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AMAR1LL0 TEXAS THURSDAY I'liBRUARV 20 1908
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SNOW-DECKED
Blizzard of Yesterday Continues
Today in North-Snow Drift-
ing in Kan and Neb.
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Aum Inii-d fun.
MilMiiKi'i'. Win l'fh. !- 1 lif ;
'ii'iai l li.ih htniti.d fMfifly j
inn'iini'.i luflii with hut. hllsh'
tf'iHtrniflit ill Itn firlcfiKs. A hi it) l
II fruit (if MI'iW han fillli'tl.
'r'iiiM'i-M( ill Knnn i'Hy.
K:ms.i! City. K''h. I'.i. A fall of
mrnty dfRi'i' iii thi' li'iiipi'iaturo
hk iisli-UTi'd (irr western MIs-
rn ri and casifin KanoiiK fur the;
pa'l i s 1 1 t -1" i 1 1 r liiiur. A hlroiigj
wind drlleil ill throe lndiH of unuw
nlilrh lffl ruin ilrtV delaylns tiainn.
A hljczat'd which Marted in iiiik
iifiloy.vpfterilay continued with hut
Flijshtl'v ahaird fierceness today.
About a font of mow has fallen In
Miluk''o mid vicinity. The eec-
trlr line to Rai Ine Is tied up on m
fount of tins drifts). Trains on the
MFHm roads aro con.sldor.ihly dc-
layed. M'LM"M CiOl S TO I'HKSS.
Firjit Official Hecord of ranlmniUe
I vpri inii-nl Slut ion.
The fit. h ii Hot i n of Ihe depart-
ment of asrli:ulture on work in the
Tanhanflle In now nearly roady for
the public printer at Washington
and will he ready for delivery aonm
tl m this prtDR
Thii bulletin covers all the- work
that the department has donp In the
Panhandle at both the Channinj; and
the Amarlllo statlonN. It will hi-
rludc data on the weather rainfall
temperature and other conditions.
In addition to tabulated flRtires on
all th0 experiment made nt ihe sta-
tions. A. H. I.eldlgh. the first di-
rector of (he work here has had
eharje of the preparation of the bul
letin. The heads of the bureau will
now po over th0 copy before orderln
its publication
FLOOD SITUATION
MORE SERIOUS
AMortited Presc.
Indianapolis. Ind.. Feb. 19. The
flood situation in Southern Indiana
Is more serious today. Swollen riv-
ers Increased their depths during
(he night and thousands of addi-
tional acres of low lands are sub-
merged
BIG FLEET AT
SAN FRAN CO
Imposing Array of Fighting
Ships to Assemble in Golden
Gate By Saturday
Afsoclated Press.
San Francisco Feb. . 19. The
I'nitcd States battleship Nebraska
with Captain Nicholson arrived here
yesterday from Magdalena bay as
the vanguard of the fleet which i3 to
be In this harbor iby Saturday and
whleh though not so large as that
on tho way here under Admiral Ev-
ans' command will be the most .im-
posing array of fiRhtlnj; machines
ever asembled Inside the Golden
Gate. Captain Dayton's biff four the
West Virginia the raryland the
Colorado and the Pennsylvania and
Admiral Sebree's bis armored cruis-
ers thB Tennessee and Washington
will b here Friday to be joined soon
by the South Dakota and the Cali-
fornia now anchored between here
and Ire Island. Thesfi with the
Nebraska make nine first-class war-
ships 'i'ti about 800 officers and
men on eaa. vessel.
TO TEST EXCLUSION
ACT AGAINST JAPS
I .c- Wchiuilnbier n. C'.. rh 10.
! Clio luilonul mt piis.-prt uiunl-
'iiioimlv h the provlnrial ftuwrnnii'iit
laino to ii hlluw .lown oMercla.v wln'ti
i wo JaianrM from J'nri I.iikI wen
llnod I.'iOo mc1i nd ornlomcd lo
ip nioinh Impi'Isonmnt (or rn.
ririlns Uiliibh (.'"luillWia. iouii-
si'i if ii- i ho .laparifho hi tine: at. iho
iiihtunfr of 'hp Ottawa sm oi nnniit
i0 niaUp a 'ril "'-' "l Instltut'1
imhciiM (orpiiM prorri'dinss
Trmrleil 1'iir lo Weil
Fprrial to Dally i'atraaodlo.
