Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-11-26
ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
The City inund stsd BY the II y
Rainfall.
WATER POURING INTO THE HOUSES.
The Cave Avninst I.ndcisc r. -suita II
His Acauitfat--No Delegates 0o to
tue Trans-Missisnipp congrcss.

Galveston. Texas, November sl.--Thc
old adago that u, never rains but II
pours" has had an illustration In Caves
ton during tho past twenty-four hours.
Rain began falling about noon yesterday.
aid Il has been falling irstty nearly ali
Ito time since. though this evening It
% scarcely more thnn drizzic. Last
night the streets wcrr flooded In II way
that they have aot before been In a long
while. and the vnter not only Allied Mar
ket street and the t.butting sidcwa.ks
to a considerable depth, but ran into soma
OF tho house. peop.o who didn't care
to wade had to remain indoors until the
water subsidized. Nearly three inchcs OF
rain fell between o'clock yesterday af.
,trnoon and midnight. The rainfall to-
day has been lign,, but II has boen al
most continuous curing the afternoon. ana
tile delayed norther. which has been ea-
psctei Tor two days. Is welcomed as a
k1orked out the promised bis Attendance
Az tao Coast Fair,
THE LUbEKE CASE,
The jury In the case oil II. W. Ludcke,
who was tried In the criminal court yes
torday Oh a charge OF theft. returned u
verdict OF not guilty nj II a. III. TO-DAY.
Lndekc was superintendent OF the poor
farm. A change In the admlnlA tration
moval OF Ludekc and the appointment OF
his successor before the former had been
very long In office. Ludekc was advised
by some OF his friends that he had
right to ~. out his term and to hold on
TO the pace. Inc new superintendent
rp0rtrd to the court that Ludeke refused
g turn the farm over 10 him ana me
sivrln was ordered TO put him n pos-
acsAlon. Meanwhile, Iudoko had removed
somo OF tho farm properly, feed. proyi-
o,sser from getting hold OF them rne
goods We're Recovered BY the ufl!cyrN ana
r,,urrnea 70 the poor, farm. and Ludekc
fhe defense waa based upon the statute
uat when properly IN bailment ~ he.d
whether the claim " good in fact or not.
So !ong ~ the. party holding the prop.
eflv believed the clam 10 DE good and
iemeys argued That Mr, I.udsRe be, ieved
u at he had a right 10 ho,d the office OF
superln,endsni Tor two years and acting
points OF the law" he sought 10 bring
re ,eomnilssiencrs court 10 y recognition
goods were taken openly and without
Intention TO aeftand
rhe case was given 70 the Jury et
not reach u conclusion until today,
KILLED ny THE CARS l
William Landlord, youth OF ~ years,
was run over and killed by train OF
cars In the international and Great North.
crn yards thla evening about $50 Ho
was coming In on the Cos freight train.
standing on coal car. and fell between
the cars while the train was MOVING about
h1lf the train paaainR over his body.
dragging II considerable distance.
THE boy war no badly mangled ms TO DO
Almost unacceptable Young Landlord
was tho son OF q widow, whose husband
was Killed In difficulty with Mr. Reagan
tho past summer. She lives near tho
railroad yards. and II IL said both phe
aud the boy were employed In the bagrlng
factory, iuatioe Barry held an inquest
and returned verdict OF accidental
dnnth
THE OMAHA CONVENTION.
Galveston will not be officially rcrre-
scented at the Trans- Mississippi congress-.
which meets at Omaha. Neb tomorrow.
There has been a great deal OF talk about
sending n large and influential dclcgn ton.
and those who were going would not havs
started later than this morning. Hut no.
body went The matter was presented 10
the Galveston business men and several
o. them Indicated purpose to attend tho
congress, but when IL came to a show
down they were all too busy to leave home
n1d 10 nobody would 60.