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THE EDDY CURRENT.
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JLLUU IUI1UJ.JVI1 1 lVXJVlillVj
TUnKISH MINISTER PEARS HIS
LIFE 18 IN DANGER.
The lTirnniml lid Formally l'rnlilrl
tn III I'airt m Asnlnit the Kipulilun nf
Ui (lrk t'oniul from t!rt-Turki lie.
puliFilnn Attack by ttlirUtUnt
Allien, March 10. There In lntcno
nuxlity horo rolnllvo to the action tho
power will dodlde to adopt In eho ftww
of tho reply of tho Greek government
to their deinstall for evacuation of
Crate by tho Greek truopit nnd tho
withdrawn! of tho Greek fleet from tihe
C rot. hi water. Greece being willing
to give In m to tho fleet, but holding
that her troop Hhould be allowed to
lemaln nnd be uiKid ly the wwor to
resloro order. In nny ohm, It In nut
believed here Hint the proposed bloak
ado of tho Greek (tunnta will bfiln be
foro tho Cud ot hc week.
It Is rajKirtfd that the Turkish minis
ter hai naked to be roralled, m ho
feaw III lire I 'In danger.
Or. Temple, archbishop of Canter
bury, lit Muit n dlHpulch to the Ma
mrpolltfln of Alitor, In which ho y
that the otttatilff lienl church of Knglnml
1 praying oarneetly to Almighty Gal
in Rive the CiettUM liberty. Justice ntntl
MM.
Tli reserve contJtnue to arrive from
tlio province nnd the enutew enthu
siasm Is displayed. The full text of
Hi Greek reply to the powers Is glut
ei .illy approved.
The limphemerhi, the governmont or
gan, nmwrta that order have been Mint
to Commodoro Saohtourl to malnlaln
tho position of Cho Orcok Host In Cre
tin water oven though tho power
threaten to uo force, nnd tlmt Prluca
(icorga himself ha vltKUd PlaUnla to
Instruct Col. Vuc to remain whore
he I In tho Interior of the Ithind. Com
madoro Bachtourls, on board tho Hy-
i'i,'J. has already left Crete.
i yTho government hn formally pro-
wi tended to tlu power ngalnet the ox-
f . I.. ' I . - I . J . . I fwaHb
IIIIHIUII Ul III!) imTR CUIIBIII IHMIk
a'retf. The Turk I bii gun bran ha tv-
,iM .ulwl an ntlnck upon Ilelmpotro by
,.,..t)uo uni'Utliina. who arcitpicu siratcgio
r i ixiinu nrar the town.
r.u Tho Greek torpedo tlotllhi, under
' U imniBnd of Prlnco Uwjrce, ban beon
if it.. ii.. i
unirrvu wi jitiu mu eniinii aiiuiutivui
if the Greek flotilla.
I
' A I'lilumlng
Meridian. MIm., Murcli 10. A pol
.ulnR com which promltM to becomn
fjmoui hna been brooKht to llitlit In
Kemper county. MUm.
Dr. W. II. Mparomb. n promlnont
tihyatelan. iukI Guy .lark, n wealthy
merchant of Scoalia. have been Indicted
by the Brand jury for the murder ot C.
I. Stuart far the imrpo of olimitiliiR
i ho value of liiRurnnee pollckxi on Stu
urt'K life. nKxrefsntlnR- 1x8.000. hold by
fitiy Jack.
A pout mortem examination wait
mada and wioiirIi utryclinlne found In
stuurt'H atoinsch to kill a herd of cat
tr. Dr. l.lMcomb wm placed on trial
nt DeKalb, the county neat of Kompor
Hiunty, yiBtwday iuiiI a Jury neeured.
Tho Inlroduotlon of tentlmony will be
ptn this tnornliiR. There havo been
moro than n dozen douth itlmllar to
that of Httmrt In Kemper county In the
last few year, nnd tho authorltle wiy
they havo pwltlvo proof ahowlnR that
thero have been orpanltod Rang of
promlnont men In Kempr county who
Imvn grown rltfi by liuurlns the live
of poor pooplo nnd then pobtonlng them
lor Innurnnco money.
