The Twice-a-Week Herald. (Amarillo, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 79, Ed. 1 Tuesday, October 2, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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TVVlCh-A-vvtbK HEIMLD OCTOBER 2 19o6.
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Secretary Tall By Aullnlily of President Takes lira Reins
Is Cofia Declaring a provisional Government Cuban
Flag Still Waves Over tiie Island.
IlaTana Sept. 28. Lending rcpro
scutatlvci of tho moderate and HUor-
ul nutionnl panic wero In ronfurooce
from Uto Jut ulnlit until early this
morning and decldfd to yluld to any
thing and everything to atavo off lu-
tcrventlon. Tho Culmn congroim when
It moots will comdd'.T tho ralR""tloti
of Prcsldont I'ulma but r-ven the
moHt oxpcrlenred politicians uro tm-
ablo to predict what action will he
taken. Senator Ziiyun tho leuder of
the liberal putty was reported this
morning to liuvo notified Taft that
tho Cuban government had Uaued or-
ders to havo hlni (Zuyu) J. (1.
Ciomei J. H. Gomez Denictrlo Cuh-
tlllo and 0. G. Vclex ahot In tho mont
of tho prlnelpo utlo. It la not be-
lieved that tho government will dure
to reeort to auih extreme.
Hiivona Kept. 28. Prominent
moderates declared to tho Abo( luted
Preaw today that they nro willing to
accept anybody even' Pino (jiierra
uh u candld'ito for ireldeiit rather
ihan Incur intervention. OiIicih tuld
they believed tho AnieiicaiiH are de-
termined on Intervention In any cane
quartermaster Captain Hooaovelt of
tho marine nays ho him been order-
ed to atund by for landing from two
ihlu uflcrnoon onward hut not to
niovo unless ordered to do bo.
Havana. 3ept. 2S. A detachment
of marines have begun prrpuratlona
lor tho distribution of tenia ammu-
nition and miscellanooiia r.iiM'licM
btored on the Cabellerla - whiuf.
umong three batalllonn of marine
who are ready to land here orders
having been received to '.avj svery-
thinr; In vcuillne!H for i-iiiikiit ia
about :i o'clock. Tho manie't
land nhonld novemiuy ontem In rv
rHvid. tit Paula .MnehtnS and (Yo-.
lorla v.hanvi. Two bii'Villena will
on-tiny Vill iniK'va and th'j oilu.-r rvil)
bo Ki.-nj'Mvd iii I'uiiia pain on Am
flC'il
Havana. Sept. 1I.V- Tho Hn! Iniutitf.
xpree.d hero at. tho public resort
today are almost vinanlinourdy In fa-
vor of int'i-veutioii. ; few who are
opposed to U have eaMly rcnlgned
theinwelvK to ttiiat they consider the
Inevitable.
Havana Sept. 29. Tho American
provisional poverni.ieiit aaaumod con-
trol of Cuba today when Secretary
Taft's proclamation declaring him-
self tho provisional governor . wna
formally Issued. Tho proclamation
was published In the official Gazette
nnd thouaandH of printed copies were
distributed In Havana and elKcwhero.
Th terma of v tho proclamation
caused a pen 'Bntlflfuctlon cku-
cially on met I 'of. tho - moderate
terms In whU ' W t phrabed. The
statement of ...Vlonal government
In .Cuba la undertaken only on ac-
count of tho necessities of the sit-
uation and It promises that a pro-
visional government will bo main-
tained purely for the purpose of re-
storing peace order and public con-
fidence until a permanent govern-
ment Is tiBtnbllbhed. No ono appear a
to doubt tho good Intentions of the
Presldout and his representatives and
there la no apprehension ot serious
trouble or resistance to the provision-
al government in any part ot Cuba.
No disturbances of auy kind last
night are known and tho buiilnchs in-
terests hero are gratified at the
change of wernment. A BtrlkliiL
feature of the provisional govern-
meat Is an act that tho Cuban flag U
not lowered. This establishes a pre-
cedent in provoucial governments and
protectorates.
