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AMARILLO DAILY NEWS
AMKILLO. TEXAS THURSDAY H URI AKY 22 IPIS.
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VOL. III. NO. PS.
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III Sf J E ED CASE
HOT IIEXT
State and Defense Counsel
Allowed Nine Hours
Each
I.KYrFN SK.ISOX
OPFNS1X GOTHAM
New York Feb. 31. The
l. nt"n neason was ushered In
today with the customary tp-
clal services In all Catholtr
and Fpiscopul churches in ob-
servance of Ash Wednesda).
DRIVinG STORM
MOVES EHUD
goes 11 jury mm
PROMPT VFItDICT NOT HM'Kt l
KD OWINC. TO MASH OK CON-
I LIFTING TESTIMONY TO
UK CONSIDFRFII.
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OOVI lit SENATE
Heavy Snow and Gale Sweep
Missouri Illinois and
Kentucky
DEFENDANT TALKS
Miccd Declares He Is Glad
Strain Is Nearly Over and K-
presses Confidence in Ver-
k diet of Acquittal.
Fnteial to Pil Nt.
Fort Worth Tex.. Feb. 2L--Tak-tne
of testimony In the Sneed cane
was closed this afternoon after three
and one half weens of strenuous trial.
The arguments will coinnier.ee to-
morrow morning and will last three
davi. the State and defense each
being allowed nine hours.
The case will lie given to the Jury
Satur.lav and no verdict Is expected
until next Sunday at the earliest as
the jurors have a tnnss of conflicting
evidence to consider.
.1. II. Sneed tonlsht said: 1 air
Klad the strain is over. I ctrtainly
exnect nn wnulttnl. The evidence
shows that I was driven to what 1
did. No. 1 am not afraid of assas
sinatlon."
The defense's main plea Is that
the Uoyee family headed by Colonel
Royce were In a conspiracy to steal
Sneed's wife. Lena and unite her
with Albert O. Boyie. with whom she
eloped to Winnipeg.
. .During the trial powerful friends
of .Vth families took sides until the
trial developed Into high feeling
Since the defense did not plead in
sanity the Jury will not be able to
free the prisoner on the ground of
temporary Insanity. The d-fense al
first announced It would enter this
plea but it was not followed up.
srXSHIXF. AXI I.OWF.K
1 1 :m I'F.i t Ti i : k a sm iikh
leyburn Report Exonera-
ting Stephenson Draws
Fire From Dristow
B Aftociited Prut.
Washington. D. C fceb. 31. The
orlmer and Stephenson election
cases occupied the entire time of the
senate today.
Senator Heyburn's majority re
port exonerating Senator htepiien-
son of Illinois drew a hot reply from
Senator Hrlstow of Kansas who an
nounced that he Intended to press
the Stephenson case for continuous
consideration until it was disposed
of.
"The senator may think to drive
this thing atony." retorted Hrlatcv
but be will find that he Is inistakeu
There may be reasons why he does
not want this case exposed but the
letails will be prevented
The I.orlnier case came up during
the discussion nnd Senator Crawforo
wanted to know when the Senate
might expect a report. Chairman
Dillingham replied that he could not
promise an early report.
"We must pet at this thing soon
If we expect to finish It In the oral
narv life time of a senator" re
marked Senator Crawford.
"The host wish that I may ex
press for the senators" replied rll-
llngham. "Is that they may live until
we pet through."
IL TMFFIC
IIAI.TIMORF AXI OHIO TIUIX
STALI.FD WITHOUT FOOD ON
HOARD FOK MAItOOXF.lt
PAssKXGFHS.
KKI.I.Y orroiXTM
KXOCKOir' IIKOU.X
Kenosha. Wis. Feb. 21.
lleo Kelly of Chicago to-
night outpointed Knockout"
Frown in a ten-round bout
here The fighters were mid-
dlewcki'hts.
UOUSTOII FACTORY DISTRICT
is swept of hurt elames
lira ISSIIIC PAPERS
! ARE DISCOVERED
DAMAGE OVER SIX MILLIONS
f
Most Disastrous Conflagration in
History of City Works Heavy
Havoc and Devastation
tots
B Aociitrd Pro.
St. Louis. .Mo.. Feb. 21. Sixteen
Inches of snow driven by a forty-mile
wind with a temperature of 24 de
grees were features of the storm
which swept eastern Missouri south
ern Illinois and western Kentucky
today.
The wind drifted the snow-
depth of several feet harmperln?
tiafflc on all transportation lines.
