The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 160, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 31, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME TWO
ORANGE, TEXAS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1909.
m MASKED MEN
HELD UP EXPRESS
ooductor Poffenburg Was Shot, Express Car Looted and
Passengers Robbed
100,000 BOOTY
8TIMATED THEY GOT AWAY
WITH NEARLY $100,000—
PO88ES IN PURSUIT.
RPHANS HONE BURNED
odies of Seven Orphan Children Are
Pound in Ruin* el Catholic Orphan
'Home—Huddled Together on Sec
ond Floor and Overlooked in Panic
LARGER RICE YIELD
THIS YEAR DUE TO THE MORE
GENERAL USE OF FERTIL1Z
ER-FOUND PROFITABLE.
Rice Farmer Says Yield Thia Year
Will Be Ten Baga Per Acre, Larger
Than Last Year Becauac of More
General Uae o( Fertiliser.
merican New* Service
Harrisburg. Pa., Aug. 31,—A hand
five armed and masked desperadoes
Id np the Piushurg express on the
rnnsylvanta line in Lewiatown N*ar
jw*. fifty miles west of here today:
pnductor Poffenburg was shot and
e express car looted, and the pa*-
nger* robbed of money and jewelry,
is estimated that they got away
ith nearty $100,000 booty They
ounted fleet horses and escaped
the mountain* Posse* and blood
Kinds are in pursuit
Orphans Home Burned.
New York. Aug 31 —The bodies of
ven orphan children were found this
nrning in the ruin* of St Malachy's
ome. a Catholic institution for the
re of orphan children, which was
stroyed by fire test night They
•re huddled together on the second
lor, and were overlooked in the
nic Ail the other* escaped. The
» started while the five hundred
ildren were asleep in the dortni-
ries and all were rescued except
ren
DID A ORACEFUL ACT
hio Male Chorua Rendered Mimic
for an Invalid in Spokane.
Spokane, Wash, Au| 31 —The
tin Male Chorus, composed of
used singers from various parts of
> Buckeye state, who passed three
rt in Spokane on the way to Seat
to compete for the Welsh Eistedd
I prire at the Alaaka-Yttkon-Pacific
position, did a graceful act when
•y called at the home of Mr and
•a Edward Evans here and ren
red several of their best selections
the benefit of their son, Frank,
invalid, who was unable to attend
ir concerts The singers, direct*
by Hugh W Owen, of Cinrin-
*. sung a serenade at they ap
Kited the home of the sick boy,
1 while crowded around hi* costch
if gave a numbrt of folk songs,
o “Comrade in Arm*" and “Annie
one " John F Jones, baritone,
•. particularly effective in his solo,
h. for a Burst ol Song ” At the
ae of the impromptu concert each
the singers pressed the hand* of
■ bey, wheat gratitude was ex-
seed in hia tear filled eyes,
WRESTLING MATCH
the Airdome Thursday Night—
James and Mohammct
•oral sports are pleased at the an-
incrment that there will he a wrea-
g match at the Airdome Thursday
hi. between Peter James, known
the Greek Demon, and Vomtg Mo-
nmet. otherwise the Terrible Sy-
t The match will be pulled off
« o’clock and the sport* are an-
pating a great event
Mr. Allie Payne, a rice farmer
north of town, was in on business
today and paid the Leader a pleasant
call, renewing his subscription to
the weekly. (
Mr. Payne says be ha* just finish-
ed cutting his Honduras rice and
ha* about SO acre* of Japan yet to
cut, when he will get the thresher on
it in about two week*. He say* the
yield rhis year, not only on his farm
hot generally in that section of the
county, is much better than last year;
he believe* will average ten bags per
acre. The decided improvement he
attributes to the almost general use
of fertilizer this year.
