The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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BONHAM. FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY. MARCH 14.1902."
A SOUTHERN PACIFIC PASSENGER TRAIN
JUMPED THE TRACK, AND COACHES
WERE BURNED.
TWELVE LIVES LOST.
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A Number of Injured Carried to El Paso, Two Hundred
Miles From the Wreck.
El Paso, Tex., March 7.—
Westbound Galveston, Harris-
burg and San Antonio passenger
train No. 9, due to reach this
ctiy this morning, went into the
ditch at 3:30 o’clock twenty-five
miles west of Sanderson while
running at a speed of forty-five
miles an hour.
The consequence of the acci-
dent was indeed fearful. All the
cars with their loads of human
freight wera piled in a promiscu-
ous heap upon the engine, with a
hundred or more human beings
imprisoned thereunder. The
debris took fire * and the horcor
of the situation was increased a
thousand fold.
The tiain consisted of one Pull-
man, two coaches, three tourist
cars, one mail and one express
and one private car, containing
Thomas F. Ryan and other capi-
talists from New York. All but
the private car were destroyed
by fire.
The first reports of the disaster
broken rail or broken flange—the
big engine as it swung round the
curve left the track in a twink-
ling, turning over on its side,
with the big drivers still whirl-
ing around, and eight of the
cars came down upon it, running
over and piling up in an indis-
criminate mass, with dozens of
women and children buried and
pinioned. To many of them death
was instantaneous. The agony
suffered by others not so fortu-
nate was voiced in groans and
cries.
Those who were able to extri-
cate themselves from the debris
rushed quickly to the assistance
of the injured, who were pleading
for aid. 6
A minute later the great pile
of wreckage took fire and the
flames ate their way into the
splendid cars and among the pin-
ioned passengers and trainmen.
Then followed a scene of inde-
scribable horror, one which will
never be forgotten by those who
DECLARtD NOT GUILTY OF MUR-
DER. V
NO. 41
Lewis Mears, Charged With Murder
Committed Twenty Years Ago,
Tried and Acquitted.
Withdraws from the Race.
Monday morning, in the dis-
trict court, the case of Lewis
Mears, charged with murder,
was taken up for trial. A jury
was secured, and the trial of jhe
case begun, which was concluded
late Tuesday afternoon.
^The crime with which Mears
was charged was the killing of a
young man by the name of Wm.
Simons, near Dial, tin the sum-
mer of 1882. Simons was at
I Misses Shoes and Slippers.
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Owing to the dqathof my son,
James C. Evans, it becomes neces ,
sary for me to withdraw from j A young lady’s face and feet are her standby* Tho !
tne race as a candidate for Rep-, j fellow who said a "young lady’s face was her fortune’’should \
resemauve in the State Lesisia- j have included her feet.. Her feet are of enough' importance !
aoy — Th® yZ“:
j Zt bU#S her °*S b6f WiM b* assured of Sood looking
resentative in the -State Legisla-
ture. I regret that such is the
case. At the time I announced I
had some one to take care of my
home, my wife and daughter, and
to iOok after their interest aud
welfare and be at home with them
in my absence. Now that’ he is
gone, my duty requires me to
stay at home.
1 have had many assurances of
support from friends in every
wor* for Mears, and the day part of the county; and believe
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SPRING' STYLES NOW READY.
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Low Cut Slippers and Sandals. Lots of styles. Just the
shoes for young ladies’ and misses. Price $1 25 to 13.50.
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of the killing they met at a
pool to water some stock, when a
quarrel arose and Simons was
stabbed, from the effects of
which he died. Mears fled the
country, and though efforts were
made to capture him, he was
never arrested. He went to Ar-
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that I would have been elected
had I continued in the race.
To the matny friends who have
so kindly assured me of their sup-
port for Representative, I tender
my sincerest thankfe,; and shall
ever be grateful to them and to
the people of this county for the
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J. W. LEWIS, The Shoe Man.
