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THE ABILENE REPORTER
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WITH triC PARTICULAR PEOPLE
Ma Orders Solicited and All Work
Executed With Promptness and In
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ABILENE WEEkLY REPORTER AND
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AJ3TXEJOT3 ITI&tAS IflHDAY SElJDEMBER (3 1007
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HOUSTON HAS FIRE
Killing company and man
other tjuildingsdestroyed.
fIREMEN HE HANDICAPPED
Forty-Throe Residences and Stores
and Fourteen Freight Cars Do-
. stroyed or Badly Damaged.
HOUSTON Sept 2. Four blocks In
.Fifth ward were swept clean by flro
'tonight among tlio buildings destroyed
bolng that of tho Standard Milling
Company's flour mill and Btock of
grain a rice mill not In operation and
a largo flye-story grain olevator full
of wheat Tho tota'l lpss to tho Stand-
ard's properties alone Is estimated to
bo about $25000fi with I total Insur-
.anco of about $200000 while tho other
losses to storo buildings ttnd stocks
and dwellings will foot up $170000
more. There Is no 'way of estimating
tho amount of Insurance on these
buildings.
One fireman was Injured while play-
ing the hose on one of the buildings
and a policeman was seriously Injured
while making a run to tho fire on
horseback his horse running Into a
buggy and throwing him.
Had it not been for tho fearless work
of tho firemen there is no way to es-
timate the extent to which the fire
would have burned. For more than
-an hour and a half a group of fire-
men stood against the flames almost
and played the hose across the narrow
street. The heat was so intense that
It was necessary for the firemen to
.cease pouring the water on the fire and
drench each other In order that they
could hold their ground.
When the flames first burst' out the
-wind was in tho south and blew from
the burjng mass of the mill up Odin
avenue. Large pieces of burning
planks and shingles were flying and
settling on' the roofs of the buildings.
The firemen could not get water on
..Jthtide'jofthe fire.
Origin of Flro Unknown.
Just how tho fire originated Is not
clear. Those who were early on the
scene stated that it 'seemed that tho
fire originated at the rear of tho large
elevator while others stated that it
seemed that the grass was on fire just
a Bhort distance from the "elevator and
that they could have extinguished the
flames with a couple of buckets of wa-
tetjfjthoy had had them.
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lngs and stocky together with house-
hold effects of people residing on tho
second floors ono .two-story blaclc-
' smith shop with a number .of buggies
a woodyard with Btocka of cordwood
covering a quarter of a block four-
teen box cars some of thotn "contain-
ing wheat' about twenty telephone
poles with their wires a large cable of
tho telephone company and a number
of electric light wires and tolophono
wlre8 as well as tho car company's
wires. .
Tho mill was of wood and sheotlron
construction and after tho wood once
caught tho mill was doomed
Tho elevator capacity of tho mlU was
300000 'bushes -anU'was full" of
stock; tho annual capacity of the mill
was 150000 barrols of flour 313000
barrels of meal and grits and 780000
bags of chop. The entire plant was
valued at $300000 and It Is a total
loss.
Firemen Handicapped.
Tho flro originated Inside tho build-
ing and tho firemen could not get to
It through tho sheet Iron walls
While the flames wero consuming a
saloon a barrol of whiskey'hurst with
a loud report as though there had
been a boiler explosion. Tho thous-
ands of people llnlpg the streets be-
gan to scatter In every direction and
It became noised about that a number
of peoplo had been killed by a boiler
explosion Later in a small house on
Semmes 'street in which there was a
quantity of cartridges there began a
bombardmont. It seemed that there
were- 1000 shots Those who wore
near tills building began to scatter and
squat behind posts and dodge behind
TWJSNTT CENT WANT AD SLLS
MILCH COW AT GOOD PRICE.
