Fort Worth Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 151, Ed. 1, Monday, March 14, 1892 Page: 1 of 8
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MILLS FRIENDS SAY THE PLUM
Is Certainly Theirs on the first Ballot that
Will Be Taken
Chiltons Friend Claim to IlaTe More
Certain Totes than Mills A State
Officer Strons for 11111 for Presi-
dent Clark at Sherman
The Senatorial Battle
Special to the Gazette
Austin Tex March 13 As was ex-
pected the absorbing topic with the legis-
lators is the election of a senator The
solons since their arrival have gathered
about tho hotels where the talk has all
been about Hills Chilton and Culberson
Nothing else is mentioned or thought of
Tonight the lieutenants of each candidate
ere circulating actively among the members
ascertaining their standing and stiffening
the backbone of those showing evidences
of weakness The noncommittal members
are being courted assiduously and told how
ktrong is the following of this or that
candidate
Some rather extravagant claims are be-
ing made lor tile purpose of influencing
Houbtful and hesitating members There
fare probably twenty odd of these latter
which circumstance gives the friends of
each candidate an opportunity to enlarge
upon tbeir claims
Tho Mills men are claim-
ing everything tonight and boldly
assert that their man will be elected on tho
first ballot They parade the following
poll Mills 73 votes Chilton 27 Culber
son 20 doubtful 17 Total 137
Tho poll prepared bv Chiltons friends
reads Chilton 51 Mills 42 Culberson
19 doubtful 23 Total 137
Culbersons friends have made no poll
but claim thirtyfive votes in a joint ballot
Representative Jester LieutenantGov
ernor Pendleton Senators Page and Tyler
are working hard for Mills and while they
do not claim enough pledged votes to elect
Mills they pretend to kndw the secret
choice of sufficient noncommitted members
to warrant their claim
Senator Crawford is Culbersons chief
lieutenant
Representative Selman of Tyler Is acting
for Chilton but expects Representative
Lmdsey Messrs Finley Duncan Jones
and others from Tyler tomorrow to work
for tho Tyler favorite Tho fact that
certain members known to be for either
Culberson or Chilton are looking for un-
welcome instructions from their con-
stituents en every train has a rather dis-
concerting effect on the friends of these
two candidates and a very corresponding
encouraging one on tho Mills people
Chilton l03t two supporters in Rogers of
Anderson and McKinney of Walker and
will probably lose anothor two maybe in
Travis
At a late hour tonight while tho Mills
men are claiming everything it is entiroly
safe to say that Mills lacks several votes of
inough to elect him on the first ballot The
issue of the fight depends on the fidelity to
their candidate of the Culberson men and
on the decision of tho noncommittals If
the latter or most of them go to Chilton
as is claimed it may take several ballots to
elect otherwise one ballot will finish it
Capt Ball to Speak
Special to the Gazette
Weatrereohd Tex March 13 The
following correspondence explains itself
WEATnEnroiiD Tex March 11 lS9i
Hon Prank W Ball Esq Fort Worth Uer
Dear Sir We the undersigned Demo-
crats and citizens of Parker county having
faith in the wisdom and efficiency of the
railroad commission of Texas as now con-
stituted and believing that it should have
a fair trial in the hands of its friends and
that it should not bo made a corpse by its
archenemy under the pretext of doctoring
it as its friend and believing the present
administration of the State eoverament to
be in the interest of the people who by an
overwhelming voice called it into exist-
ence and that ambitious politicians and
oniceseekcrs are striving by a campaign
begun in the wintertime to deceive and
mislead tho people and believing that you
will fairly add ably discuss those issues
from tho standpoint of the private station
and not as a candidate for public office
nnd believing that all conservative think-
ing Democrats who are interested only in
good government desire better reasons for
changing and destroying tho present
Democratic administration of the state gov-
ernment than broad and reckless assert-
ions misrepresentation and abuse of time
honored public servants political catch-
words and claptrap and the like without
even the promise on the part of tho aspir-
