Wise County Messenger from Decatur, Texas • Page 8

HALCOMB GRABB, Eds. aud Props. TEXAS AND TEXANS. Temple is after oil. Texas has 1806 census enumerators.

Tyler county went dry. Sherman is to have sewers. Fort. Worth is after a cotton mill. Wolfe City is to have electric lights.

Waco wants the Brazos made navigable. The summer normal at Austin has commenced. A number of oil leases are being filed at Corsieuna. Navarro county newspaper men have formed an organization. David March, a prominent Dallas county farmer, is dead.

Hillsboro Cumberland Presbyterians will erect a $15,000 church. Duncan Fraser, a well known citizen of Depont, Lamar county, is dead. Many colleges have had and are having commencement exercises. A colored man was killed by a white man near Call, Newton county. The Brazos Gin company, capital stock $10,000, filed its charter at About fifty grocers and butchers of Fort Worth have organized an association.

The Colored State association will meet at Sherman on the 27th Inst. The Gaston trumpet corps of Dallas is now a member of the fourth Texas regiment. For the first time in years the Sunday law was rigidly enforced on 3rd at Marshal. While trying to make an arrest Deputy Sheriff B. T.

Mattox was shot and killed four miles from Winsboro. The Railway Postal association held their meeting at San Antonio and considerable business was transacted. Augustus Hoover has been appointed traveling pasenger agent of the Cotton Belt railway with headquarters at Waco. Mrs. J.

H. Box very suddenly at Abbott. She got up to cook breakfast and in a few minutes fell over dead. Horace Milliken of Lewisville has been appointed a cadet at West Point Military academy by Congressman Bailey. The scholastic census shows a slight increase of school children In the city of Austin and in Travis county outside of Austin.

The union printers in the employ of the El Paso Evening Herald walked out because the proprietors failed to raise their wages. Near Corsicana, while driving in a wagon, a farmer named Ficklin was seized with a apoplectic fit. He threw up both hands and dislocated a shoulder. Thieves effected an entrance into the residence of R. It.

Nelms at Dallas and stole diamonds to the value of several hundred dollars. Mr. Nelms gave chase, but failed to overtaKe them. Rev. Dr.

Harsha, who has been ducting the Presbyterian meeting at Palestine, received a telegram stating that his father had been killed in a railway wreck at St. Louis. The firemen in making a run at Tyler ran the horses Into a live wire which killed Immediately. The horses were burled by the flse company In the new cemetery with appropriate ceremonies. The southbound International and Great Northern passenger train ran ovfr Will Cleveland, a nevjro boy, a mile south of Taylor, cutting both legs off.

The negro was brought to town and the wounds dressed. He died a few hours afterward. The Austin city council by a vote of 4 to 3 refused to grant the new telephone company, of which If. M. Aubrey of San Antonio is president a franchise to establish a telephone system in that city.

Mi Marcus Milner of Greenville, while visiting friends at Terrell, jd ntallr shot in the upper part of the right breast by a cartridge from a 38-callber target rifle. The wound Cot MISSISSIPPI MOB. TWO NEGROES WFRE LYNCHED FOR ONE CRIME. and liuti the in Swung I'pto Same Scent of Burning Human Flesh. Biloxi, June negro men were lynched for possibly ono crime, and it is not absolutely certain that either victim of mob law was guilty.

Henry Askew and Ed Russ, held as suspects, were strung up to a tree in a thicket just behind the railway station at Mississippi City. The law abiding people of this section, while confident no necessity existed for such vigorous action, deplore and condemn the dual lynching. District Attorney White announced that they would be brought to trial on Monday and yesterday at a mass meeting held at this place the citizens promised to support the district attorney in his efforts to have justice done through the proper legal channels. Early last night Sheriff Ramsey, in order to protect Askew and Russ from mob violence, moved them to a bath house. After midnight the mob assembled the bath house and after overpowering a deputy sheriff brought to protect his prisoners, dragged the two negroes away.

