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The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
VALUABLE HOLDINGS.
I.ockefelIer's Interest Is Worth
Hundred and Nine Millions.

New York. Sept. GA record Of
'he present ste, ,kholdcrs Of the Stand
ard Oil Company If Now Jersey. part
of which was placed III evidence in
the Federal suit against the oil com
hne, discIoses that Holm II Rockcfal
lcr Owns 2l7.642 shares of ..t"ck. and
that his holdings ar" almost !jy" times
larger than tn" shar" holdings eli any
other Individual interest
The record shows. though. that since
the dissolution of the liquidatng trust
Mr.. Rockefeller has disposed Of nearly
10000 shares of his holdings Based
on the present market value Of $40
for Standard Oil stock. Mr. Rnckcset
lers interest in the company Is valued
at about $lo9 00G.o00
Mr. Kellogg succrpdnd in getting
upon the record evidence which tended
TO show that the Standard on trmrarv
mad made an agreement to furnish cer.
tain Independent companies. in and
about Pittsburg. with crude oil on con
dition thar their output Of pl refir I'd
TOT exporting purposes should b.. turn
ed over to the exporting department
OF the Standard Oil company.
Wesley II Tilford. treasurer of the
company, when recalled to the stand
stated that th" dividends of the Stand
ard Oil Company of New Jersey in
1899 Ware $l4,3o4lSs, or s32 0oS, ,542.
but he thought tie former figures were
& EnI
the reason the dividends were so small
was because the dividends in some nP
'he S'IbSldlrary companies were paid
TO Individuals instead Of to the Stand
ard OH Company of New Jersey. ne
said he thought it was so
Mr. Tilford said that to the present
date 912,l"2 shares of the Standard
OH Company Of New Jersey have been
exch"nyed fer trust certificates
He said there still remains uotstand.
Ing stock Of the subsidiary companips}
which has net been exchanged for the
remaining eight shares of the ftardard
OIL company
interesting facts concerning the con
duct of the marketing of the Stand.
ard $ product We're brought out when
T1tord said that a cCmmittae cnntToII
ed the domestic trade He stated that
the United States was apportjoned into
district. and that the selling comma.
mes assigned to those districts COnfin-
ed their operations 30 specified terri
tory.
IN" accountants for the government
now ut work preparing data will be
ready in few days Their report. il
Is declared. will enable the government
to develop that since the inceptiou os
the Standard Oil company trust in
lSS2, tn" total profits Of the oil com
bine have been between $500 ,GOo 900
and 5000 onp 600
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
In SIGHT OF HOME.
Young Man Takes Poison While
Returning From Panama.

Denton. Tex. Sept Within sight
of his home, from which he had been
absent on the Isthmus of Panama for
over d year. Fulton MCElhannCn. a
meber of a well known family in this
county and son of the late J. F. Nc
ElhannOn, drank CarbOlic acid. diving
ten minutes later McElhannon. who
was about went-eight years of age.
drank the poison in the presence of
the other passengers just as the Frisco
train was pulling into Prosper, his des
tination. Nothing could be done to
save his life
In his pocket WAS found Il note ad-
dressed to Bose McE,lhannon, his
brother. saying:
Il am sorry. but I have to depart
from this life. Give me the best burial
possible. Tell Anna (hiS sister, that
it she wants my trunk, it is in HoUs-
ton. Good bye to you all This is my
misfortune only"
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22

