El Paso International Daily Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 226, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 16, 1902 Page: 1 of 8
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THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1902.
PRICE FIVE CENT8.
THE CARNIVAL SPIRIT REIGNS SUPREME
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Guthrie, O. T., Jan. 15—Sheriff Frank Smith and Deputy George Beck met death this morning
while
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storming an Indian hut eight miles west Anadarko. Highwaymen on Sunday night held up and robbed v
parties going home from church, and the sheriffs, accompanied by deputy Briggs, located them early yes- ❖
terday morning in the hut. In attempting to enter Smith was shot through the breast and died in a few <•
minutes. Beck was also shot through the breast and his left arm was shattered.
Briggs was not Injured. The highwaymen robbed the dead bodies of the officers and then lied. Sher-
iff Smith was shot several times through the door and walls after being wounded. Beck’s arm was shot
and he continued the fight until .killed. It is reported that the highwaymen were in Anadarko yesterday.
Smith was one of the most fearless officers in the territory.
PATRICK
ON TRIAL FOR
MURDER
Alleged Slayer of Millionaire Rice
Appears in New York
Court.
New York, Jan. 15.—Albert T. Pat-
rick, whose name has rung throughout
the continent in connection with what
is alleged to be one of the most sen-
sational murder and forgery cases in
the criminal annals of New York, was
placed on trial for his life today be-
fore Recorder Goff in the court of
general sessions. The district attor-
ney’s office was represented by As-
sistant District Attorneys Osborne
and Garvan. Cartwell and Moore,
who defended Dr. Kennedy in his
trial for murder of “Dolly” Reynolds,
appeared for the defense. Owing to
the wide publicity given the case, con-
siderable difficulty is expected in the
work of getting a jury.
Albert T. Patrick, it is charged, con-
spired to secure the estate of Million-
aire William March Rice, who died
in New York under circumstances
that excited the suspicions of his rela-
tives. Charles F. Jones, Rice's trust-
ed valet, after telling many conflicting
stories about the case, finally con-
fessed that Patrick had approached
him and by promises and threats in
duced him to kill Rice by poisonous
drugs. These drugs, the valet said,
were prescribed by Patrick, who also
gave instructions as to how they were
to be used. One of the strongest
points against Patrick is the fact that
although he claimed to be Rice’s at-
torney, he had little or no acquaint-
ance with the millionaire. A will,
which Jones says was forged by Pat-
rick, figures in the case. This will
makes Patrick executor of the estate
and provides well for Jones. Another
will which turned up after the million-
aire’s death provided for the founding
of an educational institution to lie
known as the Rice institute. Both
documents are contested as to their
legality by the relatives of the dead
millionaire, the most of whom reside
in Texas.
PRINCE HENRY TO SAIL
FOR THE UNITED STATES
Berlin, Jan. 15.—It is announced
that Prince Henry will sail for the
United States on the Kron Prinz Wil-
helm of the North German Lloyd line
Feb. 15. Cabins have been engaged
for a suite of fifteen persons. The
vessel, though taking other passen-
gers, will first touch at Newport
News, where Prince Henry and party
will be transferred to the Hohenzol-
lern. The movements of the yacht
thereafter have not been absolutely
determined upon. The present pro-
gram is to ascend the Potomac river
to Washington, where Prince Henry
will exchange calls with President
Roosevelt. Prince Henry and the
president may then go to the launch-
ing. This portion of the program will
depend on the acceptance at Wash-
ington.
German naval officers are eager for
assignments to accompany the prince
to the United States and many young
noblemen are bringing influence to
bear to obtain appointments for this
duty.
SENATE
SCENE OF LIVELY
DEBATE
Volunteer Soldiers and Land Mili-
tia Subject of Warm Par-
liamentary Battle.