The crowd, who were supposed to know nothing of the hiding place, did not stop at the prison, but went straight to the bath house. The groes were tied, back to back, and. swung up to the same tree. Their bodies were riddled with bullets, and, after death ensued, were set on lire. The nauseating smell of burning flesh could be distinguished for miles away.

The sheriff saw the members of the mob, but it is stated unable to recognize them on account of trees casting shadows on their About 100 men gathered near the scene of the crime, waiting for the appearance of the posse with their prisoners, but were disappointed. The mob was impatient and did its work when the first tree was reached. On June 2 Christina Wlnterstein, a 13-year-old school gir, was outraged and murdered abou two miles from Biloxi wsile on her way home from school exercises. Askew and Russ, both of whom had been in the vicinity of the place where the outrage was committed that day, were charged with the crime. Bloody Day In St.

St. June men In a party of one hundred or more striking employes of the Transit company. who were returning from a labor parade in East St. Louis, were shot shortly after 6 by the members of the sheriff's posse in front of the temporary barracks on Washington avenue, between Broadway and Sixth streets. One Is dead, two others wounded in the head and abdomen will die, and the fourth will lose a hand.

Just In front of he barracks occupied by he posse comitatus the paraders attempted to assault the crew of a passing street car. A brick was thrown and several shots were fired by the street car men, when members of the posse appeared on the street with their shotguns and attempted to rescue the street car men. In the melee at least ten shots were fired by the possemen, who surrounded the mob, and there were four casualties as far us now known. Twenty-one prisoners were captured by the posse and taken into the barracks, where they were searched. Three revolvers and a handful of pocket knives were taken from tho prisoners.

One other shooting by a deputy sheriff Is reported at the sheds of the Bellefontaine line. Fred Boehm, 65 years old, was killed. Terrible Ft plosion. Gloucester, Ohio, June bun fired miners were imprisoned at 7 m. Saturday by an explosion of gas in mine No.

2. and as many more about to enter the mine for work. The rescue work was carried on so energetically that all were rescued except three. Ryan Joseph, John McLelland and Aaron Swanson were killed and their bodies can not likely be discovered before some time today, the mine is still on tire. These men were engaged to watch the large mine at night and see that it was in condition for the miners to enter in ing.

They were cut off from all means of escape at the time of the explosion and their horses perished will them. explosion set mine on fire an? the rescuing party has been worl.M* with Killed in a Duel. Logansport, June town was thrown into a fever of excitement yesterday morning when the northbound passenger train pulled in having the remains of Wily Wilkins, a young man about 20 years of age, formerly of this place, who had become involved in a difficulty with a Dr. Taliferro of Angelina, Texas, in which both men were instantly killed. After Wilkins had received a deadly shot through the heart he rallied, recovered his revolver and fired two bullets into his assailant, either of which would have caused death.

Young Wilkins was laid to rest in the city cemetery here yesterday evening with Woodmen of the World and Knights of Pythias honors in the presence of a large concourse of relatives antf friends. Oklahoma Waterspout. Guthrie, June East- boro, during the storm Saturday morning. as William Lamb, a mail carrier, was driving his route, wih his 10- year-old boy with him, a waterspout struck them and carried them off a bridge. They were crossing a deep ravine, which at once became a raging torrent thirty feet deep.

The boy drowned, as was also the team, ano Lamb saved his life by clinging to a tree top until the flood subsided. The temperature, which has passed the 100 line three days in succession, yesterday reached 104 in the shade, the hottest of the year. In fact, there had been no real hot weather here until the past week. Cotton Crushers. Fort Worth, Texas.

June Texas cotton seed association will be in session here on Tuesday, Wodnesday and Thursday, July 10, 11 and 12. Arrangements were made today royally to entertain the visitors while they are in the city. On Wednesday the delegates will be given a lunch in the afternoon at the Brewery and the ladies will be tendered a reception at the Commercial club. On Thursday a barbecue will be had at park. Admittance will bo by ticket.

I.in«*. Nacogdoches, Texas, June strong stock company has been organized here to build a telephone line from here to Beaumont along the line of the Texas and New Orleans railroad. The work of putting up the wire will begin today. The right of way has been obtained and a chareer applied fos. It will only be a few days reaching the new town of Huntington In Angelina county, east of Homer and Lufkin, which promises early importance and already has a telephone from Lufkin.

