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BANK GUARANTY MEASURE GOES TO CONFERENCE, SENATE REJECTING THE HOUSE BILL
BANK GUARANTY
CASTRO BECOMES
TO CONFERENCE
HUMAN FOOTBALL
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Senate Rejects Hybrid Meas-
France Kicks Stormy Petrel
ure Passed by the
of South America Out of
Honse.
Republicans.
Martinique.
DEBATE IS VIGOROUS
IS LATER THROWN OUT
LIKE WANDERING JEW
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Amended Cureton Bill is De-
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nounced as a Monstrosity. .
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GOVERNOR IS CENSURED
PAYNE CHIDES COLLEAGUES
UNCLE SAM IS ON GUARD
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napping and
amendment
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they xajned ote vote.
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SOMETHING DOING M THE SKY
MOLLAHS MASSING
FLAMES EAT OUT
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ON MOMBASA BORDER
HEART OF MIDLAND
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ING WILD ANIMAIS,
FALLS UNDER TRAIN
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DESERT FOLK RESTLESS
QUARTER MILLION LOSS
GUADALUP• CLOSELY GUAIDED.
PLEA OF INSANITY
increasi
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round irn or steel
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SORSBY’S DEFENSE
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SENATE PROCEEDINGS
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poseible precaution
SLAUGHTER RE ELECTED
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the
president, seleoting Amariilo
‘ossett
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AMAHLLO JUBILAN’T.
JONES RESTING EASY
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okiahoma — Fair,
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pment.
happened The train had been made up
with the exception of cutting out two
And
lexan
pogts received here, the mollahs of th*
Bomall» inhabiting the desert oountry
north of the protectorate are showing
further nixne of unrest and aro mana-
ing on the northern boundary of Ken
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Washington, April 8.—Because of the
numerohhs committee amendments lathe
Payne tariff bill. the house was com-
pelled to sit until late in the evening
in order to insure action on the various
paragraphs coming within the scope of
the special rule adopted by the bouse
last Wednesday before the final vote
Friday.
caught
by Mr.
dren
free.
Vrite
INES
DRTH,
10 JO tonight by befng run over by «
freightcar.
trips with et
for hie safety
eveeteeetbdetesbeeet•
WEATHR FORKCAST.
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the boat
he mar-
ling the
ROOSEVNI/T MAY STE MOWF EX-
(ITING SPORT THAN IUNT-
Freely of the HHig Stit k and
Executive Interference.
American Naval Force is Keeping
Close Watch to Prevent Him
Slipping Into Venezucla.
Appeals . co Repubiican Members of
House to Remain in Seals and
Thu Protect Measure.
Clark's Amendment to Wire
Tariff Slips by the
Tesuirled, Also Lost Their
Minds. .
SLAYER or POSToFFICE IN-
SPECTOR IS CRAZY.
hl. condition wa. cjiiteal,
AMARILLO WINS
CATTLE CONVENTION
seleetion of That Pleee for West Meet-
Received With < beers.
Amarillo. Texas, April 8—(Special.)
The eitizens of Amarilo are jubilant
tonght as the result of the action to-
day of the Panhandie Cattjemon's an-
sociation convention at Roswell, N. M,,
in voting to hold the convention next
Deposed Despot Can Find No
Place to Rest.
. oppo-
1 after.
Injured at Texmrknnn.
Texarkant April M (Special)- II
Williams, brakeman, in the employ
Fare Worth and V lelmity---Feir
Fridny, warmer
tem ian• w m
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pinced on th. aiding when Willame
atumbled ana ren under th. wheeiw nt
y.
Ideas were Incrporaled therein.
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It
__ . , ... L.. I. r- worked hard for five months he said
Other Members of the FamlY, it is "Can’t you afford to stay here this aft
ernoon and tomorrow morning in order
Wiillams was preparing to go out on
run to Shreveport when the accident
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PAYNE FORCES
CAUGHT NAPPING
stricken out,
in some casei
A vigorous
amendment 1
, the duty
8, the rate
fight was
THE FORT WORTH RECORD
AND REGISTER
Rrakemam Prohably Fatally
NEXT MEHG or PANHGNDLI
AssoIATIOX To BY MEL.D
IN MLAINS QTY.
