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VOL XXXI.
ABILENE TEXAS FRIDAY DECEMBER 13 1912
VI'XNKR l.
ALL IS Kir
FOR BIO GAME
(OOPU.R SCHOOL MI Oi.ni IN
IIMill PI. IV HUHF. HJIIHV
AFTL'RNOON.
LEE CROWD EXPECTED
Until Tenuis in Lvccllpnt fcuilllltin
.mil Uitst mill HtmM'nuiiht Orlil.
iron Untile N Viitlclpntcd
lleeln Play nf .
Working toward Oio end tlmt tliq
largest crowd of spectators tlmt lin
hit gathered on n football flnlir (i
Abilene tlilB season or any other may
miliran ww maigil UPIWC011 UIP COOp-
er School for Hoy ami tlio Colotunn
High School on Friday afternoon ftf-
fortH extensive ami ttutliifstiiHiHv Hnvo
been exerted for the past several ilny
In the Btendonta of tin Cooper School
aided lty Coach Ralph W. Hedges or
the team.
Tho hardest fought at gridiron bat-
ties on a local field this your Ih coik
(Idently expected on every baud and
In anticipation or Having to meet the
Wrongest team tlmt HI men havo had
to go tip against with one exception
during this season Conch Hedges lm
iircn running JiIh team dally and. while
ih pvpecls to meet n fust aggregation
Friday ho Ih most sanguine In IiIh
hopes of victory that will ho complete-
Details ure Incklnj nK to the present
strength and smashing power or the
Colonial! eleven hut Choir record on
tlm gridiron thin season In the seetlou
nt the country from which thoy will
fnttrney to Abilene has been or the
best and Mint they i!r n husky and
game MpimJ is undeniable. Despiip the
fact tho game Friday will ho o mo-
ttling of a iKtBt-Renwin contest thp vis-
iting warriors nro reputed to hp In bet-
ter form thnu ever and come expect-
ing without the least nhnilnw or dooht
In their jnlipls for adding another
scalp to llmlr nlrendv-grovvn large of
font hull victories
In ordpr that tt number who llnd It
Jinpohs.lh.lp to see tin- gftiiip on Snttir-
day may not be forced to miss It on
that nTCOiinlj -it.ihim ibeirn dqeldtiO to
Htagp the mafcli on Friday. If present
wpnthPr lndlcutioiiH eontltim- o oxlflt
J'ridny wlH Ijp nu Idpal foothall day
jut piioitgh hrtsluiPSH In tlie atr to en-
gender vim mil) "pep" In h.' player
and thereby inakp the ttume lettor
and )noro IutPreUfi!; one from Hi"
linlnt of vIqw of the aprctnt-jr A largo
crowd In oxporfptt y tl' stndentp or
she ("oopor fcchooi .an! th'y will ci
t.rrplato prantly any npport from
fliuop who may cotnj out Filday af-
t moon I'lay IH hagln at four
o. lock on the CoojMr fJpld which can
he rpaclred hy taking the oulhboi!nd
hrrpet car. I'ostors limp beon placed
about toivn In the dlfreront tore win
dow. null the game him bPpn thor-
rtURhlv advortlHCd and 'MalkPd V" ou
erv hand. Indication arc that It
wdl bo the hardeat-roughf or the year
An admission rep of thirl y five cent
will be charged. Come out and ne a
fist contpst
FAILS ON CAR TRACK
.lolin Mfreil Mlr Mcclh Willi l'lilu-
fnl VcHilcnl. I'hrpp Inch (Ja-h
nu rprchcilil .Sii-lalneil.
lolni Alfritil tho uighl-yetir-old son
or Mi. and Mi. V. 15. .Mulr who ruegl-
ed an ugly out on tho loft portion of.
In- tmehoail by railing down and stri-
king h1 hfiiif on a ptroet car rail
aimui 1 o clock WNjduendny afiernoon
in retiortod to be gutting along nlut-
I) Mihij nial will Konifrupowr.