Tho Hnultnble, the New York I.tfo
nd Mutual llodervo I'uiid l.lfo Inmir
tv coiiijianlM of New York and the
M-Uual lleneflt Ijlfo Iimunniee oonitm
ny of Newark. N. J., havo len mulcted
for lnryo miiim by the aliened ranaplr
tor ami the InRuraneo rampatilea nro
proMcultne the raw with Kret vigor.
WnlrMiiff llm I. .
MempliU. Tenn., March lO.-Col. Pat
rick Henry of llewieo, Ark., aRmt at
WaAhlHRtett for nil the lew dtotrlete
Iohk tlie MlaatMlrilH liver, aimu tke
day In Uie elty and viia olll Iim ly
the danscr tn tho lovewi from the IiIrIi
snler. Cot. llonry Mid that 1m hal
spectl to remain In the eaat for
xniie time yet on oiwount of the fuM
vr? ot the pillnt to Irii the rtvem
i viNv liA. bmi BiiihmAMinnir nil nnnr una
iii vnn weiion oi mo cwuinry up mri-
tl iot lumto to orajMilM the force Ui
tight It. YMtorday he had a couferiMve
with Cant- Graham, the United State
engine!' In charge ot the lower swtloii
of the river, and m n rewilt of that
tn United State lioat Titan haa.boou
f detailed to pattol the lower port of tho
river. Col. 1 1 Miry and tho other por
tion tiMt deeply Interested In the
tnalnton&nee of the levee will organ
lie a force at men to walk the levee
tlay and night, and In the event of the
vater uliowing a tendency to rut Into
It" levee at any place word will be
nt to the Titan and ho will proceed
,i MHn to tho wmo with audi' tent
ka of Fmi i j prj'i' t any ordinary
rrl(ht Mf n .Mr. I.
Richmond. V.. March 9. Tho chief
oflleara ot the freight tramr department
of tho various southern ml Iron (In nrn
In secret sseslon at the Jefferson hotel.
Tho bualn question under discus
Dion nre of vltnl intercwt, nnd tho nt
tendance io In connciiucnco litrce. The
mectlnK Ih hold ptiMtmnt to a call Ik
tied by the executive committee ot the
Houthern FrclRht naeoclHtlon. Tho
fiolnht iimniiRorH eonvenwl at noon nnd
after a dlnooMlon conmimliiK about an
hour and n halt behind closed door,
an adjournment wan tuken for lunch.
They wro In nelon all the afternoon
and yctrday evening. They declined
to make pubtlr their deliberation,
which related to tlio rnUMwar In the
Kouth. lr In w(il no aerceinent wa
renohed. Tho Deenlon will bo contl
ued to-day. Prominent olllelnls of i
tho luuthorn roodi prracnt. arc
them .Mr. W. W. Plnley, third vleo
prcHldent of tho Southern railroad,
(lenoral Matiflger Heubeu Fotr ot the
York Itlver road; Thomo Heott ot the
(ItorRla railroad, Tronic MinuiRor T. M.
rtiiierton of tho Cotmt Mno nnd Mr.
John .M. lengtin nt tlt CeorRln and Ohio
Central.
lliirnril In Itrntli.
Nw York, March 10. Hire floors
of a llrenilory lint 'building nt Auburn
Plnce ami Cmiton Hireet, llrooklyii,
woro gutteil by fire yestonlay. Ono
mnii wa burned to drath and a woman
nnd child woro killed.
Tho dead are Mr. Annl Duncan nnd
Child and Charle Gmldnrd.
Tho lire broko out noon after noon.
