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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-09
ARkANSAS VISITED.
eysisss Goes Through I've Csaatiss aud
Nin~ F~rsons Killed

Cyeions Goes ThrouKb I've Csantt~s Aad
Mae P~rssn. knt~d
Little Rock. Ark. April Specials
TO the Arkansas Gazette from several
towns in White and Cleburne coun.
ties. Arkansas. tell of q cyclone which
swept through that section Tuesday
night, leaving death and destruction
Ia It's wake. The major portion of
the country through which the storm
plouEhed It's way ia remote from rail.
roads telegraph or telephone lines
A special correspondent OF the Ga
Eette wires from Searcy, Ark. that
he had passed over a portion of the
track of the storm and that trees
were twisted from their trunks and
houses demolished
Thus far IL has been impossible TO
ascertain where the storm began. but
IL Is known Il ragged IN those two
counties and the list OF casualties will.
from indications. mount much higher
than IL now 10. with nine dead. and
three dying and thirteen others badly
injured The towns of Little Red AL.
bion. Bradford. Heber and Pangburn
have been heard from thus FAR. The
dead James Leggett. Little Red
Joseph Leggett little Red; Thomas
King, Little Red: Mrs. Thomas King.
three King children. young lady school
teacher, who was boarding at Kings:
A. G Williams. near Heber
Bradford. which is on the Iron
Mountain road. vas the nrst point
heard from. Several houses we're
blown down there. and one man badly
injured. The tornado came from the
west and had spent its force BY the
time Il reached Bradford. II is feared
the little town Of Hiram. with a pop
ulation OF $50. has been wiped on
the map II Is near Heher and in
the storms track. and nothing has
teen heard from T. II will probably
be several days before the names Of
ail who were killed by the tornado are
known.
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n 1 Ems ALL..
kennte HAS Decided - Keep Every Em-
aisys. bat Haa.e Drops SIC

senate s1as Decided - keep Every Em-
aloys. bat faaase Drsps STE.
Austin. April 8 lin ahs senate We'd
nesday the committee appointed Tues
day to investigate the matter OF the
anmber o. senate employees to be re-
tanned during the special session. re-
ported that owing to the carly days OF
the session and an ignorance Of the
work to be submitted. it recommend
ed no change be made Adopted AID
iourned until Friday.
Discussion was resumed in the house
OF the resolution by Mr.. Ainsworth, TO
instruct the speaker to dismiss all reg
ularly appointed clerks of the house
except the speakers private secretary.
the finance committees clerk and four
general clerks. of whom three should
be gienographers Six clerks were dis
charged and five pages. All lady clerks
are retained.
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WITHOUT 4 WARNING
Cyclone Sweeps Down Upon d Littl9
Place in Alabama
H0PEWELL Is RAZED.
Ten Persons Rave Net Death by TIE
Terrible Fury Of the Wind and
Number OF Others Sus-
tain Injuries.

