The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-12
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run over and fatally
injured. Cards OF his person showed
he was q licensed undertaken.
Eugene MCGEE, a seaman, commit
ted suicide at the Titutila. Samoa, ma,
val according to advices received by
the navy department He was aged
twenty seven years and Waelder, Tex,
his home, He shot himself
While boy eleven years old, the
son of Buck Beasley of Nocona, was
trying to bride mule the animal be-
came excited and rope on the beast
entangled The boy was mangled and
only recovered from the rope after the
mnle had run over the pasture some
minutes. On the animal being stopped
the boy was found to be dead
While an employee of state capitol
at Austin, an ex Confederate soldier,
was busting the marble statue of Gen
Sam Houston, in the lobby, he struck
the sword About six inches were
broken off and fell to the floor, being
shattered into number of pieces. The
statue was made by Elizabeth Ney. the
scuptress. 1t is impossible to repair
the damage.
While couple of small hoys were
bathing in pool near the Dallas city
park four other lads came along and
robbed them. From one stick pin
and tie clasp were taken, while other
is out pair of automobile goggles
Both boys lost a small amount OF
money.
Waco and Beaumont postofices are
10 have postal savings banks
John Richardson, thirty seven years
old, was run over and killed on the
Southern Pacific railway seven miles
from Orange. His body an hour later
| was ieked up by freight train crew
1t W badly mangled
Artist Boris Bernhard Gordon has
| painted picture of former Governo.
Campbell, which has been in the 70
| tunda of the state capitol in the gal
icry of Texas governors.
Four daily limited Texas Traction
Railway company trains have by tn,
Sherman city council been granted tn,
right to pass through that city.
Whitecap notices we're disturbed al
along a road southwest of Paris or
dering all negroes to depart from La
NOR county
Cotton gin plant at Lisbon, Dalla
county, burned Fifteen bales of cot
ton we're damaged and about fifty ton
of cottonsred ruiued Loss is abou
So, 00Qf with SIS 900 insurance
i At mass meeting in Palestine tn
| Young Mems Business league with
large membership was organized. In
itiation fee was placed at SIS and tn
monthly assessment 81 for the frs
twelve months
! Mrs, J. NJ. Shropshire of Plainvie,
has flag of the republic of Texas an,
also a bobbiu of cedar whitfield an
presented her by General Sam Hous
ton The flag was given her by VIM
Houston, the generals youngest son
whom. she nursed when "a baby. TIL
lady is seventy six years old. She
daughter OF John Winters c
huntsville. who, with his two broth
ers, assisted in the capture of SAINT
Anna and his command.
A Texas Midland railway freigf
train running between Terrell an
Paris was wrecked ne ar Enloe. Er
gineer Mike Hurley was killed and hi
fireman, named Arnold, bruised Tn
train went through bridge
Commonwealth National bank {
Dallas is to erect at the southeast col
ner of Main and Poydras streets
twelve story and basement building
1t will cost about $3.50, 600 1t will |
reinforced concrete structure
B. F. Phillips. the city treasurer I
Gainesville. a resident of that city
quarter of century passed away ;
the age of sixty nine years. He was
leading Odd Fellow.