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The Washington times., 1905-08-27
I71lIId lI D

on a corner where two tradeful ar
teries of the city cross With a soli-
tary dime In his pocket, he stood
on the curb watching with confident.
cynical, smiling eyes the tides OF
people that flowed past him. Into
that stream he must cast his net and
draw fish for his further sustenance
and need. Good Izaak Walton had
not the half of his self-reliance and
bait-lore-
A joyful party of four-two women
and two men-fell upon him with
cries of delight. There was a dinner
party on-where had he been for
fortnight past?-what luck TO thus
run upon him. They surrounded and
engulfed him-he must join them
ira la la-and the rest
One with a white hat plume curv-
ing to the shoulder touched his sleeve
and cast at the others triumphant
look that said: See what l can dc
with him. and added her queens
command to the invitations.
Il leave you to imagine" said Nor
ley. pathetically, how it desolates me
to forego the pleasure. Biit my friend
Carruthers, Of the New York Yacht
Club, Is to pick me up here in his
motor car at 81
The white plume tossed, and the
quartet danced like midges around an
arc light down the frolicsome way.
Morley stood, turning over and over
the dime in his pocket, and laughing
gleefully TO himself.
Front he chanted under his
breath; front does 1t. 1t is trumps
in the game. How they take it in
Men, women, and children-forgeries,
water-and-salt lies-how they all take
it I'M"
An old man with an ill-fitting suit,
a struggling gray beard, and COR
pulent umbrella hoped from the con-
glomeration of cabs and street cars
to the sidewalk at Morley's side
Stranger" said he, excuse me for
troubling you. but do you know any,
body in this here town named Solo
mon Smothers? He's my son, and I've
come down from Ellenville to visit
him. Be darned if l know what l
done with his street and number"
Il do not, sir" said Morley, half
closing his eyes to veil the Joy in
them. You had better apply to the
police
The policei" said the old man. 81
amt done nothin' to call in the police
about. / just come down to see Ben
He lives in ten-story house, ne
writes me. If you know anybody by
that name and could"
II told you / do not said Morley,
coldly. II know no one by the name
Of Smithers, and advise you To-
"Smothers. not Smithers," inter
rupted the old man, hopefully "a
heayy-sot man, sandy completed,
about twenty-nine, two front teeth
out, about five foot"
"Oh, 'Smothers,' exclaimed Nor
ley. ''Sol Smothers?" why, he lives
in the next house to me- 1 thought
you said 'Smithers'
Morley looked at his watch. You
must have a watch. You can do it
for a dollar. Better go hungry than
forego a gunmetal or the ninety
eight-cent one that the railroads
according to these watchmakers-are
run by.
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X ',NtsNEAAEe tets at
)hiS experiences
Mlsize chasing cmlZUz'e
at q CHaUkauzua.-

and refinement is open TO all. But |
forgot you lived so far from Indiana
and away down in the iggernant east,
so I'd better tell you about the chaw-
tawquy from the beginning.
All Forms of Culture Except Agriculture
The snmer chawtawquy is as prev
lent in the west as the yaller fever
is in the sowth. Evry county that
haint got one is looked down on as
backnumber and they say ''ephrum
is joined to his idles let him aloan. 4"
Not to have a. chawtawquy is TO be
quaranteened aginst education and
all forms of cultyer except aggercult-
yer.
Cha tawquies must be held at a
town where there are lots of rail-
roads. This amt for the accumulation
Of the people. becaws in towns where
there are chawtawquies the hacks
take you to the grounds. They is
always nine hacks standing at the
streat corner saying ''hackforchaw-
tawquy, goinritout. You get In a
hack and sumbody gets in a other
hack and eyry feller wates till his
hack Is full no difference IL the show
is over befour that. Who ever sS-S
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MeALETTER from OOVSTN ELMEP