GifPii Ha. Wis.. Krh. I !. Af'er
having made a journey half way
around the world l Join her lover
Anna Adler of Ode.a riunila wi'.I
he married here tomorrow to Wil-
liam llaertn.in.
TRANSFERS FOR
STREET RAILWAY
Tranter for the Amarlllo street
railway svntem are now In the hands
of the conductors on Iho cars and
are Riven out. to passengers on re-
quest. Tickets at reduced rates are
also offered for aale. These are of
two kinds the half fare tickets for
school children whlrh are sold in
strips of twenty for .1(1 cents and
Ihe full fai tickets sola in strips
of eleven for Jin rents.
BOILER EXPLOSION
WRECKS MILLS
Associated Press.
Lowell Mass. Feb. 19. By an
explosion of a toiler in the Hamil
ton corporation's new mill this morn-
r i n k was wrecked the walls of the
fbullding and windows in Ihe vicinity
of the buildiriK were shattered. No
lives were lost. . .
$125000 TAXES
FOR THIS YEAR
Something over $125000 In taxes
for 1907 are now In the hands of the
state county city and independent
school district authorities on which
bile machinery for the
to run the P"
year 190S. These figure are very
greatly in excess of the amount last
year and are of course much greater
than any other preceding year but
thc population of ihe city and Ihe
district is also Rreatly increased and
the needs have multiplied accord-
ingly. Exact figures on all th taxes are
not yet-available but the total col-
lected in the county for the month
of January was $To 35.122. The
amount collected before January was
not. large so thP. total in the county
will reach about $SO.OOO.
City tax receipts In January ran
nbotit $22000 and the receipts for
the independent school district
leaches about the sanie flgurea.
SULLIVAN REMAINS
POST MASTER
Associated. Press.
Washington D. C. Feb. 19.
Posi master General Meyer after con-
ferring with the President today
about postofflco nominations said
the President would send lo the sen-
ate today or tomorrow the nomina-
tion of Daniel 12. Sullivan to kiic-
ceed himself as postmaster at Crip-
ple Creek Colo. When the Presi-
dent was campaigning In 1900 for
vice president he was laulted by a
hoodlum at Cripple Creek and It was
Sullivan who promptly knocked the
man down and settled thft disturbance.
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GULF v MEXICO
Jf! czr-X ATLANTIC
H TRAINS RUN 0VEH KEY WEST "SEA GOING" RAILROAD.
Trains are now runnlnf over the Florida East Coast railroad from Miami as far n Knights Key snd Henry M
F'.aaler owner of the line at the age of seventy elgbt seas his dream of a lifetime all but realized. The trains are
now plaint oer thirteen mile of water and alneteen miles of submersed awamp. About forty miles more will
brin the terminal to Key West whence ferryhoats will carry wMe trains to Havana ninety miles away. The whole
lenath of the line Is 10W miles. The road will t..u. b forty-t '.U.'vi Wlandt. end btwen nome of them passenger
will pass entirely out of sight of land. Thus the line Is literally a "sea going" railway. Mr. Flagler tunde th nrst
trip over the ron'd in hie prlvr. oar recently lie has had tho construction of this rend constantly In mind ever
since that day in tbe iiiidt of the Hpanish-Amerlran war excitement when he conceived the Idea of making trame
communication Itftwwen the Tnited States and Cubn easier anil more practical.
ADM'L EVANS
STILIUNWELL
Wireless Message From Fleet
Says Will Enter Callao Har-
bor by Tomorrow
Associated Pres.
Lima Peru Feb. 19. A wireless
dispatch from tho American battle-
(ship fleet dated Wednesday at 12:13
a. m. says the squadron was theu
222 miles from Callao with speed re-
duced to eight miles per hour. The
message also says Admiral Evaiis lias
not yet recovered his health. It is
believed the fleet will 'he lighted by
daylight Thursday and tho vessels
will enter Callao 'harbor ut 11 o'clock
Thursday morning.
STORM AND SNOW
SWEPT MICHIGAN
Associated Press.
Detroit .Mich Feb. 19. A hliaard
still prevails hero with great se-
verity and snow ranges from eight
Inches In Detroit to eighteen inches
in the southwest portion of tho state.
Accompanied by a twenty to thirty
mile wind the snow Is drifting bad-
ly throuhgout. the country districts
and (rains are late everywhere.
