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Texas
The Largest Rise in the.Trinity at
Dallas Since 1866.
A KLCEl'lMt palace car contn nbonl!
$15,000. The vestibule attachment is 'our hundred Houses Estimated Under Water
worth about $2,000. in the Lowlands of the City.
Tna widow of tho poot and essayist,
N. P. Willis, is still living’ at an ad-
ran cod age at Pomfret, Coon.
A London genius has invented a Lot
water apparatus to warm piano keya, 1
so that dainty fingers may not be chill-
ed.
r, Du. Rankin, a surgeon at Afuncy,
England, is said to be ‘jsittg'bypnotrsm
successfully as a substitute for chloro-
form in his practice.
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TiiE,UniUHl Stales labor commission
has tlUwdod that the coflection of sta-
tistics delating to building associations
does not come within the scope of the
census law.
A man with a heed full of confused
ann muddled ideas uses big words.
The man whose brain is full of clear
ideas can get along very well with
little words.
The Residents if the Flcoded D.strict Provided With
Temporary She ter.
After so many years government
business is getting into the proper
channels at Washington. The weather
bureau has gone over to the agricul-
tural department and the pension
branch will bo transferred to the war
department
Thb New Century club of Philadel-
phia is said to be the largest women’s
elub in the country. Jt is devoted to
the Interests of self-supporting women,
aDd its representation embraces every
Industry In which women are engaged.
The body of Lucy Zarate, tho Mexi-
can dwarT, who died recently on a
railroad train in the West was ship-
ped by r.ill to Mexico* but it was hold
' fit El 'Paso, Texas, until tho Mexican
custom house was paid an import tax
Pf $650. _
AmfLie Rives ( iianlkh scorns to
have made a decided sensation in Paris.
Nut—ttuly—has—au. artist committed
suicide for love of Lor, but several
other yoting Frenchmen sooin inclined
to dp the sump thing, Woll, let the
good WorETgo on.
Lfjjut Acton is considered tho most
iaarnad—man to England. Ho » a
Roman catholic, and in addition to his
barony has a baronetcy. His library
contains no loss than 100,000 Volumes,
sdl of wiiil ii are trifofniijf 80looped, and
number among .them some very rare
books. z
Rakney MrfiriRE, a-jed eighty-five,
who has been In prison thirty-five
years of his life, pleaded guilty in
Rochester to larceny, saying he had no
Lome nor friends and wanted to go to
prison for life. The judge gave ibo
old man a fourteen months’ sentence^to
Auburn.
W. If. Smith, thu leader of tho
firitish^house of commons, has rooontly
built a new church ut Portion at a cost
of more than $110,000. He has no in-
terest In the place whatever, but hap-
pening to visit It for a day on' govern-
ment business he noticed tbut it great-
ly needed a new church.
Hai.i.ax, lex . April 28. — The rains of
last week culminated yesterday in one of
the largest rises of the Trinity river of
winch there is any record. At fl o'clock
last evening the river hud rjsen seven feet
within twenty-four hours, and was
then sixty-five feet above its
wflhlh two and a half feet of the gioatest
lise on record, (hat of 1600. and was stiff
rising ip the rate of two inches per hour.
Ju the morning It rose four Inches an hoilr
anil at noon three Indies per hour, tire de-
scending ratio being an inch an hour. Mr.
Mercer, the signal service observer, said
last night that the river would not reach
Ita maximum before to-day, and hence the
likelihood was that the rise would roach
H not go above that of 1800, but during
the night It began to fall, to the gratifica-
tion of many who were driven from their
homes in the lowlands.
Besides the few skiffs along the river
numerous boats were hastily Improvised
so that quite a variety were in use during
the day. The swift current and eddies
made it dangerous for people to be on the
water and boats had inauy narrow es-
capes from being overturned.
Tha dairymen across the river used
skiffs In which to transport their cans of
milk. - ' .
Cottages on the flat to the east of First
street station. Dak Cliff, are flooded.
There was no communication last nTgfit
between Dallas and Fort Worth by wlro
or otherwise.
