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Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03
EXECUTOR S0UIB8
WAS SURPRISED
Astounded at Quantity and Quality
CT Goods In House.
MANSION OF MYSTERY
Ir Residence of Late Mrs. King the
Executor Pound Articles Worth
Two Hundred and Fifty
Thousand Dollars.

New York. Feb. 3.-AIore than $3.50
600 worth Of goods bought in four years
Of shopping in New York. piled unused
in rooms, closets and halls. nearly
filling a large four-story brownstone
mansion in Brooklyn. lay for nineteen
years unheeded. Laces were heaped
on calico. furs on cotton. the daintiest
Of linens and silks were stored with
common household garments. $500
gowns from the most fashionable of
dressmakers were laid on cheap Moth
er Hubbards. solid silver and cheap
plate, the most fragile Of china sets
were mixed with ironware. crystal and
cut glass with common glass ware
some all cast in piles reaching as high
as the ceilings. stuffed in closets and
lying on the stairs.
This was the result Of a search of the
House OF Mystery" No. IFS State
street. Brooklyn. 1t tells OF the mania
of Mrs. Mary Cook King. who died
two weeks ago in a Flushing sanitar-
ium, and It explains what became of
part of the 100000 estate left to her
by her husband twenty years ago. The
search was conducted by ]. II. Squibb.
executor OF Mrs. Kings estate.
There were no children born to the
Kings. and when Mrs King came out
Of mourning two years otter her hus-
band died Il was found she had devel-
oped am eccentricity OF character Dor
dering on insanity She discharged all
her servants: she had the windows and
doors OF her home /. on-barred and she
refused to receive visitors. She grew
worse, and at the end OF four years.
about 1883. Il was thought best to send
her 70 a sanitarium. AT the time she
was promised that no one should en-
ter her home until after her death.
When the court appointed commit
tee for her estate 1t was impossible to
find more than $4,000 in bank and
she refused TO tell what had become OF
the rest There was then no thought
OF searching the house. Mrs. King
died two weeks ago and by her VIII
Mr.. Squibbs was the executor. When
the legal formallties were concluded
h. began a hunt for the missing Sc
curities. Turning the key IN the rusty
lock he entered the house. TIE dis
eovery he made astonished him
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03
uNelNNED COTTON.

North's Report Shows Over Jsal Hun
and Fifty TEoussr
s..---,s,--- 1,-,s----ss;;--s - or
North's report on unginned cot pa in
the United states on Jan. Is. isoG.
shows 25O.ss4 bales. The report liows
the total number OF active ginheries
I'm the United States to be 2s.9I8. OF
this number 1884 have reporteI "a al
cotton ginned prior TO Jan. 1871 1906.
The number OF ginners who failed TO
make an estimate was 1.643 andl gin
ners who made an estimate numbered
1884. The report shows running bales.
excluding linters. and counting found
as half bales.
The report by states IS as follows:
Alabama. 1896: Arkansas. q ,52s:
Florida. 3.O59: Georgia, 1913: idian
Territory. 14.113: Louisiana. 1889;
Mississippi. 1921: Missouri. t.Ts5:
North Carolina, 9.OS2; oklahoma H.
O6s: South Carolina. $780, Tennessee
1884: Texas. 72.T34: Virginia 3sb.
This information was sent to the
house in response TO resolution adbrted
Thursday. The figures are tho Re in
possession Of the census bureau.
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TOLD roo EARLY.
Misner Says This Action Made His
Wife Quite Angry.

