The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1906-12-01
EVENTS OF EVERYWHERE.

The Honolulu Promotion Company
is promoting an exposition Of Pan
Hawaii, to be held next year.
During the recent cold spell, bacon
was used for fuel in some instances
at Carlsbad, New Mexico.
Three shepherds were caught in the
recent blizzard near Carlsbad, N. NJ
and were frozen to death.
A Commissioner is now in Okla
homa City for the purpose of select
ing site for the s35O.0O0 Federal
building to be erected there.
James F. Delaney, of Chicago, vice
president of the American Shipping
company, was Friday shot and killed
by his wife who Immediately afterward
committed suicide.
NJ. C. D. Borden, owner Of the Fall
River Iron Works, has posted notice
of ten per cent increase in wages of
five thousand employees, to take effect
November 20.
A great Methodist school is to be
established at Stamford. The building
and concessions represent value Of
81, 1000 900. Rev. Jerome Duncan is
to be manager of the institution.
1t is declared that not over seventy
five per cent of the cotton machinery
in the South is running because OF
labor as help cannot be secured to
run the remainder.
The Department of Agriculture has
made public process that is claimed
to destroy melon lice, which have been
very destructive in parts of Texas and
Virginia.
R. M. Scott, who immigrated to Col
lin county from Nashville, Tenn, in
1872, died at his home at Blue Ridge
Monday. He was II years of age. and
is survived by his wife and children.
Joe Hess, of Ardmore, who was re-
Gently shot, died fro mthe effects OF
his wound. The assailant of Hess is
unknown. The deceased was closing
his place of business when he was
fired upon and wounded in the thigh.
Sheriff George Eubanks and Deputy
Albert McAuley went to Mart Grifin's
farm, west of Mckinney and killed
and burned several horses with CLAN
ders recently. The stock had been
condemned by DR.. knight. of Houston,
State Veterinarian.
W. C. Ray and S. L. Tomlinson, rep
resenting the Melons of Pittsburg, are
in Muskogee preparing for the pre-
liminary survey out of that city of the
oil pipe line to the Gulf. 1t is estim-
ated that the cost of the line will be
s5O,O0O.00O.
Judge Holt. of the United States
District Court has fined the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad
Company $4,000 for rebatingg freight
charges to the American Sugar Re-
filming Company.
Indian Territory Dealers are ship
ping out all their stock soft drinks
such as Tip Top, Uno, Long Horn ard
Ino. in accordance with an order is
sued by the United States Prosecuting
Attorneys that unless this was done
all stocks would be destroyed aud
he vendors arrested.
Early Friday two masked men. in
an attempt to hold up the st. Charles
Hotel at Arkansas City, Kansas. shot
and instantly killed William Goff. the
night clerk and wounded S. A. Halpin
an actor, so badly that he died few
hours later. The robbers escaped.
Two navigation companies Of Dallas
are arranging to build wharves at
Dallas, having assurances that locks
will afford seven feet of water perma-
nently by July 1, 1907.
The auto drivers strike er led early
Monday when settlement vas reach
ed between committee -epresenting
the men and the officials of the New
York Transportation Company. Wages
are increased, but hours remain the
same.
Four companies of the Spanish in.
fantry, stationed at Algeciras. have
been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to start for Morocco should
developments require the landing Of
foreign troops.
Andrew j. Caldwell. former repre-
sentative in Congress from the Sixth
district and a prominent member Of
the Nashville bar. died Thursday of
a stroke of paralysis. He was sixty
nine years old and had served in the
Confederate army.
Fire at an early hour Monday morn
ing destroyed the Bijou theater and
Bijou cafe at Ardmore, l. T. The loss
is $1,000. A troupe engaged for this
week lost all their equipments and
carried no insurance.
Reports from the famine districts
of Russion show that the distress is
steadily growing acute. The peasantry
in the Government of Kazan have been
driven to desperation and are selling
their daughters into slavery to the
Mohammedians Of the Caucasus.
A gang of counterfeiters has been
broken up in Chicago who had al
ready cleared up good sum Of money
by forged signatures, and who had
planned a coup whereby they would
have secured at least 100000.
The Pennsylvania Railroad has call
ed for bids for the construction OF 100
all-steel. non-inflammable passenger
cars. This will be the first OF such
equipment made in accordance with
Tho commands intention IN huiId no