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Newspaper
Record And Chronicle
Location
Denton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1910
Page
1
In Austin on September 3 the Senate spent lengthy time debating the insurance bill while the House tackled the penitentiary measure. A motion to recess until two this afternoon prevailed as time-wasting tactics appeared to be in play.
In Austin on September 3 the House spent the morning on the penitentiary bill with active debate over an amendment to grant citizenship to convicts released. Receipts were postponed until this afternoon.
The Senate blocks a government insurance bill amid clash over appointing members to the insurance rating board. The Speaker notes the governor elect will name a majority of the board under current plans, and a failure to pass may stop a new special session.
The Senate passed the prison reform bill by 49 to 47 after a long debate. The House disposed of several proposed amendments. The bill keeps the word reform but differs on punishment with the Senate forbidding corporal punishment while the House allows it. The Senate version lets Governor Campbell name the Penitentiary board with terms expiring on his administration's retirement.
Fort Worth secretary BE L. Ryan reported a sleeper car robbery on a train from Oklahoma City. While wrestling with Pitcher Bill Lattimore, an unidentified thief assaulted him and stole $200, a gold watch, and a diamond stud. detectives monitored the train's arrival but no arrests or recoveries were made.
O B Colquitt wrote to Ira B Mills of Minnesota chairing the national association of railroad commissioners endorsing a Sept 20 meeting to devise plans to stop Congress and state legislatures from curtailing railway regulation, stating that satisfactory federal regulation would be impossible.
Friday afternoon session closed the Harmson et al versus Libble Harmonsoon suit as evidence concluded. A court convened Saturday morning with a probable jury-less move on Monday. In quo warranto against Roanoke School trustees judgment nullified Roanoke Independent district and reestablished Roanoke Common School district No 59.
Several criminal docket orders entered with trials and bonds set. State vs. Paul Dorthey murder venire 50 returnable Sept 23 with case set Sept 26 1910. Arson cases include Sam Skinner bond 100 and Joe Moody unspecified. Arthur Stripling horse theft bond 750 Ollie Majors theft over 50 bond 3560 Dave Adams forgery bond 750 Ellsworth French bond 500.
In Dallas on September 3, J. H. Leggett received a bond of 7500 after a preliminary hearing for the shooting death of W. L. Milam. The hearing spanned the morning, with Justice Corley setting the bond this afternoon.
Tonight and Sunday general fair. Precipitation light in most areas with Galveston at .5 inch. Heavy rains in Georgia and the Carolinas. Outside Texas showers widespread. Texas temperatures above normal with Brownwood Corsicana Dallas Greenville and Henrietta reporting .12 maximum and some towns reaching 110. Denton 96 and 77. Brownwood Lampasas Mexia cool at 72 main readings.
An appeal invites the depositor with one dollar or a large deposit to open an account. It promotes steel Banks for the home and encourages weekly fixed deposits, promising savings growth and control of the key.
In Dallas the State Democratic Executive Committee led by Chairman Williams voted to raise party funds by assessing every candidate from constable to governor. The move, first by the new committee, follows a prior deficit and threatens excommunication for nonpayment. Twenty-five members attended. O B Colquitt met allies and Attorney General Lightfoot cited family illness. In Waco Dr G B Brooks, Baylor University president, may be asked to seek the Senate seat to succeed Bailey in 1912 after the Galveston convention backed Bailey for president.
Sheriff Orr returned Friday evening from Wichita Falls with Joe Moody who was arrested on a warrant charging arson. Sam Skinner of Pilot Point, jailed earlier for the same charge, is out on a $1000 bond.
Mrs. J. W. Watkins and her daughter Bernice aged 12 were fatally burned in a gasoline explosion late last night at their San Antonio residence. Burglary fears prompted the woman and girl to nail down windows when a jug of gasoline spilled from a shelf rail and ignited from a lamp the girl carried.
Frank Holloway lies wounded in a Oklahoma City hospital after claiming his best friend shot him. He faces charges of complicity in the Harrold Texas bank robbery plus bootlegging and gambling. He is held on a $15,000 bond related to the Texas robbery.
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