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VOL. XVI.
NUMBER 203.
ABILENE. TEXAS. TUESDAY AUGUST 20 1012.
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STATEMENT BE
MADE AT ONCE
rs. pfmiosi: wihh tei.l of emu
ItCSI'OMIHNCK WITH AltCII-
HVI.II OF STANDARD Oil.
TAFT SIGN PANAMA BILL?
mi hi President Will not Vein Mentor?
I" i'ii If lie Gela no Assurance II
Niih tint Passed to Abrogate
Hnv Treat).
lit Associated Press.
WAHIIINGTON Aug. 20 Senator
I'l-urose of Pennsylvania announced
inilin that h would make a statement
in i In- Somite tomorrow regarding cer.
Mm correspondence with John I)
vichhuld of tlic Standard Oil Coinpn-
derllned to say what the
would be. but It was Intl-
Penrose
tan ini-nt
ii.i i -u nun me iniaiiciui operations hi
Mi- Iti-jiiiliHcan campaign in 1!h
uuuld Im thoroughly dlcusscd
lln- alleged correspondence has
tin n the ImrIh of charges that I'nnnwp
u.t(l financial aid from Archbuld
.ni (hut tlu money was tiRcd in the
! mm of Roosevelt to (hi- prosldcn
luff Will Sign Panama Hill.
I'v Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Auk. 20. Some or
in r resident's visitors today said that
i.. thought that he would sign the
I'.maina f'uiinl hill even If he received
i.i assurances through Congress that
h. m-t was not passed to abrogate the
I lax Pniincefnto Treaty
MMIIISTA PI..VS FHl'STRATKR.
I . Police Chief of Mexico City He-
leased nn llond hut Wus int.
niedlalely Hetnken.
I 'mm El Paso Times
Habeas corpus proceedings to se-
ore thi) rcleuao of David do la
Fnentc. the former Red Flag chief-of-urllllery
who was nrrcBted last
week by stnte rangers and I'nlted
States department of Justice officials
for alleged violations of the noutrull-
iv laws were filed Saturdny afternoon
in the Forty-first district court. When
1'ueiites was arrested which .wus last
Monday he was plnced In the county
Jail and. although he wus said to bo
able to make bond no preliminary
tu.iriiig was given us local author-
ities waited for necessary papers to
in ilve from Sun Antonio where the
original charges against Dp lu Fii'.'iite
had been filed.
These documents renched Kl Paso
last Thursday morning and at that
lime. Commissioner Oliver fixed Fuuu-
u'h bond at 2."00 TIiIb sum was
put up and Dp lu Fuento was ghen
his liberty for the space or only sev-
r.il seconds because ho wob Imine-
iiiately re-arrested by State Hunger C.
II Webster. It Is understood that the
.'act of his being held as u 'ninger'
prisoner Indicates that extradition
proecedlnus ore lu progress for him.
No bond wus set after his second nr-n-fM
and It wus for tho purposo of
securing his release that hubcnB cor-
pus prooeedltiKs were Instituted. Tom
r Ueu is tiding as uttornoy for Fuon-
ii The habeas corpus proceedings
xwli ho heurd this inornlng ut lno
lock beforo Judpe A. M. WhltbalU
To Succeed Ornzco.
De lu Fucnte. l said to have been
the mail scheduled by tho partisans of
;:inlllo Vazquez Gomez pretender to
the presidency of Mexico to tuko tho
plate or Pascunl Orozco und contlnuo
the revolution against tho Mexican
government.
De lu Fiienfe former chief of police
in the city or Mexico and a otrong
Dins' adherent wus wounded severely
in the right urm In nn engagement
with tho fedemls south of Chihuahua.
It was while ho was Incapacitated
it is sulci ho began to loso raltli in
Orozeo's ability to successfully carry
hi the revolt Ho then Bided with the
VaanuistuH and It Is said declared he
would nut Vnsnuez Gomez In Uio proB-
tdenoy. Ho ban been In San Antonio
severnl times for conferences It Is
said with tho "provisional president."
