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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
TEXAS CITIES, :
RAYAGED By
RAGING FLOODS.
The Swollen Waters Show Alb
solutely No Sign Of
Receding,
PROPERTY DAMAGE GREAT
No New Names Added to List Of
Fatalities, But Many are Re-
ported Missing.
MEANS BEING DEVISED
TO AID THOSE IN NEED.
at Houston the Electric Plant Has
Been Flooded and the City is En-
tirely Without Light = The
Large Steel Bridge Of the
Missouri. Kansas and
Texas Over Little
Rivcris Wrecked.
MEANS BEING DEVISED
TO AID THOSE IN NEED.

WACO. TEX, April 2S.--The flood stu
alton remains practically unchanged from
last night Conditions could hardy De
worse. Every available wagon, drag ana
float was brought into use, and the en-
tire night was spent in moving hundreas
of families from the submerged dlSIict.
There are no new names added 10 'iie {
list of fatalities to-day, but reports OF
persons missing and who were last seen
in the flooded section are numerous.
A call for aid, signed by the Mayor
and many prominent citizens, has peen
sent out and a mass-meetlnS Oh the CIV
zens of Waco Will be held Monday nlsht
to devise means to aid the suffering ana
those in need
The rainfall for the past hour was 4Vo'
the heaviest on record.
Specials from Houston say:
Not since 1855 has this city and Vlcilli-
ty been visited by such downpour OF
rain as during the last four days Ihe
fine wagon bridge at this point mas oeeh
DESTROYED The Sonlmeryiile school-house
was carried away and the dam Washeo
out. The large steel bridge at Little
River, on the main line OF the missouri,
Kansas and Texas, is wrecked me
Leon River is cut OF its banks ana .ile
electric plant is flooded, the city oelhs
III lOLdi udlf>ilt
NO SIGN OF RDCEDLNG.
DALLAS, TEN, April 2s.-The floods
show no signs of receding- On the con-
trary. most of the Texas rivers are rls-
ing.
A Fort Worth telegram at 10 a NJ
said the Trinity river had overfowed, do
ing 1nuch property damage. The people
are alarmed for the safety of the water
works, which are seriously threatened
a nine-foot rise is sweeping down from
the head waters of the Trinity This will
cause a big overflow in the vicinity of
Dallas and Fort Worth by tonight
a bulletin from Waco at 1890 o'clock
said the list of dead there VIII reach
from ten TO fifteen persons. The proper
tv damage in Waco will exceed Slooooo.
The telegraph lines Of both companies
are gone south of Waco. isolatins more
than one-half of the State. Railroad
movements are suspended south O. Dal-
las on almost every line in the State
The loss by food and hurricane since
Yesterday morning is estimated to reach
three to five million dollars. including,
damage to railroads and crops.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
DIED OF HER BURNS
Wife OF Military Governor OF afatan-
1as Meets u Strange Death.

HAVANA, April 2s.-The wife of Major
General James II. Wilson. Military Gov
ernor of the Department Of Matanzas
and Santa Clara, died this evening from
the effects of the burns accidentally re-
ceived this morning while driving with
her daughter.
While alighting from her carriage Mrs.
Wilson stepped on match. which ignited
her dress. She was terribly burned, and
although everything was done to relieve
her sufferi1igs, she died about 3 p. NJ.
Great sympat thy IS expressed by every
one. C,qbans and Americans alike, for the
Wilson family.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

WORKNIE,N DUG OUT.
The worlzmen rushed to the aid OF their
unfortunate fellows. Mr.. Dennis Sullivan,
who had thought the work too dangerous
and had quit the night before. was an
onlooker, and rescued his former boss, y
Joe SINNERS. Engineer Albright. himself
injured. helped to dig out of the mass
OF wreckage the unfortunate Plocll and
his former townsman, Bowers, and carry
them to the improvised morgue, a vacant
and half demolished building, near by.
Marzolf was the last to be taken out. and
lived longer than the other two AN
were unconscious and their wounds were
dressed by the three ambulance surgeons,
and Drs. Cunningham. Riddle, Gee, Car
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
SUMMARY OF To-DAY'S NEWS.
Local.

