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A G0.IPLEFE VICTORY'
FOR SENATOR BAILEY
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' His Supporters in the .House Defeated' the Duncan
- Investigation Resolution.
JAMAICA ESCAP;
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AH-Information Still Meager Becaus: cf C::
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CLIMAX OF THE WEEK
.Was the Triumph of : tlie Fair
Method of Inquiry.
HOUSE WAS WILDLY ELATED
. Pandemonium Reigned ""and Routed
' the Opposing Element '.
GREAT SPEECH OF "3UDGE COBBS
JProaouiCii the Greatest Delivery la
the leglltiire! Teart Judge
V Duncan Concluded the Argu- -'
- ment for His Jleainre. .'
: : WmuUu fotl Staff SfrM.) y
'' AUSTIN Texas January ll-The climax
" to all the oratory and to the Bailey ovation
and victories of the week wat the Vote on
1 the investigation resolution which was had
lust after S o'clock this evening and which
completely carries the whole battle for the.
fair conservative Mid legally proper method
of looking Into matter that are present t
by any one who will make Charges of wrong-
doing.' ' . ' - ' ... ' s-.
Tonight there Is Joy among the Bailey
people and the senator' room ba been
crowded ever since the vote waa taken with
friends who are of ; the legislature v and
. friends who happen to be In the city anl
there has been much exchanging of tqltrlta-
ttons. The managers of the fight oh " the
floor ot the house Mr Kennedy Mr. Cobb
and Mr. Wolfe have 'been warmly ton-
. gratulatad' for the success of their effort.
There has never been such a scene a tht
enacted In the house this afternoon when
the result was reached. Members stood at
their seats and shouted and waved hats anl
handkerchiefs! the people in fh gallery
shouted cheered waved I and even yUu.
and Senator Barrett of Paimln'one of the
most enthusiastic Bailey .supporters then
- lnt his jirniitiirlal d'l-iiltv altogether end.
Sranfped TiWIVet lmdJsncnrted"Ttthe'"Yeaf
of the halL It was. pandemonium and a
It progressed the Duncan people took to the
' woods. .: '. - .'. ' '. .'
DUSCA'fJ'B CLOSINC. ARQUMENT.
" Judge Duncan made The closing argument
for the anti-galley side and It. was a tire-
some dryVHong discussion Far. different
was his talk .today and the reception -fee re-
ceived from that when he opened the argu-
. ment His first -speech waa applauded at
every period his argument was cheered' by
the supporters of his cause and he. was
voted by his adherents to have made a "mag-
nificent argument" Bud that was before he
had showed his hand. He was then talking
about Something which the fellows behind
him thought he knew all about and of which
they knew nothing; be ws then discussing
auspicious circumstances which were the re-
sult of certain documents and papers 'which
were held back In secret and the whispers
about thfhouse that the revelation would
be astounding the suspicious finger that was
pointed was directed In aa accusing way
and every suggestion was that what would
be shown would be without a doubt a to
Its effect on Mr. Baileyt '-. :
It waa under such a condition that Dun-
can made his opening argument and while
' he stood before the door of this dolater
within which hi "evldunce" Was concealed
there was an importance given his words
by those who really did not know. But the
coming ot the attorney general with the
"evidence" destroyed the castle. When with
stately tread the chief law officer of the
Btate marched down the aisle ot the house
with a folio of evidence under his arm he
came aa an iconoclast to the antl-Balley
cause because from the moment his evidence
has been on exhibition there has . been a
change among the members. . ( . ; v
i COKDITIONS HAD CHANGED."
Therefore when Judge Duncan spoke today
tie labored against the changed conditions he
tried to support by his sharp tongue the
ttlsoredlted. weak and Immaterial papers
which failed to speak for themselves as it
was said they would.
Twice Judge Duncan waa put to flight on
the floor today. At one time he sought to
: Introduce other letters from the attorney
general's-office to rebut the- statements of
' Senator Bailey and when challenged by Mr.