At least federal agents say they buvo
an uhiindunco of ovldenco. About two
weeks ugo Do lu Fuonto and bla sec-
retary worn located In a Now Or-
leans hotel. They had been traveling
"Incog" and thoro wero "some activ-
ities" going on
Whether they wore negotiating for
a filibustering expedition out of New
Orleans l yet to bo iiscertulued defi-
nitely. Thero is some evidence. It 1b
huIiI to support this theory. This
method of Rattlne urins and nmmuul'
Hon Into Mexico for the revolutionists
was considered some tlmo ugo by
Orozou because of tbo tightly-drawn
net along the Texas border which
made utloiupttt at ''blockade" running
rather a hazardous job for aom of
the rebel patriots.
Morewtsts Covered.
Following the departure of De Is
Puente and his sepretary from New
Orphans Uiclr roovemonts wero coverj
ed pretty well tp Kl Ptso. Both men
Htopped off In 8ah Antonio and had
soma conferences for a day or two
relative to Uio sltuntlon in the repub
BITTER WORDS
ARE EXCHANGED
ItKI'irill.Il'AN AMI RKMOCRAT RKP.
HKSKNTAT1VKS HAVE I.IVK-
I.V TILT IX IIOl'SK.
Illinois .Hun Said Austin of Tennessee
Wan Personally Interested In
Wnlcr Legislation Then In-
dcr Consideration.
Uy Associated Press.
WASHINGTON Aug 20. Represcn-
tutivo Hiiynlc of Illinois a Democrat
and HepresoiiMitlve Austin of Tennes-
see a Hcpuiillciiii exchanged bitter
personalities In the House today.
Hayule charged that Austin was
personally Interested In the Wnter
J0""" Illation I
.p.-
hen before the
rhe Illinois man also charged that
the Tennesseun was an Incorporator
In the company that wbh to he bene-
fitted by the pending legislation and
that the ''well-trodden path'' led from
Mr. Austin's congressional offices to
the so-called Water Power "trust.'"
lic and the chances of negotiating the
finances and necessury supplies to
cam on the warfare against the Mex-
ican government.' Plans were also dis-
cussed of securing the release from
Beerul Texas Julls of prominent Vas-
(ItilBtas. It is stated
Tile ticthllles of the two men were
sufficient in the eyes or the United
States to bring about complaints char-
ging conspiracy against the Mexican
government Accordingly compluintb
were made about a week ago and the
arrest of both men followed In Kl
.Paso. It Is understood some mighty
interesting pvtdenco has been uncover-
ed in connection with the arrest of
these men.
The Investigation of the Vasauttas
activities Is the basis of much work
for the American orrlclals. Whether
(titno of the men battling under the
banner ure jsponslbli for some- re;
ccnrralda 7s nfiw'beiiigworkcd on by
federal slouthB. Orozco has doelarca
emphatically his men ure not attemp-
ting to force American Intervention
On the other hand the Vasqulstus de-
clare emphatically one of their car-
dinal virtues Is to give every protec-
tion to Americans nTid American
proporty Intervention they declare
would have the effect or endangering
every American in the republic
Some Techulralilles.
Walter Johcs Is sentenced In Mont-
gouieiy to be hanged September 13 bill
sentence has been suspended to await
the result or an uppeal to the Supreme
court
Some or the grounds for asking foi
a new trial were or a ktnd that roiiBe
tucry against the prevalence or tech-
nicality lu criminal procedure. One
was that a Juror talked with the Slier.
irr at a distance from tfio other Jurors
not. however having gotten out of ilie
custody of thnt sworn olllcer of the
luw; another that the defendant wae
Indicted us Sloan or Kd Itpwuu and
was not known as Ed; another that
the diagram of the car In vhlch tho
murder took place wus lncorreetl
druwn; and Btlll another thnt the
county solicitor' speech excited ap
plause from the assembly In court-
The Judge overruled all motions. The
appeal however will bo protecuted on
Just Btich technical objections ub above
mentioned.
No one would refuse the licensed ev-
ery right allowed by Inw; nor Is there
any wish to criticise tho accuseds at-
torneys for availing thomsolves of ev.
neys for availing themselves of every
weapon. Tbo blame is upon tfe law
and cuBtouiB of course. If we wish to
bcc Justice expedited wo must have u
reform of these. -Mobile ItcBloter
NOAH'S AKK HAW.Y MAXAOF.1I.
