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VOL. XXIII.
AMARILLO TEXAS 'THURSDAY HAY 7. 1908
NO. 19
CLARENDON
CORNER STONE LAID
Masonic Rites Performed
for Most Influential
in
The dty of ClarnHdon was decked!
throughout ycateiday with tho
adopted colors of bar college olive
drew a and pure white and their
combination a to bo mot with at
every tun of the- road on every
available space wherever ono would
turn hla-gaxe ollvo green and whito
ytt to lie encountered. And tho
occasion tho laying of tho founda-
tion atone of her new college was
M noteworthy one from evory view
point the whole township and sur-
rounding country being Interested.
A& elaborate program was pre-
pared and assiduously followed.
Out of town visitors were met at
tho depot with calm carriages In
fact vehicles of all descriptions and
escorted to tho Uttlo red collego on
the bill a college whoso location Is
well In keeping with her Ideas and
ethics whose whole ton Is elevating.
The new college to take the plare
of this old structure will be of hy-
draulic pressed brick 130x117. will
accommodate 6A0 pupils will have
an auditorium with a capacity of
1.200 seats besides lecture halls and
gvrnnaslum. It will be a tbroo.story
ind basement building steam hcat-
d. electric lighted and furnished
Hh all modern convenience and
will undoubtedly be an Intellectual
monument to tho Tanhandle of
Texas.
In his address on "Christian Ed-
ucation" Kev. G. C- RankJn of Dal-
BANK ROBBER
ARRESTED
Identified and Arrested as Man
Who Frisked Bank a
Month Ago
Associated Presi.
Chautauqua Kan. May 6. Wil-
liam Tenant was arrested In Denver
yesterday charged with tho robbery
ef tho Citizens State Bunk at Chau-
tauqua April 17 last. Ilo Is well
known here and has been missing
fclcco tho robbery' Cashier White-
house of tho bank shortly after the
robbery stated positively that Ten-
ant was ono of the two wen .who
aeld him up ' Tho holdup of tho
bank wJ-tme of tha most daring
robberies executed la thia part of
Kansas. Whltehouso had scarcely
opened the bank and placed his cur.
reacy on the counter when two rob-
bers entered. They made their way
to tho cashier's window and cover-
ed Whltehouso with a pistol. One
beld up a lone customer and both
eishler and customer were shut up
In tho vault. After locking the bank
doors and drawing the curtain tho
robbers helped themselves to all tho
money In sight and passed Into the
street. A few blocks away they
mounted horses and niado a break
for the Oklahoma line. Posses wero
organized but the men escaped.
TROOPS TO GUARD
TOBACCO DISTRICT
Affoclated Press
Columbus May 6. Troop B.
mountod troops from Columbus of
the Ohio National Guard left today
on a special train for the tobacco
district of Brown county where to-
COLLEGE
and Foundation Placed
Temple of Learning
his compared Wol
with Voltaire
the latter had
commensurate
lilh Influence
to .i channel
have been up-
and argued that had
homo environment
with his brain power
would have diverted
where i's force would
prerlalily felt for Hip better. Ills
drawn contrast was powerful mid ex-
ceptionally fine. H" upjx iilnd to ih
church in the ureal work of oduca.
tlon which ho aw rred. meant the
salvation of the world.
Ills address nw repeatedly
cheered and no doubt left lis m.irK
upon Its many hearoi
Hon. T. F. Turner followed with
an addrei-s on "The Panhandle and
Clarendon College ' nml compared
In a brief sketch the Panhandle of
nineteen years hso with today. lie
discussed the hnniiM period when
Texas lands were repard"d n prae-
ticnlly worthless then when these
land1? were held by cattlemen then
later when the man with tho hoc
and the muscle and the will and
the determination held swv all of
which he argued was frauM with
good and from wbl-h eventually was
evolved the Panhandle of today. He
compared the day of the little due-
out school house with the jr.o.nnn
educational itistl'titln now lu pro.
cess of erection and ?r;ned that
the best Investment of today were
those put In brains anil hearts and
(Continued .on page Three.
bacco farmers are terrorlr.rl by night
riders from Kentucky They will
patrol the river from berdeen to
Hlgginsport
Tolire Were cqiiii(lonei
Associated Press.
Columbus Ohio May fi. Judson
Harmon was nominated for gowr-
nor and resolutions endorsing Bryan
and instructing delegates t0 r li r na.
tional convention to vote for him
wer0 adopted by the Democratic state
convention here today. Harmon was
nominated on the second balot after
a lively time during which a squad
of police was called to maintain
order.
Dcclares Dividend.
Associated Press.