Cobbs ad netted that these letters .had been
withheld from Senator Bailey's examination
and gcaded by the precise' calm and accus-
ing voice and words of Cobba into admis-
sion that It would be unfair to bring In
such evidence against an absent witness he
surrendered completely
; This took all the Starch out of him and a
: few minutes later when Lanw of- Tarrant
. asked him a Question he answered that he
would tell "the young man something he
did not want to know." Mr. Luia resented
this. He made it-a 'Question of privilege
and stated to the house that there waa no
circumstance untold or known that he
wanted to hide that he wanted the light and
-.truth on everything and the remark of
Judge Duncan ascribed to htm a motive that
' waa not pure and honorable and demanded
. an explanation. Then again did Judge Dun-
I can surrender. He admitted he had made a
mistake in Baying what he did and asked to
;-. be allowed to withdraw the remark. - This
waa surrender. No 1 - . j-. "( .-"' '
. BOMB LIGHT ONTHE 1 CODB BOOK.
Judge Duncan also stated In his remark
1 that the code book which was presented as
a Waters Pierce wU . code ; book had the
Waters Fierce code In ene-half and the
.' Standard code In other when. In fact an
examination ot the book Shows that one-half
Is the code word with the meaning Indexed
' anl the other halt is the code word with the
' . cipher Indexed. In no way could it be used
with sufficient facility to make it adaptable
. to business affairs. . '
: The crowning glory of the day was the
speech of Judx T. P. Coobs of Ban.Antonio
who closed the argument for Mr. Bailey.
Tonight many have said that It Is the great-
est speech that has been delivered In the leg-.
. Mature In vrs and he is being congrat-
ulated on a side.
. Unlike Jm. e Dimean' he did not apeak la
quietude of an nut.- rtd audinnce but he
v was cheered from time to time snd g'vea an
ovation when he elc 1. Ie mn'te a sound.
.' logical amnor no fi -:nnieni
Sjioech on tills sul'Ji'i t Iihs e'i
'j he Vfte ahowpfi a elt-ar ti
combined Kenneiv-i-.-. p
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. FJLBTHQUAKE IN TEXAS. '
Shock Felt by Many leople at
Amarillo Yesterday.
- Honittm PH SpttiaLI ' .
AMARILI.O Texas January IS.
What J believed by soma to have been ;
.a alight earthquake shock .wee felt In
widely Kip. rated -parte at the '.town
lntt night by number ot people. One.
a maa noted the time ot the disturbance
J It being :M o'elock.
Thoee who noted Hi ahock were all
tn frame houses. "
PURPOSE OF BAILEY'S FRIENDS
WAS MISCONSTRUED.
They Now Challenpje the Most Search-
. lug Scrutiny of 8enatori Acta.
His Election la AuuredV
.1 iHotuto Pott Staff SptcUl.)
AUSTIN Texas "January 18. Senator
Batleya friends today completely accomplish-
ed their purpose to afford the broadest op-
portunity tot a thorough. Investigation of
anything ' substantial or specific In hi pu'j-
Uc and private Yecord. They have had an
uphill fight because their resistance to the
Dwncan reaolutlon of delay and scandal was
maicon trued and the opposition made the
most of It to create an Impression that ha
resisted J an inquiry. : The substitute os
adopted Will convince any fair mind that
so far from running from an Investigation.
Mr. Bailey has invited an Investigation ' of
tho widest possible range.
If new any man will name a charge which
he believes to be true and wilt cite any wit-
ness or any evidence tfiat tends to prove
that charge the public will have-all the
facta Senator Bailey' friends know per-
fectly well what will be the verdict and
they confidently challenge .the most search-
ing scrutiny. The exposure of the Davidson
dusswsnlst . Urfrigtaefr of -tt 4
down In the Duncan ranKa tor tne nwmw
began to see how unsubstantial aecepuv
and meaningless were their much boasted
papers.
The next rally of the opposition was o
the motion to postpone the election and th
enemy went so completely to pieces on the
law and the ruling that there waa not even
an attempt at a division ot the vote.
A SPEECH UNEXCELLED. -All
that remained to complete the victory
was the masterly concluding speeCh of Rep-
resentative Cobbs of San Antonio who held
tn floor for two hours which for a recital
of facta and eloquence has never been ex-
celled and rarely equaled in the Texa legis-
lature. -'- '. ' '
.-.' The Bailey fjrees were augmented today
by the amendments prepared by Representa-
tives Pool and Alderdloe to meet the objec-
tions of a few conservative men-who were
not satisfied with either the original or the
substitute.
