The Weekly Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 3, 1908 Page: 1 of 8
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AMARILLO. TEXAS THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3 1905
NO. 49
Flood Waters Beating On Pine Bluff
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Revolution In Hayli Complete . Through Coup
Early Hours This Morning-President and
Statelliles Must Travel
Associated PrNf
J'oit an Prince lire. 'i. At II ii. in. the people lime turned
against President Alexis. The puhtcc is now surrounded ly mi in-
furiated moli willing upon liini to leave llie country. Almost ev-
er body in the crowd is armed. Women an' beside llieinselves
wild rae and are railing down curses on lli. head nl (he aged man
who today was deposed Kiel ar' hurling coarse epithets nl him
and his laiuily.
I'ort an Prime flee 2. A I'M I'd f-ailon froni I tio two Aniericau
and (hp I rem h cruisers landed al 1:30 this aflenevm ani arci
guarding their respective- legation. The rage of Ihe ni"g against
Alexis wis appeased for a short limn hy th news thai the former
president had enibaiked on a vessel for a distant port.
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PLAN RAID ON
GANG OF
Hope to Capture Ttieives Who
Wcfk From Amarillo to
New Orleans
Ppfdal to Laily" raubaudlfi.
Fort Worth Dec. 2. Federal
Marshal .lanics Turner (it Shreveport
and Postoffiro inspector (Jiiiumoli
are here en routo to CaiMjad N. M.
1o rfiptui'e H Rng "f safo bloweis
which !iaw hoen opc.i tins from
Amarillo to New Orleans.
The officer.- ;iy the Bans l.s well
organized with headquarters ul
Carlsbad aud that a large number of
recent robberies In Noriii Texas weio
perpc rated by these men.
The officers predict a loiij; chase
an( a fight win n i'ie come (in 'ith
tho thieves.
IIKAKM.MAN Kll.Uil).
Oklahoma City Okla. Doi-. z.--Th
engine londer nnd fourteen curs
of a flock Inland freight train were
dornilcrt near Kl Reno on account of
a soft track. C. It. Mcpherson head
brakemau of K l5no was killrd.
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MEXICAN All H OH IT 1 1 iS
WOU.I) SHOOT (il KItUA
Associated Pros?.
Muskogee Okln.. Dec.
Mexican ' govern nient asenls
havo begun proeeedinss hem
to obtain extradition of Colonel
Gucrra the alleged revolution-
ist captured recently at. Wil-
burton. Gucrra Is awaiting trial
at San Antonio on a charea of
violating ttie neutrality laws.
If the Mesican government gets
him be wlir be shot to death as
an example to other lnsurrec-
tlonista (day tho Mexican agents.
CROOKS
CITIZENS RISE
AND SEIZE
AnociatAil prera.
Port an Prince llaytl. Iee. 2.
People of Port an Prince have re
-olle aKainst the yi)ciiiiiicnl. J'hejr
now are in possession of Ihe city.
There has been no fighting so far
willi Koverniuent troops.
A provisional government has been
established and tieneral l.eilinio
ha accepted the presidency of the
new administration
These cvciitH of this morning came
hel'ore l hey were expected.
I nearness was noticed through-
out the night hut it was not thought
an oul break would occur so quickly
nor the moxcmciil bo successful
without bloodshed.
deposed President Alexis still is nt
the palace.
Members of the diplomatic rorps
helj a conference (his morning; to
tako measures to facilitate Ms de
part ure from the republic.
' All ministers of the goicrumcnt
with Alexis and military officers
have (ulieii refuge in various for-
eign legations.
These are tho same men who nine
mouths nun protested vociferously
against granting (he right of refuge
to unsuccessful revolutionists hv 1
foreign representatives. j
Today they ore only too happy to
seek such protection.
The course of the uprising Has
remarkably successful.
I'iual preparations were completed
l;u.t eveninj; and in tint eurly hours
today hands of citizens took posses-
soin of various xinis of vantage.
llie movement was directed hy
General Cunal.