John Alfred mid hlft llttlo Hlntur
win- pointug to town t hop thu pic-
ture iitiaw anil a thoy were In tho
an or paHBlng over the btruot-rnr
trjui nt thu ortmHlng of Cmlur and
XnTTTi ThTrii BTrnnm ihf hny trtrtpeti
mi one rail mid foil. Blrlktug hut bond
on the onnOHltc rail. Ilo wu knock-
iil iiiu'oiinIoiiu and wiib idoked ill
anil currleil Into n nearby Iiouhp and
Infer to a aanlmriuui whom liU wunind
a drpHHPil The jsiibU on hi Toro-
IimuI wiib about three Incliim In
length mid nut to the bone but It Ip
(liouglit tlioro- I no fraeturo. Three
HtlicliPB woro taken hy tluwo who at-
tended him Ilo wait Inter carried to
the Iioiiip of IiIh pareiitB 44 1 drape
KtreeU whom he ropuituinl In a hoiiiI-
Miiideiotis nouditlou until about B
o'elooU p. tit.
i W Merchant gave ton dollurB
an. I the philnethna Class or tho Hup-
thu ebnrch I going to (111 th fitocU-
Ingn or two of my blggutit fninlllos
what nre sou going to do?
MOTHHU HIMWAltn
Inpan makos use of marine vegeta-
tion more Hutu any other nation iriueh
of Ha KDuilwecil being mauufaiinreil
into edible gelatine.
RECEIVES
WOUND
OOOJOOfKlBBijOOOD
UHINCF lIHHKVl M'lTIIHil)
of niviti. mini tohav. o
Hy AwiiitM I'lfiw
Ml'Siril Unvarhi Dor. 11
Prince Ht'KOlU MilrjKrtil or M-
v.irla ilioil today ngnd itliiely-
. He look it Ic-e0ld both
liKnrn dnvbrlnh all lilri life
Ho nn t.'urnpf'H oldest ruler.
O
oooai)ooo0ttt( rrwarrr
IS
NEW TRIAL IS ASKED
.SriinlM in rraiicp NMi IfpconN
Cleared nf Hip lllol on
Chiiritclpr.
PATHS Dec lll.Ail effort to ob-
Iflln revlalon of the trial of MniTujni
Lofarge a liwmtlfitl oeloty woninn
who wits Autttuuaoil to tiiipilsonuii'ni
ror life hi 1S1 tor th munler ol hor
hiiBbaud Ih to lio made by n nownrfiil
camniUtPo or hcIOuUbIu. writprs and
polltlcltiim which lins jimt boon form-
ml. The case of Atntlnint tpfarge wan
or shulllHr to that or sMra. May-
brick It caused a jjrijat SPiiBatloii
nt the time Tho conviction was ilue.
oriliclpuliy to Uip evlilelicp or thf-
great theiuist .Alatthleu Orrila. who
Bwore to i lie prugencp of nrKeuIc In
Lcrarge's body. Another Ivnitliie'
fcclyntlMt tf tin' period. Francois Ilns-
piai naptt'rifd to Tiille. hcre (lie
trial took place fn order to declare
to the Jury that YJrfilu'jt ettdencp w.s
liUsiifflcIpntk aH arsehlc with present
In all bodies but he arrlveil too late
Itimplnl'B eouteiitlou ib supported
to boiiip extent by later pxpcrlments
iitrrled out by Annum) Gauller mid
Pair Oabriel Ib-rtrmid Iiiih JUHt con-
cluded h Serf of Btuilles howng fn-
cOtitrovertlbly that arujiln oxlKt in
a Mineral way In every living organ-
ism. niitl further tlmt Uip methods
hitherto cinp!uett Hhoweif the prus-
eiiee of nrspiiU' lu bdlH had the ef-
fect or liitrodiiulng iirwonlr Into those
'iHidiefi
Jladanip Lofurgp ijied In 18S.i two
yetr ttfter he hmf Iippii pardoned by
.S'ttpolon I It
Ceiilnil Probyterian i'hiircli Xoti.
The primary department of Cen-
tral IreBi)i torhiu cburali ha been
fttrnisMed nj four young taon or Abl-
lonu. T4ie donors w'Ote .Mct.nr- Unu
U Cox' C 0. Uiilttan lllou Oorrlo and
C II. Fnl tier tho nt numed being
a donnttou trout bl companv Hip Abi-
lene Steam Laundry. Thp pastor an-
nouncing tho uiimefl or these donor to
Uie church fitnted tluwe- 5'o'iug men
on IfttirnitiK or the heed or thin de-
parimciH gladly supirtied the iipetjcd
rund Pri'vloMn to ihi domttlon on-
ly atx people or Abilene outsble the
meotheialllp or thin church have aivon
doiiiitlonB and tu or those were miibo
llclfed.
iin. iithii:v iioxruti:i.