Major F. W. Glrand will toll you that
ndvestlslng In Tho Roporter is tho
prober thing It thoro Is anything y6u
want or do not want and ho is by no
means a now convert for ho has boon
making uso of theso columns for a
number of years. His last patronago
waB Saturday When he placod an ad
In our want columns saying that ho
had a cow for sale Ho sold tho coW
that afternoon to a man who ''scon tho
ad In this paperV Tho samo medium
will sell hogs horses dogs cats hous
es tots farms stores old clothes or
anything else. If you have got any-
thing to sell or want to buy anything
tell tho peoplo about It.
SIMMONS COLLEGE OPENING"
EXERCISES TOMORROW MORNING
Tho president and faculty of Sim
mons College aro Very busy making
entranco examinations and with tho
matriculation and classification work
and parties who wore visitors to tho
campus yesterday report that it was
Impossible to get entranco to tho
buildings for several hours. It Is ex-
pected that .the work will bo finished
today. The opening exercises aro to
begin In the college chapel Thursday
morning at 8:15 and all friends of
the institution nnd tho public in gen-
eral are Invited to attend. '
LEAVE STATE
INTERNATIONAL. HARVESTER
MAT MAKE OFFER.
CO.
A VICTORY FOR THE LONE STAR
Indications Aro That Representatives
Under Instructions Will Make
Proposition.
CHICAGO ILL. Sept. 2. George W.
Perkins of New York one of the lead-
ing influences Jn the alleged harvester
trust was" here Saturday consulting
local representatives of the Interna-
tional Harvester Company of America
relative to settling the antl-trUst suit
brought against the company In Texas
for over $1000000 in penalties ouster
and Injunction to prevent the company
from continuing in that State except
the interstate business with which a
State can not Interfere or prohibit
It is understood that Mr. Perkins au-
thorized a settlement in Texas by a
complete surrender to the authorities
of thato Stat thereby forcing the
withdrawal of the company from Tex-
as tho payment of a fine and acqules-
cense to an Injunction prohibiting
lot from doing business In that State.
What can be learned is that If the
offer Is to bo accepted by tho Texas
authorities that fact will becomo
known at Austin Tuesday morning
when the Attorney General of the
State will meet tho Texas attorneys of
tho company with their instructions
from Mr. Perkins. It Is reported that
tho fine will be less than $50000 and
that tho Stato of -Texas "wllf Ifot a
sweeping victory in its ouster and In
junction prayers tho company to agree
to plead guilty pay the fino and dis-
continue Its business" In Texas
Tomorrow's final negotiations at
Austin aro expected to settle tho litiga-
tion as outlined. Tho plea of guilty
and judgment will prevent a test be-
ing made of the constitutionality of tho
Texas Vsoarch and seizure'' act which
authorizes tho Attorney General's de-
partment of that state to look Into the
books and records of corporations do-
ing business in that Stato.
INVESTIGATING THE BACON
COUNTT ATTORNET ON TRAIL
County Attorney WHson was iden
by a Herald representative this morn-
ing and questlonid regarding the piano
of diseased bacon purchased by.G..1.
Stultz In Weath(rford about tho flrt
of August and which waB bellovcd to
contain a canceY Mr. Wilson said he
still had tho matter under Investiga-
tion and was trying to locato respnr
slblllty for the sale of the nnot. lie
had succeeded in tiaclng tho matter
down to the polnLwhere responsioihty
rested between a wholesale firm and
a packing house and hoped to have
Jit to the point In a few days whero tin
responsibility could Jbo established
through tho medium of an affidavit.
It will be remembered that Mr
Stultz last week brought Into tin city
a portion of a side of bacon of which
his family had eaten the greater part
and stated the animal from which the
bacon had been produced was suffer-
ing from cancer at the t(mo it wag
killed and the cancer had bom left
eat and on!
discovered when
MA
IT RAINS AT MERKEL
BLESSING TO COUNTRT FA
Up
TO-
DAT IN ABUNDANCE.
4
ESKOTA GETS HER FULL SHARE
Critical Tcrlod In Cotton Conditions
Is Relieved and Farmers and
Merchants Rejoice.
Special to Tho Reporter.