vF King Edward VII accepts the
gift Of the culinan diamond
voted to him by the Transyaal
A legislatures h" VIII hav" Il con
sid"rabI, addition 10 max" to his
crown should he desire t" iuruGe
tho gem iu the collection he Wca,'S
upon his brow on state occasions.
The British crown weighs already
over thirty nine ounces. and the CGi-
Imam diamond. which is the largest
in the world weighs 3.01ial caratS, or
about one and three quarter pounds
ayordupois. 4 crown that weighs
over four pounds is not a very coal
off the tinest diamond in all the world.
But King Edward may we'll he yra Il
fed by the action Of the TranSyaal
legislature iB voting him 50 valua bic n
present. II was taken as a mark Of
appreciation of the grant of repre-
lately in revn!S against British author
ity anG it is well known that King
Edw trd was strongly in fGvor of the
policy adopte@ toward the Transyanl
by the home government. Such Il dis
position Of Che famous gem was warm
Iy urged by premier Hotha. who led
the armies M the Boer republic during
part Of the strife with the British. The
priGS to be paid for the diamond has
not been disclOseN. b,t@ it is supposed
10 will be about $75OOOO, The owner
Of the gem, the Premier Diamond com
pany. has been unable 90 sell it ana Is
willing 60 accept payments extended
over @ period Of years 50 as not to
make the cost of the gift Il burden
upon the already overtaxed people Of
Che Transvaal culouy.
The Cullinm diamond was fonnd
near PrctoriG in January. 13oA Cut
cling would probably reduce it about
one half, but the process would b.,
long and costly In its present shape
It measures four and d half by two
and one-quarter inches. When it was
shipped to England an insuranc" %
S25OO.OO@ was taken out on it. but She
difficulty in putting it to any use com
mensurate with its Importance as the
largest diamond In the wdrld has de
creased its naeket value.
40 just The time ehae the Culinan
diamond has come into prominence
again there happens to be excitement
ovcD tho finding 10 sparlllers in con-
siderable Guantitg in Che United
States. Prospecting for diamonds is
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Worms That Live In Ice.

In a recent ascent of Mount Tacoma
Professor John r. Flett of Tacoma
Wash, Professor Cowles and scien-
in the ice of Urania glacier millions OF
small worms. The discovery aston
ished the scientists who cut into the
ice and removed some of the worn.s
for microscopic examination The
the size of Il hair. They We're wris-
Cling. squirming mass in the solid ice
In places the ice was almost black
with them.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Pecans FalIino From Trees.

Burnet, Tex, Sept. 21.-PartieS liv-
ing on the creeks in this section re-
port that the pecans are falling from
the trees and that the crop will be
practically a failure, whereas it was
thought it would be excellent The
dry weather is just beginning to show
its effects and the nuts have no meat
to them and are dropping off. On the
Colorado river conditions are reported
not so bad. but the creeks did not
have water enough to mature the
pecanS
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
PLANS IMPROVEMENTS.
Texas and Pacific May Put In Ext.n.
sive Turminals.

New Orleans, Sept. 21.-In railway
circles it is reported that the Texas
and Pacific Railway company is to
spend si,00O.O0O in improving its New
Orleans freight and passenger termi
nails soon in order to put the latter
In a condition to handle the business
reaching or leaving New Orleans over
the Gould lines in an adequate manner
The work on the additional terminals
it was stated. will begin in time to
have them available for use when the
Gould lines inaugurate their extended
service to and from New Orleans in
connection with the low grade New
Orleans-St. Louis line, which the Mis-
souri, Pacific and Texas and Pacific
are now building. Superintendent
Paul said he knew nothing of the re-
ported Improvement.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
FAIRBANKS AT FAIR
Several thousand Other lndianiaoe
Were Also on Hand.


Louisville, Sept 21-gvice President
Fairbanks was the guest OF honor at
the Kentucky state fair Friday, and
was given reception notable for IT'S
warmth by over $4,000 people gather
cd at Churchill Downs II was South
ern Indiana day at the fair. and sever
al thousand Cf the vice presidents seI.
low 1ndianians assisted I'm welcoming
him
After being entertained at luncheon
by friends Mr., Fairbanks proceeded
10 the fair grounds. who're he first
reviewed the First Kentucky National
guard regiment. which paraded in his
honor. He then delivered an address
TO the throns in the grand stand His
remarks We're devoted wholly to the
common history Of Kentucky and In.
diana.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
ALMOST WHITE HEAT.
eonfiscated Liquor Taken by Place
Of Pro Ne sting.

Sherman, Tex. Sept. 21.-LOcal Op-
zion campaign has almost got to a
white heat stage here. While a pro
meeting was In progress Sheriff Rich
passed by with 2.423 bottles of beer
and 1872 pints of whisky taken from
two joints under the search and seiz-
ure law. Rev. J. NJ. Binkley. a resi-
dent of Sherman fifty-two years, de
nounced the county attorneys office
alleging it was not cooperating with
the sheriff's department in an effort
to enforce the prohibition law
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
WHITE LAID LOW.
Chased People Into Their Homes and
Cleared Saloons of Patrons

Collinesville. ILL.,, Sept. 21.-After
running rampant through the streets
here, chasing the people into their
homes at the point of a revolver and
clearing saloons of patrons George
White, negro. was shot and instant.
ly killed by Deputy Sheriff VIII Blake
White owned a slaoOn in the outskirts
He appeared on the streets with a re-
vOlver. and after terrorizing the town
he returned to his saloon, barricaded
the doors and refused to submit to ar
rest
Deputy Blake brokn down the door
and shot White through the head
White had long been considered a
dangerous character.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
GRANT HAS FAITH.
Army Gunners Able to Cope
With Hostile Wa-eh;cs.

