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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
KANSAS FLOOD.
The Town OF FredOnla Cut OF From the West

The Town OF Fredonia Cut OF From the West
by Rail.
FREDONIA, KAN. July 25.-The water
in the flooded Fail river bottoms here is
rising two inches an hour. The valley in
places is seven miles wide and the water
Is twenty feet deep. a heavy iron wagon
bride, after standing fifteen years, went
down last night, leaving only two rail-
road bridges standing il the neighbour
hood. The flood is within a quarter of a
mile of the city. The relief party or
ganized yesterday worked day and night.
Some families slow to move are
surrounded and are being rescued as
fast as possible. No deaths are re-
ported, although few persons are re-
ported as missing. The Frisco, Pacific
and Santa Fe trains got through to the
west and north yesterday, but cannot
pass now. The only way out is to the
north across Verdigris river, nine miles
distant, and that river is rising three
inches an hour. There has been no mail
here for two days and telegraph wires
are operated with difficulty. The weather
indicates more rain.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
YOUNGEST CONVICT ON RECORD
Twelve-Year-Old sfnnville Combs Serving a
Life Sentence in Kentucky

TWelve-Ye ar-Old sinnville Combs Serving a
Life Sentence in Kentucky.
FRANKFORT, KY, July 22.-Sinnville
Combs, probably the youngest convict in
any prison IN the United States, has
served the first year of q life sentence.
When sent up from Breathitt county last
July he was eleven years old, and small
for the age. Prison life has toughened
him, both morally and physically.
that was fiendish, but he does
not deserve the heavy punishment
that has been inflicted on him. He killed
his two-year- old sister in a brutal mans
ner. The two were in the house together
alone. When the little tot started to
crawl across the floor the boy picked up q
stove lid and mashed her skull with it.
He then threw the body in the fireplace,
intending to burn it. This process of
cremation was too slow, and he pulled it
out and carried it to q small
stream near the house, throwing it
in. When the little ones body was
found Sinville admitted killing her. He
was arrested and tried. On the stand,
when asked why he had committed the
crime, he stated that his stepfather had
told him to do il and had promised him a
new pair OF boots. There was no other
evidence against the stepfather, and as
the boy was a confessed murderer his
testimony could not have weight.
There was but little doubt that
young Combs had told the truth,
yet there was no law to punish the
father, so the boy suffers. Many efforts
have been made to have the governor
pardon him, but thus far he has failed to-
act. When first sent up young Combs
had never heard Of God, knew nothing,
of heaven or hell and had never seen
schoolhouse. He can now read and write
and talks like q very bright, intelligent
boy. He does not seem to care for his
Imprisonment.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
WRECK AND RUIN.
Wild Work of the Flood in West Virginia.
Farmers Pauparized.
you, you Know

Wild Work of the Flood in West Virginia.
Farmers Pauparized.
PAEKERsBURG, W. VA, July 25.--
News received to-day, for the first time
since the food, from Westfork and Hen
ryfork, gives q sad story. Of wreck and
ruin. Every store from the head to the
mouth of the forks is gone or ruined.
Houses, lenses and crops are washed
away and several lives were lost. Cou-
riers from Tygart bring a
long list of houses and prop
erty, bridges and culveTts gone.
The list, which embraces every farm on
the creek, is too long to enumera tie. To
tell the story briefly it can be stated that
not a single farmer or resident escaped
damage. Hundreds are bankrupt and
viii have to be supported temporarily by
the county. The commissioners to-day
estimate the loss in Lee, Tygart, Slate
and Steel counties ut half a million dol
lars. At Salisbury not q single house or
bridge stands on its foundation and many
persons are in the woods. Help is needed
ct once
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
THE MONTANA CONVENTION.
The Educational Suffrage Proposition Reported.