ant for power of any definite policy except
that of destruction therefore most re
BDectfully request that you address our
people on the issues tendered at the court-
house in Weatherford next Friday night
the ISth day of March 1S92
I W Stephens Harvy W Kutcimgn L
N Roach Thomas A Wythe B Winston
W W Davis W F Noble M T Eman-
uel B H Akard J N Chandler W C
McFalh L T Davis F C Varner R
pans W O Lisk J W Deckey G A
Holland A M Green John T Brooks J
W Tevis Sr J B Black J N Williams
j J Taylor Z T Porter G W M Tay
lor J W King S G Kerr W A Lewis
N Y Mackenzie C Y Campbell Levi
Iviwell S B Wadley B a Tarkington T
J Hutchison F A Leach L W Hutch
ison W H Edellman W L Reeves W
D Carter N H Eddleman J T Cotten
William F Beck John R Mackenzie T A
Williams E E Taylor L W Shropshire
J H Kenehan t J Scarbrougb W P-
Rose J E Garrett Bon a Henry J H
Caruthers J R Williams J M Richards
J R Lewis H S Moran C A Robertson
George A McCall M V Kinnison J W
Tevis Jr N S Betty J J Woffenberger
J S Smith M C Cameron George Wel-
der H Hamer T S Luton J H Stone R
V IvindeL
IvindeLFori
Fori Worth Tex March 13 1832
Messrs I W Stephens I N Koach B Win s
ton and others
Gextlejiex Replying to your kind and
courteous communication of the 11th inst
wherein you invite me to address the citi-
zens of Parker county on the Issues so ably
and succintly stated therein I would say
that I accept tho invitation and will address
the Democracy and people of your city at
the time and place indicated I remain
gentlemen your obedient servant
F W Ball
Unqualified for David B Hill
Special to the Gazette
Texarkana Bowie County TEXMarch
13 Hon K L Henry assistant attorney
general of Texas whohas been visiting his
fathers family at this place for a week
past returned to Austin yesterday after-
noon While here The Gazette reporter
took occasion to sound him touching his
preference for the Democratic nomination
for president and in reply Mr Henry in
substanco said I am unqualifiedly first
last and all tho time for David B Hill of
New York His vory name is a tower of
strength a synonym of success and ho is a
sure winner With him as the Democratic
standardbearer there would no longer be
any doubt of the result of the contest with
someone else I should have seriouv fears
for the outcome Despite Republican abuse
which I regret to seo some socalled
Democratic newspapers copy and indorse I
record Hill as a clean man an honest up-
Tight and true patriot whose one and
onlysia as seen by his political enemies
lies in the fact that he is intensely Demo-
cratic from the ground up and is a deter-
mined conquering fighter in the Democratic
ranks Nothing is clearer than that he is
the choice of the Democracy of New York
or that the opposition to him in that state
comes entirely from exCleveland office-
holders and mugwumps Yes I predict
Hill as surely the winnerin the Chicago
convention and a glorious and overwhelm-
ing Democratic victory next November
The second man on the ticket will be I
think either Gray or Boies
B
At Smlthfleld
Special to the Gazette
Sxithfield Tarraxt County Tex
March 13 Last evening a Iarga crowd
was gathered to hear a joint discussion be-
tween Hon Stump Ashley the third
party advocate and Wilson Gregg Esq
candidate for county attorney who had
been invited by some Democrats of the vi-
cinity to be present The fur flew on both
sides and all enjoyed tho humour and sar-
casm of each gentleman But it was con-
ceded that the great lecturer had about
met a man who could fight him with the
same weapons Mr Gregg made a good
hit for Democracy hero and such s peakers
should be heard more often for the Demo-
crats
Judge Clark at Sherman
Spscial to the Gaette
Suekmax Gkatsox County Tex
March 13 Upon arriving here this morn-
ing Judge Clark was met at the depot by
tho Sherman Clark club 325strong and es-
corted to tko Binkley house It being Sun-
day the demonstration was of quiet charac-
ter Tomorrow the Denison Clark club
numbering 400 will arrive to take part in
the demonstration at the courthouse Judge
Clark will be the guest of the local club
while here and will be escorted to Denison
on Tuesday where preparations are being
made to give him a rousing reception A
special train has been chartered for the
occasion by the Sherman club
Politics at Bockdale
Special to the Gazette
Rockdale Tex March 12 Hon Gus
tavo Cook addressed the sovereigns today