Birmingham. Ala, April 9.--Without
. word of warning the little Hamlet
of Hopewell, forty miles north of this
city and one mile from Hanceville,
was swept away early Wednesday
morning by a cyclone which cut q
path OF destruction a mile vide and
two miles long across a prosperous
farming section Of Blount county.
Twelve persons were instantly killed.
three or four fatally injured and
score OF others seriously hurt. Dead:
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Griffin. James
Grim. Henry @ Mccoy. Frederick
Mccoy. Miss Birdie Mccoy. C. C.
oden. prominent planter: Miss Nor.
ma Oden. Hester odeu. Miss Thelma
Oden
The storm came from the southwest
and traversed its destructive path In a
northesSterIy direction. tearing every.
thing in It's way, The section through
which IL went is fat. on an elevated
table land In the hjny section Of
Bi0unt county. There was not the
shgntest InrtmauoU OF lis appTUas "a
uutl the houses were being torn to
pieces
One ot the FIRST houses visited was
that Of Nathan GrifFsn. The house was
demolished and Mr.. Grim ard his
son James wsre killed IN the twinkling
81 an eye Mrs. GrIffn was 80 bad.
~ Injured that she died at an early
our FROM hurts The son and
niece Of Mr. Griffin made rairacu-
luus escape, running from the house
before the demolition vas complete
and saving their lives They we're
injured but Sill recover.
The remains of the Grimm family
were carried tn the residence of II
a Henderson. the nearest settler
The house o. John Mccoy vas next
wrecked bat be aod his family es-
capped with severe bruises The house
vas absolutely destroyed and the 10.
mates cannot account for fapgr es-
cape The umbers few above and
around them but none Of them we're
struck
az AsNAAF 90 M tAEfA4 AaEt4tAN p
son 81 M John Mccoy. received the
worst impact ~ the storm His wife
vas severely Injured tao OF his chill
dr@u are stjil unconscious and may
/ die and he and bis bate and two 9th.
er children wsro Killed He vas sill
clAsplnE bis baby In hts arms wheu
his body was found close 20 the
house Evidently be had made an Fl
! fort 20 get out Of the house. carrying
the children wlth him The bod 80
arr terribly disaEured. where fylng
planks struck them
The storm then took ga casterly a.
rectlou and struck the house uf Mr.
c. e. Odeu The trees IN the yard
~ere fwistea into guarled shapes and
! even the vegetables In she garden
Nere torn from their sockets ia the
earth Nj Oden Vas Killed outright
kna so were bis three daughters. o.
teen twelve and nine years respec
lively
The home az Mrs Henry Wharton
vas aezt attacked by the storm and
/ 81 vas wrecked bat Mrs Wharton
/ Vas not badly injured
Then came the home of r. G Quick
/ II went into smithoreens and he and
his tao children we're injured aud a
mule Killed. bat there we're no fatal
ties here
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No Verdict

Goliad, Tex. April 9-The jury In
the Cortez case was discharged fail
ing to agree upon a verdict. Seven
stood in favor Of verdict OF murder
in the first degree. four for murder
in the second degree and one for ac-
quittal. The defendant. Cortez, by
permission Of the Judge, in open court
expressed his gratitude 70 the officers
for good treatment Of him, and stated
that Il the court could so arrange it,
he would like TO have another trial in
this county
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-09

United States Commissioner Alcxan.
der Wednesday
Wughts counsel asked for bis dis
misssl on the complaint now before
che United States supreme court on
the ground that the crime WAS not ex.
tradltatle and that the complaint made
no allegations constituting a crime In
both countries
The commissioner denied the motion
and adjourned the hearing until April
IS 10 await the arrival Of more papers
from England
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Pittsburg. Tex. April e-Ten miles
southwest OF town Lavlna Jackson,
colored. and her eldest daughter went
to a festival. leaving two younger
children az home. one Of whom was a
cripple. She gave the other a pistol
with instructions to shoot II they were
molested.
When the mother and elder daught.
er returned, they knocked on the door
without making known their names
The girl on the inside Immediately
fired through the door, the ball strik
ing the sister in the head. penetrating
the brain She Is 10 a percarious con
diiiou
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New York, April s-The steamer
Allegheny. which arrived from West
Indian and Central American ports.
brought tidings OF an eruption OF the
old volcano Del Tierna Firma I'm Col
ombia near Galera Zambio. on March
%. The village OF Tioio was destroyed
and from sixty TO one hundred per
sons were killed aud wounded, During
the night OF March "A flames we're seen
issuing from the yolyano by passing
vessels at a distance OF sixty miles
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Weatherford Tex. April Sin the
case OF the commissioners court Of
Parker county vs.. Aaron Smith. edi
tor OF the Weatherford Democrat. a
weekly paper published here which
has been ON trial the past two days
for alleged contempt OK court for GER
tain publications made during the
month OF February In his paper, the
court discharged the defendant
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w.shlnr,.n,. M.lf.., n...,....

