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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
6
A brief note highlights an upheaval in Oklahoma where the 8th insurance law provokes a stampede of reactions among policymakers and industry executives. Major figures weigh implications for coverage, premiums, and regulatory oversight amid rising tensions.
Washington reports growing sentiment for an insurance system for bank deposits. Banks nationwide seek a Treasury sanctioned scheme under existing law to create a sinking fund, to be held and disbursed by government as needed, with Oklahoma already adopting a state run approach.
Rev. Dr. Josephus Johnson, long serving pastor of the Free Presbyterian Church in Austin and former pastor of First Presbyterian in Victoria, died Thursday at Seton Infirmary at 2:30. Born in Mississippi, educated at the University of Mississippi and Columbia Theological Seminary, he came to Texas in 1872 and served in church leadership for decades. His wife died decades ago. he left surviving relatives including a half uncle in Abilene and a half sister in Florida.
Judge Tricker in Pedera Court Thursday upheld the constitutionality of an anti futures bill passed by the last Legislature at the Farmers' Union request. The decision sets a precedent for Southern states. A Chicago brokers firm had sued claiming violation of the interstate commerce act, but the court ruled the state did not exceed its powers.
In Pittsburg the H. C. Frick Coke Company plans to bring 7000 ovens in Connellsville and the Lower Connellsville region back into operation within a few weeks. The return of many foreign workers to their homelands is expected to create staffing shortages for the restart.
From Dr Charles L Gregorys annual North Texas insane asylum report for the year ending August 31 1907 the governor was told that on September 1 1907 there were 2004 patients 1044 males and 960 females marking a rise from the previous year Also noted Michael Birmingham fatally gas asphyxiated in Dallas Friday night and upcoming poultry show events were listed with exhibit schedules
Hamilton Texas celebrated yesterday the arrival of the first train on the Stepenville North and South Texas railway. Seven coaches carried delegations from Waco and Fort Worth led by W. W. Sealey and Capt. B. B. Paddock. Locals had long sought a railroad to escape reliance on Hico twenty eight miles away.
In Nacogdoches on Friday Mr. Bryan gave a short public address saying he has spoken enough to satisfy curiosity but not enough to wear out democracy. He noted that some may never hear a real president speak and quipped about a past belief of someone who hoped to be president, warning of a recurring "disease."
Startling reports from Boston describe a man who appeared claiming to be the famed Schlatter said to be dead. He asserts he is the Divine Healer who once stirred Texas and Indian Territory by traveling on foot to heal diseases and cast out devils.
Guthrie Oklahoma at a meeting of the State Banking Board the State Bank Commissioner was instructed to begin examinations preparatory to placing State banks under the insurance provisions of the bill recently passed. Investigations should be completed by February 1. The Commissioner is empowered to hire as many examiners as needed. About fifty applications are on file.
New Orleans announces express companies will ship no more liquor C. O. D. to Southern States. Some firms shipped liquor to dry Texas counties, bringing legal difficulties and higher costs. The C. O. D. whiskey trade has long been shady.
A destructive fire raged in Nacogdoches at 2 am burning four two story business houses. Mayer Schmidt dry goods Weeks Drug Co and Julius Eichel dry goods store destroyed. Loss estimated at $200000. Fire thought under control. insurance details unavailable.
Governor Campbell says no emergency requiring an immediate legislative remedy is likely. He does not foresee a need to convoke the Legislature unless a genuine crisis arises, and he believes Texas commercial and financial conditions do not demand new legislation.
John Gordon of near Marion Illinois burned ten thousand dollars in currency a few days ago to obtain money. Clifford Braley representative from Milam and Robertson counties, now residing in Amarillo, has resigned.
Boise January report notes acquittal of George A. Pettibone in the Steunenberg killing case. Haywood’s co-defendants also largely freed, with Charles Moyer released and Pettibone returning to Denver. Orchard case to be pursued later in Caldwell court. Pettibone’s health deemed precarious, physicians fear long-term recovery.
Georgetown Ky notes that Caleb Powers faces a fifth trial after a hung jury in the murder case of William Gobbe. The jury of twelve, ten for acquittal and two for conviction, failed to reach a verdict after more than forty eight hours and were discharged by Judge Morris.