^ Washington, Jan. 15.—A spirited
discussion was precipitated in the
senate today by some remarks sub-
mitted b" Hale of Maine in respect
to the bill relating to the formation
of a naval reserve which he intro-
duced. He took strong ground against
the organization of the naval reserve,
his comments being construed by
some senators into a reflection upon
the volunteer soldiers and the land
militia. Half a dozen senators were
on their feet in a second to defend
the militia and the debate took so
wide a range that senators went back
in reference to the days of the Revo-
lutionary war to seek illustrations for
arguments. While no action is possi-
ble at this time, it is likely the dis-
cussion on the measure, should it
be reported, will be very lively. No
business of special importance was
transacted, the time of the senate be-
ing consumed by matters of routine.
After the adjournment of, the sen-
ate, Hale said the naval reserve bills
introduced by him today had been pre-
sented by request of persons inter-
ested in such legislation. In the
same manner he had introduced bills
representing both the navy depart-
ment’s views and those of individuals
or organizations on the question of a
naval reserve. He personalty, how-
ever, did not stand committed to any
of them and he questioned whether
any satisfactory results would come
from them.
House Proceedings.
Washington, Jan. 15.—The house to-
day passed the pension appropriation
bill, which had been under discussion
for three days.
Resolutions, prepared by the special
committee on the McKinley memorial
exercises, providing for an address
by Secretary of State John Hay, in
the hall of representatives on Feb.
27, was adopted.
A bill was passed to allow the re-
demption of war revenue stamps at
any time within two years after the
passage of the act, and also a resolu-
tion on the same subject to authorize
the secretary of the treasury to re-
turn upon demand within one year
bank checks and drafts with war rev-
enue stamps imprinted thereon after
the cancellation of such stamps.
The death of Representative Burke
of Texas, which occurred last sum-
mer. was announced, and as a mark of
respect the house at 3:45 p. m. ad-
journed until Saturday.
Evans to Represent Navy.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Secretary
Long today called Rear Admiral Rob-
ley D. Evans into consultation respect-
ing the coming visit to the United
States of Prince Henry of Germany.
The rear admiral has not yet been
given written orders detailing him to
act as a representative of the navy
at the reception, but the matter has
been agreed upon, and Secretary Long
today charged Admiral Evans with
the preparation of the naval program
CROWDS
FROM EVERYWHERE
POUR IN
Influx of Visitors to the Carnival
Something Never Before
Known.
The second day of El Paso's Mid-
winter Carnival was a bigger success,
so far as the attendance was con-
cerned, than the first day.
The G. H. & S. A.. Santa Fu, S. P.,
Texas and Pacific and El Pasq and
Northeastern all brought in train-
loads of visitors yesterday morning
and last night and the conservative
estimates of railroad men placed the
number of visitors in the city last
night at 9,000. At 2 o’clock yesterday
afternoon there were between 3,000
and 3,500 people on the Midway, and
a Times reporter was able to count
only 1S3 El Paso people in the crowd.
Yesterday morning dawned cloudy
and with every indication of a dis-
agreeable day, but old Sol proved
loyal to fair Queen uertrude and his
favorite people and struggled bravely
through the clouds to pour down a
genial benediction upon the Carnival
city. Before 10 o'clock the sun was
shining brightly and continued to con-
tribute to an ideal day until nearly
5 o’clock, when clouds again covered
the sky.
At an early hour visitors were up
and out looking for amusement and
something to interest them, which
they found in the many free street
shows, the drilling contest and the
cattle show and convention. The city
echoed with the music »f brass bands.
At 10 o’clock the elephant walked the
rope and 10,000 people witnessed the
performance from the streets below
and from the windows and verandas
of buildings in the vicinity.
The rope was stretched from the
top of the Wells-Fargo building across
El Paso street to the top of Feld-
man’s studio. The elephant started
from the Wells-Fargo building and
walked across to the .other side witn-
out making a single misstep, but. on
reaching the end of the rope the won-
derful elephant came to pieces and
a man and woman stepped out from
tlie big animal's hide.
After working through the multi-
tude watching the rope walking one
would conclude the entire city was
there, but there were 4,000 people
or more watching with deep interest
the drilling contest in progress on
the little plaza, and there was another
big crowd taking in the live stock
exhibit, while the crowded trolley cars
showed hundreds of people going to
Juarez.
