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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
THE TEXAS CYCLONE.

Further Particulars From the Scene Of
the Dcath-DeaIing Storm-The Latest
Rcp0rts the Worst News--About Two
Hundred Lives Now said to he Lost
While the List of the Injured Grows
storms In Other States.
SHERMAN. Tex. May 1.-THE hor-
ror-striclxen people of Grayson aad
for the last two days in the gruesome
work of recovering and counting the
dead victims of Fridays cyclone and
alleviating the sufferings of the in-
jured. The story of the terrible dis
aster to life and property can not yet
be fully told. Two hundred eorpses,
by a conservative es innate from
all points stricken by the fury
of the elements, may cover the
fatalities. Another hundred men
women and children have already
been reported seriouly injured and
two score of the sufferers are not ex-
pected to live. The wounded in the
neighborhood of Sherman are scattered
over territory ten miles in length, be-
ing cared for by friends and strangers,
which renders the task of gathering
names slow and difficult in the midst
of the accompanying flood and debris.
A million dollars will not cover the
property loss.
The storm of wind, rain, thunder
and lightning began near Justin, in
the southeast corner of Den ton county,
and passed easteriy and north through
Grayson county until the Red river,
on the Indian territory border, was
reached, when it scattered and ceased
its deadly work. The town of Joel,
Chickasaw nation, was the most north
erly point stricken. The cyclone trav-
eled 100 miles, but its width was con-
fined to $50 yards.
The special and regular trains which
came into the gloom-shrouded city
yesterday were filed with volunteer
physicians and nurses, anxious rela-
tives and friends of the victims.
Searching parties were sent out
along the path of the grim reaper to
gather the harvest of bodies from the
flooded wreckage and relieve the suf-
ferings of those injured who had not
been found during the night.
The common sorrow obliterated the
line which divides the negro from the
white. Followers of the Red Cross on
the field of carnage could not have
done more than white men and women
did yesterday and Saturday night for
the dying and suffering survivors of
the black race, who comprised the
ma jority of the victims.
The banks of Post Oak creek, which
the cyclone made cemetery of, were
lined all day with hundreds of anxious
and curious visitors, watching with
different feelings the search for more
bodies among the mud and water
soaked debris
Reports came in from points down
the creek that the loss of life outside
the city limits had been worse than
feared. At the suspension bridge dead
and injured lay in every direction and
the few houses that had escaped the
wind scythe were crowded with living
victims.
At the Houston-street bridge corpses
and injured people formed a heart
rending spectacle.
All available wagons were pressed
into service by the volunteer brigade
to remove the dead to the morgue and
the living to the temporary hospitals.
Relatives and friends of those who are
no more gave way to pitiful grief at
the scene Of recovery and at the hos
pitals, adding to the horror of the
hour.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

GUTHRIE, Ok, May ia tornado
passed over the country 20 miles east
of here, between Langston and Per-
lxins, Wednesday evening, doing many
thousands of dollars damages to build
ings, orchards and crops. Seven houses
were destroyed, including the fine res
licences of Samuel Dennison aud
Charles Skinner. Mr.. Dennison was
fatally injured and a boy named Will
son badly crushed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Homespaths in Session.

The State Homeopathic Association
met at chattanooga last week. President
Douglass Caulkins, of Knox vile, pre-
siding. DIR. e. III. Price, of Chatta-
nooga, was elected delegate to the Ma
tional Homeopathic Institute. Nash
vile was chosen as the location for the
subsequent meetings of the association
and the first Wednesday of May as the
AZ
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

proper time, it raley seems to me, for
young people to fall in love and go
courtin and git married and settle down
to business. But yet still at the same
time when the sap is up and the freshets
fall and the creek slops over, there is
trouble in the land and weepin and
waiiin in the lowgrounds of sorrow.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

DEs MONIES, Ia, May 15.-Iowa pro-
hibitionists held their state convention
here yesterday, with 800 delegates at
tending. The platform as adopted de-
clares against licensing the liquor
traffic and for prohibition. for woman
suffrage, free coinage of both gold and
silver at sixteen to one, for the initia-
tive and referendum, for revision Of
the state revenue laws and against the
mulct law, the repeal of which is de-
rnanded.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
The storm in r1Issonri.

