davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

HoUsroN. Tex, April I.-Wednes-
day night one OF the most foul muir
ders that ever darkened the history of
this city was committed almost in the
heart of town, and to u certain extent
it is still a mystery. Two ladies were
found dead In their house with their
threats cut from ear to ear and the
city stands aghast and appalled, at
the atrociiy of the deed. DIR. A d.
Burrough was one OF the first men
there yesterday morning. and tells
shocking story OF the situation On
opening the door TO bedroom
adjoining the dining-room the
body OF Mrs. Belle johnson was found
lying on The floor in the door connect
ing the diningroom and the bedroom.
The body OF Mrs. Anna Shaw was "
ing in the center of the room under
the dining table She was lying on
nback with her throat cut from eur
k--aridenilx having dissi fraEII=ioss
Food. Her head was turned slight
lySto the right making horrible ex-
Dosure OF the wound She was fully
dressed except the SHOES. Mrs. john
son was in her night robes lying
us before stated. in the door with
piece OF cloth stuffed in her mouth
a razor with the blade gashed and
dull was lying or the floor to the right
of Mrs. Shaw and was evidently the
instrument that did the deadly work.
1t was covered with blood. Her posi-
ton Indicated that struggle had
taken place before her death. On the
table under which the body of Mrs.
Shaw lay was mans shirt
ana collar both having been
worn. In the kitchen on table
was the case of the razor and near it
was sack on the floor marked with
blood. In the kitchen on the table
were the two parts of the razor. The
house Is a small frame building, single
story. and has five rooms. Mrs.
Shaw appears to have been ut least
81 if not 90 years OF age. Mrs John
son. was 40 or 45 years old. and it is
said she was ut one time teacher in
the publ c schools OF this city. Walter
T. Sh't"- sun VI 0htS- oudh anu ncpuc"
of Mrs. johnson has been arrested
for the crime. He was stripped and
examined closely. Blood was found
on mis- undershirt drawers and outer
shirt In the edges OF mis- finger nails
there was blood Both of his hands
were scratched in several places and
one finger had quite cash cut in it.
Iynching has been freely talked OF
but burning has the greater number
of advocates. 1t is not likely thai
either will be attempted. as the sher-
i'll would resist IL to the death.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

SAN ANTONIO. March S0.-A fire
inquest was held or the incipdiary
fire that occurred on Houston street
Monday. A sensation was created
yesterday by the finding Of human
leg in the ruins OF the burnt portion
OF the smoidering building. The
limo. which was pltriied- had evil
IDENTITY been severed from the balance
of the body just above the knee. All
attempts to ind the remainder of the
body failed. Several physicians have
their Offices in the building and at
first it was thought that it might be a
leg that one OF them nGd amputate5
or was dissecting. but they all dis
claim any knowledge of it and tell
very strange stories. The officers are
investigating the mystery. and what
makes it more Complicated is the fact
;ast none OF the inmates of the oIild-
ing are missing.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
A Theory Of ogs.

Mr.. John Athens theory of fogs is
ginning credence, and IS certainty one
that has much to recommend it. There
ca be TO question that it covers the
ground better than any other. Mr..
Aitkin attributes the production OF
mists. fogs and rain TO the presence OF
particles of solid matter in the atmos
phere. Prot. Tyndall was the first to
demonstrate how the atmosphere could
be filtered, and to show it in COM
paratively pure state Mr.. Atkins is
OF the opinion that water vapOr clings
to and condenses on these particles
either bringing them down as rain or
remaining suspended with them as mist
or fog
Chloride OF sodium derived from
the sea is the most extensive fog pro-
Queer. but sulphur is the common
base of town fogs. and he suggests
that it is well that it should be so. be
cause the sulphur has an autiseptlc
effect on the stagnant air and saves
rs from worse evils than fog This Is
good news to the sufferers from an ar
noyance which. if the theory preached
be true cannot be cot rid Of There
. is no special cause of uneasiness as to
the sulphur fogs. ana on the whole
they are blessings liz thick disguise.
All the same. if we strained our smoke
little. so a. to get rid OF the dirty
carbon. it would be more clearly and
altogether better for us.-Once a Week.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
norgnn,. Home Tru,t.

