The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-05-08
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THEIR ALARMING MORTALITY
NEAR SAN ANTONIO WORTHY OF
SOME CONSIDERATION
The Recent Floods Plant a Fine
Crop of German Carp
y Around Kyle!
Galesville's Whiskey Men Rele-
gated into the Background
by Actual Count!
And a Doctor From the Alamo
City is Punished for
IndiscretiOn
FROM DALLAS.

Special Telegram to The Statesman.
DALLAS, May 2.-The first through
train from st. Louis, via the IroI
Mountain and Texas & Pacific rail
ways, that has come through in ;
week, passed west tonight. 1t haC
ten passenger coaches. All the IroI
Mountain washeuts are reported re
paired. No trains have come through
from st. Louis via the Missouri Pa
cific in the past two days. The big
bridge over the Verdigris river in thG
Indian Territory is reported swept
away. The rains to the north and
east the past few days are said to have
been very destructive.
Upwards of forty Baptist ministers
left from various points ia north
Texas to attend the national meeting
at Baltimore, which assemblies on
May 8. Over 100 ministers will be in
attendance thereat from this state.
Sheriff Smith to-day received the
following telegram from his excellen-
cy, Gov. Ireland: "What is there in
the reported fence cutting at Cock
rell's pasture ? Can do anything to
aid your"
Sheriff Smith answered that the
fence was cut, but that the fence cut
tiers are unknown and that no assis-
tance is needed.
the work of the vandals. No pains
will lie spared by the county authori-
ties to apprehend and punish them.
DALLAS, May 2.-Parties in Sher-
man have purchased the Dallas stall
lion Jerome Turner" showing mile
in 222 and making the half mile with
nlIf hraKn m rauin0 fnr hin,
$4,000. He is to be taken to the Chi
cago spring meeting, and if he shows
up all right will go through the big
circuits.
DALLAS, April 1910 the surprise
OF everybody the Baum trial termina-
ted abruptly to-day, ION a plainly ap-
parent flaw IN theIbill of Indictment,
which read Texas 81 Pacific railway
company" ipthe copy of the bill of
lading, while the original bill of
lading offered in testimony reads
Missouri Pacific railway company"
On motion OF the county attorney this
particular case was dismissed, and
the jury discharged.
DALLAS, April 30.-Col. G. s. Nit
chell, president of the ex-confederate
association, sent a communication to-
day to Major Robert Burns, of Waco,
secretary of Hoods Brigade Associa-
ton, urging that Hoods Brigade meet
in Dallas with the other ex-confeder-
ateS in the great reunion to commence
August 6, and continue one week, in
stead of June q, the time fixed for
the reunion OF Hoods Brigade at
Dallas.
DALLAS, May 3.-The leading
white republicans of Dallas have be-
come revolutionary since the outcome
of the fourth state convention. They
have taken preliminary steps to Or
ganize white mans republican party
from the club rosters from the meet
ings and management of which the
negroes are to lie excluded. A club
organization was started to-day, and
officers are to be elected soon. The
motto, as announced by the starters,
is the "nigger must CO." The men,
bership of the new organization is
mostly business men and the genial
better element of the white republic
cans. They say if the negro can be
unloaded from the republican party,
and allowed to vote where he pleases,
the party will be strengthened within
two years by an addition of at least
100000 white votes from among the
most intelligent, wealthy and intluen-
tial elements of the state, and that
the cattle men, their employees and
friends can be secured almost bodily.
This movement, organized at Dallas
to day, will spread. Among the
prominent republicans from abroad
consulting with the local leaders to-
day were United States Marshal j. u.
Tracy and Postmaster johnson, of
Houston; General Mallory, collector
of customs, and Mr.. Patric, editor OF
The German Post, Galveston, and Geo.
Hazwell, private secretary to Con-
gresham Tom Ochiltree, Washing
ton, ID. c., and A. w. Clifford, of the
San Antonio Daily Light.
DALLAS, May 3.-Mrs. lack. Toli-
yer died suddenly this morning. She
was one of the most popular society
ladies in Dallas.
Judge Aldredge oyerruled the mo-
ton of the state for increasing the
bond for Morgan Cammack from $15,-
600 to $4,000 for the reason that the
present sum appears to keep him in
jail. He also refused Cammack's mo-
ton for a reduction of bond on &C
count of his propensity for running
away.
Judge Aldredge sentenced James
Crawford and John Daley to two
years in the penitentiary for bur-
glary. This Is Crawford's third term
A carpenter named Miller to-day
adopted the boy baby waif found on
DR.. Morton's gallery a few mornings
ago, and which the Dallas Herald
published as the illegitimate offspring
of Annie Rivers, of Galveston. Mrs
Rivers is threatening to sue the Her
aid for libel. as she still has her OWL
child, and never has deserted it.
Morgan Cammack and E. d. castor
have been placed together in large
comfortable room in the jail. M
fight has taken place between then
yet.
A big washout occurred on thu
Texas q Pacific between Dallas anC
Marshall, and there are no trains to
day.
The Missouri-Pacific's damages ar
repaired, and regular trains were re
sumed this evening.