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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1901
Page
4
The Mississippi poll tax results show 29,371 white citizens and 116,856 Black residents who did not pay the tax, disfranchising them for two years. The piece condemns the policy, cites costs of government and military expenditures, and notes local political figures like Hon. W. W. Dillard and historical references to the 1875 constitutional convention.
The census bureau bulletin shows Alabama had two counties over 40 000 bales, Arkansas one, Georgia one, Louisiana two, Mississippi five, and Texas led with twenty three counties over the threshold. Milam ranks fourth with 65 964 bales, amid a year of great summer overflow that destroyed much river bottom cotton.
Last Thursday near Corsicana, Mrs. Younger was killed by a throat cut while her farmer husband Conway Younger worked. A 38 year old daughter described a big black man dragging her mother away. 200 men searched the area as Navarro County and the governor offered rewards totaling $1500. A suspect named John Henderson was arrested and taken to Hillsboro for safety.
A Sherman Democrat reprint recalls frontier Texas health care where doctors were scarce and home remedies prevailed. It cites an anecdote from ex-Congressman Culberson in Detroit describing a mock “horrible mixture” of vinegar onion suet and mullein his wife would prepare at home to cure him, illustrating rural illness practices of the era.
Hon Phil Clements of Mills county stands as the sole poet in the current legislature. Previously in the 26th legislature he was well regarded, though few expected his muse to emerge. After a buffalo clover state flower proposal failed to win favor with the ladies, he wrote a poem on the blue bonnet praised for its rare imagery and tender sentiment.
Last Friday ex sheriff R E White withdrew from Austin mayoral contest. Primaries earlier gave White four wards, Robertson two, Glass one. Robertson appears poised to win as anti White coalitions form. Also noted, Senator McLaurin plans to leave the Democratic party, signing with Republican caucus doubts. Separately at Sandy Hook a powerful new explosive penetrated seven inches of armor, a secretive invention viewed as significant by American military officials.
A Saturday afternoon storm lashed north Texas on March 9 causing heavy property damage and several fatalities in Wills Point with losses estimated at 65 000. West of town in Collin and nearby counties wind and rain with hail accompanied the downpour. Report notes large snow in Kansas and northern states. John E. Searles, NY financier, failed last week for a large sum. presidentship of American Cotton and American Type Foundry cited but not harming those firms. Fort Worth Register and Waco Times Herald writer James Hays Quarles praised for sharp Texas journalism.
The Galveston grand jury did not indict Joe Choynski or Jack Johnson over the prize fight. Gov. Sayers asks the attorney general to seek charter forfeiture of the Athletic Club of Galveston. City creditors claim partial debt repudiation and a prolonged struggle is likely. A Napoleon death mask found in Jersey City highlights rare artifacts. A Texas oil-field development company with three million dollars capital is proposed. The Texas decade promises notable mineral resources as legislators mull the charter issue and Thursday sessions.
The Texas senate approved adopting the buffalo clover as the state flower with the house following on Tuesday. The cotton market saw prices fall by a dollar per bale last week while cotton stored in yards remains ample. Dr. A N Denton, ex superintendent of the Austin insane asylum, died at his Austin home after earlier residing in San Marcos. William McKinley was inaugurated for a second term amid a large crowd in Washington.
A premature explosion at a rock quarry near El Paso killed multiple men when twenty five cans of giant powder detonated before they could reach safety. Officials report no ship visit to C is planned following the incident.
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