The Waxahachie Daily Light. (Waxahachie, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 18, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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FLOODS IN TEXAS
STREAMS IX NORTH AM) CEN-
TRAL PART OF STATE
HAVE OVERFLOWED.
TWO HEN ARE DROWNED
Unidentified Men Lose Lives in tlie
Trinity River at Fort Worth.
Crops Are Badly
Damaged.
Fort Worth. Texas. April 18.—
Swollen by the heavy rains of the
past few days the Trinity river rose
rapidly early yesterday and flooded
the lowlands for miles both above
and below the city. As the water
overspread the bottoms east west
and north of the city hundreds o|
people were compelled to flee from
their homes to higher ground and
between this city and North Fort
Worth early yesterday a lake formed
fully half a mile in width and traf-
fic between the two towns was prac-
tically suspended.
From the north foot of the big
bridge north of the court house
which serves as a thoroughfare con-
necting the two municipalities a
lake three feet in depth and nearly
a quarter of a mile in width prevent-
ed the running of street cars and the
few persons who crossed went over
in skiffs or in wagons. The Northern
Texas Traction company's cai* which
cross the bridge were compelled to
«top on either side of the water and
the Citizens' Company's cars which
cross west of the bridge on another
structure were similarly interfered
with by high water.
One man whose identity has not
been ascertained is reported to have
been drowned. Mrs. Ola Terry of 505
Samuels avenue is one of several
who heard the man's cries for help
' and saw him struggling in the water
and clinging to the branches of a
tree. He Anally disappeared his body
being swept down stream by the
strong current.
Many residents of the flooded dis
rrici were assisted in escaping nom
their homes by mounted policemen
who rode their horses deep into the
water Officer McGlothlin rescued a
woman by inducing her to climb
through a window of her partly sub-
merged dwelling to the back of his
horse and thus conveyed her to a
place of safety. Many similar thrill-
ing escapes occurred when the water
first began to rise rapidly.
It is estimated that 200 families
residing in a wide area of the flood-
ed lowlands have been compelled to
abandon their homes.
An unknown negro who was at-
tempting to rope driftwood coming
down the river about a mile above
the Main street crossing fell into the
stream and was drowned/ Several
spectators witnessing the affair at
considerable distance state thai the
man made a desperate attempt to
battle with the current but. soon dis-
appeared beneath the water.
CHASE ITALIANS Ol'T.
Mob of Illlnoisans Drive Foreigners
From Bloonilngton.
liloomington 111.. April 18 —'Thir-
ty Italians who have been employed
by the Illinois Central at Clinton
were driven from the town Thurs-
day night by a mob who imimidated
them with a fulsillade of slnts from
guns and revolvers. There has been
much indignation among the citizens
since Mayor Rdmondsoti received a
Black Hand letter threatening his
life. The Italians were charged with
the authorship. The railroad has
been employing the Italians to the
alleged exclusion of several hundred
American-born residents who were
unemployed. The authorities have
been unable to find an>· clew leading
to the arrest of the men composing
the mob.
New Harriman Komi.
Chicago April 18.—Through
freight traffic will be inaugurate 1 to-
morrow on the new Harriunn road
from Jackson. Tenn.. to Birming-
ham Ala. giving the Illinois C->atral
a connection with the Southern. Sea-
board Air Line and Central of Geor-
gia roads.
Lrtlv)i· Men to Meet.
Wilming oil. Del.. April 1S -1 ρ-
οή the '.iggestlon of Samuel (Jump-
ers a m.isS meetliij of the laboring
men of Delaware w be hell here
tomorrow for the purpose of consid-
ering the present. ir''lustrial condi-
tions and the financir'1Mepression.
NIGHT or TERROR
KLKMKNTS AM) WILI) BEASTS
THROW PEOPLE INTO
v A PANIC.
STORM WRECKS CIRCUS
Lions Ks>a|H' and Women and Chil-
dren Pass Sleepless -V'iJilil —
Storm Does Heavy Dam-
age at Cleburne.