JOPLIN, Mo-, May IA very heavy
rain visited this city yesterday, swell
ing Willow branch to width of 200
feet. The stream crosses Main street
and the water rose to height of six
feet, undermining the foundation of
three stores and flooding others. A
score of families were driven from
their homes. The total loss is esti-
mated at $40 o0o.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

4 u > AOu men I >
that have ever
come to pass in
this green and
W i C k e d old
world-Ye had
it right down
here in t h e
Rocky Creek
settlement, in
the run of the
last two weeks.
In the spring
is the right and
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
indians Must Abandon xorplus Wives,

WICHITA, Kan, May 15.-Capt Wood
SOD, agent of the Cheyenne and Ara
pahoe Indians at Darlington, Ok, has
received instructions from the COM
missioners of Indian affairs to inform
the Indians that unless they abandon
the custom of plural marriages, ghost
dances and the use of mescal, their ra-
tions will he cut off
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
TERRIBLE REVENGE
Taken BY Rejected suftor for the Hand
of an Ohio Girl.

CLEVELAND, O., May IA special to
the Press from Fremont. o., says:
A terrible tragedy occurred in
Washington township, this county,
five miles from Fremont Jacob
Hess was shot and instantly
killed aad his sons Alvin and
Rueben fatally wounded by Louis Bill
low. who first tried to blow mp the
Hess residence with dynamite car
tridges. Billow was an unsuccessful
suitor for thehand of Hess daughter.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
ELLIoTT's GOOD WORK.

The Kansas City Marksman Broke lee Out
of I65 Targets at Memphis.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May i6.-The fifth
day of the Memphis Gun clubs tourna-
ment resulted in two sensations. j.
A. R. Elliott, of Kansas City, Mo-,
broke 162 out of los targets and j. P.
Easton, of Monroeville, o., was dis
qualified after the first event for delib-
erately dropping for third money. He
admitted the charge and Director E. E.
Shanor acted promptly, in line with
the policy of the club.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

DENVER, Col, May 16--Denver ezpe-
rienced the discomforts of a snowstorm
yesterday. The weather is not cold
and in the city the snow melts nearly
as fast as it falls, but on the plains it
is several inches deep and is a boon to
the farmers who have feared a scarcity
of water for irritation.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
STORM IN pennsylvania.

A Cloudburat at smithton UnroOfed Houses
and frightened Many People
PITTsBURGH, Pa, May 16.-Smith-
ton, mining town on the Baltimore
g. Ohio railroad, 40 miles east of here,
was visited by a windstorm and cloud
burst yesterday afternoon. The storm
came up without the slightest warn
ing and houses were unroofed, trees
uprootod and small outbuildings de-
molished. One hundred miners, who
were working in the mines, were COM
pelled TO fee for their lives.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Six Hurt an a Kansas storm.

NEWTON. Kan, May ia tornado
passed over a stretch of country about
miles long and 100 yards wide, near
Mound Ridge, 12 miles north Of here
this morning. Samuel Bass, farmer,
was injured fatally, and his dwelling
demolished. Five other persons, whose
names could not be secured, were in
4urad
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

RALEIeH,N. C., May l6-In the repub-
lican state convSntion yesterday Pritch-
Erd was nominated by acclamation for
United States senator. Mckinley was
indorsed for president without a dis
senting vote. and the policy Of protec-
lection was Endorsed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

SUPERIOR. Wis. May 16.-Three mil
lion feet Of logs in the booms of the
Nemadji Boom Co. broke away last
night and are floating about the bay
and the end Of Lake Superior. The
damage was caused by the heavy rains
OF the past i've days
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
Five Members Of One Family Killed.

BENTON, KY, May IA cyclone
passed over the southwest corner of
Marshall county about one o'clock
yesterday morning. 1t demolished
one house at Elva and killed FIVE occu-
pants, Anderson Johns, aged go; his
wife, aged 55; son aged II, and two
daughters, aged 10 and 10.
The storm came out of Graves
county.
At Simsonia two stores, two churches,
a schoolhouse, several farm houses
and barns were destroyed, but no loss
of life is reported there.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22
FROM THE FORKS.
Wedding Stories from the "Con-
fueece of tho Streams"
parson OF Red Level Church Ties Up the
Wrong le-ConsequentiaIly There
Were Two Weddings Instead of
One-A Wedding Smashup.

