Abilene Daily Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 137, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1907 Page: 1 of 8
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NOTED BISHOP DIES
NOTED METHODIST DIVINE DIES
AT III8 HOME.
IIS EIGHTY TWO YEARS OLD-
Bishop Edward F. Andrews of Brook-
Irn Falls a Ylctlni to the
Dread Reaper.
By Associated Press. jSt
IfEW YORK Dec. 31. Bishop Ed-
' ward P. Andrews noted divine of the
-Methodist Episcopal church died at
Trtifthomb In Brooklyn today of a con-
tractod -case of pneumonia. The 'old
man as upwards of eighty two years
old and during tho last years of his
Hot t&3 buffered a decline in health
and strcrt&th.
yfhle attending the Bishop's Con-
ference and 'tho meeting of Home and
.Foreign mission boards of his church
at San-FraHclaco last October Bishop
Andrews contracted a severe cold
which Bottled in his lungs and which
ho was never able to shako off. His
weakened constitution nroved no match
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for the .pneumonia which followed the
com ana ajgenorai oreanaown 01 uie
system which followed carried the
old man off.
The Bishop was one of the strongest
men in the Methodist church and bad
lived a life of piety and usefulness. He
has always enjoyed the distinction of
being one of the most universally rec-
ognized orators In the pulpit both in
Now York and in the othor portions of
the United States.
R. S. Miller of Ennls who has been
in tho Abilene country looking for a
location and also visiting his o!a
friends Granville and LIge Moore left
for Santo this morning.
TWO MEN SMI .
GMEST OF MONEY
By Associated Press.
ROCHESTER N. Y.( Dec. 31. In a
daring robbery today two men stole
a cheBt containing $2859 from a street
car standing on the Main street east
car barn. The attempt was daring in
tho extreme. The men ran alongside
the -car' In an auto and as the machine
Bwung past one of the men dropped
off snatched' the chest caught the auto
and got safely away from pursuit.
boquets tmt enoughs-solid
citizen Speaks wisdom.
EDITOR REPORTER:
Dear Sir: I read with pleasure your
: complimentary notice of Chief Clinton
and his faithful fire boys. But the
"bouquet" you handed tho boys will
not clean tho mud and dirt from their
clothos after subduing tho fire fiend
from devouring homes business hous-
es and city. And I enclose you my
check for $2500 as a New Year's gift
to them and hope other cltlzonB of our
town will do likewise as an apprecia
tion fof their faithful work
Yours truly
J. H. PARRAMORE
Abiicno Bustnosa
Opening.
Tho pcoplo of
)re rcBpect-
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s
i 1 fully Invited to
Wednesday evmg Ji
1st 1908
itfrom 7 to 10 ojk p.
Refresh-
by Hon E
fments served jpd'speakli
N. KIrby. ma(fc of Ablh
Wolcomafofcrybodyj
over .Fields
Grocery nJfdjNKkol SlOrc
near P. O.
THE LAST. DT HAS DAB III THE
JEFFERSON COUNTY LIQUOR TRAFFIC
BIRMINGHAM ALA. Dec. 31 Tho
last day of tha existence of saloons in
Birmingham and Jo!forB in county tho
largest county In tho sta a of Alabama
witnessed a healthy dlsr. jaltlon of the
remnants of the stock c ' liquors still
remaining In the count .t vnen tno
clock Btrikea twelve tjm m tonight the
.ivira of 'every saloon in Jefforeon
aad bo ceed forever
i It Is eMated that thre will bo at
least 'two hundred aad. Ifty aad pw
kapo ora'eataaMiBHta affected by
gie recoat; prohlbltioa election. Liquor
Mowad Um water today In the city of
BirwlHtfttaw la imbv plc Uw
aMt exMtve lrndy aa4 ahambagia
Mid fur Blf 9tiem and avaa lwc Kotr
ABILENE DAILY REPORTER
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B "tag the morning cession of tho B
B Senate. M. DesBalgne who was B
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RAILROAD MAN' HERE. '
SPENDS DAY IN ABILENE."
.
D. B. Kcolor vico president and gen-
eral manager of the Fort Worth and
Denver City and tho Wichita Valley
lines of railway spent Monday in the
city moeting our business men. Whlioi
nero ne expresscu nimscn as .greuur
pleased with tho outlook on his lines
believing that tho Immediate future
will show wondorful developments and
Improvements of a permanent nature.
