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TODAY’S WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, Deo. 10.—Now Mex-
ico-Arizona—Generally fair Friday
and Saturday. Cooler Friday.
El Paso and vicinity—Friday, fair*
and colder.
Jtlcrahig (Tim#
WATCH THE VOTING COUPONS
On page t of each issue of THE
TIMES—their voting value will
- urprise you and you may need
them to WIN. SEE IT TODAY.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
EL PASO. TEXAS. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 11. 1908.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ABE RUEF CONVICTED
ON BRIBERY CHARGE
DRAMATIC SCENE IN SAN
FRANCISCO COURT ROOM
***#*«#*#*#**«#*!
REWARD OF $6,000
FOR TRAIN
ROBBERS.
Police Held Spectators in Their Seats
—Heney Hears Verdict in Case
He Prosecuted Until Shot.
San. Francisco, Dec. 10.—Abraham Ruef, former political boss of San
Francisco, was convicted today of bribery. The verdict was returned ex-
actly upon the stroke of 4 o’clock, when the deliberations of the jury had
been prolonged throughout a period of 24 hours. The warnings of Judge
William P. Lawlor and the vigilance of the police checked all attempted
demonstration, although the excitement in the court room was so intense
that men were thrust down into their seats or held in the grasp of detec-
tives as they rose to obtain a better view of the proceedings.
End Came Abruptly.
The trial, which has been in prog-
nounclng judgment. Ruefs convic-
tion renders him liable to a maximum
ress for 10C days, ended with surpris- penalty of 14 years in the penitentiary.
ing abruptness. The day had almost
passed without sign or intimation
from the curtained chamber on the up-
per floor of Carpenters' hall, the hopes
of Ruef and his attorneys had risen
The court room was cleared of spec-
tators immediately upon adjournment.
The jury left the box and they and
Judge Lawlor declined to make any
statement, of the number of ballots
.... ...... ------ ...» ...... ...... i-Liieiuuin ui rne numuer or oatiois
with every hour's delay, and the ad- taken or the features of their delibera-
Spokane. Wash, Dec. 10.-—A
reward of $C,0fK) in which the
Great Northern railroad an.! the
rutted States government share
equal responsibility, is offered
tor the arrest and conviction of
th three bandits w o held up
(’teat Northern passenger train
No. 1 near Milliard last night.
The men have been traced back
to Spokane. The robbers pilfered
only the registered mail sacks
from Seattle. Rumor has it that
$1G.OffO was secured.
ROOSEVELT TO SUE
FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL
^ PANAMA CHARGES AROUSE
THE PRESIDENT’S IRE
BIG MERGER
PLANNED BY
COPPER CO.
herents of the prosecution were pro-
portionately discouraged. With num-
bers and interest undiminished, the
hundreds of spectators who have
clung about the court room during the
closing days of the trial retained their
seats in the chamber or stood pa-
tiently in a long line opposite tiro en-
trance while a strong detail of police
watched vigilantly for the first sign
of disorder inside and patrolled every
approach to the hall.
The jurors had scarcely taken their
seats In the box before the brief pro-
ceedings were at an end. The judge
glanced at the verdict, and handed it
to Clerk Welch, who read it aloud.
Ruef sat between his father and
Thomas B. Dosier. of the defense when
the verdict was returned, He had
spent the greater part of the day in
conversation with his aged •parent,
and though his face paled and his eyes
remained fixed for a long time upon
the men who had pronounced his fate,
almost his first thought was for the
elder Mr. Ruef. He whispered a few
words of encouragement to the old
man and sent him out of the room to
break the news to the defendant’s
mother and sisters.
Maximum Penalty 14 Years.
By previous agreement of counsel
that the bill of exceptions had been
settled later, the court set next, Satur-
day, December 12, as the day for pro-
tions.
A few minutes before the verdict
was returned Francis .1. Heney, the
assistant district attorney who had
charge of the trial until he was shot
down by Morris Haas on November
13, had been driven away from Car-
penter's hall in an automobile.
Notwithstanding the presence of a
score of officers who did ail they
could to restrain the demonstration,
as Heney entered the court, room men
and women rose to their feet and
Cheered, waving hats or handker-
chiefs until the bailiffs and detectives
interfered,1
The Jury Comes In.
