Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 259, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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MLI REPORTER
ABILE
' JUST RECEIVED
a fresh shipment of
Wylies Caady
Joe's- Kntkly itchen'(
A Fresh Shipment
Allcgretti
AT SIDES
Wednesday MtoY'8 1907
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NUMBER 259
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STORY OF AM IN FRISCO
IS HESTED AT ST. LOUIS
BY SEVERAL
ilLEB;llUiiII WE
MISS KIRK REINS LEAD
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QUIET THIS MORNING
'POLICE TRYING TO PREVENT HE-
CUBRENCE OF RIOTING.
STRIKE-BREAKER8THREATENED
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Chief Of Police May Arm Men With
Rifles and StrlkcBreakcrs Suy
They will Protect ThcmselTCs.
By Associated Press.
-SAN FRANCISCO May 8. Tho
streets this morning are practically
free from crowds. Mounted police
and others afoot are stationed at Fil-
moro and Turk Btreets the scene of
much of yesterday's rioting. Prepar-
ations are under way at the Turk
street car sheds for a renewal of tho
attempt to 'run cars. For or fifty
policemen are guarding the approach-
es to the sheds.
SAN FRANCISCO May 8. The city
was peaceful last night and the down
town streets showed no indication of
the bloody affray which for a time
yesterday showed no indication of the
thereatened to assume serious pro-
protions. Both sides continue to hurl
defiance at each other. The chief of
TMllce threatens to rtVm men with ri-
fles and shoot clown the strike-breakers
on the company's cars while the
railroad officials announce that the
men will protect themselves If attack-
ed t
There Were 26 .men yesterday who
fell' wouhejed and "doode&'i!hat of
JamesfaishHs reported. - -He -waa
shot through th head Other deaths
are oxpTected" as there are six others
-who are In serious conditions from
wounds.
PHILADELHIA JACK" O'BRIEN
AND TOMMY BUBNS FIGHT
"'Jy Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES CAL. May 8 Great
Interest Is manifested In the fVght for
the light welglit championship or the
world tonight between "Philadelphia
Jack" O'Brien and Tommy Burns. If
It Is not decided In twenty rounds both
men by mutual consent agree tp go
on until a decision is reached..Much
i..i(inn t tnlrlninlnnn nnrUfVBrlen Is
the slight favorite. The advance sal
of seats Is the heaviest In the History
of the ring of this city. f
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FBENCH STEAMEB BJ$S?A'SHOttE
MANY PASSENGERS. PERISHED.
By Associated Press.
MONTEVIDEO May . The French
steamer Polton struck thirty yards off
the shore of SanjoseIgnaclo. There
were 300 passengers 'on. board. Many
of them jumped .overboard and perish
ed while others swam ashore.
WASnOUT 0N M.tf. & T. -
DFAAYS ALL TRAINS.
Special to The Reporter.
wayattaohie. Mav 8. A washout
...... .. . lt.. n.flacmiv.1 TTntianaT
UlUl occurruu ui mv "'p .....-
& Texas near Forreston has delayed!
a a 11 x I .X -11 nnntlnn man I
all of the .trains and all. section men
betwqen here and HHlsboro have
been rushed to the scene i t
AN AUTO0UUiC ions fy
WACO TO GLENROSE.
WAP.O. TEX.. May 8. L iUKC): a
.well .known business maa has return-
J""-"--T"I -V - - i
ui rn'fJifnrnKA.wh(re ho and sever-.
'al othorB Jiavo been on an auto 'trip
with a view to establishing an auto
line to run regularly from' Waco to
Glenrose. The people along the pro
--posed line are enthusiastic over It
UIQUIuaoi mv ri"" "" P ' ---
and It may be esunmsnea
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CHARGES
AGMNST OFFICERS OF BRITISH SHIP
By Associated Press.