He reports the railroad business very
satisfactory and the most promising
in the history of the roads. Ho refer-
red to the fact that during the first
twenty days of December Just past
more than one hundred cars of immi-
grants goods were unloaded on the
Wichita Valley railroad and as these
cars represented each or more fam-
ilies one can draw an idea to the
iji
m
rowth of tho district mentioned. Mr.
Ceeler returned to Fort Worth on tho
midnight train to which his private
car was attached.
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SHERWOOD (JAUSALTIES TWO
BO IS RECEIVE INJURIES
SAN ANGELO Dec. 29. Two severe
accidents were reported as happening
at Sherwood Friday. Mario Mason was
out riding and In Jumping a ditch his
horse fell catching tho rider's leg un
der the body. The boy's right leg was
broken and he was otherwise bruised
but' Is reported aB getting on nicely.
His age is 16.
. Horson Crockett aged 9 or 10 years
was in the field whore other hands
were chopping wood and in felling a
tree the boy ran In the wrong direction
and was Btruck by the tree. One arm
was broken in two places and he was
badly bruised- but "wlllrecover from
the Injuries If no complications arise.
A SLIGHT CHANGE IN GnO(
JBY
BUSINESS ON JARLM
1.1
The firm
Moore Bra. &vfjb. will
be incorpor;
ed under the name of
GrocerjpCo. Mfesrs
malnwnnected wjn the
MOore Bros.
Mooro will
business an
II Jfjccupy this same
Ibjilldlng on
sureet. it wiiurne tne
purpose of-
coriboratlon jo carry a
very largej?atock
bnduct JJusniess on
tho moMTmcdern b
Is reifderftho very
bestijervict posBibl&jybfch will enable
j
Mr customers to "convenlolitly nur-
flnase anything and everything that is
kept in areal select grocer store.
We vefy kindly solicit yrfur patron'
age. Respectfully
MOORE BROS. GROdERY CO.
Cash dealers in puro foo'd.
GLASS BLOWERS
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By Associated Presa
.MILLVILLE MASS. Dec. 31. Af-
fairs which wero looking decidedly
gloomy several days ago when tho lar-
gest glass plant In the section closed
down aro brightening dp somewhat.
Threo thousand glass blowers return
ed to work in tho different plants about
liore after thoy had been shut down
ten days. All danger of a riot is pass
ed.
withstanding tho wholesale disposi-
tion of tho remaining stock very few
cases of drunkenness have been repor-
ted. The city and county as a whole
aro very quiet and orderly and It is
thought will bo equally so tonight
Special Netleo. -Having
accepted a position wth
Minter Dry Goods Co. J will no longer
take general coIIjUocb After Jan.
1st I wilt hao tf ar0$t the collec
tlons for the abofafnoAad'will jw
them my
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ABILENE TEXAS TUESDAY DECEMBER 81 1007.
LATEST FROM FLEET
ADMIRAL EVANS' SQUADRON FIVE
" DAYS BEHIND SCHEDULE.
THE TORPEDO BOAT GO AHEAD
These Arriving In the Port of Para
Brazil Report Progress of
the Fleet
By Associated Press.
PARA BRAZIL Dec. 31. Tho latest
news has been received concerning the
progress of the Atlantic f leot. The tor-
icdo boat flotilla which is .preceding
the battleship fleet to the Pacific ar-
rived in the port of Para early today
and made report of tho rest of tho
squadron. The flotilla also hung up a
day in dock to make some necessary
but not serious repairs.
The fleet loft the Port of Spain on
Christmas day but are now Just five
days behind the Origlnnl schedule on
account of accidents to tho machinery
of two of the destroyers. Notwithstand
ing it is confidently believed that this
time can be made up in a fow weeks.
The Transport Arethusa drrlved In
tills port yesterday afternoon
CONSTABLE KILLED
SAM LEAS MEETS DEATH WHILE
TRYING TO ARREST NEGRO.
BULLETPASSESTHRQU6H BODY
Locklinrt Officer Stumbled Against
Another Member of Posse WhoseJ
Pistol Was Discharged. f
OCKHART Dec. 29. Thisjuornintf
between 2 and 3 o'clock Sam Leas1
constable of precinct No. 1 was killed
at Dale In the eastern part of this
county where he and Deputy Sheriff
A. A. Gomllllon had gono to arrest two
negroes charged with being implicated
in (he burning of Dale a short time
ago.
One of the negroes refused to admit
the officers nt first but when the two
from Lockhart' and Constable W. N.
