Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1904 Page: 3 of 8
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The Independents Are Piling Up Snug
Fortunes.
Friday All the Tima
Chicago: Since the beginning ofthe
packing strike Chicago’s consumption
of fish has been gradually Increasing
until now it is the largest In the his-
tory of the city. Ten cars of fish are
received each twenty-four hours, and
the wholesale dealers deciare that 2W) *
000 pounds of fresh and salt water
fish are cooked each day. Though the
increase has been so substantial, the
prices have remained normal.
Overton now has a tight and fast
curfew law.
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FOUR KILLED; MANY HURT.
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Several arrests have
Madman aays
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-Only the Father of a Family of Five
Escape.
Peeples of Lubttock, Lub-
bock County.
30. Q. T. Moreland of'Fort Worth,
• Tarrknt County.
31. R. E. Carswell of Decatur, Wise
■County.
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Dallas automobilists are attempting
to make a date for Barney Oldfield, an
auto champion to visit Dallas and do
some stunts.
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Joe Watley, a 5-year-old negro boy,
was drowned in an old well at Farm-
ersville.
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Lisbon suffered from one of its peri-
odical earthquake shocks Monday
night, but no material damage was
done.
Bled to Death from Wound.
Temple: Jim Cearley, a young man *
living at Salado, was handling a gun
when the weapon was accidentally dis-
charged, the shot taking effect in the
lower part of the body and producing
a wound from which he bled to death
in a few hours. Deceased was a
nephew of Judge D. R. Pendleton, of
Belton.
Strike Shows Weakening
Tried to Involve to Many
rmstXon at par-
order, and the un-
laws against all
dam of the citizen
Mm against all un-
from
r and
, and
Sufficient steel to lay four miles of
track and ten carloads of machinery
has arrrived at Temple for use in con-
struction work on the Tem pie-Belton
interurban electric line.
Several wheat farmers around Pros-
paa have purchased steam plowing out*
fit* and are plowing thirty or forty
aerie per day.
The new coal mine at Como, under
A Tragedy at Overton.
Tyler: A man named Gray
eigbteen-year-old eon, living n«
the management of Crone * Co., be-
gan operation* on Monday. Coal la
fisnad at a depth of seventy foot.
West Cotton Mills to Resume.
Waco: The West Cotton Mills will
be put In operation again at once, the
company having been put upon a new
basis, with new men added, and plana
which are apt to wprk out a success.
The company is capitalised at
>100.000, and there will be a working
capital of >30.000 in cash. The trouble
with the mill before, one trouble, at
least, was that It cost more than had
been expected, and complications
arose which ate up the profits.
by any corpora
«y form, to any
ifide owners, at-
and that the next Lexis-
a stringent and effective
i law, which shall prohibit
tof free panes, transports-
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 10.—Under orders
from the strike leaders, the packers’
strike yesterday began , to rapidly
spread to other portions of the city.
Pickets were stationed in the vicinity
of more than 150 retail markets,
those whose j proprietors have been
buying of the packers. Drivers of all
wagons approaching these markets
were turned bock, and the dealers
were unable to secure ice or any other
supplies. It is raid the strike leaders
have a list of 350 markets which will
be closed by the boycott This means
that the disorder, heretofore fairly
well confined to the stock yards dis
trict, will spread all over the etty.
Shutting off their ice is a hard blow to
the merchants. The teamsters are al-
ready taking an active part in the
strike, but not openly or with the
sanction of their National body.
Chief O’Neill, aroused to the neces-
sity for prompt action, said the non
union teamsters would be fully pro-
tected in delivering ice.
The packers declared last night that
the strikers and Independent packers
were In a conspiracy to mulct the pub-
lic.' It is claimed that the move to cut
off ice is simply a weapon to force the
retail dealers to patronize the Inde
pendents, who are said to be backing
the strike. It will be remembered
that’ Donnelly said he had the promise
of >1,0000.000 If the strike continued,
and the people are wondering if it fs
to come from the independents, who
are piling up fortunes during the trou-
ble. In support of the collusion
charge, the packers gave figures at
which meat was being sold, showing
an average increase of 2 l-2c per
pound, and the dealers affected by the
boycott say they will have to pay the
independents an average of 2 l-2c
more as the price of peace.
