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The Austin Statesman
AUSTIN, TEXAS. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1908.
ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL. 39, NO. 32.
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WEATHER FORECAST.
SIX HUNDRED
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girl would have been saved
without Mr. Porter’s assistance.
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DARING'FOR TRIAL.
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President's Recommendations
Are Generally Approved.
Tornado Passes Through Section
Of Mississippi.
weather of the winter swept dow u
Dallas and North Texan his even!
NO VERDICT IN
THE THAW CASE
Littleton of the defense expresses the
hellef that the jury favored a verdict
Wires Are Down and Losses of Life Are
Only Known From Scattered Reports
Reaching Hazelhurst.
Medal Was Given J. C. Burns, But
Friends of Fritz John Porter De*
clare He Saved Julie Pullier
From Death in the Sea.
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en place ajd freezing condit fons
Reports ' from the Panhandle
SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS.
BATTLESHIPS IN
POSSESSION BAY
President I
today and
tomorrow's
injunction i
am! other
Pyle end G
istration policy of bringing the com-
bines to follow the law.
Re-enactment o f Employers' Liability
Law, Abuse of Injunction and Similar
Topics Please All Hearers.
JURY IS NOT AGREED AFTER TWELVE
HOURS DELIBERATION.
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DISPUTE OVER
THE HERO FUND
TORNADQ TAKES
SEVERAL LIVES
THEY HAVE ENTERED THE STRAIT OF
MAGELLAN.
STEEL VAULT
CRUSHED MAN
EXPLOSION IN ARSENAL SETS THOSE
IN NEAR BUILDING RUNNING.
CARNEGIE COMMISSION SAID TO
HAVE BLUNDERED.
FIVE KILLED AND MANY BADLY
HURT AT WESSON.
PECULIAR AND FATAL ACCIDENT
AT TEMPLE.
Joe Daniels Was Placing Heavy Steel
Receptacle in First National Bank
When It Was Upset and
Caught Him.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
SERVICE
twenty-five years, the last one claim-
ing about 100 victims.
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Scaffold Collapse* and San Antonio
Man Goes Down With It.
and when he leftfor his home he was
still hopeful that a decision eventually
would be reached.
District Attorney Jerome said: "No-
jury to accept or reject the testimony
of any witness. in whole or in part and
also to determine the weight or im-
portance to be given to the testimony
of any witness.
After explaining at length the con-
sderation that the jury might take
into account in weighing the testimony
of witnesses. Justice Dowling referred
to the 'so-called Hummel affidavit. He
told them that if a witness had been
convicted of a crime they might cow
aider that fact in weighing his testi-
mony and also that if they found that
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Severe Storm Causes Damage. including
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SMASH HAD DALLAS ECHO.
Suspended Now York Bank Had Col-
lateral of Failed Dallas Bank.
Marshal Almoat Gets Miguel In San
Francisco After Long Search.
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Drop of Forty Degrees in Temperature
and Zero Weather in Panhandle.
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sectlon state that tho. temperature 1"
already down to zero.
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Davila Chosen President.
Ran Salvador, Jar. IL— Advices re-
reived here today from Honduras in-
dicate that the elections just held there
resulted in a sweeping victory for Gen-
eral Miguel R. Davila, aw president of
the republic. Genoral Dlonsi duiter-
rex was elected vice president.
. J. Neill of the union here
it id the line of defense for
trial at Dallas when the
nd ifbel suit against Neill
vjelals begins, with O, 1*.
org B. Latham as plain-
rush for the exits. All got out of the
building without being hurt.
Punta Arenas, Jan. 81.— (Stralt ot f sembled again, however, and entered
Magellan, 7 p. . m) -The American the strait, passing Dungeness Point at
fleet of sixteen battleships which en- 2 o'clock and proceeding. They acre
tered the Stralt .of Magellan this oven- next sighted off (.’ape Poisession which
the fight put up in return for admin- critical condition.
Chicago, Jan. 81.—Webster Guerin,
for whose murder Mrs. Dora McDonald
is being tried in Judge Bretane's court
here, was declared this afternoon by J.
H Lewis, chief counsel for the defense,
to have been a blackmailer who had
hounded the defendant for years and
was shot by her in defense of her life.
Attorney Lewis in the opening state-
ment for the defense declared that no
insanity plea would be made in behalf
of his client and that while testimony
as to her weakened mental conditions
would be introduced, ft will be merely
to show the effect of Guerin's persecu-
tion. He said that it would-be shown
that Guerin had devised a plan by
which note paper belonging to Mrs.