on SixCent Cotton and current issues of
the day He will also repeat a lecture here
tonight which he delivered in Cameron a
short time ago
Local politics are getting very interest-
ing here There are two candidates for
mayor three for city marshall and five for
assessor and collector Tho desire Is very
strong among conservative business men to
continue the present administration under
which the town has made substantial pro
gross and it is thought that a good ma-
jority of the people will so vote but the op-
position is very industrious
rrlmarle at Bells
Correspondence of the Gazette
Bells Gratsox Couxtt Tex March 12
North and South Bells voting precincts
met in primary convention at 3 oclock this
afternoon and elected delegates to tho
county convention on tho 19th and in-
structed to vote for county nominations
and Mills for senator The convention then
voted on governor and resulted in 33 for
Hogg and 2 for Clark Tho people also
expressed their preference for a Western
man for president but as between Hill and
Cleveland the vote was Hill 15 j Clove
land 13
Convention at Wliltowrleht
Correspondence of the Gazette
WniTEswnionT Grayson Cocnty Tex
March 12 Tho Democratic convention
met at 1 oclock this afternoon K Q
Mills and D B Culberson were placed be-
fore the convention for United States sena-
tor Tho vote stood 30 for Mills and 16 for
Culberson after which Mills was unani-
mously indorsed The delegates to the
convention which meets at Denison on
March 19 were instructed to voto for
county nominations The delegates were
instructed also to vote as a unit on all ques-
tions
Keith for Mills
Special to the Gazette
Anderson Tex March 13 Our repre-
sentative Hon John D Keith passed
through town today on his way to Austin
He says he is for Hogg for governor first
last and all the time and as our county has
asked him to vote for Mills for United States
senator he would do it although he would
rather vote for Cuiberson This part of
tho county is for Hogg for governor al-
though Clark has plenty of working friends
here and may be able to carry this county
for Clark
Waiting for the Next
Special to the Gazette
Dallas Tex March 13 The Gazettes
line of gubernatorial possibilities is attract-
ing a good deal of attention here and every-
body is on the qui vivo to see what new
possibility is to be brought out The
friends of CoL Tom Brown says that his
picturo is to the life and many compli-
mentary remarks have been made today
on the fine presentation of CoL W H Pope
in todays Gazette
Met at Bolton
Special to the Gazette
Beltox Bell County Tex March 13
The Jeffersonian Ocala platform Demo-
crats held a meeting here yesterday The
attendance was large the district court-
room being packed A number of speeches
were made on the subtreasury and kin-
dred subjects also a number of resolutions
one of which was unfavorable to R Q
Mills
A Paris Club
Special to the Gazette
ParisTex March 13 A Turn Texas
Loose club was organized here yesterday
with 123 members The attendance was
large and made up equally of country and
city people Last year it was all Hogg and
commission now people are so to speak
on the fence considering matters
Politic nt Brownwood
Correspondence of the Gazette
Brownwood Brown Couxty Tex
March 12 A poll of Brownwood is as fol-
lows For governor Hogg 60 Clark 20
undecided 19 For senator Mills 35 Chil
ton 17 Culberson 11 undecided 30
Organized nt 3Insco ee
Corresponaence ot the Gazette
Muscogee L T March 12 Tho Demo-
crats of this section met and organized
here today Delegates were elected to the
McAlister convention which meets May 22
to select delegates to the Chicago conven-
tion
Note from Dallas
Special to the Gazette
Dal7as Tex March 13 Judge Watts
last night gave his reasons for supporting
Clark at a meeting of tho Oak Cliff Clark
club
Thero was quite an enthusiastic meeting
of the Democratic club at Calhoun last
night a small place just outside of Dallas
A Boll at Loncvlow
Special to the Gazette
Lonqview Gbego County Tex March
13 A poll of this city shows preferences
for senator Mills 07 Chilton 23 Culber
son 5
For governor Hogg 74 Clark 86
Ross 3
Back From Louisiana
Special to the Gazette
Terrell Kaufallx County Tex
March 13 Mr and Mrs t B Colquitt
have returned from Louisiana where they
attended the funeral of Mr John Murrell
brother of Mrs Colquitt who was killed by
