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VOLUME XXX.
ABILENE TEXA FRIDAY JANUARY
number as.
ABILENE
X
2f; 1910.
NEW STATE MY
. ABE ORGANIZED
CITIZENS OF NORTHERN CALIFOR.
NIA AND SOUTHERN ORE-
GON WANT IT
NEGRO WOMAN MURDERED AND
BODY PLACED ACROSS RAILS.
Special lo The Reporter.
AUSTIN Jan. 26. Fearing to move
the Uond body of a nogro Woman from
Its tracks tho Houston and Texas Cen-
tral pasaongor train on tha branch
ltno was held tip hero this morning
until a justice of the ponco-could ho
found to ailthorlzQ its removal. Tho
woman had been dealt n heavy blow
upon tho head and her body placed
across tho tracks. There are no clues.
EMTIO HAS BEEN CALLED
Ih Order That Residents of District
Affected May Got Together and
Render Final Decision
on the Subject
By Associated Press.
MEDFORD Oregon Jan. 26. Tho
agitation for the creation of a now
state out of tho northern part of Cali-
fornia and tho southern part of Oro.
gon lias become so intense hero that
a convention has been called to meet
at Yrelta California on the fifteenth
of March for the dlscusion of the mat-
ter. Those agitating the movement have
selected the name of Siskiyou for the
proposed now state this being the
name of tho county of which Yrcka s
the county seat and being located in
the central part of the area proposed
to be incorporated in the new state.
As Yreka is tho largest city in the
area it is supposed that if the state
is formed it. will become the.capttal.
There is much' opposition' to the
movement both in California and in
Oregon as many residents of both
states are adverse to letting a .portion
of their territory :go to. form a new
state. Those in the are"a- of the pro-
posed state are mostly in" favor of the
movement although some admit that
-the country is not thickly enough set
tled to insure that the new state will
Tin n. wealthy one from the start; At
the meeting on March fifteenth a gen
oral assembly of citizens of the area
affecte will be held and it will then
be decided whether or not- to ask for
-state rights.
If the now state is 'formed and Uje.
Now Mexico-Arizona statehood' 'bill
passes TJncle Sam will then control
forty-eight states and not a territory
in the old domain. "
$20000 FIRE AT
' COLORADO GUI
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING
TWO STORY STRUCTURE
JS DESTROYED
COTTON GIN DESTROYED BY.
FLAMES; LOSS ABOUT f!2000.
Special to The Reporter.
TERRELL Jan. 26. J. T. Miller's
cotton gin at Colquitt seven miles
north of this place was destroyed by
fire at an early hour today.
Twenty bales of cotton In tho gm
wero also burned. Tho origin of tho
blazo Is unknown. The loss will reach
twelve thousand dollars partly cov-
ered by insurance.
CUSTOMS COLLECTORS NOMI-
. NATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Jan. 26. The nomi-
nations of custom collectors sent to
the Sonate today were as fpllowB-
James. Haynes of Corpus Christ! Rob-
ert Howe of Saluria Texas and Fran.-
cis Leo of Galveston. .
Postmaster Appointed.
E. E. Kinsllo was today nominated
postmaster of Cleburne.
OF BLAZE
Women Tcnchcrs mid Girl Students
Only Occupants; Loss Complete
Insurance on Building
Partly Covers loss.
DEAL ON TO BUY
i LOCAL EXCHANGE
ROBT. JT. JVEBB STAY PURCHASE
THE JtOBERTS TELEPHONE
COMPANY PLANT.
CUM JADE IN RATES
.$
Party Line Phones Will Go to $1.50
ana single iiims to $2iuo
'; Rates Then Remain sumo
CAUCUS
HRASHES
T
OLD ISSUE AGAIN
SENSATIONAL CONTEST RENEWED
OYER SUCCESSOR TO LATE
SENATOR M'LAURIN '
ALL ItOADS FROM LOUISIANA
TO TEXAS WILL BE SUED.
Special to The Reporter.
