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The Weekly Herald.
NO. 1
AMARILLO. TliXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 2. 1908
VOL. XXIII.
PRESIDENT
FOR 7TII YEAR
Theodore Roosevelt and Offi-
cial Family at Brilliant New
Year's Event
Uliociated Tresa.
Washington D. C Jan. 1. Theo-dore-
Rooaovelt today off.ciated for
the eeventh tlitio ha president of the
jL'uKrcl fttr at tho Now Ycaj'a
terrption at tho White lloubn. As-
fcteung h i in In exchanging halntdtioiiH
ware Mrs. Roosevelt and tho ladies
cf th cabinet and government off 1-
frs representative of foreign gov-mme-ntu
and members of military
rrjaniratioiui. It was I o'clock
"w'aen the jLf4 of the White. House
grounds wrr0 opened to admittance
e the general public. Many people
Sind been fdanding In lino since !t
o'clock. All niceties of diplomatic
tlqulte were observed h iifj ihn re-
ception was impressive In dignity
lntreMIng in personality and anltnat-
IrK In picturepqueneKH.
A linn outside the Whit House
grOun-ls when the gates opened ex-
tended In double column two block
down Pennsylvania aenu an two
to' K k don Seventeenth street. It
wa.s a Joous holiday throng and
left i': impression of Rood frrllng
on the 1'ir'ident. who after more
than four boms h.md i. baking ex-
pressed rxhiliratlnn rather thitn ex-
liauMion. TWO TO ONE OH
FEATHERWEIGHTS
associated Pr.
fan F'rani l. io Jan. 1. Retting
fighters who will meet in tne
arno at Colma at 1:11 t h 1 after-
noon to dnide t!ir fr atherwi'ifcht
championship of the world rni last
nisht. to 1 in favor of Attell. odd
opened ten to oight. James Jo-
f rice. who will referee tue fight
talked with both hoy iu to the style
of fisticuffs they will observe while
clinching and breaking away and
both Atiell and Moran have agreed
T)t to hold and to break clean when
ordered to do so. Jioth hov havi-
come nicely to weight and each snvs
hn has nothing to cln.-iro In the mat-
tar of rendition.
Tournament of Hoses
Special to Dally Panhandle.
l.os Augclcs Cal. Jan. 1. Miss
flay Sutton champion anions the
world' tennis players is I he queen
of the nineteenth annual tournament
of rones at Pasadena today. The
rasadena affair Is recognized as the
greatest festivity of Its hind In the
country and lorlnv'ri show surpassed
1! previous efforts. The mngnlfi-
rent floral parade was given ibis
morning and a propram of sports-
including chariot races was arranged
for this afternoon. Tho closing fea-
ture of the day's celebration will o;
the tournament ball tonight at which
Miss Sutton will reign as quern.
TRIPLETS BORN
IN El PASO
Jlasoelated Tress.
El Paso Jan. 1. A boy and two
girls were born last night to Mr.'and
Mrs. W. II. Butterbaugh of this city.
Tho father is a railroad engineer unl
will name the son noose veil.
To Wed ltJl.
Ipedal to Daily Panhandle
Rome Jan. 1. It is announced
Oitt Mits Eleanor Crawford eldest
daughter of Marion Crawford the
Bovsllst dll be married thl month
to Pltro Hoca an Italian literary
mill ana an old friend of the Craw-
ford family. The ceremony will i
performed at Sorrento where th
firiLfflwit Ihave their ItaJittn borne.
CLOSE GAMBLING
HOUSES AT DENVER
Asanclatel Praaa.
Denver lan. 1. The. closing of
gambling establishment at Pcterr-
hurg In Arapahoe county near Den
vpr today marked the passing of (he
laM. gamine table in the vlilnlty of
this city. District Attorney Smith
filed fifteen Informations yesterday
against Frank De Manel charging
him with conducting gambling
rooms. Dp Maiidel also dosed a pool
room at PetesbuiK and called off the
Rrook-Carey prize fight scheduled
for tonight. .
To Defy tlie Hjale.
