The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-05-26
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS.

way lines, had pur
chased the Texas Central railway TN
der the Duff option, secured from Pres
ident McHarg of the Texas Central
and that it will become q part OF the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas system.
The line is to be extended from Waco
northwest 23l miles.
Earl Kesser, nineteen years OF age,
fell from telephone pole at Dallas.
His neck and an arm were broken All
other injuries resulted. Death enSued
! in few minutes
During heavy thunder and rain
storm at Bedias, Crime county, Mrs,
John Bagwell was killed by lightning.
which is thought to have passed into
the house over telephone wire. The
lady leaves husband and also sew
eral small children.
Miss Jessie Grenvildt, aged eightee
years, drowned in a pool on the farm
of O. o Wright, two miles southwest
of Corpus Christi.
In an alteration at Granger Will
.amson county, in the negro section,
| Lewis Owens was stabbed, soon expir-
ing, Jim Lewis was arrested.
On the Jack Bush place, seven miles
southwest Of Mckinney, a cloudburst
washed away a strip of land thirty
yards wide across 100 acres, taking all
loose soil down 10 hard pan. All the
cotton and corn on this strip was also
| swept Off
Oil was found in the town OF Glen
Rose at depth of seventytwo feet by
a citizen who was boring for water.
| |. FL. Kemper and associates of Gal
weston have bought from w. r. Edi-
son the waterworks system of Alamo
gordo, N M, paying $780, 600. The
kemper interests recently purchase a
townsite at that place,
| Clyde Bay less, former resident Of
| Cleburne, was accidentally shot by a
friend at Chickasha, Okla, with fatal
result.
w. A. johnson reported at police
headquarters in Dallas that he had
been held up and robbed of $40 by a
high waylnan.
Calling the cutting out of free rail-
way transportation to police officers q
case of gum shoe politics, City
Marshal Sails of Brennan delivered
well-applauded address at Sherman
before the annual convention of Po-
lice Chiefs and City Marshals' Asso-
citation of Texas. The ,aambers voted
in favor of urging the next legislat-
ure to eliminate this feature of the
anti-pass law.
A windstorm wrecked the large mill
of Thompson & Ford at Gray burg in
Jefferson county. ten derricks at Spin
dletop, church at Amelia and tops of
some brick buildings at Beaumont. At
the latter city telephone and electric
light service were put out of commits
sion several hours.
Exactly twentv-four hours fter be-
ing stricken with apoplexy James FL.
Freeman, sixty-four years old, a lead
ing building contractor of Dallas,
passed away. He is survived by q
widow, four daughters and two sons.
At New Orleans Lieutenant John So
ley of the government photographic
bureau predicts earthquakes in the
territory between west Texas and Mex
leo, the West Indies. Tunis, Algiers,
Syria and central Asia, (which, - he
says, "are on very weak portion of
the earth's crust. The lieutenant as
serts this will follow the sun spots,
adding: The release of hydrogen gas
causes the sun spots and earthquakes.
The radio activity of the sun is the
connecting link between the sun and
the earth.
A storm did considerable damage in
the Houston section. In thai city tie
electric light and telephone companies
were the heaviest losers At Kings
vile the home of H s. Pattea w9i de-
molished and Miss Lillian Mea5 was
hurt At Middleton the eleven-year.
old son of J. L. Mouse was killed and
three of his other sons were injured
Residence at Sealy of Charles Phillips
was completely destroy ed. Mr. and
Mrs. Phillips and their child We're Sc
riously hurt
Hail did nearly 32)).0}) damage to
truck gardens and crops in the region
adjacent to San Antonio. On the Col
Inns gaJdens, said to be the finest it'ri
gated farm in the world, 800 acres of
sweet corn. squash, tomatoes, beans
and other vegetables, also number
of fruit trees, we're destroyed. Proba-
bly, 1000 acres of irrigated vegetables
were ruined. Hailstones were so large |
they beat shrubbery into the ground
and cleared off vegetation.
The eigh zenith annual reunion of |
the Old Settlers Association of John |
son County will be held on the asso-
cations grounds at Alyarado June
q and p. Preparations will be made
for large attendance.
San Jacinto City Land company, q