The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909 Page: 1 of 4
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WANT A08 IN
DAILY LEApER
PRODUCE RESULTS
ORANGE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1909
VOLUME ONE
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+ BANNER* HAULED
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X REACH AN AGREE.
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+ Austin, Tex., Feb. 12—The
4* first time it is believed in the
4* history of railroads in the
4* United States, the rtumage-
4* ments of ati roads eptering
4- Texas and the railway unions
4- yesterday agreed on all pend-
4* ing legislation before the
4* legislature. The employes
+ agree to a lenient full crew
4* bill and will fight thtf)2 tent
4* fare Igw. The railroads agree
4" to a law promoting their em-
+ ployes according to the length
4* of service and experience. It
4* is understood that a* railway
4* lines will immediately cons-
4* mence contemplated improve-
4* ments and the construction of
4* additional Uses involving an
4* expenditure, it is said, of $10,-
4> 000,000.
New Orleans, Feb. 12— 4
Several Socialist banners 4
jjdliich were displayed in 4
Tfrdnt' of a lodging house in 4
the line of the Taft parade 4
yesterday werp ordered down 4
by jhe local authorities just m
before the srrivsl of the 4
president-elect. The demand f
was made on the ground that 4
inscriptions, “Why should 4
one man, hold another man’s 4
job?" and another, *To *boi- 4
ish poverty, vote the Sodfhlist A
Ticket.”' flaunted in the face 4
of judge’ Taft would not con- 4
forfn with the hospitable and 4 j
non-partisanship reception 4
tion. whkh it was decreed 4»|
the whole' city- should show +
him. The banners were taken 4»
down. A
NAVAL OFFICER CHARGES HIS
WIFE WITH GROSS, CON-
FIRMED INTOXICATION
UskaewB Mas Was Boned to Doth Baud Hud sad fset
Stretched Ora the Fie
HAD TO ASSIST HER
HE HONORS LINCOLN
ACCIDENT IN A MINE
TWO DEAD. NUMBER HAD NAR-
ROW E8CAPE8 FROM FIRE
IN COLLIERY SHAFT
POSTMASTER 8EARGENT DEC
ORATES INTERIOR OF LO-
CAL POSTOFFICE
Hears! News Service
Boston, Mssa., Feb 12—The sensa-
tional divorce trial in which Mr*.
Elsie Manney Abele is the defendant
in an action brought by her husband,
Lieutenant Clarence Arthur Abele, of
the United States navy, was resumed-
this morning in the Norfolk county
court.
The lieutenant on cross examina-
EXPLOSION OF DYNAMITE
Kills Two Men and Injured a Number
of Others in the McAdoo Extension
of Tunnel Under Jersey City. Sixty
men Were Working in the Bore, at
the Time — -
Postmaster Jas B. Seargent today
has the postoffke decorated in honor
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, he
being one- of the few postmasters in
— yVU f MVS IVI ■ Today there to one furwwafe poltohj . 431
r-,L, jama nursing a tore head at the re-1 aa Present 1
UDW. to VERDICT «EL2 {TS
MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE vicinity of Twelfth street and Path!Hearn News j
AND ASK CLEMENCY % Avenue | Chkago, Fed
I The story aa tepnrted «e the DaByP"*
j Leader representative this rooming
EYE WITNESS M»E^
(above residential section of the toy. {financial affair
- |peddbag his furniture polish, and »at|afc»e and lit,
Proaecution in Coopar-Sharp Cant P* ttU* * th* *** * BoncbeeJtoH s widow, d
Admit They Have Another ^aj**** * *** **** **** «*-! -
Witness to *the Shootia* of Cat- *P*rao*» sod very obnoxious, fright- { HMftoBN
mack Who Sav* it Was a /ye Ml Nh occppMM «f (to toast, to New Yolk, 1
. . .. jhi# persistence and toapertincnce, go-1 man started on
Blooded Murder [fog from there to the home of J R Ur Ihjtffl
~—-—«L jHouchma, where to the same manner •**" *• N**l
U„,.t »■ . I be tried to force the merits of Me rf 7 Sffi
r i ' i#-' " wj. „ j article before the aoetitton .»t toe as*}^
Columbni. Mita. Feh. 12—The jury! .. ... . I»n»s. After m*
ja the care of Chsrle. R Smith,JSJTtoS place. toelS^Sd toM
charffd with ..Ijie tn nr tier of E A. j man went to the PN*itfK home n#tf ■! Paceiif *1
luZT* *v!j^rotlrmm «W firu ** ***** Wto. K»W M
■I i (i#neo« r-r, tmm*nrie<4 *«*» I * ”* I” » mhClIf ACiKPVIO SO »wf 1 WRMMH
• imp fVtmjf f*cuni*•*“dgcu hwp* * ^ ^ §■ .
