Abilene Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - May 25, 1907, Abilene, Texas A Fresh Shipment Allegretti AT SIDES ABILENE DAILY REPORTER VOLUME XI SATURDAY MAY 25 1907 NUMBER 274 JUST RECEIVED n fresh shipment of Wylies Candy Joes Kaudy Kitchen A COLORED SCRAP RISK TURNED INTO AN LAST NIGHT AT LYCEUM THEATRE DIPLOMAS AWARDED TO M OF ELEVENTH PUPILS JODGE To Parents Friends and Pupils on Topics of Health Propriety Com and Christian Religion Last night the Eleventh Grade held Commencement Exercises in the Opera house One of the largest audi ences that ever graced the building Assembled to see these youn men and women receive their diplomas and a very appreciative audience it was too The curtain rose at and from that time on until it was one solid round of enjoyment The stage and footlights were decorated and twentysix young grad uates bravely decked for the occas ion gazed down on Ihe audience with happy smiles making a very pretty picture The exercises began with an invoca tion by Rev L R Scarborough Ho prayed that these young boys and girls might realize the fight that lay before them and not falter and give up on the homestretch or something to that ef fect He was followed by Miss Maud Cunningham who read a very Inter esting essay on A Picture Then came The First Settlers Story a poem full of pathos beautifully reci tefl by Quest C Couch Next was a piano solo Giande Polka de Concert by Miss Elizabeth In which some very Intricate passages of that distinguished composer Homer N Bartlett were admirably rendered The Flying Machine by Louis S NEW ASST TREASURER SOUTHERN PACIFIC R R 3AN FRANCISCO May hoard of directors of the Southern Pa Railroad company have Issued a formal announcement of the election of Charles Reddington of Oakland as assistant treasurer of tho company to succeed Andrew K who was recently made treasurer after the death cf Captain Smith Rev B B Dawson went to Bluff dale today to preach Mr A C Young and wife returned to their home at Ardmore today and their son Hubert went to Colorado Springs Colo John Newton Hunter brother of C D Hunter went to to Mills ap to join his mother there Mrs M A Slaten who has been vis her daughter Mrs C B brough wont today to Louisiana L Baker made a burliness trip to today Fink Wooten came In today from Sweetwater Mrs M M Hughes from El Paso Is visiting the G E Mrs S E Strickland from Coahoma Is John Strickland Mrs L E Estes from Big Springs is visiting her father and mother Mr and Mrs G W Wood E B Carson came back this morn Ing from Stamford where he has been on business R W Miller received a letter this morning from a Bister in Tennessee Informing him of the death of a son Clint Shaver fn a railroad wreck at Look Out Mountain the of this week an of which in our Mr Shaver Miller a visit three years ago and won many friends here who are grieved to loarn of his KILLED BY SENTRY SOLDIER ON THE CHARGES OF DESERTION RAZORS BROOCH INTO PLAY WITH ANOTHER MADE 6EIAWAY Damage Inflicted but No se rious Be Court EM a Cloudy Docket tragic death Wiley Turner was in this afternoon and reported the death of the baby of Mr and Mrs C A Andrews liv ing on the Anson road six miles from There was a little something doing among the weaker ser of the colored population at the old skating rink last night about and this morning Mary Stella Jones and Jessie Johnson entered a plea of guilty in justice court to an af fray and were accordingly while Pearl Young and who had like charges against them alleged that they are as innocent as the new born and Is to fight their cases un til the last court While merrily gliding over the ma ple floor aboard tho little wagons at whiph a number of our colored people have become quite proficient some un learnable something happened to brins about an of the good feeling that prevailed and without warning the fur began to fly as well as various articles of feminine wear ables and for awhile It looked as though red blood would flow as freely as water from an artesian well bul nearby officers interfered and stopped tho amusement The ever present col ored persons bosom friend the ra zor was pulled In the beginning of the melee as well as numerous other ar tides calculated to do bodily injury The atmosphere was also said to be alive with roller skates some attache ed to stockings nnd others and profanity played around like fork ed lightning John Pencil the would be peace maker received an ugly cu on the arm while a number of other received minor slashes bruises jolts and bumps as a souvenir of this mem It was a that Chle Justice Precinct No 1 