San Francisco, Dec. lO.-rThe Ruef
jury at 4:05. p rn. returned a verdict
of guilty, as the trial twelve filed in
tiie court room and took their seats in
the jury box Judge Lawlor
Foreman McNamara:
rS- JY:Z3» NORTH-
1C aex/vGti r-j. bo o e r. *• y qu*excaej> rare
S. N. D. North, Director of the'Cen-
sus Department, accused of assisting
in a tariff deal on the wool schedule
when the Dingley Bill was being
framed.
CARNEGIE BEGS TO BE
EXCUSED UNTIL LATER
gentlemen reached a . whlcb he will testify has not boon set.
Have you
verdict?” ’
“We have,” replied the foreman a?
lie handed a folded slip of paper to
Clerk Welch. An Impressive ilenci
followed. Attorneys, defendant, spec-
tators and detectives and police held
their breath as tin* clerk slowly and
deliberately, yet with apparent, agita-
tion, unfolded tiie paper ami then, as
every eye in the room was riveted
upon him, read the fatal words:
(Continued on Page Three.)
Steel Master Will Appear Socn Be-
fore Payne's Committee.
Washington. Dec. 10.- A: today Y
meetlng of tire house ways and ui'-au.-
cpnunltt.ee, which is devoting itn ef
forts to a revision of tin’ tariff. An-
drew Carnegie, who was served with
a subpoena itiKt night lo appear at the
, hearing today, a sited that he be ex
asked , PUWKi until some .day next week. His
j request was grain fed, but tiie day -on
Phelps-Dodge Concern
Be Capitalized at
$50,000,000.
FOUR LARGE MINES
Heaviest Producing Proper-
ties of the Entire
Southwest.
New York, Dec. Hr The various
copper properties of -Phelps, Dodge .v
< e, tin:- output of v.ki. li h:ts been as
high flti DMV.tPiO.uOO pounds a year
!ai:e to be merged into a new corpora*
| lion, capitalized at $50,MU>,000.
j The old firm will go out of existence
mi January 1. and in its stead will be
j formed t stock company to lie desig-
lipped, a Plu‘dp-1. Dodge A- Go., ItlCor- I
■' pointed ■ i
I The how company will take d-ve- the
’Popper Queen Cofisotiflated Mlp’pig '
I company, ! he .Moctezuma Copper com
Ipany. lie- Detroit Copper .Mining.com
punv of Arizona and the Slag Canyon
1 Fuel company.
Largest Properties in Southwest. |
The Bu rger of t hese th ree copper j
/ Will Reach Those Guilty of In-
famous Falsehoods”, Declares
He—Cromwell Explains.
Congressman Praised by Cannon as
Worker for Public Improvements,
comirini^K bimus lo^otlior tin* hr,:, st
coppm* producing run corns in tin1
Southwest. 'Pii« (’upppr Qm-rn rum
paiiy control, tin- InrpoM producing
minor in Bhbro and Cjinaiica, the big
smoltors at Douglas and Ciumm-a, and
many allied interests.
The Morte'/iurm cfnnpan has large
copper produrjiif. holding in the Cam
nnea district. and the D* iroll Copper
coinpiuij's workings mitntx*r koiik1 or
the bert 'Copper producer, in fin.* N’aeo-
/art camp. The Copper (|m » n Inter
have Horror.tided tlimuseiAvi with
railroad?-, baiik.s and store- i 1^ and
about the copper (•atrip;: o| Aim otut ai.id
Soil ora, and have for revtia! yearn
In*Id a dominating position In ill*' cop
per producing districts' of tin Sou\h
west.
KELLOGG SAYS
LAWYER LIED
Government Prosecutor and
Standard Attorney Pass
Declarations That Some-
body Falsified.
New York, Dec. 10.—Accusing each
other of saying that which was not
true, opposing counsel in the govern-
ment suit against the Standard Oil
company as a combination in restraint
of trade, enlivened the hearing today.
Prof. Joseph Francis Johnson was be-
ing cross-examined. Frank B. Kel-
logg, the government lawyer, several
times criticized the Standard Oil com-
pany for fixing upon 18!)5, which, he
said, was one of exceedingly low
prices, for the basis of the year for
its price tables, and each time the
Standard attorney, Moritz Rosenthal,
replied it was because the govern-
ment's tables showing increases in
oil prices always start from that year.