Milletip IlentM Is Klrrlril Secrelar)
of Sllite Ileiital Itnard nt Austin
Toilaj.
Al'RTl.V Tex. Dec 12.-Dr. C M
McCjiulrv of Abilene vrab efectpit sec
wjnrj of the Stun Dental Hoard to-
day. T S CarlwrlKlil of Van Alstyne
Ik thp president.
. 1. H. PETREE
AT POTOSI EARLY TODAY
Deceased Was a Woman Highly Rc
Bpected and Much Loved.
BCntlvcB Here
Jtrs J. H I'otree dlpil at her home
nt PotosI tit three o clock till trlnita
day) morning after an Illness of sev-
eral weeks Hhe wns ono of tho most
highly respected women or tho com-
munity. JinopfiBotl lonvpB a hiisbmul
umi n number f ehlldron and Btep-
children. It was announced that the
funeral would be hold nt Potosi at
four o'clock this afternoon The fun-
oral wiib attended by V. C. I'otroo of
HiIb city a nephow.af the liutflititnl of
the dead woman and John Potreo. til-
fo of thlB-cityii biolhei-uf tbe PoIobI
man.
Delightful hoino-inndo enndtps at
rerroBhiiiont prices nt Hip Uitznur.
I'th and ISth or Dpcembor
The I'nltod tntes BtipplloB Htissla
with three-rourtliB of Its typowritors.
twenty kinds of Amnrlcnn maohlnoa
bolng sold there.
"ODDociDDOoaaaoao.'
a
lifMioii in Piti.r.s is
awaiu)i:i hy roNniti:ss.
Hy AHSoclntutl Press.
DALLAS lyf . Dee. 12 Ton
thriUHiind ilolliiit lu piizos wore
awnrdPil by the Toxiih luduatr-
nl CongroBB today Chmiou A
Doss of Itookdtile. Milam Co.
won first iirlJto In Cinsa A
ILOOo. He bent hlt futher who
won n lon prUe
loaoDanooaannaaaa
WOMAN
MRS
JP??& Sir 1- it
I
The latPBt addition to the list or novelties ror wouipii Ib a beautiful
opera bag. the top of which Ih lilted with n largo bevelled mirror bo nrrang-
Cd that the bag folds perfectly flat.
ME M BV
BMHEWMD
CREW OF 25 MEN
DEVONPOIIT Knglaiid Dee. 12.
It Is now practically certain that tho
steumur tiukiiowu at the time which
the dreadnought Centurion sank Tiicb.
day was the Derna. which carried 2."
nieti.
The Conturlon while speeding at
a rnfo of twenty ItnotB off Portland
horore dawn Tuesday ran down mid
Banlc n lilp which is now; baliovgd to.
jinvrj been tho Dnrna. -
The Btentnor tried to ptosb Hip how
of Hip warship which Ktruck well ror-
ward w'th such rorce that the Blpahi-
pf's port light was fotuti) sf lit htirufng
after the collision on Hip (Vntur'on's
roreeastlc
Hefore the steamer cleared the bat-
tlcdtlp'M smoke tie sank and no- trace
could he found although boats were
lowerpd and .the Cputiirinji cruised
nbout tintlb tlnwn.
Talks on Town Development
This Interesting series of articles Iiub been especially prepared for
tiB by Frank Pnrker Stockbvldge and Leo L. Redding editors of Town
Development Mngu?.litc. Look for them every day lu the Heporler.
You will bo Interested In their appeal to your civic pride.
tltt;M'.ATII).NS AS HI'SIMISS
l!l'lllH:JtS.
llj I'm iik Parlcr Stbckhridge.
Cop right 1012 hy Town Develop-
ment Company.)
How's business In your Town?
liuBllieBS men hitting u round and
complaining about If? It must he a
prett) poor sort of town If that's so.
1 never saw a town In which the
merchants were alwnjB kicking that
amounted to anything.
Uy Hie same token I never saw a
town where tho merchants Avore sat-
ttried tlmt amounted to much.