TIhomlnRo okl. Jan. l.-'tfbt
ttale? 'e aiv are the Mute." .So
declare the malcontents unions the
rcdmen of the Chickasaw nation who
will Rather in Tishomingo the capl-
i h 1 . this month to convene Hie tribal
legislature. Tn Indians will def
the new iy-oi (;H0lr.d stste povei n-
ment of Oklahoma and will proceed
to make their own law in accord-
ance with their old tribal laudardx
Georgia Is Diy.
pclt to Dally Pannandlo
Atlanta. Git.. Jan. 1. For th
first tlnip in itn history Georgia is
today celebrating N'ew Year's dy
without the aid of intoxicating li-
quid refreshments. All of the ra-
loons are dosed today and most of
the dealers have removed their fix-
tures and dispose of their Mock.
Offlelals state that the prohibition
law. which herame effective today
will bo rtrletly enforced
HEW YEAR IS
WELCOMED
imanllo Citizens Make Weil
the Hour of Twelve and
Enter Upon 1908
Steam siren small boy locomotive
laundry whistle pop gun punip gun
and i x shooter united In one grand
prolonged reverberating welcome to
the New Year Just as the clock hands
turned the hour of midnight last
night or this morning according to
the point of view. Citizens who bad
gone to bed In 1!I0" instead of slay
ing up to greet 1!mn wokp up when
the welcome began and wished each
other a "Happy New Year" or
wished that there was sonic punish-
ment thai would fit the rrinio of
tearing the stilly night into phrcri.t
and tailors as the aforementioned
sieajiu siren and other accomplice
were doing.
Many Watchers Awake.
Rut theie were many watchers
awake walling for t.h0 New Year and
parties of these down town and In
Ihn residence section helped In the
welcome. The clear air and perfect
weather of the night brought many
people outdoors. Parties of boys
and girls made the ronndh of schools
and churches whever t hero were
bells and joyously rang out the oM
and rang In the new.
Part Holiday Today
A number of the down town bus-
iness house are observing ihe New
Year with holidays of half holidays.
Tthe hankfl are dosed all day and at
the postoffke the employes ai tak-
ing part of the day for a rest. Warm
weather and the disappearance of
the mud which has been present too
disagreeably for t'he past ten days
have made it pleasant for people to
bo out of dooi-s and many hav0 been
taking their leisure on the streets
down town. All day men. women
and children have been onjoyiag the
very newest novelty In tlu great
Panhandle by taking rides on the
street cars. This afternoon although
there were no large receptions in-
formal "open house' Is being kept in
many homes and New Years calls
are being exchanged.
Receptions Tonight.
Tonight the congregation rt the
Fillmore Street Presbyterian church
Hill observe the New Yoar.with a re.
ill ll .T'sv
if I r-A '
I
iJpjaA
ROBERT W. CHAMBERS
Bobert W. Chambers Is one American rlt In oo ""Jrk Interest
leemi eumulatlTe and never ending for each new boelj atmrti wider at-
tention d1 mors dlaeuElon than the one preceding It. TVbto ene tonaidert
the antnor'a many other uceee. tlie Tldespread and fen grewlng appre-
ciation of "Tb Fighting Chance" la little short of phtnowenal. But tbetory
deala with modern and vita) things; a drarostie tmg!e in t letting of to-
day. Probably In no other time of peace baa America wada history faster
than l the ease in these days of economic turmoil and aoelal evolution.
Mr. Chambers' work la tund to a vital chorft Tbat la why be and his
awry r so prominently In the public eye.
reption to members and friends at
the church.
In their rooms In th Chanslor
building the young men of the Ra-
racca class .will hold open house for
themselves and for other friends who
may call.
At the Cowan house the opening
New Year's dlnm-r which -M open
the "Colonial Inn" and the dance
which will follow will furnish for
many guests the social event o'. th
teason.
LAW AND ORDER
LEAGUE BUSY
Associated rrcsa.
Chicago Jan. 1. The Iaw and
Order league obtained a mass of evi-
dence against violators of the 1
o'clock closing law- In the merry
hours this morning when New Years
revelry was at Kg height.
Investigators furnished tho league
by a detective agency visited all the
principal hotels tales end ttaloons
down town where wine was flowing
freely. Lucy page Gaston art h foe
of cigarettes made tho round of
cafes but. did not find women amok
ing as anticipated . v
' v'
National Motor lioat Show.