Not True and Also False.'
"They do not. That is not true,"
at length Mr. Kellogg explained.
"I repeat that they do,” answered
Rosenthal. "Arid when you say that
that is not true you make a statement
which is false.”
There was a pause when Mr. Rosen-
thal resumed his seat, but, the tilt
ended there,
Reads Record.
From the records of the Standard’s
exhibits Mr. Kellogg read figures
showing that irt 1895 the Standard
manufactured 40,000,000 barrels of re-
fined oil, with a net earning of $24.-
078.000, or a net profit of 60 cents a
barrel; that in 1906 it manufactured
64.000. 000 barrels of oil with a net
profit of $83,000,000, or $1.30 per
barrel.
“Do you think a general rise of the
commodities justified a profit of more
than 100 per cent in any one com-
modity?” asked Mr. Kellogg.
What Is Reasonable Profit.
“Economists have had a hard time
determining what a ’reasonable profit’
is,” responded Prof. Johnson,
The witness could not be induced
to gay that he thought the profit of
100 per cent, and more- was outside
(Continued on Page Two.)
Washington. Dec I". !i :he\ can
1'0 reached fe, criminal libel.■ I shall
try to have hi in irad', d said I’tesi
diin Boos* vndt, itt iking toduv
about “those American , whu have
been guilty of infamous falsehoods
concerning the acquisition of the
properly and the const rue ion of the
iPauatnai canal Itself."
Spoke to Big Committee.
It was the commit tee of tim of the
Lakes-)o-tbe-Gtllf Deep Watetvuy as-
sedation, headed by Govcrmir ii.meen
if Illinois, received by the pc idem
tn tiie East Room of the Will,, Meuse,
to which he made tltis deelnrmimi
Governor iteiieiui had preiepted a
eopv of tiie resolutions adopted le.
tiie assockMion add made a lev i,-
marks, to which the president ividlrU;
President Speaks.
"I have felt, .ns the governor has •
well pm it, that no tin•*.e importam
Hen iee codld be render, U to Ihin conn
try than the building et ihe Pnuanut
canal between tie- tilnmic and the
Pacific, ami one tlihig I mu proud of
in connection with the building of the
canal is that (here hits riot, been legi-
timate cause for th,, breath of scandal
connected wiilv any feature of the pro
ceeding. We hair eau;,- to jte
ashamed ol only on-- ,-ei ui Americans
ill connect ton vvlt.li 11, - ■ digging III the
canal, and that Is of In , tmettcun.-i
Who have been guilty of infamous
talnehood concerning the aetiuisilion
of Hi proper!1 and-tin; rniuorcctioi
of tiie . ainii it elf, if (ip v i n i,,
reached for criminal libel I si ,,H jjfj
to lujvt them rcahci-d. If nol, at ap--
* ate. till the i ' Is we I,now- or ever
have knfj.w.n me at tin disposal pi
[ail, Of COngK-HS If tip . wish to see
Work Will Be Honest.
| ''Next.'only HI iiiipnl isiice Iroiii tie
I physical stiindpnlm bnildiug. tin
I canal entiles, the question of develop
j ing He” Use of otir own iia-erus
i I tint mils,' be done by Ihe pnljcz c
irrigation lit tin Ip udwaiei s up In ip,
arid regions; and where you Como
from, gentlemen, it is to lie done by
making out m aneast lake a nig iuup’iu
trom tiie Gal! of Mexico to Hie Great
Lakes; and we will gee tliat thft: work
in done lust as honestly, Juki as effi-
ciently as the Panama canal work lias
been dene; and no work could have
been done from beginning to etui more
honestly or more efficiently.“
Cromwell’s Statement.
New York. Dec, 10 -—William Neb
aoti Cromwell today authorized this
statement
M' attention, ha - been called to a
s uit m at Issued by the editor of the
Indiana! oils New., in which lie at-
tempts to reply to the /ditirge made
by lb" ; lent Roomoelt ,hut certain
s' afenreiita made in l ilt’ Indianapolis
N• w . troth before ami since the no
| f cm eleet inn and relating to the pur-
| chase of the Panama canal by the
! I tiited States were false ami untrue.
What Roocevelt Said.
’.’The president Said:
"Tiie News gives currency to'.the
charge that the United Staten bought
Dorn American citizens for $40,000,000
i toperty that coat these citizens only
$ IaMMi.oof!, Tip- Htaiemcnt is false.
