Fort Worth Weekly Gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 35, Ed. 1, Friday, August 19, 1887 Page: 3 of 8
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Train of Fifteen
inos Passenger
Coaches Through a Burning
Bridge at Midnight
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One Hundred and Eighteen
Killed and Four Times
dumber Wounded
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1V > mned TrainWrecking
UGHTKCL WRECK
1 i Aug 11 It is reported
rTurson train on the Toledo
as
i Warsaw road went through a
a
PARTICCIAR3
n ii ji Iu Aug 11 A train
cton list night for Niagara
L iicis Central the intention
y that rjad as far a = Chats
f
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worth 111 late last night
icdred people were killed
ws a smali on e
a and Warsaw As the
I1 p r City a small town in
e bridge crossing the Ver
a eariui
v panic
> r estimation it was found
r r it hundred excursionists
jarad
it occurred
1
In Aug 11 The conduc
v 2iC820 and Alton passenger J
jjt arrived in Chicago
i
j j ton where the Toledo
rsraw and the Chicago and
i
> connect learned from one I
t r cf the first named road j
at bad occurred near Piper j
a nation east of Chatsworth
auil from th shock of the
ridge gave way Several
r r cipitated into the stream
r tays that the killed num
rt L forty and fifty and that
1
and on top of each other It la
us how any escaped as the
inl cng nes do not occupy over
ingths of track and are all on top
x be J In one c aea not a person
in another but one a lady
aty dead have been taken up to this
f One hundred wounded are
w in Chatsworth in the town hall
house depot etc At Piper City
are a large number of wounded
tf fiky The dead are estimated at
r cue hundred The cars caught fire
t was put out by the train men aud-
i aucrs A heavy rain set in about
v hcur after tho wreck before the
s led could be taken away raining
vohjurs Tae peopleare etoing all
can fothe wounded
RELINK TRAIN ON TnE SCENE
CiiATiWORTH III Aug 11 It was a
ui and excited throng which surround
f tin Union depot in Peoria this morn
j g The news oi the wreck of the Ni
ara excursion trainwith fllteen coaches
ind two engines had sped like wild fire
four hundred excursionists from Peoria
Canton Eureka and other places many
them well known and highly respected
i j jfckjM B
thronghont Central Illinois were aboard
All sorts of rumors were floating around
j and the number of tilled were variously
estimaJed at from ssty to 100 The first
regular train left Peoria at 830 Every-
one was sad and discussed the probable
results in accents low It Wis impossi-
ble to hear anything in Peoria and many
men aud women abcaid wcra feaiful lest
SOME DEAR ONE
was among the dead or horriby mailed
At all stations large crowds of excited
people had gathered anx ous to hear the
latest news from Pcoiia Some wild ru-
mors prevailed but nothing o an authentic
nature could be learned When the relay
train reached its destination there was a
sad and ghastly sight that was presented
to the view Ten coaches had either gone
through the bridge or were piled in a pro-
miscuous heap crosswise and lengthwise
on the track The shrieks and groans cf
the wounded and dying could be heard
Tne bridge lurough which the cars passed
It had been afire
which weakened it causing the frightful
holocaust So far over seventy bodies
have been recovered They were con-
veyed to the town hall Fchool house and
platform of the deprit No one has been
taken from under the cars and not even a
sound can be heard from there It is
there by way of the feared all are dead and the number
of killed is estimaed at 200
The wounded so far number 150 Fol-
lowing are among the killed
En McCuntock Peoria engineer
the
2ae wayplunging engine i as thirtyeuht loaves a wif < s and two
e °
srs down a steep
Son of Ezra Week aged thirty Eureka
ream The cars caught Mrss May Laws Eureka
UTULn McCarthy
Eureka
snua Jarful
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> iks Blair Kurka
Mrs Dr Ducat of Forest Her baby
is fafe
Wife of a traveling man of Kankakee
iODEL father and son
William Stephenson and two daugn
Captain Dadelkh
Mrs James Deal
Mrs William Allen
Mrs William Bole
Susie Bole
Ml5S P < JAEL Adams
WlLLUM BEGAN
Mrs French
Phena Fraiim
Mrs Valentine
Mrs Vaipeio and daughter
Fred Weinnel and daughter Pearl
of Peoria
i Jlr Kate Cress of Wahicgon and
tram while on a bndg e j Cora Smith cf lVnria are fatally itjured
y came into collision Ifj J3 imp ss > ble to jet a full list
i Everything is in the wildest confusion
r tr in going in the oppesite M any are mancled buyond recogniticn