Boston. Mass, April e-Booker T.
Washington wife was a guest and
spoke briefly al meeting Of The state
Federation OF Women's Clubs held In
Dorchester Wednesd Mrs Julia
ward Howe, honorary president of the
Federation. also was present Mrs
Mary Alden Ward occupied the chair
and addresses were made by Dr. C. h.
Henderson OF Concord and Professor
Sanford Bel Of Mount Hstyoke.
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Sherman. Tex. April Ben II.
Thomson OF Commerce. Hunt county
was shot to death 10 court plaza short
ly after Z o'clock Wednesday evening
W F. Ellis Stone. well known in
cotton circles al Honey Grove. Temple
Fort Worth. Bonham and other north
Texas points. was put IN jail, and later
complaint was lodged against him
charging him with the homicide.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-04-09

Mobeeue. Tex. April 9.-Prairie
fires have been raging for the last
few days ia this county The high
winds that have prevailed have caus-
ed them to be very destructive. The
flames travelled 50 fast that Il was
impossible for stock 10 outrun them
and many persisted IN the flames.
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Austin, April 9--The state peniten-
tiary board at its regular monthly
meeting here considered matters re-
lating to the reopening OF the iron in
dustry at the Rusk penitentiary. the
most important OF which was a prop
osition 10 lease a tract OF Is. 900 acres
OF pine timber land situated at the end
OF the state railroad. sixteen miles
west OF Rusk.
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Topeka. Kan. April 9.-Returns
from al the towns In Kansas which
held elections Tuesday disclose fact
that the vote In favor - enforcing
the prohibition Law Is the most over.
whelming in the history Of Kansas
Only six towns 81 any importance
voted In favor Of saloons
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STEVENSON BURNED.


IN FFF1
bloomington. M, April 9--Adlai e.
Stevenson. formerly vice president OF
the United States. lost his hair and
mustache and received painful burns
In the face, head and hands while try
Ing To exttnguish q FIRE in his home
The fire started in a bed room When
the statesman rushed into the room
the curtains we're ablaze without
calling for aid Mr. Stevenson attacked
the names. In a twinklinE the hair
sizaled from the top Of his head As
he sought TO save his hair the FIRE
seized his mustache and blistered his
face. He reiterated before bis clothes
caught hre. The damage TO the house
is $1,000.
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Austin. April 9--The railroad com
mission vii take up the charge Of the
San Antonio and Arkansas Pass railway
paralleliug the Southern Pacific road
and also alleged irregular issue OF
bonds
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Athens. Tex, April "a fishing
party was at a lake known as Big
Eddy on the Neches river about seven
miles below Chandler. Ed Marshall
Was killed by a knife wound in his
throat Charles Greer was placed un.
der $500 bond
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Rome. April Troops and strikers
have FLASHED and great disorders pre-
walls Cabs are not running and street
cars are escorted by police Strikers
attempted 20 upset a car In clash
about dozen men were wounded
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WRIGHT ARRAIGNEO.


New York. April 9--Whitaker
Wright, the London fnancieT. charged
with defraudins as director Of the Lon
don and Globe Finance corporation
was ATTalgned fof examination before
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Waco, Tex April 9-The iowa
Press association were entertained by
the Business Mems club. the Young
Mems Business league and citizens
generally
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Cameron, Tex, April 9-John f.
Brock, bridge Waterman. was run
over by the southbound Katy Flyer
on the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
railroad at Little River bridge and in
stAntly killed.
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Rotterdam. April s.-Ninety per cent
OF the employees Of the Netherlands
railroad have resumed work Only
ahss~asrH a ~ r.~sussrs,ar 49, So ,.s.a
ed TO re establish The complete service
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.. j. ERWIN.
CONTRACTOR d BUILDER

Estimates furnished and plans drawn
on short notice. knowledge Of the
constructive details pertaining to
Masonry, Bricklaying, Carpentry,
Joinery, Stairbullding, Roofing and
neney of ali structures. Knowi-
edge, combined with skin. enables
ATS - k~t e4t~ s0os P~@ss~@~
Residence 1nb North College Street,
WaxahAchls. Texas.
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gun. I...ss.a Of JuI, Lem.

colnn.lla ; G Anrn s-The TIL
man case was continued 90 the June
instead of Ialy term "a court.
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FORTY FOOT BREAK.


sad R@@t In Danger.
New Orleans. April s.-With the
blowing out OF forty feet OF cribbing
At the Hymelia creyasse the situation
there has again become serious, and
fears are expressed that unless the
damage can be Immediately repaired
other portions Of the 5000 feet Of work
VIII be endangered by the strain placed
upon 81. TIE water is going through
the gap at terrible rate
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| WANT COLUMN /

