El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-06
TEXAS.
EASTERN TEXAS CYCLONE.

eastern Texas tell of a destructive cy-
clone which passed through that sec
ton about midnight Saturday night.
The home of James Moody in Eelta
county was destroyed and his fourteen
year old daughter was fatally injured.
At Rattan in the same county a man
named Surrett was killed and his two
daughters were seriously injured. The
school house. two churches, a gin and
a number of stores and dwellings were
wrecked at that place. One house was
destroyed by fire after being wrecked
by the storm. The Odd Fellows hall
was set on fire but it was eXtinguished
before much damage was done At
Texarkana the wind blew SO hard some
of the. buildings were moved p their
foundations and in the country near
there fences were destroyed and much
damage done to truck farms. 1t was
the severest wind known in that sec
ton for years. At Brennan a cotton
warehouse was demolished. At Bolton
II hailed and some hailstones as large
as hen eggs fell. The tornado entered
that section from the southwest. was
about a thousand yards wide and last
ed about ten minutes.
SUES TWO ROADS.
NJ. H.. Braddock has instituted suit
in the district court at Paris against
the Texas Midland and the Texas &
Pacific railroad companies to recover
damages in the sum of 1895 for per-
sonal injuries. The injuries are al
legged to have been sustained while
riding in a Texas Midland coach over
the Texas & Pacific road. The plaintiff
had purchased a holiday excursion
ticket from Rowland on the Texas Mid
land to Middleton, Tenn. The train
was crowded, many persons having to
tan in the aisles m on the platform.
The petition alleges hat while going
at a high rate of speed between Paris
and Blossom some person on h plat
form uncoupled the coach in which the
plaintiff was riding. That h train
became detached and after proceeding
a short distance stopped, causing the
coach to crash into it. The plaintiff
was hurled against a seat and his col
lar bone was broken and he sustained
other injuries. Two other persons have
filed suits on account of injuries re-
ceived in the same accident n they
PERHAPS A KIDNAPER.
Sheriff johnson of Dallas, feels sure |
that he has one of the Cudahy kid
napers locked up in the county Jail in
hat city. The nan gave his name as
II. E.. Henderson but papers Ound in
his possession show this to be one of
many aliases. Henderson appeared in
Dallas about three weeks ago and is
alleged to have defrauded three women
out of sums of money varying from
$50 to $500. He represented himself
as a member c. the Colorado legisla-
ture, a New Mexico banker and a
wealthy citizen of LOS Angeles. The
Shoriff arrocfod him haoaIIca no an
swers the description of the No. 3 man
described in the Cudahy circular. In
his trunk the sheriff found a picture
of Pat Grove. A m with the pris-
oner admitted hat she is not his wife.
She burst into tears after his arrest
and sal she lac accompanied him to
Dallas from another city, expecting to
marry him. and she loved him, but he
kept putting o ffthe ceremony. She
her parents are wealthy and
prominent and she would rather COM
NIT suicide than to have her name in
print. The sheriff is holding his pris- |
oner to heal from the Omaha officials.
A RECORD BREAKER.
VIM. T. Erb, of Dallas, a guest OF the
Valley hotel, and Miss Ella NJ.
Walters, a passenger Ell route from
FL Paso to Roswell on last Mondays
train. to join her father. broke the rec
ord in the matrimonial line here this
week.
Their acquaintance began Monday
afternoon and Wednesday evening,
to the surprise of a few acquaintances
and friends. they appeared before Clerk
Gibson, obtained a marriage license
and repaired to the rsidence of Rev. T.
L. Lallance, and were married at 10:3 80 |
o'clock.
The Times hopes that this will not
be a case of Married in haste: re-
pented at leisure" but should they ever
regret their hasty action they will GER
tainly a W ample time to repent in.
they are both very young inc can
repent for several years.-Pecos
Times.
FIRE ALARM CRANK.
There is a crank in Dallas to catch
the officers should make an ex-
ira effort. He enjoys seeing the fire
department make a run and sends in
false alarms in order to get to see it.
Within the past few days he has had
the pleasure of seeing three merry
chases after phantom fires. When the
arrives at the number from
the fire alarm was turned in
they find a vacant lot. False fire alarms
are more serious than might appear on
thought as a real al might come
while the department was gone on a
wild goose chase and great damage
would be done before it could get to
real fire. There is a Law in Dallas
providing for a fine of 500 for turn
in a false fire alarm and If the
crank is found it will break him
up to pay for his fun.
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