Amel
'ans after holding them for ransom.
Senator Bacon Passes Out.
Washington. - Augustus Octavius
Bacon, United States senator from
Georgia for nearly nineteen years and
chairman of the foreign relations com
mittee since the ascendancy of the
democratic party March 4, 1913, died
in a hospital Saturday in Washington
after an illness of ten days. He was.
the first United States senator elected
by direct vote of the people under the
seventeenth constitutional amend
ment. Though Senator Bacon had
been seriously Ill with kidney trouble
and complications developing from a:
broken rib, his death was unexpected.
It came suddenly at 2 o'clock In the
afternoon and news of the end fell
upon the senate as a shock while i
was in executive session.
Senate Adds About $5,000,009.
Washington.-Nearly $5,000,000 had,
been added to the total of the post
office appropriation bill as it passed
the house when the senate committee
Wednesday completed its work on the
measure. It carried $310,000,000, the
largest amount ever appropriated for
postal 'purpos s.
Eighty-Seven Carloads Precooled.
San Benito, Tex.-Since the open
ing of the shipping season in the
lower Rio Grande Valley eighty-seven
carloads of vegetables have been pre
cooled at the Ilcal precooling plant,
exceeding last year's record for the
same time by twenty-two cars.
Two Bridges to Be Erected.
Wharton, Tex.-The county commis/
sioners have entered into a contract
for the construction of two bridges
in the county which were washed
away by the recent flood. One will
span the Colorado river at Glen
Flora and the other Peach creek at
Spanish Camp.
52,646 Births In Texas in 1913.
Austin, Tex.-According to statifs
ties from the registrar of ,vital statis
tics there were 52,646 births reported
during the fiscal year of 1912-1913 and
25,331 deaths. For the years 1910-1912
there were 110,285 births recorded
and 54,893 deaths.
Bounty of $107 Paid at Boerne,
Boerne, Te'.--The hides of thirty-:
one wildcats, ne coyote and fifteen' .
Joboes or timber wolves were pre-.
sented to the commissioners court of
Kendall County, in session this week.
The court ordered paymnent of a total
of $107 as the bounty.
Avlatgr Crosses Mont Blanc.
Aoste, France.-M. Parmelin, a-"
young French 'avi4tor, Wednesday
flew over Mont Blane at a height ofal
three milea.