MERKEL TEXAS Aug. 4. The
continued dry and hot weather for tho
several weeks past tho damaging ef
fects of which wero beginning to tell
on tho cotton crop of tho Merkol coun
try and the faces of tho farmers and
merchants was broken this morning
when Jupiter Pluvlus poured on the
parched J3oll In a profuse and abundant'
manner 'his best blessing. Tho' rain
lasted for two hours and the benefit
to the late cotton which Is continuing
to grow nnd bloom Is Inestimable.
Everything looks good. The grass-
hoppers have left "town but their
"hops" were left for the Merkel people
who are jumping about In a locust-like
manner preparing for tho big business
that is promised during tho fall season.
Reports received from Eskota are to
the effect that the same blessing was
received In that vicinity.
Local and Personal Items.
Mrs. G. W. McKInney nnd son
Abilene are visiting at the home
or
'to
W S. Morrow near Merkel.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McBeo and her
sister-in-law returned yesterday after
a visit to Dr. and Mrs. Preston at Abi-
lene. F. E. Hale has returned from a busi-
ness visit to Abilene.
H. S. Johnson was in Abilene yester
day on b'uslness.
W. D. Smith has returned from a
business visit to Abilene.
R. D. Casseaux accompanied his son
to Abilene where he entered Simmons
G. N. Ferguson was among tho Mer-
kel visitors to Abilene yesterday.
W S. Morrow has returned from a
visit of several days in Abilene
the greater portion of the side had
been consumed. Ho went before the
county attorney with tho matt v' nnd
the latter has been prosecuting an In-
vestigation Bince with the hop5 of
fastening the responsibility for the
salo of the meat.
The Incident attracted a .great deal
of attention In Weatherford at iht
time and is said to have greatly af-
fected the salo of bacon In tho city
many people declaring that i this
city was being made the dumping
ground for that class of meat tbey
would simply cut out tho bacon propo
sition and see If they could not get
along with some other kind pf miut.
The piece of bacon containing the
alleged cancer was left at tho HoraM
office and has been examined by sev-
eral physicians. Ono of tho leading
physicians of tho city laughs at the
suggestion of cancer and ccprMssca
tho "opinion that ' It was tuberculosis
with which the animal was afflicted at
tho time It was converted Into bacon
but that docs not remedy the situation
for the averago individual consumer
would havo but llttlo choice between
consumption and cancer both of which
aro regarded as Incurable diseases by
the medical profession.
In either event the salo of this piece
of meat shows the packers aro pot
at all particular In tho ldml of animals
they convert Into bacon and Jt'also
shows that tho government system of
Inspection Is far short of perfection.
It Is to he hoped tho matter can bo
traced all the way back to the point
of origin and the packer and Inspector
both made known as a matter of fu-
turo protection Weatherford Herald
KNIGTHSOF THE MACCABEES
ARRANGING FOR A SMOKER
Secretary Jesso E. Walker and oth-
ors of Abilene Tent No. 100 K. O.
T. M. are arranging for a smoker to
tako place at the Knights of Pythias
hall Tuesday ovenlng Sept 10 at
which tlmo Stato Commander J. B.
Sawtell of Waco will be present and
address the Abilene membership. All
members aro' requested to tako notice
and be present.
Largest Wooden Structure.
The Parliament building In Wel-
lington New Zealand is the largest
wooden structure In the world. In
Wellington and soma other New Zoa-
land towns almost every house is con-
structed of wood. So likewise aro
large churches and business bodsea.
ON THE GREAT LAKES
ABILENE MAN RETURNS FROM
TRIP THROUGH THE NORTH
II COMPARISON OF CONDITIONS
Demonstrates That Tho Development
of CeniratVWcst Texas Has '
Just Fairly Begun.
C. W. Bacon of tho Wooton Grocer
Company has Just returned from an
extended summer visit to tho resorts
of the north. Mr. Bacon is a succoss-
ful business man and thlB succoss may
In part bo attributed to his ability to
note oxlstlng conditions and graBp tho
opportunities offered. Whilo tho ob-
ject of hlB trip through tho north was
for recreation tho business man took
noto of many things of Intorost nnd ns
a result he has roturned to tho Abilene
country with moro ambition than over.