Then. too. a peace of low ground
must be chose, for the chawtawquiests
lives in tents. Most of them has good
homes in towns WHARF il would be
niser TO live but they are tired of
being comfortable and the wimmen
folks wants a rane to come up in
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

the mite thare on the low ground so
they can skreme and faint and have
the men kerry them out in thare
mites threw the puddels of waiter
1t was CRATE what they had on that
program. 1t wud even been good to
heare, only the francs and the babies
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son and Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Ac-
eerdingly, he has hal it in for me
Tor making public property of the
tale OF his adventure at Atlantic City.
and would not unbosom himself freely
on any other subject in my presence.
However, something happened. FL
mer attended great doings in dis
tant town Tin the adjoining county,
and his life broadened like a toad
that had been stepped on. Immedi-
ately he wrote me all about II. and l
take further chances with the cous-
inly relationship by submitting the en-
tire document:
Poke Root, Ind, August Is.
Dear Cussin:
Littel did you think that wen you
ust TO see me running around the
farm littel innocent, iggernant boy,
that ide ever grow up to attend chaw-
tawquy. this is a country OF crate
possibilities and advantages of cultyer
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No Appreciation for Real Art

was sprised at that and thot what
broots them men must of been till
Sne day was standing just back of
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Lecturer Was Real Mad.

Then he cone off that platform be-
hind the scans and he says says he &c
the feller that was &c come next on
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
The Narrative Of d Chevalier d'Indushie
Who, Like Peter. Fished for Men, But
With a Different Object in View Than
That of the Apostle :: :. :. :.

(Copyright 1905. by the Press Publishing
Company, New York WORLDLY
The Washington times., 1905-08-27

Continued on Page Seven. this Section,
The Washington times., 1905-08-27
By STRICKLAND w. GILLIAN.

cousin Elmer, from In
diana, is the embodi-
ment of rural reticence.
He is even more mod
est and averse to pub
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
MINOR MATTERS.

Denison is TO have large cement
block factory.
Ardmore Daily Courier is a new
afternoon paper.
Baertch oil company has a fine gush.
er near Llwton.
Ju| 80 Raymond says Creek Indians
cannot make Wills.
A movement is on foot at Dallas &c
build a merchants exchange.
F1ashlight telephone service Is to be
put in operation at Terrell Tex.
Ellis County CTexas) Medical socict,
holds next meeting at Midlothian.
II is reported three townships In the
big pasture near Lawton will be leased
Phillip Sands. a prominent Indian.
was assassinated near Henryetta. /. r
San Angelo Tex. has put up names OF
streets and viii soon have free mail
delivery.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
PASSENGER RAN
INTO DYNAMITE
Frightful Results of Blowing up
of Two Carloads--Many
People Were Killed.

Harrisburg. Pa. May IAN ex-
press train on the Pennsylvania rail-
road -an into freight train in which
there were two cars loaded with dy-
samite at 1:1O Thursday morning in
South Harrisburg. near the plant Of
the Paxtang Light. Heat and Power
company. Three terrific explosions
that broke windows all over the city
followed, and the two trains were COM
pletely wrecked and took fire. II was
estimated at 3 o'clock that fifty per-
sons were killed and 100 injured,
though these figures may be too small
1t was impossible at that time ia
ascertain the exact number of fataIi-
ties because the wreckage was stiIl
ablaze and nonapproachable. in which
many Of the passengers and two MEM
bers of the trains crew are pinned.
and many small explosions occurred.
When the first explosion occurred
bodies were blown clear out of the
berths in the sleeping cars. many land
Ing down on the railroad embankment.
and some even having been hurled into
the Susquehanne river. which paral-
lels the road in that locality.
All the physicians procurable were
summoned to work with the injured
fire alarm sounded. and the fire.
men arrived to find themselves practice
ally helpless in the work of rescue.
A police patrol wagon was commits
stoned as an ambulance. AS many Of
the injured as possible were loaded
into it on each trip and taken to the
Harrisburg hospital. the capacity OF
which soon became overtaxed by the
large number brought In. A special
train was made up and brought in
jured and dying to the union station.
Many of the injured were sent TO
private houses.
Immediately after the wreck all the
passengers who could do so ran from
the scene of horror TO safety from the
Incessant small explosions.
The agonizing cries OF the unfortu-
nate were heartrending The office OF
the PaXtang Light. Heat and Power
company looked like hospital. At an
early hour the Harrisburg Traction
company ran out a number of cars
from its South Harrisburg barns and
used them to bring the injured to the
hospital.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Look Gu. For These swindlers.

