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THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6. 1892.
HOUSTON DAILY POST:
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These Great Bargains we are Offering because of our store being Overcrowded
with Goods, has Overcrowded us with Customers too.
A Bittle Wreck on the Texas Western-
Special Trains to the Texas Fair—
Cotton Receipts Heavy—Notes
and Personals.
Many of the People Who Were Misled
Last Spring See the Dangers Beset-
ting Democracy — Barefaced
Campaign Lying, Etc.
Be sure and give me a call before purchas*
ing elsewhere.
Job lot of Office Desks to be closed out/
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Galveston, Texas, October 5.—The tak-
ing of testimony in the railroad com-
mission case was concluded tonight.
Much important evidence has been elicit-
ed. The testimony of the various gen-
phatically corroborate the affidavits read
eral freight agents ) ’
in the hearing in chambers before United I and of superior
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democratic doctrine,
people of Denton
man Spears and his companions of the mar-
shal’s posse took their position in the square.
When the Dalton, brothers saw the armed
•men in the square they appreciated their
peril instanter, and leaving the bank officers
on the steps of the bank building they ran
for their horses. As soon as they reach1-'
the sidewalk, Spears’ rifle quickly came to
position. In an instant later it spoke, a.
Bob Dalton, the notorious leader of the
notorious gang, fell dead in his tracks.
There was not a quiver of a muscle after
he fell. The bullet struck him in the right
temple, ploughed through the brain aud pass-
eye.
Emmett Dalton had the start of his brother
and before Spears could draw a bead on him
he had dodged behind the corner of the
bank and was making time in the direction
of the alley where the bandits had tied
their horses.
The shot which dropped Bob Dalton arous-
ed Texas Jack’s band in Congdon’s bank,
who were patiently waiting for the time
lock of the safe to be sprung with the hour
of 10. Running to the windows of the
bank they saw their leader prostrate on
the ground. Raising their rifles to their
shoulders they fired one volley out of the
at the volley,
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An assortment of Dry Goods and Shoes unequaled by anybody. ;
Prices as low as the lowest, honest and courteous
treatment are the inducements we offer.
Races at Mineola.
Mineola, Texas, October 5.—First Race
—Three-eighths of a mile. Hubert
O’Neal won, Black Daisy second.
Second Race—One-fourth of a mile.
Dutch Scott won, Ace of Hearts sec-
ond.
The trotting race was postponed.
Breckinridge Wants to Resign.
Chicago, HL, October 5.—The Evening Post
says: Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge
of Kentucky, who was appointed orator at
PriceJJjWorth a Goineaa BgxT,[2Sc.!
Dislodge Bile,
If you have never seen
the effect of Phenoline
try it and be surprised.
OVER 500 MEN’S SUITS.
Lots 6671. 6313, 6681—comprising all
Wool Cheviots, and in several of the
neatest patterns out this Fall, made in
single breasted sack style, round or
square cut sacks. For nine days only,
during the overcrowded sale,
$10.00.
Will Entertain the Delegates.
Velasco, Texas, October 5.—The
will tomorrow entertain free about'
delegates and visitors to the republican
county convention, forty or fifty of whom
came in tonight. ,
the dedication of the World’s Fair buildings
October 21, has expressed his intention of ,
resigning on account of the severe criticism
by Chicago newspapers of his course in con-
gress on the World’s Fair appropriation bill.
Prominent men connected with the Fair,. :
it is further stated, are trying to induce Mr,
Breckinridge to change his mind.
Only $7.00 for this beuatiful Baby Car-
riage, former price $15.00. I have a few,
more better grade carriages that I have re-
duced the price of from $25.00 and $30.00
VERY FINE FALL SUITS.
Lots 6911, 6313, 6681—comprising an
extra choice variety of fine all Wool
Cheviots and reliable Silk mixtures,
made in single and double breasted
style, finely trimmed. For nine days
only, during the overcrowded sale,
$15.00.
tained. There were a number of others
in New York in the same predicament,
and who would not venture toward Texas1
until it was a settled fact that the way
was clear. None of them seemed to en-
tertain any fear from cholera.
Carloads of Cotton Dickers.
The demand for cotton pickers is in-
creasing daily and the railroads are having
a picnic. The trains leaving on the Co-
lumbia Tap,San Antonio and Aransas Pass
and Southern Pacific are daily crowded
with pickers who are engaged by the
; agents of different planters along the lines
I of road. At the depots it is amusing to
I see the trouble experienced by some of
these agents when each claim a certain lot
of men as their respective property for the
time being. Amy man who wants work
can get it.
The Travelling Passenger Agents. ,
Washington, October 5.—Passenger
agents from all parts of the country are
in the city attending the annual conven-
tion of the Traveling Passenger Agents’
association. The convention began this
morning at the Metropolitan house. The
i are: J. P. Mc-
I am closing out my entire stock of carpets
from 20 per cent to 30 per cent lower than,
any other house in the city, as I do not care to
handle this line of goods any longer. I have
a large stock of English Linoleum and.1
Smvrna Rugs that I am closing out. My
stock of Matting is complete and cheap aS
any in the State.
