The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-09-26

TEXAS
AND
TEXAN S.


TEXANS. ly prominent citi
zen of San Antonio,
died at Los Angeles, Cal. He was a
long time manager of the Grand op-
era house at San Antonio and was a
/ soldier in the Philippines during the
Spanish American war.
Former Assistant Attorney General
W. E. Hawkins announces he will be
candidate to succeed Justice Ram
sey on the state supreme court bench
in the Democratic primaries next sum-
mer.
Silas Moyfeld, a negro, was struck
over the head while he was at his
place of employment in Dallas and
fatally injured. So terrific was the
| blow that the cot on which he slept
| was broken. The blow, struck in the
| darkness, drove tao inches of the me-
gro's skull into the brain. When the
man was found brains were oozing
out. He was lying in the street some
distance from the cot. A couple of
negroes we're arrested.
Australian lady bugs, used in ex-
periments on the Gates farm not far
from Port Arthur, are said to be ex-
terminating insects that injure orange
trees,
Walton Peteet of Fort Worth. soma
time a member of the board of dlrec-
tors of the agricultural and mechani-
cal college, has been chosen chairman,
succeeding W. A. Trenckmann, who
resigned.
James H.. Horton, leading farmer
of Dallas county, died at his home,
four Hiles from Eagle Ford, aged
fifty-flve years, Ae is survived by q
widow and seven children.
A. L. Pitts, representing the Texas
and Pacific Railway company. was at
Paris and had fled releases to mort
gage of 81, 900, 900 given in 1875 by the
company, Releases are being fled in
each county where the road operates.
Mrs Henrietta Oelschlager, sixty
six years old, was found dead at
tented colony on the beach front, Gal
weston. III health had brought great
mental strain. A son and daughter
are left,
San Angelo Fair and Carnival as.
sociation will hold its 1911 entertain
ment Nov. 20 to "a, inclusivs. Sever
al west Texas counties are to have ex-
hibits, There will be large livestock
and agricultural exhibits and splendid
races
Oil house at the Katy railway south
yards at Hillsboro was destroyed by
fire, due to an explosion of gas when
workman entered with lighted lam
tern. Will VALDEZ, an employe, was
badly burned while endeayoring to
extinguish the flames.
Six gangs of laborers, aggregating
$50 men, were started to work and
with many others will pasL the con-
struction of tue Cleburne- Fort Worth
interurban railway line. which the con-
tract provides must be completed in
ninety days.
Ray. the infant son of S. NJ. Bgiley,
q contractor of Victoria, drank kero.
sene oil and in q few minutes he was o
corpse.
Business men of Rogers, Bell coun-
ty, have organized commercial club |
with a large membership. O. ]. Cope
land is president and D. G. Brogden
secretary treasurer.
Congressman Shepherd will deliver
the Grafton at the United Confederate
Veteran reunion, to be held at Beau
mont Oct. 5 and 6.
w. !. Hayter, VINO has a sweet po-
tato patch within the city limits OF |
Mexia. embracing seven Fights of an
acre, has realized from it this season
over 5000.
Mounting ladder to the third story
OF building in the southern part OF
Dallas policemen went up. Three white
mon and twenty five negroes were ar
rested charged with gambling and in
three loads of the patrol wagon taken
10 the city prison. One negro jumped
from a second-story window. A LED
was broken.
Fire at Fort Crockett. Galveston,
due TO spontaneous combustion, con-
sumed $50 tons of coal and the coal
warehouse, entailing a S., 500 loss.
The wife of Joe Baras, Jr.. residing
about six miles west Of Sinner, was
killed by the accidental discharge of
] shotgun. She was sitting on q porch
and how the accidens o ~arred Is not
known. L