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New
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age.
THE WEATHER.
already
BULLET THROUGH HEART
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save
fires
San Francisco, May 7.—The strike of
the 1,700 union motormen and conduc-
PICK,
rera
to be directly in the path o}the storm.
Ho he began a mad race for the Birth-*
lack of bo«pt»
Ho long as they
toss
at Law
ta,
that it would be wise to offer to mub-
mit to arbitration the differences be-
evory
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a roar
might
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the Goat*
CLUNG TO POST
DURING CYCLONE
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William Reed of Birthright
Tells Thrilling Tale of
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Picking Up Their Wounded as They
rursued Cars, Strikers Kept Up
Unequal Ballle for Blocks.
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BLOODSHED IN
SAN FRANCISCO
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Breakers and Mob in
Streets.
Adoption of the Government’s Pro- I
granme for Ireland Effeeted Amid
Scenes of < on fusion.
Hlo"pitaltty i
Nor was there
Men Pray, Women Become Hysterical
While Some Hurried to Creek
Bottoms to Eycape.
sr, embalm*
rlages, etc.
Phone 157.
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post and
Mr Reed
NEW LAW REGARDED AS COM.
FISCATORY IN ITS PRO-
VISIONS.
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DRUG TRUST CASE
To ptevent the first reading of the ■ tween Mexico and Guatemala that how
bill being deferred unti tomorrow, and | threaten a complete rupture of diplo-
Four Victim- Herb Claimed at Nirthr
right anl Two More May Dir
of Their Injuries,
MOURNERS AT DU. RILaY’S oB-
SEQUIES ARE THROWN
INTO A PANIC.
MAND ron GENERAL LIMA'S
EX rmaprTIOX.
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the sensation was not unike that one
feela when circling the Hiyins jenny In
Association of Ufo Insurance Presi-
dents Hold Special Meeting and
Decide to Leave State.
ined
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require* that 76 per cent of the reserves
on Texas polleies shall be Invested In
Texas securities; either in state or na-
tional bank securities or in stocks of
Texas corporations which have not de-
faulted in Interest or in state or munici-
are all home rulers.
Gng Rule < nusen pronr.
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s, ‘!
wn wel that be and, for while all
.bent him had hurtled debit, of evert
sort end dereriptten. made up of the
wreck and ruin of the xiliage. and
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made from the com-
insurance eserves in that abate wan
discussed and it was the decisiom, each
prenident spaking for hie own company,
that aa the law would be conscatory
General Manuet Lsandro Bartllas, .hl
also inatating upon 'he pending ok Colo-
nel onotre Bone sa a witnena in the
Barilla, murder onse
Thle fact wan made known to a rep-
resentative of the Anmoctated Press by
Minister Mariwcal today and pending th.
neral processton resumed its Interrupt-
ed course to the graveyard.
Rev. Mr. Harrie says that the people
were thoroughiy pante-etricken by the
funnel-shapea cloud and the thins sot
on their nerves so that they felt great-
n
iwnfngs ■
tt. 1100 I
In Grfp of the WInd.
As lbs storm hore down up ।
as he huKKed the post, he felt that the
day of doom was about to or । k and
that if he xot out of the melee allve
he would be a very lucky man. Sweep-
Ing and swishing with a great roar ths
storm rushed, taryin not an Instant
eame pitch dark and he could not se4
The Sugar Island creek fight was
Mr. Iteed wat hed
u: .. :.ti The Inborites miniter, Benor Toi* o Hererra, has
will support the mensure because they suggeste to his gove fitment by cable
pitallty whteh la born great drress
took 4 are of all comers, and the res sit
wua to cheat death in many Instances,
Wntehing the storn T
perted that this' half-way measure is
wholly pleasing to no political party.
The unionists regard it as a step to-
ward home rule. They object to giv-
ing to Ireland management of so many
departments of local affairs while the
Irish members of the house of com -!
fere it as a $olutlon.