Special to Daily panhandle.
Chicago Jan. l.Chi a go's . first
national motor boat show opened to
day in the Coliseum with more en-
tries than any similar snow ever he-
fore attempted in the United States-.
This is the second of a chain af na
tional motor boat shows the first
having been held In Grand Central
palace. New York last month while
the third Is scheduled for Boston
Jan. 2a to Feb. 1. All the new inrtrl:
es of boats and motor8 arc shown
as well as many "freaks."
WANT 8 HOURS
AT 75c PER
Associated Press.
Dawson. Youkon Jan. 1. LeVa
of the industrial workers of the
world fe agitating in favor of de
claring an eight hour day and a wag
seal of 75 tent an hour In Daw-
ton and vicinity inspired by Gu-
genhelms chief big employers wh;.
have announced their Intention to
employ 2000 men the coming season.
RIG LOSS
. IN FIRE
$100000 Burned up and Two
Firemen Seriously Injured
1 In Pittsburg Blaze
Asorlitd Presa.
rittaburg pa. Jan. 1. Two fire-
men were i-erlously Injured and
damage estimated at $100000 re-
slte4 today from a fire that de-
stroyed the lixrelslor building a six-
story s-trurture on Sixth avenue and
Grant street. It being a holiday no-
body was in the offices of the build-
ing. When discovered the building
was burning fiercely on all floors.
Soon after the firemen arrived a wall
collapsed and a number of persons
had a narrow escape.
Tower FntcWalnu.
Berlin Jan. 1. Ambassador and
Mrs. Tower gave a arge public re-
ception at the American embassa
tblsj afternoon. Scores of distin-
guished German and' foreign states-
men and diplomats paid their re.
upects to the diplomatic representa-
tives of the I'nlted States.
A leap Year Dance
Misses Zellner. Dlinick Fdna Brown
Clover Drown and Llda Hardin were
the hostess at a delightful dance
Monday evening at the new home of
Mr. and Mrs. K W. Hardin on Har-
rison street. Decorations of holly
and mistletoe were used Hh pleas
ing effect and several of the rooms
were entirely cleared for the danc-
ers. From the west roopi the Ama-
rillo concert and dancing orchestra
gavo a program that greatly pleasod
the party. In preparation for the
coining ot 1008 with Its new possi-
bilities the hostess ruled that the
dance should be carried on under
leap car laws and the complications
which tints developed added much to
the fun ot the evening. Refresh-
ments were served of sandwiches
chocolate and cake. Toward the
close Mr. Billy Barramon of Pea-
tall. Okla.. sang y request two so-
los. The success of the party made
all the guests reluctant to leave and
It was far after midnight before the
last strains of "Home Sweet Home"
closed the lat wait.
r-15 miles of shade trees are ndw
being set out In Famous Heights
rark Addition - 130-tfo
GOV. HUGHES
RECOMMENDS
ii
Many tniportant Changes anil
mprovenaenls In laws In
His Message
Asoruted T'lem.
Albany. N. Y.. Jan l.Th! an-
nual iues.-a; of governor Hughes
which w eIU to t he Jrjjlslai uro to-
day contain m:uiy Important recoui-
meiidatlons. I'hicf among them In
the liht of londltlons disclosed by
ihP recent financial npheaval l& a
recommendation (or an amendment
to the law relative to banks mid trust ;
companies. Tho governor urged the den bill effective today All own-
IcUlMiin. ! a-lnoi verv nractical T of tenement house will be re-
nieans to prevent a repeiltton of the j
reprehensible practices H"d to as
sure proper imnagemcut of tho fi
nancial Institutions chartei'tl and
mponh ed hj i.tate on hr?. stabil-
ity und prosperity thn inierei'tti of
our peopl" .in every walk of lif? so
largely depentl. Another Important
recommendation haa as Its object the
complete suppression of race track
gambling throughout ibe Male. D
rect nominations at primaries and
simplified form of the ballot are
urged and recommended. Abo bet-
ter provisions for thJ caro and pro-
tection ft Immigrants.
Sage School of Philanthropy.
Special to Daily panhtndle.
