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The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
LOANS TO PRESIDENT
WRECKED BANK.
Beaumont bank Shows Estimated
Losses of $229, 900.

Beaumont bank Shows Estimated
Losses of $229 900.
Washington, Aug. 20.-The Citizens
National Bank of Beaumont, Tex, was
closed yesterday afternoon after ex-
animation by Bank Examiner ]. l..
Logan and committee of the Clearing
House Association, which showed esti-
mated losses amounting to 1928. 900, and
doubtful items $4,000. Examiner Lo-
gan has been appointed receiver.
The failure of this bank. 1t is stated,
is due to the large loans made to the
president, r. Oliver, and enterprises in
which he is interested.
The condition of the bank on June 8,
1908, as shown by the report to the con-
troller of the currency on that date,
shows loans and discounts 1885,, S11; sur
plus fund and undivided profits, $780,
S41; individual deposits, $432,704
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
ROOSEVELT SURE
OF PENNSYLV WANNA.

Quay Knows of No Opposition to
Him for Next Term.
Plttsburg, Pa, Aug. 2O.--When asked
tonight what he thought OF President
Roosevelt's chances for denomination,
Senator M. S. Quay made this reply
"I have heard of no opposition to him.
Pennsylvania. in my opinion, will sup
port President Roosevelt at the ma
tional convention next year"
Further than this he would say
nothing. The Senator was en- route
TO Philadelphia where his daughter,
Miss Coral, will christen the new bat
tleship Pennsylvania.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
BARK STANHOPE LOST;
CREW WAS RESCUED.
Fears Entertained for Schooner n
Week Overdue.

Fears Entertained for Schooner n
Week Overdue.
Mobile, Ala. Aug. 2O.-A cablegram
was received here to-day from the cap
tain of the steamship Brattan, dat
ed Puerto Cortez, saying the American
bark John r. Stanhope had been lost
in the great storm which swept the
island of Jamaica and that the crew
had been picked up by him and were
safe. ,,.-t.
The Stanhope was owned by Chris
tonher II. CASTILLO Of this city, and
was in command of Capt M. j. Mar
cial. a..
since the news of the loss OF the
stanhope great fears have arisen as TO
The safety Of the British three-masted
schooner C. E. Bentley. which cleared
from Mobile on July o. for Cientueg %, /.
rhe vessel is now ont twenty-eisht
davs and should have been reported
from her destination more than week
ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
SOUTHERN YARN MILLS
IN BIG COMBINE.

Seventy Mills In Company Capital
lied at $14,OOO,OOO.
Chicago, Aug. 2O.-A dispatch to the
Record-Herald from New Orleans says:
The organization of the Southern Tex
tile Company, a combine of Southern
cotton yarn mills, has been practically
completed. and the mills will soon be
merger that has ever taken place.
The company, which Is capitalized at
$4,000, 900, will take over about seventy
mills in North Carolina, Georgia. Mis-
sissippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
OLIVER CLOSES HIS BANKS.
Liabilities of the Beaumont Con-
tinue to Show Up.

Beaumont. Tex. Aug. 20.-Bank Elk
aminer Logan still refuses to make
any statement about the condition of
the bank, but from other reliable
sources it is learned that the liabilities
of the bank will reach close to $780,
900 divided as follows Deposits, $751;
900; bills payable and notes and bills
discounted, $17S3,0o0, making a total of
$45O.O00.
President Oliver wired the banks at
Frost, Groesbeck, Barron and Hub
bard City, in which he is interested,
not to open their doors, and all of
them to-day suspended payment for
the time being. They are involved in
sofar as Oliver is concerned, but are
not known to be otherwise in trouble.
They are all represented among the
banks having over drafts with the
Citizens Bank. Mr.. Oliver declines to
say why ne ordered his banks closed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
GOVERNOR CAN'T COME.
Pressure of Business Keeps Him
From State shoot.

Atlanta, Aug. 2O.-Gov Terrell to-day
declined an invitation TO attend the
state rife shoot, in Savannah. The
Savannah military men were very anx-
lous for the Governor TO inspect the
troops. and to witness the hnal
matches, but owing TO the pressure OF
business In the executive ONCE the
governor was unable TO leave the city.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
Bank Deal on Mt Norfolk.