New York. Feb. 3.-Wilson Misner
the young San Franciscan, says that
on Tuesday night he married Mrs
Charles T. Y9rkes. in her home at SAC
Fifth avenue. returned to the Hotel
Aston at midnight Thursday night
after several hours absence and said
genially to the reporters:
Il have just paid a visit to Mrs.
Misner at her home. Ss4 Fifth avenue
We had long Ia K and canvassed the
situation thoroughly I tried TO per-
suade her to see you newspaper men
at least once and settle the whole
business. She would not do it. but she
may give out a statement later. l ex-
pect her to. anyway.
Now. as a matter of fact the reason
why Mrs. Yerkes denied being mar
ried to me WIS that the news came out
too soon to suit her. though it was not
through any fault of my own. She did
not expect that the marriage would be
announced for good while. and when
she woke up Wednesday morning and
found that the newspaper were full OF
II she was pretty angry. She was so
angry that she denied the whole thing.
and after she once put herself on rec
ord. so to speak. she did not want to
face about You see. Mrs. Yerkes
rather believes that 1t is not anybodys
business but her own what she does.
and perhaps she is inclined to resent
Inquiries. The whole matter win be ad
justed within a short time.
81 am going to stay right here in
New York, which is the place for me
just now. 1 imagine. certainly have
no reason to conceal anything, al
though / would not have said anything
about the marriage If the news had
not leaked out ana II 1t had not been
put up to me so strong that 1 had to
tell a lie or the truth"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03
HAPPENINGS CONDENSED.

Forest fires are raging in me vicin-
fly Of Colmesneil. Tex.
J. w Hoskins has been elected sup
erintendent Of Galveston's public
schools.
f. VI. L. williams. prominent
planter. was assassinatei near Browns
vile. Tex.
Near Lewisville. Denton county.
Texas. the nose Of Lee Gates little girl
bleed so long sho died.
In an alteration between two negro
women at Cameron. Tex. one was
stabbed to death and the other serious
ly hurt.
Governor Folk and Thomas w. Law
son have been invited to address the
Texas Press association at its annual
meeting in June at Corpus Christi.
Charles c. Murphy. foreman OF the
Louisiana and Arkansas car shops at
Stamps. Ark, died from injuries sus-
tanned by an accident His skull was
crushed.
Eleven complaints charging forgery.
nine for passing forged checks ana one
for burglary have been filed at Sher-
man against Robert Pence. nineteen
years old.
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DIXON DENOUNCED.
Hoots and His Kisses Greeted His and
Some Other Names.

Some Other Names.
New York. Feb. 3.-Hoots and hiss
es greeted the mention of United
States Senator Tillman. Governor
vardaman of Mississippi, Thomas Dix
on. Jr.. and F. Hopkinson Smith at the
mass meeting held by the Constitution
league in Cooper Union Thursday
night Called to protest against dis
REIMBURSEMENT Of the negro I'm the
south the meeting resolved itself into
a denunciation of alleged conditions
south of Mason and Dixon's line. At
least four-fifths OF the crowd of 5000
were negroes.
Now comes Thomas. Dixon. Jr.. said
Kelley Miller of Howard university.
Washington, that frenzied apostle OF
an evil propaganda, who would deprive
the negro of his rights by holding up
the grotesqU2 and repugnant side OF
his life with hideous portrayal. This
shameless apostate priest of God. with
undisguised daring. is doing the work
OF the devil. With satanic glee he
stirs the fire of race wrath and in
flames the evil passions of men," AS
the denunciation of Mr.. Dixon waxed
fiercer. there were mingled cheers.
his-es and laughter.
Most bitter of all the speakers was
Mary Church Terrell. a negress from
Washington. over and over again the
chairman, John E. Milholland, tried to
get her to stop and give the other side
chance. but she refused to do 1t. Be
coming more violent in her denuncia-
ton Of the south, she insisted on hav-
ing her "say" out. She appealed to the
audience for more time and was loud
ly sustained.
E. B. Gubers of Atlanta university
spoke on "The Negro American and
the ballot" He said that the letter
OF the law in the southern states its
interpretations. and the manner of its
administration tended to drag the work
er down.
Ex-C Congressman George H. White
of North Carolina, a negro. declared
that IL one state had a right to pick
out one clause In the constitution and
nullify. another state would have an
equal right to disregard another clause
until the entire constitution had been
destroyed.
Congressman J. Warren Keifer of
Ohio declared that the political parties
had failed to carry out the fundamental
principle OF equality and that to take
away the votes OF the negroes TO give
power TO the few was the first step to
an autocracy.
The Indignation meeting did not
break up until morning. A set of reso-
buttons for reduction of representa-
ton from the south In congress was
passed.
II was announced similar meetings
are to be held at Baltimore. Washing
ton and Chicago.
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THEY DISCUSSED
LIFE INSURANCE
Convention, However, Did Nothing
of Decisive Nature.
ATTENDANCE LARGE
Four Governors Of Commemorative
Took Part In the Proceedings
and Thirty-TWO States
Sent Delegates.