Club Women Adjourn. Milwaukee, June departure of Mrs. Rebecca Lowe at 2 yesterday concluded the club convention The new board of directors at its meeting made no effort to take the color question from the table, and one member is authority for the statement that it will never be taken from the fable. There is some talk of Mrs. Ruffin, on the other hand, instituting legal proceedings in Chicago against the whereby she will seek to have her alleged rights.

Taylor, Texas, June -Sixteen carloads of cattle were shipped out of Taylos Saturday evening over the Missouri, Kansas and Texas to the National stockyards, "East St. Louis, and four carloads were shipped from Granger to go in tho same train. The cattle were shipped by the following parties: W. C. Wright, cars; J.

M. Smith, 4 cars; J. M. Turner, 2 cars; G. E.

King, 2 cars; Dan Murphy, 1 car; It. B. Pumphrey, 1 car; W. S. Brookshire.

4 cars. Found Hauling. Iirenham, Texas, June Pruegner, a farmer of this county, was found yesterday suspended from the limb of a tree in his pasture, a short distance from his house, with entirely extinct. The unfortunate man was discovered by his little son. A inquest was held, finding of which was that deceased came death by self-inflicted means.

Worm in Oiilsthfmitt. Guthrlre, June It. i army worm has made in great numbers in many parts id' territory, wheat Is hard for them to work on, but they are da mag ing oats considerably, ami rt ports from Wood aud Grant counties state worms are devastating many of com, stripping ground bare of every green Idade, ACTIVE. POWERS FEELING THEIR WAY TO COMMON ACTION. BritlHh Beinforcementa Not to Pekin, Owing to Opposition the Statement at French Cabinet Meeting.

London, June Dispatches from the far east show apparently no cessation in the of the boxers, but the powers are gradually feeling their way to common action for the suppression of the disorders. It is believed that when the dowager empress realizes the firm intention it) eluvk her connivance in the nut i-foreign movement there will a speedy end to the rioting, and if the Chinese acted in good faith they could easily Hueil the rabble, which is armed chiefly with spears, agricultural implements, a few swords some old rifles. A dispatch from 'I Tsm. dated Thursday, June 7, shows the British reinforcements had not been started for Pekin, as expected, owing to the refusal of the authorities to al low them to entrain although the Brit ish offered to repair the line as they went. Additional Russian and Austrian troops have arrived at Tien Tsin, and the German cruistis llansa and Gehon have started from kioa Chon for Taku with marine intended for the same destination.

Battle With 'Hen Tsin, June 0. It is reported from Chinese official sources that -I0U0 boxers surrounded Chinese troops between Lofa and Yong Tsuii yesterday, and, according to the latest news, fighting is still going on. Oilieiais say that oOU boxers were killed, out give account the casualties. Thirty of General troops countered a body of boxers three miles from here on the Tako roal and killed twenty-one of them. No news bis been received from Pao Hug Fu for three days, and the situation there -s belie veil to be critical.

It is reponed that the troops have been defeated near there. The French ruis ers and Jean Bart and the Russian cruiser Kossie have arrived at Taku. Washington, June 9. The following cablegram was received at navy department yesterday morning from Admiral Kcmpff. on boarl New ark.

off Taku Ku, June 8. Battle between Chinese and boxers Tien Tsin, Large number of lioxers expected to reach Tsin today. Minister Conger, at Pekin, has also been heard from. His message to the state department said then was in improvement in the situation, am asked for instructions. It was deemed proper by officials to indicate upon just what point Mr.

Con gcr needs advice, but there is an in timatiim that he wishes know to what extent is to co ojh rate with the diplomatic representatives of European powers at Pekin. Secretniy liny took the message the cabinet meeting, where the answer will The state department is steadfastly pursuing the line of policy laid down at the of this boxer trouble of avoiding any interference with Chinese internal affairs beyond such measures as may be absolutely necessary for protectbm of and property. Especially is it determined avoid commitment to the ptdicies of any of European powers which might involve States in trouble. Therefore, notwithstanding ominous news in Admiral Kempffs tele gram, it seems entirely probable that Minister Conger will be dircctcd stick to the same line of policy winch he has pursued up to this time. Prohibition Majority.