Cleburne. Texas. April 18.—A
storm combining some of the ele-
ments of a tornado and cyclone and
all the elements of a flood broke over
Cleburne at 8:30 o'clock last night
and at midnight the town was divid-
ed into three sections each isolated
from the other by raging torrents
of water as effectually as though
oceans Milled between them.
Just what damage has been done
it is impossible to ascertain but it is
safe to say that the property loss
will run into the thousands of dol-
lars. It is not believed that any lives
were sacrificed but reports of tum-
bling houses from many sections of
the city raise fears that some peo-
ple have been injured in the ruins of
their homes. The rain fell in verita-
ble sheets and within half an hour
West and East Buffalo bayous were
out of their banks while the streets
of the city were turned into veritable
torrents being covered by from three
to six fèet of water.
Added to the terror caused by the
raging elements people of the wes-
tern section of the city were thrown
Into the wildest sort of panic when
it became known that Parker Bros
circus tents had been blown down
and that in the confusion two big
lions had escaped. The kings of
beasts were at large for an hour or
more being recaptured through the
courage of .\liss Ernestine La Rose
of the circus who led a fcrce of cir-
cus men in pursuit through the
darkness and storm. The report that
the lions had escaped spread rapidly
and as is always the case in such af-
fairs were magnified the result be-
ing that the women and children of
the city spent a sleepless night
while a majority of the men folk
were in almost equally as bad a fix
the news that the animals had been
! recaptured not being generally
known When the main tent of the
circus collapsed Joshua Sanchez a
nnnunu man « «·»α 11 crH f in t h <»
wreckage and both his legs were
broken. The circus people estimate
their losses at not less than $12000.
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REMINDER OF EARLY I>AVS
A Now Deserted Town Oner Scene of
' Many Sensational Incidents.
I Spokane Wash. April 18.— Like
the story of Goldsmith's poem "The
Deserted Village'' is that of Lees-
burg southeast of Spokane at one
'time the largest city in the state of
; Idaho. The population in its palmy
days during the summer of 1807
'reached ">000' and fortunes were
; panned out of the gravel by miners
who flocked into the district from
all parts of the country. The produc-
tion of gold dust in that year amoun-
ted to $10000OHO. Today the place
lias a postmaster and a Chinese pros-
pector and his slant-eyed spouse.
.They are pioneers of the camp
wyere white men once sought and
found riches in the beds of anifer-
ous gravel.
Leesburg was a political hot bed
in the winter of 1867 when men
fought to avenge real or fancied
I wrongs. The federals and the con-
: federates were about equally diall-
ed and the sheep were separated
j from the goats by a natural law. The
; union sympathizers moved to one
; end of Main street and the confeder-
| ates to the other. One side of Divis-
ion street was called Grantville and
ι the other Leesburg. There were sa-
: loons where the men sang "The Star
Spangled Banner" and conferedate
'saloons where they sang and played
ι "Dixie" every night and cheered for
1 Jefferson Davis. Grantville was the
first to be abadoned. Not one of the
! old houses of that division of the
I city now stands. There has never
i been a patented lot or other piece of
j real estate in the old townsite which
I is now part of Salmon river fores^
; nusery.
I INVITED TO WAXAHACHIE.
Delegation of Citizens Invite Jolin-
I son to Speak In Kills County.
I Corsicana Texas April 18.—J. M.
I Eskrldge R. S. Bynum and other ci-
| tizens of Waxahachie were here yes-
terday urging Hon. Cone Johnson to
j make a speech in Waxahachie. Mr.