Tho flnmuH tip rami rapidly. Mr. An
nie Diincnn. on tho fourth floor, bolncd
her S-niontli-old child In her arm
and, driven from tho hullwny by tho
advancing llamra, nmliml back Into her
room nnd Kprang blindly from n win
dow. In tho deeccnt tho Infant slipped
fiom hor graMp and fell Into tho gutter,
being ItiMnntly klllod. The mother
Htruck a coping on the flrtit floor und
then fell to tho atrcet. Her skull wa
fractured and u leg and nrni broken.
DoxpltD her tcrrlblo lujurlo hIio nt
lomptoil to uo to her child, but foil
eK with n scitdni. Hliu wn romnved
to a hoflpllal, where he died taut night.
Charlei Gnddurd, to yenr old, a con
Kiimptlvc, whlU trying to odoupe, wn
orcrconut by tho (inoke nnd auffocatcd.
1VooiIiiiii nlllif Wurlil tlllMTVII
St. I.oul. Mo., March 10. Tho hoc
ond blennlHl convention of tlio sover
eign rump, Woodmon ot tho World W4
culled to order yiMtordny with about
tlfty delegate proacnt from Hourly ev
ery lnto in the union. Joeeph Cnlkm
Hoot, sovereign ooiimiI commnnder and
founder of rhe order, wii In the chair.
There I much important biMluem to
canto tutor tho order and it la gener
ly. understood tlmt wnm working law
will bo changed. The elou are
ciet.
During tho Mlan It U excctod
tlmt much onnlroveroy will develop
ovor tho proponed aopartitlon ot the
oninpj In the iiurthorn hIiiIom from
thoto In the noulli, awing to nn allogdil
difforonco of tho dwith rate in tho two
foctlou of tho country.
,Muil Th.lr Ui-Hir.
AMlnchleola, Kla., March 10. Tho
Cuban who hnvo aincmble lioro loft
Monday night on tho temer Griggs
for an unknown dtvtlimtlon. It wn
reported yetorday evolving that thoy
landed at loin. It 1 reported that tho
tug Monarch which took llftcen Cuban
on board nt St. Joseph on Sunday
night, la now at sen on It way to Culm.
The Cubans confidently Mort that nn
expedition will leave noon. Tho Mar
blehead llnlshed coaling nt Ponsacoln
and left for an unknown deatlHutlon.
A number ot detective nre her. The
Montgomery la atllt here and keeping
cloet YlgMance.
Klllluii'uin Trulllilr.
New York, Marah 9. Unlwwi Dan
Stuart speedily make new arrongo
in wit it I probable the photograph
nf each blow In the Corbtt-l'lUwIiii-man
flght will not be Uken, a the
three machine ot the Klnetoncope
comiNHiy which were to have gone to
Carson are held 'here to await a losul
deoWon. Thla -oHipMy b yH mikI
by Gcorfe Gregg and the iMechluett ara
In the hands ot the sheriff. I'mnMsn
to relMse them without tit customary
three day for oxamluaUon of the ee
ourlty bond was denied.
Illtva )...! I'lglilliif
Canea, IhIbuU of Crete, March 10.
Tim tlghtlng txtwen the Insurgent
and the eonlun of Turkish trooiw
drawn around Akrotlrl lia coawd and
tho liiHurgenUi nro now removing thir
imnip with a view to avoiding naval
bombardment. It ho been ascertained
by tho foreign consul at Ottndla tlmt
the report formerly dented ot tho m&
Mere of 400 poreon In village In tho
Sltla district Is correct.
At St. IMitt the sentence of Joint
8-hmldt, has been roniumiej to twenty.
Rve jears in the jvotnteiularv
Tho German Safety Vault and Trust
r mpany of Loutsvt K mad ' aa
''"Htntnfnt tho other day .
DAUGJI DKiliL HANGED
HE PAYS THE IJEATH PENALTY
AT GADSDEN, ALA.
Tr.llne Htilrtiimn W Miirilercii tf
llllii ttt(llirUlln.Kr-Th Hisntloa
Indilo 111. lull nil UllneinllirTwo
Doifii l'rnii
Illrmlnghnm, Ala., March 0. Collin
ot ono of the best families In Alnhnma,
wn hanged nt Gadsden at 1 o'clock
yesterday for tho murder ot J. I. Hate
of Montgomery, a traveling salesman,
which occurred In Gadsden on Dec. SI,
lHUi.