A remarkable fact Is that not
shot wag fired.
Soldiers of Alexis saw (he rebels
hud the upper hand and made no
rculstance.
The presence of American and
French cruisers undoubtedly had a
restraining influence.
As soon as tho sureess of the
movement was established a number
of prominent citizens held a meet
ing and formed a romnilttee of public
safety and maintenance of order.
Port an Prince is now in the hands
of that body.
Ti:AS KASKn.UU
Fort Worth Doc. 2. Texas Lea-
gue dub owners after an all mornirffc
session failed to decide or dropping
Austin or Shreveport and Including
Oklahoma City. As the matter now
stands both Austin and Shreveport
will be retained as the Western as-
sociation refunea to permit Oklahoma
City to withdraw.
SOriE OF THE FAMOUS ATHLETES WHO
APPEAR IN GREAT INDOOR MEET IN NEW YORK
Seldom Iujno no ninny prominent athletes hern cvn at aVigle. Indoor meet n contended for tho annual
championship f ih0 Amateur A Hi lei Ir union In Mac'i.son Hquaro Garden. New York Mondity. Among
the miiny mil known athletes ale Lee Talbot wiiuht thrower; John Flanagan hummer nut Height
thrower; Garrets nil around nthctr; Ralph Rose fhot puttor; tsheppard Cohen Carpenter Bonltag
I.ee prisenll nj l.lsele runners unl a score of other. In tho middle distance ovonu Iho presence of
Midi star athletes as Sheppurd Gissjng Pilgrim. Daily llillrnnn and llaron insured the keenest com-
pctltiou. Sprints hurdle laces jumping mid vnulti.'g cunU made up niueh of the program.
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THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE IS ANNULED
peci.il lmily Panhandle.
'J'uli-a. Okla. Dec. Dcsiii t
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l-any uus moining. inrousii tram
repairs. Trains arc bciug dcloured
M. K. &. T. roads.
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JMIAWS LARfiK CltOWl)
Special to Dally Panbandla.
Clobume Texas Dec. 2. In the
trial of Mart Black charged with
the murder of T. O. Durham de-
fendant today wan called 'o the Maud
to tell the story of the killing. All
the evidence will b0 In by tonight
and arguments will commence to-
morrow. The court room was crowd-
ed many women attending
fcrecla to Dally Panhandle.
Wichita Falfs Texas. Dec .
miles north of here this morning.
Four coaches left tho track. All
DENVER PASSEN&R TR
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MTvice was annulled ponding
via the iron Mountain and tho
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Associated Press.
rrague Austria. Dec. 2 Martial
law was proclaimed in this city to-
day. ThiH action by tho government
greatly exasperated Czncb ntudents
of Prague and they precipitated a
riot. A Fanguinary conflict resulted
between Uieni and pollce and gen-
darmes at. Wembourg a euhurb of
Prague In which many students
were wounded.
Southbound Denver paiienger train No. S 111 wrecked four
The train went Into the ditch when the tender jumped the track.
passengers were consWerably shaken up. but none injured. Traffic
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STEEL VAULTS PLUNDERED
LOW SAFEIBANK ROBBERS
AN0 TAKE
$14000
BurElars Use Tte Charges
ol Dynamite In Robbing Mas
sachusetts Bank
Associated Press.
repperrell Mass. Dee. 3. Four-
teen thousand dollars in cash were
secured by 'burglars who early this
morning blew up the vault of the
Firt National bank here.
Three men were in tho party and
althoug-h they were Boon escaping; In
an automobile all trace of them was
soon lot.
Th burglars used thrco charges
in blowing open the safe.
The first two were so muffled that
those who heard the noise could not
doted is origin.
The third was much louder and
awoke Ernest Tarbell. who was
sleeping next door. Tarbell armed
himself but found his front door
Al WRECK
TO IE
COURTHOUSE OFFICIALS FLEE
FROM WATERS OF RAGING RIVER
Large Sections of Land Tumb-
ling Into RiYer Jefferson
Hotel In Danger
fine Bluff Ark.. I)oc. 2. The Ar-
kansaa river reached a s'age 0f twenty-three
fet early today and Mill Is
rising; rapidly
Th hank of Ihp rier near th
Jefferson hotel and county murt
bousp has Ixyn falling Into the rtver
Jn large sections this morning.