The Educational Suffrage Proposition Reported.
A Woman's Suffrage Wrangle.
HELENA, MONT. July 25.-This was
the banner day of the convention, the
occasion being the discussion of the suf-
frage bill. The days work was divided
into two leading points. Hartman offered
an amendment that voters must be able
to read and write the English language.
He wanted this precaution taken against
the slum and criminals of Europe. He
wanted educational restrictions placed as
a safeguard around the polls. Burleigh
made an able argument against the
measure, claiming il would disfranchise
soldiers having lost their arms in wars
for the country. Under an uprOar the
vote was called for, eleven only voting
for the measure. The result was received
with stormy applause.
The question Of woman suffrage came
M next. The galleries were filed with
ladies, paying close attention to the de-
bate. Bickford introduced a resolution
leaving the question open fog further
action in future legislatures. They don {
want it embraced in the constitution,
barring its door for all time The after
noon was taken up in speeches pro and
con, which received stormy applause.
At O CLOCK, amid great confusion, cries
for the question were heard, mixed with
calls for adjournment. The chairman
with difficulty restored quiet for @ vote
on the proposition reading legislature
may submit universal suffrage to the pom
ular vote once every four years which way
defeated. thirty-four against twenty
nine for the section. Adjourned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
OHIO PROHIBITIONISTS.
The Rum PuIverizers Promulgate Their Plat
form and Nominate Candidates.


form and Nominate Candidates.
EVANSVILLE, OHIO, July 25.-The Pro-
hibition convention to-day made the
temporary organization permanent, with
Rev. R. L. Work of Portsmouth for
chairman. The committee on creden-
tiaIs reported 444 delegates present.
Only two counties were not represented,
Anglaise and Carroll. The platform
adopted begins by acknowledging God as
the source of all power and authority in
human government. 1t proceeds to de-
clare in favor of the suppression of the
liquor traffic. Revenue from q traffic
criminal in its nature is de-
clared to be contrary to the
fundamental principles of right.
The platform also faVOTs woman suf-
fTage, GenOunCes stock and grain gamb-
ling, favors arbitration for settlement
of disputes between employers and en-
plOyes, opposes land monopoly, favoTs
non-sectionaI adjustment of tariff, and
declares IN favor of an enforcement of
Sabbath laws.
A resolution was also adopted, not as
part Of the platform, declaring that the
present attitude of the liquor element in
the leading city of our state, under
which q muTdeTOus assault has already
been made on a member of our party,
is but another evidence Of the terrible
and pOrtentiOUs results that follow that
compromising and .pTofit-sharing policy
maintained by the old political parties
toward the liquor interest.
Rev. J. p. Helwig Of Springfield was
nominated Tor governor on the first bal
lot. He made q speech like a sermon,
saying he knew no better way of pro-
noting the religion of Jesus Christ than
by the politics Of the Prohibition party.
owe must put the government, - said
he con the shoulders of Jesus Christ. -
L. B. Logan OF Stark county was
nominated for acknowledgements by
reclamation.
For supreme judge, Gideon T. Stewart
or NOTwalk.
For treasurer, D. NJ. Trowbridge of
Foledo.
:. For Encouragement, E. Jay Pinney
.of Ashtabula. n
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70 ,Sbut est a BEatle 6ss5O GhurmQaass
Alone STAG CatatEh CIfre, as ftrsC1aSrure
YOU YOU know
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Gruber and thinner, Scwders and Miller,
Umpires-GaIvin and Sutcliffe.


CHICAGO, ILL, July indianapolis,
6; Chicago, 7. Base hits-Indianapolis
10; Chicago, s. Errors-Indianapolis
l; Chicago, l. Batteries-Getzein and
DAILY, Dryer and Farrell. Umpire
Curry.
COLUMBUS. ONO, July 25.-Colum-
bus, s; ST. Louis, 10. Base hits-Colum-
umbus, Is; St Louis, 10. Errors-Colum-
bus, ); st. Louis, l. Batteries-Bald-
win and O'Connor, King and Boyle.
Umpire-Holland.
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 25.-Ath-
letics, 6; Cincinnati, 10. Base hits-Ath-
letics, u; Cincinnati, IL. Errors -Ath-
letics, 2; Cincinnati, I. Batteries
Wevhing and Gross, Mullane and Earl.
mpire-Ferguson
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

in favor of the submission of the prohi-
bition question to a vote OF the people at
the same time the constitution is sub
mitted. The report was adopted.
The convention is now down to business
and will soon begin to frame a constitu-
ton from the disconnected articles in
dorsed by the committees.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Nnrtn Dnkota Conrention.

BISMARCK, OAK, July 25.-The inYi-
tation of the citizens of jamestown for
the adjournment Of the convention TO
take place was to-day referred to COM
1nittee of three, consisting of Messrs.
Moor of Lambure, Scott OF Bares and
Mt. Calm of Foster.
The committee on temperance reported
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Setting the Record.