Chicago. May 1.-TWO or more mer
using the names Anderson. Craft ant
Todd have been engaged fraudulent!
for two months in soliciting subscrip'
tions for magazines and other period
icals in the name of the American Pros.
Association as subscription agent. They
have operated here. in Omaha. Soutl
Omaha. Council Bluffs. Sioux City anC
other places. At an earlier date the!
had worked the eastern states. Tn,
American Press Association is not 6
subscription agency; any one soliciting
subscriptions in its name Is necessarily
a swindler.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
TWENTY DEAD.
Approximately One Hundred Were In
iured by the Wreck.


Harrisburg. Pa. May 12.-Twenty
persons are believed to have been kill
ed and approximately 100 injured by the
wrecking of the Cleveland and Cincin-
natl express westbound on the Penn
sylN Lnia railroad. which dasher into
and wrecked an eastbound freight train,
exploding a car filled with blasting
powder. It was one of the most horri-
BILE disasters exer experienced by the
Pennsylvania railroad.
There are about seventy injured in
the Harrisburg hospitals. hotels and
private residences. while others are I'M
the care of physicians at houses near
the scene of the wreck.
Few passengers escaped with any
clothing to speak of. Most of them
were in their births and escaped in
pajamas or other night apparel
1t is unofficially estimated the finan-
cial loss will amount to fully $3OO.OGO.
This includes $4,000 cash. jewelry and
other personal effects Of passengers de-
stroyed.
Early Thursday morning persons who
escaped from the wreck began fiockius
to the newspaper offices to ask that it
be published that they escaped injury,
so that their friends might be relieved
OF anxiety. Among these was Charles
w. Stanglon. supreme chief of the
Brotherhood of Car Inspectors. Car
Builders and Railroad Mechanics OF
America. His home is at Baltimore.
Samuel Shubert of New York. mana
ger of the Lyceum theater. jumped out
Of his berth and ran outh of the train
just in time to escape being burned
20 death. He was taken to the Com
monwealth hotel.
While the fire was still raging fierce
ly the burning bodies OF the dead could
be seen still lying In the berths.
At 4:45 o'clock Thursday morning ii
was authoritatively aScertained that
the entire passenger train of nine cars
and the engine were destroyed. Nine
freight cars were also destroyed and
three others derailed and wrecked.
The passenger train, Of wE!ch not a
valuable square foot was LETT. had con-
sisted OF one locomotive-torn to pieces
when the explosion occurred-siX Pull
man sleeping coaches. two baggage
cars. one mail coach and one engine
tender.
The first explosion heard was of THE
boiler of the passenger locomotive. This
was follow by most terrific noise wher
the dynomite car went up. The car
was No. 1883 OF the Erie railroad and
had cargo of 5000 pounds of dynamite
Despite the narrowing occurrence
occurrence there were early on the
scene. undetected. many negroes and
foreigners. searching for loot. The heat
was so intense and the crowd of re-
putables so great that it is believed
they secured but little of value.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
GUEST OF IRIoUois.
Honor.d by Those Who Voted Aeains'
Him Last November.

Chicago. May 12.-Honoring and
honored by his political foes, but per.
sonal friends. President Roosevelt
Wednesday night was the chief guest
at a magnificent banquet rendered
him by the Iriquois club. the leading
Democratic organization OF Illinois
Surrounded by men who fought agains,
him in the two national campaigns
who deprecate many OF his avowed pol
icies and have frowned on some OF
his political actions. the president was
Wednesday night cheered to the echo
as he entered and left the banquet hall
was applauded with enthusiasm
throughout his address. and at its
close was given to understand that
in his case political differences were
not a personal issue
The banquet, which was. from first
20 last an ovation. was given entirely
by Democrats 20 the leader OF their
political opponents. and mary OF the
kindly personal references made by the
speakers OF the evening. the major
ity or whom are men OF Democratic
faith, deeply touched the president.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
PRESIDENT IN EARNEST.
No Strings to the Statement Relative
20 Being Candidate AGAIN.

Omaha, May 12.-President Roose-
welt made the following statement to
a Bee reporter: You are authorized &c
state that will not be again a candi-
cate for the presidency OF the United
States. There are no strings on this
statement: / mean II.
II made my speech at Denver for
the purpose of convincing the Seon.a
of my earnestness In regard u
matter OF railroad legislation. / Viii
not be satisfied with any compromise
that does not bring relief TO the people
from the conditions now existing in
regard to the transportation affairs in
the country. No compromise bill from
congress will be accepted
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
PATHETIC SUICIDE.
Picture o' GrandchiId, Residing at DIAL
las, Near His Heart.


