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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1910
Page
1
The Senate defeats the Quart measure by an 11 to 3 vote, sending the bill back to the House for final action. The outcome closes the current effort on the measure.
Governor Campbell sends a special message for Denison charter and Van Zandt road law. Senate moves toward sine die adjournment as daylight closing bill passes House. Bond refunding yields cheaper twenty year bonds. Insurance bill passes. liquor measures constrained. A public-purse view urges adjournment and warns against further session costs.
In Austin on August 13 the quast bill failed in the Senate 11 to 3 after House passage. The Senate then rejected its ten mile bill 15 to 10 with Halsey voting with antis. The session deadline August 17 foiled prohibition measures. The towns and cities committee reported favorably the San Antonio commission charter bill.
The Senate yesterday afternoon killed the tenmile bill and its companion ban on drinking on the premises with a 16 to 14 vote.
The Senate defeated a Terrell election law amendment requiring majority nomination by a 14 6 12 vote. A liquor bill prohibiting club drinking was laid on the table. The campaign fund ban on liquor dealers failed 14 to 12, with Cofer Bryan and Hobey supporting the measure.
The House of Representatives quickly passed a new insurance bill on a suspension of the rules after a dispute over Ray of Denton simple repeal of the old fire rating law. A minority report from the committee on common cars criticizes transacting ordinary business in an extraordinary session and points to the Democratic platform urging disposal of the fire rating board law and adjournment. An extra session is anticipated as support grows.
Wm. Pippin and family from near Bartonville endured a lightning storm Friday afternoon at the home of son Joan Pippin. The bolt hit the chimney and roof, knocked bricks loose and tore a hole in the roof. Mrs. Pippin Sr. was knocked unconscious, while Mr. Pippin was dazed with a sore spot on his head. Cicero Pippin also felt the shock. the house did not catch fire. Mrs. Pippin revived after about a half hour and remained weak.
On a Katy train from Leon Springs two Texas National Guardsmen were shot and killed near Abbott ten miles south of Hillsboro at 10 this morning. A. B. Puckett and O. L. Williams, both Dallas residents, were killed by P. M. Firmin of Battery A, Guard, who fired from another coach. Bert Firmin, from Dallas, is jailed as an accomplice. The weapon was a pistol. no motive established.
Frank Holieway alias Robert Huntley posted 13000 bond in Vernon Texas and was delivered to Sheriff Vann of Leon County. He faces a warrant for the Harrold bank robbery and is charged with the Oakwood bank robbery in Oakwood.
Tonight and Sunday in New Orleans will be partly cloudy with showers in extreme north portions and cooler air. Texas highs ranged from 95 to 1102 with many stations in cloudiness, Weatherford reporting 0.16 inches rain and Paris noting a 72 to 0 degree spread for the coolest point in the state.
Figures released show Baylor county population at 8 411, up from 3 052 ten years earlier. The town of Coleman records 3 649 residents, compared with 1 342 in 1900, reflecting a strong growth trend in the region.
Senator Bristow of Kansas in Milwaukee quotes Aldrich denial and accuses Rhode Island’s senator of being a leading figure in the rubber trust with the Guggenheims Ryan and H P Whitney. He says more records on Aldrich and his domestic connections exist for future use.
Fort Worth August 13 E F Shropshire chosen as central selling agent for the Texas Farmers Union. Location of the agency undecided. Shropshire formerly managed the union warehouse at Wano Texas his appointment follows a Union decision to establish a central selling agency for the benefit of members.
Joseph R Wendling, alleged killer of Alma Kellner in Louisville Kentucky, is jailed in Louisville after a months long pursuit across the country, ending with an arrest in San Francisco California. Evidence against Kellner is said to be circumstantial.
Dave Ullman of New York and Frank Andrews, a turfman, back a million dollar hotel in El Paso. The project cites the Juarez riverfront race track across the border as a key reason for the development.
Congressman R. L. Henry has a speaking date in Dublin on August 19 and is expected to devote part of his time to a review of the steam-roller work at the recent state convention.
Lawton Oklahoma reports broomcorn selling Friday at 130 dollars per ton, the season high, as buyers push the new crop. Other notes indicate the crop steadiness with prices near 139 dollars a ton in Oklahoma region.
A house under construction at the Experiment Farm two miles southwest of town was blown off its blocks by the wind on Friday. Manager C N Holmes oversaw the erection and the structure was destroyed with no injuries to crops. Rain from the storm was beneficial though late or early timing may affect opened bolls.
A Saturday bulletin from physicians attending Mayor Gaynor of New York stated that barring accidents he would recover from injuries suffered in an attempted assassination.
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