11 cy and the sentence will probably »**” "* "***• I nelem FIN L
tion admitted that both sexes had a
right to enjoy Scotch whiskey, beer,
creme dr mentbe, champagne and!
other intoxicants.
“Grot* and confirmed intoxication'' j
ia the allegation Upon which the offi-l
cer bases his suit for divorce. He
testified that his wife became intoxi-
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ALL WASHINGTON OBSERVES
HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSA-
OP PRES. LINCOLN
Ne w York. Feb. 12—Bound with
rope* on his hands and feet and
stretched over a fire, bui.lt on the
grounds of the public school at West
Orange, an unkrotorn man was burn-
ed to death before daybreak this
morning
Only the rharred fragments of thu
body were found There is no clue
to the vktim or to the perpetrators
of the horrible deed: A little hair,
which is red, was found, and the low-
er part* of-the trousers leg*, which
were made of (dud doth, and the
shoes are the only means of identi-
fication The police are at a loss to
account for the ghastly murder. The
dead man was either rendered uncon-
*chmi* or gagged before being placed
a prey to the fire. There “i* a row
of handsome b«»mes a hundred yards
away and no outcry wt* heard, hut
there are jmlKiiiom thst the victim
regained consciousness before the end
It appear* that he tried to roll from
the fire ^
Another Mine Accident
Wilkrsbarre, Pa. Feb. 12.—Two are
known he dead and a number bad
narrow escape* from death by fire
which broke out in the shaft of the
Black Diamond colliery thi* morning.
A warning -wt* immediately flashed
and a rescue party was sent to, but
two miner* suffocated before they
could he reached.
A Dynimitt Explosion.
New York, Feb 12.—Two torn
were kilted and several injured by an
explosion of dynamite in the Mc Adoo
extension under Jersey City, which
connect* two hi the IfiMson river
tube* Sixty men were at work, to
Ihe tunnel bore, tmt the police have
been unable to ascertain how many
were injured, as the men were re-
iwjpved to their home* before a re-
port of the accident was made The
dead are Martin Kleaver and Charles
Millot.
catrd before their honeymoon,
over and that he had to asaiat her
home from a reception on the battle-
ship Massachusetts
He denied that every woman smok-
ed when ,on a naval vessel, but ad-
mitted that it waa nothing unusual
to *ee the wives-'of some officers
openly indulging’in cigarettes.
office on the blackboard has the fol-
lowing notice: Special sale.of stamps
today—come early jto avoid the rush "
This, special sale of stamps is for
the new stamps, which hear a fac
simile^of Lincoln on^ them. They
wet* received a day or so ago, but
the request was "s*nf with them that
the sale' of them be held off until to-
day, and at a consequence, today, the
Hears! New* Service.. ,
Washington, Feb. 12—Washington
honored the memory of Abraham Lin-
coln today by fitting ceremonies and
a celebration more elaborate than to
the past because of the hundredth an-
niversary of the martyred president.