Mobile. May 12.-Captain Thomas
Deering. aged seventy-five years, was
found in a dying condition in his bed
end expired before medical aid reached
him. The coroner viewed the body and
gave certificate of death by suicide.
On the table was a.. empty strychnine
bottle. In one of his pockets was
found a small piece OF paper on which
was written: Take me to Shawhan's.'
a local undertaken
Protruding from his open shirt front
was a photograph of his ten-year- old
granddaughter. of whom he was pas
sionately fond. The child is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Shirley English OF
Dallas. Tex. where Mr.. English Is the
superintendent OF the Postal Gable Tel
egraph company. Captain Deering lost
his wife about five years ago.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
hARINe COTTON PICKER.
Machine by That Name to Be manufac
tured BY Texas companY.

Austin. May Eff the claims Of tn
HarinG Cotton Picker company of Dal
las. which has filed its charter in tn,
secretary of states office. are FULFILLED
Il will he but a few years until all tn,
work Of picking cotton in the south (.
done by machinery. The company has
a capital stock OF 100000 and Il.
purpose is manufacture and sell a ma.
chine for picking cotton. It is claim
ed that the machine does the work IT
a practical way. The incorporators ar,
Flihu A. Sanger. Lewis NJ. Dabney. J
Metzler. r. l.. c. Mann. II. L. Edward.
and ]. s. Kendall. Jr.. all of Dallas: p
II. Haring and ]. C. Burns of Goliad
Tex. and II. j. Haring OF BRENNAN.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Progressing Nicely.

Sweetwater. Tex, May 12.-Work or
the Kansas City. Mexico and Orient
railway Is progressing nicely. The tract
laying crew is nearing Sylvester. a dis.
lance OF twenty-one miles north al
Sweetwater. and the bridge gang /,
much I'm advance Of the track layers
According to reports. the graders vii
at a very early date commence worl
south of here on line from this plac,
to San Angelo.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
TWO CHANGES.
Colonel Yoakum Also Fort Worth ant
Rio Grsnde Director.

Fort Worth. May 1.-Two changes
were made In the director OF the ST
Louis and San Francisco at meetin.
of stockholders held here. Colons
Chas II. Yoakum succeeds Judge H. n
Mcdonald of Paris. and G. r. Gray u
st. Louis is succeeded by r. r. Ham
mond Colonel Yoakum was also mad.
a director in the Fort Worth and ri,
Grande Another meeting of the frs
named road will be held Saturday FOL
election of officers.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Hobart Report.

Guthrie. May PA special from
Hobart at 1925 Thursday afternoon
places the dead at that hour at Snyder
at over 100 persons. seventy-five of
whom were killed outright Not a
building In town escaped damage and
-eighths OF the business buildings
are a total loss. The injured number
into the hundreds.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
. Two Hundred Conversions.

Sherman. May 12.-Most OF the bust
ness establishments were closed Thurs
day to enable employee. TO attend re-
vival services in a tent under the au-
spices OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, South. There have been 200
conversions
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Neuro Slays Planter.

Houston. Miss. May 12.-Pete Evans
n negro. waylaid o. f. DELAY. a prom
inent young planter and killed him
with two charges from a double bar
relied shotgun.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12

Phone w. X. Wyatt, phone No. 2s4,
for Conveyance to stricklsnd's or
Cartmelps. He can give you good
service. lift
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
FRISCO IN CHARGE.
Reported That System Has Really t.
ken Tennessee Central Road.

Nashville. May IA dispatch TO the
Banner from Hartman, Tenn. says:
TT is reported here that the Frisco
system has In reality taken in the Ten
nessee Central and extension line from
Hartman to Tellico Plains, Team, and
that this is one of the first moves on
the part of the big system. The new
system viii be known as the Tennessee
and Atlantic. and the proposed exten.
sions will pass through a section rich
I'm coal. iron and timber. The route vii
probablyl lead from Hartman "a
Kingston, Tenn, and thence TO Sweet
water and Madisonville. Tenn. on to
Tellico Plains"
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Auile Winner.