I would also call your attention to my full
line of Bed, Parlor and Dining Room Suites,,.
also Side Boards, Desks, Book Cases, Chef-1
foniers, Folding Beds, Plush and Rattaipl
Rockers.
When the train reached Adair, Short
disembarked to send a telegram. When
he re-entered Bryan had secured one of
his weapons and holding it in his manacled
hands fired and mortally wounded Short.
The officer, however, had strength to seize
a Winchester and put four bullets into
Bryant’s body, expiring as he pulled the
trigger for the last shot.
There were no fatalities attending the
Red Rock robbery, but the Adair robbery
resulted in the death of two men.
The express car was guarded on that
Replace
where the train/ was held up js in the
midst of the town, and a stray bullet
passed into the room of a physician, and,
striking him in the head, killed him in-
stantly. Another physician, hearing the
noise, went .in its direction and was also
shot and killed.
The last train robbery by the gang was
that of the Frisco near Venita. The
amount secured by the robbers in their
various raids will probably never be
known. It was very great, however, and
has been estimated at $200,000.
After the Frisco robbery they set their
attention to robbing banks.
They rode into El Reno one day and at-
tacked the bank in the town. The only
person in the bank at the time was the
wife of the president, who fainted at the
sight of the ugly revolvers. The bandits
leisurely took all the money in sight and
remounting the horses rode away. This
raid netted them $10,000, which was such
a severe loss to the bank, it was forced
into liquidation. Today’s was the next and
last raid of the gang and with it ended
the existence of the band equalled only in
the desperate character of its undertakings
by the James and Younger bands.
States Circuit Judge McCormick, and 1
upon which his decision was predicted.
The testimony of Vice President Geo.
Sealy of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe and a number of civil engineers was
particularly important, as it fully con-
troverted the claim of politicians that
railroads can be built in Texas for $12,-
000 per mile. It was shown from care-
fully prepared estimates that it would
cost to duplicate the roads in all the
substantiate at the present day $25,000
per mile at the present prices of material
and labor. All agreed that when, con-
structed these railroads cost doubly that
amount, or over $50,000, and the prices
of labor and material then and now were
given to substantiate their statements.
Steel rails, for instance, now o»st from
$32 to $35 per ton, and when the rail-
roads were constructed iron rails cost
from $90 to $110 per ton, and other items
of cost of construction were in like pro-
portion except right of way and depot
grounds.
These estimates did not include any-
thing for loss of interest on money in-
vested till the roads were completed and
in operation, which is estimated at $4000
per mile, i
They also testified that a parallel rail-
road which would cost $25,000 per mile
would not, when completed, be as good
and valuable as those now existing, be-
cause it takes time for roadbeds to settle
to be repaired, widened, etc., at consid-
erable ' expense before they retch
the condition and security of an old road.
This evodence will be used in the trial of
the case on its merits before United
States Judge Maxey at Austin.
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of the pursuers and was mounted on a
swift horse. At 5 o’clock this evening he
had not been captured.
After the battle was over search was made
for the money which the bandits had se-
cured. It was found in the sacks where it
had teen placed by the robbers. One sack
was found under Bob Dalton, who had fallen
dead upon it, while escaping from the First
National bank. The other was found tightly
Houston Post Bureau, DriskiH Hotel,
Austin, Texas, October 5.—A short tour
through North Texas with Governor
Hogg is full of encouragement for all
who have the safety of the democratic
party at heart. The people cannot be
fooled all of the time. Many of them
were misled last spring, but now see
where their steps are leading them.
Many, it is true, are still misguided, but
they are also fast finding enlightenment
and fast making the acquaintance of the
true character of their associates. In
Dallas, the presence and approval at the
speech of prominent democrats, hereto-
fore classed as bolters, was very notic-
able. The number of conversions was also
great. When the appeal was made for
the support, not of Jim Hogg the per-
sonal candidate for governor, but of Jim
Hogg bearing the old battle-worn banner
of democracy in his hands, there were
many who, finding themselves without
the party, came back with public an-
nouncements of their return.
That every effort was made on the part
of the opposition to belittle the opening
speech of the governor at Dallas was
very evident. The city people, who as
a general thing, would have flocked to
a free barbecue by the .thousands, were
in some manner kept sedulously at home.
That a difference of political opinion will
prevent the average crowd of city sight-
seers from attending such a mammoth en-
tertainment as that at Dallas on Satur-
day, is not to be believed. They were
pledged to stay at home. But the staunch
democrats from the country came in such
numbers as to make the absence of the
city contingent even agreeable. The rush
for the barbecued dinner was terrific and
the feeding of such a crowd is seldom
seen. That the disgruntled, bolting fac-
tion should have distributed a little forged
circular throughout North Texas, pur-
porting to offer for sale a vast lot of
meat left, is only an instance of the ut-
terly untruthfulness to which they have
of late been driven.