OF all the weddins. and weddin smash
ups and trials and tribulations and con-
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

The Sumner national bank at Well
lington, Kan, with Liabilities of S63.
600. has failed.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-05-22

Highland Trail Is tsae bighest land
in Florida, 210 feet.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

and half of our workmcn are engaged
in industries that are protected Is regard
ci hy Secretary Carlisle "a a good argu-
mcrt against protection. lilo says;
I'm view Of the comparatively small and
CONSTANTLY Decreasing part of our lahorinT
population thai could be affected even by
repeal OF al duties, "a movement Tor the
imposition of higher duties upon imported
soons can not he regarded ms jusunlhie
upon any Of the grounds usually urged III
support Of snch measures by the atvo.
Gates of the protective theory. Nor do |
believe thS6. under existing industrial anu
trade conditions here aud abroad. an IN
ctcasc OF duties upon articles now dutia4
bio, VIII the exception OF a few which are
noi produced al all in this country, and
others which are not produced IN sufti-
Gent quantities 10 supply the demands
OF our own people would Weld the gov
eminent much. IL any. additional rove
nue."
The may all he very true, and in our
opinion IL is. hut :, must not he forgotten
that the people have voted 10 try protcc-
ton once more 10 secure prosperity. The
Will OF the majority has been lawfully
aseertained. and 1t becomes all good citi-
zens to give the policy a fair trial If va
can not set prosperity by tariff taxation,
the people will be ready to try some other
remedy. There is nothing like experience
for educational purposes,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
HOUSTON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER -
PRACTICAL LAW MAKING.

When politics is not involved the Legs.
lstcrs OF New York are quick 10 listen to
proposed legislation calculated to bencii.
The Industrial classes. and that State has
inaugurated some reforms in the laws re-
lating to the relations OF employer and en-
ploye. for which the State is entitled 10
great credit
The proposition now is 10 gather all these
enactments relating 10 labor into one stat
ute ard pass IT during the next session Of
the legislature. repeating all others from
which It Is made up. The idea is a good
one. The laSorlrs classes can not be cx-
pected TO hunt through codes and ats 81
the legislature fer The various regulations
relating to themselves. but all can obtain
and keep lear by one act that co1nprehends
all they desire to know from, time to time
as to their rights and obligations. The
idea Is one that could be adopted profitably
elsewhere and with reference 10 other mat
terra OF eyery-d day concern to the peorle.
1t would be practical Qualification thlt
would prove OF much general benefit.
The very multiplicity u lava is defeating
"''N "SSS~' VI tAc Ia III many cases. An
act is passed today, amended two years
hence, added to two years thereafter and
elaborated or emasculated at some other
time, until the shrewGest lawyer Is often
puzzled 10 determine what the law really
IL on that particular subject When pro-
POSED amendment relates to matter o.
general interest or especially TO some
large class OF people why not at once cod
iiy the whole body Of onactments on the
subject and repeal all former laws in that
direction This is the idea involved IN the
proposed amendment OF the labor statutes
IN New York and is worthy OF attention by
legislators everywhere. 1t is as easy to
re-enaet the whole law. Including the pro-
POSED changes, as TO pass another ana sep
a'ate amendment to still further inysusy
or compl.cate the codal regulations
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
A coNFLlcT or AUTHORITY.

The question which has arisen between
tho executive and legislative departments
aa TO the location Of the right or authority
to recognize the independence Of strug.
CLING people or new government. appears
10 be an open one, and one not likely to be
settled until the point has been authorize.
tVeiy determined by the United States sn-
premo court.
IL ls matter that is attracting wide
spread attention. and naturally so. because
oil its Importance at any time. especially tho
present. That the president can independ-
emily recognize new government is not
disputed. Can congress- DO likewise. or
rather IN conjunction with the executive?
II congress can act Jointly with the presi
dent thea. By overriding a veto. 1t can
virtually act Independently. Complete au-
thprity IL Conferred upon congress. among
other powers. 70 declare war" tn define
and punish plIael.s on the high seas to
grant letters Of marque and reprlsaI 9"
TIE president ia empowered TO receive
Ambassadors and other ministers" sun
pose recognition OF independence OF lnsur-
gents would be tantamount 10 essrs
belii? Has not congress, which can ahso.
iuteiy declare war, the authority TO create
condition leading TO war az a basis for
in further action? II the prsoldcn, o,r
force condition which might reo,,ire =.
declaration OF war from congress, ought M,
the congress have equal control over xnch
preliminary steps to its possible action ,
ought 1t not to be able to say, an well az
the president. that rebellion shall not no
recognized to such an extent as to possible
lead to the necessity for a declaration o,
war?
Whatever therefore. may be the actual
constitutional delimitadof OF powers 4, ,ho
premises. the moral and rational consldera-
lions strongly favor the senatorial con,sn
ton that congress has at leas. a voice in
the premises. II It has a volre at all Il,
can, as In any other case, under a io,n,
resolution. override veto. The Incidents
to q power are presumably conferred and
the question narrows down as to whether
the recognition Of another country. rebels
is natural and necessary incident TO the
power to make war. or simply of the power
10 receive ambassadors and ministers.
But until the supreme court has settled
this conflict Of contentious. the executive
certainly has the upper hand The presi.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE.