f,pt3i.
Three men killed, one fatally and sew
eraI others slightly, by fall OF u Traveller
and heavy girder.
warmed OF death in dream.
Plans fo- the launching OF the torpedo-
boat Thornton.
Baseball season to be opened oy fA>
s-infa League tomorrow.
-FIrrGsrs blow open a safe.
Northern men to invest capitai mere.
State
LIQUOR license refused by Judge tar'
rar at Amelia Courthouse.
DIR. Ben. Warriner. of Crewe, aps
pointed surgeon in the army, ana Dr. w
r Warmer surgeon for NofioiA a''a
.e:rbt. neople OF Bowling Green gettina
ready TO rebuild their burned town-
The Richmond, Petersburg and Iaros
lima Railroad merged into the seaooard
Air Line. E. Randolph Williams rsssghs
,s rrasif3e-t and John Shelton Williams,
nresident of the Seaboard AIR Line sys,
TEN. assumed control. New attorney ano
ne srha Ssf,Iianr case transferred from
patsrsburg to Prince George county.
General.
-rhe foods in Texas show no sign OF
Feessans ssenase refused to extend its sympathy
70 Governor sae a1s, Tanner of Illinois. extrsne-
y sLTaylor.s Ia brief hIed IN the suprsns
'odss; Representarlve Lassiter sworn in AZ
a member OF the House
No reply as yet from the Porte.
Foreign.
-Roers appear to have made good them
escape without coming 20 an encounter.
Important operations said TO he Id
- -WasherMomen in Paris so on stSil0
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

and crushed about the body. Leaves a
wife and five children.
HARRY MARzoLF, aged about thirty
three years. Harrisburg, Pa. Skull crush
ed and body badly bruised. Unmarried.
The Injured.
ARTHUR Il. EVERETT, n1acl1insst. No
1920 Darlington street Richmond, Va.
gadIy bruised and crushed about the
head and body. WEI probably die Re
moved TO the Virginia Hospital
JosEpH n. SINNERS, assistant fore
man. Harrisburg, Ia. Coslar-bone broken
and otherwise badly bruised and injured.
NuILARD BRUBAKBR, Halifax. Pa
s,,,.1, hone in leg broken and otherwise
bruised.
Ai,osrOE GARDNER. No. sos Mosby
street. Richmond. Va. Slightly bruised.
f.RqRsb III. ALBRIGHT, engineer,
r5,1ss,x Pa. Injured in jumping. In
juries slight.
rfrARI}E,s HANSON. Richmond, Va,
.,,ont face in falling. Injuries slight.
,,,,ere seems to be no one who can tell
rne cause of the accident. The whole
traveller toppled over and carried with it
Tho men who met death and were injured.
The weight sustained By the machinery
nras only about nine tons, while it WIS
constructed to carry ordinarily, &c, 600
pounds: net
T,,e first warning that the unfortunate
men had was the cry OF Look Out
given by Engineer Albright. He jumped
and escaped. The three men Who were
4 I
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
MR.. ROBERT HENNING DEAD
Aftcra a Lingering Illness He Passed
Away Early This Morning.

Mr. Robert Henning, a well known
and highly respected citizen. died at the
Virginia Hospital at 3 O'Clock this morn.
ing after a lingering Illness of several
Mr. Henning was North Carolinian.
hut had for the past few years resided
in this city at No. 10 South Third Street
He was a retired merchant. having coz
Quoted hardware business some years
400 He leaves a wife and three cl1if-
+ dren-Robert Henning, Jr.. Mrs Edwin
A. Palmer and Mrs John d. Munson. OF
this city.
The remains will be taken 20 Whining
ton. N. c., tonight. where they will be
inferred.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

Three men were killed, two instantly,
by the overt,1rn and fall of a traveller
employed on the construction work of the
Richmond, Petersburg and Carolina Rail
road. on Main Street just below Fifteenth,
Yesterday afternoon Three others were
seriously injured. one perhaps fatally,
and several others escaped with minor
cuts and bruises:
The Dead.
WALTER FLOCK, aged about Thirty
years, PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Crushed about the
head and body and scalded. Leaves a
wife.
GEORGE BOWERS, aged about thirty
six years. Halifax, Pa. Head torn off,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
Harrington the Nominee.

