Caldwell News-Chronicle. (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 26, Ed. 1 Friday, November 23, 1900 Page: 3 of 14
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A TORNADO WKf T OVER MIS*
•IttftlPPI ANO TfcNNIUKI.
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iMraphln. Dana.. November 21.—A
tornado swept over y\—t Tnnnnaaae
•ad North Mlnaiaalppl yesterday ai-
teraooa end the list of killed and in-
jured so fsr as ascertained It about
ttfty.
The town of I* Orange Tenn., ta
forty miles east of Memphis on the
Mothern road, suffered the severest
Injury' Other villages in Misalsstppi
were struck, I-ove,*. Baten vi lie, ííuyns
and 'iiowiisvlHa At Iji Orange the
storm struck at 3 o'clock snd In two
mmutiw It hud done it* work. AU of '
the La ««range churches except the )
Kylacopal were blown down. Tho
Mouthera depot was also wrecked and
a dor.cn (tintineas houses aud rest*
dence . The atore oí l'ankey and
Oaither «ni blown to piece* and the
body of Walter I. Moody was taken
otu; he had been crshed to death by
falling timbers. Tw o negro wotnen j
were also kille dand several negro
women and children were hurt The
cyclone struck the Residence portion j
of the city. but there its violence wss
not so marked, though several real
dances were unroofed The toul prop-
erty lo at 1a Orange is p-o ab.y
ttOO.OM)
At Hateavllle. MIsk, the temado
blew sway tho roof of the Metnolial
church and injured heveral re i* ences.
Hurling lingers. H K. Shlpp, wife
and two t'hildreu and ItUey ltobinson
were Injured.
At TownnvlUe. Tuni«a county. MIsm
Clancy Thnmaa. colored, his wife snd
son were kllh-d Their bod e* were
blown u quarter of a mile and were
badly mangled.
At I-oven It Is sute dthat nineteen
•«< (•• are blown down it i* reported
that weversl negroes were killed on
plantar cms
All teirffraph snd telephone wires
are down «ant snd south of Memphis
TT a path of the storm waa not over
any yards wide; sta direction wss
southwest from l.a (¡range to l owns
tills the distance Is probstdy a bun
dred miles.
A N. • oilier, who reached Memphis
at 10 oViork, report* thut Ix-tween
i.ot1 and Coldwater. M s. thirteen
people «re report -d killed They are
all negro tenants An effort was
ma«i* to reach rtie territory by w.re
but It rtut not succeed Ail the small
river* nr«> full of aster and railroad
tram sue running *Hh caution
fVniwcirla I'la. November Th«-
official wli'ilnl of the winter crulsi
of the North Atlantic squadron, of
whleh IUar Admiral Farqtihar ts
commander in chief, Is thai the tic**!
will arrive hT - Herein her ít' and re
main heir three weeks, maneuvering
tn th harbor and taking on coal, sup
plies, el. The lleet will sail from
here .Iannan if for the tinlf of
Hortda. snd after that cruise will go
to «¿alvi - t m. arriving titer.- I ebruary
11 «ailing tflMH* for l>n wola Feb-
ruary is. remaining hete ninil March
«, The lleet will then sa.l In < uban
waters ntll April 25. In the fleet will
lie (be tvo tiew tmltlcxhlps, the Hear
sax and th« Alabama ai*o the l «
tleah p Massiiehnsetts. two auxiliary
crulvrf, one training "hip and seven
torpedo boat* The Hearing * U the
flag lílp of the fleet
MM til 'i IIOI si ^ II 'lot I.KllMI.