Washington I). C. Sept. 29.-
Secretary Taft has cabled from Ha-
vana to acting Secretary Oliver at
tho war department to pond the
American troops to Cuba In accord-
ance with the program already ar-
ranaed. Secretary Oliver is trying
to communicate this dispatch to
President Roosevelt off Barnstable.
Mass. on the Mayflower or tho Mis-
souri of the Atlantic fleet by wire-
less lu order to secure the necessary
presidential authorization of the
movement There nro 5500 soldier
to start for Newport News Va. at
onco.
' AVufUlnglon D." C. Sept.' 29.
While waiting to hear from Prcsl-
' dent Pwoostvelt Acting Secretary of
"War Oliver ha slssucd orders for the
ASSUMES CONTROL
expedition of 5.500 soldiers to pre-
paro to sail from Newport News us
boon as possible. This Is subject to
the approval of tho President nnd
Secretary Taft probably had a thor-
ough understanding us to what
should bo done In tho prenent emer-
gency before ho sent his mesnnRo this
tuornlm; calling for troops. Then
will bo no delay In m".urlng tho nee
essnry formality of tho Prenldenfi
approval. With the eiiilro program
belnj; put Into execution Quarter
muster General Humphrey has been
been ordered to Immediately contract
for tho ncceHHury transports to con
vey tho troopH to Culm and the traf-
fic managers of tho railroads center
ing at Newport News havo been In.
structed to prepare trains for the
troops nt tho various army pohts
which havo bee nselected by the gen
oral stuff for Cuban service.
llurntabIo Mass. .Sept. 29. The
government yatch Mayflower with the
President aboard Joined the battle
milps of tho North Atlantic nuadroii
this morning und preparations were
at onco begun for target practice.
TAITT'S PltOCLAMATION
Havana Sept. 29. Taft's procla
mation Is us follows:
"To the People of Cuba:
"The failure of congress to act on
Ihij irrevocable resignation of tho
president of the republic of Cuba or
to elect u succiHor leaves the conn
try without u government at a time
when great disorder prcvnlls and re
qulreu that pursuant to the request
to Pultun It Is necessary that steps
be taken in the narno and by the tin
thorliy of the President of tho United
States to restoro order and protect
ilfo and property on tho Island of
Cilw and islands of tho keys adja
uiit thereto and for tho purpose of
:-:;tabllshln;T tiierelu a provisional
rovei tiemnt. Ttio provisional gov.
iTimicut. hereby established will bo
.nalntuiuud only long enough to ro-
toio order peuno njid pulillc confl
JeiKO by tho direction of and In the
nauio of the President of tho United
States and then to hold such elec-
tions im tuny bo necessary to Mor-
nilno on thosio persons upon whom
tho permanent government of ' th
republic should bo devolved. In so
far as in consistent with tho nature
of the provisional government es-
tablished under tho authority of the
United States this will bo a Cuban
government conforming with the
constitution ot Cuba. Tho Cuban
flag will bo hoisted as usual over
tho government buildings of tho Is-
land nnd all of the executive de-
partments and tho provincial and
municipal governments Including
that of the city of Havana will con-
tinue to udmlnlster jubtleo and nil
lawB not In their nature inapplicable
by reason of the temporary and
emergent character of government.
will bo In force..
'PeHldent Roosevelt has heon
most anxious to bring about peace
undor the constitutional government
of Cuba and ho has made every en
deavor to avoid tho present step. A
longer delay however would bo
dangerous In view of tho resignation
ot the Cuban cabinet. Until further
notico tho heads oOnll departments
of tho central government will re
port to mo for Instructions Including
General Alexandro Rodriguez in
command of tho rural guards and
other regular government forces and
General Carlos Roloff treasurer of
Cuba; until further notico civil gov-
ernors und alcaldes will also report
to mo for Instructions. I will usk
ull citizens and residents ot Cuba to
assist mo lu tho work of restoring
order tranquility nnd public confi-
dence. (Signed) "Wm. II. TAFT
"Secretary of War United States.