CLEVELAND. o., April 2s.-The Twen-
-iatII Congressional District Democratic
Convention to-day nominated II. ID. Har-
rsngton for Congress. l.. II. Cook ard
Wv e Bond were chosen delegates 10 the
Kansas City Convention
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

death.
ONE MASS OF WRECKAGE.
The traveller, consisting of ten by ten
heavy plank platform, running gear, an
upright boiler and stationary engine. to-
getller with two heavy boCms, carrying a
heavy steel girder, weighing about seven
and half tons. all feN together. Am i'm
mense hole was dug in the paving Of the
street Heavy timbers were shivered as
reeds, while tempered steel and heavy
iron were ftarttened, bent, twisted and
broken.
The engine was reduced to AN unrecos-
nizaihle mass of steel and brass, and the
boiler crushed and bent out of adj semb-
lance to the original. Thick manila cables
were frayed as one would bits of yarn
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

Gin, Miller and other physicians who had
been hurriedly summoned to the scene.
Tine men, however, were beyond all
medical aid. Their bodies were removed
to Billups' undertaking rooms and pre-
pared for shipment north.
BOWERS DEcAPITATED.
Bowers was the most frightfully injured
of all. In the fall, his head had been
caught between two shearing planks and
cut off. He was identified by the features
OF the lower portion of his face and his
clothing. His body was mass of bruises
and wounds.
Marzolf had the whole top of his skull
crushed in and his face was all torn He
was also crushed about the body.
Plock was crushed abouy the head and
body and had both legs broken. While
pinned beneath the heavy timbers. he was
scalded to death by the escaping steam
from the boiler, near which he lay. When
his clothing was removed, great pieces OF
flesh clung to 1t.
MANY JUST ESCAPED.
That more persons were not killed out
right stems miraculous. The street was
crowded with onlookers, who were Natcn-
ing the work of getting the heavy girder
into position. Fulton-bound car, I'LL
ed to its capacity of human freight had
just passed beneath the trestle. It had
barely cleared it, being not more than one
hundred feet away when the crash came.
Hearing the warning cry and seeing the
traveller begin to topple. there was
stampede among the bystanders, and that
some were not trampled beneath the feet
of the others In the mad rush for places
or safety or caught under the falling tiIn-
bers, seems inexplicabe.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
JURY DISAGREE
Famous Clarke Divorce Case Resulted
i'll 4 ii isl rinl.

PITTsRURG, PA, April 2s.-I,he jury
In phe somewhat famous divorce case of
James King Clarke, son of the iate
Charles j. Cgarka sfsnsiire and phiian-s
fhroptst, against Esther BARTLETT Clarke.
of Washington, d. c., disc greed after
being out twenty-four hours. and at noon.
was discharged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
WoRKMEN DUG OUT.

Street and made impossible all travel on
that thoroughfare, was being carried on
ra riflly
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
DIR. Mcclure No Better.

DR.. Hunter McGnrre's condition was no
better Yesterday, and he was not as
strong aa ha was fsv days ago
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
THREE MEN KILLED INSTANTLY.
ANOTHER WAS BADLY INJURED.
.n1efn Were Caught and Buried Beneath Many Tons
of Debris and Their Lives Crushed Out
FIVE OTHERS MORE OR LESS SERIOUSLY HURT.
Dnrlkins Was Warned By q Dreafn and Was Not Oh
the Structure When 1t Fell.
ENGINEER ALBRIGHT'S BIG LEAP.
ALBRIGHT'S BIG LEAP.
Heavy Machinery, With It's Bden Weighing Many Tons, Topples
From Hebated Structure and is Reduced to Shapekss
Mass Of W1gckage-7he Task of qPsscu11g the
Victims Was I7e.oica1y Carried On.

! killed either did not hear him or lost
! their heads. and were carried over to
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
WEATHER FORECAST

Forecast for sunday and Monday
yirsinia-F tir Sunday. warmer In sousn-.
east rors,sn. Monday fair. light 10 fresh
winds; mostly easterly.
North Carolira-F'air sunday, warmer
near the coast Monday possibly showers
and thunder storms: Night to east winds-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29
WILLIAMSBURG.
NO NDGROEs NEED APPLY.

ROXBORO, n. c., April Especial
The Republican County Convention con-
vened here to-day. Thirteen precincts
were represented by thirtynine delegates.
Not a negro was allowed to enter the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-29

Resolutions endorsing James e. Boyd
for Governor and Walser fer Attorney
General and Spencer Adams for Con-
gress. were passed. The attendance was
comparatively small. The election laws
and the amendments were denounced.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
An Insult Well Handled.