Dnughdrlll, who had been In Jail
hero for tsifv keeping since hi crlmo,
wn taken homo to bo hanged Thurs
day afternoon, llt'cnuro of a rumor
that friend would attempt his rescue
t Gadsden Jail Thursday night that
plnco wn guttrdod nil night by deputy
sheriff nnd nn armed deputation ot
tho Traveler' Protective amocIiUIou,
ot which Date was n member, and
which body prosecuted the prisoner.
Tho night pamwd off without trouble.
Dnughdrlll slosplng little. He derated
most of the night to writing letter to
friends. When nkd It lie did not
wmit n minister to olTor spiritual con
solation he told the counselor "To go
to h I wltli his - d d preachers."
Yeotmlay morning lie con, nld to
allow a minister to call and hold brief
services, but he manifested no lnterat
In thorn. Datighdrlll' young wlfo and
two IxiblfH wre with him In the oell
alt tho morning, tho woman weeping
movtt of tho time, nnd the children,
unconscious of their father's approach
ing doom, playing about tho cell. The
woman was heart-broken, but Daugh
drill, though nervous, displayed llttlo
fsollng.
Tho oxrcutlon occurred Inside tlio
Jnlt and wn wltnemed by Jirnt two
dozen persons, mostly deputy sheriffs.
All othor woro excluded nt tho request
of Dnughdrlll and his relative-, who In
sisted that tho pniKtr hud not treated
him fairly.
On tho giillmvfl IXiughdrllt'H oonl
nerve nnd absolute stolomm were with
him. Ho mndo no Hpoeoh, only telling
n tow friends good-bye. Ills Inst word
wcro directed to like young brother,
John, the only relative present, whom
ho told to mnke a man of hlmrclf.
at which tho boy burst Into tear. Th
condemned man protested to the last
that ho bnd been treated lud.
Tho drop broko hi nock and lie died
! In V' n minute.
A Slln IH.mlrr
Hiia.!ngt:n. Ark., March 1 Mine II
of tho Kunsn and Toxus Coal oampiny
of till place exploded Thurttdny even
ing, burning thlrty-tlve men. all of
thorn terlotisly nnd name fatuity.
Dead Hud Ilauley.
Tho Injured Joo HublKtrd (roioretli,
badly burned, will probably tlio; WIN
Ham Hanley (colored), Iwdly bunted,
will probably tile; 1. V. Krlckor, iMtrn
ed on arm, head and fare; T. Stutoner.
badly burned, may not recover; An
drew J'ox, badly burned; Ktinl Cablo
(colored), probably fatally burned;
Marshall Hutch, burned fiovcxely on
head nnd faco; W. II. 1 1 lie. track-layer,
severely burned; John Hnrrl (colored),
hands, faco and head burned; Jehu
Patterson (colored), badly burnsd,
thought to bo Injured Internally; Dor
iftiffalter (volorcHl). burnetl on head,
shotildoi and arm; J. Hill (oolored),
hands and head burned; William Mor
rlf, badly burned on face, hoad and
nrms; William S. Cnrlem, severely
burned and cut on the head. In a se
rlou condition; William Maxwell, very
badly burned; WII I lean Gartenslilre,
binned on face, neck nnd head.
Mine 41 Is situated about a quarter
of a mile north of the main part of
town. It was a atlaft mink six year
ago but abandoned for about two
year. This summer it slope wo driv
en to the old working and It again
oomnienoed to produce coal. Over 100
men, halt ot them negro, wore em
ployed In the mine.
About 1:J0 o'clock a multled roar
vtaitlel the people und they turned
their heads toward the mine. A col
umn ot smoke and debris eliot up high
from the ulr shaft at the mine. Over
the open ground and net work of rail
road track rttehed mott and women.