New Work May 6. Tho Ameri-
can Smelters & Securities. Co. today
declared quarterly dividend of 1 i
per cent on preferred A stock and
1'4 on preferred B stock. I'nchang-
from previous quartely. dividend.
SEC. AND PARTY
ARRIVE IN COLON
Associated Tres
Colon May 6. The United States
auxiliary Prairie wlili Secretary
Taft and members of his 'siy
aboard arrived at S:3D this morn-
ing. Seattle Dog Show.
Ipcclai to Duiiy panhandle
Seattle Wash. May 6 A classy
collection of canines of all breeds Is
that shown at the annual bench show
of the Seattle Dog Fanciers' Asso-
ciation which was op(7ted today
and will last through tomorrow FrJ.
day and Saturday. Fanciers In all
sections of the Pacific Northwest
have sent entries.
SVeatber prediction: Tonight
frost over the Panhandle but not r.t
tho Texas Grand theater. Ex'ra
good show tonight JO casta
THOMAS P. BYA5. WHOSE CONFESSION BEFORE A GRAND JURY IN THE TRACTION SCANDA1
STARTLED NEW YORK.
la hie testimony before a grand Jnry concerning the looting of the Metropolitan Street railway system In Nen
York Thomas P. Ryan one of the foremost financiers of America made statements that Involved many men In blgt
places. He declared that the saddling of tho Wall and Cortland street line which never was built upon the Metro
poll tan for $300000 reimbursed hlro and other for moDey contributed toward the defeat of Bryan In 1000
Mr. ftyan'e confession for toco It practically amounted to also Involved a New York uewpapor for he gav
the names of men then connected with the newspaper who were alleged to hare tr4ed in Matropolitaa i toe It U
advance of sensational stories dealing wltn the Internal Kta tf the company.
IN
4
THROES
MDER
LaPorte Intl. Shocked by Murder of Nine
Persons Bodies Unearthed From
Barn Yard
j Associated Press
i La Porte Ind.. Maq 6. -La Porto
today ia In lb throe of a murder
mystery that takes rank with tho
dimes perpetrated by Dr. Holmes
of Chicago and the Dender family
of Kansas. Eleven deaths wa3 the
total this morning for which ex.
plaiiHtlon is being sought. Fivo bod-
ies some of them dismembered and
parts seven in gunny sacks were un-
earthed yesterday ln a barn yard
near Oulness house on mllo out of
town. With four Imperfectly identl.
tied bodies recovered from thi ruins
of the house burned April 28 which
led to tho arrest af Ray Lamppert
a carpenter on suspicion of murder-
ing; Mrs. Hello Guiness her two
daughters and small Bon. There are
nine bodies to b0 Identified. Mrs.
Outness Is believed to he tho mur-
deress of tho men and children. One
of th0 dead men was lured to Out-
ness' home by matrimonial adver-
tisements. Two of Mrs. Guiness'
husbands died under suspicious cir-
cumstances and both bad their lives
insured. Twice fire destroyed Tier
property and in both cases she col.
lected Insurance. Today it Is even
Intimated that she may not be dead
that she procured a female corpse
set fire to the house snd fled. Thero
are several moro suspected places In
the grounds about the ruini and au-
thorities resumed a search of the
property today.
The Fkeletoo or fhP sixth body
was unearthed on the Guiness farm
at 11 o'clock today. The h'ody Is
that of n adult and was found In
a pine box face downward. It had
been burled prohahly t.wo rears.
Trom out of the maw of tangled and
sensational evidence It would Indi-
cate 'h&t Mrs. Belle Gulnesa wag one
pt the most monstrous murderesses
OF A
MYSTERY
of the century and that the farm was
tho clearing house of assassination
and crime. It was developed today
th0 startling theory that the woman
did not dlo in the fire which de-
stroyed her home tne night of April
28 and that she is still living. Thb
theory is strengthened by tho fact
that tho head of tne t&dy of tho wo-
man found in tho ruins after the
firP is still missing. Unless the head
is found today tho pollco will make
an examination of tho remains and
try to learn If it ia Mm. Guiness or
ono of her female victims. In caso
It proves not to b Mrs. Guiness as
is very likely she may also be guilty
of the murder of her three children.
Wlsron.sln-Illiuols League.
Chicago May 6. Basoball will
have its premiere tomorrow ln tho
Wisconsin-Illinois league when the
first of 126 games will be played.
Oshkosh will open at Madison W'au-
sau at Rockford Fond du Lac at La
Crossc and Green Bay at Freeport.
LUh Republicans
Special to Daily panhandle.