WASHINGTON. April 49, Senator
Morgan created u genuine sensation
in the senate yesterday in "a short
speech which ne made on a resolution
10 have an investigation made rs to
the effect OF the present silver legisla-
ton on the condition o. the country.
He said he wanted the different aspir-
ants for the Democratic presidential
nomination to show their hands OF this
all important question Of free coinage
and that ii was one that WAS not 10 be
tipped to the rear. His remarks were
supposed to be directed az Senator
Hill. That gentleman stated in an
answer to Il question put by newspa-
per correspondent that he would not
say what his stand on the silver ques-
ton would be Till it came up before
the senate It's evident That ne does
not intend TO express himself ABOUT 1t
any way.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

WASHINGTON. March Sl.-The Hon
Roger Q. Mills was formally inducted
into his new Office yesterday. Before
the house met Mr. Mills was on the
a.sa.. md. ,.,,eeiv.-d Iii e =, warm rccep-
ton from the members who gathered
around and wished aim goodbye to the
house and hopes for mis- success in the
senate. When III 5 latter BODY met 4
great number OF representatives went
on the semitic floor and waited for Mr.
Mills swearing in. There was Il mag
nihcent bouquet on the seat which Mr.
Chiffon occupied and it was seen by
this that ne wa5 TO occupy it. Senator
Coke presented the credentials oil Mr.
Mills and as soon as they were real the
two went before the bar and the oath
was administered to Mr.. Mills
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
CYCLONE IN KANSAS
Several Towns Are Literally Wiped CT Ii
Face of the Earth.
HOUSES MOVED DOWN LIKE sTRAS.
Telegraph and Telephone Wires a
81. Joseph Torn Down and
Many People

KANss CITY, Mo-, April "A to-
nado OF mad destructiveness SWEET
over Kansas Thursday night. Butte
county seems to have been the seer.
OF the greatest havoc. The town q
Towanda is entirely wiped OF tn
face OF the earth and Augusta. fen
niles distant was Duffeted ont of all
semolance to its former sell. Not 4
house or building IS left standing in
rowsnda The town was asleeu
when the storm swept down and RAISED
everything in its path. At Atchison
me gale began at midnight Thursday
night, but no damage was done 10
speak OF until nearly noon yesterday.
when tornado struck the city and
unrooted ana demolished several large
bindings and scattered signs and avn
ings in every direction. The Santa F.
Cspot and the Mount Scholastic cor
vent we're demolished. At Leave,.
worth many houses were unroofeS
Al ST. Joseph every telegraph and ten
ephune wire in the city WAS torn down
roises demolished and people injured
Nh;vn damage was done at other poin
in the state.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

IT has been a standing wonder
among those who have followed with
interest and appreciation the course OF
modern discovery aud invention that
human ingenuity has not remedied tho
enormous waste OF ordinary methods
Of combustion Fuel Is a first require
neni Of civilized society. The cost OF
;uel determines the success or failure
Of industrial enterprises makes or I'M
makes cities governs the Development
Of commerce Yet the Instruments for
extracting from fuel IS stored energy
sre scarcely more respectable. sclen-
aacally considered. than the battering
ram OF the middle ages as m nipple
meut Of war. or Che hand loon lHo
centuries AGO Is a machine for the
making OF iegtilez Everywhere else
we have devised and improved and re-
6ned uatil the world is provided with
machinery the most complex and del
icate for It's u-es The saving OF Il
fraction OF a cent somewhere in an IL
anstrial process revolntioni4es the en-
i've conduct Of the business But the
ere box OF the locomotive. the furnace
o. the stationary engine and the heat
ing arrangements OF TIE ordinary
dwelling utilize only a small fraction
Of the iusi they consume. The re-
mainder escapes as gas or sooty dun
iosl sinae Of power capable II
caught aud r.ade 10 do its work. OF
sddiug untold mliIicns 10 tbs wealth
a the uerld
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
TERRIBLE CYCLONE
Sweeps from Texas to Kansas, Carrying
Havoc and Devastation
IN ITS WILD AND RESTLESS WHIRL
wrecked Houses and Dead and
wounded People Hark the
wind FAend's Track.