JJien tbo Ventilation wan Poor During
the. Famous IMMIcfti Vojage.
Prom the Engineering Magazine.
Noah's ark had no scientific man-
agement conditions and oporatlonB
were both most elementary not to
say horrible. Its plan was poor ts
Journey was neither scheduled nor dm.
patched tbo ventilation was very poor
hut Noah had Pn ideal one ideal-
aafety. .
Ho took advice whon it waB given
he used all the common Bense ho bad
ho maintained discipline ho In tho
quaint practice or his time gave an
efficiency rewurd to tho l.ord and
through It secured a promise that the
earth would not bo destroyed nguln.
Change of HurJhchk.
i tcinh in ndvlso my friends and cub.
lowers tbat I havq placed my business
on a cash basis und horeafter will
tnako cheap cash prices Tho0 ordor-
lug will nleao pay on delivery or bo
prepared to pay when bill la pr? sented
at any time as only on tbat basis can
I maUn my present prices. f ...
1 want again to thank tho friends
and contestants who wore to loyal n
our conte and ask ft continuance of
yonr friendship and patronage.
Uula T Ward Clrocer.
RAYNIE IKES SPEECH
HD AN
rlra 0
DISTRICT COURT
Following constitutes the grand
Jury and the petit Jur rnr the session
of district court to convene Monday
next-
1st Week Pellt Jury.
P. P Hooker 0. C. IHasB J. T
llaiiuy. 0 H. Ilrowu. II. F. Urn hum
It. O. Anderson J. K. Cnuthen Jim
M. Huff K. F. Fnrr. (I. Al. Cnuthen
.Inliu Darlmin J II. Couch. Sam Can
non. C. K.'CordHI. A. C. Dledsoe. H.
F. Farr Jr.. A. II. Homes. II. F
Cannon. I A Griffith. !C. A Illunks.
IC. II. Green.. J. M. Cutblrth. Geo. W.
P. Coats. M IJ Hanks. J. It. Dye. At
C. Ilopson. J. D. Hilton. T. J Hill. .1.
W. IJryun. T H. Cnmpton. .1. II. Kl
llott. J. W. Hnmmond T J. Davis.
J II. Goss. J. T Davis. .1 N. llrud-
shaw.
Gniud JurorM.
F C Digby HobertB. I
K. G. Ilatjer. G. W. Johnson. Mor-
kel; Geo F. West. Merkel; A. J. Smith.
Trent; llamby IlicuiirdHon. Hamby: i
Hen Wllklnso;i Ovalo; W II. Cos per.
Shep;' L. H Ivey. Ovalo: G W Wil
son. liiKuni; J. K. Kendall (tips: .1
T. Tims. Huffnln Gap; W. !. Klucalii
Tye; I) K. Cnffiimu. Potosl; C. K
Tucker. Merkel; J A Collins. Abi-
lene Ml SMOKING I HF.HIl srilWW.
The Dlrecterh Will Knfurce (he IHUliie
In Spile of PnilcHf..
From the New York Times
MCHUN-The directors of the ller-
lln I'lidergroiind RuHway have defi-
nitely decided to do nvvny with smok-
ing cars.
They broaehed the subject early in
he spring whereupon a masseil pro-
pst uroHe from what the HerJInger
erm the ''Kettenrnuelier.1 or "chnln-
imokers." who light oiip cigar from
the butt of the preceding.
The directors have now decided to
adhere to their decision. The chief
.-easoh Is that It Is impossible itlwuys
o have smoking and jioliBinoklng cars
icctipy the same relative position In
train. The result is .tunt nououy
'now whether the smoker will he In
?ront or"vrcnraniiniie Istntjon plat
forms are Converted Into n tangled
nass of humanity fushlng about soek-
ng the smoknr or vlca vprsa.
Thls requires longer stops nnd re-
niKs lu a serious loss of time More--ner.
It Is Impossible to keep the
moklnu ears clean. The directors
ueet objections by pointing out thnt
here Is no smoking In the New York
mbwny.
HUSTON KKS TIIK HOT IMMJ.''