Osten and Deputy Sheriff Levi Moore
of Dale all promised hlm sure conduct
to Lockhart he agreed to open his
door. The negro struck a match as It
to go and unlock It when Deputy
Moore observed that ho had taken a
gun and waB pointing It toward tho
door outside which were tho ofllcorB.
Deputy Mooro fired at tho negro but
missed him. At this juncture tho other
officers broke In tho door and covered
tho negro with their pistols. Lens
handed his .pistols to Gomllllon who
held them on tho nogro who stilt re-
Blsted and proceeded to handcuff him
In rising after having placed tho
handcuffs Leas became ontagled in
some bed clothes and stumbled against
Gomllllon one of whoso pistols was
discharged and took effect In tho body
or Leas Just beldw tho loft shoulder
killing him Instantly.
The body of deceased was brought
to Lockhart on tho 4 o'clock train this.
afternoon. Tho negroes Cicero Thomp
son and Will Homphlll wore brought
to Lockhart and lodged In Jail The
lnct rinmed Is tho one who resisted ar
rest. Mr. Leas besides being a very
popular man wns recognized as one of
tho best ofTlclals In the county. Hb
many friends slncorely regret his un-
timely death. Mr Gomllllon is an
oqually offlclent and popular olllcer
and though tho accldont was unavoid
able-ho irdeoplrgrlovod tbntit should
hav happened. Ho and Constable Leas
wero very close friends.
Tho dead officer was about 40 years
old and leaves a widow and two chil-
dren. BALYATION ABMY TO ESTABLISH
PERMANENT POST IN ANILINE.
We wish to Bay to out1 friends in the
city that wo have received permission
from our territorial headquarters to
establish a permanent post in Abilene
and are leasing a building ground
floor on Chestaut street As there Is
considerable cost in material and labor
to make the accessary alterations we
call upon all to do what they can to
aid m Uk the twdertaklag. God will
nbundaaUy bless ypu tor all 70a do.
We whA to say that we have the
Isa of the lights free for the ea-
ire year. J. L OASBAWAT
Adjataati
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REAPPEARS
it'
WITH
MINISTER WHO ELOPED
GIRL IS LOCATED.
IS NOW IN SAN FRUNGISGO
Rev. Jeremiah Knodo Cooko and His
Young Companion Will Shortly
Come East.
By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO CAU Doc. 31.
Rev. Jeremiah Knbdn Cooke who dis
appeared from his residence when Iden
ilflcation had become known together
"with a young companion F bretta
Whaley and baby.'waB located here
again last night. .When located the
last time he was staying at the house
of n friend where he and his compan
Ion wore very comfortnbty situated.
in nn Intorvlow last nlgVt Rev.
Cooke Bald that he would return east
as soon as ho could ge enough money
together to travel and that as soon ns
ho gets thero he will arrange matters
so that he may marryMlss Whaloy. It
Is expected that tho grandmother of
the young lady will send her tho nec-
essary funds for lior return east.
S BOOZELESS STATE
GEORGIA'S. DRASTIC LAW IN EF
FECT JANUARY 1.
IT WILL BE RIGIDLYIENFORGEO
Steps to Huto Now Slate Declared
Unconstitutional Hay IlcvTnken
Soon- by Liquor Interests.
. ATLANTAr GA. Doc. ?a.-stWith the
advent of the Now Year the laW pre-
venting Uie manufacture and salo of In
toxlcatlng liquor passed by tho Jatt
session of the legislature becomes ef
fective making Georgia tho first of
the southern states to be placed in tho
prohibition column. Tho law Is very
drastic In Its prohibition and prevents
the keeping or giving away of liquors
In public places und imposes a tax of
$500 on clubs whose members are al
lowed to keep drinks of an Intoxicating
naturo In their Individual lockers.
Notwithstanding tho passage of this
law thero is some 'agitation to havo.it
declared unconstitutional This action
may be brought in the United States
courts in tho caurso of the next month
It is estimated that Atlanta will loso
n license taxes $135612 and thnt tho
property value of saloons and brew
cries here which will go out of bust
ness Jan. 1 Is from $1000000 to $1500
000. For tho rest of tho state tho
property values involved are about
$5000000. It is estimated hero today
that 10000 persons aro affected In tho
way of employment in tho state and
that Atlanta alono has some 1.500 per-
sons who will loso tholr work' when
Jan. 1 rings Its knoll on tho salo of In-
toxicating liquors.