a man named Smith a blacksmith is Mr
Murrells employ Smith only received
slight wounds and is in Jail Mr Murrell
was buried at Minden La
Foil at Bis Sandj
Special to the Gazette
Bio Sandy Ursmnt Cocsty Tex
March 13 A poll of the citizens here shows
for senator 52 for Chilton 4 for Mills For
governor Hogg 54 Clark 2
21111s Instructions
Special to the Gazette
New BntMisGHAit Tex March 12 In
a Democratic primary convention held at
this place today resolutions indorsing the
Hon R Q Mills for the United States
senate were offered and adopted
rire at Copevllle
Special to the Gazette
Copeville Tex March 13 The fine
residence of J L Montgomery a mile south
of Copeville together with contentswas
totally destroyed by fire yesterday A
grainery and smokehouse containing 500
pounds flour 1500 pounds bacon 60 gallons
lard three barrels molasses and other ar
ticls of value were also burned Fire
caused by defective flue Total loss about
3000 No insurance
COURT OF APPEALS
DECIblONS AT THE GALVESTON
SITTING ON SATURDAY
lengthy Statement of the Beaions for
Reversing and Bemandinj a Caso
of Conviction of Murder
Special to the Gazette
Galveston Tex March 12 A H
Everett vs tho State from Kaufman
county conviction for murder in the
second degree and penJty of eighteen
years The defendant was a tenant of de-
ceased Deceased is shown to have been
high tempered violent and overbearing
and one who was likely to execute any
threat he might make Defendant was a
peaceable and quiet man Defendant shot
deceased with a shbtgun A pistol was found
in the pocket of deceased with tho handle
plainly visible Before tho killing a day or
two deceased overtook defendant near de-
fendants houso and attacked him with a
knife and cursed him in a violent manner
Next day deceased purchased the pistol
found on his body Defendants wife be-
came ill from tho difficulty of deceased with
her husband and Dr Bail was called in
Defendant proposed to prove that he had
asked the advice of Ball as what he had
better do and that Ball offered to sco de-
ceased and see if their troubles about tho
crop could not be arbitrated That
he offered toBall t to apolo
gize to deceased if necessary
That Ball advised him to stay at home until
he Ball could seo deceased and try to
settlo their troubles also that he had re-
mained at his home up to the time of the
homicide This was excluded Held to be
error Defendant also offered to prove a
conversation botwecn deceased and his at-
torneys on tho day he boueht tho pistol at
which time he threatened the life of de-
fendant and wanted advice as to
how he could avoid the legal conse
quences This testimony was excluded
on the ground that it was confidential com-
munication between lawyer and client
This was also error The court erred in al-
lowing the State to prove that the pistol
was not loaded with tho right kind of shells
and would not shoot as loaded Reversed
and remanded Opinion by White P J
Jennings Lewis and Matthews Dillard
and Stroud and Joseph Huffmaster for ap-
pellant
Arch English vs tho State lrom Taylor
county Venuo was changed from Jones
county Tho record pf Jones county of
presentation of the indictment shows file
No 173 namo blank Tho indictment on
the back is indorsed docket No 154
All subsequent orders and proceed-
ings after presentation are proceedings
had in caso No 154 Motion was made
in Jones county to quash the
indictment which was overruled It was
in caso No 154 ho was convicted The file
number 154 could not designate a cause
bearing tho file number 172 The exception
should have been sustained Reversed but
inasmuch as the apparent discrepancy in
file numbers can perhaps be corrected by
proof tho cause is remanded Opinion by
White P J Bassett Seay Muse for
appellant
THE B I T
Views or the Tobbylnjj Delegates Who
Went to Washington to Look After the
Full Federal Jurisdiction Question
Special to the Gazette
Audmoee I T March 13 Judge O
Dove ono of the Chickasaw delegates to
Washington was in the city yesterday
having Just returned from thecapital where
he has been witn tho delegates froia tho
other four nations lobbying against
tho full jurisdiction ot the Fed-
eral court in tho Indian Terri-
tory and for tho payment of
the leased district money appropriated by
the last congress to pay the Choctaws and
Chickasaws for their claim against the
Cheyenne and Arapahoe country which is