Mail Thousands are Sold on flic
Heaeh There Knrli Ypnr.
i'rom the Hoston lleniltl
About 1 20.000 pounda of hot "dogs"
ure sold on the bench during the sea-
on of sixteen weeks. Figuring eight
:o the pound the totul Is IHiO.OlH).
v'early sixty different stands sell
them.
John C Schmidt is the 'hot dog
'.(lug." On Sundays It takes two men
'rom 0 o'clock In the morning until
II o'clock at night cooking thoin.
Sunday is the big day und Schmidt
hnB two men work all day Saturday
'Hitting 2.i0 dozen rolls for the Sun-
lay trade.
Oftentimes a customer will approach
the stand with the eyo or a practi-
cal epicure look over the stock and
ilck out big one. Taste In "hot
dops" Is llko fhut In clgnrs some
like long lean ones and the others
fat purfectos.
W P. Moore Dead.
Nuws reaches ills friends bore to
the effect thut V. C. Moore n former
cotton buyer of this city but late of
Wichita FnllB. Ih dead. lies died of
heart disease" Sunday August Uth fit
the homo "of his sister nt Strawn
Texas.
It will bo remembered that hia wife
died In this city two years ago.
T. ii V. Train .1 J4iic
T. '& P. Train No. r. duo bore nt
1.&0 this morning did not arrive uH
10 o'clock today tho delay being oc
casioned by a passenger wrccs on
tho EuBtorn end near Mlncoln
where No 7 wbb wrecked.
No ono Injured oxcopt a trainman
and thnt not Bcrjoua
Teachers' Examination.
An examination ror teachers' cer-
tificates will be held til my olllco Sept.
0. 0 7 1912 Permanent aubJoclB will
bo given Thursday: 1st aud 2nd grade
subjects will be given Friday and Sat-
urday Persons building to 1st grade
certificates need not come until Sat.
unlay
TIiobo who intend to tnke this exam
ination In Jones county please inform
me nt once.
Respectfully
L T. CUNNINGHAM
County Bupt.
Turd nf Thinks. V
I wish to thank all thu hind people
who worked so diligently nnd any who
may have ahown Interest toward mo
In tho piano contcat I shall always
romomber your hlndness.
TIIBLMA TAttPMSY
SEN. W. I. BRYAN
IS REPORTED AS
STILL IMPROVING
Senator Ilrytui was reported hy Dr.
S. C (Inge at hoon today resting as
well ns could bo expected under the.
clrcumstaiieefl and he thought was
steadily gradually growing be ter.
Ills pulue mid respiration are yet
normal which Is a pleasing Inillia.
tlon ami the patient frequently arous-
es to .loiist'lousnoKs. talks cnlieretitly
and reeognizes Mrs. Hryan the Drs
and others who are permitted to see
him uud understands that he has two
broken ribs
The report that the Senator Is stl'l
bleeding at the ears Is erroneous sa.va
l)r Gage as ibis condition has not
obtnliied at all since Sunday after
tinon-
The two sops. Ilermird and W J Jr.
telegraphed 'hey will arrive In the
morning on the ;ifn 'r. & train
and Sam Young ami family are ex-
perted In a day or two
. T. S. IL
H MS HMG
Ullnd IIi-pii a Great Sufferer fr n Year
or More. Funeral al
mo P. M.
Mrs. T S Rollins wile of Postmas
ter Rollins of this city died this
morning at twenty minutes after two
o'clock For over a year Mrs. Rol
lins has been a great Hiifferer and
her di-.ith bus not been unexpected .
Mrs. Rollins lu her life was truly
a grent woman possessing as she did
i cheerful disposition she was al-
ways happy and made those happy
with whom he cuine in contact. Shu
was u devout Christian a member of
St. Paul's Methodist church of this
city nnd took an uctlvp Interest In
everything thnt concerned the Wei
fara of the church.
She Is biirvived by hur husband and
six children her oldest 'Hon Turner
H. Rollins Jr.. having died In Dallas
two yenrs ago. The children who
rurvlve her are Mrs. Fred Prist of
Dalian. Mrs. W. J Fulwller. J T. and
Gladney ami Misses Llllle Vee and
Francis Rollins of Abilene.