New York. Sept. 21.-Even if the
navy should be engaged elsewhere.
New Workers need have no fear OF
their residences being destroyed in
case of an attack by warships of a
hostile country. according to Major
General Frederick d. Grant. command
ing the departmcn of the east. While
the general declines to make any com
pariSOn between the work of navy
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
BITTEN BY POLECAT
Animal Enters House and Injuries a
Child Two Years Old

Corpus Christi, Tex, Sept 21.-A
polecat entered the home of Clay Ma
gee at Nuecestown and bit his two.
year-old daughter while all were
asleep Her screams awoke the fami,
ly and the baby was saved from fur
ther injury. The parents brought her
to this city for treatment. This is
the second case of this kind in this
vicinity recently. The former one bit
ten was F. NJ, Cold. and he is now at
Austin at the Pastemr institute
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Heart Failure Cause of Death.

Commerce. Tex. Sept 21-Anlu-
topsy was made on the body Of C. Z.
McAdams. the night baggage mas. ar
found dead in the bagg: ge room hero.
by Drs. BOyce and DeJrrnett of Com
merce and DR.. w. n Lennon of
Greenvillc, and it was the unanimous
opinion of the physicians that the de-
ceased came to his death by heart fail
ure
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
browns In Well,

Ennis, Tex, Sept 21-Mattie Ter.
rell, negress. fell into well on the
Caldwell farm. two miles west of En-
mis-, and was drowned She was left
at the house while the rest of the fam
lily were in the cotton field 1t is
thought that she went 'tO the we'll for
bucket of water and fell in
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
FREDERICK ID. GRANT.

and army gunners, he did say this:
II am convinced the gunners in tho
forts in any department can shoot su
well they can put war5hips out of &c,
ton fully as fast as they can come up
against them
Consider able discussion has been
entered into between army and navy
men over the quality of marksmanship
displayed III each branch of the ser
vice. General Grant said he was glad
the navy gunnerS are such good marks
men. but army craftsmanship has al
ways been one of his hobbies.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22

Chicago, Sept 2f-Wheat for Nav
delivery sold on the Board Of Trade at
3lO8 II. the high record mark fcr he
season. Options showed corr-s -
ing advances. The sharp npturn vas
caused by sensational reports Of dam
age by weather of the crop Of western
Canada. Sentiment in tho uit was ex
treme!y bullish all day Friday. and the
volume Of tGadign was large.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
SPEEDY HORSE DYING.
Stone Bruised Leg and Blood Poison
inq Set In.

Eew York, Sept 21.-Roseben. the
breds Of America, is dying, it is feared
from blood poisoning. David johnson,
his owner. hnd Frank Weir. his trainer,
have slight hopes Of his recovery. The
champions illness is due to stone
bruise. During his race over Sheep
head Bay track, which he won easily.
he picked up a stone and this cut and
bruised one of his legs so badly that
the injured member began to swell.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Must Answer Serious CHARGE.

Clarksville Tex, Sept. 21-Perry
Johnson, negro, was brought here
from Manchester. in the river section,
and turned over to the Jail authorities
on charge of murder. He is charged
with having shot and killed his father
and afterwards attempting to take the
lives of two other relatives
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Pronounced Untrue.

Paris. Sept. 21.-Reports that Ger
many has offered France free hand
in Morocco in return for the recogni
ton Of the German sphere of influence
are pronounced officially to be with
out foun dation.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Sweet Marie Breaks Record.

Allentown. Pa, Sept 21.-Sweet
Marie, driven by William Andrews.
broke the world trotting record for a
mile on half-miIe track on the Allen
town State fair grounds. going tn"
distance in 2:07 Up 10 this time th"
record was POS, held by Croescu3
The mare also made record Of 2:oSf2
for a mile TO a wagon
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Mrs. Cariin Indicted.