Raltiniore & Ohio passenger Train
No. 12T was stalled five miles west
of Taylorvllle. The passengers hare
no food but are making themselves
as comfortable as possible and are
keeping warm. The train carrle
plenty of coal.
Train No. One on the Chicago and
Illinois Midland was snowbound all
day at Kincnide six miles west of
Tavlorville.Ills . A relief train was
sent out but fai'ed to reach the pas-
senger train. It too is snowbound.
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WorM iii Fifty Years.
Ry Avritil P:f.
Pima. Ill . Feb. 21.- The most ter
rifle blizzard In llfty years has raged
Vi this vicinity for the past forty
eP;ht hours Traffic on nil railroads
is blocked. Knur trnins are snov
bound In drills seven feet deep near
here. Two I'altlmore A Ohio Soutl -
western trains are snowbound
drifts near Altaniont.
Documents in Major Ray
Case Turned Over to
Committee
Rr "Unc:tfiJ Press.
Washington. R C Feb. 21.- Some
"t the documents In the case of Ma
jor Leccher Kay which are said to
be missing from the War iH-partment
files were turned up today and sent
to the Helm committee ly Secretary
of War Stlmson who said that the
papers had been found among the
netsonal effects of General J. Frank-
lin Hell former!- Chief of Stnff of
the armv
Major i:.i army paymaster has
been under ire before the commit-
tee charged with political activities
partl.-ularlv about the time of th.
Chicago convention In If" which
nominal d Taft for I resident.
BIG COMPRESS COMPANIES HE LARGEST LOSERS
Large Area Comprising Many Blocks In Ruins Two
Hundred and Fifty Homes and Stores Destroyed
Thousands Rendered Homeless
By Atiociktrd Pt
Kansas City. Mo.. Feb. 21. Sun
shine and moderate temperature over
Kansas and western Missouri and
eastern Colorado today brought re
lief from the blizzard of Tuesday
which plied railroad tracks deep with
snow. Reports told of three trains
being snowbound In southeastern
Kansas and one in northern Okla
noma hut work trains hive been sent
to the scenes to clear the tracks.
Trains west to Ienver today were
several hours late.
In western Kanras and Kastern
Colorado three feet of snow fell but
today is clear and warmer. Warm-
er weather In the affected state Is
predicted for tomorrow.
Clink r WIInTmT?
Oklahoma City Okla.. Fib 21.--On
the ev of the assembling of the
Democratic State convention whirl:
will meet here lomoTow- to select
the delegates at largo to the Haiti-
pure convention all sl?ns point to a
spirited CJiiteM for contiol between
the supporters of Champ Clark and
W cod row Wilson. The name of no
other candidate for the Ivtrocratl
presidential nomination Is likely t.v
flgurt In the proceedings
BUCKEYE STATE
Former President Makes
Speeches in Columbus
and Cleveland
II V
( let eland. O. Feb. 'Jl. "Mv
hM In in the ring; you'll have ni)
nntwrr Montlay" replied Tlteo-
dorse Itnosevi lt lonihl. answer-
ing the question asWel bv V. F.
Friek. a peiHiniil friend here
tonislit. F.rick liml said- "I
want a dlifct answer Colonel;
your friends want to know w br-
iber you are to lie a candidate."
line I ead in Michigan. 1
Bv Socitnl FrfM
Detroit Mich. Feb.!.
worst blizrard In Michigan In years
is todav responsible for the death of
at least one. and Injtirr to twenty-
five as a result of collisions of trains
and ftp'et cars. Steam and electric
trnff'n In nil directions Is par.ilyr.ed.
Several engines are burled In snow-
drift; others are seven hous late or
:noe. One panseiiKer was killed nnd
several Injun d near Vlcksburg ulien
a fast train crashed Into a stalled
passenper train en the Grand Kaplds
Jfc Indiaan road MbhNan Centra!
trains to Grand Rapids and Hav Citv
have been rancelled.
t entml l.e.it-ne MeotiiiK.
Ft Wwtie. Incl. Feb. 21. -The
inacnateN if the reorganized Central
League i minded up here today to
adopt a schedule and put the finish-
vk tone hc-s to all other arrangements
prellmli'urv to the opening of ti c sea-
son or r.ii2. The club owners ary
Uokliu- forward to ?. prospcroi'ij
T'.Jir. Sirce the 1 ise of last season
;be organization has expanded from
fcn eiphf-club to a twelve-club league.
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I'KIM ll'AI. IXFIIS AMI IXSSF.S
Cleveland Compress & Warehouse Company.