Goldfield Nevada reports the strike ending with the backbone broken. Mines are expected to operate within ten days. Many miners seek work, deserting the Western Federation of Miners as they tire of delays and fear their places will be filled by imported miners.
The Abilene Poultry and Pet Stock Association hosts its annual exhibit January 14 to 16 in Abilene. The State Nut Growers' Association event coincides with meetings of the Horticultural Association, the Press Association, and the Central West Texas Commercial Club Federation. A large attendance is expected due to low railroad rates and a slow season.
Dogs searching under an old building on the Sutton farm twenty miles north of Clarksville unearthed a pot of ancient coins. Over 1000 coins in a badly defaced group were buried in an iron pot nearly rusted away. Farm owner is Dr. J. C. Foster. finder is J. M. Cre mene, the superintendent.
Preparations are under way in Terrell for the State Corn Growers Association meeting on January 16 and 17. Hotel accommodations and other provisions are arranged for about 500 visitors, with a large prize list for best corn exhibits and other products. The Commercial Club participates actively.
Lee H. Coleman was executed by the scaffold at 12:49 PM Friday in Lake Charles Louisiana for the murder of Deputy Sheriff William Shoemaker at De Quincey. Three thousand glass bottle blowers resume work in Millville after a ten day shutdown. The Queen City Furniture Company plant in Shreveport burned Friday causing a loss of 110 060 with insurance $75,000.
W E Powel, a farmer from the Big Pasture near Randlett Oklahoma, shot himself Tuesday night and died Wednesday. Postal receipts at Fort Worth for the year total $227,789.74, up $37,473.84 from 1906. George Carney, a Santa Fe brakeman, killed at Cameron when crushed by a moving train. he had relatives in Temple and Eddy. Aaron Kelley, jailed for bribery, escaped Brady jail Thursday night by removing a window bar. Counterfeit 1896 silver dollars circulating in Denison. Secret Service agent on the case.
Judge Sam R Scott of McLennan County will soon resign as District Judge of the Fifty Fourth District. He plans to enter private practice.
In Ruston Louisiana a young white man named Fred Harris was killed when he accidentally touched a live telephone wire that had fallen across an electric line during a house fire. The fatal contact occurred in front of the burning residence.
A vault at the McCurtain State Bank in Oklahoma was blown open and about 3000 dollars in gold and silver were seized. The bandits escaped with the booty and left no trace of their identities or clues.
The Lackawanna Steel Company relighted the open hearth furnaces early this week. With the furnaces back in operation several mills that had been closed for four weeks will resume service.
General W. L. Cabell, Lieutenant General commanding the Trans Mississippi Department of the United Confederate Veterans, marked his eighty first birthday Wednesday at his Dallas home.
The first large cargo of the year from Galveston departed Thursday on the steamship Trak bound for Liverpool. It carried 16,250 bales of cotton and 162,871 bushels of corn, totaling about 1.1 million dollars in value.
An autopsy on Rev. Gilbert Gish of the Christian Church in Chambersburg AL indicates his sudden death was caused by poison. The State's attorney has opened an investigation into the case.
In Brooklyn four men were tangled and helpless in a broken live wire. A woman removed her overshoes and urged bystanders to help. When others failed she used the shoes as gloves and freed the victims from a deadly shock.
The Governor announces Judge W. H. Gill of Ouston will chair the State Penitentiary Board, succeeding Judge William F. Ramsey of Cleburne, who becomes Judge of the Criminal District Court.
A semi official source reports the northern division of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Butler Pennsylvania to Kane Pennsylvania spanning 114 miles will be converted into an electric trolley line.
One buyer paid out more than $1000 for turkeys in Waxahachie Tuesday. Prices averaged 8 cents per pound as birds from various parts of the county were gathered to be loaded in a car for shipment to New York.
Bank of England directors lowered the minimum rate of discount from seven to six percent. The change follows the recent financial crisis and reflects step to ease monetary conditions.
There is little chance of strikes in the coming year among the building trades. The employers have signed agreements with a large number of men, and in cases where agreements have not been concluded arrangements are under way.