McDonald had been stolen for the pur-
pose of forging letters which might be
construed as love letters. These he
declared, were used by Guerin in an
attempt to extort money from her.
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One Vote Apiece.
Frankfort, Ky.. Jan. -91—A ballot for
senator was taken at noon to preserve
the continuity of the balloting as con-
templated by law, although the legis-
lature had adjourned till Tuesday.
Beckham received one vote and Brad-
ley one vote.
Wa-dh Caught en Crossing.
Hearne. Texas, Jan. 31.— Last night
while crossing the Houston and Texas
Central railroad the- Hearne Mercante
• was completely carried away with thejatter the tornado that only an incom-
, four negro children who were in it atiplete estimate of the destruction both
great deal. On several places nearly
every head of stock was killed and in
some not one was hurt. '
The storm came from the southwest
striking the Millsap place some twelve
miles front Hazelhurst where a large
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ing at 2 o’clock, tonight am hored in
Possesalor bay. some twenty-five
milesito the westward ’ of Dungenens
Point where the Strait proper begin*.
This information reached here about
9 o’clock tonight by means of the wire,
less telegraph. The message said that
the fleet would arrive at Punta Arenas
at noon tomorrow. 1 he fleet was off
Duhgeness . Point at noon today, ac-
cording to telegraphic advices from
that place, but appeared to be scat-
tered on account of a heavy fog which
made the weather very thick at the
entrance of the Htrait. They aro as-
his glasses and who says that Mr.
Burns hid left the girl to save his
own life l before Mr. Porter reached
her. The. evidence ad. afdavits in
Mr. Porter's favor have been sent to
the comm
the time and no trace of either the
house or its occupants has been found.
This is the fourth tornado that has
passed through this section in the past
ceved in evidence
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gotoawav you 1n your deliberations. You [were
ashNpust not sneculate or guess as to mat-
Aon, rs in evidence here, but must decide
A A e Issue absolutely upon your calm.
E I asslohate Judgment as to the
k Mht, creditability and meaning of
RR it kestimony. Nor are you concerned
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> structiona to the jury today JU.tlco j
powing impressed upon the jurors the axxavung au a conclusion
Y rosponsibilitv which was theirs telling ibility of each witness or wtnesses.
» them that they should bear in mind;.But contradictory or inconsistent
\ {hat upon their vend let depended the | statetents as to the trivial or -col-
iife or liberty, of the prisoner. "Your f lateral matters are not to be consd-
, verdict must not be influenced by any ■ erod by you as affecting the credibility
2 matter outside the record," sald ho. of a withess."
Lb "Neither nassion nor sympathy should The various degrees of homicide
i defined and, tho justice devoted
much time to elucidating the legal
meaning of the words "deliberation"
and "premeditation." "Fkse words hh
said,- Imply the capacity at the tmo
of either the truth or falsity of the
statements therein contained," said he.
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of not guilty on the ground of insanity,» cution. It is within the power of the
Secretary of State Dashiell in ap-
pointed tax commissioner and Captain
W. R Davie is to succeed Dashiell as
scretary of state,
Many-inquiries received from, people
In north and west regarding crop sta-
tistics of Texas.
international and Great Northern
railway to make minor changes in its
schedule at different points on its line
in the- Mate. ,
Many corporations have failed to pay
partment; O. C. Roussel, chief of the
advertising department; E. C. Robin-
son, land and immigration depart-
ment; Tom Bagnall, traveling passen-
ger agent/ Harry Redan, traveling
passenger agent; J. D. Demme, inter-
preter for the Sunset at Dallas in
handling Immigrants; Miss Boyd,
stenographer in the land and immi-
gration department. It is stated that
the offics were abolished in order to
decrease the expenses of the road.
Gainesville, Texas, Jan. 81,—A heavy
hall and windstorm visited the northern
part of Cook county early this morning,
causing damage estimated at >50,000.
Many small houses at Barlow were
blown down, stores unroofel and other-
property damaged. No one was killed,
but several were injured. Hail as large
as small apples fell.
Bastrop negroes confess robbery and
assauit. upon stoekepr.
Large damages- awarded Mrs. Seeger
against Houston Electric company.
Heavy hall storm in Cook county.
King and Huff held for murder of
Mrs. Kate Ryan at Han Angelo.
Steel vault being placed in bank at
Temple was upset and crushed man in
charge of work to death.