ha to call this morning and ten colore people were brought to face his honor ST LOUIS May waiting trial at Jefferson barracks deserting from the coast artillery t Fort Florida was kill ed by Sentry last night Mar o made his escape and was later ound hiding in the woods The sen try claims that Martin refused to sur render and the shot was flred Ed ird Anderson also awaiting trial for made his escape with Martin id has not betm found Wise was next In this essay replete with gems of diction this Imaginative young man told of the first flying ma chine a South American condor it was of the progress of the invention the present century and finally of its wonderful future Then the Class Poet Glenn Smith read the Class Poem He was a little nervous at first but with admirable grit refused to give ap to nervousness and in the end ac quitted himself very creditably A violin and piano duet by Brooks Mor ris and Miss Louise Batjer came next and was excellently rendered and very much enjoyed A humorous reading Negro Lecture on Apples by Kade B Legett was quite a feature and the audience was throughout At the conclusion Kade was given a rousing encore to which he graceful ly responded by coming to the foot lights and bowing The Salutatory Yesterday Today and Tomorrow by Benton Battle was beautifully writ ten and read Mis Mae Harkrider delivered the tory Worth Is the Ocean and Fame Is the Fruit Opon its Shore Honor and were the themes of this essay At ten minutes after ten oclock Su Evans Introduced Judge K K Legett who delivered the bacca address Judge Legett based his on four topics health propriety common sense and tho Chris tlan religion Each one of them was treated with his usual force nnd ele gance with the result that the Judge was heard with rapt attention Then after the Superintendent had read his farewell and exhortation to his class the diplomas wero awarded Miss Annie Mae Harkrider was given a scholarship to either of the State Universities Southwestern or Texas Christian In all twentysix Members received diplomas the largest num ber In the history of the school RAIDS OX JAP RESTAURANT KEEPERS AT SAN FRANCISCO Abilene Thursday and was burled at Midway Friday J D was fn from Phantom Hill to clay and reported considerable hall at his place Friday afternoon but the damage was light JOLLY CROWD LEFT TODAY FOR RANCH HOUSE PARTY It was a merry party that left in he wagonette this morning to be the guests of Miss Bertha Roberts in a louse party at the ranch home near Nugent and it required four horses to pull this laughing load of feminine nnd humanity The crowd Is chaperoned by Mr and Mrs John R Mackechney who hold first honors In this section for the superintendents cf such occasions The program of entertainment con sists of camping fishing hunting horseback riding etc and a jolly time Is the expectation of the guests The following are members of the party an nre expected to me In at tendance Mr and Mrs John R Mack Abilene Misses Ada Way Ethel Young and Charlie Mae Scott Fort Worth Miss Vera KInsolving Miss Lena Jackson Hous on Misses Robertson Lel le Logan and Isla Ahl ene Messrs Fred B Wood Dr Ney antl Rogers Fort Worth Sheet and Clarence Scarbor ough Midland Stanley M A H Christian Phillip Kauff man C D Payton Chas Motz and C Rice Abilene John Conrad Albany In addition to named above Eth el Bruce and D J Hill were charge with attempting to carry on of Intoxicants Joe Lockhart and A Harper had a charge of against them and plead guilty to same ad When Found Hiding In the Woods R closed to Surrender When a Shot Was Fired by Sentry PEOPLE ARE VISITING IN ABILENE L J Thompson editor of the Mirror Mrs Thompson and aughter Ethel arc visiting tho ormers sister Mrs A E Dyer and will remain 4n the city days Mr Thompson Reporter of Lce a fraternal visit and handed out a ew pleasant scented bonnets for Tho Reporter as a daily paper for our citizens who appreciate antl patronize t so liberally Hillsboro like Abilene tas only one daily paper but It covers he field and fills all demands so thoroughly that there is no felt want nor necessity for another daily paper and Mr Thompson like The Reporter management expends Ills receipts lib to give his patrons the very best service He was amazed with the progress that Abilene has made since tils last visit two years ago and be with us that this is destined to be the biggest thing In central West Texas If not the best thing In the as the 25000 club puts it Like other visitor to our city after ah absence of a year or so he noted the fact that hundreds of new build ings have gone ap