In regard to the government sug-
gestion of rotation of crops as the
best mean* of getting rid of water
and other grasses. Mr Payne says
the march lands are hardly suitable
for the other crops named, corn and
cotton, hut he believes sugar can*
would he the most profitable crop
for which the wet marsh lands would
be suited. The higher land* devoted
to rice, however, would make fin*
cotton, and the finest com m the
state, with the advantage of the ir-
ri gar ion already provided Such ro
tation on the upper lands would pro
tluce the corn supply of the county
ae a profit almost equal to the best
rice crop, and give the land its need-
ed rest and benefit, and at the tame
time get rid of the troublesome weed
and grata
Firm Purchase of Rica This Season.
Robert Bradbury, buyer for the Or-
ange Rice Milling Co., yesterday pur-
chased the first rice brought to the
Orange market The purchase com-
prises about 780 bags, as follows: H.
Cochran, 130 hags. Will White. 213:
Bob Martin. 131, Adam* Bayou Ca-
nal Co., 300
Prices were fair, on a basis of mar-
ket quotations of $3 10 and $3.15 for
,Vo. 1 grade* This was not all classed
So 1, however, but was good rice
Some of this rice brought $3.00
Porto Rican in the City.
Gustavo A Besosa, of San Juan.
Porto Rko, was in the city this morn-
ing. calling on the rice men, especiai-
Manager Reid of the Orange Mill-
ing Co His business here is to
make connection* with the mill* to
•ell rk* in Porto Rko Mr. Besosa
say* No. I rice in his country sells
for $375, cost of freight and insur-
ance included He left this afternoon
foe Lake Charles, having been to Gal-
veston and Houston before stopping
at Orange
C. E. Slade to Mineral Walla.
It i* reported that Mr C. E Slade
has determined to move to Mineral
Well* Mr Slade is now in Mineral
Well* with hi* family Orange people
will regret to kise Mr. Slade and his
estimable family, for ’they have be
come thoroughly identified with every
worthy interest in our city, and they
will be sadly missed They will re-
turn to Orange, however, before mak-
ing permanent removal.
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* TO PROMOTE RAILROAD.
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4* sfmithville, Tex., Aug. 31,—At
4* a mass meeting held in the
4* Progressive Club room yester-
4* day afternoon, the right-of-way 4*
4* for Aranasas Pass & Northern «$•
4* railroad was formally guaran- 4*
4* teed and a subscription amount- 4*
4* >ng to several thousand dollars 4*
4* was signed up to provide the 4*
*§• funds for securing the same. 4*
4* This completes the list of conn- +
4* ties along the proposed line, 4*
4* with„thc exception of Gonzales, 4*
4" which was to hold its meeting 4*
4* yesterday and no doubt did, The 4»
4? new road will be 160 miles ip,4*
4* length, connecting with the 4*
4* Katy at this point. The survey 4*
4* from this city to^ Gonzales has 4*
4* been made and the work of sur- 4*
4* veying the balance of the line 4*
4* is to begin within twenty days. 4*
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REYES TO
THE RELIEF
HAS LEFT HIS MOUNTAIN RE-
TREAT AND IS ON THE WAY
lt> MONTEREY.
POLITICAL LINES
Are Wiped Out and All Are Doing
Everything Possible to Help the
Stricken—Eight Hundred Bodies
Recovered—More Than a Thousand
Are Homeleas.
FROM SAN |
ANTONIO
WHAT AN ORANGE VISITOR TO
SAN ANTONIO THINKS OF
THE ALAMO CITY,
INTERESTING LETTER
Much Needed Rain Fell There Wed-
nesday—Drought and Boll Weevil
Will Cause Many Cotton Growers
to Abandon Growing of That Plant.
American News Service.
Mexico City, Aug 31.—General
Reyes, seeker of the presidency, left
his mountain retreat near Galenea,
where he has been surrounded by
government troop* and is on his way
Monterey to aid in the relief work
the tornado zone. His presence
there may lead to open war or
reconciliation between his friends and
the followers fo Diaz.