Chicago, Feb. 3.-Four governors
representatives of thirty-two states
members of state commissions on uni
form legislation and representatives OF
the National Underwriters association
were recognized as duly accredited del
egates to the national insurance con-
vention elcald by Insurance Commits
sioner Thomas z. Drake at the in
stance of President Roosevelt, which
convened in the banuet hall in the Pal
mer House Thursday.
Discussion of the deferred dividend
system of life insurance occupied tie
attention of the delegates and at the
close of the afternoon session that
topic, together with a number Of others
to a committee. No action of a de-
cisive nature was taken.
Governor johnson of Minnesota was
elected president and F. H Nash of
Massachusetts, secretary.
Attorney General Mayer OF New York
favored uniform state insurance iegis-
lation.
Insurance Commissioner r. E. Folk
OF Tennessee led the discussion.
He offered a resolution providing
that It be the sense of the convention
that in all deferred dividend contracts
now existing there shall be an annual
accounting to each policy holder and
the further isue of deferred dividend
contracts be prohibited
President r. r. Weeks of the New
Kork Life Insurance company took ex-
ception to the declaration that deferred
dividends system constituted a gamb-
ling contract.
S. H. Wolf of New York. attorney
for the New York Life Insurance COM
pany, defended the deferred dividend
system.
Governor Cummins of Iowa said:
AN ideal situation would not permit
any dividend. Insurance companies
should not take from policy holders one
penny more than is necessary to carry
out the contracts entered into. When
we attempt to disassociate the legiti-
mate from the investment companies
we shall have entered upon the right
course. There should be no partnership
between policy holders and the compa-
MES"
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BRIEFLY NOTED.


Ms. Virginia Beaumont. n Dallas
pioneer. IS dead.
A chautauqua association is to be or
ganized at Oklahoma City.
An aged man known as Uncle Jim
mie" dropped dead at Dallas.
w. w. Hastings. national attorney
for the Cherokees. has resigned.
Kansas City parties paid $3.50. 900 for
1900 acres OF timber land near Singer.
La.
First National bank Of Fort Towson.
/ T.. capital stock $4,000. has been
organized.
The headuarters OF the Interstate
Cotton Seed Crushers' association will
remain at Dallas.
Jas. Moroney has been elected pres
ident Of the tie Fair Of Texas. He
IS a Dallas business man.
W. ]. Meador. who on Dec. 23 shot
and killed his wife and wounded him
self at Dallas. died Thursday.
A young man from Missouri named
Harry Moffett pleaded guilty at Paris
Tex. to carrying a dirk and was fined
500.
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NO SUCH POLICY.
Lyons Denies That He Gave Out a
Statement Published.

Washington. Feb. 3-Judson w.
Lyons. register of the treasury. in a
formal statement declares that an arti-
Gle in a weekly newspaper in New
York Thursday written from Washing
ton, under date OF Jan. 2s. which says
that he gave out or inspired the state
ment published some two weeks ago.
that the president would replace all
negroes holding offices in the south
by white men SIS untrue and without
one iota Of foundation so far as &
makes me the author or inspirer Of that
statement" Mr.. Lyons said, NO such
policy as this was ever made kno,sn to
me by the president or any one author
lied to speak for him"
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VOTING DATE SET.
Various Railroad Rate Bills to Be
Acted on Feb. rs.

washington. Feb S.-The senate
committee on interstate-commerce has
reported an agreement TO vote on yari-
Gus railroad rate bills on Feb. Is. There
were three measures being pressed for
consideration: DolliveI Clapp bill; FL
kin's bill and Forakers bin. The meas
ure which receives the largest number
Of votes was to be reported to the SEN
ate as the majority measure. L Is
likely that both OF the other bills viii
be given to the senate in minority re-
nnrls
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Want up at New orIeans.

