Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1910 Page: 4 of 8
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PUBLISHERS.
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"ke made pnyablo to tho ABILENE
PRINTING COMPANY.
Application made to havo this Publica-
tion entered at tho Postoffico at Abl-
leno Texas as second clasfi mall
Matter.
CHARGE DR. HYDE
POISONING COL. SWOPE
Mast Also Answer to Accusation of
Jlavlng Tried to Exterminate
Eight Other People.
KANSAS CITY. Mo. March 5. Dr.U
Clarke Hyde husband Of a niece of
the late Thomas H. Swope was tonight
lHdlctcd on thirteen counts In IndlcU
-ments returned by tho Grand Jury
that has been Investigating the Swope
mystery. -
Twcyhldictments charge fiist degree
murder in connection with the deaths
of Col. Swope and Corlsman Swope.
33r. Hyde is alleged to have given them
Btrychnlno tablets t.
One Indictment accuses Dr. Hyde of
TiiHHBJaughter by bleeding James Moss
Hunter a cousin of Col. Swope In a
xeglcctful manner.
Charged lVHh Poisoning Eight
Perhaps tho most surprising of all
the- indictments returned are the eight
In connection with the alleged polson-
Jflg ofr tho Swope family and visitors
and attendants of the Swope house-
hold. Dr Hyde Is accused in these
indictment) which contain ten counts
of poisoning with typhoid germs with
latent to murder Margaret Swone
Stella Swope Sarah Swope Lucy
Xee Swope Norabell Dickson Georgia
2P. Compton Mildred Fox and Leonora
Coprldge a colored girl. All these
persons were stricken with typhoid fo-
T?er while Dr. Hyde was attending tho
Swopo family.
Alleges Three Attempts
Three counts nro contained In he
indictments charging the poisoning of
"Miss Margaret Swope. Tho firs
charges that he attempted to poison
her by administering typhoid feve
germs on or about Nov. 25. The hec-
ond accuses him of trying to poison
P.er by .!' ng a hypodermic Injection
on Dec. 12 In tho third count ho
Is alleged to have 'attempted poisoning
on Dec. 18 by giving her strychnine
and onthcr poisons.
Indictments In connection with th
Illness of Misses Fox Dickson Comp
ton and the Coprlde girl came as a
surprise. Miss Fox was a visitor at
the Swopo homo during tho Illness or
the family. Misses Dickson and Comp-
ton were employed at the homo as
governess and seamstress respective-
ly. Tho Coprldge girl was a maid.
Capiases for the arrest of Dr. Hyde
will not be issued until Mpnday. He
Is at present under a $50000 bond In
connection with tho caso now ponding
against' him In Independence charg-
ing him with tho murder of Col. Swope.
To Dismiss Other Cases.
Prosecutor Vltgll Conkllng said as
ctho Indictments had been returned
that as soon as Dr Hyde Is arrested
-on. the charges brought by tho Grand
Jury tho caBe In tho Independence
-court will be dismissed. It has been
continued threo times
Dr Hyde received tho news of the
Indictments calmly.
In a written statement given out at
' lils homo tonight Dr. Hyde said:
Dr. Hydo Issues Statement.
"I have just road In tho evening pa-
pers that I havo been indicted.
"In my libel suit against John C
3axton ho has Btated under oath that
oa the 20th of December 1909 beroro
the slightest investigation was mado
and before an examination of any of
-the bodies of tho dead was had ho
concluded I was guilty nf the muraers
-rsB of attempts to murder others I
liave just read tho testimony of Mrs.
Xogam 0. Swopo taken today after
' TwrVtftan.two weeks of earnest effort
a the part of my attorneys in which
fee saya she arrived at the same con-
clusion at tho same time llkewlso with
out Investigation of proof.
"On the 13th' day of January 1910.
