The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904 Page: 8 of 10
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MMDJNA CURVE
Missouri Pacific Freight and Passen-
ger Trains Clash.
^TWENTY-SEVEN DEAD
«w«nd Section of W orld’s Fair Spe-
eial Terribly Damaged and Oc-
cupants of loaches lladly
Shaken I p.
cht- frG.lii '<rau. which ci hed int*
a Missouri Pacific Warldn fair tralW
near Warrensburg. Mo., killing twenty-
nine persona, were nrreated on war-
rants charging *hem stealing $3.
from the body of a fellow brakeman
named Seidel. who was killed. A
blood-stained railroad ticket Issued to
James England of Dexter, Kan., was
found In the pocket of one of the men
under arrest. Zelgler and Haynes are
among those accused by the• Warrena-
burg. Mo.. Jury as responsible for the
wreck.
New York Populists have Indorsed
Hearst, Sulz**r. Town* and Dakar,
Democratic nominees for congress.
One of Many.
tvunsas ........- - H. A. Tisdale, of Summerton, 8.
*he Star from Warrensburg. Mo., says Buffered for twenty years with the
ghat as the result of a he,'don collls- I ... ------- ......d.^ve.l
Kansas City. Oct. 10.-A special to
piles. Specialists were employed
uod many remedies used l>.it relict
gad to nl | »d wa oun l only
iu the use Of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salvt'. This is only one of the many
ion near that place, Monday morning,
toctw.-en an e.istbound Missouri Pacific
jwsscuger train and a westbound
freight, twenty-seven dead were taken
/ruin the wreck and about thirty in-
jured Seventeen were instantly killed........ _
-■ a., law. »»>.*«**
seng. i train from Wichita. The tiain ,b lllia WOntlorful remedy. In bu>
<->
angers. necessary to sue that jou
According to the local office of the | ^ DeWitt’s, made by E. C
ivUhtrwasJltotblame'"tor the wreck, j De\Vitt ulld Co. in Chicago, amU
Jaavtng forgotten his orders. He had I certain. DeWitl’s Witch
ZZLZtTC TJVvXtt™ j H.zle lalve cures all kind* of pdes,
tout neglected to do so. The trains met burn% bruises, eczema, letter,
World’ffafr 'has"been^so heavy ail ' ringworm, skin disease, etc. Sold
roads have been sending tral"“ !" by Cooper Drug Co.,
two or more sections. 1 De 1 ——-■ —
wrecked was made up at Wichita Sun-
■day night, and. as is the custom, pick-
ed up additional coaches along the
Sine. The last coach taken up was at
Pleasant Hill. Mo., at about 4 o clock
Monday morning. All the coaches
Were crowded. Both trains were run-
ning at a good rate of speed when the :
■wreck occurred. Dawn had not begun
ir.o break and neither crew was aware
«of the approach of the other t> tin un-
>tll they were almost upon each othei.
"The I m pace of the collision was terri-
fic Sleeping passengers were hurled
gn every direction. Most of the killed
were In the forward coach. The spot
■where th-“ wreck occurred is in a nar-
row cut. and this fact, with the dark-
mess. added to the difficulty of the sit-
(uation.
The greatest confusion occurred ar-
•ter the crash. It was some time before
word was sent bnck to Warrensburg.
Relief trains carrying physicians were
#ent out as quickly as possible from
surrounding towns and everything pos-
sible done to aid the injured. It was
some time before the dead and Injured
could be extricated from the debris.
The dead were carried up the track
and laid In rows on an open space un-
til relief trains arrived, while the In-
jured were cared for as well as could
be. Some time elapsed before the
names of the victims could be found
and the natftre of their Injuries ascer-
tained.
A telephone message to the Associat-
ed Press from the scene of the wreck
etnted that the dead numbered twen-
ty-seven. seventeen of whom had been
trilled instantly, and the injured num-
bered close to thirty, many of whom
■erere in a dying condition. This dis-
patch was sent at 11 o’clock Monday.
Th<* forward coach of the passenger
train was telescoped and'the remain-
der of both trains badly damaged.
The curve where the collision occur-
■red is known as “Dead Man s Hand.
Both engineers and firemen saw the
danger and jumped.
The freight train was an extra. Its
•crew had. according to the conductor
of this train, been instructed to take
ti,.. ■ ding and li t the p issenger t -ain
jjass. The first section of the passen-
ger train had gone by when the freight
pulled out. The passenger train bore
no signal that the second section was
to come, he asserts, and he had ho
reason to believe another train was
"due.
The scene of the wreck is on a down
■grade, on either side of which there is
a steep rise. Both trains put on extra
steam to carry them up the opposite
hill, and when they met it the curve,
■at the lowest point, they were running
•at a high rate. The pnwsenber train
was made up of thre coaches and a
Pullman, with no baggage cr, the front
eoach being next to the tender. The
treight train was a heavy one. When
*he trains met the heavy freight push-
' .ed the passenger engine back into the
'• ,,aTSt roach. The tender of the passen-
ger engine literally cut the coach in
an rer stopped until It
►ploughed Itself half way through the
jear and its passengers, killing those
Mr the forward end instanltly and
Untangling all within reach. Half a do/.-
.en who were not killed outright were
Uo badly injured that they died before
rStoey could be removed from the de-
ttorls. Many of the dead are almost un-
Teeognls-abie. Arms and legs were dis-
membered In several cases and thrown
■together In a confused mass of bleed-
ing human forms. The next two
•noiches were also badly damaged, the
■seats being torn and windows being
■smashed. In these cars the passen-
gers fared better, all e>: ept a few es-
caping with slight injuries. The Pull-
jnnn remained upright and none of its
weupants were hurt beyond sustain-
■tug a severe ■hakim? up.