Many of the latter had husband and
other members of their famlllw In Uie
mlno. In a few minute after lb
explosion the men oommeneed to ap
pear. Home were not burned at all.
while other appeared with their skin
hanging upon their faces and hands,
or lKtnglng In ribbons.
The work of looking for those un
able to walk up tho slepe we at once
begun, Superintendent Vail of the Kan
see and Texas mine directing the work.
One by ono the Injured were brought
out and taken to their home.
A nevero storm vbrited Texirkaau.
Ark . a few day ago
At 1-eon I T recently, II. A. llsll
waa tfavbed tj Jea'U
Hum nil Nant
Washington, Mnroli 0. The senate
wa In ik'sslnn only about two hours
yesterday, and the greater part of tho
time was spent in executive melon In
eonflrmlng Mr. McKlnley's cabinet ap
pointment. Whlio In executive session
the credential of Mr. Ilnnna. as sona.
tor from Ohio to succeed Mr. Sherman
wow presented by Mr. I'oraker. and bo
was worn In by Vlc.Preldnt Hu
bert. Mr. Davis ws also designated acting
chairman of the committee on foreign
relations to succeed Mr. Sherman, lie
yond the usual notifications to the pres
ident nothing further was dons.
Tho chamber was n botanical gurden
when Vice-President Hoban called the
senate to order. Seldom has there betn
a more gonerou display of roue and
beautiful flowers. In most Intaance tho
senator who hail been en bounteously
rmnbred by their friend were new
senators, and the favors were without
oxceptlon bestowed upon Republican
senator.
Mr. Wotroti, of Colorado, who had
but JuH returned from Ills mission In
the Intfrtr or bimetallism, was in hi
eat early hi the cession.
The gullerles were crowded to their
utmost cniHirlty, and muy people stood
on the outside from early morning anx
ious to secure admission, Uinugh (Heap
pointed In Umu rpm to the end. Tho
dlplomatlr (wllnv was the only oxcep
tlon. None of the seats In this gallery
were occupied.
The cabinet nomlnallm were sent
In at 12: IK. The senate went Into ex
ecutive seiMlon. und after the continua
tion adjourned.
Washington. Murch (l.-Tho llcpubll
csiu of tho house oiitielputlug Hie extra
session of congress hnvo nrrnnged to
hold a caucus on tho evening ot Satur
day, March 13. Tho call wnn Issued
yesterday morning by lleprontatlvo
Grnsvenor. the chairman of the caucus.
Tho speakership will be decided then
and probably there will Iw uo opposl
tlmi to tho rn.electlan of Iteed. Th
method of putting the tariff bill through
tho house nnd iiossibly tlm question ot
organizing committee nuiy be con,
sldorcd.
It purl ul th Nturm.
Chlttito. III.. March (J. Tho storm
which raged throughout tho "ddle
went on Thursday night stand unpar
alleled not only for the great extent
of territory over which It raged, but
for tlu amount of wator proclpltnted.
At Cincinnati tho rainfall reported by
the weather bureiii olllelabt amounted
to 8.XS Inches, and flood are reports'
from almost every telegraphic station
from Pittsburg on the eat to KaneQ
City on Hie west, and from tlio laic
to the southern boundary at Tenuemec.
lu Nome luttnnre Uk wind reached
the velocity of a hurricane and much
tlamiigt! to dwelling, lxirn. fences,
orchards and forci hn betn reported
from various point throughout tho
district. At Culro, III., several build
Intel wcro unroofed nnd one or two
dwelllnga were blown down, oatwlng
the death ct an Infant inmate.
Throughout southern Illinois, Indi
ana and Ohio tho damage to railroad
property In tho form of wuhout,
making trafllc Impossible, ami In the
wrecks caured by tho softening of tho
roadbeds I Immense.
A oonsldorablo loo to tho pooplo a
a whole will bo caused by washing
away of bridge and roadway, which
haro been built upon tho rural dis
tricts at a cost of millions ot dollar,
and which In many case have been
totally destroyed.