At Bonner's farm about eight miles from Lufkin Dixon Abney a prominent and one of the most popular attorneys of the town accidentally received the entire load from a shotgun in the back of the head funeral services pending authorities report a tragic rural accident in Texas with Abney’s death noted.
The Attorney General's Department has approved a $7200 issue of Corrigan independent school district school house bonds, being tea forties, at five per cent.
The arrivals during November totaled 117 476, up from 94 621 in November 1906. In addition to those admitted, 1 594 aliens were debarred from landing.
Washington notes list 160 bills and resolutions introduced in the House Monday. Highlights include Fulton Oklahoma on free import duty for US vessels of American build, Wallace Arkansas on wood pulp and newsprint duty repeal, and Clark Florida proposals banning indecent divorce or crime reporting in mail.
Paris resident M J Martin aged over seventy was reported missing after leaving home with a gun for a hunting trip near Minter. His daughter located his body in an old blacksmith shop at about 2 pm with a fatal head wound, and relatives had searched for him for hours after hearing gunfire.
Washington representative Stephens Kee introduces a bill authorizing the federal government to purchase the night ranch with its buffalo and catalo herds and 100000 acres in Armstrong and Randall Counties near the Red River. The land would form the Palo Duro Canyon National Forest Reserve with the Secretary of Agriculture in charge. total cost not to exceed half a million dollars.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled for the State of Texas in Sullivan v. State, affecting titles to hundreds of thousands of acres in Western Texas. The Hidalgo County tract of 55,000 acres, once granted to Pedro de la Garza, is cited as part of the challenged land.
National banks increased circulation by 33.9 million dollars in December 1907. On November 30 the total noted circulation was 656,218,196 dollars and by December 31 it stood at 690,130,845 dollars, reflecting a monthly rise of 33,912,699 dollars amid the financial squeeze.
Joe Ferguson a well known conductor on the International and Great Northern from Mart to Fort Worth shot himself in Mart on Sunday night at around 11 with a pistol after placing a suitcase down. He was thirty five years old unmarried and very popular.
Bert Donlay night foreman on the Katy hill engine at Denison and veteran Rough Rider in Cuba received a silver spur as a Christmas gift with the inscription From T. Roosevelt A Merry Christmas 10%. Former San Francisco supervisor Thomas F Lonergan died at home. he was among board members who confessed to accepting bribes from railroads, telephone company, and other corporations.
First day of Georgia prohibition sees Judge W P Newman deny pendente lite injunctions for two breweries from Cincinnati and Chattanooga. Case proceeds in regular order, trial expected in two months. Despite New Year's holiday, no disorder reported as prohibition takes effect in all districts of Georgia.
Between 12 and 1 am Wednesday, an incendiary attempt aimed at Freedman Bros. store on the west side of the courthouse square. Oil was poured on the back door and set alight but extinguished before flames entered the building. Two young men nearby discovered the blaze and saved the block from heavy damage.
Fire at W. I. Nabors general merchandise in Emory destroyed six brick buildings including the post office. Discovered at 2:20 A M Wednesday, the blaze could not be checked by bucket brigades, total loss about 35000 dollars with 18500 dollars insured.
Hillsboro discussions on establishing several demonstration stations on local farms. J L Quicksall, Agriculture Department agent, spoke to the Board of Trade about the proposal. Former postmaster Harry Back named district deputy in the service.
In thirty minutes of trial the death penalty was imposed on Robert Weston, a negro, in St Francisville La. He had shot a passenger train near Baton Rouge on December 21, killing A. K. Wiidert, a student. The State appointed counsel urged the jury to act to save other negroes from a like fate by upholding prohibition.
Chicago reports that medical science will soon transfer vital organs and tissues from lower animals to humans. New experimental surgery and vivisection enable replacing diseased parts with healthy organs, with the successful extraction of arteries from one animal to another as the first step.
United States Senator Jefferson Davis replaces his daughter as private secretary, after she served as his amanuensis for some time. Also noted are the Wichita Kansas man Campbell’s death in El Paso on arrival from Mexico, brakeman Sweeney’s fatal fall near Shreveport, and a peanut growers movement to build a large factory as peanut farming expands in Northeast Texas.
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