CHICAGO, Ill, July 25.-At Aurora,
H., yesterday Sir Thornton, a three
year-old geIding, owned by H. H.
Downs of Geneva, Ohio, paced mile in
the remarkably fast three-year-old time
of 0.2O
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

''No,' she said quietly but firmly ,''I
viii not sign the paper, for don t be-
lieve in women 5 suffrage. The idea of
asking US women to support you capdi-
dates. I have supported my husband
for the last ten years, and l think he's
enough II Boston Post.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
A Mother and Child Crushed to Death By a
Railroad Train.

a 1AOluCE anu NAtlu N1uSutu 10 DtGLu by q
Railroad Train.
WASHINGTON, PA, July 25.-An ac-
oident occurred this afternoon at Ed
wards crossing on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, few miles west of Wash
ngton. Mrs. William Irwin of this
place with her three little children and
sisteT-iu-law were out driving in buck
board wagon. When they were near the
crossing the horse became frightened and
ran towards the railroad track. Just at
this moment a train appeared, striking
the horse, which was instantly killed.
Mrs. Irwin was thrown under the wheels
OF the train and ten cars passed over her
body, mangling her horribly. A three
year-oId son had both legs cut off and
has since died Of his injuries. The other
parties escaped without serious injury.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS

Al PERSONS seektag employment as Jdbo-ers o.
servants Igho cen not afford 70 pay mdg Cdrsrsiss
IN fhis,coJttmr for situations free Of chargs. n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

MONMOUTH PARK, n. Y, July 25.-
The weather was delightful here this
afternoon. The track was fast, the at
tendance large and racing was very
good The feature OF the days sport
was the disqualification of Mr.. WiChers'
Fan Fan colt in the second race for foul
ing Leighton. 1t was also seen that
Doine, his jockey, had struck Taylor,
who was riding Leighton, over the head
with his whip on the home stretch, but
ne claimed he did it by accident and it
did not count against him.
First race-Seven furlongs. Grenadler
won III POI; Dyer, second; Volunteer,
third.
Second race-Three-touTth of a mile.
leighton won in I:l5; Burlington, Sec
ond; Rosette, third.
Third race-One mile. Maidstone won
in AZ; Rheno, second; FaundaIe, third
Fourth race-One and one eighth
miles. Belinda won in 1853; Now-or-
Never, second; Judge Murray, third.
Fifth race-Five- eighthS of a mile.
Freedom won in 1902; Harambourne e,
second; ToUrmaline, third.
Sixth race-One mile. Fitzjames won
in I:434; Stride-Away, second; Ma
gaTet, third
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
Saratoga Races.

SARATOGA, n. Y. July %. The Sara
toga racing association could not have
selected better day for its opening as
far as weather was concerned. The sun
was obscured and there was just breeze
enough to make it delightfully."- cool.
First race--Five furlongs. Geraldine
won in 1:0l15; Fordham, second; Maori,
third.
Second race-One mile. Hanover won
in l:43; KING Crab, Second; Mollie' IS
Last, third.
Third race-Five- eighths of mile.
Successor won in 1908; Pearl Set, second;
Sena, third.
Fourth race-One and three-quarter
miles. Long Dance and Flood Tide.
Long Dance won in 3:0S3I.
Fifth ce-Three-quarters of a mile.
Vivid won in 1859; Dalesman, second;
Redstoue, third.
Sixth e-Three-quarters of a mile.
Brait won in lis; The Lion, second;
Dilemma, third.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

uTANTED-FouEAS gsSd house carpenters at
w mines oeIexss and Pacific coal COMPANY.
Apply atstEeSf Office over City national bank,
coTasre'hfrd and Houston street.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26

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Alone stag CatarFh Care, as ffrSCffc$cure
YOu Won know
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
NJ ANRED-Tw first-esTss tinsmiths at ,5lr9s
NsFANTEpD-50 teams aud he otaI55 fnc'a5-

for section hoUSeJer5 DC 80 SSvork, on the WaNl-
hachle exte1sp oafSSf the Dallas and Waco rail-
wayS. EsSefkseto commence THURSDAY, July ?.
Apptgto j. P. HUGHES, contractor Lancaster,
Tex * -.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-26
lt.esrTGkFf6N WANTED-HALE.
HELP wANTED-FE1IALE.
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VKTANTED--A nurse. va preferences. Appl
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ond ssfeAts, or at resideaee on Texas strpeF4s
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-03-30
Mr.. Wanamaker on X emOvals.
From the Baltimore American.

