Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 151, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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RllD FARES ON TEXAS
ROADS NOT TO BE REDUCED
HEARING BEFORE COMMISSION
C6MES TO AN ABRUPT CLOSE.
RAILROAD PEOPLE WIN OUT
.After Ffro Minutes Session Chairman
- Mayflcld of Commission Throws
Out Case. .
Special to Tho Roportor.
AUSTIN Jan. 16. Tho hearing be-
fore the Railroad Commission on tho
proposition to reduce passenger fare
on Texas lines camo to a dramatic
conclusion this morning. Five minutes
after the Commission convened It was
suddenly dismissed by Chairman May-
Hold who announced that tho proposi-
tion would bo thrown out.
This statement did not surprise the
railroad men to any great extent as th6
great preponderance of testimony
which has.been submtlted clearly gavo
thorn tho best of the argument.
Chairman Mayflcld said that Commls
sioner Story had been opposed to a
lower rate while Commissioner Col-
quitt had been In favor of it and that
ho as chairman middle ground. Not
being fully decided was tho reason
which made him have tho hearing.
This ends tho Issue as far as tho
.Railroad Commission Is concerned. It
looks now as it It will get Into the
state campaign as a slato issue.
ARLINGTON JOINS FEDERATION
OF COMMERCIAL CLUBS.
Oh East Is East and West is West
And never the twain shall meet
Till Earth and sky meet presently
. At God's .groat Judgment seat. ;
But there Is neither East or West
Border or breed or birth
"When two strong men meet face to face
Though they come from tho ends
of the earth.
Thus sang Kipling ana the lines
were suggested yesterday when Mr. M.
G. Caldwell as tho representative of
tho Arlington Commercial Club made
application in person for membership
In the Central West Texas Association
of Commercial clubs This applica-
tion came as a most gratifying sur-
prise to tho Association. Situated as
Arlington Is in tho very Bhadow of
two of our greatest Eastern cities one
might well wonder why Bhe should
come so far out Into the West to ally
lierself with this organization. It only
goes to show that the Association has
"built Its famo bettor even than It
lenew bo that faraway Arlington has
boon mado to feel the importance of
getting into this live and aggressive
aggregation Mr. Caldwell who rep-
resents the Arlington club hag not
long been a Texan but you could not
toll It to hear him talk. He is full of
enthusiasm and can be counted on as
an active helper in tho work of tho
organization. Mr. Caldwell combines
the qualities of ag ood insurance rus-
tlor and an enterprising newspaper
man. He has made a phenomenal re-
cord in the Lite Insurance business
and is Interested actively ns well as
financially In tho Arlington Journal.
He has mado many friends in our city
during his short stay and can bo coun-
ted on to boost Abilene as well as he
has boosted his own section of tho
state.
Regular Meeting of Stockholders
The stockholders of tho Farmers
Union warehouse of Abilene will hold
their first meeting for 1008 at this
place on Saturday January tho 26th
and all members are urged to attend.
Abilene January 16th 1008.
H. H. ALILSON Mgr.
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8 TWO TEXANS ARRESTED 8
8 FOR ATTACKING NEILL. 8
8 Special to The Reporter. 8
8 FORT WORTH Jan. 16 8
8 Warrants for arrest charging 8
8 assault wore sworn out today 8
8 against O P. Pylo and Geo. D. 8
8 Latham of Dallas publishers 8
8 of the National Co-operator. 8
8 Both men are accused of beat- 8
8 lag up President D. J. Nelll or 8
8 the State Farmers Union who Is 8
8 at present In bed 11. Pylo and 8
ft Latham later left for Dallas ft
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ABILENE DAILY REPORTER
VOLUME XII
ELLIS COUNTY AND CORN
IT CAN HE GROWN HERE.
Our good friend S. H. Klrby of Colo-
ny Hill has Just returned froma visit
to tho old homo In Ellis county accom-
panied by his Bon S. N. Klrby who
will visit his fathers family and pros-
pect this section. Our neighbor says
that Ellis county beats us on Indian
corn but that other things moro than
mako up for tho difference. For one
tiling tho mud was terribly bad and
ho could scarcely got about "If tho
farmers in this country would plow
their corn land dcop and plant tho
seed In a furrow Instead or on a rldgo
then properly cultlvato tho growing
corn they would mako corn here as
wdll as further east' said Mr. Klrby
"Tho harrow is a splendid thing for
young corn though when you first run
It over the ground it looks ns if tho
corn were ruined. I do not know any
Implement bettor suited to tho sultlva-
tlon of this crop than a good harrow
used at the right time after the corn
is properly planted".