Beaumont. Sept. 21.-Mrs. James
Carlin has been indicted. She is charg.
ed with having killed her husband at
Port Arthur. Mrs. Carlin claims the
shooting was accidental. but deceased
an in ante-morten statement, declared
otherwise
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
VAREE POINTS BEHIND.
Detroit Is Giving Philadelphia Anera-
cars a Lively Chase.

At Philadelphia Friday the st Lo,,is
American Baseball league club defeat
ed Philadelphia to | Detroit. at New
York. was the victor | to o This
places Detroit three points behind Phil
adeinhia. Chicago defeated Washing
ton to and l3 to 8. Cleveland was
victor over Boston 4 20 !
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Pasturinq In Ossue Nation.

San Angelo. Tex, Sept 21-Ra'rh
Harris Of Harris Bros. of this city is
shipping 1000 head of fine steers II
the Usage country for pasturage anG
feeding. He has arranged to care for
$500 head in that country.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Infants BODY Found In Well.

Sherman. Tex. Sept 2l-On the
farm of William Burkes. near Ter
Bean, the body of white infant about
one day old was found in the well
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22

Ada. I. t., Sept 21-While playing
with other children. a little one Of
man named Ferrald fell in Sandy
creek and drowned The family had
come to town. leaving the children n
home
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Heavy Rainfall.

Fo"t Worth, Sept. 23-For NOR
thap an hour a heavy rain Friday after
noon broke the drouth Of two months
duration
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Shot and Killed.

Hobart. Okla, Sept. 21.-Near
Stokes. this county, Elmer Emmons
was shot and killed. Walter Reed was
arrested
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Curtis Manauer.

Fort Worth, Sent 21-Don Curtis,
well known baseball player, will
manage the local team next season
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
EIGHT HUNDRED ARRESTED.
Employer Murdered Becaus. of Re
fusaI to Pay For Time Lost.

LODI. Sent. 21.-Troops and police
made a sudden descent Friday upon
the large cotton mill owned by the
late MARCUS Silborstorn. who was
murdered bcrause he refused to pay
his Workmen for the time they lost on
strike Eight hundred men were taken
into custody
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
Rock Causes Death,

Tyler. Tex, Sept. Elm a quarrel
between two negro boys Horace
Springs was hit on the head by rock
He died.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
j. Franklin Fort Nominated.

Trentpn N. J., Sept 21-Republican
state convention nominated Supreme
Court Justice Fort for governor
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
National CeauuA

Pittsburg. 2; Brooklyn. /.
New York, ); Cincinnati. 3.
Philadelphia. 8; st. Louis. :.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
On Peace FOOTING.

Washington, Sept. 21.-Honduras Is
now on a peace footing.
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22
CAPTURE ALL AONORS.
Players From Mexico Victors In Texas
Tennis Tourney

Dallas, Sept. 2l.-Through their s,l,
Dcrior style of playing the McQuestion
brothers and G. M. Bultin. all residents
of the City of Mexico, captured al
the single and double trophies in the
state tennis tournament held here
The Caucasian., 1907-09-22

WF King Edward VII. accepts the
gift Of the 'ullinan diamond
voted to him by the Transyaal
~ Ia,riS1GtttrR Ila ,,.i'l have. n CON
The oasis., 1907-03-23
Southern Pacific Excursions.

The Southern Pacific announces that during the spring and summer of 1907 there will be many ex- cursions over its lines between the East and the West, including many stopover privileges, details of which may be obtained from Mir. w. c. Bowman, agent at No gales. The Jamestown exposition will be open from April 26 to No vember 30, and excursion tickets will be sold at stated dates in May, June. July and September. At stated dates in May, June, July, August and September excursion tickets will be sold to Chicago, Omaha, Kansas City. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Houston, New Or leans, Memphis and St. Louis, at one fare for the round trip. Low rates also to Boston. New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore. Then there will be other excursion rates to the na- tional conventions of the American Medical Association, at Atlantic City, in June; the Theatrical Me chanical Association, the Grand Army, the Elks, the Eagles, and others.
The oasis., 1907-03-23
No Town There.

Doctor Tom Childrew, from Fort Worth, Texas, has returned from a trip out into the Yaqui river region, where he went to look for the mythical Ciudad Victoria. The gentleman states that he did find the place, but that 1t reminds him of an alleged report made nearly a half century ago by congress sional committee which was sent out to Nevada Territory to investi- gate a saw mill for which an ap- propriation of $60O00 had been expended, and another appropria- tion for like amount was asked to complete the job. Commenting upon the same one of the wits in the committee said "they found a dam by a mill site, but they did not find a mill by a dam site" Doctor Childrew states that he found the towusite, but he didn't find the town.
The oasis., 1907-03-23
SONORA SETTINGS.