An incident Of high water was the ar-
rival In the city of Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Groce on a hand ear. They were among
the many passengers transferred from the
east-bolind morning Texas A Pacific, train
to this side of the river, the trains being
prevented from crossing Hie trestle and
embankment by damages from tho flood.
A portion of a bridge wreck was si*en
in tin* water above the Oak Cliff railway.
T he Missouri,- Kansas and Texas track
the Trait of Jefferson street atnf for a
long distance To the east Is several feet
under water.
At the foot of Austin street the Rapid
Transit road. Kivicn’s barret factory and
several small cottages are submerged.
At 1113-foot of Lamar street Qulllman’s
stable, several cottages, mosfty Hoy.
Gibbs’ property, a small grocery store oc-
cupied by M. C. Dijl ami a saloon are
under water. Tho contents of the saloon
were not taken out. ISunie ot the grocerv
stock was saved.
G. I* Bettroek's saloon was last night
almost surrounded by wnter. The water
was up to Young street at a late hour last
night and the Eureka steafu laundry was
.standing in fpnr feet of water. The St
Louis press brick yards and the new build-
ing for Mosher's foundry are deep in the
water. The basements of the brick build-
ings and factories fronting on tho MI.+-
sourt, Kansas and Texas! track, north of
the Commerce street bridge, are full of
water. ----------------——_—i
those of the colored people who have
been driven out of home ipid were notable
to 'provide a place for themselves have
been stored in the old skating rink and
ihe colored mid follows’ hall. So far,
all the white people, whose ItopM-s have
a Tally, who has an aversion to seeing
her name in print. As slm sal in th<
ear a rough looking, obtrusive man edged
up mi ( lust; to her that she moved forward
on tin* seat. On striving homo she dls-1
covered that tier pocket bad Iw-ctj rut open 1
"ltd a gold glovtt. h«x*k two certificates ot j
deposit and a locket set with nine dla | -
SEf “*rtwl »• *"'r' ■ Htsolutions of Protest by the Southern Press
Association at Charleston.
THE FLOOD SUFFERERS
Are Being Liberally Supplied With
Necessary Provisions,
Tn» Kslsl Pistol. •
Dallas, Tex., May 3.—About 8:40 p.
m. yesterday A. It. Thomas, the m i
shot on Wednesday afternoon by J. H.
( ox, bis former partner in business, ilieil
from the effects of the wound. About
1,00,1 ,H‘ ":,s removed from the « enti i
^tors, br,,, where itits shooting oc-
curred, to tho residence of a tauiily hi
ton Kim -Met At tbe time of til
shoofing It was thought that Ibo was not
seriously' hurt At 11 a. m. I)r. Green
was seen at the Central drug store. He
sahli “The patient Is doing nicely, has
some slight fever, but I don’t anticipate
aity serious consequences.” In the after-
noon tie became worse and Inflkmatlon
was setting In a,s Ids condition he-
came more critical Justice John Henry
Brown called on him and in the presence
of witnesses got from Thomas his dying
statement. He said; “Cox had owed me
about 8300. He hail paid all except
about 810 or ®15 1 went to hlin at hh
store on Elm street, east of Preston street,
trying to get a settlement Not doing sc
I told him in plain language what 1
thought of him. I did not hit Cox oi
make any demonstration toward personal
violence. Neither did he while I was
talking to him. 1 saw no pistoh When
I had turned to leave the house he shot
me.”
l»een flooded, have leeu able to provide
for themselves. i
-—*—--—--- On a cottage w a- je-teidav float-
THE rocordtiof Castle Harden extend Ing down the river was the sign '(or
li-Lr f/v \fn.» r 1 o IT _ x * . 'f
W«r<ltr Most Foul.
Emoict. Tex., May 2.—A most fotil
murdrr that was committed In this county
on Sunday night has Jti«t Come to llglit.
