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Earnestly Devoted to the Upbuilding of the City of Denton and the Best Interests of Tts People
DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY EVEXI
3NING,-AUGUST 12, 189«J.
NO. 37.
MACARTHUR'S FIGHT.
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Tells of Hie Jlidnkrlit Meeting Pre-
vious to the Lyiii hing
OF
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He
iZIis Troops Surprised llio Rebel* a:nl Tut
Them to Flight.
Manila, An?;. 12.—General McArthm's
j troops remained Thursday night at Calu-
let. The rebels had evidently fled lw-
I yound riflo range, for the American out-
| posts were not disturbed and not a shot
HUM I illiilliS. was fired during th ■> night. At day-
I break on Friday a reconnoitering
i party consisting of a battalion of the
111 Seventeenth infantry with oao field
I piece started up the railway truck to-
! ward Angeles, four miles north. The1
! party got within 1.1') > yards of the town
and opened fire with the field gun.
j The Americans were received with a
badly directed rifle fire, which the bat- j
talion of the Seventeenth returned with
Hundreds of Porto Ricans Killed
bv the Hurricane.
Says the ; Were Held
Sec'utled Spots, Where Three
Kinds <>!' Suggestions Were
Offered and Discussed.
POXCE IS IN RUINS.
-Tiayaguci escaped serious injury. Ba-
nanas are the sole food here. The peons
have gone to San Juan and its vicinity,
which is comparatively uninjured.
Five Ifumlrod Drowned,
San Juan, Aug. 12.—It is now said
that 500 person? Ioh': t'veir lives at Ponce
during the hurricane. Terrible distress
prevails there.
General Duvi--' Report I; Alarumr.? ntid
I'leada for Rations <o Relieve
the Starving— Prompt
Action Is Taken.
Athens, Tex.. Aug. 1:2. T. J. Iforton,
a witness for the state, told Judge Lip-
scomb a story, which, although shroud-
FRUIT TREES KILLED.
h. 15l^irstiilf 8new (lie I'Jmjiire I>res#
liriok (!o, for Dmnagfl to I'ruft Farm
From i'elrolfiim Fumes.
E. Bigs-i'rstaff has sued the Empire
Press Brick Company for damaged to
th< amount of AIOOO.OO. The >• nit grows
ont of damages Mr. Biggerstiff claims
m resu'ted to his fruit farm from the
Boot has prepared an appeal to the I fa!":'*of t,he I-'-trolenm used by the
people ot the Lnited States for aid for J " ' 1 oouipMnj in burning their kihi;j.
those who tire entering in Porto Ricoby ; 's the first suit of the kind that has
the recent hurricane. This action is j been filed ia th • state and the result
taken upon the receipt of a telegram i will be watched with interest.
from President McKinley suggesting it The id-mifiir •i . c.
k,. .1 ..... ti,., ........... .i.Z . Ane piamralt h c uial petition on file
in the clerk's office .,ets forth that the
An Appeal fi»r Aid.
Washington, Aug. 13. — Secretary
be done. The subsistence department
of the army at Porto Rico is directed to
as it can
a few volleys. The strength cf the in-
ed with the vague expressions in com-1 unrgents at Angeles was not known i
mon use among the people of his neigh- though it wis reported to General Mo
borhood, surpassed in interest anything Arthur, who did not desire
yet told in connection with the case. ! inforceinents, and directed the recon
He told of meetings held at midnight noitering party to return unless the ! 8aSe is dated Aug. 10, and says later re-
in secluded spots by men whom,he alleg- j rebels abandoned the town. Soon after ports show the hurricane far more se-
ed, were grimly determined to effect the i the receipt of these orders it became evi-1 vero 'n ^le interior and southern part of
Washington, Aug. 12.—'The depart-
ment has received a cablegram from ren,ler K,lch temporary aid a:
General Davis giving full-r details of anti! supplies arrived.
the damage done to Porto Rico by the Love Green Captured.
hurricane. General Davis says a famine Anderson,Ind., Aug. 12. —Love Greene,
to send re-1 " impending, and asks authority to is- who fatally stabbed James Hicklin in I «*• »"<l «;««« ®neae-
the rflmn. | sue rations to the destitute. The mes- Mnncie, and eluded the officers, was £, ^ the °™ ot four h™k
captured here and returned to Muncie ! k'hlS 640 teet so,lthwest of the twenty-
officials. Greene was found secreted in aores- The defendant, the peti-
a boxcar of a westbound Big Four tion alleges, "burned some kin l of oil
plaintiff' owns twenty-seven acres of
land in the southern part of the city, on
which he had planted many fruit trees
and vines, and which he had inclosed
by a barbed wire fence, and that the de-
destruction of tlio unfortunate old man
and his sons who lived close together
on the Trans-Cedar. i to be occupied by Americans.