Owlntt to the demortllaatlon of rail
way tntflk', the mall local to tho de
luged districts huve been greatly delay
d, while the through service over tho
trunk line east and west and north
and south ho been badly i rippled,
t'rulitn TrimliU CiiiiIIiiiim.
Atk'M, March The Greek gor
ernmeat ha protested against the al
ienee of admiral In command of the
foreign fleet In tho Cretan water
whh teferenee to the dsmand'of the
Greek commodore. Hachtourls. that he
be allowed to communicate the order
of King Oearge to Col. Vaesor, In eom
rosRd of tke Greek army of oooupaUon,
and requesting that he be allowed to
go to the OMUtauoe of tho beeteged
Turk at OumUtno.
The gavernmsnt has sent a dlMth
to K representative abroad, communi
cating the abovo fncu to them, ami
adding that the Greek oablffet belleret
that slnee the admirals and tho con
sul have witnessed the failure ot their
efforu to rata) the elge, It Is their de
sire to pluee every obstacle In the way
of the Greek' erfort to do so, ho that
tn the event of a maswore they will bf
able to throw tho responelblllly upon
the shoulder ot tho Greeks. The dis
patch eontlntH,;: "We have Instructed
our ooniHil at Canea to Inform the
Turk who requested his Intervention oi
the hindrance treated by the foreign
er '
In view of tho oontinuu arrival
ot ttte Turkhli troojw on h frontier
u I j be'lerel Hat Groero wilt mi out
m rem nod r t her remtym.
TDK OATTJEMIiN MEET
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION AT
SAN ANTONIO.
All IhoOlil ontrnri Vff lt.trt1 Willi
mil 0iii)illlini Niliu.roiM llrinlutloni
I'rrtrnlKit anil Ailiiptnl lijr llm Atiorts.
Hun An Annuity Vamp
San Antonio, Te... Msreh 10, The
Cattle Hnlsern' oclntlon ot Textt
tunveniHl nt 11 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. President Hush nnd all thj oluccr
of t lie nnrintloft being present. Dlvlno
bm..lng wae InroMd by Itev. A. J. liar
rln. Hon. It. I,. Hall, of San Antonio,
lu behalf of the city, eloquently wel
comed the visitors. President Hush
briefly responded on behalf of tho as
sociation. A telegram from Hon. Jatues
Wilson, tho new secretary ot agricul
ture, was read, congratulating the asso
ciation upon the progress madn nnd tho
good work being done, also expressing
regret Hint the rcent resumption by
him of hM duties precluded hi attend
ance. On motion ot Iko T. Pryor, Chicago,
wa tltnukrd for abolishing the I per
head charge heretofore made on broken
ribbed rattle.
Hinging resolutions were adopted In
nilvotwy of the iwseage of a stringent
game preservation law.
On motion of I.. P. Wilson, of Wich
ita county, lb" association declared It
belief that the stockyard companies of
the country could ufford to reduce yard
age nnd feed chnrges, tho present rates
being considered unreasonable. Kan tan
wns thanked for tho passiiEO or the hill
fixing ir cents uh the maximum chargo
In this lino.
t'ol. C. C. Slaughter of Dallas moved n
rradlug of Hie by-laws of the associa
tion, with n view to tlxlug tho salaries
ot Its allloars.
Ho spoke strongly In favor of thla,
but nn nmoudmeiit offered by Mr. Kle
berg of Nticcca county relegating the
matter to tho executive commltteo pre
vailed by mi overwhelming vote.
On motion of Col. I. T. Pryor tho
present ranger force, was stronitly com
mended for Its excellent work, and tho
legislature wn requested lo mako milt
able provision for It maintenance up
on a decent basis.
The resolution of protest to tho Icgls
laturo upon the oleoiuargerlne question
wa ndoptcd.
