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ThirtyEight Bodies Have Been Taken
From the Ruins at Zephyr
Many Injured
Herald Special
Temple Texas May 31 Over a
score o injured have been brought
here from Zephyr and are being cared
for at the Santa Fe hospital At the
hospital here Santa Fe officials and
physicians report that up to last night
they had brought out from the ruins
thirtyeight bodies increasing the
death list by seven
An Earlier Report
Brownwood Texas May 30 The
terrific and terrible cyclone that
swept through the business and resi
dence section of Zephyr last night
about 12 oclock carried death and
destruction almost inconceivable in
its path Most of the business houses
in the town were either entirely
swept out were burned or were
wrecked Lightning struck the stone
building of the Zephyr Mercantile
company which burned to the
ground together with the lumber
yard and the office of the Zephyr Mir
ror About thirtyfive or forty resi
dences were wiped completely off the
earth not even the foundations being
left Dozens of others were almost
completely ruined The fine stone
school building and the Methodist and
Baptist churches were totally de
stroyed
Twentysix people were killed out
right about six others will probably
die and some twenty are seriously in
jured so much so that the result can
not be safely foretold County Clerk
Thad T Cabler his wife and two
children who were there visiting
were killed as were also Mrs Hart
wife of Thos Hart and little son
Robert of Brownwood
At 1215 last night a cyclone struck
the little town of Zephyr the first
station on the Santa Fe east of here
and almost completely destroyed it
Thirty dead and a score of more in
jured was the awful scene to greet
the survivors after the cyclone had
gone The cloud came from the west
and first struck in the edge of town
and cut a strip three hundred yards
wide through the most thickly settled
part of town and not a building was
left in Its path
The first news to reach Brownwood
of the storm was brought by a man
who came from Zephyr on a handcar
and asked that help be sent at once
A relief train containing physicians
and all who could be summoned to go
and assist in the relief work left here
at 4 oclock this morning The regu
lar train which leaves here at 7 a m
also carried a large number to assist
in the work Another train carrying
food clothing and bedding went again
at noon
The people of Zephyr are dazed at
the awfulness of the disaster but peo
ple from here who went to the relief
of the sufferers have the matter well
in hand and different committees
have been appointedto look after the
wants of the sufferes and to attend to
the burying of the dead
FINALLY GOT FIVE YEARS
Negro Was First Given Death Penal
ty For Killing Another Negro
Herald Special
San Antonio Texas May 31
After three trials for murder in
which he was given the death penalty
the first time and was twice given
twentyfive years in state prison Will
Benson pleaded guilty today and was
given five years He shot Albert Mil
ler another negro three years ago
The case was appealed three times
WAS KILLED AND ROBBED
That Is Conclusion Reached By Dal
las Officers Board the Victim
Dallas Texas May 31 Officers to
day reached the conclusion that Na
than A Board whose body was found
with a bullet through the heart last
night was murdered and robbed It
Is known lie carried a large roll of
bills shortly before he was found
dead No arrests have been made
Observing Holiday
Today being memorial day the
I G N shops banks and postoffice
are closed in observance of the occa
sion All stores remained open dur
ing the day
Attention Knights Pythias
There will be work in the First
rank tonight also nomination of of
ficers All members urged to attend
JURY IS BUSY
An Effort Is Being Made to Deal
With the Lynchers of Tom
Barnett at Abilene
Herald Special
Abilene Texas May 31 A special
grand jury to investigate into the
lynching of Tom Barnett was Impan
neled here this morning Judge Blan
ton delivered his charge amounting to
over sixteen hundred words condemn
ing mobs in the strongest possible
language urging the grand jury to
display brave hearts backbones of
steel and with unthwarted determina
tion 4 to uphold the dignity of the law
of the country without fear or favor
Captain Ross and a company of state
rangers arrived this morning but no
excitement prevails
8 E GEORGE WAS MURDERED
Well to Do Houston Citizen Robbed
and Skull Crushed
Houston Texas May 30 With his
skull crushed in and his pockets
turned inside outS E George a well
to do citizen of Houston was found
nearfthe door of his residence 2203
Clark street about 3 oclock this
morning He died within a few min
utes after the arrival of a physician
without shedding any light on the as
sault that had been made on him ex
cept to mutter I dont see why they
did it The police and sheriffs de
partment are working on the case
but although it is reported that clues
have been found there is not suffi
cient evidence to warrant an arrest
Robbery was undoubtedly the mo
tive as Mr George is not known to
have had an enemy He conducted a
stall at the city market and usually
remains there until late at night
Last evening his wife and son and
daughter visited another daughter
Mrs R H Fennell at 1107 Harrington
streetwho Is very ill They did not
retunhome until 3 oclock this morn
irjgfehen ttiey found Mr George in
hfs buggy where he had been as
saulted
The horse had evidently found his
way home without guidance although
it seems certain that the assault had
been made at a point not far distant
from the residence as Mr George
was seen to pass a drug store about
ten blocks from his home and he
had r ot been molested up to that
time At some point between the
drug store and home he had been
set upon robbed and left for dead
TEXAS NEWS NOTES
The closing exercises of the Sam
Houston Normal have begun
More children of farmers attend
the State University than of any
class
Houston has prepared an elaborate
campaign for the capture of the Con
federate reunion in 1910
There are to be two weeks more
of races at Houston
Thirtytwo people were killed in a
cyclone at Zephyr near Brownwood
Two immense feed sheds at New
Braunfels were burned
TEXAS BASEBALL LEAGUE
Results yesterday
Houston G Galveston 3
Dallas 7 Fort Worth 4
Oklahoma City 4 Shreveport 2
San Antonio 4 Waco 4 thirteen in
nings called on account of darkness
Rev Hall Preached
Rev Colby D Hall pastor of the
University Christian church at Waco
filled the pulpit of the Christian
church here yesterday and was lis
tened to by good crowds both morning
and evening Rev Hall is a young
man and a splendid talker and made
many friends here
Father and Son Cremated
Hereford Texas May 30 Henry
Milam and his Gyearold son were
cremated on Saturday night on W M
Linvilles farm The lamp exploded
setting fire to the house Rescue was
impossible The house and contents
weie destroyed
Davidson Is Pleased
Herald Special
Dallas Texas May 31 Attorney
General Davidson who Is spending
the day here in discussing politics
said he is well pleased with his pros
pects as a gubernatorial candidate
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