You can always trust the American
woman to take care Of herself. The
friends of girl who lives In Eight
eenth street are telling these days Of
an adventure which befell her one aft
ernoon within the fortnight. She was
standing, this Eighteenth street girl, at
the corner Of f and Eleventh streets
waiting for a girl friend. A very dap
per young man. stranger doubtless In
the town-for most Washingtonians are
too well aware Of the girls social emf
hence to venture on any impertinence
to her-stepped up, bowed and said
airily:
waiting for somebodyw
The girl turned to look at him.
"Guess you've forgotten me-" he
went on with growing familiarity. II
saw you at a dinner last week."
The girl looked at him steadily for q
moment.
"Oh, l remember now" she said. at
was at Colonel Blanks. You are Colo
mel Blanks butler, of course. No,
don't know Of anybody who wants q
butler. Have you tried the employ
ment agenciesT
And then, slowly and calmly, she
walked away.-Washingt Post.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Women of a Dutch village.

The villeg sc women Of Holland take
special care to keep the tips Of their
white lace hoods stiff with starch,
which is as necessary a perfection In
their toilet as polished linen and spot
less collars with ours. This delicate
hood is worn over a black skullcap
that fits the closely clipped head very
much like the headgear of nun. The
elderly women, widows, often wear a
straw bonnet over it. A jacket of dark
blue, with breastpiece of cream cloth
and dark blue border of the same cloth
at the hips, constitutes the dress Of
the women and the girls.
The skirts protrude at the hips in a
grotesque fashion on account of the
many flannels which they wind about
the body, evidently a fad with them
as with many peasants of the Black
forest, where the custom prevails to
wear as many skirts as the spare box
will allow. adding at least one skirt
every year. They all dress alike, and
the talk about dress therefore does not
slip into their conversations, and on
that score they are at eternal peace
with one another, for no change Of
dress has occurred among them for
centuries and will not for years to
come.-D0nahoe's
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Hc SAnOI the Test.

One Of the hardest tests given ap-
plicants who go before the civil service
commission boards of examiners is In
the form Of printed matter, which is
to be copied without a single change.
1t is said to be surprising to find how
many intelligent people find it impossi-
BILE to properly stand this test. They
can frequently correct errors in Ian
guage which they cannot copy YER
batim.
There was lately an applicant who
showed his aptitude for this work. He
was given printed page and told to
copy it.
"Want it Just like this?' he asked.
"Without a change" the examiner
replied.
The man labored. The printed mat.
ter was on a white sheet and was
spotless, with the exception Of fly
speck on one of it's corners. The sheet
the student had was minus blemish
In that particular spot, but when II
was turned in there was a well Initial
ed fly speck. There was not a flaw In
the work, and he received rating OF
100 on that portion of his examina'
tion and today'is one Of the best and
most trusted employees in the service
of the commission, where he was de-
tailed shortly after taking his exams
MISUNDERSTANDING Star.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
TaIIow Candles ms Medicine.

In France the peasantry still stick to
medicines calculated to turn the aver
age doctors hair gray with horror.
Wine Is an ingredient of every pre-
scription. In fever cases it is always
the predominant one. The French
peasants faith In fermented grape
juice Is truly beautiful.
If his children are stricken with the
measles, he gives them wine well
sweetened with honey and highly spic-
ed with pepper. For severe cold he
administers a quart Of red wine and a
melted tallow candle mixed. For scar
let or brain fever he gives eggs, white
wine and SCOT well beaten together.
Not all their superstitions are curl
Gus. Some are pathetic. A mother, for
instance, often buries her dead child
with it's favorite toy or lock Of her
own hair in the coffin, that it may not
feel quite alone"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Needed the Soap.

1t was a department store bargain
counter for odds and ends. The crush
was terrific. Women squeezed and ell
bowed and showed to get alongside the
counter Frequently two of them hap
pened to pick up the same bargain at
one and the same time, and then they
both retained their clutch on it and
looked daggers at each other until the
stronger of the two won the victory
or the bargain was rent into ribbons.
A naughty matron with an electric
seal coat picked up a box containing
three cakes of imported soap for 8
cents at the same time that an
humble looking little woman in a
faded tan coat had fastened her grasp
on the box.
81 believe was the first to take hold
OF this" said the matron In the cleo
trio coat, freezingly.
The humble-looking little woman
held on for minute. studying her an
tagonist, then she slowly relaxed her
hold on the box.
well, you can have It." she said
amiably. "You look as If you need the
soap"
The bargain counter Is the place to
observe how they love one another.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
A DfmcuIt Lay.