Eight hundred bodks have been re-
covered The loss is now estimated
$35,000,000 to $50,000,000. Public
subscriptions for relief are being
circulated. Diaz has contributed
mors than $30,000. One-fourth of the
city of Monterey was destroyed, and
more than a thousand are homeless.
Eighteen blocks of residences were
swept away Political lines are wip-
out, and all are doing everything
possible to help the stricken.
DR. BROWN'S TOURINO CAR
Arrived Last Evening and Proves to
Be a Model 1009.
The Pierce-Arrow touring car or
dered by Dr E W. Brown a few
months ago from the manufacturers
Buffalo, came in yesterday, and
test runs last night, with the Dr.
the wheel, proved all that could
desired It is a large car, and
was built for long touring, it being
the intention of the Doctor with his
family to join W H Stark and Mrs.
Lutcber in their tour of New Eng-
land, taking the car from the factory
Buffalo But Dr. Brown's bu
ness engagements caused him t >
change his plans, and. abandoning
the New England trip, he last week
ordered the car shipped here.
The Doctor is now expecting to
make a trip to El Paao. via San An-
tonio, with several other auto and
good roads enthusiasts
Mis* Maude Hayes has returned
from Fort Worth, where she spent
her two weeks vacation with rela-
fives
GEO.W. BANCROFT.
President
SAM C. TRIMBLE
Vice-President
6. M. SELLS,
Cashier
W. L. JOINER
Aaa'I Caakier
IlSwef
United State* Bank Ei
Vlt.l
iners
Go carefully over the conditions af this bank at different
intervals.
Depositors, interers are protected first, before anybody or
anything else.
The continued growth of this bank it the best possible
evidence that we treat ail patrons srith courtesy and extend
to them every facility to be found in a modern banking
institution.
Your account will be welcome here.
The Orange National Bank
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San Antonio, Tex,, Aug. 26, 1909.
Wednesday there fell a much need-
ed rain—the second rain that has fal-
len since my arrival. I am told that
there has been no rain to speak of
for eight months; and that the
crops will fall short on that account
in this section, which I can readi-
ly believe, from a view from the train
on the Sunset Route. We passed
acres and acres producing a small
plant, which I first took to be straw-
berries, but was at a loss to account
for the blossoms, which appeared to
be of the cotton plant. I asked sev-
eral people on the train what it was—
they couldn't tell me— finally, much
to the relief of my curiosity, which
was becoming painful— we passed a
tract sufficiently close for me to dis-
cover that it was cotton, dwarfed by
the drouth. All along the road
ranged from that height to three
feet, the highest; but all were full
bloom. One year it is the boll wee
vil, next year drouth, and so on un
til the farmers are becoming disheart-
ened, and talk of quitting cotton, as
an unreliable product; consequently, if
I was farming next year I’d plant cot
ton, because there's sure to be
shortage in the crop and prices high
on account of non-producera, who will
have turned their attention more
largely to the hitherto neglected po-
tato, corn and other staples. I learn
from an article in the Express that
Western farmers are seriously con-
sidering turning their lands over to
the prickly pear as a remunerative ar
tick of commerce, in the regard of
provender for stock of all kinds and
even a fine food for chickens. C. L.
Young, of Kansas City, representing
J. H. Glazier & Co, bond and stock
specialists of that city called at the
Chamber of Commerce the 24th inst.,
and proposed to erect a factory here,
the machinery—already covered by
patents—to reduce the cacti, extract
the spines and condense it into feed
for stock has already been ordered
Quoting from the Express,Mr. Young
*ays"Wt can start manufacturing in
six weeks after the company has been
organized, the capacity of the plant to
be fifty tons per day. Pens for hand-
ling about sixty head of cattle and
one hundred head of hogs will be
built, experiments will be made on
pen of sheep and in one hundred
and twenty days, we will invite the
stock men to a barbecue, to see for
themselves, what the food will do"
Mr Young solicits a subscription of
$10,000 from the stockmen, or others,
the capitalization to be $150,000 This
factory will be the first of it* kind in
the world, and if it proves a success,
factories will be erected in other Tex
as towns in the live-stock territory.
