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AUSTIN STATESMAN
SECOND OLDEST PAPER IN TEXAS
AUSTIN, TEXAS, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1912
RAILROAD MAN BEGINS MONDAY
POWER POLICY
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Engagement Announced to New York Bankers to Tell
23
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SHE’S 54 AND HE'S 45 CAMPAIGN PROBE 10 RESUME WOULD HAU LAND GRAFI
FEDERALS ARE DES’
FAMILY AT HIS BEDSIDE
‘ -4
♦ recommendationa in his annual •
VE.
4• report to President Taft:
said that announcement of
it
Comprehensive classification of •
RGI.
statement
extent of New York’s control over the
bank deposita of the Nation and the
Gould
oat ion immensely. Mr. Wilson is
Berm
ork tomorrow
Mo
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elusion of the case is considered im 444+4+44444444444+4+b
WASHINOTON,
and comprehensive water-power policy
rou!
A freight traih following the
'as attacked
another,
to us.
free
Cal.
franchisement of the negro
not
the Benate early in
will ask the Benate
returns
has been given as to the extent the I
mysterious disappearance
number of the laborers on haciendas
Tl
that the “grandrather" clause
Oklahoma Constitution had been vio-
sioning of the elvi employee of the
asked to appear during the week. Much I
Moet of his
bachelor maids, particularly to those
KNGLISN SPINNEnS AVRAID,
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executives.
be devoted directly to the
but is
hydro-aeropl ape
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obstacle tn the develi
natural renources."
«Comtnuee on Pag• Three
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from Tampico, Mexico, on Wednesday
said
this time upon a suc-
eeeeor to Mr Reid. It is understood he
weeks.
will fill the place in a
The decision of Judge T
11st one.
iwing
7
BATTLE ABOIT COI MTV SKAT.
restrict
To the soluon of the
Con-
of Ola Jay after dark Baturday
when
brenstworka.
Dr.
NEW YORK. Dec 11 —The Rev
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Shopping Days
Before Christmas!
Finley J. Shepard, Assist-
ant to M. P. President.
his men.
passenger
lean ambassadorship
not long be vacant.
Amendment Giving
Negro Vote Called
Unconstitutional
Driven From Tw(
They Are Burning
lages and Hacici
Millions of Dead
Fish Are Cast Up
in Mexico Gulf
MEXICAN REBELS
LEAVING TRAIL
Eggs Sent 1500
Miles bp Mail
Are Not Broken
WORLD WORKERS AITACK
COLQUITT AND LUMBERMEN
wer
The
u to
For Retirement and Pensioning o
Civil Employee—Believes Home-
steader Should Be Excused
From 3-Year Residence.
navigable streams not on the pubilo
domain, is urged by the Secretary of
the Interior, Walter L Fisher, as the
capital as merely changing the field of
operations. A series of small fights has
How Few Men Control
Country's Millions.
Huffner of Grand Junction, Colo., when
he dealt severely with "bachelor maids"
in a sermon declaring pinaters shouid
be isolated.
tration of money
hunds of a few
lated by permitting negroes to vote for
Morgan.
Tramp, While in Jail, Confesses
He Kidnaped 4 Year Old Bop,
Missing Since August, 23
Fears are expresmed for the masters
and crews of the British steamer Im-
poco and Barge Hainaut. totalling thir-
HELEN GOULD MAIN INQUIRY FISHER FAVORS
WILL MARRY OF MONEY TRUST FEDERAL WATER
AVIAToRS nuLlVED DnOWXED.
18 ANORLEB, Cal , Des. 10.Mornce
Kearny, the ion’ll Kanaa" oit NVIA-
O. S. Ambassador to Great
Britain Since 1905 Suc-
cumbs to Asthma.
e that re-
2fying the
oompan let
grain ex
Inherited $10,000,000 From Father.
Fiance Is Poor—Spent Large
Sums for Spanish War
Soldiers and Y.M.C.A.
friends in the smoking room.
Although he says he.enjoyed his va-
opment and util-
ation‘ greatest
Me declares that
Report to Taft Advocates Su-
pervision for All
Streams.