PROSPEROUS CITIES.
A day spent in both Fort Worth and
Dallas proves them to be rapidly rising
again to that prosperity which they en-
joyed about three years ago.
Dallas is filled with country people, who
have made the most abundant crops raised
for yedrs. Every business seems thriving.
The streets at night are filled with pleas-
ure seekers. The citizens say that their
time of depression is certainly passed.
In Fort Worth the same state of af-
fairs may be seen. "Where a year ago all
trade and traffic seemed under a heavy
blight, and where the cobwebs of undue
inflation seemed tangled over the whole
city, there is now crisp life and activity.
All business men speak of the great im-
provement gladly.
As these two cities, more than any
others, have sjiffered from undue infla-
tions of property, growth ahead, of their
time and blatant boomers, they are both
claimed as strongholds for the Calamity-
Clark party. In view of their present un-
doubted awakening it is safe to say. that
the occupation as well as the expectation
of the.hpwler will be greatly diminished.
It is a pity for this class that prosperity
could not have been kept brooding on her
1 wings aWav from Texas until the election
of the Little Giant Savior. Prosperity
throughout the State would be terribly
fatal to the Clark cause.
ANOTHER INSTANCE
Of bare-faced campaign lying is seen in
the story told about the negro porter at
Denton. It has been told undec flaming
headlines, especially in the Fort Worth
Gazette, that the governor insulted a ne-
gro porter at the Oatman House, in refus-
ing to allow the negro to carry the little
handbag in which is his speech and docu-
ments, and in saying at the time that the
“negroes were too treacherous.”
The story goes on to tell that
when tb.e governor was informed that the
negro resented his remarks and promised
a vote against him that he made an humble
apology.
The whole affair is a baseless fabrica-
tion.
The goveriffir never parts with his “dy-
namite” as he calls his campaign docu-
ments, and so informed the porter and the
bystanders, without making any bombastic
stump speech about race treachery on the
sidewalk. The negro seemed in no way
to notice the refusal until certain vigilant
and on-looking bolters took him apart and
convinced him that fie had been insulted.
After this, they were glib to inform the
governor that the negro’s feelings were
hurt. Air. Hogg said, as would any man,
that he did not intend to hurt the darky’s
feelings and was only joking about his dy-
namite. If he had insulted the negro,
which he did" not, this was certainly the
amende, honorable and was certainly cred-
itable, even if not an “humble” apology.
But now every negro in the northern sec-
tion is being furnished with a ready cir-
cular descriptive of the imaginary occur-
rence.
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for the past eleven years, commencing
work as an operator at a smaH station.
Three years ago he was appointed to the
position he held at the time of his death,
which he has filled with credit to himself
and satisfaction to the management of the
road.
He was a man universally esteemed
by all the men along the line from New
Orleans to El Paso. He was a true friend
and had always a pleasant word for the
laborer as well as those in authority.
Besides a host of friends who 111
mourn his death there is one who has
been his companion for years, who sor-
rows over his death and who will have
the sympathy of all who were dear to
him. This devoted partner of his joys
and sorrows was with him in his last
moments' and with a yearning heart and
prayerful plea administering to his every
want only as a loving wife could. To her,
in this hour of deep affliction, when the
hand of fate weighs most heavily on her,
do the pity and prayer ef dear friends
go up to heaven asking that she may
be able to bear her affliction with resig-
nation to the Great Ruler.
The funeral will take place at his old
home in New Orleans.
Special Date.
The following rates have been made by
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe:
On account of the meeting of the Or-
der of the Eastern Star at Gainesville,
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New York Depot, 365 Canal St.
BUSINESS PROPOSITIONS.
The plain statements of
Hogg’s position in regard tq the business
and financial policy of his /administration
was happily received at Dallas. His ear-
nest and eloquent plea for simple, eco-
nomic and democratic government, which
is to pay as it goes, to be involved in no
questions of validity or confronted with
no prospects of1 repudiation, carried con-
viction to the hearts of many business
men who had about concluded to sacri-
fice their party for commercial benefits.
The plea for the encouragement and aid
of homeseeking immigration to be brought
here to occupy low priced homes and not
-as the dupes of land boomers, caught the
spirit of many intelligent men, deceived
by the calamity howlers and ignorant of
the true cause of the bad name of Texas
away from home. ?
It is probable that the governor will
make several speeches to business organ-
izations to enlighten them on his business
and financial policies and to prove to them
that none more than he desires the speedy
development of Texas and the encourage-
ment of all honest investors. His descrip-
tion of the two species of investors caught
the Dallas audience at once. The one
kind, who had capital to invest and goes
wherever insured honest protection from
all danger and willing to await honest in-
crement. The other, who has no capital
of his own, hut who seeks by dishonest and
speculative schemes to rob the unsuspect-
ing and who vigorously resents the gov-
ernmental interference.