Now here is a solution to the wat-
er hyacinth problem, the annihilation
of which hat agitated the people of
the Texas and Louisiana coast country
for a long time. We all know with
what gusto the cattle devour it, as
far as within their reach. Why not
gather it and press it into feed for
cattle, thereby advantageously, get
ting rid of an obstruction to naviga.
tion, instead of an expense to the gov-
erment.
I see that Alphabet Green, son of
Mr* Hetty, boomed Texas and her
resources on Broadway. New York,
and was ably assisted by Arthur P.
Cutter, immigration agent of the
Rockr Island system: Mr. Cutte
•aid: . 1 w, '> <
Texas has lower taxes than any
other State; more coal and oil than
Penn*ylvania; more iron than Ala-
bama; more granite than New Hamp-
shire; more lignite and kaolin than
all Europe; more timber land than
California; more corn laqd than Il-
linois; more cotton land than any
other state; more miles of railroad
than any other state, and is build-
ing more every year titan any other
state."
It i* stated that the gift chapel and
library, which had been proposed to
present to President Taft, October
18th, is liable to fall short for the
lack of subscriptions to the amount,
$12,300.
Upon the arrival of
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4> ACCIDENTAL KILLING. 4*
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4* Llano, Tex., Aug. 31.—While
4* out hunting yesterday evening
4* on th* top of Cedar Mountain,
4* about twenty miles south of 4*
4* this place, R. C, White was shot
4* and killed by Jack Lawson.
4* The two men had gone out
4* hunting together and had sep- *§•
4* arated. White was on his hands
4* and knees crawling through a
4* dense thicket when Lawson 4*
4* mistook him for game and shot 4*
4* him with a 30-30 Winchester, 4*
4* the bullet passing clear through
4* his body and arm. The acci-
4* dent occurred about 4:30, and
4> White died on top of the moun-
4* tain about 10 o’clock last night.
4* Owing to the fact that the sides 4*
4* of the mountain are exceeding- 4*
4* ly ateep and rough, it was im- 4*
4* possible to get him home until 4*
4" after he died. *|*
4. 4.
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MENTALLY |
I DERANGED
DEPOSED SULTAN OR TURKEY
IS GOING INSANE— FEARED
WILL COMMIT SUICIDE.
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EARLY SETTLEMENT
Representatives of Pressed Steel Car
Company State Positively That an
Early Settlement la in Sight—Fam
dies Need Not Comply With Evic-
tion Noticea.
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American News Service.
Vienna, Aug. 31.—Dispatches from
Salonica state that the deposed sul-
tan of Turkey, Abdul Hamid, is go-
ing insane. He stalks through the
house raving and muttering and re-
fuses to undress and allows no one
to come near him. It is feared that
he will commit suicide.
An Early Settlement.
Pittsburg, Aug. 31 —Stating posi-
tively that an early settlement of the
Pressed Steel Car strike is in sight,
representatives of the company this
afternoon visited hundreds of fami-
lies remaining in the company’s
houses at Schoerville and informed
them that they need not comply with
the eviction notices, time of which
expires today.
TIDAL WAVE FLOUR, 4S-LB.
SACKS. $1.50 DELIVERED. THE
MILLER GRAIN COMPANY.
BOTH PHONES $5. 31 -2t
Chas. Schwab Closed Option on 36,0QlfAcres
Fields in Marion Co.
DISABLED HORSE ALSO OTHER
PUTS FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT
OF COMMISSION THIS WEEK
-A SERIOUS RISK.
TEXAS CAPITAL CLOSED
COVERING MINERAL
IN THREE COUNTIES.
Driver Austin Offers Hia Excuse for
Absence a Few Days Ago—Tells
The Lesder That City Is Carrying
Serious Risk With Only One Horse
for Service.