lie cars of the excursion OXK hundred and ten
Peoria III Aug 11 Private dis
euupon each other in fearful j ualcbes from Suptriutend ni Armatron
says 110 boduso far have been taken
out of fie wreck at Chatsworth
lUKTliER LIST OK VICTIMS
Pkoru III Aug 11 DespMchrs re-
ceived in U 11a ni from the scene of
tve accident on the Toleio Peoria and
W jsern Kilvsy cocllriis tne report
tnat 1 < ii ire kiled Among the victims
re more than twice that < ar < the tolowing
Tl accident occurred some
n n and 4 oclock this morn
Arr tf train with physicians was
s a IVoiia t ai3 morning to the
f tii1 wrck
rnioion received at the Illinois
a in this cty is that the train
kti tf two engines and sixteen
Mrs Zimmerman aad a baby belons
irg Joe Neal of Peoria
Among the injured are J E Dech
rnap Peoria slightly
Idiss Pevil Adams and Miss Kitty
Welch Peoris ribs broken
Hubert E Zimmerman Peoria badly
hurtMiss
Miss May McVoy Peoria badly hurt
Mrs Jnseph eo l Peoria leg broken
E A Park r Peoria seriously hurt
William
Ilbinsou and Mrs J W
culvert had been burned I C Ilt Pc0iA d sercusly injured
j Chatsworth III Aug 11 Among
o m les east of Chatsworth I the killed the folio lng have been ideua
n v pia uie fire and about 1
t morning the engines and
t u M cr The agent at Caats
r I s to General Manager E P
fci Iimois Central that over
w and about a like number
can give no further partlcu
r gentlemen say the train
a v at Pcorie so that probably
I the victims are frcm that
immediate viclaitv TVil
tided
Mrs P Cress Washington 111
Mrs May Lass
Arthur Me arty
James Blair
Ed McCiintock engineer of No 13
roasted alive
J > k IIollon bsggagemaster Peoria
Jesse Mkkic of Eureki
Wiw 1r Drukett of Forrgl
ANOTHKK ACCOUNT
Chicago In Aug 11 Tim Cnicago
Tiuidti t > uc i fr in F Cfjst III s > ys
At Hw mi j way honors in ths history of
I
kd with excursionists at
i AND WCUKDXD
ii Ill j Aug 11 A
< xcnrsion train on the
r a and Western Railway con
tvtntten coaches and sleepers
v tli passengers from Peoria
e joints along the line was
thcr with ten coaches and
se car
this c Htitry were surpissol three rniu
tft t of C jataworth lart night v hen an
incursion train on the Toledo acd Peorir
1 from Peoris including four j rod dr ppid urougU a burning bride
4 I iTi o r 100 oKo tOT6 fki led ard fur
i iccntioii was to take an j
u hi more Kw
Hi in j nvs c < raposed of sx sleeping
cirf r ay corchts and cair crs aha
t r e bic I wis cirrjing tco pas
fa nmri ail ixjursionuts tud was bound
for Niagara Fails Tne tram had beea
made ir ail along the line of the Toledo
and P < oia road and the excursionit =
lulled from vinous points in Central
llliuris but a lot of them coming frora
Poorin Sjme oi the passengers
came from Canton El Paso
and in fact all the stations all along the
line tome rjia as far B3 Burlington and
Keokuk li A special cheap r te had
been made for the excursion and all sorts
Engineer McClintack i ot I e ° Ple lock ndvantago of it When
the traiu drew out of Peoria at S last
sat y killed and the two firemen tvening it was loaded to-
t othtr engineer escaped serious its utmost capacity
berth in the six sleepers taken
r < vcry was
Ten oo
car were piled upon tne J
ard
day CTS flixty
n nes being telescoped and pike each The train was so heavy that two
engines were hitched to it and when it
passed here it was one hour and a half
behind time Chatsv orth Is the next
stMtion east of here six miles off and
the run there was made in seven minutes
S J tne terri te momentum of those fifteen
coaches and two heavy eiglncs fchooting
through rp c2 at the ratj cf u
mile a minute can be uuderstood
No itop was made at Oh its worth
and on thy hcay train witn it live
freight sped through the dirkutss Tnree
miles east of Chatsworth is a little slough
where the jailroad track crosses a dry
iun a out ttn ieet deep and about fifteen
wide Over this was stretched an ordi-
nary trestle and as the excursion train
came thundering down it vrh t was the
horror of the eugineer on the front engine
when he saw this bridge Tas afire Bight
up before his eyes
LEAPED THE HEIGHT FLAMES
and in the ntxt in lau he was among
them Taere wa no cnane to stop Ilia
th r < 2bfcn wjrnng it would have tak a
half a miv tn hi > lv riij of w od
iron ssd bu im Lv p and oi tvtn was
wthtt 100 iiirii cf n r < u
seiiger < > f
iht fi
glnesra
d Vi bt r
lace bit
tl
< iju er
hi passed over
it safely the first engine keeping the
rails As it went over the bridge fell
beneath It and it could have only been
the terriole speed of the train which saved
the lives oi the engineer and fireman but
the next engine went down and instantly