( jfr. Paxton wrote a letter to his co-
Mcutor charglug that nil of these
wble crimp? had been committed
1 Iii his testimony the first day of
)iia deposition he published' this letter
ta tUo wprW Ud declared. ? was tho
jpnllO peraeM
"Thte atala Mfm W character can
- reword W.a wrr"
Vm h Mr irM r iW ir Wow-
Hiaena; to eort wW J ? r-
presented nnd where my vindication
can be mado complete and final. Much
ns I regret tho fact of my Indictment
I realize It no be an Inovltablo And
necessary slop toward my final axon
oration. I would not havo It otherwise
after tho publication of Ihp Paxtoh
letter. Of courso tho public will un-
derstand that a Grand Jury Investi-
gation 1b Bccrct and tho accused Is
not allowed to roply.
Claims 116 Is Innocent
"I am Absolutely Innocent and I
know dn that account no harm can
come to me. Thpse who know m0 best
havo assured mo I nthouUands of wayB
Blnce MV. Paxton mado this awful
cbargo qf their Btnuneh belief in my
innocence nnd I feel confident that
those of my fellow-cltlzcns who do
not know mo will suspend Judgment in
my cobo until In an open and fair
trial they may bo convinced of my in-
nocence" .
Prosecutor Conkllng Bald regarding
tho beginning of tho case:
"I will bo roady to start it any tlmo
after one week. Tho defense may
namo the tlmo for the trial If It doeB
not make it more than three montnB
honco."
Judgo Lntshaw said ho would bo
ready to begin hcnrlng tho cbbo noxt
Tuesday If necessary.
There are but twenty cases on his
docket now and nono are Important.
HOME LINED WITH GOLD
SHE DIES LIKE PAUPER
Elizabeth Hajs's Dcnth on New Jersey
Farm 'Itevcnls $100000
Scattered Around.
BURLINGTON N J. larch 3 Pi o-
fesslng abject poverty before the world
and .living less expensively than her
poorest neighborsTlIss Elizabeth Hays
aged elghty-slx died Suddenly last
night In the midst pf a fortune in gold
and currency estimated at more than
?100000 which for fifty" years she had
been secreting about her old farmhouBO
Jllss Hays's financial status was dis-
covered today when tho heirs and her
oxecutor Counsellor Reginald Branch
made a brief search of tho hoube'prlor
to a qompleto examination promised
tomorrow morning. .
Bed and table linen yielded $10 and
$20 bank notes by tho scores. Bed1
springs old coffee pots several old
purseB and other receptacles were
found to coninln hundreds of dollars.
An .old fumlly Bible was almost com-
pletely Interleaved with $20 notes
some of Ihem bearing dates of Ibbuo
shortly after the civil war. The book
stood on a parlor table. In a cupboard
among odds and ends of every descrip-
tion was a little pasteboard box. Tho
Investigators were about to toss it
aside when a jingle ot coin drew their
attention and they raised tho'Hd to dis-
cover the box filled with gold coinB
mostly eagles and double' eagles
amounting- to nearly $800. Old salt
bags and leather wallets filled With
gold were picked from an odd assort-
ment of trash.
In different reqeptncles nearly a
thousand old coins of copper nickel
Bllver gold and alloys and minted In
a dozen different countries In the last
two centuries were discovered. They
were In no order and tvere mixed in
with the modern money or all denoni-
inatlons.
Rolls of banknotos all of big denom-
ination were stuffed between tliQ mat-
tresses and mixed In with them weTO
quantities of civil war "shin plasters."
It Is said the searchers could not
pick up a book without finding money
between the leaves. Linen dropped to
tho floor disclosing $10 notes between
the folds.
Many of tho old bank notes bearing
early dates almost crumpled to du-
when found and It will tolt'o an cxpei-c
to decipher their value.
Neighbors declare the house contains
a small fortune in ancient sllverwaro
and old furniture.
Tonight tho late homo of Miss Hays
a fifteen-room farm house In a sad
condition for lack of ropalrs is watch-
ed by armed guards to provent any at-
tempt to seek tho hidden wealth it still
contains.
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE SHQWJf
IN' THE RAIBOAD'EARNINGS.
AUSTIN. Tex. March 5. Auditor
Fitzgerald ot tho Rall.'oad Commission
today compfeted the results of opera-
tion of Toxns rallroads during tho six
months ending Dec. In nnd aB compared
to tho same six months of the preced-
ing fiscal year there Is an increase
for the curront period Tho nguVes In
detail aro Us follows;
Freight earnings: $34313447 In-
crease $2521112 or .74 por cent
Passenger train earnings; $14773
M8r increase $1011492 or 7-35 Tor
cent.