— I have upon trade.
। The cotton men fear that the effect
PROFESOR ( LIMS FRfk< IFLF MAP will be bad and have urged the govern-
ronle con-
» effect of
them es-
Tor eale
it
Band master nt the Standard 0l barge
No. 87 and the nine members of- hie ,
orew were drowned Thtireday night in I
the Gulf when a heavy storm tore the
barge from Ito tows.
Bodies of Insurgents and Sympa-
thizers Su .pended From Trees.
Soldiers Firing on Train
Causes Collision.
King George Sends Messenger to
Express Condolence of Himself
and Queen—Flage at Half
Mast on Embassy.
LANF
, of tn, tnited states arisine out ot
. war between the States."
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extent to which a law men mi
trol the chiei banking activities
York.
The financial inquiry will l
T
1.
2
3
The early shopper has the
ehoice of the Christmas
goods. Shop enrly, avoid
erowds and help the clerks
and yourself.
i glad to
udian is
Hearet and Foraker Expected to
Testify---Senate Will Take Up
Liquor Shipments into Pro-
hibition States.
on the Ntrnet of th. *1- j tale me ——---7- ----
■* * “■* to have an artificial leg to set grub
MEXICO CITY, Deo. 1« —Leaving be-
hind the remains of burned villages
and haciendas, the rebels appear tobe
in the House and the leglslative, execu- I
tive and judicial appropriation bill in
the Senate will be pushed as rapidly I
an powible In the hope that they can be
passed before adjournment
The Benate appropriations committee
will report the latter measure back to
fiht
effort
yon to keep
"unfinished
Morgan has been given a oertifionte of
election. but before it was Issued Car-
eplying
ta the
ney filed notice that he would contest
the election in Congress on the round
• 14—Th©
k Espec-
yearinga
110 to >13.
Woman Architects
Quits; Will Fight
For Suffragettes
any time and without spycinle reason ’
He call© it a "serious and unjustirahie
Nation needs money badly, and it I© of-
ficlally admitted that fourteen Btates
are being assisted from the central
treasury.
the Impoco, and on the barge were BiS-
ton and a crew of twelve
both houses until the thristmas rectos , . .. .xg1.2
Thurnduy night. The Indian, postornice tor streama upon the public domain and
and fortfications Appropration bills
Wilson Encounters
Squallp Weather
on His Wap Home
Thursday night. owing to the presence of William J
The newa at the lows of barge No 87 Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt in the
was brought to Babin, today by the poiitical arena," M:cholas Murray Bte
oil steamer Perfection, which sniled ler j ------ ""---4- -
4
same day with th. barge Hainaut, with
inquiry of the "money trust" inventi- ♦
gallon—that into the alleged concen- j -
OF DESULA
TS
will
and
kpert
tiled
inary
rain-
Rate bank,
ary trans-
and right*
ayment of
of Foreign
W regula-
Beepen th©
bo on his way home. The
expected to reach New Y<
morning.
aroused at a time when cool reason WM |
moot necsnary, and blind persal *d-
vocacy or blind perennal antagoninm [
han taken the place of statesmun-like
and credit* in the
' non in aocordanee therewilh.
Secret ar j Fisher also dealarea In fa-
vor of legislation for the development
of the transportation aeilties and the
coal lands of Alaska. and for th© with,
draw al from entry of public lands in
the West needed to conerve the water
’ supply at the sources of streams. Ho
■i recommenAs the retirement and pen-
with the barge in tow The barge was
loaded with oil
The Impoco sailed from Tampico the
STEALS *30,000 FROM RXPRESS CO.
York—will begin tomorrow when the
Pujo committee of the House resumes I
bearings, temporaril suspended ri-
day.