to vote on this billr’
The tobacco schedule was amendes
so as to fix a duty of 75 cents a pound
Cmetre Will Be KewtAway From Vene-
Washington, April 8.— The efforts ot
the Azerican government to keeD
President Caatro out of Venezuela and
away mm the nearby mainland and »■
utes the building. a three-story brick
on Abilene and Wall streets, was a tht.roca .cm
Originating in Hotel Kitchen, Fire
Spread Rapidly in spite of Des-
perate Work to Check It
pound of
His left leg was cut off helow the
knee and hl. right badly -ru.hr* an
broken. Amputation of this limb will
bo necessary He was plsced on the
operating table at a local sanftarium
a few minutes after the accident or
currec, and st 11.10 it was stated that
Williams' home • at hreveport
Midland, Texas. April 8. --(SpeciaL)
The most disastrous conflagration
which has ever visited Midland oc- "
Hanatie Nomnlis ' Preparing to Kaid
British Protectornte-Offiejaln
Take Precantions.
Presidens of Organization Honored
With Another Term—Conven-
tion Adjourns.
Roswell, N. M., April 8 - (Bpectal >—
After re-electing Goorge, M Slaughter
of the Kanaes City Southern railway
was probably fatally ImJured here at
made specific
belng reduced
waged on an
the duty . on
curred this morning The blase was
discovered about 3 45 o’clock in the
kitchen of the Llano hotel, the leading
hostlery here, and within thirty min-
lands have every indication of being I
crowned wftha success
Most of the powers having posses-
sions in that part of the world have
indicnted to the stale department that
Castro's presence is no wanted with
in their bounds and they wiliine
to aequiesce in the desire of "he United
States that he be far removed from the
seene of his former prestise.
Notwithstanding Castros deposition
as peesident, he has still a great many
warm adherents in his native country,
and it is realised here that his return
might bo made the occasion of a dem
onstration resulting in the re-estaD-
lishment of unsettled conditions. This
government feels that Castro ousht not
e allowed to return to Venezuela 0"
be permitted to make his headquar-
tore at any of the surrounding point*
Sir H Hesketh Bsil, governor and
commander in chief of f ganda, will
leave April 11 for Enxland.
Mr Rooaeveit and his party will be
received in Uganda by a C Tompkins
one of the provincial officials
The plans for the hunting trips ef
the Roosevelt party are reaching com
pletfon It has been decided that Ker
mil Roosevelt .is to take a lumber of
short separate hunting trips with ■
Portuguene Indian guide named Hum,
who is famous as An elephant hunter
For the first fortnight of their stny
the Roosevalt party will be th* guestw
at Athlr river of Mir Alfred Fea8e. a
well known hunter who has a larre
estate at Ko KHina Thek. The necond
fortnight they will be the guemta 6T
McMillan at Ju Ja ranch
F J Jackson, reutenant governor of
the protectorate, is at present at Mon
bass arranging the details of the re-
ception to the Roosevelt party
A local hunter recently secured an
elenhant in the cannibal country whose
tusks weighed 290 pounds
Mr Delarnore, a game ranter, par-
civas Jackson an entomologiwt, and
Mr Anderson, member of the local
natural history society, haverheen’ ap
pointed a subcommttee to confer re-
zardinx the details of Mr Roosevelt s
reception. ______ .
of unstemmed and 11
Preenutions Taken Not wnthtnhdinE
Faet That Castro Is Not on Board.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 8.—The
French lino stamer Guadalupe arrived
here this morning. She was followed
mto the harbor by the United States
Oastro’s Condition Is Regarded as Un-
doubtedly Grave.
Fort de France. April 8—Shortly
after returning from a drive through
Fort de France tMs morning Cipriano
Castro became suddenly Hi He com-
plained sf severe pains in the abdo-
men and it was apparent that he auf-
ered greatly.
The scar left by the operations per-
formed in Berlin has opened and his
condition undoubtedly is grav.
The former president of Venezuela
was informed today of ths decision of
the French government to expel him
from Martinique. He appeared not to
believe the news.
WO PLA CIO ro STOP
natives became apparent eomne
had lost his mind several months be- 1
fore hie death, which was six years a
ego. The defendant was strikingiy
like his father in build and physique. (
and those large, round eyes that are 1
subject of remarks from all who gee 1
him staring continually at the ceiling <
of the court room. <
John Caban is*, brother-in-law of '
Sorsby. was questioned unmercifully on ।
cross-examination as to Sorsby'e ac- l
tions the day of and before the killing 1
He remembered litde that happened. <
and what he let escape him was IIter-
ally pulled out by Prosecutor McNeill.