HUNDRED MIUJON
Driver Austin of the fire depart-
ment explains his absence from the
truck house on the occasion of a fire
not long since, for which he was crit-
icised, by saying that he was at the
restaurant eating his lunch, and as
there was no alarm sounded he could
not know of the necessity for his
presence at the fire station.
Mr. Austin also volunteers the in-
formation that because of the condi-
tion of one of the horses, if a fire
should occur he would be unable to
respond, and the city is in danger
of heavy loss should a fire break out.
One of the truck horses has been
sick for several days, and is
under treatment of the veterinary
surgeon. Mr. Austin says he has
been asking all the week for another
horse, but so far has not been pro-
vided with one; and that if a fire
should occur he would not be able
respond.
This is a condition which should
receive the immediate attention’of the
proper authorities.
Buriat a r*n*» I* not sa ww <Uy
mslns it mhbcIi «J
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The Sabine
Supply Co.
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Where ?
AT THE
Palace Jewelry
Store
"I have all my repair work
done there. I think it always
pays to go to the best and get
the advice of experts,"
Our consultants in the repair
department are always ready
and willing to advise you Their
knowledge and experience (we
employ experts only) renders
them capable of undertaking
the most difficult work. Watch,
clock, jewelry repairing done
quickly and turned out as good
as new. We have two expert
workmen busy all the time and
can give you prompt and satis-
factory service. They can repair
anything worth repairing and
do it right. Let us doctor that
sick watch or clock.
Joe Lucas
Palace Jeweler
Orange, Texas
tin* Building riftk Street
Official Watck inspector
friico IliiliMd, Orngc Division
Of Ores in Seven Counties Na
Another Company, 40 Per
Texas Capital, Organising to
Steel Mill at Port Arthur-
Gates Interested.
American News Service ;
Galveston, Tex., Aug. 31.—Follow-
ing the announcement that Charlea
Schwab had closed an option 4K§
36,000 acres of iron ore field* tit?;
Marion county and other tracts lit
Cass and Upshur counties, it is lean*- -
ed that Texas capital closed a thud i tjSj
covering options on 20,000 acres of
mineral land in Cherokee, Ruskin and
Harrison counties, where Schwab in- L
vestigated on his recent trip. Texas
experts, who declare that there ia at ' ™
least 100,000,000 tons of ore within
the seven counties named, fearing that
the deposits were about to be gobbled ’;g
up by outsiders, roused Texas capital
and the deal for the 20,000 acres will 14
be closed as soon as the title is clear.
Another company, about 40 per cent
Texas capital, is organizing for build-
ing a steel mill at Port Arthur, which
has direct rail facilities to the ore
fields. John Gates is interested aiiti;
says it is to be an independent con-
cern. ‘
IMMENSE MORTGAGE
Two Hundred Million Dollars Ia th*
Amount Involved ||j
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 31.—Two
hundred million dollars is the amount
of a mortgage given by the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway
company to the United States Trust
company of New York, and filed in
the office of the clerk of Spokane
county. It covers the right-of-way,
terminals, rolling srock and branches
to be built between points in South
Dakota and Seattle and Tacoma. The
first installment of bonds under the
mortgage is an issue of $100,000,000
at 4 per cent, dated January -1, ItHf
and payable in 1949. It is provided
in the pact that the railway company
may borrow any amount up to $200,-
000,000 at a rate of interest not ex-
ceeding 5 per cent. The mortgage,
which is for the largest amount ever J
filed in Eastern Washington, cover*
100 printed pages. The fees in thia.;"-A
county amount to $53 for filing. The
document will become part of the
facial record* in all the counties of L
the states into which the Milwaukee’s
lines extend.
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Tomorrow is the day again
A. J. Prater gives away a fine
elegant dinner set to some pur
er of a dollar's worth of goods
store. Buy your goods at
and get a dinner set.
Your purchases any
Wednesday’s gift.
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