Cob W M. Shumate, an old gentleman
who moved from Bells to thfs county last
winter, was most foully murdered Sunday
night Just after supper; Deceased left
Mr. Shepliard’s to go homo. Ills body
was found yesterday evening writli tlie
skull crushed in, showing a most foul
murder, Johnson left Monday night with
Mr. Shumate’s wagons and teams
ami passed through Bonham on
Tuesday evening late. Johnson
reported that Mr. Shumate went to Bells.
Monday morning. 'I hero fs great indig-
nation, aud every effort w.ll be made to
capture the parties engaged in this most
foul murder.
A Hoy with Powder,
Dallas, Tex., May 2.—Yesterday
alnnt 10:30 a. in. Henry, the 3-year-old
son of .John Fold, residing on McCoy
street, got hold of a tin can containing
gunpowder. He also secured a match,
and, boy-like, he struck It on the can with
!hs rff. v't w? .‘Apu/iiiig hie gunpowatT.
Both ends were blown out of the can and
the boy was blown across the floor. Ills
face was cut deeply by the tin about an
Inch and a half La-low the right eye, and
that eye was so badly injured that, lu the
opinion of the attending surgeons, it is
very doubtful if its sight will ever be re-
stored. *
A Calf Put to Death W th the Electrical M«chine t«
Prove its Effic vcy.
W A'lMXi.inv May l Sccretai’v Proc
(or yesteidXv received seveial telegrams
from ( apt. We-tpti of the subsistence de-
partment at New Orleans in regard to
steps taken for the relief of flood sufferers.
He says he sent 53.000 rations to Omega,
Madison parish, yesterday and that to-day
lie will send 3d ,0 rations to St. James
and 20.000 to Livingston parish. He es-
timates ttiat the people of'Mississippi will
require a million rations, anil .those of
Louisiana a few hundred thousand more.
He say* the rations cost about tt cents
each.
He also reports that he will to-day load
a steamer with rations and other stores
for Catfish Point, Lula, Friar’s Point,
Stipflower binding, Sklpwater, Newton,
New Kansas lauding, Ben Lomond, Ar-
cadia, Chotord. Bolling Fork and other
places In Mississippi reported as needing,
rations for twenty days. Capt • Weston
was authorised to continue the purchase
of rations as fast as needed for distribu-
tion.
The Mt c.iiue of l^e&th.
Auburn, N. Y., May 1.—In an inter-
view with Warden Durstou yesterday
morning lie detailed the preparations he
hod made for the execution of Kemmier
before the writ had liCen served upon
him. Tuesday morning at 0:30 the belt
w as put on the dynamo to test the belting.
PUUey.s, etc. The machinery was found
to be lu ^perfect condition, and it was de-
<’i?h-,l to pull tlic button again at 5:30 and
keep at-am up all night The story that
he had ever intended to go on with the
execution Tuesday morning was w ithout
foundation. Jlis invitations to witnesses
did not ask them to report until 9:40
Tuesday evening. He had made up his
mind to have the execution occur betw-eon
that hour and 0:30 Wednesday morning if
the final test proved successful. This tesri
was made at 5:30
seived, for hi* own saFtsfarrioTi. Ten of
the invited witnesses were prusent A
fl-weeks-old calf, weighing 100 pounds,
was the subject. It was laid on the'floor
or the chain tier of death with its legs tied.
The electrodes were placed on the head
and base of the spine and dynamo started.
When the b6it meter .registered 1000 the
fatal switch was thrown Into position and
xette Cotton Plant special gives an
of a destructive wind and ratn storm hf.
Woodruff county at iu» early hour fiatur-'
day. York v I lie, a village a r«w miles
southwest of Cotton Plait, was almost en-
tirely blown awuy and tlie disaster is wry
great. Houses, barns, fences and struet-
urcs of aii kinds were taken Up by tho
wind and carried some dlstKnoa. The
store of LX. C. York A (V, wm ciHiiplete-
ly demolished and tho stock of goods dt-v
s(ioyod. Tvyo houses were ( Vei turned by
the force of the wind and tha famlUa*.
narrowly escaped death. Httudryds
cattle stock are reported klllwl,-^jyit no
hum in life as far as yau laj learned. A
rainfall of four Inches a ided to iho rlaiu-
age very considerably.