now being allotted with a view of opening
to white settlement The amount claimed
by the two tribes is about3000000 and as-
a few leading spirits among them
would pocket 1000000 of the
money they are working every scheme
to procure the money but tho prospect is
anything but flattering at this time as a
few congressmen are on to the deal and
are putting in very emphatic protests
claiming that the land has already been
deeded to the United States government
The only reason a few of the Indian
politicians oppose complete jurisdiction is
that they view it as an encroachment upon
their rights They want the white
people to come amone them and cultivate
their farms build mills and gins black-
smith shops etc but when they ask to
have courts with jurisdiction over all
crimes committed in the Indian Territory
they raise the cry that the white man is
trying to rob them of their birthright and
still the Indian courts have no Jurisdiction
over crimes committed by noncitizens
There are three Federal courts in the Indian
Territory with limited jurisdiction These
courts have civil jurisdiction and can try
cases where thousands of dollars aro at
stake but when the right to try all crim-
inal cases is asked for the hue and cry is
raised by the Paris and Fort Smith Federal
court officials that competent Jurors cannot
be had in the Indian Territory to try
such cases But the people of the Indian
country realize the fact that the time
is near when congress will see the in-
justice of dragging United States citizens
hundreds of miles to be tried among
strangers at an enormous expense to the
government when thejr might as well be
tried at home among their own people It
is an outrage that would not be tolerated
anywhere else in this great Union
A Jail Delivery at Tcxarkuna
Special to the Gazette
Texapkana Tex March 13 Four pris-
oners two whites and two negroes escaped
from the county Jail on the Arkansas side
this afternoon by cutting through the
floor tunneling several feet to tho brick
wall which they managed to cut through
One of the white prisoners was in for for-
gery another for horse stealing and the
two negroes for assault to murder The
sheriff and posse are in pursuit of the fu-
gitives
A Lengthy Paper tho Contents of Which
Are Adopted by That Body
Special to tho Gazette
Waco > Tex March 12 Thero was an
important meeting of the board of trade
last niglft J B Scarborough made some
preliminary remarks in explanation and
then introduced the following paper
To the Honorable President and Members of
the Board of Trade of the City of Waco
Gentlemen Inasmuch as our country
is comparatively unknown to your honor-
able body and your business men wo de-
sire by this means to open closer and more
friendly business relations between your
city and our town and country We are in-
formed and believe that Waco can and will
offer inducements to the wholesale and re
tail trade of Texas edual to any other cityt
in the staleprovided sections of the coun
tryaro so situated that thoy havo direct
connection with your city by rail so that
business may be transacted with you with
dispatch and certainty Wo have here a
large and valuable territory that would
with one united effort be made tributary to
your city and be brought to empty its great
granaries and cotton fields into the lap of
your commerce and receive from your
wholesale merchants and factories the im-
mense volume of the various necessaries of
life that are called for and must be con-
sumed by a population already numerous
and increasing at a very rapid rate
We have here Jones county threefourths
of Haskell the north onehalf of Fisher
all ot Stonewall a small corner of Knox
tho southwest onehalf of King three
fourths of Kent and over onehalf of
D kens counties that are so situated
geographically that a small outlay in tho
extension of the Texas Central railroad
from Albany to Anson would put us in
more direct communication with Waco
than any other point in the state which
would mean that much trade to your city if
other inducoments are equal We feel tbjit
we have reached a point in our history
that development will be unprofitable un
less wo can secure connection by rail with
the business interests of tho world Wo
have in our county a population of about
6000 people there must be at least as many
more in the portions of other counties