New Orleans. Feb. S.-Estimaue OF
census bureau OF amount OF cotton
which WIS ginned after Jan. Is. was
read at the Cotton Exchange at fl0:1
o'clock Friday. after the report. had
been sent by Director North to the
speaker OF the house. March. which
sold Immediately before the reading
Of the report at II cents. sold ten min
utes afterward at Ills. and May. which
sold previously at lib. sold afterward
at 1872
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Temporarily Removed.

Atlanta, Feb. 3.-Colonel John Temple
Graves was temporarily removed from
the position of editor in chief OF the
Atlanta News Thursday by petition
o. Charles Daniel. business manager.
and managing editor of the paper.
granted by Judge Pendleton OF the su-
perior court
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KILLED BY TRAIN.
Five Orphan Children Left as Result
of Fathers Tra1ic End.

Hearne, Tex. Feb. 3.-A fatal acct
dent happened on the Houston and
Texas Central railroad about three
miles north OF town. man by the
name OF Mayo, while going over the
track. was struck by a southbound
freight train and instantly killed The
train was stopped and the body taken
from under the cars. Mr.. Mayo leaves
five orphan children. Deceased was a
good citizen and well liked
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03

DIR. f. L. Davis is now extracting
teeth with the use Of cocaine by In
filtration, making q safe and painless
operation. Offices over Palestine Edw.
Co., Main street. SIT
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BELL BACK.
Says Many Liquor Dealers Operate
Without State License.


Austin. Feb. 3.-State Revenue Agent
Bell has returned from a trip through
the state. Hhe reported that as the
result OF an Investigation he has found
a large nun Der OF liquor dealers
throughout the state who are operating
without a state license and that the
state is losing quite a sum in revenue
from that source. He will take imme-
diate steps to make these parties COM
ply with the law.
He also reported that he had receiv-
ed reports from all but ten counties
from officials who have failed to re-
fund to the state the amount due and
collected by them in felony cases which
are reduced to mlsdemeanors. Those
who have not refunded win be turned
over to the attorney general for pros
ecution.
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HANGS HERSELF.

Tiea Rope Around Neck, Jumps off Box
and Stransles.
Georgetown. Tex. Feb. S.-Grief over
the death Of her husband is believed
to have prompted Mrs. Jacob HymaL
sixty-four years OF age. to take her
lie. Tying a small rope around her
neck. and standing on box. she jump
ed off and was strangled to death.
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Shot In the Mnuth

San Antonio. Feb. ALEXANDER Ste
vens. a young brakeman on the South
ern Pacific, was shot in the mouth ny
a woman. She was arrested on the
charge Of assault TO murder. Stevens
will recover.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03
MARLIN's HOT WATER.
Congressman Henry Presents Petition
Asking That u Be Utilized.

Washington. Feb. 5.-Four hundred
patrons and citizens Of Marlin. Tex.
Friday petitioned congress. through
Congressman Henry, TO utilize the hot
waters there for the gene-7l public.
No definite plan was preser = but it
is being worked out by Mr.. Henry. who
will introduce a bill on the subject
shortly.
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Sharp Rally Resulted.

New York. Feb. Census report
on unginned bales caused sharp rally
in cotton market Friday. At noon March
sold at 1l.O3 and May at 11.21. or II TO
10 points net higher than opening.
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BURGLARS BUSY.

Fort Worth Police Kept on the Run
Answering Summons.
Fort Worth. Feb. 3.-Fort Worth IS
suffering from an epidemic Of burg
laries, three to six calls being made on
the police department nightly. Off
GERS are running horses almost to death
in response to these calls. The 30
lice department says the number OF
men is inadequate to deal with the
situation.
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Corpse Carried on Saddle.

Paris. Tex. Feb. Sowing to the
muddy state of the roads the body OF
the infant OF J. Gray Of near Atlas.
Lamar county. was carried to the GEM
etery on the pommel OF saddle.
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GAME coNFIscATED.
Party Of sportsmen From Kansas city
Are Put Under Arrest.

Gnrvln. I. T.. Feb. IA party OF Kan
sas City sportsmen were arrested in
their special car while here charged
with violating game laws Deer. tur-
key and bear were confiscated.
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Miller Pardoned.