Johnson told the gentlemen that he
would like very tnucli to make one
I speech in Ellis county but his time
is booked full until the day of the
election and besides the assignment
of speakers is entirely in hands ot
:Judg| Riddle president of the Texas
Democratic ?lub. He said he did not
see how it would be possible for him
to speak in Ellis county unless his
date at Dallas should be canceled
ι The Waxahachie people will take
; the matter up with Judge Riddle
; urging him to make the change upon
: the ground rhat Dallas county is ov-
erwhelmingly against Bailey and
that Ellis county is a "better mis-
sionary field." They say they are
confident that Ellis county will be
I
ciirrii'ii iiy tne v\ aco t; t l· they
art- anxious to roll up a ~ >od major-
ity and. as this a blanket primary
every little bit "ill help in the final ι
result
The visit of Mr. Eskridge upon
this mission and the fact that he Is j
actively opposing the Bailey ticket ι
added to the comment here about
the division of families upon the is-
sue of Baileyism Mr Eskridge is a
son-in-law of Hon. John G. Willacy
who is one of Senator Bailey's wir-i
mest and most prominent support- ;
ers. In Oorsicana there is a counter- j
part for this division S A. Pace
one of the leading citizens of this
place is a strong opponent of the j
Bailey ticket whereas his son-in-
law Hon. Richard Mays a promin- I
ent. attorney is actively working foi· ι
Bailey.
SLAIN WITH HOE.
'Cedar Hill Man Killed In Fight with i
White Man.
Dallas. Texas April IS.— Infor- I
matku· was received at the office of j
the county attorney late yesterday j
afternoon to the effect that L. J. I
Hale of Cedar Hill had been struck i
over the head with a grubbing hoe |
and killed during an altercation at j
that place. The word came by tele- |
phone from Constable Dave Meyer j
of Cedar Hill. No details of the mat- j
ter were given except that an arrest j
had been made but the county at-
torney was asked to come down and |
be present at the inquest. Judge J. |
W. Pierson. chief assistant to the ;
county attorney left for Cedar Hill j
on the 7:4Γ> o'clock train last night'
after advising Constable Meyer to I
have the witnesses present in order j
that the examining trial might bel
held immediately after the inquest. [
HKAI'TIFl L Ι.ΛΚΙ. ltlSAPPKAUS. |
Remains of Fish All That Marks
Once Romantic Spot.
j Portland. Ore. April 18.—Perme- i
lia Lake one of the most beautiful \
bodies of water in the Cascade j
mountains has completely disap- ι
peared according to Deputy Forest
Warden Thomas Smith who has just j
! arrived in Portland from a trip |
j through this range. This lake was j
lone of the wonders of Oregon lying ;
! in a bowt at the tope of one of the |
j highest peaks of the Bunch Grass
division of the Cascades. All that is
j now left is a great crevasse and the
ι remains of fish with which the
j lake abounded.
Parmelia L" «e was about a mile
I wii?" two mlleo long very deep
jami clear as crystal. Its outlet had
jiie\er been discovered but it was
(supposed that it swelled the waters
! of the Santiam river. Its disappear-
j ance has not been explained.
NIGHT RIDER VoXFKSSKS.
I Judge Promises to Issue Warrants
if Grand Jury Kails to Indict.
i Murray Ky. April 18—Macon
Champion a member of the night
1 riders has confessed to witnessing
! the whipping of A1 Perry a member
of the gang who was punished by his
own organization and has lmplicat-
; ed 15 men. Champion tells of join-
j ing the band and of taking an oath
j not to reveal the secrets of the or-
I ganization or the names of its mem-
j ber.s on penalty of death fie took
! the oath he swears in a field at
i night while kneeling on his right
j knee and elevating his right hand
i lie declares that before the riders
j started for Perry's place it was de-
j cided that if Perry fired on them all
; should open fire on him and that if
J left of the band should be attacked
j by posses the right wing should tire.
Champion also tells of being assign-
ed to gather up hats that had been
lost by the night riders and hide
them. He says he put them in a
creek. Judge Wells before whom the
confession was made has announced
that he will not act until after the
grand jury has had time to consider
j the cases but that if indictments are
• not voted he will issue warrants and
i ask for another grand Jury.
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TOUCHED BIG ONES
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WAS FRIEND Of WHITE
Mm of Note Will Loup Into Promin-
ence Whi n Τ rial Comes I ρ—
Sold Kales of Slw k
< Vrtiflcutes.