the deed of death was done Car crashed
into car The coaches piled on top of
one another and in the twinkling of an
eye nearly 100 people
POUND DEATH
and fifty more were so hurt they could
not live As for the wounded they were
everywhere as only the sleeping coaches
escaped and as the startled and half
dressed passengers came tumbling tout
they found such a scene of
death as Is rartly witnessed
and such work to do that it seemed as if
human hands were iccapabe It lacked
but five minutes of midnight Down in
the dith lay the second engine with
Engineer McCiintock and Fireman Apoie
gts bady irjured On top were pile
the three baggage cars one on top of tie
other like a childs card house after he
had swept it with his hand Then came
the six day coaches They were tele-
scoped a3 cars never were before and
three of them were piled in just
SPACE ENOUGH I OR ONE
The second car had mounted cfl its
truck crashed through the car ahead of
it crushing Igc wood work aside like
tinder and lay there raiting on the tops
of the seats white cwry passenger in the
front car was lying dead aud ding under-
neath
Oat of that car but four people came
alive On top of it was the
to loosen it up and no baskets or bairel
to carry it in and so depressed they dug
ihtir lingers dowu into the ground whien
the 1jcg drouth had baked almost as
hard a3 ttoae aud heaped the precious
handluls thus hardly won upon the en-
croaching ilimes end with the earth-
work built hidrnl by handful kept back
the foe Wmte this was going on other
men have
CREPT UNDERNEATH
the wrecked cars teneath the fire and
wooden bar3 which had prisoned so
many precious lives and with piece3 of
bGards and sometime thtir hands beat
back 1he dimes when they ikshed up
alongside some unfortunate wretch who
pinned down by a heavy beam
lioked on helplessly whije it
seamed a3 if h s tieah by fir
w s certain While the fijat was thus
griog on the ears of the worktrs were
tided with the groans of dying men tho
anguished cr cs of those whose death
seemed certain unless the teirible fire
could be extinguished and the tries of
tuoae too bally hurt to care in what
manner the end were brought about Sj
taey dug up the earth with their hands
reckless of the blood streaming out from
the broken finger nails and heaping It up
IN LITTLE MOUNDS
while all the while came heart rending
cries For Gods sake dont Jet me
burn to death But finally the victory
was won The fire was extinguished
after four hours of endeavor
and a3 its last smart died away
the light came up in
the east to take its place and dawn came
upon the scene of horror While the
fight had been going on men had been
dyine and tnere were not so many
wounded to take out of the wreck as
there had ben four hours before But
in the meantime the country had been
aroused Help had come from Chats
worth Forest and Piper City and as the
dead were laid reverently
ALONG SIDE EACH OTHER
uut in a corn field there were ready
iiands to take them into Chatsworth
while some of the wounded were carried
to Piper City One hundred and eighteen
was the awful poll of dead while the
wounded numbered four times that num-
ber A full poll cf the dead caunot
however be told yet for days Chsts
wortn wa3 turned into a morgue today
The town hall
w re ell full ofdead bodies while every
house in the iiUle village has it
quota of wounded There were oVCT ISO
corpses lying in extemporized dead
houses and every man and woman was
turned into an amateur but zealous nurse
Over in a lumber yard th2 noise of ham-
mer and saws raug cut on the air
and in it busy carpenters were
making rough collis to carry to their
homes the bodiesiof the excursionists who
twelve hours hefore had left their homes
full of pleasurable expectation of the en-
joyment they were going to have
DURING THE VACATION
which had begun When news of the
disaster had first Hashed over the wires
prompt aid was at onco sent Dr
Steele Chief Surgeon of the Toledo
Peoria and Western Bailway had
came on at once in a special train and
with him were two other surgeons and
their assistants From Peoria also came
Doctors Martin Baker Flegloere and
Johnson and from every city whence the
unfortnate excursionists had come
their physicians and friends hurried to
help them From Peoria had also
come a delegation of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen a number of the so-
ciety being in the ill fated train and after
8 oclock in the morning there were
PLENTY OP PEOFLE
to do the work that needed such prompt
attention In the town hall was the main
hospital and in it anxious rela-
tives and sorrowing friends gathered