OUSTER SUIT GOVERNOR FRANCIS FIGURES AUSTIN TEX May Elate continued today In the introduction of depositions In the Oil Company ouster suit the principal ones being Edward P Pratt and A H Gardner of Kansas City O J Walg of Cleveland Ohio and May or Maxom of Decature III A num ber of minor ones were also presen ted A strenuous fight was made by the defense against the Introduction of tie deposition of L C a mer chant of Jefferson City court admitted the deposition but defense made BO many objections to each question some of which tho court sustained that the stale withdrew it before much of It had been read to the Jury deposition showed that Lohman had fought the Oil Company meeting their competition by reducing prices as they reduced prices and getting business He testified that ho repeatedly secured the business of the Missouri slate penitentiary un under selling the Oil Com pany until Governor Francis made Warden atop buying from Lohman deposition also showed that ho repeatedly bought from mer chants from Jefferson City oil which the Oil Company had sold them at cut prices and shipped It further west at a profit The depositions presented this morn ing related mostly to territory In which tho several Standard Oil com panies operated and evidenced a com bination which controls the business of each Tho methods of distribution and delivery were also shown to some extent FENCES DESTROYED HOUSE mis ion EFFORTS TO LEAD HIM FROK STA WERE WORK OF THE DEPARTMENT from Hunting Trash Pile Seta Flro to Hum of E S Kran and Flames Quickly Spread JURY UNMOVED BY Tho PRISONERS 1LEA YELLOW FEVER PRECAUTIONS DEPARTMENT TO PROTECT TEX AUSTIN TEX May state health department today began the In auguration of a system by which the department will keep track of every person coming into Texas from South and Central America and from Mexico or other countries likely to be ted with yellow fever This Is done as a double precaution to keep yellow fever out of Texas Inspectors will be stationed at all parts and on the bor der and will secure names of all pas sengers coming In from any of these places The department also today Issued i circular to general managers of ever railroad In Texas urging upon them the necessity of taking every sanitary precaution to keep the disease from en Into the state and also the ex termination of JUD SMITH SEEKS BODY OF BROTHER TBX May twentyeight years ago cholera was epidemic In this city and 200 died Tho dead were burled at J C Smith of the Western Union of Texas headquarters at Dal las Is here to obtain somo clew to his brother who was a cholera victim and buried here The young man was lost track of for years but was at last trac ed to this city many years after his death A headstone marked tho burial place hut this has long since disap The cholera graveyard was separa ted from the regular cemetery hy an Intervening tract of land which at pros ent comprises the yards of the Frisco system tho yards were put In the bodies of many cholera victims wore plowed up put Into a box and taken away Who they were will prob ably never be known Superintendent Smith IK consulta ing every available source to seo If the body of brother cannot be fied as he wishes to have It There is no probable chance that his mission will be successful NEW YORK May am Harry K Thaw but just plain John Boll I havo no If I had I could produce witnesses whoso testi mony would acquit me With these words u Brooklyn trol ley car conductor closed an Impassion ed address to tho jury that throe hours later was tti find him guilty of murder In tho first Bell a young man of mediocre attainments happily married a few years ago A year after tho wedding his wife died of child girth Dr C W Townsend a promi nent physician of Staton Island had attended her On the humble stone that marked her gravo Bell caused to bo chiseled renews our happy love In heaven and for affliction To his ho expressed the lion that tils wife had not received the propor medical caro Tho night of Jan 21 1007 Dr Town send was shot to death In his bed IIo had boon awakened by the Intruder and Ho wrs 1rootlet IIH NO ADVANCE IN TAXES SATS COUNT McKINNEY TEXAS May members of the Collin county commis court have returned from county where they met with the members of the Grayson county commissioners court and were en at the county farm The new tax law was discussed and the commissioners of both counties were of the opinion that no advance In taxes should be made especially under pres ent conditions In North Texas TOKIO May report from the consul of Japan In San Francisco con firms the news