Char-
Births and Deaths
Births
To M. L. anti Carrie Burgess,
Enloe, a girl.
To Jake amt Lvda Crouch,
leston, a girl.
To Marvin Forester autl wife, Char-
eston, a boy.
To Hiram and Edna Gideon, Ben
Franklin, a boy.
To Jullie Hancock (col.), Klon-
dike, a boy.
To Charley and Amantly Miller,
Ben Franklin, a boy.
ToE. F. and Ellen Moseley, Klon-
dike, a boy.
To W. H. and l. M. Miller, Gough,
a boy.
To J. H. McNutt and wife, Pecan
Gap, a boy.
To Jno. Noble and wife, Craig
Prairie, a boy,
To Hugh and Mary Wynn, Ooop
er, a boy.
deaths.
Wes. Baily, Vasco.
Edna Hargrove, near Cooper.
Baby Perry, Cooper.
Uncle Wesley Pratt, an old and
well known citizen of the Needmore
neighborhood, died Sunday night at
the home of his nephew, Elliot Pratt,
near that place, an t was buried Mon-
dav afternoon at Shiloh eemeteiy.
His death was due to pneumonia.
TOLD IN FEW WOrtDS.
|t«ms of Intarast That Have Come to
Pass Lest Few Deye.
Oklahoma has 257 banks.
San Antonio fnir opens Oct. -2.
Oklahoma open cattle season begins
Nov. 1.
Shenandoah, Va., had a $20,000 Are
Sunday.
Channel of Wo Grande rivtr has not
changed.
honey Grove. Tex., has a curfew or.
filnunce.
Much wheat will be put in around
Lawton, Okla.
For the first time Austin is to have
u patrol wagon.
Taxable values of Collin county,
Texas, are $13,329,720.
Hank at Freeland. Ind., was dyna-
mited and $20,000 stolen.
Corsicana street car demolished a
wagon and killed a horse.
Andrew Paluka, an aged man, w n
drowned near San Ahtonlo.
In a riot at Lucknow, S. C., a negro
and a white man were killed.
Good flow of gas lias been so ured in
Preston well, near Denison.
Attorney General Bell has approved
$30,000 Dallas school bonds.
Fritz Palm, a Texas pioneer, was
found dead in bed at Bellville.
John Downs, a mail carrier, was
drowned pear Courtney, I. T.
Battleship Nebraska was successful- j
ly launched at Seattle, Wash.
Wild ducks and geese are numerous
in the vicinity of Hugo, I. T.
Next conference of Oklahoma Meth- i
odists will be held at Blackwell.
Vitrified brick street crossings are
being put down at Terrell, Tex.
University of Chicago was allowed ,
four grand prizes at World's fair.
In fit emeu's tournament at Oklalio- |
mu City that place won first prize.
Hon. Caswell Bennett of Ardmore Is
stumping Illinois for the Democracy.
Several small houses were blown
down by a storm at Buries in, Tex.
Dr. L. B. Sutherland of Ardmore has
been appointed a pension examiner.
Will Medlin of Rockwall. Tex., was
assaulted at Dallas and robbed of $110.
C. Ch.rlst. a farmer near Guthrie,
Okla., reports much boll weevil dam-
age.
Build'ng of Columbus (O.) Dry Goods
company burned, entailing a $200,000
loss.
Amarillo. Tex., voted to issue $45,000
sewer bonds, vote being about four
to one.
Million and a half acres of Texas
school lands are said to be bringing
no rent.
Excursion Rates
VIA
-ACCOUNT—
Ringling Bros. Circus
AT
PARIS
Wednesday, Oct. 26th.
The Only Big Show to Visit Texas this Fall.
ROUND TRTP RATES
Adults 90 cents Children 60 cents
TRAIN SCHEDULE
Going
I leaves Cooper
Arrives Paris
1 .eaves Paris
Arrives Cooper
Special
8:34 a. m.
0:23 a. m.
Returning
Special
11:15 p. m.
12:05 a. m.
No. 6
11:02 a. m.
11:50 a. iu.
No. 5
5:00 p. iu.
5:50 p. ui.
No. 2
5:4!) p. in.
0:4(1 p. iu.
F. B. McKAY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
T errell, T ex.
ROBBING BODY.
Thi* 8erlous Charge Has Been Mad#
Against Two Brakemen.
Jefferson City, Mo., O IS—E. C.