McFadden Compress A: Warehouse Company.
Standard Compress Warehouse Company.
Iew nros. Syrup Factory.
Mudson. Pencil Faetory.
St. 1'atrick's Catholic Church and Academy.
Ligg'-tt Lumber Company Yards.
Rogers Faint Company.
K. li. llarrell Lumber Company.
Co-operative Manufacturing Company.
Southwestern Kice Mill
Industrial Rue Millina Company.
Houston Lumber Co.
Mollheny Cotton 1'bkery
lloosler Vinecar Company.
Texas Tinners Pupplv Company.
Fifty Thousand Kales Stored Cotton.
Thirty-six Loaded Cars of Cotton on Southern Pacific Tracks.
Ten Miles Railway Switches and Tracks Damaged.
Two Hundred and Fifty Homes and Stores Destroyed.
Homeless Persons Number One Thousand.
Fstlma'ed Loss Over Si Millions.
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TWO DEATHS El
Frozen to Heiitli.
fly AiwittKl Pret.
Peoria. III. Feb 21. --It Pies Fill-
son who lost his wav m i Mi'zara
last nlttht. was found frozen to death
today bv his brother.
Alplia Isdta I'lii Meeting.
Springfield. Masa. Feb. 21 The
Alpha Delta Fhl fraternity founded
nt Hamilton Collere In 1812. began
Its eightieth annual convention here
todi as the guest of the Amherst
chapter. The metlnV will last three
days and will have ps speakers Presi-
dent Penjamin Ide Wheeler of th
Fniverslty of Callfort la. Prslden
HarriB of Amherst College an I
f'harlcs S. Whitman district attor-
ney of New York' city.
1fc WCATHCR
l.ral Forisrnsi.
Fair ami warmer Thursday.
Yesterday's temperature:
At " . ni. . . . lfi At 7 p. m. .
Maximum ... .11 Minimum .
1911 Mix. ... 19 nil Min. .
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Wasldngfon Forecast.
Watihlnnton. D. C Feb. 21. For
West Texas: Fair and warmer
Thursday. Rain at night or Friday.
B sttnrisied Prm.
Cleveland. O. Feb. 21- It is be-
lieved that the political doetrlne of
the "progressives" was reiterated to-
dav bv former President Roosevelt.
who made four speeches In Ohio
This Is Roosevelt's first trip of the
kind since the series of Joernevs be
made shortly ifir bis return from
Afrl a In l'.li
Despite the snow and rain crowd?
welcomed the former president.
On the train from Columbus to
Cleveland late today Roosevelt con
ferred with a ti'imcr of politicians
who are leading the Roosevelt move
ment in this state.
Utwcvelt delivered hU principal
address at the state i onstitutional
convention In Columbus spoke to a
crowd In the rotunda of the capltol
at Gallon spoke from the train and
at Cleveland spoke briefly from the
burgage truck.
Here Roosevelt wns asked what he
thought of bis rereptlon In Ohio.
Pully. by George!" he replied.
"Pic bcslness always shudders
when I speak of It." he said nt tho
constitutional convention
Others of his speeches were large
ly on the baby question In nls cus-
tomary attitude At Cleveland ho
said lie thought blghlv of mall but
mure IHghlv of a man's wife.
As he boarded the train at Colum-
bus Roosevelt almost h'imped Into
Governor Harmon who was return-
ing from K"ntukv hearty hind
shake and Roosevelt's "delighted"
was i:o reminder of the former an-
tagonism between the two men.
Governor Woodicvv Wilson of New
lersey passed through Columbus to-
day on bis wav to St. l-oiils but saw
neither Roosevelt nor Harmon.
K.XSt FA KM Kit
IS FOCMi Fim.KN
ftf Attnciatfd Pr.
Reverly Has.. Feb. 21. A exati-
der Parse a farmer near here waa
frozen to death during Tuexl.iy's
storm His body was found today
by Mabel Olsen a school tea' I ''
AFFAIR 0 HEART
North Dakotan Kills Father
and in. n Turns Fistol
on Self
l.oi'il. TRAFFIC STI I I.
V i:i:ti:dfii
r Vt I :.. I. il ...
m iuiifth
Although there was consbV'able
ibawtni? of the snow yst'Tiio the
ilrlfis remain as an lrr.e!invi't to
traffic. The Amarillo Traciieri r.mi-
ifny pu on Its servlie eailv r ter-
day forenoon but the lines ' the
A -11111110 Street Railway ro i! iny
were snow-bounj until late after-
neon Trnins on tl.e variou- rail
roads entering Ariarlllo had -onc
mi'Vements vesterdav. subjt. bow-
ever to trackage conditions render
ed somewhat undesirable i the
snows.