ARD ERs-Am prepared TO
take a number OF hsarders. Nice
large, cool, rooms and splendid ta-
bic. Reasonable rates. Mrs. f.. A.
Harvell, &s5 North R6weFs-st. dp
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WANTED Everybody 10 call At
Rose Jewelry Cos. and receive,
FREE, a miniature May d
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II ron want some gtsNel see I'd
Williams
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WANTED Gentle buggy horse or
pony for bis feed. Apply 20 =.
Fisher, 5l0 WateF-st. jp
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FOR RENT Snita 81 > or 3 rooms
furnished or unfuruishsd, yr for
light house keeping; southsru ex-
posnre. Mrs r. T.. GauigHou.
a4 College street
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FOR kENT-Two dwelling houses,
one broom aud one room. near
college. See T. n Rocket. tf
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A LARGE STOCK OF sewing ma
chine needles, oil, beIts, ard all
kind of sewing machine extras al
ways on hand 81 Arnolds Music
store. IT
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
SAID OF WASHINGTON.

just honor to Washington can only
be rendered by observing his pre-
cepts and initiating his example,
Robert C.. Winthrop.
However his military fame may
excite the wonder of mankind, it is
chiefly by his civil magistracy that
Washingtons example will instruct
them.-Fisher Ames.
A great and venerated character
like that of Washington is
not an isolated fact in history to be
regarded with barren admiration--it
is a d~ispensation of Providence for
good.-E. Everett.
He illustrated and adorned the civ
ilization of Christianity and furnished
an example of the wisdom and per-
lection of it's teachings which the
subtlest arguments of its enemies
cannot Disqualification B. Vance.
George Washington, the brave, the
wise, the good. Supreme in war, in
council and in peace. Washington.
valiant, without ambition; discreet.
without fear; confident, without pre-
sumption.-Dr. Andrew Lee.
To add brightness to the sun or
glory to the name of Washington is
alike impossible. Let none attempt
it. In solemn awe pronounce fthe
name, and in its naked, deathless
splendor leave it shining on.-Abra-
ham Lincoln.
Let him who looks for a monument
to Washington look around the
United States. Your freedom, your
independence, your national power,
your prosperity and your prodigious
growth T o monument to him.
Kossuth.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
AS A YOUTH.
Washington Did Many Things when
. Boy That Were Worthy Of
q Grown Man,

The early age at which Washington
developed the tender passion has been
noticed. In fact, it was despair at the
uncompromising attitude of a certain
Rowland Beauty" that he fed to the
domain of Lord Fairfax, afterwards
his patron. The noble gentleman had
left England and buried himself in
the wilderness on account of a disap-
pointed passion; perhaps George, who
was then coming Is, felt there might
be a bond between two such wounded
hearts," at any rate, before he had
been many months under Fairfax's
eye, just as he was completing his six
teenth year, he set out on a surveying
expedition. The Englishman's ground
included thousands Of acres Of the
most fertile country in the world, ex-
tending in a wide strip from the sea
to the Alleghanies. It was no small
sign of confidence to allow a youth to
lay out such a country.
This position is merely a sample Of
the many important places he held.
At 10 he was major Of the Virginia
militia; at 81 he commanded an impor-
tant expedition to Du Quesne. Small
wonder is it that his first love came SO
young.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
SAID BY WASHINGTON.

Be courteous to all, but intimate
with few, and let those few be well
tried before you give them your con-
tidence.
The company on which you inn
prove most will be least expensive
to you.
1t is easy to make acquaintance,
but difficult to shake off, however
irksome and Improbable they are
found, after we have once commit.
ted ourselves to them.
1t is a maxim with me not to ask
what, under similar circumstances, ]
would not grant. ID.
I expressly forbid the sale or trans.
%portation out of the said common.
wealth, of any slave I may die pos.
sessed of, under any pretense what
soever.
In my estimation, more permanent
and genuine happiness is to be found
in the sequestered walks of con.
nubial life than in. the giddy rounds
of promiscuous pleasure or the more
tumultuous and imposing scenes o.
successful ambition.
Without virtue and without in
tegrity, the finest talents and tn.
most brilliant accomplishments cal
never gain the respect and conciliat.
the esteem of the truly valuable par
of mankind z,
I shall v attempt to palliat,
my W foibles by exposing the er
o of another.
Nothing would give me NOR rea
satisfaction than to know the senti
ments which are entertained of mel
by the public, whether they be favor
able or otherwise.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
wAsH1NGToN's BIRTHPLACE.
Spot at Wakefield Farm ON
, the Potomac.