A New England woman is the owner
Of hen which appears to choose her
surroundings with a discriminating
eye.
Soon after her present owner &C
quired the hen she discovered the crea.
lures fondness for stepping into the
house whenever she could effect an
entrance and laying an egg on the
down coverlet which ornamented the
bed in the "best chamber"
One day the hen managed to get in
unobserved during season Of sweep
ing, and her presence was only dis
covered as she made her way hastily
out of the side door, cackling with tri.
umph, some time later.
AS the best room coverlet had been
out of the way during the sweeping,
the mistress Of the house looked about
for the egg which she felt sure had
been laid somewhere. She found it.
after half an hours search, on the
plush mantel covering In the parlor
where the hen must have sat In state
between china shepherdess and q
glass vase.
Nothing on the mantelshelf had been
disturbed, although just how the her
had managed the delicate business will
never be known.-Youth's Companion.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12

State OF Michigan, County of Shiawassee S.
At a session Of the Probate Court for the
county of Shiawassee, held at the Probato'
office in the city Of Comma, on the 18th day OF
OF December. in the year one thousand eight
hundred and ninety.nine.
Present, Matthew Bush, Judge Of Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of George w.
Waugh, deceased. Thomas Marvin as adminis-
traitor Of the estate, having rendered to this
court his final account.
next at ten O'Clock In the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
account.
And it is further ordered, that a copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing. in THE OwOssO
TIMES, a newspaper printed and circulating IL
said county Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY KATHERINE T.. KELSEY,
chaan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
SALARIES OF OUR PLAYERS,
The Pay of Actors Varies From $40
to as Much as $500 Per Week.


Franklin Fyles writing Of "The The
ater and It's People" in The Ladies'
Home Journal, touches Interestingly
upon the earnings Of actors and cor
reefs the oft repeated reports Of the
enormous earnings of players. "Sala-
ries vary with circumstances" he says.
"The manager may find at $25 week
q player whose moderate talent exact.
ly fits a part Of considerable impor-
lance. He may have to pay $50 if the
role Is singular and fit candidates
scarce. If he wants celebrity In addi-
ton to ability, he may be willing to
make the salary $500 week. In that
case he takes into account the public
value of the name and makes feature
Of it in his advertisements.
'Not more than ten actors In Amer
lea, aside from the stars, receive as
much as $3.50 a week, and not more
than five actresses are paid this
amount. In fact, $3.50 week is excep.
tional, and 500 will engage an excel
lent hero or heroine, a fine comedian
or a delineator of eccentric character.
The wages run down to $50 for a SOU
brette, ingenue or old man, to $50 for
an old woman, juvenile man or juvenile
woman, and so along to utility and
chorus men and women at $12 or SIS a
week. Those are the wages of thor
Oughly competent actors in companies
of good grade"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
Strange Freak of Fate.

Says the Portland Oregonian: 1T is
the belief of some historians that the
name Oregon is Aragon in disguise,
that it was given to this country by
the early Spanish voyagers and that
American explorers so interpreted the
word given them by the Indians. The
theory is at least plausible and indi-
Gates a strange freak of fate. The
name Spain proudly brought to this
distant coast returned to the West In
dies 300 years later to destroy the
power Of Spain on the seas! Little
thought De Fuca when he sighted this
coast in 1892 that some day it would
build warship which, under the name
Of Aragon, or Oregon, would be fore
most in the battle that marked the end
Of SPANS dominion in the new world"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1900-01-12
An Odd stage Wager.

The late Signor Foil, the well known
vocalist, once made very curious
wager with some of his companion
singers at Her Majesty's Opera House.
Some 20 years ago Mephistopheles In
Gounod's Faust" was among his ia
vorite representations. In the garden
scene his strides when attempting to
avoid the elderly Martha formed an
important feature of the humorous
business.
One night, the length Of his legs be-
Ing subject of chaff as he was stand
ing at the wings, he declared his
ability to cross the stage in three
bounds. The comments that ensued re-
suited in bet.
When the proper moment for the ex-
pertinent came, he retreated a few
PAGES, and then, to the surprise Of the
audience as well as to the representa-
tive Of Martha, leaped from side to
side. The scene never evoked more
laughter, and Foil was acknowledged
to have won the wager.