Provisional Governor of Cuba Ha-
vana. Sept. 29 190C."
W. V T. I'. Convention.
Tacu'ma Wash.. Sept. 2S. The
annual siato convention of (ho Wom-
en's Christian Temperance union Is
In session at the First Baptist church
here. The meetings will close this
evening.
WelK-r Pays Penalty
.Ean Fanrlsco Cal. Sept. 29.
Adolph Weber was hanged here
Thursday at 1:22 p. m.
I'OISOV IV CANUV
Young llunlcy County .Mail Arrenled
on Serluiii Cliarge
Clarendon Texas S"pt 29. Sher-
iff Piitmau has returned from Hen-
rietta with Leiille Saunders a younr
man formerly of this county In cus
tody on a very serious charge. Ho
found Saunders working as it tele-
graph operator and brought hhn
hero and placed him In Jail.
Fomo two weeks uo S. L. Adam-
son of Rowo camo to town uud Hied
complaint against Sauudcrs alleging
ho had sent his daughter a package
of poisoned candy. Tho caudy is
said to have been sent from Howie
where Saunders was at work at the
tlmo und was accompanied by a
letter Informing tho girl tho package
hud been sent and Instructing her to
eat It all herself and not glvo any
of It away.
Testing the candy and finding li
bitter the young lady did not cut it.
but it younger brother wag not so
particular und ate several pieces be-
coming bo sick soon after that a phy-
sician had to bo called In to suve his
life.
An nnuylsls of the remainder show-
ed It to bo heavily Impregnated with
strychnine Tho caso presents sever-
al peculiar features. Suunders
btoutly denies guilt.
PANAMA OV M:V WARSHIP
llattleshlp Connect lent (iiven l'lnal
Test Heforo the Trip
Now York Sept. 29. Tho new
battleship Connecticut which was
built ln'tho Brooklyn navy yard will
be given Its final tests today pre
parat.ory to being put in commission
Thlsla the ship that Secretary or tho
Navy Bonaparte has selected to con-
vey President Roosevelt on his in
spection trip to tho Panama canal.
Tho various preliminary trials havi
given tho ruoxt satisfactory results
and tho naval officials all agree that
In tho final test today t ho ahlp will
greatly exceed tho eight.eeu-knot
speed called for In tho specifications
lu addition to tho speed tests forty
ton weights will bo placed on one
sldo of tho vessel to tost her stability.
Cuptaln William Swift is in com-
mand of tho Connecticut and Lieu
tenant Commander W. R. Shoemaker
tho xecutlvo officer. About 800 men
will comprise the crew of tho Bhlp
Tho main battery consists of twelve
seven inch guns In uddltlon to the
turret guns.
COXVICTKD OF MCIUWK
Klght IVar Old Hoy Sentenced to
Prison till 21 Years Old
Albla Iowa Sept. 28. Oscar Ra-
pier 8 years old convicted of mur
dering 7 year old Frank Adams was
yesterday sentenced to the Eldora
reformatory to remain until he Is 21
years old.
Illinois State Fair.
Springfield III.. Sept. 28. The
Illinois state fair ono of tho Inrgest
and most Important In the West
opened its gates today and will last
until October 5. A feature of the
rnciug meet to ho held In connection
with tho fair will bo the appearance
on tho tracks next week of Dan Patch
In a rnco against tlmo to break his
own records.
Tho agricultural displays nro with
out exception tho greatest ever seen
In the state. A largo crowd is ex-
pected tomorrow.
Kansas Farmers' Carnival.
Lyndon Kan. Sept. 28. A two
days carnival under tho auspices of
the Commercial club began today.
Tho agricultural exhibits are tho
best ever shown in the central por-
tion of the state.