SAN DIEGO CAL. May 8.-It was
reported late lasC night that two sail-
ors who ha"! escaped from the British
steamer Maori' King which arrived
yesterday from Shanghai make sensa
tofaatt $
p
FOUND IN RESTAURANT
WITH FRACTURED SKULL
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Special to The Reporter.
FORT WORTH May 8. A.
B.Hownrd of Boyd Texas
twenty-five years of age was
found In a restaurant here this
morning at one o'clock with a
frtictured skull and may die
from the injury.
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BULLET FROM 'ARMY RIFLE
FATALLY INJURES SMALL BOY.
Special to Tho Reporter.
SAN ANTONIO May 8. The .six-
year:oid son of C. Olsen was fatally
injured last night by a stray bullet
from an army rifle which may have
been fired a mile away.
SON OF SENATOR CLARK
WAS MARRIED YESTERDAY.
By Associated Press.
BUTTE. MONT.. May S. W. A.
Clark. Jr.. son of the millionaire Sen
ator and Miss Alice Genevieve Medln
were married yesterday.
MOTION' IN HAYWOOD TRIAL .
DENIED BY JUDGE WOOD.
BOISE IDAHO May 8. The motion
(or bill of particulars by Haywood
charged with the murder'' of Gov.
Steunenberg was denied by Judge
Wood today. The trial Is expected to
begin tomorrow.
A SCBAMBLE FOB
TWO GOOD JOBS.
AUSTIN May. 7. Although the
act passed by the special session of
the legislature creating two deputy
reached Hie 3axecutivadepartmentt
there are over a dozen applicants ror
the positions. These two positions
which are at the disposal of tbe gov-
ernor are not bad berths which ac-
counts for the eagerness which is be-
ing manifested in the matter. Tho
governor will not likely announce the
appointees to these positions until he
approves the act and he will have a
large- assortment of applicants for the
positions. ejThese positions will pay
$1800 a year to each deputy besides
tj-ayelin&ipxpenses when on the states
business. Among the applicants for
the position are Bob Barker chief
clerk of house and former Sheriff
Robert Goodfellow of Coleman countq.
RIGHT OF WAY SECURED FOB
TAYLOB HOUSTON RAILWAY
v TAYLOR TEX.. May 8 It Is un-
derstood that the entire right of way
Is now secured for the proposed Tay-
lor Somervllle and Houstan railway
and a meeting of the persons connec
ted with the enterprise was recently
held here to discuss the next moves to
be made. The people along the road
are anxious for Its construction and
have willingly given substantial aid.
Weather Indications.
Maximum' temperature C6.
Mlnmum temperature 52.
.Mean temperature 59.
Rainfall 60. .
Easi -Texas North tonight unsettled
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weather probably" showers in East par
i-t rJLS mUaitmtlntf nnili nlnilftt Tt?aflill
tloti.
Thursday partj cloudy weath-
en.
EaBt" Texas South tonight unsettled
weather" probabjy' shower's In East
portion? Thursday partly cloudy
uiuiiu.
weather.
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nesdayfalr -
Wfldf rvestna. RniUh tohlcrht anil -Wed
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nesday fair
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J. M. Watson Observer.
J. S. Bymor'anS Jdbn H Sharpq of
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Fmnls are.prdspectors to Abilene ana
the Abilene' country this week.
P '
tional charges of brutality against tho
cantaln and officers of the ship. Ru
mors are In plrxulaUou 4o the effect
that' fifteen Chlneseu.were killed dur-
ing a riot on Board the steamer and
that their bodies were thrown into the
ARE
MADE
AFTERMATH OF EU1N
FARMERS
WE 'HAVE
HAPPY j
3IET ARE
THERE'S PLENTY OF T1EJ.EFT
Tell of Success In Former Years when
Rnln Were Late In Cominsf.
Short Interviews.