Other enrnlngst $843163; Increase
$79810 or 10.58 por cent.
Gtosb earnings; $49921260; In-
crease $1343421 or 2.77 per cent
Op rating expenses; $34890286 in-
crease $1201895 or 3.57 por cent.
Income from operation; $15030975;
Increase $141525 or .05 por cent
The foregoing comparisons aro with
tho first six months of the preceding
fiscal year and that of 1909-10 shows
an increase in evory Instance The fis
cal years ends June 30.
Cottea Xarkea.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK. March 7Spota quiet!
puddling 14.65.
PAPER CAB WHEELS.
Safer and Stronger but Mora C.ectly
Than Other Wheels.
Wo naturally think of paper as
something lacking In strength and of
a paper artlclo as being fragile so are
eomowbat alarmed when an encyclo-
pedic friend remarks that the wheels
If the ear on which wo are slipping
Mong at tho rate of a mile a minute
lire made of paper. This opportunity
to be alarmed occurs however on
nly the best of railways as paper
car wheels though safer and longer
lived than any others are also more
expensive. The principal advantage
of wheels made from this unpromising
material Wound In the fact that they
are not Injured by tho violent vibra-
tions to which car wheels are sub-
jected. The paper used In the manufacture
of these wheels Is known as calen-
dered rye straw board or thick paper.
It Is sent to the car wheel shops In
circular sheets" measuring twenty-two
to forty Inches In diameter and over
each of these sheets Is spread an even
coating of flour paste. A dozen sheets
are placed one on tho other and the
lot subjected to hydraulic pressure of
COO tous or more. After two hours
pressure theso sheets which have now
become a solid block are kept for a
week In a drying room at a tempera
tore of 120 degrees after which a
number of blocks nro pasted together
pressed and dried for a second week.
A third combination of layers Is then
made after which there Is an eutlro
month of drying. The final block con-
tains 120 to 1G0 sheets of tho original
paper and is four and one-half to Ave
Inches In thickness. A1J resemblance
to paper has been lost the block in
weight density and sqlldity -approximating
the finest grained heaviest
metal.
To complete the wheel there are re-
quired a steel tire a cast Iron bub
wrought Iron plates to protect the pa-
per on either side and two circles of
bolts one set passing through tho
flange of .the tire tho other through
the flange of tho bub and both sets
through the paper. The paper blocks
are turned on a lathe. . which" also
reams out tho center hole for the bub.
Two coats of paint aro applied to keep
out moisture. The various parts are
next assembled and tbe paper car
wheel Is complete. y
As maybe readily understood paper
wbjcb has received the treatmenttde-
scrlbed may bo used for almost any
purpose for wblcb metal or "wood Is
used if not too much exposed to damp-
ness and to all practical purposes It
Is fireproof. Harper's. '
A Pert Reply. '
A story told of Sir John Fisher and
Lord Charles Beresford when both
were stationed In tbe Mediterranean
will bear repeating. A competition lvwft
had' been held at Malta for a prlzerr ot AdI
annually presented by Sir Jobn. It Is
known ns tho" Malta cnp. and. having
so far always been won by a crew
belonging to the admiral's flagship. It
was fully expected by Sir John that
this n-cord would be maintained On
this particular occasion however a
crew of the rtnmlllit's. commanded by
Lord Charles Beresford carried It Off
Instead A day or two later the fleet
was practicing maneuvers and Ad-
miral Fisher whose reputation ns a
stem disciplinarian Is well known
was dissatisfied with the performance
of the Ranilllles He signaled accord-
ingly o Its commander the message.
"Explain your reason for being late
in executing maneuver" Without u
moment's delay the titiHwer came. "We
are towing the Malta cup." Dundee
Advertiser.
A Cruel Joke.
Oswald a witty and original Pari-
sian had a mania for pr-iciical Jok.
Ing. He vwis very amusing to nis
friends but when pis talputs were ex-
erted to uveuge some wrong there
was more hiueriU'ss than fun In his
wit. One evenlug when u man who
had nof treated him politely gave u re-
repttou lie revepged himself cruelly.