ANOTIIKK HA X K DEFVXCT
. Pomoroy Ohio &.pt. 28.
The Middle-port bank a private
Institution at Middleport Ohio
failed to open Its doors today.
It Is stated that all deposits
amounting to $11 ."000 nre
missing. Most of the deposit-
i' ors nro poor. H. C. Fox the
president of the bank Is away.
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UCil DAK IN
IN PATH OF HMCAI
Loss cf Life Is Known to Re Great But No Estimate Can Be
Kads Ot It At Present-Many Negroes Are Killed
Government is Great Loser
Now Orleans Sept. 28. Reports
from Moutlccllu Miss. say consider-
able damage was done to tho pine
forest hear there and hundreds of
trees aro being uprooted. Trees havo
fallen across tho railroad trucks to
such un extent as to practlcully sus-
pend traffic east. Hrlef dispatches
received hore Indicate tho losses In
Interior towns ot Mississippi alone
will rciufi hundreds of thousands of
dollars. No heavy damage is report-
1 ed at any point but tho storm seems
to have demolished a few thousand
dollars worth of property in every
county nnd town. Reports of the
loss of Ufa thus far have been con-
fined to ono man who was run down
by a train during the storm.
Memphis Tcnn. Sept. 28. At
Natcho;: Miss. a fleet of tho Pitts
burg Coal company sank In deep
water two miles below tho city. The
loss Is estimated at ?GO000. The
storm caused severe damage at
Urooltiinvcn Miss. blowing down u
number of buildings including the
Masonic tern pi o.
Atlanta Ga.t Sept. 29. The first
man out of New Orleans since the
great Gulf storm reports a numbei
of lives lost and property worth $3-
UOO.OOO destroyed and the entire
length of the city Is under five feet
of water. Wind In Mobile reached
tho velocity of ninety miles per hour
A number of ships wero wrecked uud
wharves doutroyed.
St. Louis Sept. 29. The first
train over tho Mobile & Ohio from
Mobile arrived this morning having
left Mobllo yestcrdly morning. Geo.
K. Warner of St. : Louis treasurer
for tho Southwestern Railway com-
pany nnd family wero passengers
from Mobllo. "Tho storm was not
so bad as that ono of 1893 accord
lug to my opinion" said Mr. War-
ner. "I wen through both aud the
storm Thursday was e freak tho wind
coming from tho southeast and
sweeping over tho city doing great
damago to tho wiiui ves the harbor
and tho naval stores on tho water
front. Tho damage I think will
reach $2500000." C. S. Clayton a
'nillman conductor of tho train made
.10 following statement: "Tho dam-
igo to Mobilo cannot be told yet.
When tho train pulled out of Mobile
yesterday morning water was sweep-
ing into the city from the Gulf uud
tho wind was blowing hard. For
four blocks north of tho water front
water stood from four to six feet
deep in buildings and tho damage to
tTlo contents will be'great. I am sure
tho loss of life has been exagerated.
I understand ono white man was
drowned on tho first floor of the
Southern hotel while trying to es-
eupo from the building. Three ne-
groes were drowned on the outskirts
trying to save their livestock. A ne
gro baby was kllh'd by falling debris.
Also It Is reported that ten or fit-
teen people lost their lives when fivo
boats on the bay front wero wrecked
and sank. The pier of tho Mobile
H Ohio road was blown to pieces.
Ulenvillo park Is a mass ot fallen
trees. The l'orco of tho hurricane
unroofed houses general over the
city and uprooted trees and all the
while rain poured down In torrents.
Four hundred miles north of Mo
bile the titorni did much damage. Wo
hud passengers out of Mobllo that
had been in tho hurricane at Mont-
gomery and they say the damage
there was very large.
