The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-07-04
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS.

TEXANS. congressional delec
cation copies of res
olutions asking the national govern
ment, in the event congress decides on
having a summer capital, to consider
Amarillo.
w. G.. Burrus, aged eighty years,
wealthy citizen and Collin county pho
neer, died at Mckinney. He was in
terested in several mill and elevator
companies in north Texas. He was
Confederate soldier.
Shooting at his brother-in and
another man twenty four times and
failing to hit either was the result Of
trivial quarrel near Quanah,
young farmer doing the shooting. lie
was jailed.
Game and Fish Commissioner Ster-
EFT gets around the ruling of the attor-
ney generals department that a per-
NIT would have to be issued to persons
to fish in the public lakes of Texas by
the issuance of one general permit
This permit entities the public to fish
in all public lakes except where the
state has or is about to establish
hatchery. While this ruling, says the
commissioner, is warranted, still it
was never contemplated by law.
For the first six months of 1911 the
the number of violent deaths in city
| aod county of Dallas was twenty five,
| leading same period of last year by
four. During June there were six
five negroes and one white boy. June
| last year there were three-two whites
and one negro
| Mrs. Feline Tobin Fraser, wife Of
John A. Fraser. retired banker
and capitalist of San Antonio, is dead,
aged fifty six years. She was a sister
of Sheriff Tobin of Bexar county.
After being out all night the jury at
Houston in the case Of B. F. Plots,
charged with the murder of Ed Weber,
returned verdict of not guilty. Web
er had previously killed the two half
brothers of Plots.
DeclaIing Romelo Igale assaulted
her at her home, mile from Cement
City, Dallas county, Mrs. r. Sa ell, a
widow, living with her five-year-old
child, swore out a warrant against the
Mexicaa youth, charging him with
rape. She also asserted, through an
interpreter, that she saw Romelo leav-
ing her house the next day as she was
returning home, and, being afraid, hid
until he disappeared.
The new eight-stand gin at Good
lett, Hardeman county, owned by A. F..
Decker, burnee Loss is SIS, 900; in
surance, 100000.
The Texas synod of the Cumberland
| Presby terrain church at a special SEES
sion at Leonard, bought S35, 900 edi-
fee, in which a denominational school
is to be started next fall
/ Owing to the drouth Denton county
farmers are cutting their corn for fod
der.
| Burlaries hive been frequent of late
at Marlin. Rewards are offered by
merchants for the capture and convic-
ton of the thieves. One firm has Of
fered $50.
i Marion Mahn was found in agony
ut Crowell, Foard county, expiring iu
thi ty minutes, Near him was found
bottle of strychnine and teaspoon.
His father resides at Sherman.
/ While sitting on the veranda OF he,
uncle, J, j. Hopkins. at Houston
Mrs. C. Meadows received a Sigh
bullet wound in lower limb 1t is
Supposed the bullet came from re
volyer fred at fleeing negro, wire
seriously cut another negro. finally
captured and jailed.
AS George Bylaw started to enter 9
pool near Texarkana he was shot be
tween the eyes by rifle in the hand
& of Jack Mercer, another boy, and in
stantly killed. Young Mercer claims
IL was an accident.