Death Is always sad. but It seems
doubly so when the mother or u
happy family Is-called away. Mrs.
Rollins wits loved by nil who knew
her. She wns always ready to help
those who needed assistance und to
sympathize with those who Were lu
sorrow. Not only will her family miss
her sweet kind smiles but hundreds
of friends will miss her Earth bus
lost one of its fairest flowers heaven
is sweeter Tor her going. To the be-
reaved rather children und other lov-
ed ones we bid you look for strength
to bear this greatest or ull Sorrows
to Him who stirrers not oven tho spar-
row to rail without his notice. Wife
nnd mother Is safe Hi that bright
jnml whero no tear shall over fall
and where there Is no need or the
sun Tor the Uimb of God Is the. light
thereof. Neither Is there any sick-
ness or suffering there nor shall
those who go thero ever toll nny more
hut (lay and night God shall lead the.ni
and guide them.
Hundreds and hundreds of friends
of the family Jqln The Reporter In ex
tending sincere sympathy lo all who
sorrow on account of the going of
this gracious good woman.
The funeral was held this iiftornoon
vnt 4:30 o'clock from tho family resi
dence at the corner or North am nuu
Orange streets nnd wns conducted by
her pastor Rev. Coiner M. Woodward
of St. Paul's Methodist ohurcli.
Colored Methodist Meeting.
The Colored Methodist Sunday
School convention will meet in this
city today and n largo attendance of
delegates nre arriving on every trnln
rrom the East
The advance guard of delegates ar-
rived on tho 12tl7 T. & P. East this
afternoon.
..
Mr. llrunncr nria Wife Off.
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Urunner left this
morning for their new homo nt llous.
ton. It wub mighty hard for these
coort iiconlu to lenvu Ablluiia and their
many good friends here nnd It Is hop
ed tboy muy cast tuoir lots wiiu u
again although duty call" them aWny
at this time.
Off For Treatment.
Rob Young left this morning with
"111(1" Kdmonsou rpr Dallas where the
unfortunnto man will be placed under
tho euro of an export occulta In the
hope of restoring his eyo sight
It Is to bo hoped tho efforts along
thnt lino' will bo successful
Rov. John P. Hardeaty left this
mornlug for RUInfc Slar where ho goes
to represent the Olrl's Industrial
Home before the Cisco Baptist Asso.
elation which meeta tomorrow.
Joo Todd and Mm. J- M. le o? Aa-
iinrmnnl naSHL'd through thltt UlOmlllE
euroute to Putnapi &nd visited their
old friend Cleymirn Jicwnmey
Fi
T
Hy Associated Press.
KM'ASO. Tex Aug. 2ft. Forty moil
have been sent from Maxatlati Hlnola
to the mlulg camp ut Tomlnll whero
Americans and Kngllshmen are slir.
rounded by striking unlives.
Foreigners have sent a telegram to
the Ouverndr of Texas nsklnir for as-
sistance. CAVK WDMAX IX A IHIF.AM.
VccIdenlM and Dealli nrp Foretold by
HesHlp Sleuurl of WpHhtIIIp A
PriMoner of a .Monkey Hand.
ST. I.OIMB Aug. 18. From ho
dream depths of u weird cataleptic
trance Miss UcB3le Stewart. datiKhter
of a Missouri farmer titters prophecies
and foretells events bo unerringly that
nil Northeast 'Missouri Is umrzed. In
the grip of tbce cataleptic stntts she
describes hcathbed scenes in rar orr
cities hours before the wires bring the
news to relatives or tin dead In her
neighborhood. She Is able to foretell
accidents days and weeks before they
befall those she describes ns ftituto
victims. When she emerges rrom the
trance slate she remembers nothing
of what she has said.
MIhh Httiwnrt Ih tin. ilmtirlitnr nr n
'- -"-io rnrnier living a row miles
irom vveiiBvuie. .Montgomery tounty.