. With the recorded vote of 65 and w'ith sev
eral pairs It Is bsoluttly certain Senator
Bailey on Tuesday will have seventy-five
votes of Ms friends and It ts beyond ques-
tion that from fifteen to twenty-five votes
6f the opposition wlU be cast for him under
Instructions of the primary. -Some member
estimate his vote n the Joint seesion on
Wednesday as high aa 135. It is equally as
certain that he will have as many as twenty-
two and probably a many as twenty-five In
the senate. ' ." '-; i
All the opposition can possibly undertake
to do now would be to Induce members to
refrain from voig and lnce It is impos-
sible to induce enough members to do so t
prevent the election conservative expectation
Is that the attempt will be abandoned before
the house jmets to ballot January 22. Bo
far a Senator Bailey election 1 concerned
be might Just aa well leave for Washington ;
tonight but of course he WlU renln and
bis friends who are here wlU remain with
him until the final vote 1 canvaesed and of
ficially recorded. ' . . . n- ..
TO TEST THE JAPANESE ISSXTB. -1
Two Suita Have Been Tiled by the Gov.
v vy;v;ernment In California. -tvVy'W
" "''-.r- XAttocialtd Prut .'; ;".'
WABHTNOTON January It. Two suits
have been begun by the United State In
Ban Francisco for4he pttrposs of enforcing
the provision of th treaty with Japan
which provides equal school advantages for
the Japanese. '
On of th action Is brought In the su-
preme court of th State of California .In
the nam ot a Japanese child for th pur
pose of obtaining a writ of mandamus to
compels his admission to one of the publl
school from which he 1 excluded by th
action of the board of education: The pro
ceeding tn the second cult I a eomprehen
slv bill In equity tiled by the United Btate
In the Federal court In which th member
of the board of education th superinten-
dent of schools and all of the- principals ot
the various primary and grammar school ot
Ban Franolsco are made defendant.
ANn-TRTTST SUITS. ' x
.Aikansei Filed Againit Oil and Pack-
ljljr iuojiajuc ui Diaia.--
AttoctHtd Ptfsi Rttiort.)
LITTLK ROCK January U.-Siilt for al
leged violation of .the anti-trust law of the
Btate wer filed today by .the district ttor-
ney against Armour at Co. th Waters Pierce
Oil company th Hammond Packing com
pany Morris and Cudahy Packing companies
for amounts aggregating. 118:13000 each.
What was regarded as a test suit was de
cided by the supreme c ;rt l.nt week in
V e cose ef the Elate -'t t 7'amnwnd
I king company and t v y of .th
o v . l in t" t i v
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' ; GENERAL ROBE&T EDWARD LEP . t
- - . I. . Bom Jaauftrr 19 ISO?. : t . '
h.awM.i.' t ' BYjerHEfABRAMjrRTA THB POITr PRIEST. " -i- "
i Forth from W scabbard pur and bright ' Fcrth from its scabbard high In air - Forth from Its cabbarai How w prayed
i Flashed the sword of Lee! - . . . Beneath Virginia's skyl . --That sword might victor bet "
1 Far In front. of the deadly flght ' ' And they who saw It-gleaming there And when our triumph wa delayed
1 High o'er the brave In the cause of right And knew who bore it knelt to swear And many a heart grew sore afraid.
' Its stainless sheen like a beaoon light ; ' That where that sword led they would dare We still hoped on while gleamed th blads
Led us to victory I i v r To follow and to die! i I ' Ot noble Robert Lee! .
Out of Its"' scabbard whera full long Out of It cabhardl Never hand " Forth from Its scabbard all In vain.
i It alumbered peacefully 1 Waved sword from stain as free! ... Bright flashed th sword of Leal
i Roused from rts rest by the battle song ' . Nor purer sword nofbraver band ...... 'Tie shrouded now In Its sheath again
i Shielding the feeble smiting the strong . Nor braver bled for brighter land . It sleeps the sleep of our nobl lain
i Guarding the right avenging the wrong Nor brighter land had rause so grand . Defeated yet without a stain
1 Gleamed the sword of Lee 1 :V . - ; Nor cause a chief like Leel t Proudly and peacefully!
ALL TOWNS AND DAILY PAPERS
Of Texas Appeared in Waters Pierce Telegragh Code Post Among Others.
Another Expose
(HMtifta Pott 5rwM.t .. .-'
AUSTIN Txa'January 18 A npr
entatlv of Th Post this afternoon mad
an examination of the Water Plerc Oil
company cod book that ! in th pos
session of th attorney general.
lt Is a book published In Janusry 1897
and Include all towns In' Texss name
of many prominent men of th country
and under the heading cf each town In
Tsxa I llrt of th prominent hotel.