DAINTY ELEGANCE.
There has been never a specific criti-
cism of the Dallas speech. The revela-
tions of the undesirable political record
are not even attempted to be answered.
One staunch Clark man was found at
Denton who denied that Judge Clark
ever said that the income tax, now declared
furnished ready proof of the bolters' great
inconsistency. There has been no effort
either on the part of Judge Clark or
his frien'ds to explain his shifting ideas.
The only criticism heard is the word
“indecent.” These late exquisites are hor-
rified beyond measure at the word coined
by the governor to name the Cuney-Clark
party. .
They hold up their lily white hands
in horror.
They hardly breathe for the shock their
dainty ears has sustained. . .
Their delicate nostrils are tilted high in
the air with Chesterfieldian elegance.
All over that word “copulists.”
It is a very wonder how these soft-
thinking ones ever studied their gram-
mars and talked of copulative conjunc-
tions. Their dear little phizzes must have
blushed continually.
A word of good old English stock has
all of a sudden forsooth made them sick
and nauseated;
And the worst of it is that they have
no solace in their sorrow. They have no
pure shrine of white souled language to
which to turn. .
They must forsooth take to their beds
upon the perusal of this quotation from
Judge Clark:
Speaking of the commission amendment
in an interview in the Dallas News of
April 2, 1890, Judge Clark characterized
it as follows:
“To this complexion, has it come at
last; but the complexion is that of a
bastard mongrel, the depraved progeny
of a political cohabitation . against the
laws of truth, justice and. civilization. .
Poor dears! To whom will they turn in
their hour of exquisite affliction?
Possibly Thomas Jefferson Nugent deals
in a diction pure enough to satisfy their
delicate appetites. H. C. K.
Seth Shepard Speaks.
Paris, Texas, October 4.—Hon. Seth
Shepard of Dallas spoke to' a large audi-
ence at the court house tonight. He dis-
cussed the silver question most lucidly and
showed that the Hogg platform was m
conflict with the National platform, that
it was a bolt and the silver league m the
West was boasting that it was such, lhe
graduated. income tax plank was shown
to be communistic in its tendencies, rle
also touched upon the bank plank, and
denounced wildcat financiering of every
species. Discussing the three objectiona-
ble planks in the Hogg platform, he pro-
ceeded to eulogize the Clark platform tend
said no man had yet been found who Ques-
tioned its democracy. .He planted himselt
squarely upon it as containing the P’ue
principles of democracy and if the onice-
holding machine politicians considered
him a traitor they could make the most
of it. His manhood, his democracy and
his liberty-loving nature defied those who.
proposed to swerve men from principle
with the party lash. Democracy placed
measures above men, but if it was merely
a question between men he would still be
for Clark, because, he was infinitely the
better fitted for the office of the two. It
was a stirring speech and caused great
enthusiasm. When he finished, he was the
recipient of many congratulations.
JVb Demand Blade.
To the Editor of The Post:
Aly attention has been called to your
report of the senatorial convention of
Hempstead, in indorsing the candidacy;
of Air. H. C. Still of this city for the sen-
ate, and that to receive the indorsement
his friends had to pledge that he would
vote against the Hon. R. Q. Alills for the
United States senate.
No such demands were made, but in an-
swer to the question as to whether Air.
Still was for or against Air. Alills,^ I em-
phatically declared bis opposition. Whether
or not this was after or before the iw
doTsement I do not. remember, but it was
make the bolting democrats and third
party people scratch their heads
think.
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San. Antonio and Aransas Pass.... 1,127
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the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe will sell Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
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TEXAS STATE POLITICS.
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of preserving newspapers and a number
of copies of the December Clark speech
Causes Them to Study.
Beeville, Texas, October 5.—The speech-
es of Governor Hogg, which have lately
been delivered in different prominent
towns of the State, are already beginning.
The Dalton boys were born and bred in
this vicinity and were well knwn to nearly
every man, woman and child.
In their progress through town they had
been recognized. City Marshal Connelley
was quickly notified, of their arrival and al-
most before the bandits had entered the
bank he was collecting a posse to capture
them if possible, and kill them if neces-
sary. He ran first to the livery stable of
Jim Spears, a dead, shot with a Winchester,
and a valuable man in any fight. Then he
summoned. George Cubine, a merchant,
Charles Brown, a shoemaker, John Cox, the
express agent, and other citizens who could
be conveniently reached.
Stationing them about the square which
both of the banks faced, he hastened to aug-
ment the posse, summoning other citizens
fot impromptu police duty.
While Marshal Connelley was collecting
his forces, the bandits, ignorant of their
being laid for, were proceeding deliberately
with their work of robbing the banks.