named above that would be tributary to
this road
There are many farms in this splendid
county ranging from 100 to 600 acres of
land in a fine state of cultivation There
was produced in this county alone for the
year 1S91 nearly 800000 bushels of wheat
100000 of oats 4000 bales of cotton and
other crops in proportion and wo may
reasonably suppose that tho other counties
and parts of counties with au equal popula-
tion produce about as much more The
country referred to does business now al-
most exclusively with Fort Worth and
Dallas shipping to and from Abilene in
Taylor county over the Texas and Pacific
railway The trado of this territory fails
to reach you from tho fact that a trouble-
some change and delay is met with at Cisco
If the road was extended to Anson all the
territory mentioned above would reach tho
road at this and other convenient points
from the fact that this would be the near-
est and most accessible route to all points
within the territory and once shipped it
would reach you for the same reasons that
it now takes the direction of Fori Worth
and Dallas
We are anxious to have a railroad into
our country We want your business men
and the management of the railroad com-
pany to know of our development and our
future prospects We wish to set fairly
before you what we are and what we may-
be believing thdt you with us will see
that it is to your interest as well as ours to
aid in securing this extension of a road to
your own city We would in this connec-
tion ask your honorable bocy to appoints
delegation to visit us and satisfy your-
selves as to our resources and if satisfied
that the connection would be beneficial to
yourselves we would ask your influence and
assistance in inducing the company to ex-
tend The route is practicable
A survey has been made and an estimate
showing the cost of constructing the road
will soon be ready and will be presented to
the company setting forth all the particu-
lars that they may with littlo trouble be
able to pass upon the merits of the route
We hope at an early dato to have a visit
paid our country by the general manager of
the company and would be pleased to have
a delegation of your business men precede
them that you may if you can conscien-
tiously assist us by encouraging the visit
and present your views as to the profit that
would result from an extension Thero
will be no trouble to secure a pledge from
our business men to trade with your eity
provided that you will sell to them as cheap
as other cities in the state
We would further set fortH that four
fifths of Jones and about the same percent
of the portions of Fisher and Haskell
counties that are tribrary to this route is
good agricultural lane and a large per cent
TV
K FORT WORTH GAZ
DEMOCRAT PHBLISHIN CO
THE BATTLE ON
Austin Now the Seat of the
Senatorial War
FORT WOETH TEXAS 3I0NDAYT MAECH li 1892
GUBERNATORIAL POSSIBILITIESNO 12
SENATOR C TjPOTTEK
Sonator Calhoun L Potter of Gaines-
ville was born in Pontotoc county Mississ-
ippi March 0 1854 and is consequently
nearly thirtyeightyears of age When he was
four years of age his parents came to Texas
In the latter part of 1S75 he was admitted
to the bar but did not begin the practice of
law until tho first of the following year
From the beginning of his legal career un-
usual qualifications for his chosen profes-
sion began to crop out and he arose rapidly
until he soon attained preeminence among
his contemporaries Although often pre-
viously urged to accept public honors ho I
WACOS BOARD OF TRADE
persistently declined until 18S4 when he
was elected a delegate tothe national Dem-
ocratic conventiion This honor was again
conferred on him four years after
It was not until 1S90 that his consent to
be a candidate for the legislature was ob-
tained Ho stumped the district thoroughly
and was easily electod His career as a
state senator is well known Though with-
out previous legislative experience he im-
mediately forged to the front in the debates
and was over active in discharging the
duties of his position
of the other counties mentioned which we
hope at an early day to havo the pleasure
of showing to your own representatives if
you can visit us Kindly advise us as to
your wishes and the place you would have
us meet you and we will gladly meet you
and give all information in our power As
we are so fortunate as to bo acquainted