I'll" I oiled Slates ilid not pay a cent
• if t(." $4l),PtiO,t)00 to any American
I Citizens, vie,’
'From i lie statement issued in re-
ply In Hu.- editor of file Sews I qtloto
, ! hi:
T • only man who paid any atten-
y a hi tin in (that is, the 'criticisms'
; < ''fen a tl In. 'll I was Ml Charles I'.
! Filt who did deny lltiii, lie was in any
! w.n ,l to the .affair, We had no
j Word 'loin III." IIP Si St or Mr. Taft.
I I jiv; other men iiiicli ,o, t'.'.imwvi! an I
M'lryau, who were believed to have
’iiii in bit inatl.m In regard to the butd-
: tfchh said untiling.'
tiifl If- attempts to justify the ptlh-
lif'utiOfi (if tli" false sO'i.'itp tits ap-
j ppui’ittR in is paper by saying they
(Gotitlmied on Pago Two.)
Will Use Veto If SuchGolf in Letter
Course Becomes
Necessary.
!
CANNON OPPOSES ISSUE
OF IMPROVEMENT BONDS
Speaker Realizes, He Says, That Many Call
Him ‘Fly in the Ointment’, *Reactionary’,
and Other Epithets—Congress Busy.
Waahington. Dec. 10.—Speaker Can-' for waterways and issue bonds,”
non today made known his unalterable said Mr. Cannon. “If it is necessary to
opposition to the proposition of finan
ring waterway improvements by the
issuance of government bonds. This
was in an address to the rivers and
harbors congress.
He declared that “If perchance it
issue bonds I stand ready to issue
bonds. But expenditures must be safe
and sane.”
Praise* Burton.
The speaker, however, declared
that he would vote for appropriations
were possible, the rivers and the bar- imported by the rivers and harbors
bora committee should report a bill to i committee under the leadership of
congress providing that there should Representative Burton, who, he said,
be an issue for the next ten years to has done more service and better
meet the proposed improvement bonds j servince along waterway improvement
in he amount of $1,000,000,000, I than any other roan la congress.
would not vote for it.
Garmon at Variance With Others.
Mr. Cannon’s attitude is at variance
with that held by Vice President Fair-
banks. Mr. Carnegie and others as ex-
pressed before the congress yesterday.
“Now, nobody wants the federal j
congress in the next six days to com-
mit an expenditure of twenty billions
Fly in the Ointment.
Mr. Cannon said, he opposed the
bond issue because such legislation
would pui great quantities of ill-ad-
vised projects upon the country aind
that there would be a serious account-
ing later.
Speaker Cannon told of voting for
(Continued «n Page Three.)
Washington. Dec. 10.—W: II. Taft
said tonight that it was his belief that
the house would make an “’lonest and
thorough revision of the tariff" at the
extra nes'don which he will call for
that purpose,
Tills belief he bases on a confer-
ence he had yesterday with Speaker
Cannon and in a session today with
the Republican members of the ways
..nd moans committee.
Determined to Carry Out Pledges.
Mr. Taft said he had it I as yet con-
sulted with senators on the subject,
indicating the tremendous pressure
upon his time as the reason. When
the suggestion was made that the
senate would undoubtedly have some-
thing to do with the tat iff hill he re-
plied with no tin/ertainty in his de-
meanor that there was some one elese
winy also would have something to do
with tr •• bill, which, interpreted
through medium of previous ut-
terances, indicates clearly that Mr.
Taft is di i' imilied, even to the exer-
cise of veto power, to prosecute the
party's pledges..
Mr. Taft dictated a staiement which
covered bis interview late today with
the Republican members of the com-
mittee with the exception of Con-
gressman McCall or Massachusetts
and Mr. Crumpaekor of Indiana. With
the latter Mr. Taft bad a satisfactory
Interview at Hot Springs.
Cannon s Statement.
He wax asked the substance of the
interview he had yesterday with the
speaker. His reply was that Mr. Can-
non bad said that he was in favor of
iin honest and thorough revision of
the tariff in accordance with the
party'* promises. The question of the
speakership of the next congress, Mr.
