Abilene Daily Reporter (Newspaper) - January 8, 1911, Abilene, Texas BARGAIN Month During January the DAILY will be scut to ally address 0111 year for IN ABILENE DAILY REPORTER The Want Ad Are on Page 12 VOLUME XV ABILENE TEXAS SUNDAY JANUARY 8 1911 NUMBER 1C TWO VICTIMS IN DALLAS CAR CONDUCTOR OX KILLED AT ABBOTT TRAINS MEl IN DENSE FOG Engineer nf Second Section to on First Destroyed By Press Tex Jan per sons were all this plice hie Morning when two trains of the Kansa Texas rail wav in a collision The when the engineer of the second owing o a dense fog to fee the 1 igman on the first MI time to avoid a Lis of the Dead The dead are DR KENNETH A Dentist of Dallas H R REYNOLDS Pullman tor of Austin Several persons on both trains were injured none fatally The accident occurred at five oclock this morning Hi was the first instance where pas sengers on a Katy train were killed while in a coach LATER AND FULLER REPORT Freicht Train Had Taken Siding When Passenger Passed in Dense Fog Rear Sleeper Cut in Two FRENCH AVIATOR Currying Newspaper Edition From Los Angeles to Suburban Hits Disappeared By Associated Press ANGELES CAL Jan Did ier Masson the French aviator who left here In a biplane today to carry IMS Angeles newspaper to Pomona and San Bernadino sixty miles away is lost somewhere in the mountains He was lust lus machine over die San lose hills which was out of his course Hundreds of persona in automobiles are hunting for him Lauded lit Rochester A telephone message from Rochester west of here says Masson landed there to repair his machine then continued his course BODY OF ELMS UID TO REST III KNEW KING KILLED IN mm BROTHER OF ATTORNEY CITIZEN OF ABILENE MEETS TRAGIC DEATH TRIED TO KILL SPAIN OVERT MADE VISIT TO THE Or PRACTICED DENTISTRY HERE Removed to Severn Years Ago Wife Was at Anson When Dr King Was Hilled to To Attend the Funeral ATTENDANTS Mysterious Murderers Safely During Stampede By Hie Kings Belittles the Incident Funeral Services Held in Little Town Where Family Attend Services Harry Tom King Esq left on the noon Texas Pacific eastbound train Saturday for Dallas in response to a telegram informing him of the tragic death of his brother Dr Kenneth A King at five oclock Saturday morning at Abbott Mill county Dr King was one of two victims of a Missouri Kan sas Texas railway wreck Mrs King at Anson Mrs Kenneth A King accompanied by her sister Miss Clay Hale of Anson came in over the Abilene Southern Saturday afternoon and accompanied by Mrs Harry Tom King of this city was buried here today Crowds of Saturday at midnight for Rock mourners from the Center where funeral ser By Associated Press W Va Jan body of Senator Stephen who died at midnight on Monday in Washington CONTRACTORS GET PLANS Express Company Will Immediately West of New Passenger Station Route Agent H C Cooper of Pacific Express Company Fort Worth was in Abilene Saturday to Inspect plans for the proposed Pacific express office o be erected immediately west of the Texas Pacific passenger sta tion Mr Cooper submitted plans for bids Saturday afternoon The plans are he hands of several local builders and bids will be announced shortly The building is to be a brick struc ture covering a forty by sixty foot space and will Mr Cooper declares be a credit to the city Abilene will be as proud of its express office as of the new T P depot said Mr Cooper SENATOR BRYAN LEAVES TO ATTEND LEGISLATURE Sessions of Stale Legislature Will Be in Texas History crowded the little town and all busi ness was suspended Flags fluttered at half mast ana windows were close ly curtained Special trains from Washington and Charleston bore distinguished com pany to Elikins Many of the leading j men of the nation gathered silently j about the vault Senator leaves vices will be held Dr King Lived Here Dr Kenneth A King lived in Abi lene in 1906 and 1907 practicing den Two and a half years ago he removed to Dallas and at the time of his death i was identified with the Dental College as General Man ager He was born thirty years ago his I at Milam county where he widow j By Associated Press MALAGA Spain Ian What is believed by many to have been a dar ing attempt on the life of King Alfon so occurred during his