While there are other feed crops that
will make two yields per year and
much moro Indian corn tho average
farmer has an idea that ho is not real-
ly farming unless he can grow Indian
corn so that it might be a good Idea
to study up tho best methods of grow-
ing it until everybody learns that milo
maize and other Oriental corns aro
moro profitablo in- this section than
Indian cprn is in tho best corn grow-
ing districts of the nation for that is
tho truth. It has been demonsrated
that In order to Insure anything like
a yield ot this crop in the average seas
On It must be planted deep in furrows.
VISIT FROM OLD TIMER
CAME HERE IN 1875.
The Reporter had a pleasant visit
thls-'(Thursday) morning from J. "M.
Cadenhead who now lives -at Dudley.
Mr. Cadenhead came to where Abilene
now stands from Smith county in 1875
and is ono of tho earliest settlers of
the country. Ho says he helped haul
the rock for tho first real residence
erected In Abilene which was built
for M. T. Berry and this building is
tho one now owned and occupied by
Col. Bontley on north Second street.
He says there were other places of
lodging hero at that time dugouts and
plapk -walls with canvas covers. He
has a remarkably good memory and
can relate with precision Interesting
events which transpired and went to
make up the early history of this sec-
tion of the country and has promised
The Reporter material for a good story
for a future Issue of the paper. Mr
Cadenhead was hero to meet his son-in-law
and daughter Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Willott of Algona Cal. who will
visit him and his wife for a few weeks.
NUT GROWERS AND STATE
HORTICULTURAL MEETING.
The meetings to day of the Nut Grow
ors and Stato Horticultural society
havo been extremely Interesting. Tho
list of the awards of premiums will be
published tomorrow.
TEXAS WOMAN
CHICAGO ILL. Jan. 16. Acting
upon a report made by Mrs Rose Bar-
anov wife of a Dallas Texas jeweler
that she had been robbed on a Pull
man car of $6000 worth of Jewels the
Chicago police today searched every
pawn shop in the city In their efforts
to find the gems Mrs Baranov told
tho police that while she was asleep
in a berth on a Pennsylvania train en-
tering tho city a man crept to her
borth severed tho string of a chamois
skin bag fastened about her neck in
which was contained her Jewels and
then escaped with his booty. Up to
tho presont the jewels had not been
heard from.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MADE
THREE AWOINTMENTtf TODAY
WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. ie-
Tho President today nominated Paul
J Sours to be postmaster at Denver
Colorado and Motley H. Flint was
appointed postmaster at Lob Angeles
California. Jernst Breda was nomina
ted register in the land office at Natch
Roches Louisiana.
ROBBED ON GARS
ABILENE TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 10 1009.
OF
DEATH LIST INCREASES ALL THE
TIME.
THE MORGUES ARE CROWDED
It is Estimated tlmt Onc-Flftccnth of
Total Population was .'
Swept Away.
By Associated Presa
BOYERTON PA. Jan. 16. This lit-
tle borough wblch lost ono fifteenth
of Its population in tho Opera House
horror last Monday night today turned
to tho task of burying it dead. It
seems just now that tho peoplo of tho
devastated town .are Just beginning to
realize that Boyerton is practically no
more. Hitherto they havo been aim
lessly wandering in and out among tho
debris of ruined buildings making no
efforts to clear it away or to bury the'
bodies of those who perished. But
now they huvo set to work to dispose
of the dead clean away the heaps of
burnt wood and to make Boyorton a
better town.
The scene about the morguo today
is about the same as yesterday. Dayi
light found crowds about tho entranc-
es clamoring for admittance. At seven
o'clock the doors wero opened and tho
gruesome work of Identifying the dead
was again taken up. It is believed
that more than fifty bodies will never
bo identified. J
BUTLER IS GALLED
WITNESS SAYS HARRY'S CONDUCT
WAS IRRATIONAL.
INTEREST IS FALLING OFF
Great Crowds Which Flocked to Hear
Former Trial aro Missing From
Present One
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK Jan. 16. Tho Thaw
trial was called this morning at 10:22
o'clock by Justice Dowllng In tho pres
ence of but a few spectators. Tho for-
mer crowds who flocked to hear the
former trial are lacking from tbo pros-
ent proceedings.
