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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1891
Page
2
The piece comments on the infusion of energy and brainpower into national success, praises distinguished professionals and business leaders, and reflects on piety versus hypocrisy. It notes high regard for literary figures and questions recognition for a key prose writer while discussing American restlessness and land ownership shifts.
A discussion on changing views of single and married women, arguing for freedom to think act and work. It contrasts domestic drudgery with urban life, notes constitutional language about language rights, and laments privacy and labor burdens for house and shop girls.
A long running rivalry between Alliance Vindicator editor Moore and Hopkins County Echo editor E M Tate escalated into a sidewalk gun battle. Moore died after multiple wounds and Tate was arrested then rearrested. the feud involved personal attacks by both papers and a knife wound to Moore from Tate's son earlier.
Dick Duncan was executed at Eagle Pass Texas for the murder of the Williamson family of four from San Saba county. He faced the court coolly, refused further defense, and died after a protest filled with invective toward Judge Kelso and law officers. He was a cowhand born in Linn county Texas twenty eight years ago. The motive remains unclear.
In Victoria Texas on September 14 the plan to remove the raft blocking the Guadalupe River failed as the contractor and the citizen committee could not agree. He abandoned the project after progress, leaving the river in its long standing dammed state.
A falen woman Mollie Wing died by morphine overdose in Dallas while a 12 year old Amisa Lyttle died from a fatal accident on Rocillo creek near San Antonio. A Comanche county wife murderer named Rizell was convicted and received the death penalty at the first trial in Fort Worth.
Taylor county sheriff took a condemned man from the county jail to Abilene for the death sentence to be carried out. Convicted last term, the judge did not sentence him then. the inmate awaits the court date while displaying indifference and even joking about his execution. He suggested carpenters should build the scaffold for his hanging.
In May a Hill county farmer named George McLain was jailed in Hrussoro Texas for burglarizing a smokehouse and found to be an escaped Mississippi penitentiary convict. Special Deputy Long traveled to Mississippi with him for extradition. While en route near Scottsville the prisoner slipped his handcuffs and leaped from the moving train, escaping.
An elderly man named Jordan from Wichita Falls arrived in Fort Worth seeking his 16 year old daughter who vanished weeks ago. Police found her in a private boarding house where she said she left with a man and married him, a claim contradicted by a telegram indicating no marriage license was issued. The man was arrested and jailed in Henrietta. they plan to depart there today.
H Michalka crossing a rain slicked track was hit by a westbound passenger train after failing to notice it due to steam from a freight engine. He was crushed but survived. doctors call his condition critical though improving.
Fire at 3 p m yesterday gut the rear of Henry Flaege Sr store in New Braunfels, a two story frame building and its stock valued at 15,000. Five hundred dollars of farm implements owned by Knowe and Eiband also burned. No insurance. Outhouses scorched but insured. Cause suspected as a child of the owner playing with matches.
In Anson Texas on September 18 two youths cleaned pistols. One man retrieved his weapon from a trunk while Rowan loaded his and placed it in his vest. A misfire occurred when the other man received the weapon. the shot struck Rowan above the right nipple and angled toward the left chest. A doctor has not located the ball. Rowan says his friend is blameless and the incident was accidental.
Waco Texas Sept 16 the first suit under the alien land law was filed in McLennan county district court The state sues Theo Mailison to dispossess him of twenty acres on grounds he is an alien and cannot own land
The examination of E M ate for the killing of E S Moore concluded yesterday. Bail was granted in the sum of 10000 and Moore's remains were taken to his father's home six miles northwest of town for burial.
Cuero Texas September 15 a Sunday morning incident left Wash Willis wounded in the neck after a confrontation with Joe Weal who was later shot by Deputy Dengbrizer while resisting arrest The assailant returned fire but was not hit Willis suffered serious injuries.
Menipiax Texas reports Charles Hays once of Bosque county and now of Waco was convicted in Bosque county district court for cattle stealing. He received a three year penitentiary sentence.
Dick Duncan sentenced to death writes a letter from EAGLE Pass Texas Sept 18 claiming he will murder and offers to whip the editor of the Guide in retaliation for perceived wrongs. Governor has refused to intervene.
Choice clippings report varied items across Texas counties including infrastructure gains such as the Bonham Powder creek bridge completion and Hillsboro courthouse updates. farm yields near Vernon and Henrietta fairs. criminal cases in Lancaster and Marshall. rail and rainmaking talks. and notable accidents including doctors injured at Kilgore and a boy lost in the Brazos. The roundup mentions arrestees, trials, and local industry developments.
A series of brief items recounts deaths and crimes across Texas. A captain’s body found near Independence suggests accidental death by a cotton bale. Verbal and physical assaults occur in Bonham and Corsican, with injuries or fatalities reported. Robberies strike Charles Shahn in San Antonio and Allen Blades in Greenville. Railway actions include surveys for a Taylor Bryan Trinity line and Missouri KansasTexas expansion into Oklahoma. Additional notes cover a lunatic at Gay Hill on a camping spree, assets sold of Gulf Brazos Valley and Pacific Railway, and legal actions against a Weatherford compress. Reports also describe railway stock rallies in Granger, watermelons at Brenham, and wheat flow in Vernon, plus accidents and scuffles in Dal las and Granger. Continuous local incidents illustrate a turbulent, interconnected Texas in brief.