Down in dead house husbands brothers
sisters wives and children tearfully
spected each face as it was uncovered
and sighed as the features wereunkfii > wuV
or cried out in anguish when fweft
known face sometimes fearfully maftled
was uncovered The entire capacrrOf
the little village was taxJ
Kind hearted women drove la
from miks to Si sji4
aid to the sufferers No soon h d thef
ex
jeasaole
miscreanls bo tinss an I with
< > NiY CRIMINAL INSTINCT
was on hand and like gueiriilas vilio
throng the battle field the night after the
conflict and rob from the dead the money
which they recsived from their meagre
paystealing even the bronze medals and
robbing from the children cf heroes the
other emblems of their fathers bravery
so last night did these human hyenas
plunder the dead from this terrible acci
dent and took even the shoes which cov-
ered their feet Who these wretches are
is not known Whether they are-
a band of pickpockets who accompa
nied the train or some robber gang
who were lurking In the vicinity cannot
be said
A HORRIBLE SUSPICION
however exists and there are many who
gve it credit that the accident was a de-
liberately planned case of trainwrecking
that the bridge was set on fire by mis-
creants who hoped to seize the opportu-
nity offered and the fact that the bridge
was consumed as the train cime
aong and Ihe fact that the
train was an hour and a hilf
late are pointed out ag evidence of a care
ful conspiracy It seems hardly possible
that 3 man coull be so lost to all ordi-
nary feelings which animate the hear of
the human race but still men who will
rob the dead men who will
STEAL PROM THE EYING
and will plunder the wounded held
down by broken bams of the wrecked
cars and the wounded whose
death by fire seemed imminent will do
most anything which is mean and that is
what the fiends in human form did They
went into the cars when the fire was
onSa Hiieu 7 burning underneath and when the
poor
wnh only three people alive Its bottom
wretches piuued there be ed them for
was smearea with the blood of its vie JlT JSi
Gods sake to help them they
tim The three cars were not so bsdlv
crushed but they were twisted in every
conceivable way Every timber and
beam crushed
the air was
r human body Instanly
PILLED WITH THE CRIFS
of the wounded and the shrieks of those
about to die The groans of the men and
the screams of the women made an ap
stripped them of thtir watches and
jewelry and searched their pockets
for money Wuen the dead lay in the
corn field theso hyenas turned them over
in their search for valuables and that the
plundering was done by an Grganzed
crowd was proved by the fact that this
morning out in the corn field sixteen
another terrible thing et
be met xfce bridge was
to
still
burnicg and the wrecked cars
were Ivng arcucd fierceIv burning em-
bers K erywhenj in the wiocfe were
woncded and u h irt mer women and
children whuse h js could be saved if
they could be gotten out but whose
death and dtath in the most horriole
form was certain if the twisted wood cf
the broken cars caught fire
To quench tli fire there was not a drop
of water and oniy fifty ablebodied men
who had etiil presence of mind and neive
enough
TO DO THEIR DUTY
The only iiht was thu light of the
burning bridge and with its aid the llfiy
men went to work t j remove it For four
hours they iousht like fiends and for four
hours tao victciy hung la ths balance
Earth was the only vaspon wth viich
the fire could be fought and so ai ht
tempt was made to smother it
lynched
THE WOUNDED
Chatsworth III Aug 11 The fol-
lowing are the nam s oi the wounded as
far as taken E W Walker and wife
Peoria wounded in head and limbs
Mrs Emma Keagau aud son Peoria
slightly injured J W Fry Peoria
thigh broken back injured
II T Ogden Gray ton Illinois
head and foot injured Florence
Boucher Bayard Iowa arm hurt Pat
Brady Gilmour III foot and head
Sophia Pauline Pecria head Mrs II G
Shone Busk Iowa internally II II
Bond Calchester 111 internally Mrs
Thomas McVey Peoris internally
Mrs J W Grant Peoria internally
Mary Morris Peons bruised Mr Rob-
ert S Slmmoken Peoria hesd and shm
G F French Peoria hips aud body Ea-
ton Waters Peoria hips and
body Otto Johnson Burlington
Iow1 legs Mrs A II Clark Kiots
There was no nicK and shovel lown > lovva head > arm ml leS
J W Cross Washington HI head aud
ch ° st J E Deehmar Peoria ankle
Madae Thorris Peoria ankle xVrthur
McCarty Eurekc III both eyes gone
David Crawotd Pitton 111 bfad limbs
and hips A T McGhce Lallaip 111
leg and shin W It S Borden Tonico
III foot William A Ford Elm
wojd II chest and head Eliz-
abeth Seller1 Lallarn 111 limbs