HKfc’D or A LUNATIC.
wtiii* Snlfcrirtg wirn srenimgrrts m a, ;
■nulls HU Attendant.
New York, April 30.^-A tnadtnau with
a gleaming dagger nearly caused a bloody
tragedy In the Manhattan eye and ear
hospital Mjonday morning. About 8
o’clock, as iome of the patients were rls-
Ing. a young orderly named James J.
Merriman, while making his rounds at
that hour, noticed an Italian meningitis
patient putting ou tils clothes. lie Is a
wild-eyed laborer, about 35 years of age,
and very strong. Ha got out oC bed
against the physician's orders an I Merri.
man became Indignant Tlie IthUanSL.
ed strangely. He seemed to be suffering
intense pain and insisted on putting on
his clothes and getting away from the
place. The orderly seized him forcibly
and tried to put him under the lied cover*
This incensed the suffering man and the
fiend In him was let loose. With a tiger-
like rapidity lie drew from uitd4$k his flfl-'
low a glittering dirk. with . edges
ns keen as a razor, and made a vicious
slash at the orderly’s left car. A stream
of blood paid tribute to tlie blow, for the
dagger iulUcted a wound an Inch Idft|p^
just over the orderly’s ear. Like a bull
maddened by tlie smell of hot blood, the
maniac clutched tho dagger tightly-k» i
brawny hand and raised tt to deal the
wounded man a second blow. Merriman
sprung hack just in time, tfi^ape,
fled across the wart with the ^JuInn after
him- Merriman Iti his frantic effort* to
escape had to jump over tlie beds. The
madman followed him. TTis murderous
rage seemed to buoy film up ns he sprang”
In pursuit. The frightened orderlj' nm,,
through the corporal’s room With the luna*
ticjiuhot purnttti'^gaTnTiTg"atevery springT”
after tho w rit had beery snuiiim at every spring.
Tof * <i<K>r orderly's room was at th©
lower end of the corridor. To MerrhA||
•ward
Tt was tho door ornfe or death. Tex
it iie dashed, the madingr) close to hit
heels shrieking with rage. Mee- j
rtman gained tlie door ftrst
dashed in as quick as a flash and
slammed it to just as the would-be mup>
derer made a fearful lunge at his back..
back to May 5, 1817, the date of the
organization of the hoard of commis-
sioners of emigration, and since that
time neatly 10.000,000 immigrants —
the exact number to January 1, 1890,
is 9,639,635, or about or.e-sixth of the
entire population of the United States
—have been landed there.
Accordinu to official accounts the
average senator of ihe United States
uses up two and one-half cuspidors an-
nually during the time spent in the
senate chamber and is allowed only 12
nents’ worth of “Pond Lily" perfum-
ery per year, and yet he oomplains
that it is the newspapers that have
brought the senate “into bad odor.”
New York is in danger of going dry.
According to the report of the Exoiso
board there were in that city in 1889
8.885 plnces licensed for the sale of
liquor, including 5,874 liquor saloons,
194 ale and beer saloons, 1,266 ale,
beer nnd wine saloons, 152 restaurants,
262 hotels. 56 steamboats and 1,098
groceries, drug and wholesale liquor
stores.
Daws relating to tho adihlnlstriitldn
of the est ties of deoaNgad persons seem
to have been aaaotad fpy the express
purpose of. enriching pockets of
probate-oOtn* law^iM*'Jamuel Woods.
» Now York millitaiglrd, died some
tweTTO ymn ago 4Sf^3ay the llligo,
lion over bio property eontllades.
altaeagh Umt* I* but a tithe of the
IbUn^o |t|t
rent”
It Is estimated that nearly 400 houses
were flooded in the city by backwater
from the river.
At 10:30 last night (lie water had gained
(wi Inches and a haif in tlie graiu ele-
vator since 7 p. in. *
The superintendent of the South Dallas
compress reported at 11 o’clock last night
that the water lacked fourteen inches of
being on the wharf of the compress, and
that the river was then rising at the rate
of three-sixteen tits of an Inch per hour.