with Mr J B Scarborough an attorney of
your city we have requested him to present
this letter to your honorable body and give
such information as he possesses in regard
to the country and people
Frank M Guxtle
Proprietor Bank of Anson
C M Christexberry
Attorney at Law
F L Kxox Co
Bankers and Druggists
L M Brice
Attorney at Law
J M Hanxa
Martin Dcval
Surveyor and CivilEngineer
On motion tne paper was indorsed and re-
ferred to Charles Hamilton general man-
ager of the Texas Central railway com-
pany
A committee consisting of the following
gentlemen was appointed Messrs Ed
Rotan Eugene Williams Sam Sanger J
S McLendon W L Prather S W Slay
don Travi3 F Jones H Behrens James
B Baker J B Scarborough and C C Mc
Culloch which will take a special train to
Albany and be taken to the point indicated
by vehicles which tho subscribers of the
above paper will provide
TO VISIT UNCLE JERE
Fonr Chiefs o as Many Indian Tribes en
Boute to Washington In the In-
terest of Immigration
Special to the Gazette
Wichita Falls Tex March 13 CoLW
W Flood of this place who represents
Messrs Burnett Waggoner the cattle
kings of Northwest Texas and the Fort
Sill country left here today in com-
pany with Quanah Parker chief of
the Comanche Indians and three
other chiefs of tho different
tribes in the Territory Their destination
is Washington D C It is rumored Jhat
they go to see the Hon Jerry Rusk in tho
interest of immigratioir for tho Fort Sill
country Messrs Burnett and Wag
goner as well as the Indians aro all in
favor of the settlement of the country by
tho white man If tho rumor bo true it is
rn important move and one which will ben-
efit Texas in general and the northwest
part of tho state in particular
It is said the expense of tho trip
which is quite a sum will be
paid by the cattle kings This shows a
liberal spirit on their part and which will
no doubt be justly appreciated by the people
of this section and especially those who
secure homes in the Territory after it is
opened up by Uncle Jerry Rusk et aL
Two hundred thousand people located in tho
Fort Sill country would add not a littlo to
the trado of Fort Worth The merchants
and people of that city will of course ap-
preciate the efforts of their townsman Mr
Burke Burnett and CoL tDan Waggoner of
Decatur
DROWNED IN BOSQUE
A Lady Gets up JFrom a Sick Bed and
Plnnges Into tho Blver
Special to the Gazette
Iredell Tex March 12 Mrs A P
Waldrip living four miles west of this
place yesterday suicided oy drowning her-
self in the Bosque river She ohad been
sick for about two weeks and was under
the treatment of Dr R L Kimmins of this
place who had visited her the day before
and found her some better
It was not thought necessary to set up
with her and her husband attended to giv-
ing thd medicine which was kept up till
three oolock in the morning when sho
told him to go to sleep as she was resting
well He lay down and slept
jtiUda light when ho arose and went out
about his feeding On his return his chil-
dren asked him what had become of their
mi To his consternation ho found that his
wife had gone and could be nowhere found
Search was made at once and it was not
till 9 or 10 oclock that her remains were
fouild in the river It seems that
when she cot up she took her dress
in her hand and got a tin bucket
and fork and started for the river which
is about five hundred yards distant She
was tracked through the field which had
been recently plowed to a large hole of
water where sho left the bucket and fork
and walked down a steep bank and plunged
in The dres3 was found floating on tho
water and only a short distance below tho
body was found in only three feet of water
VOL XVL m 151
135000 FIRE
A J Andersons Large Gun
Store in Ashes
HOTTEST FIRE FOR K0NTHS
A Brave FIghUYf the Firemen A Narrow
Escape of a Most Valuable Bun
nell Block Insurance on
Stock 875000
At 130 am fire was discovered in tt
gun store of A J Anderson Houston
street between First and Second in ona
of the best business blocks in the city
The department got out on phenomenal
short time but so dense wss the smoke in
the first and second stories of the building
that the exact location of the fire could
not be seen Two streams were directed
one in front and one behind
manned by as brave firemen as ever han-
dled a nozzle but to no purpose The
smoke in mountains roared from every
