The Caucasian., 1912-05-28
TEXAS
AND
TEXANS.


gave birth to boy.
Both are doing we'll.
Beatrice Carroll, charged at Victor
Ia with murder in connection with the
killing of Jennie Williams, was &C.
quilted.
In fight at Dallas Jim Brooks, a
negro, was wounded by pickaxe it
penetrating to the right lung. Leon
ard Howse was arrested. Brooks IS in
a serious condition.
The Proctor hotel at Wacohas been
sold by the J. A. Solomon estate to
the Rotan Realty company for $685.
600. 1t is two-story and dimensions
135xlO5 feet.
Several business houses at Rising
Star were burglarized. Safe in the
Star meat market was blown to pieces
and about $50 secured.
G. W. Boroughs of Albertville had
a pocket picked as he boarded a train
at Dallas. He reports the loss of 1915
in New York exchange, several notes
aad 81 in cash.
Isaac B. Walker was convicted in
| the United States district court at
Dallas on charges of misapplication
of banking funds and making false
reports to the controller in connection
with the Union National bank, a for
mer Dallas institution. Penalty, FIVE
years 10 ten years, will be imposed
before the term ends.
Considerable damage was done, but
no one killed, when Trinity and Bra
zos Valley railway passenger train
and Santa Fe switch cngiue collided
headon af Cleburne. Engineer Charles
Murray suffered bruises and eight of
the passengers slightly hurt Heads
of the mail and baggage cars were
telescoped, the engines badly wrecked
and traffic delayed several hours.
Colonel E. H. f. Green, president
of the Texas Midland railway, states
he has placed an order for two motor
cars to run between Dallas and Paris |
via the Midland, leaving each city at
6 O'Clock In the morning and returning
each day.
Several buildings and stocks in the
business section of Cleburne were
damaged by fire. Lower story of the
.Cleburne hotel sustained much water
damage.
State tuberculosis colony at Carls-
bad, Tom Green county, will be form
ally opened June q. Fl. f. McGregor
of Austin will make the dedicatory
address. A barbecue and ball will be
features of the occasion.
Next annual convention of the Pan.
haudle Hardware and Implement Deal
ers' association, held this year at
Amarillo, will also be held in that
city.
Methodist pastors at San Antonio
will in future accept no fees for con-
ducting funerals.
Fire at McGregor destroyed five au
tomobiles and two buildings, the total
loss being So, 500
In fight at Dallas Edward Pearson
was stabbed twice in the right leg and |"
w. "a IhelCnOiF received DV6 wounds |
in the body, inflicted with a knife, the
abdominal cavity beirg penetrated a
couple of times.
While at Hillsboro President Cole
man of the Associated Advertising !
Clubs of America was presented a I
i've burro.
Wind did much damage at Fluviana
wenty miles northwest of Snyder.
lumber of residences were damaged.
'ne man injured by falling timbers, a I
house wrecked and telegraph {
md telephone wires blown down. :
G. w. Post. founder of Post Citv ]
md fifty charges of dynamite explod- I {
d into clear sky there aud rain in I
J few hours fell. II
On change of venue from Leon coua- t
Luther Downs pleaded guilty at
'alestlne. to manslaughter and given. !
Bo years. !.
Oats will soon be ready to harvest '
= seuaral counties.