The man wys slightly def inned. All
tbe hunchbacks of I'urt.s. ftoo'lu num-
ber presented themselves at Ills re-
ception. They had received notices
from Oswald that If they stioiild go to
this address on this evenlug (bey
would learn of a legacy wblcb nad
been left tbenf.
. Stolen Joke.
The sbndo of the ice baron had In-
troduced himself to Charon on the
river trip
"Quite a roomy bit of water this
Styx" be commented. "Never freezes
over does It."
".Not so's to interfere wltb naviga-
tion" said Charon smilingly "and. by
tbe way that very fact gave Mepblsto
the Idea for bis favorite Joke."
"You don't say! What's the gag?"
"Why. when a guest In hades com-
plains ot the scurrlty of Ice the old
boy explains that It's due to tbe un-
precedented perversity of the past wn
ter!" Ruffulo Times'
Obedient Bobby.
"Bobby my xou.' exclaimed the dis-
mayed mother hh hUv saw nl her imy'a
belonging) Htncked In ti corner ot the
r-hiwM "haven't I tried over and over
tq tcneu you that you sbould nave a
place for everytblngV"
".es mother." said the hoy enwr-
fully "and this Is the place' Lad"''
Home Journal.
Diplomacy.
The wife of a wan who came borne
late insisted upou u reamni
"When I go out without you" hf
said. "1 do not enjoy myself halt us
much and -It takes e twice as long.'
Success Magazine
The world ewea every in a living!
but ioMtTt furnish a cellecter
a a & la v a o r a d a a a a &
a REAL ESTATE. $
Sam Cash and wife to 8. L Penny
tract of land situated in tho north
wost 1-2 of Bcctlori 8 bldck 18
of tho Texas & Pacific railway
company's Btirvoy of Taylor couit
ty 14560
T. M. Trlbblc nnd wlfo to II. H.
Tootnbcs. Tract ot land situated
in tho southeast 1-4 of section
19 block 0 of thoSputhorn Pa-
cific railway comfmhy'a survey
of Taylor county $35
hutiry J. McDeo to C. F. Fnrrmari.
Tract of land situated In tho
northwest 1-4 ot a block ot land
lying In survey 426 of tho origi-
nal Burvey of Taylor county ....$10
John P. Roberts and wlfo to C. F.
Freeman. Tract of land situated
In tho southeast corner of section
9 survoy 420. of tho orlglnnl Bur
vey of Taylor county . '. $12.50
G R. Hill and wlfo to L. H. Tuck
or. Tract of land situated In sur
vey 426 of the original Burvey of
Taylor county . '. $900
J. II. Tucker and wife to H. E.
Wallace. Tract of land lying in
the nothweast 1-4 of suroy 41.6
of tho orlglnnd survey of Taylor
county ..-. i$750
Mrs. Clora Puett to J. T. Leeson lots
7 and 8 block F Steffens &
Lowden subdivision of lot No. .1'
