The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-06-27

of independent lines in the state.
President Kemp of the Wichita Falls
and Northwestern railway denies e
above statement.
Mrs. Sarah Corroll, widow of the
late F. l. Carroll, who donated to
Baylor university $75, 900 chapel,
departed this life at Waco, aged sew
enty- eight years. She was the mother
of George w. Carroll of Beaumont,
who also gave Baylor a science hall
costing $50, 600.
Pike Goldsmith, we'll known cot
ton buyer of Johnson county, died Of
heart failure in sanitarium at Glen
rose.
Captain Obediah Bounds, who To-
Gated at Sherman in 1854 and resided
there until eight years ago, died sud
denly at Ell Paso, aged eighty-one
He had always engaged in the cattle
business and was captain in the
Confederate army.
At Andrews the Andrews County
Farmers Institute was organized with
forty eight members.
Fire Quilted the residence at San
| Antonio of DR.. L. L. Shropshire, the
loss being SIS. 900, including valua-
| BILE collection of medical books. The
family barely escaped.
j. r. Storker of Glenwood, near
Fort Worth was held up at that city
by thugs and badly beaten, who took
SIS and his watch,
Lifeless body of T. j. Martin was
found just outside his front door at
his home, nine miles south of Ring
gold, Montague county, with the face
and frontal skull shot away. A shot
gun lay near by Verdict of coroner
was suicide. He was about fifty years
old and leaves family.
Miss Lucille Harwood, daughter OF
r. B. Harwood, a prominent citizen
of Dallas, shot and instantly killed
herself at the family residence. A re-
volver bullet crashed through her
right temple and came out at the 9TH
err side. She was twenty three years
old, member of the East Dallas
Christian church and prominent in
church work.
Survived by seven children, thirty
eight grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren, Mrs. Margaret Oeffin-
ger, seventy-six years old, died at San
Antonio.
Will Davis was shot and killed at
Dallas by Marshall Dinwiddie, an
other negro.
During May there were in the state
1854 deaths, 2199 being white aud 465
negro. Births numbered 4, 1853 Of
the deaths twenty-five were from pei
lagra, whicS is declared to be on the
increase,
During an electrical storm at Jack
sonville Mrs. A. A, Atkinson and her
daughter, Mrs Lee Priestly,- were
hanging c1other on line when light
ming struck the brick chimney, near
which they were standing. Younger
woman was badly shocked and moth.
er slightly.
In investigating the lynching of the
Mexican boy at Thorndale Mexican
Consul Diebold, stationed at San An
tonic. took a sworn statement from
Gabriel Gomez, who said his son was
born in Comal county, Tex, in 1896
The Western Cotton Oil company at
Haskell has made its lastshipment for
the season. It consisted of twelve
cars. Shipment consisted of 100, 600
gallons of oil, valued at $40, 600.
Five times tried on charge of MUIR
der of Tom Dixon near Haskell, four
times convicted, penalty one time be-
ing life Imprisonment, Walter Hickey
hobbled from Wichita county court
house free man He had been the
greater part of eight years in Jail
On entering jail he was a fairly we'll
TODD ranchman, Now he is penni.
On motion of the prosecution the case
was. dismissed.
High Z. Doran, a long. time resi-
dent of Dallas and former ship cap
tain, is dead. aged seventy two years,
With his. throat cut from ear to ear
Smith Norcross was found in weeds
near his tent cafe at San Antonio, a
bloody butcher knife beside him. He
lived two hours, talking freely with |
those gathered about him. He leaves
his mother, who is blind.
A mysterious disease is causing a |
number of cattle deaths in the vicin-
ity of Alpine. Cattle become afflicted |
with weak legs, lie down and die.
Mrs. r. l. White of neDr Denton
fell from her pet donkey and hit her
head, being unconscious for fourteen
hours.
]. 4. Carson. charged With burning
. house st Plano, was acquitted in /
district court at Mckinney