Starvation is beginning to be felt
among the strikers. The violence
which will probably become rife in a
Iron Pipe Finds Ready Sale.
Austin: The'Iron furnace at Rusk in
now running smoothly on full time,
turning out pig iron and sewer and
water pipe. A ready market was found
for all the water pipe that could be
made. In addition to the contract with
Beaumont, contracts have been made
to supply the cities of Cisco, San An-
gelo, New Braunfels and Seguin ^ith
pipe for the systems being installed,
and one carload sold to the city of
San Marcos.
Katy Closes Car Contract.
Shreveport. La.: The Pullman Com-
pany of Chicago has filed for record a
copy of an agreement with the Mis-
souri, Kansas and Texas Road, by
which it is to supply to the latter 2,825
cars at a cost at >1,260.926, divided
as follows; Two hundred refrigerators,
200 ftnmlfure cars, 1,350 coal cars, sev-
enty-file side-dump coal cars. The
contract bears the signatures of H. d.
Rouse. president of the Katy, and Rob-
ert Lincoln, president of the Pullman
Company.
Ajsin who
and to a great
rendered for
and reas-
that , this
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last, night, when strikers pverturned
all wagons supposed to be hauling the
products of the packers, beat the driv-
ers and destroyed the goods.
The strike leaders spent the day In
seeing that the boycott against the re-
tail merchants which have been
placed under the ban of the union was
being enforced. iZ some Instances the
strikers were successful'in cutting off
the supply of ice, but in many places
the boycott did not work so VeM as
had been expected, the retailers being
able to haul what ice they required in
their own wagons.
The packers claim that fully 80 per
cent of the usual amount of work was
carried on yesterday.
Ministers Paid in Tobacco.
Before the revolution ministers of
the Anglican Church in those Ameri-
can colonies where the church was
established by law were remunerated
“in kind” instead of money. Mary-
land gave an incumbent forty pounds
of tobacco a year for every tithe-payer
In the parish, whether churchmen or
dissenter, white or colored. These
terms,, were handsome enough to se-
cure the pick of the clerical market
In Virginia the stipends represented a
fixed and unvarying quantity, by
weight, of the manufactured leaf.
These stipends were rather beggarly
fr. quantity. In a bad year even the
“sweet-scented parishes.” where the
minister’s salary was calculated on a
high-priced and exceptionally fragrant
tobacco, yielded only about >500 a
yoar. The nariahiamm. amhetlmes.
refused to induct a clergy unless he
would consent to take one salary for
serving two parishes. In 1758, when
the price of tobacce-had greatly risen,
the house of burgesses passed a law
fixing the cash equivalent of debts
payable th tobacco at one-third their
true value, thus wiping out two-thirds
of the incomes of ministers. Patrick
Henry made his first fame in defend-
ing this law when a test * case was
brought in beta I of the injured cler-
gymen.
Senator Vest Dead.
Sweet Springs, Mo.: After lingering
for weeks between life and death,
former Senator George Graham Vest
passed peacefully away Tuesday. He
had been near death’s door for three
days, and the end came without a
struggle. He was conscious until Sun-
day. He was the last surviving Sena-
tor of the Confederate States Con
gress. He was elected to that body in
1882 from Missouri and served until
the disintegration of the Confederate
Government.
rendered
property i
below a
valuation.
■(HMt Increases
those taxpayers who render a full ac-
count of their property at a fair valu-
ation. To remedy this evl’ w* >•*-«■
ommend that suitable, provision be
I made for the prosecution of persons
t. who commit perjury by falsely and
willfully withholding their property
from taxation, or by a value plainly
below Its reasonable value: and that
Tax Assessors, who may falsely and
willfully accept any fale renditon of
for taxation, shall be guilty
,sauce in office and be punish-
hls
Over-
fop. were shot from ambush and both
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that
with the public good.