The government departments were
closed, a holiday was observed in the
Itriotic la-
her civic
Messrs Jot and Henry Prejeau
were told of the'man’s actions, and
•bey set out to .find him, foflowmg
him along the Tela* and New Or-
, .lean* railroad track west as far as
Tm . VMpar-WMp Trim 1,^ s#bfo* Kettnei*. where itf mag:
N»»hvtile. Teun. Feb. 12—The captured,awd brought hack to toe
oto of selecting a jury in the Coop- L,ty , «Mofl
r Shirp tna! vu rtwroed flu* morn J . SA 1
ig. The first panel of the sixth! ^•to’Ptog in front of a residence to
rmre was gone into'at •:*> o'clock |»*vphone the uffseere to come after
We talesman, examined this tmarmpg <Ne prisoner, Henry went to to Weed
_ C y. a____*L.. ..f I glass. s— a k. ——a-l-
public schools and many
bor organizations and
bodiea
Laporte, Ind., Feb 12—Ray Lam-
phere, convicted of arson in connec-
tion whh the burning of the home of
Mrs. Beil* Guinness, to which she
and her children were incinerated,
will not he tried again for murder.
The state today dismissed the' mur-
der indictments.
WS1 Mgun Rmurttfomsnt
The Dutiful Son* of the Christian
church tea to give an entertainment
at the home of Mr*. O. M Stark, on
Henderson street, newt Friday night
SEEMS PROBABLE NO JURY
CAN BE SECURED. SAYS
JUDGE HART
Making Good Program
Contractor K. J Chauvin and kis
crew have commenced work on the
new J. A. Holland building being
erected to the rear of the Rein budd-
ing. on Main street The brick walls
are now going up at a rapid rate and
the building is expected to he ready
for occupancy within a few. months.
Mtoa Josephine Hood. Found to
Now Mexico After a Long lanttl
by Her Mother, Has Again Dtoap-
poared ami Thorn to no Triton of
Her Yet Found.
Benefit for tot Cf** Club
One of the best comedies of th*
season Wilt be pesaented tonight at
the opera house for toe heneSt of
Be certain to go to the Valentine
tea given by the Reading Club at
Mrs J. W. Parker’s tomorrow after-
noon and hear a fine program.
Hears* Near*.. Service. a s,
Nashville. Term.. Feb 12—Judge
Hart stated this morning that them
was poor prohahslity of securing a
Jury at ai in the Cooper-sharp case,
and in this event the defendants
would have to go free The state
cannot ask for a change of venae
and cannot try . the cane unless able
to procure a jury
> Han Again Dtoappdrud
Asheville. N C. Feb. 12—Mist Jowi
ephine Hood, the Asheville girl who
the Orange Civic Club This Ctoh
is deserving of all encouragement and
no doubt many people will turn out
to contribute their mite foe the suc-
cess of what the Orange' ladies are
working so hard (or. | "Tbs itorifnrt
Wedding" and his great struggle foe
Helena, Mont., Feh. 11—A Mon-
tana agricultural association was
farmed at a convention here today of
the farmers of the state The new or-
ganization will appeal to the legisla-
ture tor laws in toe interest of far-
mers, dairymen and poultry raisers.
- Th* February White Sale Saturday.
the Mth—CRAGER’S. It A
a million is replete with some of the
choicest hits of comedy and that the
Spooner-Wallock company of excef-
tent players are wefl'abie to do jus-
tice to this modern classic goes with-
out *aying This company charges
a price that is ridiculous when one
takes into consideration the quality
of play they present and the clam
of player* they carry Many a shop
bees fen
A splendid, program wiH he given
at She Valentine tea at Mss. Parker’s
tomorrow. Be sum to hear R.
Were You
i
Late?
Lord Sholto Douglass, the notorious
bigamist,. has disappeared again and
all efforts to locate her have proven
futile. Relatives hers am almost
erased by the latest disappearsocc of
Him young woman! Her mother was
preparing to leave for New Mexico
to bring her home when the new*
came that she Had again disappeared.!
The Reading Clnb Valentine tea to j
he given at the home of Mrs. J. W.
Parker will be one 'of the most unique
affairs ever given in Ortlft. Do not
HAVE
GOOD AS NEW
THE GREATEST MUSICAL TREAT OF THE SEASON FOR YOU
lent!he tea. Mrs. J. W. Parker’s
«»C» From -* to ^JO tomorrow
noon Splendid program. Un-
sfftir. All home. ■
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Ford, Arthur L. The Daily Leader (Orange, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 259, Ed. 1 Friday, February 12, 1909, newspaper, February 12, 1909; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth659224/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lamar State College – Orange.