Conference at Fort Worth prelim-
inary to suit against Neill by th®
Farmers’ union.
Sunset road announces it will dis-
continue land and fhimgration depart-
ment rm’March 1 , -
Oriental bank which suspended ' at
New York had collateral of suspended
Western Bank and Trust company of
Dallas.
Cold wave sweeps down upon.North
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regard his testimony entirely.
“You will recollect that the affi-
davit of Evelyn Nesbit was not re-
New. York, Jan. 31.—After waiting with the punishment which may follow
to life and to property was obtained.
Men in carriages are tonight driving
through the district offering aid to
the storm sferers. *
for nearly twelve hours for the jury in'
the Thaw case to report. Justice Dowl-
ing shortly after 11 o’clock tonight or-
dered tho doors of the jury rooV
locked for the night and adjourned
ourt until 10:30 a. m., when he will
hear any report they have to mke.
The rumor was persisted in through-
out the evening that the jurors were
hopelessly divided, eight to four. Mt.
isslon. Mr. Burns’
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cotton gin was destroyed, several
negroes badly hurt and a large amount
of stock killed.
1 raveling in a northeasterly direct-
tion, the storm blowing from a great
revolving cloud, illuminated by a con-
stant play of lightning, crossed the
tracks of the Illinois Central railroad
about three miles south of Hazelhurst
and limbs of trees several feet long,
portion of buildings and other evidence
of the storm’s power, were scattered
from one end of the.little city to the
other during the passage of the storm,
whose howling winds could be dis-
f tinetly heard. Near where the railroad
MANY ‘CALI180392 OCRATIC DOCTRINE
ig fifteen miles west of Polnt Dunge-
ness. This information was com-
municated by telephone from Cape
Possession to Delgada Point light
house which in the same way com-
municated with Punta Arenas.
Possossion bay is only a few mlles
distant west of Cape Possession and
about five miles from the entrance to
the first narrows. The Chilean gov
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 31.—A tornado
of terrific force passed a few miles
below Hazelhurst, the county seat of
Copiah county, and thirty-three miles
south of this place this afternoon at
3:30 o’clock. An immense amount of
property damage was done and at
a verdict of guilty at your hands. Your
sole function is to determine if any
’crime has been committed, its grade,
mid leave the question of penalty to
those responsible for its imposition."
Justice Dowling told the jurors they
should bear in mind that the prisoner
is presumed to be innocent until the
jury has been convinced, beyond a rea-
sonable doubt, that he is guilty and
that the burden of proof as to every
Han Antonio, Jan. 31—Henry Schoen-
feld. Hr., one of the oldest and most
widely known contractors in this sec-
tion. was seriously and probably fatally
injured yesterday afternoon when a
scaffold collapsed. He had gone up on
the scaffold to give his men some in-
structions. when it suddenly collapsed.
Ho was thrown to the ground and whio
no bones were broken, the Injuries are
severe on account of his age. Today
Mr. Schoenfeld was reported in a
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nion Takes Steps Relative
Suit Against Neill.
th, —The executive
of the Texas Farmers
ernnient tender Canez carrying th ,
local government ofclals and others b."
who are hero to greet'the Amertcane, 24, -
will meet the fleet off Magdalena igi+ A
and.
Storm’s Path Vary Wide and it is
Left Littered With Wreckage;
and People Seriously or
Fatally Injured,
body can tell what a jury will do, so
what is the use of speculating?"
Thaw retired disconsolately to his
ell in the Tombs. He expressed the
f or that a third trial would be neces-
f irv. Tills was the general opinion
Washington, Jan. 31.— Tho special
messago of the president to congress
on the subject of the emplyers liabil-
ity act and Injunctions' in labor cases
was presented in the senate a few min-
utes after 12 o’clock today. Whn Mr.
Latta, assistant secretary to the presi-
dent. entered the chamber there was
but a handful of senators present. The
vice president at once tore open the
big envelope containing the message
and handed it to the assistant secre-
tary who began its reading. Printed
coples of the meesage were also dis,
tributed to senators present. Many of
them appeared to satisfy themseives
concerning the nature of the message
by scanning the pinted document so
that before he,reading was half finished
they very generally took up other mat-
ters and only a few followed the read-
ing carefully until its conclusion.
Upon the conclusion of the reading
of the message Senator Davis of Ar-
kansas wax promptly upon his feet
and moved that 10,000 copies of the
messago be printed as a public docu-
ment.
