Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-23
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| BELLEyILLB, Tx, March 15.-Ou
town was thrown into tremendous ex
element this evening by the repor: tha
Mr. Julius HsAk, an enterprising ant
highly respected citizen, was sccid ntall
drowned in the Brszos river at his pldnta
ton, about eight miles east of Bellevills
He had gone down to look sitter his plan.
tation work, and, report has 1t, accompa
MED a. young man out II
the river Ina small bost looking after
trot line when by some accident the
boat was turned over resulting in hi
death. His companion however, safely
SWAN to shore. Ua ortunsiely Mr.. HAL
could not swim. At last report the bod
had not been recovered. Many citizens
have gone down TO assist in searching
and are hopeful Of finding the oody. Mr
Hsak leaves wife, she Is In quite feeble
heslth, three children ard al aged father
He was one Of the towns largest and oes
merchsnts.a
WACO, Tx, March IS,-One OF tbs
ssddest and at the same time one OF the
most horrible occurrences that ever hap
psned in this community took pl7ce st az
early hour this morning. Sydney Evans,
the only son Of the Hon. A. J.
Evans, OF San Antonio, and one of the
leaders In politics of the stste, was
run over by the south. bound Missouri
Pacific passenger train due here st 1:io,
.. n, and was 80 mangled that he died al
II this morning. Sydney Evans
was just Of sge, WAS CT 8
generous and msgnsnimous nature and
possess ed no mean aoIlities, but OF late
he had become very much addicted to
| strong drink, ana very reckless OF him
self under the influence OF Eq1or, but
was gentleman of modest bearing when
sober. 1t Is thought, and the evidence as
far as known suhstantistes the SUPPOSE
ton, that he was drinking
and had attempted to get on the train
while passing through the city, and had
allen between the cars. He was dragged
about forty ysrds, and had one leg cut
OF and the other crushed. Conductor
SRsr;z and Engineer Walker knew
nothing OF the tragedy. though 1t hap.
pened In about 100 yards of the
depot, and they paesed on through the
city without discovering what had been
done. People living in the neighbour
crying for water for over two hours but
thought II Was some drunken man ana
paid no attention to it. About
4 O'Clock he was found
BY an old ne gro man half unconscious
and all bloody and msugled. He was i'm
mediately carried TO mis- fathers .olo
home, where. his sisters aDd uncle We;
where, in broken and half-unmeaning
words, told the pitiiul story
of his misfortune, saying that
Il was the result CT
his own recklessness. II Is known that
he was in town lsst night up to IL O'Clock
drinking very hard sDd had been drinking
for several days. Sydney Eyans was
born aud raised In Waco. end there wa
no one but liked him. He was 8 faithful
friend and honorable. Bat WhIskey aud
evil associates wrought his ruin.
Captain Joe Waller Ct tle Hsll & Wal
Ter Detective Agency arrived in the city
last evening in charge of G W. MsthewP,
deputy saeri1 Ct Pecos county. Re was
arrested in n Aug. 10 by Captain Waller
on requisition papers from the Governor
Of Kentucky on charge If murder COM
mitted in that state several years AGO.
BE is young man and is said
to be very popular and to have made q
good officer In the west. He Is consld, red
a desperate MN and the arrest WAS dsu-
geTous ne. He will be taken immed:-
ately TO Kentucky. Mathews has made
c2nside raole reputation since he has b5en
Ia the stste, among { I'll -isls. /
DALLAS, TEX March Is -ColoEel Ban
Terrell Of Ssguiu, treasurer Of The Stat
Allisnce, In conversation with TIE GA
ZETTB reporter, expressed himself as
apxious TO have o branch Alliance EK-.
chspge ST Fort Worth 1--WE rec gnize,"
said he, Sort Worth's importance as
railroad center, and Ter con-
sequent commanding position IS a
distributing point. We know and |
spprecis,e the liberality and public spi'is
If her wholesale merchants, and We de-
sire intimate commercial relations with,
them II the Fort will meet Us half way |
we will establish branch exchange |
here, ard we will prove q strong factor |
Ia The extension Il her trade"
DALLAs, TEX March 1.-THE Dallas
county Republican convention met to-day |
in response to call made By Governor |
A. B. Norton, chsirmsn Of the county |
committee. Colonel Norton opened the |
ball by stating the chief objects CT the
convention, viz the Sc ectiUn Ct dele
gates to The Fort Worth convention. he
said that the large atteDdAt ce wss evi
dence of the fact that there was 10 sp,fhS
in the ranks Of ths grsud old R-publican
party. He congratulated the party upon
tae CHARGES of success.
DELEG TIES TO THE FORT WORTH ooNvEN
TON
to cast the thirteen votes of Dallss county:
A B. N 1rtor, a. NJ Cochran, E. S.rhayer, .
]. Q Bigger, r RowIey. Fr' Cutler
J s WuWer, J. B HGcb, D. Mackay,C
E. Aiterm.np, August Muller, William
L1rg, B E Meyer, S Grcssmsn, Joho
Bsl,, T. Gareily, D. Sulvsp, Jsmes
Bradley, T j Munpe, II T. Rur, Jsuoss
Scau!Sn, Melvin Wade J. E Wyhe, S r
johnson, jim Griffin, John Cooper, b d
As1ell. J T Conner, Paul Henry, Wiz
liam Fleming, S C. Atterourg, Jchp
Wsrner, Il. NJ. Moore, George Pfuitt, G
7. Little, Henry Ne'zler and ]. w. Tay.
lor.
The delegation goes uuinstTucted, but
It is largely outspoken for Blaine.
Eugene Marshall offered the following:
Whereas, the national Republican party
ever has been the great champion Of
American labor;
Whereas, the distinctive principle of
the Republican party is its advocacy of
the pro ec'ion of American industries. so
that the interest and welisre OF the great
mass OF wsge-WorEers shall bs protecred;
Whereas, the Republican party nj tn |
city and county of Dallas are IN this and |
kindred issues In thorough accord with |
the natiousl Republican party, and tata