St. Louis Jan. 1. I'nder the aua-
pieen of the $ I O.OOti.nui) Ituss etl
Sage foundation the St. Louis School
of -Philanthropy opened its regular
session today. It will share the In-
come of the great fund provided by
the widow. of the late millionaire
amounting to $ l"tnno annually
with three other institutions In Ros-
ton New York and Chicago on a
prorata basis in proportion to t.h"
amount of work aecompllshed by
each. Thesc sister institutions are
th New York School of Philan-
thropy the Roston School of Sociol-
ogy attached to Harvard university
and the Chicago institution of Social
Science professor Thomas J. Ri-
ley of the Missouri State unlverslly
fr director of the St Louis school.
GOLD WARE
IN NORTHWEST
Aisorlated Press.
LaCrosse Wis. Jan. 1. Today
brought the coldest weather of win-
ter in tho Northwest. In Wisconsin
and Southern Minnesota the temper-
ature touched zero.
Itah Fuel Case.
Special to Daily ranhandle.
Salt Lake City. Jan 1 Hearing
in the case of the n.ih Fuel com
pany and various individuals indict-
ed by the United States grand Jury
for alleged fraudulent method.c of
securing ownership o mineral lanna
is set for tomorrow in lederal court
here. Several prominent railway of
ficials aro involved In the charger.
New Divorce Law.
Special to Dally Panhandle.
Trenton N. J.. Jan. 1. New Jer-
sey's new divorce law whlrh la In
accordance with the proposed uni
form divorce bill went Into effect
today. Hereafter divorces will be
granted in .this state only for infi-
delity or willful' and obstinate desor-
tlon for years. Applicants for di-
vorce will be required to wait six
months after the Intermediate de-
cree a granted before- securing a fi-
nal decree which will enable them
lo remarry.
Prominent Men to Speak.
St Paul. Minn. Jan. I. Ki'iks-
toi'3 ot national prominence will
speak at the annual meeting of 'the
Minnesota Educational association In
St. Paul during the next three days.
Among-'those who will deliver ad-
drestea are Governor Frank Hanly
of ' Indiana Dr. A. E. Winshlp of
Boston. Dr. Olive Stuart of Chicago.
W. M. Hayes of Washington and
professor George B. Johnson of Pitt:-burj.
TWO MILLION FOR
SAFTY DEVICES
Asoratd 1 resa.
Chicago Jan. 1. A total of 2-
nnn.fiiiu rpent in thn Installation or
i-afeiy devltrs with a view to leu-
ten ng the pomiblllty of accidents is
tho record of tho Union Taclflc for
th twelve months pan The com-
pany announces that In accidents on
ita lines the past year 111 5 person
were killed and l.H4 Injured.
Tenement Reform.
fperlnl to Daily Panhandle.
Ilarrlhburs. Ta. Jan. I. All ten-
ement houses in the first (lass cltle.
of Pennsylvania ar? placed under
control of the department of health
through th0 operation of the Dear-
quired to take out licenses annually
and tb. department of iieallh will
regulate the sanitary condition of ail
such houses.
Rochester Celebrates.
Special to Dailj Panhandle.
Koehester N. Y.. Jan. 1. Roches-
ter Js today celebrating its admiFrlon
to the ranks of It Irs ff Ihe flrsl
class In New York stale. The change
In KorhPsierV status was brought
about. through a tom.tlt utionsl
amendment. faorahy voted on at
the last election changing the num-
ber of residents necessary to con-
stitutn a city of the first class from
:jnnuo to 175000.
YOUTSEY
As Murderer ol Goebel fcy
Jedge Owens in Calub
Powers Trial
Associated rresw.
Georgetown Ky. Jan. 1. Jfever
perhaps In the history of Scott
county has such a crowd packed the
court room as that which crowded
into the building today to hear Form
er Congressman W. C. Owens and
State Attorney Franklin closp argu-
ments in the fourth trial of Caleb
powers which has been In progress
tho past eight weeks. Judge Owens
consumed the entire forenoon In ar
guing on the theory that. Goebel was
nssasslnated by Henry Youtsey
whom he denominated a murderous
crank of the Gulteaii and Czolgosz
paltern who commit ted the :Hme
on his own responsibility and of his
own volition no conspiracy bolng
concocted by rowers or anyone else.