The courthouse annex has been
vacated by "Hip officials
JAPANESE VESSEL LOST
WITH CREW AND
PASSENGERS
Kobe .lapan. Doc. 2. The Japa
nfif btamr Ginsie Mru foundered
off Wei Met Wei. The entire crew
and all th0 passcusrs were lost.
COM) AT OAINKSvfLTr1.
Special to Dally Panhandla.
Galneaville Texas Dee. 2. A c old
wave which descended here late last
night caught many unprepared. The
weather Is the coldest of the er this
morning tho mercury going down to
freezing. Thin Ico formed.
HOLD CROWD
AT DAY
Guns Leveled on Citizens While
an Oklahoma Bank Is
Plundered
Special to Daily Panbandla.
Muakogec Okla.. Dec. 2. A gang
of eltht men robbed the stato bank
at Crowder early this ine.ilng. Aft-
er cracking the safe tU-y escaped
with all the cash anj checks.
The explosion startled the lowl-
and citizens rushed to tho scene
where tho robbers held tho crowd
at bay with drawn revolvers While
there secured tho loot.
No truce of the robbers has been
found.
barred.
By the time he broke it. down and
emerged with revolver in hand the
burglars were just leaving In the au
tomobile. He fired at them several
times but there Is no evidence that
anyone was Injured.
Considerable money jn the vault
was overlooked in the liaste of dc
parturo.
PITTSBURG BROKERS FAIL.
Pittsburg Pa. Dec. 2. John D.
Arnutrong & Co. brokers today
made an assignment to Chapman &
Rainbow attorneys. Failure to real-
ize on their paper caused suspen-
sion. The amount Involved Is not jet
escaretalned but It is stated that the
personal assets exceed the liabilities.
EXILED
FIRE
ECU-
RUINS E
VILIE
Flames Sweep Away Entire
North Side cf the
Town
RAGING WIND PREVAILS
Another Texas Village Sustains
Loss cl $20000 With
Small Insurance
ipscial to Dally Pachaodla
LmujO'letr Tria. Doc -Reports
received liere today from Reckville
Panola county say a disastrous fire
caused over $200000 loan there this
morning and that the) flames swept
away th entire north side of town
A north wind fanned tho flames
and fighting the fire proved useless.
The blaze started in McClellaad's
drug torr. B. F. Carpenter T. A.
Knight and B. Daniel sustained tho
largest loss.
Only by strenuous efforts was tho
south dido saved
Gonzales Texas Dec. a. A do.
tractive fire which visited Wacldax
thirty miles north of here early this
n to ruing caused a loss of over fJO.
OOO.
Many buildings were ruined.
It was the worst firo in the his-
tory of the town.
The insurance amounted t only
150000.
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SILVER BULLION' AT
LOW RECORD FIGURE.
Small Demand for White Metal
Route aud Abroad Touches
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New York Dee. 2. The rermfr
steady decline In the price of sliver
to 4 7? tho lowest level In some
years Is ascribed chiefly to a falling
off in demand for the metal at homo
and abroad.
In tho domestic market the de-
mand was greatly reduced hj- the In
dustrial depression of last year. In
India which always Is an important
market the revolutionary movement
served to Impart a speculative tout!
to operations In the silver market
while China has bought compara-
tively little bur Mlvcr for inoutlm
pacl. A further decline occurred to-
day when It was quoted nt 4 7 .
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Special to Dally Panhandle.
k Houston Dc. 2. J. F. Wol-
lors 6tato chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the anti-
prohibition fores today an-
nounced the men telected for -a-"
leadership of the organization xk
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trlcti. A systematic campaign
against the dry forces will be.
k carried on. Wolters will give
bis personal supervision to tha.
contest.
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