"It is tho best democratic doctrine
that I have ever heard emanating from
a republican source." said Mr. Davis.
The motion .was agreed to and with-
out further comment the message was
the committee on Interstate
commerce. As the reading* of the
message progressed in the house
numerous members were heard audily
to exclaim "moat unusual," "this is red
hot, etc." The preskent’s vigorous
denunciation of wrongdoers wa4
greeted with loud applause as was his
defense of federal judges who punished
offenders for violatlona of the law, Thu
climax came when the reading was
concluded. Without regard to party
the members loudly applauded, cheered,
thumped their desks and gave other
evidences of their approval of the de
ment. After a momentary silence, the
applause broke out again, several
members including many democrats
rising from their seats and clapping
their hands. The message then. on
motion of Mr. Payne of New York, was
referred to the onnmittee on tlo atte
of the Union.
Mr. Ollie James of Kentucky pro-
duced laughter and democratic ap-
plause when he tauntingly inquired of
Mr. Payne: “How many additional
thousand coples do you desire for cir-
culatlon?" Mr. Payne replied laughing-
ly.'"Oh, the usual number."
The message advocates immediate
re-enactment of the employers' llability
law, limiting it to cases which the
court rules it can cover; provision for
men injured in zovernment service;
also for compensation of men Injured
in government service on the Panama
canal construction; remedy for the
abuse of injunctions in labor troubles;
government control of rallroad opera-
tion to a certain degree as regards in-
terstate trafe. Thore is exteneddis-
cusslon of thi relations of the com-
binations to the administration and
Washington, Jan. 31.—East Texas-
Fair and much colder Saturday, cold
wave in east and southern portions;
Sunday fair. ...
West Texas- Fair Saturday, colder in
southern portion; Sunday fair.
Tornado at Wesson, Miss, takes sev-
eral lives.
Terrific tornado at Copiah county.
Miss.
President, sends special message to
congress upon the employers’ liability
law; use of injunctions in labor
troubles, anil the fight of the combina-
tions against the admnistration de-
mand that corporate disregard of law
cease.
Thaw jury locked up for night with-
out decision.
Dispute over reward for saving girl
from drowning at Sea Gate last sum-
mer.
Senate Summary.
Washington. Jan. 81.— The rending tf
the vresident’s massage was the chief
feature in the senate. The remainder
of the dav was devoted to routine bumi-
ness and further consideratton of.the
hill to revise the criminal lawn of the
United States. The first reading of tRe
hill was concluded, including all para-
graphs to which objection has devl-
oped.
The senate adjourned at 4:10 p. m-
until Monday.
MURDERER ESOAPES.
Temple, Texas, Jan. 31.—A terrible
accident occurred here this morning
at the new building being constructed
for the occupancy of the First Na-
tional bank, in which Joe Daniels, a
well known resident of this city and
an iron worker by profession, met his
death. Witli a force of workmen.
Daniels was engaged in setting the
ponderous steel vaults of the bank in
their brick casings and during the
progress of the. work had occasion to
pass between the brick, wall and the
tide of the vault, the later a mass
of steel weighing five tons. Just at
this juncture the door of the vault
swung open and overbalanced the
steel structure which toppled over
against the brick wall pinning Daniels
thereto and crushing him so badly
that death was a question of only
about thirty minutes. The body of the
unfortunate man was rescued with the
greatest difficulty and it was only the
courage and determination displayed
by his five negro assistants in holding
back the immense weight of steel by
sheer brute force that kept the entire
vault from settling on the body. Dan-
iels had been at work at the build-
ing only two days, having previously
been employed by the Santa Fe Rail-
way company here. He is survived
by a wife and one child who live in
Temple. He was a member of the
Woodmen and carried considerable In-
surance in that organization.
GUERIN CALLED BLACKMAILER.
Counsel for Mrs. McDonald Says the
Shooting Was in Defense of Life.
SERVICE THAT IS
UNEXCELLED
Wesson. Miss., Jan. 31.—A tornado
laid .waste a strip of farming country
three-auarters of a mile wide and
several miles long just north of hero
today. Five persons were killed and
three were probably fatally injured bS
the tornado and many others were
slightlv hurt when their homes were
blown down. A negro who arrived here
about dark brought news of the storm
and an appeal for aid. Three physi-
(ians started in carriages for the
stricken district. According to the ne-
gro’s message the dead are:
Mrs. Ben Martin and her four small
children.
Dave Martin is fatally injured; --
Ben Martin and Mrs. Maddox are
seriously injured,
Mrs. Allen, not fatally.