Na livliie. Tenn., November 21 The
Nashville and Chattanooga <l«not and
eighteen other Iiouim were demolished
by stornado tonight at l.avergjie, a hih
tlon on the Nashville and Chattanoogo
railroad, ninety sl\ mile* south of
here More than a mile « f telephone
ami telegraph wire* were destroyed
and details are meager, but ii is said
g man named Kobertson and hi/' child
were Instantly killed and a farm lab
orer Injured.
rit t .i s m \n at eot-twinta.
liltmlnghnm. Ala, November II.--
A special to the Age Herald by long
distance telephone from Columbus,
Tenn , says a terrlllc cyclone moving
In a westerly and northerly direction,
struck this place at 9:.'l$ o'clock to-
night and left havoc In lis path. The
northern and western sections of the
elty. which are populated principally
by negroes, were almost entirely swept
away Fifteen persons are known to
have been killed ami it Is feu end that
tbla number will lie largely Increased
by later «yerta.
dajg ago while ta th* act of aerving
wrltg of diaposaesalon at I-*ka Hur-
priae, in Chambers county, which has
aroused the lahabltaata of that eounty
and who have been proeocutins a vig-
orous but (tile search, will never be
found. The chief placea no credence
la any of the prlgoner'a atatementa.
which he aays are falae and contradic-
tory. t hief Aonuudaen says bis in-
formation la to the effect that the as-
sassins of Sheriff Frost lay concealed
In the tall sedge grass that Unes the
road noar l<*tkc «urpr.t-o and that
when the sheriff roda by he was shot
In the back and killed by a Winches-
ter ride in the hands of one of his as-
sassins III body was then dismem-
bered. placed in a boat, catried out
,nto ilttlvestou bay and poit.onw of it
thrown overbpard in three separte
places by his murderers. Chief Atuut d
sen decline dto give the source of liU
Informallou at piciwmt, us It might
poaalbiy defeat the ends of Just c«.
Mnii Munlrri'il by firm! .
Athens, Texas. November 21 '1 he
unknown ninn who was fouud dead
near Mabauk Sunday later proved to
¡ be a cotton pR-ker who Mas living in u
tent near Kemp, named Urlsley. It
now apiiesras that his murder wa*
even more atrocious than the notorious
i Humph ríe lynching in th s county.
Kl* men have l een arrested on sus
pidón and ate now In the Athens Ja I.
and it Is understood others are to I s
arrested as t>oon as they can bo found,
it ta not known for a certainty the
cause of the murder. Some say the
quarrel arose out of a horne race and
others that <¡ríale) knew too much
nbout certain cattle stealing The de
talis of the inunlrr are brutal it in
«aid that after the mob. who were
drinking, got (heir man out to where
they wanted to kill him. two men
held h;m by the arms and others shot
at him anad being so drunk they hU
htm all over without killing him; then
others held blm and one of the others
who were Unit doing the holding tin
(■bed the work. 'I he buttons of his
• oat were all torn off and the ground
around where the scuffle took pla< e
showa he made a hard struggle for his
life.
Cannon-Hall Wrrrbetl.
Lougvlew. Texas. November 21 A
bad wreck occurred at -t.HO p. m. in
the yards at l^>ngview Junction. The
j "cannon ball' was a little late and it
j came down through the yards, ran Into
an open switch onto a sidetrack where
the switch engine and a number of box
cars were standing. It being down
grade and a very heavy train of nine
coachea, tho momentum of the train
was so great that the engineer tould
not stop and the train crushed Into the
switch engine and the twx cars Kn-
glftcer Wilcox and Fireman Do iglasa
of the cannon ball were both seriously
| Injured. Engineer Wilcox had one leg
broken and both hips crushed and ia
not expected lo live through the night
Fireman Douglass had his hand
mashed off snd waa badly scalded by
escaping steam, think he will recover,
but has lost hi* hand The engineer
: and flremnn on the switch engine
Jumped from their engine in time to
save themselves No one else seriously
I injured. The pn*scngera were badly
Jarred and frightened, but none were
injured,
i* mill miituirr.
Houston. Texas, November 21.—
Yesterday's cotton ninrket told practl*
'-ally the Kiini'1 story as did that of the
previous day The luillv had things
much their own way all during tho
wnalon Shorts and others bought
heavily, the demand for spots waa
even liettri Hum on Monday, the wea-
ther was against the bears and the air
w.is tilled with bullish rumors As a
result the staph1 scored another ad-
vance, New York going up 10 points,
New Orleans :> to s and Liverpool
Itild on the distant positions. Spots
were again strong CJalveaton headed
the list with a gain of 1 lc, New Or-
leans and New York marked prices up
.1 16c each, Houston was l-8c better
than Monday aud Liverpool went I I(Id
higher.