Thr it a cod word for en of these
hotel. Including sth Capitol (now Rice)
nd Hutohln Xoum at Houaton th
Worth rtotel Fort Worth; the Oriental at'
t)ll and the DrUklll hotel Austin. In
ubmlttlng a eectlon Of th cod book to
th houc Wednesday however Attorney
General Davidson recites only part of
th truth a he copied thtt part pf the
Cod which showed th Drlsklll hotel but
did not copy that part of It. which gave
the hotel In other cities i ' ' " ' "
Some of the newspaper In the ood are
a follow:
Sagging Dallas New. ' i
SUMMARY OF NEWS
TEE WEATHER. "
il" AiwcUsiti Prtut Rtfert.) ' .
IT e J .1 . ... -A-m k-
aorthwest sortieft.' Sunday showtrp and eoldef in
w interiori. r.tr on wm cuw vim wj
southwest winds '.:-.Y;S' t!?;-fi Jt :ir'::' 1 f.
THE SENATE paaKd the bill U make peUcenea
responiible. : . - ' v . '
A BILL mtrodoced m the senate look to th es-
tablishment ai a taberculcis ainiurtyra.
SPEAKER LOVE ruled that the hmne .hould
i talc a ballot on United State senator Juttdmy.
BEPRESENTAT1VE COCKE ard to file
cliarges axkinat Scnstur B.ilty wli ths Mhats
" eommttteeXi .'. 1 ' " " '
THE BILL permitting tiilwr party to Suit to
contr.t p.ujier'i oath was ordered cngrnwd
by the senate. -
THE SUBSTITI'TE for th Duncan Bailey In-
vHnation resolution M adopted in lb. houM
o the vote ef i t
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:.-'. v-; Washington. ; Y
THE HOUSE eil lcrn th pay of eo
grn.men and cabinet numbers .
THE GOVERNMENT entered rwe suits In Oil.
fur"' to force tne admiaaioa of JapmiMe to .
i- hools '
f J BEVMIDCS b lea ' t
of Underhanded Reporting
Sago Dalla Times-Herald.
'"" Seckel Qalveaton New. -
Scratching Fort Worth Gazette.
Sharpness Houston Post ' .
.The code wa published January 1 1897 .
and waa probably compiled during the
year 1898 four year before the Water
Pierce controversy In Texa. That waa
th last year In which the old Fort Worth
Gazette waa In existence and at that time
It wa under the control and management
i of Editor E. G. 8enter now a member of
. the eenate- of Texa.
The code alio contain the following:
4 WlteetwSupreme coftrt of Texss.
It eontaln the namea of all the large"
elreu because they are large user of
i lllumlnante and lubricant and there It a
. supplement to the code which Inoludee
1 many concerns In Beaumont which have
gone In business since It became an ell
field.
Altant Attorney General Llghtfoot
aid:
"It la th most complete thing I ever
x can farces for Blackburn's amendment snd the
party Jeadrra are worried. -.. rr-. . ;.
IF THE POSTOFKICE department turns down
tb anplicalion ot Harrie Jordan the charter et
tb Kef York cotton eschangs will be attacked.
Somestie.
SHAWNEETOWS is threatened with flood as
diaaatroti aa that of 18S8.
HOKE SMITH teM the gotithrrn Cotton sssoei
tion how ths farmer stay fix the pries of cotton
t. P. DYER ?R.. was acquitted st St. Louis he
claiming bis ihorlane was due to clerical error.
Foreign.
AMERTCAN advices do not mention a tidal wave
in Jamaica. - . . .. .
LITTLE additional Information of the Kingston
disaster nat been received. '
AMERICAN marines are being used tb keep order
. on the streets of Kingston
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A SEISMIC TREMOR was reported from Ama-
nllo. t .. f ;
SAM TIIl'RMAN wu acquitted of murder ebargs
- at Kermlle.
j: STAN'S ELL was accidentally shot near Hills-
boro sad will die. .
W. T. ELDRUDCE was acquitted ef th charge
of murder at Bellville. .
THE ARRF-nONDO deportation bearing ws re-
.'. swsstd at San Antonio. - .. .j '
THE 8-YEAR-OLD child of Parmer Inland was
horribly surujled. by a stalk cutter near New
ltostoa. - .- .