The young man was kept on the ■
stand for an hour and was badly eon- i
fuse, moat of his answers 88 to the
examination of the postoffice books. <
Sorsby's movements and actions on the
two days he was in Clinton being- "I
do not rememnber."
The great court room was crowded
alj day, hundreds of ladies being pres- |
ent. -
tem and therefore the town was at the
mercy of the flames
The Midland Kramiver announoes
that publication will be suspended only
long enough to Install a new plant.
Tills office had Just Inuued a forty-
eight page special edition Th* en-
tire plant was totally destroyed. Both
onnern of th« buildings and the buni-
nens dentroyed announce their deter-
mnation to rehabilitate their onmes at
once. There is no such thing as a lay-
down with ths people of Midland, and
upon her ruins will be erected a richer
and a greater city
negro, who carried a shotgun. The
ged larky sprang from nis buggy ana
sfarte to run. when the other l» *>-
ieged to nave fired a load at Buck;
ehot Into hie side, end after hte vetm
had fallen, to have deliberately waixen
over to him and fired another load into
Th. Siayer then walked home and
calmly awaited the arrival of the or-
HeerR. He admitted the deed when ar:
rested After an examining trial he
wa. taken to Tyler and placed in the
county jail, _ ________
IS AFTER BLACKMAILERS
ya province This rentiessnens of th '
, here tiny lonxer than net essury, su that
M: Iove may got f. . expee tnd job ae
soon as punsible in other worda, ths
politleal M basipa flyure hat the seven
bills providise tor ' anges tn th* man-
nor of running th» slate government,
aecording tO the recummendatjons or
the 310.000 experta employea im the in-
stanre of thy- Thirtteth lesile tarn and
tho enerti aproprlatlun bil) will, be
about all the governor w1l suggest as
nubjecta for Iewlalation after callina
tho lozinlature together Again next
or three cars These oars wars' beins
frienda of the Neuter Hume substitute
weakeiing in their determnation not
to recede from thelr derand for a
etruisttout hunded guaruntee from
each individual bank They are not
willing to cede anythinx to th* Cure-
ing de-
noun ed the Meuter H mne pr vdalilon
an * kepublican creuture, promptiy
adepted it and attui h.-d to li tne Cure-
No. 18 gauge from % cent to & of a
cent a pound. It was claimed that the
proposed Increase was an outrage on
the farmer.
The committee amendment Increasing
the duty on round iron or steel wire
smaller than No. 18 was voted down-
155 to 148— and in its stead there was
adopted a substitute presented by Mr
Clark of Missouri fixing the rata o1
three-fourths of 1 per cent per pound
A long wrangle ensued over the right
to amend any other portion of para-
graph 154.
Mr. Payne got the floor and criti-
cised his Republican colleagues foi
leaving the chamber He declared that
the slow progress being made was due
to that fact "The committee has
next place of meeting and transacting
some odds and ends of routine busi-
ness. the Panhandle Cattiemen’s asoel-
alien closed its annual convention
here today. The convention just ended
was the most successful from the
standpiont of attendance, enthusiasm
and harmony to the history, of the or-
ganisation. while the people of Ros-
well left nothing undone that would
add to the pleasure of the visitors
Jackson, Mins.. April 8-. The defense
was given an opportunity to show its
hand in ths case of William sorsby.
the deputy postmaster at Clinton, who
1, charged with the murder of Post-
office Inspector Hitzgerald, and it was
evident that the attorneys for Sorsby
were taken by surprise, when Distriet
Attornev McNeill announced as the
| very first move of the day' that “the
state rests," though he has a score of
witnesses yet to examine.
The defense asked for time to con-
sult. and after being in session less
than ten minutes, Judge Potter ad-
journed court until 8 o’olock.
Several witnesses were placed on the
stand during tbs afternoon, all of them
being questioned closely as to the sar
l ity of Sorsby and all declaring their be-
lief that he was crazy, or at least men-
tally unbalanced, the opinions of ths
I witnesses being based on little things
they had seen Sorsby do, mostly since
the day of the killing, Sept 28 last.
I The chief witness was Mrs Grace
Sorsby Stewart of Sherrard. Coahoma
county, and by whom the predicate for
| the insanity plea WAs laid. Mrs. Btew-
I art a handsome woman of perhaps 30
1 years. 1s a sister of Sorsby’s father
land daughter of a one-time prominent
| planter of thio county. She told of
how her father had lost his mind sev-
l eral months prior to his death; that he
was of a very morose and retiring dis-
position always and in later life took
up the idea his wife was trying to
I poison him, and refused to permit her
to come about him, being afraid of her.
and charging hi* children with being
in, eague with her.