window and door and tho crowds that
gathered were all of the samo opinion
The block will go
This opinion was backed by the knowl-
edge that the houso had stored in it gun
and blasting powder in greater or less
quantities and from the combusti-
ble matetial on the second
floor there being holiday goods
packed in the most tempting morsels for
the fiery demon
In short order a third and fourth streams
was playing gleefully but determinedly on
the building The smoke how-
ever was not reduced and
occasionally flames would burst from a
window in the most defiant manner It
was impossible for the bravest to enter
tho building though thoy fougtit In close
quarters
At 150 it was said at least half the block
would go-
At 215 the fire was confined between the
walls of the Fair and H N Connors
Several times was it thought the Fair on
the south was bound to go also H N
Connors on the north and the buildings
east across a narrow alley but the firemen
all praise to them foucht from housetops
and when the rear wall tumbled in a good
flow of water was pouring on the hottest
part of the conflagration
The operators in the telephone office
were compelled to abandon their posts
though they did it reluctantly
Mr Anderson was seen and said his loss
was no less than 120000 with 75000 in-
surance
Tho building occupied by Anderson be-
longed to W H Davis and was worth prob-
ably 15000 to 25000
When the fire was discovered it was la-
the rear of the bookkeepers desk on the
first floor but its origin is a mystery
At 220 it was pronounced by the crowd
and firemen that it was completely under
control and owners of business houses ad-
joining and the people generally breathed
freer and many wpre the favorable com-
ments and hurrahs for tho firemen
Tho magnificent fourstory stone Powell
block was heated as it was never heated
before though last year a disastrous fire
occurred ono door south from J the
one of last night and only for
the heavy iron shutters in the
rear it would have certainly fell a viciim
Great fears were felt for the First na-
tional bank two doors south for several
time was the roof over the Fair ad-
joining ablaze
SAVED BY A BABY
The Cries of n ThreeTear Old Averts tho
Cremation of a Family
New York March 13 A Are that but
for the cries of a 3 yearold child would
have probably resulted in heavy loss of life
occurred at 230 rjnlock this morning in tho
Janet apartmenlSjausc Columbus avenue
this city Whetf he baby Lucille the
adopted child of Ida Pierson a cook in the
family of T A Carroll who occupied
the second flat awoke its mothers room
was filled with smoke The cook aroused
the other servants Air and Mrs Carroll
and their two daughters and then gave tho
alarm from the window An engine on the
elevated road took it up The fire-
box was rung and the fire depart-
ment arrived soon after Meantima
the fire which had been burning a long-
time had completely cut off tho escape of
tho Carroll household either by the hallway
or fire escapes on the Columbus avenue
shle They were taken from the windows
on tho front by the firemen The other
tenants escaped Damage SSHX
Diaz Clnbs Forming I
Special to the G azette
City op Mexico Mex March 13 Politi-
cal clubs are being organized throughout
he republic supporting the reelection of
President Diaz the latest organization of
the kind being the Aldamo club hav-
ing a memberhsip of three thousand
workingmen which has just been installed
it t > e city of Leon state of Guano Juao A
large number of campaign journals havo
also been started in the principal cities of
Mexico within the past few weeks
all supporting President Diaz reelection
The indications are now that Gen Diaz
will have a complete walkover at the elec-
tion in June although some people hero
assert thai Gen TreVino of Monterey Is
making a quiet effort to secure control of 6
the coming conventions and elevate himself
to the presidency
Of tho many aelps in studying the Sun
dayschool International lessons Peloubets
select notes aro giving gn t satisfaction
The notes are from the most distinguished
commentators and preachers of our time
Besides the notes are practical suggestions
giving the main teaching of the lesson in
fow words also suggestions to teachers
which are very useful The maps illnstr
tions and classrecord blank add to
value of this excellent work
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