Mullelln Not mo fuvorrflilr.
I.lvldla, European Rtyisla, November
1 The bulletin Issued by tho cxnr'S
physicians today Is lesa favorable. It
iiivs "The emperor passed a satisfac-
tory dav yesterday. At !* In the ev-
«ti I ng lite pat lent 'n temperature was
102 2, pttlse mo. His majesty slept tran-
quilly until! :i in the morning. Sub-
sequently Ills rest waa brohen and per-
miration appeared. This morning hla
condition whs fairly satisfactory; tern*
perature 100.2. pulse 70."
ue expecting further trouble with ran
egade Apachan aad are prepared lor ft
The Mexican government yeaUrday
neat a company of aoldlers from Jaureg
to the scene of the trouble. Othera
have been dispatched from nearby
points. Advices from Artsona aay that
the Indians undoubtedly escaped (rom
the reservation there, as the govern-
ment has left only nine cavalrymen to
guard the San Carlos reservation,
where several thousand Indiana are
confined. Formerly It required sev-
eral companies to hold the restless
bravee of the tribe lu control, hjt all
troops were ordered to the Orient
some months ago and the Indians have
since shown that they were getting
restless.
11)11 I'll In a KaliloiJ llntf.
San Marcos. Texas, November 19.—
Mr. It, M. Plttltt and Dr. D. D. King,
with his 7-yeur-ol." dnuubtor. Lena,
U*ft on the northbound international
and Great Northern train for Chicago
at 2 o'clock today to enter the Pas-
teur institute for the cure of hydra-
phobia. Dr. J. H. Desteiger accom-
panied them. A friend in Houston
aent Mr. King a large Newfoundland
dog recently. On November 1 the dog
bit a calf; on the 2nd it bit the caifa
mother; on the 3rd It bit Mr. King
and his little girl, and on the 6th it
lilt Mr. Pittitt; then the dog wus
killed. On the 16th the calf died,
and the cow on the 17th, with plain
symptoms of rabbles The determina-
tion was reached at once to go with
all speed to the nearest place for
arcatment, The e gentlemen are well
known business men here and their
caaes will be watched by anxious
friends and relative* with great solic-
itude.
<'i mit HiIIimI III* Wifr.
Paris. November 18.—Count de Cor-
mitier Saturday afternoon surprised
hi wife, the Countess de Coruultler,
visiting th<> apartments of a gentle-
man on the Rue de Provinco. The
count met the countesa on the stair-
way and fired three shots at her.
She died on her way to a hospital.
The count waa arrested. The family
la s prominent one. The counters'
brother ia an army colonel and the
count, ia well known in the highest
Parisian society. He is 43 years of
age Ilia wife wns 31 yeara of age.
She waa formerly Mile. UenevJeve
llinau de Viennay. A suit for aepara-
tlon wrna pending between the count
and the counteaa.
izhtzz
If your life
want to get the beat rope
you are going to depend o
living, you want a good
EP'.v'
you muat have good aeeda.
good aeeda, get Haating'a; they
Good aeed ia our buaineaa in life, and we
more good aeed than any other drm in the
Our new Fall Catalogue ia ready, and we abould
like to send you a copy of it. Try aome of our
cabbage aeed and aee what a crop you will make.
Bermuda onion aeed, the genuine imported, makea
the tinoKt onion in the world; we import direct
and bundle the aeed in large quantities. Send for
the catalogue, and learn about ua. We abould like to
corre*pond with Agricultural Associations and large
truckers, to whom we make special prices. Whatever
you want in our line, write to uw, and we will give you a
full and prompt reply.
H. 6. HASTINGS S CO., "«HIH.
ATLANTA, GA.
Our customers receive a first-class Agricultural Paper every
month. Our catalogue .tells about it. Both are free.
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Golnii 9 Thpn go the
Away ■ best way....