Norfolk. Va, Aug. 20.-Negot citations
are pending for the purchase of the
City National Bank by the National
Bank of Commerce. The Bank OF
Commerce was established in 1878. It's
deposits amount to $1,70S, $3.50, and its
surplus and undivided profits are $780,
10. The City National has a capital
of 100000 a surplus of $50 900, and de-
posts amounting to $40. 900
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
No Run on other Banks.

Beaumont, Tex, Aug. 2O.-All the
banks except the Citizens opened for
business as usual to-day. There was
no run on them, and. it is not believed
that any other institution will be af-
fected. Local merchants as a rule had
no accounts with the Citizens. The
capital of the bank is absorbed by the
failure, and about $4,000 in addition
is involved, part of which represents
the savings of poor people.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
H0N0RE PALMER
WEEDS IN LONDON.
His Bride Was Miss Grace Green
wnY brown of baltimore.


way Brown of baltimore.
London, Aug. 2O.-Honore Palmer, Of
Chicago, son Of Mrs. Potter Palmer,
and Miss Grace Greenway Brown Of
Baltimore, were married at st.
Georges Church, Hanover Square, this
afternoon.
AS both families were in mourning,
the wedding was a quiet affair, only
about a score of persons being pres
ent Rev. David Anderson, rector of
st. Georges, officiated.
The bride, whose dYess was of white
chiffon, trimmed with point d'esprit
lace, with a semi-court train of old
lace. presented by Mrs. Potter Palmer,
was given away by her brother, II.
Carroll Brown, of Baltimore. She car
ried a white vellum prayer book. Con-
trary 10 custom, two married women.
Mesdames H. Carroll Brown Of Balti-
more and Stanley Field Of Chicago.
acted as maids-of-honor.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
Thornton BANK Anected.

Dallas, Tex. Aug. 2O.--A special to
the News from Thorton, Tex, says:
Pending settlement of the affairs of
the Citizens National Bank of Beau
mont, the Barron Banking Company of
this place has closed it's doors. Rod
Oliver is president of the Barron Bank.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
BOTH OWNERS PLEASED.
Sir Thomas Upton Says "wait TIL
We Get a Breeze"

We Get a Breeze"
Sandy Hook, N. Y, Aug. 20.-Sir
Thomas Upton was the first of the
owners to return to the Hook, coming
back on the Erin. with his one hun
bred or more guests. He was bidding
mo, l am not in the least disap-
pointed with my boat, or it's efforts to-
day. The wind was so variable neither
boat had a good chance, and particu-
larry mine, with the smaller sail area.
Wait till we get a good breeze"
The two single-stickers did not arrive
at the Hook until after o'clock. The
captains of both boats refused to talk
for publication, and all that Mr.. Iselin
would say was, 1--WE are perfectly sat-
isfied. We always have BEEN"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
southern Nurseryn,en'a ASSN.

Winchester Tenn, Aug. 20.-The
Southern Nurseryuen's Associat ton IN
session here. to-day selected Asheville.
NC, for the next meeting in August,
1904.
j. T. Hood of Richmond. Va, was
elected president: n. b. Chase or
Huntsville, Ala, vice president, and J.
c. Hale of this place, secretary-treas-
urer
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
schooner Held Up ms smuggIer.

Havana, Aug. 20.-The American
schooner Addie Cole, bound from Key
West for Mexico. was overhauled and
brought to Havana by a Cuban coast
guard boat on suspicion of smuggling.
no grounds for the suspicion. and the
schooner has been ordered 70 be re-
leased.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
DETAILS REQUESTED
Or MINISTER BEAUPRE.
state Department Wants More Facts
About Canal Treaty VOTE.

About Canal Treaty VOTE
Washington. Aug. 2O.-The following
was announced at the State Depart
rnent to-day: "a telegram received
last night from Minister Beaupre at
Bogota dated Aug. II Same date as
the Senate vote against the treaty) is
indefinite, but indicates that efforts
are being made by Colombia to find
some practical way of saving the ca
nal negotiations"
Minister Beaupre, at Bogota, has
been asked by the State Department
10 send more definite information con-
eerning the proceedings about the
isthmian canal treaty. but there is no
way of telling how long the message
will be delayed. owing to the inter-
rupted telegraph communication
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
Alabama Man Went Cunning.