ALBERT BAZZANKQ C . c I gtvi who shot
to Discredit Post.
aw. You can aend a meeeago on any
a ubject to any affect with H" -
Referring to the above f dlr to aay
that The Post never at any time had any
aort of transaction with the' Watera Pierce
company or any one representing eald
company much leia bualneia 'requiring
or cuggertlng the us of a cipher code.
Thl etatement la made neeeeeary by the
effort of a newepaper In Houatorf to cre-
ate the impreeelon that The Port may
have had om eecret communication with
the oil trust or It nam waa ued tn om
aeeret communication of the . Watera
Pierce compeny. ' ; ; ' . i' ':r:'
Ae a matter of fact th Water Pierce
code aeeme to have had a great many
namea between It eovtre put there prob-
ably without the knowledge or ooneent of
those mentioned. But the us to which
thl cod ha been put In the effort to
Injure Senator Bailey le In line) with ether
unoloan "evidence" foisted Upon the po-
pi of Texae.; - R. M. Johneton.
.AtSlffS!V ""'- rtlesNd
THE TEXAS COMPANY posted a straight sd-
vsnee ol three cents lor crude ell st Beaumont.
FIREMAN WILLIAMS u killed snd Engine.
Cunningham badly injured la a wreck at Rliona.
V'T" ''"' V"'"' '. ;v:--
' - v. Eailroada. ; .
THE ARBITRATORS te finally settle the fir.
men's strike will meet la Houston today.
GOVERNOR CAMPBELL gave the sdvecsts ef
. ... yivpu.cu .0uiua re merger
ment.
SsMotsrsg.
COMMISSIONER ALLISON MAYFIELO was
elected ehsirman of the Texa eommission. sue
deeding Judge L. J. Storey.
' Bport. "-
PHIL PINCH broke down st City Park asd will
likely be retired. ' '-
JOCKEY MILLER rede four winners st Oakland
and put the other mount in the money .
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. Houston
THE HAM meeting st th Tabernacle will close
Sunday night. -
CITY ASSESSOR snd Collector Welsh has three
deputies making th rounds sollecting poll taxes
THE GRAND U'HY returned four tndietmuita
i against gambler snd six asainat HquOr dealers
v for selling without license. : .
L THE DETECTIVES lav five young me m cut
r ; .tody alleged to be an organized gang and re
I .sponsible for many recent burglaries t .
CBIEP W. H. COYLE ka received a letter front
I. H. Curtain of New York (iving the details
J U practice! job k played on Chief Elia.
lIAEDfES AS OTJAEDS.
Admiral ; ETana' Hen Employed
-' to Keei Order in Jamaica. .
(AjsecHfttisRtrt.)
KINOBTON January lT.-Thur.
day. The stresta of this oity ara bow
- picketed with American guard. Ad-
miral Kvan-at th request of th
0rrtlia authorttlea landed a fore ot
jnaHnea from th baUlashls Missouri
and Indiana. '
Blx hundred bodte hav ban teeov
red and mora are being constantly
found. . i
Dyuamlt I being employed to dear '
away th debris of hattered building. Z
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FLOODS STILL RAGING
YAUtUES ALONO OHIO
.FORCED TO FLEE.
SIVEl
Facilities for light And Water Flooded
and Hundred lost Work bj Fao-
' toriei Beins Waihed Ont t
(Asiocuutd Prut Ittfort.) : .
CINCINNATI. January 11-Wlth a econd
rise reported at the headwater of th Ohio
while th whole valley wa still In th grip
of th floor th outlook tonight was In-
deed gloomy. Every town along th river
Is suffering from crippled lines limited fuel
supplies and a. shortage ot food; thousands
cf famllle have" been rendered homele and
many thousands of men at Ml becaus ef
th (hutting down of factories and other
establishment that gv them employment.
The threatening conditions at Portsmoath
Ohio caused almost a panic there adding
to th suffering resulting from the cutting
eft of the natural gas supply. ... A number
of cities ar In darknes tofilght becaus ot
broken gaa main or flooder light plants.
Newport Hv-. suffered the cutting off ot It
fa supply during; th day ana jonignt is
threatened with a compute shutdown of
electric light plant that supplle the eleo-
trlo car servlo ot that part cf th State
while Covington t threatened with a ilk
.hutting off .of ga. : i. ;': '''.''..i
Jtt this chr and suburbs eereral ear lines
'war put entirely aut at bualnee. T.U flood
has Invaded the Front (treat pumping work
f th Cincinnati water works but the north
water work will b put In operatloii to pro-
tect the clty..:: : 'v.