Chicago. April I*.—Μη- Alice
Webb Duke. ex-wife of iîrodie L
Duke millionaire member of the to-
bacco trust who was arrested on
Saturday charged with defrauding
the Great Northern hotel by the is-
suance of worthless checks still oc-
cupies a cell in the woman's ward
of the count} jail. The womar.. whc
a short time ago had millions at hei
command who was wined and dinec
by business men of New York Chi-
cago and other large cities all aux
ious to be in 011 her financial
schemes has been unable to furnish
the $2.000 bail necessary to effect
her release.
That Mrs. L)uke baa had business
consultations with Stanford White
the New York architect who wat
killed in Madison Square garden by
Harry Thaw a short time befort
he met his death and that she
expected to meet White in Europe
later in the summer was brought tc
light today. A letter written by Mrs
Duke in which she tells of a dlnnei
—at which a banker and Stanford
White were two of the guests was
found in her rooms.
Search of the rooms occupied bj
Mrs. Duke just before her arrest al
so discloses the reason why inanj
of these Chicago business men witt
whom she had dealings before ant
after she became Mrs. Duke remaii
silent and are unwilling to furnisl
thf. Itnil HemariHrtH 1 ti \T r« ΠιιΙτα'<
rooms were found records of stock
and bonds running into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars whicl
she sold to astute Chicago men ο
finance.
There were found also records ο
checks received from these sam
Chicago men of note. There wer
found canceled checks written on va
rious banks by Mrs. Duke which re
veal the magnitude of the deal
which the woman had with thes
Chicago men. These names embrac
those most widely known in the fin
ancial world of New York and Chi
cago. Bankers heads of trust com
panies board of trade operators
high railroad officials manufactur
ers all are shown by letters and bus
iness 'records to have had.dealing
and the men who engaged in then
with Mrs. Duke will create a com
motion when they are made puhli*
in the court proceedings
row KATS A WATCH.
l'armer Has Problem ii> Method ο
Recovery.
Lake City. la.. April 18.—Antho
ny Heskel a farmer living near L'aki
City has a cow whose value has in
creased four-fold within a week
This increased value result'. froi;
the cow swallowing a handsome goh
watch which got into her feed box
Heskel a week ago. purchased
! valuable gold watch with a smaj
I diamond set in the case. He starte
j to town the following evening an
ι stuck the watch in the oats for saf
I keeping. When he got home he dt
ι cided to leave the jewelry hid in th
j oats bin until morning. A hired ma
j however was up first and whon h
i scooped up a peck measure of oat
for the cow he also scooped up th
I watch.
Heskel first thought of robber
when he was unable to find his tim
i piece in the oats. Then he consulte
i with the hired man and learned th
I truth. Now he is deliberating bt
ι tween killing the cow for beef an
ι having an X-ray examination an
[operation on the bovine.
i A message announcing the deat
I of his mother was received last nigli
from Elizabethtown. Ky. by J A
Redman local agent for the Brazo
Valley. Mr. Redman has the sympa
thy of many friends in the city.
Read the AÊvertlsemen ta.
TRAIN WRKCKKD MAI! VKNUH.
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j Slide Dur to Heavy llaiu* Delays
Traffic on I. & <·. Ν. Ten Hours.
Venus Texas April IS.—Passen-
ger train N'o. 15 on the International
and Great Northern due here at
7:50 a. m. in charge of Conductor
King was wrecked yesterday near
the water tank five miles north of
town.
I The wreck was caused by a slide
I which was unknown until the engine
I was over the vacancy. The tender
j became detached and jammed
! against the engine. Engineer Dun-
can and Fireman Minis consider
j they had a close call as all avenues
I ί of escape were cut off and they
j thought the engine would turn over.
' j The baggageman sustained a few
l. ■ bruises and a negro woman a sprain-
j a<1 ankle. All passengers were con-
I siderably shaken but none badly in-
1 ι jured. Traffic was delayed about ten
' j hours. The wrecked engine side-
' ! tracked at this station.
YOUTH FORGOT MOTH Kit.
; lioy Rescued From Gypsies ('annot
Remember Appearance of His
I'arent.