Missouri. Threo years ago she was
graduated rrom a Missouri normnl col
lege and bocanii' a teacher. The family
nnd friends or Miss Stewart have
known her to shut hiirseir up In u dar-
kened room and play the most dllllcnlt
piano selections ror hours composi-
tions ihct she had never seen before
and had never heurd. At other times
she has submitted to having herself
blindfolded and has rea. pake after
page and coliimii after column of
books und newspapers brought Into
her presence nnd which she could not
IK3uslbly have seen. Fls of dancing
come over her and she will dance for
hours through rhythmical mazes that
ure unknown to the simple folk of tier
neighborhood.
Yesterday sho apparently wus an
African explorer battling With savage
Kaffirs wounded" w!ll" assegais nnd
beaten with knobUerrlos. When under
this Influence sho taikB with an Eng-
lish accent uses a negro dialect with'
enae and Is worried over camp fevers
and liosti'e BnvtigeB.
lu a letter written under the date
Hue ofAlbnnple Africa she tells of
being held captive for days by u tribe
or walling monkeys In the Congo River
region- Alternating with these and a
dozen other personalities Is that or n
cavo woman who made her Bklrts by
sewing together bird skins with deer
sinews and who catches vvlsi with a
stone spenr. In ono or her personali-
ties to which sho has as yet given no
name uho becomes tin Oriental tur.
bauod and mystical. She sits crossteg.
gcd on a rug aud insists that she Ib
smoking tho hookuh or bubble bubble
the water plpo or the Far East. While
under the Bpcll of this -personality sho
apparently Is thousands of miles from
her homo In tho quiet Missouri farm
house.
cooooopoattw6o
D
S. Dopt- of Agriculture.
U.
WEATHER IIUREAV. &
WILLIS L. MOORE Chief. O
aoaoawoaaDO&oaoo
. For Abilene nnd Vicinity: Tonight
and Wednesday gcnornlly fair.
I tor linst'iqxus; lonigni ami vvcu-
nesuny generally rair.
For WOBt Texas; Tonight and Wed-
nesday Unsettled weather. Showers
tu west portion tonight or Wednes-
day. Highest 97.
Lowest 77.
Mean 87.
Rainfall 0.
Modern Show 'Windows.
The Misfit Clothing Company has n
force of carpenters nt work taking out
tho old stylo show windows in front
of their siorowoma jnrlth a view to
putting In plate glass front of modern'
and up-to.dnto architecture and Mr.
J. IC. Ward says when completed It
will be creditable both to Abilene and
the enterprising firm I1nvln5.lt done.
J. K.'Ward. manager of tbo Misfit
Clothing Co. returned from Greenville
this morning whero bo carried Mra.
Ward for an operation.
Misses Kato nnd Aralou Jackson left
today for San Angolo nnd othar points
on a vIbU after visiting their cousin
Mrs Will Hockhnm. Jr. beer for some
time.
Mrs Wm. L. Heckham Jr. and little
child left today ror Mcrtzon to spend
a time.
Miss Pansy Moon or Stamford Is
home for a vacation.
"V. W. Wheeler and John O. Jackson
are here frc Merkel toduy.
Mrs ThomaBflpencer l
s morn
Inn for a visit li Fas
Parish' Sttw
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GENERAL NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH
11(111(1 HALKS IIU'J TF.XAS rOTT3i.
YAI.Di:il AT 1MI0( lKAVi:S
FOIt UVKIIPOOIi.
Seten ItpHlilelires are lleHtrojpd-Mnu
ut llelle Plains. Kun. A II em pi h
lo lindnnp Girl Fight 111).
.iiies I Dead 'J Wounded.
Ilv Associated Press.
GADVKSTON Tex.. Aug. 2H.-r-The
first cargo of Texns 1!I2 cotton ex-
ported this your left Galveston this
afternoon for Liverpool. The ship-
htiient contained eleven thousand bales.
valued at JOUG.flOO.
$2111101) Fire ut KnnN Today.
Hy Associated Press.
KNNIS Tex- Aug. 20. -Fire this
jiiorulUK destroyed seven residences
there. The loss wan twentj tlumsaud
dollars.
Illg Fight at Helle Plains lvan-a.
Hy Associated Press.
HELI.E PLAINS Kans . Aug. 20-
In a fight provoked by Sum Woods.