Bankera from Now York and outly-.
leged to be a confession that he kfd- make away with his fortune. 4 Whal
napea Robert Dunbar, four years old, wag meant by 'fortune' to unexpipined.
from the home of his parents, Mr and but is Aupposed to relate to the reward
Mra Joseph Dunbar in Opelousas, Ia, ofTered fnr the return of the boy i He
Aug 23 On the strength of the al- | told me that some times he eleimed
leged confession Marshan and bin
brother were taken tonight to Opelou -
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1»—The Amer-
who devoted themselves to ideas for
the advancement of civilization. As to
WrI. NAME linKNNOR 5OON.
dent Taft w
have decided
cargoes of oil The Impoco did not re-
f spon to repeated wlrel.ee calls from
the Perfection wbose officers express
the belief that both ships spent down
with all nands Captain Tcker. mas-
ts#, and a crew of twenty-two manned
RRV. DU JAGGER DIES.
of the eommittee's investigation will I Government ------ — —
oenter about the politleal aetivities of | Hone are In renewal and emphasie of
the Standard Vil ompnny, as revealed i those made in hie previous annual re-
feuted on the face of
ing to their respective characteristio
and appropriate uses and administra-
near th* town, threw up
» Thomnson then sent half
The opinion foilows in fuil:
W hile the duty has devoived gpon
the writer, during a long period of
judicial service, to decide many grave
and Important questions, he has not
been called upon to determine one of
mom delleacy then that now submitted
for consideralion Broadly speaking,
the question involves, on th* one hand,
personal liberty, on the other the power
of the President, in the exercine of bi*
passes upon a phase of law which has
not previously received attention from
the courts.
The two Mexican generals had been
at - London will
Although Presi-
tonight not to
have been in the path of the storm
priate degrees and within appropriate
times to develop the Avaliabie water-
power to its highest capacity, having
due regard to th. posstbilittes of mar*
Meting the product."
•We must make oertnin," he contin-
ues. "that Iks electrie energy thun
erented hal be made available to the
community In appropriate way* at ap-
propriate prices If it is not l® be
used for the benefit of the community.
men escaped and the others are being
held against thelr will." The poster
OKLAHOMA CITY, Ohio, Dec. 11—
Dlepatches from Grove, Okla . state
aetuai fighting has token place be-
tween the old Jay partisans, entrenched
in the town of Old Jay and Hud Thom-
ason, sherirf leading a force of thirty
deputies. According to the dispatch.
! Thomason and his force approached the
Phree con-
and Ala-
Bth—were
and one a
aelr guilt.
POSTERS CIRCULATED IN MKMT.
VILLE BY ITRlKg COMMITTNI.
probable before the early part of Jan- i
ussy
Appropriation bills hold ths foor in
constitutional functions.
soldiers, for which she received the
'thanks of Congress in 1809 she led a .
woman '• movement for the unseat log I Ohairman Werren of
of Brigham H Roberts. Congress from will ask the Benet.
ty-pix persons, which
Fear Victory at Balkan Alllee Wi
Deprens Pree.
Mr Dunbar who hastened bore upon
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15—The main
private purposen and pernonai advan-
tage of the permittee, some method
muet be found by which the public will
receive its shore of the profit* whieh
th. permittee may make over and
• bore that which I* a necesnary and
reasonable Inducement for his invent"
ment."
which they depend upon being guen-
tinned by counsel for the relator*. Al-
though the relators are under bond,
the decislon is regarded so a victory
for the detense, and it le th. Govern-
ment that appala. Colonel J F. Wolt
tree, counsel for Genersi de ia Fuente,
said Baturday when he had rend Judge
Maxey's opinion:
"Judge Maxey’s opinion is the ablesi
expowition of th* constifutional tight®
of individuals that has been rendered
by any court in this Nation in the past
fifty year*; in fact, since the eases
were decided hr the Hupreme Court
problem thus prenented the court has
j given anxious thought, and to enable
it to reach a satiefactory coelusion all
nvallable sources of information have
been consulted.
To somewhat abbrevlate the diseus-
•Ion It may be noted in limine that th.
military law* are not bora Involveu,
since the relator is not engaged IB M
either th* military or naval servlee of
the United States Nor I® ” pertinent
to Inquire into the powers of the ohleE
executive during the reign of martial
lew -that spegles nf law dr nominated
by jurists of distinction as "no law,In
any proper sense, but merely the "i
- south of the capital it io . taken for
of Ihd giant«d that they have Joined the rv
— "At bellion The greatest cause for anxlety,
however, Is the financial question. The
final action on it this week.