Zola la. vrittsn INC lltrctto ~ an opera
ls.s mbtc;sn .'iT ~ oo a. nc
Graad opera honse tn Paris durtng the
com ny season. The nus,c as nv Bruneau
1hee,, ~. .,a,o,,,,1 - ,oar,,,io tttle
"Iobn lS Sq5egitn 'ns s ~ - Nav
whh is ,,t ~ So't ~, ~ nv NJ iIa
~,,aons 80 ~ VIZ ,; III I,n,,ial,
ErsTch S,, -n "a ~ -, w s '.'"' ''''
r"e"' N''"'a' "Il" i'uS7!a''
MofoocQ,S suli2n * about TO take Tor MS
second WILD the daughter of one OF n
~ ~ Nls''ils. -'s eNe Fly INV ~
nn5 ~ 'iiN,t 'Vr'.' ',u.e a "o~,',ns
Wv fV'p,O Nv i'i"V' %
~ = Inquired out that Richard croker $
eNlsrleilcSs on the turf have ALREADY cost
MN IN tho neighhorhood IT S5Oo,0N II :
EGgl:sh eXpe'lmsnt IS st down as cost MS
MN $2So,yh Nj THIS was the Iesut of the
adN,ce Of a phNsif'nn to Try outdoor lia
as a reief from insomnia and other Ills
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
LEGISLATIVE GOSSIP.


There are four farmers IN the upper
house of the T'weuty-tifth legislature. one
of them. j. l.. Darwin of Delta county
is Dopuhst
j. II, Boyd. of the Slxty-ninth district
is Cuban sympathizer. He hals from
cuba. johnson county. Beng an ex-
sheriff. he is expected to manifest consid-
cradle interest IN the fee bin. which WIN
he brought UP Mt the coming session.
o, r. Maxwell of Eastland county is the
only druggist In the Twcnty-afth leg,sla-
ture.
The lower house has three railroad men
ON its roster: II. S. Garrison of Shelby.
Guy Il. Vaughan of Seguin. and j. G..
Welch OF III Paso.
General r. p. Smyth OF Plainvew is a
man prominent In military circles and VIII
look after tho interests of the Texas Vol
unteer Guard In the lower house.
Senators II. u. Linn cf Victoria and John
Il, Linn of Wharton are cousins Linn OF
Victoria IS newspaper man and John f..
Idnn is "A lawyer, Both are in favor Of
reforming the assignment law.
Judge w. b. Wall of Crockett - a lead
ing lawyer IN his section OF the state and
he Is said 10 have some important meas-
ures to bring before the Eause.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

dent can map his finger at congress- and re-
fuse 10 Issue any proclamation in the prem
ises or receive any Cuban representatives.
He can not be mandamuses. nor can he he
inpeaohed. He hns ccmrAisiea no crime
or misdemeanor until be has violated some
law OF the Land. ana can not therefore be
impeaehed. He can sit quietly by with the
Joint resolution In his waste basket. and
the people can rage II they w!il-there is
DO power to move him to setioa.
The vexa,icusness OF the question can a,
once be seen.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

AWAKENING PUBLIC INTEREST.