At 1 o'clock three brass bands
marched through the little plaza and
lip Oregon street to the midway,
which opened for the afternoon fun
and was quickly crowded withu 3.500
people. The Albuquerque and the
Sherman bands were applauded as
they passed the Sheldon hotel dis-
coursing stirring strains of music.
Several thousand people went over
to Juarez in the afternoon to witness
the bull fights given complimentary
to the cattlemen.
On the Midway.
From 7:30 utnil 11:30 o’clock last
night several thousand merrymakers
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BIG DIVIDEND DISBURSEMENTS.
New York, Jan. 15.—This was another day for big dividend dis-
bursements in Wall street. While the amount distributed among
stockholders of big corporations was not so large as that of two
weeks ago it was a record-breaker for a number of the coucerns in-
terested. Between $12,000,000 and $13,000,000 is the total of today's
dividends. Included in the list are the following: American Ice,
$225,000; American Woollen, $335,000; American Telegraph and
Telephone, $1,631,407; Colorado Fuel and Iron, $402,500; Denver and
Rio Grande, $1,086,325; General Electric, $496,120; Lake Erie and
Western, $236,800; Metropolitan Street Railway, $910,000; New York
Central, $1,437,500; Western Union, $1,217,125;. These dividends
form a part of a grand total of $45,377,770 to be disbursed during the
four weeks ending Feb. 1.
for the reception. In view of the thronged the midway and frolicked
number of distinguished officers now t0 their heart’s content. Everybody
(Continued on Second Page.) appeared to have a supply of confetti
and some kind of an instrument, to
tortue silence. The music of the brass
bands could scarcely be heard above
the din made by the midway spielers,
horns, srying balloons, rooster cack-
lers and the shouting and laughing of
hundreds of revelers.
The air was full of confetti. Men,
women and children of all ages and
walks in life jostled each other and
threw confetti into each other’s
laughing faces. It was a democratic
crowd bent on fun and frolic, and the
dignified business or professional man
and the pretty school girl did not
hesitate to engage in confetti com-
bat.
At 10 o’clock the midway was intox-
icated with the spirit of revelry, and
dignity becoming infected, went mad.
The scene was indescribable. Nobody
escaped the wild pranks of the merry-
makers. Even the spielers in front
of the different shows were guyed
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DRILLING CONTESTS PROVE TO BE
MOST EXCITING CARNIVAL EVENTS
Fierce Struggle Among Miners Draws Immense Throngs of Spectators.
Great Match Arranged for Saturday for Purse of $250.
The excitement over the drilling
contest yesterday rose to fever heat
at the finish and there was considera-
ble betting as to who would win.
Chamberlain and Malley were the
leaders the day before with a score of
40 3-8 inches in fifteen minutes. Still
the backers of the big Swedes and of
the Tarr brothers had money to bet
that their favorites would win, and
nearly all the money offered against
Chamberlain and Malley was covered
by their admirers.
When the contest was resumed yes-
terday morning between 4,000 and
5.000 eager spectators crowded the Lit-
tle plaza and packed the sidewalks and
windows of buildings around the plaza.
The first contestants to mount the
huge granite stone were Juan Avalos
and Alfredo Barrios of Santa Rita,
N. M., and they were generously ap-
plauded as they stripped for the work.
The judges. Mayor J. W. Fleming of
Silver City, N. M. McCoy of San Luis
Potosi, Mexico, and R. Y. Anderson of
El Paso, were in their place on the
platform.
The Santa Rita men started out at a
winning pace, but made a fumble and
went to pieces and then settled down
to steady work again. When time was
called they had 25 15-16 inches to their
credit.
The “Terrible Swede.”
Next came the "Terrible Swedes,"
A. Lunquist and Sam Hoops, of Aguas-
calientes, Mexico. As they stepped up-
on the platform the spectators ap-
plauded, and when they stripped for
work and the spectators could see the
great cords of muscles standing out
in knots on their arms and shoulders
a shout of admiration went up. The
two men looked like trained gladia-
tors, and some people regretted hav-
ing bet against them. They started
off like a machine, showing fine speed
and control, hut toward the finish
both showed a slacking of speed. Their
score was 37 1-4 inches.