Washington. May T -The Guatemalan
a state of active and eecelerated erup-
tion. He has not tried the Hying jenny
for a long time and does not want to
try a eyt lone again soon, but that is
DLIGY
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ped itself about Mr Reed than it bey
INSURANCE TRUST, BECAUSE of NEW TEXAS UW. DECIDES TO QUIT THE STATE
efendants. It wad agreed that decree
I will be entered tomorrow agalnat all of
tho defendant*, granting the perpetual
Injunction nsked for by the govern-
! ment This Will, if entered, end the liti-
i gallon.
colllded with the engine
to hold up, With the aid of a companion, 0 aa a , ■ AArAOIKr nr
SMALL MEASURC of
more than a score of persons were
hurt, some were severely wounded and
others hurt to a less extent
At 2:30 o'clock the company made ite
first attempt to resume the operation
of its system by sending out seven pas-
senger cars, manned by between twen-
ty and forty strikebreakers, wearing
the uniform of car Inspectors, and each
carrying a 38-caliber revolver strap-
ped about his waist outside of his coat.
block further on. Hurling any missiles
that came easy to hand, and cursing
and screaming for the lives of the
strikebreakers, hundreds of men and
boys surrounded the car. In a moment
a fusillade of allots rang out and the
crowd fell back in fear. The obstruc-
tions were clhred away and the car
prooceeded, followed a block behind by
two others. The sound of the shots ap-
prised the main crowd in the neighbor-
hood of Filmore and Webster streets
that a battle was on, and more than
1,000 men and bays came running down
Turk street in pursuit of the strike-
breakers, who, standing to their posts,
shot again and again into the crowds
indiscriminately as repeated showers of
tors of the United Railways developed - -
this afternoon Into a riot in which' stones struck and injured them.
Mexico, May 7 Ar
a "revolution bill," but today it wan
referred to as the "Irish council bill,"
or even the "Irish bill ”
Compared with the home rule bills
of 1886 and 1906, the measure of to-
day confers little self-government upon
Ireland, merely giving to the council
control of the eight departmenta now
managed by government boards. The
twenty-four members of the council
are to be appointed by the crown, and
while the lord lieutenant of Ireland is
presslon where they coul Hod shelter
Trom the storm. and those who were so
fortunate as to own storm cellars were
not slow in tenanting them
which would largely reduce the return i danger had been averted and the fu-
to be derived from them Ten per cent
the bill and learn the sentiment of the
people.
A nations Bet convention will be held
in Dublin soon to decide upon the poll-
der conviction for the murder of Gov- I ,, ___ _ .
ernor Gocbex Sensations Were Like Those
train near Pldmont, Ala. at 10 o’elock
tills morning and two men were killed
and nine injured. The dead
Hnglueer Hireh of Hirmingham.
Miles Young, a negro.
Injured:
Fireman J. S Stuniey. Birmingham
Fngineer Peek, Anniston.
Conductor Seymour, Hirmingham.
Extra Gang Foreman J M Wood*
Hagland.
Seriously injured
Five negro laborers
The cause of the accident has not
yet been learned
Mexico and Guaterala
maina unehanged. Foreign Minister
Mri"oni d-mind emphatically that -lip ‘ Mr wat hed *torm intenny
imatse relatons btween ine two coun- l" .hnow1nKwhat to door in whteh dt-
lrlM Km been broken ott or that the lay »•—-»»» from Ite wrath,
preifminerien for "ueh “ when n had torn to p|w> th. MN00i
h“S.X Pundent nnother and avuuarozMrurnmoamrununume
-tronker not 1 “-mimei; imm-21o Ne
on ths delivery of General J> • Lumna •
necuned of instigating the murder of
The general belief ,1s that because of
this afternoon’s tragic happenings
further efforts to operate the system
will be withheld until officials of the
company are satisfied that the police
are in a position to afford protection
to property and life.
would a t issue of gaper. Mil-
s Birthright was, on a rising
feet away,
chorus e
partied t oa treaty framed at the Pan-
Ameriean congress at the City of Mag-
lev. by which they are to submit every
issue to arbitration with the exceptios
of questions ot national honor and those
relating to hostile tnvaslon.
Before he coula traverse the short die*
tance intervening the full force of the
storm was upon him and grabbing at
the first object he cquld grasp, which
happened to be a post, weft set info
. . . . •—---—— . the ground ha hugged it with both
mon. retaln lh. rl*ht to leginiate in receipt ot an anawer te th • "d notein nd., hangtng on for dear
similar affairs for England and Bcot- sent to Guaremala by the Mexican KOv-
right storm cellar. He never got there
objects three
«ai like a
i beasts end
month long.