ProMldent Hush appointed tin follow
ing committee to visit Austin lu fur
therance of It provisions: It. J. Kle
berg. John N. Simpson nnd O, W. Sny
der. I'pou quarantine matters the follow
ing resolution proposed by the execu
tive commlltM' wa adopted;
Whereon, our present lire stock sani
tary law I defective and Incomplete lu
many rotpocbj: and,
Whereas, a bill hn been Introduced
In ;hn leii ite of the Mtatn of Texas by
Senator Tunny, which Iieh lieen c.iro
fully examined by our committee on
legislation nud found to current all de
fects of our present law and to supply
the necessary '.cglslutlo'i upon the sub
ject; therefore l It
Hesohed, by this convention, that a
committer be appointed to ttrce the
prompt paasnge of the bill.
A communloiitlon requeuing tho as
tmlatloii to asilst In tho prosecution of
tlio slayor ot Sheriff J. I Dowe, of
Ihldy. N. M., wn then read und referred
to the oxoeutlvo oomwlttc.
The next order wn tho slsctlon of
otllcer.
Pol. Ike T. Pryor In nn eloquent and
eulogistic speech, proposed tlio re-el ac
tion of Mr. A. P. Hush,, who hail served
the noctntlon for nine year. During
Mr. I'ryor remark President Hush re
.lrd from hi place, calling on Seerc
tar living to preside. The noir.lnntloit
of Mi. Uush wm seonnded by Col. C. C.
HUughter of Da I hi a In an eloquent and
emphatic manner. Col. Slaughter of
Datlua uld he took great pleasure In
seconding the nomlimtloo, particularly
so since he had been appointed
against Mr. Uush a year ago for the
place, and lie now nkd those who fol
lowed him Inch lo follow him how Hi
voting for Mr. Hush. Tho election ot Mr.
Uush wa made unanimous, and uon
the announcement of Hie result tho
band struck up Dixie, while the audi
ence applauded.
Mr. Hush responded In feeling terms
In till demonstration, and then on mo
tion all the old ameer were re-elected
follow' It. J. Kleberg of Kettee.
first vice president; A. 0. Hole ot
Chauiiing. second vice president; It.
It. Ilarrohl of Port Worth, treasurer; J.
C. tovlug of Port Worth, secretary.
The association then adjourned.
VltltMl h Wliltrmpt.
McKlaney. Tea.. March 10.-W. U
Nebwn, ot this city, sent three Negroes
to work Mine land ot hi a few mile
southeast yt McKlnney Monday. Just a
the uegroe were proceeding to work
soen white mm railed on them and in
formed "ti- i.iuied laborsrs that tli-y
would " i" .iiiii.Mii io work i:. that
comninniiv iti r riii one tmi p wli;te
).U) .rer ft! ' .Ul uv- mich a pi.il'-ge
Xt.o n gr j im away
TEXAS NEWS ITEMS.
At (lollnd, Oollnd county, W. Dunn,
ewlty aeseeeor, died the other day
from strychnine.
Tho 3-year-old girl of T. 11. Scarbor
ough, of Calvert, Hobertson county, a
short tlmo ago, nto some belladonna
tablet and died within a few hour.
A son of Wm. Hedrlek. a farmer liv
ing several miles south ot Denton. Den
ton county, while playing bill recently,
had hi left arm broken by falllrg ovor
a rook.
Near Holland, Hell county, whlio gin
ning a remnant of cotton, n few day
ago, Thompson' gin caught lire, but
wa prompely put out. Damage light,
nn Insurance.
Granville llobluson, n colored man,
aged OK, fell at his house an North Sec
ond strcot, Wnoo, the other evening,
nnd died In n few minute from hemor
rhage of the lungs.
in Trinity, Trinity eottnty. several
itlghtM ago three highway robbers drew
liielr plHtol on Charley Klllott and
compelled him to glvo up all the money
In tho store. No urrost.
About three miles south of Kopperl
Ilosquo county, recently, the 7-year-old
girl of G. A. Latham wa burned to
death, hor clothing ontchlng lire from
walking too near a llreplacc.