Long delayed news from Washington announces the opening of ceded Indian lands for settlement next Tuesday. News triggers intense excitement as home seekers plan to rush into the ceded territory east of Oklahoma, near the Canadian river, with thousands camping along the meridian line ready to move.
In St Louis on Sept 17 the anti sub treasury and anti third party faction of the farmers and laborers union adjourned without day and without achieving its goal. A new group formed to oppose within the Alliance the policy to make government a loan agency. Delegates promise a sustained campaign to counter the Ocala platform and anticipate a dramatic Indianapolis convention.
Superintendent S Gala vatti was shot dead by highwaymen as he rode with 5000 in gold bars from Deerbee Drift mine toward Mount Vernon. J D Ostrom, badly wounded, drove the wagon to safety while Gala vatti’s body lay in the vehicle and the bullion was hidden. Armed men pursued to the mine site.
New Orleans secretary Hester releases official cotton year data for the first eighteen days. Port receipts 289,093 bales vs 346,383 last year. overland to northern spinners and Canada 15,845 vs 9,941. interior stocks 81,711 vs 28,977. Total new crop 366,550 vs 415,202. foreign exports 89,516. American mills takings 91,915 vs 96,552.
Gov Buchanan of Tennessee wires Gov Brown that Kentucky miners plan to free convicts in Briceville Tennessee. He says these men have previously invaded Tennessee to release prisoners. Brown vows to prevent trouble but notes Kentuckians acting unlawfully in Tennessee are subject to Tennessee law.
A night mob at the Somerset jail overpowered guards, seized Sheriff McCargue’s jailer, and hanged the Gilliland brothers in a ravine west of town. The accused declared innocence as no confession was obtained. the crowd reportedly came from Whitley and Laurel counties where the sheriff was known.
D Barth Short, back from Chicago, claims World’s Fair management is rotten and will seek a Washington investigation if Davis is not removed as director general. He says Senator Stewart of Nevada will lead the fight in the Senate. An anti Third Party Meeting was noted in St. Louis Missouri with anti subtreasury sentiment.
At a morning meeting yesterday only half the expected delegates appeared. The conference opposed Third Party land and loan schemes, endorsing the Fort Worth platform as the basis for a new Alliance. U. S. Hall presided, with William H. Murray as temporary secretary. Missouri delegates plan a permanent state Alliance with F. W. Davison as president and J. K. Pool as secretary.
Seven gunmen boarded the No. 3 passenger at Lelinetta Creek County Oklahoma and through the express car looted about $35,000 while Conductor Jim Smith and Messenger Perrin faced the threat of gunfire. Passengers remained unaware until after the robbery. the Dalton boys are suspected.
An excursion train from Denver to Georgetown derailed in Clear Creek Canyon near Beaverbrook. The eight day coaches, three baggage cars and two engines struck a curve, the middle cars forming a horseshoe and sliding down the embankment into the creek. Several injured, including George Farr, Gen W C Browning, Empress Messenger Ault, and Brakeman Warren, with twenty four others lightly hurt. all taken back to Denver by a rescue train.
In Mount Pleasant on Sept 18 a plan to draw the color line in religion failed. McCracken, a colored barber, joined the Methodist Episcopal church by letter last winter and faced protests. Pastor Thorn returned his letter, but Bishop Joyce ruled membership cannot be severed by letter reversal and ordered McCracken admitted.
Sept 15 fire started at Octave Ouellet’s home, once insured for large amount, trapping about 200 people. Police arrested Ouellet after a crowd of 1000 gathered at his brothers in law's house. he fainted but was kept in jail as fire marshals contained the scene.
A dispatch from Algiers reports a third deadly collision in the Mediterranean near Gibraltar. Both ships, one Greek and one Italian, were heavily damaged and sank. sixty five lives were lost.
The Farmers' Alliance in St Paul and the Dakotas plans a new effort to slow wheat shipments. They mailed one million letters to farmers on Saturday, arguing that the rate of shipping will push wheat out of farmers' hands by January 1. They predict prices could rise to 1.50 to 2 if wheat is withheld and will provide figures.
A Southern gentleman recounts how George Croly wrote Salathiel after a Royal Society bet with Walter Scott. Scott read Croly’s Wandering Jew tale with praise, then burned his own manuscript, deciding to abandon his own novel.
An 19th century discussion notes the shift from mules to steam or electric power for canal transport. M. Fiamant’s paper at the Manchester congress outlines inclined planes with water chambers, either lengthwise or across the track, to lift boats. The proposal links ascending and descending chambers by chains to save power.
An 19th century warning describes Mecca pilgrimages amid high deaths from maritime piracy and long overland treks. It notes about 22 000 of 66 000 pilgrims over six years did not return and cites epidemics from overcrowded ships and filthy conditions at Jedda. Also included is a vignette about Edison as a youth electrifying cockroaches with a makeshift two foil circuit.
The text describes Eskimo death customs as highly superstition bound. It notes families hold memorial festivals for departed friends yet may move a dying person to an abandoned hut to die with no food water or care. After a spouse’s death the survivor cuts the front hair short and loses appetite for twenty five days.
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