SANTA ANNA, Tex. April 2.-Thurs-
day night for the first time in the histo-
ry of this country it was visited with a
most destructive cyclone 1t Is al
most impossible to portray the violence
ana fury OF the storm and the havoc
ana desolation caused by it. At
about 8 o'clock Thursday night a
black cloud was seen forming and in
very few minutes it took shape and
began to move with long tail touch
ing the ground Inc noise resembled
heavily loaded train on a trestle. In
"a few minutes ii began its work. The
house Of Mrs. Gopenhavers was COM
pletely demolished and lumber.
sash, furniture and bedding were
scattered. Next it struck MIR. J. C.
LAMBS house. entirely wiping it out
OF existence. Next Mr.. Heath's house
fed the demon and in few seconds
il WAS wrecked and strewn all over
the prairie Next Mr.. j. w. Halls
residence was struck and shared the
same late as the others The last and
most sorrewful OF all was Mr.. Bass
house Here Mr. Story mad died only
about five nt8utes before the
storm s:r:sss i1he house kill.
ing Willie At;Ist.ets-sm. sssd aoOtt IA
years,a nd wounding Mrs. Mclaughlin.
Mrs. Story Mrs. Boyer Mrs Bass
Miss l. V. Wood. j. G. Mclaughlin.
Rosa Mclaughlin May Mclaughlin.
Sallie Mclaughlin and john Mayer.
The house of l.. l. Woo5ard was .som-
pleiely demolished and he vas badly
injured. and C. Reeds house was
destroyed ana all the family of five
injured. At place five miles
from Tsfekhan the houses were
driven 5ntoss.each other wrecking
them but no one was hurt At Bangs
it is reported that Miss jackson was
killed. and Frank and Lewis Brooks
and wife OF Frank Brooks terribly in
jured. Mrs Brooks injuries are said
TO be fatal The storm tore the tele-
graph po.es out OF the ground and
twisted the wires all out of shape. No
kilograms can at this writing be sent
east in the direction OF the cyclones
trail The sight on the ground is
appalling. The wounded. sixteen in
all. were cared for by the kind people
OF Santa Anna and are now
mostly at he hotels. receiving
ali the care ana attention possible.
Two people were killed at Brown
wood. besides number injured A
negro woman was killed Ut Garland
City by falling timber The cyclone
reached from Texas 10 Kansas and
its track is sirewn with wrecked
houses ana dead and wounded people.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

Henderson of this county, who had
been attending the polytechnic col
lege OF this city. but VINO quit and
went to New Mexico in search OF en-
ployment returned to Fort Worth
several days ago, and, in company
with friend proceeded 10 take in the
town. Henderson had a large sum
of money in his possession and spent
it lavishly wherever he went He
rented a room in the lower part OF
the city and slept there at night
Tuesday he did not come out and sev-
eral friends went to see about him
They found him lying on his bed in a
delerious condition. 1t being thought
that he was simply in his cups no
physician was called and he continu-
ed to grow worse until Tuesday night
when he died. II was thought at first
he had been foully dealt with. but in
yestigatior developed the fact that his
death was the result of his dissipation.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

AUSTIN. Tex. April 2.-If there is
anything on earth that Senator kearby
is in favor OF DISCRIMINATING it Is King
Alcohol He wants TO wipe this curse
from the face OF the earth if possible.
and il he cant do this then he is in
favor of driving ii out in spots. His
local option dill was under discussion
In the senate yesterday. The bill pro
vides that the commissioners court OF
each county wheneve.' deemed eX-
pedient may order an election TO be
held in any justice precinct or such
subdivision of a county as may be
designated b. the commissioners court
or any town or city therein. tn deter
mine whether or not the sale OF in
ioxicating liquors shall be prohibited
in such county. prec net subdivision.
town or city. and it further provides
that it shall lie the duty of the com
missioners 10 order such an election
Whenever petitioned BY 250 voters OF
county or fifty voters OF precinct
or subdivision
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
NATIONAL CAPITA
Important happenings in the Various
garments Of government
CONGRESSIONAL hNO OTHER MEN
PendIetOn stops Bully BOrSeIle
Jaw, Telling Him He was
No Gentleman.

WAsHINGroS. April AT ihe uisi
session Thursday night there wcr
some rather sensational features in sd
proceedings. Only a few Democrat
were present but more Repuoiicans
Long of Texas was in the chair and
Pendleton OF West Virginia is speak
ing on the tariff. Boutelle Is the ma!
OF the Republican side who Away
does the roaring lion act As Pendie
ton is young man and new mem
Der. Boutelle concluded to have rOm'
fun out O. him. He began 70 ammo
him with all sorts Of questions
Finally Pendlcton became irritated an
told Boutelle that ne did not amour
10 anything. or words ;o. that effect
and that his only business seemed
be TO annoy people vino were maxim
speeches. sharp words passed. Pendi'
on getting the best OF 1t and. 1t
laimed. telling Bouteile that ne va
no geutlemln.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