At GulneMvllle. Cooke county. Ira
LIkIiI, aged about HO year, wan stabbed
wltn n iKirkelkulfe the other day and m
not oxperted to live. John Hlickburu,
about the same uge, wn nrn'Nted.
At Hoovlllo. I lee county, H. K. Tom
charged with tho murder ot Hurnell
Ilutlor, nf cc flftoeu months' Incarcera
tion, Is a tree roan, "Not guilty." was
the verdict of the Jury the other morn
Iiir. At San Diego, Duval county, the run
get nro active. On a telegram from
Iletvllle, Heo county, Cnpt. Uoger cnt
out a scout and captured about fourteen
mile wcHt of San Diego two men
chnrgrd with murder.
Ofllccr Junto nnd Krceman arrested
n man giving hi name a Penile, In
Donlson, on tho charge of throwing
eggb at the Houston and Texas Central
IMtacngcr train us It wns leaving the
union depot a few nlghta ago,
A medicine tout an Knit I'rankllit
street. Illllsboro, Hill county, a short
tlm ago was htirglarlced and 110 stolen
from the pocket of the manager. J II.
and Will riealey and W. T. Kntheree
were arrested on charge of the bur'
glary.
At MrKlniiey. Collin county (' D
Hay hit tiled suit for fin,4Q0 ngnins
J. M. Ue. J. T. McNulty. Tom W Pt
Itlii. It. I., Wlilte nud the Wtntern tn
ion Telegraph eonituy. The plaintiff
charge defamatory publication In n
newspaper and tho Western I ntuit
ngent nt Wylle, Collin county, with de
lating the delivery of a message
Julius A. SteUoner. n prominent ex
porter of cotton seed products, wan dis
covered In nn uuconsclott condition In
hlr room nt the Tremont hotel Galves
ton, tho other morning. Dea'h resulted
nn hour Inter. An autopsy thawed that
death resulted from llrlght dlscann.
The Gorman consul ha raided for In
structions to relative In Germany
Tho Cotton Holt railroad dumped two
carload of Ironstone nt Greenville,
Hunt county, recently, to be used a au
experiment for inuuidnmlxlng on Bast
l.cc street. If It works all right the
Street will be paved with this won
from the depot to tho public square
Tim Ironstone Is very hard nnd tmiki a
flue surface stone fur macadam
Mr. Pearl lllxson. wife of W t II. x
son. consul nt Poochow, China who left
U ngvlow, Gregg county, n it bride
when her husband wu appointed twi
years ago, returned home the othT day
She Is the daughter ot Sheriff J t
Howard. Mr, lllxson brings with her
an Infant duughlsr, born to them in
China. Rhe made the entire ftp utone
with her Imby. otlng over a month on
the wtiy.
In the Concha eettlemsnt. about right
mile from Kenedy, Karnes romiiv II i
llrMUUUHl WM tlOt HU killed Hfw-r.il
morning ago. Chu of the tragedy nn
known. Hrauuiim wn a newcomer t i
thrl cotiaty. Ills iHtrent to imi
und were notlllcd.
The Caroline, on lines t-r i .rt
Worth, biirnotl a few night ag It wa.i
a tarn two-etory frame Mrueture flu l
with boanlsr. all of whom esmprd bu
many In thetr nlglK clothe. No tot of
lite or Injury to person resulted Tin
property destroyed was valunt .u Joouo
Near Santo, Palo Pinto county J J
lltadfonl, a section hand un the Tcxn
nnd Psclllc railway, while Irving t
boartl a moving freight train mar Hn
depot, recently, loci hi footing and f-1
under the train. The truck of ij.o x
too mm over one leg Jti-t bruw
the knee, severing It from the IkmIv
Hon SHohii of lnl eounty wa ar'
reeled by f't. W. J. Mcliona J i
inly on the i barge of tbrt r .a"''
H waived exHtiilnlng trial at quatish
H. rdemun inty and g.i. . r t f ?
h i'p. aMn. . t tn -, i wl j
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