The only towns that amount to any
thing In these dayfl are the towns
where tho business men pelt nor grum-
ble because business Is bad nor sit
contentedly tnklng whatever happens
to come their way lint get together
nnd Pl'LL together mid everlastingly
hustle to make more business for the
town and for themselves
There's plenty of business more
than your Town Is doing now. more!
than YOritK doing Tho only way
to got JU Is to go after it mid the very
liPBt "vnry of nil to bo after It is to go
TOUl-ri'HKR.
CIlvT TOOTUKH! That's the uiib-
win. Don't grutnblo about bad business
don't rost content with what the oth-
er fellow dposn't happen to got hut
make up your mind to get more Iiub-
iucsB mid get the othet fellows to Join
with you to get more biisinesB too
One man enn get moro business If
he goes after It. but two men can got
three times as much business as one.
and a hundred men can get a thous
and tlmus as much business tiB one.
Keep it. too
Just iih soon hb the people In your
Town's trade territory diseovnr tlmt
the husinesH men of Uip Town nro
nllve. aggressive business gotterB your
Town will got tin trade thnt'H now
until t! homewhero oIbo nni) more.
People like to deal with "live ones '
I wtt in Delevau WIb a few
months ago. LIveBt town of it le
Ive c-r seen DuslnoBB? Why. you
have only got to walk nlong Main
Street to VKKU lumlnena In tlio nlr.
HNS OF P. H.
HAMMOCK TAKEN Til
MONTGOMERY. M
The body of P. H. liammock who
illecl Tuesday nfteriioon at 2le o'clock
wpre taken to bis old home nt .Mont"
ginnery. Ahu on the 12:12 0. & P
iratti today.
I). T. Laughter who has been con-
nected with Mr Hammock for several
j ears accompanied Sirs. Hammock
mill will attend tlp funeral which
w'tlt take place nt Montgomery. .W
sorvlcea were held in Abilene tint a
large number of rrleudH of the family
sathered nt the home and nt the train
to pay their respect to the memory of
thin good mmv The Citizens National
Hank Kil. S llughes-Coiiipnny and
perhiiim other business houses closed
their doors while tho funeral pnrty
waa lielng conveyed to tbo train. One
of Abllcne's very host men hns gone
and his place will he hard 10 fill.
Stores with wluilovv displays thui
would dp credit to Marshall Field's.
Automobile del Ivory trucks loading
up in front or tfie grocery. Crowds
every where oven at tlio bootblack
stand mid the soda fountain and It
wtisn't n speelnl Bale day or anything
like that cither; JiihI the Ordinary rup
or liiihluesB they told mo.
Yet ten or fifteen years ago Dele-
vnn wiib u "dead" town. You know
the kind Inhabited by retired farm-
ers "Tired" farmers a friend or mine
(.ads them liuslnoss was slack and
getting Blacker Hair the merchant
were always grumbling mid the other
half simply content with what crumbs
of busluesH that mine their way. '
How did the change conic about?
K.1B.V.
T1IKY HOT TOC5F.THI5R
That waH nil there w'aB to It. Tho
business men of Delevan Blmpl got
together for the sole purpose of get-
ting more business and they discov-
ered that they had been sleeping right
In the midst of a great business ter-
ritory und letting the trudo get away
from thorngoing to the mall order
houses to towns across tho state Hue
nuvhura oxcopt to iiclcvan.
They've got the business now you
couldut pry it awny from Delevan
with u crowbar- Incidentally they ve
made Delevan one of the hcBt towns
to look at nnd trt live lu anywheio lu
the Northwest though no better than
your town might becoiuo And here's
the point I want to hammer homo
KVKRY DOLlAR"S WORTH OF HUB-
1NK8B TII13 ORHAXFUD UUSIMfHH
MKN OF D15L15VAN IIAVB CRKATHD
FOR THJ5 TOWN HAS IIKKKFITTBU
KVHRYIIODY IN TIIK TOWN WIIB-
THL'R TIIKYIKU'KU OR NOT
The huslncsB men of YOUR Town
are getting together They nm pull-
ing together to get more business for
the town and far themselves.
YOU are getting the benefit. I don't
care who you aro or what you nre bo
long as ou II vo lu this Town every
thing tlmt maltea titiBinesB uere ueuor
puis dollars In YOUR pocket whether
yon have helped or not '
If you're helping bully for you!
ir you'ro not well nnt't you Just
a little bit tiMhiuned nf yourself?
flooooocipftoattooa
a
O N1I.U.I. IIOPIIS MJIT F
o vimistim: timh'hi.i:.