Mr3 Lyrtia Bolton Peoria nose jiw and
l > srll A Abraham Peoria internally
William Smith Peoria head Grant Tay-
lor McComb III internally John A
Taylor Nashville Id kg J W Sterns
Greenville 111 legs Adam Snow
berger Peoria hip side and head-
S L Belstry Deer Creek 111 head and
ankle Paton Cross Washington III
leg J B Kelley Beedo 111 head and
leg broken Mark Snodisker Peori3 111
head and leg broken Daniel Kocb
wwmmmwMa
Weaver Id head and leg C
W Young We3t Jersey head-
S S Aark West Jersey foot and shoul-
der G A Scott Iolano 111 ankle
Thos Timms Parkeridge Ill arm3 and
legs Theodore Gava Peoria head and
legs Mrs Edith Chelton Glasford Id
leg broken and arm bruised Mr Chelton
Glasford III leg and arms Joe Neill
Mossviile Til head and limbs Mrs
Joe Neill Mossviile 111
leg bruised aneV oaby killed
Mrs Julia Valdji Peoria internally
AbbieEdmondpnkle Dr E P llazn
and wife Fort Madison Iowa hands
Miss Emma Y Yultes West Point Iowa
head and limbs Al Jordan Danville
Iowa leg Al Gregg Danville Iowa leg
Mrs C E Allen Greenburg 111 head
WEEllis Peoria head
PARTIAL LIST OP KILLED
McClintockengineer Peoria Elizabeth
Cross Washington Mrs Ed Stoddard
Weslport Iowa Mrs Iteud Adams
Peoria Pearl Neves Peoria A II Pot-
ter Bushnelle II Mrs J Willey
Eureka J B Bichards and Mrs Breeze
Peoria
W
Gureson Pecrlo
E G Adarc < = Tai fjury W II Lott El
wood Andre Westfr Mrs Woi A ien
Mr W Vvildsjo Mis II R MClJre anj
daujVt r Mrs Mil Mr Wrhiht P jor
Mrs J Ill Die I oiv Mrs Wiia
BJi and daughter P o Ia Mr F B
Aynelt Peoria Mr E Goodell
and Dr William Cullius Ga es
ourg III J B Badv J S Kaler
ilTenglarhoiTse irnVdeJot Br U5d Ration III J W Murphy Pe
ri3 H fy Stgler Keokuk Iowa
Shartn III
wreck occurred ban a scene of
1 rij J eommjrccd Som band of unspea
Oney Greenvalley John A
Moore Jacksonville III JDMcFad
den7IjCi C2r < ail1 Ahlkeam Martin
Bloork J A Green BrtSds Station an
about twenty others are owd a 1dei
City
WRECKElt APuO JlOIiBEI
Four Slen Ditch n Passcngar Train
la
Artonn und Uob tho lixprcss Gar
Special to the Gazette
El Paso Tex Aug 11 A telegram
from Tucson A T this afternoon states
that yesterday afternoon at Papago
the westbound express train was ditched
by robbers who placed obstructions on the
track The fireman and engineer were
fatally Injured The safe in the express
car was opened and the contents taken
The work was done by four men two of
whom kept the passengers at bay The
Southern Pacific and Wells Fargo Co
each offer S1000 for the arrest of the
gars
ARIZONA TRAIN R0RPERY
San Francisco Cal Aug 11 The
west bound express was robbed last night
thirty mile3 east of Tucson Arizona
The train was detached and the express
car robbed by four men The sheriff and
posse are on the trail which leads to the
Bincon mountains
i a V E
K
mni
iJV
i Jut
y
Pardon Worsley Kho w = s known dur-
ing tip v r rs thj ViA i pv cf te
sp r1 ar dkl n a Bradford on
Vt eduasday last at the age cf G7 Wors
leys father took part iu the battte of
Bunker Hill although very young and he
himself twice saved Washington from the
enemy by revealing their plans to the
Federal authorities
Business was so bad on Coney Island
one day last week that twothirds of the
saloons and hotel bars had to close Well
well When any locadty in this country
goes back on a bar it is time to inquire
whither we are drifting
I
THE VEEKLY GAZETTE FOET WORTH TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 19
TEXAS
A Yarlety of Myths Resulting the Loss
Star Commonwealth Which Will
Not Bear Inspeclon
SomuthtsR About the SIza oi Trls Kniplr
tho PopcUlioB the Soli Its UatlroailB
ratl Its Greatest efitlroKU Ccntsr
Kansas City Journal
Fort Worth Tex Aug 4 I came
to this state over three weeks ago in
search of excitement and for a brief
period of roughing it 1 could not but
think that an unbroken indulgence in
late hours high living and the many
other enervating customs incident to a
lawabiding wealthy and highly cultured
community like Kansas City would at
last make a complete wreck of ray al-
ready frail constitution I did not need a
summer resort or else I would have re-
mained at the mcuth of he Kaw I
wanted a c imate where the mercury
rises to 120 or higher iu the shade
and where from May to October it never
falls below IOC 1 wanted a community
where the nights would be made
hideous by nightly scrimmaues and
which would be followed at breakfast
time by the summoning of at least half a
dozen coroners juries which would with
wonderful unanimity return verdicts
reading thus Killed by au act of Prov-
idence I wanted to see ine land where
the covboy is king and whore he gambols