John Shea and C. McGowan were
the next contestants up. They are
from Bisbee, Ariz., and that they had
enthusiastic supporters present in
large numbers Was evidenced by the
shout of “Get there, boys" which
greeted them. Their followers said
that Shea and McGowan were not af-
ter the El Paso purse especially, but
that if they beat Johnson and Berg,
who drilled the day before, they would
get $1,000 on returning to Bisbee.
They started off at a pretty, smooth
pace and kept it up to the finish. The
crowd cheered them ugain and again,
but their pace was a fraction under
tlie winning gait and they only
scored 34 1-4 inches.
A Second Trial.
The Torr brothers of Globe, Ariz.,
who were doing such fast, beautiful
work yesterday when they ran into an
old hole, were given another trial, and
were enthusiastically cheered when
they mounted the platform. They
started out like a magnificent engine
on a long run, and did superb work.
They changed drills and hammers
without changing their stroke one-six-
teenth of a second. The spectators
were wild with excitement and ap-
plauded again and again the swift,
beautiful work of the boys from Globe.
They were favorites with the crowd
as could be plainly seen, but when
time was called and their work meas-
ured it wras discovered they had lost
the first money by one-sixteenth of an
inch. Then the crowd cheered the
winners from San Pedro, Mexico.
A Report of the Judges.
The contest for double-handed drill-
ing being closed, the judges made the
following report:
"We, the undersigned, judges of the
double-handed drilling contest, held in
El Paso, Tex.. January 14 and 15,
1902, have rendered the following de-
cisions:
“First prize is awarded to Cham
berlain and Malley, represented to be
from San Pedro, Old Mexico, they hav-
ing drilled in fifteen minutes 40 3-8
inches.
"Second prize is awarded to Tarr
brothers of Globe, Ariz,, they having
drilled in fifteen minutes 40 5-10
inches.
"Third prize is awarded to Lund-
quist and Hoops, represented to lie
from Aguascalientes, Old Mexico, they
having drilled in fifteen minutes 37 l-l
inches.
"Johnson and Berg of Bisbee. Ariz.,
in fifteen minutes drilled 34 1-2 inches.
“Shea and McGowan of Bisbee, Ariz.,
in fifteen minutes drilled 34 1-4 inches.
“Eaton and Mitchell of San Pedro,
Mexico, in fifteen minutes drilled 27 7-8
inches.
"Avalos and Barrios of Santa Rita,
N. M., in fifteen minutes drilled
25 15-16 inches.
(Signed.) “J. W. FLEMING,
“W. M. M’COY,
“R. Y. ANDERSON.”
The Cash Purses.
Following were the cash prizes of-
fered by the Carnival association and
by private parties for the double-
handed contest:
First prize, $400.
Second prize, $150.
Third prize, $100.
Hidalgo Mining company of Parral,
Mexico, $20.
B. S. Pearce, $20.
T. A. Kelly, San Pedro, Mexico, $20.
Britton Davis and associates, $200.
Other prizes for double-handed drill-
ing:
By Krakauer, Zork & Moye, two
Remington derringer pistols, valued
at $15.
By Houck & Dieter, two demijohns
ten-year-old whisky, valued at $15.
To second winners:
By A. W. Susen, one watch, valued
at $25.
To third winners:
By J. Calisher, one lady’s jacket,
valued at $15.
Match On for Saturday.
The drilling contest has proved to
tie the most interesting and exciting
attraction of the Carnival, and it
brought hundreds of miners here from
all parts of the southwest. The result
of the double-handed contest has so
exercised the friends of two of the
defeated teams that a match has been
arranged for a contest Saturday morn-
ing between Chamberlain and Malley,
and the Tarr brothers, and possibly
others will enter. A purse of $250 will
lie given the winners and there is a
side bet of $2,000.
BIG SHOOTING TOURNEY
AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO.
Hamilton, Oont., Jan. 15.—Crack
shots from various parts of the United
States and Canada were present today
at the opening of the twelfth annual
tournament of the Hamilton Gun club.
The main feature of the three-days’
program is the grand Canadian handi-
cap at twenty live birds.