CIMzcns "f Glenwood e- rday
found tiieli- w.iy Into the ri- but
Tuesdav m.inv of 'hem weie .nable
to reaih the downtown dbtr on
account of the hervy snow a ! the
Ink of street car fa"iliti I'ven
those resl.Mng In the cltv i-o'ier
were pr-vntcd from coming lown
'o.n b.- the snow drifts oi the
more prs'st.nt hnd those nin
close In be'ng upon the stre-tv
Following the ea:nnle of heir
nelghoors. many business fiiii iear
ed their sidewal'its of snow ic-' rdav.
The drift In a ni tuber oi r- nlen-
tlal district remain iinlnp:ilr. I sive
for the t'.inw wblcli was nt 1 1 rl.-!
ir many p1. es. Tie liop - ex-
pressed bv tie officers of I eitv
that tbx removal cf mow it made
pe"eral out of a ronsido rat u of
......1J.. . . . . l I . !..!
t " p.iien. numiMT OI I nil in
sol well niubt serloes aeeb'er." re-
sulted from the earlier snows. ;nJ it
is throcgh fear of a rM. tit tn of
tbee that the precaution is ur.ed at
present.
Bjr AMTiiH Ptf
Rrayton. N D. Feb. 21 An af-
fair of the In-art was b.v k cf a dou-
ble tracedv enjeti'd here Monday
niaht when Rex II. Wallace son of
a lanker. killed his father and then
committed suicide presumably be-
cause his parents refused to advance
further sums of money. A telegram
which leads to this belief was put
together. Tne name of the person
to whom It had been sent could not
be read but the sen'e of the message
was ihut young Wallace whs to meet
so-ne woman In Port Worth Texas
Niull-tin Sim id v Ihnnei
Washington. D ' . Feb. 21 The
So uhern vc;et of WishiniMon or-
Ciiiiied a VvM' a.' l prmuiiiel.t
l.iy-is. milt'ar of'.:iii and poven:-
I'H'iit officiils w' o tii w make Wash
itigto'i the:r boii. i l'.is completed -la-mrate
arrangcniciii.- for Its annual
L'Uier to ! give i.toirorr'.w tugbi
at the Hotel K.ii' u'li r.i'."ss.i.lor
l!ice has ai'ei'i'-! an in it all or. to
rcsM.-i.I to t'.e i' is dearie Wl-Sli-
iiig'on." Ot-ier si-i..kers and their
si'b.iicts "ill :-e ..s follows- "viutl'
ern oi'.en" Senator Tavh-r o.'
Tennessee 'The ScUth 1 odav." Sen
ator Fletther of Florida. ' 'eff'-r
son." Senator ' itliaeis of l:ssis.-;ip-l.
and "Maisball. ' M int r Paib-v
B Attociatfd Pint.
Houston. Tex . Feb 2 1. Fire
starting it is sj:.I. in a hoarding
house it the rorner'oS tlai'Jj i(!
Opelousns streets shortly after 10
o'clotk this morning sun-ad rapidly
and soon hundreds of (must rial
plans and homes were In ruins
More than a score of people hae
been Injured but none seriously.
I The property loss is beyond six
millions.
Some of the plants consumed were
valued at one million.
When fire broke out a cale wus
blowing: from the northwest and the
temperature was near freezing Th
flame- leaped quickly from house to
of Texas
Wici-rsin I ibiaiv Woikers.
lanesville. Wis. !'' 21 lanes
ville et.tettaiitinc for H rec il ivs
ibe arnaal convection of she i' u.-
in Library assoclatum li is the
twi-nty-first anunal tneetirc of Mic
oigaiiiittiou and the lames- ii- poin'
of alien l.nce In the iisto:v if the
as'Ociat!n. Cities towns and cl
b-ies throerboui the Stale are !'
r. -i -ii'in .
Ii-ioelo Xiitoinobilr S'iow.
roroii;o. (i.t Feb. 21 THe I.il. -i
models pre vced 'V o'le batull'e!
American automobile n-anufai ti'rers
have been Installed III th rmori-
foi the annual sho.v of the ( -in arm
loor I earue The exhibition ha -i
:-s formal opening tor.li'ht. Lieuteii
st't-Gov?rncr Gibson vffielatirg. and
will icl.titiue an etiliie week
house and plant to plan" and the
fire department was helpless. The
dlst ret involved was thickly occupied
by homes r nd factories. Some of the
latter employed hundreds of men.