These meetings, he swore, were held A battalion of the Twelfth infantry
weeks before the crime was committed wasalso sent on a reconnoitering expedi-
and those who atteneed suggested var- tion toward the west, but up to noon n<
ions plans for its perpetration. firing had been heard in their direction, I
One was that two men unknown to ; and no word could bo received from
the Humphries, were to rush in at night,
drag them from their homes and hold
them while the others shot down the
captives.
Anothei was that some one bo hired
to commit a triple assassination on some
dark night or whenever a favorable op-
portunity was presented.
The third suggestion offered was to
eiitt r their homes under pretense Oi'
searching for Patterson, and take them
away to be swung from some conven-
ient limb.
The witness said that he knew that I
these various plans were suggested, be-
cause he was present at one meeting and
heard two of them discussed.
The other, favoring the hiring of an
assassin, was mentioned to him after-
ward by one of the parties, whom, ho
alleged, attended the meetings. The
witne s swore that when ho heard the
id vi of rushing in and making quick
w of Humphries ho said, "1 balk,"
and afterward made an effort to raise a
body of men to cross the rL\> r and pre-
vent the plotters from carrying ont
th ir plans.
Those who participated in the meet-
ing
dent that the rebels had set flro to i the island than here- Su-?s he: "Tll°
the town and fled, leaving the place | data estimate of the number of Porto
Ricans who were lost is very deficient,
but I am forced to believe the number
on the island cannot fall below 1000
freight train ready to pull out.
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Brio AD! Ell OKXERAL MACAIiTHUR
tlfeiii at (i
ters, and
Ia-Artl
•ved tli
it the
which were held weeks before the
lphries were lynched, were sworn
■crecy.
Mrs W. B. Brooks testified that her
hu .band was at home from sunset to
euM'i -e on the night of May 2«.
Judge Lipscomb took the ca-> under ad-
visement.
Fvautivflle Strilte landed.
Evansville, Ind., Aug. 12.—The na-
ti> mil 'dicers of the ITniU d Mine Work-
ers of A merica and the operators of the
Suanyi-i 1 mine have reached an agree-
ment that result in the resuming of op-
erations in that mine. The miners con-
els have s<
rection art
The ins
fighting ai
that If
wound
ri one
<s that all the
miles in ever.
souls and a famine is impending. 1 ask
that 2,500,000 pounds of rice and
beans of equal quantities each be
immediately shipped on the transport
to Ponce. Some are here with urgent
appeals from all the post commanders
for food for the destitute. 1 am author-
ized to relieve the distressed with food
issues, rice and beans only desired.
There has been many deaths among the
natives by the falling of walls. So far
only one soldier is reported dangerous!y
injured. Several towns are reported
entirely demolished. As yet report-:
have been received from only four
ports. Complete destruction of all bar-
racks except two. and one company of
each barracks was destroyed Troops
are now in canvas. No reports yet
from the large posts. Ponce an I May-
aguez, but they were in the vortex of
the storm. At least half of the people
of Porto Rico subsist entirely on fruit
and vegetables and the storm entirely
destroyed this source of support.
Arroyo, on the south coast was de-
stroyed. Sixteen lives were lost and the
town is still subniei';.
At Gue.yamo some
standing. Seven per
there. A number of
Fugitive Surrenders.
Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 12.—II. S.
Ashemead surrendered himself to the
United States authorities here, claiming
to be a fugitive from justice, having
while clerk in the postofiice at Sabinal,
Uvalde county, Texas., embezzled the
funds of th money order department. 1 dewberry vines
that gives forth noxious r rases, fumes
and smoke," and a kind of coal that
does the same thing. The wind, the pe-
tition coil jinues, carries these fumes,
etc., over on the growing vegetation,
trees, etc., belonging to plaintiff, and
the gases, etc., have destroyed ninety-
four fruit trees, 2!Ki grapevines and
The fruit trees
He stated that his conscience hurt him.
lie was placed in tiio county jail to
await the action of the Federal grand !
jury.
are valued at A" each, grapevines and
the dewberry (altogether) $150. The
fumes also damaged ,and rotted the
barbed wire fence for a half mile, ac-
Ainiii Grant Hfctaion. j cording to the instrument, mined a
Santa Fe, X. M., Aug. 12.—Chief eurtjlier of forest trees owned by plain-
Justice Mills this week made a final de-1 tiff and made the place undesirable for
one by which the fractional ownership a residence t> plaintiff's damage of
ef
.11 those interested in the Aliua Ne-
gri grant was determined and a parti-
tion provided for. This will bring into
active use an excellent tract: of land in
the Pecos valley, near Puerto de Luna.
The grant contains over J7.1MW acres.
