San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-07-08
DALLAS LETTER.
DALLAS, Tex, July Z, 1898


Getting the folks off for Chicago
is almost as peculiar task as get
ting the ship ready for sea. The
babies, the dear little cherubS
their mother, grandmother and
auntie we saw comfortably en-.
sconced in a Wagner that was
bound for the "White city," last
evening. Quiet, dead, dull quiet
reigns. You may think it agree
able, but it is not pleasant lone.
some. This getting ready fol-
Chicago has entailed many a shop
ping expedition upon the interest
ed ones. And how ones pocket
book is lightened! On these occa-
sions your correspondent could but
wonder if all cities would contrib
ute as many pretty girls and as
many blue dresses?
Dallas lis still wonderfully en-
Unused over Trinity navigation.
The subscription for locks and
dams has reached the sum of
$685., and people continue to
subscribe. Clerks and others work
ing on salaries, have been very
liberal in taking stock. Soliciting
goes on. The father Of Republican,
ism in Texas says that had he
been elected to the state legisla-
ture, when he was candidate
some eighteen years ago, the Trim
ity river would have been put in
navigable condition. But the peo-
pie have just awakened to a re-
aIization of the fact that naviga-
ton will do Dallas good.
Henry Miller, the white MUIR
derer, who is under sentence of
death, after trying to commit sui
eide by severing an artery, con-
cluded to starve himself to death
and became very much emaciated.
Finally Sheriff Cabell persuaded
him to partake of food, and he is
now eating, but with no apparent
relish.
THE NINTH NATIONAL CASES.
ne DOllu vi JdllltS hllCdhhOii,
late bank examiner, who is in
dicted on the charge of embeZZling
$4,000 OF the funds OF the Ninth
National bank of Dallas, was set
by Judge Rector at 10000. Mr..
KincannOn has the right to make
the bond in Mississippi. He will
be tried in Dallas.
T., NTnnI1 IT, al, ap0rnI
with embeZZlement in connection
with the same bank, will have a
hearing today, on his application
for a writ of habeas corpus.
The East Dallas Ice factory,
which not only supplies all of Dali
las with the ice consumed, but
ships large quantities to other
towns, is eXhausting its supply Of
water, and it will cost the COM
pany over a thousand dollars per
month to buy water enough from
the city to make good the failure
of their own wells.
Marriage proved a failure in the
case Of Mrs. Julia Collins, of Oak
Cliff. who. after being reduced to
starvation, poisoned herself and
three children. Mrs. c. died from
the effects of the poison, rough on
rats, which she put with corn that
they were to eat for their supper.
God, in his justice, will have mercy
on the poor woman's soul. AS she
lay dying from the effects of poison
administered by her own hand,
said:
81 am % years old. l was born
and raised in Virginia. | met my
husband in Texas and married him
nine years ago. We have been liv-
ing in Oak Cliff four years. We
have three children, Mary who is
Z years old, Edgar who is ) and
Frank who is not quite years old.
/ tried to kill my children and my
sell because my husband was off
and we were so miserable. | take
washing to support the family.
My husband goes away from home"
and the lady spoke severely about
her husband. ave almost" she
proceeded, "starve sometimes" and
life is so hard for me and my little
children that / made up my mind
last night to end their lives and
mine. / had a box Of rough on rats,
and l put lot of it in five fried
roasting ears. We ate OF it, but it
tasted so bad that we could not eat
it all. After we had eaten the corn,
I feared that / hadn't taken enough
of the poison, so took spoonful
more. When | saw my poor little
hungry children eating the poison
-. L Ln,,ld not hnl hut cry To