Ity Associated Press-
IlOrSTON Tex. Dec. 12.
Small hopos are left'of adjiist-
tng the differences between the
Ilnrrlituui llne nud comluctorR.
nnd trtiliiiueit C. P Nle this
inoriilug miiioiinced ho would
innkp one more attempt to set-
tie Hip trouble
cnooaDOtftfo&Doaoa
imsim:s.s am) imrsi:iiHii) ac
TIVITV PARTLY PAIlALVZl.lil
si:vi:r.Ii hours. '
ALL FIREMEN ESCAPE
1 1 led Tower Llerlrlc Wires are Af.
fiMicil hy Fire. Which I)pstro).s
Hue of Largest Hardware
Firms In Southwest.
fly. Assotiuted PreKSr
PALLAH Tex1. Dec. 12. A two hun-
dred thousand dollar fire within ten
fee( f the electric wire artery which
carried nearly every high power wire
of Dallas partly paralyzed business
ami household activity for several
hours here this morning.
'Hie fire destroyed the throe-slor;
establishment of Iliiey mid Philip at
Kim and Griffin streets one or the
largest hnrdw-are firms In the Sotitli-
vvpfr. Two sounds or firemen stood in me
narrow confine of Griffin street rac-
ing n three hundred foot Unu of tot-
tering wall mid with the big high
power wires swaying over their heads.
'lliey stood their ground until part
of tbo wull began falling toward lliem
and then they naved thcrtiBclvca by
Jumping Into doorways across the
trcpt wbi!e tin avalanche or lirlckH
rolled nt Uielr reel.
All or the men escaped Injury. The
hv.$e po'ieswlth high tension wires
were crtiHlJeirb'y ltffif wnJI mui nearly
the cntlro city electric supply .wns cut
off.
The fh'o was got under control after
Him bourn fighting by the firtucu
SMUlllO Fire nt Houslon.
IIOFbTCiN Tex. Dec. 12. Forty
thousand dollar damage was done by
fire lust night to Wall Stable Under-
taking Company mid their building
Mothers; I have the names of nine-
ty liilldren who will be remembered
at Christum did you send In the nam-
es of ours? If you are not able to
glvi) them on thing wrjle jne and give
me their ngcH and tell me 'here they
live. .Nobody will know f.t
MOTI1I5R MUHISARIK
('are Abilene Reporter
IS
Check Pamed on Yager Shoo Com-
'pany Cause of Detention of Man
Giving name of McCllntock
From Thursday's DJ1
A man whoso natiiu Ib given us U.
C. MuOllhtoek. was nVrested this nior-
iiiiiK by local police officers mid is
held far n hearing In Justice court
thin iThtirBduy) afternoon ut three
o'clock
McCllntock wont to tlio Yager Shoe
Storu at an early hour this morning
mid selected a pair of shoes costing
live dollars gave lu payment u check
tor u like amount nud departed with
thu Hlmcs Thu oiicek Was made out
ou the blank or tho Rotaii Grocery Co.
at Waco and "signed with tue name
-McCJenuun.
Leaving tlio Yugor Shoo Store Mc-
Cllntock went to the funilBliliig Iioiiho
of Mlngus Hrothern and Co.. wlieru
he HOloctcd nu overcoat to bu made
coaling f22. Ou being Informed that
a forfeit of live dollars would have to
be mil up ho wrote out n cheek for
$8.00. When tho party waiting on
him hesitated to accept the tender
MiDlliitock tore the check up and ean-
celled tho order for the coat-
Mr. Yager of tho Shoo Company
growing uneasy about his check put
In ii telephone call for tho Itotan Gro-
cery Company at Waco und was lu-
formed Hint tho party named wo not
nulhorlsed to give a check bo far bb
they knew. McCllntock waB loqnted
at Hip draco Hotel where ho was rex
iHlered under the name of V S. Cam-
eron of Snn Antonio
McCllntock la n young man nppnr.
enlly about 2.1 years old. nicely dress-
eil. und has no uppearauco of being n
criminal. It Ib underfltnod that he
ho employed local attorneys to de
fend hln.