block 204 city of Abilene ..$600
William Spain to Eugeno Wood lot 7
block 3D city ot Abilene $2500
T. A. nnd J. H. Russell to Eugene
Wood lots 7 and 8 block 23
College Heights addition to tho
city ot Abilene -.$400
Mrs. Eliza Lacy to W. A. Payne iart
'of outlot 1 block 2QC city ot
Ablleno '. $1800
Gustnv Glenewlukcl to Pecod & North-
. pm" Texas Railway tract of land
out of league 121 Guadalupo
county school land In Taylor
county ..i $GBp
G .T. Robinson and wife to O. N Hill
50 acres of land out of north-
oast cdrner of Dellis & Paxton
subdivision of lots 1 and 2 Stef-
fens subdivision of the Merchant
pasturo In Taylor county $2000
C. A. Curlto T. A. Bledsoe trustee
tract of land out of northwest
corner of tho Cope tract In Tay-
lor for road purposes $12.50
A. M Daniel and wife Co A. H". Nelson
part of lot l.sblock 18b Taylor
county . ' $1980
J. S. Roysdonand wife to A. M.
Scott. Hand 12 block D George
krffick addition to the city
Abilene $600
Henry Sayles to Mac Sayles un-
divided half interest In 377 1-2
acre's of land off the west end
of Patrick E Durst Burvey 88
Taylor county $1C9S7.50
JW.N. Iott and wife to Mrs. Pattie
Martin part of W. G. Canon
preemeptlon survey in Taylor
county $500
W L. Jame3 to Mrs. Pattie Martin
lot 7; block A subdivision of out
lot 1 block 201 city-' of Abi-
eneK ...$1200
Mrs. Pattie Martin to "W. L. Jamps
part of W. G. Canon preemption
survey In Taylor countv ..$3000
Simeon Welch to W. O. Boney part
of a 62 acre tract out of league
147 Grimes county school land
R. C. Reynolds and wift to J. J.
Campbell lots 1 2 and 3 block
L Pecan Park addition to the
city of Abilene $1250
J. J. Campbell and wife to T. R.
Rhodes same tract ns 'above.
$50
jT.R Rhodes to Eugene Wood same
tract as above $1 and other
consIderatipnS.
J. D Southworth nnd wife to B. L.
GUI lots 5 and 0 block 16 town
of Trent .. $500
Walter L. Phillips to Mrs. S. L. Phll-
' lps half Interest In lots 10 11
and 13 block E Val Martin addi.
tion to the town of Merkcl..$150
Charles Brown to J. C. Mercer 169 3-4
acres of land off tho west side
of lot 4 A. F McDonald sub-
division of W. W. Sills' surveys
23 and 24 Taylor county. . . . .$2800
C. H. Mathis to J D. Owon et al trus-
tees for tho 10th Street Metho-
dlBt church South lots 23 nnd
24 I. O. Anderson subdivision of
tho north part of lot 1 block
208 city of Abilene $4?0
J. E. Adams and wife to V. T. Efwln
part of outlot 3 block 177 Tay-
lor county .....$250
AMERICAN TELEPHONE COItf-
PANY BUYS LOT OF STOCK
BOSTON March 4 The purchaso by
the American Telephone company of
elghty.two thousand shares st stock
recently Bold by the. Mackey Compan-
ies was announced here today. Pres-
ident Vail Bays that the stock was tak-
en at a price representing a cash over-
turn of between eleven and twelve
million doHars
PINC1IOT STILL ON STAND
BEFORE CONGRESS COMMITTEE
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON D. C March 4-Glf.
ford Plnchot resumed the stand In the
Balllnger Investigation today. In ana-
wor to tho question ho stated that BaL
llnger's letter to tho prosnlent on No-
fvem'ber fifteenth enclosing Ronald's
lettor reflecting on Balllnger These
letters contain statements which will
ho shown. Flachot Is expected to prove
these ithlaga V other witnesses.
A MONSTER PLOW.
!
Designed For Ten Horaet It Took Fifty
to Move H
What Is said to be tho largest plow
In tho world was ttindo som6 years
ago nt Bakcrsilcld Cnl. This plow
was tho result of the Ingenuity of a
ranch superintendent who had authori-
ty to make Improvements but not to
Introduco steam plows. Tho superin-
tendent had grown very tired of pro-
Dating 3000 acres of lnnu for wheat
with ordinary tilno or twelve Inch
plows drawn by two horses.
IIo nrgucd that If two horses could
pull a twelve Inch plow si horses
could pull a plow thirty-six Inches
wide nnd that eight horses could pull
a plow forty-eight Inches wide. Ho
mado tho calculations carefully and
being clover wltb bis pencil also made
drawings and sent for blacksmiths nnd
machinists to construct a plow on his
principle.
Soitto simple folk told him thnt his
great plow would not Work but they
contented themselves with saying this
dogmatically" without giving nny math-
ematical reason therefor. So tho su-
perintendent went on with his plnns.
The blacksmiths and machinists fin-
ished tho plow In duo time. Tho shnro
was made to cut a fifty inch furrow
The top of It reached flvo feet above
tho ground to give room to thfqw tho
earth The beam was more than a
foot thick but the machine was con-
structed to run between twd great
wheels so that It could bo turned
around easily and on tho nxlo between
these wheels was the scat for tbe man
who was to drive tho ten horses which
were hitched to it
Tho plow was brought to tho great
Hold the ten horses were attached to
It tho handles were raised tho driver
mounted Ids scat and the team was
started. But as soon as tho sharo
struck well Into the ground tho horses
stopped short They were stuck fast
And yet the plow had not gone too
deeply Into the earth. But It was evi-
dent that they could not pull tho plow.