Hearings before the campaign ex-
penditurem investigating committee will
be resumed Tuesday William U Hearst.
1 former Senator Foraker of Ohio and a 1
number of other witnesses have been
develop over th* bill An I
chief feature of the final four dayu of
congressional activity preceding the
holiday recess.
Mforts will be made to hasten con-
clusion of th. impeachment trial of
Judge Robert W. Archbald in the Sen-
ate, but II le not expected that the
jurist e attorneys will doe* their case
this week. All of the Qoverument e evi-
dence has been presented, but con-
oral Paneuni Orozco Br ob bond will
WHITELAW REID.
ILL FOR WEEKS.
DIES IN LONDON
of his force to th* opposite side of
the town and a eontinuous fire wag
poured fnto 0i Jay. The besieged
partisans returned the fire ®« steadily
as to eause Thomason to withdraw hie
force. No one to known to Wo Injured
NEW YORK, Dec. 15.— Feeling that
she could no longer concentrate on the
work of esigning sky borapers while
of th* Federal Court of this distriet
delivered Saturday, whleh liberated
General David de la Fuente and Gen-
band The engineer ran his train for
safety. A serlous ooliteion occurred. |
In which seven persons were killed and!
a large number injured.
From the middle States, government
officials are sending optimistic reports,
but raiding and fighting continues
engagement in a formal
which read:
"Mr. and Mrs. Georg.
Thursday,
Th. Henate has agreed to takenup
the Sheppard- Kenyon bill prohibiting
shipments of liquor into prohibition
States, fmmediately after the opening
of the sension tomorrow No Indication
financiers of New !
sion and prospecting within ilm- 4
ited area 4
lgislatkon for development of •
confined in Fort Sam Houston at the
direction of the President of ths United
states The position of their counnel
le that they were held without due
procoee of law Th. Government cited | that liberty,
ihe military law, the provision of
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 15.—The formal
closing of congress took place tonight
Th. permanent commission alrready
has made a move to call a special ses-
•ion.
such attacks, it was reported A pas
senger train proceeding under military
escort was attacked The commander
ordered the train stopped and deployed
be the! transportation facilities and coal dk
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Dec !•--
The contention that the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Constitu-
tion of the United States are null and
void and that no negr has the right
to vote is made in the contest of John
J Carney against Congreseman Dick
T Morgan, prepared today to be filed
in Congress Monday
The contention is made that the en-
••• in the custody of an officer and
ON BOARD 8. 8 BERMUDIAN, Dec.
15.—President-elect Wilson and his
party encountered squally weather dur-
ing the first few hours of their trip
out of Hamilton.
As ths Bermudian passed out of the
shelter of Hamilton harbor she entered
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15— Mtilions of
dead Gab ha Ne been cast up from th.
Gulf of Mr ico at Tampico and vicin-
ity during he past ten day*, accord-
ing to a riport received today from
American \ Ice Consul Thomas H Be-
vane by Surgeon General Blue of th.
Public Health Service. It is supposed
a submarine volcanic disturbance has
killed the fish, which range from siX-
foot tarpon to elghteen-inch mullets
Government troupe are burying the
fish, but so far thio has been done only
in the immediate vicinity of Tampleq
Burgeon General Blue said today
there was littie need to fear yellow
fever.
____ _ Hom, and she gnve her personal at-
Pomters eharacterisin« .hi preident of tondtonsandeupwarir.ot •ymiizion "I
th, Uhl ted stai. and th. Governora Ia road.X:, me.m
ifonfmudaoma rShSSS, Uiea
rgauur ianumhk! o-o^f
Loulian" ana ‘soutneastern Texes t. I. j- aoon 0"nunar"on it our..".
u w w.nahir".upporungnwemg‘ahe"in
811: XriT— shat arrar"pinuNou wapobhaan;
men wre fooled into aerrzviit.Pes Mu up Kr. parises he hn.