When he attempted to kidnap Ethel
Maiiuhau todny James Thompson ag-
ed sixteen was killed. Matt Maiiahan
the girl's rnther. wns fatally wound-
ed and his son Gnylord. was also
wounded
Woods escaped but wnB overtaken
this nfternoon Ho mn rrom n corn-
field Into the road and fired three
bullets Into his breast. He Is family
wounded.
Pa) Day nt I'liunnia
An account of only one of the fea-
tures or the Panama canal will give
some Idea of the Immensity or the
work. Thirty-eight thousand men are
employed urtd each pay day once iv
month and covering a space or three
days Slr00000 Is distributed to tbo
workman. -The system of paying oft
ls slu)pleTindw.'0jacrlrau'LPo deIsetr
tnai very iittie timo is iosc -inu .dis-
bursing office Is at Empire nnd hero
Edward J Williams .tho chief dis-
bursing officer of the cnnal commis-
sion and his assistant. William M.
Wood together with a large e.orps of
clerks and accountants make out the
payroll for Ibis urmy of workers.
Various systems or payment linvu
beuu tried hut the one now- In use
neenis to have worked out with thu
least friction. Every employe- la given
a brass oheck containing n number
which will Identify him us long as ho
Is tu the employ of the cnnnl commis-
sion. He la paid by the hour and his
fnrnhmn kennu !iln time. TIiIh 1b for
warded to the disbursing orice and lilsj
pay certiricatc made out Jrom this re-
cord it Is authenticated by tbo ex-
aminer of accounts und tho dlshurlng
officer and then returned to tho fore
man who ilellvers It to tho Individual
wIiobo brass check number corres-
ponds with the number on tho certifi-
cate. Thu man Is then told the hour
nnd day tho pay car will bo lu bis
vicinity and ho Is expected to rail lu
Hue und receive IiIb wages
pay day occurs on the 12th 13th
uud Hth of each month. During the
early dayB of the work it was custom-
ary to Issuo checks on the United
States to employes for sticn amounts
iib they regit I red each month iks an
accommodation to forwarding money
to thn United States TIiIb however
was abolished when it wns discovered
that some of tho men wero abusing
the privilege by securing tho checks
for the purpose of selling them to
merchants and others to be 'used as n
Now York exchange the. checks being
sent out or the country to be cashed.
Dv thu present system tho whlto men
are known as "gold employes" and are
paid in American gold coin nnd the
negrocsi as "sllyor employes" being
paid lu Panama silver oquul lu value
to gold. For a tlmo the whlto men
were paid In I'nlted Stutcs paper but
It was found that tho merchants uud
others shipped the bills out or tho
country nu fast us they came tu. The
liierchunta "wcro-tlius-saved from- puv
lug bank oxebango aud thu expenso
or furnishing this money fell upon
thu cnnul commission. This finally
Jed. to the payment of tho ''gold em-
ployea" In gold coin. Mrs. C. U.
Miller In Lcsllo's.
1 WOMAN lM AHRKSTKII
For Murder of Another Woman 1ms
Mght In Fort Worth oh Knl
I31h SI red.
Ry Associated Press.
FT. WORTH Tex. Aug. 20- Maud
Wells was arrested this afternoon
charged with tho murder of Palmer
Muddox. whom she shot lust night
while she was scuffling with another
woman In East Thirteenth street.
.Maud Wells claims thut the pistol
fwoo discharged when she clubbed the
other woman with ft.
Rev. Popplewell loft this afternoon
for Balrd to assist Rev. W. Pearn In
a revival meeting.
T. R. Lcavell of Dallas was her
yesterday
$250000 FIRE AT ENNIS SHAKE-UP AMONG POLICE
"TO MAKE CLEAN
BREAST OF ALL"
NCIIKPI'S WII.I TKLL TIIK WIIUM.
STOlir SAYS ATTIUIXKV
OTIIKll W1TXKSSKS
Two More llnnKs are Found IVIiero
Merif. Meeker llnd 3fnury Hrliiij'-
Ing THn lo JHVMkl Pre.