Will Sorsby’s father, Everett Sorsby
Phystelase Have We Doubt of His
Early Rerovery.
Dallas April s.—(Speclal -Hon. T
N Jones of Tyler is resting to-
night In th* Marsalis sanitarium tn
Oak Cliff An operation for appendi-
citis was successfully perormed this
morning at 4 o’clock by Dra. Smari,
Reeves and Young. The result showed
that the knife was used none too woon
The patient stood the operation well.
He suffered much thia morning but gor
eMier during the afternoon, and the
dootors entertain an doubt of his early
""Mre’onen urrtvea tita morning at
7tocook
erutser Montana, which was in attend- I WITNESSES TESTIFY THAT THE
Charges Slow Progress to
Lack of Interest
Mombasa, April 1 According to re-
Austin, April 8 -(Spectal ) The sew
• to this evening at the conciusion of a
somewhat vigorous debate, by a vote
of 18 to ||, refused to arrept the hunk
deposit guaranty bill passed by the
house last night and sent the matter
to eonfereuce
* The proponenta or the Sentes Huma
substitute, which requiren each bank
tn guaruntne its depositu mad* it plain
that they had no use for hybrids and
would ot swallow any old propomttion
bubmitted to them just so some of their
HAD LUNATIO FATHER
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1135
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stemmed on all filler tobacco imported
from countries which prohibit simnila
importations.
Spirited Debate Followa
Following a spirited debate, a com-
mittee amendment was adopted placing
a duty of 8 centscubic foot of tbV
capacity ef the barrels or packages on
pineapples The rate on crude cocoa
or cocoa leaves was reduced from 8 to
8 cents a pound.
In order to meet the decisions la re-
gard to the counting of cotton cloths
paragraph 818 of the bill was stricken
out and the provision of the Dinsley
law on the same subject was restored
In its stead. , , ,
Jacquard figured goods for uphoi-
stering, covers, etc., compose wholly
or In chief of cotton or other vegetable
fiber, were given protection by levying
a duty of 50 per cent ad valorena, A
tax of 85 cents ad valorem waa also
put upon tire fabric or fabrics used for
pneumatic tires. The obQect of this pro-
vision is to put a duty on long staple
cotton used in the fabric.
A duty of 80 per cent ad valorem
also was put upon rutton. bleached and
purified, whether medicated or not
The dividing line between the high
and low rates of duty on oil cloth and
linoleum was fixed at eleven feet in-
stead of nine feet, as originally carried
by the bill , . ,,
The amendment restoring the Ding-
ley rates of 45 cents per dozen pieces
and 15 pr cent ad valorem on collars
and cuffs composed of cotton, was
agreed to. In connection with this
change, Mr. Harrison of New York took
occasion to criticise the method em-
ployed for presenting commtttee amend-
ments. He argued they should have
been printed in th* record prior to
their presentation on the floor
Because of an inadvertence in con-
solidating the paragrsphs coverins
lace* and articles of silk end India
Anti- Aministration Senators Talk
rubber, the duty on binding*, garters
and suspenders was Increased
Mr. Hil of Connecticut offered s
committee amendment to have retained
tbs duties levied under the Dingiey
law. Mf Fitzgeraid of New York,
claiming that he acted in the Interest
of all the American people, whom he
wished to see wear sHk suspenders znd
garters, offered an amenarent reduc-
ing the duties JO per cent ad valorern
on suspenders and garters and 40 per
cent in the paragraph for laces.
Hill Amendment Kent.