ANOTHER CHANGE’
"trugKled to reach it, but so long we
——----- one could bo a commodated, that hos-
London, May 7.—The government to-
day presented its lons-awalted Irish
and shouts of "gag." the closure was
carried by 417 votes to 121, and the bill
passed its first reading. The house
then adjourned.
After the bill had been presented and
explained by Mr. Birrell, It was eritt-
eised and ridiculed by A J Balfour on
behalf of the opposition. John T. Red-
mond then delivered a brilliant speech.
clung to that
now patrolling the neighborhood of in its effect. it would not be possible
Filmore and Turk streets where th
greatest congestion is.
second wag •
through it all
post and it
government by a council through elght,quo.
committees as complicated and eumber- What would happen in cane of a nee-
nome. The radicals are disappointed , ona refusal on Jhe part of Guatemala
that the measure falls so short of ac- 1s a matter which is not discussed in of-
tual home rule and the Irish members I gcinz circlen Thuns wsil informed con-
are even more disappointed with it. , slder the situation to be growing graver
The Irish leaders, however, are main-lcouri,
talning a diplomatic attitude until they i
have time to study the provisions of,
killed a policeman in his effort to es-
cape. Harold 8. Jones, aged 16 years,
shot and killed himself on the street
His companion, G. H. Geddis, aged
was arrested while in bed at his home.
Jones belonged to a good family. II«
and Geddis held up the two conductors
as the latter were on their way home
from their night’s work. Jones drew a
revolver and ordered the conductors to
hold up their hands, but instead of
complying they showed fight, and Jones
and his companion fled. A policeman
gave chase. After running a block
Jones turned and shot at the pursuing
officer, the bullet going wide of the
mark, but the policeman, in order to
deceive the fleeing youth*, dropped to
the sidewalk, as though he bad been
shot. Jones saw this and stopped. He
did not approach the policeman, but
backed up against the side of a house
and sent a bullet into his own heart.
law becomes operative. The new law
knoll on the prairie, the approach of
the cloud could be plainly traced, and
the people hncw only tou weli what
wan in store for them unlesa sum*
lucky chance should divert the course
of the cloud from which the wind came
For a few seconda the people- with the
fear of denth bearing tn upon them,
wat» hed the spectacle, and then therg
was a wlld $ ramble fur plat es whieh
promised immunity from the grim reap*
er riding on the wind Here and there
these securities, the United States ride but it did not break up the pro-
bonds ought to be substituted. cession, for others followed the lear
"Under the law these seguritles must and there was a wild run for safety.
be deposited in government depositories, This condition lasted for several
in Texas and made subject to taxntion f mtnutem ana then the cloud passed.
THE IRISH HOME RULE BILL
MEErS WITH APPROVAL
OF NO PARTY.
regard to the issues between the two
countries. It is pointed out that both
Kulation twister, its long black
tke-lke tail twisting and gnarzing
ly relieved when it was over *wd they
realized that they had escaped.
of the taxation revenue of Texas is now
derived from taxes Imposed on foreign
insurance companies. Immediately fol-
lowing the enactment of this law, the
Texas legislature was convened in spe-
cial session to increase tha rate of
taxes, the purpose being to impose st ill
further burdens on outside insurance
com pan led.
"The new law goes into effect next
month and thereafter premiums on
Texas policies wil be sent direct to
the home ofHees of the com pan W
which will withdraw from the state."
district attorney, and counsel fur the zephyr
land. They er Hi eised also the plan of ernment affair* will remain in statun
tteringall movabie bjeets before it,
then seemed to bounce high in the ale
ouly to again descend and renew the
tearing and eruni hing ot nomes, up-
rootin of trees and loveling to the
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NO. 205.
pany's barns at Turk and Filmore
streets where a crowd of from 3,000 to
5,000 men and boys had gathered.