SHREVEPORT Jan. 26. It was an-
nounced here this afternoon that ev-
ery railroad entering Texas from
Louisiana will have a suit filed
against It before the lnterostate com
FORGES -SERENE
Former Governor Claims Has Added
jNoiy Forces to 'Ranks Which
: Will" Turn Tide Strongly
In His Direction.
By Associated Press.
JACKSON. Miss. Jan. 26. The'
crack of the whip will again be heard
in the Mississippi state house when the
long drawn out withal ;bltterly con-
tested Issue a successor to the late
Senator McLaurlnwill be brought up.
It was stated today that there will
bo no further withdrawals in the
Reports current in Abilene today of
a destructive fire. yesterday evening at
Colorado City wore? verified by long
distance telephone communication.
Colorado City is minus its public
school building. Flames razed ft to
tho. ground between six and half past
seven o'clock yeBterday evening en-
tailing a total property loss of twen-
ty thousand dollars partly covered by
insurance.
Tho biiildlUg'waB erected a year ngo
at a cost of seventeen thousand dol
lars. It was a Jwo story structure
brick built strongly but placed out-
side tho fire limitB. Consequently tho
firemen wcr0 unable to lift a' hand
toward saving It x
The loss Includes all fixtures such
as desks cabinets table etc. a pia-
no physics apparatus valuable pa
pers and even teachers' personal be-
longings. Absolutely nothing' was sav.
ed. "-
No one seems to know the origin
The only occupants wero two women
teachers and a number of girl bU-
dents who were studying In one room.
Opening tho door leading Into the
hall preparatory to departure they
wero driven back In a 'panic of rear
by clouds of smoke. TUey escaped
from a window all dropping sarely
to the ground.
School Is today being held in the
opera house and other buildings loan-
ed for the occasion. The people of
Colorado City though shoken and blue
over such overpowering misfortune
hnye already announced determination
Jf' 'rebuilding; better and bigger; nt a
near date;
The next school building' will be In
close proximity to a fire plug.
y
for Ten -Year.
raerce commission on. account of the I Democratic caucus tonight. The vnrU
alleged ' discrimination In rrclgnt
-rates. Not. U Scovall representing
'the Slireveport traffic association leav-
es this afternoon for New Orleans to
confer with counsel and file tho suit.
TREIGHT GOES OFF TRACK
DELAYS PASSENGER TRAIN
Noon eastbound Texas. & Pacific
train today was an hour Into arriv-
ing at one o'clock;
A freight engine switching in the
yards at Tye a short-while before the
passenger was due went off the main
track. Fully 'nn hour's time was con-
sumed In getting the trucks back on
the rails. Damage to the track was
Immaterial.
PROMINENT TEXAN VISITING
FRIENDS AT WASHINGTON D. C.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON- Jan. 26. Jake Wql-
ters a prominent citizen of Houston
Texas is hero on a few days business
and pleasure trip. Ho met Senator
Bailey hero today and had a short con
ference with him'.
ous candidates with their followers
will be on hand to secure if possible
a goodly vote on the first1 ballot.
It is the genera) belief that '. the mat-
ter will not' be allowed to hang on
.much longer. If a caucus cannot set-
tle the matter If the legislature Is
unable to break the deadlock the con-
test may be termed a free for all and
Bent back to the people for an open
election.
Such an exigency would favor for-
mer Governor y&rdem'an who though.
In possession of the greater number of
votes cannot secure tho necessary fif-
teen to make a majority. If the mat-
ter Is referred to open votoVardeman's
victory is practically certain.
In either event should the contest
be left to tho people or should It be
decided In caucus or legislature Var.
doman is confident of victory. His
lieutenants predict1 eighty votes on
the first ballot and the necessary
1 eighty five on tho second. It is claim
ed that a number of voters who
originally supported Vordeman have
Joined his ranks again and pledged
themselves to support him to tho end.
JDS ON NEW DEPOT TO
BE OPENED NEXT WEEK
Four Abilene Contractors' Firms to
Make Bids for' Erection .of
Fine Building.
J M. Wagstaff Esq local attorney
of tho Texas Pacific railway 1b as-
sured by Chiof Engineer TVathen that
olds for a new passenger station and
xpress office at this point will bo ad-
dressed noxt week.