Fifty three thousand bales of cot-
ton were b-rned.
The burned area varies In width
from l."0 yards to half a mile and
is one and one half miles in length
At times great bales of flame would
become dotai hed and llgblir.g on
some house perhaps two blocks dis-
tant fire it. Increasing the !i.iter
Women would seize t'.ielr babies
and dash to the streets It was
race for life and no elfoit vns mad-
to save property.
Firemen Flghl lie-perateli
For .1 time it .imn-aied i.i.ii bc
en-Ire eastern section of the -a :
doomed Fire fighters earl realiz
ed the only ihance to Mei k no-
spread of the conflagration was a'
P'iffalo Uavou which traverses the
city from east to west and It was on
the bulks of thrs stream that they
made their stand b tniiu" to the wa-
ter's edge The fire was checked
but not before the flames bid made
the leap at several places and added
to the toll of ioss on me souineru
si. I Vs the flames adranred thin-
k dad men and women end chil-
lien dashed from their homes being
driven from one place of refuse to
another Cool heads realizing their
danger compelled the refug-es to co
to the rear of the fire
On-anized relief forc es Seraii work
and practically every home was
opened to the refugees and soon
. th'-v were made i omforia'de. In
lll.inv Of the ho-'iev the sb k were
i ... . .....
fori '! to Gee tor t' e;r live-
Railwav coi-ipaiues a'so are li. u
..s..rs Much rollifg M -ck an I
tcaiks v ere destrove-1 and "a n er-
vice to the cast Is b-idk ctippeld
Wire serxbe out of this .-' Is ham-
pered to t'le east and all coi.-.i"il-
report Incoiivi-ilence in li.mdl't'g bus-
iness In viativ cases tioti- e of "ln-
e:l'ite d' la" ba- '''' II "-i' H
The heaviest loser crol;:l.v will
e ti e Cleveland t'-UV re l'euipatl
Tic is plant was ens-ted less than tw.v
veats a-o and beneath sheds and In
the railroad yards adjoining were up-
ward of S2no) bales of cotton. Th
eutire pUit 'is eontume 1 xpos-
ln on acre o. Aiore of nioul-lwn'VK
cotton that will burn for several days.
Less than ten minutes sfter all hope
of saving the Cleveland Compress
was given up the McFadden South-
ern Compress and Warehouse Com-
pany was fired. This plant was lo-
cated about a quarter mile further
down the Hayou and on the fifth
ward side.
The first piae that the flames
were successful In carrying destruc-
tion to the second ward side was the
Standard Compress Company. It
was stated this morning that the
losses to this company would aggre-
gate nearly one million dollars The
losses to the Cleveland Compress Co.
were nearly double that amount.
FILL ORIGIN' ATKS
IX TFXANTI.KSS itoi'KE
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Houston. Tex. Feb 21. With a
fire loss early today estimated at
seven million dollars a dozen of
Houston s most important industrial
enterprise -rein ruins two hundred
dwelling!- and store buildings are in
allies and approximately a thousand
persons are homeless.
lb- fl.iiinK swept an area a mile
and a half long b.v a half mile wide.
Insurance will pj it exceed forty
per cent of the losses.
A few persons suffered Iliinol
but us and injures but there were
no fatalities.
The fire broke torlh sUieloiih In
an utitei anted rooming house known
as the .Mad House" at one o'clock
this morning as a fierce gale swept
from the northwest. The flames
poured on ad.'oiniug struct un
sweeping southeast ward. n :iking
clean and desolate its route
Piles of debris are snli binning
tonid.t i't a late bout The firemen
are working hard
lluffalu I'-ayon in the i enter of
the ity checked I' e liaiues except
when the fire c c casionally leaped
ai ross the water.
Hie two pi:.. Us threatened tonight
were the Ti .is nil Companv and the
Houston Peking Compar v. the plant
if the l iter being damaged consid-
erably T'.e industrial plains destroyed ln-il-.de
three cotton empresses with
tf!-fie thousand bales of cotton
imtui factory peteil fictory two
rice mills. iotton pi' kery three lum-
l er vards Tho compresses and cot-
ion alone were valued at above flvo
mil'io'is.
St l .iiti. k s Ca'holie Church and
ia lemy were destroyed.
Nightfall found the homelecs with
their Immediate needs supplied and
ouisi le aid will not be needed.
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