Postmaster-General Wanamaker this
afternoon, after he returned from the
meeting of the Cabinet. made this state
mert to an American correspondent OF
the policy to be pursued by the Post Of
fee Department.:
at will be the policy OF this adminis-
tration to let postmasters serve out their
terms, unless good and sufficient reasons
are given for their removal. The dele
cations that come here filling petitions
for the appointment of other postmasters
will not be considered, unless accompa-
died by some reason for the dismissal OF
the postmaster already in possession.
This department appoints daily large
number of fourth-class postmasters, but
in every case the appointment has been
made by reason Of resignation rendered
or because the incumbent was shown to
be incompetent or inefficient. In all
cases where inefliciency or incompetency
csnuot he slown, postmaster will be
allowed 10 serve out his term of toul
years. 1t would dissrrange the whole
machine to make these wholesale re-
movals,"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-03-30
A WHITE MANS PARTY
Preparing for the Organization of q
New Political Factor,

Special to the st. Louis Republic.
Birmingham, Ala. March 25-The po-
ltical sensation of the hour here to-day
is the discovery of typewriter circular
sent out by number of leading Repub-
licans to all the prominent white men
of the party in the State, and also TO a
number of what are known as "Protec-
ton Democrats" inviting them to con-
ference in this city, to be held on Or
about April 10, at which it is proposed
to ''form white mans Republican par
ty in the South and pass resolutions ex.
Guiding the negro"
The circular says; 'We do not want
the corrupt support of the negro longer,
and propose to exclude them from our
councils"
It is believed the attendance at this
conference will be yerv large, as nearly
all the leading white Republicans in the
State are beginning to realize that such 8
movement as this is the only possible
chance they will ever have OF doing any
thing in the Souinnrn States. The issu
ing Of this circular. it is asserted above
! board by its original RS, was prompted
by talks will President Harrison since
his Inauguration,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-03-30

The Memphis & Pensacola Railroad?
Yes, we believe it is one Of the projected
roads that is going TO be built. We have
learned from authority in which we have
y rood deal Of confidence, that the mons
|ey is already subscribed and in hand;
ip9rt of the road under contract, and the
'Sirvey of the entire line will be made
~ rapidly as possible, Commodore Van
|d1rbilt once remarked to us, that it was
||u1eless to try to build railroad with
|1nnds or bonds. There must be money.
|Aa these people have the money there
fore, we confidently look forward to the
|building of the road. From our best
Information, we think it will come up
Via Grenada and Charleston and then on
&ip the Valley by the Gums, Bluff Springs
nd Ma.todoD, not very far from an air
Inc all the way TO Memphis. 1t will
hp and traverse most fertile country,
hd the timber alone, will give the road
. Instant and renumerative employment
N X years. This is not the only new rail-
\ lad that is going to be built, bu! what
4 b have said is enough for The present.
Sardis Reporter.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-03-30
He FUTURE EsR MISSISSIPPI
LOOKS BLACK"

Fe publish the follo~ing article from
'the Memphis Avalanche, of March, %,
Itch speaks for itself in no uncertain
s6pnd:
RThe emigration societies in North
6Aroina seem to be in fair way to ac-
|6omplish their resolution of moving all
1e negroes out Of that State into Ar
k6nsas, Mississippi and Texas.
Two hundred and ninety colored emf
rants from the State of North Carolina
haye passed through Memphis within the
1SH forty-eight hours. Ninety arrived
1aturday over the Kansas City Memphis
3nd Birmingham r. r. and were trans
red to the Louisville, New Orleans &
kas road. Another train load contain
f 200 men, women and children pass
&6through the city yesterday via the
14Ine routes. They are all bound for the
'Xejghborhood OF Greenvir, Miss,
]4bere they will engage in cplton plant
There is considerable speculation as to
What will be the result of the influx of
negroes into Arkansas and Mississippi
1IOm North CarOllna.
"There can be no question about North
Carolina being injured by the exodus" +"
remarked Memphian yesterday. "The
|emigrants are of the agricultural class,
and no commonwealth can afford to lose
8its producers.
rMississippi will not be a gamer in the
Sl8ng run, either" he continued, '1or the
increase of the negro population over
he white in that State is alarmingy rap.
1already. If it continues at the present
ate the State will be overwhelmingly
klack, and, to man who knows what
6gro rule is, that state of affairs is preg-
Sxht with alarming possibilities.
\ tNNow, I like negroes. I like them as
Sefvants, and as tenants and as citizens,
nut the great body OF the race is densely
I j9norant, and il left to the natural i'm
pulse of its members, would relapse into
afarbarous state in the course OF very
feW generations. There are individual
\ sneRr0es, Of course, who are deserving o.
{the admiration of all mankind for the
successful battle they have made agains
/ and untoward fate, but they are scarce
and bear about the same relation il
\ point Of numbers to their unlettered
ASemi.savage, passion-swayed brethren al
{lsaints bear to the sinners.
n sThere is an evil hour in store TO-
Mississippi unless the tide of negro i'm
lkration is turned from 1t, or counter
ed by an iuflux OF white people int
4 XfHe state, and neither event seems likel.
~ occur. There were nearly 10000
ore negroes than white people in Miss
I21ippi in 1880, and the majority ha
6nhtless increased since then"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-03-30
Health is Wealth!

