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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1908
Page
6
A visiting fair reports a grand total rate exceeding eight hundred thousand. The figure reflects strong attendee interest and high spending, underscoring Tendence’s successful showcase of products and services to visitors and buyers.
Dallas November 3 1908 eight hundred thousand people attended the State Fair of Texas drawn by the best exhibits the fair could offer The receipts for 1908 may exceed $275000 up $28000 from 1907 with 1907 a record holder Despite higher expenses the board expects net profits over $100000 enabling a great coliseum renovation of the livestock department and new barns The plan includes retaining exhibitors and inviting more groups for space
Rising Arkansas River waters threaten Pine Bluff with rapid caving of high river banks in front of the city and the rear of the Jefferson County courthouse. County officials relocate as citizens labor to shore the banks, with several hundred thousand dollars in property at risk.
George Whitman Upike died at the Nuckolls Hotel Sunday night around 10 o'clock after taking 180 grains of chloral. He had traveled from Galveston on the Brownsville train, arriving noon, with a ticket from St. Louis to Mercedes. He acted strangely, fell ill about 9, was attended by doctors, but died despite their efforts.
Agnes M Pursley twenty three, a Dallas woman, swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid at the family residence on Young street. She died at 3 oclock the next morning. Afterward others in the house recalled she had the blues and did not care to live longer.
A switch engine in the Katy yards at Waxahachie was telescoped by a northbound freight locomotive Monday morning. Both engines were disabled and crews jumped. Engineer Ed Hays of the freight train was seriously hurt after falling on a side track.
The railroad commission Morday issued an order exempting the International and Great Northern railway from the operation of the emergency gates recently put on cement in car loads from Harrys to Houston and Galveston.
New York reports that a key misappropriation allegation in the Morse Curtis indictment was dismissed by a United States court after the trial resumed Monday, affecting the prosecution's case and potential outcomes for Charles W Morse and A H Curtis.
Fred Dundee the noted automobile driver who was badly hurt at the fair grounds Sunday morning is reported resting easy and his condition is improving. He established a record of 48 3-5 seconds on a circular track in the White Flyer.
In Muskogee Oklahoma during an electric storm Monday night lightning struck three sixteen hundred barrel wooden tanks and an earthen storage tank holding 50 000 barrels all tanks burned. Lightning also struck the home of Sheriff R B Ramsey starting a fire and partially destroying it. First recorded lightning fire in Muskogee Reid.
Berlin reports show Chancellor von Buelow under thick pressure as newspapers across parties mock and criticize the government over an emperor issued utterance that bypassed foreign ministers. The emperor tolerates Von Buelow, but his authority seems eroded and calls grow for a ministry responsible to parliament.
Fort Worth area action by county commissioners appoints Engineer Henry Dixon to survey the flood district and report by November 2. Plans cover about twelve miles of frontage and are estimated to cost around $75,000, aiming to prevent future Trinity River overflows.
Advices from Mexico declare E H Harriman has secured a heavy interest in the National Railways of Mexico by acquiring securities of the Mexican Central. He rises as the dominant master of the republics transportation network after a recent merger that consolidated most lines under one company and much of the financing came from New York.
Washington reports naval experts in wireless telephony find that a steam siren under seventy two pounds of steam pressure emits a blast audible up to forty miles. The steam whistle also travels forty miles, while the lighter whistling buoy under the lighthouse can be heard about fifteen miles away.
Washington doubts persist about who benefited from the 40 000 000 payment for the old French Panama Canal Company transfer. Records of the transaction have vanished, leaving the bulk of the funds’ recipients unresolved and the papers apparently destroyed.
Austin. A complete abstract of the scholastic census of the State has been prepared in the state department of education and given to the printers. The summary page shows scholastic population aged 7 to 16 inclusive: Common school districts white 444 516 colored 109 612 total 564 128. School communities white 29 398 colored 14 927 total 44 325. Independent districts white 253 343 colored 62 832 total 316 175. Grand total 914 628.
Jewell P. Lightfoot special Assistant Attorney General came back Sunday after a month's absence in the East. He briefed the Waters-Pierce case and took testimony in New York in antitrust actions against the American Book Company and the Security Oil Company. He left before Waters-Pierce submission due to matters pending in the Twenty-sixth district court opening Monday.
The Federal government marks graves of 25 000 Confederate soldiers who died in federal prisons with care similar to Federal graves. Congress appropriated 200000 dollars two years ago to defray the cost of properly marking Confederate graves of prisoners of war.
Vaughan Beakes was shot and killed at Eagle Lake with a 44 caliber pistol. William Hatfield remains in San Jose custody as identity checks proceed. Palestine Board of Trade Secretary Sterne is distributing literature on Anderson County tobacco lands. Fourteen Dallas Homing Pigeon birds flew from Baird in 3:50. Postmasters and certain officials barred from election clerk duties per an Attorney General opinion. A safe was dynamited in Grapevine, cash stolen. West Texas M E Church session held in Gonzales. Bishop Key presiding. Dallas tuberculosis exhibit opened in Fort Worth to large crowds. Race horses arrived in Shreveport for Louisiana State Fair from San Antonio, Fort Worth, Dallas circuits. Galveston set a world cotton receipts record with 70,000 bales in one day. John Braziel killed Constable Cook and farmer Sims in Ardmore. Braziel arrested. Deiderich Wessel found dead in Yoakum, despondent over failed land deal. Pension examiner Townsend notes need for broader Ranger pensions. Texas Nurserymen and Nut Growers groups set January meeting details in Dallas. Frank Welff of Shiner died by suicide with a double barrel shotgun. Currency authorities urge stricter bank examinations. A Lovelady man shot Dan Wright, later surrendered. Wreck victim W. R. Piland injured by runaway team near Weatherford. Verdict: murder in Hemphill trial. death sentence imposed. Dallas offered to buy six deer for parks from San Antonio. Pythian Home for Widows and Orphans at Weatherford completed and overseen by a superintendent.
A Newton dispatch reports guests at a Bernardsville and Harrison party ate fried rattlesnake in a hotel meal. The snake, killed near Lake Owassa by Allen, impressed diners with its sweet flavor and eel-like texture. The eight-rattle skin will be tanned.
A mysterious contrivance called the Wonder Clock draws attention in Utica’s news window. The two aluminum hands move independently from a horizontal pin set in glass, balanced to react to air or paper. It is claimed to keep perfect time, though powered by gravity and not electricity or magnetism.
The Vienna institution for the blind reports eight months of operation with all workers blind. About 23,000 kronen worth of orders have been completed, roughly $4,000, and a fair profit has been made. Plans consider enlarging workshops as wares compete with similar factories.
A pale man in a large bathing suit stands knee deep in water and reveals to a friend that the sea is the grave of his first wife. The friend quips sarcastically as the man adds that his second wife refuses to go near the water, delivering a dark humor moment from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A reader notices a widow grieving after her rich old husband. The remark suggests the widow finds relief despite the husband's crankiness and long nursing, while noting that black clothing clashes with her style.
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