A H. Herring manager of the Bur-ton-Llngo
Lumber Company Is In re-
ceipt of a letter from a Shrevoporf
firm which contemplates bidding oo
the Job relative to whether or not
lie will bo able to furnish tho news-
vary lumber.
Four guilders of this city have an
REPLY OF FOREIGN OFFICE
DEFERRED UNTIL MARCH 31
By Associated Press r
BERLIN Germany Jan. 26. The re-
ply of. the foreign office to the' re-
quest of the United States for trie
application of Germany's tariff to
American Imports will be deferred un-
til tho thirty-first of March. It is
understood that a non-acceptance
tho cause for the delay.
Robt. M. Wobb of Colorado hnB been
In Abilene all this wcok on a deal
for the Roberts Telephone Exchange.
At last the troubles of the people are
about over in tho telephone line.
Mj! Webb has about closed up the
deal and" wired yesterday to Air. Ben
V4u Tuyl who Is the President of tho
company to stop off here on his way
hointa from Dallas. Mr Webb and Mr;
VnnTuyl arc here today.
There is one thing that keeps tho
deal held up and that Is the rates.
Thesf gentlemen claim that tho rates
are too low to admit the plant being
operated at a profit; The present
rates aro $1.00 for party lines $1.50
for straight single lino residence
'phones and $100 for btislnesB phones.
The Inislness rates of $3.00 they say
are high enough but the $1.00 phones
they want to raise to $l.G0.and tho
$1.C0 phones they want to raise to
$2.00. If the people will stand this
raise the gentlemen agree not to
raise tho rates again for ten years..
They say this will put tho Exchange
in good hands who am nblt-to make
the necessary extensions and add
Bomo-r2QO more phones. The question
for our citizens to decide is it not
hotter to stand this one raise and keop
the Roberta Exchange in good shape
and allow them to make some money
than to have the Exchange shut down
close uii and have only one exchange
and the rates raised anyway.
The Roberts system haye over 1P00
phones and feel that certainly it is
w.uftjVOD centB more to bo connected
with 1000 phones than It Is to be coh-
rtiected with only 300 phones; More
over these people ngreo that If you
pay your biil before tho 5th of each
month to. deduct 25 cents so that tho
Taise will only be 25 cents after all. i
LEFT NOTE IN PURSE TO
HAVE HUSBAND NOTIFIED
Bpoclal to Tho RcporoV.
DALLAS Jan. 20. With a note in
her purse requesting that hor husband
in Chicago bo notified of hor death a
handsomely dressed woman giving
nor nnmo oa Mrs. Nick Kuitth wob
picked up unconscious on tho streets
hero last night She had swallowed
laudanum and chloroform Tho wo
man wo taken to nn emergency hos-
pital and will recover. She has ad-
mitted that iter family is prominent
in Chicago. Tho husband has been
notified.
BEING TRIED FOR
GlKIi FATALLY BURNED WHEN
DRESS CAUGHT FROM FIRE.
Special to Tho Reporter.
" WEATHERFORD Jan. 26. Tho
eight year old daughter of Mrs. E. P.
Rogors of Pollvlllo was fatally burned
today when hor dress caught flro from
burning trash in tho yard. Tho moth-
er and Mrs. Carter ran to tho girl's
rescue and both wero sorlously burned
In an attempt to extinguish the flumes
PLAYING
POKER
REPRESENTATIVE ADAMS ON TUB
STAND IN OWN BEHALF
THIS AFTERNOQN.
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFIED
Tho Introduced By Uio State Declared
They Were Sold Poker Chips
And Played With ScTer
nl Legislators.
NEWSPAPER LIBEL INDICT.
MENT QUASHED BY JUDGE
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK Jan. 26. Judgo Hough
in. United StnteB circuit court hero
this morning quashed tho indictments
against the Press publishing compa
ny for nllegcd llbol In connection with
the publication of matter concerning
the Panama Canal purchase.
PRICES ON MEAT
STILL DROPPING
CONSUMERS BOYCOTT MOVEMENT
IS NOT COMING INTO GEN-
ERAL EFFECT.
is
MINING STRIKE
THREATENED
MILLIONAIRES ENTERING IT
Among Those Who nro Able lint Will
lfot Pay MlgbJ Prlco of Meat is .