Washington. Feb. 3.-The president
has pardoned Midshipman John Paul
Miller OF Kentucky. recently convicted
Of hazing at the naval academy.
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Gone to Fathers Funeral.

London. Feb. Queen Alexandra
and suite left for Copenhagen. where
her majesty will attend the funeral Of
her father. the late King Christian.
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APRIL TO DECEMBER.
Thermometer Drops Forty Degrees In
the Adirondack Mountains.

Plattsburg, N. Y, Feb. photograph
ic reports from the Adirondack noun
tain region state that the temperature
dropped about forty degrees there
Thursday night. During the day II was
.;lIiinr1t IKE Epril throughout the north
but Friday the -thermessss4
Registered from twelve TO twenty de-
grees below zero.
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powIEITE AGAIN UP.
This Time Mrs. Niece Hall Is Fined
Twenty-Five Dollars.

San Antonio. Feb. s.-For the second
time Mrs. Mary MCGEE Hall. leader Of
Elijah DowIe's church here-an pesred
in the corporation court CHARGED with
disturbing the peace by foud and vocif-
erous language on the streets. She
was fined S25. Witnesses testified that
she did not preach religion. but car
ried on a TRADE Of abuse toward res
idents OF the city. Notice OF appeal
was given. In the preceding case Mrs
Hall was fined $40. This case was also
appealed and Is sim pending.
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Codes, Of the Winter.

Buffalo. N. Y. Feb. s-The coolest
weather OF the winter was reported
Friday. At o'clock a. m. the Their
mometer registered one below zero.
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HAMILTON EXECUTED.

Paid Extreme Penalty For Taking Life
Of Common Law Wife.
Washington. Feb. "a. w. Hamn-
ton. negro. was hanged in Jail here
Friday for the murder of Lizzie Ly-
man. his common law wife. The drop
fell at o'clock and death ensued IN
twelve minutes. The crime was a par
ticularly brutal one.
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Pittsburg. Feb. Sired L. Fast g.
Co, stock brokers. have voluntarily as
signed. Liabilities are placed at $780,
600
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y gystem. the Missouri. Kansas and Tex
as and the Iron Mountain route for the
thirty-day speed contest which will
begin next Sunday for the government
mills.
Interest centers chiefly in the com
petition between the Iron Mountain and
the Frisco and the Missouri, Kansas
and Texas combination service for the
business of Dallas, Fort Worth and
other northern Texas points
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1906-02-03
BULLET GLANCED.
Little Boy Has Most Miraculous Es'
cape From Death.

A.erkel. Tex, Feb. S-Harland Black
mon. four years old. got hold OF a
pistol and went out in the back yard
Pointing the weapon at his head the
little fellow pulled the trigger. The
bullet struck his head and glanced. in
flicting a slight wound. He. however.
received severe powder burns.
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SPEED SCHEDULES.

They Have Beer Announced For the
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d. q. McNsughton, Matchmaker
and Jswelsr, ut Hsynss' Drug Store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-02-06

increasing prosperity. If the thought,
the activity, the life Of the south be
centered only in money-getting. if we
do not give to the poor boys Of the
south the opportunity Of technical
education which will fit them to do
the work now opening up before this
section. we will prove recreant to our
trust.
The responsibility is upon us, not
upon our neighbors. It is upon the
south, not upon outside philanthropy
pists. With an increase Of $1.0OO,-
100000 year in the south S wealth
it would be disgrace to our manhood
for the south to be begging for aims
from the people Of other sections to
carry on its educational campaign.
The Manufacturers Record has
dealt in this editorial with the tech
nical education Of the poor white boy
because here is the greatest need and
the greatest opportunity Of the south.
But all that we have said on this sub
iect bears with almost equal force
upon the general education Of boys
and girls alike. and in this campaign
the denominational schools Of the
south should receive the heartiest sup
port Of the people Of their own faith
as a part Of their religious work. And
somewhat in the same way that we
have suggested for the technical edu-
cation Of poor white boys-a way that
develops, not saps, their manhood
and self-reliance-there could be de-
veloped such general educational
campaign for the boys and girls alike
as the south has never had.