11. and wer: met atthe "tuuon oX nver boon nttrm ia 67 noclet
"unmen. who surrounded, thorn "na laN 3ulf Mif doula rgurea in
arove them into the ntoekeae of th. . controverey with th. Rev. imer f
American Lumber Company, four of th. - — - - ---- ---- — - —
to hold up Ho eald when he get in Mfs-
the suffrage propaganda was crying
for attention. Mr*. Lee De . Forrest,
granddaughter of Eiizabeth Cady Stan-
ton, pioneer ioodor of sufrage, has
--------- ------ - . resigned her position at the head of
characterized the peat week, In which I drafting department of one of New
the federate for th. most part have York's largest construction firms She
been victorious, because th. rebels In-I is the divorced wife of the wireless in-
Thomas A Jarger bishop of the Amer-
Ira® Protestnht Episcopal Church on
the continent of Europ*. died at Canna-
nes. France, yesterday. Dr. Jagger wag
appoine bishop in February, 129%,
and had lived abroad since then.
natifted by a vote of two-thirds of the
States. Lawyers here say there is
something in the questions ralsed and
tha all the negroes in the South may
be disfranohised.
Carney made the race for Congres#
in the Second District, but was de-
from the trees. I tereat in the propaganda work in-
In the States of Morelow, Puebla andcresned I was unable to withstand the
Guerrero, railway communcations are I temptation to got into the Iight “
interrupted at points and stories or1 gave up drawing until 1915."
trains being fired upon are received’
daily. Two trains In collision near
Cuautla yesterday as the result of
bitterly attache the lumber company
and warns workmen to stay away from TMaas Gould was quoted as ri
that setion. It also says two men were th h ald grent 10)110110*
badly beaten because they tried to --
escape, Theso elghteen men were fooled
from Beaumont Texas, into Merryville,
examtnation of principles and off—— ----—- — --
poiidlen." b* of Anterest to attorneys beenuneN
I Th* wpenker took a strong hand
against "stretching" th* Constitution. .
He also expressed hie disapproval of
the recali of judges and judelal do-
th. time and place of the wedding
would be withheld for the present and
that atatement was conirmed upon I
inquiry at the residence of Miss Gould
in New York.
Mr. Gould made known hie nisters
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON, Dec 15—East
and West Texas: Fair Monday
and Tuesday.
be made by Benator Ken-
it before the Hensto as the
business" end to secure
ESTABLISHED 1871—VOL 44, NO. 30
Th* Presidet regards the diplomatic
problems in which thle country and
Great Britnin are at present entangled
as too important to leave the United
ktat* unrepresente even for a few
months at the court of St James
Within the next few days and prob
ably during his trip to Panama, th*
President will ocan careully name, of
men he considers avaliahle for the poet
end a nomination may be sent to the
Benate early in the year
Th* President is understood to be
hopeful that the Benate will confirm
any nomination for this ambassador-
ship which he eends in. It la the rus
tom for diplomats holding important
posts to renigh with a change of ad
ministration and therefore re Pres-
idem believe* that the Democrats
would have no objection in boldine up
an appointment which at best would
be for only a few months
• publie lands, and administration #
* in accordance therewith. •
• Enlarged application of lens-
• ing principie to the public do-
ing cities and towns have been cub- • main genorully.
poenaed to answer questions as to the • Amendment to mining law giv-
“ * " * "it * ‘ ““ “• ng prospector exclusive right
I • for a term of years of posnes-
.X .X mll & .
fellow prisoner in jail here what is al- veing cnught near her* that he had to
a rough sea, which kept the vessel
rolling for several hours after the Ber-
mudaresfoswerstpassed Lter the ot Mexico into
becamepmonasntimect bOW.TM .X- the Sates Ot Puebla ana Morslos.
a!
