El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-11-21
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companion to hand his gun through a
wire fence to him. The gun was cock
ed and was handed to him muZZle fore
most The hammer was knocked down
the gun was discharged and Charlie
died instantly
STILL FINDING BODIES.
The United States surveying corps
Sunday found over "A hundred dead
bodies in a swamp just west OF Calves
ton where they had been deposited by
the storm of September s. They were
in an out of the way place on the
country road and hence they were not
found by the burying parties sent out
after the storm.
FOR GALVESTON SCHOOLS.
As a result of letters addressed to
the superintendents of schools in the
principal cities of the United states.
sI4I93 has been received to- date Tor
the repairing OF the school buildings in
Galveston that were damaged by the
storm. A much larger sum is necessary
to repair all the damage to school prop
erty in Galveston.
MARRIED SIXTY-TWO YEARS
Mr.. and Mrs. AIonzo Steele. of Mexia.
Limestone county. are probably the
oldest married couple in Texas On
the Z0tn OF idSt otptthOti 'hN' ieA'
been married sixty-two years Mr..
Steele is aged "a and his wife 10. MIR.
Steele is a veteran of the Texas war
for independence and was severely
wounded in the battle of San Jacinto-
He and his wife can tell many inter
esting stories of frontier life in Texas
FROST'S BODY FOUND.
A dispatch from Houston says that
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sheriff OF Chambers county. has been
found in Lake Surprise. IL was riddled
with bullets and wrapped in oil cloth.
The men who are in Jail at Galveston
will not be taken to Wallisville, the
county seat of Chambers county. for
il is said that one of them has con-
fessed that they are the murderers and
the people of that county are thirsting
for their blood
PECULIAR INSANITY AND DEATH.
Joseph Klein. aged 10. died at the
insane asylum in Austin from exhaus-
ton caused by acute melancholia. His
home was in Meridian, Tex A few
weeks ago he swallowed a dime and a
sudden fear seized him which resulted
in a delirium. a physician was called
and when he took hold of Klein's wrist
the latter commenced raving and
nothing could be done too uiet him. He
was removed to the asylum but he new
er improved in condition but kept up
his rawlings until nature was exhausted
and he died. He lived little over two
weeks after being taken to the asylum
BETTER THAN EVER.
w. p. Anderson. of Amarillo. live
stock agent of the Kansas Southern
railroad. while in Dallas the other day
said that he found the cattle and the
ranges OF Texas in a better condition
than he has ever known them and he
has been in Texas for more than a
quarter of a century. He says the
ranges have been remarkably nutri-
tious all the year and the range stock
look as slick as though they were in
clover Indeed he says every industry
in the state is doing well and that
though he goes over a great deal of
the union he has found no section so
favored as Texas.
A TEXAN TELLS WHY
Elmo Crawford. OF Corsicana. who
was a private in the Thirty-third u S.
infantry in the Philippines and who
was discharged on account OF wounds
received in the battle. says that the in
sanity that is developing so fearfully
among the soldiers in the Philippines
is due mostly to the drinking of the
native liquor of the islands The ma
tive drink is called vino and the SOL
diers commence drinking il immediate
Iy after their arrival there. The stuff
is extraordinary strong and. when a
man becomes intoxicated upon il he
does not recover his senses for several
days and all the while is like a crazy
man. Constant use of il by the SOL
diers drove the mcrazy and he says he
believes that those who brought home
where they cannot get any more of it
will recover if given good treatment
in the hospitals
BOWIE COUNTY MYSTERY.
w. r. Elliott. one of Bowie countys
oldest citizens. met a tragic death near
his home fifteen miles west of Texar-
kama On November 9Th he was elect
ted county surveyor and went TO the
court houst at Boston last Friday to
be sworn in After that business was
attended to he deposited his money in
the bank and started home. Later in
the afternoon he was found dying on
the roadside within two miles of home.
There was an ugly wound over his
heart and the back of his skull was
crushed. His team partially unhitched
was standing by the road tied to a tree.
The wound over his heart fits one OF
the horses hoof and was certainly made
by il. but some people believe that the
crushing of the skull was done by some
one with murderous intent and that
the print of the horses hoof was made
afterwards This theory is supported
by the fact that he was never known
to drink and that his team was tied
out at the side of the road a few yards
from him. Bloodhounds were taken to
the scene of his death but they failed
to scent a trail He was unconscious
when found and never regained his