Salt Lake City May 6. Salt Lake
theater will .bo the eceno tomorrow
of tho Republican Btat0 convention
of Utah. Many delegates arrived to.
day and the preliminary conferences
indicate that Secretary Taft will se-
cure the Indorsement of the conven-
tion. Olympic Games Tennis
Special to Daily panhandle.
London. May 6. Competltloa la
the covered court lawn tennis tour
nament one of the events scheduled
In connection with tho London Olym-
pic games commenced today at
Queen'e Club.
BOY CUTS
THROATS
Sixteen-Year-Old Lad 9 Commits
Awful Grime In New
York
Associated Preit.
New York. May 6.A 16-year old
boy known only aa Carmello and
employed In a barber ehop ln Brook-
lyn early today cut the throats of
bis employer Antonio Peraso Mrs.
Peraso and three barbera while they
lay asleep in reraso"a apartments
in Fulton street. The wounds of
Peraso and wife are believed to be
fatal while those of tho three bar-
bers are serious but probably not
fatal. Tho hoy escaped. The po-
llere believe tho boy to bo an agent
of the "black hand."
SOLDIERS' PAY
IS INCREASED
Associated Press.
Washington p. C May 6 Sen-
ator Warren today reported to the
senate th0 complete agreement of
conferees on tho army appropria-
tion bill and It was adopted. It
makes a flat increase of $50 a year
In tho pay of officers and 33 iter
cent ln tho pay of thB enlisted men
In thp army. Tho bill as finally
agreed upon carries $93 382 246 ex-
tra appropriations.
Garden City Golf.
New York May Golfers of the
metropolitan district will gather In
force on the links of the Garden
City Coif Club tomorrow morning
when tho annual invitation tourna-
ment will be iaaugurated. The pre-
liminaries and thn first round are
scheduled for tomorrow tho second
and third rounds on Friday and the
finals on Saturday.
Suburban property for sale In
5 and 10 acre blocks In the well-
known Famous Heights the
spot for nice homes $10 a month.
See Denltz & Isaacs ' 2 Otic
DCPAHTMKXT AFFECTED.
Member of Volunteer F'lr Popart.
rocnts Mut Fay Regular IUtcs
Members of tho Amarillo volun-
teer flro department as well aj other
firemen all over tho slato aro pro-
testing against the decision made by
tho stato railroad commission in re-
gard to tho rates to he allowed del-
egates from volunteer departments
to tho conventions of th Stato Vol-
unteer Firemen's Association
Last year It will ho remembered
waa tho last tlmo that freo trans-
portation whs furnished delegates
from volunteer departments and this
year thft delegates had to prepare to
pay their own fares. Ftallroad com-
panies havo always favored vnlun.
teer firemen in every possible way
and have alway.i herotoforo given
frep transportation tn every regular
credited delegate. The anil-pans
law of course ended that practice
and this year tho companies Affered
to favor th delegates by allowing
them a ratp of one-half a -emt a
miln each way or lei's. But the state
railroad eomnihflon on the motion
of Commltuiloner MayfMd objected
to this and the attorney general's
department finally ordered that it
would he I" violation of lh condi-
tion of tho law and the roads ac-
cordingly had to give the delegates
tho regular convention rates which
In the cawe of the firemen here will
be oni and one-fifth fare. It. is quite
probable Hint the coming convention
at Waco will make strong efforts to
ward getting the old transportation
privilege restored or at lest get
ting much more favorable rates than
are poss-'lblo now.
Chief Tom 1.. Miller. John Gold-
Ing and Herman K'eir arc the dele-
gate from the local d pa if men I this
year. They will learp here next
wee; to reach Waco otl Wednesday
Waco from all reports Is 'making
great preparations for the enter-
tainment of the volunteers and those
who have visited the city before on
such occasions say that tho city ban
nothing to learn in the way of en-
tertaining such gathering.
rrovis is coming.
Rannhall F.n(haiat Will Charter
fipdnl Train June 2.
Manager L. S- Stow ell of the Pe-
cos Valley baseball team has re-
ceived word from tbo management
of the Clovls N. M. team that the
Clovls aggregation will be In Ama-
rillo on Jun0 2nd for a big gamo of
baseball. Along with the team the
Clovis men expert to bring the big-
gest crowd of rooters that ever came
from another town to a game ln
Amarillo. They havo already made
arrangements to charter an entire
special train and there will he no
lack of passengers for places on the
train.
Tho office Tecos Valley team has
played two games on the Clovls
grounds and In both of these games
Clovis by clo?0 scores was victo-
rious. Interest In the team at Clo.
vis runs high and the team gels an
enthusiastic support which makes
tho games good to watch. On both
occasions the team and other vis-
itors from here were royally treated
by thfl Clovlrt peope.