BAKERSFIELD. Cal, Dec. 1—Mar-
vln W Hamby, the 22-year-old express
' messeger whose car on the Sunset
Western branch train of the Santa Fe
Railroad was robbed of $20,145 in gold
near here last Monday, F>nfesoed to-
day that he had rubbed the sale with
the aid of his 16-year-old brother,
Melvin.
The money which had been hidden
by the boys in a brick yard at Kern
Junction, was recovered with the eX-
ceptlon of Sit*, which was found In
Melvin’s room Both are in jail
After telling a story of an attack
by two bandits who had laid him un-
conscious with a blow on the head, the
young messenger was taken to e hon-
pftal at Taft. Cal. He was brougat
here today.
id Loulsiana Governors Are
"Imnginary Executives of
Imnginary staten."
tor. attempting
’ I town
- and
LONDON, Dec Id.—Whitelaw Reid,
American ambassador to Great Britain
since 19*5. died al hle London residence,
Dorchester House, shortly after noon
today, from pulmonary oedema. TH*
end was quite peaceful, Mra Reid and
their daughter, Mrs. John Hubert
Ward, bsing at th. bedside.
The ambassador had been unconselous
since 9 o'clock in the morning and at
Intervale during the previous twenty-
four hours he had been slightly de-
lirious as a result of ths drugs admin-
istered to induce sleep.
Sir Thomas Barlow, physician to the
king, who was called in last week when
Mr. Reid's illness became acute, and
Dr. William Hale White, his regular
physician, issued the following bulletin
as to the cause of death:
"A fortnight ago the ambassador had
a slight bronchial attack elmllar to
others from which he had Buffered at
considerable intervals. On Wednesday
last asthma supervened and the asth-
matl puroxyams became very severe,
leading to extreme exhaustion.
"It was hoped that he might rally,
as no pneumonic symptoms had ap-
peared. With difficulty the paroxysms
were got under control, but Sunday
morning the exhaustion became ex-
treme and he died from pulmonary
th* Week and
that oommitt.,
tv pass it by
• lands of Alaska. 4
4 Comprehenaive leasing law for m
• coal, oil and other mineral lands. 4
• Withdrawal from entry of 4
• public lands in West to protect •
• head waters of streama. 4
4 Lexisiatton for retirement and $
4 pensioning of qivil employes of •
• the Government, •
Becrotury Fihers principal $
Doo. II —
ay con-i4
I of New , •
by John D. Archbold and th* Archbold | port.
ietters Href made public by Mr Hearst. 1 As to a water power P0l0Y..he A¥!
Whether further action will be taken that it muet be mad. 'certain ..that
by Congress toward an mvMiHgaUon of I those who receive special priviesem
the Grand Trunk and New Haven Rail* { conneeted with water-power GeveOP"
ronds in New England probably will be ment hall in fact proceed by APPri
LAKEWOOD, N. J., Doc. 15.— An-
nouncement of the engagement of Mice
lielen Miller Gould of New York to
Finley J Shepard, a prominent rail-
road man or Mt looula, was made thle
afternoon at the reeidence of Mr. and
Mrs. George J. Gould nsre
deoided during the week by the House
rule* committee, which held heurings
last week on Representntive OBhaugh-
nessy’a resolution for the appointment
of an investigating committee.
Utah, ae a demonstration against po-
lygamy, later oho became devoted to
the interests of railroad employee and
toward the estabilehment of the rail-
road Young Mon o Christian Assocla-
nounee the engagement of Iheir sister.
Mice Helen Miller Gould, to Mr Min-
loy J. Shepard of Bt. Louis"
Asked whether be desired to cay
anything additional concerning the en-
gagement. Mr Gould remarked that
"there will be nothing more exoept
that this engagement is most pieas-
ing to Mrs Gould."
Mr Shepard lopg has been promt
nently identified with railroad and
Hnanciai affaire in the Wool He is
at present assistant to th. president
of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with
headquarters in HL Louis
Upon th. death of her father. Jay
Gould. In 1893, Helen Gould, then 34
years old, inherited a fortune of about
$10,000,000 it has been estimated that
, by investment she has trebled thio or-
' tune and at the same time devoted fully
half of her time to benefactions which
brought her into prominence.