Washington. D. C Sept. 29. The
military secretary has received the
following telegram from Captain
Owyor commanding at Fort Morgan
at tho entrance of Mobilo 'harbor
dated yesterday:
"The post has been swept by a
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terrific storm tho tuilro pobt having
been under water. Uvery building
In tho post is seriously damaged und
some are destroyed completely In
cluding the pumping station which
furnished tho water supply. Tho or
dlnanco storehouse quartermaster's
storehouse two prljuary stations with
Instruments quartermaster's dock
and main water tank. Request au
thority necessary for emergency to-
pairs. Request the Inspectors to bo
sent to useertalu and report tho dam-
ago. No casualltles so far us known"
Washington D. C Sept. 29. As
slstant Secretary Edwards has re
ceived u telegram from F. M. Rock
engineer in chargo of the revenue
cutter Alort dated yesterday at Mo
bllo as follows:
"Tho Alert sunk nt her berth at
7 o'clock this morning by the river
steamer Nelllo running Into her dur
ing a violent easterly gale. Nothing
has been heard of the revenue cutter
Wlona or tho launch Penrose which
wero at Mobllo harbor at tho tlmo of
the hurricane."
Pensacola Florida Sept. 29. The
vastness of tho destruction wrought
by the hurricane Thursday morning
Is now being realized. Twenty-five
persons are known to havo been
drowned. They are: Quartermaster
Sergeant Overlandcr; Mrs. Eva F.
Prentice and baby; Private Jordan;
an unknown artilleryman; Edward
Hughes; unknown negro and wife.
Mrs. Leb. San-Gonzales; Mrs. T. F.
Matthews and two small children;
threo unknown seamen from the
British steamer at quarantine hos
pital; two unknown Greeks at Bag
dad; George Morgan wife and daugh
tcr; unknown fisherman. Only four
bodies have been recovered and
searching pai'tles are not trying to
reach 'others. Calls for charity have
been made to assist the poor and ev
erythlng possible to relievo 2000
homoless is being done. Thero wero
eight seamen in the Santa Rosa sta-
tion when tho hospital building was
carried away all eight clinging to the
roof. Five wero washed upon this
sido after the night'of terror and the
other threo were drowned with two
nurses of tho United States quaran-
tine station which was also de-
stroyed. Washington D. C Sept. 29. The
following telegram was received at
the navy department today from com-
mandant of tho Pensacola navy yard
detailing the damage .suffered by the
government in the recent storm:
"Wooden dry dock destroyed. Coal
pen almost gone. Permanent wharf
destroyed. Piles standing on old
coal wharf and steel dry dock wharf
nnd ammunition wharf damaged
liargo ashore. Undine sunk. Target
range broken up houso destroyed.
Islado Luzon floating In basin but
leaking. Steel dry dock apparently
undamaged. Heavy wreckage in
yard. Trees uprooted. Wkcless
top gallery masts gone. All electric
wires wrecked. Power plant dam-
aged and not working. Buildings
gcnerall damaged by wind. One
house uninhabitable. No lives lost
at navy yard."
New Orleans Sept. 29. Reports
from Hattlesburg Miss. wero that
tho town had suffered about $300-
000 damage from wind and water.
The lire department wus called out
In the vicinity of Gordon creek to
rescue a woman and children Im-
prisoned in their homo by the over-
flow ot the creek. Many Mississippi
eports express apprehension ahou'
tho rural negro population saying
little cabins have been blown down
by the scores. On the Mississippi
Gulf coast In addition to that twenty-
flvo small schooners are reported t
have been wrecked last night.
Now Orleans La. Svpt. 29.- Re-
ports from lot) mlbfsi of the Gull
coast through which the Louisville
& Nashvill" opened coniniunli ntl"U
last night say there Is an apparently
well founded rumor that several mm
were drowned dmlng Hie hurt lea lie."
New Orleans. Lu.. S"t. 2!'.- Re-
ports of tho death of Captain -loiiu-on
keeper ul' Horn Inland light
house In the .MK'.h'i-lppi sound and
the death of his wit.) and daughter
was brought hero today by the first
train to cuter New oi loans from the
east over the Louisville & Nashlvlllt
railroad. This i rn lu hroug.it pai.seii-
gers from New York and oilier east-
ern cities sho had been held at
Scrunton Miss. by the hurricane.