ACTOR AND
SOLDIER DIES
Aaaoelated PrM.
Kansas City Jan. 1. Henry C.
Clark an old time theatrical man
who amai-sed a fortune n this city
died today of acute gastritis. He
was one of the youngest soldiers of
the civil war having enlisted in the
New York heavy artillery when only
U years old.
At Mr. niul Mi-". Robertson's.
Mr and Mis. 11. V. Robertson Pn
terlained a very congenial party at
progressive "12" Monday evening to
meet. Mrs. F. A. White. At the games
Mrs. C. J. K. Lowndes and Mr. F. A.
White proved the most successful and
Mrs. Lowndes whs awarded the prUe
a gift of a box of fine chocolates.
Delicious refreshments consisting of
percolator coffee of which the gueste
were allowed .to superintend the
making a salad course stuffed dates
nut bon 'honn. fruit fake and white
cake were nerved at tho clot;e of the
evening.
DENOUNCED
WRECK OF
PA. EXPRESS
More Than a Dozen are Injured
In a Collision on ttie
Pennsylvania Line
.tlsnorlated Tress.
Sudhury Pa.. Jan. 1. The Penn-
slyvania railroad express from Buf
falo for Philadelphia as wrecked
early .today at Moutadon ten miles
west of here More than h dozen
pasngcrs were Injured. Tho ex-
press was approaching Montadon
when a light locomotive crossed
Trom the hitPng to tho main track
and a collision was unavoidable. A
cor.ihlirtion car. cou h and Pullman
slei-'v were badly damaged.
No More Gambling-.
Sprrlal to Dally Panhandle.
Santa Fe N. M-. Jan. 1. All or
the gambling housea in New Mexico
are closed today Bnd will remain so.
if th provisions of tho new anti-
SHinhJInji la"'- which went Into ef-
fect today aro rigidly enforced
EMIGRATION THE
LAST CONSIDERATION
Associated Trew.
Tokle. Jan. 1. A dlrpatch of
memorandum on tho emigration
question ;by the foreign office to the
American embassy was the lart of-
ficial act. of "the Japane.'o govern-
ment for Ujeycar 10O7. This is con
sidered signlflount f thai" desire on
thp part of tho' government to com
mence year tinder belter auspices.
We have vy reason" said a gov
ernment official to tho Associated
Tresa "that ietailn of our adminis-
tration and the 'juturo control of em
igration will be satisfactory -to the
American government."
North Dakota Kdiirators.
(pedal to Dally Panhandle.
Grand Forks N. D Jan. 1. -With
an addrcsa 'by President Vernon P.
Squires bpeeches of welcome and
music thQ twenty-first annual meet
ing of the North Dakota Educational
association convened here thia aft
ernoon. Gover; or Jobn burke Btsn-
op Cameron Mann and other prom
inent men will speak beforo the con
vention on BUecccdiug days. Several
receptions and entertainments (have
been arranged for the visiting edu
cators by the faculty and studonta or
Ihe state university
A
Famous Ranchman Retires'.
Pppclal to Dally Panhandlo.
St. Louis. Jan. 1. Colonel Zacn
Mulhall the famous Oklahoma
ranchman who has been livestock
agent of the 'Frisco railway system
for many years ret lied trom .that po-
sition today. Tho position will be
abolished. Colonel Mulhall and his
daughters Lu lie Hnd "Rossle." the
famous "eowglrls" are known
throughout tho country. During the
world's fair here Mulhall went on
the warpath and "shot up' the Tike
wounding three nn. H wag sen-
tenced to .Hire )oat-; In prison "hut
was later freed. Colonel Mulhall
resides at. Mulhall OkU. where he
ha. a large ranch.
BOY KILLED
Associated Press.
San Francitco Jan. 1. Fire which
broke out this morning In some coal
yards destroyed nlne Hats on Filbert
and Stockton streets causing a loss
of $50000. Louis Figone. aged 15
years was burned to death and tit-
ty tenants had narrow escapes.
; P. O. E. Society.
The P. O. E. society meata' tomor
row afternoon at 2:30 with Mra. Ira
Webster
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