August Weber former butler to the
Thaw family who yesterday testified
concerning various incidents in the
life of Harry Thaw during the early
months of 1906 was recalled to the
witness stand when "tho wearlsomo
trial opened today. He was asked by
Mn Little of tho defense of Thaw'B
actions If he observed them while ho
was employed In the Washington and
Pittsburg homes and whothor they im-
pressed him as rational or Irrational.
"Irrational" replied tho witness
promptly.
District Attorney Jeromo then began
tho cross examination.
START MADE TO HEDGE JOHN
SON ROOM IN MINNESOTA.
MINNEAPOLIS. MINN. Jan. 16.
Bryan clubs not Democratlcclubs
will bo formed over -the. state to head
off tho boom of Governor Johnson for
tho presidential nomination and for
the control of tho delegation. Tho Bry
an supporters Intend to fight Johnson
for his own delegation claiming that
tho boom is not a complimentary one
but a very serious one. Speakers In
behalf of Bryan will bo sent over tho
state.
James Manahan a former Nebras-
kan and a porsonal friend of Bryan
will lead tho Bryan fight In Mlnneto-
ta III OAKLAND FIRE
"V Associated Press.
OAKLAND CAL. Jan. 10. A disas-
trous nro last night destroyed the Pa
cific Press building at 126 Oakland
and Castro streets. During the Are W.
B Collean 61 years old aged mining
broker dropped dead from excitement
an'd one fireman named Arthur Covens
was seriously Injured. There are no
other casualties except the loss of
property estimated at 180000.
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BOYERTON
ROPRlf
LOSS
TO IKE STATE PRO
MANY PEOPLE WANT TO CONTEST
WHISKY PROPOSITION.
TO CAMPAIGN LEGISLATURE
Scorns nn Assured Fact that Whisky
r Amendment will bo Up in
" 1&O0.
Special to Tho Roportor.
DALLAS Jan. 16. At this writing
it looks to bo nn assurod fact that Tex-
as Is to havo n campaign at onco for
tho mombors of tho Legislature who
wll favor submitting a stato wldo
amendment to tho constitution against
tho salo of liquor In Texas. Tho elec
tion for tho amendment Is to bo hold
sometime early in 1900. A voto In tho
mass meeting boltag held In Dallas to
day will be read beforo night nnd from
nil present appearances will be adop-
ted almost unanimously.
Moro than a hundred prominent del
egates nro present and up to this writ
ing nil the speakers are earnestly In
favor of the proposition except Judge
T. C. Henderson of Cameron who fa-
vars a contlnuanco ot local option
methods.
All tho prohibition speeches wore
widely cheered showing tho general
tenor of tho assembly to bo Irresisti-
bly in favor of stato prohibition. Most
of the speakers aro activo In democra-
tic politics.
IS UP AGAINST IT
E. II. HARRIMAN MUST ANSWER
ALL QUESTIONS.
GALL AND WORMWOOD TO Jll
f" t . v-
Rnflrond King Despite. His Objections'
Must Answer intercstato Com-
merce Commission.
By Associated Press.
NEW YORK Jan. 16. E. H. Harrl-
man "Railroad King" Is strictly "up
against it" In moro Ways tban one.
Tho latest blow receded by Mr. Har
rlman was whon Judge Hough In tho
United States Circuit Qourt told him
he must answer all questions propound
eel to him by the Interstate Commorco
Commission except those relating to
tho purchase of tho Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific railroad stocks In
connection with tho dividend of Aug
1006. This Is gall and wormwood to
Mr. Harriman who has long and bit-
terly contested his right of refusing
to answer questions.
Judge Hough also directed Otto H.
Kuhn of Kuhn Loeb & Company to
answer all quostlons asked him by the
Intercstato Commorco Commission.
MOVING PICTURE MACHINE
CAUSES INJURIES DY FIRE.
By Associated Presa.
ST CATHERRINB OUT. Jan. 16.
A flro following the oxploslon of a mov
ing plcturo machlno occurred last ev-
ening in the Hlpperdromoa small the-
atre Ijore. Tho audience numbered
about fifty peoplo principally women
nnd childron several of w.hom wero
painfully hurt by being trampled upon
when the rush was made for tho street
Lome MeDprmott ngod 15 Is probably
fatally burned. The damage done to
tho building was small.
J H. Knowles of Tuscola brought In
140 head of cattle Tuesday that ho had
sold to Chumbly & Fletcher
W. E. Fisher Is back at his post with
tho West Toxas Jowolry company af-
ter a few weeks tussle with that popu-
lar affliction the grip
WERE ARRESTED
By Associated Press.