Jn our misfortunes and Imagined
misfortunes it is human nature for us
to enlarge the picture and view things
from tho darkest point to be found-
In fact we sometimes make a misfor-
tune out of what is in reality our good
fortune. Such was the condition prior
to the rain Tuesday and while some
were more outspoken in drawing pic-
tures of the fearful disaster which was
about to befall our section of the coun
try all of us had allowed our anxiety
for rain to make us feel more or less
blue. Since the rain has come we
can look with a. smile upon the ex-
travagant pictures we had painted
and are almost ready to exclaim
"What fools we mortals be" anyway.
With what moisture we now have
in the ground and with the prospects
ofrmoro to follow If we get busy there
Is all of the time we need to make this
the banner year of productiveness In
the history of .thlsjsectlon. Of course
it can now be saldliy those inclined to
be croaky that other drouths are lia-
ble to follow; the same is liable to
happen In any other section of the
state you (Can pick out also. You
should think of the catastrophes that
are more than likely to happen In the
sections of $100 per acre land and of
which we have no fear here the boll
weevil and overflow for instance. An-
other great advantage of our 'section
is the lengthy of the season. It Is a
well known fact by all who have had
experience in our country that long
after the crtfps have been harvested In
the east our cotton stalks are bloom-
In gand bearing luscious melons of
dark green color are growing on the
vines and other crops are returning
rewirds for the labor of those who
pplanted them.
Our reporter help up for a short
talk all of the farmers met who had
foun 1 their way to tho city Wednesday
and we herewith repeat some of the
thliiKS that they said to us.
W. E. Bea3ley J. W. Shepperd and
J. D. Hilton of the Tye community
told us that they received about the
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Isthe subject for oiirlBjiebwl edition
There'll He no Ju8Biltteof: b'lg-words
behind closed doors by word:makers
but instead stories of factBabOut Abl-
'lene trad Taylor connty. The ulm of
result-bringing advertising Is to tell
the truth. Proper circulation is an-
other Important fenturd wo guarantee.
Things aro coming our way and this
Willi be the biggest and best ever. It
rnlped yesterday Mr Merchant See
our advertising man now or you may
' bo too late to get space In this big
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Special to Tho Reporter.
DALLAS May 6. A prlvute dls-
i patch received hdre from St. Louis
atfrao'urices that H Clay Pierce was ar
restee! there this afternoon on a re
quisition warrant from Texas.
By'ABsoclated Prcsa-
Sli LOUIS MO. May 8. Henry
Clay. Pierce oil magnate has surren
dered on an indictmont against him
from Texas. Tho Indictment on which
the .oil magnate was arrested this af
ternoon charges him with perjury
Iti conectlon with the rc-ndmlsslon of
tile 'Waters-Pierce Oil Company to
Texas In lfiOO. On account of tho fa-
miliarity of people with this case part-
ly 'tis a result of the Bailey controver-
sy'''thlB trial will be one of tho most
Interesting ever conducted In the
Lorio Star State.
Bttpie rain that fell at Abilene. "Some
of1 'our people especially the newcom-
orp .said Mr. Beasiey "wore getting
V6vy blue over tho continued dry
wedther but I have been In this coun-
try lone enoiiKli to know that the
rnlnfi come In time to save the coun-
try.1" "Three years ago our first rnln
for the season fell on June 5th and
WO made good crops." Said one of
them.
'G W. Fulk who farmed In the Half
Circle pasture four years ago says
that the' first good season came on
June 3: that he planted 20 acres of
cotton after June 7th which yielded
him sixteen bales.
J. W. Fulk who lived at McCamant
three years ago planted 57 acres in
cotton after the 5th day of June and
made 22 bales. He atso madet 4000
bushels of mllo maize that year.
ftWiiA. Currv out on Elm nlantcdicot-
floa on the.6th dny of Juno four years
ago ana mnae a nan rmie to tne acre.
A. L Terry says that the rain never
fails to come In good time. "Three
years ago I planted my cotton on the
5th day of June and If the heavy rains
in August had not brought the worms
I would have made a bale to tho
acres."