and gambles unfettered I wanted to ride
on railroad trains that would be robbed
at every water tank I wanted to see a
state an empire in extent devastated
depopulated or uninhabitable owing to
many succeeding and long continued
drouth I wanted to see a people who
quaffed nothiLg but copious draughts of
red lirjuor m summer to keep them
cool in winter to keep them warm and
at all times as an antidote for the deadly
sting of the dreaded tarantula In short
I was yearniDg for the place
Where they riot and revel
And ralFC the devil
And toy with the Bhoctln Iron
And thus free myself from chronic en
nu > superinduced by long contact with
enormous real estate deals building
boom3 promising dummy lines activity
among pork packers and amateur artists
and literati
When I had diagnosed my ailment and
prescribed the remedy my mind 0nco
reverted to Texas as the only place in
which to seek relief The first impres-
sion concerning Texts I ever received
was near the time I began to read say
about Ihe cIofs of the late civil war when
the profane remark cf a United States
army ofiiser concerning the Lone Star
state wus current to this effect That if
he owned To wis ho wjuld give it eli for
an abode in h I
THIS VKRDICr HAS PRKN AKKIRMKD
and reaffirmed by prejudice bigotry ig-
norance hate and political cunning all
around me almost down to the hour I
entered the state No ona here will
quarrel with me therefore because I ac-
cepted ths too prevalent opinions of the
masses among which I have always
moved At the same time these same
norlhvra and western men will on my
return home most heartily congratulate
me on having experienced so miny agree-
able disappointments during my entire
stay here-
To reach Tex = 3 directly from Kansas
City you have the choice of two railroads
viz the Missouri Pacific and the Santa
Fe each running through Pullman
sleepers the one to San Antonio and
the other to Galveston and each via
Fort Worth Texas the most important
city you reach after leaving Kansas City
and the greatest railroad center iu this
great state In due time I shall write
fully on this head I made the journey
down by the Missouri Pacific and hence
one afternoon about 2 oclock I crossed
the lied river into Grayson county Tex
a few miles north of Denison
And right here the shattering of my
preconceived idea of Texas began As
one by one they have given way to the
happier truth I have experienced a cer-
tain recoil which in many instances was
almost as strong as that cf the heros gun
in Hudibras
Which whether aimed at duck or plover
Recoiled and kicked Its owner over
The fields were green with ripening
corn and blooming cotton Here and
there were large straw stacks indicating
a most bounteous harvest of small grains
On every farm was an orchard in which
every tree was laden with fruit peaches
large rosy luscious ones predominating
Hereupon I made p note to this eff = ct
If r i beats this country it nas all been
preempted Ions ago and claims oi
twentyfive foot lots are only obtainable
at ruinous rates Since this i3 the case
settlers would do well to stop in this pari
of Ttxis where eviry luxury and broad
acres are procurable at a moderate cost
on easy terms
Since making that note I have traveled
over a large part of the state a state four
times ns large a3 Missouri more
than threetlmta Le size of Kansas five
times the area cf ICwa iarier than all
New England a large tear 1 entire Ger-
man Empire and larger than KepVjIICZi
France a state with rich farming lands
razing land timber lands a state with
id iron and copper and richer min
eruit Estate with the finest of
MAR1JLES AND GRANITES
and the more common building stones a
state with fruits ood fljwers and living
station on the Southern Pacific Railway J streams a state in 11 ae ye3 more an
empire Indeed in which eveiy human
want can be supplied and in
which many millions will in the
near future find happy homes
Thirty yeai3 ago Marseilles lay burn-
ing in the sun one day You know the
rent from Little Dorrit One year ago
this year portions of Missouri Iowa
and Nebraska have laid burning in the
sun Vast acres in Kansas considered a
garden the gods themselves might not
scorn have had verdure burned away
So too portions of Texas lay scortched
beneath a fervid sky And this keeps you
away from Texas when ihe vine clad
hills of Southern France have been the
theme of many a poetic frenzy and when
all the western and northwestern states
have attracted millions of settlers not-
withstanding periodical drouths of
great severity As the state fills up
and each succeeding year sees the
cultivation of an increased acreage