NELSON. Neb.. April IA terrible
cyclone struck this place a; O'Clock
yesterday evening destroying many
buildings. People rushed into cellars
for safety. The damage is timated
at 800. 900 Miss Mary Brennan. as
sistant principal of the Nelson high
school is seriously nurt As iae
storm was approaching she iook
refuge in cellar ana thinking init
the worst was over came UP ana De-
fore she could get back the storm
completely demolished her house and
badly bruised her breaking her leg
and several rios Mrs. John Eaton
was seriously injured. Most OF the
buildings were insured only ag inst
fire ana the loss to the owners viii
be almost total The Rock Island
rOundhouse was wrecked.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
VARIOUS HELLs.
The Hlndoos Rave Ise. while the Kat-
frs Have but 20.

~ hhNo AoOs W nAAo NAo M
frs Have bat 20.
The general conception of hell
conception primarily based on curios-
lty and fear has been elaborated with
marvellous ingenuity. For instance
says writer in the Nineteenth Cen
tury. the Hindoo hells or Narakas.
are 1876. The walls Of the principle
OF these are over a hundred miles in
thickness and Their shine of fire is so
fierce that they bust the eyes Of those
who look at them even from the dis
lance of 400 Leagues Yama the
Greek Pluto. the Christian Satan is
2l0 miles high. The hairs of his
body are ike palm trees He pun
ishes the damned by putting them in
beds of boiling oil. saving their bodies
in two pouring molten lead into their
ears pulling out their toenails and
tongues and vast number of other
varieties of torture The mind. says
Goldsmith, with much truth, is ever
ingenious in ma1irg its own distress.
The general conception of hell has
FOR many a fascinating horror like
that of modern murder and the SUBJ
Sc luent hanging which brings so rap
turous a relish our hot rOllsat
breakfast 1t iS early sample Of
that remarkable human popularity
which seems to delight in PAIN. that
morbid tendency to self-torture.
which. not content with the ills OF the
present looks forward with quivering
horror TO other worse ills in the
future. And the future beyond ex-
perlence if not beyond reason, offers
an ampe field to the fancy of the
Northumberland The unseen
I'D the known have ever presented
.si attraetrve arena for the gymhas-
tics of the Imagination. But as the
bee and the spider suck. we are told,
honey and poison from the same
flower. so we may extract pain or
pleasure from our something beyond
the grave. Generally we prefer to
extract pain. The Kafiirs with only
thirteen paradises. have more than
double that number of hells-
The primitive Christians says the
sarcastic Gibbon. were animated
neither 5y the love of pleasure nor by
the love OF action. They were alike
careless of procuring private happi-
ness 10 the individual or any public
benefit to the world. But he con-
cludes lit was not in this world that
the primitive Christians were desir-
Gus OF making themselves either
agreeable or useful This passage
by the way, in an edition by Dean
Milman. is curiously varied by the
omission of the word not But
Gibbon is perhaps a little hard on the
primitive Christians At all events
their hell is probably both as agreea-
bic and as useful as that OF other
creeds Though. indeed. it shows
less variety of fancy than that of the
Hindus. il yet runs a very close race
in the arena of agony with that of the
moslems. wherein the lightest punish
ment lie to be shod with shoes of fire.
the heat of which causes the skull oil
the unlucky weight who wears them
10 boil like Il caldron.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

WAsHINGTOS. March 29.-Ihe sill
YER question Is an issue Of the past
so far rs the house Of representatives,
is coz - De mi" rast"r-
day clearly indi,--te That tne ail-ptNver-
FIJI decree cloiure will not ne invoked
10y the COMM tee on ruies 70 assist the
free coinage people in forcing 4 nnaI
vote on the passage OF the bill, ami
without such decree all The resources
OF parliamentary law will be power
less to resurrect the bill from the
cemetery of unfinished business 10
which it has now been consigned
Crisp announced yesterday that the
COMMITTEES on rules does not deem it
proper to report a rule preventing
dliburtering and forcing vote unless
a majority OF the Democratic MEM
bers should sign petition demanding
such an arbitrary procedure Mr.,
Bland Is quite indignant ana insisted
upon the rule but The spoikrr Is OBJ
durate ana seemed to be supported by
most OF his prominent Democratic
colleagues.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
Earrle. WIN Robbers.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March 80. Sun
day night nm attempt was made 10
wreck ana rob the Louisville and
Nashville passenger train at boyle )
gap. three mi e. north OF birmingham.
Last night 5 quad OF police vent upon
Inc same train and the news reached
here mat the robbers repeated tue
utIempt ANA a battle ensued over a
hundred shots being fired though the
result was not ascrr aimed Rein
forcements have been sent for and a
special u,lin left with ten picked men.
Inc Southern express company mas
been on the lookout for a robbery
along this line in Alabama for at least
three weeks.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