Mrs. Hetty Green Prop of
a Few Points Today.
i
'f
We hope Mr. Webb and Mr. yan Tuyl
will buy the exchange give us good
service nnd make thq necessary exten-
sions add the 200 phones wanted and
then let the people have a rest. Wo
know these' people know they aro
telephone men that they will and can
do what they say and we want to seo
the deal go through.
PARTICIPANTS
D. O. Hill Jr. son of Judge D G.
Hill of this city announces in this
issue of Tho Reporter as a candidate
for thq office of District Clork sub-
ject to tho action of tho Democratic
primary
Mr Hill now occupies the position
as Deputy District Clerk. Ho is a
young man but a pioneer In every
sense of tho word barring .his ago
having been reared from Infancy In
Taylor county Ho promises if elect
od to fulfill tho dutleB devolving on
him to tho host of his ability evor
Btrlvlng to ho consc'y.'ntlouBly nccurato
and painstaking.
Whoa you cast your ballot remom-
bor tilth this young man Is In tho. race.
UNITED STATES
By Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS Ind. Jan. 26. A
gqnoral Btrlko of minors In thq bitu-
minous coal fields of tho United States
and Canada is threatened and will
likely bo called If mine oporators in
nil or any of tho districts refuse to
Bign a contract granting a wage in-
crease and other concessions to coal
miners. Such a declaration was made
"by leading delegates In tho conven
tion of tho United Mine Workors of
America today. The prevailing sent!
mopt among mine operators In the
threatened districts is Bald to ho one
of defiance against tho minors' union
so officials of tho order aro of the
opinion that a strike oxtonslvo and
far reaching in its nature is almost
Imminent.
WILL TESTIFY
RIG
E
CISCO YOUTHS ARRESTED
ON CHARGE OF GAMING
Deputy Sheriff Wbaley nnd Consta
ble Newton yesterday re-arrested Bus
ham and Kenslo of Cisco who wero
rnnAnllv nrroatnfl nml nrr'nlfrnorl tinfninl
. " .. ... ... - I " V "V. - m.mo.. f...
nouncea that tnoy wm suDmu mob. JubUco of tho Poaco Koeble oh a
J V. MoBride of tho firm of Hud- charge of vagrancy lator roleaslng
ey& McBrlde recently returned from 'them on a cash bond of a hundred and
fifty dollars each
The now chargo is gaming. The
defendants have been stopping at the
trip to Dallas made in connection
with that firm's bid.
la his communication to Mr Wag-
SEVEN SECTIONS SOLD FOR
$U8We NEAR SAN ANGELO
Special to Tho Reporter
SAN ANGELA. .Tnn 2R TT V U..
utaff Major Wathen aaya the depot will Metropolitan hotel where It is alles of thi eltv tnHv nM j Tfr .nJ
m rr ww ay aejKK PUl in me ed they engaged In boker game. iWaHer Smltk a tract of u aowt.t
I.a1i ot.tx. nrlru. 4n and mnt Ular rm.-. I I ill ' . ' . I . ' ..- . .. r ....... ""
""- -" r'" v . -v -""- tuwr winw wjii ewwu up niiomy oi land nva dollars Mr acre. theiri .-. tutu- -i ii ..n
IttAA ... 1..-.I-. .. -n v ..- x . . .. .. ' .' '''.I' - i m uuffib. u Till-
'-rw" wm. .mww w wf w aivwjv ujui eiMUMueritiuin wise xiiK.ufwi.
vr --- -- T T ..... T..Y.VV
TOWN OF MAY ACCEPTS
. PROPOSITION FOR ROAD
Speclul to Tho Reporter.
BROWNWQOD Jan. 26. Tho town
of May today accepted the proposition
submitted by Brownwood. .to BUbscrlba
for $15000 stock and glyo ton mlleB
of tho right of way and depot grounds
for the noith and south railroad from
San Antonio through Brownwood. The
May committee will come here tonight
for contracts.
GRAND JURY BEGINS PROBE
IN NOTORIOUS MEAT CASES.
