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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1910
Page
1
A legislative session began morning with no quorum and a recess until 3 o clock. The bill concerning Maximum Tire Insurance was discussed in committee and set for further action Monday afternoon.
Austin dispatch reports Hudspeth and others proposed a maximum fire insurance rate and a rating board modeled on the conference committee bill. House convened with quorum absent, recess to 2 pm, penitentiary committee report read, and 150 copies ordered printed for Senate use.
The Senate shows support for a competitive insurance measure after Hudspeth and others push the bill through following a recess. Mayfield offers an amendment against rate discrimination, Bradfield opposes, and the amendment is tabled before final passage of the bill.
Sixteen white capers were arrested after rangers from Amarillo investigated the beating of Garza County Attorney W. A. Harkey. Harkey and a physician were ambushed by a masked mob near Post City after returning from a trip. Harkey was beaten and blindfolded, the physician bound but spared. A special grand jury session is ordered for next week.
Letters from United States Senator Culberson say he is fully restored to health and expects to be in his seat when Congress opens in December. The messages were received in Austin signaling his readiness to return to duty and participate in the new session.
Fort Worth Tex Aug 22 The board of directors accepted plans for two new boys dormitories at the A. and M college submitted by Prof F E Giesecke. The projects will cost over 100000 and the contract will be awarded at a September 5 meeting.
The August district court grand jury was instructed by Judge Potter on local options liquor law election rules and perjury. He urged strict enforcement of anti trust provisions and the filing of detailed campaign expense reports. He recommended appointing three accountants to audit county books and stressed jurors duty to uphold the law.
Nate Oxford of Stephenville resigns as official court stenographer. H O Williams of Fort Worth, an applicant, is examined by judges Potter and appointees E C Smith R H Hopkins Jr and Charles Mays. Jurors listed for the second week report August 29 at 1 pm.
A Roanoke postoffice was burglarized Saturday at noon while the postmaster and staff were away at dinner. About $100 was taken from the safe, with stamps and extra money left untouched. Entry appeared through the delivery window and the thief fled. Sheriff Orr investigated and no arrest had been made. The post office department planned an inquiry.
New Orleans La August report says tonight and Tuesday will be generally fair with light winds and warm temperatures.
C T Wright, former Denton County resident, was arrested in Dallas Saturday and brought here Sunday on an alias capias for a forfeited bail bond on carrying a pistol. He is also held by Sheriff Orr on a swindling charge from Reeves County, where a $1500 bond was forfeited.
Muskogee Ok Aug 22 Despondent over losing money Jack Grammer a carpenter drank carbolic acid here late last night and died this morning authorities said.
Otis W. David aged 52 died of heart failure after his body was found on the Texas Central railroad station platform in Waco Texas. He had recently lost his railroad job due to a change in ownership.
W. A. Aslin aged 45, prominent farmer and fraternity man, died Sunday morning while being shaved in the chair at a barber shop in Duck Creek community twelve miles northeast of Terrell Texas.
Paris Texas August 22 Col 3 Sheb Williams announced Murrell L Buckner of Dallas will be secretary of the Democratic executive committee of Texas with Williams as chairman Buckner a long time Dallas political figure a Kentuckian from a noted Buckner family Simon B Buckner former governor and Palmer candidate Nat Jackson editor of the Paris Advocate appointed assistant secretary
A 13 year old boy William Welsh died in Dallas from concussion of the brain after being struck behind the ear by a baseball during a game. He walked home after injury then suffered head pain and died shortly after midnight. doctors attributed death to the concussion.
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