That tho prohibition law will be en
forced tho re 1b no question. This i
not the country of tho "speak easy"
and when thepollco have their lawB
tlmy enforco them to tho limit. Govern
or pmlth and tho city court officials
have been frank In tholr statements
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Many or tho moro prominent clubs have" " w-l iu .j.uw. Uy...vU
declared thoy will obey tho letter f1 himself to elude arrest
tho law and prohibit tho salo of liquors
within their doors. Tho constitutional
law of Georgia Is its provision fo
school malntenanco Is very specific ac-
cording to one Atlanta lawyer. " The
question now arises where tho funds
for the maintenance of tho public
schools will como from nnd It is said
that a considerable Increase in tho tax
may result
Previous to the passage of the pro
hibition bill of tho 148 counties in the
state; "only seventeen allowed the sale
of liquor under license nnd four or
five others through dispensaries con-
trolled by tho counties the great ma-
jority having '.earlier voted for total
prohibitloa.
Governor Hoke Smith made thla
statement to the Associated Press
"There hi nothing la the effort to
tack the prohibition law oa account 0
the provkkm of the coastitutioa p-
pronrlatlac special lkwer taxes i
school hoveea. The state ww bat w
sot require a epeefel Mier tax Th
properties which will mK the Hwupe
kyeiaees are not lost The breweries
NUMBER
attsaatfwaas$tta
MILLS OF WRITING B
PAPER COMPANY CLOSE. B
.
By Associated Press B
HOLYOKB MASS. Dec 31 B
Nino mills of tho American B
Writing Pnper Company of this B
city hns been ordered to-Bhut B
down Indefinitely. Tho oloa- B
ing down of this concern will nf B
feet at least 2000 workmen.
JB
f
KB B B W W tt B 0 0 O Ct B f a
are prepared to irinhutneturo 'ice and
soft drinks. With those thoy can pay
n profit dn tholr investments. There
Is plenty of work in Georgia for thoso
who go out of tho liquor business -and
plonty of work for nil all of tho tlmo!
to those who hnvo Wasted half tholr
tlmo through tho use of liquor
"If n olub 1b hold by the court to
bo a public place then tho prlvata
locker Is Illegal and will bo stopped
Tho constitution of the state limits tho
tax rato of five mills. The titato school
fund wns increased $250000 for .next
year and there Jh no trouble about the
revenues of tho state being amplo
without the liquor tax to meet th
payment of all appropriations. Over
100 counties in tho stnto hnvo had .pro
hlbltton for years. There is no doubt
that prohibition Is Vise from u econ
omic standpoint. Tho overwhelming
sentiment of tho .white .pcoplo of Geor-
gia is for prohibition arid the law will
be enforced
"I do not expect the temperance
movement to produce as a rule laws
so stringent as the Goorgla taw but
I do hope to seo tho bur prohibited
nearly everywhere Tho use of whisky
and similar drinks might thon be con-
fined to medicinal uses and tho lighter
drinks such ns wines nnd boor bo used
only nt the table as food."
LAST DAY OF WHISKEY
FINDS ATLANTA PEACEFUL.
ATLANTA OA. Dec. 31. Tho Inst
day of the year and the Inst day of
tho liquor traffic In the state of Geor-
gia found conditions prntclcally nor-
mal In tho city with no reports of ex
cesses from outside points. At Iwolve
o'clock tonight every saloon in tho
city will closo it's doors permanently
or-until tho prohlhltlon.net Is rcpeal-
nil uuifHH injunction iruuuuinuKH lin-
ing considered ' for tho United. States
court to restrain enforcement of stnto
act. '
Wfuthcr Indications.
Maximum tempornturo f4.
Minimum temperature 37.
Mean tempornturo 46
Rainfall 0
East TexaB North tonight and Wed-
nesday increasing cloudiness warmer.
East Toxub South tonight and Wed-
nesday increasing .cloudiness warm-
er. West To'xas North tonight Increas-
ing cloudiness warmer! Wednesday
partly cloudy woather.
West ToxaB South tonight Increas-
ing cloudiness warmor. Wednesday
partly cloudy weather.
a J. M. Watson Obsorver.
DRIVEN TO BAY
By Associated Press.
PITTSBURG Pa. Dec. 31 William
Y Relchart 50 years old who was
accused of forgery committed sulcidu
late last night Just nB tho police wero
about to arrest Relchart at first suc-
ceeded In eluding tho officers und n
florco chose all over tho city followed.
(Finally howovoK ho was driven to bay
. ..