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO ILL. Jan. 26. Tho Fed-
eral ..grand Jury today began Its in-
vestigations In tho meat cases.
By Associated Press.
WASHINGTON D. C Jan. 26. Pro-
ceedings in the Bnllinger-PlnchQt con
gresslonnl investlgatlon.for two weeks
the burning topic of tha nation aro
not scheduled to commence until Into
this afternoop Louis Glavls tho field
agent of tho Forestry department dis-
missed by Ballingcr who lator pre-
ferred charges against the Secretary
of the Interior In connection with tho
Alaskan coal field movements has
boon summoned as tho first witness
Following today's session the commit-
tee will meet Fridays and Saturdays
until the investigation Is completed.
Pinchot nnd Ball.lnger will testify to-
ward tho closo of tho session. All ro-
sults will bo given dally to tho press.
NEW VAGRANCY LAW IS LEGAL
CORK COUNTY ELECTION VOID.
Special to Tho RoporiOr.
AUSTIN Jan. 26. Judgo Ramsey
In tho Court of Criminal Appeals to-
day affirmed tho caso of exparto
Strlttniuttor from Bexur finding tho
stnto vagrancy law constitutional and
within tho power of tha legislature.
Ho says tho objections woro not men-
able. Supreme Court Upholds.
AUSTIN Jan. 26 The Supreme
Court today uphold tho' Court of Crim-
inal AppealB In. tho famous Cook coun
ty local pptlon case tho effect of
which declares thq election thore void
The county Is now wet.
By Associated Press.
f NEW . YORK Jan. 20. The whole-
sale prlco of mutton today dropped
one cent por pound while the price
on pork loin dropped two conts. Somo
dculers havo cut tho prices on certain
beef ono cont or moro por pound hero
while reports from other cities show
that corresponding drops havo been
effected there
Wholepnlo dealers are stocked with
thousands of unsold cuts of dressed
beof and tha supply which Is Btlll
steady threatens to very muoh over-
stock all wholesalers. Many moro
have Joined the ment boycott ' movo-
mont today and throughput the coun-
try thousands havo been udded to the
list of thoso who "will eat no ment
for tho noxt thirty days.
Hotly Green Slops Meat.
NEW YORK Jan. 25. Mrs. Hetty
Green who has. many millions of dol-
lars declared toiluy that the present
price of meat Is too dear for her
nnd she cut it out of her luncheon or
der.
Mrs; Green entered a modest uptown
rostnurnnt and scanned tho bill of.
fare.. Steak she found nt 50 centH a
portion and roast lamb and roast' beef
at 315 cents. Mrs. Gram took halibut
which was 15 conts a portion.
"Have you Joined tho boycott?" wns
asked.
"No" said Mrs. Green dubiously
"but meat Is too high. You dou't kA
your money's worth. Pcuplo really
can't afford to ont It. There aro
other things Just as good and cheap
or"
Thoro appear to bo ninny persons
who ngroo with Mrs. Green.
In response to a lighter demand the
prlco of beof in tho Brooklyn wholo-
sale district declined 20 por cent to-
day and pork loins slumpod Bympa-
uiuucuiiy. as an ousel tucro were
Special to Tho JRoportor.
AUSTIN Jan. 26. Tho trial of state
representative Thad Adams who to
charged with permitting gnmbllng la
Ids rooms nt tho DrlBklll hotel at
Austin during the last legislative' ses-
sion wns resumed In district court
hero this morning. Tho allegations
aro that Adams hold a poker game In
his rooms at which several other mom-
hers of tho legislature played.
The defense todhy Introduced sev-
eral other state representatives
nmong thorn Schultor and Mollor who
testified that AdamB wna in constant
attendance on tho sessions of tho
legislature during his stuy at Aus-
tin The state today brought on tho stand
J. E. Hart and Julius HartWIg of
San Antonio who. both declared that
thoy woro sold somo poker chips
in tho rooms which had boon assigned
to Adams. They stated that Jako
Wolters of Houston Tom Simmons of
Fort Worth John Duncan of Houston
J. L. Storoy of Lockhart .and others
participated in the games which were
held In Adams" roonis.