Taft said. «aa no* discussed but many
ottmr mti’iers of legislation were I
He ad ted t at he had been some-
what misled regarding his interpreta-
tion of the attitude of the speaker by
reports of Mr Cannon’s jjpeech before
the Cleveland chamber of commerce.!
The official rep-i of the speech, he'
said, had given hint an entirely differ- .
ent impression.
Talk of Committee.
"1 had an interview with Mr. Can- :
non yesterday, ' said Mr. Taft,’“and j
with bis concurrence and, at the sug-;
gesting of the number of the ways”
and moans committee with the Re- j!
publican members of that committee i
this afternoon. From my con versa- •!
tfon with them and with the discus- i
Negro Sent to Reformatory by Mil
waukeo Judge.
Milwaukee. AY-., Doc. It).—“Wz
| must tench tiie le-xon that chauffeurs,
! rich ur poor, me-l have due regard
for the value ui human life,” .said
iJudge Drazee iu. the municipal court
; today in sentenciiig; W, Goaton, coi-
ored. to the rclormalory at Green Hay
; for two years .'fur -running down and
causing -the death of Mathias Kuarih
fan art student, on S'-iiUuiiber 27 last.
GOVERNOR KIBBEY
MAKES HIS REPORT
CONDITIONS IN ARIZONA AFFECT
ED BY COPPER SLUMP, BUT
IMPROVEMENT IS STEADY.
Washington. Dec. 10.— The drop in
the price of copper lias had much In
do toward disturbing business condi-
tions in Arizona, according to the am
nual repor: of Governor Kibbe.v, made
public -today. Tim operators of both
mine and t eduction plants are run-
ning with practically, if nof wholly,
(heir full complement of men, although
wages, In- -ay . have been somewhat
teduced to nice' tiie reduced price-
of copper. The feeling, however, Is
entertained, he adds, that his condi-
tion Of dz-pro* sum will be of short
duration.
The governoi estimates that the
population of the territory is now
200,000, an tuc • i s- of 15,000 over las’
year.
to St. Andrews
Golfers’ Club.
N»'\v YofIs Dec*. K> Mora prutap for
golf w;ik • l>r<- swj )jy IJn idanl < 1« < t
Taft in ;r (IncllJiing an invitaiion
to aid-ml (In* nin inlay / nlcin a* ion and
(Uim.fr of' fhe SI. Atnlrcws (»oif pJub
tonlghf Ur wrote that a golf gIuIj
invii ition wn» very tomptiii^' fo him
ami 1h* mgmt'fml (hat !)«• had to <>e-
(’!jtic,
‘ i who a hi i IK. to iic a lost at yonr
Vi t.ird,” . wrotn Mi Tafl, and inmd
mi n who can Hyrnpii fhixc v. it h mu
In rcgaitllng an nwiagc of five aw a
great scon ami an average of six a >
womeihing nof dtehononihle or dim
graceful.
Democratic Golf.
‘'Preee.lfng fin lai
were many of rny Hyn.ipaHilx.erK and
.U})poro-i -i wiio depM culed il s becom
T'-lenci of Lincoln Dead.
I > in villi', m . }j,.( in n
K !: a ' l icU Who ! a (dlKheil ! pp jj| -
lev,, paper in HI In oin ami v a.- an jn
"inme hi-nd of Ahrnliani l.imoln.
<lied lain today lit Served rhrnmth
1 d v .if and gained tlm name .n
■■('hirlmmaug i Jim ' nV «j* a p»j.ng a d ,
ing caj rain fiord ihe jiej
Owing io Hiehm >
Hiirgiv will rro) . nfert
HI vi eluh roda >.
W 11
fit- High
SIX MEN INJURED
ON NEVADA TUNNEL
RELIEF TRAIN SENT TO SCENE
OF ACCIDENT CAUSED BY
PREMATURE EXPLOSION.