At Guaymas Monday the 18th inst. There died the iaiant daugh. ter of Mir. and Mrs. /. 0. Stocker, Corrinne Mabel Stocker, aged six teen months.
 Fl Correo de Sonora reports that the steamer Curacao landed at Guaymas this week the wires and materials for construction of a tele- phone line between that city and Hermosillo.
 The Agua Prieta Mining Com panv, which has developed a very valua ble gold and silver property in the vicinity of Cucurpe, on the San Miguel river, has contracted with Roy < Titcomb of Nogales, for construction and erection of d To-. stamp mill for reduction of the ores.
 Upon good authority it is stated that the Charles Butters Company Limited, has contracted to treat the tailings dump of the Colorado Cres- ton Mining Company, at La Colo rada, and will run the pile through the Grand Central mill and the cyanide plant operated by the Butters Company in con- nection herewith The Torres x Prietas railway will put on a work train to convey the tailings from the dump, near the Wyman shaft, to the mill.
The oasis., 1907-03-23

STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF DALLAS, o''
 On this 26th day of January. A. D. 1907, be- fore me, J. 0. Prewitt a Notary Public in and for the State and County, aforesaid residing therein, duly commissioned and sworn, per sonally appeared J. H. CrstleT, known to me to be the person described in. whose name is subscribed to, and who executed the annexed instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and con siderations and in the capacity therein eX- pressed.
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official Seal at my office. in the said State and County, the day and year last above written
 J. O. PREwITT, lSEALl. Notary Public. My Commission expires May 3lst, 1907.
The oasis., 1907-03-23
STATE OF TEXAS

COUNTY OF CHILDREss. 0H'
 On this 2lth day of January. in the year 1907. before me- J. H. Hankins, a Notary Public in and for the state and county aforesaid residing therein,duly commissioned and sworn persona ly appeared A. J. Fires, Jno. II P. Jones, W. D. Cope, :. r. Buster, Chas. C. Badgett. D. s. Car raway, E. E. Bates, NJ. X. Hooker, F. c. Adams. J. J. Taylor. J. S Lane, J. II Mowrey, ]. H. Owen. K. II. Norris, A. J Broyles. l. N. David son, H. J. King. known to me to be the persons described in, whose names are subscribed to. and wEo executed the annexed instrument, and they acknowledged to me that they ex- ecuted the same for the purposes and consider atiOns therein expressed.
 In witness whereof, have heTeuntO set my hand and affixed my official Seal, at my office, in the said State and County, the day and year last above written. J. H. HAWKINS, lSEAG~l Notary Public.
 My commission expires May 3lst, 1907.
The oasis., 1907-03-23
(CoPY) (Form No. -Consularl FORM FOR AUTHENTICATION OF SIGNATURE.
AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE.

AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE.
 HERMosILLo, Mexico, Jan. 30. le07.- !, Louis Hostetter, Consul of the United States of America at Hermosillo, Mexico, do hereby certify that the signature of l. T. Manders at the foot Cf the paper hereto an neXed, is his trne and genuine signature. made and acknowledged in my presence and that the said J. T. Mandcrs is personally known to me.
 In witness whereof have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal at my office at Her masilo. Mexico, this 30th day of January, 1907, and cf the Independence of the United States the l3lSt
 1 MEXICAN REVENUE Lotus HosTETTER, STAMP Sl Consul 0f the United
 States of America.
The oasis., 1907-03-23
TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. ss

TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ. SS' l. Phil Herold, County Recorder in and for the County and Territory aiore aid do hereby certify that l have compared the foregoing copy with the original articles of incorpora- ton of the TECORIPA GOLD MINING, MILL ING x DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, filed and recorded in my office on the 18th day of Febru- ary, 1907, in Book of Miscellaneous Records al page - ct seq and that the same is full. true and correct copy of such original and of the whole thereof.
 Witness my hand and seal of office this 18th day of February, A. D. 1907.
 PHIL HERoLD.
 County Recorder. March 2-April 6.
The oasis., 1907-03-23

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