OALLAS SUFFERS
$200000 FIRE
STRANGER
ARRESTED
HEARING THIS AFTERNOON
TOTAL ESTIMATE
OF COnON CROP
covKimiKvr issn:s first hk-
ptiirr l-ftir vi:.nt tiiikh t;n
iirmiu.
BE 13820.000 BALES
Hi-Iovv Thai of KM which was 1.1(i!l2.
"111.. Total I'roilurtlon of Texas
ls-.U(Mio ronijinred to i.-j:.
17 Hnlc l.usi Year.
Hy AsBoelnted Uress.
WASHLNHTON. Dee. 12 Tho Amui-
leau cotton crop for the seaon of
l!U2-i:i will amount to UU2.Ol)o Imleii
of ..(10 poiindA (not liieluditig HntomL
according to the first estimate made
by Hie government this year through
the crop reporting board bprcau of
statistics. Department or Agrlnuttitrc.
and announced tills afternoon This
compares with If..i)u270t hales of rain
pounds exclusive of Millers produc-
ed lu the record crop of last jpar
when the loial crop Inclusive of lln-
ter was 1rr.2no.ouo bales or rain
pounds; ll.t.liS.tilt! bale in HMO
which Including lintem niuouiiied n
12 tmr(;88 bales; 10001. IM bales lit
Hiott which Including lluters amountpd
to $io;nr.:is2 mm i:i.2tt.7(M lmieH
III l l0H which Ineliiding linters nniotnii
ted to 13S7.;tQii kale nnd 11107.179
bales in 1UU7 which Including lnters
iiniotinted to lL37."fli)l halps The av-
erage total production excinsive of
lluters. for the five years rront IHOfi to
11110 wiib 11847.270 bales. The value
or the crop Including seed for Hie
Same period uvemgod 77."S22.0UO
while InBt ywir' record cto Ib esti-
mated to have been worth $HMItS40non
and the 1010 crop $911:1180000 the
most valuable ever produced
ToxiiH-rTotnl production 4.S50.O0O
bale compared with 42it;.127 bales
last year atul :i172218 hales Iho wv-
erage IJHH5-10 The value or the crop
luit year was $2:10.010.000.
Louisiana Total production 43.".000
bales eompnred with :i8lr07 hftle
lust year and i2(5.481. tho average for
1900-IO The value or tho orop lurtt
year waB 521.010000.
- Oklahomn-wrottil nrnilnctlnn'.-.t.nn't
'1)00 hales compared 'with 1220021
avenige l!ifi-to. The value of the
crop biBt year was $.-irO7O00Q.
A man power trlclekv with n revol-
ving brush projecting from between
the rear Wheels ban been Invented tn
Paris for Htreet sweepers.
Fill a stocking like you would hove
ror the child who Is gone nud send It
to M6ther Hubbard ami make glad the
heart or a little ehlhl on Christmas
morning
THE LAST OPPORTUNITY
TO WRITE IT 12-12-12
Twelfth Day of the Twelfth Month of
the Twelfth Year In the Prei-
ent Century
If you should live u million years
you would never again have the oppor-
tunity of dating ti letter I2-I2-'12.
which would be tho proper way to put
It today. This Is tho twelfth duy of
the twelfth month of the twelfth year
of Hip century. In fact you cun't tig-
uro ay time In the future wheti you
will he nble to UchIruuIu it particular
date with three of the same figures
or three combinations of two figures
each combination the same. Hotter
write a letter nud nut let the oppor-
tunity of u lifetime pass away without
taking advantage of it.
Wo suggest (hut you direct your lo-
tpr to "Mot Hor Hubbard." following
tho date with. "Kudosed plense llnd"
etc
A Profit In CnoHNklHN. t
Tlio coon hunting season has reach-
ed its height and Ib pqrhaps u llttlu
passed. Coon rur ha become popu
Inr of late years nnd n good pelt. easily
brings $5 before It Ib Used up to wear.
It used to he the custom (6 cut down
a tree that hnd bean growing 200
years to got a coon tlmt in (hose days
wasn't worth Q cents. Coons nro
about as plentiful now .as thoy woro
then hut trees uro scarcer. Farmer
Colih up near Red dim; which Is a
wild and barbaric district reports ono
of his neighbors having thirteen coon
skins nulled up on the burn door to
dry. It must ho a pretty big door.