DoukliolMH Plan Journey.
Special to Daily Panhandle.
St. Paul. Minn. Feb. 19. Ad-
vices received here state that the fa-
natical Doukhobors now settled in
Northwestern communities are plan-
ning another mad pilgriinage for this
spring. It is said that many of the
fanatics are suffering horrible priva-
tions and self-imposed hardships and
that scores of children have sue-
cumber to starvation.
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BROKE WORLD'S
SHEARING RECORD
Associated Press.
rhoenlx Ariz. Feb. 19. The
world's record for shearing sheep by
machinery was .broken yesterday by
F. Mini who sheared 323 sheep In
nlno hours. The next highest re-
cord was made by J. liowdele who
sheared 300. A plant employing
thirty shearers also made a record
shearing 6. .172 aheep In nln hours
or 220 per man. The shearing was
donn at Beardsley. twenty-five miles
northeast of Phoenix
NEW MEXICO COM
INSTRUCT FOR TAFT
Assoetared Trssa.
' Albuquerque N. M Feb. 19. The
New Mexican territorial committee
has adopted strong resolutions en-
dorsing the candidacy of William 11.
Taft for the Republican presidential
nomination.
French Car at Huffulo.
Assocated Press.
Buffalo. N. Y. Feb. 19. Thc sec-
ond French car In thfi New York to
Paris endurance race left here for
Erie Pa. at 7:20 a. in. driven by
Charles fjoddard.
NO RECEIVER FOR
MISSOURI PACIFIC
Associated Tress.
New York. Feb. 19. The reports
circulated for several days that a re-
ceiver Is about to 'be appointed for
the Missouri Pacific was given posi-
tive denial by Georgo B. Gould pres-
ident of the road today. "There Is
absolutely no truth In thesp reports
or any reports of that kind Involv-
ing this property" said tloultl.
OCEAN
THE BLIZZARD
IS STILL ON
In Illinois-Heavy Snow Fall and
Drilling Blocks and Hampers
All Trattic
Associated Press.
Chicago Feb. 19. A blizzard
which began yesterday and almost
paralyzed transportation in the city
and suburbs is still in progress to-
day although the Kvcatest fury of
the storm has passed. A light snow
which fell during the early part of
tho day was piled in deep drifts by
a strong wind. Trains from thc
West arrived Iiom ono to twelve
hours late.
TELEPHONE COM'Y
INCREASE CAPITAL
Associated Prpss.
Chlcaco. Feb. 19. The. statp of
Illinois has given the Chicago Tele
nhonn comnany nermlssion to In
crease the company's eapitnl of $2
000000 to $30000110. President
Arthur Wheeler denied last nlp.it
that in this inslancp overcapltallza
tion is for the purpose of keeping
down dividend rates.
OHIO RIVER REACH
ES DANGER LINE
Associated Press.
Cincinnati. Feb. 19.-The danger
line of fifty feet was reached by the
Ohio river here at DOon- today and
the rise conunnes. The weather
forecaster estimates the crest at fifty
reet and said he expected the liver
to begin to fall by .Friday.
EIGHT JUMP FROM
BURNING BUILDING
Aiiorlatea Treu.
UoiiHion i'eh !. ICljtht person
had lo Jtlmp from a second story
hurnliiR buildiiiK early today three
belli;; injured.
The Injured i .M". llaltlo Smith
badly cut by g)asi; Kdward Smith
6"d -" hiai' r"1 and aanserousiy
Injured by fall; Clark Smith aged
SO ut about fare and bruised 'i'ho
building aa u bonrdlni; houe. It
seemed to burst Inlo flaniea all over
at once and tlv Inmate could not
get out except by jumping.
AMERICAN OUSTED
FROM RUSSIA
A!oclated Press.
Odessa. Ilussla. Feb. J9.-Dr.
Dubouchei the American citizen who
was arrested recently In this city on
Ihe charge of being connected with
the revolutionary organization was
released today but ordered to leave
Russia within ten dajs. He will prob-
nhly join his wlff In Switzerland.
Mrs. Dnhouehet Is a Russian woman
of nohle birth nun H nas neen no
tiared that she spent a large part
of her fortune In aiding Russian
revolutionary movements.
MAY PROTEST
TO JAPAN S00I
Associated Press.