Moro horses were brought out but not
until fifty were attached did tho plow
move along.
Even then it required four men to
hold the handles In order to keep tthe
plow In tho furrow. It was an eco-
nomic failure. '
Then the superintendent through
tho Intervention ot some one who was
a better mathematician than he learn-
ed that he should bnvc cubed the ca-
pacity of his 'twelve Inch plow every
time he doubled the width of it Har-.
per's Weekly. J
MOUNTAIN HEIGHTS.
May
Be Measured by Means of --an
Ordinary Thermometer.
Heights of mountains or of airships
can be measured by means of nn ordi-
nary thermometer. Tho greater the
pressure of the atmosphere on tbe sur-
face of water tbe greater temperature
it takes to boll it As we rise in the
air less nnd less pressure of tho air
occurs and water will boll at a lower
temperature than 100 degrees C. (212
degrees F.). It has been figured out
that for a few miles up for every
iuousuuu ieui oi usccnt wuier win
uou a uegteo lower xnus u at tno
bottom of a mountain water bolls at
00 degrees C. (210 2 degrees IO and at
the top at OS degrees C. (208.4 degrees
F.) the mountain is a thousand feet
high.
In government and other scientific
work extremely dpllcate thermometers
are used. They are long so that tho
scales may be divided into fractions
of a degree. The entire Instrument for
tho work Is termed a thermobarome-
ter or bypsometer. It consists ot a
small metallic vessel for boiling wa-
ter on the Inside of which are placed
these delicate thermometers. Ganot
.says that tho accuracy of the height
of a mountain can be obtained within
ten feet by means of theso Instru-
ments. It is probably not qulto that
accurate as tbe pressure of air does
not decrease uniformly as wo ascend.
Nevertheless It is a good adjunct to
tho surveyor taking largely varlablo
profiles.
Of courso the ordinnry instrument
for taking heights without actually
measuring them Is the barometer.
This is open to tho same objection as
tho thermometer for its height de-
pends on tho pressure of air which
docs not decreuso uniformly How
ever it can be graduated to an em-
pirical scalo to tell tho heights and In
thnt caso shows acduracy.--Chlcago
Record-Herald.
A Story of Charles Reade.
Charles Mathews was fond of tell-
ing a story of Charles Itcado when the
curtain fell at tho old Queens theater
in Loudon on n pronounced failure
culled "A W'hlto Lie." Thero was no
shadow of a call for tho author. The
curtain divided tbe audlcnco from tho
author who stood on the stage shak-
ing bis fist at the invisible foe still
smiling blandly nnd in mellifluous ac-
cents saying; "Infernal Idiots! When
Shall I teach you to respect Charles
Reado?"
Tho Setter Part.
Mr McNabbqr says the London
Mali had Just told his pastor that be
was planning a trip to the IJoly Land
"And whiles I'm there" ho contin-
ued. "I'll read tho Ten .Commandments
aloud frae the top o' Mount Slnnl."
"MeNabber" replied tho minister
gravely "tak my advice. Bide at bamo
an keep them."
Helping Htm On.
The Man No: I don't suppose thnt I
shall ever marry. I'm too shy don't
you know and "faint heart ne'er won
fair lady." The Girl (helping hlro on!
-But I'm net fair; I'm dirk Ilia
trate4 Bits.
oouoitmflRiaao&ciBfiuiii
a ft
A ANNOUNCEMENTS. . O.
For City Marshall:
G. B. TRIPLET!'.
. J J. CLINTON.
JOHN M. GREENWAT.
For City Assessor and Collector-
P. M MoKINNEY
A. H. LALCH.
For City Secretary and Clerk Mayors
Court! '
JOHN L. STEPHENSON.
J. A. PRATT .
For City Treasurer:
- JNO R.- SPAULDINO
For County Clerk:
W J. YOUNO.