She began her benefactions during
the Bpanish war, when shetave time
and several hundred thousands of dol-
lars to the relief of elok and wounded
IEN OF SHIP'S CREWDROWN BLAMES BRYAN ANOU.R.-M.e-wu.urm
— . | FOR PERSONAL POLITICS---
Btandard Oil Barge Tern Frem Tawa By
Gulf Storm—Fear, wrpressea Fer
Other Vessls,
La Governor Colquitt of Toim, take ____ __ __________
notice ’ Governor Hall of Loouislana, ! *zr 1 had found a suttable help mate,
take notice! Answer if it would be t might have spent my money in el
anarchy for the working clana to re Efferent way and a way which might
I.aa. thene mon Answer, you Imaginary not have done us much good as it has."
+ Adoption of comprehensive
# water-power policy for all
<4> el i earns in United States.
be contrneted cold to which ho was
very susceptible and found great GIr.
ficulty in shaking it off When he d‛d
be was f^r a time quite Teeble Hi
friends noticed a great change RUH
he inststed upon going to the embnssy
every day and carrying on his heavy
correspondence both there and at
home •
WASHINGTON. Dec. 15 —Domon •
strating the possibilitiee of the par-
cels post, a carton of eggs shipped by
mail from Oklahoma City, a distanoe
of 1550 miles, was received uninjured
today by Postmaster General Hitch-
cock.
Shipments of eggs by mail can not
be made by the public until January,
when the paroels poet becomes opera
tive. Tne poatal authoritles were
pleased with the successul experi-
ment The eggs, wrapped in cotton
and paper, and placed one in each of
the divisions found in the ordinary egg
carton, wore merely marked “mor
chandine" and recefved the ucual treat-
ment accorded ord leery mail matter.
Eggs, however, according to the
rules, must-be markedl"eggs" and nat-
urally will be carefully handled
After New Years daily delivery of
eggs to city reaidoncee from the coun-
try will be the rule rather In ex-
cepton.
u.F
gmm
a 380 de 7
Campos, one of the moot prominent Teana mi
rebel leaders in Durango and Zacatecas. called
who wee reported killed. la very much1
alive He is said to have proceeded as
far south as Jalisco,
A development in the past week
which is causing some anxletty la ike
LAKE CHARLES, La.
of the insurrectos, is recognized at the
Taft To Hurry Appelntment of Amhas-
mndor in Reld’s Pisee.
15--A def In io
most important subject pending be-
lure Congress and the country, in big
annual report eubmitted today to
Preident Taft.
Other egialation which Meeretary
Fiwher recommenda as imporant to the
welfare of the country emibodies au
eniarged application of tbo ieamins
principle as applied to the public do-
| main in general; a comprehensive leas-
ing law tor coal, oll and other mn-
| eral lande. and laws previding for the
cinssi fleet ion of public landa accord-
variably retired. But their campaign I ventor. •My engineering work was
of destruction is unabated while the I very exacting." add Mro De Forrest,
government troops are continuing th. | "It required from eight to twelve hours
war of oxtermination and the bodies of I work a day This left little if any time
rebels and sympathizers are hanging I to devote to cuff rage, and as the in-
oedema at 12:10 p. m."
The Hon. Hubert Ward, who, with
his wife, had been at Dorchester House
continually since the ambassador’a con-
dition became serlous, notified the staft i
of the embassy when the patient began
to sink, and when death came ho sent
word to the king and queen at Buck-
ingham Palace, the queen mother
Alexandria at Rendringham and the of-
ficials at the court.
Almost Immediately the king eent
hie equerry. Bir Harry Legge, to ex-
press th* conolences of himself and
the queen. During the afterhoon, mes-
sages conveying the warmest sympathy
were received from the queen mother
Alexandria and other members of the
royalty, court offielals, members of the
government and of the various em-
bassies and legations, while many who
had heard the now* of the ambaesa-
dors death or who had seen the Hage
at half mast on Dorchester House,
called at the embassy.