Washington. 1). C.. Feb. 19. Ku
mors to th0 effect that the stuto de
parlnient Is about to uddrc-sg a pro
lest to Japan against her attltudo
In Manchuria and that this was to
be don ii noil the Instance of the
government are met by unequivocal
denial at the state department.
Is admitted that complaints havo
been made to the department and
that American trade Is suffering In
tho Orient but it. is believed other
causes than Japan a ntlltudo arc
principally responsible.
AUTOS RACE IN
8 INCHES OF SNOW
Associated PresD.
Toledo Ihlo Feb. 19. The Amer-
lean car In tho New York to Paris
race left Toledo for Chicago at 9 this
morning ploughing through eight
inches of snow. Ten minutes later
th0 first French car arrived from
Fremont. It checked In at once and
left in hot pursuit of the American
car.
Lewis and Donovan
ipeclal to Dally Fannaadle. 11
New York Feb. 19. Willie Lewis
and Jim Donovan are the stars on
tonight's fight car of tho Charkey
Athletic dub. The fl1". was 'is-
inally set for last Wednesday hut
'was postponed a week.
POISONED BY
MONEY AND DIED
Allocated Press.
New York Feb. 13. John M.
llopklrk died a8 a result of handling
poisoned money Mr. llopklrk was
manager of the Mills hotel and from
the money which ho handled he con-
tracted a cnsc of malignant scarla-
tina. Mr. llopklrk acted as cashier
of the hotel in which charitable lodg-
ing is given to tho poor and in that
capacity handled dirty money com-
ing from the slums of the c.lty. Phy-
sicians say there is no doubt that
the disease was communicated by
means of these dirty bills. Deceas-
ed was a well known charitable
worker of the city.
TO REDUCE RY.
MEN'S PAY
itied ot Plans to Reduce
Wage Scales
Vssorlated Press.
Chicago Feb. 19. J n every part
of tho country officials of tho unions
of railroad employes hav() been no
tified of R general reduction of wages
and a revision of working agreements
must be xnado by March 1. Tho un
ion ar0 determined that no reduc
tions shall 'be niado and am prepar-
lng to resist such an attempt. In the
West thc Hit""11011 '8 tno most threat
ening on tho Great Western rallrond
which i In th0 hands of receivers
who hav0 asked for a Joint confer
ence with switchmen for the purpose
of agreeing on a reduced Bcalo.
ROOSEVELT ON
HOURS OF LABOR
jlWflrTlTed Tress.
Washington D- C. Feb. 19. Pre
Ident Roosevelt has sent a letter to
tho interstate eommerco commission
In which iho indicates tho Importance
of tho commission's action with res-
pect to limitation of tho hours of
labor of railroad employes and
points out th0 possibility of serious
differences arising between the rail-
road companies and tbe.lp employes
with respect to wages and inours of
labor.-' We understand that the let-
ter of the President will bo niado
public 'by the commission.
Tho President strongly deprecates
making nny Issu0 between thc rail-
roads and tlllr employes in the niat-
ctr of wages. That this may 'bo
avoided ho instructs tho commission
to secure all possible Information Jn
advance bo that responsibility may
he fairly placed and to hold itself
In readiness to mediate.
FAVORABLE TO
THE TREATY
Associated Tress.
Wnalngton D. C. Feb. 19.- Aft-
er hearing Secretary Root in ex
plaining the proposed French arbi-
tration deal today the senate com-
mittee on foreign affairs ordered
favorable report tipon the treaty.
TO SENTENCE
GEN. STOESSEL
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Tomorrow for Surrendering
Port Arthur-Russian Judges
Deliberating Atter Trial
ABsoclated TrcFS.
St. Petersburg Feb. 19. Th
court which has been trying Lleu-
tcuant General Stocssel for surrend-
ering Port Arthur to th0 Japanese
retired for deliberation at noon to-
day ordering General Stoessel and
other defendants in the court martial
proceedings Generals Fock and
Iteiss to appear tomorrow at 11
o'clock a. in. when sentence is ex-
pected to bo pronounced. The sen-
tries who hav0 been stationed at tho
door leading to tho judge's room
havo been provided with bed? etc.
an indication that the judges antici-
pated quit a struggle in the effort
to reach a verdict.
Head of Foresters Dies.
Rochester X. V.. Feb. 19 Charles
F. A.' Young grand chief ranger of
the Foresters of America died today
at his homo of typhoid pheohionla.
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