Dr.. s,C. VESTS Nerve and Brain Treatnnent
guasan teed specific for Hysteria; Dizzness C9n'
servoqs prostration caused BY the use Of alcohol
,r tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depressioni
eadine 70 misery, decay and death, Premature
I'D Age, Barrenness, Loss ofpower In either SEX
Involuntary Losses and Spermotorrhoea causes
nduigenco Each box contains one month'strest.
ReDt. d q box, or six boxes for $500, sent ~
sail prepaid on receipt ofprice.
gsE auAeANTEE SIX BOXES
a for six bCyes accompanied with $500, we wi
,end the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
hnd the money If the treatment does not effect
tnre, Guarantees iSsued only by BRAECM d
GOODWIN. Drnggists gsia agents. Grenada. Miss
Feb. A-lv.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-03-16
Doath of q. w. Ceddington.

George w. Coddington, who died Mt
Tulare, California, yesterday afternoon
was born in Ohio in 1924. He arrived
in California in the early fifties and
located in Eldorado county, where he
was for several years mining. after
wards holding the responsible, position
of Under Sheriff under Walter j. Bur-
well, filling the place with credit to
himself and to the entire satisfaction of
the citizens of the county At the
close of the Sherif's term of Office he
settled in Virginia City, where he re-
manned until the Reese River mining
excitement of 1868. when no moved
to Austin where for number of months
he was engaged ns engineer OF tho Cali :
fornia quartz mill, but becoming dissat-
isied with the country lie shortly re-
turned to California. md obtained en-
pioyment with the Central Pacific r. r Z.
Company. After filling various pc.
sitions Of trust with the Co. he was fill
ally promoted to The SUPPLEMENTARY of
the Humboldt division with headquar-
tiers at CarIin, where no resided until
about two years ago, when lie was trans
ferred to California where he died liter
ally with the harness on.
He leaves q wife TO whom the sympa.
thits Of the entire community are ex-
tended in her sad bereavement,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1889-03-16
n ltc ar arlSabIc Woman.

Elizabeth Potts is native of Man.
chester, England, about forty-two years
of age, although she looks much young
er. She is large, portly woman of
rather preposseSsiug appearance, fresh,
healthy "ccmplexion, light blue eyes,
weighs about 200 pounds and by some
wouA be considered handsome. From
the time she WAS arrested ut Rock
Springs, Wyoming, to the conclusion of
the trial by which she was found gu lily
of murder. she has maintained n stolid
Indifference which is truly remarkable
in woman.
Throughout the exciting scenes of the
trial she has never been known to shed
a tear, never shown any signs of weak.
ness, with one exception, aud during
the trial she seemed to be rs uncon-
cerned as if she were in church list
ening to the "fourthly" of prcay SER
mon. That one exception was when
on opening the case the District Attor-
ney portrayed in vivid colors what he
pro posed to prove in reference to the
murder; then it was that an agonized
expression passed suddenly over her
countenance, and her lips moved as if
giving expression to some dreadful
thought passing through her mind.
With this exception she has maintained
culm, composed and Indifferent de-
meunor, and even when the verdict Of
"murder in tho first degree" was pro-
nounced against her it was remarked
that there was not the slightest exhibit
ton of feeling, not even the witch ing
of muscle Of her peaceful counte-
nance, and she left the court room, es-
corted by the Sheriff. with some peas-
ant and smiling remark to the Clerk
who preceded her.