’Twenty-seven policemen, five mount-
ed officers and several sergeants un-
der command of Captain Moon were on
patrol guard. The appearance of the
cars in Gilmore street from which they
were switched into Turk street, was
the signal for an immediate outburst
of jeers and howls. Before the cars
had gone one block they were made
the targets of stones and bricks. In a
few minutes every pane of glass had
been smashed and several of the armed
operatives had been hit, cut and
bruised. At Turk and Buchanan
streets an especially fierce attackwas
made on the foremost car. A guard on
the rear platform answered the flying
stones with a pistol shot. The bullet
struck one of the union sympnthizers
in the arm.
Fierce Fighting for Blocks.
This transformed the crowd into a
wild mood and thenceforward for
twelve blocks there was fierce fight-
ing. The strikers and their friends
aided by hundreds of youthful hood-
* lums kept up a running shower of
missiles. The guards on board the cars
responded with fusillade after fusil-
lade of pistol shots.
Eight men received bullet wounds,
some ot which will prove fatal. Among
those thus injured are a detective ser-
geant and a patrolman.
Finally, a dozen or more of the
guards were arrested by reserves from
the central police station and a union
crowd boarded the rearmost car and
started it back to the barns. Arriv-
ing there, the strikers charge that re-
volver fire was opened on them from
the barns. In this encounter severe
more men were shot A non-union man
* - threw the switch at the corner of ’Turk
and Filmore and the derailed car shot
into the sidewalk, maiming two men
whose names have not been learned.
. .In the stampede that followed a score
of women and children on the out-
skirts of (be mob in Filmore were
hurled to the pavement and trampled
upon.
The appearance of relief squads to
reinforce Police Captain Morris' men
resulted about 5:40 p. m. in the partial
dispersing of the crowd. A current
rumor has it that Superintendent Chap-
man who spent "the forenoon and early
afternoon at the Filmore street bar-
racks, was seen about 5 o’clock driv-
ing rapidly awy on Golden Gate av-
nue in an automobile that was dashed
with blood. There is_ye no confirma-
tion of the rumor that Mr. Chapman
was wounded. Practically all of the
police reserves at the various precinct
stations have been called out and are
| Niue others Injured I* 4 olllaion on the
air Line.
Birmingham, Ala. May ? An extra
freight train on the Heahard Air Line I
rth of every barrier that deca it
Thinking He had Killed Polleemnn,
PAIadelphta Youth Shoots Hlmself,
Phnadeiphia, May 7—In his attempt
country. This bill is designed to meet
the demands fur Irish home rate it
was presented by the chief secretary
of Ireland. Mr Birrell, to a crowded
house Prior to the appearance of
this measure-it was populariy termed
Willlam Reed, whu ownea
Gainesville, Texas, May 7.— (Special.)
Rev. A. J. Harris of Gainesville, who
went to Hemming yesterday to con-
duct the funeral services over the re-
mains of the late Dr. John Riley, a
victim of the recent cyclone which
devastated Hemming and kllled seven
of its inhabitants, besides maiming
many more and impoverishing others
who escaped with their lives, tells of a
remarkable experience. He said that
the funeral had formed and the cor-
Detective Sergeant Bell, shot in
cheat.
Alta Palm, shot in back, may die.
The deadly affray was the outcome of
the first attempt of the United Rail-
way* to run passenger cars out of their
Turk and Hlimore street barns at
MID p. m. .
The First Shet.
An Associated Press representative
who rode on horseback behind a string
of cars saw four men shot from the
glass car windows. The first shot was
fired at the intersection of Turk and
Buchanan streets by a guard from the
rear platform of the car that headed
the string of seven The bullet struck
a young man standing on the curb and
Indlicted a flesh wound in his arm. The
shot was not fired until most of the
windows of the car had been smashed
with stones, several of which had
struck and severely bruised some of the
guards on board. The shooting of this
man aroused the mob to a pitch of
frenzy.
Paving stones and other obstructions
were cast on the track and in that way
the car was brought to a standstill a
abemt rhe nenrest he can come to de
seribing the sensations prodaced witH
a rexas twister stzzfng about one'e
white Walter Mume LonK was ntin ; malic reintiomt The mintnter wan at hen a No anoner had the sterm wrap-
‘•peaking, Mr Birrell moved the closure the state department today and had a -----
! Then amid great uproar and protents ! tong coference with the orfrta% in
the erewR retains control of five of
the eight epartments, including the
constabulary. The control of this
branch always has been a thorn In
the flesh of the Irish people
„Plenses We Party.