brief visit here Thursday and threw liis attendants into a panic j When the king arrived here just as j the door of his carriage was closed be hind him the explosion occurred No I one seems to know its nature but an j official account says a civilian ped a enclosed In a box No other details have been made public f it was learned however two per sons were slightly Injured Kings Nerve i which he says will be a red King Alfonso himself was inclined session to belittle the incident He laughed j h absent from my home at over the alleged attempt and is credit month and possibly said ed with saying If any of my Bryan and expect to see the fur pie desire my death 1 hope they will i fly nnm tne ot opening Covern Slate Senator W J Bryan left Sat at noon for Austin to attend the opening sessions of the be more open in ing me their way of will bb inaugurated i January 17 and I understand the new chief executive have u number and they may commence to come in i of recommendations to make to the that will be unique at daughter Katherine a belle of the na was reared and was educated at St Louis He was married at Anson De Special to The Reporter WACO Jan R Reynolds Pull man conductor and Dr K A King of Dallas were killed this morning when passenger trains S and G of the Kansas northbound collided near Abbott Hill county Fog Caused Accident The met in a heavy fog which rendered indistinguishable objects at a distance of more than thirty feet A freight train had just taken the siding at Abbota and the brakeman had flag ged passenger train No 8 which was just ahead of No G When train No 8 stopped No 6 traveling as the second section crashed into it from the rear Pullman Car Cut in Two The Pullman car on the first on which Dr WM a passen was literally cut in two Several sleeping were injured but none fatally Dr Well Known Dr King of Dallas was one of the two victims was well known throughout the state His wife is now visiting her parents at Anson H T King Esq an attorney of Abilene is a brother of Dr King and was notified of the latters death Relief Trains Sent Ont Relief trains with physicians left Waco and Hillsboro this morning for she scene of the wreck The injured will be brought to Waco today Trainmen Jump For Lives the engineer and fireman of train No G realized that a collision was unavoidable they jumped from the cab Uor safety They were slightly in jured vsa List of the Injured A list of the injured follows Engineer Smith of Katy Flyer Fireman Roberts of Katy Flyer G D Palmer of Austin J W of Austin B T Cotton of Houston 1 W Johnson of San Antonio V b Magnon of Dallas Mrs Charles Dwyer of Tulsa Okla The rear Pullman on No 8 carried seven passengers and was completely Demolished Traffic was not delayed Revised List of Injured The following revised list of the injured was given out this afternoon 1 G of Austin badly burned G E Palmer of Austin badly burned Allen McConnell of Austin face lacerated J F Johnson of San Antonio internally injured Ben Smith engineer shoulder broken in leap from engine after applying brake Dr King was the first passenger killed by the road for more than forty years it was stated today tional capitol and four sons David Richard Stephen and Blame Of Mrs c Hal will provides that hi estate go to tie and Bar widow and at her death to the chil m ry Tom sisters the 5 S1 dren TWO YOUTHFUL BANDITS NAPPED IN LUMBER GAMP and Johnson Slayers Of A Policeman at Minn In Hands of Officers By Associated Press latters wife also being a daughter of H C Hale i The family spent the holidays the Hales at Anson Dr King passing through Abilene a week ago on his way back to Dallas He was on his way from Aistin to Dallas when he was killed Funeral services as above stated will be held at Rockdale and thf body will be laid to rest beside those of his father and mother The Surviving Relatives Dr King is survived by his widow a daughter two years old four broth ers Dr F B King of Houston Dr K King of Fort Worth both phy rapidly in the last of the month The assessment is about Our last i years receipts amounted to about However it would not surprise Hue to see the total this year reach three thousand More people than you imagine want t chance to vote on Ithe prohibition