Saratoga, N. Y, Aug. 2O.-Robert
Williams of Chicago was shot in the
right hand tonight by Robert r. Jones
OF Birmingham. Ala. who emptied his
revolver A stray shot struck Tony
Leo, a bystander and II is feared he
Is mortaliy wounded.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21
FIERCE FIGHTING
IN NORTHERN NIGERIA.
British Force Killed n sultan and
700 of His Men.

700 of His Men.
London, Aug. 20.-Dispatches from
Zungurin to the Colonial Office, dated
Aug. II, give details of the destruc-
ton Of the town of Burmi, in north
ern Nigeria, by a British force of thir-
ty whites and five hundred native rank
and file. The enemy's loss was
700 killed, including the former
Sultan of Sokoto and majority Of
the chiefs. The British loss was eleven
men killed, including one officer, and
sixty-two men wounded. The enemy
made desperate house to house re-
sigtance.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-21

This robbed the Reliance OF most OF
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13
Noted Texas Dead.

Colonel w. S. Herndon of Tyler,
Texas. former congressman, and one
Of the best known public men in the
Lone Star state, passed away at about
1870 o'clock Sunday night at the AL
varado hotel. Pneumonia was the
cause OF his death.
Colonel Herndon had been at the AL
yarado since a week ago last Friday
night. Several weeks ago he was
seized with an attack Of pneumonia al
his home In Tyler. He soon began to
improve, but suddenly suffered a re
lapse, and was Immediately taken to
southern California. In some man.
ner he took cold while on the coast
and suffered two more relapses.
1t was thought that the balmy
weather Of central New Mexico would
prove his salvation, and he was nc
cordingly brought to Albuquerque. II
spite, however, of the climate and the
best Of care, he became steadily worse
and passed away, with his wife at his
bedside. Colonel Herndon was in his
sixty-seyenth year.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13
Popular Official.

A. II. Maginnis, whose appointment
as land tax and claim agent Of the
Santa Re, with Offices in San Bernar-
dino, was announced last week. as
sumed his duties Saturday.
Mr.. Maginnis returns to the railroad
after an absence OF three years, prey
ious TO which he had been In the com
pany's employ nearly twenty years.
| He resigned In order to accept the
| field management OF Il. l.. Doheny's
Mexican Petroleum company at a
larger salary, As the Santa Fe land,
tax and claim agent he had obtained
for the company concessions that at
times were deemed to be out Of reas-
on, at the city hall In Los Angeles. as
we'll Oh In the state capitol Of Sacra-
mento.
Shortly after Maginnis' resignation
the Santa Re sought TO have Its as
| sessment reduced by the state board
of equalization. Attorneys were sent
to Sacramento. where they argued
the injustice OF the figures that had
been decided upon. But the showing
made no impression. Similar expert
ences were the result In Arizona and
New Mexico, Maginnis was In Old
Mexico at the time, and he was sent
for BY order from II. ID. Kenna, head
Of the Santa FEES law department In
Chicago, and first vice president of the
system. Maginnis was placed upon
the pay roll, but at a reduced salary.
His arrangement allowed him to re.
tain his employment with =, L,
Doheny. and between tricks he was
expected to assist the Santa Fe In
keeping out of the clutches Of Off
cial grafters.
This arrangement worked until Oc-
tober /, when 4. j. Norton became
solicitor or the Santa Fc coast lines,
He at once appointed Maginnis tax
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13
Harvey,s In Autumn.

Now are days Of most brilliant skies
and warm sunshine.
Nights clear and frosty; evenings by
the bright fireplace an ever new de.
light.
Excursions daily to the wild can
yons and high peaks.
Sharp appetites and plenty to eat
Accommodations for the winter may
now be secured by a limited number,
Carriage out every Saturday. Inquire
Murphey's, Judge Wooster's or Optic.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13