Aftor tho noon adjournment of .court
Represontntlvo Adams took tho stand
and testified lit his owri bohnlf. Many
Other witnesses havo been summoned
and will bo examined bofdro tho con-
clusion of the trial which "will likely
jiQ-tho latter part of tho week
A motion of the doronso to quash
tho Indictment ngnthBt Adams was in-
troduced yesterday but ovorrulpij by
tho court. In tho motion It was" al
leged that tho law under which the
grand Jury found the Indictment was
unconstitutional. Tho court room was
crowdod at the morning session to-
day. No sensational ovldenco was In-
troduced. Case Goes to Jury.
(Later) While .Adams was on the
stnnd ho said that ho nnd Hnrtwlg bad
takon roomB together In order to cat
expenses but that ho did not know
that pokor was being played in tea-
rooms Ho said that tho. men named'
as participants in the game had been
In tho room but that they had not
played pokor at all.
Three hours to the sldo was allowed
tho attornoys for arguments and the
caso will go to the Jury this after-i
itoonhitp r
LOCAL CONTRACTOR REPORTS
PROGRESS OF HAMMER AND SAW
ABasamplo of tho progres of home
building In Abilene somo liiterestlaf;
statistics furnished by J. C-. Forguson
tho contractor aro given below.
Mr Ferguson hnB resided In Abl-
loiio two yenrs and eight months or
thirty two months. Slnco thnt timo
ho has built thirty five houses wilt
l)0gln on two moro Monday and has
plans well under way for still two
more. They aro all residences the
most of thorn a credit to any city.
Stray fncts along similar lines show
most of tho other contractors to be
doing cqunlly well In the .mnttor of
enlarging Ablleno's breadth
STAMFORD WANTS UN
EXTENSION OF R. I.
signs that tho western Bupply will bo Committee In Fort Worth Today Co
NEGRO WANTED FOR MURDER
AT WACO TODAY ARRESTED
Special to The Reporter.
WXAHACWE Jan. 20. Char l
Wright wanted by the Waco author!
ties oa a. chargo of murdering anothei
negro there six months ago was r
be Ml for the Waco officers.
Bhutoff to hold up tho price although
reprcBontatlveB of tho packers deny
this. Fewer carloads wore received
today. Two young wonmn who made
a houBo-to-lKHisa cunvass today for
.tho National Woman's Suffrage union
obtained nearly 1000 pledges to ab-
stain from meat for sixty days
Mrs Sophlo Looblnger head of tho
union hopes to enlist 103 womon's
clubs In nn endless chain of pledges
which will finally enmesh 1000000
hQUsowlves
SPAULDING BROTHERS HELL
AND DELIVER A CADILLAC
This morning John Spauldlng of the
Spauldlng Auto company horq deltvor.
ed to J T. Warron of MerkoJ a Cadll
lac Thirty automobile Mr Wnrret
arrived In Ablleno on tho first enr
bound traia this morning and tli-
deal having been concluded ho mv
Mr. SpauldlBg drove tho car to Mor
kel. A Mr Warren required nr
coaching in the art of handling Mr
ear Mr. Spauldlng waa able q rturn
on the Moond vast bound today.
fcrrlng with President Mudgo
of the Road.
Special to The: Reporter.
FORT WORTH Jan 2G. Mayor U
M Rule and Homer I). Wnde of Stam-
ford nro hero todny In conference with
President H. U Mudgo of tho Itocte
Island railroad n an effort to secure
an extension of that rend from Ora-
luun to Stamford.
The two men from Stamford state
thnt thoy nro prepared to pny a largo
cush bonus to got the r(md nnd want
tho extension imtnudlatuly. President
Mudgo announces that tho Rock Is-
land has always Intended going Into
Stamford from Graham but as yet He
does not know at what dato they will
nmko the extension Stamford Is Very
anxious to securo tho road Immediate-
ly and It iu understood thnt thoy hyp
made such an attractive offer that
the. company will probably deM Ut
build at once. Mudge says tUmt be
will take the matter nb wlU etber
ofBcera of the eowpaay.
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