Texas Jack’s band entered Congdon’s bank
and with Winchesters leveled at Cashier
Ball and Teller Carpenter ordered them to
throw up their hands. Then Texas Jack
searched them for weapons, while the other
three desperadoes kept them covered with
their rifles. Finding them unarmed, Cashier
Ball was ordered to open the safe. The
cashier explained that the safe door was con-
trolled by a time lock and could not by
any means short of dynamite be opened be-
fore its time was up, which would be 10
o’clock, or in about twenty minutes.
“We’ll wait,” said the leader, and he sat
down at the cashier’s desk.
“How about the money drawers,” he asked
suddenly, and jumping up he walked around
to the cages of the paying and receiving
tellers, and taking money amounting in
all to less than $2300 dumped it into a flour
sack, with which he was supplied, and again
sat down, while the time lock slowly ticked
off the seconds and the hands of the clock
hardly moved towards the hour of 10.
Bob and Emmett Dalton in the meantime
were having better luck at the First Na-
tional bank. When they entered the bank
they found within Cashier Ayers, his son
Albert and Teller W. H. Sheppard. None
of them were armed, and with leveled re-
volvers Cashier Ayers, his son Albert and
Teller Sheppard were kept under the muz-
zels of Emmett Dalton’s revolvers, while
Bob Dalton forced Cashier Ayers to strip
the safe vault and cash drawers of all the
money contained in them and place it in
a sack for that purpose. Fearing to leave
them behind lest they should give the alarm
before the bandits should be able to mount
their horses and escape, the desperadoes
marched the officers of the bank out of the
door with the intention of keeping them
under guard while they ma<io tneir escape.
The party made its appearance at the
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Cotton Tteceipts.
The following are the receipts of new
. cotton in Houston yesterday:
® Houston and Texas Central 4,942
tickets to Gainesville at a late of one
and one-third fare for the round trip.
Tickets on sale October 10 and 11, good
for return until October 16 inclusive.
On account of the Texas Electric Medi-
Cal association which meets) in Austin
October 10, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa
Fe will sell tickets to Austin at a rate
of one and one-third fare for the round
trip. Tickets on sale October 9 and 10,
good to return until ctober 15 inclusive.
On account of the State Baptist meet-
ing at Waco October 11 to 17, the Gulf.
Colorado and Santa Fe will sell tickets
to Waco at a rate of one and one-third
fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale
October 10, 11 and 12, good to return
until October 18 inclusive.
On account of the State Grange fair
at McGregor, the Gulf, Colorado and San-
ta Fe will sell tickets to AIcQregoiy at a
rAfe of one fare lot the i-ound' trip.
Tickets on sale October 6 and 7, good for
return until October 14.
Ou account of the Evangelical confer-
ence at Henrietta, the Gulf, Colorado and
Santa Fe will sell tickets to Fort Worth
at a rate of one and one-third fare for
the round trip. Tickets on sale October
10, 11, 12 and 13, good to return until
October 14 inclusive.
The Houston East and West Texas has
made a rate of one fare for the round
trip from Lufkin and Houston to Living-
ston and return, account of the speaking
of Judge Clark at that place on Saturday,
October 8.
To the Dallas Fair.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent
Robbins of the Houston and Texas Cen-
tral has issued an attractive flyer, giving
the following information in reference to
rates to the Dallas fair:
Tickets on sale at all Houston and
Texas Central railway stations October
16 to 30, limit October 31, 1892, for re-
turn, at rate of one fare for round trip.
Special trains will be run between Deni-
son and Corsicana in addition to two regu-
lar passenger trains each way between
(Denison and Houston.
On the same flyer appears the following
notice, which is of equal importance to
the traveling public:
Chicago and return cheap for dedicatory
ceremonies Columbian Exposition. Tickets
on sale October 17, 18 and 19, good until
October 27, 1892.
The Aransas Pass Not Sold.
San Antonio, Texas, October 5.—The
correspondent of The Post was today
authorized by C. B. Peck, assistant gen-
eral manager of the San Antonio and.
Aransas Pass railroad to make the offi-
cial announcement that that road has not
been sold to C. P. Huntington or the
Southern Pacific company, and that, while
negotiations were in progress a few days
ago for the sale of the road, they have
been broken off.
The freight department of the San An-
tonio and Aransas Pass claim that the
Southern Pacific general and commercial
agents are taking advantage of the re-
ported sale to secure traffic justly due
the Aransas Pass by' telling shippers at
competitive points that as the transfer is
soon to be made they should make friends
with the Southern Pacific and give the
’latter their business.
to bear fruit in the Southwest. They* -ue tumed suddenly in the saddle and fired
upon the would be captors. The latter an-
swered with a volley and Emmett toppled
from the horse hit.
He was brought back to town and died
late this afternoon.
He made an ante mortem statement con-
fessing to various crimes committed by the
gang of which he was a member.