It is natural and quite to be ex-
bill to the house of commons and theMHXICO MAKFS SECONI DE-
Mineral Store at Birthright, stood in
IF REFUSED-—TROU BLE the front of his ntore and watched tha
storm approach.
Wichita Falls, Texas. May 7-(Spe-
elal.)—W C. Heath of Wichita Falls
today brought in the largest and best
producing well in the new oil field at
Petrolia. The welf has not been tested
so far, but it is estimated that it will
pump well over 150 barrels a day.
pal bonds; if there were not enough of tion of a school houe. It was a lively
ground where the interment was to
take place. Dr. Riley was a popular
man. Besides that be was a victim of
the cyclone and his fellows who had
lived through the disaster which cost
him his life, felt that they should show
him every mark of respect and there
was a big concourse of people, men,
women and children gathered to do
honor to the dead. The body had bee
put Into the improvised hearse and a
start had been made for the grave-
yard. All went well during the early
stages of the journey, and nothing oc-
curred to mar the"ofemn procession.
But presently a cloud appeared on the
horizon. Then another, and they grew
bigger every minute. The people who
made up that funeral procession had
reason to recognise the meaning of
these Houda They had recently felt
the force of the cyclone and even then
were in the act of burying a cyclone
victim. So whn the cloud grew more
and more ominous and came nearer
to the procession the fear of God
seised the mourers. Some scampered
as hard as they could go for the bot-
tom of a creek which promised shel-
ter and safety. Others got down on
their knees and prayed as only a man
can pray when he is thoroughly fright-
ened, while the women became hys-
terical. shouting and crying, while the
man who was driving the hearse made
off as hard as he could go in the direc-
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UP AGAINSr IT.
Minisier te W ashington Of*
The Wounded.
Following is a list of the wounded
at the Emergency hospital:
Thomas White, lacerated scalp.
James Walsh, shot in the head; will
die.
Policeman & Sauer, shot throngh
shoulder. -
J. Foy, lacerated cheek.
J K. Rooner, shot in shoulder.
William Slattery, contusion of foot
and head.
J. Arena, contusion of the knee.
A. C. Jahn, shot in throat.
N. A Ellsch, shot through chest.
X M Granville, lacerated face
G. M. McNaughton, shot in forehead
Tom Buchanan, shot in abdomen;
will aid
C W. Forester, contusion of face.
Sulphur Springs, TexaK May 7 —(Spe-
ctak)--The results of the eyelone at
lirthright were eveu mnore disaatrous
than at first reported The foree of
the wind was tar rifle and nothing could
withstand therdeadly tail of the storm
cloud as ft lashed here and there, rip-
ping houses tv piei es, picking up greut
piei es uf timber froin the detris and
whirling them throush space as •
Bullets Fall to Cheek Mob.
At Van Ness avenue a youth, perhaps
20 years old, was shot through the
lung. He pitched forward Into the
street, whence he was lifted and thrown
onto a mattress in a furnturejvan. He
was hurried to the emergency hospital,
still the mob, checked but not dismayed
by the rain of bullets, kept on running
in pursuit of the slowly moving cars,
stoning them and cursing the guards
Just beyond Van Ness avenue, the first
squad of police arrived in a patrol wag-
on. The mob stoned them, too, but
presently desisted on being Implored by
union pickets, who shouted frantically:
"Boys, don’t hit the cops; they are
our friend*."
The mob called on the officers to ar-
rect the dozen or more guards on the
first three cars. Very few of the po-
licemen drew their clubs. They tried to
persuade tho maddened men and boys
to disperse .but without effect. One
union man who was loudest in denun-
ciation of the strikebreakers, created a
dramatic scene White the smoke from
the emptied pistols hung within the
shattered cars, he threw off his coat,
raised his arms and wildly offered him-
self as a sacrifice to their ballots.
At Turk and Hyde streets, three
blocks east of Van Neu avenue, the
guards again turned loose their weap-
on# on the following crowd. In the fu-
(Continuea on page 2.)
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New York, May 7.—Following a meet-
ing of the Association of Lfe Insurance
Presidents today a statement was Is-
sued in which it was intimated that
the companies represented in the asso-
ciation would withdraw from Texas
when the new Insurance law of that
state becomes effective June 1. The
new legislation, which provides that 75
per cent reserve on Texas policies
should be invested in Texas securities,
is declared by the association to be
confiscatory in its effect.
The statement by the associatlon fol-
lows:
"At a meeting of the Association of
Life Insurance Presidents, the now
Texas law concerning deposits of life
would hold another frightened human,
and that human could reach them, they
were taken In In the Birthright ce{-
lar alone forty refugees gathered and
there wore ont the •form, es aping with
their lives, which might otherwise hav
bean forfeited to the fact that this
cellar was located as it was, and to the
further fart that it was reached by so
many who haste ned to it when the
kturm approae hed, |a du* the small
death list which blighted the village.
Washington, May T—Freeast:
Okiahemn and Indinn Territory (
showers and warmer Wednenday
i Thureday warmer end probably
fair.
Went Texas: Fair Wednesday end (
i Thureday.
East Texass Showers Wednes- ('
। day। warmer in northwent per- <
tion Thurnday partly eloudy, and (
warmer in nerth portions fresh t
i novth wns on coast.__ _ ('
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!< caved fa th. ate
vacated by the man
then it had him in it
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1907.—FOURTEEN PAGES.
Fedevul Judze Expeeted in Grant Fer-
petuni Injunetiom roday.
Indlanapolis, Ind , May 7 The hear-
ing of testimony in the suit brought by
the government in the circuit court of
the United States for the dlatrlet of
Indlana against the membera of the
so-called drug trust, was today post
poned until tomorrow at 10 o’cloek by
Noble C. Butler. - who was selected na
master to hear the evience
Following a consultation today be-
tween Joseph H Keating, United states
Feeling Rim High and Nore Treuble
la Certnin.
Middiesboro, Ky. May T.—In a
pitched battle on Huger Island* creek
early today, John Howard and Martin
Green were kiied and Klennor Huw
ard la eaid to h*v* been fatally shot
Jim and George Green were alao badly
wounded The fight was the result ot
an old feud
John Howard lived in Clay eeuntv
and is a relative of Jim Howard, un- 1
Firing From Car Windows,
E. Guards Hit Many.
( aptnin Mnekin Couid Net Pomitively
Identify Hin Asanilant.
Fort Rill. O. T , May 7 —In the court-
martial proceedings here of Corporal
Knowles, colored, charged with an at-
tempt to kill Captain Edgar Macklin
at the latter’s home at Fort Reno, Cap.
tain Macklin today gave a description
of the assailant which tallied with that
of the defendant. The witness, how-
ever, could not positively identify
Knowles as his assailant, as the assail-
ant's feature*, he said, were partly
hidden by a handkerchief used as a
mask. Mrs Johnson, Captain Mack-
lin's colored oook; who was an eyewit-
ness to the assault, could not say posi-
lively if the assailant was a negro.
Hhe said he wore a khaki suit and car-
ried a revolver with a black handle
which she believed was an army re-
volver.
Leutenant Herring Shaw is acting
as judge advocate and Lieutenant Hens-
ley is counsel for Knowles. Captain
Edgar, of the hospital corps at Browns-
ville. will be called,as a witness.
Lieutenant Nichols of the Thirtieth
Infantry, testifying regarding the lay
of the land about Fort Reno, where
Captain Macklin was shot, Dec. 22
last,' stated that the chances were
twelve to one against an Intruder be-
ing detected.
Jesse Fugua, the boy who found
clothing tallying with that worn by
the assailant, according to Captain
MackHn._ identified the apparel and ]
said it still bore the quartermaster s
tag when found.
X noteworthy prtnelpally for its dignified
Q and forceful exposition of Irelans
claim for complete home rule. .
The audience before the Speakers was
[ i worthy the hl* tor leal and parliamentary
। |occasion. The entire ministry occupied
। seats on the front benches Mr Bal-
four lounged in his charaoteristie lan-
' guid altitude
between the Creens and Howards, ana
will probably reopen a bloody feud
in the mountains of this county. All
the men are widely connected. Feeling
I runs high throughout the northern
| part uf the county where the fight
occurred and more bloodshed may be
expected.
The county officers are now on tha
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