and boulders and turned up the earth;
he planted the seeds OF vegetation.
and with an arid climate-a substan-
tial guarantee against injury by flood
and perfect control OF the water
supply,-a protection against loss q
crops by drought,-his crops became
fruitful. and multiplied far beyond
his most sanguine expectations. As
the measure of value is not in area
but In productive capacity, twenty
acres OF this soil was equal to more
than fifty acres Ia the eastern country
he had left behind.
This husbandman found also that
the land Of sunshine was good for his
health and spirits. Perpetual cheer
from the heavens acts nnconseiously
upon ones nature. The dry, pungent
air was stimulating 10 his nerves.
This was natures sanitarium, and as
lbs fame spread abroad, more settlers
came 10 the banks Of the little stream,
and the colony d irrigationists began
to increase.
All the same time others, OF more
yensnresome temperament, found that
here also was natures treasurer
house. AIT Virginia City, some twenty
miles beyond in the great brown
mountains, was nnearthed a gold and
silver vein Of fabulous wealth. This
was the great Comstock Lode, and
the eager adyenturers who crowded
1.-The streets Of this Town brought the
name and the fame Of the Trnckee
valley 10 far distant ears. These peo-
pie needed food, and the farmer IN
the smiling valley oon had a market
hungry for his products.
Thus the r~anchers, few at first, be-
came moro numerous, the irrigation
bitches were bigger, and tapped the
supplying Truckce at q higher alti-
tudc lii the SNOW mountains which
gave 1t life. Where the water would
not run adgantageously across the
valleys. great wooden fumes were
built on trestles. Now the prosper
uns Truckec valley, green, peaceful
and fragrant III the clear, brilliant
sunshine, lies restfnlly between the
granite ridges of the beetling mount,
%ains--a positive example Of the crea
tive handiwork Of man, ana OF the
marvellous results Of irrigation.
Where the yenturesome farmer
plunged his spade Il D the town o.
Reno, with homes to shelter eight
thousand souls, and with q university
10 further the intellectual life Of the
residents OF the stale. The school o.
mining engineering ga department o.
the nnlversity-has q wide reputation
and has trained a corps Of efficient
workers, many Of whom are now prom
inent In mining ventures In South Al
rlca, Nome and the klondike. The
great Gomstock lode has not yet been
exhausted; and IN the mountains be
You'd. ut Tonopah, new deposits o.
precious metal have been found u
great richness and abundance.
This Is the growth and development
OF only one small portion q the virgil
west, and II well illustrates the magni
tude or liz mineral and agriculture
resources. which have not yet beef
halftested. AMI which are open I
millions Of people, eager for fresh on
portunlties to develop their owl
strength AMI that Of their native land
Youths Companion.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13
ADVERTISED LETTERS.
Advertised letter list for week endIn

Advertised letter list for week endlnt
Oct. 10. 1908.
Analla, OLYMPIA.
Burns, J. T.
castillas. Pillar.
Cozart, Milery.
Duran. patricio.
Frisen, NJ.
Fcttera. r, s.
Flock, q. G.
Frost, Milton D.
Gray. Esther.
Gallcgos. Lucas.
Garcia. Donaciono.
Garcia. Dabia-
Garcia. Jose Salazar,
Garduno. Rafael.
Graham. Elmer y.
Grafton, Harold L.
Gibson. Lizzie 90
Gonzales. Jesus Maria.
Houaer. Jessie.
Jaramillo. Eduardo go
johnson, w. II.
Lincoln. Charles
Morgan. q. o.
Martinez. Petra.
Martinez. Dclfdo.
Montoya. Jose r.
Mares, Jose =.
Madrid. Sabine.
Moore. yolneyY
oidcn. Florence.
Romero. Grcgorlo
Sandobal. Jose Y
Shook. II. o,
Tollc. r. II.
yarela, Rebeca.
Vargas. Grcgorlo 90
yanranderi. Thos.
Warren. bennett (i)
Anyone calling for the above lettc
Will please say advertised"
y. o. BLOOD, Z.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13

agent of the system for California, Ari-
IONA and New Mexico, and the cir
cular issued on the subject bears the
signature Of First Vice President T.. p.
Kenna.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-13
Low Rates TO California.

The Santa re viii sell second.ciass
cclcnIst tickets daily from September
rs. 10 Nov. 80. 10 all points in califor
MIA. at rate Of SIS, ". j. LUCAS.
n Agent
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-31