A wirelees messge also "was sent
to Ogden Reld, son of the ambansador,
who left New York yesterday in the
hope of reaching his father's bedside
before death.
The body will be sent home and prob-
ably will be interred in Bleeps Hollow,
but the detail* will not be decided upon
until some communication is received
from Ogden Reid and it is learned what
action th- British government may det
•Ire to take. Mrs Reid hopes to BAll
on Saturday next should her son reach
England in time to accompany her, but
in all probabillty the Government will
place a warahip at the disposal of the
family for the transport of the bedy
of the ambassaor to the United State.
There also will doubtless be • me-
mortal service in one of the groat ca-
thedrals in Lonon, in addition to Berv-
Jces in some small chapel for members
of ths family and ths staff of the em-
bassy This being Sunday, nothing
could be done, but if Mrs Reld has
her way, ah* will •tart for horn© at th©
earitest possible moment.
While Mr Reld's condition had been
serioun, only ©Ince Thursday last and
he had been confined to the house but
for a fortnight, his fliness really Ctes
from his return from New York last
February after his visit there for th*
purpose of entertaining the Duke and
Duchens of Connaught. On the voyag*
flight from Los Angeles to Kan Fran-
cisco, is believed to have been drowned
together with Chester A. Iawrence. a
Los Angeles newspaper, man who ae-
companied him A pontoon of the
hydro-aeroplane "Snookuma," was
picked up in the Pacific Ocean by a
motor boat and lowed into Manta Mon-
ica Thirty houre' search for Kearny
and Lawrence waa without reeult. ex-
cept that Glen H Martin, a tellow avia-
tor. neary met his enth while at-
tempting to alight on the waves off
Potnt Mugu where he was seeking th»
' minsing men The seareh has for the
| Um© being been abandoned.
sissippi h* qould not rid* on th* trains ,
with the child berause th* people were
reelpt «t the newa *o elom im vureuit. He MIO he red in
The Marshalls wer© arrested last the paper* of the reward being oferee
night after Joseph had applied st a an that h wae sorry to 8l‛* UP hi”
remidence for something to eat When fortune.
refused he remarked unless he was i "After taking the oath he told me if
gtven food "somebody will probably be I would break jail he would go with
kinled." me tn Moorehead Ky where he knew
The pnltc* were notified and the man a rich old ranchman who had • little
was taken into custody. Later his girl about il years old and that we .
brother was arrested ad a vagrant. oovid wet $6009 from Mm. and that We
"Joe Marshal told me that he I covld traneaet thle bupineb in the
kidnaped the child” runs the purported j Northern Htates, but ould ®ot in South
conresslon, "over in Lonieiena at Opel- 1 Mieeisepp, and I told him all r’ght
oneAs, or near there I told him that I ' Bearhing partles have neonred thl*
was a kidnaper and we finally took section of the country far th© misein
oath not 1© ten anything He told me ‘boy. but without result.. Neither of the
that when he left Opelounas he went ) brothers will discuss the alleged c©»-
le Baton Rouge, then bask to CovTng- Tesaion
The present law, he saner te. "neither
MHBH — #tz r:
----- columsi. vatvermte, PremAent T-IIa *oodn, while wulgaria 4mpone autlen
2< leh < eel Kre. varynK,from 30 to 75 per cent. "e- l
< hl.ee. "omu "r 1" .. Bulxerle already donn a certain --------, — .
son is Hepinee by Fersonalittem- amount of eotton spinning and manu- l’zatlon.of one of the
_ J factoring end will doubtless want to
• I encourage th* growth of it by further
CHICAGO, Dec 11.—"Principle In Increasing the duty on imported good*
pontsesin tho United States has given ---------------
known le way. , <r,^ mpanure, to personall- , __ ,
" “ur"n." ... fjere i9 Epoch Making Decision bp
1., „onmnfor uni."ny: Judge Maxep of Federal Court in
"8 Which He Released President's Prisoners
"Th* effect of this limitation on our I
political lif* has not been happy," he
| declared. "Paswionate feeling has b*en
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