Discussion Of municipal p-obsems Is time
" and i,lforsSt!ne. There IS q great awgtk
ennE OF pubic interest on THIS subject al
oyec the country. The right government
| Of os&cs Interests statesmen. rgfoTra.fSs
| business nicn and ssoe ,SAliy taxpayers
| ANY Information that throws Ashs ON this
| subject Is wesoIne. --siyvaciise Post.
| There is no awakening OF tho pubii
mind so encouraging IS this noted by tn
Syracuse Pos,--no matter relating to 20
lilicai affairs 50 full of hope or SO prom
Using Of individual benefits TO the averag,
citizen.
The government which 10 nearest to the
people and which has TO do With the great
es; number OF the citizens interests as a
| citizen, u government which Affects ;hs
very comfort OF his home and is inter
twined In its ordinances and regulations
with the regulation o. his domestic econ
omg and bis relations 10 his next doo'
Enthusiastically that is the government
Of greatest concern 10 every man. More
taxes are paid to the municipal government
than TO any other. more obligations are
exactsd from the citizen OF a municipality.
and he comes more closely in contact with
the officials OF city government than
with those OF the State and National gov
ernments.
But DO the citizens Q; the city always
stop to reflect that these things are SO
DO they realize bow deeply they az inter
esied
Undoubtedly. as the Syracuse paper &c
elaFes. there is just now "a great awaken
ing Of public interest on this subject all
over the country That the citizen Of the
city has been for years getting less for his
money and paying more for what he gets
as municipal taxpayer than in any otheI
of his public relations is now beginning to
be realized. Next door 10 our domestic IN
teres.s and private business, We have been
Submitting ind!GcTently to negleotful AMI
eAtraYagant and often corrupt service tina,
would not for moment be tolerated in
what We generally regard as our personal
affairs. And yet are not municipal affairs
actually our 'irlvate and personal affairs?
Are not streets and sidewalks. light, water,
transportation. fire and police protection,
the education OF our children, directly vital
and personal affairs with us? How many
citizens give them more than a passing
thought. or ever exert themselves 10 see
that such departments are efficiently and
intel.ieenlb administered,
It is high time that the municipal tax
payer vas recognizing the fact that he has
a direct, personal moneyed interest in the
Kind Of municipal government he gets
The Post has been trying for SOMA time
to impress this fact upon the citizens of
Texas cltIcs. and j: is not without hope OF
seeing ere long an aroused and entirely
new interest In municipal matters through
out tho State
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

not Know mckinley personally very well.
am not ablo to answer your u,,es,ion
DO any of you gentlemen know McKin.
ley pretty well?"
oh, yes said one. II know him init
mately. The major is not a man like Reed
for instance, in being graceful and apgreg
sivc. but he is equally honest; he is a Der
fectly fair and honest man"
Well retorted Senator Morgan. II am
glad to hear you say that. I wish him all
success. though / do not agree with his
pnIitire 49,"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

TELEPHONE NUMBERS.
Editorial. <5l; Business. 1856


The Fost IS delivered 10 any part OF the
city BY carriers at 500 ner month. three
months, $50. SIX months. 500, one year.
MI Theodore Boring has charge OF the
lily Circulation and Collecting.
Messts. Theodore BernE and Charles
Loit are the authorized collectors Of al
city bills. both sdveri!s. ng and sunser p
ticn. and 70 money should Dc rad 10 any
one other than those nanet, unless sreela.
written authority signed by the Business
manager is shown All accounts OF any
sze should be pad by check IN favor o!
Ire houston Printing Company
NO orders for goods etc. are given by
tne mana cement and none Wi. BE- accept
Cd ~ payment OF ciiice bills
subscribers fall ng 10 reeve the paper
regularly Will please notify tho Once
promptly. Every subscri hers papr i x.
ptcted 10 be delivered net later than $50
g. IN.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27
ROM Fro.


For The Pest.
Far from thn-haunts Of men,
AZ tie cvrin' shades appear.
Wthcted, pale ana thul.
In the Joyous liaht Of tho year.
solcd by the foul embrace,
Black mn,rns hy a d-mnn led,
A curse on b m, curse on his race
'fwerc boitor that size nli bed.
o. Wherc 5 the human heart
That I, not made OF steel.
Can view this vrtuc's iiilideu's part,
Nor ply tear WILL yic!dt
All Romero, Thy honor spugned TO earth
Thy isle made dessolate, It's patriots s.aln,
As the wide Ftn hath 10 g.rth
Can humanity mourn Thy bnnc,
w. II. Hun.