WORK ON BAPTIST COLLEGE
AT WESTMINSTER BEGHS.
ANNA TEX. May 8. Work has al-
ready begun on the Baptist college
whlchls to be constructed at West-
minster a village three miles west of
here. At the last meeting of tho Col-
lin county Baptist Association the
association pledged $5000 for the erec-
tion of a building with the provision
that the citizens of Westminster
pledge an equal amount. This has
been done and tho work begun. Tho
association has maintained a college
at Westminster for several years us
ing a largo frame building for the pur
pose.
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FORT WORTH SECCURES. O
$ FARMERS JfATL CONGRESS.
Special to Tho Reporter.
FORT WORTH May S.
Tho Farmers' Natlbnal Con-
gress will hold their nnnual
convention hero noxt fall. An
attendance of two or three
thousand fnrmors from over
country 1b expected.
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NEGRO DEPUTY SHERIFF IS
KILLED AT ORANGE TEX.
ORANGE TEX. May 7. John Boy-
kin a negro .deputy sheriff of this
county was shbt and killed last night
at a negro saloon lrf tho city by somo
unknown party on tho outside who
shot htm four tlnies.
Billy Hudson a white hack driver
and O F. Woodfln of Center Texas
wore also shot earlier in tho night
nlso -by unknown pnrtloa. Hudson
Woodfln nnd ono other party wore
seated on the driver's sont on a hack
'when shot. Woodfln being noxt to the
party who did tho shooting nntl Hud-
son on the oposlte sldo of the Boat
a third party who escaped bolng shot
being in tho middle. Hudson nnd
Woodson woro both shot through tho
fleshy part of the back tho wounds
not being serious.
Hudson killed n negro here a few
months ago nnd Boykln seriously shot
and wounded ono two oi'throo weeks
ago and the results of last night are
supposed to he tho outcome of the for-
mor trouble and arc supposed to linvo
been done by negroes.
Novel burglau catcher
was successful:
SHEPHERD TEiXtf'Mny 8. Frank
Hubbard..n ?hegrp Is jot expected to
tlvo hs taoreSmrrliflttrTwS
(solved from a burglar hlnrm device.
Charles Johnson nlso colored has
been bothered by burglnrs on sovoral
occasion's. Iisl Saturday some bur-
glnrs entered his home and sTolo
$11.75 from a cigar box and Johnson
decided to put In n burglar killer. He
set a double barreled shot gun In tho
window at which tho thief had been
In tliq hublt of entering and arranged
n trigger devlco so that the gun would
be discharged by any ono attempting
to enter. A fow mornings later Frank
Hubbard was found there with one
side of his head blown off.
TWO CENT BILL KILLED
IN BOTH HOUSES
Monday the house put tho two cent
passenger faro bill to sleep by a big
majority nnd Tuesday the senato bill
went tho same route and It Is pre-
sumed that this matter is settled for
tho thirtieth legislature. However
there is some talk of Another special
session as the present term ends on
Friday of this week and a number of
tho governor's pet measures have "not
been adopted and It la barely possible
thnt If It bo called tho same question
will bo submitted for uctlon nguln
though wo do not think ho will again
tfy to securo tho adoption of this par-
ticular measure.
FAB31EKS. IIUYFNG NEW SEED
FOB DEVASTATED FIELDS.
SHERMAN TEX. May 8. Many
fnrmors of tho Guntor neighborhood
were In town today looking for cotton
seed with which to replant the 4000
acres of cotton destroyed by tho storm
in that vicinity. A local cotton seed
oil company which has run regularly
all season has shut down now and is
selling all of their cotton seed tothe
farmers so that the devastated flofds
may bo replanted as rnpldlyns possi-
ble. The owners of tho mill are not
trying to make any profit on the seed
but nro -Mlllng It out nt costt
10 NEW YORK WOMEN ARE SLASHED
TO PIECES BY A MAN WITH A RAZOR
By Associated Press
NEW YORK May 8. Mrs. Maria
Vlto nnd hor mother Mrs Maria Brig
noil woro literally slashed to pieces
at their east side home. A razor was
the Instrument UBod Today Georan-
nl Vlto husband of tho younger wo-
man was placed under arrest charged
VERY HEAVY V0TIN6
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND VOTES
CAST DURING TnE WEEK.