amendment And you any rate Praises Supreme Court Mr Bryan on account of bis Inter est In the hank guaranty its much gratified at the action taken by the State Supreme Court In declaring the statute constitutional must remember the exemptions There svill be seventy more of them j City Secretary A H Balch reported j HlLL that at he closing hour Saturday he niTTI had Issued poll tax receipts out Unl I U of an assessment of Licenses Albert McGee nf and Miss for A E I Ada McElroy j Henry Scott and Miss Ella Colwell j 1 N Chance of Potosi and Miss Virj I gie Smith Injured Dies Minn Jan and Algot Johnson boy ban dits who held up the clerk and night j Dr B R King a dentist of porter at a local hotel and shot and Fort Worth and Harry Tom King of PORT WORTH Jan 1 M killed Policeman Chesmore were ar1 Abilene and one sister Mrs Leonard Anderson aged fifty nine years ac Special to The Reporter rested today at a lumber camp and are now locked up in the Duluth city Isaacs mother of B K Isaacs of Abi lene Mrs Isaacs resides at Rock de of ltd iver Coin is in Abilene H A lastro of Bakersfield Cal President of the American National CARNEGIE TRUST CO CLOSES ERSTWHILE POWERFUL SEW V HOUSE IS CLOSE BY DEPOSITS NEARLY of Io President nosed Insolvency Is Angrily For Savings By Associated Press NEW YOKK Jan Carl Trust Company one of the la anil leading financial institution the United States closed Its doors morning by order of State Sup of Banks Clark Williams Aggregated The bank had a stock Thn institution was in se trouble during the panic af 1907 hud never fully recovered Its President Dickinson died year under peculiar circumstance Leslie Shaw President Leslie Shaw soon after re nient from the Roosevelt cabin Secretary of tire Treasury be president of the institution His with bank ceased after a time It Is understood that the instil was in more or less trouble gro out of the fact that one of its officers in connection with a known banker in Wall Street eff a large loan from the Carnegie Company to enable him to buy and consolidate It with another tutlon bnt failing in this lef Carnegie institution with a amount of funds locked up Depositors Demand Monty In some mysterious way It od abroad that the Carnegie bank been declared insolvent by the Superintendent and long before regular hour of opening swarm depositors were assembled abou doors vociferously demanding savings Last Financial Statement The last financial statement November 10 showed the b loans to be a tremen sum and the other fl Livestock Association passed through were available Abilene Saturday at noon on hit way bonds to Fort Worth to attend the annual 334 jail Johnson is only fifteen years dale but is at present visiting in old Birmingham Ala She has been noti The boy renegades came to the camp by telegraph of her brothers before daylight and asked for jobs They were recognized and immediate ly seized no resis tance but merely laughed and said Well you have us fair to rights sure Popular indignation is high here and extra officers will guard the jail Johnson claims that killed I Figures Distressingly Light But t Policeman Chesmore and threatened Collector Crawford Predicts him with death if he peached ori 8000 Iy January 31 left him 29 PAID IN COUNTY 138 IN THE CITY shot by her daughter Ben lah last Wednesday afternoon at her home near this city died this morn ing in the Medical College hospital The girl thought the revolver was empty IN FELT GOOD UNDISMAYED BY TUMBLE French A visitor Hus Narrow Xot Be Held at Dallas sessions oE that organization which convenes Monday Col J H Parramore of this city and A E de of Denver Colo members of the Executive Committee will depart for fort Worth today Mr de is President of the Ameri can Commission Company and Gen eral Manager of the American Livei stock Loan Company and is in Abilene the guest of Col Parramore j The two men are friends of long stand ing and as Mr de expressed it speaking of Col Parramore He has been pawning off tough steels on me for fifteen years Mr de is boosting Denver for the next con COTTON BELT PASSENGER IS WRECKED AT SUFFOLK Overturned Engineer Highbee Pinned Under Wreckage Killed No Passengers Injured Special to The Reporter Jan locomotive