the report OF his Investigations will be
submitted to the public as soon as it is
shape for use.
Loco has been responsible for the death
of thousands of dollars worth of cattle
and horses and is the most formidable
enemey after the destructive billiards. of
stock raising on the plains. An animal
that has eaten it is suddenly afflicted
with a violent form of mania, dashes
wildly about in an utterly irresponsible
manner and generally dies very soon af-
ter becoming infected with the poison.
No cure has ever been devised. and the
only remedy seems to lie in the hope that
the scientists of the department will find
an antitoxin that will destroy it without
affecting the good pasturage with which
the western country is so bountfuny
supplied
Sheep are also affected; in fact, all
ruminants suffer similarly from the poi
sonous weed. and reports from Montana
show that about 50 per cent Of the lambs
are lost every spring through this medi-
um The loco weed grows pientifully
over nearly all the country lying between
the Mississippi river and the Rockies.
and is a small inconspicuous plant bear
Ing cream white blossoms and springs
from heavy, hardy root. The only
means of destroying it that has thus far
been discovered is to dig up the roots.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-31
SERVED MANY YEARS.
Crime Was Committed by His Father
He Asserts.

Berlin. Oct 30.-A bricklayer named
Burmeister. who has served twenty-six
years in the penitentiary, though inno-
cent of the crime for which he was SEN
fenced. has just been released under
singular circumstances.
In 1877 Burmested and his father I'M
dertook to commit a burglary al the
house of a farmer at Damsdorn. Schles-
wig Holstein. and Burmeisters father, in
so doing, shot and killed the farmer and
his wife.
At the trial the son confessed that he
fired the fatal shots. Both men were sem
fenced to death. but petition to the
emperor secured n change in the sem
fences TO Imprisonment for life in the
penitentiary.
The father died in prison in 1896. and
the son recently gave such a circum-
stantial narrative of his part in the az
fair that the authorities were convinced
that he was not guilty.
Burmeister claims his father fired the
shots which killed the farmer and his
wife. but that he knowing his father
had a black record, and would certainly
suffer death. took the guilt upon him
self in order to save his father. Upon
the basis Of this statement. Burmeister
sought for a pardon. which was at first
refused him, but he renewed his efforts
with success. Burmeister has now been
liberated. and has rejoined his mother.
who is 90 years OF age.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-31
ARMENIAN is ARRESTED.
Scotland Yard Asks That the Man Be
Detained

Boston, Oct Son arrival OF the steam
er Ivernia from Liverpool at her dock
today Vehtan Krikorian. an Armenian.
Yard on charge OF being an accessory
before the fact of the murder Of Sagatei
Sagouni on Tuesday. GirKorian claimed
his object in coming TO this country was
to complete his course m Harvard COL
lege.
But $50 was found in his possession
upon being searched. He will be retain
cd
The police deem the arrest Of the ut
most importance The prisoner denies
any knowledge OF conspiracy 70 xiii
Sagouni and appeared surprised 10 hear
OF the tragedy. He admitted that he
knew the murdered man and that he
had attended several meetings. of the revo-
lutionary society in London before his
departure for this country.
He denied that he belonged to any
revolutionary society. KrikOrian said he
was 30 years of age and a graduate of
the American College in Constantinople.
For the past three years he told the
officers he lived in London. maintaining
himself by journalistic correspondence
and other writings He expected to cover
his expenses at Harvard by sending TO
Constantinople papers articles on Ameri-
can customs He speaks English fiuently
and with little foreign accent. He is
good looking Armenian. Dresses well and
displays considerable refinement OF man
ner
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-31
THREAT OF A STRIKE
Parks Element Declares in
Favor of Action.
CONCERNS THE WORKMEl
viii Effect Laborers in Large
Numbers.

New York. Oct. 30.-The threat OF a
national strike by the International
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers 10
force recognition Of local No. 2 by the
Employers association eliminated today
at a meeting OF the international and
Local committee of the association held
in this city in a resolution being passed
ordering a strike all over the country c.
&c intoeffect Saturday in all cities where
the members OF the iron league Of the
building trades has contracts.
President Buchanan was in favor OF
postponins all efforts to bring about a
peaeeable settlement but the Parks ele-
ment thought this too slow. and carried
the ma jority with them Efforts are to
be made TO bring the new housesmiths
union OF New York into line Notifica-
tons will be sent tomorrow to all the
locals in cities where the members Of
contracts for iron work The strike Will
also effect the inside iron workers. The
cities which will be effected include New
York. Boston. Philadelphia. Pit,sburg.
Easton, Chicago, St. Louis. Cleveland and
Cincinnati
The international executive committee
estimate that 10000 iron workers viii be
directly affected
This would mean the throwing out Of
work OF from 10000 10 l5o.eco possibly
more workinb men in other grades.