Allie Agee had about ten minutes start
Got the Wrong Fist.
The best of railroad officials will get
taught sometimes when they least expect
it, and it is for this reason it is sup-
posed that those officials who are con-
sidered the most competent and most
popular with the men are always ready
to overlook little errors of their em-
ployes. Yesterday while an official was i
in the act of showing a- certain tabulated
statement to' a young man of The Post
he stopped suddenly and remarked: “Here
it is.” He had not more than said the
words ivhen quick as lightning he com-
menced turning the leaves of his copying
book and saying as he did so, “No, by
jings, that’s the list of the killed and
wounded on the road.”
Pec 1-i for Tl o t re's Pet urn.
Captain Al. G. Howe, receiver of the
Houston East and West Texas, returned
yesterday from New York. While he has
nothing of much note to say as to improve-
ments, etc., still he speaks in flattering
terms of the future prospects of this im-
portant narrow gauged road. Having
heard so many conflicting reports in refer-
ence to quarantine he would not. visit the
city of New York for fear of being de-,
■
SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
The Daltons were a numerous family.
There were five boys and three girls. Of
the boys two are engaged in farming, one
in Oklahoma, where the mother of the
family lives, and one near Coffeyville,
where the three brothers met death to-
day. The Daltons were second cousins Evidence Taken to Show the Cost Per
of the James boys, who ravaged the State ?
of Alissouri so many years, and through I
them were related to the Younger boys,
who are now serving life terms of impris-
onment in the penitentiary of Alinnesota.
Bob Dalton was the first of the boys
to enter a career of crime. While scarce-
ly more than a boy he became a cattle
thief, and did a thriving business driving
off cattle from herds aud taking them
across the Indian Territory into Colorado,
where he would sell them. He was joined
soon by his brother Grant Dalton. Their
depredations became so frequent and
troublesome that cattlemen organized to
drive them from the Strip*
A posse of cowboys was formed for that
purpose and gave the Daltons a hard chase
finally losing them in the wilds of New
Alexico. Next heard of the Daltons was
in California, where they took to train
and stage robbing.
While robbing a stage there one of the
passengers was killed in the attack. This
spurred the officers to extraordinary ef-
forts to effect the capture of the gang and
Grant Dalton was finally captured. While-
being taken to a place for safe keeping he
was rescued by the other members of the
gang, the party finally escaping after being
chased all over California and through
part of Arizbna.
In the spring of 1889 th? gang turned up
again in the Indian Territory, and when
Oklahoma was opened to settlement the
Dalton boys secured a choice claim fof
their mother near Henn?ssly, where she
still lives supported by one of her sons.
At the time of the opening Bob Dal-
ton was a United States deputy marshal,
being selected on account of his peculiar
fitness to deal with desperate characters.
After the opening he returned to a life
of outlawry and he and . Grant were
then joined by their youngest brother,
•Emmett. They were at that time also
joined by Texas Jack, and soon gathered
about them several desperate characters.
It was then the most successful period
of the Daltons’ career, from their stand-
point, began. Their attention was first
directed to robbing express" trains, and
they perpetrated many successful hold-
ups, the most noted of which arc the rob-
beries of the Santa Fe at AATiarton and
Red Rock, the Alissouri Pacific at Adair,
the Frisco at Wnita.
The Wharton robbery was, perhaps, the
most dramatic of all. The robbers went
to Wharton on horse back. On entering
the station they asked the operator if the
train was on time. Lie replied ho would
inquire, and was about to do so when
one of the bandits, fearing the operator
had recognized him, shot him dead on the
spot, without a word of warning. When
window^- Two' men fell
Cashier Ayers fell on the
of his bank shot through the groin.
Shoemaker Brown of the attacking
in the square was shot through the
He was quickly removed to his shop, but
died just as he was carried within.
The firing attrated the attention of Mar-
shal Connelley, who was collecting more
men. for his posse, and with the few he
had already gathered he ran hurriedly to
the scene of conflict.
After firing a volley from the windows
of the bank, the bandits, knowing their only
safety lay in flight, attempted to escape.
They ran from the bank firing as they fled.
The marshal’s posse on the square, with-
out organization of any kind, fired at the
fleeing bandits, each man for himself.
Spears’ trusty Winchester spoke twice
more in quick succession before the others
of the posse could take aim, and Joseph
Evans and Texas Jack fell dead, both shot
through the head, making three dead ban-
dits to his credit.
In the general fusilade,
one of the two surviving members of Texas
Jack’s squad, Marshal Connelley and George
Cubine were mortally hit and died on the
field.
Allie Agee, the only survivor of the
band, succeeding in escaping to the alley,
where the horses were tied, and mounting
the swiftest horse of the lot he fled south in
the direction of Indian Territory.
Emmett Dalton, who had escaped from
the First National bank, had already reached
the alley in safety, but had some trouble
in getting mounted, and Allie Agee had al-
ready made his escape before Emmett got
fairly started.