Upon a division vote this amendment
was lost and ths committee amendment
agreed to
Mr Pujo of Louislana spoke in favor
of a committee anendment offered by
Mr Brouasard of Loafslana. exempting
rice from the provisfons permitting the
free entry of producte of the Phip-
prne talands. The amendment whkch
1----ActmueaePg »
FOURTERN BUSINESS HoUsICS,
IXCLUDING TWO NATIONAL
RANKS, DESTKOYED.
der joining them in opposition to the
house congiomarate The gentieman
from Furket wrote the ausredLr n-U
first introduced in the aenate it rec-
ognined the principle at mutuai guar-
anten, but wau listen out by the Men
ter-lume nubatitute, retaiuing nothing
but the name of its athor an its en
acting clause. When it got heck to the
penate it still bore the name of Alex
ander bill, but below the enact Tag
clause was the Cureton bitt saddled
wIth a provialon that all ex at ng banes
that might not like the so called Cure-
ton plan ot mutual or book guurauty
might adopt the Neuter jiume plun at
individual Kuaraniy Tha geutisman
tiom Paikei protested against having
his name further applied to nui h a pru-
duetlon and voted with the soventeen
wnek Th* appoint meut ot Loove to a
railroad comimiasonerutip ia said to be
port >f the scheme whereby W F.
llamsay is to be landed in th* gov-
ernor* hair, if finorxe » Hankin does
not, tn the rseuntimne, oneino that he
himself is the tugteal candi late for
governor tnr the occanion.
Paris, April 8.—The French govern-
ment decided today to expel Cipriano
Castro, the former president of Vene-
zuela, from the French island of Mar-
tinique on the ground that his presence
there is Hkely to foment a revolution
in Venezuela.
This decision followed consideration
of a cablegram from M. Jusserand, the’. Hana Demands to Bitter End.
French ambassador at Washington, I Erie Pa April 8 —Charles M.
giving an account of hl. conference strone. president of th. Erle * Pitts-
with Secretary of state Knox yeteE- bure railroad ana muttimiionatre or
day. The decree of expulslon will b. Ih|i c| admitted tontght that witn-
communicated to Castro immediately lin ten days he has redeived
through the pretect or Fort de France, two letters from the alleged Blaek
Where Castro now la I Mana soclety. demanding $5,000 with
it i. presumed herethat the eovern- a n ir he refsea, or death,
Blent of the United States which ini- I having hl. magnimicent home
tinted the exchangea with torelgn gov. »"n caring
ernments to prevent Castro from es- I blown up.
tablishing headquarters close to the Mr. Strong offered a reward or
Venezuelan coast will prevent himevo0o ror the arrest and conviction
manigcansexay lO mainiand on * or the writ., or the letter. He says
This course will leave Castro the al-he will not comply with the demands
ternative of taking refuge on oneoflor the blackmailers, but will spend
thenran u wpamalan • °*■"' money ten t>m~ the amount askea
The French "OP: steamer Versailles I for in bringing to justice.
zouches al Fort de France April 10, I mic,
on her way back to Europe. ... LOSES CITIZENSHIP
While a portion of the press criti- ...... T._„ ...
class the action of the government in Gotaman’s Papers Coneeled by
expelling Caatro from the island ofA." ", Egn0
Martinique as an extreme measure, a J erder ° ’
majority seem to enjoy the predica. Buffalo, N. Y., April 8.—Judge Hazel,
ment of the "Napoleon of the Antilles in the federal circuit court today
szmneonirtd"on“.pat-garpanazrantea an order cancelnethe citizen-
who Imagined he could flaunt the oldjshp papers of Jacob A. Kersner-
worzd wth impunity: n-.t. Through tbla order nil rights of cit-
smnagvrhnenbncorearesnrohectketenertanppears,segugea.nisnct-
4z lzanzarR,desuyon
ulalon aavisbie. In the country only two year.
g.gs2
mass ‘of ruins. Tho guests were
aroused and all left the building in
safety, but lost their perse» al efrects
A number of traveling salesmen lost
their sample cases and what money .
they had. The Midland National bank
wns located on the first floor of the
hotel building and it was entire!/ de-
stroyed.
Lesp Ai reee Street
Driven by a northeast wind blowing
thirty miles an hour, the flames leaped
across Wail street to the First National
bank located in the Masonic temple.
The wind drove the flames through
this entire block, every building save
two being oueintory brfcks,. To the
north of the hotel where the fire origi
nated. two buildings were consumed
before the volunteer bucket brixade
could arrest the progress of tbs flames
Funned into fury by the gale, no sort
of effort on the part of the hundreds
of fire fighters could save any of the
buildngs. and it was only wien the
flames failed to find further fuel were
they stopped
The Masonic temple, one of the best
equipped in westert Texas, sustalned a
loss of shout >8.008. with Insurance of
$4,500. The Odd Fellows’ loos on build.
Ir.g and contents Is about $5,000 with
insurance of $3,200. including insurance
of the Rebekahs, The total property
loss, which includes fourteen business
houses, will approximate $260,009,
while the insurance will not reach over
one-half the amount
IAst at Losnes.