! ntt'K flrcat Sllr.
lly Associated Press.
iNKVV YORK. Atltf. 20 Tlio attorney
of Sam Schcppn the man brought here
ii3 nu Important witness In the Rosen
thal ease declared todny that Schepim
would make a clean breast of every-
thing. Resides Kchepps other witnesses
today were the clerk lit thu' hotel
where the gun-men celebrated ufter
the shooting ami the photographer
who took the picture of them.
Wines Hand to Neivspnper Men.
Schepps went smiling Into the
Grand Jurv room this mornllir and
waved his hand to the newspaper men
as he passed where they wore silting.
An itnexpfted witness beforo tho
Grand Jurv wns .Inch Scllg. the alleg-
ed lender of the "gang."
Total Ih how 1)0000.
Two more banks have been found
where Police Limit. Hooker has de-
posits bringing tho total to ninety
lhr"nnl dollars.
Thoro wnn decided "shape.np In the
pollen vlco-siiuuds." today.
I11U DAM MOBS FORWARD.
o'offers nnd Sheds Will Re Krecled
Right Anmiy nnd Other Sings
Tell of Karly Progress.
Al'STIN. Tex.. Aug. 18. The com-
ing week probably will witness u great
advance In the construction of tbo
Austin ilnm A trestlo Is now being
built from UjoiH"rJack...on U10 daiu
onlcWutopoinlWnr tho tqVer
on tho silo. Lunibor-hnB arrlvedfor
building tho coffer dam and Bhodd.
The trestle road will .extend very
close lo tho dnm construction to ob-
viate a long haul of timtcrials. Sand
and cement will be plnced close to
tho track.
Excavation of tho big ditch has rea-
ched a depth of about fifty feet and
good progress Is being mndo on tho
digging for tho core wall' solid rock
being tho Roal for tho beginning of -
Its construction. It is now several
feet below thu foundation of the old
dam. Great holes liavo been uncover-
ed which tell the story of the destruo-
Mod or tho old wall where tho wa-
ter seeped through. The excavation
will be carried eighty feet ' possibly
farlhor at some points the borings
taken by the contractors before esti-
mating tho cost of construction hav-
ing been taken to that depth before
-olid rock was reached.
A veritable village has sprung tip
nt the sJIj). and near It Thoro are.
numbers 'of refreshment bootliB the
place being u constant nttroctlon for
Ansllnltes Interested In tho constnic-
tioit ami excursions and picnics up
tho river to the busy scene threo
inllus west are of dally occurrence
rurlosity is directed chiefly to tho fall
if the old dnm nnd the discovery that
thu new construction has penetrnted
much shale rock and sand to soft
ground disclosing the ract mat in
tlaces tho foundation of tho old struc
ture was merely u thin layer of rOek
has revived all manner of tales con-
cerning tho Calamity of twelve year
'ilgO.
TO CHINA AS A IIKIDK.
Americas Girl Marre4 to Wealthy
Chinese Graduate ef Hanard.
From the Now York World.
Hoston The return of a marriage
certificate to the ofllco of tho city
clerk of Cnmbrldgo gave the first Ink.
Hni! that Miss Helen May Court 'M
years iild.. who lived with her Blster Ik
that city had journoycu to Hamilton
on July 23 and there becamo the brWo
of Fung Bhlh Chlen. aged 27 a Chinese
graduuto of Harvard in tho elaas of
1010 and sou of 11 Tlen-tslu mandarin
or prominence and wealth.
Tho couplo aro now on their Way to
Tlen-tsln where tho young man will
tnlso up a business career und expects
to hovu hl American bride received
-with open arms by his parents.
The ceremony was performed In
Hamilton by tho Rov. James W. Hlg
gins of East Baugiw. The certlfienta
shows thut the bride la tho daughter
of John P. Court of Peabody Mass.
While at college Fong studied busi-
ness Administration. Ho belo i
the Harvard Chinese Club ami the
Cosmopolitan ClUb and la conakterea
"Americanized"
Rev. W. K Harrison wt te Wck-
well yeatanlay afteraoon to hola a t
day'a meeting there.
Utile Lillian McQloud Ml thja lear
ning for her hom Ih OkialMMiMi CHv
after a visit o mt aunt. m.
Merchant and other rwuv
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