DURANQO. COLO Jan. 16. Charg
ed wlthrbavlng rocolvod deposits after
they knew the Colorado State bank to
bo Insolvent four officers and direc
tors yesterday wen arrested and suits
have been brought against them by
John F English Those arrested are
D. N Freeman W. O Chapman Frank
Eld ridge and Eyan Hampton. They
were released oa bond.
MI
n
NUMBER
BANQUET LAST NIGHT
GIVEN III CITY TO CONVENTION
GUESTS.
WAS A HURRAHING SUCCESS
Many Stirring Speeches Wore Mado by
Abilene Citizens and Conten-
tion Visitors.
To say that that banquet which tho
city of Abilene last night tohdorcd to
Its convontlon guests was n howling
buccoss Is to oxpress It tamoly. It
was a shouting hurraying shrieking
success and then some! Whatovor
damper may havo boen cast ovor tho
Bplrlts of tho respoctlvo conventions
by the pall local attendance at their
dnyllght sessions was swopt away by
tho enthusiasm aud good attendance
at the smoker. Tho mon who do things
1ft Abllono nro always through tho day
busy doing things. Within tho past
few months with tho fear ot n Nation-
al panic among them thoy havo been
doubly busy not only doing things but
doing more things. This tho high nnd
unusual winds of tho day tho gonoral
provalonco ot La Grippe and other un-
toward circumstances wrought togeth-
er to reduce tho daylight attendance
and Impress our visitors with tho erro-
neous Idea that Abllono as a city did
not appreciate tho honor of tholr pres-
ence! But it such nn orronoous Idea
was uponthem lmpressod it could not
havo beon but dispelled last night Our
cltzens demonstrated that thoy could
lay asldo tho cares of the day and
''fold tholr tents Hko tho Arab nnd as
silently steal away" to the batiquot.
Tho attoudanco was large enthusi-
asm and good feeling dominant and tho
refrshements wore all that Eplcurluns
could desire. Spoechmnklng was ram-
pant and In every lnstanco happy up-
propriato and entertaining Col. Mo-
Cur ty of Albany was first called upon
to throw some light on tlmt battling
question ''What makes tho Wildcat
wild?" Tho audlonco hung-with hated
broath upon the Colonel's words In tho
vain hopo that at last somo snno solu-
tion might bo glvon them to tlls stu-
pendous problem which has mado the
questions "Who hit Billy Patterson"
and "Tho Ago of Mnry Ann" sooin mat-
ters of minor Interest. Tho Colonol
held that attention of all for sovoral
minutes by his subtlo and cautions ap
proach to tho problem. But when tho
approach wus fully approached and
tho question stared him full In tho faco
answer hud ho nono and tho harassed
minds of tho seekers after tr.uth wero
loft with no consolation savo the
smoothness of his oratlcnl dodgo ot tho
Ibbuc.
Tho next order of business was tho
reading nnd adoption of a vigorous set
of resolutions drawn up by tho Com-
mittee of thp Central West Texas As
sociation of Commercial Clubs. After
that tho crowd was entortalned by tho
oratlcnl efforts from Judgo Brolsford
of Eastland L. B. Shook ot Abllono
Col. W. M Lacy of Abllono Judgo Pot-
ter of Morkol Prcsldont KIrkpatr'ck
McKInnoy a Mr. Elliott of Wisconsin
Capt. Matkin ot Abilene JT. Rob Koobh
of Abllono nnd many others. All of
tho speeches were ahort apt and well
recolved. Tho meeting closed about
eleven o'clock and all went homo sat-
Jsfled and not Bated with the refresh-
ments and eutortalnmout offotod.
DALLAS BANK
GOES TO WALL
Special to Tho .Reporter
DALLAS Jnn. 10. Tho WoBtorn
Bank & Trust Company that assigned
lato last night did not open today
Tho fnlluro Is deplored. Thoro wero
flvo thousand creditors 4613 of thorn
are savings depositors. Total doposlta
oxcoedod seven hundred thousand dol-
lars but the actual cash In tho vault
was only sevon hundrod dollars Tho
last statement of the bank ot Dec. 3
showed liabilities and resources each
?180Q000. Henry D Llndsoy who has
bpen appointed assignee expressed tho
hopo that If given time enough all tho
liabilities will bo paid In full.