JANUARY WEATHER'
According to tho record kept by Un-
cle Sam's weathor department for tho
past 22 years January with ono or
two exceptions has not been a very
BQvero month but It usually furnishes
pleasant weather and It seldom falls
to cuu8e tho roan much mental worry
who has hot laid In a good supply of
firewood. The data covering tho past
22 years shows that tho coldest Jan
uary was in 1886 when the tempera
at-ltMre averaged 37 The warmest raoatlj
was in me preseai ynr io wwium
averaging 63 The lowest point reach-
ad o any day wa'Jaanary 15118 a
My oWIr reweaatwred by May
k chilly iHMHieii to
thermometer register ve tlere Ve-
to vero Oa January 27 wm! nt UK
IN
SUICIDES
FROM
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Otir Offer of
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The Daily Reporter
For 1908
187.
BODY 0FKJIARR1S0N40ND VICTIM
POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.
SAID TO BE NEW YORK WSlMN
IdcntlflcnMon FnrnlMied by Mrs Frank
Hulls has Been Accepted by
tho Police.
By Associated Prosa
NEWARK N. J. Dec. 31.At last
the. Identification or tho drowned viq-
t'lm of tho Harrison Pond disaster has
been made and apparently accepted.
Tho dead woman Is Bald to bo Mrs.
Agnes Young of Now York City and
thnt sho camo to hearty doath by foul
mentis is tho generally recognized bo-
Hot by thoso who aro Interested.
Tho Identification of Mrs. Young
wnh mado by Mra. Frank Hulls of
Newark who says she is positivo of
nor Identification. Acting on her bo-
llof Urn police hnvo accepted tho body
as that of Mrs. Young; Descriptions
hnvo been sent to New York for cor-
roborntlon and tho forco at last think
they have n 'clue to work on loading
to tho Identification of tho murdoror
or murderers of the unfortunate wo-
man. '
Acting on tho Information given by
Mra. Hulls tho authorities of Harri-
son today sent out alarms for tho ap-
prehension of one Charles Myers who
la charged with tho murder. Myers
has been traveling about tho country
omploycd iib a piano tuner and his
territory has been about Joraoy City
and Newark. ""
Notwithstanding tho identification Itff
wns .reported today that Mrs Agnofc.
Young was not dead but was allvo and
employed In a real estate Ofllpo on
Madison avenue IhlB city. '
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By Associated Press. --I
ROME ITALY Deo 31v-Tho cutiro
roof of the Stock1 Exchange hero fell
by oxploslon of a dynamite bomb
In late yesterday uftornppn Already
sixteen porsons Injured hnvo been tak-
en out but thero still romaln a few
more burled undor the debris of tho
wrecked Inilldlng. It is. not known
whothor any aro kiljod outright but
the opinion Is that .there aro nono.
Simmons College January 3rd.
Beginning nt 7)30 p m. there wilt
bo an Intorsocloty debate Phlios 'vs.
Cllos. .Question: "Resolved that tho
prcsont moral condition of our citi
zenship in both public and prlvata is
a menace to froa citlzonshlp." '
Affirmative: Messrs Maddox Dick
und Davis
Nogatlvoi Messrs. Undorwood
Reeves and Bishop.
Tho prlco of ndmlsslon will not ex-
ceed 25 cents. AH aro urged to ho
present Thero Is to bo given to tho
two winning speakers a gold modai
ono 'presented by Hon. W It Smith of
Colorndo and tho other by tho Wost
Toxna Jewelry Company. An Interest
ing evening Is promised.
Marriage Licenses
W. D Grlflsom. and Mrs. 8 J Har-
crow.
Vital Statistics Dcnllm
DIED: Ncnr Iborls on Doo 10 In-
fant boh of air. nnd Mrs Wlsqhuat
aged G months. Died of pneumonia.
FOR 22 TEARS
thoro was a fall of six inches of snow.
January has not boon a Very wot
month the uverago precipitation being
0.00 of an inch Tho heaviest Month-
ly falnfall 2.74 inches was In 1889
The greatest amount of precipitation
In any consecutive 24 hours was 1.23
Inches on January 14 1889 During
the month In 1901 only 0.3 Inches of Y
rain fell.
The prevailing winds (or the HMHttit
hae been tram the south with aa aver-
age velocity 19.1. The earliest ay
which flrot "klllls" frost ooefcrre ia.
Autumn was Qt. l;Yree
Wn Nov II Th aYfae te m
whksh lt "kltttnf"' free wirrd.ha
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