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SANTA FF. SPENDS $13,000,000 ON IMPROVEMENTS
Chicago. Ill,, Jan. 15.—The Record-Herald tomorrow will say:
The management of the Santa Fe lias decided to spend $12,000,000 for equipment during the present
year. This statement was made by an official of the company, who added that the money would come
from the proceeds of a new issue of bonds to the amount of $30,000,000.
Just how the expenditure is to he apportioned was not stated, but is known that an order has been
given for 5,000 box cars, fifty mammoth freight engines and 100 more engines of smaller type, and practic-
ally all the passenger equipment of the company is to be renewed.
The official statement regarding the amount to lie spent for equipment makes it plain what is to be
done with the proceeds of the bond issue, it will take fully $12,000,000 to give the company over 800
miles of new line free from debt. This sum and the equipment appropriation taken from $30,000,000 leaves
$5,000,000. Of this amount fully $2,000,000 will go toward le w terminals in San Francisco and the balance
will lie used for grade reductions.
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EXPOSE
OF CUBAN POSTAL
END OF
THE SOUTH AFRICAN
CLARK’S
DEAL WITH C. B. & Q.
FRAUDS
STRIFE
PEOPLE
Investigation Results in Disclosure
of Some Sensational
Transactions.
Havana. Jan. 15.--When the trial
of the charges growing out of the Cu-
ban postofiice frauds was resumed
here today Estes G. Rathbone. ex-
director of the posts of Cuba, was
examined on the matter of having
paid for furnishing an official resi-
dence in El Corro, Havanna. from the
postal accounts. Rathbone said lie
believed such bills should be so
charged; that all vouchers for fur-
nishing this official residence were
indorsed and that all the furnishings
worre accounted for and afterward
returned to the government,. He said
the salary of his coachman was paid
from the postal frauds, and that when
Ex-Postmaster General Smith came to
Havana he rode in Kathbone's car-
riage and that at Smith’s suggestion
he, Rathbone, bought a uinforrn for
his coachman from the postal funds.
The government disallowed these ac-
counts, charging them against Rath-
bone.
King Edward Declares Peace
With Boers Now Not Very
Far Away
Loudon. Jan. 15.—King Edward has
given the royal indorsement to the
belief current among the public that.
] an early declaration of peace witli
south Africa nmy lie anticipated. “The
war might now be regarded as ap-
proaching its conclusion,” were the
words used by his majesty today in
addressing the officers of the guards
after reviewing a draft of 1,200 of the
grenadiers, coldstreanis and Scots.
The guards will start for south Afica
tomorrow morning.
The king's speech otherwise was
not important. His majesty, accom-
panied by tlie Prince of Wales, Duke
of Connaught, Duke of Cambridge and
Lord Roberts, were surrounded by
brilliant staffs. A large gathering of
piivileged guests viewed the function.
Weather Forecast.
Washington, Jan. 15.—New Mexico
— Rain in south; rain or snow in
in rthern portion; variable winds
Thursday.
Wyoming—Fair Thursday and Fri-
day; variable winds.
Salt Lake Road Soon to Carry
Trains to the Pacific
Coast.
Salt Lake, I'tah, Jan. 15.—-A Tribune
special say.-;
There is little doubt that, the Bur-
lington railway will within a very few
days effect a deal with lie- Harriman
people which will put its trains into
Los Angeles via Senator Clark's road
from Salt, Lake City to the coast. A
conference was held in Washington to-
day between General Charles F. Man-
derson, general solicitor of the Bur-
lington system; R. C. Kerns of St.
Louis, vice president of the San Pedro
road; Senator Clark of Montana and
several representatives of tlie Harri-
man syndicate, which controls the Ore-
gon Short Line and the Union and
Southern Pacific properties. Clark to-
day made a proposition to buy the
Short line, or failing in this, to lease
the part of the line below Salt Lake.
Failing in that, the senator said he
would build a parallel road. If his
proposition is accepted it is reasons
ble to predict that, tlie Burlington will
be running through trains via Lincoln
and Salt Lake to Los Angeles before
the end of the present year.
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