so too each succeeding year
witnesses a materially increased rainfall
The pioductive possibilities of Trxas are
unknown quantities ewm to well in-
formed Texan I believe it is Mr At
fkrSfii thy wei Jknown American writer
iconombt and sKUsivian who made the
statement taat Tt xss cn whoa IuIy de
vvinpfd su lim lucmfort pipnlaiiorj
f 2o 00fi000 of peopk Wiu Aivrl
c geriurrily v se js si ct buviiiiy
as would maintain them they should at
least accept this statement in silence even
if they are not satisfied of its truth This
much I know there is room here for
millions yet The 2500000 al-
ready in the state look lone-
some If yon doubt travel from Fort
Worth tD and through the Panhandle to
Paris or Texarkana to El Paso to Gal-
veston to Laredo to Brownsville to San
Antonio covering more than half of thai
6
more than 7000 mile3 of railrorui3 in
state ancl you will doubt no ljnge
v
jn t >
gfc ateMBffifoV
MOST PERriCT MADE
N
> vs
1
M
f < fxtxur WHArts FOR MAKING UflCAM o lABTAH
tiFCk i0 Or Prices Cream BakingPowdeb
trip will do more It vill convince you
that by the time T xas iw us 5000000
oi people this Tex is desert mirage will
have vanished as this Tarrant county dew
did some hours ago under this Augiut
sun My other disappointments d seive
notice next I have noted the heubts of
the mercury in various therruoraetyrs in
THE ROAD GIVEN UP
The Coiinly Cimial lnr ri Kr o to
Scrcichtn J lie faxt Worth Rnil CJrape
vlfco It > a <
I rom Frdaj Angul > ly
After much rtl < cu eioR acJ the txssu
nation of a crowd of wtresses the County
many parts rI tho state Taey ar not Commissioners decMcl yesterday to
texas thkemomeihk3 abandon the iIcii cf straighleuisg and
either Indeed many of thfse aro of the opening up the Fort Worth and Grsnc
same pattern and by the maker of the vine road betweeu this citv and Bransford
instrument at Lehenberg s and from
which he hjuriy reads the tempera
tare at Kiwsmouth None of the = IVsai
readings of the altitude of tne mercury
have approached those reported from
Caicago or Joliet or St Louis You can
hardly name a point in the state where a
height of 104 was attained two days in
succession and taking tne reprs for
two weeks or more psst you wih lad that wer eJi
above the t > 7 degree mark is the exception PrcJCt
Besides the nights are almost invariably
so cool as to force you to seek a covering
a stiff southerly brtez j invariaoly prevail-
ing Genuine cases of sunstroke or pros
tration by the heat are almost unknown
The vote was a tie Commissioners
Pullian and Higgins voting in favor cf
tne road and Halloway and Nichols
igsinst Judg Furmin cast the decid-
ing vote againtt ths rosd
In a talk with Cominlisionar Nichols
who vottd in the negvlve a reporter
learned that his reasons for so doing
S3
the
based on any hostility to the
He and his colletguts rs well
Judue Furman were favorable to
rad but they thought
the t ynse attached to it was too great
In th i first place the county wesuld be
it S3400 as carnages to owners of
3nd
rint
was a wolf and that this was his time to
howl and that now he would so perforate
my hide that it would resemble my grand-
fathers old tin lantern Indeed it is a
misdemeanor to carry ronceakd weapon
here and puniahiblj as such uml r the
laws cf the stati The cowboy even
on his native heath does no
paralyze you by an attitude and the al-
legation th t Lis name is McGregor
Notwithstanding the colors in wach an
eastern and northern press have painted
him he is after all only a good fellow
manly but not pugULtc and vrry con-
tent with sport that has ro gory fqutl
I hsve Hjen many a water laid bu not
a train roobtr has as yet msto a ui ve
This is iuexpllcibl as Uiey hive hid
ample opportunities Upon t 3 Fort
Worth and Denver Road the en2 ecr
who holds the throttle cl N > 5 Was kisd
enough to let me ride with him W s hi
ever oa hand when is train was iobtJr
Yes last December at the Bdlevu
water tank tevtnlyrine ml e3 frum
Fort Worth and my cheek blancned
a trifle and my heart got in two extra
beats as b s quietly gave tL s information
Jjvn he told me all about i winding up
with tfi ps em nt that as soon as
THE ROfrft Kns I DEPARTED
a cacvass of the trai fr waL < rnride t0 5Cir
tain Use losses They amultPrt ia rancJ
and valuables to less than Si 00 Br tpc
time Fort Worth was reached i tiC t0
was a trilli less than 80000 How ° ld
he account for tis discrepancy 4ii fe
truth is very sacred in Texas and iu no
therefore handled carelessly and he
gravely cast his eye dowu the track and
shut off just enouga steam to miss the
last of a bunch of IVxas steers which h d