In' speaking to a representative of Tho
Roportor ho had to say!
I'Tho Interest In Texas manifested
by? people In all parts of tho United
States Is much greater than tho aver-
ago Texas can imagine. I found peo-
plo of the Lone Star Stato at almost
every place I stopped and thoy aro all
missionaries for the development of
this country. The hlBtory of-Texas
makes friends for us and the wonder
ful resources and opportunities aro
being advertised In mdny effective
Ways. am moro enthusiastic than
over and bellevo it is but a question
of a short time when Texas will be
the Empire state In everything else as
well as size. My trip gave mo an
idea of the work that Ib In store for
the people of this state and the new-
comers arriving dally. Tho well kept
farms and tho factories in every town
of any size in tho north' 1b a lesson
we must learn. I honestly believe that
the averago Texas farmers waBtes In
a year an amount equal to tho profits
of the tiller of the soil boyond tho
Mason & Dixon line. This is a bettor
afxxlguJrxjral country and with the samo
amount of work will produce belter
and make for the farmer better profits.
Wo do no give thq almighty dollar the
chase that It gets in tho cooler climes.
Those factories look good to mo and
I know that Abilene Is a much better
location and offers many advantages
over1 smaller places I visited whoro
there were several of them and work-
ing moro than a tljousand peoplo. ThiB
Is a better country to make money in
any lino of business or vocation and I
am back at Abilene bettor pleaded than
ever."
Cotton Talk.
New high prices for tho season hove
been established and tho new crop is
not only several weeks behind the nor-
mal nobody knows how many but
the situation Is still further compli
cated by the unsuspected large sales
made for early September shipment
and the certainty that a squeeze of the
noar positions In Liverpool will bo
attempted.
Wo need only romembor that tho
mills of theworld aro eating up 250000
bales overy week out of tho remnant
rom last year whilo no supplies of
consequence can bo expected from this
crop for four or five weeks to come.
Of course It will bo argued that If tho
first month of the new season draws
all 'Its supplies from the old crop
thoro will bo Just so much less demand
on tho new ono and a moderate year
Will therefore be sufficient to mako
the. world's requirements for tho other
oloven months before tho next crop
will be available. This argument la
an excellent one and will probably
make Its effect felt before tho season
Is ovdr. At the moment howevor tho
shorts peed cotton and cotton alono
can. relieve tholr distress and until
the movement becomes sufficient to
make or exceed Jhe-world's consump-
tion of 250000 bales per week tho
short lnterestts without protection and
may bo forced to cover at considerably
higher prices than even thoso now rul-
ing. In this calculation wo havo not
taken into account tho sontlmontal
effect of tho two Government Reports
both of which will bo published on
Monday September 9th. Both of theso
promise to be quite bullish; the census
Is expected to show not over 75000
bats ginned before September 1st
against 407000 last year and 470000
tho year before while the Agricultural
Bureau' condition Is variously estimate
ed from 68 to 70 against a ten year
average of. 74.4. Apprehension qver
the possible effect of the Government's
doublq report wljl keep tho market In
a nervous condition during tho next.
ten days. Edward Moyle ft Co New
York
DIRT IS BROKEN FOR THE
NEW KAUFFMAN BUILDING.
Tho contract has boon let nnd dirt
broken for tho erection of tho now1
two-story brick business building for
D. S. Kautfmnn. Tho cbntrnct was
awarded to I. O. Nolco and cals for tho
completion of tho building within
nlnoty days fromWo. Tho building
will bo 25x100 fcot and tho uppor
- JL Zf
lower noor nas coon icasea oy contract
for occupancy this fall and for this
reason It Is expected that tho work
will bo rushod to completion as rap-
Idly as possible.
ABILENE CATCHER TO GO
IN BUSINESS AT MIDLAND.