The Hors'Tox,
I-AST AND
WEST
TlvXAS
RAILWAY
SaataFe Reate
lliMty hiunil
Tetarkana. Texas. November 19.—
W. K. Elliott, the newly elected sur-
veyor of Bowie county, Texas, was
found dead on the roadside Saturday
morning, about four miles from his
home. His skull was crushed and
three of his ribs were broken. The
vehicle that he was driving was found
hitched to a tree a short distance from
where hla body l*;y. ICIIiott was re-
turnina from the county seat, where
he had gone to be qualified, and he
carried ti on in his pockets all day
Saturday It is thought that he was
: murdered and robbed as nothing was
j found on hit- person when the body
j was discovered. There is no clue to
the atlnir
Will ll* r ,) I.inner l imit
Chicago, III . Novemb r 1!' Rail-
road ticket* sold this year oil account
of Than: uglv itiK Christmas and New
Vein holidays will have longer limits
than heretofore been allowed on thta
class of trnnsportalion Officer of the
roads operating In the territory east
of the Mississippi have voted unani-
mously that for Thanksgiving tickets
will be sold at a fare and a third for
the round trip, will be on sale Novem-
ber "7. 2N and -ÍI. and will be good to
return to and Including December 3.
Hr«l f I'uliliiel.
London. November III. -The recon-
structed llritlsh cabinet held its first
meeting at the foreign office Saturday
morning under the presidency of I«ord
Salisbury The secretary of state for
the colonies Mr. Jom-ph Chamberlain,
was the only ubsent.ee. The object of
the meeting wo* to arrange the busi-
ness of the coming brief winter ses-
sion of parliament.
Hllletl While Ilumine
(¡reenvlile, Texas, November 19 —
While Worth Tea garden and Charlea
Milla, nged 10 ahd 12, were out. hunt-
ing Saturday afternoon, the gun waa
accidentally discharged, killing young
Hills, a son •( Mr. and Mrs c. A.
Hills,
la the shortest and best line
to all points....
NORTH,
EAST and
SOUTHEAST.
Elegant Pullman sleepers.
The fastest time.
Write for information.
N. S. MHI,DRUM,
Gen'l Manager.
W. H. Taylor,
(1. F. & P. A.
W,m. Dohkrty,
A. G. P. A.
Houston, Texas.
■——--a——
TO
St. Louis and East
Kansas City and NortH
Colorado ano california
Pullman Sleepers
Free
Chair Cars
Harveu Eatino Houses
W. S. KEENAN.
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A haniteomalr llln«trat«<l WMhlr- I-arMat
* lentittc Journal. T«n
,|t. Sold bf nil m*#
¡o.M,,~?r New
ranch
F 8t.« Washington,
Sound
Sense.
Wr can «fiord to tell Pianos cheaper
than any hou c in Tesae—
RPfAUSP ,,r'' 'arrest
DL.LAUOC Imyeiv «-,• operate
*iv More* inn iwt.'iislvr trade In
(in it o i■«. MioiilolliiH. V loll lis it nd lit bel-
in illicit I uihmIi . ¡mil mil- iniltl l->li Iiik 'le-
piirtmeiii liny n linmisoine nrotlt
wi- iipt>I> over '.1*10 inimlr lonelier In
Ti'Mis hIhih' IV e em ry e* i-rvlliliitf In
llie iiiiihIi1 line ami ilie Inixoot ittock
,.r iiiiiMi' in the xnlltliwi'st.
In our new st vle
GOGGAN PIANOS,
IIk- I--.1 value l> * 1 ven for llie price.
Ketiil for «'¡iiiiioKiie* and price u*is.
THOS. GOGGAN & BRO.,
Galveston, Texas.
The Oldest Nurseric! in Tcxaa.
HutaMlnhed ay WIIHaw Watson, ia IMO,
Htani.kv H. Watson, Proprietor.
John Watson, General Manager.
ROSEDAL! NURSERIES,
NKAR MRRNNAM, TBXA9.
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ent tiiiaineai conducted lor MooeaaVt fcia.
Oua Or rice laoepoacrc u.n. Pave nt Ornea
and «re can in ure patent in lea* time than thoae
i remote from Washington.
Send model, drawing or photo., with dencrip1
| lion. We tidvlie, if patenUble or not, free oi
i charjfe. Our fee not due till patent ia aecured.
1 A Pampmlct. "How to Obtain Patent ,'1 with
coit of tan ' In the U.S. and foreiy:i counUiaa
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