The dead and injured are all white.
The cyclone struck about 4 o'clock
this afternoon. For a distance of
twenty miles in a northeasterly direc-
tion the wind tore a pathway nearly
a mile wide, partly or wholly destroy-
ing every building in this area. The
residence of Air. and Mrs. Maddox was
blown almost completely off the prem-
ises and Mrs. Maddox's spinal column
was broken. A negro was found fatally
injured in the debris of Robert Little-
ton’s farm house. The .cotton gin nM l
store of Ras Mathew’s was almost
wholly destroyed. Surrounding towns
in the oath of the storm suffered dam-
age during the storm’s duration. At
Georgetown buildings were blown down
and at Hazelhurst two stores were
destroyed. Many fences and several
small buildings were also blown over.
Centerpoint reported much damage
but no loss of life.
Martinsville, which. was just on th
edge of the storm, escaped without se-
rious damage.
Darkness settled down so quickly
least twelve persons lost their lives.
I 1 Dwellings, farm houses, saw mills and
l cotton gins were destroyed in large
I numbers and " live stock suffered a
Ran Franelsco, Cal.. Jan. St.—UnItM
States Marshal Elliott and several
deputies have been searching San
Francisco and the contiguous cities
and towns several days for Hernanden
Miguel, a planter, who is wanted by the
Mexican government on the charge of
murder. The federal ofcers traced
the man ip a house nt .1038 Pacific
stret last night, but Miguel escaped.
Miguel, who in San Francisco is known
as Manuel- Martini. Is charge® wrth
having killed another rich piautetiin-
Mexico during a feud.
miraculously escaped by catching the
car. The wagon was bauly broken.:
SUNSET RETRENCHES.
Land and Immigration Departments
Abolished First of March.
Houston, fan. 31- -Effective March
1. the Bunset lines of Texas abolishes
its land and immigratoh departments.
The following employes have been
asked to resign: George S. Bruce,
chief of the land and Immigraton de-
prosperous section and the property
damage it did is almost incalculable.
Striking the plantation of Bob Middle-
ton, it completely wrecked his home,
catching his family beneath the debris,
fatally Injuring him and breaking tho
back of one of the female members of
his family. Several of his negro ten-
ants were injured and one or two
others in that locality killed. That
neighborhood had also called for
medical aid and the extent of its dam-
age can not be ascertained, telephone
communication being absolutely cut
.off. Telegraph wires are also down
between here arid Hazelhurst as they
are on the south of that place.
Just below Hazelhurst stood a negro
house in the path of the storm and it
the gross receipts tax and are subject
to the penalty of 10 percent on amount
of the tax.
Austin military companies to be in-
spected on April 7 and S by regular
army officers.
Chairman Gill of state penitentiary
board »ays that deal for purchase of
Elis plantatfon is still pending.
Twenty-nine boog companls have
filed their depoalts in the treasury de-
partment.
Travis county school trustees in ses-
xlon.
. Raatz defeats Brown in glove bout
on points.
Unversity regents in sesslon.
University Athletic council meet*.
Directori of Au«t1n Busness. league
hold important meeting.
Katy enjoins collection of park df In-
tangible assets tax.
Federal court continues in nesalon.
Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 31- Five men
were injured, three of them seriously,
by an explosion today In the shrapnel
department at the United States ar-
senal, at Frankford, in the northeast
part of the city. Charles Fullerton
and Elmer Jee and John O. McMullin
wer the most seriously hurt. The ex-
plosion occurred in a drill press in a
room which twelve men were at work.
The explosion shook surrounding
buildings at the arsenal in one of
which 600 women were at work. They
became panic stricken and made a
Dallas, Jan. 31.—The suspension to-
day of the Oriental bank of New York
had an echo in Dallas. The Oriental
held collateral securities to the ex-
tent of >€5.000 of the Western Bank
and Trust company of Dalias, which
failed January 15, 1908, with liabilities
of >1,500,000 The securities were
pledged to secure a loan of >48,000.
Houso Applauds Moasage.
Washington, Jan. 81.—An unusual
and almost unprecedented acene was
enacted in tho house of iuprosentatives
today as the result of the reading of
the special message to congress by the
president urging additional legislation
in the matter of-relations of labor aAJ
capital and of corporatlons and - the •
public. The vigorous language of the
document brought forth storms at ap-
plause first on the democratic side of
the houso. than on the republican, and
fulminating in a general demonstration
ho the entire body. As if in anticipa-
tion that something out of the ordi-
nary was truing to happen there was a
very full attendance of members. L.chg
after the readinr of the message had
been concluded it was almost the chief
topic of conversation among the mem-
bora on tho floor and In the lobbies.