of attacks made recent ly on Japanese restaurant keepers of that city The public here 13 Indig nant hut the press has retrained from making any hostile hut thee tlw Washington government to pre Tent a recurrence of a similar OEN GORTON MONUMENT IS UNVEILED TODAY ATLANTA GA May did equestrian monument to Gen no B Gordon was unveiled here today He died In 1901 Despite the threatening weather and occasional drops of rain the program was carried ont without a hitch and thousands o visitors and citizens tho cer ADVERTISING MAN is doing all he can to see every firm in Abilene who advertise If he has not called on you and you would like an ad in the issue phone the office and he will be sure to call Please do this as we want everybody who cares to be represented in the edition to have an ad If you are here to rob lake what you can find hut do not harm my fam ily or me The supposed burglar replied f want none of your things I want you and fired Mrs who occupied tho hod with her husband was tho only witness to tho murder Letters subsequently written by Boll caused his arrest and In court his own family with the exception of his father who was excused appeared against him A halfbrother testified that Bell confessed to having tho physician for revenge Hell was the only witness for the defense and the trial wan nnt prolonged This af the case was given to the jury nnd tonight a of murder In tho first degree wan returned Judge Ab bott denied n motion for n new trial and forthwith sentenced tho prisoner to bo electrocuted the first Monday In July next This afternoon at there occur red one of the most disastrous Drea la of Abilene Nearly an en tire block af barns fences and woodpiles on South 2ml and 3rd streets were swept away anil Fred Andersons was burned to death Tho fire started from a which some boys woro burning In the lot of E S The was blow lug briskly and a gust carried a shower of Into Mr Koang Hirn falling on dry feed stuff In an started up and two minutes the entire barn was wrapped In flames Robert ran nto his house and attempted to phone the alarm in hut the phone refused to work By the he reached the again the had caught tho fence which separates the and Anderson lots and soon tlic was on flro Young Kean dashed nto his neighbors barn and made frantic efforts to lend out tho horse but the animal true to its nature 8ot back on Its and to budge A of smoke rolling through tho open door nearly strane led tho boy nnd ho was forced to a retreat Uy this time the De had arrived on tho scene but before the hose couse bo out of tho cart nnd the water turned on H wood pile north of the An derson home had caught and carried lo tho barn of two families of and Chris topher both of whom occupy ths house on Palm nnd South 2nd This barn Is an old one nnd nothing In could It The wind was blowing n gala nnd It cer tain that tha whole block of would burn But another hose waa brought from the Fire and both streams wero turned on the Winter barn Just across alley firo In this barn which hail In the meantime gained soon undor control antl ono hose carried back to tho of tho original conflagration Sonn thoso too wero under control nnd by two oclock It announced that was no further danger All must bo tho Department In tho of such a wind antl with B poor a stream there efforts woro short of ous and they woro nobly by the citizens a of whom bad gathered around tho scene Tho loss of property will probably each thousand Wheth or Insurance partially covers tho loss Is not known It was very about Fred Andersons Tho was a very fine one and Mr Anderson valued It highly its burning however was for five minutes tho flro cam tho Kean bnrn thn wind had tho names down tho alloy with bio rapidity and It would havo meant certain death to anyone attempting to enter the Anderson barn Tho flames aro under complete con trol now antl there Is no further caun for alarm AMERICAN AUTHOR DIES OF PNEUMONIA IN WHITE CHOSEN ENT IS PLEASE PARIS May American author who has been 111 In this city for days of pneumonia today In 1874 preferred serious charges against Tlon ABILENE TEX May V White former superintendent Morkel public schools has been by tho commissioners court c thin county to the of of public Instruction of Jor county created by tho recent passed by the legislature formally elected when Ihe ry Ward who had been his Worth pastor and friend and Prof White Is a son og damans After tMs tragedy which wrecked hla career ho to where ho haa solitary existence White known to our people He hu man of thin and In well friends hers who rejoice lit bli p Ulon