J. LsMcDAVID.
For Tax Assessor:
C. B. MANLY. -
JOHN REGANS Jr.
For District Clerk:
C. W LEAKE.
D. G. HILL JR.
Fo Tax Collectnr:
T. W. CLARK.
BAYLOR CRAWFORD.
For Sheriff Taylor County
J. V. CUNNINGHAM.
T C. WEIIt.
For County Treasurer:
J W. CHRISTOPHER.
WILL T BERRY.
For County Attornnv: 4
E M. OVERSHINER
For County JMdge:
T. A BLEDSOE.
Fot County Swpt. of Schools:
E. V. WHITE.
For justlco of tho Peace Pre. No. 1.
. H ROB KEEBLE.
For Public Weigher:
L. W. ROSS
TWO AND A HALF MILLIONS
ESTIMATED PROPERTr LOSS
By Associated Press:
SPOKANE Wash. March 4 Weath
er conditions for the past ten days cul
minating with the Wellington disaster
are responsible for a loss of two and
a lmlf million dollars to various rail
roads operating In the Pacific norths
west. ' .
SIXTY MORE BODIES RECOY.
ERED TltOM ST. PAUL MINE
By Associated Press.
PEORIA 111. March 4 Word was
received from state mine inspector
Newman today that sixty-one of the
miners victims of the St. .Paul dis-
aster had been recoveVed from the
mine and brought to tho surface.
Identification is impossible. Newman
states that this is al'l that will like-
ly be brought to the surface or recov-
ered. '
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT RE-
TUSES CHINESE PROPOSAL
By Associated Press.
PEKIN China March 4. The Rus.
slan government In a formal note sub-
mitted to the Chinese foreign bojtrd
rejects in toto the Chinese proposal
ffP Mm rQfMiff inn rf 4na A Imin nnrl
GBlnchow railroad.
Weathcr indication!).
Maximum temperature 87.
jMiniraum temperature 41.
Mean temperature 64.
Rainfall 0.
East Texas North. Tonight and Tjies
day fair weather cooler tonight in
eastern portions.
East Texas South. Tonight and Tues
day fair weather. k
West Texas North. Tonight and
Tuesday fair weather.
West Texas North. Tonight and
Tuesday fair weather warpier tonight
Wpst Texas South. Tonlgnt and
Tupday fair weather.
W. H. GREEN Observer.
CADILTLAC AGENT RETURNS
PROM TRIP OYER COUNTRY
John Spaulding of the firm of Spaul-
dlng Brothers returned Saturday night
from a trip through the country. So
left here Frldny afternoon driving a
Cadillac "Thirty" automobile. From
hero Mr. Spaulding went into Shackel-
ford county and Inter visited Geo. W.
P. Coats at tho ranch of tho latter.
Ho reportB a most satisfactory trir-
CASE CHARGING FRAUD IS
AFFIRMED BY STATE-COURT
Dy Associated Press. '
PHILADELPHIA Penn. March 7.'
Tho cases of William Snyder and Jas.
Shumaker charged with conspiracy to
defraud tho state In connection with
the furnishing of tho stnto capital bull-
ding was affirmed by tho state sppre-
mo court todny. Snydor was formerly
stato treasurer and Shumaker was for-
merly superintendent of public build-
ings and grounds.
WILL WATSON YERY ItiD
AT HOME OP W..F. GRAHAM
WlH Watson who has Tecoptly re-
turned from Mineral Wolls and Is vis-
iting his4)rothor-ln-law W. F Graham
district court reporter Is vory ill at
tho lattor's home. Last night -about
nlno thirty Watson was seized with
severe convulsions and partial paraly-
sis of the throat. About midulght his
suffering rendered him unconscious.
Physicians were called and this morn
ing tho patient was reported resting
much easier nlthoifgh ho can today
speak only In whispers.
L. A. Summors arrived In Abilene
last night from Sweetwater where he
had been onhuslnegs and will leave
tonight ffr his home at Waxahachle.
While in Abilene he Is the guest of tils
brother Jack Summem.
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Abilene Semi-Weekly Farm Reporter (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 8, 1910, newspaper, March 8, 1910; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth314572/m1/4/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.