H. L. Hunt formerly with tho Pnn-
thors but who played with tho Club-
bers during tho last of tho season
lenves tomorrow morning for Midland
Tho stay of tho catcher In Abllontfhas
been a pleasant one according to his
stntement and It Is certain that his
work behind tho pinto mndo him many
friends among tho Abilene fans and
ho leaves to conduct n pool and bll
Hard room at his new location. Big
John Harris and "Skeets" Murphy loft
after tho game yesterday at Thurbor
for their homes. Tho good wishes of
the Abllono fans go with all of thorn.
ATTEMPT TO SUICIDE
HEROIC WORK OF DAUGHTER PRE-
VENTS FATAL RESULT.
ACT IS DUE TO DESPONDENCY
j.
Overburdened With Grief at Loss of
Mother nnd Sister Mrs. A. M. Pool
Tries to End Life.
Only tho heroic work of her "daugh-
ter Mrs. Pearl Bishop prevented a
successful attempt of Mrs. A. M. Pool
to end her Ufo at tho Adams hotol
shortly after noon today. Dosponaency
duo to griqf over tho" loss of ner mother
which occurrod' about six wobks"ago
and a sister 'which occurred two weeks
ago is given as tho cause for tho rash
act. Mrs. Pool was talking with her
daughter Mrs. Pearl Bishop of Haw-
ley who has been with her slnco Sun-
day nftornoon when suddenly sho went
to the dresser and taking from ono of
tho drawers a bottle of chloroform
she saturated a large cloth with tho
liquid and lying down sho covered her
face with tho cloth. The daughter no
ticing whnt had been dono attempted
to tako tho chloroformed cloth from
her face but was unablo to do so ami
sho called for help. By tho tlmo that
assistance arrived and tho cloth could
bo removed from her grasp she was
In a crltcnl condition but nt throe
o'clock this nftornoon sho was pro-
nounced to be outJof danger.
Mrs. Pool is the Wife of A. M.
Pool proprietor of tho Adams hotol
and tho family moved to Abllono from
Temple oho yenr ago. They havo
mado mnny friends during thoic Resi-
dence hero nnd have'tnasyinp"athy of
tho community In tholr several rocont
troublos.
Onco Moro "Perpetual Motion."
David Unlapon a full-blooded native
Lof tho northern territory Australia
who comblnos a genius for mathemat-
ics with a passion for music claims to
havo Invented a machlno which will
secure porpetual motion. Ho Is now
in Adedaido tho capital of South Aus-
tralia seeking the means of testing
tho feasablllty of his mechanlBm. He
oxplalns that the forces which ho pro-
poses to ubo aro gravitation and mo-
mentum and ho had to como to Ad-
elaide to 8cok tho assistance of the
nborinlncs department In procuring
four bovelod wheels a splndlo a tube
and so on. Ho Is confldont that when
ho. gets til cud requisites ho canput
together a maclno that will bring per-
petual motion appreciably nearer
A Bright Headline
Jacob A. Riis author and journalk
was talking about bright newspaper
headlines.
"As bright a headline as I know"
said he "was. written by a youth of
18 (n a San Francisco newspaper ofr
flee Thoro was a bltl up to prohibit
tho salo of alcoholic drinks wjthin four
miles of the University of California
and this bill tho youth headed;
"'An Act to Promoto Pedostrlaniam
Among Our Studonta.' "
Browning & Daniel Realty Cd. wlU
buy your cotton. Don't forget whore
we are.
Office oyer Abilene Dry Goods
Co.
RAINS GO TRAGEDY
MARSHALL LAMB SLATS WIFE AND
KILLS SELF.
IS SHOT DOWN AT THE GATE
Husband Had Recently Filed Suljt For
Dlforcc nnd Wlfo Sued for
Partition of Estate.EMORY TEX. SepL 2 Marshall
Lnmb tonight shotand killed his wlfo
and then sent a bullet through his awn
brain his wife dying jtiBt inside of tho
gato Of their into hoirto whilo death
claimed him with only tho gato. bo-
twoon them. Lamb wns 20 years' old
and his wlfo 21 Two children ono
throb and tho other a year and a half
old survivo tho. tragedy.