The burning of the grandstand
hero last wcefc nas uft the local
baseball pari; in bad condition for
raring for crowds but It is thought
that arrangements ran be niado In
the next few weeks no as to provide
accommodations for future games.
To rait1on Caleb rower.
Asociatcd Tress.
Frankfort Ky. May 6. Governor
Wilson whs unable to complete read-
ing all the papers in the Caleb Pow-
ers pardon matter which has been
submitted to him In time to hu-
nounco his decision yesterday. Pres
sure of other matters caused tha de.
lay. Four times Powers has been
tried for his life on a charge of con-
spiring with others to assassinate
Senator William Corbel and at
three of Iheso trials the jury
brought in a verdict of conviction.
He was twieo sentenced to death
but the fourth trial resulted in a
disagreement and a movement to
Kccure his pardon was started. The
petition presented to the governor
is a most volumnious one contain
ing not only signatures of thousands
of Kentucklans but also names from
all parts of tho United States and
other parta of th .nerll.
WHITE MAN
SHOOTSNEGRO
Refused Admittance to Colored
Man's House Ha Shoots
Two Nagroes
Associated Tress.
Washington Courthouse. Ohio
May 6. Bert Dovanoy aged 4 3
whito a well known horseman lant
night shot and killed 1A illirdl.
aged 22. a colored girl and fatally
wounded her mother. He then ran
Into the barn of Silas Hhakleford
and refusing to come out Rhakle.
ford went after titm end was shot
and killed by Dcvaney. Later De-
vaney committed suldd. He Is
thought to hav0 'been lnnano. Deva-
ney ahot the girl and her mother
when he called at their home an
was refused admittance.
ALANTIC FLOOD
STILL EN ROUTE
Associated Tress.
Pan Francisco May 6. Fouc
mouths and twenty days out from
Hampton Roads tbo Atlantlo fleet
battleships and second (American
torpedo flotilla steamed today
within tho Golden Gate and east" an-
chor in thn harbor of San Francisco
where a welcome characteristic of
western hospitality awaits them All
list night the elxteen battleships lay
at anchor off tho outer llghthouso
gently rolling In the swell of the
Pacific with six accompanying blaclc
hulled destroyers. Tha glow of tha
city's lights at midnight could he
plainly seon from tho ships. Wire-
less dispatches Font from the ships
during the night told of their un-
eventful journey from Santa Cruz
their last stopping place.
The movements of the fleet have
been so timed that the Connecticut
will pass the Headlands of Gateway
Point Bonlta on the south and the
point of Lobos on the north at exact
ly noon today. Admiral Evans who
left tho fleet during target practice
at Magdalen bay resumed com-
mand at Monterey bay yesterday and
waa on the bridge of the onnoctl-
cut as the entered the historic bay
of tho western metropolis. It is ei.
timated by railroad oflclals that
mofe than 300000 strangers havo
been brought into San Francisco dur-
ing the past forty-eight hours to as-
sist ln welcoming the fleet.
Among those here aro the gover-
nors of half a dozen western states.
Secretary Metcalf has al5o been hem
several days and will Teview the
fleet in the harbor Friday. For tea
days an official program has tbeeit
mapped out for fho entertainment of
the offlrers and men of the visiting
ships. With the earliest streaks of
the coming day thousands of peo-
ple began to make their way to va-
rious points of vantage where they
could boo tho fleet's entrance. At
tb same time soores of steamers
loaded with excursion ista lined th
'pathway of Ihe vessels to their an-
chorage. Many excursion etoameri
sailed ontsldo the harbor to give
eager enthusiasts tho first possible
glimpse of tho Bhips. Tho harbor
Itself was Jammed with pleasure
craft of every kind from earliest
dawn. Just Insldo the Inner harbor
ln the loe of Angel Island nine crui-
sers and flv0 torpedo boats of tho
Pacific fleet awaited the arrival of
their Atlantic sisters. Tho entry of
the battleships will be th0 signal for
thom to get tinder way nnd as tho
last of thft eighteen battleships clear
the Island tho western cruisers will
steam Into lino and accompany the
fleet on their two hours' Journey
through the bay lo anchorage.
Reprieve for Orchard.
Boise Idaho May 6. Governor
Gooding today granted a renrievo to
Harry Orchard who. was sentenced
hang on Friday ef next week to July
2. This action was taken hecauae
tho question was raised as to the
legality of the board of pardons act
Ing on new matter at a wpcclal tar
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