Farinersvllle, Texas, June IK turns from all except one of boxes In list ice precinct No, of this county give the prohibitionisis a major ty of sixty in the local option election held here yesterday. It is expected that returns from the lemaining box will slightly the Muall majority. Warfare. New York, June The Washington special says: An official order captured in northern Luzon issued by a Filipino general shows the guerila warfare in Luzon is the result of a well defined policy of Insurgents determined upon some tiUi ago. Dragged to Death.

Brenham, June poeiv ker, a prosperous farmer at Penn, aged 50 years, met a horrible death at about 7 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Accompanied by one of his song he had been engaged in cutting oats and at quitting time placed the boy on one of the mules to ride to tho house. The mule began to buck and threw the lad to the ground. In a fit of sudden irritation the father kicked at the mule and one of his feet caught in a trace chain, the ring end of which had been hooked over tho top of a hame. The mule broke into a run for the stable, a quarter of a mile away, dragging the helpless farmer over the rough ground and dashing him against stumps and roots in the newly cleared land.

On reaching the barn an effort was made to hold the mule until the man could be freed from his horrible plight, but the frantic animal dashed away again and finished the horrible work of death. When picked up Mr. Boenker was unconscious and never spoke after the accident, dying about 3 Friday morning without gaining consclouness. Doctors who tended him declare that his back and almost entire body were stripped clear of skin, but that they found no wounds that were calculated to prove fatal. El Paso.

Texas June Manuel Gil, on staff of General Torres, commanding the engineering corps in the field against the Yaqui Indians in Sonora, with the arrived in the city en route to the city of Mexico. Colonel Gil says the Yaqnis are still giving the Mexican troops much trouble and have resorted to scouting, which makes the task of capturing them much greater. He says there are 5000 Mexican soilders in Sonora and none of the troops will be relieved soon. The Yaqnis are armed with all kinds of guns, but very few good ones. every said he, encounter small bands of Indians from twenty to thirty men, and firing a few shots they escape into the mountains.

I do not know how many Yaqnis are under arms, but there can ont be a large number, or they would offer more resistance. My government is having tho trouble that the United States had for years In the northwest. There is no war on but the scattered indi- ions element will give us trouble for some time to i in pro i Waco. Texas. June 9.

of the road from Bremond to Waco formerly an line known as the Waco and by the Houston and Texas Ont nil, was followed by costly improvements by the latter company, and still further improvements are contemplated. In con, nection with the Houston and Texas Central betterments at this point, a visit was made here by Vice President and General Manager G. A. Quinlan, General Freight Agent H. A.

Jones i and Division P. A. Gorman, J. M. and L.

A. Dalian. The Officials named were rteeived by the business club with special i marks of respect and honor. Vice President Quinlan says railways are getting ready to handle a vast tonnage of wheat out of iVxas. Out in an Duluth, June entire business and most of the result nee section of the town of Virginia, on tlie Mesa ha iron, range, was wiped out of existence yesterday in sixty mmut.s One hundred and twenty-live buildings were reduced to ashes in a veritable cyclone of tire.

The entire country around is 1 and ready io burn. The flames broke at the Moon and Kerr mill. The business section is about live blocks from tho mill, and over this intervening territory the flames spread fiercely, carried directly to the business buildings by a wind. Texan Waco, Texas, June aud Mrs, John F. Marshall have boon advised of the promotion of their son Frank Marshall to the rank of lieutenant In the army.

Lieutenant Marshall's first important duty was performed in tho battle of Man la as second engineer on the Olympia. His assignment to the flagship of Admiral squadron followed immediately upon his return with Admiral Dewey from the far east. He is now assigned as lieutenant on the cruised in South American waters, under Admiral Schley, The Jagersfontein diamond mine seventy miles southwest of Bloemfontein, produces stones to the annual value of forty thousand pounds and their it) ia excellent.