Several of
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A New Assistant BZanager.
San Antonio Texas, October 4.—
Charles B. Peck, a well known, rail-
road man of Chicago, was today appointed
.assistant general manager of the San
Antonio and Aransas Pass road, with
headquarters in this city.
Dovsten Notes.
C. S. Seeger of the auditor’s depart-
ment of the Southern Pacific at New Or-
leans, is in the city.
John Porter, an operator in the train
dispatcher’s office of the Southern Pacific,
is still on the sick list.
Robert Beldin, clerk in Superintendent
Mulvey’s office of the Southern Pacific,
is confined to his room withever.
Superintende?it of Bifcildihgi and Bridges
Bowers of the International and Great
Northern -was in the city yesterday.
J. H. Cowie, stenograplier for General
Alanager J. Kruttschuiti of the Southern
• Pacific, left last night for New Orleans.
H. A. Jones, general freight agent of
the Southern Pacific and Houston and
Texas Central, left last night for New
Orleans.
Thomas McCandless, traveling passen-
ger agent of the Southern Pacific, has re-
moved his headquarters from Dallas to
Houston.
A coach load of Chinamen passed
through the city last night in bond en
route to Havana from China via San
Francisco.
J. Al. Means, traveling passenger agent
of the Piedmont Air Line, left yesterday
for North Texas on the International and
Great Northern.
Colohel Charles Dillingham, receiver
of the Houston and Texas Central, is ex-
pected to return home from New York
the early part of next week.
General Alanager Kruttschnitt of the
Southern Pacific left yesterday for New
Orleans, where he expects to remain for
some time. He was accompanied by his
family.
L. J. Parks, chief "clerk in General Su-
perintendent Van Vleck’s office, was able
to be at his desk for a short time yester-
day, after being confined to his bed with
fever for several days.
J. T. Roberts, traveling auditor of the
International and Great Northern, is in
the city checking George D. Hunter back
mto his office as ticket agent, now that he
has returned from his summer vacation.H
Charles Reed, who was formerly chief
clerk in the freight office of the Interna-
tional aud Great Northern, and who has
been in Galveston for some time, has
been appointed claim clerk in the Houston
office.
H. H. White, operator in the train dis-
patcher’s office of the Southern Pacific,
took a run over to Lafayette yesterday.
The passenger business on the San An-
tonio and Aransas Pass is quite heavy
just now.
On account of the meeting of the Order
of the Eastern Star at Gainesville, Octo-
ber 11 to 14, the International and Great
Nortliern w-ifi sell round trip tickets for
$14.0o. Tickets good to return until Oc-
tober 16.
Peter Chalmers, who has charge of the
fence gang on the line of the Houston
and Texas Central, is in the citv. His
men are at w^ork on the north end of the
road and with ten more miles of fence
built the entire main line will be inclosed.
General Superintendent Van Week, Pri-
vate Secretary King and Superintendent
Mulvey of the. Louisiana division of the
Southern Pacific, leave, this morning for
Crowley and will look after the large
amount of shipping being done at this
point and inspect the new improvements
made.
The Houston East and West Texas is
doing a very heavy business, and yester-
day all of the side tracks were filled with
loaded cars, while the platform near the
Bayou City press was filled with cotton,
which had been unloaded during the fore-
noon. Notwithstanding the large amount
of cotton coming to Houston over this
line, a great deal is being shipped to
Shreveport, which, by rights, ought to
come to Houston.
the train arrived it was held up after
the regulation manner.
In the pursuit of the robbers which
followed, the outlaw, Ed. Bryant, was
captured at Enid by Deputy United States
Marshal Ed. Short, known throughout the
entire Territory as a most brave officer.
Short placed the captive in the baggage
car of the Santa Fe train, to take him
to Guthrie. He had disarmed him, placing
* * a brace of revolvers on a convenient trunk
clinched in Texas Jack’s hand. The money and placed the desperado in irons.
was restored to the rightful owners.
The bodies of those of the ..tracking party
who were killed were removed io their re-
spective homes, while the bodies of the dead
bandits were allowed to remain where they
had fallen until the arrival of the coroner
from Independence, who ordered them re-
moved to the court house.
There lie held the inquest, the jury return-
ing a verdict in accordance with the facts.
The inquests over the bodies) of the dead
citizens will be postponed until the result
of the’pursuit of Allie Agee is know”’ Pfl’’
me nine" me oodles remained on the
square they were viewed by hundreds of peo-
ple of this and surrounding towns, who hav-
ing heard of the tragedy came in swarms to
inspect the scene. The excitement was of
the most intense character and the fate of
Allie Agee, should he be captured, was de-
termined by universal consent. He will be
hanged by them.
Other topics which attracted universal
comment cas the fulfillment of the prophesy
that the Delton’s would die with their boots
on, and the peculiar fate which had decreed
that they should die by the hands of their
old friends in the vicinity of their place
of birth and the excellent markmanship of
Spears, who with three shots sent to death
as many bandits.