‘ADAM G
IS IN JAIL
Bail Lake City, Dec, to.--' Siy mt.ro
were serlmidy Injured Ihi* ev.rolpg
•iy th" premature explosion nf a bi.i t
ill I lie \V" "’ll I 'ft ci ||c 111 It 11 • ■ I II"
, 1 v"i it Slur and Bhuftcr, Nev. New -:
. lit Hi" ill "Id* lit l ";i, lie,| here in t""
i mam requesting tb" dispatch of .1 re-
j lief I min t(i the '.ceric of the exjiloeizm
campaign there | 'Hie train, ean.-ing three pby.-ielan
ami Hi" ttece.Kary appliatiCt.‘s,
aliortly nit* : ward nvr the YV"b i i
I cad r of Fanatics in Fight
with Kansas City Police,
Discovered Under ‘Hay-
stack—Riot Victims Die
j Kan Mas City. Dec'. II.—A. J. Selsor,
a livf-.tamler tniured in the tight be-
jtwz'en i llg.'ins 1'aimticn and police
j rue: day. died at 12: lb this tFriday)
| morning at life I 'aiversjty lioHjiltal,
I Tbltt bring* the death, list:up to five,
jOtlicer Muilatie find Lotti: 4’r.iM hav-
; iiiy died yct 'i i da i.
ing known that I w;t addicb-d id golf ■ Pacific. Tiie anno] work on tiie n-
a., i-,n evid'-ttc- of in loeruHc tondefl- road i* lr-m lone by H, (’tab Con
oies and a desire to play only a ; Btructlon company Tin? names t»f llie
| rich matt - game You know, and i. j injured co ' I not be obtain. | lonizlit
, know, that 'there is uoiliing more _
, democratic than golf; that tie re in
nothing whirli fuVnbdies n greater test
| of character and self restraint; noth-
: ing. which puts one on more i/quality
! with one - fellowb. or I may say, puts
J one low r than one's fellows, than a
I game of golf.
(Continued mi Page J. Column 7 t
Kansas City. Dee '
U'df yvl' l • y\d.mi (.
who led tie fan"
with tie off)' ■ - .
at Mont ifello loin
II" iv" him ■
any ivftiKtan<<’
"A«lam Hod" vvaa wouadtxl in Doth
uiuls, n slmi h i i his coat,
•l'tvc xvfiih* .tnOflmr hullut had
(CbnUnued on Sixth Page.)
lames Sharp,
and the man
a in.; their fight
firrosU'd tonight
on county, Kns.
without showing
RacelsNowOn
CANDIDATES IN THE CONTEST WORKING
HARD TO SECURE
The Times’ $2,275
Prize Cottage and Lot
MYSTERY SURROUNDS BET
ON LOCAL HORSE RACE
Envelope Supposed to Contain $200 and Bill
of Sale Had for Its Contents Few Scraps
of Paper-Joe Browns Statement.
The Beautiful Diamond Rings and E'egant Gold
Watches are Attracting Great Attention and Enthusiasm
(Continued on Puge 2, Column 0.) i1
That tiie zniyelop"- which was sup.
| posed to contain $”(»« in money, a bill
j of hale Ui the race horse Brown Dick,
i and a contract as tz. how Hie race lie-
1 rwz'ett Hint horse and Tctiderheart was
’o b*» run, oon! iitii"i only a few pieces
; of nciv-paper when opened yesterday
' afternooh, was the -tlatement of Joe
| Hi own, manager of i e Coney Island
salzjou laal night.
A Mysterious Envelope.
It is said $200 was bet against a bill
z>f sale to Drown Dick that render-
art would beat that horse.' in yi>sz-
rday's race. The bet. is said to have
teen made by the owners of the
horses. The money together with the
| liill of sale and contract as to how
t the race was to be run, was supposed
to have been placed in an envelope.
The two horses ran yesterday. Ten-
derhoart iDon the race.
The envelope was opened and it is
W'
z”|
suid i (.pi lirt' d nothing but newspaper
scraps.
Mi’. Blown staled the envelope was
opened itt the presence of Deputy
Sheriff Greet, Mr. Winn, himself and
oth> i s, “The envelope was given to
me a few days ago,” lie .said; “by Wood
Alien and Mr. Winn, to be put in my
stile. I asked them what it contained
and Hi. > told me it contained $200, a
bill of sale to Brown Dick and a eon-
traei for a race between Brawn Dick
and Tenderheart i told them to
open it and let me see what was in it
and I would give them a receipt for
i(. Both said it would be all right—
there was no use opening it. I chea
had both to write their names across
the envelope where It was sealed so
it could be shown that it was intact
when they called for it They both
wrote their names on the place where
the envelope was sealed.”
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El Paso Morning Times (El Paso, Tex.), Vol. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1908, newspaper, December 11, 1908; El Paso, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth583678/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.