The following business houses were
totally destroyed
First National bank: Midland Na-
tional bank, Llano hotel; Midland Ex-
• miner, M C. Baser A Co., furniture:
8 M Frances land company, Midland
Drug company. C. A. Taylor, drags:
J C Duff, undertaker. New Century
Grocery company. A. L Camp, land and
livestock, C. Curry, confectionery;
Elite Cafe John Moytle, tailor: A.
Rohnig: racket. J. L Gilmore, wall pa-
per and paints. Pickens & Cd., grocers;
R E. (rowley, cigars and confection-
•ry. Midland barber shop Pickens
land company. Upland Townsite com-
pany. Miller’s studio. S. O. Richarson,
and agency; law offices and library of
J dge J Isaacks: law offices of G. B
Emedley, eounty attorney; office of A. O
Parker, mayor; unfinished brick build-
ing of Robert Curry.
Many of the adjoining buildings
1 were scorehed and some damage done
them Midland has no waterworkn eys.
ton ' > .in the hope f xetung that
■ • on the book *, w ■ ■ hes ... nr.
And* ow that the bank xuaranty bt.i|
has ntftek annaxthnchenceaar that’
ths rath ‘ad . । nn
mnain vacant until aftar thie lezislature
gets y or K'n‘1 It is azgued from
this that ths wvernor will not there-
lore try to keep the next extra senslon
months ago and there has been appre-
henslon of trouble in the dnry seanon
when travel over the trails is eusier
This northern district always has Deou
a territory to wateh closely Whe n
the natives du go out tot trouble they
generally bear fo the westward, in the
direction of the.settled dist: cte and
the good hunting. grounds There 1*
todag some local anxiety, particularly
as a majority of the protectorat troops
are at Be r bora. In Britieh Roms Viaud
It is «<atd here that th* clo lai orri-
‘‘ura In- London have Issued in structlons
to the governor of the protectorate to
nurround Mr Roosevelt on his huntins
FORT WORTH, TEXAS. FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 9, 1909 -FOURTEEN PAGES.
ence on her on the trip from Fort- de
‘ Front., where ex-Presteent Castro
landed yesterday. Immediately the I
Guadalupe dropped anchor a number I
« at launches and other boats, containing
a strong armed guard following tn- I
struotions tssued by Lieutenant Coiche
G. D. Swain, commandant ot ’-hi mtt- 1
tary department at Trinidad. proceed- i
. ed to the steamer. Only the nhips
eent, newspaper correspondents and |
relali.es of the passengers were per- i
mt tied to go on board During the I
time the Gundacupe remain.'!? in the I
harbor the guard boata were on doty, I
notwithstandng the fact that Caatro I
was not on board. The Guaaalupe]
sailed for Carupano, Venezuela, this
afternoon During the course of an
interview Mrs. Castro expressed dis-
appointment at the exclusion of her
hubana She did not consider the ac-
tion of the Britieh forfmm.nl In
keeping with the usual hospitality ex-
landed to »trankers. She epoke very
* highly, however, of the treatment re-
ceived’during their stay in France.
Mrs Castro sald that it had been per
husband's intention in takng up his
temporary residence in Trinidad, mere-
ly to rent and to look after his personal
intereste. Now that this prtmere
should be denied him. She did not know
what his next move would be. Sho
hopes to proceed to LaGutra, and if not
permitte to land, win continue to
Colon.
Public opinion her. generally favors
the exolunfon of Castro.
Although not in keeping with ths
Fnelih traditions it is recogntzed that
this action was taken for the mainte-
nance of peace and good relations witn
the neighboring republics.
During Castms presidency trade
and commeree between Trinidad and
Venezuela were practically destroyed,
and only recently here commsreial re-
lations been re-estabtished. The police
' have taken strong measures looking to
the prevention of any conspiracy here.
The two American warships- -he North
Carolina and the Montane, vee.await-
ing inetretions here and pr obably
leave this port late tonight or ‛ly to
morow morning
TAKEN STDDENLY 1U.
.. gay ead se
- West Wei__
a Friday •na Seferde,.