<iood Adviee,
Oh, how long will it be before the
nrond fathers and mothers of th" s.nv.l■-
No,1
lliile'* >ame on
Jefferson City, Mo.,
Hale, the middle-of-
who was buncoed out
sional ballot
id in
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lost he
'alulet.
d and ;i
It is b
party i
The
thirty-
officer-
The
the ins
jd. Th ■ I
place and
•entU sn
»f rub *ls in
American
of
er and s
on.
ppiy
A ).4 UK.
er.
are still
>ns were killed
ouses were pil-
l's were unable
arvation threat-
congr<
on tbr
titic i •,
cepte«;
filed.
law.
itlicial ticket
containing .*
the
All},
he
,f apla
last year
thii
by Se
Mr. ]
than
year.
-5 names,
cretary of State Lf
Hale had i.eerlv 'J
1 ieket.
i;>.—w. P.
roa 1 Populist
e on the
will be
His pe-:
was ac - i
■uer and
lu more
freckle-faced vt
nngsters or our
land will ce
make proft
youngsters,
to become
men? The
in the Unitt
dent has do
and wil
useful,
fact tha
id State-
was
ne
;ary under the
I lidigmint.
from their ambition to
nial men out of their
, instead, urge them
practical lab ring
every male child
may become presi-
ruining the
• on" thing,
Insist upon
si i ion rath*
f the pro-
1 I'd <
Sin Juan
w
ompanv
di and kill,
s live kill. '
f ti
FONCE'S REPOR"
That l'i
i:
Hk>1
h live
t he
r Ij
^ i or mi .She
cm!.
.1
Th'
strut:'
attacl: wa -
urgents wl
lent was
car open
a com pi
o had nt
intended
1 the
ite snrpn -e to
idea that a
until the ar-
morett car opened the deadly fire with the
two (latliii." : uns, a revolving cannon
an l a (i-pounder. The artillery opened
on both flanks a moment later. A
cede to the operators the right to em- majority of the Lilipinos were asleep
ploy t lily the number of men required when the attack was made, and men
to mine salable coal. The operators i WPre heard running arousing their
concede most other points demanded by
the union. The point conceded by the
miners has been the one point that has
kept them apart from the very first The
strikers met in mass meeting and in*
dor d the agreement.
£ and last
northeast.
»nd at
T wo
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11,
Mrs. Thornton.
C. 12.—Tbe pre-
Kay Tent:fit*a Against
Webb City, Mo.. Am
liminary examination of Ida Thornton
for the murder of her husband, John,
July 80, was commenced in the onera
house, 800 women being present. Only
three witnesses have been examined.
Geor . iiay testified that Mrs. Thornton
coaxed him to murder her husbanddhat
he rode Thornton's horse to the mine:
that he shot Thornton and then cut his
throat with a razor, after which he took
$lt)0 in cash, two certificates of deposit
and the now famous ring from the p.*i
son of the deceased Ray is Mrs. Thorn-
ton's cousin, is an invalid, and cannot
live Jong.
Provision for the I>e«titnte.
Washington, Aug. 12.—The war de-
partment has taken piornpt *ction on'
were heard rnnnii
friends.
The Americans retained almost a per-
fect line four miles long through cane-
brakes where they could see nothing
ahead. The mud in places was almost
knee deep and in the rice fields and
jungles and through the ditches flowed
Miiall rivers m veral feet deep.
The Filipin h tried to ambush thf
America i« verel limes, th countrv
in th"
to the
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neigh be
e tacti 's, bur tie
n-r well adapted
trions stopped
i ouce, Aug. l'i
ever experienced h
Tuesday morning at 9 o'e
two hours. It cam ■ from t
Ponce was floodt 1 at midday
least 800 persons were drown
hundred bodies, mostly those
people, including many childr
been recovered.
All the buildings are damaged
hundreds have been destroyed, iiit
soldiers and firemen worked all night
heroically saving lives. There is no
driving water, j^as, ice or electric
lights. The commissary stores at Playt
were destroyed, the city is short of food
and many army officers are distributing
rations. Fifteen vessels in the harbor
were driven ashore. The weather bur-
eau predicted the storm, but it is claim-
ed Folic - was i. >t warned.
tend that the citv
•gal.
en
upe.
poor
have
ant:
TV.
has been writte
the sporting co
tropolitan tiaily
pion golf plav >r
or says he neve
his life and th;
golf link from a
; the
otild
: cart
^ayers
ngth in
eru ni i-
cham-
he govern-
e of golf in
not know a
lupler.
dollars
ii fort ana
ted Dew.
the
o ! • .iii A mob ot I • H.Hi persons threatened th
for notlimar, forcing their wav through , ,, r, , . ,
, .. ■ , alcalde, Porrator I) ria. but th.-v w.»r<
or over obstacles and tiring whenever ,. ■ , „...