East Side Square Bonham, Texas.
reared a family of fifteen chil-
dren. Mears’ life there has been
such as to make him highly es-
teemed by his neighbors, and he
was reckoned as one of the best
take a deep interest in their well
fare, and whenever 1 'can be of
service to them I will be ready to
do whatever is in my power to
advance their interest ‘and wel-
citizens in his county. At time’s fare ;<• ’
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fhe Tharg'; aDhet0came her/ksT ^ hU“ * Tev^s
summer and voluntarily surrend-1 r -s‘
ered. can t afford to miss hear-
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that thirty lives were lost, but
an hour later Conductor Stock-
well, who was in charge of the
ill-fated train, reached a tele-
graph office and sent his report
to the dispatcher’s office.
The wreck occurred three
- miles west of Maxon at a point
where a grade two miles in length
ends at a severe curve. The
curve skirts a deep ravine and
runs beside a rocky cliff. The
train struck the curve at full
speed, running at a merry clip.
Day had not yet broken and the
hundreds or more passengers
occupying the nine cars attached
to the big desert racehorse were
all Ssleep.
For some uuknown reason—
perhaps from the effects of a
^en and maimed by the heavy
timbers begged to be killed or
dragged from the burning ruins.
Frail women screamed and strug-
gled to release themselves until
they fainted from sheer exhaus-
tion or terrible suspense as the
yellow flames slowly crawled
along the splintered wood and
crackled as it approached.
Conductor Stockwell, by a
seeming myracle, escaped unin-
jured and hastened to the near-
est telegraph office to wire details
of the wreck to the dispatcher’s
office in this city.
Engineer Al Mast of 706 Mis-
souri street, and Fireman Henry
Bertsch of 607 North Campbell
street died at their posts.
The defense was conducted bv G<>rdon’s le.q^ure at the
Rate Meade, a former I fsS?. ^ °“ March
county boy. and a brother of'
Passion Play Entertainment.
and the expenses $89 75, which
left the sum of $65 for the United
On last Friday night the Edi-j Charities,'which amount it much
son Biograph Co. gave a moral, netd-d and greatly appreciated,
and instructive entertainment at
the opera house. Four thousand
feet of moving pictures were
shown illustrating the Passion
Play. While some of the pict-
ures were somewhat indistinct,
the effect-was moral and eleva-
ting. The music during some of
. the scenes,added much to the
solemnity of the occasion, aud
was greatly enjoyed by the very
large audience.
During the ‘ Messiah’s. Entry
into Jerusalem” Mr.. Percy Ing-
lish played a cornet solo, “The
Palms, which was very sweet
A male quartette, composed of
W. J. McIntosh, C. L Bradford,
J. W. RussellandT. R Caldwell,
For the Annual Reunion United
Confederate Veterans to be held
at Dallas. Texas. April 22nd to
25th, inclusive. 1902, the Texas
& Pacific Railway Company will
sell round trip tickets from sta
District .Attorney Meade. His
speech is said to have been one
the strongest and most affecting
as well as most effective ever
delivered in the court room.
When the case was given to the
jury, it deliberated only a short
time, and then handed in a ver-
dict of not guilty. The defend-
ant and his family were much
affected, and the jury was the
recipient of their hearty grati-
tude.
Mr. Mears will go back to his
Arkansas home with a weight off
his mind that he has borne for
almost half a life time.
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Offered by the Methodist church
conference of Bailey church,
North Texas conference, March
9, 1902, in memory of BrO. Jno.
T. Leslie. -
Whereas,
it has pleased Al-
mighty God in His wise provi-
dence to take from <aur church
and community by death one of
our most esteemed citizens and
members, Bro. John T. Leslie, -----v
Resolved 1st, That in the death News for publication.
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beyond a pessimistic view, and
all men were respected and aided
by him who were for the upbuild-
ing of the church and humanity.
Resolved 3rd, Tnat we tender
to his bereaved and stricken
family our condolence and
prayers, and, that a copy of these
resolutions be spread on the
minutes of our church conference,
a copy be furnished the Texas
Christian Advocate, the Fannin
County Favorite and Bonham
of Bro. Leslie we lose one of our
ablest financial supporters, truest
adherents to the doctrines of our
church, safe in council and of-
ficial advisory, humblest in his
walks and Christian character.