Louisville. May I'm the Kentucky
Derby s S. Browns colt, Agile. was
winner by three lengths over Rams
Horn. Trailing fifteen legnths to the
rear came Layson. Agile's time for
the mile and quarter was 2:1O4. TIL.
attendance was 10000
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
National LEAGUE.

Boston. 4: Chicago. ,: Chicago. 4
Boston. ..
Philadelphia. 10: Pittsburg. 3.
New York. (: st. Louis. 3.
Cincinnati. ): Brooklyn. 0.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Two New BUILDINGS,

Corsicana, Tex. May 1.-TWO moro
buildings win be erected for the Odd
Fellows home. One Will be a dorInito-
ry and dir 1g room OF two stories. the
other structure a one story
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Southern LEAGUE.

New orleans. 3: Little Rock. 2.
Memphis. 4: Shreveport, /.
Atlanta. ;: Birmingham. 2.
10: Montgomery. ..
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
North Texas LEAGUE.

Paris. 3: Clarksville. ..
Greenville. Il; Texarkana. 9.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
Found Dead In Bed,

Garlic. N. NJ, May 12.-wallace II
Hills. chief clerk in the United Statei
treasury department, was found deat
In bed here
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
BASEB BALL.
Texas League.

Fort Worth. 5: Temple. 4.
Dallas. 10: Waco. 3.
Austin. Z: Corsicana. 5.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12
South Texas League,

Beaumont. 3: Galveston, /.
Houston. >: san Antonio. o.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-05-12

Condos Bros. ice cream and candles
speak by their reputation. Att
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-19
TO MAKE SERIOUS CHARGE
Police Chief VIII Swear to Complaint
Against E. H. Harding
Today.

Chle1 Browning viii this morning swear
to complaint charging Z. II. Harding
with rape. Action will be taken as the
result of the confession made yesterday
by the little girl, Cora Hartog, who made
"A fun statement in the presence Of her
parents and some of the police officers
which was extremely damaging to Hard
ing Up to yesterday the girl persisted
In her deClarati that Harding had acted
IN an entirely proper manner toward her.
but yesterday after being home for
tWenty-fOuT hours. UpCn close question
ing she broke down and made a confess
sion. According to the girl her relations
with Harding began more than a year
ago This was before she went east
with him to New York and at a time
when she was less than Is years Of age
HardlngS son. IS years of age. who
eiuded the officers at the time the girl
and the father were arrested in Davis
county. went to the jail yesterday to see
his father The father cried over him
and the boy seemed considerably affected
Harding himself still maintains his limo
cence, and does not know that the girl
mas confessed he has been located AZ
salt Lake and Ogden for a number OF
years, being a man of apparently good
education and Of some medical skill. He
admits to being - years of age some
time ago he attracted considerable atten-
ton by cures which were supposed to
have been perfected for cancer and sim
liar diseases This was widely advertised.
and number OF Ogden men furnished
money to Harding preliminary to forming
a company to handle his cures"
For two OF three years he has been a
trusted inmate Of the Hartog household
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-19
ACCIDENT IN SUBWAY
Dozen Persons Injured by Explosion
of B0ileT-Two of the ic-
tins Nav Die.

New York, June 1S.-By the explosion
of a boiler in the air-compressing plant
Of the subway construction at one
Hundred and Fifty-second street and
North river today. more than a dozen
persons were injured, one of whom at
least may die
BY the wreckiug Of the plant the work
Of the completing the boring for the
tunnel through the solid rock from One
Hundred and Forty-eighth street To
Fort Dodge street, may he delayed.
The most seriously injured:
Daniel Barrett, assistant engineer.
probably fatal.
Joseph Morgan, fireman, probably
viii die.
Edward Altonisia-
John AmatO.
Edward EIword
The three latter are boys who were
standing at the river bank when the
explosion occurred. One of the beams
from the power house. driven bv the
air, came down lengthwise. pinning the
boys under it The roof of the power
house was torn into pieces. which few
IN shower over the house of the West
End Yacht club. The dome of the big
boiler was driven high in the air and
landed 300 feet away On the verandas
Of the club house We're more than 100
persons when the crash came. The club
members carried the injured the club
house