Four years ago Marshall Lamb son
of former Sheriff Lamb for years an
honored nnd trusted official of Rains
county and Miss Crabb daughtor of
Judge C. J. Crabb wero married and
thoro was not a cloud to dim their fu-
ture. In tlmo a boy came to bless thd
union nnd in duo courso nnothor llttlo
ono. Young Lamb suffered rt railway
accldont about olght years' ago that
cost him a log and ho loarnod tho drug
business In which ho has boon engaged
hero for some time.
All went well for somo tlmo with
tho Lambs. .Then there enmo whisper
ings that all was not well. Mrs. Lamb
waB an attractive young womnm tall
nnd Blonder with raven black hair and
wns regarded as a model wlfo and
mother. Lamb was a man of qulofc
habit of low Btaturo and muscular
build. Ho was not tho typo to take
people Into his confidence nnd Emory '
know only in n way that all waB not
well in tho Lamb housohold until
about two weeks ago when Lamb filed
sut for divorce ninrinstllis wife and sho '
filed a counter suit ngalnsb him for a
division of tho community proporty
ami tho custody of tho children. Tho
youngest child wab In tho custody of
tho inothor nnd tho oldest was In tho
car9 of tho father Tho father had
taken "tho child to Miller's Grpvo but
todny tho district judgo had Issuod nn
order that It bo restored to Its mother.
Tho officers had taken tho child to tho '
mother nt tho old Lamb home. Mrs.
Lamb was residing thoro with tho chil
dren nnd her 17-yonr-old brother '
pending a settlement of tho differences
which had' arisen In thp family when
the court should havo'netod in tho mat-
tor. Sho had no reason to fear any
attack from her husband olid hor
brother who was with her was uttorly
Without suspicion that nny assault was
intended upon his sister.
Tragedy at tho Gate. "
Tonight Lamb called up the homo of
Ills mother-in-law on tho tolophono to
nsk that a hypodermic Byringo which
he had loft nt the homo bo glYon to
him His wife nnswored tho phono and
talked to htm. Sim evidently did not;
fear any tragedy as' sho wont on from
hor mothor'B to hor own homo to got
tho syringe. Getting it she went with
it out to tho front gato to glvo It to
her husband who was waiting for It
Just outsldo tho gato. What passed be-
tween them when sho got to tho gate
what wordB If anvworq spoken no
ono knows as both principals to tho
Interview aro dead. Sho had boon at
tho gato but an Instant or two whoa
thoso In tho .house wore horrlflod to
hear a shot' ring Out and then another
Mrs. Lamb was soon to throw her
hands to hor hoad and then stagger as
tho second shot was fired and fall to
tho walk just insldo' tho gnto. Almost
Instantly Lamb tiirnod tho weapon to
his own head nnd sent A bullot through
his brain falling hiortnlly Wounded
tho husband and wlfo dying nlmost In
roach of each other Separated only by
the front fenco
Help was rushed to tho Btrlckon hus-
band and wife but tho bullets had dono
tholr work Mrs. Lamb was shot twice
oach-bulfot- ponetrating- hor-head and
either wound would havo caused In-
stant death
Judgo Crnbb father of the murdered
woman was formerly county clerk of
Docatur county nnd was a well known
and highly respected cltlzori.
No tragedy ever occurred in Rains
county has so shocked the community
as this ono It camo without oven a
suggestion of a warning and was done
beforo tho town peacoful and quiet
had tlmo to realize that a tragedy bad
occurred.
Mr and Mrs. Wiley Dodd havo gone
to -Dublin whoro they will remain
Avhllo ho s flitting up the hotel build-
Ifig which he took as consideration ror
$6000 in tho sale of tho Commercial
hero. As soqn as tho necessary re-
DAftfi are made and the property ran
ed o sold they will return to Abjleno
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