suddenly determined to cross the trek I
shall never forget that engineer he gave
me the only real new sensation I have en-
joyed in the state
But here ii what knocks mo over fr a
fact Texas probably has 500000 voters
and today they are voting for cr against
an amendment to thi state constitution
prohibiting the manufacture ard
sale ot spirituous and malt liquor
It is a red hot affair This question i
the only one that has arism to divi fe
them since the war and both sides ar
at worn with a wll The telegraph wdi
have announced the result ere izis can
appear in the Journal
Well here Is Fort Worli sgdn pnd a
it has repeatedly been atykd te KiSiss
City of Texas I will itop and investigate
it and in due tbne mike report This
much I do know if ycu want to eee
every psrt of thi saVs accssible by
rail if you iva t e v pn eIy ard y
the loi c i a J y > r i izkt c >
connfcri id l if jju pr t a lari
prrcnTsK < j l < urnn trerk Hgt t avil
icg you avtf t F rt Wjrtb ri b c
r W3 > < i 4 lt nv n i 1 v i
and concisely
Mrs
is
fu
mffttm
rciOsija clear
amucl Haas of New York who
ow at th Clarendon hotel
Saratov
h heB 50000 worth of diamonds over to
ihe otel clek for safe keeping every
iighf She wears them in safe place
ve day but is afraid to keep them ia
erroom at night This is what some
vafman call enjoying life
ft ap
iiHtur6 r Riigworrii rftHd Ecze
rcmaini g portion and
the Iaci
WASHINeTONAU =
to
to
Fort
hich
nd
and send him homa convalescent to his I neI or tbre mies ia cslent
omiiy rud tne gentleman iflSj3h il
I have seen no scrimmage fausi or W0Rd 4crst f QGt
i mle t0 P t this in good shape Thep
otherwise I do not know that they hawj ier
er was umber to be cleared from the
such an ofiicial as a coroner No one has j
sprang out upon me with the affirmation altogether the
ost woaid be
that he was from Bitter Creek or that he greatly
btneiits
wis in
Uq did not thirk the county
pood enough l aaLcisi shane to
wairant the outlay
On the other hand the commissioners
who votid for the road were confident
tlat the people w ired the w nk done
n uh the exception p rhaps of s ktv land-
holders who were bent on getting
bd damage money Commissioner
ITtzriss toe k direct i < = u8 with CoRsmis
iioter Nkhol = cs to ttie cost He did net
believe the expense of making
it a u > st cla53 tnoiougbfa3 would beoise
four h what the other asserted Tee
distance between Fort Worth aiid Brans
fold as the road now rnus
id fourteen and onehall miles b
lit propofpt change it wud be only ten
a havirg of four and a hilf miles Mr
Higaina said Wo needed this road
badly It runs through the most popu-
lous pai t of tho county pnd is traveled
more than any other highway The S54C0
for damages was allowed oy the court
although the jary cf view only made it
5500 There is a bad pece ever a sandy
stretch but it wculd not have cost any
great sum to have fixed ths The action
of the court today has killed the straight
rosd for all time whlci is a natter cix
gr 5t regret to hundreds o peopir and
as I Jcok at it a perioas drawtac to the
pubiic interests There is cow nearly S7000
ia the treasury to the credit oi the road
and bridge fund and lais year colec
tions will give us about S1SCC0 more
The money could not have been possibly
put to better use than straightening and
improving the main thoroughfare of the
flinty owr which there is a never ceas
rh tide of travel
Crlmloal AcJtoa WllX 3 B o Sht AsMntt
Ic Kalway MnRnatT
1 A statement
in detail of the ° l ° lflcia
wavs is
bein piep rtd b7 Major Red
with a vievo Irosecuion both
dlngton
criminal and
ci VdQ dire W3 of
civil
At id weil
IV a known
taese companie
fact that the gov rnroV1 Central and
Udon Pacifi KdwV3 hav been out
rageou ly plundered iV 4 f s f
1 ° ° Ic
thusE aboil
roads oct of i 7
i3 also 11 ftl1 t lis
a well k lown 1
could b recovered prcvide Vr o jn
ubnz took the proper action anb V5
now
ing
time
will
mtiffisUd taat it
so ard warn
arri vs MjDr
prod ace the tame
m r o r3 thti
intends do-
th e proper
litjddirgton
of the man
who sf ted as paymaster for Huntington
ni his asents for ssrvices p rf j mct in
ViS I2K roi or iz rt r wort s c
painia
ti tue
do y
s icu i i Pacific road Thfre is sufli
i JT S T raC3 i
f t i > x Iaat
llgOll aiu iu t xjI lilj tizbvcutd In t i
jndgmenti of good lawyers but when the
Picifii railroad commission comes to
make its report af er completing the in-
v stigptTdas iMs helifvcd th rs will be
sufnjfcjEt ffiseriil to bias a ca e cgites
ev = ry member tsf tne Pstiffu K ilvfay
rIa2 Ti e mdicatons sre also taat the
admiuYsiration villi push the prosecution
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