A ttoat Tna — Peer vnany. pre-
e .sdri hr showers on tie see *,
• Sale eder fair, wmrme:
Duteh Eapeet Troubte. ,
The Hague, April I- The newspapers
hers urge the Netherlands government
to keep a strong tlotilla in the vieinity
of curacac for the present tn view of
possible activities by Castro or -Is
frienda The Dutch warship, Gelder:
tend. Friesland and De Ruyter are how
in those waters _______
AGED NEGRO MURDERED
nrutn Crime Perpetrated on Pubite
read Near Wimona.
Winona. Texas. April (Spectai -
Days Choice, the old hunchback negro
whose life was attempted by ah assas-
sin a couple of weeks ago, was mur-
dered on the public road yesterday aft-
ernoon. Negroes working In a field
near where the killing occurred de-
clare that Choice was met by another
Clark of MIasouri. fixing the duty op
wire, nails, etc., at -cent a pound wa*
adopted, but was thrown out later.
Then Chairman Payne took hie Re-
publican colleagues to task for absent-
tn* themselves from the chamber and
appealed to them to remain in their
seats. Thia was done with the result
that in all the committee amendments
he was sustained.
While oocasionally there was an out-
break of bad temper, on the whole the
session ass a normal aspect and
business proceeded with a reasonabie
degree of quletneaa
With a number of committee amend-
mens yet‘to be considered the house ।
at 8:60 p. m., adjourned. , |
Further committee amendments in '
the nature of verbal corrections were
taken up and adopted.
The mica schedule was stricken out
and a new one substituted providin*
that unmanufactured mica shall pay a
duty of 5 cents a pound and 20 per cent
ad valorem and that mica, cat or .
trimmed; mica plates and all the man- 1
ufactures of mica. shall pay 10 eents
per pound and 20 per cent ad valorem
Steel Ingots, blooms and slab were
reduced from 1 cent to 8-10 of a cent
per pound. The ad valorem proposition
on boiler and plate iron or steel was .
Avoenfen nt Nenter-ume fuarnntee
HIH mexin endina to retitenn
Austin, April 8 ■■ (Bpe riat » The pe-
titiona recetved by the senate thin-
mnorning purtainin.to the pendng bank
«uaranty bilis were mostly tav orabie.
to the Heuter-Hume piit, beretofore
petitions favot i « the 1 ‛ut ■ ' ■ -bil pre-
dominating Among the petiim re-
celved was the following to Senator
Perkins from Celeste
I write you to ask you to stand pat
on the Henter Harn* bil fur bank guar-
ante* or deposits, it wili mnake every
bank renpotsible for itn owa buniness,
and not ' " ther banks to become
responaible for something they know
nothing about,
I circulated a petition some day*
baektothet ttie
town and had Mr. Cheatham forward it
to you I never bad but one man to re-
tuse to »‛gn the petrfion and he said
ne was not posted enough Lo pass, on
attes - : had rime I
could get 500 namen to a petitton
againet the ( ureton-Lve bill in this
immediate Vicinity, tor when you ap-
proak h a farmer who is not prejndiced,
and who is posted on the matter. I
find he is opposed to it Very truly
yours, M K HARFE..
The house cuncurrent resolution, re-
yoje sting f - reni ient z i •" retary of
state to give the. r i rod o1ng
states rer gnit by appointing south-
erners to dpiomatic and consular post-
tions in foreign countries to advance
the interest of these states in the pro-
duction of cotton and broaden tn ar the
cotton industry, waa ponding business,
Senator Alexanier opposer the resolu-
1 tion belleving a Demooratic legialature
should not appeal to a Republican
president for a division of the spoils
rightfully belmwing to the victor.
Senator Adame believed the Pres-
dent was the president of all the poo- -
pie and therefore it would be no im-
nruurltr to pake this request
Senator Hudspeth thought the adap-
tion of the resolution wouid mean sub-
stantially that the South didn’t believe
President Taft would deal fairly with it.
Alexander shared this vlew of ths
prppost°pok. tor the resolution and
believed that the »reat ootton ndustry
should have reprsentatton to torelgn
countries to take care of the trad* ret
. lattons between the cotton producins
; yeat in thie elty. A lar«• delegatin
2 of amarsue men wa In attendanee,
1 each on. .hooting "The 9umen City of
-------tor worpiaancuanezdht ey.mantom.terg
h«M In Amaro "everal day, ago
atruetea to tend next y«r'. oenvention
regerdiena of opponition. The u<M
msm mequng aimo net macninery in mo
tton to mecure the Medieai
gur;acmrattrzagcea TMteidien
nmlrona Maeunte Will Pight Hlork
Once the Republicans were
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