Thirteen coon skins nt 5 each I $05
which Is it good deal of money for ono
man to have till to liliimolf In Red-
ding. Privately wo have alvvayit felt (hut
a coon's skin looked better ou His own
I ponton than around some woman's
nock or perhiuw used by ucr as n muff
I New York Evening World.
NEW YORKER IS
WITNESS TODAY
J
ii. (;im;si:i ti;iis
CtniMlTTUK OF iM
Hi: MVHH
SK.NATK
S
$25000000 IN A DAY
Ileclnres "Mllltons und MlineHS' nre
I.oanrd Over lite Telephone in
Courxe of Regular litiMHexft
in e YorKi
Hy Astochiloli Press.
ASIHN(lTON Dec. 12. J. II Orie-
in or Now York told the Senate coin-
ililttec? investigating the so-ealled moil-
o 'trust Krtlai that on tho NevV York
Stuck I5.ehange he Irad loaned some
twenty to twenty-five million dollurs
und borrowed fifteen million dollar
nil ou the smile day.
Orlesel said that he had made loans
for the Chase National Hunk on No-
vember 20 when mil-money wiib twen-
ty per cent. OrtcBoI said that ho
loaned rifteon "to twenty millions.
I-oaiiH wore also made for Ktihn
Leoti and for Sliryer He said that
"mllllntiH. mid jiiilllous" are loaned i-
er the tiieplioue in the course of reg-
ular hnsMicsB In New York.
He Laid if tho rate of interest on
inonev in Hip Slock Kxchatige should
he nmdp fixed the result would bo to
keep the money at home In the conn-
ID banks.
(.UVKRNJfK.vr Rl.UINS SUIT AUAI-
.N.ST IIOHSL'SHOUHS AKHO
UIATION.
FUTURES DROP SI BALE
pw Orleans Cotton .Market AffecM
Hy Tulnl H.stiuiHte of Crop
U. A. HaHingarlner Hid .Not
Suicide Shs Attorney.
Hy Associated Press.
DF.ROIT Mich. Dec. 12. Tlio Fed-
eral Oovoruitieut began today nn nntU
trust suit tiguitiMt the Master Horse-
shocru Nutlonnl Protective Associa-
tion nlleglng that it refuses to sell
direct to horse owners drilled horse-
ehoes adjustable calks und rubber
hoof pads.
Futures Hrop ft Rale.
Uy Associated Press
NFAY ORLKANS. La- Doc. 12.
Cotton tuturi'B dropped one dollar n
bale today upon receipt In this city
of the Oov eminent cotton crop totnl
estimate.
"llHUHigurlHer Hid Net riHlrldc."
Uy Associated Press.
WAXAHACHI1-:. Tex. Dec. 12. "C
A. Ilatimgartner who shot his wire
and Hired unin Newt Plcrson yester-
day did not kilt himself but whb shot
by Pleyson lifter he had fired on
Plerson."
Tills Btatetuunl wns uindo today Hy
County Attorney Whipple. Tlio shoot-
ing occurred on tho farm of Uaum-
gartner" near Orvilla at bcvou o'clock
In tho morning. Mr. Haumgurtlier
was thought to havo been fatally
wounded hut Plursuu'a Injuries nre
Said to he slight
L
UoMchI .Night of Winter.
Tlio temperature went down this
morning to 2d thu lowest point which
has li'duu reached this winter. Tho
sun came out early. Its first oppcarr
anco in several days Tho Weather
Itureau's forecast for tonight reads
cloudy and colder. Tho clouds. werei
here nt throe o'clock this afternoon
The ladles of the First. Christian
church w"l u)lt' their mutual fktMitr
ou next Tuesday und Wednesday
December 17 tnd 78. Uofresknvcnts.
After twenty years of experimenting
a Philadelphia scientist Han succeeded
In hutching eggs of diamond bck ter-
rapin In tin incubator. v
Uy all means be on hM4 at tfc
Christian Ijidtes llasaar It yu wMti
tl bargain In Chrtetwaa tHweuiMi.
Heeeinhor 17 and 18.
Tho clileVpB. sahii. wndwk:h irt
cto. will lie a gret aKtcea If you hut
attend the Ik war Taeay awd W4"
nesday.
N ' ' ' ' '"
KxpcrlmpHta to (femwty m to
Have shown tkat 4 pa4U ybm
Have tk Mm vahw hr ftwitog itaftlc
km mmI mmm4w ter.
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