. dispersed by the rut
they could locate the fleeing enemy.
The officers highly commended tKt
recruits of the various regiments.
There is reason to believe from thf j
reports recently received that the insur-
gents are short of ammunition as well j
informed natives at Calulet say the in-
surgents had only 40 rounds of ammuni-
tion each and that five rounds extra
were issued just before the fight.
Since the occupation of San Fernando
by the Americans, the rebels have torn
np three miles of railroad between there
Calulet, and it has been impossible tc
Fifth cavalry. The al-
poM'd 011 account of
utiles bevond San Fernando.
■ ij'I'ui n IU IfUCTt
(L*ict>.
L-S ti
4 1 and get fresh
Two uici
I or sale.
-room and hall residences
General Davie'report. The army trans- get the armored car more than twe
port McPhprson has bt>en ordered to sail
from New York f «*Nan Juan and Ponce
ne:»t Monday a 'Vipplies to relievt
' the destitut remain
rftr of acre
Ladies
candie . .
Two nice 5-roomjL
.*• t <s>nvenient ti sqiii^L
Apply to W T.
m
Lhn PlNLIt.
convenient tc sq.iare. for s:
Apply to W. T. Wooldridge.
cheap
spersed by
cahle has been
the negligence.
Major Myers of the Eleventh infantry
is acting alcalde in response to popular
demand.
The sum of s.ViO will be needed to
clean the streets. The sanitary condi-
tion is serious and assistance is needed.
All the crops are totally ruined, the
wires are all down and tittle news is ob-
tainable from the interior Aliouita, in-
cluding the barracks, has been destroy-
ed, but no lives were lost there. Juan
Diaz has been devastated. Forty-six
In s were lost there. Arroyo, Uuay-
u»ao. Salilias and San IsaL» 1 ,.re report-
ed to have been totally demolished. The
railway between l'ouce and Yauso has
been destroyed and the military road is
impassable. The ri ver is flowing over
Gambling Koom.s K livleti.
Fianklin, Ind., Aug. 12. -Search war-
rants were obtained from Sipiire Luy-
ster, and the gambling rooms of the
Wation, Gillaspy and Prat her saloons!
were entered by Me.rshal Baldwin and
Night Officer Oris Myers. In all five
tables were secured, also overJJOOO
checks nnd some 8,1 decks of cardi
Farm Iiand Suiei.lt?*.
Indi-iuapolis, Aug. i2.- Enos Ifvans, a
farm hand, :'! > ars old, employed on
the farm of Newto-i C ol: iu northeast-
ern part of tiiis county, shot himself
through the heart. Evans came here
from Ripley, O., about a year ago aud
afttr Wv.rking ;» couple of months mar
rie.1 the young daug.iter of Mr. Cook.
to
I' (.f f |,
n chris
' told
' S 'ittlfc
t some
Katiieru Ciooil liakt'-OIV.
Mr. P. J. Moran, in an article
Atlanta Constitution, says:
illustration of the manner in wh
farmers of the country have lost h
fore, it is only necessary to r ■;>
statement receutly made by Mr. II
of Sew Orleans, that ont of an ai
cotton receipt of one million three
dred thousand bales in that city
thirty seven thousand bal > were
idy
;i
unp]
which had
nn the bal
laem, whi
. parishe.-.
be
u
L.
nisi, \, no uauated
have gone into th
ana Not the least merit of the Ai
icau Cotton Company's Ronndlap
is that besides its other economie
prevent, this unjust tribute from In
levied on the farmer.
« .id
ii>i-
ner-
>ale
5 it
Sew Stable.
Austin. Au^. li — A handsome new
brick stable is being constructed on tin
grounds of the governor's mansion. Sup-
erintendent ot Public Buildings and
Grounds, Sam Harlan, also has a /ore* beep doing that part of th
of men At work making many badlj la-d night on the "flyer" for s
needed repairs on the mansion and im-
proving and beautifying the grounds.
Oil'for the War
The News man is hustling Li-
items today. Harry Withers wt.
work,
in .
own
) has
, left
\uto-
from which place he will go to the
Mr*. Clayton \fry vi;*k.
Mr S. B. Tabo - re - d eed a t
inessjige today informing him
daughter. Mrs Dr. Clayton,
wis verv low. Mr. and Mi
e-leph. ne
that his
f Celina.
<. Taoer
tf 1 the road for two miles.
I wi 1 leave this afternoon for that place. (begin again.
mo,
Philippines to be a soldier I
promises to keep the News
wit* the ind.le a lirs of the
st-fioaA and t 1 not lecture wi
turns. We hOj>e that his a*
army will be si> great that be
appointed to Otis' pla before
nld. He
in touch
new pos-
iu:i he re-
•ess in ti e
will
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