"j Fall River Mass.. April 18.—Cap-
' ι tivity of a year In gypsy camps af-
1 ! fer he had been kidnaped almost
; wrecked the mind of Leonard Allen.
! now 16 years old. When rescued In
'(this city he didn't know his own
name. He had begun to forget his
■home and parents and although he
is recovering he cannot yet remem-
ber what his own mother looks like.
The boy was found in the camp
of Joseph SPanlev gypsy. He had
recovered sufficiently to give a par-
tial account of his trials. He says
that when the fair ai Middletown. N.
■ Y. vas in progress In l'.iOT he and
' his younger brother went one af-
■ ternoon to see a balloon ascension.
. On one side of the ground:· there was
) a camp of gypsies The ponies that
1 I roamed near the camp caught Leon-
. ard's eye and he left liis brothei and
ι /eut to see them.
1 Filtering one of tlit· gypsy tents
1 the boy says lie was seized and. put
1 into a closed wagon lu the night the
a gypsies started on their journey.
- Two days afterward he was put to
; work in the stable tent.
ι The gypsies were then in a wilder-
J ness and not knowing what way to
s go if he ran away and afraid of be-
• j ing punished if he made a break.
I the boy'decided to stay in the camp
r ! to await a more favorable opportun-
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i Public Speaking.
Hon Chas. Vowell of Sherman
1 will address the voters of Ellis
1 count at Funis April 20 at 2 p. m. :
Ferris April 20 at 8 p. m. : Red Oak
April 21. at 2 p. m.; Forreston April
ι 21 8 p. m.; Maypearl April 22 at
t 2 p. m.; Boz April 22 at 8 p. in.;
. Midlothian April 23 8 p. m. A cor-
s ι dial invitation is extended to every-
- body to hear him. Bailey Committee.
Will Moore Hardware Co. for
screen wire and doors. tf
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New
Negligee
Shirts
They are here in endless
varieties New lot of
them came this week
and they ar§ the pret-
tiest we've ever had.
New patterns in plain
and plaited bosom styles
any size any sleeve
length and an assured
fit every time.
Good ones at 1.00 and 1.50
Better ones at 1.7S and 2.00
j Draws
Near
If you have not supplied
yourself with Easter Egg
Dyes and Post Cards yet
it is time you were doing
so. Send your relative
or friend a card and let
them know you have
not forgotten them. . . .
See our line and
I you will buy.
Ci DRUG II
ONLY the best
Waxahachie Foundry ζ Machine Co J
414 R.ogers St.
A full line of Gin and Oil Will Supplies including Grate
i Bars Smoke Stacks Pulleys Shafting Lace Leather
Belting and all grades Lubricating Oils; Galvanized
and other Rain and Fire Proof Roofing.
High Class Machinery Boiler Work 6c
A Specialty
Typewriters Cash Registers and Automobiles repaired.
Sanitary Plumbing of alj kinds.
—ALL WOW GIVEN PROMPT ATTENTION AND GUARANTEES—
Anything You Wantj
In the way of a Sealed Package Cracker or Cake can
be had here. We handle ail the leading brands and
have them displayed in such a manner that you can
easily tell what kind you want
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1PTS J. B.HINES;
♦
\ Big Shipment
♦
J Fresh Swift's Hams and Bacon
t and Lard in 5 and 10 pound tins. Ï
♦ Everybody Knows this as the good |
♦ Kind. : %
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: R.oy Connally 6 Co.
I Better Flour Means Better Bread f
♦
X Quintessence Flour is as good as the best and
X better than most. Try a sack and convince
£ yourself. .....
X Plenty of Berries Vegetables and Fruits with your
i grocery order. . . . ...
I E. C. LUMLEY
Both Phones 31 Opposite P. Ο. |
I For Easter Sunday |
X We can supply you with the good things |
♦ to eat. Fresh fruits and a nice line of f
♦ ♦
X staple and fancy gro^ries. : J
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OMphone p# p> SMITH Ô CO. NJT
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