Resolved 2nd. That we lose
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one of ouT . best business, men,
whose insight into the world was
Committee:
A. S. Via, ’
A. S. Browning,
A. P. S. Hall,
W. J. Bludworth.
I have just received a lot of the
newest designs of picture mould-
ings.—Foster, the photo man.
Mad as a March Hare
Is the man whp buys a farm Implement
because it is cheap, or the “o|d style,”
and then finds that it will not do the
J. H. Oliphint Dead.
*j. H Oliphint died atl o’clock
Wednesday afternoon at the fam- 1
ily .residence on North. Main 1
street. His death was caused1
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work he wants it to do. A poor article
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is dear at any price, and a good one
is. always worth what you pay .. ......
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fr,,m erysipelas, from which he IF YOU GET THE
Had noon £.. ..
tions on its line in Texas at ex
ceedingly low rates, ia fact at
lower rates than have been an-
nounced to Dallas for a long
time.
' Tickets will be on sale from
points in Texas, also from
Shreveport and Greenwood. La.,
on April 21, 22 and 23, 1902,
limited for return to leave Dallas
April 26, 1902. 1 /
Any one of our agents will be
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sang Must Jesus Bear the Cross I glad to arrange for sleeping car
Alob*?" during the scene “Car- iaccommodations and explain to
rymg the Cross;” “Rock-of you any poihts connected with
Ages" during the “Crucifixion”, j the trip, or we will he glad to daughters
and “Nearer Mv Carl tr. Thnn-i ---------•>. j • daughters.
bad been suffering for several
days. The'funeral.-services were
conducted at Willow Wild cem-
otey yesterday afternoon by W.
S. Splawn,- of the Baptist church.
Houston.Oliphint was one of
the old residents of the county. ,
and had been an active business
man for many years. In 1876
he was electecf county clerk, and
served the people well in that
capacity for six years. He was
appointed postmaster at this city
during Cleveland’s last term and
held the position four ‘years.
He was a'*man of good morals
and exemplary habits, kind in
disposition, and true to his
friends, of which lie had a large
number.
He leaves 7. a wife ar $ two I
Canton Clipper
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Or Jr. Volunteer Walking or Vic-
tor Riding Cultivator, or the
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Canton or Rock Island Corn
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and “Nearer, My God, to Thee’’
during “The, Ascension.’’ The
singing has been greatly praised
by. all who were present.
Miss Bessie Baker played the
‘ accompaniments in her u^ual ex
celleDt manner.
both of whom are
and Cotton Planter,
smaiipox
I he fact that tne entertainment 'and is quarantined at) his home
was given under the auspices of in South Bonham. Dr. J. H.
the United Charities drew one of Hook has the smallpox in his*
.the largest audiences of the room “over Ragsdale's store,
•season. - j - Care has been taken to prevent
The gross receipt* were$154:75 the spread of the disease.
have you write direct to• us for 1 married. The eldest;: Mrs W-
further information. t> rr.,,7 • . .. . . : '
H P Hir'iKs V P Tr P. Hud„lives in Cleburne.
T p A..... -^.Turner, and the other. Mrs/ Jaa. Blair,
' ’ ' '^P. A. t lives in our city. To them tho1
t. orth, -Tex. jDalla§,Tex sympathy of our people is
T. H. Pate has thd smallpox 1 'eDdeCl •“ th shoui' of sbrrow-
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You know you are getting something good and
the value of your money.
March and April are the'
months for cyclones. Don’t a -
low your property to be exposed ]
to the -storms without cyclone
insurance. . The 'rate is only 5 )
cents for three’ years —Evans &
McKinney. , %
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Chas; Davis & Co
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Evans, Ashley. The Bonham News. (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, March 14, 1902, newspaper, March 14, 1902; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth913946/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bonham Public Library.