These- are some of the essentials of
our free government for which the
Democracy has ever stood and for
which it will continue to battle.
We endorse, approve and ratify the
National Democratic platform, adopt-
ed at BL Louis, and pledge our hearty
support of the action of that conven-
tion, and we invite the support of all
patriotic persons who believe in the
perpetuation of free government in
these United States.
The Democracy congratulates itself
and the Democracy of the Union in
this year of Democratic harmony.
Democratic hope and assured Demo-
cratic victory, in presenting to the
country as its satndard bearer the pro-
found jurist and statesman, Alton B.
Parker, and commend him to the Dem-
ocracy and to the country as the ex-
ponent ofa government in strict ac-
cord with and under the sanction of
the Constitution of our country.
2. We commend and heartily en-
dorse the administration of our dis-
tinguished Governor, S. W. T. Lan-
ham, as wise, ablo and faithful to the
interest of the people, and return the
thanks of the Democracy to our State
officials for their efficient services and
administration of the affairs of the
State, which have been conducted
without default, corruption or scandal.
It is the proud boast of the Texas
Democracy that during more than
thirty yeprs of control of the Strte
government our officers have invana
bly been faithful to their duties and
to the rights of the people, and that
neither dishonesty, corruption nor
scandal has existed In our service.
3. We will continue the liberal pol-
icy toward all our educational institu-
tions to the end that the very best
facilities shall be provided for the
youth of our State to secure educa-
tional advantages second to none at
the State’s own institutions. -*
The fathers made wonderful and un .
selfish provision for the education ot
the youth of Texas, and we pledge
ourselves to continue to be faithful
to this trust. ,
We commend the Legislature and
many ot our city governments for the
inauguration of industrial education,
and the Democracy will continue to fos-
ter, encourage and extend the same.
4. We favor the continuation of the
Democratic policy of making ample
provision for all of our eleemosynary
institutions, that we may continue to
provide for all of our helpless In in
a stltutions where they may be proper
ly cared for.
5. We pledge the Democracy of this
State to honest government, econom-
ically and faithfully administered, and
to the abolishment of all unnecessary
offices, places, positions and salaries,
and we require at the hands of our
Legislature that it provide adequate
revenue for the expenses of State gov-
ernment, without deficiencies.
6. We oppose nepotism and demand
the passage of such laws by the next
Legislature as may be necessary to
eliminate the fame from the public
service in this State.
7. We indorse the Terrell election
law as a wise and efficient measure
of reform, which has greatly purified
the ballot In the State, and pledge our
Legislature to the enactment of such
amendments thereto as may be found
necessary from time to time to perfect
and Strengthen the same. We call on
our executive committee to make,
adopt and enforce such regulations as
may be necersary to prevent confusion
in the primaries and to secure uniform-
ity wherever the same is practicable.
8. We believe that the owners of all
property, which is not exempt from
’ taxation by the Constitution of the
State, should be compelled to contri-
bute their just proportion toward de-
fraying the expenses' of the Govern-
ment, and to the accomplishment of
that result we pledge the Democracy
of Texas to the enactment of such laws
as will secure the just rendition of
all property for taxation and compel
the payment of taxes properly assess-
ed against it, and to the enactment of
such laws as will secure the taxation
of all property, tangible or intangible,
including the franchise and intan-
gible assets of property of those cor-
porations which, by reason of the na-
ture or character of their assets or
property, under the present laws es-
cape their just proportion of taxation.
We recognize the fact that much prop-
erty which is subject to taxation is
not now
extent
much
enable
greatly
Legislature, and recommend its adop-
tion at the coming election We de-
nounce the Republican scheme for an
asset currency and the plan set out
in the Aldrieh financial bill. ,
11. We favor the passage of a law
giving to cities and towns in this
State power and authority to fix and
reasonably regulate the charging by
electric and gas light, telephone and
water companies and other like com-
panies.