SHERIFF IIAB RETURNED FROM
CHILDRESS WITH PKISONm
Sheriff J. V Cunningham return-
ed homo last night from Childress
whore ho went to get P J. Egbert
wanted here on tho charge pi forgery.
He brought Egbert with him and con-
signed him to the county jll.
Otir Offer of
The Daily Reporter
For 1908
151.
WAS LARGELY ATTENDED AND
PROVED A FEATURE.
LIST OF THE PRIZE WINNERS
List of Winning Birds In tho Poultry
and Pet Stock Show Held
At Tills Plnce.
Tho Abllono & Great Western Poul-
try nnd Pot Stock Association aro hold-
ing tholr second annual show hero.
Tho exhibition bognn Tuesday and to-
day Is tho lust day. Tho poultry mon
nro holding out On North Second street
in tho old Wodtcn building and
tholr show Is being largely nttondod.
In quality and quantity of tho fowls
this show bents nil provlous ono&
Competition wns stbrng In sovoral
olnsscs especially Rhode Island Reds
and South Carolina Brown Leghorns.
Below nro tho awards:
Barred Rockti J. IL Reed of Dalrd
first cock first cockorcl second nnd
fourth hens third pullet second pon.
Mrs. O. N. Hill Abllono second and
third cockorcl first and third hon
first Bccond and fourth pullets first
pon.
Whtto Rocks W. H. Bozarth Caps
first cockerel first nnd second pullots
first second And' third hens first and
socond pullots and first pon; R. L.
Young Abilene first cock and third
pullet.
Buff Rocks J. R. Rood first cock
llrnt second nnd third hens tlrst pul-
lot first pon
Sliver Wyandotts Mrs. C. P. Raugh
first sock first socond and fourth lions
first pen
Whlto Wyandotts J. R. Rood first
cockorcl first; and fourth pullots first
and third hens first pon; At C KU-
goro Abllono first cock third pullot
second cockerel second pen; Elmdalo
Poultry Farm third cockorcl! E. T.
Lawlor Abllono sacon hon second
pullet
8. C. R. I Reds S H. Jasham Mid-
land first cock first lion third cock-
erel third pon; W. C Mnssoy Mid-
land second cock; Ed inglo Clyde
first pullet; M. Housor Clydo third
pullet; J. R. Reed secpnd cockaol
second pullot fourth pullet socond
pon; Mrs. O. N. Hill Abllono first
cockerel third cook second third and
fourth hens fourth pullot first pen.
S. C. Brown Lokhorps Eb Ingle
Clydo first and second cockerels third
nnd fourth' lions socond and fourth
pullots first pen; Mrs. H Emmerson
Abllono first hon third pullot third
hen second pon; O W. Cowdon Abi-
lene second cock third cockerol; An-
tllly and Young Abllono fourth cock-
erel first pullot third pon first cock.
S. C. Whlto Leghorns nev. O. S.
Davis Abllono first and socond cock-
erols first cock first socond third
and fourth pullots first second and
third honB first pon.
Buff Orpingtons W. P. Harrison
Clydo first cockorol third and fourth
pullots; M. Housor Clyde socond
cockerel first and second pullots
S. C. Black MlnorcaB C. A. Boulto
socond cockerol first socond and
fourth pullots first pon; R. L. Young
first cook first cockorol first second
third nnd fourth honB third pullet
second pon.
Black Lungshans Ebb Inglo first
hon first second third and fourth pul-
lots Partrlilgo Cochins-Elmdalo Poultry
Farm first hon.
Buff Cochins T. N. RnmBoy first
cock.
Bantams Mrs. O. N Hill flmt pair.
Toulouse Geese Ebb Inglo first sec
ond and third pair.
Bronze Turkoys R. L. Young first
hon first torn.
Scotch CollloB O S. DavlB first
Fox Terrlors C. A. Boulto.
Specials
Best Pon Plymouth Rocks W II.
Bozarth on White Plymouth Rocks.
Boat pon for Wyandotts J. R. Rood
.(Continued on page 8.)
W NEW YORK COTTON
8 MARKET IS ACTIVE. W
8 By AsBOotnted Press. 8
8 NEW YORK Jan 16. The 8
8 markot opened active and oxclt- 8
8 ed today with more business 8
8 than In any other day In months 8
8 past. Local quotations ad- 8
8 vanced cotton 12.50 por halo. 8
8 The opening today since the 8
8 low level yesterday was firm 8
8 with an advance of from eleven 8
8 to twenty two points 8
8 8
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