WASHINGTON March S0.-There
was q full attendance of members ut
the regular meeting of the cabinet
Yesterday. The session WAS mainly
devoted to the consideration of the
character of response 10 be made 10
Salisbury's latest propositions for the
suspension of pilagic sealing in Ben
ring sea, pending arbitration proceed
ings. 1t is understood that the cabi-
net practically agreed TO accept Sails
bury's proposition for renewal oil
last years modus vivenGi with GER
tain limitation With the character OF
damages to be left to the determina-
ton OF the arbitrators.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

DALLAS. Tex. March 2g.-Little
Jesse. Inc 5-year-old son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. ". {. Mynait VINO resides on
the Dallas and Greenviile railroad
just east OF Gear Springs road met
with a peculiarly distressing accident
yesterday by which ne lost mis- life
About noon his mother sent him to
the barn to gather eggs. He put the
eggs in his hat and started TO climb
ous OF the barn through crack in the
wall. lie went through feet fore
most. but ne could rot get his head
through and ne was not tall enough
TO touch ibe ground with his feet
His arms were over his head ana in
this position it is thought his neck
was broken His father was plough
ing in a field near BY and heard him
sc-eam; his mother ran to him also.
Dut when they reached him he was
dead.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

NEW YORK March 2S.-Church
circles in Brooklyn were very much
shocked yesterday when they learned
that the wife OF the Rev. H. Price Coz
lier the pastor OF the Church of the
Savior, one of the most fashionable
congregations in the city. had lett
him and that she had been driven
away by his cruelty She is now in
Brookline. Mass. with her mother,
Mrs. +. O. Dame. and has not been at
her home for over seven weeks. 1t
is said that she has written letter 10
friend. stating that she could no
longer live with her husband on ac-
count OF his cruel treatment of her.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

SHREVEPORT. It,. March so. =
Henry Ma,son l7-year-oid nesro
Was OrongHF liere irOH DOsIer Parish
ana lodged ia jail charged with MIR
der the tragedy occurred on tue
Pool plantation about twenty-thne
miles down Reii river. 1t appears
that the boys father attempted 10
punish him for disobedience when
the youth drew a pocket knife and
plunged the blade into mis- fathers
neck. breaking it OF and leaving the
blade in the wound. The old man
fell and died in u few minutes and
then mis- son attempted tc throw mis-
body into the river when ne was ar
rested.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08
mysterious Affair.

SAN DIEGO Tex. March Sl.-A
report reached here Tuesday night
that band OF outlaws had come to
the ranch OF George Alanis. near Gov
ernment Wells this county, and under
pretense OF having business with the
old man they decoyed him on and
nothing has been seen or heard of him
since Fears are entertained that he
has been foully dealt with. as it will
DE remembered that ne was one OF the
first men 10 offer his services 20 hunt
down the murderers OF Rufus Glover
and was OF the sheriff 5 posse who a
few days ago ran on to four oulatws.
when deputy Sheriff PaIaci0s was
wounded and one outlaw killed.
George Aianis was known for bravery.
and these bandits were aware of it
and mad no trouble in decoying him TO
some convenient spot 10 carry out
their foul and cowardly design.
San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1892-04-08

an ingenious and successful trick
vas recently played at a London Hat
in broad daylight y gentleman rang
the bell at three o'clock and inquired
whether Mr. Grew WAS at home
NO. sir;n said the janitor; he rare
IL. if ever. comes back from the Tenn
pie before five o clock. That is
strange returned the other since
know he has an appointment here
with Mr.. johnson mt four o'clock "
and went his way. At four o'clock.
10 the minute. Mr. Johnson called. and
giving his name, was OF course allowed
to wait in Mr. Grey's apartments.
which he denuded of everything OF
portable value in ten minutes, and
then walked out observing as he
passed the porter. that he could wait
no longer. Except from a moral
standpoint this seems a really admir-
able stroke OF business -ArgOnaut