12 We recommend that occupation
taxes on useful occupations be re-
moved as soon as a fair system of prop-
erty taxation can be devised to raise
the money now furnished by taxation
of such occupations.
18. We recognize the growing im-
portance of irrigation in this State as
a means for the development of our
agriculture, and we direct the Legisla-
ture to pass such laws on this subject
as will encourage irrigation and be
alike just to the capital invested and
the landowners.
14. We reoommend to our Legisla-
ture to provide' for the purchase and
preservation of the old Alamo Mission
at Ban -tntonim a work now being
patriotically undertaken«by the Daugh-
ters of the Republic of Texas. This
historic and tragic spot should be pre-
served to Texas and her people for-
ever, in sacred memory of the heroio
struggle for Texas freedom.
JOHN H. REAGAN, Chair’ll.
Resolutions.
These are resolutions adopted upon
report of the platform committee:
The judges of this State should be
paid such salary as will secure and re-
tain men of the best ability; we there-
fore believe the good of the people re-
quires that the salaries of our Judges
should be Increased to a reasonable
amount, in keeping with the degree of
ability and integrity required in the
performance of the duties of then*
positions.
Believeing that the memory of the
Confederacy deserves to be cherished
forever by all true Southern citizens,
as well as all other lovers of South-
ern manhood, we favor the enactment
ot a statue declaring the birthdays of
Jefferson Davis, its only President, and
our own grand old man, John H. Rea-
gan, the best type of Texas heroes, to
be State holidays.
We commend the Texas World’s
Fair Commission and the work It has
accomplished at the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition in successfully ex- --------- ----- - -
plotting the resources of Texss, to the day or two started in Franklin streeff
approbation and support of the people, - -
and urge upon the Legislature the wis-
dom of taking such action as may be
necessary to remove to Austin and pre-
serve such parts of the Texas exhibits
at the World’s Fair as will instruct the
youth and citizenship of the State .con-
cerning the material resources of a
commonwealth that is so endowed by
nature that it must eventually become
a most highly developed and civilized
section of the Western Hemisphere.
Whereas, The Sul Ross Memorial
Association, of wbich Mrs. C. A. West-
brook is the president, is engaged in
the work of erecting a monument upon
which is to be placed a bronze eques-
: trian statue of Gen. Lawrence Sulli-
van Rots, a most laudable undertaking
and a deserved tribute; now, there-
fore.
Reesolved, That the Texas State
Democratic convention here assembled
Indorses the work of the Sul Ross Me-
morial Association and urges that ev-
ery Democrat in the State contribute
according to bls ability toward the
fund necessary for the accomplishment
of the work, remembering that the
hero to be remembered was a life-
long Democrat, twice elected Governor
as our nominee, and that in his civil
and military life he added luster to his
State from the beginning to the end
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. The Platform.
Houston, Tex., Aug. 4.—Following is
the text of the Democratic State piat-
—fortt .adopted (and also the resolu-
tions w'lich were reported by the com-
mittee, and which were also adopted):
1. On the eve of a great battle, in
which constitutional government Is at
stake, we recalled those fundamental
principles presented to the people by
the Democratic party, which support
the fabric of free government:
A Federal Government, composed of
sovereign States, which Federal Gov-
-ernment derives its powers from the
•Constitution of the United States, with
local self-government reserved to the
State and to the people on all matters
-which have not been surrendered to
the General Government. The Dem
ocracy Stands for constitutional gov
der^whlch are no
•ons; rat^ “J
-«Hke;. ter the free
lawfol violence and
Whatsoever source;
economy in all p
against all abuse of
Chicago, HL, Aug. Iff.—A mother and
her little children were killed end a
number of other passengers seriously
injured in a collision last night be-
tween a Baltimore and Ohio local pass-
enger train and a Chicagw and Erie
freight train at the Brighton Park
Railroad crossing at Western Avenue
and West Thirty-Ninth Street
The collision followed a frantic off-
fort on the part of the crossing flag-
man to change the course of the
freight, the crew of which he had
given a signal that all was clear for
them to back over the Baltimore and
Ohio tracks. The passenger train,
which was approaching rapidly, was
struck by the freight cars and two eff
the coaches were overturned. One off
the freight cars crashed through the
woodwork of one of the coaches where
the four who were killed were seated.