£,lgler and I* A. Ha' *men <>■
■ •In the end we thunk God more
for the shadows than for the sun-
shine.
general directory
r EIGHTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT]
Judge.............II. 0. Connor,
Attorney.............D. Allen,
yierk..............R. D. Bennett
Court meets 1st Monday in Janu
ary and June.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge..............J- F. Holmes,
Attorney.............F. C. Long,
Clerk .........J* T- Rountree,
Sheriff!!..........S. B. Turbeville
Tax Collector. ... J. M. B. Williams
Tax Assessor..........W. E. Moss
Surveyor............T. L. Stratton
Court meets 3fd Monday in leb-
ruarv, May, August and November.
COMMISSIONERS,
Precinct No. 1.......J- T. Morgan
i Precinct No. 2........C. P. llollon
Precinct No. 3 & 6. . .8. H. Edwards
Precinct No. 4 & 5. . ,W. T. Walker
Commissioners’ Court meets 2nd
Monday in February, May, August
and November.
CITY OFFICERS.
Mayor................
Attorney............J. R. Hatcher
Treasurer............Chas. Najlor
I Marshal.............H. F. Morns
Secretary........... .M C. WUsod
| Aldermen:—J. F. Henslee. H, K.
Cabeen,. J. P. Morrill, S. C. Ratliff,
J. R Albright.
Decomposed remains of W. B. Mc-
Lachen were found eight miles from
El Paso.
In a shooting scrape near Browns-
ville, Tex., T. Garza was badly
wounded.
Gin at Rosalie, Red River county,
Texas, was blown up. presumably by
dynamite.
Mrs. Tom Gossett coughed so vio
leritly at Gainesville, Tex., that the
broke a rib.
At a Democratic rally near Mount
Scott, Okla., six oxen and two hogs
were eaten.
M’ss Bessie Wilson of Cl rksburg,
Va., was drowned at Virginia Beach,
near Norfolk.
People’s National of Lampasas and
First National of Mercury are two no*.V
Texas banks.
Training ship Intrepid has been
launched at Mare Island navy yard,
San Francisco.
Oklahoma City votes Nov. 8 on ques- !
tlon of issuing $375,000 sewer and wa-
terworks bonds.
Miss Ida White of Terrell, Tex., was
bitten by a spider and severely suffer-
ed some time.
Holiness convention in session .it
Blossom. Lamar county, Tex., licensed
fifteen preachers.
Oklahoma election commission con-
venes Oct. 10 at Guthrie to ratify nom-
inations for office.
Will of late Barnett Gibbs of Dallas j
makes the widow executrix. Estate la
valued at $350,000.
Louisiana railroad commission has
granted commercial travelers excess
baggage concessions.
Last National Baseball league game
of the season at St. Louis was witness-
ed by 14.000 persons.
Fully 10,000 persons visited the Na-
tional Guard enenmpment camp near
Oklahoma City Sunday.
Episcopal diocese of West Texas no-
tified general convention it Is now
able to support its bishop.
Dr. J. J. Jenkins, a Blue .Jacket, I.
T., druggist, was fined $200 at Vinitj
on charges of selling bitters.
At New Boston, Willi- Watson, a
boy. who killed his father tor whipping
his sister, was given five vear3.
Henry Mason, a negro, was convict-
ed at Mason. Tex., of Insulting a white
girl and given seven years.
En route to World's Fair Vice Presi-
dent Corral of Mexico was given a
hearty welcome at Sun Antonio.
Miss Daisy MoLeon tel! dead in the
Imperial theater, St. Louis, as the cur-
tain wis going up for the first act.
In an altercation at Orange, Te:c„
Virgil Sanders was shot, soon dying,
Another negro named Looer was ar-
rested.
Edward Hess, alleged to have as-
saulted Bells Favors, a young girl of
MuaSSL Ind.. was fatally stabbed by |
Honey Grove. Tw.
WALL SCHOOL,
Honey Srove. Tex
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SSlthlKS Woodwork on sTorVnorice and utVascnable prices. Work guaran- < [
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Dr. Brown, the Oklahoma veterina- j
rice, has had several glandered horses |
killed In Kingfisher and Kay coup- ■
ties.
A so'ld train of twenty cars loaded |
with agricultural implements from .
Louisville to Texas points passed
through New Orleans.
"Florida rip." alias E. T. Oglesby.]
a negro, who boasted of twelve mur-
ders, was run down and shot to death
at Hattiesburg, Miss.
Maximo Vera and Peter Fierro were
arrested at San Anotnlo charged with
the murder of the one.diy-old child
of a girl fifteen years old.
Horses for Sale.
I have for sale at Rake Creek be-
tween 50 and CO head ot nice Amer-
ican bred horses, 20 head of which
are young and well broke to saddle
and single and double driving. The
remainder arc unbroke but very gen-
tle; are good size and range in age
from one to four years old. AH
of which I will sell at the farm oi
1*. W. Miller, Lake Creek, Delta
county, cheap, for cash or good well
secured notes. Parlies desiring
anything iu this line will do well to
call and see me before purchasing
elsewhere,
44 B F. Miller.
Our shoe stock is a shoe store in
its self. .
The Review want correspondent*.
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The Cooper Review. (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, October 14, 1904, newspaper, October 14, 1904; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth981712/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Delta County Public Library.