At Ironton more than 1W famllle wer
driven from their homes; at Portsmouth 1W9
refugee are In the schools and other va-
cant buildings; at Newport Ky. SOO families
bar had to be eared for. In this city t he
number ha gone over 1000 famllle and more
ar being driven from their home wbll
similar reports eom In from .pearly all
town along th rivr.
8HAW5EET0WFS DAHQEH
Threatened With Bepetition of Flood
. of 1888.
(Aiteeiatii Prut Kiffrt.)
8PRINOF1ELD 111. January IS. Shawuee-
town a village ot about 150O population on'
th Ohio river near th Indiana and Ken-
tucky Btate line la threatened with a repeti-
tion of th great flood of 1888 which de-
vastated th .country for mile around and
heauied loss ot life and much suffering. Bee-
letary of Hist Rose this morning received
a message ssklng that sixty tent be sent at
one for th u ot those driven from their
homes. The levee. Is still Intact report
stating lt will require six feet more of ws-
ter before the top of the batik I reached.
All of the store and building on the water
front have been abandoned and many people
are homeless
New ot th flood 1 condition at Shawnee-
:
town were communicated to Governor De
neen at Chicago by long distance telephone
and he at once directed that Adjutant Gen-
eral Scott send a supply of tents for th
relief of the flood- sufferers. - :
KENTUCKY' BITTATIOH.
Riven Continue to Eiie snd Danger of
'v.; Diiaiter It Threatened.
.' (Jttncialtd Putt '' 1
: L6ltl.;-uiS Ky January Is. Th flood
situation st Loulsvllls and ' throughout all
Eastern Kentucky grows more threatening
sach bodr-' Tber ha been no cessation of
the rains and the Ohio and the ether river
continue to rise. ; Five hundred famllle In
LoulivlIW have been drive front their homes
but no' fatalities havd been reported and but
a few structures of small 'Importance have
WTheKentucky river began to rts tonight
at Carrollton at the rate of seven Inches an
hour. Two steamboats transferrsd a large
number of refugeea and their household ef-
feet to high ground. The Licking river also
rose steadily during the day and at BeaUv-
vlHe's "bualnes section was reached. At
lloulsis Ky. heavy damage wUl probably
be done by Sunday 1.
- A Flood Warnin. .
(AstBtinud Prttl Retmi.t .
WABHINQTON. January lt-Th weather
bureau tonight Issued a flood bulletin show-
ing continued rises of the Ohio and Missis-
sippi rivers and tatlng that the flood In
the Ohio river have assumed etlll mor seri-
ous proportions with still higher stages 'o
com. ' -- ;' ' '- '' ' ;- "
BOY WANTED TO END TROUBLES.
little Fellow Shot Himself in the Head
... .With S Eiflev; (:;::' .
...'? ''' SiKuitTMiStil)
BTEPHENVILLE Texas January It. v.
Frank th 10-year-old son of M. M. Low
of thl place shot and probably fatally
wounded himself yesterday morning. Plac-
ing the butt of a a-callber rifle upon the
ground and his forehead tm the musile of
the gun th boy pulled th trigger. Tb
ball pen "rated the skull passing tltrnugh
the forehead and out at the top or the hmil
..in- a nart of the brain to exno from
the wound. Attending phyeiclnns rugard the
Wi.vind a almost certa
Lin
ffttnl.
wi
fllo
When arfied why he shot liiintolf the llm
rerilled that he wanted
to et a
from bis tro'ibles
but that he Wa sorry a
vai. Lad to get woU.
ONE THOUSAIJD I
-According ta' H:r:::3
Western Ul!:3.
LITTLE DANGER OF Li::
Strlclea ' Pccple Art
1::d Country.
condition of waters cm::
Shipping Warned to Z-zj Irzj i
Kingston Suppllci Are I '
Bushed from V&rbri Zziz: i
to the lilaad.
'''- .v"-
(Autcbtti Prtu RifTi.)
Th ettnatlon at Kingston seems to t -proving.