Mr. Don forth of Oak Cliff walked to
Dallas lyst night over the break in the
Texas and Pacific crossing on the hang-
ing tie*
Mr. Jesse Strong yes’erday morning
cut the North Dallas park dam. thus giv-
ing an outlet to the water and aaving the
work-
More Bloodshed Anticipated.
TeXaUkaNa, lex.. May 1—-Coinidera-
hle fears exist at Cameron that trouble
will arise between the whites and negroes.
The latter have, since the killing of a
negro at that place a week ago, a full
account of whpse crimes and death was
telegraphed over the state. Indulged In
some pretty tall and ugly talk against the
.white, people and have Intimated that the
death of tlie negro Is to la> avenged. They
are greatly excited over the affair,
and It would not astonish anylaaty here IT
there should result furUtef bloodshed,
although the white people are doing
*n ibelf power to prevent.It.
Aa Export Thiol.
Dai.lao, Tex., April 80.—An expert
robbery was perpetrated yesterday on a
belt line street ear, the victim «f whhit
Tho Nhvm-o h B ill liming.
Navasota, Tex.. May L—The Nava-
sota river continues to rLe at the SantW
Fe raiiroal bridge, two miUnr from Iihc.-
lt only lacked eighteen Inches last night
of being as high tut, In .LjBB, w hich was
the .highest ever known. Thefe is fully a
mile of track under ivahir l wo feet deep.
No trains are riqining to tho west, nnd it
will probably be two weeks before any
will run. The total rise is said to be
thirty-seven feet, 4
i nno (losiiion ana ------»»
't«T? .sxrrfcHdeffld1 its flf<* With but one’' Tha w.tdd4:r oJ the door redtiioff ____
plunge and tlie dagger buried itself
deep into the pajnted wood. ' Merrtllutn
panting threw his whole force against the
door while big drops trickled down his
face. '1 lie rage of the Italian wa* like
thnt of a tigress. Alter trying ta get, at
Ids in (ended victim lie turned »n<l ran to-
ward Ihe stairs. With an almost super-
human bound he sprang to tha firsts land-
ing where Dr. Killln was waiting \o cap-
ture him 1‘erltz was just about to spring.
, i - :: r -yj"asi22SSZ-Uid.FJUtJt1 -to
tne rot lowing resolutions were unanimous- flooring when lie was tripped np. Thg
perceptible tremor ot one leg. Death
was instantaneous as by a lightning
stroke. Dr. Fell was present, but con-
sidered H useless to ex|>eriinent with ills
res-use dating apparatus. .Scientists who
were bidden to witness «h« event and at!
but half a dozen newspaper correspond-
ents departed-on the evening train.'
Son hern I’rraa Astsnclul.nn.
fit a Rt.gsTON, R C.» May l.—At a
meeting of th;> Southern Press association
r i ir ■ini-wn rtiri—i----1----111—“— • • • 4
Note, from Chinmrfre.
Commerce, May 1.—Two anijv'ets were
shot by the guards while trying to eseqpe.
Four of them made a break for liberty
with the &bdv« result Two of them
made good their escape.
Tlie prospects for a crop Is rather
gloomy, hut the weather has cleared up
nicely and there is plenty of time yet to
make a full crop.
Want ihe Hunt* Fe fthupn. *
Bei.toi*. Ti’x , May 1.—At a meeting
of our citizens held yesterday afternoon, a
committee was appointed to correspond
with Santa Fe officials In reference to
moving their shops from Temple to this
city. It was resolved to offer them g~5..
000 and 50 acres-of land to permanently
locate thetr shops here. Must of the
money has already been raised. Our
people are In earnest ami very enthusi-
astic over It.
> I oapiy Aorldfuut
Bowie, Tex., May 3.—A sad accident
happened Wednesday in the west part of
town. A tramp was hanging around U16
residence of Mr. Brisco, and the daughter.