They were a family of five, and C-
C. Schwarts, the father, was the only
one who escaped with his life. Al-
though taken froip the wreck uncon-
scious and suffering with broken bones
and bruises, it is believed his injuries
will not prove fatal. The mother and
four children were instantly killed.
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exas State Democracy
The Principles, the Candidates and the Organieation.
Houston, Aug. 4.—The State Demo- ’
•cratlc convention adjourned slue die,
.after having unanimously adopted a <
platform, elected Hoa. Frank Andrews
of Houston to be chairman of the '
State Executive Committee and nomi-
nated the following ticket:
United States Senator—Charles A- '
Culberson. 1
Governos—8. W. T. Lanham.
Lieutenant Governor — George D. 1
Neal. r
Attorney General-*-R. V. Davidson. 1
Controller— J.W. Stephens.
Treasurer—John W. Robbins.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion—R. B. Cousins.
Railroad Commissioner — Allison
Mayfield.
Judge of the Supreme Court—T. J.
Brown.
Judge Court of Criminal Appeals—
M. M. Brooks.
So harmonious were the proceedings
and so few the matters in controversy
that the roll was called but once dur-
ing the entire convention, and that
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the matter -bf nominations only due
candidate was presented for each of-
fice, opposing candidates all having
withdrawn.
Executive Committee.
Before the convention adjourned
the senatorial delegations elected
their respective chairmen for the
•ensuing two years, who are ex-officio
members of the State Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee. Frank Andrews
of Houstln is chairman. The follow-
ing are members from the senatorial
districts:
1. 8. T. Robinson of Daingerfield,
Morris County.
2. H. E. Henderson of Sul”hur
Springs, Hopkins County.
3. E. A. Calvin of Paris, Lamar
•Count. . , '
4. C. B. Potter of Gainesville, Cooke
County.
5. J. A. Garrison of McKinney, Col-
lin County.
6. Phil C. Travis of Dallas, Dallas
County.
7. J. W. Fitzgerald of Tyler, Smith
County.
, 8. E. B. Blalock of Woodlawn, Har-
rison County.
9. A. N. Justiss of Corsicana, Na-
varro County. ,
10. John M. Loggins of Enniq, Ellis
County. ’ ,
JI. Gordon Gaither of Chilton, Falls
County. ' *.
12. W. B. Moses of Fairfield, Free-
stone County.
13. L. D. Guinn of Rusk, Cherokee
County. '
14. R. A. Greer of Beaumont, Jeffer-
son County.
> 15. E. B. Seay of Madisonville, Mad
Ison County.
16. Will P. Hobby of Houston, Har-
ris County.
17. A. E. Masterson of Brazoria, Bra-
aoria County.
18. J. F. Wolters of La Grange, Fay-
ette County
19. R. J. Alexander of Caldwell, Bur-
leson County.
20. C. C. Pearson of Burnet, Burnet
County. c
21. J. L. Storey of Lockhart, Cald-
-well County. t . • •
22. John W. Flournoy of Beeville,
Bee County.
23. C. C. Thomas of CotullagLa Salle
County.
24. Charles Schreiner of Kerrville,
Kerr County.
25. John G. Griner of Del Rio, Vai
Verde County.
26. G. H. Goodson of Comanche, Co-
manche County.
27. George H. BoyntOn of Hamilton,
Hamilton County.
28. JL A. St. John of Cisco, Eastland
County.
29. A.
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Shelby, Sam. Carrollton Chronicle (Carrollton, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, August 12, 1904, newspaper, August 12, 1904; Carrollton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1267572/m1/3/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carrollton Public Library.