They suy Horn Island llht house war
swept into the sea by tho wind and
waves a'td that the keeper and hi.--faintly
went with tho structure.
New Orleans La. Sept. 29. The
damage of $10000 at Fort St. Philip
located about sixty miles below here
on tho Mississippi is reported today
by incoming steamers a portion 'of
Hie levee erected to protect the fort
against Just such tides Is reported
broken wulrh allowed tho magazines
to flood. New quarters under tho
process of erection are also reported'
swept.
New Orleans La. Sept. 29. Hourly
tho magnitude of Thursday's storm
in tho Mississippi becomes more se-
rious today as tho Interrupted tele-
graphic communication with that
state is resumed In every direction.
Town after town In tho interior has
wired that buildings aro blown down
and lives endangered. Crops are
blown flat in the fields. A little
news which has arrived from tho Mis-
sissippi river delta added to tho prop-
erty damage already reported there
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DIAMOND BRAKO SHOES MADB FOR EVERY PURPOSE
Lait week we quoted a letter from Rev. Griffith of TexM thowing the
mpcriority of Diamond Brand Shoes. One reason for this superiority is
that we nuke Diamond Brand Shoes for every person and for every purpose.
Miking shoes of all kinds at nil prices enables us to grdt our leather
properly a"d unv all waste for the benefit of the wearer. You get 100
cents worth of shoe value in every dollar you pay for Diamond Brand shoes.
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WANT A HOME ?
We have assisted many people to homes both in country and In
town who would not today accept an advance of SO per cent on
the cost price
BUY RIGHT AND YOU WILL MAKE
MONEY IN PANHANDLE PROPERTY.
We have some choice bargains in ranches and town property.
SLADE & BASSETT
BOX 683. AMARILXO TKXAS.
MORE BUYERS THAN LAND.
IF YOU HAVE LAND TO SELL
WE HAVE THE MEN TO BUY.
Our office is constantly in communi
cation with many who wish to buy
Panhandle land. Let us know what
you have to offer and we will do the
rest. & & &
SECURITY LAW) COMPANY.
Cccnis 1 aud 8 Eafcle
AMARILLO
although in the uumngo reported no
losd of life Is known ihere.
Mobile Ala. Sept. 29. via Meri-
dian Miss. Business was partially
resumed today. Tho city uuthorliies
arc. clearing streets of tho debris as
rapidly as posslblo. Street cars are
exyected to resume servhe Sunday
night. The lo;dal and Westorn
Union companies still uro out of busi-
ness and wires aro down In every
direction. At Codcti. Ala. only ou
house is left at tho little town.
1.
BITREME JUDGE OX ST.VXU
Intci-stute Commerce Commission
InvrMlgati'ig Coal Land Deal
Denver. Col. Sept. 28. At a
meeting of tho interstate commerco
commission In this city yesterday
Cyrus Beard Justlco of tho supremo
court of Wyoming was on tho stand.
Ho testified to having taken up coal
land several years ago on tho rec-
ommendation ot Gcorgo L. Black
ono of the officials ot tho Union Pa-
cific and that about a month after
completing tho purchase of tho land
sold It to D. O. Clark at nn advance
of $200. Tho said Black advanced
money with which to make tho pur-
chase. Beard denied knowing Clark
For Sweet Charity's Sake.
Atlanta Ga. Sept. 28. Ponce de
Leon park Atlanta's chief amuse-
ment resort was today turned over
to the ladies of tho Sheltering Arms
and this afternoon and evening will
be opernted by thein for sweet char-
ity's sake. At the Casino this even-
ing an entertainment will bo offered
by the society belles of Atlanta that
promises to ecllp?o in splendor and
excel enco any amatuer performance
ever seen In tho south.
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'StIOEMAKLRS cUfcrl
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rhone 79.
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