The Caucasian., 1911-08-29
TEXAS
AN .
TEXANS

AND burned by drinking
TEXANS. portion OF the con-
tents of bottle OF
carbolic acid and spilllng the rest on
his person death resulted.
During July there were 4, 967 births
in Texas and 2, $50. Several OF the
fatalities were due 10 pellagra.
Mrs. Virginia Travis, wife OF Ed
mond Travis, one of the editors OF the
San Antonio Express, was seriously
burned as the result of lamp explo-
sion. In extinguishing the flames the
husband had his hands badly burned
Over 300 candidates took the Scot
tish rite degrees during the reunion ct
| Galvecton last week,
Three thousand pounds of dynamite
were fired near Post City by order OF
C, w Post in an effort to produce
rain, The first shot was at 2:70 p. m
and there was a shower at $3.50. The
second shot was fired at $50 p. m. and
rain fell from midnight until next
morning. Barometer fell six points
and the thermometer five degrees, and
the velocity of the wind decreased no.
ticeably following the firiug of dyna-
mite.
General Rudolph e. Gunner, ma
tive of Austria, one of the staff OF
the late Emperor Macmillan of Mex
leo and long resident of Dallas, died
in the latter city, aged seventy seven
years Hewas thirty-second degree
Mason and accompanied Empress
Carlotta to Belgium, her native land,
after the execution of her husband at
Queretaro, Mex, in 1857. He was the
oldest son of nineteen children, was q
naval cadet in the Austrian navy and
during the Crimean war was in Con-
stantinople. When Macmillan &C.
cepted the crown of Mexico In 1884
Geueral Gunner accompanied him. A
widow and nine children survive,
Going at high rate of speed Dali
las street car jumped the track, skid
ded along the street and hit the side
walk. Three passengers and the con-
ductor were bruised. The car struck
a dog ond this is what caused the &C.
cident.
The two new dormito ries at the
, agricultural and mechanical college
havs been accepted by the board o1
directors.
On charge of selling liquor with.
out a license George Milan was tried
in the Dallas county court at law. A
!, verdict of guilty was returned by the
Jury and he was fined 5000 and go'
iu addition twenty days in jail.
Rev. j. w. F. Scott is visiting his
/ son, F.. A. Scott, at Goldthwaite. HI
, is eighty-nine years of age and made
; the trip from his home in Paris, Cal.
) without serious inconvenience. Words
, OF praise he hal for the trainmen, wht
+ rendered every needed assistance, thu
aged divine says.
5 Fire at Athens destroyed shed ant
g four buildings, all belonging to j. I
n Larue; loss, $5, 600.
= Henry and John Hughes. brothers
: of Mooringport, forty miles south o
Texarkana, state great number o
people are gathering pears IN tina
vicinity from mussels in Red river
I Henry Hughes exhibited atTexarkan
: several beautiful specimens, ranginI
g in value, he said, from S. to S25.
good many specimens are worth SAC
: $50 aud $50, and occasionally large
e ones are found. So far the fines
q picked up is valued at $500, bringin
: that price. Buyers are on the seen
i and sales of pearls are made as fas
= as they are found.
+ BY the explosion of can of kero
sene oil at Dallas John Hall, fou
years old, was badly burned. He ha
seen an aunt build fire in char
coal furnace and poured quantity c
: oil on the Goals.
II On examining trial J. M. Langston
ar charged with the murder of his viii
d near Grand Prairie, was remanded
iail without bail to await the actio
of the grand jury,
J. Y. Dewberry of Dallas has bee
n appointed assistant secretary to Ser
IS ator Culberson, succeeding JAIME
:. Spiller who resigned to practice la
Y at New York,
: Palo Pinto gave sixty eight major
BY against prohibition Saturday.