Miss Ih-rn Brisco, thought to scarw'hlm
off. got hc,r father’s pistol ard by some
means discharged the same and bit her
mother. The hall struck the fleshy port
of the leg.
T*;——4.,—^
A Hopeless Cua
Oaivesvii.i.e. IVx.. May l—Sarah,
the ton-year-old daughter of Mrs, Bunce,
of Valley View, waa Irrought to the elty
yoatentoy to be treated for KydriTpbabla.
The child waa bitten by a rabid dog eight
ydata sga She L suffering very much at
this tlma, and tbe physician pronounces
the case hopeless.
if
ly adopted yesterday:
Wliereas, a measure is pending In con-
gress making fj}« governtomt a party to a
general telegraphic scheme, and
\\ hercas. tiiis is a dangerous departure
from the principles of a domestic republi-
can government, as defined by Jefferson,
which are best calculated to protect llfA
and property, secure liberties of the peo-
ple and promote tho welfare of the citi-
zens. and
Whereas, the tendency to centralize ac-
tion in the administration of the govern-
ment and In the ease of office-holders
ought to be cheeked, and f\ -
W lie reals, to make the handling of the
telegraphic business of the newspapers of
the United Stales dependent on the good
will of emnloyes subject to party control
would be an infringement on the liberty
<»f the press and aubservleut of the best
interest of the people, therefore
Resolved, that we. the members of the
Southern Press association, earnestly re-
quest our representatives and senators in
congress to use theft* best endeavors to
Recare the defeat of this iniquitous meas-
ure.
Resolved, that this action be communi-
cated to the senators and representatives
by tlie president and secretary.
Accident and Crime,
Fort Smith. Ark., April 28.—John
Gray, a cool miner from Huntington, was
run over and killed’ by the north-bound
Frisco passenger train at 1 o’cfBck yester-
day morning. He was asleep on the
track on the outskirts of the city.*
Two negroes, father and son. named
Joe and Adam Banks, and a negro Woman
named King, were lodged In the United
States Jail at thl^place yesterday morning
chaiged with ffw murder of tho woman’s
husband, who disappeared last Jane end
whose body wes recently found In a creek
that ran near him home in 'the
TtNtJOn. Tbe exigence "against
Mid to be strong.
madman filmed and Iron then at flmi
His wife was sent for, hut she could ffljJ
nothing with him. The police
sharp struggle before they mandPff to|
force the Italian hi tlie ninbuleno^. U<
was then taken to the insane - pavilion *of!
Belview hospital. J
DeacreeUve Merao.
IgTTT.E Rook, Ark., April M.—A (in-
4'h cign l.»b*r Troubles.
(nirAoo. April 3J.—The Nsws Yky
there is a row in the Carpenters’ council
over the discovery that there fs on* dg^ j
more of the strikers who Ijnve been st||%,
plying the Masters’ association with
side tuformation concerning plans of thtrq
men. Monday’s meeting of tha oounclt.
which lasted all the afternoon, was a ver-
itable pandemonium. Some one in
body had discovered there wOMbr Jutted Ijr*1
the ranks and exposed hU treasury tkOaJ
tbe question of arbitration with-th© adj^f
association wax being cooalddM4' Af
result the entire strike rnmnUttkl
discharged khd an entirely MN I
appointed. ,,
“Why,” said one of the codedU,
night, "Mr. Goldie, president of
ter Carpenters’ ---—latlrm, jj»VT
half an hour after we h«tv*dj*uf
week ago fas Friday, not eitlf ‘.
tpat had been done lu our meeting
everything that had been said. The
elation has been getting Infpwkllflgl
our most important proceedings.” '*•
The Journal says that the bffl
for tbe resumption of work fty (lit1
and the new Bosses’ »nfnriiUsj |m
ually been reached and that the
rseume work, In the mean Dm*
*re endeavoring to keep-'
■torely the terms 61
the facts of It in order thet Mm 1
Mm ot ihe strikers may not 1
tltey may lent out tn #«h Mgp
Payday parade.
them is h» WHS0%
lb fhetr lawful bestoeJL
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