CONTEST CLOSES WEDNESDAY
Lnst Wcpk Promises to Be One of fa-
(crest nnd tho Results Cannot
bo Gncsscd .
One week from today there will b
presented to some young lady of Tay- '
lor or .adjoining county a boautlfal
$350.00 Irving piano and as a result e
tho interest in tho contest thero &
more than ono guessing who that
lucky person shall bo. Judging from
Ihn pnst nnd especially tho past week
this is a matter or conjecture. Ovoc
fifty thousnnd votos worq cast during:
tho past seven days nnd whllo over
half of this nurabor went to tho credit
of Miss Adn Kirk wlto retains tho lead
by sovoral thousand this Is no assur-
ance that it will be so noxt weok.
From the fnc that nox.t Wednesday
Is tho last daji of the contest tho votch
will not bo published but tho ontlrp
vote nnd tho result of the contest will
bo In Thursdny's Issue of Tho Repor-
ter. All merchants aro requested to
have their votes In by Wednesday.
Miss Ada Kirk G846
Miss BornVco Rollins 6188.7
Mrs. Claudia Simons 20G21
Miss Eddie Price 10783!
Miss Nolllo Darnell 15149
Miss I?ollo Hill . . . 112ft3
Miss Cora Mao lcnn . . .'. Glijl '
Miss Beula WJitson. . . .' uww
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Miss Rosa Pollard Potosl' ...... 391
Miss Myrtle Attains . . . 353&J
MIhs Anna Of rand 234S
Miss Cary Hancock Lawn 185'
Miss Mary Lou Lontf.'Caps 1774
Miss Lulu Barlcor 1552
Miss Helen Cocke 1402
Miss Wltlle Davis 1284-
Miss Bessie Knaus Tuscola . . 9G9
Miss Alllno Vandenbnrk . .... . 897
Miss Eflle Taylor Iborts; 89t
Miss Alllno Shores Iberls l 89S
Miss Dana Harkrldor Lawn . . . 838
Miss Willie Kemp 926
Miss Glon Bollo Holt .. 819
Miss BoUo Robortson Lawn . . . 785
Miss Lena Wilson 739
Mffla Norn gmanwood Tecumsoh 5Gg.
Miss Alice Lowdon
502
NEW GAMBLING LAW A
BOON TO NEGRO CHURCHES.
HOUSTON TEX. May 8. Tho Strict
enforcement of the now gambling law'
In Texas Is having a decided Of feet on
tho membership of tho negro churches.
It Is estimated that slnco tho gambling;
law wont Into effect mora than 509
nogroos have Joined tho church. Thei
rules of tho church against gambling
havo always bcon a bar to church
membership and as the now law pr&J 1
Dibits It tho horotoforo wicked coon
can now bo a good church member. '
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BRAZOS VALLEY OFFICE
MOVED TO TEAGUE.
FORT WORTH May 8. Tho offices
of Captain J. M. Leo superintendent
of tho Trinity nnd nrazos Valloy wilt
he moved to Tcnguq tho division ter
minal point during next wpok Going
to Tonguo with Captain top will be
H. T. Love chief dork arid all the
employees of tho suporlntondont'B of
fice This move has been oxpechNl
natho natural result of Teaguo belner
mftdoin ill vision pointy
with tho killing. It is alleged that he
killed tho woman after n quarrel
which followed tholr rcfusul to give
him raonoy. Vlto denies this and snys
that two men forced tho iloortf of tho
homo open and killed the women ire
claims'that ho fought with tho intra-
idem.
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