. After passing 228 pension bills the
house adiourned until Monday.
New York; Jan. 31.—Friends of Fritz
John Porter, a grandson of the gen-
eral of that name, claim that the
Carnegie hero fund commission erred
when they, awarded a medal to J. C,
Burns fur heroism in saving the life
of Julie Pulller at Sea Gate last eum-
mer. Friends of Mr. Burns reply to
the protest with the statement that
Mr. Burns is certainly entitled to the
medal. The commission will, it in
said, investigate the entire matter.
According to Mr. Porter’s friends, who
have forwarded to the commission a
protest against the award and sup-
ported it with aflidavits, Mr. Porter
actually rescued the girl after Mr.
Burns was exhausted, and by so doing
not only saved her life but the life of
Mr. Burns as well. The girl was bath-
ing atSea Gate when sho was,caught
in the undertow and carried out to
sea. Mr. Burns swam out after her
and .started to bring her ashore. When
part Wy In, Mr. Porter, who had seen
the inctdentvand started to the rescue,
leached! tho two just as they worn
sinkingand relieving .Mr, Burns of the
girl’s wight, succeeded after much
dificulty in reaching land with her.
One of the affidavits la by a swimming
instrucfor who baw the rescue through
tifs Neill will be defended by nine
Inwyera atrong whom are Clarence
Nugent of Stephenville, C. H. Jenkins |
of Brownwood, and Judge Ham R.
Scott of Waco; Today in the district
court here the. trials of Latham and (
Pyle, charged with aggravated assault
upon Neill, were set for February 8.
Voting Strength of Dallas County.
Dalias. Jan. 31.—Poll tax payments
camo in an avalanche today The tax
collector’s office remalned open until
midnight. The exact figures have not.,
yet been completed, but the tax of-
ficials vay tho day’s payments approxi-
mated 2ICO. These, added to 13,655
previously paid, makes the total poll
tax receipts issued reach 15,855. The ,
exemptions in the city and county are
placelat 3500, making the total quali-
fied voting strength of Dallas county
for 1908 reach 19,355.
was crossed lived Ben Martin, a
farmer, and he, his wife, brother and
two children, were instantly killed, as
vere also several negroes whose names
it has been impossible to obtain.
Hazelhurst is the nearest town to the
path of the storm and messengers were
rushed along its route to the town for
doctors and almost every one in the
town has gone to the scene of the dis-
aster.
Crossing the railroad, the storm con-
tinued its work of - destruction. It
here entered a thickly settled and
Dallas, Jan. 31.—The severest
held by tho court attaches. The attor-
neys in the case were ll deeply disap-
\ D inted bv the trend of affairs, as
everv one had hoped that some definite
V V soneserlonemwlghathqtimcusbetnephdeny witness had deliberately testined
b V ait8 of a third trial, but said if there falsely that they were at liberty to die-
I IV was one it might be in some other Ju-
li ' r letion of the state of New York.
IW Mrr Evelyn Nesbit Thaw remained
- V at the court building waiting for the
jury to come in. . but Mrs. Thaw, the
mother, and Mrs. Carnegie, sister of w z----------------• ----- -
the defendant, went home at noon after but solely for the purpose of seeking
hiving listened to Justice Dowling» to establish the fact that the witness
are I had made statements under oath con-
C A large crowd remained in the' tradictory or inconsistent with those
court house corridors anxious to wit-i made by her upon this trial. And if
1 N ne the closing scenes of the noted I you find that contradictory or Incon-
8 1 \ trial Justice Dowling concluded hlo sistent statements were actually made
w ■- , ary. to the jury at 11135 this morn-1 by her or by any other witness an. to - .
1 Ig the Jury retiring.to consider a ver-matters actually involved in the ; company a delivery wagon was hit by »
nve minutes later.- in opening biafmain issue herefn as testified to, you I switched freleht car._ Ono n!,the
ructions to the Jun’ today justice I may take that into consideration in ihoree “ bind 158 J? ar.eut.orra one
line impressed upon the jurors the arriving at a conclusion as to the cred- leg..broken today 4 The neem driver
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Imboden, W. M. The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 32, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 1, 1908, newspaper, February 1, 1908; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1463801/m1/1/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .