The Fort Worth Record and Register (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 201, Ed. 1 Monday, May 4, 1908 Page: 1 of 10
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LATE RETURNS
BAILIY AT HOME.
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NIGHT RIDER OUTRAGE
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Corrected Figures Show That
Bailey is / bout 35,000
Full Returns May Materially
Increase Above Figures.
day's primary by giving the largout
completed vote by precincts and the
Despairing of Rescue, Men and
Women Jump to Safety.
medans seemed on the eve of Mettle-
men when, Baturday. according to re-
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OTEL BECOMES
CHARNEL HOUSE
LATER RETURNS
SWELL MAJORITY
land is suffering .from cancer are un-
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Lake wood, N. J., May 1.—The condi-
tion of former President Grover Cleve-
land. who is said by his physicians to
be suffering from acute indigestion,
continues to show daily improvement.
According to Mrs. Cleveland. who ex-
presses the hope that the progress of
her husband's recovery may permit an
early return to Princeton.
The patient spent a quiet Sunday At
the Lakewood hotel today and Mrs.
Cleveland expressed herself as pleased
tonight with the progress made.
Mrs. Cleveland is keenly cognisant
of the deep interest that the public
holds in the state of Mr. Cleveland’s
health, and she stated tonight that if
any chnge developed in the condition
ot Mr. Cleveland it would be made
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Clarksville, Ky., May >z
Score or More of Lives Lost in
the Burning of a Fort
Wayne Hostelry.
Ceremony la Marked by AU the Pomp
and Brilitancy of Erope's Mone
Stateiy Coart. •
PRINCE WILNELM OF SWEDEN
WEDs MARIA PAVLOXA OF
RUSSIA.
Uness Patient Has Backset Mr. and
Mr. Cleveland Expect Soon to
Lemse for Princeton.
MOHAMMEDAN TIEIIECSMIEN ARE
AGAIN IN ACTIVE SrATE OF
ERI PTION.
Aa Near aa Can He Gathered Fran
Data In Hand Above Pigures Ap-
proxtmately Correct.
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FIVE MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY
AMONG VICTIMS OF THE
FLAMES.
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Just How Many Died Will Not
Be Known.
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Make Thrilling Rescues of Im-
periled Persons.
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together with a supply of bombs and
other exploaives.
The discovery of the plot was made
through the arrest and eonfenaloh of
theperpetrator or the bomb outrage
at Mocuffpeure, the capital of th*
in which two men were killed.
The newspapers in refesring to the
news remark that there is no cnuze
for alarm or for grave anxiety, 1f, as
is hoped, the ameer is not directly re-
sponsible for the attitude of the At-
ghan tribes, but they point out that
until the ameer's attitude is definitely
known, it behooves the government to
be alert and prepared for eventuali-
ties.
RECORD RETURNS
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Conspiracy to Murder Europeans by
Means of Bombs Discovered at
Mocuffpouro, in Bengal,
FORT WORTH RECORD
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FORMER PRESIDENTS ILNESS
IS DUE ENTIRELY TO ACUTE
INDIGESTON.
no public comment
doubtless give fitting expression
,glonon. May >.—India is a source
«»T considerable un»»«MineM to,the Mb—
glinh government at "the present mo-
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their way to the fire escapes.
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CHAIRMAN OF THE BAILEY CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
MAKES STATEMENT ABOUT SATURDAY’S PRIMARY
Do
are known and loved by every Demo-
crat who knows the moaning of party
oyalty and by every citizen who re-
spects men with the courage of their
convictions.
Mr. Halley's friends have met and de-
feated "the most vicious cru-ade in the
history of American politics! We have
demonstrated that in this state tHe peo-
ple will sustain a faithful publie serv-
ant and we have sent back to Washing-
ton our greatsenator with a new testi-
monial of his people's love and confi-
dence. Henceorth we may expect, and
the public will demand, that hi* de-
famers cease their slanders, that his
public. Ft was stated authoritatively
Caleb Powers and James Howard Are
Likely to Be Set Free.
Frankfort, Ky., May .—Governor
Willson will on Tuesday announce his
'decision on the applications for par-
dons for Caleb Powers and James How-
ard. charged with complicity, in the
assassination of William Goebel Gov-
ernor Willson has refrained from any
expression calculated to give the slight-
est inkling as to what his decision will
be, but there is a persistent rumor,
which is not questioned even by the
most ardent supporters of the prosecu-
tion. that the two principal defendants
thus far tried in this case will be set
at liberty.
Governor Willson has been reading
the records and weighing the evidence
in the trials-for over three weeks. Inci-
dentally cartloads of petition* for the
pardon of the two men, totaling over
1,250.000 names, have poured in from
every part of the three Americas, with
a goodly representation from Europe
and a smattering from Africa and Aus-
tralia. *
filled the corridors and rooms
LATE RETURNS
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burn*, Grandview, Alvarado Pnesville
and Eagan he carried every box in that
county. Praetically all the larger elttes
‘or Texas have sent in reports and the
return* sti out will not be propor-
tionately as heavy for the anti ticker
as were the earlier returns. A careful
review of the rural boxes in the tab-
ulated tables published Sunday show*
that Balley carried over 8* per cent of
the small boxes reporting, and ho car-
ried a majority of all the small box-e
even in the counties in which the
larger cities gave anti-Bailey majori-
ties.
Stolypin, the members of the cabinet,
th* president of the duma and the
presldent of the council of state, the
principal ambassadore to Russla, their
wivea and a few of the highest digni-
taries of the empire found a place in
the small blue and gold chapel of
the palaeo, where the orthodox cere-
mony was performed. The other guests
were stationed according to their rank
in the. various saloons through which
the bridal procession passed.
The robing of the bride was per-
formed in accordance with court cus-
tom in the private apartments of the1
empress. She was dressed by ths ein-
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tience until he is again a candidate for
the senate and that we shall have party
pence in Texas. CLA RNCI OtSLEY;
Chairman Bailey Campalgs Committee,
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ports received here.
tonight ehat the reports that Mr. Cleve- | ROYAL WEDDING
and tobacco barn. with their contents,
including hay. 90m. farming imple-
ments and fertilizer, were burned last
night on the farm of Henry Wall, near
Fredonia. 10 miles'from here. “Night
riders are supposed to be responsible.
Henry Wall is a brother of W. E. Wall,
who was almost financially ruined by
depredations of night rider*, and who.
on their account, left Montgomery
County AH telephone wires into Fre-
don La were cut last night
Rewting After Arduvs Campuign—Goes
to Wanhinxton Tomorrow.
Gainesville. Texas. May a.—(Sp.ial)
Renator Bailey has been taking a visit
on his efarm and with his Intimate
friends today. He will leave for Wash-
ington tomorrow or next day.
his gratitude tojhe people before he
leaves. He has been overwhelmed to-
day with messages of congratulation
from all parts of Texas and many
places throughout the nation.
To the Supporters of the Balley Ticket:
A majority of more than >0,000 oyt
of about 220,000, with the probability
of 40,000. to 60,000 in a total of perhaps
>00,000 votes cast. Is a wonderful vic-
tory for Senator Bailey and the Fort
Worth ticket
Many counties did not hold primaries
and the weather kept away from the
polls perhaps 26,000 farmers who are
Balley men. Hepce, the total Demo-
cratic vote- should not have exceeded
225,000 and all above that figure—ap-
parently at least 50,000—are votes of
men who are not Democrats.
A careful analysis of the vote of
counties heretofore Populist plainly in-
dicates that a large .element of the anti-
Bailey strength came from that source.
It is equally certain that many Repub-
loans and Social ists in the cities were
allowed to participate and. of course,
voted against Bailey.
The opposition has been campaign-
ing for eighteen months; we have had
only five weeks to combat the misrep-
resentations and falsehoods with which
the popular mind h d been poisoned.
We have disbursed much less than
the amount of money subscribed at the
Fort Worth convention, as nearly all
contributing counties reserved a large
part of their funds for local expenses
We distributed about 760,000 pieces of
literature in two documents, one the
"Campaign Truth" and the other Judge
The approxtmnte figures on the total
vote thus far reported is Ballsy 131.-
000; antm 2.004 Therfute boxes TW "
porting whd Indtonte that Hatley's
trength will become greater as the
results become known. As has been
sited in The Recor tlme and time
agaln, would be ths case, his heaviest
vote came from rural sections. An in-
stance of this comestrom Tohnson-------
county: With the exseptton of Cle-
Fort Wayne, Ind., May 3.—An un-
known number of persons estimated At
from 16 to 25, lost their lives in a fire
that destroyed the New Avelyn hotel
here today. The entire interior of the
building is a smoldering heap of ruins
and how many dead are concealed by
the debris can only be conjectured.
The hotel register was consumed by
the fire and there are no accurate
means of determining who is missing
The known dead are:
R. S. Johnson, Pana, Ill.
M. Hirsch, New York (there is also
another Hirsch among those saved).
Bell County.
Belton, Texas, May >. — (Special.)—
Th* corrected figures of this county. ss
they stand today, give Cone Johnson a
majority of 818. » Two boxes still not
heard from, but will not change the re-
। sult a dozen votes either way. The
delegates from Belton to ths county
convention are practically all Bailey
men and are uninstructed, except to
vote as a unit Temple delegates and
many over the county go uninstructed.
new danger
Poindexter’s speech. The opposition
has distributed ten times as many cir-
culars and the total volume and ex-
pense were proportionately larger, The
opposition has used ten times as many
speakers.
These bare facts are recited to em-
phasise the victory, which in Itself is
great enough, but in cqnparlsons and
relations reaches tremendous propor-
tions.
I take the liberty of conveying to
Senator Bailey’s loyal friends in all
parts Of the state the deep gratitude of
his campaign committee. We have la-
bored under many handicaps and have
had to do within five weeks what
should have occupied five montns. Hut
for the generous saerifices of our
friends, who cannot now be named in
detail. we could not hav , reached the
people with ths truth. which alone was
election, but
FROM PRIMARY CONFIRMS ESTIMATES OF BAILEY’S MAJORITY
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850
FORT WORTH. TEXAS. MONDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 1908.
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1 J west rexn—Fnir Mondny, and
,, reeler in Berth portion; Tuesday. J
2 > fair, warmer.
«, Bast Texas-- Showers Monday, 2,
, eool le northwest portion; Tues- .
dny fair. inereasing eeath winds,
becoming weM
« » Okiahomn---Showers Mondnyg 4
> Tuesdny fair.
taken out are mangled and charred be-
yond recognition and the work of
identification is in these circumstances
a task almost , baffling.
An infantry company and battery
company of the national guard are on
e duty aiding the fire and police forces
to clear away the debris. The fire was
discovered at 3:80 o’clock ihis morning
in the elevator shaft by Night Clerk
Ralph Pipkins. He rushed to the upper
floors, alarming the guests until the
flames, which had spread with appall-
ing rapidity, drove him back. His ef-
forts. however, saved many lives."
The hotel was erected half a century
aso and the woodwork was dry as
tinder. It burned like matchwood and
within a few minutes from the time the
fire was discovered, the whole Interior
Bubonle Plague la Gunynqui.
Guayaqu, May >.—There have been
forty-eight new cases of bubonic
plague in this place since April 22.
During April there were 130 deaths
from the disease and sixteen deeths
from yellow fever.
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New York, May 8.—An early morn-
in fire in a four-story brick tenement
at 17 Humboldt street, a thickly popu-
lated district of Brooklyn, caused the
death of six persons and the serious
injury of four others today. Every
member of one family, consisting of a
mother and four children, are among
the dead: There were many thrilling
rescues by police and firemen and ft
ws due to their brave work that the
death list was not larger.
A half dozen or more persons whip
were trapped in the upper stories were
saved by jumping into life nets.
The financial loss caused by the fire
is estimated at 110,000.
The dead:
Mrs. Dora Abrams and Sadie, Carrie,
Anna and harles Abrams.
Mra, Jennie Cohen.
The injured:
Mrs. May Nobel, Mrs. Amelia Hirsch-
born. who sustained severe burns, and
Anna Hirsehborn, who suffered a bro-
ken shoulder from lumping from a
window into a life net.
The fire started in the cellar of the
building early this morning when the
people composing the eight families
living in the house were asleep. *Ths
Abrams family lived on the third floor.
The flames swept through their apart-
ments, so that the only way to escape
was by jumping from the windows
Charles Abrams and his sister, Anna,
did this, but both struck on an iron
railing and were dead when picked up
Mrs. Abrams and her other children.
Sadies and Carrie, were burned to
death. They were clasped in eachoth-
er’s arms.
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Fastinnd County.
Eastland. Texas. May 3—(Special.)--
Eastland county Bailey by 200. All but
two small boxes are in.
Ranger. Tetas, May A— Spedal >—
The following is .the full balot from
th* Ranger voting box. There were
300 votes polled but som were muri-
ated and were thrown out of the count.
The convention was carr’s d for the
Bailey tieket by storm Excitement
was great although the order wax
good. The delegates were instructed
St Petersburg. May 3—Prince Wil-
helm of Sweden, second son f King
Gustav*, the popular sailor prince, who
visited America in 1907, was married
this afternoon to Grand Duchess Marla
Pavlona. cousin of the emperor of
ltussia, and daughter of Grand Dak*
Paul Alexandrovitch. The ceremony
took place at Tsarskoe-S*io and was
accompanted by all the pomp and bril-
liant display of color characeristie of
the moat stately court in Europe.
The day was marred by frequent
heavy falls of snow, which, however,
failed to chill the enthusiasm of the
great crowds that gathered around
the palace to catch a giimpse of the
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Firemen and Policemen
‘He has made
upon Saturday's
Halley’s friends, however, are Intense-
ly gratifled to know that they have a
majority of delegates to the Fifth dis-
trict convention and that two Balley
men will be gent aa district delegates
to Denver.
The county elegations stand as fol-
lows: For Balley--Ellis county, if
votes! Hill county, 11; Rockwall county,
2 total, 25 Ant-Bailey—Dallas coun-
ty. is votes; Bosque county, 4: total. 20,
Majority for the Bailey side, 5 votes
J. B. Miller, Sheboygan, Wis. ..... » ........
• J. Ellis, Carson, Pirie Scott & Co., ___
Chicago. ’ FOUR BADLY INJURED
threatenee. An attempt was made by a
largo Afghn foree, mumberihg from
i3,000 to 20,000, which went aerosa th*
horder divided into two bodies to scize
the blockhouse of ihyber Pass, near
Landkihotal The attaeks were re- I ,
pulsed with trifling casualties among ,
the Britiah, but the Afghans remained
in front ofIandkmotat and another -
emperor ard other royal personages •
and th* arriving guest*.
I The crowd* Mood for hour* In the
bleak and muddy palace square until
the conclusion of the ceremony. In !
1 th* evening a great state banquet was j
rerved, at which tousts were drunk 1
to the guesta and the understanding
between Sweden and Russia recently
reached in the Baltic agreement, to .
( which today's wedding—the first in
modern times between the ruling I
houses of the lev eountries—puts the
seat •
The beginning of the nuptial cere-
menies was announced by the firing of ‘
five guns simultaneously at 9 o'clock
thia morning by the battery of Tsars-
koe-Selo and by the fortress at St.
Peter and St Paul, in St. Petersburg.
Thia was but the beginning of th*
noisy acclamation, for the thunder of
salutes was heard almost uninterrupt-
edly through th* afternoon and even-
Ing. The wedding guest* who took
part in the ceremony assembled at
2 SO in th* afternoon at “the great pal- i
ace at Tsarskoe-Selo. Only Premier “
Negro Saya He wil Not Be Taken
Alive.
Omaha, Texas May 1.— (Special)—
A negro by the name of Bud Solomon
cut th* throat of a negro woman by
the name of Dolly Briscoe Saturday
evening. It seems a crowd had gath-
ered at the woman's house and a
quarrel resulted between these two.
The negro man has made his threat
that he would kill the fia: man who
cam* to arrest him. A posse is on its
way to catch the negro. No trouble is
anticipated. 1
ice to dti sens of Fort Worth and
Dallas to give the total vote as re-
ceived and Computed every few ml*-
utes, So that the steady accumulation
of the Balley majority could be under-
stood from minute to minute. Th*
computations were made by two Bur-
roughs adding machines,- operated by
two expert* from the Fort Worth
agency.
Continuous ong distance telephone
communication wa» maintained be-
lween the office of The Record and
The Record’s temporary quarters at
Dallas, where bulletins were given by
J D. Wheelen, an expert stereopt icon
operator. The Record's bulletins attract-
ed much the largest' crowd at Dalia*
and-they were continued for more than
an hour after the local newspapers had
ceased to issue bulletins. From first
to last, 20,000 people in Dallas read
The Record's bulletins, and when th*
service ceased at 1 o'clock in the morn-
ing there were nearly 2.000 people still
eagerly watching the returns.
The Rerord’s bulletins served also
as the basis for information sent out
by th* telegraph companies to hun-
l reds of clubs and groups of eitizens
throughout Texas, so that it is not too
much to say that 190,000 people availed
themeelves of the information fur-
nished by th* newspaper and were en-
abled to know before bedtime approx*
imately the size ot the majority.
eempmaae IPfliR roost accurate indication of the cod-
GORGEOUS AFFAIR azerarsnoisuntuntunvon..
are so many to thank. Individual men-
tion might seem invidious, but I can-
not refrain from making public ac-
knowledgment of the great service
rendered to the commute* and the
cause by my assotiate, Mr. T. N.. Jones,
and our secretary. Mr. J. A. Worsham,
whom I am gure the loyal Democrat*
of Texas will ever hold in grateful
esteem. I wish I could name hundreds
of others in every county from the Rio
Grande to the Rabin* and from Red
river to the gulf, but this is, not th*
time or the place. In the state and in
their several sectiona and counties they
were saved with comperative ease.
• Boon the flames broke from the win-
dows and curled about the fire es-
capes. Some of the more hardy ones
braved the flame* and made their way
through th* fire down the iron stair-
waya
There were many thrilling escape*.
Claud* H. - Varnell of the Fort Wayne
baseball team, hl* sister. Mrs. John
Hendricks and John Hendricks of Chi-
cago. manager of ths Fort Wayne
team, together with Master Hendrick*,
aged 5 years, barely escaped with their
lives.
Varnell lost his personal belongings
valued at several thousand dollars.
Hendricks with his wife ahead of him
and his boy in his arms, was descend-
ing the fire escape from the fifth floor.
At the third floor the fire broke out
below them. He swung Mrs. Hen-
dricks over the railing and she dropped
to the platform of th* Story below.
He then dropped his son into the wait-
ing arms of. his wife and all made
their way to the ground. Other rescues
as thrfling and escapee as narrow, were
numerous.
When the fir* was at Rs height, a
man at a third story window was seea
, wildly waving his arms. He shrieked,
"My God, men, save me. Will no one
save me!" And then he leaped from
the window and went swirling to the
pavement below. He was picked up
desperately hurt. He was from Colum-
bus, Ohio, but his name could not be
at the time ascertained.
Frenzled Women Jump.
A score or mor* of women employed
in the hotel, were in the upper rooms
in the rear part of the hotel. Most of
them escaped without injury, but some
in their frensy, leaped to the alley.
In th* excitement th* hotel regis-
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The difficulty with th* Moham+, counties where th* Populist* and Bo-
elalints hav* strong followings and it
eame from neuttered porttons.
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body 19 reported to be moving into
Bazaar valley by was of Maote Pass.
General Wilcox, Who is in command
of th* British forces recently dispatched
to quell the troubles, baa gone to Jamh-
rad, a few miles west of Peshawau, at
the entrance to Khyber Pans, and is
hastening forward his troop* to meet
the new danger.
All frontier telegrams ar* careful’y
censored at Simla. From Calcutta
come* the news_otthe discovery of a
plot to murder Luropeaus by means of
bombs.
The conspiracy appears to be of an
oxtensive character and many arrests
hav* been made. A number of* incrim-
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man for S. F. Bowser & Co., Fort
Wayne. 1
J. W. Deviney, salesman for Craw-
ford & Lehman, Philadelphia.
Threeunidentifedwemen.---:— -------
The known missing:
Frank Baxter, attorney. Auburn, Ind.
E. B. Alty, Wabash, Ind.
Charles Benjamin, salesman for the
Detroit neekwear company, Detroit,
Mich. 1
Mrs. Sarah Hathaway. Mispawka, <
Ind.
Unknown woman, companion of Mrs. ,
Sarah Hathaway.
R. T. Tribble of ..Dalhart, Texas, a .
ranch owner. . --
Among the injured weret"
F C. O’Donnell, Detroit, right aim
broken.
James A. Foster, Fort Wayne; burned
about facg and head, now- at St. Jo-
seph’s "hospital.
A, M. Meth, Pittsburg, burned about
face, arms and legs.
Lyman Campbell, jumped three sto-
ries. badly shocked.
Charles Fall, Columbus, Ohio, gash
in leg, contusion on head and lacerated;
leaped three stories.
E. M. Matthews. Columbus, Ohio, back
broken and burns, at St. Joseph’s hos-
pital.
George aA. Hill. Philadelphia, badly
cut and burned about face and arms.
Miss Agnes Nadeau, Miss Margaret
Merchan, Miss Anna Block and Nathan
Bell, all kitchen employes, burned and '
blistered. Eh hospital.
T. C. Phillips. Calumet, Mich, face ,
burned and head scorched. •
—John txmg, bartender,1 arms broken,—
(oafused Mans of Kecords.
The complete destruction of the in-
terior of thelhotel makes the work of *
recovering bodies one of multified dif- ’
ficulties. A confused heap of charred
wood, bricks and twisted girders is
piled up between the.hare walls of the ,
second story. Piece by piece this must
be removed before the roll of the dead
can be completed. Some of the bodies ‛
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opponents ponsess themseives in pa-, inating documentn have been isnued.
It win take several days to correct-
ly tabulate the reports of the eleetion
Saturday. With the reports now in i
is known that Tarrant, with a majority
of 2.400 Is the banner Balley county
and Smith with an approximnte anti
majority of 1.400 In the banner count y
in that column. The approximate other
big Bailey counties are Grayson, 1.809;
Boxar by 1.500: ColHn by 1 700. Cook*
by. 2.2001 Denton by 1.000; Hill by 750:
Hopkins by 800; Hunt by 1,000; Ellis by
800; Galveston by 800.
The big anti counties by approxi-
mate majorities ar« Dallas by 1,500;
Smith by 1,400; McLennan by IM
The Panhandle section went solid for
Balley with the exception of one or two
counties. South Texas was for Mm al- ‛
most solidly. His old district went for
him in a manner that leaves no doubt
as to what those who know him best
think of hjm: east Texas returned a
support that even some of his most
nangutnn_______________never___expected.—.
Johnson's strength came largely .front
Dullas County
Dallas, May 8—(Speelal )- No ohange
was made by returns recetved today in
the result sent out last night on th*
Bailey primary eleetton. Uhorrtetatre-
turns make th* majority against Sena-
tor Hatley about 1.000 U Dallas county-
Ballev received praotichlly every vote
his friend had hioped for in the lty.
about 2,200, but they were woefully
disappointed by th* failure of their
voter* among the farming oommunity
to go to th* poll*. Th* crop mituatjon
in the county is such that the farmers
as a class stuck to their fields and
worked on the weeds in the cotton and
corn that had gotten a big start be-
AArT DTrT T prrArc cause of the recent floo.
’ * AN>.5- Fully 2.00* outspoken Balley farmer*
‛ The Record easily brat all rivals remained at their work rather than
gunday morning in it* report of Satur, | io** the time necessary to go to vote.
NO. 201.
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i suffocating clouds of smoke and laid
■ fiery barriers across al means of es-
■ cape save by the windows. The fire
1 department rescued many by means of
E ladders, but'some frenzied by te on-
E ward rush of the flames les ped from
g high windows to the paved street.
■ R. S. Johnson of Pana, Ill., jumped
5 from the fifth story. His body struck
S , a balcony and bounded far into th*
. L street. He was crushed and was a
hleeding mass when picked up and died
nlhort time later in St. Joseph’s hos
pita
■ Guests Leap From Windowa.
As th* fury of th* flames icreased,
men. ahd women were seen in the win-
dovs of their rooms, where they wildly
implored help. Some did not wait for
the efforts of the firemen and leaped
to the street. Several were seriously
injured in this way. Those who got
from their rooms before the dames
•ut off their retreat, yere able ko make
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