Order ha been re-establish :
th work ef burying th dead and earf
th Injured 1 progreealng on an or
byls. Th work ot sending relief Is
ceedlnf with energy.' Kingston Is re.
supplies as far as possible front tli !
ot Jamaica Itself. Th American
In th harbor have put on ahor all t:
stuffs and medical supplle they eou
and th Jamaican authorities hava
charge of th distribution ot erovh
Relief I being hurried In from c
quarter also. Th United Btate a
day passed a-bill authorising relief f
stricken Island: the British Island ot
dad ha sent a first Installment of r
II. M. 8. Indefatigable ha left I' '
Spain Trinidad with provisions c
and ether supplies: the FTench goven
ba started a cruiser from Martliiivc
Mansion house fund In London Is fro
rapidly and th Btltlsh officials ar perr
tag detail ot relief on a larg son's ar ;
addition various other steamers are c. i t
way or about to start tor Klnu -mi i
1 aupplle. . e - ' '
The report that a tidal wave M f
tated th south era shore of Jamaica I
been eeanmed a to a bt boar
Cable conynuntcattoa ha been pert'
tored. but message are coming tm.
very slowly. '
Th total death remain at the estli:
number ot lOOO. No lees than forty p-
of more or less prominence havs been u
be red with th dead. t .
(Attifialti Ptta Rifort)
WA81UNOTON January .-iTh state c
partmeat todayswha furnished cabled I
that th Western Union ba received t
it agent In Havana regarding the K!
earthquake. In on of these It was
that th latest Information was t' :
American wer killed ot eerlously l
up to T o'clock January if.
The report further etated that It wits
mated that th number of dead would t
1000. Thee report wer furnished the i
department by President Clowry of
Western Union upon Its request for a s
meat th department being unable to a
speedy transmission for Its wa dlspai
and being overwhelmed by Inquiries aa to t
afety of persons In Jamaica. Th call j
gram ar aa follow! v"-.' ...
Robert O. Clowry President New York.
Havana. January if. Tour tnseaags t
venlng addressed to Morrell superintend.
West Indaln-Panama Telegraph oompany t
St. Thomas ' noted and forwarded sou;
Cableshlp Henry Holm) left St Thomas f
Jamaica with operators and - tnstrnmeti
also medical aupplle. .Report from Kir-
ton Stat one operator missing and one 1 .
lured reducing their etaS to two men a
until relief arrive business subjected to In
definite delay and at eender'e risk. Later In
formation' from Kingston reports so Am
loan killed or Injured tip tel o'elock Jaautt
... .... '' .; ... -.
Impossible to touch charred remain torn
In bad'eCate ot decomporttlon necessitr.
cremating om . of them. Estimated
will (each thousand mostly aegroes. r..
dentlal section totsjly destroyed. Govern
Bwetenhsm gradually relieving congest I
ordering people Into country where .
supply sufficient to meat all needs and p:
venting outbreak contagion which genera'
follows disaster West InVlan regime!
stationed -Kingston suffered mar 1 casualtl.
J ' Varona.JIanagia. Havana.
At 1:M thl morning the operator at t
wlrelea station at th . Washington th-
yard received this message from Rear A .
intra! Evanat : '. 1 "..
: "Navy Bureau' Navigations Whipple e-
rived from Kingston with report from A
mlral Davis eonOrmtng practical dsstruct!
ofcity.'ri''';;.;.'.:;''i-;;'-..'i'.- -
The dperator stated that a full report fro
Admiral Davis wa coming but that 1
found It difficult to decipher the meaaa-
He thought It would be t o'clock before t
message waa complete. -
.. NO NEWS AT ICSrCH
British Capital lost Connection
rKfJ;.t fitrioken Coloney.'
- V WJ"Me Press ffr.- '
tDNDON January 18. The -one hrl r
gram from Governor Ewettenham "
that Sir James Fergusson' body hi
found In ths ruins ot a olsnr store an I
aequently burled. j
The difficulties In the way of con
big with Kingston the tonxm!.
list Ot the dead and Injured w.sit.
reports of the threatened enuiilfn--remains
of th city eombm tn b-
anxiety of relatives and frh i; i It-
nd country ot people in K'ligumi.
big business firms opet ;
are -unable to ebtaln rr s to
Sages. Cable eempsnle. 1 h wcvc
tut that a day or two will rrn ni
ment In their aervl-V r 1
mate t! nt r-!i'f t
at Kit"1 ''"'i )- r. . )
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