of westbound passenger train No 1 of the Cotton Belt railway was overturn ed at Suffolk four miles of here this morning Engineer Highbee Killed One death was caused as result of the accident Engineer Highbee was pinned under the wreckage of his en gine and crushed to death His fire man jumped to safety No other deaths or injuries were reported Four coaches were derailed Voluntary Petition A voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in U S District Court Sat by the Dreeben Millinery Com pany of Rig Springs Liabilities were announced at assets at exempt When Tax Collector Baylor Craw ford locked up his safe yesterday poll tax receipts from the twenty two vot ing boxes of the county aggregated 929 The number is apportioned to boxes as follows Courthouse 123 Fire Station 121 Merkel 137 Ovalo 78 Shep 49 Buffalo Gap 43 Trent Nubia 42 Potosi 40 Tuscola 39 Moro 33 Caps Abilene 28 Caps Merkel 11 Caps Buffalo 11 Bradshaw 25 Dewey 23 Ned 22 17 Merkel 12 Tye Abilene 5 Hamby 3 Total 929 Total Woefully Light I Of course the total is light said Mr Crawford Inasmuch as It is an off year but my office will Issue re throughout the month DALLAS Jan the wind at noon blowing at a twelve mile an hour rate the international aviators in the big meet here arc today preparing for some startling aerial exhibits The aeroplane race scheduled for yesterday but postponed because of the wrecking of Rene Simons monoplane will be the chief feature this after noon Manager Young this morning tried to arrange for a race between an aeroplane and an automobile but un der the rules auto racing is forbidden en the Fair Grounds track Simons Narrow Rene Simon the fool flying French man narrowly escaped death yester day At the conclusion of a sensation al flight of ten minutes duration his monoplane tumbled to the earth in the plowed up space in the center of the Infield to the northeast of the grand stand The machine turned bottom up burying him underneath For a time it was feared he had been kill ed Recovering he jumped to his feet and was shortly afterward brought In vention and says will get there the Colorado city HAS ANOTHER QUESTION FOR COLQUITT Attorney Has Prepared For mal Report Upholding Claim of Holmes AUSTIN Jan developed today that Attorney General will open another controversy with Gover by rendering an opinion either tonight or week declaring that Bolmes Pension Com missioner Is entitled to hold his until July 30 of this year when his term expires although Colquitt stated he would try to oust both Bolmes and Tax Commissioner Dashiell Lightfoots opinion is already pre pared The Attorney Generals rul ing would prevent Robert F Buford from succeeding Bolmes January 17 in an automobile When the first arj rivals reached Simon they askert lazed Frenchman how he Vey good be said in his quaint he date wants thu change to French patois revealing a dazzling row of white teeth smile In n delighted R A Daniel and family formerly of South Ninth and Rose streets left Fri day afternoon tor Fisher Fisher conn ty place they will reside Due from Trust Companies 1 and Cash Aggregate Capital Surplus and undivided 500 Brand Southern MID J T Howell president of th was formerly presiden the Fourth National bank of Nash and is a Southern man Superintendent of Banking later 1 a statement of the banks affairs w he said he found in an unsafe c tion The swarm of depositors before the hour of opening cro Broadway for more than a block CORNERSTONE Religions Services Will Hel Aew Presbyterian Afternoon Cornerstone ceremonies at the Central Presbyterian church co of North Second and Beech str were held Saturday afternoon at oclock In the cornerstone which i placed at the northeast corner the building were deposited a Bi church roll and of the Mission Society names of members of the Pastors Aid Fridays edition of The Abilene Rep ter copy of The Dallas Newe other articles The stone was set Rev W T Logan pastor J M W staff and S N Morrison Religious Today At throe oclock today religious s vices will be held at the new Temporary seats have been arrant for Members and officers of church will deliver addresses We hone to have the building cc In sixty days said Mr Los iu it immediately following its