THE DALTONS.
To the east bound Southern Pacific pas- I
senger train last night was attached |
the private car No. 450 of Superintendent
Innis of the San Antonio division, in
which were the remains of F. Peters, late
superintendent of telegraph of the South-
ern Pacific.
'Air. Peters died in San Antonio on
Tuesday night, having suffered for the
past year and a half with consumption.
Since July he had been unable to at-
tend to his regular duties, having ffioved
his headquarters from El Paso to San
Antonio in June. During his illness his , — ——a
duties were performed by Chief Clerk 1 officers of the association
Parks in- General Superintendent ya^- 1 Cann, of the Alissouri Pacific, president;
Vlecks office, who was superintendent^ p Sisson, of the Atchison, Topeka
°£ telegraph previous to the appointment , anj ganta pe company, vice president;
j eters’ „ T ~ • and H. C. Holabird of Erie, secretary
lhe deceased was a native of New Or- < an(j treasurer. No business of any im-
leans, was m his 33d year, and had been j pOrtanCe was transacted,
in the employ of the Southern Pacific 1 _
Texas Western Wreck.
The train on the Texas Western com-
ing to Houston on Tuesday afternoon
met with an accident in which one of
the coaches was derailed and turned
over. This occurred five miles east of
Zimby. The passengers escaped injury,
except Mr. Terry Smith of New York,
connected with the! Stafford & Smith
ranch at Zimby, who received a severe
cut over one of his eyes. The wreck was
cleared yesterday on the return trip.
They Breathe More Freely.
Since the quarantine has been raised
on' the Southern Pacific the trainmen
■breath more freely, as they were anticipat-
ing trouble of some kind all the time, fear-
ing that they might in some way uninten-
tionally violate some little technicality of
the quarantine law. As it has been raised
everything is moving in proper shape and
the same fast and regular time is being
made, both by passenger and freight
trains.
Speaking at Burke.
Burke, Toxa’s, October 4.—Professor
W. B. O’Quinn of Lufkin spoke here
Saturday efening to a good sized au-
dience.
He came prepared with statistics an'd
spoke two and a half or three hours, and
it is reported that his speech did the
democratic party some assistance. There
was no one here to reply from the oppo-
site side, though his announcement had . , .
been made for two weeks and an offer ed out just above the left
to divide time with anyone.
Hon. S. B. Cooper, democratic nominee
for congress spoke here today at 1 o’clock
p. m.
W. M. Imboden, democratic nominee
for the State senate and W. J. Town-
send, democratic nominee for floater, speak
here October 15. *
Will Put Out a Ticket.
Aladisonville, Texas, October 4.—The
Democratic Executive committee of this
county met Saturday, the 1st instant, and
decided to put in the field a full ticket for
county offices. It was agreed to let every-
body participate that would pledge to sup-
port the county ticket. This, was made
the only test because of differences be-
tween old democrats on the State ticket.
A good deal of dissatisfaction is expressed
upon the committee’s action, quite a fiHim-
ber not being in favor of any primary at
all.
BepuVlican Precinct Convention.
Chenango, Texas, October 4.—The re-
publican precinct convention here last
night was attended by 105 voters, who
elected delegates to the county convention
at Velasco to meet on the 6th, instructing
them to vote for J. B. Shea for county
judge and E. S. C. Sanderson for assessor.
Both of these candidates have been in-
dorsed by the peoples’ party convention of
Brazoria county. Air. Sanderson is an
influential colored man and a. college grad-
uate. Mr. Shea is postmaster at Velasco.
legislative Nominations. ’
Trinity, Texas, October 5.—Tire Thirty-
eighth district flotorial convention held
here yesterday nominated D. H. Hamilton
of Trinity county and -Air. Davis of
Walker for representatives. Hon. B. F.
Bean of Groveton was elected chairman
for the next two years.
W. Al. Imboden addressed fho citizens
here at the opera house last night.
Dig Guns Evidently Spiked,
Nacogdoches, Texas, October 5.—A
considerable crowd of third party people
assembled here today to hear speakers
that were promised them from headquar-
ters. They were all disappointed, as the
speakers failed to materialize. However,
B. F. Calhoun, their nominee for repre-
sentative in this district, entertained them
in a two-hours’ address.
the posse anticipating that
horses would be required, were already
mounted and quickly pursued the escaping
bandits. Emmett Dalton’s horse was no
match for the fresher animals of his pur-
suers.. As the pursuers closed in on him,
Angostura Bitters makes health. and
health makes bright, rosy cheeks and happi-
ness. Dr. J. G. B. Siegert & Sons, sole
manufacturers. Ask your druggist.
Harpy Sam.
Cigars, tobacco, meerchaum and brier
pipes. Sam Raphael. 404 Alain street.
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