Mount Vernon has become a great
mecca for the American tourist; at
Yorktown and Valley Forge stand
stately reminders of the First Cen
tleman of America, while in every
part of the land the smallest memen-
toes of his life and actions are reli-
giously preserved; but in magnificent
decay on the lower Potomac lies
Wakefield Farm, which was associ-
ated with his early life. A simple
granite shaft marks the spot where
George Washington was born, and a
few bricks and stones are all that
remain of his early home.
The old country mansion was
burned early in the last century, but
the brick chimney, within whose arch
four people could sit, and the corner
stones, with a portion of the founda-
ton, were saved. Shortly before the
civil war the historic farm passed
into the hands of a family which at
first showed some appreciation for
its associations. A succeeding gem
Grafton, however, tore down the
chimney and the remnant of the
walls in order to secure the bricks.
A marble slab bearing an inscription
giving the date of Washington's birth
and other information, which had
been set into the great arch, was
removed to the old family grave
yard; but in placing it beneath two
ancient fig trees planted by the moth
err Of Washington, it was broken, and
its fragments lie there to-day, moss
grown and vine-covered.
1t was in 1895 that the national
COVE rnmcnt erected at Wakefield a
miniature copy of the Washington
monument, with the inscription
"Washington's Birthplace" and in
small letters at the base the words:
directed Ivy the United States. A
D. 1s95."-Waldon Fawcett, in Won,
mans Home Companion.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
OWLS IN WINTER.
When Taken from Their Retreats
They Shut Their Eyes and
Feign Death.

Owls are really much commoner in
winter than one is led to believe by the
occasional specimens which are seen
abroad in the daytime. If we searched
the hollow trees Systematically this
morning we should probably discover
several screech-owls, and perhaps some
of the larger species. We might be
surprised to find some of the screech-
owls red and others gray, and, like
the early ornithologists, we might
conclude that the difference in color
was due to difference in age or sex.
1t is now known that there are two dis
tinct color phases of this species not
dependent on either age o sex, though
just what they r dependent on is
not yet known, says Woman's Home
Companion.
When taken from their retreats in
winter these birds often feign death
shutting their eyes and lying perfect
ly still in the hand. By and by, when
they find that their little ruse does not
succeed, they will snap their bills and
bite and scratch in a solemn but very
effective How they manage
to get enough to eat on these dark,
cold nights is a mystery to those UNI
acquainted with the woods. but as a
matter of fact there is more prey
abroad on winter nights than is gen.
orally supposed. Wild mice are very
numerous fact which is attested
by their footprints on the newly fallen
snow-and owls are most expert mouse
catchers. Their hearing is so acute
that not a squeak escapes them, and
they themselves are SO soft IN the
wing that they do not alarm the game
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
SEEN AT THE JEWELERS..

A handsome turquoise string OF
heads is combined with crystal and
pearl beads.
4 round pearl ball held in long
GOLD prongs forms the head OF a
pretty hatpin.
In mems rings there IS "a nouDlet
headed serpent, the two heads hees-
ing to form a setting. j
Among the pretty belt sIckles IN
silver IS one showing a soft gray nm
;sh and having several exquisite NJ
liz angels carved on its face.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
The Judue Wins.

he supreme court in an opinion
tson, it is held that the provi-
the Law of two years ago fig
different salary for the Judge Of
bird circuit than that fixed for
bdges of the other circuits is
|stitutional, and the court gives
Bennett of that circuit judg-
for the difference between the
mt he has received and the
ut which he should receive to
him on the same basis as the
circuit judges of the state.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-02-13
cornstalk Disease.

dreaded "cornstalk disease" so
lent a year ago, is reported to
(ttacking stock left in the field
long. Two horses died on the
ian ranch near Centerville. Sew
head of cattle on another ranch
taken sick and che died. Farm
pre- more careful this year to
(h their stock and allow them to
Pin but a short time in the field
day.